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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19

stones down In the lava, and sailing
chips down the streams of hot stuff
just as | sailed chips on Ice water at
home when the streets were flooded
by spring rains. Say, there is no more
danger on Vesuvius than there is in a
toboggan slide, or shooting the chutes
at home. l thought we would have to
hire dagoes to carry US up to the top,
and be robbed and held up, and may
be murdered, but it is just as easy as
going up In the elevator of a sky
scraper. and no more terrifying than
sitting on 50-cent seat in a baseball
park at home and witnessing the "De-
struction of Pompeii" by fireworks
display.
The crater looks sort of creepy. like
big cauldron kettle boiling soap on
farm, only it Is bigger, and down in
the earth's bowels you can well believe
there is trouble, and if you believe in
hell, you can get it., illustrated
proper, but the riVulets of lava that
flow out Of the wrinkles around the
mouth of the crater are no more an
palling than making Judges over a gas
stove. When the lava cools you would
swear 1t was Judges, only you can't
eat the lava and get Indigestion as Won
can eating Judges.
1t was hard work to get dad to On
up on the volcano, because he said he
knew ne would fall into it, and get
his clothes burned, and he said he
couldn't climb clear to the top, on ac-
count of his breath being short, bnt
when told him he could ride I'D on
trolley car, and have the volcano
brought right to him, he weakened. and
one morning we left Naples early and
before two hours had passed we were
On little cogwheel railroad going ND,
and dad was looking Down on tho
scenery expecting every minute the
cogs would slip and we would cut loose
ana go down all in a heap and be plas-
tered all over the vineyards and h,g
trees and be killed. VIC
don't know what makes dad co
nervous, but he wanted a woman frovo
Chicago, who was on the car with ~
to hold his hand all the way nm hmt
she said she was no nurse in a bo Tus
for the aged, and she said she wouIS
Gun dad III he didn't LOT on 30
told her she better not get dad mad -
she knew what was good for her for ha
was regular Bluebeard, and wonldn,t
take no slack from no Chicago female
cause he had buried nine wives a.
ready. So she held his hand, and r
guess she thinks she will be my step.
mother. but bet she don't.
Well, after we got almost to the ton
the car stopped, and we had to walk
the rest Of The way. several hundred
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19

Dad what in the world has hap
pened to you?" said l, as | rushed up
to him.
That woman has happened to me,
that is all" said dad, as he took a
swallow OF water out of a canteen one
Of the dagoes had.
Tell me about it, dad" said I, try.
Ing to keep from laughing, when | saw
that he was not hurt.
Say, let this be lesson to YOU"
SAID dad, "and don't you steer another
woman TO me on this trip. Do you
know you hadn't more than got around
mat big rock when she said she was
urea and was going to faint, for the
altltude was too high for her, and
tfled 10 soothe her, and she did look
pale, and, by gosh, thought she was 60
Ing to die on my hands, and | would have
10 carry her corpse down the mountain.
heard scuffiing on the rocks, and
she looked up and saw a man not ten
1eet away, and she said: Me hus-
Ddnu! and then she tainted and
GRABBED me around the neck. and I
couldn't get her loose. She lust froze
10 me IKE person drowning, and that
husband of hers, who had come IN on
lhe last car, hunting for his wife, who
mad elopeG. pulled long blue gun and
toId me he would give me five min.
utes to pray, and then he would kill
HE ana throw my body down in the
crater, to sizzle.
toId him | could pay up enough
ahead in three minutes, and he could
take all had if he would loosen I'm
MS Wife, and bring her to, and take
her away, and let me die all alone, and
let the buzzards eat me, uncooked He
TOOK the bet, pulled her arms awav
from my throat, took my money and
coat brought her to- and said he was
gong to throw her into me crater hut
told him she had certainly been good
10 me, and if he would spare her life
and take her away in the cars, he
could have my watch and scarfpin and
ne took them, and they went to the
cars
She looked back at me with the sad.
nest face I ever saw, and said: o.
Sir, 1t is all terrible dream, and I
VIII see you in Naples, and explain
ali, and now, by Christmas, l want to
90 back to town and find her and res |
sue her from that jealous husband
md dad got up and we started for the
,ar.
The man and his wife went down on
ne car ahead of us, and dad wouldn't
'elieve they were regular bunko people
VINO play that game every day on some |
I'D sucker but the man that runs the
ar told me so.
can be responsible for dad in every.
hing except the women he meets
When it comes to women, Your little
iennery don't know the game at all
yours,
HENNERY.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19

