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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02

faced girl at my side and pressed 1t.
In return she pressed mine. 1t was
the only means by which we could ex.
change condolences. She whom | had
sought through all those months sat
at my side, yet powerless to utter one
single word.
Suddenly I heard a stealthy foot
step approaching. and next moment a
low voice spoke which | recognized as
that of our friend. the Finn.
There is danger, excellency-a
grave danger!" he said in a low half
whisper. Three boats are in search
of u.s."
And scarcely had he uttered those
words when there was a flash of a rifle
from the haze, -oud report, and a
bullet whizzed past Just behind nv
he" d.
Quick, excellency! Fly! while
there is yet time!" gasped the Finn,
grasping my hand and half dragging
me from the boat, while l, in turn,
placed Elma upon the bank.
The three of us, needless of the con-
sequences, plunged forward into the
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
AGRICULTURE IN THE SOUTH
Impetus Being Given to Spread Diver
sification idea-Attention to New
System of Farming.

Business plans are being made along
conservative lines, and already there
is impetus being given to spread fur
Their the diversification idea. Unless
cotton this year rises to levels seen
before the war, there will no doubt
be further expansion of areas devoted
to other crops. Even should the price
mount chances favor much OF the
attention devoted to the new system
of farming becoming permanent, says
Memphis dispatch to the New YORK
Post. The cotton crop has been
grown more economically than any IN
recent years and its cost is believed
to be smaller than in at least decade.
Naturally this will be factor to be
considered in trying to determine Ut
what level selling will be free.
Still, the spread OF diversified
farming during the last year has been
wonderful. and not only has the effort
to grow other crops been the greatest
ever made, but results are more satieD,
factory and the South will be more
independent from the standpoint of
what 1t will be compelled to spend
than ever before.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
MAY MEAN END OF ALL WAR
Development Of Destructive Airship
Sure to Have Powerful Effect on
Humanity.

The difficulty Of properly arming
and protecting aircraft lies in the
fact that we cannot yet obtain suf-
hciently powerful engines even
though, in the course of a few years,
the engines have increased in horse
power from about fifty to two hun
dred, says Claude Grahame- White in
the Youths Companion. But when
We look ahead, and estimate what
may be possible with a power plant,
not Of hundreds Of horse power. but
OF thousands. then we can imagine
a perfected war machine, Of the fu-
ture-a huge armored craft, that car
ries a crew of hundreds Of men, and
that is equipped with formidable guns
and aerial torpedo and bomb-dropping
tubes. Such vessel will be able to
reef its wing surface when travelling
at high speed, and will rush through
the air as a speed Of several hundred
miles an hour
But even against such metal-built
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
A Tall, Bearded, Muscular Old Fellow,
With a Big Revolver.

A quick glance at us satisfied him that
we were not thieves, and he invited us
in while Felix explained that we had
landed from the lake, and our boat
having drifted away we had been COM
PEELED to take to the woods. The man
heard the Firms picturesque story,
| and then said something to me which
Felix translated into Russian.
Your excellency is welcome to all
the poor fare he has. He gives up
his bed in the room yonder to the
lady, so that she may rest. He is
honored by your excellency's pres
ence."
And while he was making this ex-
PLANTATION the wood cutter stirred the
red embers wherein a big pot was
simmering. and sending forth an ap-
petiZing odor. and in five minutes we
were all three sitting down to a stew
of capercailzie, with a foaming light
beer as a fitting beverage.
After we had finished our meal
asked the sturdy old fellow for a pen
Gill; but the nearest thing he possessed
was stick of thick charcoal, and with
that it was surely difficult to commu-
nicate with our fair companion. There
fore she rose, gave me her hand.
bowed smilingly, and then passed into
the inner room and closed the door.
while we threw ourselves YEARLY upon
the wooden benches and slept soundly
Suddenly. however. at early dawn,
we were startled by loud banging at
the door. the Gathering of hoofs, and
authoritative shouts in Russian. The
old wood cutter sprang up, and, look.
ing through chink in the heavy shut
tiers, turned to US with blanched face,
whispering breathlessly:
THE police! What can they want
of me?"
"Open!" shouted the horseman out
side. open in the name of his mai
esty!"i
Felix made a dash for the door of
the inner room, where Elma had re-
tired, but next second he reappeared,
gasping in Russian:
'Excellency! Why, the door is open!
the lady has gone!"
"Gone!" l cried, dismayed, rushing
into the little room, where found the
truckle couch empty and the door lead
ing outside wide open. She had actu-
ally disappeared!
The police again battered at the op-
posite door, threatening loudly to
break it in IL it were not opened at
once, whereupon the old wood cutter
drew the bolt and admitted them. Two
big, hulking fellows in heavy riding
coats and swords strobe in, while two
others remained mounted outside, hold
ing the horses.
Your names?" demanded one of the
fellows, glancing at us as we stood
together in expectation.
Our host told them his name, and
asked why they wished to enter.
I'VE are searching for a woman
who has escaped from Kajana," was
the reply. Have you seen any woman
here?"
NO." responded the wood cutter. |
I'VE never see any woman out in |
these woods"
who is your chief" inquired, as
a sudden thought occurred to me.
"Melnikoff, at Helsingfors."
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
Audacity Of Woman Spies,

