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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20

fastened across the front at the knees
by a square tab held in place with
oval buttons, and trimmed with
soutache motifs in purple and black.
Mole brown satin is used for the un-
der plain skirt and only needs a panel
of the suit material down the center
front to fill in the space above and
below the buttoned-over section of the
tunic
In the blouse the fullness is distrib-
uted across the sides. which pOucA a
trifie over the crushed satin belt The
fronts cross each other. the right side
over the left. in a tab that repro
duces the one of the tunic. and SINH
larly is trimmed and held in place
with the ovel-shaped buttons.
The soft collar rolls up high about
the neck, and the soft purple satin tie
running under the tab hangs out below
it in a loop and tasseled end. The
three sleeves are set
into dropped shoulders finished with
soft roll-back cuffs and trimmed with
the soutache motifs.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
ALL SIMPLE OF CUT
BLOUSE EFFECTS IN ORDER FOE
SEASONS GARMENTS.
Smart Little Coat Suit Illustrated May
Be Taken as Design That Will
Have the Sanction of These
Who Know.

Delightful and more useful than
ever are the coat and skirt suits of
the coming season. the majority Of
which are suitable for dress wear or
street in a wide range of handsome
materials. The blouse effects are con
stantly growing in favor-in fact, they
are the preferred designs for the soft.
supple goods like the velour surfaced
ones and the new cheviot wcaves
All tailored suits are extremely sim
pie of cut, but more or less complex
of silhouette. and, contrary TO prcced-
ing seasons. very little trimming is
used the success of the costume de-
pending largely on graceful draping
and swathing of materials.
The smart little coat suit OF the
sketch is representative of the simpler
models. The coat is what is known
as a Russian Cutaway. an attractive
compromise between two of the sea
| sons favorite whims. Its material is
one of the pebble-tinished wooden
weaves in mole brown. The skirt is
rather long and plain. with the tunic
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
TOWN Of MEMORIES
LitchfieId. Conn.,. Can Boast
Many Past GI0rieS.
little New e sand City c! TWO Thou
sand Inhabitants Has Seen Center
Of Many Noted events-Famed
fer Beautiful ScenerE

Boston For a town of probably
less than two thousand inhabitants
situated on a branch railroad. whose
principal present asset is her beautl-
FIJI scenery. Litchic!d. Conn. can
boast more past glOrics than almost
any other of her size and rural char
aCter in the country Her former
fam" is recalled by the Grafton by Rev.
Dr. Hills of Plymouth church. Brook
Ign, at the celebration of the conten-
airy of the birth Of Henry Ward Beech
or. who first saw the light in that
town. Harric, Eu"cher stowe, his
elder by two years, was also born
there. and IN 1871 the propi" of lItch-
field made it evident that the honor
had not been forgotten. As Or. Hills
is the successor of the man who made
the Pulymouth pulpit famous 1t Is ut
ting that he should be selected as the
one best qualified Of later generation
To do justice to the splendid gifts OF
one who in his day was the most popu-
lar of American preachers and as a
lecturer so widely sought. even at his
price of $500 an appearance. that ne
had for q time tC retire from the plat
form In order T. give to his ministe-
rial duties the attention that he de
sired.
If for no other reason Mr.. BeeCher
has deserved the gratitude of the
American people for the service he
rendered the Union cause in England
IL was as purely patriotic a mission as
was undertaken in the struggle of nifty
years ago. by the force OF his argu-
ment and the power of his eloquence,
his clear statement of facts and prln-
C-ples. he did more than almost any
! other man to change the opinion and
| attitude of the British public toward
| this country. II is interesting, at this
! commencement season when honorary
degrees are being distributed with
considerable prodigalty, to recall that
he steadily declined to be the recipi-
| ent of one, though his opportunities
were numerous. The Grafton antici-
| pated the birthday by three days, since
June "a is the generally accepted
date.
But even had rot DR.. Lyman Beech
er fortuitously resided In Litchi1eld
during the period when the most gift
ed two of his numerous children were
born, 1t would still have large claims
to it's ancient distinction. Ethan Allan
wac born there. In the latter part oil
the eighteenth century Judge Topping
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
STORING THE SWEET POTATO
Should Be Left in Field Until Moist
ure Has Fully Evaporated-Then
Hill Up for Winter.

