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The San Francisco call., 1905-04-09

That there's a lot of money to be
made out of literary relics, whether
genuine or not, is being proved right
along. The latest instance comes from
Paris, where an imaginative old clothes
dealer has just succeeded in getting
more money out of certain pairs of
trousers that never belonged to Victor
Hugo than, according to all accounts.
the novelist ever was able to find in
those that did. This "ole clio" man in
question appeared not long ago at a
house in the Rue Levigne and present
Ing pair of faded though still pre-
sentable pants assured the concierge
that they belonged to the author of
Les Miserables" and that he had just
bought them for So The concierge be-
lieved the tale and passed it on to sew
eral people in the house, with the re-
suit that the old clothes mans premises
were invaded next day by rapacious
crowd of curio hunters. To these he
sold single buttons, off the trousers at
pretty good prices. and finding the de-
mand still brisk parted with whole leg
for $40. The remainder of the supposed
relic" the venerable miscreant kept
for another district, where he succeed
ed in getting even better prices, eventu-
ally parting with the second leg for $50.
Realizing that there was little gold
mine in the thing, the old man lost no
time In producing other remnants of
the poets trousers, which he palmed off
at fancy prices in different neighbor-
hoods Finally, however, the police got
wind Of the matter. and finding that
the supply Of trouser remnants was out
Of all proportions to the dead writer's
wardrobe arrested the enterprising
salesman, who by that time had cleared
about S76
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-09

Constipation although little III. be-
gets big ones II neglected. DR.. P1erces
Pellets cures constipation
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-09

tent Of SOC. 900 copies a few
wears ago. at sl.50 per copy.
Last year we gave away
$50 Ooo worth Of these invalua-
Die books. This year We shall
give away $4,000 worth OF
them. Will you share in this
beneGt, II 50. send only q
One-cent stamps 70 cover cost
of mailing only for book In
stif paper covers, or 81 stamps
for clOth-bound. Address DR..
p Y. Pierce. Buffalo. n T.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-09

Took Hold OF Business With Renewed
Energy,
James ]. Osborn, sos E. Monument ST..
Colorado Springs, Col. has filed all the
positions in knights Templar Masonic
Order, was a Mason since 1866, Judge
of County Court, Clinton, Mo-. and Coun-
ty Collector of Clinton. He writes:
n sluggish liver which ! had been
troubled with for two years made life
miserable and was unabe to attend TO my
business half the time.
'I lacked energy, had headache most
of the time, and my food distressed me.
Before / had taken many doses of Pc
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-09

j Charles. Attorney
hours a.
her
enabled to continue
a
medicine
sick.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-09

runa I certainly felt better and by the
time had taken one bottle there was a
marked change.
~ took 1t as directed for two months.
when I was we'll man. abis TO go down
TO business every day and tuks hold ofmy
wcrk with renewed strength and KIgor. ="
To undertake to wear out a cold is
hazardous experiment, especially with
that class of people known as the brain
workers.
At the first appearance of a cold Peru
ma should be taken according to the di-
rections and persisted in until the symp-
toms of the cold disappear.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-16
GAS AND WATER
is ONE AS NECESSARY AS THE
OTHER?
Citizens of Large Cities Say 1t so'

