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Tensas gazette., 1916-12-01
Mark Tenant, was reported.

Mark Tenant, was reported.
Lieut.. Wyndham Tenant had been
with the army just over a year, having
Joined as soon as he reached the legal
age. In letter to his mother, dated
just before going into action, he wrote /:
"This is written In case anything
happens to me. for 1 should like you
TO have just little message from my
own hand. Your love for me and my
love fer you have made my whole life
one of the happiest there has ever
been. This IS a great day for me. High
heart, high speech. high deeds, mid
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-01
MUCH IN LITTLE

According to a bulletin issued BY the
department of commerce, there are
5,O73 radio stations in the United
States.
For outdoor sports st. Louis man
has invented a program that can be
fastened to a persons hat to form an
eyeshade.
Only one out of 100 inmates of q
certain lunatic asylum had red hair,
and only four were Of light hair and
complexion.
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-01
ELECTRIC FAN FOR FOWLS
California Ducks ouack With Joy
When Water Is Sprayed Over
Them.

California, Mo.-The birds on a poul-
try plant here are real high fliers.
They have one convenience that no
monarch could have enjoyed so years
ago.
That convenience is electric fans.
The fans and running water have been
installed in the large feeding station
of the A. B. Cole & Sons plant.
Under the spray of a fountain In the
feeding station is the favorite haunt of
the ducks and geese. The manage
ment has found the fans and water Of
economic value. as it saves the lives
Of many fowls and makes them fatten
faster in the hot weather.
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-01

japanese workmen wear on their
caps an inscription stating their busi-
ness and their employers name.
Seventy per cent of the worlds
cork supply is said to be produced In
Spain and Portugal.
In Russia there are enough people
to populate Great Britain, Germany
and France, with a considerable num-
ber left over.
An English inventors electrical tool
for removing boiler scale delivers 5000
bammering and tearing strokes q mi-
mute.
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-01
Orange Jelly.

Two tablespoonfuls gelatine, one
half cupful cold water, one and a half
cupfuls boiling water. one cupful
sugar. one and a half cupfuls orange
juice. three tablespoonfuls lemon
juice.
Soak gelatine in cold water, dissolve
in the boiling water. add sugar and
fruit juices; serve with whipped
cream. Very nice.
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-01
Missed Her Ceramics"

Margaret, who lived in Milwaukee.
where she was in the habit of seeing
the dear old German grandmas, visited
with her mother in New York. After
being there week she wanted to go
home. "Why, dear7" asked her moth
er. Don't you like New York;" mo.
mamma" answered Margaret; "they
amt no grandmas here"
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-01
Red Peppers Stuffed With Cheese

Drain few canned red peppers and
stuff them with nicely seasoned cot
tage cheese to which a few chopped
nuts have been added. Allow to re-
main in a cool place for half an hour.
These red peppers are delicious sliced
and served on lettuce leaves.
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-01
55 SONS OF PEERS FALLEN
Eldest Heir Of Lord 0lenconner Among
Latest Victims Of the
War.

London.-Fifty-five sons Of British
peers have fallen on the battlefields
Of the European war. One of the lat
est was Lieut.. Wyndham Tenant.
nineteen, eldest son of Lord Glencon-
ner, who was killed In France Septem-
ber q. Only a few days before the
death In action Of his cousin, Lieut..
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-01
Removing Stains From Marble.

Apply with brush a paste com.
posed of equal parts of soft SOAP
quicklime and caustic potash and
leave for several days. Then wash
the paste Off and dry and polish the
marble with soft cloths.
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-01

honoring eyes God bless you and
give you peace"
Four cabinet ministers, Mr.. Asquith,
Lord LansdOwne, Pike Pease and Ar.
thur Henderson have lost sons In the
war, and Lord Crewe son-in-law. Mr..
Henderson is the labor party leader
and his son was a captain. Lieut.
RaymoE1 Asquith gave promise Of
holding as high a place at the bar az
his father. He had an appointment on
the staff. but insisted on service In the
fighting line. Mr.. Asquith's younger
son was wounded at the Dardanelles
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-01
Heavenly Hash.

Three quarts red currants, stemmed: |:
one quart red raspberries. three pounds
white sugar. one pound seedless raisins
three oranges. peel and chop all
fine. Boil all together until thick
This Is delicious with meats,
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-01
Combination Pie.

