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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-04

about the shoe tops and you are up-to-
the-minute in the 1911 styles.
The origin of the roll" is a mystery.
1t Just grew. Since the adoption OF
athletic summer apparel there has
been a need for method of securing
the hose. This necessity is directly
responsible for the innovation. A trip
around Chicago disclosed several va
rietses. Those observed to date are:
The telescope roll" which has
found favor among the high school
boys. 1t Is about three-quarters of an
inch wide and about an eighth Of an
inch thick. and is surmounted by q
clasp pin that secures the fold It
is nobby and neat. but 1t is a difficult
fold to make.
University students in their enthusi-
asm have gone the liimt. A quarter
hose" reaching half an inch above the
shoes or oxfords and displaying school
|colors by means of a narrow band
around the top is their bid for fame.
There is also the "mechanic's
drape." displayed about the loop dis
trict wherever building laborers are
employed. Less keen for the more
nobby effect they merely drepe the
neck the sock down over the shoe
and don't care who knows It.
How haberdashers are going to
meet the demand for loud" effects
the new roll promises to create Is q
subject that is said to be worrying
some of its advocates
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-04

In about ten minutes she came back
with the painful news that the only
thing in the neighborhood which
looked like a goose was quill tooth
pick, and that was ungreasable.
But, my DEAR" Aunt Martha whis-
pered, Il have something just as good.
found this box of axle grease in the
barn"
Uncle Peter shuddered and said
nothing.
my idea is to rub Il on your ch<st
and call 1t goose grease. because the
moral effect win be the same" Aunt
Martha told him.
Then that loving wife rubbed so
much axle grease into Uncle Peter
that for hours afterwards he. thought
he had pair of shafts on him, and
every time he saw horse he felt Ike
making fifty revolutions a minute.
Then Aunt Martha said to him,
Now, Peter, we could cure that cold
in FIVE minutes II we can get wooden
stocking to tie around your throat
After little she found out that the
only wooden stocking in our village
was owned by the night Waterman. /
The night Waterman said he liked
Uncle Peter well enough, but he'd be
switched IL he was going to walk
around all night with one bare foot
even to let the Mayor use his stocking
for a necktie.
Selfish Waterman.
The next morning Uncle Peters cold
was much worse, but the axle grease
had cured his appetite.
About nine o'clock his friend Dave
Terrence caem in. and after Uncle Pc
ter had barked for him couple OF
times Dave decided that the trouble
was information of the lungs and he
suggested that Uncle Peter should tie
a rubber band around his chest and
rub his shoulder blades with gasoline
Uncle Peter told his friend that he
had no desire to become human au
| tomobile, so Dave got mad, kicked
the piano on the shins and went home
An hour later Deacon Ed. Sprong
the Mayors next-door neighbor, came
In and in ten minutes he had Uncle
Peter making signs to an undertaken
Deacon Sprong decided that Uncle
Peter bad the galloping asthma will
compressed tonsilitis, and touch o.
chillblanous Group on the side, aggra
waited by asparagus on the the chest.
Deacon Sprong told Peter to drini
a pint of catnip tea, take eight grain'
of quinine, rub the back of his neci
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-04
Burro Saves Its Master From Prison

OF the barrel caught In his tztie7e<
coat. affording Rambo an oppo<nrf'
of disarming him.
At the offices OF the society the ot
prospector told story which 7ea
sympathy. 1t was repeated later .
throng OF citizens who Accompanied
Braunsheidt and Rnmbo to nve'}
barn. where the burro had ben
stabbed. willing hands reached g
pocketbooks and none desired o aaF'
him punished. He was released
he walked away. from the cis7 pay
building, one arm placed affsc7'or'''
ly about the burro's neck. BE-
cheered by the men who contribute
to provide him and his coulsn''
with food.
Braunsheidt. known to many
onsers as Aaron Brandt. has Ton a''
lost fortunes in search Ct tc's
which he believes exists n n'< @<
sum claims near Tucson. fH is'l
years he has prospected. H'< <
and their only daughter con1ucia'
confectionery IN San Francisco
| the great IRE Mrs. Braunshe'et p
the daughter. Clara. were, killed. e.
their little property lost. Since '
time Braunsheidt has been pro'P
ing.
The only thing left OF bis FAM
| fortune was the burro, F17tH
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-04
FeedIno London's zoo.


