The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-02-09
EVENTS OF EVERYWHERE.


years of age, was run over by heavy
freight wagon he was driving, and
was instantly killed.
August Sweet Bohemian, SO years
of age was found dead in her bed in
Fort Worth. The justice of the peace
decided that death was due to con.
sumption.
The Chinese divide the day into
twelve parts of two hours each. The
Italians go right round the twenty-fOur
hours, instead of having two divisions
Of twelve hours each as We do.
The harvest mouse is generally
thought to be the smallest of British
Quadrupeds. 1t is SO diminutive thai
two of them put into scale will just
weigh down one copper half-penny.
The London Daily News, noting
that Harmsworth, the newspaper pro-
prietor, recently created a peer, has
adopted for his arms two rolls Of pa
per, remarks that the selection Of
them betrays a rather cynical humor."
Just after he had discovered the
richest vein of tungsten ore ever found
in this country, George Spratley, a
veteran prospector, was killed by an
explosion Of dynamite in his claim in
Boulder County, Colo.
Cattle raising is carried on in Mo
rocco on large scale, but only by the
natives. Moroccan horses are the fin.
est in the world. Camels, mules and
donkeys exist In large numbers and
are the only means of transportation
throughout the country.
The Chinese are, perhaps, the most
successful poultry raisers in the
world. They do not feed the fowl, but
make them pick their own food, each
flock being kept on the move, as sheep
are on the range. The quality of this
poultry is, however, poor.
The citizens of Muskogee turned out
en- masse and raised the bonus Of
$4,000 to secure the shops and oper.
ating department of the Midland Val.
ley Railroad. The shops will be moved
from Excelsior, Ark. They will en-
ploy something near $50 men.
The Indian Agent of the five civiliz-
ed tribes has instructed officers on
lines of railways to arrest hunting
parties taking game from the Terri
tory. At Garvin a Kansas City party
OF sportsmen were arrested in their
special car for violating the game
laws.
When Col. Mosby was aked why he
did not try to get his young grandson
into the Military Academy, he said:
Because don't want him to shoot
anybody" IF he went to either one
OF those schools and was hazed, he
would surely shoot the fellows that
tried to do it."
A girdle noticed in Herald Square is
fashioned of linoleum, with a long,
narrow, japanned buckle studded with
Thinestones. Suitable for a favor.
An optimist derives lot of pleas
ure from thinking of troubles that do
not trouble him.
@. w. Post of Battle Cdeek, the mul.
timillionaire manufacturer, has gone
to Colorado City to examine a large
ranch, with the view Of purchasing it,
1t Is reported that Mr.. Post intends to
buy about 10000 acres of Texas land
and establish colonies thereon.
Three persons were injured one OF
them seriously, in small wreck on
the Salt Lake road in which two mas.
senger trains crashed together in a
head-end collision near Rowland, Calf.
Col. John Temple Graves, candidate
Tor United States senate, was remov.
ed from the position of editor Of the
Atlanta, Ca, News because he persist
ed In using the columns of the paper
to laud himself. After one day of dep.
osition he was restored, and all Is we'll
prominent capitalists who have loan.
ed money to Russia are under threat
Of death at the hands of the revolution.
lists. Among these is Herr Mendel.
sohn of Berlin.
Advices received from the sealing