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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-01
Scouts Aid at Alabama State Fair.
A BADGE OF HONOR.

One of the first things q boy scout
must learn is the significance of the
scout badge, and In compliance with
this requirement he learns that the
trefoil refers to the three points in the
scout oath; that the scroll with up
turned ends suggests a SMILE. for "a
scout is cheerful" and the knot is to
remind the boy to do "a good TURF
daily"
This satisfies the requirements of
the test, but it is in fact only a small
part of the significance Of the scout
badge. 1t is possible that when the
first scout wore the first badge it meant
not much more than is stated in the
handbook, but with every year, as the
movement builds up history and tradi.
tions and a record of things accom-.
plished, the significance of the scout
badge grows.
Today the boy who goes to a strange
place wearing a scout badge will not
depend on chance in selecting his COM
panions. The scout badge and certi.
ficates give an entree to the compan-
iOnship of scouts; in other words, II
leads to the cOmpanionship Of boys
who are trustworthy and loyal, who
are courteous and clean and reverent
the type Of boy with whom any par.
ent is glad to have his boy associated.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-01
THERE is a place where sin is ter

ter and it is not operated by a cor
poration, such as I find so popular in
America. 1t is for all the people, as are
the roads and even crops grown by
individuals. What one person needs
he takes from another, the only Obli-
CATION being restitution as soon as pos
sible.. In fact, 1t is hardly necessary
to take, for the ruling thought of the
people is to give and they seek out the
wants of others rather than, ,.aMaitsa
demand.
"A stranger visiting the island would
find every house open to him. When
he left such a thing as payment would
be an insult to the people.
"Of course 1t seems impossible to be-
lieve that an island supplies all the
necessities of life without work, but
that is almost true of Pitcairn. The
fruits and vegetables grow almost
without cultivation. Goats run wild
and so do chickens. To get meat one
only has to take down his gun and
kill. Guns and ammunition are sup
piled yearly by the English cruiser
which arrives from Tahiti. A few
trading vessels bring modern clothing
for which arras root is exchanged. No
style in clothing is known, the women
wearing loose gowns from the shoul-
ders to the feet and the men ordinary
clothing as known in this country.
They are worn until their uselessness
is apparent.
Courts and jails are unknown in
stituti9ps. My father governs over
the people as a father over all. Dane
ing on the island is unknown. The
manner of dancing as countenanced in
America would not only shock the
sensibilities of Pitcairn islanders but
those of the Fiji group. American
dances would not be permitted in Pit
cairn, where modesty is innate. Edu-
cation is paramount. Teachers have
sought admittance on the island for
years. All children attend school until
the age of marriage. No case of viO-
lations of the marriage VOW ever have
been known.
Menu of the Islanders.
"The foodstuffs consist of sweet po-
tatoes. white potatoes, taro, which is
tuber product, and yams. For
meat we have the flesh of goats, which
is excellent, and chicken and fish. We
haye no horses nor. cows. But the
=. . " -. .
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-01
PINKS
(Dianthus)

The layge and varied genus Of dian
thus contains some of our most beau
tiful and most profitable flowers. The
most of them are hardy perenniQs
that bloom freely the first season, the
plants remaining green all winter and
blossoming the next year also If lightly
protected by mulch of straw, cut fOd-
der, or leaves. Old plants flower the
earliest, but as young ones give the
largest, finest flowers. sOwings are
made every year. Seed can be sown
under glass or in an open sheltered
bed in March. The seedlings are cas-
lily transplanted and should stand
eight to twelve inches apart; dwarf
ones, about six inches. If especially
large, brilliant flowers are desired, a
bed of well-mixed turfy loan, leaf
mold, and well-decayed manure should
be prepared for them. Good drainage
should be provided, as the plants are
impatient Of too much moisture and
are more liable to winter-kill in moist
than in well-drained situations. In
fact, the plant is hardy to severe cold.
but succumbs when exposed to low
temperatures in wet places.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-01

