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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12
Farmers Educational
mi and Operative
Union of America
Unused land is a liability.

OuuSeu idUu Is a lldDlllty.
Forget the faults of other people.
Every big Job seems at first impos-
sible.
Pick cotton quickly and sell it
slowly.
Farm tests are worth more than
all the theories.
No man nor no business can build
securely in a hurry.
We're too apt to think our neighbor
has the best neighbor.
A friend is a man you can call a
liar and get away with 1t.
The best way to ascend steadily In
the world is to keep on the level.
II takes but few minutes to make
a bad impression and years to out
live 1t.
Men often swear to keep from cry
ing, and women often cry to keep
from swearing.
Encourage the boy II he is interest
ed In good corn. He can pick the
seed for next year.
One may love the friend whose
faults he points out. but there are sew
eral more effective ways to prove 1t
Success lies in thinking individu
ally and acting collectively" This ap-
plies to farmers and merchants as
q whole.
Dabbling in stocks and leaving the
farm to run itself is not a good way
to do business. II Is the surest way
to trouble and loss.
The farmer must view the profess
sion Of agriculture as one Of vast eco
nomic value. 1t is the profession upon
which all others depend
Learn by the experience of others;
take some good farm papers and do
not expect to get first-class papers for
nothing: It costs money to employ ex-
pert writer's.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12
FINDS SO POUNDS OF HONEY
Bees Treasure Trove 10 Discovered
In an Old Vermont Hemiock
Tree.

Bellows Falls. Vt.-Eighty-eight
pounds Of honey. the largest amount
taken from wild bees in recent years
in this locality. was found by John p.
Lawrence and Ralph M. Durfee in q
hemlock tree a short distance north
of Bellows Falls on the farm of L. C..
Lowell.
Some of the honey was made this
season and the remainder two or
three seasons ago. 1t was in excel
lent condition. The honey filled three
large galvanized iron pals and an am.
munition box and the two men left
a large amount in the tree.
Mr.. Lawrence has had many years
experience hunting honey. but this ia
the largest find he ever made. He
owns several swarms which he found
wild in the woods.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12

ter of black to one and . center OF
red to the other, for pupils: then back
the nose opening with green tissue
paper and the mouth with red tissue
paper. A turban of red cloth sup
plies the finishing detail.
Did you ever hear of this method
Of fortune-telling? The guests are
sent one at q time to q tent In q cor
ner Of the room where witch hands
them a mirror. which upon being
breathed on tells what the future
holds sorth for them. This IL how
the trick Is done. The witch writes
the fortune upon the mirror with
French chalk. then rubs 1t on with
a handkerchief so no trace Of the
writing can be seen. When the mir
ror is breathed upon. the moisture
makes this writing reappear.
Pinning the tail upon the witchs
cat is lots of fun. Upon a sheet or
large piece of wrapping paper make q
drawing of a witch astride Of her
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12
GIRL IS DEPUTY CORONER
tor in June, Gets Post In Wash.
inaton Town.

Seattle.-The little city of Tolt has
the distinction Of having the first
woman deputy coroner appointed in
this state.
DR.. Hazel Edison. who was gradu.
ated last June from Rush Medical
college at Chicago. hung out her
shingle in Tolt in July. With a run
about she makes calls in all parts of
her mountainous territory, and is al
ready popular. AS deputy coroner she
will have to investigate all violent and
suspicious deaths In her district.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12
LOSES MILK IN A STREAM
Plueky Farmers Wife Is Caught In
Flood in CIifty Creek After
Milking.

Columbus. Ind.-When Mrs. William
White. who lives near Huntsville,
started out to milk. she found her COW
had strayed across Clifty creek. There
had Just been a heavy rain, but the
creek was low, so Mrs. White removed
her shoes and stockings and waded
over. She mil,ied the COW and started
back. carrying her pail of milk. But
in the meantime the stream had risen,
and when Mrs. White was in the GEN.
ter the current became so strong she
was washed into a deep hole. She
managed to scramble out and reached
the bank. but the milk was spilled.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12
SOCKS IN A DIVORCE SUIT
band Wore Pair Seven Weeks
at a Time.

