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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

IOSter-mOtnerS. Next the French be-
gan to feed the expectant mother and
found the result highly successful. At
the Conference In London on infant
mortality q most valuable and signifi-
cant discussion dealt with ante-natal
hygiene. The chief cause of infant
mortality. 1t was conclusively shown,
is a defective condition of develop
ment at birth-and this depends up
on the facts Of ante-natal life. Moth
ers are Natures original device for
the prevention Of infant mortality.
Hence the care of them by the state.
Besides the charts on infant NOR
tally. indeed supplementary to them.
other charts showed the effect of al
colholism and disease in the parent
upon the life of the infant.
While the states growing concern
in the care Of children. from their
birth and before, is mainly brought
about by the states desire for ply
sically strong soldiers in its army, it
has had a good effect in many ways.
Schools for mothers have been estab-
lished. better housing conditions pro-
vided, parks opened, and many meas
ures-some fantastical, but all we'll
meant-have been encouraged. And
little child shall lead them"
Regulations to Safeguard childre-.
Scotland. under . new Act of Par
lament, provides for the actual lnot
merely on paper) medical inspection
of children and for the care (including
the supply Of food and clothing) of
neglected children and children in iso-
lated districts. Another recent Parlia-
mentary Act, applicable to all the
United Kingdom, provides inspection
of all charitable institutions and
homes One thousand little children
are burned to death In Great Britain
annually. The new act compels par
ents or house-owners to have guards
on their CRATES and take other precau-
tions against fires. Juvenile courts,
with plenary powers, are established.
Parents are required to attend this
court and. IL they have not properly
looked after their children, must take
the punishment or pay the fine which
would otherwise be assessed against
the child. JAN imprisonment for chill
dren and the death sentence for them
are abolished. Children under four
teen years of age are not allowed in
any part of a public house used as a
drinking bar. Alcohol may not be
given to children anywhere under the
age OF I'VE years, except in the case
Of illness. Cigarettes or cigarette pa
pers may NOT be sold to children under
sixteen years old nor other tobacco
believed to be for the children's own
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

but cormorants and gannets. each -
two species. together with q pelican
are the most valuable, from an eNo.
nomic point Of view. a. guano mo.
ducers.
City of the Dead.
The nrst sanctuaries visited ver.
In the Chincha and Ballistes archipels.
goes. in February. 1919. What struck
me greatly on approaching them WA
the extraordinary absence Of birda
where was expecting to behold thou.
sands. A greater surprise still awaited
me on ascending to the extensive pla.
teau on which the birds breed. The
whole area was certainly dotted with
nests. which 1t was evident were those
of Bougainville's cormorant (Phalacro-
corax bougainvillii) and Of Z pelican
(Pelicanus thagus). So thickly we're
they set together that It was dificult
to place ones foot between two Of
them without treading on the margins
of both. On the occasion Of my visit
this was Of no moment. Silence
reigned everywhere. was surveying
an avian city Of the dead-stricken a
II with q plague. The great majority
Of the nests still contained from two
to four nestlings Of every age, from
naked hatchlings to half.nedglings-
all Of them dead. sun-baked and mum
mined-lanes on lanes Of them. I dis
covered. on inquiry, that In the previ-
Gus month Of November the avian pop
ulation Of the islands began suddenly.
for some unexplained reason. to take
wing and migrate. no one yet knows
whittier. Within four days Of the first
departures the whole colony had ned.
leaving their eggs and their helpless
broods to sarve from hunger or to
those more merciful avian robbers, the
gulls. the vultures and the terms. For
the best part Of . week. 20 was IN
formed by one Of the island watchmen.
the appealing cries of this vast multi
tude noated out . long way nom the
shore and were most heart-rending 70
hear. and. - they began to grow faint
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20
Making Ton1Orr0Ws
=U1OrId
THE, ORIGIN OF ADULTS

