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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-19
MEXICAN HOTEL AT FRESC0
American Tourist Shown to Groom"
In Corn Patch by DIgnIfied
Host.

Chicago.-A tourist who was tramp
Ing over Mexico last year was put
up" TOR a night at lazy, rickety little
snack that was called hotel. II was
In the country, in the northern part Of
Nuevp Leon state.
AT the hotel" the tourist said. "the
old stage joke about stopping on the
outside was no joke at all. Very much
traVel worn, arrived late in the after
noon. There were only two rooms in
the 'posada,' meaning in Mexico-'the
noteF-a large room, which served as
lobby. office and dining room, and a
much smaller side room. which was
kitchen and everything else connect
ed with the hostelry.
Il did not find out until after had
paid, a little matter that was demand
ed In advance with such a flourish of
courtesy that | could not hesitate. I
spent several perturbed moments, off
and on, wondering where | was to
sleep. However, there we're three 9th.
er guests, Mexicans, who did not ap-
pear to be worrying, so l tried to be
patient.
Supper, an affair of lots of pepper
and little food. was served by the pro
prietor's wife. Shortly after nightfan
the proprietor, with much bowling and
gesturing, and Senior AmericanoiRg
signified to me that he would take
pleasure In assisting me to my room.
| followed him-out of the hotel and
into a small corn patch behind the
building.
In corn row, at a point where
the overhanging top blades were thick
enough to furnish canopy that was
at least dew-proof. my landlord halt.
ed and pointed to an old blanket which
had been spread In the hollow be.
tween the rows, and, bowling and
senortng some more. commended me
TO the care of the saints and departed.
That was my room. There was al
old frayed mat for a pillow and a di.
lapidated blanket for covering.
Did call up the office and kick on
the room? did not. The earth was
dry and warm and, having been re-
Gently hoed, was not hard, and being
dead tired ! turned in at once and had
a dandy sleep"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-19
UNIONS OF LAWLESS
Secret Societies That Still Con-
tinue to Terrorize Europe.
Arson, Murder, Intimidation and 9th
er Crimes at Which Police and
Magistrates Wink-Wide Ae-
tlVity of the camorra.

London.-If the full story of the Sc
cret societies of Europe could be writ
ten, said a consul who has spent 30
years Of his life in the Levant, accord
ing to the London Weekly Telegraph,
1t would make by far the most thrill
Ing and amazing volume, or rather H.
brary of volumes, the world has ever
known.
Many people are under the impress
sion that these lawless societies are
things Of the past, and II is true that
some Of them are now comparatively
old history; but, strange as it may
seem, 1t is fact that today half OF
Europe, the part east of a line drawn.
say, from Palermo to st. Petersburg.
Is literally honeycombed with societies
which batten on every kind of crime
and flourish in defiance of the law.
The Camorra. for example, Is today
more balefully vigorous and far more
widespread in Its ramifications than
when 1t spread terror throughout the
kingdom of Naples in the eighteenth
century. In those early days the Cam
orristi, as It's members were called.
mad their quarters In every provincial
town and a dozen of them in the city
OF Naples itself, each section having
It's autocratic chief whose will was law
and to disobey whom was death. So
powerful were they that their tyranny
extended to every trade and every
class In the kingdom; they plundered
with impunity and practiced every
sort of crime, from murder to snug
Cling. To such an extent did they
carry their insolence that they i'm
posed a tax on every article of food
that entered Naples; and this impost
none, from the highest to the lowest,
dared resist.
Today, so greatly has the Camorra
fourished and spread its lawless net,
It's operation covers the whole Of Tur-
key; and 1t has countless branches
elsewhere through the Levant. Its
members are principally Italians and
Greeks, and they are drawn from all
classes, from princes to peasants,
Candidates for membership still
swear their terrible oath of fidelity on
crucifix of iron, as did the first mem
bers long generations ago; and only
after passing the severest tests and
undergoing long probation do they re-
ceiVe the two knives of peculiar form
by which the Cammoristi can always
recognize one another.
The Camorra has been called ian
organized band of assassins." 1t is
more than this; for 1t is prepared to
undertake any form of crime that
brings gold into its Golfers. In the
neighborhood of Constantinople. es-
pecially, 1t draws a large revenue as
the paid instrument of vengeance. If,
for instance, a lover has rival whom
he would gladly see removed from his
path, all that is necessary is to call
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-19

