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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23
Rice Mills Run to Full Capacitv.

WEIGH, La: Farmers are still haul.
ing rice, though the recent rains pre-.
vent fast work. Both rice mills are
running to their greatest capacity,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23

Dolan behaves in frinnology. But
Oh tell m that q large hid ma-ay
name eyther a la.arge brain or a
lar-rage pla-ace FIR brain. Olive
knowed dwarfs that lived in man.
shuns, Oh have.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23

Poverty is the father Of economy:
economy is the mother Of wealth; but
wealth soon forgets its grandmother
London Answers.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23
FiNNIGlN FILoSoFY.

If Oh didn't know Sore than some
people that thinks they know lot Oh
might agree wild 'em.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23
Don't expect too much, and you
won't be disappointed.

Hardship is a rough nurse, but she
raises sturdy children.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23

The shepherds on me lawn
Or ere the point Of dawn.
SGT simply chatting in d rustic row:
Fun little thought they then
hat the mighty Pan
Was kindly cOEo u live with then below:
Perhaps theIr loves or else their Sheep
Was al ndl &c ;He.f silly thoughts so busy keep.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23
Tbc Nativity

<yUYIS Is the month. and this tho happy morn.
a Wherein tho Son OF heavens eternal King
NyS Ofwedd5d Maid and Virgin Cthcr born.
Our greatIedempGon from above did bI!ng
For so TIE holy SaJos once DID sing.
That He our deadly forfeit should release.
And with HIS Father work US perpetual peace.
That glorious form, that lIgh! unsus,Taole.
And that far beamng blaze Of majesty
WheTcwHh He wont at heavens high e0unciltabie
To SIT tho midst OF TrIndl Unity
He laid aside: and here with US 10 DO.
Forsook the courts Of everlasting day.
And chose with US da!kS0me house Of mortal clay.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23

Fpw'Rr hostel door Is barred.
4 The night Is dumb and dark as ceatA.
&z6 Maid Mary:
The $40" Is frozen slpperyhard.
But all the SkCS are slly6r.Sdrred
And scents Of CGSsid and Of naTd
Are wtled round my wdyi" she saith. Maid Mory.
The stable toor stands wido.
: Scdnt lodging there for thee and nc. Maid Mary:
Tie sleepy Cattle stir inside.
but theio Is room where one mGy hide
Against the happy morninG.ttde
That brings my icy Of iOysl saith she. Maid Mary.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-01-28
RationS For Fowls.

One of the most successful farmer
poultrymen in the country says that
he allows his laying hens to balance
their own rations. That is, be fur
nisheS them with the different kinds
of grains, cut bone. grit and animal
food in the proper quantities, each
separated from the other and permits
them to eat as they will. In this
way, it is claimed, each fowls instinct
will teach it TO eat of the grain that
its system demands.
There may be good objections to
this plan, but it is adyocaed there as a
compromise for those who are not in
clined to go TO the trouble of balan-
cling the rations for the hens. The
main point ia this method is not to
give the hens, in the several ingredi-
ents composing the rations, more, in
all. than they will likely eat clean.
The plan is well worth trying. for it
can do no harm if care is taken pot to
permit the birds to overfeed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-01-28
Bird That Kills Snakes,

That peculiar native of South AZ
RIGA, the secretary bird, So called be-
cause OF the feathers on its head,
which look as il it carried a pen be-
hind it's ear. is far more of a pedestrian
than a flyer, ranging all day in search
of food over a large expanse of coun-
try. 1t seldom takes to wing from
choice, but Is a great traveller on foot.
That when hungry and hard put to 1t
for food the secretary occasionally at
lacks, ~vanquishes and devours poison
Gus snakes of considerable size is by no
means SO frequent an occurrence as
the old naturalist believed. The bird
fully understands his risk in these en-
counters and takes his measures ac-
cordingly. He attacks the snake In a
very wary manner, feinting with his
wings and waiting his opportunity.
When that comes be Bullets the snake
heavily with his wings, strikes it with
bis strong feet, and, having partially
disabled il, breaks its vertebra with
a blow or two of It's formidable beak
or pierceS its brain.-Chicago News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-01-28
Freak Newspapers.