Line pie plate with rich pastry, fill
with a cupfOl of rhubarb and one of
strawberries and one of sugar.
Sprinkle with bit of flour, as 1t is
very juicy, put on the second crust and
bake until brown. It's a dandy pie.
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-01
GETTING Even.

"When my rich uncle died he left
his entire fortune to charity. cutting
me off without penny. although am
his only living relation"
That's tough. Aren't you going to
contest the will?
"No, 1 think I'll Just disinherit the
LAWYERS"
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-01
Ambiuuous.

"What do you suppose people will
think Of my new automobileT
sT wouldn't be surprised IL a good
many were struck with It"
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-01

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yes l did-praying that If she must
90 down she would at least give her
eXecutioners a run for their money.
Still the German continued steaming
away. Did she. 1 thought, intend to
allow the Dutchman to remain afioat?
But no; when within a few hundred
yards of the StephanO she turned
about and stood back to the Blommers-
dix.
Taking station this time about 1000
yards from the Blommersdijk, which
had listed to port slightly from the
effects of the explosion, that was all,
with her port running light toward
us, which convinced us that she had
stern tubes, the U-53 fired another tor
pedo, striking the Blommersdijk aft,
under the living quarters and the fire
rooms. The second explosion was far
more violent than the first. the cloud
of water about twice as high, the vibra-
ton caused by the explosion being felt
very distinctly on our vessel. This
time we could plainly see that the
good ship was doomed.
Makes Sure Of Victim.
Making sure that her victim was
finished, the German dOused all lights
and stood away. For short time
we lost her. While searching to pick
her up again sighted the sidelights
of q ship about four miles away. She
seemed to be raRish In appearance,
but am sure that she was not another
submarine; but why, if she wasn't, did
not the U-53 hail her? Always will
this remain a mystery to me. She
was easy prey. and there was no dan
she was deserted. A short time later
the U-53 was sighted with her bow
against the starboard quarter of the
Stephano, apparently having sent some
members of the crew on board.
Patiently We waited, but the men on
the StephanO were in no hurry. At
about 9:30 (our tile) we steamed
away. Looking around, we saw
number of ships boats floating about
with no one in them. Going close to
the Balch-the senior officer of our
force being her captain-we received
orders to proceed to Newport at dis
cretion. Taking our departure from
the light vessel, which had figured so
prominently in the rescue work, we ar
rived at Newport at about three a. m,
October 8.
The rescued men were sleeping
soundly below and were not called un-
til five a. m, at which time q small
boat came alongside to carry them to
the training station. At 8 80 they left
us, first shaking hands and thanking
everyone in sight. 1 must pay a trib-
ute to the wonderful optimism of the
rescued men. Not one complained Ell
ther against their fate or the German
submarine.
Tensas gazette., 1916-12-01

After having the hands in soapsude
wash them In vinegar to make them
soft and white and prevent their chap
ping.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09
By PETER P CARNEY.

Baseball has it's worlds series, D tennis its Davis cup competition, and golf it's international matches, but not one of these titular contests is to be compared with the blue ribbon event of the trapshoOting seasOn-the Grand American Handicap.
 We are aware of the broadnesS of this assertion and fully realize that there will be many doubting Thomas ses but we can prove our assertion to any and every one who cares to journey to SpOrtSman'S park, in St. Louis, Mo-, during the week beginning Monday, Aug. 21, for on that day the Grand American Handicap gets going and continues with unabated enthusiasm for five days. Any sporting event that will take hundreds of men away from their business for a week or more, and take several hundred women away frCm their homes for the same period of time, is a real sporting event. That is just what the Grand American Handicap is.
 Last year the tournament was held in Grant park, Chicago, H., and was witnessed by some 5000 persons-not one paying an admission fee. In the various trapShOOtinG events nearly 2,000 persons participated and in the Grand American Handicap there were S39 shooters out of S84 entrants, Have you ever witnessed sporting event in which there were 839 active partici- pantS2 You have nOt--unless it was the Grand American Handicap last August. Trapshooting is not a proxy sport. It is something you can do yourself; something you enjoy because you can do it yourself
 Big as last years tournament was all indications are that the St. Louis tournament will be the greatest ever While the official list of entries is still far from being completed, it is expect cd that the entry list will total more than 1000 trapshooters. Think of it 1000 shooters in one event. Sort O puts the other sport classics in the shade
 It has taken the Grand American Handicap Is years to arrive at it's present stage of development. There were but "A entrants in the first cham piOnship tournament, held in 1900. Lit tie by little the tournament grew for a number of years. but in the past five sea sons the handicap has made great leaps forward. Two years ago, in Day ton. O.. when the handicap had a few more than 500 entrants. the feeling prevailed that trapshooting was at its height but last year in Chicago the entrants neared the 900 mark-and everyone is pulling for a 1000 or more this time.
 There was a time when two traps was a great sufTtcienCy for the G. A. IT., as it is known to trapshOoters- now ten are in use. There was a, time when a Grand American Handicap re-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MARKET GAINED IN ACTIVITY
Quotations Advanced Moderately
 Most of the Day.

