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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-09-15
An Educational Garden.

The educational garden of DR.. J. p.
Hurry, a hOrticulturist Of Reading,
England. is novelty as a private en-
terpriSe. Useful plants of various
kinds are grouped in several special
plots. Among plants employed in medi-
cine are eucalyptus, belladonna, AGO.
mite, stramOnium, gentian, liquorice,
podsphyllin, asafetida. valerian, hen
bane. castor oil, cinchOna, and opium
poppy; foods include such plants as
maize, millet, sugar, rice, bananas, ar
rOwrOot. ginger, pepper. chicOry, olive,
and carnamon; plants supplying cloth
ing and textile materials embrace flax,
hemp, cotton, jute, ramie, and nettle !;
and there are such plants yielding dyes
as woad. indigo, madden. dyers weed,
turmeric. annatto, and alkanet. Con-
servatories display tea, coffee, soya
beans, mOnkey-nuts, guava, chick pea,
cinnamon, and camphor. In the gar
den is also museum, and in this nu-
merous industrial products are shown,
with labels referring to the plants
from which they are derived. On GER
tain days the public. including the old
er school children, is given free admis-
sion to the garden.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-09-15
BEST RESULTS IN SPRAYING
MOBILES That Deliver Fine Mist at
Pressure of $50 to 200 Pounds
Are Most Favored.

Best results in spraying are obtained
with nOzzles of a type that deliver a
fine mist and the spray put on at a
pressure of 80 TO 200 pounds. This
calls for a first-class pump and gaso-
line engine.
Farmers who use q comparatively
small amount of spraying material
often find it more satisfactory to buy
factory-made sprays than to bother
with home mixing. 1t takes about as
long to mix few quarts or gallons as
to make up a barrel or two, and time,
Of all things, Is expensive in this period
of high-priced labor. This factor of
time and labor often amounts to more
than the higher cost of purchased
sprays. Furthermore, the factory goods
are of standard strength and purity,
which Is not always true Of sprays
made at home. Small gardeners, es-
pecially, find it more satisfactory and
economical to buy their spraying mate
rial because they use so little at any
one time.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-09-15
APPLE TREE PRUNING HINTS
When Growing Too Upright or
Spreading, Cut Back Leaders
Keep Top Sufficiently Open.

II an apple tree is growing too up
right or too spreading, cut back the
leaders TO a side shoot that is growing
in the desired direction. The upright
tendency is more often found, in which
event the heads should be shortened
back TO side stock that is growing
down and out. Do not cut the young
shoots in the Interior as they tend To
send out lateralS that are hard to
prune into shape. Keep the top suf-
ticiently open SO that the sunlight and
air can freely circulate. This is neces-
sary for the ripening of the fruit buds.
Small limbs should be removed, but
the work should not be done so that
spaces are left in the top. Cut out all
diseased or dead wood. Save all the
good fruit spurs and try to produce
new ones. Cut out all crossing and in
terfering branches. In Il well-grOwn
tree all water sprouts should be re-
moved. If any are needed to replace
lost fruit spurs, they should be cut
back to two buds. This operation may
need to be repeated. All branches
growing back through the interior of
the tree should be removed.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-09-15

ing to impart to me of progress or
importance in the case, but late that
afternoon there came hurry call for
me from him. l closed my desk and
was soon in his company.
He handed me a card which he
took from an envelope. It read SIM
ply, in pencil scrawl: Il must see
you.-A. B."
Il may need you," observed my
friend. and after half hours spin
we arrived at the home of the mil
lionaire.
The servant who answered the sum-
mons at the door seemed to know
we were expected. She led Us down
the hall to a sort of library, saying
that Mr. Buckingham was engaged,
but that she would announce our pres
ence shortly. Then she left US alone
in the room, half darkened by the ap-
preaching shadows of eventide
l caught some rapid words from a
room beyond the heavy draperies, ev-
identity a smoking apartment off the
library l noted, however, that Mar
vel heard them quicker than |, for he
moved from his seat to a chair closer
to the masked doorway. The words,
not in the tones of Mr. buckingham,
were rapid, insistent, almost menac-
ing:
The piates-the plates!"
There was an utterance akin to a
groan, and it proceeded from the lips
of the millionaire, l readily traced.
Then the former voice, only clacking,
wheedling and menacing at the same
time. spoke again:
Mr.. Buckingham, am here in the
interests of a client who has one
proposition to make to you. My prom
Use ends with a distinct and final neg
alive or affirmative. 1t places me in
a regrettable and unfortunate posi-
ton to be the representative OF men
who are dangs 3 criminals, but
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-09-15
MAKING USE OF PUFFBALLS
May Be Cooked in Many Ways II One
Is Sure the Right Kind Is
in Hand.
=" Counterfeit

