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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12
BALTIMORE MAN WHO
LIVES IN PIANO BCN.

Perhaps the strangest Dlo,,o or
abode for IL human being has inst
Deen discovered in Baltimore. It is
piano box, located - "a branch of
tae Chesapeake Bay, and 10 occuDied
by James Bailey, a wooden leg red fish
er'nan. There are several boxes an
'he slde of the river, al. with the
exception VI the one occunied by
BAILEY being used as lockers by fish
ernen who live in the vicinity. The
DON IN which Bailey lives is made
vi rough boards, and was once tbe
Home or az upright piano. II is about
leet III length, 3 feet wide and n
little over fee1 high. 1t is known as
NO. 2'5oI, and has been used bv
pa1iey TOT the last fourteen wears,
FROM the first OF February until tbe
ias' OF November he eats. sleeDs and
lounges IN this box, DESERVING il only
Wheh the winds which sweeD over tha
river make it unirhabitalle even for
an animal
me ola fisherman has never known
d Gay OF sickness. and says that he is
periecly happy, reports a writer in
the New York Herald. Though he has
several children living in Baltimore
az OF whom are anxious and willing
oS MIN to spend his declining DAVIS
~ lhelr homes, Bailey stoutlv re-
uses all invitations. preferrina. to
End his days in mis- mansion" Inv tho
liver. ~ 'Ne
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12
HIGH COST OF LIVING.
ProsigaIity Has Reached Stage That
Is Almost Epidemic.


Is Almost Epidemic.
1t seems to cost a great deal to
live nowadays. Most persons notice
1t, especially persons who are hard
put to it to find the money to pay
their bill, says Harpers Weekly. The
statisticians report that commodities
in general use cost, on an average,
about 10 per cent more than they did
year ago. The rise in the price of
meat contributes a good deal to this
advance, though breadstuffs have been
high, too. Articles of luxury have
grown dearer in proportion 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 summer
hotels. Another thing that counts for
great deal is that in prosperous
times like these the incomes of very
many people are increased and their
expenditures are proportionately am
plified They spend more money, live
more luXuriously and raise the stand
ard of living. The living expenses of
any given family are very much af-
fected by the expenses of other fami-
lies of their acquaintance, and the
scale of living of other families"
seems just now to have become in
liberal. There is moth
ing that we are reader to share
than our economies. 1t is easier to
economize when it is the fashion.
Just now prodigality is so conspfcu-
ous that is has become more or less
epidemic
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

allowed to keep hens and breed cats
| for livelihood. Mr. Gibbs is one OF
Nantuckets eccentric characters and
lives alone, coming to town only when
his stock of provisions is getting low
He is a native of the island and in
early life learned the coopers trade
afterward going whaling for over
twenty years, and made several yoy-
ages 'round the Horn" visiting nearly
every sea on the globe Since giving
up the sea he has made a living at
whatever kind of a job he could Sc
cure, and about eight years ago he
accepted his present position as
keeper of the lighthouse.
Despite his threescore and ten years
he even now hires out to neighboring
farmers in haying time, and is an
expert berry picker. claiming he can
pick more berries in a day than the
liVeliest youn gster on the island
Mr.. Gibbs wears neither shoes nor
stockings in the summer time, but in
the winter resorts to the old-fashioned
leather boots He says he does not
get lonesome. for his cats keep him
company, and he always has one
event to look forward to each year
the coming OF his check in July. when
he INDUCES in few delicacies for his |
table and one or two heads of tobacco |
for his enjoyment during the long
winter months.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12
SOLDIERS BELIEVE IN
CHARMS AND SPELLS

During the South African war =.
number OF instances have cronnad I'm
showing that the idea still prevails
that there are such things as charms
ana spells against wounds and death
MOI long ago paragraph appeared in
some or the papers to the effect that
soldiers watch. with q charm at
tached to it. had been found on one
Oh the battle-fields, and was being held
lor rlght1ul claimant Earlier in the
war prlvate's letter told how q com.
raue mad come in safety through q hot
engagement by virtue, as he tboueht
Oh an amulet he wore, to be mortalIv
wounded in subsequent skirmish
When' by the merest chance. he was
not wearing his charm. A relatives
letter from the front tells the writer
OF young fellow who wore a charmed
ring suspended from his neck. The
Wearer had it from his sweetheart. he
Placed the most perfect faith in if
ana though he had been in several
not corners, he had hitherto ALWAYS.
come out scathless.
Although this kind of belief is of
very ancient date, it is curious as
well as interesting to find it still in |
existence in the British army. Per
maps we ought to say traces of it.
for it is hard to believe that if is
widely prevalent. And yet it would
1ot De very surprising if it were so.
seeing that certain proportion of
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

