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The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

Every housekeeper should know
that if they will buy Defiance Colo
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because II
never sticks to the iron, but because
each package contains 16 Ozone 1uil
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in, A-pound pack
ages, and the price is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals. If your grocer tries to sell you
12-oz package it is because he has
a stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose of before he puts in Denance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
ters and figures '16 ozs." Demand
Defiance and save much time ano
money and the annoyance of the iron
sticking. Defiance never sticks.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08
Texas
Cherokee County Banner:

Cherokee County Banner: Texas
has opened the ball. Strawberries by
the carload, are now being shipped to
northern markets, and in a few weeks
We will follow this UP with other fruits
and vegetables, keeping people busy
at both ends of the line for the entire
spring and summer.
Truly, a gratifying reality and
prospect altogether pleasant. Those
who still hold to the theory that di-
versifed farming in Texas is only
fad convict themselves of plain, cheap
ignorance
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08
Construction and Working of straw Windmill.

apparatus by the blowing tube and
the opposite end of the frame, and
blow through the tube, the windmill
will turn merrily, to the great delight
of the youngsters and to your own
satisfaction at having been dexterous
enough to make a real moving and
fairly strong machine entirely out of
such unlikely material as few
straws.
OF course you may fasten the
straws together with wax, instead of
Sitting them, but anybody can do
that
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08
SilhouetteS.

Hang a large section of cardboard
at one end of the room. Then give
each of the boy and girl players bit
of silhouette paper (black and white,
you know several inches square, a
pencil and pair of scissors.
On the white side write number
and the name of some animal-for in
stance, No. l, giraffe.
Each player must then draw a
sketch OF his animal and cut it out
with his scissors.
Give fifteen or twenty minutes for
the work to be finished in. Then
gather up all the silhouettes and paste
them on cardboard, black side out.
Number each correctly.
Then distribute cards and have
everybody set down the number of
each silhouette and his guess as to
what animal is represented by each
silhouette, written after the proper
number.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08
EMPTY NOW.
How One Woman Quit Medicine.

while a coffee user my stomach
troubled me for years" says lady of
Columbus, O., "and had To take medi-
cine all the time. had what 1 thought
was the best stomach medicine / could
get, had to keep getting it filled all
the time at 40 cents a bott'e - 10
not know what the cause OF my Grou-
BILE was but just dragged along from
day to day, suffering and taking medi-
cine all the time.
"About six months ago l quit tea
and coffee and began drinking Postum
and 1 have not had my prescription
filed since, which is great surprise
to me for it proves that coffee was the
cause of all my trouble although l neY-
er suspected it.
when my friends ask me how 1
feel since l have been taking Postum
1 say, To tell the truth 1 don't feel
at all only that l get hungry and eat
everything l want and lots of it and it
never hurts me and l am happy and
well and contented all the time
81 could not get my family to drink
Postum for a while until l mixed it in
little coffee and kept on reducing the
amount of coffee until got it all Pos
tum. Now they all like it and they
never belch it up like coffee.
eve all know that Postum is sun
shine maker find it helps one great
ly for we do not have to think of aches
and pains all the time and can use
our minds for other things" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
The one who has to bother with
coffee aches and pains is badly handi-
capped in the race for fame and for
tune. Postum is a wonderful rebuild.
er. There's a reason.
Look in each package for the fam
Gus little book, "The Road to Well
VILE"
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08
ave. for "The,"

Do all young readers know that the
word SO often printed "ye' Gas in "ye
olde fashioned singinge schoole'') is to
be pronounced simply the? The is
only a substitute for an Anglo-Saxon
character that was used for the softer
sound of tn. You may read how the
y came to be used by turning to the
word "the" in the Century Dictionary.
where the matter is clearly explained.
And while looking in that same vol
ume, turn over to the end and glance
at the long list of authorities quoted
in making up a dictionary.-From
Books and Reading" in ST. Nicholas.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08
Truck Shipping From La Grange.

