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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18
ScALY ERUPTION ON BODY.
Doctors and Remedies FruitIess-Suf'
fered 10 Years - Completely
Cured by Cuticura.

"When l was about nine years OLD
small sores appeared on each oil my
lower limbs. l scratched them with
brass pin and shortly afterwards DOM
Of those limbs became so sore INA.
I could scarcely walk. When | naa
been suffering for about a montn
the sores began to heal, but smah
scaly eruptions appeared where the
sores had been. From that time on
ward | was troubled by such severe
itching that, until l became accus
toned to it, would scratch the sores
until the blood began to flow. In"
would stop the itching for a le"
days, but scaly places would appear
again and the itching would accom-
pany them. After ! suffered aoou'
ten years | made a renewed e1ort 70
effect a cure. The eruptions BY thls
time had appeared on every part ol
my body exceptimy face and nanus'
The best doctors in my native coun'
ty advised me to use arsenic In snah
doses and salve. ! then USED "
battle the sores in mixture WHICH
gave almost intolerable pain. In ao'
dition / used other remedies, sucn
as iodine, sulphur, zinc salve, -
Salve, - Ointment, and in facI |
was continually giving some remeu'
fair trial, never using less 'nan
one or two boxes or bottles. Al
this was fruitIess Finally my ns'
began to fall out and l was rapiaD
becoming bald. l used 5 -
but it did no good. A few mon.u'
after, having used almost ever mus
else, l thought l woula Try Cuucuis
Ointment, having previously us ,sS
Cuticura Soap and being pleased VIZ.
1t. After using three boxes ! Ws
completely cured, and ,T'y lar wa,
restored, after fourteen y OIL gu
fering and an expendit' . u at iea y
$50 or $50 in vainly .eaToring "
find cure. shall b. an 70 WIZ -
to any one who may ! g,5-esIeu :.
my cure. y. Hiram ' tA.-y'
million, S. OAK, Au' ,, .''O'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18

, Capt. Brunswig of the Prinzessin
Victoria Luise blew out his brains.
Count Boni De Castellane, victim of
a far worse shipwreck, didn't. So
there you are. The Teuton showed
Gallo excitability, the Gaul showed
Teutonic phlegm. Possibly the Ger
man was a descendant of Gauls who
had anciently crossed the Rhine and
the Frenchman a descendant of Ger.
mans who anciently crossed over into
Gaul. But that's not the point, says
Boston Transcript The point is that
we make very elaborate fools of our.
eslves as a rule in our little expert.
ments in racial psychology. It's SC
easy to speak of a nation in an off
hand, eocksure way, as being volatile
or stolid or humorous or some Other
unpleasant thing. 1t saves thought.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18
Transformation in New Mexico.

"Three seasons of rainfall have
transformed New Mexico from an eI.
panse of unproductiye territory into q
country of bountiful crops, running
streams and happy, prosperous peo
pie" is the report which E. W. Fox.
register of the government land ONCE
at Clayton, n. NJ, brought to Washing
ton.-Washing Post.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18

Lake Providence, La: Four negroes
arc under arrest as suspicious persons
in the investigation of the murder of
Thomas H. Deloney Thursday AMI the
brutal assault upon his sister, Mrs
ASTON The latter is recovering, but
has not yet been able to give IN ac-
curate account of the tragedy.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18
Sound Law In New Book.

A. C. Fox.Davis, London lawyer,
who has written 81 volumes, mainly On
the peerage and law, has broken int
the field of fiction with a detective
story in which he warrants that the
law is all right. He wrote the book
Just because he found the law all
wrong in one of the best Of the Sher
lock Holmes stories.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18

The little grapes grown in Greece
which are sold under the trade name
of zante "currants" in this country,
are often used in the kingdom where
they are produced to make alcohol
for cooking and heating houses.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18
Mauna Loa in Eruption.

Honolulu, Hawaii-The crater on
the summit of the volcano of Mauna
Loa belched forth fire about midnight.
The eruption forms magnificent spec
tacle which is visible for 100 miles
at sea.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18
The Oninion in France.

