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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-02
Rare Attraction for q sidesbox.

Il next have the pleasure. lay-dees
and gentlemen" announced the side
show lecturer in orotund tones. indica.
ting a pale. wan. specialized person on
the platform, of calling your kind at.
tention to one Of the most remarkable
curiosities on exhibition. He"
Huh" hypercritically calculated
lobe Sagg. who had nosed into the
forefront Of the crowd around the ros.
trum. He looks just about like the
rest of u.s."
VERY true!" replied the orator.
But. despite that fact, he Ii, 20 far
a. we have any knowledge. the only
specimen Of his kind In existence-a
country editor who worked and fought
and labored for his party. with heart
and soul and might and main, merely
because he thought It was right and
not because he wanted the postof.
nesi"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-02
SYNOPSIS.

Agatha Redmond, opera singer, starting
Tor an auto drive in New York, dnds a
stranger sent as her chauffeur. Later
she Is accosted by a stranger who climbs
Into the auto and chlOroforms her James
Hambleton of Lynn. Mass, witnesses the
abduction OF Agatha Redmond. Hanple-
ton sees Agatha forcibly taken aboarh
yacht He secures a tug and when near
the yacht drops overheard. Aleck van
Camp. friend of Hambleton, had an dp-
continent with him. Not meeting ham
Madame and Miss Melanie Reynier lie
proposes TO the latter and is refused Inc
three arrange. a coast trip on van CaIlp
yacht. the Sea Gull. Hamoleton wahss
up on board the Jeanne D'Arc. the yacht
on which 10 Agatha Redmond He meets
q man who introduces himself as MON
sieur Chatelard. who is Agatha's aoduc-
or They night but are int immv ao DS
gatha are abandoned by the crew, VINO
he TO the boats. Jimmy and Agatha
win for hours and finally reach snore
! Il thoroughly exhausted condition. ne
overing slightly, the pair find Hand. the
hauffeur who asshted in Agathas 40
duction. He agree to help them: Jim Is
delirious and on the verge OF death; hano
goes for help. He returns with Ut;
"rhayer who revives Jim. and the party
is conveyed to Chariesport. where aga,
tha's property is located. Van Camp ana
port and get tidings of the wreck OF the
Jeanne Dare. Aleck finds Jim on the
verge of death and Agatha in despair
Dr. Thayer declares his sister. Mrs. Stod-
dard Is the only one who can save jim
She is a woman of strong religious con-
Victions, and dislikes Agatha on account
of her profession. She refuses to nurse
Jim. Agatha pleads with her and she
hears Agatha's story and gets on the
track of Chateiard. Hambieton is finally
out of danger. Chamberlain, friend OF
Van Camp, goes after Chatelard. Agatha
Maloino Ravntoy and both are sur
prfsed at their remarkable resemblance
chamberlain by a ruse induces Chatelard
TO 20 to Agatha's house. Melaine recog-
nises Chatelard as the spy OF her perse.
cutor, on whose account she left home II
was Melaine Chatelard he thought he was
,ab<uctfnR
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-02

close TO the brick wall. ONLY ,s,,.J
with straight horizontal wires cha.
be used for this purpose. for ~ /,
not drawn close TO the wall !, ]
places an unnecessary amount n, }
ment is required for the plaster;n,
Two thicknesses of wire fsns,J
were put on for One-half the a.
of the silo and only one thicknes, =
the remainder. Each strip was lam
about two inches over the lower nj
The top course projected four incsl
above the top of the wall, and ,hI
was stapled to the plate, FASTENING NJ
roof securely to the structure.
After the wire was in place thu n
side of the silO was plastered with I,
ment mortar, thus covering the win
The mortar consisted of one IA,
cement and three parts sand. Fou
openings were provided for remou,
the silage. The door frames are
cast iron. one inch in thickness vi
a projection which laps a couple
inches over the brick work on the /
side of the silo. The doors are made,
two thicknesses of seven-inch floor,
with roofing paper between, and h.
are held in place by being bolted
four by four inch pieces Of tins
which extend across the door fran
on the outside.
1t is believed that this method
construction possesses many advsl
ages where a permanent structure
desired The wire fencing, BEL
protected by the coating Of cemel
has no tendency TO rust. and the
of the silo should be almost indefnt
In every agricultural community
services of a brick-mason can be
cured easily. the job of laying up 1
four-inch wall is a short one, and
farmer himself can put on the vi
and do the plastering.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-02
CHAPTER xx.-contInued.


