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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30
Cos,oty People See Expose of Crooked Gambling

The play was heavy and fast, with
the percentage all for the house.
Society matrons who had begun
their dabbling wagers in a spirit of
fun, soon became tense and white
with the strain of trying to recoup
losses, and men whose faces are prom
inent on the stock exchange, scrib-
bled /. o. us, with which TO purchase
$500 stacks of chips. Suddenly for
tune seemed to smile on the players
gathered about the large ornate rou-
lette wheel All players won heavily
and other games were deserted, while
the entire gathering placed their bets
on the whirling ball.
Just as suddenly as they had won'
the wheel began to play against tnem'
and In a dozen turns the players were
broke. More written promises and
checks were accepted by the host
and the crowd again feverishly at
tackled the wheel Again the little
ivory sphere settled in all points Ia
vorable to the bank
Suddenly the play was ordered stop
ped by the ringing Of e gong, and fur-
Their play was refused. The party were
ushered to the banquet hall, and went
unwillingly and without appetite.
At the plate of each was square
white envelope, and within 1t the
exact amount that they had lost, To-
gether with their l. o. US and checks.
After the dinner the guests were
again led to the cotillion room, where
the host directed some mechanics to
take apart The roulette wheel. He
showed them the electric wires which
run up the leg of the table upon which
It rested, and how the slight pressure
of the croupier's foot controlled the
ball with it's metal filling.
Marked cards, loaded dice and
crooked faro boxes, were all demon
strated to the astounded guests, who,
after the strain Of their losses. found
1t hard to believe that they had not
lost their money.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30
KANSAS GOODS ARE HUSKY
Taller, Heavier, and With a Much
Greater Lung Capacity Than Young
Women Elsewhere.

Lawrence, Kan. - Kansas college
girls should be able to talk
longer, yell louder and for a longer
time than any other girl students in
the United States, according to DR..
Margaret Johnston Of the department
of physical education of the Univer-
sity of Kansas.
The Jayhawker coed is also taller
and stronger than her eastern sisters.
The average Kansas girl is about one
fourth inch higher than the Wellesley
young woman. The average weight
of the girl at Wellesley is lie pounds,
at Kansas III.
In strength and lung capacity the
Kansas girl reigns alone. The aver
age capacity of the German girl is
147 cubic inches; Oberlin girls can
swallow 1412 inches of ozone and
Wellesley girls $50 cubic inches. The
Kansas girl tests 165, which is far
above the average for the United
States.
Plans were formed recently for the
establishment of a girls baseball
league among the different sororieties
here. Margaret Johnston, director
of women's athletics, is expected to
start the goods in the game within
few days.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30
BIG PYTHON RUNS
AMUCK ON A SHIP
Swallowed Mate and Then Play
ed Sea Serpent
DECK HANDS IN PANIC
After Battle With Ships Carpenter,
the Constructor Darted to Rail and
Disappeared over Side Of Boat In
to the Ocean.

New York.-When the freighter
Amazon left Singapore she had aboard
In two boxes on the aft deck a regal
phython "a feet long and another IA
feet in length.
William Snoswell. chief engineer OF
the steamer, is an animal fancier and
from time to time when in the far
east he purchases animals and snakes
for shows and ZOOS in America. Chief
Snoswell had a collector friend who
wanted a couple OF pythons and that
lis why the snakes went aboard at
Singapore.
In the Indian ocean the big freight
er struck rough weather.
With the breaking of dawn Chief
Snoswell was awakened by terrific
screams from the aft portion Of the
ship. Jumping into his clothes he
rushed on deck to find a group Of the
coolie deck hands pointing excitedly
into the well of the ship. The chief
pushed his way through the badly
frightened Chinese demanding to
know the cause of the trouble.
big waves they bring sea serpent
aboard" explained one Of the coolies
But 1t didn't take me long to dis
cover that the sea serpent was none
other than my "a foot regal python"
said the chief engineer In telling the
story, land before he had gone into
the well of the ship to play sea ser
pent he had satisfied his appetite by
swallowing his fourteen foot brother.
We'll, one snake was gone for GER
taia. so / made up my mind to save
the other. got rope and tried to
lasso my sea serpent, but he would
have none of It.
Along about the middle of the
afternoon my python was minus his
swimming tank and began travelling
about The decks He had the coolies
terrified
Kun Flung 500, the ships carpen-
ter, is about as much afraid Of snake
as ! am of butterfly and hung close
to Mr. Python with a rope watching
his chance. The python began to get
real wicked by this time and thought
it would be best to shoot him rather
than take any chances.
When the python is about midway
up a mast 500 started after him. 500
had his rope and was awaiting a
chance to slip it over the long boys
head. Suddenly that snake frightened
his lower body around the mast and
lunged at 500 with his head. He had
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30


