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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21
HOUSE STANDS 300 YEARS
Fairbanks Home in Dedhar, Mass,
Is Oldest Frame Building in
Country.

RoSton.-The enduring strength Of
wood is evidenced in the Fairhants
house in Dcdham. Mass. built in 1886.
and believed Ia he the oldest frame
house now standing in the United
States. where. some time ago. mem
berS of the Fairbanks family gathered
for Il reunion from all over the conn
try. The house is open as II his.
toric museum, but many builders. con.
tractors and lumber men have visited
the structure and examined il for
something more than IL historic INFER
est.
The oak timbcrS used in the old
house We're brought from England i'm
about the year 1879. They are still
solid and strong and supporting. The
bricks came at that time as ballast
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan Fairbanks
came from Sowerby. Yorkshire. in
1G23 and built the house in 1876.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21
JOYS OF REAL SCOUT IL

Rolling dough on rock with
jar is not fiction nor fancy for sc
but a reality. Bread-twist on a
and hunters stew will soon be
Ing up appetizing odors in scout c:
all over the country to annoy tho
petite. Ev m should a bit of bar
a grain of s. ID get, into the dor
viii on.y help digest the Y6od. r
clean dirt.
This summer the scouts in the
expect to take a hike ut least
Saturday. They viii. learn to
make the proper kind Of fire for
purpose. swim, make bed of Dor
track birds and beasts" learn
trees and birds and flowers, and Il
the message of the stars and the e,
out-of-dOOrs which Is Gods first
best temple.
Only scouts know the charm of 81,
Ing out among the "zephyrs" all nj
and getting up in the dew next m,
ing to cook a breakfast before hib
home.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21
Trees as Service Flaus

East -. Louis, lll.-ThiS city in the
near future will probably have "A new
KIND of service flag, Il tree for each
local boy in the fighting service. Plans
are now being made by the Woman's
'iVlc Federation and the woman'S
committee of the council of national
defense 10 plant these trees near the
homes of the enlisted men. The trees
VIII bear the names of the soldiers or
sailors they represent.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21

Black Watch made n raid on the
Boches. that Sergeant Fraser became
isolated from his companions but kent
right on going even after he dropped
his rifle. He had about 30 bombs and
felt we'll armed with them. When the
Germans ran into IL dugout he pursued
them. and as he was about to hurl his
last bomb mt them. they came out uf
the dug-out with their hands up. cry
ing 'kamerad' and every one of Thorn
surrendered. Later they told him thcv
were glad to be prisoners and get out
Of the fighting.
ut was the duke of Devonshire who
placed the distinguished conduct, medal
on the breast of Sergeant Fraser and
the duke told him that he should b,va
had more than the ID. c. VI. for such
Il feat"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21
Jail War Garden

Hartlesvile, Okla.-The RartlesviI,o
county Jail is 10 have war garden.
The jailer, under sheriff and deputy
sheriff have arranged for the garden.
They Will take their turns in tending
the garden. which will furnish pens
Deans. radiShes, onions and other vege-
tables for ;he prison table.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21
Homemade Paste.

Teachers and others who use much
paste Will appreciate recipe for max
ing 1t at home. Stir into a cup of
flour enough cold water to make 1t of
n creamy consistency. Pour over this
four cups Of boiling water, stirring all
the time. and cook five minutes. To
this add one teaspoonful Of powdered
alum. pour into bowl and beat TIL
cold. Then add one teaspoonful car
bOlic acid and one teaspoonful or NOR.
of oil of Glove or winterkreen. Pour
Into glasses or Jars and cover will
paraffin. This will keep Indefinitely.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21
BOY SCOUT SAVES A LEG.

Remembering his first aid" trair
Ing as boy scout James Purdy, thi
teen gears old, Of Darby, Pa, pc
haps saved a limb for Carl wittic,
twelve years old, when the latte
coasting at speed of 25 miles a
hour. was struck by another sled, whic
fractured his leg above the ankle |
two places. ~
When other boys saw the fragmen
OF bone prOtruding from the injure
lads leg they ran away. but Purdy,
making the boy comfortable, gently
placed him on sled and then drew
him three-quarters of a mile to a doc.
tors Office.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21
Food Is Now Americas Most I'm.
pOrtant Asset and
Weapon.
COMB OUT THE IDLE men
Draft the Exempted Men in an Aurj.
cultural Army-Put a Million
Men at the Disposal of
the Farmer.
BY MARK SWAN,
of the ViqiIantes.

