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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09

curious account is given in r.
Zan (Russia) paper of a heather sas.
r 5Ince recently offered up to idols in !
GhuVash village in the Province I,
hazan. Contributions of butter n,,,s
salt and meal We're requisitionaa '. ~
one priests from the villagers, and on
propltious day the whole noo,,,a
turned out to the river bank where
prayers were offered up to the gods
LOT ram, and a swallow, having bssn
caught and smeared with butter wsa
released to fly upwards to carry our
prayers to the ears of the gods !" tn
ptoceeaings closed with feast, after
winch the priests began pushing ono
announcer into the wacti ssss.as, $500.
hlng1ng water over the assemb1es
clo"a. Fhe story is badly told. with
out the least interest in what annears
10 De some relic of old-age Ceremonial
winch may be worthy of the attantior
OF the learned in such matters
don Standard. -O'S
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09
A Modern French ~Pied Pine, y

AT a country fair at Rosan.L
Franao , d liItle village near Dunkirk
l,,s ance, a rat charmer named P.v
SUE salpilsea the natives by shutting him,
ser ser up in a barrel with a hundr rla
several minutes afterward when tho
spectators expected to see him ha me
o uenoured by the rodents, the r 'n
opened the lid of the barraI nan
showed himself unframed with anu anu
rats clustering about his breast ne
sou mat the modulations of his voide ne
acteu as a charm upon the ani, soiee
bir u prevented them from devonrina,
nlm.-London Mail ouFlng
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09
Walks on the Water

After several years of patient ,...
ana experiment, Tenby, PenhrA,
shlre, seaman. named William ,9 As
eIlyn, has invented an apparatus
means OF which he is able to wa,, =
the sea even in the toughest waa4. y
Llewellyn gave a SUCCESSOR,
stratlon on the pier-head before :
crowd OF several thousands neon,.
me apparatus consists of pair 1,
large wooden boots. connected =
front with a steering gear. u.. r.
these boots, which are shaped ~.
the two parts of catamaran As
eIlyn walked about the sea for 80
LaIf an hour The water was 80
rough at the time, but the invas.
seemed to have no difficulty in los
ing his balance. hesp-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09
An Odd saromet0r

me a. common MOI leech makes good hove
meter Fill a tumbler half eF Fn1i par ,
n maler' put the leech into if au ii wit. with
PIE pleee or muslin over the ton ''t ~ Tie a
b 5ne Ieech from getting out Az Keep
w ee4 20 10 to find out what sou you GU
meaCher we are going to has Soit Of
watch the little animal nave Is to
be | 9 fir example Kan when the dav ts
so,1 OF the glass. coiIed tn at the
z spiral shape and quite mot To up in
rain may be expected II u u,iII If
the top of the glass and %iI creep to
until it clears off. al" stay there
''S 'nere is going to be = w VERY
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09
Haunted.

|
| There came a whisper in the night.
"A little cry across the years,
AND 1 who heard in deep alright,
Awakened with unnumbered fears.
IL is some deed that / have done,
some sin I wrought long, long ago;
But hush! am 1 the only one?
Ihen wherefore am l troubled so?
FOR all men do some evil deed,
And all men falter-some men fall;
DO ghosts of Selishness and Greed
Come back, God! to haunt them all
Mayhap some waywardness was mine
IN vanished days: mayhap l fell.
Must L now drink the bitter brine
Inen came whisper through the night,
little cry across the years,
And L who heard, in deep alright
Listened with wild, unnumbered fears.
I am the ghost of that pure deed
1ou might have done, but did not do;
l am the ghost of that good seed
GU might have sown when Life was
new.
AND this it is that haunts you now
. Ihat deed undone. that seed unsown;
90 late, too late, to take the plow
Inc Spring is gone, the May is fiown!" |
md this l heard amid the night
Inns voice that called across the years:
ma when the dawn came silver white
was companioned with my tears
-1narles ri. Towne, in Sunday-School
Times.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09