Az he waited for her answer, Agatha
suddenly came to herself. Her trem-
bling ceased; she looked about upon
them all with her truthful eyes; look
ed upon Hand standing unconcerned-
ly in the doorway, upon Chatelard In
the corner cleaning like an oily devil.
"No-he had nothing to do with 1t,
she said.
Chatelard's laugh beat back her
words like a bludgeon.
Liars, all liars!" he cried. Il might
have known!"
But Chamberlain was impatient OF
all this. And now, Monsieur Kidnap-
ier, you can walk OF with this gentle
man here. And you can't go one min
ute too soon. The penitentiary's the
place for you"
Chatelard turned on him with anoth-
er laugh. You need not feel obliged
ito hold on to me, Mister Land Agent
i know when I'm beaten-which you
,Englishmen never do. Got another Of
those pears you offered me this morn
,ing?"
Before Chamberlain could make re-
'lply, or before the sheriff and his pris-
,oner could get to the door. there was
the chug of an automobile. A sec
lond later Urgent and loud voices pene-
trated the room, first from the steps,
then from the hall. One was the
hearty voice of q man, the other was
Lixzie's.
Cant see heri Tell me l can't
zee her after I've run q hundred miles
- day into the Jungle on purpose to see
Iheri The idea! Where is she? In
iheref" And in stalksd Mr.. Straker,
with cap, linen duster, and high gait
,ered boots. He was pulling on his
goggles. We'll, what's this! A fam
NY party7 Where's Miss RedmondT
mr. Straker-" cried Agatha.
That's me! Oh. there you are!
why don't you open up and get some
hight? ! can't see thing"
wait q minute. Mr.. Straker-"
Agatha was saying. when suddenly the
attention of everybody in the room
vss drawn outside.
When Chamberlain had told Chate-
lard that his horse was loose in the
yard. 1t happened to be the truth: now,
excited by fear Of the strange machine
that had just arrived. the horse, with
Aytng bridlerein, was snorting and
iprancing on his way to the vegetable
garden. It was almost beyond mascu-
line power to resist the impulse of pur.
suit. Aleck and Chamberlain sprans
through the window, the sheriff went
- far as the lawn after them, and in
that instant Chatelard slipped like an
eel through the open door and out to
the gate to Strakers machine. stiIl
chugging. The sheriff saw him az he
Jumped In.
Hey, there!" he shouted, and made
. lively run for the gate. But before
he reached 1t, Chatelard had jerked
open the lever. loosened the brake,
and was passing the church at half
speed.
Hey. there" quickly called the sher.
"a. Hes got awayi"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-02
Costumes of Snake Skins

ones by the magic aid Of a python's
skin? Not only will women benefit
by this idea. but the python's skin
should make mems golf shoes imper.
vious to weather, furnish lapels and
GUNS to motor coats, and make elab-
crate waistcoats, which will not wrin-
kle and which will disguise rotundity."
Dundee Advertiser.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-02
France BECOMING Modsst.

strange as 1t may seem. France has
Joined the forces which are at war
against the undraped statue. The OBJ
lection Of American prudes to a bean
dful Bacchants was not the first "a
hibition Of Boston's sentiment on thss
subject and It caused less surprise in
artistic circles than the order which
halted the erection Of ''insuficiantly
drsped" statues on . thsater In Gee.
many. But now even France oh5ectA
Dpstein's. memorial TO Oscar Wflds
must have Trousers bs6oes Il can b
placed IN Psrs h Chaiss. for WIN
hi0togical paAoo 4 ~ in1anhol
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-02
NO NECESSITY FOR STOPPING
Michigan Man Invents Implement for
Cutting and Gathering Pea Vines
in Bunches.