New York, June lin the recent
agitation here about the price OF gas,
the demand for lower rates was sup
ported by the argument that every
resident is as dependent upon sup
ply of gas as upon supply of good
water.
1t has come to pass that the day
laborer uses gas as his only fuel TOR
cooking, because Of economy, and the
rich man uses gas on account OF its
convenience. Gas for lighting, with
modern improvements in burners, is
cheaper. better and more satisfactory
than any other kind Of light. Gas
sells at S1.00 per thousand cubic feet
in large cities and from that to as
high as $500 in smaller towns,
The consumer OF gas in the country
uses Acetylene pronounced a-set-a-
lene), and each user makes his own
gas and is independent of Gas and
Electric Companies. Acetylene is a
more perfect illuminant than the gas
sold by the big gas companies in the
cities, and the cost to the smallest
user is about the equivalent of city
gas at IS cents per thousand.
Acetylene is the modern artificial
light, the latest addition to the many
inventions that have become daily
necessities.
The light from an acetylene fame
Is soft, steady and brilliant. and in
quality is only riyaled by the suns
rays. If water and solid material
known as Calcium Carbide are
brought into contact, the immediate
result is the making of this wonder
full gas. The generation Of acetylene
is SO simple that experience or even
apparatus is not necessary 10 make
it. If it is desired to make it for prac-
teal lighting, a: to keep it for i'm
mediate use, then a small machine
called an "Acetylene Generator is
employed. There are many RESPONSE
Bile concerns making acetylene gener-
ators. In practice, this gas is dis
tributed in small pipes throughout
buildings, grounds, or entire cities
and towns, in the same manner as
ordinary city gas. Acetylene is the
only satisfactory means Of lighting
isolated buildings located in the coun-
try or suburbs at distance from city
gas or electric plants.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-16
Justice Tempered With Mercy

A Virginia justice of the peace I'm.
dertook to temper justice with mercy
in the case of boy charged with
petty larceny" The evidence against
him was conclusive: but he was very
young; it was his first offense, and
there was some eXtenuating circum,
stances. The old farmer justice de.
cided to give the boy stern lecture.
He looked at the culprit severely
through his spectacles and began his
stern lecture. Young man." said he,
this is awful, this is right down aw.
full, and want to warn you'll want to
say" Here the old mans sense of
justice suddenly conflicted with the
pity awakened by the sight of the lad,
who stood trembling before him. He
cleared his throat twice, and then, half
in mercy and half in Indignation at his
own weakness, he cried, Clear out O
my sight, you emery scamp" and sat
down to mop his forehead amid the
merriment of the courtroom.-N Y,
Tribune.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-16
1t PAYS to Advertise.

When James Gordon Bennett the
elder was editor of the Herald Rob
ert Bonner, publisher of the New York
Ledger, was struggling to build up its
circulation, and decided to try little
advertising. He wrote an announce
ment consisting OF eight words: Read
Mrs. SOuthwOrth's New Story in the
Ledger" and sent it to the Herald
marked for lone line" Mr.. BOnner's
handwriting was so bad that the
words were read in the Herald office
as lone page" Accordingly the line
was set up and repeated so as to &C.
cupy one entire page. Mr.. Bonner
was thunderstruck the next morning.
He had not to his name money enough
in the bank to pay the bill. He rushed
eXcitedly over to the Herald office,
but was too late to do any good.
In short time the results of the
page announcement began to be felt.
Orders for the Ledger poured in until
the entire edition was exhausted and
another one was printed. The sue
cess of the Ledger was then estab-
lished Ever after that time Mr.. Bon
ner was an ardent believer in adver-
Using and a liberal purchaser of space.
Modern Advertising.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-16
WASN'T IN HIS LINE.
Janitor's Excellent Reason for Not
Movira Pilno.

The piano stuck en- the landing and
there was blockade, while the other
tenants suddenly discovered that i
was imperative that they should leave
the house at that moment. Most OF
them accepted the situation with phil
OsOphy. but the woman from the top
fiat was in a hurry.
why don't yOu lift it over the top
OF the bGnislers?" she StOrmed, un-
mindful! Of the fact that the corner
posts were unusually high. Il thing
it is an outrage for mover to send
men not strong enough to handle a
piano"
Lady" answered one of the men,
you amt at no continuous perform
ance now. If we was able to lift that
pianner as high as that we cd get all
the jobs we wanted on the stage.
What we need is another man
This gave The irate one an idea.
"Willam," she called, leaning over
the rail to address the hall boy, why
don't you help these men? Can't you
see that We are all being detained be-
cause these poor fellows are not
strong enough to lift that awkward
thing? Come and help them this in.
slant"
No, m'm," said William, sOlemniy.
Il amt no piano mover; no irdeedy.
Las time | help | got my foot
smashed and didn't have no wu'k for
four weeks. Deed | amt no piano
mover, lady"
So she went to the roof and came
down through the next house.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-16
MY Star.