the Camorra to his aid. A dagger
thrust in the back on a dark night, a
body flung into the BosphoTus, the
exchange of stipulated sum-and the
way is clear for him. Dead men tell
no tales; nor do the Camorristi. II is
all in the days work; and the gold is
none the worse for being the price of
blood. Thus easy, thanks to the Cam.
ORA, is 1t to be rid Of false lover, a
troublesome rival, or a wife or hus-
band who has become superfuous.
Even more powerful and dreaded
than the Camorra is the Mana, a Sc.
cret society which has long held
tyrannous sway over Sicily. The Ma.
fla has been well described by NJ
Gianelli as IAN unapproachable and
multiform union of persons OF all
classes who aid each other, in spite
of the law and OF morality, to murder,
to intimidate and seQuestrate landed
proprietors. to raise a ring in the corn
market, to forge wills, to influence the
result of trials and to push their best
men into government Offices. II In
cludes outlaws. mayors, judges,
thieves. sharpers and members of par
lament"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-19
PUT UNDER CONTRIBUTION
Cleveland Lawyers Left "Holding the
Bag" After Tramp Made Good
His Departure.

A pathetic looking tramp hobbled
into lawyers office In the downtown
district few weeks ago. relates the
Cleveland Plain Dealer. When his
turn came to be interviewed he said
that he wanted to sue man for heavy
damages. He had been run down by a
motor car; his shoulder was dislocat-
ed, his clothes torn, his ankle sprained
severely. He had been knocked into,
the gutter and the driver Of the car
had put on full speed without trying
to ascertain the condition Of the vic
tim. The latter had taken the number
of the car. however, and he said he
could produce witnesses. 1t was good
case, and the lawyer agreed to take it.
Err can't pay you no money
now, sir" mumbled the client, in an
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-19
KAISER WILHELM'S LEFT ARM
Something That All Germany Knows
and None Dare Men,
ton.

Berlin.-On January 27, 1859. Berlin
waited for the guns which were to
announce the birth Of the first baby
to the princess royal of Great Britain,
who married Prince Frederick Will
liam of Prussia, in 1858. For an heir
101 guns are fired and for a daughter
only twenty-five. At the twenty-third
report all Berlin went mad with de-
light. The crowd near the palace cap
tured old Field Marshal Wrangel,
clamoring for particulars.
Children" he said, "all is we'll 1t
is as fine and sturdy a recruit as one
could wish" Thus was the birth of
the present kaiser.
But the public little knew of the
tragedy which almost had happened.
and which might have resulted In the
death Of the baby prince and his moth
er.
1t is related in a biography Of the
Empress Frederick, just published.
that the bedroom of the princess at
the old schloss, the royal palace in
Berlin, was next to the death cham
Der where previous king had died.
This was kept in the same state as on
the day of his death, and the princess
had to pass through II to her bedroom
or dressing room. 1t was in circum-
stances like these that the present
kaiser was born, and his defect at
birth-a helpless left arm-was the
result Of a most unfortunate mis-
chance. The letter summoning Doc
tor Martin, the English doctor that
Queen Victoria desired to oficiate at
the birth. was put by stupid servant
into the post instead Of being sent
direct, and it was this delay that
caused all the trouble.
Both mother and baby we're for
time in imminent danger. No anaes-
thetic was administered, and the
princess, with characteristic courage,
looked up to her husband. who held
her in his arms the whole time. None
of them about her thought her
strength would hold out, and one Of
the German doctors actually said in
her presence that she would die. and
her baby, too.
Fortunately, this dismal prophecy
was not fulfilled. and as the years
went by the young prince grew up to
be a fine, manly boy, in spite Of the
fact that he was permanently crippled
In his left arm.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-19

