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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-17

strength, and before this wore ava,
ne had lifted himself ten feet nighe
and stood on another bar. There wa,
but one more; and after that-safety.
The next few moments were aguni2
ing ones for SedgWick; moments 0I
dead, painful effort that seemed Il
drain his system to the very drcgs Of
energy and endurance.
The blood from his iorn hands ran
down his wrists into his sleeves rs he
climbed, and now and then Il dron
Spattered upon his face. The pitiIess
Sun,r0ys seemed to BE- probing his
brain, burning ont the power q?
thought and leaving Only the con,
! SCl0usneSs Of suffering.
Yet In spite Of all 10 KEPT rising
FIRST with one hand. Jncu with thc
other, he grasped the strands above
the bar. The eye through which tho
rope ran was close 10 his chin: i
todched his chest his thigh. i scronj.
later lie got his krce upon il ana fbpy
his foot His face was Just shove thu
level of the ground. and the WARM
fragrance Of the iuXuriant grast VII:
strong in his noStrilS.
And now, when dcilyerauce ue,mcf
50 close, came the most terrible five
seconds the l'ot2nist ever experienced
AS he stood on the Sfx-inch rod O,
Steel, his body WAS turned sidcwiSo So
tnat it leaned against the cliff, Tia
mad yet to raise himself five faot ho
lore ne would De on solid ground Thr !
wire rope could assist him no longer
Tor its end was fastened round = snikE
III a drllI-hOIe level with bis chest. ann
ne must get firm hold yard higher
before he could safely pull himself IN,
with bleeding hands he explored fine !
SOIL among the grass.roots, seeking , |
place suitable for his purpose. If he
trled to reach very far from the cdgr
ne could not sink his fingers dotnlv ir
the earth, while if he took hold tor
near the brink the turf might null
through and allow him to fall bacl,.
ward.
Al last lie found a spot that satisfied
l'n' and worked his hands down into
ne ground. regardless of the main.
Ehen. mastering all his strength, he
'aiSed himself slightly.
HIS teet had hardly left the hor
Vhtn his right handhold tore out hia
EFT followed. He slipped back; clu,ch>
ne wildly at tho grass-stalks until hi,
oieS touched again the slender rod Of
teeI There he stood for II moment
lSld with horror, lettering above tbr
bySs.
Everything depended on the turn 6
IS body took in balancing. If il {
waved inward. all might vet be- wcII g
outward, there was the rugged cliff. c
loe ana the pond far below. A grain '
energy might turn the scale in either c
lreeuon, for life or for death. +
with senses sharpened by the i'm. L
lihent peril. Sedgwick made a decisive r
iort' His body swayed in toward the r
ILL., and the crisis was past.
But there was no time to waste, Hn il
,it that the next attempt must he his r
st. Taught by experience, he dug c
S hands so deeply into the sol, that 7
ere was no possibility of losiry his s.
I'D again. il
y minute later he was lying prone in p
e tall grass good ten feet from the 81
INK of the quarry. The spray of pink a
rroW is in his herbarium now and al
never turns to the page without W
membering the danger he underwent m
securing that particular snecimcn- Z
'uth's Companion. fir
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-17

ara attracted 70 this palace concan.
trate around the person of Gioacchino
Murat' at one time, through the dis
position of his brother-in.law the
emperor Napoleon I, king Of Naples
indeed other royal residences in Ma.
pies and its immediate vicinity. such
as the grandiose royal palace of the
clty and the smaller royal villa at
Portlci' are closely associated with
this monarch, once a pestillions for
the visitors to his fathers inn, then a
soldier of fortune, finally the dashinr
and unequaled cavalry officer, the
husband OF Napoleons sister Caro-.
line, and finally king of Naples.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-17
TIE FAMILY COFFEE
Goliath Again.

SoIiatn Again.
johnnie was playing David ard Co
hath. He was David and every stray
dog that Glanced that way was Go
Hath.
OF course this isn't Goliath at an"
he unused, sending a stone down tho
alley after kiyi-ing dog. "but III
meet the real thing ono Of these
days."
Crash!
The stone had struck the top Of the
alley fence and bounding, hurt!ed
through a plato glass window Ia
Browns conservatory
That night when father came home
and had to pay for the window, John
met Goliath all right, but the scrip
lures were dreadfully reversed. A
WoOdShed holds great revelations to
the average boy!
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-17

