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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-08-27
COLD RETARDS CROPS
WEATHER NOT FAVORABLE TO
RAPID MATURING.

The Outlook for Corn Is Promising
Spring Wheat Harvcsts Nearly Fin
ished- Government Report Tells Rea-
son of Setback.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
THE ORIGINAL HABITAT OF MAN

Prof, Dyche Advances Theory That the
Firs Men Lived in the Arctic Regions.
Prof Dyche of the University of
Kansas, recently gave an informal lee
cure at the University club at Kansas
City. His subject was THE Original
Habitat of Man, and he advanced the
theory that the first men inhabited
The northern part of Greenland and
the territory surrounding the poles.
In his trip to the northern part of
Greenland Prof. Dyche found fossils
IF the sequoia, or California redwood
tree. AS an illustration of the fight
Of animals against advancing incle-
ment nature Prof. Dyche cited the
case of the mammoth, which was at
first a heatdoving animal. Those
which refused to leave their northern
nome gradually grew hair as a pro-
lection. When the environment be-
came too severe the species persisted.
Prof. Dyche drew conclusions from
the flight of birds. He believes that
birds migrate north to breed, because
of an instinct acquired by centuries of
returning to the original breeding
grounds in the north.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
FASTING PATCHES oNro SHIRTS

49, =, some Use4 They Are Better
a,anted for winter Than Tor sun'
..When 7 made up my laundry Duhute
,,,, In the week" said the mluule
ogod bachelor. II found one Oh the
sbirts that we're to go in so torn tha'
nod some doubts about senilnS ~
but | let it go. To-day Wheh my i""
dry came back and | looked IL oyer'
didn't see that torn shirt at nrsI' mo-
was the right number of shirts lheie'
but no torn one. But looking again
7 discovered that the torn one was
tbere but now finely mended. Inc
bodv of the shirt, which had been TORN
in one Mace away from the bosom TOT
n snace of three or four 1nches, nau
been drawn back into place and was
now held there securely by patch
pasted on the under side and ironed on
81 feel bound to say that the Joo
awakened my admiration. AS QUICK
and easy way of mending 1t was gres''
All YOU had to do was take a square
of cotton cloth of suitable size, spread
starch on it, bring the disunlted parts
together on it, and slam down on II
once or twice with a hot iron and the
shirt was mended. | had hearu Vi
mending table cloths in that way py
pasting on patch and ironing 1t down.
but l never before heard of mendlng
shirts in that way. Yet it's certainly
all right for shirts at some seasons.
The pasted patch in this use would
really be better as a winter than a
summer patch. 1t might be melted OH
in summer" New York Sun.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
Cure of Consumption.

Nearly every state and large city in
the country is making some movement
to aid in stamping out consumption.
Massachusetts has well-established
sanitarium at Rutland, in that state.
Vermont is considering a project of the
same kind. The New York legislature
has made two appropriations aggregat.
ing $4,000 for the construction of a
consumptives' sanitarium in the Adj.
rondack region. The New Jersey leg
islature at it's recent session voted $780,
600 for similar purpose. The ap-
preparation of 100000 by the PennsyI-
vania legislature in 1901 in aid of the
White Haven sanitarium places this
state by the side of other common
wealths in the fight against consump-
ton. DR.. Rothrock's scheme to use the
state forest reservations for the same
purpose will doubtless realize good re-
suits in time. His knowledge on the
subject is valuable, as he is the state
commissioner of forestry
That great good work can be accom-
plished by country sanitariums for the
open and pt;re air treatment, especially
in pine forests, has been demonstrated.
At Rutland, in Massachusetts, the per-
centage of cured patients has steadily
risen. In the first year 81 per cent of
all cases of the disease in all it's stages
were cured; in the second year As per
cent, and in the third year so per cent.
The record of other sanitariums will
probably show as good results-Pitts-
burg Post.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
SOME ILLS OF LIFE
OUR MODERN CIVILIZATION HAS ITS
BAD FEATURES.
Yet the Men and womon OF the Pres
ent Day Are Physically superior to
Their ADcestors-EviIs In the Race
for SupeRhuous ealth.

