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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20
Perforated Bible in Demand Among
the Smart Set.

In the curio dealers private Office
lay a haGf-dozen shabby pocket 81,
bles, each pierced two-thirds through
with round hole. like bullet hole.
They are bullet holes" said the
dealer. Il know they are, because ]
made them myself"
He gave a loud laugh.
"A good many Of my rich patrons"
he said, like to have among their
heirlooms Bibles that have saved
some soldiers ancestral life
He winked.
If you are son of the revolution"
he said, what nice thing 1t is to
take down one Of these perforated
Bibles from shelf in the library and
hand 1t to your guest, saying:
This Bible saved the life of my
maternal sixty-third cousin, Col. Ad.
oniram McGill. in the night attack
upon the British, led by Gen. Jones
at Bear Creek, on the Sd day Of Aug.
ust, and so forth. and so on"
yes" said the dealer, 81 sell good
many of these Bibles to people with
ancestors. To own such things is one
Of the fads and fancies OF the smart
set."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20
SeIf-Dumpino Fruit Pail

The accompanying illustration
shows a pail for use in apple picking,
which can be lowered to the ground
TO empty the fruit without bruising.
The hook A is placed over the limb
while picking. When the pail is to
be lowered A and B are hooked to-
gether and on reaching the ground B
instantly Unhooks and single pull
on the rope dumps the pail and
brings it back to the picker. An old
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20
To make Cheap Gas-light for
Country Homes

o,t extr, charce which ,ssa AMI ~. ot 49,.
Aretvene Cen.sa,ors had fo,nd sois and as
yt as nernted houses 70 be- plord for C i've
or u;red for FIecric;ty Under nropsr rondon "@S'
Nav the Insurance ComoanieS oygtt ~ ,..
whether or NOT these 70 different makes ~ 4a,D
Cansrotors ,ers ahso,,,teI, C.ia 70 ,s ''NN'y'e"e
Pacs,e. tks, bova 70 NV the bIj. = r;ro
c,or;on ocC,rS from, anv one of the 4,s,ena y TX
ptOrs trev arthori1e N"> "s'V'
Al I.res ~ Moot of tbe;r cood ;,,do,,,o..
Tho,,, thera ara now, T,a N;li; aT
Fires from it in year, against 8365 Fires from
Kerosene and Gasoline.
There have also been 4o9I Fires from Electricity
1907 Fires from City Gas and $40 Fires from Candies
Besides these there have been 20 Fires from the
Suns rays, Bu-ony four Fires from Acetyene
hat shows how earetn! the Insurance Board was
IN ITS examination OF Acetytene Generators, and in
permitting" only the 70 makes that were Gbocr sns-
fcIon out OF the 600 experiments that were on
the market
Well-the boom in Acetylene Lighting made lo,rsr
tyices possible on the material is derived from VIZ
Calcium Carbide material that looks like C,ranits
but acts like Magic
Today, Acetylene Light is a full third cAsabsy than
Kerosene Light or Gasoline Light per Candle Power
1t is not more than half the price Of Electric Lg5t
nor three fonrths that of City Gas.
If can't tro7s these statements 70 yorr fr salts
faction nv name is not "Acetyene ZONES"
But Acetyene is more than the safest and ckf0Asst
Light of the wear zoos
1t is also the Whies Light-the nearest to natural
Sunlight in health giving Blue and Violet rays and
because of this with its freedom from flicker il is
the easiest Of all Artificial pht on tre Eyrf
It IS so much like real STnIight that i has made
plants grow "a hours per day in dark cellars Where no
ray of Sunlight could reach them It made them grow
t7tice as fast as similar plants that had only the Sum-
light of DAYTIME viz half the time
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20
STRICT RULES FOR DIPLOMATS
Venetian Ambassadors Hold Sternly
to Their Duties.

