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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-12-24


~ the following:
Among the many attractive gift
books for very little boys might be
mentioned Professor Rasmussen S
Analogy Between the Homogeneous
Protoplasm and the Silurian Mole,
Guile" We can think of no book that
would be a greater source of delight
to the child that is not yet out OF
short dresses. 1t tells in easy words
of eight and ten syllables of the
sports and pastimes of the protoplas-
mic family and draws beautiful moral
lessons from the corpuscles of the
carboniferous era. 1t is handsomely
illustrated with Representations of the
agile animalcule and will be sure to
delight the heart of the little boy or
girl who finds it in his or her stock
ing as the case may be.
Another dainty idea for a child of
three or four years is the Unabridged
Dictionary. The simplicity of style
observed in this interesting narrative
recommends it at once for children
who have reached the Kindergarten
age. The plot is not so complex and
the characters are sufficiently varied
to hold the unfagging interest of the
little ones. We have in mind a gen
tleman who gave his little son a die
tiOnary last Christmas. and he as
sures us that the lad simply devoured
the book.
A pretty present for child is the
clinical report of the county hospital,
This comes nicely printed on clean
white paper, with bizarre illustrations
showing the rise and fall of the tenn
perature, amount of protoids eaten,
official count Of the germs. statistics
as to microbes and many other anus
ing and entertaining ideas. A rare
source of pleasure with this book is
to have the little fellows pronounce
the long words first the way they are
spelled and then read them backward
and see what difference if any, there
is in the sound. Some boys would
rather do this than go skating.
In the line Of pure romance there
is nothing more entertaining from
Prof. T. L. Escopexs How the Spec
trum Caught On in Saturn" This
highly original historical tale tells
how the spectrum revealed the secret
of Saturn's rings, showing that the
planet was warm and dry and that the
two rings were for ice water 1t
comes in four large volumes, with %
pages of logarithmic calculations that
are sure to delight young and old.
AS a gift book for a member of a
temperature family there is nothing
pleasanter than The Complete Bar
keeper" This tells exactly what goes
into the stuff that men put in their
mouths to steal away their brains,
and will be of valuable assist nee to
any person who wishes to apply sat
isfactory tests and determine whether
or not he has been equipped with
brains and would inspire larceny
"One Thousand Ways to Cure a
Cold" by Burton Bales, is a beautiful
ly written book giving all the rene
dies for cold that were suggested to
its author in one day. There are SO
variations of the quinine and whisky
treatment, and the other GIL rene
dies consist of the same prescription
without the bitter quinine. This is
good book to have in any house.
THE Servant Question and Its An
swer" will deceive many people, but
it might do for a gift to a young mar
ried couple. The answer is quantity
given: Board"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-12-24
Except We become as q
little child We shall in no
zViSe enter into the JOY
of Christmas time.
The Christmas Robin,

In many parts of England the robin
is associated with Christmas-tide.
There is a belief that on Christmas
eve these birds will sing near a house
where person is dying. to cheer him.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-12-24

If Grandpapa were Santa Claus how happy would
When oyshop toll finished he would take each knee
He'd tell US all his and he'd the pretty toys
He'd made and kept hiding the other girls and boys
We have real, live Grandpapa He visits each year,
And he is quite a friend Of Santa Claus, hear
Although he and of payhngs great store
Grandpapa Santa Claus could not love him more!
GENE MORGAN
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-12-24

Why de chilluns believes! Dey is sho'
dat hit so.
En- dey countin' on him lax a man dat
dey know,
En- dey talk er de things dat he sutten
ter bring,
'Tweli dey set up in bald en- dess holler
en- sing.
En- I tell 'em wy sho good ole Sanity IL
come
Wild a doll en- a sled en- a railroad en-
drum.
En- dey drift" off ter sleep wild smile on
dey face
En- dey ain not cent I kin spain in de
place!
Hits de las thing heah when I tun out
de light:
as e comm ternight nanny? Comm
ternight?"
En- I laughs wild dem all wen dey plan
whut dey do
Wild de things dat he'll bring-en I say
hits all true!
En- de white chillun up whah Is wukin',
dey low
Dat ole Sanity he'll come en- won't miss
'em nohow.
us e comm ternight?" Lawd. I wisht
hit 'ud be
Dat he's com hyuh en- fix up dis POLLEN
for me!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-12-24
IS EWM[N
TERNI(lHT ?"
.czA3 ~ &zAy
WILBUR O!NfSb|T

