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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
American Ambassador Entertains.

Paris.-Henry White, the Ameri-
can ambassador, gave a reception at
which the chief officials of the gov
eminent, the ambassadors and promi-
nent representatives of the society
were present.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
Russian Woman Hanged.

'oronezh.-Mlle. Feodorovna. the
woman who made an unsuccessful at
'e"pt to asSasinate Gen. Bibikoff,
governor of this province. on May 6,
y was hanged here. She was twenty
I'VE years old and was formerly a
school teacher.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
Grand Jury Completes Work.

TIE Grand Jury which has been
in session ten days at Natchitoches,
adjourned. To date the docket con-
tains 147 cases, Of hich fifty true
bills have been returned and fifty
one no bills reported. There are two
bills for murder and two for criminal
assault.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
INSURANCE CHIEF RELEASED.
w. c. Gillette Charged With Giving
False Testimony Released.

New York City.-The verdict OF
the supreme court through which Wal
ter C. Gillette, former vice president
of the Mutual Life insurance, was re-
sentenced to six months on Black
wells Island for perjury in connection
with the insurance scandals, was set
aside by the appellate division OF the
supreme court. Whether or not the
district attorneys office will take any
further action Is not known.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
fCaMER U. s. SENiTOR dead.
lanes X. Jones of Arkansas Dies A..
ter a Brief illness.

Washington, D. C.-Former United
States Senator James X. Jones Of Ar
kansas died Monday. in Washington,
after an illness Of few hours, aged
60 wears. He was one OF the lead.
ing democrats In the senate from
1sS5 to 1903, and was one OF tne
strongest supporters OF William Jen.
nings Bryan. having. as chairman OF
We democratic national convention,
conducted the campaigns of 1896 and
1900 .
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
Libel Suits From Wood Case.

Paris.-J. Martin Miller, former
American consul at Rheims, and who
was mentioned in the suit recently
brought in New York by Mae Wood
against Senator Thomas C. Platt for
divorce, has instituted suits for de-
famation of character against the
London Daily Mail and the edition of
the London Daily Mail published In
Paris. He claims $4,000 damages
from each paper.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
DANCING BARRED.
Methodist Church Refuses to Change
Amusement Clause.

Methodist Church Refuses to Change
Amusement Clause.
Baltimore, Md.-The Methodist
Episcopal general conference during
its session did many things, but 1t
will doubtless be much discussed for
the things 1t did not do. OF these.
two had been looked forward to as Of
much importance-the amusement
question and the matter Of a time lin
it on pastorates. Neither was permit
ted to come before the conference for
discussion. Hence, the much talked
of paragraph 248 stands as 1t had
been, without the elimination of dane
Ing and the other words suggested in
the Episcopal address. and pastors
may be returned to their charges year
after year, as has in recent years been
customary.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
Road Tax Defeated.

The police jury met at Cameron
Nav 80 to tabulate the returns of the
special election held in the Fiurth
Ward to vote on a proposition to
levy a 3-mill tax for public roads.
The proposition was defeated.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
Reports Twenty-Five True Bills.

At Lafayette the grand jury made
a report after five days hard work,
returning tweaty-nine true bills. The
principal bill is against Albert Liable
who some time since struck and killed
Gustave Landry of this town. The
indictment is for manslaughter.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
High School Closes Term.

Miss May Girshefski. valedictorisn
Mss Anna Leblanc, salutatorian, and
Miss Leila Kaufman, historian, were
Toe graduates at the closing exercises
OF the High School at Dutchtown.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
Stole Horse and Buggy.

A horse and buggy belonging to the
Rayne Livery Stable at Crowley, was
stolen from in front of the Opera
House. The police have been search
ing for the missing vehicle and horse
all day, but have been unable to find
anv trace of the property or thieves.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
Will TRY TO BREAK RECORD.
may Be Attempted by Prince Of
. Wales.

