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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-29
EXAMPLE OF 7. RS NERVE
PrejudIced Individual Eagerly swaI-
lowed Story Concerning States
man He Disliked.

Just at the entrance of Portland
harbOr, not far from the tip Of Cape
Elizabeth, Is a dreaded ledge known
as Trundys rock. 1t Is carefully
buoyed by the government and for the
convenience of pilots is identified by
marking the buoy with the initials of
the lodges name. My friend, prac-
teal joker of considerable activity,
was coming out of Portland one eve
ming on the Gov. Dingley and fell
into conversation with a gentleman,
whose talk was of politics and whose
hatred Of Mr.. Roosevelt and all his
works was revealed as acute and
vivid. AS the steamer churned on
toward the mouth of the bay it &C.
CURED to my friend to make use of
the situation. Wherefore he said:
DO you know the nerviest thing the
colonel did when he was PRESIDENT"
NO." said the interlocutor. But
I'd believe anything. What do you
call the nerviest thing he did,"
Il think" said the first speaker,
that 1t took more gall to. paint the
governments channel buoys with his
initials than anything else in his
career"
you don't mean that he did that?"
gasped the other Go on! He has
crust enough, but that's beyond be-
lief"
Just watt" was all the other said.
We're just turning one of those
buoys now. Look at it."
And there, just over the side, was
huge can buoy brazenly marked In
letters several feet high, It. R."
Speeches. with emotion and wrath
the gentleman sought his cabin VOW
ing to write a letter to the editor.
wonder II he really did it?-Catch-All.
in Lowell Courier-Citizen.
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DIDN'T WANT "GAL" ARRESTED
Negro, Although Shot by Woman,
Pleaded for Her ReIea3e From
Custody Of Officer.

Birmingham, Ala.-Shot at four
times. one bullet flattening itself out
against his skull, Theodore Stanley,
negro. calmly picked the bullet
from his scalp and asked officers not
to arrest his gal" Octavia Davis. who
had done the shooting. She's jes' a
little careless with her temper. Cap'n,
an Ill have to 60 to work and pay
her fine II you arrests her." said Stan
ley. The police were obdurate. how.
ever. and Octavia was run in on the
charge of assault to murder. Stanley
Immediately started out to find q Job
SO he can pay her out.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-29
Making T0n10rr0wS
-IT1orId
:UOrld:
AUSTRALIANS UNs0LvED PROBLEMS
BY UALTER UILLIAMS, IL.
LD..sfMs Sekssi sfLsssaaA. efah. Unh.sav sfMa..sO

7 velopment of Australia's agricultural
resources. Because in rural districts,
for various reasons, wheat was han
died by non-union laborers, the union
workers in the cities to which 1t was
shipped for sale, labeled it black
wheat and refused to unload it. The
result was a loss to the farmer, an
velopment. The farmer in Australia
In the commemorative present-day
politics plays second fiddle to the city
laborer
Capital Shy Of Australia.
Strickland Gillian, Americas charm.
ing humorist, said that in England SO
much was thought of humor that 1t
was spelled with an extra ''u." In
Australia so much is thought of labor
that it Is spelled with an extra "u"
and a capital Il" The good that Ia
Dor organizations and labor legislation
have brought in Australia has not
been unmixed with evil. AS popula-
ton has not largely increased nor
been widely distributed, SO capital
the money needed for men to make
great the commonwealth-ha been
difficult and, in some cases, impossi-
BILE to secure. Australian public ex-
penditure, state and federal, has in
creased far out Of proportion to In.
crease in population, whether Liberal
or Labor party was in control Aus
tralian officials, asking for new loans
or the renewal Of old loans, are famil.
lar figures in the London money mar
ket. Foreign capital does not seek
out Australia for private investment,
at least not to the extent or along
the lines necessary to Australia's
largest and most comprehensive de-
velopment. Ignorance of real condi-
tons and fear of more antagonistic
legislation explains much Of this hes
itancy upon the part Of capital. These
are problems that confront Australia,
how to deal Justly with all men and
at the same time obtain population
and capital. For usually 1t is not JUS
tice that imported or local capital
seeks first, but mercy-or special
privilege. Certainly there is no spe-
cial privilege shown in Australia or
concession given to imported capital.
Too Fond Of Sport
The Australian himself is the su.
preme problem in the making of Aus
tralia. The young Australian is fire.
quently conceited. complacent, bump
tious, qualities that come from his in
sularity and his remoteness from other
countries. He is inclined to frivolity,
to apathy on public questions. Wheth-
er young or old, he's too fond of sport.
The average Australian" said Wal
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-29
Healthoaram.

