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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-03
SLAVE FROM BIRTH.

Every woman, in Africa, is the prop
srty of some man, from the time when
her mother first wraps her in skin
sack, till the day when she Is folded
In reed mat and carried outside the
kraal for burial First she belongs to
her father, the mother having in no
case any right to her offspring. At
any age she may be sold to another
man as his wife. and becomes his
property till his death, but even that
event does not release her, for she Is
then passed on to the oldest son OF
nearest male heir, as a part of his
inheritance. Sometimes indeed, an
old man anticipates his death and him.
self makes a present of his young
wife TO his oldest son. Many a wom-
eli of my acquaintance, therefore, has
been the wife, successfully, OF faith
er and his son and has children by
beth. The lobola was originally paid
In cattle, but since the rfnderpest de-
cimated the flocks, 1t has been pay
able in money, and Is reckoned at one
hundred dollars for an ordinary girl
and one hundred and twenty-five dol
lars for a chiefs daughter. Even I'M
born daughters are contracted for;
for instance, a man wishing to buy a
wife, but having no means to pay,
makes a bargain with the father OF a
girl, promising to give by way OF
compensation all the daughters born
to him, and, In case he has no girls
he must give a son. Little girls are
constantly being sold to old grand
fathers with a plurality OF wives. In
deed, it would seem as IL such suitors
were preferred by the fathers, prob
ably because they have more means
to pay, and have often the additional
advantage Of being able to pay with
enc Of their own daughters. / know
Of case where girl was sent to an
old man with broken back, while
another girl escaped to the mission
aries to avoid being sold to a leper.
II girl is not friendly to the match.
she is persuaded by beating. and IL
that fails she may be bound and car
ried on by force-Southern Workman.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-03
THE LITTLE WOMAN.

Ny little woman. of you L sing
With a fervor all divine
For l know the clasp of the hands that
So closely here in mine.
Though the rosy palms used to press
Are faded and worn with care,
And tremulous is the old caress
ilat nestles in my hair
Your heart to me is a changeless page;
/ have read II bit by bit.
From the dawn of love to the dusk OF
And the tale is Holy Writ.
Fold your eyes.-for the twilight bends
AS mother DER her child
Even as when. in the long-lost Then.
You bent DER ours and smiled
NAY. but I spoke all unaware!
See! am kneeling. too.
And with mine, dear, Is the roses prayer,
With blur of tears and dew)
But o little woman, I often grieve,
AS I think Of the vanished years
And trace the course of the cares that
Your features dim with tears:
1 often grieve for the frowns I wore
When the world seemed all untrue
When my hard, proud heart was SICK and
And would not come to you!
I often grieve as I hold your hand
AS hold your hand tonight
That II takes so long to understand
The lesson of love Alright!
My little woman. of you I sing
For / know the clasp of the hands that
So closely here in mine.
The Home Magazine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-03
A SUCCESSFUL VACATION

A SUCCESSFUL VACATION.
"A driving trip" said a women, rs
ihe most satisfactory short vacation,
IL you want to revive worn out nerves.
j have often gone from eight to TWEEN
ty days without mail and without
seeking a soul / knew except my COM
panion whom you may believe is al
ways well chosen. Last autumn in
week ! covered three hundred miles.
ate all my meals out OF doors ana
came back to town with ten poundA
added to my weight and deducted
from my spirits. Ny starting point
Is always the same, a small New Eng
land town, where a good horse, the
main asset for a comfortable trip, is
to be depended on. From here l have
driven in three directions and per-
formed In circuits until feel like the
proprietor of hundreds OF square miles
OF mountains and forests. Geological
maps point the way and follow, plan
ming stops ahead at places l know.
Eating by the wayside near stream
OF on a hilltop satisfied my longing
for rest as well as for food.
Il have discovered that 1t Is the
small physical comforts that add to
the joy Of the woods, and therefore
pack my clothes with as much care
and precision as IL starting on a trip
abroad. Extra shoes insist upon, for
tired or wet feet will spoil the best
of views A dark silk waist for hot
days, woollen one for cool autumn
ones, and short wool skirt Is my
equipment for dress. Several changes
of underclothes and a sweater make
the main bulk of the baggage. A pair
of comfortable heavy gloves for driv.
ing are, OF course, an essential, and a
hat that can be taken off and packed
away when desired. The expenses
both Of US, besides the horse rent,
which is 81 a day"
A coaching tour on a small scale
proved a successful vacation for a
party OF six women. They planned
carefully to stop at large towns, where
they could be accommodated without
previous notice. They selected the
Berkshires, and drove from Lakeville
70 Bennington and back by different
route. Two horses found them not
too heavy a load in light three-seat-
ed road wagon. One young woman
who had been brought up to drive
took charge of the horses, their feed
ing and drinking and cooling off. She
measured out their oats and counted
the swallows they drank at wayside
troughs so carefully chat they return
ed to their starting point in perfect
shape, with high praises from the liv-
eryman, who had parted with his prec.
icus steeds with reluctance and had
awaited their return with anxiety
New York Tribune.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-03
MAXIMS FOR WIVES.

