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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30
Horse sense.

II you work for q man, in heavens
name. work for him II he pays wages
that supply you your bread and butter.
work for him, speak well OF him.
stand by him. and stand by the insti.
tuition he represents. think II I
worked for q man, would work for
him. i would not work for him a part
Of his time. but all Of his time. I
would give an undivided service or
none.
II put to the pinch. an ounce of 10y
atty Is worth a pound OF cleverness.
II you must villify, condemn and
eternally disparage. why, resign your
position. and when you are outside.
damn to your hearts content. But. I
pray you, 30 long as you are a part of
an institution, DO not condemn II. Not
that you win injure the institution
not that-'but when you disparage the
concern Of which you are a part. you
disparage yourself.
And don't forget-'T forgot" won't
do In business.-Fra Elbertus.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30
WOMAN AS A GUARD
First might Watchwoman" Of Metrop.
oils Has Post In Vicinity Of Wash
lngton square-Not Afraid Of
Thieves.

New York.-"Then," said a reporter
for New York paper to a woman in
white. accompanied by a little girl, as
she placed a couple of red lanterns in
position outside IL Macdougal alley,
you are the only woman night watch
man in the city,"
"You mean" replied Mrs. Astrid
Wolfe. that l am the only night
watchwoman in the city"
When the reporter remembered that
Mrs. Wolfe and her nine-year-old
daughter Lillian carried the banner
for the mothers division in the woman
suffrage parade last spring he &C
cepted the correction. Mrs. Wolfe
wore around her neck a black ribbon,
which bore, instead of a watch. po-
lice whistle. In her strong hand was
her nightstick. Every policeman
around Washington square is alert for
any alarm from Mrs. Wolfe's post,
which is big, dark, echoing building,
yawning upon Eighth street. 1t is the
sort place that would scare the av-
erage woman after dark The build
ing is unoccupied, save by her. as it
Is being remodeled.
you see." explained Mrs. Wolfe,
after she had put Lillian to bed in the
echoing house. thieves don't care
about the timber; it's the plumbing
fixtures they would come for. After
putting the lights in position sit and
read all night, except at intervals
when make thorough search Of the
building. usually feel lucky II I
get to bed after breakfast. Then
get little sleep, II the workmen don't
make too much noise.
why have / job SO strange for a
woman? A year ago. after a serious
illness, found 1t necessary to get
work at once. had myself and Lii
Han to support. / had no friends I
was told there was a job watching at
night in ansapartment house that was
being built on st. Nicholas avenue.
So went to the agent and applied. |
told him / was afraid Of nothing.
got the Job. Before that had been a
RLODdlAOn OtuCSE lOf luo ElOEcuCc
Crittenden home on Blocker street. 1t
was there that / saw my first fight.
"One evening l saw a man leaning
against the door of house across the
way. Every now and then he knocked
pane Of glass out of the door with
his elbow while he pretended to lean
against II. ! went over and asked
what he was doing. He struck me
blow on my right shoulder that almost
paralyzed me. He ran, and tainted
from the pain. AS soon as recovered
/ ran. calling for the police.
when found a policeman and led
him back. there was the thief back on
the job. He thought he had scared
me. / made a rush at him. wanted
TO let him know that I could give a
punch. But the cop got him instead.
Ever since then l have carried
police whistle and nightstick when on
duty. The other Gay made some
buns get on the steps. They were
waiting till It was dari; to steal into
the house. When told them to move
on they defled me. Just blew my
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30
.GUESSER IS BUSTED.
Government Employed Man to
Estimate Fish Weight.
Discharge Expert Who Had to Tell
on Sight Number Of Pounds In
Each Salmon Bought for
Breeding.

