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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-02-21
BOB SLED FOR HEAVY WORK
One Shown In Illustration Has Ad-
vantage Of Turning Short Cor
ners With Big Load.

In reply to query for plan and
description of bob sled. suitable for
hauling wood, fodder and other heavy
work, the Country Gentleman makes
the following reply:
The following account of bob sled
was sent US years ago by d. B. Ray
mond; he used 1t for years for logging.
and 1t has the advantage that it will
turn short corners and enable team
to draw one-fourth more than any
other sled.
The tongue is not set stiff. but is
fastened to the nose-piece with two
clevices-one on the tongue. and one
on the cross-piece. making a sort OF
universal joint, permitting it to turn
at right angles, and allowing the team
to turn half around without moving
the load, and to clear trees and logs
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-02-21
SAVING the Harness.

Aside from the bad appearance
which uncared for harness presents.
It has a habit of suddenly giving out
ut important moments. and this
makes trouble and much loss. II not
Kept in good condition harness be-
comes hard and very uncomfortable to
the horses, and when in that condi-
ton cracks and warps. rendering II
in a short time unfit for use. All
this trouble can be easily avoided II
you will give your harness little at
tention.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-02-21
CHAPTER XII.

In Which Captain Eben Makes Port.
Half past eight. In the vestry of the
Regular church John Ellery was con-
Quoting his prayer meeting. The at
tendance was as large as usual. Three
seats, however, were vacant, and along
the settees people were wondering
where Captain Elkanah Daniels and
his daughter might be. They had not
missed a service for many day. And
where was Keziah Coffin?
At the Come-Outer chapel the testi-
flying and singing were in full blast
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-02-21


But Ezekiel Bassett was leading, for
Captain Eben HAMMOND had not made
his appearance. Neither had Grace
Van Horne. for that matter, but Cap
tain Eben's absence was the most as
tonishing.
In the Regular parsonage Keziah
sat alone by the sitting-room table.
Prayer meeting and supper she had
forgotten entirely. The minister had
not come home for his evening meal,
and food was furthest from the house
keepers thoughts. What should she
do? What ought she to do? How
could she avert the disaster so certain
to overwhelm those two young people
the moment their secret became
knowni
She rose and again donned her bon
net and shawl. She was about to
blow out the lamp when she heard
rapid footsteps, the sound of some
one running along the sidewalk
in front Of the house. As she listened
the footsteps sounded on the path
Whoever the runner was he was com
ing to the parsonage. She stepped
to the door and opened It.
The runner was a boy. Maria Hig-
gins boy Isaac, whose widowed moth,
er lived down by the shere. He did
the chores at the Hammond tavern
His freckled face was dripping with
Precipitation and he pulled and blew
like stranded whale.
Have ye-have ye." painted Ike.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-02-21
FLooDGATE is VERY SIMPLE
Missouri Man Has One Arranged On
Plan Of Railway Stock Guard
II Costs Little.

In describing a simple and success
full fioodgate H. s. Terrell of Saline
county. Missouri. writes the Breeders
Gazette as follows:
My fioodgate is made on the plan q
a railway stock guard. We start By
using two small logs or poles extend
ing down the creek as shown, the Low
er ends sunk in the creek bed and the
upper ends resting against trees o.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-02-21

A well known commercial fruit
grower Of Washington state made a
2O-carload shipment of apples to Aus
tralia for which orders were received
early in the season. The varieties
were principally Winesaps and Jona-
thans, for which cash prices were paid
from $3.50 to s1.75 per box
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-02-21

Deep-sea explorers have found the
link that binds Australia to the Ant
arctic continent Now II some daring
discoverer could only bring to light
the link that ties New York onto Ii,
Tinted Statesi
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-02-21
Commercial Fertilizers.

Commercial fertilizers are valuable
in truck growing where one knows
the needs of his soils and supplies
them intelligently. But before fer
tilizers are used the soil must be put
in good mechanical and physical con-
dition. Fertilizers can never be made
to take the place of good preparation
and ample cultivation.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-02-21
BREEDING for Market.

