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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-23

A Beaumont dispatch says: a sur
veying gang is now at work out of
this city, and it is reported that they
are laying out a route for a pipe line
between Beaumont and Jennings. A
corporation to do this was chartered
some years since, but nothing has
ever come Of it. So far the rumor
that it is now being done is only a
rumor. If such line is built it will
undoubtedly terminate at Port Ar
thur, where refners are located and
where the Standard Oil Vessels come
for cargo.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-23

A "hen" party was given at the
home of Miss Lizzie Fear Saturday
evening in honor of Miss Cinthia Nc
Kittrick. Among the young ladies
present were Misses Edith Carlson,
Matte Bell, LenOre Anderson, Mary
Buchanan, Pearl and Alice Miller,
Gertrude, Eldia and Sylvia Yantis,
Leoua Human, Cora Carr, Eldia Good
reau and Philip COverd0le. The even
ing was spent in progressive games,
after which refreshments, consisting
of cake and lemonade, were served.
Miss Fear proved a most delightful
entertainer and charming hostess and
and thoroughly enjoyable time was
had by all.
Mamie Ruth, the eldest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. ChitwOod, residing
two and a half miles southwest of
town, died Tuesday morning at $3.50
o'clock of a complication of diseases,
aged II years and 10 months. The
funeral services were held Wednes-
day morning from the Congregational
church, conducted by the pastor, Rev.
F. c. Laslette, after which the inter-
ment took place in the city cemetery.
Six little girls, attired in white and
all former Sunday school classmates
of Mamie, acted as psllbearers. A
large number attended the funeral and
burial. The parents have the sympa-
thy of all in the loss of the flower OF
their family.
A mans life might be divided into
four parts. AS he starts his stomach
is full OF pains, blackberries, balssm
and paregoric, and he winds up she
frst period by stealing grapes and
going fishing on Sunday. The sec.
ond term commencing at Is, rapidly
passing into Smart Alex fever, and
he learns to wear standing collars,
smoke cigarettes and calls his father
the "oid man" and be with the girls.
At q he has bankrupted his father
and blown in every cent of his own.
He finds a woman fool enough to
marry who takes in washing until she
is called away. The last period he
lives with his children, tell the big
things he did when boy, and finally
goes under making monetary bub
BILE on the sea Of humanity, and ther
is forgotten.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-23

For Sale-Lot 8, block
23, located at the corner
of South and Elms street
and one of the most de-
sirable business locations
in the town of Welsh,
Apply to w. w. Welsh.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-23

For SALE.-Case Separator % by
80, wind stacker and self feeder, al
complete, good condition, cheap. K
H. XWICK, Roanoke, La.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-23

W. I. Hobbie and Chas. J. Fremeaux,
Of Jennings, were here Sunday even
ing the guests of-friends.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-23

ORE DOLLAR a YEAR IN ADVANCE.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-23

The Central Oil and Refining Com
pany was the defendant in four suits
before Squire Robichaux Wednesday
afternoon. The plaintiffs were Labit
Lumber Company, lumber and mate
rial; Welsh Machine Shop, repairing
manhinery and furnishing material;
Armstrong Machine and Well Works
Company, same as above, and a.
Sonnier, hauling and labor. The
suits were brought to recover claims
against the defendant. Cline, Cline
& Lee represented the plaintiffs and
Judge D. B. Gorham, of Lake Charles,
the defendant Owing to lack of the
refining company's witnesses the case
was continued until Monday, Octo-
Der ;.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-23

The stores of j. S. Gerson and Conn
& Fink were closed Monday, that hav-
ing been a Jewish holiday.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
To Avoid a Tie Vote.

In the history of our comic literature
there have been many genuine "Irish
bulls" recorded, but rarely one that is
Of a heater brand than that encounter
ed at a political gathering on Locust
street above Broad, in Philadelphia,
says the Record of that city. Aeon
v%ention of delegates had been called to
revise the rules Of the party, and in or
der to expedite matters a delegate.
moved that q committee of fifteen be
appointed to draft the proposed rules.
Before this was adopted another dele
gate suggested that a committee of f1f-
teen would be unwieldy and proposed
an amendment reducing the number to.
eight. This was agreed to, but before.
Its adoption an aged delegate, with a
rich Milesian brogue, arose and SOL
emily proposed, "Misther Chairman, I
move yer that the committee be. In
erased to noine, so that in Ease Of O
tote vote there'n be a majarity Of wan"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
THE GREAT CONDOR.
u IL tn. Most Dimcult BIRD I. tn.
World to Trap.


