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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-26
THE STORY.
"a MOTHER BURIAL" Moses muttered
"A to himself, sadly, as he saw the

"a MOTHER burial" Moses muttered
"A to himself, sadly, as he saw the
solemn procession passing on towards
the outer borders of the camp. "Sure.
ly the word of the Lord is being full
filled, and the graves of the children
of Israel are filling the wilderness"
The aged leader turned ard let his
eyes follow the somber little group
meditatiVely. There was the shroud-
covered form lying so cold and still
on the stretcher borne between the
four, behind whom came the mourn
ers, their heads covered and their
garments rent in token of their grief.
1t was but one of many such scenes
which had marked the wilderness
journey during the many years they
had been shut in there.
"Yea, the word of the Lord Is being
fulfilled. 1t cannot be long ere we
shall enter the land of which God
hath spoken"
know you who it is who is being
borne yonder to his grave?" ques-
toned Caleb. who stood near.
mo, dost thou?" rejoined Moses.
YEA, he was one of the most aged
men of my tribe" replied Caleb
land his death is another victory of
faith"
How so? Tell me-" said Moses.
with an eagerness which showed that
the smallest incident in the life of
his people was of the greatest inter-
est to him.
you remember how when we faced
that dreadful crisis so many years
ago, and I had all but persuaded the
people of my tribe to stand with me
and encouraged the people to go for
ward, when this man whose burial
is but now taking place, interposed
and turned the sentiment against me-
He was a. man of much influence in
the tribe, and Of strong, dominating
will, and he challenged my appeal, and
declared that it was fatal folly if the
people listened to a young enthusiast
such as | was
Why he said, what need is there
of haste? Why should we plunge to
our doom? Let us take counsel to-
gether and prepare our fighting men
to meet the forces of the enemy. 1t
may even be that we shall be able
to gain the support of some friendly
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-26

pie, when you get to Rome and see the
churches thicker than saloons in Mil
waukee, and everybody attending
church and looking pious, you catch the
fever, and try to forget bad things you
have done, and if you get chance to
see the pope, you may go to his palace
Just cause you want to see everything
that is going on, and you think you
don't care whether school keeps or not,
and you feel Independent, as though
this religion was something for weak
people to indulge in, and finally you
come face to face with the pope, and
see his beautiful face, and his grand
eyes, and his every movement is full
Of pious meaning, you "penuk" right
there, and want to kneel down and
let him bless you, by gosh.
Say, ! never saw dad weaken like
he did when the pope came in. We
got tickets to go to his reception, but
dad said he had rather go to the cata-
combs, or the lion show at the Coliseum.
He said he didn't want to encourage
popes, because he didn't believe they
amounted to any more than presiding
elders at home. He said he had al
ways been a Baptist, and they didn't
nave any popes in his church, and he
NQnt believe in EN-, but some other
Americans were going to see the pope,
and dad consented to go, under protest,
1t being understood that he didn't care
two whoops, anyway.
We'll, sir, we went, and it was the
grandest thing you ever saw. There
were guards by the thousand. beautiful
gardens that would make Central park
look like a hay marsh, hundreds of
people in church vestments, and an
air of sanctity that we never dreamed:
Jewels that are never seen outside the
pope's residence, and we lined up to see
the holy father pass.
Gee, but dad trembled like a dog
tied out in the snow, and the perspira-
ton stood out on his face, and he looked
sorry for himself Then came the pro-
cession, all mobiles and great people
and then there was party of pious
men carrying the most beautiful man
We ever saw on a platform above us,
and it was the pope, and he smiled at
me, and the tears came to my eyes, and
] couldn't swallow something which
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-26
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-26
ELEPHANT AT THE TELEPHoN.
Animal Took Much Time to Lean
ludicrous Trick.

