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Ever Onward and Upward.

We are commanded to be perfect. to
love God continually, to rejoice evernore,
and in everything to give thanks. And
reason is in accord with revelation in en-
joining, this duty. Mans pathway is ever
" infinite possibilities of future achieve
Iaeat invite him to press on with unweary7
ING footsteD,
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Labor-Saving Hand Organs.

Labor-saving devices have got to
the hand organs at last, says the New
York, Sun. In one Of the latest, in
stead of the organ man turning the
crank, he presses a button. The music
plays on till he releases his finger. The
music is sweeter than that Of other or
cans and it can be heard blocks away.
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brought great relief by lessening the
pain and correcting the action of the
kidney secretions."
Doan's Kidney Pills are for sale by
all dealers. Price, 80 cents. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
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Be Filled With Christ.

We must be Christ filled in order to eII
p~erience His life. And it is an experience
that cannot be had alone in thought, but
always must come through relation with
God rests in this same fact, it is rich be-
cause poured out to His children.
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Those on Trial.

care these masterpieces" asked a tour
ist in a Fiorentine gallery, adding, Il must
admit that I do not see much in them my
self" "These pictures, sir" was the an
swer, "are not on trial; it is the visitors
who are on trial" 1t is the critics Who are
on TRIAL, not the Scriptures.-MF York
Observer.
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The Japanese ammunition is made
at Kure, where $1,000 men work ten
hours q day. N. Y.-44.
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wide, two and one-fourth yards twenty
seven inches wide or and o%ne-eighth
yards forty-four inches wide, with one
fourth yards of velvet for cuffs.
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yards of all-over lace for yoke and
cuffs when high neck and long sleeves
are desired.
An Everyday Suit,

An everyday SUR.
A neat little everyday suit is made OK
navy broadcloth, the jacket and skirt
trimmed with wide fat silk braid. The
collar and belt are of velvet and are
edged around with the braid.
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FITS permanently cured. No fits orneryous-
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer, $2trialb ottleand treatise free
DR.. R. H. KLINE, Ltd, 931Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
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The manufacture of high power in
candescent lights is making progress
at Coventry.
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In Paris last year 1928 persons were
cremated.
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A VOICE FROM THE PULPIT.

Rev. Jacob D. Van Doren, of 81 Sixth
street, Fond Du Lac, Wis, Presby-
terrain clergyman, says: II had at
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Piso's Curefo Consumption is an intallble
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. W.
SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. II, 1900.
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lines and rendered attractive By means
of light colors and dainty work. This
one fulflls all the requirements and al
lows a choice of the low neck with
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Rocks.

The earliest money vas in the form o
animals skins.
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the Christian mas 10 pear. lneTe IS Olner
fruit. You read that passage again and You
will sec that the tenor OF it has to 20 VITA
MISUNDERSTANDING with Jesus, fellow.
ship in His purpose to redeem this world
from sin. Jesus is not thinking altogether
of the good His disciples are to get through
fellowship with Him. but Hc is thinking
also of the good which His disciples are to
do through fellowship with Him. Not alto.
gether of what His disciples are to receive,
but of what His disciples are to achieve.
Except the branch abide in the vine it
bringeth forth no fruit. If yc abide in Me
and My words abide in you, We shall bring
forth much fruit"
Oh, friends, VIC limit the range of the
Christian life, and our hearts and minds
are SO set uron setting, getting, getting
enjoying, enjoying, enloylng-that we arc
deaf to the words Of Christ concerning do.
ing, doing, doing. Apart from the vino the
branch can bear no fruit; apart from the
branch the vine cannot bear fruit. And
here, friends. we come up to something
that ought to bring you and me very lowly
before Cod. Lowly, not SO much with the
sense Of modification and penitcncc, but
with a Kind of exultant JOY. 1t BELTS us to
confess always our dependence upon Christ.
but here we have Christ confessing His de-
pendcrce on us. Marvellous thing! "The
branch cannot bear Of itself except it abide
in the vine" and the vine cannot bear
fruit without the branches. The Apostle
Paul puts that thought in another form
when he says: Eye are the body of Christ,
and members-each severally-members of
that body" Apart from the body the
members perish. There is no power in the
hand, no vision in the eye, no power in the
ear to hear the voice of God apart from
the body. We are the body of Christ; we
are the organization through which Christ
works; we are the organization by which
Christ builds up His kingdom on the earth.
We are the hsnds of Christ. Christ wants,
Christ desires to feed the hnngry, and
clothe the naked, and visit the sick, and
pSisop doors for those in captivity, but
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O0elI and the inventor.

