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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
EATS 4se GRAINS OF CORN
Rooster Does Feat In Twenty Min
utes In Public 1t . Missouri
Store.

Montgomery City, Mo.-How many
grains of corn can an eight-pound
rooster eat in 20 minutes when he is
the observed of all observers In q
show window. and most of the observ-
ers have guessed at the number of
grains In the hope of winning prizes!
The answer is 486 grains.
Proof of this capacity for swallow
ing corn was given in the show win
dow of John Martins store when q
Buzz Orpington rooster took 20 min
utes for his dinner.
Martin had advertised first, second
and third prizes for the most nearly
correct gueeses as to the number Of
grains the rooster would devour. A
large crowd gathered in front Of the
window. A pan of corn, the grains In
which had been counted. was placed In
the window. Time was called. Mr..
Rooster fell to on the titbits.
For five minutes he pecked vigor.
ously at the grains. Then he began
to slow up, but he continued swallow.
ing corn at frequent intervals until the
20 minutes expired. Evidently he
had enough, for he quit eating volun-
tarily.
The pan was removed, the grains
were counted and 1876 were found
missing. Three persons guessed with
in one Of the correct figure.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
FIGHT WITH KNIVES;
VICTOR KILLS SELF.
Lifelong Friendship Begun Abroad
Ends in Duel in a Dark
Alley.
JEALOUSY WAS CAUSE
Russian Engineer, Suspicious Of Wife,
10 chaIIenger-shoots Self In Re.
morse After Fierce combat-Quar.
rel Was Heard BY Ledger.

Chicago-Two long knives lay in
the hand of w. ]. Miliman of 1920 Wal
ton avenue just after midnight as he
turned to his lifelong friend. Arcadia
Sokoloff, and passionately exclaimed:
I'VE must fight-there." pointing to
an alleyway back Of the house which
was in absolute darkness.
A short time later q lodger in the
house, who had heard q quarrel arise
between the men owing to Millman's
suddenly aroused jealousy over his
wife, peered from his window trying
to gain some idea Of what the men
we're going to do He could see moth.
ing, but from the black alleyway there
came the click of steel. and he realized
that duel was in progress.
AS the lodger jumped from bed to
call the police he could hear the
tramping of the men, their heavy
breath and again and again the noise
Of the knives meeting. Then came two
sharp cries and the sound of a man
running from the alley.
The police found Sokoloff mortally
wounded with cuts in his back and alb.
domen. Two hours later a policeman,
searching for Miliman. stumbled over
his dead body upon the sidewalk of a
street two blocks distant. He had shot
himself in remorse over the duel with
his friend.
Miliman was a structural craftsman
and letters In his pockets showed him
to have been an associate of the Civil
Engineering society of Russia.
1t was in Russia that the. friendship
Of the two men began.
With his friend Sokoloff he had at
tended a moving picture show and the
two returned to Miliman's residence
seemingly upon the best of terms
After they had been talking for some
time Miliman suddenly demanded OF
Sokoloff:
Where's my wife? She is away toe
much"
Sokoloff made some reply that could
not be distinguished by the ledger in
the next room. but son Miliman's voice
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
JUST sQUAsHED THE BANDIT
Heavyweight Woman Simply Sat on q
HoIdup Nan Until Help
Came.

Pittsburgh, Pa-While walking to
her home. Mrs. Josephine Smith, who
weighs nearly 300 pounds. was at
tackled by a man. Mrs. Smith threw
her assailant to the ground and sat on
him until the police arrived, and when
the prisoner was taken to the station
it was found that one of his ribs had
been broken.
Kearney had jumped from a door.
way at the woman and grabbed at her
handbag.
Have a care. young man." warned
the woman.
Kearney laughed and grabbed the
handbag from her. To the surprise OF
Kearney, the woman nipped him BY
the back of the neck and threw him
on the pavement then sat on him.
The holdup man was in distress
when the police arrived. Il am glad
you're here" he said TO the policeman.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
Salisbury Not q courtIer.