First of all. man must never know
he Is being managed.
There is no more pitiful object on
the face of the earth than the hen
pecked husband; therefore never man.
age your husband to the extent of
hen-pecking him. Allow him TO be
lord and master-it Is his preroga-
i've.
He married you, and set you up as
one above himself; do not disappoint
him and disillusion him; 1t makes a
much better man of him when he
knows that there is at least one per-
son in the world who believes in him
and looks up to him.
A man cannot always be in the
clouds: he must descend to earth; he
is essentially OF the earth earthly, and
no matter how dearly he loves his
wife there is bound to come a time
when he yearns for the companion
ship and society of other men.
Then is the time for the woman 20
give up her own selfish desire for hfs
company and to make him go among
his fellows and enjoy himself. and not
Yet him feel that he is doing wrong
and that there will be sulks and tenn
pers when he returns.
Even at the risk of being horribly
bored, enter into your husbands oc-
equations and pursuits; there are
some women never know where where
kSahaaAr 20 or what they do when
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-03
Colts Teeth,

. II you are breeding or handling colts
you will find the following. written
for the Journal of Agriculture, valua-
BILE:
The horse has two sets CT teeth, the
milk teeth are temporary, and are the
ones which the colt sheds, while thoss
that come IL or remain without being
shed. are called the permanent teeth.
The cutting of the teeth in the foal
varies some. but at or within nine
days after birth the foal has four front
teeth, two in the center above, and
two below, and in the back part Of the
mouth he is found to have twelve mol
ars, three on each side of jaw. at from
seven to nine weeks he gets four more
incisors in each jaw; at nine months
old he gets the last of his milk or tenn
pcrary teeth, these being the four cor
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-03
THEY GET THEIR HATS IN
TOWN

This is the time of the year when
certain women blossom forth in mil
linery which suggests that they go
to Europe every little while to buy
their finery. The hats, indeed, are
ones in whose company any husband
might be proud to be seen. But
these creations" with their perfec:
ostrich feathers, are not so extrava-
CANT after all, and their wearers
don't go to Europe for them. The
truth is, the women have waited for
the time when the most fashionable
shops in town sacrifice their wares
to close out for the season. One wo-
man says she is willing to wear al
most anything until these sales are
"on," for she bought hat for $25
last spring that had plumes worth
much more than that amount.-New
York Press.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-03
GIRLS OVER THE EARS.

In the thirties Of the last century,
from which so many of the fashions
for 1907 have been evolved, the bellies
of the day wore their hair parted in
the center and punched with curls
above their ears. For the girl whose
style OF beauty is ingenue this is
again an exceedingly becoming vogue
In modified form.
No one wants the Dutch doll style
of couture back, or the simpering pref
tiness of the prunes and prism age,
so the curls of the new coiffures are
raised some inches above the ears and
the center parting is almost hidden
by tresses raised in poufs upon either
side.
Highly to be recommended for
those who possess short. thick hair
is this scheme for the back tresscs
need only to be brought to the top
OF the head and there mingled with
the rest in a mass Of short curls to
complete a very pretty effect-PittS
burg Press.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-03
Cost Of Raising a Calf.

