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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

The pumpkin pie is once more
abroad in the land. On the counters
of the confectioners, in the windows
of the dairy lunches and on the en-
bossed menus of the hotels where
wealth and fashion flock, it again
takes its honored place, to gladden.
with its presence the heart of old an0
young.
New York-pre- eminent in most
things-is the greatest pumpkin pie
eating city in the world. During the
season. from September to February,
there are, on an average, more than
$4,000 pumpkin pies a day eaten IN
that CITY. Estimating each pie to con
tain five pieces an army of something
like $4,000 pumpkin eaters musters
daily.
To make 5000 pies a day requires
$4,000 pounds of pumpkin and l0,00o
quarts of milk. Such dry, prosa1c ana
exact things as figures are hardly IN
keeping with the poetic pumpkin; put
1t is interesting to figure out the fac'
that in the four months or so during
which the pumpkin pie fioufishes there
are about 100000 pounds OF the Irult
used to make the pies which are eat
en- in that city, and a million ana
quarter quarts of milk. With pencil
and an imagination interesting ngures
of the consumption of the ohlteu
States at large might be worked out.
In the days when people VINO are
now middle-aged were boys-tor IL Is
to the male sex primarily that the
PUN pkin pie has always appealeu-
pumpkins were raised as a stolen
CROP" a few seeds placed at Intervals
in a field of Indian corn or potatoes
often giving, besides the regular crop
a ton of pumpkins.
But now the pumpkin, though still
to some extent raised in the ola way
has attained the dignity of being con-
sidered worthy to be raised Tor lIsell
alone. Pumpkin farms are numerous
all through the central and New ENG
land states, and yield good returns TO
their proprietors.
The largest pumpkin farm near Ne"
York is in Monmouth county, N. ID
where a tract of 800 acres is given
over principally to the raising OF pump
kins. The cultivation of the fruit, too,
is no longer a haphazard affair, but Is
conducted on scientific principles, the
soil being thoroughly fertil1zed Win
the special view of providing the klno
of richness needed in the pumpkin.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

Among the Ohio Democrats who
were in the army early" said the cap
tain was Gen. James B. Steedman,
and he has a monument at Toledo.
Steedman had been canal contractor
and a '49er, and was given to rough
usage of men, and when his regiment
the Fourteenth Ohio, was organized
the boys did not take kindly to their
coIoners rough language and ready
profanity. On one occasion he order
ed O sergeant on duty to remove
pile of cracker boxes f"om particu-
lar spot in camp and to do it as
quick as the Lord would let him, as
he had decided that his own tent must
stand just whore some Internal idiot
had placed the BOXES.
The sergeant, irritated, but not
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

What is regarded as one of the tall
est bluffs on record furnished Capt.
Edgar Russell, chief signal officer In
the Philippines during the insurrec-
ton. with a story, which he tells as
an example of western nerve.
I'VE were outside of Manila in
some little scrap" said the captain,
land about seventy-five natives were
lying in a trench ahead of us, shoot
ing away merrily, but not hitting any
body.
by and by / noticed little dis
turbance in our front. Presently four
Montana troopers trotted out of our
lines and started straight for the Fill
pinos Everybody looked at them
with wonder, and waited to see them
all killed. Bullets whistled all around
them, but they never halted.
Slowly, just at trot, they logged
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

What part did Michigan take in the
battle of Gettysburg, the GROWING VIC
tory of the civil war, and what was
her loss? OF the seventeen loyal
states engaged, her loss was the thlrd
in numbers and the first in the proper
ton to the numbers engaged. Inc
following Michigan organizations
numbering 4,834 men, were engaged
at the battle of Gettysburg First
Michigan Infantry, Third Michisazl In
fantry, Fourth Michigan Infantry.
Fifth Michigan Infantry, Sew
enth Michigan Infantry, Six
teenth Michigan Infantry and
Twenty-fourth Michigan Infantry,
Companies c, l, K ana B, Berdan's
Sharpshooters; Battery |, First ar
tillery; Michigan Brigade of Cavalry
under the gallant Custer, consisting OF
the First Michigan Cavalry, Fifth
Michigan Cavalry, Sixth Michigan
Cavalry and Seventh Michigan Caval-
~. Michigan had killed, wounded
and missing, 1131; killed, 1872. Many
died afterwards from wounds receiV-
ed.
In 1887 the legislature of Michigan
appropriated $4,000 for monuments
to be erected on the battlefield in the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