EITS de las thing I heah when tun
q = out de light:
rs e comm ternight, nanny? Comm
ternght?"
En- de good Lawd knows, dough I sez
Not yit."
Deys a-astin' me still whut dey gwine
ter git
En- I projick en- plan, en- I skimp en-
squeeze,
En- 1 hurries apas' all de winders sees.
Case de chilluns cspec's dat he'll bring
'em a lot
En- dey think he's de same dat de White
Folks got.
rs e comm ternight, nanny? Comm
ternight?"
Lawd, I wisht in nah soul dat e would
on he might,
I wisht in nah soul dat ed come down
de flue
LAX l useter believe dat e sholy would
do.
When de chilluns ondress en- dey jump in
to bald,
En- I tuck up de quilt 'roun' each po' iii
haid,
Den I set down en- wish, en- I wish lax I
pray,
Dat e find out de place TO hit come
Christmas Day.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-25
PROFITS GO TO MlDDLEMAN
Numerous Instances Cited by COLORADO
Agricultural Expert Which ono"
Cause Of High Prices.

When the recent agitation about the
high cost of living was In sway, the
middleman came In for good deal or
blame. And it is little wonder that he
should have been blamed when such
conditions as the following were con-
stantly being discovered in all parts
OF the country, says Alfred Westfall
of the Colorado Agricultural college.
Extra fancy Jonathan apples from
Wenatche valley, Washington, sold at
their local shipping point at sl.4o per
box. They retailed in Chicago fof
eight dollors per box, a difference OF
$685.. OF this amount only 60 cents
was required to get the apples to Chi
cago. OF the remaining $3.50, SZ'4o
went to the wholesaler and $3.oo 10
the retailer, both of whom got larger
toll than the producer.
In Montgomery county, Pa, dairy
men received s.033s per quart for mix
for which the Philadelphia consumer
paid sos; the cost of freight to Phlla-
delphia was &c, leaving the retailer
difference of over &c. In other WORDS
il was costing more't get the milk 10
the consumer than it cost to produce
it. In Indianapolis, the middlemeh
combined one year when there was an
| abundant apple crop, and kept up the
retail price for apples. The farmers
had plenty of apples to sell. but the
! middlemen refused to buy more than
| just what they needed. This cut the
| demand and lowered the price the tar-
mer received for his product without
| benefiting the consumer. There were
| plenty of people in the city who want
ed apples. and plenty of farmers IN
the country who had apples rotting on
their hands, that they would have
! been willing to dispose of at almost
any sprice, but the only means of con-
nection between the two was through
| the middlemen, who preferred to ROD
both, rather than cut the profit.
Such conditions ought not to exist.
The function of the middlemen Is 10
save time for beth consumer and pro-
Queer by furnishing a steady market.
This should give the farmer more time
for production and be a convenience
to the consumer
One of the best preventions of un-
fair combinations is a city market
where the producer may bring his
wares and where the consumer knows
he can supply his wants. This does
away with the middlemen's profits and
tends to keep up the price paid to the
producer of those articles that are
sold to the middleman, and tends to
lower the price he can charge the
ccasamer, and all this at the expense
of the middleman's profits.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-25
Try to Avert Car Shortage.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by the
Department of Agriculture indicates
tina; shippers and carriers are cooper
atirg more closely this year to avert a
car shortage in the movement Of the
country's $4,000, O0O-bushel wheat crop.
OILY about So per cent Of the crop
usually is shipped out Of the country
where 1t is grown. On that basis II
woulG require approximately 100000
cars this season. 1t is the consensus
of opinion that the increase in car sup
ply does not keep pace with demand.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-25
NINE CA,LLAUX IS
MOST DRAMATIC
EC.SRSS THAT SHE NEVER IN
TSr.OED TO KILL EDITOR
OF THE FIGARO.
LONG M0NTHS OF AGONY
For Three Hours She Thrilled Her
Audience With Eloquent Recital
81 Calumnies Against Her.
western S-w.r.n.r Union New. e"--ic.

