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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
LOT SOLD FOR 100000
New High Record In the Sale Of New
York corner-NearIy $50
Square Foot

New York-A new record has Just
been established for New York City
real estate In the sale for $1,0o0,000
of the small corner plot at Broadway
and Thirty-fourth street, adjoining
Macy's department store. 1t contains
less than 200 square feet-not quite
half of a full-sized city lot. and brought
nearly $3.50 a square foot
This exceeds the former record Of
about $500 paid two years ago for the
old Offender building plot on the
northwest corner of Nassau and Wall
streets. on which. including some ad-
joining property. the forty-one story
Bankers Trust building is nearing
completion.
Previously to this the famous
parcel at 1 Wall street, fronting
on Broadway. was sold for about
100000. In area this contains about
1900 square. feet, making a tribe less
than 5000 a square foot Not far be
low the plot just sold is the property
formerly occupied by the Union Dime
Savings Bank The bank sold 1t in
1906 for about 100000 at the rate
Of $3.50 a square foot. and when II
changed hands about three years later
the price was then given as nearly
$1.500.000. bringing the square foot
average to about 1878. II occupies the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
Hetty Green's Son Won Suit
Denies He Employed Any One to
"Write Him Up" In Book or
in Newspapers.

New York.-Col Edward Il Green.
son OF Hetty Green. the richest wo-
man in the world" has never en-
ployed anybody to write him up" he
testified in a suit which was brought
against him by a historical associa-
tien." which claimed he owed IL $500
for a book containing portraits and
biographical sketches of prominent
men.
Didn't you employ this association
to write you up?" he was asked
Il did not
"But about this time there was a
column article in many papers repre-
senting you as an automobilist You
did not pay this association 20 write
this?"
My name has been mentioned in
the papers many times. but l never
employed anybody to write me UP.
was the response.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26

preston behind that he had quit his
Job, and that it would take great
deal of coaxing to bring about his re-
turn
Did anybody faint away as Mr..
Wells walked down the street, kicking
every third ash can off the curbstone?
Not faint Did certain young lady
fling herself down on the sofa and
sob and sob and sob? Not SOB
Not a fiingl On the contrary, Miss
Dora Thurston sat down at the piano
and banged and crashed and banged.
and then walked out to her mother
and said she was ready to go to the
mountains for a week. a month or a
year The subject had come up almost
daily, and the girl had been the one
who hung back Mr.. Wells had been
with the bank only a few months. and
would not be entitled to a vacation
this summer.
The matter was settled between
mother and daughter IN five minutes
and two days later they we're away
Any notice to the "bossy" young man
Not word nor line. Not so much
as tx. her mark" And the servants
left behind were warned on pain o.
dismissal to give nothing away
1t was three evenings before the
young banker strolled that way again
He had HIS dignity with him. He wal
prepared to forgive If appealed to, bu
not without. When tears and sob
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26

are standing at the gateway glowering
at her. but she pays no attention.
BE sure and write. sister. Goodby,
dear Goodby. dear mother"-smack.
smack. smack. smack And the gate
man in vain tries to get her through
the gate
People have all sorts of ways Of
kissing each other goodby, but q
young woman with red hair and a
black dress put through a farewell
stunt the other afternoon that sur
prised even the hardened brakemen.
She kissed him at the gate. Evi-
IDENTIFY he was her sweetheart She
drew back into the crowd and watched
him fondly as he boarded the 3:45
Burlington. He went into the Pull
man and presently appeared on the
steps. AS the train drew slowly past
the gate the girl suddenly pushed past
the gateman and ran out on the
tracks. her sweetheart was waiting,
standing eagerly on the Pullman steps.
He leaped from the steps. folded her
tenderly many times as the train pull
ed out and then turned Just in time to
catch the rail Of the last car and leap
aboard The girl watched him until
the train was out Of sight It was a
touching spectacle.
And next. time" said the bad gate
man viciously. I'll see to It that the
last vestibule Is closed"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
SHIP is DELAYED BY FISH
Vessel In Midoeean Has Remarkable
Experience When Members OF
Flnny Tribe Block Pumps

