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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-17

pIav before any one unless guarded by
a screen. So it had been arranged to
hear him in the conservatory OF the
managers home, where the player
could remain out of sight.
The conservatory was most artfully
arranged. The lights were soft and
low and the rays Of the moon shining
through the glass transformed the
place into a veritable garden.
They seated themselves on rustic
seat surrounded by flowers and plants,
the air sweet with the scent Of roses
Presently out of the very stiffness
and so softly as to be almost part
of it, came the subdued strains OF
music. They were sweet and restful
and seductive. Gradually the music
rose in volume and power and took
a lighter vein. 1t spoke of green
meadows and sparkling water and
leafy shade. Then with a sudden
charge it leaped into the realm Of
passion and told the whole story Of
love. The unseen artist filled the air
with love. longing, despair, pleading,
delirious JOY. Then with a flash the
strains turned TO a wooing song ire.
sistably ardent, tender and compel
ling.
Mann arousing himself from the
trance the music had thrown him in,
glanced at Marian. Her eyes were
dowrcast, tears were on her flushed
cheeks, she was all a-tremble. He
slipped his arm about her. She did
not resist.
Marian, sweetheart he whispered.
Yes, Gerald-dear," she replied,
letting her head sink on his shoulder.
Gerald afterward told her that the
unseen artist had secured the engage.
ment
Which was true.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-17
How to Erase Floor Spots.

To avoid the appearance OF grease
spots upon hardwood floors subject
the wood to a process of polishing by
applying a mixture composed OF equal
parts of linseed oil and turpentine
combined with Japan drier. The drier
must not be omitted or the oil will
continue with the wax. After allow
ing this mixture to dry over night all
the pores of the wood may be filed
with one of the prepared filters. The
polish is more even If this is done.
When the floor is thoroughly dry 1t IS
ready for the paste of wax and turPen'
tine, which may be applied with
flannel cloth, rubbing with the grain
Of the wood After this is Thoroughly
dry apply another coating of the paste
rubbing in as before. After which poi.
ish with weighted brushes and WOODEN
rags.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-17
The DeSerter.

He had not changed. This season,
as of yore, it was the same. Between
each act, with some glib lie upon his
tongue, he slipped out blandly, to re-
turn odorous of cloves. She drew clos
er. to him.
George" she breathed passionate.
ly, promise me one thing"
What is it?" the man asked
"Promise-oh. promise me-to stop
drinking for my sake"
His response rang out clear and
true.
."I will" he said. Hereafter when
drink it will be for my own sake sole,
ly."
And, as the curtain fell, he scram
bled adroitly over seventeen PAIRS oil
legs and disappeared again.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-17
Would Find Him Again.