less, having run down from 1870 to 1875
pounds. l was having terrible pain in
the kidneys, and the secretions passed
almost inVoluntarily. My left leg
swelled until it was 81 inches around,
and the doctor tapped it night and
morning until I could no longer stand
it, and then he advised amputation. l
refused, and began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills. The swelling subsidized
gradually, the urine became natural,
and all my pains and aches disap-
peared. l have been we'll now for nine
years since using Doan's Kidney Pills.
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
RUN DOWN FROM A
Or. Williams Pink Pile Han, n
This Form Of Debility n
Hundreds OF Casa

-Four years ago." says Mn.lf
rison, OF No. 1929 Carson street. 4,
Side, Pittsburg, Pa, ~ took NJ
which turned into theg grip. Thbt
left me all run down. Twas III,
backache much Of the time, haar
petite, my stomach was out Of rdsI
l felt nervous and unstrung.
"While I had the grip hadsia
but l really suffered more from ii,
dition in which the influenza IA
than l did from the diseaseitseli. h
generally wretched and miseabA y
the least exposure to cold would nj
me worse. I couldn't seem TO md
better until began to take Dr.. wild
Pink Pills. I very quickly nuts
benefit after I began taking then
they restored me to good heala ;
strength. DR.. Williams Pink PIaI
a wonderfully good medicine. I'd
to them l am now in fine health !
have had noreturn of my fOrmgral
l recommend the pills to eyeryunsj
is ailing and take every opportunil
let people know how good they us'
DR.. Williams Pink Pills cured y
Morrison because they actually ra
good, red blood. When the bloNtn
and healthy there can be no dstll
The relation between the blood 1
nervous system is such that Tie 4
have a very decided action upon
nerves and they have cured miryKF|
nervous disorders, such as partial
ralysis, locomotor ataxia and st. VI
dance, that have not yielded To ordl4
treatment. Their double action, Ona
blood and on the nerves, makes thsHl
ideal tonic.
All druggists sell DR.. Williams 2
Pills, or they will be sent by mail p
paid, on receipt of price, 50 cents
box, six boxes for $3.50, by the n. v
liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, y
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
Won't Turn Loose,

Il insist on saying that Hunts Light
ming Oil takes hold quicker and lets
go slower of aches, pains and sore
places than any other liniment l ever
saw. 1t just won't turn loose till
you're we'll"
Il never have a little ache but what
sloch it on,
And ere get the bottle corked that
little ache is gone"
C. w. Jackson,
Marble Hill, Mo.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
Japanese Companies Make Money.

Shipping companies are profitable IN
Japan. For the past year ending
March 81 last the Nippon Yusen Kai.
sha wrote off s4O1, 500 for depreciation,
$4,000 for insurance, $233,OOO for re.
pairs, carried $4,000 to reserve, paid
$4,000 for directors and auditors
fees, gave the managing director a
bonus of $4,000, gave employees gen.
orally 100000 in bonuses, paid sS25..
600 In Is per cent. dividends, and left
$4,000 at credit of profit and loss
account.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19

