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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-11-11
Wins Honors in Botany,

Miss Minnie Robinson of Detroit, q
graduate of Michigan university, is
winning national honors as a student
of botany. For some time past Miss
Robinson has been professor Of botany
and biology in Vassar college. Last
summer she spent her vacation in
making special studies in botany in
the botanical gardens at Boston, end
this summer she spent On the islard
of Jamaica, studying plant life. Mis-:
Robinson has made discoveries in rel
studies of ferns that were never
known before, and is winning dlstiAc
ton among the botanists of the United
States.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-11-11
SchooIboy Cause of Quarrel.

John Barwic, boy of Canadian
birth and parentage, was attending a
public school in Pomona, CAL, where
his parents now reside. The Amert
can flag is hoisted over the school.
house every morning and all scholars
are expected to salute it. This was
too much for Johnny's rich Canadian
blood and he refused to follow the
general custom. Thereupon he was
sent home by Miss Hill, the teacher
who has been sustained by The Local
board Of education. The boys parents
uphold him in his refusal to raise his
cap.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-11-11
First Passenger Traffic MANAGER.

Lucius futile, now president of the
Boston and Maine railroad, was the
first man to hold the title of "passen-
ger traffic manager" 1t was bestowed
upon him by President Van Horne of
the Canadian Pacific railway. Van
Horne created the position for futile
In 1887, so as not to interfere with
the rank or title of officers already en-
0loyed and because the Canadian Pa
cifc was largely owned in England,
where railway officials titles are diff
ferent from those In America.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-11-11

He was dead, and | buried the
body as we'll as | could and went
home. | told my mother about it and
she told me to mention the fact to no
one. | did not and she died without
telling the secret.
THE reason for secrecy was that
tile Sank were at that time a warlike
and powerful tribe, and had they
learned that one of their number had
been shot by white man it is more
than probable they would have
swooped down on the stockade and
killed all the pioneer citizens of Chi.
cago.
Il don't think there is any danger
that the Sank will wipe the city out OF
existence now, so there is no harm
in telling the secret"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-11-11

service. After being admitted to the
bar he practiced law for a time, but
soon adopted the stage as profes.
sion. For years he was leading man
in the A. NJ. Palmer and other COM
panies, and also for Nine. Modjeska
and Mrs. Langtry. Mr.. Barrymore is
the author Of a libretto and of several
plays.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-11-11
KNOWS SITUATION IN EAST.
Chester HoIcombe Student of Affairs
in the Orient.

in the Orient.
Anent the many interesting situa-
tons developing every day as the re-
suit of the Russian-Japanese war, Iowa
people have been listening with much
interest to the utterances of Chester
Holcombe, the orator, diplomat and
author, who is an authority On the
apanese-Russian controversy and as
ISOLATED questions. Mr.. Holcombe mas
spent many years in the far east in
the diplomatic service of this country
and is probably as well qualified to
answer the questions, to unravel them
and make them plain as any other liv-
ing American. Shortly after his grad
uation from Union college DR.. Hol-
combe went to China and was soor
appointed secretary and interpreter to
the American legation in Pekin by
President Grant He has filed all of
the important posts of the United
States diplomatic service in China.
AS a member of the commission for
that purpose he negotiated the treaty
between the United States and Corea.
In 1884 he was appointed to represent
our government at the capital of the
United States Of Colombia, but de-
clined the appointment. He was twice
offered decoration of high order by
the emperor of China, but declined.
He spent much time in Japan in the
early part of 1895 in connection with
the negotiation of treaty of peace
between the empire of Japan and
China. He is especially interested in
missionary work and is one of the cI-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-11-11
Noted Vocalist Is Dead.

