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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-31
The Cost of Living.

1t seems to cost a great deal to live
nowadays. Most persons notice it.,
especially persons who are hard put
to it to find the money to pay their
bills. The statisticians report that
commodities in general use cost on an
average about 10 per cent more than
they did last year. The rise in the
price of meat contributes great deal
to this advance, though breadstuffs
have been high too. Articles of luxu-
ry, like good clothes and country
houses, have grown dearer in proper
ton than most articles of necessity,
because the huge influx of money that
the country has sustained has made a
brisk market for luxuries. Rents are
higher, houses cost more, servants
get higher wages, board is higher at
resort hotels. The living expenses OF
any given family are very much af-
fected by the expenses of other fam
lilies of their acquaintance, and the
scale of living of "other families y
seems now to have become inconve-
niently liberal. Prodigality is SO
conspicuously prevalent that it has
become more or less epidemic. -Phila-
Clelphia Inquirer.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-31

Well oiled harness keeps soft and
pliable, is more easily handled, and
wears we'll. Such harness will stand
more pulling. When harness lacks
oil, it lacks life and toughness. The
small cost of the oil required and the
labor necessary to apply it will be
many times repaid in the durability
of the harness and in the saving of
repairs. This is work that can be
done in weather that prevents other
work.
We have spex now that you can see
through. CARLSON & co.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-31
DON'T Stop Your Paper.

Once upon time man got mad at
the editor and stopped his paper. The
next week he sold his corn four cents
below the market price. Then his
property was sold for taxes because
he didn't read the sheriff's sale. He
was arrested and fined So for going
hunting on Sunday, simply because
he didn't know it was Sunday, and
paid $500 for a lot of forged notes
that had been advertised two weeks
and the public warned not to nego-
tiate them. He then paid a big Irish
man with foot like a sledgehammer
to kick him all the way to the news
paper Office when he paid four years
in advance and made the editor sign
an agreement to knock him down and
rob him if he ever ordered his paper
stopped again.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-31

Don't forget to ask for U. S. Patent
flour at Prentice & Prentice.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-05
The Republic of Texas.

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Following Is an address by MI l. L'
stan6eld Of Terrell. president Of the Asso'
citation Of Natives Of the Republic Of Texas
delivered at Dallas on October /;
since the memorable Attn day OF July
l7I6 the declaration Of American lndepend'
cnce issued by the original thirteen colo
MES. which forever severed their allegiance
10 Great Britain, throwing on the yoke o.
British control and asserting their indie
pendence Of the mother country, has been
held forth as the gospel Of political ana
religious liberty The day has been eele-
brated ana the declaration publicly read
throughout the confines OF the American
government on the annual return OF the
National anniversary.
This is right. 1t is meet that the an
niyersaiy of American independence shoule
ba cpiebrated and the magua charter OF our
civil aad religious freedom keA before tne
reciplents OF the grand heritage. lle Pi' ~
finies Of government ana lpefy sNeh ~
the world through thal leeialatio VI ~ - ,,,flt
mortal AMI viii never cease " eAis'
time shall be no more ,r...h ,sasY
Rnt what Of the % day OF Match ioSo !
what OF the declaration OF lndepshusL,.s
ircm the Mexican government Ahu the 20 20.
-i,,ias annouuced as the reasons Tor sever
~. Inc governmental bonds that unite ne
-, cnia with the Mexican government
Whom In that old town o. Washing on.
M ne renresentatiYo of little hanefni o.
ahS WIN The ifes OF liberty Rhame 81
sStir hosorns. with an Invading army, d,
aost face g face With Shsn ~ y de eSpet
tnn ssern TACT that the people Of Iexe7
40 now constitute 3 free sovereign ana ~
aonendert republic" they uttered an edie.
iased upon principles as g ,nc l,naensnc.
erre dsy 81 the AMERICAN te2gpils aas
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-05
RHEUMA TISM
AND
CATARRH
Cured by

