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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-10
He Ran Afoul Of the Law

the running pair came In sight Of
one of Mr.. Waldo's policemen on peg
post 1t was the burglar who clasped
the astonished officer about the
knees. "Help!" said the burglar, i'm
pressively. "a nutty guys chasin'
me-"
There was no help for 1t. The Of
ficer took the burglar and Mr.. Smith
to the station house There the
burglar was searched. but nothing in
eliminating was found. Early the
next morning a lawyer appeared for
the burglar. and when he was ar
raigned In court he was discharged
because Smiths Identification was
necessarily imperfect. Smith was
sure OF his man-but the lawyer
rather shook his certainty. In the
meantime no lawyer appeared for
Smith. He spent the night in the
cell. oh. sure, he was placed under
arrest for carrying a revolver with
out a license. The magistrate bound
him over on $1,000 to appear before
the grand fury.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-10
CHAPTER VI.
On Board the Jeanne Dare.

On Board the Jeanne dare.
II hard usage and obstacles could
cure q knight-errant of his sentiment,
then Jimmy Hambleton had been free
of his passion for the Face. His
a ipce-ceerboar& had been followed
by a joyous swim. lusty call to the
yacht for Help" and growing
amazement when he realized that It
was the yachts intention to pass him
ny. He had swum valiantly. deter
mined to get picked up by that par
ticular craft, when suddenly his
strength failed. He remembered
thinking that 1t was all up with him,
and then he lost consciousness.
When he awoke he was on a hard
bunk in a dim place. and a sailor was
Jerking him about. His throat burned
with a fiery liquid. Then he felt the
plunging and rising of the boat, and
came to life sufficiently to utter the
stereotyped words. where am II"
In Jim's case the question did not
imply the confused cropping back to
sense that 1t usually indicates. but
rather an actual desire to know
whether or not he was on board the
Jeanne dare. Plainly his wits had
not been badly shattered by his ex
perience overheard. But the sailor
who was attending him with such min
astrations as he understood. answered
him with q sample of French which
Jim had never met with In his school
books, and he was not enlightened fol-
some hours.
1t was indeed the Jeanne D'Arc
as Jim proved for himself the
next day. and he was lying In the
seamen's quarters in the fo'cas'le. By
morning he felt much better, hungry
and prepared In his mind for striking
q bargain with one of the sailors fol
clothes. He could make out theil
lingo soon, he guessed. and then he
would get a suit OF clothes and fare
on deck. Suddenly he grasped his
waist. struck with an unpleasant,
thought; his money-belt was gone! He
was wearing a sailors blue fame
shirt and nothing else He turned oveI
on his hard bunk. thinking that he
would have to wait a while before
making his entrance on the publ,
stage of the Jeanne Dare.
And wait he did. Not a rag Of
clothing was In sight. and no cajolery
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-10
NJ. RENNINGTON)

by +. VI. BENNINGTON)
If the ground was well fortified be-
fore planting the seeds there will be
but little trouble through plants
dwindling in the hot weather prOvid-
ing the soil is kept light
Much of the trouble laid to drought
comes through plant starvation. The
cucumber is such a rank grower that
it exhausts the fertility of the soil
very quickly unless some reserve food
is provided.
If you have not made due provision
for this in the planting it may still
be easily done by digging large hole
between each four hills and filling this
with fertilizer mixing it as much as
possible with the soil.
Rains will wash part of the fer
tility down among the roots and the
plants will thus find a source of con-
slant renewal
This will keep them growing and In
vigorous condition throughout the sea-
son and the fruit formed under these
conditions will lack the bitterness
which we are accustomed to expect
from the August cucumber.
II the little striped squash bug ap-
pears it can be hand-picked early in
the morning or late at night. but when
the sun is shining 1t is always alert,
taking wing at the slightest disturb
ance. Look for it in clusters on the
under side Of the leaves and at the
tips of the branches.
1t is most easily managed by tap
ping the vines gently and holding a
shallow pan underneath to catch the
beetles as they fall. They can then
be transferred to pail of water con-
tanning a little kerosene and may be
trusted TO remain there until one is
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-10
Plenty Of Evidence.

