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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30
Star Philosophy.

To prove that science still grapples
me to its soul with hoops Of steel-or,
to invert Shakespeare, to prove how
have successfully grappled with scf-
ence-I am setting down a few facts,
sprinkled with sundry personal obser-
vations and deductions, which cannot
fail to interest, but here, l am not
writing an advance notice for q press
sheet, says Oscar Frichet in the Ma
tional Magazine.
Stars are Of two kinds-those we
can see when we gaze into the heav.
ems, and those that come to US when
we strike up against lampposts and
brawny fists. Being a bit of a scien.
fist the former have troubled me not
q little. When / discovered that the
earth is but a minute object in the
cosmos, that the stars which l can see
when I look into the realms of space
beyond the flashing street signs are
similar to the one I'm on, and that the
whole crowd is laundering to an un.
known end. it seemed ridiculous to
shave myself or attempt to thatch that
bald roof of mine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30
Marshes OF Mesopotamia.

The marshes of Mesopotamia were
famous in the time of Alexander the
Great. One Of the last acts of his life.
within few weeks of his death, was
a voyage down the Euphrates to the
great dyke of Pallakopas. about ninety
miles below Babylon. This sluice had
been constructed by the ancient Assy-
rian kings to let OF the water of the
river, when it became excessive, into
the marshes. 1t was reported not to
be working we'll. and Alexander pro-
posed to construct another sluice lower
down. He sailed on into the marshes,
steering his vessel himself, with his
diadem on his head, to explore them
and the tombs of the kings. and SO ex-
tensive were the lakes and swamps
that Alexander's fleet lost its way
among them.-London Chronicle.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30
RAILROADS GREAT WAR AID
One Of Difficulties U. 8. Government
. Faces 10 . Shortage Of Cars for
Transporting Troops and Supplies.

In the cloakrooms Of the capitol 1T
Washington some find fault with the
federal administration and the rail
roads because Columbus, N. M, is on
q single-fack railroad, which cannot
handle military troop and supply trains
rapidly, the New York Commercial re-
marks. Congress is finding out how
much depends on the condition of rail-
roads in time Of war, yet 1t does not
show much inclination to help them.
We aee lucky to have 50 much railroad
accommodation along the Mexican
frontier. We cannot expect Villa to
pick out points where railroad service
is Of the best when raiding our from
tier, and we cannot very well ask the
Southern Pacific to build q four-track
railroad parallel to the border when
the government forces 1t to carry par
eel post matter at rates far below cost
Of transportation.
Strategic railroads have been the
salvation of Germany and Austria Hun
gary so far in the European war; The
largest army does not always win
battle. Alexander the Great and all
successful generals since his time won
battles by striking the enemy hard at
one important point In our day over
whelming forces can be concentrated
quickly by using railroads, and in no
other way. If we are to keep down the
size of our army we must make 1t as
mobile as possible. and the only way
to do this il to organize the railroads.
1t would be easy to hurry troops to
New York, but there are many other
points Of strategic importance at which
troops could not be easily concentrat-
ed because the railroad service is mad
equate.
One Of the difficulties our war de-
partment faces is shortage of cars for
transporting troops and supplies. The
government can commander all the
cars it needs, but II it has to do so,
the general trade of the country will
be paralyzed. War in Mexico will not
hurt business II it does not interfere
with the transportation of merchan-
disc. II the railroads had plenty of
rolling stock this could not happen, but
they would be tied up by government
acquisitions, as it is, il we had to put
100000 men in the field, and that is the
smallest number that any military ex-
pert mentions when talking about
regular campaign in Mexico.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30
UNITES THE COASTS
REMARKABLE HISTORY OF
OF CANADIAN RAILROAD.
System Built Under Obstacles Which
Appear Almost lnsurmountabIe 70
. Monument to the Skill Of
Its Engineers.

