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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-10
DRUDGE AND DRoNE,
How the American Woman Is Mans
Chlefest Blessing.

How the American Woman Is Mans
chIefest Blessing.
As a teaser of the public John Cor
bin becomes daily more virulent. He
harried Harvard University not long
since, and thereby accumulated such
quantities of abuse and derision that
he longed for more. Now he Is pitch,
ing into the American Drone," by
which pleasing epithet he designates
the American woman. This will yield
lots Of fun for John Corbin-indeed,
infinitely more fun than sticking pins
into Harvard men, who were few and
far between, whereas American wom-
en-, especially at this season Of
shopping, are more numerous than
the sands of the sea. Besides, they
assay high as regards ginger.
Still ! am confident that a Corbin
will contrive to cope with them. He
will readily reply, being so logical
himself, TO their feebly reasoned pro-
tests. Separated only by eight and a
half inches CT text in his little trea-
tise stand two sentences that serve
as emblems of his adherence to con.
sistency. One reads: "She has
achieved a new, a glorious, hitherto
unattainable ideal-that of lifelong
comradeship with man." The other
declares: "She has been unable to
establish any enduring comradeship
with her own menfolk." Let the wom-
en- OF America think twice before
tackling a reasoner like Corbin.
The clerk values his existence too
previously to venture beyond the out
er skirmishing lines of this exhilarat-
ing and altogether ennobling little
row. / daresay there's somewhat to
be said on both sides. So, without
joining the colors Of either foe, con-
tent myself with comment upon the
American Drone, considered as the
chiefest blessing Of the American
Drudge. Maybe it's fine, theoretical
ly, for a wife to slave all day, saw
ing or earning. Maybe it's theoreti-
cally refreshing for fellow to come
home tired out to a woman equally
tired out. Practically it's no such
thing.
Notice, I'm not eulogizing feminine
idleness. Mr.. Corbin's Drone keeps
busy enough by his own account OF
her. But her pursuits aren't those
that flag. After a day of evaporation,
which has torn a man pretty well to
pieces, he meets a comrade still
blithe and buoyant and zestful. Ten
minutes in her company will recruit
his vigor, dismiss his anxieties, re-
fresh his soul. BY not working she
enables him to work without breaking.
Her duty-if not her first duty, GER
tainly almost that's to keep herself
strong and unfatigued against his
hours of exhaustion. Perhaps Mr..
Corbin will say that such an arrange.
ment makes the husband work unduly
hard. What of it? He enjoys work
ing unduly hard IL a new life begins
for him every evening" life at once
restful and stimulating-in the com.
partnership of his best of friends
Boston Transcript.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-10
How Harvard Yard Was Named.

President Eliot told how 1t hap
pened to be the Harvard Yard"
The origin Of the name Harvard
Yard" he said. appears in a sketch
Of 1875 by sophomore. Joseph Story
justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States at the age of 80
and one time professor at the Harvard
law school. The sketch was turned
in as an exercise by Story. 1t got
abroad in some manner and was
there for many years until a family
who inherited 1t returned It recent
ly to this country. The sketch shows
plainly that what is now such a
charming spot was then just a back
yard and nothing more.
1t was unlighted, so that except
when there was a moon 1t was dark
as pitch. Its quality of darkness was
valued by the students as giving an
opportunity to disregard college regu-
lations and to indulge in some prac-
tees which the faculty viewed as
unwarranted.
1T was the resort in those days.
especially In the early forenoon and
the late afternoon, OF a crowd of
young children sent from home to
buy hot rolls and fresh bread from
the bakers shop which occupied the
corner rooms in University Hall, now
devoted to Offices for the dean of the
Lawrence scientific hool."-Boston
Herald.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-10

