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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-30

sight. though when he inegaphoned me
could hear him plainly.
my own secret says he. "Abso
lutely invisible from the ground. Come
here he says. and he shows me
tiny searchlight machine. MY new
invisible ray he says. and he shows
me how 1t works.
"'Saved!' said, and went out and
borrowed some more money to bet on
New York.
That afternoon 100000 people were
In the grandstands when the Chicago.
New York game was called. We used
to thin that was a crowd In the oil
days. Old Bill was in the box. Blink.
er was at bat for Chicago. Bill sailed
one over. Blinker looked at 1t In
amazement It was a perfectly
straight, slow ball, right where Blinker
could kill it. Blinker pulled down
his cap, set himself and waited. ready
to knock 1t out of the lot. The ball
came over. 1t was the same kind az
before. Blinker swung. But as 1t
was about to connect with the ball
his bat jumped about two inches and
he missed. He tried it three times.
Then he went back to the bench look.
ing puzzled.
That was the way 1t went the
whole game. Bill was serving up
straight. slow ones right over the
heart Of the plate and the Chicagos
were swinging at them. and missing
them because their bats jumped about
two inches just before they met the
ball.
With New York it was just the
other way. They'd swing at a ball
way outside the plate and the, bot
would shoot over and connect. When
tho last man was out the score stood:
Chicago 0. New York 10. And Bill had
pitched as he was ordered.
You see, the secret was that I was
laying up there in the air right above
the plate in Professor Ignatzs invisi-
BILE sky-blue. self-balancing aeroplane.
with his new invisible magnetic ray
bearing right on the rubber. The ray
would magnetic and control anything,
even a $50 hitter's bat. When a Chi
cago man would swing I would wait
until the bat was near the ball. then
jerk 1t up and let the ball 60 by. When
1t was New Yorker ia guide the bat
smack against the ball. That, gentle
men. is how airships and baseball first
began to mix"
There was q long silence.
What did you do with all the money
you won?" asked the young captain.
Blast your dynamo. you inquisitive
cub!" roared Captain MacManus. II
endowed school for teaching cubs
respect for their superiors"
Copyright. by w. @. Chanman.l
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SENSITIVE CAT A SUICIDE


Bloomfield. N. J.-Miss Lucy Bergen
Of Washington street, in thu town. II
sure that her large black cat commit
ted suicide deliberately. and many
persons who saw the tragic end OF her
pet agreed with her.
The cat ran out to the middle OF
the street In front Of its home. and
awaited the approach Of an automo-
bile. The chauffeur saw the animal
and steered In next the curb to avoid
hitting It But the cat crawled to-
ward the curb. Judging the distance
80 a. to get exactly In front Of the
wheels of the auto. which ran over It.
Speaking Of 1t Miss Bergen said. Il
was putting a pink ribbon on 'Btlly's'
neck In honor Of his thirteenth birth
day, when he scratched my hand. for
which gave him q sharp blow on the
side Of the head with my open hand.
He Jumped on the table and sought
refuge behind a gas range in the
kitchen. I felt sorry for what had
done and tried to coax him out. but
he paid no attention to me. and at
the first opportunity he ran out the
kitchen door.
Il thought he would soon return.
and after bathing my wound ] went
into the parlor and sat by the win
dow. From there I saw Billy lying
in the street It was not until then
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DUCKS ovERRvN THIS STATE
In Louisiana Hunters Apparently Can
not XIII the Birds Fast
Enough.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sportsmen
can have no idea of the pleasures Of
duck hunting In Louisiana unless they
have visited that state and had actual
experience" remarked J. A. Dayries.
q member Of the Louisiana game COM
mission. Mr.. Dayries 10 also>a mem
Der of the national game commission
and IL much interested in the move
ment to protect migratory birds from
the guns of hunters.
1T isn't often that game birds over
run any hunting section" continued
Mr.. Dayries, but that 10 Just what II
happening down in Louisiana. The
whole state IL fairly flooded with wild
duck and geese. and the hunting sea
son will be the biggest We have ever
known In the state. The trouble H..
we shall not have enough hunters to
kill the birds. Under the Louisiana
law gunners are allowed to shoot only
In the morning.
After IL O'Clock they must shoulder
their guns and 90 home. But the pres
ence OF multitudes Of black and NAL
lard duck has put new phase on the
situation. The big nocks OF mallards
have invaded the rice fields and have
been eating up the rice crop to such
an extent that the state game connie
sion has granted 500 licenses to rice
growers, extending the time In which
they are permitted to shoot the
birds. -
After the ducks have finished with
q rice field 1t looks like cyclone had
struck It. The damage to the rice
crop, due to the extraordinary mum
Der Of mallards. has been 20 great
that 1t threatens serious loss to the
growers. hence the extension Of time
in which the hunters may shoot the
birds"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-30
RIGHT METHODS OF BINDING
strengthening Edges Of Material
Msans Adding indefinitely to
Wearing Power.

