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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
GIRLS MAKE DRESS ON TRAIN
Six Complete Latest Style Gown in
Twenty Minutes In Paris
Tube Car.

Paris.-Tube travellers who were
recently astonished to see six young
women hurriedly cutting and making a
fashionable gown while riding In a
tube train have learned that the un-
usual performance was the result Of a
wager that the midinettes could not
fashion dress complete during trip
from the Porte dOrleans station to
the Port de Clignaucourt, a Commute
journey underground.
Each girl had a particular assign
men,. On made a sleeve, another the
other sleeve, another the bodice, a
fourth the skirt, while the fifth and
sixth attached hooks and eyes and
trimmings. AS the train drew up at
the terminal at Clignancourt, the girls
stepped from their car and held out
the finished dress with a shout of tri-
umph, having completed It in 20 min
utes.
The dress is of pink chiffon, designed
in the latest style, with a draped tunic
and lavish ornamentation.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
Potatoes lyonnaise.

Cut into small square two ounces
salt pork and one white onion; place
both in saucepan with teaspoonful
of butter and brown for ten minutes.
lightly stirring meanwhile. Add six
medium peeled and washed raw pota-
toes, and one bay leaf cut into half
inch squares. Moisten with half pint
broth. Season with two saltspoonfuls
salt and half teaspoonful pepper, light
ly mix, cover the pan and boil for
five minutes, then set the pan in the
hot oven for 40 minutes Remove,
dress on a hot vegetable dish and
serve.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
Good DumpIinqs.

In making a stew like either lamb or
beef, chicken or any kind, in fact
dumplings are the hardest part. This
is the way l make mine, says a CORE
spondent, and | want some of the 9th.
er sisters to try them: One pint OF
pastry -four, one teaspoon cream OF
tartar, one-half teaspoon soda. pinch
of salt Stir in enough water to make
light batter. Then, while stew is cook.
ing rapidly. drop into stew kettle by
spoonsful Cover lightly and let alone
for ten minutes. You will find them
as round and light as can be.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
WINE SHIPPED IN TANK CARS
Twenty Thousand Gallons Of the Bev.
erage Reached Philadelphia
in This Way.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Transcontilental
shipments Of wines in glass-lined steel
tank cars was, proved to be feasible
with the drawing of into barrels Of
10000 gallons Of port and sherry,
which arrived recently from Cuca-
monga, southern California.
A. S. Strouse. head of the American
Wine and Spirit company, to whom
the wine was consigned, was so pleas
ed with the tank method Of transpor-
tation that he will employ it exclu-
sively hereafter, and very shortly five
additional tank cars, carrying $4,000
gallons, will arrive.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
Cheap Dark Cake.

One-half cup of butter creamed with
one cup of sugar. Add one cup un'
sweetened apple sauce, into which
one level teaspoon OF baking soda is
dissolved in one tablespoon Of boiling
water which has been we'll stirred
one and three-quarters cups of -four
(sifted). one teaspoon cinnamon. one
half teaspoon of cloves. one-half tea
spoon salt, one large cup Of raisins
Bake As minutes. makes one loaf
This cake. in which the only moisture
in addition to a tablespoon of water
is apple sauce. is very much like
dark fruit cake.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24

more than once appears on the trusses
under the sill OF the window OF the
room over the porch and again on the
gable on the left of the porch. Both
the exterior and the interior have a
wealth of tracery, foliage and orna-
mentation derived from Italian forms.
On examining the interior a close
observer would soon discover the
skeleton of a much earlier building
within its Elizabethan Enclosure. The
building is, in fact, mentioned as a
royal residence of the time OF King
John. The interior is mostly Of oak
panelling, with the ceilings supported
by massive beams.
1t is quaint old residence and one
of the most interesting structures OF
its kind in England. II was restored
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
NAL" RUNS A FERRY
Steered Raj Across Hudson for
Twenty Years.
Smokes a corncob Pipe, but Was a
Musician and Still Loves the
Books She Retains-Is the
DAUGHTER of a Preacher.