The bishop Of London on one occa-
sion when he went to Buckingham pal
ace told the king that he had passed
Lord Salisbury in an anteroom. but
the latter did not seem to know him.
"Oh." said King Edward. Lord Sails
bury never recognizes anyone" and
going to bureau he took out new
portrait of himself and handed It to
the bishop, saying: What do you
think of this?" "A very excellent like
ness. sir" said the bishop. when ]
showed 1t to Salisbury said the king,
he looked hard at it and then said:
Poor old Butler! wonder II he's a.
stupid az he looks"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
LITTLE KITTEN PICKS
AN ODD COMPANION
Takes Refuge With a Big Black
Bear Which Was in
C;sgrace.

San Francisco.-Queer things are al
ways happening out at Golden Gate
park. and Sergt Pat Magee of the
park mounted squad. better known to
the frequenters Of the city's big play
ground as the animal man." is gener-
ally on hand when they happen. He
has become SO used to the extraordi-
nary among his animal friends that it
takes a great deal to astonish him;
but when passing the bear cages the
other day he witnessed the spectacle
Of a rather forlorn and bedraggled
gray kitten cuddled up against the
side Of big black bear. he could
hardly believe his eyes.
Jimmy Rolph" is the bears name.
and few weeks ago he distinguished
himself by entering into a battle with
and nearly killing the largest silver-tip
bear in the Enclosure. For this crime
he was consigned to q small cage.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
Explorer Not Practical.

Dillon Wallace. who accompanied
Leonard Hubbard on his foolishly
planned and worse executed trip into
Labrador ten years ago. has now
chiseled an inscription on a rock
where poor Hubbard died. He de
scribes Hubbard as an intrepid ex.
plorer and practical Christian" a
phrase on which a sermon might be
preached. Intrepid" Hubbard was, but
his reliance upon Deity to make up for
his own bad judgment was pathetic
was. in fact. tragic. and gives to
Wallace's term practical Christian"
a grim IL unconscious humor. Virtue,
unhappily, does not take the place OF
venison nor piety Of pemmican. and II
Mr.. Wallace's exceedingly interest
ing record Of the Hubbard party's mis-
adventure may be relied upon there
seldom has been more eloquent illus.
tration of the sententious old proverb:
1.-THE Lord helps them who help them
selves"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

used to give before they could vote.
Can you really remember thos<
days?" asked the determined Alligator
inc. mo; I'm not curious. not Bit
of 1t; but-can you really?"
Il can. 1t was in the days of my
youth that the plate-glass war, as the
struggle in which women won the
right to vote has since became known
was being fought. l saw those stir.
ring days."
Captain Sky clasped her hands and
, beamed
How perfectly thrilling. Captain
MacManus!" she cried.
do tell me about it, please. Oh, to
have been one of those early heroes!
What a glorious existence was theirs.
Now-now there's nothing left for
women to find fault with; they have
their own way in everything. Such a
monotonous age as We live in. But,
tell me, captain. why did they call it
the plate-glass WARP"
Captain MacManus glanced mis-.
chievously out of the corners of his
eve at the Western Woman's special
waiting in her clip for the captains
signal to open the glass matches. At
the liners windows women might be
seen clamoring to he allowed to land.
Captain Nellie Sky needed not.
WELL" said MacManus, 1T was in
this way: Women were the most
grasping beings that you could imag.
inc in those days. They had acquired
all the world but the ballot. They ran
the whole world. Stores were RIM
wholly for their trade; plays were
manufactured with the single eye to
pleasing their tastes; books were writ.
ten and illustrated for their enter.
tainment; and SO on down the whole
list of everything-except the ballot.
That was mans last stronghold. He
controlled that. and through that kept
himself deceived into believing that
he ran the world. He hung onto It for
dear life: the ballot and his pants
were the things he would not give I'M.
But the women had set their minds
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
BEARD IS DEcoY FOR BEAR
Member Of Hunting Party Tells How
bruin Took Author for Old
Playmate.

Denver, Colo.-"We've been letting
our whiskers grow long; now it's back
to civilization for US" said James p.
Collier, owner and publisher Of Col
lier's Weekly. as he alighted from his
special car, the vagabond. at Union
station the other day.
Mr.. Collier and his party. including
John Fox, Jr., author. and ]. M. Wa
terbury, millionaire polo player. ar
rived from Glenwood Springs.
I'VE have enjoyed a five weeks
hunting trip" said Mr., Collier, I'm
which Mr.. Fox distinguished himself
by killing a bear. Mr. Fox, having q
few weeks growth of alfalfa on his
chin, had no trouble in decoying the
bear; in fact. the bear took him for
one of his old playmates and joyously
made for him.
Il mistrusted the bears Intentions.
however," remarked Fox. land took
the back trail for minute"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
To Minimize Fire Hazard.

