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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-29
High Prices Paid Sinners

The highest figure ever paid to :
singer at Covent Garden was the sum
or $4,000, paid to Nine Adelina Patti
ID 1870 for sixteen appearances. Nine
Patti has, however, beaten this record
IN her American tours, when she has
obtained, as she did at New Orleans
as much as $4,000 a night.
NJ Jean de Reszke holds the record
lor male singers, his contract for six
Teen appearances being $4,000, while
the famous Polish tenor never fails to
stipulate for free hotel expenses and
a certain sum for carriage and horses
The famous LasalIe has always
drawn his $4,000 a performance and
during the Golden Jubilee of 1887 he
appeared with the two De Rezkes at
one time on the stage, the aggregate
d their nightly salaries amounting to
over $4,000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-29
pAWINING A $1,000 Bill

I'm man with a thousapd-do,,.
az MS pocket and mo sr,oit"i
nI OF money, a story hoe -
t'eh mat traced him throuah ,,'.ii
pei FENCES and took him IN tbo 80.
'@4 'dtlon. But, as a matte. 30
one man who had nothing s,,,.,,,
'ndn one-thousand-dollar hin 81.
ioush the difficulty y.rv aasiI,, az y,
'Di' CITY few nights aco -
len OF these coveted rr,,,,,---.
notes of the United st.tas pi h
nurs,.:+ nm IN the afternoon. In tho
nlnss,,r BUSINESS and modicum of
bis e-n ne had, after the receint of
nosceaa 'c0o' spent tho Last dime he
IL saeu other than the big hills
af was with some friends anv ono
"1on could and would have o.
w, iuouated him with sufficient mon
-, w lis needs, but a discussion
ABOUT what he wousl do If ba
stranger in the city and had
money other than that which wac |
In his pocket. was
"ouiun [ care if l were dressaa
= uessar' ne said. Il can get oil
"aHt SO long as | have a one.tbou.
bill in my pocket,
ou would be arrested or turned
o '!D IL you tried to use it," said ono
n mere are not many places wbera
pi,ooo IN change is kept handy Re-
inost people would be shy of
,ahihg such bill from any of ne
we uont look as though we carried
he-Ihousand-doliar bills around IN
'ur pockets" 'ono III
~ We'll, said the man with the $40
W, III bet a basket of champaene
'l'h the bunch that 1 can spend NV :
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-29
TIE ARMY or HAITI

IhAytl lSS chiefly remarkable nv ron.
'oii vi lta being military rep,.hIic
WIN an army of 1000 generals and
| r,'oo prl"ates-a general to zach
oHin'S' me generals are exrraor-
| ulhdfy men in more than one se,so
vi the word. There is one who COW
ilanus a. large province in the, ra-
PUBIC VINO is of che lowest. Of IN
People, who can neither read MOI
s.lF' aud' who is nevertheless q ,reot
revolutionary power. This man---Gen
'onahhLs' Merisier-is Obliged tn, ask
one man TO read to him what anotber
man mas written for him. and vet In
MS hahus' are the lives, and deaths of
the people over whom he rules
every tnlrd man you meet in, Havti
10 general. but il is only every
.entr general who, gets paid; il has
10 bS' conceded that each general docs
MS nest to- pay himself. The author
iHeG rate OF pay is G14O annually for
general of division and e1O5 for a
orlgadler. A captain is passing ricb
ON 1Iz year; a private thinks him
SOL fortunate if he receives G2 lbs
caring the same period.
me Haytlan soldiers, uniform 10 O.
rearful and wonderful thing. LET ms.
review a regiment on parade. Some
ot them are shod in dried grass slim
pers. They wear a little blue c,.p,
Win red band. One man. perbaDs
wearing shabby pair of old tweed
rousers, and slung by a hemp r,ne
,ser MS shoulders is an old-fashiope,i
iih'-Iock gun. The officer who com
hahds the regiment is brandisbin..~ y
usty sword. -
Inc army, it goSs without saving
mlserabiy housed. In Port,au-
'rlnce' the capital of Hayti, yo,r will
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-29
SOME NEW CYCLONE STORIES
What the Wind Recently Accom-
plished in Michiuan.