OF course, II you are going in for
poultry to sell on the market. you
must select the fowl that will pro-
duce the most meat. and II for eggs
the breed that will produce more
eggs than meat. Then IT IL up to
you" to get the most out Of them. as
the slang goes.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-02-21
Er,,i, ctow.r outeIassed.

The fruit grower who fails to b.
come acquainted with the latest me'h
DDS of increasing the quantity ana
quality of his crop is as hopelessly
outclassed as the grain grower VINO
would attempt to take care OF %
harvest viii cradles and Halls.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-02-21

The discovery or dictum that 1.o0C
volts Of electricity is equal In foo,
value to a porterhouse steak omits the
crucial point of information. how much
it costs per volt And is not thou
sand volts at once slightly indigest
ible meal?
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-02-21
Ext.rmInatIon q erassh0ppsr..

The determination of the grass
hopper, which destroys the thousands
of acres of grain in the northwest
now seems to rest with the proyis'on
of more crickets. The discovery =
looked upon as an important one ~
entomologists and crop experts.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-02-21
seets Make Poor sIIaoe.

An Ohio man asks II beets MAKE
good silage. Experiments show tney
do not as they contain too mnen
water. Buried in trenches. the TOPS
being covered with straw. they WIZ
keep all winter.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-02-21
EncouraoIno Him.

Bashful Youth-"Tm SO afraid to
see your father. Did anyone else ever
ask him?" The Maiden-"Yes, Ar
thur, and they suffered lie heroes--
The Club-Fellow.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-02-21
Fla. a-sled Shoe and Bolster.

are put on. The bolster Of the rear bob
is 4 by inches. The bolt heads which
fasten 1t should be "let in" so as to be
out of the way. The bolster of the for
ward bob is shown in the upper figure
of Fig. 2. and has rings to bind the
load. The saddle-plank. on the front
bob. should be 21k inches thick and a
foot wide, to support the king-bolt and
whole load
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-02-21
Measure by Mudholes.

AS a chain is no stronger than its
weakest link. so road is no better
than its worst mudhole; you have to
measure your load by that hole
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-11-06
PRESIDENTIAL MEDALS.
They Provide Likenesses For the Off
cial Records.

They Provide Likenesses For the OFF,
ciaI Records.
Z President Wilson will soon pose for
the presidential medal When COM
pleted a few bronze copies will be
struck off, and then the dies will be
placed in the vaults of the Philadel-
phia mint, alongside the dies of medals
of the twenty-siX other famous Amer
leans who have preceded Mr.. Wilson
as president of this nation.
Since the medal made of President
George Washington it has been the
custom to make the dies during the
first few months of the presidents
term. This provides against the pos
sible loss of his likeness for the Off
cial record.
Although the presidential medals are
made early in an administration, some
great event or catastrophe might cause
the reverse side die to be re-engraved.
If man is elected to second term
the die for the reverse side is changed
so that the dates of both Inaugural
lions are recorded. A presidents as
sassination also requires the re-engrav-
ing of the medal, so that the terrible
deed may be handed down to pos
terity on the same medal as that
which bears the likeness of the mar
tyred president.
The reverse side of Lincoln's medal
was engraved three times-first. short
ly after his first election second, after
his election for second term and
again after his assassination and death
April IA. 1865. The medals of Gar
field and Mckinley were also re-en-
graved few weeks after their assas-
sination to record the act.-Argonaut.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-11-06
skyscraper Towns.

Opposite the postoffice. in lower
Broadway. New York city. there has
just been completed a building TS0 feet
high which will provide working quar-
tiers for 10000 people. If all the men
and women employed in this one sky
scraper should attempt to go uptown
by the subway at the end of the day it
would take the ten car express trains,
running at the intervals now establish
ed. fifteen minutes to haul them away.
Though this happens to be the highest
structure in the city. there are others
nearly as large. 1t is one of dozens
that accommodate four or five thou
sand people each and one of hun
dreds that accommodate more than Il
thousand people each. The number of
these great buildings is steadily grow
ing Worlds Work.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-11-06
Rare Works of Art Stolen.

