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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15
oALAx Is SOUTHERN.
Plant Will Only Grow in Certain Sec
ton Of Dixie.


Many persons whose interest is at.
tracted daily by the wreaths of dark
green or bronze foliage labelled ga
lax leaves" at the doors OF the for
lists shops probably do not know that
the plant from which these leaves
are picked is one of the most loyal
and truly American to be found. In
fact, the galax root refuses to grow
In any other soil than that of the
United States.
Not only is the galax American, but
it is born and bred Southern. 1t
will no more flourish outside of Dixie
than in an alien SOIL Few plants are
restricted in growth to so narrow an
area. In a small section of rugged
country in the Appalachian Mountain
range. where the corners of Virginia,
North Carolina, Georgia and Tennes-
see run up together, the galax clus-
tiers grow in profusion. They are in
digenous to this region, elevated
many thousands of feet above sea lev
ell. and although many attempts have
been made to introduce the plants in
other parts of the United States and
in foreign lands as well, the expert
ments have always proved futile.
Neither will the galax thrive in the
hothouse-only the rare air and noun
tain loan OF its native soil seem
adapted to its growth.
Accordingly, since the discovery of
the value of galax leaves for decora-
tive purposes, some fifteen years ago.
hundred of tons of them have been
sent to the Northern markets from
their native corner in the mountains,
where, during certain seasons, whole
families devote themselves to gath
ering and packing them for shipment.
There are many points in favor of
the use of the galax In decorative
schemes. A dark green during the
summer months and = rich bronze
after being touched by the frost, the
leaves retain their hues for weeks
after they are gathered. Further
more, they are very hardy, permit
ting rough and ready packing, which
renders their shipment inexpensive.
They retain their freshness and
color for a long time without being
kept In water.
Possessing these qualities it was
only natural that the galax should
have come at once into favor for
the Frightening of rooms and the dec
grafton of tables. Carloads of the
leaves are shipped into the North not
only for sale in. New York, Philadel-
phia and other centres, but also to
be transferred to steamships and car
ried abroad.-New York Sun
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15
wife Needn't Establish Residence.

A wife can come to Wisconsin, get q
divorce while she waits, and take the
next train out of town, provided her
husband is a resident of the state, ac-
cording to the decree granted Seren-
zia Tritz in Milwaukee. She married
Harry Tritz In New York and he de-
serted her in 1905. She located him
here six months ago and instituted pro-
ceedings, but remained In New York
When Judge Williams pointed out
today that the plaintiff had been in the
state for less than year, her attorney,
Morris Stern. declared the husbands
domicile was that of the wife under the
law. Judge Williams granted the de-
cree, the plaintiff having been In MIL
waukee twelve hours In all.-New York
World.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15
Indian Babies Don't Cry.

Affection for children is an Indian
characteristic" says DIR. Charles s.
Moody of Idaho. Il have never seen
an Indian mother or father punish a
a child, nor have I ever seen an Indian
child cry. An Indian child never sobs
when hurt Just an extra snap of the
bright black eyes and a slight frown
is all to indicate to the observer that
the little fellow is suffering. I have
never heard even an Indian baby cry"
London Evening Standard
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15
Great sritaIn's saloon Problem.

There are nearly 100000 liquor sa
looms in Great Britain and bill pend
ing in Parliament proposes to close
$4,000 of them within the next four
teen years. and to do this by the use
Of its taxing power. But the liquor
trafic in Great Britain Is strongly en-
trenched. The brewing industry pays
$3.50, 100000 annually in taxes. More
over the liquor licenses have such
value that they cannot be withdrawn
without confiscation Of property, and
it is proposed to compensate the hold
ers of those licenses which are to be
revoked The situation is something
like that which existed before the Civil
war In this country when 1t was pro
posed to get rid Of slavery by compen
sating the slave owners for the value
of their slaves.-Wall Street Journal
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15
susoicious Russia.

The journey OF Mr.. Taft OUTSIDE
the confines OF American territory
escorted by a number OF war vesse's'
can hardly be regarded as pleasu''
trip on the high seas. The Autum
nal equinox is accompanied BY ieF
rible storms, Transforming the ~
cific into a turbulent ocean. 1t moT
be assumed, therefore, that the y
rival of the American Secrefa1T -
War In Russian waters has been cA'r
ed forth by other considerations tns-
the wish OF studying seasickness =
different longitudes.-St PetersDu's
Novoe Vremya.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15
The Morals Of a scientist.

