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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-23

IS SENTIMENT LAW?
BY GEORGE MuNsoN,

But law and sentiment are the
same thing" said Rogers, the old
corporation lawyer. Somebody had
been lamenting the average juryman's
inability to bring in a verdict upon
the evidence alone. Sentiment In
law" Rogers repeated. 1T is law
in its embryonic state, uncrystallized.
but often better law than written
codes
DO any of you remember the Bright
murder trial Of the late seventies?"
he continued, looking round at US.
No? Well. there have been many
murders since then, and doubtless It
was not Of epoch-making importance.
Yet was led to undertake the defense
Of Howard Bright through sentiment.
1T was pretty Lorna Bright. the
cousin Of the young man, and secretly
engaged to him. who persuaded me.
by her protestations Of Towards in
nocenee. to undertake SO desperate q
case. Old Charles Bright had driven
his son from his home, because he
preferred the life Of q musician to en-
tering his business, and had forbidden
Lorna. his niece and adopted child. to
have anything more to do with him,
under penalty of being disinherited
also. That was six months before the
murder occurred.
Charles Bright was one Of those
cantankerous old men who are cordial
ly hated BY their neighbors. He had
big estate at Lanark, Nd, to which
he retired after having disposed Of
the busipess which he hoped Howard
would inherit, at a price of two or
three hundred thousands. Among
those who hated him most strongly
was Pete Jones. q small farmer whose
lands he had taken when a mortgage
fell due. Jones was violent. and
also crafty character. He had made
no open threat Of violence. but the
old man had been In sufficient fear Of
him to have him arrested once a. q
vagrant. The charge fell through. and
Jones lived around the village. doing
odd jobs. and cherishing a burning
hatred Of old man Bright.
Nov we come to the murder. On
Thanksgiving eve, 1875. the servants
Of the old man were aroused by cry
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earth, or horizontal, It had . down.
ward angle Of some IS degrees.
THAT discovery sent me wild with
eagerness. 1t was easy to deduce
from this that the bullet had been
fired from q considerable distance. As
you doubtless know, gentlemen. at all
but point blank ranges the sirht on
the rife is elevated, so that the ball.
in its trajectory, takes first an upward
and then q downward course. In
other words. had here triangle, one
angle Of which measured 35 degrees,
and the base line, as surmised. about
1900 yards-that is to say. the dis
lance between the murdered man and
Jones cabin. The two other sides. Of
course, represented the ascending and
the descending lines Of the bullets
fight.
The rife. dedueed from this,
must have been sighted to 1,150 yards.
Three hundred yards FROM Jones
cabin there was q small dry water
course in which a man might easily
lie concealed and have a clear line
Of sight upon the front porch of the
Bright house. II my surmises were
correct, Jones had lain here and from
this spot had fired the fatal shot.
The district attorney consented to
take a walk of inspection with me. I
explained to him that wanted to look
over the ground; on the way told
him of my theory. He rediculed the
idea, but together we made our way
into the swampy bottom of the dried
up rivulet. Suddenly we came upon
foot tracks converging toward single
spot from either. bank. stopped and
scraped up . few handfuls Of earth.
After . moment l came upon the
rife barrel
when We had disinterred It We
found that 1t was sighted to 1,160
yards.
THAT Is all, gentlemen. Jones, sur
prised. made q complete and dramatic
confession, and afterward paid the
penalty OF his crime. But, a. ! was
saying. sentiment has It's proper place
/ In law, and II sentiment hadn't led me
to undertake young Howard's de-
tense he would have died shameful
death and Lorna Bright would not
have been q happy wife for nearly
forty years"
Copyright. 1913 by W. @. chapmanJ
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-23
BEDROOM DESK MOST USEFUL
Some Remarkably Handsome Designs,
Though Expensive, Are offered
to Prospective Buyers.

The bedroom desk fittings have al
ways been more or less of a prob
lem, as the usual brass sets seem
little heavy for dainty pink or
blue chintz hung boudoir. This year
there are ivory colored sets of en-
ameled wood which have a latticed
pattern for the trimming which shows
bit of brownish cast through 1t.
They have more character than the
plain white sets. and yet add rather
than detract from the daintiness of
the room. Silver which matches eth
er the striped dresser silver or the
engraved patterns can be matched for
the desk fittings. Complete sets with
blotter, clock and all the many useful
and useless articles. possibly run as
high as SITS. The new clocks are
really lovely. They are shaped like
half an orange and lie fiat on the desk
with the curved part up and holding
the face of the clock. One does In.
stinctively look down when writing
and 1t save time instead of making
conscious effort to look at clock
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Demi-Toilette.

