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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
The Basement
Philosopher
(cOpyriEht. 1913. BY W. c. chap@an)
BY KENNETH HARRIS

mo. Nels. my friend" said the JAM
tor to his sorrowful Scandinavian as
sistant. mo, Nels. l would not make
a complaint to the police" He shook
his head slowly and solemnly. mo, |
would not" he repeated. mot that
grudge the police any harmless
amusement; they've a hard life Of 1t,
them boys, what with investigating
committees, grand juries and the like.
There amt none too many rays OF
sunshine on their paths. But I'm con-
sidering 1t from your standpoint and
as a matter Of principle. First of all
what good is 1t agoing to do you?
Now, as | understand it, the guy
that sold you the ring was a medium
sized guy with sandy mustache. II
you look close and careful at me
you'll see that I'm medium sized and
while i wouldn't want no one to call
my mustache sandy to my face,
amt got no doubt but what sandy IL
the word a stranger would use de
scribing of it. And / amt the only
one. There's medium sized, sandy
mustached guys on the police force
even. II they was to throw out the
drag and bring in all the sandy runti
in Chicago, business would be at g
standstill and the cars would stoI
running. You wouldn't want that
would you? Sure you wouldn't
"In the next place, Nels." continued
the Janitor. this here guy didn't give
you no written guarantee that it, was
genuine six-carat diamond that he
sold you for two-seventy-five. He may
have give you the impression that Il
sidewalk, but impressions don't cut nc
was, when he picked it up on the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
INVESTIGATION ON
SOUTHERN FARMS
Leguminous Crops Occupy I'm
portant Place on Every Farm.
PLANTS HAVE HIGHEST VALUE
Must Be Grown In Cotton Belt to Eco
nomieaIIy Enrich Our Cultivated
Lands and to Furnish Proper
Food for Live Stock.
CBy @. H. ALFORD)

Leguminous crops have a very i'm
portant place in every safe and sane
system Of farming. These crops possess
a characteristic which makes them of
the highest value to the farmers. This
is the power to utilize the free nitro
gen of the soil air. When we examine
the roots of luxuriantly growing
leguminous plants, we find numerous
nodules or tubercles on them. These
tubercles are caused by certain or
ganisms or bacteria in the soil, II now
seems that there is a special form Of
bacteria for each legume grown,
though some forms of bacteria in time
learn to live on two or more legumes.
1t Is a matter Of great Importance
to furnish the soil lacking the neces-
sary organisms with a good supply of
the right kind of bacteria. There are
several methods of putting the neces-
sary bacteria in the soil. A good way
Of inoculating the soil is to soak the
seed at planting time in water in
which the soil from a field where the
legume has been successfully grown
for number of years has been stirred
Another excellent way of inoculating
the soil is to drill in with the seed
soil in which that particular legume
has been grown for number Of years
Care should be taken to keep the soil
out of the sunshine from the time II
Is taken from the field until it is work
ed into the soil of the next, as the
rays of the sun will kill the bacteria
1t is best to get the soil and apply IL
on a cloudy day, or late in the after
noon.
Nitrogen is the costliest element Of
plant food and is becoming scarcer
and dearer so far as it's commercial
forms are concerned. This being true
system of farming which provides
a means for the collection of this val
liable and costly element from the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
Free Drinks for italian Lawmakers.

FFee DFtUNb TOT itd'tdu IdWmdNeFe.
Stormy sittings Of the Italian cham
Der of deputies have led to increased
consumption of liquids. and some
economists are endeayoring to abolish
free drinks. When a deputy rises to
deliver a set grafton, coffee and iced
water are brought him by messen-
ger. One of the speakers neighbors
pours him out cup. and keeps it re-
plenished There is a buffet in the
outer lobby where deputies are sup
piled gratuitously with beer. wine
spirits, coffee, ices and mineral wa
tiers, and in hot weather this is well
patroniZed.
AS. however. the value OF the
drinks consumed last year by the
sos deputies was barely $4,000 (of
which $4,000 went for mineral waters)
they cannot be accused of excessive
thirst.
Parliamentary representatives in
Italy receive no pay. Free drinks and
free railway travel are the only priv
ileges they enjoy.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12