A climax to the audacity of spies is
said to have been reached in the case
of woman pretending to be English
and giving her name as Miss Booth,
who, in connection with another wom-
an calling herself Baroness de Rosen,
organized a charitable work at the
Care du Nord, in Paris, which they
called For the Wounded and for the
Refugees" The former. suspected Of
Illicit communication with the Ger
mans, passed before a court.martial
and was sentenced to two years i'm.
prisonment, while the latter. against
whom no tangible proof could be pro-
duced, was invited to leave French ter
ritory within As hours.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02

under the deep shadows of the oppo-
site shore. Out in the center of the
lake we could just distinguish a long
boat with three rowers going swiftly
towards the entrance TO the river,
which we so desired to gain.
The guards were rowing rapidly, the
oars sounding in the rOwlocks. evil
for the river. But the Finlander had
apparently foreseen this. and for that
reason We were lying safe from obser-
walton in the deep shadow of an over
hanging tree. A gray mist was slowly
rising from the water. and the Finn,
noticing it, hoped that it might favor
us.
IF we disembark we shall be COM
PEELED to make a detour of fully four
days in the forest, in order to pass
the marshes" he pointed out in low
whisper But If we can enter the
river we can go ashore anywhere and
get by foot to some place where the
lady can lie in hiding"
what DO you ADVISE! we are en-
tirely in your hands. The chief of po-
lice told me he could trust YOU"
II think it will be best to risk it,"
he said in Russian after a brief pause.
I'VE will tie up the boat, and | will go
along the bank and see what the
guards are doing. You will remain
here, and l shall not be seen. The
rushes and underground are higher
further along. But if there is danger
while l am absent get out and go
straight westward until you find the
marsh. then keep along it's banks due
SOUTH" and drawing up the boat to the
bank the shrewd, big-boned fellow dis
appeared into the dark underground.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
In Every Drop Of Water.

In every drop Of water we dr,nk
and in every mouthful of air we
breathe. there is movement and
collision Of particles so rapid in every
second Of time that it can only be ex.
pressed by four with nineteen
naughts. II the movement of these
particles were attended by friction. or
II the energy Of their impact were
translated into heat. what hot mouth
fuls We should have! But the heat.
as well as the particle. is infinites-
imal. and is not perceptible.-Johp
Burroughs In the Yale Review.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
SYNOPSIS.
Il +

