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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15

ishes, while Malemute Kid, utterly
abandoned, had seized the broom and
was executing mad gyrations on his
own account.
At this instant the door shook with
a heavy rap-rap. and their quick CLAN
ces noted the lifting Of the latch. But
they had survived similar situations
before. Harrington never broke a
note. Madeline shot through the wait.
ing door to the inner room. The
broom went hurting under the bunk,
and by the time Cal Galbraith and
Louis Savoy got their heads in. Male
mute Kid and Prince were In each
others arms, wildly schottisching
down the room.
AS rule, Indian women do not
make practice of fainting on provo
cation, but Madeline came as near to
it as she ever had In her life. For
an hour she crOuched on the floor, lis
tening to the heavy voices of the men
rumbling up and down in mimic thun.
der. Like familiar chords Of child
hood melodies, every intOnation, every
trick of her husbands voice, swept
in upon her, fluttering her heart and
weakening her knees till she lay half.
fainting against the door. It was well
she could neither see nor hear when
he took lis departure.
when do you expect to 90 back to
Circle City?" Malemute Kid asked sim.
ply.
Haven't thought much about It,"
he replied. Don't think till after the
ice breaks"
"And Madeline?"
He flushed at the question, and
there was quick drOOp to his eyes.
Malemute Kid could have despised
him for that, had he known men less.
II guess she's all right" the Circle
City king answered hastily, and in an
apologize manner. TON Dixon got
charge of my interests. you know, and
he sees to it that she has everything
she wants"
Malemute Kid laid hand upon his
arm, and hushed him suddenly. They
had stepped without. Overhead, the
aurora, a gorgeous wantOn, Haunted
miracles of color; beneath lay the
sleeping town. Far below, a solitary
dog gave tongue. The king again be-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15

Elderly cumudgeOns in banks and
government offices complain that the
girl clerk gossips too much and ex-
ponds half her afternoons making tea.
The grumble is probably quite unjus-
tilted. Anyhow. 1t is an ancient mascu.
line gibe. The old inn sign, 1.-THE
Silent Woman" always shows the lady
either headless or with her head under
her arm. There Is, however, one place
in the world where women keep their
heads on their shoulders and never
talk-at least to men. In the little
Greek island Of Fano, one of the Ohio
MAN group to the northwest Of Corfu,
supposed by some to be the island Of
the seductive Calypso. 1t Is the custom
for the young men to marry the girls
Of their choice, and after brief honey.
moon proceed to America to accumu-
late some capital. generally as walters.
During the years Of absence the young
wives never talk to other men. To
support this self-denying ordinance
elderly women watch over them, and
If strange men approach they are dis
couraged by showers Of stones.-Dun.
dee Advertiser.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15