like the one pictured is a matter for
serious consideration by the modistes
Of the tribe and months we're probably
spent over the beadwork of the bod
Ice alone, while the doeskin for the
skirt had to be worked over for weeks
By the old women tanning experts in
order to attain the velvet-like quality
necessary fer a garment of this de-
scription. The shopping bag" too,
while not of late model as our fash
ions go, will nevertheless be in excel
lent taste for years to come in this
land where fashions never change"
Changes In styles would indeed be SUI
perfuous in country where it takes
months to complete a single garment,
but which when made will wear for a
generation or two. The girdle with its
pendant-reminiscent of Cleopatra-is
made of heavy leather, also practically
indestructible, covered with heavy
silver disks beaten out by hand. It is
of prime necessity to be of athletic
build in order to wear this variety of
clothing successfully. as the beadwork
weighs something like ten pounds to
the square yard. This cloth" is made
by fastening the beads in parallel rows
on a backing of heavy buckskin. The
blanket in the background is of Ma
vajo make from New Mexico.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30

Once Cy De Vry almost met his
death at the jaws and paws of Nellie
when he entered her cage and looked
at her four new cubs This was in
1901. For FIVE minutes the keeper
chung to the iron rods that formed
the roof of the cage while Nellie, in
a rage, leaped at him three times. An
assistant keeper heard his cries and
hurried to the animal house just in
time to drive Nellie into a corner Of
the cell with a club while De Vry es-
capped.
Nellie is a good mother" said Cy
De Vry after the rescue, but cross to
men when she has cubs. There is
nothing like a good scrap to put you
on right terms with lion. that is,
unless the lion wins.
Prince has eaten nothing since Mel
lies DEATH" he said, turning away
sadly.
One of the caretakers threw a
large, juicy steak into the cage. Prince
looked at 1t, paved It and then re-
sumed his mournful pacing of his cell.
The other lions ate the food raven
ously.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30

Western officials rule over "a.
hal began more than fifty year. ~
At the suggestion OF the British y.
sui a narrow strip OF LAND abous q, ..
mile long and about half as vids - ~
set aside for foreigners. This
came the British and French $500
ments, bounded by Suchow cresl -
the Yangking canal Later the ar.
cans were given a concession ac,, u
the creek For time the settla,o.s.
we're governed by the British. 49,
and American consuls. As the 5ors.'-
city grew and foreign interesis y.
veloped, so the administration a, 4.
affairs became systematized. Mana.
ment of public business was ~.
vested in a municipal council elec,.s
by the taxpayers. Fer reasons =
their own the French withdrew from
this plan several years ago and est.A
lished their own little governmen, 4.
a strip Of land separated from Il.
main settlement by a baby cana
Over there Shanghai Is wholly Freb-,
In architecture. customs and psoD|,
and is well worth visiting. A mua.
cipal council elected annually 4 d
charge of the foreign settlement n.
British usually control the council
Modern Shanghai lie imposing.
The area administered or influences
to the point of control by the western
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30
VETERAN SLEUTH RETlRES
Lieutenant Michael J. Reap, Pupil Of
Inspector Byrnes, ls Placed on
the Pension List.

New York.-The retirement of Lieu
tenant Michael ]. Reap, who has been
a member of the New York police
department for thirty years and was
for twenty-three years of that time a
central Office detective, Is announced
by Commissioner Waldo. He will re-
ceive an annual pension Of s1,l25.
Reap's retirement leaves only one
pupil of the famous detective trainer,
Inspector Thomas Byrnes, in the cent.
raj Office squad. He is Captain James
Dunn.
Associated with Detective Lieuten-
ant John Holland. now retired, Reap
was active in many Of the murder
cases in and near New York during
the last twenty-five years.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30
He Couldn't Bear to Disturb TRUSTING Feline

