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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12
JeWeled Pottery the
Latest Society Fad

made OF glass, but from form OF
hard enamel which closely Stimulates
the gems.
The line now consists of vases,
drinking cups. after-dinner coffees and
various ether small pieces. Ii the
goods make hit, which they cannot
help but do, owing TO their remark
able and striking beauty. the line Will
be added to with much larger pieces.
The process OF making this ware is
a French secret and has been patent
ed. 1t was discovered by two Paris
pottery workers, who alone know how
to make it, and during it's manufacture
they are confined in room where no
other person is allowed to enter.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12
AT THE TELLER'S WINDOW.
Farmer Suddenly Became Less Exor
bitant in His Demands.

Farmer Suddenly Became Less Exor-
bitant in His Demands.
John Legge sold ten acres of his
farm to a Quarry Syndicate for $4,000,
and received in payment marked
check on the bank for the amount"
said the teller. He at once present
ell it for payment. When he came to
the teller's wicket l asked him if he
did not wish to leave the money on
deposit.
"'No,' he said. L want the cash
eff you are not going to use it,
YOU can leave it on deposit and get
il whenever you wished. We will
pay you per cent for the use OF 1t.
"'Give me the money
LAS it is a large amount, 1 sup
pose you will take it in fifty or one
hundred dollar bills?'
What would l do VITA hundred
dollar bills? / could never get them
changed. I'm going to use the
money. Give me them in fives, that's
large enough
LAS he was an ignorant man and
very determined, I knew it would be
useless to reason any longer with
him, and proceeded TO count out
SIS 900 The packages are made up in
packages of $500, hence l piled up ten
packages on the counter in front OF
him.
What's all this for?' he said, star
ing at the pile.
Its for you-$5 ,000.'
"'All that! Well, say, give me So
out of it to go and have blowout,
and keep the rest till I call for it -
New York Times
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

nights aftcTward | was at diner
where one of the guests was young
woman who had heard me PROFOUND
my conundrum. Sac remembered
and told it, crediting me with the
ownership of the clever thing No
one guessed it. In glee at the priviI-
cge, the young woman announced the
answer.
Why, the man puts on an over
coat, and the dog trousers Every
one was puzzled. l leaned over and
whispered to the young woman, set
ting her right.
"'Oh, yes, l forgot she said. It's
pantaloons instead of trousers
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

Great, the Pharaoh OF the Oppression
Another ring that of Queen Tala.
beautiful and INSCRIPTIONS monarch
of Egypt, was formerly worn by the
famous writer. One day, however, 1t
was unfortunately broken as the own
er was alighting from cab. and Is
now relegated to a cabinet of curios.
In the. imperial Russian cabinet is
cameo ring of Greek workmanship,
which in years gone by was sedulous-
ly guarded by the abbey OF st. Ger
main des-Pres as the espousal ring of
the Virgin Mary, the two figures there
on being regarded as life portraits of
herself ano Joseph. When, in 1895, the
abbey was destroyed, this ring van
ished. ultimately appearing again i3L
the collec}g ~. q Gen. Hydrow, who
lspJPl Is to the Russian government
/ after modern antiquarian knowledge
had ruthlessly shattered the legend
of it's origin.
Natives of Greenland are cold anc
| distant people.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12
TOWN. ear decoration is


.4een Charlotte islands Justly may be
said to be creator of style, as she
wears three large hanks of yarn drawn
through holes in her ears and fast
ened with a shell clamp.
Next in favor among savage ladies
is the fashion of piercing the lips,
and by inserting bone, quartz, ivory
or wooden cylinders of gradually in
creasing size of extending them to
hideous proportions. Sometimes it is
the upper lip, sometimes the lower,
sometimes both.
Often the lower lip is further en-
HANGED with a long polished quartz
cone The Carib women thrust
long piece of bone through a hole in
the lower lip, which it is proper to
waggle with the tongue in what is no
doubt considered a very fascinating
manner.
The nose is :. favorite place from
which to hang ornaments, generally
rings, large and small. The civilized
woman of Hindustan wears dainty
little jeweled studs in each nostril
which are regarded as quite fascinat-
ing.
Perhaps the oldest instance of this
kind of adornment Is furnished by
the African lady, whose lips, nose and
ears are delicately fringed with inch
long straws thrust through tiny holes.
DR.. Schweinfurth makes the state
ment that the bodies of many West
African women are pierced in hun
dred places to permit this straw dec
grafton, and it is easy to imagine the
feminine delight they take in invent
ing new and striking combinations.
Tattooing is an ancient and wide
spread custom, in some tribes con-
fined almost entirely to the women
and in others to the men. Among the
Igorrotes of the Philippines there is
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