Puffballs are the safest of all fungi
for the beginner, none of them being
poisonous and they are ar the same
time excellent and easy to obtain,
writes William \. Murrill, assistant di-
rector of the New York Botanical gar
den. in the American Museum Journal.
Being tender, they cook quickly and
are easily digested. They should as a
rule be cut open before cooking to see
that they are not too old and that they
are really puffballs. If they are white
and firm like cream cheese inside,
showing no yellow or brownish discOl-
grafton, they are of the right age to
use. If the interior shows no special
structures, but is smooth and homOge-
neOus. then one may be sure he has a
puffball. The egg" of the deadly
amanita contains the young cap and
stem inside, which are readily seen
when the egg" is cut and the EGG"
of the stinkhOrn shows the stem and a
green mass inside surrounded by lay
er of jelly-like substance.
Puffballs may be cooked alone in va
riOus ways or used in stews and ONE
lets and for stufiing roast fowls. When
used in omelets they should be stewed
first. All kinds except the very small
one should first be peeled and cut in
to slices or cubes, after which they
may be fried quickly in butter or
dipped in beaten egg and fried like
eggplant or cooked in any of the ways
recommended for the ordinary mush-
room. The smaller kinds are much
inferior in flavor to the larger ones
and need a few specimens of some
good mushroom TO make them attrac-
tive.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-09-15

returning, he drew buckingham aside.
He conversed with him in low tones.
At the end of ten minutes I saw hope
and courage come into the face OF the
old man. 1t was the relief and graft
tude of person drawn from the edge
OF fearsome precipice.
The nephew who passed those
notes. and who recently came from
the son in Paris" explained Marvel
as We left the mansion, was told by
Percy Buckingham that he might
have what he found in his old home
room. He stumbled across those
counterfeit notes. The son is in hap
py ignorance of that blighted year in
his life. The father need bear no
further anxiety. He viii reimburse
the banks gladly. the affair must be
hushed up, and the man who gets the
plates"
He paused in an impressive way
Then Resilius Marvel laughed-a low.
strange laugh of intense satisfaction.
But they have them, l do not
understand" | fiounGered
They have them, yes" assented
Marvel. and so much worthless
trumpery they are
Il do not yet comprehend you"
They bear a sure record. that in
his lucid awakening the night of his
escape. Percy buckingham placed
upOp tban, sold MarvaI '.Tbay ara
as useless as old metal"
You mean"
When these knaves come to print
their issue, they will find that. finely
but plainly engraven across front and
back plate, is one waning word "
You mean"
Counterfeit
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-09-15
PRUNING IN APPLE ORCHARDS
BIighted Parts Should Be Cut Out as
Completely as PossibIe-Good
Disinfectant Given.

In pruning the apple orchard
blighted parts ought to be cut out as
completely as possible. Old dried
blight cankers on the main limbs or
trunks ought to be scraped smooth, an
area back to q ring of healthy wood
cleaned off and the wound disinfected
and painted.
A good disinfectant is mercuric chic
ride tablets dissolved in water 10 the
strength of one part TO 1000. This
disinfectant can be applied with a
brush TO each wound that is cleaned
off. and then the wound can be painted
with common white lead and oil paint.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-09-15

