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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
coTTON-TARE QUESTION UP
Farmers Should Have Benefit Of Full
Six Per Cent. Tare or New Basis
Should Be Established.

While our cotton farmers are dis
cussing great economic questions II
might pay them to take a snapshot
at a few of the little ones and not
the least of these is what is known as
cotton tare or waste-or to put IL
more plainly, the amount that is de-
Quoted for bagging and ties.
Now in order to explain this mat
ter so it can be fully understood we
will say that when the exchanges OF
the world set the price OF cotton
| every day, it is set less six per cent.
| or 80 pounds to a 500-pound bale. "a
pounds to a 400-pound bale. and so on.
| This amount is excessive and causes
a loss to the cotton farmers OF the
south of many millions of dollars an
nually, says the Progressive Farmer.
There is no particular reason why
the exchanges should deduct six per
cent. from the price of the farmers
cotton. as it is not necessary to put
on this amount to protect 1t from
damage: Az per cent, will be found
TO be sufficient covering after the cot
ton is compressed. But if the spin
ners of Europe insist that the full SIX
per cent shall be put on. then the
farmer and not the exporter ought
TO be the one to put II on, for II ne
1.-THE farmer) does not, then he loses
the difference between what he does
mt on and the full six per cent. This
amount is usually from seven and a
half to ten pounds per bale or net
loss of rs cents to 81 on every bale
of cotton raised In the south or say
from s12.5O0,OOO to sl5,00O,OOO pei
year, quoting cotton at present prices
Now il does not make any differ
ence whether the farmer sells to thu
mill men or spectators at home o.
abroad. his loss is equally the SANE
as each buy by the same emascuiate'
price.
There are two ways in which thi
matter can be adjusted.
~ The farmer can insist that n
he allowed to put on the full six pc
cent. tare. This, however, will b
found to be more apparent than rea
being neither a benefit to produce
or spinner as this amount is exces
sive, therefore unnecessary.
C2) A better way, to my mind, woul
he for the producers, through the nf
I tional government, to invite a confer
:. ence with the spinners of Europe a
r an early date and settle the questio
q on a basis that will be fair alike
p the producer and spinner.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
EDISON DENIES HE'S A GENIUS
Tells Reviser Of Latin Bible I'm
Only Mechanic and Couldn't Do
Your Work"

Thomas 4. Edison listened lntcntly
at his home at Llewellyn Park. III
Orange. " j.. as the Abbott Francis
Gasquet. president of the English
Benedictine Monks. unfolded To him
the gigantic task in which the com
mission appointed by Pope Plus y. OF
which he is the head. is engaged I'D
revising the Latin Bible.
The inventor, accounted an agnostic.
had asked the abbott 10 dinner to hear
of the work he has undertaken. When
the abbott had finished telling OF the
tremendous scope OF the task, involy-
ing as it does the minute analysis OF
ancient manuscripts wherever they
NAV be found in Europe, Mr. Edison
turned to him. saying:
Father Gasquet, want to tell you
that / wouldn't like your job. its
more than ! could do"
But you, Mr.. Edison are the genius
of the age" protested Abbott Gas
quet "My work does not compar,
with yours"
Oh" replied Mr. Edison. with
wave of the hand. Il am only a me
/ chanic."
+ After dinner Abbott Gasquet, in The
Edison library. heard operate arias
I'm feeling like a boy" said Nh
! Edison. when asked if he had full,
recovered from his recent illness
I'll never take another vacation"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
TELLS ANECDOTE OF POMB0
How Great South American Poet Told
Distinguished Lady to Kiss
Him.

Mr.. Phanor J. Elder tells this anec-
dote of Pombo, the great South
American poet, in New York literary
salon presided over by a distinguished
Argentine lady. Pombo had been pre-
scented to her, and she asked him.
with much enthusiasm, who was the
anonymous poetess, the famous Edda,
the Bogotana.
DO yoU really find these verses
worth reading?" asked Pombo.
Worth reading! Verses vibrating
with the deepest passions of a WON
ans soul, so essentially feminine
verses, too, exhaling the mysticism
the alteration of a Santa Teresa! Oh
you men, Who among you could
write such verses?"
! Well" said Pombo, "Edda is now
in New York, and if you want tC
make her acquaintance"
Speak, man." cried his hostess
impetuously. Where does she live
What's her name? I'll see her tomor
row. | will cover her with kisses!'
Then begin, senora!" said the ugl!
little Pombo. IL am Edda."
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
Hint for the Newly-Weds.