we Americans like to consider our-
serves the most wide-awake people in
me world. Hustle is our middle name
ana We glory in it. When the word
american * mentioned. IN connection
win job, or an emergency. we con-
Jure up Il mental picture of an alert
ana determined individual. with the
me frenzy of conflict flaming in his
eyes rolling up his sleeves and doing
things. We revel in this conception of
ourselves. Ii is very complimentary
ana very comforting. There is oue
Sil@ht flaw in the picture. II isn't true.
Naturally. when Il spectacular op-
portunity arises, like the declaration
OF war last April. we do wake I'M and
do things. We buy bonds. and enlist.
ana drill; We join defense leagups. and
hillt, ana make handageS. and all the
rest of it-feverishly. Sincerely-tak-
ing great credit To ourselves. mean
while. for our unalloyed patriotism.
ana forgetting, by the way. that all
the things we are doing. and mean 10
do. should have been foreseen. and
'h'ne long ago. quietly, thoroughly, and
as matter of course.
We Are Asleep.
We were warned over and over
again. But we were asleep. And were
asleep now. We're facing the most ire
lnendous emergency that has ever con-
lronted us. the bald. cold fact that the
United States is not going To raise MS
much food as we raised last year, that
we are not going to raise nearly
enough To supply ourselves and our |
allies with food - and were sound
asleep,
The lack of result. when the widely |
advertised and justly popular Mother |
Hubbard sought n bone for her dog.
5 known To all readers of juvenile his |
-ory, and goes To prove that the lady |
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21
SCOUTS CLEAR UP OLD sigma

The National Highways Protective
society says that space along high
ways given for Liberty loan recruit
ing and War Savings stamp posters has
been taken by other advertising illegal
to display in such locations.
In several instances troops of scouts
have been utilized in cleanup CAM
paigns for their removal. The High
ways society asks that scout official.
cooperate in this campaign.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21
SCOUT TROOP IN SHIP PLANT

A troop OF scouts has beeen organ.
lied among the messengers at the Of
nee of the American international
Shipbuilding corporation at Camden.
n. J..
The company will not employ a boy
unless he is registered scout and
wears his uniform while at work. Their
efficiency and prompt response to all
calls have won praise for the hov
scout movement.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21
Now Use Electricity

Lyons. kan.-Electricity will re-
place the old hand drills and tho
miners lamps in the Bevi. salt mine
near this city. after the min, has hean
operated for years in the old style way
Inc mlne has been wired for electric
lights, and the drills will IN, replaced
ny electric drills. The output is ex-
pected to he almost doubled by the
new methods.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21
Writes to Replace His
Dead Brother in Draft

Camp Lee. Na.-"IS there anv
possible chance for me To join
your company in my brother
Mliton'S place? If so. | will re-
port within two weeks" The
officers Of his camp are endrav-
"ring To make it possible for the
fuil-hlonded American. PouI
BerGiSon. who wrote this appeal
To join the division. Younc
BergiSon'S brother. Il PITTSBURGH
draftee. died here recently.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21
Must Have aeen

John' dear, / feel 1t in my hone.
.sat you are going to take me to the
theater tomght!" 0
(which bone. darlingr' =
I'm not sure, but think -
wishbone."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21
Audacity 10 stepfatnsr of succes.
Great head>~ork

What Is the secret Of wyse's enc.
cess as a bill collector?"
when a debtor tells him to call IN.
next day at four, he calls ut three ana
catches him .in."-New Haven po~,~
ter.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21
First to Guard Against Surprise

Palamedes is credited with devising
the Idea Of placing sentinels with
pickets around a camp. The watch
word as used by sentinels is supposed
to have been his conception also. /
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21

The worlds finest bronze statuarv
Is cast in sand found In France that
contains about SO per cent silica and
70 per cent alumina.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21

Paper as we know that article today.
was brought from Asia to Europe by
the Arablans. In China paper had
been manufactured from an ancient pc
Rod, from silk. When Samarcand was
conquered by the Arabians they en-
ployed cotton In the place Of silk In
paper making.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21
Patriotic Thief.

Philadelphia.-William Boyer want
ed to buy Liberty bonds the worst
way. That was his excuse when
charged with the theft of go pounds of
brass fittings from a United States
battleship.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21
Refuge for the Shabby,

An Eskimo wears the same suit Of
clothes all the year round" i've
heard So" replied the man with the
shiny coat sleeve. Sometimes I'm
tempted to move way up North where
that sort Of thing is fashionable"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21

Capt. Richard Haig, who commanded
the British tank Brittania in the battle
OF the Somme and who is in charge Of
the monster In this country, where it
is being used in recruiting and war
fund campaigns.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21

"ranite contains nearly all food
necessary for many plants. Therefore
freshly ground granite is good fer
tilizer.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21

motorcycles and bicycles are becom-
ing popular throughout Siam.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21

A micrometer used by a Swiss watch
company accurately measures to the
hundredth part Of q millimeter.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-21