Oregon City.-Because she says her
husband would wear his socks for
seven weeks at time. Mrs. Elizabeth
Lille believes she is entitled to a d.
vorce from Sheridan Lille. She has
filed a complaint in the circuit court.
She also alleges that Sheridan is a
little too careful with his cash. When
they were married she says he told
the minister he had no small change.
During their married life of year
she says he gave her only $40. and
out of that she had to subscribe to a
daily paper.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12

broom, with her cat seated behind her.
The sketch in Fig. 3 will help you
In drawing this Use black crayon
or charcoal Prepare short pieces Of
clothesline with q small safetypin
sewed to one end. as shown In Fig. 4.
for tails.
Blindfold the guests. one at Q time,
and start them across the room to pin
the tail upon the cat.
For choosing partners for supper,
give each boy a card with q name
written upon It with ink made of bak-
ing soda and water The cards will
appear blank. because the writing will
not be visible. but direct each boy 10
pass his card over the flame OF q
candle and when this is done be will
discover his partners name written
in brown upon the card.
Figs. s and show appropriate f.
vors for the table. The head of the
goblin Zig. 81 is an orange followed
out jack-o'-lantern fashion. and small
bottle forms the body. Fig. indi-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12

HANDICRAFT FOR BOYS AND GIRLS S
A. Nicely HALL and DOROTHY PERKINS 8
HALLOWEEN FUN.
copyright, by A. Nicely Hall)

Possibly you have already made
your plans for Halloween party. but
ideas for fun are always In great de-
mand, SO l shall give you q number.
Figs. / and 2 show two forms OF
pumpkin lanterns. No two OF your
lanterns should be alike. Fig. shows
the ordinary type of jack-o-lantern.
The large teeth are an important
feature to make fearsome ap-
pearing face. The old pirate 5ack-o-
lantern in Fig. 2 has his eyes. nose
and mouth backed with colored tissue
paper. Use white tissue paper for
the eye openings. pasting a round CEN
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12
"0LD MAN" Is B0OTLEGGER
Young Miner Disguised With Wig and
Beard Said to Be Solution
Of Mystery.

Charleston. w. va.-The mystery Of
the "old man of Kelly's Creek" who
is alleged to have been one of the
most successful bootleggers in the
state, is believed by federal officers to
be solved in the indictment of Louis
Peters. aged twenty-five.
1t is alleged that Peters. in the guise
Of an old man. wearing false gray hair
and a patriarchal set of false whisk-
ers. sold whisky in violation of the
prohibition laws. Without whiskers
and gray hair he worked as a miner.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12
HOW TO BUILD AND FLY A BOX.
KITE.

OF first importance in kite construc-
ton are the sticks. which muse be cut
of uniform width and thickness.
Fig. 2 shows one of the two frames
required for the box-kite. Cut sticks
A so inches long. three-eighths inch
thick. and three-eighth inch wide. and
sticks B eight and one-quarter inches
long. one-Quarter inch thick. and three
quarter inch wide. Then place sticks B
across sticks A, exactly at right angles
to them, five inches from the ends and
fasten them with slender brads three
auarter-inch long.
After making the two frames. pre-
pare the cloth covering for the end
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12

temporarily. with sticks sprung in be-
tween them. Then measure the dis
lance between sticks A. for the dag
Onal braces c Zig. 81. Cut these
sticks of the same width and thickness
as sticks B. and long enough to pro-
vide for notching the ends as shown
In Fig S. to fit over sticks A Zig ~.
and so they will be bowed slightly
when slipped into place. The reason
for having them slightly bowed is SO
they will keep the cell coverings
stretched tight like drum-head. Lash
sticks c together. at their intersec
tons. with thread Zig 81. and drive
tacks into sticks A. against the ends
Of c. Zig A to keep them from slip
ping away from sticks B.
There are several methods Of at.
taching the box-kite Bride but the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12
AT SO DRIVES 400 MILES
West vireinian Makes 61-Day Trip
With Thirty-Six-Year-OId Nag
to See Children.