When Gov Odell goes TO Newburg
now he is just as familiar with his
old friends as he was before he be-
came governor Of the Empire State.
He has a smile and a handshake for
every one, and usually asks some ques.
tions apropOs of his listeners family,
occupation or prospects. Last spring
the governor met an old friend of his
up in Newburg and Immediately asked
how he was getting along on the air
ship he had been working on for years.
The inventor had become disguised
with his mechanical progress, and
when the governor asked if the ma
chine was a complete success he re-
piled: We'll, not quite yet. l have
two things to accomplish before | can
say it is
What are they?" asked the COVER
nor.
Il have to find how to get my ma,
chine up in the air and how to keep
it there. New York Herald.
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Death Had No Terrors.

Wilet F, Cook, advertising manager
of Judge, tells the following story of
an incident that happened at Science
tady Park last Saturday: In spirited
baseball game the first basoman was
knocked senseles5 by the swift run
ming of one Of the players. For some
time it was thought the man was ac-
tually dead. Relays of ball players
were employed in working the arms
of the PROSTATE man. After consider
able time he began to breathe feebIy.
When consciousness returned he slow
ly opened his eyes and remarked:
Has anyone got a cigarette?"
Great Scott" said one Of the by
ISLANDERS. He has just come from
the jaws of death, and now asks for
a nail for his coffin. New York
Times.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-08-05
VALUE OF THE RAILROADS.
Investment Placed a: S12,00o,00oooo
by interstate Commission.

Railway statistics for the year end
ed June 80, 1903, are announced by
the interstate commerce commission
They show that the par value OF the
railway capital then outstanding was
ST., 500, 99Q,25S, which represents a
capitalization Of $63,IS6 mile. The
number Of passengers carried was
694,S91,535, an increase of 45,013,O30
over the previous year; freight car
ried, 1,304.394.323 tons, an increase Of
10407S,536 tons.
The gross earnings from the opera
ton of the total of 205,313 miles Of
railway line, which is the aggregate
slngle-track mileage. were $l.9O0,846,-
J07, an increase of $174,466,640; Oper-
ating expenses, $I25T55S,S52, an in
crease of $174.4GG,640; operating ex-
penses, $1,257 ,53S,S52, an increase Of
S141,29O,1O5: net earnings, $643,-
308,O55, an increase of $3,l16,-
535: income from other sources than
operation, $205,6S74SO; net income,
available for dividends or surplus,
S296,376,045.
Total casualties, S6,393, of which
9,S40 represented the number of per
sons killed and 1858 those injured.
Aggregate number of locomotives in
service. 1881, increase 2,646; cars in
service, 1,753,3S9, an increase of over
10000 during the year,
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Editor Shenard's News.

When the late Elliott f. Shepard
published a newspaper he printed at
the head Of the editorial column each
afternoon a Scriptural text The ed
it0r Of one OF the sensational news
papers instructed a reporter to inter
view Mr., Shepard and outlined the
questions the young man was to ask.
All went well until the interviewer
asked:
why do You publish Bible extracts?
The one to-day dealt with the crucitlX-
ion. Do you consider that news?"
Il do" emphatically responded MIR.
Shepard. 1T is news to a great many
people-especiaIly So l believe, to the
gentleman who sent you to question
me-"
The interview ended there.-Mem'
phis News
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was almost impossible, he had found
the gold on the very face OF ledge.
Filling his belt, he had started to
blaze his way back, when the storm
came down with frightful violence.
The rest Of the journey was simply
horrible nightmare
As nothing could be done while the
snow lasted, Gilbert returned to Ken
lucky for the winter, yet could think
of nothing but his gold mine.
Early in the spring he was back at
his unCles mine. waiting impatiently
for the snow to melt and be carried
away by the swollen streams. Final
ly, after a tedious delay, he set out
with a small party Of miners all Gag
er to have a hand in locating the rich
prospect.
"Hells Canyon exclaimed the
foreman, as, skirting Cone Top noun
tain, Gilbert pointed out the way, One
OF the men, a Mexican. declined to go
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Fore Of Sucqestion.