When bees remain close in tho
hive shoe the little chickens into tbs
hen house-it's going to rain. Ia sum.
mer when the sun burns more than
usual. predict thundershowers and
make yourself solid as a prognosti
Gator. This reminds us of a clever
Old fellow who lived in a city divided
by river. He invariably predicted
rain for one side and fair weather
for the other. Then he. visited the
side where he had hit it, and looked
wise. This Is scheme which our
more metropolitan weather guessers
seem to have entirely overlooked.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-17

Some people who are too honest tn
'teai will borrow and not pay back
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1904-01-07
Rocky Sprlnss

Miss Beulah Ferguson of Vicks
burg is a pleasant visitor at the
home of Mrs. E. B. Harvey.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Ray left on
Monday for Thornton, Texas,
where they expect to make their
future home.
Rev. H. J. Moore our new pastor,
was gladly welcomed in our midst
on Saturday. He went on to fill
his first appointment at Grand
Gulf and Ingleside. We trust
him a successful and prosperous
year on his new work.
Prof. Guthrie and Mr.. Calender
of Port Gibson, spent few days
in our village last week. They
were entertained by Mr.. and Mrs.
II. F. Mccarthy.
Mr.. Gadi Benton of Westside,
has been visiting relatives here for
the past week.
Mr.. Flood of Michigan, is visit
ing his nephew. Mr. c. H. Flood.
We are glad to know that Mr..
w. F. Rogillio. Jr., who fell from
the store-house at Carlisle, is rapid
ly improving, and was able to be
moved home on Monday.
Mr.. John Griffin and family of
Hermanville spent a few days last
week at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. H. Benton.
The young people of this place
were pleasantly entertained at the
hospitable home of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. w. Haring on Friday night.
Mr.. WI. McCay of Friars Point,
spent a few days last week, with
his mother, Mrs. M. E. Regan.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1904-01-07
Ouidnunk KwiIIets.

Bishop Theodore DuBose Bratton
will visit Hermanville Wednesday,
January I3th. and hold services in
Epiphany church, the second old
est parish in the state. Bishop
Bratton deserves a hearty welcome
from all creeds as he is a man Of
broad charity and wide culture.
He is a duplication of sweetness
and light +"
The Mississippi Historical Soci-
ETY. holds its annual meeting in
Jackson, January 9TH and Sth. A
session will be specially devoted to
the reading of papers on Recon
struction in several counties. The
Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians
will receive noteworthy contribu-
tions from H. S. Halbert Of Merid-
ian, Miss, Hon. Peter ]. Hamil-
ton of Mobile, Ala. and Mr.. Harry
Warren of Eagle Pass, Texas.
Moving is the order of the day
among the negro tenantry. A fact
that seems enigmatic, is in prosper
Gus times they move as we'll as in
hard times. Political economists
and sociologists will have to explain
law to fit such philosophy Of la
Dor to rent and to capital.
Twenty head Of Alabama negro
field hands have arrived awaiting
new houses in the northeastern por-
ton of Claiborne county. They
have been consigned to Joseph
Taussig of J. T. Plantation. More
Alabama negroes are coming from
Greene county, Alabama. The
song, Little Alabama Coon, /"
speaks of them being good cotton
pickers, fine field hands and splen-
did plowmen. -.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1904-01-07
County News.
Interesting Letters from Our
Regular Correspondents. -


At least a dozen of the best ne
groes, with their families, have left
this neighborhood, within the past
two weeks, for Sunhower county.
Not a bad worker among these.
For two months discriminating
agents with fine overcoats, cigars.
whiskey and cash have been cir
culating among the colored people,
inhaming their minds with the de-
lusion that money grows on trees
in that section. They have care
fully avoided the loose, idle trash
that would be considered a happy
riddance to this country. 1t is no
small matter to have half hundred
capable laborers taken off the land
with none coming to replace them.
1t would be quite impossible for
such incendiaries to survive a trip
to the Delta, for the purpose Of Sc
ducing labor from there. Long suf-
fering landlords are slowly grasp
ing the fact here that self preserva-
ton is the first law of nature.
Mrs. S. L. Burlington returned
home Sunday from a pleasant visit
to her parents in Rocky Springs.
Mrs. M. Gilston and daughter,
Miss Sarah, went to Natchez Sun
day.
Mr.. Polk Tolbert and grandson
of Gloster spent Saturday night
with relatives here.
Messrs. Hugh Rush and Sam
Nesmith left here Monday for
Starkville
Mr.. Bridger Segrest went to
Jackson Monday where he will take {
a commercial course.
Hon. I. L. Rush and M. F.
Mitchell, Esq, passed through here
Monday en- route to Port Gibson.
Mrs. Mary Wilson visited friends
in the CITY Tuesday.
Mrs. Owen Parker of Ruby has
been the guest this week Of her
brother, DR.. Z. d. Barron.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1904-01-07

