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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-07
ImprobabiIity's Limit.

my boy" said the publisher. as
the author approached with bundle
of manuscript, don't take up my time
unless You have something new and
wildly improbable. Improbability Is
what the public wants"
"And I've got it," declared the au-
thor, triumphantly. my hero earns
q million dollars writing poetry"
SPECIFICS from joy. the happy pub
Usher fell upon his neck and wept
client but none the less tears.-Phil.
adelphia Bulletin.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-07
An Important Special.

Anything new from that high
priced correspondent of ours in Man.
churia?"
Yes. we have just received an i'm
portant special from him."
What is it,"
He says, 1t is believed in the hign-
est official circles that as soon as the
weather moderates the opposing arm
les will renew hostilities,""
Fine! Cable him to come home."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-07
The First Time.

The confusion of tongues had just
fallen on the Tower of Babel when a
voice rose high and clear:
"Diddums want pity tiss. bess his
hearth"
With a groam of anguish they turn
ed and fed from the edifice.-Harper's
Bazaar.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-07
No Lack of Variety.

A travelling salesman just back from
Maine says, in the Boston Record,
that he recently asked an old fisher
man in a snow-bound hamlet what he
did with himself evenings.
"Oh," said the old man, easily,
sometimes set and think, and then
again just set"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-07

The sea freezes at 20 degrees
Fahrenheit; fresh water lakes at 80
degrees Fahrenheit
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-07
Chicken Eating Sows.

Some one asked how to prevent
sows from eating chickens put
some good rings in their noses, fast
en- a strap, or small chain, about Is
inches long to these rings, or long
enough so that when they put their
heads down while walking they will
step on it. This will stop chicken
eating.-S. H. in Indiana Farmer.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-07
Teaching Horses to stand.

A horse is easily impressed when
In training, both as to becoming fast
walkers, and in standing quietly with
out hitching. A horse trainer says
this as to teaching them to stand:
"As soon as he had his colt fairly
gentle and had ridden him few
times, he would throw the reins down,
take a strong but soft rope hobble.
and hobble his front legs. Then he
would fasten stake rope, say 20 feet
long, to front leg and the loose end
to a stout stake or post.
Ordinarily the horse would never
move thus fastened, but II he did he
soon came to grief. A few lessons OF
this sort cured him and never were
forgotten. After a while he would
simply wrap his long reins about the
horses front legs and that was gen
orally sufficient. You might think
that this would be apt to hurt lame
horse, but have done it on hundreds
and never seen one hurt in the least.
Indiana Farmer.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-07
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

In 1884 one of the leading railroads
of the United States printed on its
time table: "The locomotive will leave
the depot every day at 10 o'clock, IL
the weather is fair"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-07

1t Is unlawful in Norway for women
or girls to serve In public houses.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-07

in the whole CT their existence. Among
fish it is positively known that pike.
salmon a1d goldfish never sleep at
all, also that there are several others
in the fish family that never sleep
more than a few minutes month
The best language for making love
is said to be the Manx, because 1t
has 81 ways in which to say my
sweetheart" The Irish language is
close second in the number of en-
dearing terms, however. and has the
added advantage that most of these
words are extremely soft and euphon-
ious.
The total coal production of the
United States is now at the rate OF
100000 tons per day, and the con-
sumption of coal by railroads is equal
to 40 percent of this. or 100000 tons
per day. The fuel bill of railroad
contributes about 10 percent of the
total expense of operation and 80 To
40 percent of the total cost of running
the locomotives.
A wandering tortoise has been re-
covered through the ingenuity of the
sister of its owner, boy living at
Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire
England, who painted the lads name
and address on the animals back. Al.
ter an absence of several weeks the
tortoise, which was much priced, has
just been sent home. 1t had Travelled
a distance of / IL miles.
When the first two tons of anthra-
cite coal were brought into Philadel-
phia, in 1903, the good people OF that
city, so the records state, tried TO
burn the stuff; but, at length, disgust
ed they broke it up and made walk
of it," Fourteen years later, Col. Geo.
Shoemaker sold eight or ten wagon
loads of it in the same city, but war
rants were soon issued for his arrest
for taking money under false pre-
lenses.
The visitor to the Falkland Isles sees
scattered here and there singular
shaped blocks of what appear to be
weather-beaten and moss-covered
powders in various sizes. Attempt 10
turn one of these powders over and
you will meet with real surprise, be-
cause the stone is actually anchored
by roots of great strength; in fact,
you will find that you are trihing with
one of the native trees. No other
country in the world has such a pc.
culiar forest" growth.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-07