Harry Harrington. son of co,.o.-
Austin Harrington of Chico captain
OF the youngest pilots on ~ - one
d ms, ne, ne Is twelve years old. and
wbaa1 s@ summer stood at the
r "meei Oh the Harvey Watson" which
~ runs e.a as ferry from Masatawa Pari[
=" o oCta"a Beach. He is hardly bio
enough TO look over the wheel that rs
s .uIms, Although the boat during the
summer carried more than 200 ono
passengers, the boy never had ''VUO
S aociueht' He takes his boat aIong.
SIDE the dock with the skill Of Uat
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09

80 lit TLErHEN
15zuG WORTH

iessly torn from the little girls dress.
Inc life Of doll like this is in.
eVltably brief. but this matters little
as new doll can be made daily and
IN few minutes, as long as the pop
pies remain in bloom. The only draw
pack is that the mothers are apt to
become wrathful when the little girls
return home in the evening with tat
tered dresses, for well they know that
the dresses have been torn to provide
clothing for the dolls.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09

ana now consider myself a well man and
after months of suffering. Fellow-sufferers
Peruna will cure you
DR.. Llewellyn Jordan.
Geo c Havener. NJ. D., of Anacostia
d. c., writes
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus. O.
Gentlemen" In my practice have had
occasion to frequently prescribe your
valuable valuable medicine and have found its use
beneficial, especially in cases of catarrb. -
George c. Havener, M. d.
1t you do not receive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving full
statement of your case, and he will be pleased
TO give you his valuable advice gratis.
ADDRESS DIR. Hartman, President of Tb.
hartman Sanitarium. Columbus Ohio.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09
Doll a Poppy FIower

In certain parts OF Hungary many
little girls spend much time takine
care of large focks of geese. and
while thus engaged they frequently
amuse themselves by making dolls
out OF flowers. sticks and other oh.
jects.
A doll was made recently by little
Magyar girl out of a poppy. The
whole of the brilliant flower has bean
utilized for fhis purpose, and sucb
clothing as Is necessary has been ruth
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09

me Danish flag is the oldest in ex
lStence. There is legend that in thf
year 1913, at critical time, kim
Waldmar of Denmark saw in tbe skv
winch he took as a signal of ceIeetioi
ald' He led his troops through a
successful battle and forthwith adont-
eo the cross as the flag of his country
1t was called Dannebrog, the strength
of Denmark. oi en s Ii
- AS definite fact, apart from, +be
story the Danish flag does date hack
to the thirteenth century.
Both the man-of-war and co,nro,
cial flags show white crosses m o5
ground. The man-of-war Shove d.
picture Che
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09
Wax from Treae

vepota,, wax palm of the Andes is
befebt "Dle wonder. 1t grows to
not nn,' ol nearly 200 feet and thrives
tafns 'g ~, on the plains but the noun
and is me me wood is tough and durable
wax % employed in carpentry. The
trpnl, a from the pits between the
eravis,, ana fronds. 1t is yellow or
and i 10 Whlte, is as pure as beeswax,
"peonS, used for making candles. a.
from % climbing the tree can gather
each. 20 80 pounds from
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09

storm. If it keeps out or the
for several days look out for a tsa
derstOrm. thu1
The indications for frosty wo..,
are the same as for tine, and for
the same as for rain. In fact ~
IL almost as good a forecastar &C
weather man himself. saa
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09
A Breath Imaoe,

Take a piece of cardboard and with
sharp penknife cut some kind OF
hgure When it is cut out lay the
cardboard from which you cut the fig
ure upon a well cleaned piece of glass
ana breathe on it. Leave the card.
BOARD resting on the glass until the
oreath hrst blown on it has evapor-
ateu' Ihen carefully lift the card
board and breathe again over the
place where the figure lay and Won
VIII see the image appear on the
glass.
When the breath is blown ON the
second time it covers, besides the flo
ure, portion of the glass not touched
before, and, since the spot where the
picture stands was twice breatbed
upon, it has greater density than
ne surrounding portion. Thus the
lgure stands out clearly by contrast
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09

me handsome dEag in the upper left
Id rahd corner ISIS the German war flag
me Prussslan colors and the Prussian
page GngsJ are very prominent as is nat.
ntr dl considering the large part that
Prussia plays in the empire
me ground of the flag is white, the
broad horizontal and vertical bands
DIack, outlined with lines of black In
the upper lefthand corner are the
tnree strips of black, white and red
me cross is of black, outlined with
black, and the eagle also is black the
croWn on mis- head being the outline
me commercial flag of Germany is
made up OF three stripes. black, white
ana red The white stripe in the mid
dle' With black above and red below
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09

facing each other. Give each how
saucer OF cracker crumbs, to ba hold
~ ms left hand, and a teaspoon or
uessert spoon, to be held in his right
NO" give a signal and tell them +o
ecu each other, and you will bavo
- lun enough to make all the chairs i,
the room laugh. 'N'iFS IN
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09

