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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29
Frog Industry.

a complaint has gone up fron
southwest Louisiana in the vicini.,
of Crowley and ne!ghboring points b.
cause the frog-ca;ching industry la
been slighted, and the sale of Ii,
frogs to points in Texas is not uea,
as heavy as it was last year. This i:
due to tie fact that the Northerl
Producing Company, Of Houston, Tex
which bulled the bullfrog market las
year, has withdrawn from the Louis
lana field, because Of inadequate ship
ping and freight facilities. which
made the venture profitlesS one. |
is stated that frogs around Crowley
and other points in that section OF
the state were bought at the rate OF
$50 a dozen, and as there was litti,
expense in catching them frog hun
ters made a good profit Oh the frul;s
of their labors, some of them catching
as many as 81 or $5 worth of frogs
in a night. Now that much Of the Tey
as trade has been w:thdllw the frog.
catching industry has had a set-back
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29
Plenty of Help.

j. L. Knopfer, Secretary of Immi.
grafton to Colonel Charles Schuler il
a letter to the State Board of AgricuI.
ture and Immigration, states that nt
would like for farmers, contractor.
and lumber mills Ill need of labor tC
write him the full particulars and tn,
terms upon which immigrant labor
will be taken. NJ. KnOptier write:
that he has Just returned from Gal.
weston where he went to look after
some immigrants coming off foreign
ship. He states that out of a tota
number Of 125 on the ship that wer,
not engaged when they reached Gal
weston, Louisiana secured fifty-four
twenty-five going to DeQuincy, ten I,
LaBranche and nineteen TO Bowie
He states that he could get more i'm
migrants if planters and contrac: OF.
would let him know on wha; t.nii
tions they want immigrants, and ssk'
that full particulars be given at Ii
address in New Orleans. care of tn
State Museum. Mr.. Knopfer state:
that he exepcets to secure additions
immigrants from the next ship /,
reach Galveston January or 3.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29
LOUISIANA STATE
HAPPENINGS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
SECTIONS.
AN EPITOME OF The, NEWS
Culled From Important Happenings
Throughout the State During the
Past Week aud Reviewed in Brief
tor Our Readers.
House Adjourns for Holidays.

The House has adjourned until Jan.
uary 3, 1907. Empty desks greeted
the speaker when the house convened
and even among the members who re.
malned the desire TO get way for the
holidays was superior to the incli,
nation for business. Representative
Mondell Of Wyoming, succeeded in
passing his bill extending the time
in which entrymeI can make fnaI
settlement on the Shoshone Indians
reservation.
Representative Payne. of New York
called up lis resoIaIion relating to tho
distribution of the president annual
message to the several committees IN
accordance with a custom that mas ex.
isted since the foundation of the gov.
ernment.
The house resolved itself into com.
mittee of the whole with Representa-
tive Lacey, Of Iowa, in the chair, anc
The reference of the various parts
of the message to appropriate com.
mittees were discussed. The debate
was perfunctory and after a halt
hour S discussion the committee rosn
The house then, after passing the
resolution, adjourned for the Chris.
mas holidays at l2:45 D. m.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29
The Milling Of Rice.

A delegation representing the ric,
interests of Louisiana and Texas wer,
in Washington to confer with Secre
tary Wilson in regard to the effeci
Of the pure food bill, which goes intt
effect Jan. !, on rice manufacture
The members of tie delegation are
c. S. Knapp, president Of the Louis
lana Rice Growers Association; Z
A. Godcheaux, Of Abbeville, La; 5
Ross, of Houston, Texas, and J. L
Brousseard, of Beaumont.
Secretary Wilson gave it as his opil
ion that the present methods useC
by the rice millers Of the south ar,
unobjectionable AMI will not be SUD
ject TO change under the new laws
He also stated that rice milled up to
January l 1907 VIII be exemp. from
the provisions under the bill.
Mr.. Wilson's statement that glu.
cose can not be used for polishing
was good news to the Louisianians and
Texans, and they say that gluco:e
is used to a great extent by foreign
rice mills which comes into competi-
ton with American millers.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29
Experiment Stations.