La Grange, Texas, April 1.-Truck
farming is becoming an important in
dustry in this section of late. Thirty
five bushels of English peas and eight
barrels Of lettuce, radjshes, spinach
and onions were shlpped from here to-
day, and this is almost a daily occur
Kansas City and Colorado markets.
The weather is very dry and these
shipments would increase consider
ably if rain was had within the next
few days. The threatening appear
ance of the weather today looks as
if the dry spell may be broken.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08
MoIes and Cattle.

Farmers used to think that moles
were bad for the fields where their
herds grazed, but this opinion seems
to be no longer held. If the creatures
sometimes ate grass roots, they also
gobbled up insects and grubs which
did great mischief to all green stuff.
So the moles did some good. A coun-
try laborer told that they were valu-
able animals because they ate up the
worms When they have cleared off
the grubs and worms in one district
they depart to another. It was this
mans belief that grass grew better
in localities which had been thus
worked over by moles, and was, in
deed, best fitted for the feeding of
COWS. Moreover, the moles charge
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08
- of rwo Radaers.

french peasants, accompanied
happened one day to start
which the dog gave chase.
hid beneath a tree, but it
out and killed. AS the COM
or parish, gave a reward for
badgers the peasants proposed
zfnyey it to the nearest village, a
miles off. Making rope of tough
Is, they dragged it behind them.
and by the squeal of an animal
heard and they then saw another
ger following them. Although
attempted to drive it away it
IS '''.' :af them, but came up
er and began to lick
gave up trying to
y.gain fell to drag
Eereupon the live
,-sreTeside the killed one,
.is~,by the ear and thus
egf sto be drawn to the viii
ere neither dogs, nor men,
could force the faithful crea-
we its mate. So the foolish,
lie. thinking it was possessed
slew and burned it.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halrs
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We the undersigned have known T. j. Cheney
for the last IS years and believe him perfectly hon
orable in all business transactions and financially
able TO carry out any obligations made Dy his nrm
WALDING. KINSAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists Toledo, o..
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free Price I5 cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08
render JAplsear N Others.

rald beast tanner of long expert
3. sa1ls some interesting things of
aaection of animals for their
- He had an elephant once, he
Who did all in her power to spoil
e @o,ng one She fused over it
cnddled it up SO that when the
came for it to leave the cage
s simply unmanageable. Wher
the men made bold move
the baby he was promptly
ia ahe stomach and BOWED
peculiar way which the
ster had OF expressing his feel
oward those whom he disliked.
by a ruse, the mother and son
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08
REACH THE SPOT.

ing back,
The pair n s OF
rheumatism.
The tire d out
feelings,
You must reach
the S, 1T get at
the cause.
In most cases It's
the kidneys.
Do a ms Kidney
Pills are for the
kidneys.
Chas. Bierbach,
stone contractor,
living at 2 6 2 5
Chestnut ST., Erie,
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

The King of blood purifiers is DR..
Simmons Sarsaparilla. 1t rids the
system of the Writer'S accumulation
of impurities. 1t makes the young feel
well-the old feel young. Now is the
time to renovate yourself. Simmons
Sarsaparilla cannot be eXcelled.
Price Soc and $1.00.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08
DON'T WAIT, TAKE THE CENTRAL

IT. e. T. c. R. r. Colonist Tickets TO
California, $25.O0, on sale March 1st
to April SOth. through sleeper service
North. South, East. West. Shortest,
quickest, best. For information
rates, etc, call on local agent, or ad-
dress M. l.. Robbins, G. p. A., or VIM.
Doherty. A. G. P. A, Houston, Texas.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08
nAu,y TOURIST sLEEPERS.

To California, also TO to st. Louis,
without change via the Texas and Pa
cifc Railway Ask any ticket agen'
about this new service, or write e:
Turner. General Passenger Agent, Dal
lac Texas
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

Transparent umbrellas are novelty
in London. The substance of which
they are made has the color of ivory
and it's constitution is secret OF the
inventor Collisions are thus render
ed unlikely.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08
seasons" for sessars.