There are several species Of fish,
reptiles and insects which never sleep
in the whole CT their existence. Among
fish it is positively known that pike,
salmon and goldfish never sleep at
all, also that there are several others
in the fish family that never sleep
more than a few minutes a month
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-07

swift a. iTs close
Ebbs tie long summer da
Spirits Of gold
Each passing ray.
Slowly tie sun sinks
Weary to rest.
Tired, The nightbird
Flee5 to its nest.
Down thro' the gray mist,
Softly | go,
Zach tiny ripple
Whispering low.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-07

THE ROAnER.
Signs Of the tree-tops
v Atune with the night;
breath of the willows
The moons misty light.
Mockng. tie shadows
Guide
Where dark bOughs droopinAt ,
Laden with dew.
Roaming the stiffness,
Idly / cream
Iulled hy the silence.
l SLEEP with the stream.
Woods and Waters.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29

came crashing through the wood. his scarlet tunic
making a glowing target IN the gloom All IN
knowing he halted directly between the guns OF Al
mighty Voice and Richard Cook. CRYING 70 his COM
panions some distance away:
Here he IS, | see h1m | see him.
For Gods sake get away from there. or he VIII
get vout' Cook cried: but before the sentence was
finished Almighty Voice fired again. and the police
man fell with his head three feet outside the rife
pit For half an hour Cook tried draw the hre OF
Almighty Voice, to permit the wounded man being
dragged away out of reach OF the Indians trapped
in the pit. The ruse was vain; for though there
was only one rife IN commission between the TWO
Indians the rapidity of the fire that came from the
pit was something fairly devish. Perhaps, had
Cook been supplied with battle rounds OF am
1nunition. he might have out. but before he
could make any impression on the rapid hrer IN the
pit his ammunition gave ont, and they were Obliged
to leave the poor fellow his fate while they made
their way back to camp for help. They had hardly
slipped the first OF land, however, before
there came one more rifle crack from the pit, and
they knew that Almighty Voice true Indian IN
his fighting tactics and had decided 70 give no
quarter.
That night when the camp had settled down
Richard Cook could not sleep. He knew that Al
mighty Voice and Little Salteaux had not the ghost
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29

Of chance 10 win IN their fight for orders had g.-
TO Prince Albert for the severp 20 be broug
out 70 the hills and message % Regina had arest
started relnfOrcenents and q rIre-pounder no1
by special train He recalled the p--le Of AInigt-
Voice in his happier days, his self resi- ec-Ing life r
popularity with the sport loving people Of Pm
Albert and though Almighty Voice had killed h
dearest friend that day. and there were half dcl
other deaths to his credit, Richard Cook was hun
enough 10 understand the Indian l-lg-ral burr
sense Of injustice
II the silence Of the sleeping camp Cook c7~
out again within hail OF the --re r--. and
warning click came through the darkness he ca-=
sOftIv-
a friend. Almighty Voice a friend.
All was silent as If the refugee IN the pit c0ud1
accept as friend any member Of The party u
held him IN a state of siege
Give up and come IN Almighty Eoice.' Coi
went on. You have broken the white mans a7
and they have trapped YOU at last There IS z
possible escape It IS surrender for YOU, OF dez-
within a few hours Take my advice and come
There was dead silence fo- a momer-- after he E
finished, and if Cook had not known The ways
Indians he might have thought thar his voice b
not carried 10 the rife pit. Then out q The dA-4
CcE-.Easz on --Fs g
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29

