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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-28
biting. kicking man sought to evade
the handouts and then Tom Barton
was started IN the station

biting. kicking man sought to evade
the handouts and then Tom Barton
was started to the station.
But Tom Barton was a different
type of person from his fiancee. He
disregarded every question. He re-
fused. even under threats, to answer
anything that was asked OF him.
AT last. however, he looked up and
with a sheer admitted what We had
been questioning him to obtain-the
fact that he was a deserter from the
United States army. Then the real
work began.
Where did you get that bruise on
your head?' one Of the detectives
asked
Where do you SUPPOSE came the
insolent query in response. I got 1t
working. of course
Where?'
None of your business
Don't answer me that way!' The
detective leaned forward.
"Ill answer you any way | please
came the sneering response. Why
can't you let a fellow be? You've got
your fifty dollars reward for getting
next to a slipaway, now let me alone.
| want to go to sleep
1--WE want you for something more
than deserving | said. We want you
| for cracking a safe In Chicago, and
whether you confess 1t or not, we've
got the goods on you
The prisoner sneered again.
"All right he said. Prove it. I
amt been near Chicago
Il smiled happily.
Haven't your asked. Very well.
we'll show that you have. O'Leary.
scratch his wrist there and take q
sample of his blood
The man looked up.
What are you going to do with
that he asked.
prove our case against you was
my answer, and he stared at me.
What have you got up your
sleeve?' he questioned queerly.
None of your business. Hold out
your wrist. Captain. will you send a
man to the Bertillon room for a glass
microscope slide? l want to put q
drop of this mans blood on it.
Barton seemed to squirm In his
chair My mysterious actions were az
fecting him queerly. For a moment
he remained silent. watching the oper-
alton of placing a small drop of blood
on the microscope slide. He seemed
worried. He knew we had some sort
of information regarding which he
knew nothing. He began to ask ques-
TONS His caution seemed to leave
him. One little admission came un-
guarded from his lips. Another was
added to it, We began to twist his &C
count of his actions. And in an hour
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-28
A PhjIosophic Chinese.

Recalling the horrors of the Civil
war, General Sickles once said in a
Memorial day address:
Those horrors were so grisly and
so numerous that we became, in a
certain sad sense, hardened to them
not really hardened, but so it seemed.
Our mood seemed almost like the
Chinaman's.
"A Chinaman, you know. was en-
ployed as a cook in Los Angeles at the
time when the Yellow river flood car
ried off it's thousands. The mans
master hurried to tell him of the ca
lamity. thinking it world overwhelm
him; but the cooks only comment was
the calm and practical one:
"'Plentee Cinnamon left"
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lor and was leaning against the piano
for support Her face was CHASTITY.
Her hands were clasped until the
blood distended the wrist veins like
blue cords. Her breath came In
gasps.
Deserted? she asked vaguely. de
serted? He told me he was on fur
Tough Of a month. We were going 10
get married, and he got the furlough
for our trip
at will be a much longer furlough
than that answered icily. You are
a good girl. Miss Sexton. / can see
that My coming here will enable you
to escape a great deal. do not desire
to cause you any more notoriety than
Is necessary. But / must insist on
your remaining under guard few days
at a hotel No one will know the
difference-providing you give me
that night letter. Otherwise, 1t will
be p.in jail-and the papers,
"A long wait and then the girl. half
staggering. came toward me a few
steps and extended yellow envelope.
placed it in my pocketbook and
wordlessly we left the house. In all
my life | never had seen a girl so alb
solutely crushed. There were no
tears. Her grief and surprise were
too deep for that Only the bloodless
face. the trembling, blue lips. the eyes
which looked almost unseeingly at the
world. told of the girls suffering. On
the way to the hotel, where a detec-
tive awaited me, learned her story
not much of one. that of a stenogra-
pher. lonely and young, who had met
a man in uniform and been fascinated.
II wasn't much to hear. but the sim
certify of 1t all. the deadened way in
which 1t was told. cut into my heart.
"'And you knew nothing Of him.
| asked.
81 was lonely was her invariable.
dull answer: he told me lots Of
things. | believed them
AN hour later / opened the tele-
gram, a day message instead of the
night letter | had determined upon
believing II to be. read:
Meet me Newark, n. j., June 10.
Will be married then. Keep thing
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-28
FERTILIZERS FOR A GARDEN
WeII-Rotted Manure Is Of Great Impor.
lance in Raising Almost Any
Kind of Vegetable.