Twenty-Five thousand dollars works
of art were stolen from the church of
San Mossimo, Padua, Italy, recently.
Early In the morning, the thieves
broke into the church and carried off
two magnificent paintings by Giovanni
Battista Tiepolo. The pictures hung
in the side chapels on either side of
the high altar, and were wrenched
from their frames in such hurry that
portions of the canvas were left Oh
the frames.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-11-06
Dissertation.

There Is no talent so useful towards
rising in the world, or which puts
men more out of the reach of fortune,
than that quality generally possessed
by the dullest sort of mel, and in COM
mon speech called discretion; a spe.
cies of lower prudence, by the assist
ance of which people of the meanest
intellects, without any other qualifica-
ton, pass through the world in great
tranquility, and with universal good
treatment, neither giving nor taking
offense.-Swift.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-11-06
Danger Of knowing TOO, Much.

Let us remember, advises medical
magazine, that brain crammed with
multitude of useless facts. may show
up brilliantly on an examination, but
be so clogged as to be unable to put
the knowledge to practical use. We
know we are raising the pedagogue's
ire by thus stating that there is such
thing as too much knowledge, but as
a fact the worlds work is being done
by specialists who are densely ignor
ant of everything outside their respe",
tive narrow spheres-and of man,
things inside, too.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-11-06
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I PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. ]
Defective Sanitation.


In taking rooms for the chill :
dren be sure to see that, they are
clean and we'll ventilated and !
also that the sanitation is good.
Many cases of childish ailments
have been caused by defective
sanitary arrangements in their :
holiday home. In regard to
apartments away from home
particular care should be taken,
for in remote places it will be
often found that the sanitary ar
engagements are, to say the least
of them. primitive. When holt
days mark change from SAM
tary to insanitary conditions it is
hardly to be wondered at If they
do harm instead of good.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-11-06

Miss Dorothy Answorh Eaton forced to take the stand
against her mother who trial for the murder of her STEP
father Admiral Eaton but she made such good witness that her
testimony the why the jury Thursday acqu
ed Mrs Eaton of the murder charge
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-11-06
NEBO FOREST SHEEP.
These Hardy Animals Go More Than
Four Months Without Water.

GOuI uohkhS w
Sheep in the Nebo national forest,
Utah, go four and half months with
out water except for such moisture as
they get from the dew and the juices
of forage plants.
Grazing sheep on a range entirely
destitute of water is recent innova-
ton due to the increasing demand for
forage and the efforts of the forest
officers to find a place on the forest
ranges for all the stock that can safely
he admitted. The area on the Nebo
which has now proved disable by sheep
is high and rocky. portion of 1t be-
ing above timber line, and it has
neither springs nor streams of suffi-
cieIt size or accessibility to be used
for stock watering purposes. The
grazing season lasts from June Is to
Oct. 81, and during this period Of four
and half months the animals do
not get drink.
Under such conditions, however. the
sheep have done extremely well. and
last years lambs from this range had
an average weight at the close of the
season of sixty-eight pounds on the
Chicago market. which was rather
above the normal weight from that
vicinity.
In one area on the Targhee forest in
Idaho sheep get water only twice dur
ing the four months summer graz
ing season. There is no water on the
range, but the sheep are driven to a
nearby stream lower down the noun
tain side. va
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-11-06
Queer occupation.

Somebody has discovered on the elec-
toral roll of the city of Melbourne a
gentleman named Oliver Cromwell,
who by occupation is described as a
"theater packer" The duty of the
packer" is to squeeze as many people
as possible into the pit and gallery.
There have been complaints in Mel
bourne lately about his ungentle
methods and his unchivalrous handling
of women.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-11-06
Mans Seven Faults.

