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CONSERVATION OF MOISTURE
Surface Of Soil Must Be Kept Loose 10
Take Care OF Rain as Rapidly
az II Descends.

By W. II. STEVENSON. Copyright. lal4)
From two hundred and seventy-fiye
to six hundred tons of water are re-
quired to produce one ton of dry mat
ter for most of our common farm
crops. In many portions of the United
States the rainfall during the growing
months is not sufficient to supply these
large amounts of water to the crops.
This fact lays stress upon two things
namely, the Importance of large water
supplies In the soil not as stagnant wa
ter, but as capillary water, which Is
for the most part available for grow
ing plants. and also the Importance of
the conservation of this soil water.
The first step in conserving soil
moisture is to have and keep the sur
face of the soil In such condition that
most of the rainfall will be received
into 1t and will be carried by gravita-
tion to the lower zones. where the wa
ter supply is held until later called
into use. Whenever the surface Of the
soil is baked or run together and i'm
peryious II Is practically certain that a
large portion of every rain will not get
into the soil. but is lost because OF
surface drainage. An effort should be
made to hold the rains of the entire
year, those OF the fall and winter and
early spring as well as those Of the
growing season. In order to accom-
plish this the surface of the soil must
be kept loose and open so that as rap
Idly as rain falls II may be taken into
the upper soil from whence It can
work downward to the great store
house beneath.
Fall blowing helps to put the sur
face in condition to take up the
rainfall The hardened crust is bro
ken, and water enters freely. More
over, the ridges and hollows Of the
plowed surface act as basins, which
hold snow and rain until they soak
into the soil. Early spring plowing
uhu uAohihB uiSO pay al AmpoaeoAs
part in putting the surface soil In con-
dition to retain and take In maxi
mum amount OF water.
The second step In soil moisture con-
servation is to save the water which
has entered the soil. This can best be
done by cultivation. The reason is
this-water Is carried from the lower
zones of the soil by capillarity 1t rises
in the soil from soil particle to soil
particle, and finally 1t reaches the sur
face of the soil and is lost by evapora-
tion unless the upward movement Is
checked by some agency. Now, culti'
walton creates this agency-namely. q
soil mulch. The principle Of moisture
conservation by mulches is we'll estab-
lished. There is no practical method
for saving soil moisture except by the
use OF the mulch. .
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Nothing New.

Apropos of certain fresh revelations
of corruption in the realms of high
finance, Thomas w. Lawson said at a
dinner in Boston:
Columbus found out that the world
was round. But surely lots of invest
ors before him must have found out
that 1t was anything but square,"
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All the Difference.

The four persons were having some
trouble in getting seated as the train
rolled out of the station. One, a
truthful looking old lady, insisted on
taking a seat facing the front of the
train.
You know, can never ride with
my back to the engine" she said.
But, auntie, this train hasn't got
any engine" suggested one of the
younger ones selfishly. 1T has mo-
tor"
And the old lady, Modified. sat COM
fortably with her back to the motor.
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tBy e. VAN BENrHuYsENo

{By e. VAN BENTHUYsEN)
Many gardeners are now making
rhubarb the paying crop by forcing 1t
for the late winter sale. 1t does not
make much difference whether rhu-
barb is grown in the light or darkness.
and for this reason It is easily forced
in any kind Of building that will pro-
tect It from frost. or in cellars. Plants
should be plowed out late In the fall.
after the first hard frost, and the roots
should then be divided and placed on
top Of the ground. with sufficient soil
over them to protect them from the
air.
After they have been slightly frozen
they may be set In root-cellar. or any
building which II heated, packed close
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conjuqal Amenities.

MY dear. don't act like fool"
How can. | help 1t when you told
me to follow your leada"
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-08-06

Be happy. Use Red Cross Bag Blue;
much better than liquid blue. Delights
the laundress. All xrocers. Adv.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-08-06

Charity may begin at home. but you
frequently find It out when you call
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-17

