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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

The bell of the Foundling's Home
rang softly, so softly, that the old port
ress doing at her post beside the
door took no heed; but Sister Mary
Angela passing through the hall heard
and herself answered the summons.
Shes tired poor thing" she said
with a plying glance at the nodding
FORTRESS, and she stepped softly past
the sleeper and opened wide the door.
lnstlnctlyely her hand sought the bas-
ket that day and night stood just
without the entrance; for Sister n airy
angela mad been long in the Found
lngs Home and her caressing hands
and plying heart had soothed and
welcomed many tiny outcasts
she Rfted the child tenderly, and
loosen1ng its wrappings, held it so
that the rays Of the dim1y burning
h1ght-lamp shone full on it's baby face.
IL opened big, violet-blue eyes and
stared blinkingly at the light, and it's
dlmpfed hands clutched at fold of
the sisters black gown. To it's dress
was pinned a paper on which was
written single line:
Amabel, gentleman's child"
And the sister read and sighed |
SOFTLY for the penciled words told a
story with which she was only too
familiar.
Poor child" she said gently, 'Poor
chlid, and her thoughts were of the
mother rather than of the babe she
held in her arms
But she blamed no one, this good
sister, for she knew that to every
story there are many sides and I'M
heard she would condemn neither
man nor woman.
In the gray light of the early morn
hg Poi1ceman ODonnell followed 81
ehtly girl who, muttering incoher-
'htiy and wr1ngirg her hands, walked
apldly toward the bridge and the !
iarkly HoWlng river. She paused for
moment above where the current
an sWl1test and the policeman laid
is hand on her arm.
None @ that, my GIRL he said
ruff1y, none O.. that"
AND at the. sound of his voice the ! e
ocf' dlstraught creature burst into Il
lIo sobblng, and turning, clutched q
esperately at his arm. o.
l oont want to-" she cried, the love m
lie rising strong within her and b.
Shtlng against the black despair d
lat possessed her soul. 81 don't OF
anu TO; but there's nothing else for al
e to 90; in all the wide world lit
ere's no place for me-" tn
me burly policeman patted her tn
oulder with rough kindness. "we'u sh
e. he said, well see Come with M
2, my girl" And half LEADING. half ! he
frying her he made his way through
silent streets and stopped before a Sc
uare' brick building. But the girl fin
ew back protesting.
Not here she cried, "any whore wa
mere; it is the Foundlings' Home, to
And what if it is" O'DonneII said sig
needing her protest, "the good the
ters will know what to do for has
L. fro
ma he rang the bell and gave her the
charge of Sister Mary Angela, who the
the forlorn girl in her arms and viii
thed and comforted be4 q. - bou
hit child. S
You shall stay with us as long as and
WILL the Sister said "va 49, littl
here. There was a tinv bsbv Lea brig
the steps last niebt Tho Cis4, she
e so many to care for. Won sb.11 ing
e charge of it, A
Eor,'' the Sister said to barso,e and
! must be taken ont of boreo1f Sist
needs something to love and +ha beat
needs mother" on
1d the girl caught at the Sisters B'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

Inc New York Yacht Club has
elected the German emperor and his
procner, Prince Henry. HONORARY
members of the club, of which Kin1,
Edward VII has long been an ,anns s
airy member. -ioaoF-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

A powder. Your feet feel uncom-
portable, nervous and often cold and
damp. II you have sweating, sore feet
OF tight SHOES, try Aliens Foot Ease
Sold by all druggists and shoe stores
70 cents. Sample sent free. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

j. Pierpont Morgan, while a student
at the English high school. in Boston,
took the mathematics prize for three
years in succession.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

AL dinner at the Lotos club. New
YORK. recently, John S. Wise rerorred
70 woman as the sweetest cause ~
mans insomnia. oi
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

The worst of being an emperor"
the kaiser is reported to have said
once to Lord LonsdaIe, sis that one
mas to hear such lot of bumbug."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

You never hear any one complain
about Defiance Starch" There is
none to equal it in quality and guam.
IVY Ii ounces, 10 cents. Try it now
and save your money.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

