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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16
LuckIess Youth Gets a Licking for "Oh, Pipe!"

4 OS ANGELES, CAL.-Police Judge
Il Rose tried for half an hour the
other morning to get three witnesses
and the defendant in a disturbing-the-
peace case to give him definition OF
the slang expression "Oh, pipe" Upon
a possible definition hung the guilt or
innocence of Ray Perry. He had been
arrested upon the complaint of Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Daniels, No. 615 Ceres
avenue, and Miss Viola Robinson was
subpoenaed as a witness
What did Perry say to you that
caused the fight, later, between him
and your husband?" asked the court
Of Mrs. Daniels.
"Oh, pipe!" Indignantly replied the
witness. He was riding by on his
wheel. and when he saw me seated
upon the porch. he called to a chum
across the street, oh, pipe pointing
In my direction"
What did he mean by that?" press
ed the court.
Il don't know, SIR" replied the wit
ness.
Neither did Miss Robinson know.
Daniels was equally ignorant Of the
meaning Of the expression.
Perry admitted using the slang, add
ing that he didn't mean nuthin' "
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16
SCHOOL IN HINDU VILLAGES
Methods are Primitive and Room
Usually IN Abandoned Temple or
Borrowed House.

The old-fashioned primary schools
for Hindu village boys and girls are
known as "pial" schools. and are very
primitive. The school room is usual
ly either an old. abandoned temple or
any house or veranda lent to the
school master by some well-to-do resi-
dent The boys attend these schools
from their fifth year. and are taught
reading. writing arithmetic, and po.
ETY.. with the proper information. They
learn the alphabet by writing with
their fingers on fine sand spread be-
fore them on the ground. or they
scribble on states with chalk or on pa
pier-mache with water colors. The
leaf OF a fan-palm is also made use OF.
the boys writing on It with styles.
Teacher and pupils sit on mats. When
The alphabet has been mastered they
begin to read short stories. which are
recited In slow. sing-song way that
soon jars IN the Europeans nerves
The teacher usually gets his pay In
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16

here, at Uscub. was crowned the man
who was GEAR Of the Serbs and
Greeks" 1t was at his death that the
great Serb empire fell and Uscub be-
came the booty of the Turks. They
changed its name to the present one.
and made 1t capital Of sandchak. or
district.
Uscub's decline thereafter is mark
ed by but one break Of note. that In
the seventeenth century a colony Of
Ragusans established itself here and
surrounded the city with splendid
vineyards. as well as organizing a
tremendous export of local products.
notably wax and leather. For a year
(16S9) the Austrians also held Uscub,
but had to release it-and II is Turk
ish since
Touristically, Uscub repays a brief
stay on ones trip through Macedonia.
Lying as 1t does on the left shore Of
the wardar. there is an interesting
bridge, built away back in the times
of the Sultan Mohammed II. Stand
ing on this. one may see far to the
northwest the peak OF the sjubotru,
and. in the southwest. the snow-cov-
cred Karaschitza. Just above the
town is an interesting fortified castle
and passes indicate landmarks that
show where. an hours distance to the
northwest. a long aqueduct of Byzan-
tine times remains
These points. though. require some
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16
Old Line Senators at Sea.
Push of Life.

One of the most remarkable exhibit
lions of plant force | ever saw was in
a western city where l observed a
suecies of wild sun1ower forcing its
way up through the asphalt pavement;
the folded and compressed leaves OF
the plant, like mans fist, had pushed
against the hard but flexible concrete
till It had bulged up and then split,
and let the irrepressible plant through
The force exerted must have been
many pounds. | think IT is doubtful
II the strongest man could have
pushed his fist through such a resist
ing medium. II II was not life which
exerted this force, what was it? Life
is a kind OF explosion, and the slow
continued explosions Of this growing
plant rent the pavement as surely as
powder would have done. 1t is doubt
full II any cultivated plant could have
overcome such odds. 1t required the
force of the untamed hairy plan, of
the plains to accomplish )is feat
John Burroughs. in Atlantic Monthly.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16
HOG AND WEASEL FRIENDS
for Big "Affinity"-Also Scratches
Pigs Back.