munity's clothes ran at about i've hun
dred a month. The twin "Sun Dogs"
discovered mustaches on their upper
lips, and were recognized as brother
fraction kings of EldOrado. In one Of
the most prominent sets. and the slow
est in uncOvering. was Cal Galbraith
with the spirit Of the Pole" Oppo-
site him was Jack Harrington and the
Russian Princess" The rest had
discovered themselves, yet the Greek
dancer was still missing. All eyes
were upon the group. Cal Galbraith,
In response to their cries, lifted his
partners mask. Freda's wonderful
face and brilliant eyes flashed out up
on them. A roar went up, to be hush
ed suddenly in the new and absorbing
mystery Of the Russian Princess"
Her face was still hidden. and Jack
Harrington was struggling with her.
The dancers Uttered on the tiptOes Of
expectancy. He crushed her dainty
costume roughly, and then-and then
the jewellers exploded. The joke was
with tabOOed native woman.
But those that knew, and they were
many. ceased abruptly. and a hush fell
upon the room. Cal Galbraith cross
ed over with great strides, angrily,
and spoke to Madeline i'm pOlyglOt
Chinook. But she retained her com.
posture, apparently obliviOus to the
fact that she was the cynOsure Of all
eyes, and answered him in English.
She showed neither fright nor anger.
and Malemute Kid chuckled at her
well-bred eQuanimity. The king felt
baffied, defeated; his common Siwash
wife had passed beyond him.
Come" he said finally. "COme on
home"
Il beg pardon" she replied; II have
agreed to go to supper with Mr.. Har.
rington. Besides, there's no end Of
dances promised"
Harrington extended his arm to
lead her away. He evinced not the
slightest disinclinatiOn toward show.
ing his back, but Malemute Kid had
W CuSCu SiOScI. lie SlT-
Gle City king was stunned. Twice his
hand dropped to his belt, and twice
the Kid gathered himself to spring;
but the retreating couple passed safe.
ly through the supper-rOom door,
where canned oysters were spread at
five dollars the plate. The crowd
sighed audibly. broke up into couples,
and followed them. Freda pOuted
and went in with Cal Galbraith; but
she had good heart and a sure
tongue. and she spoiled his oysters for
him. What she said Is of no impor.
lance, but his face went red and white.
The supper room was filled with a
pandemOnium of voices, which ceased
suddenly as Cal Galbraith stepped
over to his wife's table. Since the
unmasking, considerable weights of
dust had been placed as to the out.
come. Everybody watched with
GREATNESS interest. Harrington's blue
eyes were steady. but under the over.
hanging tablecloth the latest in six
guns balanced on his knees. Madeline
looked up, casually, with little interest.
"May-May l have the next round
dance with your" the king suffered.
The wife of the king glanced ut her
card and inclined her head.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15
MEANING OF SHIP TONNAGE
Several Different Uses Of Term, AZ.
piled a. Occasion Demands, Are
Cited by National Authority.

The different uses Of tonnage terms
when speaking Of ships are causes OF
confusion to the lay mind. Why ships
cannot be really compared according
to tonnage Is explained by Capt. c. A.
McAllister, engineer In chief, United
States. coast guard. In an article In
Popular Science Monthly. For example,
he states. steamship companies. In or
der to impress relative safety Of their
craft, will advertise the sailing Of q
certain steamer Of 10000 tons, mean
ing. Of course, gross tons. The COM
pany's agent. in entering 1t at the GUS
tom house. will take precaution to GER
tify that she is only 1910 tons. when
paying tonnage taxes. He then Is re-
ferring to her net tonnage, and In fact
that standard Is used only when pay
ing dues or taxes.
Displacement tonnage Is almost ex-
clusively applied to warships, as they
do not carry cargOes. Strange to say,
the tonnage of battleship varies al
most hourly. as coal or other weighty
objects are used or taken on board.
The tonnage Of warships Is. however,
fixed; they are referred to in terms Of
the fixed tonnage.
A statement that q 1O.OOO-ton battle
ship sank a 1O.OO0-ton merchant ship
does not mean that the ships were Of
equal size. The merchant ship would
be much larger, owing to the different
meanings Of the term 'tOn." as applied
to the two types Of vessels. 1t Is abso-
lutely impossible to give rules for the
relation Of these terms. as the condi-
lions vary too greatly. Generally speak
ing. the gross tonnage of ship Is from
so to 100 per cent greater'than the net
tonnage.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15
Monarch Has Hiah Title.

The ruler of Turkey Is not the only
sovereign who claims to be divine.
The Emperor Of Abyssinia enjoys the
distinction Of being. among other
things, the king Of kings, whom all
must obey. as he is the cause of pres
ervation Of all animals. the regulator
Of the seasons. the absolute master Of
the ebb and flow Of the sea. brother to
the sun. and king Of the four and TWEEN.
ty umbrellas" One cannot help won.
dering what use a monarch who has
such absolute control Of the weather
could possibly have even for q single
umbrella. to say nothing of his liberal
allowance Of "a. The royal umbrellas
are symbolic Of his dignity.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15
away on his violin and following the