United Kingdom, said that during and
after the war many would-be recruits
suffered from physical defects and an
oficial inquiry was set on foot to in
Quire into physical training in Scot
land. The report was unsatisfactory
as regarded the conditions found. BY
a bold hypothesis, certain observers.
however. were led to inquire whether
these spoilt adolescents had not once
been younger and DR.. Leslie Macken-
zie verified this induction by a visit
to the North Canongate slum of Edin-
burgh. where certain small creatures
were found. who might be regarded as
inchoate specimens Of the spoilt SOL
diery already encountered. Having
examined the children at school then
The first oflicial medical inspection
In Great Britain-he came to certain
conclusions which led to . general in
Quiry in England also. 1t seemed
probable that no known type of dumb
bell, Indian club or strangulation ap-
p4ratus for strapping ones self to
ones bedroom door. would have the
effect Of Strengthening knees bent by
ricketts, or replacing teeth lost ten or
fifteen years before. Then came med
zeal inspection of schools in Great
Britain as 1t had come in Germany,
France and other nations earlier.
Government Care for Mothers.
Beyond care Of the child at school
by medical inspection and the success
full effort to reduce infant mortality
it has been diminished 30 per cent in
ten years, though the general death
rate has been diminished only Is per
cent and the ravages of tuberculosis
that great captain of the men Of the
death"-to borrow Bunyan's phrase.
only IS per cent-there has come
consideration of the mother. II in
fants are to be saved alive to furnish
q proper supply Of adults, the mothers
must be protected. Thus the logic OF
the more or less paternalistic govern
ments OF Europe and the Amsterdam
charts show the mother as the civil
lied states care.
The French. IN whose country the
baby il held in higher regard. per
haps. than anywhere else in the world.
seem to be pioneers. First, they sup
piled babies with milk. Then they fed
the mothers who nursed them. for 1t
is q curious paradox In France that,
In q country where babies are su-
preme. so many babies are nursed by
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

Amsterdam. =
Holland, full Of
I a 8 c 1 n a ton al
ways to students
of history and
life, has last year
had more than
its usual fasci-
nation because Of
its international
congresses an d
its local celebra-
tons or the cen
tenary Of the
freedom of the
Netherlands. Per
haps no celebra-
ton was more at
tractive than that,
at Amsterdam
where, a m o q 6
other exhibitions,
was held, under
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

looks lnto the ueptns OF tneir patent iedtner SPARK
briny tears tricke of his nose and spatter the
boots that lost bride for him. And charming
young woman. who was Miss Mary Moore and
who was to have been Mrs. Joseph Walters the
other afternoon, is Mrs. Charles Hovis today.
All arrangements had been made for Mr.. Wal
tiers to marry Miss Moore. He put on a suit of
clothes that looked as though 1t had been painted
on. wore late model collar that left him speech
less and was all ready for the marriage when
some one told him his shoes spoiled the picture.
He told them that he only had Is minutes and
couldn't wait to buy any. but his friends told
him to delay the wedding. So. away Mr.. Walters
sped for the shoes.
In the meantime Charles Hovis. Walters most
eligible rival. stopped at Miss Moore's to say
good-a-by forever. After time 1t began to look a
70 say It. Finally Charley up and asked her. She
When Walters arrived he saw her standing with hi
He kicked himself with his nice new shoes.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20
\ HAT part Of the world we call
Peru. to quote an old Spanish
writer, lis very remarkable and
contains in Il strange proper

Peru, to quote an old Spanish
writer, lis very remarkable and
contains in 1t strange proper
ties. It never rains. thunders,
SHOWS nor halls in all this coast, which
10 q matter worthy Of admiration"
Peru lies. nevertheless. entirely
within the tropics. though It differs 20
greatly from most other tropical re-
gions. Nothing strikes the traveller
voyaging southwark from Panama.
especially during the later months Of
the year, % much a. the remarkable
meteorological change he experiences
when he passes Cape Blanco. All tie
way thither he feels stifled and over
come by the heat; but at that point he
suddenly sails into q temperate and
delicious cline. His landscape alters
also amazingly. He emerges from one
clothed with the exuberant verdure 90
associated with the tropics. into q
rainless and barren desert On the
other hand. the long. narrow strip OF
shore west Of the Andes stretching to
the south Of the cape has . tempera-
ture from degrees to 10 degrees
Fair. higher than that Of the refrig-
Grated sea. The small amount Of
moisture. therefore, carried in the air
IL easily held suspended till 1t has en-
tirely crossed this belt and impinged
against the Andean heights, which are
also themselves q barrier to the pass
age Of any clouds from the Atlantic
ocean. Against this cold barrier the
Pacific moisture u at last wrung out
of the atmosphere ~ rain or snow,
whence It flows down to the lowlands
a. rivers. few Of which. after all, ever
succeed in reaching the sea, for the
desert sands en- route drink most of
them up. The coast, moreover, pre-
sents . continental ledge extending
seward from the mainland under 100
miles In width.
Vast F1oeks Of Birds.
Beyond this narrow fringe the ocean
descends to profound depths Of thou
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