Even beggars have their season
in Constantinople. During the winter
months the city harbors much larg-
or number of them than in the sum-
mer. when many migrate to the coun-
trY
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08
Teoainte md Billion Dollar Grass.

The two greatest fodder plants on
earth, one good for IA tons hay and the
other 80 tons green fodder per acre.
Grows everywhere, so does Victoria
Rape, yielding 10000 lbs. sheep and
swine food per acre.
JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS TO THE
John A. Salzer SEED Co., La Crosse,
Wis, and receive in return their big
catalog and lots of farm seed samples.
CIV. N. U.)
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

Ask Your Dealer For Aliens root-Ease,
A powder. 1t rests the feet. Cures Corns,
Bunions, Swollen, Sore, Hot. Callous, Aching
Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Allen $
Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. AT
allDruggists and Shoe stores, Is cents. Ac-
cept no subs titute. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

were separated. But there was no
such thing as keeping them apart. The
baby rubbed the skin off it's forehead
and trunk trying to get through the
bars, and both walled so long and
piteously that the keeper was obliged
to put them together again.
A shy baby camel that passed
through the hands of this same trainer
refused to look upon the world eX-
cept from it's favorite station, between
its mothers legs The mother, too,
would show her displeasure at any
effort toward intimacy by splitting vio-
lently at every one in sight.
The kangaroo also is very fond of
her offspring, and will patiently carry
it about long after it is ready to hop
on its own account.
But for a display of pure affection
the mother monkey beats any other
animal, and when there is an addition
to the family circle there is general
rejoicing. A baby monkey sticks fast
by it's mother, and asleep or awake
it seems always in her thoughts.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08
Where Pets Are Barred.

prominent ladies' club in London
has lately found it necessary to af-
fix to it's notice board the Following:
NO member shall bring pets AMI
mails or birds into the CLUB.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

nothing for their services, and seldom,
if ever, go on a strike, in spite of thar
powerful digging claws. But they all
have healthy appetites.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

Miss Biggs is interested in you,
pa "How so?" ''Why, today, after
she had told me seven times to sit
down and behave myself, she said she
wondered what sort of a father 1 had"
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

Most of US, when thinking about
Diogenes looking for the honest man,
can almost feel the binding Hash OF
the lantern in our faces and hear his
shout of discovery.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08
Trv One Package.

If Defiance Starch does not
please you. return it to your dealer.
If it does you get one-third more for
the same money. 1t will give you
satisfaction, and will not stick to the
iron.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

The Red Cross Society has made
preparations to carry on its excellent
work in thoroughly efficient manner
during the present war in the Far
East
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

Wear and Tear of Travel.
A quarter of a ton of steel is worn
of the rails on the London and North
western railway daily.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

Threads drawn to form 1-inch squares,
each square to be worked with sflka-
leen. 1 have effectively used black
and yellow, ruff1e of scrim, one row
each of black and yellow baby rib
bon.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

Defiance Starch is guaranteed big
gest and best or money refunded. 10
ounces, 10 cents. Try it now.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

You never hear any one complain
about Defiance Starch" There is
none to equal it in quality and guam
tity, 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now
and save your money.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

The Marquis of Gouvion Salnt-Cyr,
who died in his S9th year, was the
last survivor of the peers Of France.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

Forty-three per cent of all employees
in the Austrian bookbinding trade are
women and 13 per cent children.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

Lightning, when it strikes tree,
sometimes converts the sap INTO
steam with such energy that 1t ex-
plodes, scattering the wood in every
direction.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

1t isn't necessary to erect a monu'
ment when you bury animoslty.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08
I,nanese Woman Lawyer.

Nine. Tel Sono, a Japanese lawyer,
said to be the only woman member
of the bar in the land of the Mikado,
was educated in England.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08
What Snakes Like to Eat.

