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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16

Clothes were not invented at this
season Of the year.
No bee ever stung a man where he
wanted it to sting him.
Common sense among the common
people is essential to progress.
The harder the work a fellow does
the less fault he finds with the cook.
He who accepts too much advice is
worse off than he who accepts none at
all.
In running away from temptation 1t
Is we'll to consider the direction you
take.
No matter what kind OF winter we
have it doesn't seem to affect the fly
crop
We have found that the one, who is
mindful of details, succeeds best with
poultry
The wind never blows the dust of
Of anything upon which you do not
want dust.
Think little on your own account.
No one has as yet established q
monopoly on ideas.
Let every farmer boy have a pet Of
some kind 1t will make him better and
teach him kindness
The cooperative landclearing asso-
citation could buy dynamite at rock
bottom prices. Can the individual
You ought not to subscribe for a
farm paper to help the editor; you
ought to subscribe to help yourself.
We have always admired the way a
bulthead goes about his business,
even IL it does land him on the bank.
II the sight of af city spoils a far
mer's boy he is not made OF as stern
stun as farmer ought to be made Of.
A great many men are SO consti-
tuted that the most Of their advan-
,tages have to be forced upon them
over their objections.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
PITY ALL FOR HIS FRIEND
Kind Mans Own Trouble Lost in Con-
temptation of Woe in Store for
"OId Biegs."

Lady Constance Stewart Richard
son, who has come to America to
dance because she is. as she puts it,
stony broke" said the other day:
Some of my happiest hours have
been passed in America. The Ameri-
cans are the kindest people in the
world. When | think of them, | am
reminded of George Grave.
Everybody has heard stories of
the meanest maxwell, George Grave
was known as the kindest man.
'One of the stories about Georges
kindness tells how friend asked
him:
How is Biggs Doing@
bad, George replied. Very bad,
indeed. Poor old Biggs!'
why, what's the trouble with
him.
Why, you see,' said George, I've
had my salary reduced on account of
the hard times, and so I'll only be able
to lend Biggs half as much as usual
this year for his vacation"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
MANY LOSSES IN MARKETING
At Present There Is Too Much Waste
Between Producer and Consumer
of All Farm Products.

(By A. F. WOODS. Department OF Agri-
culture. University Farm. st. Paul.
Mimi
In many cases great saving is &C.
complished by cooperative marketing
for particular districts, and associa-
tons for this purpose are springing up
rapidly in all parts of the country.
The product of many small growers is
brought together. graded and put on
the market in better condition in car
load lots. thus saving greatly in freight
rates and in loss by handling.
Although there has been great i'm
provenent in transportation methods
and reduction in rates in the last forty
years, as well as a decrease in the cost
OF marketing generally, there is. at
present, too much waste between pro-
Queer and consumer, in the case of
certain special products, like fruits.
vegetables and flowers. BY the time
transportation charges, commission
charges, wholesale profit and retail
profit with all the costs Of handling.
are paid, the consumer often pays
twice as much as the producer re-
ceives.
Every possible saving must be &C
complished In the cost of production
and marketing. Consequently the farm
ers are organizing their own cooper
alive warehouses, elevator systems,
and trading facilities and demanding
legislation to control railroad rates,
grading, weighing, etc.
Every farmer and consumer should
take an active interest in these mat
tiers that so greatly affect the profits
of labor and the cost of living. The
average farmer does not pay enough
attention to market demands and re-
quirements. II he does not produce
the right varieties of fruits and vege-
tables and send them to market prop.
erly and honestly packed he canno,
expect the best prices
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
Destructive Man,

An English scientist, Sir Ray Ian
wester. says that civilized man is the
most active instrument of destruction
that has ever appeared on earth; that
he has burned up forests, produced
deserts. polluted rivers. He says that
the most repulsive of the destructive
results of human expansion is the
poisoning of rivers and the conse-
quent extinction of fish and nearly ev-
cry other living thing that is in them.
He predicts sterility to meadows and
hillsides drenched with nauseating
chemical manures from factories. The
New York Medical Record speaks in
like fashion and says that these words
of the British scientist should awake
an echo on this side Of the Atlantic,
for in no country of the world have
the beauties of nature been so wan
tonly defaced as here, and in no land
have the rivers and lakes been so pol
luted to satisfy the greed Of the indi-
vidual Added to this is the disaster
that will certainly come to the masses
for such fragrant disregard Of the
health of the people.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
PLANTING COWPEAS IN CORN
Besides Furnishing Considerable Hu-
mus-Making Material Crop Sup
plies Soil Nitrogen.

