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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-08
SIMPLE RULES OF HEALTH
Prevention of Disease. Rather Than Cure Should
Be the Aim
Hay-Making for Fun at Eighty.

''eJ-mah'HS 'oF run al ElSnlJ.
A press dispatch from Bridgeport,
Conn.,, gives an interesting account of
the oldest twins in the country, julius
and Junius Benham who recently cele-
brated their eightieth birthday hay
making on their farm in Seymour.
"HaF-makins is great fun" said Ju-
MUS, and | feel as if could NOW
away hay up in the peak of the peak
of the barn as | used to in days long
ago, and mowin' away hay is about
the hottest work there is to be found
III summer.
The Benham twins are remarkable
men. They are far from being in
yaidS, though they have arrived at the
age when most persons are usually
feeble, Beginning life as apprentices
TO mason, they worked up and later
became builders and contractors.
Some years ago the BcnhamS gave
up building and settled down to the
care of the real estate they had ac-
quired in their long residence in
Bridgeport. Every morning at eight
o'clock the twins will be found at their
office opening their mail and preparing
to drive about the city to collect rents
and look after their property.
I'VE always got up early in the
morning. said Junius, when spoken to
about the hour of rising, and We cant
get ont of the habit
The twins are in excellent health.
people ought TO be cheerful if they
want to live to be Old" said julius.
Look at brother Junius and me- No
boys Of the present day ever had as
hard a time to get along as we did
when we started, but We had what
good many boys Of today do not have
Our mother gave TO us iron cOnstitu-
lions, The greatest present a mother
can give TO her boys. and we had been
taught to live according to the simple
and clean rules Of the country. We
lived clean lives always. We never
drank liquor nor used tobacco. Money
spent for such things is worse than
money thrown away, but many of the
boys to-day seem to think they can't be
men unless they drink liquor and use
tobacco. Why, We would never have
lived to celebrate our eightieth birth
day if it had not been that we lived
right lives. You can enjoy yourself
without going contrary to Natures
laws. There is plenty of harmless
fun in the world, but it seems to me
that people are looking for the fun
nowadays that hurts rather than
helps"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-08
Saved from Suicide by Bath.

A keeper at the county Jail in Jer-
Sey City made the discovery a few
days ago that Nicola Murdaco, a con-
demned Italian murderer, was in need
Of bath.
The tip was furnished by Edward
Tapeley, a negro murderer, who is
under sentence to hang one week be-
fore the date set for Murdaco's execu-
ton. Tapeley said he strenuously OBJ
jected to confinement in the same
cell with the Italian unless "the dago
had a wash"
Murdaco was ordered to get into the
bathtub. but refused He said he
would die first, and then six attend
ants yanked his clothes off and wash
ed him. Murdaco's yells were heard
in every part of the Jail. Three or
four men held him down while others
scrubbed him from head to foot.
Murdaco tried to kill himself the
ether day by twisting and pulling his
tongue until it bled at the roots The
keepers believe the Italian had an
idea that he could commit suicide by
allowing the pores of his skin to close
up. and for that reason refused to
wash himself.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-08
THE HOTEL BIBLE.
Landlord No Longer Provides Guest
with Good Book.

People are not so good as they used
to be. The travelling salesman says
they are not. He attributes their
downfall to the scarcity of Bibles in
hotels.
There was a time" said the drum
mer, when every hotel stayed in
supplied its guests with Bibles. They
were not fine Bibles. Possibly they
cost only rs cents apiece, but they
were all there and answered the pur-
pose just as well as an Oxford edition.
Usually the Bible iay in plain sight on
the table in each bedroom. If it wasn't
there it was in the top bureau drawer
and all us fellows knew enough to look
for it there. And very frequently We
did look. | read the Bible a lot in
those days, maybe just because it was
handy. I'd come in tired and disgust
ed with life. especially that part repre-
scented by the evening paper. which
was about the only thing had to read
and when got plumb sick Of that I'd
turn to the Bible. Some mighty gnOd
stuff | found there. too. | haven't
come across many of those hotel BIZ
bfeS in the last two years. I've missed
them lot. | don't know who is re-
sponsible for their disappearance. |
understand that some tract society
used to furnish them to the hotels. Ii
the missionaries really were back Of
the movement, and through some mis-
representation of facts have come TO
the conclusion that the game was not
worth the candle, Id like to advise
them to set the good work going again
for lot of us chaps have backslidden
since the Bibles disappeared from no.
tel bedrooms.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-08
Record Of Yellow Fever.