the rank and file are illiterate and
come from stratum of society which
is largely superstitious. 1t is curious
10 compare our army in this respect
with the German.
those who happened to be in the
latherland during and immediately
aiter the war of 1901 must have
peen struck by the amount of sinner
stltlon that, hidden under ordinary cir
cumstances, in the then excited state
OF the public mind made it's wav TO
the surface, much as the mud of
stagnant pool floats to the top when
the water is agitated. Nothing seemed
100 absurd to be believed. Portents
ana warnings We're seen everywhere
BLACK crosses, observed for the first
time Ia windoW-panes of the houses
or the peasantry throughout Baden
ana the south generally, were held
to be s1gns OF divine wrath against the
turn things in general had taken in
the tatherland, especially in regard
TO the church. The excitement touch
ing this phenomenon became intense
and was only allayed when a Baden
glass manufacturer came forward and
demonstrated that the warning crosses
were marks imprinted on the glass in
he process of making.--Ne' York
EYeEing Post
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12
WAS DIFFICULT TO ANSWER.
Secretary Wilson's Question Effectu.
ally SqueIched Interrupter.

secretary Wilson's Question Effectu-
ally SqueIched Interrupter.
Secretary Wilson has gained the
name of the David Harum of the cab
met" not only through the stories
which he keeps on tap appropriate to
all occasions, but also because of the
ready wit with which he meets all
conversational attacks. Not long ago
he was one of the guests at the board
OF the Glover club in Philadelphia, an
organization which has acquired a rep
utauon as being most difficult body
to address. The members seem to
take a fiendish pride in rafting
speaker by their Interruptions
Mr.. Wilson had just risen. His first
sentence had contained a reference to
the fable of the lion and the ass.
Which are you?" called a voice
from down the table.
The lion" answered the secretary,
without an instant's hesitation.
Which are your
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12
WHEN is A MAN WISE?
Differences of Opinion Concerning
Most Important Point


What age brings with it of wisdom
on the one hand or irresponsibility on
the other depends largely on the point
OF view. The recent unfortunate slip
Of Gen. Briggs pen regarding the
Cubans was under discussion the
other day, between two men, both of
whom had seen, in their time, a good
deal of public life.
Il am sorry for Bragg" remarked
one of them. but he is far too old TO
be placed in a position of the delicacy
of that of consul general in Cuba at
this stage"
Il am not so sure of that" an
swered the other. II was once. as a
youngster, with President Lincoln
and Secretary Seward when the lat
ter was urging that certain diplo-
matte mission requiring the ripest and
soundest judgment should be given to
a certain man he had selected. Mr..
Lincoln inquired how old the candi-
date was, and was told that he was
past middle life. The president shook
his head.
He won't do, said he; he's too
ola for such a post. l should be too
old for it; you would be too old for
it Seward
NO answered Seward, equally
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12
In Haunted WAYS.

In haunted ways | set my feet.
w men paleS the wistful after-gIow:
The ghostly presence is so sweet
NO lightest fear my heart NAV l,noy,-
Inc sigh of darksOme boughs I hear
one spell the whispering leaves repeat.
One only voice, in all. 1 hear.
One only face I meet.
In haunted ways | set nv feet
by day, by night-where er | range.
Inc ghostly presence is so sweet
My heart, forsooth. desires no changa,
Clear rings the thrushs matin call
me Weakening eyes of flowers gre.
one only voice l hear in all.
One only face I meet.
In haunted ways l set my feet
Where'er | go
Where'er go-where' er | go
The mystic thralldom is conDIa,n.
And yet, it was not ALWAYS 50
only loved since yester-year-
Ihen first my heart did truly beat:
Since then one only voice l hear
One only face I meet,
-hulth Thomas in Harper's Bazaar
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12
The Difference.

