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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
whu the Fist Flew.

The late Prof. Virchow was one OF
the guests of Victoria University
when Lord Lister received an honor
arv degree. The large audience which
witnessed the ceremony was astonish'
ed To see Lord Lister stop suddenly in
enc address which he was delivering
and shake his fist fiercely at Frof. Vir-
chow. Lord Lister, who is no orator
had his speech written out on a mum
her of sheets of paper, and Nlrchow'
before the meeting, had expressed a
great desire to see the manuscript and
had taken the opportunity to throw
the papers into hopeless confusion.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
odd Items From Everywhere.

Prismatic lake, in the Yellowstone
national park, is the largest body or
hot water in the world.
Horses, CRATES and ostriches have
the largest eyes of land animals; cut
fetish of sea creatures.
While a square dance represents
only half mile of walking or moving.
an average waltz takes dancers over
three-ouarters of mile.
The biggest casting ever ordered
was recently made at Chester. Pa. 1t
was for the propeller shaft of steam
er and weighed over sixty tons.
Greenland glaciers average 1000
feet in thickness, move fifty feet day
and discharge into the sea four square
miles of ice yearly 1000 feet thick.
Platinum has long been mined in
the Similkameen, ABOUT $50 miles east
| of vancouver. 1t is said that China
men have been earning living wages
for the past fifteen years by recover
ing platinum from the placer deposits
of the Tulameen river and also OK
Granite creek.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
Beautiful Object Lesson.

I have heard of a certain divine
that he used always to carry with him
a little book. This tiny volume only
had three leaves in it; and, truth 10
tell, it contained not a single Woro.
The first leaf was a leaf OF black
paper, black as jet, the next was
leaf of red-scarlet; and the last was
a leaf of white, without a spot. Day
by day he would look upon this
singular book, and at last he told the
secret of what it meant. He SAID:
Here is the black leaf-that is my
sin. and the wrath of God, which my
sin deserves. l look and look ana
think it is not half black enough to
represent my guilt, though 1T IS as
black as black can be. The red lear
reminds me of the atOning sacrlhce
and the precious blood; and l delight
| to look at it, and weep, and look al
it again. The white leaf represents
my soul as it is washed in Jesus
blood and made white as snow -
Rev. c. II. Sturgeon.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
shah an Expert Marksman.

The shah of Persia, who one even
ing during his recent stay in London
paid a visit to the empire, could nave
furnished a turn" himself whlch
would have been envied by many
performer on the music hall boards
He could have given an astonishing
exhibition of craftsmanship, for the
shah is an expert shot with both rlhe
and pistol He never misses, and can
successfully perform all manner OF
trick shots. On one occasion copper
coin was thrown into the air and he
shot a hole through it's center, while
at another time he snuffed a candle
at a hundred PAGES.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
Ma Are Not Alone.

We are living out these lives OF
o,rs too much apart from God. We
toll on dismally, as if the making or
the marring of our destinies rested
wholly with ourselves. 1t is not So.
We are not the lonely, orphaned
orestures we let ourselves suppose
ourselves to be. The earth, rolling
on it's way through space, does not go
unattended. The Maker and Control-
Ter of it is with it and around II ana
upon it. He is with us here and now
He knows us infinitely more thorough
" than we know ourselves. He loves
MS the better than we have ever dared
TO believe could be possible--W1lllan
r. Huntington.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
threatened With Extinction.

One result of the volcanic eruptlons
in the island of st. Vincent, according
to an ornithologist residing there
probably will be the extinction OF the
Soufriere bird, very rare species
known as Buildings Amazon parrot.
This bird was formerly found only on
the Soufriere itself. The great erup-
ton of 1713 drove many of them to
the other mountains of st. Vincent
but their numbers were greatly re-
duced by the violent hurricane OF
1898. and it is now feared that the few
survivors have been completely des'
troyed by the last eruption in May
At any rate no specimens have since
been seen, Notwithstanding a very
careful search.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
The sadeest Words This Year.

The Sad6est Words This Year.
Maud Muller on a summer day,
RaNed the meadow sweet with hay.
Beneath her straw hat trimmed with
green,
A wealth of freckles could be seen.
Singing she raked, and her merry slee
Was like n song birds melody.
But when she glanced to the far-o1 town.
White from it's hill-slope, looking down.
The sweet song died, and vague unrest
And well-known longing filled her breast
The Judge came prancing down the lane.
And smoke to Maud as he drew his rem
"I came. Miss Maud. to ask said he.
"If you will play ping-pong with mef
She looked at the rake. and she looked at
AS she answered the Judge In hopeless
way:
"Of all sad words. the saddest are these:
can't play ping-pong whenever
please
The Judge regretted. and rode away
And Maud continued raking hay.
Alas for the Judge, alas for the maid,
And the ping-pong game that was never
played.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
I.nnthu Scotch Sermons.

