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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
Koreans Are Poor.

In Korea the inhabitants are desper-.
ately poor, and wages are lower than
in any part of the world that has any
pretense to civilization.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28

Sheep Farmer and Author.
Haddon Chambers was. a sheep
farmer in Australia before trying his
fortunes in London. zs -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28

Those folks who theoretically dis
cuss the problems of living on small
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
THE WORTH OF WORDS.

The Worth of Words. BY DR.. Ralc
Hustled Bell. Emo, gilt top PIP. 300
sl;5o net. New York: The Grafton Press.
Cooper says: Words are the red corpus.
cles in the blood Of language, and upon,
language depends social integrity. See
less than sacriiegious to mistreat them?
Words being the red corpuscles of Lam
guage, it follows that the smaller ones
vocabulary Isl. the more anemic will be
his brains chil1ren. = Il 5zz.9
3 Dr.. Bell is al poet and understands the
value of wordsl as only the few do, and
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28
TILLoTSoN COLLEGE

OLDEST AND BEST SCHOOL,
In Texas for Afro-American students.
Reputation unsurpassed. Manual Train
ing part of the regular course. MUSIC a
special feature Of the school. Special ad-
yantages for earnest students seeking to
help themselves. Address
Rev. Marshall r. Gaines, A. NJ,
President. AUSTIN. Texas.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-11-28

''Whimlets'' BY S. Scott Stinson. H.
Illustrated by Clare Victor Dwiggins. 80
cents, net. Philadelphia: Henry T..
Coates & Co.
"Whimlets." by w. Scott Stinson, pic
tured by Clare Victor Dwiggins, is one Of
the daintiest works of the kind ever pub
lished. Whimlets is uniform with Mr..
Matthewman's "Crankisms.' and consists
Of 100 humorous, sometimes satirical,
gins inimitable drawings. In Crank
is1ns'' the artist gained a reputation by
the unusual and genuine illustrative abil-
man keen satire, as well as by the grace
and beauty Of his drawings, and in
'eWhimlets'' he has rendered the same
services for Mr.. Stinson's clever conceits
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02
Traits Of the Caribou
AS Told by Old Hunter.

Caribou are very tenacious of
life" says S. w. Watts in Golfers
Weekly, writing about hunting these
animals in Newfoundland. my com
panion used 30.4O Winchester and
the writer used an 8 Mannlicher.
With such strong guns we were sell
dom able to stop big stag with
single shot, even when hit in q vital
spot. One that the writer shot through
the heart ran with the rest of the
drove for 200 yards, as though he had
not been touched, before collapsing.
When we opened him he had only one
bullet hole, and his heart was cut in
two. Another went about the same
distance on the jump, with both fore
shoulders broken and a bullet through
the neck. On several other occasions
the stays when hit went on with such
strength that when they fell they dug
their antlers in the ground and turn.
ed complete somersaults.
The first caribou we killed was a |
rawn. We picked him out because We |
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02
CAREFUL OF HIS FEELINGS.
How Mira. Newlywed Gently Rebuked
Her Husband.

How MIRA. NeVVlywed Gently Rebuked
Her Husband.
tom, dear" said young Mrs. New
lywed, very gently, "it was kind and
thoughtful OF you. and appreciate It
ever SO much, but a man should never
undertake to select anything for his
wife to wear" E..rt
What do you mean?" he asked in
surprise.
These buttons you brought home
for me-" and she held up a half dozen
red poker chips. FL found them on the
mantel in your room, and I knew, of
course, that you had brought them
home for me-"
"Y-you can't use them, can your"
mo. But appreciate your thought.
fulness just the same. You got them
at bargain, didn't your"
"Um-yes."
"Well, you were cheated. I don't see
how anybody who makes buttons
coul1 have been so silly as to forget
to put in the holes that the thread goes
through when you sew them on"
And Tom said he would take them |
right back and exchange them.-New |
York Times.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02
His Back FACING the Car

Coroner Banning of Mount Vernon
~. - mas an anecdote of Hiberni-
ISL maze by witness he was ex-
t anIinins at an inquest over a man
Alt ne by a trolley car recently.
me coroner asked the witness, who
nau testlhed that he was STANDING
near the car, Did you see this man
No, sir; did not" answered the
witness. 'iiS
We'll" said the coroner, eli Won
were standing there at the time. how
could you help seeing this accident?"
After considerable thought the
replied, Because my back
was facing the carr
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02
Western Mining Towns.
Built in Boom Times