Venice was the leader in medieval
diplomacy and its ambassadors were
compelled to keep close watch over ali
Venetian interests in foreign places
According to law Of 1868 ambassa.
doris were not allowed to be accompan.
led on their missions by their wives
lest state secrets should leak out
They must. however, take their own
COOKS to avoid being poisoned. Nc
present could be received without the
consent of the state. After 1888 each
envoy was required by law to file a
written report Of his ministry with the
keeper of the archives. Later It was
made unlawful for an ambassador to
hold conversation with strangers OF
to write letters on political questions
addressed to persons not connected
with the government. So severe were
the regulations that 1t became a diff
cult matter to obtain the best men fol
the foreign service Fines had to be
imposed upon the appointees who re
fused to depart for their posts.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20
Just a Delicate Hint.

OF the eminent Leipsic surgeon
Prof. Thiersch the story is related
that one day man of his own town
called on him and asked his advice as
to finding a specialist to operate on
him. After brief pause the profes.
sor said: IF yoI want to- travel you
might go to Bergman in Berlin, or II
that is not far enough to Nussbaum in
MunicH or, farther still, to- Billroth in
Vienna. Then if you call on any Of
these and he asks you where you are
from and you say Leipsic' he will re.
tort: Oh, you bI0ckhead. why didn't
you so to Thiersch.'"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

adapted for the hands, the face, the
general tOlet2 Impossible, 1t would
be horrid. Who ever heard of such g
use2 Finally a bold shopper carried
home q cake. Does it look Ike kit
chen SapoliO7 No one Is sure, and a
cake of that Is bought, and comparison
made. Behold family using both the
SapOiios for every conceivable pur-
pose, and comparing hottest After
easily and quickly cleansing 8 greasy
pan with Sapoho, Jane thought the
other would be gritty, and was aston.
iShed at the smooth, dainty Eather.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20
Feet of Mrs. fano.

Mrs. WI Ting-fang, wife of the for
mer Chinese minister to the United
States, has had surgical operation
performed which restored her feet to
their normal size. This little incid-
ent, it is thought may have an infu-
ence out of all proportion to it's i'm
portance in its effect in inducing
other women Of the Chinese aristo.
cracy to follow the example set
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

The usual color for kitchen floor
is light slate color, which will not
show the dirt as much as other colors.
Would advise the use of special floor
paint, sold in any sized tins required.
These special floor paints are far bet
ter than hand-mixed paint, especial
iy where the parties have no expert
ence in mixing paint.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20
His Best.

A minister relates how he once In
vited one Of his deacons to go with
him to the golf links for a game The
deacon knew little of golf, but could
not play well. When the game was
under way the deacon, who was max.
ing many foozles, whenever he made
a bat shot would say. "Croton." He
repeated the word so often in a rath.
err profane tone of voice that the min,
lister said:
why do You say 'Croton' so often?"
well" said the deacon, that's the
biggest dam | know"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

A hydraulic ram will suit better and
will be as cheap as pump if there
is a drop of 4 or feet or more. The
more drop there is the less feed pipe
will be necessary. By getting a man
who understands the right size of ram
to be used it can be fixed to pump the
necessary water to the barn summer
and winter. The ram must he pro-
teCted in the winter. A neighbOr has
a hydraulic ram LEO feet from his
barn and LOG feet lower. 1t is a No.
6 ram with a 3-inch feed Pipe, 50 feet
long with ! feet drop and / inch dis
charge pipe. II worked all right for
eight years and only that the piping
rusted would doubtless have lasted for
fifty years, Galvanized piping should
be used under ground
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20
Paint far Kitchen Floor.

c. R.-What is the best colored
paint for a kitchen floor? What color
would show the dirt the leaste How
much would be required for floor 70
ks feet?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

A fragment of wood from the Ma.
talie, the vessel on which Napoleon
Bonaparte made his escape from the
island Of Elba to France, has been
presented to Secretary Bonaparte by
Edward A. Sherman of Oakland, Cal.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