AN eccentric old Gentlemen non,ad
Chapelain has just died at Monbondor
Eno Ine department of the Sarthe.
lance ance' He was very rich, and had
useu a monumental tomb to be built
t Hm a piece of land adjoining the GENE
na ~ 'nls tomb he has for twenty years
s p~S. spent several hours a day, often
90 eeplng there, in order, as he said.
place u"eilns-
'niS mouse he kept the CONN IN
y, *''.c2 ne was to be buried, and used
- as bed, while he invartablv haA
tbo tnh' LS sheet or shroud laid on
- 'aoie IN the dining room in lieu
'ADlecioth.-London Express
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09

than young girls? A Because girls
are looking out for number one. wild
ows are satisfied with number two.
How do we know that Caesar was
acquainted with the Irish? A. When
ne crossed the Rhine he came back to
bridg-it.
have more if you would like to
have them.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09
Clay Butter.

IL IS not generally known that in
on bud parts Of the world clay is eaten
Th;n "ieaa as substitute for butter.
nsas s is termed stone butter" and is
80, IN many parts of GERMANY In
e. ern parts of Sweden earth x
~" baked in bread, and is sold In,
rno, pubic markets on the Tta,iau
SsraiS! as well as on the island Of
ica1 u'nla' Persia, Nubia and other trop-
practice Ties Health" says this
knowIo,,dpf oDabIy had its origin in the
kind ~ Sc mat all earths have some
salt naVor' and take the place Of
kind. necessary ingredient in all
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09
ConundrumS.

II there are five birds on tree and
hunter kills two of them and tbev
1all down, how many are lief. in the
tree? A. None-the rest flew aw.v
"hlch was the largest island before
australia was discovered? A. Aus
trala.
why is spring dangerous season?
a. me trees are shooting, the flowers
nave plstils and the bull-rush is orr
(the bull rushes out).
what most resembles the half of a
A. The other half.
How can you ask doctor of divin.
lty IN one word to play a violin? A
fddle-dee-dee.
why are widows more dangerous
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09
Eating Bfindfofded-

EdtfHg 6fnofofded.
mere Is little party pastime that
Will make everybody roar with laugh
ter.
spread a sheet on the floor and seat
TWO closely blindfolded boys on if
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09

graduate of Co
lumbia c ollie g e
and who served
t h r e e years at
West Point, has
t h e following to
say of Peruna:
ALLOW me to
express my graft
tude to you for
t b e b e n e fit de-
rived from your
wonderful re m
edy. One short |
month has brought
forth a vast change
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09
Rich Soil of China.

"a square mile in the rich river
Valleys OF China will support 3.s40 ner.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09
An Insectivoroue Tu,,

Here is an insect that carries
tern at night. 1t is called the d.. ial-
n.y. and is found in South Amerioa
It's huge head is hollow, made of ths a
ana papery tissue, and painte,,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09
Spitrack.

va ne,ore the invention of ovens no.+
was roasted on spits as here shn meas
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09

magazine serial con.
much meat as q pre-
FOOD. IN
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09
Clever Cats.

AN English boy has trained his cats
10 90 many amusing feats, among
"hich Is the one here illustrated.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09

medical Examiner U. S. Treasury.
Liewellyn Jordan, Medical Fx-
AAHner OF u S. Treasury DeDartn,ant
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09

The average
tains about as
pared breakfast
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09

$3.50. H% =. douglas makes and sells mora
49, SosSD AND $500 Sho0o than anv otS,~S
nrevas .hh ois IN the world, which
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-19
BREAKING OF DOGS
The Skill Cannot Be Acquired from
the Reading Of Books.
4 Trainer of Dogs Points Dat Some
Of the Most Glaring Errors Which
Prevail I'm Fitting . DOG
for the Hunt.

