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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-09-26
TUBER0SES ARE NOT
DIFFICULT TO GROW
Good, Rich Soil Is Necessary for
These Handsome Flowers
They Sell Well.

These handsome stalk flowers are
easily grown. Good, rich soil is nee.
essary. The flowers always sell readt
ly and ship any distance without in.
jury. Bulbs also sell well. Sort them
into three sizes and make It's price
accordingly. Plant in a sandy soil
about five inches deep.
A space in the back yard, yard
wide and two yards long, viii produce
a dozen fine stalks that viii provice
hundreds Of flowers. Keep the PLAN
moist at all times to secure choice
flowers.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-09-26
Special crou.

Try to raise some crop different
from those of your neighbors, becom
ing skillful in its management. pro
ducing a fine and desirable article
and finding a home market for q
with little ennnnatjtinn
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-09-26
To Keen Dinner Hot.

Cover the food closely. with tin ant
set it over a basin of hot water. Thi
zeeps the food hot. and at the sam
lime prevents it from drying.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-09-26
Saute Parsnlps.

Cut cold boiled parsnips in two
Iengthwise. Dip in beaten egg and
breadcrumbs. Sprinkle with salt and
pepper and saute in drippings until
nice brown.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-09-26

their eggs can be sold for special
prices IN the Matching season. But
watch the flock and weed out the ones
which do not soon respond to stimu
lating feed by frequent visits to the
nest
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
Little Bobbie S Pa
By WILLIAM r. KIRK.

prize. Yure father can't help you in
this contest, excep, maybe, he can
help you to spend the ten dollars wen
you win it.
He will newer win the prize. sed
Pa. The story is vary crude.
1 don't think you are a competent
critick. sed Ma. You newer rote any
stories yourself that won any prizes,
& now you are trying to tell littel
Bobbie how to rite. You are always
that way, Ma sed, trying to tell peepul
how to do things that you can not dc
yureself. I will bet you a ten-dollar
bathrobe aggenst a ten dollar hat Ma
sed, that Bobbie wins the prize. I am
giving you a even mummy bet, Ma sed
& I am talking Bobbie aggenst the
whole field. That is the kind Of a
bettor l am, Ma sed.
Sure enuff, day beefoar yesterday ]
got letter from the boys magazeen
& thare was new dollar bill
in 1t.
'SAI' SOU Hla " d. cum aCfOSt
with that ten dollars for my hat
l haven't the change now, sed Pa.
Bobbie, let yure mother talk that ten
dollars till payday.
That is the way Pa paid his bet &
wud be broak now only Ma gaiv me
the ten back & sed she wud wait till
payday for her hat. Pa thinks he
knows lots. but Ma is a better bettor
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
Correct Words and How to Use Them
By MRS. FRANK LEARNED.
Author Of 1.-THE Etiquette Of New York To-Day

ways" Somewhere" There's plenty
OF places"
The contraction don't for "do not''
should never be used with a singular
noun or pronoun. It is correct 70 say
He does not" and not He don't" 1t
is important to remember the objective
form of the first person singular when a
noun or pronoun or two pronouns fol-
low a verb, and not to say Ethel asked
Mary and to 60" but Ethel asked
Mary and me to go" II one is confused
about the use Of pronouns in a sentence
Of this sort an easy rule is to separate
them and use each one with the verb,
thus: Ethel asked Mary" and Ethel
asked me-" In this way the. grammati-
cal form is seen.
1t is correct to say "a summer day."
not "A summers day" "Cut the apple
in two" or "in halves" not Cut the
apple in half" II cut the ribbon Off
this piece" not of of this piece" THE
child threw It on the floor not @onto
the floor"
whether" is a woro that indicates a
choice OF things and should not be
placed at the head of each part Of
sentence. For instance, It is incorrect
to repeat it thus: II have not decided
whether shall go to Boston or whether
l shall stay at home"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03

