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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30

Is not a large house, but there is room
enough for big dining-room without
encroaching on anything else.
The little square hall in the rear
is usually a vestibule 1t is the right
place for an ice box, away from the
heat of the kitchen, but not far
enough away to be inconvenient. /
like to see refrigerator close to the
outside entrance Ice comes in drip.
ping wet in warm weather, and the
man who carries it usually has more
or less mud or dirt on his boots. 1t
is a great saving on w0man's tenn.
per to have the dirt left outside, or
as near the outside of house, as
possible. Then there Is a saving Of
ice by having the refrigerator in a
comparatively cool place. If we have
our own ice house the work of getting
the ice out, washing 1t and putting 1t
into the ice box Is considerable, so
that economy even in this case Is ad.
visable, but when ice is bought and
paid for at prevailing summer prices,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30

a porcelain dish for the benefit of the
birds. 1t kept constant supply of
bath water in a shallow dish that the
birds enjoyed every day In warm
weather. 1t was amusing to see them
splash the water about.
This style of house just suits two.
story porch, and the porch seems to
fit the house as though it grew there.
1t Is not always easy to arrange a
porch on three sides of house with.
out making some of the rooms dark,
but there is no objection on that
score to this plan. This style OF porch
is a finish to the house, and it is a
great protection both to the front
door and the side door opening into
the dining room.
like an outside entrance to the
dining room, especially where the
room Is large and not oVercrowded
with furniture. l think most women
like it, too. A dining room Is not fur.
nished unusually so extensively as
the front parlor. When there is a
side entrance the immediate friends
of the family usually step right into
the inner circle without the fOrmality
of ringing the front door bell. There
is an element of sociability in this
sort of thing that induces comfort. I
don't believe in furnishing up parlor
in such way that it is too nice to
use. | believe in comfort first and
show afterward, but at the same time
it is Consid cradle work to keep the
front part of the house in first.class
condition and have every member of
the family running through 1t contin-
ually. A woman don't like to order
the children out of the parlor to stay
out unless they have some other
place to go, and there must be a COM
Portable place for the children in
every home. In this house the dining
room offers solution of the Difficult.
ty. With a good crate and cheerful
fire in cold weather the youngsters
will be found In the dining room
every time, unless the old folks are
so grouchy that they are obliged to
find recreation at one of the neigh.
bors.
The size of this house is SO feet s
inches wide by "a feet long, exclusive
of the porch, which is large enough to
make six good rooms, besides the nu-
merOus cupboards, bathroom and an
alcove which comes in very handy for
a sewing room. A plan of this kind
has a great deal to recommend 1t.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30

wall and the drip carried to a bed Of
mint. We all know how to appreciate
roast lamb with mint sauce, and when
the mint is gathered fresh and clean
at the side of the house it is much
more of a delicacy than when bought
from the market and carted around
through the dust for "A hours before
being delivered Mint will grow fair
ly well in the garden if lightly shaded,
but it is a water loving plant, and
does better when it gets continual
supply of moisture. If the pipe from
the ice box is short. the water is
likely to be rather cold. 1t is better
to run the water along an open trough
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30

This house plan appeals to me as
being one of the neatest and most in
terestlng low cost houses | ever built.
The plan lends itself to a splendid ar
rangement of rooms, both upstairs and
down. 1t is easy to arrange the neces-
sary cOnyeniences when the rear of
the house is wider than the front, and
this plan is easily covered with
two section roof on the three-gable
plan, one of the most satisfactory
roofs ever built. This style of roof
dates back to the earliest American
architecture. 1t originated in the
efforts of builders to add a pleasing
front to the old-fashioned long houses
built with the side to the road, but
this plan has been improved upon TN
til the completed house shows very
little resemblance to the original eff
forts in this direction.
While the front part of the house
is pleasing and the arrangement is
almost perfect, the rear section is
given up entirely to the dining-room,
kitchen and the accessories to these
rooms. While we all like to see a
pretty parlor and an attractive hall,
we should remember that house is
built to live in next year, and for a
good many years. The work of get
ting meals is about the same day
after day and year after year, Meals
are manufactured in the kitchen and
served in the dining-room three times
a day, and little saving in work each
time amounts to great deal in the
aggregate. A dining-room II feet
wide and 26 feet inches long is un.
usual even in large house. This
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30