cOconut, which is used for many pur-
poses, furnishes milk to drink. The
fruit Is also used for shortening, for
we use it to make coconut butter. The
process of flavoring is achieved by
drawing the water off from the nut and
then chopping the meat into small
pieces. This IS mOistened with water
and put in n cloth and the cloth twist
ed. The milk or fluid is forced through
the mesh of the fabric and kept for
use as an extract. The Oil of the COCO
nut is used for frying. The green
beans on the island are very valuable.
They grow almost all the year around
and are as tender as French peas.
zone thing in the household line
hope to take back to the women is the
knowledge Of how to make soap. Their
laundering facilities are very limited.
About all they have to do it with is wa
ter. Before my time they utilized the
lye which is indigenous to the soil,
but that was later discarded. They
have substituted another process,
whereby they can create sort Of suds,
but this is not to be compared with
real SOAP"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-01
SCOUT ACTIVITIES.

A scout can kindle a fire in the for.
est the wettest day and he seldom
uses more than one match. When no
matches can be had he can still have q
fire, for he knows the secret Of the rub
bing sticks used by the Indians, and
he knows how to start blaze with
only his knife blade and q piece of
flint. He knows, also, the danger Of
forest fires, and he kindles blaze that
will not spread. The fire once started,
what a meal he can prepare out there
in the open! Just watch him and COM
pare his appetite with that Of boy
who lounges at a lunch counter In q
crowded city. He Knows the unwrit-
ten rules of the campfire and he con-
tributes his share to the pleasures of
the council. He also knows when to
sit silent before the ruddy embers and
give his mind free play.
A troops of Boy Scouts in Lexington,
by quick work, saved the household
goods of s. E. Mattingly. Mr.. Mat
tingly's residence was outside the fire
limits and as a consequence the house
was burned to the ground. The house,
however, was insured, but the furni-
ture was not. Mr.. Mattingly has ex-
pressed his gratitude to the scouts.
A scout is kind to everything that
lives. He knows that horses, dogs and
cats have their rights, and he respects
them. A scout prides himself upon
doing "good turns" and no day in his
life is complete unless he has been Of
aid to some person.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-01

soon form handsome bushes thickly
massed with large, rose-like flowers.
Transplanting two or three times has
tendency to dwarf the plants into
better shape and to make the flowers
more double. Balsams are not often
given room for perfect development; |;
they will easily cover II to Is inches
Of space each way. For the finest
flowers choice seed Is more than usu-
ally essential, for cultivation and Sc
lection have wrought wonders with
this plant. The one objection to the
balsam is its habit of producing its
flowers as 1t were, on the underside Of
the leaves, or inside the plant. While
the individual flowers are beautiful,
the obscure manner In which they are
borne detracts considerably from the
value of the plants. When used at
the margin Of groups or to crown a
terrace they are shown at best ad-
vantage.
For early bloom the seeds should be
sown about the middle Of March In a
gentle hotbed or in the dwelling house.
AS soon as the first true leaves have
developed the young plants should be
transplanted to thumb pots or to boxes
where they will stand about two inches
apart each way. An abundance Of
light and water is at all times neces-
sary with these plants. Care should
be exercised to prevent them from be-
coming drawn, as stocky, symmetrical
plants produce the best flowers.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-01

While seed can be sOwn in the open
early in the season, about compliant
ing time, the best results in the way
of early bloom come from plants pro-
duced from seeds sOwn in hOtbed
not later than the 10th of March in
the latitude of New York, the young
plants being pricked out into flats, or,
preferably, into thumb pots, and later
shifted to three-inch pots before plant
ing in the Towering border. The out
side planting of hotbed-grOwn plants
should be delayed until the season has
advanced sufficiently to- prevent the
plants suffering from check by cold
after being placed in the open. The
pOt-grown plants should be set at least
ten inches apart and seedlings from
seeds, sown in the open had best be
thinned to stand at least eight inches
apart.
The Scotch Pink, or Grass Pink
The Scotch pink, dianthus plumarius,
is hardy dianthus, which, when treat
ed as an annual in like manner as the
sweet william, gives very satisfactory
results. The delicately fringed, vari-
ously Scolored, fragrant flowers give
the plants an odd yet attractive ap-
The fowsr rSs. sri.ns1p ef,tsill
group ,ares most satisfacl0(y for bo<1
quets and table decorations because Of
the length of time they will keep in a
fresh and attractive condition after be-
ing cut and placed in water.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-01
Followed Instructions.