KANSAS CITY. Mo.-"-and she sat
N in my lapSau the rest of the show"
he was saying as he emerged from a
motion picture theater the other after
noon.
II did sound q bit scandalous. But
after hearing the first part Of the
story 1t wasn't scandalous at all.
1T was a dark reel" the narrator
began. and / must have been a little
drowsy. Suddenly something soft and
pretty heavy came down in my lap
with a sort Of 'plop.' l jumped and
wondered what was over me. But It
was just big Maltese cat She was
purring like little sawmill and stick
ing her claws into me comfortably,
the way cats do when they are con-
tented.
We'll. it was the last reel on the
program. but when II was over that
est was so peaceful and happy in my
lap couldn't bear to upset her. So
e.; through the whole program again.
ldtty humming away to herself and
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30
7rince, Big Barbary Lion, Mourns Mates Death

n tlCAGO-Prince, the great Bar
Y, barry lion at the Lincoln park zoo,
mourning the death of Nellie, who
lcng las his mate Dismally he PAGES
r. cage with a faraway look. The
gentle strokes of the keeper on his
rose pass unnoticed as are the Juicy
seeks lying on the floor of his cage.
He rourns as / knew he would"
sSid Cy De Vry In a shaky voice. But
ellie is buried in a high and dry
ace where no one can disturb her.
She shall have a monuments small
e-tut still a monument"
&el..e for years was the best known
animal in the Lincoln park zoo. She
w1s the mother Of 126 cubs. For sew
C"ai years she had been blind and
gradually getting feebler with old age.
ne vas twenty-four years old. Cy
lie vry. who has had charge of the
2 annals for twenty-five years, raised
Neli'e from a cub.
Prince was purchased from a circus
Il Wisconsin on April 6, 1903, for ST.
800 and placed in the same cage with
Nellie. They lived in harmony and
happiness. the best Of pals" for ten
long years. Visitors used to smile as
they gazed into cage at Nellie and
Prince stretched out on the floor side
h. side. both curiously watching the
crowds, as they slowly passed along
Now Prince is companionless. The
world is lost for him since Nellie's
death, and he is cast in gloom. For
gotten are all Of Nellie's bad moments
when she reared in rage over her
cubs.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30
Takes Refuge in River; Is Driven Out by the Cold

And SO the officer and his quarry
waited. And a crowd collected and
laughed.
Lutz stuck II out until great black
circles grew about his eyes, his lips
turned a sickly blue, and his teeth
chartered. He was too cold to try
to swim across the river. Any how,
he knew the officer could arrive on
the opposite bank as quickly as he.
The arrival of Bicyclemen Long and
Basin put an end to the comedy.
Lutz capitulated and waded ashore.
He was locked up, charged with drunk,
enness and malicious trespass.
Lutz tied up business In a res
tauarnt kept by Mrs. Levady Chastine,
623 West Washington street, when he
became involved in an argument over
his check and started a fight with the
cook. Patrolman Romine interrupted.
and, when Lutz ran, followed the VIC
tim to the river. Before his departure
Lutz is alleged to have demolished
the front window Of the restaurant
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30

the car began to arrive down town.
The man was the first to alight
AS he went down the steps one OF
the young women uttered a small.
embarrassed shrek.
"Oh, look!" she told her compan-
ion, pointing after the erstwhile pas
senger. There goes my luncheon"
she giggled.
Sure enough, there was the neat
little packet-the string hooked Sc
curely over two buttons on the read ell
ovation to the tall mans overcoat.
Call to him-Quick." her friend
urged. But the man was on his way.
and the car started. And the lunch
con was destined to cause little sur
prise party at some other office,
later on.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30

Is occidental. 1t has been q foreign
metropolis for fifty years, before many
American cities we're ever heard Of.
All roads lead to Shanghai, as they
are supposed to lead to Rome. They
reach it through river junks, railroads
from the interior, merchantmen from
the north and south coasts. liners
from Japan, Australia. India, Europe
and America.
Shanghai occupies the tip of Kiang-
su province, the garden OF central
China" The site is on the west bank
of the Hwangpo river. in the extreme
eastern part Of the province. just
stones throw from the mighty Yang
stzekiang. and only twenty miles from
the ocean. Back Of 1t is fertile al
luvial plain of $4,000 square miles.
supporting population of many grow
ing millions, the fruits Of whose labor
go to Shanghai by steam and sail. In
front is a large share Of the China
ward commerce OF the world.
Its Ports Opened In 1912.
In 1912 Shanghai became an open
port for foreign trade along with Nan
king, Annoy and Ningpo, following the
opium war waged against China by
Great Britain and France. At the end
of the first year of general trade 1t
boasted of only twenty-three foreign
residents, one lonely consul. eleven
business houses and two protestant
missionaries. with a small native pop
ulation. Today It is one of the worlds
greatest ports and boasts 100000 peo-
pie, of whom $1,000 are foreigners
cleaned from every country on the
globe, all beneficiaries Of a total an
nual trade aggregating $250.O0O.o00
gold.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30
DRESS NEVER CHANGES HERE
Sioux NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the-.Pine
Ridge Reservation Wear Same
Style a Lifetime.