Every day we see signs reading,
boy Wanted" and follows the state.
ment Of what the boy is expected to
do. Sometimes it is to run errands,
sometimes it is to feed press, and
it is always to DO something. No one
advertises so much for the boy as
he does for the services the boy is
expected to render. In fact the ad.
vertisement is rather for the service
and the boy is only incidental to the
advertisement. 1t Is always the man
who can deliver the goods" that is
wanted. Now, you boy, you father of
the growing boy, are you intoxicating
and cultivating the habit of doing
things? The world never stood so
much in need of WORKING people as
it does today, and the rewards for
diligence were never half so great.
Men Of great genius are not wanted.
Do you know that genius is only anoth-
er name for diligence, and achievement
is the reward of industry rather than
the gift of nature?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
ArroWsmith.Dunn.

ROseland, La: A quiet wedding &c.
cured yesterday afternoon at 2
o'clock in ArcOla at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
S. Dunn, uniting the lives of Ernest
Reginald Arrowsmith, Of Roseland,
and Miss Willie A. Dunn, of Arcola,
Rev. Vim. H. Watson officiating. The
couple was the recipients Of numer-
Gus gifts. The groom is a young bust.
ness man, eldest son of Mrs. (Dr.)
Rose H. Arrowsmith. and the bride
Is one Of Arcola's popular young la,
dies The young couple left for New
Orleans for a few days visit, when
they will return to Roseland to re-
side.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
STRlBBLING'S PARAGRAPHS,
(In Southern Mercury

TN southern Mercury
Go out to every meeting Of your
local union. Pay your dues and you
will stop that way you have Of hold.
ing down your head whom you meet
good lively, square Farmers Union
neighbor.
Before you go about abusing other
people for doing dirty tricks, be sure
that you sweep around your own door
before you start out from home.
If there is a tradesman In the land
that sends out his products in a more
unsightly and discreditable package
than cotton producers do, have new.
er seen their goods.
Every cotton bale OF Farmers I'm.
ion cotton must sooner or later wear
its label, giving name Of grower, gin.
weigher and inspector and grader.
When you get proper guarantee and
reputation behind your brand on your
cotton bales, there is no reason why
your goods should be cut and slashed
about any more than bale OF cotton
cloth from the producers hand to
the consumers hands.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
Crescent City Notes,

~
Ho"a 49, or'eans' Nov. 27.-Archbishop
n. a was dhe guest of a character.
Nls ssespeion at the Newsboys' Home.
,l,aa pM River Commission ar
$. "a seniannual inspection tour.
TO- W. J. B, Lawrence. of Humboldt,
la church, Ai race 6ap-
,,p Preliminary nj steps were taken to or.
De- Musical Culture Club.
e,ssa W., !, u. Guerrant, famous confed.
PM ~ Onaplain, began revival at Third
Is, a. soas churches joined in pro.
h,s, - raffes in public schools
ton BAPTIST church took similar ac.
sanaad a J, Patterson resumed
na O local Salvation ARMY
b as~s s'Afa Lakakibora preached
nd p.ss.a oer Of Episcopal churches
lspas Cted the discrimination Of
Az 'v - verde in Dr.. Cuisine
u SEA- s sscotdenta death from poi.
SuQ BnN. = :
aoas i vows y g 3 'pted plans for
8 pcatee reas Crowley.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
co.oPERAToR cULLINGs.

