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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
The Human ButtonhooI<.

What a blessing it must be for 9
woman TO own lady valet! Think OF
the cares and responsibilities those
functionaries relieve ones mind OF
when ones nightly process Of dis.
mantling begins. There is the hair tc
be let down and put into braids and
crimps, and the switch to be brushed
and hung up to keep it from bagging
at the knees. Then come the hip pads
and other falsities to be placed in
cold storage for the night. These are
only the minor details which fall to the
lot OF woman. 1t is also a blessing to
the husband when wifey scrambles in.
to her freaks Of the dressmaker's art,
to have this handy human buttonhook
around the house-Cartoons Maga.
zine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23

bring out its power by living in gentle
ness, In loving tolerance, in the sane
tity Of good deeds, and with faith in
God. And / command your children's
children to appear before this court
In a thousand times a thousand years.
Then there will sit In this judgment
seat a man wiser than /. He will resi-
der the verdictv"
Saladin bowed his head and mur-
INJURED the name of God.
"Saladin." said Nathan the Wise, IL
thou art this wiser man"
"What! I? i, the dust. the moth
ingT The Moslem seized the Jews
hand. 1.-The thousand times a thousand
years Of thy Judge are not yet. The
judgment seat is not mine. Go! Go,
Nathan, but be my friendw
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
HOLDING UP PRECIOUS LETTER
African Blacks Fall to Realize What
MsssIve Means to the ExiIsd,
homesick White Man.

1t Is a pioneer custom in Africa, east
and west, that the white mans local
letter is franked from town to town.
The black man to whom the white
man gives his letter carries 1t to the
headman Of the next settlement, who
carries 1t In turn to his brother head.
man down the trail; and so from hand
to hand by day and by night, with
q glance from any passing white man.
the letter goes forward. Such let.
ter-carried as the custom is, In O
split rod from which there hung, like
. dag 9 bit Of turkey. red-lchanged
hands that night before my! tent And
now write 1t In a white mans book
that the postmen loiteFed. :,
70 stand and chat there In the moon.
light with the exile's letter In your
hands-how could you do that, you
two old heartless headmenf I watched
you from my little green tent. It is
remembered Of you that you 30 de-
layed. while In some lonely hamlet
under that same moon q white man
sickened for a letter. And when one
gave the forked stick to the other, Il
was then too late. II indeed, as you
would say, you spoke no more than
dve words Of gossip one to the other,
those words were five too many. It ID
remembered Of you, and a thousand
nights since when I have waited for
the mail, II 1t were a moonlight night,
I have told myself with an extreme
self-pity and bitterness, "The carrier
Is gossiping In some clearing" have
seen in my heart that man with the
load Of mail upon his back, standing
for hours by a friend Of his, laughing
and asking news one Of the other. This
conjured vision Of two black men hold.
ing up the mail is the sad issue Of an
Imagination infected beyond cleansing.
You see, saw them do it.-Jean Ken
yon Mackenzie, in the Atlantic.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
CoVyx1Gh9 b. J. W.. 4ullsf
nous Tales and Legends Told in Brief Form
By j. w. MULLER

In Asia Minor today, as IN the
Crusades seven and a halt centuries
ago. the three great religions of the
world are inertricably knit into the
fortunes of war. Today's story is
from Lessing's celebrated drama,
Nathan the Wise"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
Optimism 50 Per Cent Pure.

Banks-Watts Is a pretty optimistic
character, hear.
Planks-I should say so. If he
failed in business he'd thank heaven
he had his health; II his health failed
he'd be glad he had his business. and
II he failed in both he'd say there was
no use having one without the other.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
Not Much Use.

A little boy came home the other
day to tell some sad news.
sand so your teachers deadT asked
his mother, Mortified at the lads an
nouncement.
"Yes," he replied, thoughtfully.
'but that isn't much uss while the
schools still there, Is itt'
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23

Germany esteems the drama,
"Nathan the Wise" properly among
its best literary riches. Its author,
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-
1871 syas great poet. a great
philosopher and man of wide and
profound general knowledge. like
Goethe. HIS views of life are criti-
cal but hopeful and noble, and his
writings have affected deeply tho
creative thought of the whole world.
His poems are knovn in Germany
from the kaiser's palace to the rood
cutters hut.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
GOETHALS DECIDES
ON STEEL VESSELS