So perfectly is this elephant bruLa
that he works by cues impercepdbs
to the audience. The trainer merst
raises his shoulders and the youl
bull strides toward the telephone boz
turn the crank, ringing the bell, piek
up the receiver in his long trunk and
holds 1t to his great, flap ear. Tha
he hangs 1t up with the suddennss
Of disgust, rings the bell a second
time, and again holds the receiver b
his ear, while he listens with taa
sage, bland expression which only u
elephant can assume. When finished
he hangs up the receiver and "hnss
Off"
For something like two minu!a
this performance lasts. Yet II N
CURED a month Of steady, hard vcrf
to break the elephant into this SIN
pie, ludicrous trick. More than 2M
times, actual count, Barlow had .
grasp Toms trunk, apply 1t to ID
the bell crank and teach the cifeun
motion of ringing the bell, BY leadlns
the trunk just as you might lead !"
hand Of a young child when teacaiH
1t to wind a music box. More InA,
1000 times the trainer had TO lsaa
the tip of the big receiver OF the lsk
phone to teach the beast to hold ~
his ear and hang 1t accurately aa
on its hook. And when these oeIls
were mastered, it took more IMAM W
trials to teach the succession OF WEI
ing the crank and listening 0ei0n
Tom understood and knew enough
twist the crank without breaking
Into halves at every contact-AT
toms Magazine.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-26
Copyright. 1905. by Joseph B. Bowles)

Copyright, 1905. by Joseph B. Bowles)
Rome, Italy.-Dear Old Friend: You
remember, don't you, when you were d
boy, playing tag, you're it," and
button, button, who's got the button?
that one of the trying situations was
to be judged to go to Rome" which
meant that you were to kiss every girl
in the room.
| never got enough going to Rome"
when | attended church SOciables and
parties, but always got blindtolded, and
had to kiss anybody they brought to me,
which was usually a boy or cOlored
cook, so leased dad to take me to
Rome, and when he got over his being
ratified and robbed and burned by lava
at VeSuviuS, he said he didn't care
where he went, and, besides, l told him
ab9dt the Roman Coliseum, where they
turned hungry tigers, and lions, and hy-
enas loose among the gladiators, and
the people could see the beasts eat them
alive, and dad said that was something
like it, as the way he had been robbed
and miSused in Italy, he would enjoy
seeing a good share of the population
cheWed by lions, if the lions could stand
it. | didn't tell dad that the wild ami
NAL show had not been running for a
couple Of thousand years, cause
thought he would find it out when we
got here.
Say, old man, | guess I can help you
to locate Rome. You remember the time
l spoke piece at the school exhibition.
when put my hand inside my flannel
shirt, like an orator, and said: "And
this is Rome, that sat on her seven
hills, and from her throne of beauty
ruled the whole W0rld."' Well. this is.
1t, where | am now, but the seven hills
have been graded down, and Rome don't
rule the whole world little bit; but she
has got religion awful
The pope lives here and he is the
boss of more religious people than any
body, and though you may belong to
any other kind of church, and when
you are home you don't care a CONT
mental for any religion except your own,
or your wife's religion, and you act
like an infdel. and scott at good peo-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-26

buried for thousands of years, in graves
neWn out OF solid rock, and they are
petrited, and after they have laid in the
graves for a few hundred years, the
mummitied bodies are taken out and
stood up in corners, if the bodies will
hang together, and if not the bones are
piled up around for scenery.
We had to take torches to go in, and
we wandered through corridors, gazing
at the remains, until dad asked one of
the men with US what it all meant. and
the man said it was the greatest show
on earth. Dad began to think he was
nutty, and when | laughed, and said:
THAT Is great" and clapped my hands
and said: Encore" dad stopped and
said: 'Hennery, this is no leg show.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-26

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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-26
SERMONE