The fire waste In the United
States. owing to the failure to build
in this country as securely against the
ravages of fife as they do in Europe.
has been estimated to be not less than
5000, zoo, 900 q year. This IL forcing
the rebuilding Of many structures and
will force the rebuilding Of q still
greater number in our cities to mimi
mize the fire hazard. The rebuilding
must be done and the problem 10 how
to finance 1t. From actual experience
in Chicago. Milwaukee. Pittsburgh and
some other Cities" says an expert.
the answer is-the first mortgage
real estate bond"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

where he has since led q lonely exist
ence as an example to other bears
similarly inclined.
The ferocfty of Jimmy" however.
according to the sergeant, does not
bother the kitten. and. strange to re.
late. the former seems to be exceed
ingly fond of his little visitor. with
whom he lazily plays. receiving his
scratches and bites with apparent
pleasure and sharing with him the
food that is passed through the bars.
The bear il in a state Of semi.
Information, and this may account for
his being willing to harbor the outcast
feline" said MCGEE. but. any way you
take It,. it is an odd friendship. and II
Is worth a trip to the park to see the
odd pair together"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

Found a Way to IIIumine the Camp
Get your tent up" said Heine Ola
man to his fellow hunters the other
night, according to the Wellington
News. land I'll furnish the light.
When the tent was up he ran his auto
up close, ran a line of wire into 1t
from the machine and turned the
switch. It made brilliant light for
the tent and made the ensuing game
of pitch" much more, pleasant The
light would have run for many nights
without recharging the battery. and If
there had been any weakening 1t
would have been necessary to start
up the engine and run for a short
time to recharge it. Something you
didn't know before. isn't it?-Kansas
City Star.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

man; Il was Just thinking what q
funny world this persists in being In
spite Of the efforts of science to the
contrary. You women never will be
anything but women. Now. look at
me; when anybody says to me. Cap
tain MacManus, you're old enough to
remember the days Of the suffra,
gettes.' I'm proud to say: Right you
are But when one of you says the
same to another. there's battle in the
tearoom and you have to put some
body under arrest. Now, why Is that.
Captain Nellie; can you tell me?"
Captain Sky shifted.
Such conversation is too old fash
toned to resent, Captain MacManus."
she said. But for your benefit / Will
explain that the thoroughly modern
woman does not get angry when re-
minded of her age. On the contrary
she considers it compliment. There
are a few women left. however. who
persist in allowing the old influence
and prejudices of sex influence them.
1t happened to be one of these that
started the trouble aboard the special.
AS for us-the modern women-you're
ridiculous, Captain MacManus."
Then you admit. Captain Nellie,
that you yourself are old enough to
remember the days of the suffra.
gettes?" asked MacManus.
What! Sir, how dare you!" cried
Miss Sky. I'll have you know. sir,
that T."
"Ho! Ho! That you are not over
thirty-five, Ell? l know, captain; ]
was just trying you out"
You're a horrid old wretch" said
the indignant officeress. Il think
you're real mean"
Those are harsh words. Captain
Nellie"
Il want them to be harsh"
"Then you are indignant because !
insinuated-"
mo, I'm not; not a bit of it."
"Then why did you want your words
to be harsh?"
Captain Sky tossed her head.
Because" she said. That's why
because"
THE same old reason" murmured
old MacManus. "the same reason they
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