Lawrenceburg, Ind. - John w.
Probst. justice of the peace, discov-
cred queer animal friendship be-
tween large Chester White hog and
a big weasel. They had been feast
ing on chickens for several days from
Probst's poultry yard. Probst had
missed about fifty of his choice chick
ems. and after vigilant watch he dis
covered the hog catching the chickens
and saw the weasel come through a
hole under the barn floor. The little
animal would cut the Threats of the
chickens and suck the blood after
which the hog would devour the body
and then hide the feathers in the mud
In the hog pen. After eating, three
chickens the hog lay down In the sun
and the weasel got busy and began
scratching the back Of the hog, much
to the delight of both animals Armed
with a pitchfork Probst killed the
weasel. but was attacked by the hog
and knocked down. After hard fight
Probst escaped from the pen. After
the death of the weasel the hog re-
fused to eat and continued to grunt
and squeal day and night until Probst
had to sell II to a butcher Probst
sold the hog for SIS and the weasel
for 50. He valued the chickens these
"affinities" destroyed at $50.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16

M EW YORK.-Jimmy Thompson
~ blew into town not long ago from
the west. His home town isn't so pig
that its people have forgotten how to
be kindly and courteous. They're not
too busy to be polite.
so I'm used to being treated as
though | we're a white male with no
visible shackles," said Mr. Thompson.
Foolish of me, of course, but when
one of these five-rooms-and-a-bath New
Workers with a forehead so narrow
you could sharpen a lead pencil with
II, makes signs and illusions as
though l we're an escaped convict I'm
apt to pass rapidly into hysteria.
For three weeks he told snippish
ONCE boys all about his own private
business. The other day he went to
an Office to do favor for it's manager.
A friend, far away in Wisconsin, had
asked him to do so. He told the Office
boy all about it, and gave his name
and his friends name. and some of the
particulars of the kind act he had
planned. Then he waited. After a
long time the buZzer sounded.
so | went to the private office,
said James Thompson, free and un-
scared Westerner. "At whale of a
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16
FISH STORY FROM ARKANSAS
Fishermen on Maddox Bay Drag In
Carload OF Fish In Single
Haul.

Little Rock, Ark.-A party of fish
ermen made one drag in a deep hole
in Maddox bay, on Col. L. G. Murphy's
place, near Indiana bay. in Monroe
county, and brought out 10000 pounds
of buffalo fish. The fish were taken
to Clarendon by boat and by wagons
and loaded into car for northern mar
kets. The car was iced and the fish
were piled in loose, filling it up.
The seine used was 900 feet long
and thirty-five feet deep. In making
the haul one end Of the seine was tied
to tree, while the rest was laid in
folds on a floating platform which was
pulled by men in a skiff The seine
was played out in a wide circle. and
the other end was brought back. The
men pulled nightly until the tremen-
dous load of fish was landed.
II required three days. work to emp
ty the seine. : fish were what is
known as bullheads or lake buffalo.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16

tenderness of sympathy. An instance
is furnished by little story that Mr..
A. ]. SwinSurne tells in his Memo
ries of School Inspector"
A young curate in Lancashire who.
although too welLbred to boast. was
conscious OF the world of difference
he was effecting in a parish that had
suffered from the slacknesL of a rec.
tor OF the old school, once asked hin
catechism class:
Tell me one of the people who
wrote the Bible"
Master Heyes," answered the class.
unhesitatingly naming the former
rector
Even the curate's iron self-control
could not prevent a shadow of disap-
pointment from passing over his face
After all his work so fruitful in re-
sults-that they should be as ignorant
as that
But although the little girl just in
front OF him was not more than five.
her eye, keen as a robins, had read
his thoughts. and her tiny voice whis-
pered:
please, SIR. you elped i'm
Youths Companion
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16

