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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-23
MISTOOK HUNTER FOR STUMP
Nimrod's Peculiar Experience With a
Lynx Who Had Been After a
Squirrel Dinner.

was once teaching school, writes a
Companion reader, in a backwoods
region, where game was very plenti-
ful. One afternoon in the hunting sea-
son L made my way to a small valley
about mile from the settlement,
down which ran well-beaten deer
trail.
took ny post on small hill that
commanded a good view OF the valley.
In front of me, and about II feet dis
tant, was large pine tree; behind me
was an old stump. As the evening
was cool, l wore gray sweater, and
my hat was also gray.
After waiting for nearly an hour,
noticed movement in small clump
of bushes to my right. Then the horns
and head of u large buck appeared,
but he drew back before l had q
chance to fire. With rifle cooked and
finger on the trigger, crouched, wait
ing for him to show himself again,
A squirrel chattered sharply from
the stump behind. Then he landed
squarely on the top of my head, from
which he sprang to the tree. Imme-
diately after l was thrown violently
Forward on my face by some heavy
object that descended with great force
on my back. The blow almost drove
the breath from my body. My rifle
was discharged as fell.
Very much surprised and consider
ably alarmed, scrambled to my feet,
but nothing living was in sight.
peered behind stumps and fallen logs,
more mystified every moment. No owl
swooping down upon the squirrel
could have inflicted such blow, neith-
er had any limb fallen from the tree.
l looked up among the thick foliage,
but there was nothing to be seen. i
walked round to the other side of the
tree. On large bough, but well hid
den, I discerned a dim, gray shape. II
was a full-grOwn lynx. l brought him
down by well-directed shot.
Now I understood the situation. Near
the stump on which the squirrel had
been sitting lay large log. Behind
this the lynx had crept on his prey.
In escaping, the little animal had
leaped to my head, and thence to the
tree. His enemy had followed him,
and he must have been nightly sur
prised at landing on a man, and also
by the report of my rife.
Naturally saw nothing more of the
deer, but was richer by a fine lynx
skin and most uncommon expert
ence.-Youth's Companion.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-23
Fruit Cake.

Three cupfuls sugar, four eggs, one
and a half cupfuls melted butter. one
cupful sweet milk, one and half cup
fuls molasses. one pound each of rails
ins, currants, figs and citron, running
these through food grinder. one tea
spoonful cloves, four teaspoonfuls Gin
namOn, one nutmeg grated. seven cup
fuls flour sifted four times. one tea
spoonful soda. half teaspOonful salt.
Bake three and half hours, leaving
oven door open first five and last 20
minutes. Make two medium-sized
lOaves.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-23
ALL WORTH WHILE
GvERy KIND OF FAD Has eoM1
ADVANTAGE.
Trouble IL, One Il Apt to Go !nlo'
Them With Too Great Enthusiasm
at First-Three Good Exam-1
g pies ef That Kind.

Do you remember q few years ago
when we ali went wild about paper
bag cookery7 Everything from soup to
pudding we baked. in paper bags. and
We vowed that every dish that had,
been cooked BY that new method pos
sessed q strange deliciousness that
never have been gained but through
the paper bag. We bought recipe
books and no end of bags. We liked
the fad for a while and then we forgot.
We had a few failures and we became
disgusted. So passed the fad for paper
bags.
And then came new vogue for cas-
serole cooking. To be sure, similar
dishes had been cooked with SIM
liar results in France, Spain, Ger
many and Scotland, and other lands,
for cons of years. But somehow our
culinary interest was focused on the
casserole, and we swore our eternal
and undying devotion to it. 1t was
chicken en- casserole, beef en- casserole
and everything else en- casserole until
We forgot all about the casserole and
relegated it to the top shelf with the
paper bags.
At one time in the history of our
culinary experiments we became ad-
dicted to the use of the fireless cooker.
We spent our good money on a large
and complete outfit and spent long
hours experimenting with the various
appliances. But before we had saved
In fuel enough to cover half the cost
CT the fireless cooker we grew weary
and up to the attic went the fireless
cooker in disgrace.
Now, the really sensible thing to do
would be to accept these fads for
what they are worth and to keep them
all. There are things that can in no
other way be so well or so convent
emily cooked as in paper bags. Baked
fish in a paper bag is delicious and
leaves no dishes to be washed. Casser-
ole chicken is more delicious than any
other sort of chicken and an occasional
casserole stew is well worth while. For
cereals and many sorts of meat dishes
the fireleSs cooker is q convenience to
every housewife, and surely vegetables
and puddings cooked In glass haxa
many decided advantages. Therefore
keep all these devices for what they
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-23
d!llhR tofl desolation.

