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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08
MINNEAPOLIS IS TOO WARM
Canadian Says He Can't Sleep Indoors
in Zero Weather, So SAUNDERS
In Park.

Minneapolis. Minn.-Herbert A.
Hunter. aged seventy, Of Lepas. Mani.
toba, who startled Minneapolis by sit
ting on chair on Nicolett avenue.
reading a newspaper In below.zero
temperature, thinks it's too warm to
sleep indoors in Minnesota. One night
he slept on the ground in Powderhorn
park. with but one interruption when
a policeman attempted to take him to
the police station for fear that he
would freeze. The policeman was not
contented until he had called the no.
tel where Hunter is staying and re-
ceived assurance that the Canadian
was sleeping in the park because he
found 1t too warm indoors.
Hunter wanted cool place To sleen
and at the same time one where he
would not be troubled by policemen
SO he selected the icehouse of a local
ice company.
why. that's nothing at ALL" saws
Hunter. up our way the thermometer
at this time of year is hitting the 80 to
20 below mark, and zero looks like
Florida to me-"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08
Wapp Family Active and Court Is Kept Busy

n HICAGO-It was some day" for
- the Wapp family the other day.
Mother got married again; brother
was arraigned in court for assault.
and sister, who had come to defend
him, tried &c scratch the eyes out of
a detective and was locked in a cell.
The Wapps live at 1858 Fox street.
and, ordinarily, theirs is not a strenu-
GUS existence. Somehow every mem
Der got busy on this particular day.
And the worst of 1t was that Mother
Wapp and her new fiance were united
for better or for worse" and went
away without telling Brother Mike
and Sister Rose anything about it
Rose and Mike. however. we're
mighty busy themselves and probably
wouldn't have had time to extend con-
gratulations. Mike was arraigned be-
fore Municipal Judge John Courtney
in the West Thirty-fifth street court
and then a continuance was decided
upon.
Rose was there to appear as a de-
Tending witness. On the way out of
the court room, she says. she heard a
detective, Thomas C. Healy. instruct
ing witnesses for the prosecution how
they should testify when the case
comes up again.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08
Counterfeit Clue Is Found in a Bite Of Cheese

n FADING, Pa.-"Caught by piece
N of cheese" That's the story OF
the arrest Of Alvin Hornberger. OF
Mohnton, this county. Some one went
to Philadelphia-the secret service
men say it was Hornberger-on No
vember 16 and passed 20 counterfeit
$40 bills. visiting 20 different saloons.
buying a drink and passing the notes.
At one there was cheese of the frag-
rant variety en- the bar. This got the
eye of the man with bogus bills-and
bogus molars He took rye bread.
spread with mustard and the other
with limburger and took bite. The
mustard was of the hot sort and the
man didn't like it. After taking one
bite of the sandwich he laid the re-
mainder on the bar and walked out
Hardly had the man left than the
barkeeper noticed that the $40 bill was
counterfeit He notified the police.
Ten minutes later the evidence was
gathered, and when told that the man
had taken e bite from the sandwich
they confiscated the rest of the sand
wich.
The first move they made was to
have a cast made of 1t. The think
that impressed them was that the man
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08
This Man Makes His Living Off Others Haste

Collected a dollar sixteen so far
and it's my first trip"
Say. what's the idea" asked thu
curious bystander. .-,
You see. it's ~ ,-ay. said Bill
II figured thar there ought to BE-
envugh forgotten pennies to make n
worth my while.
Got off at the Grand Central and
took a look over the slot machines
and found cents just lynn thers
waitin' for some smart guy like ne
to pick em up. That's what started
me on me present career, shoestrinu
and suspenders havin' failed and 4
newsstand gone to smash.
81 start from my home-17sth
street-about ten o'clock. just after
the early mornin rush is over. and
look over the machines. Then get
on the next train and get of at the
next station. | can make close In
spection and have time left over BE-
fore the next train comes along
Bout noon I'm down TO the Battery
and IL it's a pleasant day ride up
town on the elevated road, only
pickin's not SO good there. because
it's lighter"
How much do you collect In good
day."
Anywhere from two TO three DOL
lars. During the mobilization Of the
feet l picked up 500 pennies one day.
So long. here comes my train"
What an excellent idea" unused
the curious bystander as he got on
at END street to change for the eX.
press. And just to pass the several
minutes away he examined four slot
machines. to be rewarded by finding
three cents.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08
TABLE Etiquette OF Old
"RuIes Of CIvility" for the English OF
Seventeenth Century Are
Amusing.

