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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
CHECKING UP ON MIDDLEMAN
Idaho Potato Farmer Puts Into Oper-
alton Unique Scheme and Meets
With Astounding Results.

In order to determine just how bad
~ he was being robbed and at the
same time show the consumer how he
was being held up, L. L. Young. q
rancher residing near Nampa, ldaho'
put into operation a unique scheme
that brought astounding results from
the potatoes he raised and sold.
Young IL an extensive potato rails
er. After he had harvested his Muir
ply crop last fall and while sacking
the potatoes he placed a note In the
bottom of each sack asking the con-
sumner to be kind enough to write him
what price he paid for the spuds. The
potatoes were later sold by Mr..
Young, who received for them 6o
cents sack. a net profit Of 80 cents
a sack.
Some time later letters began to
pour into Mr.. Young from all parts OF
the United States. The consumers
had found the notes. The several
hundred replies received stated that
the consumers had paid prices rang
ing from $3.50 to $3.50 sack for the
spuds.
Mr.. Young said he expected the mid
dleman to make a reasonable profit.
but that he, as grower, was receiving
such a small fraction of the ultimate
selling price demanded of the buyer
as astounded him.
The revelation has spread among
Idaho growers. many Of whom are
confi0snt now that sales direct to the
consumers would be more profitable
I'll M
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
Up-to-Date Claquer.

The theatrical claquer has ever been
an institution in France, especially
Paris. where chef de claque" en-
joys a recognized status and receives
a comfortable income. 1t is a mistake
to suppose that the only duty of
claquers is to applaud. A well-organ-
lied claque includes the art of infec-
tious laughter. These. called "chatouil-
leurs." attend the lighter forms of
drama and laugh SO heartily and
naturally that their neighbors join in,
and leave the house convinced that the
play must be q most amusing one,
Then. too, there are the "pleureuses.
who are paid to shake with sobs at the
right moment during melodrama.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
l|]THER LOOK At
CH|LD'S TONGUE
\ cross, feverish, constipated,
awe "CaIifornia Syrup
of Figs"

a laxative today saves a sick child
A..,orrow. Children simply will not
80 the time from play to empty their
s.vels. which become clogged up with
-.ste. liver gets sluggish; stomach
sour.
look at the tongue, mother! II coat
- or your child is listless, cross, few
.r,sh. breath bad. restless, doesn't eat
seartily, full Of cold or has sore throat
- any other children's ailment. give a
teaspoorful Of California Syrup Of
ms" then don't worry, because it is
,erfectly harmless. and in a few hours
al this constipation poison. sour bile
and fermenting waste will gently
move out of the bowels, and you have
: we'll, playful child again. A thor
nueh inside cleansing" Is oftimes all
nat is necessary. 1t should be the
Art treatment given in any sickness.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
AL at the store for 50-cent bottle of
~California Syrup of Figs" which has
mil directions for babies, children Of
IN ages and for grown-ups plainly
srinted on the bottle. Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
GRANDMA USED SAGE TEA
TO DARKEN HER GRAY HAIR
Che Made Up q Mixture Of Sage Tea
and Sulphur to Bring Back Color,
Gloss, Thickness.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur. properly compound
ed. brings hack the natural color and
Iustre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray; also ends dandruff. itching
scalp and stops falling hair. Years
ago the only way to get this mixture
vas to make it at home. which Is
nussy and troublesome. Nowadays.
hy asking at any store for "Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy" you
viii get a large bottle OF this famous
old recipe for about 80 cents.
Don't stay gray! Try It! No one
can possibly tell that you darkened
your hair, as it does 1t 30 naturally
and evenly. You dampen a sponge or
soft brush with 1t and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time; by morning the gray
hair disappears, and after another ap-
plieation or two. your hair becomes
beautifully dark. thick and glossy. Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
His Cife-Story.

Excuse me, sir" said the seedy one
in the hotel lobby, but though a
stranger to me, your face seems famil-
lar. Have you any relatives in Allan
ta?"
Not one," was the reply. Years
ago l floated down the Chattahoochee
river on a raft, leaving all my relatives
behind. The raft was wrecked In a
storm and had to swim ashore, with
a 40-pound catfish in tow. traded the
fish for a weeks board, put an 'ad'
in the Lost column, recovered my
wrecked raft and started lumber
yard. You can get a doubleheader OF
near-beer at the bar on the left; here's
the price."-Altanta Constitution.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
subway Eloea;tlon School.

On the New York subway Is a
school car in which all new employees
take lessons in car coupling. door clos
ing and opening, signaling. the opera.
ton of motor and brake mechanism.
car lighting and heating and what to
do in emergencies. Among the sub
jects taught is elocution. Each raw
recruit has to learn how to shout
loudly and clearly please watch your
step" and call out the names OF sta
tons distinctly.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
JOHN JUST COULDN'T MARRY
Had q Peculiar Reason, But After All
II 10 Always q Good Thing to
Look Ahead.

