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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-17

'Weil?' he asked again. What Il
It"
You don't remember me?'
He seemed to puzzle a moment
No. he answered at last.
q lived next door to you
'Where?' He shot the question al
me with queer jerk of his voice
Hastily J rose, walked to the door
looked out, and then returned to my
seat.
WED better not mention names
or Streets / said in a lowered voice
felt that my hand was gripping my
revolver with extreme tightness
There are too many that will hear;
you know why
1.-THE mans face across from mine
had turned pale for a moment, and
then stiffness had come over it. The
eyes seemed immovable as they
gazed straight at me.
~ don't know what you are talk.
ing about, came the denial from his
lips. Talk all you want to. Name
everything you want to. | know OF
no reason for quiet
Don't you? l allowed my face to
go stern and | leaned forward a bit
Are you sure of that"
He shifted In his chair.
Look here he began, what in
Not so loud interrupted. Even
II you are going to. play the fool. I'm
not. I'm here to help you. They've
found out
WHAT He was on his feet now,
staring at me. What have
They've found the body. knew
they would. / tried to keep them
away from there as long as | could.
but they would go in-and when they
did, they found it. The neighbors-'
The face had turned livid now.
What are you talking about?' he
asked hoarsely. Who are you? What
are you doing here? What do you
mean when you say that you tried
to-
i had interrupted him with a ges-
ture. | was on my feet now, too.
pointing finger at him.
7 You know what | am talking
about | hurled at him. You know
as we'll as | do that you killed her
You know when the quarrel was, after
you had found his letter to her and
his picture! You know, You thought
that no one saw you, but there was
one, and that one was myself
"'You-!'
watt I ordered. 4 am not here
to harass you. I'm here to save you.
The police are trailing you. They've
gotten a description of you from some
one around the newspaper offices,
some one who has seen you buying
papers every night to see If the news
of the killing had come out. You fool,
Why didn't you get out of town when
you had the chance? Didn't you
know that some one would see you
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-17
no MARKET FARM PRODUCTS
Cooperative Action Among Farmers
Reduces the Cost of Selling
and transportation.

The vast majority of the average
farmers time is given to production
and the little remaining to distribu-
ton. or the marketing of his products.
Why should a farmer spend weeks of
toll and thought on growing a cred
ible crop and then dispose of it 10
the first buyer that appears in many
cases. Think OF the effort on all
sides put to production without a
thought even to marketing The
cause of this condition in this coun-
try is the plenty on all sides and
numerous markets. Only in a few
cases has necessity worked to form
cooperation among growers which
results in discriminate selling as well
as growing. Western fruit growers
for instance were forced to cooperate
because they were far distant from
any market. Denmark was changed
from country of want to one Of
prosperity by the operation of we'll
defined cooperative system. Ger
many would be at a loss without 1t.
Cooperation selling among farmers
reduces the cost of selling and trans
portation. 1t standardizes the prod
ucts and guarantees the quality Of
product. Lastly it equalizes distribu.
ton. The lotter trouble is especially
apparent on the apple market in this
country. Not enough apples are pro-
duced to supply every demand. Yet,
in many localities apples go to waste
for lack of market.
A complete system of cooperative
selling could not go into effect at
once. 1t must come gradually. Par
GELS post will aid the farmer to work
up his own special trade which means
that he will reap profit from his mar
keting as we'll as from his produc-
ton.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-17
Farmers Educational
m and Cooperative
iii Union of America

Honor is not without its profit
Keep up your spirits. Better days
are coming.
The non-productive loan is a money
wasting loan.
Before you jump look out for the
place to land.
The resolution that failed was worth
| while, after all.
The true way to grow rich is to
keep out of debt.
Repentance is all right, but no need
of it is still better
The higher you climb the harder it
will hurt you TO fall
Beauty is said be only skin deep
and some folks are terribly thin
skinned.
The price of good government Is
constant watchfulness on the part or
the people,
To lift up is better than to look
up. Both are necessary to a forward
moving lie.
Every man his own politician" is
a timely slogan for these days OF IN
rest and reform.
The most economical man is the
one who spends the most money to
the best pvpose.
Running farm machinery means
more than sitting on the seat and
holding the lines.
Every farmer should carry life in
surance-widowhood is sad enough
without the curse of dependence.
People who wait for greatness to
be thrust upon them forget that the
supply of thrusters Is always limited.
1t requires large bodies Of men and
very costly methods to make laws
that often one official easily destroys.
Many a man who boasts that he Is
the architect of his own fortune must
have stood in with the building in
spector.
That's a good old-fashioned one
from the Vermont man who prefers
an OK team paid for to an auto with
mortgage.
There is one class of farmers who
never need worry about their children
going away from the farm. There's
another class that doesn't care.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-17