Active steps towards carrying ont
the plans of the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture and the Stat
Experiment Stations for the expert
mentS that are to be conducted next
Year at Hammond are expected to be
taken after the Christmas holidays.
The Experiment Station north of Ba-
ton Rouge, under Tie direction Of DR..
W. K. Dodson, is now conducting some
experiments in the feeding of cattle,
but this work will be enlarged upol,
in cooperation with the Agricultural
Department, when the Hammond ex-
periments are begun. These expert
ments will be in the feeding of milch
cows and the Department thinks that
they will be of great value to the dai-
rying business of the state.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29
OUR WASHINGTON
NEWS AND NOTES
ITEMS OF INTEREST BRIEFLY
CHRONICLED.
FLEET FOR PACIFIC COAST
Plan to Send Battleship to Western
Coast. Senator Perkins Urges Di-
vision of Atlantic Fleet.

A plan is under way to divide tn,
fleet of battleships now assembled
on the Atlantic coast by sending fully
one half Of them - the Pacific coast
station. This movement is largely
fathered by Senator Perkins of Cali
fornia, who, while expressing himself
as not at all apprehensive of an ap,
preaching conflict with Japan, yet be.
heveS that our enormous Pacific coast
line should not be left practically with
out naval defense.
There are no battleships on the Pa
ctic coast at the present time. The
principal units Of naval defense there
are the cruisers Charleston, Chicago
Boston, Princeton and Yorktown and
a few torpedo boats. All Of these YES
selS save the Charleston, are Of old
construction, and would be Of very lit
tie use in a conflict with a frst-clasS
naval power. The battleship Oregon
one of the initial three battleships
constructed for the navy and the bat
tleship Wisconsin are at the navy
yard at Bremerton, Wn., undergoini
extensive repairs 1t will be a year
or more before they will be available
for service.
On the Asiatic station the naval
power is represented by four large
armored cruisers Of the West Viz
ginia class and the old monitors Mon
adnock, and Monterey. The Monad.
mock Is in reserve, with a skeleton
crew aboard, and the Monterey is out
bf commission at Cavito. Added &c
these are a number of more or less OBJ
solte gunboats for use among the Phil,
ippine Islands and squadron Of pro
tected cruisers, the Baltimore, Cincin.
natl, Raleigh, Galveston, and Chatta.
nooga, These are rot especially fOr.
midable either in respect to speed ol
otherwise.
Senator Perkins also believes thl
naval plants at Brementon and Mart
Island should be thoroughly equippso
for the construction Of battleships
and minor craft, and to this end it i
his opinion that enc vessel Of the
first class should always be under cor
struction at each Of these years.
The experiments made recently by
the government IN the construction
Of the battlships Louisiana and Con.
necticut by the Newport News Ship
building Company and the United
States government at the Brook yl
navy yard, respectively, shows that
despite the handicaps imposed upon
government construction generally
the time occupied IN the building oi
these two vessels and the expense
were practically the same 1t takes
time to assemble the needed skilled
labor and the necessary appliances
for the building Of battleships, and
it is deemed the part Of wisdom -
have such equipment as may turn
these vessels out with the least pos
sible delay, and in time of war e.s-
bic the government TO repair damage
sustained in conflict and otherwise
with the maximum speed.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29
The Color OF a Filipino.

The school authorities of Washing
ton have been called upon to decide
whether a Filipino is white or "col-
ored." The problem was brought be-
fore them by Major NJ. +. Waltz OF
the United States army, who sent q
communication asking that his Fill.
pino servant, twenty-five years Of age
be admitted to the white rsehool of
Washington.
Major Waltz said that his servant
had been denied admission to the pub
lie schools Of Atlanta on account of
the prevailing race feeling. Altar
much discussion the question was re-
ferred to a committee, which has not
vet reported. = '-1..-
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29
Japs Do Not Seek War.

