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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18
A BUNCH OF
FOUNTAIN SHEEP

viously. This old bull was finally
killed twenty miles down the Yellow
stone River.
At the rate the elk are increasing
in this section of Montana and the
Yellowstone Park, It is becoming a
problem to the state of how to take
care of the rapidly multiplying herds
There Is plenty of summer range up
in the great meadow and valleys OF
the park. but the snow is too deep
for them to stay all winter. so they
must come down to the lower country.
Several large bands of domestic sheep
have been grazed up to the very
boundary Of the park. although the
supervisor of the Forest Reserve has
promised to keep the sheep back five
miles from the park line. but he failed
to do It. This drives the elk down the
Yellowstone Valley. In the last three
years great herds of elk have swept
down this valley, tearing down fences.
eating up the ranchers' hay stacks
and In fact eating everything in the
line Of feed. making the country look
as IL bunch of Kansas grasshoppers
had suddenly swept down the country.
This winter (1910-1D the elk are
twenty-five miles down in the ranch
country. It is needless to say they
won't all of them get to see the beau
tiful scenery of the great Yellowstone
Park again.
The superintendent Of the Yellow
stone park and chief scout, Mr.. Nc
Bride. are taking good care OF the
park antelope, mountain sheep. deer
and a small part of the elk. 1t is I'm
possible to feed $4,000 elk. which IL
the number In the park. according to
the last census.
The antelope that are fed number
about 200. The other 200 go down the
river, which is their natural range,
The scouts and soldiers try to drive
them back, but 1t is dificult task
The prettiest sight of all Is to see
the so mountain sheep around the
feed racks In the Gardiner Canon.
Anyone who has spent all day climb
ing to the top Of some high mountain,
thinking he has been very careful to
keep under cover and out Of sight of
a band of mountain sheep. to find the
quarry has disappeared. knows how
wary the big horn is. But 1t Is DIFF
ferent here The big 16-inch ram
which is so hard to get close to in
the wilds win come up and almost eat
out of your hand. At least. he comes
near enough to get good picture.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18
How Nome Got His Name

was for some months rushed night
and day.
Now. It fell to my lot to draught
q map Of the Alaskan coast that runs
southeast from Behring Strait This
map was to be made from the field
notes and plats sent by the surveying
party In that district Such notes and
plats always contained the names Of
prominent features in the way Of
mountains. capes. inlets. and such.
Nov. in making the tracing Of the
coast down from Behring Strait, I
came across headland for which
neither notes nor plats furnished q
name. Accordingly / made pencil
note at the point. putting tho word
name? with an Interrogation after It.
meaning for the Chief. when he edited
the map. to put in the namc. II It had
one, or to think up one II II hadn't
In the hurry Of the work. and due also
OF the fact presume. that had
written the letter a. in the word
name very much like an o.. the mat
ter was passed By the revisers and
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18
Webster Was Fully Pinned

greatly moved by Haynes very pow
erful arguments and oratory was DAN
lei .7ehster M. Webster. with great
dignity and courtesy. but very for
mally, crossed the senate chamber
and said a few words. very formally
and very politely. to Senator Hayne.
The South Carolina senator gracefully
bowed his acknowledgement. and Il
was presumed by all that Webster
had spoken In complimentary way
of his colleagues effort. Then Web
ster, still preserving bis formal dig
nifty. returned to his own seat and.
taking from his desk sheet of paper.
began to write what seemed to be
letter. Although he must have known
that the eyes of every senator were
upon him. and that, by common opin-
ion. he was expected to answer Sem
ator Hayne, yet he appeared to be not
conscious In the least of that tribute.
when the senate adjourned that
Gay the senators. in conversation
with one another, differed in their
view Of webster's ability to reply to
Hayne All knew that he would re-
ply, and that by his reply the test Of
bis abilities as an orator and a states
man would be measured.
"'The next day, as Webster was
entering the senate chamber. one of
his friends ventured to help him.
Senator" this friend asked anx-
iously, ARE you primed?'
Webster fixed upon his anxious
adherent his great solemn eyes and
in them was look which meant more
than his words expressed. you ask
me II I'm primed? l reply: Yes. sir,
three fingers" And he held up three
fingers of one hand. in the customary
manner Of indicating the size Of q
drink. three fingers being an unusual
allowance Of brandy.
1T was evident that Mr.. Webster
spoke metaphorically. that he regard
ed himself as fully primed to reply
| to Hayne. as he was continued Mr.
Sanford. and as he shortly made
| plain to everyone. And during the en-
tire delivery OF that great speech
upon which. in no small part. Web
ster's great fame rests. not senator
moved from his seat so completed,
did Webster hold them all
Copyright. 1911. by E ]. Edwards. Al
Rights Reserved-)
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18