Some features of civilized life are
not wholesome. 1t does not insure a
| perfect digestion, which is the basis of
good health. 1t is not healthful to
breathe sewer gas in houses the
plumbing of which has been passed
| by an inspector who receives Christ
mas gifts from the plumber. There
are many other conditions which are
not favorable to the best physical
| health. However, in spite of other
drawbacks and disadvantages, there is
every warrant to affirm that never has
the standard of health, strength and
agility been as high as it is to-day.
Though an indoor life is vicious in it's
influence, the men and women of to-
day-and especially the women-are
capable of a greater physical endur-
ance than has ever been known be-
fore. The first and best proof of this
is that at the age when our grand
sireS and their DANES took their
places in the chimney corner as capa-
BILE only of vegetable existence, the
men and women of to-day are at their
best, and, as Dr. Stevenson complains,
the grandmoLners are demanding the
right to run for public office, instead
of being content to knit stockings. A
believer in the physical superiority OF
the savage brought out the great
grandson of famous Indian sprinter
to pit him against the white runners
of the colleges. Even after syste-
matte training he was beaten by anna
tours. His celebrated ancestor had
defeated every white runner here and
in England but his record has been
surpassed long since.
Life in the open air is necessary to
the best heath, but there is no reason
why the modern conveniences should
be abandoned. On every hand are
proofs of the physical superiority of
the men and women of to-day over the
people of any other known period. The
rules of wholesome living are better
understood and are more generally OBJ
served. 1t needs only for men to re-
frain from business excuses, from dis
sipating their energies in the pursuit
of wealth, in order that they may find
life well worth living. The too fire.
quent suicide of successful business
men may be traced to their long and
absolute absorption in the work of
money-getting and the discovery that
it Is profitless and unsatisfactory. The
realization of the fact that wealth
alone does not bring happiness comes
only after it is TOO late to effect a
change The delusion that there is
NO more satisfying purpose than the
accumulation of money is the chief OBJ
stacle in the way of mans happiness.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

superintendent Robinson of the
morgue had a visitor the other day in
the person of perturbed and excitable
woman who said her husband had been
missing four or five days. and that she
felt certain he was dead and his body
in the superintendent keeping, says
the Philadelphia Times. He asked for
description of her husband. which
she gave along lines so general that
special identification was hardly pos
sible. He experienced some trouble in
getting details as to clothes, facial
growths, etc. from her. and finally told
her that he had no corpse answering
the description on the slabs.
you are sure?" she asked.
quite sure" he replied
well let me know at once if his
body is brought in-and, oh, sir,
forgot to tell you another way you'll
know it's him-he is deaf as a post"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
One on the Author.

good story, related by we'll
known publisher is being told on the
author of When Knighthood Was in
Flower who has been supplying a
series of short stories for the maya
zines.
Il could not say" said Mr.. Major,
that these short stories are in NV
best vein
Mop said his publisher friend.
No" said Mr.. Major. I'm fact |
could write much better stuff if
wanted to-"
"Indeed?' said the publisher in
quiringly How Go YOU know"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

The monster building now being
erected on the flatiron block below
Madison Square is the most striking
example of modern Office construction
which people whose business and
pleasure keep them above Canal
street have had the opportunity to
watch in daily growth.
One thing about it that impresses
those unfamiliar with present archi-
tectural methods is the fact that parts
Of the outer walls are being built
downward from the twelfth or thir-
teenth story to the fourth. Below
the latter there is not yet any exterior
wall.
1t makes a strange sight for those
unaccustomed to the curiosities to be
seen in far down town Manhattan.
and the fact that it is novel to many
is apparent from the comments
which one who passes among the
Madison Square throngs cannot help
overh earing.-New York Sun.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
BOYS ATTACKED THEIR TEACHER
But She Thrashed Several of Them and
HorsewIpped the Leader.


