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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22
A Japanese Trick.

A story is told in the rail- Mall of
the Russian admiral entering into an
agreement with a Japanese contractor
to purchase 10000 tons of coal, to be
delivered to his squadron Immediate
iy. The captain of a British man-of-
war in a Japanese port suggested that
it was not wisdom to provide a fleet
which might shortly be used against
the giver with the primary weapon Of
naval warfare. But what can we
do?" The British officer could not
presume to advise. Next day a Jap
anese admiralty official came aboard
the British snip I'VE are out OF it, -
he chuckled. rubbing his hands to-
gether gleefully. How did you man
age?" "Oh, we made the contractor a
bankrupt so that he was unable to full.
fill his engagene
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22
Box for Hat Trimmings.

1t is an excellent plan to have box
for hat trimmings. in which all the
millinery odds and ends left over from
season to season may be kept. Fash
ion rotates with such unerring regular
ity that good bits passed one season
are quite likely to be in demand after
two or three have passed. Steel orna-
ments, for example, are in and out of
vogue at intervals. /: ?; all handsome
they are expensive and well worth
keeping.
They may be cleaned from rust and
discoloration by rubbing them with
a brush dipped in paraffin oil and then
in emery powder afterward polishing
with piece of flannel or channels.
Bits of handsome lace-and this does
not mean expensive real laces, but the
good trimming laces whose services
for one season on hat by no means
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22
HsrS to Catch,

Over on the eastern shore of Mary
land in the district represented by
Congressman Jackson there was
man who was suffering from a severe
case of SHAKES" as thy call fever
and ague in that country. One morn
ing the local physician called on the
patient and asked him how he felt.
'N-n-not a bit b-b-better," was the
shaking n$n's reply.
Your case is a very peculiar one,
and hard to take hold Of" remarked
the doctor, sympatheticaIly.
Yes, th-thats So" remarked the
patient, trying to smile. The cease
sh-sh-shakes so l don't wonder you
&C ant get hold of Washington
Post.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22
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tify that practically every Moro in
that trench kept his oath.
They fought our officers and enlisted
men on the edge of the trenches, in
the trenches and everywhere. 1t was
shoot, cnt. bite, throw rocks, and yelP
for fully thirty minutes. BY that time
the Moros in the trenches were all
dead, but our loss was heavy. Three
or four of our officers were wounded
and some twenty-five Of our soldiers
were killed and wounded.
The shooting from the fort contin-
ued all this time The inner side of
the walls is several feet love- than
the outer and affords a position from
which the Nc 'os could fire at our men
without exposing themselves to return
fire.
There were several "lantakas" or
cannon arranged to shoot from the
port holes at the sides and ends. In
the middle of the fort is a bamboo
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22

proper alignment during the discharge.
The torch used to fire the cannon con-
sists of a piece of native wood that
burns steaully, on which are dashed
pieces of bamboo sticks to protect the
hand.
The proiectile used in these cannons
consists OF a series of pieces of thin
bamboo or strins of leaves bound in
cylindrical form about pieces of metal,
glass, pebbles etc These cartridges
are about four inches long.
! saw some of these projectiles with
lacks, screws, slugs, etc, in them.
After the battle our surgeons cut ma.
wounded.
Our surgeons did noble work in the
field that day. Some of them were
close to the front with us, attending
to the wounded. So vas the chaplain
of the regiment. He helped get some
of the wounded men to a place of
shelter SO they would not get shot
again. In fact the colonel and his staff
and the field and line officers OF the
Twenty seventh Infantry did excellent
work in the battle. The officers and
men of the Twenty-tifth Battery also
did finely.
Several men and two or three horses
fell into pitfalls. The depth of these
pitfalls is about seventeen feet. One
man who fell in cut steps on the sides
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22
TRENCH