Paris, France.-The pepe's unre-
served condemnation of the new sepa-
ration law, while expected, can only
result in further embittering the con.
test between church and state, as the
French bishops must follow the Or
ders of Rome, regardless Of their in
dividual ideas.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18
Cut Off Mother.ln.law's Head,

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. - George
G. Wapp, supposed to be insane, was
arrested, charged with killing Mrs.
Frederick A. Freund, his mother-in.law,
by cutting off her head with a razor.
He says she talked 100 much.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18

Nearly half of the sheep in the
world are in two thinly populated
countries of the southern hemisphere
Australia and the Argentine re-
public. Russia has more sheep than
any other country in the northern
half of the globe.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18
Sinai, Receipts in Northwest.

Chicago, Ill.-The receipts OF wheat
In the northwest continue small, and
severe snow blockades on the rail.
roads Danish hope for any immediate
increase in the movement.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18

Tex, writes: Il
was afflicted for
years With pains
across the loira
and IN the hips
and shoulders I
h a d headache
also and neural.
gia. My right
eye, from pain.
was Of little uss
to ne for Years
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18

Lake Charles, La: Judge ]. B. Lee
e Mansfield Friday notified the at
toraeys in the famous Reed case that
ha wculd be ready to try the case
!eaeyeg they agree upon the date.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18
Three suffocated in Hotel Fire.

Delhi N. Y.-During a fire that
destroyed the American hotel here,
William Wintt--, Mrs. Anna Win.
ter and John O'Connor were suffo-
Gated.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18
BY Wireless-"No News of Ponce"

Savannah, Geargia. - The wire.
less station operator here states that
he has received a message from the
steamer Carolina, at Porto Rico. say.
ing: mo news of Ponce"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18
UTTERLY WORN OUT.
Vitality Slapped by Years Of SUFFERING
with Kidney Trouble.

Capt. J. w. Hogun, former postmas
ter Of Indianola, now living at Austin.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18
Invention Long oNs5 for "a.

A Paris paper de u Scie n A
subjects announces .hs discovery On :.
a practical metl J Of snls sns.io
watches and clock gon all masne
influences. 1t is i to be the W'''
of a matchmaker . u.ed lefo!s
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18
Important to Mothers.

Examine carefully every bottle of CAsToRlA,
safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that II
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18

John Smiths confession Of Cox MUIR
der, duplicating others, creates sensa-
ton in Jackson. XIV
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-30

A Washington newspaper contains
a reliable recipe for removing chew
ing gum from the hair. How on the
earth did the gum ever get there7
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-30
OPENING DAY!

The simultaneous Opening Day
throughout America, for the sale
of the new VICTOR RECORDS is
the 18th of the month before. On
the 2Sth inst. the leading news.
papers i'll all the larger cities in the
south will contain a quarter page
advertisement giving a complete
list Of the September records; as the
majority of these papers will be in
the hands of the public by noon of
the 28th, all immediate demand for
these selections is sure to occur,
and while we have ordered very
heavily i'll these records, the Sep
tember list is, as you will see, one
of the strongest of the year, and
the marked superiority Of many of
these selections is Sure to create a
large demand, so come at once
while stock is complete to
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-30

FnEF To women for collecting
kkk names and selling our novel
] alA@ ties, we give Big Premiums.
Send your name today for our new plan
of Big Profits with little work. Write
to-day. Address c. T. MOSELEY Pre-
mium department., 32 f. 23d Street,
New YQ City.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
4 Lenaon aanauet or ,nsx.