A strip hundred miles wide, ex.
tending from coast to coast, was added
to the attainable vistas of Canadian
territory when the first train over the
new Canadian Northern eTransconti-
mental railroad rolled into Vancouver
carrying so members of the Canadian
parliament and some hundred other
public officials, railroad engineers and
newspaper men, assembled from all
parts of Canada and the United States,
to take part in the opening of new
era in the development of the Domin:
ion.
Since 1896 this new railroad system
has been quietly and unostentatiously
covering the middle section Of Canada
with gridiron of steel rails. To the
observant its trend and ultimate OBJ
jective were plain. Yet outside of
Canada and even in many sections OF
the Dominion it attracted so little at
tention that the progress Of this first
transcontinental train. triumphantly
heralded throughout the continent, has
been a revelation and a surprise.
In part this is due to the manner of
the systems upbuilding. 1t started 10
years ago with a modest 85-mile rail-
road from Gladstone to Dauphin, Mani
toba. Its name was the Manitoba &
Northwestern Railway and Canal. The
canal part Of it, by the way, never was
built, and probably never will be. The
railroad had q single track and q sim
gle passenger train which ran out of
Gladstone in the morning as Train No.
1 and bravely returned in the after
noon as Train No. 2, and it was char
acteristic of the Scottish sense of hu-
NOR in the builders and proprietors
that the time table contained q solemn
notice that Tran No. 2 will not leave
the terminal until after the arrival of
Train No. l"
It was also characteristic of their
shrewdness that this particular S5-
miles Of territory through which the
railroad ran was already noted as the
best wheat-growing land in the prov
ince and has since fully justified its
reputation.
This first little railroad made money.
although the franchise for its con-
structisn had gone a-begging for
years before 1t was started. There
followed branch lines which doubled,
then trebled, its trafic; then an ex-
tension to Portage La Prairie; then
more little railroads on the prairies,
most of them on the same modest
scale.
In course Of time the proprietors OF
these lines went east and acquired the
Great Northern railroad on the north
shore of the st. Lawrence river. be-
tween Montreal and Quebec, tapping
an immense pulpwood area. Then
came more railroads and still more,
until the Canadian Northern Railroad
system, as these scattered lines had
become, controlled more mileage in
the three prairie provinces Of Mani
toba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta than
any other Canadian railroad.
It has since increased until 1t has
10000 miles in all.-New York Times
Sunday Magazine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30
DUE TO EQUIPMENT DEFECTS
Interstate Commerce Commission
Makes Report on the Causes Of
Various Railroad Accidents.

The failure Of wheels on two trains
of the st. Paul system within ten days
of each other, and at the same town,
by coincidence, led to an investiga-
ton of the cause of wheel failures,
which has become one of the most
serious problems in American railroad
ing.
In the thirteen years ending June
80, 1915, there were 81, 1855 derailments
due to equipment defects, of which
1882 were caused by defective
wheels, with property loss of $12,-
100000.
Many Of these wheels were of the
built-up type, consisting of a cast-iron
hub. two rolled steel check plates and
a rolled steel tire. The various parts
are forced on under pressure and then
secured by bolts. Out of twenty
wheels Of this type examined after
the accident ten were found to have
incipient cracks in the interior webs
of. the tires.
The interstate commerce commits.
sion concluded that cold-rolled wheel
tires, Us well as cold-rolled rails, are
not the strongest kinds.
The commission stated, in connec-
ton with the accident, that on many
railroads the track is not properly
constructed or sufficiently maintained
to permit of the safe operation of
trains at the rates of speed allowed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30
STRANGE BATTLE
IN AISNE WOOD
Germans Come Out of Shelters
After French Pass and
Attack Rear.
find THEMSELVES IN A TRAP
Search Of Captured Wood Reveals NJ.
merous Hiding Places Where Ger
mans Still Held Out-MarveIs
Of Field FortIfications.