in a heap. John Murphy, the ticket
taker, said shoe to him, but the goat
got by him and was about to plunge in
front Of local train when Murphy
grabbed him. Heitner tried to lead
the goat out of the subway, but found
he had to push him. Billy was play
full when the surface was reached and
tried to butt the policeman of the
curb. There was not chance to lead
him back so Heitner sent in a call for
the patrol wagon.
Arriving at the fremont station Bill
ly ba-a-ed at Lieutenant Curtin. Cur.
tin made for the intruder with gun
and blackjack and Billy beat it into
the reserve room, where Policeman
Matt Jones, Con Brown and Joe Pick
EFT were having a wee Lit. The goat
ran under the table and hoisted it,
throwing hot coffee over Pickett and
spreading apple pie over the other
two. The goat being prisoner they
couldn't assault him so they had to
grin and bear it until Heitner finally
led him to the stable.
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n YSCUB. which was the scene Of
many activities during the
Balkan war, was the key to-
" the Serb side of Turkey. The
city has for decades been the
scene Of insurrection, massacre and
turmoil One who would go to Uscub.
even in normal times. must be pre-
pared to be inconvenienced.
In Turkey. trains dare not run Mt
night, for fear of dynamite outrages.
and as result. the train from Nisch.
In Servia, the nearest place of I'M
portance, leaves at half-past five in
the morning.
Once Independent.
The trip is made interesting by a
review of what Uscub has stood for in
the past. In the beginning of things.
Uscub was known as Dardania, origi-
nally an independent empire, which
was swallowed up by the Roman EN-
pire in II B. c., when Uscub became
he capital of the Province of Oar
iania. but now under the name Of
Scopi. At the opening of the eleventh
century. however. Scopi had become
part of the vast Bulgar empire, to
which tradition is again today revert
ing. in the Balkans. with view of re-
viving the same. and then. about 1246.
It, along with all Macedonia. was
tern away by the war ruler, vatazes.
Uscub. therefore. has been a Balkan
battlefield. time and again. in the
past. The Serb emperor captured 1t
In the day when Greater Servia was
at fits zenith. There were battles here
between Bulgars and Byzantines. and
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16

by It. 1t was shown that after Perry
had ridden by he was recalled by DAN
iels, who demanded an apology. There
was an argument and then a fight,
during which Perry was struck in the
eye, a monkey-wrench was used on his
neck, a brick was bounced of his
head, and finally his wheel was thrown
on top of him, after he had been
knocked down.
Il haven't a dictionary on slang"
said the court. I'm at loss to know
what the expression: oh. pipe means.
Inasmuch as none of the witnesses
can throw any light upon its meaning
and as none can show that the de-
PENDANT meant anything disrespectful
by it. I'm forced to acquit the young
man. especially in view Of the rough
treatment he received at the hands of
Daniels"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16
Prosecutor in Automobile, Tags Fleeing NEGRO

1t finally dawned to some of the
spectators that the man in the ma
chine was trying to catch the negro,
and they Joined in the chase Caught
between crowd of 80 men and wom-
en- and the man In the auto, Hamilton
gave up.
"Ah jes' foun' a dollah, and ah run
like the debbil when two white men
tried to take 1t away from me-" was
the way Hamilton explained his
plight
Prosecutor Baker was passing Wab-
ash street on Meridian when Hamil-
ton ran out and some one shouted
Stop thief" Traffic Officer Dan Ha-
ley at Meridian and Ohio streets de-
serted his corner to join in the chase.
Hamilton soon outdistanced all his
pursuers except Baker. The prosecu-
tor once overlook the fugitive, but as
he was deciding upon what to do with
his prisoner the negro again ran. At
University square the prosecutor was
the winner in the game of peel
away"
Hamilton is charged with lettering,
and an investigation will be made.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16

times. Side streets consist Of val
to yards, each with double door o.
wood and heavy knockers. as again .
the tales Of Bagdad. These streets
are very narrow: above them the ni
ticed windows overhang
It's the people who interest n
most. Many of the Turks wear 3
heavy silver-handled pistol in the bet
Sometimes you meet a man peddllus
tiny pigs feet at the end OF . pole
slung on his shoulder. There's pr
ponderance of soldiers and their on
GERS in the street life; the latter %
garments quite threadbare InsI
drop into the vegetable stores, vhsf'
candles. too. are handled. relying %
treat from the master
Sometimes Turkish women.
black. come by. two Of them entsFins
house. hence, their harem-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16
HIa Search Rewarded.

When County vincenzo Marini o's.
and was buried, ii could not be iouDs
that he had left any will disposins Y
his fortune of $4,000. but q Sals
who had served with the count ian.
fully for thirty years could not Be Pc
suaded that his master had dieo
testate. After fruitless searches y
all possible hiding places, the sAe
applied for and was granted an orc.
for the elimination Of his mas.s.
body, and in the pocket Of the ~.
mans clothing was found wiz vn'. !.
bequeathed to the valet sum
16,000.-London Mail.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16
BRONX GOAT BA-A-ED
WAY INTO SUBWAY
Also Got Mixed Up With a Po-
Iiceman and Was Finally
Locked Up.