Glen Easton, w. Va.-George w.
Grant. eighty-three years old. who
drove 400 miles with a thirty-six-year-
old horse from here to Wilmington.
Del. has returned to this city by rail.
It required sixty-one days to make
the drive. MIR. Grant drove to Della
ware to see his children. whom he had
not seen In forty-six years.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12

cells" Get lightweight muslin, or
several sheets of strong. lightweight
wrapping paper, for this. II you use
cloth. cut strip nine inches wide
and 57h inches long. Ask mother or
sister to hem the side edges of the
strips. and also to sew the ends to-
gether. tapping them so as to form
bands 56k inches long The two
hands must be of exactly the same
length. Fig. 6 shows how the Tapped
ends should be sewed with q double
row of stitching. also how to slip the
bands over the frames. one at a time.
and fasten them to the sticks with
tacks
After the bands have been fastened
on. spread the frames to their fullest
extent. and hold them In this position.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12
Dope User Robs Doctor.

Aberdeen. S. DRANK Miller OF
Danville. ILL.,. who was sentenced to
serve 80 days in the county Jail for
stealing a hypodermic syringe from
DR.. F. w. Freyberg. 10 being treated
in prison by Doctor Freyberg. More
than 1000 grains of morphine was
found on Miller.
Doctor Freyberg hopes to cure Mil
Ter of the drug habit before the expi-
ration of his sentence.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12
RESCUED ROBIN WON'T GO
When Others Migrate This One Stays
With Benefactor in State Of
Pennsylvania.

York, PA robin which Edward
,eltrando. q Red Lion shoemaker.
aved from q cat has developed such
n affection for its rescuer that when
Their robins in the vicinity migrated
I remained behind.
Although the bird was never Gagged
I does not stray fsc from the shoe
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12

Let the cotton farmer ignore the
politicians. maintain a stiff upper lip.
keep q cool head and warm feet. sit
steady In the boat. keep his eye on
the gun and have his eye peeled for
events. . and be will see cotton com
manding Q good price before the pos
sums are fat enough to eat.-Houston
Post.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12
makers shop. coming there at inter
,yals during the day and sleeping in
the shop every night.
Builds Wall at "a.

Be- Centralia. Kan.-If a man is as old
as he feels. Eli Avery must be about
forty years younger than the eighty
four years the family Bible says he is.
He has built a cement retaining wall
80 feet long and feet high around
his residence property at Goff. mixing
the concrete and doing all the work
himself.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12
Another Little Slip,

News item few days ago: Peaches
are so plentiful that farmers are let.
ting them rot on the ground. Market
page yesterday: Peaches are sill
scarce and high. Just another little
slip twixt the cup of the producer
and the lip of the ultimate consumer.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12
Planter No. WORRYING,

The cotton planter this year is not
worrying about who will buy his
cotton. II is the other fellow who is
doing the worrying--the spinner and
textile weaver. Reason why-crop
10000 bales short.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12

Tn ideal time for the heavy meal
o: the day IL In the early afternoon.
Dut this Is not practical for those Who
are working and 90 II must be post
poned to late. when the labor of the
day IL over. Luncheon for the work
er. e3peciall: the brain worker or
those employed In sedentary occuna-
tons. should be light md uourishing
"A piece OF PIE and q cup OF coffee
10 no lunch for . man who grabs Il.
gobbles II down in i've minutes and
ears back to bis once; be would BE-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12
Natural Conclusion.

City Editor-"You interviewed Ara.
Cabs on the subject. Of coursef' Re-
porter-"Well. not exactly I saw the
lady. but she hadn't . word 70 say
City Editor-"Hadnt . word 70 sayI
Why, when did she def
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12
southwest FEEDING Industry.

Now that kafir. milo and better
farming Is building up q feeding
industry In the Southwest. what are
the northern and eastern farmers
going to do for feeders and stocxeeei
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12

much better OF II he would content
himself with an old-,ashiOned rice pud-
ding. cup o. custard. a poached egg.
or rolls and butter. accompanied with
glass of milk and fruit. preferably
an apple.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-11-12

Cement Post Never Rots.
whatever else may be said Of the
cement post II cannot be said OF II
thnt h rots down.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-11
They Must Have IL,

Resides catering to occult tastes of
their residents, the managers OF the
hotels here also watch the epicurean
peculiarities of those who live within
Their doors. One of the managers of
a Fifth avenue hotel recalled the case
of man who INDUCES his within for
calf's head. This man at frequent in
tervals calls the hotel by telephone
and asks for the manager, none other
of the staff will do. Hello" he says.
Il want you to tell the head waiter
and the chef that | am en- my way
up there and wants calls head au
vinagrette. Do you get me? Now,
remember to tell them who 1t is.
They know the way wan, it, and I'll
be there in 20 minutes" Another man
who lives in Brooklyn comes here fire.
quently for flet of sole. He cant see
anything else on the bill of fare or
listen to any suggestions. He wants
sole and sole he must have.-New
York Times.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-11
SUNLIGHT FOR THE FERNS
Plants Cannot Be Expected to Appear
at Their Best Without the
the Suns Rays.