=, n' Ensland.-When the Prince
~ wales sail soon for Canada an
.Iort viii be made to establish a new
on os record. Indomitable.
thu vi me new battleships, will carry
.sn s prince: 1t is supposed to have a
Ss,.a OF 2S knots. Especial care. is
sna,s aken in the selection OF the
pres. room crew in order to get the
e'ealest possible speed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12

Mrs. Richard T. Wilson, mother Of
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs. Os-
den Goelet and Lady Herbert, died
In New York,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
Epileptic Drons While Fishing.

Celia Brumfeld, an epileptic ne
gress, as drowned while fishing In
BAYOU Black near Houma.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
Archbishop Confirms Glass.

Archbishop Blenk confirmed a class
Of thirty children at st. Mary's Sem
mary, at Mermentau.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12

The concluding session of the Gen.
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian
church was held in Kansas City,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12

Two Chicago promoters were SEN
'enced to three years in prison for
using the mails to defrand
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
ACREAGE DECREASES.
Less Cotton Planted This Year Than
In 1907.

Memphis, Tenn.-At meeting Of
the state presidents OF the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative union,
the total acreage of cotton planted
May 80 was estimated at 2s.832,000
acres as compared with 31.311,0 900
acres In 1907 government esti~ate).
This estimate is computed from re-
ports received from all OF the cotton
growing states
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14
ROUND THE CAPITAL
Information and Gossip Picked Up Here
and There in Washington.
Potomac Flats Being TransformedtoP Park

and what it means to humanity ex-
posed to such weather conditions, and
that consideration is enough in their
estimation to put Washington out of
the question as a place where anyone
would willingly spend the summer.
At the anne time it is recognized by
thousands that Washington has not
only many advantages as a summer
living place, but also that it possesses
attraction. The temperature is not
ignored by such, but they appreciate
the fact that not all days are marked
summer weather conditions. Even this
year, which thus far has been hot and
dry, generally speaking, as compared
with the weather of last year and the
year before, has been marked by
periods ofscool days and nights, and at
times an atmosphere that had . tonic
quality, such as one is accustomed 20
experience in more northern ATTITUDES.
Then there is the charm of the city
in its summer garb, the most beautiful
TO be found in any city in the world,
and that beauty not alone in the adorn-
ment of n section, but in its general
extent throughout the entire area.
There is refreshment to be found in
with trees whose foliage screens side
walks and ven the pavement from
the heat of the sun.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14
Guarding the Precious Declaration

too mnch folding, too much rolling. too
much handling, and. alas! too much
stealing of its immortal language by
a wet press copying operation resorted
to in 1920.
For 80 years the Declaration of indie.
pendence hung in the light, and the
longer it hung there the more neces-
sary the light became, for the ink that
was left grew paler and paler until it
was hard to make out any of the sig
natures, except the big black name CT
John Hancock. Finally it became evil
dent that if anything except the
parchment was to be left the docu.
ment would have TO be kept in the
dark.
So it vent into retirement Ia the
safe, being brought N only upon spe-
cial requests.
In 1908 the late John Hay, then Sec
rotary of state, appointed a commit
tee to examine the condition of the
declaration and to recommend what
should be done tc preserve It. The
committee found it creased and bereft
of its ink, but they were pleased to
find no evidence of mold or other dis
integrating agents" They recommend.
ed hat the document be kept dark
and dry, and their recommendation
has been religiously followed.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14
to Bishop S~atterlee Planned

tiful mountains of the wooded Cats
kills, 1900 feet above the plain which
it overlooks. And one could say that
in its present stage it was almost lit
orally built by Bishop Satterlee with
his own hands, and it's services of
prayer, praise and sacrament carried
on by him for years.
Now it is proposed TO enlarge the
structure. make it entirely OF stone
and beautify it, as a memorial to the
IA who gave the inspiration for its
starting.
The history Of the church dates
back to 1895, when the mission of All
Angels was established at Twilight
Park. For several years before that
time desultory services had been held
in a small building in the settlement.
Bishop Satterlee made his summer
home there and he became interested
in the mission. Its first regular serv-
ice was held June 16. 1895. in the cot
tage where Bishop Satterlee and his
family lived. At that service there was
a celebration Of the holy communion,
at which the bishop oficiated. During
the summer services were held IN a.
small building nearby, but In the fall
it was decided to build a church.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

