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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-23

For the First Time In My Life . Hated
Madge.
Madge. She told me I was getting
better, after three weeks Of terrifying
unconsciousness.
The days passed and felt stronger.
I wondered why the look Of pain re-
manned on Madge's face. At last they
told me. l should never be able to
walk without crutches again.
For a whole year was an invalid.
One day a famous visiting surgeon
passed through our town. He spent
four hours here, and two of them were
at my bedside. Madge had brought
him, pleading that he should come and
examine me. He shook his head
frankly when he had completed the
examination.
There is one man who can re-
place the knee in the socket, and
that is Ochs of Vienna" he said. 1T
has been tried in our hospitals. but
never successfully. He has special
technic for repairing the atrophied
ligaments. You must 60 to him II you
wish to get we'll"
When he was gone Madge and I
stared at each other in dismay. Even
II the great surgeon were willing to
operate for nothing, 1t was impossible
to 90 to Vienna unless-we sold the
house!
We'll sell it." said Madge.
OF course I refused, and that was
the beginning of our first big quarrel.
For days Madge went about with q
sullen face. But l would not give
way. How could I jeopardize our fu-
ture, her future. in order to get my
knee Strengthened?
Finally We arrived at a compromise.
The house should be sold-after
Madge married. Then, If she married
well, We could afford the sacrifice.
could live on less than two needed.
and the knee could wait. The sur
geon had said that. 1t could wait
three years before it was too late to
operate. Madge must get married
within three years.
Il hope it won't be that long, Jen.
n.y." she said. as she kissed me in
reconciliation.
Soon after that the young man be.
gan to appear at the window opposite
again.
My invalid chair was by the window
could no longer help seeing him
when he was there. The initiative
had. so to speak. passed out Of my
hands.
One day q great surprise awaited
me. Madge had struck up q friend.
ship with the boy next door. After
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-23

Glover Root Borer-BeetIe, Larva and
Pupa.
Both the stems and the leaves are
pierced by many hemipterous insects.
especially aphids and jassids. and are
eaten by a great variety of caterpil-
lars, beetles and grasshoppers. as are
also the heads of the flowers. The
ovule iS destroyed by the maggot OF
the seed-midge. and the developing
seed is eaten out by the seed-chalcid.
Even the hay is the special food of a
certain caterpillar. hence called the
clover hay worm.
Some of the insects of the clover
field are, of course, beneficial. Such
are those that pollinize the flowers
bumblebees and, to some extent, honey
bees, as well as those that act as
checks on the injurious insects.
Most of the clover insects are not
limited to clover. but to other food
plants as well. The seed-midge and
the seed-caterpillar are. however. con-
fined to the clovers, and the seed
chalcid to clovers and alfalfa 30 far
as known. The root-borer is said to
eat peas as well as clover The hay
worm has been found only on hay as
yet. but the moth has been raised
from masses of dead grape leaves
taken On a vineyard. The leaf weevil
is reported from beans and timothy.
as well as clover and alfalfa. The
clover louise has been q pest of the
worst kind on peas and has a long
list of food plants. OF the less i'm.
portant clover insects. few have no
other food plant; but the majority can
easily maintain their existence when
no clover Is at hand.
The combined efforts of all the In.
sects are sufficient to reduce the hay
crop materially every year. Aside
from the occasional conspicuous IN
jury, there is every year a steady
drain on the plant through the attacks
of insects. This annual drain IL moi
noticed for the very reason that Il
occurs every year. II we could keel
all the insects out Of the clover field
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-23
WILL CUT GASOLINE.
United States to Reduce Price
With New Device.
Secretary Lane Says Rittman Process
Will &c on a Commercial Working
Plane Very Soon-Benzoi
Price to Be Less.

