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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-21

Pyramids;" the description of q paint.
ing by Remembrance" was, after a
little thought, produced-aIthough the
artist was Rembrandt; a natural his.
tory book on Knowing. Inveterate
and Cavernous Animals" was inter.
preted satisfactorily as one upon ami.
mails that are gnawing, invertebrate
or carnivorous. Even the boy who de-
manded a thrilling tale entitled,
Fighting With the Hi-Hos" was not
disappointed. He received "Rifiemen
Of the Ohio"
With the frequenters Of the chill.
dren's room. who SO often seek ad.
vice and assistance. the friendly Ii
brarian is frequently on confidential
terms-so much SO that unexpected
domestic revelations are occasionally
made. Joe, q constant borrower. in.
quired anxiously one Saturday:
"Missus, how much will I have to
pay If keep my book until Monday?"
You book is due today" he was
told. but you have an hours time be-
fore the library closes. Why don't
you go home and get it,"
Can't" said Joe.
why can't your" persisted the at.
tendant.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-21
SYNOPSIS.

The yacht Lola narrowly escapes wreck
in Leghorn harbor. Gordon Gregg, locun
tenens for the British consul, Is called
upon by Horribly. the Lola's owner, and
dimes aboard with him and his friend,
Hylton Chatter. Aboard the yacht he &C
cidentally sees a room full Of arms and
ammunition and a torn photograph OF a
young girl That night the consuls safe
is robbed and the Lola puts suddenly to
sea The police find that Horribly Is
fraud and the Lola's name false one.
Gregg visits Capt Jack Durnford OF the
marines aboard his vessel and Is sur
prised to learn that Durnford knows,
but will not reveal, the mystery of the
Lola "It concerns a woman" In Lon
don Gregg is trapped nearly to his death
by former servant, Olinto, who repents
in time to save him. but not to give rea-
son for his treachery. Visiting in Dunn
fries Gregg meets Muriel Leithcourt,
who is strangely affected at the mention
of the Lola. Hornby appears. Muriel in
PRODUCES Horribly as Martin Woodrone,
her fathers friend. Gregg finds that she
IS engaged to Woodroffe. Leithcourt's &C
tons and connection with Woodroffe are
mysterious. Gregg sees a 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 Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-21

Really, Mr.. Gregg, I can't quite
make you out, l confess. You seem
to be apprehensive of your own safety
Why?"
"One never knows whom one Of
tends when living in italy" laughed.
as lightly as l could, endeavoring to
allay his suspicion. HE may have
fallen beneath the assassin's knife by
giving a small and possibly innocent
offense to somebody. Italian methods
are not English, you know"
by Jove, sir, and I'm jolly glad
| they're mott" he said Il shouldn't
think a police officers life is very
der societies I've read about"
"Ah! what you read about them is
often very much exaggerated" / as
sured him. 1T is the vendetta which
is such stain upon the character OF
the modern Italian; and depend upon
it, this affair in Rannoch wood is the
outcome of some revenge or other
| probably over love affair"
But you will assist us, sir?" he
urged. You know the Italian Ian
guage. which will be of great advan-
tage; besides, the victim was your
servant"
BE discreet" said. And in return
l will do my very utmost to assist you
in hunting down the assassin"
And thus we made our attempt.
Half an hour after / was driving in
the dogcart through the pouring rain
up the hill out of gray old Dumfries
to my uncle's house.
AS l descended from the cart and
gave it over to groom. old Davis, the
butler. came forward, saying in a
low voice:
There's Miss Leithcourt waiting to
see you, Mr.. Gordon. She's in the
morning room, and been there an hour
She asked me not to tell anyone else
she's here, SIR
| walked across the big hall and
along the corridor to the room the old
man had indicated.
And as | opened the door and Mu-
riel Leithcourt in plain black rose to
meet me, plainly saw from her white
| haggard countenance that something
had happened-that she had been
| forced by circumstances to come to
me in strictest confidence.
Was she, l wondered, about to re-
veal to me the truth?
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-21

a period in June or July to permit tina
vetch plants to produce their seeds
and in the fall to allow the you,g
vetch plants TO make a start. Rar.
muda grass is also the common lawn
grass in the cotton states. it being
fairly easy to propagate where Other
grasses would require so much work
as to make them impracticable A
still further use of Bermuda grass IA
for planting on steep land and in gul.
lies to arrest soil erosion as well a,
on sand where there is a tendency to
drift. A number of other hay crops
are described in the new Farmers
Bulletin No. ca, Growing Hay in the
South for Market, which may be had
free upon application TO the editor and
chief OF division of publications, U. S.
department of agriculture, Washing.
ton. d. c., as long as the supply lasts.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-21