uiun8 tOiy4d1a QeSOfatlOn.
The sense of being in prehistoric
land Is heightened by the cave dwell
ings IN the sides of hills Of muddy
rock, often showing no more than a
door and chimney, but sometimes
with typical Spanish bravura-a rough
colonaded portico planted against the
face of the hill Many of these cave
dwellings are of recent burrowing, but
some must be of immemoral age.
The Approach to Granada.
After the traveller turns west Mt
Guadix, rather sordid little town
with a disappointing cathedral, the
country grows more inviting. Grana-
da wipes out the remembrance of the
brown desOatiOn of the southeast. The
green groves and canals on the Alham-
bra hill are even more truly the
monument of Moorish culture than the
great fortress which dominates the
plain and looks across to the encir-
cling heights of the Sierra Nevada.
Before that inglorous day when Boab-
dill passed out of the Gate of the
Seven Storeys and yielded up his in
heritance TO the Catholic sOvereigns,
Granada boasted 10000 inhabitants.
and the plain was as richly cultivated
as the fields Of Kent. CASTLE had con-
quered, but could not hold, the riches
of its Moorish inheritance.
Granada sleeps today in the sun
shine of its memories. Some of its
people may busy themselves with max
ing sugar, but its real industry Is its
history, and the guide and the curio
dealers its merchant princes. Yet 1t
remains a city of enchantment. For
those who are connoisseurs in first i'm
pressions, Granada should be entered
at night and the hill of the Alhambra
climbed forthwith. 1t Is difficult to
exaggerate the witchery of the view
over the city at midnight from a high
balcoIG The suffused glow from
street and courtyard-for Spain goes
late to bed and the city is never wholly
dark-the dim outlines of church and
cathedral when the moon is full, the
cool scents from the neighbOring gar
the brooding of the spirit of history
over IL all make a sum of unforget-
table memories. Nor does the morn
ing light bring disappointment. The
cool brown and rich texture of the
tiled roofs, the strong green of cypress
and myrtle, the warm reds of the
rough Moorish bricks, and the distant
Enclosure of the snOw-capped Sierra,
: sunshine and cool airS-these things
are at the root of pleasure. OF the AL
hambra itself nothing need be writ
ten, for the features of the second
Damascus" are SO familiar. but this
much must be said. The fortreSS-pal-
ace has been greatly over-restored. 1t
had suffered much from centuries of
neglect. during which 1t became
'rookery of poor dwellings. 1t was not
until after Washington Irving had
made II famous that the Spanish gov
ernment recognized the need To set this
national monument in order. OF late
the renewing has been overdone An
excess of the typical plaster surface
decoration has been applied to old
walls, and the result must be very con-
fusing to the visitor who is inexpert in
such matters.
But this criticism does not apply to
the Generalife, which, remaining IN
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-23
KNITTING Help.

When knitting sock or stocking II
one will add a thread of good white
linen to the yarn when beginning the
heel and knit every stitch plain on the
right side and purl every stitch on the
wrong side. which will do away with
the ribs. the heel will not be much
thicker than the rest of the foot and
will wear at least three times as long
This is useful for chldren's winter
stockings and mems socks.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-23
I word or sob, he listened, turned
lway, and disappeared.