An interesting addition to the con-
tinuously growing list of farming i'm
plements has been patented by Mich
igan man. 1t is for the cutting and
gathering OF pea vines and not only
enables the farmer to work more rap
idly but saves him the backbreaking
exercise of STOPPING over for hours at
a time. On a long handle is a curved
rake-like head with a cutting blade on
the lower ends of the tines. Slidably
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-02

Finally. the Spaniards' predilected
jokes are always on corridas, toros v
espadas; when they change they are
on toros, corridas espadas, or es-
padas. coridas y toros; once in a
while mothers-in-law get a shot too.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-02
Feed for Goats.

Goats are very fond Of sunfower
leaves. pigweeds and most other gar
den and field weeds They prefer the
seeds and will clear a pasture of OBJ
jectionable growth.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-02
Feed for Hogs.

Hogs running on good pasture and
receiving a liberal allowance OF but
termilk and skimmilk require but lit
tie or no bone meal
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-02

He who boasts Of his descent
praises the deeds Of another-Seneca.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-02

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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-08-02

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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-11-13

statement. No, this letter does not
appear to us to heve been generated
on the spur Of the moment. The
thoughts expressed in 1t are careful
" arranged, and we know that the
| same sentiment and suggestion has
been given to millions Of people. THIS
concern. as well as other great mall
order concerns, are devoting a grdat
deal of their energy toward educating
the great mass of people Of this coun'
try TO believe such statements as are
contained in this letter.
You will notice that Montgomery
Ward G. Company asks this man to
make actual comparison OF their
goods, such as stoves, hardware, etc,
with the goods sold by the retail mer-
chant, and we want to say to the re-
tail merchants Of this country that
people are making these comparisons,
in way. They are following these
suggestions, but very often the COM
PARSONS are not fair and the people
are not going to make fair compari-
son until the retail merchants them
selves take action and demonstrate
to the people about them that they
are able to meet the competition. the
prices and the quality Of the mail or.
der concerns. No, the people them
selves are not going to do this thing
because they are interested only In
saving money, and the average in
dividual is very apt indeed to be pre-
JUDGED in favor Of the mail order
house, when making this comparison
simply because the mail order cdn-
Germs have educated him and devel
oped that prejudice against the mer-
chant. Trade Journal.
Following is copy Of the letter
written by Montgomery Ward & Co.:
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-11-13
M
Norway, Iowa

Chicago, Sept. 26, 1913.
Dear Sir:
Your letter has been received by
Mr.. Curtis, and he is very sorry to
know that you do not think 1t is to
your advantage to place your orders
with a mail order house.
When this business was establish
ed, forty.three years ago, it was with
the intention of supplying the farm.
err and the man living in SIN VI towns
with city merchandise at city prices.
At that time, the country merchants
were charging prohibitive prices and
giving merchandise of a poor quality.
We are pleased to say that during
recent years, the average merchant
has changed his policy and is at the
present time giving the consumer
more and better values for his money.
However, it will be impossible at
any time for the small dealers to
equal cur price or our qualities. We
buy in large quantities only, and of
course are able to get our goods at
i reduced price. We give our GUS
toners the benefit of this reduction.
In several cases, we have found that
the manufacturers of certain articles
has become so thoroughly monopoliz-
ed that we, can no longer purchase
them at a reasonable price In cases
of this kind, in order to still give our
customers a reasonable price, we have
taken over the manufacture of some
things ourselves and sold them to
our customers at a price lower than
they could be purchased at whole
sale.
You will find this true by actual
comparison of our stoves, paints,
hardware and more particularly tools
Our vehicles also are manufactured
in our own factory, and are sold to
the consumer at just about the av-
erage wholesale price.
We think and know that if you will
give the matter consideration you
will agree with us that a business of
this kind conducted as this one Is,
Is the ultimate solution of the high
cost of living, and we do not think
that 1t would mean the ruination of
the small towns or any reduction in
land values 10 have trade centraliz-
ed, On the other hand, we are under
the impression that 1t would be
benefit to AL. The retail merchant
at the present time belongs to that
great class of middle men which are
neither producers or consumers.
We know that the time will come
when, except on a very small scale,
the middle man will be entirely elm.
mated. You will naturally ask
what will become OF the country
merchant" In reply to this question
we would say that he would become
a producer, perhaps, be farmer or
engage in some other business that
would mean that he would give some
thing to the community instead of ia
king away from it as he now is.
We wish that you would go over
these matters as we have stated them
to you and give 1t a little more
thought. We think that in the end
you will agree with us and that you
will see that the real solution of the
present problem high cost of living"
comes in the GENERALIZATION Of trade.
We thank you for your courteous
and frank reply to our letter and sim
cerely hope that You may be able
to see your way clear to favor US
with an occasional order.
Yours very truly,
MONTGOMERY WARD & co,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-11-13
MERCHANT TO
BECOME FARMER
Continued from page four