Until the middle Of the seven
teenth century" writes Rose Nj. Brad
ley in the English Housewife, forks
were luxury, treated rather as toys
elegant, with jeweled handles, where
with the ladies might pick daintily at
their sweetmeats." Before the carv
ing fork was introduced paper covers
were placed over those portions of the
meat which had to be grasped with
the left hand. The paper frills some
times seen nowadays on outlet bones
are said by the author to be a survival
of the old custom. After smarting
under foreign criticism on their table
manners, Englishmen turned to
French Rules of Civility." and others
were compiled in England
Readers we're warned mot to wipe
knife or fork on bread or the cloth,
but on napkins" They were also re-
queste6 mot to pick their teeth at
the table with knife or fork" Lady
Rich's Closet Of Rareties." published
In 1852, begs each gentlewoman to
observe to keep her body straight,
and lean not by any means with her
elbow. nor by ravenous gesture dis
cover voracious appetite"
Nor must she talk with her mouth
full Of meat nor smack like a pig"
not eat spoon meat so hot that the
tears stand in her eyes. 1T is very
uncomely," the author adds, Ito drink
so large a draft that your breath is
almost gone and your are forced to re-
cover yourself. Throwing down your
liquor as into a funnel is an action
filter for a juggler than a gentle
woman"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08
Jail Cat Makes Round of Prison Each Niqht

ing been true in their time on duty
within the last two years.
Promptly at 6 p. m. as hsu
come on duty" said William Tinkun
another night sentry. "Bill has cons
out from his place in the lower dsx
er of the desk. He crawls In from b
hind the desk and has made himself
a comfortable home In the lover
drawer. Out he comes at that houf.
brushes against me and then goes 10
the elevator entrance to see II The
wicker cage that guards the door b
closed.
I'VE have to make the rounds e.
cry half-hour and right to the second
old Bill is there to start. That ct
seems to know when the time CONES
for ringing up the signal station. TO-
he makes the rounds just as regulr
as clockwork, and II I seem to take
too long in making the inspection Do
strikes out ahead and goes back %
the signal box to wait for me-"
Jailer Nels Clausen said that -
cat was born In the Jail three yean
ago and for a year was kept In ns
jailer's apartments. Then one ou
he missed it.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08
couohed Up a Lizard.

Fayette, N. 1.-THE cough that for
two years distressed Evan Jones is
vanishing because Evan has got rid
Of the cause. He was out driving the
other day when he had terrible par
oxysm Of coughing. On the verge or
strangulation, he thrust a finger into
his throat to widen the passage. He
felt something hard there and drew 1t
out
II was a lizard three inches long,
Jones said. The lizard seemed to be
as happy as the man to dissolve part
nership, and was wriggling away
when Jones decided he would capture
1t and show it to DR.. Edgar Allen
The doctor put the lizard in alcohol
where it still is. to show to persons
who doubt the story.
The theory is that Jones. when
drinking at a spring, swallowed liz
ards egg. which instead Of being as
simulated Matched out.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08
JAM Me- j|b SAIL,
TWAS SOME DIVE
Deep Diver Bell Man Fishes Up
Sunken Chronometer.
LAD OVERHEARD CAUSE
LandIubber, Without Hesitation,
Jumps Into seething Main-seeth-
inc With Frost-to Save Drowning
Man-lets Out a Yell for Heik.