Probably the great condor is the most
dimcult bird in the world to trap. One
OF the great vultures, 1t inhabits lofty
peaks Of the Andes. hardly accessible
to man. 1t builds its nest among the
topmost crags, often on a ledge of some
precipice with an almost perpendicular
drop Of many hundred feet.
An extremely wary bird, 1t shares
with its c%ongeners the proverbial lea
Gle eye" and is thus able to see i'm
mense distances while yet unseen by
man. Its wings have Il spread of
twelve feet, and, though It's fight is
heavy, it can sustain itself for long Pc
Rods In the air.
To trap it men ascend to its haunts
and shoot some animal of considerable
size. This is skinned, and a man lies
down by the body under the skin and
waits. perhaps for hours. Soon con-
dors come tiocking round until one set
ties on the skin, when the man below
grips its legs. filings the skin over ii
and stabs It to death.
The strength Of these birds Is n
NOUS. and the condor hunters often
have their arms broken by strokes
from their powerful wings.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
SLEEPY WASHINGTON.
The Home hound After Theater
Crowd In the Capital.


Crowd In the Capital.
"There is one popularity Of Wash.
ington I have noticed" said a travelling
man at an uptown hotel, land that is
the absence of after theater crowds on
the streets and in the cafes. In many
big cities the hours from II to 1890
o'clock are among the gayest of the
day, the streets are thronged with peo-
pie hurrying to the cafes for a bite and
Q sup and emerging afterward to stroll
slowly home or to the cars.
."These midnight cafe crowds are jol-
" folks. They seem TO be less restrain
ed than at other hours OF the day. when
bent upon the same mission of eating.
Perhaps it is the music and the lights
and the Bohemian atmosphere suggest
ed by the midnight hour. l will not
deny that 1t is in a measure demoraliz-
ing. am sure l would not want my
two sisters of eighteen and twenty
years to be in the crowd.
II notice in Washington that as soon
as the theaters let out the people make
a break for, home. They are anxious
to get the first car that comes along
and won't wait a moment, but would
rather hang to a strap.
Washington is a frightfully dull
place at night. 1 hate to get hung up
here overnight. But 1 suppose it's a
good thing for the young folks that the
town is a little slow."- Washington
Star.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
Figure In the ScEcme.

The young man considers himself a
man of resources, although he is not as
sure about 1t now as he was a few
days ago. He has been very attentive
to q certain young lady, and lie was
calling on her at the time that he par
tally lost confidence in his resourceful
mind.
1t is unnecessary to narrate what
passed between them upon the occa-
sion in question. but at the time the
young lady's sister entered the room
he was In the act Of folding the young
lady to his manly bosom.
OF course he desisted at once, as
young men generally do under such
circumstances, but he was not en-
~barrassed-not a bit.
The young lady's sister said, Excuse
me-" and started to leave the room.
when his resourceful mind began to
work. He felt that he ought to say
something and say it right away.
Don't CO." he said; we've just been
measuring to see which one is the
taller"
She paused in the doorway and look
Cd at them intently.
you're both about the same height"
she said quietly. "bnt sister is much
the redder."
Then she went out. and he was en-
barrassed-just a little.-New York
Times.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
Me. ON HI. Own cronna

DR.. John Brown. the celebrated Eng.
fish divine. had great tact in dealing
with strangers, A recent writer says:
His way was on being introduced to
move his %spectacles up to his forehead,
and some frank. cordial. original or
unexpected smiling remark. some odd
touch of humor. some pleasant refer.
ence-perhaps to something the other
had done or made himself famous by
broke down at once the barrier Of non.
acquaintance. I asked him once how
he contrived to get into the. full tide
of easy familiar talk with a lady who
happened to sit mex to him at dinner,
but whom he had never met before.
oh. ! find out who is her minister he
said. and then there is no difficulty,
he once said to a lady who had come
to announce her approaching marriage,
Are you not ashamed to be going away
all alone with a man in this way?
oh. no. she quickly replied; so many
have done the same thing before that
! don't mind he was delighted to be
thus instantly met on his own ground"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
WRESTLING JUGS.
Curious Relics Of . Very Ancisn,
Drinking Custom.