Nuteu Dy
foIaNIc BLOOD BALM (g. 3. b.
\ IN .oHeT-Money Back If It Fails to
ssSs-eample Of B. B. B. Free.
a 's sslS Blood Balm (B. b. b. kills the
hi sSr, anu blood poison In the blood
= mi sss, Tue awful agonies of rheuma-
y srhSS eatarrh. thus making per-
A se any, cure. h, B. y. also sweeteps
Ky s acld blood and does AWAY with
.l@ msn, shelllng sweat that accom-
|fih -alS iorms of rheumatism and
Is n T. you rheumatism With
d. sWnli., penes' aches I'm any OF the
x 1tiOns "a issues, knots or wart Ike
IA yon any OF the joints or knuckles?
Il b,SSes me e1crueiatlng pains I'm shoul.
'4tlnns Ilu bAck, especially after slight
n l,oa o aae me aches and pains shift
Il yoa ~ L,,paFt Of the body to another?
Atria; 'gS-uag0. sciutic rheumatism or
|nsift. Aleh h. b. b. Will GIRO Won
fssiae VINO or what has failed The
Faillf siAest Instantly. the swellings
u fbesr. ppear, the limbs. hands.
'gskqs III 9RSeome timber because h. b.
N tg fersin 0Nou pure and rich. AMI you
fnle Bload nn'peng,h, health and vigor
"A thousaadso PAIN Us. y. b has cured
|.rsee ana the cures nre nermnnent
A cgisal9AAle been thrown awnv ana me
"A lave ~ nands, shoulder blades or
llEtartlp Unity reclaimed their old yigor
n oo NJ You Have catarrh.
II slVe wv IN the blood prodnces had
.. IN w breath, bad teeth ana sick
q NJ ~. seenach; In some cases yomit.
ltnss n, phlegm, enlargement OF the
Nous marh tne hose. alterations OF the
+ 81 west y. 1nes, hawking splitting M
! VA s.ylhaeh. nose bleeding. head
hin lag deafness, noises In the
BIZ eyinv ~ blood. all run down,
Il lghuie piloie the ewes, low-spirl @ \,
H say tLfors1ou Balm (B. b. b. forces
ltpelllne every blood vessel aud
"A 10 iis az catarrhal poison that
n umBtom .n, permanently removes
N % the az" suN mus makes perfect
tht5s. eatarrh. b. r.. n. has
n pafiant nus Of cnses where
aea had tried pyerythine ia
81 Sllt M. hgd thought fhemselvns
B itml5r rs b. r., n may be the
ep s'N system needs
a hiiI,aS a Great Blood Builder.
n fisofate. n =. - 3. IS splendid tonic.
sni cures sus old, imnroves your diges-
otea ~ dyspepsia. II makes new,
o.,nI, = 'asthens weak Kidneys.
nas9 S'ood Balm q. 3. b Is
oesily tss,dnnte botanic ingredients.
bottle w Tor thirty years. 81 per
u'ns for aElS stores. with complete
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81 .Atlsn,a taia ~ writing Biond Balm
ifoe Describe trouble ana
sslsr, sai advice also sent In
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-05
WTWTNTINIHIHTTHTIHW ITWWWWTIHWWNTNTWI
FL PaSO and JuaYez.
Close Obserber Stands on the Bridge and
Looks Both Ways.
IIGlGlGIlII

little incoueruous TO see calendar CHART.
nnA ~ uVhuted Dy prominent and unsh
ihg NE Insurance company dividing the
wan space with pictures on sacred mier
ahu meaning, hut this Is the Twentieth
century oven Ia Mexico.
lleNutecs were unon thelt kneps teiiinc
lhelr heads, praying with feryent and rx.
pressiNe gestures to their patron saints or
Sluuxing Holy Writ and the sOlemnitv 81
~ al rs not broken by the blind bcrenr
VINO sits at the door OF exit. giving ono
" opportunity 10 practice TINT Chicfest
.uI lhe three holy characteristics. charil.
ere ne mingleS again with the polluted
NtmoSnhere OF the world tho hesh ami
tho ineseni vendor whose stand Is nearest
There * q suunre of ground frnotin, tbn
church which Is dignihed by the name OF
piazza park. place OF the fountain. etc. IA
Is goou ground. You could raise cloud
uI 1ust on II. or cloud on the title II Won
wished TO buv It. Somehow or other
W1tefleSs fountains never appeal TO me-
IKE wet ones even IL there Is a green
scum on the bnsln-like the drinking
lroughs flor euulnesl around the court
house square In Houston
The grass looked as prominent and re.
pect-commanding as the republican vote
~ q Harris county election II looked Ms
v II had been fertillzed with political prom.
lses and watered with mescaI which was
certainly more IN evidence In Juarez thnn
aqua pura. The streets were snrinkled--.
some OF them YES. and it seemed pity
mat considering II was not so very hot
und there was no wind thai the scattering
drops should not all have been given tho
hungry. furnished grass Of the plaza as a
coat OF green wash to Offset the painful
wbiteness Of the wash on all the buildings
about the square.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-05
Choice Of Evils.