II cost s23.4s0 to feed the animals
in the London Zoo last year, hay.
clover, and fruit being the three big
gest items. Among the items were:
Hay. 161 loads: straw. 20s loads ;
tares. 1888 bundles; maize. 800 bush.
els; rice. IL tons: canary seed. $50
bushels: shrimps. 1.s35 rints; and
fish, rs tons There were 21s horses.
costing s1,505. and 152 goats;
monkey nuts. 44k hundredweights
1884 bananas. 1919 pounds grapes.
1903 oranges. s2sh pecks and s11s
cases apples. ~ tons mangels. 21.siS
pounds potatoes. $500 quartern bread
1896 fowls heads. 494 pounds sugar
5.s5S mice. and s.575 sparrows.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-04

with benzine, soak his ankles in kerr
osene. take two grains of phenacetine,
and drink a hot whisky toddy every
half-hour before meals.
During the rest of the day every
friend and relative Uncle Peter had In
the world rushed In. suggested cou-
pie of prescriptions, and then rushed
out again.
Aunt Martha tried them all on I'm
Gle Peter.
Before the shades of evening fell
that day Uncle Peter wss turned into
a human medicine chest
And to make matters worse, he took
some dogberry cordial and Il chased
the catnip tea all over his interior
from Alpha to Omaha
Then Aunt Martha gave him some
hoarhound candy to bite the dogberry,
so it would leave the Qatnip alone. but
blood will tell. and the hoarhound
joined with the dcgberry and chased
the .catnip up Uncle Peters family
tree.
But 1t cured the cold. Now all On.
Gle Peter had to do was to cure the
medicine.
Copyright. by G. W. Dillingham; co.,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-04

attention to homes, for t1e5
gather comparatively few Mes 1
Some parents look at this feaIu's e
the contest with decided dlsspp .o 4.
They fear the children are reIy
70 contract diseases In invaclnE ~
places and handling the flies ~.
Another feature Is that eacn
mist KIN the flies and then dry
carefully before turning them q
th,s way the children directly ha''t
the germ-laden insects. .-...>
Trapg Of every shape ana
ton as well as ali manner Of lns 49,
methods TO kill the inse1s
used. Ely catching devices 3 -.
ing at a premium, and men 1 .s
en- appear as much interested
affair as the chileron-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-04

Wells (Eng.) has a wonderful clock
one Of the Oldest in the world. which
dates from 1926. When It strikes the
hour four knights on horseback go
riding round. and the seated man
kicks two small bells with his heels.
as be has been doing every fifteen
minutes for nigh on six centuries
This clock was the work Of Peter
Lightfoot. another monk Of Glastcn-
bury.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-04

