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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03
"Ho Hum" LATEST Man Runs Away From Work

he demanded that his wife perforr|
the task for him, but she refused.
She resolved TO break his two yearsj
rest. so caused his arrest. Judge Sal
bath after hearing the story ordered
Friler to sweep the street in front 81
his home every afternoon.
Friler remembered somewhere M
his past studies that he had read
something about cruel and unusus|
punishment" Going TO his home fron|
the court room he dug up an old his|
tory, which contained the constituted
OF the United States.
Nothing doing" he muttered. The
constitution says no judge shall In
flict a cruel and unusual punishment
and il that sentence don't come undg
that head. then | don't know any
thing"
He put on his hat and coat and dir
appeared. Shortly afterward his wifs
returning from the court room, found
there were no piles of street dirt b.
front of the house, and that her AMI
mated spouse was gone. She asked
the police OF the Shakespeare avenus
police station to look for him. he
will be arrested on sight. given ham
mer, and seated by the pile of rocks
at the bridewell His vacation will
then be ended.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03
"00H, LA, LA, La" SMACK!!
Judge Gives Prisoner 81 and Freedom
and Receives Resembling Kiss
From Happy Peddler.

Aurora. Ill-Another blow at the
dignity Of the bench was dealt the 9TH
er day.
1t was struck when an Aurora JUS
tice of the peace, tempering justice
with mercy, was kissed in open court
by a man he had dismissed The re-
sounding smack upon the Justices
cheek was delivered before anyone
could interfere and after that every
one was too startled to do so.
Frank de Cook, arrested for ped.
ding without a license. was the man
who introduced the European method
Of expressing gratitude into an Amer
lean court. He had told Police Magis-
trate Thomas Barlow such an affect
ing hard luck story that the justice
not only dismissed the charges against
him. but called him to the bench and
gave him one dollar.
Then came the kiss.
The Justice refused to say whether
he considered il in the light of q
bride.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03

Jones and Robert A. Walters, do nd
agree with the mayor Five dogs d
20 minutes is no record, according ID
them. They have worked faster THAI
that on dark day, they say. The re-
ord for the day is ~ dogs
Walters was bitten on the hand h
a poodle during the shank crusadei
but suffered no III results from his T.
perience except the joking which The
mayor, who had ensconced himself o.
the wagon seat and taken no ACTIVE
hand in the proceedings. was inclined
TO give him. The dog landed safely
inside the wagon, however.
Gosh, that's a rotten game" De-
clared the mayor after his return fron
the ride. Il would rather catch 1
'speeder' any old day in the week than
hunt poor little dogs. Then. when The
little children ran out and hung on %
the dirty little ours, why | just want
ed to let them alone. The grief d
those poor little kids just made me
want to quit. / told the driver %
hustle me TO the police station"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03
YOUTH WHO KILLED
FATHER IS FREED
Coroner's Jury Exonerates Boy
Who Saved Sister.
WAS TROUBLED HOME
Hearing Parent Yell am XIII You"
Younester Grabbed Rifle and Let
FIy-Victim Not a Drinking Man;
Just Hot Tempered.

Chicago Scheibler rushed
upon his fifteen-year-old daughter the
other day with a butcher knife be-
cause the girl would not stop laughing
Scheibler's son. Peter, shot and killed
his father Afterward Peter called a
policeman and gave himself up.
At the coroner's inquest. held sew.
eral hours after the tragedy, the boy
was exonerated for the shooting.
Witnesses testified the boys father
continually scolded members Of the
family and found fault with every.
thing they did. Frequently, 1t was
said, Mrs. Scheibler and the children
were forced TO fee from their home
to escape his wrath.
The Scheibler home is at $500 South
Fairfield avenue. 1t has been a trou-
bled household Of late The father, a
house painter. has been idle. The
mother has been intermittently ill
she was in bed when the shooting oc-
CURED. Peter has had only few odd
Jobs. Fffteen-year-old Helma has been
the little mother" doing the house
work and caring for nine-year-old Mar.
tina and four-year-old Marie The
younger son, Louis. has been working
downtown.
Trouble started at breakfast. The
cakes that Helma made had not quite
the same quality as her mothers.
In a rage Scheibler arose. No wit
ness remembers to have heard Just
what he shouted. All agree that he
snatched a butcher knife from the
table. The children ran. Martha and
Marie were near the outside door and
they went out Helma ran instructive
ly to the pantry. Peter instinctively
ran after her to shield her They
slammed the door and braced it,
Then l heard him yell I'll kill you
Ill kill you.' said Peter. And some
how l seemed to know he meant it.
He was raving at the door. pounding
and showing; We couldn't hold it. |
grabbed the rife and pointed it at him
through the crack as it was widening
thought 1t would bring him to his
senses. But ii just made him wilder.
He rushed right at the barrel-and
shot"
That was the story Helma said
the same thing. The other children
agreed on the facts Of the breakfast
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03