Chicago News.
DO you know sir, said the long haired
passenger as be lined up hy the side Of
drummer 80 the minutes for-lunch Joint,
that rapid eating Is sucdalf'
Wasn't aware Of the fact" rejoined the
drummer. between bites, but ! know that
slow eating is starvation ON this road"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-05
EVERYTHING NEW AND NEAT.

NV EN- lli1NN NJ AMI NEAL
other things which impress the visitor
are these: The mounted police are mount
ed on wheels; there is 10 road for miles in
any given direction they can not pedal over.
The streets are not paved except where
crushed rock or gravel is used. The roads
do not need it-good enough rs they are.
When the dust blows they need copious
voting. They get 1t when the water stage
will permit.
Hacks stand-iust around the corner, al
though there is no asphalt to protect.
Business Is done in the stores and not on
the sidewalks.
There are 80 many new, fresh, clean, nice
looking buildings to be seen ON all sides
that the stranger would naturally think
there were an emporium where ready'to-
occupy houses were kept In stock, ana you
only had to ring up by phone to have one
ready to move into In the morning.
The suns heat burns but does not Wit
you You find It cool OH the shady side OF
The street though furnace hot on the
other The nights are cool and refreshing
and the air is as clear MS AIR can be lthe
smelter being over the hill ana TAR away,
The nice new city hall is neat enough for
dolls play house-and not too big for
present use Its foundation is the hard.
hard rock It's walls Of Milwaukee colorcd
hrick and its trimmings as white as an
unused page OF the city secretary's record
book. There Is. no hint Of city market
anywhere near,
viii be finer. 1t is wide open as to tho
Vices because It recognizes one fact: You
can not prevent the disease by closing the
front door--as long as the back door opens
on Mcxico-and the Rio Grande is water
less.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-05

sprclal CollVsl 80 M am dis.
Ia. Texas, September ~ ''n 10
lHisa's Shakespeare who said what Is
hire' .rde-"Grand rlyer"--is 1t a
y y : Il speech or fiement 81 me in'"S'n''
hi s,,e travelled for nearly 900
,pi1H chimera--or camera Of my
I rs WIZ dreaming Of the hour when |
ll e.@d on a noble bridge, spanning
W 80 roam. separating the two great
qilesu' ,enublics Il now believe II Is
iu'sa hal0 and, pointing to a crack in
1 aug could truthfully say Il had re-
...N thls spcochl' Behold Tue ripple
ls'0 .,slars an assured pattern OF gov
e \, which all the world VIII follow
Ds.' A-st successful imitator!'
Is disappointed. ,.,.,,., 49,
~ u MAS no ripple, no dividing me nc no
M 10 tell wnere i'e' w.
'aiipn caushi W.
tqlas mere was no river;
\ tfiusn y. bridge, several bridges. but
4 Dhs m- " that grcat stream l had hrst
Il FAs,od A few miles west OF Del Hl0
epsn .ds absorbed, gopbled. IL had van
itsraEwhere was IL att
lls ,s Ms's smeltcf drinks its boiler sup
.,-,totIonr bitches they call them
az aas thc water failed are there;
w. sreaitias, l0ter1ls what not, but
4 rsiss-it's Il dream NO.,
san,srily / Thought of tho mead OF
flius';Sa~ on the Trlnity-call IT Dallas-
wondered II the next session OF cor
arid moi contemplate Il hlli 10 make
g pl ~ rrande uavigublc to bl Paso or
hpI 'niess such bill Is passed ] am
A M MI the aCeduins VIII need 10 be
llead next season 10 Keep down the
me Bin might check the present
|v EsS ihey told me that persons now liv-
n roild remember u time thht tne great
a !, snyer through what is now the city
4 , rSd thc American hills as If wor-
4 .,.S Il thelr feet. aud all of a sudden
faeesd IA allegiance 10 the Mexican side,
4, VII limo sulked I'm its voluntary re-
n w do not question that Methuselah
8.s record breaker on tho question OF
sssrtv These oldest inhabitants must
A n known "Met. and Moses and the
ssay That eMe.hicho' looked like the
4 ID suburbau speculation Of I'll Paso
estate boomers does not express the
tsre ire two sections of I'll Paso-
I'M and ''dohy." Just where the ''doby"
a a II Pas0 leaves of the business end
4 Juafez commences. There Is a bridge
(, won. also Il well bcHten path on dry
Hmd whlch shows that Intercourse be-
Nm the two republics is not hampcred
4 bridge toll or j-Cent fare.
N cure my propensity for 'foreign
.iyep took In the Mexican metropolis
~. got back alive. having seen the
An places. and done the town and with
II lifting the town do me. OF this lat
n achievement one may he proud when he
Bds IN the III Paso dailies the diatribes
|tlnst the bunco artist, who plieth his
tiaaon on the foreign side, but never,
N never, on the "Old Glory" side of the
aaf bed
n allowed myself to be robbed by two
tall urrhins. who. With mysterious beck
n confidential Jerk Of the head polluted
Fafd the ''holy OF holies' In the quaint
II church around which Juarez clusters.
,lneg they we're fakirs and so did they,
N there was chance Of an allegation of
NC pretenses, The sBoliation was ac-
&dng to the mutually known fact
n fare to the land Of truth across the
.'et-hed.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-05
an ANCIENT cHrRcm.

