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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-11-18

most substantial iron piers in the
world is here. With its great iron
piles rooted deep into the bed of the
sea 1t extends far out into the water.
Upon this the trains run alongside of
the big ships with their loads of bana.
mas for export. Sometimes there are
so many ships here that some have to
drop anchor and wait till others clear
port. 1t is at Port Limon that they
have a municipal free laundry.
The distance from Port Limon to
San Jose, the capital, by rail, is 10S
miles, and is a whole days journey.
The cars in which you make the trip
are not as commodious as American
ones. So you are certain to grow
weary Of the trip before you reach the
city. suppose 1t is the only railroad
in the world, journey upon which
makes one sea sick"
San Jose is situated in a fertile val
ley and has a population of about %.
900. Two railroads enter the city;
one from the Atlantic side and the
other from the Pacific. The latter is
under government control and Is In.
complete. The city Is lighted by elec
tricity and also has an electric street
railway Those low adobe houses that
have swayed the architectural style
since the early Spanish days are Civ
ing place to modern brick structures
that pierce the air above the head of
man. 0
1t Is In this city that you find one
of the finest theatrical houses In the
world. 1t was in course of construc
ton seven years and cost about IS.
100000
The seat of the cathedral is here
one of the finest in the tropics. It has
three massive doors, "a massive posts
distributed along the three broad
aisles and Is lighted with about 500
candles aside from the many electric
lights.
The republic controls the manufac.
ture of whisky and 1t is in San Jose
that you find her big distillery. Much
American capital is invested here,
and there is promise of much business
activity. The climate being salubri.
GUS, trip down there is an enjoyable
one; the city is often called the Paris
of Central America.
Costa Rica has not had so large q
share as some of the others in the
revolutions and wars which have dis
tinguished the countries of the 18th.
mus ever since their establishment:
nevertheless, the little republic has
by no means been free from strife.
There Is trouble enough on the 18th
mus at all times, and Costa Ricans
would scarcely be human II they did
not put finger into the pie Still.
the country is safe for foreigners and
is most interesting to visit With the
establishment of the canal 1t will ex.
perience a new lease of life and is a.
ready getting ready to take the ad-
vantages that will come Of entrance
into new era Of prosperity.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-11-18
PREFERS TO REMAIN DEAD"
Pennsylvanls Man Returns With For
tune After Thirty Years-Need
Not Divide.

York, Pa.-Declared legally dead by
the court of Philadelphia. after an alb
sence OF years, Henry s. Robins. a for
mer Yorker. appeared here.
Robins enjoyed the amusement of
his friends, who IN his absence of 80
years had come to regard him as not
only legally but actually dead. AS
long as he is not the latter. Mr.. Rob
ins. now fifty years of age. says he
will make no effort to have himself
declared legally resurrected.
He has made fortune in the fruit
business in Sonth America, and Is con-
tent with the distribution already
made among his children of an estate
here, in which he had a share.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-11-18

production Of modern arts and agricul.
turai methods and implements were
gwen every encouragement.
SAD to say. the uplift in the general
education has awakened misdirected
smoitions among the poorer classes
attracted the peasants to the cities
created greed for government posi-.
uons, these having consequently mul.
tipiied beyond all reasonable limits
! Win q corresponding and necessary
increase of public expenditures.
moreover, on account of heavy
PUBIC debt. the result partly of un,
scrupulous speculations of foreign
and native financiers and of unwise
Undertakings. the government has be
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-11-18
Die Of Grief for Dog.

Lenox, Mass.-Allen Decker. q
miller. was killed by grief over the
death of his sporting dog in Eyre
mont the other day. Decker had bred
the dog and broke 1t for bird shoot
ing. 1t was his constant companion.
While Decker was In shop motor
car ran over the dog and crushed It
to death. Hearing the dogs cry
Decker ran out.
Seeing that 1t was dead. he pulled
the dogs body out of the road and fell
dead beside It.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-11-18