Sheltered within the walls of the
Foundling's Home and tenderly cared
for by the good Sisters the little Am
abel grew and blossomed like a flow
%r. And the girl whose life had all but
gone out beneath the silent river
watched over the child and loved her
with such love az often bsNoe.Sht upon
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

me High Wycombe Liberal Club
possesses an armchair made from a
tree felled by the late ". e. Glad
stone.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

rr,, McCANE's DETECTIVE AGENCY
ectivo service. DIG oS'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

Difhculties are Gods errands. an,
when we are sent upon them Nc
should esteem it proof of 0wd1a Coz
hdence.-H. w. Beecher.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

Seif-preservation is the first law OF
politics.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

Inc man who is willing to help Won
usually unable to help himself. ~
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

makes woman heartsick every
time she has to cut valuable niece NJ
lace. Ptoce u
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02
A GENTLEr1AN'S CHILD.
BY UNA hudson.

Copyright, 1902. by Daily Story Publishing Co.,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

"Annabel, gentleman's child"
hand and the light of hope came back
to her dull eyes.
You will let ne stay" she breathed
softly, and may love the little baby,
oh, God be thanked"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02
A SONG OF The MAY.

a-ronn
Never mind a bed
eievers
a o. bread
a
along
Hedt afer sighs
is n the skie
L in AtantaCo
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

When Answering Advertisements kindly
Mention This Paper.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

w. ~: Y. HOUSTON. NC. 1--laoa.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-02

.ssa :Ss. T a.e Thomps Eve VgaiaI
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26

thing there is Che diyinest. cieanost ar
70 DO breathed anywhere IN Code
world. Some day the world VIII on
stand that. and the little GASES on
windy tops Of hills VIII harbor for hCu-
ing its ailing kouss-weary broods.
There Is promise there Of great wealth
IN ores and earths. which Is no wealth
by reason OF being so far removed
from water and workable conditions,
but men are bewitched by lt and tempt
ed to try the impossible.
The palpable sense of mystery In the
desert air breeds fables, chiefly Of lost
treasure Somewhere within Us stark
borders, If one believes report. Is a hill
strewn with nuggets; one scanned with
virgin silver; an old clayey water-bed
where Indians scooped up earth TO
make cooking pots and shaped them
reeking with grains OF pure gold. Old
miners drifting about the descent edges,
weathered into the semblance of tho
tawny hills, will tell you tales Ne
these conyinclugly. After a little D.
iourn In that land you will believe
them on their own account It Is
question whether II Is not better to
be bitten by the little horned snake Of
the desert that goes sidewise and
strikes without coiling, than by the
tradition Of a lost mine.
For all the toll the desert takes Of a
man It gives compensation, deep
breaths deep sleep, and the commuh-
ION Of the stars. II comes upon one WITH
new force In the pauses OF the night
that the Chaldeans were a desert bred
people It Is hard to escape the sense
OF mastery as the stars move In the
wide, clear heavens to risings and
settings unobscured They look large
and near and palpitan;; as if they
moved on some stately service not
needful to declare. Wheeling to their
stations in the sky they make the poor
worid-fret of no account. OF no &C
count you who lie out there watching
nor the lean coyote that stands off in
the scrub from you and bowls and
howls.-Mary Austin. in the Atlantic
Monthly.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26

.aetlyo thrust his arm up tho chimney
and then Blumenthal was on him
Between us we soon mastered the
lawyer
Then Burnaby said Perhaps you'd
Ike to find the notes yourself. l don't
think there's any doubt that they are
there now What a lucky shot / doubt
II / should have thought Of It. but Il
was funny that there should be such
a poor FIRE on such a day"
While he was speaking I had thrust
my hand as far up the chimney as
could, and. by dint Of stretching,
felt a little niche nearly a yard up
the left-hand SIDE In this felt a pack
ct, and on drawing 1t down It proved
to be a foolscap envelope with the
notes inside.
AS we checked them with the list,
Blumenthal came to himself again.
But the bracelets were on him. and he
looked at US with an evil oppression
Answers.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26
WESTERN CATTLE RANGES.
How They Yet May Be Restored 70
Their old Fertility.

