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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19
OYSTER MUST BE FROZEN
Only Way to Make Sure Of Il, Accord.
Ing to Veteran Captain Who
Ought TO Know.

Now, who would think It would be
necessary to freeze an oyster in or
der to place It In state of suspended
animation? According to our human
ideals, It would seem that even the
liveliest and most exuberant Of
oysters would. In its normal exist
ence In . shell nailed down to q reef
at the seas bottom. approach the con-
dition of suspended animation" as
nearly a anything could approach it.
That certainly sounds like about the
sero Of activity.
But take It from old Cap'n Ockers
Of West Sayville. who has hobnobbed
with oysters al his life. they are q
smooth lot You may think that
they're immobile, but Just take your
eyes on 'em . minute II you dare!
The only way to make sure Of 'em IL
to freeze 'em. Once into the ice box
with 'em and their animation IL sus-
pended Ill right But on Cap'n
0cksrs' word. this 10 the only way to
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19
BIRD FRIENDS. OF PLANTERS
Campaign Against Shooting Of Quail,
Prairie Chickens and Meadow
larks In the Winter.

President Shields Of the League Of
American Sportsmen is making cam
paign against the shooting Of quail.
meadow larks and prairie chickens In
the South during the winter season.
He says these birds are the south
ern planters friends because they eat
the boil weevil. and he declares that
II the South would stop cunning for
them in winter they would save cot
ton to the amount of q hundred mil
lion dollars worth in q year. That
ought to produce an impression on
reckless sportsmen.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19
SYNOPSIS.

Humphrey Van Weyden. critic ana dilet-
tante, finds himself aboard the sealing
schooner Ghost. Captain Wolf Larsen.
bound to Japan waters. The captain
makes him cabin boy for the good OF his
soul" Wolf hazes a seaman and makes
II the basis for a philosophic discussion
with Hump. Humps intimacy with Wolf
increases. A carnival of brutality breaks
loose in the ship. Wolf proves himself
the master brute. Hump Is made mate
on the hell-ship and proves that he has
learned Ito stand on his own legs" Two
men desert the vessel In one of the small
Loata-- A young woman and four men,
survivors Of a steamer wreck. are res
cued from a small boat. The deserters
are sighted. but Wolf stands away and
leaves them to drown. Maude Brewster.
the rescued girl. sees the cook lowed over
side to give him q bath and his foot
bitten OF by a shark as he is hauled
aboard; She begins to realize her danger
at the hands of Wolf. Van Weyden real
ICES that he loves Maude. VOLTS brother,
Death Larsen, comes on the sealing
grounds In the steam sealer Macedonia,
hogs the sea, and Wolf captures sew
eral OF his boats. The Ghost runs away
in fog. Wolf furnishes liquor to the
prisoners. He attacks Maude. Van Wey-
den attempts to kill him and fails. Wolf
u suddenly stricken helpless by the return
OF q binding head trouble. and with all
hands drunk and asleep Van Weyden and
Aaude escape In a small boat together.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19
CONVENIENCE FOR A FARMER
Bank Checking Account 10 Crest Help
to Man Who Handles Much Money
In Course Of Year.

A bank account subject to check IL
great business convenience for the
farmer who handles any considerable
amount Of money during the year.
Banks are much safer than keep
ing the money at home. The stock.
holders Of national banks are liable
for the money Of the depositors. Saw
ings banks are chartered under state
laws-the same may be said Of state
banks. All banks are subject to rigid
inspection each year.
Money deposited in bank is subject
to check by the inspector: checks are
made out quickly and can be sent safe
ly through the mail. says Q writer In
Baltimore American. They are more
convenient than money orders and
cost less. Another special advantage
Is the fact that signed checks, when
returned to maker Of check from the
bank. will take the place of receipt
from the man who cashed the check,
thus helping to keep your cash book
straight and often proving useful for
ready reference in after years.
Have q check book from the bank
you deposit with. The checks should
be numbered. so should the stub In
check book. Keep your bank and
check book. under lock and key. and
never make out q check without money
IN bank to meet It. Keep . record of
all checks and have your bank book
balanced twice . year. A patron of
banks should assist the bank in every
legitimate way. a. each one il depend.
emit upon the other. When q crop ID
sold. deposit the check in bank for col.
lection. the bank will collect 1t free of
charge and add the sum to the send
er's account
The bank allows no interest on q
checking account Never carry much
money with you. and don't be taken in
by plausible strangers.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19
Hopes Women Will
Adopt This Habit
As Well As Men


