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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
Embargo on PIumes Makes Big
Out-of- Work Army.
United States Ban on Millinery Feath-
ers Throws Thousands Of Work
ers Out of Employment In France
Royal Exiles May Return.

Paris.-Because the women OF the
United States are no longer permitted
to wear aigrettes, paradise feathers
and certain other plumes Of wild birds
on their hats, M. Bordeau, president OF
the Syndicate Of Plume Manufacturers
here, assets that $4,000 feather work
ers are menaced by want and that
100000 workmen are threatened with
the loss of their jobs.
The plume manufacturers have
taken the matter up with the French
government on the ground that, In for
bidding the importation Of certain
plumes, the United States violated the
rulings of the commercial treaty exist.
ing between America and France.
A committee composed Of the presi.
dents of the various local plume manu-
facturers' syndicates has already called
upon President Raymond Poincare,
placing the matter before him. The
same committee also waited upon the
minister of commerce, submitting to
him certain documents which. they
claimed, proved their case.
Disinterested officials here, how
ever, do not hold out much encourage
ment to the plume workers, because
they say the measure adopted In the
United States was not aimed at France
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
READY WITH ANSWER
E6rd Mansfield. at a Loss With One
Explanation, Was Quickly There
With Another.

Here is a story from Law and
Laughter" Lord Mansfield was try
ing a case in which an old man named
Elm, who was upwards of eighty. gave
his evidence with remarkable clear
ness. 1t turned out that he had been
through life an early riser. and had
led a singularly temperate life.
The chief justice. in a tone Of ap.
proval, congratulated him, and made
the remark that without such habits
longevity was never attained. The
next witness proved to be this old
mans brother, who was more ancient
than himself He also bore himself
we'll in the witness box. and the chief
Justice rushed to the conclusion that
he was equally exemplary in his hab-
its But the old man declined the
compliment. He said he liked to lie
in bed late. and clinched the matter
by adding that he could not remem-
her a night when he had not gone
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
SHRAPNEL A FLYING CANNON
Il Must Withstand a Pressure Of S.,
600 Pounds to the Square
Inch.

New York-The shrapnel Is really
a flying cannon which shoots Its
charge while In fight or explodes on
impact, says the American Machinist-
Its design involves many interesting
features, as the case must be strong
enough to Withstand the bursting pres
sure and the stresses developed In
firing. The smaller cases are now
made from bar stock on automatic
turret machines at less than the cost
Of the forgings previously used.
The design and making Of a shrap-
mel case has more behind 1t than
appears on the surface for, In addition
to being a piece Of steel turned and
bored to the right dimensions. 1t must
have special mechanical properties.
1t must be able to withstand a pres
sure Of from thirty to thirty-five thou
sand pounds per square inch from the
powder which drives 1t out OF the
gun. though 1t is tested to 10000
pounds. In addition to this 1t must
resist the charge of explosive In the
base Of the case; this base charge
drives the head and balls out of the
case, when a time or distance fuse Is
used. or explodes 1t on impact with
the earth or any other resisting SUD-
stance.
This expelling or bursting charge
exerts a pressure varying from twenty
to twenty-five thousand pounds pei
square inch Further than this. the
tensional stress when the case Is
started whirling through the rifiins
of the gun by the force behind 1t must
be counted. This rotation starts the
instant the shell begins its movement
from the breech Of the gun. and when
we consider that by the time It leaves
the muzzle 1t must have attained q
velocity OF 100 feet per second we
can begin to see how an acceleratior
Of 100000 feet per second is attained
These pressures explain why 1t II
necessary to make the cases OF such
high quality material. tensile
strength of $4,000 pounds to thu
square inch. an elastic limit Of 10000
, pounds per square inch. an elongatior
in two inches of II per cent. and the
contraction of area rs per cent
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
Convenient Plan for Feeding Sorghum Hay In South

all farm manures. II Is thinly and
evenly scattered over the ground and
does not produce a rank growth in
spots Of the pasture as DO other ma.
nures. The manure is also worked
into the soil by the sharp hoofs Of the
sheep. SO that it is not washed AWAY
but becomes available as plant food
This quality has well earned for sheen
the title of golden hoof." In Eng.
land land which during Queen Eliza.
beth's reign produced only six bush.
els of wheat per acre has been made
TO yield thirty bushels at the present
time by the use of sheep. Better cul.
tural methods may be the cause OF
portion of this increase, but without
doubt the sheep are responsible for
the greater part OF II.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
MAKING PROFIT IN PEANUTS
Once Despised Edible ls Now Inpor.
tant Source of Income In South
Excellent for Stock.