Spanish visitor to London In 1852
describes a banquet of that day. II will
tell you no lye," he begins cautiously.
Il saw such kindes Of meate eaten az
are won't TO be sene and not eaten--as
horse rosted, cat In gely, little liz
ars with whot broth, frogges fried and
divers other sortes Of meates. which
save theme cate, but l never knew
what they We're till they were eaten"
The ''Quaklng custard" of that period
was huge dish In the middle Of the
table. into which, Eat private signal,
the city fool suddenly leaped over the
heads Of the astonished feasters, who
were instantly despatched with this
rich and savory mud" Undeterred,
however, by this nasty behavior, the
citizens not only ate plentifully Of the
custard, but even took some home to
their wives. Nor were the women of
those days backward In demanding ex-
pensive dainties for themselves, II
seems, for an essayist Of 16O1 sarcastic
ally asks: "Who will not admire our
nice danes of London. who must have
cherries at 20 shillIngs a pound and
peascods at shillings a peck? Yong
rabbettes of spanne and chickens Of
an inch?'
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
NO duplicate Chandelier.

did you ever notice." said the OBJ
serving man, "that every public build
ing has chandeliers unlike those Of any
other public building? There are no
duplicates. You go into one church
and you see handsome chandelier
that 1t would seem worth while to du-
plicate for another church, but you
never find 1t In another church. You
go into big hall, and you'll observe
some stunning globes and chandelier
fixtures and look for 'em In some other
big hall, but they're not there. don't
know what principle the makers OF
chandeliers go on, whether 1t is a mat
ter Of pride with them not to at out
two buildings alike or whether con-
tractors for such buildings insist on
exclusive designs, but the chandelier
people must employ some remarkably
versatile artists to think up so many
different designs. 1t seems like waste
of money to make only one of kind,
but II Is a pleasure to know that hall
or home may be exclusive in Its chan
deliers"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
some old Time Giants.

Cajanus, Swedish giant who was
nine feet high, was ON exhibition In
London in 1742, and several old hand
bills still Ixist which set forth the
measurements OF this freak of nature.
Thirty years later we have Charles
Byrne; who was eight feet four inches
In height in his stockinged feet. He,
however. died young. at the age Of
twenty-five, from hard drinking. Cot
ter O,Byrne. another Irish giant, fol.
lowed a few years later He was
born at Kinsale in 1851 and at the age
OF fifteen was eight feet high. This
by the time he was twenty-three had
increased to nine feet four inches, and
then he changed his name to O'Brian
In order to make people think that he
was descended from King Brian Bq-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
The conc.rtina

The threatened revival Of the con.
certina as a serious musical instrument
In England would be return to an
old fashion no doubt. but not to very
old one, since the concertina dates from
the early part of the last century. Its
invention was an early indiscretion of
Sir Charles Wheatstone of telegraph
fame. who took out patent for 1t In
1929. the very year in which some
body In Vienna Invented that similar
instrument, the accordion. The concer-
tina was popularized by Sig. Regondi.
who had come before the public as a
Juvenile prodigy with the guitar. At
one time no London concert was real.
ly complete without him and his con-
certina, and he astounded the Germans
with the music he could get out OF Il.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07

hours by Mr.. Gladstone, and he hard.
ly referred to note. never paused q
moment, broke through cheers, dashed
over interpellations-loglc. figures, a.
Illustrations, extracts-all pellmell, with
a whirl and fury that took the breath
away. And he did 1t all with the ut
most ease and got to the end without
turning a hair. Mr.. Gladstone took II
all quietly and did 1t quietly and left
the house and went home quietly.
probably mentioning to Mrs. Gladstone
as a reason for being rather tired that
he had been saying "few words"
that evening.-From Whltty's "Parlia.
mentary Retrospect"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07

According to the results OF expert.
ments. the flame of acetylene is per
haps the hottest known except that of
the electric arc. The following figures
have been given Bunsen burner. 1871
degrees; aeetylene flame, 2,54S degrees:
alcohol fame, 1.70o degrees; Denay-
rouze burner-half alcohol. half petro-
leum-2,053 degrees; hydrogen flame In
air, 1900 degrees; gas jet flame with
oxygen, 200 degrees; oxyhydrogen
fame, 2,420 degrees. These are all
centigrade degrees. One degree CEN
tigrade equals 1.S degrees =.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07

o.. -
mobiles. 1t is contained in the story
Of the vision of Nahum, the Elkoshite,
concerning the burden Of Nineveh. In
the account given by this seer Of the
military array of the Modes and Baby.
ionians against Nineveh occurs this
verse: 'The chariots shall rage In the
streets, they shall jostle one against
the other In the broad way, they shall
seem like torches, they shall run like
the lightning" If that doesn't de-
scribe street full Of motor cars what
does? Then, again, variant of the
word ''jostle," which the original He
brew will, it is said, bear even better,
Is pass swiftly, without particular
purpose. to and fro" Isn't that the
automobile habit?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
smoking n Pipe.

