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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
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Wealth OF Actnra.

Richard Mansfield began life at Sic
week. In these days he would turn
up his nose at less than 81, 900 a week.
and will only be gracious for SO 600
Until the age of 10 Ada Rehan never
had a shoe on her foot, yet now she
mas an Irish bungalow, whatever that
may be, and visits among the quality.
Sarah Bernhard was born in a peas
ants hut, and now she has a castle in
Paris, besides several in Spain. Georgia
CayVan was school teacher at mod
est wage, but the theater made her in
dependent in wealth. Francis Murphy
is millionaire, though not an actor.
and~by falling down stairs Francis
Wilson climbed into wealth. Without
a gray hair on his head, John Drew
has accumulated tidy fortune, and
ne is now registered among the land
ed gentry. Nat Goodwin has an es-
tate in England, as if he were Richard
croker. May Irwin and Maude Adams
are landed proprietors. Amelia Bling
nam has just purchased the estate of
q Wall street banker
Our entertainers have money galore.
Why should they not invite their souls
to loaf, after the fashion of Walt
Whitman, during the dog days?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
A Geological FaIIacy,


Probably the most wild and unjusti-
fable of all the crude beliefs respect
ing geological resources is that which
holds to the conviction that by going
deep enough the drill is sure to find
something of value, no matter at what
point the work of boring is commence
ed. There are numerous wise persons
in every community, estimable, infiu-
entail and in the highest degree pub
lie spirited, who are convinced that
the question, for example, of finding
coal in their special locality is simply
a matter of the depth to which the ex-
plorations are carried. Rock oil and
natural gas are recognized as desirable
products in every progressive COM
munity, and every such community
contains persons, in other respects in
telligent. who are ready to stake their
own fortune and that of their nearest
friends on the belief that oil and gas
are everywhere underneath the sur
face, and that their sources can be
tapped with the drill, providing only
there is sufficient capital to keep up
the process of drilling long enough.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
Matinee Idol Gone.

The death of Frederick Bryton re-
moves one of the old matinee idols.
For years in the West, before New
York heard him, Bryton was playing
leading parts with marked success.
Daniel Frohman took him to New
York for "A Russian Honeymoon" and
his success was instantaneous. He
played with Frohman for only a short
time, and then started at the head of
his own company in Clay M. Greene's
Forgiven" This brought fortune to
him for many seasons, and his career
was only ended by a most unexpected
and unfortunate accident to his throat
When this developed his voice for
nights would be as clear as a bell
and then, without warning, would be-
come so husky that he could scarcely
speak. This ended his career as an
actor, and recently he has devoted
himself entirely to stage management.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

had been here three days friend met
him on Fifteenth street, carpetbag In
hand, vending his way to his old mod.
est quarters.
Going back to your old placer
queried the friend.
ooh, yes," drawled Reed. i've got
to. l was invited down to the hotel
by wealthy client of mine, and now
he's gone back to New York"
The pioneer linen buster of this sea-
son has arrived in the house. 1t was
worn by Mr.. Selby of Illinois. long
black comprehensive creation, which
nearly sweeps the brilliantly carpeted
floor as Mr.. Selby's portly form moves
from place to place.
Naturally Mr.. Selby eliminates q
coat from his attire when he pulls OF
this long black linen duster. With II
he has a glossy, velvet waistcoat
which likewise becomes his portly
figure. 1t might be unnecessary in the
sweltering climate of Calhoun county
but it affords him fine protection from
ne cold of the federal capitol
President Roosevelt, according to
the latest report, is going TO take
hunting trip with Harry S. New Oh
Indiana, in the Big Horn Valley, out
in Wyoming. This reminds Senator
Warren of story.
I'm the campaign of 1896, when
Wyoming went Democratic" he said
everything depended upon the vote q
Big Horn county. One of the candi,
dates for the supreme court was espe.
cially anxious.
How are you coming out?' some
one asked the judge, while we were
all waiting for the returns.
q think am coming out the littls
end of the Big Horn"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

Mrs. Brown-Potter's worst moment
occurred in America, when she was
playing "Frou-Frou." She was a little
late for her third entrance, and seeing
the child-as she thought-waiting as
usual in the wings for her to take it
on and show it to it's reputed father,
caught hold of it's hand without a word
and whirled it after her on the stage,
delivering the lines which called the
actors attention to the pledge of our
mutual love-"
A perfect roar of laughter broke
from the audience; Mrs. Potter
gasped looked at the child, and nearly
tainted, she had brought on a negress
of the blacklist type.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

Nine. Milka Ternina, who has been
in Boston since the close of the opera
season, sailed last week for Hamburg.
She is not to be member of the Met
ropolitan company next winter. Mr..
Grau made the most earnest efforts
to persuade her to return, but Nine
Ternina prefers to remain abroad.
Her refusal to return is based on
unusual grounds. She is not willing
to continue in the company until more
care is taken in the mounting of Wag-
ner operas in which she chiefly ap-
pears. There have been very many
complaints of the stage management
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
shall have to ask you to pay me S.
a bird under the laws of ehis state"


