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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
FAMOUS BRIDGES.
Great Struc lures Built by Aneients Are
MarveIs to Engineers.

The grandest bridges of the Roman:
were aqueducts, but after centuries OF
unrest the noblest conceptions of archi-
ecture were realized in the Gothic
,hurches. There was little demand for
loads, bridges and still less for aqp-
ducts. Yet the monks did not bufd
cathedrals and monasteries only. To
them we owe the introduction of fla
arches. The Romans had preferred
semi-circular arches, which rarely ex-
ceeded seventy feet in span. The found.
er of the Brothers of the Bridge, St
Benezet, adopted for his Rhone bridge
of II7S, at Avignon, elliptical arches
which had their smaller radius of eleva-
ton at the crown instead of at the
launches. The famous Ponte Vecchio
at Florence and the original Augustus
bridge at Dresden date from the twelfth
century. The aqueduct of Spoieto,
which looks as if many high and narrow
windows had been cut out of massive
wall. is thirteenth century Gothic work.
So is the Devils bridge, near Matorell.
in the province of Barcelona, Spain, with
its apparently reckless pointed arch,
which is crowned at its weakest part by
a heavy toll house
The builders, no doubt, understood
that the load did not endanger the struc-
ture. The springings of this arch are
certainly OF antique origin, Roman or
Carthaginian; an inscription of the year
1860. when the bridge was restored,
ascribes the foundation to Hannibal
The span of the stone arch over the
AIDA, near Trezzo, 236 feet, built under
Barnato Visconti of Milan in 1870 to
1877 destroyed again in war time in
I4Io), has not been surpassed yet. But
the piers were in general made unneces-
sarily heavy, and many bridge failed
because the Roman art of laying con-
crete between piles had MT been redis-
covered from Vitruvius' forgotten archi-
lecture. French engineers first used
caissons and suggested iron bridges.
The first cast iron bridge, really COM
pleted in 1879, however, and still stand
ing, is according to Engineering, the
well-known Coalbrookdale bridge over
the Seven. The arch consists of FIVE
ribs. 1t found many. imitators; the
Pont des Arts at Paris, with nine OPEN
ings, and the Southwark bridge of 1914,
with center arch of 2I4 feet and a rise
of twenty-four feet. are fine examples
Failures of some of these bridges, how
ever, brought another material to the
front-puddled iron-.which helped us TO
bridges. The first specimens
the Tees bridge at Middleton of I74I
Telford's Menai straits bridge; further,
the. bridge over the Danube at Buda-
Pesth, the handsomest of its type/prob-
ably, supported by two rows of chains
On each side, were link bridges. Wire
cables came over from the United States
about 1875. Some of these bridges COL
apsed, almost all, e. g.: the Sarine
bridge at Fribourg, Switzerland, with
span of EOS meters 1870 feet), had to be
reinforced.-Boston Transcript.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
Cutters Who Do POO, w..

Bad tailoring, like sin, makes
uncomfortable and unhappy, but 90.
tailoring, like good actions. MAJ
them feel at ease and glad thev ~
living. e
the cutter Of mems clothes sho,,,
therefore always bear in mind ~
fact that he is powerful inaner.-
in the world for good IL he does soss
work, but for evil if his work il ~
and should keenly feel that hs as
serves honor for the one and diserse.
for the other. If his work Is bad ~,
punishment, even though it NAV prr
fit the crime and make him utterlv
wretched. will surely so fill his dav,
with shame, apprehension, shudder,
or horror. snubs and insults, that NJ
will almost hate himself, and win
wish in every waking hour that nirb,
will come and bring him forgetfpl
ness, and always through the nigbt
will long for day, to escape in ~
light and hustle the black tosmepts
and silent cravings of a guilty con
science.-Tailor and Cutter.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
MIRRORS AS GOOD AS MEDI-
CINE.