cartridge 10 stuck In the grease sn1
revolved until all that part Of H.
bullet projecting from the shell =
covered with very thin but unifofn
coating. Care must be taken not y
get any grease on the shell. The -
vantages Of using this grease afo
three-fold-it prevents metallic boul'
ing In the bore; 1t increases the ~
curacy, and It greatly lengthens ~
life of the rifle.-Outing.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

The Oldest man In London sound
az q pippin." is Captain David Jack
son, who recently celebrated his one
hundred and fifth birthday by giving
lunchean to sixteen fellow inmates
of the footing home. the youngest
Of whom was past seventy. He Ii an
old-fashioned sailor, and boasts that
he sailed round the Horn forty times.
that he was never on a steamship but
once. and that once as a passenger.
Give me-" says the centenarian. -
sailing ship with wood under my feet.
Then l feel I'm on ship and not on
q tin kettle"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

McEachn stropped OF
standing
on toward starting
AS McEachren disappeared
patrol the section
Where's McEachren?" asked the
He here minute
DOCK but chip whistle
a
there the night tering
could
Even ranking
sight haess coats
thur Duny directly toward the
brought him.
What transpired McEachren
make the distance for his
faded
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

Famous American Gee Fighter.
One hundred years ago the Ameslr.
can navy sustained . severe loss ~
the death Of Capt. Samuel Nicholso1
at Charlestown, Mass. Captain Mich,
olson was q native Of Maryland. n
his early career he served under JOIN
Paul Jones on the Bon Homme Rich
ard" He was promoted captain m
1779 and in that year engaged In -
famous sea fight with the "Serapi1-S
Near the close Of the revolution b.
commanded the frigate "Deane" md
cruised with great success. capturine
several British ships of war. Wien
the navy was reorganised in 1894 -
retained his commission and was On
en- command Of the famous frigato
Constitution" having superintende1
her construction. III
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20
Abuslna Confidence.

Friend-So your husband has bsee
deceiving you, Ell?
Mrs. Henpeck-Yes, the wretch!
used to give him q dime for hig 81
fare every day. and I find he's peen
walking to the ONCE and spendme
the money.-Life.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20
Seasoning Wood BY Electricity.


In the Nodon process Of seasoning
timber by electricity, the newly felled
trees are sawn into thick planks and
laid on . false flooring. one on top
of the other, with the interpretation.
however. Of moistened mating or sim
liar material between each layer to
act as electrodes for the Introduction
Of an alternating current which II
passed for ten hours or %. The ef.
feet of the current IL to produce chem
ical changes in the cellulose and the
sap, rendering them impervious to
decay. Further. the sap loses those
gummy and microscopic characters
tics which normally prevent rapid
drying. 1t IL claimed that timber
thus treated il ready for use q few
weeks after 1t il felled, and IL harder
stronger. more homogeneous, easier
to work, and less warped by moisture
than timber which has been seasoned
by che ordinary air drying process
Industrial Engineering.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