What is the plural of chicken? Why,
chickens, of course. you say. A recent
book says, however, that there is no
such Word as chickens. Chicken is
itself plural. Chick, chicken; hose,
hosen-such is the form. A farmers
wife, at least in the most rural dis
tricts, says correctly that she is 60
ing to feed her chicken, meaning not
one but many.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

has at last been relegated to it's proper
place, among the curious disfigure-
ments of the body practised by savage
races and by semicultivated ones all
the world over from time immemor-
iai.
1t has been left to the most civilized
women on earth to squeeze the vital
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12
CONVINCING PROOF.

Case No. Al ,206.-Capt. AIsraa =
Rigler of Hose Company No. 4 J.
ton, Ohio, says: II had a veal M an'
ever since l was boy, and an.
six years ago the cause devaIo,,ss
into rather bad case of kidney cor ~
plant. 1t was not a little backach.
now and then, but backache wh,as
caused actual suffering day ~
night, and the harder tried n -.
rid of it the worse it became
When the attacks were in the acn.s
stage it was difficult to sit down ~
when down it was just as hard Il =
gain an erect position, on accom-, :.
the twinges of pain in the kidneys
can only describe some of the nanr,
as similar to that received from
knife thrust.
In time, distressing and terri,,,.
inconvenient urinary weakness result.
ed, causing annoying embarrassme n,
during the day and loss of sleep dur.
ing the night.
/ took everything which came t.,
my notice from reading, from observe.
ton, and which my friends and ~
quaintances advised. consoltad
physicians, but none of them era
able to relieve the, trouble, let alone
stop it.
1t became so well known that had
a pronounced case of kidney COM.
plant that l often received Circulars
from medical companies Offering II
cure me, and one day eighteen letters
were handed to me by the mail car.
rier.
When Doan's Kidney Pills attracted
my attention 1 wanted to try them
Just as l had tried everything else
and Mrs. Rigler went to Durham
Wright Co.'S drug store for bax
Relief followed.
l knew after a dose or two that
the medicine was acting directly on
the kidneys from the altered condi.l
ton of the kidney secretions, and.
encouraged, I continued the treat,
ment. Finally, the backache and
other complications stopped.
Let me sum up my opinion about
Doan's Kidney Pills by saying, r
would willingly pay one months
wages for box of them if could not
buy them for less. You can refer.
any one to me about Doan's kidney.
Pills and 1 will convince tanem tina
they act iy 5arsr as represented"
Four Years After.
Lapse of time has strengthens
my appreciation of Doan's Kidne
Pills. I gave this remedy my unqual
fed endorsement in the summer {
1896, because of the results obtaine
from a course of the treatment.
can now add to my original endorst
ment the experience of number q
others who are just as enthusiast
when they express their opinion Q
Doan's Kidney Pills, as l."
A FREE TRIAL of this great XII
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Ri
Ter, will be mailed on application
any part of the United States Al
dress Foster-MiIburn Co., Buffalo,
Y. For sale by all druggists, pric
so cents per box.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12
JOKE CAME HOME TO RoosT
Senator Pettigrew Regrets Making
Use of Bad Pun.

There is a lack of humor that is
humorous, according to ex-senator
Pettigrsw of South Dakota. An in
stance of it occurred at a little infor-
NAL society affair which the senator
attended in Washington.
"Conundrums got to going around, -
said the senator, land l could only
think of one, which 1 used with apollo
goes. 1t was, What's the difference
between man going outdoors in the
winter and a dog?' The answer is,
a man puts on an overcoat and the
dog pants.
Everybody politely laughed. But
a mans sins do follow him. A few
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

An U. S. patent has beer granted
for an amidobenzofavine produced by
transforming the understandable
ylphenylmethan of amididitolyphenyl-
methan into pentaamidoditolyp
n1ethan. An infringement seems i'm
possible.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

A beautiful young American woman
who was not satisfied with the shape
of her nose is now likely to lose it
entirely because she attempted to
have it changed. AS a rule nature
understands better how to do these
things.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

The Kansas judge who has deliv
cred the opinion that a man has the
right to bury his wife alive appar
emily has no fear that he will ever
be in position to need the equal sui
frage vote.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

The New York Tribune thinks that
the result of the Molineux trial ought
to put a stop to the practice of hiring
handwriting experts" at $50 a day
and expenses" to swear away mems
lives.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