Happy. bright, alert-vigorous and
vivacious-e good clear skin; a nat
ural. rosy complexion and freedom
from illness are assured only by clean.
healthy blood. II only every woman
and likewise every man could realize
the wonders Of drinking phosphated
hot water each morning, what grat.
flying change would take place.
Instead Of the thousands of sicklv.
manufacturing men, women and
girls with pasty or muddy complex.
ions; instead Of the multitudes of
nerve wrecks" "rundowns," brain
Tags" and pessimists We should sec Z
virile, optimistic throng of rosy.
checked people everywhere.
An inside bath ID had BY drinking.
each morning before breakfast, glass
OF real hot water with q teaspoonful
OF limestone phosphate in It to wash
from the stomach, liver, kidneys and
ten yards Of bowels the previous days
indigestible waste, sour fermentatious
and poisons. thus cleansing, sweeten-
ing and freshening the entire alimen.
tary canal before putting more food
into the stomach.
Those subject to sick headache, BIZ.
iousness. nasty breath. rheumatism,
colds: and particularly those who
have . pallid, sallow complexion and
who are constipated very often, are
urged to obtain 4 uuartar nound ~
limestone phosphate from any drug.
gist or ct the store which win cost
but . tribe but IL sufficient to demon.
strate the quick and remarkable
change in both health and appearance
awaiting those who practice internal
sanitation. We must remember that
inside cleanliness IL more important
than outside, because the skin does
not absorb impurities to contaminats
the blood. while the pores in the thir.
e. feet Of bowels do.-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19
LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT
One Step Toward Making . Business
Farmer 10 to Use Neatly Print
Cd Stationery.

It II becoming increasingly neces-
sary for the farmer to be q business
man and It IL advisable for him to imi-
tate the methods Of city business men,
who have been 1t the art q longer
time than he and have developed Il
more. It II chiefly In what might be
called little things that the difference
between the bulinesslike and the un-
businesslike farmer II revealed and In
none more than In the business letters
Of each.
There IL really little reason why
. lawyer or . merchant or . manu-
facturer should show more courtesy
to the farmer than the farmer shows
to them. In the matter of correspond
ence. Yet that IL the way II seems to
work when one compares the letters
Of the two sides.
The cost Of neatly printed stationery
VIII not hit the expense side Of
farmers ledger hard enough to count,
while the use Of 1t IL more than likely
to do fine things for the profit side. A
printed letterhead Especially when
the farm has been given an attractive
name. - every farm should bel viii
create favorable impression. win ad-
vertise the farm and its products, win
identify the writer no matter how he
scrawls his signature. and viii make
him and all his family feel little ex-
ira pride in the farmstead.
In South Carolina, and the South
generally. farmers who use printed let
terheads are as yet comparatively few
and the number 10 still small enough to
make . good looking farm letterhead
conspicuous. For this reason. those
who begin this practice at once will
get the beneflt Of the extra publicity
that goes with Clemson Col.
lege.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19
CAUSE OF POOR CORN YIELD
lnfertiIs Seed 10 Given - One Of
Greatest Agsnts-eie Possibilities
for improvement.

The average per acre yield Of corn
in the United States II less than 20
bushels-not half Q crop.
Poor seed IL the greatest cause Of
the poor yield Of corn. Just one small
eight-ounce ear Of corn added to each
hill will raise the average In the
United States to 81 bushels per acre,
double the yield and value of the crop
and add about $1.700. 200. 900 to its TO-
tai value.
Corn from q standpoint Of acreage
yield and value exceeds every other
crop.
Wherever corn Is grown there you
find high-priced land and prosperous
people.
No other crop can replace corn. but
corn can readily take the place Of any
other grain crop.
Corn IL put to q greater number Of
uses than any other crop that grows.
There are greater possibilities for
Improvement, yield and quality Of corn
than any other crop.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19

be sure Of making port without dam
ger Of mutiny on the part of your
catch.
We believe that, as was to be ex-
pected from one whose years have
been spent in such close communion
with the deceitful bivalve, the Capn
even has some theories regarding the
possibility of translating 1t to i'm
mortality through the process Of re-
frigeration. But the soul Of the
oyster is too esoteric q subject for US.
We quit at suspended animation-in
the stew.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19
tn Real MeanInu.