There dosen't seem to be very great
demand for freak newspapers. How
ever, the many recent failures of news
papers which had oddity as their chief
characteristic does not seem to dis
courage fresh victims from Offering
themselves. Now and then afreakish
daily apparently makes good, but the
appearance is deceiving and the
scheme lasts but a brief period and
shuts down or, as is sometimes the
case, is closed by the sheriff, who is
an especially prominent feature in
freak journalistic circles. More and
more it is emphasized that the news
papef.reading public is turning to
quality and is giving its support to
quality, which is a healthy sign of the
times.-Newspaperdom.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-01-28
Eos and niqh Prices.

The poultryman who has handled
his fowls just right is reaping the ben
eft of the high prices at which eggs
are now selling. II the hens are not
laying and they are of an age when
they should be, the thing to do is to
see that the houses they occupy are
warm and free from draughts; then
look into the food question closely
and see that the rations furnish the
egg-producing and egg-making quail
tiles, and that they are properly given,
that is. not too much or too little.
Supply fresh warm water, plenty of
grit and a dust box and keep the
houses and the hens free from lice.
These things done regularly for sever
al weeks Will bring the eggs. II not,
then the hens should go to the carcass
market as soon IS possible SO that the
expense of feeding them may be cut
off. This may be a heroic remedy,
but the fact remains that il a hen
cared for on the lines Indicated, does
not lay, provided, of course, that she
is we'll and at a laying age, she has no
part in the operation of the farm for
profit and should be turned into mon
ey as soon as possible.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-01-28
Search For Blue Moons.

"Did you ever see a blue moon?"
The pretty girl looked at her caller
and smiled. 1t was one of the hours
when the pretty girl, making her
toilet, received her friends at the same
time. Invitation hour" she called
1t, because it vas the hour Of hours to
invite condolences.
IF you never saw q blue moon /
can show you q now, she went on,
holding a pretty finger at the caller.
s'That finger is just twenty n years
old. Yet until this morning it never
had a blue moon. Now you see it
shining at the base of the nail, a lit
tie dull, whitish blue thing.
ITO get the moon out on every fin
ger is a distinct knack. Mine showed
On my thumbs and on the forefngers,
but 1t would not come u on the
others. Then | went to work.
81 soon discovered one thing, and
that is that you can not work at the
moons roughly with a metal instru-
ment, nor even with an orange wood
stick. The stick can be used ever SO
gently to hit the cuticle and can be
run around the base of the nail, raising
the skin. But you must not use the
stick to push back the flesh nor to
poke out the moon.
1.-The minute you jab the moon with
the stick you make a scar upon it.
The scar will show in a few days as a
big white mark. 1t will grow larger
and larger and larger. and it will stay
with you until it grows out at the tip
end Of the nail"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-01-28
Mrs. ErnestIna Koontz.

Mrs. Ernestina koOntZ died at her
home On East Caro- ST., in this city,
at l. O'Clock last night, after an ILL
ness of several weeks.
Deceased was born in Saxon. Ger
many, Dec. %. 1874, being 90 years
and % days old at the time of her
death.
She came TO South Bend in 1850 and
moved TO Plymouth a few years later.
She was married in this city Nov. 4.
1865, to Fred KoOntZ who died in this
city Sept. 6. 1894. To this union four
children were bOrn-Albert, Adolph,
VIM. Edward and Flora, her son VIM.
Edward dying 10 1874. Besides three
children she leaves three sisters, Mrs.
w. w. Hill aud Mrs. Fred Behrens. of
this city. Mrs. Jacob Kichler, of Chur-
ubusco, Ind, and one one brother,
Henry Angerman, OF Denver. COL, to
mourn her death.
The funeral services will be con-
Quoted at the late residence by Rev.
Howard at 2:30 p. 10. Friday afternoon.
interment at Oak Hill cemetery.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-01-28
Cotton Thread.

How many women, as they ply the
needle, know that a. hundred years
ago cotton thread was unknown in
needlework, and that nothing but
silk thread vas thought good enough
for sewing purposes?
How the change was brought about
was told the other evening at Paisley,
Scotland, by ex-Provost Clark. at a
meeting in behalf of Mr.. Chamber
lain's project, says the Boston Globe,
1t seems that Napoleon occupied
Hamburg in 1903. and, being at war
with Great Britain, he caused all the
silk in the town to be buried. Mr..
Clark's father, being engaged in Irvine
making at that time, was put to his
wits ends, but wa finally obliged to
substitute cotton warp for silk. BY
twisting it into thread he manufac-
tured the six-cord sewing silk that is
still made TO the present day. The
first thread was made into skeins, but
the manufacture of spool cotton came
later.
This is the simple history of the
birth of cotton thread. Necessity has
seldom proved the mother of a more
important invention.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-01-28

