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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-07-22

Somebody has estimated that the
Lake Superior iron deposits will be ex,
hausted in twenty-five years.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-07-22

AeuteIy Honest in Gambling FinssSe.
In China drunkards as we'll as to-
tai abstainers are almost unknown.
Gambling debts are pre-emiuently
debts of honor there. and are more
willingly and speedily paid than any
others. To pay them a Chiuaman will
pawn all his property and even sell
his children.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-07-22
For cnisqers and Mosquitoes.

"In addition to being the finest rem
edy | ever used for muscular sore
ness, cuts, burns and bruises, l have
recently discovered that Hunts Light
ming Oil is a specific for chigger and
mosquito bites A very small quanti-
ty rubbed on the spot secures instant
relief"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-07-22

Piso' Cure for Consumption Is an intallIoIe
medicine for coughs and colds n ". SAMUEL.
Ocean Grove, y. j., Feb. Il, 1900.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-07-22

G. S. Shannon. Blow Pipe and Tank Factory
and alI kinds of sheet metal work. Write for
prices. Houston Texas.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-07-22

Sometimes the proof of the pudding
is the undertaker's bill.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-07-22

Every true man. 10 matter how mer
itoriOus, feels his deficiency.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-07-22

Defiance Starch is guaranteed biggest
and best or money refunded. Is
ounces, 10 cents. Try it now.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-07-22

A girl no longer needs a chaperon
after she is able to call some chap her
own,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-07-22

Dickeys Old Reliable Eye water cures
sore or weak eyes. Don't nurt. Feels good.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-07-22

The ant which attacks the cotton
boil wecvil is also said to be deadly to
the centipede.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-07-22

OUR GUARA NTEE.-Take a large bottle OF
Botanic Blood BaIm( BIB las directed onlabeF,
andWhen the right quantity is taken a cure 10
viii uFomntv be refunded without argument.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-07-22

MIS-. J. I. 8!a!OCk,
Miles. Tex. July ., "a.
TO A. B. Richards Med Co.,
Sherman, Tex.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-07-22

JnO Haughton,
Gonzales, Tex.
csc and SOC bottles
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-07-22

Charles H. Booth, lately deceased
at Englewood, N. j., was 101 years of
age, and holder of.the oldest life insrr.
ance policy of which there is record
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-07-22

When Answering Advertisements
Kindly Mention This Paper.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-19
sYNopsrs OF PREVIOUS cHAPTTns S

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS,
The story is told by John parrow's family
keen analyst, has become Interested in Gwen Dar-
gov. the daughter and is Invited TO the house.
Present also are Clinton Browne, youIyg artist,
bstrays nervousness as they sit in the parlor.
Ss FROM 4a' aS Gao Sotom Si tRa Rs
closed. While Gwen is singing, Darrow springs
begging. ali not to let Thin" strike again.
When lights brought, no assuiant can
Remember--you -promise!" expires Gwen de-
clares at once that It is murder Maitland finds
rapidly nnalyzes the three possible theories,
natural death. suicide aud murder, and dis
barrow died from poison injected into the blood.
II murder, 1t must either have been committed
the wtnaow, The abrasion was on the throat
yet, Darrow set with his back to the window and
weapon and no one having LETT the room, fl Is
evident no one present could have been the
panied BY NJ. GodIn, a special. Tie latter main
talns silence asking ouy II anyone had heard
tectlyes make thoro examination. Gwen goes
To the doctors house and Maitland puts in the
uadGr the window he finds prints made by small
bierks Or wood. worn on someone's feet. The
t9e t9e sand IS deep impression of left hand
or which Maitland takes plaster cast. This
Iahd mad apparently BEEN used to steady the
RSrsoh IN PERFORMING SO be peculiar operation.
!he nails were bitten except that on the little
the detectives. report that Darrow's financial
AFFAIRS are in bad shape. His $1,000 life inscr-
Parently to provide for his creditors. The de
tGGtiyes declare it to be evident case Of
suicide: Maitland questions owen closely about
ahssr assr father. She admits he had presentlInent
OF impending calamity. He had made her prom
!laSe 70 the nlan who would bring his assassin
10 Justice. Search OF OarrOw's papers reveals a
GlEhsn is fo9nd clipped newspaper advertise
ih iIeHC an Mnlch DarroW oIers $5O,UUO reward to
TRiiGGh Darrow tells the romance OF his youth,
While IN bombay, India. he had fallen in love
from drowning, She was botrothed to Rama
NNg9oah, raktr OF immense strength but
!9Yeu Darrow and met him clandestinely on
Malaba hill. An elopement was planned but at
uG tFyst Iona, seemingly under spell, stood
coldly and silently aIoof '
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-19
a RooTER.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
g Why does he lead the yells az
g Because he hopes to become q pro-
fessor Of languages.
e How will leading the yells help
him
q Why, it s just another form Of ex-s
tracing the roots. s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13
OUIESCENT BOWSER.
He Gets Strange Fit on and Causes
Anxiety About the House.