The length, breadth, depth and
thoroughness OF the Scottish sermon
of the eighteenth century was vividly
portrayed by DR.. Watson. better
known as Ian Maclaren, recently A
subject, as he remarked, was thor
oughly thrashed out in those days.
one text furnished a minister with
eight sermons; another spread his
comments and explanations upon a
passage of eight verses over perloo
of nine months, while third com
menced a course of addresses to ms
congregation on the Epistle OF 81
James in 1866 and a whole generation
had passed away before it was com
pleted in 1892.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
1ree With Three Trunk :.

A freak of nature is to be seen In =
tree now growing and in full foliage
in the garden lot attached to the en-
gine-house in Haddington, at Sixty
first and Thompson streets. The tree
has three distinct stems or trunks,
which join and form one trunk. me
top foliage would be much larger, but
the tree is kept prune3 to prevent
overtaxing of the roots and stems.
The stems were planted each separ-
ately, and when they took root grated
into each other at the top. They grew
rapidly and each stem of itself IS
perfect support to the Joined head
Philadelphia Times.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
The Exhibition of Sympathy.

In times of adversely, the sympathy
of others is unspeakably blessed. IN
a world where material interests
press upon US so constantly, we are
very liable to forget our exalted min
istry in behalf of the sorrow1ng. II
is not proof enough that we offer
hurried prayer. The human word and
act are required. Our Savior in this
as in all other respects, our model.
made known his sympathy to worio
needing his help. We should follow
him daily in this particular. The cup
of cold water is more than silent
wish of the heart to render AID. IL Is
an actual benefit. God loved the "orlu'
hut more than this, he gave the IN
sneakab1e gift. Without the visible
EXPRESSION, even his love would not
have called forth our responsive ahec-
ton. since without manifestation there
| cannot be appreciation
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
Funeral for Cat.

With more pomp and ceremony. per
haps, than ever marked the obseQuies
of any animal buried in New haven.
Conn, the pet cat of Mrs. William
GAY, a wealthy woman, was recently
inferred. Laid out in pink silk-lined
coffin, with catnip spread around the
remains, big pink silk bow at his
throat and fastened to the collar WIN
silver bells, Sonny was buried In
grave dug in the garden by the JAM
tor of the apartment house. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gay, who believe their pet was
poisoned by some one In the neighbor-
hood, attended the ceremony.
In life Sonny was cared for like .
baby, being given the best OF food
and sleeping in a little bed. snugly
tucked in between specially made
sheets, with blankets of the same size
and with downy pillows for his head
Given a bath and combed every even
ing by Mrs. Gay, his shiny fur waa
soft as down.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
Col. Butt err.

at Columbia, Mo, for attempted jury
bribing, has been conspicuous figure
in the affairs of st. Louis for genera
ton. He began life as a blacksmlth
in a small way, added shop after
shop, secured contracts for shoelng
the street railway horses in the ola
days, and by easy steps became the
representative of the railways before
the municipal assembly and the leg
isIature. His son, James j., represent
ed the first district in Congress Ior
two terms. Colonel Butler has never
held public Office.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
Shine There for God.

He has put His light within us, and
Ne gives us the privilege and honor
~ holding it forth amid the darkness
that is deepening around us on every
eide Both from a moral and religious
enoint of view, "cross darkness" is COW
erinp the people; the waves of inf1del-
itv are foaming and raging against the
rocks of truth, and the ignis fatuus OF
s,nesT~stition, is still deceiving by its
false flicker and Turing men to perdi-
+ion. How urgent then Is the call to
the people of God to shine with the
Iavnn of truth, not with an intermit-
4e,pt nash, but with a perpetual flame
= ,puatant steady beacon ever the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
MAGENTA Hair Dye Disliked.

A remarkable case of wife assault
has been heard at Leeds, England
The prisoner, John Burns, came out
of Jail on Thursday. and on the next
night threw on to the head of his wife
a bottle of magenta dye, with the
result that she was disfigured by the
striking change in the color OF her
hair.
She had washed it in twenty bowls
of soda and water, but had not been
able to get rid of the dye. The man
was sent to Jail for four months, with
hard labor.-Stray Stories,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
Best Value for Your Money.