In an experiment to ascertain the
cost of raising calf Prof. Shaw, OF
Michigan station, took dairy calf and
kept an accurate account of the ex-
pense of feeding for one year from its
birth. The amount of feeds used in
that time were 3S1 pounds of whole
milk, 1868 pounds of skim milk, 1862
pounds of silage. 219 pounds of beet
pulp, 1854 pounds of hay, 1247 pounds
of grain, lat pounds of roots, fourteen
pounds of alfalfa meal, and fifty pounds
Of green corn. The grain ration con-
sisted of three parts each Of corn and
oats and one part of bran and oil meal.
At the end of the year the calf weigh
ed 800 pounds at cost Of $28.55 for
feed. The calf was a Holstein.-Week-
ly Witness.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-03
a Rows Mischief.

In the town of Ionia. Mich. a big
speckled hen was pecking for food on
the main street. A boy saw her and,
of course, he hunted around for a
stone and took a peg" at her. The
hen was struck and frightened and
away she flew. In her fight she dash
ed against and shivered plate glass
worth $40 in a store window, and the
crash frightened a farmers team into
running away and one Of the borses
was killed. The boys father has been
sued for damages, and we shall learn
whether boy has legal right to stir
up any old hen he happens to come
across. It's too bad the hen has no
lawyer What he could say would be
nteresting-Weeklv Witness.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-03
Farm Notes.

Poultry should have green or succu-
lent feed the year round. If winter
grazing has not been provided, try
cabbage, turnips or stock beets.
Do not think money can be saved by
paying scrub prices for scrub breeders.
Expect the offspring to be similar to
the breeders, and buy accordingly.
Big prices will not make good breed
ing birds, but good quality in the birds
will make prices that look big to the
twenty-five cent bird variety Of poul-
trymen.
If the craws of chickens are to be
stuffed at any time during the day, let
it be Just before the birds go to roost,
so that they will keep busy previously
throughout the day.
p. Inspect the drainage about the hen
house again. Maybe the drain bitches
have got filled up. They should be
kept open, so that water will run away
from the buildings rapidly.
If grit is hard to get or is expen-
sive, arrange the grit hopper so that
the birds cannot scatter and waste it.
Also take care that there is no chance
for the birds to befoul the grit with
droppings.
A breeder who sells choice breeding
stock must ask a price 10 correspond.
He can no more afford to sell breeders
for little more than food prices than
could a man with $3.50 mule afford to
sell II for $50.
One breeder will tell you to use
smooth grit, and another will tell you
to use something rough with corners
on it. 1t is not necessary to worry
much about the kind Of grit, but grit
of some kind ought TO be before the
fowls all the time.-From Spurs for
Poultrymen" in the Progressive Farm
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-03
y THE FARMERS HOME AND ACRES (

ner teeth, two in the upper and two
in the lower jaw.
Now, he has his full set of milk or
temporary teeth, consisting of twelve
molars or grinders, and twelve incisors,
or front teeth. six above and six be-
low, making twenty-four teeth in all
AS the colt advances in age he must
shed all these. After this age the colt
commences getting his permanent
permanent molars, two in each jaw,
one on each side behind the three tenn
porary ones. At two years old he gets
four more permanent molars. one on
each side of each jaw. When the age
of two years and nine months has been
reached, he sheds the four front nip
pers or center teeth, two above and
two below, which are replaced by two
permanent incisors in each jaw, and at
the age of three years these four per-
manent incisors are up and in wear. At
this age the first eight temporary mol
airs are shed, two on eacn side OF each
Jaw, and are replaced by eight perma-
nent molars, which are also up, and at
nine months old he sheds four more
front teeth next to the ones shed at
three years old, two above and two be-
low. These are replaced by four more
permanent incisors, or front teeth,
which are known as the lateral incis-
ors, which are up in wear at four
years old. Also at this age he sheds
the four remaining temporary molars
which are replaced by four more per-
manent molars, and also gets four
more permanent molars at the back
of the mouth. Thus at the age OF four
years the colt mas a full set of per-
manent molars consisting of six on
each side of each jaw. making twenty
four In ALL This is the hardest year
on the colt.
At four years and nine months old
he sheds the four remaining temporary
incisors or front teeth, which are re-
placed by four permanent incisors.
These are known as the corner teeth,
and should be up and in wear at five
years old. 1t is well to become fam
iliar with the time the colt sheds his
different teeth, for sometimes the caps
or shells of the teeth do not fall OF
when they should. These should be
watched for If they do not fall of
when they should, for they greatly in
terfere with the animals feeding, and
should have the attention Of some good
veterinary dentist. At five years of
age the canine or bride teeth, four
in number, make their appearance, so
at the age of five years the colt has
all his teeth, or what is known as
full mouth of teeth, numbering forty
in all.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-03
Why Not7

