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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
THREE RAILOAD LINES.
Kansas Lity, Santa Fe and Colorado
Southern all Building.

Three great trunk lines of railroad,
the Kansas City Southern, the Colo
RADIO Southern and Santa Fe, have
been driving stakes in all directions
in the northern part OF Calcasleu par
ish. Some of the surveys pass within
fifteen or twenty miles of Lake Charles
and none of them are oyer fifty miles
away from the city. That one or the
other of these railroads not only
mean business but is rapidly nearing
the construction point is shown by the
fact that 600, ties and hundreds of
tons of steel rails are expected to ar
rive shortly at Kinder, about thirty
miles from Lake Charles. The indi-
cations are that one of these compan-
les intends to begin construction at
that very point. 1t can not be stated
at this time which company will do the
work. All three of the projected
railway lines are heading towards
New Orleans and the Santa Fe now
has branch line completed to the
Sabine river and ready for the rails
from the river to DeRidder. 1t is un-
derstood that their line is more likely
to pass east in the vicinity of Oakdale
than at any other point. The Colo
RADIO Southern, whichis an otfshoot OF
the Rock Island Frisco syndicate, has
run several lines east from De Quincy,
toward Baton Rouge, crossing the
Watkins railway at different points
from Fenton almost to Oakdale. The
Kansas City Southern has line sur
veyed running east and little south
from Leesville and also heading to.
ward the eastern metropolis. Survey
ors are now understood to be running
a preliminary line for them from Ope'
lousas east.
One of these great railroads is prac
tically ready to begin construction as
indicated above. There is every like
lyhood that all three will be built.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
ed for baptism.

ed for baptism.
The Ladies' Auxiliary, besides the
$500 spent on the church, has raised
S4l7, $40 of which was spent for insur
ance, $4l was given to the orphanage.
They own other property valued at
$2l.S7; the balance s3O9.l3, has been
used for various missions and incl
dental expenses.
Our Sunday school, which was Or
ganized at the first meeting ever held
in this church, has continued to -four
ish and has been instrumental in lead
inc several to Christ. Of the thirty
four baptised, twenty-five came from
the Sunday school. Our Sunday
school has raised for current and 9th
er expenses $2l2.7O.
We come today to offer to the SER
vice of the ever true and living God,
this house, with all that belongs to It,
free of all incumberance, and though
the offering is small, we have the con-
seriousness that we have at least done
something for the furtherance OF the
cause of Christ, and while there may
be those among US, who are not living
as Christ would have them live, we
know that many consecrated men and
women have been added to our num-
bers and with their help and the bless
ings of God, we hope to accomplish
greater things in the future. And now
while our State Mission board has not
done, and indeed has not been able to
do all that some of us in our zeal have
desired and expected, the fact remains
that without its help, We would not to-
day have Baptist church in Welsh,
and some at least, who we now believe
have been saved by the blood of the
Lamb, might today be living in sin
and disobedience: and let us work and
pray for the time when we will no long
er be a burden to our State Mission
board, but will not only be able to
support our own pastor, but assist
others less fortunate than we, to have
the gospel preached to them.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
A Vegetable Caterpillar.

In New Zealand and Australia they
have an animal vegetable oddly
which cannot be eQualed by any other
animate or inanlmate object upon the
earth's surface. 1t is the queerest OF
the many antipodean wonders and
paradoxes and for the want Of a
better name has been called the
"bulrush caterpillar or vegetable
worm The native Tasmanian name
for the oddly Is aweto-hotete.
The abOvegrOund portion Of this vege-
table worm is a fungus of the order
sphaerla. which grows to height OF
six or eight inches. Whc" pulled up
by the root this fungus is found to con-
sist Of large caterpillar. showing
head. Scgmcnts and breathing holes
every detail Of the grub being perfect
" preserved. On examination the in
terror Of the caterpillar is found to be
composed Of ''punky" looking sub
stance, really the root Of the fungus,
which has crcmated every fiber OF
what was once a living, breathing
creatures anatomy. In all the in
stances which auckland records, the
sphaeria had made its attack in the
fold of skin between the second and
third segments Of the caterpillar and
had replaced all the animal substance
of the creatures body with hard
brown vegetable growth resembling
the fungoid growths on blackberry
and other vines.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
s152,915 SO
STATE OF LOUISIANA,

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
COUNTY OF CALCAsIEU, SIS:
I. Fred d. Calkins, cashier Of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief. FRED D, CALKINs, Cashier
Correct-Attest:
H. A. DAVIDSON,
F. D. CALKINs,
f->, Subscribed and sworn to before me
SEAL this End day of Sept. 1905.
t0~' LELAND Fl. Moss.
Notary Public.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Cures Paralysis.

