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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
kubeIik's Fingers Insured.

The fingers on the right hand OF
Kubelik are known to be insured for
two thousand dollars. and the total
disablement of his hand would net
him fifty thousand dollars. A like
sum covers Paderewskis digits. while
Hoffman. the pianist, carries five hun.
dred dollars on each Of his fingers.
Patti. until recently, at least, had fifty
thousand dollars en- her voice. and
paid staggering prenium-one hun.
dred and twenty-five dollars-for esc5
Appearance.-Scrap Book.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
IS Pe-ru-na Useful
for Catarrh?

Should list Of the ingredients OF Pc
funa be submitted to any medical ex-
pert, of whatever school or nationality,
he would be Obliged to admit without
reserve that the medicinal herbs COM
posing Peruna are of two kinds. First,
standard and well-tried catarrh rene
dies. Second, well-known and gener-
ally acknowledged tonis remedies.
That in one or the other of these uses
they have stood the test Of many years.
experience by physicians Of different
schools. There can be no dispute about
this, whatever. Peruna 10 composed Of
some of the most efficacious and uni
versally used herbal remedies for ca
tarrhal diseases, and for such conditions
Of the human system as require tonic.
Each one Of the principal ingredients
Of Peruns has . reputation Of its own
in the cure Of some phase Of catarrh or
as tonic medicine.
esse which is very prevalent. Many
thousand people know they have
chronic catarrh. They have visited doc
tors over and over again, and been told
that their case is one of chronic catarrh.
1t may be of the nose, throat, lungs,
stomach or some othor internal organ.
There il no doubt as to the nature Of
the disease. The only trouble is the
remedy. This doctor has tried to cure
them. That doctor has tried to pre-
scribe for them.
No other household remedy so uni
versally advertised carries upon the
label the principal active constituents,
showing that Peruna invites the full
inspection Of the critics.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
The Agents.


When q large bewhiskered agent
comes a-snooping to your door, you
can sic the dog upon him, you may
pound him with the floor, you may
send for all your neighbors, who, II
they are wideawake, will quite cheer
fully assist you when you burn him
at the stake. But alas! you're left
refenseless when the LADY agent"
comes, when with white bejeweled fn-
gers on your humble door she drums;
for It would not do to swat her with
the poker or broom, and you simply
have to show her to your little sitting
room. Then that female lady agent"
her old telescope unstraps, and she
shows q lot of samples of a lot OF
useless traps; and she springs tear
full story of misfortunes she has
known, and her sad, resigned express
sion, it would melt a heart of stone;
and she soaks you Tor tennsr for q
book not worth a wheel, and you hire
a hall and lecture on The Ladies'
Age of Steal. "-Emporia (Kan.) Ca
zette,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21


William Leland Stowell Of New
fprk describes the results OF the
fe6afng Of the children OF some OF the
anrds Of the City Hospital for Chill
Am on Wards Island on milk from
n my herd that was afterward as
nsreained to be tuberculous. The
hand was tested and all the animals
~ n had to be killed, as the test
r3lDwed some degree Of tuberculous
fS6sctaon In all. All the children who
I'D been fed on this milk were test
"a By the ophthalmo-reaction, II in
~. OF these 10 reacted; Is were
surgical cases of tuberculosis, and 8
wsre not suspected Of tuberculosis.
zAs author concludes that fresh,
ssa@ milk Is more wholesome than
Dnstssrixsd milk. The danger of In
teuelH from tuberculous milk Ii
VT slight. Less than 10 per cent
mkFtaiity In the whole hospital was
Aas to Observation-Disclosures Re
.usrd, June 20. 1908.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
SELF DELUSION
Many People Deceived by Coffee.