Pardon me, madam" says the at
tendant in the depot, you seem to be
in distress"
The woman addressed turns her
melancholy eyes upon the attendant,
and replies:
II am"
SIS there any way in which I might
be of assistance?'
81 don't know. I've lost my hus-
band, and
Permit me to offer my condolences.
Into each life some sorrow"
"Save your coincidence for him when
I get hold Of him. We were sitting
here waiting for the train to go home,
and comic opera troupe went
through the station and one OF them
was a big, fat blonde, and my hus'
band got up and said he was going
to get drink of water, and that was
an hour and a half ago, and
Save your sympathy, young man, save
it for Jabez Smith of Mooresville
Pennsylvania, who will be in sore
need of comforting words within ten
minutes after he begins to make ex
cuses to me- ....a ..'.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-17
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Marian IOveless was referred 10
among her acquaintance as the Nv
ing statue, and with good reason.
Beautiful, accomplished. with the tig-
ure of Venus, of perfect health and
strength, she had arrived we'll into
her twentieS without feeling a tremor
of the heart. And it was not that
efforts in plenty had not been MADE
10 arouse the warmth in her gentle
breast, for she had many lovers VINO
had used all their art to inspire the
divine passion in her heart.
81 must have been born deficient,
she said frankly to one of these IN
rejecting his suit. For | certainly 90
not have any warmer feeling for you'
nor any other man than hearty friend
ship. | admire you, | respect you'
have not criticism to make OF you.
But have no such emotion as you
express, nor such as my girl friends
tell me of, and Of which | read III
books. am lacking somehow. | am
sorry both on your account and on
my own | can not conceive OF such
a thing as giving up my independence
and individuality and merging my
life into that of man! | shall al
ways respect and like you and Will
be a sister to you
"Sisteri" exclaimed the man, and
he went to the Klondike and never
saw her again.
And that was the story she was
compelled to tell her most ardent
weoers.
Il like the men first rate" she said.
"Indeed their robust way of looking at
things and doing things is quite re-
lief at times from the petty little
ways the women have, and they are
very handy in dancing and rowing
and driving and running automobiles,
and that sort of thing, but to go away
and live with and become a part Of
/ simply cannot understand it.
This was the state Of affairs when
Gerald Mann appeared on the scene
and was attracted by the beauty and
the personality of Miss LoyelesS.
When he went slap up against sex
Iessness, so to speak, he was dumb.
founded, then interested. He was a
thorough man of the world, widely
travelled and of much experience with
women. That woman in perfect
health, with red lips and swelling
curves and flashing eyes should be
perfectly paSsionless was incredible,
Dreposterous. Hence he was stimu-
lated to try his powers and in the
trying he lost his heart.
For the first time in his life Gerald
Mann was in love. 1t was the real
thing, too, and hard attack of it.
He struggled violently and ridiculed
himself merciiessly over his pre-
siumber cigar. but to no avail. He
had had many affairs and INDUCED IN
some engagements. But this was diff,
ferent. This woman he must have
to complete his life. There was no
question about that.
In the meantime her adamant atti
tude was not even scratched. Mann
rather interested her with his we'll
stored mind and his knowledge OF
meE and places and things, but that
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-17
HIGH LEVELS REACHED BY MAN.
Heights That Necessitate Artificial
inhalation of Oxygen.

The highest point at which noun
tain climbers have stayed for any
length of time is 20932 feet on the
Himalayas, where All exploring party
painfully stayed for six weeks in 1902.
Higher still at 1910 feet is the eX.
IRENE point of Mrs. Bullock Work
mans ascents, the greatest height
reached by a woman. Mr.. Bullock
Workman kept on to point 1888
feet high. which is the greatest height
reached by any mountain climber.
The attitudes reached by Mr.. and
Mrs. Bullock Workman were above
those at which NJ. Berson, the aero.
naut, began his artificial inhalation Of
oxygen. At 26,240 feet the aeronauts
in general begin the continued inspira-
ton of oxygen, and neglect of this
precaution was responsible for the
death of Croce, Spinelli, and Sirel at
2S,2OS feet, their companion, Tissan-
der, just escaping by miracle.
Mount Everest the highest point OF
the globe is only some 700 feet higher,
2S,995 feet, and 5000 feet above that
begin the cirrus clouds that are
composed of spicules of ice. At 81, 424
feet is the highest point ever reached
by man. This is the height attained
by NJ. Boron in his balloon on July 81,
1901.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-17
To Manipulate the Thermometer.

To Manipulate the Thermometer.
arm, repeating the operation many
times to effect the fall of the column
below the normal point. The instru.
ment that has been devised for the
purpose is extremely simple, but it
permits the result to be obtained Win
much less physical eXertiOn and with
more certainty and greater rapidly.
A handle carries tubular shank bent
at right angles and provided with
discs adapted to receive and hold the
thermometers, it being possible 10
manipulate several at one time. After
the thermometer is securely fastened
in place a whirling movement is siy'
en- the handle, which quickly accom-
plishes the much-desired result.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-17
One Fifty.milIionth of an Inch.

In recent science nothing Is more
remarkable than the renRemehI
which has been made in instrumental
measurements. DR.. p. E. Shaw re-
Gently explained to the Roya! SocietS
an electrical micrometer which. II Is
stated, can be made to measure 'he
two-millionth of a millimeter. or the
ifty-millionth of an inch. This meas
urement, the smallest ever yet MADE
was in connection with the move
ments of telephone diaphragm. Tine
problem was to find what movement.
Of the diaphragm produces a souhd
which is only just audible. The meas
urement was effected by means OF az
electric current connected with the
micrometer and telephone.-Londoh
Standard.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-17

Yes. will" she replied in a dis
couraged tone Of voice. Il don't
know where you will go or what you
will do, but you will go away from
me. And you knew it all the time.
too--you knew | had 70 capacity for
love. Why did you do it?'
He breathed some fervent words
about it being written by fate and
ordained from the beginning of time,
and that sort of thing and finally re-
ceived the inevitable promise of Sis
terhood
But Mann was older and more eS
perienced than the others had been
ard the attack having been deferred
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-17
A New Hiqh Explosive.

