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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24
CUPID IN A STOCKING BOA
clri Maker o. Hosisry Syringe Joke
That Lsads Her and Young
Southorner to Altar.

Reading. PA-Ensaged and married
within q week was the speed record
established by Dan King of Miami.
Fla. and Miss Ruth Salem. daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Salen. The
romance began when Mr.. King found
the name of Miss Salen in a box of
stockings received at the department
store in which he is employed at
Miami. Fla He wrote to Miss Salem,
and correspondence followed, result
ing in friendship. Mr.. King came to
Reading q week ago and met Miss
Salen for the first time. It was love
ut first sight, and the marriage re-
suited. Miss Salen was employed at
the Nolde~ & Horst stocking factory,
and she put her name in a box of
stockings as joke.
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eaboon Baby Thrives.

st. Paul, Minn.-The baboon born
January in barn at the rear of 446
st. Anthony avenue is healthy and
thriving. giving promise Of growing to
full baboonhood. Lew Herschal, an
animal trainer. says that balloons born
in captivity seldom live more than a
few days. He is certain thp animal
born in st. Paul is one of tip few Of
the species born In America.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24

Waycross. Ga.-Moving q clock
about q mile to Waycross caused it to
start running after 1t had refused to
operate for seven years. Everything
possible had been done during the
seven-year period to make the clock.
one Of the ornamental variety. get
busy. but when It was placed in the
new house recently to which its own.
ers were moving It started running
and has been giving no trouble since.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24
MAN GRIPS THE MULES FOOT
usual Feat With Strenuous
Animal.

Trenton, N. J-Patrolman John A.
Silverstein, a football star when in
the high school here. accomplished the
unusual feat here recently of holding
a mules foot. The brawny patrolman
tried to get the mule on the car
tracks when the animal let fly her
heels at him.
Silverstein grabbed one foot and
held on with such grip that the ami
NAL was powerless to yank 1t away
from him. He was dragged a few feet
to q lamppost, and then managed to
hold tight until others grabbed the
mule by the head.
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Of a
In front OF whom Gp
his usual Of sauing his he
Hello! who ked the
"Bowwow" replied
Ihe conductor the putting
Hes all right his collar chalked
Let him on at the
where he belongs" And Gyp
Quite often he
grounds Not bit Of He boards trolley
ckest There he leaves the
day hunting
Near by Is farmhouse
Of
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24

William Gordon
delve d.
the first days Of spring he ordered consignment
displayed Of
right
recorder sub
belonging him
replacing them Of
Each day Wen has issued bulletins
he
tell envy neighbohood funny thing
happened door
plants night o.
She said They look like
ignorant people
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24
Curious Ring Of Stone Believed ia
to Bring Luck.

en- the name Fortunes Spectacles." :"
These curious devices are believed by
some to have talismanic virtue, in
that II one crawls through the ring,
he will be able to accomplish all he
undertakes. The size of the rings
is such that no great dexterity is re-
quired to perform the feat-Popular
Mechanics.
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conscious. to respond too freely to
commercial enterprise and Paris. She
is. of course. very much better of as
result of the development. The
Spanish exhibition may we'll show a
Spain that was. and that is the Spain
Of yesterday and today, not the Spain
of tomorrow. That will hardly be
worth exhibiting.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24
Met After 62 Vesrs.

LAporte. Ind.-While seated in q res
taurant James Terry learned that .
stranger with whom he was talking
was John Blakely Of Grand Rapids.
Mich. whom he had nursed back to
health during the Civil war. The men
Aaa not seea each other In 81 yeayS.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24

They had come to 'see the sights"
and were being ushered in the section
that holds the statuary.
"Ah. ha, boys! Here is a fine
bust Of Julius Caesar. What do you
think Of him.
The tallest boy ran his fingers
lightly over the head.
He has a finely proportioned
head; like his forehead. but the jaw
is strong and the mouth seems cruel"
Let's have look at him." said
another Of the boys, moving forward.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24
Took Print Of Noae

New York-Armless andI legless.
Ernest Riley stumped the po, zee when
Magistrate Folwell ordered q finger
print taken. As . compromise . rec
ord Of Riley's nose ridges was taken.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24

according Grin
enc side then Hudson
s 100 feet the Pilot
os the water like duck and skmmed the
Chief Two
snd utterng series Of "Hows"
ase
funts and
a om the engine vhsn
eosdng to Pilot . =
He hang light" forget H. =,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24