New York.-Times have changed
since Charon had the monopoly OF
ferrying. One of the pioneers is a
ferry woman of long experience and
superior ability; she has steered her
raft from shore to shore of the Hud-
son river for twenty years or more.
The traveller who comes to the
rivers edge near Mechanicsville, wish
ing to be ferried over to the farms
and villages beyond, is puzzled for
way to summon the raft at anchor on
the other side. Ii is so quiet and
beautiful a place in the MONDAY still
ness that transportation seems mat
ter foreign to the business of the day,
and for a moment the stranger looks
about him. He sees only green fields
OF farm lands, misty willows by the
water, red and blue flowers in warm,
hectic bunches-and a horn hanging
on a nail on an old elm by the dock.
The raft comes slowly zigzagging
across, held to its course by a cable,
and Mag appears, shading her eyes
with a knotty. brown hand for good
look at the newly arrived. She is a
woman between seventy and eighty.
wearing a mans hat, mems boots, and
a cotton dress. Her dark face is
wrinkled, shrewd and humorous.
Wal, who be ye, where be we from,
and where be ye going?" is her greet
ing, as she docks. AS they move
across the river. Mag puts him
through the third degree, and gossips
lavishly about lis destination and all
the families for miles around, never
falling to put blame or praise where
1t belongs.
Come down to my cabin tonight
and well talk some more" she calls
after him as he starts up the hill; IF
you're from Boston ! guess we know
some o. the same things, and I'll be
glad to see ye."
And he who is from Boston, being
interested In his fellow townspeople.
as well as his fellowman. goes walking
far down the river bank in the dusk
TO the little cabin. Mag is on the
doorstep. smoking her Odorous corn
cob pipe. But their conversation is
not news to him, for he has heard the
history of the woman through the day.
Mag, once Margaret, was the daugh-
ter Of a Boston clergyman. She was
musician. and, for a time. was or
ganist of her fathers church. The
man looked at Mag as she sat- smok-
ing, on her doorstep, and thought OF
the refined and charming young wom-
an of whom he had been told. Mar
garet had married a farmer. and had
come to live in New York state. The
farmer was not successful one; he
was lazy. His wifs's life was hard.
She drifted with the tide and finally
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
Ounce MarmaIade.

Pare. quarter and core ounces, cut
in little squares. Measure and allow
an equal amount Of sugar. Place fruit
in a porcelain kettle. with just enough
water to cover. boil until tender and
skim out carefully. Make a strip OF
the sugar and water in which ounces
were boiled. Let come to boiling
point. skim well and drop ounces
gently in. Boil Is minutes and dip
out carefully into jelly tumblers. The
strip forms a jelly around the fruit
so that II can be turned out on dish,
and is very palatable. In this way
ounces too defective for preserves
may be used Take thick parings and
use with cores for Jelly.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
NO MORE CHIMNEY SWEEPS

of course, the large rooms are central
heated as well, and so are all the cor.
ridors. But there are still we'll over
900 chimneys to be swept, and there
is scarcely a day throughout the year
when we have not got some one work
ing at the palace. All the chimneys
are numbered, and the same men, 80
far as possible, always do them.
There are still many sloping chin
neys. where a man has to go up him.
self. In these cases he is blindfolded,
the face is completely covered up and
he does the work entirely by feeling.
This is the sort of thing the educated
boy" of today does not like.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
RELIGION OF CHINESE

of Mohammedans Of all kinds, Arabs.
Persians, Bokhariots and Turks took
advantage of the hospitality of the
Mongol rulers and settled in the lead
ing cities of China. These immigrants
mixed with the Arab colonists of the
eighth century and thus formed a
body of believers whose descendants
today number some 100000 souls.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
Ritter chocoIate EIIIInn-