How They Yet May Be Restored 70
Their old Fertility.
The number of cattle in the United
States is increasing, though It does
not keep pace with the population. But
the business is more and more forced
on to high priced land, rendering beef
production costlier than it need be.
According to figures laid before the
house committee on public lands,
April 16, 1902, the number of range cat
tie sent to market diminished 81 per-
cent between 1895 and 1901.
With due care the range can be made
to recover its old fertility. It might
easily be put in condition to fatten
four head OF stock to each head now
grazing upon it. To effect this, regu-
latio is needed. Some authority must
be a serted over the pastures to pre-
vent their abuse, to make it for the
interest of occupants not to kill the
goose which lays the golden egg. An
end must be put to the blighting COM
petition now kept up.
ANN6 lAtAiAOA BGlA6 NDl0blA1uGug pun
lures can be used in rotation, a period
Of rest being given each during which
the grazing and trampling of herds
may cease, and grasses have opportun-
ity to scatter and fructify their seeds
Barren places can be artifcially re-
seeded and induced to yield heritage
as of old In localities better grasses
than ever grew there can be sown and
grown.
Such a recuperative process has been
set going in other countries, and in
parts Of our own. Australia has suf-
fered the pinch through which we are
now passing. Her great live stock in
dustry was dying out; her exports Of
frozen and preserved meats dwindling.
Ranges were depleted or destroyed,
as now with us. Cattle "duding," out
lawry, range jumping and quarrels
were general. The men of that country
faced the problem and solved it. A
system of leases was devised, giving
each grazier, for a term of twenty
eight years, exclusive range rights up
on his land. 1t became profitable for
him to improve his holding instead OF
promoting it's deterioration. The lessee
cuts his domain in two pasturing
each part one year and resting it the
next. In this way the whole pasture
gradually improves in quality. Cattle
multiply and thrive as additional grass
| grows to feed them.
Mexico and Canada have had sim
liar experience, and so in our own
country, have Texas and other states
The excellent control of cattle afforded
by the Canadian system accounts for
the present hegira of American cattle
people across our northern border.-E
les. gjamin Andrews, in the American
t reverhly Review of Reviews.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26
RrItIsher shrInklna In Size.

The London Express fears that the
physical standard of the Britishers is
on the decline. 1t says: Out of every
FIVE men who offer themselves for THE
army only two become effective soil
diers.
AS the medicinal reflections for the
army are an indication Of the general
physical condition of the would-be re-
cruits these figures show an alarming
deterioration of the national physique.
In single year $4,000 men were re-
jected at sight, and another thousand
were discharged with only few
weeks service, while up to one. two,
and three years service the discharges
for reasons Of unftness were numer
Gus.
Ono Of the causes for this state o.
things is the crowding of men in the
towns and another is the want Of
nutriment ard attention in childhood
among The lower classes.
From observations taken at military
hospitals Sir Frederick Maurice be-
lieves that the scanty and improper
feeding of infants induces heart a p0
lung trouble and inferior physiple
and that early marriages and mater.
nal neglect are fruitful causes of fiat
feet, bowed legs and similar physi-
cal defects.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26
Heavy Tax on Bachelors.

N WnE lINaNy J an VII 9ANiISiS -
,oreA he proposition to tax bachelors is
decided novelty in legislation in this
state but such a law has been in force
for some time in the Argentine Re-
public, and the authorities there be-
lieve that it increases the birth rate Of
the country. This was the object in
passing the measure in the South
American country for in spite of the
large Italian migration which reach
es it, Their are still vast tracts without
settlers.
In Argentine a man must be married
before he has completed his goth year,
or there is trouble for him with the
tax collector By paying SIS a month
into the national treasury he is al
lowed to remain single until he is 80.
II he still refuses to take a wife he has
to pay $40 month until he is 80, and
from IS to so he pays $40 a month for
the privilege of remaining single. At
the age of SO his tax is placed at $50,
and remains at that figure until he is
rs. When a man gets to be rs it is
realized that he may have some diff
Guilty in getting married, even If he
desires to do so, and his tax is lowered
to $50, which he pays monthly until he
is So After that he is given up as g
hopeless case, all tax is RENTED anC
he can enjoy his bachelorhood for this
rest of his life without paying for the
] privilege.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26
Hotel Porters' Trunk Label TAX.

