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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12
Just A Dub, But.
He Had at Least One Good Deed
to Ills Credit.
And St. Peter Recognized His Fitness
to Enter Into Everlasting Joy
While Others Less Worthy
Were Sent Below.

As standards are on this earth he
had not amounted to much.
He had lived. laughed, loved, sinned
and died in the common way of all.
He had made Il few friends, and few
enemies, but he had come and passed
as one of the many. His had been
common toll and he had done it in
the ordinary way.
And so when his soul al las. stood
before the Great White Gate there
was no stir among the saints to re-
ceive it.
What have you to say for your
self" said st. Peter, sternly, but not
unkindly.
Nothing" replied the soul, timidly.
Nothing" exclaimed st. Peter.
'Did you never get your name in the
papers,"
Never. 1 was never considered
very clever down there"
"Oh. Didn't make fine speeches
then?"
| mo. l couldn't talk on my feet"
II see. Didn't go to church very
often either. did your
mo. / was often very tired and
on Sundays l slept lite In the morn
fnss and played with the Riddles the
rest of the day."
"YOu died in your bed, while thou
sands of your fellOwmen died on the
battlefield, fighting for their coun-
try?"
"Yes. When the war came l was
beyond the age Of enlistment"
swell, can't you think of one thing
that you did that might recommend
you for admission hereT
"I'm afraid not. All my life was
Just a dub"
"Just dub, eh?"
Eyes. Never did shine Mt anything.
Just plodder, trying hard all the
time to get somewhere. but never
actually arriving. And yet"
"Yet what"
IF you will permit me to say 1t,
during the great war down there 1
didn't force a committee to spend two
or three hours trying to convince me
that ought to buy Liberty bonds. /
couldn't fight; couldn't be a general or
a captain; didn't know enough to fill
a government job, but did know 1t
was every mans duty to back his
country to the limit. and bought all
the Liberty bonds could. without an
argument"
Fine" said st. Peter enthusiastical-
ly. "come right on in. Did you notice
a crowd of fine-looking. housekeeping
souls going down as Jon came upr'
EYES,"
swell that was 3 bunch Of loud
talking rich spirits who delayed the
end Of the war year because they
wouldn't buy Liberty bonds until they
were convinced that their purchases
were absolutely necessary. They're
going to get a taste of trench life I'M
der Old Satan In the financial slack
er's department"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12
Safest Place.

We were calling at a home in East
Cleveland, not more than q hundred
yards from where the Nickel Plate
tracks cross Superior. As we rang the
bell we noticed something that gave
US a shudder of apprehension, and
when our hostess answered the door
we gave vent to our feelings ut once.
Mrs. Emdash." we said, do you
know where your children are play.
mgr
NO." she gasped, paling little with
alarm. "Where are they?"
up there on the railroad tracks !"
We told her.
She looked relieved.
"Oh," she said. Il was afraid they
were playing in the street. l am so
afraid of the automobiles. Won't you
come in-I'll call Mr.. Emdash."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12

A Chilean bank wishes to secure
agencies for various kinds Of Ameri-
can merchandise needed in that cOun-
try.
Spain presents field for the sale
OF machines for turning wooden shoe
lasts and wooden heels for wOmen's
shoes.
Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic,
presents nm excellent market for
American shoes. There is also an op-
portunity Ia sell shoe machinery in
the city. Shoes are now made almost
wholly by hand In the local shops.
There is an opportunity to introduce
American windmills into the Australian
market. Firms interested in exporting
these supplies should communicate
with E. II. Eklund. Queensland State
Hydraulic Department, Brisbane,
Queensland.
Sheep will be imported by the Japa-
nese government from Australia and
sold at nominal prices to farmers for
the purpose Of encouraging the local
production of wool. 1t is stated that
M5O.S75 will be appropriated annually
to aid the industry and that one mil
lion head Of sheep will be raised in
the next twenty yearA
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12
HIS REALIZATION OF WAR
Deprived of Loved Tobacco, Man Be-
gins to See Grim Struggle in
All Its Horror.