W. F. Baily, P. O. True, Texas,
writes: "My wife had been suffering
FIVE years with paralysis in her arm,
when l was persuaded to use Ballard S
Snow Liniment, which cured her all
right. | have also used it for old
sores, frost bites and skin eruptions.
it does the work" Sold by Billion
Bros.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

First-class service, prompt atten-
ton to all orders, your patronage
solicited. Welsh Meat Market.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

Very often it is worth knowing
how to split sheet Of paper. Suppose
you had an article which was printed
on both sides and you desired to paste
it in your scrapbook. You would
paste it between two sheets Of stout
paper and, when nearly dry, draw
these apart. You will have half of the
printed sheet on each, and by the use
of moisture you can readily detach
them.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
New Jennings HuSher.

Another gusher was brought in last
Wednesday at the Mamou oil field.
A low estimate of it's capacity is l.
900 barrels daily. The we'll is known
as No. L, and is On the property of
the Crowley Oil and Mineral company,
Crowley organization. After the
well had been bored to depth of L.
700 feet it was abandoned, but recently
the owners decided to experiment
further and after going down an ad-
ditional 200 feet gusher was pro-
duced.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Anent the Ticket Scalper.

The San Antonio Daily Light, of
Nov. 9, contains the following inter-
estiug article on the evils of the scalp
erS' traffic:
Circumstances occurred yesterday
which caused my mind to revert back
a few years to day when $4,000 was
stolen in this city. The money was
sent here to pay the wages for one
month for the employees of the G. H.
& S. A. Railway Company OF San
Antonio. Now, the monthly payroll
is doubtless much larger for the same
road: presume all the roads in this
city pay out for help and other legiti-
mate expenses at least 100000 per
month. The railway interests here
aided very materially in making the
Alamo City what it is today-the
largest and best city in the Lone Star
state. On the other hand, what has
the railway ticket scalper done for
this city? What have they done for
Bexar county or for the state of Texas?
Do they build up and develop the
country and cause two blades of grass
to grow whore only one grew before:
Do they erect buildings that are taxa
BILE and pay revenue to the support OF
the public institutions? Nay, nay,
Pauline! The ticket scalper's Office is
usually "hole in the WALL" or a
corner in a business room with some
one else. Instead of helping to build
up the city, the country or its inter-
ests, he is continually trying to injure
legitimate and honorable institutions,
for such the railroad enterprises of
Texas are. 1t is just as dishonorable
to best a railroad corporation as it is
an individual. A wrong is wrong,
no matter who suffers by the injury,
and | cannot help comparing the San
Antonio of today with the San Anton
10 of twenty-five years ago, when
first came to this ''neck of the woods, y
and often wonder what the Alamo
City would have amounted to withon
the railroads, with their ribbons O
steel extending in all directions, ant
''still there's more to follow" This
is a good time for all good men to ge
together and put the eternal kibosh or
the ticket scalper and his nefariou
business. His ways-like the ways o
the heather Chinee--a are very peculiar
may be little ancient in my ideas
but I've still got a sneaking idea tina
honesty is the best policy, and there
fore I am opposed to patronizing tn
, ticket scalper in any way. Let hi
3 alone and he'll quit business withou
D state law, which, thank heaven, tn
S next legislature will enact in spite Q
+, the gigantic efforts of the FL Pas
r pawnbrokers, who ought to be in NOR
!, honorable business. Then, there
d that other nuisance, the personal dam
: age suit fend, always bOhbing up an
: bringing suit against railroad O
u some other corporation. He's tarre
l. with the same stick the scalper is, an
q he ought to be "squelched" alon
: with the 'shyster'' who brings thes
+ fake damage suits. What an unhol
5 trinity. Away with them and thei
h dirty deeds. Yours Respectfully,
IS Monte Caro-.
n
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
AutObiOgrnphies.