It is often said that half the books that
are written telling how to break Q dog
10 hunting are untrue, and that the other
half are written to prove them so. II
there be a measure of accuracy in the
statement, it must be concluded that the
way to learn to break dog Is upon the
field under the tutelage of competent
dog trainer. 1t is not necessary to teach
a pointer or setter to point in room be-
fore introducing it to game. This is so
because the young dogs Of these days, IL
we'll bred, at least. point naturally, and
the last thing any dog ought to be taught
is to point to order. II his breaker knows
the better when the Cog should point,
the obvious thing to do is to leave him In
kennel, and go shooting without him.
This is not only true of private breaking,
it is true of field trial breakers. Indeed,
one of the most successful owners asked
me this season how it happened that a
certain field-trial breakers dogs always
have good deal of false point, or creepl-
ness, about them. OF course, did not
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-19
Who Licked Great Britain.

Senator Aldrich, OF Rhode Island,
visited a typical music hall, the last
time he was abroad, says. the New
York Tribune. A one-act melodrama
called "The British Heart of Oak
was played by seven men and young
woman. The time Of the melodrama
was laid in the early years of the last
century, and four: of the players rep
resented American soldiers.
These American soldiers were a
ragged, scarecrow lot, for it was the
idea of the melodrama to ridicule the
American army. AS the men came on
the stage they were put through an
examination.
What was your business before you
became a soldier?" they would be
asked, and to this question, one an
swered that he had been a tailor
another that he had been cobbler
and third that he had been cook
and so on.
The audience laughed uproariouslj
ut an army composed Of men from
such sedentary and confining trades
but in the midst of the laughter Sen
ator Aldrich's American heart was re
joiced to hear a voice shout from the
gallery:
"Hurray! Great Britain licked by
tailors. cobblers, and cooks! Hur
ray!"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-19

it would be passing strange if it were not
So Yet that is the system even the
classic authors approve.
The greatest trouble in ali breaking is
to undo the errors previously taught,
possibly. by inadyertence, probably by
q wrong system, and this double point
ing will generally last through life il the
breaker begin by encouraging it. Al
though, as have said, the textbooks
make these bad blunders, and the ma
jority of breakers follow them, the field
trial men know better; and yet they
know no more than the artists of hun
dred years ago knew, for these men did
not make the blunders OF the moderns.
The simple way OF breaking dogs is to
talk to them as if they were children,
and to prevent them from doing wrong
as often as is possible. 1t is wonderful
then what very few minutes in the day
will accomplish; but if. on the contrary,
dogs are started wrongly, and have to
unlearn, they will not be ready to start
the right way until their first lessons are
quite unlearned, a process that may take
ten times as long as the whole business
of teaching would have taken if asproper
start had been made.
ARGUS OLIVE.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-19
ENGLISH ECHOES.

Writing Of British naval progress, Mr..
Archibald Hurd says: AT last the off,
GERS and men are to be trained for me-
chanical navy. Up to the present they
have been fitted for fleet Of sailing
ships, and have learned an immense
amount of lore Of an art which has
ceased to have any bearing on the con-
duct of war afioat"
Mr.. Chamberlain gets his recreation
by working in his garden. He often
writes till late at night. In the morning
he reads the newspapers in bed and att
erward attends to his correspondence
which consists of about 200 letters day
For his speeches he uses facts specially
collected for him by experts and he al
ways rehearses speeches in the presence
of his secretary.
After so years service in the police
department, two decades OF which were
spent as special guardian Of persons Of
royal rank. Detective Inspector Sweeney
of Scotland Yard. has retired on a gen.
erous pension. Sweeney is known IN all
the courts OF Europe ard was selected
for his special duty because OF his styl.
ish appearance and aristocratic manner
During the late years Of Queen Victoria $
life he accompanied her wherever sht
went, but hardly any knew he was a de-
tectiye.
Sir William Harcourt, & political rival
but still an admirer of Disraeli, once PAID
a pretty compliment to Lazy Beacons.
field He was dining with the Disraelis
and sat beside the hostess, who observed
that he was looking at the picture OF
lightly-robed lady on the wall opposite
and said: "It oughtn't to be allowed In
here; but it is nothing to the Venus that
Dizzy has up in his bedroom. THAT
can well believe" replied he, with a gal
liant bow. This was one of the rare occa'
sions Disraeli is said to have smiled.
Premier Balfour is credited with say
ing very graceful thing to young
woman of his acquaintance recently. He
was out driving one afternoon anG
passed the girl, who was seated in hel
auto SIZE smiled, but the premier die
not respond. After he had passed some
distance the young woman started after
him to learn why he had treated hel
thus She soon overlook Mr.. Balfoul
and the two conveyances were stopped
side by side. You passed me few mo-
ments ago without looking at me" sale
the girl, reproachfully. To which the
premier gracefully replied: IF hat
teen you l could not have passed you.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-19
How "eenera, Joe" pwindled.

