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The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-20
Another Explosion
90 Persons Killed

Yolande, Ala, Dec. II. - A disss
trous explosion took place in mine No.
/ Of the Yolande Coal and Coax CON-
pay Monday morning. 1t Is impossible
to tell how many are dead rs a result
Of the explosion, the estimates varying
all the way from 40 to 60. The work
of rescue has been extremely slow b.
cause OF the debris in the mines and
the large crowd Of women, children
and sightseers at the opening.
The explosion is now known to have
occurred in either the fifth or si1h
right entrance. All of the bodies have
been recovered from those entrances
and some of them were 80 horribly
mulilated that identification is almoA
impossible. The bodies OF IL wnHs
and sever colored men have been idel'
flied.
According to Superintendent / y
Huokabee, the explosion was undouoF
.dly due TO windy" shots. Mr.. HucA'
abee had Just made a tour Of iDspecuoI
and congratulated some of the men Oh
the condition Of their rooms. a low
minutes after reaching the top anu
when he was about to go for a Jay
hunt the explosion occurred
Parties of miners from Aoerns",
Searles, Davis creek and BrooK"OOu
are here ready to help in the recover
Of those who are still entombed'
The last report says IS bodies n S.,
been taken from the mines aDo n
the believe between 80 anu
are still in the lower entrances
Latest Report.
On Wednesday AZ bodies hso v ~.
taken from the Inflated mlnes' os
teen more are reported in the nI ~
making a total of 81 victims. an !
time the rescue parties have toilsa !,
the mines at fearful odds. Inc ~.
and the smoke from the explosion na !.
made it difficult to get into the -" ~.
tries, and several of the rescue .irm
have been overcome at diheren' emf.
and have had to be brought 10 'H0
face TOR fresh air.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-20
Kansas City Bank Reopens.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 1.-THE
Union Avenue Bank of Commerce,
which was obliged to close by the sus-
pension Of the National Bank of Com
merce. has reopened for business. All
the small banks carried down by the
failure Of the National Bank of Com
MERGE have been rehabilitated.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-20
Latest Report.
Santa Claus Letters'

Hereafter and until the close ,,n
first dav of January, 1908, postmas,s,
are TO deliver all letter. y
irving at their respective po.r,by
addressed plainly and unmi o,bg
to Santa Claus" without any M
terms of expression identityins IN
person for whom such letters a.. i,s5
tended, to any regularly ors ,opp
charitable society in the CITY ff
of address, to be used exclusive
charitable purposes. -.ds bJ
In the event that claims be maus . .
more than one society tor arsrJ
addressed, such letters Will DC tvss,
divided, according to NUMBER sud
or among the societies maAi'
claim.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-20
Democrats Feel Good.

Members of the democratic national
committee were among the most in
terested Of the readers of the an
nouncement that President Roosevelt
had reiterated his determination not to
accept another nomination for the
presidency, and while most of them
were reserved in their comment. it
was evident that they saw in it a
favorable omen for their party.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-20
Hi. Christmas schedule.

'You know what dey gwine give Vou
for Chris'musF'
mo: | amt studied bout it yit! !"
"Beaver-hat."
"My, N.Y.
Long tail coat"
Tell de truth :"
"Standin' collar"
"Lawd bless u.s."
piled shirt. kid gloves, en- a gold-heat
waIkin' stick :"
DE Lawd save US !" exclaimed tn,
prospective heir to all the above gifts
HAS | got ter 90 ter preaehin' de gospil
in my ole ge?"-Atlanta Constitution.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-20
nrInln of C~hrlstmas Greens.

At the Saturnalia, the heather protO-
type Of Christmas, il was the Roman
custom to decorate the house with ever
greens. This was lone to give the wood
land spirits a refuge from the cold.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-20

Don't give only where you expect a
return or wonder whether you will be
supposed to buy something for A., B. OF
c. The spirit Of Christmas lies in the
loving and the giving-neyer in the re
caivipc.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-20

A successful politician WO''
steadily as interest on a ho'e'
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-20

THE ANGELS SONG.