A magazine called Paris Taste
asked its women readers recently to
vote on the seven worst faults of the
modern young man, and publishes the
replies. Egotism gets 1904 votes,
laziness and self-sufiiciency run dead
heat with 7,400 votes, and fast living,
gambling. intemperance and abuse Of
sport vary from 6,400 to 5000 votes.
Foolishness came last in the list.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-11-06
Learn to Forbear.

To forbear is to forget every night
the little vexations Of the past day;
to say every morning: To-day shall
be Drawer and calmer than yesterday"
Forbearance even sometimes leads US
to detect in ourselves little want OF
good nature, condescension and char
ity.-Selected
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-11-06
True Courtesy.

Nothing is a courtesy unless 1t be
meant for us. and that friendly and
lovingly. We owe no thanks to riv-
ers, that they carry our boats, or
winds, that they be favoring, and fill
our sails; or meats that they be nour-
ishing; for these are what they are.
necessarily. Horses carry us; trees
shade US; but they know 1t not.-Ben
Jonson.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-11-06
9 Masonic Tidings''

A weekly publication giving news
of Fast Tennessee Lodges and Masons.
81 per year. Give your subscription
to b. |. Susong or mail TO j. r. Will
liams, publisher, Knoxville, Tenn.
Advertisement
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-11-06
PeIIaora pu. to Flint In Water.

Professors Scala and Alessandrini of
the University of Rome have just an
nounced the discovery that pellagra is
due to the water Of the affected dis
tricts, which contains collodial solu-
lions of flint. The disease can be pre-
vented by adding carbonated chalk to
the water.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-11-06
Forebodes Trouble.

When woman rattles the dishes
more than usual while preparing sup
per it's a sure sign that her husband
will hear something drop when he
comes home.-Atlanta Journal.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-11-06

Everybody's triend-Dr. Thomas
Eclectic Oil, the great household
remedy for toothache, earache, sore
throat, cuts, bruises, scalds. Sold at
all drug stores. 25c. and 50c.--Adv.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-11-06

Itching, torturlng skin eruptions
disfigure, annoy, drive one wild.
Doan's Ointment is praised for its
good work. soc. at all drug stores
ADV
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-11-06

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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-17

Keith lying fiat, his face in the crook
Of an arm whose hand still gripped a
revolver. There was grim smile on
his lips, as If, as he pitched forward,
he knew that, after he had been shot
to death, he had gotten his man. The
riderless horses gazed at the two fig.
ures, and drifted away, slowly, fear
fully, still held In mute subsection to
their dead masters by dangling reins.
The sun blazed down from directly
overhead, the heat waves rising and
falling, the dead, desolate desert
stretching to the sky. An hour, two
passed. The horses were now hun
dred yards away, nose to nose; all
else was changeless. Then into the
far northern sky there rose a black
speck, growing larger and larger; 9TH
ers came from the east and west, beat
ing the air with widely outspread
wings. great beaks stretched forward.
Out from their nests of foulness the
desert scavengers were coming for
their spoil.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-17

