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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-01-19

fens, dug out canals and developed an
indigenous commerce and transporta-
tion to the fullest extent.
"Long before Cortez came, the In
dians Of the valley worked in the bog
gy lake lands and dug canals hither
and thither-main canals between the
lakes and to the great city of Tenoch-
titan and smaller canals between the
fields. Through this maze Of water
ways, then as now, they sent their
boats and In the fens built their
matched houses.
"In the Field Of Flowers"
"Pere Sahagun, the Franciscan, re-
cords that the City Of Mexico is like
another Venice and the people them
selves are comparable to the Vene-
tians in urbanity and savoirfaire.' This
was written in the sixteenth century,
but in the lapse Of several hundred
years the city's wonderful water en-
vironment has become dry ground, and
the seeker for lake dwellers will have
to look farther afield in the enhancing
valley of the sky.
"The way to the present Aztec Ven
Ice, which bears the name Of Xocht
milco in the field of flowers Is
through one of these ancient canals
a prehistoric water road from
Tenochtitlan to the capital and seat
of one Of the group Of seven Aztec
tribes which long ago came from re-
mote Aztlan to the rich Valley Of
Mexico.
"The life on the canal, vivid and
picturesque, IL as striking now as it
was then; it may even be suspected
that the change from that time to this
has not been very great. 1t is hard to
get a start to the land Of the fens In
more ways than one-the negotiations
for passage in q barge with boatmen
who display the CHARACTERISTICS Of that
tribe known the world over; and the
conflicting claims also Of all the cos
TUNES, incidents, shipping and so
forth, Of the boiling, squirming
kaleidoscope canal and shore popula-
tion on its multifarious quests bewil-
der the beholder. and make him forget
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-01-19
Too Rich Cream.

ITO illustrate the uses of advertise
ments," says a well-known theatrical
manager, there is one experience I
had of which I often think.
II was driving when 1 came to a
farm where there was a meadow to
let. The owner of this farm would
have made a good advertisement man.
ager, for the big poster announcing
that the meadow was to let was word
ed as follows:
"This field to let, seventeen acres,
for grazing. Persons having old cat
tie. or cattle with strong appetites, had
better be cautious in turning them out
to graze here, as my grass is so rich
that 1t would be liable to injure them
for the first week or so.'"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-01-19

the Aztecs throw great masses of II
upon a strip of bog to the thickness
of a foot or more. The water hya-
cinth is provided with large cellular
floats, natural provision for it's dis
semination, which has made it an OBJ
structiOn to navigation in some Of our
Southern rivers.
"Upon this bed Of floats the natives
spread layer Of muck, dredged from
the bottom Of the canals. Perhaps
before the plant floats have decayed
these gardens may drift away should
the water rise. Even now on portions
Of the lake square miles of vege-
tation cover the surface like the 'sudd'
Of the Nile, and the canal roads have
to be staked at the sides to keep them
from disappearing.
The term floating gardens was
properly applied by the early his
torians of Mexico to masses Of water
weeds covered with a thin layer Of
soil, employed by the Mexicans at a
period when the fluctuating waters
prevented the formation Of permanent
chinampas, and so in the New World
the Indians repeated the famed gar
dens Of the lake of Cashmere.
'The Xochimilcos are expert garden
ers and assiduOus at their work. Most
Of their plants are started in seed
beds, from which they are transplant
ed to the cninampas, and it is strange
to see boatloads' Of corn sprouts
brought to be planted in this manner.
Curiously enough, these morass gar
dens sometimes require irrigation,
which is accomplished by throwing the
water from the canal with q wooden
scoop.
"It cannot be said that the Xochimil-
can man has an open and ingenious
countenance, but 1t shows force Of
character and lights up quickly I'm re-
sponse to kindness and recognition.
The young women have round, often
ruddy. but rather expressionlessf faces I;
the children are pretty and the older
women are better preserved than the
women Of the Pueblos Of the South.
western United States"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-01-19

Most of Thomas Paine's ideas are so
familiar to US Of today that it is hard
to believe the hullabaloo shey raised
international arbitration. 9anti-slavery,
justice to women and Hiercy to ami
mails. He proposed old age pensions,
compulsory public schools, state aid
to poor children. endowment Of moth
erhood. public work for the .unem-
ployed, and a graduated income tax to
pay for these reforms.-Exchange.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-01-19
INFATUATIoN OF MARY BLANDY.

