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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23
Rev. TayiOr's Sermon.

Rev. Corwin Taylor, pastor of the
Welsh Nj. E. church, who has beer
assisting Rev. Ryan in reviya'
meeting in Jennings, preached an ex
cellent discourse in the Christian
church Friday night. Saturdays
Progress says:
Rev. Taylor preached a powerful
sermon last night to a well filled
house, on "Christian Satisfaction, "
using for his text, "What shall il
profit man fine gain the whole world
and shall lose his own soul"
AS rule, said Rev. Taylor, per-
son can get what they 60 after in this
world, if they 90 at it in the right
way and are determined men; set their
hearts on getting a certain thing and
they get it. Alexander and Napoleon
we're great men in their day, but life
is short and they were not satisfied.
just so it is nowadays. Wealth does
not satisfy. 1t is an undisputed fact
that the more men get the more they
want. Never satisfied with worldly
riches. This life is short and uncer-
tain. Why do people put Off their
SOULS salvation when it can be had
without money, but only meet the con-
ditions. There is nothing in this
world worth having unless the Lord is
with it. Salvation cannot be bought.
neither can life: it is the Lord Jesus
Christ's to give. Then why will We
die?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23
TRO Calcasieu Fatalities.

A special from Lake Charles to
Wednesdays papers gives the details
OF two fatalities, as follows: While
assisting Constable S. B. Slaydon in
making two arrests last evening Burt
Simmons, Woods foreman for the
Midway Lumber Company at Scale,
thirty miles north of here. was shot
four times, receiving wounds which
proved fatal before midnight. The
trouble found its origin in an alter
cation earlier in the day between
Henry Parker and two men named
Epps and Tomlin. who claimed Parker
owed them $40. Epps was fireman at
the mill and Tomlin is related TO him.
Parker claimed the two men forced
him to give up the $40 at the point of
gun, with which he was beaten over
the head. Parker made charge of
highway robbery against Epps and
Iomlln, and the warrant was given to
Slaydon to execute. He summoned
Simmons to assist him, and upon
finding the men told Simmons to
search them When the latter ap-
preached they both opened fire, Sim
mons being fatally shot. Epps and
Tomlin escaped to the woods, ap-
parently unframed. Search is being
made for them. Simmons stood hiuh
in the community and every effort
will be made to apprehend his slayers.
J. Foster Singleton, car inspector
on the st. Louis, Watkins and Gulf
Railroad, was crushed to death this
morning near the Watkins shops,
east of Lake Charles, by being caught
between the engine and a freight car
while making coupling. Singleton
was twenty.eight years old and un-
married, but leaves mother and
aunt.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23
COmmandery Elects Officers.

Monday night Welsh Commandery
No. 10 met in the Masonic temple and
elected The following officers to serve
the ensuing year: L. E. Robinson, E.
c.: DR.. j. H. Cooper, generalissimo:
H. A. Davidson, captain general; A.
E. Bell, prelate: II. E. Wesson. S. w:
Chas. K. Carr, J. W.: o. Fulton,
treasurer: w. p. Russell, Jr., recorder:
J. w. Armstrong, standard bearer:
E. II. Boiling, sword bearer: Samuel
Blackford, warder: Jno. Robinson.
sentinel; S. W. Day, NJ. L. Prentice
and j. V. Kelly, guards.
Next Monday night the Eastern Star
will elect officers, and the following
night a joint installation of officers of
the four bodies of the Masonic order
will be held at which there will be
members from Lake Charles, Jennings,
Crowley and Oberlin. Following the
installation banquet will be given
in honor of the new officers and visit
ing members.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23
Big Lacasine Timber Deal,

Land and immigration Agent D. O..
Dunn OF the Kansas City Southern
railroad Saturday closed nice timber
deal, whereby $4,000, 900 feet ofcypress
in which is known as the Lacasine
swomp, eighteen miles east of Lake
Charles, changes hands and as q
result of which there will be erected
there a good sized saw and single
mill. This will be a combination mill
and work will begin upon its erection
within three months.
This tract of cypress, which is said
to be choice timber and one of the
finest tracts in Calcasieu parish, was
bought by F. W. Dearborn, of the
McShane Lumber company, of Sara
toga, Texas, which company will put
up the new mill. The tract was
formerly owned by a number of people
local to Lacasine, among whom are,
J. J. Hayes, Lorraine Bros, and
others.
The deal was promoted by Mr..
Dunn, who leaves for Kansas City
tonight on business in the interest OF
the Kansas City Southern road
American.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23
A Diagnosis of Kentucky.