LESSON -EXT-Ns.. ..:,-n
Luke . 80 See also
COLLEEN TETT-Ta.-. add.
Z. '. Matt so
The account @: Peters ho.,,
1890, common but highly s,,., w.
cant story, forms the co0Dec,i,. r"I
II Marks GOspe,. between ,b's
last sundays lesson. After 80, u
the hymn '. : the Hayslr'sst
Jesus and his disciples lief, Tho :,
per room. Mark. unlike John s;ra.
no record OF those marvellous ~
courses delivered there nor ., ~
other details following tha, las, cav
per. Only a paragraph ~ q,
fers to his repeated warning tia, \.
is about to be smitten and the di..,
Piles scattered.
!. Into the Garden, w. 32.as y.
other passage in history SO moves N.
human heart with reyerential ave
Somewhere outside Jesus lef, ei,h,
disciples. He took three his closo.,
friends, and resolutely entered tho
darkness. Our record tells us tina, h.
was amazed and sore troubled" ana
there is a hint OF his humanity su,.
gested by the fact that he should con.
fess the same to the disciples. Thess
three had been with him on the Noun,
OF TRANSPORTATION there TO behold his,
glory. Now they are to see the dep,bsI
OF Divine self-abnegation. He trodI
the winepress alone, however, for
he went forward a little" ". al,
No pen can depict, nor Z nd con.
ceive the absolute loneliness o, the
Savior, the state OF his mental az.
ony, nor the degree OF his spiritual
anguish. Bewiderment and agony
swept over his being ". 33J, and the
heart that broke on Calvary was near
TO the breaking point. Luke 22:A
He who wanted company also want.
ed to be alone in this crucial hour
hence his separation from the three
friends.
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Masterpiece In Mosaic.

At Ivry. a Paris suburb. has Just
died remarkable old man. a septua-
genarian named Fraissard. He died
In poverty. but had he chosen he
could have become one Of the most
famous European sculptors. AS it
was, he finished life as he began it
more or less penniless. When a boy
he was apprenticed to a marble cut
ter. and he at once discovered his
powers In this direction. For 80
years, says the London News, he had
continued to execute the most beau
tiful works Of art, mostly in mosaics
NJ. Fraissard's masterpieces took him
nearly twenty-four years to perfect
1t is a black marble table In the
middle is chessboard. on either side
OF which are playing cards arranged
In fans. On the table are dominoes
and dice. cigars and cigarettes, and
several coins in gold and silver. All
these. OF course, are inlaid. The ma
trials in the table. beside the black
marble, are agate. onyx, porphyry,
malachite. lapis lazuli. the tones Of
which are black. red. orange. blue
and white. Ninety different kinds Of
marble also were used.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-17
The Rainbow Monkey.

You have all seen black monkeys
and gray monkeys and brown mon
keys. but how many Of you have seen
q rainbow monkey?
The rainbow monkeys name is the
mandril and he lives In the billy parts
of Africa. He is. indeed. a weird
looking creature. His snout Is a bright
scarlet, and on either side OF his long
hideous face are deep grooves OF pur-
pie and scarlet and blue. His eyes
are tiny and glow like ugly sparks of
fire.
The mandril has funny. stubby ears
and a tail that ID only a sawedo on
stump. His hind legs are a deep VIC.
let color.
In, fact, II you ever see q rainbow
monkey. you probably will exclaim:
There amt no such ANIMAL"
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shots we're heard, fired pointblank at
living targets. The melee became a
battle. When It was over. the strike
breakers had fed and two score and
more lay dead on the streets. Through
the labyrinth Of silent machinery and
chilling furnaces a mob that painted
with the thirst for blood hunted out
and shot down those of Henley's men
who had reached the mills. Mad?
Mad as though a bastile waited to be
taken.
Two days the terror lasted. The mills
sacred property!-were wrecked
Timid posses we're driven back. Crazed
orators harangued the mob and took
for ironic text the Siamese twins Of
production"
Then with measured tread and
cleaning bayonets came the force of
the law. and peace-the peace Of the
strong-hovered once more over Quin-
by's mills.
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How Customs Change.

II some OF the notables of ancient
times were living now how differently
they would act!
Noah would charter an ocean liner.
Nero would step into the parlor and
turn on the monograph while Rome
burned and the heather ragged. Ben
Hur would pilot a 60 horsepower rae
ing car and spin around saucer tracks.
Jason would hire the great detective
to find the Golden Fleece, instead of
going after 1t himself. Icarus would
mount to the sun in a Bleriot mono
plane without fear of its wings melting
of. Napoleon would invade Russia in
a Pullman palace car. Demosthenes
would go on the ChautauQua circuit.
Cain would plead circumstantial EVIL
dence, self-defense and emotional In.
sanity.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-17
CHAPTER XIV.
The Pressure Of Truth.