have dropped ordinary man: but with hardly
diminished speed Almighty Voice kept on. Cook
and Grundy were hardly twelve feet behind him
when the two Indians suddenly disappeared from
sight Cook knew what that meant and threw HIM
self flat on the ground. Grundy did not comprehend
the situation and before Cook could 50 much as give
a warning CIV the rifle of Almighty Voice spoke
from the rifle pit where he and Little Sateaux had
taken refuge, and Grundy fell, pierced through the
heart.
COOK raised himself and looked up the hill in the
- gloom to locate the enemy-and gazed straight
into the barrel OF gun behind which bazed the eyes
of Almighty Voice For several seconds they looked
at each other. 1t seemed minutes TO me, Cook
said in telling the story, and dashed long ones
tool And then both shot at the same instant.
Cook felt the sting of a bullet it powed across his
shoulder and had the chagrn Of seeing his own shot
fly over the head of Almighty Voice. As he strained
his eyes toward the rifle pit, he saw what looked like
the bianketed back of of the Indians rise few
inches above the earthwor1. He fired, and again,
to his chagrin, knew that he had been tricked by a
blanket h0sted on a rifle as he heard the ping OF a
bullet metal and even the satisfaction at having
put of the rifles out of commission was swallowed
up in his disappointment at having been outwltted.
Before another shot could be fired, a policeman
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29

I the Little Lyric The ten
Centers sat in the back, the fifteen
Centers in the middle of the house,
while the front rows were occupied
by the twenty-cent aristOCraCy.
When the monologist ran down
at last and the little French dancer
twinkled her agile limbs into the
wings. the audience did not bulge.
This was amateur night, when, at
the close of the regular vaudeville
performance, talented amateurs
were given opportunity to merge
into professional circles.
The first amateur was a pudgy,
freckled girl of fourteen, in a short
blue gingham frock, who sang
something about being kissed on
the way home from school. She
had an uneven, heady voice, and
her stage manner vibrated between
an imitatively stacy fling and
natural girlish gawkiness. The
badness Of the performance was
not wasted on that audience, with
its own well defined standards OF
dramatic art. Neither was it an
indulgent body at best, and
talented amateurs were its
natural prey. The worst tyrant,
however, may amuse himself with
occasional magnanimity. \ tele-
pathiC unit, the house accepted
the girl with irOnical good nature
When she coyly retired after the
second stanza, she was clapTed
forth 10 deliver the other two
and at the close she was given
such an ovation as must have
deluded the youngster into believ-
ing herself a future queen of song.
a lanky youth attired in check
shirt and skimpy gray trousers now
essayed an original defamation
In reaction against its former
leniency, the audience set upon
him with gleeful uproar Itguved
his clothes and stamped his voice
into utter eXtinguishment The
boy had pluck and struggled on
His lips worked, arms waved. and
body swayed with all the panto-
mime of the extreme type of
eloCution. Heaven knows with
what pains he had prepared him
self, what cry of his being for ex-
preston society was thus bruta1lv
choking back down his own
throatl He left the stage with
shaking chin and set, unseeing eyes.
THE next performer waited his
\ turn in the alley outside the
stage door; for his wife and child
were with him. He was an Italian
laborer, and his blue jumper, o
showed a round, brown column OF
still wore the peasant earhoops az
How much did the gentleman
in Italian.
" A dollar if they will listen
And why should they not3 s.
eager encouragement Who in
sing like you.-half an opera aft
once or twice
1t will be for you and Nicola
Here, YOU Dago, step out live
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29

bawled from the doorway as the lanlv boy returned
Mardlsl was hustled before the curtain hall
blinded by the tootlights, blinking down into the
TlA r sea OF humanity stretching away from his feet
The audience had dealt with the bow in y-a-,+,,
sport as a puppy worries a slipper Now il had
grown to be cruel, gloating monster and NarlI;S;
was a 1norsel thrown 1t by the management Tber@
was sudden upflare of bear-batinq inberitancN
with a man in the place of the bear,ebetter snor,
Tor he could be made TO suffer more 'i'-''
Mardisi bowed his acknowledgment 70 the FIRST
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-12
HINTS FOR FARMERS
Never prench CsttIe.