Cucumbers and melons, squashes
and watermelons will not do well I'M
less heavily fortified with well-rotted
barnyard manure. II hole is dug
where the hill is going to be and half
filled with manure mixed with good
earth, a quick growth is assured. espe-
cially Is a commercial fertilizer analyz-
ing four per cent. nitrogen. seven per
cent. phosphoric acid and ten per cent.
potash is afterwards applied. This is
also a good mixture for early sweet
corn, IL sown in the rows and slightly
covered with dirt.
Beans and peas are great nitrogen
gatherers, which they draw from the
air, and for that reason will do we'll
on even poorer land. A mixture Of
$50 pounds of acid phosphate, fifty
pounds of nitrate of soda and TWEEN
ty-five pounds of muriate Of potash
per acre is amply sufficient on medium
soils.-Rural Life.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-28
GENERAL
5EARMINOTES

Remove all blossoms from newly
set strawberry plants.
Keep the soil about the shrubs spad-
ed and suckers cut down.
Gamma beds of one color are more
effective on a lawn than mixed colors
You cant cross a lazy mans farm
without getting burrs on your clothes.
AS a pasture for hogs alfalfa has
shown a greater profit than any other
crop.
Cultivate the vegetables, fruits. and
flowers thoroughly II you would be
successful.
Watch the roses for insects and
either keep them picked of or spray
with insecticides.
In breeding. defects in the founda-
ton stock are sure to be reproduced
in succeeding generations.
Nothing will change ones attitude
relative TO his dairy cattle quicker
than the evidence given by the Bah
cock test
Silos are becoming more popular
than ever before In all sections Of the
country. They increase the capacity
Of the farm.
Swiss Chard takes the place OF
other leaf crops for greens" in hot
weather and kale makes good
greens" late in the fall.
The spraying outfit can be used to
whitewash the barn or to spray the
fruit trees. 1t is one of the impor-
tant machines on the farm.
Don't plant small fruits or bushes
between the tree in the orchard. They
soon become a nuisance. Potatoes or
beans may often be planted to advan-
tage
The hogs and the chickens on the
farm turn the unmarketable products
into money, but this does not mean
that stock OF this kind Is necessarily
a scavenger.
One reason why the calf that does
not make continuous growth, fails to
developsYell is because when progress
has once been retarded. It ia impossi-
BILE to resume at the old rate wfbeut
| loS
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IMPORTANCE OF SOY BEANS
legume Is Destined to Become VaIu-
able Crop in Southwest-Adapted
to Any Soil.

The soy bean doubtless will become
a very valuable farm crop in the
southwest. 1t is a legume, and ranks
well with the cowpea in feeding value
and in residual effects upon the soil,
but the soy bean has a wider adapta-
ton than the cowpeaTh cowpea il
limited to the south and southwest,
but the soy bean may be grown In
most any locality where corn is
grown: it will continue to be a valu-
able crop where corn is grown and
live stock fed
The soy bean is a native OF China
and Japan, where II has been cult
waited since ancient times. In the
Orient 1t not only furnishes feed for
animals, but the beans are used as
human food. Many thousands of tons
OF soy beans are imported into Eu-
rope from Manchuria.
The oil from the soy bean is used
for soapmaking. 1t is said that var
nish and paint manufacturers are In
terested in soy bean oil as a substi-
tute for linseed oil. Soy bean cake,
after the oil has been extracted,
makes most excellent feed for stock.
and cake is extensively used in North
ern Europe
The soy bean has much in its favor
as crop for the southwest. 1t is not
as exacting as any other legumes.
seldom needs incubation. and makes
heavy yields under favorable condi-
tons. For heavy land 1t is better than
the cowpea; it permits earlier plant
ing than the cowpea, and is better
suited for the cold, backward spring
than any other legumes.
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he had confessed everything and was
willing to go back to Chicago without
requisition papers"
Miss Clement turned and looked
ahead to where a yellowish glare diff
fused the sky.
We're getting near Coney, aren't
we?" she asked.
YES" l answered, but that doesn't
interest me at all right now. What I
want to know is how on earth you
found out that the robber of the safe
was a deserter from the army"
Miss Clement smiled
81 told you of Plasmodium Falcipar-
UNI. didn't II"
Yes. but what in the name of Sam
Hill is-well, whatever you said"
Again laugh.
I'll have to explain it, guess" the
pretty little detective said. when
that spot of blood found in the store
was placed under microscope II
showed plasmodium falciparum, or in
other words, the indications of a trop-
ical malarial fever. common to the
Philippines. Then, 1t was a two to
one bet that the person was a soldier
who recently had returned to the coun-
try. looked up the matter and found
that the last regiment to come from
the Philippines was stationed at Fort
Leavenworth. I figured he would be
a deserter, in need OF money. After
read the letters that had been inter
cepted. was more Of this opinion
than ever. for saw he had been in
tending to get married. You see. his
plan was to desert, get bunch OF
money, then leave the country. But
II didn't work out"
The lights of Coney flared brighter
than ever Miss Clement turned to
again watch the tender-hearted shop
girl and the lovelorn floorwalker.
SILLY things. aren't they?" she
asked
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-28