"The japanese do not want Hawaii
or the Philippines and they do not
seek war; says Bishop Merriam c.
Harris of tAa Methodist Episcopal
Church, whc, has spent thirty-three
years in apan, and who is home on
a visit.
He offered a prayer in the Senate
and then went over to the House and
talked with the members.
There is no hard feeling toward the
United States in Japan, he said. but
an exclusion act you'd be resented
and regarded as unforgivable, and
might, he said, "fead to trouble"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29
An Investigation Ordered.

No advices have been received al
the War Department regarding tn:
reported firing on ! car conductor by
soldies at Fort Barrancas, Fla. tbs
matter, however, unofficially wa:
brought TO the attention of the de.
partment today. and the commanding
officer of the fort has been called upon
fer information.
Coming 50 soon after the affair al
Brownsville, Tex, which has received
50 mach attention in the public press,
army officers expressed their chagrir
at the report Of tho latest disturbance.
Fort Barraneas, which is located q
short distance from Pensacola, is re-
garded as one Of the most important
posts in the service, FIVE companies
Of the coast artillery, the Seventh,
Ninth, Fifteenth, Twentieth, and she
Twenty-secood companies being sta
toned there.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29
immigration Leagues.

Captain J. F. Merry, immigration
Agent of the Illinois Central Railroad
is sending list of homeseekers week
ly to the parish immigration leagues
along the line that are aetNe and are
making an effort to secure some seek
crs. The Immigration Eeague Of #est
Feliciana Parish is having the list
published so that planters can get III
direct communication with the par
ties.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29
Beer In Soldiers Homes,

Beer halls in the several branches
Of the national home for disabled vol
unteer soldiers netted profits to the
government aggregating $165, ,454 dur
ing the last year, according to the al
nual report Of Col John l.. Chamber
lain, Inspector General, whose annual
report to the Secretary of War IS
one Of the strongest recommendations
made for the retention of the canteen
featues of these homes.
"The beer hall l believe to be a
most valuable agent in determining
the comfort, contentment, health and
general welfare of the members. Near
ly all members ara Of advanced age,
their habits are formed and fixed be-
yOnd possibility of change. Their pen
slons furnish means wherewith to
drink, and those vino desire drink can
and will get it. In the beer hall they
obtain beer Of the purest and best
quality, and the amount consumed can
be and now is strictly regulated. II
the beer hall should be abolished the
money now spent in the beer hall-iu
fact much larger sum-will be speHt
in the neighborins saloons and dives
The profits which are now expended
for the pleasure, comfort and convc-
nIence and general welfare Of the
members will be lost to them and will
go into the pockets Of the saloon keep
erS.
Reward for a Democrat.
The following letter was given out
at the White House:
"The White House,
washington, D. c., Dec. II, 1906
'Dear Mr.. Bonaparte-Some three
years ago Sheriff j. L. Merrill of
Carroll county, Ca, lost his chance
for re-tlection by his action in beat.
ing of mob OF several hundred white
people who were trying to take a ne
gro out Of Jail and put him to death
Sheriff Merrill and his deputies fired
on the mob, killing and woundins
several men and beating the othec
of. Because OF this he was defeated
for reelection. Congressman Adamsor
brought the matter TO my attention
saying that he hated to see q mar
who had done such a service as d
public official defeated because Of the
very fact that he had rendered the
service. He told me that Governor
Terrell had offered Merrill a place
the best he had to give, which carried
a salary Of $50 per month. l told the
congressman that I thought I could
beat that and got him a place foi
$1,000 year as custodian Of the
grounds of the Federal prison at A..
lanta | hear he has done well. If ht
has done well can't we give him :
promotion7
Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
"Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte,
Attorney General"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29
To Experiment With OIL.

The Bureau of Steam Engineering
of the navy of which Rear Admiral
Charles w. Rea is engineer lin chief,
has decided to experiment with oil as
possible fuel for United States ships
Of war.
The first test will be made on the
Wyoming, now at Mare Island. Should
II be successful it is said at the Navy
Department oil will be substituted for
coal in a short time.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29
Newspaper Sensations.