To supplant dynamite. explosive
gelatine, and other high explosives
there has recently been invented anu
tested in Bavaria a new substance
known as "vigorite The results OF
experiments seem to Indicate that
"vigorite" is ten times as active as
any explosive now known, while II
does not explode either by friction OF
on impact. Also. it is not affected D!
damp or frost, ard when igEiied III
the open air does on; explode pa'
tereiy burns. 1t is formed from
r.. " nitrous, compound which is cont
5ined with saltpeter. and the efects
of the explosion produced are eensla'
cred most extraordinary Harper >
Weekly.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-17
New Ideas on Odd Fellows.

Among a lot of applicants for nat.
uralization who appeared before Judge
Chamberlain in the superior court at
Nashua, Mass, a while ago was a
goOd-looking son of Nova Scotia. He
had been in this country ten or fifteen
years, and appeared to be an unusual
~ good subject for naturalization I'm.
til the judge inquired if he belonged
to any anarchistic or nihiHstic orders.
Eyes, your honor" was the aston.
ishing reply.
What are they?" asked the Judge.
"The Odd Fellers."
He got his papers.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-17

so long may have been more severe
Any way, he refused to go away, OF
to accept her as sister. He simply
staid on and announced that he would
wait for the arousing of her woman's
nature which, he ayerred must come
some day.
Things were not wholly comfort.
able or normal, however, and so far
as Mann was concerned, certainly not
joyous, when he met at his club one
day an old friend, an Italian gentle
man with whom he had become very
we'll acquainted one summer when he
was abroad. The Italian was must
cian-a violinist of exceptional abil-
ity and high reputation. He had
come to tour America with his Won
derful violin. After greetings had
been duly exchanged, the two sat
down and had long chat, renewing
the old acquaintance most happily.
Mann could not keep back the great
change in his life and the disappoint-
ment with which he had met. Signor
Valleti was all sympathy, but reso-
lutely skeptical regarding the lady's
incapacity to experience the gentle
joys Of love.
EFT eez eempossible," he said. "Et
eez reedeeculous. All ladeez have re
divine passion. Et eez part of zeir
divine nature"
We'll. I'd like to find the way to
arouse it," growled Mann moodily.
Have you tried ee zeemagination?"
asked Valleti. Eat is zee key to un-
lock re most guarded heart"
"I've tried everything" replied
Mann. Give bombarded her with the
most potent love stories, I've read her
the most passionate poems, have
taker her to see the strongest plays
pilcted her through the art galleries
where hang the most stirring pic
tures-but to no avail"
But zee music-zee vera language
Of lof-have you tried zat?" asked the
Italian.
| "Oh, yes. after a fashion," replied
Mann, "but the girl is absolutely de
void of musical qualities. She does
not sing a note, and does not ever
thump on the piano. She is utterly in
different to music -
| mo, no, signor" exclaimed thu
Italian. "Zat is eempossible. No vom
an ees Indifferent to music"
There was long pause durin!
which Signor Valleti smoked fierce
ly. Then he said:,
MY friend II will arouse zee vom
an nature in zee lady"
He went on to outline his plan an,
the hopeless lover grasped it as
drowning man at straw.
So it happened that Miss Maria
was invited by Mr.. Mann to hear "
yiolinist-said to be a remarkabl
. player" A manager friend of Mann
J, had asked him to hear this violinis
it was explained, and give his opinio
before a contract was signed. Man
imIlored Miss Loveless to 60 wit
: him and aid him with her counse
J Protesting her ineficiency, she yiel,
| ed to his pleading. 1t was explaine
that the new violinist had met wit
an accident which had temporaril
disfgured him and he declined
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-17