Binding IL used to neaten or
strengthen the edges Of material by
means of covering them with strips
Of the material, tape. ribbon or Prus-
sian binding. The long fannels used
for infants are frequently bound with
soft silk ribbon.
To bind with the same material as
the garment. cut sufficient lengths Of
the material into strips. but all must
be Of equal breadth.
They must be cut on the straight II
you are binding part that 10 straight.
and q crossway piece of the material
when the part is on the cross.
To sew on the strips. first neatly
join all the pieces together until you
have the required length. fold them
lengthways. and make crease.
Place one edge Of the binding strip
against the edge of the material on
the right side, the wrong side Of the
binding being uppermost. and run It
along about q quarter Of an inch from
the edge.
Press the seam well with the thumb
to make as nat as possible. fold 1t down
exactly at the crease you first made In
the middle. and hem 1t neatly on to the
wrong side.
II you are using Prussian binding.
tape. or any similar article that has
not raw edge. simply fold 1t length
wise in half. and make crease. lay
It over the edge to be bound. half on
one side and half on the other. tack
securely In position. and hem with
small stitches. first on the right side
and then on the wrong.
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New inventions Of positive merit
tend to raise the task Of housekeeping
from dfudgery to . Delightfully."- intsr-
esting occupation. Take. for instance,
. pan invented for cleaning silver.
It saves most Of the labor and removes
the tarnish without the usual rubbing
away Of silver. In this way the plat
ing h preserved almost indefinitely.
The work h accomplished ID Z snau
fraction Of the time usually devoted
to the cleaning Of silver. and the ~
suit IL much more satisfactory, both
in point Of appearance Of the silver
and for the reason that the silver h
strictly sanitary.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-30
GR|ERSON A WONDER
Doesn't Know. a Note Of Music
Yet Is a Musician.
Has Played Before Crowned Hsads-
Raised In Illinois, ~ . Lad, He
Amazed Salons o. Second En-
pIrs With Talent

New York.-The story Of Francis
'Grierson's life. the essayist and plan
list who came here from London Is in
teresting.
Mr.. Grierson was . lad of about ten
years Of age when he trudged into
Alton, ILL.,, on a memorable October
day with grownups of his family to
hear the great Lincoln-Douglas debate
the memorable day on which the
irrepressible conflict predicted by
Seward actually began" as Mr.. Grier-
son puts 1t in his The Valley of Shad-
ows." With these vital statistics at
hand you'll have to figure out his age
yourself.
The last time he was In America
was twenty-one years ago. His first
visit here, and 1t was q lengthy one.
began when he was an infant In arms
Six months after his birth in England
his father. 3 cousin Of Gen. Grierson.
who fought under Grant, brought him
to America The father took a farm
in the Mississippi valley. became an
American citizen and simultaneously
raised little Francis and produce on
the farm until shortly before the Civil
war.
The future musician and writer was
q youngster when the war began.
Promptly he got job of a more
or less exciting character as messen-
ger boy for Gen. Fremont. memories
of which he was to recount years
after in his Valley of Shadows" Al
ready too ne had begun to show the
first signs Of an uncanny faculty for
improvising on the piano, although. a.
he says Of his very early boyhood days
on the farm I'VE didn't have pianos on
the prairies in the '50s."
He didn't know a note of music
then. He didn't when later he played
for Auber. for wsgnef and others Of
the great that included royalty. And
he can't read note of music today.
He hasn't even q piano In his Lon
don apartments and doesn't own one.
He never practices.
The Illinois farmer boys city" ex-
perience consisted only Of q time
spent in St. Louis and In q Chicago
that antedated Mrs. O'Leary's COW
when the wanderlust struck him. In
the last year Of the last empire the
young man from Illinois. now in his
EOS. and. to Judge from Geslin's .por-
trait a0meWhat Of An ethereslized pAe
in that day. he was invited to q great
French lady's salon to play.
That was the day Prudhomme, then
eighty years old. Auber and the other
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jenkins injuries gave promise Of
costing his life and a. a last resort
Dr.. Harold Hume. the attending physi-
clan. determined on . skin grating
operation. Offering some Of his own
skin and calling for volunteers to fur
nish more.
The first to answer the can was
Mr.. Jenkins. and she came - the
hospital and made known that she
was ready to make the sacrtnce.
jenkins was apprised Of his estranged
wifs's offer and he sent for her.
Today they are reccnctled. and
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coed omslst.