We like to defend our indulgencies
and habits even though we may be
convinced Of their actual harmful
ness.
A man can convince himself that
whisky Is good for him on a cold
morning, OF beer on a hot summer
day-when he wants the whisky or
beer.
It's the same with coffee. Thou
sands OF people suffer headache and
nervousness year after year but try
to persuade themselves the cause is
not coffee-because they like coffee.
while yet a child 1 commenced
using coffee and continued it," writes
a Wis. man, until 1 was q regular
coffee fiend. / drank it every morn
ing and In consequence had binding
headache nearly every afternoon.
My folks thought 1t was coffee
that allied me. but 1 liked 1t and
would not admit 1t was the cause OF
my trouble. so stuck to coffee and
the headaches stuck to me.
Finally, the folks stopped buying
coffee and brought home some Pos
tum. They made 1t right directions
on pkg and told me to see what
difference 1t would make with nv
head, and during that first week on
Postum my old affection did not
bother me once. From that day to
this we have used nothing but Postum
in place Of coffee-headache are a
thing OF the past and the whole fam
lily is In fine health"
Postum looks good. smells good.
tastes good. is good. and does good
to the whole body" There's a Rea.
son."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, The Road to
MELVILLE" in pigs.
Ever read the kbove letter? A new
one appears from tbs to time. They
are genuine, true, IAd full Of human
interest.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
Growth of Baton Rouge.

That the growth of Baton Rouge
is attracting attention is evidenced
by the following from the Manufac-
turers' Record regarding the Capital
City of louisiana: Baton Rouge,
situated 100 miles above New Or
leans by water, 76 miles by rail and
about 10 miles on an air line, is the
third city in commercial Importance
in Louisiana. With a population of
$4,000 and with all the natural ad-
vantages necessary for thriving
city, it bids fair to reach the $4,000
mark in the next five years"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
CAB SERVICE In Mhxico.
Close Tab on the Observation-Disclosures
Kinds Of Vehicles and Charges.

Close Tab on the Haekmen--Dlfferent
Kinds Of Vehicles and Charges.
'1n the City of Mexico there is
the most complete inspection of the
cab service I've ever seen anywhere"
said Col J. NJ. Strange, OF st. Louis.
THE police in the capital of the
sister republic keep such close tab
On the hackmen that It Is the rares.
thing for any argument to ever rise
between a cabby and his fare. The
stranger speedily finds out that there
is an easy way Of telling the difference
of tariffs in the public conveyances.
The cabs are differentiated by the
flags they carry and stripes on the
side of the vehicle. 1t Is a color
scheme. Blue cabs are 81 an hour
and red cabs only 75 cents. The blue
flag rigs are Of course a trifle smart
er and have horses shade better
than the cheaper ones denoted by the
red flag and crimson stripes. Also
the pilgrim from the United States
must take notice that II the top Of
the carriage is thrown back he must
pay an additional rs cents per hour.
Hack inspectors are kept at regu-
lar stations through the city. When
a cab is seen to leave the rail-ay
station it is stopped by one Of these
oficials. who takes its number, the
number of passengers, their destina-
ton and the time. This information
goes to the central ONCE and is re-
corded. All this trouble Is taken in
the interest OF the public, and that
Is why one gets good service and
Is rarely imposed on by the public
jehus of the Mexican capitaL"-Balti.
more American
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
Board of Equalization.

The State Board of equalization,
which has been in session for a
month, will begin this week to reach
some final decisions regarding the as
sessments of property. The Board is
beginning to hear from the Asses
sors Of the parishes that were over
flowed by the high water during the
months of June and July, giving the
number Of acres that were undated.
These reports have been secured for
the purpose of making reruction on
all of the overlooked lands along the
Rec and the Black rivers.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
Spanish War Veterans.

The secretary of the Spanish
American War Veterans Fund Com
mission has mailed checks to all Of
the 1912 claimants whose applica-
tons have been approved by the com
mission to date. All those who plac-
ed applications with the commission
and who have failed to receive their
checks are requested to notify the
secretary of the failure to receive
same. When writing it is imperative
that the veterans state their company
and regiment, as this is the only
means by which they may be traced
or identified.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
Lincoln Parish Fair,

The Lincoln Parish Fair Associa-
ton will hold its fair at Ruston on
September % to rs. and will prepare
an exhibit to be entered at the State
Fair in competition with other par
ishes. The Lincoln Parish Fair is one
of the finest in its agricultural dis
play and live stock exhibit.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
Activity i'm Industrial Lines.