New York, Aug 8.-Today saw a moderate revival of activity and a more decidedly upward trend of prices on the Stovk Exchange. There had been no change in underlying COndI- tiOns; a great deal of attention was still being devoted to the negotiations of the railway employees and railway officials, and to the government crop report, which was not published until late afternoon. The better tone of the market, therefore, was evidently largely due to repurchaSeS by SpeCu- lators who had during the past week or earlier, sold for a decline. Even the railway shares advanced fraction ally, in the face of the strike situa- tion. The market however, remain ed narrow in scope, the greater gains taking place in O few issues which were unrelated to the general move ment of prices.
 The unfavorabIe crop estimates is sued by the government late in the day, however, brought about some fresh selling of stocks which resulted in declines in several of the railway shares of 1-2 to l point Those estf- mates, placing this years total wheat crop at 654OOO, 900 busheIs-the small est yield since 1911-was some 2O,- 000,0O0 bushels below what the trade had looked for. In spring wheat, es- pecially, the government figures bore out, or even outdid, the pessinistiC reports of recent weeks. A total yield of less than 200, 1000 000 bushels was estimated, against 357 ,0O0, GOO harvest ed last year. Condition of spring wheat dropped more than 25 per cent. within the month. Even corn, which has enjoyed some favorable weather of late, declined in condition more than 1-2 points.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