aN ANNlLN III 1 XIII.
Flihin the darkened walls of this an
~ cdiace. begun before well, let's say
discovery Of mescal-one is bound to
q Of bis hat actually and figuratiycly.
lAase venerable walls of mud, sun dried
\ weather seasoned of centuries, coated
hundred times rccoated with the de-
3ton albeit preservation whltcwash,
4 as fresh aud substantial as did the
fHpplnes commission after Its investiga-
A and the administrations application
kihe all.apoori2lnc coat Of rehabilitation.
AZ ceiling timbcrs are hand carved and
IS Il the artist Of the lack knife was
4 oeSolee who had cut his way to i'm.
&lelIy through the trunks Of mesquite
Inc doors bear witness to the same
! sha the same handicraft, TO say moth.
A OF tue tools. To be sure. II looks a
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-05
THE CHICAGO OF TEXAS

TIE CHICAGO OF TEXAS.
El Paso is. more or less encirced with
hills and bounded ON the south ana south.
west by river theory and far stretching
chain Of what promises TO be mountains
later on or further down
The chief glorles Of I'll Paso are, SO far
as l could discover, the smelter, the South.
ern Pacific railroad, street car transfers
and an unlimited faith in the future. There
Is an underground channel Of the erstwhile
river which can be tapped at shallow depth
and will furnish water to irrigate every
available foot Of land that win raise as
much as mortgage In all that section of
table land which covers miles ana miles.
But as for the Rio Grande, you can dam
II and dam II again, but, as an ireyercnt
uwcller In the Pass City puts 81: The
damned thing will not hold water" When
the river gets a load Of water on II gets
q 'tunkfuP and goes on a rampage. and
there is no stopping 1t above Brownsville
ana the gulf.
The water that the water company fur.
nishes and most people use Is harder than
Tue heaft OF a soulless corporation and
leaves an "Alkali Eye" thirst in the mouth
of the man who drinks it. Speaking Of the
water problem, the water company here
has just explained a recent joke which It
perpetruted some time since. An announce
ment was made that, beginning with the
ides OF September a reduction In rates
would be made. The people laughed long
ana heartily. II was well they laughed
trst a sober second thought convinced
the company that II had erred IN Judgment
or reading the calendar, so today a notice
Is given that the old rates 90, and will con.
tinue until further notice. This, ! was in
formed, would be about the time when the
price of gas is reduced voluntarily by the
gas company of Houston.
But the people have street car transfers.
You can ride FROM the center Of the city
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-05

Rms,uouFa .Sprud0f Wells Co.,
M1knoral Nsifss Tsxae.
Evening journal., 1902-11-06
THREE KILLED IN DUEL
Bad Feeling Between Texans Ends In
Shooting ARRAY.


Orange, Tex, Nov 6.--Three men are
dead as a result of a shooting ARRAY
mere yesterday. and great excitement
prevails in this community The dead
are: Jen Chenault City Marshall Jor-
dan and Tony Jones.
Bad blood is said to have existed be-
tween Chenault and VIII Harris. a
well-known young man, for some time.
Yesterday the two met, and after some
words Harris secured double -barreled
shotgun and killed Chenault Harris
ran to escape the fire OF Chenault's s
brother, but was apprehended by City
Marshall Jordan, who was close at
hand. While the officer was conduct
ing young Harris to jail he was shot
and killed and his prisoner escaped.
1t is not known who killed Jordan, al
though there were large number Of
people on the street at the time of the
tragedy. Will Harris was later arrest
ed and placed in jail. At this juncture
a half brother, James Harris, started
for a nearby store, declaring he would
procure a weapon and take part in
the affair. 1t is claimed that Tony
Jones handed Harris a gun, after which
the former jumped into a buggy AS
he was driving away officers appeared
on the scene and opened fire on Jones,
infiicting wounds from which he died
few minutes later.
Evening journal., 1902-11-06
AMERICAN SOCIETY.
Ita Basis. whether We Dspiore or
Ignore It, II wealth.