Washington.-Secret Lane of the
department of the interior is trying to
preserve for the people of the United
States the processes devised by DR..
Walter +. Rittman, chemical engineer
of the bureau of mines, to procure
gasoline and benzol at a much lower
cost than that they are now obtained.
Excellent progress is being made
In the development of the Rittman
process" said Secretary Lane, land
there is every reason to believe that
both the gasoline and the benzol proc
esses will be on a commercial work
ing plane within a reasonably short
time. l am informed that the gaso-
line process is now ready for large
scale industrial applications and the
hope is expressed that the benzol proc
ess will be ready soon.
THE benzol process is being devel-
oped in cooperation with the Aetna
Chemical company OF New York,
which company has entered into an
agreement whereby all patentable
equipment, processes and ideas avail
able as a result of the cooperative
work will be turned over to the depart
ment to be dedicated to the public.
THE department stands ready and
is anxious to enter into similar agree
ments with any other companies in
the country that will agree to the
same terms-that all processes and
ideas patentable in the development
of either process shall be turned over
to the department for the use of the
public.
The department is willing for all
who are DESTROYS of making use of
the processes to do SO to the fullest
possible extent consistent with the
proper protection of the processes in
order that the public may derive the
greatest measure of benefit there
from. 1t looks as II 1t would be only
. short time before the complete me-
chanical equipment necessary for the
practice of the processes has been
worked out and the inventions GOV.
cred by patent applications.
The department considers that all
those DESTROYS Of employing the proc.
esses should agree to contribute to
the public in the same manner that
Doctor Rittman has done with his
basic patents. all patentable ideas that
may be conceived as a result of the
employment of these processes.
This is the only condition that
the department imposes. and its rea-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-23
A Hen EIectrocutor.

Sharon, Pa.-Malcolm Anderson, son
of Tax Collector Anderson of Sharps-
Vile, decided to electrocute his Seigh-
boris chickens and dogs, which per-
sisted in despoiling his garden. He
ran an electric wire around a wire
fence which surrounded the lot. Co
ing out to ascertain how many victims
there were. he forgot to turn the
switch. Grasping the top wire he was
severely shocked and badly burned on
the hands.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-23

fected and a veterinary wanted to
shoot the beast.
Neigh" sad Harris and the horse
together.
So the leg was cut on. Then the
village carpenter was called ia. and
after some experimenting a wooden
leg fitted with q thick pad was coz
structed. and the first thing the neigh
bors knew the old horse was back on
the farm job.
Mr.. Harris admits the horse has
something of q numbering" gait, but
thinks that Is to be expected.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-23
HORSE HAS A WOODEN LEG
Village Carpenter Fixed the Animal
Up, But Il Has a Lumber
ING Gait.

North Adams, Mass.-Farmer Fred
Harris of Pownal. few miles from
here, has ne .er been in Winsted.
Conn. nor has he ever been called
q nature faker. but he says land the
correspondent bears him out) that he
has horse with a wooden leg. Thus:
One of the horses legs became In
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-23
Only Two Kinds Of Men.

Whatever theory of human origin
one happens to adopt, It is asserted
that one has to recognize that after
all there are only two sorts Of men
in the world. There are black men
with kinky hair, big noses, big teeth.
big jaws. big eyes set straight, small
cheekbones, and long. narrow heads.
There are also yellow men with
straight hair. small noses. small teeth.
small jaws, small eyes set slanting.
large cheekbones, and round heads al
most as broad as they are long. Ne
gro and Mongol represent extremes
among human beings.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-23
Extreme Economy.

An old lady of Massachusetts, was
famed in her native township for
health and thrift. To an acquaintance
who was once congratulating her upon
the former she said:
I'VE be pretty well for old folks.
Josiah and me. Josiah hasn't had an
ailin' time for so years. 'cept last
winter. And amt never suffered but
one day in my life, and that was when
I took some .of the medicine Josiah
had left over. Sos how It shouldn't b
wasted"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-23

For nine years | have struggled
to get to the point financially where
l could humble the man who made life
miserable for me. Nine years ago l
was penniless and he was on the road
to wealth. Now l have risen and he
is down. This is woman's world as
well as a mans" Mrs. Anna Whit
son thus described h reasons for
filing suit in New York for separation
from John G. Whitson, one of the
founders CO the Burbank Press, Santa
Rosa, CAL, despite the fact that her
husband obtained a divorce from her
several years ago at Reno, New. She
has brought additional suit for $46.-
900, which she says should have been
hers had not Whitson, as she alleges.
deserted her nine years ago. IF l
win my separation and a judgment"
says Mrs. Whitson, ''the money will
60 to the children. l want nothing
from him. nothing but revenge"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-23
RId Farm of Rae.