81 wonder" said Slithers, stopping
bis car at the roadside and addressing
an old man working in the fields, If
l can get any gasoline around here?"
Il reckon We kim" replied the old man,
Strengthening up and leaning on his
hoe. I've kin get 1t in yer system,
anyhow. Them cars ahead o. ye
seems to have left a few ton of 1t be-
hind 'em, tedgin' by the condition of
the atmosphere."-Judge
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-10
CHAPTER VII.
The Rope Ladder.


The near prospect Of a conclusive
struggle for life is a sharp tonic to
the adventurous soul The actual
final summons to that other room Is
met variously. There is earthly dig
nifty, who answers even this last tap
at the door with fitting and Quotable
rejoinder; there Is deathbed repsn-
lance, whose JUNCTION in momento NOR
tbs Is doubtless a comfort to pious rel
atives; and there are chivalry and va
lor. twin youths who go to the IN
known banquet singing and bearing
their garlands Of Joy.
But with the chance of a fight for
life, there Is a sharp-sweet tang that
sends some spirits galloping to the
contest. "Dauntless the slughorn to
his lips be set" making ready for the
last good run.
When Jim descended the hatchway
after accommodating on deck Chate-
lard was gone. The ships cook was
rummaging in a sailors kit that he
had drawn from a locker. Jim men,
tally considered the situation. The
seamen had no doubt exaggerated the
calamity, but without question there
was serious trouble. Were the pumps
working? How far were they from
shore? II hopelessly distant from
shore, were they in the course Of
passing steamers? Would any one
look after Miss Redmond's safety?
Monsieur Chatelard had said that she
was not on board, but James did not
believe it,
While these thoughts flew through
his mind James had been absently
watching while the cook turned his
treasures out upon his bunk. and
paved them over with trembling
hands. There were innumerable little
things besides a stiff white shirt, a
cheap shiny Bible, a stuffed parrot
and several wads of clothes. And
among the mess Jim caught sight OF
a piece of stitched canvas that looked
familiar
Hi, you there! That's my money
belt" he cried. and jumped forward
W Cldliu Ills O"H. bul III MS liONc-
ment he failed to calculate with the
waves. The yacht gave another Of
her deep-sea plunges. and Jimmy.
thrown against his bunk, saw the cook
grab his kit and make for the ladder
He regained his feet only in time to
follow at arms length up the hatch
way. At the top he threw himself
down, like a baseball runner making
his base, after the seaman's legs; but
instead of a foot, he found himself
clutching one of the weeds Of
clothes that trailed after the cook 8
bundle. He caught 1t firmly and kept
1t. but the ships cook and the rest Of
his booty disappeared like a rabbit in
to It's burrow.
Jim sat down at the top Of the lad
der and examined his haul. 1t was q
pair of wooden trousers, and they were
Of generous size. He spread them out
on the deck. Round him were unmis-
taxable signs of Generalization. The
second officer was ordering the men to
the pumps In stern tones; the yacht
was pitching wildly and growing dark
ness was settling on the face of the
turbulent waters. But in spite Of 1t
all, Jimmy's spirit leaped forth in
laughter as he thought of his brief.
frantic chase. and its results in this
capture of the characteristic vestiture
of man.
What's money for, anyway" he
laughed, as he got up and clothed him
self once more.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-10
SYNOPSIS.

Agatha Redmond. opera singer. starting
FOR an auto drive In New York. finds a
stranger sent as her chauffeur. Leaving
ehe car, she goes into the park to read
ehe will of an old friend of her mother.
nTho has left her property. There she Is
eccosted by a stranger. who follows her
20 the auto. climbs in and chloroforms
per. James Hambleton OF Lynn. Mass,
witnesses the abduction of Agatha Red
enond. Hambleton sees Agatha forcibly
taken aboard a yacht. He secures a tug
end when near the yacht drops over
poard. Aleck Van Camp, friend OF Ham
pieton had an appointment with him. Not
meeting Hambleton. he makes a call upon
Friends. Madame and Miss Melanie Rey-
eier He proposes to the latter and Is re-
Fused. Melanie explains n At she Is or
high birth in a German principality. from
which she had fed to escape an unwiohed
marYia1e
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-10
Fattening Market Fowls.