Conn.,, are his friends. Hardly. q day
goes by that Gyp does not enjoy a
trolley ride. At the hour when he
knows a car is due he takes a position
on Main street near one Of the white
posts where stops are made, and when
a car stops he looks up to see II 1t
Is the conductor he knows, and II it is
he boards the car. After the round
trip he leaves the car, barking his
thanks to the conductor for his ride.
One day after boarding a car he
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24
This Dog Is Regular Patron Of Trolley Line

BRRNGToN Massachusetts John Harveys
trolley
ductors the Bkshe line
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24
GOOD LUCK IN JAP TALESMAN
"Fortune's Speetaeles" Believed to
Possess TaIismanle Virtue by
the Japanese.

New York.-Travelers in Japan
often see curious stone rings support
ed on q pillar, to which have been CIV
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24

being IN the BELIEF that ne was grow
ing flowers. With whole-heagted en-.
thusiasm he delved and dug. early and
late. planting beet seeds for petunias,
lettuce for cosmos. radishes for asters,
lima beans for pansies and tomatoes
for celosia plumosa.
The back to nature impulse hit
Wenz last winter and he spent his
evenings at his home. studying the
culture Of flowers. As soon as the
frost was out Of the ground he began
operations First he wrote ConSress-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24

"MevIes" "cvt" Ardent Love Scenes.
New York.-Motion picture censors
have decreed that hereafter long
drawn-out love scenes, ardent beyond
The dramatic rsQuirsmsnts." win -
ct q
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24
Lived IN q eollluo Heat.

New York.-Ffve Chinese stowar
ways were taken from the boiling hot
valve compartment. Of IN incoming
steamship. where they had lived for
ten days on . little rice and water.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24
City Flower Beds That Will Tease the Palate

O-Gay ntoning ignorance folly to
H.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24
Boys Break the cuIes in Academy Of Fine Arts

pHADELPTl PAt happened the Academy
gentleman accompanied
o ten fifteen They laughing
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24
Big Chief Two Guns" Up in Air in Eagle Canoe

NEW YORKChief York marty
~ Backfeet Indians
the other was Chief
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-24

Two Guns nrst air trip. but II came
very near being his last.
As Mrs. Two Guns and the party
we're shading their eyes and watching
the flying boat rise gracefully from
the water and soar over the Palisades
toward the happy hunting grounds
Chief Eagle Calf. who IL the inter-
prefer for the party, told Agent
CHARLES R. Grimm that he anticipated
Dad medicine for Chief Two Guns be-
nore the flying canoe came to earth.
He had Just spoken the words,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-04-16
go up that stoop, ring the bell and b,
admitted"

go up that stoop, ring the bell and be
admitted"
What do you ?'-bluntly.
Been tipped of to anything about our
House Of Mystery ?'-the second ques-
ton with kindling interest.
The other, however, shook his head.
THE bets a fair one," he said. And
he repeated 1t. You are always so
devilish hard up that | thought you
would like to pick up a hundred. You
can take 1t or leave it."
"Oh, I'll take you fast enough" Tom
made haste TO agree. Your moneys
as good as anybody's. But sit here till
noon? ] don't think! / haven't break
tasted yet"
You pamper that gross appetite OF
yours. Wen breakfast together. There
will be something to talk about, who
ever wins; for, truly, something Is
happening across the way at last"
Tom was Immediately all eager in
quiry, but to his opportunities Van
Vechten opposed the one Injunction
Wait" So Tom grumbled and growled
to no purpose, and was in and out OF
his chair a dozen times during the
period OF waiting. though he made 1t a
point to settle himself there some min
utes before the hour of noon. He sat
glowering darkly at his friend and ut
tering sarcastic remarks which the
latter apparently did not hear.
However, the alert watchfulness that
lay behind Van Vechten's imperturb-
ability was infectious, and as the preg-
nant moment drew nearer and nearer
Tom himself fell to scanning the
street, which was quiet and oppres-
sively respectable, and never crowded
with traffic of any sort, even on work
days. On Sundays 1t was practically
deserted all day long-especially mid
summer Sundays.
There was no word from Van Vech-
ten until he quietly announced:
Here he comes"
Tom Phinney craned forward. He
beheld a stalwart, well set-up young
man in a shabby suit, approaching on
the opposite walk. He scrutinized him
intently.
Excepting that IL was so nicely
timed, there was nothing dramatic
about the mans advent. Tom even in
dulged in a disdainful "Huh!"-not-
withstanding which he was sensible of
a distinct thrill when, a few seconds
later. the young man mounted the
steps Of Number 1913, rang the bell.
and after the now familiar preliminary
measures On the part of the unseen
door-tender, was admitted.
And all the while the clock In the
club hall was Ginning the hour of
noon.
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HOW TO CLEAR AWAY
THOSE UGLY PlMPlES