Several things happened around the
Bowser house the other day, and an
hour before Mr.. Bowser was expected
home from the Office Mrs. Bowser felt
sinking OF the heart at thought of
what he would say and do. She was
in the hall when he opened the front
door with his pass-key, and she opened
her eyes wide as he carelesSly remark
more snow, Ell? Well, if we had a
horse and cutter we'd surely take ad-
vantage of this sleighing. Do you re-
member how we used to go skitting
about?"
''Did-did you notice anything wrong
with the gate as you came in?" she
falteringly asked.
Il saw that some boy had lifted 1t
from its hinges and flung it down.
That's boy-like, however. They'd tip
the house over on its side if they could
and call it fun. If dinners ready, we'll
go right down."
times Mr.. Bowser would have charged
her with hiring a tramp to lift that
gate off, or argued that it was her
business to sit in the front window
with a shotgun and keep the boys
away. He would have made out that
the gate had been damaged at least
So 0o0 worth, and that the poor house
was close at hand, and he wouldn. Z
have ceased talking about it until bed
time There We're other Things TO ten
him, however, and a little shiver passed
over Mrs. Bowser as she said:
You know that new snow shoVel
you bought the other day? Well,
tramp came along this afternoon and
borrowed it to clean off walk across
the street, and when he got through
he walked off with it,
Did, eh?" grinned Mr.. Bowser. ell,
he's a snow shovel ahead of the game.
but he won't dare come back on this
block again.
but aren't you-you going to do
anything about it?''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13

to emancipate their sex from the bond
age of this idea, are warned that if they
persist we shall have a nation of I'M
happy homes. with every man either
telephoning just before dinner that he
can't get away from the office or max
ing a summary escape for the rest OF
the evening as soon as he finishes his
dessert. An orderly house, well cooked
and DunctuaI meals. economical manage
ment of household expenses, neatly
mended clothes and well trained chill
dren are all these writers declare that
any woman needs to take thought of if
she would keep her husband contented
and true But nearly all the good
counsel ends with a warning to the
wife to look after her personal appear
ance. and to my mind the most dis
couraging responsibility which rests
upon the woman who would retain her
husbands love eternally is to resist the
encroachment of old Father Time. She
must look out for the crows feet, these
theorists say, keep down the embOn-
point, preserve her teeth, her hair, her
complexion and her waist line. She
modishly, and never allow her husband
to see her otherwise than fresh. I'M
ruff1ed. pretty and charming. But in
the same Darag graph in which she gets
this simple advice she is probably re-
minded that a good. hot dinner. served
promptly and faultlessly, is vitality es-
sential to the happiness of any home.
One wonders if the writer ever tried
getting a good hot dinner, say on a mid
summer day, and sitting down to it
fresh, unruff1ed, pretty and charming.
1t might be said that this could be ac-
complished if every woman had a COM
petent cook. but this would be placing
share of the responsibility upon the
husband. and as every one knows. the
burden of proof that a happy marriage
Is possible rests entirely upon the wO
man who drags man into it and must
make the best Of the situation.
And all this cultivation of the
charms and virtues, this pursuit of
beauty and grace, this retention of
youth and coquetry, this study of do
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13