Let It be national. All producers are
brethren.
Scientific marketing must go along
with scientific farming.
The Spectator is forming his rings
Of steel while the honest farmer is
working in the field.
The Spectator is lily. He tolls
not neither does he spin. He leans
while the honest man labors.
The speculation in farm products
will be stopped only when the pro.
ducers themselves stop it by com.
bination of forces, by a complete I'M
derstanding, II you please.
The mortgage keeps old Santa Claus
from the homes of many thousands Of
our people. What an enemy the mort.
gage is to the children!
What a great prosperity we will
nave when the producers learn to not
compete with each other in the sale
Of their products. A perfect under.
standing will do the work.
Of course all the farm implements
are safely housed for the winter. They
will be in shape for the next crop.
Who is the farmer anyhow? Is he a
factor or simply nonentity? Well,
he is both. He is an important factor
when it comes to working fourteen
hours day to produce enough to
make the enormous commercial &C.
tivity of this country possible; but he
is a nonentity when 1t comes to pro-
tecting himself in an equitable share
of the rewards.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30

Nothing else is so important to this
country as conserving the timber and
taking steps to enlarge the supply
Lumber Of first class is getting scare
er and scarcer day by day, and the
supply is playing out at rate that
makes the head swim. Plant trees
and keep planting trees. No other crop
on the place will pay better. The re.
suits may come somewhat slower
than the results from a potatoe crop,
but they are none the less certain
and are none the less profitable.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
WRAP COTTON WITH COTTON.


The Dallas News, commenting on
a suggestion of the Taylor County
News that the scarcity of cotton bag
ging would Justify the adoption OF
cotton as the material out of which
20 manufacture b8gging. makes the
further suggestion that this bagging
should be manufactured in the state
penit"ntiary. Both suggestions are
good, and their adoption would tend
toward higher prices for cotton. II
all the bales Of cotton were wrapped
in cotton. and if all the people who
make the bales were wrapped in cot
ton, and if all the people whose pros.
perity depends on the people who
make the bales were wrapped in cot.
ton, the South would be acting a lit.
tie more sensibly with her rich monop-
oily.
But we think our neghbOr of the
Taylor County News oyer.shOots the
mark when he says that the adoption
of cotton as wrapping material would
utilize perhaps 4 million bales more
cotton" With a crop of twelve and
a half million bales, a half million
made into bagging would put twenty
pounds on each bale, not counting
weight Of ties. But if an even half
million bales should Unexpectedly
come into sight just now, it would tell
wonderfully on the price of the sta
pie.
Yes, make cotton bagging out OF
cotton, and let the state convicts make
it. If the Texas cotton grower will
sit down some day after dinner and
allow himself just ten minutes to
think, he may discover that he has
a monopoly of his own when it comes
to wrapping material, and, having pen
itentiary labor to work it up, can
show Mr.. Jute one-spot In this lit
tie game.-The Farmers Journal.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30

Get letter to your congressman,
asking him to help kill the free seeds
bill, except that part of it which per-
tains to the securing and distribution
OF new and VALUABLE seeds The
buying Of carloads of all sorts of
worthless seeds and sending them out
at government expense all over the
country should be stopped, The whole
scheme is rotten to the bottom, and
is permeated with graft.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30

There seems to be some localities in
hich farmers are loaning out their
cotton to merchants with which to
fill contracts" These merchants are
putting this borrowed cotton on the
market right away. What Is the diff.
ference between a merchant crowding
a market and farmer doing the same
thing? That Is just what the whole
movement to hold and market slowly
is inaugurated to prevent, and it seems
that one should not be so simple as
to help another do what he Is trying
with all his might to prevent.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30

While We are all on the main track
and all pulling for the same shore, let
us stay there. The siding called poll
tics Is very dangerous one. 1t has
hurt just little bit In some quarters
already, but no serious damage has
been done. The main track of con.
troiled markets is the only safe and
sane one.
An understanding between the pro-
ducers Of the Nation will be invincible
and the march Of progress will 90 on.
Government commissions some
times do good things and work out
excellent results. A government com.
mission Of seven farmers, with expen.
ses paid, clerks and stenographers
supplied and the power to summon.
enforce attendance and testimony OF
witness and all the authority the writ
to bring books and papers can give,
with ample time, might ascertain il
gambling in futures really does affect
the price Of spot cotton.
A financial system under which
man will be $4,000 900 poorer one day
than he was the day before simply be-
cause of stock exchange fluctuations,
is rotten and must tumble down or Its
very rottenness some day, carrying
the balloon millionaires with 1t. There
would be heavy clouds for day. but
the sun would still be shining.
II it is forgotten or neglected u
paint the roosts with some good In
secticide, the mites and lice will not
forget to come In full force.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30