away on his violin and following the
dancers.
1t was unique situation, the under
taking of these three men with the
woman. The most pathetic part, per-
hapS, was the businesslike way in
which they went about 1t. No ath-
lete was ever trained more rigidly
for coming contest, nor wolf dog
for the harness, than was she. But
they had good material, for Madeline,
unlike most women of her race, in her
childhood had escaped the carrying of
heavy burdens and the toll of the trail.
Besides. she was clean-limbed, will
lowy creature, possessed of much
grace which had not hitherto been
realized. 1t was this grace which the
men strOve to bring out and knock
into shape.
At the next intermissiOn Prince dis
covered new predicament
81 say, Kid" he said, were wrong,
all wrong. She can't learn in moe
casins. Put her feet into slippers. and
shNh VII W NtACu puCN
Madeline raised foot and regarded
her shapeless house mOccasin dubious
ly. In previous winters, both at Circle
City and Forty Mile, she had danced
many night away with similar foot
gear, and there had been nothing the
matter. But nOw-well, if there was
anything wrong it was for Malemute
Kid to know, not her.
But Malemute Kid did know, and he
had a good eye for measures; so he
put on his cap and mittens and went
down the hill to pay Mrs. Eppingwell
a call. Her husband, Glove Epping-
well, was prominent in the community
as one of the great government Off
cials. The kid had noted her slen-
der little foot one night, at the gov
ernOr's ball. And as he also knew her
to be as sensible as she was pretty,
1t was no task to ask of her certain
small favor.
On his return, Madeline withdrew
for moment to the inner room. When
she reappeared Prince was startled.
"By JOve!" he gasped. who'd "a
thought it! The little witch! Why,
my sister,
SIS an English girl" interrupted
Malemute Kid. with an English foot.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15

gan to speak, but the Kid pressed his
hand for silence. The sound multi
piled. Dog after dog took up the
strain till the full-throated chorus
swayed the night.
Cal Galbraith shivered slightly as
it died away In half-caught sobs. The
Kid read his thoughts openly, and wan
dered back with him through oil the
weary days Of famine and disease !;
and with him was also the patient
Madeline, sharing his pains and perils,
never doubling, never complaining.
His minds retina vibrated to a score
OF pictures, stern, clear-cut and the
hand of the past drew back with
heavy fingers on his heart. It was
the psychological moment. Malemute
Kid was half tempted to play his re-
serve card and win the game; but the
lesson was too mild as yet, and he let
1t pass. The next instant they had
gripped hands, and the kings beaded
moccasins were drawing protests from
the outraged snow as he crunched
down the hill.
Madeline in collapse was another
woman to the mischievous creature
OF an hour before, whose laughter had
been so infectious and whose height
ened color and flashing eyes had made
her teachers for the while forget.
Weak and nerveless, she sat in the
chair just as she had been dropped
there by Prince and Harrington.
Malemute Kid frOwned. This would
never do. When the time of meeting
her husband came to hand, she must
carry things off with high-handed i'm
periOusnesS. 1t was very necessary
she should do 1t after the manner of
white women, else the victory would
be no victory at all. So he talked to
her. sternly. without mincing Of words,
and initiated her into the weaknesses
or his own sex. till she came to un-
derstand what simpletOns men were
after all. and why the word Of their
women was law.
A few days before THANKSGIVING
night, Malemute Kid made another
call on Mrs. Eppingwell. She prompt
ly Overhauled her feminine fripperies,
paid prOtracted visit to the dry
goods department Of the p. G. COM
pany. and returned with the Kid to
make Madeline's acquaintance. After
that came a period such as the cabin
had never seen before, and what with
cutting, and fitting. and basting, and
stitching, and numerous other wonder
full and unknowable things, the male
conspirators were more often Danish
ed the premises than not. At such
times the opera house opened its dou-
BILE storm doors to them. So often
did they put their heads together. and
SO deeply did they drink to curious
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15