There are several different meth
DDS for storing and keeping sweet
potatoes which have proven success
full.
Potatoes, when first dug, have q
large amount of moisture in them,
which must evaporate. When the
weather is good, they should be left
out in the field until this evaporation
is complete; otherwise, the moisture
and the intense heat, generated by
their drying in a hill, will cause rot.
When this is not possible, they should
be piled loosely in dry house for a
week or two.
They may then be hilled up for
the winter. Select a dry place and
pile I'D dirt about six or eight inches,
then cover over with vines or dry
leaves. Pile the potatoes on this
foundation until the pile is five OF
six feet across. Cover with dry straw
and lay boards over the pile much
in the manner Of shingling, leaving
a small hole of five or six inches In
the top. Be sure that your covering
will shed all the water; then cover
with earth. The top must be left
open so that the evaporation OF the
potato will not cause rot, but must
be fixed SO that no water can enter
the pile.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
WHITE DECORATION ON GREEN
Effective Ornaments That May Be APP
piled on the Simplest Of
Costumes.

A stunning dress can be made from
oyster-white linen embroidered in a
rather subdued row of green. Button
hole a diagonal row of green scallop-
ping from the neck to the bottom of
the skirt and place from six TO twelve
white crochet buttons, the number de-
pending upon the size, along the row
of scalloping on the waist and con-
tinuing on down below the waist line
for some distance on the skirt. Each
white crochet button should have n
it's center a large green French knot.
The lay down collar and turn-back
cuffs of the dress are scalloped in
green. and in the curve of each Of the
collar and cuff scallops is nestled a
group of three green French knots.
One large knot may be used IL pre-
ferred A spray of green leaves
worked solidly on the front of the
waist, or a soft green silk tie slipped
under the collar and knotted in front
carries out the color scheme. Wear
with the dress crush green silk
girdle with the popular ends at the
| side back or a green suede leather
belt. This costume over a green silR
undsorskirt occasionally peeps out
! above white-shod feet should make. al
| the very least. an impression.
Heavy. clinging linen should be used
and no starch should be used in
| laundering it.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
velvet HOLDS ITS POSITION
Most Popular Fabric for Footwear 10
to Be Worn as Freely This
Season.

The softness of vei,e and its de-
lightful sheen are not to be ousted
from dainty footwear. no matter how
great may be the claims of other nov
elites. Those who would put away
The shoes of velvet and the high boots
Of the same charming material VIII
delight in the new shoes, which show
leather in front and velvet at the
back. The leather which fashions the
yamp may be of suede, of glace, OF soft
dull kid or of patent leather. The rim.
nearly half an inch wide, that runs
around the top, may be the same, but
is far more often of white or red, OF
pale gray, blue or green, leaving all
he rest Of the upper-that at the sides
and around the back-to be OF velvet
This velvet is of the deepest black. OF
brilliant red, creamy white or the
oftest blue, velvet that will add
beauty and an unexpected touch OF
novelty to a whole toilette.
Very charming. too. are some OF the
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20

An appliction OF manure or straw
will aid the young clover in getting
started and hasten the work of res
toration. 1t is probably best to delay
the sowing of other grass seeds for
two or more years after the sweet
clover has been seeded. The areas
should not be pastured. but the sweet
clover allowed to fall down and form
a surface mulch. On badly eroded
areas sweet clover and the yellow
locust form an excellent combination.
If the land is not leveled before seed
ing the young trese should be set in
the bottom of the bitches. Probably
the best plan to get sweet clover
started on eroded or very thin soils Is
to transplant one-year-old plants In
the spring. This is neither as slow
nor as laborious as it might seem. One
plant every four or five feet is suffi-
cient. 1t possesses the merit of being
almost invariably successful. Plants
are usually available in wayside sweet
clover patches.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
Smoking Table.

A smoking table made Of lacquered
brass stands on high standard which
brings the table just about the level of
the arm of a chair. 1t is equipped
with the usual cigar jar. ash tray and
match box holder. In the center OF
the table is a long-armed electric light,
which bends to any angle and is
shaded with a brass shade. The wire
runs through the leg of the table. and
is there run into a silk-covered cord
which is screwed into a convenient
socket Surely this table suggests
comfortable time with cigars and
newspaper or magazine.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
USE OF SWEET CLOVER
Plant Is of Great Value in Re-
Storing WORKOUT Soils.
Badly Rundown and Abandoned Cot.
ton Plantations Have Been Re-
stored to Fertility and Profit
by Its Use as Mulch.
CBy r. G. wEATHERsTONE.)