II VERY intelligent person is always
r progressing and is never indif-
ferent in matters Of culture. II
careless habits OF speech have
been formed a determined effort TO cor
rect them will lead to good results.
Many persons who consider them
selves well educated make the mistake
Of using the participle got" in connec-
ton with the verb ITO have" They
say: Have you got the key" who
has got my book?' instead Of Have
you the key?" who has my book"
Mistakes of everyday occurrence are.
who did you give It tor" who is this
for?'' instead Of the correct expressions.
ITO whom did you give it?" For whom
is this?"
Frequently one hears these errors in
grammar: 81 intended to have bought
a pair of gloves" instead of Il intended
TO buy pair OF Gloves" 1T was no use
asking him." instead Of 1T was no use
to ask him." Try and persuade her to
60" instead Of TRY to persuade her to
go"
II would seem unnecessary to tell any
one not to use the present tense in
stead Of the past tense when mentioning
what another has said yet a careless
person may be heard saying, He says"
instead OF He said"
Other faults are to say "a great
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03

7 SHOWED Pa & Ma a peece in d
boys magazine that offerd prize
of ten dollars for the best short
story of adventure wrote by a boy
not oaver twelve yeers old. I toald
Pa that I was going to try for the
prize. & Pa sad rite away that he wud
help me rite the story.
Why doant you let Bobbie rite it
hisself? sed Ma. l dOant think it wud
be fair to the other nttel boys who
will com peet to have you cum along
with yure wunderful, marvellous brain
& win that ten dollars. Let the kids
have thare own competishun, Ma sed.
So this is the story 1 rote. 1t had
to be less than a hundred words & 1t
is pritty hard to rite a story inside OF
a hundred words & have the whole
plot in. This is how l rote 1t;
1t was midnite in Mexico. sill
very moon smiled at the Rio Grande
witch wound it's way through the lone
ly desert.
Crack! A pistol shot rang out &
Bad Antonio pitched from his horse.
Sheriff Vane halted his horse be-
fore it cud trample on the body of the
outlaw.
One glanst was enufr for Sheriff
Vane.
The Mexican was ded.
Crack! Crack! Two pistol shots
rang out thru the desert air. and
Sheriff Vane pitched from his horse.
Bad Silvio and Bad Chico halted
thare horses beefoar they cud trample
on the body of the Sheriff.
One glanst was enuff for the two
outlaws.
The Sheriff was ded.
That story won't win any prize,
Bobbie. sed Pa. 1t amt a good piece
Of work at all. guess you better let
me rite IT all oaver for you.
Ma seen that l felt kind of bad
Every time wen feel bad my lip gifts
kind of stiff l can't help it & l can't
grin wen l try. So Ma patted me on
the cheek and sed Bobbie, that is a
good story, & I bet you will win the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
Who's II Was.

A school teacher who was giving a
lesson on food" was interrupted by
one Of his pupils.
please, sir" he said, Jimmy says
he knew baby that was brought up
on elephants milk, and it gained ten
pounds in weight every day.
Jimmy ought not to tell you such
rubbish" said the teacher. Whose
baby was it that was brought up on
elephants milk"
please, sir" answered Jimmy, cit
was the elephants
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03

big tears OF sheer modification rolled
down her cheeks. And when she saw
a smile on the face of her companion
she could have killed him without
conjunction.
What are you laughing at, please?"
Dollabella dabbed her eyes defiantly
Because your 1diotic things as
you call them, don't hold a rushlight
to mine. Confessions good for the
soul. Look here--I never meant to
tell you, but II threw myself off
that ladder"
ION purpose2"
YES"
What on earth for2"
Because / knew about the Red
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
Do You Know
That

In the lunatic asylum at Nantes is
an tlliterate inmate who has been
discovered by the chief doctor to be
a remarkable lightning calculator. g"
ASK what would be the age of a
person who had lived a milliard of
seconds, he took only 48 seconds to
reply correctly In % seconds he sup
piled the correct answer to the cues
ton, what would be the age of a
person who had lived 343, 0OO,O 900 sec
onds. He required only 80 seconds to
ma out how many seconds there were
IN ~ years, three months, twelve
hours. Having been told the square
mileage Of the globe, he was asked
now many hectares that represents.
ana gave the correct reply in four
seconds. Asked how many seconds
there are in 80 years, he replied in
fourteen seconds, and explained that
his calculations had involved four
multlpHCatiOnS and one addition nv
mental arithmetic
Mr.. jeffrey Farnol who so suddenly
leaped into fame as the author Of
The Broad Highway" Of which more
than 100000 copies have been sold
comes of stock somewhat remark
able for its longevity His grand
parents are still living, as also their
ten sons and daughter, with numer-
GUS grandchildren and great grand
children. Four generations of one
family, with only one loss by death
and that the authors brother, who
fell in action in the Boer war-may
be considered almost phenomenal
Dancing at German court functions
is serious business, for the Kaiser
will allow no one to take the floor
who is not an expert. When a ball is
in progress the court dancing master
sits in one Of the galleries and care
fully observes the dancers. Should he
detect UngracefUlness in any guest he
communicates with the Emperor, and
the offender is presently warned that
he or she must become more prof.
Client before again being invited to
the palace.
The transactions" Of the Crema-
ton Society of England states that
there were 1,134 cremations in Great
Britain in 1912 compared with ,023
in 1911. Among the well-known per-
sons Cremated during the year were
the Bishop Of Truro and the Rev.
Charles VOysey. There are thirteen
crematories in England. of which FIVE
are municipal
man arrested by the Willesden
police as an army deserted was found
to have one arm tattoOed with the
story Of his CouTtships and the names
Of his loves, while the other arm con-
tained record Of his family bereave-
ments, with In Memoriam" tablets
and tombstones.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
Not Like Him.