quarrel, and told of the butcher knife.
Mrs. Scheibler told of the words she
had heard spoken, of the sudden
scraping of chairs, the slamming of
the door, the screams of the children.
my son is telling the truth" said
Mrs. Scheibler. My husband had a
terrible temper. He would fly into a
rage over the least little thing. He
tried to kill me about a year ago
actually shot at me, but missed, and
then cooled down. He wasn't drink
ing man, just hot tempered. Once he
was arrested for cutting a woman with
a pair of scissors because she crit,
cised his work"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03
Crusade Against Dogs Baked When Owners Cry

I INDIANAPOLIS. IND-Mayor Shank,
i who made known the other day
that he had signed a contract for a
vaudeville tour. proved his ability to
tour some" when he took a twenty
minute ride with city dog catchers
and superintended the capture of five
dogs. He boarded one of the city dog
catchers' wagons and went into the
dog-catching game with Gusto. But il
did not last His objection to the
dog-catching was not due 10 any par
ticular dislike for the excitement
What got on his nerves was the spec
tacle of the child owners of the dogs.
who threw their arms around their
pets and begged that the unlicensed
outlaws be spared.
Mayor Shank took TO active hand
in the proceedings further than to
superintend the job and hold the horse
from his high seat on the wagon. The
Job was undertaken by the mayor per
sonally, because he had boosted that
each wagon and it's crew should catch
% dogs a day. The mayors record
out-classed his prediction wonder
fully.
Those fellows are down there
drawing a salary of s25 a week." de-
clared the mayor. I'll bet they don't
catch that many dogs in a year. |
know that can catch that many dogs
in one day and | am going to show
them how to do 'er"
The dog pound attaches. Lester E.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03
AFFECTS Of BREAK
FELT BY 10000
ST. JOHN lEVEE GIVES AWAY
NEAR FERRlDAY, LA.-WAS
EXPECTED.
PEOPLE HAD BEEN WARNED
Stock Moved to HighIands-Rich Agri'
cultural Country-Foree of
Water Terrific.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

western Newspaper Union News Servica
Natchez, Miss.-The long threatened
break in the main line Mississippi river
leyees along the west bank in upper
LOUISIANA came at an early hour when
the Lake ST. John levee, IL miles
north of Ferriday, La, went out, turn.
Ing the flood waters loose upon the
fine farming lands and villages of low
er Tensas, practically all of Concor.
dia and parts of Catahoula and Frank
lin parishes. The water will flow back
INTO the Mississippi through Black and
Red rivers.
approximately 10000 persons will
be driven from their homes as a re-
suit of this creyasse, which will flood
territory embracing about 500 square
miles.
Residents of the affected territory
mad ample warning that a break was
imminent and il is not believed that
there has been any loss of life Prac-
ucally all live stock had been moved
to the hills On the Mississippi side of
the waterway
Six river steamers and a score Of
motor boats went to the crevasse from
Natchez and Vicksburg to aid in res.
cuing those who might be caught in
the overflow.
Five hundred feet of the levee at
Lake ST. John was carried out with
the first sweep of the waters
The Lake St John neighborhood is
the richest agricultural part of Con-
cordia parish, both sides OF the lake
being dotted with large plantations
and handsome homes. Some of these
will be ruined.
Large trees Immediately in the path
of the' crevasse water were uprooted.
and cottages, barns and quarters for
field hands were swept away. A large
rice. warehouse standing behind the
levee was lifted into the air and de-
stroyed as though it were made of pa
per.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03