Washington. May 26.-The prob
lem OF sufficient ships to beat the
submarines game was again to the
fore today.
The idea OF constructing thou
sand 3,0O0-ton wooden ships has been
altogether scrapped and now efforts
are under way to get sufficient steel
to build the boats. Some ship board
officials, however. want at least some
OF the ships built OF wood.
General Goethals wants money.
ships and power to go ahead. He has
been pledged the needed money In
about two weeks and steel men have
agreed to cooperate in giving neces-
sary metal supplies. That he will
ultimately get the power he seeks,
instead of having 1t scattered In a
board, Is likely. Government au-
thorities are pleased at the decreased
submarine tolls OF the last three
weeks, though they are not yet ready
to predict that the lower averages
will be maintained.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
HONORS
LATE SENATOR LANE

Portland May 26.-With the ar
rival here this morning OF the body
OF the late Senator Harry Lane.
Portland is honoring the memory to-
day OF the distinguished citizen and
ex-mayor, Accompanied by 80 fire.
men. through fire chiefs and through
large number of prominent bus
mess and professional men. the
body was taken through the business
streets this morning to an nndertak-
ing establishment, a solemn process
sion.
At one o'clock this afternoon. the
body was placed in the city hall
where II will lie In state until 5
o'clock Monday afternoon, \ special
guard OF honor OF firemen and police
has been assigned to watch the body
Arrangements for the funeral
Tuesday will be made this afternoon
at conference between Mrs. Lane
and friends OF the late senator.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
COUNTY IS READY
FOR ARMY CENSUS

The county registration board for
the reserve army census has COM
pleted arrangements for taking the
census in Josephine county, The
registration for this city viii be con-
Quoted In the Chamber OF Commerce
rooms with Clerk Coburn In charge.
He will have with him . force OF
stenographers aud typewrlters,
Supplies for the county precincts
are being sent out today, Tho reg
istration places and registrars ap-
pointe6 for each. are as follows;
Waldo--Geo, Elder store. Geo, W,
Elder. Melvin Lewis.
Althouse Hotel. Sadie Smock.
Kerby~--post office, ]. +. Stith,
Selma -Tuffs 4 Hottenroth store.
Opal Hottenroth,
Murphy Grange hall. Jas. Me-
radden,
Slate Creek Il. Church. Mrs,
Kate Masten,
wnliams~-Post otfice. Fred o'Kel-
ly.
Merlin--post Office. G, A. Guild,
Fcrry-iMaple Grove school. Ida Il,
Stephenson.
Galice-Rand hall Jesse Dewitt,
Leland-Hotel ONCE. Inex viii
liams,
Lucky Queen--hugo store, VIM.
Mackenzie,
Wolf Creek Post Office. Helen NJ.
Storey,
Placer--School honse. A. c, Ep-
perly
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
Primi.iv. View Of IN. suIlfroo.

Tue frogs In America. II must here
be observed. make most singular
noise. some OF them being absolutely
whistling, while others croaS 50 loud
l. that II Is dlticult at times TO tell
whether the sound proceeds from u
calf or frog have more than once
been deceived by the noise when walk
ing In u meadow. These last frogs are
called bullfrogs They mostly keep In
pairs and are never found hut where
there Is good water. Their bodies are
from four to seven inches long. and
Their legs are In proportion They are
extrcmcly active and take prodigions
leaps.-Froil IN Old Boo!; OF Travels.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27

More than n quarter %! the active
volcanoes OF The world a:r on United
States soil. accord!I: T. the Popular
Science Monthly We have "a, t!istinc.
ton of possessing about alsty vol
canoes IN Alaska and Ia the A,eutiau
islands Just OF the coast, IN the wea,-
crn United statc,. u ,ho l'aiiippinc,
aud IN the hawaiian lslaE1I we Eayc
nearly as many more. ua!,ing ,tcr u
hundred volcanoes that We posscas mot
that W. place ANY value upon their
possession, There arr but ~ through.
out thu entire g,oac
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
passengers added. you have the total
running weight Of your car.