Quainted with them. The frs, OF
at the latest, second night Of his
stay in any one camp. he will be WIS.,
tied by trade rat, who will carry
away all that portion OF his outfit
that Is not too heavy for his ratship
to handle and religiously leave some
stick or stone in its place.
A hydrophobia skunk will be apt
to call and lunch from any bacon
rinds that may be lying about, noa
disdaining a nip at Mr.. Prospector's
nose II the opportunity offers. 1t is
said and firmly believed by the sons
OF the desert that the bite of this
little skunk produces ihydrophobia.
The ella monster Is seldom seen, and
the writer after having spent nearly
a year ON the borders of Death VAL
ley has yet to see one of them at
large. Rattlesnakes are also scarce.
except In some favorable locality.
The mountain sheep and ibex are
gradually becoming tame, and this
season they have come to springs
where miners were camped as regu-
larly as domestic stock and with lit
tie more timidity. The mountain quail
follows the miner and his burro. In
the Avawatz Mountains they were
unknown until this year, but they
are abundant there now. It is an I'M
written law among the miners on
the desert that no game animals or
birds shall be killed or In any way
disturbed unless one Is in actual want,
and he must make proof convincing
o. that fact II he kills a quail or
sheep.
All life on the desert lives by its
power to resist thirst. All desert
plants are so constructed that they
are able to conserve and store up
moisture agains. the time of drought.
This necessity has wrought peculiar
forms OF both animals and plants, and
In time 1t also leaves its .ndelible
mark upon men who dwell amid its
wastes. The leaves OF all desert trees
ire small and thick. SO that they
expose as little surface as possible
Tor evaporation in the dry air. The
great and ever present evidence OF
the struggle for water is noticeable
everywhere where men come together
on the desert In this struggle all
who come to the desert must engage
instantly. Every wagon must have
its water barrels, every burro his
water bags. each man his canteen.-
Los Angeles Times.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-10

fence down. was staying with nef
@bat night because she was afraid
3ut Willie was the leader. caught
him and boxed his ears
Boxed his ears"
"Yesi" cried Anne, all unobgeryant
Of the expression back of the words
Willie Is awfully naughty when he's
out of your sight, and to think never
dared tell you," her face was filled
with incredulity, when here you were
really wanting to know all the time."
Anne rose, still unobservantly re-
lieved and happy. 1t was often SO
hard to be truthful confidante, and
this time the path of truth had been
made so easy for her!
She left dazed Mrs. Drew strugg.
ling with her breath and her thoughts
Mrs. Drew believed Anne-every enc
did; and the memory of her own
widespread comparisons between
Willie and Tommy rushed upon her
with overwhelming force.
For half an hour after Anne's de.
parture she wrestled with her morti.
fication. Then she turned her atten-
tion to Willie.
With lips pressed firmly together
she visited the fiourishing willow in
the back yard. Sternly she laid aside
the natural desire to select a tiny
branch. Sternly she held herself to
what she required of Mrs. White. and
a few moments later. armed with a
tingling switch, she stood in the back
door and called loudly, William!
William Drew! Come here at once!"
From Youths Companion.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-10
cEYLoN HAVING A BOOM.
Trade Outlook the Best Ever Known
in the History Of the Island.

Trade OUTLOOK the oeSt Ever NhoWH
in the History Of the Island.
Ceylon as a whole Is experiencing
a period Of exceptional prosperity
and the trade outlook is the best ever
known in the history of the island.
Tea, cocoanuts, cacao, cardamoms and
citronella are paying well, and rub
Der and camphor are still more pro
fitable.
There has been continued boom
in rubber planting, which now occu
pies about $4,000 acres, while tea
has had a revival and high prices are
now being realized. Camphor prices
are very high and the cultivation has
been ss.ended 50 that there sSe now
some 800 acres Under tbs tf9duct.
A transportation question that has
been agitated in Ceylon for long
while, and that is now being brought
actively to the front again, Is that OF
connecting Ceylon to India by a rail-
road across Adams Bridge and the
shallow bodies of water lying be-
tween Rameswaram and Tallaimannar
at the northern end of the island.
The South Indian Railway Com
pany are bringing their line to the
extreme point of the small island OF
Rameswaram so that only a small
gap Of water will intervene between
the termini OF the Indian and Ceylon
railways.
If the connection is made at all IL
will make Colombo the port for south
ern India, and will greatly benefit the
tea and rubber industries by facilitat'
ing the transportation OF laborers
from India.-From the Journal OF the
American Asistic Association.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-10
Rests Gun Across Arm.