clear as a. bell, and I've got an appe-
tite on me like a horse. Why2"
1--we got to tell you something"
"Wen, what was it2''
Something worse than have told
you"
Go ahead
IL know you'll be awfully put out
over it and blame me. but I've got to
tell you just the same"
well. tell away
II discovered today that the roof
leaksi Yes. it leaks right over the
spare bedroom, and if it isn't fixed the
go up on the roof with a crowbar and
jab and punch ard pound in order to
make you $1,000 extra expense, but"
Roof leaks. eh?" he interrupted.
well. tin roofs will get old and leaky-
and I'll send man I'D tomorrow to
fix ours. Glad you happened to notice
it. 1t shows what an interest you take
in the house.
Then Mr.. Bowser tenderly removed
the cat from the lounge to the floor
and stretched himself out for a rest
weather and business, and then dropped
off to Sleep Mrs BOwser and the cat
both sat looking at him and trying to
make out what was going on when the
cook came softly upstairs and whis-
peringly inquired:
Is he ashlaDe. ma'am?"
Mrs. Bowser nodded her head
Then let me look me last upon the
dear man. Me brother was took JUST
the same way two years ago, and be-
fore morning he went into commissions
and died without telling us that he
owed a saloon bill of S14"-(Copyright
1904, by c. B. Lewis.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13

smoke in their own homes, or even in
the private dining rooms of the cafes
because L have had no opportunity of
finding out. I should judge by the So
ciety plays and novels evidently written
by men and women who have made a
study of the conditions they describe
and in which ladies of good birth, fash
ionable. education and modish apparel
smoke, that the custom is not unknown
in plutocratic society here or ariSto-
cratic society in England, but I i'm
agine that it would never fail to cause
comment and would be an alteration
of the fast set scarcely countenanced
by the conservative"
Writing on this subject in the Smart
Set recently Julian Ralph said:
There is no great mystery in the fact
that one woman can smoke without
detriment to US or to herself, and an
consciousness, the other is hobbled and
handcuffed by it. If you think it is
wrong it is wrong-for you If you
do it out of bravado, you are a vulgar
hussy, though you be of the strain Of
We're de We're: but if you possess the
greatness to be truly Indifferent to out
side opinion, or If you ara so sincerely
innocent as not to suspect yourself of
audacity, you may safely produce your
cigarette case in the drawing room of
Lady Pharisee herself. Such is the
situation as regards this great question.
here and now. Hereafter it may be
different, and at the present time, as
we have remarked, there are nations
whose women are, and have ever been,
unhampered in this direction, and who
smoke with the simplicity and conf
dence which only a few rare souls
among US possess, being supported and
secured by the mighty impersonal
spirit of the public opinion and custom
of their country. But now and then
one of these chartered libertines strays
from her native land, and finds her
way to us, bringing her country's Gus
tom with her: and she, in her naive
pursuance of her habit, acts the part,
no doubt, of an efficient missionary of
the weed. Very grave, earnest and pre-
occupied ladies I have met among
these, as we'll as thoughtlesS maidens;
and 1 would have thought of complain
ing of the vaporous rings and wreaths
where with they enveloped themselves
as little as of their accent or the color
of their hair. In short, smoking, for
ladies, like kissing, goes by favor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13

shovel and disappeared. You should have
tied rope to his leg. I'll have anoth-
er shovel sent up tomorrow"
Mrs. Bowser felt herself turn pale.
She fully expected Mr.. Bowser to de-
clare that she must pay for that snow
shovel out of her pin money, and that
over $1,000 worth of snow shovels had
been lost through her carelessness since
their marriage. He might also be ex-
pected to rush outdoors after dinner and
declare that he would follow that tramp
to his lair If it took thousand years,
and make him eat shovel and handle
and to return to say that it was a won
der she hadn't lent the front door to a
potato peddler. She was so benumbed
that she said no more until dinner was
finished and they had settled down for
the evening. Then, as he was playing
with the cat on the lounge, she re-
marked:
"Oh, I forgot to tell you about the
boys in the alley"
There were boys in the alley, eh?''
he Queried.
About a dozen of them. and they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13