It is SO easy to get rid Of pimples
and blackheads with ResinoL. and IL
costs SO little, too. that anyone whose
face is disfgvred by these pests II
foolish to keep on with useless cos-
metics. or complicated beauty treat
ments." See how simply It is done:
Battle your face for several minutes
with Resinol Soap and hot water, then
apply q little Resinol Ointment very
gently. Let this stay on ten minutes.
and wash off with Resinol Soap and
more hot water, finishing with a dash
of cold water to close the pores. Do
this once or twice a day, and you will
be astonished to find how quickly the
healing, antiseptic Resinol medica-
ton soothes and cleanses the pores.
leaving the complexion clear and vel
vety. Sold by all druggists, Resinol
Ointment, 80 cents and 81, Rssinol
Soap, % cents.-Adv
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WItte on War.

Count Witte, the famous Russian
statesman, estimates that 40 per cent
of the total income of the great pow
ers Is absorbed by their armies and
navies. OF the consequences he writes:
When and how will 1t all end? Un-
less the great states which have set
this hideous example agree to call q
halt, SO to say, and knit their subjects
into a pacific, united Europe, war il
the only issue l can perceive. And
when ! say war, I a conflict
which will surpass in horror the most
brutal armed conflicts known to hui
man history and entail distress more
widespread and more terrible than liv-
Ing men can realize"
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PIMPLES ALL OVER FACE

1413 -. Genessee Ave-, Saginaw,
Mich.-"Cuticura Soap and Ointment
cured me Of q very bad disease of the
face without leaving a scar. Pimples
broke out all over my face. red and
large. They festered and came to a
head. They itched and burned and
caused me to scratch them and make
sores. They said they were seed
warts. At night | was restless from
itching. When the barber would
shave me my face would bleed terri
bly,. Then scabs would form after
wards. then they would drop off and
the so-called seed warts would come
back again. They were on my face
for about nine months and the trou-
BILE caused Disagreement while It
lasted.
"One day / read In the paper of the
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. l re-
ceived a free sample of Cuticura Soap
and Ointment and it was so much
value TO me that l bought a cake of
Cuticura Soap and a box Of Cuticura
Ointment at the drug store. i used
both according to directions. In about
ten days my face began to heal up.
My face Is now clear OF the warts and
not a scar is left" (Signed) Leroy
G. O'Brien. May IL, 1913.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. l., Boston."--Adv.
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Artists, CopYriqht.

