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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20
Wood

Il am In favor of encouraging
aviation In every possible way. for l
firmly believe that It Is not idle talk
to say that battles In the future may
be fought in the air. II had the pow.
er l would increase the pay OF the
officers who enter the aviation school
There should be some compensation
for the risk to which they daily put
their lives. ] hope congress at its
next session viii pass the pending bin
Increasing their pay 20 per cent
Our recent army maneuvers. In
which the aeroplane was used extern
sively, proved that aviation IL no long
er an experiment, but q practical SCI
ence. General Bliss In his report to
me Of the maneuvers states that the
value of the aeroplane for scouting
and bomb throwing purposes was
clearly demonstrated" 4
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20
May Fight Battles in Air. Says General Woo

THAT II Is the opinion of the militar
i experts of this country that th
aeroplane In the future will determin'
the victor Of battle, whether on LAM
or sea, was evidenced by statemen
made the other day at the War col
lege by Gen. Leonard Wood. chief Of
stan of the army, just prior to start
ing on his annual tour Of inspection Of
the army posts.
Il wish It were possible" said Gen
erai Wood. "for every oficer In the
army to make q flight In an aero
plane with the army aviators. be-
lieve that by this means we could OBJ
tain enough officers willing to make a
life study of the great possibilities Of
the aeroplane as an instrument of
war-to make this country the fore
most in the world in aviation. We
were the first to recognize the posi-
bilities Of the aeroplane in warfare.
but have been handicapped In further
ing their study by the small numbers
of officers willing to enter the avia-
tion school Other countries, follow
ing our lead, passed us In the appli-
iation Of the aeroplane to military sci
ence. They have large corps of men
studying every possible phase Of the
aeroplane In warfare.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20
What Should
Its Attitude
Be on Fiction?
Public
Library


DIR TIME novel become principal of literary
expression within the best novels that finds the cares
nterpretaon criticism of life 1t fall
scy to speak of fiction if it eight literature unworthy Of
serious attention. group all other kinds of books together without
much discrimination the profitable reading But book that slim
mates the imagination the emotions be in the best educa
tiona and many written with distinct educational purpose Of
little real value Besides this fiction widely read than
other literature and therefore through this medium that those
who would move today make their appeal
In large output there nevertheless much trash As Cervantes
once said that will make you books and turn them loose
into the world with much dispatch they would dish of ftte
and much fiction the fails above what somebody has
called "promiscuous medocrity.
Standards differ and Librarians infab Never
tbeess fairly distinct line separating the wheat from the chaf
It should always remembered that the selection unnuenc
personal bias and that merit novel not confined to its literary STYLE
but vauesnotab truth @ high ideals broad human
interest and furnish healthy
average reader.
principles applied practice will necessarily exclude many
books of the day. which months will be forgotten But
this book of abiding merit will be dsregaded there
few of them.
No public Libraries the local conditions
books bought without discrimination the problem
must faced This of course where the question fiction
troublesome 1t cannot be ignored however public library
buy and only few of the novels of the day. and every
public ii. Library ny. , m@lay ns bound t to- neeza
funds
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20
Has Not Doubt That Man Came From Monkey

and more especially those of geologic
antiquity, shall present marked
morphologic differences, and that
these differences shall point in the d.
rection Of more primitive forms.
mo conclusion can be more firmly
founded than that man IL a product of
an extraordinary progressive differen-
tiation from some anthropomogenic
stock, which developed somewhere In
the later tertiary among the primates.
He began then as an organism that
In brain and body was less than man.
that was an anthropoid. From this
stage he could not become at once an
be IL today, though In some stages of
his evolution he may have advanced
by leaps, or at least more rapidly
than In others. He must have devel-
oped successfully morphologic modin-
cations called for by his advance to
ward the present man. and have lost
gradually those features that inter.
fered with his advance or become use
less-progress which II still unfinish-
ed"
Among other thing that man lost
on his, way from monkey to man il q
long and hairy tall Mr.. Hrdlicks
does not say so. but he indicates II
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20