One-fourth pound cake bitter choco-
late, grated and dissolved in one small
cup milk. When it boils add three
fourths cup sugar. butter size of wal
nut, and pinch of salt. Stir rapidly
over medium heat about five minutes,
until it gets thick. Take from fire and
add one teaspoon vanilla extract Stir
for two minutes. Can be used at once.
Sufficient for large three layer cake.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
WINS BRIDE ON THE PACIFIC

sent to an immediate marriage. which
was performed with typical Orientu
splendor
The honeymoon was spent IN UP.
about Marking. and then the young
couple settled down for a three yeas
stay in China.
Mrs. Johnson is daughter OF me
late DIR. Allen Thomas, OF Dayton ~
a curious coincidence, her twin sister
married John Howard johnson Of 81
cramenta, who, however. is no re'@
ton to the hero of this story. JOIN
Quincy Adams Johnson Is a gradus~
of Yale. class of 1908. and Is twen'f
six years old.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24

its approval, and an astonishing desire
to know what was happening in that
world-somewhat mixed and I'M
pruned, but knowledge for all that. She
was greedy for news. Her love for
books and music was a deep and for
hidden subject. After the guest had
gone, Mag caught her fish for break
fast, in the river.
In the morning she was on hand to
ferry him over.
Good by. Mr.. Boston," she said.
I'm going to shake hands with We.
So you're from Boston and you're go
ing back! Wal, I'm going to stay right
here. I'm independent. and I'm about
as hap as any one is in this world.
She gave a quizzical glance; then
released the raft and began another
zigzag crossing.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24

Balinski killed the eel in low wa
ter, it evidently having been caught In
the pool where 1t was captured when
the tide went out.
The collar, Of the sort worn by a
small dog, was securely locked about
it's neck, and so tight as to cause the
skin to bulge out around the edge.
The initials "W. r. c." and the name
Prince" we're engraved on a silver
nameplate.
The cells back was badly Scared
showing where it had been speared on
various occasions. Four fish hooks
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
Ideal Country Residence Where Third
Daughter Was Born Is Rented
for Next Summer.

Guildford, Surrey, Eng.-Countess
Laszlo Szechenyi. who was Miss
Gladys Vanderbilt of New York, has
become so sttached to langley Manor,
the remarkable Elizabeth house where
her third daughter was born on We'd
nesday, August 10, that she has rented
it again for thirteen weeks next sum-
mer.
She and the count have enjoyed
there ideal quiet and some Of the most
beautiful scenery typical of rural Eng
land.
Great langley Manor is an old tim
ber-framed low. two-story house built
presumably near the end of the six
teenth century; indeed the date 1882
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
He'll Family TakIno the Lad

Farrell, Pa-The Damn family bids
fair to lose its fame by the discovery
of the He'll family here. Conrad He'll,
an ice cream manufacturer, has used
the family name freely in signs scat
tered throughout the town. One in
vites the public to go, to He'll for pure
ice cream" while another reads:
Have you been to He'll? Its the
coolest place in Farrell" A sign in
front Of Hell's establishment presents
a young woman saying to her escort
Hell for mine; always"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
Leaves shoestrlnas By WllI.

Milwaukee.-By a document eight
and one-half feet long. Miss Mathilda
Tommet leaves to relatives pair of
old shoestrings. my best bedspread."
chickens chicken feed, vegetables,
fruit, pickles and a pail of lard. Real
ity amounting to $500 was also dis
tributed
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24

with lines attached were found in the
monsters mouth.
ut was almost impossible for me to
hold the eel after l grabbed IT," said
Balinski, for 1t would twist and
squirm about in my hands with ease.
finally got it between two stones,
and, drawing my knife, cut its throat
About the only thing it is good for lie
to chop it up and feed 1t to the chick
ems. The collar l will keep as a souve
MR.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24

Mrs. James had said good-by to her
father after a moments conversation
on a street corner. AS she started
to walk away one of a group OF FIVE
young men called to her. She smiled
and stepped up to the group. inquir-
ing: Who spoken"
Where are you going?" said the
man in response. Right this way"
answered Mrs. James. planting a hard
fist blow In his face and knocking him
down. Then she attacked the four
others at once, routing ALL
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
Ladies' Rarebit.

Melt one tablespoon butter, add one
cup milk, one-half teaspoon salt, one
eighth teaspoon pepper, and a few
grains cayenne. When mixture is
heated add six eggs beaten slightly,
and cook same as scrambled eggs;
then add one five-cent Neufchatel
cheese or cream cheese worked until
smooth.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
Jam PUDDING.