tenderness of sympathy. An instance
Is furnished by little story that Mr.
A. }. SWinburne tells in mis- Memo
rles OF a School Inspector"
a young curate in Lancashire who
although too wellbred to boast was
conscious of the world of difference
ne was effecting in a parish that had
suffered from the slacknest of a rec.
Tor OF the old school, once asked hi,
catechism class:
Tell me one Of the people who
wrote the Bible"
Master Heyes." answered the class
unnesitatingly naming the former
rector
Even the curate's iron self-control
could not prevent a shadow of disap-
pointment from passing over his face
After all his work so fruitful IN re-
sults-that they should be as ignorant
as that,
But although the little girl Just In
front OF him was not more than five.
her eye, keen as a robins, had read
his thoughts, and her tiny voice whis-
pered:
Please, sir. you 'elped i'm
Youths CompanioJ
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03
Push Of Life.

One OF the most remarkable exhibit
lions Of plant force l ever saw was in
q western city where | observed a
species of wild sunfiower forcing its
way up through the asphalt pavement;
the folded and compressed leaves OF
the plant, ma d mans fist, had pushed
against the hard but flexible concrete
till It had bulged up and then split,
and let the irrepressible plant through
The force exerted must have been
many poundA | think It is doubtful
n the strongest man could have
pushed his fist through such a resist
ing medium. II 1t was not life which
-exerted this force. what was 1t! Life
is a kind Of explosion, and the slow
continued explosions Of this growing
plant rent the pavement as surely as
powder would have done. II is doubt
full II any cultivated plant could have
overcome such odds. II required the
force OF the untamed hairy plan, of
the plains to accomplish lis feat
John Burroughs, in Atlantic Monthly
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03

n HlCAGO.-Work is James Friler's
- pet aversion. 1t always has been.
Even court order that he patch up
his quarrel with honest labor failed
to stir his latent muscles TO action.
He was sentenced the other day to
sweep one block of North Campbell
avenue. between North and Wabansia
avenues, in front of his home. every
afternoon until he found employment
The sentence was passed by Judge
Joseph SABBATH of the West Chicago
avenue police court. after Friler had
been arrested on complaint OF his
wife.
Mrs. Friler said he had sat around
the house at 1924 North Campbell
avenue for two years. his only occupa-
ton being TO draw corks from numer-
Gus bottles of whisky Even this
wearied him after an hour or so, and
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03
BAN is PLACED ON
THIS CLEVER HOUND
Daschund Taught to Watch the
Players During the Progress
of Card Games.

Winsted, Conn.-Friends Of Eugene
McCaskey have placed the no admit
lance" bar on his daschund whenever
he goes to their homes for an evening
at cards. because the canine has been
taught to watch the floor and seats
about a table while a game is in prog
ress. Not only will he pick up a coin
or card which finds its way to the
floor and carry it 90 his master. but
the daschund watches players who are
in the habit of concealing card be-
tween their legs or on a seat beneath
their legs for future playing.
One OF Mr.. McCaskeys friends was
bitten in the leg after concealing a
card, hence the edict.. The dog has
other sporting proclivities. When his
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03
College Men See Reptiles at the University Club

the reptile were based upon poppl,I
superstition and were not warrant
by the actual facts.
las a matter OF fact" said All
speaker. the snake is not cold AL
Shiny"
After telling Of the various spec,.,
OF lizards, which number over 3,OW
and snakes that number over iOOj
Curator Ditmars atfectionately exhII
tied ella monster, which was not ]
dangerous, he said, as its marki,|
would paint H.
In quick succession the speakJ
then exhibited glass snake. whiI
Head Keeper OF the Bronx Zoo CharlI
Snyder deXterogsly took from a whrI
bag.
This snake" said the speaksj
gets its name because, il struck
blow from a walking stick, it woul1
break up into bits"
Mr.. Ditmars then produced an d
FAINT boa constructor There is a ce|
tain art in handling snakes" said III
speaker as the reptile turned abou|
his wrist. The snake has an erraS|
temper and should be allowed to havl
its own way Very often 1t is d
fected by the nervous condition Of tn
person who handles II, and 1t gets red
mad If the handler is not in the righI
frame OF mind toward IT,"
Mr.. Ditmars then picked up a mill
snake. which. he said, despite the fad
that It is freQuenter of barns, dOs|
not milk COWS. according to the pops
lar belief. II is OF economic value d
the farmer. because it feeds on mice
which are a pest TO the agricultural
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03
Aviator Flies Over isthmus.