One Sunday. determined to forget
all my troubles and take Peaches out
buggy riding.
When / suggested the buggy ride
to Peaches she was delighted, and
moseyed for the Ruraldene livery sta
bic to get staked to horse.
The livery man at Ruraldene is
named Henlopen Diffenbingle. and he
looks the part.
judged from the excited manner
In which he grabbed my deposit money
that morning that he had note fall
ing due next day.
Then Henlopen shut his eyes,
counted six, turned around twice. null
tiplied the day of the week by 10, sub
tracted II, and the answer was a
cream-colored horse with four pink
feet and a frightened face. which
looked at me sadly, sighed deeply and
then backed up into the shafts Of a
buggy with red wheels and white sui
phur springs.
The livery man said that the name
Of the horse was Parsifal, because 1t
seemed to go better in German.
| drove Parsifal up to our modest
home, and all the way there we ran
neck and neck with coal cart.
When I reached the gate whistled
for Peaches. because was afraid to
get out and leave Parsifal alone. He
might go to sleep and fall down.
My wife came out. looked at the
rig, and then went back in the house
and babe everybody an affecting fare
we'll
We started on and we were rush
ing along the road. passing a fence
and overtaking a telegraph pole every
once in a while, when suddenly we
heard behind us a very insistent choof
choof-choof-choofl
TITS one of those Careless Wag
ons," whispered to Peaches, and
then we both looked at Parsifal to see
II there was a mental struggle going
on IL his forehead. but he was rushing
onward with his head down, watching
bis feet to make sure they didn't ster
on each other.
Choof-choof-choofl came the Tor
pedo Destroyer behind us, and
wrapped the reins around my wrist
IN case Parsifal should get uneasy and
want to print horseshoes all over thai
automobile.
The next minute the machine
passed us. going at the rate Of IA con
stables an hour. and as 1t did so Par
sifai stopped still and seemed to b
biting his lips with suppressed emo
ton.
coaxed him to proceed in English
In Spanish and Italian, and then in |
pale blue language OF my own. but b.
Just stood there and BIT his lips.
Then I took the reins. cracked tn
\ whip, shouted a couple Of banzais from
The Japanese national anthem. ans
away we rushed like the wind-whel
II isn't blowing hard.
The hours few by and we mus
have gone at least half mile. whel
another Kerosene Wagon came bouns
ing towards us from the opposite d
rection.
In it was a happy party of ladie
and gentlemen. who we're laughin
and chatting about some people the
had just run over.
Parsifal saw them coming an
stopped still in the middle of the roa'
Then he hung his head as low as b
could. and | believe II that horse ha
been supplied with hands he woul
have put them over his ears.
The people In the Bubble began
shout at us. and | began to shout {
the horse. ana my wife began to shot
at me. while Parsifal stood there an
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-04
Gather DandeIIons for the Liver.

You ought to be fair as the dawn
with your name and don't blame you
for wanting to cure your muddy"
complexion. but don't ask me for a
remedy to take inside" unless you
mean the eating of green vegetables.
From what you say your liver is prob
ably at fault. Try to increase its &C
ton by taking EPSON salts every
morning. or. II these 90 not agree with
you. try small dose of castor oil at
night Eat spinach twice week or
get up early. like your namesake and
go out and gather dandelion plants
and cook them as greens" There is
a great revival Of the old fashion Of
eating them now because of their
medicinal properties and they are cul-
tivated in greenhouses for the city
markets. They are served as salad on
the tables of fashionable hotels. As
you live iE small town. you should
be able to get them.-Woman's World
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-04

war by President Davis and his fam
lily.
/, Here his daughter. "Winnie," the
Angel OF the Ccnfederacy.v was born.
and here his little son. Joe, was killed
by a fall from the rear porch. 1t
was visited by Abraham Lincoln q few
days after the evacuation
II is now a Confederate museum,
each of the Is Confederate states hav-
ing in it a memorial room In front
of the mansion is the propeller-shaft
of the ''Merrimac." whose famous and
long remembered engagement with
the Monitor revoiutionized naval
warfare the world over.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-04
coNFEDERAcrs WHITE HOUSE
Now a Museum, Each Of the Thirteen
confederate States Having
Memorial Room.

Richmond. va.-Located in Rich
mond, this building was at one time
a private residence. but was purchased
in 1862 by the city of Richmond for
the use CT the, Confederate govern
ment, and was occupied during the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-10-10


THE BOARD or COMMISSIONERS.
The term Board whenever used In this
Charter shall be construed as the Board
Of Commissioners
Sec. 40. Legislative Powers The Board
of Commissioners shall be vested with all
the legislative powers Of the City, except
as otherwise provided by this Charter.
Sec. 40. President and Vice President
Of the Board-The Mayor shall be president
Of the Board. The Board shall elect one
Of its number 10 be vice president WhU
during the absence or disability VI the
Mayor shall possess all the powers and
perform all the duties Of the Mayor Com
missioner
Sec. AZ. Judge Of Their Elections-The
Board shall be the judge OF the election
and qualifications Of Its own members, sub
iect 10 review by the courts In case Of
contest.
Sec 4S. Restrictions Upon Members OF
the BOard-NO member Of the Board shall
hold any other remunerative public office
or engage la any other employment No
person shall be elected or appointed to any
office. position or employment the cOmpen-
1atIOn % which was Increased or fixed by
the Board while he was a member thereof
until after the expiration Of one year from
the date when he ceased to be a member
u the Board
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-10-10

on, County Of Marion, City of
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-10-10