There is no article Of virtual neces-
sity which costs a man so little as his
newspaper. In fact, it is a marvel OF
modern cheapness, and when he buys
a good one there is no investment
from which he receives anything like
a proportionate return in the vast va
riety of it's contents. In size, too. it is
constantly increasing from year to
wear. and it is thus that the fact that
white paper now costs fully 20 per
cent more than it did when the pres
emf era of good times began has be-
come a matter of more than ordinary
business significance to American
publishers in almost every department
of Observation-Disclosures Bulletin.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
Liuht on the Way,

In all the storm-swept night,
In all the dreay day,
Give us Thy certain Light
Thy Light along the way.
Where'er our feet may tread.
Ger reddening blooms of May.
Ger graves that hide our dead
Thy Light along the way.
Where Right is wrecked of Wrong,
Where stern foes fight and Stay
And deepest dangers throng-
The Light along the way!
Strength for each task; and still
Faith-blindly to obey;
Thy will our sweetest will
The Light along the way!
Frank l.. Stanton in Atlanta Consti
tuition.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24

The noted clergyman who has under
taken a years special evangelistic
work in East Asia.
sailed on September IS, direct to
Hong Kong, via Southampton. He
will then go to Manila where he Will
remain till February /, and then back
to China-Hong Kong, Canton and
Shanghai, and other points on the
coast and port towns, making BRIEF
visit to Pekin. After a month or SIX
weeks in China he will go to Japan
where he will probably spend at
least four months. The object of the
mission is threefold: First, to gath
er together the English and Amer1-
can residents and to preach to them
and to lay upon them the response
bility of the true Christian testimony
as representatives of the two great
countries from which they hail; to
strengthen and encourage those who
are Christians among them, and mus
endeayor to strengthen our base
among our own people. Second, to
gather the missionaries and native
Christian teachers and preachers ano
hold conferences with them, ana
third. under the plans made by mis-
sionaries of the two boards, eVangel
ize among the educated Japanese
This is the general outline of the mis-
sion. AS at present planned, Dr
Pentecost will be gone about year
His wife and eldest daughter, "h'
is an accomplished musician ant
vocalist, will accompany him.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24

Col William F. Cody ("Buffalo
Biu'). who is reported seriously i'll in
south Dakota. has been for thirty
wears the most famous army scout,
puide and plainsman of the west, and
is TODAY one of the best known char
acters in the country. He was born
in Iowa about sixty-eight years ago.
and at the age of ten was on 'ne
plains of western Kansas. HIS
Indian fight was at the age oi L.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
STAYED on Him.

The secret of a quiet heart-which
Is nv no means equivalent to torpid
oneH-is to keep ever near to God.
Stayed on Him, we shall not De shak-
en- and our hearts shall be hxed' trust
ing in the Lord" We get above the logs
when we soar to God, and ctrcum'
stances in their widest whirl will not
suck US into the vortex if we are hold
ing by him and know that he is at our
right hand.-Alexander Maclaren.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24

which the duct
(bed) is that part
leading in n cork
screw way Though
the corium and
epidermis to the
s ur I &C e. On a
square inch of the
palm there are
$500. and half as
many on the back
of the hand. fewer
on the surface OF
the foreh cad. 100
on the breast and
forearm.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
Fox Attacks Eawn.

According to Charles }. Dunn Oh
Houlton he saw red fox attack
very young fawn the other day on
the shore of Fish lake, AroostooK
county, Me. The fawn threw on the
fox, which prepared to make a sec
ond attack, when Mr.. Dunn TOOK aim
with his pistol and killed the FOX
The fawn was disabled and Dunn car
ried it in his arms to camp, where 1t
recovered.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
85 s 6

dreary waste. But let US remember
that as in the tabernacle of old the
only supply for the light was the pure
oil-olive-so now it is only in the
power of the Holy Ghost, and by the
grace He supplies, that our lamps can
be replenished, and a clear, bright, I'M
dimmed testimony for God be main
tanned. Then let us seek grace, that
we may be found as children OF the
day, holding forth, both by lip and life,
that Word which is alone lamp TO
the feet and light to the path; that
so, while the dark clouds gather on the
horizon. and the storm threatens soon
to burst, our light may be sending its
guiding rays across the darkness, that
some perishing ones on the sea OF time
may be led in safety into the haven
of peace.-J. G. H.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
Plans Of Rev. Or. Pentecost.

Rev. DIR. George F. Pentecost, who
preached a notable sermon at the
Mortified (Mass.) conference re-
Gently, is soon to undertake years
special evangelistic work in East
Asia. He has gone to China, Japan,
and the Philippines under the au-
spices and at the request of the two
great missionary boards, the Congre-
gational and the Presbyterian. He
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
Roman Marines.
Kills Rabbits with His WhipIash.

Fred Hack of Gridley, eighteen
miles above Marysville, Cal, has q
unique method of exterminating jack
rabbits. Hack is an experienced
handler of big teams OF horses, and
thus became expert in the use OF long
1axh whips. He has trained saddle
mare, which ambles sleepily along %
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
FRIEND OF STRIKING MINERS.
"Mother" Jones Is Idolized by An
thracite Coal Workers.