Every renter has his own idea Of
what constitutes desirable neighDor-
hood" said the renting agent. "A ten
ant hung back from signing a lease
for six hours the other day because
l could not tell him whether anybody
In the block was taking the fresh-air
cure. He was 70 insistent that final
ly made inquiry and learned from the
janitor at No. 1z5 that q man on the
third floor Of bis building sleeps every
night with his head stuck out Of the
window. and then the tenant signed
the lease.
His precaution was due to fear OF
burglars. He has learned. he says.
that the best burglar alarm ever In
vented is the fresh air cure. Not even
the doctors who advise II know 80
well as the second story man bow
many people sleep with their heads
Gus OF the window. They know. be-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18
Novels Of Theodore Winthrop. Reject
ed by Publishers. Eagerly Sought
by Them After His Tragic
Death at Big Bethel.

Theodore winthrop Is q name not
known TO the present generation, but
there was a time, at the beginning OF
the Civil war. when his death caused
him tc be compared with Elmer ELS
worth. who was shot by q hotel pro-
prietor In Alexandria because Colonel
Ellsworth had gone to the cupola Of
the hotel to pull down q Confederate
flag flying in plain sight Of Washing
ton
Theodore winthrop" his friend.
George William Curtis used to say,
never suggested to any Of his friends
that ne possessed the real instincts
and character Of soldierN His face
was that Of a man Of great cultiya-
ton; it suggested not exactly effemi-
macy. but qualities the reverse OF
those entailing great courage, great
powers Of endurance and the ardor of
a soldier.
That undoubtedly is to be ex-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18
Porter's Tribute to Grant

and his rank in the army restored to
him
ITO me the most gratifying feature
of this affair which has cost me I'M
told misery during the best part OF my
life has been the attitude taken by
General Grant," said General Porter.
Il believe that that attitude is with
out any precedent The commander OF
the Union army. who at one time stood
firmly In the support of the findings of
the court-martial, of his own accord
publicly confesses that he was griev-
ously mistaken. and by that mistake
shared with others in the cruel MUS
tice that was done to me.
Those of my friends who knew
General Grant well told me that there
never lived man with more de-
voted >sense Of duty or Of loyalty to
justice than General Grant, so and
my friends were convinced that II we
could persuade him to read the record,
he would speedily see that had been
unjustly convicted. But some Of those
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18
Unpaid Genius of Theodor Schwann

orm.r sssarea rser in pay.oosy unlysr.l.y Of Iael

We cannot see these little animals
that form our bodies because of their
exceedingly minute size. II is as II we
were looking at the Sahara desert from
a balloon three or four miles above the
surface of the earth, whence 1t would
be impossible to distinguish the sep
arate grains of sand.
Before Schwann made his wonderful
discovery 1t was known that the bodies
of plants were composed of cells. and
one day It Just flashed" upon Schwann
that the animal body might be built
upon a similar plan. Investigation
proved that he was right. and the great
cell theory" was announcement SO
much theory as fact. and one oil
the simplest and most natural facts in
the world when understood even su
perficially. the only way in which sci
ence, after the lapse Of rs years. has
been able to master fits causes.
Schwann was poor boy who worked
his way through school with little help
from his father. He became the pupil
Of the father of modern physiology
Johannes Mueller. and for seven years
1.-The very years during which he made
every one of his great discoveries-hs
was employed as caretaker of the
museum at the University of Berlin
At %. when he published the announce
nent Of bis cell theory. he still held
the same Job. and was earning the
same pay he had received from the
beginnlng-s7 per month!
It was Schwann who discovered the
gastric ferment pepsin. and gave it 1t.
name. Schwann was the first to show
that life could not come into being ex
cept through the agency Of pre-exist
ing living bodies. To Schwanns orr
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18
His Graphic Reply When Asked II He
Was All Ready to Make His
Answer to Colonel
Hayne.

