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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
The One-idea Man.

II pays 10 stick to one thing. Only
those persons in whose lives some one
great purpose outweighS everything
else rise above the shoulders Of the
crowd. Concentration does il. Strug-
glers in the commercial world are re-
minded that The man who minds his
own business will soon have business
Of his own 70 mind" Paul had a pas
sion for one thing. as he said. Forget
ting the things which are behind, and
stretching forward 70 the things which
are before. ! press on toward the goal
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
GOOD OF PROHIBITION.

The plea that prohibition fails to
prohibit would be quite valid IL 1t could
be shown that any license system sue
ceeds better in regulating the liquor
traffic. Police administrations fall
down in the attempt TO restrict Illicit
selling Of liquors in any community
where the traffic is licensed. Prohi-
bition does throw the business into
thoroughfares Of the saloons and re,
moves from the sight of the young.
who are taught that the business is
outlawed and disreputable. The
drunkards for which it is incidentally
responsible die Off rapidly, for they
are tempted to drink the worst and
most powerful connections. Prohibi-
ton may kill the poor miserable tip
piers, but it tends to preserve the mid
die classes.-New York Times.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
a TRIBUTE 10 PROHIBITION

To show his appreciation Of prohi-
1ition in the state Of Washington a
travelling salesman recently sent $40
% the Anti-SaloOn league in Seattle,
With note which read:
From salesman who lives in Cal
ifornia and who has come TO Seattle
FOR twenty years TO sell merchandise,
and who has sold more merchandise
on his first trip In March Of this year
under prohibition than he ever sold
on any previous trip; also more goods
on the March, 1916, trip than with
three trips in 1915 with open saloons"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23


seen il" replied he male ~lIupprr. do
/ You suppose she'd like some other color
better"
You see, pointed out the kind vom-
an IN ronSidrrate. half-~ympatheric
! tones. that particular shade of bIue
doesn't 20 with any other color. Now.
| II | were receiving ShirrwaiSr for
| Christmas | should want white waist
! or course your wife may have eX-
| pressed preference for some other
| color. No? Well. now you understand
It's none Of my aiTair-and this is Ger
talnly rather Informal. me helping Won
10 select something for your wife
whom | don't even know. To say moth
ing OF not even knowing your MIME
Dut | should think any woman would
De delighted with something ike this
one, for instance" And she reached
over To pick up one with lot of lace
ana mosquito netting on the front of il.
The male person inquired the price
IL was 81 more than The bIua ona ba
had selected, bur he said he would
take II, and no questions asked.
Send it out 70 number So-and-So
>uct-and-Such street. and-Oh. thar
won't do. II might be delivered whom
she was at home and that would Queer
the whole thing. Better send il TO nv
Office. Thomas J. Wingert is the name
in the Pretenrious building. Ia carry
H. nut I've got Il lot of stops 10 make"
"Wingett," repeated the woman
after hearing his name; there's Mrs.
NIngett in our card club. You don't
happen to be Mrs. Alice Wingetr's hus-
band. do yOu?"
1 sure am grinned the man. shes
the girl that's going TO yet thar
ShlrtwaiSt OF the pine tree next Mon
day"
Wei, of all things" gaSped the
kindly disposed woman. II don't know
Alice Wingett so very well. bur I've
met her at the club. and il does seem
funny that should be helping her bus-
band to pick out Christmas present
for her. My name is Cummins. | don't
suppose you know my husband. He
travels most of the time"
Seems to me I've heard Alice sneak
or Mrs. Cummins." says Wingett. "Er
by the way, mebby you'd better not
say anything TO Alice when Won sep
her about-abOut how informally We
were introduced. She might think II
-unny. Like as not she'd think I'd
been walking up and down the aisle
staring at folks"
i have notion to tell her what
you just said" gurgled Mrs. Cum
nins. Il guess won't though. Seems
o me the joke would be partly on
ne. Well, hope Alice likes the shirt
waist"
IF she doesn't she hasn't good
aste," grinned Wingett. Il certainly
IN obliged TO you. If you can't make
p your mind what to get your hus-
and, let me know, and mebby can
elp you out"
And he bowed gracefully as his new
cquaintance gathered up her pack ,
ges and tripped on her way.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
Through Our Friends.