friend, skilled and all powerful as he
was, would proceed in a case where
the sure criminal trail led straight
from the portals of a common prison
to this abode of luxury and wealth.
A servant answered a question put
by Marvel, and ushered him into a
majestic reception room, took his
card. and We both arose as a man
aged, austere, dignified, came into the
apartment with an easy, old-fashioned
sense of courtesy that charmed me.
He had Marvefs card in his hand, and
| fancied the name it bore had
aroused him into curiosity or interest
as to the personality it represented.
Marvel weighed his man in the scales
of a mature judgment, and went to
the heart of his subject forthwith.
Il have come on an important and
serious mission in behalf of the gov
eminent, Mr.. Buckingham" he an
nounced.
of the-government?
Very slowly. as though difficult of
utterance. Mr.. Buckingham pro-
nsunced that last word. l thought he
ouivered, was sure his natural rrddy
color lessened.
You have a relative, nephew. l
understand" resumed Marvel; and
then followed a rapid description of
the young man who had passed the
500 counterfeits-plus his denuded
mustache-building up portrait that
saw at once was recognizable by
our host.
You are describing my nephew,
Alan Dean" said Mr.. Buckingham.
steely cold, because he was controll-
ing himself. What of him. sir?"
Just this. Mr.. Buckingham: He is
in my hands after passing ten coun-
terfeit 800 treasury notes on the
city banks"
The old man, his hands grasping
the arms Of the chair, tried to hold
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-09-15

pace. Follow" he ordered addition
ally, as the dog suddenly diverged
from its course and turned down a
broad alley. Then, as our forerunner
reached an iron fence irclosing a gar.
den and crowded through between
two pickets, Marvel spoke one quick,
imperative word: Stop" leaped out
Of the machine and ran up to the
fence.
could see beyond him. The dog
had burst into a joyful bark, and al
most instantly a stout woman, evil
IDENTIFY a servant, crossed my range Of
vision. She caressed and talked to
the leaping animal and walked to the
fence, as if expecting that the ami
mails arrival prefaced that of It's ex-
pected master She came directly up
to Marvel the fence between them.
He spoke to her and she answered
him, took look down the al
ley, and, turning, went back towards
a pretentious appearing mansion
facing the avenue.
Drive to the next street and wait
for u.s." Marvel said to the chauffeur,
and beckoned ME to join him.
We will get around to the front
of the house." he remarked. as We
completed the length of the lane, and
turned to carry out this plan. That
is the home of the dog. | asked the
woman you saw If the dog belonged
there"
And she said yes?"
With the addendum that its owner
was the nephew of her master, and
she wondered why he did not come
home with the animal, as he usually
did"
1t was no task to locate the front
of the lot where the dog had run to
cover. 1t was an imposing stone
structure. We halted in front of it,
and my friend read aloud the name
engraven on the broad old-style sill
yer plate on one of the ornamental
front doors:
Arnold Buckingham"
Then Resilius Marvel looked at me,
and my eyes meeting his expressive
glance, full of wonder, reflected some
what a manifest surprise, If not a
positive shock in his own.
There was not better name at the
banks than that of Arnold Buckng-
ham. Resilius Marvel knew it from
hearsay, and l from practical knowl-
edge of financial responsibility rated
way up in the millions. There could
not help but be a direct challenge in
my face. My companion simply
shrugged his shoulders.
Come" he said, his course of pro-
cedure boldly formulated in his mind
within the space of a minute, and he
led the way up the steps, rang the
front door bell and stepped inside the
vestibule.
| wondered what strange freak of
fate had led US to this lordly mansion,
to the presence of a man retired from
active business with royal fortune.
his honored record a synonym for
high business integrity, his name
good for the entire reserve Of our
bank. l wondered. too, how my
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-09-15
Meaning of "Purim."

The word 'purim." the name Of the
great annual festival of the Jews,
means Tots" This feast cOmmem-
crates the preservation of the Jews in
Persia from the massacre with which
they were threatened by Haman (Es-
Their %. They gave the name purim or
lots" to commemorate the festival be-
cause he had thrown lots to ascertain
what day would be suspicious for the
massacre
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-09-15
SUITABLE COVER FOR CRATES
Protects Fruits and Vegetables, Such
as Peaches and Tomatoes,
While in Transit.