One evening. In the spring Of 1882.
when / called upon Samuel J. Ran
dali. then speaker of the house Of rep
resentatives, found him in q remi-
niscent frame Of mind. 1t was. In
fact. the only time | ever knew him
to be In such mood! he was Gus
tomarily absorbed In his duties as q
member Of the house of representa-
lives; so much so. indeed, that. while
speaker. he made practice Of care
fully reading as many of the printed
bills that were before the house as
the pressure upon his time made pos
sible. AS result, his study-a little
room on the second floor. back, Of the
modest two-story house near the cap
itol. In which he made his home--was
crammed full of and Uttered with
printed documents of all sorts.
On the evening speak of bills lay
all about him. but this time his
thoughts were of another day; he was
interested in comparing the southern
members of congress Of the recon
struction period with their famous
predecessors of ante-bellum days. and
It was a comparison not at all un-
favorable to the latter-day senators
and representatives. In the course OF
this comparison, the name of Hayne
Of South Carolina cropped up.
And that reminds me-" sSid the
speaker. of an anecdote of Hayne
and Webster which was told me BY
Mr. Sanford do not now recall his
first name-who held an official posi-.
ton in Washington for nearly thirty
years, and who was one Of the frs
men-if not the very first--to write
regularly for publication in the news
| papers letters descriptive Of men and
events In washington. He had yer,
graphic style: he was intimate with
many Of the leading statesmen II
Washington between the years 1888.
and 1850. After Colonel Hayne had
delivered his first days speech Of thu
debate with Webster-the sreech tina
gave him his fame as the champion
OF the theory OF notification. Mr.
Sanford told me. the only member o
the senate who seemed to be no
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18

One day In q great German univer-
sitS teacher of physiology was dem
onstrating to small class of medical
students certain peculiar facts about
the contraction of muscle. To do this
the teacher was In need of a little in
strument. simple. and yet not easy to
make by hand" The instructor. how
ever, was busy In an effort to put the
thing together with bits of wood and
wire.
Among the students who were watch
ing him was an understood young fell
low of Fl who. after noting several
failures on the part of the Instructor.
ventured : criticism.
Doctor" be said, I'VE have three or
four fine instruments of that kind In
the case. They are perfect Why not
use one Of them?"
Now the instructor knew well enough
of the existence of the factory-made In
struments In the laboratory. but he
was improvising the thing In order to
teach his men selfreliance and the use
Of their brain and hands. He glanced
somewhat contemptuously at the
young student and replied:
Il want to show | am able to do
what any other man has done. Don't
your"
NO" answered he young man. Il
want to do what no other man has
been able to do before me-
This young man was Theodor
schwann. afterwards discoverer of the
most startling fact known to modern
science--the fact that the human body
consists Of an inconceivably vast mum.
Der Of microscopic animals called cells,
all working tremendously together for
the common good of all.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18
SLEEPS NAKED IN THE SNOW
pemented Indian Lives In the Open,
Winter and Summer, Without
Shelter or Clothing.

ogden, Utah.-Near White Rock,
Utah, is a demented Indian who IL
known as Crazy Indian" There Is
no doubt about his deserving this IL
tie. He has slept In the open for over
30 years without any shelter OF cloth
ing. II his Indian friends build him
a .wickeyup" he burns it down in a
few days. He generally has an old
overshoe on his left foot
The picture shows winter scene
with Crazy Indian" lying at the en-
trance to his tent while the ground
is covered with snow. He Is about
so years Of age. Strange to say he
does not seem to be any the worse
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18
Error Of DrauahtIns Clerk Ia the Of
fee Of the Coast and cenodetIe
Survey 10 Responsible.

