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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
PROFITS ON FARM PRODUCE
investigation to BE Made by Depart
ment of Agriculture on Marketing
Of All Farm Products.

It is announced that the department
of agriculture. through its office OF
markets, will shortly begin thorough
study of what happens to produce
from the tsne 1t leaves the producer
until 1t reaches the consumer. A spe-
cialist on marketing perishable pro-
duce will investigate prices received
by producers, cost Of transportation
and storage, change Of ownership. &C.
cumulated charges. profits and other
elements. This specialist will then
study conditions in various sections to
determine the feasibility Of market
news service dealing with perishable
products. and also the best method OF
making statistics of supply and de-
mand useful to the farmer and truck
gardener.
Other specialists will give attention
to studying cooperative organizations
of producers and consumers, including
cooperative marketing associations Of
farmers and buyers. cooperative
stores, etc. Theyswill make intensive
studies of typical communities deal
ing with special products. and will as
e:st in the formation Of new co-opera-
tive enterprises. An expert In coop
erative accounting will assist such or
CARNATIONS to keep their books and
records effectively. establish cost sys-
! TENS and follow up methods of hand
/ ling goods en- route and on sale.
Cooperating with the other investi-
gators Will be specialists in transpor-
tation-men who have had as much
railroad shipping experience as divi'
sion freight agents-who will assist
| producers in securing proper freight
rates, and will discuss questions of ex
tending facilities, determination OF
rates. routing, and other matters con
cerned with the speedy and cheap
moving OF produce to centers Of
wholesale and retail demand.
Especial attention is to be given tc
the milling, marketing and utilization
of cotton seed. A specialist in this
line will ga her full information neces
sary for the successful organization
and operation of oil mills by cooper
ating producers. He will also endeav
or to find new uses and new applica
tons for cotton seed and its manu-
featured products.
Other specialists thoroughly famil
lar with the marketing Of cotton IL
Texas. Arkansas and Oklahoma. ant
other cotton states will devote thei
attention to improving trade in cottol
and devising improved methods o
handling and selling cotton and see
cotton.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
Appliances for Measuring Time.

Mechanical appliances for measur-
ing time were in use from the earliest
ages and clocks Of one kind or an
other were made in Europe before the
discovery of America. Brass wheel
clocks with weights, standing six
feet high, such as are now called
grandfather clocks, were common In
England and Germany long before the
revolutionary war The first clockma-
ker in the United States was Eli Ter
~, who made his first clock with
wooden wheels in 1892, and afterward
made a great many, and they we're
good timekeepers. In 1907 he con-
tracted to deliver 1000 wooden wheel
movements to a certain firm, and il
took him three years to fill the order.
Seth Thomas, once a we'll known Yam
kee clockmaker. learned his trade
with Eli Terry. Brass wheel clocks
were first made in the United States
in 1887.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
/ Farmers Educational
NJ and Operative
iii Union of America
Matters S Especial Momentto
J the Progressive Agriculturist

A lazy man has no business running
q farm.
It's the peak-load of laziness that
breaks LOT Of men.
Expect little, but do your everlasting
best to land a whole lot.
A cyclone cellar won't protect you
from domestic tempests.
The farmer who is well able to buy
q motor car certainly auto.
The best way to make time fly is to
borrow money for 80 days.
The best way to ascend steadily in
the world is to keep on the level.
He, who by the pillow would thrive.
should ride a sulky pillow and drive.
The shortage of horsepower when
most needed is a serious handicap
Some peoples generosity consists of
giving away everything you tell them.
Why most of US really wish to visit,
Is to have some one listen while we
talk.
To be a philosopher all you have to
70 is to preach what you don't prac-
ice.
Men often swear to keep from cry
ing, and women often cry to keep from
swearing.
A wise man will stick to the farm
that has been tried and not found
wanting.
There's one advantage about tight
shoes. They make you forget all your
other troubles.
Since the coming Of the automobile
the subject Of good roads has taken on
q new meaning.
A profitable marketing system IL
as essential to profitable farming az
Is production.
| One way to make farming more
profitable Is to shorten the distance
between the producer and the con
sumner.
Is 1t true that all of US want
square dea.? Honestly now, isn't Il
q fact that most Of US want just lit
tie the best Of It?
The farmers are becoming SO care
less with their motor cars that tow
man is almost afraid to drive his horse
out in the country.
Cooperative ownership Of the silo
filling machinery is the most practica
solution of a perplexing problem con
nected with silo building.
One advantage in being a farmer i
that 1t enables one to wear his oil
clothes without feeling ashamed
himself.-Florida Times Union.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
WAS DOWN ON ST, MhYLANTS'
Evidently Good Wife Didn't Mean Jim
to Take Anything That He
Wasn't Used to.