Yellow fever has always been re-
garded as an American plague, its
.arliest and greatest rayages being in
the West Indies and in American
ports. In 1904 and 1914, however, it
was very violent at Gibraltar and dur
ing the next quarter of century there
were a number of virulent outbreaks
in various Spanish cities. Norfolk
and Portsmouth, Va, were rayaged IN
1855; Wilmington, N. c., IN 1862, and
Savannah, Ga. in 1876. Between lS47
and 1868 there We're six periods Of
scourge in New Orleans, the mortality
in each case averaging about $500.
In 1879 Memphis was almost depop-
ulated, there being 5,l60 deaths in
1878 and 485 in 1879 though the larg'
err part of the population had fed from
the city. There were fever ravages
during the same years in New Orleans
and other gulf and south Atlantic
ports, the total number Of deaths
from the scourge in the United State
during that year being 14,S09.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-08
GETTING INTO BAD HABITS.
Injurious Small Actions Too Frequent
Iy Pass Unnotlced.

wonder how many women VINO arc
"all nerves" realize that much OF
their trouble is due to certain little
everyday habits that pass unnotlced,
but are none the less injurious? For
instance, the manner OF sitting. Inc
average woman assumes a strained
and incorrect position when reading
writing and sewing-yes. even when
resting, says the PittsburS Dispatch.
Now, a good habit, like a bad one,
is only repeated action; and a little
thought on the subject would soon rem
der it the most natural thing to as
sumo correct position at all times,
sitting, standing or lying down.
Don't sit with the shoulders drawn
forward, one shoulder higher than the
other, and your head bent down until
the shape of your vertebral column
resembles the letter G.
Another bad fault is slouching down
in your chair until you are literally
SlllluS Ou lllS tlN vi NOti SPiiiN'
Not only should "grown-ups look to
their own bad habits. but they should
watch closely the small children with
whom they come in daily contact and
try to keep them from acquiring in
furious habits. Children should be
prevented from their particular fail
ing as much as possible at once, and
it is worth while to give up a few
weeks to the cure, just as you would
if they were suffering from childish
disease-measles, or humps, for in
stance.
The problem is made particularly
difficult in that frequently we find
them established before We have real
ly noticed them.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-08
Babies Mixed on Bargain Day.

It was a bargain day on Sixth ave-
nue., New York. and twenty baby car
riages. all properly checked, were
ranged up in front of a department
store while the mothers were inside
buying things they didn't need. Sud-
denly a baby at one end of the line
stood up, toppled over against the
next carriage, and in moment all
the carriages went over like nine
pins, sending the kids sprawling
about the sidewalk 1t took a long
time to identify them, for an attend
ant had put them back indiscriminate-
", and they were not checked like
their perambulators. This thrilling
incident shows that the only sure way
to avoid similar catastrophes would
be to brand each child with num-
Der and hang corresponding number
round the mothers neck, like = bath
room key.-Boston Herald.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-08
Bennie's Bait to Catch Devils,

Many years ago, in the village OF
Houlton, Me-, there lived young
man named Benjamin Salmon, known
by every one as simpleton. who was
always doing strange things. One
day a number of boys discovered Ben.
ME perched on a fence behind barn
with cotton string and pin hook at.
tached to willow stick. fishing in a
pool of stagnant water This was
great fun for the boys, but their jeers
had no effect on Bonnie.
Joshua Smith, revenue officer, who
was passing. stopped to see what the
fun was. After taking i'll the situation
he addressed Bonnie thus:
What you fishin' for?'
Bonnie, without raising his head, re.
piled. Devils"
"Ah, devils, en-" retorted Mr..
Smith; "and what have you on for
bait?"
With the same Indifference Bonnie
replied, Revenue officers, sir
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-08
Flies as Carriers of Disease.