MARY BLANDY does not rank with
Iv4 the great artists in crime, but as
an illustration of human perversity
she remains supreme. The babes and
sucklings Of her time have become ven
cradle men and women, and all kinds
Of water have passed under the bridge,
but her name still lives in England,
and when old lawyers encounter a Pc
culiarly cold-bloOded criminal, they are
wont to say that he is as bad as Mary
Blandy.
Mary lived with her parents at Hen
ley-on-Thames. Her father was fine.
comfortable man, a solicitor who had
seemly package Of pieces Of eight
salted down to his old age, and to leave
to his beloved daughter when he went
to sleep with his fathers. Mary was
the joy and pride Of his life. He
thought so much of her that he used to
bore his friends describing her noble
and charming qualities, and seemed to
be under the impression that she ought
to have been presented with a gold
headed cane at least once day. And,
really, the old man was not without
excuse, for Mary was most attractive
damsel. She was young, well educat-
ed, Of divers accomplishments, and a
pleasant personality. The father was
justified in believing that she eventu-
ally would marry some excellent citi-
zen, and live happy ever after.
If she didn't do this it was not be-
cause Of a lack Of excellent citizens,
or backwardness on their part. Her
exuitors fairly trampled down all the
flowers IN the front yard In their eager
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-01-19

nee once more
over Mexico and
I3ee-America-First''
y Is made to en-
d scenic beauties
public, one of the
D for tourists will
enice Of the VAL
In q communica-
3Ough to the Ma
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-01-25
INGENIOUS DEVICE
FOR OPENING DOORS

A. S. Lanich has installed an ingen'
ious device at the Lanich garage fsr
automatically opening the" big swing
ing doors for autoists as they enter
and leave the building BY switching
a lever in the Office, the bookkeeper og
any other employee present may cause
the doors to fly open or close, this be-
ing accomplished by a set Of pulleyz
on which run ropes attached to two
metal discs which are made to revo1va
and wind or unwind the ropes by
means of friction arm operated by an
electric motor.
The whole arrangement shows much
cleverness and will be a great conven.
fence and time saver to those employ.
ed in the garage, to say nothing of the
trouble it will save autoists by not
being compelled to wait for the doors
to be opened by hand, or to get out OF
the car themselves to do so.
Mr.. Lanich intends to add soma
phores with tell-tales attached whieh
will drop down as the doors open az
O warning to pedestrians that car ~
about to leave the garage, and help 10
prevent possible accidents to psdes-
trianS.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-01-25
CHICAGO TRANSFERS
RETURN. TO WORK

Many Of the coal teamsters, whose
strike Saturday threatened to para
lyze all industries in Chicago, returned
to work on Sunday and rushed fuel to
numerous buildings and apartments.
An agreement was signed between
the Chicago Coal Transfers union, To-
cal 704, and the Chicago Contracting
Team Owners association, whereby
the pay Of the drivers was increased
so cents day.
However, when it was learned Sun
day the teaming association handles
fuel from only about 80 per cent of the
coal yards in Chicago, a conference
between labor officials and represen-
tatives Of the Chicago Coal Team
Owners association, similar organi-
zation which handles about 20 per
cent, was arranged. It was announced
that at this meeting truce was ar
ranged pending final settlement, the
men would go back to work at once,
and that the differences would be sub
mitted to arbitration.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-01-25

Assemblyman Charles T. Hart, Osh-
kosh, has prepared a resolution to be
introduced into the legislature calling
President Van Hise Of the university
before the legislature to explain ON
what basis he excludes Max Eastman
from the use Of the University build
ings as q propogandist, and at the
same time permits w. J. Bryan 10
make an address in university build
ing, In the course of which Mr. Bryan.
it is known, will attack business in
terests in this state in which thoa-
sands Of dollars are invested.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-01-25
READY TO DISCUSS
u. APPROPRIATION
Senator Whitman Plans to Have
Financial Measures Before
Legislature Early