western S-wsran.r Union News e"-vic.
PaTis.-Madame Henriette CGllauX,
wife Of Joseph CaillauX, once premier
of France and former minister of f.
rance, occupied the prisoners en-
closure in the Assize Court at the
Palace Of Justice Monday, and recited
in a dramatic manner the circun-
Stances leading up to the shooting on
March Is of CASTOR Calmette, editor
of the Figaro, with whose murder sEe
is charged.
Nine. Caillaux held the attention oS
the crowded courtroom for three hours.
She told her story in short, discon
rected sentences, but showed remark
able skill in marshaling her facts Sc
as to represent them in the best light
Nine. Caillaux was a willing witness
throughout After she had concluded
her narrative and was asked if there
were anything she would like 10 add,
she thrilled her listeners when she
described wildly the protracted agony
she had endured because Of the
caIumnies against herself and her
| husband.
"For three months I mounted Cal
vary, she said. Such | do not wish
to my worst enemy. No one can
imagine what went through. feared
for myself, for my husband, for my
! children. | feared for myself because
If part of those letters were published
my deepest secret would lie display ed
before the world. my woman's honor
stand stripped and naked.
Il always had been taught that a
woman's honor consisted in having her
life as open as possible. My poor
father. who last year told me that a
wife who had lover was woman
without honor, never would have Sc:
foot in my house had he known OF my
liaison with NJ. CaillauX.
We we're reproached with being o.
the tourgeoise. 1t is true. | am
bodrgeoise. When the letters were
purloined NJ. Caillaux and myself fell
alike: we would have preferred to re
nodnce our great happiness rather
than see our inner life blazoned to the
world
- feared the publication of the let
tiers. We had many friends, especial
" among the embassies, and in those
circles people wished to humilate AM
cast ridicule upon my husband by TIL
publication of two letters, addressed Il
two different women signed Thy 10
They wished to throw contempt upor
the head of a minister of the republic
the chief of the Radical party, ant
strike through him the republic.
FINALLY, l did not wish to blush be
fore my daughter; that is one thing ;
woman must not be. asked to do.
deeply regret the present misfortune
and l would have undergone anythin'
in the world rather than have beef
the cause OF it IT,
L meant only to make scandal.
fired low in the direction of his feei
1t is such a dreadful burden for me t
carry all my life that l have killed
man, Why should have killed him
Never have | said that the punish
men: of Calmette should be death
World | have thus renounced every
thing, the affection of husband an
nv daughter to go and kill?"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-25
Senate Committee Has Agreed.

Washington.-After months Of de-
liberation the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee agreed upon final revision Of
the Clayton antitrust bill to supple
melt the Sherman law which passed
the house last spring. The committee
reported the measure Wednesday.
Most important of the amendments
recommended is one to provide for a
short review of orders issued by the
Interstate Commerce Commission or
Interstate Trade Commission against
corporations violating trust statutes.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-25
Ouelled Klondike b