passengers added. you have the total
running weight Of your car.
"For a quick way Of determining
what iair pressure you viii carry In
your tires II you have no regular table
Of imitation the following table is sug-
gested:
For three-inch tires divide the
weight Of the load by thirty-two.
''For three and one-half.inch tires d.
vide the weight by forty.
For four-inch tires divide the
weight Of the load by forty eight.
For four and one-half.inch tires di.
vide the weight of the load by fifty-six.
"For five-inch tires tires divide the
weight Of the load by sixty-four.
"For FIVE and one-half.inch tires di.
vide the weight Of the load by seventy
two.
ITO further illustrate the working
out Of the above table suppose your
car weighed o.SsO pounds and you are
using four-inch tires. From the above
we lind that for four-inch tires the
weight Of the load should he divided
by forty-eight. This will give you
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
KNOW THE CARS LOAD.
method BY Which . Moterist Can os.
the Best Tire Services.

Perhaps the greatest and most inn
portant thing a motorist should know
about car Is its weight with tine aver
age load carried" says an expert. by
knowing the weight OF his car when
loaded ready to run the motorist is in
position to regulate his tires so that
they not only act as the best shock
absorl,er obtainable. but are tit to otf
set any injuries which may come from
over or under imitation.
With the weight Of the car known
when preparing for a trip which In
cludes passengers 1t is very easy for
the motoist to regulate his air pres.
sure in the tires so that they will run
with the least injury TO themselves
This foresight will also prevent a
break in the side walls caused by an
overload.
with the weight of your car. plus
the weight OF gasoline. water and
extra tires. with the weight Of the
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
Noise and q Giraffe.

Among the curious characteristics Of
the giraffe IL It's strange Indifference
to loud noises nv contrasted with Its
peculiar "scarlness" with reference to
slight sounds. Noisy sounds like that
Of man walking near IN bobnailed
boots, the giraffe does not appear 10
notice, but should It be approached by
a woman whose skirts give out but
the slightest rustic the sound thereof
causes tlh giraffe to start ~ with
prlcked ears aud eyes distended IN
fear. CRATES fear the lurking foe.
and Il big bang scares them hnrdly at
all. To them the faint. rllslling sound
liz a token Of the greatest danger. In
that respect they are like deer.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27

sixty lnunds all prSsrr. witch
should w carried In yuur tires The
tire mileage viii le greatly Increased
II the motorlst will regulate his air
pressure by the load he carries."-New
York Sun.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
a Assnsrann.

"You made f,ll ot me" exclaimed
the angry husband
"My dear" rulnly rcjoiu'i his bet
te, ln!t "yG 1c'aj 20 have forgotten
that yun hayr h,u's a., ri us n seit
lnadr man, M,.,ala.n..s t'a,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-27
Eyes Of the Chsmslson.

The chsmelcon's eyes are situated In
tiny sockets projecting from the head.
BY this curious contrivnnce the pc
culinr little animal can see IN any
direction without the slightest motion
save Of the eye
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-10
CARRY YOUR BUNDLES
No Need Of Causing Extra Work and
Extra Expense

The Importance of the full cooper
alton of women with the government
in the readjustment of the common
practices of life it has undertaken is
becoming more and more clear. The
Woman's committee of the council OF
National Defense feels that one of the
greatest services that women can rem
der in this war lies in this co-opera
ton. The effectiveness of back
ing the women have given to the effort
of the bakers of the country to estab
lish the plan of no bread returns in
order TO save the tens of thousands
of leaves of bread that were going
to pigs and chickens is daily becoming
clear. Practically all of the bakers OF
the country are today cutting out that
waste and the women are standing
by them wherever the matter has been
called to their attention. 1t is only
here and there that a baker is found
who, in the hope of gaining com
petitive advantage by turning his
stale bread returns into chicken feed
fights the change The women gath
cred under the banner of the womans
committee of the council of National
Defense have been asked to take care
OF such. They will do it as fast as
they discover them
The same board which has rallied
the women TO cooperate in saving the
wasted loaves, is calling on them now
to cooperate in another saving one
vastly greater; one which if properly
conducted will free not less than a
hundred thousand men and tremen-
dous amount of equipment, to be used
where they are really needed.
Just as in the case of bread, this
new saving comes through a reform
in one of the everyday practices of
life-the way we get our daily gro
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-10

