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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05
LIONS LOOSE IN A CROWD
Two Of Beasts Hold Lelpsle Hotel An
Night, While Guests Harrleads
Their Rooms.

Leipsic.-When a street car collided
with a circus wagon at midnight Il
liberated one tiger and eight lions
and Leipsic was in an uproar until
daylight.
The appearance of the Wild ami
mails In the center Of the city created
a panic among the thousands here to
attend the celebration Of the eenten-
NAL of the Battle Of Nations"
The woman trainer of the animals
recaptured the tiger. but the lions
had a merry time until the police
killed six and roped two. One lion
leaped to the drivers seat Of a mo
tor bus and dispossessed the chsuf-
feur, to the discontinue Of the par
sengers. A policeman shot the bealt
from his perch. Five other lions were
shot down in the streets. Two more
leaped through the plateglass front Of
the Butcher hotel and held high ear
nival in the corridors all night
The guests. screaming with terror,
barricaded themselves in their rooms
and distracted clerks with calls for
help. Some were for escaping through
windows. but quickly crawled back
when they saw the turmoil In the
streets below.
The police reserves, the fire depart
ment and the troops quartered with
out the town were called on to capture
the lions and restore order
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05
MOTHER SLAIN; BABY UNHURT
Infant Has lnexplleabls Escape From
Death In Flve-story
Fall.

Paris-The concierge Of a house In
the Rue des Pyrenees heard the sound
of a fall in the courtyard the other
morning. Rushing out, he found the
body Of Nine. Coquelet, flfth floor
tenant, lying against the wall. and her
baby crying close by. On being car
ried to a hospital the woman died i'm
mediately, but the child was miracu-
lousy unhurt. except that its lip was
cut by a broken tooth.
Coquelet was still In bed when his
wife rose to make the coffee, and the
next thing he heard was that the body
had been found below the kitchen win
dow, out of which she must have
thrown herself with the baby clasped
In her arms. The only explanation Of
fered by the widower Is that his wife
must have been laboring under a At Of
neurasthenia, as he never had the
slightest reason to suspect any sui
cidal intention, nor was there the
slightest motive for her taking her
life. The escape Of the baby Is inex-
plicable.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05
HEARD FLUTE 400 MILES OFF
Captain Of Steamer SolfeIs Reports
Odd Incident Of Wireless While
at Sea.

Philadelphia. - An unprecedented
phenomena In wireless telephone and
telegraphy was told by Captain
Schmidt of the German steamship Sol
fels. who reports while bound from
Calcutta and Ceylon to Philadelphia
he heard the clear notes Of a flute
at st. Michaels, 395 miles distant
from the Solfels. On the night Of Sep
TENDER 20, Wireless Operator Blitz
called Captain. Schmidt's as well as
Chief Oficer Lampe's attention to the
fact that some one was playing on the
flute, the notes Of which we're clear
and distinct to both Operator Blitz and
Chief Oficer Lampe. AS the nearest
land, the Azore islands. was approx
mately 400 miles away, all hands were
interested to know where the music
came from. The music continued. and
a wireless message was sent to St
Michaels, the capital of the Azores. A
reply stated that 1t was a national hol-
iday and the man at the flute was
playing God Save the King"
As the wireless apparatus on the
Solfels was of the Tellefunken type,
which is practically a telephone and
wireless telegraphy outfit combined.
there was no trouble In detecting the
sound. although long distalce away,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05
CURBS THE SAN JOSE SCALE
State GeoIoalst Discovers Parasite
That Clears Orchards Of
the Pest.

Gettysburg, Pa-H. A. Surface, state
geologist. announces that he and his
inspectors have discovered and are
propagating q remarkable internal
parasite OF the San Jose scale that il
clearing up this dreaded horticultural
pest throughout the eastern quarter
Of Pennsylvania
In making the announcement Of the
discovery. propagation and dissem-
ination of an effective enemy Of the
San Jose Scale" said Professor Sur
face. Il am announcing by far the
most important horticultural event In
America for the entire year.
This parasite. which is q hymen-
opteron. very minute wasplike in
sect, has cleared up the scale entire
ly in most orchards of the counties of
Franklin, Cumberland, Adams, York,
Dauphin. Lebanon. Lancaster, Berks.
Bucks. Montgomery. Chester and Del
aware. Orchards that were badly in
tested by the scale a year ago are now
entirely free from 1t. Entire nurs-
cries that could not get state certifi-
Gates a year ago because of bad in
lection, are now so clean that the
best inspectors have been unable to
find living scale In them this sea-
SON."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05
TO STOP COTTON WATERING
British Government Plan 70 Adept
Legislation Against Praetles
In india.

