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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-04-21

est town CT 'arth. WAL, allus cal'
clate ter Git my daughter a honest fe!
male I'm YArrup I do her itar an SIGH
like, There amt NOBODY honest in
Chicago outside ourselves, you kin reck'
GIon thet, an'-"
Yes interrupted Sabina. land Well
give you eighty pounds year.
''Yaas," EbencZer went on, shell
give y eighty pounds year. Money
amt no object. | reckin kin put my
name to bout ten million dollars, Be
linda, an thar amt morc'n about
few on us Iivin' kin do thet.'
Arabella stood Stupchrd, without
speech, or the means of speech.
EhcnrZer proceeded:
'Mcbbe v don't think eighty pounds
adekatc. I'll make it ninety pounds if
VII come an he as honest as v can,
an do my daughters hair, an SIGH.
There's enough ieWclry left round our
house in Chicago to tempt tn hOneSteSt
female brcathin'. Fr all knaW. If
y come y will find my gold chgoNom'
etcr in tn waShin'. Now, if
Put. sir" fatcrcl Arab2lla, Il was
going to be married.
TO wh0:" demanded Ebonezer.
TO Il policeman. sir. when | can If
ford IT," said Arahrlla.
All right. rcckin tibet pllcemanl
keep. We're rtcr somebody honest
Tn iewIry that gets lost in our houS
amounts to d fortune. Say, SabIna
t kin we afford one hundred pounds
Tell y what, Amarillo, WI give
K one hundred pounds
I'll come" said Arabella
4 "Thet's right exclaimed Eben"ZeI
S you'll enj'y it. Shake"
S %
/ One day while out shopping Arabell
met Ebenczer.
!, Guess I'll walk aside of you,' h
p said.
Il II was Just going some brands &c
$, Miss Morgan, sir" she remarked.
l. "All right: you kin do them arte
I happened ter wander across Il parS'
lie Yesterday" he went on, AN he civ
me a tickit. an I said to him tibet Whe
t | war paSSin' his church some day III
1T week Id give him Il call, an v may
we'll come III, kase, YOU see, amt
H. hand att
Arabela understood and went in.
III A fortnight later a member of II
Metropolitan Police Force received til
" letter:
ly Deere Sir-YOu will be surprised
er here from me so soon. My name
W. Mrs. EbeneZer Morgan, and you G;
1g get married to somebody else if y
II want to. l relees you from your c
lc- gajement. Enclosed plese find ord
he for two-andsiX as smole token of 1
at esteme. Yours trudly,
If MRS. ERENEZER MORGAN
as New York Weekly
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-04-21

~If the chickweed and scarlet pim-
pernel expand their tiny petals, ram
need not be expected for few hours,
saws q writer. Bees work with re-
doubled energy just before rain. II
the flies are unusually persistent either
in the house or around stock there is
rain in the air. The cricket sings at
the approach of cold weather. SPUR
rels store large supply of nuts, the
husks Of corn are unusually thick and
the buds of deciduOus trees have a
firmer protecting coat if a severe Win
Ter is at hand. If the poplar or quak-
ing asp leaves turn up the under SIDE
rain will soon follow.
IF the camphor bottle becomes roily
If is going to storm. When it clears
settled weather may be expected. This
idea has seemingly been utilized in the
manufacture of barOmeters. The main
trouble is they seldom foretell the
change until about the time it arrives
LAST, but not least, the rheumatlcs
can always tell it in their bones Wher
storm is approaching, and OF TINS
orognostication the octogenarian OF to
lay is as firm an advocate as were MI
torefathers."- Cbicago News.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-04-21
PAY TO BE LONELY.
Instances Of Persons in Whom the Gre
garious instinct is Missing

