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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10

en- and these problems faced, if our
duty is to be well done, remains essen
tally unchanged. We know that self.
government is difficult. We know that
no people needs such high traits Of
character as that people which seeks
to govern its affairs Alright through
the freely expressed will of the free
men who compose it. But we have
faith that we shall not prove false to
the memories Of the men of the
mighty past. They did their work,
they left us the splendid heritage we
now enjoy. We in our turn have an
assured confidence that we shall be
able to leave this heritage unwasted
and enlarged to our children and our
children's children. To do so we must
show, not merely in great crises, but
in the everyday affairs of life, the
qualities of practical intelligence, of
courage, of hardihood and endurance.
and above all the power of devotion
to a lofty ideal, which made great the
men who founded this republic in the
days of Washington, which made
great the men who preserved this
republic in the days of Abraham Lin.
coin.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10

tury and a quarter of its national life
is inevitably accompanied by a like
growth in the problems which are
ever before every nation that rises
to greatness. Power invariably means
both responsibility and danger. Our
tOrefathers faced certain perils which
we have outgrOwn. We now face 9th
er perils the very existence Of which
it was impossible that they should
fOresee. Modern life is both complex
and intense, and the tremendous
changes wrought by the extraordinary
Industrial developments Of the last
half century are felt in every fiber Of
our social and political being. Never
before have men tried SO vast and for
midable an experiment as that of ad-
ministering the affairs of a continent
under the forms Of a democratic re-
public. The conditions which have
told for our marvellous material we'll
being, which have developed to very
high degree our energy, self-reliance,
and individual initiative, have also
brought the care and anxiety INSOFAR
able from the accumulation of great
wealth in industrial centers. Upon
the success of our experiment much
depends; not only as regards our own
welfare, but as regards the welfare Of
mankind If we fail, the cause of free
self-governmert throughout the world
will rock to its foundations; and
therefore our responsibility is heavy,
to ourselves, to the world as it is to-
day, and to the generations yet I'M
born. There is no good reason why
we should fear the future, but
there is every reason why we
should face it seriously, neither
hiding from ourselves the gravity Of
the problems before us nor fearing
to approach these problems with the
unbending urflnching purpose to
solve them Alright.
Yet, after all, though the problems
are new, though the tasks set before
us differ from the tasks set before
our fathers who founded and pre-
served this republic, the spirit in
which these tasks must be undertak.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10

must be one Of cordial and sincere
friendship. We must show not only
in our words but in our deeds that
we are earnestly DESTROYS of secur-
ing their good will by acting toward
them in q spirit of just and generous
recognition of all their rights. But
justice and generosity in nation, as
ir an individual, count most when
shown not by the weak but by the
strong. While ever careful to refrain
from wronging others, we must be no
less insistent that we are not wronged
ourselves. We wish peace; but we
wish the peace of justice, the peace
of righteousness. We wish it because
we think it is right and not because
we are afraid. No weak nation that
acts manfully and justly should ever
have cause to fear us, and no strong
power should ever be able to single
us out as a subject for insOlent ag-
gressicn.
Our relations with the other pow
ers of the world are important; but
still more important are our relations
among ourselves. Such growth in
wealth, in population, and in power
as this nation has seen during the CEN
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10
VIII Cheaper Old Vlolins.

Are We about to witness a slump in
'Strads" and other old yiolins? A let
ter received in Rome, from Bucharest.
states that an Italian artist named
Antonio Bonardi, long resident there,
has found a method of greatly improv.
ing the quality Of tone In violins. This
result is secured by certain modifi.
cation Of the shape, especially at the
narrower part, rendering the instru.
ment at the same time more elegant
in form. 1t is stated that at a recent
musical Conversations, the Bonardi
instrument, although made of new
wood, was tried against an old Qua.
dagnin with triumphant results.-Lon.
don Globe.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10
loves WAY.