To fatten poultry for market. 70
move them from the yards and place.
without overcrowding. In coop
which should be provided with a can
vas cover to draw down and keep the
inmates in darkness. Do not feed for
about six hours after placing In the
COOP and then feed all they will eat
Feed three times day and keep fresh
water and a basin OF grain always
before them.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-10
Changing Work Of Ground

When planning the garden arrange
to plant other vegetables than wers
grown last year on the same spot
They should be kept moving from year
to year. Insects and diseases cannot
get such a foothold.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-10
First Milk for Calf.

The newborn calf must have the
first milk Of the COW as physic. II the
cow dies in calving. give castor oil or
flaxseed in whole milk Clean out the
bowels the first thing.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-10
Eriendshjp Suffers Much

Whoever looks for friend without
imperfections will never find what he
seeks. We love ourselves with all our
faults, and we ought to love our
friends In like manner.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-10
A Mark Of Devotion.

THE Grimsbys are devoted to their
family interests, aren't they?"
Yes, indeed. Why, when they 90
cured a prize cook, the eldest son
married her to keep her In the
family"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-10
Pasturing Alfalfa.

In pasturing alfalfa. it must never
be overstocked. as the animals will
injure the crowns and the plants will
die.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-10
Much to Learn.

While considerable Is known about
the value and use Of alfalfa for grsS
Ing, much remains to be determined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-10

and the youthful. The truth is that the
magnet is very hard working, indeed, and
we could hardly get along without us
help.
The very first application OF electricity
was the development of the compass,
which is nothing more or less than
magnetized needle eleverly balanced on
a pivot, free to point toward the magnetic
north. The very first compasses were
magnetic needles suspended to silk threads
or thrust through corks and fioated In
basin of water.
Magnets have a thousand and one daily
tasks, from picking a steel filing out OF
worlman's eye to unloading ore YES
sells. Magnets are used to ring the cleo
trio door bells, to handle red hot ingots OF
iron, to sort iron ore from the mfHes'
but they find their greatest service In
handling heavy castings, pig iron ana
steel billets. They have entirely elinli-
mated the necessity OF handling ore ana
pig iron and rough casting by hand or
with the old hook on chain methods. Ihese
powerful lifting magnets are called cleo
tro-magnets because their magnetism Is
not always present. 1t exists only wheh
the electricity Is turned into 1t. Ine
magnet In the form of huge disk Is
lowered into a ship and the current turned
on Instantly a load of from Ave to 10
tons of pig iron adhere to 1t, just the
same as iron filings stick to a pocket
magnet. The crane lifts the whole mass
out and swings it over the storage pins
or yards where the current is turned OIL
and the iron is left on the pile, 1t Is
matter of record that two of these labor
saving magnets unloaded 100000 POUNDS
of pig iron In little over 10 hours. BE-
fore the magnets were installed 1t required
the services of % men, working night
and day, two days to unload boat OF
the same capacity. Now the work Is done
by two men stationed in cages and oper-
ating the magnets and crane from hand
levers. At big steel mill two men, using
the magnets, unload scrap and pig iron.
These travelling crane magnets have dis
placed 25 men formerly required to do the
same work.
Throughout the entire iron and steel In
dustry the magnet is very busy indeed.
Magnetic ore separators have been used
for a great many years. Owing to TINS
strange magnetic attraction bits of iron
ore can be easily and quickly separated
from crushed stone and dirt. The crushed
ore mass is allowed to fall from a con-
siderable height and that portion of 1t
containing iron is pulled to one side by
the attraction of powerful magnets and
falls into a separate bin. The dust and
dirt fall into another bin.
All through the electric industry the
magnet is extensively used. in one form
or other, and very few of our common
electrical devices and machines would be
possible without it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-10
THE JUDGES, PROMENADE