Our first view of Fort Pandupatan
occurred shortly after the taking of a
large stockade in the Bayan district.
The little fort, which was to cause US
so much loss looked much like any
other Moro fort.
In a general way the fort was q
square Enclosure. The walls are OF
stone earth and bamboo and abOat
twelve feet thick at the base. They
are some fourteen feet high.
These walls are covered with bam-
boo polls On the outside and also with
an immense ENHANCEMENT of thorny
brush both on the sides and the top.
This brush made the fort look easy
to take, as the stone walls did not
show.
The walls of stone and loose earth
neatly and tightly piled and packed
have many portfolios and the fighting
Moro seemed to have a cannon or a
rife at every portfolio and their shout
ing proved to be effective.
The Moro engineers had also con-
structed two trenches about the fort
of considerable depth. One trench
was crowded with desperate MorOs
who had taken the oath of their tribe
to die facing the enemy. l can GER
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22

DDS of their owners set forth, and the
troubles of correspondents discussed,
AN with an unconscious grav-
ity and dignity of style
which approach the humorous in
American eyes. The illness and con-
sequent absence from a show of a
famous cat is thus gravely chronicled
in a recent publication: She was
prevented from appearing at Edin-
burgh by an unfortunate accident,
having got a fishbone firmly fixed in
her nose while eating her supper.
She has eGt well over the effects,
barring a slight weakness of the eyes,
which will, no doubt, pass OFF in a
day or two"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22
MoRMoNS WORK IN ENGLAND.
Their Missionaries There Are Gain.
ina Many Converts.

There Is commotion at Sarum and
the sleepy old city is being reused
out of it's somnolency by the agrees
siveness of the Mormonistic propa-
ganda, says the London News. The
agents of the Latter Day Saints"
cult have stormed the citadel OF
Episcopacy and captured some of the
pillars of the Church and lights OF
the Dissenting churches. These dar-
ing raiders have laved their captives
in the classic waters of the Avon at
midnight in the chilly months of De-
cember and January. Strange scenes
have been enacted under the stars
and in semi-secrecy. There is wall
ing in many homes, and Nominations
from pulpits Episcopal and Noncon-
formist. On Wednesday evening last
the rector of Fisherton sacrificed the
Mormon doctrines and pilloried the
emissaries. Two of the Mormon eld-
ers and one of their converts were
present but sat unmoved. On the
authority of the editor of the Sails
bury Times the evil is spreading, and
there are at least two thousand elders
from Salt Lake City in this country
actively engaged in proselytizing
work
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22
Rounh ON the CIernu.

In a certain cleveland minister's
family are two youngsters who play
much together, especially with dolls.
The other day the younger of the two,
a little girl contided thus in her
mother with regard to Christmas:
Mamma, l do hope Santa Claus
will bring us a respectable boy doll.
We haven't got a boy doll in either
family, and every since Harry broke
Jumpie- Wumpie, the monkey doll. has
had to be the preacher. "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22
Queer Place for Petroleum.

There is probably no ether city in
the world that can show a hospital,
with several oil wells in the grounds,
within few yards of the building
This strange sight may be seen in
Los Angeles, Cal, a couple of miles
from the business ceLter. The wells
may be proftai@e, but whether they
are entirely unobiectionahle, from a
hygienic standpoint, some people
would be inclined TO doubt Incident
,tly it may be mentioned that in the
same institution dozen ~urses are
recovering from typhoid fever.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22
g TtN90KERY 0HHrt HOUSE ~
OCCUPIED BY PRESIDENT R0oStVfkI5

year at what is known as the ''Presi-
dental Cottage" at the Soldiers
Home in Washington. In the spring
when the city became warm, they
would move out of this pretty house,
which is situated in an ideal spot, the
Home" being simply most beauti-
fully kept park.
Another President who moved out
of the White House so that it might
be renovated was Mr.. Buchanan. He
occupied a suite of rooms at the Ma
tional Hotel, on the second floor, and
facing Pennsylvania avenue and Sixth
street, as his temporary quarters. 1t
was while he was staying at this hos
telry that some of the guests were &C
cidentally poisoned.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22
A Filipino Fortress