hard hitting Baker are wearing the cOlOrs of rival outfits.
 But a new and, as some people predict, an even more promising ball club, is rounding into form under the veteran Mack tuition and, before an history, the deeds of these obscure rockies may cause the achievements of Comics million dollar infeld" to be completely forgotten.
 For years the old Philadelphia leader has passed up the chance to sign up old big IeagueTs or recruit his strength from the stars of other teams. He prefers the young "busher' or the speedy stripling just turned loose by some young college team. He wants his men to play the Connie Mack brand of baseball. He ha sno use for the tricks and lodges taught by some rival manager.
 He wants young men who make mistakes but who can be taught to correct them. He is looking for re- cruits who will listen to his advice and act accordingly. He wants no dis gruntled veterans who will sit on his bench, mourn their prestige of other days and furnish an alibi for present shortcomings. He is looking around all the time for young players who want to be taught and have the abil- ity to learn. This is his idea of cham piOnShip timber.
 So, while scouts from other clubs have wandered into the big league highways and byways, Connie has kept closely in touch with the col Iege world and reaped the choicest of the college harvest. The New Eng land schools and colleges form his chief source of supply. But the south ern universities are likewise repre- sented. Sometimes the letter from an old acquaintance proves the means of his obtaining a promising recruit. Now and then @ tip from some far distant fan who knows not Mack but has heard of and respects him; causes Connie to send the transportation which adds still another to the Ath- letic fold.
 And this is the reason why the youngest team that Connie has ever managed wear the Athletic uniforms today. That is why the outfit that Connie Mack now leads includes more school and college players than any two teams in either of the big leagues. Here is a partial list of the school re- cruits that are advancing toward the big league lime1ight under the per sona1 direction of Cornelius Mack:
 Witt, shortstop, from Goddard sem
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09
GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP IS
 GREATEST OF SPORTING EVENTS
More Than 1000 Trapshooters Will Participate in the Event Which Will be Witnessed by Twenty-Five Times That Many Persons in St. Louis, Mo-, Late in August.
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senhled a mammoth circus, with all it's tents, but there will be no tents in St. Louis. The buildings are perma- nent. There will be locker rooms, res taurant, pavilion for men and a ladies' rest room. The equipment will be mod ern. There will be a grandstand be- hind the professional trap, on which all the special events will take place. SpOrtsmans park is the finest trap shooting park in the United States which, in broader words, means the world
 The G. A. H. is being conducted this year by the St Louis Trapshoot- ing association, which is comprised of nearly all of the trapshoOting clubs in and about St. Louis. The association is operated solely in the interest of trap shooting.
 The tournament opens on Monday, the 21st, at Il o'clock, with the St Louis introductory, an event at 200 targets, IS yards rise. This, as well as all other scheduled events that fol- low, are open only to amateurs. Be- ginning Tuesday, the trapshooting will begin at 8.30 a. m. The first event on Tuesday will be the Mound City over ture at 100 targets, Is yards. Prize winners in the St. Louis introductory are rot eligible for this event At Il o'clock the national amateur champion ship at doubles will be shot. Fifty pairs of doubles will be thrown At 8 o'clock the national amateur singles championship will begin. This event will be 100 targets, 16 yards rise This event is for the winners of the different state championships. In case the cham pion cannot attend, the runner-up is allowed to take his place. At 4 o'clock this afternoon and on the following two afternoons there will be a. 50-bird event for the fair Dianas who are in attendance. There will also be two prizes in the G. A. H. for the fair shots who make the highest scores.
 On the 23d the preliminary hand1- cap, at 100 targets, 16 to g yards, will be shot. The same handicaps as in the G. 4. H. will prevail. The handi- cap committee, comprised of J. w Bell, chairman. R. F. Loring, G. K. MaCIlie, c. " Dering and J. H. Noel will convene on the 18th and announce the handicaps on the 20th. The Grand American Handicap will be shot on the 24th. This will be at 100 targets. 16 to 23 yards. On the 18th there will be a consolation handicap, 100 targets, 16 to 23 yards. No prize winner is eli gible in this event.
 There will be special matches be- tween professionals, and a 100-t target match open to all professionals for the Dunspaugh trophy during the tourna- ment- These matches will take place at 9 every afternoon. Trophies will be awarded the shooters who make the best score from 1G, IT, IS, 19, 20, 21, p and g yards in the Grand Ameri- can Handicap.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09
PLANTS SCHOONER WINS RACE
Takes AstOr Cup in New York Yacht Club Regatta Sailed Of
 Newport-Vanderbit's Sloop Aurora Captures Trophy.

Newport, R. l., August 8.-Morton F. Plants nine-foot schooner Elena and Cornelius Vanderbilts sloop Aurora won the Astor cups for schOoners and sloops, respectively, in the New York Yacht club regatta for these trophies sailed off Newport today.
 Racing against the Elena were three schOoners, Irolita, Vagrant and Flying Cloud. Elena distanced her nearest competitor, Irolita by more than an hour, corrected time, and sailed over the thirty mile Block Island course in the fast time of four hours and nine teen seconds. The wind was strong holding from 25 miles and hour at the start to 30 miles at the finish. Au- rora's nearest competitor was the fifty foot sloop Carolina. Aurora, a larger sloop, saved here time over this craft by about six and a half minutes. The schooner Vagrant broke her gaff and withdrew, Barbara parted some of her gear and Samuri, Katherine and Pauline did not finish the race.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09
IRON MEN IN BASEBALL
Radbourne, McGinnity and Rusie Were Hard Workers in the Box.

Old time ball players frequently re- fer to the fact that the player of the present is not worked as hard as was the case in the earlier days of the game and usually select the pitcher as an illustration of their contention. They cite the records of Charley RadbOurne, Joe McGinnity, Amos Rusie and other famous Iron Men" in baseball and defy the present pitching corps of the big leagues to produce their equals. RadbOurne, with his eighteen victories out of twenty games pitched in less than a month during 1884; NGcCiinnity with his long list of dOuble-headers and Rusie with his terrific speed ready to step into the box at any time, were all examples of the hard working pit cher of two decades ago but there are Iron Men" still in the game today, although it may be that there is not so much demanded of them as was expected of the twirlers of fifteen and twenty years ago.
 There are several pitchers of the present season who have hurled fully twenty-five per cent. of the total num- Der of innings played by their clubs to date, who are still going strong and are the chief support of their mana gers, whenever a, crisis arises In the the Washington club las pitched more than 2G0 innings with an earned run average against him of but 2.06 runs per game and q winning average of ,609. Harry COVeIeskie of Detroit and his brother Stanley. of Cleveland, are not far behind Johnson.
 In the National League Grover AL exander, of the Philadelphia club, leads the league in the number of in
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09
McCARTY LEADS
 NATIONAL LEAGUE EATERS
Robertson of New York Giants Hit
 ting at .348.