eeries, meat, fruit, and vegetables.
They come to us almost Ike the
Mamma from Heaven. All you did IN
the case of Mamma, believe, was TO
pick it up; all we do in the case or
our groceries is to ask for them
ask for them at any hour OF the DAY
"a dozen times a day If we Will
in any quantity, box of matches, a
half dozen bananas. round OF STEAK
and presto; it is put ON the kitchen
table
The thing which takes no fore
thought on our part, which Just nap
| pens, is pretty sure to be an expensive
thing TO somebody. Washington, IN
the interest of the great war, mas
been trying to find out what 1t costs
to relieve the women of the country
of the need of forethought in ordering
in making 1t possible for them to ask
and get anything that they fnd they
want for their households at any hour
of the day. It's big price we pay
The bureau of commerce has louha
that in the city of Washington It costs
IA per cent of the gross sales OF tood
to pay for its delivery. On food bill
Of about twelve and three-quarter MIL
lion of dollars in 1916, Washington
paid over 100000 for sending the
stuff to the purchasers. Naturally II
cost more to deliver some things IMAM
others. Ice, bread, milk, ice cream,
cost Washington most
What is true of Washington is true
the country over, so the commercial
economy board finds. 1t estimates
that the gross delivery expense OF re-
tail grocers in the country is ever
SIS, 100000 year What is this sum
used for? For the hire Of men to put
up packages, to run the number OF
wagons and trucks required, to put
them in at your door, to go to your
house not once but often half dozen
times 2 day.
Take any town of the country OF ten
thousand people and it probably is
spending three per cent OF the not
sales OF groceries in sending them to
the purchasers. Again and again
these purchasers come to the grocery,
the butcher milk depots, in carriages
or cars, but they rarely think OF TAX
ing home their purchases. A woman
will buy Il package of ten-cent cereal
and expect it delivered She will rare
ly think of carrying half dozen
rolls, though she is on her way home.
AS a matter of fact, the merchant
does not often want her to carry her
packages. His promptness and will
ingness to serve her irregular and
careless habits of buying is one of the
ways he builds up goodwill Our
canny merchants are spelling custo-
mers; in gratifying their whims, in
fetching and carrying for them until a
woman has come to fool sometimes
that If she offers to carry bundle
she will be classed as an undesirable
custOme'
The great necessity on use demands
a prompt. vigorous cutting out Of the
waste in all delivery of foods. have
spoken here only of food products,
but we all know that what has been
said applies equally TO all sorts Of
shopping, and particularly to depart
ment stores The report OF the COM
mercial economy board declares that
in our great cities the cost to the de-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-10
FRECKLES
Now is the Time to Get Rid of These
Ugly Spots.

There's no longer the slightest need
of feeling ashamed of your freckles,
as the prescription othine-double
strengths guaranteed to remove
these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce OF othine--
double strength-from any druggist
and apply a little of 1t night and morn
ing and you should soon see that even
the worst frecklcs have begun to dis.
appear, while the lighter ones have
vanished entirely. It is seldom that
more than an ounce is needed to com
pletely clear the skin and gain a
beautiful clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double
strength othne as this is sold under
guarantee Of money back II 1t fails to
remove frecklos.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-10
Bound thu Circle.

Friend-Why do you maintain such q
large Office force?
Financicr prevent outsiders from
botherlng me.
But thought that was what your
executive secretary was for"
"Oh, no. He Is here to prevent tho
Office force from botherlng me."-Life-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-10