The winds had ceased their carol
INC waters calmly Sept,
and G or their dJek's reposlng
A wdrch tire shepherds kept'
when from the Golden city
on piaiaus white ana lair.
An angel host descending
Wlth music oiled the air.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-20

Glory 20 God 90 the highest,
Goodwin and pe4yp on earth
This tie song q tie angel
f!..-g
That hailed our savior . URN
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-28
Historic Island for Sale,

Raasay island, in the Inner Heb.
rides, which lies between the main.
land of Scotland and the Isle Of Skye,
has failed to find purchaser at the
upset price of $225,OOO placed upon it.
Its name is the Scandinavian for "the
place of the roe deer" and the shoot.
tngs, with the mansion house and
grounds at the southern end, consti.
tute the chief value of the island.
Near the northern end are the ruins
of Brochel castle, the residence of it's
ancient lairds, the MacLeods. In
celtic lore Raasay has place and In
England literature it is mentioned in
Samuel Johnson's Journey to the
Western Islands of Scotland"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-28

of the most powerful explosives and
the results of these experiments have
become the standards of the best in.
formed experts on this subject. 1t
was learned from these studies that
the average potential energy Of gun.
powder is $50 fOOt-tons to the pound.
You will observe, therefore, that there
would be good deal of business"
concentrated in gigantic firecracker
containing 1880 pounds of gunpow.
der. In this immense cracker there
would be stored 90,000,000 foot-tons of
potential energy. Startling as are
these figures, to the layman they mean
little. Let us compare them to some
object with which we are familiar.
Take the FIatiron building in New
York, for instance. It's weight is So.
GOO tons. Now, if there are $50 foot.
tons of potential energy in each pound
of gunpowder, it would require 104
pounds of gunpowder to blow up
building weighing $4,000 tons. This
amount of gunpOwder, is scientifically
applied, would do the job completely
and raze the big structure from base,
ment to roof Such an explosive effort
as this, however, represents but
small part of the force in the suppose.
tional king of giant firecrackers, which
would contain 90,O00,OO foot-tons of
energy-enough to blow up according
to exact mathematical calculation)
1880 structures similar to the Flatiron
building before you could say Jack
Robinson"
So, perhaps, after all, it may be as
well to postpone the building of this
great universal firecracker until our
experts have learned a little better
how to handle high explosives.
GROWTH OF THE FLAG
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-28
THE REORGANtzED NEW YORK
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

The new Board of Trustees of the
New York Life Insurance Company,
chosen by the poliCyholders under the
Armstrong laws, has taken charge Of
the company'S affairs and has begun
the work Of reorganization.
In choosing the principal officers of
the company, the Board has adhered
to the idea that a life insurance COM
pany should be managed by life in
surance men. The new president is
Darwin P. Kingsley, a college bred
man of good New England stock, who
has been in the company'S service in a
variety Of capacities for a period of
nearly twenty years. In the paTlance
81 life insurance, he began with the
rate book" and has advanced step by
step up to his present position.
The first vice president Of the com
0any is Thomas A. Buckner, who has
served the company for more than a
quarter of a centuFy,-indeed has
never had any other business connec.
ton.
Associated with these men are
others long trained in the companys
service, each an expert in his own de-
partment of work. VIM E. Ingersoll,
who has for many years had charge
Of the companys great business in
europe, is one of the second vice pres
dents, and will continue at the head
Of the company's Office in Paris.
Rufus W. Weeks, who has been in
he company's service for nearly forty
years, ranks next to Mr.. Buckner as
vice president, and continuous as chief
aCtuary Of the company.
The policyholders have expressed
their belief in this company in no I'm.
certain terms. The upheaval in life in
surance within the last two years has
resulted in a great deal of misunder.
standing and policyholders, alarmed on
matters which were not very clear to
them, have been disposed to give up
their contracts at heavy sacrifice.
This has not been true in the New York
Life to any great extent. The COM
pany had $2,OO0,OOO,OOO insurance on
ITS books when the life insurance in
gestigation began, and while the laws
Of the State of New York now do not
permit any company to write over
$3.50, 100000 year (which is about
one-half the New York Life formerly
1id), the company's outstanding bust
ness still exceeds S2,000.000, 900.
Policyholders generally will be still
further treasured by this action of the
Board, as it places at the head of the
company to protect their interests men
Of thorough training and unexception-
able character.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-28
TREATMENT INDUCED A CHILL.
Remedy Given In Hospital Tent Must
Have Been Pleasant.