Once regarded as a symbol of IN.
significance, the peanut is now earn
ing a respectable place In the coun-
try's commerce and agriculture" says
the Atlanta Journal. restating a long.
established fact in Virginia's expert
ence. Millions are invested in plants
for the manufacture Of peanut prod
ucts, while thousands of acres In the
South are devoted TO the cultivation Of
this excellent crop. A Texas CORE
spondent of the Manufacturers Rec
ord writes that more and more the
Texas farmers are being convinced Of
the value of the peanut crop, and are
using 1t not only to fatten their stock
and enrich their soil, but also as
source of direct income.
The Texas crop last year brought
an average price Of SIS cents bushel.
and this year, because Of general
shortage in the country, 1t will bring
much more. The average yield Of
peanuts in Texas Is from 40 to 80
bushels, and under the best condL
tons even rs bushels. Taking these
figures as a basis, the Records cor
respondent makes an interesting com.
parison between the certain profits Of
the peanut and the uncertain price Of
cotton.
1T takes about 500 pounds Of seed
cotton" he says, ito make a third Of
q bale. or, say. 160 pounds Of lint
There Is a cost Of S. for packing alone
and even at Is cents pound for COT
ton on the market, there Is but tls
an acre to recoup the farmer for rent
Of land, interest on his investment
cost of seed, and labor. At present
prices the peanut crop ie worth Sls
to $40 with a modest yield per scre
Planting and gathering his crop will
cost only a few dollars an acre, In
stead OF $40 or more for cotton"
It Is also observed that In dry
season, when cotton cannot be made.
peanuts flourish. Practical eIpeh-
ence in this connection has brought
conviction to many farmers, and they
now devote a part of their land to pes
nuts. and fatten stock instead Of rely
ing exclusively on cotton" The pes
nut obviously is playing an important
part in crop diversification. 1t Is M
idly growing in popularity throushos'
| the South.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
New Fad In Dating Letters.

Perhaps the last thing in the world
over which the vagaries Of fashion
might be expected to exercise any in
fluence is in regard to such an every.
day practice as the style Of dating let.
tiers. Yet even here fads and fancies
have their sway. A new fancy is said
to be the elimination Of the date of
the month altogether. simply giving
the day of the year For instance
March / would be represented by 80
1914" while for New Years Eve
"365-1914." would be used.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
HAS CANNON FOR HIS COFFIN
Pennsylvania Veteran Of Civil War.
Active at Eiohty-Six, Also 10 Pre-
pairing His Grave.

Philadelphia.-Gen. John P. Taylor
q Civil war veteran. although appar
emily in good health. is making prepa
rations for his funeral. He has placed
an order for a solid bronze coffin to
be cast from old cannon and a vault
has been sunk in the private cemetery
on his estate near Reedsville. Pa. The
general plans to have this covered
by a big granite block to be sur
mounted by bronze statue Of him.
self
General Taylor, despite his eighty
six years. is still robust and enjoys
a horseback ride almost daily. He is
a member of a national monument
commission and a former commander
of the Legion of Honor.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28

