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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-24
"This Is a Baby!"

The little family group was gath.
cred around the font. and the clergy
man, about to officiate, felt called
upon for remarks.
NO one," he began, "can foretell
the future OF this little Clap. Who
fnows but that he may Grow up to
be a great general, Ike Cant him
self. Or, it may be. world famous
scientist, like the immortal Newton.
He may become soul saving divine
or a wisdom breathing Judge"
Then. turning to the fond mother.
he added, What name is the child
to bear?"
Matilda Mary Florence" was the
reply.-Lippincott's.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-24
Sunday school Lessons for the worIe

Cuuoay SChooi LS1oou8 TOT the Woric.
A power greater than that Of kings
seems to have been welded by the
little group Of thoughtful men who
gathered at the ,Fenway residence OF
w. N. Hartshorn to select the lessons
for the Sunday schools OF the world.
Every year they gather to make this
choice. and when a decision has been
reached the lessons are handed out
to the printers and by them literally
scattered over the planet. The Word
thus goes forth not In one but In
scores Of languages. Europe and
Africa, East and West, North and
South, get these helps to religious
study in the vernacular. There is a
supply for Hawaii, japan and the
islands OF the sea. For India alone
forty dialects have to be provided for.
Some 100000, 900 Sunday school leaf
lets are thus distributed every year.
Boston Herald.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-24
Forget II.

"If you would increase your hap
piness and prolong your life, forget
your neighbors' faults. Forget all the
SANDER you have ever heard. Forget
the temptations. Forget the fault
finding. and give a little thought to
the cause which provoked 1t. For
get the peculiarities of your friends.
and only remember the good points
which make you fond of then.-Lu:S-
eran
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-24
sTILL MORE RDMARKABLE.

"It is remarkable that birds are
20 intelligent, when they're so small.
isn't it?" asked one member OF the
Easy Information Club of her choic-
est friends, as they walked home to-
gether from a talk on Our Home
Birds
Yes, isn't it?" assented the friend,
eagerly. why, just think even how
very clever the little cuckoos in
cuckoo-clocks are, and of course they
are only little birds. "-Youth's Com
panion.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-24
Most of His Life Retireo.

By the recent death in Tasmania OF
Capt. Edward Dumaresq. late Eighth
Bombay Native Infantry, the Oldest
officer in the army passed away.
He was born in 1902. and was con-
sequently 104 years old at the time
of his death. He joined the Indian
army as lieutenant in 1918 and was
promoted captain in 1926 and retired
on half pay in 1929.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-24
GRAY OR BROWN cAMELs.

The length of a stage varies
throughout Persia, depending on the
character of the country, and is reck-
oned in farsaks. the old Greek para
sang. The farsak is a most elastic
and uncertain measure. and as anil
mails are paid for per farsak, as many
as the credulity of the traveller win
allow are crowded into each stage.
How far" / once asked an old Kur-
dish muleteer, is farsak." "As far
as one can distinguished gray from
a brown camel" was the discreet an
swer. They average about four miles.
and the stage about six farsakz or
twenty-five miles.-Atlantic.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-24
YEARLY rake of sardines.

-Four hundred millions of sardines
are taken yearly on English coasts,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-24

Cod Liver Oil Yield.
One Hundred cod livers yield a
gallon of oil.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-24

on the perilous journey that lies before
her.
I would, therefore, suggest that Our
Girl practice Difference toward her
elders. At first she may not find 1t
easy, but It is worth cultivating. It
It, moreover, much more becoming than
the arrogance and aggressiveness too
common nowadays. There is some
thing wrong when person feels no
respect for one who has attained to
double or treble her years. There is
something lacking. The collegians Of
both sexes would do well to turn their
analytical minds on themselves, and,
as improvement Is the order of the day
add to their fund of becoming attain
ments the sweet, old-fashioned attri-
butte of courtesy and reverence toward
age.
1t Is easy, after all, If one will watch
carefully, to do the little kind thing
that makes for comfort, and not do 1t
aggressively. 1t is not necessary to adj
just a pillow at the elderly persons
back as IL she needed 1t. | saw sweet
woman put pillow behind an invalid
with such tact that the sufferer. who
was acutely sensitive on the subject
Of her condition, did not suspect that
her hostess had her illness in mind.
MY DEAR" said this tactful woman,
eff you are built as I am. you must
find that chair desperately uncomfort-
able without cushion behind you. l
simply will not sit In 1t without this
little bit of a pillow wedged in at the
small of my back. I find 1t so much
more comfortable so, that am sure
you will"
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21