Gordon Gregg. dining aboard with Horn
by, the yacht LOla's owner, accidentally
sees a torn photograph of young girl.
That night the cOnsurs safe is robbed.
The police find that Horribly is a fraud
and the Lola's name false one. In
London Gregg is trapped nearly To his
death by former servant, Olinvo. Visit
Ing in Dumfries Gregg meets Muriel
Leithcourt. Horribly appears and Muret
Introduces him as Martin Woodroffe, her
fathers friend. Gregg sees copy of the
torn Photograph on the Lola and finds
that the young girl is Muriels friend
Woodroffe disappears. Gregg discovers
the body Of a murdered woman in Ran
noch wood. The body disappears and in
its place is found the body OF Olnto.
Muriel and Gregg search Rannoch wood
together, and find the body of Armida.
Olnto's wife. When the police go To- the
wood the body has disappeared. In Lon
don Gregg meets Olinto, alive and well
Gregg traces the young girl of the torn
photograph. and finds that she is Elma
Heath, niece OF Baron Oberg. who has
taken her to Abo. Finland. and that she
holds secret affecting Woodroffe. On
MIS- return to Rannoch Gregg finds the
i>eithcourts fled from Hylton Chatter, who
mad called there. He goes to Abo. and
AFTER tilt with the police chief. Is con-
quoted to KaJana, where he finds Elma-
imprisoned. A surgical operation has made
her deaf and dumb. He escapes with her.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
Don I pif1e-push,

|
! Policy" is a poor honesty,
Taxes do not have to toot horn to
make men dodge.
An idle acre means that some work
ing acre must carry the extra bur
den.
Better colts begin with the choice
of suitable, not merely a good,
sire.
The one man in the world who thor
oughly believes in hero worship is the
hero.
One can pitch a tent in half an
hour; it takes half lifetime to build
a home.
Unless a man amounts to a good
deal. he should not say he has done
his best.
Any artist can make his model
stand around, unless he happens to be
married to her.
A good neighbor is one who will re-
fuse to lend you the tools you ought
to buy for yourself
Even the people who stand up for
their own rights might prefer to sit
in the lap of luxury
The income tax doesn't bother the
man whose principal holdings consist
of castles in the air.
Ever notice that the people who are
willing to share their last dollar with
you never have a dollar?
A crouch stands a poor show of be-
ing successful or even popular.
Cheerfulness makes the wheels of life
run smoothly.
1t is very poor business policy to
loan money without security. Your
friend may be strictly honest. but he
may drop dead.
To reach a mountain top, the num-
Der Of times we fall does not count;
1t is the picking up and going on that
gains the pinnacle.
Suppose we put as much into com
fort for others as we do into comfort
for ourselves, wouldn't this be
transformed and reformed world?
Consider the hen. She lays most
freely at time when eggs are cheap
est In that she exhibits the same
wisdom as the farmer who jumps into
all-wheat because everybody else is
doing it,
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02

knew that her injured foot was pain
ing her, even though she could tell me
nothing.
At last we saw before us a light
shining in a window, and five minutes
later Felix was knocking at the door,
and asking in Finnish the occupant
to give hospitality to lady lost in the
forest.
We heard low growl like a NUT
tered imprecation within, and when
the door opened there stood upon
the threshold a tall, bearded, muscu-
lar old fellow in dirty red shirt, with
big revolver shining in his hand.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
FARM T0-THE-TABlE
Neither Farmer Nor Consumer
From Huge Crop of Veaetas
Commission Men Blame,

An investigation of produce
conditions made by the Sun
that not in years have yep
oeen so plentiful as now and :
Tor every body but the consu
Potatoes sell at 81 a barre1l
sale, as against 1925 a barreIl
ago. At retail they bring froA|
l2l2 cents a quart. or at the III
So.-O and 81 bushel and s. ~
barrel. Tomatoes sell al wku
Tor from % to 80 cents a crd,.'
to the housewife at the rate ofttO,
III cents. Onions have been br,
% cents a bushel wholesale. AZ
pared with s. last year.
Commission men blame the rot.
for their failure To adjust prices =,
advantage OF the consumer. Cor
ly neither the consumer nor the a
er is benefited from the huge q
and low wholesale prices. Be,v
the ST cents a barrel received nv
Jersey producers for potatoes and
rate OF $40 a barrel paid by small
sumers lie unusual possibilitje,
trade graft.
Has the ne: result of several v
of active agitation for cheaper
produce been merely to make ma
worse for the housekeeper? Is
this that all the 'farm-tothet;
movements, the 's-club cr
ing, the reports of commissions
come at last?
Obviously. the remedy for thi
equality OF produce prices has 40
been found. Whether a method o.
tribution just and equitable to all
cerned can be devised remains a
lem. But certain conditions hay,
been visibly improved by all the
cial inquiries and public agitatio
dected to that end.-New York "
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
Beehive Bombs