Jack Keith. a virginian. now . bor-
der pIainsman, is looking for roaming war
parties OF savages. He sees wagon team
az full gallop pursued by men on ponies
When Keith reaches the wagon the RAID
ers have massacred two men and de-
parted. He searches the victims hndlng
papers and locket with woman's por-
trait Keith is arrested at Carson Clty'
charged with the murder. his accuser pc
Ing ruffian named Black Bart. negro
companion in his cell named Neb tells nm nm
mat he knew the Keiths In Virginia Nep
says one OF the murdered men was Jonh
sibley. the other Gen. Willis Waite; FORM
cry Confederate officer. The plalnsnnan
ana Neb escape, and later the tugltIEcss
come upon a cabin and find It's occ tSPnrs
70 be young girl. whom keith thi nins
ne saw at Carson City. The girl explains
mat she is in search of brother VINO
pao deserted from the army. ana tnHt d
cabin while he sought her brother. haM-
ey appears. and Keith in hiding recog-
MES him as Black Bart There Is teL
INC battle In the darkened room In Wh tod
heith Is victor. Horses are approprlaten,
1hd the girl who says that her name Is
hope; Joins In the escape Keith explains
MS situation and the fugitives make LOT
the hotel iandIady. Miss Hope tells that
she Is the daughter Of General waite.
Keith and Neb drift into Sheridan, where
Keith meets an old friend, DR.. Fairbain.
Keith meets the brother OF Hope Waite.
nnoer the assumed name of Fred WI.
iSopghby. and becomes convinced that
,nack Bart has some plot involving the
tWo. Hope learns that Gen. Waite, VINO
was thought murdered, Is at Sheridan.
ana goes there, where she is mistaken for
christie Maclaire. the Carson City singer
keith meets the real Christie Maclaire
ana 1nds that Black Bart has CONVINCED
her that there is a mystery in her life
winch he is going to turn to her advan-
tSa nag The plainsman tells Hope Waite OF
ner resemblance to Christie Maclaire
Ihey decide that Fred Willoughby may
hoid the key to the situation. Keith finds
sWHloughby shot dead. Hope is told OF
the death of her brother. Keith fails to
learn what REPRESENTATIONS Black Bart
sugge#s that In order to learn the secret
she must briefly impersonate the stage
singer DR.. Fairbain is In love with
Christie Maclaire and Keith induces him
70 detain her from the stage while Hope
goes to the theater where she meets
Black Bart, who, thus deceived, tells
Hope that General Waite has suspected
his plans and that they must fly. Hope,
greatly alarmed, demurs. General Waite
papers from him regarding an inheri-
lance Keith Is informed that Christie
Maclaire's real name Is Phyllis Gale and
that she Is the half sister of Hope The
latter has been carried away by Black
Bart and his gang. Dr. Fairbain avows
his love for Phyllis and she accepts him.
Keith and his friends strike the trail Of
Black Bart. They find Hope has been ia
ken hack to the old cabin. The wilderness
Keith and his partners overcome their
outlaw enemies. Black Bart and the
plainsman meet in duel for final &C.
counting.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-17
CHAPTER XxxVlI.
At the Water-HoIe.

Up from the far, dim southwest
they rode slowly, silently, wearied
still by the exertions of the past night,
and burned by the fierce rays of the
desert sun. No wind of sufficient force
had blown since Keith passed that
way, and they could easily follow the
hoof prints of his horse across the
brim drawn low, scanning the horizon
line increasingly. Somewhere out in
the midst of that mystery was hidden
tragedy, and he dreaded the knowl
edge of It's truth. Behind him Fair
balm and Hope rode together, their lips
long since grown silent, the man ever
glancing uneasily aside at her, the
girl dropping slightly in the saddle,
with pale face and heavy eyes. Five
prisoners, dashed together, the bind
ing rope fastened to the pommels OF
the two Bar x" mems saddles, were
punched together. and behind all came
Neb. his black face glistening in the
heat.
Suddenly Bristoe drew rein, and
rose to the full length in the stirrups.
shading his eyes from the suns glare,
as he stared ahead. Two motionless
black spects were visible-yet were
they motionless? or was 1t the heat
waves which seemed to yield them
movement? He drove In his spurs,
driving his startled horse to the
summit of low sand ridge, and again
halted, gazing intently forward. He
was not mistaken-they were horses.
Knowing instantly what 1t meant
those riderless animals drifting dere.
lict in the heart of the desert-his
throat dry with fear, the scout
wheeled, and spurred back to his
party, quickly resolving on a course
of action. Hawley and Keith had
met; both had fallen, either dead or
wounded A moments delay now
might cost life; he would need Fair.
balm, but he must keep the girl back
IL possible But could he? She
Strengthened up In the saddle as he
came squirting towaA them; her eyes
wide open, one hand clutching at her
| throat.
Doctor" he called as soon as he
was near enough, his horse circling
thar Ia somethin' shown out yon