Not many people would pay Sl'"O
veor for the privilege Of never seeing
4 human being. But TINS Is "il"'
John Falrcn. notorious hermit VINO
resides on the coast OF SNth'I!"""
does. He is pcrfccting an ihNcH'los
which he firmly believes VIII or'hS
him undying fame, though WhIL lhe
nature of his discovery III 10 one
knows. His house is entered by cillhp-
inc up staircase to the secoh" hoor'
and ut the foot retainer Is "I""SS
on duty to keep away strangers "r''e
seventeen other servants are SiilI''"'-
" employed all the year tounu III
various parts of the grounds.
Many will remember the case ol III
Rorthwick. the wealthy hermit OIL All.
erly Edge. He owned fortune u
$500 900 in all, but some time before
his death he purchased S44o,F" worm
of Jewels and tapestries from l-ol"oi
merchants. and then threw the Whole
lot into the sea of the coast OF AhstF
sew. With the SG0OOO remaining lit
built himself a house, sheltered ny
HIGH wall. SO that 10 one could oyer
look him. and then engaged SIN ""''h-
men at handsome salaries to keep 'ic
inouisitiye al distance. After paying
several hundred Il year for the Drive
le~e of being lonely. he died seven
wears AGO. and left the balance OF his
fortune to his two nepheWS.
Probably no man ever went TO more
troubIp and cypcnSa TO be lonely than
did Josiah West. Il retired Wooien man
uracturer. who resided in the Mid
lands. Being an extremely ugly man.
, he became IMPRESSED with the luta
late in life that it was a trial 10 HIS
fellow mortals to look upon him. so
he laid out his fortune in cutting h!'h-
f self of from the world.
The first thing he did was to pur-
O., chase a large area of land, in the mo
die of which he built himself house,
in the shape of square, with all TIE
= windows facing on quadrangle III
!. the centre. Then. although lie had Il
+ small army of keepers to guard Din
r from the curiosity Of strangers, ht
q bought up n2ighborlnG village, con
# sisting of sixty-twO houses, and raHeI
if to the ground to still further insure
!, his solitude. From that time 10rWaf'
e until the day of his death he never Sc
V eyes on a human being, all his 1905
q being delivered 10 him through trap
40 door built in the side of the house 10
y the purpose.
Saurier, the eminent French noNel
IN ist also laid out q large sum CT mon
o. ey in order to be lonely. He had
10 perfect aversion to human beings 0
~ both sexes. and declared that be c0ul
o. not work with any one i'll the sam
in house as himself. Eventually he spei
n $4,000 in building a room Denea'
pd the lake in his grounds, which wa
he approached by a subterranean paSsas
and had plate glass roof. 1t was
nm this room that he wrote several OF II
sh finest novels, and here he lived for
no number of years without hearing II
,rs sound of human yoicc.-Tit-Bits, n
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-04-21
MI D ANIMALS NOT TO Be FEARED.
That is, II You Let Them Alone Ihey
Will Not Trouble You.