This girl comes of small-fOoted race.
Moccasins just broadened her feet
healthily, while she did not misshape
them by running with the dogs in her
childhood"
Madeline was the wife Of king, a
king whose yellow treasure could buy
outright a score Of fashions puppets !;
yet In all her life her feet had known
no gear save reclaimed mOosehide.
At first she looked In awe at the tiny
white satin slippers; but she quickly
understood the admiration which
shone, manlike, in the eyes Of the
men.
So the training went on. Every day
Malemute Kid led the girl out on long
walks devoted to the correction of her
carriage and the shortening of her
stride. There was little likelihood of
her identity being discovered, for Cal
Galbraith and the rest of the old-tim-
ers were like lost children among the
many strangers who had rushed into
the land. Besides, the frost of the
North has bitter tongue. and the ten
der women of the South, to shield
their cheeks from its biting caresses,
were prone to the use of the canvas
masks. With faces Obscured and bod
les lost I'm squirrel-skin parkas,
mother and daughter. meeting on trail.
would pass as strangers.
In this way Thanksgiving night
drew near. At irregular intervals
river regarding the welfare of young
Cal. The time of their return was ap-
preaching. More than once a casual
caller. hearing dance music and the
rhythmic pulse of feet. entered, only
to find Harrington scraping away and
the other two beating time or arguing
nOisily over mOOted step. Made
line was never In evidence, having
precipitately fed to the inner room.
On one of these nights Cal Gal
braith dropped in. Encouraging news
had just come down from Stuart riv-
er. and Madeline had surpassed her.
self-nOt in walk alone, and carriage
and grace. but in womanly roguish-
ness. They had INDUCED in sharp re-
partee. and she had defended herself
brilliantly; and then. yielding to the
of the moment. and Of
her own power. she had bullied, and
and wheedled, and patron
lied them with most astonishing sue
cess. And instinctively. involuntarily,
they had bowed. not to her beauty,
her wisdom. her wit, but to that indie
Unable something in woman to which
man yields yet cannot name. The
room was dizzy with sheer delight as
she and Prince whirled through the
last dance of the evening. Harrington
was throwing in inconceivable -four
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15

Muggins was the possessor Of very
large feet and very bad cough. He
entered boot shop and the young as
sistant turned the shop upside down
to find something to fit his "Out size"
Muggins had just tried on the fortieth
pair when he started coughing.
Its a nasty cough you've got" said
the assistant.
"Yes." gasped Muggins. Doctor
says I've one foot in the grave now"
II shouldn't worry" said the assist.
ant. you'll never get the other in;
it's too big"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15
Had Plenty Of Time.

Visitor Ito hospital attendant)-Is
Mr.. Murphy ini
Hospital Attendant Ito visitor)-
Yes. he Is convalescing now.
Visitor Ito hospital attendant)-
Very well, III wait.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15
Natural Element.

u see where q Philadelphia fire chief
predicts that we shall have nrewomen
instead Of men on the engines and
trucks soon."
"Oh. well. that's natural; womea
were always crazy about hose.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-03-15

&c
When or where he could not tell, but
the puzzling sense of familiarity so
wrought upon him that he turned his
attention to the discovery of her iden-
tity. Malemute Kid might have aid.
ed him instead Of occasionally taking
the Princess" for a few turns and
talking earnestly to her in low tones.
But 1t was Jack Harrington who paid
the Russian Princess" the most as
siduOus court. Once he drew Cal
Galbraith aside and hazarded wild
guesses as to who she was. and ex-
planned to him that he was going In
to win. This ranked the Circle City
king. and he forgot both Madeline and
Freda in the new quest.
Ii was soon nOised about that the
Russian Princess" was not Freda Mo-
loot. Interest deepened. Here was q
fresh enigma. They knew Freda
though they could not find her. but
here was somebody they had found
and did not know. Even the women
could not place her, and they knew ev-
cry good dancer in the camp. Many
took her for one of the official CLIQUE,
indulging in a silly escapade. Not a
few asserted she would disappear be-
fore the unmasking. Others were
equally positive that she was the wom-
an reporter Of the Kansas City "Sun,"
come to write them up at ninety dol
lars per column. And the men at the
scales worked busily.
At one o'clock every couple took to
the floor. The unmasking began amid
laughter and delight, like that Of care
free children. There was no end of
obs and abs as mask after mask was
lifted. The scintillating Aurora Bor-
calls" became the brawny negress
whose income from washing the COM
Washington Journal., 1918-08-16