All autobiographies Vre lies. No
man is bad enough to tell the truth
about himself during his lifetime, and
no man is good enough to tell the
truth to posterity in document which
he suppresses until there is nobody left
alive to contradict him.-George Ber-
nard Shaw,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Three of Them.

One word in the English language
in which the vowels occur in regular
sequence is "facetious." Is there an,
other?-Rocheste Post Express.
Ever hear Of the word "abste.
mious ?"-Cleveland Leader.
What IS the matter with "arseni
?"-New York Tribune.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
For Sale.

$50 acre Rice Farm,
mile and a half northeast
of Welsh: $500 per acre:
terms cash. Darlington
& Co., Covington, La.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
For First-cIass Horse
shooting and Blacksmith
ing take your work to
Armstrong;.
Teachers Examination.

There will be held in Lake Charles,
for applicants to teach public schools,
an examination on the lst and 10th OF
December, for whites, and on the 18th
and 9th for colored. JnO. MCNeese.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

WANTED: by Chicago wholesale
and mail order house, assistant man
ager, imam or woman) for this coun-
ty and adjoining territory. Salary
$40 and expenses paid weekly; expense
money advanced. Work pleasant:
position permanent. No investment
or experience required. Write at once
for full particulars and enclose self
addressed envelope.
KIT COOPER & CO.,
1872 Lake ST., Chicago, Ill.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-12-09
The Motion Was Put.

The recent appeal made to the pres
ident by Ira Terrill, the irrepressible
Oklahoma convict, has called forth
some "reminiscences from the old tim
ers regarding the first Oklahoma legis-
lature, of which Terrill was a member.
He was always a disturbing element
then and was regarded as a dangerous
man. c. G.. (GristmilD Jones was
speaker pro TEN. Of the house, and one
day when he was in the chair Terrill,
who occupied a seat on the front row,
arose to make q motion. Jones refused
to recognize him and gave the floor to
another member. Terrill reached down
into the side pockets of his coat and
brought forth a dangerous looking gun
in each hand. Pointing them both at
the speaker, he asked, "Will you put
that mOtion?" Before he could get the
question out all Of the press representa-
tives, who occupied table next to the
speakers desk, were under their table,
and the speaker had as much Of bis
body under cover as his dignity would
allow. 1t is perhaps needless to add
that the motion was put.-Kansas City
Journal.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-12-09
The Ubiquitous Drummer.

Many an monumental traveller has
been surprised on encOuntering in some
out of the way part of the world the
American drummer on business bent.
Probably few have been more amazed
than was an EngliShman, John f.
Keane, who met two of them in
Arabia.
Keane was on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
Carefully disguised as a MOhammedan,
hiding in the retinue of an Afghan
prince and daily believing himself in
imminent danger of his life, Keane at
last reached the tomb of Mohammed.
And there he found TWO drummers,
typical Americans, who scOrned dis
guises and had Travelled to Mecca
clothed in fannels and checked trou-
sers and wearing panama hats.
They were on the best Of terms with
the leaders of the faithful and were
prosecuting their mission with the
most complete success.
"As a result" said Keane on his re-
turn to England, 1.-The tomb Of MOham-
med and the streets Of Mecca are now
illumined with low flash American
oil"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-12-09
nishop Talbot,s Early Devotions

Bishop Talbot of Pennsylvania, whom
Owen Wister had in mind when he Gre
ated the bishop of Montana in 1.-The
Virginian," has spent a number Of
summers In the White mountains. The
bishop, WHO enjoys a good time of the
healthy sort as well as any one, is to be
seen morning and afternoon playing
golf with the earnestness Of a much
younger man, and, unlike many yOun-
ger men, is an early riser.
A young man who had q room next to
him frequently heard him moving about
at 6 O'Clock in the morning, and then,
hearing long continued murmurs,
thought he was saying his prayers I'M
til one night the bishop, who had drop
ped into his room for little chat, said,
81 hope l don't disturb you in the morn
ing. but l am an early riser, and to
pass away the time l sit down and
figure out what my golf score for the
day ought to be"-BOstOn Herald.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-12-09
Ways of the Chinese.