How many mothers instruct their
daughters that they must try to love
their husbands relatives just as well
as they love their own? Very few
and many will assert that no such In
struction should be given; but some
of us think that it ought. 1t is safe
thing to do-for the chances are 10000
to one that no girl could ever go
so far as that, try as faithfully as she
might. But she can surely learn to
love her husbands family, and she
will add immensely to his comfort by
so doing. Their ways" are doubtless
very different from hers. Sometimes
they receive her with GOODNESS and
suspicion; but by practice and kind
ness and loving attention she can
usually win them. 1t is her mothers
part to teach her this patience and
| kindness before she is married. The
| art of being a good daughter-in-law il
a noble one, and like all other arts
it can. to a considerable extent, bt
taught.-Leslies Weekly
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
Value of a Lawyers Talk.

A young lawyer was defending an
old convict on the charge of burglary
in a state where the court rules allow
each side one hour to address the
jury. The young lawyer, somewhat
nervous, consulted veteran member
of the bar who happened to be stand
ing near. How much time do you
think | should take up in addressing
the jury?" he asked in a rather pomp
Gus manner. Take the full hour,
was the gruff reply. "The full hour
Why. l intended to take only Is min
utes." Take the full hour" repeated
the old lawyer. "But why?" BE
cause the longer you talk the Longer
you will keep your client out OF Jail.
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
Education Pays.

II is we'll enough for a boy to know
the advantages of an education. The
man in the future without an educa,
ton is handicapped. The average
man with an education gets $1,000 a
year: the average man without an
education can get $3.50 per day. In
forty wears the former will earn s40.'
600. while the latter has earned sls''
600. The man with an education is
800 900 better off than the other man
II pays to think and TO know now
10 do certain things. Every day In
school is worth a good deal TO the
average boy.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
/ ADDING THE SEASONING
s.,,,e Reasoned He Had Just
y cnme In Time to Save the
Baby Brother.

,ear-old Bonnie, who, since the
:, AZ his baby brother three days
Z. had been on tip-toe for sight
N. was at last admitted TO the
knber.
4. no entered the dim room, he
{ Aehind a screen the pink body
4, on the lap of the white-capped
who, having just given it a
vas shaking powder over 1t
q perforated box.
4, me sight look of horror over
~ the chubby face of Bonnie
ksSing to his mothers bedside. he
ksered in awed tones:
IN up, muvver, quick! Nurse is
" 10 eat little bruvver; she's put
Z The salt on him now'-Ne"
ii Evening Post.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
PUT COOPERATION TO WORK
Farmer Loses Sight OF the Little Army
Interposed Between the Ma'.urac-
turer and Himself.