Bangor, Me.-The official guesser
for the United States government has
lost his job. For years the govern
ment has bought live salmon upon the
good eye of a veteran fisherman. who
took a squirt at each fish and then
put down in his book what he guessed
to be the right weight. The bills
were paid observation-disclosures OF
dollars.
Every year the government buys
from 600 to 1000 live salmon for
breeding from the weir owners on the
Bucksport, Verona, Orland and Penob-
scot shores. The price paid is the
market rate, from 20 to 80 cents a
pound. with 60 cents bonus for each
fish for the trouble of keeping them
alive.
To get at the exact weight OF q
live salmon is practically impossible,
for 1t is very delicate work at best
In dipping them from the pound" in
the weirs to the car which is an
old dory filed with water. carefully
lined with cotton flannel and covered
with a netting. which is covered out
side with canvas. The utmost caution
is necessary, for in the spring the
salmon is strangely delicate. So It is
that weighing them is entirely out
of the question.
The government has for years hired
veteran fisherman to make the
rounds of the weirs on the little pow
er boat and keep accoupt OF the fish.
All the man had to go by was his
judgment. but he could tell by
glance at a fish, even in the semi
darkness of the car, about what It
would weigh-ten, twelve, fourteen or
perhaps sixteen or eighteen pounds.
1t was guessing, but by years of expe-
rience in handling fish he could guess
very near. At any rate, his guessing
was accepted for years by the fisher
mep who sold the nsh. as well as by
the government
Perhaps the government ofncials in
Washington didn't approve of paying
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30
Pet That Followed Engines on Every
Call Is Spending His Declining
Years at Summer Resort.

Brooklyn, N. f.-Bearing the marks
Of many wounds received in honorable
service. and having passed the age
limit at which retirement is COM
pulsory, Mack, the erstwhile mascot at
Brooklyn fire headquarters, has been
retired on pension and is passing his
declining years at hotel on Shelter
Island, L. l., where he is disproving
the adage that an old dog cannot be
taught new tricks.
Mack has become a bur of the
Shelter Island Fire department. but
cannot find enough exercise in the
task to keep IN physical condition In
stead Of running to IRE q dozen
times day. as he did when at the
Brooklyn IRE headquarters, Mack now
Is lucky II he has = call to a fire once
month.
When the time hangs heavily he
amuses visitors at the hotel by run
ming up ladder with the agility of q
fireman. When Warren Schneider.
the Brooklyn fireman who was count
ed as Mack's best friend, sent him to
the hotel, Schneider said be did not
believe Mack would live a month so
far away from fire headquarters. but
Michael Stacano made q bet with
Schneider that not only the mascot
would live but that he was not too old
to learn a new trick.
Mack has fulfilled the prediction.
Henry Walther. proprietor Of the no
tel, writes to Schneider that Mack IL
big fayorite with the vieI<ors He
has taught the IRE dog 70 eztinguish
lighted cigars and cigarettes thrown
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30
TO MARK OLDEST HOUSE
Commemorative Plate VIII be Placed
on Residence Erected In City Of
Paris In 1907.

Paris.-A commemorative plate is
about to be placed on the oldest house
in Paris. 81 Rue de Montmorency, in
the Temple district 1t is a corner
house just on the Boulevard Sebasto-
pol, at the junction Of the Rue St. Mar
tin with the Rue de Montmorency. The
house, which was built in 1407 by the
philanthropist Nicolas Flannel, is now
known as the Hotel Helvetia. and also
as the Taverne Nicolas Flannel. 1t was
originally built as hostelry for work
ingmen, the revenue from whose lodg-
ing was used to pay for the food they
consumed. Some years go when the
front Of the house was restored in
scriptions were laid bare which re-
vealed the original purposes Of the
building.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30

That newspapers are better msdt
ums than magazines for advertising
automobiles IL the conclusion Of ~
Henderson Motor Car company Of p
dianapolis. It has turned to the %.
Of newspapers exclusively IS re1at
Of an experiment made with neHsH1:
per advertising on a large scale ~
results OF which are stated b. the gen
eral manager in this paragraph:
"The returns from the beginni1g q
our campaign were simply wonderful
We were forced to add and keen aa'
ing to our stenographic and cleri,>'
force until we were working aluoA
twice as many stenographers 81 sn{
automobile concern IN Indiana Aap
still we were behind. It has simply
been impossible 70 take immtdia'1
care OF the food Of kilograms and e
tiers OF application for the Hendersp'
agency which We have been reee'F
ing"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30
WHY IT PAYS
TO ADVERns
BY HERBERT c. NAY


