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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
THIS WILL WORK
English Paper Suggests Novel Trap
for Kidding Community Of All
Sorts Of Rodents.

Let me give you an unfailing meth
cd for gathering in all the rats for
miles around.
Get large tub, fill it about three
parts full with water. Stand brick
ON its end, in the middle of the tub.
Get some brown paper as a bridge
stretching from the rim of the tub to
the brick, all round the tub, SO as not
to let the water be seen. Then put q
slab or board up against the tub for
the rats to run up.
Put q piece of meat as q bait on
the top of the brick, and saturate it
with oil of rhodium. The rats will
come from all quarters at the very
smell of it. The first rat that runs up
the bridge tries to get at the bait, and
falls through the brown paper into the
water. He then climbs on to the top
of the brick and starts to squeal.
All the other rats for miles around
come rushing to the aid of their dis
tressed comrade and each one topples
into the water and is drowned. Only
one can occupy the top of the brick at
a time. BY this means whole neigh
borhoods could be cleared very rapidly.
Pail Mall Gazette.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
THEIR WRITING TOO FANCY
At Least One Woman Has No Faith
In Gen. George Washington and
Mr.. Thomas Jefferson.

signatures of General Washing
ton and President Jefferson. Take
one"
Most every customer did. One wom-
an gave, in return, an opinion-for the
benefit of the woman with her:
IF l couldn't write q better hand
than those two I'd lose my job and
deserve 1t. Neither of them could
earn salt directing envelopes, no ed
itor would stand for their copy. and
the civil service would turn 'em down
so quick they wouldn't know whether
they were afoot or horseback.
Talk about character in chirog-
raphy-huh! You see anything to
suggest Valley Forge in those curly
macues? reckon Father George ID
all he's cracked up to be, but-honest,
l don't see how any man with an idea
in his head could fall for penmanship
like that-and when 1t comes to Jeffer-
sonian simplicity-what object do you
suppose Thomas had in changing his
two small, but entirely competent n
into one sprawly "yT'
Which seems to show that for one
woman, anyhow, two great men lived
In vain.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14


. live low o
dwellings He
cheerfuness
kitchen
ned with beds possible All traditional
matis
Jokes cracked their troubles might almost
Tea
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
FORAGE IS QUITE ESSENTIAL
Chickens Will Not Produce Economl.
eaIly Without Green Feed-SoW
Essex Rape or Oats.

Green pasture is just as essential to
the chickens life process as-it is to
the dairy or beef animal. OF course,
chickens can live without it, but they
will not produce economically without
some green stun.
Now that all the wild vegetation lie
killed or tough, A. P. Spencer, dis
trict agent for the University of Flor.
ida extension division, suggests that
dwarf essex rape or oats be sown for
them. These two crops will make ex.
cellent forage for the chicks and will
supply pasture until spring crops can
be planted. Plant about half an acre
for every 100 chickens. The rape
should be sown at the rate of eight
pounds to the acre. Chicks can be
turned on it as soon as it is three
inches high.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
Floor Plan Of Milk House.

feet of sand and four of well-graded
gravel. says Iowa Homestead. The
walls are made of the common con-
crete blocks with the inside walls
coated with a hard wall plaster The
cooling tank for the milk cans is built
part way into the floor, as is shown
in the drawing. There
are floor drains and also a drain for
the tank. There is a work table at
the outer end of the room and a can
rack by the front window. 1t is a
house that is always easy to keep
clean and sanitary and up to date.
There are five good-sized windows in
the walls that admit plenty of sun
light. It is a house that is easy to
build and not past the average farm
er's ability. The frame roof is made
of two by fours covered with shiplap
sheathing and cedar shingles. The
drawing shows how to build it in the
proper fashion.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
TIE VENICE.
Ve3fAMER|CA