He was seated on the edge Of rail
way platform, with an absent-minded
expression in his whisker-coyered
face, and was apparently lost in the
deep contemplation Of nothing
Two young men who came from the
telegraph Office in the station, where
they had stood at d small window
looking a. the man, quickly ap-
preached him.
Your house is on fire and family
in danger said one Of them. Here
comes a train that will take you home.
Get your ticket and jump aboard as
soon as you can
The man sprang to his feet as a
flush came to his face, and the light
Oh excitement lit up his eyes. He
ran across the platform, entered the
station and hurried to the ticket win
dow, where the ticket agent present
ed himself.
The man opened his mouth. as
though about to speak. then closed it
again, and, turning from the window.
returned slowly to the platform and
resumed his seat
He was a homeless, friendless and
penniless tramp who had been sud,
denly aroused from lethaTgy.
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Economy.

Economy" said Gov, Chatterton Of
Wyoming, is always admirable. a
Cheyenne halter, though, was disgust
ed the other day with the economical
spirit of visitor to his shop.
This visitor, a tall man with gray
hair entered with a soft felt hat
wrapped in a paper in his hand.
How much will it cost he said,
TO dye this hat gray, TO match my
hair
About a dollar the halter an,
swered.
The tall man wrapped the hat up
again.
- won't pay it,, he said. I can
get my hair dyed to match the hat for
a quarter"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-08-05
CosTLINEss OF MODERN WAR
Combatants Already Are Spending
100000 Every Day.

1t comes pretty high for nations to
quarrel these days when implements
of warfare have such tremendous pow.
ers Of destruction and 50 much deli
cate machinery plays such an import
ant part in the game.
Military experts have figured out
that the war in the Far East is now
costing the beIligerentS Just about
$2,000,000 a day OF this sum it is es-
timated that the cost TO Russia is
$l,&00,0QO and to Japan 100000.
That the war is proving more eXpen-
siye to the Russians than to the Japa-
nese is due to the fact that it is being
fought so far away from the main
taSe.
If Great Britain should happen to
become involved in the struggle the
experts think it would mean the
waste Of $5,00G000 a day. 100000
Tor every week the struggle lasted.
And these figures take no account of
the initial cost Of fitting out the
armies and fleets.
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1.-THE Lost Lead!" he cried.


any farther with the party, and the
foreman explained to the wondering
Gilbert:
The MeXiCan'S give Hell's Canyon
wide berth. They say that one of
them found big treasure there and
then lost it and his life in some IN
canny way. They found his bones,
though, next summer. Knew 'em by
his divining rod, that he chung to
even in death"
On the second day Gilbert and his
companions found the stream, which
fought its way among the upturned
rocks, CavernOus gOrges and fallen
logs Of Hell's Canyon, At the sight
of the stream Gilbert eagerly led the
search along the east bank, and every
yard was carefully searched. But the
bowlder, the two dead trecs-every
other characteristic landmark on
Gilbert's chart-had disappeared. All
search was vain. The map was not
that Of the locality they were in-as
Gilbert himself was obliged to admit
During that summer Gilbert led out
four other searching parties, but
never got any nearer the lost lead
Then he again went South for the
winter. When he next returned it
was with a flushed cheek that con-
trasted horribly with his pale, pinched
look and steadily failing strength. In
spite Of all disappOintments, he was
still hopeful, and to humor him his
| unCle's miners occasionally made ex-
cursiOns into the maze Of peaks and
gulches.
One morning, late in the season,
Gilbert asked for one more chance to
solve the mystery of HelIs Canyon.
He had had a dream, he said enthu-
siastically, that this time he would
be successful. The miners made I'D
a party and started out in the usual
| direction, Although they went slowly.
the young mans feebIeness increased
until it became necessary to carry
him on litter made of boughs. This
delayed them even more. and it was
late on the third day before they
reached the stream. At the sight of
the dashing water, Gilbert's strength
appeared to rally, and, sitting up, he
directed them to cross to the west
bank. At this strange order the bear.
erS exchanged glanCeS and called the
rest of the party. They an believed
that with a brief return of physical
strength the young mans mind had
broken down. The one point on which
he had always been most positive
that the vein was on the eastern bank
Of the stream-he had now aban.
dOned 1t vas evident TO them that
the lost lead would never be found.
But it was time to camp for the
night. and the west bank was much
more sheltered. With much difficulty,
bracine themselves against the
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Where BaIfour Rests.