W ASHINGTON.-Now that the sea-
W shore and mountains have prac-
tically closed their seasons and each
steamship 10 bringing its quota of
Americans from Europe, society In
Washington is preparing for the sea-
son. Changes In the diplomatic corps
fortunately viii take from the capital
only few Of its gifted and versatile
members. Foreign governments have
long made 1t a point to send to Wash
ington gifted Representatives No
sooner had Marchese Cusani, the Ital-
ian ambassador, been appointed to
Washington than It became known
that In his own country he had q repu-
tation as portrait painter. His por-
trait Of the late King Humbert IL re-
garded as q masterpiece. In the en-
bassy are many products Of his brush.
Mr.. James Bryce, the British ambas-
sador. is. of couYse, one of the noted
scholars and writer's of the world, and
Mr.. Jusserand, the French ambassa-
dor. possesses literary gifts Of a high
order.
These serious activities on the part
of the elder diplomatists are balanced
by the talents of the younger men
and women In the foreign colony
Jonkheer Loudon, minister from the
Netherlands, is an accomplished plan
list and violinist. Nine. Loudon also
Ii q brilliant musician and she has
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20
Washington the Home Of the Man on Horseback

WASHINGTON Is known as the
w home Of the man on Horseback"
and Il gets this somewhat unique title
because Of the number of equestrian
statues in Washington. Most Of the
outdoor sculptures in the National
capital are Of q military order, and
most Of this statuary has been sup
piled by military organizations And
while these organizations may be
powerful enough in hauling in the
money they certainly do not know
how to spend It artistically, for
greater lot of rubbish never Uttered
up a city than these equestrian
statues In Washington.
Among the soldiers Of the Revolu-
tionary war represented In the cap
ital's squares and circles are Wash
ington and Greene. Jackson and
Scott belong to the period Of 1917;
the latter also to that of the Mexican
war. OF Civil war leaders there is q
far more plentiful supply. among them
Sherman. Sheridan. Thomas, McPher-
son. Mcclellan, Hancock and Logan,
with Farragut and Dupont thrown In
to represent the navy
Another special military group IL
that of foreign soldiers In the Revo-
lutionary var-Lafayette. Rocham-
beau. Won Steuben. Kosciusko and
Pulaski, and surrounding the Lafay-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20
Diplomatic Circle Is Remarkable for is Versatility

sung at many private entertainments.
The members Of the family of the
Costa Rican minister and Nine. Calvo
are versatile musicians, and their
friends often have had the pleasure Of
hearing recital by the younger ones.
viscountes Benoist dAzzy. wife Of
the naval attache of the French en-
bassy, could easily make her living.
should it be necessary, by fash
Joining novel favors for cotillons. She
entertains a great deal in Washington
and when she Is at home In Paris.
For her cotilhons she usually invites
several Of her friends to help her
make the favors. such as fancy pic
ture frames, little French baskets and
attractive waste paper baskets Of fan
cy cardboard and crepe paper. She
is regarded as one of the most gifted
amateur actresses in Paris and Wash
ington.
Another accomplished young mem
Der Of the diplomatic circle In Mr.
Henri Martin. charge d'affaires OF the
6Wlsb onDhbcy. ho Oon VINE A-
tastic verse with the ease OF q pro
fsssional poet. can cut all sorts Of
fancy figures on ice or roller skates
and can dance clog with the finish
of a vaudeville performer. Mr.. Han
lei, charge d'affaires of the German
embassy; Mr.. Alfred Horstmann, also
OF the Germa nembassy. and Mr.. De
Bach, of the Russian embassy. also
are fancy dancers.
Mr.. Mitchell Innes. counsellor o
the British embassy, directs his ener
gies to more practical things when moi
engaged In diplomatic affairs. As
gardener he has had success and n
finds his chief recreation in ''putter
ing around" the garden Of his hom'
in Washington.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20
Muscular
Work
Reduces
Brain
Power
by s. $. Brsdeuin. Utica. MY.