Governor-elect Stuart Of Virginia,
who was at the Raleigh, has Travelled
in every nook and corner Of the Old
Dominion, and he knows thousands OF
voters well enough to call them by
their first names, says the Washing
ton Post. The governor was down in
one of the southern counties not long
ago. He has a lot of friends In that
section, and one of his particular hob
bies is the promotion of the social well
fare of the negroes. A prosperous
looking darkey ventured to shake
hands with the governor-elect, where
upon Governor Stuart remarked:
John, hope you are we'll and that
the members of your family are all
we'll"
'Everybody's WELL" returned the
darkey, only All hasn't got no fam.
bly,
why, aren't you married." in
quired Govsrnor-elect Stuart.
mo, All isn't married." replied
John.
well. you ought to get married.
advised the governor. Every man
ought to be married. It Is best fol
ones moral and spiritual welfare and
his material happiness"
Its this away" said John. "Ah'd
lax pow'ful well to git married, but
All amt got money nun to git di
vorce. It costs some Of da 'niggers
down heah as much as $50 to git un
hitched. Why. some Of desc lawyers
makes a good living gittin' divorces
for us niggers."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
Vastly Benefited.

On q final examination paper In
English and elocution for students In
the first term Of the high school
course, one of the questions was:
State how you were benefited by the
work of the term in English and elo
cution." Two of the students, accord
ing to their own testimony, were bene
fitted as follows:
Il used to say Eyetalian and leave
out my corners, but now am cured BY
my English coarse"
Il used to say quit your kiddin'. bu
now l say quit your kidding.
York Evening Post.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
Calf Disorders.

Bowel trouble in calves Is some
times caused by milk that is excess
lively rich. Milk that is moderate or
low in butter fat is usually better for
young calves.
Indigestion in older calves is usual
" due to unclean milk or feed, un.
clean vessels, close confinement in
dark. insanitary stalls and irregular
or excessive feeding. In some cases
1t appears to be due mainly to sheer
weakness and inability to digest.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
Cure for Heaves.

A level teaspoonful Of pulverized
borax put in the feed of the horse
once or twice a week will, according
to Mr.. A. L. Tamblin, cure the heaves.
1t will stop the cough right away,
and In six months you couldn't tell
the horse ever had the heaves. Bur
dock leaves are also good for horses
and they like them.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
"Mother."

Answers to the question. What is
Mother?" given by supposedly feeble.
minded school children Of New York:
She's what you chop wood for.
She's what feeds you.
She's what puts clothes and shoes on
you.
She keeps care Of you.
She's who's good to you.
She's your creator.
She's what's dead on to me.
Best composite portrait Of a mother
ever painted.-New York American.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
Keen the Uddee Clean.

A calf objects in hurry to taking
its dinner from a soiled udder. Is 1t
reasonable to suppose that the condi-
tons are better from supplying the
proper food for man? II the cattle
are on pasture, little grooming save
this finishing touch will be needed.
But IL stabbed, an abundance Of bed
ding is not only luxury both to the
stock and their owner. but it will re-
suit in the conservation of fertility.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
Reason for Better Stock.

The high price Of land in the best
livestock growing sections is a po-
tent reason why farmers must keep
better stock. Neither the scrub nor
the poorly fed animal can pay q profit
on high-priced land.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
Crowdino II Harmful

When fowls crowd at night, which
II the case when the number quar-
tered Is greater than the capacity of
the house, they sweat. This sweating
causes the feathers to rot at the base
giving them the very appearance Of
melting.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
Improving With Ace.

THIS lamb is getting pretty bad"
~ me new clerk. What shall do
With IT."
Does 1t smell rank?" inquired the
market man.
les. Shall throw 1t away?"
40. Label 1t venison and mark
II me price to 60 cents a pound.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
Dlverslhcation Paw,

To diversity Is not only to make
more money, but 1t means proper
distribution Of labor, q monthly crop
income. the lessening Of farm drudg-
cry and q more attractive home life
for rural citfxens.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
Certainly Erlohtened

Footelighte-Awful case OF stage
fright at the theater, last night
Miss Sue Brette-Did you have It!
mo; 1t was the author Of the play,
whom they dared to come before the
curtain"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
LvIno st the Door.

Ethel, you should encourage the
things which lie at your door, said
the mother.
Il suppose so, mother, but that
doesn't mean that you should en-
courage Katie to say to your friends
that you are out when you are in"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
In the HoSpItaI.