On my return to Dawson In 'ne
strolled into the M. & N. saioon, y
the rather disturbed atmosphere Vi Wv
noticed something was amiss. one ha1 a.
picking himself up from the grouno 70
of the attention was concentrated upos
miner sitting on a billiard taoie. w ~
what the trouble was, was iniormsa
miner had "buffaloed" the saloon-in o'1s
he defied the crowd or any OF tne oai
man whom | had observed pichins
was one of the latter to put Nm .1
one accepted the invitation. till tne w.
and a trooper Of the X. n. W. III.
red coat strolled in. Another trooe.
lowed Neither in any way appes,s a.
anything was particularly wrong lug
er strolled I'D to the table and. LOOKING
the drunken miner, quietly oroer.u ~
on his coat and get out Inc niiAs .,I
swear and buster; but at the
this time in rather sharper tones ~ I.
on and walked out like a iamo' .",.sk
ers followed. They did not even - -
rest him, the occurrence being no us ~..
This little incident made me resn
influence this small body OF men - n
that wild stretch of country pu'- A.
rush the troops of this corps-ons al
that ever ruled the kings dom'n..s III
work in the icy north on their was' 'sa,a
when the lowest wage for ordinal, ~
was seldom under $50. During ~
into Klondike not single muroel 800
in British territory.-From "A "s
by A. Lotion Ridger.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-25

the southern and southeastern coasts of Japan,
very much the same way as the Gulf stream
warns the coasts of western Europe. and partly
on account of her position geograpbically with
her long stretch of country from north to SOUTH
and the influence of winds and ocean currents
Japan has large variety of temperature through
out the whole empire
Rice is very largely grown in the southern is
lands as we'll as in the southern part of the main
island, where one sees very extensive rice fields.
but not in the north. There is a kind of dry
rice grown. but this is not of good quality.
The rice grown in Japan is reckoned among
the best in the world, and she takes third place
among the rice producing countries, and exports
very large quantities. She imports rice as well.
and this may sound strange in a rice-growing
country; but the quality of her homegrown rice
being so very fine, she exports all she can and
imports cheaper rice for her home consumption
from Korea and China and India that is Of in
ferior quality to her own; but mixed with Japan
csc rice it is used freely among the poorer
classes Although II is the staple food, other
kinds of grain used as well-millet, barley
and wheat are cultivated and have been grown
for food during past centuries in the country
Crops of these are grown during the time when
the rice fields lie fallow Two kinds OF potatoes
are grown as well for consumption
Hitherto the rice consumers In Japan have
been mostly the people living in the towns. the
peasantry looking upon 1t as somewhat OF lux
ury But the classes OF consumers nave oeen
widening out and the standard of living Is grow
ing higher in Japan. and more rice is being con-
sumed in the country than formerly and this,
in addition to the fact that the population Is
rapidly increasing, means that the question OF
the production Of the food supplies in the coun-
try in the future is one that has to be seriously
considered and for these reasons the Japanese
government has considered the question OF the
increasing demand for food supply ver- care
fully.
, Many years ago the institutes for agricultural
experiments were established and these are do
ing their work we'll. Much has been carried out
for the Encouragement of the farm fields, In the
partitions and in the irrigation systems OF fur
rows and canals works Of this kind carried out
in sufficient extent will enlarge the farm areas
very considerably and lessen the necessity for
opening up any new land for cultivation. 1t Is
by following these methods that Japan Is prepar-
ing herself to meet the increasing demand for
food Failure of crop and consequent famine
have to be met by larger imports. but necessarily
cause great distress among the people.
Times and seasons scrupuousy regarded
by the peasantry for all their agricultural opera
tons The terrible storms In the typhoon season
are very much dreaded early In September. "nen
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-25
BIG BREAK IN COOPERATION
Two Seasons of Discouraeement Have
Put an End to Southern Texas
Truck Association.