The Academy exhibition, with its
fine Sargent portraits, recalls a story
of this famous artist. At a banquet a
young lady whom he knew very well
said to him:
"Oh. Mr.. Sargent, saw your latest
painting, and kissed it because 1t was
so much like you"
And did it kiss you in return"
why, no."
Then" said Mr.. Sargent, at was
not like me-"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
QUIT TELLING HER.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

1 am twenty three, and have
had an acquaintance with a girl
of eighteen for the past nine
months. am deeply in love with
her but, somehow, she does not
seem to appreciate the same.
Now, what l would like to know
is there anyway l could bring her
to understand the true feeling l
have for her? G.. F.
You have given her nine months
devotion that she doesn't seem to ap-
preciate. The story Of your love
seems to have become old and stale
Quit telling it. Awaken her interest
by giving her some reason to doubt
you.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03

Cross classes, and thought a smash-
up would fetch you-but never
meant to break myself up Hike this
Dollabella tried to keep her lips
from twitching, but she couldnt.
Somehow the man next door got
the unhurt arm around Dollabena's
shoulders. and what he said when It
was there does not matter to you or
me. All that does matter Is that the
respective owners Of the Guiding
Cottages" behaved themselves quite
appropriately from that day onward.
A couple Of doors knocked through
party walls later on made those
houses one. The owners had been
made one some weeks before.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
Competition.

A little girl had been the pet Of the
family. Every one made much of her.
but when there was new little baby
brother she felt rather neglected.
How are you, Nary" a visitor
asked Of her one afternoon.
"Oh. I'm all right" she said, Eek
cept that / think there is too much
competition in this world"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
Times Up! Did You Send in o. SOLu-
ton of "The Triple Tie'?


The final chapters of ''The Triple Tie will be printed
The Georgian next Monday, July Readers of The Triple
Tie had until to-day send in their conception of the con
cuson of the story containing their solution of mystery
competition for prizes aggregang $3.50 offered The Georgian
The problems for the reader to solve were these:
First-How does Kelly escape the mountaineers?
second-what happens to Mildred Deery the
heroine?
Thrd-How did Gordon Kelly who confessed that he
never game of ball and played game of ball
up to the time he asked Manager Smith of the Atlanta
club for position his team-how did Gordon Kelly
learn to bat catch and bases in the marvellous
he displayed at Atlanta that caused the club
give the unhearof price of 1000 for Gordon Keys
lease?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
Didn't Know It.

Fortune Teller see by your hand
you'll die when you're p.
Willie-But, my dear woman, I'm
% now
Fortune TeIler-Why, my good man,
YOU should have been dead two years.
You're living under false pretenses.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
Have You Sore Gum. or Loose Teethi

A prominent dentist, after years Of
experience, has found . homo rem
edy that will cure Riggs disease.
bleeding, infRmed and spongy gums,
and tighten loose teeth by rinsinR ths
mouth.
Probably you have not sn3OTsd Sat
ing for some time. Get . bottle Of
STYP- STRING-ANT and that dis
ease of the gums and teeth VIII be
cured; therefore, aiding digestion
SOC bottle at ali druggists, or par
eel post, 55c in stamps. DeLAmater-
Lawrence Drug Company. Wholesale
distributors.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03