An authority on the subject of sleeD
and its recreatixe powers makes the
following suggestion and claim: "Cue
short the long. light sleep of the
morning hours and substitute a short
sleep at some favorable time during
the work-day. Fifteen minutes sleep
after the heaviest work and the main
meal of the day will count more for
efficiency than five times Is minutes
of sleep in the morning."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-29
HOLE1N-SUSPENDERS
SETS YOUTH ON FIRE
Making of Aperture Causes Fric-
ton and an Odd Fatality
in Explosives Mill.

North Bay. Ont-William Stuart
aged nineteen. died at North Bay hos
pital as result Of burns received In the
factory Of the Cheddite Explosives
company, at Whitfield. IL miles from
here, where he was employed. From
the evidence of fellow-workmen. at the
inquest held before Coroner Campbell.
Stuart was making a hole In his sus-
penders. which. being impregnated
with chloride and highly inflammable,
ignited from friction.
His outer working clothes were as.
bestos material, but his underclothing
caught fire, and. being full of chloride,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-29

money and more money. The problem
OF population presses for solution de-
spite immigration schemes and in face
of an unsatisfactory birtil-rate. II Aus
tralia In to play the part which the COM
monwealth may play in tomorrow's
world, this problem must be speedily
solved. There are untold possibilities
In the undeveloped resources Of Aus
tralia, but they wait development be-
cause of lack Of men and lack Of
money. The Australian Is only just
now waking up to the situation.
Argentina Beating Australia.
The Argentine republic, to a degree
similar In present and possible pro-
auctions to Australia, has made prog
ress far beyond Australia's growth.
1t furnishes figures for comparison.
In the last 81 years the population of
the Argentine republic has increased
from 3,954,911 to 7,467,878. The pop
ulation Of Australia, during the same
period, increased from 3.151,355 to A.
425.0S3. The Argentina imports in
creased from 500, 100000 to $3.50, 00O.-
900 and the exports from $40, ZOO. 900
to $500,00O,0 900, the Australian i'm
ports from $165. 100000 to $4OO. 600. 900.
The cultivated land In Argentina was
increased from $4,000. 900 acres to g..
100000 acres, in Australia from $780,
900 acres to 100000 acres. The
railway mileage Of Argentina was in
creased from $500 to 2O,531. in Aus
tralia from 1851 to lS,067. mostly
narrow gauge, single track. A. w.
Pearse, editor ofthe Pastoral Review,
Of Sydney. from which these figures
were quoted, said, in comment: with
little more than half the population of
Argentina, our imports are $17O.OOO,-
900 more and our exports 100000. 900
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-29
BY BANDITS;
BEES TO RESCUE
Both of the Miscreants Escape,
One of Them Diving Into
the River.
SCREAMED WITH PAIN
insect ALLIES Of q Hermit Arrive In
the Nick Of Time Just a. the Door
Of the Cabin 10 About to Give Way
Before Attack.

Palisades, Neb.-Honey bees drove
two would-be robbers from the lonely
hut Of Ralph Dawson. fifteen miles
northwest of here. Dawson, who lives
the life of a hermit, told the story.
The men, who were apparently
tramps, appeared near Dawson's little
home in deep draw near the French
river. Dawson refused to open his
door to the strangers.
He has no gun and there are no
dogs about" One of the strangers
said. I'VE will get his money before
we leave"
The honey bees In a score of hives
about the hut became alarmed at the
presence of the strangers and their
violence. Soon swarms began to sting
the tramps. Just as the door was
about to give way the bees became
more vigorous. and the would-be rob-
bers we're forced to fee.
One of the tramps ran to the French
river and escaped the attacks of the
bees by plunging into the water. He
swan to the opposite bank and dis
appeared.
The other ran in an opposite d.
rection with hundreds Of bees after
him. Dawson says both men were
screaming with pain when they dis
appeared.
Dawson did not tell anyone about
the attempted robbery and the vic
tory Of the bees until he brought .
quantity of honey to market.
He said he left the bees an extra
large amount Of the honey for the
winter because of their valor. He de-
clared that he had only a small
amount Of money in the house at the
time the tramps visited him. He
says he will not keep any there Is the
future.
He has purchased a revolver and a
shotgun and Is determined to help
the bees hereafter II unwelcome visit
ors approach his hut.
Dawson probably is 40 years old.
and no one appears to know when
he came to this vicinity. It is be-
lieved that he has been disappointed
in love. While no one has visited
him in his lonely home. it il said
that his little library contains many
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-29
MAN AND TURTLE IN CELL
st. Louis Citizen With q Broken Neck
Arrested With q Pugna-
cious Partner.

