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The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1913-08-28
AnecdotaI.

Menelaus was king of ancient Laco-
mia, and being such. he deemed it only
his duty to be as laconic as possible.
SO, in manner of speaking, to set the
pace for the people.
Now, his wife was none other than
the beautiful Helen, and, Of course. the
day came at last when she wanted a
new hat, Could she have it?
NO. replied Menelaus.
Just because mo- is letter shorter
than 'yes!" protested Helen, and burst
into tears, and at the first chance ran
away with Paris.-Puck.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1913-08-28
High Finance.

A man sent his neighbor's little boy
to the drug store to buy FIVE postage
stamps. He handed him two dimes,
the extra one being for himself. Some
time afterward the boy came back
blubbering and said he had lost one
OF the dimes.
but why didn't you buy me the
stamps?" asked the man,
Because, mister" replied the boy.
1T was your dime that / LOST
Judge.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1913-08-28
Eeged Off.

De Wolf Hopper, at luncheone i
New York, said of bad actor:
He's had hints enough to quit tth
stage, dear knows. He's had n{or
hints than Phatt
"Phatt, after a brief experience o
the road as Hamlet returned to hi
job in Canal street.
How did you come to leave t(h
stage?' / asked him one night.
~ had hints that wasn't suited Il
it, he replied.
Thinking he meant the critics,
said:
Aha, the little birds told you, eh ?
Well, said he, they'd have become
birds, suppose, If they'd been allowed
to hatch.'"
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1913-08-28
Women Should Be Beaten.

Jersey City, N. J.-That woman
should be beaten once week and oc-
casionally be imprisoned on bread
and water diet, is the opinion of John
S. Mcintosh Of Woodbridge, N. j.. who
practiced the theory so his wife Ella
testified, in her suit for divorce here.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1913-08-28
Injunction Against Mother.in.Law.

Omaha. Neb.-Lester L. King. a
wealthy business man here. secured
an injunction enjoining his mother
in,law, Mrs. Levi Gardner, of Harvard.
Ill, to keep out OF his home. Mrs.
Gardner has been visiting the King
family for some months and. accord
ing to King. caused trouble between
him and his wife. Motherin.law re.
fused to leave when requested to do
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1913-08-28
Rabbit Trap.

en- the top to the box with a couple
OF small hinges. If one has nothing
better, two strips of leather will do
first rate. Then bait the trap with a
piece of apple, setting it in a run
way, and go to 1t every morning and
evening.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1913-08-28
Famed Lie saver Is Dead.

Middletown, N. Y.-Captain Patrick
Grace. seventy-six, who had record
of having saved eighty-nine persons
from drowning, is dead at his home in
Montgomery. He had been awarded
medal by congress for bravery.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1913-08-28

Willie. you have been very bsa
boy. and as punishment I'm going to
make you stay right here In this room
while your mother is practicing her
singing esson"-Judge.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1913-08-28
Teaching Safety in Schools.

Instruction in methods for the pre-
vention of accidents must be given by
the teachers of the public schools OF
New Jersey 80 minutes during each
month hereafter, according to a bill
passed by the legislature of 1918.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1913-08-28
Imnnune.

Bobby" said the lady In the street
car severely, why don't you get up
and give your seat to your father?
Doesn't IT pain you to see him reach.
ing for the strap."
mot In ear" said Bobby. 1T does
at home. e."-Ladies' Home Journal
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1913-08-28
Crosses Ocean In Dark.

Plymouth, Eng.-The captain of the
steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse,
which arrived here from New York,
reports that the vessel steamed the
5000 miles by dead,reckoning. Clouds
and mist throughout the voyage pre-
vented observations being taken.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1913-08-28
Ready to March on Capital

SO, and King obtained the injunc.
ton.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
Currency Measure
Still IN Discussion

