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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03

Demosthenes, and other victims of q
partially tied tongue. please take no
tice- Today. for the first time in its
history. the supreme court. where
many curious tales have been unfold
ed, was asked to take official cogni
zance that, because a man suffers, he
is not fit matrimonial companion. A
bride of a few months asked to have
her marriage annulled mainly because
her husband has an impeachment in his
speech. Married life has been a blum.
der in two gasps. a lisp and a pro
longed stutter, according to the com.
plainant. But worst of all. declares
the plaintiff her husband shutters even
in his kisses. Instead of the spon.
taneous smack, there is a series of
short explosions With a few branching
fizz pops before Mr.. Husband can COM
plete an osculatory demonstration.
she asserts.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03
WANTED ONE DAY OF REST
insane Man, - Strict sabbatarian,
Could Not Think o. "Worklne"
on Sunday.

Orvills L. Kiplinger. chaplain Of the
Michigan City (Ind.) reformatory. tells
the following instance Of . scrupulous
conscience:
Some years ago IN insane patient
vas given to the immodest. not to say
expensive. habit Of tearing his cloth
ing from him and converting Jeans.
ticking. denim o. whatever the clothes
were made Of. into carpet rags.
Tho prison physician demonstrated
With the shredding nut - follows:
Say. old man. you're certainly
mating . lot Of unnecessary trouble
log : N We don't think rs fair.
wouldn't Jon hks 70 make money!
The insane man emphatically
averred his willingness 70 earn ready
cash.
well IN ten you what IN d. -.
sumed the doctor. I win give yoa ten
csats every day yos don't tear Jour
clothes a. mr.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03

and married, II
the right way was only gone about. as
Providence intends.
In the first place, they must not
start in to think that romances spring
up from fiirtations, coQuetry and
liking from the first devotee that
crosses ones path. II the dissatisfied
sonable belief. half the way would be
clear to search and find the one love
that Is pleasing and to whom the
heart goes out to for a certainty.
Il am not quite sure whether l love
him or il he truly loves me-" is sci.
dom on the lips IL the hearts are in
unison. the right chord touched. More
than one secret wish is: The one
great boon from heaven l crave is
just a portion of true love of my own
Give me that devotedly and life would
be roseate and complete with happi-
ness, Is there any chance of this de-
votion being fulfilled? is the oft-re-
peated query.
Few stand in need, of the answer
II the thinking cap is put on. II a
heart would 60 out to you with won
derful lasting love, search must be
made from where it is possible to win
one. Forget the little crosses that
you have had: hope for brightness
and that which can bring 1t to cross
your lonely lot. No matter where
you have an opportunity to 60, start
with pleasant look on your face.
light footstep and seek to become &C
Quainted with the good young people
who are there to welcome you. You
will have a pleasant hour or two.
and many times after you may see
the bright faces which beamed into
your own while friendship and love
won the day at last.
Make a promise and keep 1t, that
you will keep devotion's flame bright
for all time.
Let me give the girls timely hint
that earnestly want to marry well:
Don't take up with a gay. debonair
free lance whom you innocently
thought 10 be Just the opposite. You
will soon find out his tendencies, and,
shorter than 1t takes to tell it, let
him slip past you and persevere pa
tiently in searching out a newer, diff
ferent type of attraction. The secret
Is plain. The man who makes a girls
acquaintance while being a stranger
to her home folks and hiding the past
from those who introduce him, sup
posing that he is all right. never
should make that girl his wife with
out undeceiving her as to his wild
oats sowing. She knows then wheth-
er she could put confidence in him
In the future or whether he would be
apt to lead her a pretty dance and
untold heart grief If she took the
chance of wedding him.
Women who will take their own
risks and believe that they can over.
come any obstacle after marriage.
start. after leaving the altar, handi.
capped. Different might have been
fate had they not been easily salts
fled but taken time to have searched
for love that they were convinced
was worthy Of their own.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03
URGES CAUTION
IN TAKING UP
FOX FARMING
United States Department of 49,
ricuIture Gives Valuable In.
formation on Subject.
SLUMP IN PRICE OF FURs
Former Rates Not Based on Fur Value
Of Animals, but on Breeding Pos
sibilities-Choice Of Location
10 Of Prime Importance.