I have just made discovery. knowl-
edge Of which may be Of considerahrs
value to travellers and tourists. Iteis
there exists among hotel porters 5p
the Continent system of wireless ter
egraphy, by which the characteristics
of visitor in the matter of tips are
communicated from one hotel to an
other The medium of communication
is the hotel label pasted on visiA tors
luggage, and the code is formed A,Ny
varying the angle at which the Iai
is placed. In one position the label
means that the guest is worth cult.
waiting, and may be relied on for liber.
al acknowledgment of services re-
ceived; in another that special atten.
ton bestowed upon him will be entire
ly Yasted.-London Truth.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26
The Loss Of Life in 1902

The loss of human life in 1902 apart
from the ordinary ravages of disease,
was greater than it has been in any
year for a considerable period. Tt>iA
estimated that the deaths caused by
the volcanic eruptions in the West In
dies numbered about $4,000, and thou
sands more deaths resulted from a
like cause in other parts of the world.
War added something like $4,000 TIM
$4,000 to 'the list of the fatalities. til
greatest losses of this character be,
the Transvaal, China, Africa and Ven
ezuela. Deaths from epidemics aggre-
gated about $4,000, which is estimat-
ed as nearly $4,000 more than in the
preceding year, while shipwrecks ac-
count for 1900 of the accidental deaths,
or nearly double those from that cause
in 1901. Suicide figures a grand total
Of 1921. The number of deaths caused
by murder and accidents of various.
kinds will foot up large aggregate
which cannot be approximately es,
mated.-Nashville Banner.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26
The HIGHEST Mountain Railroad.

The highest mountain railroad in the
world is that which crosses. between
Lima and Matucana in Peru, the An
des at a height Of nearly 5000 feet
above the level Of the sea. The highest
incline of this wonderful piece )of en-
cheering rises about $500 feet above
the summit OF the Jungfrau in. the
Swiss Alps.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26
Wanted Good Service.

Dusty Daniel-Please, sir, will YOU
lend me a dime to get something to
eat?
Swell-Why. you've got a quarter in
your hand now! What's that for?
Dusty Daniel-That's to tip the watt
er!-BQston Globe.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-01-22
TELEGRAMS LIN BRIEF.
COAL FAMINE.

The anthracite coal commission, sit
ting in Philadelphia, heard testimony
that the union restricted the output
of the mines.
The Illinois house appointed five
members to investigate the coal short
age and report so that laws can be
passed to prevent a recurrence.
The Delaware and Hudson com
pany's officials testified before the coal
strike arbitrators that they derive no
benefit from the present abnormal fuel
prices.
President Baer of the Reading com
pany, at a New York conference called
by Mayor Low, blamed the miners re-
fusal to work during the holidays for
the shortage there.
The removal of coal duty by con-
gress will benefit seaboard cities, but
will not help Chicago, according to
dealers. The eastern railroads are too
congested to deliver coal already
started.
Coal strike arbitrator heard testi-
mony of Erie company witnesses at
Philadelphia that less coal has been
produced by tire miners since the 1900
strike. A foreman declared that col
liery discipline was hampered by
unions.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-01-22
by the British cruiser Tribune.

by the British cruiser Tribune.
President Castro makes e stipula-
ton that the blockade of Venezuela
must be raised before Minister Bowen
proceeds with the preparation of the
protocol with the allies.
1t is reported in Berlin that United
! States Minister Bowen borrowed
$4,000 at Caracas in President Castro's
bills to defray the cost of Nj. Bowen's
| special mission to Washington.
The reports that the Transvaal will
be taxed $3O,OOO,00O to help meet the
expenses of the war have been CON
| firmed. Colonial Secretary Chamber
lain and the rand magnates reached
an agreement in that sense.
At Kiel the naval authorities are
making preparations to test Signor
Pinos' microscope, by means of which
/ it is claimed that human eyesight is
enabled to penetrate the sea to an in
credible depth for an enormous radius
Baron Speck Won Sternberg, the new
German charge at Washington. in a
Berlin interview declared that he was
intrusted by the kaiser with extending
German-American friendship. Both ma
tons are sensitive. An understanding
over Venezuela is wanted
The German reichstag's daily de-
bates entered on threatened disaster
to German industry through American
competition. The proposed abolish
ment of the most favored nation treaty
with the United States is declared to
mean suffering for German workmen.
In compensation for her paying the
indemnity to the powers on a gold
basis, China asks that the payment of
customs duties by foreigners be also
made on a gold basis. While the re-
quest is regarded as being logical, it
is believed that it will not be granted.
The fisheries in northern Norway
are at a standstill on account of the
tremendous influx of seals along the
coasts and fjords. The seals, which
are coming from the White sea, have
been fought without avail, and the
large fishing population now asks the
government to help exterminate the
plague.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-01-22
A Struggle fer Life.

