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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25

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over the Meuse-only one track az
yet. 1t took the German pioneers
nearly a week to build the substitute
for the old steel railway bridge, dyna-
mited by the French. whose four spans
lie buckled up in the river.
Further on q variety of interest IL
furnished by squad Of French pris-
oners being marched along the road.
Then a spot Of anthill-like activity
where a German railway company is
at work building a new branch HE.
hundreds of them having pickaxes and
making the dirt fly. 1t looks like
home-all except the inevitable off,
Ger distinguished by revolver and
f1eldglass) shouting commands.
The intense activity of the Germans
in rebuilding the torn-up railroads and
pushing ahead new strategic lines is
one Of the most interesting features Of
tour now in France. l was told that
they had pushed the railroad work so
far that they were able to ship men
and ammunition almost up to the for
SanCu tACACuCS. NC 0cI u6ulZdtlOu VI
the railroads here has been completed
by the importation of station superin-
tendents, station hands. track-walkers.
ETC., from the Fatherland.
Now we creep past a long hospital
train, full this time. which has turned
out on a siding to give US the right Of
way-perhaps thirty all-steel cars,
each fitted with two tiers of berths.
eight to a side, Is to q car. Every
berth is taken. One car is fitted up as
an operating room. but fortunately no
one Is on the operating table as we
crawl past. Another car is the private
ofice of the surgeon In charge Of the
train. He is sitting at a big desk re-
ceiving reports from the orderlies.
During the day we pass six of these
splendidly appointed new all-steel hos
pital trains, all full Of wounded. Some
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25
Many Decorated With Iron Cross
by the Kaiser.
Carry Food to the Trenches While
Enemy Rains Bullets on Them, but
They Never Fail In
Their Duties.
BY HERBERT COREY.

London.-There isn't anything he
roic about q cook. One simply can
not imagine a cook in q soiled apron
and mussed white cap doing deed
Of valor. But the German army IL
full of cooks upon whose breasts dam
giles the iron cross. And the iron cross
is conferred for one thing only-for
100 per cent courage.
They've earned it." said the man
WHO had seen them. They are the
bravest men In the kaiser's 1000. 900.
I've seen generals salute greasy.
paunchy. sour-looking army cooks"
The cooks job Is to feed the men
of his company. Each German COM
pany is followed or preceded by field
kitchen on wheels. Sometimes the
fires are kept going while the de-
vice trundles along. The cook stands
on the footboard and thumps his
bread. He is always the first man up
in the morning, and the last to sleep
at night. He IL held to the strictest
accos inability. The Teuton believes
in plenty of food. A well-fed soldier
will fight. A hungry one may not
when the company gets into camp
at night" said the man who knows.
the cook is there before 1t, swearing
at his fires and the second cook and
turning out quantities Of veal stew,
which is very good to eat"
When the company goes into the
trenches the coox stays behind. There
is no place for a field kitchen in q
four-foot trench. But those men In
the trench must be fed. The Teuton
insists that all soldiers must be fed
but especially the men In the trench.
The others may 60 hungry. but these
must have tight belts. Upon their
staying power many depend the safety
of an army.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25
Old Maids Opinion Of Boys.

In the Woman's Home Companion.
IONA Gale, writing a story OF an old
m sid who suddenly found herself face
tdface with the responsibility Of tax
ing care of small boy. presents the
old maid as making the following OBJ
servation:
Though l love the human race
and admire to see 1t took care Of, I
couldn't sense my way clear to taking
a boy into my house. Boys belong to
the human race. to be sure. just as
whirling egg heaters belong to ONE
lets; but much as l set store by ONE
lets, couldn't invite whirling egg
beater into my home permanent.
land / don't ever rent to 'em.
They amt got enough silence to 'em."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25
Are Foxes vegetarIans?