Beat the yolks Of threa eggs to .
cream and the whites to . stiR froth~
Add to the yolks three tablespoons
milk or water. one rounded tablespoon
finely grated bread crumbs. half tee
spoon salt. lastly fold. not stir, the
white and pour In the omelet mix
ture. Place on the stove where the
heat will be gentle but continuous.
occasionally slipping knife under It.
When bottom Is slightly brown Get
pan In hot oven for . minute. until
top b arm to touch Fold. gAsnish
and serve.
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Potato Cottage Pudding.


Take half = pound of boiled pota-
toes. dry and houry. Beat until they
are quite smooth, add . pinch Of salt
the grated rind and strained Juice Of
. small lemon. two tablespoons Of
moist sugar. two ounces Of clarified
butter or good beef dripping and two
wellbeaten eggs. Beat the mixture
thoroughly, turn It into buttered dish
and bake In well-heated oven. The
flavor Of the pudding may be varied
BY the addition Of . few washed and
dried currants or IN ounce Of blanch-
ed and pounded almonds or . glass Of
sherry. Time to bake. three-Quarters
Of an hour. sumcient for four or I'VE
persons.
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A GAME OF BASEBALL INFlU
ENCED BY THE MAGNETIC RAY.

Captain MacManus, retired air-skip
per, and his coterie of Master Airiga-
tors leaned on the rail of the New
York receiving float of the F. c. & A.
Aerial line and watched huge yellow
dirigible shoot past on the 5000-foot
: level.
THE Hong Kong and Washington
express" said one Of the younger M.
As. she's carrying the Hong Kong
baseball team 10 the opening game
Of the International Aerial league sea-
son at Washington tomorrow. That
ought to be typhoon of game. Good
thing they've got the mechanical um-
nires perfected now. No living man
would stand a show umpiring for that
bunch tomorrow. Seems impossible to
think. that any human being was ever
reckless enough to act as umpire of a
baseba, game, the way they did back
In 1912 or Whereabouts wonder why
they did it?'
why did they do it," grunted old
Captain MacManus. Because they
were men in those days, that's why
They weren't like you delicate, air
aourished infants who are afraid to
come nearer than 500 feet to earth for
fear Of hitting the microbe strata.
Why, In my early days, we Pune
ture my gas tanks! That reminds
me. ! was the first man to introduce
air ships into the international game
twas only national then, though-of
baseball. And that was when they
still played the game on the ground.
In my humble little way was the man
who FIRST gave people the idea of ele-
vating the game t. its present high
level"
Help! Help" moaned a young cap
tain They used to kill people for
perpetrating such things in the old
days"
Never mind" said MacManus. THE
old days are past. But it's the truth
I'm telling. ! was the one to first
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A Cute Quaker.

One morning Quaker happening to
rise before any other member of his
household, was surprised to find that
his house had been burglared during
the night. and several small but val
liable articles stolen.
After considering the matter for 4
while, he decided. however, to raise no
alarm, not even to tell his wife. for
the present
His cuteness was quickly rewarded.
Late in the afternoon of the same day
he was stopped by . neighbor.
Il am sorry to hear of your misfor.
tune" said the neighbor. Has the
rascal taken much?"
The Quaker smiled.
rs it necessary. friend" he asked
slyly. that the rascal should put such
a question to me? Where has thou
hidden thy plunderr"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-30
FINDING NAMES FOR NOVELS
Modern Authors Differ From Those Of
the Past In Selecting Titles for
Their Volumes.