Miss Lulu Nelson of Usage. N. Y, a
pretty and athletic school teacher of
the Hooper's Valley school, has dem
onstrated her ability to care for her.
self by thrashing several pupils who
attempted to assault her, and has
been acquitted by a jury of flogging
one of ker assailants with a horse
whip.
Several pupils of the school, led by
Ira Hillegas, had organized a plot to
GUST the teacher. Miss Nelson order
ed toung Hillegas to replenish the
fire. He refused and she threatened
him with a whip. He attempted to
strike her with a coal scuttle, and the
other boys in the plot came to his
aid, but she was equal to the occasion
and placed her would-be assailants
hors de combat. Then with a large
horsewhip she administered a thrash.
ing to Hillegas, raising fourteen
ridges on his arms and back and
drawing blood in three places. He
swore out a warrant for her arrest
and she was tried before Judge
Smith. When, at the close of the evi.
dence, the jury rendered a verdict of
not guilty, there was dramatic dem
onstration in the court room.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

A story is told of a juryman who
outwitted a judge, and that without
lying. He ran into an assize court in
a desperate hurry, quite out of breath,
and exclaimed:
"oh, judge, if you can, pray excuse
me. l don't know which will die first
my wife or my daughter"
Dear me, that's sad said the limo
cent judge. Certainly you are ex-
cused."
The ladies mentioned are still in ex-
cellent health, and the juryman hopes
that the solution of the problem MAJ
be long deferred.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

There are not a few fine and extern
sive private libraries in Mexico, for
there are many book lovers among the
educated people of this country. In
the city libraries, ranging from 1000
to 10000 volumes exist, and one of the
most valuable collections of "Ameri-
cana" books relating to the discovery
and early settlement of Latin America,
is that of Don Jose Maria de Agreda,
an erUdite gentleman descended from
an ancient and noble Spanish family,
who is the librarian of the national
museum. Senior Agreda's collection is
noted for it's many priceless volumes,
for he has been collecting books in this
city since he was lad. He is an en-
thusiastic antiquarian, and no man is
filter for the great task of writing a
history of the City u Mexico than this
learned and cultivated gentleman, one
of the ornaments Of Mexican culture
Mexican Herald.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
Gang. Was All There.

Ernest Lacy was taking one of his
boys high school classes in English
literature drought Act 1 of Macbeth"
the other day, reading the text and ex-
planning it as he went along. AS
many Philadelphians know, Professor
Lacy is an expressive and illuminative
reader, and can be all sort of char
acters by turns when he is engaged in
the exposition of a drama. He was
we'll into the scene where Macbeth en-
counters the witches on the heath.
HALL he called, and then explained
that it was the saIutation to Macbeth
of the First followed" he
added, "by the same cry in quick sue
cession, from the Second Witch and
the Third Witch
Hail, HALL -
The gangs all here," came from a
boy in the rear of the class; and the
lecture ended in a roar of laughter in
which even the dignified Lacy was con-
strained to join.-Philadelph Times.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
Knee.peep In Knnsus

Mr.. Eugene r. Ware, the new com
missioner of pensions, who over the
name of "Ironquill' lorg ago estab
lished his reputation as a wit and
writer of verse, has been much inter
ested for years in the condition of
roads in his adopted state of Kansas.
Recently Mr.. r. w. Richardson.
secretary of the National Good Roads
Association, who is preparing to take
a Good Roads Construction train
across the continent, said to Mr..
Ware:
"HHow do the farmers in Kansas
stand on the road question:"
up to their knees" was the reply
Philadelphia Saturday Evening
Post,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

Sol Smith Russell spent a good deal
CT his time in Washington after leav-
ing the st&Se, and was familiar fig
IRE at the theaters there, especially
at the matinees. He was usually
wheeled to and from the theater in
an invalid's chair and often as he
was pushed through the Hobbies some
one would remark: There's Sol
Smith Russell; he will never act
again" One day he OF rheard some
thing of -he kind, and, in his mild,
cheerful, kindly way. replied: You're
mistaken; 1 am geCsing better every
day; l am going to return to the stage
next year in new play" He took
especial pleasure in Witnessing the
work of Joseph Jefferson.-Corre-
spondence New YORK Post.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
SUMNER VACATIONS.

