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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-16
cHILpREN's LIES.
Give Small People q Large Objective
World to Absorb Them.


A general conclusion from q study
of children's lies contributed by G.
Stanley Hall to the Appleton's Maya
zine Is that children should have an
active life and see events OF a STIR
ring character. They need" Pro-
lessor Hall says, IAN objective word
varied. large and active enough to
greatly absorb them, and then they
will not need to improvise and create.
The dull, uniform monotony of school
life and lessons leaves not only an
aching void but a mass Of surplus
energy and craving In the child, so
that It must often either resign It.
self to mental poverty or else ex-
patiate far and wide and with con-
siderable abandon into the world OF
shams in order to create the outside
interests 1t does not find presented
to it,"
Professor Hall thinks that parents
and teachers are often directly respon-
sible for untruth. To press children
for confessions OF their own misdeeds
or those OF their playmates. he says.
is to present one OF the strongest
temptations to evasion and deceit, II
not to direct falsehood." Even In
the family children often have a kind
OF freemasonry which makes 1t bad
form to tell to parents the mAsdeeds
4 one another.
The same principle applies" the
writer continues. against too great
intrusion into the private life OF
children. All who have studied them
realize that there are masses OF crude
superstiticns which they very early
learn to repress; that q little later
there are minor misdeeds and some
times Immoral habits that persistent
ly seek refuge in the darkness OF con-
cealment Every child needs to have
domain of life and experience all It's
own, sacred from intrusion; and the
temptation OF fond parents to main.
tain complete confidence with their
growing boys and girls Is met by q
natural instinct OF resistance on the
part OF the child, which is often mani
tested by reservations, prevarications
and perhaps by positive lies. Hence,
. wise policy of letting alone and OF
seeming to ignore and OF respecting
the child's own personality as inviola,
Bile removes another of the tempta-
tons to lie."
Professor Hall gives some strange
cases OF what he calls pathological
Hes. One little girl invented a baby
sister for the benefit Of her teacher
and schoolmates and after conduct.
ing her through several months Of
vicissitude wound up her career with
a death and funeral. Another child
appeared at school in black and said
that her mother had died. A few
months later she related that her
father had married again; but there
had been neither death nor wedding
in her family. The love OF hes for
their own sake can, It seems, be "as
strong as that OF drink, quite apart
from all motives OF love OF attention
and OF gain" II the withdrawal OF
attention and sympathy and credence
fails in these cases the calling of Q
doctor Is recommended
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-16
THE PROSELYTE.

Wears Daughter-i'm sorry to hear
you were at the Methodist tea meet
ing, Miss Jones. can not think
what arguments have caused you to
change your creed.
Miss Jones-Well, miss, drst It was
their sultany cake, but It was their
am sangwidges as converted me-
miss!-London Opinion.
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A steel Gray Man.

A stern visaged man, with his
bteeLgray whisksrs cut to make him
look like a captain Of industry. was
walking briskly down Superior ave
nue. Saturday noon past the City Hall.
Near the entrance he saw . little
dead sparrow that had fallen to the
sidewalk. He paused and picked up
the dead bird. Makes me think OF
when was kid" he muttered. I'VE
always used to have a regular funeral
and bury 'em when they died. Well
I'll put 1t over here whore 1t won't
BE- all ground to pieces by people
walking by. anyway" He placed the
feathered little body on q ledge Of
the building and then hurried on
down street.-Cleveland Plain Dealer
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WAS DELIRIoUs WITH ECZEMA.
Pain, Heat and Tingling Were Excru
ciating-Cuticura Acted Like
Magic.

AN eruption broke out on my daugh'
ter's chest. took her to q doctor, and he
pronounced it to be eczema Of very bad
form. He treated her, but the disease
spread to her back, and then the whole OF
her head was affected, and all her hair had
TO be cut off. The pain she suffered was
e1cruciatins, and with that and the heat
and tingling her life was almost unbeara.
BILE. Occasionally she was delirious and
she did not have proper hours sleep for
many nights. The second doctor We tried
afforded her just as little relief as the first.
Then / purchased Cuticura Soap, ONT
ment, and Pills, and before the Ointment
was threequarters finished every trace OF
the disease was gone. 1t really seemed like
magic. Mrs. T. w. Hyde, Brentwood,
Essex, England, Mar. 8. 1907"
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Her Opinion.