Sec. 90. DlstrbutiOn-'The executive and
administrative powers, authority and du
Ties or the city, not otherwise herein pro
ylded for, shall be distributed among three
departments, as per section % and sec
tiOn 3S.
Sec. 81. Board Assign Dutles-The Board
snail determine and assign the duties Of
each Commissioner In his department;
shall prescribe the duties Of officers and
employees may assign particular officers
and employees 10 one or more Of the depart.
ments may require an officer or emDlOyp
to perform duties IN two or more depart
ments, and may make such other rules and
regulations as may be deemed necessary or
proper for the efficient and economical con
duct Of the business Of the City.
Sec. 62. Powers Of Commssioner-Th
Commissioner for each Of the departments
shall have the supervision and control Of
all the affairs and property belonging In
such department, except as otherwise pro
syded In this Charter. or by ordinance, sub
ject to such regulations as may be pre
scribed by the Board. He may employ. and
discharge or delegate TO any subordinate
the power TO employ and discharge DAY
iaborers and unskilled Workmen
Sec. CO. office HOurs-lt shall be the
Int" ~ each 'nWml1sio-or 10 m1lntni
regular hours at the city Han. and person
ally superlntend the affairs Of his depart
ment.
Sec. Ga. Publicity Records and Reportg
Each Of said Commissioners shall keep
a record book In which shall be recorded
brief but comprehensive record Of all de.
partment affairs under his charge, and
make quarterly reports as provided In sec
tiOn 81. Each Commissioner shall also make
and keep a complete inventory and perma
nent record Of all the personal property
Of his department and what disposition, n
any has been made Of the same
Sec. 90. Newspaper and Publication Fees
All printing Of any kind relating to pub.
liclty affairs or publications required or
authorized by this Charter, or BY general
law or BY any ordinance or resolution, shall
be. paid for only at the lowest business
rates.
Washington telegraph., 1911-04-21

-, uood Bermuda Hay delivered ah
" asnlngton at 35 cents per ba'e.
j, P. Baker,
Washington, Ark.
Washington telegraph., 1911-04-21
GUERNSEY

Guernsey, Apr. 19.-Having too
much rain in this neck of the woods
at present.
Some of our boys were arraigned
in Esq. McIver's court Monday, all
on account. of an Easter egg.
Bailiff Houston says he Is hav-
ing too much official business
on Sunday.
Fred Fiddler and family visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Lee Sunday.
Mr.. Featheringill and wife of
Arkadelqhia are visiting relatives
at Guernsey this week.
Mrs. Tom Lee visited Mrs. Matte
Eason at Washington this week.
Water Greek Sunday school at
3 o'clock.
Dick Ethridge has been in oul
neighborhood taking leases fol
he oil well powers.
Obie Hanchey has accepted a Jol
with the Arkadelphia FIGURING
mills.
Lon Wray, Arthur McIver, o. &
Houston, 7. w. Lee and others at
tended court at Washington thl
!. week, as witnesses in the case o
Featheringih VS. Iron Mountain Ky
Company.
Mrs. Eason has been spending
few days with her son, obie, a
| Washington.
Some of our people went to Mel
rose to the basket dinner Sunday.
Washington telegraph., 1911-04-21
HOPEVELL