Halifax. N. Son the arrival here
of the Furness liner Durango, from
London, Captain Chambers reported
remarkable occurrence which took
place when the liner was in midocean
The steamship was proceeding at a
high rate Of speed. when suddenly the
engines refused TO work and the yes
sci stopped An examination bys the
engineers disclosed the fact thar the
circulation pumps had failed to act.
and steps were taken to ascertain the
cause. After some time It was found
that the intake" Of the circulation
feed sipe was tightly filed with a
number OF fish, which had been drawn
into the passage by the suction of the
pumps.
Captain Chambers stated that a
short time before the Durango stopped
she passed through a shoal Of the fish.
After the passage had been cleared
Of Tie fish the liner was able to pro
coed at her usual rate of speed
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26

Edith Wharton. the noted novelist,
was talking In the saloon of La
Provence about the spoiled children
Of multi-millionaires.
"They are spoiled even by their tu-
tors" she said II know a little
Riverside Drive multi-millionaire
whose education proceeds every morn
ing In this fashion:
"'what state is this. Master Clar-
ence?
Pennsylvania
Right Quite right cries the
tutor Only It happens to be inhabit-
ed by Californians. Pennsylvania
Master Clarence. is a little higher
up
'sThen the tutor says:
XVIII you be so good as TO tell
me, Master Clarence. what ParmentieI
introducedT
-.The oyster says the little boy.
"'The oyster? Quite correct" cries
the tutor The oyster of the poor
in other words. that is to say. the 20
tato'
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
DYE DELAYED GIFT

gray in her hair; yours is quite
black" said the cold-eyed banker.
MY hair has grown black in a sin
gle night" promptly retorted Mrs.
Arnold. But the banker was inexora-
BILE.
MY orders are positive" he said.
The Mrs. Arnold for whom the pres
ent has come has gray in her hair;
yours is Jet black"
Mrs. Arnold laughed as though che
were at a circus and when asked
could she give reference or get any.
one to identify her she gave a list az
long as State street. Chicago A
passing Chicagoan then identified her
just as Mrs. Hendrickson appeared or
the scene.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
Kissing Is Great Nuisance

OF modern travel People insist upon
kissing in the most inconvenient times
and places
Take, for example. the young lady
who goes away from Denver to spend
her vacation. She is automobiled to
the station by her mother. her sister
and her sweetheart. and is kissed In
termittertly all the way down She
gets to the station three minutes
ahead Of train time. and makes a rush
for the gate. where long line Of peo-
pie are waiting. After much frettins
and embracing she finally reaches the
gatemen
Where is the train for Kansas
City?" she asks frantically. "Oh,
dear. way over therel Ny ticket
yes. have IT Wait a minute I've
got II In my purse. Oh. where is 1T
had 1t Just a minute ago On. dear
me, the train will leave me. ! know.
Goodness! oh. here II Is Hurry up
viii youl Is It all right? Can goi
Which track did you say? Goodby
mother dear" and at this point the
gateman swears because Cecilia must
kiss every member OF the family good
by. and her sweetheart as we'll People
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
GARDEN dno
FAPM NOTES

There is Nc food value lost by en-
SLIDING corn.
A little paint goes long ways to-
ward making home out OF group OF
buildings.
II your cabbages do not seem to be
keeping well, sprinkle over them a
supply of water.
The corn shock with its butts frozen
into the ground sharpens ones IAN
guage wonderfully.
Next spring select high-grade seed,
II you did not have large, solid heads
of cabbage this year.
Work that is systematized whether
it is on the farm or in the office al
ways proves the most profitable.
Lime, ashes, old manures, leaves,
wastes from the kitchen, all go to
make an excellent compost heap.
The man who is opening his first
silo this year is going to experience a
lot of satisfaction in using that feed
If you have any vegetables that you
will not use for family supply, now is
the time to get in touch with buyers
Celery is sturdy IL can winter
some heavy frosts, but 1t should al
ways be protected enough to keep Il
from freezing.
Are you fond Of rhubarb pie? II so
why not see to it next year that you
have fresh rhubarb during the winter
instead Of the canned vegetable?
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
Paris Banker Refuses Chicagoan
Present Because Of Hair.
Mira. Robert NJ. Arnold Darkens Sill
yer Locks and Has Diffieulty
In Identifying Self for
Agent.