4 legal measure, which will be OF
extraordinary Importance to artists
and which as law exists In no coun-
try. Is now before the French parlia-
ment. and has been reported favor.
ably upon by the fine arts committee
OF the chamber. This measure insti-
tutes a copyright for artists, painters,
craftsmen, sculptors or e%ngravers,
such as is enjoyed by writer's
and musicians. The bill levies a roy
atty on all public sales OF works OF
art held during the lifetime Of the
artist, for his benefit. or for so years
after his death, for the benefit Of his
heirs.
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modating Of Van Vechten. considering
that he would have been rather III
prised than otherwise II n o'clock
came and went without bringing a
fresh arrival. And there was another
arrival, and he was surprised-very
much surprised. And Tom Phinney
lost his second wager, too, which ne
could Ill afford to do.
This was the way Of It.
1t was very close to one when they
resumed their seats. Alexander, with
patient disappointment, reported that
nothing at all had happened. Then
the clock struck the hour, and a taxi
cab whirled madly up and came to a
skidding stop in front Of Number 1913
A lady hastily descended, a fashion
ably gowned lady, who fairly ran up
the steps; and before she had time
even to touch the bell the door swung
open and she darted through the open
ing and was swallowed up.
Tom was indignant and disguised.
Now what do you think Of that!'-
giving the exclamation the slangiest
sort of information. He was, OF course,
thinking only of the outcome OF the
bet.
But Van Vechten had not heard. the
instant the woman appeared at the top
of the stoop-until then the cab had
partially concealed her-he startled
Tom into forgetfulness of his disap
pointment, by bounding from his chair.
At the same time he smothered an ex'
clamation which, although inarticu.
late, was a good deal more indicative
of agitation and amaZement than
Toms had been.
What the dickensl" Tom cried.
Van Vechten slowly sank back into
his seat again.
Il thought-for a moment" he
muttered vaguely. IF l did not posi-.
lively know to the contrary, / should
say"
He left It unsaid, however. The cab
turned and departed, and the young
man sat staring in a perplexed way at
the closed door. 1t was as silent and
illegible as it had been for months,
the windows all as irresponsible. the
sooty facade as sphinxlike.
Tom was still contemplating his
friend in bewilderment.
you didn't by any chance think 1t
was Miss Carew, did your" he asked.
The other bent a startled look upon
him.
Paige? Heavens, no! Don't be a
blooming idiot. 1t was a young girl,
though. | couldn't see her face, but
for a second | thought she was some
one / know-a much older woman
The words trailed off.
There followed q moment Of silence.
then he announced with quiet de.
cision:
TON, | believe my interest is re-
viving. If you don't mind, my dear
fellow, we shall see whether this is an
occasion calling for an outsiders inter
ference"
Tom chortled. Enter, a girl, and
the ~bludgeon is to be supplemented by
a keen, thin blade"
just 81, Olu mau' Gid"ieo nis
friend.
But these two puzzled young men
were not afforded much time to ex.
change views upon the newest develop,
ment. Without the slightest forewarn-
ing of the gravity of what was about
to happen, Number 1913 gave them
the most startling episode so far OF
the day.
1rn DR. rnNrT1NIrEnN
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Snow VIII Not ouench Thirst.

The water which will allay our
burning thirst augments it when con-
gealed into snow, 30 that 1t Is stated
by explorers of the Arctic regions
that the natives prefer enduring the
utmost extremity of thirst rather than
attempt to remove 1t by eating snow"
Yet II the snow is melted 1t becomes
drinkable water. Nevertheless. al
though, IL melted before entering the
mouth, 1t assuages thirst like other
water, when melted In the mouth it
has the opposite effect. To render
this paradox nor striking. we have
only to remember that ice, which
melts more slowly In the mouth. In
very efficient in allaying thirst.
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DEAL MAINLY IN MILLIONS
open-Handed Generosity Of American
P~Iutocrats Is Something TO
Marvel At.

A cable dispatch the past week an
nounced. with quite a flourish OF
trumpets, that the money value of the
magnificent display of gifts at the we'd
ding of the royal Prince Arthur OF
Connaught and the Duchess of Fife
was estimated at no less a sum than
$780, 900. The number and generosity
OF the donors are reported to have &C.
casioned a great wagging Of tongues
and a general lifting of eyebrows In
the assembled ranks of royalty. On
the same day there was recorded a
wedding at Baltimore on which occa-
sion the father of the groom. Mr..
Henry Clay Frick. presented to the
bride his check for $2.000.00 while
the fortunate groom received from his
father securities valued at $12. 900 900.
No mention was made Of other gifts.
which were presumably numerous and
costly, to use the familiar phrase. Com
paratively speaking. how meager and
unimposing are the evidences Of the
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CTo BE CoNTINUED.)
Rand Gold Industry.

The economic value of the South
African gold industry and the conse-
quences to the world at large, should
a strike ever close the mines for any
length of time, are difficult to esti-
mate. Last year, according to the
London Chronicle, almost $4,000, 900
pounds sterling worth of gold was ia
ken out of the mines of the wit
watersrand." A large part of this vast
sum remained In the country to DO
used to pay the wages of the $4,000
Europeans employed In the mines and
Of the almost zoe. 900 natives.
The recent industrial %upheaval in
the Rand" has called more attention
to the Reef" that supplied the whole
world with the greater part of its gold,
because the money centers of Europe
openly feared that even a temporary
suspension of work in South Africa
would paralyze the worlds finances.
But, fortunately, this has been averted
by the speedy termination of the
strike.
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Grass Map.