CONSIDERABLE interest was
~ aroused the other day by the re-
port that the president had given a
permit to a man who wanted to see
with his own eyes the original copy of
the Declaration of Independence, or
rather to see what is left Of that
precious and venerated document.
However, the permit must have died
a-borning, for it did not m~aterialize,
but if such permit had been issued and
had been presented at the department
of state it would have enabled its
holder to have the first view of the
Declaration of Independence that has
been had since the spring Of 1903.
Even before 1908 it had been kept
in the safe, but it was often brought
out for admiring citizens to scrutinize
and to exclaim over. Since 1903 the
light of day has not fallen on it.
There had been too much light of
day before that. In fact. there had
been too much of a good many things;
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14
LOVE
TRIUMPHANT
A Story of the Prophet Hosea.
BY THE HIGHWAY AND BYWAY"
PREACHER
Copyright. 1908, by the Author, w. s. Edson.)
A Story of the Prophet Hosea.

The Prophet Hosea.-The name means
~'salvation,' and in the personal history
IF the prophet-which many of the deep
est and most spiritual Bible scholars such
AS G. Campbell Morgan, of England, and
James M. Gray, dean of the Moody Bible
institute, consider a literal portrayal Of
the prophets life-we find a type or Illus
tration of Jehovah's relations to Israel.
Hosea's field of labor was Israel, and he
prophesied during the reign of Jeroboam
H.. about 7S4 B. c., down to the captiv-
lty. An outline of the book Is as follows:
l. Historico-prophetic, chapters / to 8;
,. General discourses, chapters 4 to to ID;
;. Promises, chapter IA, (a) Appeal OF
God. Us. 1-S: (b) Promised blessing, vs..
Is; (c) Application to all, V. 8. The per-
sonal history of the prophet may be di-
vided into three periods as follows: %
A Happy Union-The prophet marries a
woman who had lived an impure life, but
who had reformed. () A Ruined Home
Three children came to bless the home,
and then the wife, forgetful of obliga-
tons of wifehood and motherhood. de-
serts her home for her former lovers. CD
Love Unfailing-But her true lover-hus-
band never loses sight of her, and at last
after she had SUM to the very depths OF
sin he buys her back so that he may re-
store her to her old place in the home.
Love Triumphant.-This period of the
prophets life in which he buys back his
hayward wife from slavery into which
she had sunk, and holds her in seclusion
until such time as she ear be restored to
her old place in the home, is a type or
Jehovah in unfailing love and mercy
keeping Israel for the latter days when
his chosen people shall be restored to
their old place as his peculiar and be-
loved people.
q
Scripture Authority-The Book OF
Hosea. especially chanter 8.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

w Observation-Disclosures the cap
w ital city of the ration may have
lacked in the past in the way of park
accommodations for the comfort and
enjoyment of the general public, such
condition will not exist after this sum-
mer, for rapid work is being done upon
the flats lying along the Potomac
frontage of the city, and the waste
land is being transformed into a gar
den spot that will make it one of the
most delightful public parks in the
country. Instead of the desolate
stretches of swamp and tangled
thicket and neglected commons there
are now verdant lawns and trees and
~shrubbery and flowers, and, above all,
walks and drives and seats where the
public may view the river and the sur
roundings which have thus been ere
ated.
Some persons are rather skeptical
when the topic of the pleasures of a
summer spent in Washington is dis
cussed with any enthusiasm. They
think of the range of the thermometer
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14
S e.

"Love Divine, all love excell-
ing" that God should reach
down and seek to redeem sim
full man to himself. But just as
Hosea saw in that woman some
thing upon which love could GEN.
ter and bring her back to him.
self, so God see in his way
ward children that upon which
his great love can rest and which
love will ultimately win the soul
from it's life of sin to n of
holiness.
Surely the wife Of Hosea was
unworthy of the pure and holy
love of her devoted husband,
and more surely still is it true
that man is unworthy of the
unspeakabIe love of God.
But it is not because of our
Worthiness that we become the
object of Gods love and mercy.
Rather, it is our great need that
calls forth the Divine compass
sion.
In spite of the disfiguring
marks of sin God sees within
the heart of man the %possibiI-
tiles of a higher and better life
in him, and so he patiently and
tenderIy wooes the soul from its
false love and from its evil ways
back to himself.
Another wonderful thought in
connection with the love of God
. and the relations of man to God
is that man is not complete with
out union with God, and-we
say it reverentIy-God is not
complete without lar The
union of the two is necessary,
first for the complete manifesto
ton of the power and glory of
God and secondly to reveal the
high possibilities of a life when
it is linked with the life of God.
Wonderful, is it not? The
redeemed soul in its union with
the Father and the Son is to re-
veal in the lagos to come the
exceeding riches of Gods grace
in his kindness towards US
through Christ Jesus"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14
Oldest Tree in the World,