Or. Emily ,Dunning Barringer, the
nrst OF per sex To serve as an ambu-
lance surgeon. is directing the cam
paign to raise funds for the establish
ment of chain of hospitals and elm
les in the allied countries, each to be
In charge of American women physi-
clans. The purpose of the hospitals
will be to care for the women and
children of the war-stricken countries.
Many of these unfortunate people of
northern France were without medi-
cal attendance for the three years of
German occupancy. Several hospitals
have already been established. four in
France and one on the Grecian from
tier. The campaign is being carried
on under the auspices Of the war serv-
ice committee of the Medical Wom-
ems National association, of which
Doctor harrington is chairman.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-28
CHAPTER VII.
RationS,


Just doing off Mr.. Lance Corporal
bUtted in.
in Tommy's eyes lance corporal is
one degree below a private. In the
Corporal's eyes he is one degree above
a general.
He ordered me to go with him and
help him draw the next days rations,
also told me to take my waterproof.
Every evening, from each platoon or
machine-gun section, lance corporal
and private go to the quartermaster
sergeant at the company stores and
draw rations for the following day.
The quarter" as the Quartermaster
sergeant is called, receives daily from
the orderly room Captains Ofice) a
slip showing the number of men en-
titled to rations, so there is no chance
of putting anything over on him. Many
arguments take place between the
quarter" and the platoon noncom, but
the former always wins out. Tommy
says the quarter" got his job because
ne was a burglar in civil life.
Then I spread the waterproof sheet
on the ground while the quartermaS-
ter's batman dumped the rati0ns on 1t.
The corporal was smoking fag. I
carried the rations back to the billet.
The corporal was still smoking fag.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-28

calendar was reformed under Julius
Caesar, the year was made to begin on
the first day Of January. After the
adoption Of Christianity in Europe, the
date of the beginning of the year was
changed to March in most countries, so
that Easter became recognized as a
New Years day. The reform of the
calendar by Pope Gregory, in 1852,
again changed the day on which the
year began, although in England it
continued to begin on the 25th of
March until the adoption Of the "new
style" there in 1852.
Christianity found Spring festivals
already in vogue in heather Europe,
and to these oldtime festivals many Of
the customs and superstitious rites still
connected with Easter are clearly
traceable. The name Easter, given to
the day by the TeutOnic natfOns-the
Roman nations have retained the old
Hebrew name, pascha, under modified
forms, as the Jour de Paques, Of the
French-is derived by Bede from Eos
ter or Ostara, the name Of an old
Anglo-Saxon goddess, in whose honor
a Spring festival was celebrated.
Grimm was unable to find any mention
of a deity Of this name among the an
cient Germans, but from the fact that
the month Of April still bears the name
ostermonat Tin Old High German os-
tarmanoth), he did not doubt that such
a goddess, probably "the divinity Of
the radiant dawn" had been known
among them. The old Oster festival
was clearly Of solar character, Gel
ebration in honor Of the birth or the
rejuvenation of the sun of the new
year. This is made evident, aside from
the known character Of similar festi-
walls in other parts Of the world, by
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-28
CHAPTER VI.-Continued.

After dinner / tried to wash out
the dixie with cold water and a rag,
and learned another maxim of the
trenches-"It can't be done.'' I slyly
watched one of the older men from
another section, and was Mortified to
see him throw into his dixie four or
five double handfuls of mud. Then he
poured in some water. and with his
hands secured the dixie inside and out.
[ thought he was taking an awful risk.
Surprising the cook should have seen
film! After half an hour of unsuc-
cessful efforts I returned my dixie to
the cook shack, being careful to put on
the cover, and returned to the billet.
Pretty soon the cook poked his head
in the door and shouted: "Hey, Yank,
come out here and clean your dixie !"
| protested that / had wasted a half
hour on it already, and had used up
my only remaining shirt in the at
tempt. With a look of disdain he ex-
claimed: "Blow me, your shirt! Why
in - didn't you use mud?''
Without a word in reply got busy
with the mud, and soon my dixie was
bright and shining.
Most Of the afternoon was spent by
the men writing letters home. / used
my spare time to chop wood for the
cook and go with the quartermaster to
draw coal. I got back just in time to
issue our third meal, which consisted
of hot tea. I rinsed out my dixie and
returned it to the cOokhouse, and went
back to the billet with an exhilarated
feeling that my days labor was done.
had fallen asleep on the straw when
once again the cook appeared in the
door Of the billet with: "Blime me, you
Yanks are lazy. Who in - a-goin' to
draw the water for the mornin' tea?
Do you think I'm a-goin' to? Well,
I'm not" and he left. filed the dixie
with water from an old squeaking we'll,
and once again lay down in the straw.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-28
EASTER SUNDAY
new YEARS DAY
Originally Marked the Beginning
of the Twelve NOTWITHSTANDING
Festivals in Vogue Long
Before the Time of
Christianity.
By REV. ARTHUR HOLT.