In an address before the California
Health Association, DR.. Cobb called
the attention of the medical profession
to the necessity Of an active crusade
against the common house fly.
This peStiferOus insect has many
chances to communicate disease from
one person to another. In cholera cpl
denies it has been shown that flies
are the means of spreading the dis
ease by injecting the food.
Whenever large bodies of men go
into camp, typhoid fever is almost GER
tain to break out. even though the
water supply is carefully protected
from contamination. Such outbreaks
are due to fly-infection of the food
supply. Scattered cases of typhoid
fever in country settlements are more
often the result of fly infection than
of water infection.
DR.. Cobb believes that tuberculosis
IS communicated not only through the
lungs by means of contaminated dust,
but that the greater source of infec-
ton is by means OF the fly planting
sputum on the food from its feet,
wings. and eXcretions. This infection
by flies has been proved very clearly.
When the habits of the fly are con-
Sidered, it is not unreasonable to be
lieVe that this insect is an important
factor in the spread of disease. They
swarm upon decaylng vegetable mat
ter, manure piles, the filth of the
streets, privy vaults, and every pos
sible source of infection. Follow them
then to the street vendors of fruit
and candy. the bakery, butcherShop
and restaurant, and even to the family
table, especially of the poor, and it is
not difficult to understand the ease
with which germs of all kinds are con-
Veyed to the food.
1t may be affirmed, however that in
the process OF cooking, the bacteria
will be killed. This is granted but it is
not here that the danger lies. 1t is
from food which is eaten raw, or
which has been cooked and upon
which the fly afterward alights that
the greatest danger of infection Oc-
ours. The longer this food remains I'M
eaten after this contamination, the
greater the probability that colony
has grown, thereby increasing the dos
age Of infection.
1t is in the homes Of the poor that
the greatest danger arises The poor
nearly universally leave their tables
set with cold food left from the pre-
vious meal. Upon this food flies as
semble in great numbers, and from
time to time the children help them
selves. the remainder of the food being
served at the next meal. 1t is there
fore necessary to combine for the eX-
termination of this pest. Housewives
especially should be careful to pre-.
vent this source Of dangerous infec-
ton.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-08
His Fatal Error.

They were seated on park bench
in the cleaning.
Miss Wiggins-Nellie, DEAR he
said, will you marry me-"
Really, Mr.. Goodwin-er-George,
this is so sudden. But-well-assure
me that you have no bad habits-do
not drink, gamble and the like, and III
think about it.
Il never drank a drop of liquor in
my life," answered the young man, 81
never play cards and regard prize
fighting and horse racing with dis.
dain."
George she said, T-er-think
you may hope"
and as for baseball" continued
George, Il detest it, and"
What" she exclaimed. "You de-
test our great and glorious national
game? Then all bets are off, George;
| can never be your wife,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-08
GIRL FASClNATES A LION.
Fair Dancer Patted Affectionateiy, but
Her Face Is Scratched.


so great was the impression which
a fascinating dancer made on a lion
while she was paying visit to mu-
sic hall where it was performing that
the animal, after contemplating her
for some time, got on its legs. moved
OFF in her direction, and, putting its
paws through the bars Of its cage,
took hold of her head and patted her
face affectiOnately.
Unfortunately, Samson had reckon
ed without his claws, which tore the
tender skin of the pretty dancer, in.
FLEEING scars, the traces of which will,
in all probability, never disappear.
This result Of what would otherwise
have been regarded as a good joke
not being likely to enhance the pro-
feSSOnal attractiyeness of the grace
full Spaniard, she has taken legal ac
ton against the proprietor of the
place OF entertainment, putting in a
claim for damages to the amount of
$4,000.
The case has just been brought be-
fore one of the Paris courts, but, as
the defendant is abroad on business,
the hearing has been adjourned until
November, when the judges may have
a better opportunity for forming an
exact opinion of the injury which the
charms of the fair plaintiff have sus-
tanned at the paws of the susceptible
Samson.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-08
Letter Issued to Parer,ss,

!, S 8 La; st. Joseph's College
i ooslngton has issued the following
d gatents and guardians of students
.sa, e yellow fever has never been
4 y !, % spread within the ozone belt
NJ = III tsmmany parish, the Benedic-
Al, Sg ZANE have decided to open
~ Institution on Sept. IA. Students
r5sa sa 3 on and after that date, pro-
,sss ~ saey comply with the following
ss,as sa0n; Pupils coming from in
81 y! places or stopping on their jour
,,sv - q day in New Orleans, must,
81 s as o their entering the college,
All, aring seven days in any of the
aIss1 q St. Tammany parish, viz;
aSIs,,, Pearl River, Abita Springs Or
seaSs on. This precaution has been
arr, necessary to preclude the pos.
IS. OIL developing the fsver after
ssf.. arrival, and to safeguard the
a.ssa Y VINO have already entered the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-08
NEGRO Bow Confesses,

