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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16
How One Pastor Built Church.


Last winter one of the strung
churches Of Los Angeles extended Rev.
w. H. Shelter of Memphis, Tenn, .
call to become their pastor. and after
considering all sides of the question
he decided to accept the call. relates
the Christian Herald. So he con-
vened his Official board, placed before
them his resignation and asked to
be released. His board being made up
of tactful business men, and know
ing that their pastor had tried for
years to build q new church, request
ed him to hold the resignation In
allegiance for . week. which he did.
Then the board got busy, bought q
new site for q church and paid $27. 900
for 1t and reported to the church the
following Sunday that they would
build q new church on 1t at once II
their pastor would consent to remain
with them. He wanted another week.
and then said to his church: Il will
stay with you II you will subscribe
$4,000 for the new church at once"
They took him at his word, and at
that service subscribed $4,000 for the
new building. It goes without say
Ing that his church IL very happy over
his decision to stay with them.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16
TOO STRONG FOR UTTERANcE
iraselble Old Salt Had Many ThIhes
He Would Like to Declare, But
Not at That Time.

Mrs Van Allen Thompson, whose
entry into the country gave her much
difficulty with the customs oficials,
was recounting her experiences to q
few friends in Boston. She said:
1T was very unpleasant. but not the
least unpleasant part was the attitude
of the customs officials. l hope they
don't intend to be as rude as they ap-
pear to the returning traveller.
But" continued Mrs. Thompson.
.4hilosophically, Il suppose it would
be dinicult to be popular as q customs
inspector. Everybody dislikes these
poor men. Everybody feels towards
them like the old skipper.
This skipper. after undergoing sew.
eral hours of suspicious cross-Ques.
tioning from two inspectors regarding
his cargo, was at last leaving the
wharf when a young official, unaware
Of his previous grilling. accosted him.
Have you anything to declare,
sir?' he demanded sharply.
furious. the old skipper glared al
the young man and shouted:
Ives, young man, I've a good deal
to declare. but I'd be ashamed to say
1T before a boy like you. You're too
young to hear what / would like to
declare!'"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16
GIVES AID TO WORTHY CAUSE
American Federation Of Labor Urges
Members to Be Generous In
Buying Red Gross Seals.

Members of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor are called upon to fur
Their in every possibly way the sale
Of Red Cross seals. The federation
adopted q resolution on this subject
which reads az follows:
Whereas. the American Federation
of Labor has In every possible way
aided the movement for the study and
prevention Of tuberculosis throughout
the United States and Canaan. and
Whereas, the American National
Red Cross has been In the past, and
il now, making an especial effort.
through the sale Of the Red Cross
seals, to secure funds to carry on the
war against tuberculosis, and by
means of the funds raised In this man.
ner has been able to do much effec-
tive work in this direction: therefore
be II
Resolved, That the American Fed
Grafton of Labor give its Enforcement
to the movement OF the American
National Red Cross and encourage its
members to further in every possible
way the sale Of these seals In their
respective communities"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16
AS IT SEEMED TO THE BOY
YeuRsstsr's Criticism Not Unnatural
When One Considers the Present
Fashionable Oesiane.

Mrs.. 4Beekman Winthrop at q lunch
con at the Colony club In. New York
said Of the 1s13-1914 fashions:
u admit that some Of these fashions
are beautiful. The. worst structure. per-
haps, that can be uttered against them
was the unconscious structure Of lit
tie boy friend Of mine.
He was looking at . photograph Of
a very beautiful lady. This beautiful
lady wore "A ball gown Of diaphanous
white stun like gossamer. Her white
arms were bare. Great VS. In front and
back barred her neck and shoulders. A
slash on the left side Of the skirt re-
vealed her white silk stocking. her
little white shoe. and the shoes fasten-
ings of narrow ribbon that raniin criss-
cross. sandal fashion. up her slim.
glistening ankle.
The little boy studied this beautiful
photograph gravely. Then he said:
"'She's dressing. isn't she?"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16
Gathering the Oak Leaves.

