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

this time following General Won Falken-
hayn himself on an inspection trip OF
this front. And now 1t rained. Inc
gorgeous beauty of these wild noun
tain crags, the purple miSts that yelled
the garish cOlors of the peaks. the fas-
cinatiOn and the splendOr of what
Americans call Indian summer were
gone. Everything had assumed. as IL
by magic, drab colors. The misty rain
beat against us before an icy wind.
The steep roads became perilOus with
slippery mud. There was no song from
the soldiers that we passed. Dripping,
soaked, they plodded YEARLY ana
slowly. The horses Of the baggage
trains seemed to feel the same way
about 1t. The automobile trucks fioun-
dered in the mud and many had mar
row escapes. 1t Is no light task 10
navigate one Of these giant cars on
crooked. slippery mountain road.
On little shelves of the mountain SIDE
were smoky bivouac fires trying hard
to burn. About them were drenched
soldiers trying to dry their soaked
equipment and uniforms. Here ana
there tapped tiny dog tents into which
these soldiers would creep for the
night in the hope that tomorrow would
bring q bit of sunshine.
Wounded Know No Hate.
Around q turn in the road came
slowly moving. weary OK train. The
oxen seemed to mind the rain less than
the horses. 1t was the contents Of the
wagons these oxen pulled slowly ana
ponderously through the mud that
made our auto slow down as we passed
them. Each wagon contained num-
Der Of wounded lying In the straw.
1t was in this section that the Rou-
manians had attempted to stop the
German advance by blowing up the
road at three abrupt curves. They
had done their work well. The expio-
sions tore of the whole shelf on which
the road was carried. But the Ger
man engineers had done their work
equally well. They hurriedly built up
a wall at about the middle Of the de-
stroyed road, then dynamited away q
big chunk Of the overhanging noun
tain side. This fell against their 0ew
abutment, and in three hours the Ger
mans were able to put artillery over
the new road.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
DARING FEAT OF CUTTER RECALLED

the senior officer present hailed the
Manning. which was close by, through
the megaphone in the following Ian
guage:
Manning, there!
THAT fellow coming out Of Havana
is probably the German warship Geier.
He must be Overhauled at all hazards.
You have the only ship present that
can do 1t. Go in, and good luck to
you'll"
With a flash the Manning's engine
room indicator was whirled to full
speed ahead, the bugles sounded all
hands to quarters and In another in
slant the Manning was tearing through
the water at full speed. Steadily she
crawled up, and as she did so her Of
ficers could see the strangers hull
steadily rise on the horizon. Then the
gun sponsors came in view; her flag
was showing, but 1t was now plain that
the vessel ahead was not only a large
cruiser, but Enthusiastically the Geier. A
headline in the coast ahead compelled
the stranger to haul out more to sea,
and as she did so she slowed down,
then stopped, and slowly there flut-
tered to the gait end the imperial flag
of Germany.
Cutter Circles Around oeier.
The Manning, without stopping her
great speed, tore under the Geier's
stern, put her helm hard-a-pcrt and
made q full round of the German
cruiser, as much as to say, swell, you
didn't get out without being spoken
to-" AS the Manning spun round the
German the officers Of the Geier stood
at salute, which was CURLY acknowi-
edged from the Manning, and then as
the Manning headed back a great roar
of laughter burst from her men, for
there, coming down In the distance as
fast as they could steam, was every
one of the eight little American guard
vessels, the fastest not able to make
more than ten knots, and not one carry
ing more than a few six-pound guns,
but they were all determined to be In
that fight IL 1t was possible to get
there.
The significance Of the Geier's act
lay In the fact that IL she had been
able to break through the American
Gordon without being spoken to she
could, on arrival at Vera Cruz, where
she put In few days later, have cabled
to Berlin that the American preten
sions to a blockade before Havana
were unwarranted, and therefore the
alleged blockade was not recognizable
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23