street and into Gramercy Square. The
figure huddled against the iron graf
ing of the eighty-year-old park. The
song of time, played in its weird, long
sounding tones. rang out over the
sleepy old park with it's doleful mes
sage of
Days and years
Come and go,
Passing on,
Passing on.
From aforementioned Third avenue
and its opening canyons Of slum
streets came the drowsy murmur of
late night. An l. train clattered along,
its wheels singing and beating.
looked far down the street, under the
street light and perceived the waiting
figures of my detectives. 1t lessened
the humping Of my heart to know
they were ready. l approached the
figure by the grating.
is this Gramercy Park | asked.
and with a quick glance saw that, &C
cording to orders, my men were be-
ginning to move forward. The man
had started forward bit at the right
of me, then had returned to his posi-
ton by the fence. | could not see his
face-the important thing. Work was
still before me. / repeated my ques-
ton.
lis this Gramercy Park?'
Yes, came the curt answer at
last
How do the numbers rum
Around the block The man
kept his face turned from me.
laughed rather queerly at his answer
81 don't quite understand | said
I'm a stranger here in New York. |
don't know anything about the city.
Couldn't you tell me which way the
numbers run here? Do they run from
east to west or from north to south"
1T was then that the man turned
from the fence ana with an angry
swing of his arm, made a circle of the
park.
They run that way he answered
testify. He looked at me. I saw his
face. I raised an arm. There was a
rush. a short struggle as the cursing,
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-28
Rational Love.

1.-The rational rather than the roman
tic view of marriage is the one most in
favor with the young people of the
twentieth century" said DR.. H. Lucas
Wentworth, the well-known eugenics
expert in an address in Cleveland.
The rational view will make for
happier marriages. And this rational
view is beautifully illustrated in two
auestions-a little dialogue-running
thus:
xviii you always love me?'
xviii you always be lovable?"
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The Invisible Clue
Copyright. by w. G. Chapman)

May | sec the pictures and any
letters that nave been intercepted
of course" explained Miss Glenn
ent, my credentials had been shown.
The object of my visit was. of course,
as yet secret, with the exception of
the fact that was looking for a GRIM
inal. The letters were shown me. |
hurried away, and by the next day
was in Oklahoma City. A sample case
OF books was under my arm. | found
the house | desired, and knocked at
the door.
Is Miss Sexton in?' | inquired of
the girl at the door
~ am Miss Sexton came the an
swer
Your name was given me as being
interested in books. said as | edged
past her and into the hall. did not
stop talking then, but manufactured
the name of publisher, a scheme of
selling and everything else connected
with book agency. My aim was to get
the girl in a room and alone. | sue
ceeded in my purpose. Then locked
the door and whirled.
want that night letter. | de-
manded.
The girl blanched
Night letter. she stammered
From Tom Barton | snapped
back. | had played a bunch and
saw that | had hit the mark. The
woman half rose.
81 don't know whom you are talk.
Ing about, she answered.
You don't?' | questioned. back
You know very well who | am talking
about | answered. You know that
he has deserted the United States
army, that he now is fugitive from
justice. and that he has wired you to
join him. Don't scream or try to get
out of this ROOM warned her.
81 have a revolver, and will shoot
Until | see otherwise. you are under
arrest | showed my badge. Now
give me that night letter.
The girl, she was hardly more than
that. reeled half way across the par
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-28
HARMONY is BIG FACTOR
Men Who Can See No Way but Their
Own Are Detrimental
to Society.