Almost every little stream in rural
Franee has wash houses on its banks,
where the women Of the neighborhoGd
wash their clothes. They use a great
deal Of soap and chemicals. These so
contaminate the water that the milk OF
the cows sometimes is poisoned.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20
Homemade Corn Cutter,

This implement is made by boEting
the blade of strong heavy scythe to
a sled, IS shown in the illustration.
A rod of wrought iron about ona inch
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

A one-inch pipe would be too small
ior length of 600 feet and a lift Of
so feet, The delivery would be too
slow The pipe should be ~ inches
In diameter Through pipe of this
size an S-foot windmill would pump
about 1S0 imperial gallons of water
per hour, when running, full time in
a good wind, or 1900 to, I,500 gallons
per day ON the average. II pumping
is all that the windmill is required
to do, probably an S-foot mill would
be large enough.
A Pinch pipe would be unnecessar-
lily large, and therefore, On account
of the considerable length unirecessar-
billy expensive. The total weight of
water does not count in pumping, but
rather the weight or pressure per
square inch, and this depends on the
height of the water column that is lift
ed and not at all on the size of the
pipe. The pressure per square inch
would be the same at the base of a
Pinch pipe as at a 1-inch pipe. On
account Of the fact that the friction
is relatively lesY in large pipe than
in a small one, 1T would be mucff cas-
Ter to forge water 60 feet high through
Pinch pipe than through a. Finch
pipe.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

In diameter is ftent to form a. follow.
er, as shown. One of these ma
chimes is expected to cut about 21a
acres per day. After cutting. the crop
is less easily handled than when cut
by hand, but the total saving in labor
is considerable.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20
TRY HAND SAPOLIO.

I'M I1AND oATULIU.
Its steady use will keep the hands
OF any busy woman as white, un-
tanned and pretty as if she was
under the constant care of a city
manicure. It's truly THE Dainty
Woman's Friend" in the suburbs
or on the farm.
Those ugly dark brown streaks
on the neck, arising from tight
collars. and the line where the
sunburn stops, can be wiped out
BY the velvety lather Of HAND
SAPoL1o. 1t is, indeed, "The
Dainty Woman's Friend"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

The total number of men in the
United States, liable to military ser
vice is 11,226,750.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

Mauna Loa. in the Sandwich Islands
1850 feet high, is the highest noun
tain which rises directly from the sea
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20
Large or Small Pipe.

J. NJ OIL have a spring eco feet
distant and 50 feet lower than my
house. | wish to lay pipe and build
a windmill to pump the water One
man tells me 20 lay a twO-iAch pipe
the entire distance from the spring to
the tank, as the friction on a oae-inch
pipe would be 500 great. Another
man advises me to- lay a one,inch pipe
as the weight of water in a two-inch
pipe would be so great in a 60-foot
rise that the pump couldn't work.
Which is the better size to use?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20
Evolution.

A game Of checkers on the earth
Through ages has been played,
And in the shiny ocean bed
The first slow move was made.
-
There man began. thing Of cells,
Without form or name, r,
And on the worldwide checkerboard
He opened up his game. :
An con passed: ne moved again,
A proper game and slow.
And monsters OF the earth and main
Went stalking 70 and fro. I
With mighty plot and counterpart
The game was played with care,
Ard here he sacrificed a type
And lost another there.
From ape to cave man. every link
Had victory to wiring
Until he pierced the furthest line
Ard crowned himself a king
-McLandburgh Wilson in New York STn
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

The longer woman knows a man
the less she cares about her personal
appearance when with him.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

To be man is to be the worry OF
some woman; to be woman Is to be
the worry OF some man.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

Some way woman's lingerie looks
more immodest on the clothes line
than a mans underclothes.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

Adam found gardening in Paradise
impossible, for he had neither 3Dn n0r
heir.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

On his recent attempt to swim the
English channel, ]. Wolfe was accom-.
panied by Scottish pipers.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20
It's Everywhere.