Colorado Springs, Colo.-Gov. Her.
bert Hagerman Of New Mexico
who is spending tho week in this city
on his way home from Washington
characterized as newspaper sensa.
tions" recent reports to the effec.
that certain politicians of New Mexico
preferred charges against him, OF
have ASKED President Roosevelt for
As se@oYl from efaeseA
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

According to Secretary Taft, Cuba
needs new laws. At the same time the
island appears to have lot of old
ones that never were used much, sug.
gests the Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

A chemist declares that "all the
constituents of a 150-pOund man are
contained in 1900 eggs" But, objects
the Baltimore Sun, when a 150-pound
man is broke ii doesn't make as much
trouble as if he were 1900 eggs.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

Mrs. A. s. Pope makes a plea for
mere consideration of servant by
her mistress and suggests adding to
the entertainment Of the maid by "a
pretty little sitting room with some.
thing to amuse her there always, such
as books, magazines and the daily
papers"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

Five hundred English school teach.
ers are coming TO study our schools
and wonder how the boys can smoke
50 many cigarettes and keep up, an
nounces the New York World.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

In a suit at St. Louis ths Rra-
dent Of the Republic Oil Company
declared that the tntAre business OF
that concern, outside oH H5esouri had
been turned over'"t1 tie Standard
Oil Company.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

The garrison at Lola, Ecuador, was
reported to have mutinied, killing
their officers and a puubar Of cihse0s.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

The responsibility Of caring for
his own safety and comfort rests up
on the one most particularly interest
ed in fulfilling necessary require
ments, declares the New York Her
aid. 1t is how he himself feels, not
what others may say. II he is cold
without ni9 euercoat, why not wear
one? And even if he doIo :. in warm
er weather so much the more viii
he appreciate It's protection when he
needs il again.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

The British government has decid.
ed 10 draft bill to be submitted to
Parliament empowering local authcri
ties to deal with the nuisance of noise
iE the streets. Commenting on this the
Washington Star says: The demands
of business are worthy of recognition
and commerce must be facilitated in
every reasonable way. But the streets
belong to tho whole people, for Their
decent and orderly use, and rIunosa
lists of noise and uproar should be
sQuelched as promptly as any other
monopolists. The normal human being
has right to pursue his way without
undue molestation or annoyance"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

The tricky Japanese are said to be
robbing Americans of their opportun-
tiles In Korea. Robbing the Americas
whose eyesight IS so defective that
he must go to Korea to see az Oppor-
tunity is so easy, remarks the CoU-----
Journal Uou;Syille), tt2t it should be
beneath the dignity Df a sel' = - .
ing Jap.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

Congressman Bowers Of Mississippi
demanded the punishment of negro
policeman at Washington for alleged
huT;A tseatnSn4 Of bis son.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

A denial Of the report that Presi-
dent Castro Of Venezuela is dying
was issued from Willemstadt.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

Ibsen may have been . n ck-r.he.i,
admits the Atlanta Constitution, hut
what he wrote was literature
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

Democrssc Senators will unite 20
oppose the policy Of Capitalization
outlined in Secretary Roots reec t
speech.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

If the prosecutors do not stop per-
scouting the Standard Oil company,
warns the New York Press, Mr..
Rockefeller may lose his patience and
either raise the price of oil another
cent or cut down his gifts to cduca-
tion by eight or ten times the amount
of the fine eXacted from the bursting
Golfers of his benevolent monopoly.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

The Ohio State Journal philoso-
phizes: when the waiter sweetly
and gently put a finger bowl before
him and he dipped his digits into the
goranium water. he left a qu"'ter by
is mystic connection between a finger
bowl and a tip. 1t makes n fellow
feel that quarter is the merest
tridc."
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

Secretary Wilsoa sscesved q d C.
gatsou sHreseutins Louisville and
fslsl lsa iptegssts.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29
NUMBER 81.