al whose dainty pink hull had trav
eled from San Francisco to New Yorh
y 20 hours, came fluttering down with
eomething bird-like in its movements
md settled into its berth with a gentle
4haust Of ballast-gas that sounded
ME q contented. lady-like sigh.
An electrical current blazed slight
y % It broke out the hermetic seals
: curved glass door slid open in the
plot-turret. and out stepped a master
" woman, whose square jaw and air
q command. without the assistance OF
oer delicately embroidered pink uni
lum. would have sufficed to mark
~ for the vessels captain.
Short circuit my signal rays!" she
Uploded. saluting her senior, Captain
1acManus. Il certainly have had a
u1p that Is almost enough to make a
Sellow wish that she was back in the
20 days, when she could have stayed
quietly at home and let some man do
MS kind of work Almost. but not
euite. II there ever was a list of pas.
engers calculated to make a single
voman want to give up her right to
sose by refusing to work, this is the
-. Why, the tearoom hasn't been
met minute since We left the Mis-
s~sslppL It's been an orgy for fair"
Who are the fair ladies who have
IN so-er-so lively?" asked Cap
0in MacManus.
Deiegates to the Woman's Repub-
I'm convention" replied Captain Mel
Everything from ex-governors to
sfo workers. 1t was to be expected
Al they would be quarreling before
e ship was in the clips. It's that
md Of crowd"
Ana what might the cause of the
bel" asked MacManus.
The most serious thing in the
io. said Miss Sky. "One dele
said that another delegate was
suough to have been one of the
ume suffrasettes. Here! What
you laughing At. Captain Mac.
vac thinking" chuckled the old
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
-ruE RULING PASSION STRONG IN
SUFFRAGISM.

Captain MacManus, master airiga
Tor, retired, glanced carelessly at the
universal sun clock and calendar EN-
bedded in the glass roof of the dis
patcher's room of the F. c. & A. Aerial
Ines New York float. The instrument
Indicated that it was five minutes te
midnight of August 1, 1862.
Hum" said the captain. Time fol
ire Western Woman's special to BE-
signaling for cliproom. What's she
carrying tonight, Timothy?"
wait until you see!" said the dis
catcher. Captain Nellie Sky certain.
b IL bringing home the rare passen.
ger list tonight. Ha! There's her ray
working now. What! What's that
She's using her wireless phone for q
long message. Something wrong,
guess"
The dispatcher sprang to the glass
cabinet, where the leaping signal rays
had spelled out the news of the com
Ing of the Western Woman's special
and thrust his head into the rubber
protected glass receiving hood. Two
minutes later he stepped out and
shook his head.
Those western girls certainly dc
cpt up when they come east on a
tsnket." he said. Rafferty," he said
to an assistant, notify our woman
chief of police to have two officers
here TO meet the Woman's special
Two passengers are under arrest, and
further disorder threatening"
Great Scott" said MacManus.
whats been happening on board the
special?"
"Oh, the same old stun. Always
disorder on these woman junkets. Row
IN the tearoom, as usual. Captain
Nellie phones me that she's got two
Of them locked in their cabins and
predicts row when they land on the
Goat. Here she comes now"
Out Of the darkness of midnight a
food Of light broke upon the float and
turned night into day. Instantly a
clip on the port side opened its great
iron arms, and a second later. out of
nowhere, the Western Woman's spe-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
The Eur's Purpose,

Miss Elsie De Wolfe, who is re
garded as the best dressed woman In
New York, was talking in the smok
ing room of the Colony club about the
new winter fashions:
AN evening gown" she said. lis
of the filmiest and most diaphanouf
white, with a border Of fur.
This fur border Is put on fol-
beauty-not for the reason that old
Golde's wife gave the other day.
"Golde's wife came down to him In
a delicate white decollete gown Dor.
dered with sable Code admired 1t,
but said
~ don't quite see what purpose the
fur serves, my dear
"'Oh, don't your cried Mrs. Golde.
Well. it's just to show that can
afford it,"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