Love makes the heart SO light. so light,
Like thistle-down its upward flight;
Earth seems SO very far away
And heaven so very near the day.
Love comes a-knOcking at our door,
And whispers all his cunning lore
Care cannot hurt, nor sorrow blight
The heart that love has made so light.
Love makes the world SO bright. sc
bright.
AS silvery mOonbcams do the night;
Though storms may come and winds may
blow,
AS through this weary world we go,
Love sees the sun behind the cloud,
Nor cares II north winds buster loud
So much there is that gives delight,
In the world lovo makes SO bright
Love makes the way so clear, so clear:
No stumbling In the dark, no fear.
The path before ME lies SO straight,
And at the end the shining gate.
1t is so easy to do right.
TO toll, to hope. to climb the height,
Since have walked with you, my dear,
Along the way love makes so clear.
Irene L. bearing. in Boston Transcript,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10
Operators on Strike.

Shreveport, Ia: The operators of
the Shreveport Telephone Company
went on another strike Saturday
which lasted from 1 p. m. to 6 D. m.
Inc manager sought to displace the
day chief with young lady recently
arrived from Indiana, and the girls
decided that home labor should rule
the roost, and finally made the man.
ager realize that they were in earnest.
They submitted an agreement to him,
at which he demurred, but finally
signed and the strike was declared off,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10
Farmers Meetinu.

Baton Rouge, La: A meeting of the
farmers of East Baton Rouge parish
has been held here, presided over by
President Huber. The reports showed
that in only two wards of the parish
had precinct organizations been form.
ed. 1t was determined at the meeting
to continue the effort to secure local
organizations in every ward In the
parish, in order that the work of re-
duction of the cotton acreage rs per
cent under last year can be carried
out In a systematic and thorough
manner
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10
YELLOW CRUST ON BABY
Would Crack Open and Scab Causing
Terrible ltchIng-cured by
Cuticura. ..~1

Our baby had yellow crust on his
head which | could not keep away.
When thought l had succeeded in
getting his head clear, it would start
again by the crown of his head, crack
and scale, and cause terrible itching.
| then got Cuticura Soap and Oint.
ment, washing the scalp with the soap
and then applying the Ointment. A
few treatments made a complete cure
I have advised a number of mothers
to use Cuticura, when l have been
asked about the same ailment of their
babies. Mrs. John Boyce, Pine Bush,
N. Y"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10
INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Short Speech Delivered by Chief Executive After
Taking the Oath of Office - Our Duties as a
Nation to the World and to Ourselves

After taking the oath of office dur
ing the Inauguration ceremonies at
Washington March 4, President Roose-
welt delivered the following speech:
Ny Fellow Citizens:
No people on earth have more
cause to be thankful than ours, and
this is said reverently, in no spirit
OF boastfulness in our own strength
but with gratitude to the Giver of
Good, who has blessed us with the
conditions which have enabled us to
achieve so large a measure Of we'll
being and of happiness. To us as a
people it has been granted to lay the
foundations of our national life in a
new continent. We are the heirs of
the ages, and yet we have had to
pay few of the Penalties which in old
countries are eXacted by the dead
hand of a byg0ne civilization. We
have not been obliged to fight for
our existence against any alien race;
and yet our life has called for the
vlgor and effort without which the
nanlier and harder virtues wither
away. Under such conditions it
would be our own fault if we failed;
and the success which we have had
IN the past, the success which we con-
fidently believe the future will bring,
should cause in US no feeling of vain
glory, but rather a deep and abiding
realization of all which life has Of
fered us; a full acknowledgment of
the responsibility which is ours; and
a fixed determination to show that
under a free government a mighty
people can thrive best, alike as re-
CARDS the things Of the body and the
things of the soul.
Much has been given to us, and
much will rightfully be expected from
us: We have duties to others and
duties to ourselves; and we can shirk
neither. We have become a great ma
ton. forced by the fact of its great
ress into relations with the other ma
tons of the earth: and we must be-
have as beseem5 a people with such
responsibilities. Toward all other
ratiOns, large and small, our attitude
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10
An Assumed Right.