For informal occasions a very cling
ing black crepe de chine. extending
into a pointed train. has two rather
deep flounces Of black tulle imme.
diately before the waist. the lower one
reaching almost to the knees. the
other ending halfway to the waist
and both bordered with q sequined
ribbon set on to q thin wire. conse-
quently standing well away from the
figure but not connecting the lines OF
it. The bodice: Full bretelles OF
black tulle cross the shoulders from
the waist, where they are drawn into
full belt of the same material. These
bretelles are carried over the very
tips Of the shoulders and form shor'
sleeves. Across the chest are folds
of white tulle fastened with . large
bow of the sequined ribbed will
dropping ends.
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ruE ANCIENT DISEASE OF Po-
LITicAL CAMPAlGNlTIS.

They're having a great time down
n Abyssynia," said the photo-tele-
sraph operator on the New York re-
esiying float of the F. c. & A. Aerial
Line. as he came out of his dark
esbinet and rubbed his eyes. red with
caring at the moving films Of the
worlds events that had been flashing
hefore him. "A fellow would think
his was the year 1912 instead Of
1874"
what are they doing down there?"
asked Captain MacManus. Master
Alligator. retired.
sOh, they've gone mad-the whole
nstion," said the operator YEARLY.
10 look at the films you'd think
shsy were having a war. or a plague.
o. Wholesale riot all over the coun-
~. They've Just held what they
call q convention. For three days
they've been marching around with
bfass bands and banners and shout
ne and talking. and doing everything
but declaring actual war on one an
cher. Today about twenty THOUSAND
q them got into big hall and shouted
their heads on to decide on who they
we're going to shout their heads OF
Tor the next four months to come,
o. until election time, as they call It.
You'd think the way they went about
Il that an invading fleet was hanging
over their heads threatening to spill
he Hertzian rays on them before sun
down. And all in order to decide
On what name Is to 60 on their cam
paign banners.
TITS q fright" continued the oper
ator, removing from his ears the wire
less sound-conductors that had caught
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RUN WIRES UNDER GROUND
Telephone Gable System, Connecting
Ten Large Cities, Put esyend
Reach Of Oieastsr by Storm.

One of the big intercity under.
ground telephone cable systems in this
country, with ten large cities on the
main trunk line. has just been com
pleted. and for the first time the tele-
phone of the northeastern par. Of the
United States IL safe from the winters
SHOWS and winds.
This underground telephone cable
runs for $50 miles from Boston. the
headquarters of the American teie-
phone and Telegraph company. to
Washington. the capital Of the nation
1t runs through and connects the
cities OF Boston. Providence. Hartford.
New York. Jersey City, Trenton. Phil
adelphia. Wilmington. Baltimore and
Washington.
Practically the FIRST serious consid-
Grafton of the necessity of such . step
was given after the blizzard of March
4, 1908, when 30 many cities were cut
on entirely from the outside world.
both in transportation and communicar
ton.
In this actual construction Of the
cable line. in forty-mile lengths, the
amount of material used was enor'
nous. There were 1890 reels of cable
required. with q total weight Of $500
tons. load for 3s2 freight cars. The
weight Of the copper wire was $780,
900 pounds and the total length Of the
wires II 3l7,434.000 feet. The lead
sheaths for the wires total 11.O60.000
pounds and would cover an area Of
169. 400 square yards.
Each individual wire II wrapped
along it, entire length with specially
prepared tissue paper. and the amount
Of the paper used would cover an area
of 10000 square yards. In the cable
are seventy-four pairs Of duplex cable
wires.
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BoUDoIR CAP IS PRETTY GIFT
Not at All Hard to Make and the
Materials Need Not Be IN
duly Expensive.