London.-Communications are nov
passing between the India ONCE and
the Indian government on the CUES
ton Of Lord Crewe's suggestion that
legislation should be passed to pro
hibit the watering Of cotton in India.
Up to the present the Indian gov
eminent has steadily declined on 70
rious grounds to undertake legislf
ton against adulteration in general
but the practice of watering cotton
after ginning to increase Its weignI
has assumed such proportions that
the government now feels that some
attempt must be made to stop II ~
executive action.
Although Indian cotton contains as
a rule less water than American.
Egyptian or Chinese. yet 1t is wen
known that In the cotton districts ID
India pumps and hose appliances are
used, without any attempt at secrecy
to saturate the cotton with waiei'
which is not always Of the cleanes-
the idea being to cheat the buyer "
selling him water for cotton a. 70
much a pound. Another form OF adaF
iteration is mixing. The ryot seems
unable to resist the temptation 70 MI
his damaged or discolored bolls win
his sound ones, but even II ne coes
the result is vitiated by the action q
the middleman, who promptly mixes
inferior cotton with the good.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05
GOT NAME IN PUBLIC PRINT
Young New Yorker Leaps From the
Brooklyn Bridge for Notorl-
ety's Sake

New York.-Pedestrians on the
Brooklyn bridge were startled when
they heard Patrolman Slevin shout:
stop, or I'll shoot!" Some Of them
turned in time to see slim young man
in a bathing suit vault to the top of
the railing near the middle Of the
span. He stuck his thumb to his nose
and wiggled his fingers at the police
man.
You can't hit q balloon" he yell
ed. Then he jumped. He struck the
water feet first and disappeared. In
a few seconds he bobbed up and swan
to a waiting rowboat. The jumper, who
said he was Joseph c. Murphy, TWEEN
ty-one, was arrested and charged with
attempted suicide. "Aw," protested
Murphy. Il just Jumped to get my
name In the papers"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05

ing: a roofiess ruin. It is true, but
with It's external architectural fea-
lures well preserved. This is the So
called king Johns Palace a Late
Norman house. Modern times have,
from the picturesque point OF view,
distressfully qualified the ancient pic
turesqueness of this western shore.
In the days when Henry the Fifth's
army of pikemen and bowmen en-
barked for France, for that campaign
which gave the English the glorious
victory of st. Crispin's Day. they went
aboard directly out from under the
arch of West Gate. That same veri-
table archway remains, but roadway
now runs along outside the walls
those walls whose feet once went
sheer into the sea, and were washed
by every tide.
This landmark brings us into the
middle of the town, where the church
of Holy Rood stands, with its lofty
spire-one Of the two old churches of
Southampton. The other. St. Mich
ael. is on the right. In St. Michael's
Square. and is remarkable for its
twelfth-century font. one Of tbe only
seven black marble Belgian fonts in
England. The finest Of these is in
Winchester Cathedral. Among the re.
naming sights in Southampton are
the so-called Tudor house." near st.
Michael's church, recently opened by
the corporation as a museum; and the
old Wool house on the Quay, we'll
known locally as the Spanish prison
from its having been used to house
the prisoners of war in the eighteenth
century
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05

enough 10 {
Then he kicked the
I
30 / wish you'd hat dawg
For the reply the mountaineer the
stranger instead
Air you CINE to stan kickn
demanded the astounded
Thet with
yawn. tibet dawg belongs to you're brother
The mountaineer looked
"Whar lie
The
don't rightly know now he replied he
KILN that setter
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05
GIRL CUTS OFF THEIR TAILS
Young Miss Found Only Two cents'
So carvee Gold Fish to Get Even
for Her Trouble.