~ OSTA RIGA stands alone among
the turbulent Central Ameri-
can states In all things per-
" tanning to freedom, self-govern-
ment and progress. The coun-
try was colonized at first by people
from the ancient Spanish province OF
Galicia, and the colonists have not,
as in many tropical countries. ANAL
gamated with the aborigines; they
have consequently kept to the present
time the original characteristics, as
we'll as the qualities of their race, and
the inherent grace and charm Of their
ancestors. They are laborious. pro-
gressive and peace-lovipg. and have a
record of long period of absolute in
ternal tranquility.
Three-quarters of the population in
habit the so-called central plateau.
the climate of which is the most per-
feet realization of perpetual spring.
The agriculture of this region is very
highly developed, the principal prod
uct being coffee, maize, beans and po-
tatoes. The land is divided into ex-
ceedingly small holdings. Almost
every peasant Is landowner.
The Atlantic coast, warm, humid.
and rather unhealthful, but very fer
tile, produces on a very large scale
bananas and cacao, the exploitation Of
which is unfortunately tied by con-
tracts with foreign companies. In the
banana plantations, covering over a
hundred square miles, the laborers
are mainly West Indian negroes. the
only human beings able to stand
hard and continuous work under the
climatic conditions.
The Pacific coast does not differ
much from the interior but for its
warmer temperature and its extensive
grass-covered savanas. in which
stock raising Is the chief industry.
Except for small part. located in
the western province Of Guancaste,
the 100000 inhabitants are crowded
into a narrow belt extending across
the country from ocean to ocean,
along the railroad which connects
Port Limon and Punta Arenas. The
remaining part of the state-that is
to say, four-fifths of its entire surface
Of about 1S,40O square miles-is a will
derness, with but a handful of hardly
half-civilized Indians inhabiting the
valleys of Diquis and Talmanca
OF the FIVE Central American repub-
lies, Costa Rica was the first to be
connected by a railway with the east
ern coast, thus gettin6 into close
touch with European civilization. In
many respects this was source of
real benefit to the country. The Costa
Ricans became great travellers. They
sent their sons to be educated in for
eign schools and universities, and on
their return these diffused among
their fellow-citizens new ideals and
more advanced moral standards. For
eign teachers and professors were
brought and kept long enough to es-
tablish on a solid foundation an excel
lent school system, so perfect indeed
that illiterate men or women are hard
to find. while books and newspapers
are common even in the most remote
hamlets. The scientific study Of the
: climate and the natural resources of
the toS"try was carried on at the ex-
pense OF the government. and the in
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-11-18
Prize chicken Ha. AppendleitI..

Bloomsbury, Pa-His prize winning
Plymouth Rock cockerel falling Ill, and
with home remedies unable to bring
1t around. Boyd Johnson of Rupert
Columbia county, called in a veterf
marian. who decided the chicken had
appendicitis and accordingly etherized
1t and removed the birds appendix. Il
win recover.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-20
Culinary Fame,

Nine. Lydia Lipkowska, the opera
singer, has brought suit against
Boston hotel because an admiring
chef added to the hotel bill of fare
mellifluous drink called the Cup
Lydia" and a delightful gastronomic
aria denominated "Soffle aux fraises
a la Lipkowska." Could anything be
more ungrateful? Could anything
show more absolute disregard of the
true foundations of posthumous
fame? Where now would be the
memory of Nesselrode, that great
statesman who once dominated Eu-
rope, but for the delectable pudding
by which an inspired cook perpetu-
ated his fame? Where would linger
any recollection of the Imperial
Charlotte of Russia but for the wide
flung Charlotte Russo? There is also
the Peach Melba, immortalizing the
Australian diva. Surely the canta-
trice cannot be ignorant of these and
many more instances wherein the
cook book has become the record OF
a fame otherwise lost IN oDllVlon.
The only explanation is that the
singer tasted the coup Lydia" and
the "Soufle Lipkowska" and found
them wanting in the elem ents of
greatness. A good cook, as has often
been proved, can hand down a name
to the admiration and gratitude of
unborn generations; but bad COOK
can only hold it up to the execration
of feeting, dyspeptic moment.
However, let the Boston chef be not
chagrined at the lack of appreciation
on the part of Nine. Likpwska. IL
he has really achieved something
great his work will live and the
singers name be perpetuated in spite
of rself.-New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-20
The Value of n Farm.