~ HE little island of Tangier, ly-
ing in Chesapeake bay oppo-
site the mouth of the Poto-
mac river, and famed for its
nne oysters, crabs and fish, was re-
Gently made the subject Of an article
in which the island, its population and
their customs were described with q
greater attention to effect than to
truth. The description was of q
quaint, old fashioned. superstitious
community, far removed from the af-
fairs Of the busy world.
But real pictures of the island of
Tangier do not bear out all the asser-
lions made. At one time these de-
scriptions might have represented con-
ditions there fairly well, just as they
might have represented scores of
other communities in the United
States; but the Tangier of today is
vastly different from the Tangier of
years ago.
The island is one of the most beau
tiful bits of land that dot the bay
from Baltimore to the capes OF V1r-
ginia. 1t has a population Of about
$500 persons, who make their living
largely by catching the famous Tan
gier oysters, crabs, fish and diamond.
back terrapin, with which the sur
rounding waters abound. Seven
tenths of the soft crabs shipped from
Crisfeld, Nd. to all parts of the coun-
try are caught in the waters of Tan
gier.
Much of the history of the island
is lost previous to the year 1872. But
in the War of 1912 the British troops,
on their way to Baltimore, halted
there on what were then called the
camp grounds tract long since
claimed by the inroads of the bay.
During the stay of the British a 10
cal preacher named Joshua Thomas
was invited to preach to the men.
Without fear he roundly upbraided the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14

and is governed by a mayor and Eve
councilmen. A deputy sheriff main
tains order. Daily mails arrive from
Crisfield and five steamers from Balti-
more touch the island each week. In
addition, magazines and metropolitan
newspapers are found on the news
stands.
Excellent School System.
Tangier High school, with an at
tendance of about 400 pupils. is con-
Quoted by principal and five teach
ers. There is also a small schoolhouse
and chapel combined on the north end
OF the island. presided over by one
teacher. Parents are eager that their
children should receive good educa-
ton and zealousiy cooperate with the
instructors. AS a result, rhe school
system of Tangier compares favorably
with many other systems that make
far greater pretensions.
The health of the people is looked
after by graduate of the University
Of Maryland. A Justice of the peace,
elected by the people of .Accomack
county. Virginia, of which Tangier IL
part, metes out Justice with strong
hand. The handsome Methodist
church, which is the center of the
islands religious life. cost $4,000, is
heated by steam, lighted by cleo
tricity, and is modern in every re-
spect. Brought up in this wholesome
environment, several former residents
Of the island have achieved striking
success in other localities. A number
are flourishing business men in Bal
timore and one is a member of the
Baltimore city bar.
The wonderful health of the people
can be traced to their clean and regu-
lar habits. No liquor has been law
fully sold on the island for the last
40 years. There is no fanatical op-
position to it. however, and those who
indulge are permitted to bring 1t from
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
VENTILATION FOR HENH0USE
Fresh Air 10 Best Secured by Lower
ing a Window, or Taking Out
Sash and Inserting Muslin.

Where the poultry house is sup-
piled with windows, ventilation is
best secured by slipping down one
of the windows at the top or taking
out q lower sash and inserting a
frame on which muslin of q good
grade has been well tackled.
Where there is an open-front
scratching shed the roosting room
back is best If made as small as pos
sible to accommodate the fowls. and
this should be inclosed against too
much cold or air.
Curtains hung constantly about
chickens It night in the winter usu-
ally bring on influenza as a result
Small flocks kept together produce
better than large ones. Ten or q
dozen fowls will require a house that
at the least will require 80 square
feet of floor space. which would mean
an by 10 house. Twenty-Five fowls
can easily live in a house 10 by Is
feet
II runs are attached to a house 100
square feet Of space is usually counted
for each fowl; that means ten feet Of
space each way for one fowl. This
insures healthier. harder birds. and
there will be no crowding.
Poles laid above the roosting place.
and straw piled on these, saves cold
from overhead at night. The straw
covering should not extend far beyond
the roosts. as a free space outside
above insures more perfect ventila'
ton.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14

