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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22
MAKE BIG GUNS ABS0LETE
Western Inventor. Devises an Aerial
Torpedo That Gives Promise
Of Effectiveness.

What may eventually prove to be q
highly effective war implement, and, n
so. possibly render present heavy ar
tillery obsolete for long range opera
tiOns, is n self-controlled aerial tor
pedo that has lately been developed in
Colorado. 1t is described in the Au-
gust number of Popular Mechanics
Magazine. In a general way, the in
strument attempts to accomplish over
land what the United States navy's
new wireless torpedo does at sea. Its
principle and method of operation. of
course. are entirely different. As is
10 be inferred, it consists of q small
aircraft-much like an ordinary BIZ
plane-carrying large. high-explosive
torpedo which it is designed to drop
at any predetermined spot within a
certain radius. The projectile, which
is about twelve feet in length, forms
the body of the machine and is divided
into two compartments. The propel-
Ter is mounted at the front end of it.
while the shaft extends through the
entire torpedo to the rear compart-
ment where an 1S-horsepower motor
is housed. The speed and course of
the machine are regulated by means of
a gyroscopic mechanism, while tim
ing device of some sort releases the
engine containing missile at the prop
er instant for 1t to strike its target.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22
DON'T LOSE HOPE
IN KIDNEY TROUBLE

was troubled with what the doctor
said was Kidney and Bladder trouble and
after trying several doctors, gave up all
hopes of ever being well again, until
friend of mine told me about DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp Root. Before / had finished the
first bottle I got relief; and after taking
six bottles was completely restored to
health. I say to one and all that SWAMI
Root 10 Q wonderful medicine.
Very truly yours.
MRS. MARTTLE VANDERBECK,
100 johnson st. Moberly, No.
Personally appeared before me this
9Th day Of February. 1914. Mrs.. Martile
Vanderbeck, who subscribed the above
statement and made oath that the same
10 true in substance and in fact.
o. RULICK O'BRIEN,
Notary Public.
Prove Whist Swamp-Root win Do For You
Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer 4 Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y. for q sample size bot
tie. It will convince anyone. You will
also receive q booklet of valuable infor-
nation. telling about the kidneys and blad-
der. When writing, be sure and mention
this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at al drug
stores.-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22
HETTY GREEN'S HEIR

Col. Edward H. r. Green quit
Texas a few years ago and went to
New York at the request Of his mother,
Mrs. Hetty Green. to prepare, under
her able guidance. to assume the finan-
ciai responsibilities so long borne by
herself. Mrs. Green's recent death, at
the age of eighty-two, found him still
a student Of the management of the
reputed fortune Of $100,OO00OO which
gave his mother the title of worlds
richest woman" He Is joint heir with
his sister, Mrs. Matthew Astor Wilks,
Of the bulk Of this great estate.
Colonel Green is forty-eight years
old. He was born In London, Eng
land, on August %, 1853. while his par
ents were touring Europe. He attend
ed public school In New York city, and
later was graduated from Fordham
college. He also studied law in Chi
cago, and was admitted to the bar
after passing his examinations with
high honors. In 1903 he took charge
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22
A Wise Provision.

A good story Is being told, aprOpOs
of preparedness, on a clever labor
catOr who lately spoke In Baltimore
In a speech made In another city he
absentmindedly put his finger In his
mouth and In an Outburst Of ener-
getic eloquence inadvertently bit It.
Later on. exigencies more or less
common to suffering humanity caused
him to part with the offending teeth
and replace them with good brand
Of artificial ones. But the remem-
brance of the former still ranked, and
when he began his preparations to
speak in Baltimore he removed the
teeth carefully, and putting them on
the table beside him, looked at the au-
dience and quietly remarked: Safety
first"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22

Of the U-boat Deutschland, and this
would increase the possible profit
making cargo. The navigational prob
lens need not balk the Germans. The
work the kaiser's Zeppelins have
already done both In time of peace and
during the present conflict has shown
the sureness with which the. boats
can be guided night or day from point
to point. Long before the outbreak
Of hostilities the passenger-carrying
Zeppelin Victoria Luise made more
thant400 trips, and up to the four bum
dredth run covered nearly $4,000 miles,
carrying upon each run q passengers.
With all Of the experience gained since
then. what may not the advent Of the
super-Zeppelin augur?
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22
Danger From Mosquitoes.

The most dangerous of the biting in
sects is said by most entOmOlogists to
be the mosquito. and the species which
IL the chief carrier of malaria is found
very widely distributed throughout the
world. AS a rule individuals do not
wander far on their own account, but
they can be blown considerable dis
tances by a wind, and they have a
habit Of travelling about in trains and
ships. The female hibernates through
out the winter, and, it is reported, has
been found under the frozen SHOWS of
Siberia. mingled with the moss and
snow.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22
Laps.