The London Globe recently pub.
lished an article on THE Worlds Old.
est Tree" which was reprinted in sew
eral American papers. The writer said
that the grandaddy of all present trees
was to be found on the Isle of Cos, on
the coast of Asia Minor, was estimated
to be considerably more than twenty.
five hundred years old and had a cir
conference of 32A feet. In a letter
to the Tribune, Ivy P. Lee, head of the
publicity department of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, disputes the Globes
statements. 'It is evident" says Mr..
Lee, that the writer of this note was
not familiar with the big trees of Cali
fornia, a large number of which are
probably more than twenty-five hun
dred years old, and it is certain that
the oldest and largest of them-name,
ly, the "Grizzly Giant" in the Marisopa
grove, near Yosemite parks upward
Of 5000 years old. Calculations to
this effect have been made by eminent
scientists, and there is probably no
doubt of their correctness. Not only
is this great tree and many of it's COM
panions of such great age, but it shows
no tendency toward decay. The trunk
of this tree is more than a hundred
feet in circumference.'-N. Y. Trib-
une.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

A MOTHER interesting thing con-
n nected with Washington life is the
move which is OH foot for an addi-
tional memorial to the late Rt. Rev.
Henry Yates Satterlee, the bishop of
Washington who filled such a large
place in the religious and moral life
of the capital city. 1t is now pro-
posed to make into a magnificent
church the small chapel founded by
the dead prelate at Twilight Park,
Haines Falls, in the Catskill noun
tains.
Although several hundred miles
away from Washington, the present
All Angels church at Twilight Park is
practically a part of the diocese of
Washington. 1t is inseparably con
nected with the local diocese through
the late Bishop Satterlee.
This picturesque little church is
perched on the side of one Of the beau
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14
BIG GAME.
How an Indian Prince Protects Him.
self Against Danger.

Prince Ranjitsinhji, the jam of Ma
wanagar. India, hunts hig game and
has had constructed for this purpose
a wonderful movable shooting-box. The
windows are heavily barred and port
holes are pierced every three feet
around the sides. The interior is
decorated in Queen Anne style, and
filled with sofas, writing desks, bridge
whist tables and comfortable chairs.
The floor is covered with Persian rugs.
The exterior is painted green in order
that it may blend with the jungle.
The box is taken to pieces, sent by
rail to a given point, and drawn by
oxen or elephants into the heart of
the jungle. 1t is left there until the
tigers have become accustomed to it,
and when the royal sportsman arrives
later there is no lack of game. The
shooting is done through portfolios
provided for the purpose.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14
II STORY.

