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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09

let nobody carry 1t away. Not q brick
missing a. far a. l can see. Say. don't
you think I'm ungrateful, Nels, be-
cause l amt. I'm struggling to hold
back tears of Joy and keep from hug
ging you. OF course you might have
shoveled that ton or two Of coal into
the other bin like told you yester-
day, II you wanted to kill a little time,
instead Of fooling with things that you
amt got the brains to understand.
But ] amt Offering that as no criti-
cism. Probably somebody told you
you was plumber and you didn't have
sense enough to know that they was
joshing you. You amt to blame. most
likely.
Whats that? Got it all fixed.' have
you? Well, amt that nice? l don't
guess you've put in more than half a
day on it either. A dollars worth Of
work on q ten-cent job, that's your
idea of economy. Fine! Some of these
days l wouldn't be surprised II you
get that coal nxed-and the sidewalk.
And you thought I'd be pleased for
once Say, pleased amt no word for
II. feel like going out and celebrat-
Ing. Amt put In more'n ten minutes
on it. yourselfr You're q wonder! I
guess 1t amt never occurred to you
that you could get quite start ON that
coal In ten minutes.
Ten minutes don't seem much to q
hone-headed mutt whose time amt
worth nothing" the Janitor resumed.
after slight pause. He don't stop to
figure that there amt only sixty min
utes in an hour and ten hours in .
days work. Let me tell you some
thing. Nels, my friend: It didn't take
George Washington ten minutes to
sign the Declaration of Independence,
and I've seen fire put out In less
time. That Aston kid can earn more
money in interest on his capital In ten
minutes than you could in q week FIX
Ing water faucets. don't say he could
II you was q regular plumber. of
course. That's different, but the point
Is that times money to a man II he
knows how to use It.
"Oh, you amt even took time to
eat your lunch!' Fierce! That &C.
counts for the way you've lost nesh
since l seen you last. No wonder your
clothes II hanging loose on you and
your cheeks Is all fell In. Three
o'clock now, close on, and nothing
passed your lips since breakfast, and
then I'll bet you didn't eat more than
i've or six pounds Of solid food then.
OF course you couldn't be expected to
shovel coal. and you was probably too
weak to lift the hose out to the side.
walk. amt ct nothing since break
fast, myself, come to think Of 1t. but
then l never did eat oftener than q
horse turned out to pasture. Say, you
begin easy with q teaspoonful of soup
at q time when you do eat. Go at II
gradual Perhaps you amt took time
to sleep either. Just as like a. not you
got 30 feverish and worked up over
them few chores l left you to do that
you couldn't no more than close your
eyes and breathe hard. Now see here,
Nels, this amt right. You've got to
think Of your health. First thing you
know you'll have nervous prostration
and have to 60 to q rest cure. I'd be
In q nice ix then, wouldn't I? I'd have
10 work ten minutes longer Of an eve.
ains u didn't hire the mate to you.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09
Had Little to Complain OF.

After the game yesterday l went
in the evening to the theater," writes
q New York youth who IL . member
Of a college football team. Il did not
stay long because my muscles ached
so. Today feel better, although my
back is slightly sprained: I cannot
raise my right arm and can hardly
bear any weight on one foot. Ny neck
10 also q trifle stiff, my lip II swollen
and there ID . piece cut Of my chin.
Except for that and . bad cold. moth
e.. I am al right"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09

enacted 1t into law. II will ruin the
nation. assert In public the Conser.
vatives. who opposed its enactment.
In private all parties appear commit
ted to acceptance Of the general prin-
ciples of the National Insurance Act,
as it IL popularity called. though as to
some OF its practical workings there
Is fierce contention. 1t does not ap-
pear probable that the act will be re-
pealed. though 1t will doubtless-to
quote Bonar Law, tle Conservative
leader-be "drastically amended" II
his party. turning out the Liberals.
Is placed in power at the next general
election.
The insurance act became a law De
cember 16. 1911. 1t was a government
measure presented and supported by
the Liberal government. Such a
scheme" said Worthington Evans. M.
p. one Of its most vigorous critics.
could never have been brought In ex.
cept by one with the pluck of Mr..
Lloyd-George. and with the help of
those connected with insurance" In
many respects the original measure
was crudely drawn. showing the marks
Of haste in its preparation. Some of
the crudities have been corrected by
supplementary legislation.
Compulsory Insurance Against Sick.
ness.
What 10 the purpose of the insur-
ance act and what are its practical
workings since 1t has been British
law? While the act was passed in
December, 1911. the insurance features
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09