One peculiar Iam deVe2pe1 10 ne
ooddfse y tie trial In ths Superior
Court of nine Cinnamon charged with
the murder Of one of their country
men,. and that Is no Chinaman when
using a revolver levels 1t straight
at a person or at an object, but rests
the muzzle OF the "gun" on his left
forearm, and with the right hand
holding the butt discharges the weap-
on.
Counsel wanted an explanation, but
could not obtain 1t, and later a mem
Der of one of the tongs in the cor
ridor was asked for a reason.
Don't know why a gun Is used
in that manner" was the response.
unless 1t insures more secrecy than
the American way. For instance, a
Chinaman may wrap the gun In the
folds Of his sleeve, leaving only the
barrel hole free. Then a shot may
be fired, when 1t would appear as
though the one who discharged the
weapon had his arms folded. There
would be no CLINT Of steel and moth
irg but a curl OF smoke to tell who
discharged the weapon - Boston
Herald.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-10
An Acquired Characteristic.

'Heredity," the boarder with the
rubicund countenance was saying
accounts for nearly everything. For
instance, / inherited my eyes and
the color of my hair from my moth
er's people, my chin and nose from
my fathers side o. the house, and
you didn't inherit that nose from
anybody" interrupted the boarder
with the sallow complexion. You
bought 1t at various places in this
town and paid high prices for H.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-10
DESERT LIFE.
How Animals and Vegetation Are Pro-
tected Against Extinction.

How Animals and Vegetation Are Pro-
tected Against Extinction.
Almost all life on the desert goes
armed, In the vegetation world q
The desert the cactus comes first with
its numberless species. They are
all armed with long or short tough
spines that can penetrate the thick
est boot. The solitary and often gro
tesoue Joshua" or Yucca, the mes
quite. the catsclaw and numberless
shrubs whose names have not been
written, all are armed in one way or
another. Some exude poisonous sap,
others nauseating doors. The sage
brush Is about the only one that does
not seem to have any protection.
In the animal kingdom most are
either armed with sharp teeth, spines
odors or poison to serve to keep their
enemies at a distance, while the 9th
ers depend upon their fieetness or
artful skuIhing and hiding.
Tn spined and repulsive ella mon
ser, the horned toad, the sidewinder
with his two horns and deadly fangs
and It's cousin, the desert rattlesnake;
the tarantula, scorpion and desert
bee. each of whose sting is exceed
ingly painful and sometimes fatal
are among the deserts denizens. Then
there are many varieties OF lizards
large and saall and OF many colors
who protect themselves by theil
speed alone. The prowling coyote
bobcat, mountain lion, jackrabbit. cot
tontail, mountain sheep. hex. ante
lope and an occasional deer are there
Among the smaller animals are the
gopher, kangaroo rat, trade rat. hydro
phobia skunk. ground squirrel and In
Vulnerable mice. But the travele
seldom sees any of these. The pros
pecsor, however, soon becomes &C
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-10
Feather Bed Maker.

Mrs. Susan Merrill Of East Edding-
ton, Maine, has supported herself for
10 years and sent her two boys
through college by making feather
beds of real goose down and selling
them in New England.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-10
ballad Of Pleasant Thoughts.

non't let us talk OF wretchedness.
Don't let US wallow in our woe.
cont let us drivel DER distress.
bsn't let US wander to and fro
amid the mire and mud below,
put let US rise on joyful wings
into the golden sunlight's glow
lets think and talk OF pleasant
things!
mint let us clamor for redress;
Dont let us deem a soul our foe;
,nstead OF cursing, let us bless;
And never let us gloat or crow
Ger some ones trouble; let US
show
what perfect peace our viewpoint
brings
To all who after goodness go;
let's think and talk OF pleasant
things!
Gets talk OF trouble less and less;
To anger let us be more slow;
Vets strive more patience to possess.
And more compassionate let's
grow;
cheerful word or smile bestow,
And you can quell the scorn that
stings;
This duty to ourselves We owe:
let's think and talk OF pleasant
things!
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-10
Enemies Of Rubber Tires.