A systematic and relentless cam
paign against rats. the construction Of
rat-proof structures and the preven-
ton of refuse food from accommodating
20 as to maintain the pesky rodents.
will 80 far towards Kidding the farm
Of these pests.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-23
Make Sure Of Will.

Peekskill, N. Y.-The will of Horace
Stanton, which will be sent to Eng
land to be proved. was photographed.
to prevent its loss through a subma-
rine attack
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-23

The entire forces Of the farm should
now be ready for an onslaught on the
weed crop. Have the plows bright.
the harrows and the disks mended and
all ready to use.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-23
Nine Children In Six Years.

Winston-Salem, N. Chr. and Mrs
John Doss of Jonesville. Surrey coun-
ty, who were married six years ago,
are the parents Of nine children. five
daughters and four sons. A year after
their marriage triplets were born.
three years ago twins and recently
four babies were added to the house
hold. Doss. the father. is a farmer.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-23

This year the entire world win look
very largely to the United States for
its supply of food. Every possible ef-
fort should be exerted to meet the
needs that will be thrust upon M.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-23

we should get more hay. II we could
exclude all except the bumblebees and
the honeybees, we should undoubtedly
get an immense increase In the yield
Of seed.
Those who raise clover seed on
commercial scale owe their success to
methods which operate chiefly against
the insect enemies Of seed-whether
the growers are aware Of 1t or not.
Under the same conditions Of soil and
climate, one man IL able to get good
crop of seed and his nearest neighbor
II not.
Many farmers do not attempt to
.aise their own clover seed. Those
who do, get more or less Of . crop
according to circumstances. In the
black soil Of the corn belt. one and
one-half bushels Of seed per acre IL
about the average yield for clover;
the soil il not the best for this crop.
Frequently too little seed Is sown. and
always the seed insects ravage the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-23
Let Turkey Hen Alone.

A turkey hen desires to be let %
verely alone during the laying season;
she IL very apt to change her nest
when Deing watched.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-23

Optimistic Thought.
1t is good to be faithful to the mem
DRY of ones ancestors.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-23
Best Place for Manure.

You cannot use some Of the barn
yard manure to any better advantage
than to spread 1t on the alfalfa field
Just after the first cutting. Set the
spreader 20 II will spread It thinly.
This il especially valuable on the
hillsides.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-23

The little pigs must be kept busy
part of the time to prevent their get
ting too fat and lazy. which win a.
courage thumps.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-08
PHYSICIANS DISAGREE
 IN REGARD TO HURT
 RECEIVED BY MOONEY

When physicians disagree it is hard for 1ayraen to decide. as Compensation Commissioner Buckingham has found in the case of James Mooney. The latter who is a conductor employ ed bv the Connecticut Co., is seeking como ensation for an injury he claims he received while lifting the running board of trolley car at Pickett s switch, Fairfield. Mooney says he received a severe strain. He went to a physician the next day who treated him for stomach trouble. He did not improve and next he went to Dr. Paul Hippolitus, who said he had a strain and an operation would be necessary.
 When he asked for compensation the Connecticut Go. officials had Dr. Osborn examine him. He did not agree with the diagnosis of Dr.. Hip uilotus. The hearing was continued until o'clock Monday afternoon when the testimony of Dr. Osborn and other physicians will be, taken.
 Patrick Mooney motornan &on the same ear, but no relative, testified that his conductor had complained that night of being i'll and also the next day and he advised him to seek medical treatment. Mooney could not fix the exact date of his injury but said it happened in. the last of August or the early part of July.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-08