1t would appear that marriage gives
to the husband in Jamaica peculiar
rights, If one may Judge from the re.
mark of native woman who came
to magistrate to make complaint
because man had knocked her down.
She closed her complaint by saying,
in an aggrieved tone, And he had no
good right to knock me down; he is
not my husband" Womans Home
COMPANION.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10
Governor Apnealed To

Shreveport, La: Acting Governor
Sanders was appealed to on Saturday
morning in behalf Of w. R. King, &C.
cused of robbing the Pollock postoffice
and against whom four indictments
for grand larceny were found in the
state courts. King is afraid to return
to Grant parish, believing that he will
be mobbed. The acting governor fin
ally ordered that King be held in the
Caddo jail, pending further develop
mentS,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10
When Cannon Were q Novelty.

There Is an amusing description by
Murro, an old Scottish soldier. Of the
effect of cannon, when they were new
weapons Of warfare. For a long
time" he says, used for the batter
ing down of walls and cities, they
were at last used In the field to break
squadrons and batailes of horse and
foot. And how soone the trumphet
did sound the enemy was Numbered
on so that they were cruelty alright.
ed, men of valor being suddenly TAX.
en- away, who before were wont to
fight valiantly and long with sword
and launce. But now men are mar
tyrised and cut down at more than
half a mile OF distance by thoss
furious and laundering engines Of
great cannon"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10
ALL FOR BUT 16c POSTAGE,
Keep Plant in Room With Piano,

A growing plant should be kept in
the room with a piano, says a piano.
tuner. AS long as the plant thriyes
the piano will. The reason that a ri.
ano is injured by a dry, overheated
room is that all the moisture is TAX.
en- cut Of the sounding board. The
beard is forced into the case so tight.
ly that it bulges up in the center and
though the wood is supposed to be as
dry as possible when this is done it
contains some moisture and gathers
more on.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10
Everybody "PracticaI" Now,

I'VE live in a practical age" re-
marked West Philadelphia. "For
years I've noticed the sign of a man
who advertises to do practical horse
shoeing. Now, Woodland Avenue
barber has himself down as a practi-
cal hair-cutter. Napoleon always
shaved himself. | always thought it
proved him either over-suspicious or
ccwardly; but perhaps it was because
those who welded the razor were not
practical in those days. The sign of
the practical toothpuller is yet to ap,
pear. "-Philadelphia Record.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10
Negro Run Down and Killed.

Donaldsonyille, La: Henry Dorsey,
negro, was run down and killed here
by switch engine at a point midway
between the freight and passenger de-
pot. He was walking on the main
track On the lower track the even
ing LafOurche branch train was arriy-
ing, and Dorsey, hearing only the noise
made by that train, did not hear the
engine coming up behind him, which
was backing TO the water tank. His
right arm and leg were cut off and his
body otherwise badly mangled.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10
Thinks "Ren.Hurv Great Book.

Ayad A. Ghazuli, an Egyptian, en-
gagged in the work of the medical de-
partment of the University of Cincin-
rati, has applied to the publishers of
"Ben-Hur" for permission to translate
the work into Arabic. Mr.. Ghazuli
has translated a number of works, in
Guiding Spencer's History of Philos-
ophy." 1t is his opinion that there
is need for just such book as Ben
Hur," which he describes as zone of
the most instructive and interesting
books of this age" in the Egyptian
CHI. fch of which he is a member.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10
Mangled Body Found on Track.