No daintier gift could be made to
woman than a boudoir cap. And
some of them are so easy to make
that no one need hesitate because Of
lack of ability in the manipulation Of
paper patterns and lengths Of fab
nc
No patterns is needed for some Of
the most attractive caps. A new one
IL shown that is fashioned from q
strip Of five-inch lace or embroidered
edging about a yard long, little cir
Gle of net or null couple Of inches
across, q few rosebuds and ribbon
bow. The lace or other edging 10
gathered along the straight edge and
is sewed to the circle. It falls loosely
in ripples about the face and hair.
and is dotted here and there with q
rosebud. At the back a big ribbon
bow is fastened. II narrower edging
il used the circle on top Of the head
must be begger.
Some Of the shops sell . sort Of
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-23
Pretty GIFT for an invalid.

Make linen pillow slip. Its cool
softness will bring relief and rest It
may have an initial, a monogram or Q
spray of flowers worked on one end.
but frills and trimmings should be
avoided.
There are other good gifts for the
sick besides flowers. which are usually
very expensive at Christmas time. A
small bottle OF lavender salts. q cur
and saucer, a pretty basket. q nice
box of stationery; all these would be
acceptable.
A small picture or motto. or some
little gift that viii while away . tedt
Gus hour. win bring more pleasure In
the end than the nowerA
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-23
NEW MILLINERY WILL PLEASE
Choice Of coIorins 10 So Wide Thai
All May Select Their Fayorite,
and Be In Style.

In the new millinery there are some
decided favorites of the spectrum. and
SO many changes are rung on the orig.
inal schemes that all eyes and com.
plexions will be becomingly placed
that is. If women are az clever as we
think
The all-black hat Is practical fav-
orite. and will look equally well on
blond and black tresses. II touch of
color Is needed. there are countless
ornaments in the shape of cabochons
fantasies. quilts. buckles and odd trim.
mings that can be added to give
brightness.
Many shades of blue win be used
Can you picture the glistening green.
ish blue Of the peacock transferred to
soft velvet and touched up with a dull
gold! This Is one of the favorite com.
binations. Then there IL q great va
riety Of darker blu& including the
copenhagen. navy. lapis-luzuli and sill.
very tones.
Mahogany browns are also very
much In favor. Oak leaf. tobacco. seal
cafe aulait-which IL coffee and milk
come next These are excellent sug
gestions for the girl with the auburn
hair.
Greens In the Russian and hunters
shade are coming into line. There
are also some vivid shades provided
which will be known ~ turquoise
malachite. jade. empire and linden.
Generally speaking. the color com
binations will be less bizarre and more
artistic in their alliances. Many Of
the old paintings have inspired the
milliners. and the results are Q credit
to the ideas.
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and the sound Of shot. They ran
out of the house and saw their mas
ter lying dead with a bullet wound
through his head. Some nifty yards
away stood Howard, rife In his
hands. He made no resistance and
was arrested and duly committed for
trial.
Some said the rifle was still hot.
but others denied this. and anyway
the case seemed 20 clear that this
question did not figure for much.
There might have been time for the
barrel to cool after the discharge.
What was obvious was that Howard.
having apparently learned that his
father intended to sign will disin-
heriting him, had crepc up to the house
and murdered him.
"As l said. gentlemen, 1t vas Lorna
Bright who insisted that l undertake
her cousins defense. She had been
in the house at the time of the muir
der and had known no more than the
servants; yet she was confident that
her cousin was guiltless.
Towards story was that he had
come home on Thanksgiving eve, to
seek a reconciliation: that he had
brought an old rife he had taken
away, with view Of joining his father
duck shooting on the Potomac. sport
to which the old man was very partial.
and in which he always used rife.
As you know. duck shooting with
rifles il the supreme test of marks
manship. When he was within fifty
yards of the house, however, he heard
Z rife discharged in the distance and
saw his father, who had been stand
ing near the door. fan forward dead.
Il was convinced, of the young
mans innocence by my first interview
with him. A lawyer has little DIFF.
ficulty in discovering whether or not
his client 10 guilty. and Howard'a
quiet protestations, joined to Lornaa
pleas, set me to racking my brains
to discover the real murderer. o.
| course / assumed that Jones was the
guilty man. Jones was at this time
living in cabin about fifteen hundred
| yards from the sight Of old Brighti
house. He was known a. good shot;
it was barely possible that he had Ia
ken advantage Of Howard's> arrival Il
nay on old scores and throw the onul
of guilt upon an innocent man.
yet there seemed no way In which
Jones could be trapped. He had M
rife, 30 tar a. anyone was aware, and
II he had had, 1t would have been i'm
possible to discover the calibre o
the bullet, which had torn a jagget
hole through the skull and passed on
near the nape Of the neck.
"All ut once ! had an idea tn
body had not yet been buried. thousl
the inquest was over. 1t occurred Z
me that q bullet fred at such shor
range would have had velocity enough
to have drilled . clean instead OF
Jagged hole In the head. ! examined
| the wound and found. not only tina
the wound was hopelessly torn. 20 "a
a. Measuring it, size went. but that
instead OF being parallel with n
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Taking No Chances.