downtown organization held a me.t t.
ing. And Billy Brennan, shrewd,
politician, and .brainy, opened the bali
with some such remarks as these:
I'm glad to see so many smiling
faces here today. I want to congrat-
ulate this organization and the coun-
try on the victory we have won. The
Republicans put up Democrat, and
the Democrats put up q Republican.
and the Democrat won." Applause.
Intelligent labor wants nothing
more than a square deal.' Convince
them that man is for them, and they
will vote for him. But ignorant and
tprejudiced labor, like ignorant and
'prejudiced human nature in whatever
groove, cannot be brought to see it's
own interests against it's prejudices.
Ignorance is force which cannot be
intelligently applied. The leverage of
the labor vote will not be vital force
in this country until the bulk of it's
forces get nearer together in the way
of dismissal of racial, religious and
social differences. An engineer getting
salary of 5000 or $3.50 a month
does he consider the "section-hand"
or "track-walker" who gets out of his
way as his equal? A man who gets
maybe $50 or $40 a. month, and
handles pick or shovel! l don't say
that he doesn't, but does he? Is that
average human nature?
Another thing that helps suppress
the strength of the labor vote as to a
free expression is the bread-and-but-
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21
A SUMMER HOLIDAY:
Why the Little Matthewses Forgot
Their Troubleoa y s

= Get them in the country il you can,
Mrs. Matthew'S" said the doctor, as
he paused on the doorstep. Medicine
is precious little good now, and there
is nothing like fresh air for getting rid
of whooping cough"
The result was that Mrs. Matthews
wrote to a friend, and in z week the
five children and their mother were
OF to farm for six weeks. Oh, the
excitement of getting ready and the
questions the children asked, until
poor Mrs. Matthews, tired out with
bad nights and the incessant cough
ing, almost lost patience, and begged
them to give her little peace. ~
The farm they were going to was in
Virginia, right on the hillside and quite
long drive from any railway station.
So, as the dogcart could not possibly
hold them all, Gerald and Enid were
to ride with the luggage in the big
numbering farm wagon that was to be
there as we'll, so that when the rail.
way journey was over fresh delights
were in store before they reached the
farm. II ever there were five happy
children to be seen anywhere they
were to be found that day in the Vir-
ginia woods. The seaside had always
been lovely, but this seemed better
still. For an hour the dogcart and the
farm cart steadily went uphill, until
the horses stopped of their own accord
at the top, and what a view met the
children's eyes! Down below, in a
hollow the farm, and the blue OF the
sea in the distance, and nothing less
than big windmill quite close by!
Six weeks was none too long to ex-
plore all the woods and the downs,
but the farmer put the children up a
lovely seesaw, and they spent hours
and hours in the sunshine on this, and
quite forgot all about whooping cough
and its miseries. In fact, when they
went home their little friends thought
whooping cough the incest thing pos
sible, if a visit to a farm was the end
ing up!
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21
GOOD LEGAL ADVICE.
Young Law Student Followed It to
Success.

A busy lawyer looked up from his
desk one morning to see vigorous
middle-aged man standing before him.
Mr.. Carruth, am going to take ex-
actly five minutes Of your time, if
may" said the visitor. Il want to ac-
knowledge an obligation to you" He
went on to say that he owed his sue
cess to the lawyer. 1t came about in
this way:
He went to the course of lectures de.
livered by the lawyer at the law
school. At the end of the last lecture
the lecturer took off his eyeglasses
and said he was going to give the
members of the class some unasked-
for advice-a dangerous thing to do.
Each of you boys" he said, thinks
he is going to succeed. Some of you
have one reason, some another, for
your faith. One trusts in his fathers
legal reputation to push him along.
Another relies on his inherited wealth
or social position. One confides in his
own high scholarship. Another ex-
poets that his popularity and his en-
gaging manners will win him clients.
Let me tell you that you are all mis-
taken. None of these things secures
success in the law There is one
course of conduct which does secure
it, although few of you will believe
that enough to practice it. The man
among you who gets to the Office ten
minutes before anybody else in the
morning and stays 20 minutes after
every one has gone at night will suc-
ceed as lawyer. Good day, gentle.
men,"
That was your advice, Mr.. Car.
ruth,' added the visitor. Il took it,
and it worked we'll. l just wanted to
tell you so. Good morning, sir"
Before the busy lawyer had time for
more than surprised Thank you!"
his visitor was gone.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21