The man with the tall silk hat and
the pin-striped trousers and the fur
collared OvercOat stepped out of his
limousine Monday in front of the down
town drug store, where he usually dis
mounts each morning to buy his days
supplies Of real Havanas. He waved
an airy hand at his chauffeur and
squared his shoulders beneath the fur
of the overcoat to the Croker Land
air. Everything was all right.
Then the man with the tall silk hat
and the pin-striped trousers and the
-fur-cOllared OvercOat strobe on in to-
ward the cigar counter and flung a dol
lar bill on the showcase. He noticed
there were no lights in the humidors of
the cases. Then he saw no clerks were
there. Behind the drug counters he
finally spied Il man he knew.
LET me have half-dOzen smokes"
he said.
"SOrry, but nothin' doin' this morn
Ing" said the man he knew.
"Why-what's wrong here?"
"NOt selling today. Fuel administra-
ton. you know"
Slowly great lump rose in the
throat of the man with the tall hat and
the pin-striped trousers. Hurriedly he
felt in all his pockets. Then he rushed
out to see whether the auto had left
for home. Then he hurried to another
drug store. Then, sadly, he went to
the office.
AS he entered the door, the young
$oO-a-week clerk took his usual stOgie
from his mouth and exhaled a cloud of
the bitter smoke that had long made
him hated by the stenOgraphers. The
man with the tall hat hurried over to
him.
For heavens sake, Johnny, let me
have a stOgie, will you"
Sorry, boss. but this is all got. /
found this un in my pocket this morn
ing-left over from Sunday"
The man with the tall hat went in
and sat down. He called his most rap
Id stenOgrapher and began to dictate
to her.
His first letter-it should have been
purely about stocks and bonds-began
like this:
'"The American people suddenly feel
the iron hand Of real war is closing in
upon them."-IndianapOlis News.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12

e. G. Grace. president of the Bethle-
hem Steel corporation, told the 500
guests Of the Allentown (Pa.) chamber
OF commerce at its banquet recently
that the submarine destroyers which
the Bethlehem corporation will build
for the government are more than all
Of the destrOyers now In the world.
Mr.. Grace said he regarded the rapid
construction Of destroyers as the solu-
ton Of the submarine menace. Beth
lehem plants now employ $4,000 men
as compared with 1900 five years ago.
Charles NJ. Schwab. who also spoke,
said that the pay roll of the Bethlehem
plants is now $10O.OOO.OO0 a year.
Iron Age.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12
Absorbent Cotton Twice Used.

Through the ingenuity Of a French
chemist who was struck by the fact
that in the military hospitals of Paris
alone about AGO pounds of absorbent
cotton was used daily, a process has
been developed which makes 1t posi-
BILE to use sOiled cotton a second time.
The first step II the removal Of all
grease by boiling ten or twelve hours
in soda solution. or by treating 1t
under pressure for three hours in a
sealed container filled with the same
solution. After this the cotton is thor.
oughly washed in a machine and all
the moisture removed by placing 1t in
a high-speed centrifugal drier. Drying
is followed by bleaching with hypo-
chlorine of lime and second washing
and drying. Finally the purified pro-
duct is carded, packed and again ster-
Mechanics Magazine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12
NO BRIGHT Money
Mrs. Bil|tops Rises to Height Of
Self-Sacrifice.
She Had "Good Thing" in Her A..
rangement with the Partner of
Her Joys and Sorrows, but
Patriotism Came First.

Something unexpected has hap
pened." said Mr.. Billtops. Something
quite unexpected.
You know, for years have been CIV
Ing Mrs. BilltOps all my bright money.
Whenever l got Il bright dime or quar-
ter or half l simply turned it over to
Mrs. BilltOps.
There might be weeks when l
would not get single bright coin
but there would be other weeks in
which / would receive in change a
considerable number. Altogether these
bright coins provided for Mrs. Il.
tidy bit of revenue, and / am sure 1t
was as great Il pleasure for me to turn
them over to Mrs. BilltOps as it was
for her to receive them, though once
this bright money proposition did give
me little scare.
Il dropped into a candy store one
day to get some candy for Mrs. Bill
tops and there in change for IS bill
l received two bright dimes and four
absolutely spick and span bright new
81 bills!
swell, now, there was something to
make you stop and think. Under our
understanding l was to give Mrs. Bill
tops all bright money 1t is true that
by that l understood bright coins, and
l had no doubt that Mrs. BilltOps did,
too, but the promise from me was of
all bright money and on a strict in
depreciation, which l did not desire to
evade, there was nothing for me to do
but to turn over with the two bright
dimes those four bright dollars. Which
I did.
"But Mrs. Billtops declined to re-
ceive them.
"'No, Ezra she said, no. We both
understood bright money to mean
bright coins, and we will 60 not by
the letter Of the contract but by the
spirit. Ezra, you keep the $4.'
(Which did, and was always glad
she settled 1t that way, for the Oppo-
site Interpretation Of my obligation
might sometimes have subjected me to
considerable inconvenience.
Suppose l should some day have
gone into a candy store and laid down
not S. bill but a $1,000 bill and re-
ceived in change $939.2O all In bright
money, which by the contract should
have been required to turn over to
Mrs. BilltOps. Why, l have seen the
time when handing over that amount
Of money in that way would have
cramped me quite some.
But never have l failed to hand
over all bright coins, year after year
continuously, until yesterday, when
that something unexpected happened
when Mrs. Billtops said to me:
Ezra, no more bright money. /
have always been glad to get It for
the sentiment Of 1t and for the use /
could make Of 1t, but you need the
money more now and from now on you
keep 1t and use it as you would any
other money and I will deny myself
that luxury. No more bright money,
Ezra, from now until the end Of the
war;
Unexpected 1t certainly was, but
still it was only what you would have
expected her to do, II you knew Mrs.
BilltOps."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12
TO OUR BOYS IN SERVICE @ a: ~.:..:

Many Of you are in France already;
others ply strange new business on
waters beneath which treacherous iron
devils hunt human prey; the greater
part are making ready to go some
where lover there" to uphold the hon.
or OF our nation. Once II was your
dream to cross smiling oceans to gay
lands which stretched out reckoning
hands; now the hands that beckOn
are bleeding and torn. and you are
shipped off secretly. suddenly, carrying
little except the clothes on your backs,
the laughter on your faces, and the
courage In your hearts. Winged and
followed by our prayers, our Good
lucks!" our God speeds." our de-
vOtiOn, yes, our reverence, you set forth
on this greatest of all crusades.
Yes, crusade. You were born and
reared In a different era, an era of
padding living and trivial interests
nm era when comforts were good and
luxuries better; when making ones
pile In order to get ahead Of ones
neighbOr was the goal toward which
n large part Of mankind. was selfiShly,
uncOncernedly striving. Heroism? Yes,
you had read about II in books ut
school. Odysseus, Richard the Lion
Hearted, Napoleon, had once given you
dreams and thrills. But heroism was
out Of date In the sophisticated world
I'm which you were setting down to live
tame, sophisticated lives. Suddenly
this world burst into flame. Across
the seas the old era became over night
a forgotten age. UncOuntable heroes
are flashed into being and all in the
days work blew their souls out for
God. for homes. for country. in their
effort to stem the avalanche Of evil
which sought to overwhelm the earth.
The Crusaders Of old were dreamers.
fighting for high sentiment and an
empty tomb. These later Crusaders
were at throat grips with the Giant
Evil. broken loose with his legions
from hell organized, disciplined. con-
centrated. and hurled on the unsuspect-
Ing. unorganized. scattered. bewildered
forces Of Good.-forces never able to
grip him in an iron embrace and stain |
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12
rommIss surprIse ,t,Iv.

Whole battalions Of Thomas At
kinses. now that the lOng-expected
snowfall has buried the Austro-G Ger.
mans in deep Alpine drifts, have been
paying visits to the Milan opera house
and receiving immense ovations. By
way Of acknowledgment Tommy gave
the laurel-crowned "Tipperary," and
created a sensation. as well he might,
in that sacred mecca Of Italian opera.
Flowers were showered upon him In
most embarrassing fashion. The rea-
son Of this delicate attention may be
the kits, at which the people gaze In
undisguised amazement. One veteran
peasant exclaimed: Fancy, women as
well as men go to war in that country.
and yet they look as though they would
make mincemeat Of the Germans" Lit
tie wonder that some Of these killed
"ladies" received not only flowers, but
equally embarrassing kisses.-Chris-
tian Science Monitor.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12
Britain Leans to Decimal system.