Wash hington. Sept. :i.-Thc ad-
ministrstion currency bill from the
view point of the farmer and the
grain merchant was discussed before
tho senate banking committee toda y
by a delegation OF merchants from
the northwest who opposed the pro-
visions Of the bill M they expect to
effect the country banks.
+. T.. kenastOn. n manufacturer OF
farm machinery. suggested that the
before passing on the bill.
visit the farming aud business COM
munities OF the west aud become
closely acquainted with business con.
ditions. Senators Bristow and Reed
seemed to favor the suggestions. J,
Senator Bristow expressed tho
opinion that a majority OF the com.
mittcc would support him in a. de-
mand that all bankers. business men.
merchants and others desiring to
discuss the bill. he allowed to appear
before the committee. II that course
In followed. the bill may be in the
committee at least a month and prob
ably until November I.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK

kansas City. No.. Sept. :i.--Hogs:
Receipts 5000: market steady to $,
lower. bulk OF sales $40 to $50:
heavy $40 TO $50: packers and
butchers $40 to s.6;: lights s q
$50: pigs y to 80.
Cattle: Receipts $1,000: markc,
steady: prime fed steers $50 to 80:
drcsscd beef steers 1.13 to SIS:
western steers 6.c5 to $50: southern
stcers $50 to :: cows t.:5 to Z:
hciferS 8 to .: siockcrx and feeders
$50 to s..5: bulls $50 to s.23.
calves s to 9.75.
Sheep: Receipts 5000: mark,,
steady: lambs $50 to 1.i5: ycarling.
AIS to SIS: wcihcrs %c5 to as:
owes $50 to t.2s.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
FRIENDS EXPECTED HER TO DIE

81 sincerely believe my life was
saved In the fall OF 1910 by using
Chambcrlain's Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhoca Remedy" writes Mrs.
Agnes Booth. Towanda. \. Y. 81
was taken with diarrhoca followed
by an attack OF acute indigestion.
Power OF the pen fails to portray the
agonics | endured. Nv friends cx-
pcctcd me to die as I had been I'M
able to get relief for so long n time.
This remedy went directly to the seat
OF the trouble and cured me in a few
hours time" For sale by all dealers.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

Chicago. H.. Sept. :4.-HoSs: Re.
ceiptx $4,000: market slow. STEADY to
SC under yesterdays average. Bulk
OF sales $40 to $50: light $40 to
.: mixed 7.s0 10 sos: heavy $50 To
S.s5: rough $50 10 S: pigs A.25 to s.
Cattle: Receipts $4,000: market
generally steady: bceves T..5 to
$40: Texas steers 10 $40: western
steers $50 to $40: stockers and
feeders $40 to g.: cows and hcifcrs
$50 to SIG: calves $50 to L..
sheep: Receipts $1,000: msrke,
weak TO Toe lower: native $50 q
40: western ais to 40: yesrlinE,
LIS to SIS: lambs $50 to 7.:o:
western $50 TO 7.:0.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
MAN WHO 1HRASHED
father SAYS ACT
WAS JUSTIFIED

Terre iIaute. Ind. Sept. .4.--iias
n minister-an avowcd man-Of-God
and a college president M we'll
the right to thrash his aged father?
This Is the ethical question now
stirring all Indiana-since u formal
Indictment wan returned against
Rev. Elijah A. Hanley. president of
Franklin college OF Franklin. Ind.
charging him with assauiting his
father. Calvin iianiey. who In 90
years old.
DIR. Hanley. who was formerly the
$1,000 year patsor Of the rich Fast
End Baptist church Of Cleveland. O..
admits he whipped the senior Hnnicy
whom he heard the latter Insult his
mother and sister.
~ did this unsecmIy thing" hc
says. because OF my fathers indie
cenoy. I WAS brought to the SORROW.
full deed by my fathers long contin.
ued cruelty 10 my mother.
His treatment OF her would b. In,
credible to one who did not know til,
facts. He has refused TO let her ride
to church. and when she has walked
he hns cut holcs In her clothes. II.
often flies Into rage when she xoc'
visiting and has had the t-icphon.
taken out NJ sh. cannot talk TO he,
friends.
For g. years ! hav. kept M,
hands off father. hut when I lcarnr'
h. had called mother an unsprskabl,
name. ! could stand Il M longer.
- did not try to hurt hin, serious
". tried not To do M. ! wanted 4
he severe enough tn warn for all IN
turc time hut not violent enough 4
iniurr him. There In much good II
my father. hut when his evil mood
come upon him. they src like drmoni
scsl possessions and he has re-
sourcrful ingenuity In making moth
Ter suffer"
Tho Indictment against iianlr!
was returned after hc aud his fathc
had finally reached = reconciliation
Tho father In badly bruised. II 4
said.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