other obliging things I've done right
in this building. IL wanted to brag.
] believe in being helpful. I amt OBJ
posed to it in moderation, only l like
to feel tolersble certain that the guy
help is going to appreciate what l
do for him and that he is in a position
to show il.
Don't get the idea that I'm all the
time a-looking for thanks. amt.
Mike was telling me one time about
friend OF his that started up a
poultry farm out near Lake Forest.
He was a grateful man, Mikes friend
was. and every time his hens laid an
egg he thanked them for it. After
while the hens quit laying and he
come to Mike and wanted to know
what was the best thing to do.
Try some chicken feed on EN-
says Mike.
Now amt no hen, Nels. but
like some chicken feed now and
then" said the janitor, as he pulled
on his shoes. And you remember
what I've told you. What did you get
when you accommodated me just
now?
you got the boot, Nels, my friend.
and that's what they all get. Now
you can shake down them CRATES"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-19
PapIer.Maehe AutomohIIes.

PAPER mache seemingly is about to
enter upon a new field of usefulness.
An English chemist comes forward
with this suggestion: why not en-
ploy papier mache in the manufacture
of automobile bodies? The framework
of the body. for instance, might be
built up of netting and ligt steel braces
with the papier mache firmly pressed
into the interstices of the netting. Such
body would be lighter than a steel
body, less expensive to build than an
aluminium one and stronge enough.
Incidentally, papier mache Is capa-
BILE Of being highly finished. and IT is
quite probable that enamel would show
less tendency to chip or fake on It
than when metal is used"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-19
The Basement
Philosopher
(copydrhs. i9l,. By W. G. chapn.nl
By KENNETH HARRIS

N~~Ns'AeN~ 49, ~ W. ~ N@@SHaaAg
"Nels. my friend" said the janitor
to his Scandinavian assistant, with
more than his usual blandness. "Nels,
my friend, wou.s you do me the favor
to bring me them there old shoes
that's a-standing behind the door?
Thank you kindly. I'm much obliged
to you. Nels. You're an accommodate
ing sort Of a guy. you are. and I've
been a-noticing it. And now since
you're here, maybe you'll pull of these
here boots of mine for me. They're
hurting my feet considerable"
The janitor leaned back in his
chair and his assistant, backing up to
him, straddled the extended leg and
STOPPING, gripped the heel of a boot
that was well plastered with recent
mud. The ianitor placed his other
foot against that part of his assist
ants person that was nearest and
pushed firmly but gently.
Good work." commented the jan
itor, as the boot slid of. II never
seen that better done Now for the
other one. if it amt troubling you too
much"
The operation was repeated, but
this time the janitor applied so much
force to his part of it that the assist
ant was propelled violently forward on
his hands and knees, from which pos
ture he arose with a red face, mutter-
ing words in a strange tongue.
Holy smoke!" calculated the jan
itor. with an appearance of extreme
irritation. What was you a-trying to
do? Throw somersaults? Say, didn't
you know that boot was a-going to
come of, or did you think you was
hitched up to a load of coal on an
upgrade? It's a pity you didn't run
your thick head into the wall You've
got lots of sense, you have. Skinned
your knuckles, have you? I'm glad of
it. Maybe it'll learn you something.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-19