Colon. - Robert G. Fowler, the
American aviator, made a flight across
the isthmus in a dydroplane with a
passenger. Fowler left Panama beach
at 9:45 a. m. He circled over Panama
City and the entrance to the canal for
more than half an hour, ascending to
a considerable altitude and then turn
Cd In the direction of Colon. He
fosse4>over to Cristobal and the
motor began to miss fire and then
stopped suddenly owing to the failure
of the gasoline supply. Fowler brought
his hydroplane down gracefully but
il landed on shallow water over a reef,
hole being torn in the pontoon. The
machine otherwise was not damaged.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03
SCENE WAS TOO REALISTIC
Victim of Hazing on Stage Sues the
PIaywrisht-used Clippers on
His Hair.

Columbus, lnd.-Too much realism
has caused trouble for Roy w. Emig
of this city. Bert Kocher, who took
the part of the whitecapper in Emigs
play. "Scalplock of Stony Lonesome"
has sued Emig for 500 damages. In
the play, which was produced here.
Kocherhad the role of Brown coun.
~ wiretapper. After a bunch Of
make-believe Indiana university stu
dents had tied his hands and feet they
'hazed' him. To make the scene
more realistic they used clippers ON
his hair. Kocher filed a suit in JUS
tice Kinney's court asking damages.
He says the hair cutting gave him a
cold, and that he was Inundated in
the sight OF his friends
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03
Would Have Better Army.

Washington.-In a statement Secre-
tary Garrison, pointing to the American
army scattered in small units through
out the country, impossible of coales-
cence for practical instruction in the
larger tactical measures of battle.
urged the importance of singing brig
AIDES and divisions periodically and
temporarily in times of peace for
war training pending the adoption OF
a governmental policy for the ade-
uuate distribution of the army.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03
Cow Raises Brood of Pins-

Rouzerville, Pa-On the benjamin.
Shockey farm are three little pigs
which some time ago adopted a COW
as their foster mother. They we're
quickly favored by the COW and al
lowed to draw their sustenance regu-
larly. Now that the pigs have grown
up they manifest so much attach.
ment for the COW that the owner is
compelled to keep them in separate
yards. Whenever the pigs can man
age to do so they escape and race for
the COW for more nourishment
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03

Elizabeth Tate, the girls mother
This year We sent her to the Ursuiins
convent, hoping we could break her o.
running away. but she got away from
there.
Il am unable 10 account for Ethers
mania to run away. Otherwise she y
a very good girl. and at school y
considered exceptionally bright
think, however, that the girl is 50
full of life she can't bear to be shu'
up at school and at home for any
length of time. Her father ana
have both Travelled around nearly al
our lives, and maybe the girls run
ming away is merely the Unborn IN
stinct to roam expressing itself"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03
Bryan Presented With Bouuet.

Ogden, Utah.-Utah members of the
W. c. T. L. Informed Secretary OF
State William J. Bryan that his "diplo-
mactic dinner" was to their liking.
Mrs. E. f, Shepherd, state president,
and a delegation of white robboners
representing the state organization,
met the secretary at the railway sta
with a monster boquet Mrs. Shepp-
herd formally thanked him for his
course and praisedshis courage.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03
Law Affects Divorced COUPLES.

Chicago. - Judge Kavanaugh has
ruled that divorced persons could
not legally marry again in Hi
nois within year, whether the d.
vorce was obtained in Illinois or in
another state. The decision may af-
feet the status OF large number of
remarked couples.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03
Prominent Educator Dead.

Albany y. Y.-Dr. Andrew Sloan
Draper, state commissioner of educa-
ton, died at his home here aged 81.
Bright's disease and a recently devel-
oped weakness of the heart muscles
was the cause of death. Dr. Draper
was first elected superintendent OF
public instruction for New York in
1856 and seld the office for six years.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03
He'd Behcad All Brewers

Philadelphia.-You could get com
plete prohibition if you did the same
as the Chinese do in stopping the
opium traffic. They behead farmers
who persist in growing opium" This
was the plan proposed by the Rev.
David 8. Spencer in an address before
a Methodist conference in this city.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03
Enterprisinq Citizens.

Pueblo. Colo.-Enterprising citizens
gilded several hundred OF the new
buffalo nickels and passed them Of
as Eve dollars gold pieces.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03
Duel Over TIP.