I to his side. He was breathing, but
! seemed quite unconscious, and his
right arm was bent in a curious way
and the hand looked swollen.
To the Rescue.
Dollabella knelt down and felt it
gingerly; then she stared at it, and
tried to marshal her recently acquired
knowledge. formity-swell-
ing she muttered. It's broken. OF
course it's broken. What shall I do?
l must put 1t into splints before
call help"
Her eyes roved wildly around and
discovered a golf putter lying on the
lawn near small hole. The whistling
man practiced nutting-when he was
not in midair
BY means of his putter and a sturdy
stick used for tying up dahlias, DOlla-
bella made very serviCeable splints
which she tied on with her handker-
chief and his. Just as she finished
her patient moaned little-and
opened his eyes.
The pain in them lessened when
he saw the apparition which bent
over him.
You VIII be quite all right now
Dollabella assured him, speaking very
distinctly as If he were a child. It's
your arm, you knOW-brOken You
know, I'm the girl from next doo-.
I'm going to make you comforta BILE
and send for your housekeeper -
watch you while | fetch the doctor. "
She looked around and seized q coat
which she found near at hand, and
| arranged it beneath his head The
| whistling man shut his eyes and
| moaned, The very slight movement
| had panied him.
THE beastly stere broke" he ex-
| planned Il was-ugh!"
"Yes-yes-don't try to talk; II will
soon be better" Dollabella treasured
him. Now lie quite still"
The caution was scarcely necessary
as the man next door was in no con-
ditiOn to do anything else.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
CONSTANT READER

Ask her. If you find you can't take
her word, then cease your attentions
No happiness was ever built on doubt
or suspicion.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
A Crash.

something which included a spin
tering sound and the too sudden con-
tact Of a heavy body with Mother
Earth.
The whistling had ceased abruptly
in the middle of a bar; there was no
longer any sign of a straw hat and
clipping hands
Dollabella, listening in cold hor-
Tor, heard two or three groans, and
then there was a ghastly silence.
Her heart thumped bard against
her ribs-her breath came in little
uncomfortable gasps.
It's an accident Of some sort, "
she said addressing the flower Dor
ders. Now, what ought l to do?"
The hOllyhocks and sweet williams
having no views on the subject she
did what common sense prompted.
The gardener, who came once a week
to NOV the grass and titivate the
garden generally, had left a pair cc
short steps close at hand. She fetched
them and placed them against the
wall, and climbed to the top.
She was almost afraid to look, but
common sense gave her another prod,
and look she did; and, in looking
beheld a prone figul which lay on
its back, presenting a very white
upturned face to the summer sky.
BY its side, also prone, was a
broken ladder.
At first she really thought that the
whistling man next door was dead.
Her heart seemed to turn a somer-
sault and to stop before It got over.
She scrambled down into his gard y,
dropping bang on to a choice lilium-
auratum in the process, and hurried
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03

Fourth-What happened when Gordon Kelly went to
bat in the ninth inning of the final and deciding game?
Fifth-What is the final ending of the story?
No contributions will be considered if they are delivered at
The Georgian office later than to-day July g. noon
pOstmark later than that time.
Please remember that this is not guessing Orig
nay literary value and analytical cleamess will largely
considered in awarding the prizes Three judges way
connected with The Georgian, will award the prizes
The prizes for the best solutions follows
.
Ihlrd Frlze -.-----..--- ---------.-..-. Z5OO
Twelve Prizes, each ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 500
Total Observation-Disclosures. .-...---.... $4,000
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
Not the Arm.

THAT isn't the arm 1 first aided, Z"
she suddenly burst out. TIED up
your left-the one with the ring. l
know / did"
The man next door got crimson
right up 20 his nicely marked eye
brOws. TIT doesn't signify a bit, +"
he said uncomfortably You did it
beautifully-the doctor said so-and
how could you know which arm it
was If l wasn't up to telling you?"
formity-swelling," NUT
tered Dollabella. 81 am fated." she
added distinctly, "to do idiotic things
where you are concerned" and two
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03