Il am responsible for the naming
OF Nome City. Alaska" said a draught-
ing clerk In the ONCE Of the Coast OF
Geodetic Survey at Washington.
though It was wholly unintentional
and none was more surprised than I
when saw the name on the map. II
arose In this way:
when the rush to Alaska took
place on the discovery Of rich gold
deposits on the Klondyke in the early
nineties, the government found It nee
essary to make more complete maps Of
that then little known country. Sur
veying parties were rushed to the
field. and as fast as their notes and
plats were sent back to Washington
they were turned over to this Office
to make the oficial maps There
we're many parties in the field and the
maps were being continually called for
BY the gold-seekerA Hence our once
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18

my map sent to the engravers in that
shape.
"A few weeks after was astonish.
ed. on looking over stack of maps
just engraved from my original to see
this particular headland designated
thereon es Cape Nome" When
shortly after gold was discovered in
the vicinity and camp established
there the town took the name Of the
cape. and is called Nome to this
day"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18
Fertile Island LIttIe Known.

socotra. large island in the In
dian ocean, Is one Of the least known
of the inhabited parts of the world.
Il is mountainous. but very fertile. and
Ia ancient times was famed for frank
incense and myrrh, aloes. dragons
blood and spices. But now sumatra
and south America produce more
dragons blood. The sleek. humpless
cow Of socotra has been found to be
such an ideal animal for the tropics
that the British government Ii about
to try the experiment Of importing q
herd TO India
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18
Is Best of Burglar Alarms

,:ause the habit interferes - I.
business. Whole blocks thr ". +
be profitable hunting GROUNDS u.
glars are now SO much was.s
because two or three persons y
block go to bed with tbs upps' a.
Of the body protruding oeyon' -,
window sill Outdoor slespe'' IL,
sleep comfortably. but they -
lightly. The second story ns' -
not make noise hall p,o, ~
without waking them and s''''s
alarm"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18

for his exposure to all kinds OF wealth
er, being quite robust physically.
He will sit for days at time I'M
der the poles of his tent after having
torn the covering from it. evidently
thinking that, "be 1t ever SO humble.
there's no place like home"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18
Tale of War and Literature