Behind the French Front in Cham
pagne.-The French troops that made
a big dent in the German line Just
west Of Berry-au-Bac and not far from
Rheims more than a year ago, and
who had chafed under the necessity
of marking time there ever since, espe-
cially since the battle of Verdun be-
gan, were allowed the satisfaction re-
Gently of attacking a little wood the
Germans still held there between the
Aisne and the little town of ville-au-
Bots. This diversion developed an &C
ton Of considerable importance that
did not get into official communique.
1t has been described in the press by
a STAFF officer.
Wood Strongly Fortified.
The wood. strongly fortified by the
Germans, made it impossible, so long
as the Teutons held it, for the French
to rectify and properly to consolidate
their front at that point When the
attack upon Verdun developed great
proportions 1t was decided to prepare
this operation, both as a desirable i'm
provement Of the French position and
as diversion. What would have been
considered an unprecedented concen-
tration of artillery, both heavy guns
and field pieces. before the Verdun op-
erations was effected Immediately be-
hind the front. while the infantry bur-
rowed deeper and deeper into their
underground shelters. Orders were
given for the opening Of fire at seven
o'clock on the morning of April 25.
and the fire increased in rapidity and
intensity until four o'clock in the aft.
ernoon, the Germans replying feebly
until the entire wood was being swept
and symptoms of an approaching at
tack became apparent. Then their
heavy pieces from the heights Of Cra-
onne began a heavy Smelling of
the trenches from which an attack
might lave been supposed to orig
mate.
The French infantry, well protected
from this shelter in their deepened
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30
First Russian Ambassador.

The first Russian ambassador to
England. whose ship had been driven
out of her course, made an involun-
tary landing on the coast of Aberdeen
shire. It was early in the year 1857,
and the ambassador, who carried costly
presents for Queen Mary of England
from the car, made a slow but royal
journey overland to London. Finally
he reached London, delivered his gifts,
received others in return for his i'm
perial master, and took his departure.
bearing with him q commercial treaty
Of no little value. -
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30
First to Burn Pulwerizcd Coal.

The first locomotive of any consider
able size to be fitted up in the United
States or Canada land. so far as
known, in the world) with successful
apparatus for burning pulverized coal
in suspension was a ten-wheel type en-
CINE. This engine has cylinders %
inches in diameter by rs inches
stroke. Driving wheels, SO inches di-
ameter. Boiler pressure, 200 pounds.
Heating surface. 2,649 square feet.
Crate area, IS feet. It is equipped
with a Schmidt superheater and has
a tractive effort of $1,000 pounds. It
was converted into a pulverized fuel
burner in the early part Of 1914.-Sci-
entific American.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30
SUBMARINE HAS
EXCITING Time
Adventure of the German U-202
Is Described by Its Com
mander.
CAUGHT IN NET; ESCAPES
FIees British Destroyer and Sub
merges, Only to Be Hooked in
Meshes, Which She Breaks
at Full Speed.

Berlin.-A sensational episode of
submarine warfare is told by Captain
Commandant Freiherr Spiegel in the
Diary OF U-202," which has just been
published by August Scherl, in Berlin.
1t gives some idea of the dangers en-
countered and tells how the U-202 was
caught in a net but managed to ex-
tricate herself by clever maneuvering.
1T was three minutes after six
o'clock and In half an hour it would
be SUNRISE" writes Captain Spiegel.
Sky and sea were enveloped IN a
dark. gray mist and no horizon was
visible. Suddenly my glasses dis.
cerned a dark shadow, which came
like ghost out Of the mist. Gradu.
ally the shadow took more definite
form-I saw a dark hull, a mast, and
then one. two, three and four tunnels.
1t was q torpedo-boat destroyer.
Il gave the alarm and shouted the or.
der 'Submerge at once Quickly the wa
ter began rushing into the tanks, and
then 1t seemed an almost interminable
interval until the tanks were filled and
the submarine began to sink. Never
in my life did the seconds pass so
slowly. The destroyer, of course, had
sighted US and came speeding on with
all the power of her AZ, 00O-horsepower
engines. Her forward guns began fir
ing at US.
Shells Fall All Around.
Great God! l hope they do not hit
us. One single shot and we are lost.
Our tower was now almost submerged,
but could still see the dark shadow
drawing nearer. The shells were fall
ing all around us, and as they dropped
In the water they made a noise like a
hammer coming down with full force
on q steel plate.
'One shot came so near that 1t lift.
cd our boat half way above the sur
face Of the water. Another shot and
he will surely strike us.
Slowly we sank. and then the sub
marine responded to the movement
of the deep-sea rudder and we Owed
quickly.
Tho red-globed electric lights
showed that our manometer regis
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30
Paw for Civil War MuIes,

