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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
THE NEED FOR EXERCISE.
Golden Opportunity for Those Who
Possess inventive Skill.

Wanted, by the millions, the ever
Increasing millions, who must lead
sedentary lives, an interesting exer
else"
In these words a writer in the Sat
urday Evening Post voices the popu.
lar cry for an exercise that shall be
more perfectly adapted to the needs
OF men and women who cannot lead
outdoor lives. SuchIan exercise must
be one that does not'take up too much
time, one that is not an end in itself
one that makes the blood circulate
and yet does not create lot of ex
cess muscular tissue which is useless
in ones daily vocation.
The increasing popularity of golf ir
this country is a gratifying expression
OF the popular trend toward healthfu'
relaxation. Links are rapidly multi
plying all over the land. The pas
time is interesting to most persons
fascinating to many. 1t takes men
and women into the sunshine and the
pure air of the country. Equally fas
cinatlng to others is lawn tennis,
vigorous game that leaves no muscle
or tendon unused, developing alert
ness, Suppleness and strength.
But neither of these forms of exer
else is available in winter, when ex
ercise is most needed by those who
lead sedentary lives. An effort tC
take the mental exhilaration and mus
cuiar activity of the lawn tennis
court into the home during the long
winter evenings resulted in the game
Of ping pong" but most people
agree that it is poor substitute for
the real thing.
While the bicycle affords an exer.
else that is of great benefit, taken in
moderation, the objection urged
against it is that it does not bring the
upper part of the body into activity.
1t is true that it quickens circulation
and accelerates respiration, but it pro-
Vides no exercise for the trunk" of
the body or for the arms. Moreover,
wheeling is not winter pastime.
Here is a chance for men of invent
i've skill. There's millions in it, for
millions want an interesting exer.
cise," good in winter as well as in
summer.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
Seek to Learn in America.

DR.. PunkalI, director of the Royal
Ceramic school at Buntzlau, Prussian
Silesia, has started on a Journey of
observation and study in the United
States on behalf of the Prussian min.
istry of commerce. Several directors
Of German industrial schools and a
high official Of the ministry will &C.
company DR.. Punkall. The trip is ex-
pected to last two months. It's pur-
pose is to procure knowledge of the
conditions that prevail in the indus.
trial schools of America and other
useful institutions, with a view Of
initiating them in Prussia.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
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Bacteria in Soil.


A bactcrium is such a small Trims
that the human eye cannot detect it.
1t takes the microscope TO bring out
this minute form of life. 1t takes
some thousands Of bacteria to do the
work that is done in a single tuberCie
on the root Of a leguminOus plant.
Nevertheless, small as they are, baC,
terra are OF immense importance to
the farmer and often the success or
failure OF a crop will depend on the
klnu OF bacteria there is in a soil,
Inc kind Of soil and its physical
structure also have a great deal to
10 with the abundance of bacteria.
1t has been found that a soil that is
rlch in humus, that is, has much
vegetable matter in it, is better suit
ed for the development of bacteria
than soil that has in it very little
lumUS. 1t has previously been be-
heYed that the only advantages in
having the humUs was that it was
source OF nitrogen and that it also
heId moisture and kept the ground
trom drying out The third good
quality must now be added, that of
making bacterial life more abundant.
Whether this connection between the
humuS in the soil and the bacteria is
important because the humus fur
nishes food for the bacteria or
whether it is important because the
humus keeps the ground light and
moist and lets the air work through
1t easily, We do not yet know. Both
are reasonable suppositions. We are
sure to understand more about them
III the not distant future. 1t is now
certain that we can introduce new
kinds of bacteria into soils and that
we can by doing this greatly increase
the productive capacity of the farms
for certain crops.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
Distinguished Gillian Here.