A train which left q southern city
soon after the news Of the Willard
johnson fight had been received made
its first stop at q little town chiefly
inhabited by negroes. A group Of
them sat near the little station. shoot
ing craps. They asked eagerly for
news of the battle. and ON learning the
result from the conductor q mournful
murmur Of disappointment arose. One
only seemed Indifferent, and impatient
~ started to resume the game. His
neighbor waxed indignant.
Amt 20 got NO heart. niggah." he
demanded. what TO- am 20 % indif.
trent? Don't 20 realize de metamor.
phosis dat am befallen our race. Don't
20 know what 1t means?"
Deed All do know what n means,
deed All do know. Il dun mean, mig
gah. de return oh crap shootin' - de
national game"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19
CHAPTER XIV.

boiled the water, but 1t was Maud
who made the coffee. And how good
it was! My contribution was canned
beef fried with crumbled sea biscuit
and water. The breakfast was a sue.
cess. and we sat about the fire much
longer than enterprising explorers
should have done. slipping the hot
black coffee and talking over our stu
alton.
was confident that we should find
q station in some one of the coves, for
l knew that the rookeries of Bering
sea were thus guarded: but Maud ad.
vanced the theory-to prepare me for
disappointment l do believe. II dis
appointment we're to come-that we
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19

Ounces Of grease save dollars in
repairs.
You can't get much out of the horns
Of Q dilemma.
A stingy feeder cheats himself more
than the animal.
A mans temper improves the more
he doesn't use Il.
Better have beans and bread than
beer. bier and blame.
A market is often of more consider
alton than cheap land.
The only substitute for wisdom II
thick chunks Of silence.
When a man fails in business 1t isn't
because Of lack Of advice.
The well employed man comes near.
est being the happiest man.
Adam wasn't a famous sprinter. yet
he was first in the human race.
Dreams always 90 by contraries-
and woman II q lovely dream.
The seeds of rust and decay bring
q harvest of loss to the farmer.
Absence sometimes makes the heart
grow fonder-of some other person.
When trouble knocks pretend to be
deaf. II 1t enters anyway knock trou-
BILE.
A wife IL called the better half be-
cause she usually gets the best Of the
other half
It's the man who has nothing to do
that doesn't have time to do any.
thing else.
When you are your own. customer
you save the middleman's and 70
tailer's profit.
The man who cannot learn from his
neighbors' mistakes win teach his
neighbors by his own.
Don't believe that neighbor . "trai-
tor" whose opinion on matters of pub
lie policy differs from yours.
You may be q fool because your
grandfather was one. but the glad doc
trine Of evolution assumes that you
may work out Of It.
Preachers used to think It was their
special province to teach people how
to die. It 10 thought more reasonable
now to instruct them how to live.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19
EXPENSE OF KEEPING HORSE
Cost 10 Much More Than Many Persons
Usually suppose-Larser Animals
More Expensive.

The cost Of keeping horse for q
many persons usually suppose In an
estimate of such cost It was found
that q horse weighing 1000 pounds
and kept at moderately hard work
costs SIS year for board. Foods, Of
course, are usually higher in some
places than others. where 1t would not
cost SO much.
Take one horse with another. as
kept on our farms. and allowing for
the period Of idleness in the winter
season. the cost to keep would not be
more than $50. Larger horses would.
however. cost relatively more than
those Of lighter weight.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19
Druggist Gives Highest Praise
to Kidney Medicine