What is the matter with this pro
hibition patient, dector?"
What might be expected. Water
on the brain"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
Cam for Posta

Char all green and hardwood fence
posts: dip the soft wood posts in tar
Just q little higher than they are to
be set. It will be one of the best in
vestments of time you ever made
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
RuB.MY.nSM

VIII cure your rheumatism and all
kinds of aches and pains-Neuralgia,
Cramps. Collie, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts,
Old Sores. Burns. etc. AntIseptie
Anodyne. Price 25c.-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
impossible.

my friend, be open with your wife"
"How can be when she Is always
shutting me up?"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
H,s Experlenee.

"That milkman ought to be able q
coach his lawyer In his suit.
I'm what way?"
"In how to pump his witnesses"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

John Quincy Adams was secretary
of the Russian Legation at IA and
minister to Holland at q.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
The Difference.

Severe Moralist-My dear young
man, do you bet on the races?
Experienced Jockey-No, sir; l ract
on the bets.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

Coughs and Colds cannot hold out agains
dose gives relief-5c at all Druggists.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
In Chicaoo.

Mrs. Wabash see eggs laid by
New Zealand lizard require IA months
to hatch.
Mrs. Dearborn-The idea! We
ought to boycott those eggs, too!
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

Egypt's public debt now amounts to
$430, 1884, O14, almost entirely foreign
held.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

Any man who would stand well with
the female of the species can give up
his seat to her in a crowded car.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

1t takes a pessimist to worry over
a Job lot of possibilities that never
develop.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

1t is better to be good for revenue
only than to be bad for fun.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
BEDDING HELPS.

Plenty of bedding helps the quantity
of manure and certainly makes the
horse look better.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
Modern Form.

uoctor-Do you take any form Of
ective exercise?
'ient-Oh. yes. doctor. I dodge
Omooiles all the way downtown.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

Water in bluing is adulteration. Glass and
water makes liquid blue costly. Buy Red
Cross Ball Blue, makes clothes whittier than
snow. Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

Worms expelled promptly from the human
system with DR.. Peery's Vermffuge "Deso
Shot," Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

The diameter Of the moon IL est
mated to be 2,162 miles.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
La Result.

How did Maude's experiment in
apartment life succeed?"
mot at all. It was q fiat failure"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
Are YOU coNsTIPATEDf

wright's Indian Vegetable Pills have
proved their worth for 70 years. Test them
yourself now. Send for sample to S72 Pearl
ST.. New York. Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

Portugal has q total population of
6,423,132 of whom 1888, 1872 are rural.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

~hen young man calls on q girl
~ .ne tells him that she expects to
- oio maid. 1t IL equivalent to
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

Our idea of an earthly angel il .
satisfactory wife.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

A woman says things she doesn't
mean; a man means things he doesn't
say.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

More than 100000 gross Of pencils
are annually made In Philadelphia
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

Never pass up your friends In order
to crafty strangers.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

Use Roman Eye Balsam for scalding sem
sation in eyes and Inflammation of eyes OF
eyelids Adv
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

Prince EdFard Island has s3,72s In
habitants aid 47s.s6s acres in field
crops.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
The Cheek Of Him.

Mrs. Exe-"I never got real good
bargain in shoes but once in my
life"
Exe-"I know. That was when you
got me."-Boston Evening Transcript.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

A farmers union 10 in process Of
formation in the west Of Scotland.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

More than 10000. 900 people speal
German.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

It pays to be honest, but sometimes
pay day is q long time showing up.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

It IL easier for most Of NJ to ind
fault than II II to find favor.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

Putnam Fadeless Dyes do not stain
the hands. Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

The Answer.
1T is very strange"
what is?"
The hats of today are not ~ be-
coming to my style Of beauty az were
the hats of 20 years ago."
"Your style of beauty IL not a. be-
coming to hats as It was 20 years
ago."
The Exception.
Women are never given to abstract
reflections"
did you never catch them stealing
glances at a mirror?"
More than 3.000,000 gross Of pencils
are annually made In Philadelphia
Putnam Fadeless Dyes do not stain
the hands. Adv.
It pays to be honest, but sometimes
pay day is q long time showing up.
It II easier for most Of NJ to ind
fault than II II to find favor.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-05
rrNREcuLATED BANKING.

The number of private, unregulated
banks in New York City that have failed
was increased by one yesterday, and the
depositors in the bank are placed on the
anxious seat to know whether they are
going to get their principal, let alone
the interest. The lesson which has been
forced upon the public for years Is still
disregarded by great many people with
a ht,Ie money to deposit; they figure
that bank is bank whether it is an
upchartered rolltop desk or an institu-
ton operating under state right and,
therefore. subject to state supervision
at frequent intervals. True it is that
chartered banks sometimes fail, but most
frequently they have assets which in due
time are Turned by the state banking
department to the depoaitors SO that
the public loses little or nothing at all,
barring. of course, the income which
their money ordinarily would have
brought. On the other hand, the private
banks operating without license from
the state may be sapped Of their re-
sources without the fact becoming public
knowledge and when they fail they fail
hard, the degositors being required to
take the leavings, which in most in
stances are very slim. To secure rea-
sonable degree of safety for their de-
posts the thinking public would be ex-
peeted to place their money in institu-
tions where it would come under compe-
tent oversight from persons having no
direct interest in the institution or its
management other than to see that good
banking operations are employed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-05
CURRENT COMMENT
Value of Mediation.