The Huts of the poor, the Halls OF
the rich.
Are neither exempt from some form
Of itch;
Perhaps a distinction may be made
in the nane,
But the rich and poor must scratch
Just the same.
0, why should the children Of Adam
endure
An affection So dreadful, when Hunts
Cure does cure?
All forms Of itching.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

The fellow who gets into peck OF
trouble should resort to other mea'
sures
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

The native Of India has an average
life of "A years.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20
Acetylene Gas,

All country people will be interest
ed in reading about it in another part
OF this paper.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

When a man goes to The race track
he always tells his wife he WAS at a
directors meeting, unless he won.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20
HELPS AND HINTS
Designs Of Practical Value in
Home. Made Labor Savers
Hydraulic Ram or Pump.

Inquirer.-W Which is the better for
raising water, a pump or hydraulic
ram?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

If you want to be a man Of the hour
you must keep your appointments to
the minute.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20
"Acetytene jones'"

See his advertisement in this paper
and write him to-day for free booklet.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

ear Is attached al c into which the
rope is fastened The requirements
are pail, rope and some stiff wire,
Montreal Herald.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

At eighteen a girl wants to pretend
she is twenty-five, and at twenty-eight
she wants to pretend the same hing.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

pleasure. 1t freShened up the hands
after diSh-WashiEg, removing the most
diSagreeabie feature of that necessary
task. 1t was found to keep delicate
baby skins from chatting better than
SaIve or powder, and the GROWING
note in tie song of delight came when
an adult member of the family used 1t
In g fnn bath, and realized thGt a
Turkish Bath at a cost of one dollar
was Outdone by a small fraction of the
little, ten-cenf, Veivety cake.
Brt, strange though 1t may seem,
there we're people who had not learned
to prize Sapoiio. To these the sdver-
Using of Hand !SapoNo came as q
surprise. SapoIiO, q securing soap,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

the hands and could scarcely realize
how soft end "cOmy" they felt after
tho washing.
Thenbegan the excitement of Rdven'
fare; what would the new soap NOT
do? A girl tried shampoo. Her
hair, pretty, soft and silky event up"
perfectly, with none of the unmanage.
abieness that generally exists for q full
week after the usual process. A man
used the delightful iather for shaving,
and felt no need for cold cream after.
wards. A pimp!y face was treated
to daily BETH ~ Ing win the
|: !: I: :; !:
full suds, and = promptly be-
came clear. Tartar on
the teeth yielded
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20
k Your Dealer for Aliens Foot.Eass

Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot.Ease
Apowder. It rests the feet. Cures Swollen,
Sore, Hot, Gallons. Aching, Sweating sees
and Ingrowing Nails. Atall Druggists anu
Shoe stores, % cents. Accept no SUBSTITUTE
Sample mailed FREE. Address, Allen .
Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20

Early to bed and early to rise makes
a farmer so durn tired that he bankers
for Sunday.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-20
how FRIEND.
SHIP GREW
The Story

Whether Hand Sapono got q more
enthusiastic welcome In homes where
SapoFO was an old and tried friend,
or where 1t was stranger, Is q qUes'
ton. Where women had come to rely
on SapoHo for rapid, thorough clean
ing In every part Of the house except
the laundry they commenced without
loss OF time, TO avail of this new prize.
Grubby little hands, and stained, work.
worn older ones, Whfened, Sofened,
and sr1oofhed out as II by magic, cal.
Ous spots disappeared, and CON-
pIex{0nS cleared Children ceased
their strenuous objections to the scru6-
biEg up process, because it became 9
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-18
Civic Heroes.