washington, D. C.-Those thinking
OF engaging in fox farming as a
source OF profit should consider care
fully the cautions and the data as to
the expense of eQuipping a farm, and
would do well to weigh carefully the
conservative statement as to the
profits from this industry, which are
included in United States department
OF agriculture bulletin No. 3Ol, The
DEMONSTRATION of the Silver Fox"
The bulletin points out that the
prices OF furs and of breeding animals
have fallen considerably since July,
1914, and states that the prices run
ming into thousands of dollars former.
ly paid for live silver foxes were based
not on the fur value of the animals.
but on their possibilities as breeding
animals. In an industry in which there
was great speculative excitement. On
this general point the author says:
The business Of fox breeding will be
on . much more stable basis than
at present when the value of breed.
ing animals bears an approximate re-
lation to the value of their pelts In
the open market. The profits in sill
yer fox farming prior to 1910 were
realized mainly from the sale of pelts:
since then they have been derived
almost entirely from the sale of
live foxes for breeding purposes.
There has been . recent sharp decline
In the prices of breeding stock"
Location 10 Important.
The choice of location of fox farm
10 Of prime importance. The best furs
come from cool. moderately humid re-
gions. II . locality furnishes native furs
Of high grade. that locality is favorable
to the domestication If fur bearers.
The climate of the middle and south.
ern states il not we'll suited to this
industry. as shown by the medium or
low prices commanded by furs from
these areas. The ratio of expense to
income must be considered with care.
One cannot pay the exorbitant prices
animals for stocking purposes some
times bring and expect to raise fur
at q profit. Neither can one expect
to raise furs of a fine quality from
inferior stock. But given q normal
market for breeding stock and pelts.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03
Preacher Paid In Zoos.

St. Louis.-The hardships of a Meth.
odist circuit rider were brought for
chilly to the attention Of the city min
listers attending the st. Louis confer
ence Of the Methodist Episcopal
church when one country preacher re-
ported that in the last two months he
had received half Of hog and q great
many eggs. but no money.
He had sent twelve dozen eggs to
The district superintendent. he said.
Another circuit rider said he had
received $19 In two months. and .
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03
Substitute for Rubber.

Successful attempts have recently
been made to manufacture substitute
for rubber tubing out Of masses Of
solidified glue. These tubes are even
better than those Of rubber for certain
purposes. according to Technische
Monatshefte. since they are more i'm
pervious to gases and more resistant
to heat. 1t is also ciamed that they
do not grow rotten % quickly a. rub
Der. and that when incased in Q suit
able envelope they will Withstand high
pressure. Moreover. they are very
cheap. The inventor is Prof. J. Traube.
and he states that they are peculiarly
suited for conductors OF petroleum and
gasoline as well as gases. However.
they are attacked by water. which OBJ
viously limits their uses.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03
The offender assented eagerly, ant

The offender assented eagerly. and
started in to make good. Tuesday
his clothes remained intact: Wednes-
day. ditto; Friday and Saturday the
same. His reformation was the talk
Of the institution.
But on Sunday morning the gar.
ments the crazy man had worn al
week were torn into strips and thrown
to the four winds Of his cell.
what does this meant asked the
indignant physician. I thought had
you hired to keep your clothes on and
be good!'
WELL said the prisoner. Innocent
~. you didn't suppose I was going 10
work on Sunday. did your Judge.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03

Not fifty ships of modern type could
find place in Fowey harbor today. but
for smaller craft-submarine destroy
ers-it affords admirable shelter.
Polperro 10 Picturesque.
To the eastward of Fowey IL Pol
perro. the most picturesque, the most
unspoiled of Cornish fishing ports. re-
tanning all It's ancient dignity of life
and labor unfiuttered by summer
villas now beginning to crowd the
cliffs above its head. Polperro's chief
catch Is mackerel, crabs and conger.
There are few. II any. conger-eel In
American waters; they are to some
people q most unpleasant-looking fish.
Cornwall esteems them highly and
makes them into pie with much cream
and parsley.
Cornwall, Mrs. Albrecht explains.
makes any number Of things into pie
and. calls the product invariably
SQUAD pie" though all things but
squads are among the. materials.
SQUAD pie" gave rise to the following
Cornish story repeated by the writer:
The devil came ons day to the
banks Of the lamar. the ripping river
that divides Devon and Cornwall, and
looked over at the rocky land beyond.
His majesty considered the swift cur
rent and shook his head. MOI he
said finally. No. that's no place Tor
me! Everyone who goes there 10
turned into q saint and everything
else into SQUAD pie. I'm at for neither
one nor the other And he stayed In
Devon"
Just beyond the Cornwall bound.
airy is Plymouth Of Maydower mem
Org. . city which has never allowed
her growing commerce. to interfere
with her position a. . fortress Of the
first class and naval arsenal. Ports
mouth, considerably further east upon
this coast, 10 also . strong fortress
and an important garrison town. and
IT'S great dockyards and repairing
docks are likely 4verbusied now in
the work of keeping the sea that 10,
the wall Of England"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03
DHE quaint. delightful coast CO