Sir Oliver Lodge, scientist and aa-
thor of THE Substance Of Faith" pre-
sents the rather impressive aspect OF
a spiritualist who is at the same time
a sportsman. Sir Oliver is a constant
golfer, member of the Sutton. Cold.
field and Lelixstowe Golf Clubs, and In
fact, has played the game for thirty
years. At st. Andrews, where he learn
ed the game under Prof. TAFT, the lat.
ter said to him one day: you don't
play golf with your muscles; you play
1t with your morals" But, I hope"
said Sir oliver, in telling the story, mo
one will consider my morals as bad
ss my golf"-New York World.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15


its illustrations pleasant
upon the gifted prophecies who for twenty-five cents land upwards
nounceabe
vaudeville
tibuted
Above ALL
he
wonder
through his evrepeaed ducng and ubngs? Has American humo
accident
mrthful?
feeble minded blight intelligence youth? be
intelligence family which
has saturated itself with Sunday mood churchg
vd his readers themselves anon the knowledge
thngs-From Life 9,,ti
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15
Rus In Urbe.

All sorts OF queer loads are car''se
in hansoms, as any one may oDse'',
in the Longacre square distric'
nights and early mornings, and -
top of them. But the queerest sls~
of this kind was observed on W
sau street the other day when =
empty hanson went slowly ao-s
town with an empty dog house su..
as one always thinks OF In coans
ton with a back yard In q oo :.
house, perched up on the roof Oh -
cab IN front Of the driver
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15

States
Therefore indirectly,
American people a total of s6O0OO0,OOO
Water
of the greatest hundred the other having
Vegetation the that poros SOIL and the
The
as well
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15

Seventy members Of the Berryhin
family, one of the largest in the
Creek nation, draw more money for
oil royalties than any other family in
Oklahoma. Together they receive
$4,000 a month.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15

A German technical journal has
gone to the trouble of estimating that
the water of the whole ocean contains
in solution over 100000 tons of pur
silver.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15

"'0'0~~W~ ~vt-2rNs
The VeU Patriotism
By e. j. Haynes.

HE old patriotism much guns and flags
and all the paraphernaa of patriotism is to
be thing of schools hospitals churches and mission
halls for all who feel the extraordinary burdens of life The
patriotism will itself clean streets and
well bull houses; will demand the rich be satisfied
with less and that the more 1t will not be so
spectacular, but 1t will be real vitality related
with the needs The day or the hero on
in Of
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15
Not the Kind He Wanted

Little Willie ran away to hunt red
skins"
"Yes?"
But he didn't find any until HE
father had finished with him."-Har.
per's Weekly.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15
The -a--~--~~>.
Orient Matching the
Filipin0s
By Major George r. Ahern, Director of For.
esfry in the Philippines

UST the English, French, and Germans in
sheer at the American idea of establishing ideal republic
In the Philippines They making grave mis-
take In giving the natives too much leeway The English
India give few selected little power but the
great majority of natives in the English colonies
voice In the government and little recognition
The American experiment which probably is the re-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15

Hezekiah wilkins, who fused the
first heat of iron made west OF New
York. died at Detroit recently. aged
~
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15

the chance the wthiest
OF climbing
to reception of the
American experiment If developments
Java China and India
will themselves IF
why cannot 1t be given to u.s.? Manila today
all countries world
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15

Getting things on credit is IIts =.
ting them for nothing; and whss ~ :
comes to paying the bill. II 4 s-'.
like throwing money away. con,.s 10y
Judge. e''es
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15
WORTH QUOTING
z::E:::::: , IS q, ::
"S$;S::S';s

"A woman can shop all dav
money that wouldn't take a man !, -
Their than the first saloon ohs.- .a''
the Philadelphia Telegraph. '''
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15
:1Css~Nr~ ~vt~-Sc
! II Censor Of the Press
BY Hgnes Reppiier.

HE Nineteenth Century and After that genial of Brit
ish dictators has expressed its opnionsmore in
than in the subject of the American Sunday
paper This amazing product of civilization strikes the
English critic with something akin its vast bulk
the enormous figures which its real fictitious
circulation its wide grasp of material from literary novel
ties like 1.-The Wandering Jew to the at which Master
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15
Six Hundred Millions
U0rth of Floods Yearly
By Uaiter j. Ballard.

is estimated by the United State geological thai
floods cost the American people $1O0OO00 loss
property while the of these floods prevents the
development of thousands of miles Of otherwise val
liable property and limits the usefulness of greater
Great the annual destruction of property great
still is the loss by the of the ITSELF
sentative estimate places the water loss five times the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15

Statistics show decrease In h.,.
embezzlements. Probably dus u1
gests the Atlanta Journal. to tbe !.
duction In the supply of embez,,,..
material.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15