Tommie was having his hair cut
and the barber got the shears pretty
close to the boys head, SO Tommie
began to cry.
"Oh, fie! Tommie!" said his moth.
er; you don't cry when I'm cutting
you a piece of pie!"
well, do IL you cut 1t too short.
Yonkers Statesman.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-03

Little Ikey-Fader. vat do peonls
feather DER nests NIT? Old Svind,s.
baum-Mit cash down, mein sobp-
Puck.
What makes you think she IA nm.
cultured?" "She thinks Ibsen's plavs
are stupid" well, a lot of peopls
think So" Eyes, but she says sor-
Cleveland Leader.
Tommy-Pop, what is the difference
between firmness and obstinacv,
Tommy's Pop-Merely the differences
between will power and won't power
my son.-Philadelphia Recodd.
Passenger-Are you goin' to hang
about here all day, or what? Busy
If yer don't like it, yer can git OF an
walk. Passenger-Oh, that's all right
I'm not in such a hurry as all that
Punch.
H. F. Wellmet-Hello, old chan!
(Siaps him vigorously on the back
I'm darned glad to see you. G. What
Snob-'Er-I can't recall your name
but your manners are familiar.-Har
ward Lampoon.
Office Boy-Well. what dye want!
Poet-I wish to submit a poem to the
editor. Office Boy-rm glad yer come
l couldn't git off ter see de football
game dis afternoon. but dish do jest
as well.--Judge.
'Yaas." said Cholly Silley, "she was
out when called, but hope for bet
tab luck next time" How ungallant
of you" exclaimed Miss Knox. You
should wish her the good luck
Philadelphia Press.
Il hear your debutante daughter lea
the german at Mrs. De Styles grand
affair, Mrs. Comeup." "She didn't Dc
nothin' of the kind. She led OF with
that Frenchman, that's staying there
Baltimore American.
Darling" said old Moneybags, Z
could just die kissing YOU" That be
ing the case" rejoined his young and
pretty fiancee, well cut out the %
culation until after we are married.
Chicago Daily News.
George hated awfully to take the
route he took to the Pacific coast
"WhyT Because he had laid In
stock of picture postcards that Gov
cred all the scenes along the other
route Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Music is the food of love-" she
breathed. The lovesick youth start
ed up quickly. Dearest" he whisp
cred, Il have saved up just 1888. Do
you think we could get a phonograph
and start In light housekeeping?'-
Chicago Daily. News.
Really" said Miss Gnock, n
must be awfully hard to write Oh
those lovely poems of yours, Mr. Rym
err" oh" replied Mr.. Rymer III
comparatively easy" Comparative
ly?" Yes. compared to the selling
of Observation-Disclosures Press.
MRS. De Peyster MORALLY offended
her husbands chums by her unfor
tunate wording of an invitation TO .
little dinner she wanted to give them
What was the offence?" -She tod
them it was a strictly private anal,
and they're all militia officers. '-bslu
more American.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-03
Potpourri.

Clyde Fitch, in a kindly letter 70
young man and unknown playwrisnS
said: .
81 liked your play; ! though
promising, but in the first act you ~
itated Ibsen, in the second you 'l',
tated Pinero, and in the tnlra I'm I'M
fourth you initiated Barrie. TINS '"
never do.
limitation in art is always PAD .
suggests the shabby man who, -
spied a glass of beer. looked IN ~
mirror behind the bar and mui'e'
to himself:
Here I am wearing a raiifo'.
presidents shoes, the trousers q
senator. the hat of a. millionans
banker, the waistcoat Of Ne"pu
society leader, and an ambassao"
coal; and yet in spite OF all. ! '0
like a tramp."-washington star.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-03
Selma Clean Grain.