HE quaint. delightful coast coun-
try Of Cornwall, q favored haunt
of peace and quietness. yet
where some Of the most i'm.
(, portant English naval stations
are now busy, is described for the Ma
tional Geographic society by Florence
Craig Albrecht. At points along this
coast. England holds concentrated
great battle fleets Here. west of
Lands End. are the Scilly islands, and.
beyond Cornwall. further up the chan
mel, lies Plymouth. military harbor and
great naval base. The charm of this
old-fashioned. picturesque land of
fisher folk and peasants IL told by
Mrs. Albrecht, who explored its coast
before war clouds recalled q martial
stir to Cornwall. for the society in the
following bulletin:
Here are rock and headland and
clth, now green. now golden with
gorse. now bare and rugged; inlet bay
and harbor. with here and there an
isolated house. tiny village. Q pre-
tentious town, q great port. An un-
friendly coast? Yes. with heavy seas
and winds. with thick sea-fogs-a dan
gerous one; rocks ever ready to tear
holes in the stoutest vessel. currents
ever ready to drive them on. But Q
picturesque coast: . wonderfully beau
tiful coast, both upon summer days
and in winter storms: Q coast with
many harbors, none too easy Of en-
trance by reason Of rocks and tides.
and many impossible for any but the
smallest craft"
All Have Splendid Memories.
There are splendid memories re-
naming to all of these ports. the wri-
ter says. for too many fleets have
sailed up and down the channel since
history began not to have visited all
these places with the task of making
history. Fishing fleets have kept the
foreground of the picture through lat
ter years, but signs Of war prepare
ton have never been absent from
CORVALLIS waters and huge squadrons
Of grim, gray men-of-war have regu-
larry come and gone and gathered
there. The writer tells of Penzance,
the sunny pleasure-loving little sea
city where the most picturesque of
pirate types originated: of Newlyn,
the home of the true old sort Of fish.
ermen. and the Mecca Of artists; of
Narration. the old, which, according to
Cornish history. was an important city
visited by Phoenician merchants in
the days Of Ezekiel the prophet: Of
Fowey, once one of the greatest sea-
ports Of the land. which sent scores
Of boats to the crusades, to the siege
Of Calais, to the plundering Of Nor
mandy, q one-time warlike city whose
glory has long since faded. Fowey
sent more than twoscore men-of war
to Calais-770 men. How pitifully
small are the figures today. when one
modern battleship requires q larger
crew than did that fleet $50 years ago
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03
Worthy Of Thanks.

A nights sleep. what a miracle of
mercy it is; and a new day and the
waking up with health to face It; aye.
even a pleasant meal with ones house
hold. is not that worth Thanksgiving?
Or. an interesting book. an hour with
an old friend. Sundays quiet resting.
or some new light of interest or mean
ing in ones favorite line of study
1t il such things as these. far more
than great special blessings. which
make up the sum Of the happy life:
and 1t is such things II one would but
think of them more. and not be al
ways taking them as a matter Of
course. which would oil our days with
thanksgivings.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03
cornstalks stop Phones.