Hopewell, Apr. 19.-Mp. McCul-
Tough of Garvin, Okla, is spending
a few days with his son, Pen Nc
C1ullough.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Morgan OF
Providence spent Tuesday a n q
Wednesday with Pen Mccullough.
Charley Parker of Blevins was a
visitor at the home of j.. Il. Allen
Friday evening.
Misses Agnes and Hattie Allen,
and Carrie May, with Messrs, Edd
MAY, Walter aud Currie Allen at
tended the Easter service at Melrose
Sunday.
Mrs. Buchanan of Prescott IS at
tending the bedside of her father
who is very i'll.
Misses Ruby and Hattie Allel
spent Wednesday afternoon at Mr.
Bob Coffee's..
"DiMPLE'
Washington telegraph., 1911-04-21

A valuable mare belonging to h.
w. Smith of Jakajones had an aes
cident Wednesday which came near
resulting in the death of the ami
NAL. The mare was in a woods
pasture on the farm and as the
ground was very soft from so much
rain, she went too near deep hole
in the ground and the dirt caved
off with her. When found soon
afterwards her head only was above.
ground and it was only by a half
days prompt and diligent work
hat she was rescued alive.
Washington telegraph., 1911-04-21
&JAkALONES

Iakaiones, Apr. 19. Roy Allen
qf Hope Was a Sunday visitor
Miss Angie Holt returned Sunday
stem visit to Mrs. B.. L. Wells at
WalLaeeburg.
DR.. Garrett and Steve Garrigan
Sr and Mesdames Garrett and
Carrigan were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. c K Benson Sunday after
boon.
Miss Minnie Parsons spent sew
eral days of the past week With
Miss Ella Frazier at Washington.
Earl Allen of Durant, Okla, ar
rived Monday for a visit to rela-
tiyes.
Claude Johnson made 9 trip 70 (
MISS Iieitruue DecK ut W dsHFiiS
ton visited Miss Effe johnson lasl
I
Hugh Mccormick returned Sun
day from visit to his father at
Emmett.
Luther Spears and D. w. Holt
spent Monday in Hope.
1. Q Holt made business trip
to Ozan Monday.
Miss Burns of Patmos was Sun
day visitor.
Miss Ella Frazier Of Washington
and Miss franklin of Hope attend.
cd Sunday school here Sunday.
Dr's Garner of Washington and
@arrett of Hope met here in con.
snltation with Mrs. Lula Benson
Sunday.
Washington telegraph., 1911-04-21
WORLDS HIGHEST CHIMNEY
n Is 5o6 Feet in Height and eo"'
taIns $1,000 Tons OF
Brick.

Great Falls, Mont.-The highest
chimney in the world is that OF tne
Boston and Montana smelter here. II
is sos feet high and 10000 tons oi
brick were used in its construction l.
weighs $4,000, 900 pounds, and is ouiit
to withstand a wind of 12O miles ah
hour. One of those who love to jug
gle with figures has estimated that
267,000000 eggs could be placed WIN,
in the ehimneysat one time, but as a
hen producing an egg with regularity
every morning for 100000 years would
Washington telegraph., 1911-04-21
Our booster issue is for the pur-

Our booster issue is for the puf-
pose OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
the county to 200 or more families
who desire to come here. Help us
push things by giving us your ad'
vertising in this issue.
We are indebted to ex-Gounty
Clerk L. E. Wolff for assistance
rendered the office force yesterday.
It was too wet for Mr.. Wolff to 60
to his farm, so he came in, armed
himself with .'stick, 3" and pro-
eeeded to stick type in quite pro
fessional manner, he having had
previous experience as typo on
the Bingen Visitor about ten years.
ago. Call again, MI Wolff.
Washington telegraph., 1911-04-21
compIexloh Lunoheons.

WIN the phenqtmenai increase of in
terest IN ayfatio|b taken by the fash
pnaDle women df France there has
arisen new fad that bids fair to
transform Parisaan society into two
arnnleS one blonde, the other brunette.
IL consists of ! giving complexion
luncneons, at Which only such food
Is served as will scientifically benefit
'he complexion. The reason for this
excitement about the facial pigments
is that aeroplanihg is said By Baroness
La Roche and other women who have
mace lights TOT be ruinous to ones
patural color. Thus the French wom
On are simply anticipating what they
believe finally will be a necessary evil
10 combat The menu provided for
score OF titled women with fsirest of
halr who sat in one of the palaces In
the Faubourg ST. German the other
day consisted simply of spinach, over
which poached egg. prepared by the
hostess and thick, creamy butter
sauce were laid. At another luncheon.
to which only raven locks and olive.
rose compilations were hidden, the |
tare provided was spaghetti cooked |
with onions in boiling water and GOV
cred with grated cheese, pitchers OF
thick cream and brown rye, wheat
graham and ginger bread. That. with
plenty Of tea, was the entire bill OF
are
Washington telegraph., 1911-04-21

