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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13

the Moors were not negroes. Their
features were fine and regular. their
intelligence above the ordinary, and
we even read of Moorish knights fight.
ing tournaments against fair-haired
warriors and being treated as honor
able enemies. Othello was Moor.
and in The Merchant of Venice"
Shakespeare has the prince of Morocco
coming as a sutton for the hand of
Portia, and losing very gamely.
But for all that, Moors were re-
garded as natural enemies in Spain.
and. although they hung on for almost
eight hundred years. were eventually
driven from the country. AS the
Christian kingdoms in the north OF
Spain grew stronger and united. the
Moors were driven farther and farther
south. until at last only the kingdom
of Granada remained to them. In
1892 that last remaining bit of terri
tory fell before the armies Of Ferdi-
nand and Isabella.
The last of the Moorish kings was
Boabdil. and guides point out still to
the traveller the rocky point OF land
beyond the city walls where Boabdii
looked his last upon Granada before
he rode away forever from the king
dom he once had ruled. The place Is
called The Last Sigh of the Moor"
In 'Seila." a novel published in 1888.
Bulwer-Lytton gave fanciful descrip-
ton of the surrender of Granada He
told how Boabdil rode out from his
fallen city and met King Ferdinand
and his queen amid ali the triumphant
pageantry of Spain. and how smiling
that he might not weep, the young
Moorish king knelt and delivered up
to Ferdinand the keys of the city.
Ferdinand gave the keys to his wife
and they say that Isabella. looking
upon the vanquished princes sad face.
wept in sympathy.
Fair queen" said he with mournful
and pathetic dignity, thou canst read
the heart that thy generous sympathy
touches and subdues; this is my last
but not least glorious conquest But
l detain ye; let not my aspect cloud
your triumph Suffer me to say fare
we'll"
So the king rode away. At last
he and his little cavalcade reached
the summit of a mountain pass that
led away to the small principally
that was left Boabdil beyond the
Alpuxarras. There they halted. From
the pass the vale, the rivers and the
towers of Granada were clearly to
be seen, basking in the midday glow.
Bulwer-Lytton says:
Suddenly the distant boom Of ar
tillery broke from the citadel and
rolled along the sunlighted valley and
crystal river. A universal wall burst
from the exiles; 1t smote. 1t overpow-
cred the heart of the ill-starred king.
in vain seeking to wrap himself in the
eastern PRIDE. or stoical philosophy.
The tears gushed from his eyes and he
covered his face with his hands. The
band wound slowly on through the
solitary defiles; and that place. where
the king wept at the last sight of his
lost empire. is still called the Last
Sigh Of the Moor"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13

HHICAGO.-"One keesl Just one
~ leetle KEGS. implore you
madame!"
Joseph Luco, recently from Italy
and with high notions of romance
stole unobserved into fiat at 42s
West Huron street the other day and
assumed his most irresistible posture
as he surprised Mrs. Mary Belinsky
at work making batch of bread.
Two hours later Luco sat in a cell
at the Chicago avenue police station
nursing big bump on his head and
trying to think how he happened to
get from the second story window to
the ground so quickly. 1t happened
something like this, according to Mrs.
Belinsky, who also charged Luce with
the theft of $40:
One whatl" Mrs. Belinsky had ask
ed in momentary alarm.
"one leetle KEGS. no more. said
Luco.
We'll, here's regular smacki" ex-
claimed Mrs. Belinsky. The doughty
rolling pin waved through cloud OF
flour. there was sharp crack. and a
dull thud. Luco took the count Mrs.
Belinsky was frightened and tried to
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13
"Backnumber Joe" Quits Business With Fortune

