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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02

They had to agree whether or not the
entire rent was to be settled in terms
Of corn, or whether other crops should
have a share. They decided the mat
ter of the quality of the corn that Mr..
Kashrent was to bring his landlord,
and where II was To be delivered.
There was a question as to whether or
not date should be established on
which the tenant must declare his Op-
tiOn-caSh or cOrn-and whether or
not the landlord should have a similar
choice. Perhaps they had to recast
the whole lease to agree to the Jew
terms of payment and without ref
erenCe to the cash at all, but in the
end they had contract which gave
justice and protection to both parties
if crop prices should prove so unstable
as some men predict they will be. In
addition, Mr.. Kashrent has a landlord
whom he respects and Mr.. AcreOwner
has tenant whom he can rely upon.
Landlords and tenants who find
themselves facing a similar problem
can get additional information from
the Office of farm management and
farm economics. United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. to aid them in
making the adjustment.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
ALMANAC is PLENARY
GUIDE TO FARM WORK
Good Bits of Advice by Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Farmers Reminded to Do Right Thing
at Proper Time and Told Where
Information on Many Subjects
May Be Obtained.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
Beware of false prophets. Don't
plant by the moon; but get the best
seed and prepare the seed bed, then
plant when soil and moisture condi-
tons are right" Keeping farm ac-
counts never worried Adam; but he
was only a gardener" 1.-THE owner of
scrub bull should have leather
medal-made from the bulls hide
These bits of farm advice are con-
tanned in "An Agricultural Almanac
for 1921" issued by the United States
Department of Agriculture to remind
farmers To do the right thing at the
right time and TO tell them where to
secure Information on agricultural
subjects.
The almanac, which appears as
Farmers Bulletin 1902, is published.
the department says, in response to
large demand from farmers for a
calendar of work showing the timely
use of new farm facts. Seasonal ad-
vice and suggestions are given on such
topics as the weather, farm operations,
marketing, wild life, and woods work.
References TO other publications of
the department tell where detailed in
formation on each subject can be had.
A section on Farm Helps" discuss
es farm laws and gives tables and
directions for such things as mixing
stock feed, fertilizers and spray solu-
lions; weights of seed and grain and
other information needed by farmers
and their families. A limited num-
Der of copies Is available for distribu-
ton by the United States Department
of Agriculture and may be had upon
application.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02

and many girl could earn good SAL
airy and live comfortably until she
found some more advanced work.
One way in which this will he
brought about is in the growing Use
of cooks and house workers generally
by the hour instead of the month
Such workers get more salary, but no
lodging. and only the meal or meals
they serve. But such workers are
paving the way for the proper recog-
milton of domestic work as a dgnified
and important profession, one for
which adequate training is essential
and which has the right to claim re-
spect and consideration.
There is a big future in domestic
work. With the tremendous advance
in electrical machinery for the home
the actual work is growing to be both
easy and agreeable. 1t is high time
that the social stigma should disap-
pear, and the advance in salaries is
going to help largely to accomplish
this result.
tCepyrishtl
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
FARM-TO-MARKET HIGHWAYS
Definite Plan Inaugurated by Illinois
Agricultural Association, for
Better Roads.

The roads and legislative commit
tees of the Illinois Agricultural assO-
citation have started on definite pro-
gram to get more and better market
roads for illinois. The association ia
vOrs the adoption OF the patrol system
Of maintaining roads on large scale.
Farmers want good roads to their
markets and they want them now. A
trip to Wisconsin. studying their pa
troll system Of maintaining roads, re-
veals the fact that they surpass Hi
less expense than we are building a
few miles of concrete roads.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
CURE DEFECTS IN TOMATOES
Black Spots May Be Prevented b,
Treating Seed In Solution of
Corrosive Sublimate.