Chicago.-Yoho. my hearties! Gath
er around me now, for | am about to
unfold We as strange a tale Of the sea
as ever happened on the Chicago
river.
Twas on a dark and stormy night
that Fred J. Hohing. a simple CON-
mission merchant man. was sitting In
his window on the second floor OF 172
South Water street with pen in hand
a-watching the big chunks Of ice a-hoat-
ing by and a-wondering how. he was
going to pay his coal bills, when OF
sudden there was splashing and a
yelling. and who should Hohing see
a-floundering around in that there Icy
water but this here landlubber that l
was speaking of. the same being John
Dunn. a advertising solicitor who had
fallen into that there stream acci-
dental or contrariwise.
Without no hesitation whatsoever
this here Hohing rises up from mis-
chair, lays down his pen and jumps
kerplunk out of that window into the
seething main below, the same being
asserting with frost and not with
heat, or you can wash my scuppers
No sooner has this Hohing got him.
self into the water than he discovers
to his pain that there are two drowning
men in that there raging main. the
one being this here landlubber and
the other himself So he let's out q
yell, and along comes George Quinn.
who walters into the river likewise.
that making three. Then up comes
Cornelius Griffin. who has sense
enough to keep his skin dry. and be-
twixt the three Of them they manage
to tow this here Dunn and themselves
into port.
No sooner has this here Hohing got
himself into drydock than. blast my
toplights, he busts into a screech that
made all the sirens on the river think
they were deaf and dumb.
my watch" SEE he. "Cuss It," he
SEE, I've lost nv watch"
1t had been given him by a Ger
man noble who was a relative Of the
family.
Then up comes Fritz Belthauser,
who is a believer, and listens patient
till he's found out what it's all about.
So the next day this here Belthaus-
er puts on his diving suit and lets
himself careful on that dock and
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08
Soma Evidently Unfamiliar.

The lofty-browed, scholarly man who
was officiating as postmaster at the
banquet, turned to the man sitting
next to him.
What is the next thing in the or
der of exercises" he asked.
The other made a whispered re
Spouse.
Please say that again; I didn't
quite catch II"
The answer was repeated.
Gentlemen" said the POSTMASTER
rising, "the next thing will be al
Irish song by the prince Of entertain
ers, Mr.. Bocklish, entitled. 'Ha! Zenn!
Bottle Leer Sen Kell Lee?"-Phila
delphia Telegraph.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08
Genial COMPANION,

A man who never reminds his
friends of upwelcome facts or tells
them unpleasant truths is sure to be
liked, and when a man of such a turn
comes to old age he is almost sure to
be treated with respect.
1t is true. indeed, that we should
not dissemble or fiatter in company.
but a man may be very agreeable
strictly consistent with truth and sin
cerity by a prudent silence where he
cannot concur. and pleasant assent
where he can.
Now and then you meet with per
son so exactly formed to please that
he will gain upon everyone who hears
or beholds him; this disposition Is not
merely a gift of nature, but frequently
the effect of much knowledge Of the
world and a command over the pas
sions Frequently that which is called
candor is merely malice.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08
Occult AnnihlIated.

Everything Is being done to put
down what is called the modern crav-
ing for the occult. But, taking all
things into consideration, 1t is really
doubtful whether 1t is not a mistake
to check the only means we now en-
ploy to keep our imagination alive.
This is an age o frealism. A walk
around the Christmas fairs and shops
convinced US that even in nursery
land Imagination is checked. The
chief characteristic Of the seasons
toys is realism, and even the babies
books give the wee things facts rath'
er than fancies. Our jewelry Is fash.
toned in the form Of aeroplanes. the
latest craze in dogs, golf clubs. OF
something of the kind. 1t is the real
istic school of drama that is most
popular, and poetry may be said to be
wholly out of date. But man-and
still less woman-cannot live on this
sort of thing long. II we stop the
pores of our fancy we are bound tc
become less healthy in mind.-Ladies
World.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08

This reused all of Roses anger and
when they reached the street she b
said to have started preparing the DE-
tective for a physicians care. Healy
waltzed her right back into the build
ng'and as he attempted to lock her IN
a cell, she broke away and ran to the
court room.
Judge Courtney was listening to svt
dence in another case when Rose raa
into the room.
Judge. your honor. the cops have
pinched me, an ! amt guilty and'bs
sides want Jury trial. she SHOUTED
You'll get It," observed the judsl
Lock her rp."
The Judge leaned back and sighed
Some Wapps," he said. Some
Wapps."
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08