(By X. u. WEAIHERSlDNE.D
Sweet clover is not a noxious weed.
II is of unquestioned value in restora-
ton of worn and eroded soils, and 1t
has many other important uses. 1t
grows luxuriantly in roadside bitches,
in the cuts of railroads and generally
in situations similar to these erosions
and its ability to withstand these ad-
verse conditions and often even to
prosper there, indicating its available
ity as a means Of restoration of such
waste places.
Sweet clover has a very wide dis
tribution throughout the world, being
found on each of the continents and
in many of the islands.
The department of agriculture for
South Australia reports that this
plant has transformed the barren,
sandy waste Of King island into one
of the most profitable dairy regions
of Australia.
The plant is found growing in most
of the United States as a wayside
weed, and in large areas in Mississip-
ri, Alabama, Kentucky, Iowa. COLO
RADIO, Nevada, California and Ohio.
Badly rundown and abandoned cot,
ton plantations in Mississippi and
Alabama have been restored to fer
tility and profit by the use of sweet
clover as a mulch ana green manure
1t is being used in similar way In
the hills Of northern Kentucky In re-
storing badly eroded tobacco lands
and as a soil ameliorsnt In Iowa. In
the far west it grows In profusion on
the banks of irrigation bitches and
| in deserts where the sol is so alkaline
that other plants viii not thrive
Throughout the world he large areas
| of sweet clover are usuilly to be found
on soils very calcerouI, showing the
same fondness for lime that is com
mon to alfalfa. While tie plant shows
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
CBY @. @. GIRRSN.

G3y G. G. GIBBSD
These cattle originated in Holland,
several hundred years ago, but were
almost exterminated during the great
Holland wars. The few that were
left fell into the possession Of the
nobility and they have controlled
them ever since. They have kept the
breed pure and are not inclined 10
part with them.
Fifty years ago, Barnum, the show
man, induced the Holland nobility to
let him bring a few to this country
for show purposes. He showed them
under the tent for awhile and then
placed them on his farm along the
Hudson river. in Orange county. New
York.
Motley calls them the most won.
derful cattle in the world" and Mr.
II. G.. Hengerwell. head inspector OF
the Holstein herd book Of North Hol'
land. declares They stand equal to
the best cattle in our country for
milking, breeding or fattening.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
BIGGEST HOG HAS DOG CHUM
Bareback Riding Stunt" Gets Place
for Unique Team Among Freaks
at County Fair

Sunnyside Farm. Nov. w. Oliver
is the owner OF the largest hog In
Missouri. II is of the Poland China
breed and weighs 700 pounds. II Is
: feet ; inches long and feet 4
inches high. The smallest part OF
its leg is eleven inches in circum-
ference
The hog. which answers to the
name OF "a Wonders Equal" lie
very gentle. Its closest friend Is q
tiny dog. which goes to the hog lot
every day. leaps upon the back OF
the big hog and rides around the lot
Both have been entered in the
freak class exhibit Of the next coun
" fair.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20

wheat in midwinter when the ground
is honeycombed, with oats In the
spring or on a well prepared seed bed
in May.
In these latter cases the seed should
be lightly covered. 1t may also be
seeded during August, as Is frequently
done with alfalfa. The seed usually
terminates very poorly. owing to the
presence of a large number OF hard
seeds For this reason from 20 to 80
pounds of seed should be sowu per
acre. Even more of the unhulled
seed can be used to advantage.
AS a soil ameliorant sweet clover
gives promise of great benefit to
farmers. When used in this connec-
ton on areas deficient In lime, this
element should be literally supplied.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
Excellent Type of Dutch Beited Cow.