The city council met ia regular ses-
sion Monday evening with all members
present except Councilmen Parker.
The petition OF NJ. A. o. Packard
for adjustment of water rents was re-
ferred to the committee on water
works with instructions to adjust.
The city attorneys report on the
exhaust at tho Pennsylvania pumping
station was read andmore time was
given in which to complete his in
vestigation.
A resolution was adopted declaring
it the duty of the night police to con-
fine his duties to the business districts
of the city, except in case of emer-
gency. A special committee hereto
fore appointed to report on the may
er's appointment of night police, re-
commended that the appointment be
confirmed and the council on motion
confirmed such appointment and ap-
proved to appointee's bonds.
The report of city commissioners on
the assessment for the Sophia street
pavement was placed before the coun-
Gil aud Feb. s, is the time fixed fol-
the council to approve. modify or con.
firm the assessments.
No other business to be brought be-
fore the council on motion they ad.
journed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-01-28

By the way, a lady of the official
CT role claims she has % adeadiscoverv
as to the origin of one of the PreSi-
dents best known traits. 1t is the
habit Of keeping a smile or the SEM
blance of a smile on his face on all &C
casions. If you ever saw the presi-
dent when he was forced to banlsh his
smile, this lady confded to a friend
the other day, s'you would understand
why it is he has acquired the habit of
wearing it on all possible occasions.
i never saw him without it until the
other day at Mrs. Hears funeral, and
l give you my word, 7 don't want to
see him without 1t again. No one
can call his face handsome or attract
i've, even when he looks his BEST and
smiles his genialist. But when bis
face is in absolute repose. and not on
lv serious but soIemn-well it S enough
to startle a timid person. It's the
most solemn human countenance you
ever saw. He probably found that
out long ago, and that's why he wears
the smile that doesn't come of. He
is entitled to wear 1t. "-Wasnington
Letter in Pittsburgh Post.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-01-28
The Indianapolis Sentinel remarks:

The Indianapolis Sentinel remarks:
ssThe time has arrived for an inquiry
into the expenditure of money in the
management Of state affairs. We feel
that the people of this state would
like to look into the books and see
what has become Of the taxes they
have been paying" We know of
nothing but sheer i~ndisposition to pre-
vent the author of the outbreak quo
ted from burrowing into the books to
bis hearts content and bringing 10
light the figures that would otherwise
corroborate or discredit the suspicious
of the Sentinel, if suspicious are gnaw-
ing at its esteemed vitals. The Official
reports are TO be found at Indiana
polls. the books are there, the vouchers
are there, the facts are there, but we
advise the Sentinel, in all charitable
ness OF spirit, that the less it talks of
state issues during the approaching
campaign, and particularly and espec-
tally the less it goes into comparative
figures, the better service it will be
performing for the party Of debt and
disaster.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-01-28

Several different forces, commercial,
charitable and municipal, have COM
bined to wage a war of determination
against tramps. To that end a con-
ference ives recently held in Phlladel-
phia. Representatives of the United
Charity Organization societies and of
the great railroads of the country met
there and outlined a plan of campaign
which should rid the country of the
long-standing reproach of mendical cy
and srampdom. 1t is to be at once a
campaign of conquest and of benevo-
lent assimilation. Where the tramp
declines to be benevolently assimilat-
ed into decent self-respecting society
he is going to be eliminated, either by
imprisonment OF by starvation, by
rounding him up or by making things
so unpleasant for him by cutting him
off from his base of supplies and inter-
fering with his transportation facili-
ties that he will be forced to see the
error of bis ways and forSake them.
So the knell Of the tramp is sound
ing. Man trampS, women tramps,
girl tramps and boy tramps are to go
never te return. System and cooper
alive governmental science is to make
an end of the s'yeggs" and the s'peter-
men," the .sgay cats" and .'panhan-
dlers," the choppers" ''throwOuts"
and lockers" The railroads, acting
in conjunction with the mendiancy
police forces in the cities, which are
under the control OF the organized
charity associations, are going to close
the lines of. communication. TrampS
will not be able to move about. They
will be kept under the eye and control
Of the charity organization societies
and the police in the big cities. AS
they drift i'm from the smaller towns
and the 'sroad" where they have been
begging and pilfering, insulting and
frightening women and children, and
committing all sorts of small crimes
and depredations, they will be gather
ed up by the police and the charity So
ciety organizations working together.
There is to be in all the big cities a
special force of police to look after
them-a mendicancy police, working
in cooperation with the local organiZ-
ed charity association. And between
the big cities there is to be another
special force of police to look after
them-the railroads are seeing to
that. They are going to keep him of
their lines altogether. They are
driven to in self-defenSe. For years
tramps have been derailing cars, tam
pering with switches, burning bridges,
rnbbing and killing lonely towermen
and station agents in Out-of-the-way
places. Tramps are To be kept in the
cities. They will not travel to any
great extent along country roads.
That means walking, and walking is
hard work.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-01-28