he always managed 70 get the desired
publication in the course Of Z ier
days. How he did 1t was trade d,
cret for which he made his customer.
pay well.
His system OF payment was ~
strangest feature Of his novel bns|
ness He fixed the price Re demaed
ed by the age Of the paper desired
"One penny a day from the date Of
publication. for any paper IN its
world. in addition to the orIe|nN
cost Of the paper was his rule. 3
was lucrative trade. A paper year
old. by this rule. was worth $50,
above the original price; paper iNt
years old was worth $3.50, and . p.
ted ten years old brought ss6.5o kf4
when 1t Is borne In mind that veII
often he supplied newspapers % 80
or even 100 years old, the profits q
the business are apparent
I'm jeweler by trade" he voalf
say, with twinkle in his eye ~
ferring to the value OF his wares
Az the fame OF Joe grew anq1t
lawyers and antiquarians. be a.
quired more and more stock and 1tf1'
ed larger quarters for It than be ci|I'
inally occupied In bis little shop "a
Fulton street. For many years te
stored his papers in warehouse q
hi own somewhere on the West ''a'
OF the city.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13
Her Babies Entreaties Causes Woman TO Stea|

KANSAS CITY. Nothing US
n some red coral beads. some red
ribbon. some red sweaters. and a new
dress. mamma" begged two little
girls Of Parsons. Kan. when their
mother kissed them good-by the other
morning to come to Kansas City on a
shopping tour. To make sure that the
mother would not forget they handed
her slip Of paper on which they
had written their wants. All the time
she was shopping she carried that pa
per In her hand. looking at It every
little while. until its entreaty had
hnrned itself into her thoughts.
The words of her little daughters
cut deeper and deeper, for she had
come to the city with only enough
money TO supply long needed wants
money that her husband had given
her to buy dress. AS she walked
through some of the large department
stores temptation came.
This is the story the mother told
Capt Charles Edwards of the Walnut
street station. The watchful eye Of Q
store detective had caught her and a
companion who had come with her
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13
Machine That plays Violin.

An invention has been perfected In
Producing machine that will play a
violin. The construction Of the artifi-
cial fiddler is ingenious. The bow is
true circle, hoop OF horsehair.
which travels round and round con-
tinuously. Standing on end inside the
hoop are three violins Along the
neck Of the instruments stretches a
row of uncanny fingers that run up
and down the strings Just like the real
thing. The yiolins stand back about
an inch from the moving hoop Of
horsehair, against which they are
pushed at the psychological moment
when the note is to be struck. Solos.
duets. and trios are astonishingiy easy
to the automaton. Like most auto
matte machines, however. it lacks one
capability-it cannot tune itself It's
cost is $4,000. II
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13
(copyriaht b. ?. I. NeIson

I nounced Baker and put a threat on
record that would get even with him
when / got through with my work
for the state. He only smiled. and we
were all sent to Sing Sing He left
when his time was up, and l obeyed
the rules TO get my short time. The
only comfort / had during the weary
years that / polished castings in Sing
| Sing was nursing my revenge. II
made the work easy, and the sun new
er shone so brightly as on the day
when / threw off the stripes and was
set free.
II had big bank roll when be-
gan life again, and after spending a
couple of weeks in the country to get
rid of the prison shuttle, began the
hunt for Baker. the stool pigeon. He
had been out of jail about eight years
before me- l hunted until l felt sick
and feared that / would never meet
him. / learned that he went TO Eu-
rope, and was away for several years.
When 1t looked very dark for me good
luck came from an unexpected source.
Il was talking with Harry Hill one
evening in his old place in East Hous-
ton street, and he mentioned that re-
Gently he had seen an old friend of
mine, at a prize fight in Paterson.
asked him who ii was and he told me
Abe Baker. That name sounded sweet
to my ear. found out from HUI that
Baker had changed his name to Henry
Lawrence, and was the owner of sew
eral horses and followed the trotting
circuit for a living. This was all the
clue I wanted and 1 started to find
Lawrence.
"A few days later there was a trot-
ting match at the old Fashion track
on Long Island, and / went there.
Lawrence was one OF the first men
met. l would not have known him.
He wore a heavy beard and was
known as Kentucky sport. I did not
speak to him, but kept him in sight
and followed him to his home in East
Thirty-fifth street. / found that he
was married l kept my eye on him
for several days to get a line on his
habits. He did not go around much,
but knew several1of the friends that
he visited. He did not go out nights.
and after l had watched for a week
l sent him a letter, signed by one of
his friends, and asked him to meet
me at eight o'clock in the evening.
81 watched his house and saw him
come out after dark I followed, and
between Second and Third avenue,
when the street was clear of people.
in Thirty-fifth street, l hit him with a
blackjack. He fell on the sidewalk. I
struck him until he quit struggling. l
thought had fixed him. sure. and to
make things look easy, ripped of his
watch, diamond ring and pin. This
was to give the idea that the assault
was for the purpose of robbery. No
one appeared on the block and was
safe. He scarcely breathed, and to
make sure that he would never squeal
on any one else. gave him jab with
knife in the left side. It was nasty
work, but felt happier when walked
away than / had been in ten years"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13
OFFICER ouAckENsusH's STORY