Munich.-A waitress was instantly
killed when two of them fought a re-
volver duel for the possession OF a
$3.50 tip left by hotel guest.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03
Baltimore Has 5000. 600 Fire

Baltimore.-Fire early last Sunday
wrecked big brick building occupying
almost the entire block causing a loss
of about 100000.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03

master goes fishing along the shore
of lake, he will grab up the pole
when the bob disappears in the water
and run along with it until the fish is
on land.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03
sympathy

sympathy.
One of the charming characteristics
OF dltahood is certain ,delicacy and
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-03

There are other things besides tariff
which soon must occupy the attention
OF the Democrats. and a few OF them
are occupying their attention today,
Here are the principal things which
the party in power hopes to put into
legislative form before the congress
now in session ends its life in March
1916:
The Springdale news., 1913-06-13
~t u HI |, CITY.

We had a very good rain satur- day morning
 Mrs. Carter and son Ra1 made a tip 10 Fayetteville Friday
 Rev Ke Iy of Fayetteville preach ed sunday and sunday night here.
 Frank Mcconnell Of Fayetteville visited nome folks Friday and Sat arday
 Charley Ray and wife of West Fork attended children s day al sal em sunday
 Frank Hale. wife and taay or Ridge 4ist ted Al Hugh Laymon : Sat Qrday and sunday.
 VII Jones. Hugh R5e5e aEd Boy Boaz made aaslnsss tH.B . Fay e esi.Ie saturday.
 dttoe Eaxman, who E working as ze-zeeil=e. visited home folks q Jew 1 fys f.s Neek.
 Ea Jones and wife of Durham and Mrs. Flora Hood of Mena visited al E. N Prices sunday.
 Misses Lille and Otis Edwards and brother of New Grozs attended church here Sunday night.
 Miss Eala Mcconnell visited her brothers Frank and Ben and fam fly Of Fayetteville last week.
 Andrew Smith and family of Fayetteville visited Mrs. smith $ parents, R B. Jones and family, Sunday.
 Mrs Standard and daughter and Miss Edith Watts of Prairie Grove were pleasant callers in our little burg Saturday night.
 Hugh Mcguire and wife and haby Of Harris visited at Hugh Lay mons Sunday and attended child renss day at Salem.
 There was an ice cream supper at Andy Williams Saturday. Quite a few were out and all report q jolly good time.
 Several from this plase attended ehiIdrens day at "a em Sunday 4 real nice program vas rendered with good singing. and plenty of dinner to which We all did justice
 Lone Star.
The Springdale news., 1913-06-13
Around tbe County


An association Eas been toEmed Faye teyille 10 conduct ehaa- tauqua Iu y fs eo 26 Jay Faf bright is president and # r Moore se reyary
 sa5t (. L. Je-aigan, formerly rest44n of Faye tey-He, dstd Fe- en.y at his home q Pittsharg, Kan
 smith aged fSsea oae q ae bes5 titfz ns fa Wa n7-oa Count. died at #ais home near ett- eiaaa-i yesterday afteHf oeH @t Q lock. One son. Wao mission ary to cuba and on daaeh.er sur v4re aim. Tie tune af services We're H=ld this afternoon at 2ao D eioek Faye te4il,e pai-F, Satpaa az.
 The water pump aad electric mo-or for the White River station os the water works have arrived Taes sem to be complete ia every de al and We are assured tzat the water question is solved az Ia as the pump and power are cQneeFi ea. Trey will be install d aext week Work on the reservoir is Icing tie= o@ously pushed and Nill be tia#sh= ed in a fsW days=Fa4e exille Daily
 Now that Fay rezille.s aater
  aH8altm has been solved aeala .s - 5a hes d it9=Hl sas -e4ted
The Springdale news., 1913-06-13

Many mothers think their child ren are suffering from indigestion, headache, nervousness, weakness, eostiveness, when they are victims of that most common of all child rens ailments worms. PeaYish, ill-tempered, fretful children, who toss and grind their teeth, with bad breath and colicky pains. have all the symptoms of having worms, and should be given Kickapo Worm Kill CT, peasant candy lozenge, whic h expels worms. regulates the bowels, tones up the system. and ankles children well and happy Kickapoo Worm Killer is guaranteed All druggists. or by mail Price 25c. klckapoo Indian Medicine Co, Phil- adelphia and St Louis.