z Everybody knows General Joe
Wheeler, former Lieutenant General
C.S.A., at present Major General Of
the United States army tretired), and
between times representative IN con.
gress from Alabama, is a man of quail
ity rather than of quantity, and one
seeing him can scarcely understand
how so small body has been able to
fill so much space in the worlds his.
tory of achievement, says the New
York Times.
One day during his. congressional
career two rural visitors were in the
house. gallery taking in the proceed
ings on the floor with great interest,
and one of them observed the gen.
eral flying about, as was his wont.
who's that little cuss down there
in front talkin' to the big feller?" he
asked of his companion. Z q
"Dinged if l know replied the
other, squirting his eyes in order to
magnify the object of vision
Some one sitting back of them ven.
tured the information that it was Gen.
Wheeler, Of Alabama.
my gravy" said, the first one
Eve heard that Teller might be a
good deal of man at home, but when
he was elected to congress and come
to Washington he fell off some and
wasn't much of a heavyweight, but
I'll be derned if I thought they'd
dWindle away like that"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-19

news, and had t. urnate from four to seven times
a night, often with smartins ard burning. Brick
dust would settle in the urine. l lost twenty
pounds in two weeks and thought would soon
die took the first dose Of your Swamp-Rcot in
the evening at bed time, and was very much sur
prised had to uriaate bus once that night, and
the second nigh. | did net get up Until morning.
l have used three bottles Of Swanp-Rcot and
to-day we'll as ever. So
am a farmer and am working every day, and
weigh 100 pounds, the same that weighed before
was taken sick. a-
Gratefully yours,
Sec. F. A. & l. U. 5o4. T. S. AFKER,
April 9Th 1903. Marsh Hill, Pa
There comes time to both men and
women when sickness and poor health
bring anxiety and trouble hard to bear;
disappointment seems to follow every
effort Of physicians in our behalf. and
remedies we try have little or 10 effect.
In many such cases serious mistakes are
made III doctoring, and not knowing
what the disease is or what makes lis
sick. Kind nature warns lis by certain
symptoms. which are unmistakable evil
denee OF danger, such as too frequent
desire to rrinate, scanty supply, scaldiilg
irritation, pain or dull ache IN the back
they tell us i'll silence that our kid
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-19
ALUM, FLINT AND
SULPHURIC ACID.

It is reported that in many localities
houses are infested by peddlers trying
to sell or introduce so-c2lled cheap
or low-priced baking powders, either
directly or by an order upon grocer.
In most instances deception is used,
and It is claimed that the article Is q
genuine baking powder and has all the
merits of pure article
Housekeepers should be on their
guard against this danger to their food.
Alum powders are almost always low
priced. But they are well known to be
detrimental to health. In England and
in some sections Of this country their
sale is prohibited by law. Congress
has forbidden the sale of food contain
ing alum in the District of Columbia.
The highest authorities condemn their
use. DR.. S. w. Johnson, for instance.
Professor of Chemistry at Yale Col
lege, says: Bread made with bak-
ing powder containing alum raust
yield soluble alumina salt with the
gastric juice and must, therefore, act
as q poison f#E
{ It is well known that these so-called
Cheap" goods ere made from alum or
the very cheapest materials. One OF
them was recently analysed at Yale
College and found to be one-qusrter
sharp pointed grains Of ground flint.
Others are filed with sulphuric acid.
and salts Of lead are also found in
them.
In baking powders be sure to get q
reputable well-known cream of tartar
brand, and never buy from peddlers.