A Wheatland farmer says that upon
| entering his pigpen, immediately af
ter the passage of the cyclone last
| Wednesday, he was surprised to find
what he at first supposed was a new
species Of swine. His porkers had
been driven so full of splinters as to
be scarcely recognizable
A man sitting in the back window
OF his residence, just out of the path
or the twister, saw his COWS, which
were grazing in a neighboring field
go sailing skyward. They landed on
an adjoining farm and began grazing
again He has not yet recovered from
his establishment.
DO you know the reason thew
couldn't find that piano?" asked =
man in the barber shop. 81 was stand.
ing in front of the hotel at ManHou
Beach when l heard something that
sounded like music directly overhead
L looked up and saw a piano going
northward over the lake at an eIeva. |
ton OF about 200 feet. The wind was |
agltating the keys, and 1 could dis.
the strains of "Ain,t II +
shame" | have told a lot OF peonIa
about this, but they don't seem to
believe it."
Inc foregoing stories were gathered
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-29

| stead OF powder there is now inserted
IN the touchhoes of both pieces q nro-
sale water pipe that in no way seems
10 belong there. Before they enlisted
III the industrial service of the Kew
stone Bridge company the heads of
noth cannon were removed, so thai
tney are now open at both ends.
through the great siXteen-inch bore
water IS pumped and is forced ont nv
dong cylinders that are burdened nv
oV'ooo pounds of steel. This tremend-
Jus weight IS released and, settling.
tHe Cylinders forces them through the
pore OF the cannon. Before them goes
the water that is thrown througb the
pipes against a machine known as an
upsetter. At the other end of this
machine the IT, bars used in bridee
construction are placed and the ends
iedteu 10 white neat, are locked into |
Ihe upSetter The force of the water |
from the cannon pushes the machine |
against the end of the bar and starts |
the mead, that is later finished in the
Dig nVe-ton hammer. Day after dav
these huge guns have performed this
numDle work, and when one looks at
Ihe proud crest of the King of Eng
land he wonders if, were thew nos
5essed of life. they would not feel bu-
at this sad fall from their
-ormer calling-that of battling for
glory and victory and empire.-Pitts.
burg Leader.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-29
At4444&th 81

wing OF the paper again, to point S to.
"ard the center axle Gig. g., and
take care that you get the folds at
point as correct as possible. To fin
Ism the frog Gig. y, unfold two of the
upper points (a) and bend them to
form the front legs, while you fold the
Two lower points Ia to form the hind
legs. The left side of Fig. 7 shows the
points not yet folded, while the right
side gives the shape of the finished
legs neo
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-29

ma post of soldiers every aft,,
hundred yards. They live g.
"retched guard rooms, which
merely long bowels, with n;a,aas
raised two feet above the straa,. 70
20" nows an OPEN drain. The, 49,
themselves drinks smoke. and, gar,-
DIS I'll the weary day.
You must never allow /. s.,
enoss your face--however. ten.,.,s
you may be to laugh-if vop. 1880
Haytian soldier. A European dir,s
natist landed once at port srii,s
aue on mis- way from the shin he fe,I
,A' win what he imagined to he. TOT
NSeu mountebank carrying a riae I1a
smiled, for the black mans nomnou.
soiemnity was immensely funny A.
once the Negroes face changed.
You laugh at me? You laugh :.
meE ne cried, furiously.
lie was schiller of the r~nrh,,
ms fingers flew to his cartridges ana
the visitor waited for no more h,t
He'd up the street.
me Haytian soldier needs but r.
lcense' OF political strife tn Iash I
hlm into frenzy. Given political trou.
pies and modicum of shooting In
ehe' streets, and a man such as wa
nave Just described, with intense
Feasibility of temper and thousands
OF companions like himself. he would
become a very perilous and terrible
in the general anarchy.
The HaytIan army in, peace time
may be like that upon a comic oper,a
stage, but given war, it would he
,ome a hotbed of tragedy.-London
Express.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-29
PROGRESS MADE UNDER WOMEN.
Remarkable Condolences in Reiqns of
English Queens.