l found myself alone with the stars
In the deep blue night-so clear, so still,
Though all were beautiful, all were cold
Save one clear star. with a heart of gold
That warmed my soul with its rays, until
My eyes by its light saw more and more
OF things they never had dreamed before.
And I looked, but my star was no longer
there,
Twas meteor star and false" cried,
l loved 1t we'll. but want it not,
A longing mastered is soon forgot"
All this l said, and knew lied.
Then | searched the heaven. l searched
the earth
To find my star of exceeding worth.
And where do you think found my star?
For find my star in the end, | did.
Down in the deepest part of my heart
1t had hidden itself with cunning art
There was my star securely hid,
And there it shall rest-and there it shall
stay
Till the twilight of earth ends in Heav-
ems Day.
Los Angeles Times.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-16
FOR SCIENTISTS TO SOLVE
Lake in Patagonia Where Water
Rises and Falls in Odd Way.

Capt. H. C. CrosthWait directs al
tention in an English science journal
to the magnetic and meteorological
observatory established by the Ar
gentine government on New Year
island, a small island about five miles
off the coast of Staten island, Pata-
gOnia, says the Baltimore American.
The observatory which is complete in
every respect, is superintendent by
four Argentine naval officers. 1t was
opened in February, 1902. The mag
netic observatory is kept at an almost
constant temperature of Ga degrees
F, Many interesting facts about
TERRA del FuegO are given by Capt,
CrOsthwait in his paper. He directs
attention to the astonishing number
and variety of the glaciers, and to the
fact that most of the larger ones show
signs OF shrinkage. He says that San
Martin lake undoubtedly occupies
what was once a strait joining the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The
level of the water of the lake rises
and falls in a peculiar manner. Exact
measurements of these "seiches'
show that the movements are irreg-
ular, but on an average they amount
to about five inches, having period
of about four minutes between two
successive high waters. The surface
Of the water to the eye is perfectly
smooth.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-16
Vases Bring High Prices.

Recently in London a cracked Chi,
nese vase brought at auction $4,000
and a Sevres vase in two minutes was
run up TO $4,000. These are large fig,
ures, but ten years ago Dodin orr
form vase brought $4,000, and thirty
years ago another Sevres vase brought
over $4,000. Collectors in the past
decade have been studying to differen-
tiate the products of the various Chi
nese dynasties, with the result that
K'ang-hsi background vases. such as
the cracked vase just sold, enameled
with green tracings Of decorative foil
age and figures, have become ex-
tremely valuable A perfect set of
them is very rare. The $4,000 vase is
seventeen and one-half inches high.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-16
"Corn Won't Hurt TURKEYS"

The following incident was often |
lated by a resident of Newton Upp
Falls, now deceased:
When the Rev. Sylvester Cobb, i
late Universalist divine, lived In "
terville, Me-, in his young days he
more or less farming on his own plae
1t happened one year that his neis
bors started to raise turkeys, and q
turkeys persisted in getting over d
fence and raising havoc with N
Cobb's cornf1eld.
Mr.. Cobb called on the nelghb
one morning and explained the mi
ter, but all the satisfaction he recelV,
was: Il guess corn won't hurt I
turkeys"
Mr.. Cobb went home, loaded up d
old muzzle-loader with corn instead
shot and laid out two or three Of Z
turkeys. Throwing them over q
fence to the neighbor, he said: 1T
corn does not seem to agree with 20
turkeys"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-16
Treasures of the Vatican.