That il, II You Let Them Alone They
Will Not Trouble You.
in the mountains Of WyOming,Whcre
| lave hunted Cor years, You can ma
almost any kind Of savage animal lNlt
WOW Get in America except alll&atorS.
t--zzlieS, black bears and mountain
lions are commonly killed there says
Hugh SnivcrIy, Of Sheridan, Nyo.
"Some Of the men that come out
there to hunt think that if they sur
100 wards away from camp they must
be armed to the teeth for fear OF beng
attacked by n bear o. il painter All"
| killed. There's a heap more DANCE" o.
getting killed on account OF leaving
! YOUR gun at home when You go Down
! Market street. Some one might Shoot
Won on the street in a biz city. but Il IS
dead sure that a bear or Il mountain
lion will never attack You unless you
drive him to it.
i've hunted through the best DIS
trirts far bic came in this country,
and I've seen I good many grizzlies,
bat Eve never seen one OF them 20
,t.. ,,n, ,,,,o., no was corncrpd
~, ,,o,,rdoG # van RIM into 4 griZ-
~. I,oor IN = ,onoIv nI,cn you'll hear
= urunt something like that Of a mann
",7.h MOO. .rI thon thero vii, be a
,'': r,,crfn,. of undorhush rs he
makes off in thc Opposite direction as
.a,+ - No cam no All Won can coner-
oI,,, 500 Of y mouutain lion is tawny
, .tro,k * hn makes off at incredible
snood # no has any intention of 90.
:,,. st+o,. var, = mrs, NO tis intention
70 oo around the world and catch YOU
in the roar fer if YOU are standing tC
tno oost of him he is sure to 20 due
vost
.NIo,mtain lions in the winter time
will fo,lov s1eiuhs at y sistance. wall
;,o nc tlav 90 hut there is nothn:
=, in that to insDire terror for | don
thirl, thov have ever been known +
, c,osn in ON ANYBODY. Their terror 0
, human hpinrs is the thing whicl
. r,o,,os thom bard 70 shoot. In all til
- tinno that have been in the noun
- toins 7 bovo navor heard of any on
hninm attacked INV wild animal tia
y had hoen left strictly alone. But w
I,nown men to he killed even by dee
when the brute was driven to despel
70 otion.
iS ..Crizzlfqs gro the best game in I'll
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-04-21
PRAYER FOR THE NATION.

,..,ation's God, enthroned above,
w sor Thou the prayer we raise to Thee:
PIX n[ Thou our land in Thy great love
Nf through all the days that are to be.
O. lear no Toes from foreign shore;
N battleship can bring alright;
a. rare not Tor the lannon's roar;
The breath Of war shall leave no blight.
mr. foes are with us; goddess greed,
0ITbe,strite for gain, for soulless gold;
The bride Of po~ar, that fatal creed
That brought to death great Rome of old.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-04-21

we pray not for our lands increase:
=, Nor ask to WELD the tyrant7s rod:
We pray that wickedness shah cease:
We pray for Righteousness, 0 God!
Aeep Thou our hands from all faint free;
heen Thou our hearts sincere and pure;
Neep lh0u our eyes appraised to Thee;
Keep Thou our feet steadfast and sure,
Our nations God, enthroncd above,
- Hear Thou the prayer we raise to Thee;
heGp Thou our land IN Thy great love
Through all the days that are to be.
Thomas Curtis Clark,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-04-21

M W ~
5 6 zeal Society there is a dis
4 /" russion by \. Y. Brigham
90E of Good Roads i'll the
United States" i'll which
the estimated handicap of he people OF
MARYLAND due to bad roads is S3,ooa.-
eco a wear. On dirt roads the cost OF
transporting Il ton Il mil" is twenty
five cents. while on railways 1t is
three-fourthS of Il cent or less. ny
| water the rate varies from onc-fourtli |
| TO one-twclith of a cent The ocean
rate is onc-tifth of the canal route, |
one-fftepnth of the railway rate and |
onp.fve-hundredth of the country road |
rate.
. Railway rates improve, but dirt road
rates never do. says the Baltimore
SIM. In 1860. for example, the cost
ppr ton mile Oh the New York Central
Railway was 81 cents. willie in 1888
the cost was only ScVcn-;cnthS of a
cent. showing a large deduction: bur
the preliminary haul to the railway
station over Il dirt road costs as much
rs ever. BY making Il GOOD road Tor
the lariil't '"' ''''' '''"'
cost per 'o' '''''' W ';,,h. ,o,7t,,
from twenty nv . s,,o. .oron+onn
'll"S S'Nln- '"e '''' '''N
Genus per '',,le' :. = fo,rd +bo+ on
!" nao1a foam bouls four ar
. iinpl WV a:',.. ,,,a +or =, an mimi
'i'' 'D'.' 49,, "S''' - E, - 1or so, ,r,n and
, i''"N'" i'''' ,.;',,. 90 foam, ca
''"lil 'til' III, =, GEO., ,o,,1.
, 10 - 'o' II ~" INV, ' Ia,,,;,,, ~. toon
f J"su,S '0''7 w., '.,,.,I =, tho aoso If
a "N.',' - "ol - a,,, f,,r,,itnro Hto}y
f p'' ''''.''i. - .,a Jo1ov, onl rouoh
h ~ ~ ,,, ."'' ~ .nn r,iIuovc
q ''',',,',' ,,.,a.o,,. oorv frooht civ.
!. Ia ~ '''''' =, .,;, ao,,,,+,,.
q u ',''"'' NM, .,,.n -, l., w.
+ 'ne i'"''' '''o ',,',,n,, ar+io,os II
o .''lo, 80, ~ a,,aon N +o,o froioht
II hr nnu fron, California 70 1he Atlantic
r - .,a,. fonr, nroluce ovor dirt
n,,o;o,, ~ r. from farms
% i0''U' =" ,'I-I1, AWAY, %o+ur,lIv
A. e enn,,,s ;" n,o1n tnancossih,o nv had road.
ID ~. o,t,, loss +ho, tboso which epio,
" "iN .',,.,.m.,+;o, Facilities Or I,
ii gnu . , "t,.po noo1 vo,6s opharc,
ct ~ ~, -: &C fsE,nS kim motorL,il,
~ 'ne ''''". ~ tan ,,.hioh thoT will coll
N u C Wv p. a loI ~ offoct mt money int
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-04-21