Foxes are not generally accredited
with vegetarian instincts. You never
see their tracks. as you see those OF
the rabbits, around a young cak-tree
shoot which has been nibbled down to
the tough stem. But Esop evidently
thought otherwise when he wrote his
fable of the sour grapes, and there is
plenty of testimony that Esop was
right. Foxes do eat wild grapes. as
many observers have testified. climb
ing a considerable way to get them;
and probably at times they eat berries
and perhaps apples. / have found
their tracks, at any rate. beneath
apple-trees. l have also been conf
IDENTIFY assured that they eat the per-
simmons in Virginia; that the ''ol'
houn' dawgs" know how good this
fruit is, too. and II you wish to find
the very best tree, take a ''dawg"
with you.-Walter Prichard Eaton. in
Harper's Magazine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25
Bank Notes Of Silk,

Bank notes made of silk of a par
ticular shade that will battle the bank
note forger are now possible. Az Is
known, most of the expert banknote
forgers use photography to obtain
their best results; but q recent inven-
ton makes it possible to manufacture
silk of a particular shade that can
not possibly be photographed.
Discovered by woman. this inven-
ton is new process Of waterproofing
fabrics without rubber and dyeing
them in the same operation. Linen.
cotton or other materials to be treat
ed by this process are placed white
into one end of the machine and
brought out at the other end few
minutes later colored. waterproofed.
and dry. Fabrics so produced. the in
ventor maintains, can be used In hun
dreds of trades. from aeroplane build
ing to banknote making.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25
WAR AS A BUSINESS.
Impressions of Visitor to German
Great Headquarters.
Campaign Conducted With the Eth.
cheney Of q Great American Cor.
poratIon-New Steel Hospital
Trains Perfectly Appointed.

London.-A newspaper correspond
emit writing from Luxembourg says:
! have just returned from the Ger.
man great headquarters in France, the
visit terminating abruptly on the
fourth day, when one of the kaiser's
secret field police woke me up at sew.
en- o'clock in the morning and regret
fully said that his instructions were
to see that I did not oversleep' the
first train out. The return journey
along one Of the German main lines of
communication - through Eastern
France. across a corner of Belgium,
and through Luxembourg-was full of
interest. and confirmed the impression
gathered at the center of things, the
great headquarters, that this twentieth
century warfare IL in the last analysis
q gigantic business proposition which
the board Of directors (the great gen.
eral staf) and the 36 department
heads are conducting with the efa-
cheney Of great American business
corporation.
The west-bound track Is q continu-
Gus procession of freight trains
fresh consignments of raw material.
men and ammunition, being rushed to
the firing line to be ground out into
victories.
Our fast train stops at the mouth Of
tunnel. then crawls ahead charity.
for the French, before retreating. dy-
namited the tunnel. One track has
been cleared. but the going Is still
bad. To keep 1t from being blocked
again by falling debris. the Germans
have dug clean through the top of the
hill. opening up deep well Of light
into the tunnel. Looking up. you see
a pioneer company in once cream-col-
ored, now dirty-colored. fatigue uni
forms still digging away and terracing
the sides of the big hole to prevent
slides. Half an hour later we 60 slow
again in crossing new wooden bridge
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25
the INDIVIDUAL IN YOUR CHILD

When l was q little girl" a friend
= nine once told me, Il was ALWAYS
= CAD when company came to the
ssese. Ny mother would change an
would be cheerful and kind to
peny and would stop scolding and
lining me. Sometimes / used tn
could just be company all the
-she would have been SO kind
- always then"
~ long could we hold the conf.
and affection of our friends n
ueated them as many of us treat
cahdren? Most fathers and
90 not seem to realize that
1auties which attract children to
3 and which secure their conf.
ere the same qualities which
their friends and the good
g the people with whom they
% A father might as well
and abuse q friend every lit
~ and then expect him to re-
S - love him as to pound and
ehild and expect to gain his
because he belongs to him.
parents seem to think that
sAeir own children are de-
Sss. spon them for their food.
\ ehelter and education, that
taeir respect, gratitude and
T ors .roiess of how they are
ne sense of relationship has
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25