ana recognize you-and wonder wna'
was wrong? You've got to leave town
now. and leave quick They'll trail
you here; there won't be a chance OF
escape. You'll swing. that's all
A cry broke in on me. Hands out
stretched. fingers claw-like, the
crazed man stood before me. | quail
ed before him. l half drew the re-
volver from my pocket. Then came
the outburst.
"'Swing?' he asked wildly. You
mean that I'll be hanged-hanged for
that? | didn't kill her Intentionally
| just meant to strike her with the
dull side OF the knife, to scare her.
II turned in my hand and caught her
jugular-I didn't mean to do 1t!
didn't mean to do it, The voice was
almost screaming now. L ought to
have killed herr he added with a
quick change of demeanor. 1 ought
to have! She deserved 1t. Shed
been deceiving me for three years
All the time | thought she was true
to me she was meeting Withers. She
was in love with him. They were
planning to run away-and | found
out. / stopped her, though. |
stopped her! II they hang me they'll
have to hang him, too, that's all. He's
just as guilty as l am. He stole her
away from me, he stole her
He stopped. His lips trembled. His
eyes went wilder than ever, then
closeu His arms covered his face.
He was sobbing, sobbing just like
some great child. For a moment he
stood wavering. be staggered a few
steps-then Strengthened.
His eyes caught the motion of the
door as | closed it. | had softly
opened it and waved a hand outside
the signal. With a rush he came to-
ward me.
What did you open that door for?'
he asked.
You're mistaken
~ saw you when you started to
shut 1t. You signaled to somebody
Then you're not a friend, Ell? You're
a detective? You came in here to
get everything you could out of me,
did you? Well, you've done 1t, but
you're not going to
Again he rushed forward, but this
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-17
Acid Phosphate in Henhouses.

The best practice Is to use acid
phosphate or floats freely in the hen
house. You can put the manure into
order for drilling by thorough ex-
posture to drying air and then pound
ing up and running through a coarse
sieve. 1t is deficient In phosphoric
acid. which the soil usually needs.
and at least fifty pounds of a good
grade of acid phosphate should be
added to each 100 pounds of the dry
manure. Four or five hundred pounds
per acre may be the most profitable
amount for your rye.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-17
Fitting Crime to the Evidence
Copyright. by W. @. Chapman.

man had gone to the window. | was
sure he was the one ! was following,
and that had located his room.
That night the house took a new
lodger, one who preferred to live on
the fourth floor, where the light was a
trifie better. She was poor woman,
but at that she managed to pay her
first weeks rent in advance"
Alice Clement smiled as she said
this. and | could not help wondering
at the courage of this bright eyed lit
tie woman, slight, pretty, young appear
ing. woman who seemed of the type
that lives for petting and for easy lux
ury. instead of the grueling life that
one must undergo when stalking crime.
The Il" train had stopped for the
transfer from local to express trains at
Indiana avenue. Miss Clement waited
until the whirring of the wheels began
again before she took up her narrative
once more.
1T isn't usual thing for a man to
buy papers like that" she said And
that was the reason l had become so
interested in him. What was it that he
desired to see? What was 1t that he
was constantly fearful might come
forth every day-what was it that
impelled his curiosity to watch
the very latest edition of papers,
that he must know what was hap
pening up to the very last minute?
The thoughts gnawed my brain. There
was no particular unsolved murder
mystery just at that time. There
had been no very great robberies. AS
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-17
They Want to Work.