A French genius has recently of.
fered an idea which he is confident
will be more effective against the en-.
envy than bombs dropped by an avia-
tor. Instead Of arming our aviators
with bombs. which are seldom eff.
fective, we should do better with
beehives." says this patriot. Let
each aviator carry one or two hives
and launch them on the foe below.
At the rate of 10000 bees to the hive,
one may count that about 1000 will
be killed or stunned by the fall: but
the other $4,000 launched by a skill
ful hand on the enemy win cover them
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02

in an instant with innumerabIe st,nas
and put every combatant out of the
night for several days. Then our men
would have nothing to do but to end
them or capture them" Commenting
on this proposal, which evidently 10
made in all seriousness, a witty
Frenchman says: THE inventor does
not say what would happen if a mis-.
directed hive should fall in a French
trench. If the bees were loyal thew
would make the salute military and
buzz the 'Marseillaise'
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG
Middleman Makes as Much In Short
Time as Farmer Does In Year
Better System Is Needed.

There is something lacking in our
system of marketing farm products.
When a farmer tolls all summer to
produce a crop. and then others come
in between the producer and the con-
sumner and make nearly as much
profit in a very short time as the farm
er does for his years work OF pro-
ducing IT. there is something wrong.
It is a problem how we are going to
overcome this condition but we will
have to put up with il until united
effort is made to bring about better
system.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
REPORT ON INSTITUTE W0p@
Number Of Meetings and Attendaa,
Of Farmers at Them Is Steadily
Increasing Each Year.

Both the number of farmers inat
tutes held each year and the attend
ance at these meetingG is steadily in
creasing, according 10 a report al
farmers institute work which has been
published by the United States depar
ment of Agriculture as Bulletin Nal
269. During the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1914, the report states, 25.23l
of these institutes were held througk
out the country. with a total attene
ance of 3,656.3Sl. This is an increax
in attendance of &c per cent over thai
of any previous year. On the othe
hand, the expense of conducting The
work was nearly $4,000 less than Las
year. the total cost for the fiscal yea
ending June 80. 1914, being $44.S97.5l
The farmers institute organization
conducts its work under many did
ferent forms 40 that it is almost im|
possible to summarize its activities
briefly. For example, in addition to
the ordinary meetings. there were
movable schools in Is states which
had registered attendance of 49, sS
different people. Field demonstration
meetings were also held in Is states.
although no record Of the attendance
was kept. Special railroad trains were
organized in II other states for the
purpose of giving lectures and demon.
STATIONS. A detailed analysis of this
work showing the number of different
kinds of meetings in each state. the
attendance. and the duration of each.
is contained in the bulletin already
mentioned. This bulletin also contains
a number of notes on agricultural e.
tension work of similar nature In
foreign countries.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02

monsters of the air. flying at their
amazing speeds, man will pit his in
genuity. 1t is clear that he cannot
fight them from the earth; he must
fight them high in their own element.
So in the future, II wars continue.
we may have fearful struggles Of the
air-not small and isolated combats,
such as this campaign has shown us.
but battles desperately waged. with
death and destruction raining from
the clouds. There are those, how
ever, who argue that such a form
Of war, when pushed to its ruthless
limit, will prove so CHASTITY that hu-
mainly will revolt, and that the SCI
ence that revolutionizes war will also
end 1t.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
various kinds of games.

various kinds of games.
One reason why the pouter chest
has gone out Of style is its menace to
health. An overdeveloped chest is
held to be dangerous, as it invites
pneumonia and other troubles. Men
on the march are allowed to unbutton
their coats and make themselves COM
Portable, but smoking at such times
is discouraged by the medical au.
thorities. The department of the SOL
der on parade has also been made
normal and natural
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
River Names,

Nansemond, the name of a river in
Virginia, is from the Indian word
Nawnschimund, the place from which
we were driven away" The Flint. in
Michigan. was called by the Indians
Perwonigo. "the river of the flint"
from the abundance Of this stone on
its banks. Humboldt river, in Nevada,
was named by Fremont In honor Of
Baron Humboldt
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
CHAPTER XII.
Rescued and Lost

There were no signs yet of the break
of day. My ears were strained to
catch the dipping of an oar or a voice,
but beyond the tapping of the water
beneath the boat there was no other
sound / took the hand of the fair
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
Real hapniness In Money,

There is more real happiness and
a great deal more safety and sense in
seeing how little one can spend and
still live well. than in recklessly see
ing how little one can have left after
throwing away money in unnecessary
eXnenSes
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
Duty of Town Merchant

The town merchant must do some.
thing besides sit on the counter and
wait for trade. He must give some
community service If he achieves and
merits success.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
To Save the Hogs From Cholera.