According to the Rev L. J. Hardy,
long a resident of China, who has writ
ten q book on the Chinese, the first
emperor of the Ming dynasty, A. D.
1865. prohibited all prayers but his own
10 God. What a confusion lie said,
there Will be above. what intolerable
annoyance, if YOU people all call upon
him. Should a common person pre-
sumo to worship his Father in heaven
he may be punished by Chinese law
with eighty blows, and even with stran-
gulation."
Another traveller in China, Mrs. Dor
othy Gator, brings forward once more
the grim fact that poverty in that
country leads to the commission Of ter
rible crimes. The Chinese very sell
dom kill their sons she says, "but
their girl babies they drown, if they
have too many, just like kittens. Any
day one may be seen floating in the
riVerv
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-12-09
Wnsn,t Tnkinr Chances.

A man from way down east dropped
in to see a friend in Wall street. "Be
with you in moment, and we will
have bite Of lunch" said the hustling
broker. The visitor watched the Office
wheels 90 rOund-the telephOning, the
reading of the tickers, the people rush
ing in and out, heard the mysterious
numbers which flew about from lip to
lio-it was oil just as Tom Lawson had
pictured it. lie was in the lions den
and felt that he was no Daniel to defy
its terrOrs.
I'm ready now," said the broker.
Then, looking at his visitor, he said:
You will find that heavy overcoat I'M
comfortable. Better leave it here"
"No, you don't" said the country
man, ewing his friend sternly and but
tOning his "ulster" tightly around him;
mo, you don't. l read the papers and
know Wall street, even if 1 do come
from the country. l may be a lamb,
but I'll keep my wool On."-New York
Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-12-09
A MIGHTY "LAND GRABBER.'
Chenonceaux Built at the Bidding o.
DiRra of Poitiers.

Diara of POitiers.
Chenonceaux was one Of the earliest
chateaux that represented the new spir'
It. 1t was built on the site Of the old
feudal fortress In sort Of freak Of the
sense of opportunity. 1t was meant to
give room and verge enough to a gen
Grafton bent on having good time In
hall and bower. 1t was still a fortress
of kind, but this only as an after
thought. In the main 1t was a palace
for sport and festival. 1t might have
stood on dry land; 1t preferred to
bridge a river. There was no want OF
space in other directions, but this SEEM
ed best as a stroke Of constructive Inn
pudence. The architect at the bidding
Of Diana of Poiuers jumped the Cher
us schoolboy would have jumped a
brook. The huge arches never carried
anything Of use to mankind at large,
not even right Of way.
At first most Of them had no super
structure, and the bridge might have
been called "Diana's folly" But she
knew what she was about She was a
mighty man subduer, with n heart as
cold as the stone Of her new dwelling
and face and form kept beautiful for
ever by the studiOus avoidance of ev-
cry pang-a wonderful creature with
al for she contrived to die in her bed,
though she crossed the path Of Gather
Inc de- Medici. She ruled king by the
usual methods and by studious defer
ence to him kept him her obedent, hum
BILE servant to the day of his death. She
inspired one Of the greatest sculptors
of her time in his creation Of a Venus
that rivaled the antique.
She was one Of the mlghtiest land
grabbers of history, adding chateau to
chateau with a purpose that never fal-
tered and by methods Of smooth, I'M
emotional persistence that never failed.
She started with everything against
her in that epoch of the worship OF
youth when she began her siege of the
heart Of the dauphin Of France. She
was a widow, and a widow with a
family, yet she knew no pause In her
triumphant career till she had married
and lowered them all and provided
herself with a choice of palaces for her
old age. She never made an enemy or
which was quite as much to the pur-
pose-a friend who was not likely to be
Of use. She died In the sanctlty Of
faultless manners and an unruffled
brow. Her heart of Ice kept her a
Venus to the last Had her prototype
been anything but goddess Diana
might have given her points In the wise
avoidance of the ravages Of tempera-
ment.-Century.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-12-09
DON'TS FOR BACHELORS.
Don't sew up your pockets while try
no to sew on q hutton to STAY.