The movement in England looking
toward the adoption Of the decimal
system for currency, which has the
backing Of the Associated Chambers Of
Commerce of the United Kingdom, Is
gaining ground. The London Statist
states that the association has resolved
to press the matter upol&the attention
of the government and to urge the in
PRODUCTION Of bill in parliament. 1t
II proposed to retain the sovereign as
standard value of thousand mills, the
half sovereign 500 mills, the four shil-
ling piece 200 mills, the two-shilling
piece or form 100 mills. the half
form, commonly known as the shilling.
30 mills, and the sixpence Is mills. OF
subsidiary coinage 1t Is recommended
to coin ten-mill pieces and flve-mill
pieces. Below these 1t is suggested
that four-mill, three-mill and two-mill
piece also be coined. and If found de-
sirable a coin representing one mill.
As the farthing is SO little used 1t is
not regarded as likely that anything
below the value Of half penny will be
coined.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12
Easy Solution Of Difficulty.

A pompous old gentleman upon
reaching his home one evening found
the street blockaded and a heap Of
earth piled against his doorstep. OBJ
serving a workman welding his shovel
in a nearby ditch, he accosted a pass
Ing policeman and complained that the
laborer was trespassing upon private
property.
what do yez mean by throwing
dirt on tn gintleman's stepsw demand
ed the officer.
There's no other place T. throw It 7"
replied the workman indifferently.
swell, thin, in that case, yez had
better dig another hole an throw 1t in
there!"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12

tude, confOund-the-Huns, apprehen-
sion, reverence. and still other things
which will get into our threats and
dim our eyes as We watch you march
CALAMITY away on your crusade.
Where will 1t end, we sadly ask our
selves? You 60 out with your fine
young bodies, your good brain stuff.
your sensitive hearts, because that Is
the game for men and gentlemen to
play. VIII you come back with all that
Is splendid in You crystallized by this
experience into vivid, honorable man.
hood, or are there little cOnsecrated
plots In France and Italy which you
will make forever America? In the
lap of the gods lies your scroll! It
isn't the goal that matters but how you
run! That American boy whose mans
heart drove him to France at the first
outbreak Of war and who splendidly
ran his race to its end beneath white
cross in the soil hallOwed by the blood
Of innumerable heroes, left behind
words for you from the heart of his
own experience. Listen to Alan See
ger!
Nothing but good can come to the
soldier, so he plays his part well. Come
out Of the ordeal safe and sound, he
has had an experience In the light of
which all life thereafter will be three
times richer and more beautiful:
wounded, he will have the esteem and
admiration Of all men and the appro-
baton of his own conscience; killed.
more than any other man he can face
the unknown without misgiving,-that
is so long as death comes upon him In
a moment Of courage and enthusiasm,
not of faltering or of fear"
You will not falter. our fighting men
from America! All that is best in us
goes with you beyond the seas. Fight
for us also a little, we beg you, when
you fight for your homes. your coun-
try. and your God! Keep us in your
hearts as We keep you In ours, and
come back to us when the big lob is
finished. clear eyed. clean hearted he
roes. ready to tackle that job Of build
Ing up new and better tomorrow
above the ruins and chaos of today!
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12

their eager daggers with his treacher-
Gus life blood.
Could you by any chance keep clear
of such a fight? We didn't raise our
American boys to be sOldiers-Or did
We? Are unseen hands these days
browning our very commonplace brOws
with laurel wreaths and pinning on our
breasts two huge Ms as our Disin-
guished Service Order? Makers of
Men! For this new nation Of ours
has had its ideals and its heroic ex-
Gmples to which we could point you,
and men We have tried to teach you
to be, sometimes spasmOdically, some
times with white flame earnestness,-
men In outlook, men In practice,-and
I'm this strange new world which has
replaced the old. to be men at your age
today means to offer life and hopes
and dreams willingly. gladly. for this
mans job Of cleaning away the slime
the Hun has spread over the earth and
making II once more safe for decent
generations to come. If the war drags
out n weary length. no boy with red
blood In his veins will want to face his
future unless he has girded himself
up as you have done to the splendid,
terrifying pitch Of herOism demanded
In this hour Of the worlds agony.
Many Of you could not wait, but
went out In the first white heat, tell
ing the lie which sealed you Canadians
and thrilled the hearts Of listening an
gels. When at last our American
shackles were broken. the rest Of you
leaped into the ranks Of heroes at
grips with Appollyon. You have passed
beyond and above us! Your fathers
and mothers, your teachers at school
and college, used to scOld and threat
en- and punish you now you can hold
them up with the bayonet and shoot
them If they argue or disobey! We
used to shake our heads sadly and
fear some Of you would come to evil
ends; now you are all our heroes! We
may not tell you how we feel. We
greet you with glad "Howdy?" and
speed you with n gay "Good luck! !"
the while We try vigorously to choke
down that lump Of pride. regret. graft
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12