Lake Charles, La: Coroner Fisher
held an inquest on the mangled body
OF an unidentified white man Saturday
found near the Southern Pacific track
at Chloe. Some wounds about the
head appeared to have been inflicted
from some other agency than a train
out the coroner was unable to deter,
mine that death was caused other thar
by train.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10
May Be Granted Chance of Nenus

Arcadia, La: The attorney for Dick
Craighead, charged with the dual muir.
der OF Mrs. Ike MCGEE and her seven.
year-old son, has filed an application
for change Of venue, and it is likely
that the case will be transferred to
either Webster or Lincoln parish
This case has attracted wide atten.
ton throughout North Louisiana. Most
OF the evidence is circumstantial
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10
A BuruIar's Rich Haul,

new York; Jsweiry worth $4,000
Aas been stolen from the apartment
a the Sherman Square of Dudley Oh
#Voee Jr., a well known clubman. So
laf the police have obtained no clue
% the thief, who entered the apart
meht while Mr. and Mrs. Olcott were
sttendlng a theater.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10
Mardi eras PREPARATIONS comnIete

Plaquemine, La: Preparations are
complete for the Mardi Gras parade.
King Cypress and his royal attendants
Will arrive on the steamboat Carrie B.
schwing, followed by procession of
boats at the foot of Plaquemine street
at o'clock Tuesday. There will be
thirty floats and four brass bands in
the parade.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10

JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 16c.
and they will send you their big plant and
seed catalog, together with enough seed
to grow
1000 fine, solid Cabbages,
1000 rich, juicy Turnips,
1000 blsnching, nutty Celery,
1900 rich. buttery Lettuce,
1900 splendid Onions,
1000 rare, luscious Radishes,
1000 gloriously brilliant Flowers.
In all over 10000 plants-this great offer
is made to get you to test their warranted
vegetable seeds and
ALL FOR BUT 16c POSTAGE,
providing you will return this notice, and
if you will send them &c in postage, they
will add to the above big package Of
Salzer's Fourth of July Sweet Corn-the
earliest on earth--l0 days earlier than
Cory, Peep o Day, First ofAll etc. [WN.UI
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10
Killed by Lightning.

Paris, Texas: Tom Endsley, 20
years old, son of John Endsley, living
two miles west of Rowland, was killed
by lightning yesterday afternoon while
returning from the field leading his
pillow team. His hat was torn into
tatters and his face, breast and legs
were burned.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10

A man is like a piece of cloth war
ranted to wash-and matrimony is
the laundry. 1t may improve him.
give him starch and freshen him uE
or it may take all the color out OF
him.-New York Press.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10
Crushed to Death.

Lake Charles, La: Desire Langley,
aged %, a car repairer for the Wat.
kins Railway, was caught under
string Of cars here and crushed to
deavh. His fate was not discovered
until one of the cars was derailed by
his hO1y
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10
War Council Postponed.

st. Petersburg: The extraordinary
council of war, which was to have
been held yesterday, has been post
po-ned until today.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10

ut often happens" groaned the dy.
ing man who had become wealthy by
swindling orphans, that the little
things men do live after them"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10
Paid Up Old Debts.

Laredo, Texas: The city treasurer
snsas.efday paid off all the outstanding
s saiiantS against the city of Laredo
lef the year 1904.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10

Nell-"How does Miss Antique kill
timer" Belief suppose by suppress.
ing a few birthdays now and then"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10

The olive branch Is the emblem OF
peace and the orange blossom the EN-.
blem of war;
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-10
Earliest Green Onions.

The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, always have something new, some.
thing valuable. This year they offer
among their new money making vege-
tables, an Earliest Green Eating Onion.
1t is winner, Mr.. Farmer and Gardener!
New-York tribune., 1905-10-21
THE LIBERALS POLICY
Lord LanSdo5Une'S Course IN FOREIGN
affairs ApproUed.