Don't sew up your pockets while try
Ing to sew on a button to stay.
Buy q thimble that fits. Don't push
your needle through with your teeth.
Don't start q piece of sewing with a
thread long enough to hang yourself.
Don't attempt to push No. 8 needle
through a No. 10 hole. Profanity is bad
form.
Don't be afraid of a needle. 1t will
not stick you unless you attack the
wrong end Of it first.
Select the proper size button before
you sew it on. Don't cut the button
hole larger with penknife so as to
make it fit the button.
And don't-oh, don't-leave the needle
in your chair when you are through
sewing. You may discover 1t unexpect-
edly.-Kansas City Star.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-12-09
HARD WORK, SMALL PAY.
rhe story of the Life of One Itin-
Grant Methodist Preacher.

Grant Methodist Preacher.
l have now been an itinerant Metho-
dist preacher almost twenty eight
years. My salary since I was married
has averaged $3.50 year, exclusive of
house rent. have only once or twice
left IL circuit in debt to any one in it,
l, and am today free from financial en-
barrassmeut. l am now serving my
twentieth pastoral charge, and these
frcD-eat changes from one passionate
to another, which have in one or two
instances involved moves Of 200 miles
or more, have greatly added to the ex-
penSeS of the work. l have paid out
three or four hundred dollars in rail
road and hack fares and in freight
charges, besides the loss incident to
breaking up and moving from one
place to another l have kept horse
fifteen years and buggy about a
dozen, have had one horse to die and
another to go blind, and the buggy l
now have is almost like the wonderful
one horse chaise just before that clas-
sic vehicle went TO pieces My sight is
sufficient to enable me to drive over
plain and familiar roads.
We find il necessary TO be economic
al. oar living is simple. In the morn
ing we have biscuits and butter and
bacon gravy, with Il little ham now
aud then. and chicken in the summer,
and fresh pOrk-when our neighbOrs
furnish tin winter. We also have
coffee for my wife and myself and
kettle tea for the children. At dinner
we have vegetables, such as beans, po-
tatoes and corn during the summer,
with good bread, homemade, and some
times a simple dessert. At supper
which we generally have about night
fall. we have bread and butter, with
fruit, when we can get it, and milk or
tea. We have occupied nine different
parsonageS, and attached to these have
generally been lots large enough for
good garden and sundry patches. On
our present lot we hope to make light
bale of cotton this year. l usually buy
one good suit of clothes every two or
three years which l save for marriages,
funerals and strictly Sunday wear,
making less costly clothes answer for
everyday wear These best suits usu-
ally cost about SIS, and 1 get them
ready made out Of the stores. My wife
usually makes her own dresses and
does most of the sewing for the family.
We keep no servants, but put out the
washing and ironing, which costs about
80 cents 4 week We generally rise
about 6, have breakfast an hour later,
the little girls go to school after wash
ing the diSheS-my son has been away
from home most of the time for a year
attending schOOl-and my wife and l
put things to rights in our room and
then sit down for a quiet mornings
work -lndependent.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-12-09
THE AGRA DIAMOND.
Odd Manner In Which 1t Was Snug
gIed Out of India.


Like many other diamonds, the Agra
diamond has had adventures. 1t gets
fits name from the fact that it was tax
en- at the battle Of Agra in 1926 by the
Emperor Baber. who was the founder
Of the Mogul empire in India The
Marquis Of Donegal was in Agra in
1857. when the diamond was taken
from the king of Delhi. Donegal was
at the time engaged as secretary and
belonged to the same regiment as the
young officer who obtained possession
of the diamond. Ii was resolved
among them to smuggle it home to
England rather than give it up and to
share in the loot money. The question
arose how were they to get it home.
No one seemed able to hit upon a
method that would be likely to meet
with success. until the last evening pre-
viOus to the departure of the regiment.
gest subaltern suddenly jumped up and
said: Il have it. We will conceal the
diamond in a horse ball and make the
horse swallow it," This met with gen
eral appreciation, a ball was secured,
the inside scoOped out. the diamond in
serted. the end stopped up and the
horse made to swallow it,
When the regiment reached the port
Of embarkation the horse was taken
i'll and had to be shot The diamond
was taken from his stomach and
brought over to England. 1t was sub
seQuently sold to the Duke of Bruins
wick, and since then it has been recut
from a forty-siX carat stone to thirty
one and a half carats in order to get
rid of the black spots in it, and it is
the most perfect and brilliant diamond
of q rose pink color