wool, hair, casien in milk, albumin OF
eggs, and so forth. This makes the
legumes especially valuable for feed
ing farm animals in connection with
fat-producing foods, such as corn and
sorghum.
The German standard rations we're
computed from digestion experiments
without reference to the comparative
cost or convenience of obtaining the
various feeding stuffs. There is a
growing tendency to break away from
the idea which has long prevailed that
successful feeding must conform to
the, German feeding standards. Prof.
w. A. Henry says. The feeder should
not accept the statement in the stand
ard as absolute, but rather as data of
a helpful nature, to be varied in prac'
tice as circumstances suggest"
Leguminous crops must be grown in
the cotton belt to economically enrich
our cultivated lands, and there is every
reason why we should feed our live
stock largely on legumes. Corn is
fat-producing food and is very expen
sive in the cotton belt. The fat in the
corn and other fat-producing foods
cannot be used by animals for build
ing up muscles, blood and other tbs
sues of the body, but the protein IL
the leguminous crops may under Ger
tain conditions form fat and later fur
nish heat and energy. This at least
justifies the farmer who grows
leguminous crops to enrich his sol
in feeding narrow rations. Owing tC
the fact that we can grow leguminou;
crops every month in the year fol
grazing, for hay and for grain, cottor
belt farmers should feed stock largely
on legumes although the rations maj
often be narrow. Legumes mean rici
land and fat stock.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
DAMPNESS WILL CAUSE R0UP
II Should Be Remembered That Fresh
Air Never Made Fowl Sick, No
Matter How Cold.

The beginner very often introduces
roup to his flock by doing some fool
ish thing. For instance, he will close
M the house tight at night in win
ter when the weather is very cold,
and allow it to remain closed all the
next day. Naturally moisture is ere
ated which generates a dampness, and
the whole house will feel like vault.
The dampness which fills the house
at night, and which usually comes
from the fowls breath, can easily be
dispelled in the daytime by opening
all the windows wide. Nothing will
dispel dampness so quickly as fresh
air, especially if it be dry. 1t must
he remembered also that fresh air
never made fowl sick and it matters
not how cold the outside temperature
may be, it will benefit the fowls.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
Lust prnnerIx Cool.

The late Henry M. F1agler, the
Standard Oil millionaire. married
thrice, his third marriage taking place
when he was seventy-one years old.
This rich experience gives Mr.. Flag
ler's views OF marriage interest and
Importance.
81 don't believe in these marriages
of passionate love-" the millionaire
once said at dinner at Whitehall"
his superb residence in Palm Beach.
Passionate love doesn't endure.
Therefore it's q poor foundation to try
to build a happy. lifelong marriage
on"
But, Mr.. Flagler," interpospd a
beautiful woman, surely you wouldn't
Danish love from marriage?"
NO" replied the millionaire. No.
/ wouldn't Danish sensible, calm type
OF love"
Then. with laugh. he added:
"A successful marriage refrigerates
love-refrigerates it just enough to
make 1t keep"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12

may lose money that way. but I'll bet
I've saved lots of 1t too. Still. II did
happen to buy a gold brick that some
sandy mustached guy had swiped
from the srb-treasury. and found out
afterwards that it wasn't what 1t had
been cracked up to be, | wouldn't
make no complaint to the government.
mo. don't you never holler. Some
of these days you may buy an orange
grove in Florida and be sort of dis
appointed with it, but you'll stand a
better chance Of trading 1t of for
west side unimproved II you haven't
been too noisy about 1t to your circle
of acquaintances. Ever know a sue
cessful politician to squeal when he
was thrown down? Not on your life.
He lets bygones be bygones and keeps
his little snickersnee sharped up for
future use. You may not go into poll
tics, but it's a cinch you'll get mar
ried, and there's another game where
you're liable to get the worst of it.
guess most every married man thinks
he has at times, and the women are
dead sure of it. But Why bellyache?
Here I've been married now close on
to twenty years and
mo. Nels. my friend. 1t doesn't do
no good to boiler. Every boiler Is a
knock-and II isn't the other fellow
you're knocking, though you may
think 1t Is.
And If you'd had a five dollar bill
change you'd have been two and a
in your kick instead Of the small
quarter worse of than what you are
Think of that and be happy"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
Losses of Sheen.