st. Louis, Mo-Teddy w. Peters,
forty years old. was arrested with his
pet turtle at the corner of Sixth street
and Washington avenue. Peters car
ries a card issued by the Structural
Iron Workers union, which certifles
he has a broken neck. suffered when
he fell 316 feet from the Quebec
bridge. a disaster resulting In the
death of 80 men.
Peters says his wife died from the
shock when the news Of the falling
bridge reached her. The turtle. EVIL
IDENTIFY older than the oldest inhabitant,
has formed an offensive and defensive
alliance with the broken-necked bridge
worker.
They were together. when the ar
rest was made. for disorderly conduct.
and when Peters was put in the au-
'tomobile patrol wagon he asked On
GERS Tyndall and Ishing to wait q mo-
ment for his partner. They waited
and allowed Peters to step out with
the harness around his head which
keeps his head on straight, and walk
over to the curbstone and get his
friend. a massive sea turtle weighing
IS pounds.
Just to show that he was q good pal.
the turtle took chunk out of Ishing's
coat az he was being loaded in the
patrol auto. and when he reached the
central district police station. having
missed his supper, he pried q steak
loose from Ofacer Tyndall's leg.
Peters was sent back to . cell. but
the turtle was allowed to roam until
he showed further carnivorous desires.
Then he was allowed to waddle back
to the cell Of his side partner. where
both slept.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-29
8ePlin
ATHENS efMIA
the SPRER

sidewalk. Wire baskets are fastened
on lamp posts. against houses, fences.
or trees, in which the public may
throw waste paper while walking
along. The householders must sweep
to the center Of the street In front Of
their sidewalks every morning. before
six o'clock!
The most remarkable UNDERTAKING
Of Berlin. however, is its method Of
sewage disposal. From the different
parts Of the city the liquids and solids
are conducted through a system OF
sewers to central stations along the
Spree. situated at the lowest eleva.
ton of the city.
Here the sewage Is collected IN
large central reservoirs, from which
It is forced by means of large pumps
through great iron tubes into tho
country. 1t then passes into central
stand towers. and is thence distributed
through a system of irrigation pipes
and bitches upon the land.
Thus the sewage of the city becomes
the fertilizer of the soil, which pro-
duces fruits and vegetables for city
consumption. The area OF the fields
irrigated Is more than twenty thou
sand acres. The total cost of the
drainage system was $30.000.000. yet
owing to the enormous yield Of the r.
rigated land 1t has been an exceeding
ly profitable Investment. As many -
five crops Of hay are cut in a single
year, and several crops of vegetables
are obtained each season.
Berlin Is rapidly becoming less
Prussian. and more cosmopolitan.
Among other signs of this change may
be mentioned the existence Of sew
eral Sportplatze devoted to lawn ten
mis- and other British games. while
there is a nine-hole golf course in
Charlottenburg.
Everywhere there are signs of hus-
tie. and one feels somehow that the
emperor has communicated his rest
less energy to the inhabitants Of his
capital. And the kaiser Is much In
evidence. in grand parades on the
Tempelhofer field. in gala nights ct
the opera. at openings of municipal
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-29
Signs Own Desth Report.

San Francisco, GAIA clerk exam,
lining the death and burial certificate
OF Charles Marais. an undertaken, dis
covered that 1t bore the signature
OF the dead man. Marais was fatally
injured BY q fall from q window. and
realizing the end was near, he sent for
blank certificate and filed II out
himself. The number Of years and
months Of Morals life was given, but
the space for the number Of days vas
lsft open.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-29
! ERuIN Of today. the capital Of
PrussiH Is the residence of the
\ German emperor and the seat
of the German imperial govern.