The captain tells story which runs
something like this; In camp one
morning the first sergeant reported
that Private u had a chill rs it
serious ONE" asked the captain.
well, sir, don't know just how seri
ous it is, but it's a big one, for 1t
seems to be all over him, and he
weighs 200 pounds On seeing him
the captain found him looking rather
blue. and instructed the first sergeant
70 send him to the surgeon in charge
OF corporal.
Soon after breakfast the captain
saw the corporal and asked him how
the man was getting on. "Oh, he's
all right now" was the reply, Il took
him up to the hospital tent, and when
] saw what kind of medicine the doc.
or gave him had chill too."-Army
and Navy Life.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-28
The Mules Understood.

A story is told of Senator Knuts
Nelson, who spent some of his early
years in a logging camp. He there
discovered the necessity of certain
emphatic language in order to make
mules move. "All varieties" OF
tongues were in demand in that camp:
Scandinavian, German, Nalian--but
none Of the words used seemed to
have the explosive force to adjust
the tempo of the mule to the desired
pace. Along came a strapping Irish.
man, who used some popular exple
tives, usually indicated in print By
blank, blank, or --. The mules
moved! There's a language all
mules understand" said the Irishman
-"and it's not me mother tongue,
ayther."-Joe Mitchell Chapple, il
National Magazine.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-28
Injury from Mosquitoes.

New Jersey has many places ideS
In situation and accessibility, and N.
such place developed rapidly to cs
tain point and there it stood, haNss|
by the mosquitoes that bred in n.
surrounding marsh lands. Countr
club, golf, tennis and other att,sn
tons ceased to attract when atteDtm
was necessarily focused on the bith,
or singing pests that intruded ever.
where, and the tendency was to saH
out. But the owners were not read,
to quit without a fight, and an IN.
provement society was formed whi6
consulted with my Office and follows,
my advice. In one year the bulk d
the breeding area was drained. n0s
quitoes have since been absent Il
most entirely; one gentleman, NOT I,
large owner, either, told me his proe
erty had increased $4,000 in yalvs
and new settlers began to come IN
This year one of the worst breedin.
areas of the olden day was used d,
camping gorund, and 100 new red
dences are planned for next yeaK--
Prof. John B. Smith, in the Populs
Science Monthly.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-28
Nebraska Parrots pisapnearsd


Only a few naturalists and early ter.
rltorial settlers know that parrots
We're once numerous in Nebraska. :.
Fifty years ago they were still seen
along the Missouri river in southeast
ern Nebraska, but disappeared very
suddenly after the first settlement in
that region. The Nebraska parrot
was the Carolina paroque (Cornus
Carolina). It had a beautiful green
and yellow plumage, so striking in an.
pearance as to instantly arrest the at.
tention of the early hunter.
Beside this, the birds gathered in
large focks and were so exceedingly
tame and simple that the whole flock
was easily killed. Add to this that
the birds were fine eating and their
feathers attractive trophies of the
hunt, and the fate of the Nebraska
parrot was assured.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-28
With a Provlso.

when universal peace is finally %
tablished." said Alfred H. Love, ha
president of the Universal Peace IN
ion, in an interview in philadelphia
then many man who now ridiculss
the peace movement will claim to
have been its lifelong champion. III
is always so. We thump and kick .
poor, weak, struggling movement 81
its inception, and when it has succeed
ed and no longer needs our help. We
give it the most soI:citous support
There was once a young lady Who's
betrothed, a very poor young man
was about to set out for South Amer
ca to seek his fortune in the rubber
trade. AS he took his leave Of her Tia
night before his departure, he said
TREMENDOUSLY: And you swear to b
true to me, Irene?' Yes, Heber,' cried
the girl; 'yes-if you're successful
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-28

3 Look after the babies and the pigs
this hot weather. They are both par.
ticularly susceptible to the evils OF
too much green vegetable food. How
many times have we seen the ema
ciated little bodies of babies lain away
IN the last resting place and their
deaths charged up to "an inscrutinable
providence" when they were really
killed by stufing them with green pc.
tatoes, beans and such stuff. Some of
such things are good for babies and
adults, too, but better be careful about
filing little bellies, both babies and
pigs, with too much green truck.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-28

The country papers, generally speak
ing, are not aware Of the power they
possess, and the instruments they are
in the hands of destiny to work out
the course of the Nation. The work
these sheets do is not of the revolu-
tionary sort. They are incapable Of
throwing the Nation into panic, but
through the child-life that they come
so close to they are the real moulders
of public opinion after all has been
said and done. Don't you, dear read
err feel the effects to this day of the
little home paper upon your life? Then
how careful should the country editor
be to say or do nothing that will have
an ultimate bad end in a boundless
eternity!
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-28
Home, Sweet Home.