1t pays to protect hogs against
cholera. Potent serum from a respon-
sible source should be used and It
should be administered by someone
who is competent.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
Must Supplement Pastures

Farmers must learn to supplement
the pastures with forage crops, or
have summer silos to open when the
need comes for extra feed.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
Raising Mutton to Sell.

If you want to raise mutton to sell
go in for the mutton breeds and let
the wool problems alone.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02
Profitable SprinJ Pia.

AS a growing proposition there is
nothing more profitable than the
spring pig.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-05-31

Braves and materially assisted in
pitching them into the world cham
pi0nship.
Hankerinus Gowdy could have been
Giant regular. But McGraw couldn't
see him. Stallings could, and Gowdy
today ranks as one Of the best field
ing backstops in the game, and as the
greatest slugging catcher In any
league.
Charley Herzog has few equals as
a third sacker But McGraw let him
go to Cincinnati. If Herzog had
been kept by McGraw in 1914, a diff
ferent story might have been writ
ten about the world series, because
the weakness at third lost at least a
half dozen games for the Giants. OF
course, Herzog was let go partly for
friendships sake-but should friend
ship figure in baseballs
McGraw had a chance to grab Ed
ward Trowbridge Collins.
Red Ames was traded by McGraw
to Cincinnati for Art Fromme and
another player. Ames pitched great
ball for the Reds last season, while
Fromme fiivvered badly.
Heinie Groh was considered of ma
jor league caliber by McGraw. He
let the mite go to Cincinnati where he
developed into one Of the very best
basemen in the game.
Beals Becker, who is fielding In SEN
sational style and hammering the ball
to all portions of the lots for the Phil
lies, is Giant castoff He would look
mighty grand in the wobbly Giants
outfield just now.
And these are only a few Of the
most recent folks that John canned,
and who did "come-forward" as soon
as they hoped into another uniform.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-05-31
DESIRE TO BE CALLED GAY"
~LishtIy Amusing" Persons Are GEN
orally Tiresome, If They Are Not
Actual Bores.

Some of us are always amused at
the different ways in which people try
to be clever or pretend to be gay and
lively. Some show 1t by spending a
vast amount of money on dinners and
being rude to the walters. Others
chatter all the time, and imagine that
il they show their front teeth stead
lily for several hours somebody win
call them brilliant conversationalists
Some like to make great noise
and carry on perpetual fire of ban
ter, of which You're another" Is a
vivid specimen Of the repartee. 9th
ers on the other hand, imagine that
If they are daringly decollette and
make goo-goo eyes at everybody pos
terity Will range them among the
great fascinators OF their generation.
Not few find fund of hilarity in
placing a cushion over the door and
piece of soap in the bed, while others
hope that IL they talk long enough and
loud enough they may eventually ut
ter mot and claim the fame of being
a wit forever and ever afterward. AS
matter of fact, however, brilliant
light conyersationalist is one of the
rarest things in the whole world. Such
one is born. though time and expe-
rience may elaborate the gift.
Lots Of people talk-talk an awful
lot-but very few are worth listening
to. Above everything else in gayety
there must be no sense of strain"
Better be silent than force your hu-
morous NOTE" A witty conversation
lies not so much in what is said as
the whimsical way person says it.
That is why so many books of humor
invariably get "all-edged" mentally
inserted by the reader between brack-
cts.
That, too, is why SO many people
who amuse you once drive you frantic
with boredom the second time. 1t is
so difficult to be lightly amusing, and
amusingly light, without being mere
Iy frivolous and "giggly. y."--Cincinnati
Enquirer.