Modern novelists ind 1t dificult to
find titles for their books. but, charac-
teristically, Dickens could always hit
on q score or 30 of titles for his
books, and found difnculty only In the
selection of one from among 30 many.
For BLEAK House." for instance, he
drew up list Of twelve possible IT,
tles-including The Ruined House"
'Tom-all-alone's," The Solitary
House." The East Wind" BLEAK
House and the East Wind"-and sub
mitted 1t to Forster for selection. 1t
Is worth noting that ip the end Dick
ems always chose the most effective
of the titles he devised.
Talking of titles for stories. how IL
it that the eponymous title IL stunned
by modern authors and frowned upon
by publishers? Surely the name Of
your hero or heroine should be good
enough for a novel. Fielding, Smol.
lett. Sterne, Thackeray, Dickens,
Meredith all favored the eponymous
title. and It IL certainly easier to re-
member than any other. What could
be better than "Tristram Shandy." or
"Pendennis." or David Copperfield. |"
or Richard Feveral"? Mr.. Pugh's
TONY Drum" Is o perfect title,
worthy Of that remarkable book. The
catchy title that 80 many modern
writer's seem to strain after is. as
often as not. by no means easy to re.
member, and when you have finished
the book you wonder what the title
has to do with 1t. Let us get back to
simplicity in this matter.-London
Chronicle.
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notables gathered with smiles to hear
the American prodigy-"freak" better
describes the Frenchmen's opinion Of
him, formed on hearsay.
Don't study" cried Auber. after he
had expressed his amazement and id.
miration. Perhaps II you study mu.
sic here you will lose. ct least spoil.
your strange gift" And Prudhomme.
then perhaps the most profound schol.
ar of France, came over to him To
say, you have placed me on the
threshold Of the other world"
Agar or two in and about Paris
caused his fame to spread In limited
but importan. circles on the continent.
A recital in st. Petersburg resulted
In an invitation to play at the Cats.
china palace. not only to play but to
be the guest of royalty. From Rus.
STA he went to, the Austrian Tyrol and
in little inn there he played on invi.
tation for q royal group that included
representatives Of Austria, Denmark
Germany and England
He had been playing for years In
the capitals of Europe when one day
ne dropped his salon recitals. He
would be a writer. Although he had
left the United States knowing only
the English language he sat down
he was forty years old now-and
wrote q volume Of essays In French.
Ten years later his first book Of 90.
says in English. Modern Mysticism. 81
brought him q message. from Maurice
Maeterlinck that ran:
This volume il full of thoughts and
meditations of the very highSt order.
You have deliciously and profoundly
surprised me-you have said 90 many
things which l should like to have
written myself"
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peach Foam.