word or sob, he listened, turned
lway, and disappeared.
After many days he came back and
lid something that struck the village
iumb. He gathered his possessions,
)iled them In his house and set all on
ire. When the last glowing rafter had
ALLEN, he took his little grandson
rrumo by the hand and went away.
None of the village ever saw him
igain, but before many days they
earned of The terrible deed that the
ron man had done previously to burn
ng his house. He had crept to the
Kurdish stronghold and had stabbed
he two captured women to death, that
he outrage to his family honor might
7anish from the earth.
Chsro and his little ThumO wan
] 1ered, clinging to existence by every
means that misery could devise. AS
hey went on, begging, starving, freez-
ng, the old hunters mind became sick.
Thumo's great, blue eyes made him
shudder; for they were the eyes of
lis unhappy mother, whose innocent
blood had poured dreadfully over the
lunter's hand when he stabbed her.
He began to forget why he had slain
his dear ones. Only the horror, the
lSartlessness of his deed survived in
ais memory. He suffered dim tor
nents by day. Vivid phantoms tor
:ured him ut night. If it had not been
hat he must remain alive to care for
little Thumo, his practiced hand
would have sent the steel into his own
throat, and he would have gone to God
10 tell his tale-such a tale, thought
Did Chsro sObbing. that heaven would
shudder, the angels would wall and the
splendid stars lose light.
Weary, wretched and ragged, they
came at last into a town where there
was a bazaar. Chsro and ThumO sat
iown against wall to get the warmth
Of a meager sun. Suddenly the old
man. looking at the busy market
scene, began to weep.
Little Thumo looked in the direction
If his grandfather's gaze. He saw a
Kurd with beautiful OK.
"Blaes, grandfather, our Blaes ~
screamed the child. He ran to the OK
and began to kiss the broad forehead
between the soft, gentle eyes.
The Kurd, suspecting instantly that
.hese must be the previous owners of
the animal, tried to drive ii away I;
out the child clung to the great, silken
ear, and the powerful brute stood OBJ
stinately still, seeking Thumo's cheek
with his muzzle.
at is not thine!" said the Kurd
softly. my life on it! Come, child,
and let him go!"
He tried to loose the boys hold on
lie OK. "Grandfatherl Grandfatherr ~
walled Thumo.
A crowd had gathered. Chsro could
aot see what was happening. He could
only hear his grandchild scream. In
slant fury seized him. He sprang up,
broke through the crowd, and leaped
at the Kurd, gripping his throat.
The Kurd struggled. He tore the
hair from Chsro's head. But the nerv-
ous old hands were as iron rings, and
with hoarse growl the Armenian's
angernails dug deeply, deeply.
The bystanders tried to pull him of,
out he clung to his victim like a leech.
As Il leech were sucking at the
EurdS throat. dark stream of blood
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-23
Eice Water Custard.

Here is a nice DESERT: Boil rice
plain. take water rice was boiled in.
add one or two well-beaten eggs ac-
cording to quantity of water; sweeten
to taste and boil as you would any
custard. stirring constantly to prevent
burning; flavor as preferred and use
as sauce for the plain boiled rice.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-23
Chocolate Cream.

One quart milk. When boiling stir
in FIVE tablespoonfuls grated chocolate.
three tablespoonfuls Qarge) corn
starch. one cupful sugar, one cupful
milk, favor with vanilla. Cook In
double boiler until no taste of corn
starch.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-23

began to trickle under the tearing fin.
gers.
Chsro's white beard was red with IL
AS the two wrestled. .~breast to breast,
panting, Chsro looked like a shaggy
peast that has torn its prey and is
devouring it while it still lives.
AT last the police arrived and fore
MN from the fainting Kurd. who hard
ly waited to revive before he hurried
10 get away with his OK.
The guards led Chsro toward iail
Ihumo, crying, ran after the beloved
OK. Then he turned and trotted after
the beloved grandfather. He clutched
the old mans rags and screamed.
.Blaes, grandfather, Blaes!"
fhe old man went on with the no
lice, silently. The child turned and
ran after the OK again. A.ain he
turned to follow his grandfather
mus he ran from one to the other till
ne realized that the distance between
the two beloved objects was growing
too great. Then he cried bitterly and
pursued the old man.
But before he could reach him. his
grandfather disappeared behind
great door, that closed with a loud
rever6eration. The child beat at the
reconstructed thing, scratched IL
stamped with his feet and imnlored
1t was in vain.
Exhausted, he sat down at the pris-
on portal, held his little head between
MS hands, and sobbed quietly to him.
self.
lie had no grandfather now, and no
Blaes.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-23
Parkins,

One cupful shortening, one cupful
sugar. one cupful molasses, two cup
fuls rolled oats (uncoOked). two eggs,
one teaspoonful soda trOunding). spice
to taste. Flour to make stiff batter,
so as to spread with knife. Drop by
spoonful on pan and pat out with knife
and bake. Do not place too near to-
gether
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-23
A Wise Boy.