Vice Admiral Alberto MaIdonado of
the Gillian navy has arrived in this
country to attend the international
geographical congress to be held in
Washington the week of Sept. 10.
Maldonado has had twenty years Of
active service in the navy and has
been at the head of the photographic
department between the parallels IS
and SO south latitude for over ten
years and is at present director of
photography of the port of Valpar-
also. All the plans of photography,
navigation and geography are made
up at that port.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
Shepherds Plaid in EarIv.

Shepherds plaid has made its ap.
pearance earlier than usual this year.
AS rule, one encounters it only when
summer is drawing to a close, and the
"ping-pong" of the sportsman's gun is
heard echOing across the moors. But
for once in her career, fashion has an
ticipated matters, and shepherds plaid
is included among the check patterns
considered modish in the way of tat
fetas and voiles. Some very becoming
shepherds plaid gowns have been seen
in ginghams and fine lawns, but the
insistent little black and white check
looks at its smartest in chiffon cloth,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
For TaiIor.Made Gowns.

Chiffon cloth is being largely use6
for tailOr-made gowns this summer. Il
is perhaps the most fashionable of all
the thin fabrics, and, while it has all
the suppleness and evanscent beauty
of chiffon, it also possesses the dura
bility of cloth, and works up into the
most fascinating of dresses. In the
soft pastel tones it is exquisite, and it
lends itself so very easily to the pic
turesque draperies and gagings that
are now the mode. Lace is a charm
ing adornment, especially that of a
fairly coarse weave, and it looks well
IN conjunction with galloon, or silB
braid, or even embroideries.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
symphonIes In CoIors-

Color symphonies are engaging the
attention of both milliners and dress
makers at the present moment. when
novelties in the way of new modes are
no longer forthcoming. All sorts of
fantastic ideas are being employed
and so that the colors harmonize
there is no limit to the quaint and
lovely conceits that a true artistic
modiste can achieve. One of the most
original Of these creations for eve.
ming wear-but it is, alas! only for
the fortunate few-is Sunrise
frock," in which all the tints of the
sky at sunrise are skillfully blended
The soft, cool gray of dawn, rose mink
an indescribable blue and a sort of
mauve haze that trembles into white
are all intermingled so softly that one
is conscious of no details of the gown
only Of the wonderful general effect
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
Pretty Necklaces,

Gold beads look very pretty worn
above the low collar of a summer
blouse. They are confined to day
wear at present, while longer chains
OF rare stones are liked for evening.
Coral necklaces, as we'll as those of
turquoise beads, have come in with
the temperance of gold ones, and
when becoming either of these is a
very effective ornament. In one OF
the prettiest long chains the fine gold
links are interspersed with oblong bits
OF cut aqua marines and swung on the
end OF the chain is a large locket,
trimmed with the same stones, only
smaller, and in the center rests a sin
gle diamond.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
No lime Lost

A mother, after days of preparation
for a weeks absence from home. sud.
denly remembered, after the train was
we'll under way, that she had left a
bottle of a certain well-knoWn remedy
within reach of the meddIesome little
fingers of her three-year-old son. She
remembered, too, that there was moth.
ing that the child loved better than
the aromatic contents of that particu.
lar bottle.
Hurriedly calling the porter the
anxious mother prepared a message
10 be telegraphed from the first sta
ton. 1t read:
Hide bottle of Robbie's medicine
Left it on table in my room"
An hour later she received this not
altogether soothing message from the
boys father;
Too late. Bobbie got there first n
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
Spending the Gould Millions.

Howard Gould has a large fortune,
and doubtless it is we'll invested, but
there is reason to believe it is not
growing very fast, for his expendi-
lures are enormous. Persons living
near his country place, Sands Point,
speak in awful tones of the money
that is being expended there. The
sea wall, they swear, cost him ST.
100000. His cOwhouse, built of stone,
cost $25O,000, and his chickenhouse,
also of stone, $4,000. The iron fence
around the poultry yard cost $40 a
running foot. The Killarney castle
duplicate is to represent an outlay
of at least 100000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
Inerease in Verse Rhvminn.