Michael ]. Dady, the Brooklyn con-
tractor, has been bunkoed out of $10,-
600 in Havana, but in simple justice
to the Cubans it must be said that the
operation was performed by man
hailing from Chicago
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12
TO ENHANCE BEAUTY
THE NUMEROUS METHODS OF
FEMININE ADORNMENT.
Civilized Women Not Alone in Their
Disregard of Comfort in the Require
ments Of Style-Dictates of Fashion
in the More Savage Lands.

lGHT lacing is no
longer good style.
A comfortable, sub
stantial waist line
is now demanded
by fashion as well
as by common
sense.
Therefore, t a e
hour-glaSS figure
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

The action of the German students
in joining in a movement against pis.
toll duels is unreservedly to be com.
mended. There is always possibil-
ity that somebody will get hurt in
pistol duel.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

Both the man who invented the
Cardiff giant" and the man who
carved it are dead and neither had
anything left of the money of which
the public was defrauded.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

der, the burglar who blows apart a
81 900 safe and finds 1913 in it, or the
owner of the safe when he views the
wreck the next morning?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

High noon is the proper hour for a
wedding in high life. When it comes
to a divorce any old hour is good
enough.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12
Testimonial to sienkiewicz.

The largest public testimonial ever
given to an author was presented TO
Sienkiewicz, the Polish author, last
year. 1t consisted OF house AMI
$4,000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

Mr.. Carnegie's former private secre
tary says that the chief characteristic
of the great philanthropist is his
egregious vanity" We beg to differ
It is his egregious bank roll.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

The turtle who had initials carved
on his back thirty years ago at Nan
tasket has just arrived at a New Jer
seq coast resort, where he hopes to
play his shell games unmolested.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

The decision of a Montana Judge
that an abusive cartoon of Senator
Clark is not libelous should not be
taken, however, as applying to all pub
lie men.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

The North Missouri father who has
an 1S-ounce pear in his orchard and
12-pound boy in the nursery is glad
that the boy isn't a pair.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

Don't you know that Defiance Starcl
besides being absolutely superior I
any other, is put up 16 ounces in pack
age and seels at same price as u
ounce packages of other kinds2
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12
How They Are Heightened.

How They Are Heightened.
hardly man or woman VINO has rot
a figure of the sun tattooed on the
back of the hand.
The women as a rule are less ia
vored than the men in the matter Of
skin embroidery, having merely some
dots across the forehead, a design on
the cheek or chin, the hands or feet,
acrcSs the breast and upper part of
the arms. Girls are often not tat
tooed until they have reached mar
riageable age. 1t is, in fact, their So
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

Grand Army men everywhere areE
terested in the authenticity Of pa
tograph which shows Gen. Grant sg
veying the battlefield from Booko
mountain.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

Buffalo Bills retirement from the
show business will rob many of our
most carefully educated Indians of
a congenial vocation.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

Sarah Bernhard denies that she is
German. 1t seems ridiculous, taking
her past into consideration, that Sarah
must make a personal declaration of
her Frenchiness.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

Express messengers are We
that Harry Apgar, aged ele-' -
left his home in GotPSfsion. P.on 'ih hea
tention OF becomffsa st. sn,ttt, tho ;n'
Jesse James Am WIN lhe IN
Ing an outlaw like
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

Any woman who admits that LEI
shoes are too tight is seldom incline.
TO be masculine.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

Uncle Sam is now at peace with
all the world. Both Crazy Snake and
the sultan of Bacolod have promised
to be good.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

After refusing food for four years
the captive turtle of Prof. Lee Of
Bowdoin college has died. Maine al
ways was a healthful state.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

A prominent Mexican boasts that
he owns 100000 cattle, 100000
sheep and 100000 horses. He is a
hog.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

organs out of their natural position
and to consider the result graceful
and elegant, while the gentle savage
PAYS her tribute to fashion with her
ears, nose lips, teeth and skin.
Perhaps at the very head of the list
of fashionable mutilators is the habit
Of boring holes in the lips, nose and
ears in which to display ornaments.
The ear is obviously the most tempt
ing member for this purpose, and
surprisingly large and heavy objects
which stretch the lobe out of all nat
ural shape are a joy to the savage
heart. About twenty-five years ago
highly civilized women wore such
long and heavy earrings that the lobe
was often torn quite through. Never
theless, she who hed fine jewels to
display, with true savage fortitude,
calmly had her ears pierced in a ne'rC
place. Il
The variety ~is~--
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