When any boy wants to work we
believe he should be encouraged, for
there are too many boys and men
Who are afraid of the real thing. We
know a good many boys who really
want to work. They are students of
agriculture in our colleges and want
employment on the farms of progress
sive men during vacation time, which
is usually about three months. begin
ging in June. Farmers who can use
these boys should write US at once.
AS they are studying various branches
their prospective employers should
state the line OF farming followed.
The boys will expect fair farm wages
and try to earn them. They need the
money for their education.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-17

| sat In my little room, looking at the
faded. torn wall paper and the miser-
able furnishings, dissected the whole
thing, piece by piece. That man was
criminal. l felt sure of it. He had
done something which as yet had not
been found out His conscience was
hurting him. The thought of crime.
weighing down upon his brain, was
driving him night after night out into
the open, to learn If possible II the
world had yet learned of his guilt
Yes, was sure of all that; but to
prove 1t was a different matter. A
criminal, forced to the wall, Is hard
person to deal with. / had nothing
by which lead of attack might be
made. There was nothing that he
could be accused of. There was only
one thing to do-wait and play spy.
That night, as the hours grew late,
sneaked into the hall and stealthily
approached the door. There, in the
shadow, just around the corner from
where a dingy hall light threw it's
feeble rays against the overpowering
darkness, knelt, hour after hour, lis
tening at the keyhole. But no word,
no sound. came from within. There
was no movement from the man with
in the room, nothing that would indi-
cate that he was suffering from the
thoughts Of crime. l went back to
my room and went to sleep.
'Thn nayt NIGHT = moe tho
There must be a new plan.
The following day, gauging my time
so that | felt sure he would be at the
newspaper office, | tried my keys on
the door They all failed. Then, fol-
lowing apparent failure, there enter
ed hope. The door of the room next
went open to my touch | saw that 1t
was vacant. felt the walls; they
were almost nothing. | saw that by ju-
dicious use Of sharp knife / could
have hole through the connecting
one within a half hour. set to
work"
The Il" train had stopped for a mo-
ment, and with it stopped Miss Glenn
ent's narrative. Then. as the mo-
torman shot the lever around on the
controller. 1t began again.
When my man returned that night,
he was being watched by two eyes
that were tireless. | had stationed
myself In that little room, locked and
bolted the door. and was at the tiny
hole had made In the wall. felt sure
that it would not be noticed. was
willing, anyway, to take the chance.
He came into the room somewhat
wildly. His face was set, he seemed
nervous. Hurriedly he walked to the
small cupboard and took from 1t
box containing some white powder
a cocaine fiend Then, almost stealth
lily. he paced around the room, to take
out at last some letters from a desk,
and seated himself by the light. l
could see that the paper was old and
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-17

time there was something beside me
to receive him. 1t was the hulking
form Of Tom Malloy, whose great
arms outstretched and crushed the
maniacal man before me as though he
was a small boy.
What's the matter with tn boobp'
Tom asked as We called the wagon.
| told him.
But keep me under your hat |
begged. I'm only candy saleslady.
you know, Tom, and right now | need
my job
Sure. and he walked right up
to me in the street and confessed, he
did, grinned Tom. I'll search tn
gents room and find out a few things
about him before talk to the captain.
I'll book him for investigation until
then. All, Tommy's tn wise boy
And sure enough he was" added
Miss Clement as she finished her
story. He got into the mans room.
found out his address, went out to the
house. discovered the body In the
basement. with the throat cut from
ear to ear, and then made his report.
And |, well, went back to work the
next morning and told the boss what
a terrible time | had been having with
headaches. It's mighty bad thing to
have the detective instinct when
you're selling candy"
Lexington avenue" shouted the l.
guard. Madison the next stop. Watch
your step, everybodie-e-e-e, watch your
stepi"
New man on the job" unused Miss
Clement as We left the train. He
talks too plain for an old-timer."
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-17