said Judge Ben Il. Lindsey, the famous
Juvenile court judge, when asked how
the children of America could help win
the war.
I'VE are in the greatest war of the
worlds history" said Secretary of the
Treasury William McAdoo in his mes
sage to the youth of America. land We
must win this war. We can and we
shall win, If the boys and girls of
America say so, and mean il. and feel
II. and live II. as the soys and girls of
'16 felt and lived and helped.
"The nation needs that sort of boys
and girls today. Not 10 beat our
drums, nor to load our musketS. but to
start great work which must be done.
II is the part of the boys and girls to-
day To give IN example of self-denial
and sacrifice, 10 teach fathers and
mothers. To teach the grown people of
the nation that we still have in every
young heart the spirit Of &c when the
boys led our soldiers into battle and
the girls fought beside their fathers ut
the cabin walls. The lesson is thrift
saving to the point of sacrifice--self-
denial of everything unnecessary"
Young America needs no urging to
do its part for victory. Reports from
the schools show that the youngsters
are making sacrifices and doing their
share Of war work with the spirit Of
the boys and girls of &c.
Tn Greenwich. Conn.,, is n remarkable
sch,Ol. 1T is Safeguarding. the boys
and girls having equal voice in school
affairs with the faculty. Every Mon
day morning the children and teachers
hold war council. Government poll
cies OF importance and reports of the
nations needs are discussed. Letters
and messages of human interest from
soldiers of the allies and friends I'm
service are read and the inspiration Of
brave deeds and patriotic self-denial
Is impressed upon the young minds.
Every member of the council who
does ut least one hour of war work
daily Is awarded badge of citizen
ship. The council owns large and
businesslike gray book. in which is
recorded each citizens activities for
the day. and you will find such jottings
as these:
Leigh. age seven: Cutting ships for
pillow pads for the wounded, 80 min
utes. Knitting squares for comforts.
70 minutes. FASTING scrap-bOOks for
soldiers, Is minutes: hour and min.
utes.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12
Curing Eiephant's Cold.

A circus man. caught in the act OF
curing an elephant Of cold. was dared
to take his own medicine. He declin.
ed. but invited the interviewer to re.
turn the next day and see the elephant
cured. And the next day the elephant
was rid Of the cold. The keeper placed
bucket Of boiling hot vinegar In o
bag and then tied the latter about the
animals trunk SO that he was com.
PEELED to inhale the beneficial fumes
whether he wished to or not.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12
TINT Poison Through Skin.

Trinitrotoluene poisoning is new
disease in America, but one that has
attracted much attention since our fac
tories began making munitions in large
quantities. There is some dispute how
the INT pOisons, but the Medical Rec
ord says the weight Of evidence is In
favor of its absorption through the
skin, though inhaling the fumes may
be responsible to some extent.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12
Patch Skull With Patients Own Rib,

y
The replacing Of destroyed portions
of skull with layers Of cartilage taken
from the patients own ribs Is one
of the latest methods Of healing war
injuries. H. Warren WOOdrOffe, sur
geon of the Ulster Volunteer hospital
in France, describes the method which
has been successfully tried on q num-
Der of severely wounded men.
Cutting down to the ribs parallel to
the breast bone, the surgeon slices of
thin layers Of the cartilage which at
taches the bony ribs to the breast
bone. These are held In the gap
caused by the destruction Of the skull
after the scalp has been turned back.
The scalp is then stitched back in place.
Within few weeks, instead of having
no protection to the underlying brain.
a hard layer Of cartilage, firm though
slightly elastic, is formed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12
Well Reheareed.

The Bavarians in captured trench
the moment our fellows appeared au-
tomatically put up their hands, yelled,
Mercy. kamerad." and formed up into
single files for passing into the cages
relates an English soldier. A stolid
Tommy, noticing the precision with
which they carried out the latter
movement, exclaimed. "What organ
izers these Fritzes are. They even
practiced surrender drill"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12
Most Aggressive RelIolon.

Mohammedanism is the aggressive
religion Of India. says the World Out
look. and has increased its membership
8 per cent in decade. while the gener-
al population has increased only 2 per,
cent. Many more native Indians are
becoming Mohammedans every year
than are turning to Christianity, but
proportionately Christianity is leading
in growth. having increased Is per cent
In ten years.