Paris.-A moral pointed and a tale
adorned by the experience OF young
and beautiful Chicago matron Is
don't get silver streaks In your raw
en- locks colored to their former hue
the moment you arrive in Paris.
The young woman whose tresses
have brought her a queer quarter OF
an hour and then to Olympic laughter
Is Mrs. Robert M. Arnold. well known
among the upper society set and phil
anthropical circles Of Chicago. Be-
fore her marriage with a son OF the
late Bishop Arnold of Detroit. she was
Miss Margaret Rose Rohilly. daugh-
ter of one of the hest known men In
Minnesota, the octogenarian. II. Ro-
billy.
Mrs. Eugene A. Hendrickson oil
Minneapolis, widow of the late Sen
ator Hendrickson Of Minnesota. and
Mrs. Arnold came to Paris to put
their daughters in a French school
Both look like elder sisters OF the
girls, but Mrs. Arnold. realizing that
gray hairs run early in her family
decided to have the silvery streakf
removed by the best artists in Paris
Just as the restoration was com
pleted an early and costly present ar
rived from a, millionaire sister II
Duluth. It came to the Credit Lyon
naisse, and the bankers through
whom the present was sent furnished
the Credit Lyonnaisse detailed de
scription Of Mrs. Arnold.
The description was as accurate a
that OF a passport and gave as de
tail that her hair was grayish.
likewise stated that she would be II
the company of, Mrs. Hendricksor
who Is we'll known at the Credit Ly
onnaisse. When Mrs. Arnold went I
the bank her hair was as black a
midnight and the well known Mrs
Hendrickson was not with her
Mrs. Robert Arnold of Chicago ha
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
PROBLEM OF TOO Much WORK
u Must Be Solved, Especially When
New Methods Are Advocated-Sow
Part Of Land to Some Grass.

CBy w. C. PALMER. North Dakota)
TOO much work" is remark that
meets one on nearly every farm. The
writer has often heard the same re-
mark at Farmers Institutes. And
especially when new methods are adj
vocated. 1t is a real serious problem.
However, it must be faced an6 solved.
too AS long as the land was new,
spreading over large number Of acres
was in many cases profitable.
That time has now passed as the
results in half farming now too often
result in crop failure or so many wild
oats and weeds in the grain that II
makes a man ashamed to take them
to market Half farming with such
results simply wastes work. Some
better method must be worked out
What is the man TO do who has
more land than he can work thorough
ly? One solution is to sell part OF
it. That, however, is not what most
land holders want to do. Another solu
ton is to SOW part of the land to
alfalfa, clover. or some grass as
timothy, bromus or slender wheat
grass. The returns from the land In
hay will be fully as good as from that
in grain. And the work will be much
less. At the same time the land win bt
cleared from weeds and plant dis
eases and the humus content vii
be increased.
The starting of the clover and al
falfa may need some special prepare
ton, as manuring and sowing with
out nurse crop, and introducing som'
of the germs that live on the nodules
Get a small piece started and that vii
help you get the whole farm in condi
| ton.
Leave 1t in grass three to five years
Every year sow more grass and ala
pillow up some sod. This new LAM
will be In fine condition to grow larg
crops.
BY this procedure the work on tn
farm will be reduced and the return
increased, and the land put in mucl
better shape than is possible in coz
tihuous grain growing.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
LOSS BY CHESTNUT BLIGHT
Damage In Country Estimated at
$25, ,0oo-Greatest In
Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia.-Ten million dollars
damage has already been done in the
state of Pennsylvania by the chest
nut blight, according to the commits
sion appointed on the authority OF the
legislature by Governor Tener to
eradicate the disease. In addition TO
this there has been damage In other
states to the amount Of about $751;
100000. This will constitute but a
small part of the loss occasioned, &C
cording to a statement made by the
commission, II the blight Is not
checked, as the chestnut timber in
Pennsylvania alone is valued at from
$6O.O0O.00O to s70.000.00O.
II the disease is not wiped out It
will sweep the magnificent chestnut
forests of the south. The annual
chestnut output of the eastern part OF
the United States is worth $4,000. 900.
Pennsylvania has appropriated $685..
600 to defray expenses In checking
and wiping out the blight Thirty
trained men are in the field in this
state. They have located the advance
line of the blight and are supervising
the cutting and burning of diseased
trees and locating new infections
Both the federal department of agrf
culture, through DR.. Haven Metcalf Of
the department Of forest pathology
and the Pennsylvania forestry de
partment are actively cooperating
with the commission. Of which s. 8
Detweiller of this city is the execu
tive officer
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
Denver Union Station Gsteman In APP
peal to Travelling Public Dur
Ing Busy Season.