A rich mine of gold, silver or cop
per is discovered; it is developed. the
ore is mined and milled, and this is
the foundation of little city. The
plrth and progress of cities among
the mountains of the West from be-
ginn1ngs like this is one of the most
interesting and picturesque phases of
american growth. In other parts of
the country are found towns which de-
pend entirely or largely for their popu-
iatlon and their existence on a single
INDUSTRY. Health foods are made in
Battle Creek, Mich; shoes come from
Lynn, Mass; collars are nearly all
manufactured in Troy, N. Y: Glovers-
vile, N. Y, is the glove city of the
country, and there are several other
instances of the same fact: but no
cues are SO exclusively devoted to a
single industry as the mining cities
OIL the west Denver itself was at
the outset little more than a great
mining camp; Cripple Creek is a min |
ing center; single mine, the Ana |
,onda, of Marcus DAILY, made Butte.
Mont; the Camp Bird mine at Ourav
lol., owned by the famous millionaire.
rom Walsh, is responsible more than
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

running 1t around the upper part of
the wall separate section comes to
top Tor rather to cap) every length of
the paper on the side wall. In these
caps the iron work terminates in
graceful pointed arches, the roses Civ
ing final squirt of prolific luxuriance
Verltable riot of fragrant beauty.
For the three or four inches above
thls frleze is f1ecked with the exquisite
cloudlets. These fascinating little
corrections of vapor figure exactly in
thls fashion all over the ceiling ma
per- the ground in all three instances
oelng the same softly unobtrusiye
"hlte This striking red and green
scneme would tone in finely with
Georgian furnishings.
Exactly the same design is to be
had In beautiful yellow roses. In this
case the color of the foliage is NOT
quite as strong, and the iron work |
seems to have been painted in a shaw
oWy silver tone. The effect is very
inherent. 1t is not as strong and bet
,eI Tor many rooms-Philadelnhi
Record
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02
Disposal Of the Dead
a Problem in Cities

almost every page of the records of
LONDON and Paris contains examples
OF the dissertation of abandoned
graveyards, and there is hardly cit,,
AZ lne old World that has not disturb
Gu at least one of these resting
elaces or their whilom inhabitants.
IL our towns of rapid growth. the
cemetery of to-day becomes the heart
oi d metropolis tomorrow; the demoIi-
ion OF graveyards in New York and
noston has been a frequent occur
renee until it fails to attract at.
tention. az
When the Colon cemetery of 10
Vana became overcrowded. the Cu.
bans found it necessary to clear II ~
shuis, and promiscuously shoveled
tnem into a common boneyard. It IRE.
scented an aspect so CHASTITY that Cen
WOOD concluded to cover the nit and
re-open 1t only for the next overflow |
Vi skeletons, expected in about five |
vars. In certain cemeteries of LON
'on' corpses are buried in STANDING
oslures because no room is left to
oS them down. Bodies of the NOR
generally are packed over each other
tiers, and the trench is kent omen
,n,iI nlied. In the poverty corner of
1aisarV cemetery this has been the
us'omary treatment of the remains
Il paupers. Newtown, where Calvary
situated, harbors eighty corpses to
very living inhabitant. The convent
nj villages of Corona, Elmhurst and /
' oouslue once parts of Newtown
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

"hlch now are annexed to New York.
anu constitute the geographical center
OF the enlarged city, might increase
In population if it were not for the
| proximity OF vast and dreary charnel
| fields
A law relating to public health pro.
Vlded forty years ago that no grave
oe aug or opened south of Eighty.
sixth street, and that no cemetery be
opened In any part of the city and
county of New York. This law should
De enforced and applied not to Great
CT new York alone, but to the terri
tory within a radius of 100 usles
around every populous town. People
who insist on their inanimate bodies
remaining lnviolate should have them
carried to a distance where they can
neither inconvenience nor injure the |
hVlhS, who need the room, and are |
natural heirs of the departed. Famous
lftermural cemeteries. like Mount
auburn (Boston), Greenwood New
fork), and Laurel Hill (Philadelphia)
coulo De transformed into admirable
PARKS. Monuments of architectural
beauty might remain undisturbed
Otners might be replaced by trees
WIN suitable tablets to mark the
SPOT OF those upon whose dust they
crow. The Turks, 10th to disecrate
ne grave of Mussulman. have
laopted a similar custom, and thereby
ave made the cemeteries of Constan-
lhopie attractive to strangers-Louis
in Municipal Affairs.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02
Historic nctuary Is
Cathedral OF Denmark