There is no stopping the advance of Lew McCarty in the batting averages. He continues to lead the National League sIuggers, and if Davey Rob- ertson hopes to wear the crown of champion he will have 10 do some tall batting. Lew is hitting at a .395 clip, and is well in front Of Robertson, who boasts an average of .348.
 Daubert improved in the last week, and gained few points on the star of the Giants, but has some ground to make up yet. Hans Wagner is still in the select circle, but Buck Wheat has dropped out for the time being.
 The Robins are leading the leag que in team batting with q mark of 26O, and are only six points ahead of the Giants. The Reds who have been out in front for a long time, have dropped into third place. Boston continues to be a dismal last. The Braves, how ever, lead the league in fielding, and Carey continues to show the way to Benny KauR in the base running line of endeavOr.
 These averages include the men who have played in fifteen games up to A1ro17st 2.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09
CONNIE MACK PREFERS
 THE YOUNGSTERS
Athletic Manager in Process of Re-
 building a Championship Team.

Ever since the formation of the American league the Philadelphia Athletic club his been very aptly en- titled the Connie Mack School of Baseball" Ever since the astute Cor nelius opened his park on Lehigh ave- nue, the Philadelphia grounds have been regarded as the best training school in the game for future big league stars.
 In the IA years of American league history, pennants and chamrionshtps and his enterprfsing band. Twice in the struggle for the supreme title have they been beaten out by National league clubs, and, yet, season after season comes around and finds them strong, if not dreaded factors in the race.
 Twice has c. Mack taken a handful of raw materia1-untutored college lads-and moulded them into a cham pionship outfit Stars innumerable has he turned out, and ultimately sold or traded to weaker clubs that badly needed strengthening. Twice has he torn an invincible club to tatters and then started to rebuild with a miscel- laneous assortment of the veriest ty- rOS.
 And now we find the Philadelphia Athletics in the running once again Once more the wiseacres of the base ball world are beginning to glimpse the possibilities in the band of strip Hngs that Cornelius is slowly but surely whipping into shape. Gone are the familiar faces of Plank, Ben der and COOnabs, heroes of Philadel- phia in days long past. The brilliant Collins the dependable Barry and the
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09

nings pitched with Mamaux, of Pitts burgh, 9 close second and Vaughn, of Chicago, third. Alexander has worked TIT innings during which time he has had but thirty-tw earned runs scored off his twirling. giving him an average of 1.63 runs per game. On the bases of games won and lost his average is .714. Mamaux, who has figured in a few less innings, has a slight better average computed on either system.
 Among the leading ten pitchers in each major league, on the basis of the greatest number of innings pitched, Pfeiffer of Brooklyn heads the Ma tionaI group while the CoveIeskie brothers lead the American twirlers under the games won and lost sys- tenn. MamauE, of Pittsburgh, and liar " COVeIesllie, are the premier pitchers on the earned-1un basis.
 The Hn leading pitchers in each league based upon the number of in ninEs worked, together with their rec ords under each system of computing averages, are as follows:
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09
YESTERDAYS RESULTS,
----------- American Leauue,

American League. New York f. Cleveland g. Philadelphia Q. Detroit g. Washington 0. St. Louis 9 first gamel Washington St Louis g. (second game) Boston 6. Chicago i.
 National Leanue. Philadelphia 5. Cincinnati l. All others postponed-rain.
 Eastern League, Portland 1. Springfield 5. All others pOstponed-rain.
 International League. Montreal Newark Rain Toronto 5. Baltimore 3. Rochester 0. Providence 0. t5 innings darl.ness) Buffalo l6 Richmond g.
 American Association. At Kansas City 9, Toledo 7 At Minneapolis l. Louisville ?. At Milwaukee g. Columbus ?. At St. Paul 8. Indianapolis 1.