LONDON Oct 20-Addressing the city Of Lon
don United Liberal Association this afternoon.
slr EDWARD Grey. former Under Secretary for
I FoIelgn Affairs in the Liberal administration of
tZ-'9o who. it is thought. viii be Foreign Sec
Ietary II the Liberals win the next election said
there was no foundation for the suggestion in
0oIne quarters that a change of government
would bring change of foreign policy
Inc three cardinal points of British foreign
policy namely, friendship for America. alliance
with Japan and agreement with France all had
the Endorsement OF the Liberal party. The Lib
erals, he added, also of the opinion that the
POSITION of Russia should be re-estabshed in
the councils Of Europe while an Improvement
IN the public relations between Germany and
Great Britain must be considered conditional on
Ihe relations between Germany and France also
undergoing Improvement
Inc next election, however, would be fought on
the question of free trade, which had made Lon
uon what 1t was. 1t would be impossible he be-
neVed, 10 get compenset ton for the loss of for
elgns trade by any arrangement 1t was In the
over or hscal reform to make Sir Edward
was convinced that retaliation had always been
an absolute failure. The government had made
mess OF the colonial conferences. and conse-
quently the whole policy of these conferences
had become q danger.
Sir Edward concluded with strong criticism
Of the governments ''tinkertng with army re-
form
New-York tribune., 1905-10-21
"sCREAMLAND" a EOWLING SUCCESS.
Teachers College Girls Guido Professionals
in Laugh Provoking Stunts"

'Screamand," given last night by Teachers Col
Iege girls, was a bowling success from every point
Of view One heard the screams when he just en-
tered the Thompson Memorial Building, and they
did not die away until 12oth-st. left far be-
hind One hundred girls We're trying to initiate
one hundred different kinds of people in one hun
dred different kinds Of ways. There were Indians
with eyeglasses, living in a village where the
braves had all gone on q hunt; there were Dutch
girls, Jap girls, Russian girls and clowns Inc
clowns were funny. particularly IN the way they
bIushed when they saw man looking at their red
and white boomers If they did not turn soner-
sauts. they least slid down the bump the
bumps as gracelessy the majority
Thompson & Dundys Fighting the Flames does
not compare with twelve girls with twelve atom
izers trying to put out twelve candles and end
ing by blowing then. out. One candle gave them
especial trouble It was on the sixth rung Of
rope ladder Ten girls tried to scale the ladder
but tunbled gracelessy. Then the leader OF the
senior gym herCically seized her atonlzer ana
after daring climb eXtlngulshed the E1s' 'eS''eo
Then there was the fat lady the living skel-
etOn " the bearded lady the sleeping Deauts'
aud "CIindereIla" cinderella disappeared ana
in the guiSe of a bear had carried ner OH 70 tAe
dancing floor. The sleeping beauty opened heI
ewes occasionally and smiled, especially "heil d
prince Charming" from the school across lhe
yish' stopped whiTling every thirty SECONDS 70
rest hut the visitors did not care IheY We
there to spend money. and they spent II Al an
earIy hour this morning the students executive
COMMITTEES had been unable TO count the Dimes
7ickeIs and pennies which flowed into their coIIers
There were enty-three shows III al
New-York tribune., 1905-10-21
FIND STOLEN GOODS.
Police Lay Trap for Workman
Suspected of Thefts.

Personal property valued at $1,000. stolen
from the guests at the Hotel San Reno, and
pawn tickets representing $7O0 worth Of goods,
were found in the rooms of Benjamin Abraham
son, an ironworker living at No. 90 East 18th
St, who, with Benjamin Lane OF No. 13S Madi-
son-st.. has been at work on the cornice OF the
hotel for the last two weeks.
Both men were placed under arrest yesterday
afternoon upon the allegation that they had
taken marked money placed in the rooms OF
guests of the hotel by Detectives Mccartney
and Landrigan. of the West 68th-st. station
Lanes home had not been searched up to a late
hour last night It is believed that when it is
much more property Of guests Of the hotel will
be found.
Both men were aTraigned in the West Side
court yesterday afternoon and were locked up
in default Of $500 bail
Guests of the Hotel San Reno have been
missing articles of value for two weeks. The
management was nystif1ed. The servants of the
hotel were watched, without result. but no one
suspected the cornice workers on the outside OF
the building
Thursday afternoon the detectives who had
been called distributed marked money about the
dressing tables of the guests and awaited re-
suits. The money was not touched that day.
Friday however. it disappeared shortly after the
cornice men went 10 work. They were placed
under arrest at once and the money was found
in their DOCkatS