AND SHE WAS STROKING HIS HAIR
people expected every time they Went
up to the top that it would be theil
last trip, as they knew that some day
the volcano would open in new place
and swallow them whole, with all the
tourists. Then he gave them a dollar
apiece to pray for him, and wanted to
go back down the mountain and let
Vesuvius run its own fireworks, but the
Chicago lady told dad to brace up and
she would protect him, and so the
guides gave a few more pushes, and we
were on top Of the volcano, and dad
collapsed and had to be brought to
with smelling salts and whisky that
the woman carried in her pistol pocket.
Gee, but 1t was worth all the trou-
BILE to get up the mountain, to see the
sight that opened up. The hole in the
mountain filled with boiling stuff was
worth the price of admission, and the
roaring Of the boiling stuff, and the
explosions way down cellar, and the
flying stones, the smoke going into the
air for a mile, like the burning of an
OIL well, the red-hot lava finding crew
Ices to leak through, and flowing down
the side OF the mountain in streams
like hot maple strip, made a scene
that caused US to take off our hats and
thank the good Lord that the thing
hadn't overflowed enough to hurt us.
But | could see dad was scared, cause
when l wanted him to 90 around the
edge Of the crater with me, and see
the hell-roaring free show from other
points Of view, and see where the hot
ashes years ago rolled down and COW
cred Pompeii and Herculaneum. he
baked and said he had seen all he
wanted to, and If he could stay alive
until the next car went down the noun
tain, they could all have his interest
in Vesuvius, and be darned to them,
but he said if I wanted to 60 around
looking for trouble, he would stay
there under big rock, with the Chi
cago lady. and wait for me to come
back. She said she knew dad was all
tired out, and needed rest and she
would stay with him, and keep him
cheered up; so left them and went off
with one Of the dagoes, to slide down
hill on some flowing lava, and pick I'D
specimens.
Well, sir, I wish I could get along
some way without telling the rest of
this sad story, but If I am going to
be a historian have got to tell the
whole blame thing.
When I left dad and the Chicago
woman she had produced lunch from
somewhere about her person. and a
small bottle, and they were eating and
drinking, and dad was laughing more
natural than I had seen him laugh
since we run over the old woman with
the automobile at Nice. and she was
on dad just as though she was
his sweetheart. CAS- l went around the
crater, a couple Of blocks away
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
X Quenches N. r.

Your Hunts Cure is bov's,
the most remarkable rems5 49, I.
diseases ever formulated ~ Y
years have suffered almost % o..
ly from itching trouble n. '" !.
called Eczema. Ny skin w..
but less than one box Of HIM.
quenched that fire.
Many of my friends have sin,
it on my recommendation ,rI !.
fails. Where there's an itch ~
1t does the work-that's an
Mrs Helen Whitno,
Clarendon .
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
Overcome.

Timson-I never tainted away but
once, and that was just a few days ago.
Simson-What was the cause?
My wife told me that she had trained
herself so she could walk through a
store full of bargain counter sales, with
her purse full Of money, and never buy
thing. Detroit Free Press
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
One Bottle or Less.

Malaria is easy to contract in some
localities, and hard to get rid Of
that is, if the proper remedy is not
used. Cheatham's Chill Tonic frees
one from it promptly and thoroughly.
1t is guaranteed to cure any kind Of
Chills. One bottle or less will do it
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
Never Fails,

There is one remedy, and only one
l have ever found, to cure without fail
such troubles in my family as Ec-
zema. RingwOrm, and all others of an
itching character. That remedy is
Hunts Cure. We always use it and
it never fails.
W. NJ. Christian,
Rutherford, Tenn.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
Open Air Work for Women.

Mrs. A. G. Conreid operates a ranch
In Colorado where wild flowers are
collected and pressed for use in sou.
venirs and menu cards. The work
being in the open air, it has proved
popular among teachers and other
women suffering from nervous
troubles, as it gives them a chance to
earn a living and to regain their
health.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19

says: Il had been
showing symptoms Of
kidney trouble from
the time l was mus
tered out Of the
army, but in all my.
life l never suffered
as in 1897. Head
aches, dizziness and
sleeplessness, first,
and then dropsy. I
was weak and help
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
Want Them TO Know Country.

The Japanese war department has
made arrangements to send teachers
and students of the middle and high.
er schools and colleges to Manchuria
and Korea free Of charge during their
vacation. More than $4,000 persons
expect to make the trip.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19

And the man who trusts In the
Lord never has occasion to cancel his
membership in a don't worry" club.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
Queen WiIheIp,;,

The favorite amusene,t ,'' y
Wllhelmina are skating =, =
but as a child her hobby va =. y
ing Of poultry. 'S y
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19

Mrs. Winslow's Sooth,n.s
sor cni!aIen teething, sOftens the Fer, y,
nsmmAtion allAys pain, cures wind esi,- y,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
important to Mothers.
New York "PoIIce Matrons."