New York. Sept. 2t.-Bear operat-
ors had the opper hand In the mar
ket during the morning. basing their
attacks largely on reports OF unfavor-
able conditions In the steel and the
copper Industries. The break In COP
per metal abroad WAS followed bv
rumorx OF price reductions In the do
mestic market. which. however. met
with denial. The possible effect O:
the new tariff schedule on the steel
trade WAS made the basis Of bearisn
predictions and new business was
said to be falling off. despite price
concessions.
Bear selling became more asKrcs-
sivs when 4; became evident that the
decline was not bringing out sup
porting orders. Union Pacific was
depressed two points and numerous
other shares from I TO =.
Bonds were irregular.
The market reversed It's course
when tho short covering became ex-
tcnsive enough to absorb the xpecu.
istive selling. Union acific rallied Il
point. but the rise elsewhere did no,
run beyond = small fraction.
Tho market closed weak.
New Haven becs0c Stronk aud nc.
tive. rising :s TO ss7. No new,
wss forthcoming 10 explain the sud.
den prominence Of tn. stock. whici
had becn neglected ~ the close Of ths
bond hearing drew nikh. Othc
sharcs ruled In the main heavy. 1T
fui rallies being succeeded by occas
ionai spuris Of selling. Unite,
States IS registered sold Al ss
akainst % tho previous sale las
week. and $50. the years lowest.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
Steeple lack Says
wal Neuer Mavr,

San Diego. Cal. Sept. :i.-''w-ii.
there's one ihins sure said Stc-pic-
jack Harry Williams. Just before h.
climbed the flaSsian on San picEo's
iall~rt skyscrapcr. III I break my
neck there won't b. any VIII. and
ki,idtcs to mourn. I'm IS years old
now and I've never marrtcd-don't I
believe ! will either. until the time
comes when I can give up this lin"
Of work and get into something Icss
risky,''
Two minutes later. whisiiinR at
Intervals and then hnmmink nong.
Williams. paint brush In hand. was
hard At work more than zoo feet
above the street. while those. far be-
low craned their nccks to watch
him.
Before Williams went into the
stccplcjack busincss five years ago
he WAS = firc-fiEhtcr. His compan-
ions marvclcd st his daring. One day
he fell and was badly injured. bu!
when they finally let him out Of thS
hospital. he took up an even more
dangerous means Of livelihood. Ills
EreAtrst achievement was painting
the smokcstacks Of the big smcitcr-
In Colorado. The iallcst church
spires are easy for him. Hc goes
where other stccpic Jacks fear To as
ccnd.
Williams earns SIS day. Some
times NJ day" is only two or three
hours long. He SAYS he is never su
happy as when high is the air. with
chances for fall increased by every
little breeze. lie doesn't want To
die. he says. but tn. spirit of advcn-
turc is strong within him. lie loves
to he tocc TO. face with danger and
TO laugh at the peril In which his
daily routine takes him.
For. Ms Williams SAYS. there won 1
he any wife and kiddics to care
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
NEW YORK METAL

New York. sept. :i.-coppcr auir,
spit 1880 bid. Septcu-
her 1850 to 1850.
Lead dull. 40 bid.
Spcitcr easy. 80 To $50.
TIN quiet and Irregular: xpo,
al.S0 10 1910: September u.s0 "a
':,os. '~lN
Iron steady and UNCHANGED.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
HE NJ ARK ETS
~ FVLL ASSOCIATED PRESS ~
W DAILY REPORTS "
CHICAGO PROVISIONS

Chicago. Sept. 2f.-Pr0visionx
flsttened out with corn and hogs.
First sales were ~ 10 5 cents down
and the sag was afterward extended.
Close: Pork. January 1885: May
2O.O5.
Lard. January lO.s.. 10 81; May
ll.O5 TO ll.07b.
Ribs. January l0.i7I: May 1850
10 l0.6:s.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
DENVER LIVESTOCK