Operations in the line of progress
at Winfield are beginning to assume
more active phase. The bonds for
system of water works have been
fioated and this work will soon be
inaugurated. In connection with this
the electric light system will be en-
larged. The tremors of these public
improvements are seen in the prelim-
mary Inauguration Of the improve
ment of the thoroughfares. A creo-
soting plant is already in course of
construction.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
RfVIEW CROP SITUATIONS
The Louisiana Planter is Not
Discouraged
BUSINESS OUTLOOK Is BRIGHTER
Board of Equalization Getting Down
to Work. Spanish War Veter-
ans are Remembered. Con-
victs on Pubic Road.

The plant and holdings of the
Schwartz Foundry Company were
sold at receivers sale for s216 900
1t is said to be practically assured
that New Orleans would handle a
fair share of Western grain exports
An army canteen lost by Charles
Palfrey at the battle of Chancellors.
vile has been returned to Mr.. Palfrey
after forty-five years.
Charles Letten was allotted a cler-
ical position In the PeniteI tiary al
Baton Rouge and will not be xent tc
Angola.
State immigration Agent Dykers
stated that the demand for labor in
Louisiana was greater than the sup
ply.
A wholesale exodus of negroes is
under way at Hecker, La, because
Of threatened determination of the
blacks.
John Robert Petrich was placed on
trial on the charge of having embez-
zled funds of the Postal Telegraph
Company.
The Hotel and Restaurant Associa-
ton of Louisiana was permanently
organized with Joseph VoeStle AS
PRESIDENT.
II. X. Speed, trustee in bankruptcy
Of E. Karpe Il Co., Limited, brought
suit against H. G. c. Newman Limited
for $26O,0OO.
1t Is stated that the building of a
proposed Central American railroad
would make New Orleans the great
est coffee market in the world.
1t was planned to make up a solid
trainload OF delegates from New Or
leans to the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep
Waterways Convention at Chicago in
October.
More suits were filed by foreign in
surance companies against the Board
of Assessors of Orleans parish, max
ing efghty-three now before the Civil
District Court
Hunters report that the dove shoot
ing will be good this year. However,
the doves cannot be shot until Sept.
/. Under the old law the open sea-
eon began Aug. 1.
Because Of damage from floods the
Louisiana Eq3alizers will likely re-
duce by so per cent the assessment
on farming lands in the Red and
Black River sections
Or. Ashton Blanchard, son of Ex-
Governor Blanchard, has abandoned
his candidacy for councilman at large
in Shreveport, La, and announces
that lie will shortly leave for Ger
many.
George W. Windsor was arrested
at Oakdale, La, and cahrged with
counterfeiting. His brother-in-law,
Justice of the Peace ]. w. Young,
held at Vicksburg, is alleged to have
operated with him.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
Reduction Of Assessments

The State Board of Equalization
took the initial steps towards max
ing a reduction in the assessment Of
the overlooked lands inrhe Red river
and Black river sections of the state
by adopting resolution asking the
assessors to report the number Of
acres affected by the overflow.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
Green Goods Artists.

The operations of a bold band Of
green goods artists who are be-
lived to be responsible for the recent
flood of raised greenbacks in several
small towns in Louisiana, Mississippi
and Texas, have been frustrated by
the alertness of the Secret Service
agents, who have applied themselves
assiduously to the task of running
the criminals to earth. Three men
are in custody in New Orleans charg-
ed with the crime of raising the de-
nominations of bills of small
amounts.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
Helping the State Fair.

The Shreveport City Council is to
be commended for its action in ap-
propriating $4,000 for the purpose of
erecting a machinery hall on the
State Fair grounds. This is the sec
ond appropriation made by the city
for the State Fair, and 1t serves to
show that Shreveport has entered
heartily into the work.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
Manuals for Teachers Institutes.