A woman's vanity not infrequently
acts as health tonic and saves her
from serious illness if not from prema-
ture death. A physician with long ex-
perience in some of the principal hos
pitals of the country declares that a
,mirror-one of those that flatter the
user-is sometimes of more value than
an entire medicine chest. Il began my
career" he said recently, 'by serving
several months as an inferno in a Pitts
burg hospital. 1t was the rule there
that no ward patient should be allow
ed to have a mirror of any description,
and you might rake every ward in the
hospital with a 6ne-tooth comb without
finding piece of looking glass as big
as postage-stamp
"One day | was passing through
certain ward and stopped beside the bed
of a colored girl, whose face at that
moment wore the most lugubrious ex-
preston | had ever seen on human
being. | took alarm instantly, and began
to study her condition.
why, Elsie l said, what in the
world ais you?'
She cried then in earnest. oh, doc
tor she said, if could only see my
self I'd get better, l know l would.
| haven't looked in glass for month.
The girls try to tell me how look, but
| know they are fooling me. I'm sure
must look great deal worse than
they make out. If | don't. why won't
the matron and superintendent let ME
have a glass?'
Il went right down to the office then
and spouted out the piece of advice
had had stored up for SO many weeks.
After thinking the matter over they de-
cided to allow Elsie to cultivate the ac-
rna'ntance of her own features once
NOE, and when she found that she did
not really look so deathly i'll as she had
imagined she began to mend and con-
t,nued to improve steadily. So / give
sick people, especially the women, a
mirror when they ask for it.'-Ckicago
Chronicle.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
CALLING ETIQUETTE AT WHITE
HOUSE.

There are four ladies, and four only.
in the world that Mrs. Roosevelt IS
under any official obligation to call upon
Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Garfield, Mrs. Cleve-
land ard Mrs. Mckinley. These four
ladies, as former mistresses of the White
House, are expected if they should
visit Washington. to call Immediately at
the White House before making any
other visit whatever, and in the case of
Mrs. Grant, who lives in Washington.
she is expected to call, with the sarre
promptness, upon the incoming lady of
the White House, and that incoming
lady must lose no time in returning this
ceremonious visit. Other women-the
sisters and daughters of Presidents
have presided over the White House.
but the status of the wife of the Presi-
dent is very different from that of any
other lady OF his family who may pre-
side over his official home. Il i
status regulated by simple but inexor-
able law, not only of etiquette, but of
custom, and no woman has yet beer in
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
Some Zig Potatoes.

While the talk of s3-a-bushel po-
tatoes is on, 1t is sort of easement
to know that the succulent tuber y
getting in it's work right smart in
some fields. William B. Smith, Of
Glastonbury, sends a specimen to this
office weighing two and a quarter
pounds. 1t has foul laterals, two of
which would do to serve on the table,
while the other two would be relish
ed by poultry. Mr.. Smith calls the
specimen Early Harvest, and by It
self 1t Is a handsome specimen
clean. light colored and sound except
where the hook marked 1t. The pro-
Queer does not say how many tubers
he took from the hill.
A resident of upper Windsor ave-
nue. was exhibiting a couple of speci-
ment yesterday each "as clean as a
hounds TOOTH" there were in company
of seven others when disturbed in
his garden by the potato hook. One
of these weighed one and three-quar-
ter pounds. the other one and a half
pounds, each quick weight. The 9TH
ers were fine specimens, perhaps bet
ter adapted to table use, since they
tipped the scales at a pound each or
a trifie under. All were remarkably
handsome and solid to the CORE
Hartford Courant
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
Giving Her aI.xsnn

The habit of describing things as
"awfully jolly was amusingly satir-
lied by a gentleman WHO came home
prepared to chat on events of the day.
An acquaintance had failed in business.
He spoke of this incident as delicious
ly sad He hao ridden in an omnibus
with friend whom he described as
horribly entertaining" and to crown
all he spoke of the butter which had
been set before him at his restaurant
as "divinely rancid"
why, dad, you are going off your
head! said his youngest and most i'm
pertinent daughter
Not in the least, my DEAR" he said,
Pleasantly, I'm merely trying to follow
the fashion, | worked out .divinely
rancid with good deal of labor. 1t
secm> to me rather more effective than
'sr.fnlly sweet | mean TO keep up
with the rest of you hereafter. AMI
now, he continued, ''let me help vcu
to a Piece of this exquisitely tough
beef '-Tif-Bifs.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
Delights Of Equality.

almost every man is a loser by
being elevated above the sphere 10
which he is habituated." said the late
Senator Morrill, in discussing the sub
ject of equality. THE word equal IS
used very freely in America. but IDS
real meaning is little understood. AS
a condition Of cold fact. an equal Is
that which a man of talent will sci.
com find among his superiors.
when the Duke of Orleans pro-
posed to make Fontenelle perpetual
president of the Academy Of Sciences
his reply was:
Take not from me. my Lord. the
delight OF living with my equals. 49,
New York Herald.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
BRAIN POWER
Increased by Proper Feeding.