A special meeting of the board OF
supervisors was held Monday, Dec.
2Sth, 1908. Present. T. L. Rush,
J. w. Jett, J. A. Lord, ]. B. Nc
Murchy, R. c. McCay. Absent,
H. Marx and B. H. Morehead.
The committee heretofore ap-
pointed to provide suitable build
ing for the holding of the January
term, 1904, of the circuit court,
having reported that they had ar
ranged to rent the Gordon store on
the northeast corner of Carroll and
Walnut streets. Port Gibson, Miss,
at the sum of SIoo for the term, it
is thereupon ordered
Ist. That the action of said COM
mittee, both as to the site and price,
be confirmed and ratified, provided
the skylight in the upper story be
closed.
and. That said building be and
Is hereby designated as the place
for the holding of the January
term, 1904, of the county of Clai-
horne state of MiScfeeinrs for 4La
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1904-01-07

feet 6 inch sewer pipe, being the
amount necessary to reach the Bay
on Pierre by Market street, at the
sum Of 81 cents per foot it is or
dered that the action of said COM
mittee as to size and quantity, and
their order Of the same from the
said Warburton at the price named,
be and it is hereby ratified.
Ordered that the following bills
The Imperial press., 1904-05-07
Main Line Through Imperial

The Southwest has it on excellent au- ihority that the Southern Pacific has requested rights oi way through the lands oi the California and Mexican Land and Cattle Company in Lower California, just across the border line that divides the latter from the United States. The right oi way Is apparently needed as part oi a route io Yuma, to be taken by the railroad liue the south ern Pacific is now building To Calexico, which is right al the border.
 The supposiiion Is iha; when this line is built through io Yuma IL will become the main line oi the Southern Pacific's sunset route. putting the latter through the heart of the Imperial valley. The change, If made, will certainly b. bene- ficial io the railroad company for II will not only shorten ihe Sunset route con siderably, but il will avoid a long haul through a wAterless region, necessiiat- ing the transportation of water for the locomotives IL will also put the main line through country that will have a
The Imperial press., 1904-05-07

big way traffic. foi Imperial. Rrawlcy Heller and CalcXico will lc on the line. ,o say nothing of other settlements. rapidly growing up in the one timc dcs. crt, that will bc tributary tu it.
 Incidentally. it may bc said that this change would placc the southern racif- ic's main line so clcsc to San Diego that ii would bc difficult for that com. rany to stay away from the city of 10th iay and climatc.--Thc Southwest of Lus Angeles.
The Imperial press., 1904-05-07
WAS HERE YEARS AGO
Dr. :. !. hcnsley Returns After
 Twenty Eight Years

nr. S ] llenslcv is visiting the val. lcy this week for the first time in twcntv-cieht wears. In 1872 he was in. icrcsiei in ihc policy oi irrigating the desert hy Dr. Wosencraii, and for a time tried to induce capital Co take holi of the project. Among others be laid the matter before Claus Spr,ckcls. lt was then premature, however, and still having confidence in the project, he abandoned ii.
 For eighteen years pr lienslcy has been president of the rrcs.dio County Irrigation Company. on the Rio Granir. in Texas. and was one oi the iirst fer sons to run inansit for the irrigation system in Salt River valley, Arizona.
The Imperial press., 1904-05-07
Found a Cure for indigestion

use Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tablets for indigestion and find that they suit my case better than any dyspepsia remedy 1 have ever tried and have used many different remedies. I am nearly tifty.onc years of age and have suffered great deal from indivcs- ton. can eat almost anything l want io now .-GEo. W. EMORY. Rock Mills, Ala. For sale bv Imperial Drug Co.,, pr r. :. Anderson, prop. Phone 7S.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-08-19

