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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-12-29

When the best society" will con-
sist of men and women Of brains, cul-
ture and achievement, rather than
those whose chief merit and distinc-
ton lie in the possession Of unearncd
fortunes which they make it the bust.
ness Of their lives TO SQuander-S
cess Magazine.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-12-29

When the CRATER" who fattenS
upon an unsuspecting public. wears
purple and fine linen and lives in lux
ury. will be mcted out the same
measure cf justice as the vulgar foot
pad receives who knocks q man down
and EickS his pockets.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-12-29

When no man will be allowed TO
say that the world owes him Il living,
since the world owes him nothing
that he should not pay for: it owes
q living only to cripplcs, inyalids, and
all others who cannot. through some
misfortune, help themselves.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-12-29
NOTES OF LlFE'S JOURNEY.

Matrimony is an optical institute
for the blind.
The man after woman's own heart
may not want it.
The man who puts his head into q
barrel does not eclipse the sun.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-12-29

All other means falling. you can
become popular with some people in
an instant by growing enthusiastic
over their new baby.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-12-29

Nine times out Of ten the doctor
doesn't know what is the matter with
the patient-but he knows enough not
to say so.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-12-29

When a woman finds gray hair in
her head she gets SO busy rushing to
hair specialists that she has no time
to poke fun at her husband for trying
scalp tonics on his bald spot.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-12-29

plated side of the holder to cover the
eenterS of the circles. Lay a hand
Of Persian trimming across one of the
circles and fasten it firmly at the ends
with a few stitches. Sew some thin
geld braid into some simple design.
for each side Of the denim left I'M
covered by the Persian trimming, as
shown in the illustration.
Place the disks together and over
seam four inches on each side. The
open space at the top should be twice
as large as at the bottom, otherwise
the broom will fall through. Then
sew loop on the back Of your hold.
FtQ hang it up by and put in neat
ghiskbroom that will fit the place pro-
yided for it comfortably, and the
holder is finished.
A novel work box Gig. 2)-The
best material is old kid OF suede
gloves. This surface, while it will
lake embroidery or receive paint, is
quite soft aud pretty enough in itself
!. 70 be left perfectly plain
Cut for the bottom Of the box a
piece of pasteboard four inches
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-12-29

The period in Il boys life when he
is Standing with reluctant feet where
the brooks and river meet" is when
he puts on long trousers.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-12-29

There Is plenty Of room at the top
for workers. Most of the people who
have reached the top are talking about
how they got there.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-12-29

The heroine is one OF the best sell.
ing books is a slave to the bridge
whist habit. Have We reached the lit
erary stage where Hoyle is about to
be noyelized?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-12-29

When a man marrics Il second time
there is always some disappOint
cd woman to say: "Therc's no fool
like an old fool"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-12-29

1t always pays 10 be polite. When
You are shaking hands with man
he can't very well be picking your
pocket.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-12-29

the DfOOkS anu TIVeF meet, Is When
he puts on long trousers.
When mother complains how
many times she has told her child not
to do a certain thing. and he still does
it, she thinks it is his fault, but is
it?
If the woman who throws a shawl
over her head to run into a neighbours
had time to pass looking glass, her
reason for going would be scared out
of her head and she would remain at
home.-Atchison Kan.) Globe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
Dinqlevism Leads to Graft.

Governor Folk spoke correctly when he said in Philadelphia that if corrup- ton exists in city the people of that city are to blame. "The average man. said Governor Folk, "does not appre- ciate the solemn duty he owes his city, state and country"
 All this is very true. In the last analysis the blame rests upon those who permit grafters to gain office and power, but when the national govern ment fills the land with grafters under the alleged cover of a revenue law some excuse for lesser schemes is found. As long as Dingleyism exists graft in a thousand wicked and hurtful forms will exist. Every schedule of 1t is stuffed with graft. It is not nearly so much a measure to fill the treasury as it is a scheme to fill the pockets of grafters under the forms of law. The SdCIeu tllluS IS WuOlly OulSiuS Inc lCu- eral constitution, but the courts up hold it, and the people are robbed by it at every turn.
 When class of men," said Gov ernor Folk, have special privileges whereby they can prey upon the rest of the people that is graft that may not be against and may even be pro- tected by the law" That is Dingley- ism to a dot. While Dingleyism en- dures 1t will indeed be difficult to carry the revolution against graft to a fin ish, for the government blocks the way. The moral revolution may, how ever, become so imperative and over whelming that it will sweep away Dingleyism, and in that hope we should persevere and work. "Monopolies, even law-protected privileges" said Governor Folk in Philadelphia, "are gratis, and should be hateful to every fair-minded citizen" This Is their sizs and proportion, and Dingleyism is their most hideous concrete form.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
Building Cotton Warehouses.