~ ASTER Sunday was formerly
, II equivalent to New Years day !;
though not the first day Of the
year it was the day on which
the opening of the year was celebrated.
Historically the Christian Easter is
simply a continuation of the Jewish
Passover, which was celebrated on the
18th day Of the first month Of the Jew
lsh year-that is, on the day Of the
first full moon next following the day
Of the equinox. It has been questioned
whether any special observance Of this
day was practiced or enjoined by the
apostles and the early Church Fa-
theirs yet the words Of st. Paul q Cor.
$3.50 seem to sanction if they do not
recommend an observance Of some sort
and foreshadow the thought which
came finally to underlie it: "FOr even
Christ our passover is sacrificed for
US. Therefore let us keep the feast,
not with old leaven, neither with the
leaven of malice and wickedneSs, but
with the unleavened bread Of SINGER
ity and truth" According to the Jew
ish tradition, the Passover commence
rated the passing of the Angel OF
Death over the houses Of the 1srael1tes
in Egypt, the doOrposts and lntels of
which had been sprinkled with the
blood of the paschal lamb. The Chris
tians, in adopting the festival, gave it
q new significance. For them the Saw
Tor became the true Paschal Lamb, and
the new festival cOmmemOrated His
resurrection on the third day following
the CrucifxiOn.
The proper day for celebrating East
er was one of the questions which the
Council of Nice "a. D. $3.50 was called
upon to decide. By the Eastern Chris
tians it was at that time celebrated on
the same day as the Jewish Passover,
without regard to the day Of the week
on which it might fall. Among the
Western Christians, who held that the
crucifxion occurred on Friday and
the resurrection on a Sunday, there
had arisen a custom CT celebrating
Easter on the first Sunday following
the 18th of the first month, and to this
custom was given the official sanction
Of the council. Furthermore, the rule
then established for fixing upon the
proper Sunday was designed partly to
prevent the possibility Of Easter ever
falling on the same day as the Pass
over. but the rule has failed on several
occasions to prevent this coincidence,
and at rare intervals the two festivals
came together.
Changes in Calendar.
The old Roman year. like the Jewish
in prI1 no on
tered the constellation Aries. When the
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-28


commenced my envy died, and 1 real
lied that the first requisite of non
commissioned officer on active service
is. diplomacy. There were 10 men in
our section, and they soon formed 8
semicircle around us after the corporal
had called out, "Rations up"
The quartermaster sergeant had
given a slip to the corporal on Which,
was written a list of the rations. Sit.
ting on the floor, using wooden box
as table, the issue commenced. On
the left of the corporal the rations
were piled. They consisted of the fol-
lowing:
Six loaves of fresh bread, each loaf
of different size, perhaps one out of
the six being as fiat as a pancake, the
result of an army service corps man
placing a box of bully beef on it dur
ing transportation.
Three tins of jam, one apple and the
other two plum.
Seventeen Bermuda onions, all diff
ferent sizes.
A piece of cheese in the shape of a
wedge.
Two one-pound tins of butter.
A handful of raisins.
A tin of biscuits, or as Tommy calls
them "jaw Breakers
A bottle of mustard pickles.
The ''bully beef" spuds, condensed
milk, fresh meat, bacon and "Macono-
chic rations" Ga can filed with meat,
vegetables and greasy water), had been
turned over to the company cook to
make a stew for next days dinner. He
also received the tea, sugar, salt, pep
per and flour.
Scratching his head, the corporal
studied the slip issued to him by the
quarter. Then in a slow, myst1hed
voice he read out, "No. section, II
men. Bread loaves, six" He looked
puzzled and soliloquized in musing
voice:
"Six loaves, nineteen men. Let's see,
that's three in loaf for fifteen men
we'll, to make it even, four Of you'll
have to muck in on one loaf"
The four that got stuck made howl,
but to no avail. The bread was dished
out. Pretty soon from a far corner OF
the billet, three indignant TOmmies ac-
costed the corporal with:
"What do you call this, loaf of
bread? Looks more like a sniping
plate"
The corporal answered.:
"Well, don't blame me, I didn't bake
it; somebody's got to get it, so shut
up until I dish out these blinkin' ra-
tions."
Then the corporal started on the
jam.
"Jam, three tins-apple one, plum
two. Nineteen men, three tins. Six
in tin makes twelve men for two tins,
seven in the remaining tin"
He passed around the jam, and
there was another riot. Some didn't
like apple, while others who received
plum were partial to apple. After
while differences were adjusted and
the issue went on.
Bermuda onions. seventeen"
The corporal avoided a row by say
ing that he did not want an onion, and
said they make your breath smell, so
guessed would do without one too.
The corporal looked his gratitude.
"Cheese, pounds, two"