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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24
FISHING WITH STEAM PUMP
French Devles That n eroush, I'M.
General uss Would Depopulats
Stream.

What might b considered the tab.
ing Of IN undue advantage Of f,sh. %
well ~ the ruin Of the fishing busi.
ness. II Q new method Of fishing ~
ported from France
This method involves the use OF the
most singular fishing device imagine
De. Il vas discovered quite by chance.
v pond on the farm Of La Marlequstts.
bordered By rock shores. was drained
By the aid Of q steam pump. Each
stroke Of the piston drew mp Is gaL
'ons Of water and the pond vas emp
led In few hours. Not only was the
water drawn Oh. but al the dsh also
we're Transferred to Q psw elemoae.
This vas rsvelation. The ownees
- ponds IN the nslghborhood follovsA
suit. and the proprietor Of the puno
0eoo made Q speciality OF this soes q
work He " one Of his pampa, oell.
- - 0e Dafpooe. Ths Dsamnes q
- seU1so eansl = ~ - DamA"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24

Occupation
%FdiaS39
N India the water carrier who owns

N India the water carrier who owns
his bullock II Of the prosperous
type, therefore he IL not obliged
to carry the load on his head. but
often he Is pensioner Of the ma
narata on whose land he lives and ID
retired from active service save to
carry water for his own family and
neighbors who live in proximity to
his bungalow. The bullock. with neck.
lace Of bells, the ribbon harness run
through his nostrils. looks sleek and
we'll fed, . quite unusual sight in In.
dia. where coolies must work with
their bullocks from dawn to sunset
Dawn. by the way. begins at zoo q. m.
At three O'Clock 1t is daylight. and
shortly after that the sun begins to
show himself in q very unmistakable
manner.
This old man rises at dawn, takes
the bullock to the well, fills the bags,
then goes on to those who buy water
for household purposes. After that he
may lay the dust on the public road
~ SA0S 40 AZ NE COulI8Ct, uOls
he goes home and rests during the ter.
rife heat Of the noon hour and starts
out again when the heat abates.
Arak Seller and Taper.
Arak IL the native tipple. and jolly
drunk II can make them when taken
after fermentation. The coolies in
climbing strap themselves to the palm
tree from whence they take the sap.
II IL the favorite drink Of the native
and of q light greenish color. thickish
and very sweet until. after fermenta.
ton, which takes about ten days. II
il q near cousin to the mescal drink OF
Mexico. When q coolie il equipped to
sell his wares. he puts the stun in the
two large brass urns. with long chains
attached. and balancing them on the
pole over his shoulder he peddles
from door to door >or from paddy field
to field where the rice growers work.
The weight of these brass kettles or
urns IL heavy. but balanced properly
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24
TOOK POSSESSION OF HOUSE
Growing Eeeentrieity Of Ensiishwom-
ans Life, That Was Filled With
Eccentricities.

In an old book published N Paris un-
der the title of lie Journal dun voy-
age au Levant." there is an amusing
account of the way ir which Lady
Hester Lucy Stanhope. the eccentric
English traveller, took possession of
the house at Djoun, where eventually
she made her permanent home.
She was pleased with the house and
its surrounding gardens, and accepted
an invitation to dinner. As she sat az
ter dinner, with the owner. Christian
merchant, he said to her that II she
liked the place, he should be glad II
she would stay the night. When she
said that she liked it 50 much that
she would stay there the rest Of her
days. he took 1t as a polite figure of
speech; but fortnight later. as she
still prolonged her visit, he suggested
that Europe might be expecting her
return.
Il do not intend to return" she re-
piled. carelessly.
"Ah. then you intend to build q pal
ace in the neighborhood?" said he.
mo. this house suits me very well.
But ! cannot let it or sell it, mi
lady"
Il do not wish to hire 1t or buy 1t,
but intend to keep It," was the start
ling reply.
In this dilemma the merchant dis
patched a messenger posthaste to
Emir Beshyr. who sent word to Lady
Hester that she must give up the
house. Lady Hester. however, wrote
to Co4stantinople, whence q. courier
came to the emir. bearing the order.
obey the princess of Europe in ev-
erything."
So the disguised merchant fed. leav-
ing her ladyship In possession. There
for 20 years she lived the life Of q
recluse. growing more and more with
drawn from the world. and more &C
customed to dwell In a mental and
spiritual realm of her own creation.
until she died, and was buried in the
garden of the house that she had
usurped.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24