By A. J. LEGG. New York;
/ often read of sowing cowpeas In
corn at last working in order to help
keep up the fertility of the soil. and
perhaps make some feed to be CLEAN
ed after the corn comes off in
the fall.
This plan will likely do very well
for the southern farmers where they
have a long growing season, but for a
farmer who has only a season long
enough to mature the medium early
varieties of corn, the season is too
short to grow cowpeas after the last
cultivation of the corn.
Hills of cowpeas may be planted
between the corn hills at the same
time the corn is planted. or soon aft
er where the corn is cultivated only
one way. The work may be done with
hand corn planter
One hill of cowpeas should be plant
ed midway between every two corn
hills. The peas will not injure the
corn, In fact l am not sure that they
are not a benefit to the corn.
They will furnish a large growth.
and, besides furnishing considerable
humus-making material, they will fur
nish considerable nitrogen to the soil.
The vines may run up the corn, but
il they do they just add value to the
slower as feeding material
They can be cut up with the corn
with but little extra trouble. Then
they will grow considerable seed peas
that can be hand-picked II 1t is de-
sirable to do SO. The varieties that
| have grown successfully with corn
in this way are the New Era, the Iron
pea and the Whipperwill.
The Iron pea is little late In ma
turing. Only few pods Of my Iron
peas got ripe last year that were
planted about June first. The New
Era peas planted at the same time got
ripe in August
This plan my not prove practical
with many farmers, but We find it to
be quite an advantage to grow cow
peas with our corn In order to restore
fertility and humus to the soil-then
we can also secure our own seed from
the peas in the corn.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
IN MISERY WITH ECZEMA

Franklinton, La.-"About four years
ago my face broke out in little red
pimples. At first the eczema did not
bother, but finally the pimples began
itching and burning and then there
came little raised places. / suffered
untold misery. l scratched them I'M
til they bled and could not sleep at
night. l was ashamed of my face
and l could not bear to touch il.
81 tried different remedies without
result until tried Cuticura Soap and
Ointment and in six weeks they CON-
pletely cured my face. That was
nine months ago, and no sign has ap-
peared since" (Signed) Mrs. Leola
Stennett, Dec. IA, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post.
card "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston. ADV.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
OWNERSHIP OF FARM LANDS
Between Twelve and Thirteen Million
Acres of Fine Cotton Land Owned
Outright by Foreigners.

To officials and Members Of the Union:
In previous utterances | have had
something to say about alien or for
eign ownership of our farm lands.
particularly OF lands in the soSth
adaptable to cotton.
| have said that it was an alarming
development, and some people have
pooh-poohed such narrowness of views,
and, at any rate. it wasn't very bad,
and only a few English or French
spinners were experimenting. That
is what ! got for sounding an alarm.
which | believed then formed seri-
Gus menace, and which now | am alb
solutely sure is the case.
Now, listen, you scoffers and unbe-
levers. Do you know that between
twelve and thirteen million acres of
the finest cotton lands in the south
are now owned outright by foreign in
dividuals and corporations? Do you
know that agents of these foreign in
dividuals and corporations are con-
stantly working to get more millions
of acres of the cream of cotton lands?
Do you know that foreign spinners
are sending men here to be edu:ated
in our agricultural. colleges and
schools to take charge of these broad
acres, cultivate and raise cotton to
ship to spinners in England, France
and other foreign countries?
Do you think deep and sense what
this means? Do you know that it
means the actual production Of cot
ton i'm the south on farms owned and
cultivated by foreigners, and whose
product will go direct to their mills in
England. France and other countries?
In plain words, We are sitting supinely
by while foreign capital and corpora
tions are taking our oldest, richest and
greatest heritage right from under
our noses.
Time may not be far distant when
our own people, the men who have
raised and supplied the world with its
cotton for generations. will be re-
stricted absolutely to the home mar
ket. Sounds scary, and l want it to
sound SO, for it is time to get scared
bit.
There is, too, the other grave danger
in this new something we are called
| on now to face, that Of absorption OF
our farm lands by foreign ownership.
Conditions are bad enough in all con-
science by constantly growing city and
town ownership of farm lands. which
are cultivated by tenants or not cult
waited at all
These things all tend further to de-
stroy our homecoming, home making
| type of farmer, the backbone and
sinew and soul Of our national life.
You people who have been preaching
and working and theorizing on a
"back-to-the-farm" movement think
over these things bit.
Here is the inverness Of things,
and 1t is for wise and sane men to
solve them. l ask national leaders,
thinkers, men who really want to do
something, to ponder these things seri-
ously.
c. S. BARRETT.
Union City, Ga.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
TO IMPROVE RURAL CREDIT
Agitation for Better Marketing and Co
operation Assuming Proportions
Of Political Campaign.