New York has II women on the po-
lice force. They are known as police
matrons"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
How Veteran Was Saved the Am.
putation of a Limb.

B. Frank Doremus, veteran, of
Roosevelt Ave, Indianapolis, Ind,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19

A laying hen is better than /,
ing mill.-From the Scotch
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not
stain the hands or spot the kettts, except
green and purple.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
The Bad Boy and His Dad Climb We
suvius-A Chicago Lady Joins the
Party and Causes Trouble.
BY HON. GEORGE W. PECK,

Ex-Governor of Wisconsin, Former Pub
Usher of Peck's Sun, Author Of
"Peck's Bad Boy" Etc.)
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19

In times OF peace girls prsD,s,
wedding trousseau.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-01
sheep Jumping Hedges.

Shccp jumping tte0SeAs
There was an old rogue of a farmer
who went by the name of Tup Harry
This Is how he got his nickname: Har-
ry was small farmer, and he had a
neighbor with better means and a bet
ter farm than his own. One very dry
season Harry had come to the end Of
his grass for flock Of sheep he pos
sessed. His neighbor had, however,
got fine field of mangel wurZels Har-
ry looked over the hedge--a hedge fur
nished with outstanding slates-and
greatly longed for those mangels for
his sheep, but ne did not relish the
risk of being caught taking them. So
he went in the evening into his field,
that was bare of grass, put his head
against the hedge, bent his back and
called, "Tup, Tup, Tup" whereupon
up ran his old ram, jumped on his
back, went ON to the hedge and over
into the mangel field, and all the flock
in Indian file scampered after him over
the back of Harry.
Very early In the morning the rogue
went into the devastated mangel field
put his head against the hedge, bent
his back and called, "Tup. Tup, Tupv'
and up came the ram, ran over his
back on to the hedge and returned to
the barren quarter again, followed in
Indian file by all the flock That was
done several times, and no signs APP
peared anywhere of the hedge being
broken through or Of padlocked gate
having been opened. At last the farm
er who was robbed hid himself one
night and saw the whole proceeding.
Tup Harry did not try that trick again.
Chambers Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-01
Poison q Blessing.

Strangely anomalous as 1t may APP
pear, the existence of active poisons
In the animal, vegetable and mineral
kingdoms of nature has done more for
the development of modern civilized
man than have all the other innocuous
elemental things which aboriginal man
found to his hand. These active poi
sons were mans first stimulus to first
adaptation of poison to the uses of
man. The aborigine found himself at
once the hunter and the hunted of ere
alton. Whether as hunter or the hunt
ed, he was pygmy compared with
many of the carnivorous beasts in his
environment. He saw that, whereas
his own considerable physical force
and power were as nothing to some of
these creatures, the fang of the SER
pent was all compelling. Where the
poisonous serpent struck with poison
ed fang and killed it's quarry he saw
1t eat without discomfort or injury.
To kill his own food through the venom
Of the serpent must have been one of
mans first elaborated mental proc
esses. AS this aborigine applied the
venom OF the serpent to his arrow and
later blended 1t with the poisons Of the
vegetable world he may be said to
have grown In mental stature.-Tech-
meal World Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-01
he MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
Bad Stomach Makes
Bad Blood.