BY the recent death in Melbourne OF
MRS. Theodosia Stewart in her nine.
ueth year, the first woman who sang
the title role of Mariana" in the
southern hemisphere, has passed
away, She herself always maintained
that she sang the part in Sydney he.
lore the first production of the opera
In Drury Lane in November, 1s45
She was well acquainted with it's com.
poser, the slfted but cratic Irishman
William Vincent Wallace, who was q
resident Of Sydney in the late '9Os
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-11-11

Alexander Beaubien is the first white
child born in Chicago That interest
Ing eVeGt took place eighty-two years
ago He is also the oldest policeman
in the world and furthermore he car
riel one secret for seventy years
probably worlds record.
Recently he told the pupils of the
bigher grades at the Jones school all
about early times in Chicago and also
all about the secret.
"Yes." said the veteran, ut is little
story that will be of some interest to
the children and as there is now no
reason for it being Kept | am going to
tell them all about it.
ut was when | was ten years of
age, when we were living on the West
Side in the shadow Of the old stock
ade. My uncle at that time had charge
OF the payment OF the treaty money TO
The Indians and it was during one of
these festivals that killed man.
THE Northern Indians had assem-
bIed to get their share Of Uncle Sans
money and among the crowd was one
Sank from the south, who was not en-.
titled to anything. He joined the 9TH
er red men in their rotations, how
ever. and when very drunk got into
some trouble with my uncle.
Il was told to watch him while nv
uncle went inside the house to get a
whip, and when he came out the Indian
was given a severe beating.
'That was all there was to If at
the time, but about week later was
out hunting, and this Indian made q
dash out the bushes with his knife in
his hand to take my scalp. l had an
old double-barreled shotgun with me.
and when he came close up gave him
the contents Of it in the face.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-11-11
ycot records have been made from

good records have been made from
COWS that did not promise at the start
to ever be able to pay for their feed.
One cow made 200 pounds of butter
the first year and 420 the fifth year,
and this though she was old enough
at the time sne was bought to lead
to the conclusion that she was or
should have been in her prime as a
dairy animal. This was the best rec
ord made, but only one COW in the
herd failed to respond to our treat
ment, and she was so evidently of the
beef type that we did not feel that
her record was against our conclusion
in the least"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-11-11
ClingS to Useful Life

Miss Isabel Hagner, private secre
tary to Mrs. Roosevelt, has a fortune
ample for all the frivolities of New
port and Tuxedo or for division of hel
life between Fifth avenue and Bel
grave square, but she prefers to fol
low the useful career she mapped ont
for herself when, with a thinner nurse
she entered semipublic life. When
Miss Hagner came into handsome in.
heritance recently she gave no sign Of
intention to leave her present post
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-11-11

Maurice Barrymore, who is said to
be in a hopeless condition in the SAM
tarium at Amityville, Long Island, was
famous in his day as an actor and a
wit His proper name is Herbert
Blythe. He was born in India in 1S48,
and was educated at Cambridge Uni
versity, England, subsequently study
ing for the law and for the India civil
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-11-11

The storage Of sweet potatoes so
that they will keep is a difficult mat
ter In the northern part OF the
South pits are dug in the ground and
the potatoes placed in these, provided
the drainage is good. A covering of
leaves and planks may be put on and
on the approach Of cold weather a
covering of earth is added. The best
way is to store in dry warm cellars.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-11-11
Woman's Increasing Stature.

Rev. DR.. Anna Shaw told a lecture
audience the other evening that for
long time women's stature has Oeea
increasing, while that Of men has
shown an opposite tendency. Or.
Shaw expresses the belief that the
physical deterioration of men is trace
able to their indulgence in tobacco and
liquor.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-11-11
Shah Honors President Francis.

BY special mandate of the shah of
Persia President Francis of the ex-
position has been decorated with the
Order Of the Lion and the Sun, which
is the highest in the kingdom of Per-
STA. The decoration is the first of so
high grade presented to citizen of
the United States.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-11-11
nEJZZP R0JCDIZ2s

fectors Of the American BOARD He
wss on terms of friendship with IL
Hung Chang and many prominent chi
Iese statesmen,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-11-11
COMPANIONS and Friends,

We find companions among the
clever, but we select our friends from
among the good.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-11-11

For calves one of the best feeds
consists of equal parts by weight of
ground oats, corn meal and bran
mixed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-11-11
Japan Moving Onward.