V UNDOUBTEDLY military men,
~ engineers and the public in
EyFS5Zf general will wonder why the
Ga&5j Moro fort of Pandupatan
of the Sultan of Bayan on the
island of Mindanao offered the resist
ance 1T did to the American attack,
winch was made with the assistance
Oh neld battery on May 2, 1902. The
tort looked like any other Moro fort,
out the Americans lost many men in
trying to get into it.
Many forts, stockades and in
trenched positions of the Moros had
very promtly surrendered to our col
umn in the march from the sea to the
lake country in the interior. There
were many fortified places, because
the entire lake region is divided up
among Sultans and Dattos, each with
MS following and fertilization
In fact about every house is a fort.
mere are trenches about it and stone
walls and bamboo stOckadeS. In each
mouse thus protected live a Datto and
MS immediate family and working
force of slaves, who cultivate the lands
and care for the stock Every forth
fed place is supplied with one or
more old cannon, a few small guns
and many homemade bamboo can
non, spears, bolos, etc.
l shall never forget the march from
the sea to the lakes, some thirty-four
miles, in which we overcame all OPP
position. Forts and stockades were
taken without much resistance and
oftentimes without loss on either side.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22
a Suppljcation.

Let me but hold thy hand
And, through the valleys, dark with
toll and care
And disappointment l would pass with
stride
That faltered not, and I would count
as naught
The doubts and feSr~ that now assail
me, fraught
With whispers of False Hope-twin
brother of Despair.
I'll scale ambitions peaks unterrified,
Could | but hold thy hand.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22

Just once, I'd lean back in my little
chair
And bet the limit sure, whate'er be-
tide.
Unnumbered stacks of reds and
blues I've bought
And lost. You've won all night; I
haven't caught
A thing to help along sickly pair"
Give me that flush" and joy with
thee abide!
Oh, let me hold that hand!
Charles b. Graves in New York
Times.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22
English as She Is Spoke.

This item is from a Corean newspa.
per, published in English:
Seoul, Corea, May %, 1902.-Late-
ly the Police Headquarters ordered to
forbid the servants &c to run the
horses tasty on the big streets as
they sometimes pressed the children
down and hurted them on the ground
and the police stopped a mapoo run
ming a horse hardly on it's back but
a number of soldiers came along
quickly and captured the police
away"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22
WhY We Grow Old.

A French writer, Jean Finot, dis
GUESSING the question why we grow
old. says:
For three reasons: First, want of
physical exercise in the open air;
second poisoning by microbes which
the pha2Ocytes have not succeeded in
destroying; third fear Of death. It
is hard to imagine the Importance of
this last element. Ii a man fears
death. it will carry him away And
yet it i; quite pleasant, too; no sensa-
ton could be compared to it
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22

shown to great advantage upon this
charming gown. The material was
crepe de chine of pale mastic shade
laid in groups of horizontal tucks,
stitched with Corticelli sewing silk in
self color. The edge of the skirt was
bordered with a beautiful Vandyked
design in ecru Venetian point, the pat
tern being picked out with rhinestone
brilliants, opalescent spangles, and
French Knots worked in pale blue Cor
ticelli ZEE twisted embroidery silk. The
blouse was furnished with a cape col
lar of the same lace which gave that
long sloping effect at the shoulders sc
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22
How to Make sachet BAGS.

To make your own sachets buy the
powder and sprinkle on thin cotton
inside the silk bags. or pour on it half
a teaspOonful Of oil of the perfume
you desire. to which a few drops of
glycerin are added. The glycerin keeps
the perfume from evaporating.
This gives a vigorous and ELUSIVE
perfume, pleasant for the rooms, and
the sachets to hang in the closets or
on backs of chairs should always be
treated in this way by perfumed oil
fixed with little glycerin.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22

ed chiefly Of bronze Iantakas' with a
boreis Of about; an inch and a half.
These cannons were slung up Ton
beams or arranged in port holes '"':r'
This crude arran cement might
amuse one under, ordinary circum-
stances. This time every piece of
ordnance of the enemy was made to
do such execution that we cannot rid
icule the devices. OF course it was
the very close range that made these
pieces effective.
When the cannons were suspended
by ropes the gunners had to maintain
the aim by holding the cannon in it's
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22

and thus worked his way up to the
face.
Such was the fort that defied the
Americans from the middle of the aft
ernoon until daylight the next morn
ing. About $50 a. II. on May 3 the
Moro flag had disappeared and white
flag was il its place.-LetteT from a
soldier in the field, in the New York
Sun.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22
The Cat Columns.