Passaic, N. J.-Nine-year-old JuliA
Kassa Of IS Essex street. was ar
raigned before Judge Costello IN .ns
police court on a charge Of breaklns
into No. school. stealing sewers.
articles. and cutting on the tails o.
four gold fish.
She admitted the charges were true
and said that she had simply dons
what her heart told her to 90.
was 80 mad when / only found twc
pennies that l cut the tails on 'ns
gold fish," she explained. She v"
discharged on promise to do better
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05
OUTLINES POLICY OF OFFICE

Recognition Of the rights Of capt
tai In its disputes with labor will be
the policy Of the new department OF
labor. according to the plans outlined
by Secretary William B. Wilson the
other night at a dinner of the men
of Gunton-Temple Memorial Presby-
terrain church in Washington.
Some extremists say capital per-
forms no function in the world Of
production and therefore is entitled
to no consideration" said Secretary
Wilson. Capital. being the uncon-
sumed product Of labor. is in a posi-
ton to furnish the worker with the
means of living until the product is
ready for use. Without the use of
capital in that way, labor could only
be used as it Is In savage countries.
Capital is one of the elements by
which productivity may be Increased.
Capital furnishes the machines and
gives the worker ability to increase
his product
Labor is the philosophers stone,
II a. - IL
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05
HISTORIC OLD TOWN
Port of Southampton Has Pic
turesque Attractions.
No Place on South Coast OF England
Situated 30 Beautifully az This
Ancient clty-Wool House on
Quay One Of the Sights.

London. - The fifty-third annual
church congress, which opened on
September 80, had for its place OF
meeting the historic town and port of
Southampton; still, in spite OF the
vast developments of docks and ship
ping which render 1t a rival even OF
Liverpool. a town of much pictures
que attraction. There is no place on
the south coast of England situated so
beautifully as this ancient port; and
the voyage from 1t down Southampton
water, displaying scenes OF quiet
woodlands, pastures and sunlit fair
way, adds another pang of regret to
the Englishman's departure from
home, just as the passage past the
Needles and Calshot Castle, between
the Wight and the mainland, and up
to Southampton heatens the wander
er's return from overseas.
This way came the Romans voyag-
ing to and from their port of Clausen-
tum, identified now with Bitterne,
some two miles higher up the estuary
Of the Itchen, a spot where the coins
OF the Caesars and the potsherds Of
dead and gone civilization are yet
plentifully found. The Saxons, follow
ing their usual custom, established
themselves on q new site when they
came here, and left the ruined and
deserted Clausentum to the spirits Of
the dead and the evil things which
they ardently believed inhabited the
deserted homes of men. Thus South
ampton arose where we now find 1t.
We do not nowadays trace any Saxon
remains here, although In those days
this was place of importance, and
the building called Kings Canute's
Palace" is later than his time. 1t was
here-as that monkish chronicler
Henry of Huntingdon. would have US
believe-that Canute, the immediate
successor Of the Saxon monarchs, put
the gross flattery of his courtiers to
the test. They had told him his pow
er was so great that II he command
ed the sea to retire 1t would obey.
This appears to have been too much
even for a Danish king of the tenth
century to believe; and when he put
1t to the proof, and the sea continued
to come on, we are to suppose that
those courtiers experienced a bad
time. 1t is a story which has been
seized upon with enthusiasm alike by
moralists and humorists; and 1t
would be difficult to say which have
had the best turn out of so promising
a subject.
We may readily trace the western
defences of the town, made trebly
strong after the French and other al
lied fleets had suddenly descended up
on 1t, midway in the fourteenth CEN
fury, burning and staying until half
Southampton lay In ruins. The curious
deep-arcaded walls are relics OF that
time. in the determination of the
townsfolk to build so strongly that
no sudden foray should find them un-
prepared.
Here, also, is a very curious and
archaeologically valuable old build
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05
L[NTnf[llr1ItLIdHT
COLONEL GORGAS' WORK IN CANAL ZONE