"BOys." said teacher to her Sun.
day school class, "can any Of you
quote verse from scripture to prove
that 1t is wrong to have two wivesT
A bright boy raised lis hand.
swell, Thomas" encouraged the
teacher.
Thomas stood up mo man can
serve two masters" be said proudly.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-23

Chsro, thq Armenian hunter, cared
:or weatherf as little as did the bears
and wolves that he fought. He suf.
'ered natuYe's cruelties as stubbornly
rs did thef rocks of his native noun
aims. HiG continual strife. his con.
inual shedding of blood, had given
him not toaly the courage of a beast
If prey but\ the silence of one.
Silent and iHnsmiling, he brought his
rophies to tte village. Silent and
lnsmiling, he pore them past the ad-
nirlng peoplei Silent and unsmiling,
lie departed.
But one daH he entered the VILLAGE
smiling. On Ns back was a strange
horrible burftn. 1t was not a dead
via Deast, bu prey heavier and far
more noble. Ad Chsro smiled under
his burden. pith a terrible, fatal
smile Chsro SIN led as he stopped be-
heath the bodySof his only son.
See Chsros s Sophy J" he cried, when
he villagers g thered. "Whose prey
this? 1t is tie prey of the Kurds !
hunt wild bdSsts! They hunt Ar.
neniansw
The son had en- killed by Kurdish
.aiders while he1yas irving to defend
rom them the p& Of oxen with which
,e had been plO4ng.
And Chsro we back to his moun.
aims and lay in tait-but not for ami
nails. de DID no urn his steps home
ward again until e nad drunk ont of
lis followed hal the blood of tho
zurds who had lin his son.
When he re-en red the village the
.aeighbors clamo u that it had been |
2ded in his absence and that his
ughter and his sons widow had been
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-23
Carino for Broome.

Brooms put into boiling water once q
week and then plunged into cold wa
ter will become tough and durable. last
twice rs long as those not treated
thus. will sweep better and not cut IL
earpSt
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-23

moreover, IL is Impossible 10 take any
general photograph which would give
any idea of the variety given to the
scheme by an almost bewildering
change of levels. The gardens step
down the hill from east to west and
there are other variations. The lower
walled garden, for example, is much
lower than the level of the picture
gallery. From the windows of the lat
ter we look down on its round pool
and low we'll, tipped box hedges
bounded on the north side by an open
arcade which frames the view.
The Generalife is approached by a
long avenue and we enter at the
southern end of the court of the ace
quia or canal. The channel is bor-
dered by fountain jets and is no more
than four feet in width. At either end
is a small, round pool, and the water,
brought TO the northern pool from the
head of the water supply up the hill,
flows southwark and then to the lower
levels. The northern block of build
ing is reached by a delightful cloister
along the west side of the court. About
halfway along the cloister is a mira
dor or outlook chamber from which
we look down on to the lower gardens
north and south of it, and across to
the Alhambra, best seen from here.
The paths in the Canal court are Of
pebbles laid in diamond patterns. The
detail of the cloister may well be Of
the fourteenth century and prepares
us for the superb design and workman
ship Of the great portico at the north
end Of the Canal court.
Cypress and Cedar Gardens.
A few steps up bring us to a mira
dor on the upper floor of the building
which here runs eastward. From both
levels we look southwark over the
Cypress garden, which takes its name
from one great tree that has lost its
fellows and does not look as though it
would live forever. Here are a pool
and luxuriant hedges. About twenty
steps take us up to the Cedar garden.
and from this level we can climb the
hill to the mirador by two series Of
stalrways, giving access to further
hedged gardens set out in every sort
Of geometrical pattern. At every turn
there are fountains, served from the
head water by ingenious pipes and
canals. The Cypress garden is DIVIDED
from the court of the canal by build
ing which serves as a summer resi-
dence. 1t Is clear that the Generalife
gardens had a great reputation as
early as the middle of the fourteenth
century, when they served as su-
burhan pleasance for the Moorish
kings. II Is no less certain that much
of the present superstructui is mark
edly later in date. Indeed. part Of the
main southern block has been consid-
erably altered in form within recent
years by roofing In an upper iosGia.
Many and contradictory stories ere
current as to the succession in the
ownership of the Generalife. One Is
that one of the architects of the Al
hambra, Moor, married into a dis
tinguished family from which de-
scended the marquesses Of Campote-
jar. Through them the property passed
to its present owners, the Pallavicinis
of Genoa. To them every visitor to
Granada owes gratitude for permis-
sion to wander through their enchant.
ed gardens.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-23