A lady writer who not only has
Gone good literary work. but reared
family, found In Crape-Nuts the
ideal food for brain work and to de-
velop healthy children. She writes:
II am an enthusiastic proclaimer OF
Grape-Nuts as a regular diet. for
merly had no appetite H. the morning
and for years while nursing my four
children. had insufficient nourishment
for them.
unable to eat breakfast felt faint
later, and would go to the pantry and
eat cold chops, sausage, cookies,
doughnuts or anything / happened to
find. Being a writer, at times my
head felt heavy and my brain asleep.
when / read Of Grape-Nuts ! be-
gan eating 1t every morning. also
gave 1t to the children. including my
10 months old baby. who soon grew
as fat as little pig. good natured
end contented.
II wrote evenings and feeling the
need of sustained brain power. began
eating a small saucer OF Grape-Nuts
with milk, instead of my usual indi-
gestitle hot pudding. pie. or cake for
dessert at night.
Il grew plump. nerves strong, and
when I wrote my brain was active
and clear: indeed. the duh head pain
never returned
POSTUM CEREAL CO.. Ltd.
Battle Greek, Mica.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
FASHION NOTES.

Carved pearl buttons are used to quite
an extent.
Straps of gold and silver form the
fancy high belts that are so popular.
Plain lace effects in stockings are not
enough so they've been combined with
printed designs.
There are plenty of short jackets of
fur. and very pretty they are, too, and
more useful for some purposes.
Velveteens, which are to be so much
worn this winter, show various widths
of rib and come in all colors.
Beautiful Empire belts are made of
black cluny lace traced in gold and fas-
tened with odd, jeweled buttons.
Large, fat, openwork buttons have
rhinestones set in black metal. 1t goes
to show how much black and white is
to be worn.
Soutache braid is to be used largely
this year, and is to be seen on many
handsome frocks. 1t is always a salts
factory trimming; there is a certain re-
'hnement as well as style to it which IS
pleasing.
Rather an odd boa, and pretty one,
too. IS of two kinds of net fastened with
long loops and ends of velvet ribbon.
The one net is of black with small, white
dots not strongly marked, and the Other
is OF white, with much larger chenille
dots. The effect is very good.
Bead buttons, that is, some small but
tons covered with congregation of min
ute beads, are among the latest intro
auctions. So are the embroidered but
tons, square in form. and velvet ones
with fieur-de-lys, and other motifs in
embroidery. Any paste but .ons. and. in
deed, almost any jeweled buttons, especi-
ally in the mouyeau art style, find favor.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
THE SOURCE OF WOMAN'S
BEAUTY.

A beautiful skin without any blem-
ishes comes directly from good health,
and TIE first step to health and to a
beautiful skin is to get and keep the
blood pure The whole blood system
IS like gorgeously colored Venice with
red waterways. and little boats hurrying
to and fro. The latter carry two kinds
of messengers, market boys and scav-
engcrs. If these are both trained to ac-
complish their work every day then
health and beauty are assured. If the
blood is clear the skin is sure to be
clear-LadieS' Home Journal.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14

the White House who has ever broken
the unwritten laws which govern her
position. There is probably no situa-
ton easier to fill, as far as mere techni-
cal observance goes, than that of the
wife of the President of the United
States. She has set of simple, Of
fetal duties, as hostess, of the White
House, to perform. If she is i'll, or feels
unable to perform them, she is readily
excused.-Ne7V York Mail and Express.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
PURE FOoD
No Food Commissioner of any Stat.
has ever attacked the absolute
purity of Grape-Nuts.