Soften one-third box gelatin in one
half cup cold water. add one-haH cup
boiling water. place over hot water.
add three-fourths cup Of sugar and
stir until dissolved, Remove from the
IRE. add one cup peach pulp pressed
through coarse sieve and one tea
spoon bitter almond extract and let
stand until cool. Fold In the stifny
beaten whites Of three eggs. turn into
small molds and place on ice to chill
and harden. Serve with boiled custard
sauce.
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oemonstrate that airships and base
ball could mix. It was In the year
1910. which was before most Of you
ehildren were born. when people still
turned to stare up In the air when
they heard a ships propellers whir'
ylng. and when the man who could
write Master Alligator after his name
eull was looked up, to. to use an an
cIent phrase. was running a little
excursion packet. the Star Tanner.
that operated between New York city
end Atlantic City, a two hours run In
nose days. 1t being before we began
y make much speed.
Naturally. having this sort of run
= those days. when people thought II
VAS something of treat to ride In q
0rigi5le we came into contact with q
- Of the most prominent people In
w country. One day we'd have on
Fooerd LILLIAN Russell, who was just az
young looking then as she is now. 60
- down TO spend few hours at At
hntic City; next day we'd have a
esnator from Mexico. coming up to
New York to take look at the lights
md next. probably. Bill Finger. cham
p'on pitcher of the New York ball
team, o. some other great parsonage
Didn't you ever have Ty Cobb?'
oske the young captain.
Ty Cobb?" said Captain Mac Manus
Who was he?"
i don't know. l read about him In
~ ancient history the other day.
easd the youngster. But to 20 on
With your story"
AS ! was saying. l naturally gol
ecquainted with these great people
NH hauling them to and fro between
8 see TWO resorts. and pointed out t.
taem where the Statue of Liberty used
g De. and 30 on. and pretty soon
- on friendly terms with a lot O,
ZEN. and Of course the FRIENDSHIP
( - priced the most was that of Bill
s'mger OF the New Yorks.
Bill was az nice and sociable .
e fellow as ever you saw. and
wasn't a. all stuck up. becaus,
u vas going to be put in the Han y
NE. He'd tab to you lust "A n h.
an ordinary man. and many Ia,
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good tanning bee me and Bill had
when We had to go up to the 10000
foot level and lay waiting for a storm
to settle down below.
"'Bill.' said to him on one Of these
occasions. who's going to win the pen.
nant this year.?
I'VE are.' says he. I'm in great
form this year.
But Chicago's running you an aw-
full close race. BILL l said. They're
keeping only one game behind you
That's where we want Them says
Bill. It's frameup. We're going to
run gay from the other teams in the
league. Chi and New York will be
tied up to the last game. Chicago
fans will be willing to bet their heads
of. We've got the money to bet EN-.
Then we'll win
but how do you know you'll win.
Bill?' / asked.
I'm going to PITCH says he.
Don't tell anybody. This is just be-
tween you and me-
THAT made me feel pretty warm
toward the great man, and / put my
self out to make 1t as pleasant as 1
could for him when he was riding with
me, and he appreciated 1t and pretty
soon we were the best friends in the
world.
We'll. finally It came the day before
the game that was to settle the league
championship, and sure enough, just
as Bill had said. Chicago and New
York were tied for first place, and one
game would settle the hash. That
night Bill took fight down to Atlantic
City with me to settle his nerves. and
suddenly he says to me, Mac, I'm up
against it,
"'WhSY says l.
1--we got to throw the game to-
morrow
"'Bill' says, Mortified.
YES he says. that's just what I've
got to do
""You can't l said: and then l told
him what I'd done. Knowing that
he was going to pitch and win. I'd gone
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and begged and borrowed every cent
! could lay my hands on and had bet
1t on New York to win. If you lose,
Bill. says I. I'm q dead duck
"Bill almost cried, he was that
broksn-hearted. But | can't help II
Mac says he. Morgan has ordered
that New York lose.'
"Of course. after that there wasn't
anything more to say. Bill had his
orders from the nations boss to 90 in
and pitch the full nine innings but
not to put any speed or curves ON
the ball, just to put 'em right over
where the Chicagos could line em
out. Having the orders straight from
Morgan. he had to obey, of course.
Don't %hink hard of me, Mac he
says. gripping my hand. It's fate
II understand. BILL said.
Morgan and Fate we're the same in
those days.
Il went into the steering turret and
sat down to think it over. It certainly
looked as II my gas-tanks were punc.
tured and ! was doomed to fail II
New York lost, as they were sure In
do. with Bill pitching that way. there
wasn't much left for me except IA
max, a nice little hole in the water
somewhere near Ellis island and the
Jersey shore. didn't like water IN
those days. so began to think NV
hale job was to figure out how to keen
Chicago bats from colliding with Bilps
curves. 1t was something of a iob
the way Chicago was hitting in those
days, and Bill being ordered to serve
them nothing but straight easy balls
Did despair? Ha! Little you know
of Captain MacManus of 40 years ago
who ask that question.
when l got back to New York c,tv
l hurried up to Yonkers to see Profes.
sor Ignatz. the man who knew mora
about air-nying. electric currents. mag
nets and SO on than anybody Womb
believe. and told him how | was f,r.d
Rest easy. Mac says he, and tool
me out to his hangar and showed me
his new invisible. sly-blue. self-balanc.
ing acceptance
watch me-. says he. and ND hs
went In two minutes he was out Of
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-30

Boil together four cups Of New Or
leans moIasses. two cups Of brown
sugar. two teaspoonfuls each Of but
ter and vinegar. Rub the skins from
the peanuts. spread them In creased
pans about an inch thick, and when
the molasses. ETC.. has reached the
crack" degree, pour 1t over the nuts.
When partly hardened, cut into barr.
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Worth Trying,


Paul Poiret, the Paris milliner, crea-
tor Of the minaret and hobble skirts
said In New York the other day:
Il like the Americans. The women
are very chic. The men are very
capable. But. your breakfast foods!
why do you eat 30 many queer
breakfast foods? Aren't you afraid
they'll have q deleterious effect upon
your temperament?
"A Brooklyn lady told me yesterday
that she had said that morning to her
parlor maid:
81 don't know what's come over
my husband. Instead of starting on
for the office cdrsing and swearing, az
usual, he went out just now with q
hop and skip. happy and twitterins
and whistling like . bird
Its my fault, madam said the
maid contritely. I got the wrong
package and gave him bird seed for
breakfast food"