= Paul seizes upon this dark
. chapter in the history of the
i. Hebrew people to point warn.
T ing and make an appeal to the
: children Of God to-day.
. All left Egypt for Canaan, but
q all did not reach the rest and
7. blessing of that promised land.
> Why?
Z Because of the awful sin Of un-
I belief, the one certain barrier to
!, the realization of the promised
> blessing of Go+.
Z Holding up this striking ex.
I ample of what the sin of unbe.
!, lief can forfeit to the soul of
, man, Paul appeals to the Chris.
tian to "fear, lest, a promise be.
I ing left US of entering into his
:, rest, any of you should seem to
come short of 1t. Let US
|. labor, therefore, to enter Into
that rest, lest any man fall after
! the same example of unbelief."
|. The unbetief which drove the
|, children of Israel back into the
! wilderness was the unbelef of
: a settled purpose, for had it not
been so, they would have lis
} tened to the last appeal of Caleb
! and Joshua.
I So it is ever with the human
soul. Where unbeIief has been
allowed to set and harden, like
the cement block, there is moth
ing which can soften it and
bring it back to the plastic state
, again.. No, it cannot be soft
ened, but some day Gods judg-
! ment will fall and grind the
hardened heart of unbefef to
powder. Contemplate this, o
soul. Listen! To-day, if we
, will hear his voice, harden not
your hearts,"
There is wilderness in every
life where graves must be made
and the sins of unbeIief buried
, out of sight, before the soul can
come into the blessed privilege
of the Promised Land.
Forty years, year for day!
A pretty heavy penalty to pay
and yet is not that the ratio
which sin often exacts of the
soul? On every hand we see
the marks Of sin which will be
carried down to the very grave.
After all the graves in the will.
derness were the Only bright
places there, for they spoke Of
buried unbeIief, and of the Ger.
tainty that the Promised Land
lay just beyond its borders.
Graves are to put dead things
in. An unbeIievine heart Is a
dead heart, and were better bur- J
led. Yea, bury it, though 1t be ,
with tears, and then turn and
let God give you new heart in
which burns living hope. Then ;
tears will be turned to sunshine ,
and gIadness, and the wilderness ,
will be suddenly transformed
into the land flowing with milk !
and honey. ,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-26
Knew Him.

When my husband comes home and
tells me he has had a corking good
time" said Mrs. Gayman, 81 always
know he has had an uncorking good
time."-Chicago Tribune.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-26
His PHILOSOPHER.

Young Mother-John, you are simply
undoing all my training! You must not
give the baby everything in the house.
Helpless Father-It's not my fault!
If don't give him everything he wants,
he yells.-Detroit Free Press.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-26
The Comment.

did my diamonds call forth any COM
ment?" asked Mrs. Cumrox.
Eyes, indeed" answered Miss Cay
enne. Il heard several people refer to
you as the human chandelier. Wash.
ington Star.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-26

~ W 80 GfOus
tn that it is Imports
TeIl' and avoid 4.
backache, beam.
down pain, hesds.s''
dizziness dn. languoras q,
other common sfr'
OF 9i. " eak kidassy'''
Mrs. Charles
Smith, of % Boy,''
st. WoOnsocket,' !
J., saws. ",,7,1
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-26
Royal Names for ps.k,

The duke of Abruzzi has mama, q,
three highest peaks of Mount Pr,s.
zori after Queen Marsherita or..
Alexandra and King Leopold
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-26
A WoMAN'S KIDNEYS

Women have much to do, so
pains TO suffer, 50 manv o
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-26
: GRAVES IN THE
. WILDERNESS
ElGHTEENTR-ln Cloud and Pillar Series
. A Story OF The WILDERNESS JOURNEY or .
, The HEBREW pt0PlE .
. BY the"Highway and Byway" Preacher =.
Copyright, 1906. by the author. W. S. Eds

Scripture Authority:-Num. 14:2S.
So; Heb. 3:17-4:3; | Cor. 1875.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-26
The Bad Boy and His Dad Visit the
Pope-They Bow to the King of
Italy and His Nine Spots - Dad
Finds That 1.-THE Catacombs"
Is Not Comic Opera.
BY. HON. GEORGE W. PECK.
Is Not a Comic Opera.

Ex-Governor of Wisconsin,. Former Ed
itor Of Peck's Sun, Author Of "Pecks
Bad Boy" etc.l
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-10-28

Rev. Mother Mary Joseph Succeeded BY
Neither Mary Evangelist Of Dallas.