kentucky's hills are full of rills,
And all the rills are lined with stills,
And all the stills are full of gills,
And all the gills are full of thrills,
And all the thrills are full of kills.
You see, the feudists dot the hills
Aud camp along the little rills,
Convenient to the busy stills,
And thirsting for the brimming cills.
And when the juice his system fills
Each feudist whoops around and kills.
Now, if they'd only stop the stills
They'd cure Kentucky's many ills
Men would be spared to climb the hills
And operate the busy stills.
However, this would mean more gills
And that of course would mean more
thrills,
Resulting in the same old kills
So all the hills and rills and stills
And all the gills and thrills and kills
Are splendid for the coffin mills
And make more undertakers' bills.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23
WILL EXPERIMENT WITH ,0r!0.,
'ianterS Around Welsh to tarrY 0Ut
The DiyerSiilcation idea.

MaJor j. +. Adger, representing tie
department Of agriculture in South.
west Louisiana, is spending the week
in and around Welsh with view tC
encouraging the culture of cotton in
his vicinity. The object of Major
Adger' 5 visit is to induce planters to
experiment with few acres the coming
year. He is veteran cotton grower,
thoroughly understands every phase
OF that product, is a member and
second yice-president of the State
Agricultural Society. He saws the
soil in this section is especially adapt
ed to growing cotton, and he has sue
cGeded in interesting several of Our
planters in planting cotton.
l.. f. Robinson has decided to have
planted about fifteen acres of cotton
and some corn. Paul w. Daniels
says 1t depends entirely on the labor
question at cotton planting time
whether he will put in one hundred or
three hundred acres. Mr.. Daniels has
leased 500 acres to colony Of Jap
anese, who will raise products of
various kinds, and with an additional
two or three hundred acres of cotton,
Mr. Daniels plants will be fairly well
represented with diversified crops.
c. NJ. Field will plant an acre or
two and E. J. Miller will put in a
fairly good crop again this year.
Major Adger is in the employ of the
Federal government and it will be his
DUTY after the crop has been planted
to make regular visits through the
territory over which he has jurisdic-
ton, and instruct farmers in the
proper culture of the cotton in its
various stages. He thinks in the
event this section should be infested
with the boil weevil plague that the
ground could be irrigated, the small
levees burned and the insects forever
He claims we hayemanv
advantages over upland farmers for
successfully raising cotton.
Several other stations may be estab-
lished before he leaves this section.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23
FrenZied Finance.

"Frenzied Finance" Lawson, O
Boston, says of his attack on the
Standard Oil: 1.-THE war has onl,
begun. have no secret tips to give
What say say to the whole country
Let the losses come to the system wher
the final crash occurs.' Rockefeller
goes right on endowing colleges all
the while, serenely indifferent as to
the market value of stock he is not
offering and which somehow con.
tributes to the annual 40 per cent he
gets through his control of tho system.
Financial high flyers seem to think
the Presidents message did even more
than Lawson's manifesto to unsettle
Wall street. The big bugs have had
both stocks and cash in such instances
hitherto.
MIR. Lawson has just started his
TRADE. Get a copy of EYerybody's
Magazine for January and read his
next interesting article. Fifteen cents
the copy at the Journal Book Store.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23
Ills Sad. But True.