Sioux Falls, S. D.-American fash
Ions versus Partisan! Why go abroad
for clothes which only wear one sea
son when you can get dress like the
one shown in the accompanying pic
lure, which will wear lifetime? Long
before the young woman in the illus
tration had attained sufficient stature
to fill out the costume properly the
materials for it were being prepared.
The owner of this CONNECTION" is a
young Indian girl Of the Sioux nation
who lives on the Pine Ridge reserva-
ton in Shannon county, South Da-
kota. This is doubtless her holiday
regalia and 1t is doubtful II she would
trade it for the latest model from the
Rue de la Paix. A beaded costume
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30
AUTOGRAPHS SELL FOR ss75
Volume Containing the signatures Of
George IIl. and Leading Men Of
colon'll Days Sold at Auction.

Philadelphia. Autographs of
George Ill, signers Of the Declaration
OF Independence and meg prominent
In colonial days. including historians
and warriors, were contained In a vol
ume bought by George d. Smith of
New York for 1915 at public auction.
The book was part of the collection Of
the late Ferdinand ]. Dreer. Collec-
tors and Representatives of many OF
the leading Libraries Of the country
were spirited bidders against Mp.
Smith, who is said to have acted for q
prominent New York collector. Many
other rare valuIaes were disposed Of
at the sale.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30

INDIANAPOLIS, IND-Samuel Lutz,
i las Bright street. stood neck deep
in the chilly waters Of White river
near the West Washington street
bridge the other morning, and shiver-
ing. but bold, defed Patrolman Ro-
maine.
Come in and get me II you want
me-" he tainted.
Patrolman Romaine sat down calm
ly on the bank and as calmly survey
ed his prospective prisoner
When you come out I'll take you"
he said. Il am in no hurry. Just take
your time"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30
rw.nty.YsaroId Shoes sun Goo.

Twenty-Year-oId Shoes stilI Good.
New London, Conn.-Twenty years
ago Alderman Charles E. Perkins had
q pair of sqIare-toed shoes made. He
treated the soles to a special prepa-
ration of tar. Then he wore the shoes
steadily for six years. After q few
years vacation they were brought
out and saw daily use for three years.
Then Perkins had them topped and
put them away. Now he's wearing
them again
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30

ers has grown steadily. SO that tls
modern city of Shanghai Is very p
posing. Four, FIVE and six-story pI
and red stone buildings with elevators
line the wide. clean streets. UP'f
date stores sport plate glass Windows
ample showcases and first-class nl'
of goods. sometimes a little oui 2
date, from Paris, London end ns'
York. The best rickshas In Snlnt
with wide seats and fat rubber tlisA
wriggle their way at all hours p
tween carriages and motor e''t
Small drays lumber about with me'
chandise and painting coolies 2"
along all day under their long po'+
laden at either end with packaess
Launches and tugs shrek up 81
down the river from morning to nlsA.
All the banks. leading businet
houses and principal clubs have r..
own buildings. There Is plenu'-
supply of newspapers in Eagn.'
French, Chinese and japanese. n.
North China Daily News, a tyF'e+
British organ Of the colonial type
a powerful daily with a record Of i',l
years OF publication to bolster up y
conservatism. The China Press =
American daily. started two years
by Thomas F. Willard. Is alreeol ,
huge success by virtue OF hard ~
and good editing on the best Al's
can lines. and enjoys the larges'
culation Of all foreign journals y 2
far east.
Chinese faith in occidental meln,
is shown in the way the natives 80.
locked into the settlement ~
stores are seen everywhere ana Cot,
of ex-officials or wealthy men -
and occupy palatial residences
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30
THIS GIRL SAID BY
BY TO HER LUNCHEON
How a Kansas City Young Won.
an Lost a Package on
Street Car.