Some matters are properly instrust-
ed to the discretion and the energy of
one man to carry out, others are
necessarily-or at least advantageous
Unassigned to the composite acu-
men and activity of several persons
composing a committee. A committee
is like jury-it must decide one way
or the other. One obstinate man car
seriously impede and embarrass its
principles or preconceptions-though
he may not know (which are bound
to be respected. There are always
men who can see no way but their
own way, no safe and proper policy
that is not born and bred of their
own inspiration. Such men make
service in a committee difficult for
others who realize that all the wis
dom does not lie with the most peril
nacious and vociferous. 1t does not
imply lack of backbone to be willing
10 march part of the way toward a
compromise. Many an important de-
cision must be composite matter. to
which the wisdom OF several council
ors contribute, and the attitude Of
contrasting points of view, like sticks
rubbed together to make fire, engen-
ders Illumination as well as the ar
dor of friction. The man who can
not see any reason in any argument
but his own is not the most service
able agent in human society. He is
scarcely more respectable than the
man With his wishbone where his
backbone ought to be-" who trims
his sails and changes his tack to suit
every wandering breeze of fortune
and other mems opinions.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-28
REPAIRING A SHOVEL BLADE
implement, Often Rendered Useless
by Break, Can Be Fixed by Put
ting in Few Rivets.

The lightest and best shovels often
break where the handle is fastened to
the blade. leaving a crack that makes
the shovel useless. The break can be
repaired easily by putting rivet or
two in the crack and hammering
them down, says a writer in the Pop
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-28
Save the MiddIe-Aged.

Save the babies" was the cry Of
the last decade Save the middle
aged" will be the cry Of this. The
real race suicide is not in the INSULT
cheney Of births. but in the made
quate knowledge of the diseases OF
maturity and in the inadequate care
and prevention of these Diseases
Richard Barry, in the Century.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-28
What SiIo Win Accomplish.

The silo will supply the animals
with succulent food during winter or
in times Of severe drought when pas
lures fail. Every farm where a few
animals are kept should have silo to
save the entire corn plant for feeding
purposes. Why not build a silo and
plant corn to fill It?
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-28
Ouoht to Be, ANYHOW.

At dinner Mollie gazed for long
time at bachelor guest. and then ex-
claimed:
Mother, what is an old bachelor"
A frown was the only :eply. But a
laugh burst forth from the assembled
company when Mollie answered the
question to suit herself.
ooh, know! An old bachelor is
an old maids husband"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-28
Planning for Future.

When planting trees on the lawn II
is well to consider the future and
not plant trees too close together.
Then there will be no need Of looping
off limbs or having shade so dense
that grass won't grow.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-28
Keep Out Diseases.

Pairtin@ (: vounds left after prun-
ing the large limbs, will keep out
fugus diseases and prevent drying
out. White lead ia best br this pun
pose
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-28
The Unreturninq Step.

There is much in an unreturning
step. Stanley every morning began
where he left off the night before. He
explored Africa. The postman today
began where he began yesterday; he
renews acquaintance with Tompkins
square.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-28
Held in the HOSPITAL,

81 don't see you running your car
as much as | used to-
NO. 1t takes me longer to get over
an accident now than it used to-"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-28
Perfect Jewel,

Mistress-You have excellent let
tiers of recommendation.
will OF shtep out av an body's house
until OF git wan.-Puck.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-28

1lar Mechanics. A shovel can be
made as strong as ever by repairing
1t in this manner. II rivets are not
at hand cut spike in two about one
half inch from the head. This will
make a very good rivet.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-28
Much Morse.

She-Did pa raise your hopes on
further consideration?
He-No; he raised me on the toe
of his boot
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-28
Keeping Big Draft Mares.

Use big draft mares for farm work
and sell the geldings to swell the bank
account or make substantial payment
on the mortgage.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-28
CursorY Remarks.