A deaf and dumb man In FrauhSbes
does such excellent cleaning and zen
erA work aboSt the house that biz
sDsat services ass In great demand
4 sAegt tine - ~ packed q lot a
furniture Tor 90 Of biz regular n.
treas who ~ moving 70 anothss town.
She tead I'm - send H. biu a.d h
6l1-ea 80 eard Decorated n Aan
ing eoasss. vtsA Tie words. 'Lsse ~
Sagget!"-ln11anADo1lD NevA
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24

word to convey the impression to his
really competent stenographer. It was
true that many times. even as just
now. when Nellie sat in his private
office taking dictation, 1t had been q
relief from business cares and a posi-
tive pleasure to look at the delicate
expressive face Of the young girl and
appreciate her buoyant accommodate.
ing ways and quick intelligence. II
there was the dawning of love IL the
companionship. however. it was on the
part OF Nellie herself In fact she
had just written the fact to her sis
ter. And because she felt a growing
fondness for her kindly indulgent en-
ployer she had decided to sever a tie
that 1t might be difficult to break,
later on by leaving the pleasant en-
ploy of Ransom & Co.
Meanwhile Danny had gathered up
the letter on the floor of the main
office and was cogitating over the
great precept of wisdom that Miss
Deane had sought to inculcate.
Look before you leap" Danny re-
peated the axiom. That fits me.
Sweetie is good adviser and I'm 60
ing to adopt that as my motto"
Danny picked a sheet of paper from
the waste paper basket, folded 1t, took
a stub of pencil from his pocket and
proceeded to diligently and laborious-
ly place the appealing axiom upon its
surface. He slowed the folded paper
in his pocket as II 1t were some valued
talisman and an unfailing remedy
against laundering.
More than once during the rest of
the day Danny consulted his creed.
Then that night when he went to bed.
he found he had learned his motto by
heart and took out the sheet of paper
to place 1t in q bureau drawer when
he CHANGED to open it.
"Whew!" he calculated as he De-
rused the inside Of the sheet. why,
it's part of letter Sweetie has writ.
ten to some relative or friend and
-whillikens! she's in love with the
boss"
Yes. that was certain. Miss Deane
had written to her sister that Mr.. Ran.
som had attracted her as never any
man before. But she realized that
gulf between them, showed due humil-
ity In not constituting his little acts of
kindness into any marked attentions
and was going to seek another posi-
ton.
why. II she leaves Ransom & Co.
rm-lost!" walled Danny. Say. II
she could marry the boss! Wish I
was . matchmaker. WhatIl l dor
This was a. to the letter. Danny
decided he would think things over be.
fore he said anything about 1t. Thea
came the crisis Of Danny's life, and
the "Blunderhead" Of the once situa-
ton became . star character and
hero.
Danny earned only four dollars Q
week and had to pay some board Ut
home at that This did not admit o(
any banqusts. The week before ~
had bought . small bunch Of violots
to place On The 1esk Of Misc Deans.
She had seolds1 I'm severely. 1T
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24
WHO DID WRITE SHAKESPEARE
Not Shakespeare or Bacon, bvtJohn
Trusseii, 10 the Latest Theory.
Put Forth.

Another theory as to the identity
of the ideal personality around which
Shakespeare wrote many of his SON.
nets is advanced in a volume in which
nobody would expect to find II. The
volume is cheap reprint Of a six
teenth century devotional work. THE
Triumph Over Death" by the Veneer
able Robert Southwell. Jesuit priest.
The editor, ]. w. Trotman, pro-
pounds the startling theory that
Southwell is the friend celebrated in
Shakespeare. The beautiful youth
of the sonnets was a Jesuit, tortured
by Topcliffe. imprisoned in the Tower
for three years and finally dragged on
a hurdle to Tyburn and hanged.
But neither Shakespeare nor Ba-
con, Mr.. Trotman holds, wrote the i'm
mortal sonnets and plays. According
to him they are the work of John
Trussell, q member of a family resi-
dent for centuries at Billesley. near
Stratford-on-Avon, and mayor of Win
chester, where he made such q charm
ing speech to Queen Henrietta Marie
after her marriage there with Charles
l that she declared she was as pleased
as II he had given her 10000 crowns.
His poem, The First Rape of Fair
Helen" his champion says. is no less
Shakespearian than Venus and
Adonis." As only one copy of its ex-
lists and one has not had accesa tn
the private library in which it is pre-
served, one is unable to express an
opinion on the point. It is evident
that Mr.. Trotman has prepared agree
able exercise for the wits of the
critics.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24