British commander, General Ross, for
his intention to destroy Baltimore,
and informed him that he would be
killed. Students of history know that
the prediction came true.
Bright With Gardens and Paint.
The Tangier of today il about five
miles long and three-Quarters Of
mile in width. The main street of the
town is banked ON each side with
clean, whitewashed ratings and tall
poplar trees. Connected with the
homes are small canals which lead to
the creek that flows through the is
land. These canals answer the pur-
pose of roads, and most of the goods
coming to the people from the main
land are ferried up the tiny water
ways in small boats. For this rea-
son the citizens take pride in calling
Tangier the Venice of America"
Although there is little tillable land
nothing but small truck patches for
family use-small flower gardens are
attached to each home, with but few
exceptions, and these lend their charm
to the picturesque landscape in the
summer season. There are about 400
houses, all built of wood and costing
from $500 to $500 each. They are
pretty In design and are kept as
bright as paint can make them.
One writer In q recent article stated
that the homes were all built of logs,
that the men wore nothing but blue
jeans and brogans. and the women
dressed in calico and went in their
bare feet. This assertion was far from
the truth. There Is not one log house
on Tangier. As for dress, the tailor.
ing firmc al Baltimore are said to do
an annual business of $1,000 with the
people of the island, in addition to the
ready-made clothing that is bought at
Crisfield. There also are seven stores
in Tangier, three in particular carrying
large stocks of merchandise, and two
milliners cater to the feminine por-
ton of the population with the latest
styles In women's finery.
The town of Tangier is incorporated
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
Cold compresses.

Cold congresses today are gener-
ally advised and have taken the place
of various hot applications previously
thought to be the correct mode Of
treatment. This method Of reducing
irritation should be employed in the
beginning whenever possible 80 the re-
lief will be all the more rapid.
One of the simplest congresses is
made from q small towel or cloth laid
In several folds. dipped in cold water.
wrung out and applied to the throat
of the patient. completely encircling
It. Over this at once is placed a dry
towel covering the wet one 80 as to
exclude the air, otherwise a chill is
likely to follow. The wet cloth is
moist only, with no tendency to drip.
So soon az the bandage becomes
warm another one is Immediately
placed and the air not allowed to reach
the throat any more than is necessary.
Mustard plasters are sometimes ad-
v;sed for a sore throat.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
Get Salt From the Ocean.

Guam has no salt deposits unless the
great Pacific ocean which surrounds IL
can be called such. All the salt con-
sumed in the island Is evaporated
from s2a water in kettles in the age
old fashion employed by the natives
of all sea-coast countries and islands.
When a boiling" is in progress the
natives take occasion to produce a
quantity of sugar as well as salt, the
sugar being derived from evaporating
the sap from the cocoanut tree.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
GRAIN RATION FOR FEEDING
Experiments Made by New York State
College Of Agriculture With Dis
tillers' Dried Grains.

The grain ration for feeding mich
cows used at present by the New
York state college of agriculture has
given good results.
Two 32-pound. seven-day records
were made at the college this fall by
cows eating this mixture of grain:
Five hundred pounds distillers' dried
grains. 300 gluten feed, 300 wheat
bran, 200 Of meal. 200 cottonseed meal,
400 hominy and 100 standard mid.
dlings.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14

Do you know how tapioca grows
tapioca which makes such fine pud-
dings? The tapioca and arrowroot
plants are the same and the roots
without other preparation than boiling
or roasting. like potatoes, make an
excellent vegetable. The strange
looking fruit of the laguana tree would
never be suspected to contain the-most
delicious of Juicy acid pulp. 1t is q
sort Of custard apple. The natives also
make jelly of it and preserve 1t.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
eternal ENEMIES OF WEEDS
Sheep Clear Up Waste Vegetation and
Turn Il Into Mutton-AIso De-
stroy Many Insects.