Kansas City, Mo.-Two young wom-
en-, each carrying her luncheon done
up carefully in paper, got on Troost
car at Thirty-seventh street The car
was crowded, and they remained in
the rear vestibule, standing. AT Ar
mour boulevard a tall. wide man in
black overcoat boarded the car.
The geometrical arrangement Of the
vestibule and its occupants made it
necessary for the tall, wide man to
wedge himself tightly, just in front Of
where the two young women were
standing.
The trio remained In statu quo until
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30
Bed of Mud Safe Cushion.

Newark. N. Although she fell
about thirty feet from third-story
window, Alene Trainer, an eighteen
months-old child, escaped without a
scratch. In her descent the tot struck
ledge over a window on the first
floor. and 1t threw her to one side into
a bed of mud.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30

smiling up at me every now and then.
confidingly.
When I did get up. finally, she
stuck her claws into my legs and en-
braced me desperately. never saw
such a friendly cat Speaks well for
the general public, think. that q cat
in a theater should be so sure Of q
welcome and entertainment among
strangers"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30

burg. win carry 7S lifeboats. and 2 q
these can be launched from either e.
of the ship. and can accommodate "
whole capacity Of the vessel IN huns.
freight. No list OF the ship can ~
out of commission half Of the poa't
The reconstructed Olympic starts :,
its first voyage with an outer sre'. =
take the force and damage OF sacl !
glancing blow as wrecked the IlIAA1
and leave an inner shell TO keep
afioat. It was held unsinkaD'e
fore this reconstruction. It = ~
called unsuitable, but carries nN'
than double its old number o. n,s
boats In Difference to the truth q ~
ter experience as against the CAN,
Of marine architects. So passes
modern myth Of the sea. There y
such thing as an unsuitable ship O.
at what cost TO human life has tns =
fusion been shattered!
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30
Man Wants Cure for snorIno.

winsted, Conn.-Charles H. Bar
reuther, the champion snorer, offers
800 for cure, prompted by the en-
barrassment experienced In a New
York city bath house. where he went
,or the Turkish treatment He snored
so loudly that attendants were about
to dump him out. when he awoke. He
appealed to the proprietor, who re
funded his payment and advised him
to get out as quickly as possible.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30
aof the Middle cIassi Not II"

"Of the Middle Classf NOT "
George Bernard Shaw has just
made another of his terrible discov-
cries. He says Nobody likes to be
called a member of the middle
classes" The discovery surprises and
perplexes good many people, but no
body has taken II upon himself or her
self to say "Pshaw" to Shaw. Be
cause 1t is the truth. England has
got away from the England Of Dick
ems and James Payn. Everybody ig-
nores the middle class" seeking the
heaven" above II or dilating on the
hell" below It. Where the British
bourgeois has any consciousness at
all, he and she affect to be better
than they are. $50 1t is all q world
of make-believe," says Shaw. We
have turned our backs upon the truth
and tread along in trooping traves-
ties"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30

"a OOKS, articles and poems by
the ton have been written on
~ China. Foreigners by the hun
" dred have covered the shelves
of the worlds Libraries with
tones devoted to China's history, its
people. its peculiarities and its posi-
bilities. A survey Of all this might
make one think that western workers
in the celestial empire" have done
nothing there, are nothing there. For
every twenty writer's who serve up
musty lore there is hardly one to tell
the vivid story of occidental influence
In that old but not Interchangeable land.
Whenever such a rarity appears he
gets his inspiration from Shanghai
the hub of foreign activity in China
writes F. J. Haskin, in the Chicago
Daily News.
Pekin has its matchless treasures,
Soochow it's grand canal. Marking its
relics of the Ming emperors, Cheefoo
its missions and its laces. Canton It's
curios and Hongkong its peak. but
Shanghai is just Shanghai, and there
is none like 1t. Shanghai has refresh
ing bits Of the wonders the others
display to the extent of safety, with
plenty Of additional attractions dis
tinctly Shanghaiese. Its rivals cannot
even do 1t the compliment Of imita-
ton. Shanghai is oriental. Shanghai
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-30
End Of . Myth Of the Sea.

With the first anniversary Of the
sinking of the Titanic are two events
strongly reflective of the influence Of
that memorable disaster for greater
safety in ocean travel The huge Va
terland, launched recently at Ham