The farmers of Montgomery county, Alabama, met last week, and a deter imitation to build a warehouse to be owned and conducted by themselves was freely expressed, and subscrip- tions for the building in a Montgom- cry suburb were promisingly started Every beat in the county Is to be can vassed, and warehouse may be built.
 The theory of the proposed plan is to aid in holding back enough cotton to control the price. Even distress cot ton is to be stored. and money ad- vanced upon 1t. This would seem to call for the ownership of banks as well as of warehouses.
 Cotton stored is cotton publicly held. Cotton on the farm is ever an unknown quantity, but cotton In warehouses is known to all cotton men, and it will have just about as much effect upon the market as if it were actually of tered for sale.
 But still organization among the farmers may prove helpful. The move ment in Montgomery may spread .throughout the state. Under the guid- ance of the Southern Cotton associa- .tion the farmers of Georgia are build ing warehouses, and 1t is hoped the farmers in every cotton-growing county of Alabama will do likewise.
 The task is huge one, and no ono expects to see more than start made in the present cotton year. The sue cess of the Montgomery warehouse will go far towards bringing the farm CTS in the other counties of the state up to the programme of the Southern Cotton association Montgomery county leads in Alabama the movement di- rected against the gamblers in our great staple.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
THE RIVER OF TIME.

By B. F. Taylor. Oh, wonderful stream Is the river of
 Time,
 As 1t runs through the realms of tears. With a faultless rhythm and a musical
 rhyme And a faultless sweep and surge sub
 lime
 To blend with the ocean of years And the summers like links between, And the year in the sheaf as they come
 and go On the rivers breast with it's ebb and
 flow,
 As it glides in the shadow and sheen. There's musical isle up the river of
 Time,
 Where the softest airs are playing: There's cloudless sky and tropical
 cline,
 And the tunes with their roses are stay
 ing. The name of the isle is the Long Ago; Our treasures are buried there. There are brows of beauty and bosoms
 of snow, There are heaps of dust. but we love
 them so, There are trinkets and tresses of hair. There are fragments of songs that nobody sings.
 And part of an infants prayer. There's a lute unswept and a harp with
 out strings. There are broken vows and pieces of
 rings.
 And the garments she used to wear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
WOMAN'S SUPERIORITY.
e Pittsburg Gazette.

From the Pittsburg Gazette. Prof. Chamberlain of Clark University has figured out that women have a whole lot more ability than men. Following Is his little list:
 "As an actor she has greater ability and more frequently shows 1t. She Is noticeably better in adaptabil- ity.
 She is much more charitable-in money matters.
 Under reasonable opportunities she Is more gifted at diplomacy.
 She has greater genius in politics. "She more commonly has executive ability
 Her bearing is more acute. 'Her imagination is greater. Her munitions are greater. Her memory is better.
 Her patience is greater.
 Her perceptions are more rapid She has greater religious devotion. Her instinct for sacrifice is greater "She bears pain more heroically Her sympathy is greater.
 'She has greater tact.
 'She has more acute taste
 She has greater vitality.
 She has more fiuency in the lower forms of speech"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
That Chattanooga Conference.

The Chattanooga convention will as- semble under call that expresses the fear that immigrants will come fin such numbers as will inevitably lower our standard of civilization, destroy our present peaceful labor conditions and mongrelize our population"
 Georgia and the two Carolinas were included in the original thirteen states. and not one of the three contains enough people of foreign birth to lower any standard or to mongrelize any body. Not one of the three contains today 15,0O0 people of foreign birth, although million immigrants are added to this country yearly. Why then does the writer of the call fear a tidal wave of immigration? Why has his imagination become so heated?
 He fears immigration, too, because 1t will destroy ''our present peaceful labor con ,.. ..ions." Our labor conditions are peaceful enough, but labor fam ira iG abroad in the land Land goes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
A CYCLE oF STAGE. LIFE.

From the New York World.
 John Henry Brodribb knighted in 1895 as Sir Henry Irving, made his stage de- but as the villain of a melodrama in the English provinces. Tradition has 1t that in one act he appeared with piece of raw beef concealed under his coat collar, that the faithful dog of the heroine might nightly leap at his throat in the interest of virtue endangered and the dramatic unities.
 That was stage management, an art In which Irving for years led his contempo- raries in the two great English-speaking lands. Opinions might differ as to MT. Irving's power as an actor of great parts; that he was as a manager truly great no one could doubt. Fidelity in detail. his toric study as a prerequisite to costuming and scene painting he insisted upon He dared to produce fine plays in a fine man. a4ner It might be well if we had with us still an Irving in his prime.
 It is a curious fact that within the years of Irvings active career the cycle of the scenic stage manager rounded itself out to completion. Today extrava- ganza almost corners the scene painters and the costumers. Cultured people look for Shakespearean drama In large part to the bare boards of the Ben Greet players, and Bernard Shaw's dramas with small casts and simple scenery, are the talk of the town
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
Kansas is full of corn and politics
Do you play seeker?
GREELEY STOPPED GAMBLING.