There are few farmers or gardeners
who place a proper estimate upon the
value of their farms; do not refer to
the salable value Of the land alone.
What does it matter to you or me
what our farms will sell for if we do
not care to sell them? The question
for us to decide is what is our farm
worth to us for the purpose of fur
nishing home and livelihood? Sdp-
pose you have a farm with comfort
able buildings, which you can sell for
$4,000, says Southern Fruit Grower.
This farm furnishes a house in which
you and your family abide, a garden,
a playground about the house, barns
for stabling your horses, cattle, food
for these animals and almost all that
you consume in the family. In other
words, the farm very largely supplies
the wants of your family and provides
you with horses and carriages for
travelling wherever you wish to go.
Now suppose you sell this farm for
$4,000 in cash and move to the city,
You can scarcely buy a house and a
small lot without barns that are as
comfortable as your own for $4,000.
In the city you are taxed for city taxes
at least one hundred dollars. Your
expenses are increased in the city for
car fares, for cost of everything you
have to do, since you find it necessary
to wear better clothes which cost you
more money; you also have your
amusements and other expenses
which are increased in the city life.
In other words the $4,000 which in
the country almost provides for your
living, in the city simply provides a
shelter from the storm. But there is
another trouble in the city, and a
most serious one. Your $4,000 is in
vested in your house and you have no
business, where as the farm has not
only furnished home but paying
business also.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-20
Succulence and Palatability.

We have often called attention to
the fact that silage had the important
elements of succulence and palatabil-
ity so essential in feeding dairy cows.
Referring to this matter Valancey e.
Fuller, the we'll known dairyman, in
a contribution to the Practical Dairy
man says:
The chemist cannot tell us why the
water that is contained in all these
succulent feeds play such an impor-
tant part in the well doing of the COW.
He will tell us that pasture grass is
eighty per cent. water; that corn si-
lage has 79.1 per cent; sugar beets,
S6.5 per cent; mangel beets, 90.9
per cent; carrots, 1876 per cent; cab
bage and pumpkin over 80 per cent.
it in tho various succulents, plays a
very important part in the digestion
of other food taken in conjunction
with the succulents. 1t seems to act
directly on the bowels and kidneys of
tho cows and maintains the cattle in
that healthy condition which is es-
sential to the best production.
We know that apples contain sos
per cent. water, yet we know also how
beneficial that Juice" as we call it, is
to us as regulator of the bowels,
and how, If we eat an apple or two
each day, it contributes to our good
health.
Corn silage is the cheapest of all
succulent, except pasture grass. Roots
are expensive to grow. They cost
more per pound of digestible dry
matter, than corn silage. Although,
| had all the silage that required to
feed my cows in winter and in the dry
season of summer, used to grow all
the roots l possibly could on my own
place and contracted for 12, 900 BUSH
els year, to feed the cows. My eX-
rorience showed me that cows would
co better when they had corn silage
if they were fed roots, especially man.
gels and sugar beets, than they did
without them, and what the beets
cost me extra was more than saved in
the lessened grain fed each day.
If every dairyman would put up
enough corn silage in the fall to feed
his cows in the winter and carry over
enough to feed them in the dry spell
that comes in the late summer, his
bank account would be materially ad-
ded to each year.-Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-20
RELIC OF FRENCH REVOLUTION.
Knife Of Guillotine Used in Execution
of Marie Antoinette.

The knife of the guillotine used at
the execution of Louis XVI. and Marie
Antoinette has been discovered in the
museum of a private collector in
Brussels. This gruesome relic seems
we'll authenticated.
From note by M. Gustave Babin
in the Illustration it seems that nj.
Dubois, director des Halles de Brux-
elles, acquired 1t by purchase in 1S4S
from Nine. Roch, widow of the exc
cuteur des hautes oeuvres. Up to
this time Nine. Roch declared that 1t
had never passed out of her possess
sion. The late M. Deibler claimed 1t,
but as he would not pay the widow
refused to accede to his request. He
complained to the Minister of Justice,
with the result that the widow was
desired to take the blade to the Ar
chives. But as the State seemed to
emulate M. Deibler's parsimony the
widow stuck to her grim souvenir
and sold 1t to M. Dubois.
The humorous side of this relic fol-
lows, DuL we muSC HTSt COHiplete inc
title. M Roch received the knife.
from his predecessor, M. Hemdereich,
who himself had obtained 1t from
Henri Samson, the last descendant OF
the dynasty of this name. Now, Henri
Samson was the grandson of the exc
cutioner of the hapless King and
Queen.
He was dismissed from his high Of
fee on account of scandal. The exc
cutioner, suffering from the res au-
gusta," had to raise loan, and his
fertility of idea succeeded where most
men would have failed, and to tell the
truth he pawned the guillotine. And,
adds a Paris contemporary which re-
lates the story: LA Veuve chez la
Tante: >cette rencontre parut intoler-
able" AS an instance of morbid hui
NOR this is "facile princeps." The
recent sale by auction of the guillo-
tine can only be classed "proxime ac-
cessit. London Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-20
Poultry Notes.
Don't overcrowd.