Charles Price of Ash Greek arrived
home from Rapid last week where
he has been sick.
Mr.. Estes Of Deep Greek arrived
home last week from Rapid City
He brought home with him his
daughter who will cook for him dur
ing hay season.
The two neiccs Of Billy Royce lett
for there homes in Pierre last week
The rattle snakes are very bad in
this country and nearly everyb DIV
keeps a bottle Of what is known as
the old reliable "budgc" but some
times the boys imagine the snakes
are worse than they really are and
take TO big q dose.
The Dance at Mike Callahan was
dandy.
The L. S. mail sack which was
los { in June while crossing Plum
Greek has not yet at this writing
been found. The mail carrier came
near loosing his life as we'll rs loos
ing a good team Of horses and the
mail. The creek was high and the
bridge washed out.
1t is rumored that Il. X. Howard
of Sml'hvilc is going to put up 1000
tons of hay this year.
Marion Bennett has gene freight
ing for Elmer Hawks of Pedro.
Mr.. James Hicks of Rapid but
late of Pedro has opened up a black
smith shop in west Pedro We have
! faith in a good shop, and know thai
Jim will make it pay.
TENDERFOOT.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-08-19

sTRAYED-From my Box Eldor
ranch last October one full blooded
Hereford bull branded JOE on left
side. Last seen near John Hunts
place near Rapid.
Five dollars reward for return or
satisfactory information.
Address
JOE WATTERsoN,
Dakota City, S. D.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-08-19
The States
Indian NuSiun1

ever they SO on the war path. This
parliculag bag was worn by Bear
Robe. all Oglala. throughout the
Red Cloud and Custer wars
Chiefs Hump, Iron Lighting,
Yellow Owl, HIS Horse Looking,
Poor Elk. and others Of t e Ch rry
Creek district, under the leader
ship OF Hump, have made and de
corated an old style hide tepee
which will be set up in the hstor-
icaI museum. The poles for the
tepee we're brought from the Black
Hills bv the Indians. The hand
worked shields OF porcupine quilts
a I'd bead work, which ornament
the sides of the tepee, were con-
tributed by Edward Swan and wife
in memory of their first born chrld,
Eagle 10y, who died last summer.
The tepec stands about ten feet
hig h and measures twenty-five feet
in circumference at the base. 1t
S decorated with lifty-eight illus
trations of daring deeds by various
chiefs, portrayed in the old Indian
paints. Among the chiefs thus
given prominence are Hump, Iron
Lightning, Yellow Owl, His Horse
Looking, Poor Elk. Top of tho
Lodge, Buck Elk Thunder, Worn
Out Horse, Charging Eagle, Afraid
of Nothing, Black Eagle, and many
others.
With these intesting articles
added to the former collection OF
the society it now has museum
which is worth going to see. The
officers of the society are Away:
pleased to show visitors through
the looms, and no one should mis-:
an opportunity to view this museum
and inspect the other work OF thu
Historical Department of GU
state.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-08-19
ASH CREEK.

Mr.. Editor:-You must excuse me
being so long between letters in
writing you notes as we are very
busy out in this country now as this
is haying season. 1t is pretty hard
to get notes when everybody is at
home hard at work
We have had the finest Of weather
out here for having and everybody
seems to make use of it.
Our potatoes never looked so well
before. People on the reservation
report nice crop also.
The Lime Kiln roundup starts tc
gathering beef the Is o? Aug ust.
Rich Foley was in the place hunt
ing horses last week.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-08-19

Pierre, S. d.. Aug II 1905
The State Historical Society has
recently received a very valr able
and intensely interesting COLLECTION
of Indian relics, which are now on
exhibition in It's museum at the
state house in Pierre.
Through the untIllng effort and
earnest solicitation of Mr.. T..
Warner, of Cherry Creek, Il life
member OF the society, the Indians
of the Cherry Creek district have
donated to the museum the follow
ing menlentos of their early life:
Seven bone saddles, three hide
work-bags, four whctstones Of Ind
ian design, two hide hash baskets,
six porcupine quill bags of hides
tanned SO hard that the quilts will
not work through, two wooden
dishes of Indian manufacture, one
steel tanning instrument which
resembles large chsel with saw
edge, one qurt, two polished
buffalo horns, two antelope horns,
four buffalo horn spoons, one hide
case for war bonnet, one hide sat
chel, one big horn, two scrapers
used in the tanning of hides, four
cherry Founders or hammers which
are made of stone with hide Jacket
and raw hide handle, one covered
war club, and one war club with
buffalo horn end and eagle foot
handle.
In addition to the above Mr.. and
Mrs. Warner presented the society
with fine specimen of war club,
one hide scraper and beaded hat
band. Other late additions to tho
museum are a cherry FOUNDER OF
hammer, buffalo horn spoon and
a bone needle which We're secured
at Rosebud by Mr.. Robinson, anG
a medicine bag which was secured
from Bear Nose of the Pine Ridge
reservation. These medicine bags
were worn by the Indians in the
hair at the back of the head when
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-08-19
A Garden Sonn.
this solemn eventide.