The vatican is city, nay, little
LingdOm in itself. Its thousands of
rooms are divided up into libraries,
art galleries, chapels. monasteries, mu-
seumS. mausoleums, administrative
halls and private suites, says the
-Four Track News. Within the portals
of the vatican the impression wrought
up by its disappointing exterior van
ishes completely Here all is one vast
silence. No echo from the outside
world pcnetrates to disturb its Sc
rene peace. Dignity and decorum per-
wade the atmosphere and. in the deep
stiffness, pictures from its tremendous
past come and go as in a panorama.
Pestilence fire and war have ragged
within these old walls. Mailed Sara
Gems camped within its sacred pre-
cincts, and Vandals from the brutal
North bivouacked in its sanctuary and
ruthlessly destroyed its finest treas
ures. Many are the nations the vati-
can guarded and watched alternately
from afar. and many are the dynasties
it has seen rise and fall.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-16
Only Once.

did | understand you to say you
had played poker out west?" was ask
ed of the man who had been tellira
about prairies and mountains.
Eyes, played once for abou an
hour" was the reply.
WAS the game interrupted by a
landslide or something's"
'Oh, no! We had pot of about SIC
on the table when l got four aces in
my hand. We bet and raised until
there was 500 before us and then ]
called"
"And raked in the money!"
well, no. was going to, but the
other followed showed me that he
held five aces, and so | wouldn't play
any more. It was evident that the
western way was not my way"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-16
TERROR OF THE SEA.
Greatest Danger That Confronts
Mariners Is the Derelict.

Mariners Is the Dereict.
or all the spectacles OF the seas,
none is so tragic as the derelict, the
Grant Of the trackless deep, writes
p. 7. McGrath in NcClure's. Weird
beyond description is the picture pre-
scented by some broken and battered
hulk, as she swings into view against
the sky line. with the turgid green
seas sweeping over her mossgrOwn
decks. and a splintered fragment of
l2ast pointing upward, as if in protest
against her undong. 1t is a sight also
to arouse fear
For the dere!ict is the most potent
Of al the dangers that threaten the
seafarCr. Silent, stealthy, invisible, it
is the terror of the mariner. 1t is the
arch-hypCcrite of the deep. Against
it skill Of seamanship. vigilance in
watching, avail not. Lights and whis-
lies, beams and buoys proclaim the
proximity Of land; the thrObbing of
engines, the noise of shipboard life
tell of an approaching vessel: icebergs
and ice foes betray themselves by
their ghostly radiance and surround
ing frigidity of air The derelict gives
no warning, makes no signal. The
first sign of its existence is the crash,
the sckening tremble and quaver of
the ship suddenly wounded to death.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-16
A Woman's New Title.

A Widow Morgan. VINO fiourished in
Richmond, and who did a little bank.
ing business on her own account, cash.
ing bills for men in distress, made her
appearance at Old Point in the height
Of the season.
She must be lady of quality
said one.
"A marchioness, said another.
"a Duchess" said a third.
"The powers! You're all WRONG"
said an army officer. 81 know this
lady WE'LL she's not even countess"
What them" was the simultane-
GUS question.
Why, gentlemen, the fact is she is
a discountess. The Sunday Maya
zine.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-16
Gen. Sheridan and Texas,

While in Texas not long ago James
Barton Adams, the author, fell in with
an old cattleman who sang without
end the praises OF the lone star state.
You are not CT the same opinion as
regards Texas that Sheridan was" OBJ
served Adams. What opinion was
that?" queried the cattleman. why,
he said that If he owned a farm in
Texas and one in hades he'd sell the
one in Texas, as he would rather live
In hades" mo, amt of that opin-
ion," observed the cattleman, thought
fully, land III bet Sheridan has
changed his mind by this time"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-16
NAMES BEST DOC1lI
Mr., BATSS0N PUBLISHES From
OF VALUABLE EXPERTETnrnS
a Former Pronounced Dyspepti, -
R@joic"S in Perfect Freedom f.. ' ~
Miserics Of indigestion