Every analysis undertaken show,
this food to be made strictly of Wheat
and Barley, treated by our processes
70 partially transform the starch
parts into form of Sugar, and there
fore much easier to digest.
Our claim that it is a Food for
Brain and Nerve Centresi is 5ased
upon the fact that certain parts ~
Wheat and Barley (which we ,use)
contain Natures brain and nerve
building ingredients, viz, Phosphate
OF Potash. and the way we prepare
the food makes it easy to digest and
assimilate.
DR.. Geo. W. Carey in his book ON
The Biochemic System Of Medicine
says:
When the medical profession fully
understands the nature and range OF
the phosphate OF potassium, insane
asylums VIII no longer be needed.
The gray matter of the brain IA
controlled entirely by the Inorganic
cell-salt, potassium phosphate.
This salt unites with albumen.
and by the addition of oxygen creates
nerve-fiuid, or the gray matter of the
brain.
"Of course. there is trace of other
salts and other organic matter IN
nerve-fuid, but potassium phosphate
is the chief factor, and has the power
within Itself to attract, by its own
law OF affinity, all things needed to
manufacture the elixir OF life. There
fore, when nervous symptoms arise,
due to the fact that the nerve-fiuid
has been exhausted from any cause.
the phosphate of potassium is the
only true remedy. because nothing
else can possibly supply the de-
ficiency.
THE ills arising from too rapidly
consuming the gray matter Of the
brain cannot be overestimated.
Phosphate of Potash, is to my
mind, the most wonderful curative
agent ever discovered by man, and
the blessings it has already conferred
on the race are many. But what
shall the harvest be- when physicians
everywhere fully understand the part
this wonderful salt plays in the pro-
cesses of life? 1t will do as much as
can be done through physiology to
make heaven. on earth.
Let the overworked business man
take 1t and go home good-tempered.
Let the weary wife, nerves unstrung
from attending to sick children or en-
company, take 1t and note
how quickly the equilibrium will be
and calm and reason assert
her throne. No 'provings' are re-
luired here. We find this potassium
salt largely predominatss In nerve
fluid, and that deficiency produces
well-defined symptoms. The begin
ming and end of the matter is to sup
ply the lacking principle, and in
molecular form, exactly as nature
It in vegetables. fruits and
grain. TO supply defclsnc.es-this Is
The only law OF cure"
Please observe that Phosphate Of
Potash is not properly Of the drug
shop variety but is best prepared by
'Old Mother Nature" and stored in
the grains ready for use by mankind.
Those who have been helped to better
health by the use of Grape-Nuts are
legion.
There's a Reason
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
A JAUNTY LITTLE COAT

A little bolero, possessing the novel
feature of crossing over and fastening
on one side, is composed of black peau
de sole, lined with white Oriental satin,
and overlaid with coarse old ivory ltal-
ian lace, the rounded collar edged with
insertion to correspond, set transparent
between the tucked satin and pleated
frill. The sleeves are bell-shaped to
the elbow, and terminate in more lace
and killed satin.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
G,'EFoKTnE
NNNLADtEs
MOHAIR GOWNS.

Mohair is very fashionable. This nice,
firm, yet lightweight material is stun
ming, especially in navy blue, and a
pretty gown of this material boasts three
crossway- stitched folds, each fold two
and a half inches deep, and placed halt
their own depth apart and narrowed up
either side the front to the waist.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14

The kind newspaper lady who tells
her readers how a woman can look
quite smart on $500" doesn't do much
to help the woman who has only $40
for limit.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
Why a Ships Called ashe..

Johnny" said the teacher to q
small pupil in the Juvenile class, tan
you tell me why ship is called
'She'?"
I guess it's because a ship is like
woman answered Johnny. she
seeds man to boss her"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
PREPARING FOR THE F,rr,,,n

80 you want more wages?" sa,a
the warden of the penitentiary.
Thats what l do" answered the
cook. This talk of Furnishing trpss
magnates is getting me more nervous
every day. If I've got to learn N
COOK terrapin and lobster a la New.
burg, want more pay. And whar.
more | want to be called 'chef'a
Washington Star.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14

The Dowager Empress OF China has
sent the President a of photograph
which makes her appear about twenty
years younger than she is. Every
American woman will appreciate her
feeling in the matter.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
GOWN OF MERCERIzED SATEEN