Il think. madam" said the profess
sionally polite young doctor to the
wife of his first patient in the back
woods of a decidedly nonprohibition
state, Il think that your husband
needs a good stimulant of some sort
and | will leave for him some
NO. sir" she said, with marked de-
cision. You amt goin' to leave
Jim no stimmylants like ki-nine or
tinksher OF iron nor that malt stun
some folks takes nowadays without
KNOWN what it'll do to their systems
Me an Jim is both down on all slim
mylants. I'm goin' to fix him up a
quart or SO o good rye whisky to take
first thing in the mornin'. an III sur
him up good, strong whisky eggnog
at noon, and let him have steamln
hot brandy punch along in the middle
O. the afternoon. an give him a glass
O. wild grape wine at night; but as for
stimmylants, he amt goin' TO take
none of EN-, long as can help it
Judge.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
HEAT KILLS MANY CHICKENS
Shade May Be Provided by Raising
Portable Colony Houses Foot or
More From the Ground.

By PROF ]. G. HALPIN. Wisconsin
College Of Agriculture)
Not disease, but lack of shade. is
responsible for many poultry losses
in summer. The average poultryman
may lose several hens before he real
ICES that heat is responsible for their
death. or he may expose young chicks
to hot sunshine too soon.
A young chick Matched during hot
weather must not be put out in the
hot sun until after 1t is several days
old and must be gradually accustomed
to the sun. Otherwise the sun may
blister its tender skin. so that even
though 1t is not killed outright, II is
greatly weakened.
For shade. a corn field, small patch
of sun flowers, shrubbery and bushes
Of any sort, as we'll as fruit or shade
trees, are very satisfactory. Many
times something could be accom-
plished along this line by turning the
houses around so that they face north
and thI.s shade the chicks.
Portable colony-houses with solid
floors can be raised q foot or more
of the ground SO that the chicks can
get under them for shade.
Old doors and objects Of that sort
can be used for shade by driving four
stakes into the ground and elevating
the north end Of the door some three
or four feet from the ground while
the south end is only about foot
/ from the ground. Small ducklings
and goslings are even more subject
to sun stroke than the chickens and
so should be guarded with especial
! care.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
NOT JUST WHAT SHE MEANT
Under the Circumstances 1t Is to Be
Hoped Minister Had a Sense
of Humor.

When the new minister made his
first pastoral call at the Brownings he
took little Anna on his knee and asked
her if she had a kiss for him. But the
little girl refused to kiss or be kissed.
She squirmed loose and ran into the
next room, where her mother was put
ting a few finishing touches to her
adornment before going into the draw
ing room to greet the clergyman.
Mamma" the little girl whispered.
the man in the drawing room wanted
me to kiss him."
Well" replied mamma, why didn't
you let him? | would if ! was you.
Thereupon Anna ran back into the
drawing room, and the minister asked;
We'll, little lady. won't you kiss me
now?"
NO. / won't" replied Anna, prompt
ly, "but mamma says she will
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
Some Credit Going to Pat.

An Irishman was one day engaged
at stone breaking on the roadside,
and not being used to the work could
not get on very fast. A friend of his
who CHANGED to pass by as Pat was
belaboring a large stone with re-
newed vigor. tried to show him the
right way, and taking the hammer
from him broke the stone with ease.
Said Pat: Sure. now, and it be
easy for We to break the stone after
| have been softening it for the last
half hour"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
First Newspaper.