Butte, Mont.-"A war settlement
warrant" for 1886, signed by Secretary
of the Treasury w. G.. McAdoo, is In
possession now of the heirs of Samuel
H. Pipes in payment for Is Missouri
mules which the government requisi-
toned from him in the Civil war. Ell.
forts to collect for the mules had been
made by Pipes for 40 years, according
to attorneys for the claimants. Pipes
died here six years ago.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30

tered eight meters, then nine meters.
and quickly mounted to IA meters.
We we're safe. VIVA. a feeling of re-
lief to know that an impenetrable
wall of water protected US now from
the destroyer. Our hearts, that had
almost stopped beating. began to send
the warm blood again through our
veins. Our boat sank deeper and
deeper. responding to every move
ment of the rudder as faithful horse
does to the rein. We were now 80
meters under the surface.
I'VE could still hear the crash OF
the shells overhead. / looked at the
man at the wheel and pointed upward
with my thumb, smiling all the while.
He smiled back at me.
Suddenly we were thrown head
long in all directions. The subma-
rine trembled like a wounded animal.
For a few seconds we were uncon-
scious and our heads and shoulders
and all our bones ached.
What has happened? Is it all over
with US? Did we hit a mine?
Then the men reported that every
thing was in excellent shape. No
leaks were found.
The submarine, however, was at
almost right angles.
Captain, there's something
wrong said the lieutenant. We are
caught in a net, and attached to the
upper part of the net are mines. This
Is enough to drive q man crazy.
Bored Right Through.
Don't lose your nerve l shouted.
Well get out of this. Keep the sub
marine submerged. Back up and then
with all the power of our engines,
60 ahead. But don't rise an inch.
Remember the mines above u.s.
The engines worked perfectly. The
submarine, when she moved forward,
bored right into the net and tore it
into bits. and as our splendid little
craft responded again to the helm we
gave a shout of joy. for we knew that
we had extricated ourselves.
bO ucCpCIp CilCo. 0O uOWA "
thirty meters
Il sat down and held my aching
head in my hands. My brain seemed
to be whirling like q windmill.
Needles seemed to be sticking in my
forehead and there was a roaring in
my ears which tried to stop by plac-
ing my hands over them.
1T was some time before I was
able to think clearly and then l rec
ognized the fact that we had gone
deep enough just in time. The en-
envy had no doubt figured that we
would alight right into the net, which
would explode the mines and ami
hilate us. AS It was we passed d.
rectly under the net, SO that the
mines exploded in the direction of
least resistance, doing no more DAM
age than to knock US unconscious mo-
mentarily.
Il am willing to let the enemy
think he got us. but / pray that we
will never have another such expe-
rience. Once was enough. 1t was a
nerve-racking ordeal. which we never
can forget"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30

dugouts. waited until the French ar
tillery heightened the ranges and
swept the approach trenches and SOL
diers' quarters in the rear of the Ger
man position. At .4:30 the first wave
of assailants climbed out of their I'M
derground shelters and threw them
selves into the wood. All the Germans
remaining in the f1rstline trenches
were killed or made prisoner, and the
French line proceeded on to the east
ern edge of the woods, where they
rapidly organized their defenses
against the counter-attack.
Find Hiding Places.
At the same time special detach-
ments explored the interior of the
wood, searching subterranean shelters
in which German infantry had sought
refuge during the bombardment. That
operation was soon interrupted; more
than two companies of German infan-
try that the French had passed
over In their rush, seeing that
their adversaries had reached the
eastern edge of the wood, came out OF
their blockhouses and dugouts and
took the French infantry in the rear.
The attacking party was for mo-
ment menaced with development, but
recovering from their surprise. they
turned their machine guns upon the
assailants, taking them in the rear.
The search of the woods, then re-
sumed, uncovered little companies of
Germans hidden underground in all
corners. Their resistance was prompt
ly overcome by the use Of hand
grenades, and 60 more prisoners were
taken from the underground shelters,
which on inspection were found to be
marvels of field Notifications. They
ran from six to eight yards in depth,
most of them. and some of them were
dug to a depth Of ten yards. with such
supports that they were able to resist
the largest and most powerful pro-
jectiles.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30
fixino the Blame,

"You are charged with stealing an
umbrella" said the police magistrate.
What have you to say in your be-
half"
MY mother is to blame for It," re-
piled the prisoner.
How is that?" asked the p. NJ.
when l was boy" answered the
prisoner. "she taught me that it was
always well to lay up something for a
rainy day."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30

dollar bills in a freight car. He gave
the money to the company with the
understanding that he was to be the
keeper II the owner was not found.
Recently Hupp brought suit to get the
money. The company asked the court
70 decide who should have the money.
Hupp won.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30
SWarmlng Bees Broke Up School.