Leavenworth, Kan.-The cornstalks
are 80 tall in some parts of Leaven.
worth county that they are interfering
with the telephone service.
South of Lansing. at Dan Monroe's
place. stalks pressed against the tele-
phone wire and caused q short cir.
cult. The linemen had considerable
trouble in discovering what was
wrong.
The wires were on low poles. Two
rows Of corn had ito be cut on each
side to keep the wires clear OF short
circuiting at Mr.. Monroe's placA
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03

Men were deeeivers. ever:
One foot in sea and one on shore.
To one thing constant-never.
l used to be under the impression
that very few bachelors would eveI
marry. But in this respect I have
changed my mind. 1t is my belief that
there never yet was a man so sure
of his powers for unloving who lived
all of his years without some 70
nance.
He may never have had proof that
he had heart for someone until he
was aroused to the consciousness by
its sudden loss. Up to that hour OF
awakening he supposed he was en-
joying his solitary existence immense
ly. There is no one to call his atten
ton to his careless appearance when
he hustles to his breakfast, with collar
and necktie on he had worn for days
No one he would have to answer to
II she was in Quarrelsome mood and
accused him of plunging at races. ex.
travagance in automobile treats.
whirling through space in airships,
and all that she fancied kept pace
with his restless nature.
The jolly bachelor is not q mystery
to those who observe him. yet only
know him from afar-a puzzle as they
imagine him to be. More than one
suspects that his heart has been
pretty well pierced by loves flaming
arrows. Like a public conveyance.
there is always supposed to be room
for one more. Bachelors have been
known to call and have q friendly lit.
tie chat with former sweethearts once
in a great while. but he don't care to
marry any of those who struck his
fancy so that he was almost sure he
would be happy IL he popped the Ques-
ton.
After breaking OF with q few who
claimed his steady attention, he feels
that he is not half the gay. sought.
after man, the would-be catch" of the
fair sex, that he thought himself to
be. His opinion of himself has gone
down. He takes extra precaution not
to show his heart wounds to the un-
feeling world. He is sure to be
watched with pardonable curiosity
when he Is brought in contact with
the single of the fair sex. Habit is
everything with the bachelor: from
being a free lance, angled for by fair
women. More than one pretty parlor
he has found irksome. tame. com
pared to club. theater of mems
company. Most all bachelors have
their pet theories and mental pic
lures. Friends and old sweethearts
do not always cater to them.
1t is often. when he comes across
some poor. but honest. village or city
young woman. that his heart sudden
ly warns. She is his personification
of innocence. She treats all men SIM
ply. with pleasantness. It's hard for
them to tell IL she is given to par
TALLY toward every newcomer. Her
eyes are not like those who seek con
quests, but have the bewitching un-
consciousness of girlhood.
Is it any wonder that bachelors be-
come good husbands when they meet
just the one whom their hearts have
craved for? Then they jump to the
conclusion that it's good-by single life.
forever
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03
SHE WHO IS A PENITENT DE.
CElvER.

In the year that's come and gone. in the
golden weather.
Sweet. my sweet. we swore to keep the
watch of life together
In the year that's coming on. rich in Joy
and sorrow-
We shall light our lamp and wait life's
mysterious tomorrow
Ought a girl, in your opinion, to de.
ceive her mother. much as she may
dislike doing SO. by evading telling
her the truth regarding her meeting
a lover? Do you suppose such arti-
nee on her part would make an inter.
ested one consider that she would
make good wife. loving and true.
or would she be liable to deceive a
husband?
This Is an earnest appeal from a
young man reader. | have no doubt
that young man looking for a girl
whom he would marry would want
one who loved. honored and was in
full confidence with her parent. There
should be no excuse of any kind which
Will palliate the wrongs of a girl de-
ceiving her parent. The true-bearted
frank girl has no secrets which she
does not share. II that mother, who
has her. interest at heart. does NOT
approve OF the man of her choice. be-
lieve me. she knows best.
She sets at work very patiently to
win her daughter over to seeing him
as she knows him to be. At last she
tries hard to consider that IT IL for the
best Of her to try to view him al In.
vorable as she can. This il often
done to keep peace in the family.
Inc result often follows that they
marry In haste and repent at leisure.
The girl who 10 good. affectionate
and truthful to her parent will be the
same to . husband who ID fortunate
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03

having found any
one to love them
and how impossi-
BILE life is when
they are unhappy
and companion
less, l know that
they are getting
away from the
truth. l feel like
having a good.
sound talk with
the first d o W n :
cast young per-
son l run across,
and telling him
or her of having
all the chance inl-
aginable to be
Low d, courted
and married, IT,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03
She Was No "Pjker."