The wife of a naval officer attached
to the academy at Annapolis has in
ner employ an Irish servant, who re,
Gently gave evidence of nostalgia.
You ought to be contented and
not pine for your old home, Bridget"
said the lady Of the house. '"You are
earning good wages, your work Is
light, everyone is kind to you, and
you have lots Of friends here"
"Yts. num- sadly replied Bridget;
but it's not the place where be that
makes me so homesick; 1t is the
place where l don't be-"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-28
DOCTORS FOOD TALK
Seisction of Food One of the Most I'm.
portant Acts in Life.

A Mass. doctor says: "our health
and physical and mental happiness
are SO largely under our personal cons.
troll that the proper selection of food.
should be, and is one of the most i'm.
portant acts in life.
'on this subject, may say that
know of no food equal in digestibility,
and more powerful in point of nutri-
ment, than the modern Grape-Nuts,
four heaping teaspoons of which is suf.
hcient for the cereal part OF a meal,
and experience demonstrates that the
user is perfectly nourished from one
meal to another.
i am convinced that the extensive
and general use of high class foods OF
this character would increase the term
OF human life. add to the sum total OF
happiness and very considerably I'M
prove society in general. / am free to
mention the food, for / personally
know Of its value"
Grape-Nuts food can be used by
babes in arms, or adults. It is ready
cooked, can be served instantly,
either cold with cream, or with hot
water or hot milk poured over. All
sorts of buildings and fancy dishes can
be made with Grape-Nuts. The food
Is concentrated and very economical,
for four heaping teaspoons are SUN.
cient for the cereal part Of meal
Read the little book, "The Road TO
MellYillen In nkqs mIharo,s O Rea.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-28
EXAMPLE OF TRUE cHIvA,,
Modern Lover Proves Himself E.
to Heroes of the Past.

There was a moment Of uro,oa
silence. He was the first 70 sDs.sS
You are richer than ! am" Ia !.
tered, with emotion. n
She bowed her head, replying ,,.
ing. But now the true nobility ~
character manifested itself. v
Yet for all that I an no h.s.
than you are" he cried, and to,..
her r. his breast. =
And when, her conscience aerny
her, she tried to tell him that :
only her father but four Of her una.
were Pittsburg miilionaires. he seal
her lips with kisses, and would h,
nOthing.-PuCk
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-28
Oldest Known Human Belno.

The Oldest living human being of
authentic record is Mrs. Mary Wood,
'f Hillsboro, Ore, a few miles west
ot Portland. Mrs. Wood is 12o years
old. She was born in Knoxville,
Tenn, May 20, 17S7, which the rec,
ords at Knoxville still show. When
she was IS years old she rode the en-.
tire distance across the continent
from her old home in Tennessee to
her present home In Oregon.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-28
Her Disease.

One day Marjorie, aged three, want
ed to play doctor with her sister.
Marjorie was the DOCTOR" and she
came to make call on her sister,
who made believe she was sick. DO
you want to know what you've got?S
the doctor asked, after a critical eI'
animation. YES" family assenteS
the sick woman. you've got dirty
hands" said Marjorie, dropping in dis
gust the wrist on which she had been
feeling the pulse.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-28
Satisfied.

A seedy.looking loafer, having or.
dered and eaten a large and sumptu,
Gus dinner, explained to the waiter
that he had no money.
The waiter Immediately told the
restaurant proprietor, who sent for q
policeman.
The proprietor, going up to the I'm.
welcome guest, explained that he had
sent for policeman.
Thank goodness! you didn't send
for stomach pump" the seedy one
replied, with huge contentment.-Il.
Illustrated Bits.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-28
TIE AMERICAN FARMER.