In certain sections Of New Jersey
the gathering Of oak leaves II late
summer and autumn industry. Pass
ing through the section where the In
dustry IL carried on. one sees the
sides Of houses and barns or any 9TH
or place out Of doors where the
branches can hang to dry filled with
row after row Of punches of oak.
After drying for two weeks they are
put in bales for shipment. Last year
one man gathered more than 800
punches q day and had more than IL
tons for shipment
The price IL about $50 Q ton. and
there II brisk demand In European
cities for the oak branches thus pre-
pared. There are 100 limbs in bun
die and 100 punches in a bale. The
leaves are free for the taking, mostly.
Still, some owners Of woodland are In
the money making game themselves.
and charge 30 much per acre for the
privilege.
The gatherer does not have to SOW
or cultivated seems as II the CROP
were q gift Of nature.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16

Anthony Comstock at a luncheon IN
New York said Of certain tabooed
books and plays:
THE motive Of these works was per.
haps all right. But the expression, the
form. was bad. And that spoiled the
motive completely.
Expression. form. you know, 10
everything. Consider how the lack Of
it spoiled the mason's speech.
"A mason at memorial service said
Of bricklayer who had been accident
ally killed:
Ives. gents. l looked out once on
the beauties Of nature, and all was
cam. Our friend deceased here was
layin' brick. l looked out once again.
and still all was cam. but our friend
deceased here was NO more. He was
layin' corpse"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16

your head, wouldn't you be more inter
ested in your business than you are ?
We'll, that was the way it was In
those old. forgotten days Of yore.
Let's try says the adventurous man.
and he went to work and built the
queerest craft you ever heard Of
there are some of them in the antique
section of the Aeronautical museum at
Paris now-of cloth and wood. imitat-
ing the wings of the bird-and up he
goes. And down he comes. I told
him he couldn't do it, said the skep-
tics after they're coming home from
the funeral It's impossible
But after awhile another man got
to thinking about 1t. Maybe 1t can
be done after ALL says he; and then
he goes to work and built another ma
chine. And up he went, and down he
came, and everybody sent flowers and
said: Darn fool 1t was great day
for the florists. They passed resolu-
lions encouraging the progress Of avi-
alton. They loved the game.
We'll, after awhile more people be-
gan to try to satisfy their curiosity
about the air. and there was more
business for the florists; but after a
time somebody made a machine that
gave a man about half q chance to
come down right side up after an
ascent. All. then was when the world
began to get interested. You see. be-
fore then there had been nothing to
arouse the curiosity in the fact that q
man was attempting to fly. Everybody
knew what his finish would be. There
was no novelty in watching what could
only end one way; and that was in the
days when the world was young and
crazy for novelty. But with the COM
ing of the first air machine that gave
a man a chance to come back to earth
otherwise than on his head. then there
was something to feed the curiosity.
and then was when the excitement
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16
Activities Of Women.

Olga Nethersole. the well known
actress, recently received a verdict
against her former managers for $780,
900 for breach Of contract
Many women in Paris have permits
to wear mems clothes because they
claim that by doing 80 they can double
their earning capacity.
Nine. Poincare, wife of the president
of France, is learning how to dance
the tango so that 1t will be danced at
all the ofiicial balls in Paris.
Mrs. ]. P. Williams, the only WON
an president of a railroad in the south,
has been reelected president of the
Georgia, Florida & Alabama railroad.
An ordinance has been introduced
in the Philadelphia city councils
which, If passed. will prohibit girls
from acting as ushers in theaters In
that city.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16