For many years we have celebrated
the success of the Southern Texas
Truck Growers association.
Now it is about to go all to pieces.
Why?
Oh, just because the price of onions
last year and this has been poor and
the association Improbable.
During its existence the association
has collected from the railroads
claims and overcharges amounting to
nearly one hundred thousand dollars.
These 1000 truck farmers dubbed to-
gether in buying their seeds from the
Madeira islands and in this way saved
another s150,O00. For six or seven
years they made big profits.
But two seasons of Encouragement
have put an end to this cooperative
effort.
If these farmers could not get good
prices for their onions while making a
collective fight for profitable markets
what can they expect to do as single
individuals?
Sticking together when the goose
hangs high is one thing. Amy fool
has sense enough to do that. but
standing together comparatively when
the goose hangs low is another propo
sition. II takes fullstatured, far-see
ing men to do 1t.
The farmers everywhere have got
to learn the wisdom of Ben Frank
Inns heroic saying to the convention
in Revolutionary times: I'VE mus
all hang together or we will all hans
separately"
Putting ones hand to the pillow ant
not looking back is virtue celebrated
in the New Testament.
And the farmers will be obliged II
acquire this cooperative virtue, o.
they are forever doomed to failure.
Cooperation is a business PROPOSE
ton. II calls for sense and nerve ant
courage-moral and spiritual!
It is a mans job. and children fai
at It every time.-Home and Farm
stead.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-25
Death Of Confederate Hero.

Wichita. Falls, Tex.-Maj. Robert
Cobb, 70, died at his home here Mon
day from paralysis. He was COM
manGer Of Cobb's battery in the Con-
federate army. He was made brigadier
commander Of artillery in 1864. of tho
battalion composing Slocum company.
Washington artillery Of New Orleans,
Meban's Tennessee battery and Cobb's
battery, which was one of the renown-
ed organizations of the Confederacy.
irving s. Cobb of New York, the anr
.hor, 10 q nephew.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-25
GOOD STOCK HOLDS THE BOY
Problem Of Keeping Young Men on
Farm May Be Solved by Making
Him Business Partner.

Let every farmers boy have an
interest in some well bred live stock
and the slogan Back to the Land will
lose much of its significance-there
will no longer be a movement away
from the country to the city"
This Is the way G. c. Humphrey Of
the Agricultural college Of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin looks at the prob
lem. Mr.. Humphrey believes that the
whole problem Of keeping young men
on the land may be most easily solved
by making the boy a business partner
in the management of the farm AS
soon as he is able to care for them. he
should be given a few head of good
stock and allowed to handle and
market them as he thinks best.
Nine boys out Of every ten have
an instructive love for animals" says
Mr.. Humphrey. IF the farmer would
take little pains to cultivate this side
of his boys nature. he would never
need to fear that the boy would grow
tired Of the farm and leave.
First. the boy wants a pet He
should have a good dog, Then as he
grows older he turns from pets to
animals which will give financial re
turn for the pains he bestows upon
them. At this stage of the game the
wise father will take hand and see
that his son gets brood mare, q
heifer. a few ewes or a couple Of pigs
But whatever the boy gets 1t should
be high grade stock. for no matter
how great his interest In farm animals
II he spends time and pains on scrub
stock that will turn him no profit his
enthusiasm is bound to decline. II
my trips about the state have OTTER
noticed that the most contented boy.
are found on the farms where profit
producing herds and fiocks are kept.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-25

beneath an avalanche Of soft felt hats
Felt hats around Chicago seem. how.
ever, to lack the full-blown western
opulence. Compared with hats in the
real middle West, they are stingy lit
tie headpieces. When we were in Chi
cago that city seemed to be the center
Of a section in which peculiar style
of hat was prominent-a blue felt with
a velvet band But that. Of course.
was merely a passing fashion.
Not SO the hats little further west.
The Mississippi river marks the be-
ginning of the big black hat belt. The
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-25
SUFFRAGE by State Enactment.

Observation-Disclosures that the
next Democratic national platform
would endorse woman suffrage, but
would recommend that the ballot be
conferred by state enactment, was
made in a statement by Miss Kate
GorGo of New Orleans, president Of
the Southern States Woman Suffrage
Conference. THE recent announce
ment of two great Democratic lead
ers, Speaker Clarke and Secretary of
State Bryan, that they will support
equal suffrage, will be of inestimable
benefit to the cause" said Miss Cor.
don.