Senator Plat Whitman, chairman
of the joint committee on finance of
the legislature, has received word
from President Van Hise of the uni
versity that he will be ready to dis
cuss university appropriations any
time after January 27. President Van
Hise will appear before the committee
to discuss the appropriations recon-
,mended by the state board of public
affairs.
Senator Whitman is working the fl
nance committee at top speed, with
the idea of having all the big finan-
cial measures before the legislature
not later than February Is. Practical
ly the complete financial program for
1917 will be before the members on
or about that date, If the committee
does not encounter unexpected OBJ
stacles.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-01-25
Don't Let Skin Troubles Spread

Red. pimply skin that itches and
burns is embarrassing, and gets worse
if neglected. Bad skin is social han
dicap and constant source of worry.
Correct it at once with DR.. Hobson's
Eczema Ointment. This healing ONT
ment kills the germ, soothes the irri-
tation and quickly restores your skin
to normal. For babies suffering the
tortures of eczema, or for grown-ups
who have long fought chronic skin
ailments. DR.. Hobson's Eczema is a
guaranteed remedy. At your Drug
gist, soc.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-01-25
EVERYBODY NEEDS
PURE, RICH BLOOD

Pure blood enables the stomach,
liver and other digestive organs to do
their work properly. Without it they
are sluggish, there is loss of appetite,
sometimes faintness, deranged state
of the intestines, and, in general, all
the symptoms of dyspepsia.
Pure blood is required by every
organ of the body for the proper per-
Torrance Of its functions.
Hoods Sarsaparilla makes pure
blood, and this is why it is so sue
cessful in the treatment of so many
diseases and ailments. It's acts di-
rectly on the blood, Kidding it Of
scrofulous and other humors. It is
a peculiar combination of blood-puri-
flying, nerve-toning, strengthening
substances. Get it today.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-01-25
CHILDREN FISH
IN The SNOW

Weather bureau reports on precipi
tation are concerned only with rain
sIeet and snow. so there was no warn.
ing of the local shower that saruck
the 1900 and 1900 blocks of School
street, Chicago, yesterday morning.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-01-25
Children say thew picked m ha.

Children say they picked up be-
tween sixty and seventy small min
nows in yards facing on these two
blocks. The tiny fish were buried in
the snow as if they had struck with
considerable force. All were Of the
same fish family, and most of them
were too tiny even for bait.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-01-25
IA CROSSE DAILY
PAPERS COMBINE
Tribune and Leader=Press Poo
Interests Beginning
Today

The daily newspapers of La Crosse,
the Tribune and the Leader-Press,
and the Chronicle, Sunday-morning
edition of the Leader-Press, have con
solidated.
The new paper will be independent
in politics.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-01-25
SEVERE SNOW
STORM
Worst Day of the Year Was
Experienced on
Sunday

Sunday was the worst day of the
year for weather. The storm broke on
Saturday night and practically every
body was snowbound on Sunday. The
fall was Of several inches and very
damp. There is more snow on the
ground now than for many years. Nc
damage was reported.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-01-25

BOOTS, HERBS. BARKS, AND
- BERRIES known to be valuable
in medicine are carefully combined
in HOODS SARSAPARIELA.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-18