should be enticed to that wood and
stabbed to the heart"
There is no one in the vicinity who
knew him."
Not to my knowledge"
I'VE might obtain his address in
London through his father in Leg
horn." suggested the officer.
Il will write today If you so desire"
I said readily. Indeed, will get my
friend the British consul to go round
and see the old man and telegraph the
address if he obtains it,"
Capital" he declared. 'If you will
do us this favor we shall be greatly
indebted to you. 1t is fortunate that
We have established the victims iden-
tity-otherwise we might be entirely
in the dark. A murdered foreigner is
always more or less of a mystery"
Therefore, then and there, | took a
sheet of paper and wrote to my old
friend Hutcheson at Leghorn, asking
him to make immediate inquiry of
Olinto's father as to his sons address
in London.
We sat for long time discussing
the strange affair. In order to be-
tray no eagerness to get away, / Of
fered the big Highlander a cigar from
my case and we smoked together. The
inquiry would be held on the morrow,
he told me, but as far as the public
was concerned the body would remain
as that of some person unknown"
And you had better not come to
my uncle's house. or send anyone"
said. IF you desire to see me, send
me a line and l will meet you here
in Dumfries. 1t will be safer"
The officer looked at me with those
J keen eyes of his, and said:
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-21
Cause" said Joe, I'll get a bath
II / do."-Youth's Companion.
West Africans Use Soap Freely.

In all parts of West Africa there
are evidences that for centuries be-
fore the native began to import or to
buy European cotton goods from the
European trader who came hither.
they grew their own cotton and wove
on hand looms their own cotton goods.
They also manufactured soap. and
have made free use Of it in keeping
both their clothes and bodies clean.
as may be observed by those who
travel through the country. Some
wash their bodies, as religious cere-
mony. two and three times a day.
This is necessary. as the natives oil
their skins as a protection against the
painful effects of the sun. They also
delight in their white, flowing gowns.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-21

The South as cattle country. help
ing in the not distant future to solve
the problem of the high cost Of living
may be the result of experiments car
ried on by prominent southern farm
ers. among whom is Senator Robert
F. Broussard of Louisiana. Mr.. Brous-
sard has ideas. He had an idea that
the South was capable of raising beef
cattle in sufficient quantity to help
solve the great probyem of food sup
ply, and he started experiments on
his farm. about $50 miles northwest
Of New Orleans.
1T is my belief" said Senator
Broussard, that in the southern states
beef cattle can be produced in quaint
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-21
Painting Points.

When preparing paint remember
that better results are obtainable from
several applications of thin paint than
from heavier coats. OF course, It
takes longer to do the work. Paint
put on in thin coats and allowed to
dry, lasts much longer and will not
flake of as is often the case when
heavier coats are applied. When very
fine results are wanted rub down each
coat after it has thoroughly dried.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-21
HARVESTING A PEANUT CROP
Among Methods in Use Is That Of
Merely Flowing Plants From
Ground With Turning Pillow.

Various methods of harvesting pea
nuts for the market are practiced. In
many cases the plants are merely
plowed from the ground with a one
horse turning pillow, and afterwards
separated from the soil by hand An
other and very common method is to
remove the moldboard from a turn.
ing pillow and run the plowshare under
the row at each side at a sufficient
depth not to sever the pods from the
vines. The side from which the mold.
board is removed is kept next to the
row. The plants are lifted by hand or
by means Of forks, and the dirt 10
shaken from them. They are then
thrown in small piles to dry. The 20
tato digger may be used in harvesting
peanuts.
AS soon as the plants have dried
sufficiently. which requires about three
or four hours, they are put in small
stacks. Poles about seven feet long
are driven securely In the ground
Around the base Of each pole few
pieces of short poles are placed to
keep the peanuts off the ground. The
peanuts are stacked with the vines out
and the nuts in next to the pole. The
stacks should be made rather slender
and tapering toward the top to shed
water. Every stack is usually capped
with grass to protect the nuts.
Peanuts should not be picked from
the vines until the pods have become
dry and the peas firm. A better grade
of peanuts will be obtained II harvest
ing is deferred until late autumn.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-21

as that was the exact time l had In
hand before my boat sailed from Alex.
andria, l came to the conclusion that
there was not enough margin to work
on. To reduce my risks l was pre-
pared to take enough drinking water
and food for the whole journey. no
other equipment being necessary.
have only once regretted not having
made the venture. but that regret is
still with me-Manchester Guardian.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-21
Qepends on the Man.

Any woman can have any man she
likes II she pursues him vigorously
enough or eludes him-either does.
There are two ways for a woman
to get what she wants. Either chase
it for all she is worth, or run from it
in the same manner. 1t depends on
the man.-"Time o. Day." by Doris
EgertOn Jones.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-21

ties sufficient TO make it not only
profitable industry. but TO help in IN.
general scheme of making living a,
cheap as possible. There was a tims
when the South produced large pun.
bers of beef cattle. and there is M
reason now why the southern STATE,
should not raise cattle for food CON
sumption.
The sweet grass and fruits Of Lon
isiana are highly adaptable for N,
production of beef cattle. because tbsy
are fattening. The cattle will fattar
quickly. The South is destined, firm
ly believe, ultimately to solve IN,
problem of the high cost of living !,
the United States"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-21
Cuitivatinq Corn.