A startling increase in occasional
verse may be looked for shortly. for a
new "Rhyming Dictionary" is on the
point Of publication; and the rhyme
often suggests the idea. Mr.. Lorin
Lathrop, the deviser of the work, is
well known in Bristol as q popular and
efficient United States consul. But
there are few who know the industry
of his leisure, which has resulted in
pseudonymous stories in newspapers
and in cloth covered novels. His own
name is Yorkshire one-of more
than q century ago.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
Young Woman,a DARING Climb

Miss Clara Webb, a young woman OF
Portland, Ore, has just made the
ascent of Mount Hood alone. She
was camping with a party just below
the snow line and one day decided tc
attempt the climb to the peak. She
started on the Impulse of the moment.
took no food with her and was near
~ exhausted when, she reached the
crest. After resting for a short time
she began the descent, and made the
perilous trip in safety. The danger
of her feat can easily be understood
when it is considered that the noun.
tain Is over 1000 feet high,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
Millions of Teleorams in 1909.

1t is just sixty years ago since the
first telegraphic message was sent by
the Morse system from Baltimore to
Washington, and the first message by
the Atlantic submarine cable was dis
patched six years afterward-that is
to say, in June, 1850. Since then the
use Of the telegraph has developed at
a marvellous rate, until at the present
time million messages are sent over
the worlds lines every twenty.four
hours. According to some returns re-
Gently issued the number of tele-
grams dispatched in all countries in
1903 reached the enormous total of
364,S48,474. AS a user of the telegraph
Great Britain heads the list with 3d.
All, 900 dispatches, and United States
is second with 1891 900, and France
comes third with 48,114,151. Germany,
Russia, Austria, Belgium and Italy
follow in the order named.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
Ratiste With EmbroiderY.

The value of a tasteful wrapper that
can be slipped on with ease and which
invites relaxation is W, I understood
This one is exceptionally attractive
at the same time that it is wholly
simple and is adapted to a wide range
Of materials. AS illustrated, however,
it is made of white batiste figured
with pale green and is combined with
a collar and frilIs of embroidery. The
fronts are plain and loose, but the
back is laid in inverted plaits, which
provide additional fulness, and to the
lower edge is joined the gathered
founce. The quantity of material re-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
The The WEEKLY
PANORAMA
NEW GOVERNOR or CANADA.
Earl Grey Selected by King Edward
to Succeed Lord Mimic,

Earl Grey Selected nv Kim Ed,.-.s
to Succeed Lord Mimic
King Edward has aaorovcd the on
pointmcut If Earl Grew as oovorrnr
general Of Canada in Succession -
the earl Of Ninlo
Albert Henry Goor., tbo forr,,,
Earl Grey, has been lord Ifnntonar+
Of Northumberland since 1900 Ul
was born in 1871 and was married IN
1877. He owns about f7feo acres nf
landed estates.
He is one Of the most no+ohIa mo-,
in the present British pearaoo and
has made himself known 70 the world
in several conspicuous wavs-as .
financior, a DliIapthronist and an IN
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
Long Line of Ruroomastere

M. Gilet, burgomaster of Ingersheim
Germany, belongs to a family which
for 224 years has held that office
First of the line was French soldier
named Dominique Gilet, belonging to
Turenne's army. He was grteyously
wounded in the battle of Turckheim.
fought on Jan. 5, 1875, was cared for
by a peasant of Ingersheim, recovered,
settled there, prospered, married the
daughter Of his life preserver and In
1880 became burgomaster; and the
Gilets have been burgomasters Of In,
gersheim ever since,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
Russian Talked Too Much,

Just about week ago a young
Russian nobleman arrived in New
York under an assumed name. He
was not allowed to land. On the way
over he became somewhat hilarious
In the smoking room one evening.
While in this happy frame of mind
his discretion broke away from its
mornings and he confidentially in
formed a couple of fellow passengers
that he was coming to this country
to study American Notifications and
pick up what information he could
regarding military affairs. He also
told them his real name. All of
which decided the authorities that he
was not a desirable visitor, so he re-
turned by the same vessel without
having set foot on American soil.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
Distress Signals for Autoists.