THE finding of Henry Lawrence"
said Detective Quackenbush, "all
knocked to pieces in East Thirty-fifth
street, created a great sensation.
When / saw him at Bellevue hospital
the doctors said he did not have one
chance in hundred of recovering. I
never saw. in all my experience as a
policeman, a person who was so thor
oughly beaten up. Why. there was
not square inch of his body, which
was not marked In some way, and his
face and head were about twice the
normal size.
THE doctors said that his skull had
been fractured in the frontal region by
blow from some blunt weapon, pre-
sumably slungshot or club; that it
would be necessary to trephine the
frontal bone and remove the broken
pieces and splinters which, to all ex-
ternal appearances, had penetrated
the brain. Lawrence, was, of course,
in such condition that he could not
tell anything about the assault. Even
If he recovered the probability was
that he would not be able to give a
connected and reliable story of the
affair.
The neighborhood of East Thirty
fifth street was at that time the
stamping ground of the notorious
Brick Yard Gang. which had among
its members about as many cut
threats and thugs as could be found
in any part of the city, They had
been at work for long time holding
up citizens in the street. Although
many of Their, were sent away their
places seemed to be steadily filed,
and the gang did not lose it's power.
Denny Brady, who afterward led the
most successful gang of masked bur-
glars that was ever formed in this
city for pillage along the Hudson
river front between here and Al
bany, was the leader of the gang. He
was about as tough a citizen as ever
went unhung.
All the evidence in the case point
ed to robbery as the motive of the
crime Lawrence,s watch and 4ewelry
which were worth about $500, had
been taken and his pockets had been
turned inside out The whole appear
anee Of the clothing was such as was
usually found in cases where the gang
had done up victim
There were, however, two puzzling
features in the case In Lawrence's
inside waistcoat pocket, in a large
wallet. were $4,000 in cash and the
records OF several bets which had
been made the day that he was in
jured. The theory which was adopted
as the most plausible one was that
some OF the gang had been at the
track and seen the roll Of bills Law
renee carried, and given him the razoo
the first chance they got at him when
he was alone.
Il went to see Denny Brady, as /
knew him very wen, to have a talk
with him about the. crime. The thief
who is accused falsely win always
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13

NJ EW YORK.-Lawyers of this city
~ who handle will cases requiring q
search OF early records lament the re-
tirement OF 'Backnumber Joe," for
he was their first-aid and searcher-in-
chief In digging up facts from the
archives
"Backnumber joe" despite his
name. never lost touch with the events
Of the day. His specially, though, was
the accumulation Of back numbers Of
newspapers, back numbers of maya
zines, back numbers of religious
tracts. back numbers of comic sup
plements. and back numbers Of almost
anything that ever was printed. He
included in his stock OF back num-
Der newspapers publications from
nearly every city In the country, and
from every foreign city.
Even II "Backnumber Joe" did not
have the particular copy OF an old
newspaper needed by a lawyer who
was Strengthening out tangled suit,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13

made him suspect someone wa b
meath the tent.
Lifting 1t and looking underneath B.
discovered the recumbent figure. q
two members OF the box car ksnl.r
They had calculated that the tea.
would not be bad place to sleep. 4.
belt there was no roof.
"Wot are you doin 'therei" demand.
ed Specs.
We'll. we thought It would be
good place to flop. replied one. e0|.
OF the wind and all the modern ca.
veniences-pretty swell to have r..
ular thermometer and all the regular
tools for knowing just what Kind Of
weather 1t is. right In yer b.
room"
Specs advised them to move ca A.
they started away a difident young
ster approached him and said.
Please. mister, when does the stok
start. and can l carry water ter IS
eleyfunt7"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13
Zone LeetIe KeesY' Thumped With ROIliDo 6.