with sharp iron point. Two men are
stationed, one on either side, assisted
by tame elephants, and each holding
an "ankus" (crook) toward the wild
elephants trunk, while one or two
other men rub their hands over his
back, keeping up all the while sooth-
ing and plaintive chant, interlarded
with such endearing epithets as "Ho
my son. "Ho, my father" or "Ho, my
mother" as may be applicable to age
and sex.
Then the wild elephant is taken to
the tank to battle in company with
tame ones with particular detail Of
process. Gradually, after a few
weeks, the aid of decoy is dispensed
with, and the animal is taken alone
to the tank, with it's legs hobbled with
rope and men pointing crooks at it's
head and ears. Thus, some become
tame in few months, and others take
longer, for the process of tanning is de-
pendent upon the disposition of each
individual elephant.
The first employment of newly
tanned elephant is the treading clay in
a brick field, or in drawing wagon in
double harness with a tame compan-
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khedive Bought Wife for s4oo.

Abbas H., khedive Of Egypt, is ons
Of the most progressive and enlight.
ened Of foreign rulers. Passionately
fond of travel. he goes about the world
with his eyes open and has introduced
many excellent reforms into the coun.
try over which he rules. Unconven-
tional to degree, he has amused him.
self and Mortified his suite by don.
ming overalls and driving a railway en-.
gine.
The khedive, by the way, unlike the
sultan, has no imperial harem. His
wife was beautiful Circassian slave,
bought by his mother chiefly on &C.
count Of her beauty from a powerful
Turkish pacha for less than ESQ. The
Mohammedan religion permits the
khedive for wives, but Abbas H., like
his father, is content with one. and
is passionately devoted to the beauti
full Circassian who has borne him five
charming daughters and promising
Son.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21
THE CONE; AND 1 Il S|iEjE::SllGN s / !:

This sign is permanently. attached
to the front of the main building OF
the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Company, Lynn, Mass.
What Does This Sign Mean?
It means that public inspection OF
the Laboratory and methods Of doing
business is honestly desired. 1tmeans
that there is nothing about the bus
mess which is not "open and above
boaSd."
1t means that a permanent invita-
tion is extended to anyone to come
ald verify any and all statements
made in the advertisements of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Is it a purely vegetable compound
made from roots and herbs - with
out drugs?
Come and See. -,
Do the women Of America cohtinu-
ally use as much of it as we are told :
Come and Sec. - -.
Was there ever such person, as
Lydia E. Pinkham, and is there any
Mrs. Pinkham now to whom sick
woman are as ked to write?
Come and Sec.
Is the vast private correspondence
with sick women conducted by
women only, and are the letters kept
strictly confidential?
Come and See.
Have they really got letters from
over one million, one hundred
thousand women correspondence
Come and See.
Have they proof that Lydia r
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
cured thousands of these Women2
Come and See.
This advertisement is only for
doubters. The great army of women
who know from their own personal
experience that no medicine in the
world equals Lydia E. Pmkhaln's
Vegetable Compound for female ills
will still go on using and being ben
Gifted by it; but the poor doubling
suffering woman must, for her own
sake, be taught confidence, ,forshealso
might just as we'll regain her health
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21

Goelet. The Thompsons were her
builders and she was one of the hand
soonest vessels of her kind afloat when
she was finished. She made her first
and her only cruise under private
ownership when she brought the body
of Ogden Goelet to this country in
1897.
When the war with Spain began the
Mayfower was bought by this govern
ment and is the largest and finest
though not the fastest, of our convert.
ed yachts. All her fine fittings were
taken out of her before she was put
into commission, but after the war
many Of them were restored.
When she was built her various
rooms were finished in different woods,
but they are now uniformly covered
with white enamel. She has several
beautiful marble mantelpieces, and her
interior woodwork has some good
carvings and holdings. The former
library has been made over and is
now transformed into two staterooms
for the use of the president and his
wife or his guests.
The china, linen and such furnish
ings are different from those which tbs
vessel would receive if she were not
used by the president. But the differ
ence is only to this degree; that they
are the special linen, china, etc., pro-
vided for use by an admiral These
are all eSDecially made for tho uco NJ
our admirals, and display the emblem
peculiar to that rank.
The vessel, however, is not CON-
manded by an admiral, nor has any
special rank gone with its command
because of it's personal use by the
president. 1t has had a complement of
eight officers and 165 men, is built of
steel, is $3.50 tons displacement, has a
speed of 1873 knots, is 273 feet long,
36 feet in breadth, and has a mean
draught Of II feet 4 inches.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21
A Japanese Story,