the garden. Arsenate of lead should
De used for biting insects. Do not, how.
ever apply to vegetables that are to
De used less than three weeks before
the time they are ready for eating.
Plant lice and many of the sucking
insects can be combated with soap
solution and kerosene emulsion. Cut
worms and many of the serious pests
nave to be combated by mechanical
means
No farm is complete without its
FAMILY orchard, and yet very few farm
ers' families have plainly Of luscious
truit to eat the year round. We
should not forget the fact that prac.
tees which would be impracticable in
a commercial orchard are not only
practicable but profitable in the family
orchard.
purchase the plants from a near
by, reliable nursery. The variety
chosen should be adapted to the local
lty and personally liked by the grower.
Peaches had best be set with June
buds 20 feet apart. Apples should be
two years old, 35 to 40 feet apart;
pecans so feet apart Always use
budded or grated stock, never seed
hngs. Prepare the land we'll before
planting these. Pillow deep and sub
soil If possible. Open holes by hand
or with dynamite. The latter is more
expensive, but probably gives better
results. The orchard should be plow-
ed early in the spring. If an old orch.
ard is in sod, it should not be plowed
as deep as young orchard just set
The ground should be worked every
two weeks, and after every rain, with
disk harrows and spiked and spring
toothed harrows. About the last of
July or the first of August it is well to
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-19
INVESTIGATION ON
SOUTHERN FARMS
Farmer Should Have Garden for
Production of Vegetables.
NECESSARY TO HAVE HOTBED
suitable Continuance May BE Con-
strueted cheapIy by Digging Hole
Two Feet Deep and Lining In
side With Boards,
(By G.. II. ALFORD)

Every farmer should have a good
home garden. The sole object of this
garden should be the production of
vegetables for family use, and thereby
materially reduce the grocery bill. II
more is produced than is required in
the home for use in the fresh state,
and for canning. the surplus can be
EASILY sold to the neighbors or near
By grocery stores.
To properly and successfully run a
garden it is practically a necessity to
possess a hotbed. This may be con-
structed cheaply by digging a hole IS
inches or two feet deep, 6 by IL feet,
lining the inside of this with boards.
and running the north side ten inches
above the ground and the south side
only four. This gives a slant towards
the south, furnishing protection from
the north. About foot of fairly good
horse manure should be allowed to
lerment and be placed in this bed.
arrangements being made TO secure
drainage at the bottom. Over the
manure from four to six inches of
good garden soil should be put, and
the bed may be covered with canvas
Or glass as desired. In this the cab
bage and the tomato and the like
plants may be raised for setting in
the garden. After the heat is gone
rom the bed it becomes a cold frame
and may be used at odd times for the
growing of radishes, lettuce and other
crops which do not need bottom heat.
The garden itself should be we'll
plowed early in the spring and have
as much manure as possible turned
under. Such crops as peas, cabbage,
beets, onions and other cold resistant
plants should be planted as soon as
possible. When all danger from late
irosts is over, tomatoes, peppers, egg
plant, and so forth, can be set out;
beans, okra and all frost-tender plants
should also then be planted. For the
smaller growing types, such as tur
nips, carrots, lettuce, spinach and like
plants the rows need not be more than
foot or Is inches apart. For cab
bage. collards and so forth, the rows
should be two feet apart and the
plants two feet in the rows.
Tomatoes and the larger growing
vegetables should be set from three
10 four feet each way. Peas can be
planted in rows eight inches apart and
three feet allowed between each pair
Of rows The cultivation in the mar
row middle can be done with hand
cultivator. If the garden is large and
the rows put wider apart. ordinary
horse cultivator with many small
teeth may be advantageously used.
The ground should be kept well and
thoroughly mulched on top after hav-
ing been prepared deeply. The weeds
should be removed from between the
rows and plants, and where possible
succession of crops should be ar
ranged for, so that the garden will
furnish various and sundry vege-
tables all through the season. For
Instance, a short row of radishes
should be planted, and a week or ten
days after another short row should |
be put in. Where tomato plants are
well looked after and sprayed toma- |
toes may be reasonably expected from !
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-19
BARLEY A GOOD STOCK FEED
Farmer Cannot Produce Better Hog
Pasture Than by Sowing This Crop
Pillow the Soil Deeply.