Are pleasant or otherwise as we
choose to make them. To begin right
see that your ticket reads via such
lines as Will afford the most comfort
and rob your journey of every feature
Of ennui or fatigue. The southern
Pacific-Sunset Route is perfectly
eouipned the track rock ballasted
and smooth, and is operated on the
most approved methods known 10 the
railway world. Round trip summer
excursion tickets are now on sale at
very reduced rates to points In Ala
bama. Arkansas, COLORADO, Georgia
Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland M,assa-
chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis-
sissippi. New York, North Carolina,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina.
Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
Wisconsin. Try a trip to New York
via New Orleans and Cromwell Line,
it's delightful. For literature and
rates write,
T. j. ANDERSON,
A. G. p. A.
M. L. ROBBINS,
G. T. & ia.
Houston, Texas.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
GOOD SAMPLE Of MEXICAN Humoa
Unique message Lert for Jones" by
Police OTiciaI.

Police OmciaI.
"When you take up a residence in
the City of Mexico" said an Amer. can
who had lived there for several years,
you are waited upon by the police,
who ask you how many beggars may
call at your residence every morning
and receive a dole. Your answer is
recorded, and only the number of beg
CARS mentioned dare show up. | had
my brother with me at the house. and
our answers to the police differed
somewhat. Two weeks after their call
a messenger came on an errand and in
CURED for Jones.
What Jones?' | asked
"'Senor,' he replied, I know that
there are two Of you-the Jones-you-
acknowledgements ight-of-' em and
the JoneS-I-Won't-fee d-a-cuSsed-one-of
'em, and the Jones / want is not the
first
Then. as I'm the one who said
eight beggars might come around, you
don't want me-
ct cannot be. 1t is the 1-won't-
feeda-cussed-one-o 'em-Jone | want
But he is not in just now. Can
you leave your message with me?'
Isl, senior. Tell him when he comes
that if he don't want-to-feeda-cu
he-can o-blazes-and
hangedto-him.'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
POLYGAMY DYING OUT
TURKISH l.oMEN COPYING THEIR
EUROPEAN SISTERS.
Zach wife Now Demands Homo or
Her Own, and the Cost Il Too Great
for the Followers of Mnhomst-In-
novations In Costune.

"Polygamy is fast dying out among
the Turks, and not on account OF any
change in moral standards but because
Of the attitude of the women them
selves. Formerly a mans four or i've
wives dwelt amicably under one roof,
but now every wife demands home
of her own, and the impossibility OF
supporting so many homes is compel
ling the average Turk to limit MS
harem to one wife"
This new proof of the civilizing in
fuence of woman was given by Miss
Florence A. Fensham, dean OF the
American College for Girls at Con-
stantinople, in talk before the
League for Political Education in New
York on The Outlook for the Woman
of the Orient"
Another statement that seemed novel
to many in the audience was: The
Turks as a race are of fair complexion,
with blue eyes, and are delightful peo-
pie to know. They are truthful, hon
est, and hospitable in a high degree.
In those respects the mass OF the
Turks-those ofthe uppermiddle class
differs greatly from the government;
but nation must be judged, not by its
highest nor it's lowest but by the great
class between.
There is general impression
abroad that Turkish women are shut
up behind the lattice windows of the
harem, and have little freedom to go
about. This is far from correct. The
Bosphorus steamers are crowded with
them; they jostle you on every hand
IL the narrow streets of Constanti-
nople. Yelled they must be, but yelled
they go about with a freedom greater
than that assured any European wom-
an, for to modest a MOslem woman
means death to a Turk and serious
consequences to a foreigner.
1T is an acknowledged fact that the
women of Turkey control most of the
government appointments. To quote
from a work recently published by one
long resident of the country, The
women hold ultimate sway over the
conduct of the men. The tangled in
trigues for place and power which
center in the harem form the key 20
many vicissitudes of Turkish his
tory"
Even the dress of the women of the
harem, said Miss Fensham, shows
their growing independence. A few
years ago every woman wrapped her
self before going out in an upper gar
ment that completely enshrouded her
head and was not to be removed until
she was again in the house. Now all
the younger women have adopted
looser head covering, that they drop
at will when on the Bosporus steam
ers for pleasure trip or resting else
where. Several edicts were issued by
the sultan against the innovation, but
after a few months of obedience the
women would quietly resume their new
headdress until another edict banished
it for time. At last he became
wearied of the struggle and the mod
ern fashion has become a settled
thing.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
VICTIMS OF CRAZE FOR CANDY
One Man Devoured 400 Pounds of Choc"
olates In One Summer