Remarkable Condolences in Reiqns of
English Queens.
1t is worthy of observation that the
three greatest periods of English lit
erature and remarkable military con-
quest occurred under three women
Elizabeth, Anne and Victoria The
reign of Queen Elizabeth, which lasted
torty-tive years G558-16O3) received
an unfadiIg luster from Shakespeare,
Bacon, Sidney, Spenser and Ben John
son. and is forever associated with
the defeat of the Spanish Armada
unlike her predecessor Queen Anne
was an indolent woman of ordinary
capacity. But in her short reign
OF twelve years Q7O2-1714) we had
ADDISON, Congreve, Defoe, Pope, Prior,
swift and other authors; Newton and |
berkeley, with their valuable discov- |
cries in science, then truly in it's in
fancy; the great Duke of Marlborough |
winning his brilliant victories, and the
union of England and Scotland
But 1T was in the reign of Queen
Vlctoria-the longest in British an
the greatest advances were
made in all departments of human
knowledge, says the Boston Tran
script. This reign of nearly sixty
our years witnessed great literary
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-29

One noon hour they were seated
along the fence, eating dinner, when
Pat said
Byes, do yez know what I'd do ~
L mad a millyun dollars? I'd buv ma.
Sill JOB as porther on Pullman car
and spind the rist of me days in luz.
ury.' -N1>N
Mike removed his pipe from HIS
mouth, sighed as he looked a+ bis a,-1r
ty pail and said:
Wen, well now, would yez? I'd buy
ne one Of them big corner saloons
WIN all the lookin' glasses, and iv,rv
eilne took drink Ia see mesiIf "a
times takin' it
me whistle summoned them to
WORK when Jim gave his opinion.
Holding his lame old back with
one hand and reaching for his shovel
he declared: ei'
II l had millyun dollars I'd add
Two Ieet to the handles of all these
New York Times
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-29
Chiidren's Amusement


Head, body and legs''-a,u.m that
VIII afford amusement. Good g,mos
$50, "i"ayS worth knowing about. espe-
60, cnose innocent games that. with
si iunny consequences, offer such
"a Se'leI from the days cares. No
in wants TO make business of play
ing games. but the greatest minds are
nol ABOVE simple diversions; nay, thew
nuse nave them. One of the best pa 8
'lineS OF the kind is the, old English
same OF Head, body and legs the
Uiisin or which is lost in the past,
ahe Slip of paper about two inches
vide and four inches long. Draw two
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-29

a perfect square Gig. of explanatory
oeslgn). Fold the paper along the
diagonals IA, turn it around and fold
along the lines BIB. When this is done
rig. can easily be made. Fold the
enos and as shown in Fig. 3. You
Will now have got series of eight
small wings around Ga as axle. Fold
Inc paper at point and fold it care
1ully In such way that you get two
new regular points as shown in Fig A
AFTER going through the same onera.
ZION with all eight wings of the folded
paper, you will get Fig. 5. Fold each
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-29

God has given the poet an imapina.
ton SO that he can have the pIeas,,ra
OF thinking of things he would do if
he had money =
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-29

omelet souffie, and pint of porter
can spend more than three or four
shlll1ngs for mere lunch"
mats about the figure for mo
NOW II | could afford such meal a.
IuDoles over there at that table in
the corner is about to order, I'd have
sodlethlng worth talking about"
YOU bet What do you suppose Tub.
bles is WORTH"
He's worth S1,OOO,OOO."
Jones and Smith looked envious1,, a.
the table in the corner, where the rich
man. with the bill of fare before him
was knitting his brows and pursuing I'm
ms mouth in the effort to decide what
ne wanted. After studying the printed
sup from top to bottom several times
ne seemed to have come to a CON-
cluson O0n'
Waiter" he said to the official
Standing respectfully by. bring me a
ron and butter and a CUP of coffee ),
"@~~~-r-~~s~~~~~~--1~~-~o - CoHee.
achievements, great contributions -
ART ana music. tremendous proeress
IN medical science, the DroIonoation
d human life and the alienation or
human suffering, the abolition of an.
lent abuses and extraordinary strides
education and philanthropy.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-29

tney Know it all" and are a1gyfc,us In
win by short route, ~
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-29

Green Paper Frog.
"A friend from Japan has taught us
to make frog of green paper in the
following way:
Cut piece of paper in the sbane of
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-29

Character is the best commercial an,
set in the world.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-29

The tree of knowledge is not the
tree o. fife.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-29
Trick With Pair of Scissors.