A smart gown is of mercerized sateen
in deep blue, rather brighter than navy
and with a running or much scattered
pattern in white. 1t is sufficiently ornate
with fiat lace kept to the edge of the
skirt and with the bodice ornamented in
similar style. With this frock narrow
vest in white or a pale color is becom-
ing, as it breaks wide figure The
edge of the sateen could be scalloped
and laid over the shoulders.
When the bust is very full, a deep
round or square collar which meets IN
front is most becoming. Sateens and
lawns made with unlined sleeves andthe
neck of the lining cut down little make
the coolest of summer gowns.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14

immigration continues to pour into
the port of New York in far greater
volume than in any past year. From
the first Of January up to the end Of
April the total number of arrivals was
2S9,152, or 1e4,424 more than Mn the
same months of 1904. Since the be-
ginning of May this number has been
greatly increased, all previous records
having been broken. On one Sunday
alone the arrivals were more than
twelve thonsand The total immigra-
tion to this country in 1905 is expect
ed to exceed a million, of which about
so percent will arrive at this port,
avows the New York Sun. The ar
rivals so far this year are chiefly Of
Italians and Polish and Russian He
brews. and the great majority of the
immigration expected during the rest
of the year will be of those races.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14

Hiram Cronk, the last survivor OF
the War of 1912. fourished in an age
when no vibrant warning against race
suicide was uttered. But he did not
neglect his duty to the race, as he
did not neglect the call of his coun-
try, says the New York Press. There
followed him to the city hall his eld-
est boy, Philander, a youth of 81; his
second born, William, a STRIPPING Of
~; his daughter, Mrs Rawley, a
young lady Of II, and his youngest
child, John, a mere babe of Sc.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14

Lord Selborne says that more Than
$4,000 in naval prize money remains
unclaimed in the hands Of the British
Government.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14

Two locomotives could pass each
Other in any one Of the four tunnels
Of the Mauritania
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14

Because a woman locks her door il
no reason to say she wears a wig.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
- NOTES Ans
E2M4oMNENTS
SHNs'sVvTxCw

Chicago is already preparing for the
census of 1901. A woman there has
given birth to bankruptcies.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
HER NERVES AND HER HATS.

A writer in a medical journal has
lately advanced the theory that women's
heavy hats are responsible for women's
jangling nerves and proverbial quick
temper.
The popular impression has been that
the man who paid for the hats was the
one whose temper suffered; bui it seems
that large hats weigh too heavily upon
the fragile feminine Uranium and affect
the blood vessels and nerves and
through them, the brain.
Moreover, according to the writer, the
effort to kcsp large and heavy hats at
the right angle impose a parlous strain
upon the nerves of the wearers. The
theory is advanced in all seriousness.
but the chances are that it will not in
duce any normal man to cut off her hat
supply.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14

King Alfonso, we Q are confident,
could get a wife of the right kind by
advertising.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14

The railroad to the canyon of the
Colorado has been finished, and people
in search of the sublime will now have
no excuse for going to Europe. The
canyon is the most stupendous sight on
earth.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14

The japanese Government is planning
to make a seaport of Toxic, its capital,
which lies at the head of land-locked
bay twenty miles from the present an
chorage.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14
AN ACCOMPLISHED PRINCESS.

Princess Henry of Battenberg, sister
of King Edward, was one of the ex-
hibitors at a recent art exhibition IN
Ryde, Isle of Wight. Her picture was
an oil painting of Egyptian ruins, and
was greatly admired. Princess Beatrice
is possessed of many talents, being an
excellent actress, it is said, and fine
musician. Nine. Blanche Marchesi has
said that her accompaniment were
never better played than by the princess.
A story is told of a celebrated musician
who, while visiting at Windsor Castle,
was asked his opinion of the playing of
one of the Processes Madame, you
play like princess" was the diplomatic
reply. Princess Beatrice then played
and solicited verdict. His answer
on this occasion was: Madame, you
play like an artistr'
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14

The owner of an automobile is called
a chauffeur. 1t is very evident from this
Il at the machine is destined to keep out
OF reach of the masses for quite while
yet.