From affairs at Washington" by Joe
Mitchell Chapple, in National Magazine
for March.
one of the daily sights that always in
terests me when / come to Washington
is when the pedestrian Club of the su-
preme court gets under way down Penn
sylvania avenue. Justice Harlan initiated
the President into it, and nearly every
night when the supreme court Is IN ses7
sion the supreme justices may be seen
coming down the avenue at a rapid pace.
The distinguished jurists walking to the
treasury building where they scatter for
their cars is now as familiar a sight as
the children coming from school.
Chief Justice White now holds the rec
ord as a good walker and seems to delight
in that form of exercise. He may be in
the lead, 1but fast upon his heels are AS
sociate Justice Holmes and Associate JUS
tice Lamar. and it is no leisurely stroll
either. Justice Hughes and Justice Nc
Kenna discuss matters in platonic way
as they go along.
The tradition exists In the capital that
the supreme court Pedestrian Club
was inaugurated by Chief Justice John
Marshall and was continued by Justice
Ellsworth and Miller. During civil war
days the figure of Justice Salmon +.
Chase swinging his arms as he rushed
down the avenue, was familiar sight,
until it is alleged he attempted to walk
with Lincoln, when the long legs of the
rail splitter outdistanced the chief JUS
tice, who never again boasted of his rec
ord from the capitol to the treasury,
which is just one mile even measure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-10

Until the United States recognizes the
Huerta government the latter surely
can not secure financial aid in this
country.
The total debt of Mexico is $780,
000, 900. The Mexican government has
also guaranteed 65,0O0,00O of bonds
issued by the national railways of
Mexico. The railroads easily meet the
interest due on these bonds, and the
guarantee does not give the govern
ment any uneasiness.
1t is difficult to estimate to what
extent the troubles of the past will in
crease the national debt, but these
troubles and the claims of foreign in
terests will not be apt to carry the
total debt beyond 100000, 900, and
that would not be heavy load for
which has copper and silver
to sell, and is really in pretty good
business condition. The national rail
ways have shown increased earnings
all through the disturbed period.
Should peace come Mexico would soon
be prosperous again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-10
National Housewives League

Mrs. Julian Heath of New York,
national president Of the Housewives
league, is busily engaged in extending
the work of that organization. She
holds that more families are poor be-
cause the wife is wasteful and un-
trained than because the husband is
incompetent, lazy or intemperate. She
desires to make housekeeping, not an
art, but an exact science.
The woman who takes a market bas-
ket and goes to market is the woman
of the future, telephone or no tele-
phone. This with the effort to bring
the producer and the consumer in di-
rect communication are the chief
means sought in bringing the cost of
living down to reasonable level. The
parcel post and the market basket are
to do the work.
But these are to be aided by the
prevention of waste in the American
kitchen, especially in the kitchen stove
Bands of earnest women are studying
all these problems in American towns
and the good effects of their work
will soon be felt throughout the coun-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-10
SHADES FOR LIGHTS.

From the Electric News Service.
Shades are to a lamp what a nozzle is
to a hose, and large blaze of brilliant
light is not always good illumination. A
room may easily have too much light, as
we'll as too little, and still be poorly
lighted.
The secret of good illumination is to use
as little light as possible, but to direct 1t
where it is most needed. Objects are
made visible to us by the light reflected
from their surfaces, not by the amount
coming directly from the lamp. 1t is I'M
portant that the light from the lamp be
prevented from falling directly upon the
eyes and, at the same time, it should be
directed to the object to be illuminated.
These results can be brought about by
the use of suitable shades or refiectors.
II one is reading, and an unshaded
electric light Is suspended somewhere be-
tween the eye and the printed page, the
light coming from that lamp will be so
much more intense than that which is
reflected from the page that the latter
will appear indistinet, to say nothing of
the eye strain caused by the direct rays
of the lamp. IT, however, the light
source is shaded so that its direct rays
do not fall upon the eyes of the reader,
but are direct upon the reading matter,
the reading will be made much easier and
excessive eye strain eliminated.
The above example has general ap-
plication in the illumination of rooms or
offices. No lamp should be hung in the
ordinary line of vision unless 1t Is COW
cred by a globe or reflector; that is, 1t
must not be necessary for a person to
look past an unshaded bare lamp to see
objects of interest about the room. The
intense rays of bare lamp not only in
terfere with the vision of the observer,
but produce a strain on the eyes that is
exceedingly firing to occupants of the
room.
In addition to protecting the eyes, and
thereby aiding vision, refiectors increase
the amount of useful light obtained from
a lamp. The ordinary incandescent lamp
when used without reflector gives out a
great deal of light in upward and hori-
zontal directions; all this light. except
that which is reflected downward by the
walls and ceiling. is useless. for it is gen.
orally IN the lower portion of the room
that the light is to be used. Good reflect
ors not only reflect the light down.
ward, but reflect it In such a manner
that it is directed upon the objects 1t Is
desired to illuminate.
In all cases. except those in which some
special decorative scheme is being foi-
lowed, Illuminating engineers of authority
insist upon the use OF renectors with
metal filament electric lamps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-10
Statistics Of Lynching.