Denver. Colo. Sept. :t.-Cattic:
Receipts i.:0o: msrkc, steady 10
weak: beef steers to 4: cows and
h~ifers . to $50: siockcrs aud feed
rrs $50 to 7.:o: calves Z to $50:
Hogs: Receipt. 500: top Sos
bulk Of Aaic~ S.:o to S.i5.
sheep: Receipts none.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
RATES OF EXCHANGE

New York. Sept. :t.- Close:
Prime mercantile paper - TO & per
cent: commercial bills tsis: bar si'.
Yer sis: Mexican dollars IL: Govern
m.nt bonds heavy: railroad bonds ir.
regular.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
TAFT REMOVE FROM
LINCOLN COMMISSION

Washington. Sent. 2i.--When for
mer president Taft arrived here late
today to attend a meeting OF the
Lincoln Memorial commission. he
found n resolution In congress to leg
islatr him out OF his comm issioner-
shir and also displace "Uncle Joe"
Cannon aud former Senator Cullom
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
New YORK srock LIST

New York. Sept. :I.-Amsixsmat-
cd 75e: uSEar III bid: Aichison s3 (:
Northern acific II3: Reading 1854:
Southern Pacific e2a: Union Pacific
1883: U. s. Steel s:I: U. 3. Steel pre-
fcrrCd iO9.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
THE MONEY MARKET

New York. Sept. :t.-Monry on
call firm. - TO per cent: time
loans firm: 50 days ~ 10 ~: ="
days ~ 10 a.: six months ; to ~.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24

Ithaca. n. y. Sept. c4.-Cornell's
football season opened cher today
with a game with ursinus. Barrett
last years Freshman quarter. was
called on to run the varsity in its
game today.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
SEASON OPENS

New Haven. Conn, Sept. 2i.-Thc
Yale football season opened today
with Wcslyan M the Blues' first op-
ponent. The visitors were not con-
sidcred rs strong as last fall. when
tehy scored on Yale for the first
time In many yearr.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
MaEsT1oN AND ASSIMILATION

II is not the quantity OF food tax
en- but the amount digested and as
simulated that gives strength and VI
'tality to the system. Chamberlain's a
Tablets invigorate the stomach and
liver and enable them to perform
their functions naturally. For sale
by all dealers.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
ST. LOUIS METAL

st. Louis. Mo. Sept. ?i.-Lead
dull. $50.
Speltcr slow. o.S5.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
RAIN CAUSES
7 pos1PoNEMEN1
lCsssisusa fvsa psGs -