70 leave the room. Then ina.
struggle that aroused the - Z
OF neighbors in the FIAT benssss
Here; herel What's ro,r-
demanded Sam Dubois, rurk,e.
stairs and pausing at the doo- .
I am going to KEGS You III,
swore that he heard Luco sav {.
was getting a strangle hold
Mrs. Belinsky's neck
I'm kiss youi" said Dubo,.
seized Luco about the waist "a e.
him on the hand so that h -. y
let go Of Mrs. Belinsky and ssss
the floor.
%. ! would like to kick Won, /,
on" said Mrs. Belinsky. acoo,s,,- g
the story she told in the poles =.
ton. 20
Let's throw him out Of n.
dow" suggested Dubois. So Mr. -
linsky sat on Luco's chest wklls q
bois hurriedly raised the windou "a
the two took the invader On ~.
side and gave him sailors to,. 81.
the ledge 1t was rs feet e n.
ground.
Dear me. do you suppose he's In
cdr whispered Mrs. Belinsky a. 7.
and Dubois loked out the win6cr Z.
Luco. who lay on the, ground ta''
a moment II seemed he was abosl !,
get up and go sway.
Dubois permitted himself %
dragged downstairs and stood e,..
Luco until Mrs. Belinsky rstun.
with a wagon load Of rolicsu,~
Luco heaved a sigh OF relief a h.
policemen half carried him into NJ
wagon.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13

trolling near Whites Landing and
after strike the yellowtail ran out
with rearly a hundred feet of line
aud entangled itself in such a manner
that IT could not be freed. II was
therefore decided to cut the line and
leave the yellowtail staked ont as
Il zuarn <auarnfnhk Now+ =,
angler returned to the spot. lowered
the gan hook and pulled the broken
line to the surface. The fish. being
almost exhausted by this time. was
easily hauled in. and when weighed
was found to be thirty-four FOUNDER
Avalon tCal) correspondence. New
York Telegram.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13

from Parsons. secretins sooas une''
their cloaks Their arrest and con,'t
sions followed. The mother had .sAs-
all that her children had asked ~
and more. In two suit cases that NC
confessed they had brought emp4
was found more than 500 worn
silks. scarfs. ribbons. jewelry az,
beads. These they had stolen p
wrapping them as as the articles ~
on the counter.
Z don't know now why ] dio =.
the mother said, tearfully 1T scene.
such an easy thing to do. ana
things didn't look like they would
missed" Then she showed her dAptt
ters' note to the captain.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13
One Theory.

Why does Miss Schroeder close
her eyes when she sings?"
Perhaps she has tender heart"
Il don't quite understand"
Maybe she can't bear to see how
we suffer"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13
New Scheme

Il think the public is getting tired
of vaudeville. Apache dances. and mu.
sic with meals"
What do you propose to serve With
meals?"
Food"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13
Not In These pavs.

Father" said the young man, y
cannot tell lie."
'In that case" sighed the old man
Il don't believe you will ever attract
any attention politically"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13
Everlasting Fame.

We must 80 to Stratford." What's
the use. We can buy Stratford post
cards In London" my friend, one
travels for something more than to
send postcards. want to write my
Jane on Shakespeare's tomb
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13
obsoIete Garment.

A New York firm Of petticoat man.
facturers failed with 100000 OF -
bilities recently. and gives the
PLANTATION that women's skirts are
tight they haye quit wearing ps..
coats. Did you know thats-kans''
City Star.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13

'Bin can't go calling tonight"
What's the matter?"
Says he's lost his sparkling plug"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13

THE CRIMINAL Tells
How He Planned the
Deed and Sought to Close
Every Avenue of Knc71..,
edge Leading to His Guilt.
The detective Shows How
rutile These Efforts Were and
How the Old Adage, Murder
VIII Out, Always Holds Good"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13

Taxes Two Days % Land Fish.
To hook large yellowtafl fish one
day and land him the next day was
the novel experience OF G. J. Murphy
Of St Joseph. No Mr.. Murphy was
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13
The Very Idea

viii you go riding with me?"
81 should say not. Exhibit my 1913
gown in your old 1911 carr"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13
Killed the Grub Thief.