the six steps which led up to the
throne itself. Then there was the
throne of rock crystal, the remains of
which were found in Sennacnerib's pal
ace. There was the Persian throne
made for Abbas the Great, and fash
Toned nrt Of white marble; throne of
Gar Michael Feodorovitch, grandpa
Their of Peter the Great. whose golden
throne was set with 5000 turquoises,
1.5OO rubies. four great amethysts and
two large topazes." The most famous
throne in all history, however. was the
great peacock throne" one of the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23

glories of Delhi before the hosts Of
Nadir Shah sacked the city and car
ried the throne of the Great Mughals
back into Persia. over the Hindu
Kush. Much has been written about
its glories; how it was assembled by
silver steps. and stood on feet of gold
set with all manner of jewels, and
cock tails studded with diamonds,
rubies and other precious stones. Then
there was the throne of that mythical
monarch of the middle ages, Prester
John. supposed to rule over a vast
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
BONUS FOR NOT WEDDING
Miss Eaton Will Get IS Month for
Teaching School II She Does
Not Marry.

Highland. Kan.-Miss Ella Eaton of
Highland. who will teach in the schools
Of Metcalf, Ariz., during the coming
year, will receive a bonus Of s.
month If she refrains from marrying
until the end Of the school term next
spring. Marrying girls have been In
great demand at Metcalf.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
WE'D BUT CANNOT CONVERSE
German Who Cannot Speak English
Gets Bride Who Cannot Speak
German.

Parsons, Kan.-Lois Patrick. daugh-
ter of n local schoolteacher. who can
not speak German. and Herman Won
Grafen. a young German, who cannot
speak English. have just been married
here. The engagement of Miss Pat
rick and Won Grafen resulted from a
letter which Won Grafen wrote In Ger
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
Made Dash From Port.

man proposing marriage after he had
left Parsons to work in Kansas City.
After having the letter translated,
Miss Patrick replied in English, ac-
cepting his offer. Won Grafen had the
missive interpreted and Immediately
went to Parsons. Won Grafen says
his home formerly was in Cologne and
that he was sent to the United States
by his father to complete his medical
education.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
To Protect the Scissors.

Every woman has experienced the
annoyance of scissors in her work bag.
Take a cork of medium size and GRO
Chef a covering of some dainty cOlored
silk-leaving the fiat upper surface
uncovered. Slip the points of the scis-
sors into the cork and thus protect
your workbag.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
THRONES FAMOUS IN HISTORY
Some of Them of Such Masnificence
That They Stagger the Ordinary
imagination.

A throne of great magnificence
seems to be associated with the golden
age in the history of many nations OF
antiquity, says the Christian Science
Monitor. Solomon's throne was of
ivory. "overlaid with the best gold" on
either side of it were two lions, and
there were two other lions on each of
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
DISABLING of Geier at Honolulu
Brings Back Incident OF
Spanish.American War.
TRIEDTO RUN CUBA BLOCKADE
Interned Prussian cunboat Makes
Dash From Havana Harbor, but 10
Rounded Up by Coast Guard
Gutter Manning.

New York.-The interned Prussian
gunboat Geier, which was reported IN
recent dispatches to have been dis
abled at her pier in Honolulu, at the
outbreak of war in 1914 was cruising
in the Pacific and while en- route to the
California coast was pursued by three
Japanese armOred cruisers. In order
to escape, the German ship made her
way into Honolulu, but finding that
the japanese maintained blockade OF
the Hawaiian port the Geier interned.
As a precautionary measure, 1t Is said.
the breech blocks Of the Geier's guns
we're removed and sent ashore, as were
also the main crankshafts and cylin-
der heads.
During the Spanish-American war
the Geier sprang into prominence by an
attempt to demonstrate the ineffective'
ness of the American blockade upon
Havana. The Geier had obtained per-
mission to pass through the American
blockade at an early period Of the war
at a time when a strong American
naval force was present before the Gu.
ban port. and she remained In Havana
until only a few lightly armed cutters
and converted lighthouse tenders were
on guard, the heavy ships having beer
withdrawn under Admiral Sampson tt
the eastward.
Made Dash From Port.
Picking her time, the Geier one aft
ernoon in May, 1893, made dash ou
of port, Rugged the coast in a run Il
the westward, and would have made
good her getaway without being Spoken
to had it not been for the unexpected
arrival a few hours earlier before Ha
vana of the newly built and fast coas
guard cutter Manning.
At the first cry Of BLACK .smOk
coming out of Havana!" which wen
I'D from every masthead lookout o
the American vessels simultaneously
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
hal1olna1Dall5 of Past