From the New York Post
 The ministers of Denver who have in- sisted upon the closing up of the gam bling houses of that city are perhaps not aware that the first man to initiate similar crusade in that city was Horace Greeley when staying at the Denver house. the only hostelry in existence there in 1858. An injury to his leg con fined him to one of the miserable living rooms in this shanty, where he was tor tured by the noise of the gamblers and dissolute people who drank and wagered within few feet of him, not only all day, but all night as well. For three days and nights Greeley stood this. What happened then in thus described by an eyewitness:
 About 10 o'clock he got up and insisted on limping to the barroom. His appear ance, though his presence in the building was generally known. created surprise and instant silence. He begged for chair and, Friends, said he, I have been in pain and without sleep for al- most week. and I am well-nigh worn out. Now l am guest at this hotel. pay a high price for my board and lodg- ing. and am entitled to rest during the night But how can l get 1t with ali this noise going on in thls placer Then he addressed one of the most pathetic appeals I ever heard to those around him to abandon their vicious ways and be- come sober and industrious. He spoke for nearly an hour. and was listened to with rapt interest. and the most perfect re- spect. He succeeded. too. in his object. The gambling stopped, and the bar was closed every night at Il o'clock as long as he remained.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
A Floating Exposition.

Birmingham should not lose the oppor- tunity to utilize space on the American Floating Exposition ship. which will be sent out from New York for a 6oOOO mile tour of the world on April l. 1906" said a well-known man yesterday. The Export Shipping company of New York, has charge of the enterprise and the speakers attention was attracted to it by an ac- count in newspaper which told of what another southern city proposed to do.
 ''The plan is a unique one," continued the speaker. and has never before been attempted in the history of the commerce of the world. The ship will be what the managers term 1t. and American Floating exposition, for on board will be the man,- factured products of the whole union, such as are demanded by foreign markets The occasion for the project is said to be the over-production of this country and the unlimited demand for such products in the older countries of the world.
 'The vessel on which the products will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
he Presidents Visit.

The visit of the President to Birmng- ham will be one of the greatest events in the history of the city" said an en- thusiastic admirer of President Roose- welt yesterday.
 While the campaign was on Roosevelt sterling qualities were not generally re- cognized, but later the evidence of great ness began to appear. m Birminsham' and l suppose it is the same way Tn other southern cities, he is loved py many people.
 Practically all the organizations of Bir- mingham will participate in the reception and the route of the nations chief execu- tive will be decorated as it never was before When thousands of school child ren, hundreds of Confederate veterans and long lines of military unite in pa rade, the effect is remarkable.
 T am glad that the executive commit tee has arranged to place the school children in place where they can both see and be seen. MT. Roosevelt is an ad- mirer of children and no one will enjoy a good view of the great man more than the school children
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
SUCCESS ACHIEVED BY
 A GREAT LONDON PAPER

force came into daily journalism In the shape of the half-penny paper, Lord Burnham studied the methods of the new Journalism, and saw that anything which was good in them was adopted by his own journal. The result was that the ID. T." stands today in a higher position than ever 1t did before
 It is one of the most valuable qualities of the great business man in any enter prise that he should be judge of men, and able thus to choose the proper in- struments to work out his ideas.
 Beyond all question, Salas articles did much to make the new journal popular with the masses. Of Sir Edwin Arnold l need say nothing. But how much of his extraordinary work has perished! To this day l am haunted by some of the articles he used to write in the "D. T."- articles turned out with incredible raS pidity and day after day. as though he were some eternal spring that knew Not effort or exhaustion.
 What made the ID. T." was not mere ly the individual writers, but the spirit
 
 whole tone of the paper. Macaulay killed what was falsely called the dignity of history" and Lord Burnham in the same way killed what was falsely called the dignity of Journalism. As Macaulay made history human, so Lord Burnham made journalism human.
 He was not afraid to be interesting, to describe the personalities of men, to ap- peal to the sympathies. to the legitimate curiosity and needs of the masses It is difficult now to realize how stodgy and stiff and dull journalism was in the days before the ID. T." and It's leading spirit introduced this new method into the press of the country.
 In that respect the paper has been a pioneer and, unlike most pioneers, it ha. reached the legitimate reward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18

uncultivated, timber goes uncut, mines go unworked and mills go dwarfed in output simply because the supply of labor is short. This district needs 10.- 900 additional laborers today and all days, and similar story goes up from every other southern state. Contract CTS cannot complete their tasks in sea- son because the labor supply is dei- cient, and yet the call would have us believe the south is about to be over whelmed with mongrellzing imml- grants
 The only danger that exists is of a directly opposite nature, namely, we can not get enough immigrants. No other danger is in sight, or ever has been in the history of the south. In stead of taking steps to limit or repel immigration steps should be taken to invite and attract white men of any and every nationality We need more white men-more Italians, more Greeks, more Slavs, more Syrians This district has several thousand of those people, and 1t wants many more, and the conference will not be permit ted to drive away from us the labor we need and have learned to appreciate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
Greater Birmingham.