Premier Balfour has his pleasant
sallies with members of parliament
now and then. John Morley took him
to task some weeks ago for lax at
tendance in the house Of commons.
Mr.. Balfour denied that there was any
Discrimination on his part to attend
the sittings or to listen to the debates.
On the contrary, he declared, some of
the moments of greatest repose that
he could snatch from a somewhat
strenuous and laborious official career
were those spent on the treasury
bench listening to his oratorical
friends.
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MADE THE AUDIENCE GASP.
Paper Favoring ViVisection Read Be-
fore Its Opponents.

Paper FaVoring ViVisection Read Be-
fore Its Opponents.
The British Anti-ViviseCtiOn society
was thrown into spasms at its recent
annual meeting through the indiscre-
ton Of Lord Liangatt0ck, a member,
who asked permission to read an in
teresting letter from military officer
whose name he did not give. In the
course of the communication the writ
er said: MY views as regards anti
yivisection are these; that all the ami
mails in Gods creation should suffer
the excruciating torture of he'll for
millions of years provided that by do
ing this they saved humanity from a
pain in its little finger for five min
utes.' The paper was excluded from
the society's report and Lord Liangat-
took was politely requested to famil-
iarize himself with his correspondence
in future before laying it before the
august body.
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Duchess Likes East rrayeIina.

The duchess of Marlborough is con.
stantly in trouble over the rapid driv-
ing Of her automobile. She is abso-
lutely reckless about travelling at a
high speed, with the result that her
chaffeur is about half the time be-
fore some English magistrate on
charges. She will not have driver
unless he can get the top speed out
of the machine. The duchess con-
tends that motors we're made to run,
not to crawl. When the duke is
along, however, she has the car kept
ct a moderate speed.
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coIors of the Campaign.

The current campaign is sort of
rouge ct noir affair as far as the color
Of the leaders hair is concerned. In
red the Democrats have it by large
majority. Judge Parker has red hair;
so also have Mr.. LittletOn of Brook.
Ign, who nominated hiU; Billy" Shee.
han Of New York, CIV. Montague of
Virginia, John Sharp Williams of Mis-.
sissippi and Senator Carmack of Ten
nessee. The Republicans are mostly
black from Roosevelt down, save
where time has silvered the locks of
the grave and reverend seniors.
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THE LOST LEAD.
LOUIS GLIB z R T.
l8G0-l891.
This inscription marks the loneli'