II IL minimized: yet the heat and the
weight make clothes a torture. There
fore these men wind the saree around
the loins only. leaving the arms and
legs free.
The barber is q very important per
son in every household In India He
comes daily in the morning and usu-
ally shaves everybody. Hair with
some sects IL considered unclean. and
It ia Q mistake to consider the East
Indian In this light. The coolie caste
pay rice just a. the others Dsy ru-
pee to be clean shaved every day. It
IL only old men who wear boards. The
young men sometimes have ambition
for a mustache because Of British ex-
ample. The Sahib and the Memsahib
are responsible for many changes Of
fashion in India.
Men do women's work In India and
the women mems. The tablecloth
makers. for instance, do what might
be termed oriental needlework. They
take q square of oriental cloth Of
whatever color, texture and price the
person orders and upon this square 10
wrought with many colored silks. tin
sci and bullion the pattern selected BY
the buyer. Indian red, blue. purple.
black or white will form the back
ground. and the result II beautiful.
sometimes gorgeous. They are. Of
course. very badly paid for this try.
ing work to their eyesight. and It 10
. very good thing native workmen
live on grain food. else they would
starve to death on the remuneration
given "A road member only COM
mands four annas day. about six
teen cents. and must furnish his own
bharb (rice). while his assistant. gem
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24
How Customs Change.

q II some of the notables Of ancient
times were living now how differently
they would act!
Noah would charter an ocean liner
Nero would step into the parlor and
turn on the photograph while Rome
burned and the heather ragged. Ben
Hur would pilot so orse-power rae
ing car and spin around saucer tracks
Jason would hire the great detective
to find the Golden Fleece, instead Of
going after It himself. Icarus would
mount to the sun In q Bleriot mono
plane without fear Of it, wings melting
on. Napoleon would invade Russia In
a Pullman palace car. Demcsthenes
would 60 on the Chautauqua circuit.
Cain would plead circumstantial evi-
dence. self-defense and emotional In
sanity.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24
Learn to Write Well.

First legibility; second. sightliness.
should be the endeavor in handwriting
and let the character" and the "lndi-
viduality" take care Of themselves. II
you wish to devise signature hard to
forge, that is another thing; but ones
everyday handwriting should be plain
and as good-looking as one car make
it. The art of writing a neat. iegible.
well-punctuated. correctly expressed
and spelled letter should belong to
every high-school graduate much
more to every college graduate; and
the thanks of the community are due
to those who are testing and t1ytng to
improve our methods Of education;
but they must remember that the let
ter-style is properly more loose and
conversational than any other. and
therefore should not be criticized In
just the same way.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24

Each stroke Of the piston brought ur
q torrent of water in which were fish
and crawfish. together with mud and
debris. A sort Of metal basket 70
ceived the whole. The water and slime
exude. while . boy collecting the flsh
sorts them according to species and
weight
Recently one pond Of several acres
was cleared Of dsh At an expense OF
80 francs. or $50. The process 10 In.
genious. but - one cannot have the
nsh and eat them too. such rapid con.
sumption must LEAD to equally rapid
determination.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24
WarshIps for China.

When the Creditanstalt. the Els
koomptebank. and the Laenderbank
subscribed q portion of the Chinese
loan to the amount Of e1,500.000 ($7..
2ss.750) in per cent bonds. 1t wa
agreed that the Chinese government
should favor Austrian industries with
orders for ships. In compliance with
this agreement. the construction OF
three Chinese cruisers has been or
dered. which will be built at Monfal.
cone, near Trieste. The cruisers viii
cost 10000. 900 crowns ($1.o30. 00o). II
u reported that some Of the machin.
cry will be constructed in Bohemian
factories.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24