one Of them falling now. Here. you.
don't get In my way; I want to see.
too
WAS your meet q success? says q
man to a promoter of the day.
"'Seven smash-ups,' was the answer.
We turned them away
Sport? Why, lads. after a success
full flying meet the field hospitals put
out the Standing Room Only sign.
Those were the happy days-for dor
lists and doctors.
You may ask why the promoters
ever were able to find men willing to
indulge in the sport of flying in those
days before Durang overthrow the law
OF gravitation and made air-sailing
safer than the crude, dangerous travel
on land or water. Well, lads, / can
best explain that by a little incident
friend who became an aviator. He
was bright young lad, and everybody
said he had a brilliant career before
him. By brilliant career in those days
people meant to have reporters sit
ting on your doorstep waiting for you
to get up in the morning. and hiding
in the bathroom when you went to
bed at night. II this happened to you
everybody said you were famous, and
wives asked their husbands why they
couldn't go and do likewise. This
young friend Of mine-Jim, by name
saw that the quickest and surest way
to become famous was to go up in the
air. He did. He went higher and
faster than anybody had gone before.
and the papers printed his pictures all
over the front page; and he came
down farther and harder than any
man was meant to do and live to tell
the tale.
Have you any last words to say.
Jim! ! said. bending over his hospital
cot.
Then Jim showed himself . true
hero Of that age, and his words ex-
planned why men risked their neck in
the sport of aviation: Don't mind
me-. says Jim; but see that the Sun
day papers get . picture Of the
wrecked machine"
did all the inventors take chances
by flying their own machines?" asked
one Of the audience.
NO." replied Captain MacManus.
The Wright brothers didn't: they
knew too much about the game"
Didn't Won ever make anv fliRhta
yourself, captain?" asked someone.
Captain MacManus shook his head
and winked.
"Oh, no." said he. That's why I'm
still here"
Copyright. by w. q. Chapman.)
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16
THE RIGHT SOAP FOR BABY's
SKIN

In the care Of baby's skin and hair.
Cuticura Sosp 10 the mothers f.
vorite. Not only IL It unrivaled IN
purity and refreshing fragrance. but
IT. gentle emollisnt properties are
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the treatment of eczemas, rashes and
itching. burning infaptile eruptions.
Cuticura Soap wears to . wafer often
outlasting several cakes Of ordinary
soap and making it, use most eco
nomical.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston."-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16
rug INFANCY OF THE AIR FAN.

II was the year 1862.
rive thousand feet above the heart
n New York city, staunch and serene
a its aerial anchorage, rode the great
vueumatic receiving float Of the Five
cSptiuents & Australia Aerial line In
The master airigator's room on the
Aoat q group of officers were gathered
around old Capt. Martin MacManus.
master Alligator. retired. the oracle Of
he line.
my word" said a young NJ. A..
fhumbing the leaves of an old history.
III must have been a queer world in
hose days"
what days." asked Captain Mac
Nanus.
The days Of the land and water
"a" replied the young man. "Tbe
ysars just preceding the aerial era.
m Just been reading a reprint Of an
sscient magazine article. The Sport
q Aerial Navigation dated 1912"
The group Of airigators laughed as
~ man.
Fancy that" said one. Aerial
navigation as a SPORT"
T was there at the time" said Cap
tain MacManus. Il remember. Be-
lIsve me or not. as you please. but I
en- recall the day when all sailing
NJ looked upon as a sport" The
captain paused and looked out through
u glass wall Of the room at q dirty
Alaska coal-carrier. drilling her way
along on the 5000 foot level. her crew
staring in bored fashion at the city be-
reath them. You're right; 1t was a
queer world in those days. and the
Queerest part Of 1t was that people
could hnd enjoyment in cut-and-dried
tuSiness like this.
But 1t was different in those days.
you understand. lads" continued the
eaptain, his eyes on the great belt-map
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16
"Mystery Flaos."

In the midst Of that wonderful col
lection of the souvenirs Of battle that
has lately been put on permanent ex-
hibition in Trophy hall at the Naval
Academy, in Annapolis, are the ma
tons unknown trophies. Flags that
were captured in now forgotten en-
gagment are hung in the cases side by
side with those whose glorious history
is known.
Two Of these souvenirs of forgotten
battles are British flags. One is q
jack marked Avon" and nothing
more: the other is the ensign of a
worship, and is marked "Beresford."
From the condition of both of these
flags it Is supposed that they date
back to the war of 1872, but history
gives no record of ships bearing those
names being sent to American waters
by Great Britain. Another of the mys-
terry flags ia the "814" flag. In great
white figures this number appears on
a field of blue and the entire flag 10
bordered with red. From some en-.
gagement in the war with the Moorish
pirates the flag that the officers at
Annapolis came to call the house
flag seems to have come. Yet no
one knows where that battle was
fought or under what circumstance,
Of heroic sacrifice the nag was added
to the long list Of the trophies of our
naval victories.-The Christian Her.
aid.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16