Timothy McShane had been arrested
on the charge of stealing costly gilt
chair from the residence of Mrs. High
tone. On being arraigned before the
judge, his honor asked Tim what he
had to say for himself, to which Tim
replied:
"Shure, yer honor, Oi will explain
tn hull ting to yez. Oh wint to see
Mrs. Hightone on bizness fer me boss.
OF rung the bell, and sarvint kim to
tn dure. an whin axed to say Mrs.
Highton the sarvint towld me to 60
into the parlor an take chair"
"WellY said the judge.
swell, OF TUX this wan"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-01
Annual FlOWering
Plants
w
ByL. C. CORBETT
Horticulturist. Bureau of Plant Industry
u. S. Department of Agriculture
PANSY
Viola TricoIor)

The pansy sometimes called hearts
ease, is a favorite with almost every
one. 1t is a plant that demands more
than ordinary attention, but none re-
pays such attention more literally. For
very early outdoor bedding the seed is
sOwn in the autumn-September-in a
cold frame, or in rich, moist garden beds,
from which the plants can be trans
ferred to cold frame, setting them
two 0r three inshes dpart 'eachsway be-
fore severe winter weather begins. In
spring three-fourths of them can be
lifted out for bedding, and the rest left
to bloom In the frame. For winter
bloom in frame, set the plants about
twice as far apart, and thin out half
Of them in spring. Cover the bloom
ing plants with sash, adding a cover
ing of mating or straw in very cold
weather. In mild weather remove the
mats and tilt the sashes to admit light
and fresh air and to prevent the plants
from becoming drawn. In outdoor
beds raised few inches above the
ground, with a mulch of dry leaves and
some brush to hold them in place, pam
sizes will often winter nicely and bloom
until midsummer, when relay Of
young, vigorous plants should be ready
to replace them.
Spring sowings should be made
early, so as to secure good flowers dur
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-01

Quintal, names with those Of George
HUM NObbs, who later Joined the col
ony, which alone exist today. The
colony has been a law-abiding, upright
community since its discovery in 1926,
when Beechey was astOnished to find
there race of people speaking and
writing English, living in Arcadian
simplicity and devoting themselves to
agriculture, religion and music. Only
four generations have grown from the
founders. Miss Mccoy is of the third
generation.
Community Without Capitalism.
For Is years the princess" Of Pit
cairn island has been away from the
home of her forefathers, in order to
perfect herself in the art Of nursing
and dentistry, and so help her people,
who are without medical aid.
zone may live in Pitcairn, but can
not make a commercial living there"
she says. capital would upset the
fundamental principles of a govern
ment that has been equitable and pre-
vented crime.
"The Bible was the only book, be-
sides that of Common Prayer, left on
the island from. the Inflated ship which
brought our forefnthers to Pitcairn.
The present high order Of society there
has been the result of living lives
guided by the Bible. While the religion
of the people as known today is that
of the Seventh Day Adventist church,
ministers do not have to exhort
against sin, for that is unknown.
"The island is only seven miles in
circumference and abounds in high
mountain peaks. About 195 persons
are now living to old age there.
No Sin, No Courts, No Jails.
'The land has been divided into five
family divisions. Good roads are
maintained by common work Of the
men. One common well furnishes wa
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-01
CANNOT BE FROZEN