A father. whose looks are not such
as to warrant the breaking up OF all
existing statues of Apolla, tells this
on himself:
my little girl was sitting ON my
lap facing mirror After gazing
sntently at her reflection for some
minutes she said, Papa, did God make
your
Certainly. my dear told her.
And did He make me, too?'-t:k-
Ing another look in the mirror.
Certainly. dear. What makes you
ask?'
"'Oh. don't know. Seems to me
He's doin' better work latelyl'"-
0vexyoody's Nazazine.
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A Marvellous Eye Remedy.

Those who know what intense
pains come with some diseases Of the
eye can hardly believe Mitchell's Eye
Salve Is able to do all that IL claimed
for 1t, but trial soon convinces one
Of the extraordinary curative powers
OF this little remedy. Sold all over
the United States. Price 25c.
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Pension for Descendant Of Burns.

Mr.. James Glencairn Thomson. the
only surviving grandson Of Robert
Burns, is now In his eightieth year
and has been In somewhat reduced
circumstances for some time. Efforts
are being made to get him Q civil
list position and thus place him In
the position Of the poets granddaush-
tiers, Mrs. Sarah Burns Hutchinson and
Miss Annie Beckett Burns. OF Chel-
tenham, who each receive civil list
pensions of a100 in consideration Of
their grandfather's undying fame
London Globe.
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was remarkable. The kidney action
became normal. the backache ceased
and my health is now unusually
good"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
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After suffering for seven years,
this woman was restored to health
by lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Read her letter.
Mrs. Sallie French, of Paucaunla,
Ind. Ter, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
- had female troubles for seven
years-was all rundown, and 20 ner-
vous could not do anything. The
doctors treated me for different troubles
but did me no good. While In this con-
dition wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for ad-
vice and took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, and 1 am now strong
and WELL"
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands OF
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, f1broid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, ornervous prostratlon.
Why don't you try It!
Don't hesitate to write to Mrs.
Pinkham If there n anything
about your sickness you do not
understand. She will treat your
ietterinconfldenc andadvise you
free. No woman ever regretted
writing her, and because OF heI
vast experience she has helped
thousands. Address, Lynn, Mass,
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KNOWLEDGE MERELY
Gabbleby-After all. q womans
scream Is her greatest weapon OF de-
fence.
Gertrude-Undoubtedly; but how
did you find 1t out?-Puck-
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my back was weak
and rheumatic. Pains
ran through my back.
hips and limbs. I
could hardly get
about and lost much
sleep. The action Of
the kidneys was much
disordered. / began
using Doan's Kidney
Pills, and the result
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PERUNA ADVISED FOR
SUDDEN COLDS.
II Should Be Taken According to d.
rections on the Bottle, at the
First Appearance of the Cold.

ST. JOSEPH, MICH, Sept, l80l.-Last
winter caught sudden cold ,rhfch de-
vetoped into an unpleasant cafsrrh
of the head and throat, depriving me Of my
appetite and usual good spirits. A friend
who had been cured by Peruna advised me
to try it and | sent for a bottle at once,
and am glad to say that in three days
the phlegm had loosened, and felt better.
was in my usual good health.
Miss Helen Sauerbier..
Peruna is an old and well tried remedy
for colds. No woman should be with
nut IL
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-16

Man wants but little here below,
but he generally gets more than he
wants of the things he dosen't want
at all.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-16

At a fashionable wedding the fell
low who is getting married is lucky
to get his name in the paper as
among those present.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-16

The letter you would recall is new
er the one your husband has for
gotten to mail.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-16

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces lniiammi,.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-16

Whenever the unlucky man tries
to climb the ladder of fame, the rung
breaks.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-16

Love makes the world go around,
not to mention making a large part
Of II 60 broke.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-16