The Acta Diurna (Acts Of the Day.,
instituted by Julius Caesar, comes
about as near being the first newspa-
per as anything we can find. There
was an official editor, and the gazette
was exhibited daily in public. 1t was
copied by scribes, who sold it to their
customers. The Acta contained an
nouncements or DEGREES by the gov
eminent, notices relating to the
courts. and other matters of public in
terest, such as birth. marriages and
deaths. 1t had a wide circulation and
in many ways fulfilled the office OF
regular newspaper
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
Growing Cucumbers.

Some growers seem to think that 1t
Is necessary to always plant cucum-
bers in hills. The drill system is used
quite extensively in some parts OF the
country. When the soil is well sup
1lied with organic matter there is no
ecessity of planting in hills, and it is
doubtful whether such good results
an be obtained as from the drill
,ethod Any good seed drill may be
Ised when the seeds are sown in
drill
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
Trees and Lightning.

The electrical resistance of trees Is
quite great, a quality which protects
them to a considerable degree from
lightning stroke. This resistance var
les greatly with the character of the
tissues and also with the temperature.
This fact results in an annual and
daily period of resistance. The cam
blum LAYER shows the least electrical
resistance, followed by the phloem
and sapwood.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
In the Same Boat.

William is small, but shrewd and
luick.witted. A little lazy, however.
= has been slow to learn to read. The
other day his grandfather, whom he
loses dearly, thought to prick the lit
lie lads pride Pretending to have
uaslaid his glasses. he handed Will
nam the menu of the restaurant,
shere. as a favorite treat, he had
0ken his grandson to luncheon. Il
can't read without my glasses. SON."
ne explained. You read the ice
Geam list to me" Said William
witty and solemnly: 81 can't read
Without glasses, either"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
Simple Remedy.

When the fowl "rattles In tn
throat" there is evidence that there /
some bronchial affection. This raj
fling" will be more plainly noticed a
night while the fowls are roostni
Give a teaspoonful every other mori
ing of a mixture composed Of ecu:
parts of vinegar and water II this I
not effective, treat with a mixture E
yne part spirits Of turpentine vii
four parts OF sweet oil. giving 10 dro
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
Exact Copy Of Wrapper
Wisdom.

Boo-boo, the learned Pun1ahb,
awoke. salaamed. and spoke.
He who hath high forehead sure
ly will he have his eyes beneath it.
and of a verify live all the days of
his life.
He who is bald will doubtless have
but little hair but the little that he
hath surely will he not have 1t on the
bald places"
Thus relieved of the burden. the
learned Punjahb salaamed again. and
slumber again fell upon his eyelids.-
Browning's Magazine.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
She Said IL,

You are no gentleman" she wrote,
4you think said any such things as
- said you said said had said.
Dear GIRL" he answered. you must
~ think | think you think you must
y the kind of girl think you must
y II you said such thing as you
Nd she said ! said you said you had
Nd"
+ hseems he knew she knew he knew
oe said just what she said she heard
y had heard her friend had heard
nm say he had heard her say, but
Nth intuitive feminine tact she &C
cepted his apology.-Life.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
Met Them Everywhere.

A detective remarked at the Middle
sex (Eng) sessions that he knew a
prisoner to have associated with men
of bad characters.
You associate with men OF bad
characters yourself, don't YOU in
ouired counsel, facetiously.
There was great laughter when the
officer replied:
Yes. and in this court, too"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
EIour of Another Color,

He'd been Waiting with his hosts
ugly elder daughter. and was In
corner repairing damages. Here he
was espied by his would-be papa-in-
law.
She is the flower of my family.
SIR" said the father.
so it seems" answered the young
man. PITY she comes off so, isn't
it," he continued, as he essayed an
other vigorous rub at the white spots
on his coat sleeve.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
How She Did IL.