Just rest in the old patchwork cushions,
And gaze at the pictures enlarged.
There's father and mother and William,
And poor little Ben who is dead
And Ia fat little shaver
With hair plastercd close to my mead,
And sister and Susan and uncle
All hung in their black oval frames,
Suspended from nails in the plaster
And under the pictures the names!
Yes. I'm weary of hoping and striving,
OF shaving all day in the din;
l long to go back to the country
And think it all over again:
To get new grip on the throttle,
Get steam for the mountainous land,
To gain inspiration and courage
That comes from the firm, horny hand!
So at nightfal it's off to the sleeper,
That waits in the heart of the noise.
To speed to the land of my birthplace,
Where once l was ''one of the boys.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-17
To Help the Nurse.

After years of patient endurance.
the hospital nurse is to be relieved OF
that irksOme. arm-raCking task OF
SHAKING down the mercurial columns
in clinical thermometers, a mechan.
ical device having just been perfected
for this purpose. Heretofore the
nurse has had to hold the thermOme.
ter in her hand and sling her whole
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-17
Because

He wasn't handsome. hadn't fame.
He bore no proud ancestral name:
Four figures. at the very most.
Could sum the wealth he had 20 boast.
70 culture he made slight pretensc
His wit was rather forced and dense;
His chance for winning her seemed siim'
And yet-she fell in love with him!
BY no means. now was he fool;
He had a courage calm and cool,
And perseverance of the kind
That shuts its eyes and goes it blind;
But. peace or strife. or sun. or snow,
Whate'tr occurs. COutrveS to go
Not traits that win a heart YOU IL say,
And yet-she married him one day
He has his faults. as who has not"
She said when friends her reason sought
For wedding him. Hes plain, It's true.
I see all that as we'll as YOU
For while on wedding him I'm bent,
Nv loves not blind to such extent
I cannot see his faults and flaws:
And yet. | love him-iust because;
New York Press.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-17

was all. He never quickened her
pulses-unless when he put an added
dash of recklessness into the speed of
his automobile,
Finally, after struggling in the
meshes until he was sore and tired.
he surrendered and poured out his
declaration of love to the object of
his desires.
"Oh. dear, how dreadful" she said,
calmly. Just when things were run.
ming along so nicely, too, and we were
having such jolly times. And now |
must lose you"
tNever!s he exclaimed, passion.
ately.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-01

that is never relaxed from start to
finish, would seem to take the place
of any such precautions, which are not
only costly, but go to reduce the carry
ing capacity of the ships holds. /
was told that in vessels properly in
stalled with cool chambers no Grating
is necessary, not even trash"
ESTIMATE OF PROFITS.
In his concluding remarks. Mr.. Smith
has the following to say on the profits
Trinidad might expec: from the ba-
mana industry, and people in Hawaii
considering his remarks must bear in
mind the conditions of careful hand
ling and carrying he lays down:
am nevertheless convinced that
the growing of bananas for the Eng
lish and American markets might pro-
fitably be undertaken in this colony
disregarding altogether the examples I
have quoted Of profits made in Jarnai-
ca. Personally I should be satisfied to
take these figures at so per cent dis
count, when there would still be left
a net yield of e5 (about $3.50 per acre
It is an axiom in Jamaica that moth
ing responds so readily to good cul-
tivatfon as bananas and over a short
series OF years an average estate will
give just about double what is spent
upon it, all other things being equal. !"
SUGGESTIONS FOR HAWAIIAN
GROWERS.
The marketable condition of bananas,
both as to variety. size and flavor, is
a subject which might well occupy the
attention OF some OF our agriculturists,
and more particularly those who make
it a special business TO raise this fruit
for shipment to the mainland. Much
has been said of late regarding the
Importation of the "blueffe1ds'' variety
but SO far little is known here as TO
its adaptabiiity to the requirements of
dealers in California, where all of our
product is now shipped. The Board of
Commissioners, through the assistance
OF the Federal Government. has OBJ
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-01