Dinny was taking dinner with Ho
gan at brilliant cafe. They weren't
accustomed to eating at such a place
but they got along fairly well. When
they had finished. Inc waiter said:
Shall | bring you a couple of demi
tasses?" Not on yer life." exclaimed
Dinny. Our wives might come In
an see us sittin' wild them."-San
Francisco Argonaut.
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The speech and noise Of far-away
Abyssynia as they came over the
Wireless telephone. People aren't
psying any attention to business or
tie other things that concern them.
They're fairly consumed by this in
applicable excitement. Abyssynia has
some mad"
Captain MacManus leaned back and
eAuckled heartily.
what are you laughing att" de-
minded the operator. Il tell you It's
10 laughing matter to sit still and
watch q whole nation go crazy this
way"
Il laugh. my lad, because you take
ne back to the days Of my youth.
ehuckled the captain. you make me
remember the days when most peo-
PIE lived on the ground. You take
5 ne back to the days when railroads
md steamships we're trying to carry
people and goods around on the
hrth. That's why laugh. But don't
worry. The uncivilized nation Of Abys-
ynia has not gone crazy-not per-
nanently, at least. It's just suffering
nom an old disease, a disease that
BOW afflicts only the few nations that
ere still barbaric enough to follow
3 The old. discarded customs. The name
q the disease is-iet me see; | be-
neve I've forgotten. All! | have It:
Politics. That's what's the matter
With Abyssynia; it's suffering from an
attack Of political-campaignitis."
Whats that?" asked the operator.
s. "A Joke" said Captain MacManus.
is 1t dangerous"
j only to the bystander. He's likely
% get kicked in the fracas. as the
encients used to say"
What Is the cause of it,"
Imagination"
Imagination"
Yes" said the captain. "imagina-
non. You see. political-campaignitis
mt a real disease II really isn't
anything. 1t never was, not even
sack In the old days of 1912 when 1t
ned to be SO prevalent-before the
yeopie got onto the joke of 1t. Polit-
z scaEcampaignitis really Is nothing
1ore than state of mind, halluci-
1afion. The victim imagines that he
ost get excited over a name printed
banners. must quarrel with his
- friend about the merits of the
en whose names are on the ban
30. and otherwise behave like .
dman. 1t Is inspired BY the All.
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very pretty 1t Is.
too. II proportions
are carefully OBJ
served and exag-
gerations avoided
This upto-date de-
sign has one Of
the tunics and yet
has sacrificed none
Of its childish
simplicity. II is de-
veloped In q gray
blue French serge
with long blouse
cut In peasant
style and joining
the skirt beneath
a silk cord in the
color Of the frock.
This cord. which
a. IA
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PLACE FOR THE BOOKS
NO HOUSE COMPLETE WITHOUT
PROVISION Foa THEM.
Practical Idea, Which Can Be Made
10 Do Double Duty, 10 Shown
cretonne- Covered Shelves Will
Be Found Useful.
Nv ETHEL DAVIS SEAL.

One can imagine q house without
pictures more readily than one can
imagine even a single room without
books. Books stand for culture and
education in our lives. for beauty and
decoration in our homes; and the two
facts are inseparable, In that the
books, together with their keeping
places. are a sure index to their own
er's character.
And you can't fool the public abou,
your books, either. Books have a way
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necessary. the top are covered plainly

necessary. the top are covered plainly
with the material. tackled on by means
Of upholsterer's tacks. Curtains to
match are then hung at the front.
And SO, II you don't love books
enough to have lot lying around
loose, and are too old to learn (D
train your children to. and you will
soon be sure to find a call to concoct
all sorts of attractive little keeping
places for books-and here are quite
a number Of ideas right to your hand.
New York Press.
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Pixies Peak Sinking.
likes Peak sinking?