Derver.-"Don't kiss in the gate
wayl"
kiss first and show your ticket aft
erwardl"
kissing may be carried on between
bars Of the iron fence"
Passengers will confer favor up
on the depot management by kissing
before, and not after. they reach the
station"
Passengers affectlonately disposed
may kiss in the ladies' waiting room
or In the lunch room. They are po-
litely requested to avoid the other
places"
Don't try TO kiss and show your
ticket to the gateman at the same
time. Don't kiss the gateman!"
IF you can't bear to part, take her
along with you"
The above are rough drafts Of a Sc
ries Of notices which the gatemen at
the union depot have asked the man
agemsnt to put up during the travel.
ing season. kissing. the gatemen say
has become the one greatest nuisance
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26

entire front on the south side OF Thir-
ty-second street, with frontages on
both Broadway and Sixth avenue.
The tiny corner is In the center OF
one of the busiest localities OF the
city. The high price paid for 1t has
undoubtedly been Influenced by the
fact that the Pennsylvania station Is
only a block to the west On the OPP
posite side o, Broadway, between
Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth streets,
the twenty-five-story McAlpin hotel Is
being constructed, and other important
hotel and business developments near
by, including the Gimbel store one
block below. have made Broadway and
Thirty-fourth street one Of the note
worthy centers in traffic and business.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26

Thore are certain men who feel a
sense Of proprietorship as soon as they
become engaged. Perhaps this is the
right thing, but now and then there is
a girl who objects to It 1t was so in
the case of Miss Dora Thurston.
Frank Wells had scarcely secured an
avowal from her that he was loved in
return when he heaved long sigh
Of relief and said:
And now, of course, that fellow
Wakefield will get hint that he need
not call here any more?"
But why?" was asked.
"And you won't have that Burton
dangling around?"
Mr.. Burton never dangled." =
"And that cad of a Graham will be
told that you are not at home?"
He will be told no such thing! Mr..
Graham is far from being cad
"And Peterson will not be permit
ted to drop in here as If It were his
club"
Il don't understand you. Mr.. Wells.
said the newly-engaged as she drew
herself up. Because have promised
to marry you does it follow that I am
to become a prisoner in the garrett or
down CELLAR"
Dora, you have given me the right
to say what company you shall keep,
was the reply. you are so precious
to me that-that-"
THAT you would treat me like
fve-year-old child But you can't dc
IT. Until we are married shall in
sist on receiving my friends at this
house. A great change seems to have
come over you all Of a sudden. Here
tofore you have not objected to an,
Of the gentlemen named"
Because / had not the right Ever
II knew them to be cads could no
object Now, however, II is different.
"Mr. Wells. do you mean to say tina
have been receiving cads in m!
fathers houseT the girl demanded
"Well-er-you know"
Il know, sir, that / do. not like tn
way you talk. / think you introduce,
me to every gentleman we hav'
named"
But being engaged to you. 20
see."
Then we are engaged. are wei"
Perhaps notl"
"And young Mr.. Wells was Just dor
key enough to walk out Of the parlo
and out of the house and leave the In
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
EXCELLENT TRAP FOR MINK
Illustration Shows One Also Found
Effieaclous for Raceoons, opossuns,
Skunks and Muskrats.
Rx ]. W. GRIFFIN.)

A limb of sound wood, with hol-
low two to three inches in diameter,
with horseshoe nails driven as shown
in the sketch, makes good trap Tor
minks, raccoons, opossums, skunks
and muskrats.
The bait should be about six inches
beyond the point of the nails, there
fore, If the hollow runs the full length
of the piece, 1t should be plugged UP
at one end.
Drive staple in the limb and wire
1t to a stake or small tree.
You may carry it with the animal
alive to hole Of water and drown 1t;
to release the animal, draw the nails
The nails should be very sharp and
should form a circle with their points
about one and one-half inches II
diameter for mink.
This makes an ideal trap for coons
when the hole is smaller--for the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
Winter Killing Of Ants.