Oakland. Cal.-Forty schoolchildren
were held prisoners half a day at
Langworth school. near here, by
buzzing swarms of bees which chose
corner Of the room as their resting
place. They stung Miss Ida warford.
the teacher. when she vent to inves.
tgate and finally forced her to dis
miss school for the day.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30
Plow Up Many Bullets,

Hagerstown, Md.-Farmhands, plow-
ing near Williamsport this spring.
turned up a nest of 100 cartridges that
had been buried by the Thirteenth
Massachusetts regiment when 1t was
encamped during the Civil war in Bow
cry Woods, on Springfield Farm. Some
OF the caps on the cartridges were pre-
served and the powder IL still vital.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30

A wood-splitting machine has been
invented which automatically handles
logs two feet long and eighteen inches
thick. 1t is run by a three-horsepower
gasoline engine and consists mainly
of q huge knife. which works through
the knottiest wood at the rate Of 60
strokes a minute.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30
FINDER OF MONEY KEEPER
Ohio Court Decides Important Case
Between Railway Company
and Employee.

Canton.-A decision has been rem
dered BY the common pleas court Of
Stark county that the finder Of money
70 the keeper, providing the loser is
never discovered. The decree was
made In the case of G. w. Hupp Of
Alliance. q former railway checker.
About . year ago Hupp found Is ten
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30
HOOKS PLACED UNDER PILOT
Device Which II 10 Claimed Will Pre-
vent Any Possibility Of the De.
railment Of Trains.

With the idea Of preventing the de-
railment Of q locomotive when it en-
counters some minor track obstruc-
ton, q Louisville railway man has
constructed hook fender which is
intended to be attached at the back
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30

DR.. Edwin Heath of Kansas City,
e.ghty-eight years old. and a rival Of
Colonel Roosevelt in fame as an ex.
plorer. discovered the river in Brazil
which bears his name. and is the only
North American outside Of former
President Roosevelt for whom a South
American river has been named. Doc
tor Heath Is . life member Of the
Royal Geographical society and al
though he has given up explorations in
favor Of his practice as a physician
In his home city. he is still known and
honored BY geographers everywhere.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30
1nstalIments.

Mrs. Flatbush-She got all her fur
niture on the installment plan.
Mrs. Bensonhurst-Are you Sure?
Positive. You see she's been mar
ried five times and she got a little
furniture with each husband"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30
Satisfactory to 10Th.

Sergeant (cynically)-Wome to Join.
Ell? For the separation allowance. l
suppose.
Applicant-Yes, sir! / wants the
separation and she wants the allow
ance.-Bystander Uondon).
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30
Platform PINE.

Pa, what is meant by cleaning out
the Augean stables"
It's . figure of speech, my son,
used by reformers and persons run
ming for ONCE who are not even capa-
BILE Of cleaning out . Yolltop desk"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30
Fables Down to Date.

DO you know the fable Of the grass
hopper and the ant?'
sOh, yes. The grasshopper danced
while the ant toiled to get the money
to take few lessons.
Courier-Journal.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30
Sticks and Gibbs.

Bacon-In Cochin China, parties de-
string to get a divorce break a pair of
chopsticks in the presence of wit
nesses, and the thing IL done.
Egbert-That's an improvement over,
clubbing . man to t.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30
OF Course.

PATIENCE see it is said that the
United States yearly spends $4,000
900 for snuff.
Patrice-Why. the idea! Where do
you suppose it is usedf"
Tn the Eose."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30
Flies for Theater Admission.

Bentonville, Ark. One hundred
dead flies or ten cents is the price Of
admission to the moving picture the
ater here. Indications are that with
In a very short time flies will be an
unknown quantity in the community.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30

River Has Name Of Indian Chief.
The Croton river, which furnishes to
New York the greater part of the wa
ter consumed in ies limits. was named
for an Indian chief.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-06-30

Lake Erie produces more fish to the
square mile than any othxr body ct
water In the world.