THE scene of the opening of our
/ story is laid in an oriental slave
market, where the barter in human
flesh is carried on, and it was in that
long gone day nearly a thousand years
before the coming of Christ when
slavery was the rule, and not the eX-
ception. 1t was a noisy place, and it
was a strange grouping of human be-
ings of all conditions of physical de-
velopment, and of race and color.
There were the young, and there were
those who were in the prime of life,
and then there were others upon
whom the weight of years and hard
ships endured were beginning to tell,
and for whom there was but little sale,
even at the low price for which they
were offered.
Among these last was the bent form
of what at first glance seemed an old
woman, but it was apparent upon
closer scrutiny that it was not the
years so much that bowed the form
as it was the sinful life lived and the
grief and fear that clutched the heart
in relentless grasp. Sin had left it's
awful scars upon face and form, but
underneath could be traced the old
iines of comeliness and beauty. That
face before sin had scanned and
SCARED it had been comely, and those
eyes now bleared and dull had
sparkled with the bounding life that
had surged within. And in that form
still could be traced the shapeliness
and beauty which it had once pos
sessed, and which would have been
the joy of artist or sculptor.
But now in the miserable condi-
ton to which the woman had been
reduced the goading memories of the
past and the dark f%orebodings of the
future came to deepen her anguish
and to intensity her abject and for
lorn appearance.
The happier the past one has to look
back upon the deeper cuts the regret
over the folly and sin which have
robbed one of the blessings which
were possessed, and all too lightly held
and then lost. And this woman sit
ting there in the slave market await
ing the buyer was perhaps more mis-
cradle than any of the rest because
she had fallen farthest.
Memory crowded in upon her with
relentless persistency. In the whirl
of the gay life which she had led it
had been easy to forget, and when
visions of the past had come to vex
and trouble her she had plunged with
greater abandon into the life she was
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

New Arrangement of Stars in tho
United States Flag.

of a five-pointed star. Each star is
intended to represent a distinct state.
The star forming the uppermost point
of the inside star will represent the
first state admitted to the union after
the original 13 states; other stars fol-
low below in sequence according to the
order in which the states were ad-
mitted."
The illustration is made from a pho
tograph of a flag recently pre-
pared by a lady in Brooklyn, which
was ~unfurled for the first time in COM
memoration of the fiftieth anniversary
of her wedding. 1t contains Al stars.
one more than the number Of states
actually admitted, it being expected
at the time it was made that Arizona
and New Mexico might be admitted as
a separate state. The forty-ffth state
admitted was Utah, in 1896, and the
fory-sixth state, Oklahoma, in 1906, to
begin its statehood in July, 1908.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

CTRANGERS in a strange land have
y every reason to feel that Uncle Sam
is doing his best to get them located
in places where they will find the
greatest benefits. This is clearly
shown by the facts and figures which
set forth the work of the division of
information of the bureau of immigra-
ton and naturalization. This bureau
is succeeding in a remarkable way in
diverting hundreds of poor aliens from
crowded centers of the country to fer
tile farms and other places. where
there is a big demand for that class of
laborers. This bureau is charged by
an act of congress with the great I'M
dertaking of promoting a beneficial
distribution of admitted aliens and 9TH
ers seeking employment, but the
actual work of distribution is conduct
immigration service in New York city.
The method employed is to send cut
cards to all persons unable to secure
necessary help, including farm labor
ers, common laborers and mechanics.
Whatever kind of help is needed is in
Dictated by the replies on the return
postal cards. About 900, 900 cards have
been scattered broadcast over the
country, and it is estimated that alto
getber about 1000. 900 cards will be
sent out in the ear future. From the
first of February last to the close of
June, nearly 1000 aliens and others
were sent in response to applications
to various parts of the country. TWEEN
ty-six nationalities are represented in
this distribution and the employment
secured was principally farm work.
The following shows the various states
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

Blind Tom," noted a generation ago
as a musical prodigy, died last month
in the home of the daughter-in-law of
his old master, for he was born a slave
near, Columbus, Ga. When a boy he
amused the household by initiating
the cries of birds and the sound of the
wind and rain. He had a marvellous
memory, and could play any musical
composition which he heard. 1t is said
that he could play one melody with his
right hand, another with his left and
whistle a third at the same time. Yet
with all his musical gifts, says Youths
Companion, he was intellectually a
child living in the care of guardians.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14
Episcopal Wit.

"Our Bishop Burgess" said a Garden
City man, lis one of the few American
clergymen who, being graduates of the
famous University of Oxford, are en-
titled to wear the Oxford hood.
"At a certain service another bishop,
also IN Oxford man, nodded toward
the officiating clergyman and whis-
pered excitedly to Bishop Burgess:
"'Why, look, he has got an Oxford
hood on
$50 he has, said Bishop Burgess.
but he is not entitled to it. He
has no Oxford degree exclaimed the
first bishop. Why, the man is wearing
a lie on his back
Hush said Bishop Burgess. Don't
call it a lie. Call it a false hood"