1t is claimed that black spots in to-
matoes may be prevented to a con-
siderable extent by treating the seeds
with a. corrosive sublimate solution.
One-twentieth of an ounce of corro-
sive subllmate is dissolved in a gallon
of water. The tomato seed is placed
in a little bag and soaked in this So
luton for five minWes and then
washed in running water for ten min
utes, and then the seed is spread out
to dry. In using corrosive sublimate
be sure to put the solution i'm a wood
en- or earthenware container; cor
rosive sublimate attacks metal.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
CRANK

THE only apparent connection
l. between a person who is
assessed with a certain idea, an
eccentric, and the piece of ma
chinery bearing the same name
is that both of them are crooked
the one mentally and the 9th
er physically. But Dom Piatt.
who first used the word In its
current sense. SenSed another
connection between the two.
Horace Greeley" he stated.
In the course of one of his in
vectives against the famous ed
itOr. lis like the crank OF q
hand-organ-continually grinding
out the same old tunes" In adj
dition TO being cleverly phrased,
the comparison appealed to the
opponents of Greeley as being
particularly truthful and the
simile was quoted throughout
the country. In the course of
time it was separated from its
original connection with Greeley
and applied to anyone whose
hobby bOrdered upon the ride
ulous or even the insane. The
question of sanity being very
delicate ORe-aS NAV he seen nv
a comparison of the expert alien
lists at any trial-the word filled
a long-felt gap and provided a
semi-humorous appellation which
could not be construed as libel
Gus.
(Copyright.)
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
CHARITY

NOR some five or six years we have
" had riot of charity appeals.
HlIere have been drives for this and
campaigns for that-tag days and all
her kinds of days.
Rightly the people have responded
filth promptness and generosity to all
ne appeals. touching the bottoms of
eeir pockets occasionally when the
fives came very close together and
dkpTays giving something. however lit
1f they were interested in the cause.
M The war was responsible for the
t52)ost of 1.-THE appeals. But the war is,
fPchniSAly, at least, over, and it would
Aeei9 as If there ought TO be a let-up
nd a good breathing spell So that
Afpcketbooks may recover and charities
.ifet down to a normal basis.
IA Charity ought to mean something to
We giver as well as TO the receiver.
Real charity means giving real help.
n Money Is frequently long way from
Ping the best thing that you can give
poor and suffering individual.
IL you saw man In pit and all
as efforts to get out were unsuccess-
~ pl sou would scarcely be doing him
1py very great service by fiinging
Piiar down into the pit with him.
~ Nor would 1t be the best thing to
tpf down in the pit yourself.
best thing to do Is provide the
IAN way out of his predicament-a
hy to better himself-a way to get
/ p on level with his fellow man.
Ill II was not the amount of money that
re Good Samaritan spent that made
=/4s name synonym for generous char
~. Ii was the fact that when he saw
LIE man who had been down to Jericho
: Png by the roadside she went to him
lf4d bound up his wounds and set him
~ his own beast and brought him to
NJ Inn and took care of him."
1There are too many of us who are
Qnerous with our dollars and msers
ith our smiles. We spend dollar
pere hearty good cheer, message
~ encouragement, little thoughtful
y 4ss would do a good deal more to
4 1lp those to whom we intend to ex-
nd aid
scharity which lessons the self
aspect of the one helped is badly
slowed.
AA loaf Of bread given in such way
nt the receiver thinks less of him.
~ than. he did before he received II
an injury rather than a help.
Better. he had hungered a little
pger until his bread could have been
,tained without cost TO his manhood.
: There is a good deal of misdirected
hrity In this world. We give to suf-
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
THE GIRL ON THE JOB
How to Succeed-How to Get
: Ahead-How to Make Good
: By JESSIE ROBERTS
DOMESTIC SERVICE

.nOMEST1C service is getting TO be
~ so well paid that women who a
short time ago would have scorned it
as utterly beneath them are beginning
to look toward it with a growing af-
lection. Domestic science is being
taught in most communities. and the
graduates increase every year. Most
Of these girls, after their training, 90
into institutional and hotel work. into
teaching. into hospital service, set up
tea and lunch shops, and follow allied
lines. But positions like these are not
always Immediately available. Put
domestic cooking In the same class.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
BETTER
ROADS
GIVE CONCRETE ROADS CARE
All Contraction Joints Should Be
Cleaned and Filled With Hot Tar
Twice Year.