The latest government survey. just
announced. says the altitude of that
famous peak is only 14.100 feet above
sea level. Compared with its height
as given officially in the report of thu
survey three years ago. which wa
14.147 feet, the peak il thirty-eigh
feet lower.-Denver Correspondence.
New York Sun.
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a country that ever was known In the
history Of the world. Every four
years the plague came down. You
have seen how they're behaving in
Abyssynia today. Well. that Is a
picture of this country as it was. say
in the summer of 1912"
The operator unused. shaking his
head incredulously.
What caused these oubreaks?" he
asked.
THAT. my lad. Is something that
none of the great scientists who stud
died 1t ever was able to discover
But this is the way 1t could begin:
a bunch Of usually sane citizens would
be sitting together. and all of a sud-
den one of them would happen to
look up at the calendar. 'Whoops.
my dear!' he'd yell. BY the calen-
dar l see that next year is going to
be the year when we've got to elect
another president. Who shall 1t be?'
Roosevelt one would say. None of
it, would come from second. Taft
is the boy Taft your eye!' the third
would yell. Wilson. Wilson forever!'
Then all of sudden they'd be yelling
back at one another, and from words
they'd come to blows. and from blows
to chairs, and then the man who ran
the place would have to come in and
tell them to get out and fight in the
street or he'd lose his license.
why they did 1t nobody ever was
able to tell. 1t wasn't anything that
concerned the average man. He had
to scramble just as hard to support
his family no matter what happened
But they'd go at it just as If it was
some Of their business. After they'd
got thoroughly warmed up some one
of the tribe of agitators called pol.
iticians, who had been waiting for
T, the right moment for some time
would signal his calcium operator and
suddenly stand forth in the spot
light. I hate to sacrifice myself. fel
low citizens he'd say. but If you
insist upon it-Here, boys. bring out
those hundred thousand Autographs
I've had made of myself these last
six months
Then the common people, as they
were called then, would be touched
by the noble conduct of the man
'Hooray!' they'd say. Then the no
BILE gent would get some of his rich
friends to hire hall and they'd have
what they called a convention. Then
was when you could see political
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chiffon ribbon. worked with white
thread in a lace-like design and edged
on each side with a narrow satin rib
bon which is faggoted to chiffon. This
ribbon costs 40 cents a yard and
three yeards Of 1t are needed for q
cap. Two or three strips Of the rib
bon form the pulled crown Of the
cap and a ruffie il formed Of . strip
Of the ribbon cut in two and gathered
at the raw edge.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-23

The La Fleche fowls Of France, says
q writer in the Country Gentleman,
are In demand in very wealthy house.
holds and in high-class cafes. Fine
specimens sometimes bring ten dor
lars. and very general price IL I'VE
dollars each. Probably no other coun-
try has q market for chickens ct such
prices; the French gourmet must have
what he wants regardless u cost
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-23

There must be way of taking
worry rightly. % that 1t shall do ~
good and not harm. Worry. rightly
taken, should train to quietness. hu-
mility. patience. gentleness. sympa-
thy. It ought not to eventuate Though
It naturally does) In making others
suffer because we are uncomfortable.
In making u Q source Of painful worry
to others because we are worried our
selves.-A. H. X. Boyd.
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Experiment In Breeding chInehIIIas.
Chinchillas. valuable fur-bearing ami
mails. which inhabit high mountains in
Chile, have been imported into Eng
land for breeding experiments on a
farm.
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small. tassels, is knotted at the left
side. The skirt tunic IL cut In wide
scallops on the lower edge. and these
are bound with self-tone tAffeta. This
latter is utilized also for the wide COZ
lar. Crystal buttons trim.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-23

A Philadelphia banker has distin-
guished himself by giving q supper
party 1t which monkeys mixed with
the guests. To avoid confusion, the
guests wore evening dress.-Punch
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Truest Form Of RELIGION,

The best brand Of religion Is thu
kind a man uses In his business
Chicago News
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WITH THE TUnIc DRAPERlEs
Most Effective Frock In cray-elus
French Serge Suitable for the
Small Maiden.

In the rage for tunic draperies the
little girls frock Is not exempt, and