Sheep are the sworn enemies Of
weeds. They clear up waste vegeta-
ton and turn it into mutton.
BY eating down and trampling the
weeds on the fields and along the
fences, they destroy many insects
which harbor in the weeds.
II the sheep merely pay for the ex-
ira grain given them, 1t is profitable
to keep them as scavengers and in.
secticides.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14

teacher in one of the New York,
schools instructed her class of boys
to write an essay on "judicious." One
youngster. a Jewish lad, raised his
hand first. The teacher instructed him
to read his essay on judicious. "On'
our holidays" he began, I'VE have
mazotos and other Jew Dishes"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
Clean Up the Orchard.

General orchard pruning will come
later, but remove the dead. diseased,
or broken limbs at once. Ragged
wounds left where branches have
been broken down by fruit, or by lad.
ders used in picking, leave openings
for cankers and other diseases. They
should be pruned back to the living
wood so as to leave a smooth wound
which may be painted to keep out dis
eases.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
Sheen Must Have Water.

Some people actually believe that
sheep can live without water. No such
thing. 1t is true that sheep in certain
seasons can live for days without be-
ing given water, but 1t is because they
get the dew ~on the grass. Sheep
should always be turned out to pas
ture early in the morning for this
reason, but besides, they should al
ways have plenty of clean water. They
will not thrive without it.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14

the construction of the milk house on
the farm u that it must be clean. 1t
must be scrupulously clean at all
times. Wood construction that invites
rot and decay is out of order. Con-
crete properly made is most ideal for
this purpose and in the small farm
milk house shown here 1t has been
used to a good advantage. 1t is IL
by 16 foot house with S-foot walls.
The floor is made of concrete mixed
with one sack of cement, three cubic
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14

A recent acquisition by the Univer.
sity Of Washington, at Seattle, is a re-
markable stump of petrified cedar.
found at an altitude of 1 300 feet. The
stump. which is fifteen feet high and
five feet thick, is almost pure yellow
in color, with an extremely CLASSY sur.
face.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
Place for Feed Box.

The feed box should be on the side
of a horses stall on which the horse
lies down when he sleeps. He will
then stand on the other side of the
stall most of the time. His manure
will be made on that side, with the
result that he will keep cleaner than
under other conditions.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
Industrial Education.

In England, as well as in this coun-
try, manufacturers are taking q lively
interest in Industrial education. A
scholarship aud an exhibition have
been founded at the University of
Leeds for the purpose Of giving the
holders training such as will enable
them to assist in the development of
the industry. A sum Of about $22, 500
has been placed in trust for the pur-
pose by two Whitehaven manufac-
turers engaged in the leather and coal
Industries, and this will provide q
scholarship Of the annual value Of
$3.50.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
An. UItimatum.

81 am under the impression that you
made q New Year resolution not to
worry"
YES" replied Mr.. Dubwaite.
Have you kept it,"
81 kept 1t for q while without any
great effort, but Mrs. Dubwaite in
formed me that had always shown a
tendency to let her do the worrying
for the family and she refused to sub
NIT to the imposition any longer"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
METALS IN HISTORY.

earliest piece Of bronze is the rod found dating
while
6M copper spread from Egvu into
stone tools
hSands after they had discarded
Mount Snawhence
knonvhe all this time in
by
mineral fields Andf
already had
} be out somAt uHt years C..
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
CAREFUL WATCH OF HEIFERS
Rudimentary Teats Can Be Removed
With Advantage, Both for Milk
Ing and Show Purposes.

Careful watch should be kept for
the appearance of extra rudimentary
teats on young heifers.
In most instances they can safely
be removed with advantage to the ami
mails from both milking and showyard
viewpoints.
The wounds caused by the removal
Of rudimentaries should always be
carefully cauterized.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
A HeIpmeet.