Marriage is about the only thing
that goes off better on account of a
hitch.
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Brown-Ah! they've just dropped
the anchor.
Mrs. B.-And serve 'em right. It's
been dangling outside all the morn
ing!-Punch
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Hicks Capudine Cures Nervousness,
Whether tired out, worried, sleeplessness
Dr. what not. 1t quiets and refreshes brain
and nerves. It's liquid and pleasant to
take. Trial bottle l0c. Regular sizes 25c.
and Soc. at druggists.
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Capudine Cures Indigestion Pains,
Sour stomach and heartburn, no matter
from what cause. Gives immediate relief
Prescribed by physicians because 1t is sure
and effective. Trial bottle 10c. Regular
sizes 25c. and Soc. at all druggists
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DRAGs YOU DOWN.
Backache and Kidney Trouble Slowly
Wear One Out.

Mrs. r. Grouse, Fayetts st., Man,
chester, Iowa, says: For two years
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To Drive Out Malaria and Build Up
the System

Take the Old Standard Groves
Tasteless Chill Tonic. You know what
you are taking. The formula II plain
ly printed on every bottle. showing II
Ii simply Quinine and Iron in q taste
less form. and the most sffsctuaI form.
For grown people and children. soc.
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VHEIlNATI0E now durable; Thousands cured; 70
hnLCmh iivhi suits speedy; guarantee given; price
low. Write quick. DIR s. 7. WRIGHT. Peru. Ind.
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
CURE FOR PILES.
NAVAL ORDER.

CAMPLETREATMENT of Red Cross Pile and
- Fistula Cure and book explaining Piles
sent free. REA CO.. DeptBi. NJ lnneapolis.M MINI
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DIDN'T FEAR BULLETS
A Sheriff Who Was as Brave as
 He Was Tender Hearted.
HOW HE COLLECTED A DEBT.

The Man Who Owed the Money Was
 Well Able to Pay, and the Grim, De-
 termined Old Sheriff Made Him Real
 ize That 1t Was Time to Pay.
 There is spot in the memory of Greene county. Pa. sacred to Jim Cos gray, one time sheriff, whose heart was as tender as his courage was stout. As he came down the steps of the courthouse one day in Waynesburg q white haired old man near at hand who had been waiting for him fired at him three times from revolver. Cos gray quickly walked over to him. took his gun away and said:
 Now. look here. daddy, if you do that again I'll prosecute you"
 It had fallen to Cosgray in the line of duty to serve an execution on the old man. who. worried by financial diff faculties. had got lopsided mentally and conceived the idea that Cosgray was personally responsible for his troubles. The late Judge A. E. Wilson of Union town was at that time holding court in Waynesburg and had witnessed the shooting from the window of his hotel. Many others had seen it too.
 Now" remarked the judge to his stenographer. L. L.. Minor. at his side, "when that shooting comes up for in vestigation in court we'll learn how many different stories the witnesses will tell about it.
 The judge knew from long experi- ence how many viewpoints there are to such episodes. but this case never came up to trial. .-.=s.--
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AUSTRALIA.
Gray and Monotonous, but Vast, Pa-
 tient and Fascinating. :.


 Australia is in itself q. monstrous continent It is as large as the United States: it's 100000 of people are scat tered in a narrow fringe along the streams and shores of the southern and eastern seaboard. The, vast inte rior-"the dead heart of Australia "a region as large as the Mississippi val ley, is a trackless rainless waste of sand and alkali, while the intervening hills, the bush and scrub, are scantily occupied by sheep stations and by min ing camps. The vast north of Austra- lia is in part tropical jungle, in part a .blistering Sahara. The fates denied to Australia the gift of high noun tains to catch the snow and hold the water; hence her rivers are few and precarious; hence at too frequent inter- vals the great drought comes, and the desert spreads it's smothering arms, crowding man and his dependents backward toward the sea. It is mo- notOnous country in its physical as- poets. The forests on hill. valley, rock and swamp are all of one pattern eucalyptus. eucalyptus, the gray trunks of the gum trees of many species-as far as the eye can see. Without noun tains and streams there Is little room for variety. It is monotonous in Its ndustries-cattle, sheep, horses-its one fine art the breeding of the per feet Merino sheep. It is monotonous in its towns. One story, light brown. with unpainted roof of corrugated iron, Is the description of nine-tenths of the Australian homes. Corrugated iron means clean rain water, and Australia can afford to waste none; of it It is monotonous as to population. The Eng lishmen came first to Australia. and they are still holding it against all corners. The way is made rough for immigrants who do not speak English, and for we'll or ill--in many ways. for each-the ruling minority, the labor vote, is sternly set on white %Austra- lia." with all which it implies. The history of Australia is monotonous. It contains the story of hard struggles.
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A L nsA Art