l. RESIDENT WILSON called attention
very widely in 1913 To the ancient
n and honorable custom of holding an
NJ inaugural ball to welcome the new
II president to his job by refusing To
, sanction the affair. And owing To
N pressure of official business" there
! will be no inaugural ball this year OF
I'll 1917. In other words, American Of
II 6cialdom is in no mood for gayety.
The inaugural ball. says the Kansas
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23

domain in the interior Of Asia. This
throne the veracious chronicler. Sir
John Vaudeville, would have made
one of the wonders of the world.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23

A bird of prey wears ermine some
times as well as feathers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-26
RESULT OF TEAMWORK.

An appropriation by the government to ex-
tend the facilities of certain manufacturing
plants to provide for the building OF artillery
and making of ammunition is interesting evil
dence that the British plan of cooperation be-
tween government and private ownership IS 10
be followed here. The production OF big guns
and of ammunition in England during the past
wear has been a wonderful achievement. De-
tails of the work and what has been accom-
plished by it are given in a pamphlet, British
Workshops in the War" which is a rescript OF
a speech by Christopher Anderson Lloyd
Georges assistant in the ministry of munitions.
Mr. Anderson gives a vivid account OF what
was done when it was discovered that man pow
er at the front was becoming futile because OF
lack of machines to work with. The first step
was to take complete stock of the manufactur-
ing resources as they then existed, to assure
the complete cooperation Of all the manutac-
turers to take their advice as to what the
government should do to extend their equip
ment to fill their labor needs and expedite
their processes.
The best brains of the nation was concen-
trated on the business of making arms and mu-
nitions' for great offensive. The output or
the British manufacturers was quadrupled IN
less than year; the cost OF shell manufacture
was cut Lightweight percent, new weapons and
new explosives were developed and manufac-
tured with great rapidity; the offensive was
made possible and it was conducted with de-
pletion of the normal stock Of explosives of
only seven per cent. Above all, labor condi-
tons were so improved that workmen and en-
ployers wrought together in harmony to the
saving Of government costs amounting to near
ly forty-three per cent. over previous condi-
tions. It is teamwork that counts, and the re-
markable record of England is due to the team
work established between the government and
the agents serving it. We have done much
to invite and secure such teamwork, and if we
realize our potential workshop efficiency we
shall have major agent with which to defeat
Germany.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-26
THE MAN WHO WAS ALSO A WEREW OLF
Kaiser Terrible Indictment OF
Personality.

From Fighting for Peace-Te Werewolf at Large, in
Scribner's Magazine:
The who also werewolf sat IN his arbo drink
ing excellent beer
He was not an Unlocking man. His fondness for an
out-ofdoor life had given him ruddy color He was tai
blond His gray But there sllfty LOOK
them dreamy fierce At times they contracted to
Sits His chin sloped to nothing His legs were
long and thin, his movements springy and uncertain
The philosopher who came to pay his respects to the
who also werewolf (whom shall henceforth call
MWAW for short) named Professor Schmuck tie was
gobular with protrudng chnabue eyes, much mag
nifed by immense spectaces The fame OF MS book on
ARCHAEOLOGICAL Problems among the Invites and Hlttltes
worldwide But his real specially was universal know
edge.
Yet entering the arbor where MWAW was sitting,
this world renowned Learned One made three deep obe
ances he approaching IDOL and sammered In
husky voice: ''Highly Exalted!-dare I-9''
s'Ah, our good Schmucz!' said NWAW, turning in his
chair and recrossing his legs Come in Take place Take
beer. Take breath Speak OUT
The professor thus gracousy reassured set forth his
'I have come to you Highly Exalted to inquire your
allied views the subject of Lycantropy Your Exalted
ness Knows
eyes, yes' broke in NIWAW cold Teutonic legend.
Men become wolves Strongest and ercest breed Eat
pie up Brighten everybody Ravage countryside Beauti
full myth! Teaches power is greatest thing Might gives
right. Force over aI!''
Certainly Highly Exalted said sclmuck humbly, ut
lit is wonderbeautful myth, full of true idealism But
what if it lost lis purely mythical quality and became histori
cal, actual conemporaneous Would it not change its
pect? Would people object to it? Might not the
wolf get himself disliked?''
''Perhaps,' answered MWAW, smiling till his eyes al
most disappeared But what derence7 Ignorant people,
weak people, account Werewolf is stronger race there
fore superior Objections silly
'.True, Exatedness said scImuc1. ''It is the first
duty of ideal to realize itself Yet in this particular
matter the complaints bitter 1t said that great
numbers of helpless and have been devoured
their children torn to pieces their farms and gardens
aged and their houses destroyed by werewoves quite
emily Shall deny t9''
''No,' growled MWAW. 'Don't be fool 1t is too
well known We know it ourselves We the wolf pack.
Don't deny it. Justify it. That's your business Earn your
salary
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-26