The Canadian Cigar and Tobacco
Journal gives some hints to those who
smoke pipes. Everybody thinks he
knows how to smoke pipe. but to do
II perfectly Is not easy. Time Is a
keynote of successful pipe smoking"
says the Journal. land another is gen.
tleness. Take 1t easy. Don't crowd
the pipe to the top Of the bowl. Never
get pipe hot. Keep cool, and keep
your pipe cool. You can relight pipe,
and If you are an old smoker you will
be all the better for 1t. When you
have finished do not refill heated
pine"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
~. a. Arnold

most lost in a coat which reached 10
tho ground. His upturned collar com
pletely covered his ears and face, while
a fur c'p e1mpleked the disguise.
rs that you, Lewis?" asked Mr..
Stevens in an incredulous tone.
Yes, Thad," he replied.
We'll, skin yourself and sit down.
exclaimed the other.
During tn. interesting conversation
which followed Mr.. Clark asked Ste
vens II he wouldn't come back to- his
Vermont nome and live.
NO" replled Stevens. "You have
but two seasons here-winter and late
in the fall ."-Harper's Weekly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07

Were there once slaves In Scotland 7
A volume on Scottish Industrial and
social history In the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries has some passages
ON the subject:
at shocks us very much to learn
that the men, and even the women.
who worked In the coal mines at that
e.. the eighteenth century-in
Scotland still continued to be, as Of
old, little better than slaves. BY a
law passed by the Scottish parliament
in 1e96 every man who once went to
work IN a coal mine was bound to Ia.
Dor In II all his life as a necessary
servant" II he tried to run away be
was tried and punished as a thief. II
the land was sold ON which the coal
pit stood In which he worked he was
sold with 1t like any of the machinery
of the pit. In 1775 an act Of parlia.
ment was passed which set free most
Of the pit workers. but II was not till
the end OF the century that this form
Of slavery was quite abolished"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07

Sir Samuel Baker In his "Wild
Beasts" says that the power OF the
jaws OF the crocodile is terrific. Once
he had the metal of large hook tho
thickness Of ordinary telegraph wire.
completely bent together. the lnrbed
point being pressed tightly against the
shank and rendered useless. TIL Is com.
preston was caused by the snap OF the
Jaws when SELLING a live duck which
he had used MS bait. the hook being
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07

fastened beneath one wing. On one
occasion he found fish weighing sew
enty pounds bitten clean through as II
divided by a knife. This, again, was
the work Of n snap from the Jaws OF
crocodile. M. Paul Bert once made
experiments on the strength of n croc-
odlle's jaws by means OF a dynamome-
ter. He found that crocodile weigh
ing 100 pounds exerted force Of 3Os
pounds in closing his jaw. The lion
has an enormous jaw power On one
occasion an African traveller pushed
the butt end OF hls gun Into a lions
mouth, and the pressure OF the jaws
cracked 1t US though II had been struck
BIZ steam hammer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
odd Occurrences In the Huatinx Fiei