Two eggs. one-half cup butter. one
half cup flour, one-third cup sugar
Oarge) Beat eggs, add sugar. then
butter, then flour. then one level tea
spoon soda. dissolved in one table
poon cold water. Stir in two good
tablespoons of jam or jelly and steam
one hour
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
CrystaIIized Fruit.

Boil two cups sugar with a cup of
water and one-quarter teaspoon OF
cream tartar. Test it by dropping
little in cold water; when brittle re-
move from fire. Dip into it sections
of orange from which all skin is re-
moved, white grapes, cherries and
fruit OF any kind. Spread on waxed
paper to harden.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
TbIePs Clever Getaway.

Pittsburgh.-Arrested on a charge OF
being a suspicious person. B. F. Camp.
bell asked permission to telephone
friends from a booth in the North
Side police station. While talking.
Campbell picked the lock of the phone
and took out $3.50. He then was ar
raigned, paid a nominal fine and left
before the theft was discovered.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
wnn.n AZ 20 Elnnes.

Dover, N. H.-Mrs. Helen S. ADDo'-
seventy, and Velasco Richmond. iorp'
two, who eloped from East Rochester.
near here, were arrested upon tneI
arrival here. Mrs Abbott's CHILDREN
said that their mother is OF feenle
mind and was enticed away. The eioP
ers returned to their respective homer
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24

she ferried the farmers from shore
to shore, lived alone in the cabin by
the river. and was again independent
Their evening was interesting; she
showed him her house-an odd mix
ture Of the unkempt and a former
taste for the beau full and worth
while. A few good books were in the
house, its best possession. They
walked down the bank to the place
where an opening in the trees showed
another cabin on the other side Of the
river. That's where he lives" she
said, shortly.
"Who?"
"Old Ben. He's my husband"
Her conversation was made up Of
bits of wisdom, acute knowledge of
human nature, defiance of the world,
mixed with a certain usefulness for
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
WOMAN WHIPS FIVE WASHERS
Mrs. Jesse James Knocks Down One
and Routs Others With
Blows of Fists.

Logansport, Ind.-Mrs. Jesse James
whipped FIVE Washers" with blows of
her fists. Hereafter" she said to the
vanquished quintet, Il will carry a
gun and IL l am addressed as was
by one of you will kill the man who
does it."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
SZECHENYIS HOLD BIG MANOR

some years ago with great taste. mod
ern improvements being effected with
out destroying its old world appear
ance.
The garden and park are in keep
ing with the manor.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
Automatic stokers Next Thing

Automatic Suckers Next Thing.
DECENTRALIZATION seekers VIZ
displace firemen on the Pennsylvah'.
railroad. according to d. B. CrawioIS'
superintendent of motive power OF 1ns
Pennsylvania lines west. who address
ed delegates to the international asso
citation for the prevention Of srnoks
here. The change will solve the smoks
question, according to Crawford
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
DOG COLLAR FOUND ON EEL
u Lacked One Inch Of Being Four
Feet Long and Weighed Thlr-
teen Pounds.

wilhmantic, Conn.-John Balinsh
of West Warren captured in the Qua
boag river, mile below Wilmantic. a
giant eel with dog collar on its neck
The eel was AZ inches long, as large
around the body as the wrist OF an or
binary sized man and weighed 10
pounds.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
Mattresses a. Lie preservers

Paris.-A large Paris firm Is Ouss
filling an order for thousands OF NAV
tresses which are pronounced as IN
sinkable. Every passenger In sn'p
furnished with these mattresses VIZ
have an ideal life preserver right =
bed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24

Wants Trials by Jury Of Women.
Tucson, Ariz.-Arrested for Wealins
a diaphanous grown. Miss Claire Sil
mons demanded a trail by juIy =
women. Her request was granted
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
SOCIETY GIRL LOVES HORSES
Miss Louise RodewoId, One Of New
ports Bellies, on Her Favorite
Mount.