Keep the cultivator going IN tn1
corn until out in tassel. But snaiio~
toward the last. please! About Two
inches deep is right. Muzzie INV
horses and they'll work better.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-21
That's Different.

A man makes fun of the cigars his
wife buys. Yet many q woman suf-
fers in silence while man smokes
the cigars he bought himself-wash-
ington Star. W
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-21
OoctorIno Not Needed.

Hogs that are kept clean. fed clean
food and have clean water to drink
never want any doctoring.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-21
Failure of Hay Crop.

The reason for much of the fa,lule
Of the hay crop is that some ls i,,
meadows need reseeding and ierlin1
ing.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-21
Needs System.

A definitely organized and piannea
system is necessary to make d Suo'e''
in livestock farming.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-21
DOCKING Lambs.

Dock the lambs while young. Smear
the wound with a little tar. Do not
dock too short.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-21
Weeds Grow Fast.

Weeds erov fast in the same hind
Of weather that sends the corn shoot
Ing upward. =
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-21
Gigantic Hot Springs.

Some of the hot springs of New
Zealand are actually small lakes, large
enough to float . battleship.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-08-21
E.ed for Work Team,

Give the work team the largest
feeding at night
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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04

doctor Mcfarland says the Pierre CaptalJournal had 9
bill referred to his committee yesterday and just watch Jim. He
won't do . thing to- that BILL MI. Mcfarland il chairman OF the
house committee on medicine and surgery, hence his new title,
We hope the good doctor won't allow the grass to grow under his
feet until ne shall have deprived q Pierre editor Of his appendix
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04

on the petition of H. G. Denet for a
new trial in the bond suit against
Rapid City involving the validity of
$3.50, 900 worth Of bonds issued twenty
years ago.
The Isl was twice tried in the u.
S. district court at Deadwood before
Judge Elliott and in each case the
city Won The bonds were FIRST is
sued BY the city to assist in the
building OF the Missouri River and
Western railroad, famiidarly known
as the Crouch line, running from here
to Mystic Rails were purchased
with $4,000 and the bonds became
the property Of Denet, q Chicago
druggist and some friends. After.
many years they sought to collect the
principal and interest but the bonds
were declared illegal inzthat they ex-
coed the constitutional limit Il lie
time.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04

but will duplicate in price and more than duplicate IN quality any
similar invoice supplied by a catalogue house.
But has the average merchant ever sought to impress upon the
public mind that in dealing in larger figures he is able to discount
his retail prices based upon small items and special deivery9
Crowding in Too Many Stores.
We have often wondered whether 1T is not possible that our
commercial clubs and our booster clubs in many Of our cities are not
laundering in encouraging the establishment of new enterprises in
a field already crowded.
1t is better for a town, better for a community, better for the
purchasing public, to have fewer business houses that throb with
life and energy than to have the town overlooking with puny insti-
tutions that barely exist
Cooperation An Essential.
The average merchant, too, we fear, fails to appreciate the
Importance of cooperation, one with another. He is apt to send out
of town for certain things which he does not carry in stock, not
wihstanding he could have purchased the same goods at another
establishment in his own town.
Perhaps he forgets that he is doing only what he wishes his
rural customers would not descending away for goods that might
have been bought at hsme.
He knows-the average local merchant knows-that it costs
him about twenty per cent to do business, more or less, and quite
frequently more.
He knows that he must sell his goods for a greater ratio of
preft above their actual cost or else he will be thrown upon financial
rocks.
Lest We Forget.
Lest we forget, in our spirit of boosting and hurrahing over
what we'd like to see the town do in the way Of Development, let us
remember that it is better to care for and foster the growth of such
institutions as we already have than to seek to induce new enter
prses to come to our town provided their coming will cripple some
of those we already have, or deprive them of profits to which they
are Justly entitled under the rules Of commerce.
We don't need anywhere ON earth more new business blocks
unless those we already possess are filled with hourshing houses.
We don't need more factories if by getting them we drive out
some creditable ones that we already have.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04