With the increase and use of CON
crete roads and pavement the prob
lem of proper maintenance becomes
one of prime importance. All con-
traction joints should be given atten-
ton at least once a year, and where
the traffic is very heavy, this should
be done nj least twice every year.
The months of April and October
will usually be found tn he suitable
for this work. All joints should be
carefully cleaned and filled with hot
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
MEALS FOR A DAY.

TOR a choice dish sometime on spe-
Il cial occasion you may like 10 try {:
Chicken Fillets With Almond Sauce.
Sprinkle two chicken fillets with
salt, a little pepper and a few
grains of cayenne. Dip in olive oil
and cook in a hot frying pan until
delicately brown. Add to the pan one
cupful of equal parts of white sauce
and cream. When hot thicken further
with two tablespOOnfuls Of flour rubbed
to a paste with an equal quantity of
olive Oil or cream. Stir until the
sauce boils. then add One-half cupful
of thinly sliced almonds.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
The WOODS
- DOUGLAS MALLocH
cHILpREN OF THE SPRING.

THAT means the Spring to you?-
The tree, the bloom. the grass
de fields to wander through;
primrose path to pass;
ght sun and skies of blue;
e songs of singing streamsy
The ripping riverside
Fakening from dreams;
air-browed and azure-eyed-
IS thus the Springtime seems.
not for such as you
She comes with song and voice,
De not for such as you
5he makes the heart rejoice,
3 comes with skies Of blue.
rings children are the ill
|Tis these she comes to cheer;
tDp the window-sill,
Within the chamber drear,
b sits her song to trill.
Il narrow cots they lie
Within the quiet room,
|eir sky square Of sky
Tut from the inner gloom.
pm dreary walls and high.
|1fing means so much to these,
/. The prisoners abed =
e perfume Of the breeze.
ne birdsong overhead,
p echoed melodies.
, p window open wide
'Behoid, the Spring is herel
n more the countryside
Is dim and dark and drear;
!: Nv stronger runs the tide.
e pale and patient wife,
Her babe upon her breast,
'fgets the night, the knife.
Ind sleeps the sleep of rest,
akening to life.
old. the very old,
Behold I'm budding Spring
bother year unfold
md life. a tinsel thing,
burned again to gold.
= cen the empty cot.
Whose Spring has come too late,
3 one who now is not.
$he one who could not wait,
3 Spring has not forgot.
see! the Springtlme stands
Dur dropping eyes 70 raise
\ fair and shining strands;
fhe Springtime comes and lays
I1ly In his hands.
/ lCopyright)
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
Almond SPONGE Cake.

Blanch and pound in a mortar or
ounce of sweet and one ounce o.
bitter almonds. Pound them tw,
ar a time, adding a few drops of water
or white of egg to prevent the nuts
from boiling. When a smooth paste,
add the yolks of five eggs alternately
with one cupful of powdered sugar.
Then add one cupful of flour. sifted
with two teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der. Lastly, fold in the stifily beaten
whites and bake as for angel food.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
She Sounded Interesting.

Mrs. GaZippe-Fm rather hard to
please. Have you had much expert
ence as a maid?
The Applicant worked for the
duke and duchess OF st. Stephens for
six months before they were separ
ated.
Mrs. Gazippe-Ill engage you. Now
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02

"Well," observed Kashrent after a
pause" that puts the business in a new
light, doesn't It? To relieve me from
the necessity of making cash pay
ments you're willing to. take the value
in corn with an additional 10 per cent
to cover your liabilities If the price
goes away down? Is that it? Then
I'd be renting the land from you for
about bushels Of corn for each acre?
I'll take you up II that's true. Why,
look, man! 1t took nearly IL bushels
TO pay the rent on an acre last year
by your own figuresw
Lets hope that was an exceptional
year." smiled Acreowner. Anyway,
I'll come out all right In the long run"
They had many questions to decide
before the matter was finally settled.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02

tar, whose melting point, as deter
mined by the cube in water" method
is about 1O5 degrees Fahrenheit. 1t
Is important that tests be made to
determine the melting point Of the ma
tcrial TO be used. If the melting point
is found to be too high, it may he re-
duced by the addition of creosote; if
too low, it may be brought to the de-
sired consistency by the addition Of
tar of a melting point higher than 105
degrees.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
Neutrality-suspicious.

l will look sometimes about me for the
things that merit praise:
l will search for hidden beauties that
elude the grumblers gaze;
will try to find contentment in the paths
that l must tread;
will cease to have resentment when
another moves ahead.
British Weekly.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
Banana Pie.

