Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-14

The owner of an automobile is Gale
a chauffeur. 1t is very evident from thi
Il at the machine is destined to keep on
OF reach of the masses for quite Will
yet
The japanese Government is plannin
to make seaport of Toxic, its capita
which lies at the head of land-locke,
bay twenty miles from the present an
chorage.
The railroad to the canyon of TIL
Colorado has been finished, and peopl
in search of the sublime will now hav
no excuse for going to Europe. TIL
canyon is the most stupendous sight OF
earth.
Germany appears to be paying stric
attention to the morals of her people
Notwithstanding the great increase il
population in that country only go per
sons were condemned and punished fol-
perjury in 1899, as against I,oII in 1882
1t takes 5000 unloaded bees to make
a pound THAT is, when the bee leave:
its hive III search of honey it weighs
only the 5,oooth part of pound When
it returns, however, from the fields and
flowers, freighted with honey, it is three
times that heavy.
The Green Government has taken un-
to itself monopoly of the picture postal
card business, and issued cards with
sixty-four different views of famous
cities and other scenes. 1t is safe tc
say that the government will do a prof
table business for many years in selling
the cards abroad, to be held as sou
venirs.
1t is not always safe to try to be funny
in foreign countries. An American jour.
nalist, signing hotel register in Nor
way, gave his occupation as link singer
and pencil pusher." The police did moi
understand, so they detained the would
be joker for some time, until an ex.
PLANTATION could be secured from the
nearest United States Consul.
The oyster trade OF England has fsl.
len in ten years from an annual total oil
fifteen million dollars to two and one.
half millions. Sewerage schemes car.
ried out by town boards resulted in
flooding the oyster beds with sewage
and several deaths ensued from eating
poisonous oysters. The alarm became
widespread and the figures quotc.l show
the disaster brought upon the trade.
There does not appear to, have bet
much improvement in the manufacture
of bricks in the United States since
colonial days. The first bricks made in
the country were turned out in Vir.
ginia and were used in building the
church at jamestown and the residence
OF the Governor and the most important
citizens. Many of the bricks were USED
in other buildings after the decadencc
of Jamestown, and even now arc ir
sound condition.
Marvellous progress has been ATTAINED |
already in the utilization of water power
in many States of the Union. but much |
remains to be done. Since it has beer |
found practicable to transmit consid. |
cradle percentage of the force of catar. |
acts for long distances by electricity, the
rivers of the country will from time &c /
time contribute more extensively to the
expansion of American industries. Anc
the interesting statement is made that r
Porto Rico there are so many brook:
and streams tumbling down from the
high lands that hundreds, and even thou.
sands, of wheels will be turning ere
long, with beneficial results to the PEG.
pie of that picturesque land.
An interesting trend of affair J, says
The Rdiisody and Engineering Jowns.
IS emphasized by the fact that the Ma
sachusetts Institute of Technology has
had enough applications for admission
from students in England to warrant il
N announcing that it will hold entrance
examination in London this year. Thi.
S probably due, not. to any high appre.
:iation of American methods in enei.
leering education per SC, but to desire
o find out the why's and wherefores oil
he success of American manufactured
md engineering in foreign countries
| hen, too, it is generally recognized in
England that this is the country of op.
'ortunities for young men; and many
If those who are coming here to study
expect to remain here and
inter into business life.
France has the best up-to-date laws
or the sanitary protection of the trav-
ling public. In the first place. the
french railroads are forbidden to carry
'ersons visibly or VIGOROUSLY affected
" contagious diseases in compartments
hat are used by the public. In the sec
md place, the daily cleaning and the
PERIODICAL disinfection, of all cars arc
equired. Linens of sleeping cars mus.
ear ticket indicating to the passen.
er the date of the last c'eaning. and
hev must be properly washed and after.
Yard subjected to high temperature.
Dry sweeping and busting. which cnly
erve to scatter disease germs. are pro-
ibited, it being required that ali floors.
eats and woodwork be wiped with
loths moistened with some antiseptic