London, Eng
land. AN Act
to provide for In
surance against
Loss OF Health
and for the Pre-
vention and Cure
of Sickness. and
for Insurance
Against u n e m
ploy m e mt" -
such is the COM
prehensive title
of the most am
bilious measure
for social reform
yet attempted in
Great Britain. 1t
will make over
the United King
dom, declare the
LII b erals and
their allies, who
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09


pitcher winding
he
show Jackson Cobb slide
thinking
middle
exercise in the
But the next day they Others at again They do
the will
scung
killed sensible
be prompted
environment
something the old building
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09

Pittsburgh he
dss He found impossible Like Columbus breaking the snd
end he the boldly
sleeping clothes
difference
neckband Of his shirt Well
Tell me how put Of trousers BERTH?
This resulted tells
Better among
b
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09

part Of the proprietor. In spirit Of deviltry the
field rodents in North side vacant lot and went
with them to the Queen moving picture house 1t
Thirty-third street and North avenue.
The mice we're there released late in the after
noon. The show was to open at O'Clock in the
evening.
When Mrs. Margaret Klofta. charwoman. ar.
rived to do her work. she found the lobby alive
with small rodents which upon her appearance
scampered in/every direction.
Contrary to feminine precedent, Mr.. Klofta.
instead Of screami4UDr seeking the safe altitude
Of . convenient CT took a commanding posi-
ton and applied beoom with deadly effect.
Having slaughtered many and driving the rest
Of the mice to the basement, Mrs. Klofta turned
on the youthful perpetrators of the alleged joke.
handy pail Of water In Mrs. Klofta's hands sem
Sharp, Walter Dunn and Roy Fremond, aged eil
| Ro~ r1~tr ,oH int
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09
Has Aas-old Mastodon.

President Hadley Of Yale, and Presi.
dent Luther of Trinity college, both Of
whom convicted the 20.000-year-old mas
todon now being unearthed at Farm
ington. Conn. are to be disappointed.
Miss Theodale Pope. the heiress. who
gave part Of her fortune to the Roose-
welt cause a year ago. announces that
she intends to claim the prehistoric
mammal discovered on the land of her
father. A. A. Pope, by workmen who
were digging for q drain pipe. She
will assemble the mastodon in Farm
ington, because she thinks the town
would be aided BY those who come to
study II.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09

are getting the treatment free-just
think of that!
Finally, try to do . kind turn to
somebody else who il not 50 we'll OF
as you are. That will help nightly
to make you happy, and IL you are
happy you viii not care q snap about
the thermometer.-Exch
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09

Nov, Thomas." said the teacher to
a small pupil in the primary class.
"can you tell me what moss ID?
YES, ma'am." replied the little fell
low; ''it's something that . rolling
stone does not eather."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09

That" said the futurist. poan.ln.
proudly to the canvas which - ~.
just finished, rs my attempt - ~
pref the infinite" What dlo me
finite ever do to your" astsd q
noceut byStandes.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09

other morning. Reginald was typically British
and evidently on his native heath for the first
time in his life. He had landed from the liner
in the forenoon. in New York. and was taking the
first evening train for the southwest Therefore
he was not in the least familiar with the intrca-
cies of the uptodate steel sleeping car.
"Rummy little diggings" was what he said when
shown his berth. and the net for his clothing
catching his eye. he "lawfed" and exclaimed
Clever idea: to catch me II l fall out Of bed.
what?"
But It was in the morning that his troubles be-
gan. Like most untraveled Britishers. he did not
like to ask questions and he did not want to make
q fuss SO. when he awoke and found that he did
not have much time until the train would be In
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09

Miss Peachey-And SO you are one
Of a pair Of twins. Mr.. Spry? Are
you the right one or the left one?
Mr.. Spry-That, my dear young
lady, all depends upon you.-Judge.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09
Qualified.