! Losses of sheep from disease dur
ing the last year are estimated to be
about 24.6 per thousand, compared
with 26.6, the ten-year average of
such losses. Losses from exposure
are estimated to be 35.1 per thousand,
which compares with 46.6 similarly
estimated a year ago and $3.50 the
ten-year average.
The year is thus seen to have been
favorable. The total losses per thou
sand, from both disease and exposure,
II applied to the approximate num-
bers and values on January l, would
Indicate a loss of about 2,559, 900
head, worth $10,0S2,000.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
CREDIT OF EUROPEAN FARMS
Manifest Advantages Pointed Out by
Congressman Ralph Moss and
Matter Should BE Pressed.

The standard length of time in Ep
rope for a long time farm loan is
ffty-four years. For such loan at
the present time the rate is 4.S5 per
cent, divided as follows: Interest.
four per cent; administration, 35 pc
cent, and amortization payment on
principally. so per cent This rate
will pay both principal and interest
and repay all charges due to the bank
In fifty-four years. AS this will seem
almost Incredible to some students.
will give a concrete illustration of
how II works, writes Congressman
Ralph W. Moss. in the Worlds Work.
II does not depend upon compound in
terest, but upon the fact that though
the rate Of yearly payment remains
the same. the charge for interest and
Administration is constantly decreas-
ing because they are computed on the
principal sum which is constantly be-
Ing repaid. Therefore, the proportion
which is applied toward the repay.
ment of the principal is always in.
creasing.
For illustration: II the debt were
$1,000 the debtor will pay s24.25
every six months. OF the first pay
ment, $40 will go for interest, $1.75
belongs to the bank and $3.50 is ap
piled to the repayment of the princi.
pal When the debt is half discharged
however, this distribution will be
greatly changed. The borrower will
pay $2425 as usual; OF this amount
only SO will go for interest. IS cents
viii be retained by the bank, while
1887 will be applied to the dis
charge of the principal. The final
payment will be almost wholly devot
ed to the payment OF principal as the
FIRST one went largely to the payment
Of interest In this way, one-half Of
one per cent. will repay the principal
In lfty-four years, providing con
slant payment is maintained on the
principal for interest during the en-
tire period. The manifest advantages
are so great that we should press this
matter most vigorously.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
Fruit Pinwheels.

Two cups flour. four teaspoons of
baking powder. not very full. one tea
spoon salt, two tablespoons sugar. two
tablespoons butter. two-thirds cup
milk. one egg, one cup raisins. one cup
currants and little citron. Roll one
half inch thick, brush with melted
butter. then add the fruit Roll like
jelly roll, cut one-half inch thick. then
bake. The icing is made of powdered
sugar with a little cream and vanilla
Spread with a knife.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
For Abandoned Children.

Hungary maintains II institutions
of INDECENT. abandoned, delinquent and
abused children. II is the custom to
receive every child applicant, to give
him a bath and clean clothes and then
to investigate his condition. II the
investigation warrants the states In
reference the child is admitted. Sew
enteen thousand children were thus
received in 1908. Most of these are
placed out in the country or smaller
cities with farmers or artisans Of
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
Increase of lunacy.

A famous British physician, DR..
Forbes Winslow. collected figures that
in all civilized countries lunacy was
largely on the increase.
I'm 1859 there was one lunatic in
every 536 of the population. Today
there is one in every 275. In France
so years ago there was one insane per-
son in every $50 Of the population.
Today there is one in every 300."
This increase he attributed to al
cohol, social competition and strain,
heredity, and injudicious marriages,
adding that il the present rate Of the
growth Of lunacy continued we should
have more insane than sane in the
world 300 years hence.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
Potato Pepper Salad.