Alderman Walter Moore yesterday re- ceived this letter from J. w. May of Woodlawn endorsing MT. Moore's views regarding Greater Birmingham, as set out recently in The Age Herald:
 Permit me to congratulate you upon your interview in Monday mornings Age Herald in regard to a Greater Birming- ham.
 You display more judgment, decency. common sense, honesty and regard for the rights and feelings of the suburban towns than anything that I have seen or heard from any and all other sources of those who have taken 1t upon themselves to build the Greater Birmingham regard less of all else.
 You state the only ground upon which any self-respecting people could for one moment ever be content under the gov ernment of the city proper, viz: Let the people (not one or two officials) vote upon the question of whether they desire to become part of Birmingham, and also let them state the conditions and then submit this to the people of Birmingham for adoption, rejection or amendment.
 There are no people who believe In the greatness of Birmingham more than do the people of Woodlawn. Every com mercial traveller whose home Is In Wood lawn sings the praises of Birmingham wherever he goes. and in his way does as much for the city as the newspapers or the one who builds or mines.
 Heretofore the effort has been made more than once to take in certain terri tory whether the people wished 1t or not.
 T trust those who have read your sen- sible statement will see that force, un- der such circumstances. would never make fast friends. Whatever may be done in the future. let there be perfect accord, perfect trust and determination to do right
 "I cannot say whether the movement so far as Woodlawn Is concerned. would be success. but I believe under the right treatment our people would make glad the hearts of your city folks. Taxa ton and representation will enter largely into the full and agreeable conclusion of the matter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
By T. P. O'Connor.

by |. r. V Contoi.
 @ HE Franco German war had just (CD started on that eventful day in
 my life when, with four pounds in a small purse, which I clutched very tightly, I entered the city of London never to leave it for any length of time again.
 I was fortunate enough to have paid a good deal of attention to modern lan- guages when I was at college, especially to French and German.
 The office of the Daily Times was not then the gigantic palace it is to day. The chief entrance for the literary stan was up a small lane known as Peterborough court From the porters lodge to the first floor there was small staircase, numbering I should say, twelve steps. l found it very difficult to reach the pres ence of Lord Burnham, so that have often since said that it took me six weeks of effort of something like hun ger, of something like despair, to mount these twelve steps of stairs.
 When at last I did reach Lord Burn ham my troubles for the moment were over
 There are those who may think that accident As a matter of face there never has been success which has been the more direct result of hard work, of real Journalistic instinct that amounted to something like real genius. and of a tall ent for careful organization that was rare and remarkable.
 I will give one instance. The editorial staff and the sub-editorial were separate. The members of one did not know, even by sight sometimes, the members of the other. George Augustus Sala and Sir Edwin Arnold were contemporaries of mine on the ID. T." but I did not make their acquaintance till years afterward, but there were very careful means pro vided for keeping them thoroughly in touch.
 The editorial writer has often to go home to his bed hours before the paper has gone to press. In that intervai the whole complexion of burning question may have been changed by new events of news of different spirit. Tnere was therefore a rule in the office of the ID. T." that no leading article should be finally allowed to go to press until 1t had the initials of one of the sub-editors to prove that 1t was not in conflict with any, thing which had happened in the inter- val since it had been written.
 The ID. IT." in those days was never more than eight pages in size, not much more than half the size 1t has to be to- day.
 The present Lord Burnham was the real creator of the ID. IT.
 When new great and formidable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-18
Mir. Roosevelt Out at Sea.

The President has arranged to go warship, and as the ship will neces- sarily sail more than a marine league from shore the wiseacres are saying that he will violate the unwritten law of the land. The President himself is so scrupulous in this respect he will keep in touch with the land at all hours of the voyage by means of wire less telegraphy. He will be at sea four days. but he may transact public business on every one of the four days.
 There Is, in fact, no law, written or unwritten, that President need obey in this matter. The country, too, has acquired provinces, and President could with all propriety visit Porto Rico, Hawaii, or even the Philippines The entire theory is one that has noth- ing to rest upon. A President may leave the country as freely as man in private life may. Each should con slider the business in hand, and that Is all there is of 1t.
 It is, however, remarkable fact that no President has ever left the country, and when MT. Roosevelt sails away from the mouth of the Missis- sippi, he will furnish precedent of the newest sort.