Japan has ifty-seyen high schools
for girls
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-08-05
North Side News

A ten pound daughter arrived at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Alva
Fry, August 4th.
Prof. d. Mccall an3 two sors.
Mark and Y, came from Kootenai
Saturday night and accompanied
Mrs. Mark Mccall and children
and Grandma Mark to Kootenai
Sunday.
Mrs. Ada Carpenter will go to
Spokane tomorrow to visit her
aunt, Miss Wray.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-08-05

Boomers Ferry is to have
new butcher shop. Hoagland &
Geiger, of Rosalia, have rented the
Carlton building and are fitting il
up for business. w. J. Hoagland,
one of the firm, is cousin of the
Hoagland brothers of this place
Who are well and favorably known.
Go to the Badger to buy you
bread.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-08-05
The Democratic Ticket.

The Democratic Ticket.
The Democrats of Kootenai coun-
ty met in convention at Standpoint
last Wednesday and nominated
their county ticket, as follows:
Senator'S. p. Donnelly.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES A. A.
Dartnell, S. II. Watkins and Chas.
O'Callaghan.
Sheriff-W. w. Thibedeau.
Treasurer-F. A. Mccall.
Assessor-Jss. a. Wood.
Probate Judge-Geo. f. Steele
Attorney-Earl Saunders.
School Superintendent - Miss
Martha Hague.
Surveyor-A. E. Ryder.
Coroner-Dr. Moody.
Commissioners-1st district, +.
Triplett; End, John Crenshaw, 3rd,
William Van Gasken.
The delegates to the state con-
vention are:
Robert Campbell, J. l.. M,Clear,
john B. Goode, Geo. Roberts, J. T.
Scott, Geo. R.'N'illiams. S. P. Don
nelly, e. M. Bell, s. H. Watkins,
h. H. Mitchell, w. T. Felhaber, T.
L. Quarles, John O'Hogge, James
Graham, T. J. Stonestreet, j. M.
Jeanott, G. S. Moody, Alfred DUR.
Harmony prevailed throughout
the convention, the only contest
being for sheriff and treasurer.
There were five candidates for sher-
if, and the first ballot resulted IS
follows: Bourne of Standpoint, 10:
Thibedeau of Hope, 26; Markham
Iof Laclede, 5; Judge of Priest River,
9; Beavers of Post Falls, II. Thi-
bedeau lead after the first ballot
until the fourth ballot, when he
WAS nominated by "a vote of Al To
SO for Beavers.
For treasurer, Mccall had So to
% for Harvey Borthwick.
Edwin McBee was temporary
chairman aud John B. Goode per-
manent chairman.
L. NJ. Quarles was elected county
chairman.
The resolutions endorse Heitfeld
for governor and the antiMormon
policy Of Senator Dubois.
The legislative candidates are di-
; vidsd on the county division mat
ter. The convention took no action
: on the subject. ,@
f The Boomers Ferry delegates Sc
: cured substantial recognition-Mr.
; Van Gasken for commissioner and
s Mr.. O'Callaghan for representative,
s Both are representative citizens.
: There are MANY new names on
t the ticket, indicating a new deal in
s Democratic politics in the county
r AS a whole the ticket is made oil
i good, clean men.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-08-05
IDHHO'S EXHIBIT
AT WORLDS FAIR
The "Gem of the Mountains" State Makes a
Grand Showing.