prove this Before departing bicycle ride day fasteneda
the handle bars At time there road
yard Taking advantage rode speed urging every
legs its utmost and the time keeping fastened
the watch What happnedf tried to read the time
dmmed before my The muscles legs required much
ment that the blood hurried there from the upper regions
Another have attended high school and done
siderable physical labor Suppose that after hard days work.
with fatigue should have attempted solve problem in geometry
write English Do suppose that brain would epondi
Hardly feeling of sesness and dull mind would have resulted
At gymnasium meets have noted that the participants pre-
pared their home work beforehand.
So too regard examinations No pupil should think of study
ing the night before an "exam."
All famous athletes refrain from too much mental exercise
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20
|DOULIM NOTE(

The caponizing season is at an
end.
Start the trap nests II you are keep
Ing a record of your winter layers.
The battle with vermin il a never
ending one, because the lice never
quit.
The early pullets are beginning to
lay. but. as 4 general thing, eggs ara
very scarce.
The best remedy for sick fowls IL
the az. but with proper precaution
they won't get sick.
Two or three applications Of kero-
sene to scaly legs makes as sure re-
medy as can be found.
There are those who begin with
scrubs. intending to keep purebreds
latsr on. but they seldom do.
II IL possible for the hens to lay
when shedding their feathers. but not
when growing the new crop.
Chaff about straw stacks makes
good scratching litter and the sooner
It IL hauled up the better II win be.
II the poultry-house IL overcrowded.
kill on some of the older birds Keep
stocked up with young thrifty layers.
Those old hens may be valuable a.
keep sakes" but the young and vigor-
Gus ones will produce the most eggs
Do give the later summer-hatched
chicks chance TO eat their meals
without being run over by older birds.
Do not use harsh methods in break
ing up the broody hens. Remember
that brcodiness IL natures provision
for rest
Excited men and women make ex-
cited birds. and that has bad effect
on the reproducing mechanism Of
the birds.
Advertising pays the poultry raiser
as well as the business man. II you
have irst-class fowls let others know
about them.
Our chicken calendar" says that
about one month hence we may ex.
pect cold weather. How about that
hen housef
Sell all the old hens that you dc
not intend to winter. At this season
they command q reasonably good
price in market.
Get in your winter supplies and
utensils-this includes the incubator
and brooders. and what new stoci
you must purchase.
You may think you know a good
deal about how to raise poultry. bui
the deeper you go into It the mor'
surprises you win ind.
Because the weather is cooler d.
not infer that It WIN be just a. vel
not To clean the houses. Keep It up
summer and winter. hot or cold.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20

sEhEAN cannot have arisen except
W1 from some more theroid (ani-
mallike) form zoologically." 1t is de-
clared In EARLY Man In South Ameri-
ca" just issued from the govern
ment printing office.
Ales Hrdlicka, curator Of the d.
vision Of physical anthropology Of the
National museum. IN the author Of the
publication, which is known as
House of Representatives Document,
No. 49,"
ION the basis of what IL positive
~ known today In regard to early
man, and with the present scientific
views regarding mans evolution" Mr..
Hrdlicka says In his report, the
anthropologist has q right to expect
human bones, particularly crania. ex-
ceeding q few thousand years in age,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20
BEST NEWS IN THE PAPER
Classified Advertising an Efficient
Salesman and Interesting to
All Readers.