For the past fifteen years I have been
selling DR.. Kilmers Swamp-Root and
my customers are always satisfied with
the results obtained from its use and they
speak in the highest terms regarding
Swamp-Root. / have used it in my own
family and the results were the most fav.
orable. believe IL IL fine medicine for
kidney, liver and bladder diseases and !
always recommend it for such troubles.
Very truly yours,
CHA6. BRUTON, Druggist,
Jan. 9Th. 1915. Dover, Tenn.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19

had discovered an unknown rookery.
She was In very good spirits. how
ever. and made quite merry in accept
ing our plight as a grave one.
II you are right" said. then we
must prepare to winter here. Our
food will not last, but there are the
seals. They 60 away in the fall. so
! must soon begin to lay in q supply
OF meat. Then there will be huts to
build and driftwood to gather. Also,
we shall try out seal fat for lighting
purposes. Altogether. wen have our
hands full If we find the island il un-
Inhabited. Which we shall not. I
know"
But she was right We sailed with
a beam wind along the shore, search
ing the coves with our glasses and
landing occasionally, without finding
a sign of human life. There were no
beaf hes on the southern shore, and by
early afternoon we rounded the black
promontory and completed the cir
cumnavigation of the island. I est.
mated its circumference at twenty-five
miles. its width varying from two to
five miles; while my most conserva-
tive calculation placed on its beaches
two hundred thousand seals.
This brief description is all that En-
deavor island merits. Damp and sog-
gy where It was not sharp and rocky.
buffeted by storm winds and dashed
By the sea, with the air continually
a1tremble with the believing of two
hundred thousand amphibians. It was
a melancholy and miserable sojourn-
ing place. Maud. who had prepared
me for disappointment. and who had
been sprightly and vivacious all day.
broke down as we landed in our own
little cove. She strove bravely to hide
1t from me. but while I was kindling
another fire l knew she was sitting
her sobs in the blankets under the
sail-tent.
1t was my turn to be cheerful, and
played the part to the best Of my
ability. and with such success that !
brought the laughter back into her
dear eyes and song on her lips; for
she sang to me before she went to an
early bed. 1t was the first time had
heard her sing. and I lay by the fire.
listening and transported, for she was
nothing II not an artist In everything
she did. and her voice, though not
strong. was wonderfully sweet and ex-
pressive.
slept in the boat, and lay awake
long that night, gazing up at the first
stars had seen in many nights and
bordering the situation. Responsible
ity Of this sort was q new thing to
me. Wolf Larsen had been quite
right. had stood on my fathers legs.
My lawyers and agents had taken care
Of my money for me. I had had no
at all. Then, on the
Ghost had learned to be responsible
for myself. And now. for the first
time in my life. I found myself re.
sponsible for someone else. And II
was required of me that this should
be the gravest of responsibilities. for
she was the one woman in the world
the one small woman. as loved to
think of her.
No wonder we called It Endeavor
island. For two weeks we toiled at
building a hut. Maud insisted on help
ing. and I could have wept over her
bruised and bleeding hands. And
still. was proud of her because of it,
There was something heroic about |
this gently bred woman enduring our |
terrible hardship and with her pit
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19

lance Of strength bending to the tasks
of a peasant woman. She gathered
many o. the stones which built into
the walls Of the hut; also, she turned
deaf ear to my entreaties when I
begged her to desist. She compro
missed. however, by taking upon her.
self the lighter labors of cooking and
gathering driftwood and moss for our
winters supply.
The hut's walls rose without diff
Guilty. and everything went smoothly
until the problem of roof confronted
me.
winters used walrus skins on his
hut" said.
There are the SEALS" she suggest.
ed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19

In the East they are finding out that
alfalfa can be grown successfully. that
Il may be utilized a. feed for all
classes Of stock, that 1t may be sub
stituted for q considerable portion of
the concentrated feeds now used on
dairy farms.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19
Qualities Of Purebreds.

Purebred poultry costs no more to
raise than to maintain q flock Of
mixed birds or scrubs Of the same
number; yet the purebreds usually
lay better and are Just a. good or bet
ter meat birds. They are more uni
form in size; their eggs sell better for
Matching purposes.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19
Tho Reunion.