planned by the fact that he "a.
nephew Of President Theodor.
WooIsey OF Yale college. and int.e.
ed the fine literary capacity Witt.
has distinguished members Of 4.
Woolsey family, and which WA l,,,,
best exemp,ified by the writings ~;
Sarah Susan Woolsey. Theodore Va
sey's cousin. widely known By her bsa
name. Susan Coolidge.
yet Theodore Winthrop was r,...
lover Of outdoor life. have som,
times thought that It would havs hs.n
fortunate could he have been brocr..
in touch with Thoreau. the great &.
ture lover and poet-philosopher, Il Il.
time Thoueau was living on a,,,e
island. Thoreau went there aboo, I1s
time that Theodore winthrop can. i
my house on the island to i've / d.
not think. however. that shey 4<
met
Winthrop had given up nercs,
tile career. because the call 10 l|lars
ture had mastered him. He Eel. Ia,
he could make use Of some Of be a.
periences upon the Pacific coast set
at Panama in romantic fiction. Hs
wrote constantly. and be had the e.
tomary experience Of young and a.
known authors-manuscript sflsf
manuscript was refused By pnbE7f77{
Still he persevered And then csns
| the Civil war and he eniiEsed
Il saw Theodore Winthrop on ks
way to the front with the sarfa'h
New York regiment as II passed DON
Broadway TO the steamboat J thoeSi|
him in his military uniform about lAs
fairest and handsomest young n41
ever had seen. He saw me and Fevs@
| his hand to me and to other members
OF my party.
II never knew exactly how !, i13
! pened that Winthrop. after he resct1l
| the front at Washingtcn. was i'zI7
| ferred to the stan Of Gen. BenjarIA 5
Butter. who was at Fortress N91r,t
1t seemed q promotion. but Il vi -
cause Of his death. We read q ~
skirmish at Big Bethel. rev n||%
west OF Fortress Monroe. and On
came the benumbing Announces
that Major Theodore Winthrop ed
been shot through the heart walls y
lying his command. His body ~
brought home and conveyed ~ Pr''t
way upon a gun carriage; and ! r
member that the universal ccrnasf
was that he was the first Union of'o'
in the east to be killed in actio1
Now. what might appear p p :
strange change CT sentiment qf
part Of publishers took place re
fairly besought me for manuscr'pN 2
Theodore Winthrop's novelh re-
were published one after nn0'be' 2
quick succession. OF course tne ~
sale of them was explained By o.
widespread popularity and pfon'n''r
which attached to the name Of ~
dcre winthrop. first olicer k''''' p
the Union army.
But the curious thing npo'. =
was this-the careful critics ara ~
best Judges all found in the Pe'''
nous novels Of Theodore "u'p
merit which the publishers brq
discovered, excepting IN one i1a''E
when those manuscripts wsre
submitted to them during N'n'a'
life. And l have been accos'e ~
when speaking TO young ana ~
pointed would-be authers. 70 Fs''
Theodore winthrop-to tel lntn E.
story Of the rejection Of his s'
by the publishers and eveni1,y
the warm approva. given TO Pc - 81.
by the critics and the paD1' ~.
approval OF which he. Of course ~
had knowledge"
i Copyright. 1911. by T. }. EdVkr'r
Rights Reserved
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18
A CHEROKEE INDIAN EDITOR
John M. oskIson Graduated From the
Back Of a Cow Pony In
Oklahoma.

vinita, Okla.-From the back OF a
COW pony to an editorial chair in the
office OF Golfers Weekly is the road
travelled by John NJ. Oskison. Chero-
kee Indian citizen, whose father was
one Of the pioneer cattlemen of the
Indian territory.
Oskison left yinita in 1894 and grad
uated in turn from Leland Stanford
university and Harvard. He entered
the writing game by winning $3.50
prize from the Century Magazine for
the best short story. Later he became
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18

When Henry Brown Of
Mass. awoke the other day os q IL
tried to close his mouth snc ,'r,. S,
He had fractured his Jaw 80 IS
mouth wide open he walked nor. 'l a
4 mile 10 a physicians once q. ii
the fracture reduced A. ''.,ocs.
leaving the once his Jaws ~
ain FINALLY he was placed "a
s and the jaw permanently
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18

the late King Leopold IL Of Bel
GUM once made q quick answer to a
radica, deputy who had said Of the
ding that he would make an admirable
president Of a republic. "ReaIly?" re.
plied the king. with his most ingenu-
aus air. Really Do you know,
think shall pay compliment in your
style to my physician. DR.. Thirier
who Is coming to see me presently
shall say: 'Thirier. you are great
doctor, and think you would make
an excellent veterinary surgeon
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18

Having to make yourself over is no
easy job. but you can d It, II you
work hard enough and long enough
to beat into shape that miserable crit
ter--your worst self.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18

When fellow removes the cigars
from his waistcoat pocket befors en-
bracing her she may be JUSTIFIED In
her suspicion that she isn't the only
girl he has ever kissed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18
LlohtnIno Restores Lost Sense

New Orleans.--After being absolute
ly speechless for two years as a re-
suit Of a long sickness. Miss Jessie
Fisher instantly recovered her speech
through fear. caused By vivid fash
of lightning and . loud peal Of thun-
der.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18

Those who think themselves the
most superior. are the ones who are
the most inferior. II you cannot be
taught anything. you are . hopeless
case.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18

In the prevailing heat everybody
twitters for rain.