Iheatrfcal Gossip.
'tThe Liberty Bellies is to be giver
in London.
Viola Allen will close her season
about June /.
Ernest f. Boddington has completed
the dramatization OF Audrey"
The Bostonians are going to make
a revival of Robin Hood" in the fall
Jefferson De Angeles will have
new vehicle for next season called
The Emerald Isle.
Lottie Collins of ex-"Ta-ra-rs
Boom-de-ay" fame, is starring in
farce called The Dressmaker.'
Louise Cunning will be the prima
donna of the ''Pickwick' company, IN
which De Wolf Hopper is to star.
Catherine Lingard and Willard
Sims will star in new farce next
season called "Pickings from Puck"
Helen Lord. who has been with Miss
Simplicity, is seriously i'll in New
York and will sing no more this sea-
son.
Beau Brummel paid Clyde Fitch
only $1,000, while from his late plays
he is averaging as high as $50, 900 in
royalties alone.
Maude Adams mother recently Sc
cured a divorce from her husband IN
Wyoming. He was only the STEP
father of the actress.
"A Woman's Sacrifices" "Why
Women SIM "a Beautiful Fiend"
and Her One Great Sim are some Of
the melodramatic titles among new
plays.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

The recent remarkable case of Hen
ry G. Krause, who strangled his moth
er, has served to recall other instances
on record in the history of medical
Jurisprudence where crimes have been
connected with dreams and hallucina-
tons.
One of the Oldest cases of the kind
is that of the English gamekeeper who
was killed by his son. Both were
guarding from poachers the preserves
on which they were employed, when
the son, wearied with the long vigil,
fell asleep. Upon being suddenly
awakened he seized his fowling piece
and slew his father, evidently, in his
half-awake condition, acting under the
delusion that he was attacking a
poacher. He was tried and convicted,
but later was pardoned on the ground
that, because he did not know what he
was doing, there was no criminal in
tent to the action.
Marc, the noted English alienist,
tells of the famous case of peddler
who fell asleep on the highway, hay
ing by his side sword cane which he
carried as protection against rob-
bers. A traveller in passing stopped to
arouse MIN, thinking ne might ne
either i'll or intoxicated. The Deddler
sprang up and stabbed him to death
with the sword cane. He was con-
victed at his trial, although he pleaded
that he did not know what he was
about when he committed the act.
Another case cited by Marc is that
of Bernard Schedmaizeg. Attacked by
a phantom in a dream he struc at it
with Ratchet and awoke to find that
he had murdered his wife. who was
the reality of the phantom with which
he had struggled. He was acquitted
of the charge of murder, the jury in
this case accepting the plea that he
had done it unconsciously.
From Cleveland, o., comes an ac-
count of a we'll authenticated case,
that of a prominent resident of that
city. Out hunting and camping with
a party of friends, he was suddenly
awakened from sleep one morning and
shot member of the party in the
back, inf1icting a wound which caused
paralysis.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

somber dignity which they are wont to
sustain. The other day MI. Harris of
Kansas, populist and 81 years old,
took his seat and threw his coat open,
revealing pale-blue creation embel-
lished with old-gold stars embroidered
in silk. Mr.. Allison of Iowa, the same
day, wore a yellow waistcoat of such
a brilliant hue that it would feaze the
ordinary young man who had just
passed his majority. Mr.. Allison is
70 years old, but he carries his age
lightly. Senator Pettus displayed be-
meath his long frock coat glimpse of
red and blue checks on brown back
ground that carried one in magma
ton out to the racetrack. Senator
Fairbanks of Indiana, who usually pre-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
Why the Baby DIED.

A West Philadelphia physician
vouches for the anecdote of a nine
year-old boy of the neighborhood
whose parents had given him the us.
ual explanation of Doctors visit pre-.
ceding the arrival of new baby. The
population of the block had been in
creased by one; and the artless lad
joyfully clapped his hands as he told
mamma, papa and everybody of his ac-
quaintance that he had been playing
in the street when Mrs. IS little
girl arrived-he had seen the doctor
bring it in a bag. The little stranger
tarried only few days; and, when
the lad asked why white crepe fiut-
tered from the door, his mother told
him the baby had died.
Il knew it would die, mammal
knew it! Why, the doctor had no holes
in the bag for the baby to breathe
through"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
Send In your Subscription.
GeS00SSS0G9606s G0GGG000O0DDG
q TURN MIGHTY STREAM
Sucks In Sand Sufficient to Change of
- Swift q