So. as the company cannot 20 to
the cook. the cook goes to the COM
pany. When meal hour comes he puts
a yoke on his shoulders and puts q
bucketful Of that veal stew on either
end OF the yoke and goes to his men.
Maybe the trench is under fire. Be
ing trench. 1t most probably 10. No
matter. His men are In that trench
and-potztausend-they must be fed.
Sometimes the second cook gets
his step right there. Sometimes the
apprentice cook-the dishwasber, the
grub murderer. the university gradu.
ate who has just learned what to ex-
pect when Fahrenheit IL applied to
spuds-is summoned from his lob of
rustling firewood to pick up the cooks
yoke and refill the spilled buekets
and tramp steadily forward to the line.
Sometimes the supply Of assistant
cooks. even. runs short But the men
in the trenches always get their food.
That's why 30 many cooks in the Ger
man army have iron crosses dangling
from their breasts" said the man who
knows. mo Drawer men ever lived.
The hero Of the German campaign IN
the cook Of the field kitchen"
The man who knows really does
know. He has been along the Ger
man battle line. under protection Of
q headquarters pass.
1t Ii this mans belief. based on
what he has heard. that the commits
sariat Of the allies has from time to
time broken down. but that Of the
Germans never has.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25

STILL WITH THEM
BY GEORGE BURROUGHS.

'~~vSVvVvV~Vv~vV~ V~OVVVVV~VVVVVV
Henry Mobile. senior partner of the
firm Of Mobile & Black. brought his
DIST down upon the mahogany table
with crash Of seNemphasis which
showed plainly enough that he was moi
= married man.
BLACK. Miss Gregory has got to 60. .
be detained.
Andrew Black looked up at his part
ner with melancholy smile.
Il know she has. Noble. but who's
going to do the trick?" he asked.
Il tried 1t last Christmas. and all
she got was a raise of salary" said
Black. you try"
But ! can't think Of any excuse.
protested Mobile. Il can't pretend
that we're getting into deep water. be-
cause she knows more about the firms
finances that we do. And. anyway.
after Is years service we couldn't fire
her without real reason"
Then let her stay" said Black with
designation.
But she's 80 abominably ofccious.
Black" protested Mobile. She's 80
strong-minded that she's got to the
point where she runs the whole shop.
She won't let me do anything I want to
do. OF course. l admit she IL . wom-
an Of sound judgment-in fact. q treas
ure, but"
But this is our business. Mobile.
and not Miss Gregory's, and we want
the fun Of managing 1t ourselves" said
Mr.. Black. Well Ill tackle her
again"
Get her out" said Mobile. Il don't
care how you do 1t. And. when she's
gone. no more strong-minded women In
our employment"
Miss Ada Gregory would have been
surprised and distressed beyond meas
ure could she have heard this CONVEX.
sation between her employers. Miss
Gregory might have been strong
minded. but she was certainly pretty.
She had entered the arm Is years be-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25
A Long Huxxah.

The new pcntiff. If in stature he
matches the shortest monarch in the
present world, his contemporary in
Rome, has at any rate a longer name.
in Italian. than any Of his predeces-
sors for many day. 1t is almost un-
manageably long for reclamation.
"vivi Pho Decimo." used to go on like
artillery, and Viva Pho Mono" was
even sharper shot. But Viva Bene-
detto DecimoQusnto" does not, 1t must
be confessed. linger and rumble. 1t
is longer than the shout for Leone
Decimoterzo."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25

where she had been earning a comfort
able living for some years. to prose
cute her claim.
The estate II said to have been left
by Washington Ware, formerly of
Athens, who died some months ago In
Knoxville. Tenn. According to infor-
nation which Mrs. White. who is q
widow. has received. It was turned
over to an administrator in the abb
sence at the time Of knowledge of any
living relatives of the deceased.
Mrs. White was informed that she
and her sister. who were married to
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25
WATCH IS OF BIBLICAL AGE
Has Marked the Passing Of e13,e7e
Hours and 10 Three-ecore-
and-Ton.

Sheridan. Wyo.-Arnold Tschirgi,
the county surveyor. has Q watch that
has marked the passing Of 613.67a
hours. 1t has been ticking away for
70 years and IL still . good timekeeper.
The watch il key-wind. It IL an open
face gold case. The dial IL beautifully
ornamented in figured gold. The crys.
tai is made Of heavy convex glass. The
watch formerly belonged to Mr.. Tschir.
gi's father.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25