OWGAVO0 1NGA1S0 V8 - very A0C1O0t
Drinking Custom.
Whistling Jugs are curious relics Of
q very ancient drinking custom. All
the northern nations set great stress
upon a mans power to take, of his
liquor without putting down the glass
or beaker, and in Saxon graves old ale
buckets have been found made without
foot or stand. so that the drinker could
not rest them upon the board until
they were emptied.
But even after that was accomplish
ed the hardy drinker was expected
still to have breath to spare. and the
whistling jugs. a comparatively mod
ern invention, were intended to indi-
cate this. Many Of them were made
by German silversmiths-though they
are also to be seen iii earthenware-
during the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries, and their form was such
that when the contents of the jug had
been imbibed a whistle was uncov-
cred through which the drinker might
blow il he were able.
The most advanced type of all had
a little windmill besides the whistle,
which worked a dial showing the pow
er of the blow. Sometimes an ordinary
whistle was laid on the table and won
BY the last tosspot who could get q
sound from it.-Pearson's.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
Not without Di.tinction.

A note Of family pride was struck.
in the conversation between three small
Reading boys the other day. The parts
played by their respective grandfathers
In the civil war. were being depicted by
two of the boys In vivid colors. The.
career Of each, It seemed, had been
halted by confinement in southern pris.
ons, and 1t was on the latter fact that
the lads laid particular stress. The
third youth. unable to match these re-
citals with any military achievement of
bis OWE forefathers, preserved an envi-
III silence for awhile and then, not to
be outdone. said disparagingly:
"Why, that's not SO much. My I'm.
Gle Bill was in Jail a long time, and he
was never in the army at allw-Phila.
delphia Ledger.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
A RABBIT CAT.
TIL. M.n1 T.ille.. Fe,in, We. One.
a Freak.

VESAA
1t seems probable that the tailless
ManX cats originally came from Corn
wall. They managed to survive longer
as a distinct breed in the Isle Of Man
than in Cornwall, the predominance of
the common tailed cat being of course
aided in the latter district by the fact
that, although remote, it is part Of the
mainland of England, whereas new
cats could be carried to the Isle OF
Man only by sea. The Manx cat which
first attracted modern attention was a
very different animal from the vari-
ously colored specimens which now
take prizes at cat shows. 1t was al.
ways Of the color of a hare and had
fur like a hare.
Like q hare. too. 1t always moved its
hind legs together. Its chief food was
crabs caught on the beach. and when
transported inland from the s~eacoasts
it very seldom, if ever. survived long.
No cat of this kind has been seer for
many years in the Isle Of Man, though
there are plenty of tailless cats, ~
crossed descendants. to be purchased
there. Wherever it originally came
from. the Cornish or Manx cat was
more nearly a separate species than
any kind of show cat now existing.
1t was a seacoast animal. with fur,
color, absence of tail and method Of
locomotion obviously adapted by the
Inheritance Of ages to its habit Of
catching oral N and other amo1l Rfo ho.
hind the ebbing tide.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
II WILD BIRD.
When the Naturali.t Get. . Chance
to study Him Mt Clane Rance.

to study Him at Close Range.
For h greater part of the year fear
is the dominant instinct in the life Of
nearly every wild bird or mammal
which has to contend with man or
overt enemies Of any kind. But with
the periodic revival of the reproductive
functions profound changes occur not
only in the bodily parts. but in the in
stincts which govern their movements
and life. The parental instincts, which
are essential to the generation and
successful rearing of the young. begin
to assert themselves and by blocking
or supplanting the sense of zeal hold
them to the focal point-the nest and
later the young-during the period
when parental care md ever parental
sacrifice is necessary.
This wonderful parental instinct, or
series of instincts, rises gradually like
a fever, reaches a maximum and then
as slowly subsidies. When at its height
every sense seems to be lost in an all
absorbing passion. This is the time to
approach the wild bird. We can watch
and record with pencil and camera ev-
cry act which occurs at the nest. We
can approarh as near as we please and
by aid of the tent are enabled to ana
lyze in detail the behavior Of the same
birds for Il period Of from one to three
weeks.-Professor Francis II. Herrick
In Hurper's Weekly.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
now Tucker x,ppra uno,. a..,.u