dirty. The letters evidently had been
Il stood at that hole in the wal
spellbound. The man before me was
changing in every bit of his ma
/ ture. The shifty. nervous expression
had left his eyes now. AS he read
line after line of the missive he held
in his hand, his eyes grew steely and
cold and glazing. Now and then the
lips seemed to part in snarl. The
blood surged TO his cheeks, then left
il. The hands trembled. The man
beneath my gaze was turning animal.
AT last he rose, and, with the let
tiers clasped tight in his hands. he be-
gan to pace the floor. Once or twice
he raised his hands as If to tear the
letters into bits; then, with a smoth-
cred exclamation, he threw them far
from him, and stood trembling. A
moment later he was on the floor has
tily, hurriedly lifting an edge of the
worn carpet. A picture came forth.
saw that 1t was the photograph OF a
man. | knew that 1t was time for &C.
ton.
out OF the room | crept, turning
the lock in the door with the softness
of velvet Then down the hall ! hur-
ried and into the street. A patrol
man was near | recognized him.
"'Malloy,' | said, 4 want you to
make an arrest and take the credit
for it, VIII you do it,
He went into the house with me.
and then, once in the hall, hid him
self in the shadows near the door. |
knocked-once, twice, three times. |
heard a slight movement within the
room-I knew that the man was hid
ing his cocaine his letter and the pic
ture ! waited. AT last the door
opened. and the peering face stared
out at me-
"'Well?' he asked.
81 walked into the room, almost
past his outstretched hand. | sat
down near the door. With eyes that
were nervous, / saw him reach to turn
the key again in the lock as he shut
the door. Then there came feeling
Of great thanksgiving as he at last
walked past ME with puzzled
look and sat down near the window.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-17
In Prehistoric Days.

Ilford. in Essex, England, is famous
in the annals Of geological research
discoveries there giving an idea Of the
dangerous state of the Thames valley
at an early date in its history. The
elephant, the rhinoceros and the beai
roamed wild and the prehistoric trav.
eler who lodged them still ran the
risk of encountering the tiger or the
bison. The number of teeth discov
cred at Ilford shows the elephant &c
have been particularly common.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-17
FIRST COLONISTS
HAD FEW LUXURIES

" ARLY Yankees brought over
u scant supplies of household fur
nishings. They came in small
ships, wdhich provided scarcely
enough room for themselves, their pro-
visions, clothing, ammunition and 9TH
er absolute necessities Of life. Fortu-
nately, says the Boston Globe, they
found in the new country a number of
things which served them we'll in ev-
eryday housekeeping.
The first settlers of Plymouth built
rude huts for their first homes. The
people who came over with Winthrop
in June, 1880. either built huts with
bark and branches of trees or erected
tents Of cloth till they could provide
themselves with better shelter" So
Hawthorne relates. Some settlers dug
little caves in the hillsides and rooted
them over with branches of trees.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-17
Fruit Growers Combine.

Fruit growers of the Pacific coast
are forming a local association for the
handling of their crop. One of these
associations recently sold $50 car
loads of apples in one lot to a single
firm in Kansas City and got better
prices for them than they had ever
received before selling in the old
fashioned way
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-17
Eggs for Matching.

IL is best to select eggs for Matching
:ron, the older hens, wherever posi-
bic They seem to bring stronger
chicks, as a rule, and larger per
cent. of the eggs are fertile.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-17
Add VARIETY.

A few hollow-crown parsnips and
roots of satisfy, put in the cellar with
other vegetables in the fall, will add
variety to the winter table, and as
easily grown and stored.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-17
Kills tCut Worms.

Poison bran mash scattered
through the garden about the time
the first plants come up will be ef.
fective against cut worms.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-17
Smutty Corn Kills.

Several horses in Kansas are re-
ported to have died from eating corn 80
on which there was smut.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-01-22
THE JOHNSON GRANGE