A Richmond housekeeper had ncca- sion many times to1employ a certain odd character of the; town known as Aunt Cecilia Cromwell
 The old woman had not been seen in the vicinity of the house for long time until recently, when the: lady Of the house said to here@~ ~ .s
 Good morning. Aunt Cecilia. Why aren't yon> washing ,nowadays?" Its dis. way, Miss Annie" replied. Aunt Cecilia indulgently '1's been out O Wuhk So long dat now, when, I can wuhk, T. finds Fs ostzmah tas'e. fo' it." -Lippincott's. ...,4
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In 1876 Greene county man who had become bankrupt-at least to the extent of inability or ,unwillingness to pay his debt in Greene county-went to Philadelphia, where he secured valuable concession in connection with the Centennial exposition. Reports were brodghtback to Waynesburg dur ing the summer by visitors that he was making barrels of money. Cos gray listened with much interest. but without continent. to all these stories. because this nan had left Greene coun- ty owing him $5,OOO. Finally Cosgray one day packfd his grip and left town. Next day he turned up in Philadelphia at the hotel where his prosperous debt or was stopping and was shown by re quest to the htter's room, His recep- tion was noishy hilarious.
 "Why. hello Jim! Glad to see you, old boy. What in the world brings you to the cityY' He shook Jim's hand with every external appearance of great joy But the sentiment was all one way
 "I come to git that $5,OOO ye owe me-" Jim's eyes reflected no feelings of esteem. He was simply out for his stuff.
 "Sorry, Jim, very sorry, indeed am, but haven't got 1t and therefore can't pay ye would if could"
 "Well, I rather guess yell have to git 1t somehow or other. came here from Waynesburg especially fer what ye owe me, and Pm not goin' back without it.'
 Cosgray got up, walked to the door, locked 1t and put the key in his pocket. Then he said:
 "It's just this way, my friend, Waynesburg people have been coming home from Philadelphia all summer telling how much money you've been maxim here and think they've been tellin' the truth. for I've been very careful in my inquiries about you. Now, want that money"
 Here he took revolver from his pocket and 'ominously tapped on the table with the muzzle. @n
 "Tm an old man, with but few
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AmendAd:


 |, A Pennsylvania divine formed one of house party in Philadelphia where the younger son, in accordance with what the clergyman observed to be his constant habit. as soon as he had seat ed himself at breakfast immediately possessed himself of "a large slice of bread. the quality of which he proceed ed to test by liberal, mouthful The minister. a stiekler in such mat ters of propriety, gazed bfandly at him for moment or so; then he folded his hands and closed his eyes in prepara- tion for grace. ..
 For what we are about to, receive he intoned with painful emphasis, "and for. what our young friend has already received. Lord; make us truly thankful" ."-Harper's Weekly. :. . a
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THE SKYROCKET.
How It Is Made and the Reason 1t
 Rises In the Air.