Perhaps the best way of demon
strating the danger of drenching cattle
is to advise the reader to throw back
his head as far as possible and at
tempt to swallow. This you will find
to be difficult task, and you will find
it more difficult and more impossible
to swallow with the mouth open. 1t is
for this reason that drenching cattle is
a dangerous practice. However, if a
cows head be raised as high as posi-
BILE, and her mouth kept open by the
drenching bottle or horn portion of
the liquid is very apt to pass down
the windpipe into the lungs, some
times causing instant death by smoth-
ering, at other times causing death to
follow in few days from congestion
or Inflammation of the lungs.
Give all cattle their medicine hypo-
dermically or in feed. If they refuse,
give it dry on the tongue.
The proper method of giving COW
medicine is to stand ON the right side
of the COW, placing the left arm around
the nose and at the same time opening
her mouth and with a spoon in the
right hand place the medicine, which
should be in powdered form, back of
the tongue She can then swallow with
safety Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-12
GOVERNORS TO MEET.
Will Gather In White House to Discuss
Nations Needs.

Washington, May u. = President
Roosevelt returned to Washington from
Pine Knot, Va, and is ready for the
great enterprise he has undertaken of
meeting the governors of many states
on the subject of the conservation Of
the country's natural resources and
general needs on Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday of this week.
Forty-four governors have accepted
the presidents invitation to attend this
notable conference.
This is the first time in the history
of the country that a president has
held such a conference. There will be
present governors of all the territories
except the Philippines, the cabinet
members, justices of the supreme court
and senators and representatives.
Among noted men to attend will be
William j. Bryan, James ]. Hill, John
Mitchell and Andrew Carnegie.
The meetings will be held in the east
room of the White House. This room
will have ON the walls great maps of
the United States to illustrate points
made by the speakers, and colored
transparencies will be used.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-12
WOULDN'T NAME TAFT.
Jersey Delegates to Republican Con-
Vention Uninstructed.


Trenton n j., May 12.-But for a
moments wavering during the state
Republican convention the New Jersey
delegates to the national convention
would have been instructed to cast
solid vote for Secretary of War Taft
for the presidential nomination.
The alertness of an anti-Taft dele
gate, who made an attempt to STAN
pede the convention by proposing that
the New Jersey delegates be instructed
to vote for the nomination of Theodore
Roosevelt for another term, was all
that prevented the delegates being in
structed for the war secretary. The
result was that the New Jersey dele
gates will go to Chicago uninstructed
The platform adopted by the conven-
ton indorses the present national and
state administrations and reaffirms be-
lief in the principle of protection.
With the resolutions out of the way
the convention settled down to the
principal business for which it was
called, the selection of delegates at
large. Essex county announced the
withdrawal Of Former Governor Muir
ply as candidate for delegate, and
the other five candidates remaining in
the field We're placed in nomination
Governor Fort, United States Senators
Kean and Briggs and State Assessor
David Baird were elected.
The vote for delegates at large was
as follows: Governor Fort, 631; Frank
o. Briggs, sos; John Kean, 5s5; David
Baird, 56S; John w. Griggs, lis.
A resolution fayoring former Gov
ernor Franklin Murphy for vice presi
dent was adopted without opposition
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-12
Dairy Pointers.

A careful system of keeping accounts
with a large number of dairies in Hi
nois showed that % per cent of the
best cows produced more profit than
the remaining 70 per cent. This is
worth knowing if you will think about
it and act on it.
A Holstein heifer at the Nebraska
Agricultural college gave 8,640 quarts
of milk in one year that sold for
$51S.40. The cost of feeding the heifer
was $71,42, leaving profit above the
feed cost of $44697. Here is text for
mighty good sermon.
A great many men are keeping cows,
but few are really dairying.
If dairying pays at all, prepare to
give the cows better care and feed and
increase the profits.
If you are handling herd of scrub
cows, you have little to fear from loss
by milk fever. Very few scrub cows
ever die from the trouble.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-12
To Take Ban OF Dance.