Der berittene Yoli5iIt &ufus
&onoerbof pom neunten Yoliaei-
&ebier Iieet i'm Soipital franf BAR
nieOer. Sein Saul muroe om 9ienS-
tag Msorgen an Der @ennings Roao
ourh elm IutomobiI ideu unO mari
ben 8lourod unianft ouf Die StroBe.
Ole 6rau 0es &riegsminiiterS
8ofer nimmt on ollen offentliheu
8oriteIlungen 5u @unIten unierer
SoIooten iebr reeen Nnteil. @m
InG6iten Sonntog miro iie uls cine
Der Colo SGngerinnen i'm Ytontro-
ie Yorf, Georgetown, u1ftreten.
-Sacob Meper, Oereinit elm mobl
befannter &leioerfabrifant IN 8olti-
more, lit bier I'M Souie ieiner God
ter, Nlfreo Mtaper, No.2415 20. Str.
|N.8. geltorben. Ole 2eide mlr0c
nit malreril6en Gbren ned 8olti-
more iiberfiibrt.
Ole 2elltnantS &irom 8. Goib
un6 Gbeooorc &irf baben ibr 2eben
in 6ronfrei6 altf DEM 6eloe Der Or
re perloren. 8eioe moren i'm Dit
IT Columbia gut befannt un0 Der
crItpennnnte mar Elm SpielgefGbrte
oes perungIiidten SliegerleutnontS
Quentin &ooiebelt.
Die SO moblhaben0en 9omen
lnO Srduenltimmr a6tlerimnen, bic
idon oorigc @ode in Gonflift NIT
Der 9arfpnIi3ei fcmen, iino mieOer-
Inn perboftet moroen neil itc 0er
Serild mo6ten, I'M 2afagette &arf
cine Seriammlung obnc sic Grlmlb-
mis- Der gorfpoli5ci ab6ubalten. Sic
lino pieoer nit elmer @elOltrofe Oo=
bon gefomnen; a5er Oos lit nidt, mas
oieIc reihen @ciebesiibertreter mol
len. Sic lio0eu sic nGbere @efaunt-
i6oft nit Dem Snneru 0es NrbeitS-
5aules m9den, 0as an BEN ibDaii6etr
llfcrn oeSA Dccoquan 8ades Iiegt.
Washington Journal., 1918-08-16
&leimes STANDARDIZATION