Whom do you suppose I met this
afternoon" asked Hubby gayly a. he
entered the house some two hours
past the usual dinner hour.
One Of your old college chums,-
guessed wife promptly. catching q
whiff of his breath.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19

Value Of sweet Glover.
Not until recent years has sweet
clover been recognised a. . field crop.
It was for many years regarded - .
weed pest But now sweet clover 70
q valuable feed crop. Being legume.
1t IL rich in feeding constituents and
under ordinary conditions leaves the
soil richer In nitrogen.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19

II you have mules on the farm that
are coming two years old. break them
now-that ID. work for half . day at
time-it won't hurt them: but on
the other hand viii do them good, and
win make them gentle.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19
Letter 70
Dr.. Kilmor q CO.
Ain6hamton, MY

Prove Whst Swamp-Root win Do For Yes
Send ten cents to Dr.. Kilmer q Co,
Binshamton, N. Y, for q sample size bot
tie. 1t win convince anyone. You win
also receive . booklet of valuable infor-
nation, telling about the kidneys and blad.
der. When writing, be sure and mention
this paper. Regular 6fty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale ct al drug
stores.-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19
Woman'o WAY.

Womane way.
When you 90 shopping. my dear,
why don't you get all the necessary
things first"
oh! well. they somehow seem 10
unimportant."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19
Poor Economy.

No profit can be made BY economis.
ing on feed, for to be profitable hens
must lay well and only well fed hens
which have . variety Of the required
kinds OF food can lay In winter.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19
CHAPTER Aforementioned.


had had no sleep for forty-eight
hours. I was wet and chilled to the
marrow. till felt more dead than
alive. My body was stir from exer.
ton as well as from cold, and my
aching muscles gave me the sever.
est torture whenever I used them.
and used them continually. And all
the time We were being driven OF
into the northwest. directly away
from Japan toward bleak Boring sea.
Naud's condition was pitiable. She
sat crouched In the bottom of the
boat. her lips blue. her face gray and
plainly showing the pain she suffered.
But ever her eyes looked bravely at
me-, and ever her lips uttered brave
words.
The worst of the storm must have
blown that night. though little l no
ticed 1t. had succumbed and slept
where ! sat In the stern-sheets. The
morning Of the fourth day found the
wind diminished to q gentle whisper.
the sea dying down and the sun shin.
ing upon us. Oh. the blessed sun!
How we bathed our poor bodies in its
delicious warmth. reviving like bugs
and crawling things after q storm.
We smiled again, said amusing things
and waved optimistic over our situa-
ton. Yet 1t was. II anything. worse
than ever.
Came days Of storm, days and
nights Of storm, when the ocean men,
aced us with its roaring wilderness,
and the wind smote our struggling
boat with Titan's Bullets. It was in
such storm. and the worst we had
experienced, that what l saw I could
not at first believe. Days and nights
OF sleeplessness and anxiety had
doubtless turned my head. l looked
back at Maud. to identity myself. as
Il were, in time and space. Again I
turned my face to leeward. and again
I saw the 1utting promontory. black
and high and naked, the raging surf
that broke about its base and beat its
front high up with spouting fountains,
the black and forbidding coast line
running toward the southeast and
fringed with q tremendous scarf of
white.
Maud" I said. Maud"
She turned her head and beheld the
sight.
1T cannot be Alaska!" she cried.
Alas. no." answered. and asked,
Can you swim?"
She shook her head.
Neither can l." l said. so we
must get ashore without swimming
IN some opening between the rocks |
through which we can drive the boat !
and Chamber out. But we must be
Quick-and sure"
spoke with q confidence she knew |
! did not feel. for she looked at me |
with that unfaltering gaze of hers
and said:
Il have not thanked you yet for all |
you have done for me. but"
She hesitated. as If in doubt how
best to word her gratitude.
"Well?" l said. brutally, for I was
not quite pleased with her thanking
me.
You might help me-" she smiled.
TO acknowledge your obligations
before you die? Not at all. We are
not going to die. We shall land on
that island. and we shall be snug and
sheltered before the day is DONE"
! spoke stoutly. but did not be-
lieve word. Nor was prompted to
lie through fear. felt no fear, though
] was sure Of death In that boiling
surge amongs the rocks which was
rapidly growing nearer. II was i'm.
possible to claw on that shore. The
wind would instantly capsize the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19

Cheap Seeds Never Pay.
Secure the best strains Of seed Dos
sihle. Cheap seeds never pay.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19

the Gentle. Safe. Effective Liver pills
that are honestly made from the best
known ingredients without regard to
cost or trouble. One pill at bed time
II the dose. 26c al dealers. Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19
CTO BE CONTINUED.)

The South has approximately 240.-
100000 acres of undeveloped land.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19

each crack riding up over those on
the other side until the great noun
tain range was formed.