Some people think ferns must have
sunshine. but that is not true. Ferns
will live in the shade, and there are
some sorts. of course. that are scorched
by the sun. But most ferns that are
cultivated in the house like a good
deal of sunlight. and never do their
best without It,
Window 5oxes where ferns are grow
ing should be sprinkled lavishly twice
day If the leaves are dry and
dusty they should be well shaken be-
fore sprinkling.
II possible, get the earth with which
to fill your boxes from an old hotbed-l
rich loan and rotted manure about
half and half.
Failing that. take any that is handy
and enrich it with ammonia and bone
meal. mixed thoroughly. A heaping
teaspoonful Of the bone meal or a
tablespoonful of manure is enough for
a six-inch pot of earth. Neither must
be kept directly on the roots Of the
plants. Liquid fertilizer, likewise, must
be kept off the roots, stems and leaves
Make hole at one side of a trench
just inside the pot rim, pour in the,
fertilizer and let it sink. then put back
the earth.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-11

persed. l was very mucn embarrassed
and fastened on my mission. One Of
the soldiers pointed to me and spoke
to iow-visaged. squint-eyed man at
his side. barely noticed this man
! then. l recognized him later, as rate
willed it, in signally sensational
way.
| procured the fruit had been sent
after and returned to the train. l
noted that my wife looked at me
! strangely. She seemed out of breath
and f1ustered. l placed the bag Of
! fruit in her lap and threw off the light
overcoat l had been wearing. Just
then, discovering my cigarette case
empty l went out to fill it.
AS returned the train was just get
/ ting ready to start AS | entered the
car noticed that Bertha held an open
sheet of paper in her hand, closely
written over. 1t seemed to puzzle her.
Then | saw that the seat directly be-
hind was occupied by the squint-eyed
man had seen with the soldiers. He
was leaning forward and staring fix
| eddy 1t the written page. There was
an ev gloating expression to his face
| could not construe. Then, as Bertha
caught sight of me- with sudden
flush and perturbed manner she
: hastily thrust the sheet into her hand
bag.
Just outside the seat in the aisle was
crumpled envelope. 1t had appar-
emily contained the sheet Bertha had
been reading. I noticed it and intend
ed to secure it, but took moment or
two to arrange some parcels in the
rack. When | looked for it again it
I was gone.
Some mystery was afloat The
thought had taken possession of my
mind and | could not get rid of the
! idea. Bertha was strangely perverse
She acted like a person laboring un.
der some intense unnatural strain and
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-11

BY telegraph. m racr, ne nImseIr toIu
me, as we we're allowed to rejoin my
fellow refugees, that the possession Of
the discriminating missive would have
meant serious trouble had / not
guessed out the solution OF the mys-
terry.
81 was jealous, madly jealous!
fancied you knew that woman" sob
bed out my contrite Bertha.
Poor LADY," answered. "She was
handsome enough to make any woman
jealous"
Copyright. 1915, by w. G. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-11
A WAR ZONE Peril
BY ALvAH JORDAN GARTH.