We shall be greatly helped in on,
acquaintance with God by knowing tn,
friends of God. Much of the best tha,
God has for us of self-revelation come,
thus intermediately through others
lives. No friendship, indeed. has yet rem
dered Its best until the friends hay,
made II more easy for each other Z.
believe in God and the spiritual world
H. c. King.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
"
temperance
lgNOteSa
UTTERLY FALSE -

In search Of rhe facts concerning
the claim of the brewers that beer is
liquid bread" The Christian Advocate
lending periodical OF the Methodist
Episcopal church. wrote To the director
" the laboratory OF The Connection
boar! ~ health. asking for a .rfentjfr
statement. The uuabbrnyatrt rpnIv
was ass follows:
Editor The Christian AGy,...-,. =,
reply ro your note I will say thar T.. Is
hard 20 conceive more misleading
statement than 10 call beer Iioufd
bread The facts are that the grains
o.r Of which beer is ngas. Go contain
n deal OF uprr-,-Frr.rr .,.I,-,,,4 L,+h
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
ABSTINENCE INTELLIGENT.

Major General Organ, commanding
he division Of New York troops. Is
ued an order before leaving for the
south, in which he said: you will re-
rain at all times from the use OF
quor and beer and the reason should
ppeal to your intelligence" One of
he results Of this order is seen in the
ports Of the sick rate. From July 27
. August IA in the Sixth New York
vision 1t was only .01S3. In the
panish-American war the sick rate
as from Z TO Is per cent.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
A Christmas Plot.

She wanted some Christmas cigars
and the dealer sold her a box of hay
perfectos for 40 cents.
Her husband will give you fits when
he gets those" remarked a bystander.
NO; he told me TO do it," explained
the dealer. why, his wife would sue
for divorce if she knew he pays So a
box for his cigars"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23

unto the prize Of the high calling d
God In Christ Jesus" And Paul su,
creded, by holding to that one thin,
so that his life was glorified bv m
presence Of Christ, and made fr7Iitfr
% the rest Of the world. as few II an
other lives Of the Christian era. Hav
you decided what your one goal is?-
Sunday School Times.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
Always a New Lot.

About Christmas, consider this {.
There are at least four thousand kids
who were too young to take note last
year who are just old enough to be
surprised when the tree lights up this
year. Always there is a new bunch Of
Christmas cOme-Ons.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
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Taking Him at His Word.

Hem Opening fancy bOx)-Wh:
do you think Of the new necktie?
Shimmer-Gee, it's marvel ,
beauty. Where'd you get il?
Il got it from one Of my aunts f.
Christmas. but | have decided TO ri,
IL 70 you. Put ii right on and wear fl
law, 20 on! Can't you take a Joke
Youngstown Telegram.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
What He Missed

Groans-Old Adam was lucky man
in one respect. anyway.
Grins-What'S the answer?
Groans-Eve never gave him a boz
Of bargain-cOunter cigars for Christ
mas.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
AxPAYERS REJOICING.

In the first six months that Arizona
rs without saloons the city Of Phoe-
TX increased in taxable wealth
100000. had a decrease in the tax
lte. and the city government cost
10000 less than during the saloon
egime. Furthermore, the first six
lonths the city was without saloons
he number Of arrests for drunkenness
as 80. compared with 1,2lO for the
corresponding six months in the previ-
rs year.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
senevolence VS.. Extravaoance.

e Greatest obstacle TO charity in
'hristian church today is the fact
men expend so much on their
and women so much on their
d mey have got nothing left for
"ork of God and the worlds bet
oent-TaIhIage.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
PER CAPITA TAX

A census bulletin, for 1913, showed
s1O.12 per capita Of general taxes coll
lected in the prohibition states; S11.0S
per capita in the near-prohibition
states; s14.32 per capita in the par
tally license states; and S16.9S per
capita In the wet states.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
Everything Matters.