A large, calm-eyed, sensible matron,
some ten or a dozen years younger
than the colonel, Smith put her, and
with an air of refinement which was
reflected in every interior detail of
her house.
The dinner was strictly a family
meal, with the great mahogany table
shortened to make 1t convenient for
four. There were cut glass and silver
and snowy napery. Out of the past a
thousand tentRcles were reaching up
TO drag Smith back into the net of the
conventional. When the table-talk be-
came general, he found himself Joining
in, and always upon the lighter side.
He found himself drawn more and
more to the calm-eyed, well-bred ma
iron who had given piquant Corona
to an otherwise commonplace world.
Mrs. Baldwin saw nothing of the
rude fighter of battles her daughter
little. She knew CorOna's leanings,
and was not without an amused i'm
preston that Corona would not find
this later Smithsonian phase altogether
to her liking.
Smith got what he had earned, good
measure. pressed down, shaken to-
gether and running over, a few min
utes after Mrs. Baldwin had left him
to finish his cigar under the pillared
portico with Corona to keep him com
pany. He never knew just what start
ed it, unless it was his careful plac-
ing of chair for the young woman
and his deferential-and perfectly
natural-pause, standing. until she
was seated.
DO for PHYS sake, sit down" she
broke out. half petulantly. And when
he had obeyed: "Well, you've spoiled
it all, good and hard"
Smith was unable to imagine where
in he had offended.
"Really?' he said. "What have l
donet
ut isn't what you've done: it's what
you are" she retorted. You have
committed the objectionable sin by
turning out TO be just one of the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-18

ninety-nlne, after all. If you knew
women the least little bit in the world,
you would know that we are always
looking for the hundredth man."
Under his smile. Smith was begin
ming to understand what this aston
ishingly frank young woman meant.
She had seen his relapse and was
calmly deriding him for it.
''You may pile it on as thickly as
yo'i please" he said. the good-natured
smile twisting itself into the construc-
tiOn-camp grin. Then, with malice
aforethought: rs it one of the require
ments that your centennial man should
behave himself like b0or at din
ner table. and talk shop and eat with
his knife?"
"You know that isn't what l meant
Manners don't make the man. It's
what you talked abOut-the trumpery
little social things that you found your
keenest pleasure in talking about. |
don't know what has ever taken you
out to a construction camp. l don't
believe you ever did DAYS hard
work in your life before you came to
the Timanyoni."
It was growing dark by this time,
and the stars were coming out Some
one had turned the lights on in the
room the windows of which opened
upon the portico, and the young WON
ans chair was so placed that he could
still see her face She was smiling
rather more amicably when she said !:
''You ,stn't take it too hard. II
isn't you, personally, you know; it's
the type. I've met 1t before / didn't
meet any other kind during my three
years in the boarding school; nice,
pleasant young gentlemen, as immacu-
lately dressed as their pocketbooks
would allow. up In all the latest little
courtesies and +ea-table shop talk.
They were all men, / suppose, but I'm
afraid a good many Of them had never
found It out-will never find it ont.
I've been calling il environment; /
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-18
WHISTLER WAS MOST ACTIVE
Observer Marveled at Great Energy
Displayed by the Famous Artist
in His Studio.

The studio was surprisingly differ
emit from the room he previously used
In Lindsay row, and entirely unlike
the studios usually occupied by other
artists. says Hay In Memories Of
Whistler" ! remember a long, not
very lofty room. very light, with win
dows along one side; his canvas beside
his model at one end, and at the
other, near the table which he used
as palette. an old Georgian looking
glass, so arranged that he could see
his canvas and model reflected in 1t.
Those who use such mirror Gas he
did constantly will know that II ls
the most merciless OF critics.
/ marveled then at his extraordinary
activity, as he darted backward and
forward to look at both painting and
model from his point of view at the ex-
IRENE end of the long studio. He always
used brushes of large size with very
long handles, three feet In length and
held them from the end with his arms
stretched TO their full extent. Each
touch was laid on with great tirmness,
and his physical strength enabled him
to do without the assistance of mahl-
stick. whilst the distance at VIII. IN he
stood from the canvas allowed him to
have the whole of a large picture In
sight and so judge the correct drawing
of each touch.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-18
CHAPTER VIII.
The Sick Project.