of curious people study the mar
ipulations with absorbing interest
and in a very short time add ina
terially to their stock of informa-
ton on the subject of mining.
Among the curiosities to be seen
here is pair of horns of the noun
tain sheep imbedded in the heart of
a great fir tree. How many years
ago it was when the owner of the
horns butted into Idaho's history
can only be conjectured from the
size of the tree which encluses
them.
When one sees Idaho's mineral
exhibit his respect and admiration
for the state grows upon him, and
be naturally wants to see more of
the mountain commonwealth which
is wing its way to the heart of
the Rockies. He follows her to
the Palace of Horticulture and
finds in the beautifully arranged
and properly classified exhibit
space more than four hundred and
eighty plates of luscious apples,
representing not less than forty
varieties, all rich in color and
finely favored Peaches, pears and
the small fruits in great variety
are shown in all their perfect ns
some choice punches of grapes in
cases are of proGigious size and ex-
quisite beauty. This very cred
liable display illustrates the posi-.
bllities of irrigation when appIieC
to soils Astounding in the elements
= of fruitfulness. 1t is worthy of net,
that at the irrigation congress o
1903 Idaho was awarded the frs
medal Of the world for fruits.
The exhibit of Idaho in tn
Palace of Agriculture is one of tn
I most tasteful and attractive anon,
the very many remarkable display
: in the building. Taken as whole
it is beautiful picture in cereal
and hOnors the taste and skill O
7 the designer. One is not apt to re
/ gard Idaho as an agricultural state
e but after seeing the samples of it
e productions on exhibition hi
. opinions must needs change. No
t where is found a finer variety G
1 the smaller grains and the grasse
:. and nowhere do they attain create
y perfection. Here are illustrate
: the potentialities of the rapid
: developing irrigation system of tn
t state which lis bringing under Gu
e tivation thousands of fertile va
: leys and plains, and husbandr
follows surely upon The nlagnif
cent mining industry. The qua
ity of the vegetable production
yields the palm TO no state in tn
union. Idaho's agricultural dii
play here is so far in advance
20 her showing at Chicago that Z
:. comparison is possible.
- In tie Forestry, Fish and Gan
- building Idaho again maintai,
:. ner eminence among the state
There might have been a more e.
tensive exhibit of her timber r
sources, but her wild animal di
play is entitled to high prais
Here the student of natural histo
finds mental occupation to last f
= several days. The visitor can al
. find many curious and povel thin
- to entertain him, especially in t
os way of taxidermy.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-08-05

One practical result of the great
st. Louis Worlds Fair will be the
dissipation of preconceived ideas
about countries and peoples. In
this exposition are clngregated the
repi esenta tives of all the peoples of
the earth, and here can be found
the best examples of their arts, in
iustries and productions. When
one is confronted with all these
things; when he talks with the
various people, observes their dis
tinguishing characteristics, sees
with his own eyes the things
wherein their respective countries
excel, and actually lays his hands
on them and comes in visual con-
tact-then he discovers how much
he does know, how INADEQUATE has
been his reading, how much he has
to unlearn. or at least how much
he has to add to his store of khowl-
edge before he can consider him
self well informed. These reh4c
tons apply not alone to other
countries, but to our own as well.
For instance, there is the state OF
Idaho. In a general way, those
who have not visited the state or
have merely rushed through it on
railroad train, have the idea that
about all there ISL o'it are huge,
barron rocky mountains, roaring
rivers and waterfalls and desOlate
cactus plains. 1t has never ell
tered our heads to regard it as a
state of CONNER oial activities or a.
producing anything worthy of at
tention or IS making it desirable
for homes. We have never known
or have forgotten that the scam
population of about one hundred
and sixty-two thousand people il
1900 is scattered over an area o
more than fifty million acres, fif
teen million of which are agricul
tural land and fifteen million graz
ing country.
The Worlds + air furnishes many
J disillusions. This | realized wheT
| casually stopped to examine tn
exhibit of this yonng state in thu
Palace of Mines and Metallurgy
Here il to be found ole of the mos
attractive exhibits of mineral anC
mining products in the building
: 1t is artistically and convenient,
arranged for inspection AMI exami
nation. The magnitude of the min
eral production Of the state is bes
ascertained in the statistics for tn
! year 1903, which give the follow
ing results:
Gold. ........ ..$2,OS5,993
Silver ..... -. 9,3l8,986
Lead ...... .... 9,386.213
9 Copper ...... 335,953
A total of more than twenty-on
million dollars in single yea
added to the coin values of tn
5 world is represented here. tn
illustrations of the sources of tn
enormous output-the various mil
eral pIoducts-are arranged in
unique manner and serve the
purposes we'll. Not the least il
Y teresting Of the exhibits is mil
iature plant illustrating all ii
processes of mining and extractir
3 ores, from the lifting of the mil
eral rock from the bowels of IL
mountains to its ultimate form
, bullion ready for minting. Grow,
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-08-05

Continued on Page Four
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-05-21