The stork disappears, and we look
into the cradle and behold a male
child. After running the gauntlet of
measles, mumps and chicken-pox he
enters school. At the age of 10 he is
a red-headed, freckle-faced bow and
the terror of the neighborhood. AT 70
is an apprentice in printing Office.
AT Is he has acquired two cases of
long primer and an army press and is
the editor of country newspaper. At
20 he is married. At 80 he is bald
headed, stoop-shouldered and the
father of a large family. At 80 he is
corpse in a cheap pine coffin. and as
800 delinquent subscribers file past his
bier for the last look, they are heard
to say; "He was good fellow. hut
he couldn't save his money.-Lock.
wood Times.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23
MANY Wrecks on the Southern Pacific

great big Jonah seems to have
been working on the Sothern Pacific
railroad between Welsh and Vinton
Tor the past few days, saws the Lake
Oharlos Press, starting with several
wrecks two weeks ago, ending with
one last night at Vinton and one rt
Sulphur Monday.
Yesterday morning as a FREIGHT
train was standing on the side track
at sulphur, through freight came in
and was to take siding to let another
train pass. From some cause or other
the brakes failed to stop the train, the
air refusing to work, thereby putting
the train out of the engineers control,
and 1t ran into the caboose of the first
train on the siding. AS a result Of
the collision four freight cars and a
caooose were piled on top of each
other, and the engine being so badly
damaged that it will have to 90 to the
shops for repairs. The engineer and
fireman jumped and were not injured
IN any way. AS the wreck occurred
on the side-track the main line was
clear and traffic was not delayed.
Passenger train No. s, due here at
midnight of last night. was derailed
in the Vinton yards, twenty miles west
OF the city, caused by d spending
track. The train was very heavy
one, consisting of fifteen coaches: the
engine and first baggage car got over
the defectiue place safely, but the two
following baggage and first passenger
coach left the rails. The train was
delayed three hours, arriving here at
300 O'Clock this morning.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23
The Kiss in Missouri.

A Missouri paper gives this descrip.
ton of kiss. "To one piece of dark
piazza add a little moonlight, take for
quantities two people. Press into two
strong ones a small, soft hand. Sift
slightly two ounces of attraction, one
Of romance, add large measure of
folly, stir in floating ruffle and one
or two whiskers. Dissolve q half
dozen glances in a we'll of silence:
dust small quantity of hesitation,
one ounce of resistance, two of yield
ing, kiss on flushed cheek, or two
lips; favor with slight scream and
set aside to cool. This will succeed
in any climate if directions are fully
followed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23
Caleasieu Sulphur Complimented.

The American embassy at Paris
mas protested against the action OF
@S customs authorities in refusing to
permit the landing Of a cargo of sui
pner from Louisiana, which is await
lug discharge at Marseilles. Hearto-
iore large quantities of inferior sui
pnur used in French vineyards have
DeeA obtained in Sicily. The American
cargo ), although crude, is superior to
'ls refined sulphur of Sicily, and
'usreiore the customs authorities
exact the high duty of the refined
s srneie in the case of the American
crude product.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23
Knapp on the Rice Situation.

DR.. Knapp while in New Orleans a
few days ago said:
1.-THE rice situation is little unfor-
tunate, but | look for an advance in
prices. There is no more rice in the
United States than the market can
readily absorb. A great deal of
rice has been fed to the stock and
will continue to be so fed. Nearly
every little town has a mill and is
grinding up rice.
81 look for an advance in rice
prices as soon as the holidays are
over. 1t may not be large, but |
Judge that it will be substantial.
There seems to be now general
tendency for rice interests to organize,
and prevent in future the misfortune
that has come this year by securing
better methods of distribution. There
will also be made an effort to raise
rice more economically by diversity
ing the crops and thereby reducing
expenses"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23
COTTON CULTURE IN CALcA>IEU.


{. {. Cary, in the current number
Of the Rice Journal and Gulf Coast
Farmer, gives an interesting resume of
the experience in the cotton culture in
Calcasieu. as follows: The cotton
season OF 1904 for the farming COM
munlty is SO near the close that we
may give reasonable resume. The
experiment of COtto; raising, in thi,
locality, was begun under adverse
conditions and only because there
seemed to be pressing necessity for
some crop to assist in carrying the
farmers from one season to another.
There has been grown. within the
radius of ten miles of Jennings, $50
acres of cotton, mostly by rice farmers
whose attention has been given to rice
culture, almost entirely; however
some few have made the experiments
a success and we have one or two
records Of a bale to the acre, but they
are the shining exceptions, not the
rule.
A. L. DeRoss picked bale and
one-tourth from an acre, without
fertilizer: his land was located near
the timber and fertilized by the grow
ing upon it. !.
j. F. Shoemaker, who is the most
extensive cotton grower here, rlanted
about 10 acres and has ginned with
US 10 bales and expects to gin about
that number more from the cotton he
had on hand and will pick, making
about One-half bale to the acre OF
excellent cotton. Mr.. Shoemaker's
record will probably be the average
for this year, of the farmers that have
grown more than five acres. At
present prices and One-half bale to
the acre, with the culture necessary
on our prairie land, we are satisfied
hat cotton growing on we'll draiaed
soil, will be one of the regular in
lustries hereafter.
Paul w. Daniels, near Welsh, |
will plant about 200 acres on his farm
On Indian Bayou and will build a gin
20 furnish the ginning for his own
cotton and for others near him that
nav nrOduce cotton
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23