A story is told that while the Union
nrmv was at and near Chattanooga,
Col. Burke. of the Tenth Ohio, ex-
changed a large number of prisoners
with the rebels. The colonel noticed
a particularly natty young soldier
among those he received. The soldier
gave the name Frank Henderson, and
said "he" belonged to the Nineteenth
Illinois 1t developed that this soldier
was a young girl, and that she and
her brother at the outset Of the war,
had enlisted in the Eleventh Illinois.
The pair were orphans and were
devoted to each other. She could not
bear the thought of being separated
from the brother who had been her
only companion from babyhood AT
the expiration of her enlistment for
three months in this regiment she was
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07
WHEN STEEDMAN LAUGHED

frightened, looked over the ground,
returned, saluted, and asked, Where
will you have the boxes put, colonel?
The colonel rose in his wrath and told
the sergeant he was blankety blank
fool. The sergeant saluted again
and said: But where will you have
the boxes put, colonel" Steedman
roared: Take them away, man, l
don't care where; take them to hell
To this the imperturbable sergeant
replied with salute. Excuse me,
colonel, but wouldn't they be more
out of your way and less likely to
trouble you again if l took them to
heaven? Steedman was amazed, but
he turned his back on the sergeant to
laugh in the face of his adjutant as
he murmured. Take him away -
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07
ORIGIN OF WOOD ENGRAVING,

Many Countries Contend for the Hon
or of the invention.
Much controversy was at one time
excited about the country that could
claim to have originated wood engrav-
ing. A very simple process was
known to the Egyptians for the pro-
auction of stamps, and it has been as
serted that the Chinese printed from
blocks of peartree as early as the
tenth century. The Independent orig
nation of the art has been generally
credited to Germany among modern
nations. In the Cologne district 81
CHRISTOPHER, which has often been re-
nroduced. was cut in 1923, a ST. Sc
bastion in 1437 and a Madonna has
been dated 1913. Playing cards WERE
however, in use in France in the MID
die of the fourteenth century, and the
-zfgures were impressions from WOOD
blocks, states the Scientific American.
II. is allowable for France to dispute
the priority of Germany, and many at
tempts have been made to claim tne
art as due to French enterprise. M.
Henri Bouchot of the Bibliotheque Ma
tionale, now declares that part OF a
block with a representation OF a cru
cifixion has been discovered in coun'
try town Of France. The costumes
are evidently those worn in the mid
die fourteenth century, and it is as
sumed that the wood block belongs tc
some time between 1910 and 1850.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07
THE FOURTH ARMY CORPS

cation. 1t consisted Of seventy-sI4
regiments of infantry and nine bat
teries of artillery, who bore their
colors to the front on many hotly
contested field
The states represented in the corps
were as follows: Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Mis-
souri,. Kansas and Wisconsin. The
three divisions of the corps were com.
manded by Major Generals Devi6 s.
Stanley, Philip H. Sheridan, and
Thomas ]. Wood. General Granger
soon gave place to Gen. o. o. Howard
and Sheridan to Gen. John Newton
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07
"a MONTANA BLUFF "

on toward the enemy. The natives
fired and fired, but for some unknown
reason did not hit. On and on went
the quartet, disdaining cover.
AT last, there was shout, and, to
our utter astonishment, we beheld the
seventy-five Filipinos jump out OF
their trenches and take to their heels
in mad fight. The nerve of the Mon
tana troopers was too much for them.
when they had all fed, throwing
their rifles away as they ran, the
troopers came back their arms full OF
guns. That is what the army has
come to call "a Montana bluff It's a
sort of nerve that lets man open
jackpot on a pair of deuces. New
York Tribune.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07
Our Dutv to Know Our Duty.

If a man does as well as he knows
how, he is likely to think that he does
as we'll as can be expected OF him.
But he makes a sad mistake who acts
on that idea. 1t is every mans duty
to know what is right, and then do 1t.
Gods commands are Thou shalt" and
Thou shalt not" There is no allow
ance for ignorance of the right way.
In human society it is mans duty
to know the law, and then to do It.
And that is Gods standard for man.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

Do we not sometimes feel in trial
or perplexity, that others might help
us if they would only stop and listen?
But they will not, and in their con-
slant hurry we know it is little use to
speak. Let US note the lesson for our
selves and give what we ask-leisure
to hear, attentive, concentrated, not
divided--calm, patient consideration.
1t may be our busy work, as we think,
for the Master. which so overcrowds
our lives that we have not time for
this standing still" Sad eyes meet
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07
UNSEEN DOORKEEPERS

helping you if you will let him. Your
dead mother is still lifting your bur-
dens The Angels are Gods minis
tiers sent on his errands, and what
errand more pressing than to aid
Gods children. When next you ap.
proach some closed door, whether it
be closed by sickness or poverty, OF
former failure, or what not, do nos
see the door, do not think of it, but
think only of the unseen Angel wait.
ing beside it. And remember, it is
only by following the angels you see
that you can obtain the good offices
of the angels you do not see Amos
B. Wells.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

One of the most famous organiza-
lions in Washington on the occasion
of the Grand Army encampment was
the Fourth Army corps.
The corps was distinctly lighting
machine. 1t was born of great
battle. 1t obtained it's name and
splendid birthright from the consolida-
ton of the Twentieth and Twenty
set army corps, which had been re-
- rrvnbers on account of dis
'~~eas, after Chicka-
5erS of the
Nrunt
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07
Refreshment for the Mind.