Uncle Ed-Why, Johnnie. you don't
swear, do you?
Johnhie-No. I don't swear, but !
know al the words.-Judge.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09

A weird-looking creature II that
known to scientists a. the mysterious
stone lizard Of Cuernavaca, Mexico.
This reptile, carved on q huge boulder
lying on an overgrown hillside. il sit
uated about eight miles from Cuer-
navaca and seventy miles southwest
Of Mexico City. II was there, centu-
ries old. when Cortez first saw Cuer-
navaca, and is supposed to have been
carved to commemorate some events
in the wanderings Of the prehistoric
civilized race which built the great
palace at Xochicalco. q few miles
away. II this curious relic could
speak. what tales 1t could tell of the
long-dead past!-Wide World.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09

IDU0TuuCe O0oBUt W0SteTs
why don't you talk about the
tariff?'
Il don't know anything about IL
tariff"
"Umph! II the average man in
this country were like you there would
be a sharp decrease in the amount of
talking done"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09

O-"From window by desk" whose
the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09

handy pail Of Koas hands them flying Later
md eau q probable panic In evening -.
Il
string They in the lobby and went after them"
-.
volunteered be ~ -
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09
He Wrapped Watch Chain Around His Bio Toe

ANsAs MoAthoush
n Klgn Tarkawa
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09
Mouse Multitude Released in "Movie" Theatr

MILWAUKEE, wIslibeans multitude Of mice moving picture
w little hnaty ~
spirit Of devry the caught thar -
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09
He Was Just Over, but He Will Learn in Time

rTTsBURGH.
experience with Engshman Mexico
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09

to municipal activity
and I slept
Il forgot to do that with money"
nrstcl shape. providing loses his appstita
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09

noon there are foolish doings on that roof
II suppose they are once boys Junior clerr.
and other youngsters who work in the buildin,
After lunching they seem to feel a. playful Al kit
tens. At any rate. they 60 up on the roof everv
noon and cavort around. They go in for any sort
of horseplay that occurs to them. Sometimes thew
give limitations Of a ball game: other times it's
q prize fight
roof and q taller building on the other But n
the back there's a straight droop Of several
stories with no more guardrail than an cave
trough. That's precisely where the boys find II
convenient to do their acrobatics and dramatics.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-09

tu0f6 wa $04 OF II, OUT 9eIfy M M W9Ucu ~
and sound, all because he played new variation
on the First National Bank" wheesa.
Jerry came to the city to view and buy ~
latest sartorial effects for he wanted to get him
self AL logged OUT" he's authority for that He
had the $54 and yearning to convert every cent
Of it into beautiful wearing apparel Dressed IN
his old regimentals. he departed tor homo yestsv.
day. however.
The prospective fashion plate arrived In the
evening and went to . rooming house. His roop
was entered. his $54 taken and his confidence n
Kansas City lodging houses shattered TO bits. He
reported his loss to the police. and asked whore
and how he might obtain money on his watch 70
defray expenses back to Oklahoma. He WoS y
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

the twehty-fifth to the fortieth floors.
were filed with little white patches, the
faces Of human beings entrapped, while
below the twenty-fifth floor shadows
danced fantastically with the unearthly
greenish-blue light OF burning gases. One
of the greatest and most modern OF the
structures of its kind in the world was a
fireproof torch.
At the foot Of the doomed structure the
water towers, engines, and trucks took
on the proportions OF thu toy fashioned
after their models. There was no lad
der or series Of extension ladders that
could get within fifteen stories OF the
! twenty-fifth floor. The narrow stairs
that had never been intended for prac-
tical use, were cut of by the great sheets
| of flame, smoke, and gas that poured up
from the roaring furnace below ground.
The sounding Of the Two Mines be-
came known TO the millions of Greater
New York when the National Guard reg
iments marched from their armories, and,
instead Of blue-coated policemen patrol
ling the streets, soldiers with fixed bayo-
nets became the guardians of the masses
On the very heels Of the smartly ac-
coutered militia came a hooligan horde
surieking the wares of calamity, the spe-
cial extra editions of the afternoon news
papers
Women screamed and tainted In the
streets; men cursed and prayed alter
nately and meaninglessly.
The headlines of tho extras shouted,
with almost demoniacal glee Of ultra
journalism:
FIVE THOUSAND DOOMED IN BLAz-
ING SKySCRAPER.
Cavalry troops were added to the
squadrons Of mounted police In making
wider the free space about tha heart Of
Manhattan's financial section.
The superbly trained and intelligent
horses Of the mounted police pushed back
the crowd with their buttocks anc shorl-
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