The rate at which the Zulus can run
in an emergency is astonishing. Some
will cover as much as fifty miles in six
hours. Eight miles an hour is common.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-04-21

The Calcutta steeplechase for the
ladies' cup is the only event of its kind
In the world.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-04-21
GOOD g
90 RIO \ ID 5.

y an article III he Bulletin
of the American Gco@raph-
zeal Society there is a dis
cussion by \. 7. Brigham
of Good Roads i'll the
United States. III which
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-15

The youthful king of Spain is a sue
cess in making love. Up to date he
has been engaged to eleven young wo.
mon, more or less rich and good look
ing. You see, the king is considered
good article in the matrimonial mar.
ket and is himself quite susceptible,
so engagements are easily made, but
the royal family, the court and nobil-
ity are difficult to please, consequent.
Iy the alliances are broken about as
quickly as made.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-15

A Chinese editor in New York
makes some strong comparisons be.
tween the Chinese and Americans.
He admits that they have bad Chinese
gamblers and opium eaters, but says
that whisky is worse than opium
Whisky raises the passions which
transform man into a beast, and he
goes home to kick his wife; opium
changes the man to a living corpse
and his wife kicks him. The editor
continues sarcastically: II edit a
paper turned out by yellow men but
we turn out a white paper, while many
white men turn out yellow papers,"
This editor evidently possesses a
sense of Eumor not common to his
race.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-15

Overeating, lack of exercise and
breathing bad air in close rooms caus.
es more death than whisky, tobacco
and dissipations of other sorts. While
you are steering shy of these latter
evils, make sure that you are keeping
clear of the others. Don't overeat
until your system is clogged and over,
taxed; don't content yourself with
walking to and from your office twice
a day; and don't shut out the fresh
air from your business rooms and your
sleeping rooms.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-15

A pretty little incident which oc-
Cured during a great educational con.
vention held at Asbury Park last July.
at which President Roosevelt was a
prominent speaker, has recently been
published. An old lady was present at
the convention who had an autograph
album containing the names of all
presidents since the time of Lincoln.
She was very anxious to add President
Roosevelt to the list. Through the in
nuence of friends her grandson was
given an opportunity to make the re-
quest just as the president was going
20 the platform. Seeing the album.
the president motioned it aside, saying
impatiently, Haven't time" The
Young man briefly replied, Abraham
Lincoln had time" Instantly the pres
dent stopped and took the book and
wrote his name saying, as he returned
t, Il count it an honor to write my
lame where Abraham Lincoln wrote
lis" Many besides President Roose-
elt could learn lessons of kindly cour
esy to the aged and helpless from the
'cntle dealings of the great Lincoln,
rho always had time to be kind.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-15