tHS FESOS6tV W
The strike was broken. Engines
crunched and furnaces glowed again
The men, starved out, had crept bach
to the mill gates. begging for work
The troops marched away and the
union, at least in Quinby's mills, never
raised its head again.
But at what a cost!
jeremiah Quinby returned-not
however, with blare of trumpets In
fact. he came almost secretly. though
not wholly out Of modesty; no re
porter SO bold or so shrewd as to win
to his well-guarded presence. The
cynical public had lately become
deeply interested in the Siamese twins
of production and upon the devoted
head of their author had heaped Its
cruel satire.
But Quinby's return was not with
out its objects. One Of them was to
unseat the arrogant Henley, and to
this Quinby, without concealment OF
delay, bent his energies. In the other
which seems to prove that In matters
Of sex are neither prince. priest mol
peasant, but only man and woman
more finesee was employed. Only one
person had an inkling of this project
and she kept we'll the secret.
There was heard a merry cracking
OF whips. One by one Quinby won
the minor stockholders over to his
primary object and approached the
point where he could deal the blow
Henley grimly waited. Mark was not
approached on the matter. for the sui
ficient reason that he, too. had been
singled out for vengeance.
"Quinby is back" he told Kazia
once.
There was a perceptible pause be
fore she answered. Yes. He visited
the hospital the other day."
Keeping his hand in. suppose" he
said lightly. "Unhappily. Quinby Is
cut of from public philanthropic ex'
ercises until the present cloud passes
She achieved a smile.
But humapity's loss isn't our gain.
Mark grinned wryly. Hes getting
ready to eliminate Henley and me
from the company"
"Oh. that's too bad. Will 1t make
you-poor?"
mo. But 1t will leave me consid
erably less rich than I'd like to be-"
Il thought you didn't care fol-
money!"
mo man cares so little for 1t that
he's willing to lose 1t. And I'll need
every dollar / have"
She guessed what he had In mind
You say you will need IT,"
For my happy city" He laughed
then grew serious. "Kazia, I'm going
to build it At least, I'm going to
start It,"
"Ah!" She turned away with a sharp
intake of breath. TIT would be
something worth while"
For an hour, unconscious OF cruelty,
he discoursed of his plans. eagerly and
eloquently. His eloQuence was not In
vain. She listened without comment
but as he talked the picture he saw
grew before her. convincing. real-the
happy city rising In the beautiful val.
ley, q place where men toiled and acre
not consumed, found refuge from wear
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Mark met his gaze quietly. Il have

Mark met his gaze quietly. Il have
learned more than that. But. at least.
the feet were OF iron. after all"
The next day The failure Of negotia-
tons was announced. On the next
the strike was ordered.
Henley was ready. On the morn
ing OF the third day detached squads
OF strangers appeared In the vicinity
OF the mills, trying TO eaunter along
with the air Of casual ease They were
Henley's strike breakers. gathered
from many cities.
And the strikers were ready, though
few of them wot OF preparation.
The first squad slipped unnoticed
into the mills, and a second. Then
along the mile or more OF street an
electric word passed from watching
crowd to crowd: "Henley's strike
breakers" The third squad reached
the refuge OF the mills only by sud-
den overbearing dash. The fourth
found It's way blocked and itself
pressed back by a surging cursing
mob. The remaining strike breakers
rallied TO this point and In a body
tried BY brute force to drive a lane
through the resisting pack OF men and
women. But the mob grew faster, gath
cred around the invaders. roughly
jostling them and shrieking taunts and
blasphemies. Blows were struck, mis-.
siles hurled. Then above the clamor
shot was heard.
A cry, "A woman Is killed." an
swered by a hoarse frenzied below.
Many weapons flashed from pockets
where they had lain hidden. Other
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-17
IGNORANT Butcher.

Mrs. Putton-Ayrss had picked up q
few French phrases which she worked
into her talk on every possible oc-
casion. Entering the butcher shop
one day. she inquired II he had any
bon vivant"
''Boned what. ma'am?" asked the
butcher. puzzled
Bon vivant." she repeated. That's
the French for good liver. you know
Boston Transcript
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-17
LESSON FOR OCTOBER 10
IN The GARDEN OF GErrse.

LESSON -EXT-Ms-s :. -, g..
Luke . go see also
ToLhE-N Tf.HT-Wa.-a and pyav -.
ye enter no; .a,g ;@r.I,a'!5.. Ma, "a Ma,
Z. '. a'I 30
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-17
By
HENRY RUSSELL MILLER
CHAPTER xxIi-Continued.