Scout spirits, like the spirits they
use in spirit thermometers, cannot be
frozen. There have been scout camps
the past winter in every state where
there was snow. In the Rockies, in the
Alleghenies, from coast to coast, the
crisp crust has crumbled beneath the
shoes of sturdy scouts, hiking, pack.
sack on back, for the winter camps.
Just as comfortable as in summer,
they all report, good water-tight shoes,
loose warm underwear and stockings,
plenty of good grub, tent, cd6in, Uf
shack for shelter, and it's an expert.
ence never to be forgotten.
Gee! doesn't that camp fire feel
good! How the trees crack! All the
vioces of the woods are different when
old Jack Frost is around.
They go to sleep believing them
selves alone in the wilderness. They
wake up and find that they have had
a hundred visitors in the night. Foot.
prints everywhere. Know them? Rae.
coon, skunk, squirrel, mink, muskrat
mole, beast, bird and-if you cut
through the ice-fish, all wondering
what has happened, all glad to have
company. Maybe bear or a deer has
been nosing round the kitchen. Like
boys, they have en- instinct for finding
the "eats."
Tracking, trailing, signaling, cook
ing, campcraft, all take on a new mean.
ing in the winter. With it all comes:
the satisfaction of Drawing the cold.
A famous Arctic explorer made his
men break the fee ON a hogshead OF
water and take dip every morning
Maybe this will come next in the
scouts winter camps.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-01

The Carnatlon Pink.-This plant,
dianthus caryophyllus, which Is the
forcing carnation Of the American for
ist, can be grown from seeds sown
early in the season in hotbeds, the
young plants being given frequent
shifts to pots Of increased size as they
grow, until all danger of frost is past
and the growing season is well on,
when they may be transferred to the
border where they are to bloom. II
they are given a rich soil and an
abundance of moisture. the bloom will
more than repay the extra trouble
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-01
NEW SERIES.VOL. XVI

"HERE is q place where sin is
unknown. There they have no
money, so why should they
have sin? There they live as
one big family; what one man has be-
longs to his neighbor if his neighbor
needs 1t. There is no capitalist there
to get dividends. There is no army to
tax the people. There only the Bible
rules, and the morality is such that
some of the customs, which obtain in
so-called civilized countries would
shock the natives.
1t is a little bit of Utopia. You
would seek long to find 1t, for it is only
a mere speck away out there in the
south Pacific, Pitcairn island, that even
few navigatOrs know, because ii is out
Of the regular line of trade. Public at
tentiOn was drawn to ii recently by
the presence in this country of Miss
Emily Mccoy, known as the princess
of Pitcairn"
She isn't q princess in the ordinary
acceptance of the term; she's the
daughter of J. II. Mccoy, president of
Pitcairn island. So little strife accom-
panies elections In this bit Of Utopia
that the presidency, though nominally
elective, is really hereditary. Custom
decrees that the presidents daughter
inherit the Office. They call Mr.. Nc
Coy "klng." but that only means he is
the benevolent despOt. Being his
daughter, it is only natural that Emily
Mccoy should be called princess" and
that she should be next in line for the
regal honOrs.
Started in Mutiny.
A glamour of romance hangs about
the island and its people from the fact
that it was originally settled i'm 1870 by
the mutineers of the English ship
Bounty, consisting of Fletcher Chris
tian, the leader of the mutiny, eight
Englishmen, six Polynesian men and II
Polynesian women. 1t was not until
1908 that the outside world heard of
the remarkable colony there.
In 1925 Captain Beechey found here
a colony of &C people under the patri-
archal rule of John Adams, the only
Englishman left, who had risen to the
emergency and trained the growing
generation In education, religion and
husbandry. They were male and fe-
male descendants of Adams, Edwin
x0hug, Matthew Mccoy and Itthew
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-01

taken. Seeding more va
riable in characte1 - propa-
gated from cutfir HAT rea-
son are not wen 1nmercial
purposes. rs
tion," which has e into
popular favor. 4 to cul-
tivation as an ~ majority
of its flowers cu1@rs nd 1t has
a pleasing habit q
Sweet William ~ william,
dianthus barbatzn - to be
found in every grl ~ garden.
is one of the mo- - <tpry mem.
bers of this group ~ ~ planting.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-01

during the early rains. Seed,eQpp IN
a co9ln oist place - June and s3niys
ard W. kended. 'y1il gY& x0od n6Nprs
Ing plants, for fall. I t. = tG scorde into
blo6m'1n the heat Of st1dmer the dow
ers may be small at first, but as the
weather becomes cooler they will in
crease in size and beauty. Through
summer heat the flowers are finer in
somewhat shaded place, but in al
most any situation good pansy seed
will give fine flowers in spring and
fall. Early fall sowings give the finest
spring flowers.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-01
BALSAM
(Innnafiens RaIsanninal