fore. a. a cash girl. with the determine
ton to become q controlling influence
in It before she reached middle age.
All her life was bound up with Mob.
BILE & Black. She became first steno.
grapher. then private secretary to Mob.
BILE and Black successfully, then a.
sistant manager. From that post she
was nominally promoted to business
director. being really shunted irto q
sfnecure. In vain. Miss Gregory 70.
fused to stay put, and created q new
department of more importance than
any other.
This was an excellent thing for the
firm. but Miss Gregory acted az II she
was the flrm. she won't let M have
run for our money" was the way
Mobile pathetically put 1t.
"Mr. Black would like to see you,
Miss Gregory" said the head once boy
deferentially.
Miss Gregory went into Mr.. Blacks
ONCE and sat down before him. looking
at him with q direct gaze which con.
siderably disconcerted the Junior part
ner.
"Ahem. Miss Gregory" he began,
playing with his ruler, "Mr. Mobile
and l have been thinking about your
future We are agreed that your
chances with q small firm like ours
do not amount to what they ought TO. !"
Never mind that. Mr.. Black" inter.
pdsed Miss Gregory suavely. I'm go
ing to make this . very big firm In
deed. some day. Now. ! have Q
scheme"
Excuse me, Miss Gregory" Mr..
Black interrupted, but the suggestion
wanted to make 10 this: II you
would like to take three months va
cation on full salary and look around
you"
why. my dear Mr.. Black, look
around me every day Of my life," IN.
swered Miss Gregory. However. I
think the idea q good one. / will 90
cept the holiday in part-that 10 to
ny, l shall come down only in the
afternoons and look about for ideas in
the mornings. When the time IL ended
no doubt shall return to my full days
work with q number Of Innovations to
suggest"
Mr.. Black looked at Miss Gregory,
and. realizing his failure. groaned.
what II the matter, Mr. Blaok?" In
quired Miss Gregory in alarm. "You
are not feeling well! Can get you"
"A touch Of headache" said the
Junior partner. THAT win be all.
Miss Gregory. thank you"
And he nerved himself to bear the
reproaches of his partner.
Mobile" he said. when the other
had ended his harangue. there's only
one thing to be done. We must get
Miss Gregory married"
Yes, I've thought Of that" answered
Mobile, with melancholy demeanor.
you remember Cleaves, the good-leok.
ing bookkeeper We used to have? 1
moved his desk up next to hers. you
know. He had q taking way with
women"
He left, though" answered Black
Yes Dindn't give any reasons.
other. Well. Blaek. the only thing ]
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25

brothers. are the only heirs that could
DO located. They are said to be nieces
Of the millionaire.
Mrs Whites son, Samuel White,
who lives In Oklahoma, came to S.
vannah to assist her in establishing
her claim. From here he went to
Athens and retained an attorney. In
letter to his mother he says he b.
lieves that she and his aunt viii soon
come into possession Of the estate.
Wouldn't 1t be good" said Nrs.
White: I'd set 'em. up to al NJ
friends"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25
RICHES FOR WORKING WOMAN
Prospective Helress Promises to "set
EN- Up" u She Gets
$1,5oo,ooo.

Savannah. Ga--Mrs. Mary White. .
repair woman employed in dry goods
store here. may be co-heir with her
sister in Atlanta, Ca, to an estate said
to amount to $1.500.000. This became
known when the woman resigned her
position In the department store
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25
oskIns the Problem.

d years the newspapers
niled with various discus
- high cost of living, but
rSss eay a man in this COM
- ~ the nearest solution Of
- seard. He has three cows
- him with butter and
Rome, and in addition to
- foising three calves and
- Hath the milk, while the
~ p ssularly and keeps the
- r,..s laid His ditch banks
INIT trees that make
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25
A Permissible Pun.

Whats going on In herer asked
the reporter.
"A meeting of the board Of direc-
tors" said the doorkeeper, with .
yawn.
And what are youf"
I'm the bored"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25

money, instead of grass and burrs
that make work. OF course. every
man cannot do this. but there are q
good many farms about here that are
adapted to these methods.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25
censtItutIenaIIsm II Prus.Ia.

constitutIonaIIsm In Prussia.
One hundred years ago the king Of
Prussia, Frederick William III, prom
Used his subjects representative gov.
eminent. Though he lived until many
years later, he never redeemed his
promise. When he died. In 1870. he
was succeeded by his son, Frederick
William w. The latter was known a.
the possessor Of liberal and independ-
emit views, and his first solemn declare
ton after coming to the throne was
one containing . promise to give his
people . free constitution. Great.
therefore, was the surprise and cha
grin when he began to govern in q
manner wholly contradictory to these
promises. Not until many years Later.
a. . result of the revolutionary move
ment which swept over nearly the
whole of Europe in 1S4S. were the PEG
pie Of Prussia enabled to secure .
measure of self-govenment and other
reforms which they had - long d.
manded a. their right.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25