Mob violence will soon be unknown
in all parts of the country. Frederick
L. Hoffman showed in a letter pub
lished in the New York Times that
.within the last ten years the public
sentiment among the white people IN
the south favoring the enforcement OF
law has grown fast" In 1892 there
were 235 lynchings in the country.
This was the record of mob Violence
The victims of such violence have since
steadily been decreased until last year
there were but Ga victims all told.
Lynchings occasionally occur in
California, Idaho, Illinois, Montana,
Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota,
Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Wyo-
ming, but by far the larger number
arise in the south. In the table cover
ing the years 190s-12, Georgia leads
all the states, followed in order by
Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ala
bama, Arkansas, Texas, Tennessee,
South Carolina and Kentucky.
The rate of lynching is going down
80 fast Mr.. Hoffman expresses the
hope that ''the time is not far distant
when lynchings, north or south, will
be practically thing of the past"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-10
Farm Values North and South


Within the past 80 or 40 years land
values in the fertile sections of Ten
nessee and Kentucky, as well as in
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and, in
fact, throughout the north generally
have more than doubled.
"Uncle" Joe Cannon, ex-speaker of
the House of Representatives, and now
ex-nember of the House, sold 400
acre farm the other day near Danville,
ILL.,, for 100000. He bought this land
In 1880, paying $4,000 for it. Count
ing improvements and interest on the
investment running 33 years the vet
eran statesman netted big profit. If
Uncle Joe had reached the presidency,
as he is supposed to have had some
hope of doing, it might have been
thought by many that $3.50 an acre
for his farm was fancy price due to
the sentimental value attaching to
place once owned by the head of this
great nation. But Mr.. Cannon retired
from politics only with the glory of
being an ex-speaker and his land
brought what it was worth in the
market and no more.
Those who keep informed about
agricultural matters know that few
commercial enterprises pay so well in
the long run as raising live stock and
the cultivation of crops. The farmers,
as rule, in every section of this
country have made money, especially
within the past four or five years
since a great deal of science and the
most modern business methods have
been applied to husbandry. The farm
ers of the middle west, the far west
and the northwest have grown rich;
and the farmers of the south, having
taken we'll to intensive farming, are
ON the road to wealth.
There is scarcely a good farm in
Indiana or Illinois that would not
bring from 5000 to $3.50 an acre. AS
it requires large capital to buy such
farms, many energetic northern men
having extensive knowledge of agri-
culture as business calling but with
out considerable financial means are
looking to the south, where produc-
tive lands can be purchased at prices
ranging from SIS to $50 an acre.
Farm lands in Alabama that were sold
10 years ago at less than $40 an acre
will bring easily $40 now.
A tide of northern homeseekers
has begun to move southwark and
these homeseekers will come in large
numbers year after year. 1t would
be hard to guess what the $25 an acre
farm in Alabama today would bring
in 80 years from now, but it is rea-
sonable to assume that it will double
in value in 10 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-10
Concerning Federal Patronage

"While it is true that the wide ex-
tension of the civil service system has
greatly reduced the federal patronage
has reduced it to a minimum, l might
say--there are still left many choice
plums,' said an ex-politician. Even
if the fourth class postmasters were
to remain in the non-partisan civil
service class out of the vast number
there will be many vacancies from one
cause and another and all such vacan-
cies will be filled by the postmaster
general But the big plums are found
in the presidential postoffices. There
are nearly 5000 such. Collectors of
internal revenue, collectors of customs,
district attorneys, marshals and other
offices that do not come under the
civil service law will total very large
number.
TT is safe to say that office seekers
are as hungry now as they ever were
and that for every office to be filled
there will be on an average at least q
dozen aspirants. 1 do not suppose the
time will come when there will not be
some sort of pie counter"