In the Northern Shan States on Tho
border of Burmah there is tribe
called the Wild Was, announces the
ST. Louis Star These people propitiate
with human skulls the demons whom
they worship. Outside every village il
their country there are many posts, a
in line, decked with human skulls. 4
niche is cut in the back of each post
with ledge on which the skull can
rest and grin through a hole in front OF
it, Every village has dozen and
some as many as a hundred of these
head posts. Fresh skulls are in special
request at harvest time. and are pur'
chased for large sums, those of distin.
guished visitors being particularly de.
sired. The Shan States would seem to
be mighty good place to keep away
from.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-05-21

The reported discovery of gold in
beds of sand in Texas raises some
p,szzling questions. If the deposits are
like placers. the separati ton of the
precious metal from the material with
which it is associated would be easy,
but one cannot help wondering how
any considerable quantity of the sand
or gravel is going to be raised to a
place where it can be washed, com.
ments a writer in the New York
Tribune. Were the side Of huge bank
exposed it could be attacked with pow.
erful jets. and eaten away in short or.
der. If the site We're tee bed of a
available for purposes OF excavation.
When a stratum of pay dirt is SC
covered that access can be had only
from above. and when the OVERLAPPING
LAYERS are 200 or 800 fee. thick, how
ever. a different kind of campaign must
be organized. If there We're an ample
supply of water and two sets Of tubing
were sunk, no doubt the stuff could be
pumped up, but If it should cost ST
to uncover ten cents worth of gold
there would not be much profit in the
business
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-05-21

Mrs. Alice Norton. in deploring the
state of the modern home, gives advice
to young men as well as women who
contemplate marriage She tells them
to prepare, to gain some knowledge
about housekeeping and even cooking
and sewing but while this is very sen.
Sible, she OyerlOOkS the fact that the
young men might become so interested
that they would go off and live in a
cOZy little room by themselves and sew
on buttons by cOZy little fires. leaving
the women entirely out of it. But
never fear-Mrs. Norton-mon don't like
to sew on buttons.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-05-21

Will girls in this leap year really
propose marriage to men? inquiries a
writer in BC-ton Transcript. Did girls,
in any leap year. ever propose maria &c
to men? Would that we might have
full and correct answers to both ques-
tions. We should like to 60 on record
as saying that we do not believe any
woman ever proposed marriage. in SO
many words, to any man. They are
not so poor in tactics as to be obliged
to do this.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-05-21
of the Motor Bicycle

0ERE had driven absolutely un
l climbed NIL ana
1 Il
All these things
either advertising medium Of the mannla
that " are
a the disady O
The /
away
climbing hills other hand
three
mile
OF
the first
assist doubling
arthmetcan
help the and
consists
machine all of e breakdown
difficult than
there indispensable qualification and that
will
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-05-21

Now that British cOnSOls arc again
making Lowest records" it is profit.
able to remember what was pointed
out by English financial journals sew
eral months ago. namely, that these
comparisons are misleading because OF
the different rates of interest. Up to
1889 consols brought in three per cent
interest: from 1889 to 1903 the rate was
two and thrcc-fourths The present
rate is two and onc-half. In 1870 the
three per cent. consols sold at low as
eighty eight and one-half. To reach
the same level Of net yield rs then. con.
soils at the present rate Of interest
would have to decline to scvcntythrec
and three-fOurths.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-05-21
FRANKLIN, La, SATURDAY. MAY 29A 1904
Wornen's Work in Medicine.
: =. President of Bryu Mawf 4olsse.

al Vr Q medical SCHOOLS will aannn
! alta ION
E@9A i'eal''
Paris o NItina ana
o
cl modern incredible 'hal
expense IN haa Philadelphia Baltimore elsewhere uo
for
clans and Ea fifty
are still practically the may
Of
70 and
institution the only hospital
In Baltimore Philadelphia cities The there
Twenty
hospitals Manchester Edinburgh ana
women
skilled
Russia
physicians by government o
outlying peculiarly suited
spirit and because afford devote themselves TO eha WORK
all is said
o
devoted associated maintained for nifty years
its doors when the community has need than ever Of its manifold
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-05-21

Though very busy man, President
DiaZ Of Mexico never refuses an audi
ence to American visitors. Usually 4
letter sent a day or two ahead is suf-
ticient to secure an interview. The
Generals knowledge of English is
hardly more than rudimentary. so he
always has an interpreter at hand on
such occasions.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-05-21


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