PrussiH is the residence of the
German emperor and the sea-
of the German imperial govern
ment
1t Is also the greatest manufactur.
Ing city in continental Europe. As
such 1t offers a striking contrast to
the Berlin of the forties, with its two
stored shabby houses. rough cobble
stones. and open cutters into which
the evil smelling sewage was poured
War and politics have been the
principal factors in its progress, and
the fact that the Hohenzollerns chose
Berlin as their home.
During the last two decades the
River Spree. beside which It stands,
mas been reduced to the proportions
OF large canal, confined by walls of
soild masonry. which facilitates the
transport of heavy traffic, and indeed
serves as a means of transport be-
tween different points within the city.
thus relieving the local streets of
railway traffic. This extensive sys-
tenn of inland water traffic-greater
tnan that Of the Rhine-has been DO
tent IN the rise of Berlin.
The neighboring city of Charlotten-
Durg has been absorbed into the cap
ltai. as have Wilmersdorf. Friedman.
Scnoenberg, Tempelhof. Rixdorf, Rum
miesburg. and q dozen other places
north. south. east and west Independ-
ent villages a few years ago, they
nave dropped into the nav of the in
sathble capital. The provincial town
OF the forties IL now a seething me-
tropolis with a population of over
three million Inhabitants.
Greatness Born Of War Of 70.
The strongest impulse to the city's
growth came of course from the foun.
dalton of the empire. and the flow of
the French milliards toward the Spree.
both Of which resulted from the prof.
liable war with France. Within the
last decade or 80 whole new quarters
have sprung into existence. each one
as large as fair-sized city. In many
Of the broad straight streets a tree
shaded footpath runs down the center.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-29

One walks on the banks of the Spree
under an avenue of trees. Everything
IL spotlessly clean. even the trunks
and branches of the trees. You never
see grimy house. you never meet o
dirty person. at least in the principal
streets. All that is kept well out OF
ordinary sight.
There are no "werlin" cries. News
papers are sold almost In silence by
specialized men who look like profes.
sors. Handbills-most of them invit-
ing to cafes Of the cheaper kind-are
offered at street corners by old gen.
tlemen who might easily pose for dea-
cons. No piano organs play In the
central streets: no hucksters bawl
their wares. The only sound in the
city IL the constant clatter of horses
hoofs on the asphalt, and Of course.
the grinding Of electric tramcars on
their endless journey around the city.
and the "hoots" of the automobiles.
Detachments Of men work night and
day to remove every speck Of dirt from
the streets. Not only do they sweep
the main streets with scrupulous care,
but actually scrub every square inch
of them once o day!
Therefore. Berlin. whose streets
were formerly . dumping ground for
sewage, has recently acquired the rep
utation Of being among the cleanest
cities In the world. Nobody litters
up the street or puts sweepings on the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-29

Canberra, Aus
tralia.-"Land Is
the mother and
labor the father
of all wealth"
The saying Of
the economist ex-
plains the real
poverty of Aus
tralia, which ex-
lists despite ap-
parent prosper
fly and suggests
the chief I'M
solved problems
which confront
the great island
continent. Land
is abundant, but
laborers are few.
Australia needs
men and more
men, it requires
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-29
Can't Write: Makes Million.

New York-In q will signed with q
cross-because he never learned to
read or write-Mathew ]. Mcintyre.
who made 100000 raising hogs. left
the bulk Of his estate to st. Patrick's
church in Long Island City to be used
for the support of the parochial
school. SO that the children of his par.
ish might have the education he was
denied. Nine nephews and nieces con-
tested this will, but the surrogate
court Of Queens county overruied their
contest.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-29
Aesehylus It syracuse.

AeocuysuU u oyVaCuUSs
For four days in April dramas Of the
Athenian tragic poet Aeschylus were
performed In the old Greek theater at
Syracuse, in eastern Sicily. Aeschylus
has long been popular in Syracuse.
Twenty-three centuries ago Athenian
prisoners taken In the great defeat be-
fore that city, and sold a. slaves after
the custom Of the time. earned their
freedom by reciting the verses Of their
great poet. Perhaps some Of the men
thus set at liberty organized COM
pany and acted "Prometheus Bound"
or THE Persians" in the same theater
where the same plays will be pre-
scented next spring. The poet who IL
held in favor for $500 years in one
place cannot complain Of public tickle
ness.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-29
First FI1ohta.