N INNEAPOLIS. Minn,-"Bill." the
W1 county Jail cat. has achieved
fame. Bill is 3 years old. For two
years he has been acting as night
watch in the jail. For that length Of
time Jailer Nels Clausen had not
seen Bill and he thought the cat had
done the seemingly impossible-es-
capped from JAIL On the contrary. Bill
has been very much on the job and
has been active in preventing jail
breaking.
II all came out the other day when
James Merrick. night jailer. related
how Bill had followed him on his
rounds through the cell block each
halEhour during the night. Other
night men confirmed the story as hav-
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08

obesity. and Pet became so fat she
painted at the slightest exertion.
Then May conceived the idea of a
wooden leg.
Mary started for Richfield to sew
Ing school. the morning after secur
ing the artificial member, fitted to
Pet, who was tied In the barn.
She had scarcely gone when Pei
had an idea-her last one. She
chewed the rope viciously until but a
thread remained. Then with the full
weight Of her fat body. she plunged
through the doorway and raced down
the trail In pursuit OF Mary. The
new wooden leg worked finely. but
the long-enforced laziness brought 9
different answer from the flabby
heart. which longed only for Mary's
presence. A ten-mile run and Pet wal
no more.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08
PERFECT CAT FOUND AT SHOW
Animal Valued at $1,000 Seen In Lon
don Exhibit at the Crystal
Palace.

London.-The National Cat Club. at
It's annual show at the Crystal Palace.
produced as the winner Of the first
prize an animal described as the ideal
,at at which fanciers have been aim
ng for years. 1t is an orange-colored
abby named Torrington, with a red
,rill. 1t is valued by its owner. Mrs.
Horace Clark of Bideford. Devonshire,
It $4,000.
The color is not marrd by suspi-
lion of white in the eyes, which consist
If alternate circles of light and dark
red. The coat is also of alternate
,treaks in two shades.
Louis Vain, the Judge. said he had
never before. at any show. seen such
perfection If shading.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08
RESENT SEARCH FOR WIFE
20 Years Desire to Know " We
Are to BE Disappointed"

Denver, Colo.-Six girls at a promi-
nent local hotel here resent the an
nouncement of w. B. Cross, the Colo
RADIO rancher, proclaimed apple king
at the national convention Of the ap-
pie growers in New York city. that he
wants a wife.
They sent him the following tele-
gram:
wv. B. Cross, Hotel Breslin, New
York city: Mayme, Lillian, Margaret.
Flossie, Maud and myself feel deeply
aggrieved at our publicly advertising
through the press for life compan-
ion.
I'VE. each Of us, who for the last
twenty years. have so lavishly enter
tanned you, desire to know IL we are
to be disappointed. ANNA
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08
STAGES Built to Last.

The old stages were a triumph Of
the wagon makers art; most of them
we're built by John Stephenson Of this
city, and all were built on the prin.
ciple of the one boss shay. The bodies
and running gear were made to last.
and these old Broadway friends seem
to have been as widely scattered over
the world as were later the locomo-
tives of the elevated railroads. We
have memoranda of two Broadway
stages still running in Peru in the first
years of this century. In the early
SOS one was encountered in suburban
service at Cape Town with the Wall
street ferry inscription still discerni
BILE under coats of later paint.-New
York Press.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08
rs APPROVE
new AMENDMENT
DELAWARE, WYOMING AND NEW
MExIco's APPROVAL MAKE
NECESSARY NUMBER.
NAY REALIZE $lOO,OOO,OOO
u 10 Expected That the New Measure
Will Put In Effect Under New
Administration.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-Direct taxes upon the
Incomes of citizens Of the United
States, whether derived from idle CAPT.
tai or from the conduct OF business,
were made possible by the ratification
Of the Sixteenth amendment to the
federal constitution. Delaware, Wyom-
ing and New Mexico indorsing the in
come tax amendment through their
legislatures completed a list of 3S
states that have approved it, two more
than the three-fourths necessary for its
final adoption.
Leaders In congress predicted that
through this authorization, the law
upon American incomes will be intro
duced as soon as the extra session
opens. It's exact terms have not been
decided upon, but II is believed, will
exempt all incomes below $4,000 or
$4,000 and will provide tax of 1 per
cent upon the majority of personal in
comes that do not run to an excessive
figure.
Informal notice of the final adop-
ton of the new amendment was given
the senate by Senator Brown of Ne
braska, who introduced the resolution
in 1909 upon which the proposal for
an income tax was submitted to the
tates. Drafting of the bill to put the
tax into effect, it is expected, will fall
to the lot Of Representative Hull of
Tennessee, a member Of the House
Ways and Means Committee, who
drew the excise bill proposed last year
by the Democratic house of represen-
tatives, but which did not become law.
The income tax will be designed to
supplant the present corporation tax
and will apply to the incomes of in
dividuals, firms and corporations. In
statement Representative Hull de-
clared he favored making the new
tax an integral part of the financial
system of the United States to remain
in full force without regard to the
character of tariff bills that congress
may enact from time to time.
One feature which II is believed will
be included in the law will be provis-
ion for collecting at the source" OF
the income. This feature now in oper-
alton in England would require firms
to certify to amounts they pay to in
dividual in salaries or fees and pay
the tax direct to the government. 1t
is believed this would remove much
complaint that might be made il the
goyernment had to investigate every
citizens income and would prevent
evasion Of the law.
The annual amount that the govern
ment may realize under the income tax
Is estimated by Democratic leaders in
congress at approximately 500, 1000, 900.
This would include the $30,000.0O0 col
lected under the present corporation
/ tax.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08
THIS MARY'S LITTLE
LAMB HAD "PEG" LEG
Wooden Underpinning Of Kansas
Pet Cause of Tragedy in
Chase TO School.