u Trinidad. Up To noon tOuay more
han eighty old cowmen had signed
heir names and inscribed their hyro-
;iyphics.
Those whose names appear are:
Wm. Green and son. Trinidad.
Nm. ID. Warren, Trinidad.
Juan Vigil. Cone, y. NJ. formerly
sheriff there.
". T. c'Bud'D Moore. Hoehne.
c. u. stuart. Hochnc.
Joe Parsons. TerciO.
". II. t"Tim") Hcnerson. Trini-
dad.
e. p. Newcomb. BArcla.
Candy Hawkins. Barela.
James Mcbride. Trinidad.
r. ~. Atkins. Trinidad.
John aud Adam Arnct. Thatcher.
S. T. Grinsley. Trinidad.
". r. McCash. Trinidad.
Elmer Quick. Hoehne.
J. u. Shaw. Trinidad.
Th0s. Thompson, Thatcher.
Geo. ". Bolton. Trinidad.
u. C.. c"Doc"b Middleton. Trini-
dad.
". c. Havsrly. Trinidad.
Geo. ". Ellsworth. Trinidad.
Henry Haley. Trinchcra.
r. 4. c'Abe") Thompson. Trini.
dad.
A. c. windhani. Trinidad.
J.J. j. Abcrcrombic. Trinidad.
Fcrd Davis. Trinidad.
Henry Hunter. Triuidad.
W. = Grishsm. Trinidad.
Pete Mattics. Pueblo.
u. r. Gromcr. Duncan.
Jack McQuarrie. Trinidad.
Patrick Burnrs. DcIaKuA.
J. u. Munroc. Thatcher.
Geo. r. Myers. Iiochue.
Sam II. smith. Valley. y. ".
ID. l.. Taylor. Trinidad.
J. ~. Madrid. Trinidad.
Moran Rsynor. Triuidad.
J. u. Murphy. Hochnc.
q. n. spcrry. Trinidad.
Jas. =. AIh~rison. TollcrsburS.
Paul H~ncr>on. Horhnr.
J. II. AKuiiar. Akuiiar.
u. u. Finch. Trinidad.
Paul Hereford. Trinchcra.
o. r. Clark. Trinidad.
Ice r. F:aslcy. trinidad.
James Wilcox. Trinidad.
J. o. Rosrbaush. Trinidad.
John Doison. Trinidad.
Hardy Roberts. Trinidad.
George Young. New Mexico.
Ernest Smith.
John Mcbride. Barria.
". T. Riley. New Mexico.
W. l.. Wills. City.
John Dov"ton. south America.
| ]. =. Grishsm. Trinidad.
q. ". Bo-hncr. Trinidad.
X. r.. Cros.. Trinidad.
y. y. Aikin. Hoshn-.
Bill Grimsicy. Thatcher.
Fayc'tc Gillespie. Ration.
George Gillespie. Ration.
Geo. ID. I.ittrcii. Maxwell.
Elias visiI. Model.
!. T. Brown. Folsom.
!. O. Packer. Trinidad.
George Russell. Duncan.
J. T. Munroc. Tha,chr.
J. VI Young. New Mexico.
Il. r. Butler. New Mexico.
Harry Bicrnc. DciaR,,a.
\. \. Richards. Trinidad.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
NEW YORK COTTON

New York. Sept. ?t.-Spot cotto
quiet: middiing uplands 1860: mid
ding gulf 1885.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
N0NUlCINTs.

Selected material in modern de-
signs at reasonable prices. 8. Greg
ory 4 Bon. 710-712 N. Com'l st.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
CHICAGO BOARD OF 1Aaoe

Chicago. H.. Sept. :t.-Whcst
traders who believed that after =
five day decline the market today
would make = decided rally met with
disappointment. There was n sllxh,
show Of strrnsth early but the effec:
noon were off and price, took 4 sharp
down tara. The, Asavy Canadian
movsMeni snd Liverpool reports of
free Russian Offers had . disrourax.
Ing Influence on the bulls. The OPP
ening was a shade lower to H. ad.
vance. and WAS followed by n little
gain aii around. Then the market
Underwent y rapid descent.
The close was nervous. 1 to g.
ne, lower.
Aiihush Illinois huakiax return,
and predictions regarding receipts
favored the bulls. corn gave way with
wheat. Prices started unchanged "a
Ac off. made fractional gain and
then ssxsed to = material extent be.
low last nights level.
The close wss unsettled. ! to sc
under last night.
Oats trading formed merely an
echo Of the corn market. but commits.
sion business was active and we'll
distributed.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
EXCHANGE

VIII exchange a Studcbaker Trap
condition. Dunlavy Agency.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24

Close: Wheat. September $50: De-
ccMber S7:: May s?i to ?:S.
Corn. September '3s: December
7i2: May ss2.
Oats. September 4o2: December
i:e to q: May asa 10 !.
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
PACKER

Going away? Let our expert pack
your furniture. Rates reasonable.
Phone Trinidad 81. Won Alven
Furniture Co. s
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24
Found

BAY horse. spot on forehead. left
hind foot white, brand on left hind
quarter, bar l.. z. Owner can have
sam. by proving property and pay
ing charges. silvinio Sauxo. p. o.
Ell Moro. g
The chronicle=news., 1913-09-24

Marc nine years old. Morgan blood.
buggy and harness: must be sold At
once: sacrifice: write p. o. Box 135.
2s
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-03-29
TO NATURE FOR REAL REST
Excellent Advice couched In Language
That savors Of the Fancy Of the
True Poet.