Frequently in contemplating the
small army of middlemen interposed
between the farmer and the consumer
of his products, We lose sight of that
other army interposed between the
manufacturer and the goods which the
farmer consumes.
A man i'll Illinois makes pillow. lie
sells that pillow to Texas distributing
house The latter. through its sales
/ man. disposes of it to a retail dealer,
and finally the latter gets rid OF 1t
to the farmer. With this method OF
procedure there is no particular com
/ plant except that the pillow may come
I a good deal short of what the farmer
! could get at equal price, and better
suited to his needs, somewhere else,
/ says the Texas Farm Co Operator. Re
tailers naturally incline to limited lines
J of goods, and jobbers prefer to deal
with retailers who are buyers in re-
stricted lines. After fashion the re-
taller endeavors to handle the goods
that are most popular with the farm
ers who trade with him, but supposlng
-
the retailer finds himself with stock
still TO dispose of? Is he likely to
purchase a stock of the improved ma
chinery and keep the older goods on
his hands or offer them at dis
count?
Because he is not, farmers in many
localities do not know of improved ma
chinery unless they see it advertised
in their farm papers. And If one or
two in neighborhood want some
new, improved machine, manufactured
: by some concern other than that rep
resented by their local dealer, they
have small chance Of getting 1t as
individuals. Unless it is machine
sold direct by the manufacturer.
Each neighborhood could, each year
5 profitably pay the expenses OF a man
or of a committee of men. TO investi
gate improved machinery. and prices
4 on goods that are purchased in tina
D community in considerable quantity
I be il fertilizer, fencing. roofing, lum
Der or what not.
[ Nor does this mean trading ava!
:, from home. The prospect OF com
a munity order, a big sale without an!
e effort, will usually bring from the re
r taller terms as favorable as can b
obtained elsewhere. A retailer wh'
e is not glad to make a substantial dis
n count for a big order is not worth pa
e ronage.
e This kind of cooperative buying re
d quires no corporation, organization o
capital stock All it needs is som
one to work up the business and &c
q signatures of responsible men to a
agreement.
Thus the farmers of the Fairlan
]" community bought for themselves
community hay-baling outfit. In
farmers of the BurlesOn communlt
own two auto trucks. Another grou
5 in the same community owns thresl
IL ing machine There are scores
o' communities where stations al
ot owned comparatively.
As Why not apply the same principe
IL in these and other directions and pr
e. cooperation to work in your oW
neighborhood?
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
The Next Question.

Poultry houses should have at least
one nest for every six hens. Scarcity
of nests is responsible for egg break
ing and eating. When the house is
not crowded, soap boxes on the floor
make good nest boxes. The nest that
hangs on the wall saves floor space
and has the advantage Of being dark
if made with a sloping top to prevent
the hens roosting on it. When Gov
cred nests are used, they should be al
least twelve inches high (too low
box means broken eggs), and from
twelve to fourteen inches wide. What
ever the nest, it should be so con
structed that it can be readily anc
thoroughly cleaned.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
HER STATEMENTS
DESERVE NOTICE
Mrs. Walls Makes Public Some In
teresting Facts Which Should
Interest All Women.

Leinarts, Tenn.-Mrs. Martha Walls,
of this town, makes the following
statements for publication: Il feel II
my duty to tell you what your medl-
cine, Cardui, the woman's tonic, has
done for me.
For four ca years suffered ter
ribly with womanly troubles, and l
found no relief in different medicines
which | took. Finally, began to take
Cardui, the woman's tonic, and after
taking six bottles I am completely
cured. l feel like a different person
altogether. All the pains are gone
and | am in better health than ! have
been in for four years. Have gained
a great deal in weight.
I still take Cardui as tonic. My
husband, as we'll as myself, cannot
4 praise it too highly.
| hope this letter will induce othel
poor, suffering women to try Cardul
( for it is the best medicine in TIT
world for women"
II YOU suffer from any Of the numer
GUS ailments so common to all women
why not take this lady's advice, ant
try Cardui? 1t has helped her, a
we'll as a million other women In tn
past half century. Why shouldn't
do the same for you? We feel sure
will.
Reading Of Mrs. Walls helpful e1
perience should encourage you to tr
what this medicine will do for you.
Get a bottle of Cardui from you
druggist today. You won't regret it.
p-u-;,< a.. Chattanooga Medicine Co
sd;ee' Advisory Dent Chattanooga, Tenn, fc
Ssrrial Instyrctions on your case and 64page oool
"Home Treatment for Women" sent IN piai
wrapper. Adv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
Farmers Educational
m and Cooperative
I'LL Union of America