A correspondent of the London
Globe makes the suggestion that mo-
florists should carry rockets, which
might be fred when breakdown &C.
Cured, and he adds: The local
motor car repairers, if such d custom
becomes general, are sure IN oStab.
fish lookout towers on top Of each
of which they can station small boy
to report motor shipwrecks. OF course
the rockets should be made to throw
on colored lights for night time as
we'll as a volume Of smoke for day.
light"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
Too Much Water.

The turning yellow Of wheat is fre.
quently caused by too much water in
the soil. This same effect is some
times seen in house plants when the
owner has been too attentive to them
and has Watered them too often. In
the field OF wheat or other crop this
condition may exist when the surface
soil appears fairly dry. The presence
OF too much water retards the ripen.
ing OF the crop and frequently de-.
cTeaseS its yield. 1t may be that this
is one of the chief causes why corn
on low land is caught by the frost
when corn on land only a dozen feet
higher is not injured 1t has been
assumed that it was a difference In
temperature, the cold air running into
the hollOWs, but it does not seem like.
ly that so few feet would make all the
difference. But the low land ire.
Quently has in it more water than Is
good for the crop and this retarding
the maturing enables the frost to find
the corn on the low land more imma.
ture than that on land a little higher.
The result is that the corn is injured
more because it is immature than be.
cause the temperature there is SO
much lower than on the land a little
higher. This is theory, and we do
not know that it can be proved by
facts.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
The Collar for Silk Frocke

For wear with silk frocks and rib
bon stocks there is a decided demand
for the modified medici collar, which
takes the place Of the plain ruching,
now rather out of date. The new
medici rufie is Of net Or lawn, edged
with valenciennes or mechlin lace,
knife pleated, and is from one and a
half inches to three inches deep. ,
stands out very stiff and somewhat
saucily from the stock.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
Girls Apron.

Pretty aprons are ever in demand.
This one is novel and becomes orna.
mental at the same time that it serves
the practical end of protecting the
fFock. AS illustrated it is made of
white lawn with trimming of embroid-
cry and fancy stitching, but all the
materials used for aprons are equally
correct, white for the better sort, col
Ored ChambFay. Bingham and the like
for those Of harder usage.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
Kaiser Carries Resentment Ear.

The marriage of Count Herbert Bis
marck and Countess Hoyos took place
at Vienna and it was on this occasion
that the kaiser took a step which has
been described as zone of the falsest
steps of his life-a step equivalent
to the malevolent boycotting of the
BismarCks." By order of his majesty
Count Caprivi, the new chancellor
wrote to Prince Reuss, German am.
bassador at Vienna: Should the
prince (ex-chancelIor) or his family
make any approach to you, pray con,
fine yourself to conventional forms
of courtesy. This order is also to be
observed by the staff of the embassy.
| may add that his majesty will take
no notice of the wedding"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16

Industry is not the only thing -.
CURED on the farm. If it were a
great many men that fail would SIC
coed. Keeping eternally at a thing
does not always bring success, in spite
of the trite saying that it does. In.
telligent management is also required
and this kind of management often re-
quires good deal of information in
several directions.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
Few Americans in Enron.

Travellers returning from Europe de.
clare that the scarcity of Americans
at continental resorts is very notice.
able this season, and hotelkeepers are
complaining that not in years have
they come upon such hard times.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16

Formal announcement will soon be
made of the engagement of Prince
Penkell Euiwha zee, heir apparent to
the COrean throne, to Miss Mary But
ties, a pretty 16-year.old Ohio school
girl. The affair has all the elements
of a summer romance, the young WON
an having met the prince while she
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
a New Fad in Tiae

Grass-green tape ties in white can.
vas golf and tennis oxfords are a late
summer fad at the country clubs,
links and tennis courts. Both men and
women have taken to wearing them.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
CALLS MAGNATE A DUDE"
Acquaintance Notes Change in Ap-
pearance Of James J. Hill.