or any other country, but was pri-
marily intended as a humanitarian
measure protecting animals and birds
now in danger Of extinction.
"A little child shall lead them" the
good book Gays. and II the fight now
begun to permit French pretenders to
the throne to return to this country
bears fruit, It will be largely the result
of the existence, II not the efforts. Of
the month-old boy. Napoleon Louis.
son OF Prince Victor Napoleon. i'm
perialist aspirant to the French crown.
In 1886 France passed a law Danish
ing from the country forever all heads
Of families once reigning in France,
together with their direct descendants.
Their presence in the fatberland was
deemed perilous to the existence Of
the republic.
The Due d'Orleans, royalist pre-
tender, is now an exile In Brussels,
In which city also Is Prince Victor
Napoleon, the imperialist hope" Both
men have repeatedly professed their
undying devotion to France, and both
have sworn never to modest the home
government. and, indeed, never to &C
cept even the throne unless called
upon to do so by the people them
selves.
Their protestations have had no ef
feet. Homesick, figuratively speaking
they have shed tears Of longing at the
frontiers Of France to the north. east
south, west. Still nobody invited them
to come in. But now that there is a
pink and pulling baby. a collateral
descendant Of Frances most famous
son, an exile from france because q
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
|O0UBT OLD ADAGE
Do Early Risers Become Healthy,
Wealthy and Wise?
Comparison Between the Agricultural
Laborer and the Man Engaged in
Legislation by Writer in Lon
don Publication.

London.-It almost seems as IL there
ought to be a society to protect us
from the effect OF the old adages.
Most OF us, for instance. have been
taught that:
Early to bed and early to rise,
Makes a man healthy. wealthy and wise
But is this really true nowadays
In times gone by, when artificial hight
had not been invented-or was too
costly for general use-it is easy to
understand that those people who got
up at sunrise made the best bargain.
because they got their lighting prac-
tically free Of charge.
Besides, this adage, like many 9TH
ers of its kind, was born amid agri-
cultural communities, where economy
of daylight is and must always be one
Of the secrets of making money.
Nowadays, however. Arnold Colds
worthy writes In London Answers,
most people live and work in towns.
and their work is often lonesome
times necessarily done-by artificial
light. 1t does not make any differ
ence to your wages whether your work
is done by daylight or by the glare
Of Jet of gas. Therefore. unless you
are engaged in the agricultural busi-
ness, early rising will certainly not
make you any weather..
Will It make you any healthier? II
is doubtful. Most people have an idea
that they ought to get up early IN the
morning. Nevertheless. they very
rarely do 1t.
1t may be that It Is more natural to
rise with the lark. but We have been
living on an artificial system for SO
many generations now that our consti-
tutions are getting used to the change.
Who are the people who get up early
in the morning nowadays? Do they
represent the wealthy and wise OF
the population? Hardly.
The early risers are usually the
hands" who have to be at their Job
early In the morning. Wealthy peo-
pie do not as a rule commence bust
ness before ten o'clock in the morn
ing; and IL they had to be up early
In order to be wealthy, half the big
offices In the city would be poverty
stricken tomorrow.
Then, does early rising really make
people wise? Probably the earliest
risers In the country are the agrtcul'
tural laborers: but we do not usually
hold this estimable class OF men w
as samples of our national wisdom
On the other hand, some Of the keen.
est intellects Of our times are to be
found among our legislators. who be
gin business about noon. and are
rarely able to get to bed till the
small hours of the morning.
OF course, II you have to get W
early in the morning because youl
business compels you do so. 1t Is nc
use arguing about the matter. But
II you have the option Of that extra
hours rest you need not get the idea
into your head that 1t Is a crime t.
yield to the very pleasant instinct fol
] a little more sleep.
After all, nature is not bad guide
when she talks to us individually. II
may be very brave and Spartanliks
to spring out Of bed at five In thu
morning. But because that is wha
your grandpa used to do. II doesn'
follow that 1t is going to do you
nervous system any good as thu year
roll by.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
POLICE DOGS SEIZE APACHE
Intelligent Canine Stops Fugitive Who
Fired Shot at Companion In
Paris Street.

Parie-The value of the police dogs
which have for some time been at
tached to the Paris police force was
strikingly illustrated here. Two Mont
martre apaches quarreled and left the
motorcab in which they were driving
to fight a duel with knives In the
street. Suddenly one Of the men
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28

to bed without being more or less
drunk
The barrister, who was on his feet,
caught at this admission. and ex
claimed: "Ah, my lord. this old mans
case supports the theory-and held by
many persons-that habitual intern.
perance is favorable TO longevity"
But Lord Mansfield was equal to the
occasion. mo. no." he replied, with a
smile. this old man and his brother
merely teach us what every carpenter
knows. that Elm. whether wet or dry,
is very tough wood"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
Wall DeveIoped Milk ven"

Good mixers will almost INV n
show a well developed milk ven =,
big vein which carries the piVv a
the bag or udder to the heart u. u! \
fication. should constitute CONF ~.
able of a network on the uooe ,,,vs
and should then continue wen =" ,M
on the belly and disappear
gion OF the heart
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
RICHEST WOMAN IN EUROPE
Baroness de RothschIId Has q Fortune
Of Something In the NeIghbor-
hood of $40o, 900. 900.