This is good time to plan the
next seasons business. Be regular
in caring for and feeding the poultry;
regularity counts for more than many
think.
Don't allow scrap to be wasted;
fresh scraps of meat mean increased
number of eggs; the cracklings, when
we'll pressed, are good to feed hens.
in limited quantity.
Many families will make no use of
the livers at all; it would pay to Sc
cure these and save to feed hens.
Much better give to the poultry than
to leave for stray dogs and cats.
If there is a north or northwest
window in the poultry house, close
Dit up to-day as tight as possible.
While at it close all the cracks; tar
paper is good for this if nailed close
ly.
In order to secure the good green
growth, it is much better TO have two
yards, or a partition fence through
the yard, thus enabling the green
growth, rye or oats, or whatever is
grown for forage, to get good start,
while the poultry is confined to the
other part.
The size of the yard Will depend
quite good deal upon the care taken
of it, and the way it is managed. If
green growth is kept upon it most, or
all through the growing season the
yard need not be so large; If bare, it
should be regularly and thoroughly
cleaned Of all refuse once each month.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-20
FINANCE AND TRADE REVIEW
sRADsTREET's WEEKLY REPORTS
Conservatism and Caution Feature
Trade Movements Because
of prices,

TRADE and crop prospects will be-
tray irregu.arty In the Northwest
on the Pacific coast and in Texas
where needed rains have fallen trado
and crop reports are alike good. In
the Southwest, the central West,
parts of the South an on the upper At
lantic coast there Is conservatism in
buying verging upon caution, and
there is more evidence of the repres-
sion exercised upon trade movements
by crop uncertainty or because of the
high level of prices discouraging buy
ing except for absolute current needs.
Where outdoor activities such as build
ing or active preparations for the
crops, favor the movement of sup
plies for these branches of industry
are active.
Iron and steel, except structural
material, are rather quieter; produc-
tion is not so heavy and resales Of
earlier purchases cause some weak
ness in prices of cruder forms. In
the textile trades conservatism in buy
ing or inability to make high raw ma
terial costs and manufactured goods
prices accord has made for a disap-
pointing trade. Curtailment of cot
ton goods production is still in evi-
dence, and lower trade in worsteds at
Eastern markets.
Reports as to cole ctions show that
payments are better than fair here
and are slow at many centers. A
really new feature is the evidence this
week of loss of strength in a, great
many lines of commodities, which may
have important consequences upon
both domestic and foreign trade IL
these tendencies continue.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending with April
7 were 240, against '229 last week, 227
in the like week of 1909, 25S nm 1908,
1914 in 1907 and 161 in 1906.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-20

time. She eyed him wistfully as she
set out her best preserves and
watched the plate of biscuit to see
that there were always warm ones at
hand. She flushed with pleasure as
Dave pushed back his chair and de-
clared the meal to have been supper
we'll worth the eating
Dave" Abbie's voice was low and
panied and she fingered the tablecloth
nervously. i've been thinking about
this afternoon"
1--WE been trying to forget it," he
said with laugh that was not mirth-
full.
Sometimes they put people in jail
who get money, under false pre-
tenses," she went on bravely. II was
thinking that If we were to see a
lawyer perhaps We could get di-
vorce. It's worse getting a husband
under false pretenses.
Her face flushed scarlet as she
made the suggestion. She did not
look up, but Dave. knew that the
kindly brown eyes must be moist and
troubled. The hair was still softly
brown and the thin cheeks were un-
wrinkled. Miss Abbie had been
deemed an old maid at ,thirty-five.
His glance travelled from the bowed
head to the well-set table and the
tidy room, and then roughly he
pushed back his chair and went
around the table.
"Abbie," he said, as he knelt be-
side her and drew her within the
circle of his strong arms, II did
marry you because l wanted that
twenty-acre lot, and thought / could
get it with your legacy. But don't
care about the legacy now; I'm glad
you didn't get one. l got more than
l deserved. / was marrying couple
of thousand dollars and instead o.
that l got the best little woman in
the whole United States-and she's
worth more to me than a whole
Stateful of twenty-acre lots. New
Haven Register.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-20
Euthanasia Again.