An American girl, pretty and
bright, had been spending some time
in bennington, England
The afternoon BET re her departure
she suddenly reme-lbered that sew
eral books from the public library
should be returned. She took the vol
umes, sailed forth, and presently en-
countered a young Englishman whose
acquaintance, though brief, had not
been without attraction.
Really, now, how queer YOU
American girls are" he said. Now,
l suppose if you were at home, walk
ing on Fifth avenue you would never
be seen with fellow Juggling all these
books
"Certpinly not" she quickly and
archly answered. "If l were in Amer
lea the fellow would be carrying
them"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

Since the walls of Solomon's temple
have been discovered in Samaria and
NoRh's ark has been found in Green
land, there appears to be a chance for
some scientist to locate Adam and
Eyes first tepee.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

mattress and several bed cover
inSs hide the bottom. Along t1e
sides are two shelves, on which are
ranged bits of fishing tackle, tea.
pot, coffee urn, bottle of milk,
knives, forks and cooking utensils.
Around the sides are his clothes,
neatly hung on hooks. At one end
is lighted lantern. On the whole,
the place looks extremely coy and
comfortabl
I've been here since the blizzard
of 49," said Bailey. in answer to
question. up to mat tiB@ I'd lived
in cabin little farther -. Wn on the
shore. but the place too cold
and l had to find more Comfortable
quarters. | bought this box for 70
cents-rather cheap for home,
wasn't it?
'fa-as. it's little cold in winter.
sometimes. but then. you see, the
place is all my own. I'm protected
from the rain" and ne pointed to the
rough TN roof that covered the top of
the box. and in summer time I'd
sooner sleep here, where | can open
The lid and get the full benefit of
ne breezes. than in "a hot, stuffy bed
n real house"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

The lady who drenched her husband
in vitriol must have been an extrava,
CANT housewife. 1t is not necessary
to have more than a few ounces OF
the fluid about. Besides there was
her temper.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

Really that New York woman who
Is suing her first husband for abandon.
ment after she has tried six other
matrimonial ventures is paying him a
very high compliment.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

Because a waitress hands a Gus
toner piece of peach pie when he
says Give me the kind that re.
sembles you," would you accuse her
OF being egotistical?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12
.ublisher.

A. une curse OF litigation seems still
10 nSng over the Fair millions.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

In Tolstoy's latest book the Russian
pesSimist asserts that English fiction
died with Dickens and American lit.
erature ceased with Emerson and Lo.
well. This is tough on Samuel Eberly
Gross and Mary McLane.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

earnestly, the trouble is just the otherl
way. am not old enough to fiji if
properly; | never shall be ola
enough"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

Inc fact that coal and diamonds are
chemically Identical ceases to wear an
air of paradox.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

Inere is double reason for calling
A. hard coal, since it has become SO
hard to get.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

Possibly the cigars that Texas rail-
road is offering as bonus to travel.
ers are of the kind that make the dis.
comforts of travel seem as nothing by
comparison.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

AN indiana man burned up $4,000 in
sreenhacks before committing suicide
is this patriotism?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

Ming Edward should remember that
uneasy lies the head that doesn't take
on aus crown on going to bed
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

me Viceroy of Chilli means we'll
enough. but his proclamation reads
Like something from a comic opera.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

we nave not read the coronation
Que written by William Winter, but it
LIB better than Alfred Austfns.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

An enthusiastic man loses his pop
uiarlty as soon as people get on to
him. ~
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

a New York me4dicant has admit.
fed in court that he makes $500
year beggiRa~~But, poor fellow, how
can expect to cut any kind of a
guEe in New York on 81, 300 year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

president Castro should know how
20 take his medicine. 1t IS the same
0ose ne has served out to others.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

One of the first signs of autumn is
tne prima donna's annual interview
about the fabulous salary she has had
TO decline because of a previous con.
tract.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

since his fathers will was read
young Mr.. Mackay has not had to
worry about his board bill.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

II IS TO be hoped that the rest of
the South American republics will
not insist positively on having revo-
buttons now.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

The farmers 100000 trust will
not need to go east after financial
assistance II it can hold on to it's
products until the east really needs
them,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

The empress dowager has caught
another Chinese reformer and suggest
ed that he be sent to the place where
reforms are either unnecessary or i'm,
possible.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

Grave diggers are taking risks when
@ney go on a strike. There are no
strikes at cremator1es.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

england is drinking California wine.
with California" on the label and
likewise on the cork Will the "inya-
sion" never end?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

american women led all others for
costly jewels at the coronation, fact
which the customs officers in New
York will try to recall little later in
the year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