Col. TORY Of Rock county did a
good deed when he offered a prize OF
SIS for the best essay on his hobby,
"The Horse" And Miss Mildred
Smith, niece of Miss Rosa Hudspeth,
editor of the Stuart Ledger, did clev.
er work in gaining the prize. This
young lady wrote a fairy story and a
poem at the age of ten, which won a
prize of $40 from an eastern maga.
zine. She is the genuine niece of an
editor, for she is now saving that mon.
ey to give it away.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-15

The miniature revolution in the Isle
of Pines failed to materialize. 1t was
promptly squelched by one Elihu Root
in the following terse communication
which seems quite to the point 1t
was addressed to the president Of the
American club on the island: There
is no procedure by which you and
your associates can lawfully establish
territorial government in that island.
The island is lawfully subject to the
control and government of the Repub-
lie of Cuba, and you and your associ.
ates are bound to render obedience to
the laws of that country SO long as
you remain in the island" Thus end
eth another rebellion.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-15

When the troops of Catherine H. OF
Russia took Warsaw, they carried
away 100000 volumes of the library
at RadZiwill and other public libra,
ries. This year the Russian govern.
ment decided to return the Radziwill
books. They were brought back in
unopened boxes in which they had
been taken away more than century
ago.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-15

If the Office of receiver in the land
Offices had only been abolished year
ago, Al Towle of Valentine might have
been saved disgrace. Maybe, how
ever, Al Towle's actions were partly
operative in bringing about this rec.
ommeNdation on the part Of the con
missioner Of the general land Office.
By the abolition of the 0.Gce two north.
ern Nehragn1 Dolitic0' i. would be
yired "nt n o. 4 end onc
It Vale"tr ~ ar0.. n
Ould ~ year.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-15
[From TrldnY,s Dailyl

tween Fremont and Lincoln.
tFrom Fridays Dailv1
new time card was issued by the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad from
Norfolk today, to become effective
next Sunday. There are no changes
in trains out of Norfolk excepting the
Bonesteel freights, which will leave
earlier in the morning for the north
and arrive from that direction earlier
in the evening. The only other change
of Importance is on the line between
Fremont and Lincoln, where a Sunday
morning passenger service is to be es-
tablished.
The Bonesteel freight train out of
Norfolk which formerly left here at
about noon, will now leave Norfolk at
7:15 a. m. 1t will arrive in Bonesteel
at 6:10 p. m. Returning, this train
leaves Bonesteel at a. m. and ar
rives in Norfolk at 1880 p. nj.
The northbound way freight, run
ming between Norfolk and Verdigrey
will leave Norfolk at S:15 a. m. and
will return in the evening at 7:10.
This train turns around at Verdigre.
The changes in this service will be
of much benefit to the travelling public
on the Bonesteel line, as it will give
morning trains bound for the north
and, up near Bonesteel, will give
give morning trains bound for the
south, also. Hitherto the only trains
running on that line ran during the
afternoon or at midnight, so that the
new schedule will help wonderfully
and will be appreciated by the trav-
elers This gives something of the
same sort of service that now runs
between Norfolk and Long Pine in the:
morning freights.
Sunday Morning Lincoln Train.
The new time card makes a change
in the Fremont-Lincoln service which
will be important as an improvement
for the whole northern part of the
state. This is the establishment of a
Sunday morning train out of Lincoln
and return from Fremont. For years
the need of this train has been felt by
the travelling public and the change
will be heartily appreciated. Former.
ly it was necessary to wait in Lincoln
until afternoon if one desired to get
out on Sunday, and in going to Lincoln
on the Sunday morning train the peo-
pie from the Bonesteel line, who had
only that train to make, were COM
PEELED to wait in Fremont until late
in the afternoon. People, too, from
Minneapolis and st. Paul, as well as
Sioux City, who wanted to get to Lin
coin Sunday morning, had to go
around by way of Omaha, where they
may now take the short cut through.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-15