Throughout the entire country there
Is going on a campaign for improved
marketing, rural credit and co-opera-
ton. This campaign Is assuming the
proportions of a political campaign
and even the changes in the tariff are
being pushed into second place. Saw
ing the nation is by no means a lost
art, and the orator advocating reforms
Is getting in his work. All this agita-
ton, however. is constructive and it
will result in the probable discovery
of what the trouble is. There is as
yet no very definite information as
to whether the trouble should be laid
at the door Of the trusts, the middle
mer or our Anticipated laws, says the
Denver Weekly Post. Let US hope
that the agitation, coupled with the
work of the new bureau of rural or
ganziation. will bring results.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
Somersault by Aeroplane.

Capt Aubry of the French army is
said to have accomplished a complete
somersault while aboard an aeroplane
high above the earth. 81 was return
ing after a thirty-five minute flight"
the captain says, facing a wind Of
about twenty-five miles per hour. My
altitude was about $500 feet. AT the
moment of descent series of violent
gusts struck the machine. AS dipped
the nose of the machine a couple Of
quick gusts struck the top Of the main
planes and placed me in a vertical
position. While endeavoring to ma
nipulate the elevator, found the ma
chine had taken me In perfectly YER
teal chute to less than 1900 feet. 1t
here adopted horizontal attitude up
side down and proceeded to effect a
tail first volplane." Continuing, he
says: The machine then gradually
took up the vertical position again, de-
scribing a gigantic IS while doing so.
F1attening out, / few to spot about
two miles distant"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
aiuht.Handed Plants.

-, there are right-handed plants
r,t.handed plants has been re-
= 10 the Cambridge (England)
'.onhical society by X. T.. Comp
an examination of eight va
a tgo-rowed barley the first
found to twist to the left in
.sut of more than 10000 seed
"a an excess of left-handed
= ,as found also in millet and in
I, corn there seemed to be no
tendency either way. No evil
n hereditary popularity APP
N have been obtained and no
a significance of the results is
ia out.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
Has Made His Own Way.

William C. Redfield, the new secre-
tary of commerce, began making his
way in the world at fifteen. At that
age he was employed as a clerk'in the
Pittsfield (Mass.) postoffice at three
dollars a week. His next step was as
salesman for a paper company. From
Pittsfield he went to New York, secur-
ing a similar place with a paper
house. Some time later he became an
accountant for a tool manufacturing
company, rose to the presidency Of the
concern, and after thirty years as a
manufacturer resigned. having been
elected to congress.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
Hard Job.

A rural subscriber in central Kan
sas took his telephone to the central
Office for repair.
when you get it fixed call up my
residence" he instructed the work
man.
"All right" replied the electrician,
and the countryman was gone before
the situation dawned upon either Of
them.-Kansas City Star.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
Weight of CIoverseed.

Sweet cloyerseed weighs the same
as red clover or alfalfa, when II is
free from hulls, that is, sixty pounds
per bushel II is a hard matter to
take the hulls all of In a common
machine, and many sow
hulls and all, as it grows just as
well that way When seedsmen han
die it the bulls have to be taken OF
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
Not Fit For Ladies

,.h5c aentiment should be against it,
z 3 believe it is; there can be no rea-
IN ladies' should have to suffer with
'.le6e and neuralgia, especially when
~ Lightning Oil gives such prompt
~ II is simply a question of getting
4 =. kdes to try it. All druggists sell
~ lightning Oil in 25c and SOC bot
- ADV
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
Severe rheumatism

Grove Hill, Ala: Hunts Lightning
Oil cured my wife of severe case of
Rheumatism and my friend of tooth
ache. l surely believe 1t Is good for
all you claim for it.-A. r. Stringer.
25 and zoe bottles. All dealers.-Adv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
Arnold a Lenient Examiner.

When Matthew Arnold was a school
examiner a fellow inspector of class
of girl pupil-teachers asked Arnold to
examine for him. Arnold gave each
of the young women the excellent"
mark. But" said the other inspec-
tor, surely they are not all as good
as they can be; some must be better
than others" Perhaps that Is So" re-
piled Arnold; "but then, you see, they
are all such very nice girls"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
A DOCTORS Statement

]. r. Wells, NJ. D.. Weidners. Ark. writes
'Ihave been practicing in Arkansas 2oyears
and constantly prescribe Mendenhall's Chill
& Fever Tonic. where quinine is contra-in-
dictated for children and adults with weak
stomachs. 1t sticks where others fail
No cure no pay.-Adv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
Spraying for Onion Blight.