Odd Occurrence In the HuntinE Field
On the afternoon OF Feb. s, 1794, the
hounds of his grace the Duke Of Beau.
fort were In full cry. The run had been
a long one, and they knew that the fox
was almost spent. Suddenly the scent
turned abruptly from the open. leading
straight into the garden of cottage In
the little village OF Castle Coombe.
Those who were following wondered
what had happened and were more as.
tonished still to see the entire pack.
without checking for an instant, dash
through the open door Into the little
room. A shrill scream was heard, and
when the whipper In threw himself
from his horse and gained the thresh
old be saw a sight which probably no
fox hunter has ever met before or
since. A white faced woman stood
clasping q child In her arms. and right
there In the cradle. from which the In
FAINT had Just been snatched. eighteen
couple Of fierce hounds were struggling
10 devour their fox.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07

from bis tail TO his front feet. Chine
In a great dish, but II doesn't compare
with Jowl. Jowl and turnip tops in the
spring can I've beaten by only one thing,
and that Is boiled hen turkey. No
body hut Yankee or heather would
roast a ben turkey in the spring. Hen
turkeys are fat before they lay, aud
the favor IL delicious. Properly cook
cd and served. such a dish IL 1T for
kings. aud nations have gone 20 war
for less cnusc."- Baltimore News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
a Inherent Pale.

q Miss Backbay- You are familiar, In n
general way, with paleontology, are
you not? Mr.. Carondelet No, | don't
fcmember that ever happened across
t. But | once read Paley on "Eyl
deuce4 OF Christianity" or something
like that when ! was aaboy. aud
found II awful heavy reading. -Chica-
go Tribune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07

rolhme and went ON exhibition. At
that business he, Of course, soon real
lied a very comfortable fortune and re-
tired, dying at Clifton on Sept. 8, 1904.
His will especially provided that his
body should be thrown into the sea in
order to prevent the surgeons from cut.
ting Ii up.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
wn.hinxton Monument.

The towering Washington monu'
ment, solid as 1t is, cannot resist the
heat of the sun poured on its southern
side on midsummer's day without a
slight bending Of the gigantic shaft,
which Is rendered perceptible by
means of copper wire ia feet long
hanging in the center Of the structure
and carrying plummet suspended In
a vessel of water.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
Want OF care does us more harm
than want OF knowledge.-Frankli
-Ne,,aont'. 1,,o Seasons.

tet,aont's 1,,O Seasons.
one winter when ThaddeuS Stevens.
had come back to his Vermont home
he was the victim Of a severe cold
and could not leave the house for many
weeks. One Of his callers was Lewis
Clark, a man OF short stature. who.
in earlier days had been a playmate OF
the "Old Commoner' and was q near
neighbor Of the Stevens family In their
Peacham home. vermonters had just
begun TO wear buffalo coats. and Mr.
CLARK arrived at the stevens home a.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
Animal Voices.

A COW will moo about an octave; a
dog will bark fourth or fifth Of an
octave; a horses neigh Is descent on
the chromatic scale. while the donkey
will bray in octaves. No donkey has
ever yet given evidence Of proficiency
In the study of voice production.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
A. n starter.

Doctor-Madam. your husband must
have absolute rest. Madam Well,
doctor, he won't listen to me- Doc.
tor-A very good beginning. madam
a very good beginning. = Illustrated
Bits.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
MOTHER" called pa.
Not Bird Built.

There was strange man here TO
see you today, papa" said little Ethel,
who met her father In the hall as he
came home.
did he have a bill?
mo, papa. He had Just a plaln
nose"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07

He-Do you think II would be- foolish
of me to marry girl who was my In
ferior intellectually? She--More than
foolIsh-Imposs!ble.--Answers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
nnr nnh noiIna rurkr,.

'The hog" said a Baltimore Judge,
"Hs the greatest animal in the world.
Every part OF him has different ia
vor. and each favor is better than that
OF any other animal In the world"
'Better than terrapin?'
II don't call terrapin nm animal.
The srrapln Is creation. But. to re-
turn IN the hog, all OF him In good,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07

The first day he went out with his
new auto he got pulled"
For going fast?'
"No; quite the opposite"
II don't Sec
"For stopping fast. He had to hire
a farmer to haul him home" Houston
Post
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
Success.

The Youth-Yes, I'm in business for
myself, but don't seem to be able to
meet with any success. The Sage-No-
body ever meets with success, young
man. He must overtake 1t.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-07
cam. aallr ,Em AlMnr..

II Is easy to convince woman that
you love her. but II is not so easy to
1--we up to II for Iifetme.-New zea-
Land Graphic.