His prOwess as a walker was the
subject of Jenkins Boosting one day.
Zone holiday" he said, loudly. II Sc
lected n course measuring four miles
over the country, and timed myself.
The result was that in one hour COW
cred II miles i'm three laps"
He waited for the ordinations Of
amazement, which did not come. In
stead. one of his listeners remarked in
bored voice:
That's nothing special. 1 know a
young lady who once did go miles all
in one lap, and she would have re-
turned in the same lap, only I got
cramp so badly In the legs!'
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22
CANADA'S GOVERNOR GENERAL

The appointment of the duke Of
DevOnshire as governor general of
Canada in succession to the duke of
COnnaught has given a good deal Of
qualification in official circles in the
Dominion.
Known as one of the richest peers
in England, the duke of Devonshire is
an intimate friend of King George,
while the duchess, who was Lady Eve
Ign Emily Fitzmaurice, daughter of
the fifth marquis Of Landsdowne. is
also said to be Queen Mary's closest
friend. She received the appointment
of mistress of the robes in 1910, while
the duke, during 1908. was treasurer
Of his majesty's household.
The duke, who is the ninth duke
Of Devonshire, is in his fOrty-ninth
year and succeeded his uncle, the
eighth duke, in 1908. He was educated
at Elton and Cambridge university and
during 1S91-0S, was member of parlia:
ment from West Derbyshire. At the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22
SHE COMPUTES FOR SAILORS

70 know Mrs. Elizabeth Brown
Davis and her work should be suffi-
cient to dissolve the last shred of
doubt concerning the ability Of bril-
liantly intellectual woman to advance
year after year in the course of her
chosen profession. and at the same
time to carry, with obvious success,
the full responsibilities Of marriage,
which in her case comprise over 25
years of wifehood, motherhood and
homemaking.
Mrs. Davis is said to be the great
est woman authority upon astrOnom-
ical mathematics In this country, prob
ably In the world, and has been max
ing computations for the Nautical Al
manac, published annually by the
United States naval observatory at
Washington, for the last 20 years.
Mrs. Davis began this work soon
after her graduation from the George
Washington University, under Prof.
Simon NeWcOmb. the DISTINGUISHED as
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22
Homogenized Ice Cream.

We are indebted to the board of
health of the City of New York for
the information that hOmogenized ice
cream may lawfully be sold in that
city, and for the further information
that homOgenized ice cream may be
made of powdered skim milk and
water. Among those things in the
names Of which crimes are committed
ice cream ranks right along with lib
erty and futurist art.-St. Louis Re
public.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22
Don't Poison Baby.

YEARS AGO almost mother thought her child must 5nv
sleep FEW DROPS TOO MANY win produce the SLEEP
FROM WHICH the children who
By lau
mum ana n which narcotic prooucs on IN ="
without labelling definition
medicine hch
doses produces CONCLUSIONS and death The taste and
Of medicines disguised sold under the
Soothing should permit
medicine
Of what It il composed. CASTORIA DOES NOT
CONTAIN NARCOTICS L II
Of Chas. 81. Fletcher. NJ <NYI41%
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22

who charge Of the During
Almanac
seeking problems
in
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22
GARDNER and THE TRAMP

They were telling a story about
Representative Gardner and his fer
vent preparedness campaign.
1t seems that begging tramp ap-
preached group of congressman, and
one of them pointed out Mr.. Gardner
and said:
Nothing doing here, Weary. but
that gentleman there is very charit-
able, and if you tackle him you'll be
apt to make haul"
Tanks. boss" said the tramp,
huskily, and he hurried to Mr.. Gard
ner, while the others looked on with
interest.
The tramp and the statesmen
were seen TO talk earnestly together
for some time. Then their hands met,
a piece of money plainly passed be-
tween them, and the tramp stepped
jauntily away.
swell, did you land him?" a con-
gresham asked the tramp.
no" the tramp answered, cheer
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22

A French scientist successfully COM
batted locusts in Argentina by in
noculating a number of the insects
with parasitic disease and liberating
them to infect others Of their kind.
The Georgia state superintendent of
schools. replying to declaration that
his state is exceedingly i'll" from the
ailment Of illiteracy. gives figures to
show that since his department was
first established in 1870. white Hitter
acy has been reduced from 81 to Z
per cent, and black FROM 90 per cent
to 60
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22

brassard or munitions badge, or a
tanned face" remarked a pretty girl.
IF you come back to town with cheeks
that are as brown as the earth, people
Immediately believe you've been help
ing to make hay or picking fruit. You
don't need to bother about your COM
plexion. People don't expect you to
have one If you've been helping farm
ers. And think what it saves at the
chemist'sw
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22
BERLIN BUTCHER FINED S.. 900
Had Secretly Sold Meat at Great
Profits, Despite Govern.
ment Order.