The six inch pipe iu the Central
City Oil and Development Company's
well was set Monday at a depth OF
about 1000 feet. Drilling was con.
tinued until yesterday, when oil sand
was penetrated. Driller at once pulled
out, and at the hour Of goin to press
a telephone message was received
from the field ststingi that preparations
were being made for baling the we'll
Immediately.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23
Notice TO Stockholders.

The stockholders of the Welsh Print.
ing Company, Lid, are hereby mott
fed that meeting will be held in the
office of that company on Tuesday,
January 3, 1905, at 7:3O p. m, for the
purpose of electing officers to serve
the ensuing year and for the transac-
ton OF other business that may come
before the meeting.
GORDON CRANK. Sec'y.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23

An exquisite line of holiday gift
books, in padded leather, morocco,
cloth, white vellum and gold bindings
for both young and old. On display
Saturday, December 10, at the Jour-
nal Book Store.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23

Fancy box stationery from &c to IS
Nothing would make a more hand.
some Christmas gift for either a gen.
tleman or lady. Journal Book Store.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-12-23
For Rent,

oo "a south Adams street, nice and
vail SyII,'eIlelt slx-room cottage. Cistern,
vi out buildings, walks, &c.
E. L. LEWIS.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12
THE HUMAN STRIDE.

Denotes the Character of the Busirss.
Man Ina Most Respects.
There Is probably no larger field than
that of the business world In which to
study the different strides Of men
There are all sorts of characters in
business in large city, and there is
every opportunity to study the various
strides Of the business man as he daily
walks the streets, There Is no outside
influence brought to bear upon the man
whose steps take him over the even
streets Of a well-paved city. There ia
no occasion for a man to ACQUIRE anv
particular step that is forced upon tha
sailor or farmer or the convict who
acquire the step peculiar to them
wholly through habit. Once these in
huences are removed the specific strides
that they acquire in the daily rout,na
OF their lives, whether they be upon tha
sea- the farm or in the prison, they fall
back, or rather, they adopt the walk To
which they are directed by their in
dividual characters. 1t Is a scientific
fact that there are certain parts Of Tho
human frame, certain features. +hronob
which the character of a man can ho
detected.
Ihere Is the walk of the basbfuI
man, that shy, self-concsious stride
That Is seen so frequently. A man who
walks In this manner is one Of ratbor
unstable character. A man Of s+ro,, :,
character. who is perfectly sure Of him
self will walk with a firm steadv stride
under almost all circumstances Tbo.,o
Is the walk Of the bombasttc nav
RMS man will never hesitate in cnosn
ing the floor of public room. He VII,
walk with stride that tells Won tho
ne knows himself. You can 49,"
this sort Of a man almost anvwbo..o
by the manner Of his stride 11bnn ~. =,
me thoughtful man, who eoaa a,ou -
with head bent and careful SIG +runs
his man usually walks In exac+,'- ~ ne. ~.
sane even way, unless he hanneI. ~
s 10 In hurry to catch a sas,,a+ 49, ~
GnSe y the man Of careless choroo tar'
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12