Larned. Kan.-A case OF Mary and
her little lamb that ended tragically
was reported the other day from
Richmond, county seat of Morton
county. Mary. the ten-year-old daugh-
ter of T. A. Schoor. millionaire
rancher. had the lamb. which she
called Pet.
While romping with the dogs. Pet
was caught in a barbed-wire fence
and her leg so lacerated amputation
was necessary. Mary's heart was
broken. but the lamb soon learned to
hobble on three legs and follow her
about.
After a while Pet pinned to romp
with the dogs and run with Mary on
the cattle trails. Inactivity produced
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08
Ten Children in Two Years.

Pittsburgh. Pa.-Mrs. james Hanna
give birth to bankruptcies. Mrs. Hanna
had given birth to two sets Of triplets
in the last two years. All of the quad
duplets are expected TO live. Their
predecessors died There are thres
other children in the family. the old
est being about twelve years old
When Hanna was told his family had
been increased by four. he remarked
Il was looking for something like
that"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08
caynor's AssaIIant Dead.

Trenton, n. flames A. Gallagher,
the man who shot Mayor Gaynor in
New York nearly two years ago at Ho-
boken. died here in the state hospital
for the insane. Death was due to pare
sis. He had been at the hospital since
January Is, 1912, having been transfer.
red there from the New Jersey state
prison, where he had been sentenced
to serve IL years on charge of as
sault upon Street Commissioner Will
liam Edwards Of New York city. who
was with Mayor Gaynor at the time.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08

that bit into the sandwich and pas's
the bills 1ad false teeth. These zee.
had certain marks. So they stars'
TO look for a man who had raise ~ =.
After Hornberger was placed IN -
cell at City Hall one Of the detecu,
asked him to hand out his false -
and he did so. Hurriedly p' -.
cast was made of the teeth anu s.s
two casts. the one Of the san'
and the one of the teeth. are NOV
ing compared. hot he
There is a strong suspicion 'ra -
counterfeiters' lair is localeu - ~
almost impenetrable Businesses "a ri
Welsh mountains. At least ~. ~
bogus bills have been passeu "
section.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08
Oklahoma Auditor Released.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-At the pre-.
liminary hearing of State Auditor Leo
Meyer, before County Judge John w.
Hayson, the court held that there was
not sufficient evidence which would
warrant further holding of the state
auditor on the charge of perjury and
dismissed him. Auditor Meyer was ar
rested upon complaint of State Exam.
1ner Fred Parkinson and Attorney Gen.
eral Charles West, and charged with
having sworn falsely to a claim of a
stenographer In the auditors office.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08
Policeman confs,.es Graft.

New York-The confession of a pa
trolman gave the district attorney a
long sought instrument by which he
expects to uncover corruption in the
New York Police Department. The in
vestigation of alleged graft mang the
police was aided by Patrolman Eugene
Fox. On the first day of his trial for
bribery, Fox suddenly changed his
plea and acknowledged his guilt.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-08
suffraqettes Plan "cIvII War"

London.-Suffragists are planning
IAN exciting civil war in London. ac-
cording to an announcement by Mrs.
Pankhurst. The militant suffragists."
said Mrs. Pankhurst. ARE preparing all
sorts of effective strokes. The govern
ment must quickly give us the vote,
or go: the women win use every meth
cd, constitutional as well as unconsti-
tutional. to turn the cabinet out" De-
tectives in great number are on watch
In all the London streets, but the sui.
fragettes continue their successful
raids.