Cut three cold potatoes into half
inch dice. Remove the seeds from a
green pepper and chop it fine. Mix
four teaspoons Of vinegar with two
tablespoons of ice water, a little pow
dered sugar. dash OF pepper and a
half teaspoon of salt. Place layer of
potatoes in the sand bowl, then lay
er OF chopped pepper, and sprinkle
with a tablespoon of oil. Continue in
this manner till dish is filed. Then
pour over the dressing and set in a
refrigerator to become very cold.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
Farmers Educational
|I0l and Cooperative
|lN Union of America
Matters # Especial Moment to
] the Progressive AgricuIturist
strive to excel in quality

strive to excel in quality.
The soil is the most humanizing
ming in the world.
me word of an honest man is worth
more than any bond he may give.
We all want good roads, but most Of
.. are too willing to let the other fell
Inv make them.
Bring your young folks up to speak
,leasantly. No winners at your home.
f1ont be one yourself.
Life is still bright to a man who is
,ble to sit down to a breakfast Of
buckwbeat and pancakes.
A stiff upper lip in time of stress
n sometimes interpreted success, and
n does lead to 1t not infrequently.
II is gratifying to observe that
every owner Of an automobile imme-
aIately becomes an advocate OF good
roads.
The woman who sells $40 worth
n turkeys a few days before Thanks
diving can claim to having made a
success.
Come TO think OF II, one should not
only be content to work, but glad.
The voorhees, life is sure to be the
joyless one.
The man who sits down every day
10 rest and think and plan, will come
out ahead of the one who thinks he
never has time for such things.
The man and woman who talk about
their neighbors like sixty" in the
presence of their boys and girls are
sowing ''thistly" crop. Don't let that
be the case at your house.
A pretty bouquet on the table at din
ner time can do more for the tired
men folks than all you may say. A
pretty dress, too, helps to make the
meal taste a hundred times better.
1t is a bit hard on the lad who is
away from home for the summer new
err to get line from father or mother
Send him a good long letter every few
days. He will love you the better fol
IT.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
Baked Fish

After fish is washed and dried, place
dressing in it, sew sides of fish with
needle and thread or place tooth
picks and lace with Irvine from one
end to the other. Have two strips of
cotton cloth about two or three inches
wide and long enough to cross the pan
widthwise and leave ends to hold in
taking fish out. This helps you to
take the fish from the pan and place
on plate without breaking it. Put
strips of salt pork in the cloth and on
the fish. 1t can be garnished with
slices of lemon and parsley. II re-
quires lot oven or it will be mushy
Allow about half an hour for a pound
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12

good character and in moderate cir
cumstances. Five reformatories have
been established for delinquent or
absolutely unruly children. They
have room for a thousand inmates.
who live together in family groups Of
rs. learning a trade under the super
vision of the head of the household.
Corporal punishment is still admins
tered. Up to 1908 1881 inmates had
been released on parole. S6.6 per
cent. had worked steadily and had
kept straight. 54 per cent. had COM
mitted crimes. and per cent had dis
appeared.-The Survey.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
EertiIlzinu Annie Trees.

A Maine farming orchardist had sew
eral apple trees along q stone wall.
The trees were not considered Of
much value until the owner plowed
ne feld for a crop, fertilizing it heav-
ny and giving 1t liberal cultivation.
The trees got their share of the
benefit. and produced apples last
year worth S2S5. Another neglected
Baldwin tree was plowed and fertil-
NED. and 1t responded with a crop OF
sppies that sold for more than all the
corn raised on the acre Of ground
Fnere the trees stood.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
Penuchie Foam.

Two and one-half cups light brown
sugar, one-half cup water. Boil to-
gether, without stirring, until 1t forms
a soft ball in cold water. Have ready
the white of an egg stiffiy beaten; add
speck of salt. Pour candy into the
beaten egg. beating It all constantly
AS it begins to harden, add one cup
of nut meats. Pour into pan or drop
from spoon to form tiny cakes.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
Good Poultry House Floor.