Manuel l. Quezon. resident com.
missioner from the Philippine islands,
has an interesting map. sent him re-
Gently. 1t Is one representing the Is
lands, and is woven OF a kind of fiber
in different c%olors. some tints show
ing the land and others water. Even
the titles r wrought In colored
grass. The whole thing is about three
yards long by two wide. and hangs
on the wall of Mr.. Quezon's room. a
most conspicuous object to every Wis
ftor. 1t Is the work of the pupils OF
one OF the native colleges. Near by
Is an oil painting OF Wilson done by a
Filipino artist. and admirably done,
too. Its frame is Of different kinds
of wood. all hand-carved In graceful
designs.
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PAYMENT OF DEBT DEFERRED
Borrower Willing to Live Up to Con
dItions Made, but the Time Had
Not Arrived.

Secretary OF the Treasury McAdoo
heard all sorts OF tales about the coun-
try going to the bowwows because of
the decision to put out fifty million
dollars in southern and western banks
90 help 10Y the crops.
TT hear the tales Of calamity that
was to befall the United States"
said the secretary. "one would think
there was nothing to IL II reminds
one OF Tom and John.
tom, who had lent John Ave dol
lars. one day asked. John, amt 1t
time you paid me that five dollars7'
"'Tain't due yet,' said John.
but you promised to pay me when
you got back from New York
Well, / amt been thar yit'"-
Sunday Magazine.
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Retaining zuxdar Zee.

Queen Wilhelmina In her speech
from the throne on the opening of
the Dutch parliament said that a
measure would be introduced for the
reclamation of the Zuyder Zee. The
Zuyder Zee was originally a lake, and
the scheme is to make 1t so again by
constructing a great dyke across the
entrance OF the Zuyder Zee and then
build three other dykes around the
coast of the Zee, one running nearly
directly north and south and n clos.
ing the western part Of the Zee; an
other from near the southern end of
the first to q point well up on the
eastern shore. while q third one will
stretch northwest In the direction OF
the dyke built across the entrance.
This scheme win not touch the center
OF the Zee. which will thus return 10
Its former condition of a lake.
II the Dutch chambers sanction n
the work will be carried on by means
OF . public loan IN the Netherlands.
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CHAP III.
An Exit.

"Alexander!"
A page Fastening c~at-footed, after
the manner Of all well-trained pages,
swerved abruptly from his course apd
bore Gown upon the window where the
two friends were seated.
Van Vechten waved in the direction
of Number 1913.
Alexander" he said, I'VE are going
to breakfast, and we want you to hold
these two chairs for US. Keep an eye
upon hat house across the way-thir-
teen-thirteen. Observe whether any
body departs, or whether anybody ar
rives. and make careful note of them.
II anything unusual happens. come to
me Immediately In the grill. Under
stand?"
Alexander signiied that he under
stood, and that he was willing to wait
and watch-for even the clubs ser.
wants shared the general interest In
the House of Mystery-and Alexander
was already seated in one of the va
Gated chairs, his eyes glued to the
doorway opposite.
There were only two other diners in
the grill. Van Vechten and Tom sought
a secluded corner, where the latter
listened in blinking bewilderment to
an account of the mornings happen
ings. But, after all. he was no more
mystifled than the narrator.
He was. however, all at once in
spired.
Il have i'll" he impetuously an
nounced. Let's hurry and eat-pm
not hungry now. anyway. What a
to me walking up and ringing the bell
at n o'clock"
But Van Vechten's comment was not
encouraging.
Crude" was his word. II fear you
will never learn anything beyond
squash, yachts and polo ponies. Those
men are not wandering blindly into
the house; the indications all point to
a prearranged meeting. They may be
the tenants themselves; some sort of
secret society"
"Anarchists!" Tom yelled. A thought
had but to enter his head to emerge
at his mouth. The other two diners
looked up. startled: but perceiping the
source of the outburst. they returned
to their meals with expressions of pa,
tent endurance.
Yes. an1rchists." Van vechten
agreed; "even so. And you would
have . nice. pleasant time getting In
-or. once In. getting out again."
-Oh. well We might try breaking IN