aes. mo- shr1 as' f. DSsisr serves n
- = charn In which TO agitate, work up
Cpd disintsgratc our food ss 1t Is being
4lgsst>A. II IL be weak, sluggish and
toal the result will DO torpid, sluggish
hyr aDA bad, impure blood.
The lngrodient5 Of DR.. Pierce's Golden
Modest Discovery are just spch - best
serve 70 correct and sprs all such de-
drop Of alcohol in It's competition: chem
fsslly ppres tnple-rs6nsd Rlycerins being
used t4bt4adr Of the commonly employed
al4ohqL Now this slycerine d Of itself
valuable madeleine, instead Of deleteri-
eos agent Ilke sleohcl, especially in the
Various forms Of indigestion. Prof. Finley
fitingweod, NJ. D., Of Bennett Medical
College, Chicago, says Of It:
In 4ypeps3s ~ serves an sxosllent pVy-
pcs4 1t y one OF the best manpfAft-
sssio. upon enfssbled. disordsrsd stomsohs;
esDeoially Il there u liberation or catarrhal
Eaesritis tcatarrhAl Inflammation OF stomacb.
VIII relieve many cases OF pyroejs (heartburn
skrosis htsstinsi dy,Dspsfs. especially the
cssosis .snssip stion. stimufsfins the secre-
8ry sn9 sxcrstory functions Of the intestinal
When combined. in Just the right propor-
Mons, with Golden Seal root, Stone root,
Black Cherry bark, Queens root, Blood
root and Mandrake root, or the extracts Of
these, q In DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, there can be no doubt of its
great efficacy In the cure OF all stomach,
liver and Intestinal disorders and derangs-
uents. These several Ingredients have
the strongest endorsement In all such
eases II such eminent medical leaders %
Prof b BarthOlow. NJ D.. Of Jefferson Med
kal College. Chicago: Prof Hobart A. Hare,
D. OF MEDICAL Dspsrtmsnt. Q9tveEsity Of
psDsrtament uniysrsity Of New York; Prof
l4yin ~. Hale. 4. D., Hshnemanp Medical
oqlig SSS RTot NJ sc1aS:r !, ,b p
kNasSioan Dispensat6ry, and scores Of others
azpoRgs ths leading medical men Of our land:
Who can doubt the curative virtues Of
. medicine the Ingredients Of which have
such a.professtps1dl endorsement
ConetipatiQn cured by Doctor Pierce's
Plsaodn9 Pellets. One Or two dose.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-01
SOURCES OF MEDICINES.
what Various Drugs Look Like In
Their Crude state.

what Various Drugs Look Like In
Their Crude State.
Upon going into pharmacy and
booking over the mysterious jars and
bottles and boxes that line the shelves
did you ever wonder where on earth
all of the drugs came from and how
they appeared before they were ground
up and made into oils or dried or pull
verified or crystallized into queer shap-
ed Jumps? Each jar and box seems to
hide some secret which you immediate
IL become curious to solve. How many
different lands do they represent? And
after they leave the jars that hold
them now what are they made into7
Who, for example, would connect q
great pile of dry, thin twigs neatly tied
into small bundles with sarsapariIla
These twigs are the creeping roots and
rootlets Of a prickly shrub that grows
in Jamaica, and they are worth from
10 cents to 80 cents a pound
Somewhat similar in appearance is
ipecacuanha, which also comes to US
In dry twigs, which are part of the
trailing root of plant found In the
damp forests of Brazil.
These roots receive no preparation
save drying before they are shipped off
to the United States. They are packed
in large sacks, and the workmen who
open the bales must beware of breath
ing the pungent, irritating dust given
off and which is productive of unpleas-
ant results if incautiously inhaled.
Castor oil, too, Is hard to recognize
in the pretty little brown beans spot
ted with black and with polished skins
that arrive in bags from India. They
look far too attractive to suggest the
much hated dose of our early days.
Aloes, the base of many nauseous
medicines, may be seen in its crude
form as a solid mass resembling
brown sealing wax, packed in heavy
wooden boxes, from which it is Clipped
out in fakes with chisel and hammer.
1t is of different qualities and prices,
according to whether it comes from
Arabia Socotra or the West Indies,
and may bring any sum from 81 to
$45 per hundredweight Aloes is the
juice Of the big fieshy leaves Of the
plant of that name. This juice Is press
ed or evaporated from the leaves and
poured into chests or kegs In semi
nuid state, hardening presently into
a solid block. Not infrequently it is
inclosed in the dry skins Of monkeys
and In this strange form brought to
market.
One Of the most interesting of drugs
IL opium, both on account Of its awful
potency and by reason Of its great
value. A case of opium, about 225
pounds, is worth $780, roughly. The
case is Of rough deal, lined with tin,
and contains a number of soft, dark
Jumps like large handfuls of dough
packed very closely together in a
quantity Of dry, chaffy seeds.
The opium which reaches America Ia
Of two qualities, one for medicine, the
other for smoking, and comes from
Persia and Asia Minor, China and
India.
Another costly and all important
drug is quinine, which arrives In its
crude form as large slices of bark
packed either fat or In "quills"-that
Is, curled round upon itself like roll
Philadelphia North American.