q the world. on which tiny electric
oulbs Of many colors moved in accord
ance with the movements of the lines
0afts. "You see. In those days people
vsre still curious. You don't under
sand what that means. Since Du-
nng overcame gravitation, and we've
Zen able to 60 everywhere in less
tAan no time, we've lost the instinct
q curiosity. We've seen it all. In
ui1 the human race was badly az
Noted. People wanted to see every
ming they never had seen before. For
- thing they wanted to see how far
: nan could fall without breaking his
ssck That's what made them look
~pon aeroplane flying as a sport
There was a long time. you see.
wen men actually didn't know
whether they could sail the air. They
we've afraid Of the air. The earth they
- mastered. and the water. too.
1ney had no fear Of rolling over the
Hound at so miles an hour in trains.
80 they weren't afraid to 60 out on
us water in small boats. But take
em twenty feet up in the air, with
otnins solid under their feet, and i'm
eediately they began to sigh for home
~ mother. 1t was: Let me down;
~ 70 too far away from the world
Wa born on They were terribly
mad Of the gentle air.
but there was. as I've said, that
Hsnnct Of curiosity to drive them
Can we fiyr says one man to an
~aer No. says the other. Why
~! says the first. Because we're
BIRDS. was the answer. I don't
sow' says the first: let's try it an
inen they began to try. All! those
ue the days with the romance In
Believe me, lads. you see moth.
uke 1t In these blase days. People
aaiiy could get excited over flying
In the year 1912. or Whereabouts. +"
re group srunted skeptically.
what was there to get excited
-. asked a young captain.
Inc danger Of It," said the captain.
The danger?"
3. e. It's hard to believe nova
~ out then there really was dan
the prosaic art of sailing
n the air. Imagine the circum.
<s-: II you can. II every time you
seo aboard your boats and started
from earth you didn't know
% you'd land on your feet or on
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16
Happy Thought.

1t had been a rather long drawn out
engagement and as often happens In
those cases his lovemaking was not a.
arduous as it had been at one time.
why didn't you write oftener In an
swer to my letters. WIFI" che asked,
tearfully.
Because. dearest" he replied. your
letters were SO long and interesting
that spent all my time reading them"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16

grew warm and air-sailing was looked
upon as a sport.
You may think from this that peo-
pie were blood-thirsty in those days.
but on the contrary they had travelled
far from the days of the old Roman
arena The Romans turned thumbs
down II the show was dull; but the
people Of the age Of 1912 only fought
one another for souvenir pieces Of the
aeroplane in which their favorite avi-
ator, as they called them then, had
been killed. Civilization had made
vast strides.
THE sport of It worked this way:
Some financiers under the name Of
some club would advertise what they
called an aviation meet. They would
offer money prizes. for this was in the
days when people would do anything
for money. There would be prizes for
the longest flights, the fastest flights,
the highest flights, and so on and 30
forth. until there was nothing q man
in a flying machine could do that
wouldn't bring him q prize, except one
thing-he mustn't come down on his
head: If he did the prize went to some
body else.
After they'd advertised all these
prizes and had got the aviators to-
gether. the promoters would hire q
field mile long by half a mile wide
and build a grand stand around 1t that
would hold a million people. more or
less. Did they pay people to come and
sit for hours watching a few ma
chimes in the air? They did not The
people paid for the privilege.
"The first day never brought out
the biggest crowds. People didn't
know whether anything worth seeing
would happen. But suppose one of
the boys took a tumble. Or. better, II
half a dozen Of them fell Next day
the police would have to fight for
their lives to keep the falling-field
clear. That's what they called the
space where the fiers landed-some-
times.
IAN the gentle and refined people of
the day who had the price would be
out there waiting for things to hap
pen. The ladies would be there BY
thousands. 1t was before they could
vote. and they had to find excitement
some way. I hope there aren't any
Of those frightful accidents today one
lady would say to her friend. so do
l. says the other. oh, look! There's
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16
TAKING No Chances.