Berlin.-A Cologne butcher named
Sommer has been sentenced to Jail for
two years and fined 10000 marks
($5,OOO for withholding from sale a
large amount of meat and also for Sc
cretly selling meat assigned for sale
in Cologne to Dresden dealers at a
great profit.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22
TAN NOW SUCCEEDS ROUGE
English Society Women Consider IL a
Badge Of War Time
Service.

London.-In these days when women
are taking up the work of men gone to
the front pink and white are no longer
considered desirable in woman's COM
plexion and tan has become the fash
ionable shade.
Cross uniform or canteen workers
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22
TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

More than 40 varieties of rice are
cultivated in Siam.
Concealed under the flap of a new
cap for men Is pocket for money or
valuables.
An experiment station for the pro-
duction of tea has been established in
Argentina.
The extension of a branch of the ST.
berian railway for 500 miles has
opened one Of the worlds greatest
coal fields
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22
THE SUREST way

To cure HEADACHE, BILIOUSNESS.
CONSTIPATION, etc., is to take ONE
BONDS LIVER PILL at bedtime. You
will wake up well, without feeling the
medicine.
An INACTIVE LIVER Is the real
cause Of nine-tenths Of human ills.
ALL DRUGGISTS, Is CENTS-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22
Fliers.

do you ever take a flyer In the
marketr
"NO." replied the munitions specu-
lator. Nothing doing with airships,
I'm for submarines"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22
Whenever You Need . Cenefsl Toms
Take Cvnve's

The Old Standard Groves Tastelso
chill Tonic is equally valuable - Gen.
eraI Tonic because Il contains the well
known tonic properties of QUININE and
IRON. Il acts on the Liver. Drives ont
Malaria. Enriches the Blood and Builds
up the Whole System 50 cenh
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22
COVETED ~ ALL

but possessed BY few beautiful
head Of hair. II yours IL streaked with
gray, or IL harsh and stiff, you can re-
store It to its former beauty and lus-
ter by using La Creole" Hair Dress
ing. Price $1.00.-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22


o
which valuable mineral deposits addition
three picture galleries. gallery library
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22

Compression Of the waist is said to
be harmful, but II the right young man
makes the attempt the average girl ID
willing to take chances.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22
Its Sort.

did you see where In the storm the
other night the Jail was struck"
"Well, what better place for light
ming bolt?"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22

Engineers have found that the use
of zinc in boilers prevents foam and
the deposit of scale.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22
III Is IMPERATIVE

IT 10 IMPERATIVE
that you keep bottle Of Mississippi
Diarrhoea Cordial in your medicine
chest. In constant use for fifty years.
Price Csc and 50c.-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22

1t is not the height some men at
tain that makes them giddy-it is look
ing down with contempt on the crowd
beneath them.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22

In the United States 100000 chill
dren. ten to fifteen years of age. are
employed in gainful occupations.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22

Porto Rico has just had the most
profitable tourist season 1t has ever
experienced.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22
Uncle PennyWise Says:

The auto bizness must be u grand
one, with everybody saving up to
buy machine.-Louisville Courier
Journal.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22

the Midland and president and general
al
them BERTH
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22

Always proud to show white clothes.
Red Cross Ball Blue does make them
white. All grocers. Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22

A small but useful electric railway
Is contained within a Paris sewer.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22
Offensive and Oefe nsive.

On top Of the airship, near the bow
is an eighth gun emplacement, and
the weapons there are machine guns
and a Eovel type of small rapid-fire
mortars- This feature is designed to
deal particularly with attacking aero
planes that might seek to assail the
dirigible from aloft, the most PROM
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22

Navigation Problems Solved.
The transatlantic aerial freighter
would be stripped Of its military char
acter just as has been done In the case
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-07
THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER

The oldest journal in the English language is the London Gazette, the official publication of the British court and government, which was founded ,251 years ago to-day, Nov. ', 1865. The Gazette was established as the official organ of Charles II, and the first number was issued at Oxford, the court having settled there because of the terrible plague raging in London. In February of 1866 the publication office was removed to London, and it has been published regularly ever since.
 As a literary compilation the Lon don Gazette is almost as exciting as the Congressi onal Record, it's Wash ington contemporary, or the Gazette de France, which. is a much. older publication, dating from 1631.e Dull and drab as it is, however, the Gazette in these days of war publishes an- nouncements of great moment. It's pages are filled principally with legal notices and court announcehents.
 Unlike the Congressional Record, which represents a loss to the United States government, ss the London Gazette is a money-maker for the British government. The legal notices yleio an income OF $bO,OOO or more a year, while the sale of copies to off, cials, lawyers and others interested in it's contents combine to give the coun- try a profit of over. $1O0,0O0 a year from the Gazette. Advertisements of private concerns are not accepted, al- though doubtless many manufacturers and merchants would be glad to pay Hberally for the barest> mention of their wares in the stody and yener- | able record of British ,officialdom.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-07
NEW YORK JUDGE
 DEN0UNCESLAW '0F THE IGNORANT
Sad Story of Mother Accus. ed of Stealing Leads
 To His Action.