Orville Wright, congratulated at Q
banquet in Dayton upon a recent legal
victory, said:
Nov. our law business ended, We
can 90 to work on the business of de-
veloping aeroplanes. For, though the
aeroplane has passed its infancy, it
will stand improvements here and
there.
Yes, the aeroplane, I am glad to
say. is no longer In its infancy-and.
gentlemen. 1t was mighty hard to
raise"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-29

like flavor. Besides being very palap
table In their natural state. they yield
valuable oil. resembling OIL Of u
monds. According to an Official ~
port, the production of pili-oil IL one
OF the coming Industries of the PHILIP
pines, only awaiting the invention Il
q machine for cracking the nutat
which are very hard.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-29

ter Murdoch, himself an Australian
above the average, rs a person who
would insist on postponing the Day
OF Judgment II he found 1t was going
to interfere with q cricket match
His attitude is accurately reflected in
newspaper which devotes a whole
page to the discussion of a football
match and dismisses in three lines the
news of an event which will change
the course Of the worlds history" Not
to Australia along does this apply.
Nor do other nations always sufficient.
ly regard the possibility of a political
Day Of Judgment
Free From Economic Slavery,
No one can see Australia and learn
Its problems and meet its people. even
casually. without becoming optimistic
a. to the tomorrow Of the common.
wealth. however unsettled the sky to-
day. Few lands. perhaps none, are so
free from economic slavery. which is
rs bad as any other kind Of slavery.
or worse. The population is not az
large a. 1t should be, but the number
below the broad line IL small. almost
non-existent This freedom from eco
nomic slavery has not ENCOURAGED rev.
erence nor a. yet brought gentleness
Of speech or the high culture and era
ciousnees Of other lands and peoples.
the boy has not attained the mans e.
tate. but II has given a sense of COM
radeship and a respect for manhood
apart from wealth that unfortunately
u lacking In q more ancient and more
artificial society. Every man has a
chance In Australia and, as far a. low
and honest wage and aggressive broth.
erhood can make 1t 90, an equal
chance Because of this and in thu
long run, the Canberra brick.maker
was justified In asserting: The man
who bets on Australia win win"
Tho Australian, keen q he In upon
sports, u equally keen upon politics.
And with him, In general. politics =
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-29

buildings. in drives and rides down
the Inter den Linden at the head Of
his brilliant staff amid q blare Of mu-
sic or strolling without escort through
the Thiergarten.
Probably nowhere in the world ID
there such q magnificent promenade
as the Siegesalie. or Victory avenue.
in the Thiergarten, lined with marble
statues of 80 emperors of the ances-
tors from Albrecht the Bear to Kaiser
Wilhelm l. And what q superb ave-
nue. Of approach IL thus formed to The
Konigsplatz, with its gilded victory
column in the center. which has nov
been adorned by the imperial parliav
ment house. or Reichstagsgebauds.
the visible sign and symbol Of their
political unity.
Besides its system of electric sur.
face cars and elevated steam railway,
the latter traversing the city In two
loops In the form Of IN elongated
figure eight. there IL an electric raiI-
road. subterranean In the central pot.
tons Of the city and elevated in the
southern and western precincts. which
II remarkable for the artistic beauty
Of its stations. bridges. and even Or
binary viaducts. The above-groun6
stations are of stone. steel and glass,
no two alike. Underneath each sta
ton there is an arcade which has bess
transformed in every instance into .
restaurant. beer garden. or store.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-29

PHI nuts, which grow abundantly In
the Philippines. have recently been
shipped on a considerable scale to the
United States. They are produced by
trees Of the genus Canafium. to which
belongs the lava almond. are nearly
triangular In cross section. and con-
tain . small oily kernel Of almond.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-05-29
Didn't Take Kindly to HE Suit.

Otoht axe Kindly % He 8uIt.
II has come" q trifle condescend.
ingly began the saddle-hued young
idler, TO AZ 20 for de han o. 20
daughtah. sab. and" Jaw. 20 has,
has your" ominously interrupted
Brother Cockett, the honest old white.
washer. We'll, sab. FL dess cUmper.
mise Wild 20. Stidder givin' 20 de
hand O. muh daughtah. I'll give 20
muh foot-yo' triflin', yallah. no count,
gee-tyah pickin' scoun'relI"
City Star.