Dutch belted cattle are now to be
found in nearly every state OF the
Union and many have been imported
to Canada, Mexico and Cuba.
In color they are black with a band
of pure white around the body. They
also have white fore feet, white hind
feet and legs up to the gambrels and
a white switch, but have never
known one to have white at all these
points.
They are very docile and intelli-
gent. They are large, hearty. with
good constitutions. The cows weigh
between 1000 and 1850 pounds and
some bulls have exceeded a ton In
weight.
They are wonderfully persistent
mixers. The famous COW, Queen,
dropped her first calf when % months
of age and was never dry afterwards
although she dropped a calf yearly
for IA years. She gave 70 pounds OF
milk a day for seven consecutive days
on grass alone when fresh.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
Birthplace Of Henry Ward eeecher.


Reeve established the first law school
in the country and conducted 1t for
nearly thirty years. In its physical as
poets it was a primitive institution.
not unlike the district schoolhouses OF
that period and had perhaps done
service in that capacity before being
promoted to the higher dignity, but
probably in proportion to the attend
ance it graduated more distinguished
jurists than any law school that has
succeeded it. Eo matter what its pre-
tensions. Many young men there laid
the foundation for future fame as law
yers and as statesmen, among them
five cabinet ministers - Calhoun,
Woodbury., Mason. Clayton and Hub
bard.
The conditions also invited pioneers
In general as well as In professional
education. 1t has been claimed that
a school started by Miss Sarah Pierce
was the first in the United States that
had for its purpose the higher educa-
ton of women. OF course the patriot
ism OF such a community would be OF
a high order. Gen. Oliver WolcOtt, one
of the signers of the Declaration OF
Independence and a leader In both
war and peace, for many years made
his home there. When the gilded
Ieaden statue OF George Ill in Bowling
Creme. New York, was pulled down In
1916 II was hauled to Litchfield and
melted and moulded into bullets for
American soldiers by the daughters of
General Wolcott and their friends.
Here is a heritage Of fame which the
present residents OF the town cannot
afford to forget and evidently 60 not
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
,mers' Educational
/ and Cooperative
| Union of America

don,t YOU like cold weather?
sign you are old.
Intent is generally longing for
,siug we know not of.
- is first in bed at your house
.s,, We bet it is father.
teep up with progress. a man
ii. Keep up all day with 1t.
pa neople become so busy that
have no time to do anything.
man who borrows trouble, as a
~. to 20 off his own farm to find
:, naint of the house often indi
. the atmosphere to be found in
.o,ber strange paradox seems to
AT when the price is high the
bshort.
s,ur life Is your religion, what you
.unts for a great deal more than
d you believe.
~ long as some men are born
svd and others silly there will be
ID brick schemes.
IN busy man has little time TO
IL NJ discouragements, and so they
her him very little.
bs man who can convince a
oologist that he is wrong has q
Job on his hands.
mes YOUR husband know just how
"A you need the little conveniences
make your work easier? Have you
told him?
nm in spite of what we see in the
srs II is no disgrace to be rich
ane BY farming 1t still takes some
4 though, but 1t is worth it.
sue to the house pretty tired In
rening after these long. busy
n eh? The wife's day has beer
"a as hard as yours and some long
4 ne man who is constantly ques
ling the results Of others has small
rddence in himself as a farmer arc
dves no inspiration from thu
Aevements of others. Do not be
bling Thomas.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
Latest French Makeup.

French women have abandoned
their purple powder which was spe-
cially manufactured for electric light
makeup. Nor are they as keen about
the saffron powder that made them
look as if they had just returned from
long holidays and were nicely tanned
At the moment they seem inclined tc
turn to pink and Wilderness. with
patches and powdered hair.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
Follow Crop rotation.

Intensive farming is imperative
where one manages ssmall farm. On
a small farm every are must produce
a maximum yield or he farm will not
he profitable. The hst way to insure
maximum yields is Il practice crop ro-
tation. follow one cop with another
and keep the land hsy producing. AS
soon as a non-legune is harvested a
legume should be hanted. and after
legumes, the non-lsumes should fol-
low closely. In thi way the land is
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20

new shoes with but one button fasten.
ing. These are not slippers, but high
er walking shoes. The plain covering
over the instep crosses in one big mi
ter point to either left or right, and
has but one button at the point. Most
of these shoes are in soft tan suede
gray, delicate mauves and rich pur
pies. greens and blues and other col
orings being specialties for particular
gowns.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
To Wash Lies.