Mascagni has discovered that an
American cocktail makes music. Two
or three of them, however, are apt to
create q discord.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

School girls have reason to rejoice
because the price of sugar has be-
come lower at the very beginning of
the fudge season.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

Some mems heads are so soft that;
shadow from a brick wall produces
serious impression.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

To ascertain just how many Of us
there really are cost the census
bureau about $12,O00,OOO, or 1915 per
capita.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

Gray hair is the fashion in Paris
The dye is cast-aside.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

Another duel has been fought on
French soil; fierce combat; nobody
killed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

M. Marconi is still trying to accom-
plish results without the use Of wires.
What if he should get into politics?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

In the presence of chiropodist even
a woman is forced to acknowledge the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

Hawaii's latest scandal proves that
Honolulu is making a desperate effort
to get in the ST. Louis class.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

The American heiress whose name
was not on that European syndicate's
list must feel very cheap.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

Stops the Cough and
Works Off the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. PriceA
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

Natives of Greenland are cold and
distant people.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12
ome More EARRINGS.

many parts of China societies for the
suppression of footbinding.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-28

The baseball fever is now with us in
its most aggravated form. and not =
district i'll the city is free from the
infection. Hardly a boy old enough to
know that he is q boy is to be seen
who has not mitt OH his hand or Il
bat under his arm, and the way that
they get into the game, with its mys-
tcries of curves and inshoots, would
seem IS indicate that the art of ball
playing was Inherited rather than ac-
CURED. But let them go on, for it is
from just such material that the pro-
fcssional tWirler is made.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-28

y correspondent writes: In Sat
urday's Journal l notice the statement
that in addressing a letter the names
Of certain states and territories should
never be abbreviated. In addition to
those enumerated Maine and Missouri
should not be contracted in any way.
Me might easily be mistaken for Mo.
Neither should New York nor New
Jersey be abbreviated. because when
initials are used it is had to tell just
which state is meant In fact, there
should be no authorizations of any kind
on an envelope An address should be
plainly and legibly >ayritten. I always
make ii a practice to spell out every
word in the address on letter. 1t is
the safest and best way
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-28

It is announced that the annual eX-
cu:sion of the Maine Sportsman's Fish
ana Game Association will be made to
Kineo this year and that it will take
place the second week in july This
viii be the third consecutive year that
the sportsmen have had their outing
ut kineo. There will be the usual at
trdCtive list of sports and it is thought
that there Will be another race between
lake steamboats,. 1t will be remem-
hcred that last year the race between
the Priscilla and Rebecca was one of
the biggest features of the outing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-28
ASSESSORS NOTICE.


The inhabitants Of the City of Augusta
ana others having taxable property
within said city, are hereby notified TO
bring In to the undersigned, assessors Of
said city, true and perfect lists of their
polls and all their estate, real and per
sonal including money on hand. and all
money loaned on property, mprtSa geS.
notes due bills and nCmorandums or in
any manner 50 invested that interest or
other consideration shall he paid or be-
come due thereon, debts due more than
owing and all property held in trust as
Guardian. Executor. Administrator or
Trustee, or otherwise, which they may
be posScSsed OF on the first day of April.
1902 and be prepared TO suhst3ntiate the
same by oath. For the purpose of re-
cciving said lists and administering the
Assessors of said CITY. will be in session
\at their Office in city Hail. each day
from the list to the 10Th day of May next.
from To y O clock y. NJ. and from to
4 o'clock T.. NJ This will afford taxpay-
ers ample opportunity to look over our
books and have hearings IL they desire
them. After May 10th, when the work of
making up the new books will commence.
there will positively be no review OF val
nations.
Those persons who neglect to bring in
such lists will BE BARRED OF ANY
RIGHT to make application TO the
County Commissioners for an abatcment
of any taxes which may be assessed
against them.
Blanks for returns may be had of US
on application. or by calling at the OF
flee of the City Treasurer.
CLARENCE Il. BuRLEIGH,
f. l.. HARRINGTON.
CHARLES w. JONES,
Assessors of Augusta
April 1. 1902.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-28
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury

as mercury Will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on nrescrir-
tons from reputable physicians. as the
damage they will do is ten fold to the
good you can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +.
j. Cheney & Co, Toledo. @. contains no
mercury, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure. be sure you get the gem
vine. 1t is taken internally. and made in
Toledo. Ohio, by +. ]. Cheney & Co. Tes-
timonials free.
Sold by Druggists. price 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.