partment store of delivering packages
is from eight to twenty-five cents a
piece 1t is no uncommon thing for
the cost of delivering an article to ex-
coed the cost of the article, and prob
ably one-half of the daily purchases
of a department store might be car
ried home by the women themselves.
How is all this vast, unnecessary
use OF men and horses and trucks and
money and time to be cut out and the
delivery system put on rational bas-
is where 1t is strictly confined to
what is necessary.
There are not a few towns in the
country where It has already been
put on such a basis by cooperative
deliveries. Ann Harbor, Michigan.
has had such a delivery conducted
by its merchants for eight years. For
merly 1t took seventy wagons to car
ny home the daily buyings of the
people-now it takes, buteighteen. In
other towns there has been saving in
cost Of from twenty-five to seventy
five per cent.
Wherever a cooperative delivery
has been well managed. the average
saving has been aroused fifty per
cent.
OF course this means reform in
the method of ordering. One delivery
a day is all that ought to be expected
under present conditions. Ii woman
knows that is all she will get, she
will quickly and easily reform her
ways or carry her extra bundles.
The woman's committee OF the
council OF National Defense firmly
believes that all that 1t is necessary
to do today to secure hearty and
prompt cooperation from women in
carrying out such savings as this,
that their fellow-committee on the
council of National Defense has dem
onstrated to be possible, is to let
them know that It is asked. II urges
women everywhere to aid in the re.
form. They can very promptly en-
courage their merchants to establish
central or cooperative deliveries, and
call on them to limit their deliveries
to not over one day on each route,
cutting our accommodation deliveries
altogether. They can discipline them
selves to regular and thoughtful or
dering They can carry small pack.
ages Thy can discontinue the waste
full practice of having goods sent
home ION approval which nearly
always means waste effort in delivery
as well as extra charges within the
stores. IN certain department store
with total annuel sales of $S,0Oo,OO0
returned goods amount to twenty per
cent, involving waste OF more than
$4,000 annually.
Each woman will do her part II
groups OF women everywhere will
spread the reasons why the govern
ment. through the woman's committee
is making this request, there will be
no doubt that we shall see that hun
bred thousand men freed from use
less service.
A package in the hand will then be
as truly a badge Of honor as a Red
Cross button on the coat lapel.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-10
NOT.ICEs

To the taxpayers Of the village Of
Bennington; A rate bill has been
placed in my hands for collection as
follows: 80 cents on the dollar for
the village tax, 20 cents on the dollar
for the highway tax on the grand list
of 1917. hereby demand payment
of said taxes, and notify you that |
will attend at the Bennington County
Savings bank from o'clock a. NJ. un.
III 3 o'clock p. m. There will be dis.
count OF 4 per cent, on village tax II
paid within 80 days.
c. II. Dewey, treasurer.
bennington, VT, July 10, 1917.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-10

FOR SALE double tenements
on Washington Ave, No. sos and No.
30S IL and No. $40 and $40 IL with
heater and all modern improvements
with hardwood floors mostly. l double
tenement on Scott street. Now barn
and carriage house on Pratt street.
Also l lot. Office and large store
house with sheds attached on Frank
lin Lane. Apply to James S. silk,
tel 5O6.M. 45ti
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-10
Political Assassinations.

The first three months of 1913 were
notable for their political assassina'
lions. There were five-the Turkish
war minister. Nazim Pasha. Jan. %
the premier OF Salvador, Manuel T.
Araujo, Feb. 4; the president and vicc
president OF Mexico. Francisco |. Ma
dero and Jose Pine Suarez, Feb. %
and King George of Greece. March Is
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-10
Fooled Both Ways.

A sportsman came to grief at tho
first fence. Pluckily remounting. he
met the same fate at the second at
tempt. Asked the cause OF his dis
asters, he said: 1T vos like zls. Ven
We koms TO re first fence | did link my
horse sud jomp. bot he did not jomp
so vent over his head Ven We koms
to 70 second fence | did link he vud
not jomp. and he did jomp, so | vent
over his tail. - Milwaukee Free Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-10
LOST

LOST-Saturday, mans gold, closed
face watch, Elgin movement. Finder
please return TO James Blauner, in
care Of Moulds Farm, Carpenter hill
and receive reward. 59t6'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-10

TO RENT-Stores, Offices, tene-
ments, shops, stables, individual ga
rage, individual storage lockers, fur
nlshed apartments and rooms all GEN.
trally located. Geo. M. Hawka. 426
Main st. 72u
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-10
Time and Place.

"There is time and n place for ev.
erythlng."
YES" answered Senator Sorghum
sadly. "And it's rather unfortunate
that one of the most reliable ways to
attain publicity is TO say something Mt
the wrong time in the wrong place.
Washington Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-10

FOR SALE-The Daniel ]. Cullion
property on Maple St., consisting of
two houses and building lots Inquire
ID. ]. Cullion 1926
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-10

FOR RENT-Rooms suitable for
taking boarders-bathroom and run
ming water. Apply Lock Box 1884
East Arlington, Vt. Phone 1862. 25tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-10
He Explains.

How did you get rid Of all your
money!
Some Of It | was touched for and
some Of it / was tagged for."-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.