ROOM see Jack had to have his
dog shot Was the poor brute mad?
Mate-Well, he dida't look very
pleased cbout It
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-29
WATSON
PUTS TOMMY
OUT Of RACE

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
SAN FRANCISCO, March 90
Red Watson of Los Angeles is a
first division lightweight today as
the result Of his knockout of Tom
my Mcfarland of San Francisco
in the sixteenth round of their
scheduled 20 round contest here.
The bout was refereed by John l..
Sullivan, who received great
ovation.
Up to the last punch the battle
was toss-up. Mcfarland floored
Watson at the outset, but the
carrot-top fought back gamely
and nearly put Mcfarland away
In the third. The boys showed
but little science, but both
slugged hard for a quick finish.
The knockout was a fast, hard
left, flush to the point of the
jaw.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-29

DR.. Macy Successfully Treats.
Chronic an. SO-Called IncurabIc
Dfseases-Disease of the
Eyes. Ears. Nose. Catarrh,
Throat troubles, Weak Lungs
Durable Cancers. Tumors, APP
pendicitis, Goitre. Dropsical,
Tubercular and anemic condi-
lions. rheumatism. Nervous
Diseases. stomach and Intes-
Bladder and Urinary Diseases
Skin Diseases, Ruptures, Piles,
FistuIa and all Rectal trou,
bles without knife.
Diseases of WOmen-Irregula
ties, Painful Periods, Displace-
ments and all diseases and
weaknesses peculiar to the sex
without resort to surgery.
Diseases of Men--Nervous De-
bility. Blood Poison and all
Special Diseases and weak
nesses.
Bear in mind. I am the oldest
established mems specialist in
Tacoma, with the best equipment
on the Coast. There is a reason
why We do the largest mems
practice in the city. Write to me.
II you can't call. Lowest prices
for 606-914. Delay is dangerous.
Residence calls answered day
or night. Phone Main 64I0.
High Grade Optical Goods
Fits-U and Shur-On mount
ings. We are Headquarters
for Toric Kryptok Invisible
bifocals) and odd shaped
lenses. Gold filled frames,
guaranteed five years, with
correctly fitted lenses and
leather case, $3.50.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-29
VARSITY MEN
WRESTLE
Y.M.C.A.
Especial to the Times.)

SEATTLE, March 29.-Coach
Harvey Donaldson of the Univer-
sity of Washington wrestling
team will take a team of four
teen wrestlers to Tacoma a week
from today to grapple with the
Y. M. G. A. team there. The col
lege men are confident of victory
In Tacoma and are whetting their
appetites for the match. They
have other matches signed up
with the Oregon Agricultural
college and the Washington State
college and have defeated such
teams as the crack Vancouver
A. c., Wenatchee and others. Ia
eomans will get chance to see
George Gum, the sensation of
this years team, who is a Taco
ma boy, in action. George is in
the 125-pound class and, at that
is said to be in a class all by him
self.
The meet will be held in the
Tacoma Y. M. G. A, gymnasium.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-29

SAN FRANCISCO, March 90
Starving to death is the least of
RUDE Marquard's troubles. Rube's
been dragging several hundred,
or maybe its several thousand dol
lars, a week from the Golfers of a
theatrical syndicate. Then along
came Mr.. John J. McGraw, other
wise xnown as "Muggsy," and on
his Bonded knee pleading with the
elongated twirler to please,
PLEASE come back and pitch for
the New York Giants this season
RUDE dropped his ear to the
level of the mouth of Muggsy's
agent, who whispered something
about dollars. Rube grabbed a
pen before the agent changed
his mind and set his John Hen
ry' to the bottom of a contract.
"How much you gettin' Rube?"
asked youthful pencil-pusher.
RUDE looked at him a minute and
then answers:
HUH"
"Gettin' more than you did on
the stage?" persisted the scribe.
Say, you've got your nerve
with you,' retorted Rube.
How much were you gettin' on
the stage?" insisted the ink sling
er
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-03-29
CYCLISTS APPEAR
AT BIG MEET

NEWARK, N. j., March o.
An unusually large field of
cyclists will appear tomorrow In
the opening races at the Newark
Velodrome in an effort to wrest
from Frank Kramer the world
championship. For thirteen years
Kramer has claimed the Ameri-
can championship. Among the
entrants are Jackie Clarke, Al
fred Goullet, Alfred Grnda, Paddy
Hehir and Ernest Pye, who sailed
from Australia especially for the
racing events.