Die fur6tbare Site bat ettuas
nodgeluiien. Gs lit aber beiB genug
geblieben Inn aus Der Soltt al fobren
-Er1iioent 8iIion miro ben Som
GreB nift Wieoer gebeu Iaiien, bis er
feline Nrbeiten poaenoet bat. Selblt
fir Die 8ablen bat or bier 3u bleiben.
-0ur6 ben 8lib muroen am leb-
ten SOnntag Die Seli ltno @etrei0e-
8orrdte i'm Camp Meaoe in Brand
geIest un0 3erIt0rt. Die &egierung
oerliert ungefdbr $4,000.
1900 Offi5iere, ole nit Sen bic
Iigen 8iiros oes @eidiibpeIenS in
Serbinoung lteben, boben ben Offi5i-
ellen Auftrag erbalten, fih i'm Hilto-
lenihieBen gu iiben. Oas mag ofti-
pen 0ienlt fir oieie Serren beoeuten.
-Die 2ei6e zines f~inftGgigen
meiblihen ainOes lit in ser NGbe ser
Sycamore Sniel aus Dem 6luiie ge-
Sogen luor0en. Sberiff Iu0 BON Dem
benahbarten Wontgomerp County
iuht nod Der Wtutter.
go lih in Dem beno6barten
IIeranoriu Qano @eriHtsgebGlloe
feline @ei6morenenbanf fir Die oeS
Woroes bei6uIoigte &otbleen 9urgeB
biloen lieb, bat man ibren Yro3eB
Dem @erihte in 6reoerifsbiirg, @ir-
9inia, iiberlpieIen.
-Diele 8ohe giebt es fem nit
Naidinen bergeitelltes nGiscreum"
i'm DiItrift Columbia. neil ale So
brifen uuf M%noronung oes 8ernal-
tiers Der 9ebensmittel Ole &erIteaung
BON els Cream eingelteGt ba-
ben. Man geoenft ooour6 8 Wailli-
pnen BfunO &obeis 81 iparen, Ole ben
geplagten Samilien 81 Nuben fom-
men meroen.
Washington Journal., 1918-08-16
Wc6nrten:

Sol. Ii. 6. 9. Gonoer8, MGo6cn.
SSSobn 9. Ii. 2orriie g. &urb, &nabe.
8. II. Gliso6etb Sdntl5e, &nobe.
a5obn 6. Ii. e. 9. S6idler, &nobc.
g. 8. II. e. 9. Mobler, 9nabe.
uno Marp @ermnm &nobe.
3. 8. 1tno e. gncglc, &nn6c.
gSm. g. II. sc. Is. WtiaS, &nabe.
II s. II. Morg. 6. Support, Mdb6en
Su6esfGQe:
Saco6 Meoer, 81, 2415 90. Ctr.
&c SO.
Gacn Gbom @iaer, so, 800 IS
ctr. @, 8.
Gomoro gurfc, AZ, @aib. 4ipllm
&oipitol.
Goitb 81. S6aefer, %, 1879 .
Ctr. 60.
So6n 81. sciqel "a, Goitern9rond
HiDer.
GGcidliefnnsen:
Serbert 8. Spain uno Mnita Oil
ter0inger.
Washington Journal., 1918-08-16
M~nppcrta 6p1me.

Ger Trolen &iliSbcrcin pom Sup
ports @eim bielt ON 0icnStoq, Den
13. alig., icine monotlihe Geriomm.
lima in ser 2%(nitolt ob. GrirculiMer.
ipciic fonnte oic8mo( audi rmicre@rG.
iiocntin mieoer 3ltgcoen iein uno bic
NnmeIen0en sur 0r0mina rufcn.
1ie oaGcmeinen @eid0itc mur0er
erlc0i0t uno Oonoh bette Srml 81
@roin bic Site, bic Oamen sur Noh.
feier ibreS fiir3lidcn @c6urtStoqes
nil G%ririidptngcn 81 bepirtcn oil
nod oQe 81 eincm gemotlidcn @lnu
OerltinOhen beiiommcn biclt.
-NM
Washington Journal., 1918-08-16

Cberitlclttnant IboS. 81, Goon3
BON Sotto Grli5, Sal uno SorporoI
Geo. 9. Seuiep ppn &i0gciieIo &orf,
&c. s., murOen bel einGn 6licaertm.
iaa getGtet.
Washington Journal., 1918-08-16
spauicn 'uirO bel 0cnti@lano Dpr.

Sponien bot megeu ser &erienf-
ma cincS ipaniihen 5hiiic$ cine
neue gfote al 0eutihGano Qeriftct.
Gieie 9(nfiinoigung modtc M}iniiter-
prGlioent Cato no6 eiHer Speciality
una 0eS MiniiteriumS.