Greatest Engineering Jobs.
The greatest engineering works OF
the present days are undoubtedly those
connected with the removal Of vast
quantities of soil and rock. The Pan
anna canal. the Catskill aqueduct and
the many other tunnels. excavations
and mines are the feats which rouse
popular enthusiasm. These would BE-
quite impossible II It were not for the
knowledge We have of powerful ex-
plosive and modern drilling methods.
It is interesting to note that gunpow-
der as an explosive agent was not
used in mines in Europe till a cen
fury and a half after the discovery Of
America; It was first used In Ger
many. It IL only within the last nifty
years that mine excavations have
been revolutionized by the develop
ment of three fundamental requisites.
dynamite. the air compressor and the
power drill.-American Machinist.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

er with the failing strength Of the
dying and the decreasing number q.
the living. they became painfully ptfp
full to the ears Of those on the island,
till finally the last survivor ceased
from troubling. The voracioae rOverB
I have named. which. always ut that
season hover over the breeding
grounds. rallied in vast hocks 70 u
walls Of distress. Making short WORK.
hrst Of all. Of the more delectaboe
eggs. they fell upon the tenderest q
the young ones. on which they gorUoe
themselves to such safety ~ appa-
rently to nauseate even their insafk
able stomachs. for the bulk Of H.
feast was left untouched to the mum
Der Of many millions.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20
Surely.

Did you ever notice" said MT
N. Peck, that about half Of the pic'
lures in the photographer Window
are of bridal couples! / wonder VIZ
they always rush on to . phoeopS
pliers 90 soon? Il fancy the ~
hand u responsible foe II" SAID y
Peck. He realizes thst u > 49,
III last chance b ever Iook p1eoso
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

The bullet Of every cartridge. be-
fore being inserted In the rifle, should
be given . thin coating with an auto
mobile grease. This II . thick grease
Of about the color and consistsncy Of
buttsr. In practice the end q he
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

~ In IL seconds, how fast can Patrolman Jane
distance? II one must ask this question, he mui
running himself. because of what happened In
the Richmond not 30 long ago.
McEachren 10 an athlete, his Portola rec
ords will evidence That is why. the other night.
when the policeman CHANGED to encounter some
Of his fellows at a certain corner he was lured
into q heated argument
This Jim Kennedy IL some runner" was the
sentence that greeted McEachren. as he joined
the group. He ran these two block in Is Sec
onds the other night and Ill bet NO one else can
do it."
Az was meant, McEachren took this az ten
tative challenge. It took about three minutes for
him to offer to demonstrate that Kennedy was no
wonder. McEachren having figured the distance
at about 120 yards. A stop watch was produced.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

foot areaway. Business was halted until the ami.
NAL had been extricated
For more than two hours the animal lay on it,
back at the bottom Of the areaway while the DO
lice and volunteer rescuers pondered over ways
and means of getting it out The areaway il
about Is feet long. s feet wide and 10 feet deep.
The police found it impossible to use their tri.
pod derrick. which is used to raise horses which
have slipped wet pavements because there
was no ledge In the adjacent building wall on
which a pole could be rested The police were
puzzled how to proceed. A spectatosssuggested
a moving van hosting outfit. The animal well
fare ambulance with ropes and tackle was also
summoned With all this apparatus on the scene
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20


Of
while
q the
not bruises
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20
Derrick HOSTS Horse Lying on Back in Hole

ETRoiT McH-Thousands Of the other afternoon
Gswold street and clustered
the police
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

sands Of fathoms. So the coast u alive
with marine life Of every kind, and es-
pecially with hundreds Of species Of
fish. This immense amount Of food
material attracts. naturally. CORE
spondingly vast hocks Of marine birds.
These birds. moreover. owing to the
arid character Of the region above re-
marked upon. ind ready prepared for
them on the uninhabited coastal
islands and rocks Just that barren and
vegetation-free surface which they
love to roost and nest upon; and =. II
just because Of this aridity Of the re-
gion that 1t IL possible for the great
deposits Of guano due to these birds TO
accumulate on the islands. This fer.
tiliztng material. 20 important to the
agriculturist. forms from its chemical
constitution-the result of the nature
Of the birds diet-the most perfectly
aseimilable plant-food known. and one
not yet approached in its effects by
any artificial product; and Of 1t Peru
possesses In the celebrated Guano
islands situated on its coast the
largest deposits in the world.
The islands frequented/by the bids
a. breeding places are very numerous
and occur at yarious distances apart,
chiefly along 500 or 600 miles Of coast
and nowhere more than 20 miles on
shore. The most important are known
as the Lobos. the Guanape. the Pesca-
dores. the 'Ballistes and the Chincha
archipelagoes. The frst-naued group
contains the largest islands. but the
two latter are the most important
commercially. The species inhabItipg
these resorts belong to many families,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