"F'oley's Honey and Tar is the
best cough remedy l ever used as it
quickly stopped severe cough that
had long troubled me-" says j. w.
Kuhn, Princeton, Neb, Just so
quickly and surely it acts in all
cases of coughs, cold, laglippe and
lung trouble. Refuse substitutes
For sale. at Colds Cash Store.
Washington; Barrow Drug Store,
Ozan.
Washington telegraph., 1911-04-21

spent Sunday 0Hh friends here and
by invitation of Rev. W. D Sharp,
preached at the Methodist church
Sunday night.
Washington telegraph., 1911-04-21
Holly Grove

Holly Grove, Apr, 10 is. 7.
Jones is quite sick this week.
The children Of the community
enjoyed.an Eas s'eregg hunt Sunday
Il. n. Arnold was ON the sick list
Sunday, but we are glad to report,
is ont again.
Miss Lola Nee larty of Blevins is
Visiting relatives here.
Mr.<aud Mrs. Brooks of Bells
hapel visited Mr. and Mrs. Robt
N'l"hel Saturday and Sunday.
Miss May Shapley Of Jakaiones
visited Miss Beulah Gray last eek.
Misses Lettie aud Matte Morton
attended church al ,lakajones last
Sunday.
MeSSrs II w. limberlake and
dlm Black with Misses Ola and Eva
King attended singing here Sun,
day afternoon.
AI'~t In ~ raS p ,los,rn4
N-a.e s@
Washington telegraph., 1911-04-21
COM, OF ACCOUNTS

Judge Carter, at This term Of
court appointed he following com
nlssloners Of accounts: II. J. T,ssst
Die and A D Monroe of Wash,
lng'on and w. A. Seyedge of Bel
Ton, :, Ihe commissioners will meet
on the Monday three weeks n,s'
eeedlng the October Term of eonrt
Washington telegraph., 1911-04-21
Warning To Railroad Men.

Look out for severe and even
daiig71sssss.as SUP ,ss ll;s.s: -.
troubles resulting from years oI
railreadiag. Geo. E. Bell gao
Third St., Fort Wayne, Ind, was
many Years a conductor on tie
Nlckle Plate. He says: "Twentv
years of raiIroading left my kid.
neys in terrible condition. There
was continual pain across nv
Daek and hips and my kidncvs
gave me much distress, and the re
action of my bladder was most fire.
qnent and painful. | got supplv
of Foley Kidney Pills and the first
oo'tle made wonderful improve.
ment aud four bottles cured me-.
completely L have recommended
holey Kidney Pills to many of NV
railroad friends"
b or sale at Washington at Colds
1t Ozan at the Barrow Drug Store
Washington telegraph., 1911-04-21
OZAN

Ozan, Apr. 2o.-D NJ. Good
lAtt aud ] v Ellis made a busl
JAS. W, Els visited his home
this week and returned to his post
at Saratoga Tuesday.
Joe Hyatt formerly of Ozan but
now of Little Rock, made a visit to
relatives here this week.
Washington telegraph., 1911-04-21
0IJARTERlY MEETING
For Washington Circuit Held at St.
Paul
Paul


Rev. W. G. Hilliard held the
Second quarterly conference for
the Washington charge, at ST. Paul
last Saturday ,and the reports show
ed.an advance along all lines. Rev
billiard preached two forceful
sermons. The third quarterly
conference goes to 0zan.
j. F. Dugger, J. E. Green, JAS,
HYATT and d. M. Goodlett were
elected delegates to the district
conference, which will convene at
Amity in July.