There are many owners q,
prises who must be convinced ~.
vertising win benefit them
are many others who balls-. '-''|
should advertise. and would 4,
knew how u4
BY telling them wha. ofs.-.
done. are doing and how TIA, =.
1t is possible to be an aid q A..
learning how to apply advsrti,,-.
their own particular needs
They will learn through ero,..
and discussing experiences ans
practised by others. Thesa u.
ences and discussions are Il &
by reading, by association. bv ~
ing to others talk and discnss ~.
Using. r-'4
When you once thoroughlv -.
necessity of advertising and ~.
study 1t win be found to be ons {,
most fascinating studies you can ~
Its foundation rests upon the 49,.
OF psychology. What is more ~
tanning than studying how a ~
ence and direct other peoples ~.
to follow yoursP
Every advertiser Is or shon,s
firm believer in bringing 70 ths 6.
advertiser knowledge Of tie b...,
to be derived from honest truthlnI {.
vertising.
The influence produced by ,bs 4
vertising Of an article, a city or ~.
by several individuals, is essh,e'
The catholicism, even though ao,s 4
sires to sell only his own part.r.''.
goods. in proportion, creates a <,.,'s.
demand than does a single advert...
Each thereby receives greater r,sn,,.
than II he had the entire Geld Ana q,
to develop it himself.
In a few instances the publIc's 4.
fidence has been imposed upon b, A.
honest advertisers. This has caus.s
some doubt to exist as to tas .t,k
fulness and honesty Of all advertise.
This doubt has almost been o|I.'
mated. 1t Is fact now that un..A
an advertisers goods are metisor.o.'
and reliable, he cannot be pernsn,s.
ly successful.
You have heard men say that he.
don't believe in advertising. tina, ~.
give the customer the beuedt vii
thereby. That sounds very nice "a n
customer who wants to belless
without investigating. Have you e,,.
found that he sold as good goods /.
better price than the man who adsa
tises?
Who pays for the advertising an
howl
The advertiser doesn't. for be uous
go broke. The consumer doesn't "a.
he would refuse to trade with The "a
vertiser.
Nobody pays for it-but Il ps,.
both the advertiser and the consume,
AS the advertising becomes more Il
fective, demand for the COMMODITY
Increases and fits cost OF manniaciuia
and selling decreases TO the point
where the manufacture and selling BE-
comes so highly specialized that he
cost is cut from so to 100 per cent
The advertiser then finds that b
lowering his selling price larger
Held is opened up among a class q
people who before could not AFFORD !,
pay the price.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30
WOMAN FLIES IN PLANE
Philadelphia Resident Of Reno d.
vores Colony Makes First Ascent
In Frisco.

San Francisco.-Mrs. Jane wfldman,
bent on becoming a professional avia-
trix. made her initial flight on the
Aiainera marshes across the bay from
this city. She rose 1900 feet and
circled over the city Of Oakland be-
fore descending. She was accom-
panied by Roy Francis. an aviator.
Mrs. Wildman appeared on the field
In rose-colored coat and q white cor
duroy skirt. and stood her first test
remarkably well. She said she liked
sensations and that her best substi-
tute for the aeroplane heretofore had
been 30 miles an hour on a motorcy-
Gle.
The aviatrix is the wife Of Freder.
lex Coils whitman of Philadelphia.
who at present is In London. She
is visiting San Francisco for a few
days.
i am from Reno" said Mrs. wild
man. land that tells the story"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30
GET susYl


Do Il. Get your body into 40
ton. Your Brain lnaaelnss--
your Drawn utiIIzes the thought.
Inspiration conceived the Pan.
anna Canal; Precipitation built
II.
Schubert composed the sUn
finished Symphony" IN his mind.
We can hear II because he Gre
ated IT.
Mhrconl saw the wireless tale
graph In his brain. There'd
have been no Titanic survivors
II he hadn't made the coherer.
Get your dreams Into action.
Idle dreamers live In the clouds
and on their uppers. The prae.
tlcaI dreamer lives In the clouds
and on Fifth Avenue. Castles
IN the air are pretty, but the
store feeds the Riddles.
Utilize your lmaolnstIon.
Visions Of a future Marshall
Fields are all right IN their
place, but . clever window dIs-
play means customers now
DON'T be . stIek-In-the-mud. 90
soMETHiN6I
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30

Covered cream or milk cans on the
way to town bespeak a careful dairy
man.
There is every indication that grass
rat beef win bring a good price this
summer.
Fruit trees planted in the hog pas
ture viii supply shade ana abundance
Of food in the fall when ghe trees
come into bearing.
Better dairying should be the aim
Of every dairy farmer. II Is only a.
ae strives for the better things that he
can approach his ideal.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30
MEN BEHIND THE COUNTER
Retail Clerk Most Important Factor
In Merchandising WorId-ouaiifi-
cations He Needs.