Eagle River, Mo-, Jan. 19.--Maggie
e. Decker, a Woodworking woman. 40
years of age, whose home is here, has
Just gone through thrilling battle
for her life. Many another would
have lain down and died, for for
twelve long years she has suffered the
most awful pains.
She had Kidney Trouble and Rheu-
matism combined with a very distress
ing stomach trouble. AT last she got
so bad that she could not sleep, for she
ached all over and was so lame that
she could scarcely walk. She spent
over hundred dollars in different
medicines, but only to be disappointed,
for everything failed to help her.
At last, however. just when she was
beginning to despair of ever finding
a remedy, she heard of Dodd's Kidney
Pills and bought six boxes. She says:
Now l can eat well, sleep well, and
am feeling splendid. God bless Dodd's
Kidney Pills, for they saved my life.
NV troubles We're many, but Dodd's
Kidney Pills cured me completely But
for them | surely would have died"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-01-22
FOREIGN.

The chiefs of the Macedonian revo-
utionary committee called a rising for
April 10
Pope Leo Mi appointed Mgr. Denis
f. O'Connell rector of the Catholic
university at Washington.
Count Lonyay is reported to have
deserted his wife, former Crown
Princess Stephanie of Austria.
a battle is reported to be on be
tween the troops of the sultan OF Nor
Deco and those of the pretender.
Coal shipments to the United States
from England continue. Over lao, 600
tons were exported in six weeks.
Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamber
lain agreed with mineowners at Johan-
nesburg for tnoir share of the war
debt.
Emperor William will present to the
reichstag plan for mercantile courts
to arbitrate disputes between employer
and employe.
a conference will soon be held AT
the Russian ministry of the interior
for greater self-government by local
communities.
A Rome cableg: am says that ii is
expected German will be appointed
vice-rector of the Catholic university
at Washington.
In Algiers the wife of Daniel S. Kid.
der, the. American consul. was assault.
ed by footpads, knocked down and
robbed of her purse and jewels.
The government Of Santo Domingo
refused the demands OF Uuited States
Minister Powell for the Withdrawal OF
degree changing the port dues.
The Russian bark Feodor. in enter
ing the harbor of La Guayra, venezu
Ella, was held up by blank shots fired
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-01-22

Madison, Wis, Jan. 1.-THE 46th
legislative session in the history of the
state opened at noon today, the repub-
lican caucus nominees ere elected
and sworn in in both branches, demo
Gratis giving their honorary but empty
votes to their own favorites, then an
adjournment was taken till tomorrow
morning when the governors message
will be received and read, the COVER
nor himself, as was the case two years
ago, presenting the document with his
own impressive enunciation. An adj
journment till Monday evening fol-
lowed to enable the speaker to ar
range the house committees
The act of organization was but a
formal matter since the republican
caucuses of the night before had de-
termined whom all the officers should
be. At those meetings lively contests
were waged, but only by ballot-not
by oratory or argument
Senate Caucus Story.
When the thirty republican senators
assembled at the upper house caucus
and Senator Whitehead, chairman of
the republican caucus committee
called the meeting to order, the three
democrats were of course not present.
Senator Hagemeister nominated
Senator Gaveney as chairman of the
caucus and the nomination prevailed.
Senator Martin nominated Senator
Burns as secretary and Senator Morse
nominated Senator Mosher Senator
Burns withdrew and Senator Mosher
was elected.
Senator Roehr named Senator Stout
for president pro tenn. and Senator
Martin presented Senator McGillivray,