Moderr armenian literature has
not been sufficient either in quan-
t'ty or achievement to command q
prominent position in the popular
regdrd OF western nations. 1t has
Gee" spanngly translated into Enc
tssh and somewhat more extensively
into German. Awetis Aharonean
me author of this story, is probably
the most popular Arpenian uritsr
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-23

private hands, has escaped the zeal Of
official architects. Moreover, ii is the
perfect type of a Moorish country
house of moderate size, built without
reference to the needs of defence, and
girt about with gardens in which de-
sign and the confguration of the site
have conspired to create cool retreats
Of extraordinary beauty. Not only
does the Generallfe claim the singular
interest of having been designed ORR
ginally for his own home by one Of
the architects employed on the Alham-
bra, but it is q fine flower of mingled
Italian and Moorish art in its own
right.
Beauties Of the Gardens.
Parts of the gardens, and not the
least interesting, defy the camera.
Trees and shrubs have been allowed
to grow somewhat too freely, and the
fine lines of pool and wall in most Of
the upper compartments are now
veiled in a green luxuriance. This de-
stroys In photograph the underlying
form which the pva fS able TO. fYacp
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-23

Igidir. villaye in the area which
has been the fighting ground of tho
Russian and Turkish armies.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-23

~ RANADA'S impress on the
travellers mind must always
be enchanting, but il is sharp
er when the great home of
the MOors is approached from Almeria
through the grim country southeast of
Granada. Contrast could go. no fur
ther. The train on the slow and doubt
full Southern railway, writes Lawrence
Weaver in Country Life, groans labor
iOusly up the steep track from the
dusty and rather dilapidated port Of
Almeria through an arid and noun
famous district. One can see here the
processes of creation-chaotic seas Of
mud contained in series of basins
by encircling hills, heaving like an an
cry sea, and then, as ii were, frozen as
they chafed into desOlation of yell
low-brown waves, gigantic and retain
ing the memory of turbulence. Only
where rare rivers bring them refresh
ment DE- nm1antations and vine
\a13 to villages with
and roofs which
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haust your interest at first by too great
enthusiasm.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-23

s.s. !; ill., s: .ss !: s''s::: r.: r.:
tey adjos Me thkme Of she Ar
nentan sAs giUen here. Its scene
s IN the r Fesent field of war. 1t
d."
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-21

Chicago March 2l-Whcat price,
shoWcd unusual .tcadlncss today aud
the market gave ago sigu uf being iu
the least disturbed over the announce
meat that the president had called on
congress- 10 convene nh,ad OF the
time which had been set Apparently.
traders were more concerned in ro-
gard 10 gossip Of = new move ON th,
part 90 Germany Tor peace. Chances
OF "A cessation or hostllitios by Europ-
can belligeronts formed a hcgrish !H-
nueucc whereas steps ct Washington
looking 10 a declaration ~ val re-
ceiVed in general "a construction fa-
vorablc To the bull side OF the market,
opening prices. which ranged frum
the same as yesterdays finish 20 80
oliver with May NJ $lSGis 90 3 SEA-,
and July at sl.5- 90 St.5tN were fol-
lowed hy slight gains. then "a moder-
ate setback and later fresh upturns,
which. however. failed to last.
Subsequently more pronounced
weakness developed IN consequence OF
additional peace Iumdrs The close
was nervous. / to ESQ net lower. with
MAY at S1.4Sis 20 sl.SiA and July At
st.55a to tf.557s.
Corn. like wheat. was bcarishly al.
fccted by peace rumurs. After OPEN
ing unchanged 10 &c lower. the mar
ket continued in the main to sag. al
though there were occasional rallies.
In latter dealings the tendency 20
downturns was increased before the
heayiness Of wheat. The close was
weak at lc To iasC net decline.
Oats displayed a little more firm
ness lnan corn. Some buying was
done on the theory that oats were REL
ativeiy cheaper than other grains and
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-21
NcM York NinnrN.

New York. March Mercantile
paper. {Hiia per cent. sterling, 60
dag bills, i.lt per cent. commercial.
60 day bills on banks. i'i pcr cent
commercial 60 day bills, i.70% pea
cent. demand. 1850 per cent; cables
i16 1-l6 per cent.
Bar silver. 5sitc. .
NcNican dollars. 55ac.
Governments bonds. steady.
Eailrond bonds. irregular.
Time loans. steady. SiXty and 'o
days. 31 N34 per cent, . months
(. p ID per cent.
can money steady High. 2ia per
vent. low. . per cent ruling rate, ~
r,uj. lust loan, 20 per cent;
clu..ua Did, por cent offered at, 90
utr cent.