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THE TENSAS GAZETTE
Gutte Pblishiag Copuy, Ltd. Official Paper d T the Parih T m ev ail ear Phr
NEW SEIES.VOL. V y , ST. JOSEPH, LOUII A, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1914 NUMBER 52
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gtblack Warbles Arias as He Polishes Shoes
S3Ww YORK.-Arias from the operas go rippling along to the stroke of the
"saeo brushes of the eminent Pasquale, artist, whose studio for shines Is
SrJeadway, near One Hundred and Third street He sang blithely the other
day, as he invoked the Heavenly
Maid. She had come in to have her
shoes blacked. Her name was Co
cilia. Pasquale knew in the twinkle
of an eye that there was music in her
r sole, the moment that he saw that.
just because she could not help it, she
tapped a tango tune upon the foot
rests.
"Ah! and you lova da moosic,"
quoth Pasquale. "I turn on the rec
ord granda."
So while he plied the brushes the
gia bootblack hummed softly to himself, while the Brplante simmered
g ot the machine, and set his hands and feet to hesitating as he tolled.
"Yes no understands da wolds?" asked he, "and I sings for you alone,
'h. a; for your ears alone."
Cat it out, Wop, cut it out," Interjected the gentleman whose oil shine
os saking into the upper register. "Forget it."
bgt art claimed the voice of Pasquale. He brushed up his music. He
ag the tenor from the quartet in "Rigoletto." He was in happiness
"Mad you ask me, Signorina," he said, "if I would not rather sing than
-ithe shoe shine? Ah, it is quite so. I make the much hap. I sing like
And sometimes when there is a dull shine required Pasquale puts in a
SFoPer tan polishes he has tone poems. For oil shines the music glides
ath tempo of the hesitation.
Whea the gilded youth arrive he turns on "Get Out, Get Under" and
up leather by the yard. He sends "The Cottage in Broadway"
the machine and when summer attire appears he causes the record
sy; r "Apple Blossom Time in Normandy."
Swims and Shuns Rats; Hobnobs With Canary
CAGOO.-Mike is a black and brown tortoise-colored alley cat with un
'Vum ways. Among the modern and civilized things that Mike does is to
a swim in the bathtub each morning, act as a playfellow to the canary
1 nd race with the swiftness of
1hmrsy Hanks after Its owner to
itp en appetite for breakfast.
I the year's brief span of life
m'r a rat nor a mouse has crossed
S h' path. The alley cat has been OW JDiT
Shopelessly lost in civilisation that
o1 Mild pass by unrecognized, with
SW ursing the feline Instinct for
Mrs. Paulne E. Willison of 128
Grand avenue found Mike, nine
old, in an alley with many broth
sad sisters. She brought Mike up on a bottle, she said.
"When a kitten I threw Mike into the bathtub for a swim," said Mrs.
. "Now I cannot leave a basin of water around, for Mike just loves
stead in a basin of water. In warm days the cat swims in the bathtub
times a day. At the bathing beach I tie a string around his neck to
Mike fam going too far out from the shore. Sittting under a hose is
rt's delight.
"Mike never has had any antipathy for Teddy, the canary, either. One
the cat's pastimes is to dose with one ege open while the canary hops
on a pillow or sings on the back of a chair. Sometimes the bird
Mike's seven-inch whiskers, but there is no disturbance between the
IS at alL"
The eat sits up like a dog and enjoys being treated roughly. Although
weighs 17 pounds, nothing can be more agile than the erstwhilb alley
AMIrman Hugo Krause of the Anti-Cruelty society approved of Mike's seal
ay of bathing and said the beaches should be or m to animals as well
yhe a .
Two Stout Hands Where One Was Claimed
IRANCISCO. CAL.-"Dear Doctor-Before taking your water cure I
MI ealy one hand, my heart was weak and I was a victim of several other
tnt Mesh is heir to. Now I have both my hands and feel so well that
I am taking light exercise every day."
This testimonial should be signed
by William Atkinson.
He stood at the Southern Pacific
.* terminal the other day with a hand
kerchief stuffed in his sleeve where
one of his hands should have been.
He displayed this to passersby
while he extended the other hand for
alms.
"Help an old railroader," he
whined. "My hand was cut off in a
wreck."
msq see," said Detective Charles Welling, as he grasped Atkinson's
turned back the sleeve, disclosing a hand that a "White Hope" might
to own.
was arrested and arraigned before Judge Fisher. He said he
o years old.
don't you work '" the judge asked.
I am an orphan and have a weak heart," Atktinson replied.