IL Alexander the Great were asked
~ Tree thls pair of scissors tied TO the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-29

me lazy man wants things leveIed
uo"n. me ambitious one tries to
have then" Hvened up. ~
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-29

rom reliable sources. - Hudsor
(Mich.) Post. uuSon
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-09
THE HOWE & STETSON STORES.
KAISER ENTERTAINS
American Generals and Other Dis.
 ttneuisn ed Guests at potsdam.

tfnguisned Guests at potsdam.
 Berlin, Sept. s-Emperor William en- tertained 110 guests at dinner tonight in the new palace at Potsdam. The guests were nearly all visitors who have come to attend the maneuvers, and they included Generals Corbin, Young and Wood, us. A, and their aides; Lieu tenant Colonel J. B.. Kerr, military at- tache, and Commander William H. Beehler, naval attache to the United States embassy; Earl Roberts, MT. Broderick, British secretary for war, and the other British generals who are here for the maneuvers, the visiting German princes and the commanding generals in charge of the maneuvers.
 The Empress of Germany was pres ent, sitting opposite the emperor, with Earl Roberts on her right. .-
 After dinner the emperor mingled freely with his guests and engaged the American generals in @ half hours con- versation. He again expressed his very high appreciation of the manner in which his brother, Prince Henry, had been treated in the United States, spoke of his admiration of President Roose- welt and said he fervently thanked God for having spared the life of the presi- dent at the time of the Pittsfield acci- dent. Electric cars, he continued, are the enemies of humanity He referred to the number of persons who have been killed or wounded by electric cars in the streets of Berlin.
 Tonight, as on former occasions, Elm peror William discussed the possibility of his visiting America some day. This idea evidently presents great attrac- tions for him, but he added regretfully: T fear can never realize that dream" He expressed his regret at the recall of the American naval attache and asked him what new thing he, had heard about the German navy. To this Commander Beehler replied: "The fog signals for vessels which indicate the direction in which the ships are moving. They ought to be introduced into all navies"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-09
CHARTERS CARRIES INSIGNIA.
Good Majority ip Ills Own Town Over
 TOmIInsOn.

Ansonia. Conn, Sept. S.-Mayor Char ters succeeded in carrying all three wards in his own city tonight and de- feating his opponent. Tomlinson. by a good majority at the democratic prim- aries. The result gives him the entire delegation. The following delegates were elected:
 State conventional. D. Cary. George P. Sullivan, Albert K. Kennedy, William s. Elmes, and Charles F. Chaffee.
 gressional-Bernard Conlin, Mich ael Manion. William K. Heery, Howard B. Peck, and John W. King.
 SenatOrial-James O'Dell, James Han ley, John Coss, Michael McGrath. Ed ward P. Keefe.
 County-John F Cronin, Daniel J. Cal lahan, George Lodge, Thomas F. Conaty and Michael Fox.
 There was a hot contest for the nomi- nation of members for representatives. six candidates appearing in the field Howard B. Peck and ]. J. Sweeney re- ceiVed the nominations.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-09
COY. STONE IN NEW FORK.
May Attempt to Get Operators to Agree
 to Settlement.