Henri Rochefort of Paris wears a
straw nat which is said to have cost
- ooos but then one can say anything.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

TO be found in bad company is often
equivalent to being lost. 01
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

one ampitious and able-bodied mos
quito Will cause more bloodshed than
al the Central American and Haitian
warriors put together.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

such lovely, artistic wsys of serv-
ing watefmelons as one reads of! At
the sanae time, for pure relish, can
auytlhiuis beat the small boys way2
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

II is severe strain on the Transport
cation facilities to move even the
stories that are told of this years
crops.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

A Boston man is trying to start a
home for poor inventors. 1t should be
lifted up with a number of padded
cells for the perpetual motion crowd.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

TO be contented you must be good
friends with yourself.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

lt taxes courage to buy big. daily
newspaper only to suppress it, as Mr..
Ochs has practically suppressed the
Philadelphia Times.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

LOO much thinking on the subject
" microbes Will dull the Heartbeat ap-
petite.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

The loyal bill poster sticks up foT
his employer.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

The monogram faG is all right. but
better let it alone. There are times
when positive Identification might be
embarrassing
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

Hearts may be attracted by asN.
ed qualities. but the affections arS
ly to be fixed by those who are reah,
lie Moy.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

Prof. Stetson of the UNIVERSITY
Chicago told the students IN Z
course of a lecture on "Psycnoloi
and the Preachers" the other day th'
a minister should compose his 0"
hymns. words and music; shoula pc
skilled art critic, hat ? 9 snattssn "
architecture and be an expert psycl
ogist.'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

Actions may speak louder than
words, but you can't make a woman
believe it.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

Marry in haste and repent in the
court room.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

me man who is bravest in words is
often weakest in action.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

The British consul
pie reports that 1t IL
newspapers as packlni
export for Turkey, as
examined at the custoi
it contains "seditious"
moved.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

The eminent German p : IS s
or. Franz Won Lenbach, adnA Ana
berry blonde more than any0 -,
of women, though he declares
they are so ethereal that they ca
bekhappy in marriage unless tnel
adored and petted all the time.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

Mr.. Samuel McCaugney
liam sheep king, has SUI
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

loss on account of !
It has diminished Z
flock of 1850, Out
world which belong
no fewer than 1000
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

The Ladies' Hoi i!
month has a long { \
husbands should d
wives. When you
room, reading, ana
in, arise to your Iel
bow.-Atchison Glob''
I'LL nniAich nOnSnl
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-09-12

Mrs. winslow's sAe
For children teething, soften3 ~
Examination, allays pain, cures W.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-20
SEM|-ANNUA[ SHOOT

Orders were posted at military head
quarters yesterday. giving notice of the
semi-annual shoot from June lG to June
20. The rife range in Kakaako will be
repaired Immediately and put in con-
dition for the event. Sharpshooters
bars are to be offered as usual. Both
the 200 and 500 yards targets will be
used.
The following is the order giving the
conditions of the shoot:
Headquarters First Regiment, Nation
al Guard of Hawaii; Honolulu, Ha-
wall, May Is, 1902.
General Orders No. l9-
!. The postponed semi-annual shoots
for June and December, 1901, and the
June shoot of 1902, will be held from
June 16 to June 20, inclusive.
2. The range will be open week days
from 1 to 8 o'clock p. m, and on Sun
days from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
3. Competitors will be restricted to
the use of Springfield and Lee-Reming-
ton rife, calibre As, and privileged to
use either factory or reloaded ammu-
milton.
| 4. All those desiring to shoot will
report in uniform to the officer in
chaurge, who will assign them to a
target and require them to shoot as
nearly as possible in the order of their
arrival.
8. Company commanders will fur
nish duplicate rolls of their companies
to these headquarters not later than
June 4, 1902.
6. The shooting will be conducted ac'
cording to general rules laid down In
Blunts Manual, 10 rounds. 200 yards
off hand, with no sighting shots.
7. Each competitor who shall make
from 20 to 70 per cent will be awarded
a bronze marksman's bar; each com
petitor who shall make so to SO pc
cent will be awarded silver rifieman'
bar. and each competitor who shall
make 80 per cent or over will be award
ed gold sharpshooter's bar
BY order of Col. J. w. Jones.
(Signed.) JOHN SCHAEFER,
Captain and Adjutant