New York.-This goat must have
heard of the early shopping move
ment He lives In the Bronx and start
ed downtown at four o'clock the other
morning. He was the regulation billy
ba-a-ah" with the horns of plenty and
the whiskers of Kris Eringle. He
"piped" the big windows, browsed on
the cans and butted small dogs till he
reached the subway entrance at One
Hundred and Forty-ninth street Into
the subway he tumbled at Patrolman
Heitner of the fremont avenue sta
ton espied him.
The policeman gave yen and dived
after the bleating goat. Bill beat him
to the foot of the stairs, landing there
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16

I INDIANAPOLIS. IND.-It was little
l game Of ''peel-away." with Univer-
sity square for a playground. Prose
cutor Frank P. Baker was it," and
Charles Hamilton (colored), twenty
six years old. 725 Hadley street. did
his best to keep from being tagged"
Persons who were passing Univer-
sity square early the other afternoon
looked with amazement at an appar-
emily demented negro who raced hith-
er and thither. seeming trying to
keep up with an automobile that turn
ed and reversed and counter-turned as
It circled around the park The negro
was Hamilton, and the man in the au-
tomobile was Prosecutor Baker. in the
role Of a policeman.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16
An Unscared Westerner Breaks New York's Ice

big desk clean across the room saw
little, fiabby guy sitting He never
looked up at all. Just went on looking
down his nose and scratching away
with his pen. And me there to do
him a good turn. mind you! After
mebbe two minutes, while could feel
the steam rising in the guage, he
grunts at me. Never looks up. Just
grunts.
II didn't understand you ! said.
whadda yuh want?' says he, real
sharp Speak quick. I'm very
busy
And all the time he didn't look up.
So just hollered a little low holler'
and went over there to that habby,
little man and put my hand on the
back of his industrious little head and
showed his intelligent little nose down
down against the blotter. And then
l went away. But / didn't get any
real satisfaction out of it. | know
from the way that sincere little cuss
looked at me as l backed on that he
is Just a regular New Yorker. de
didn't know that he was a doggoned
impudent, cold blooded little pup. He
probably thinks that he was assault
ed by a dangerous maniac.
"And may be would be considered
a maniac by the class Of New Workers
to which this alleged business man
belongs. But how such people man
age to make living. and pass them
selves of as real human beings. Is
beyond my understanding. In do
know, though, that they would never
get away with that kind of stuff out
west where real red blood flows
through the veins Of the people"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16

The house was in an uproar. Two
of the mans friends valiantly shout.
ed to him to resist and followed
CALAMITY at some distance. A crowd
from downstairs joined in. the gal
lery emptied quickly at the prospect
of a fight In the excitement the
show was stopped and the curtain
descended. Then the audience,
which had gathered in front, raising
such hullabaloo that the flying
squadron was called. started back
into the theater. only to find the
show was over. Some one said they
had been stung, and another police
auto and patrol load of officers came
and dispersed the mob.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16

little time to reach and inspect !,
oughly. Closer by, in the CITY ,,..s,
there's a wonderfully pretty mo.c,-
with konak. or palace.
A Picturesque Town.
Uscub is made picturesque In th,, 4.
is practically divided by the aych,.-
stone bridge over the muddy. wh,,,,.s
river. This river. its current 49,,
tionally fast, is lined with rather ~.
ty, old, stone quays. OF course a 4.
bridges there are police; in fact -
lice are everywhere and these ca
guns on their shoulders, as would ~
soldiers at home. So, too. everywks..
there are Moslems, wearing fe. !,
turban. but otherwise clinging 70 N.
European dress for the most usr
Nevertheless. the numbers who slln
retain the red jacket, blue bloome,.
and heavy red belt, in addition 70 a.
fez. are far from small.
on from the main street Uscub =.
solves into a rather uninterestin,
town. After all. the best part to Il 4
that view on entering. But there A.,
some odd characteristics. For ersn
pie, the Christian women 90 barefoo
wearing clogs under the sole Lluk
boys don the fez, except the gypsiss
whose children run nude, regards.
OF sex. while the elders. too. are bali
naked
Continue up the muddy street ans
you reach a section of two-story homes
of more modern style and sheaD
stores. There is no enterprise Ell
dent. everything seems slow--ths
country smacks Of Arabian NIghn
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16
Smoke Million Cigars Daily.