nestle science and old-fashioned cook
ing recipes, this maSsaging and diet
ing and exercising and primpiny is just
for the very uncertain end of keeping
a husband at cOme nightsi Wouldn' t
a billy-club or 4 foolish powder in his
demi-taSSe be just as effective ana less
| trouble? Or even suppose a woman re-
solved, for the sake of her nerves, to
take life less strenuously and endure
the consequences-let him suit himself
about going out or staying in? The
advantage of his rather dearly bought
society is not made altogether clear but
no doubt it is a priceless boon, since all
the Heart to Heart departments point
to it as the great reward of wifely
charms and virtues / should think
since it is so generally recognized as
the wife'S greatest and most difficult
responsibility that it would create de-
mand for the sort of husband who is
so old and bored that he prefers his
own hearthstOne, even With his wife
society as an inevitable concomitant
oany place where one can't wear ones
house slippers. 1t might also simplify
the problem for the ordinary women
who realize that they fall short of the
perfection demanded of the ideal de-
nestle turnkey and who are we'll aware
ty, sorceress, siren and saint If they
were to marry paralytics or crippleS
physically incapacitated for escape.
You know 1 am glad that my mar
r1ed friends are practlcal, SoulleSS per
sons who have something else to
think about beside their husbands
waning affections and that dom t
know any of these crazed creatures L
read about who are in a state of such
despair because their husbands go out
nights. Now, you for instance. Tom
goes out to his club, occasionally in the
evening but 1 never noticed you pining
on account of it. In fact quite the
contrary. AS soon as he announces
that he won't be home after dinner you
fly to the telephone and arrange for
some of the girls to come over for a
rough house. or you plan to go
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13

were snow balling our cat as she went
along the fence. One of the snow balls
crashed through the back bedroom win
dow upstairs
well, I'll replace it tomorrow night.
I was a boy myself once, and L expect
I broke a hundred windows Can't ex-
pect a boy to be man, you know"
Mrs RowSer could do nothing but
stare. Not a month ago boy broke a
pane of glass in a window while she
was downtown, and when Mr.. Bowser
came home he talked about it for two
long hours. charging her with gross
carelessness and reprehensible extrava-
gance and saying that a pillow should
be stuffed into the broken pane for the
rest of the winter. He figured up then
and there and pretended to find that the
cost of broken panes for twelve years
past had been 5000 per year. Now, he
was not only playing with the cat
whose life he had sworn to take on a
hundred different occasions, but finding
excuses for the hoodlums who had
broken his windows.
Il must also tell you about the coal"
said Mrs. Bowser, after a long pause.
II heard you ordered ton of range coal
by telephone last night"
well, they came up with load to-
day while 1 was busy and dumped it
into the cellar, and it was furnace coal
only found it out just before you
came, and I thought I'd leave it to you
to go for them. Such carelessness de-
serves rebuke.''
"Oh, I dunno" replied Mr.. Bowser,
as he turned about. It's just possible
that I didn't make the order clear to
them, or they may have got things mix
ed in the rush of business. None of us
are infallible, you know"
But it's the wrong coal"
THAT is, we can't burn 1t in the
range. but we will need plenty of coal
before spring. Well use it for the
furnace and give another order. Won
der how I could ever have thirsted for
the blood of this poor cat?''
Don't you mean to rip those coal
people up the back. as you call it?'
persisted Mrs. Bowser as she recalled
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13

his awful language through the tele-
phone on a former occasion.
mo, I don't see any need of it.
There's no harm done, and I don't
want folks to think I'm always ready
to kick
If Mr.. Bowser had come home with
both arms sawed off close to the
shoulders Mrs. Bowser could not have
been more benun1bed. She sat and
stared and wondered, and wondered
and stared. and he finally took notice
of it and asked:
whats the matter with you this
evening? You don't seem to be as lively
as usual. Want to go to the theater2"
"N-no.''
Shall we run into Green's for cou-
! pie of hours2'
I "I guess not vn4
Maybe you want to play a few
games of euchre, though you always
beat me four out of five
Mr.. Bowser," she replied, stdon't you
feel we'll this EVENING""
Never felt better. My head is as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-13
Another Case of Rheumatism Cured
by ChaberIain's Pain Balm.

The efficacy of Chamberlainss Pafa
Balm in the relief of rheumatism is being
demonstrated daily. Parker Trfplett, OF
Grigsby. Va, says that Chamberlain 8
Pain Balm gave him permanent relief
from rheumatism in the back when
everything else failed, and he would not
be without it. For sale BY all druggists
The evening world., 1904-02-05
CAR HURLS DRIVER
FROM HIS CART
Nan Is Picked Up Unconscious,
Badly Cut and Bruised-Flat
Car Then Crushes Into Rear
of Trolley.