a Former Pronounced Dyspeptio IT.
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Thousands of sufferers know ts,. /
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to getrid Of the difficulty is tho r M, ~
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Good digestion calls for stror, /,
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supply of good rich blood. r., y
reason Mr.. Baysson took Dr.. WiIli.a
Pink Pills for the cure Of indipast; ,,''
"They have been my best doctor |
says. Il was suffering from dvsna,.i
The pains Ill my stomach after ms.'
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sallow. AS the result Of usipo .i y
boxes Of DR.. Williams Pink Pills shsI
the merits of which | learned ~
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these troubles, and am able again tOt,1
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A very simple story, but if it had !,
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might have been tragic one. When Al
comfort begins with eating, fills m 4
intervals between meals with pain u
prevents sleep at night, there certain
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final general breaking down must
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Mr.. Joseph Rnyssou is a native
Aix-les- Dains, France, but low res;a
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Cal. He is one Of a great humber vi
can testify to the remarkable efficacy
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-16
British Aristocrats in Trade,

The number of British society lead
ers who are taking to trade grows
steadily. Lady Wimborne owns and
manages book store, Lady Essex
and Mrs. Hwfa Williams run smart
laundry, Lady Duff Gordon is a fash
ionable dressmaker, the duchess of
Abercorn derives quite an income
from her dairy business, Lady Rachel
Byng sells artistic needlework and
Lady Aileen Wyndham Quinn makes q
good thing out of violet, farming.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-16

and nodded like she was relieved. She
didn't speak, but the signs was strong
enough for me to go west on"
He stared at the fire a moment,
and then rose to his feet.
whats the use of you an me talk
in, Mr.. Burke?" he said, YEARLY. "If
she loves you better than me, it's all
right; | don't want her. But if she
loved me best sudden ring of pain
in his voice, you an all the world
couldn't get her from me. Now let's
turn in"
The next morning he was up and
had breakfast ready almost before it
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-16

The girl was beautiful, she was
sweet and W0manly, and when he
looked into her eyes there was no fu
ture nor past Tor world around. Two
weeks went by, and he knew and ac
knoWledged that he was in love; an
other week, and he was ready to un
dertake anything, to sacrifice any
thing, to win her.
That was the way he felt one even
ing as he sat by their campfire, gaz'
ing dreamily at the flames which cir
cled and tared about the blaCkening
logs. They had just returned from
the little mountain cabin. At length he
turned.
Il thought at first, jim" he said
with a side glance at his guide, that
maybe there might be something be-
tween you and Meta"
Jim turned his face so that i was
in the shadow.
There was" he answered. 81 let
her off this afternoon"
What"
We've been engaged four years,
Jim went on stolidly, ever since she
was fourteen an me twenty"
Mr.. Burke sprang to his feet. and
then sat down again and gazed help
lessly at his companion.
"But Why-Why did you not tell
me?" he demanded.
There wasn't any reason" simply.
AT first l left you with her because
knew 'tWOuld be pleasanter, an you
was my guest. Then, after l see how
things were going, kept off because
well, I'd done engaged Meta when
she was only fourteen, an when she'd
scarcely seen any man except me an
likely didn't know herself. You was
fine appearin' an had ways that girls
like, an--an' / wanted Meta to have
a fair chance. If she liked you better
than me it would be all right an show
I'd been wrong from the first" He
raised his head proudly. IF l had my
way" he said slowly. "an' there was a
woman loved. I'd bring the best man
in the world an give him a fair chance
to win her. wouldn't care to have a
girl. an think maybe there was a man
somewhere in the world she could like
'better than me. 'TWouldn't be fair to
.either of us"
Still Mr.. Burke did not speak. He
was looking at his guide, helpless even
/ to frame an answer to what so vitality
concerned himself.
Things being as they are," Jim
went on after long pause, IAN the
month being up that we agreed on.
reckon Ill be leavin' you tomorrow,
MI Burke. There's lobe Robson up
in the mountain knows as much as me,
an he'll be glad for job of guidin."
"But why" Mr.. Burke began,
Bnd then stopped
q feel to be gettin off SPELL" Jim
said glavely. 1--WE stayed here in the
mountains too long"
There was 2cmething in the reso.
iutely strong voice that brought Mr..
Burke to his feet and carried him to
the other side of the fire.
"You will do nothing of the kind,
.Jim," he cried sharply. 'I'm the inter-
loper who has broken up your Eden.