How It Is Made and the Reason 1t
 Rises In the Air.
 Of all fireworks none is more beauti- full from pyrotechnic point of view or more generally popular than the sllyrocket.
 The powder ingredients are sulphur, charcoal and saltpeter roughly in the proportions of fourteen, twenty-six and sixty respectively. Except in the case of military or life saving rockets, the cylindrical case is of paper or paste board, somewhat constricted at the fuse end. Into this the powder k rammed tightly q conical space being left for the insertion of the quick match which passes through the con striction, or. "chokehole," into the mass of powder -
 This forms the body of the rocket, which Is closed at the top with a plas. ter of paris plug. Through tmls small hole filled with fuse conmuni- cates with the conical shaped head, holding stars, serpents, cracke"l or gold or silver rain. The whole is, Of course, attached to n slender stick to direct It's flight.
 On the fuse being ignited and the main cylinder of powder exploded the enormous quantity of heated gases gen. erated force their way downward through the narrow box, urging the rocket upward in the air.--pearson's.
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of bitter sufferings. deserved and un- deserved; of laWless courage and reck- less bravery, but tlre causes served were individual. Australians never had a common enemy, and their rec ords show no glorious war and no up- rising of common feeling The achieve ments of Australia belong to the cate gory of individual deeds of peace.
 With all this the color of Australia is gray; the land, the towns, the spirit of her people. :. Her literature has a sober touch, and this difference in tone shows itself in it's way in the life of the universities In America. as in Browning's verse, "the flower of life is red'' The American student knows that ''the world is his oyster" He knows. that "he can get what is coming to him;;'' that in proportion to his talents, his training, his sobriety success in any affair he undertakes.
 But though Australia may be gray and monotonous she is vast, patient, fascinating. The mightiness of the land to be conquered, the huge roomi- ness of the continent the vistas of flu ture national greatness, all these grow on one. and all these find their reflex in the student life and in the rising literature of the commonwealth. That Australia will be the birthplace of great men in the future no one can doubt. Their coming will not be due to the lopsided political administration nor to state ownership nor to the cod ding of the laborer, but to the. persist ence of her fine old English stock un- der man making and man inspiring conditions:ADavid Starr Jordan in Ap- nleton'S &@
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F,et of the Ancient Greeks.

A walk through the British museum and q close examination of the pedal extremities of ancient art there show they afe alh bad about the feet. ''The Disk 'fhroWer," a celebrated specimen, sllas -palticularly bad examples of in- cipient bunion: joints. If the foot of the Farneae Apollo. used as model In most art schools. represents the foot of the average Greek corns and bun ions must have been. common in that classical country.-B British Shoemaker:
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Phenomenon Explained.

A comparatively young man whose mustache remained jet black while. the hair on his head turned white explain ed the phenomenon by saying it was because his lips enjoyed all the good things of life and his head had to suf- fer all the troubles.-New York Sun.
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The Grnndu nn.

Travelling through South Africa, MT. Dudley Kidd. the author of "The Es- sential Kafiir." once accused a native or being greedy. The native turned eyes of reproach upon him.
 Me !, greedy, baasY he said. "It takes two Kaffirs to eat sheep fin a day. but only one Hottentot. Hotten. tot greedy. not Kaffir."
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The Earnest Word.

"You never can tell" observed Uncle Allen Sparks, what lasting results may be accomplished by an earnest word spoken at the right time. Many a man has had the shape of his nose changed for life by calling another man & iar."-ChicaRo Tribuna. .s
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more years to live. and I'm not bit partickler whether I live 'em at all or not. That S5.OOO ll,-make lem pass a sight easier | don't intend to live without the money, and don't intend you shall live with ft.'
 The man knew Cosgray meant every word he said. He fenced and fumed, threatened and sputtered. but there sat the silent. grim old ex-sheriff, gun in hand. ready to touch it off any instant. His determination never wavered. He was man of few words, and the out come was exactly as he had resolved 1t should be. The man went to a corner of his room, opened satchel and counted out $5.OOO to Cosgray. The sheriff returned to Waynesburg and put it fin the bank, and no one ever knew how he came by it until the vic tim himself finally disburdened his. heart of it's weight of fwoe.-Uniontown, Cor Pittsburg Gazette Times,
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The Strange Part.

Isn't it strange that so few men discover the secret of success in ,life?"
 "Yes, but it's stranger still that the secret is still secret. Surely some of the men who discovered it must have told it to their wives. ."-Philadelphia Press. :. e}'rs'