occasional rabbit and quail a
trip they found the bodies ~ w
ground squirrels lying on III.
OF the nest. '
The hills in many places wa,.
forated with the burrows y, ~
ground squirrels, and the :.
seemed to have regular watch y y
on the high rocks from which
swooped down on their ouarrv
were not for the birds of orev /.
these hilly districts the placs .
soon be overrun with harmh,,
ents.
AS family the owls are \,
the most beneficial of all birds
the economic standpoint of tho
culturist. With few exception.
owls are nocturnal. Their ewes
ears are remarkably devotional
are keenest in the early hours a
night and morning.
Many harmful rodents ara
active in their search for food
ing the night and the owls ara
natural check for this multitude
hawk hunts by day and the On
night. and the work OF one 81
ments that of the other.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-26
The optimist radiates power. The pessl-
mist consumes it-Henry n. Hansen.
EFFICIENCY" AND SAFETY.

No steam boiler is safe without its provision
against over-pressure; perfectly even applica-
ton of its power to the work it is doing is not
possible All through mechanics runs this
necessity of safeguarding against the surplus
of force which must be generated to accomplish
the work which the machine is set to do. The
safety valve for steam power and the fuse for
electric circuits are mechanical essentials
Alexander Pope set down profound truth
about learning which is not universally appre-
cated in all its significance; he wrote: " A little
learning is dangerous thing We have ap-
preciated the truth Of this as it applied to ig-
zlorance but we are now seeing IN part how 1t
NAV apply to narrow range Of knowledge. We
are educating and training a great class Of
workers who are profoundly versed in certain
mechanical knowledge; skill and highly de-
veloped intelligence within narrow limits make
this class of men and women particularly eff
cient and at the same time particularly restless
members Of our social whole. We pride ourselves
on our efficiency as people but it is more than
possible that this very practical efficiency Is
our greatest danger, if it be not properly safe
guarded by provision for a wider applying OF
the energy Of thought and action we are de-
veloping.
A people practically efficient and nothing
more will eventually run amuck, because their
values are all standardized. They will have
ability for appralsas and Office accounting and
inventions, but none for appreciation and en-
larging horizons of thought. All energy will be
bent towards securing the best share possible
of what is already produced or in course Of pro
duction; the mass effort and product will be
everything, the individual ability TO enlaroo
what falls to the individual lot will be lost His
tory tells Of many nations which have risen TO
remarkable efficiency and then within a short
cycle Of years utterly collapsed. Their neonla
could do great things but their energy had no
balance wheel of safety.
Sanity, national as well as individual. de-
I1nands balance; it demands men and women
who unite with special practice efficiency in
r1roducing, equal skill and wisdom in using
products. The most yitaly important question
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-26
You Gan zeU Tie People 1e)6os
.Tdpe Iron, l,zzHes,-E3Zood =
= Strong lzea/19y Vigorous klES