There are mora bGcadwlcneD
among the girls than there are bread
makers these days, observes tn"
Jewell (Kans.) Republican
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

Fire in the Studio Building at Bos
ton caused $150,OO0 damage.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

A 70-horse power automobile has
been ordered for the Grand Lama OF
Tibet and the comment of the Philadel.
phia Record is: There are no roads in
the vicinitl of the Grand Lama's capital
the want OF them not being felt in a
country where even carts are I'M
known; so highways will have to be
constructed in order that the chief
functionary may disport himself In
his new toy. Thus will the means OF
communication, which are the advance
agencies of civilization, be pushed
into a corner of the world that has
been hitherto abandoned to barbar.
ism of a most repellent and unpro
gressiye character.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

There is one particular feature OF
the manning and killing as a result Of
reckless oyerspeeding and incompet-
ency in the driving Of automobiles
the fatalities are pretty impartially
divided between the occupants Of the
are run down, asserts the Philadelphia
Record Out of this common peril
there may come salutary amendement,
more rigid Statutory restraint to pro-
tect the public and more caution on
the part Of owners and chauffeurs.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

Bishop G, G. AcCahA, Of Rilslel.
phia died p NJ York ssEf.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

Dr.. Gustav lie Don, writing OF the
possibilities of the American nickel,
says: let us take, for instance, q
fifth part of an American five-cent
piece, which weighs one gram, and
also let us suppose that we could
succeed in entirely dissociating 1t
Now, the energy Of a moving body
being equal to half the product of its
mass By the square Of its "eioc:ty, 4
simple calculation gives the power rep
resented by the particles of this gram
of matter moving with the velocity
We have supposed. This equation gives
$40 900, 100000 Of kilogram meters, a
total which would correspond to about
six millards eight hundred millions
of horsepower il these kilogram met
ers were expended in a second. II
this quantity of energy were properly
distributed II would suffice to move
on a level a freight train reaching
round the earth more than four and a
quarter times. To move this same
train by means OF coal 2,S30,000 kilo
grams would be required. which, al
the rate of twenty-four francs per ton
would cost about GS,000 francs"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

The drainage OF submerged lands In
the eastern states is a counterpart Of
the irrigation work in the far west,
and more and more attention IS being
given to the subject by the govern
ment scientists, declares the American
Cultivator. A plan for draining
,swamps which has worked well in
some localities is the construction Of a
driven well, which Is sunk through
the upper layers Of the soil into the
gravel which often underlies at a
moderate depth. The difficulty, Of
course, Is that In some swamps there
Is no such layer of loose soil, and wa.
ter would not go off through the well
opening. Where the soil is suitable
the water is rapidly taken away at
low cost. A three-inch we'll, including
casing, can be driven for 81 a foot
with the ordinary wel-driller's outfit
The mouth Of the well shGuld be an
excavation below the bottom Of the
pond or swamp, and the top OF the
well larger In diameter than the main
part, in order to increase the inflow
Of water. A large brick catch basin.
with soreen-covered openings over the
top OF the well. will keep out dirt
leaves. etc. without reducing De ca,
pacfty Of the outlet.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1906-12-29

Because B1ilS in Malta are still runB
to ward OFF the evil spirits Of the
storm, discussion has arisen and the
issue furnished an item Of cable news
sceptics who have caught some mod
ern great-city idea that bells are but
braZen instruments of noise. In the
middle ages nothing was better es
tablished to the satisfaction of simple
minds than that the clangor from the
belfries kept away disasters observes
the New York World
Out Of the idea of driving away evil
spirits came the ancient passing bell'
which was rung while some patient
was dying and which has given place
In modern times to post-mortem tol.
ling. In old Egypt bells rang for the
feast Of Osiris. In every land they
have sounded alarms Of war and Of
fire. Our own Independence Bell salu-
ted the dawn Of liberty California
has historic bell. now broken and
mute, which called together the fam.
Gus Vigilance Committee Of 1856, and
which was sounded later whenever
hdings came Of victory for the Union
In the civil war. The belfry towers
of New York, Boston, Charleston,
st. Augustine, Philadelphia, are rich
IN bells with stories. Anti-noise may
sinlence the tongues In the towers
should silence them at unreasonable
hours. It cannot hush the voices Of
lhe bells In tradition