IHery Stelple, poliee ambulance surgeon, was ordered to examine
He did so, keeping him at arm's length.
doesn't need medicine," the doctor reported. "A good hot bath,
ty of soap, will cure almost any ailment he is suffering from and
his hand visible. That is not his'hand we are looking at, but somen
" the outside of It. The real hand is underneath."
dollars and costs," said the judge, and Atkinson was led away to
to the bridewell, where his first experience will be 4 hot bath.
Policemen Will Take Their Meals at Home
, MICH.-The Supreme court has ruled that fruit stands in De.
MUst go. This is a severe blow to the proprietors of these deciduous
e Institutions. It is also a severe blow to invading excursion
boat patrons, newsboys and
ago, the street fruit stand , "G PEA'
the policeman's chief fIulT TO'
A ally. Artists on the comic (AY
OSd to draw funny pictures
ear purlotiintg fruit trom
Stands. That was consid
at the graft. It flourished
, ntil one day a policeman
fiate penchant for peanuts,
IN the vest by a sealous I
"ho was trying to save
ShItg his folks over from the old country. This sort of discourage
limthted patronage of corner stands by those in authority and many
egan taking their meals at home.
_ o the board of health, the common council and the polite do
sMrtad a vigorous campaign against fruit stands and sineo them
bees a lot of legal work done about the matter. Some of the pro
- bd UP their stands and quietly stole away, but a good mauy of
da t O hlit still on hand and deolded to fight it out.
1Smt handed down a dormal statement the other day and thie
s adipute. The judge atnes o words. He not only esl a
Sbe nuisance, but he alds that It Is a publle omaas
VALLEY OF TIE RHINE
Dreamy Legends of Quaint Show
Places Therein.'
Dusseldorf, Mainz, Cologne. Bonn, An.
dermach, Bingen, and Coblenz Vie.
ited by American Tourists
Bonn Laziest City.
London.-The Rhine valley is one
of the most beautiful in all the world.
Its high banks are covered with flour
ishing vineyards with the top sur
mounted by old castles that have
many stories and legends clinging to
them. The valley between Dusseldorf
and Mainz is the part that is most
patronized by tourists, and steamers
run between these two points, making
many stops.
The trip is delightful either in sum
mer or in winter. In summer it is
ideal to sit lazily on the deck and
watch the hills and castles and towns
floating by, says Mary Ethel McAuley
in Pittsburgh Dispatch. The warm
sun makes one sleepy and dreamy,
and when the Lorelel rock is reached
Bacharach and Bridge at Bonn.
you can see, for sure, the maidep seat
ed on the top of the rock combing her
long golden hair.
But in winter time the trip is equal
ly delightful. All the sides of the boat
are inclosed in glass and the heat
from the engines makes it seem like
summer. Then the steamers are de
serted and one has room to move
around. In summer time the steamers
are so crowded that if you once are
fortunate enough to let a seat you
must hang on to it for dear life, for
there is always some one standing by
ready to grab it.
Last winter when we made the trip
there were only six passengers besides
ourselves. It was one of the most
beautiful days I have ever spent. It
was clear, a rare thing in the Rhine
valley, and we could see all over the
hills without the aid of glasses The
dinner was just as good as they serve
in summer, but not quite so stylish. In
summer the Rhine steamers have
great compotes on their tables. They
are marvelous silver arrangements of
many stories. On the top are raisins,
next nuts, next cske and last fruit.
They are so heavy and high that no
one but a German steward could ma
nipulate them successfully.
All the time the steamer keeps stop
ping to take on and discharge passen
gern. If eme has only a few days to
spend on the Rhine it is hard to de
cide where to stop, there are so many
delightful places to visit-Dusseldorf,
Cologne, Bonn, Audernach, Bingen,
Mains and Coblens. Most of the tour
ists start at Cologne, for every one
who visits Germany must see the ca
thedral there, and it deserves all the
admiration that is bestowed upon it,
for there it stands with its two great
towers soaring into the air, majestic,
solemn and perfect. Its dark interior
is dimly lighted by wonderful stained
glass windows whose difused yellow,
red and blue light serves only to add
to the mysterious darkness of its cor
ners.
Near the cathedral is the little res
taurant made famous by Jessie Pbth
ergll's book, "The First Violin." It is
the place where Eugene, the hero, is
supposed to have taken Mae, the Eng
lish girl, for dinner, when they first
met in Cologne.