Reams and reams Of stun have been
written about the qualifications Of a
man. in most every trade and profes-
Sion, but when We get right down to
cases the same qualities that make q
successful clerk would make a sue
cessful man In any line.
have read with much amusement
articles on the clerks department and
things Of that sort by men who have
built up successful mercantile bust
nesses, and they tell how the clerks
should always be neat and clean, fin
ger nails trimmed, voice modulated.
and give advice Of that nature in
large doses
l believe that any human being
who amounts to much, no matter how
he earns his living, has enough self
respect and pride to care for his per-
sonal appearance. The two qualifica-
lions most necessary to success are.
OF course, knowing what to do and
how to do It. While service must be
the watchword of every business.
whether 1t be manufacturing or mer-
camille, do not know of any man who
must carry out the word service" to
It's fullest extent more than the re
tail clerk.
l believe that salesmanship over the
counter calls for Just as high an order
OF salesmanship as craftsmanship on
the road. and in my experience behind
the retail counter l made It point 10
study the character and likes and dis
likes of all the regular customers, so
as to make them permanent custom
ers. and to do the same with the
chance customers so as to make theTd
regular customers.
To go on in an abstract way naming
the different qualities, specifying them
as courage, perseverance,, etc, which
clerk should have is simply to
enumerate the qualities which are nec-
essary to make any man a success
l believe that It Is the time that
ensues between waiting on customers
that works most damage In a retail
store The clerk should keep himself
occupied during that time In keeping
his stock In shape and figuring out
little schemes Ior) displaying the
goods and talking them. so that when
he goes to bat the next time a Gus
toner comes to his counter he isn't
thinking of matters foreign to the
business.
II the clerk has any ambition at all,
and he isn't much OF clerk unless be
does have. he desires to become the
OF the store himself, or TO
become a travelling salesman. II
doesn't make any difference which de-
sire he has. the means to the end are
the same-to study his employers
business az IL 1t were HIS own, to
know all the why Of everything, the
buying. the accounting, as well as the
selling. ~
believe that every retail clerk will
take renewed interest In his work IL
he win think of his work not as sim
ply the handing Of something across
the counter, but as work which is the
most vital and most important in the
business world.
Practically all the products Of the
world are eventually sold across the |
,ounter by the retail clerk. and to |
lust the degree that he studies his
work and its significance will he be- |
,ome a factor In the mercantile world.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30
Many hen eaokIes for anoth-
or to lay; but q business man
should not depend upon COM
petItors to advertise for him.


Skill. Perception. Decision-these
are the bedrock bases Of salesman
ship. Skill sweeps away the obstacle
Of non-acquaintance and creates IA
vorable impression. Perception recoe-
nizes an opening for what it is-a led
to opportunity. Decision materializss
the opportunity by closing the bar
gain on the spot Create-see-ds-
eide. and you win sell.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30
OLD FIRE DOG is PENSIONED

on the hotel veranda and to play
dead and chase a ball with the chill
dren.
Mack had many escapes from death
when he was running with the Brook
iyn fremen. Once he was run over
by the chiefs wagon and a policeman
was about TO end his agony when fire.
men interfered and saved his life.
Many times he has been kicked by the
horses, but always recovered under
prompt surgical treatment.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30
MISSOURI HAS NEW DRINK

It Is found at the bottom Of the silo
in sufficient quantities - make q
whole neighborhood druDt
The liquor is produced By the fer
mentatior Of the silage. which mixes
with the water used to Lack and cut
up coru al 1t is put IN me silo. It is
very much like the ell'inary corn
whisky before it is distilled.
While 1t b not expecled to become
fashionable a. city bar 1t Is pre-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30

out money by guess. Whatever may
have been the conclusion. the govern
ment guesser has lost his Job. Here
after twelve pounds will be the fixed
weight of every salmon paid for. 1t
may weigh eight pounds or 1t may
weigh twenty pounds. but the fisher
men are to be paid for a twelve
pound fish and no more nor less. This
weight is below the average. as the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30
PLAN TO REFORM NEWPORT
Women Of Resort Employ Detectives
to Make Survey" Of Law
Violations.