Very gratifying in the first annual re-
port of the secretary of labor is the ac-
count of numerous labor disputes that
have been adjusted during the year,
through the mediation of the depart
ment. to the satisfaction and advantage
of both sides and to the benefit of the
public. Though mediation has been re-
fused in some cases, there have been
sufficient instances of success to Justify
the provision in the act creating the de-
partment which says that "the secretary
Of labor shall have power to act as medi-
ator and to appoint commissioners OF
Cancellation in labor disputes whenever
in his Judgment the interests OF indus
trial peace may require it to be done"
The usefulness Of the department Of
labor ought to increase steadily through
its growing experience, accumulated
knowledge and skill in bringing employer
and employee together. and the time
ought to be near at hand when, il amic-
able settlements do not seem possible
in labor disputes, both parties will al
ways resort Immediately to mediation
There is nothing utopian in Sec. vii.
sons hope that his department, proper.
ly equipped, will be fable to make media
tion progressively popular with both the
employing and the wage-earning inter
ests of the country"
His report deserves the thoughtful
consideration of labor organizations and
of employers everywhere. Boston Globe
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-05

that young people who do not know how
to dance the steps OF the tango properly
endeavor to dance it anyway, and not
only take great liberty with the dance
itself, but with those with whom they
are dancing. The styles of dress also,
are not only unbeeoming to the present
mode of dancing but make an otherwise
graceful dancer of the old style, look
absolutely ridiculous.
The young clergyman, who has opened
his parish house, and hired teacher
of the tango, to show his young people
how to dance the new steps properly,
has, in the mind of the editor, done
more to eliminate improper dancing than
all the harping and bans that have been
put upon the usage.
After all why should not the styles in
dancing change just as everything else
does. We. departed from the dances OF
the Colonial times, and so our young
people of this generation are departing
from the waltz and the two step. Prob
ably the new dances do not shock the
older people more than the waltz did
our forefathers. The dances should be
regulated and not condemned. There are
those who will always dance improperly
no matter what the steps may be OF
what the occasion. Let the best peo-
pie, who dance, in the community learn
the new steps and then see that the
parties are conducted properly and il
will be the best solution of how to elm
| mate improper dancing in our commu.
lnities.--Northiield News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-05

smoothly and without marked hardship
or loss to any class of people unless it
be the class known in some places as
ambulance chasers" lawyers who can
mot get any other kind of business end
who must needs be on the spot in times
of accident in order to get the clients
consent to bring suit for damages. This
class does not, of course, include those
members of the bar who may be retained
by clients through voluntary act of the
injured persons or agents of such injured
persons; they are not Ambulance chas-
ers" in the commonly accepted interprc-
tation of the expression. But the "am-
bulance chasers" are hurt by the work
ingmen's compensation law, because it
deprives them of business.
However, in contrast to this single
section of great profession that IS
damaged somewhat, there are many 9TH
er classes of people and industries which
are benefited. Indeed, as the Boston
Transcript puts it, "the burdens so lar
as the initial tests have shown have
been over-estimated rather than under
estimated, and the insurance companies
are voluntarily lowering their rates or
preparing to do 50. not only here MAS
sachusettsl but elsewhere" The Massa-
chusetts insurance commissioner ex-
presses the opinion that rates can go
still lower and yet the business viii
continue to be attractive to the com
panies. These experiences in other states
should be borne in mind by the people
of Vermont when they approach the con-
sideration Of this proposed workingmen's
compensation act in their state.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-05
TALK OF THE TOWN
.oe Ahhott,s dress poods window

See Abbott's dress goods window.
Three big sales for Saturday at The
Vaughan Store.
A sale of all linen crash at Perry's
on Saturday, l21ac crash for &c yard.
The best piano polish on the market
at Csc bottle at Bailey's, ia Elm
street.
Burtrand MARI, who has been visit
ing at the home of his parents ON Wash
ington street for the past few days, re-
turned to-day to Burlington to resume
his studies at the University of YER
mont.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-05

Not little precedent depends upon
the suit instituted by a Rutland concern
against the town of Fair Haven to re-
cover for damages to an automobile, al
legged to have been caused by defective
condition of the highway. If the case
should be decided in favor Of the suing
concern and if the decision should be
upheld by the Vermont supreme court,
there would be considerable activity on
the part of selectmen and road commits
sioners in repairing roads in their respec-
tive towns. There would be a new spirit
in good many Vermont communities.