Rubber tires have three natural
enemies that are destructive TO rub
Der. light, heat and oil. and each has
It's own peculiar effect, which SHOULD
be guarded against.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-10

Tie Department Of Health Of New
York city Is working with q new
serum for the cure Of rabies.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-10

An average yield Of ginger In ia
maica is about 1000 pounds an acre.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-10
ENvOI:

10, mortal men and women, no!
Hark To the song a minstrel sings!
II aught OF happiness you'd know
Let's think and talk OF pleasant
things!
Harold Susman in Success Magazine"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-10

ion should be aroused. Inc rQomer
must be given a social anchorage;
the furniture sharks that prey upon
the landlady should receive attention.
The connection between lodging and
prostitution should be studied more
carefully. A public parlor should be
demanded, even IL it be made a pre-
requisite br a rooming-house license.
The clearinghouse should be brought
back, and the cafe life resisted in
every possible way. Fundamentally,
at the bottom of these things are, OF
course, better education ard better
wages.
In the same magazine Eleanor H.
Woods, of South End House. Boston.
writes Interestingly Of the humani-
tartan efforts of certain movements
in Boston for the social betterment
in its lodging districts. A room reg
istry organized at South End House
three years ago for the assistance Of
patrons seeking rooms and to stimu-
late business methods among the
housekeepers has attained a reason
able degree of success. A card cata-
logue OF $50 houses Is on file, con-
tanning information as to location,
price, quality, etc A charge Of 10
cents is imposed for a list of avail
able lodging-houses and a postal to
be used II a room is secured by the
applicant. Housekeepers are charged
one,half a weeks rent for a. tenancy
Of three weeks; otherwise. 10 per
cent. The neighborhoods are ssfF
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that?"
Indeed" assented Anne, Il
shouldi" Into her eyes, fastened now
on Mrs. Drew's face, crept an express
sion of relief.
"And don't yoI think that such an
attack on an old man deserves a Sc
we're punishment"
YES" assented Anne, earnestly, Il
do"
MY DEAR" Mrs. Drew ceased tap
ping on the arm of the chair and
sank back with the air of having set
tied a vexed question, Il am glad
you agree. because am going to ask
you to tell Mrs. White" Anne put
out a hand suddenly, dropped her
handkerchief, and reached for it..
You, girl that you are, can tell her
without offense, because she likes
you. Every one likes you. Anne"
But, Mrs. Drew" Anne burst out,
whoever told you didn't tell straight.
lit wasn't TOMMY I'll was right
behind them-it was Willie who did
it,"
Mrs. Drew gasped once-twice-
caught her breath and sat up very
stir.
"Willie."
"Yes," Anne FASTENED on. the words
tumbling out of her mouth. II al
most caught him. IL think / should
have shaken him well IL l had!" her
tone became reminiscently Indignant
~ did shake him on Halloween.
Tommy did help take Mrs. Smiths
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-07
WILL CONDEMN
ICE IN OGDEN
State Board of Health Asks
City Council to Act
Unfit for Use.

The state board of health has adj
dressed a communication to the mayor
and city council of Ogden recommend
ing that the ice gathered from certain
sources be condemned for any use eX-
eept that of refrigeration. If the city
council fails to act in the matter, the
board of health will condemn the prod
uct. The supply put UP by four Ogden
companies is involved
Some time ago DR.. F. Z. Clark, the
state medical inspector, made an in
vestigatiOn of the sources of the ice
supply in Ogden. He found that there
was reason to believe that the ice was
contaminated from one reason or an
other. He submitted samples to the
state chemist, Hermann Harms, who
found in the five samples tested a
large quantity of organic matter DR.
Harms gave il as his opinion that the
ice was unfit for domestic use
Acting on the findings of the state
chemist and the result of the investiga-
ton by DR.. Clark, the state board has
written the mayor and council of Og-
den a letter, in which it is recon-
mended that the stores of dangerously
contaminated ice be condemned
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-07
THREE WIVES GET DIVORCE DEGREES
BECAUSE THREE HUBBIES GO ON SPREES

port herself by nursing She was granted
a divorce.
Mary e VanKellork charged her hus-
band with cruelty. She married Joseph
VanKellOrk. who is now following the
occupation of barber at Preston, Idaho.
on August 8. 1904 and says that he de-
serted her November 9, 1897. While they
lived together she said that her husband
would often come home drunk and beat
her. Besides a divorce she was give7
two lots at Moffatt, Utah. valued at $500,
and her maiden name of Mary Powell
was restored to her.
Pearl Edgar. child wife. also secured
q divorce She is about IS years of age.
On June 20. 1907, she married James A.
Edgar. al employee of the Oregon Short
Line railroad, who recently enlisted at
Fort Douglas He deserted her a month
after their marriage.
'Why did he leave your" was asked.
81 don't know" she replied. I'VE had
not had any trouble and he just left.
Rose Appelbaum said that her husband.
Jerome Appelbaum, went east and for
got to come back.
HE just went away and I guess he
forgot to come back to me-" was her
only explanation
They were married September %, 1902,
and the desertion occurred July, 1908.
The divorce was granted and the wife
awarded s. a month alimony.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-07