A native of India, the garden bal
sam loves a hot sun, rich soil, and
plenty of water. The young plants
are quick, sure growers, apd from
seed sown in the open ground in May
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-01

Owls screaming In bad weather is a
sign that q change for the better II
near at hand.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-06
Food and Fuel Conflict

HE food administrator has protested
against priority order asked for by the
fuel administrator, the effect Of which would
Do the preferential movement OF coal coke
ana empty coal cars on all the railroads OF
the country. Mr.. Hoover, while deplorjnr
fuel famine conditions, does not agree that
the preferred delivery OF coal should be un-
dertaken al the expense OF ali other products
which must be hauled by railroads This
CONNECT oil opinion between the two admins
traitors has forced Interesting issue II
has placed Judge Robert s. Loveti. priority
commissioner, in the position of an arb;ter
upon the relative Importance TO the country
at this particular time OF food and fuel de-
ilveries, and most people will feel sympathy
Tor the judge in the embarrassment, which his
colaoorers liz the government service have
inflicted upon him.
10 outsiders it seems that cornpro1nise
might easily be reached. Coal is needed in
almost every section OF the country This
is as vel! known to the government as Il is
TO the consumers themselves Coal must ne
produced. hauled and placed upon the mar
ket mat is equally we'll known This
country must not suffer for fuel when there
are tens Of millions Of tons ready to be mined
or already mined. within stones throw OF
the great consuming centcrs
Also this country must be fed and what,
ever OF food products We have that can pos.
siDiy be spared must be placed al the dis.
posal or our allies. That goes without say
ing. no condition must arise in the :rans
portation world which will result In food
shortage here or abroad as long as there are
1000 stocks TO be drawn upon. 1t would be
national folly to permit such shortages simply
because the carriers not lay down the
goods where they are needed
IL would seem euinently proper in these
circumstances for Judge Lovett 10 issue Z
priority order giving the right OF way 10 both
FOOD and fuel, IL any such order is needed
Neither need be hauled at the expense of the
othcr. There arc ample railroad faciliiie,
TO take care OF both, IL many noDesBen,iais
are barred from transportation. Moreover.
IL seems that tho food and fuel admjnistra.
| tors might have put their heads together be
lore the Garfield request for fuel urjorj, ;.
was made and worked GU, the problem be-
tween them.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-06
REc|sTRANTs MAY ENLIST
IF NOT IN CURRENT QUOTA
Those Whose Order Numbers Are
Too Low for Next Call Can
Volunteer.
CAN CHOOSE NAVY Or MARINES
Provost Marshal General Crowder
Announces Rules Governing ad-
mission Of Draft Rcgistrants Into
Volunteer Service.

WASHINGTON. December 5.-Draft
registramts whose classification and
order numbers are 80 low that they do
not fall within the current quotas Of
their local boards may at their ohn re-
quest be Immediately inductcd into the
m Hilary service. Provost Marshal Cen
cral Crowtier to-day announced.
Upon lilinE with his local board a
waiver of all claims OF deferred CLASH
tication. a man In a deferred class may
be examined and sent to camp immcdi-
atciy. although not rs part Of his
boards quota. as this would violate the
provisions OF the Selectivc service Law
"hich prohibits substitution. Where
tho claim has been dependency a
waiver by the dependents must accom-.
pany that OF the rcgistrant, but waivcrs
from children or mentally unfit persons
viii not be recognized.
Any reEistr:,nt may enlist In the navy
or marine corps. General Crowdcr said.
upon presentation TO "A recruiting Off
Ger or certificate by his local board
that his class and order numbers arc
SO low that he docs not fall within the
current quota. Subseuucntiy, upon
presentation to the board OF his enlist
mont certificate. he will be placed In
class five. the discard class. on the
ground that he is in the naval service.