Two lumbermen il the employ OF
the w. c. Edwards Lumber company,
named Lafreniere and Leplatt. had q
somewhat exciting adventure while
camping in the woods Lorth of Mani.
waki, which resulted in their bagging
me black bear.
The two men we're running lines in
the timber limits in the afternoon, and
on their return to camp found that
something had been into their grub
pack. Suspecting bear, they watched
part of the night, but with no luck
Finally Laplatt tied the grub sack
with rope attached to 1t to his foot
and went to sleep. He awoke feeling
something Juggling at his foot. and
shouted to Lafreniere. who got his
rife and fired shot at random.
Lighting lantern. they discovered
that the shot was a lucky one, as q
small bear was lyinC dead few
yards away.-Ottawa Citizen
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13

nelp any one VINO was WORSE IMAM
they were themselves. Cliff made
more money out of the business
than most thieves, but, as he had
no bad personal habits, the money
never Us squandered. He distrib-
uted thousands Of dollars in char
ity. Cliff was raised in the old Ninth
ward of New York city and hundreds
of families of that ward still look upon
him more in the light of a saint than
thief because of the help he gave
them in time Of need. But all was not
goodness in Cliffs heart, and any enc
who ever harmed him except in
manly hand-to-hand conflict had rea-
son to know that his hatred was devil
ishH
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-13
AWFUL REVENGE OF A THIEF

LIFT DEMPSEY was one of
the peculiar characters
among thieves who have
been a puzzle to the police
because of their kindness of
heart and willingness to
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1912-03-08
Gs.aOnis ManaeI OOn yurtagal.

Sn ben Eagen, oa Der in Bortn-
gal alisgebrodeile General Streif
olgemeine Mufmerfiamfeit eriuef.
te, peroffentli1te Der Barrier u5i-
CARO- eineH intereifanten @rtifcl
iiber Grfonig Wanuel. Der Mutor,
Der, pie bas 9latt iagt, einen in
Der goIitif uno @iiIenidaft ee-
riibmten Namen trdgt, feline anonp.
mitdt aber gemabrt tpinid)t, dlBert
fih i'm @egenias gu mand)en bic.
Der Dernommenen Stimmen folgelt-
oermaBen:
Die Meniden liub MIR 5u iebr
geneiats boditebenbe Mdnner nod
ibren grfoIgen nn6 nift naf If.
rer BerionIidfeit gu beurteilen.
Monarden iino mebr mie anbere
Gpfer bieier faliden auffaiinng.
Gag Bublifum fertnt lie getpobnlih
nur aug liigneriihcn anefooten
.uno burd) entlteute @ieoergaben;
ieue, bic iid ibnen 5ufdaigerneiie
udbern, birfen, geben lire Gin.
bride bonn perionlihen Stanopunf.
te Der geibmeidelten gitelfeit nie,
Der. Die ndhlte llmgebung boiler
serren muB idpeisen. Gs bleitt
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1912-03-08
: Cine mniterioie MnaeIegen1eit

Cine mpiterioie Mngeleeenbeit
beIdaftiet CUR 3eit Die Bolt- unc
Yoliaeibeboroen i'll Moltod. Gin
acknowledgements nteloet oadu fol.
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in einem 9eniionat in Der @ugulten-
itroBe gu @oitod lpobncnoen Mgen-
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lem 100 sc. Bropiiion ous5usablcn.
0adoem oies geide1en NOR, ent
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teren acknowledgment 81 MAIDEN.
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5abIte, bemerfte Ell, oab feline gonf.
fnotentai6e, bic 5000 90. IN Ba-
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Beniiorat suriid; bort atgefolus
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fabren, oaB Ser steent balo mad,
ibm oas Salls p%erlaiien batte.
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onfgefI6rt es lit audi fraglidL oh
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DIE 8eiie 1T freili6 nod nEd)t &C.
niieeno eefldrt.