on having It. First they made speech.
es demanding it. Then hey wrote
books demanding it. After thar there
were parades No. said the men
You're not fit to vote Then the win
dow breaking began Why do you do
it,? asked the men Because. says
the women. Because why? said the
men. Just because. said the wom-
en- and heaved some more stones. to
show how fit they were. Then the men
got scared and put the throwers in
Jail. 'Ah!' says the women, we've got
them at last They can't stand to
have their plate glass fronts smashed
in. Sisters, arm and break some win
dows.'
Pretty soon 1t got so that all the
women were breaking windows. Good
morning. says one to the other. have
you smashed any store fronts? Not
yet says the other. They're all
broken up my way; I'm waiting for
new ones to be put in
mo mans window was safe in those
days. They smashed the glazed door
of Morgan's private Office. Gentlemen
sitting down for a quiet little game
in their Fifth avenue clubs had a
brick come flying in through their
sacred windows. Nothing was sacred.
The world was threatened with glass
less windows It would have meant
the worlds end. The world was all
business then, and most business was
done on a front, and you can't have q
front without glass, and there you
are.
rWill you be nice and stop break
ing glass If We let you vote? says the
men.
"'We'll stop breaking Windows said
the women. That's all we'll prom
ise.'
you're always nice. except for
that said the men. not being such
fools as the historians Of these days
would make out.
Well. If you say so. of course
says the women; and then the men let
them have their votes, and the plate
glass war came to a happy end.
And afterwards the men found how
they had been double-crossed. Scent
lists began to investigate why the
women had taken to breaking glass.
instead of something else. Their dis
coveries showed the sublety Of wom-
ankind compared to the simple mind
Of man. The more broken glass there
was the cheaper became those little
hand-mirrors that women can't get
along without even today, so the dear
ladies were really killing two birds
with the same stones"
HUH" shifted Captain Nellie. II
don't believe that at all. Women
never were such slaves to the mirror
as all that"
Nor" said Captain MacManus. by
the way, Captain Nellie, how did that
dab Of machine oil come on your
nose. and what makes your hair hang
down so funny"
Captain Nellie dashed to a mirror
that hung on the float.
And by the way, Captain Nellie. /"
persisted the old man, your passen-
gers have been waiting to disembark
for fifteen minutes"
We'll, they'll have to wait some
more" muttered Captain Nellie, dab
bling with a powder rag. Il simply
look a perfect fright"
(Copyright by w. @. Chanraanl
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
Population of Earth.

The population of the entire earth
is around 1000. O00, OOO-one thousand
six hundred millions. OF this lumber
Asia has over half. $4,000, 900; Africa.
127 100000; North America. 120. OOO.-
600; South America, 45.000.000; Aus
tralia, 100000; Europe. SS0.000.0 900;
polar regions. 100000. There are no
means of estimating the increase of
the earth's population. owing to the
paucity of statistics and the compare
lively recent date at which any sort
of statistics were possible. But 1t il
safe to say that from now on. owing
to the spread Of sciense. the human
increase win be greater than ever b.
fore.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
Heard the Click Of Steel.

was raised in anger. while Sokolon
kept saying:
I'm your friend-you know I'm
your friend"
Again there was hurried converse
ton in too low tone to be overheard
then Miliman shouted:
Here are two knives. take your
choice"
The duel in the dark followed
Sokoloff was unconscious when picked
up and taken to st. Elizabeth's hos
pital.
An alarm was sent to all police sta.
tons to search for the successful duel.
list, but at three o'clock in the morning
he returned to his room and asked just
one question of the man who had
given the alarm:
rs my wife home YETI"
When told that nothing had been
heard from her Miliman went to a
dresser, remarking as he did SO: I'm
sorry for this"
He took out a revolver and fed from
the house. He had hardly reached the
street before a shot was heard.
Events showed that Miliman had
shot himself in the head just after
leaving the house. 1t was a mortal
wound. but he was man Of powerful
physique and did not fall at once.
Instead he staggered along for two
long blocks, leaving an easily followed
trail to tell the story. More than an
hour after the shot was heard Detec-
tives Peterson and Burns came upon
Miliman's body lying across the side
walk in North Robey street.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

MS urn Tor tne FeStner.
Two motorists, having almost ruined
their tempers-and their times-in .
vain attempt to find q hotel with .
vacant bed. were at last forced to
make the best of q small inn.
Even then they had to share q bed.
which was-and on this the landlord
laid great Stress feather bed.
They turned in. and one Of the pair
was soon fast asleep; the other was
not. He could not manage to dodge
the bumps and heard hour after hour
strike on the church clock until 3
q. m. when he also struck.
He did this by violently shaking
his snoring friend.
What's the matter?' growled the
other. 1T can't be time to get up
YETI"
mo. It isn't" retorted his friend
continuing to shake him. but It's my
turn to sleep on the feather"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
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