In illustrating and describing q pro-
tective cover for fruit crates. invented
by S. P. Bunker of Rockville Center.
Long Island, n. T., the Scientific Amer
lean says:
This invention relates to a crate
top for use in preventing the bruising
of fruits and vegetables such as peach
es, tomatoes, and the like, by the pill
ing of one crate on top of another or
other heavy packages which cause the
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-09-15

himself together He directed one
look at Marvel-reproachful, pleading
a lost look. His were the eyes Of a
man who saw a stranger enter his
presence and bring a stately fabric
into the midst OF sudden devastation
and ruin.
"Where-where is my nephew" his
lips framed. rather than uttered
How came he to find the notes."
1t was an admission, and l noted
Marvel's lips settle grimly-a point
scored, a start made.
If you had the notes in this house,
he ventured audaciously, what of the
plates from which they were print
ed?"
You know all, Then it is-ruin,'
broke in a despairing cry from the
old mans lips.
Quick. call someonew directed
Marvel, as Buckingham fell to one
side. A spasm convulsed his frame
and he lay rigid and speechless. Ny
friend had lifted him to an easier posi-
ton, while | fastened To the hall and
advised the servant there of his mas
ter's condition.
We waited until after a physician
had been called. He shook his head
seriously while they placed the mil
liOnaire on Il couch. Then he Went
to work on him. His attitude be
came more reassuring as the patient
recovered consciousness and looked
about him in bewildered way. Their
as his eye fell on Marvel the old
fright or fear. terror or apprehension
or whatever it was, came back into
his face.
Take" he urged. "a blank signed
check. Fill in for any amount. only
save-save my family from shame"
And the plates?" gently but firm
ly persisted Marvel, waving back the
proffered check.
"Come-come-" the tortured
tones grew more feeble, when L
send for you"
We saw that he was going into an
other sinking spell. Marvel hastily
summoned the physician. and We
passed down the hall and out of the
! house. Silently my friend led the
way to the machine awaiting us a
the corner OF the next street. reached
his Office, dismissed the chauffeur anC
| nodded a casual adieu to myself
| could not resist an impulse Of in
tense curiosity and impotence Il
| drop in upon him on my way to The
bank the next morning. l found hin
with a newspaper folded across hi:
knee and his eyes regarding it witt
a vexed expression.
Did you see it, he inquired.
| guessed what, and told him so
and ran hurriedly over an item an
nouncing that a new 800 treasury
note counterfeit-the particulars con
corning which. even to the approx
mate serial numbers, were given
had appeared on the market.
Some one has babbled," scoldeC
my friend. 1T may make a compli
cation"
did not see how, just then.
knew better-later. Marvel had moth
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-09-15
Woman May Be Auctioneer

Although there is no record that a
woman has ever been an auctioneer. 1t
is on record that in May, 1912, the
then mayor of New York. Mr.. Gaynor.
answered an inquiry addressed to him
by woman by saying that there was
nothing in the law to prevent woman
from becoming an auctioneer. Strange
enough, 1t was u milliner who made
the inquiry.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-09-15
Cover for Fruit Crates.

crate covers or ordinary crates TO be
bowed down, thereby causing a heavy
waste by the bruising and crushing of
the contents. 1t also acts as a venti-
latOr for car-lot shipping by giving an
even distribution Of cold air in refrige-
rator cars and also in storage of like
products"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-09-15
SPRAYING Is Necessary.

"To spray or not TO spray" should
no longer be considered a proper ques-
ton for discussion. Rather should it
be ITO spray. or not to market
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-09-15
Cultivate Berry Patch.

The raspberry and the blackberry
patch need little attention except TO
keep the aisles cultivated and the
rows free from weeds.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-09-15
Renew Tree Tops.

A severe heading back viii renew
the tops Of old peach trees.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-01
News Companies Shun
The Call" for Safety

Safety first and not differences Of
political opinion is responsible for the
refusal Of the news companies of New
York to handle the New York Call"
which yesterday announced that it
would after Sunday next be published
as an evening paper with its own de-
livery system.
The decision Of the news companies.
which deliver papers to the newsdealers
in the greater city and nearby points,
to refuse TO longer handle the Call"
followed the indictment of the editors
and publishers Of the MASSES" under
the espionage act. Under this act the
companies distributing the Call"
would DC held criminally responsible
in the event that the Call" which
has lost its Second-claSs mailing pri-
vilege. should print anything in vio-
lation Of the act.
Under the system by which "The
Calf will operate after Sunday, the re-
sponsibility for any violation of the
law will be shared by its employees and
the uewsdcalcrs who may handle the
paper. The fact that newsdealers
merely act as distributors Of the paper
will not excuse these in the event that
any issue Of 1.-THE Call" contains mat
ter that the Department of Justice
holds TO be in violation Of the law.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-01
Judge Calls Pacihst
Talk Unreasonable"