the top Just below the head, when the
bunch topples over and is caught by
second helper It is not allowed to
fall to the ground. Sharp machete or
cutlass does the requisite trimming,
and the refuse is afterward chopped
up and left on the soil. The remain
ing stump is allowed gradually to rot
from the top, which admits of the
heavy amount of sap it contains being
slowly returned to nourish the young
sucker at it's root. The punches are
next roughly graded and tailed, then
carried ctheaded" is the word used TO
designate the mode of carrying) out to
some convenient place and there pack
ed in trash to await removal to the
nearest railway station or shipping de-
pot All this is done under the eye of
an experienced overseer.
TRANSPORTATION METHODS.
Donkeys are used for carrying the
punches crook fashion; and where
earring has to be performed. the fruit
is carefully slowed in the vehicles,
trash being used TO prevent bruising
and chafng. Tt is crime for any per-
son even to attempt to ride on top
OF a load of bananas in transit. Spe-
cial1y constructed wagons and carts
are, used in Jamaica for conveying ba-
nanas over the country roads. They
are made with springs, and are fitted
with high sides and ends, as light and
open as possible These vehicles are
exceedingly strong as well as light.
The wagons will accommodate $50
stems of bananas, equal to three tons,
ste Oh ir1 Of fhaf
quantity.
When the Journey has to be perform
ed partly by rail. the bananas are
brought to the station and transferred
to the cars with the same amount Of
watchfuIness and care DIS before Trash
is again used, and the work of loading
is undertaken almost entirely by the
buyers agents.
SHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS.
In putting bananas affoat, the main
features consist in heading and
shouldering'' the stems from the sheds
on the wharvesl into the holds of the
ship-combined with the smart work
done by the expert checkers, under
whose eyes every individual bunch UNI
dergoes final inspection. These fruit
vessels also pick up fruit around the
coast, when the bananas have to be
handled from shore to ship in boats Of
various kinds. In the steamers bound
for the United States the fruit is stow
ed on simple racks or binns, without
any trash whatever, and the holds are
specially ventilated only. The compar-
ativeiy short voyage of four and
half or five days does not call for any
other treatment but with the boats
to Bristol and Manchester, England,
cool storage on the most approved
principle is provided. Mr.. Smith says:
Z do not think that many Jamaica
bananas are Grated. A system OF care,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-01

in giving the phosphoric acid in the
form of super-phosphate containing 40
per cent of phesphoric acid; there
would then be required 240 kilogranl-
mes per hectare.
(Tbese quantities, reduced to English
weights and measures, would be as
follows: 400 kilos of sulplaate of potash
per hectare are equal to $50 pounds, and
this is equal to 344 pounds per acre.
Six hundred kilos of mineral super
phosphate are equal to 1900 pounds
per hectare. and this is equal to $50
pounds per acre; 24o kilos of the strong
er super-phosphate, generally known
as Professor Wagner's double phos-
phate,' is equal to 52S pounds per hec-
tare, represented by 211.2 pounds per
acre. / take the standard adopted by
Professor Crookes in his translation of
the famous work on chemical man
ures by George Ville.)
1.-THE mixture can be easily made
without there being any fear of loss
of fertilizirig materials. It should be
employed in the proportion of 400 or 500
grammes per plant, according as the
preference may be given to the double
super-phosphate or to the common
kind. equal to IA or, and to lb. 5
or, respectively Care must be taken
to place the manure in a trench made
around the stem. to avoid placing it in
direct contact with. the latter, so as
to prevent accidents.
This manure costs at the maximum
200 francs per hectare, about one PEN
ny-half-penny e centsJ per plant with
out counting the nitrogentus manures
It is very small expense, which will
be largely compensated by the regular
ity Of and increased yield in the crops"
Considering that the banana is
herbaceous plant and that, like all her
baceous plants, it requires nitrates in
the early stages of its growth the
translator o. Neish, MD, says in the
Journal of the Jamaica Agricultural
Society that in cultivatfng few speci-
mems of the Chinese banana (Musa
CavendishiD he sets out two closely
planted circles of the cow-bean (vig-
ma sfmensis) around each banana so
as to furnish the nitrates that may be
required on digging in the beans at
the period of Towering. Doubtless the
leguninous plants, so plentiful in their
variety in Jamaica, would be of essen
tial service, If not in rotation, at least
as an auxiliary and ameIiorating crop
IN the cultivation of bananas.