One of the features in which Eng
fish periodicals for women differ
from American magazines of the same
class is in the cat column" There
is a section devoted to cat gossip in
many of them, in which well known
batteries are described, t1e good
points Of their inmates aud the meth
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22

facing, covered with rows of machine
stitching done with Corticelli silk. The
blouse is very simple in design, double
breasted and with a basque. all the
edges being pped with white kid,
which also forms the belt. There is
an outside breast pocket flap, and a
velvet collar facing.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22

desirable for the moment. The edge
was finished with narrow accordion
pleating of white chiffon, sprung with
a tiny ruche. The scarf which orna-
ments the vest and the sleeve puff
were of embroidered chiffon and lace.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22
Attractive Golf Costume.

Pipings have so gained in popularity
that they are feature of by far the
greater number of garments or what
ever sort, even appearing upon what
it is the fad of the moment to call
tub" frocks and shirtwaists. Quite
a novelty in this line are the pipings
of leather and kid which are to be
seen upon a few of the most exclusive
models of the tailor-made styles. Such
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22
Handsome Reception Gown.

Vandykes, whether in lace, applique
or cut into the fabric of gowns, are
once more enjoying a full measure of
popular favor after temporary
eclipse. This graceful garniturs is
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22

shack. The narrow entrance to the
fort was protected by heavy wooden
barred doors during the fight.
The designers of most Moro forts
take the precaution to make a pas
sage by which the garrison can retire
if need be. In this case the mode of
retreat seemed to be through an I'M
derground passage from the fort to the
lake. There was also passage which
led from the main trench. During the
first part of the fight l remember that
a few Moro soldiers escaped through
this trench to the open G@d and then
ran to the brush
The cannon of the Moro fort consist
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22

Some husbands are devoted to their
wives and some are devoted to them
selves.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22
Presidents inRented Houses

HIS is not the first time that
President of the United
- States has been obliged to oc-
kSssGSgD cupy temporary quarters on
account of repairs at the White
House. Such a thing occurred at the
beginning of Mr.. Arthur's administra-
ton when, Garfield having died, the
Executive Mansion was put through
an elaborate course of renovation, the
new Chief Magistrate meanwhile TAX
ing up his residence in the big house
on Capitol Hill which had been built
by Gen. B. F. Butler. This building,
now tenanted by the Marine Hospital
Service. came in those days to be
known as the Gray House.
Perhaps the most famous of all
dwellings serving as temporary homes
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22

a one is shown in the accompanying
illustra ton. This smart frock is made
OF tartan in shades of dark and light
gray, and is designed for golf or walk
ing. The skirt clears the ground by
about two inches. 1t has the very
narrow front panel which appears
upon so many of the skirts of the sea-
son, the pipings of white kid defining
sharply the outline. The edge of the
skirt is finished by a deep outside
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-08-22

UNDOUBTEDLY military men,
engineers and the public in
general will wonder why the
Moro fort of Pandupatan
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-01-26
Lyon County Nutes.