Hither this solemn eventide,
All flushed and mystical and blue
When the late bird sings
And sweet breathed garden ghosts vsr..f
sudden and wide,
Hesper, that brineeth all COED things,
Brings me II dream of you.
And In my hfart, dear heart. 1t comes ano
goes,
Even as the so,Ih wind fingers and falls
and blows.
Even the south wind signs and tarrles
and streams
Among the living leavca about and round.
With a still soothing soupa
AS Of multitude OF dreams
or love ana the longing of love and loves
delight
Thronging. ten thousand deep.
Into the uncreating night
With semblanccS and shadows to fulfill
Amaze and thrill
The strange, dispeoplcd slcnces of sleep.
William Ernest Henley
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-08-19

ties we're organized in 1862, Hut
Gibson and Hanson in 1871, Davi-
son Gin which Mitchell is situated)
in 1873 and Douglas, Aurora and
Sanborn in 1881. This makes the
average for Mitchelrs vicinity about
1873, or thirty-one years ago.
Hughes county Gn which Pierre
is situatcd) was organized in 1850,
or seven years after Dawson county
in which Mitchell is situatedl,
Hand county in 1882. Buffalo,
Sully, Potter, Faulk, Walworth,
Edmunds, Campbell and McPher
son in 1883, and Hyde in 1854.
This makes the average for Pierre
vicinity about 1883, or twenty-one
years ago, ten years less than the
average for Mitchell vicinity.
Give Pierrc's vicinity ten years
moro in the way of chance for de-
velopmcnt and if it doesn't overtalic
Mitchell's vicinity, then let the
capitol be removed.
The declaration of this Mitchell
knocker, quoted above, asto filings
on "the range country west Of
,, Pierre amount to an absolutely
falsehood. 1t means to imply that
t'the Pierre land office" is the only
one at which filings are made on
that range country. There are
three such land Offices, Pierre,
Chamberlain and Rapid City.
The rate at which these three
offices are now putting settlers on
that western domain would in ten
years exhaust evry claim now
available for settlement, a stage
which the country east of the river
has only Just reached.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-08-19

Ladies' Waists.
we'll made finely fitting percale, gngham or
Madras shirt wasit,a table full, worth ,egl-
lar up to $50, your choice Observation-Disclosures 5c
Other assortments arranged on tables choice
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 75c, Sl2O, S1.65
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-08-19

We have had big Spring and Summer trade. Nc
and deep. moves the goods. Many articles cost much
every dollar brought IN IS gain. Our policy demands
have clearance Sales
Prices have been made SO low they will certainly att
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-08-19

ries on the work of cleaning up the
public places of the great metropolis
for Il salary Of $500 Il year. Hay
Ing been sailor, cow puncher soldier,
linguist, physician and bacteriologist
he has had experience III fields that
qualify him especially for directing the
great work of keeping big city clean.
An alderman once asked the commits
Bioner to reinstute Il driver.
I'VE can't have him in this depart
Nent," said the commissioner. He
has been dismissed twice for intoXicu-
ton" The commissioner got the map
position elsewhere.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-08-19
STRAYED.

From the Herb Johnson pasture
near electric light plant Wednesday,
June %, one large slim saddle horse,
brown, star on forehead, bar on left
shoulder. Shod all round, two fresh
saddle sores. Liberal reward for
return to me or for information.
VIM. WAIL1N.
Rapid City, S. D. June 90, 1904.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-08-19
His Only Chance.

Hardware Merchant-But I can't
sell you cents worth Of dynamite,
my boy.
Kid-Then gimme two cents worth.
| gotter git the money out Of this bank
some way.-New York Evening Jour
nal,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-08-19
John M'GAW WOODBURY..
Able Nam Who Keeps a Grent City'z
Streets Clean.

najor John McGaw Woodbury., the
head Of the New York city street clean
Ing department, is said to be worth
from $3,0OO,Ooo to $l,OO0,00O, yet hs
gives his services to the city and car.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-08-19

The Tom Sweeney Hardware Co.
are agents for the j. I Case Thrcsh-
ing Machine Co.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-08-19

1t probably will be ad limited that
county organiZat on is a tair sort Of
thermometer as to thcvery beginn-
lngs of settlement in any region.
No country is "well settled" until
years after county organization.
Let us compare then the dates of
county organization in Mitchell's
vicinity and in Pierre s, as a test of
how long each has had a chance.
e Yankton and Bon Hommc coun-