Another of those peculiar philan-
thropists who propose to benefit the
world by summarily removing from
it all who cumber the soil has ap-
peared-this time in Missouri, where
he holds, and has held, several pub
lie offices. These drastic reformers
"arise to remark" every now and
then that the way to make the world
better and happier is by poisoning
the derelicts. Some want to asphyx-
late old people; some to knock the
cripples on the head, and some to
cause incurables to cease from trou-
bling by an overdose of morphine.
DR.. Hudson, the latest to demand at
tention for the euthanasia system of
reform, proposes merely to admins
ter large doses of prussic acid to the
insane and idiots. He is a county
physician, and has offered to put his
theory in practice at the county farm.
But evidently his proposed reform is
not thorough enough, for greatly to
his disgust permission has been re-
fused him to administer his mercy
tablets" There is always just the
ghost of a suspicion, in spite of the
incontrovertible logic with which re-
formers like Dr.. Hudson advocate
their plans for the relief Of mankind,
that the people who go about clamor-
ing for permission to kill their fellow
men are in need of mercy tablets"
themselves.-N York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-20
CARSON CITY'S HIRED GIRL.
She is Apt to Be a Squaw and at First
to Startle the Eastern Woman.

Carson City, the capital of Nevada,
try where the hired girl is a sQuaw.
To the Carson City housewife every
Indian man is Jim and every Indian
woman is Sally. Neither Jim nor Sal
ly can ever be depended on to work
regularly, but as other help is scarce
and high priced the occasional SER
vices which they deign to render are
always welcome.
When Sally wants to work she al
ways opens the kitchen door without
the formality of knock and says,
"Mahaylie (woman), you want work
done?" Or simply, "Me heap hoga-
d." which means that she is hungry
and wants to work for meal.
An Eastern woman is apt to be
frightened the first time this happens
or the first time she looks up and sees
bucks swarthy face pressed against
the outside of the window, but she
soon learns that Jim and Sally are
quite tame.
Sometimes Sally comes shivering to
the door in winter with baby under
her blanket. She is heap cold" and
wants to toast herself and the queer
little morsel of humanity on her back
at the kitchen fire. Sometimes Sally
will bring an armful of baskets to sell
at the door and then the Eastern wo-
man rejoices exceedingly, for she
knows that she can pick up for few
cents baskets that she would have
to pay dollars for in the stores.
The housewife likes to get Piute
Sally to work for her if possible, for
she is cleaner, more industrious and
more adaptable than the Shoshone or
Washoe Sallies. The remnants of
these three tribes have their homes
up in the high hills above Carson,
where no one else wants the land.
They come down to the city every
day, but they never stay there over
night.
The Eastern woman in Carson nev-
er fails to looks from her window at
the sunset and watch them making
their way along the trail, Indian file.
In and out winds the long line, across
the face of the darkening mountain,
always ascending, the last sunbeams
flashing on their red blankets. Each
Jim is invariably with his own Sally,
the squaw always carrying the pa
poose, but the father sometimes
shouldering tired toddler. Up winds
the long file to the brush tepees at
timberline, where each tribe in its
own place, separate from the other
two, cooks its scanty food at its little
camp fire and goes to sleep among
the moaning pines.-New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-04-20
Discovers Them ON the Sly.

At dinner recently Professor Per-
cival Lowell told an amusing story of
an old woman he once had as house
keeper, to whom he made a sporting
offer.
Janet" he said to her one day,
"the very next planet l discover l
will make you present OF So"
You are very kind, sir" she re-
piled, "and l am sure hope you will
soon discover one"
Several months went by and no
planets were discovered.
"The fact of the matter is, maam."
confided the old woman at last to
Mrs. Lowell, Il do think the professor
goes out at night and discovers plar-
cts on the sly.'-Washington Star.