New York.-Beautiful Miss Louise
Rodewold, society belle Of Newport
and Tuxedo. is a neat lover of horses
and is shown here as an exhibitor at
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-24
Mule Resents R.lnn rlekl.a

New York.-As the result of tickling
a mule with a straw, Paul Porcare,
aged five, had his face disfigured for
life when the animal objected.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-17
SnoWsIide Peril Is Met in Quest
of Tobacco.
Mining Camps Supply Destroyed
Through Accidental Explosion OF
Dynamite Close to Camp
Seven-up Game Is Played.

Washington.-"Up in the mining re-
gions of the San Juan mountains of
Colorado" said Charles Lavender. an
attorney of the mining camps OF that
state, now on visit to the capital
the snow is so deep and treacher9us
that from the first of October until the
first of the following June man takes
his life in his hands when he attempts
to travel up or down the declivities OF
the peaks or the steep slopes of the
divides.
Especially is this true in the late
spring. when the warmth of midday
has somewhat softened the great snow
masses.
In the summer of 1911 a force or
several hundred men went up to the
Sunnyside mine. perched high above
timber line amid the eternal solitude
of Sultan mountain. They carried with
them everything necessary for their
maintenance and comfort until the fol-
lowing July-including dynamite for
the mine and tobacco, ample tobacco.
for the men.
Now. it happened in May that a box
of dynamite which. through inadvert-
ence.' had been set out against the
cache where they kept their package
goods, blew up one night. and scat
tered condensed milk and canned beef
and such picked stuff all over the Un-
compahgre range.
They didn't mind losing these ne
cessities: they could do without them
But when the boys found that every
crumb of tobacco in the camp had
been blown over into New Mexico
| they began to look serious.
The first day was bad enough. but
when the second sun set upon that to
/ baccoless crowd they were in nerv
| Gus state that made them ready fol
| anything About ten o'clock that nigh
| the superintendent, who found himself
too sbaky to work or sleep. wandered
over to the miners bunkhouse anC
found Big Ccstigan, County Carlow
man. putting on his snowshoes.
II bate him. at siven-up to say WHIT
should 60 below and get the 'baccy
explained Madigan. day foreman. b.
way of explanation, as Costigan. hav
ing obtained a generous contribution
from all hands. set out on his perilou
journey, relying somewhat on tn
chill of the night TO lessen the DANCE
from snowslides
1T was q gloomy lot that wen
down on the eight O'Clock shift tina
morning
The day wore IN. painfully slowly
tobaccoless: but al sunset. as the ST
perintendent stepped out of his ofic
TO sooIhe a system of badly jangle
nerves with a Whit of fresh air. h
spied Costigan stumbling over III
crest of the divide a furlong away
staggering. evidently overcome BY tn
climb through the thin air of that hig
altitude
AS they drew near Costigan halle
and stood. wavering. swinging b
arms aimlessly in the air glanC
, showed them two things; one that b
, didn't hive an ounce Of tobacco O
him. tn other that il was sonethiu
stronger than rarefed air that mad
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-17
WEIRD ARE IDEAS REVEALED
Joseph M. Wade Is Dead, Once Be-
lieved He Was Spiritual Husband
of Nine. Blavatskv.

Boston-Joseph NJ. Wade, a wealthy
resident of Dorchester, who had been
decorated by the mikado in recogni-
ton of his charities to widows and or
phans of Japan, died in the belief
that he was the spiritual husband of
Madame Blavatsky. the theosophical
leader, according to the story revealed
in masters report fled in the superb
or cour.
The report was upon the suit of Her.
bert w Burke. executor of Wade's
estate. against Yamanaka & Co.. deal
ers in Japanese curios, to compel them
TO restore to the estate bill of sale
of a collection of Japanese and orien-
tai articles valued at between $4,000
and $4,000. Burke alleged that Wade
was induced to affix his mark" to the
bill when he was too feeble 10 under
stand his acts. His contention was
sustained by the court.
Wade, according to the masters re-
port. had an occult room" filled with
Japanese art objects. where he went
TO commune with spirits. From the
other world" he gained the belief
that he would begin to get better or
grow rapidly worse by December Is.
1904. When that day passed without
poticea Die improvement in health. the
report states. Wade shut himself up
in his room and died seven weeks
later.
IL was when Wade was shut up In
thi,. room. the report alleged. that the
! bill was signed