THAT widow is good manager.
isn't she?"
Manager? / should say so. She got
that house of hers fixed up like new
for nothing"
How did she manage it,"
She was engaged to the carpenter
till all the woodwork was finished, and
then she broke 1t off and married the
plumber"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
No Crossness.

Did the attorney for the defense
aussexamine your"
oh, dear, no." replied Mrs. Pifle-
Ter, "he was just as pleasant about
~ he could be!"-Woman's Home
Cunpanion.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
Easily Satisfied.

1t takes very little water to make
perfect pool for tiny fish. where 1t
will find its world and paradise all in
one. and never have a presentiment
of the dry bank.-George Eliot.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
Practical Old s nv.

Sentimental Young dy-Ah. pro-
fesor. what would II old oak say If
it could talk?
Professor-It ' I'D say, Il am an
elm!"-Fliegende Blaeitor.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26

We make friends not by explaining
things to them but by allowing them
to explain things to US
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
Family Pride.

Prisoner Ito jailer)-Put me In cell
SO.
What for?"
Its the one father used to have
Fliegende Blaetter.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
THE BEST HOT WEATHER tonic,
GROVES TASTELESS Chill Toh,.
The Old Standard General Tonic. Drives out Malaria.
Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whoie oys'ehi'
FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN.

taseles form that wonderfully
effect OF the hot summer
TAsTELEss chill Malaria Chs and Fever
Gives life and wr Nursing
Mothers Bouns without Purgng ReeVes
nervous the action and puhs the blood
Druggist We 500
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
Relieve Costiveness.

Cases Of costiveness in poultry can
be relieved by adding ten drops OF
sulphate of magnesia to each pint OF
drinking water.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26

- One day my husband got the
,shor, in to see what the matter was
~ could not help me. My first
Al was for Lydia p. Pinkham's
s.ble Compound and / sent my hus-
"a for it and took ituntil was en-.
ured. lam a woman OF perfect
= md my health and happiness
frm Lydia E. Pinkham's medi-
"a Ycu may rest assured that DO
nj - % recommend your wonderful
- % my friends. - MRS. FRED
- Route No. 8, Malone, N. Y.
!. uccess Of Lydia e. Pinkham's
|, sbls Compound, made from roots
-, Is unparalleled. It may be
~ IA perfect confidence by women
Ter from displacements, infam-
- liberation, tumors, irregularities.
- peins, backache, bearing down
~. 6atulency, indigestion, dizziness,
7ycus prostration. Lydia =. Pink
I; 4 vegetable Compound is the STAN
rumedy for female ills.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
No Chance.

Atlas was carrying the world on his
shoulders.
IF the darn thing didn't weigh over
eleven pounds could send it by par
eel post" he complained.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
All Cracs In Power.

Gface Is power. That power where
~ God works in nature Is called pow
u That power whereby he works in
~ wills of his reasonable creatures
II called grace.-Canon Motley.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
RUB-MY-TISM

Will cure your rheumatism and all
kinds of aches aid pains-Neuralgia,
Cramps, Collie, Sprains, Bruises. Cuts,
Old Sores. Burns, etc. Antlseptie
Anodyns. Price 25c.-Adv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
Paradoxical.

81 would walk on hot plowshares
for your sake, my love-
"Yes, and the minute you tried II
YOU would get cold feet"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
Truthful Girl.

Melvin-Dear, am the only one you
have sat with in this hammock?
Melvina-Yes. This Is new nam
mock.-Judge.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
For Achina. Perspirina Feet

use Tyree's Antiseptic Powder either
sprinkled into the shoes or used IN
solution. Never fails to relieve. 25c.
at all druggists or sample sent free by
]. S. Tyree, Washington. d. CAV
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
Keep Dirt Out.