Rev. Mother Mary Joseph ar
rived from Galveston yester-
day, accompanied by Mother Mary
Evangelist of Dallas, who becomes
Mother Superior of Villa Maria
| Ursuline Academy Of Bryan. This
position has been vacant since the
advancement of Rev. Mother Mary
Joseph to the provincial Office, and
the Academy has been under the
direction OF the Mother Assistant.
Mother Mary Evangelist is a most
worthy successor OF the beloved
Mother Mary Joseph, and has been
received with open arms and hearts
by the ladies and pupils of Villa
Maria, to whom she is no stranger
She is a native of Texas and a
graduate of the Galveston Ursuline
convent, the mother school. She
has served several terms as Mother
Superior at the Dallas Ursuline
house, ard in 1890 visited Rome.
Last year she was appointed pro-
vincial counsellor by the Mother
General, and as il is unusual for the
oounsellors to serve as Superiors,
the appointment in this instance is
in the nature Of a special favor to
Villa Maria community and in re-
Spouse to request. Mother Mary
Evangelist is highly educated and
accomplished and a fine musicion
as well as a lady of a most lovable
character.
Rev. Mother Mary Joseph and
Mother Superior Mary Evangelist
wefe accompanied from Galveston
by Sister Barbara who will enter
the Novitiate at San Antonio,
where location has been chosen
since the visit of the Mother Cen
eral TO the various Ursuline houses
in the province recently, on which
trip she was accompanied by Rev.
Mother Mary Joseph.
The Rev. Mother and the Moth
er Superior were met at the train
yesterday by Mrs. Robinson and a
company OF the Villa Maria pupils,
and on reaching the Academy they
were given a most hearty welcome.
The new Mother Superior enter
cd upon her duties yesterday fol-
lowing the usual installation.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-10-28
n. at EXCURSIONS.

Dallas, account Free Mason, sell Oct. D
~ and Nov. I and ?.
Dallas accent Dallas fair and races. sell
Oct. - to .. limi, to leave Dallas Oct. q
rate S5.95.
san Antonio, account San Antonio fair
sell Oct. 20 to Nov. 10. rate $40, limit
Nov. II. For l;5s p. m. train Of Nov.
and 1910 a. m. train Of Nov rate will
be $500, limit Nov. 9.
Houston, account No-tsu-oh carnival,
sell Nov II TO 10 inclusive. rate $500,
limi, Nov. ~. For special trains passing
BRYAN 1910 a. m. Nov. 10 and Nov. IS
rate will he 81 90 round trip. limited IS
and II respectively.
Waco, account Cooperative Farmers,
sell Nov. Z, rate 3.i5.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-10-28
TO BE TESTED.
Of Education Has Been Cited
TO Show Cause.

San Francisco. oct. 26.-Judge Wool
verton OF the United States circuit
court issued an order 20 the board OF
education Of San Francisco citing that
body TO show cause why an injunction
compelling the reinstatement OF I
Yasuhara. a Japanese pupil. recently
excluded from the Pacific Heights
Grammar school. should not be Issued
The board Is ordered 10 answer Nov. s.
This order was issued following an ap.
plication for an injunction presented
90 Judge woolverton with the intcn.
ton of making this a test case.
The application for an Injunction IL
made on the grounds that the present
resolution OF the board OF education In
excluding Japanese pupils from the
city schools Is In violation OF the COZ.
stitution OF the United States and also
violation OF the treaty now existing
between the Uaited States and the EN-.
pire Of Japan.
A mass-meeting was held here BY
Japanese TO discuss the present situa.
ton regarding their children's eyelu.
sion.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-10-28
MEETS AT HARTFORD.
National Woman's Christian Temper
anee Union convenes.

Hartford, Oct 26.-The thirty.thirt
annual convention Of the National
woman's Christian Temperance Union
opened here at Parsons theater. Mrs
Lillian NJ. Stevens OF Portland. Me.
presided. More than $50 delegates
from all parts Of the United States
are present. also delegates from Aus
tria, Japan. England. Greece and other
countries. Prior 10 the opening OF the
convention proper the Loyal Temper
ance Legion assembled in the chapel
OF Center church for an hour OF prayer
The executive committee, which had
been having busy sessions for two
days, made public 20 the convention
that part OF It's business which II be.
lieved should be announced. This was
followed by the appointment OF certain
committees and confirming some
standing bodies.
Mrs. Stevens delivered the annual
$1,000
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-29
M