Charles Schuman who was severely
burned at the Ludwig smelter some
weeks ago, is now at his home in
Bridgeport. and is recovering from
his wounds. which were more severe
that at first supposed.
Bell. the potato buyer was in the
valley the latter part of last week at
ter spuds. He secured five or six car
loads, about all there We're left up the
river and paid $23 per ton for them.
Archer and Miller have recently
been doing more work on the Pump
kin Hollow claims Thursday they
brought in some very nice samples OF
ore from the ledge in the bottom Of
their shaft.
The Ludwig smelter colsed down
the first of the week and will probably
rot resume operations until the price
Of copper advances, as the company
cannot produce copper at profit at
present prices. A small force of min
ers are further developing the mine by
| sinking Wine from the 20O-level to
| the 300-foot level. The mine is in
! splendid condition to take out an i'm
mense quantity of ore.-Lyon County
| Times.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-01-26
Dangerously III

Word reached this city yesterday
stating that John Patrick was very i'll
in Tonopah with pneumon :. The last
issue of the Bonanza stated that he
was Oh the road to recovery and the
news of his serious illness gives his
friends the impression that he has
suffered relapse. The letter stating
his condition was dated the ODD, which
is later than that furnished by the pa
per. His many friends in this city
hope that Pat VIII pull out all right
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-01-26
Two Camps

Now that Thunder Mountain, in Id
tere will be a ruch when spring opens
With Tonopah in Nevada and Thund
er Mountain to draw the prospector it
is likely that the mining world will a.
gain look westward. Those who Wis
tied the frozen North during the first
discoveries and excitements will not
have to put up with any such hard
ships in either of the new camps. The
Idaho camp is being handled by the
railroads as a boom scheme. The Or
egon Short Line will soon issue pam
phlet stating the best routes and the
living expenses together with a de-
tailed description of the country.
Should railroad or a privat party
do the same for Tonopah it is safe to
say that the Nevada camp would draw
the biggest crowd, as the bullion out
put from Tonopah will speak more
for the camp than all the paper that
could be written. Western America
has a mining excitement about every
so often and from all indications the
time has arrived again. In every in
stance of this nature there has been a
big mining camp come to the front
and added millions of money to the
! financial world. Nevada has always
! donated her share and it is safe to
/ predict that the excitement that is
now on will show to the world that
this state will more than hold her own
Had the money been spent in this
state that went into the frozen north
by Nevadans there would have beer
) a dozen Tonopahs booming and sever
al millionaires made. Keep your eye
on Thunder Mountain and Tonopal
for results.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-01-26
Analysis of Tonopah Water.

The following analysis of Tonopah
water has been furnished The News
by DR.. S. L. Lee:
l. Rice's Well, Kentucky"
Free ammonia O13 parts per million.
Albuminoid Ammonia .16S, ditto.
Chlorine 3.3 grains per gallon.
2. Rice's well, Stanton"
Free Ammonia 1873 parts per million.
Albuminoid Ammonia .344, ditto.
Chlorine Is grains per gallon.
8. Buffers well Cornish Boy
Free Ammonia .032 parts per million.
Albuminoid Ammonia .O58 ditto.
Chlorine 6 grains per gallon.
When there exists in water albu-
minoid Ammonia to the amount of 10
parts per million it is dangerous to
health, and when it contains OBS parts
per million of albuminoid ammonia il
is inimical to life and totally unfit
for drinking purposes
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-01-26
Picked From Nevada

Rev. Charles WILDER DeLyon Mich
OILS, of Nichols, Connecticut has boiled
down Ward McAllister's exclusive 100
in New York City to 1i7 persons in
the United States Among them we
find Jimmy Fairs daughter (Mrs. OIL
richs OF New York; and Mr.. and Mrs.
John w. Mackey, of San Francisco.
Mr.. Mackey claims Virginia City, Ne
vada. as his place of residence Rev.
Nichols could not find any person a
mong the First Families of Virginia
fit for his roll So, Nevada hss no
kick coming. -Quelquofois in Courier
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-01-26
A Cold Wave

Yesterday the Weather Bureau post
ed notices to the effect that a cold
wave would visit this section. Before
the ink on the card was dry the wave
began to get in its work. and before
shutdown the thermometer was uncom-
fortably near the zero mark From all
indications this will be the coolest
spell Of weather that has visited this
section this winter. Even the ice
man is hunting fire as he has cut
and and stored all Of his frigid crop.