Peel off, Finnegan.'' the chief ordered
The little man slipped from his coat,
turned his helmet as he looked aloft and
saw the burning jets at the windows and
then. as he took n second glance and
measured the great stretch upward that
he would have to climb. he squatted in
the watery highway and yanked off his
boots.
A great hank OF thin but strong rope
had been secured and this Finnegan made
fast about his waist. The only other
thing he would take aloft with him was
a big jackknife, which was made fast to
his belt with a stout bit of twine.
Two men ran up the sixty-foot aerial,
each taking a scaling ladder. At the
third rung from the top the first of these
men pushed up his ladder to its full
length and then smashed it over the sill
OF a window on the seventh floor. He
pulled It far over TO the right hand cor
ner and crowded over to one side of the
aerial as Finnegan came scamperirg up
like a monkey.
It was a one-man Job. There were no
friendly cornices above the seventh floor
and the climbing fireman would have to
edge around the windows to avoid the
flames. By overlapping his two scaling
ladders he might be able to dash upward
through the fire, gas, and smoke, drawing
his Georgia pine strips after him in time
to prevent them from being burned and
his return cut or.
A giant searchiight blazed the way for
the little Irishman, who seemed like a
the top of his first ladder and began
showing the second above him.
Above the rescuer's head the gas
flames played. licking upward and down.
ward and to right and left. coming out
In puffs and then sucking back In. His
helmet shown In rhe silver shaft Of the
scarchllsht like the head OF an attacking
beetle. The frcmen below held their
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
III-FINNEGAN,
A FIRE HERO

q fusillade as from a battery of gatlins
guns In use in aerial warfare.
The sounding Of Two Mines" informs
the officials Of the city that great peril
obtains. It means a request to the gov
ernor for the mastering OF the militia
in the various armories, the assembling
Of ambulances and surgeons, and the
preparation Of emergency hospitals and
emergency morgues.
With the comm Of night. Manhattan's
skyline showed its tall buildings with
every window Illuminated. The rich
borough of the city lay between the two
dark rivers as = thing fashioned from an
El Dorado store Of pieces of gold. softly
shining, alluring. But the windows of
the tallest Of the Mammon temples. from
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

high and with speed enough to strike an
open window as a target.
The fire chief ordered a sixty-foot
aerial ladder sent up from the heaviest
Of his modern trucks. The tip. OF this
ladder was thrown to one side of win
dow on the sixth floor.
About the base Of the ladder gathered
the men Of a company that had become
famous by heroic aerial work in the res
cues made during the destruction Of the
Windsor Hotel on Fifth avenue. March
Il. 1899.
rs FinneSar here?' asked the chief.
A well-knotted little man. with a face
Of tight parchment and eyes that were
like two new agates. small and bright,
stepped from the crowd.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

ders, treading lightly and injuring none.
The mounts Of the cavalry trampled the
feet Of the insistent or fiecked the foam
from their bridled jaws In their faces.
All the while the dancing shadows and
gas flames showed in the windows Of the
Intercontinental, showers of glass fell as
the panes popped out and. finally. some
thing heavy and making a rufiiing sound
struck the middle of Broadway.
It was a large law volume bound tight
ly about with the veil of a woman. A
fireman picked T. up and knew that It
contained a message. He hurried with 1t
to q man in white helmet and white rub
Der coat.
What is it? demanded the deputy
chief.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

"A message from above. sir. think"
TT was thrown from a Window
TT must have been; 1t grazed my shoul-
der"
The deputy chief ripped the veil fas-
tening of the book and a sheet Of loose
paper fell from the bound leaves. He
held 1t to the side light of a useless hook
and ladder company's apparatus and
read:
I'VE have made bulkheads for half OF
the elevator shafts on the twenty-fifth
floor, but have used all material The
bulkheads cut of the gas and the smoke
and send 1t to the windows of the twenty
fourth floor. This is the fifth message
We have thrown you. We are making q
rope Of the clothes Of every man and
woman here. There are about three
thousand five hundred Of US all told. and
side cut OF from the smoke and gas by
the bulkheads.
JOHN BLAKE. Superintendent"
A ropei
With a coil of good stout hemp the
chasm between the twenty-fifth floor and
the pavement of Broadway could have
been plumbed. But hemp had gone out
of fashion in the saving of life as well as
in the taking OF life.
While John Blake. superintendent, was
trying to fashion cord long enough 10
reach the ground, the men of the fire de-
partment were trying to send him one
ready made.
There were two possibilities of reach
ing the imprisoned people from below:
One was with the use Of scaling ladders.
and the other was with the rope gun. The
gun. Ike the aerial ladders, the hose, the
picks. and the axes. was designed for
use In fighting fires Ia buildings as high
as ten stories or. at most. fifteen stories
III could not IRE a charge heavy enough
10 huri stout cord twenty-five stories
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

which such barriers could be removed.
oxyacetylene blowpipes. and only yegg-
men kept those handy and in shape for
The Washington herald., 1914-03-08