Acquaintance Notes Chah9e IN Rp-
pearance Of James J. Hill.
Since he has been doing business in
Wall street Jam J. Hill, the West
ern railroad mal3ate, has "spruCed
up" a lot as c. .apared with his ap-
pearance of yC.'. A man from the
Pacific coast he, this to say: Il saw
jim Hill when was in New York a
few days ago i he was a dude com
plete. The l2.' time had seen him
before thai 1 was standing on the
rear PLATFORM very shabby private
car. address the farmers of the
Big Bend c .Itry, which, all men
should knC". is in southwestern
Washington. It that time his beard
was weedy d, long and his hair man
tied his sh0U tors, his garments were
shiny black IA old. Now | observe
his gray bea. is clipped close to his
jOWls, his hG.r is shOrn close to his
head that is, such of it as still re-
mains, His trousers, | notice, are
black, new and creased. A white col
lar enciTCles his throat and the shirt
sleeves in which he tolls are immacu-
late"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16

The fall of the year is the time to
select the seed corn, and this should
be stored in place that will keep
dry and yet not eyaporate its mois.
ture too much.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16
NEG. LRC M7LHZ0

Mrs. J. R. c. Walker, who inherited
S5O,O00,00O by the death of her father,
William Weightman of Philadelphia, is
besieged with requests for charity.
She has no heirs.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16

Good seed only can produce good
crops, no matter how rich the ground
may be or how much good cultivation
may be given.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16

was sojourning at a Maryland resort.
The prince is now living at Salem,
Nd, where he is studying under a
private tutor, This is not the first
American attachment of Prince zee,
he having previously been engaged to
Miss Clara Bull, a pretty Cincinnati
milliner.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16

Many plants run out" because the
seed has been carelessly selected from
year to year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-09-16

Quired for the medium size is 111h
yards u, 1913 yards 80 or 6H yards
A inches wide, with p yards of all
over embroidery and Z yards of edging
S inches wide.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-26
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR TOPIC.
GLOW to Worship In Spirit ant
Truth Pisa. G, Is; John Nv, 1924.
nv AMOS D Wells

BY AMOS r. L
Palmer. the Eastern traveller, once saw
an Arab merchant who was crying his
wares when he heard from a tower near
by the moslem call to prayers. At once the
Arab obeyed and fell to praying audibly;
but it was a queer mixture. for every 9TH
er sentence was a Ievout invocation Of Al
lab, and with every other sentence he con-
tinued to advertise his goods and summon
the paSserby.
We smile. perhaps we frown; but it is a
question whether many of US have a light
to point the finger at that Arab When
we go to church; Is our worship the wor-
Savior desires? o. do we not ali too often,
though more quietly. mix business and de-
v%otion,. worldliness and heaven, precisely
after the Arabs fashion?
True worship. IN the first place. Is longed
for. 1t is a matter OF appetite. Says Tho
reau: How prompt. We are to satisfy the
to satisfy the hunger ana thirst of our
souls,'' But too often our souls are not
hungry and thirsty; If they were, we
should leap to the spread table.
by exercise; SO that true worship. in the
second place. is prepared for. The worker
is the worshiper: II your church services
are lead to you. it is because no service on
your part has preceded them. Try to con-
quer evil, in yourself and others: try to al
leviate the woes of the wTetched: minister
to the sick and the prisoner; feeo the nun
cry and aid the poor; teach the ignorant;
toll for the kingdom Of heaven as men toll
for the kingdom of earth. do all this or
only a part of 1t all. and your feeble. per-
with an eager cry for the guidance end
strength it so sadly needs. Truly live for
the things of the spirit. ano YOU viii know
what it Is to worship in spirit and in truth.
The temper of The age IS far from wor-
ship. As Ian Mac.aren" expresses 1t. .One
is haunted with the conviction that we