Take one cupful of sifted banana
pulp, One-half cupful of sugar. one
cracker, powdered fine, one-half cup
full of milk, grated rind and juice Of
half lemon. One-half teaspoOnful Of
salt, one-third teaspoonful Of CHINA
mon. one egg and one-third of cupful
of cream. Mix all together and bake
in a pastry-lined pie plate.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
Dollar Per Foot.

Pennsylvania is spending $1,000 a
mile-almOst a dollar a running foot
for maintenance. and s62.5 800 per mile.
or about S12 per running foot, for the
construction Of state highways.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
Prenarinn for lmnroyements.

Nearly every state in the Union Is
making preparations for extensive
highway improvements, and in many
states new bond issues aggregating
many millions of dollars have been
authorized.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
Revive Road Ip,rrovetnent-

The good roads movement is seeing
a big revival now that business Is
becoming normal. 1t Is trite to say
that the war and its needs taught u
the value Of good roads
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
Good FEEDING Also Counts

Good breeding is essential to the
economical production of beef and
dairy products. but it Is by no means
all that is necessary. 1t must be &C.
companied by good feeding.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
Detriment to Rural Progress.

We need more good roads. There
is no one factor which retards agri-
cultural development more. or which
more detrimentally affects rural
spirit Of progress, than the present al
most intOlerable roads.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
Order Seeds Earlv

Order seeds as soon as possible.
When they are received it is o good
plan to put them In a covered TN or
other receptacle so that mice CO not
get at them.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
Give Euo-Makino Eood

The hen that lays eggs in winter
must have egg-making food, which
means meat, milk, clover, bran and
vegetables, along with corn.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
Test Every Ear of Seed

Much seed corn Is not terminated
as 1t should. Better follow the good
old rule Of testing every ear ever
year.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
Iiminu HELPS Alfalfa

In Wisconsin it is found that al.
falfa must be lined for maximum
yield and that lining nearly doubles
the tonnage.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
Poets Who Have Sung Of Cats.

Poets of all nations have sung Oh
Puss. OF these Baudelaire came near
est to approaching her. He wrote
three great poems 70 cats. No Othe'
poet unless possibly Theosphile eau
tier. has created works 10 rival them
Taine, the celebrated French historian
and critic, wrote II Sonnets
three cats. They may be placed hisn
in the anthology of cat verse-on
level below Beaudelaire, Of COURSE:
Exchange
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-04-02

Bushels
of corn II
Price at Cash took to
Year. which rent per pay the
the corn acre in cash rent
asold. . corn. on an
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1921-07-23
POLICE JURY APPROVED.

The action of the police jury at
its meeting last week in authorizing
the expenditure Of $4,000 of the
funds of the First Road District to-
wards graveIing the streets Of Dom
jacksonville, has met with general
public approval. The people Of the
town are gratifed at the prospect of
having their streets graveled, while
those Of the district outside Of the
city are equally well pleased, since
the town is part of the district and
the streets, after all, are connecting
links of the system of highways
which parallel the river and the
bayou, and are used perhaps as much
by the country as by the city folk.
Nothing but praise is heard for the
jurors. whose splendid and timely
act will mean so much for the resi-
dents Of the entire district. In this
age of the automobile and auto truck,
'tardsurfaced streets in cities and
towns are as indispensable as hard
surfaced roads in the country. The
two are insperably connected and
linked together. 1t would be abso-
lutely inconsistent to build gravel
roads leading to a city and then ne
glect its streets to the extent that
they might become impracticable
during periods of rainy weather.
This would be equal to inviting Wis
itors and traders to avail themselves
of the good country roads to cone
to the city and then leave them to
Waddle and navigate as best they
can, ir ,csdy streets, to reach any
givaD, 81. sfaa that city. The police.
jury did eE..cs right thing and is to
be commended upon the wisdom Of
its act. Donaldsonville is one of the
prettiest and best laid out cities in
the state. 1t is proficient and up
to-date in many things, and the lay
ing of the gravel will make it up-to-
date in one more very important
particular. 1t is, therefore, very
much to be hoped that when the
good work begins it will be pressed
as rapidly as available funds will
permit, and that nothing will hap
pen to interfere with the early COM
pletion and comsumation of this
great and indispensable improve
ment
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1921-07-23
Baseball Tomorrow