Paris.-From this charming photo
graph OF Baroness Henry de Roths-
child made in her chateau in Paris
with her children. one would never
infer that she is the wealthiest woman
In Europe and that her beautiful chill
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
Three C's Make Money.

The three C's make money for the
farmer. They are: Cows, Corn and
Glover. Good cows, good silage corn.
good clover hay Like unto them are
the three DIS. Details Daily Done.
You can't neglect the chores. They
must be regularly done.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
Tea Parties Barred In Montana.

Butte, Mont.-Any woman promot-
ing a tea party to induce women
voters to come out and register for
the coming school election will be
prosecuted under the corrupt prac,
tees act. according to an announce.
ment by County Attorney McCaffery
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
$4,000 ARE JOBLESS

peril to that country's existence. ideas
have changed.
The exiling Of this baby forever
from its rightful home has appealed
to the imagination Of all Frenchmen.
A movement has been begun to abol-
ish the law of 1886 as disgraceful
survival of tyrannical exercise Of
power.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
Supposed Drowned Man Returns.

Passaic. N. J.-Stephen Wokan,
supposedly drowned two years ago.
came back to his wife and three chill
dren and was arrested for failing to
provide for her and the children dur
ing that time.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
threw away his knife and fired on his
adversary with a revolver.

The shot brought two policemen to
the spot with a dog, and while one
of the apaches drove of in the cab the
man with the revolver took to his
heels, firing at his pursuers as he ran.
Before he had gone far, however. the
dog overlook him and brought him to
the ground by biting him in the calf.
The dog then leaped at his throat,
and kept him pinned to the ground till
the policemen came up and arrested
him.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
PIG In Basket.

Chicago.-Wailing cries led Police
man Schmidt to a basket containing
a warm body and a nursing bottle.
The basket, opened. revealed a four
days-old pig.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
Milk Sterilized by Electricity

London.-Babies here are being sup
piled with milk sterilized by el-c
tricity, the microbes being killed BY
electric shocka
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
Keen Chickens BUSY.

A flock of chickens-or-hens will
level a pile OF chaff or sand as often
as It is raised for them. A hint to the
wise is sufficient.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28
Poultry Relish Barley.

Barley is an excellent poultry fee0'
and some poultrymen feed It vn@
they cannot get corn.- We ind -
splendid grain for fattening purposA
and when cracked 1t Is splendid TOT
little chicks.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28

Alfalfa or clover run through cut
ting box and mixed with the mill feed
in the form of thick slop forms an ex-
cellent ration for the breeding herd
and will also do much to keep the fall
pigs thrifty by keeping their digestive
apparatus in working order.
The man who feeds slop in the win
ter and allows part Of it to freeze In
the troughs and puts the next feed
on top of this, will find it Improbable
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28

Sow Spring Grain ea ~" %
Sow spring grain early Il
get the big yield.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-28

dren. Suzann Oeft). age three. and
Henry (right. age six. are the rich
est children In the whole OF Europe.
1t Is estimated that the baroness has
a fortune Of about s40O000.O00 The
Rothschild family. of which young
Henry may some day be head. is the
wealthiest and best known banking
family in Europe and is as well known
here as abroad
The Idaho Republican., 1914-10-16
BYERS ATTACKS EDITOR
OF THE REPUBLICAN
Continued from page one