The first important town below Co
logne is Bonn, famous as the birth
place of Beethoven. The house in
which he was born is still standing
and has been converted into d mu
seum. It contains many relics of the
composer, and the room where he was
born remains unaltered. The Univer
sity of Bonn is one of the oldest and
most aristocratic in Germany, for here
it is that the royal princes are edu
cated.
The parks of Bonn are wonderful.
They are situasted right in the heart
of the city and are filled with beauti
ful sowers. The living here is very
cheap. Our room at a moderate sized
hotel only cost as 37 cents apiece for
a night. It was well furnished, spot.
lessly clean, and contained running
water, both hot and cold.
Bonn has long been considered the
laziest city in the world. The story
goes that three loafers went to sleep
one day in a field. After seven years
the first woke up and exclaimed,
"Pretty uay." Seven years passed,
when the second yawned and said:
"Yes." Seven more years passed iwhe
the third rolled over and murmured,
"Wh eas't pye let a elow slee".
PORMER SAVAS ARE VOTERS
New Zea I m pe1Sd Tribe Advame.
Ing #apim-Wemeen Have
meit Ales.
Waublnste- p~ persons whose
parents wee waen a are how voters
and good citisems I New Zealand, and
some of them an members of the New
Zealand parllammk acording to a re
port on the p.I es of the Maori
tribes and their dgsmemdants recently
made by the Natisal Geographic so
clety in WashtignA. The soclety has
Just completed a lamr study of the ad
vancement of the tribes, which were
considered amogs the most vicious
tribes of cannibals ia existence a lit
tie over fifty years ago. At that time,
it is said, tribal seasts in which human
captives were the principal feature o
the bill of fare were periodical forms
of entertainment in the regions con.
trolled by the tribe chiefs. Today
even the women descendants of the
cannibals exercise the right to vote.
"When the Enlish first occupied the
islands in the early part of the Nine
teenth century," the report states in
part, "It is estimated that there were
about 100,000 Maoris in New Zealand.
They were divided into tribes, each
tribe having its unwritten laws re
garding land, cultivation, and other
social matters.
"The English foind that they had a
genius for war, abwing unusual shill
in building, fortifying and defending
stockades. They found them also tillers
of the soil and that as carvers and
decorators they were unrivaled in the
Oceanic world, and that they displayed
great originality in design and perfec
tion in the execution of rock paint
ings, and in carving the ornamental
figures of their dwellings, their boats
and sacred inclosures. The Maoris
were also noted for their tattooing,
which was designed to ornament the
body. Whoever refused to undergo the
protracted tortures of tattooing re
quired at every important event of his
life was regarded as a person by his
own consent foredoomed to slavery.
"There are arbout 35,000 Maoris left.
These have retired to the northern
provinces of New Zealand, where cez
tain reservations have been set apart
for their exclusive property. The Ma
or1 children attend schools regularly.
Such of them as continue into the
higher branches of learning are said
to be worthy rivals of white students.
Some of the Maoris have become land
ed proprietors. They are proud of their
right to vote, and especially of the
fact that their women were given this
prtvilege at the same time that It was
given to the white women of New
Zealand."
It is said that tattoolng among the
tribes is now rare, and that the Ma
orts, to greater extent than any other
group of savages, have indieated that
man can be raised from savagery to
civilisation within one generation.
VILLAGES OF UPPER VALAIS
SThere I a Distinctly Italian Touch
I About Some of These
p Small Tewna.
SParis-There is a distinctly Italian
º touch about some of the villages in
Upper Valais, says L. L Waller in
"Country IJfe." In few places is this
more marked thai in Brigne and its
half-sister, Naters, across the Rhone,
º probably because of the Simplon Pass
over into Italy which mounts near by.
The Main Street of Nater.
The new Lotschbag line will probably
cause Brigne to grow into a town, but
Naters may be saved from civilrisation
for some time to come, and we may
still hope to see scenes like this in
its main street. The half black, halt
white goats are familiar to all, and in.
Iuisitive animals they are, too, ready
to eat anything you offer them-even
your last hotel bill-and prepared to
attach themselves to you for good itf
you give them a little salt when you
meet them on the Alps. Here they
were the friendly escort of the plie
curesque girl, sad obeyed her a read.
ly as dogs.
New Wheat Has Five Parents.
London.-A new wheat with five
parents sad inheriting the virtues of
each of them is the latest triumph of
Prof. Rowland Biffen of Cambridge
university. It is a peeuliarly hardy
development, growing from three to
three and a half feet In height, stout
.3a straw and also good for mliha, sad
Is especially adapted fer the exposed
mn country. This new wheat wll be
pet f the marelt am yeur
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