We cannot strain dirt out Of milk.
The better way is to keep it out of
the stable and utensils.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26

nnWinslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
(1>ine, softens the gums, reduces inhamma.
-, sIlays pain cures wind pic ,2Sc bottle.Aeu
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26

LIQUID blue Is weak solution. I'D II;
Buy Red Cross Ball Blue, the blue that AL
blue. Ask your grocer. Adv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26

Most OF us like to take a chance.
\ 1 rose had no thorns the probabili'
/ Il are we wouldn't care to pluck it.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26

Small hats are going out this year"
"Well, you know. few people do put
them on to wear in the house.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26

tainly done me a lot
of good. first heard
of it when l was a
girl and l always said
that if / ever had fe-
male trouble ! would
take it.
al suffered from
organic infamma-
ton and would have
spells when l would
be in such pain that
II would tie ar my
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26

The coming man usually turns out
to be a bill collector.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
Corrected.

Her gown was quite outre."
No. il was summer silk.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26

The New Zealand hen Is an expert
rat killer
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26

Remove the obstacles IL you want
things to come your way.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
pSIGORATING To THE PALE AND
- 80 aICKIY

- Od Standard general strengthening tonic,
G50lHS TAsTELESS chill TONIC, drives out Ma
~ snTfches the blood and builds up the sy stem
xolo Appstiser. gor adults asd children. ~ ctA
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26

When marigolds do not open. 1t is a
sign of rain.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
|sUCH PAIN
'W0MAN TORE
her CLOTHES
Sc. She Was Restored
. Health by Lydia E.
p;nkham's Vegetable
Compound.

NY, Lydia E. Pink
~ Ws,,cstable Compound has GER
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-26
<YOU HAVE

- sepetite, Indiees tion, Flatulence, Sick
~. En- run down" or losing flesh, you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-29
WANT LOWER RATES.
Hill City Man Complains of Unfair
Freight Charges on Coal.

The people of Hill City want cheaper
fuel, and to get it, they think that it
is necessary to get cheaper freight
rates. One man contends that the
rates on fuel from Colorado, are great
er to Hill City than the rates to Kan
sas City which is a haul of 300 miles
greater. One makes complaint in
the following letter to the Topeka
State Journal:
Editor State Journal:-Whilet the dis
cussion is rife as to cheaper fuel in
eastern and southeastern Kansas, and
the proposition laid down to put the
western half of Kansas to expense or
converting the legislature, to furnish
relief, it appears to one at this END
of the state, that eastern Kansas fuel
users have little to complain of as
compared to the greater cost for fuel
expense in the western half of Kansas.
Here we are compelled to pay $3.50
per ton for coal and the public utilities
commission never say to the railroads
to haul this coal at less expense, but
the railroad transportation companies
will haul this same coal from the
Rocky Mountains and lay it down In
eastern Kansas at less expense than to
us, greater haul distance of over 300
miles. Gentlemen don't you think we
need relief out this way?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-29
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.

Chicago. July 29-WHEAT-Big receipts
1lne weather and weak cables today made
the wheat market easy. Absence of ex-
port and milling demand counted also
against the bulls. Prices, however. were
steadied by the strength of coarse grain
Inc opening was unchanged to nc lower
september which started at s5Mdsec to
ooooo7sc, the same as last night to 1hc
down, sagged to S5%c
subsequently there was a decided I'M
turn In consequence of shorts covering
as result OF the continued rise in corn
ne cIoSe, however, was easy, with Sep
TEMPER hg9sc net higher at s65sc
CORN-Corn ran up quickly on account
OF general rush to buy, owing to pro-
spectS or an enlarged damage from heat
ana drought. September opened &c TO &c
hlSher at 6S7sc to 643sc and held near the
A further bulge ensued owing to nre-
o1ctlons of dry, hot weather being un-
abated tomorrow. The close was nervous
at 651sc for September and a gain of 1A0
17sc net. |Ss
OATS-Improved eastern demand helped
to lift. oats September started at 4015c to
4oc' an advance of Ac to nc, and assembled
to 40a4 0407sc.
PROVISIONS = Provisions developed
strength with corn. First sales were I'M
changed to TIC higher, including Septem-
Der options follows: Pork $21. 421a;
lard, $11.sO; ribs, $11.S21z@11. IS.