Omaha. Neb.-Before a large crowd
Miss Minnie Kneeter. pretty society
girl, rolled peanut around the block
starting at Omaha's businest corner,
The peanut was rolled with q tooth.
pick.
Il bet on the Phillies." said Misc
Kneeter. Let EN- call me crazy. bu:
I'm no piker."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03

change Of persons in charge. like the
presence of absolute strangers, has q
detrimental effect on them.
Thrive on Varied Diet.
Foxes require some special atten-
ton. certain skill in handling, and
great care in feeding. They thrive
on a varied diet, including meat.
fish. mush. milk, bread and table
scraps, but they are easily injured,
especially when young, by improper
food. 1t costs from S. to SIS a year
to feed foxes. depending on whether
there are cows and whether grain and
vegetables are raised on the farm.
The fixed annual charge against q
pair Of foxes will vary with the 10
cality and value of equipment, etc.
On some ranches 1t has been esti.
mated as follows:
Interest on cost Of yards. $40
Depreciation OF yards Observation-Disclosures. 10
rvou ~
Amounting to ...................-.......... so
To this must be added q reasonable
charge for interest on the original cost
of the foxes.
The young are born in April or May.
the average litter containing four
cubs. but. as only half of the captive
females produce young in any given
year. the annual increase on fox
farms has not averaged above 100
per cent.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03
He Saved His Pennies.

Bellefontaine. O.-More than 500
In pennies. the savings of one year.
were deposited in a bank here recent.
ly by Bellefontaine man. He took
the pennies to the bank in two tin
cans. which he had used to hold them
during the time he was SAVING.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03

third that he had received no money.
but that his Practitioners had promised
to buy him horse before winter and
had entertained him literally in their
homes.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03
Lauu6aaaEtbeys
= TWN(N =
fIAPWp|(S
SEARCHING FOR OUR LOVE.

o my rapt soul! II thou hadst power
To choose all blessings earth can give.
Is there a better. richer dover
Than for her tenderness to live?
Come. give the heart the sweet surprise
Though 'twere but for single day.
When young men and women begin
to make unpleasant remarks about not
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03
A Good One.

Il don't know what 10 name my
new hunting horse"
why don't you call him Sensitive!
why Sensitive?'
Because ] notice he 20 easily takoo
Q fence"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03

Il have solved one problem. wont
have . lot Of soiled dishes on hand
when my wife gets homo"
"How's thatr'
I've broken most Of EN-.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03

Tsachsr-''what . tiny lite chap
your brother t." Tommy-T gussa
that's cause he's eaiy NJ hals bgethr
-" ---- !
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-03
WHEN BACHELORS MARRY.

Sigh no more. ladies. sigh no more.
Men were deeeivers. ever:
One foot in sea and one on shore,
To one thing constant-never.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-28
WEDDING SECOND
SCENE OF ROMANCE
LEAVES JURISDICTION OF CARS
REALMS ONLY TO TURN
BACK TO SWEETHEART.

OsceOla, Aug. a. 1t all began many
years ago in Russia, when little boy
waited after school for pretty little
red checked girl - that is when the
Car permitted his chilrden to go to
school. He was always her companion
= her protector, and almost her lover.
Then the time came when the little
Jewish boy, weary of the struggles. the
oppression, and the tyranny Of the land
OF his birth stood with his pretty little
girl beside him, his face toward new
country, the great melting pot where
all men are free and equal. Together
they dreamed of that great country,
softly he told her he would build a
home for her there. The little Jewish
boy went away, and the little girl went
bravely back to her work.
With all the best ideals OF the coun-
try he had left, the young man found
the new country was free, but almost
as full of commercial strife as the land
he had called his home. Years came,
passed, fortune smiled sometimes,
more often he failed, but ever the
young man worked on bravely. He
married, and shortly after his wife
died leaving him two small children.
In his loneliness he turned to his
childhood sweetheart, the little red
checked girl he had left in scourged
Russia She had heard the siren call
of freedom I Her sisters and brothers
had gone to Montreal; wonderful
stories of the new country came, and
she followed.
The last scene of the romance was
enacted Wednesday when the simple
vows we're spoken that united Paul
Beechen and Miss Sarah Beer, his
childhood sweetheart of Dwinsk, Rus
STA.