The general opinion seems "a 1.
that while the United States nav, 4
a little old fashioned in spots on;,..
the Washington Star. 1t would hs ].
ceedingly hard to whip.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15

has
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15

1t is just as easy. thinks the WaI.
Press, to go about with pepetusI
expression of good nature. seeklur
some one to whom to show a kInj'
ness. as to carry around frowninr
face and always be On the Lookout d,
some one to knock.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15

The tenant pays the tax every finn.
Therefore, the tax rate Is ts,.-
that more deeply concerns the ~
who rents a residence than the n,-
who owns the property, argues n.
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15

Now that evidences of water hay.
been detected en- Mars the theo1
may be advanced, contends the wash
ington Star. that inhabitants are sut
ficiently civilized to indulge in stocl
gambling.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15

Mr.. Thompson, Canadian memh.,
Of Parliament for Yukon. decls,..
that within FIVE years the Kjop3,s.
gold output will reach s2o,ooO.ooo |,
year as the result of the operat,o,.
OF the big dredging companies :
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15

The day of haphazard farming /,
past. The careless farmer is sloxly
but surely dropping from the rann
announces the American CuItivstor
He can't compete with the prons
sive fellow who puts brains as ven
as Drawn into his work.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15

cage. What IL the skirmishers should
discover me!
"A small rock embedded in the
soil checked the progress of the key.
/ was obliged to engineer the little
piece of steel round the obstruction.
That took time. looked back and
SILVER of horror ran over mel
The dead leopard was bristling
with crawling masses. From the
beasts head to the cage 1t was hard
ly more than a yard.
Il worked feverishly. Terrible tales
that my hunters had told about the
bashikouay ran through my brain.
The key was gradually coming near
er. Could l get it in time? Two or
three small stones still lay In the
way. One of these might cost me
the most terrible death human be-
ing can suffer-that Of being eaten
alive.
'On a sudden my wrist twinged
sharply. There was one of the awful
ants, its pincers buried in my flesh.
Ugh! With shudder 1 tore Its
body away, but the head remained,
embedded deep. A pain pierced the
nape of my neck. I glanced down;
the skirmishers were streaming over
the floor.
II looked despairingly at the key,
still almost a yard away. To work
It carefully n with my rife would
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15

Social. political and religious inst
tutions amount to nothing unless The
right sort of men are on hand to run
them, declares the Hartford ourant
We must breed sane and responsible
men for the everyday purposes q
life If we wish to check these out
bursts of lawless passion.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-05-15

Increasing assumption Of power
power over Central America seems
to be inevitable to the Boston Her
aid. Whether the guardianship MAJ
ultimately be formal or exercised d
an indirect way, the power Of the
United States is bound to extend, and
to be recognized. TO the Panama canzl
and such distance beyond as VII
guarantee the safety Of the cana|
zone.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-09
THE CONSTITUTION AND
THE JUG TRADE

The announcement which was made
in the press dispatches throughout the
country some days ago, that sub-com
mittee of the judiciary committee of the
Senate had decided that the bills before
that committee, looking to the prohibi
ton of the interstate "jug trade" were
unconstitutional, has excited considera-
bic newspaper comment. The Philadel
phia North american looks upon it as
in reality victory for the Prohibition
movement. 1t says:
The far-sighted Prohibitionist will
thank God for the temporary perpetu-
alton of the abuses that form his best
weapon to force the attainment of his
ideal of universal Prohibition.
The North american goes on to ex-
press its opinion that the only thing
that has made "dry" states during the
last ten years has been the refusal Of
the brewers and disti1lers to recognize
the will of the people in dry counties.
The refusal now to recognize the will
of the people in dry states will it be
lieves, result in national Prohibition. 1t
says:
Without hesitation, we say that from
the doctor of divinity to the dive
keeper the man is blind to the cur
rent of modern thought and sentiment
who fails to see that this new multi
fication of real states rights, empha-
sized by the killing of these bills,
means the ultimate adoption of a six
teenth amendment to the national Con-
stitution, not in contravention of the
interstate commerce doctrine, but in
proper extension of the police power
inherent in every sovereign state
The TimeS-Democrat of New Orleans
halls the action of the subcommittee as
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-09

convention at which the platform was
adopted
These facts are of record. They
cannot be altered. Mr.. Deneen's pres
ent efforts to deny, for his own bene-
fit out in the state, what he did for
his own benefit in Cook county, are
therefore, as foolish as they are false.
He cannot be for personal liberty
in Cook county and against personal
liberty" outside of Cook county. He
cannot be the fearless Deneen in Cook
county and the peerless Deneen down
the state. The truth is the truth; the
record is the record All the Janus
faces in the world cannot alter either.
The personal liberty" resolution is
Mr.. Deneen's resolution. Whether it
is a good thing for him, as he thought
when he ordered it through his con-
vention, or bad thing for him, as he
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-09
THE RECONNAISSANCE
lRevew ofC tNewspape tdU