The last, and one Of the greatest
OF all the feats on the lsthmus. was
not accomplished by the engineers.
II is the marvellous work by which
Colonel Gorgas of the medical corps
cleaned up the canal zone and made
It possible for men TO work there.
Before the Americans came the lstn-
mus of Panama was notorious as the
most unhealthful place in the world.
The French diggers of the canal were
beaten by yellow fever. When the
Panama railroad was built 1t was
said, though the statement Is prob
ably an exaggeration, that every tie
in the road represented a mans life.
The cities of Panama and Colon were
sinks Of filth and corruption.
There is no yellow fever now IN
the canal zone and there has been
none for several years. Malarial
fever has almost disappeared. The
death rate is lower than anywhere
else in the United States or Its pos
sessions. The zone is being adver-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05
Startling Order to Railroad Men.

Chicago.-Pictures Of wives, sweet
hearts, mothers or babies on the crys-
tails of watches carried by engineers,
conductors and other employees Of the
Illinois Central railroad are no longer
permitted. officials of the road hand
ed down an order against them. saying
these faces on the watch crystals dis
tracted the attention Of the employees
from their duties.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05

duce the authorities to include cage
in which to take her new purchase
away. This meant more money, how
ever, and she took the young lion
away in her arms, and boarded a tram
car with It. The animal scratched
her, however, and made her release
her hold.
1t then scampered away playfully
into the Bots de Bolougne, and before
it could be captured 1t had killed fox
terrier and a deer hound.
The ex-dancer now realizes that her
economy was false one. for she had
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05
DR.. GLADDEN. WARNS THE CHURCH

Charges that the church is drift
Ing away from the common people
and catering to the rich and a warn
ing that future success depends on a
revival Of interest in the working
man and his family gave interest to
the meeting Of the Home Missionary
society held in connection with the
National Council of Congregational
churches at Kansas City.
The church must get back to the
needs OF the plain people or quit"
declared DR.. Washington GLADDEN. Of
Columbus, Ohio. former moderator
DR.. GLADDEN. some years ago came
into prominence when he challenged
the propriety Of acceptance by the
American Board Of Foreign Missions
OF a gift of 100000 from John D.
Rockefeller. The controversy which
arose over this challenge brought into
popularity the phrase &, tainted
money"
1T is imperative that the church
awaken to a realization of its mis-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05
TOM HELM TOLD THIS ONE

Conversation In the house lobby at
Washington the other day wandered
on to houn' dawgs, and the various
members, mostly southerners. were
telling their various experiences.
Finally, Tom Heflin, the Adonis from
Alabama, offered a contribution.
Down in a mountain town In my
state" said he, "a man from outside
one day rode in and behind him came
a lean and sad-eyed dog. It was the
custom to put any newcomer in town
through a hazing process, and this
was accordingly done with the strang-
er.
AFTER he had his dinner and was
smoking, big mountaineer whom he
knew slightly wandered out and
kicked at lean, sad-eyed dog lying
almost at the strangers feet
Don't kick that dawg.' said the
stranger. protestingly.
WHO says | mustn't kick that
dawgT demanded the mountaineer
fiercely. I reckon I'm about good
enough aroun' here to kick ANYTHING
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05
ONE CURIOSITY OF TROPICS
Matapalo Can't Grow WIthov. A.. .
Another Tree, Then chokes o., "
Life That Aided II

New Orleans.-The matapalo
is one Of the curiosities of the tropIr.
This variety OF tree never grows win
out the aid Of another tree. II !.
first resembles vine. and usu.r.
selects a young palm tree as its ~
in its upward growth. In a few ves--.
time 1t has grown until it has en-.
pletely surrounded the palm and h.
choked out the life that aided IL
The accompanying photograph va.
taken near Bias obispo. in the canal
zone, in the dry season, when m.
tree sheds its leaves. 1t shows ~
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05
ONE LION CUBS HAPPY HOUR
Savage Young Beast Escapes From
Owner and Kills Two Dogs Be-
fore Being Captured.