Christianity is not mans confession
TO God that nothing matters. since mar
is what he is. 1t Is Gods shout tt
man that everything matters. since
God sees in man what man may be
come.-W. II. Blake.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23

II is a curious and beautiful
thing about this Christmas spirit
that year after year il leads us
10 attempt the all but impos-
Sible, in order to give pleasure
to others; while in the end ev-
eryone's joy is the result. not of
what he has received from 9th.
ers, hut of what he has done
for them.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
Good Christmas Motto.

Peace on earth, and good
Flii TO men," is the Christmas
otto, and the Christmas spirit
pld ring in our hearts and
b kindly expression in acts
q We IDS. What a joyful thing
n meFwOrld it would be If the
hrist]has spirit of peace and
BOG will could abide with us
all every day of the year. And
what beautiful place this
world would be TO live in. And
u might be so if each one of us
would resolve in our hearts that
peace and good will should be
our motto every day, and that
We, Individually. would do our
pest TO make the Christmas
Fpirit last all the year round.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
|. ian's Right Is Happiness.

s'es us always strength and
ougn Tor what he wants us TO
either tire ourselves or pug
II is our own fault. And
"ways be sure. whatever we
a ~ mat We cannot be pleasing
We are not happy ourselves
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
Won't Draw

He strikes a match and pulls a BIT
And then he strikes another;
The Christmas smoke is not a Joke.
But often quite a bother.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
MAN TO ELIMINATE.

II Is the man behind the saloon,
rather than the man behind the bar.
that we must eliminate before we can
achieve real results.-Charles Led
erer.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
Wise Girls.

One reason why some girls give pho.
tographs for Christmas presents is
that it is about the only way to avoid
evident discrimination.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23

The man who wants to show appre.
citation will wear on New Years day
the bright new necktie which he N.
eelved on ChristmaA
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
Howdy, UncIe2

To keep the Merry Christmas from
turning out bOtch when the girls
hang up their stockings poor dad
hangs up his watch.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23

.@AZCIasEA
Holiday Activities

Dear fathers busy as can be:
He tolls when day is done.
The small boy gets the Christmas tree.
But father has the fun.
Washington Star.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
Utility.

Does your wife favor useful giftsT
TOO much" replied Mr.. Meekton.
Last Christmas she bought me nice,
new snow shovel.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23

wasn't that But he kept waDderiDs
about looking at the saleswopan no
h!hd the counters with all the perplex
Ivy or dog trying to recall where
Ne had buried a soup bone.
lie stood Off 70 one side STARING in.
tehtly AT busy young creature with
uaEk nay hair behind the ribbon conn.
Ter and at last walked up within talk.
ing distance.
Don suppose you can leave here
Tor few minutes, can you?" he be-
gan in low tone"
What"
Say-never mind. | mean wait a
minute I'll be- back"
And he rushed away to hide his CON
tuSion from the other shoppers. He
did not return, but went over 70 an
other aisle and began sizing I'D peo-
PIE there, both in front and behind the
counters.
Was the man bughouse? No. Inst
De patient and you'll hear all about IL.
He kept looking and looking, and M
last his gaze took in tall young wom-
an-reaSonably young-with bunch
or small packages tucked under her
arm. He walked up to her. heSitared,
and then blurted: Beg pardon.
madam. but may speak to you mo-
ment?"
She gave him a look and started 70
hurry away, but he was obliged. hav-
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
Could We SurSIye7

Christmas comes but once a year;
Trite the words, but true.
II II came. say twice or more
Scotti What would we dor
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
Our Christmas sermon

The hilarious chap who feels like a
king on Christmas eve is very apt to
feel like the deuce the next morn.
ing.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
Real Optimlst

Among the conspicuous optmists u
the man who smokes Santa Clans
cigars with apparent enjoyment
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23

schrist can give even a profan,
swearer Il new heart-and also a new
vocabulary. Cussing men are a men
ace.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
ALWAYS New

~ surely don't give your husband
aue every ChriStmas?"
yes do! And the poor dear
sens to know thar it is the same
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23

In passing let US tarry to en-
joy the day-the most hallowed
Of all the year. Let good cheer
dispel the bitter-sweets of the
day that was; contentment
chase the morrow's fitful mears;
health and prosperity give our
hearts and minds unreservedly
into a common communion of
peace and charity and good will
to all men.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23

No reward Of patient endeayor ca
ever be too great to shower upon
loved mother.-W. q Royston.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
Holiday Thought.