Johns wife is wonderful help to
him"
"Yes?"
why, she let's him do all the house.
work and does away with the neces-
sity Of hiring Q maid"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14

new accounts opened Bank ceangs oooo for
$3800000 $37O00000
benefits
prohibition
principal
cause in the NJ
disturbance 15
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14

request was refused, Ba1I1n T0Dey no
tifying the Juror that to comply with it
would be to violate the law.
Thereupon ten of the jurors pro-
ceeded to build deck of cards out of
the luncheon boxes in which they had
brought sandwiches to the jury room.
While four then proceeded to play
pitch, another member produced
enough Jumps Of sugar to make q set
of dice.
Two more Of the Jurors were yet
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14


c4ded botter
Immediately
The nonassentng member
elaboration
until
reported Neterer
discharged.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14

crease of business and an even more
marked improvement in collections
Hundreds of credit accounts which
had been hanging over customers
heads for years and had, in many
cases, been given up for lost by the
storekeepers, have been settled ur
with the money which would have
flowed over the bar.
In eight savings banks deposits
increased $575,000 in the first month
of prohibition, and more than two
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
Study for Fruit Growers.

Fruit growers should study the best
books. bulletins and papers that have
to do with their business, for they
must do it to keep up with the pro-
cession on its way to success.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
Business Boom Follows Prohibition in Denver

DENVER COLLABORATION Colorado January The
noticeable smiles
scow the features the wet The leading
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
A Distinction.

Brown Is independently wealthy,
Is he not"
He's wealthy enough, but a. for
being independent-well, you know.
of course, that he's married."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
Made SLIGHT Mistake.

This may be old enough to raise
whiskers, but q newspaper friend re-
lates 1t as q recent happening. L
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14

Valuable Hog Finisher.
Tankage is a valuable aid in finish
ing hogs quickly. Add ten pounds to
every 100 pounds of other feed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14

the diest and heathiest parts Of town and
addition
arly health all Of healthy stock
authorities seized this being the logical the
health improved rapidly
revealed that the roundabout Union street
other atmosphere other
the twins cannot be blamed the climate
residences
thorou being
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
Question Of When.

"A wise man may change his mind"
my boy" replied Senator Sorghum,
"the greatest Of all wisdom consists in
knowing when to change your mind"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
Seattle Jurors Make Cards, Dice and Checkers

wAsHPayns cards dice and checkers all Of their max
Of member the jurors called Bain
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14

streets on aged feet.
Their faces are gray and deep
liped. their hair il scant and plainly
combed, and one ungloved. gnarled
hand clutches the nap Of the garment
which serves at once for overcoat
and hat, with grim determination.
These are the scrubwomen. Fiji.
teen thousand Of them. 1t is estimated,
clean the stubborn thing and polish
the imposing mahogany Of the great
oflcaa axerY ni1hf Nina-fonfha Of
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
CLEAN Bad FOR Rrood sow.s

Clean Bed for Brood SoWs.
Have you good dry sleeping quar-
tiers for your sows this winter? It will
pay. and pay well. to have q
good, clean, dry bed for brood sows.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
Food for Brood Sow.

The SOW needs plenty of bone and
muscle forming food before the little
porkers arrive.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
protectjon for Even.

Protection for Ewes.
Take extra preacaution to protect
the ewes from the storms. A soaked
fleece may result in chill and that will
be bad for the lamb.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14

Corn 10 Big Producer.
Corn produces more per acre than
any other crop.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
How New Yorks Big Army Of Scrubwomen Exists

him
scattered beshawled
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14

Lines to Be Remembered.
Sin has many tools. but a lie IL q
handle which fits them all.-Holmes.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-14
Stork Is Partial to One Street in Towanda

seriously asking and wanting to
know
Why the stork is 80 partial to
this particular street?
Local physicians having failed to
explain the mystery, the mayor has
addressed a communication to DR..
Samuel G. Dixon, state commissioner
of health at Harrisburg, asking II
he or anybody in his department can
explain Just why nothing but twins
are born in this short thoroughfare.