Byers retired to a Doctors office
and had some stitches taken in his
face, and Trego went to some other
office and had a broken bone
set. Mr.. Byers' son gathered up a
bunch Of roughnecks and went to
the Republican office looking for the
editor, but they had retired when
he arrived. When he went home
they were waiting for him by the
mill, but Mr.. Potter was walking with
him and they made no assault, but
declared their intentions to get even
with him later. There were six in
the party.
Mr.. Byers and Mr.. Trego were
summoned to appear before the
police court at 10 o'clock Monday
morning, and at that hour Mr.. Trego
appeared and made short statement
of the affair, and while so engaged
James Hull, the jailer, walked in
and served a warrant of arrest on a
charge of battery filed by A. e.
Byers. City Attorney Dygert said
the county officials could not have
Mr.. Trego until the city got through
with him, and Mr.. Hull said it would
be satisfactory il he reported at Belo
The Idaho Republican., 1914-10-16
"WAR TAXES" BUT NO WAR

Even the most casual observer of
conditions, when he begins to pay
"war taxes" without any war in his
own country to back them up, will
read with more appreciation and un-
derstanding the portion of Senator
Brady's address at Twin Falls in
which he said:
"The Democratic party told the
people of the country that they were
going to practice economy and reduce
the high cost of living. The only
thing they have reduced is the
revenue of the United States govern
ment. The revenue was falling off
at a rate of as high as $19,000,00O
month before the European war
commenced and they we're facing
deficit of $100,O00,000 even if there
had never been a war on the other
side of the ocean. Leaders of the
Democratic party commenced to talk
war tax, and the first gun had scarce
ly been fired before they proposed a
revenue bill-they call it war tax;
they are attempting to saddle an
additional burden of $100,000,0O0
on the people of this nation under
the name of war tax. It is not a
war tax, it is Democratic deficiency
tax, and these facts will be shown
so plainly to the voters of this
country that the stamp of disapproval
will be placed upon the Democratic
party in November for their incom-
potency and extravaganza"
The Idaho Republican., 1914-10-16

case. would certainly put up ngnt'
because / have all the advantage OF
being right on my side. II l had
assurance that the court felt disposed
to be lenient in the matter, II that
assurance were such as to convince
me that would be justified in enter
ing a plea that would not be morally
true, but which would permit the
quickest and cheapest settlement of
a case that has little merit, we might
both act upon that plan and both
be acting on common sense"
Ball: "Well you can enter plea
of guilty, and we will fix that up
some way; it wouldn't be fair for
me to- say what the fine was going to
be. l am not supposed to know any
thing about the case"
Trego: There is nothing doing.
Bingham county has another scrap
to take care of, and l will have the
best of it all the time because have
been within my rights all the time
and am yet. I will enter plea at
ten O'Clock tomorrow if that is agree
able. N the meantime do you want
bond to show that my body will
be here them"
Ball: "No, you may have your
liberty"
Trego: Thank you, I will be
back tomorrow"
Mr.. Trego went out into the hall
and Mr.. Ball went back to the county
attorney, where they engaged for
some time in conversation. Mr..
Dickinson was in the hall telling q
man, "That complaint over at the
city hall is said to have been filed
against him at quarter to ten, but
it aint dated, and we've got EN-"
1t may be of interest to note that
Justice Ball is creature of Dickin-
son in that Dickinson circulated
petition some months ago to have
Ball appointed justice of the peace,
and that the Beach libel case against
Trego was the first thing Ball was
called upon to handle. This suit was
filed just after The Idaho Republican
had announced that it would not sup
port Judge J. M. Stevens for the
nomination for governor, and after
other parties had been solicited to
swear to criminal complaints against
Trego to accommodate people who
have long drawn their chief SUBJ
stance from the public crib and want
ed to run for office again. Not all
the suits have been filed that were
contemplated, the chief reason being
that they could not find people will
ing to commit the. necessary per-
juries and stand the fire that might
be directed at them in consequence.
Returning to the action in the
police court, Chief Simmons tele-
phoned Mr.. Trego that Judge Ezell
directed him to say that he need
not appear at ol3 o'clock and that
they would telephone him when they
wanted him.
At ten o'clock Tuesday, Mr. Trego
appeared before Judge Ball and filed
a demand for a change of venue to
some other court and some other
precinct outside of Blackfoot, sitting
forth in an affidavit the following
reasons:
1. The defendant has reason to
believe and does believe that he can
not have a fair and impartial trial
before the justice before whom the
action is pending, by reason Of the