RefreShment TOT IHe WIHU-
How welcome would it often De 10
many a child of anxiety and toll TO De
suddenly transferred from the neat
and din of the city, the restlessness
and worry of the mart, to the MID
night garden or the mountain TOP!
And like refreshment does hlgh
faith, with it's infinite prospects ever
open to the heart, afford to the worn
and weary. No laborious travels are
needed for the devout mind, for it car
ries within it Alpine heights and star
lit skies, which it may reach with a
moments thought and feel at once the
loneliness of nature and the magnln'
cence of God.-James Martineau.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

Prayer is necessary to progress.
That principle is fundamental for the
construction of character and the con-
duct of affairs. The world is fond OF
boasting OF it's progress, while half or
the time it does not understand IN
what true advance consists. All pro-
gression is not progress. A march In
the wrong direction, demanding even
tually a counter-march back, contrib
utes nothing to the success of teLm-
paign. A great deal of the motion and
commotion in the world represents
Just this sort of tramping about to no
purpose. 1t is activity, but not ad-
vance.
1t is here that the office of prayer
comes in usefully, since prayer Sc
cures that wisdom from on high which
directs the steps of d good man into
the path of a true progress. The
sincerely prayerful man will lose no
time in the by-paths of sin or the
mist-covered morasses of bootless
theorizing. Instead OF remaining
moral truant or tramp, he will become
a pilgrim to definite heavenly goal,
and a spiritual discoverer, adding
treasures of great value to the knowl-
edge and culture of mankind. Ii any
man lacks wisdom let him ask of God.
There is no other way to avoid not
only the pitfalls of positive sin, but
as we'll the sinuous and tangled trails
| of proftless speculation or self-seek1ng
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

An astronomer notices the slower
or quicker rate of motion in planet
at one part of it's orbit, and he tells
YOU that there must be world beyond
it, not yet seen.
Ha tells you it's size, it's gravity, its
orbit. it's rate of motion; and when at
last Neptune is discovered, it proves
to be precisely that which Uranus die
tated by his perturbations.
And so it is, that our religious doc
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07
DEMAND SHORTER DAY

One hundred and twenty-five ma
chine shops in Chicago have adopted
nipe.hour day for their machinists.
This was in compliance with de-
mand of the international Association
,of Machinists sent to the shop owners
the latter part of August. The asso-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

ever, have signed an agreement. The
business agents of the machinists are
making daily visits to the shops and
renewing the demand to the employ
ers in person. 1t i said authorita-
lively that EOS will follow in every
shop in the demand of the men
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

While malaria is not contagious
from person to person, it is neverthe-
less advisable to keep infec ted per
sons from healthy places beca lse they
infect the mosquitoes that bite them,
and these, in turn, infect other human
beings.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

The empress dowager of China In
tends establishing a girls school in
the palace at Pekin. Ten daughters
of princes will be the students. Inc
reason is that the empress needs IN
terpreters when entertaining the
wives of foreign ministers.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07
LET US TAKE THE LESSON

ours, but we cannot stay to read their
story. Some look to us for help in bat
ties which we fought long ago, but we
cannot turn aside to see how it fares
with them in the strife, or to whisper
the secret of victory. But He would
have said even though some plans of
our own for his service were put
aside, ''Ye have done it unto us."-H.
Bowman.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07
shrevvd Paris swindIers.

1t is said that a shrewd firm in
Paris made a small fortune by selling
what purported to be bones from
dead bodies found in the ruins Of
Martinique. These "bones" have
been found to consist OF plaster Of
paris.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

Cattle can be sent at less cost from
Chicago to Liverpool (about 1000
miles) than from Northumberland to
Liverpool. 1t costs more to send one
ton of goods from London to the wet
of Ireland than from London to Japan.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

J. H. Stoddart, who looks back to a
career of seventy years on the stage,
is the Nestor of the profession in
America, antedating Joseph Jefferson
by several years.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

= Hives are terrible torment to the littIo
12oLSs, and to some older ones. Easily cured
I Rosn,s Ointment nevG fails. Instant re-.
E IeH per permanent cure. At any drug store.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07
DO Your Feet Ache and Burnr

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns. Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

Don't you know that Defiance Starch
besides being absolutely superior to
any other is put up 16 ounces in pack
age and seels at same price as H.
ounce packages of other kinds?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

DRESS SPECIFIC HEADACHE PowDBRB--
che only harm loss and sure for all Headaches
Price 10 and 25c Sent by mall upon receipt Of priOA
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

Energy all gone? Headache2 Stomach
out of order? Simply a case of torpid liver
Burdock Blood Bitters will make new man
OF woman of you.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07
Thought II Was Serious.