At the meeting, Sunday eve, of st.
Bonifice Society held in st. Joseph IS
hall the following officers were In
stalled for the ensuing year: John Ed
Bergman, Pres; Peter G. Bergman,
Vice Pres; w. G.. Hendricks, Sec;
Edward Wade, Asst. Sec; Conrad
Bergman. German Sec; Adam Ball,
Treas; Peter Hendricks, Color Bearer;
Louis Mickey and Louis Wade, Asst.
Color Bearers; Peter J. Kruger. Trus-
tee; George Nagle. Orator. After the
business was transacted the new off,
GERS passed the cigars and the remain
der Of the evening was spent in games
aud smoking.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-01-28

The gentlemen who are running
the democratic party in Indiana will
permit Mr.. Bryan to make speeches
in HooSierdom hereafter, and they
will allow his followers to support the
democratic state and national tickets
at the polls, providing they do this
decently and in order, but the sixteen.
tO-onerS will have no more to do with
controlling the party hereafter than
a locomotive fireman has with hand
ling the throttle of his engine. The
reorganlzers are in the saddle, the par.
uy machinery is theirs, and MIR.
Thomas Taggart, the urbane and as
tute dispenser of politics and Pluto
water, who was denounced by ar.
Bryan two years ago for burning 10.
cense at the Cleveland shrine, will see
to it that the long-haired and loud,
lunged gentleman who were foolish
enough to believe in the last two nat.
ional platforms of the democratic
party, are permitted to make a gener'
Gus contribution of silence to the cam
paign of 1904.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-01-28

Fern. are left to mourn their depart
ure.
The funeral services were conducted
at the M. E. Church 10 Inwood 10y the
Rev. M. Crews assisted by Rev. J. d.
Belt IN the presence of a large au-
dience. The relatives appreciate
most sincerely the kindness of their
friends.
Another dear one has left US.
Another flower from earth has gone.
But Its bloom hath been transplanted
To dwell beneath a heavenly sun.
And by the side of Life's deep river.
Where sweetest flowers bend DER the
sJream.
This lovely flower shall bloom forever,
More beauaeOus IA. than We can dream.
Farewell, loved one, .hou'rt gone forever,
rom this unhappy world OF ours,
Where thorns beneath our feet e'er springeih
Among life's best and sweet est flowers.
But though thou art gone we will not mourn
thee,
Nor wish thee back to earth again.
Where with life's purest, sweetest pleasures
Are ever Mingled grief and pain.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-01-28
CLANCY Kilmer.

CLANCY Kilmer was born IN Scho-
norie county, New York, May 3rd,
1920. and died Jan. %. 1904, at the
age OF SO years, s months, and 20
days.
At the age of II the deceased moved
with his parents from place of birth
to Crawford county, Penn, where he
resided Ii years, when he moved TO
Fulton county. Ind, where lie met
and married at the age o: twenty-five,
Elizabeth Whaley.
After residing in Fulton county
about eight years he moved to LaPorte
county, Ind. living there three years
he returned to Fulton county. He
lived IN Fulton county ten years when
he came to Marshall county where he
resided until 1877, in which year he
moved to Barron county, Wisconsin,
and later to southern Wisconsin.
where he resided until 1898, when he
returned to Marshall county Ind,
where lie made his home until his
death.
His wife, Elizabeth kilmer, two
sons, George. Nj. Kilmer. of Hillsdale,
Wis, and VIM. Kilmer, of Marshall
Co. Ind, five daughters. Mrs. Sarah
ID. Moore and Mrs. LOIS NJ. Wiseman,
in Missouri; Mrs. Effie 1. Dawson, of
HillSdale, Wisconsin, and Mrs. Lettie
Cast and Mrs. Alice Jackman, of Plym-
outh, Ind, survive him.
The deceased was a member of the
Christian church for thirty years hay-
ing united with that church while liv-
ing in LaPorte county.
Funeral services were held at the
residence Of G. Z. Jackman, WedneS-
day Jan. p, at 2 o'clock p. m.
Farewell dear one. take your rest,
Gud calls you as he thinks best"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-01-28
Walter Brown, the indicted ban