est, yet richest, grave in the world
Late in the spring of 1889, Louis
Gilbert left his home in Kentucky for
visit to his uncle's mine in the
Northwest. He had lung trouble, and
the doctor had ordered an outdoor
life. While his health improved, he
became infected with another ailment,
perhaps the only one to be caught at
that great altitude-the gold fever.
Miners were his only associates, the
talk was all of iodes. leads and drifts,
and the only communication with the
outside world was by the train OF
pack mules that carried the heavy
ore sacks down the winding trail. So
1t was not surprising that his walks
took the character of prospecting
tours, and carried him farther and
farther from camp. Late in October,
when his visit was nearly over, he
started with three days food for a
last trip, into new territory, From a
conical mountain top about ten miles
west of the mine, he had looked over
a lower range Of SUBMITS to a great
expanse of wild and broken country
that he had never explored.
The weather was like summer when
ne started, but thiTty-six hours later,
on the evening Of the second day,
fierce snowstorm set in. BY mid
night, the first blizzard of the season
was raging through the mountains.
On the third day the storm still
hoWIed furiOusly, but searching par.
ties were sent out with faint hope
Of finding the young prOspectOr be-
fore the trails became entirely i'm
pGssable. In the dim twilight Of the
afternoon they returned one by one,
almost worn out, convinced that the
body Of the missing man would not
be found till the warm winds Of
spring should melt away the drifts.
Yet, as a humane pTecautiOn, lights
were set in cabin windows. and, guild
eu by one Oh tHShI, LOUIS NhlpSIt
staggered into camp and fell like a
dead man before the messroom door
He was taken from the snow,
wrapped in blankets and laid before
a blazing fire. When he showed signs
Of life he was given hot drinks and
undressed. His prospector's belt
dropped to the floor like lead, and
when opened was found to be stuffed
with nuggets of virgin gold.
In the fever that followed, Gilbert
talked deliri0usly of his long struggle
through the binding drifts, hungry
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-08-05

Adventurous prospectors who have
followed the perilous trails over the
Cabinet Mountains have, as a matter
of course, heard Of the Lost Lead,
but only he who is a total stranger
to fear has penetrated the chaotic
wilderness of HeU's Canyon, and thus
come suddenly upon the Grave OF
Gold Four rude granite posts, con-
nected by heavy log chains, enclose
the spot. On the face of the giant
bowlder that stands guard over the
few square feet of sacred earth Is
carved:
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-08-05
Eads of Society Leaders.

Eastern society leaders have their
fads and superstitions. Mrs. George
Gould defes the old saying that
pearls typify tears and wears a col
lection that outdoes royalty. Mrs
Stuyvesant Fish's luck omen is a
small gold locket with her initials in
monogram. Mrs. Reggie Vanderbilt is
never without a certain bracelet OF
Turkish manufacture. Mrs. Tommy
Hitchcock wears horseshoe diamond
brooches. Mrs. Payne Whitneys anu
let is a necklace composed of every
translucent precious stone known to
lapidary art.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-08-05
Holds to Ancestral Farm.

Although George W. Vanderbilt
owns what is probably the gre test es-
tate in this country at BItmcrc. n. C..
ne still holds the old ancestral farm On
Staten island against all attempts to
buy it. Mr.. Vanderbilt rarely goes
there. but it was the fayorite summer
home of his mother, and it was the
first country home purchased by the
old commodore, grandfather Of the
present owner. An offer has recently
been made for the farm By an amuse-
ment company, but Mr.. Vanderbilt
gave the answer that many other
would,be purchasers received: THE
farm is not for sale"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-08-05
Reeds Ready Wit.

Col Pete Hepburn of Iowa is fond
of telling how. during his early days
in Congress, he once had occasion tc
consult Mr.. Reed. then speaker, with
a view to obtaining Reeds advice as
to eulOgy on a deceased colleague
which Col. Hepburn had been selected
to deliver.
Give me a general idea OF what !
shall say" said the inexperienced
Hepburn.
Say anything except the truth, d" re.
sponded the witty Reed. ITS Gus
tOmaTy!'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-08-05
CLEVER DEVICE OF HUSBAND.
Bouquets of Parma VioIets Put End to
Divorce Proceedings.

S'fSfSS SSSSS'tSS'
NJ. Porel, husband Of Nine. Rejane,
the noted French actress, knew how
to touch the tender chord in his wifes
nature when she was trying recently
to secure a divorce from him. She
was playing in London Every morn
ing she received a royal bouquet of
Parma VioIets. Finally she became
curious and applied to the florist to
tell her whom her aGmirer was. He
cabIed to NJ. Porel in Paris and Sc
cured permission to tell When she
learned the identity Of the sender of
the yiOlets Nine. Rejane exclaimed
that he was dear and that it would
be wrong to discard SO thoughtful a
man. Then she ordered her lawyer
to discontinue the suit and the
estranged couple made up. Parma vic
lets did the business. Foxy POrel.