Tins and without ceasing, night and
day, reaps his bounteous harvest
There are many very sad and pitiful
cases but the we'll, by reason of long
and constant contact, become partly
~calloused to the tragedy in which
they live.
This afternoon, because Of its rich
historical record, I took the street
car and visited "Old' Albuquerque,
as it Is now called, to distinguish il
from the new city. There is located
the Bernalillo (Ber-nale-o) court
house, the safe air grounds, the old
church Of course, the old stone jail
from which Salazaar recently escap.
ed and succeeded in reaching Mexico
and the remains o the "OId Town.
Albuquerque was founded by the
Spaniards about three hundred years
ago at the site of an old Indian pu-
and was one unit in the. chain Of
SpanishtIndian settlements they es-
tablished along the Rio Grande from
Santa Fe south to %Paso Del Norte,
now known as Juarez. or course the
architecture OF Old albuquerque is
typically Of Spanish-Mexican design;
the walls are massive, Of poured
adobe; the streets narrow and crook.
ed, perhaps for defensive purposes,
and they ran red with Spanish and
Indian blood during the great Pueblo
revolt when the Spaniards were driy-
en- entirely out OF the present terri
tory OF New Mexico. The buildings
are one story high, built around q
court, which is the common back yard
of the Inhabitants Of the many rooms,
especially in the community houses,
casas of the poorer inhabitants.
The place is largely a ruin and very
many OF the old bull 'ings have fallen
down and do not appear to have been
Inhabited for generations.
Standing side by side with the
modern city OF stone, brick and CON
crete, it strangely blends the long
distant past with The present and
furnishes a striking example OF pro
gress.
OF all the crazy trolley rides i ever
had, the greatest was today, going
to the old town. Talk about the
shoot the chutes! It was over the
bounding waves and sideways-equal
to riding q surf board in q heavy
surf. When you come to Albuduer-
que, be sure and take the trolley to
the yOlt Town il your stomach is
steady--if not, better walk or call q
taxi.
I guess prohibition docs not cut
much ice in Albuquerque. ] noticed
today (Sunday) that the saloon doors
are open, all except the front door,
and this afternoon I noticed n nnnl
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04
Is Deming
Transfer Line.

Our Auto Dray makes Piano Nov
ing possible without the necessity
Of tuning afterwArd. Also, II Is
mighty handy II you're moving y
the lake on, ii int, Tor any Job
where speed md carefnlness
court. Regular drays FOR III pur-
poses.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-02-04

Well, President Wilson is now actively In the field as q candl.
date for denomination, according to the press dispatches, quoting
Chairman McCombs Of the national democratic committee as author
ity. There was no occasion for such announcement. Unless the
in 1916.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-12-29

LutioHdry not revolutionary. This
seems to be the logical way to solve the
question. SJso10 the public that teach
ing is worth while and it will place the
boy above the dollar. This will prepare
the soil for Consolidation and Transpor
tation wherever practicable) the ideal
condition to which our Educational Sys
tenn seems to be tending. But verify.
verify, efficiency and service must pre-
eede these hoped-for conditions. We
have been aiming our largest Educa-
tional guns in the wrong direction. Let
US right about and fire at different,
but the proper target. Let our Nor
NAL Schools and other institutions that
are training teachers. preach to them
daily that the education of the child is
the big thing, that it is the hope of our
Nations future. that it is labor of
love, that we should all CO operate and
Hasten that good season by gifted
minds foretold.
When man shall live by reason and not
alone by gold,
When man 10 man united, and all the
wrong things righted.
kentucky" shall be lighted, as Eden
was of old"
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-12-29
Interesting Article

We call the attention of our readers
with more than the usual pleasure to
the article of Prof. I. H. Boothe of the
Normal, which appears in our current
issue. Mr.. Boothe treats of "a Sys-
tematic Rotation OF Rural School Teach.
ers" in mastery manner, and suggests
scheme which is eminently feastIble
and would be vastly beneficial to the
rural schools. He is a practical man,
qualified by many years experience to
know whereof he speaks, and his words
of wisdom should tall on willing ears. We
heartily commend his theory, and sug-
gest that all our teachers, trustees and
others interested in the betterment of
our country school system, give il their
careful attention. Such plan as he
suggests would work wonders in our
opinion, and we trust will receive the
serious consideration of our school
The Richmond KENTUCKY
REGISTER, November 10, 1915.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-12-29
Kentuckians Banqueted By
State Association

Washington, Dec. 14.-About seventy
five Kentuckians living in Washington
attended a banquet Of the Kentucky
State Press Association at. the Capitol
tonight. Speakers were Representative
J. Campbell Cantrill, Judge W. M
Fleming, of Louisville, and Robert
Coleman. OF Lexington.
j. E. Goodkey, OF Louisville, presi-
dent of the association, was toastmaster.
Mrs. David 81. Kincheloe, wife of the
Second district congressman, gave a
whistling solo aud the Kentucky quar-
tet rendered several songs.
officers OF the Kentucky association
are: President, Joseph e. Goodkey, of
Louisville; Vice President, Robert w.
Durham, Danville; Corresponding Sec
rotary, Miss Edna e. johnson, Siloan;
Financial Secretary, Anderson II. Tack
EFT. Pikeville; Treasurer Bosier Castle,
Paintsville.