Paris.-A former favorite In the
Paris music halls. who in the decline
of her glory. acquired wild beast
SOW, had a singular adventure when
she came up from St German to buy
lion cub at the Jardin a'Acclimata-
tion-the Paris Zoo.
In striking a bargain she tried to In
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05

the "Burleson" dahlia rested proudly
In vase on the Official desk today. It
has come to be recognized in govern
ment circles that public man must
have a rose or a chrysanthemum or a
cigar or something named for him be-
fore he really can be placed in the ex-
allied list.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05
HUMORS OF THE PULPIT
consented. and chose the text, Lord.
have mercy upon my son. for he Ia q
lunatic."
"THE BURLESoN" IS LATEST
Baltimore Postoffiee Clerk Names New
Variety Of DahIIa for His Or
elaI Superior.

Washington. - Fame sought out
Postmaster General Burleson and
cloaked him when 1t produced a new
variety of dahlia and named 1t the
Buleson." w. H. Harvey, a clerk in
the postofice at Baltimore, was the
humble agent through which the in
vestiture was accomplished. Mr.. Har-
vey dug and delved and produced the
new bloom.
And it's a corker." he said proudly.
It's worthy of the distinguished name
1t bears"
The postmaster general evidently
subscribed to Mr.. Harvey's views, for
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05
aox Has acamera vIsIon."

Baltimore.-Dr. William n. Howe
of the Johns Hopkins hospital, WIZ
with other experts. is studying the 60, -
of Russell Baker. the Huntington ",
Va, schoolboy who reads, writes -.
sings upside down. declared thar Ins
bow as a camera vision" and Sc
things not only reversed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05
ptdn,t LIk. Huspand,, Town.

Jersey City.-Because she did moi
like the town Of Vulcanite. N. J., where
her husband had decided TO live. Mrs
Agnes Keller applied to the couri
here to compel her husband to give
her alimony. Her application vas -
fuaar
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05
slit skirt Lose. Teacher Her Job.

Plainfield, N. J.-Declaring that a
slit skirt worn by Miss Florence Kirk,
twenty-one, a public school teacher
here, caused pupils to lose interest in
their studies, delegation of mothers
complained to the principal. who asked
for Miss Kinks resignation. She sent
Il in with a declaration that II she
cared to wear a slit skirt It was her
own business.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05

s said Dr. GLADDEN. The church working the theory that its
engaged Outstanding schools busnessa the ac
ndividuaim
brotherhood
advised rather others thereby
There which
which
odds
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05
Dog 10 Sentenced to Death.

Newark. N. Judge Herr In dis
trict court here sentenced a dog to
death because II had bitten Sidney
Rosenbloom. thirteen. and his pet par.
rot. Mrs. John Kravarick. owner Of
the dog, testified that the parrot called
her dog q dirty purp" and kept It up
until the dog got tired Of 1t and bit
the bird.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05

tsed as a health Colonel Gorgas did It
and Colon supplied them win pure
compelled the inhabitants to MAINTAIN
sanitary warred the MOSQUITO
maarial
banks OF the canal
kerosene every pudde Dig
the
constantly drps on to the water
this has been one
medical science and 1t the foundation "
everything else that has been done on the lshmus
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05

to pay for the two dogs, and had also
to finish the journey to st. German In
taxicab, with the lion cub lying
safely tied up inside.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-05


settle differences council table
strikes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-07
ADDITIONAL ROOM
At SOLDIERS HOME
Crowded Condition at Noun
tain Creek Will Be Re-
lieved by Board

Montgomery, February 6.--(Special.)-
Owing to the crowded condition of the
Soldiers Home at Mountain Creek, the
board of control of the home in annual
session at the capitol today, decided to
built an addition to the home, to be used
as a mess hall and convert the old
dining room into a dormitory.
The board met in the offices of Gov
ernor O'Neal and in addition to author
izing the erection of new mess hall,
passed upon a number of routine mat
ters. The board decided to meet again
in June.
Among those present at the meeting
today were: General f. S. Ferguson,
of Birmingham, c. L. Ruth of Montgom-
cry, Judge J. b. Fuller of Montgomery.
Major b. NJ. Washburn of Montgomery,
Judge S. 7. Fraser of Union Springs,
Captain A. T. Goodwin of Elmore, Cap
tain j. NJ. Simpson, superintendent at the
Soldiers Home and DR.. J. r. Elsberry,
surgeon at the home.