Tired, are you! Want a recipe for
real rest? Well. here's one, recon-
mended by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
he's a poet, but don't hold that
against HMM Farm and Fireside:
You to whom the universe has be-
come a blast furnace, a coke oven, a
cinder-strewn freight yard. to whom
the history Of all ages is a tragedy
with the climax now to whom our
democracy and our flag are but play
things of the hypocrite. turn to the
soil. turn to the earth. your mother,
and she will comfort you. Rest, be it
ever SO little. from your black brood
ings. Think with the farmer once
more. as your fathers did. Revere
with the farmer our centuries-old rural
civilization. however little it meets the
city's trouble. Revere the rural GUS
toms that have their roots in the i'm
memorial benefits of nature.
There is perpetual balm in Gilead,
ana many city workmen shall turn to
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-03-29
TORNADO SWEEPS
OVER THE SOUTH
CENTRAL WEST AND EAST Also
FEEL EFFECTS OF FIERCE
STORM.
MANY ARE REPORTED KIllen
Known Dead Number Over 20 p.o,,.
Alabama Is the Heaviest
Loser.
Western Newspaper Union News serv,..

Western Newspaper Union News serv,..
LCuisy!lle.-NOre than - narsons
are reported killed and hundreds wera
injured, some morally, by a storm q,
tornado intensity which ranged owe,
central, western, southern and parts
OF Eastern states. Property aamasa
will run into the millions.
Definite adyices have been received
accounting for al least 10 persons
| dead, with reports from points temno.
rarily cut off from wire communica.
ton by the storm adding TO the List
Reports from Alabama show the loss
OF life was heaviest in that state, u.
number of dead there being alreaa,
definitely placed al 81, with additions
fatalities reported but not confirms
Lower Peachtree was practically WIN
ed out. Two are dead in Indiana five
il Tennessee. three in Ohio, two IN
New York, one ia Michigan and one
in Texas.
Accompanying the death list are e.
Inmates OF the injuries, totalling mors
than 200, with additions coming in Al
brief intervals. -
Coming up out of the Southwest
early Friday morning, just as spring
was ushered. in, the storm swept with
startling suddenness diagonally across
the country from northwest Texas 10
western Pennsylvania and New York
bisecting the Mississippi Valley and
moving nOrthward across the Glib
in the lake region. ~.
Shifting winds of great violence 40
companied in various sections by snow
sleet and hail characterized the storm
easily the most destructive OF the
year, and rarely ecualed in the ez
tent of its sweep and damage Build
ings toppled before the blow in nearIy
dozen states, and death lay all along
in its wake. The property loss Wa
heavy all along the storms track. B.
sides demolishing or unroofing build
ings and telling trees, the high winda
rain, hail and sleet did serious damsa
to early crops, according to report
from some of the affected sections
Estimates of the property damsu
from Indiana and Michigan alone 6
gregates 100000, about evenly diva
ed between the two states. Early NJ
ports of losses ranging from s,5.9o>
to 100000 or more from sections q
the storm region indicated that ~
total would reach large figures.
Wires fell in all directions befop
the blow. Not in many years be
there been such prostration Of telr
graph and telephone service. Chic
go was cut off for hours from con
munication with points east Only b.
devious routes was connection finaIg
established.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-03-29
Perfect Chronometers.

The French matchmaker, notwith-
standing years Of trial. is not yet able
to rival the Swiss, nor is he able to
manufacture chronometers equal to
those made in Geneva. The Chrome
metrical Observatory of Besancon has
interesting records on this subject
This observatory subjected watches
to severe tests under a great variety
of conditions before formulating the
rule that a watch to be perfect must
meet with not less than three hun
dred requirements. Judging by this
hard-and-fast rule. there are no per-
feet watches in the world; yet GER
tain pocket chronometers have COW
cred over 263 of the points laid down
by the servatory.-Harper's Weekly
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-03-29
Mlaht Try Il and See.

There are some kinds of mathema
ticians who confer inestimable bene-
fits on the public, and among them
must be counted the man who tells
US that IF twelve persons were to
dine together every day. but never sit
exactly in the same order around the
table. 1t would take them 100000
years at the rate of one dinner a day.
and they would have to eat more than
47s.000.000 dinners before they could
get through all the possible arrange
ments in which they could place them
selves" Since the number suggested
is only twelve. it should be easy to
make up q party % try the expert
ment