At the second meeting of the year held
on Jan. 10 the Master presided and the
program as previously announced was
carried out.
For the next meeting. Feb. 6, the fol-
lowing program has been arranged
Music, arranged by director; singing by
choir and special music; suggestions for
good of the order by Master and Over
seer; roll call, response from Grange rit-
ual; debate, Resolved-That the greatest,
nuisance Of today is fashion; aft ms.
j. Davis, Dan Scott, neg.-Mrs. Waters
Alma Davis; reading, Hazel Demeritt,
Mrs. Fuller, Mrs. Alice Caswell; topics
for discussion--Will it pay you to buy an
automobile this year? Frank DAVIS; Who
is the best manager of your business, you
or your wife? o. II. Wilson; Do the
mothers of today teach their daughters
to cook, sew and conduct housekeeping
as they should? Mrs N. j. Perry; Do
the farmers teach their sons farm work
and dairying as we'll as they would other
boys? Mrs. M, r.. Waterman; What
charge in the ritual do you consider the
best? Ray Barro~s; Does the average
person get enough out of life? If not
why? Mrs. W. f. Waters; VINO do you
consider the greatest poet? Mrs. Serb
ner, Mrs. Fannie Davis; Do you know
of better location in the United States
to gain an honest livelihood than in Yer
mont? If so, why are you not there?
n. j. Perry; open discussion on all sub
jects.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-01-22
Eln1ore

Several of the P. A. students visite d
| the, village school Friday.
Remember the creamery meeting Tues
day evening, Jan. 20, Important business.
Herb Parker of Wolcott began work
Monday as sawyer.for the Stowe Lumber
Co.
Joshua Merriam of Waterbury is visit
ing at thin home of Mr. and Mrs. A. 6.
Merriam.
Mrs. Fred Robinson is i'll with the grip.
Eugene Cobb of Stowe was in town
over Sunday.
Mrs. Bernie Japan and son! of Hyde
Park were guests of her mother, Mrs. Or
lin Blanchard. over Sunday.
Mrs. Robert ST. Jock who has been at
the Fannie Allen hospital, Burlington,
for treatment, returned Saturday much
improved.
Mrs. Chas. Jackman, who has been at
the State Hospital at Waterbury for the
past two years, returned last week much
improved in health.
A baked bean supper will be held at
the hall Wednesday evening, Jan. 10Th
from to s, given by the Ladies' Social
Club. Adults l0cts.; small children &c;
children under years free. All invited.
Last Thursday was observed as Par
ents' Daysin the Village and Merriam
School districts 1t was a very interest
ing occasion fer all who attended. Great
crenit is due the teachers for their faith
full work.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-01-22
MOLTKE ACCEPTED THE FEE
Occasion When Great, Though Tacl-
turn German Soldier, Must Have
Felt Like Laughing.

Sidney Whitman's book, German
stories about Prussian statesmen, sol
diers, artists and writer's. Here are
two:
"Moltke paid repeated visits to his
nephew's villa and it was there that
a droll incident occurred under the
chestnut trees Of the picturesque gar
den. One day stranger looking over
the garden railing saw an old man,
whose well worn straw hat seemed
to betoken the gardener They say
that Moltke is on a visit here. Could
you tell me, sir whether it might be
possible to catch sight of him?' The
old man replied that if the gentleman
would come again in the course of
the afternoon he might perhaps see
Moltke in the garden. In his joy the
stranger rendered a mark to the com.
municative gardener who promptly
pocketed it. The strangers conster-
nation may well be imagined when on
his return in the afternoon he be-
held the identical old gardener walk
ing arm in arm with Major Won Burt.
Moltke waved a greeting, and with
a smile called out to him: y have
still got your mark
ANY one who happened to be in
Berlin at the beginning of the sos
and was in the habit of riding in the
tramcar from the Brandenburg gate
to Charlottenburg between six and
eight o'clock of an evening might
often have noticed an elderly gentle
man of striking appearance among the
passengers. He was Of medium height,
of slight figure, his face clean shaven
and full of wrinkles, set off by a head
full of long silvery hair A pair Of
dark illuminatingly expressive eyes
peered through his spectacless On en-
terihg the tram he always looked out
for seat near the lamp at the back
Of the car, and. invariably succeeded in
obtaining it. Thereupon the old gen.
tleman would draw newspaper from
his pocket and soon be engrossed in
it's contents notwithstanding the dim
ness of the light. When the tramcar
stopped at Charlottenburg he had
generally finished reading. He would
get up and hurry to the March Strasse,
in which his unpretentious house
stood This was Theodor Mommsen,
the renowned historian of Ancient
Rome"