orally q woman-wife or daughtee.
gets two annas. Workmen are -.
clever in India. Working with -
tools of ancient design. they scsu.
plish much better results than ecr,s
be expected. especially the ivory ~.
tiers. the needle workers and the 49,
stringers. and last. but not least -.
cook. who serves hot seven-cw,,.
dinner cooked with not more than ~.
kitchen utensils.
Too much cannot be said about -.
fishermen. That they must be- 49,
In handling the boat goes without -
ing. because 1t is virtually a trso ~
lowed in the center. which holds ~.
men and all the fish they are - I.
catch at one time.
Fishermen Are Experts.
Deep-sea fishing in such ~
would be dangerous to most, but 49,
coolie fishermen are experts. "a q
see them launch and ride out o.
the breakers In this home-mado crna
Is as interesting a. 1t il dificult A.
one time the government had it, han1s
full trying to make the natives vooe
clothes. particularly the fshermao
who might. even with all their clevor.
ness. have an accident and toppao
Into the sea. At first they were &
durate. then q compromise was ms6a
and now the cap and loin cloth a.
worn AZ q compliment to the stroans
Gus protests Of those who thought Tn
. sign Of progression with the uativa
They are well-set-up men. tall ~.
der. their flesh a. hard as nails a.
with the strength Of q Herculea IT.
deftness in handling q boat comes e
long practise In riding the waves, -
cause. like the silversmith family. -
cupation descends from one gsnog&
ton to another. Their fishing nets u
made at home. and to see them CO.
ing in with q netful of fish IL to mae
admire the cleverness with which 10
handle boat and nets. To watch II
launching Of boats and the riding -
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24
pvseoverer Of the pacjNe.

The discoverer Of the Paeilc ocsoa
was vasco Nunes de Balboa. On the
early morning Of the 25th Of Septsm-
Der. 1913. Balboa. and . small party q
men. made their laborious way up tie
densely covered face Of . steep ridge
from the summit Of which they vers
rewarded with the vision Of The gFsat
South sea" which. mp 70 that tiDa.
had never been seen BY tAs 90 g .
white man.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24
Probable Duration Of Sur.

Adopting the well-known hypothesis
Of Helmholtz, which attributes the
production of the heat emitted by the
sun to its contraction. an idea can be
formed Of the suns duration. II one
gives to the sun . co-efncient IT ex.
pansion intermediate between ttat Of
mercury and that Of gas one arrives
at the conclusion that It has taken
one million to three mAlioa years
for the sun to contract to its present
radius: In particular. It would have
taken ten thousand years to contract
from infnity to . radius twice its
present radius. Finally. the sun will
take ,2oo.oo0.oo0 years to contract
from Its present radius TO half that
radius. and even then IT. temperature
at the surfaces WIN - 5000 degreaa-
Scientific Americas.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24

over the breakers without upset nakGo
one long to be . fisherman.
In Ceylon. India, this kind Of -
ing ~ IL not restricted to nativoa'
All kinds Of men try their luck g
pearl fishing and . few womGn, ~
cause Il means . fortune evenfDaIlt
II one can stand the stencil. veV'
people can: II II . kind Of stencil ~
nostrils seem almost never to becon9
accustomed or able to entirely ignoga
A few stick at Il and reap the ~
ward, but It IL q hard-earned fortooo'
at best and rather q gamble. Il y ~
finding gold. without the strata No.
run In the earth where the gold -.
been located. II . pearl Of great 49,
10 found another might NOT matsrlollp
for months or years after. 0nl -
seed pearls are plentiful.
In Bombay. Calcutta and Madras ~
punka-walla IL losing his job. -
trio punkas are replacing the Old -
who up country sits on the vsrepo
sleepily pulling the rope which keo)g
the cloth fans going In the bungn1oos
No longer. except in the interiog. -
one call sharply to the punkn-
not to sleep. but to fan. nor - y
now protest. by all the shades q =
many ancestors" that far from 49,
asleep. he 10 vigorously ''pullinG~ -
punka rope!" II b very ~ -
who u the punka-walla. and - d
10 ousted BY the electric fan. -
goes steadily on when the switeh =
turned.
All the wofkmen and workwomU q
India, or very nearly all. have 49,
fore used Numerically opposite -
ods to ours. I. e.. our barbeso en9s
Willie shaving Q man: the Indian ~
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24