Newport, R. Women identified
with the millionaire's colony have had
private detectives for several days
making survey of the city. Il
is said that the detectives will report
on all varieties Of violations of law
here. including gambling. illegal IL
quor traffic and disorderly resorts.
The report is 10 be sent to Governor
Pothier
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30
Those PrIeeIss. Moments.

Firemen say that the first Ave me-
utes at a house on FIRE are worth q,
next i've hours. Similarly In adf@
Using; the first i've guineas spent g
starting campaign rightly are worn
the next Ave hundred spent n carr
ing It out-Thomas Russell. Lonoo~
England.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30

Too sudden a change OF diet for the
young calf is bound to start trouble.
While 1t requires some sort of edu-
cation to make good riding or driv-
ing horse, it requires another to make
cart horse
Hens that roost in a damp, close
house are apt to give out in the leg
joints with trouble somewhat akin
70 rheumatism.
It is easy to notice the effect Of
grass on the milk. but with the cows
that have silage, the change win be
less perceptibie
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30

fish run, but, of course. the fisherman
is not obliged to sell an eighteen or
twenty FOUNDER at the twelve-pound
basis to the government unless he
chooses. He can send it to the mar
kets
The government is buying 1000 fish
this year. which. at the twelve-pound
standard. viii cost from So to $3.50
fish.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30

Brilliantly the writer Of short stories
closed the book Of synonyms he had
been examining for an hour or more.
I've found ninety-seven totally diff
ferent words l can use In place OF the
serb 'saidl'" he exclaimed.
This indispensable detail having
been attended to. he began writing his
story.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30
IDENTIFYING the Waiter.

she-Did you notice the walter
He-No. did not; but It Is 20
the same one we had yesterday.
How do you know II you oian :
notice him7"
Why. the thumb mark on my coup
plate Is entirely different"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30
Every sllo lie plstIlIery Producing
undlstiIled Corn Whisky BY the
Fermentation Of Corn.

Columbia. Mo.-A new kind Of In
toxicating liquor has been discovered
In Missouri n
Every silo is>A drink factory in fun
operation. producing the primest sort
Of liquor and Paying no tax or vio-
latins no law-s-en in dry counties.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30
Refuses Cream: Il shot

Monticello. N. Y.-Because she re.
fused to eat ice cream at his expense
Arthur Barber shot Mrs. Fred Miller
The bullet took away her IeI ear.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30

The whole duty OF man is embraced
IN the two principles OF abstinence
and patience; temperance In prosper
ity. and courage In adversity.-seneca
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30

ferabls to hair dye and jamaica gin
ger as thirst quenoher In rural
communities.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30

"That fiy must be the boss erp'''~
Of his tribe"
"Why7"
There was only one hole In %
8ettins. but he finally found 4.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-30

An revenues received by the state
from al sources shall go into fund
called the General Fund. and the Cen
eral Assembly shan apportion said fnnd
among all the public purposes for which
taxation IS levied. setting aside however
each year. the following:
A. For the General Public School Fpnd
not less than one-fifth Of the gross rev
enues OF the State from all sources pro-
vided that such apportionment shall never
ne less than One Million and Thirty
Thousand Dollars $1,000 600. 0O).
r. For the General Engineer Fund. NOT
lars (s400. 600 00).
G. For Confederate Pensions. not less
than the amount provided or to be pro
vided by the Constitution.
ID. For the Good Roads Fund. not less
than One Hundred Fifty Thousand Doll
lars ttso.000.00). plus the whole nrN-
ceeds Of the States moiety of the special
automobile. taxicab and auto-driven We
e. For the Public Debt Fund not less
than Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thou
Sand Dollars (s525. 000.00l or not less than
Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
Se6o.ooo-oo). II the Public Debt amend