Brewster had grown into city-charter
size and importance with the opening
of the gold mines in the Gloria district
and the transformation of the sur
rounding park grasslands into culti-
waited ranches A summer hotel on the
shore of Lake Topaz-reached only by
stage from BrewSter-had added its
influence; and since the hotel brought
people with well-llned pocketbooks
there was a field for the enthusiastic
real-estate promoters whose offices
filled all the odd corners In the Ho-
phra House block.
In one of those Offices, on the morn
ing following Smiths first dinner at
HilIcrest, rather caustic collOquy
was in progress between the man
whose ma ne appeared in gilt lettering
on the front windows and one of his
unofficial assistants. Crawford Stan
ton, he of the window name. was a
man of many personalities. To sum
mer visitors with money to invest. he
was the genial promoter. and If there
were suggestions of iron hardness in
the sharp jaw and in the smoothly
shaver face and fiinty eyes, there was
also a pleasant reminder Of Eastern
business methods and alertness in the
promoters manner But Lanterby,
fitting uneaslly In the "confidential'
chair at the desk-end. knew another
and more biting side OF Mr. Stanton,
as a hired man viii.
Good heaven, do you sit there and
tell me that the three of them let that
hobo of Williams push them off the
map? And do you say all this hap
pened the day before yesterday: how
does it come hat you are just now re-
porting it,"
The hard-faced henchman In the
fitting chair made such explanations
as he could.
@Boogerfield and his two partners We
been hldin' out somewhere; / allow
they was plumb ashamed to come in
and tell how they'd let one man run
'en OF"
"What do you know about this fel-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-18


low Smithr Who is he, aud where
did he come from2"
Lanterby told all that was known
OF Smith. and had no difficulty In COM
pressing 1t into a single sentence. Stan
ton leaned back in his chair and the
lids Of the fiinty eyes narrowed
thoughtfully.
There's LOT more TO It than that"
he said inciSively at the end of the
reflective pause. Then he added a
curt order: Make it your job to find
out"
Lanterby moved uneaslly in his in
secure seat. but before he could speak
his employer went on again. changing
the topic abruptly. but still keeping
within the faultfinding boundaries.
What sort of a screw has gone
loose in your deal with the railroad
men? Williams got two cars of ce-
ment and one Of steel the day before
yesterday three hours after the stuff
came in from the East
Again Lanterby tried to explain.
"Dougherty. the yardmaster. took
the bank roll | slipped him. all right
enough, and promised to help out. But
he's scared of Maxwell"
Maxwell is "A thick-headed ass -
exploded the faultfinder His entire
railroad outfit, from President Brew
ster down, is lined up on the other side
of the fight But go on with your
dickering Jerk Dougherty into line.
Now go out and find Shaw | want
him. and l want him right now"
The hard-faced man who looked as
if he might be a broken-down gambler.
unjointed his Ieg-hold upon the tilted
chair and went out /; and few minutes
later another of Stanton's payroll men
drifted In. He was young fellow
with sleepy eyes and cigarette stains
on his fingers, and he would have
passed for railroad clerk out of a
job, which was what he really was,
"WeH?" snapped Stanton when the
incomer had taken the chair lately va
Gated by Lanterby.
~ Swallowed the colonel, as you told
me to" said the young man. 'He went
up to Red Butte to see If he couldn't
rope in some of the old-timers on his
ditch project He was trying to sell
some treasury stock. His one-horse
company is about out of money.
Mlckle. clerk in Kinzies bank. tells
me that the ditch company's balance is
drawn down to a few thousand dollars,
with no more coming in"
did the colonel succeed in making
a raise in Red Butter"
mary" said the spy nonchalantly.
Drake. the banker up there, was his
one best bet; but l got a man | know
to give Drake a pointer, and he curled
up like hedgehog when you poke 1t
with sharp stick"
That's better. The colonel came
back yesterday. didn't he?"
Yesterday afternoon. His wife and
daughter met him, and told him some
thing or other that made him drive up
to the dam"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-18

simple and efiicacious gar1le Is
made from sage. Put thirty leaves iHtU
a jug, pour on them pint of boiling
water. cover closely and infuse for
half an hour. add two tablespoonfuis
Of vinegar aud two Of honey; stir IL
mix, then strain and bottle. II should
be used several times a day and will
generally give relief. The ingredients
are harmless and safe for children, as
if little is swallowed by chance &c
harm is done