You see" he concluded. 1t Is crit
fcl. can not understand" he ex
claimed strongly, the present attitude
OF labor. II In utterly lacking In sense
Of gratitude. OF loyalty. like to think
Of the mills as the means 10 life for
Thousands Of men. And 1t pains me to
see them become hostile and grasping
What have they 70 complain of"
Probably they feel entitled to lit
tie more than a bare existence"
Didn't we grant the sliding scale
three years agoT
they guess from the number OF TEN
pies TO paleontoiogy In prospect that
the scale could fairly be raised i,
could"
Il don't hold with you"
What does Henley say?"
What would Henley say but. Fight
He IL mad-utterly mad IN his hatred
Of unions"
quite mad"
In this case he Is right. ! have
not deserved to be compelled 10 stand
and deliver. have always been fair
70 labor. have been willing TO com
promise our differences, TO make con-
cessions. I have felt toward them az
q father TO his children. They have
now no Just cause TO organize TO fight
me. And my plans for the future do
not admit OF q shrinkage in income
"A
OH" Quinby's hands clenched In the
stress of emotion. IF were but as
rich a. MacGrsgor! He has been well
served by the msn he has made. "
Quinby. II seemed, had forgotten his
late tribute TO his young lieutenants.
who made him." Mark corrected.
NO" contradicted Quinby sternly.
ITO whom he gave opportunity. As
have given II TO my partners. And
never have been 80 III served ~ In
the handling Of this dispute" He
paused TO let the truth OF this disserv-
ice sink into Marks heart
That Ia where need you. Henley
II the last man In the world for such
a matter. II 10 not q bully's task.
Truitt. want you to take charge OF
the situation. stand between Henley
and the men, and settle IT,"
"Humph! Easier ordered than done.
Idont banker for the Job. Mr.. Quinby. I"
You are the only one of the lot who
can meet labor In q human plausible
manner. II wss you, ! believe, who
saved IN from n strike three YEAR, aRo
Il have never voiced my apprecia,
ton of that, but DO % now. You can
do It. And you owe II TO me to try.
Be tactful, be f1rm but gentle. 6auvitsr
In modo sed fortitsr in re-. Make nom
inal concessions. Even 90 q little
farther than that But, Truitt, above
all things there must be no strike :"
He leaned forward and put . hand i'm
pressively on Marks knee.
"Truitt-" Thsre was q hint of ner-
vous haste in the mellinuous voice.
"Truitt, Q strike would place me In q
false position ] am known TO have
uttered publicly certain views ON L.
bors rights. ! still bold firmly to
those views-in the abstract. also
hold that they DO not apply 10 this
case. But the world would not under.
stand that II would say" He paused
again. leaving NAH 70 imagine what
the cruel cynical world would say.
Marx thought he could imagine IL
Truitt!" Quinby brought his hands
in . SLOW splendid gesture down on
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-17

CDDu51sss. Il place myself In
- ~ reputation In dear to
: - - own sake. but because
- - which ! have pledged
49, . frowning gaze out Of
y. Ten miles or more sped
" looked It the waiting
me
Jos would" Quinby smiled
Succeed and you will
y ungrateful. Henley, ! be-
mixing Of retiring" Their
onley know IT,"
gnored the question. He
- said you are the only man
I'D vision md"
done - Marx inter.
- - cough. I'd
nnge
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CHAPTER XXI.
"our Beloved Rrothern

The services OF the "Shoreville Her
aid" however, were not required to
spread the news The happiest and
proudest couple or Long Island saw
their names with the story OF their
sudden accession to wealth in a great
New York daily the very next morn.
ing.
tall, old gentleman with a real
BARRIERS hair cut" a shining. new
high hat, a suit OF store clothes"
which fitted ae II they had been made
for him, a pair Of fur gloves. and brand
new ten-dollar boots, and a remark
ably pretty. old lady in a violet bonnet.
a long black velvet cape. with new
shoes as we'll as new Kid gloves. and a
big silver-fox muff-this was the
couple that found the paper spread out
on the hall table at the Old Ladies'
Home, with the sisters gathered
around it, peering at f. weeping over
it. laughing. both sorrowing and re-
ioicing.
This n be good-by ter Brother
Abe" Aunt Nancy had shifted when
tho news came over the telephone the
day before; and though Miss Abigail
bad assured her that she knew Abe
would come to sec them real often. the
matriarch still failed 20 be consoled.
"Haint you noticed gals" she per.
sisted. that thar haint been death
in the house sence We took him i'm
An missed my reg lar spell o. bron.
chius last winter an this one tew- so
fur" che added dismally, and began 20
cough and lay her hands against her
chest THAT was allus the way when
] was young IN. she continued after
while, ~ never had a pet dog or cat
or even a tame chicken that DO didn't
up an run erWay sooner or later This
here loss, gals ~ be the death o. met
Naow mark my word5i"
Then followed consultation among
the younger sisters. the result of which
was that they met Abe ln the morning
with q unanimous petition They could
neither ask nor expect him 10 remain
that was Impossible but
Hip, hOorayl Hip hip. hooray 9"
cried Abe. waving an imaginary naz
IS he entered "Sam1 dropped us al
the gate Him an BlOs8y went on ter
soc Holmes tew decker erbout 5uyin'
back the old place Takes Blossy an
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Copyright by The Century Co.
CHAPTER discontinued.