A menagerie menu is really a much
more complicated affair than it may
seem to the outsider. 1t is not just
matter of so many pounds of meat, so
many loaves of bread, so many bales
of hay. Snakes, for instance, are very
fastidious eaters. Rats, mice, birds,
guinea pigs, toads, frogs, fish and
worms have to be provided for the
various reptiles. None of these can
be kept in quantities ready for use,
but must be fed to the crawling, wig
Cling. epicures either alive or still
warm. Many snakes will starye them
selves rather than touch food that has
been dead any length Of time.
Bears need good deal Of dieting
and especially in the matter of meat.
They are also fond of eating between
meals" and thrive best when supplies
of bread and vegetables are strewn
around their dens so that they may
eat when the fancy seizes them.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08
paner FIywheeIs.

Paper fywheels are coming into
rse. The tensile strength of paper is
enormous, hence its advantage over
iron for this purpose.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

The British Board Of Trade mas
found that the life OF the average sea-
man is twenty-eight years.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

The carnival of Venice, which once
was celebrated by the whole populace
of that city, has now become monop-
oily of the children.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

Any girl who thinks as much of 9
man as she does herself will do to tie
to-
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

Electrical BootbIack.
An electrical bootblack, which Is
more rapid and effective than the
street Arab, is in use in Chicago.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08


1 When we were all
of us found it great
anne CT hands" We
ills 5lp, you remember, one
ar, until the heap was as
*cculd make it. Then, sud
/ Is one cried, Ready! Now!"
Grew our hands out as fast
s new way to play hands
ss seems all right for us big
<en. And sometimes it may
amuse the very little ones,
q ali the hands, in this new
ing. The girls hands have
He's John, Henry and so on;
take Helen and Sarah and
SIS names for theirs. Then,
N The players are quite sure
ing each the two names
him or her, some one
fas names, one after another,
&Akas must come out II any
<5<s the namo of his or her
s1d fails to withdraw them,
4 or girl must pay a forfeit.
tSe boy or girl calling forgets
ii ssa list may be made, if
i help out with this part of the
ssor she must pay a forfeit, too.
Dlayers may call out the names
il this way is liked better, or
aver may have certain names
out in the order fancied. But
ne must always be played
and no player may call out
Ter own name.
times the hands are named
sSz.s of, ssslaecweek. the months
or in such manner; some
~ are given the names of
ZEN playing-only no player
the name that really belongs
her
new-old game some time
in want quiet yet merry
ezs, and you're pretty sure to
you did.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

Some men are too busy to take
rest until the undertaken gets them.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

The ten commandments are good eX
amples of broken English.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

The handsomer a girl is the prettier
she looks when the gas in the parlor is
turned SO low that she can't be dis
tinctly seen.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

Etiquette in SpectacIes..
Polite Chinese consider it a breach
of etiquette to wear spectacles in COM
pany.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08
Fhe Lady Of Sleep.

TIC Gdoy OF Siceps
~ Lady she's sometimes called
We lisp with childish tongue.
ed,
g Is song unsung;
Qle-bed wee she bends above,
ants us a rest from play
|aby Lady with touch of love
Er1es our cares away.
Pppy Princess we change her
Fer we've grown, and sigh
mad ming chase after hckle
paace of the long-gone-by.
Eof each day heart-rest de-
her loving keep.
tss into our tired eyes
he sands of sleep.
reene, in January House
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

Prospects for good berry crop
around Lindale were never better than
now.
1t is estimated that Alvin's straw
berry shipments will amount to rs
cars.
Timpson has been blessed with
good rain, which did not come any too
soon.
A large acreage of cantaloupes will
be planted in the vicinity of Alvin this
season.
Hearne truck growers are badly in
need of rain.
FIatonia will have a creamery in a
short time, if proposed plans are car
ried out.
Rusk orchardists say peaches in
that vincinity will be one-half to one
third Of crop.
Houston reports very active de,
manld' for potatoes, with the prices
firm and steady.
Caldwell truckers have closed deal
to sell all the cantaloupes they can
raise on 100 acres.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

Try me just once and 1 am sure
to come again. Defiance Starch.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08
Scrim Sofa Pillows.