When Leo'S merry sign doth rule the skies,
And dews OF night scarce cool days scorcllng
blast,
Thy faint. mysterious fragrance nils the noonA
With visions OF q dim and shadowy past.
or days whose circllng suns In splendor sank
Beyond Sshara's wastes Of shifting sand.
Ere Gizeh's mighty shadow dhrkly laid
Its mystery upon a silent land.
Perchance. In pillared halls Of ancient Thtbes.
Thy parent blooms their laneuorous sweetness shed;
And Egypt's queen. onchantrcss OF the East,
Their garlands twlned about her perfect head,
While envytng monarchs bowed their naughty
crests,
Meek slaves 10 her caprice-her serpent vile:
Full nch In humblest bud her hand hut touched:
Content 70 barter empires for her smile.
Or grac,d they some pageant. 1onS past.
When ttnbrcls spake Of glorious victory won.
And shafts OF stone the conquerorS deeds pro
claimed
Within the royal City Of the SUM-
Mayhap, when KArnak was. swart. chanting presta
Great ANN on's shrine made glad with rosy blooms;
Where once In regal pomp moved glittenng thTongs.
The Jackal urks, mid age forgotten tomos.
Strange, lovely blooms. thy subtle spell doth bring
Pale. swoonlng skies and tawny desert world;
And waiting sphinx. above whose buried feet
unnumbcrcd nations dust Is Idly whirled.
MARY E. RILLILET.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-29
The wisdom Of the sparrows.

From me Catholic Standard aud Times.
Twas a city sparrow, wise and deb onair.
Idly loaAng through the country with his mate.
Stupid country birds were building eve rywhere,
But the sparrow, with his lady.
In a treetop coil AL shay,
G8Zcd with scOrn upon the Work and twlttered;
stun"
To his mate he chirruped shrlly:
Isn't all this labor silly.
when a roosting place at night Is quite enoughl-
Twas a motherly old robin. near at hand.
Who was busy at her building with the rest,
And she turned upon the sparrows to demand
How they meant TO hatch their eggs without a
"sIch impcrlnence!" half sadly.
said the sparrow: and yet gladly
III lmpart to you the nowledge that you beg"
Then, with naughty condescension.
He remarked: Il need but mention
That It's possible TO obv!ate the egg"
Twas a congress OF the birds OF every sort.
All Indignantly assembled 10 protest.
Their displeasure. when the robin made report
Ofthe threatened abolition OF the nest:
A Ssein sahsy s ssSssd al IL a. 'amia1
And they prophesled the oountry's speedy fall
But the sparrows. quite disdalning
All this ignorant com blaming.
Simply went their way, unmlndful OF II all.
Twas q sage old owl-a very solemn bird
Sat and listened while his ieathered fellows fought,
Never once he oped his mouth to say a word,
But he did q lot Of thinking and he thought:
80 the sparrows think II best
To abolish eggs and nest.
Well. perhaps the wisdom Isn't theirs at all,
But a plan OF good Dame Natures
To eliminate such creatures,
Letthem have their way. The loss Is mighty small
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-29
PRECIOUS STONES IN HIDING.
How Gems or Great value Are Kept Con.
ceaIed in the Orient.

FROM tHuVlO'fo o 81"
The turquoise, like the opal, is found In
the desolate and waterless parts OF the world.
The principal deposits so far known are In
the Persian desert and on the barren plateaus
of New Mexico and Arizona.
Usually the best specimens are taken from
disintegrated rock. and the mining OF tur-
auoise is not only accompanied with much
hardship on account Of the location, but
can only be performed with great difficulty.
The quantity combined with other stones
as we'll as with gold. and by itself, is 30 ex-
tensive in the cities of eastern Europe that
more of II is believed to be bought by gem
merchants in this way than is at present
secured from the principal mines.
This is not strange, however. for not only
turquoise but other precious stones are known
TO exist in remarkably large collections in
Constantinople, as well as in cities in Turkes-
tan. Persia and communities Of southeastern
Europe.
They are hidden ava in ginger jars, rugs.
old boxes and other receptacles Of the house
hold, where the owner believes there is little
prospect of search being made for them.
Gem collectors who have searched for stones
In this part of the world say that no one call
tell how many and what valuable specimens
are thus hidden away, only to be brought TO
light when the owner is absolutely forced 10
part with them through dire necessity.
Undoubtedly many a gem brought from
the famous mines of India, Egypt and Persia
in the past has been thus secretedp Prof.
Flinders Petrie says the Egyptian mines at
Sinai, worked from the first to the tive tieth
dynasty, may have yielded turquoise and
rnnppr.