AT last" breathed my wife, my
Bertha, my bride of month, with q
sigh Of vast relief.
1T has been hard work" l re-
turned. and glad and relieved as well,
but we seem. to be bound for the
safety line this time
For week our honeymoon had been
interrupted. With many other incau.
tious and distressed tourists we had
been marooned, so to speak, on an
island on the river near the Austrian
town CT Vasre. We had been practi-
cally prisoners and subjected to the
most rigorous investigation. Now we
had been liberated and taken over to
the mainland railroad depot l noticed
that number Of spies kept us we'll in
view on the train bound for the from
tier.
All would have been well il 1t had
not been for one of Bertha's whims.
Yes, she was capricious. and as we'll
jealous and all that The crisis Of
fear and anxiety past, womanlike her
mind fell back to matters trivial.
Il saw some lovely grapes on the
fruit stand in the waiting room Won't
you get me some?"
And l. of course, FASTENED to meet
her desires. l did not know it, but as
! passed from the train platform to
the depot Bertha was out Of the coach
and after me. A sudden appetite for
some Of those small golden-hued Mes
sina oranges she had noticed supple
mented the craving for the grapes
Thus it was that as l reached the
waiting room Bertha was not thirty
feet away.
half halted as quick cry sounded.
1t proceeded from fair young girl
not more than eighteen years of age
She was penned in at one corner of
the room by two soldiers in uniform
1t was easy to discern that she was
under arrest. She was flashing-eyed
agile. SO much the latter that as she
lifted out her arms apparently to-
wards me with a wild imploring ges.
ture and the soldiers strove to press
her back upon the bench where she
had been seated she nimbly lodged
back, then glided forward. evaueu
their outspread grasp and-threw her.
self bodily into my arms!
Her own were instantly about my
neck, her lips pressed my own. She
was murmuring words of rare endear-
ment in soft Italian. caught the
word brother" l knew enough of
the language to comprehend that she
was whispering brokenly an appeal to
send it," What and when | vainly
tried to guess out ere the two guard
ians were with us. They tore her
roughly, almost brutally away from
me. me crowd gathering around dls-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-11

striving to conceal it. She would no,
meet my glance. Wien l started a
subject of conversation she was
abrupt in her replies.
Then she complained of a headache
turned her face away. using the cush,
Toned top of the car seat as a pillow
and feigned to sleep. I could tell from
her nervous movements. however, that
she was wide awake.
When We reached terminus those
OF our group were isolated from the
regular passengers and underwent in.
spection in a room of the depot. each
passed along as credentials were ex.
hibited and examined 1t CHANGED that
We came last As handed our pass.
port to the official inspector. to my
surprise man stepped between us.
1t was the squint-eyed man. He threw
out his hand quickly. quite forcibly.
snatched the handbag from my wife q
wrist. transferred 1t to the inspector
with some rapid half-whispered words
and next caught the arm of my wife,
with the words:
You are under arrest"
was indignant and aroused.
stepped forward to strike the mis-.
creant. to wrest my wife from his
coarse grasp. The inspector put out
his hand sternly.
"Desist," he spoke in a precise, i'm
pressive way. 1T is the law"
"Wherefore?" challenged holly.
THE lady is apprehended as a spy"
was the calm rejoinder.
And the proof the letter" explained
the squint-eyed man, the letter in
her handbag"
Bertha was qu:vering with dread.
The inspector waved me back as he
and the other man led her towards an
adjoining room. Its door crashed
shut against me. | was overwhelmed
with mystery and distress. paced
the floor distractedly 1t must have
been fully half an hour before the in.
spector came out.
The lady is your wife," he in.
quired with great gravity
YES" I assented. viii you ex.
plain, please"
"Seditious correspondence" spoke
the official tersely she is the pos.
SCISSOR of warning letter from a spy,
an Italian woman shall have to de.
tain you as WELL for the lady declares
she cannot even read the letter. She
found it in your overcoat. she says y"
"Ha!"
The word burst in quick gasp I'M
restrainedly from my lips. Enlighten-
ment flashed into my mind instantane-
ously. Never had | talked so fast.
knew what detention would mean
among these suspicious emissaries of
government prejudiced against all
foreigners. Vehemently | insisted
that the impetuous greeting OF the
prisoner back the line had been a
clever ruse to cover her secret deliv-
cry to me of letter she hoped would
mail to an accomplice.
| was fortunate in convincing the
inspector of the truth of my state
mente.. which re nroceedCd to verify
= .--- --"-srs- ~~-'...rs ~ s--->.-'.~
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-11
Deaths From Cancer.

There Is absolutely no reason why
we should not face the cancer mys-
terry without either apprehension or
panic. Cancer is serious disease,
but even at its most modern worst
1t ranks only seventh amcng the
causes of death, claiming about as
many victims rs summer diarrhea OF
children at one end Of the life scale
and aporlexy at the oth"r And there
is no valid evidence that it is increas
ing
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-11

~ liabilities offered there
ARRANGEMENTS for this branch of
,"e chamber of commerce are in the
nahds of Major Henry c. Covington
J. Boyd and Capt. A. Wright
tiiiS- President Mann stated that he
: "iRhly pleased with the work be-
~ uone there. Times-Union.