Several newspaper men from diner
emit cities got to discussing the other
day what was the best news In the
newspaper they were reading togetn-
er. One of them insisted that the
game between the leaders In the TWO
league baseball championships at
tracted the most readers. Another
persisted that 1t was the page OF po-
litical speeches for the day. A third
argued that the best news In that
paper was the column Of CLASSIFIED al
vertising, under the heads Of Wants,
For Sales. To Rent, etc. He argued
that the information in these col
umns was read with keener interest
than anything else. because 1t related
more TO peoples daily lives.
The women, he contended, were par
ticularly affected by such advertise
ments as those for housemaids. and
OF housemaids looking for positions.
Even II they were not looking for
servants themselves, 1t threw a
bright light on their own household
troubles.
The men, he said. were touched by
the things that were being offered for
sale. The farmer found out which OF
his competitors was trying to dispose
OF market produce: owners OF houses
were interested to see what other
houses were selling for. Men that
rented houses were always looking
out for something better than what
they had
Whether or not the newspaper
brother was right. II Is certain that
column of classified advertising al
ways comes down very close to home
life. 1t is scanned by q great many
people who enjoy seeing what others
are trying to buy or sell. even Il
they are not searching for anything
/ themselves
II then you have any unsupplies
wants. or you wish to sell anything
II you want better job. II you wan'
help, the classified advertising in THU
newspaper gives you an audience list
eniEg with keen interest to know
about the trade you want to make
A small amount invested In this form
Of advertising brings quick and won
derfully cheap returns. It is a singu
larly efficient form Of salesmanship.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20

from the bottom OF the key to the bot
tom of the trough. while another pipe
B extends from below the upper level
Of the trough up into the head OF the
barrel Fin the keg and cork up tight
", then remove cork from bottom OF
pipe A and the water win run into the
trough until 1t rises high enough to
shut the air on at the lower end OF
pipe B, when the water viii stop run
ming. When the water in the trough
is lowered enough to admit air into
pipe B the water viii again run from
A.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20

cite statue in Lafayette park, Ro-
chambeau (again), Duportal. De
Grasse and d'Estaing. Among the
statesmen and jurists Franklin. Mar.
shall. Webster and Garfield have me-
MORALS. and congress has recently
authorized a memorial on a great
scale to Lincoln. Bills were passed
by the senate the other day providing
for statues Of Hamilton and Jefferson.
These memorials are all in addition
to the contents OF Statuary hall at the
capitol. to which each state Is en-
titled to contribute two figures. In
that assemblage the whole gamut OF
merit is run, both In artistic repre-
sentation and in historic distinction.
It Is said that the statue of Gen. Geo
H. Thomas in Thomas circle is the
finest equestrian statue in the world
but It has very few companions as
works of art In Washington.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20

As shown in the illustration. the three
loot pieces are nailed crosswise to
The four-foot pieces and wire attach
ID to all four corners. 1t is then sus-
pended from the roof In the chicken
house with the front end Of the roost
about sixteen inches from the floor
while the back should be twenty
seven inches.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20
ADS CUT HIGH LIVING COST
Advertising a Public Benefit and Of
Great Help In Aiding Proper Dis
tributlon Of Goods.

Advertising IL a public benefit and
In nowise a contributing factor In the
high cost of living. according to the
consensus Of opinion voiced by speak
ers at the luncheon given by the
Hawkeye Fellowship club at Chicago
the other day. Were 1t not for adj
vertising the public would be bank
rupted, as the result OF soaring prices.
It was asserted.
The meeting was the second one
called by the club to consider the
high cost of living problem At the
preceding meeting the discussions
were 30 animated and the speakers
had so much to say on the subject
that It was found necessary to ad.
journ to a future date in order to I'M
ish the program.
The elimination of advertising as q
factor In raising prices Of daily neces-
stiles, It was agreed, left the RESPONSE
bility for higher cost of living with
other factors.
M. o. Smith. who was assigned to q
talk on the effect Of advertising, said:
Advertising Is a proposition OF
salesmanship. It's chief usefulness ia
aiding in the proper distribution Of
merchandise. It is far cheaper than
the services of high salaried statesmen
whose Offices. In part at least. It per
forms
For example. take the sewing ma
chine as an article that has been dis
tributed almost exclusively through
house-to-house canvass. You will fnt
that among the necessities Of life the
sewing machine is sold at a greater
percentage Of profit in relation to the
cost OF production than almost any
other thing you can recall"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20