"Bie strike up in Milwaukee"
what, the brewers?"
mo; the school teachers"
''Oh, the school teachers. Say, you
startled me at first"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

Defiance starch is put up 16 ounces
IN q package, 10 cents. One.third
more starch for same money.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

McCANE'S DETECTIVE AGENCY
houston, Texas, Tor trained and reliable dc.
tectiVe service
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

Of the 47,332,S4 acres within Mani
toba, 6,329,000 are taken up by lakes
and 25,O00,00O are cultivable.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

s~Fhis is one OF the spiciest books I
Bver read,' remarked the hardware
drummer. an he turned over another
leaf
1907" queriGd the hotel clerk.
whats the name of the authoress?"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07
eosnoI Embraces All.

Christianity began with no denomi.
v.ttopaI divisions. The gospel was
ve~eached from place to place.-Rev.
TAw. Niles, Reformed, Brooklyn,
q. Y.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

The business instinct is sometimes
truly wonderful.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

The henpecked husband doesn't
crow about it.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

In affairs of life many peculiar
things arise.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup,
For children teethng, sofens the gums reduces IN.
nammation aays pain, cures wind coc. CSC bottle.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07
TRUTH IN RELIGION

trines are not, with us. mere dogma;
they belong to a great scheme of re-
vealed truth, all Of which stands or
falls together.
AS surely as one star leads us to
another, SO surely does one doctrine
bring us face to face with their Sc.
quenCes.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

THE BEST RESULTS IN sTARCHINa
can be obtained only by using Defiance
Starch, besides getting OF: more Tor
same mouey-no cooking required.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

BeIg1um's population by the 1901
census is 6,799,999.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

Island on Peat Formation.
The island of Nantucket rests on
vast peat formation.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07
GREAT AMERICAN PIE
PUMPKIN Is ONCE MORE THE
MONARCH OF ALL.

immense Consumption of the Luscious
Dainty Throughout the Land-Fie'
ures Show the Extent of Its Won
drous Popularity.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07
PRAYER AND PROGRESS

along which multitudes stumble aFd
stagger to their eternal hurt anu uh'
doing.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07
, DEFIANCE STARCH

should be in eve-v household, mono SO
good, besides OF. more for 10 cents than
any other brand of cold water starch.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

Homemade bread is Responsible for
many a crusty temper. IVA
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

To Cure n Cold in One day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quiuine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

Refinement attracts the admiration
of all mankind.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

Be sure that you hold up your end IS
your earthly duties.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

III Ler Benoit the Flemish composer.
wall nave staue in Antwerp.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

A banana peel is no respecter Of
rank. 1t will call down anything.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES pro-
duce the brightest and fastest colors.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

An intellectual feast is sorry
apology to any empty stomach.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

Nothing is so great an instance OF
as flattery-Swift-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07

Lawyers suits are sometimes mis-.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-07
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-20
N|PpEO IN BUD
Fortunate Return Of Family in
Nick Of Time Prevented Fire.

What might have been a serious FIRE
was prevented by the timely arrival at his
home OF Mr.. Frederick @. Cleveland last
evening. The family had gone out for the
evening. but Mr. Cleveland returned early
to do some work In the house. As he
opened the street door there was a strong
ing to cloud as he opened the door COM
smell OF smoke In the front hall. increas
municating with the front rooms. lie
gave the alarm and then hastened 10
This portion OF the house Is occupied by
John McNulty and family. Three young
women. daughters OF Mr.. McNulty, were
In the house at the time they had retired.
When the firenen arrived one OF the wo.
men. almost overcome by smoke, was
carried cut by Captain Nichols Of Hose IL.
The hiG was found 10 be In the dining
room and was burning quite lively when
discovered. II had started between the
partitions and run up the sides OF the
room, burning the floor and considerable
furniture Of the room. doing considera BILE
damage.
library OF music, representing a col
lection OF nine years, the property OF Mr..
Cleveland who Is manager OF the Provi-
dence Ladies' orchestra, was entirely de-
stroyed. This collection alone was valued
at $500 while the damage to the furniture
WI. probably amount to 5000 more Tho
damage 10 the house will probably not
exceed 5000.
II Is thought the fre was started by
m'ce and matches.