Baltimore, May 12.-When the board
of bishops recommended to the general
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church that the words dancing, play
ing at games of chance, attending thea
tiers, horse races, circuses, dancing
parties or dancing schools be stricken
from the famous paragraph 24S of the
book of discipline they created a SEN
sation. The bishops declared that they
do not approve these amusements, but
believe that the number and kind of
amusements have grown so great that
the question should be left to the con-
science of the people themselves.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-12

John Howard, fifteen years, and Bar
zola Teabout, fourteen, we're arrested
on Tuesday chargedwith stealing three
valves belonging to the Ansonia Co.,
which is putting the machinery in the
eiector chambers Of the sewer system
from the barn Of e. Hurting in the rear
Of Morris street, where the Ansonia
Co. stores its goods. The boys said
they found the door open and as none
Of the Ansonia people were In town
and the other sewer people would not
make a charge, the boys were dismissed
with areprimand They sold the valves
for thirty cents to junkman, this act
leading to their arrest.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-12
Value of skimmiIk.

The West Virginia experiment sta
ton got more value out Of skimmilk
by feeding it to hens than some dairy
men get for the whole milk when 1t Is
sold for city consumption.
An Illinois swine breeder has become
rich buying skimmilk at the nearby
creameries at 20 cents the hundred
pounds This milk is what the cream
cry patrons do not think it worth while
to haul back home.
The farm separator pays If for moth
ing else except getting the milk, warm
and perfectly sweet, to the calves with
in few minutes Of the time it is drawn
from the udder.
Give the calves wisp Of nice clover
hay and box of cornmeal In it. Then
feed them skimmilk and let them learn
to eat as soon as possible. You will
be surprised how young they viii cal
hay and how much of 1t they will eat
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-12

The director and jail committee OF
the board of freeholders had confer
ence and search on Wednesday at the
instigation OF County Superintendent
Hulsart who came to the board with a
copy Of a new law requiring boards Of
freeholders to provide offices for the
county superintendent of schools Ia
the county buildings. 1t was tinanly
decided to give him the old ladies'
waiting room of the grand jury with
the use of the new room except for the
three Aimes year it is needed for the
|grand Gury sessions
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-12
Statement hY Mrs. Clavaland.

Lakewood, N. j., May 12.-The condi
ton of former President Grover Cleve-
land, who is suffering from acute indi.
gestion, continues to show daily i'm.
provement according to a statement
made by Mrs. Cleveland, and in order
that his recovery may be fastened it
has been decided that Mr.. Cleveland
will remain here indefinitely, as the
climate agrees with him.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-12
Tha shean,a lI-Ionfs.

The hoofs Of sheep should be pared
at least twice a year Nature provided
this ANIMAL with rapid growing
hoof to Wand the wear and tear Of
stony ground. but sort pastures will
not wear down the hoofs fast enough,
and the broken horn often results in
disease.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-12
Atlanta Has Another Fire.

Atlanta, Ga, May 12.-One hundred
and seventy-five horses, two of them
show prize winners; half block of
buildings burned, with hundred dol
lar loss; a threatened panic in crowd
ed theater near by and half dozen
persons injured summarizes the dam
age donesby fire in the business sec
tion Of Atlanta.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-12
More Work in Pittsburc,

Pittsburg, May II. The ranks Of
Pittsburg's army Of unemployed were
depleted toathe extent Of several thou
sand men through the resumption Of
some plants that have been idle and
through increases Of the working
forces Of others.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-12
Emsrnenov currenov ann.

Washington, May 12.-By a vote of
1873 to 16 the Republican members of
the house of representative agreed to
an emergency currency bill drawn by
the special committee appointed by the
same conference last week and con-
sisting of Representatives Vreeland of
New York, Burton of Ohio, Weeks of
Massachusetts, Mckinney Of Illinois
and Knowland of California.