Trolley car No. 27s5. OF the Crosstown
Line, in Brooklyn, ran into a coal cart
driven by Joseph Casey. on Washington
venue between Park and Flushing
avenues, early to-day. and Casey was
thrown from his cart n cut and
bruised about the head and body. He
wal picked up unconscious. but revived
n went to the Brooklyn Hospital.
There Is a steep grade In Washington
avenue at the point where the accident
happened, n the motorman Of No. 27s5
was unable to bring his car to a stop
when he saw the ooal cart In front OF
him. The q slid over the rails and
n the cart with q rash.
There were perhaps thirty passenger
In h car. and they were thrown Into
al sorts of moro or less picturesque
attitudes by the sudden stop. They had
had scarcely recovered their equilibrium
when there was another mast from
h rear as n fiat car, which had also
got away from its motorman. slid into
the trolley car,
Again the thirty passengers were tum-
bled into q heap, n all yes were ex-
pectantly turned toward the front plat
form. as IL another bump might be OK
pected from that quarter. No n was
hurt except Casey.
The evening world., 1904-02-05
SEEK GIRL TO FIND
MISSING STUDENT
Hoboken Police Believe II They
Can Locate Young Boston
Woman They Will Discover
Whereabouts of J. W. Mitchell

II has been learned by Chief OF Police
Hayes. of Hoboken, that q young Bos-
ton woman has seen John Wesley
Mitchell, the young student in the Stew
ems Institute OF Technology. since he
was reported missing, and detectives
have been sent to that city. to locate
her. The chief believes that II she can
be found the whereabouts Of the stu
dent will be easily ascertained. II is
the police theory that he IL with the
girl now.
President Alexander Humphreys, Of
the institute, and the father and mother
OF Mitchell had n long conference with
Chief Hayes last night. during which
Mr.. Humphreys told the chief to spare
no expense in his efforts. He said the
institute would pay all expense attached
to 4 thorough search for the young
man.
Mr.. Humphreys was of the opinion
that IL the police could onIy md the
furnished room In Hoboksn that Mitch
ell hired and lived In while attending
school letters would b found that
would furnish a clue TO his where
about
Mitchell had a fail on Jan. Il and in
jured his head. The next day he went
to the home Of his parents at STRAIT
ford, Conn.,. andsremained there until
Jan. IS, when he left home ostensibly
to return to school. He Ia known to
have gon TO the Bible House In New
York and to a photographers in Will
lam street. and then he disappeared as
completely as II swallowed up by the
earth.
On Jan. 20 q student friend Of
Mitchell received a letter from him. 1t
bore a Boston lost mark. The letter
intimated that he had o to that city
to see a girl and that he intended to
leave there Jan. 20 to return to the in
stitute. Mitchell wrote that II his
parents knew that he had gone to
Boston instead OF school they would be
very angry. Since this letter was re-
ceived all trace of Mitchell has been
lost.
The evening world., 1904-02-05
CUT WITH CUES IN
POOL-ROOM FIGHT
Four Men Badly Hurt In Row
Among Rowdies and 1t Took
Seven Policemen to Subdue
the 0isturbers.

our men were badly hurt and many
others less severely bruised and cut dur
ing a fight early to-day in Levy's pool
and billiard rooms over the ALEXANDRIA
Music Hall. in East Fourteenth street.
The battle wagod for twenty minutes
and was stubbornly renewed when a
squad OF policemen raided the place.
The injured men were Frederick was-
ner. manager OF tho place. whose face
was badly cut: Samuel Crowder. his as
sistant. who was stabbed in the hand:
John Wood, OF Nc. q, K~nIckerbocker
avenue. who had n cash over tho left
eye. n Lester Cuppy, OF No. 111i De
Kalb avenue. Brooklyn. who's cheek
vas laid open. All were taken to the
East Fifth street station, but Wagner
was not held.
The place was well filled with patrons
when Wood and Cuppy came In and en-
gagged a table. According to Wagner,
the men soon began TO interfere with
other players until they became q nuis-
ance. They were ordered to remain at
their own table and let the other players
alone. and when they refused the fight
started.
e. Crowder went to wasner's assist
anc and all the men were soon using
billiard cues and balls. Others Joined
in the quarrel until the greater part
OF the men In the room were lighting.
A policeman heard the commotion
from the street. raped for, assistance,
and with half q dozen other patrol
men ran Into the room. They found
a struggling mas OF humanity.
The lighting men turned on the po-
licemen. whose clubs soon subdued the
ReiIgerepe os,d that sevsrsy Ia NJ restored
badly hurt and q call was sent for an
ambulance. DR.. Blackwell came from
Bellevue and dressed the wounds and
the -four. PRINCIPALS were then taken to
the station-house.