The Department of Education will
begin shortly sending out the man
uals for the direction of the teachers
Institutes to be held throughout the
state under the State Institute Board
and State Institute Conductor Allie
man Of that bureau.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
Rice Milling Season Opens.

The Jeanerette Lumber Company
opened by the Star Rice Mill, which
started up on small lot of HondA
ras received from Eunice. All the To-
cal mills have been overhauled and
made ready for the season. Hundley,
Brooks & Bernard received lot Of
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
Ready to Build Railroad.

Col. Nichols, chief engineer of the
Monroe, Farmerville and Hope rail-
road, is in receipt of a letter from
President Taylor in New York in
forming him that he has made all f.
nancial arrangements for the build
ing of the road. The delay has been
occasioned by the unsettled financial
condition of the country.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
Railroad Tanele Means Suit.

The police jury of Arcadia parish
refused to pass an ordinance the OBJ
ject of which was to submit to the
adjudication of the courts the ques-
ton Of whether the parish shall ex-
tend. the period allowed the Frisco
for the completion of its line from
Dequincy to Baton Rouge. The ex-
tension of time was asked for on the
ground that by reason of high water
in the Atchafalaya 1t was impossible
for the Frisco to build bridge across
the river.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
Preparing State Ticket.

Preparations are being made for
the printing of the State ticket that
will be sent out by the end of next
week to the Chairman of the Parish
Executive Committees to be used in
the State primary. Sept. 1. The tick
ct is a rather mixed-up and csmpli-
Gated affair because of the different
districts In which the elections will
be held. the ticket will be different
for the different districts.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
NECESSITIES

Dashaway-Pm going to a house
party. Wonder what I need to take
along?
Cleverton-About quart OF IS gold
pieces to tip the servants with, a
flannel shirt, dress suit, pajamas and
q half-dozen engagement rings.-Life
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
Two Hundred Sign Petition.

A Shreveport newspaper published
petition signed by about two humid
red prominent men condemning the
State Board Of Pardons for pardon
ing Robert Warner, who, after serv-
ing six yers on life term for murder
was released. He was convicted of
killing John Dunmier, a Kansas City
Southern shop foreman.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
Do Widen Shin Canal.

The Board of Directors of the Atch
afalaya Bay Ship Channel Company
held an important meeting at which
they decided to make a proposition
to the government to take contract
to widen the channel to 200 feet and
deepen 1t to twenty feet and then
turn it over to the government.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21

urinary troubles. bearing down SEN
sations. etc., On June goth. 1907.
four and one-half years later. she
said: Il haven't had kidney trouble
since. ! repeat my testimony"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. =.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
To Use Convicts on Roads.

The police jury of Acadia parish
has decided to employ convict labor
in improving the roads and drainage
of the parish A gang of convicts
will start out MoLday morning under
Deputy Coon to open the road drains
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
TO Begin Work Shortly.

News was received from the New
Iberia Office that the Central Rail-
road of Louisiana, which railroad
has done nine miles of grading, to
run from Leesville to New Orleans,
crossing Bayou Lafourche at Napo-
leonville, would begin work shortly.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
IT'S DOUBTFUL

Women are beginning to use the
typewriter more in their personal cor.
respondence."
Il wonder If it will stop them from
writing s-cross?"-Pittsburg POSE
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
BABY CRIED AND SCRATCHED
All the Time-Was Covered Will; Tor.
turing Eczema-Doctor Said Sores
Would Last for Years-Per.
fecf Cure hY Cuficura

feet Cure BY Cuticura.
my baby niece was suffering from that
terrible torture. eczema. It was all over
her body, but the worst was on her face
and hands. She cried and scratched all the
time and could not deep night or day from
the scratching. had her under the doc.
tors care for a year and q half spd be
seemed to do her no good. took her to
the best doctor in the city and be said that
she would have the sores until she was six
years old. But if / had depended ON the
doctor my baby would have lost her mind
and died from the want of aid But used
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment and
she was cured in three months. Alice L.
Dowell, AGO Easton Ave-, st. Louis. Mo-,
May 2 and 20, 1907"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21

Capudine Cures Indigestion Pains,
Belching, Sour Stomach and Heartburn
from whatever cause. It's Liquid. Eff
fects Immediately. Doctors prescribe it
loo, 25c. and soc at drug stores.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
$4,000 Planting Company.