His face lightened. The weight of
the shock passed. He threw of the
awe OF the glad news. He smiled the
smile of happy child.
Naow. mother, we kin BUY back
our old chair. the rocker with the red
roses onto II. Seems ter me them
roses must "a knowed all the time
that this was a-goin ter happen. They
was jest as pert an sassy that last
day
Angy laughed. She laughed softly
and with unutterable pride in her hus-
band.
Why, father. don't yer see yew kin
buy back the old chair. an the old
place. too, sn then have plenty te-
spare?"
So we kin. mother. so we kim" he
nodded his head surprised He
plunged his hands into his pockets. as
II expecting to find them filled with
gold. Wonder eff Sam'l wouldn't lend
rue dollar or so in small change
hi | only had somethin ter jingle.
mebbe l could git closer to this fac"
He drew her to him, and gave her
"a JONidl OHuGtEt- I1l guy
mother, we're RICH Hain't il splen-
did,"
Their laughter rang out together
trembling, near-to-tears laughter The
old place. the old chair. the old way,
and-plenty! Plenty to mend the
shingles. Aye, plenty to rebuild the
house, If they chose. Plenty with
which to win back the smiles of Angy's
garden. The dreadful dream of need
and lack, and want. of feeding at the
hand of charity. was gone by.
Plenty All. the goodness and great
ness of God! Plenty! Abe wanted to
cry it out from the housetops. He
wanted all the world to hear He
wished that he might gather his wealth
together and drop it piece by piece
among the multitude. To give where
he had been given, to blossom with
abundance where he had withered
with penury!
The little wife read his thoughts
Wen save jest enough fer ourselves
ter keep us in comfort the rest of our
lives an bury us decent"
They were quiet a long while. both
sitting with bowed heads as if in
prayer; but presently Angy raised her
face with an exclamation of dismay:
Don't it beat all, that it happened
Jest tew late ter git in this week S
Shoreville Herald"
'Tew later" exclaimed the new
nedged capitalist Thar haint nothin'
tew late fer man with money. Wen
hire the editor tew git out another pa
per fust thing termorrer!"
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YEARS SUPPLY OF BABIES
Facts Compiled by Statistician WIN
Come to Many as Something Of
a Surprise.

II has been computed that about &c.
100000 babies are born into the world
each year The rate OF production
is therefore about 20 per minute. or
more than one for every beat of tho
clock
With the one-a-second calculation
every reader is familiar. but IL is not
every ono who stops TO calculate what
This means when no comes TO a years
supply. It will. therefore. probably
startle good many persons to find
on the authority OF "a weIl-knowu sta.
iisticiciar, that could the infants Of
year be- ranged in line i'm cradles.
the cradles would extend around the
glcbo
The same writer looks at the matte,
in more picturesque light. lie imaa
in the babies being carried past
given point in their mothers arms
ono by one. and the procession bcine
kept mp night and day until the last
hour in the twelfth month had 5asscd
by a sufficiently liberal rate is al
lowed. but even LOO going past AT the
rate Of 20 "a minute, 200 an hour
during The entire year the reviewer
at bis post would have seen only the
sixth part % the iufantile host
In other words the babe that ha1
90 ba carried when the tramp bev,r
Womb Oa able TO walk when but
mere fraction Of IT'S comrades had
reached the reviewer post and vhcu
Tho years supply OF babies was draw
ing TO a cclose there would be-
rear guard. not OF infants. bus OF
romping six-.earold boyR and girla
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London Tho economy being prac
icad Dy English women is causing
Jack 0f work u certain branches Of
trade 40 me ting OF relatively un-
employed people here 10 was said that
ou.'lird OF the $4,000 dressmakers ~
London are ou short time because
even the wen tc 10 are bu ing cheap
readvm1do clothing. 70 Also was said
that onc-tourth OF the millinery work.
ers are en- short elmo due to women
buying hats which are cheaply
trimmed