considers Il worth something to be
close to good town.
They say, further, that they are un.
der the impression that doing business
through them. which, of course, would
mean the elimination of the retail
merchant. would be a benefit to adj
Now there is no doubt but this great
mail order compeny Is really able to
lead thousands, yes millions of peo-
pie to think that 1t really would not
make any difference with their own
town and their community II the re-
tat merchants were eliminated but
The person who has given this matter
any thought appreciates the fact that
his town is founded upon business.
What Incentive, what object, would
there be in the people OF your town
STAYING there in that community If
The retail merchants were forced out
of business. The chances are there
would be no incentive for the great
majority Of your people. The prob
abilities are that II enough Of the
people of your community were to do
their buying through Montgomery
Ward G Company and other mail or
der houses and force the retail mer.
chants of your town out of business,
that II would not be many morths be.
fore you would find your churches
closing and your schools closing, and
your community as a religious and
educational center dying, because the
great majority of people of your town
are there because there Is business
there. But the mail order houses are
continually trying to make the peo.
pie believe that they would still have
their towns. these social. religious
and educational centers. even though
the retail merchants we're eliminated.
Then the next paragraph Of this lot
ter contains a statement that should
also make retail merchants sit MP aud
think where they say: "You will
the country merchant In reply to
this question we would say that he
would become a producer, PERHAPS n
farmer, or engage in SOME other bust
ness that would mean that he would
give something to the community IN
stead Of taking away from Il hs he
is doing now" Now, merchants how
do you like to have your people re-
ceiving suggestions such as this from
this greet. powerful MAI order house
a concern that Is not interested in
these people In any way, except to
ger their money?
We are not surprised that merch.
ants occasionally write us that their
blood boils and that they feel like
getting out and fighting when they
Know that these concerns are trying
70 arouse the people of their commun.
fty against them by telling the peo-
pie that the merchant Is simply q
parasite, taking away from the com
munity and giving nothing to It. And
n does seem TO us that any merchant
would feel like putting forth an ex.
ira effort in combating this thing
when he knows that his customers are
being told, in effect that he Is a rob
Der OF the community, and that he is
dt only to become " farmer. or a pro.
Queer, of some other kind when he
Knows that he has been the factor
IN building and in maintaining the
town end the whole community. But
here II is.
The chances are that this man to
whom Montgomery Ward & Company
have written this letter is not the
only one that has received this same
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-11-13
Tow Department

Our Toy Department is all ready for
the holidays and we are showing the
largest line of Toys that has ever
been shown In this city. We will be
pleased to have you bring the chill.
dren and look through our wonderful
display. We will also put away and
hold any order picked out now for
future delivery with a small deposit
on them.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-17
SUNDAY LID PUT ON GROCERS
Bill Closing Stores in Wisconsin on
the Sabbath Passed by Senate
Butcher Shops Also Affected.

Madison.--The A. E. Martin bill,
adding the keeping open of meat mar
kets and grocery stores on Sundays
to the list of those activities which are
counted not works of charity and ne
cessity, was passed by the senate.
This means that grocery stores and
meat markets must be kept closed
hereafter on Sundays in Wisconsin.
The Bosshard bill 29S, providing
that officers appointed by the governor
cannot be removed except with the
consent of the senate, was also pass
ed. Charges against an officer so
appointed must be filed with the SEN
ate.
The Rosa bill amending the weights
and measures law so as To provide
standard weights and measures for
certain grains and seed was killed in
the senate. One of the seeds for
which the bill provided a standard
was alfalfa, which is being bought in
great quantities by the farmers of the
state.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-17
WATERPowER MEN PROTEST
Nearly Every Provision Of Conserva-
ton Bill Opposed at Hearing Be-
fore Special Committee.