FOR commercial candor and -
scious telling Of the truth e =
to beat some Of the Circular 49,
from various European resors9 49,
they are translated literally mon
foreign languages into EnelIsh.
the results are . delight One .
sdvestisemsnts Of . Hungarian
mer resort tells 10 that II -
"Modsrsts prices. sGceoe Suns
heasht C Ne sooooO
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24

. couple Of days to cross New Yeses
In London the goods you purchase =
the morning may be sent home beloeS
the evening: In New York yoe -
lucky II they arrive next day. IT,
parcel post. too. 10 quite . new t.
In America Add to this such fncee -
the absence Of boots" In the hoteH-
the guests having to resort to ~
street-corner "shiners"-and ne -
play of dust-bins. even in fashioeae.
streets. long after midday, and q -
be seen that the smart" and 49,
Of which the American b -
when comparing himself With = ~
not always to be applied - - ~
them.-London Chronicle.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24
Eat Before Working.

However practicable 1t may be for
the stalwart farmer to rear himself
out of bed in the cold. gray dawn-or
even beforehand do half . days
work before he comes back to the
farmhouse for breakfast, experiment
seems to show pretty conclusively that
It 10 almost useless to attempt to do
any work that calls for the exercise Of
the reasoning processes Of the mind
before the morning sacrifice to the
stomach. Particularly 10 this the case
with children and yet how often do
we see the little ones urged to get up
and study In the morning before break
fast, or 1t least permitted to lay aside
some Of the homo work In the eve
ming on the plea that they can do II
In the morning" Some may Be able
to do It: but It ID safe to say that 90
per cent cannot, nor u It right to
ask them to try.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24
london crItIelzss New Yerss.

London crltieizes New YORK.
The little differences between life IN
Lor ION and New York are by no
means al to the credit Of the latter.
Our letter post crosses LoaAsa n .
couple Of hours; theirs oftsa takes
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24

II II estimated there are now IN the
United States approximately $4,000
persons infected with typhoid fever
germs who although in apparent per.
. ct physical health are dischargsug
these bacteria In enormous numbers
every day. The same fact is true Of
diphtheria and Of other infectious dis
eases. and It Is In this way that dis
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-19
FEEL BADLY ALL OVER ?

When you feel badly all over, but
with no particular organ of your body
noticeably out of order, you need
tonic for the blood. You require a
medicine that will benefit the whole
system. The blood reaches every part
of the body and when 1t is built up
the whole system quickly benefits.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are a nom
alcoholic tonic that build up the blood,
making it rich and red and able to
supply to the tissues of the body. the
nourishment they need to keep them
in health.
Most general debility results from
thin blood. Every part of the body
suffers and you feel badly all over"
When the blood is restored and
health-giving stream is going to every
part of the body you soon see the re-
suit in better appetite, an improved
digestion. brighter eyes, better color
in cheeks and lips.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are most
valuable family tonic and should be
taken by every member of the family
except infants whenever the general
health is not what is should be. Much
downright sickness has been saved by
the use of tonic or supporting medi-
cine in times of physical depression.
A book, Building Up the Blood"
will be sent free by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y, on
request. All druggists sell DR.. Will
liams' Pink ills.-Advertisement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-19
FORAGE POISONING
KILLS ANIMALS
Horse and Mules Die Suddenly on
Waycross Farm in York
County
Spseial to The Teleeraeh

Stewartstown, Pa, Oct. 19.-Forage
poisoning, or so-called cerebro-spinal
meningitis, is working havoc among
the horses of John j. Manifold, of
Waycross farms, near here. Within
the last three weeks he has lost two
6-year-old mules and a valuable young
driving horse. The mules were each
worked the day before they were
stricken, came in apparently well, ate
grain and hay clean and went down
at midnight so quickly that their
heads rested in the feed troughs. They
seemed to be paralyZed in the throat
and spine, could not swallow or rise
to their feet. and death followed in a
few days.
Nine days later, though the stables
were thoroughly cleaned and disin-
fected, the horse showed similar symp-
toms and died. The cause of the
trouble is not known. but thought to
have come from having had access to
mouldy oats straw in the barnyard,
where the animals exercise. Consul
tation by Mr. Manifold with the State
Livestock Sanitary Board at Harris
burg confirms the suspicion of the
straw. The officials say it must come
from mould in the feed, though the
specific poison has never been deter
mined. The animals had the best of
veterinary attention. but all efforts to
have them were of no avail.