If you are not strong or wen VI
owe 1t to yourself to make the ~
lowing test: See how long you 90 90
work or how far you can walk WIZ
out becoming tired. Next take wv
five-grain tablets Of ordinary nuXaue
iron three times per day after mea.
for two weeks. Then test goyI
strength again and sec for yoursV
how much you have gained There
nothing like good old iron 10 wi
color in your cheeks and SOUND
healthy flesh on your bones. . pu,I
you must take iron in form una
can be easily absorbed and assn
Hated like nuxated iron If you va n
it to do you any good, other"ie'
may prove worse than useless.
NOTE-Nu1ated Iron recomm euu -.
above by DR.. q. Sauer, is one Oh Nv -.
newer organic iron compounds. %
like the older inorganic iron ~. p
ducts, 1t Is easily assimilated. uoI
not injure the teeth, make them piaon
nor upset the stomach; on the cor
trary, it is a most potent remeoy'
nearly all forms of indigestion, a.
well as for nervous, rundown conJ
tons The Manufacturers have ron ION
great confidence in Nuxated I'm n
that they offer to forfeit sloV.VV !.
any charitable institution If they Sar
not take any man or woman .hoir
60 who lacks iron and increase soar
strength 100 per cent or over III mn M
weeks time provided they nave LED
serious organic trouble. They aos,
offer to refund your money IL II md
not at least double your strength :. /,
endurance in ten days time sou
dispensed in this city by Wlihins
& Co., and all other druggists
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-26
HoteIa of Forty Years Aqo.

Brooklyn Eagle: In many European
countries, "the best people, If you
know what that means, never battle
in water.
Spanish matrons have expressed
much surprise at my complaints about
the absence of bathing facilities in
the Madrid hotels. One lady, wife Of
distinguished member of the cortes,
told me she had herself rubbed
down in oil once week, but never
had got into a tub of water and
never would
1t is somewhat doubtful, for
example, If Columbus had perfect
table manners, or took daily bath,
even in the warm waters Of the Sar-
gasso sea; but he achieved consider.
able notoriety.
Throughout Hungary, outside Buda-
pest, baths are unknown in hotels OF
In castles of the nobility. Most New
Workers recall that an heiress of one
Of New York's wealtbiest families
the anderbilts-married Hun.
garion count, and when she reached
the ancestral castle, which her fam
ily's American money was expected
to restore, sought in vain for any
means of taking bath
My memory OF London hotels goes
back to 1875, when there was not a
single bathtub in any hotel in that
city A tin pan and bucket of warm
water was the only "tub'-and you
were lucky to get that.
And in that same period in New
York city the Metropolitan and st.
Nicholas hotels. supposed to be
models of excellence. were totally
wanting in bathrooms.
Admittedly, it is as difficult to
imagine life without motor cars as
without bathtubs; but the former are
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-26
Doctor Says Ordinary Nuxated Iron
viii Make Nervous Rundown Peo-
pie 100 Per Cent Stronger In
Two Weeks Time in
Many Cases.


Many casee.
NEW YORK, N. Y.-"One glance is
enough to tell which people have iron
in their blood, said DR.. e. Sauer, a
Boston physician who has studied
widely both in this country and in
Great European medical institutions,
in recent discourse. They are the
ones that do and dare. The others
are In the weakling class. Sleep
less nights, spent worrying over sup
posed ailments, constant dosing with
habit forming drugs and narcotics
for nervous weakness, stomach, lfy-
er or kidney disease and useless at
tempts to brace up with strong cot
fee or other stimulants are what keep
them suffering and vainly longing to
be strong. Their real trouble is lack
of iron In the blood. without iron
the blood has no power to change
food into living tissue and therefore,
nothing you eat does you any good;
you don't get the strength out of it,
The moment iron Is supplied the null
titude OF dangerous symptoms disap-
pear. | have seen dozens of nervous.
rundown people who were ailing all
the time, double and even triple their
strength and endurance and entirely
get rid of every sign of dyspepsia,
liver and other trouble in from ten
to fourteen days time simply by TAX
ing iron in the proper form. And
this, after they had In some cases
been doctoring for months without
any benefit