Madison.--A general attack on near
ly every provision of the new water
power bill framed by the special con-
servation committee was made before
the senate, sitting as committee
of the whole. The waterpower men
who appeared against the bill were
Neal Brown and G. ID. Jones Of Wat
sau, T. w. Brazeau of Grand Rapids.
Roy P. Wilcox and C.. T, Bundy of
Eau Claire.
Waterpower men maintained that
the state has only the right to pro-
tect navigation and that this power
should not be used to coerce water
power owners to agree to contract
that will deprive them of their prop
erty rights.
Senator Husting claimed that every
right of the state Is protected under
the bill and counting upon the ex-
perience of other states which have
passed similar laws, he believes rapid
development would follow enactment
of this bill
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-17
SENATE KILLS VISITING BILL
Upper House Sustains Veto of Gov.
ernor Which Assembly Had
Voted to Override.

Nadison.-The senate voted to sus
tain the governors veto on the Bowe
university board of visitors bill, which
the assembly had overridden.
The Rosa mothers pension bill was
concurred in by the senate by a vote
Of II to 4. The act is to be admin
istHred by county officers The amount
OF aid is limited to $12 per month for
each child, one-half to be paid by the
county in which the child resides and
one-half by the state.
Gov. McGovern has signed the bill
authorizing the city of Milwaukee to
purchase land to turn over to the state
ior use for state fair purposes. The
Huber bill for the employment Of
prisoners in jails and warehouses;, and
for the payment of their wages to
those dependent upon them, also was
signed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-17

room was so little used that 1t seemed
best to bestow the one or two nice
things there to save them from rough
usage 1t was dainty green and
white room, and, like Bunyan's Cham
Der of Peace, 1t looked toward the sun
rising
One morning, in the midst OF the
rush and scramble to "straighten out
things" 1t occurred to her TO follow
the little one, and see what she might
be doing. She peeped in at the door
and paused In wonder There on the
floor In square OF softened sunshine
lay the missing baby, a look of SUI
preme content on her chubby face, all
the irritation and crossness OF the
morning gone entirely out of it.
What are you doing here?' the
mother had it on her tongue to say.
but stopped and only looked the ques-
ton.
rs Just loving this lovely room,"
said the child, smiling her answer. 1T
feels nice. muvver." |,
That mother pondered the matter
for a day or two and then threw open
the guest room for general family
using. whenever guests were not In Ii.
Moreover, she began to brighten the
rest OF the house with little beauty
touches. Mothers Magazine >
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-17
Danger Of Drifting Into Rut.

Most OF us have TO do very much
the same sort Of work every day. In
this we are constantly exercising one
set OF muscles or one group OF mental
faculties. The other muscles or facul-
ties are not exercised These become
tabby or atrophied from disuse, while
those become tired from wear Thus
man grows into rat. lie develops
only one part OF himself A hobby pre-
vents all this. 1t enables man to keep
his mental and physical balance. and
when the time comes for him to give
up business he has an interest In life
that will prevent him from running
down like a clock that has not been
wound
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-17
INVITE ROOSEVELTTO SPEAK
Former President Asked to Deliver
Speech at Perry Celebration
in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee.-Col. Theodore Roose-
welt has been invited to give the prin-
cpal address at the Milwaukee cele-
bration of the Perry victory centen-
NAL, either on Aug. or 4. kilograms
were sent by President Andrew d.
Agnew of the Milwaukee committee,
Henry F. Cochems, Mayor Badng and
Gov. McGovern asking Col Roosevelt
to be present at the observance and
speak at the Auditorium.
Col. Roosevelt's address would add
much to the success of the celebration
here as the former president is an
authority on the war of 1912, his
Naval War of 1912" being used as a
text book. 1t is believed the colonel
will accept the invitation.