Three wives secured divorces yesterday
because their husbands drank too much.
Two others secured divorces on the
ground of nOn-support
Judge Morse presided at the regular
matinee and the attendance was good
Bertha Christensen said that her hus-
band, Theodore Christensen, drank raw
alcohol.
He always came home drunk" she
declared. "and always had bottle with
him when he arrived
She also said that on one occasion he
came home drunk and started to break
up the furniture. After demolshing a
considerable portion of it the wife was
afraid that he would break the lamp and
set the house afire. and she grabbed IL.
This angered him and according to her
story, he struck her in the face and badly
injured her.
In addition she claimed that he would
use the most vile and abusive language
toward her and her children by former
marriage. Her daughter corroborated her
story and the decree was granted. The
parties we're married July 15 1902.
Mary A Werner said that her husband,
Louis Werner. began drinking as soon
they were married at Denver, Febru-
airy IS 1903. and has not stopped yet Be-
cause of his spending all of his money
for liquor she has been compelled to sup
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0t), as asserted by The Herald at the
time the auditors made their report
to the council. These figures, while
only approximations, can be easily YER
flied in the city treasurer's office and
they are based on statistics on file
there and not ON conjecture
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-07
IN POLICE CIRCLES.

Guardello Brown, probation officer of
the juvenile court, is meeting with sue
cess in his crusade against keepers of pool
rooms, saloons and other resorts in which
boys cOngregate after dark. John Melick,
a saloon keeper. was fined SIS yesterday
by Justice OF the Peace Dana T. Smith
for permitting minors to frequent a place
in which intoxicating liquors are sold.
Peter {. Tsauras, pool room keeper at
81 South State street has also paid a
fine of So for contributing to the delin-
quency Of minors. +. r. Bell pool room
Keeper at 81 West First South street. was
given until next Wednesday to plead to
the charge of contributing TO the delin-
Quency of boys.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-07

To the Stockholders of the Emery
County Land G. Water Company.
A special meeting of the Stockholders
of the Emery County Land & Water
Company. corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws Of the State
of Utah is hereby called to be held on
the ninth day of March. 1908. at 2 o'clock
D. m. at the office and principal place
Of bnisness of said corporation. viz; at
Room 237, Atlas block, Salt Lake City,
Utah.
The object and purpose of said meeting
is to consider and vote upon the ques-
amount of 100000, for the purpose of
rsising money to carry on and conduct
the business and affairs of said COM
pany; said bonds to bear interest at the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-07

rate of six per cent per annum, payable
seni-annually.< in such form as the
Board of Directors determine, and to
authorize the president and secretary to
sign and affix the corporate seal of said
company to all such bonds, and to Sc
cure the payment thereof. by mortgage.
or trust deed, covering and encumbering
all the real property and water rights
of the company situate in Emery County,
Utah such bonds to mature al such time
as the stockholders may determine at
said meeting.
And for the transaction of such other
business as may properly come before
said stockholders meeting
NJ. 3. WHITNEY, President
A. NJ. ALLEN. Secretary.
Dated this list day Of February, 1905
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-07
Letter From Louisiana.

Mrs. A. c. Brainard of Jennings. La.
wrote on April p. 1904; please send me
three bottles Graefenberg Children 5
Panacea for the enclosed $50. We used
1t many years ago. in Minnesota. for
our children. and now we would like to
get some for our little grandson, so that
his teeth may come easier and quicker
/ consider il the best medicine for the
little ones that | ever knew of. IL saved
my sons life when he was an infant.
thirty-five years ago.
There must be great merit in remedy
which produces such records. Advertis-
ing alone could not keep a childrens
medicine in such high favor for SO many
years.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-07

w r. Shropshire was brought back
from Los Angeles yesterday by Deputy
Sheriff Steele. Shropshire is accused BY
J. NJ. Sven. d dealer in machinery, of $50
South Third West street, of having Sc
cured S241. 20 from Sven on Jan. 80 on the
false representation that he was an agent
tor the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt
Lake railroad and was authorized by the
railroad TO sell Sven S,022 pounds of
brass.