The Cabbalists we're . sect Of Jew
ish philosophers who exercised great
influence upon the mental develop
ment Of the Hebrews in the ninth to
the seventeenth century. The teach
ings Of the CAPITALISTS were . minsling
Of Talmudism and Greek philosophy.
especially Neo-P 1atonism.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25

Moving clock distance of q mile
from one house to another in Way
cross, Ca. caused It to resume work
after 1t had lain idle for seven years.
jewellers had failed to start II going,
but the jolting succeeded.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25

This is q specially posed photograph
Of the wife and daughter Of Gov.-elect
Charles 8. Whitman of New York
Mrs. Whitman was formerly Miss o.
i've Hitchcock. She was married TO
Mr.. Whitman in 1908. Little Olive
IL their only child.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25

To remove old putty with little
work and trouble. pass hot soldering
iron over 1t. This softens Il and 4 b
easily removed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25

Mrs. Christian d. Hemmick, society
woman and artist of Washington and
Paris. was one Of the patronesses Of
the style show recently held In Wash
ington for the benefit of the Red Cross.
She is here shown standing beside one
of the exhibits at the show.
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of them are able to sit up in their
hunks and take a mild interest In US.
Once. by a queer coincidence. we 81
multaneously pass the wounded going
one way and cheering fresh troops go
ing the other
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-07
FEDERALS ARE DISAPPOINTED
Unable Secure the Services of Any of the Worlds Tourists Iris Speaker to Get Salary of $1s,OOO-Big Joint Banquet of Giants and White Sox With Minor League Officials.
0rA>u0u3zul1zss

New York, March 6.-Organized base ball scored heavily here today in the struggle with the Federal league for the services of the players who com pleted their round the world tour ear- ly today. The Boston Americans sign ed Iris Speaker for two years; the Detroit Americans closed a contract with Sam Crawford and the St. Louis Americans kept Pitcher Leverenz in line with considerable raise in sal- ary.
 Although the Federal league mag mates were in conference with all these players. they were unable to secure their services, and the best they could do with Mike Doolan of the Philadel- hpia Nationals and Dick Egan of Brooklyn was to obtain a promies to consider the propositions made by the new organization. Steve Evans and Lee Magee of the St. Louis Nationals were also reported to be comparing the offers of the two forces.
 It was day of propositions counter propositions, conferences and contract flashing, but at midnight organized baseball was still holding the lead which it gained when several of the National and American league mag mates boarded the steamer Lusitania far down the bay, while the Federal leaguers were forced to wait for sev- eral hours at the pier before they could communicate with the returning play CTS. Their consolation, if it might be so termed was the knowledge that they had forced the magnates of the two major leagues to pay extremely high salaries to those players who signed.
 The climax of the day came when President Joseph J. Iannin of the Boston American league club announc- ed that he had secured the signature of Outf1elder Iris Speaker to a two year contract at salary larger than any heretofore paid to a player in the ranks. In addition. he stated he had given Speaker a neat bonus for sign ing. While he would not say what the amount of the salary was, it was re ported in baseball circle tonight that 1t was to be $1S,O00 per year.
 President Frank J. Navin of the De- troit Americans did not have to bid so high for Sam Crawfords services, nor the St. Louis Browns for Pitcher Lev considerable incresase in the figures of the 1914 contracts over those of last season.
 All these players had listened to the Federal league owners before closing with their former clubs. Doolan and Egan also had National league con tracts in their pockets, and while they had not signed, Presidents Baker and Ebbets of the Philadelphia and Brook lyn clubs, respectively, stated emphat- ica1ly that the players had promised to lay the Federals offer before them for comparison and open bidding tomor- TOW.
 The National league as a whole was not successful in settling up the Chi cago- Boston deal for the services of Johnny Evers or in finding new own CT of the Chicago club. Afte~ two lengthy sessions the board of directors announced that the final settlement of the Evers trade had been left to Pres fdent John K. Tener.
 It was consistently rumored during the day that the Chicago club would be