The blast furnaces of the United
States Steel company are to be
equipped to the use of the dry air
blast process. 1t is said that the pro
cess effects a saving of So a ton and
will result in saving of $14,O0OOOO
to $1G,000,000 a year to the corpora.
tion. All these little savings will help
to pay the grocers' bills and buy the
children's shoes. No one should de.
spise even small economies like these
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-15

John Rusliln says the wealth OF u
nation and It's peace and well being
osldo depend on the number Of per
sons II can employ In making good and
useful things.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-15

THE geltle art of self Defense" as
practiced in some of the colleges and
schools like Annapolis, has become a
disgrace to the nation. The authori-
ties, not the students, are to blame
for it. They prate about the discip-
line that young men obtain, when the
truth is they catch a spirit of ruftian-
ism and brutality displayed nowhere
else and silently winked at where it
would not be tolerated a single instant
by the public. This "cussedness" by
college students should cease and ed.
ucators who have some backbone and
a whole lot of ordinary common sense
should command a premium in the
paying out of the peoples money. Its
time to call halt. Our higher schools
of learning have exalted the art of
savagery long enough. No one wants
-pambyism or goody-goodiness
but the people of intelligence would
like to see the unrefined pugilism of
the present day college life supplanted
by practical highmindednes becom-
ing the educated young men of a rec
ognzed christian nation.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-15

II is indeed sad thing to see man
who has held the respect and esteem
of the people of his state and been
honored by them to the wearing of the
senatorial toga, in the position now
occupied by Senator Burton of Kan
sas. Dishonored and discredited in
the sight of all men, under a shadow
for life, whatever sentence is pro-
uOunced upon him.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-15

Men think that the most difficult
Christmas gifts to select are those for
the women; and women know the men
are hardest to choose for. Advertis-
ing columns of The News show that
neither is really difficult; there are
thousands of things that ought to suit
any man and as many that ought to
delight any woman.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-15
The rush to the Canadian northwest

The rush to the Canadian northwest
from Iowa and Minnesota is on the
decline. Farmers are beginning to
realize that low priced lands secured
miles away from good markets. at the
expense of their American citizenship,
is altogether too expensive. 1t isn't
nearly so attractive a proposition near
by as it was when distance lent en-
chantment to the view"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-15

Sir Thomas Upton, millionaire by
his own industry and sagaclty, re-
marks that cork screws have sunk
moro people than cork Jackets will
over save"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-15
NEW STORE TO OPEN.
Antilles & Smith Will Open Their Toy
land to the Public.

land to the Public.
Bright and early tomorrow morning
the new store in Norfolk-that of An
thes & Smith in the Rees building,
corner Fifth street and Norfolk av-
enue-will be thrown open to the pub
lie and all day today the proprietors
and their corps of clerks have been
as busy as busy could we'll be getting
ready for the event.
The store, with all of it's pretty new
appointments, and the great advant-
ages of a large new store room, airy
and well lighted, is model and will
surprise the people of Norfolk The
stock of toys and other things for
Christmas will also be a delightful sur
prise to the shoppers of this vicinity.
There are many attractive decorations
being arranged for the opening day.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-15

1t is not always realized that the
difference between the primitive life
of savages and modern civilization,
with its countless advantages, con-
veniences and blessings, is all made
possible by cooperation. No man can
accomplish much alone. He is con-
stantly bringing to his aid the work
of others.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-15

A travelling man whose route takes
of the Missouri valley said yesterday,
"Its no trouble selling goods and lots
of them this fall. Everybody wants
the goods and has the money to pay
for them. All | have to do is to take
the orders"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-15

TO rise on stepping stones of our dead
selves" not the PROSTATE forms of our
neighbors or business associates. THE
heights by great men reached and
kept" were never gained by selfish
crowding and the cruel and ungener.
Gus use of superior power