Wash ties should be basted shor,
distance from the edge. then washed
carefully and ironed under a cloth.
The basting prevents the lining from
wrinkling. Fine silk ties should be
cleaned with gasoline Place in the all
to dry, and then on a warm radiator
to entirely get rid OF the odor
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
Banquet Oldest Sneezer.

Bethlehem, y. H.-America's old.
,st sneezer-Maj. Richard Muckle OF
Philadelphia. aged eighty-eight-was
d-en banquet here by the United
;-ates Hay Feve: association. The
major has suffered from the sneezinS.
Iuifing fever for seventy-fiye years.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20

Restoration Complication years
before this picture was taken II was
as bad as eroded clay field shown In
iIIustration-it Is now profitable
blue graso pasture, witt about one
third Of the grass In s~ret clover.
wide soil adaptation, its most luxuri-
ant growth is invariably associated
with lime. The nitroga-fxing bac-
terra of alfalfa and SWEET clover are
very similar; those o one plant
readily adapting themselves to the
other. This makes SWEET clover plots
of great value as a source of soil in
oculation for alfalfa. Fields wnlch
have been in sweet clover for few
wears can usually be seeded to alfalfa
easily and successfully Sweet clover
itself needs inoculai.onand when 1t Is
being introduced into new situations
the soil should be inocilated. Failure
to do this is a probable cause OF many
failures.
Seed can be sowed broaocast Oh
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
1LyE PROBLEM IN IRELAND
y Irish Farmers Accomplished
Plan for Better Conditions
Work on Practical Basis.

aA LINDSEY. Chairman Texas
Farm Life Commission.)
Better farming, better business
y better living" is the slogan of
y organized Irish farmers, and with
u slogan the organized Irish farm
y are regaining the position the
th farm products once held in the
nrkets of England and Scotland.
There is nothing in all Europe
kich so aptly illustrates loss OF the
nfkets of England and Scotland by
n unorganized Irish farmers to the
Hpnized Danish farmers. The les
u to be gained from the experience
he Irish farmers is the most val
nble Of any on this side of the At
ntic for our own farmers Of Texas
profit by
With the awakening of the manu-
turing and commercial sphere of
Gmany, the farmers of that nation.
lsady organized, were able to act
pnptly and effectively in their own
hstrests When the manufacturing
hierests began to demand tariff pro-
ection for their products, the farm,
Fn demanded that the right to sup,
hl the food to the people of Germany
secured to them. They were
grung enough to enforce their de-
n1nds upon the government and tar
duties were levied on wheat, -four
utter, cheese. meats, spirits. etc. UP
, this time Denmark had supplied
oe German markets with meats
SS, butter, cheese. ETC., and Ireland
hd supplied the markets of England
md Scotland with similar farm prod
su
Be 1t remembered that both Eng
md and Scotland were then and fol
long time engaged in manufactur
as, aad the farmers of these coun
mes we're not organized in the matter
production, SO that the products o.
aeir farms came to market in suci
por condition that they did not ap
eal to the educated tastes of the ur
n people under the new order o
ulngs For here, as at home, as tn,
yeople Of the cities grew wealthy
eey demanded the best that markets
norded. Irish butter. Irish cheese
ann bacon and Irish potatoes bein,
toduced In country more favorabl,
gulpped with soil and climate thai
Aasiand and Scotland, brought frs
luees, while home grown product
k second place in the markets O
sland and Scotland.
row the markets of Germany, be
closed to the Danish farmers
~ were forced to seek the market
England and Scotland. Denmark
'as poor In soil, harsher in climat
na In every way less favorable TO
nculture than Ireland, could no
wye 10 gain the markets of Englan
w Scotland by underselling tn
so farmers. Moreover, the farmer
denmark had already learne
VA the new prosperity now becon
70 worldwide made an unrestricte
Atket for food products of the frs
hty. and that whoever produce
en food products could fix thei
own prices.
O.
the farmers of Denmark O.
aileo egg and poultry producin
aeties, butter and cheese cooper;
80 factories and cooperative baco
sor,es. They set for themselves
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
Use for Straw.

Occasionally We see the old straw
stack going to decay out in the field
or adjacent to the barn buildings. No
progressive farmer should think OF
letting this "eye sore" remain on his
farm. Haul it out, and put 1t where II
can be converted in hr'nus.