The great cathedral OF Denmark is
Situated about eighteen miles west of
! Copenhagen in the little town of Ros-
kilde, where in former days was n
| royal residence. RoskiIde is on the
main railway line running across Zea-
land to Kursour, the little port on the
Great Belt, from whence the boats
sail for Kiel and Nyborg. It is a very
quiet little town of 5000 inhabitants
the picturesque houses looking yery
humble beneath the towering mass of
the cathedral standing on the edge of
the nil which drops precipitously
oown to the ford at it's foot. 1t seems
strange to see so grand a pile built
entirely of red brick. but the cathedral
OIL Rc4ldlde is of this material within
ard without
The original building, erected bv
King Harald Blaatand in the tenth
century, was of wood This was fol-
lowed in the next century by a build-
Ing consisting of a nave and two
alsles' constru ,ted Of limestone. The
present building is believed to have
oeen commenced in 1910, when Peter |
ouneson was bishop of Roskilde.
All the Danish royal family are laid
10 rest in Roskilde; the word buried"
IS scarcely applicable, for the royal
'ema1ns merely stand in great coftins
q the various chapels on the north
Ina south sides of the cathedral.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

anything else for the existence of that
little city among the Rocky noun
tains. And not far from Ouray and
near the great continental divide, il
the newest mining town site, POSSESS
ing the alluring name of GoIdmont.
These mining towns spring up rapid
~. Their growth is like the increase
In the fortunes of men who discover
gold. To-day there is a barren waste 4
tomorrow there is mining camp
with its shanties and tents; and next
day there is a city.
In Colorado the mine is father of
the town. The result of a rich discoy-
cry is the opening of mine. the
building of a mill, and the employ
ment of armies of men. These men
must live and have their homes and,
provide for Cheir families, so the town
Is started. It's location leads to the
further development of mines within
us district, and these mines become
tributary to the town. Instead OF
rounding smaller villages the popula-
ton of the surrounding country be-
comes tributary to the city, which
already has the start and, conseuuent.
y, the necessary facilities.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02
Design That Transforms
Bedroom Into Garden

NOW that we have seen realistic lit
ne cloudlets fecking the ceiling mari
% the newest wall paper we can but
"onder nobody thought of it before
STARS, indeed, whole solar systems
nave oeen our lot for years, but cloud.
lets are much more to the point. since
tney snow in the daytime. And prac-
ncaiiy' it's always daytime in a room
"nether. it is lit by sunshine or some
artificial substitute.
This particular paper which has ius+
oeen opened by a Chestnut street firm
Is the height of realism. NOT on1v
VIII 1t transform a room into a rose
po"er, but it will give one "all ont
uoofs Tor an environment Could
ff-<yehlng be lovelier for dressing
room or for bedroom?
me designer has gotten at if in
'nis way. The paper itself shows
strons iron supports in groups of fours
inese are painted deep green and are
lalriy lost to sight under clamberine
req roses and their foliage. The novel |
part or the frieZe is that it comes the
wrong way of the paper. Instead of |
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02
Secret Of Fisherman's
Luck Is Made Public

An enterprising man in New Ter.
sey mas invented a new device for
ca.cnlng tomcods and according to all
VINO nave seen it in operation it is a
wonder 30 q
Every one who has angled for this
particular fish knows that it will bite
anything but a bare hook. 1t is a
matter OF record that one fisherman
mat when his bait gave out put the
"hlte OF hard-boiled egg taken from
MS lunch basket on the hook and
caught little tomcods as fast as the
me went overheard.
any one can catch lot of the fish.
Skin Is shown not so much in bring.
ing nome basketful as in CATCHING
home boat load.
Z. H. Chavant, treasurer of the
Greenville Camera Club, astonished
Lis friends by the immensely of his
He has been bringing home
more hsh in day than any other
three anglers could capture and for a
time ne was the wonder and envy of
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02
Rapid Progress Being
Made by the South