Try an old shoe for sore toe;
Try an old friend for a great woe.
A sharp ak turneth away backache.
1t takes hard cash 10 provide per-
manent soft perth.
If the big things We are going to
do could be cashed more people would
be able to draw checks and get them
paid.
Some folks are so absorbed in re-
GREETING the mistakes of yesterday
that they fail TO avoid making similar
new ones today.
The man who fails to profit by his
mistakes is losing one of the best les
sons taught by experience.
Trousers patched in the rear are
usually not evidence of industry. But
We must be haritable-some men
claim they think better while sitting.
Some farmers acquire an excellent
reputation for keeping hired help
year after year. when the real secret
of their success is the good table their
wives set.
There is hope for the man VINO
knows he does not know and is not
satisfied. But the man who knows ne
does not know and is willing to let II
go at that. is a goner.
Every man to his business. Natur
ally, the doctors and undertakers op
posed the removal of the old-fashionef
horse racks before the stores alont
the village streets.
The prize money won by the boy
| pet calf at the county fair is worth
lot more TO him than il could be u
you. To you it is merely money bu
to him il is a realized ambition
If you have earned it, it is no
criminal to rest at the proper ume
For your hour of ease provide
rocking chair for yourself and be sur
to have an extra comfortable one 10
your wife.
The funny, fuzzy hat which tn
young man wore upon his return fror
the agricultural college did not max
his friends stare half as much as Tn
big crops which the old farm produce
under his new-fangled management.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
Next.

This contribution is very faulty in
spots, but We give it as it was post
carded to US. We are fond of the con-
tributor:
In a sweet Ohio village, whose chief
industry is tillage. sought a barber
shop to get my hair cut. l didn't find
the hair man, but a note tackled on the
chair ran: Lam the stovepipe If you
want me. Charley Faircut.' So | hi
the pipe and waited till girl came in
who stated: Say, paw he's busy now
out in the barnyard. He's a-workin
like a fool, clippin' Of Hank Ramsey''
mule. You're the next one; but I'll be
that you'll get darn tired Bucl
banks. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
!, HEAOACHY,
(K, 'CAsCARETS'
IN cleanse your liver ana
duquish bowels while
YOU sleep.
10-ccnt box.

headache. biliousness, dizzi.
tod tongue. foul taste and foul
.Iuays trace them to torpid
,.,aved, fermenting food in the
!. ar sour, gassy stomach.
..ous matter clogged in the in
instead of being cast out
'vs,em is re-absorbed into the
when this poison reaches the
:. brain tissue it causes con-
and that dull. throbbing, sick
headache. ~ .o
- remove the sour, undigested
"A foul gases, take the excess
-, the liver and carry out all
nustipated waste matter and
4 10 the bowels.
c,scaret tonight will surely
Atom YOU out by morning. They
lille you sleep-a 1O-cent boz
,our druggist means your heaC
stonach sweet and your livel
,svels regular for months. Adv
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
Teaching Turkeys to Roost.

That young turkeys should De
taught to roost some distance from
the ground is the opinion OF Prof.
James G. Halpin of the College OF Ag-
riculture of the University of Wis
consin. The danger from foxes and
other predatory animals is ever pres
ent. especially in newly settled sec,
tons, if the poults are allowed to
roost on rail fences or upon the
ground.
They may, in the course OF several
evenings, be coaxed to walk up
long pole to the higher branches oil
a tree, until they learn to do so regu
larry of their own accord.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
What Worried the Boy.

Douglas Mallach, author and woods
man. tells this story of his little son
Donald. The two were watching a
moving picture melodrama and the
hero had suffered severely in an ex-
plosion. One of the workmen dropped
his shovel and lent hand to carry
the injured man to a place of safety.
donald appeared much troubled. His
father asked the reason. "Oh, papa,
they went away and forgot all about
the shovel"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
Man Without a System.

The man who is always behind in
his work, and frets and worries be-
cause he has so much to do is working
without a system. No use trying to DO
more than one thing at time, and II
one will adhere to this rule and nave
a time for doing everything day after
day and month after month, the kinks
will soon straighten out and he should
do his work easily and without fric
ton.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
10 Best Sportswoman.

Miss Marie Marvingt is known in
Per native land of France as the first
sportswoman of the world. She can
swim, ride, shoot, climb, fish and drive
z rotor car and she does each beau
uuly. She scales mountains. hunts
q game, rides bicycle. wins at in.
irrational shooting contests, and
nFeover she has been up in a bal
esn several times. She is now work,
% On an aeroplane, hoping to invent
enething to carry wounded soldiers
nom the field.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
HeIpjno the Wife.