"Many men," said Governor Folk, OF
Missouri. in recent speech In Philadel-
min. .'would be willing, II need be, to
Give IN their lives for their city or State.
They are needed sometimes and this kind
OF patrIotls,n cannot DO too highly COM
mended. but the man who is willing to
live for his city and State every day Is
tho man that is needed just now"
He is tho civic horo, of whom we have
been writing from time to time There
arc civic traitors who take office and be-
tray their trust for a. price. and there
are also civic heroes who nre willing on
occnslon to make sacrifice OF personal
comfort and personal interest to serve
their day and generation. In whatsoever
spherc OF action their labors may DO
needed. Would to God there were more
of them Would to God there were more
men who are tho rather concerned over
what they can give to the people than
what they can got out OF them for their
own profit. Tho United States never had
greater need for such heroes and patriots
md the field OF operation for them was
never broader. 1t Is also u most inviting
field, for the rewards are sure. They
nav not always come In the form OF pop
ular approval, but they bring approval
OF Il refined conscience and TO the SIN
cere man that Is more acceptable and
gratifying than the applause OF tho null
tit,ld ss.t asN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-18
Heard and Seen
III Public Places.

Cnptnlni Frank w, uuy, u member OF
the Virginia Pilots iAssocntiuDi is In inc
city to look after private business, ana
unless there comes to him by wire a duty
Gull to salt water, he WILL remain Oyer i
to-day. to see how Richmond receives ana
cntnrlnlns d President OF great county.
CAPTAIN Guy, III a short talk With tho
Engineer Of the Heard and Seen Column
siti,l NV 6 iilnts ilu,p Teen lihr.hs s"ne-
thing Of u ialf holiday for two months
or more past but the busy season IS now now
Stlawning upon us. and Unless all the signs
of US q season a.work that will admit OF
no play tiino. predict That more ships
will come into tho Virginia cnpes TO, un-
load md reload this fall ntld winter than
ever before known. Norfolk Is going TO
DO busy town this winter 4.
H Mr.. THOMAS r, Stearnes, Of Newport
News. ID in town walking around under
tho shadow of,S5"old Glory Of course no
ca1ne up to saw and be snwn' on Roose-
welt Day. Speaking about the business
OF Newport News, Mr.. Stenrnes said; II
think the ship building city is in bettei.
shape tl,an It has been for a5nu,nber OF
years. Moro substantial up-to.date build
lngs are going up there thnn have ever
known before. Our people have Quit build
Ing little shanties as If they were making
only temporary camping quarters, and
have gone to putting big money into big
and handsome houses. This applies to
both residences and business establish
incnts The port Is doing good buipess.
We arc mnleng immense shipments Of
grnln. Over a half a million bushels Of
oats were loaded on two ships In ono day
last week. Other grains, wheat and corn.
arc being loaded on ships for Europe
every day. CATTLE shipments IRE also
quito large Right now is tho dull season
for conl, because the western demand IS
pulling heavily on the mines, but all the
sumo we arc keeping q big force Of hands
busy day and night dumping coal into
foreign bound ships. Newport News is all
right and don't you forget that"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-18
Miniature Almanac. Is
ii|KHY1E.S!ai TO-DAY,
October 10, 1905.

(4Nt Bedtime Last Nighto
n you're waking call me early, cail me
early, mother dear, ,@ i,
For to-morrow,ll9 DO the cheeriest day OF
all tho glad New Year;
or all tho glad New year, H lio|ape, t 'iiu
wc will cheer Hurrnyl
For Mr.. Roosevelt's conling, ana Us a1'
Roosevelt's Day.
And I'm to stand on the street, mother,
and wnvo my little flag, /,
And shout n hallclujnh. me and Kate ana
Sue and Mag;
mother, nine hundred ninety-nine,
And we'll sweep tho whole pig CITY WITH
our Little School Girls Line
And Tn glad he's coming, mother cause cause
T need not so to school.
For they ruled us all q holiday' ana, o.
course we'll mind the rule; !,
Besides / want to SEQ him, mother (all
right, I'll say my prayers)
,rhe man who rules the country and VINO
strangles grizzly bears,
You must wake and call mo early coll
me early, mother dear.
For If you don't I'm very apt to over
sleep, four;
And Presidents don't come, mother, 80
AZ often down this way
That I'd care TO miss tomorrow, which
Is Mr.. Roosevelt Day.