Inc progress of the south during
recent years is one of the wonders of
the age. Between 1880 and 1900 the
population of the south increased
from 16,369,960 to %, 54S, 4O4 or A per
cent, but in the same period southern
agricultural, manufactured and min
eral products increased in value from
$l,l34, $50, 229 to 1884, 646,44O, or 157
per cent Farm values grew from
$2,29O,364,321 to $3,951 ,631 ,6a2 Farm
ing Is improving, as is shown by the
tact that, while the acreage in wheat
increased in the two decades but ~
per cent, the crop increased SO per
cent The average per acre is nearly
two bushels higher than the average
Tor the whole country. The corn, hay
and ost crops about doubled, and
the cotton output increased over 90
per cent. The value Of the crop of
cotton in 1900, seed included. was
$3.50, 100000 The rice and sugar crops
much more than doubled, and the |
product OF southern tobacco is 20 per |
'ent Of that of the entire Union. The
ura1 population is accordingly fairly
prosperous, and its gain in numbers
'etween 1890 and 1900 was mueh /
anger than that of all the rest of the
United States.
1880 there were 161 cotton factor
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

a Few strokes are necessary to secure
a clean note. give my rsrsonal at-
tention to all the paper money
Drought into my household, and ter
you feel repaid for the little work ~
causes. -
can see every reason why there
should be a person employed in the
banking houses for this particular
duty Certainly the neglect in doinr
SO gives ample cause for compJairt
from the patrons concerning the dirtv
oily notes that are too freouentSv
handed to them. They may be fuII OF
germs which, of course, are danpey-
GUS and this risk could be easily
by the simple use of soar
ana water. st. Louis Republic.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02
How Grant Became = sr,o...

no" Grant Became a Smoker
| Gen. James Grant Wilson addrass.d
the Historical Society of PennsvIvo.
MIA on the subject of "Persona1 Rer,
lnlscences OF Lincoln and Grant ;,
Among many interesting yarns sn,n
oy the general was one setting forth
now Grant became a great smoker -
seems that after one of Grants prAot
victories he was seen riding down tho
me with half-smoked unlit cigar a.
MS mouth. In reporting the affair tho
war correspondents one and all MAJ
TONED the incident of the half.bnrn+
cigar. nS
1t was not long after that every nv
press from the north brought tho eer-
eral packages of cigars, until thera
were 10000 cigars received At c.nn
up to that time Grant had been in ~
naolt OF smoking but two or three
cigars a day. But with this un1in1i+ed
supply, and feeling that as thew va
sltts he could not give them away bo
started to smoke them wholesale and |
nus acquired tremendous anna+i+io
or tobacco.-Philedalp Inouirer
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02
English Manners Explained.

hhgilsh rudeness toward casual ac.
qualntances, as compared with COZ
t1nentaI tact, is due to the English.
mans sincerity. Quite frankly be
shows his opinion that nominal friend
snip is the cause of much personal
annoyance and Inconvenience. and
takes good care to encourage az 1i++1a
as possible any members eligible to
encroach upon this position. So +bot
wi wnen an hngl1shman in that stiff way
~ ms oenoerately turns his back on
ms friends 1t may generally be under
STOOD that he considers it a tedious
and uncongenial task to have to meet
ana talk with them; and that, being
ounce at Discrimination, the cnIv
course left open to him is one of blank
honest Reconsideration To-Day
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

Mr. Banks raised to defray the ex-
renses of the expedition he was or.
sanlzlng He returned to CONSTANT
hople and as the representative of
several American universities. includ-
lrg' 1t is said, Harvard, he applied to
me Forte for permission to excavate
Refusal was made by the Sultan
owing, it is said, to the religious asso.
cations of the so-called tomb of
Abraham, many of the Mohammedans
neleVlnS that the mountain, which is
the place mentioned as rCuthal in
second Kings in the Bible, is really
the site OF the burying place of Abra-
nam. In addition to the question of
oHendlng the religious beliefs of the
natives of the country, it is said that
while Mr.. Banks was consul at the
City OF Bagdad he incurred the dis
pleasure of the Porte.
1t was declared at the university
that 1t is problematical whether
Banks Will ever secure permission to
eXcaVate in any part of the Ottoman
Empire, although the Sultan has al |
ways been cordial toward exploring
expeditions, especially those from
america, and at present a party of
jerman scientists are at work not
ar from where Banks desired to ex-
,avate.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02
Modern Mother Proud
OF Her Athletic Son