A farmer, just arrived in heaven,
began to explore.
What are those strange looking
things over there on the shelf" he
asked. And as the Japanese are very
fond Of soup, he added, Are they for
soup?"
NO." was the reply, "those are ears.
They belonged to people who heard
what they ought to do in order to be
good while on earth, but who did not
do it. So, when they died, the ears
were the only part Of them which
came to heaven"
After walking q little farther, the
farmer inquired:
And what are those funny things?
Are they for soup?"
NO." was again the reply, they are
tongues. They belonged to people
who, while on earth, were continually
telling other people what they should
do in order to be good, but who never
followed what they preached. So,
when they died, the tongues alone
came to heaven"
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21
YACHT
NAVAL MEMS IDEAS OF THE
MAYfLowER.
Boat Which Has Left on Southern
Mission Will Not.r Rob
President Of Any
Pleasure. J.

New York.-The 'Mayflower, which
President Roosevelt has given up that
it may be free to perform a mission in
the turbulent waters of South America,
is an elegant boat but her going brings
no pangs of regret to the president,
for naval men who know what they
are talking about say that he hates
yachting
This may surprise you, but II you
express your surprise to your naval in
formant he will probably start in and
tell you Of the presidents one and
only yachting trip for pleasure.
"Somebody invited him to go a few
years ago, and the invitation must
have struck him when his stock of ex-
cuses was phenomenally low At any
rate he couldn't seem to beg of, so he
very reluctantly went abroad and the
yacht started.
But just as it left its anchorage the
president suddenly declared that he
had forgotten something of the utmost
importance and that he'd have to go
back after it. Threats, prayers, en-
treaties-all were vain. The mysteri.
Gus something must be got and by
himself.
"A small boat was called, for the
president insisted on rowing himself
ashore in a local boat, and off he
went. Yes sir, off he went-and he
never came back. And that, you un-
derstand, was his one and only yacht
ing trip for pleasure.
If he could whang the whole ship
around maybe he'd like it better. But
when he has a voyage of any conse-
quence to make, as the cruise to
Panama, he doesn't go on the Mayfow-
er anyway. He goes on a big battle.
ship, where there are plenty of things
to keep him interested
The Maylower was built in 1896 at
Clydebank, Scotland, for Ogden
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21
elephant TRAINING.
Period Of Education Depends upon tho
Disposition OF Animal.

In newly-captured elephants con-
formity and obedience develop rapid
ly, and their training is simple. For
thee days, or until they eat freely,
which they seldom do in less time,
they are allowed to remain perfectly
quiet, sometimes with tame one be.
side them to give them confidence
Where many are being tanned, each
new captive Is put between the stalls
of half-tamed ones as soon as it takes
to food. This stage being over,
tanned ones are put on either side, and
the head of the stable stands in front
of the wild one, holding a long stick
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21

Dor" ward, and, although drawing a
good salary as city official, was not
credited with being one of the pred
atory capital class: During my term
on the board of local improvements,
when dispute arose between the
city and a branch of the labor union.
and the dispute was referred to arbi-
tratton, my name as a third arbitrator
was chosen by the labor men them
selves, after the city had picked out
one man, and the union another; al
though the dispute was directly on =
in which the board was concerned.
This fact is mentioned solely to show
that what l have said aud will say
about the labor vote is not because
my relations with the labor men were
not friendly.
What is this labor vote of which 50
much is current in the newspapers,
and in the speeches OF the politicians? ?
Very well, then! The labor vote.
you win grant, is largely a vote of the
cities and towns. particularly the man.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21