Chicago.-Chicagoans smoke 1,000,-
600 cigars day, which is equal to
one and one-third cigars a day for
each adult male in the city. and ex-
ceeds the number smoked in any other
city in the Union. Chicagoans spend
more than s25.0oO,00O annually for
cigars Chicago tobacconists have
sl0.0C0,000 invested in the industry.
These figures were obtained by inves-
tigators of the Chicago Association OF
Commerce.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16

the form Of rice or vegetables, accoie
ing to the occupation Of the parents
very few pay in money. Annual pre-
ents are Also given to the teacher ea.
ing the harvest celebrations. vnl@
occur soon after Christmas--"i'
World Magazine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16
No trouble at All.

The Urbanite Visiting the subur-
banite-A mile and a half to the sta
ton! Great Caesar! How can you
make train after heavy snow
storm?
The Suburbanite (smilingly)-Aas-
lily, my boy; the train is sure to be an
hour late!-Puck
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16
A clneh.

DO you believe the story now going
the rounds to the effect that a razor
strop foretells the weather."
Sure. Always when / used to see
dad coming with bis razor strop ]
knew a storm was impending"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16

Mamma" asked little Freddh
what's stag dinner?"
"Oh, it's a party where they zen
stories it wouldn't be nice for M
Boffin to hear"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16
A Great Convenience.

Miss Wombat is the most popular
suburban belle know
she is only girl in her suburb who
keeps the car schedules posted in the
parlor."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16
A Perllous Greed.

Don't you think it must be danger.
Gus for the people who worship the
sum-"
How do you mean?"
Il should imagine such a worship
would involve a number Of heat pros
trations.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16
sunnesfIon.

Knicker-The Washington pow
didn't guard the suffrage parade
Bocker-Then why not let tne -
parade. guarded by the sunras1sN
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16
Had One on the Nurss.

Mamma-The nurse told me yo'
used a naughty word today, Flossle
Small F1ossie-Huhi Nurse oop
know it all; ] used several Of then
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-16
Sympathy.

One of the charming characteristics
of childhood is a certain delicacy and
The Lake County times., 1913-12-13

Mrs. J. r. Groves who is chairman es
the tag day committee. today received
the consent of Mayor John ID. Smalley
and Chief Peter Austgen of the police
department to solicit money on the
streets for the institution
The selection of the day before
Christmas for tag day is considered
good as the public is thought to
be in the right humor for donations on
account of the prevailing Christmas
spirit.
Mrs. Groves and her assistant chair
man. Mrs. George Woodruff. have been
promised the cooperation of the Set
tlement House workers, the Camp Fire
Girls and church workers for the
cause.
Tae w C. T. Z. has already made a
beginning to get the hospital under
way by buying the Hobe Godfrey prop
erty residence at the corner of Oak
ley and Truman avenues.
The Lake County times., 1913-12-13

will be employed there.
West Hammond may get a moving
picture show house If a plans of a
Chicago party now negotiating with
Mr.. Wachewicz materialize. 1t is gem
orally conceded that West Hammond is
ripe for such an enterprise.
Hammond real estate dealers are
very we'll satisfied with the present
market.
Gostlin Meyn & company during the
past week found buyers for a half
dozen pieces of property, and last
week they sold seventy-hv feet on
West Detroit street to f. c. Brinken of
che Lion store and nifty feet on War
rent street to Attorney w. j. WINERY.
They also acted agents in the sale
of the Clarence Eder home on Condit
street to Mrs. Hamilton on sibley
street and sold to MIR. Eder a seven
roo mhouse and a thirty-eight foot lot
on Highland street. Mr.. Fder will
hold the latter piece as an investment.
Hastings, Woods and company
agents for the Kenwood subdivision
have announced that they will raise
their prices in the subdivision after
the first of the year. and as a result
they have a number of prospectors
who expect to close up for homesites
before the advance goes into effect.
Among the recent purchasers in the
subdivision is Max Turner the archi-
tect, who bought a seventy-nve foot
. frontage. This firm also negotiated
| a deal of bushes property on state
street this week by bringing Messrs
Kaufman & Wolf of the Lion Store in
contact with S. A. Schlessinger of the
Sterling Woolen Mills and Mr.. Teagay
manager of the Winer store on state
street. The Kaufman e Wolff lot on
State street between Oakley avenue
and Sohl street was transferre dior
| $500. the frontage being fifty feet.