New York, Sept. Ex-Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, arrived in this city to- night and registered at the Fifth Ave- nue hotel. It has been understood that Governor Stones visit here is connect ed with the coal strike.
 Althought it could not be learned to- night whether President Baer of the Reading railroad would bo in this city tomorrow, it was thought that as the regular meeting of the coal presidents did not take place last Tuesday MT. Baer will likely come to New York to- morrow. A belief was expressed to- night that Governor Stone will make an attempt to get the coal presidents to come to an agreement tending to end the strike.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-09
ST. LOUIS BOODLERS.
Eighteen Officials Arrested on Cons
 fession of J. K. Murreli.

fession of J. K. Murreli.
 St. Louis, Sept. 8.-J. K Murrell, for nerly a member of the lower house of the municipal assembly of this city and who fled to Mexico last spring after be- ing indicted for bribery in connection with the alleged boodling operations of that body in relation to the granting of street railway franchises, has returned to the city and was taken before the grand jury to-day. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of eighteen former and present members of the house of delegates, all of whom are charged with bribery, and fifteen of them are charg- ed with perjury in having given false testimony before the grand jury sev- eral months ago.
 In a statement made by MT. Murrell for publication he says: T have sur rendered internationally to the circuit attorney and have made full confess sion to him. am willing to go on the stand and tell all know. I held the key to the box in the Lincoln Trust company containing the $75,000 bribe money to go to the house of delegates upon the passage of the suburban bill. This money was put up as the purchase price for the votes of the combine.
 '"The combine of the house of dele gates was composed of nineteen men, When the suburban matter came up be- fore the combination I was selected to negotiate with the representative of the suburban railway as to the best price we could get for our votes upon the passage of the bill. The purpose of the combine was to control legislation. Shortly before the suburban bill came up the combine sold their votes on the lighting bills for s47, 800 Each member of the combine received $2,5OO. These are only two instances, but there are others"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-09
HE WANTED TO DIE.
McGovern Put His Head on tho Track
 After Being StrucN,

AAeoE oothS StFuCA,
 A man named McGovern and who is said to keep the peanut and soda water stand in the Meriden base ball park, was struck by train between the Lamberton and Dewitt street bridges on the main line of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad last night. Policeman Horan of the Howard ave- nue station heard the man groan and cry, as he was standing on the Dewitt street bridge at 1918 this morning and going down in the cut found McGovern lying at the side of the tracks. Me- Governs arms were almost cut off. He walked along with Policeman Horan a few yards and then, dropping down on the westbound track put his head and shoulders on one of the rail and said that he wanted to kill himself. Police man Horan pulled the man from the tracks and sent word to the station. A switch engine was sent to the spot and McGovern was carried to the depot and an ambulance was called. McGovern was taken to the New Haven hospital where, it was stated this morning, the amputation of both arms above the el- bow, would be necessary. The chances are that he will live as he has no other severe injuries. It is not known what train struck him.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-09
PALMER DEFEATS DIXON.
Former American Champion Loses the
 Go in London.

London, Sept. S.-"Pedlar" Palmer. English, defeated George Dixon, Amer ican, in a fifteen round bout at the Ma tional Athletic club tonight, for $500 a side and a purse of $500.
 Dixon was the favorite at five to four, but after the second round Palmer showed such smartness that the odds turned in his favor. Dixon seemed quite unable to cope with the English man, although in the twelfth round, when Palmer's hands were rather dam aged, he made a determined effort, which he kept up until the end, but he could not offset Palmer's big lead of points secured in the early rounds of the contest.
 Tonight Dixon seemed to have lost much of his old time hitting power. Both men were loudly applauded. Four ounce gloves were used and the weight limit of the fight was 12O pounds.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-09
GERMAN ARMY MANEUTERS.
Four Days' Sham Battle of 92, 1000 Troops
 Opens To-day.

Frankfort-onO Oder, Sept. S.--Eighty thousand soldiers are camping in the open air tonight and 12,0O0 more are quartered in farm houses; the troops are waiting for the four days sham battle, on an immense scale, that will begin at dawn tomorrow
 Emperor William will arise at 3 o'clock tomorrow morning and leave Potsdam at o'clock in order to be ear- ly on the field. A great blue and white pavilion, fringed with gold hangings, has been pitched on the southern shore of the Weissensee and here Emperor William will bivouac Wednesday night. He will lead the cavalry division into action on Thursday. There was some slight skirmishing by the cavalry to- day. The roads about here are in wretched condition, having been cut up by recent rains.