ion. But the work in which the dis
play of sagacity renders the labor of
the elephant of the highest value, is
that which involves the moving of
heavy material. Hence, in dragging
or piling timber, or in transporting
stones for the construction of walls
and the approaches to bridges, the
services of the elephant in an un-
opened country are of the utmost i'm
portance.
When the roads are to be con-
structed along the face of steep de-
clivities, and the space is so con-
tracted that risk is incurred, either Of
the working elephants falling over the
precipice or of rocks slipping down
from above, not only are the meas
ures to which the sagacious animal re-
sorts the most judicious and reasona-
BILE that could be devised, but, If urged
by its keeper to adopt any other, it
manifests reluctance suhlcient to
show that it has balanced in it's mind
the comparative advantages of each.
An elephant appears on all occa-
sions to comprehend the purpose and
object that 1t is expected to promote,
and hence the animal voluntarily exc
cutes . variety Of details without any
guidance whatever from it's keeper.
Herein lies the superiority of the ele.
phant over the horse. In moving tim
ber and masses of rock its trunk is
the instrument on which the elephant
mainly relies, but those that have
tusks turn them to good account.
To get a weighty stone out of q
hollow, the elephant will kneel down
80 as to apply its head to move the
stone upward; then, steadying the
stone with one foot till it can raise
itself, it will apply a fold of its trunk
to shift the stone in place and fit II
accurately in position. This done, the
elephant will step around to view the
stone on either side and adjust it with
due precision. The animal appears t.
gauge its own task with its eye, and
to form Judgment % to whether the
weight is proportioned to ito strength
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21
THE BARN IN THE RAIN,

Gray barn and dragsled meadow,
Blurred green OF grass and leaves,
The sky an awful shadow,
For on her gray face weaves
The rain with silver threads,
That fleck the muddy puddle,
That rattle on the sheds
Where the cold cattle huddle!
Then oh, the haymow soft
And deep and dark and warm,
On sweet hay piled aloft-
While overhead the storm
Sweeps the wet shingles, drips
At caves, makes music wild
We listen; the soul slips
Years back and is a child
Somehow, as at the start
We turn from Life's hot foam,
Get in the Worlds warm heart,
Yea, make Earth's heart our home!
And lie there warm, secure,
Yea, as a child of five,
Heart cleansed, serene and pure
And glad to be alive.
James Oppenheim, in Woman's HON
Companion.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21
The Wisdom Of the Sernent

Down in Bermuda" said Cincin.
NATHAN, Il heard Mark Twain make a
speech about snakes to group of lit
tie girls. The speech was great. The
only trouble was that the little girls
could not appreciate it. 1t few over
their heads.
Il remember the humorist's conclu.
sion.
Never warm serpent in yeur
bosom, he wound up. 1T is far easter
to warm it by placing it under the pill
low Of an intimate friend"
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21
Little Country Sally.

A little maid named Sally Moore
Had ne'er been in town before:
She looked up at the houses tall,
And really feared the things would fall
OF all strange things that she had seen
Were streets without tint Of green;
No trees, no grass to rest the eye;
Naught there but houses grown 80 high.
II like it mott" sighed Sally Moore, 4
Who ne'er had been in town before.
as -WAShinGtna 4A0D, +
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21

We want your CREAM ship US to-day.
MILTON DAIRY CO., st. Paul, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21

How We enjoy meeting q man vn0
has no tale of woe to tell! ~
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21

1t is one thing to see your road;
another to cut it.-George Eliot.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21

Z. Much sympathy is wasted on people
, who ought to be ashamed to keep the
undertaken waiting for a job.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21

We SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CiIsAP
Buy furs and hides, or tan them for robes 4
rugs. N. w. Hide &sFur Co., Minneapolis
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21

About all you have to do to make
4 boyshatesanY particular kind OF food
II TO tell hfif that it is healthful..s
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21
LABOR VOTE
POLITICS.
BOGEY
Lures Many Aspirants to
Success or Defeat.
By ERNEST McGAFFEY

Ballot Cast by
Toiler Is the One
Most Sought by
the Schem err
Expert Calls It
Monkey Moon
shine"
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21

NO MORE LEAKY ROOFS IF you USD
sre Mare1 Paint cd RSef mne
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-21

Stack Covers, Awsn'nes, Tents. s.
t1ags etc. For information and prices, wriilo
Au,arican Tent q Awning Co, Minneapolis