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| \ mo A'RFlV"" 1"FS'e' anu N'e "a
street. sPe'u"'oF teP''S'"' "s' ''"' '
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"""' u"'" '"V !v"' 90" '"e AVN'
year WINE MS ne ,"S''U' a. '', %, ei,u
nc u"0 i''',o 'o''' ''','" ~ Wv osS', -.
rs "" ''' '"'N 'aI,.,wn - +ho
l'"H 800, a,t,u,nh;Inn ond nri-
I,"t" 49, hniIt tnn snnnM1o+ors and
r,;dd,on,or f~ov tho nroducts> Of the
tanr,
D., orr,,,ao.,o, .hor ,,icb+ ca+t,o
4,o ,n;o9 trot +no Corthorn cotton
- ,,,,,at 49, ,on hoIo 90 oot+on
Son,o othou NON thousands os roiloc
oUov oor1d cot+Io Tho nr;ro thot tha
WoStorn former sbouId have for his
aroin
rrho tou,,ou o,ono hod nothing 70 COW
oha,t - No. raiIraads ,dooided wbot
+hov shor1d obarga hin, par1s do.
ciaed what tbnv ebonId charge for tha
nso ~ monov Trusts decided On tboir
ovtortiono Toriff bni1doro dooidod
wbo+ Tow tho forr,or,s VITO ond dorgb.
tar cbonld nov an tbnir droccos
Rnt tba farmer was forbidden n
hovo anv cav in fving tbo nrico of
his goods
nit. t. - u,d tia r.on,, ho. hoo,
oIrnodv bognn IN forn,ors, nrgont7a.
tionU rio nowcnonor oororo+IIotn,
the farmarc and greats nc nnh,ic homo.
factors the moving snirits in tho oroat
farmers, organizations
Tho farmore of tho conntrv GRO tho
backbone Of tho country rrbnv dovnI.
IN tho Nation,s roe1 wealth which is,
tho woa,tb Of tho coil Thov oro an.
titled 70 Fun shoro 90 +ho+ wool+b
and If tho No+onol rrosnor;+y DIV
combination nv insietino on foir
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-28

There has been a great deal of talk
about the mail order houses pro and
con in the papers of late. One prop.
osition that stands out above all 9TH
ers is that the farmer has as much
right to buy where he can get the
most for his money as anybody else
! That ought to settle the question Of
the rights Of men in the matter But
that does not settle all there is to it,
for there may be dozen ways of 60
ing to the same place and all of them
may be a'good way to go. Then 1t
resolves itself into going-not the
fright way, for all of them reach the
point aimed at-the way that under
rthe circumstances is the best for the
individual, Already you see the ques-
ttion is one that can not be settled by
some hard and fast rule. In other
words, it is to the interest of the farm
Ter to make his order direct to the big
supply house sometimes, and some
times 1t is not. The time will never
come when the local dealer could not
attend to the orders of the farmer bet
'ter than the mail order house, if he
was up to snuff, and had the DISPOSE.
ton to accommodate hiG customers.
There is never any moral obligation
to the local dealer, but the local dealer
can and ought to make it to the in
'terest Of all his neighbors to trade
with him. He should be ready at all
times to meet anything in the way of
competition. He can sell as cheaply
as any mail order man can-same
quality with freight added-and if he
fails to do this, then there should be
no objection to the order going for.
ward to the mail order house. A few
things should not be overlooked in
this proposition, however, and some of
these are that the money is put on
the spot before the goods are deliV-
cred; they are not kept in a store
house subject to inspection, until the
customer is ready to take them out,
and the customer must go to the depot
and do his own freighting and unpack.
ing and setting up. You put the mon
ey in the hands Of the dealer in ad-
vance of the shipment of the goods
from the factory, and wait till they
come, and then go to the depot and
pay the freight, and it is a safe prop
osition that you will beat the mail Or
der house. When you can't do this,
then order by maitland take your
chances of getting beat.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-28

The visible supply of cotton now on
hand in all the world is 100000 bales.
At this time last year 1t was 1871, 900
bales. Under this showing ordinarily
the price would be lower than last
year, but the bad condition of the
crop has offset this showing and a
slow but steady advance may be rea.
sonably expected.