The Kansas Industrialist prints the
following:
OF course, you like the big, juicy,
red-and-white streaked strips OF ba-
con But you may not know that this
hind of bacon is produced by feeding
ground barley mixed with skim milk.
Soaked barley alone is an excellent
hog feed. Barley also is good for
sheep, and as a feed for horses and
cattle is nearly equal to corn.
You can't produce better hog pas
mre than by sowing barley in the
al, If the ground is sufficiently moist,
putting the seed in thickly and at a
oepth of three or four inches. This
furnishes excellent winter grazing I'M
" The ground freezes.
Barley also makes very nutritious
nay II sown thickly in the early spring.
eut In the Towering stage, and proper
Y cured. The boards will then be soft
eao will not affect the mouths of the
>nlnals eating 1t. This crop does best
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-19

SOW a cover crop. Twenty pounds of
hairy vetch and one bushel of rye
make a good cover crop for orchards
on poor soil. This cover crop should
be allowed to grow all the fall and be
turned under the following spring.
An orchard may be Intercepted
with cotton, corn or any other clean
cultivated crop, provided enough room
is left for the growth of the trees and
the inter-cropping is stopped as soon
as the orchard comes into bearing.
Never allow small grain to mature in
an orchard. A cover crop should al
ways be sown, even if the orchard is
Intercepted.
A good fertilizer for bearing orch
ard is composed of 100 pounds of cot
tonseed meal, 300 pounds of acid phos-
phate, 16 per cent. and 100 pounds of
muriate of potash. A bearing orchard
should receive 900 pounds broad
cast of the above fertilizer just before
the second cultivation in the spring.
The fertilizer is low in nitrogen, con-
sequently this element must be made
up by the use of leguminous cover
crops of some kind. Don't, however,
use the COW pea in a peach orchard on
sandy lands unless the variety Iron
Clad can be obtained.
Pruning should be practiced every
year. and do not put of for two or
three years at a time and then the
trees severely pruned. Head low and
open up the tops. This pruning may
be done at any time, remembering.
however, that pruning in the winter
fosters wood production, while prun-
ing in the summer tends to retard the
growth OF the plant. Weak and poor
growing trees should be heavily prun-
ed in the fall and winter. Scupper-
nongs, If pruned, should be worked
over before New Years. Grapes
should be prunned as soon after
Christmas as possible.
Spraying should also be practiced
in the orchard. Every orchard should
be sprayed with concentrated lime ana
sulphur during the winter as a pre-
tentative and a cure for San Jose
scale, peach leaf curl, and shot-hole
fungus. After the little fruits are set
they should also receive an applica-
ton of self-boiled lime and sulphur
and arsenate of lead, and in three
weeks or a month later it is well to
make an application Of self-boiled lime
and sulphur. On the grapes and small
fruits the early spray of concentrated
lime and sulphur can be substituted
by copper sulphate.
A sharp lookout should be kept at
all times for the appearance of vari-
Gus insects and diseases. The trees
should be wormed once or twice a
year; when a tree is knocked over it
should be Immediately staked by
driving three stakes in the ground and
tying the tree to them so it will not
movein the wind.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-19
GOOD WORK. COMMENTED THE JANroR AS TIE BOOT Off

embarrassed manner. 81 amt got
cent. an If you don't want ter"
That's all right" said the lawyer.
We'll settle that when ! win your
case. By the way, IL you're broke you'll
need little to go on" And a green
back changed hands.
There wouldn't have been much of 4
story in this II the motor car victim
hadn't gone to FIVE other lawyers in
the same building before he consid-
cred that his case would be sufficiently
well handled. He collected about $50
and then recovered from his bruises
and disappeared.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-19

and was given a sentence of four
months, on a charge of carrying con-
cealed deadly weapons. And. be-
cause he didn't want to cause his sis
tiers worriment. he persistently refused
to notify them of his predicament, pre-
ferring to suffer in silence until the
expiration Of his term. about February
of 1914.
Since July 6 his sister, Miss Carrie
Peishl and Mrs. Anna Lomeg Of Pbila-
delphia, have been searching for him.
Through Sergeant H. 8. Lever, at the
police station here, they sorrowfully