Onion blight is a fungous disease
that is the cause OF heavy loss to
growers each year 1t spreads rapidly
and you should spray with Bordeaux
mixture on the first appearance o.
the disease. This treatment should
prevent very serious loss.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
THE BEST HOT WEATHER Tonic,
GROVES TASTELESS Chill TONIC
The Old Standard General Tonic. Drives out Malaria
Enrches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System
FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN.

wonderfully
Chl and Fever
and
Relieves
blood
A sureap appetizer. Druggist We
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16


1luut the Pinkham remedies and took
Va E Pinkham's Vegetable Com
nd and was cured. I cannot praise
39remedies enough for ! know ! never
nd have been well if had not taken
Miss MARY A. HoRNER, Route
~ : Box II, Window, Kansas.
Consider Well This Advice.
No woman suffering from any form
q female troubles should lose hope I'M
9 che has given Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound a fair trial.
his famous remedy, the medicinal in
rodents Of which are derived from
1five roots and herbs, has for nearly
~ years proved to be q most valua-
ionic and invigorator Of the fe-
-ele organism. Women everywhere
~ willing testimony to the wonderful
ne Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
- Compound.
4 yes want special advice write to
lla 3. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnfl.
uAD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
u opened, read aud answered by q
nan and held In strict confidence.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
Must Improve Horse.

Up to now the horse has held his
own with the auto. both in numbers
and price, but if he wins we must
improve his breeding because the
utos are becoming better and cheap
er all the time
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
Altogether Too Successful.

Quizzer-"What's the matter, old
man? You look worried Sizzer-
Il have cause to. | hired man to
trace my pedigree. Quizzer-"Well'
what's the trouble? Hasn't he been
successful" Sizzer-"Successful! !
should say he has. I'm paying him
hush-money.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
Laws of Physics.

r.,stic Calkins dropped his watch
~ sidewalk. Did it stop" in
"a solicitous Jones. las the flag
z 4 four inches thick" replied
10 1T did. But ! think, if | get
i AVER watch it may go through
- fime."
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
Feed for Hogs.

Barley makes a fine feed for the
hogs The cheapest lot of pigs the
writer has ever brought up to 120
pounds had barley as their main ra-
ton
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
No. SlX.SIXIY-SIX

This is a prescription prepared e.
pecially for Malaria or chilIs and
Fever. Five or six doses will break
any case, and If taken then as a tonic
the fever will not return. 25c.-Adv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
Model Husband.

She-My husband has never spoken
harsh word to me in his life.
He-Too considerable, Ell?
She-Oh, no; too cautious.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
RUB-MY.TISM

IN cure your rheumatism and all
- Of aches and pains-Neuralgia,
|o1nps, Collie. Sprains, Bruises. Cuts.
n Sores, Burns, etc. AntIseptio
1uniyns. Price 25c.-Adv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16

Corrugated strawboard containers
which fit closely all around their con-
tents have been invented for shipping
single eggs by parcel post
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
Great Convenience.

Parcel post is great thing"
Yep" asserted the grocer. You
can stick stamp on q can of corn
and send it right out to farmer.
Judge.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16

.winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
.ion, allays pain cures wind collie 25c bottle-As
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
OF the Same Mind.

young man, l don't ever want to
nteh you kissing my daughter again"
+ an sure, sir, you could not wish
~ any more fervently than l do"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
Parasites.

Life is a game of touch and go"
Il agree with you. And the touch
is what keeps a great many people
going"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16

Honesty, the excuse lazy man has
for being poor, is Worn threadbare by
now.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
Its Success.

Beauty is only skin deep, after all,
Yes. but that is deep enough for
its little human skin game"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
Value of Dairy Cow.

One good dairy COW of the right
conformation is more of an adjunct
than several beefy animals with poor
udders
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16

The poet is born; after which he's
mighty lucky IL he can contrive merely
to exist.-Alfred Noyes.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
Costly Negligence.

Putrid f1esl or decayiLg matter of
ny kind left lying about at this sea
on NAV prove costly. negbgence
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16

IA Cross Ball L,ue gives double value
= your money, goes twice as far as any
~. Ask your grocer. Adv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
Cinch.

What did the old man settle on
the young coupler"
His family"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16

Be thrifty on little things like bluing. Don't
accept water for bluing. Ask for Red Cross
Ball Blue, the extra good value blue. Adv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16

Most excuses are so thin that blind
people can see through them.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16

Ride hobby if you will, but remem-
III you are not the only jockey in the
ia
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
Brinuinu II to a Head.

Bringing II to Head.
+ Briegs-Now you are splitting hairs.
Ciggs-No, l am merely stating
"a facts.-Boston Transcript.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16

Many a courtship has been convert
q into a battleship.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16
m. Feat ,ot Weather Toni

1 The Fest lot Weather Tonic
|onOyEs TASTELESS chill TONIC enriches
! blood and builds up the whole system.
m n viii wonderfully strengthen and for
m you to withstand the depressing effect
n ~ hot summer. soc.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16

To Cure Sore and Tender Feet.
Anply the wonderful old reliable DIR. POR-
TIERS ANTIsEPTIC HEALING OIL. ESQ.
soc. 800.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16

No Cordelia, not all tailors are sub
iect to fits.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-16

What one man has done a woman
can undo.