she sat in the grandstand wa,+,no
or ner first football game TO besin
iler boy had played it ever since Che
Louid remember, and now he had made
ms varsity team, which was her 49,.
Sity' too-her Cornell.
1wo of his fraternity 'sbrotbars, 90.
On either side as a bodyguard r. h.
cray hairs and as a bureau of inforn,
llon. They were happier than tbev
wouid have been with the nrettiast
girl they knew.
She smiled with mother,v nr,ao
wen she picked him out of the souad
oi red sweatered "huskies" which 81
enstn trotted out on the field. She
wiped away tear when a Co,unhia
down. III d touch-
lhen she surprised her bodveuard
NY muttering under her breath. "Ho1d
en- hard, fcllows!" Twist Their
iecks! Push! Push!"
She explained her KNOWLEDGE op
enese strenuous technical details nv
saying that her boy cried out like tb.t
when playing dream games in bic
sleep. III his
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02
Scientific Men Are
Rebuffed by Sultan

NO surprise was manifested at the
Information received from Constants
hople that the Sultan of Turkey had
again refused a 'firmin" or permits.
sion to an American named Banks IN
excavate Tel Ibrahim," a mountain
ABOUT nine hours ride northeast of
the ruins of Babylon, where a. tradi-
.lon OF the country has it that the
tomb OF Abraham is situated.
mere are two of these so-ca11ad
Iombs of Abraham in this region
the one Mr.. Banks desired to exca.
vate and the other southwest of
BABYLON, where tradition says the
rover OF Babel was situated. Inter.
est Is attached to both places owing
TO the ruins of buildings of an ancient
people and to the traditions invested
IN them by the Arabs and Turks. but
do not believe that
elther is the site of the tomb of Abra.
IAN, locating the last resting Mace
u the patriarch of the. Children of
israel In the Cave of Machpelah, near
Hebron, in Palestine, where Abraham
buried his wife Sarah.
Two years ago Mr.. Banks, who is
graduate from Harvard, made ef- |
orts to secure permission from the |
sultan OF Turkey to excavate the Ur
IT Cty OF Chaldees on the western
'ank OF the Mesopotamia.
IL Is said that John D. Rockefeller
ontrlbuted $4,000 to the fund which
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

one OF the chapels Is dedicated ~,
christian lV-one of Denmark's most
famous kings, who lived In the latter
part or the sixteenth and first half Of
the seventeenth centuries. The chanel
was built partly after the kings own
design between 1918 and 1920, but tho
mural paintings were added later nv
Chr1stian VIII. In the naval battle OF
Femarn the king lost an eve. ana
IeiI fainting from loss of blood
Christian Tvs coffin is of oak cov-
cred with black velvet and ornament
ed with silver plates on the sides. and
crucifix and the kings sword on the
top. The coffin nearest his is that OF
queen Anna Catherine, the first con-
sort OF Christian w., and another be-
longs to the Prince Christian. who
was elected successor, but died be-
fore his father.
During Queen Alexandra's recent
visit to Denmark most of the MEM
bers OF the royal party at Bernstein
visited Roskilde cathedral on the an
nlversary day of the death of the late
queen OF Denmark. The coffin ia COW
cred with wreaths, and the one sent
by Queen Victoria few years ago.
.hough withered, is still kept with the
others which cover the coffin.
WOOd-DigeOns do mora horr -
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

is out now.
rival threw his line in Newark
BAY not far from where Mr.. Chayant
was hsh1ng recently and noticed that
the camera man was working with
the queerest looking arrangement h.
i,ao ever seen. Investigation showed
that ChaVant had stripped the cover.
l1s from an umbrella and attached q
snolt llne with three hooks to the end
OF each rib The apparatus was at
tached to the main fish line and
thrown overheard.
When he felt nibble Mr.. Chavant
gave witch with his rod and waited
Luz anotner. He didn't have long to
wait as the tomcods were biting furi,
ousiy, and after few moments ~
whitening he pulled up his macbina
ana unlocked fourteen fish.
NOW that the secret is out nearly
every one in the neighborhood ia
using the new spreader and Mr., Cha.
@nI mas lost little of his prestige