-. NsubuSN GnGIG H000GAu,
ohe OF the few men who have ever
managed tn get ahead of Uncle Russell
Sage in IL business transaction is a
young curb broker uamed Tucker, and
he did SO more by accident than de.
Sign. 1t happened this way:
Tucker had ten shares of GUS stool;
that he WAS trying hard to dispose of.
with no result. Finally one of his ac.
lualnthnces. i'm Il spirit of fun, said to
him. Say. old man, | understand that
Sage wants that stock bad and is will
Ing to pay 81 for It,"
AT that time the stock was selling for
Vi. when it sold at all, so naturally
Fucker. who was n newcomer on the
curb. started Off posthaste for Mr..
Sage's office and half an hour later Of
Tered his shares in person at 90.
Don't want it. young man." was the
inanciers reply. II can go out and
buy I'LL | want ut o."
Then, as he realized that he had heen
taken ill.," an idea struck Tucker.
MIR. Sage" he said, "since you dom,
want to buy my stock, maybe you'd
IKE to sell me any of the same stock
'ou may own at 49,"
"Eh? What?" queried Mr.. Sage.
"Ninety-three:" He pondered for u mo-
ulent. Then. "IIl luke your ten
shares at So" be said. And the sale
was made.
A little later on. when MIR. Sage
found that he really could have bought
all the stock lie wanted at 81, his feel
ings were anything but friendly to-
ward Mr.. Tucker. The next day, how
ever. he was in a different frame of
mind. ANY man." he said, "who can
tax care of himself like that is useful,
and ! want Mr.. Tucker to watch out
Tor any business I may have on the
curb
And that is what Mr.. Tucker is doing
today.-New York Mail and Express.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
where the Ro.a n.x...

General Chambers McKibben wa
once sent out to examine and report
upon a road in the far west. He was
ordered to ascertain its condition and
where it led to. He followed instruc-
tons carefully and In his report de-
tailed how it followed certain brooks
and streams. went over rolling prairiss.
passed different groves and finally up
a hill and climbed a tree.!. ,..,,s
II think you had better leave that
out" said his commanding omcer.
This report is to go through the usual
military channels and will be nled. A
road would not go up a tree"
THAT is where this road went" In
sisted McKibben. "It kept getting
fainter and fainter, but 1t led up the
hill and right up to that tree. There
was no evidence OF even a trail beyond
the tree. but it was blazed far up TO-
ward the top. and that was the end Of
the trail. No. sir; this report stands.
am prepared TO substantiate every
part Of it."
And it is so recorded in the archives
II the war Observation-Disclosures
Post.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
tn. osendins Handkerchief.

It Is In fact a grave sanitary ques-
ton whether the handkerchief does not
DO more harm than good as 1t is ordi-
narily used. When we assume that the
nose does not need to be wiped. we face
q reasonably broad proposition Is to
the danger of the handkerchief a. q
6lsease propagator. Most nasal a
tarrhs are Of an infectious character.
Notably those Of grip origin.
Contrary to a general law of asepsls.
the handkerchief saturated with dis
sase germs. instead of being promptly
washed. is slowed for hours in the
pocket, with a result that can be easily
Imagined. Is 1t any wonder then that
eatarrh is constantly fostered by a sys.
lom Of auto infection?-Medical Record
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
A GREWsoME MESS.
Mrs. Wolfe's Recipe For a Good Wa
ter For


ter For Consumption.
Mrs. Wolfe, the mother Of the great
general, kept q comprehensive cookery
book, still preserved at Squerries Court,
Kent. One Of her recipes was for "a
good water for consumption" Take
a peck Of garden snails," says the pre-
scription, wash them in beer, put them
in an over and let them stay till they've
done crying; then with a knife and
fork pick the green from them and
beat the snails, shells and all, in n
stone mortar: then take a quart of
green earthworms. slice them through
the middle and straw them with salt,
then wash them and beat them, the pot
being first put into the still with two
handfuls OF angelica, a quart of rose
mary flowers, then the snails and
worms. then egrimony. bears feet, red
dock roots. barberry brake, biloney,
wormwood, OF each two handfuls; one
handful of rue-tumoric and one ounce
Of saffron we'll dried and beaten; then
pour in three gallons of milk; wait till
morning, then put in three ounces of
cloves well beaten, hartshorn grated;
keep the still covered all night; this
done. stir 1t not; distill it with a mod
crate fire. The patient must take two
spOonfuls at a time."-London Chroni-
Gle.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
Some word. of prai.e For the us.xy-
OF Our Daddiea.