Have you tried sofa pillows made
of scrim? writes correspondent.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08
Thirty.Five Cars of Berries.

Alvin, Tex, April 2.-There were
two carloads of Strawberries shipped
from here last night, besides large To-
cal shipments. The prices so far
have been very satisfactory where
good berries were shipped. Up to
and including March 81, twenty-three
full cars have been shipped from this
point and about twelve cars of local
shipments. This is about twenty
three cars more than was shipped last
season for the same period.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-04-08

he Missing Numerals.
IAN addition sum, complete,
total, but by an accident
the numerals are missing.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-08
BARK 0TZAMIZ WAS
WRECKED ON BEACH
Two of Her Crew Arrested, Charged
With Mutiny.

With Mutiny.
Fernandina, Fla, March THE
Uruguayan bark Otzamiz. Capt. Deco
rina, from Liverpool, was wrecked last
night on Amelia Beach about one mile
south of the jetties.
All the crew reached shore safely.
The bark was anchored off the bar
in heavy fog. The chain parted,
and the vessel is now a total loss, and
is fast going to pieces.
Capt. Decorina has charged two of
the crew with mutiny, and the men
are under arrest.
The two sailors mutinied last night
and were tied, but managed to get
loose, and this morning, when the pilot
boarded the bark he found them in
possession of the forward part of the
deck, armed with knives. The cap
tain requested that officers he sent
to take them into custody and the
Uraguayan vice consul swore out a
warrant for assault, under which they
viii be held by the local officials un-
I'll they can be taken before a United
States commissioner.
The shi2wrecked crew remained on
board until late in the forenoon, when
they launched the vawl and came
ashore. They number fifteen men.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-08
SHIPS APPEARED.
BUT DID NOT FIRE
VLADIVoST0K WAS SPARED
A SECOND ATTACK FROM THE JAP
ANESE FLEET.

TicerOy AIexicf Has Submitted a
Regarding the BOmbardment to
Which VIadivOstOk Was Subjected
by the Japanese-One Woman Was
Killed by n LyddIte SheII-NIen
wounded.
st. Petersburg, March 7.-Viceroy
Alexieff has telegraphed the Car from
Mukden, under to-day's date, as fol-
lows:
experimenting my telegram of
March 6, most humbly report that at
1:25 o'clock five out of seven of the
enemy's ships opened fire on Forts
Suvareff and Linevitch. on the town.
on the roadstead and along the valley
of the river Obyassneniye.
The firing lasted until 2:15 o'clock,
at which hour the Japanese squadron
began to steam to the southwark, dis
appearing out of sight at $50 p. m.
There We're no losses on the batteries
seaman was wounded and one woman
was killed.
According to information just re-
ceived the enemy's squadron again
appeared in sight of the fortress at s
O'Clock this morning."
A later message from the Viceroy
says:
THE commandant at Vladivostok
reports that yesterdays bombardment
resulted in no serious damage to the
port. The fortress did not return the
enemy's fire.
To-day at midday the enemy again
entered Ussuri bav and approached
the point from which they bombarded
the harbor on March 6. They left
again, making for the open sea-"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-08
RUSSIAN SQUADRON
COVERS LAND MOVEMENTS.

Toxic. March Tt is believed that
the Vladivostok squadron is now in the
vicinity of the mouth of Tumen river,
engaged in covering the movements OF
Russian troops from Possiet Bay to
the valley of Tumen.
Russian scouts are reliably reported
to have penetrated south as far as
Kiung-Sung. The earlier Russian
movement into Northeastern Korea was
regarded as diversion, but It now APP
pears that the Russians may occupy
and fortify some strong position in .he
Tumen river.
Reports regarding Russian move
ments IN Northwestern Korea are
n1eagre and unreliable. The force north
Of The Yalu il being increased. but IL
is doubted II any considerable num-
Der Of Russians have crossed the river.