Anyone who believes that woman's field
of activity in business is limited should be
convinced to the contrary by reading the
following figures from report of the
London board of trade: Women bankrupts
were less numerous than in 1910, the figure
being 399, against 495.
The woman grocer was the least success
full among the tradesmen Of the sex, taking
the number Of failures as criterion; the
woman milliner and dressmaker next, then
the woman draper and haberdasher, and,
fourth, the woman lodging house keeper.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20

Funny thing happened in Pittsburg
the other day. A former member Of
the United States marine corps came
TO town and took a room at a Liberty
street hotel He then went out for a
stroll about town When he wanted
TO return to his hotel he had forgotten
its name and location. After two
days hunt he inserted an advertise
ment in the Leader. which he hoped
would aid him In his search. as he
had left In 1t some valuable paper in
dress-srit case Fortunately. the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20

clerk OF the missing hotel read the
ad; and. remembering that a man who
had occupied room in the hotel had
suddenly disappeared. leaving behind
a dress-suit case. he answered the ad.
and the marine was soon In posses
sion Of his property.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20
Mus. Keep Name Before Public.

1t makes no difference how long q
man has been in business or how
good a reputation he may have. he
must keep his name and business be-
fore the public II he is going to con-
tinue to succeed. A new generation
is constantly coming to the front and
must be made acquainted with the old
firms and the merchandise they
handle.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20

say that It is the proof. the set up
that counts the most of all Your
story may be well told but II 1t Is not
well made your efforts can be count
ed as lost. The printer that handles
your copy is the man to keep your
eyes on.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20

In reply to an article in "When to
Read" it can be said that muscular
work reduces the power of the brain.
When the food is being digested the organs
conducting this work need blood. The
blood therefore leaves the brain and flows
away to assist the stomach and intestines
If, nevertheless, the brain is put to hard
reading, the blood will be drawn away to
the brain. Poor digestion and difficult
reading must certainly result. "You can't
do good work by doing two things. at once. "
/ tried an experiment once in order to
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20
aaT-pRooF CHICKEN BOOST
Ample Protection Afforded Against
Predatory Animals by Device
Suspended from Roof.

The accompanying Illustration
shows q convenient chicken roost
which Is proof against rats. minks and
weasels. This roost Is made Of two
pieces of plank four feet long. four
inches bread and one inch thick: i've
pieces of plank three feet long. two
inches broad and one thick; four
pieces OF wire about eight feet long.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20

OF all the experiments the world has
ever known, it strikes me very forcibly that
aviation is the most preposterOus and its
chances for success the most hopeless. The
other day at the Clearing aviation field an
other life was sacrificed, thereby adding
one more name to the long list of those that
have been killed.
Some persist in believing that the end
for which they are striving will be accom-
plished. But are not the odds too great
against them and the loss of such brave and
fearless men loss to the world in general
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20
|kOlIIN
II RYsG
HANDY IN A POULTRY YARD


The illustration given herewith
shows a handy device for watering
chickens, writes Richard Lee Of Neo-
sha Falls, Kan, in an exchange. Set
an alright keg or barrel on stand
or box with small pipe A leading
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20
Women
Make
Good i'm
Business
Field

Married women slightly in the majority of the failures (16)
single women greatly the minority S There widows Tn
woman bankrupt entered into many fields.
Among others the list bakers butchers
farmers five fhmong nurses photographers eight
taursnt keepers five hOOesse tobacconists two gardeners min
toy dealers, tationers three underakers
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-20
interesting Women In Advertising.


A threecolumn article In one of the
advertisers magazines IL taken up with
an effort TO answer the question why
Women Are Dificult to Interest" The
lengthy explanation offered shoots
wide of the mark The simple truth
Is that II any advertiser finds II diff
ficult to interest women II IL because
he does not make proper use of space
in q good nome newspaper. When .
newspaper gets into the home 1t gets
into the hands of the women. They
make a pretty thorough job OF read
ing 1t. Every item In the home news
paper that relates to dress, personal
Iadornment, entertainment, diversion
or domestic economy in any OF its
thousand ramifcations gets the wo-
mans immediate attention. whether
she finds It in the news or In the adj
vertising columns.