that the efforts of the government
 were seconded and supported by the I earnest and patriotic cooperation of
 the business interests of the country During the year there has been a
 steady. healthy. forward 1novement in
 every line of activity, until now pfos- perity has been firmly established
 throughout the couptry.''
 1 Mr- McAdoo included letters from
 mercantile agencies to support his
 statement. and quoted figures on raiI- road and other business operations to show increased activities.
 t'Thes financial situation of this ccuntry.f he continued, "has- never been so strong and favorable as now Cur financial resources are the great est in our history, and our banking system, through the creation of the Federal Reserve system, is now the strongest in the world. Tn every re- spect the economic and financial con
 dition of the country is extraordinar- fly sound It is greater than that Of any other nation and if we use our re- sources and our opportunities intelli- gently and wisely, we shah establish the prosperity of this nation upon an i1npregnable foundation for many years to come.'
 Tn that connection the Seecretary's report showed the stock of gold in the United States on Nov. 1sa51915,s was $2,19S, ,113,T62 compared with $1,805.- 876.580 on January 2 and that it is by far the largest sum in gold ever held by one country. Indications weres he added, that the present stock would be greatly augmented.
 The report reviews at length, ope- rations of the Treasury Department for the year, MT. NIcAdoo's deposits Of gold in the Atlanta, Dallas and Rich rnond Federal Reserve banks, and his decision to make reserve banks gov ernment Repositories and fiscal agents
 Legislation recommended included $5O,600 for a second Pan-America.n Financial conference in Washington in 1917 and $25.000 for the use of the United States section of the Interna- tional High Commission on Unifor-. mity of Laws for the two Americas.
 The method of legislating for pub lie buildings in an omnibus bill re- ceived the Secretary's disapproval and he asked that it be discontinued Needless waste of public money, he said will be avoided if Congress will hereafter not authorize the acquisi- ton of public building sites until all~ thorization is made for the buildings to go on the sites. He asked that the secretary of the treasury be authorized to fit the building to the city and not to make it just as imposing as the sum appropriated under the present system will permit
 Mir McAdoo asked for two cruising cutters for the Coast Guard Service on the Pacific Coast, to cost $7OO,0O0 a harbor cutter for New York to cost S125,00O and one for San Francisco to cost S6O.OOO He says that in plans for national defense the Coast Guard will have important assignment and that Authorizations for the service will be valuable from a military stand point.
 Reviewing the oIeomargarine ana whisky frauds 5of the year the report again recommends changes ira the oleo law to reduce the invitation to commit similar frauds,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-08
M'ADOO OUTLINES PLAN
 TO LOWER EXEMPTION ., MARK OF INCOME TAX
econtinv ed from Page one.o

l q
 present stamp tax and the existing 1 duty on raw sugar should be retained
 in force and said again that no issue I of bonds is necessity either to pro-
 vide for current expenses or in an l ticipatton of added burdens incident 1 to policy of military preparedness.
 .sThe policy of providing for the
 expenditures of the Government by taxation and not by bond issues'' said
 the report, lis undoubtedly a sound lone and should be adhered to. A na- ton no more than an individual, can go constantly into debt, for current expen ditures without eventually i'm | pairing credit. A. wise, sound and permanent policy of raising the addi- tional revenue required for prepared ness and the expenditures of the Gov ernment should therefore be devised and adopted.''
 Mr. McAdoo expressed the belief that with a return of peace in Europe customs receipts which fell off $86,- 100000 in the last year will increase aud that the> legislation suggested, with 8. provision to, make the ssurtax oe the income tax law applicable at
 SIC, ,OOO instead of $2O,OOO, the whole
 or part of the additional revenues can
 be raised. Taxes on gasoline, crude and refined oils, horsepower of auto
 m obiles and various other things are suggested as further revenue rais- Ing measures. -N
 The total estimated appropriations for the fiscal year which begins July
 1, next MT. Mcdoo puts at $1,285,- -857,8 sos including $316, 364,8T9 for the postoffice which is reirnbursa.ble and about $9O.000,0O0 more for the Pana-
 ma Canal and sinking fund. Receipts for the same year based on existing law without, extension of the sugar duty or the emergency tax, MT. Me Adoo puts at $58O. ,00O and or dinary disburseme at 2,901,O over receipts if legislation is hot pass ed to change conditions, of $252,701.- GOO. As explained in his recent state ,ment however, that amount would be reduced to about $50,000,000 by the extension of the emergency and sugar tax laws.
 Secretary McAdoo's report says the people of the United States have req son to congratulate themselves on the financial and business condition of the country after the serious situation which confronted them a year ago. "The European war produced inevi- table suffering in this country as well as in Europe" said the Secretary. ''Our industrial situation was, for a time, seriously hurt, and the cotton growing states of the South Sustained heavy losses through declines in the price of cotton. Every power of the the situation and I believe 1t is not inexact to say that but for the active agency of the Government in protect ing and conserving the business inter ests of the country during that crfti- cal period grave disaster would have resulted.
 .'It IS a pleasure to acknowledge
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-08