There is nothing quite as effective
as the winter killing which consists in
digging out the heart of the mounds in
the winter and then pouring water into
the excavations thus. made so it soaks
into the ground and freezes those that
may still be living.
This method usually proves very sat-
isfactory. Out of a large field where
they we're killed in this way during the
last winter only a very few of the
many ant hills had any ants remaining
in them by spring and 1t is quite evil
dent that If the work had been done
more carefully every one OF them
would have been killed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
The jury after being out i've min
utes returned a verdict for the col.
onel
cupid MISPLACED on 81 Ioh.

Kansas City. Mo.-"A man who
doesn't make more than "a a week
has no business getting married. !"
said Judge Joseph Guthrie in the cir.
cult court here
Mrs Lydia Lapoglia sued her bps-
band. a Greek laborer. for divorce
and asked the court for money to live
on pending trial The Judge prompt
ly ordered the husband to pay her 81
a week
THAT is all | make" protested La
poglia How am to liver"
The order will stand" said the
Judge ~
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
This Gate won't Sag.

ficient to hold up any gate found on
the farm.
The swivel bolt which screws into
the post should be placed far enough
from the top hinge Of the gate so as
to be turned conveniently to take up
the slack In the wire
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
Good Mink Trap.

coon thrusts its claws into small holes.
and under chunks and rocks, in
search OF food.
Bats for fur animals: birds, mice.
raw beef, pieces of rabbit or muskrat.
Leave everything around the trap
in as natural position as possible.
Do not go near the trap when once
set. any more than you can help, as
the animals sense of smell is very
keen.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
Many Kinds of Lime.

There are ten or more kinds of lime
that can be used for agricultural pur-
poses. Out Of these there are really
but three or four that can be called
original materials, the others being
simpler forms of lime under a different
method of treatment.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
Fresh Air Is Necessary.

Storm windows and storm doors are
matters of economy and will save fuel.
but do not shut out all fresh air II
you do doctors bills make storm win
dows pretty expensive. Good ventiia-
ton is as necessary for man as Is is for
animals
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
sinnls Mud Hole Mars.

The real efficiency of any road is
measured by its worst mud hole.
One may have the best kind Of surv-
ice and the best kind Of road bed
but no matter how good 1t may be
the majority of the distance, single
mud hole win mar all of the good
work on both sides of IT,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
Manure spreader.

Where there is much manure to be
put on grass land, it will pay to have
a spreader that will do the work so
much more satisfactory. Two ad-
joining farmers can own one together
and thus lessen the cost.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
souvenir Bracelet. in Vogue.

A fad among the wives OF avia.oss =
a souvenir bracelet. The icea olls.n. !.
ed with Mrs. Glenn H. Curtiss' WE y
the inventor. whose arm cirelet esn'
taius the names Of IA airmen fno
have flown at meets that she mas q
tended. Now almost every vile 2. =
a,rmap owns one OF these souvenirs
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
earrIe,s Mother Original Of 'ma'S''
WyIIe."

HarrIe's Mother Original o.
WyIIe." -,
Apropos of the revival o. .' W., :
Everv Woman Knows MI Barrie. z
one Of his few expansive fnon Gnu
told Mr.. Frohman thar NAM sro,ue
sayings and doings Of ns ".,sred
Maggie wylie. we're directly ln's as.
by his own mother Thus ~ 1,,,,,r Il
gle objects to her brother s s,''.s %
the best chair (Which she cove eoss'' 'v ~
t tSlpEIns Of his mothers saying inlS..
wouldna sit in the iine s 9t,ne on al
Maggie produces her An .n,o,vpe had
occasions. lust as her pl ~ ,5 fus
her stockings always . ~, Gazette.
odd moments. Pail MAI
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
THIS GATE WILL NOT SAG
cIeVIs and Swivel Bolt, Which Any
Blacksmith Can Make, VIII Be
Sufficient to Take Up Slack.

The clevis and swivel bolt, any
blacksmith can make. The wire is
found on nearly all farms; No. 8 or IL
wire, galvanized, two double, is suf-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
CORNER POST MADE STRONG
May Be Made From Small Tree by
Following Directions Given Here
wlth-WllI Not Pull Away.

A satisfactory corner-post may be
made from a small tree, as follows:
The tree is cut the size wished for
the post 1.-THE tree forked, of course).
The fork is cut foot shorter than the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
rIme FOR MuIchInn.

The time to mulch anything for win
ter protection is after the ground has
become chilled to a considerable depth.
If it is frozen. so much the better.