A certain farmer who seems very
careless about his grain was heard to
say What is the use of going to any
trouble to keep grain clean? We get
just as much for dirty grain as We do
for clean" That is. alas too true.
Grain buyers do not make any diff
terence between the good, bad or worse
In prices. 1t all goes into the same
hopper and comes out a low grade.
The man who brings in load Of real
good corn or oats gets the fixed prices
for that day, and not one cent more.
This system of buying is a gross in
justice to the man who is trying to i'm
prove the quality of his grain. Some
buyers make a difference Of two cents
a bushel between white and yellow
corn, but the color of grain has very
little to do with the feeding or milling
qualities. II buyers of grain will learn
to grade every load, as to quality, the
same as the cotton buyer, grades every
bale of cotton, and put penalty of
two or three cents a bushel on dirty
grain, growers will find 1t to their
advantage to clean up and grow better
and cleaner grains.-Indiana Farmer.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-03
SULPHUR Expelled the Rats.

Here is a Maine farmers mode OF
Kidding his premises of rats and mice:
"If you sprinkle sulphur on your barn
floor and through your corn as you
gather it there will not be rat or
mouse to bother. have done this for
years, and have never been bothered
with rats or mice. l have some old
corn in my crib at present and not a
rat or mouse can be found. In stack
ing hay or oats, sprinkle on the ground
and a little through each load, and,
my word for it, rats or mice can't stay
there. A pound of sulphur will be
sufficient to preserve a large barn of
corn, and is good for stock and will
not hurt the corn or bread.-American
Cultivator
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-03
FADED DREAMS.

want 70 be a gypsy. In the snr,. .
want 10 be rover, In Jnlv tine.
But November's winds have rssL
and those things now don't si,ms
l just want to be a quiet litus go
In a nice. steam-heated dweIlinss uy'
city, ens In The
With sOi 4 carriage to conduct me to n,
Which should last from 10 to ana 49,
the revenue; au oorral
Yea, In winter, I'm an alien finn, :,
want TO be a farmer in the M.,.,-
want to be vintner in the fsi ume;
but wake from such ecstatie dra.
for reasons quite climaticVesms
MY ears no longer hear the wila,.,.. =.
For me the simple joys of town er,.,.-
some twenty minutes from the '' P,'s!t
Lost ideals! / wished. in June. I ~
tramp or picaroon. "ee
Now, only want to be a millIons,..,
Cleveland Leader
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-03
Board of Hens.

The cost Of hens board runs any
where from 60 cents to 81 yearly. 1t
pays to keep good laying stock. Three
hens of known prolificy are worth
dozen of Indifferent layers. Neither
glutton nor an abnormally small eat
er is our ideal fowl. A hen that
shows room for food has a prominent
breast and lungs, long. pliable neck
and velvety comb in good health, right
ly fed on grain, green food, suited
meat rations. and having free access
to sharp grit, pure water and deep
dust baths, is the money-maker OF val
ue.-Farmers Home Journal.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-03
Farm Work Is Never All Done.

Farm Work Is Never All Done.
There is no small excuse for being
idle on the farm. No matter how bad
the weather, the man who manages
well will always find something for
his hands and himself to do In the barn
or the shed or the shop-and every
farm should have shop. There will
be harness to oil or ladders to make or
mend, or axes to grind. or saws to
sharpen, or a dozen and one things to
do to have tools and utensils ready for
bright days-plenty to do besides whit
Ting and whistling.-American Guilt
vator.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-03
Horse Quality.

c. F. Grenside, Canadian horse
man in the Farmer, says that draft
horsemen talk quality" just as much
or more than those who have to do
with the light breeds. The difference
in the quality" of individuals of the
draft breeds is just as well marked as
in the light breeds. Take, for instance,
Clydesdale or Shire, either of which
will have a considerable quantity of
long hair on the back of his legs, which
is often referred to as feather" II
this hair is found to be fine and silky,
not coarse and wirey, you will find that
1t is possessed by an individual that
shows quality" throughout. His skin
will not be coarse and beefy, his legs
will be fiuted, his bone will have a ten
dency to fairness, showing density of
the hair of his name and tail will be
fine, like that at the back of his legs.
The eminence and depressions formed
by the bones Of his head will be finely
chiseled. He, in fact, shows quality"
when compared to other members of
the same tribe that are equally well
bred, as far as possessing the char
acteristics of the breed, and as far as
the studbook is an indication Of breed
ing. This Is further example of the
fallacy Of the view that quality" and
breeding are the same thing.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-04-03

The Gutsch mountain of Switzer
land, 1000 feet high, was climbed last
summer by a centenarian.