New York, Nov. Tt is perhaps unprecedented for judge to denounce the laws from the bench. Yet this is what Judge Wadhams did in New York when a mother was brought be- fore him charged with second offense of stealing to feed her six children.
 The judge refused to sentence Mrs. Rebecca Schur to prison, although she pleaded guilty to burglary and the law clearly called for severe punishment. :. Until five years ago the woman's husband supported his family as a worker on children's clothing in one of the great factories of this city. He contracted tuberculosis, the ban of the factory worker, and so was forced by the health laws to give up his posi- ton. <Since that time Mrs. Schur has partially earned living for the fam ily~by doing odd jobs.
 Judge Wadhams' opinion is little like the, usual dry document called by that name. Indignation is written over it. He says:
 ''The records inform me that this woman was found guilty once before of stealing. She then Was let go on a suspended sentence. Because of that fact she ought to be sent to jail. But I understand the conditions.
 "Her husband is not permitted by the authorities to work because of his being i'll with tuberculosis. It would be dangerous for him to work on c1lildren's garments. It might spread the consumption to the inno- cents There is a law against that.
 "As a result of this law the husband has had no work for four years.
 Nevertheless he goes on producing children who have very little chance under the conditions to be anything but tubercular, and them selves grow ing up, to repeat the process, with so- ciety. There is no law against that.
 "But we have mot only no birth regulation in such cases, but if infor- nation is given with respect to birth regulation, people are brought to the bar of justice for it. There is, a law they violate.
 "The question. is whether we have the most intelligent law on this sub- ject that we might have.~ These mat ters are regulated better in some of the old countries, particularly in Holland than they are in this country.
 "I believe we are living in an age of ignorance which at some future time will be looked upon aghast as we look back on conditions which we now do not permit to exist.
 'So that here we have to family in- creasing in number with a tubercular husband, with woman with a child at her breast, with other small chill dren at her skirts, and no money.
 There is a report which I have from the Charities Society, showing that the defendant, this woman, had to have assistance from time to time to keep them from absolute starvation and in order to give her family bread she steals. I will not send her to jail sentenced."j
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-07

game they all had been lying in wait for, for weeks.
 Miss Anna Troy has returned to her home in Berkshire after visit of two weeks in New York city.
 The dwelling of Mrs. w. B. Ackley of Gas street is undergoing extensive repairs and improvements by Carpen- ter George W. Northrop and men.
 Undertaken L. c. Morris met the 10:43 a. m. train at the Newtown sta- tion today and conveyed the body of Mrs. James M. Blackman of Passaic, N. J., to it's last resting place in Berk- shire cemetery. A large number of Sandy Hook friends congregated at the station and followed the funeral cortege to the place of interment.
 The junior choir of St. Roses church are rehearsing for minstrel enter tainment for the benefit of the church to be held Thanksgiving eve. Rev. Father Coholan is directing the work.
 Contractor T. F. Brew has trans formed the old style dwelling of Miss Mary Egan of Taunton into an up-to- date bungalow, by the addition of a porch and dormer windows.
 Walter Glover, son of Selectman W. B. Glover, expects to take a. course in electrical engineering this year, likely at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn.
 A. W. Peck, Jr., who holds a respon- sfble position with the s. R. & L. Co.,. New Britain, is visiting at his home on Mount Pleasant.
 W. Hagerman, late operator at the New England station. has moved to New Jersey with his family.
 The leaders of both leading political parties have united on a plan to hear election returns at town hall to- night. The reports from the associat- ed press will be telephoned to the hall, and flashed upon the motion picture screen upon the stage. The Sandy Hook band has been engaged for the evening to relieve the tedium of wait ing, and, doubtless. everybody will be on hand, to cheer for faVorites.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-07
WASHINGTON TOWN
 IDEAL MUNICIPALITY

Dumont, Wash, has a remarkable record, according to the state bureau report.
 The income of the town last year amounted to $31.11, and it's expenses were $31.13, the community running two cents behind. It made no ma- terial difference, however, as it only meant the reduction of the towns 8 bank account of two cents, or to $209.09. The town has no paid off, cials, no debts, and the election of- ficers serve without pay, and there Is money in the bank.
 The town has never levied a gener- al tax for municipal purposes, and it's only expenses are for supplies of vari- ous kinds.