An interesting and exciting game
Of baseball will take place at the
fair grounds tomorrow in which the
contestants will be the Central and
Donaldsonville teams. Two week.
ago these two mines met at Central
and the game resulted in victory for
the locals by a score Of 4 to 2. The
St. James boys are said to feel keen
ly the humiliation Of that defeat and
are coming here fully determined to
carry the laurels Of the day. The
home boys are prepared for them.
Flushed with their victory over the
Centrals of the 3rd instant, and with
the splendid showing which they
made in the game with the Labadie-
vile club last Sunday. which result
ed in a tie, they feel confident of
downing their opponents in tomor-
rows encounter. The club was re-
Gently organized under the manage
ment of Matthew Randazzo and is
composed of all crack players from
Donaldsonville, and have already
made splendid record for them
selves The batteries in tomorrow's
game viii be as follows: Central,
Haggerty and Woods; Donaldsonville, |
Robert, Hanson and Picou. A large
,roWd of fans from this city and Vi
Unity win be on hand to witness the
excitement.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1921-07-23
First Rice of Season.

Twenty sacks of new rice were
shipped today from the Star planta-
ton in Assumption parish, via the
Elray Kocke Lafourche truck route
to Donaldsonville. From here, the
cereal will go to New Orleans by
Mississippi river packet. Mr.. Kocke
is the hustling and accommodating
wharfmaster of this city and operates
a truck line on both sides Of the
bayou between here and Napoleon
vile, making deliveries and receiving
freight for shipment by boat to the
Crescent City. Mr.. Kocke, during
the brief period of his incumbency
as wharfmaster, has built splendid
trade for the boats which ply the
mississippi river, among the mer-
chants of this city and along the
bayou who find it most convenient
to have their freight delivered at
their doors.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1921-07-23
TO ENFORCE AUTO DRIVING
ORDINANCE.

The commission council at It's last
meeting took up the question of the
enforcement Of the town ordinance
which prohibits the driving of auto
mobiles and other motor vehicles by
youths under Is years Of age The po-
lice were instructed to keep a close
watch and to arrest all persons found
violating this ordinance and bring
them before the mayor. The ordi-
nance was adopted several years ago
but was never enforced. The pur-
pose thereof is to minimize, the dan
ger of automobile accidents. Youths
under sixteen years of age are con-
sldered incompetent to drive cars, es-
pecially in crowded thoroughfares
and it is with view Of protecting
them as we'll as the general pub
lie that the city fathers deemed it
advisable to adopt the ordinance in
question
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1921-07-23
Lafeurche Transfer Company
to Exnand

me Lafourche Transfer Company
which about a year ago inaugurated
an a., auto bus transfer service between
Inoodaux and DonaldsonyiIle
Houma and Lockport some time ago
extended Its operations to franklin
New Iberia and other points and II
Is planned to extend the service from
Donaidsonville to Plaauemine and
from Thibodaux to New Orleans hp
way OF the Raceland road at an ear
~ date. The big buses which accom-
modate from eighteen to twenty-four
passengers are operated on schedule
time and connect with all trains at
all points touched by them. The con-
Germ proved success from the very
beginning and business has been on
the increase since the very first davis
service The company has twenty
tour buses in operation, all of which
are literally natronized and three
more are on the way from the fac
tories.