While dogs are general nuisance,
they make the best burglar alarm pos
sible. 1t is very difficult for any one
to visit the poultry yard by night or
by day il the small dog Is trained to
watch. Sometimes they raise a false
alarm and raise a dreadful rumpus
about nothing, still they are usually
on the safe side.
Whitewash and coal oil mixed In the
proportion of one pint of oil to one
gallon of white wash makes a good In
secticide.
1t is claimed that too free feeding of
wheat will darken the meat of the
breast.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
Second Floor Plan.

for a distance Of eight or ten feet
to raise the temperature of the drip
water. For this purpose an open
trough is better than a pipe for two
reasons. The water is exposed to the
atmosphere and warns up much bet
ter in summer, and If the ice box is
used in cold weather the pipe don't
burst when the water freezes. An.
other drain for an ice box that came
under my observation was carried to
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
Hoffman Case With jury,

Lake Charles. La: The trial of J.
R. Hoffman, former cashier of the
Citizens Bank of jennings, on a
charge Of asserting to the reception
Of bank deposits when the bank was
iHolVent, ended Monday evening in
tue district court, and the case is now
IN tho hands of the jury.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
6Ianeh Walsh Married

new Orleans: That Blanche Walsh,
ue actress, was recently married
Niale 10 this city to W. NJ. Travers, a
member of her company, was an
aO0nSed here yesterday. The cere,
a0ny was performed Nov. Is at a pri.
~ SsS Science by city court Judge, and
- ia0 was kept secret by court at.
s = until today, when the records
:, ny made public. Miss Walsh was
a the Case"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
AI!.asd Embezzler Taken TO krehs.

New Orleans, La: Armand Blair,
tAe young railroad and express agent
nom KrebS, |. T., charged with hav.
ilg eHbezsled 1925 of the funds of the
Wells Fargo Express Company and
Rock Island Railroad, was taken to
AreNs last night by deputy United
otates marshal and Wells Fargo de-
@CaVe. Blair is from Selala, Mo-,
where his family resides.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30

the necessity for being careful is
much greater.
Sometimes it Is not convenient to
drain the ice box into the sewer.
When placed next to the outside wall
it is easy to bore a hole through the
floor and put piece of inch gas pipe
with an elbow and ruli the pipe out
side. One house that was built like
this had the waste water from the
melting ice carried outside of the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
viii Confer in chie.an

WV orleans, La: Mayor Behrman
covered today that Thornwell Fay,
~ ~ PRESIDENT Of the Southern Pa.
: ~ Houston, had spent all day
:. WV '. orleans in company with Gen.
M - manager Van Week, and that
49, =, aaO made no opportunity for a
: - over the strike, as demand.
s,' ~ Tue Mayors conference at La.
/ 1 !. =, BON left for Chicago, where
Ga, : said julius Kruttschnitt will be
'u''ed relative to the strike,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30

The social side Of the farmers
meetings should be made plenty strong
to get out all the young people and
keep them coming. They are the hope
of the country, and it will not be long
until they are running the whole thing.
Put them into the work now. so that
they will be able to intelligently at
tend to business.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
SHREVEPORT.
81, Crowds Well Entertained With
Sunday Amusements at Fair.