Chance 10 word devoid Of sense:
nothing can exist without . cause
voltairO
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20
BIushing One Had Gone With a Handsomer Man

r O1UMBUs NDJoseph Walters
leather sparkle
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20
Pragmatism.

BG08UoQOUs
But while the pragmatic solution
seemed to many q deliverance from
worse evils, and a most useful meth
cd of exploring for truth, It was gen.
orally felt to be unsatisfying. rather
tentative than final, writes william
Ernest Hooking In the Yale Review.
Pragmatism taken alone leaves belief
too much to the accidents Of volition
and to main force. too much to the
vote and hence exposed to the veto.
Its God can offer support and comfort
to men only on the condition Of being
first upheld by them, Just in proper
ton as necessity drops out Of moral
truth and option takes its place, the
moral atmosphere IL rarefied, and ef-
fort to maintain belief results in swift
er fatigue. Men are willing to respond
to the pragmatic incentive. to be act
i've in the making Of truth. wherever
reality IL seen to be unfinished and
plastic. but in all such activity there
is needed something to stand upon.
something which we neither make nor
have made, something Independently
real and certain. There must be
something behind pragmatism.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

showed He pulled
by inch the whole surface
Immediately Of
form Of chair grind
bits OF it, would
supposed this dust be sufficient commercially considered but
THE finally
How much ,
thought q
value. and said: oh. $50.
ITO
said high We did negotiating finally $ss
thought
tended to have the old thrown the 4
. machine. which
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

Ew YORKThere his living
~ York dentist the
other until month al
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20

-
But last month friend Of mine dropped in while
was examining the rug in my operating room
1t was looking pretty shabby, found. and was
figuring what kind of a new rug I'd get
"Fll have to throw this old rug away said
to my friend
Throw 1t away? What will you do that for!
Why don't you sell it, he asked.
"'Sell It" said I. There's no one who would
give me anything for that wornout old trash.
"Tll send you a man who'll buy 1t pretty quick
was the reply.
Il thought my friend was Joking but next day
a man arrived first thing in the morning.
Where's that rug you wanted to sell?' he In
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-20
Patolman James Kennedy Is Some Fast Runner

Ill Patrolman James Kennedy given blocks
how fast Patroman James McEachren negotiate the
must ask this question he must be prepared some
Morris tribune., 1914-04-03
BAKER

Johnnie, Eddie nd Julia Barry at
tended church in Chokio Sunday.
James Macy and son were Chokio
callers Friday.
Clifford Decamp and sister Ada
were ChokiO callers Friday.
Frank and Lucyle Church were
Chokio callers Friday of last week.
R. w. Williamson and son Ike
were ChokiO callers last week.
Tom and Lizzie Holland passed
thru our burg last week on their way
to Chokio.
Mrs. Lawler of Stevens, spent a
couple of days last week with friends
in ChokiO.
Bill Foley and daughter Marie were
Chokio callers Saturday.
John Hagen and Fhorvald Hansen
called at the Dohmen home last week.
Mike Holleran attended church in
Chokio Sunday.
The Misses Martha, Helen and May
O'Niel were Chokio visitors Sunday.
Mrs. M. P. McNally and sons Ray
and Charles were Chokio callers Fri
day.
j. M. Buckley and C. Foster passed
thru our burg last week going to
Chokio.
Lizzie McNally and Evelyn Billings.
of Chokio. spent one evening of last
week at the M. P. McNally home.
Johnnie Holland, Eddie Barry and
Mike Holleran were callers in Chokic
last week.
John and Frank Church spent Wed,
nesday evening of last week with
James Macy.