Walter Brown, the indicted bank
wrecker, and ex-chairman Of the 18th
congressional district, was one Of the
principle hackers of the newspaper
started To injure the Tribune. he
had considerable trouble in furnishing
bonds. His old time friends of this
county-the Yockey Pickerl combina-
ton who were ably ample 90 to fur
nish the $40, 900 bond we're not on
hand to sign the necessary document.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-01-28
The latest report from Washingtol

The latest report from Washington
that eleven democratic sem
atOrS will vote for ratification of the
canal treaty. Well. thatis more than
enough to pass it, but nevertheless 1t
is probable that even more of them
will get on board the canal boat. They
will throw a sop to the ants by sup
porting a resolution of inquiry into
the Panama revolution, but this will
not delay matters. 1t will be in the
nature Of a courtesy to Senator Cor
man.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-01-28
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
- MORTUHRy - :
Dorothy A. HoItori.

Dorothy A, the Youngest child of
Mrs. Anna Holtorf, of North Center
street. died at her home at 5 O'Clock
this morning after an illness of about
two weeks. Deceased was born 10
South Bend, July 81, 1895. being
9 years, 6 months and % days old at
the time of her death.
Funeral services were held at the
Catholic church "Wednesday morning,
Rev. :. NJ. Yenn officiating.
The remains were taken to South
Bend for interment.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-01-28

The Hon. NJ. E. Ingalls,. president
of the Big Four railway system. has
made a speech in which he intimates
that business is paralyzed and labor
is unemployed. If anyone is disposed
to take Mr.. ingalls, seriously, let him
try to locate a few Big -Four box-cars
with nothing to do or tempt a brake
man off of one Of Mr.. ingalls, freight
trains with an invitation to join the
kind Of military maneuvers the Coxevs
and the Kelleys were conducting DUR
ing the only period Of disenthrallment
from the CALLING thraldom of tariff
taxation this country has enjoyed dur
ing the lifetime Of this generation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-01-28

The material development Of the
country is quietly progressing at a re-
markable rate inrone direction which
is not given much popular attention.
More than %, s24, 2s9 acres Of the pub
lie lands were turned over to private
individuals last year. This means
that an area almost equal TO that of
the State of Indiana has within that
time been ADDED to the productive re-
gions OF the United States. Most of
these newly opened lands were home
steaded by farmers, as will oe seen
from the following figures: There
were "a, 365 patents of all classes is
sued within the year. OF this num-
Der, Al, 634 are classed as agricultural,
A. 04 as Indian ~allotments, 1,104 as
mineral patents, 200 as coal patents,
276 as private land claims, 1877 as rail
road patents, and forty as swamp
land patents. The total sum which
the Government got by way of fees
and commissions for issuing these pat
entS was S1l, O24, i44. Under a recent
law the most of the receipts from the
sale of public lands will henceforth be
set aside for retaining arid lands by
irrigation.
In the public domain there are still
unappropriated $50. 979, 3O7 acres of
surveyed lands, and 591, 976, l69 acres
of u%nsurveyed lands, OF a total of more
than go, 955, 600 acres. A great
many tracts in this immense area, of
course, will always remain unculti-
waited, and unsettled, but it has been
estimated that when the contemplated
system of irrigation shall be put into
working order, SO much good land
will be opened that a population as
large as the whole nations present
population could find room to thrive
prosperously and contentedly.
Rapid strides are now being made
in the developing of the public do
main. The excitement and uproar OF
former pioneer days are absent in this
work, but the process is marked and
very effective. The passenger traffic
on Western railroads is evidence OF
his fact. Agreeable reflections arise
in contemplating that the United
States still owns SO much arabic public
land. The dangers Of an oyercrowded
population. by immigration or natural
increase are still remote. The census
for many years yet to come will not
show an excess of people above what
the West will need in settling up its
vacant lands. Kansas City Journal.