Il see," said the editor. that some
half-baked scientist schedules the end
Of the world for next Saturday"
Yes, yes" said the star reporter.
I've got the story all ready. 1t won't
happen"
Better write up the other side.
though. II it does happen we don't
want to get scooped"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16
He Made the hundredth.

A man was on trial before a western
Judge for horse stealing. and when 1t
came time for the lawyers on both
sides to tell the judge what instruc-
tons they wanted him to give to the
jury In addition to the points covered
in his own charge, the attorney for the
defense said: 81 respectfully ask your
honor to instruct the jury that 1t is a
fundamental principle of law in this
country that 1t is better for SO guilty
men to escape than for one innocent
man to be found guilty" Yes, that is
true" said the judge, land SO instruct
the jury; but will add that 1T Is the
opinion OF the court that the 80 guilty
men have already escaped"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16
Fathers Ultjmatum.

The father of a large family of chill
dren was trying hard to read the eve
ming paper.
What's that terrible racket in the
hall, Martha?"
One of the children just fell down
stairs"
WELL" he replied. turning over an
other page Of the paper. you tell the
children II they can't fall downstairs
quietly, they'll have to stop it"-Lip-
pincott's.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16
STOP BEGGING IN FRANCE
Authorities Have . Scheme Which
They Think Will Tend to Allie
vlate the Evil.

Every now and again. when we go
round to the Paris Police Prefecture
to see and hear the record of the city's
happenings Of the day. an Official re-
marks: You won't want this, gen.
tlemen, l take it? The usual story.
Dead beggar in the garnet, money in
the mattress" A journalist inquiries:
How much?" The amounts vary
from one hundred pounds to q couple
Of thousand, and Newspaper interest
in the occurrence dies with that
But the authorities here have been
working on a scheme for the suppress
sion of fraudulent begging. There are
far too many beggars in Paris. who
leave considerable sums of money be-
hind them when they die. These peo
pie have invariably been helped, Y not
entirely supported, by the Assistance
Publique for years, or at all events for
many months Tin other words, the tax
payers. theatergoers and racegoers
have been keeping them). the chart
table have placed money in their grimy
hands, and when the police find the
inevitable sum of money hidden in the
mattress or elsewhere in the inevita-
bly, grimy garnet. 1t is inevitable that
legitimate heirs appear. who prove
their near relationship to the dead
man or woman, and carry OF the mon
ey, to the public loss and their own
private gain.
A scheme is now being prepared for
a bill which shall allow the Assistance
Publique to recover, for help given.
from the estate of one of these as
sisted persons. OF course, II the bill
pass. and the socialists will doubtless
raise sentimental objection to its pass
ing. because it will be quite a simple
and practical bill-of course. II the bill
be made law the beggars will find
some way round It, There never was,
nor will be. a cleverer beggar in the
world than the successful street beg
gar of Paris. He can give you change
for gold coin IL you need 1t. without
the least self-consciousness or lack of
self-respect, and there are few street
beggars who have quite the impudence
for that.-Paris Letter. London Press.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16

Red Cross Ball Blue. al blue, best bluing
value in the whole world, makes the laun-
dres smile. Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16
An Air Of Depression

What does the sculptor call this
work.?
1.-The Toiler'."
"Ahem! Judging from the detected
attitude of the figure. walking dele
gate must have ordered the toiler to
strike"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16

It Is generally believed that the
word "Hoosier" In Of southern origin,
at first applied to any uncouth person
from the vest, but It was finally 10
calised for Indiana. where Il Was
adopted a. . badge q dissinctioo.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16
cettIno Some au.Inss..

us your son, the young doctor. get
ting any business?"
Yes; he did very nicely during the
green apple season. and he says the
football season promises well"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16
RuB-MY.nSM

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Cramps. Collie. sprAins. Bruises. Cuts.
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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16
COLDS 4 laGRlPPE

or doses 666 VIII break any case
Of Chills & Fever, Colds & LaGrippe:
II acts on the liver better than Gallo
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Price 25c.-Adv..
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-16

II tried to recover my ring. but the
thief had swallowed It"
"A diamond In the rough, eh?