Here was a fire in forty-story build
ing that was getting away from the fire
ladies before 1t had reached within forty
feet of the surface OF the earth.
The Spectator., 1914-10-27
MADE POWERFUL GOLF SHOT
From Driver toScleek, and Jus tifyine Change,

There is still another class of golf shots. not so,interesting, as they lack the mental side, but wonderful from the physical power required, writes Jerome B. Travers in the A .Ja T Magazine. An example S the shot Ed Ray played at the sixteenth hole at Shawnee. This hole is about TWO hundred and sixty-eioht wards from the tee. It is guarded by d deep brook, and beyond the brook de- cided up-hti slope Before Ray came up, Nardon, NcDermitt and Alec Smith, all long hitters, took drivers and after clean wsElcrs struck the side of the bank and fell short l'},e shot had ts be n-srlv s
 carry, as the ground nas soft from recent rams aAd the up-hH sl6lr prevented much run. When, Ray stepped mp he took a look sfthe hoLs and then stepped back, called hs ead- dic and replaced his driver, taling out d cledk. The crowd arourd gasped-and then laughed. But Ray knew wtat he was aborH With d tremendous swipr he hurled the head of that cIeek into the ball, and when it landed on a full carry the white pill was within ten feet of the cup
 He had carried brook, slope s01 everything else in the way with I eleek. where other long players h'' FaiIed y,ih cIab usrat is suppe. to get 20 wards more distance.
The Spectator., 1914-10-27
Notice F. Publiea. a No. O9oA

DEPART M OF HE INTERIOR
 U. <. i.s, OH,. at Little Rock. ..rkansas, = tober 10. 1914.
 Notice is hereby given that John W. Cornell. of Mountain Top, Arkansss. %ao. on August 2i, 1918. made Hols- stead Entry, No 09s54. for SEi.ANWi-l Nell SWl-4 and NWl-4 1 St.l 4. Sec&iou -. Tow ship II N.. Range a6 w.. 5th f'incipal Meridian has filed notice nf tention to make three years proof. to establish claim to the land above ds. scribed. before 4. K. Hill. Clerk uf ranklin County. at Ozark. Arkan.ss. on the 22Hd day of November. 1914.
 Claimant names as witn- ss~s: (. C. Wilshear. w. T. Katr,nsn. Wiley Stiles and Will llill all of MourftaIA Top. Arkansas.
 JNo. w. ALLEN. Register.
The Spectator., 1914-10-27

Mrs. ] W. fiansell left vester- day for Clartsviile, to be gone several days.
 Misses Willie Burkhead and Margret Keller of Dyer visited Misses Pauline and Christine Gal loway S turda. and returned hcma Sunday.
 Rev ". ]. Davis left this afternoon for points iu Iowa. He will have d position ill the in- surancc business in that state,
 Mrs. Ellis and baby returned to Little Rock Saturday after a pleasant visit with her brother G. A. A. Deane Jr. and iamiI5 Gardener Dune accompanied her home and WjII return We'd nesday.
 Mrs. J,tt McIloy wifi cn'cr- ain with a dinner tomorrow in boaor of her daughter, Mrs Rot SeeeleoG Kansas Git},
 Ms Hunter returned tod4 from a ei-it with her sor. Dave  Powell ani famll ot Atus
 Mr. I'd Mrs. J.W UaaseIi and Mis- Elizabeth Jobns5n .ysat ta Glmksvi4e Monday in ae}r ear.
The Spectator., 1914-10-27
Notice For Publication No 07864
DEPARTMENT OF TnE INFERIOR

DEPARTMENT OF TnE INFERIOR
 U. $. Land Office at Little Rock. Arkansas, October 10. 1914.
 Notice k hereby given that William \. Nelsoa.of Mulberry. Arkansas. wi.... on October !. 1911. made Homessesd Entry. No. 07s6I. for SWi.a SEl.a. section 22, Township II N. Range g w., 5tn Principal Meridian has iil~.i notice of intention to make three year proof, to establish claim to the lssd above described. before A. N. Hill County Clerk of Franklin County. st Ozark. Arkansas on the 22nd day of November. 1914.
 Claimant names as witnesses:
 Albert Shook. Wesley Shook. e. A. Peters and George Davis all of Mulberry Arkansas.
 JNo. w. ALLEN. Register