Alexandria, La: Leroy Anderson,
altsro boy, sixteen years of age, has
aaiessed to being engaged in the day
@al Fdbberies which have occurred
ea frequently of Clate, and has i'm
Aca(ed several others, who will be
ae'ted. Anderson has been placed
JAIL. The connection of Anderson
'aA tae robberies was brought about
J Mexican silver dollar which had
Y stolen from the Office Of H. B.
CnlOa. u
!. ne contract for the power house of
y, y alexandria street railway has been
= . q A. Mothershed, a contractor
' pa builder of this city. 1t will be
!. s.yag BY eighty feet in dimensions,
!, y VIII be located on lots in the Wy
~ s,aaition to Alexandria, 1t will be
y Ta . in six weeks. Engineer G,
:, Sofde of New Orleans, who viii
y slntend the construction of the
! veg car line, will arrive here as soon
p0SSible
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-08
The Need for Recreation.

Rest restores again the energy
which has ben consumed in work. So
long as one is able to restore his lost
energy by sleep and rest. he cannot
become neurasthenic. But when a.
man comes to the point where he cam
no longer restore by rest or sleep III
loss Of energy which has occurred, hen
necessarily becomes neurasthenic be-
cause his nerve cells remain chron-
ically in that exhausted condition.
This is the reason vacation some
times does so much for one, complete
ly replenishing the exhausted store of
energy and saving one from a CON-
plete breakdown.
A good many men look forward for
months to their annual vacation Of
three weeks in the summer, as their
salvation. For five or six months af-
terward they enjoy very good health.
Then their store of energy is exhaust.
ed, and the next six months are SIM
ply misery waiting for The breathing
spell to come again. When the bust
ness man finds at the end of his three
weeks vacation that he has not yet re-
covered his natural energy, and he has
to go back to his work in almost the
same condition in which he left it, he
has chronic neurasthenia, and IS going
to have tremendous, perhaps an ir.
reparable, breakdown, if he keeps on
in that way. Wien man discovers
that ne has reached that point he
ought to stop at once
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-08
SECRET POLICE OF PARIS,
Four Branches Of Organization, With
Varying Duties.

Varying Duties.
1ou cannot so anywhere in Paris
Without meeting the secret police al
lhOush you would never recognize
mem, observed a Briton familiar
Win the French capital. There are
lour divisions CT these uniformed
crime detectOrs. The first division is
NhoWn as the Surety. the business Of
"hich IS to track down known crimi
ilaiS ana capture them. They are dar-
ing willy and resOurceful fellows. and
u IS clever malefactor indeed who
can eEade them. Another body Of this
PLAIN clothes police looks after the
tenants of lodging houses and hotels
lhey take note of all the arrivals and
departures. and gather statistics re-
Saroln% the w0rkmen in the factories.
the sick III hospitals and private
houses, and so forth. A third division
occupies Itself with political plotters.
a9llatOrS and gamblers. At meetings
OF SedltlouS character they mingle
win the crowd. and to disarm sus-
Elclon) applaud as loudly as anybody,
and join in cenunciations of the gov
eminent. They appear i'll gambling
denS as gamblers themselves. and
they also keep a quiet watch on the
regular police. The remaining divis-
ion consists of elegantly dressed per-
sons who watch over the president
and protect him not only from assas-
sins, but also from bores and cranks."
-Cassells Saturday Journal.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-08

The eclipse Of the sun early on the
morning of Wednesday, Aug. 80, was
visible in some partial stage over most
Of the United States.
The line of total eclipse passed Tar
to the north in Canada. The partial
eclipse in the United States started
few minutes before the sun arose. In
some parts of the northern part OF the
country the suns disk was two-thlrdS
ObScured
In the above diagram the heavy
black line marks the path of totally.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-08
She Couldn't Help 1t?