Los ANGELES, Nov. 3O.-Dcnounc-
ing all opponents in America of the
selective draft as persons giving aid
and comfort 10 the enemy, Judge
Thomas ?. White in police court this
afternoon denied the melton to dis
miss the charge against three "Chris-
tian Pacifs,s, on trial for alleged
unlawful assemhlage.
The three defendants. the Rev. Rob
ert Whitaker. the Rev. Floyd Hardin
and Harold Story, have been on trial
several DAYS as a result Of their con
nection with the rump pacific conven-
ton here early in October. and which
daily Tor three days was interrupted
by government agents and the police.
IL WAS attendance 2t these meetings
which cost Bishop Paul Jones. of the
Episcopal diocese Of Utah, his position.
In his ruling Judge White said: CAL
though these men have not actually
violated the statute making il a penal
offence TO give aid and comfort to the
enemy, yet, in saying that the German
soldiers were splendid fighters. these
men did give comfort to the enemy and
in measure caused disquiet among
some Americans by these utterances.
Their (the paciistsD creed that CON
scription is worse than slavery is a
Gastardly thing and in extending it
they are opposing the United States
government and are guilty of treason
able utterances."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-01
Defends Curtis Company

John G. Milburn, attorney for the
Curtis Publishing Company, of Phila-
delphia, against whom charges have
been brought before the Federal Trade
Commission of unfair methods Of com
petition, said last night that the ques-
tion was an old one and that it had
already been disposed of by United
States Federal Judge Hand. who re-
fused TO give THE Pictorial Review"
an Injunction against the company.
The Trade Commission has appoint
cd Charles +. Moore special examiner,
and he has set December as the date
on which he will hear arguments in
this city.
In the present complaint. made be-
fore the Federal Trade Commission. it
is alleged that the Curtis company ha.
refused TO permit dealers to sell their
publications unless they refuse to sell
certain other specified publications.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-01
$500, 100000 Record
Sales of the Latest
Treasury Certificates
McAdoo Shuts of Issue When
Amount Is Taken in
Three DAYS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-The latest
issue OF Treasury certificates Of in
debtedness. due. June 25, 1918, and re-
ccivable in payment Of income and ex-
cess profits taxes, was closed tonight
by Secretary McAdoo, when subscrip-
tions had reached about S69O,O0O.O0O,
more than any previous issue.
The entire amount has been sub
scribed within the last nine days, since
the issue was announced, and books
were closed because ample funds nov
are provided to redeem the $3.50, 10000
certificates due to-day and other cash
requirements Of the Treasury in the
immediate future. No definite limit
was placed on the issue when it was
announced.
Additional certificates will be issued
from time to time with the June ma
turity, Secretary McAdoo announced,
and banks are urged to maintain in
terest in the certificate scheme of gov
eminent financing.
McAdoo Explains
"The issue was closed, not only be-
cause the Treasury's cash requirements
for substantial period had been
amply provided for" said Mr.. McAdoo,
"but also because the general situa-
ton would not have been benefited. by
accepting subscriptions for larger
amount at the present time. BY clos
ing the issue now and making other
offers from time TO time the tax money
will be drawn into the Treasury in
reasonable instruments, and as desired"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-01
Dynamite Picked Up
On Jersey Coal Barge
Ii Is Believed to Have Been
Intended for u. S. Army
Transport

A can of dynamite, designed, it is
believed, TO destroy one Of the United
States transports, was discovered yes
terday on the Jersey waterfront and
turned over to the military authorities
who are making an investigation.
Men unloading a coal barge of the
ODonnell Lighterage Company. which
had brought its cargo from Port Read
ing, n. j., 10 a Jersey drydock, dscov-
cred the can amid the chunks Of coal.
II was Immediately taken to the
Offices of the drydoek company. where
II was discovered that it contained dy-
Mantle. The can was then turned ever
TO Captain Carey, Of the waterfront
guard, who referred the matter to Gov
crnor's Island and the Secret Service.
The amount Of explosive contained in
the tin could not be learned. Army
officers refused TO discuss the matter
II is said that the coal on the barge
is intended for transport