In this region, too, the river is Dor
dereo with busy clties-Dubuque, Keo-
kuk, Quincy, Davenport, Rock Island.
Misunderstanding railway towns, full
OF factories, colleges, fine residences.
and all the evidences of energy and
culture. Most of them are built upon
hills, and all on high ground. Seen
from the river they present the finest
views OF themselves, something the
cities of the fiat country farther down
never do.
1t is swift water that PUSHES past
these cities. AT low water, which is
usually in summer and fall, the cur
rent drops to three inches an hour or
less. But at high water, when il
stands thirty or forty feet higher on
its banks, it sweeps along at nine
miles an hour with irresistible i'm
petus.
Imagine what that means in a big
river-nine miles an hour We are
SO used to railroad trains that run
sixty or seventy miles an hour that it
does not seem an Overwhelming
speed. But consider that when rail-
road train is once checked it's power
Is gone. Interfere with the progress
Of the Mississippi and the river piles
DIP against the obstruction, sweeps
around it, over it, under it, and mo-
mentarily grows stronger about it.
The power wakes until it sweeps away
the fret.
Yet such is the contrariety of this
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

sents funereal appearance, got into
the swim by wearing black silk
wsistcoat which was plentifully polka
dotted with white silk. Fully two
thirds of the senators wore white
vests. 1t is noticeable that among the
members of that body the young men
dress old and the old men dress young
Il suppose you ere in the harness
all right by this time," said an Iowa
man to Secretary Shaw.
"Oh, yes" replied the secretary, .I
am in the harness all right. but the
trouble is ! don't know whether to
use the hold-back straps or the collar"
When EX-Speaker Reed came to
town the other day he deserted The
uptown hotel where he usually stops,
and went to a newer and more fash
ionable resort down town. After he
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

mighty stream that while it will over
throw the strongest obstacle to it's
course that can be built, it will yield
to the slightest. One could hardly find
more striking illustration of the
power of slight things than the sharp
contrast between the behavior of the
river against a powerful check and
against slight one. For years the
gov eminent engineers struggled to
direct the river with massive stone
bikes. When the river could not
overthrow one of these it dug under
it, and SO wrecked it. Money without
end was spent on dikes. There was a
mighty one below Gold Dust landing
in Tennessee. 1t stood longer than
most of them, but flood in the river
at last conquered and swept it away.
How, then, can the river be direct
ed? Simply by a few sticks set in
the sand. A row if piling, sometimes
with a few brush hurdles, accomplish
es it. The river sweeps through, ed
dies behind it, dropping sand and
building up a bar. Nowadays, travel
ing down the river through stretches
that once were broad and shallow, one
finds them narrow and deep. with
sandy sides, over the tops of which
can be seen just the tips of the piles
that accomplished the mighty change.
Magazine.
The beadle of the parish is always of
the wears opinion.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

At Lord Rothschild's magnificent
house, or rather, palace, in Piccadi1Iy,
as at his country seat at Tring, and
ia all the other Rothschild residences
in England and on the continent, says
London M. A. p, there is always in a
conspicuous place, generally among
the cornices, piece of stone or mar
BILE left undressed, uncaryed, and in
a rough and unfinished state, which,
by reason of the beauty and splendor
of it's immediate surroundings, at once
catches the eye. This is in compli-
ance with the rule among all orthodox
Jews that they should have no perma-
nent abiding place until they are re-
stored to the Holy Land, and this un-
finished bit of stone is to mark that
the abode is merely temporary and in
complete.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
Mansfield WIN stax.

After being well circulated, the
story reached New York last week
that Richard Mansfield had announced
in Indianapolis that he would play but
three more seasons and would then
retire to devote his attention to play
writing. 1t was insisted that the actor
had been forced to take the step be-
cause of constantly increasing nervous
trouble. After it had been we'll d.
gested another report was published
that the actor had been interviewed
on the subject and had said that
the kindness of his press
agent he had been given three years
to consider the question but at the
present time he had no idea of retir-
ing.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
Miss MannerIpe's Hunting Experience.

Miss Mannering, the wife of ]. X.
Hackett, is looking forward to an out
of-door vacation this year to make up
for the long season she is now COM
pleting. Mr.. Hackett delights in tell
ing story on his wife in which he~
prowess as a huntswoman proved his
undoing. 1t seems that they were
down on the Delaware shooting reed
birds. Mrs. Hackett's aim was uner-
ring. AS the birds fell Mr.. Hackett
called out the count loudly. A
stranger close by nodded approval
and remarked: Thanks for the num-
Der. I'm game warden. Your
license is incorrect. I'm sorry,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

The rifle was introduced into the
British service about the beginning Of
the last century. They were of such
primitive make that mallets were
served out with each rife to ram the
bullets home
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

At last years census there were g.
234 actors in London, an increase of
rs per cent over the figures of 1891.
OF literary people in general there
were 1856, an increase Of "a per cent
in the last ten years.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

The descent from Nazareth to the
Sea Of Galilee is very rapid. That VIII
lage lies at an altitude of about LOO
feet above the Mediterranean, and the
hills around it are from 1900 to 4.o0Oi
feet high, while the sacred lake is $50
feet below tide water.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

81 noticed you hoeing your garden
yesterday. What are you raising?"
"Blisters, mostly"
= newly married couple always
imagine they are living on love until
the first butchers bill is handed in.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
Might Change HI. onininn.