Shreveport, La: Favored with ideal
rpa4ber conditions a large crowd at
tended the Fair Sunday. There were
M races or carnival attractions, the
former being prevented by law and
,bp latter being omitted on account Of
an agreement between the Fair Asso-
dstiOn and the ministers. There were
many things of interest, however, and
the visitors, many of whom had not
been on the grounds before, were enetr-
tained. Captain Baldwin expected to
make his fourth airship flight, but the
wind was unfavOrabie. Wednesday,
last day of the fair, will be Children's
daY,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30

There is not a farmer in all this
country that is as good a farmer as
he can be who has his tools and i'm
plements out in this seasons rains.
1t is as important to take care of the
things on the place as it is to take
care of the crops and to make the
crops.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30

MI. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
1QSI on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building for the readers of this
paper On account of his wide eXpe-
hence as Editor. Author and Manufac-
turer, he is. without doubt. the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
al Inquiries to William \. Radford, No.
IVA Fifth Ave, Chicago, H., and only
enclose tWo-cent stamp for reply.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-11-30
Farmers COOPERATIVE Union
Of America =

A happy home, free from mortgage,
is the most blessed spot on earth. To
own such a home is the duty Of all
of us.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-30
ORGANIZED ARMY OF WORKERS

Kansas wants $4,000 men from
anywhere to help harvest its wheat
crop. A little later Oh several
Southern States will need that
number of men or more to help
pick cotton. How would it do
for some enterprising American to
organize a harvesting army that
could be moved from one part of
the country to another as needed?
1t would give many young men an
opportunity to see the country and
at the same time pay expenses. 1t
might also have a wholesome effect
on many local laborers, who could
work but who won't work except
at exorbitant wages.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-30
MORAL IN A STORY OF BLOOD

The moralist looking for a theme
need not go any further than the
tragedy enacted in New York the
other evening. A young man left
with large wealth marries chorus
girl, and then kills the man who
had admired her before her mar
riage to him. Mr.. White, the ar
chitect who was the victim of the
bullet of this product of our latter
day civilization, was one of the
most talented men of his profess
sion, and some of the most SPLEEN
did buildings in the country are
products of his brain. Young
Thaw was restless because he had
too much money. His father was
a business man of ability, and died
millionaire. He toiled early and
late to pile up wealth for his chill
dren, but to what end? That one
at least might become spendthrift
and a dissipated wreck. If he
had left this boy 100000 and Civ
en- the bulk of his wealth to found
a technical school, for example, or
to aid deserving young people to
get an education, he would have
made his son happy and have done
the world a good turn. Yet the
same thing continues daily. Men
of genius and ability work them
Iselves to an early grave, and neg
Ilect ther families and their friends
and their public duties that they
may get more money. When they
are gone it is often turned over to
unframed, uneducated, undiscip
lined youth. What else can be-
expected if they go to perdition?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-30

Giving away large beautiful pictures 6x20) Of fruits
landscapes with handsome four inch gold trimmed frames Excellent
paro hail. bedroom dining Here's
Get ticket from with $40 90 worth of places puched
The AIDED viii be punched ike ticket
purchase When you have traded out your dollars you your
picture absolutely You do not have all
You will picture fit takes till Christmas finish the
dollars Remember oyner will and does sell everything
prices See show window display of few these beautiful pic
lures given away free
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-06-30
THE FIRST BALLOON.
Result OF the Experiments of the
MontgOlfer Brothers.

MonfgOIher brothers.
Proceeding on the principle that heat
ed air expands and so becomes lighter
bulk for bulk, than air at the ordinary
temperature, the brothers Stephen and
Joseph Montgolfier filled a paper bag
with heated air, which rose TO the cell
ing of the room. This preliminary sue
cess was rapidly followed up, and they
gradually increased the size of the bal
looms experimental with until they
were so satisfied with their progress
that in 1873 they gave public exhibit
ton, sending up linen balloon 105 feet
In circumference, which was inflated
over a fire supplied with small bundles
of chopped straw. The balloon succeed
I'd beyond their utmost expectation, and
her rising to aheight of over 5000
it descended ten minutes after in
mile and a half away. The
loon carried car, in which
leep, q cock and duck.
Acess of this further expert
ed NJ. Pilatre de RoZier and
d Arlandes to risk their
ng the first ascent in the
Gderful machine. Their
was forty-five feet ia
twenty-five feet high and
th hot air, passed over
It astonishment of the
an altitude of half q
was then for the first
in regulating the as
Of the balloon. The first
followed by others, and
first to ascend, was also
beet his death in this man
been killed, with a COM
the burning Of his balloon
dlOgne.