THERE were two red houses in
Acraman's road which Shout
dered each other confidentially
and seemed on such manifestly af-
fectionate terms that the notion of
their respective inhabitants being
anything but bosom friends was sim
ply ridiculous.
The thought struck Dollabella Pow
ney quite forcibly when she bought
one of these said houses, and made
her more eager than was her wont
(she was not curious by nature) to
catch a glimpse of her next door
neighbor. Oddly enough it was suite
a fortnight after she had moved in
before she did so, and then the man
ner of her catching" was sadly at
variance with her customary tradi-
lions of dignity.
Consumed one May evening with a
desire to know something of that
neighbours tastes and habits, she rose
on an inverted backing box which
she had placed against her garden
wall to take a furtive peep at the
adjacent premises. The neighbor,
curiously enough, chose that precise
spot and moment for a similar ma
neuver. Result, their noses all but
met. The neighbor said afterward
| that he was training a creeper, but
the denouement was, in any case, alb
surd. Dollabella shrieked.
Her backing box turned n. rifle a.
the start she gave and she nearly
sprained an ankle as she fell plump
into a group of peonies. With a
countenance the color Of those fam
boyant blossoms, and tears of morti-
tication in her eyes, she scrambled up
and went matestiCally indoors, bang
ing the front door to ease her feel
ings. The neighbor-such is the de-
pravity of man-laughed. After that
there was only one course open to
Dollabella-the next-door neighbor
must be ignored-sent to Coventry
straciZed-Crushed.
1t was two months later, and the
sultry glory of a July evening took
the Guiding Cottagers"-as they
were irreverently called-intO an al
most tropical embrace. Miss Powney
was very busy-a garden hose in one
hand and little black volume, with
a white whirligig on it's cover, in the
other. She appeared, between bouts
of watering, to be committing some
thing to memory.
The next door man was on a ladder
He was chronically on ladders. Dol
labella had consulted her lawyer
brother as to the possibility of a
single woman getting an Injunction
against people who perpetually
mounted heights and, under a pre-
text of pruning, commanded other
peoples domains. Moreover he was
whistling, and his whistling got upon
DOllabella's nerves. Whenever she
looked up she could see his straw
hat and a pair of big brown hands
busy among the young branches of a
mulberry tree-and the sight annoyed
her.
Fractures" said Dollabella to her
self, as she hOsed a thirsty looking
clump of carnations, ARE of six kinds:
simple - compound - convex -- con-
cave (no, that sounds nOnsense)-
wait a minute"
She threw back her head and looked
to the sky for inspiration.
"Wheou-whe-ou," went the man
next door.
Simple compound - implicated
oCnteX-ah!"
"Slither-scrape- crash-plomb!"
Good heavens!" cried Dollabell1,
and the little black book with the
white whirligig fell from her nerve
shaken hand to the ground.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
More Help.

He shut his eyes again. Must YOU
go?" he whispered
Il must, really. You'll have to be
bandaged properly, you see-besides
you're too big for me to move.
won't be long"
She sped indoors big-eyed and
white. After much unsuccessful
knocking she dislodged a middle-aged
housekeeper whom she almost push
ed into the garden. explaining dra-
matically, and then she turned around
again.
Up the country road she tore, and
after ten GREATNESS minutes, she
reached the doctors house. Fortu-
nately, he was in. He cast himself
on a motor bicycle and flashed off al
most before Dollabella had concluded
the account Of the accident.
The next day, after some debat,
with herself she sent in her little
maid to inquire after her neighbor
The answer came back: "Mr. Ran
dalls compliments, and he was goinl
on very nicely, and would like to see
Miss POWney if she could kindly fine
time to go in"
DOllabella, flushing very much a.
the message decided she could moi
possibly find time to obey It's request
and, to emphasize the truth of this
she sat idle for hours wondering
whether she could or not. Mere civil
ity demanded that she should go. She
said this again and again The mar
next door was lying.on a couch, look
ing very forlorn.
please come in and sit down. Did
you mind my asking you to come IN
like this?-I couldn't get to you-you
see"
I'm so glad you're better" Dolla-
bella said primly, and she sat down
obediently.
1T was slight conclusion, you
know, or l should be walking about"
said the man next door. Il had ia
keep awfully quiet for "a hours. How
ever shall | thank you?"
Dollabella did not reply; she was
staring very hard at Unchanged arm
in its splints.
IL
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
Advice to the
Lovelorn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
ASK HER.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
l am nineteen and in love
with a girl of twenty-one. She
also loves me. Last night I told
a friend about it. He laughed
and said: THAT girl is married"
Now, how shall l find out the
truth?