Mr.. Carnegie says that wealth does
not bring happiness He possibly
never presented his check for hun
dred dollars to the impecunious head
of a family.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

The word meander comes from the
river of the same name, whose course
was so devious that it furnished near
ly every modern language with new
word.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

In 1878 Simon Frazer, a Scotchman,
dreamed that he was attacked by a
wild beast, which he killed in his vi
sion. When he awoke he found that
he had dashed out his child's brains
against the bedpost. New York
Press.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

There are three states which have
no debt-Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois.
There are three states which have al
most no debt-California Montana
and Nevada.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

in these operas, but this is the eli
max. 1t has never happened before
that singer has resigned from the
company for that reason merely.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
Nora Duublane.

Nora Dunblanes success as Mrs.
Woodbridge in Lovers Lane" this
season is demonstrated by the excel
lent notices she has received wherever
she has appeared. Miss Dunblane is
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

What woman says to her fond lover
should be written on air or the swift
water.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

John Waldron last season leading
man of the stock company at the Neu
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

personally popular and has been the
recipient of much social attention.
She is making rapid strides in the pro-
fession, her work showing constant
improvement.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
Tragedies Due to Dreams


ozS $1,000 $50 1880
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

Since the warm weather began there
has been startling array of brilliant
waistcoats in the senate, when the
average age of the members of that
body is considered, together with the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

The beadle of the parish is always of
The wears opinion.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
From the National Capital;

UST before the president
announced his selection of
Mr.. II. Clay Evans success
sor, Representative Calder
head of Kansas leaned over
IN his seat in the house and
contided to Representative
Lands of Indiana in a stage
New-York tribune., 1902-02-14
CHANGE. ME4SUREuEyT RIFLES
ANNUAL MEETING OF NETWORK YACHT
CLUB-To RECEIVE PRINCE HENRY
ON MARCH g.

Inc annual meeting and election of officers ~
me NeW-Hork Yacht Club was held AZ the cI,,h
house. in West Forty-fourth-st last night rbs
meeting was one of the largest in the history OF
the club Commodore Lewis Cass Ledvard nra-
sided.
mere was no opposition To the ticket pra-
Seh'eu 10 the club by its nominating committee
anu 'he c'ectioh OF officers passed off smoothly
The following officers We're elected TO serve l.,
'ne coming year: Commodore. Lewis Cass Led
yard; commodore. Frederick G. Rourne.
rear admiral. G. L. F. Robinson; secretary =;
\ Cormack; treasurer, Tarrant Putnam: meas
urer' John Hyslop; fleet surgeon Dr. j. Me
"ooupurE' regatta committee. s. Nicholson
name Newbury II. I.awton and E. III. Wales:
committee on admissions Henry c. Ward, Fred
erick Gallatin, j. Searle Barclay. Cornelius Van
derbilt and Henry S. Redmond: house commit
tee Thomas a. Bronson. William H. Osgood and
G.. A. Cormack; library committee Theodore 6.
Zerega Paul Eve Stevenson and Arnold Wood.
committee on club stations William H. Thomas
Frederick e.. Bourne. f. Augustus Schernar
horn. Augustus G, Tyler, Charles Lane Poor
Ralph n. Ellis Harrison r. Moore Henrv ~
Ward. AMI l. Barber and ]. r. Maxweu
The reports of the various committees and Of
hcers OF the club for last year showed that the
club was in the best condition in it's history ac
cOrding to Secretary G. y. Cormack who ,~as
elected to succeed the late J. V s. Oddie con-
modOre Ledyard offered a resolution unon H.
death of former Secretary Oddie which was
passed unanimously. and Commodore Kane
offered similar resolution upon the death of
Chester Griswold This was also passed and
copies will be sent to the families of the late
members OF the cub IL was decided to hold
New-York Bay "
resolution was unanimously adopted that
the commodore appoint committee of seven
To obtain from such naval architects as may
seem desirable their opinion as to the advisa bill
Ity or changing the present rule of measurement
OF the club, and as TO the practicabiIity of
formulating new system OF measurement
which would be generally adopted by the clubs
of this country. and might eventually serve as
a basis of an International standard The com
mittee is TO report back to the club.
The club decided upon the night of March q
as the time when IL would receive Prince Henry
The arrangements for the entertainment of tine.
Prince VIII be decided upon by a committee
later.