olates In One Summer.
That candy has become the basis OF
a bad habit-like tea, tobacco, alcohol
or icewater--has long been admitted by
medical men, that its worst victims
are not women. however, is not so we'll
known, except to the owners of candy
shops. The fact that one man bought
and devoured 400 pounds of the rich
est chocolates in one summer, and that
this gaStrOnomic feat was not looked
upon as anything unusual by the
candy clerks, will give some idea of the
slavery to which the habitual candy
eaters are committed, says the New
York Post The man who consumed
confectionery by the hundred
weight is young and sound in mind
and body. He generally yields to
temptation Immediately after luncheon
although the craving sometimes be-
comes unendurabfe at an earlier hour.
He estimates that the candy he has
bought for personal consumption cost
him $3.50 last summer. He has been
an unwilling victim for years, and has
frequently Sworn off'--or attempted
to. The last time was for three months
and when the self-imposed embargo
was raised he bought two pounds Of
mixed chocolates and ate them between
lunch and dinner.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
DEMAND NOW FOR YOUNG BLOOD
Old Men Being Crowded Out by Youth
full Councillors.


full Competitors.
Two very remarkable movements are
discernible in the business and the ed
ucation of the times; and yet, when
we come to examining them, we find
that the tendencies have been clearly
in view for more than decade. Six
years ago the present writer went to
the president of one of the largest cor
porations of this country and asked
him to give employment to a man who
had turned his forty-eighth year, says
the Saturday Evening Post. There was
personal reasons why he should grant
such request and the persons for
whom the place was sought was en-
tirely acceptable in character, ability
and health. The president replied: Il
want to do this, but it is impossible
The age of the young man is crowd
ing upon modern business so fast thai
he will soon monopolize it. We take
no one who has passed forty-fve-we
cannot afford to do it. But if this
man has a son anywhere from fifteen
to twenty-five years old I'll find a po-
sition for him at once" So far has
this tendency gone that the problem
of getting rid of employees above a GER
tain age is now under discussion and
SO great has been the uneasiness that
several of the large concerns have is
sued statements that the old men will
not be discharged.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
The Origin of Pearls.

Recently DR.. H. Lyster Jameson
made an interesting communication to
the Geological society of England on
the origin of pearls. He had found
that the real nucleus around which
the pearl substance accumulated was
the dead larva of a distoma or fuke.
The young flukes pass a certain period
of their early life as guests in the
bodies of fresh water shellfsh.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
Refrigerator of Whine

A new French refrigerator consists
OF closed metallic cylinders, sur
rounded by freezing, mixture. being
designed for keeping fruit at a fixed
temperature, with restricted amount
OF air and an absence of light. Thaw-
ing must be gradual. After two
months peaches were in perfect con
d1tion, and the method is adapted for
transporting soft fruits, including ba-
nanaS.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

One of the fire department horses in
Baltimore is extremely fond of linn
burger cheese and eats it with evident
relish. The Baltimore Sun says that
when any of that odorous daily is
brought within smelling distance his
manifestations of joy and persistent
neighing are almost Away rewarded
with some of the desired luxury.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27
M. l.. ROBBINS,
G. 2. & ia.
Houston, Texas.

In an address before the Anthro-
pological Society of Munich on Aus
tralians and Papuans, the remarkable
artistic ability of the latter was men
toned by Professor Simon. Although
singing and music are much culti-
waited by the block-skinned Papuans.
their strong point is art.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

The use of American agricultural
machinery is increasing in France.
Crops all over the world are planted
aud harvested with American ma.
chimes nowadays, thanks to the inven-
tive genius of the Yankees
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-06-27

in the Russian empire at an
A Beatrice man who tried to plant
tree on Arbor day complains that the
wind blew away the tree and then the
hole that he was going to plant it in
He only saved himself from similar
fate by sticking his spade into the
ground and hanging on to it.-Ne'
braska State Journal.