A prominent figure in the coal min
ers' troubles of the past few months
ia ..Mother" Jones, the earnest friend
of the striking operatives. Her work
for the miners is of a purely philan-
thropic nature, and her influence
among them is second only TO thaI Oh
President Mitchell A huent anu
forceful speaker, Mrs. Jones has done
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24

when, as a guide for Albert sidney
Johnston's army. he won iaureis
against the Dog Soldier Indians
He served In the civil war with the
Kansas Jayhawkers, and subsequently
has been employed as scout and guide
for the army In the various Indian
wars He went on the stage in 1858,
and since then has exhibited his
wild West Show" throughout the
civilized world.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
A Heavv.weiuht orasshopper.

ranchman, is exhibiting the largest
sDecimen of a grasshopper ever seen
here. 1t is three and quarter inches
in length and an inch in diameter
Wneatland, Wyo., Correspondence
Denver Republican.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
1rqgsz22 y 3 x 1 l!f p|2MlzlR

lull suspicion on the part or the rab-
bits until he is within range, when
Hack uncoils his long snake lash and
let's fly for the jacks neck, and In
another minute the rabbit Is caught
On a recent morning Hack thus kill
ed fourteen of the pests.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
NEW EXPEDITION TO GO NORTH
Naval Man to Lead Party in Dash for
the Pole.

the Pole.
William Ziegler has announced his
determination to equip another expe-
dition to search for the north pole.
He has intimated that neither Bald
win nor Peary will lead in this new
attempt, but that the leader Will De
naval man. Anthony Fiala, the pho-
tographer of the Baldwin expedltloh'
who has just returned from Tromsoe'
says that Mr.. Ziegler thinks the work
and expense of reaching the pole no"
more than half accomplished. with the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
Perfect Peace.

One of the most beautiful OF all
Scripture words about peace tells us
that God will keep in perfect peace
those whose minds are stayed on him.
The keeping is Gods, but those VINO
would be kept must stay themselves
on God. God is omnipotent, but even
omnipotence will not gather us INTO
it's holy shelter by compulsion. Inc
staying of the mind on God must be
voluntary We remember what John
did the night of the Last Supper, In
the deepest .Sorrow earth ever knew
he crept ints the bosom of Jesus and
there found quietness and peace.
Whose MUD is stayed on thee"
| That is the fipa, secret of peace. the
reason so many of us do not IND
| blessing and are disturbed so often
| by such trifles CT care or sorrow or
| loss is because our mind is not stayed
upon God. We are distressed by every
| little disappointment. by every failure
| in plan or expectation of ours, by
| every hardness in our circumstances
or our condition. by every most trivial
loss of money. The most trivial things
in our common days disturb us and
send us off into pitiable fits of anxiety
| spelling our days IOr US ploIIih6 W.
the blue of the sky and quenchlng the
stars. The trouble is we are not trust
ing God, our minds are not stayed OF
him. That is what we need to learn
to rest in the Lord, to be silent to him
to commit our way, without question
without fear, to him.
Peace gives such blessedness to tn
heart and is such an adornment to tn
: life that no one should ever be Wlllln
to miss it. Whatever other graces GO
( has bestowed upon us we should nc
! be content without peace, the mos
t beautiful of them ll.-Westminste
2 | Teacher.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
Rabbit Fish.

The peculiar rabbit fish found on
the New England coast is becoming
rare.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-24
Persplring.

Sweat glands are coiled-up tubes. or
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-03-28

the sncient city from the hand Of ne
apoiler. At last, and so suddenly that
Il came upon them like shock, they
found themselves emerging from the
Jungle. Below them, in the valley.
peering up out of the forest, was all
that remained of a great city, upon
the ruined temples of which tbs set
ting sun shone with weird effect.
''At last" said Hayle, bringing his
pony to a standstill and looking down
upon the ruins. LET us hope we shall
have penetrated their secret before
we are compelled to say goOd-by to
them again"
Hear, hear to that" said Kit
water; Septimus Codd, however, never
said a word; the magic hand Of the
past was upon his heart, and was
holding him spellbound.
They descended the hill, and, when
they had selected a suitable spot, de-
cided to camp upon it for the night.
Next morning they were up be-
times; the excitement of the treasure
hunt was upon each man, and would
not let him tarry. 1t would not be
long now, they hoped, before they
would be able to satisfy themselves
as to the truth of the story they had
been told, and OF the value of the
hopes in which they had put their
trust. Having eaten their morning
meal, tAey took counsel together, eX'
amined Che plan for the thOusandth
time, collected their weapons and
tools, babe their servants keep a
sharp lookout, and then set off for
the city. The morning sun sparkled
upon the dew, the birds and monkeys
chartered at Them from the jungle,
while above them lowered the myriad
domes and sculptureS spires of the
ancient city. 1t was q picture that
once seen would never be forgotten.
So far, however, not a sign of human
life had they been able to discover;
indeed, for all they knew to the con-
trary, they might be the only men
within so miles of the place.
ITO Be Continued