When riding comfortably on the
sea. of the sulkX pillow did you ever
think of the wife at home bending
over the steaming tub washing your
o.eralls? Ask your hardware dealer
to tell you about those fine new wash
ing machines. They beat doctors bills
all hollow.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
South WAKING Up.

The south is waking up. They nave
a live bunch of business men ana
farmers down there, says the Farm
stock and Home. One editor says
we must either become progressive
farmers or hire ourselves out to cor
norations who will do progressive
farming" Why not cooperate?
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
Ems for Shipment.

The United States department OF
agriculture is at the present time con-
Quoting experiments to determine the
best way of packing eggs for ship
ment The annual loss Of eggs brok'
en- in shipment is very great, and the
government hopes to discover some
way of avoiding this.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
Pain in Back and Rheumatism

are the daily torment of thousands. To eff
fectually cure these troubles you must re-
move the Cause. Foley Kidney Pills begin
to work for you from the first dose. and ex-
ert so direct and beneficial an action in the
kidneys and bladder that the pain and tor
ment of kidney trouble soon disappears.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01

m y suffering a n q
pains. For two years
/ suffered bearing
down pains and got
all run down. was
under a n ervous
strain and could not
sleep at night. /
went to doctors here
in the city but they
did not do me any
good.
Seeing Lydia E.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
MORTGAGE Litter.

The farm mortgage that has ou'
lived every other line of activity yer!
frequently succumbs to the dairy GOV
and the milk check which ste s.iIs
in every week.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
Another Case.

Philadelphia, Pa.-"Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is all you
claim it to be. About two or three
days before my periods I would get bad
backaches, then pains in right and left
sides, and my head would ache. ] called
the doctor and he said l had organic in
flammation. Invent to him for a while but
did not get we'll so took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. After TAX
ing two bottles as relieved and finally
nv troubles left me. ! married and
have two little girls. have had no re-
turn of the old troubles. Mrs. CHAs.
BoELL, 265O S. Chadwick St, Phila. Pa.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
Keats the SewinQ Circle.

Gibbs can't for the life Of me
see why women are taking such an In
terest in politics.
Bibbs-I can, when | think OF the
political scandals.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
= CraIY to See the Shnu

-Gee but our audience was
- last night!
Les-sore, Ell:
-Naw; We played at the In
ssyium.-Stanford Chaparral.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound adver-
tised, | tried it. My health improved
wonderfully and / am now quite we'll
again. No woman suffering from fe-
male ills will regret it if she takes this
medicine. Mrs. JAMES G. LECLEAR-
336 Hunt St, Detroit, Mich.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01

A kitchen sink with running water
is a good investment. See what II
saves in plasters and liniment for the
wife's lame back.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
HANDLING Dairy Cows.

The best dairy cows will give IN
host returns if handled quietly an
treated gently.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01

The young calf should have al
abundance of good clean clear wate
before 1t at all times
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01

He Is a sensible man who doesn't
want what he can't have.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01

Red Cross Ball Blue will wash double as
many clothes as any other blue. Don't
put your money into any other. Adv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
The Case.

Don't you think 1t is simply terri
BILE for a man to beat his wife,"
Not IL he beats her to It"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01

Mrs winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teethng, softens the gums, reduces lnnamma
t,on. aIlays pain cures wind co tic sc bottle.AH
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01
DOCTORS DID
NOT HELP her
But Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound Restored
Mrs. LeClear's Health
Her Own Statement.

Detroit, Mich. 81 am glad to dis
cover a remedy that relieves me from
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01

- Smss Ball Blue. all blue. best bluins
-. the whole world, makes the laun
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01

Fame depends upon the press agent
rather than on achievements these
days.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01

x your mind If you must bu
= how you speak.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01

Break up that cough. A single dose of
Deans Mentholated Cough Drops brings
prompt relief-5c at all Drug Stores.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-11-01

When a man refers to a meat mar
ket as a morgue he's a vegetarian.