As has been the ease for several years past, the American Red Cross society is using the Red Cross Christ mas seals to. raise funds to aid in the warfare on tuberculosis. tGet YOUR share of Christmas Happiness by help ing those who are fighting tubercu- 1Osis in your country and right. in your own state town says the society's appeal. Every effort you make to destroy tuberculosis will save life, add to the wealth of the community and lessen the tax required for the support of institutions aiding tubercu1ous pa tients and those dependent upon them. Help stamp out the dread white p1a- que by buying Red Cross Christmas seals. The -postoffice department has issued special directions concerning g the use of these seals These direc- -tions may be obtained from postmas- ters. The Red Cross society, with headquarters in Washington, has the presi dent of the United States for its honorary head. In the pictures, No, shows a type of homes in which
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-08

prehensive plan was devised It was made plain to all committeeman. how ever, shat they should solicit contri- buttons from office holders only as citizens and not assess them fixed amounts.
 RolIos Wells of Missouri will con tinue to act as treasurer of the com rraittee Early in the week it was said that he would resignSat today's meet ing.
 A resolution was adopted giving control of the seating arrangements for newspaper men at the convention Ito the Standing Committee on Ar rangements which will be named later by Chairman McCombs-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-08
DIR. STEVENS SLATED FOR REELECTION TO
 PRESIDENTS JOB

Mayor Wilson has announced the following reappeintments to his off, cial family for 1916: Health board, pr. Frank w., Stevens and pr. David H. Monahan.
 G. Sanford and Hamilton S. Shelton
 Director of public works. Jacob A. sCourtade.
 Building inspector, Charles H. Bots ford.
 pr. Stevens will be reelected presi- dent of the health board and MT. San ford is slated to continue head of the sinking fund commission.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-08
WISE AND OTHERWISE

It is astonishing what keen interest the boys take in the artistic appear ance of the church when the girls ask them to come around and help decor ate for the holidays.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-08

The presidents always used to see to it that their messages were so in terminab1y long that no one would read them, but Mr., Wilson overlooks this wise precaution.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-08
Here Are inc Amazing Profit Sharing Savings Made Possible by This Great Piano Event

player and we add an extra credit off 50 cents to every dol- lar you pay at time of purchase up to S5O.s If you pay .S15 we re- ceipt for $22.5O. Ifsyou pay $25 we receipt for S37.50. If you pay $50 we receipt for $75.
 Then you have 40 months to pay the balance, but If you shorten the time we will offer you. extra inducements.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-08

There is a good deal of objection to the pink colored overa1ls that may have to be worn owing to the scare ity of dye-stuffs. but the difference
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-08

You pay $259 for. a regular $350 Piano. You save S91.
 You pay $398a for a regular S55O Player Piano. You save Si52
 You have a choice Of a full line of Pianos and Players rep. resenting Americas most pop uIar instruments.
 You pay down at the time of purchase. only $5aon a piano or
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-08

Jack Johnson could lick very con- siderable number of clergymen, school teachers, editors or business men, but that would not prove that he is the best citizen.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-08

The winning of battles does not set tie who has the rights of the case.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-08

About now is the time to go out and buy those Christmas gifts for men which they won't have the least idea what to do with.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-08

won't be very percept1ble after one has cared for the ashes for a few weeks.