in the liquor traffic, has much more to
do with the spread of Prohibition
sentiment than any popular opinion
that there is inherent evil in the use
of alcoholic beverages Probably the
majority of citizens who now favor
Prohibition have no objections to the
moderate use of intoxicants, but are
angered because of the frequent def
ance of proper laws enacted for the
protection of society. If the reputable
men in the brewing and liquor bust
ness would take a personal interest in
securing obedience to liquor laws they
would check the growth of radical
feeling against their business. But if
selling to minors, the ignoring of Or
ders from wives, mothers and sisters
concerning their relatives, and infrac-
tons of laws protecting the Sabbath
are to be the rule, the day is not far
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-09

distant when the business will be out
lawed from Maine to California.
The passage is valuable as a confes-
sion, partially unintentionally, that the
liquor trade is lawbreaker. The thin
disguise of the some" deceives no one
The common experience of all afirms
that the percentage of liquor dealers
who do not, constantly and Intentionally,
violate the law is so small as to make
its expression impossible, even in dec
imals. All the talk that we hear these
days about reforming the business" is
a practical confession of this Some of
the foremost Performers" have been, and
still are, notable violators of law.
But the MteWgencey is in error when
it attributes the larger part of the senti-
ment against the liquor business to its
lawbreaking. Long ago the public came
to take the traffic's violations of the law
as a part of the business and to give that
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-09

seems to think now-that is a ques
ton that has nothing to do with the
case Its answer must be left to the
future.
Whatever may be the motive of the
Inter Ocean in pointing out these facts,
it is certainly refreshing to hear good
lord good-devil politician told in such
clear terms that the time has come for
him to get off the fence"
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-09
GET OFF THE FENCE . .

Mention was made in this paper last
week of the adoption of "a personal
liberty" plank by the Illinois Republican
state convention in obedience to the de-
mands of the Sunday-beer crowd in
Chicago. The belief was expressed that
the Republican leaders intend to explain
the matter in some such way that, while
the plank holds the "hosts OF beer, the
explanation will hold the oft-fooled and
wonderfully foolable Temperance voter"
The suggestion proved to be. In accord
with fact and the friends of Mr.. Deneen,
Illinois goodman" governor, have been
busy assuring the people that the plank
is not his and that he must not be
blamed for it. For reasons which are
probably we'll understood in its own
editorial rooms, the Chicago Inter Ocean
punctures this explanation. The sltua-
ton so closely parallels similar happen
ings in numerous other states that the
Inter Oceans remarks will be read with
interest far outside Illinois. That un-
Improbable Republican journal says;
On the day of the state convention
the Chicago Daily Meas, Mr.. Deneens
personal organ, stated that at the con-
vention the representatives from
eighty-three counties, outside of Cook,
were Deneen men-that Mr.. Deneen
had the representatives of eighty
three out of 100 Illinois counties. This
was substantially correct The con-
vention was. in fact, Mr.. Deneens-
was his absolute political property.
Speaker Cannon was VIGOROUSLY not
present. and notoriouslv took no hand,
personally or by proxy, in shaping the
platform on state issues. They were
beyond his province. Even if he had
desired to be heard on state issues, he
would not have been listened to.
Former Governor Yates, Mr.. De.
mems rival at the primaries, refused
publicly even to read Mr.. Dement'S
platform or to attend Mr.. Dement'S
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-09
THE TRAFFICS
LAWLESSNESS :.

The InteHgencer of Wheeling, W. Va,
taking for its text the recent murder of
a woman in Indiana by her young son
who was drunk upon liquor sold to him
in violation of law by liquor dealers
whom she had begged to refuse to sell to
him, makes remark that is valuable,
rightly understood. 1t says:
The lawlessness which has charac-
terized some of the persons engaged
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-09

phase of the case little special thought
The real basis of the growing movement
against the drink business is the pro-
found conviction, daily Strengthening in
the minds of the American people, that
the business is bad and harmful to every
honest interest.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-09
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The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-04-09
LEGHORN

POULTRY-WHITE LEGHORN EGGS
for Matching, 81 per setting. from good, pure
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ESPERANTO taught by mail. Expert in
structors having highest degrees Descriptive
booklet sent upon request. American School
of Esperanto, 462 Lewis Bldg, Rockford, III.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-11-06
A soss GOOD TEMPLAR.

In the state of Iowa many old sol.
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Read this extract from a letter writ
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P. G. G. T., Independent Order of Good
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Il have not been as free from rheu-
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and will tell you what has done it
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This great remedy Il sold b. the best
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