Of Our Da ddies,
The old style stick candy has red
stripes running around 1t in spiral
form. The body of the stick is white.
1t Is slightly favored with peppermint.
1t is very sweet and wholesome. Good
enough for Il king. So cheap that the
poorest may have ii. Six sticks for s
cents. Enough to last II family of six
two days. Brenk a stick in two in the
middle. eat half of it after dinner or
after supper If preferred. That is
enough candy for n day. 1t is good
for children. Keep 1t in the house.
Away up in the pantry where the chill
dren can't help themselves. After din
ner Is over take it down. break a stick
in two and pass 1t around. The chill
dren will like it immensely. They will
like 1t all the better for not being able
to get too much OF it. Never let them
have all they want Of 1t. A half stick
Ia enough, although Il whole stick
might be allowed occasionally. AL the
fancy stuff put up in boxes that cost a
dollar or more cannot equal the old
fashioned stick candy. Six sticks of
1t contain more solid comfort and more
nutrition than a wagon load Of cara
mels and painted bonbons. 1t Is the
candy of II forefathers. Our grand
mothers used to eat it. Accept no 9th.
er. Be sure that you get the proper
trademark-red stripes running spiral
~ round the stick. Beware OF substi-
tutes.-Medical Talk.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
= sA"nSa ne Fossered and s,ua,.s
With serlOu.ne..

s. y
Caroline Hazard In her "Educauon
gtWomen"i Says. How few. of IN
eetudy to put things pcrsuasiyely. to
reach a proper climax, to retire grace.
fully from IL subject" 1t is "A common
sayfng that the art of conversation has
disappeared from among us. and vet II
70 an art held In honor by all men.
Ielegraphic speech has taken the place
OF the more careful and elaborate
torms OF conference. But it Ia an art
Wnlch should be presented to all young
people and which they should study
with seriousness and attention. Moth.
Ing really inspires. nothing really ere.
ates enthusiasm but the perception OF
an ultimate ideal, whether it be in art
or music or In any other OF the realms
Of spiritual thought. This ideal of
beauty has to come to the aid OF every
forn OF expression. lifting and raising
tt Into Its W kingdom. The student
VINO has even begun on such n course
OF training. who can see beauty in ev.
erything in the created world and In
the realm of thought, has certainly be.
gun to be beautiful in himself. For
beauty most truly passes into the per.
son who studies the beautiful. No one
can give out what he does not have to
give. He must first absorb beauty at
the great natural reservoirs and foun-
talns of the beautiful before he himself
can become truly beautiful in life and
character and so able to transmit beau
u to all around him.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-05
Ano why aaU-~-----
Foolish Animals Court Death.

Vn0 why
Foolish Animals Court Death.
A sheep herder gives some Of his ex.
perience in handling sheep on the west
ern ranges in the following:
We have to watch them every min
ute, and If vigilance ia relaxed for an
instant the entire flock is likely to COM
NIT suicide. In handling most animals
SOM degree of self help or intelligence
can be relied on to aid the owner in
saving their lives, but sheep seem to
yet deliberately to work to kill them
selves.
II caught in a storm on the plains,
they will drift before the wind and die
Of cold and exposure rather than move
100 yards to windward to obtain shell.
ter in their corral. To drive sheen
against the wind is absolutely impos-
sible. l once lost over 1000 head be-
cause l could not drive them to a cor.
raj 200 feet away.
In the CORA! they are still more fool
ish. II a storm comes up, they all
move down wind" until stopped BY
the fence. Then commences the pro
ceeding SO much dreaded by sheepmen,
known as ''piling." The sheep will
climb ove one a%nother's backs until
they are heaped up ten feet high. or
course all those on the bottom are
smothered. Not one has sense enough
to seek shelter under the lee Of the
fence, as a horse or dog would do.
Again. II a sheep gets into quick.
sand Its fate teaches nothing to those
that come Immediately after, but the
whole flock will follow the leader to
destruction. No more exasperahngly
stupid animal than a sheep walks.