American society" says Ainslee's,
"has been definitely established upon
a monetary basis. We may deplore the
fact, or we may ignore It, but Il Is
fact, and II is very much the wisest
thing to admit Il with dispnssionate
frankness. For IL we assume our social
standards and conditions 10 be differ-
ent from what they really are, how
are we going to study them and under
stand them and get at their philoso-
phy2 From the point OF view OF sci
entifc observer, the classification of
everybody and everything according TO
financial principle of division, Is a
good thing, for It greatly slmplihes
the whole subject.
Formerly there was no classification
OF any kind. American life was a
chaos. socially, full Of all sorts OF
anomalies and incongruities. Every
section Of the country had its own
standard Of distinction, and this stand
ard was recognized and respected no
where else. Thus in New England lit
erary, scholastic or theological emil
nence was held to confer a certain
cachet upon those who had obtained II.
In the microcosm Of which Philadel-
phia used TO be the center ancestry
counted most of all. This was also true
TO some extent Of the south, yet there
as I'm the west, political prominence
carried with It social leadership. New
YorlS-always more or less impossible
TO formulate-was place where ther,
existed social wheels within wheels
and social planes that never touched
though, on the whole, perhaps the com
bination of ancestry and money mean
in those days what money alone meant
at the present time"
Evening journal., 1902-11-06
sound Advice.

Young men, you are the architects Of
your own fortune. Rely on your own
strength Of body and soul. Take for
your guiding star self reliance. Sub
scribe on your banner, Luck is fool;
Pluck is hero" Don't take too much
advice; keep at your helm and steer
your own ship, and remember that the
great art Of commanding IS TO take /,
fair share of the work. Think well OF
yourself, strike out, assume your own
position. Haul potatoes in a cart over
a rough road. and the small ones 20 TO
the bottom. Rise above the envious
and jealous. fire above the mark you
intend to hit Energy, invincible deter
mlnation, with a right motive, are the
levers that move the world. Don't
drink; don't smoke; don't swear; don't
deceive; don't marry until you can sup
port n wife; be in earnest; be self re-
liant; be generous; be civil; read the
papers; advertise your business; make
money and do good with it; love your
God and fellow men; love truth and vir-
tue; love your country and obey its
laws.-Exehange.
Evening journal., 1902-11-06
pIgp m EAcH oTHERs, ARMS
Preacher and Female Missionary
Killed BY Gas In Omaha.

Preacher and Female Missionary
Killed BY Gas In Omaha.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 6.-Clasped in
each others arms. lying on the floor Of
the pastors study in the German Bap-
tist Church here early yesterday, Oscar
Berndes, janitor of the church. discov-
cred the dead bodies of Rev. w. C..
Rabe, pastor, and Augusta Busch, a
missionary and assistant to the pastor.
Death had been caused by asphyxia-
tion. The room was filled with gas,
a let and burner of a small stove
being partly turned on.
The bodies were lying on the hoor,
the woman's head being pillowed ON
some cushions. They evidently had
lain in that position for several hours.
There seems to be little doubt that
death was accidental.
It is believed that the pair had fallen
asleep, the stove fame blew out and
the gas escaped. The bodies were rigid
and death eveidently occurred during
the early hours of the previous even
ing.
Evening journal., 1902-11-06
Plttsbura butchers Strike.

Pittsburg, Nov. 6.-The threatened
strike OF the union butchers, meat cut
ters, pudding makers and the like OF
Pittsburg and Allegheny is on. The
men quit work yesterday. They num-
ber about 400. In addition about 200
non-union men quit their places. Thus
Is large local meat plants are tied up
It is claimed by the strikers. 1t is
figured that the strike just inaugurated
will throw at least 1900 men out Of
work in Pittsburg and Allegheny. The
strike is waged more for recognition
OF the union than for an advance in
wages.
Evening journal., 1902-11-06
KlIled ln J PeeuIIar WaY.

Glens Falls. N. Y. Nov 6.-Ciorgio
Calve, 16 years old, and Biorgio Fuda,
II, employees Of the Hudson River Wa
ter Power Company at Spier Falls. were
killed yesterday. They, with five 9TH
ers, were crossing the Hudson river In
a bucket run on a wire when the bucket
hit against the dam. Calve fell 10
feet and broke his neck. Fuda fell 40
feet into pit, breaking both legs and
arms and fracturing his skull. He
lived but few hours. They came from
Italy about a year ago.