The foundation walls are made Of
concrete laid six inches below frost
line. The floor is of concrete. 1t Is
absolutely necessary that the floor
have base of cinders or coarse stone
and that the top or finishing coat be
slx or seven inches above the level
OF the outside grade line. Unless
these precautions are taken the floor
VII draw up moisture from the soil
below and will always be damp.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
Fruit Pudding.

Put one pint of apples or peaches
sliced Tor any kind of fruiD into
a buttered baking dish. Mix one heap
ing cup -four, two level teaspoons bak-
ing powder. two-thirds cup sugar. one
egg, one cup milk and three table
spoons melted butter. Beat hard, pour
over the fruit and bake. Serve with
sauce. 1t is delicious.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
niskinn in Manure.

Fall blowing is to be preferred to
spring blowing. This applies also t.
land for corn that is to be MANFRED
during the winter and spring. A rea-
sonable dressing of coarse manure
may be disked in without difficulty
and is in better position to aid the
corn than when plowed under.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
Picked Apples, Peaches and Pears

Picked Apples, Peaches and Pears.
A good mixed pickle is made by COM
bining the three different kinds Of
fruit. Rub the down of the peaches
with a coarse cloth. peel the pears If
the skin be tough. otherwise simply
remove the blossom end and peel the
apples, leaving the stems on Stick
a couple of cloves in each piece OF
fruit For six pounds of fruit allow
three of sugar. pint of strong vine
gar, four dozen cloves and two dozen
cassia buds. Cook the syrup Is min.
utes. skim well and put in the fruit
Cook until tender. then pack In glass
or stone jars and seal.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
steamed choeolate PuddIna.

Butter size of walnut, one-half cup
sugar, creamed, together; one egg well
beaten and added to butter and sugar,
one-half cup milk. one cup -four sifted
with one and one-half teaspoons bak-
ing powder. Add last two squares
melted chocolate, one-half teaspoon
vanilla. Steam one and one-half hours
Serve with whipped cream.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
sslfshness and Cooperation.

There is a great deal of selfishness
in humanity and this accounts for the
fact that cooperation is not more gen
orally accepted. The average farmer
thinks that cooperation means max.
ing money out of your neighbours ef.
forts and he is always afraid that he
is going TO be the neighbor.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
Elm ls SUPERIOR.

The American elm has many times
demonstrated its superior value as a
street or lawn tree. 1t is not nearly
as subject to disease or insects as
many other trees.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
Pics and Peanuts.

A farmer who has sandy loan soil
should not forget the motto, Pigs and
Peanuts. Peanuts are especially
adapted to loose, sandy land. Even
blackjack land gives excellent results
in peanut growing.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12

the fanning-mill. They are excellent
for working into a mash Of bran and
milk for the poultry, or for making
the birds earn their feed in the
scratching-shed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
Dairy Utensils.

Never wipe dairy utensils with q
cloth after washing them. Have the
water hot enough so that they win
dry of their own accord.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
should Avoid crowdina.

Avoid crowding the lambs in thu
feeding quarters. They need lot O
room on account of their natural habt
of crowding.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
Have Eoqs Fresh.

A few bad eggs in case is sum.
cient to give the whole lot a bad name.
Be careful that every egg is strictly
fresh.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
RaIse Your Own Horses

While it may pay any farmer to buy
heavy work horses, it will pay him
still better to breed them on his own
farm.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
One Good Practice.

The practice of removing manure
from the stable directly to the field Is
a good one when 1t can be carried
out
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12

A woman is never satisfied unless
she has the last word. and even then
she isn't satisfied unless she can begin
all over again.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
Good far Poultry.

Save all weed and other foreign
seeds when cleaning the grain with
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12
Straw Has Value,

Straw may be poor feed. but it's
worth money to the farmer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-04

Here-everywhere-in the frozen north--in the
fever ridden swamps of the tropics they look to
me for aid.
To the invalid, the convalescent, the old, the
infirm, give real helpful service.
little of me goes long way.
Cyrus Noble, pure and old
W. J. Van Schuyler & Co., General Agents. Portland, Ore