"Say. it seems very strange said petu.
liant man, 49,
With saturnine scowl to his patien;
young wife. -,
THAT YOU never cheer up, like your sweet
sister Nan,
Who is gay as a lark evry day of her
life
Then the wan little VIE neunef muir
INJURED nor sighed. ..
Though there cleaned in her eye just
the giant of tear;
But she smiled a wee bit as she calmly
replied,
why. you seem to forget she's g
widow my dear.
Thomas 3. Chrystal in New YORK Her"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-08

The dense shadow Of the moon swept
over this narrow belt from west to
east with the velocity of cannon ball
The dotted line in the lower part Of
the map marks the southern limit Of
the eclipse People living south OF
that line saw nothing at all of the
eclipse. The star on the eastern coast
of the United States, near Cape
Charles at the mouth of Chesapeake
bay, shows the place of first con-
tact" that is, the place which was the
very first on earth to see the eclipse
begin.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-08
, Parish Assessment Rolls.

Rssbisa alon, La; The assessor of
81 sun sCa parish has just filed his
y w, Showing a total assess.
seGe,sa s.SSI 500. This. gives us an
III $ VI, y sSS6,S61 over the assess
h |, ,,. lso4. The present assessor,
lioy' is to be much congrat.
y ais efficient service.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-08
Where He Stopped.

Cholly-"some fellows, y know
stop at nothing in their conversation,
Molly-"Well, can't say that eve!
knew you to get any further tina
that"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-08-04
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July >25.-Geo. b. Feney, Jr., of
Brainerd Is here. as the guest OF his
consln, Lyle Archer
M. M. Williams and family of Lit:
tie Falls are occupying one of
Robbins cottages and will remain
here for few weeks.
A party of people from Southshore
passed through here Tuesday on their
way to the blueberry fields in the
vicinity of Sullivan Lake.
A number Of prominent business
men from Brainerd, accompanied by
ladies. were excursionists to this point
on board the steamer Remnica SIM
day.
Marion Fuller. cashier of the State
Bank of Byron, was q Brainerd stage
passenger Monday, after few day q
visit at the home of his uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. G. N. Archer.
Gordon Farrow. Charles Farrow,
Warren Farrow, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Farrow, Mrs. Eric johnson and Miss
Sigma johnson of Little Falls have
been canning here for a number of
days In company with Mr.. and Mrs.
F. L. Daigle.
NJ. NJ. Williams and others mace 9
half trip around the lake and back
on Monday on board the steamer
Remnica. The day being one of those
fair July days. the exouraionisrs on
their return expressed their enjoy
ment and Satisfaction with the trip
and many words Of commendation
for the Remnica were heard-Cove
Pioneer.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-08-04

Prof. c. R. Frazier was conductor,
ably assisted bv Mrs. Bochner, Mrs
Fufst. Miss Sullivan and Mr.. Mckay
Supt. Crawford Sheldon also labored
hard to make the school q success
The enrolment reached 1855 Be-
sides the common branches several OF
the first grade subjects were taken up.
The demand for Erst grade teachers Ia
constantly increasing.
Prof. Frazier's exposition of meth
DDS and the science Of pedagogy were
very helpful, and the model class con"
dueted by Mrs. Bochner was valu-
able adjunct.
Supt. R. E. Denfield of Duluth was
among the visitors, and gave lead
ing and two addresses, which were
what might be expected from an edu'
Gator OF mis- standing. G. G. Schultz,
deputy state superintendent OF public
instruction. made practical address
to the teachers. actual and prospec'
tive. President Shoemaker, of the St.
Cloud Normal, always happy In hi
remarks, gave very interesting ad
dress on some phases and characters
tice of life in the metropolis of tb<
western world, New York.
| Amonk the pleasant events was th'
dinner end outing Of the faculty a
Green Prairie Fish Lake as guests o.
Supt. Sheldon.
The morning exercises were varied
and slways of interest. Miss Sullivan
had charge Of the music. Hans, tn
educated horse who created such
furore in Germany, was the subjec
of Prof. Frazier'e remarks one morn
ing, and some valuable lessons de
rived therefrom. Mr.. Mckay spoke OF
Life in Prince Edwards Island,
and on Saturday Mrs. Boohher con
Quoted q round table on moral teach
ings.
The examinations are now In prog
ress at Little Falls and Royalton. IN
der direction of Supt. Sheldon.