Give the Lord his due; the devil is
certain to take his.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23

- .ns OF the Future.
- s ~ nsng up the baby's stock
4 - s'eal that IT isn't enough
yea the need of an ankle
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
GOOD WISHES
BY FORTUNE FREE.

- OMEONE said that the richest
- person was the one who was
~ fullest of good wishes for others
and who reCeiYed their rnnd
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23
BUYING A GIFT
FOR HIS Wife
This Man Had Plenty of Help
While on a Shopping
Tour.

HE male shopper walked
up and down the aisle of
the biz store looking
about him with an ex-
preston Of despair. He
knew what h. wanted
Washington telegraph., 1916-11-17
Warming Order.

In the Chancery Court of Hemp
stead County. Ark.
No. S34
j. II. Campbell, Executor OF the last
Will and Testament of Amos Walters,
deceased, Plaintiffs.
vs.
a. ,. Dyke, L. a. Dyke. Kate Z.
Bc,,I, Katie Cantley, Louise pilkin-
ton, Minnie SimmS, PHILIPPINE f..
Evcrsmeyer and Elvcna Evcrsmcycr,
Defendants,
The Defendants, PHILIPPINE f. Evcrs-
meyer etql, are warned 10 appear in this
court within thirty days and answer
the complaint of the Plaintiff, j. II,
Campbell Executor of the last viii
and Testament of Amos Walters, de-
ceased
Witness my hand and the seal of
said court this third day Of Nov, 1916.
G. +. BAILEY. CLERK.
Washington telegraph., 1916-11-17
WHO NEEDS IT WORSE

Who needs a thorough course
of Farm Bookkeeping and Busi-
ness Training worse than the
farmer? No one. That is just
why the Tyler Commercial Col
lege gives, in connection with its
course of Bookkeeping and Busi-
ness Training, without extra
charge, a series of lectures on
systematic Farming and a set Of
books especially adapted to farm
accounting. The farmer who at
the close Of each days work
makes a complete record of
everything done during the daV,
its cost, etc, is learning to study
the details of the business, to
watch andobserve the little things
and he is compiling valuable in
formation for reference, and at
the end Of the year, he knows
just what each crop has cost him;
where his gain and losses come
from, and by his close study and
application, he will the next year
lesson the losses and increase
the gain. The farm needs the
trained mind as badly as the
store or the railroad office. The
farmer needs to be able to write
good hand, TO spell correctly, to
figure rapidly and accurately, to
know how TO write deeds, or to
know when they are properly
written, to write mortgages, notes,
contracts, etc. We would advise
our young men who are farming
or who expect to farm TO give
this matter careful consideration.
We also give a thorough course
in the Chasing and Making of
Cotton, a subject of vital impor-
tance to our young men. The
Tyler Commercial College has
had many young man to take
the business course with the sole
aim of going back to the farm
and making the best farmer in
the community, and a leader in
all progressive movements.
Write for catalogue, to the only
cOmmercialschool in this country
that is deyoting any attention
whatever to this subject, men
tioning you are interested in
Farm Accounting or Cotton Class,
ing, The Tyler Commercial Col.
lege of TYLER, Texas.
Washington telegraph., 1916-11-17
NOT LoNG-DISTANcE JUMPERS
Fleas' Jumping Power Has Been Ex,
asserated, According TO Recent
Investigators.

The jumping powers of fieas have
been much exaggerated, according to
bulletin recently issued by the
United States department of agricul-
ture. The species known as the hu-
man flea (Pulex irritans) is prob
ably the best jumper.
According to Mitzmain, the maxi
mum horizontal distance this spe-
cies can jump is 10 inches, and the
maximum vertical distance less than
eight inches.
The question of fea's jumping
powers is of Importance in connec-
ton with the spread of bubonic
plague and other diseases, of which
this insect is the carrier. The In
dian plague commission, which has
investigated the habits of the Indian
rat flea, finds its maximum horizon
tai jump to be only five inches, while
Mitzmain records the maximum
height to which it can jump as 31s
inches.
One species of flea, the "stick.
tight" is nearly incapable of jump.
ing.
Washington telegraph., 1916-11-17
Notice To Let Poor Farm.

Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, as County Judge of
Hampstead county, Ark, will
proceed to let on
Monday, Dec. Is, 1916,
the Hampstead county poor farm,
and that said contract to keep the
poor farm and paupers of Hemp.
stead County Arkansas will be
let by sealed bids which will &
received up to II o'clock NJ. of
said day, and said contract viii
be let to the lowest and best bid.
der at the court house in Hope,
Arkansas:
The successful bidder will be
required to enter into contract to
keep said paupers and treat them
in a humane manner, furnish
food, clothing, beds, bedding,
light and heat, medicine and
medical attention, and to bury
the dead, and also to keep said
farm in as good condition as when
received, to tend same in a care.
full and farmlike manner and per-
init no waste, and will be requir-
ed to give a bond to be approved
by the court for the faithful per-
.formance of his duty.
II. l.. Byers,
County Judge.
Washington telegraph., 1916-11-17
ACCOUNTING FOR SALT LAKE
Fact That WeII.Known Body Of Water
Has No Outlet Is Reason
Why II ls Saline.

Great Salt Lake has no outlet.
Jordan river, which enters it from
the south, is the outlet Of Utah lake.
Bear river, coming from the north,
carries the outflow from Bear lake.
The waters of Utah and Bear lakes
and Of Jordan and Bear river are
fresh. and so is the water of Weber
river, the third great tributary of
Great Salt lake, but the lake into
which the three rivers flow is saline.
1t is saline because it has no outlet.
The fresh waters of the rivers con-
tain some saline matter, but the
quantity is too small to be discovered
by taste.
As stated by the chemist, in parts
per million, the quantity seems mi
mute but when account is taken Of
the t- n volume of water brought by
the streams to the lake in year their
burden of saline matter is fo-
be really great, amounting
to more than five hundred tuyusauu
tons.
Year by year and century by CEN
tury the water which they pour into
the lake is evaporatod. but the dis
solved solids cannot escape in thar
way and therefore remain.
They have accumulated until the
lake water is approximately satu-
rated, holding nearly as much min
eral matter as it can retain in solu-
ton The lake contains over five
billion tons Of common salt and nine
hundred million tons of Glaub6r
salt (sodium sulphate) as well as
other mineral maftor.
Washington telegraph., 1916-11-17

Ferguson Bros have bought
out the Nashville News, publish
ed at Nashville, and will continue
its publication, making every i'm
pIoyement possible. These young
men have been connected with
the News for many years. know
the business from the foundation
and are sure TO make "a splendid
success Of it they are fine fel.
lows and deserve all the success
they are having and more Here's
good luck TO the News and its
managers.
Washington telegraph., 1916-11-17

Many people viii not help a
good thing along because they
feel satisfied that it win be done
by others and they will reap the
advantage aud not be out any
thing Those people are what the
world calls short and by that
no reflection is cast ON the man
who is not able 10 pay bu, it is
applicable to the man who is
short-sighted and selfish TO such
an extent that he wants to take
advantage Of bis fellow citizens
without shou'derjug amy of the
burden himself
Washington telegraph., 1916-11-17

The cotton-growing territory
is limited and the supply and de
mand will make the price of cot
ton 90 up; 1T may not be as high
next wear as this, but it is never
likely to be as low as in years
past and a normal market con
troled by supply and demand,
should make the price increase
from year to year. Speculation
may force it down on up to Il GER
tain extent, but the gradual and
healthy tendency should be up
ward.
Washington telegraph., 1916-11-17

The work of dragging and
Shaping up our clay sand roads
has started, and 10 looks exceed
iug.F good TO MS too long delay
ed, but better lale thGu never
and wo only trust that The good
work win continue until all roads
have had a good shaping up