The Blanchard Planting Company
Limited, was organized at Napoleon
Vile with a capital stock of SIP. 0c0.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21

To Drive Out Malaria and Build Up
the System
Take the Old Standard Groves
Tasteless Chill Tonic. You know what
you are taking. The formula Is plain
ly printed on every bottle. showing /:
is simply Quinine and Iron in a taste
less form, and the most effectual form.
For grown people and children, soc.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21

Hicks Capudine Cures Nervousness
Whether tired out, worried. overwork-
ed, or what not. 1t refreshes the brain
and nerves. It's Liquid and pleasant to
take. 10c. Csc. and soc at drug stores
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21

Between bridge and straam the
Lords mercy may be found.-St. Au-
gustine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21

kidney troubles. Is
that relief lasting?
Let Mrs. James NJ.
Long, Of 113 ". Au-
gusta St., Staunton,
Va. tell you. On
January 31st. 1903.
Mrs. Long wrote:
"Doan's Kidney Pills
have cured me" (of
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21

The burden Of my song must be
praise. and the teaching of every les
xon has been trust. Bishop Han
ntnXfon.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21

This ought to, be our endeavor, to
conquer ourselves. and daily wax
stronger, and to make a further
growth In holiness.-Thomas a KEN
pis.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21

John r. Dickey's old reliable eye water
cures sore eyes or granulated lids. Don't
hurt, feels good; get the genuine In red box.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21

What ripens fast does not last
Shakespeare.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21

Poverty, like lamp, shows every
thing bad and annoying.-Aristo-
planes.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
Demand For Crude Oil.

The demand for crude oil in the
jennings market seems tc be in
creasing, and the Houssiere-Latreille
Oil Company, one of the three largest
oil companies operating in Jennings.
completed a deal for its entire pro-
duction for a period of two months,
the contract price being IS cents per
barrel.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21

10 fear death is very great folly,
for 1t is fated to all men to die
Antiphanes.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21

This woman says that after
nonths of suffering Lydia E.
Rinkham's Vegetable Compound
xnnile her as well as ever.
llaude E. Forgie, of Leesburg, Va,
whites to Mrs. Pinkham:
al want other suffering women to
know what Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound has done for me. For
months I suffered from feminine ills
20 that I thought could not live.
wrote you, and after taking Lydia E.
Iinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
fsat like . new woman. ! am now
1pr the good you have done me-"
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
md has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
disbursements, inflammation, ulcera.
fion, fibroid tumors, irregularities.
periodic pains, backache, that bear.
fng-down feeling, flatulency, indiges
fion, dizziness or nervous prostration
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice
She has guided thousands r.
usaalth. Address. J.vpu. Mass.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21

'Wiles and deceit are female quail
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
FRANKLIN. TENNESSEE
ATTEND
FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND
SKTY.FIVE MEN

Vim teams are selling our products 70
FARMERS In thirty four Different States.
seventy useful articles that country people
need: We furnish the goods and give syef,ts
NE % turn them into money. Address.
J. r. WATKINS Co.. Winona. MINI.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21

In some good time, His good time.
l shall arrive; He guides me and the
bird.-Browning.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
THE TIME TEST.

That Is What Proves True Merit.
Doan's Kidney Pills bring tn !
quickest Of relief from backache and
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-21
Great Southern Mills Resume.

w. Fl. Sullivan General Superin-
tendent of the great Southern Lum-
Der Company, has been engaged in
perfecting arrangements looking to-
ward the commencement of opera
tons by the plant at Bogalusa. He
will enter actively into the prepare
tons that were begun in his absence
to have the mill in readiness to COM
mence work en- Sept.