The Road Go Drsamland.
Lay your playthings aside, my Little Boy
Blue,
Low sinks the sun in the West,
You've danced, and played the whole day
through,
Come, now 1t is time to rest.
Your little feet must be tired, l know,
For, oh! they've been busy to-day,
And now to the Land of Nod" We will
go,
The Sandman will show us the way.
And I'll hold you close in my arms, Boy
Blue,
Till the goldenfringed curtains fall,
10 cover those eyes SO bright and true,
That answer the Dream Wizards call
All, I wonder, wonder, my Little Boy
Blue,
Az after each day comes the morrow,
What does the future hold for you,
VIII It be Of Joy or sorrow1
Soon the time will come for me, for you,
When the baby ties will sever.
How l wish I could keep my Little Boy
Blue
Forever and forever.
.Four-Track News.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12

President Roosevelt and the kittenH'
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Root were returning from horseback
ride, when something occurred &c
throw a new light on the character Of
the strenuous fence-jumper and lion
tanner. They suddenly heard cries Of
distress near by.
What Is it?" asked Secretary Root
kittens, think" replied the Pres
ident, turning his horse around "ano
they seem to be in distress"
Then the chief magistrate began an
investigation, and discovered that the
melancholy chorus issued from the
open catch-basin Of sewer
The President beckoned to two urch-
ms, who, from an awed distance, were
admiringly watching the perform
ance.
"WilI one Of you boys crawl into
the opening while the other holds his
legs?" President Roosevelt asked.
Sport like that with the greatest per-
sonage in the United States as umpire
could come reasonably only once in a
lifetime, and the boys fairly tumbled
to the opportunity.
That's the stuff!' exclaimed the
President. "Now, what do you find
there?
Cats in a bag" shrilled the boy
with his head in the sewer The other
boy sturdily chung to his companions
legs. The kittens, unaware that their
plight had stirred the sympathies of
the head Of a nation, and that their
deliverance was at hand, walled as if
a new calamity were about to strike.
Drag them out" came the COM
mand from the President.
In a moment the President Of the
United States, the Secretary of War
and the two youngsters stood around
the rescued litter. Three forlorn kit
tens struggled feebly. Then the wrath
Of the leader who has slaughtered wild
game, and shot down armed men in
battle, blazed into epithets upon the
wretch who had flung the kittens to
die In slow agony.
The commotion brought out a won
dering butler from a neighboring resi-
dence.
Twill you care for these little kit
tens?" asked the President. "Will you
give them milk and a place to liver"
Had the man been asked to accept
a cabinet portfolio he could not have
responded with more heartfelt eager
ness.
The President thanked him, told the
astonlshed urchins they were little
men, and, joining Secretary Root, con-
tlnued on his way to the White House.
Saturday Evening Post.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12

FlVe-year-old Melvin had often been
punished for making noises that dis.
turoed the slumbers of his infant ais.
ter. After one such occasion the house
was shaken by clap of thunder.
There" he exclaimed, exultinglv,
L sspose that'll wake the baby, but
mamma can't whip the thunderr'
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12

who goes along with arm swinging
and legs kicked out before him AZ
though he did not have a care IN the
world The staggering man Is easily
told By his walk. If a man swa epers
IN his stride 1t can be generally counte1
Oh mat he swaggers all over, In his
conversation, his ideas and in h,s
business LAC
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12
Joke on the BIsI,on

BISHOP Potter was a sneakav -
, &c meeting in the interest OF an or.
s pI OF which a woman ia tho
sh ,e'luent' and tells of a joke which
m nne perpetrated at his expense a few
meeting. S OF the
,s INQUIRED Of Mrs. n with +no
i ,o OF being facettous, How mo 'ne
4 Ing "lnded speakers will there he ~
tnis meeting, madam NC at
charmingly." 'ne replied,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12
CHAPTER WIZ

The Saxe-Gotha gardens were not do
ing well. Even the re-engagement of
Signor Yizzobini had not aroused the To-
cality to enthusiasm. It was a terribly
dull evening, even for the Saxe-GothS
Reuben Culwick discovered, when he had
entered Cor the second time ON what the
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12
Too PerAiatent

Jasper-Prof. Rlghead has had a
great disappointment in his life.
Jumpuppe-what was it?
Jasper-He pursued his scientific re-
searches until he developed beautiful
eheory' and then he kept on pursuing
them until he exploded It-Judse
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12

She-So you lost all your money IN
speculation? '
The Urgent Case-Yes'm.
But beside that, didn't you have anv
legitimate businessT"
on yes was dealer In straight
tips."-Life. sn'