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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21
Headstones for Dead Soldiers.

Another impressive proof of the
growing solidarity of the country is
furnished by the announcement that
the war department will buy head
stones and mark the graves Of cap
tured confederate soldiers and sailors
who died while held in hospitals and
prisons. The fact that the order to be
given will call for 10000 such head.
stones indicates the magnitude of the
undertaking, and also emphasizes
anew the extent of the sacrifice made
during the civil war, says Troy Times.
To the hundreds of thousands of union
soldiers and sailors who gave up their
lives must be added an equal if not
greater number from the south who
persisted in defense of the cOnfederacy
But it is all over, and a kindly gov
eminent, rejecting the temper Of the
people .from whom it derives it's pow
ers, RECALLING that those who fought in
gray as we'll as those in blue were
Americans and that their vaIor gave
them fame which is a common heri-
sage, takes this method of showing ap,
probation.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21

Then he felt himself falling toward
the street, but the Creaking steps
ceased. now by his side, and he felt
under him something soft but firm
something that did not sway as the
fence had unaccountably done. With
his balance thus regained, he discoY-
cred the thing that held him to be a
Woman's arm. A woman's face looked
close into his, and then she spoke.
You are so cold knew You
would be. And waited wanted to
do for you-let me-"
At once there came back to him
the vision of a white-faCed woman in
the crowd along the river bank, star
ing at him out of deep, gray eyes I'M
der heavy, black brows.
"Mara-Mara!'
Yes, yes--yOu are so cold!"
"But you must not stand so close
see, ! am wet--you will be chilled"
But you are already chilled; your
clothes are freezing on you; and you
were falling just now. Can you
walk?"
"Yes-yes-my house is yonder."
81 know; it's far; it's beyond the
square. You must come with me-"
But your house is still farther"
She had started him now, with 4
firm grasp of his arm, walking be-
side him in the deep snow, and try
ing to keep him in the narrow path.
No am staying here with H'l.
bert PlimOn'S two babies, while the
mother has gone to Provo where HUI.
bert lies sick. See-the light there.
Come with nfe-here's the gate-you
shall be warmed"
Slowly and. with many standings,
leaning upon her strong arm, he made
his way to the cabin door. She
pushed 1t open before him and he felt
the great warm breath of the room
rush out upon him. Then he was in.
side, swaying again uncertainty upon
his feet. In the lowering light that
came from the fireplace he saw the
bed in the far corner where the two
small children were sleeping, saw
Mara with her back to the door, facing
him breathlesSly, saw the heavy
shadows all about; but he was con
scious Of hardly more than the vast
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21
CHAPTER Kill.
How the Saints Were Brought to Re.
pentance.

He put his torch to the finder of
irreligion at the first Sunday meeting
after his return. There were no pre-
monitions, no warnings, no signs.
A few Of the Elders had preceded
him to rejoice at the escape of the
last hand-cart party from death in
the mountains; and Brigham, after
giving the newcomers some practical
hints about their shelter during the
winter now upon them, had invited
Elder Rae to address the congrega-
ton. -sa .asa aa .rsa.stz e..
He arose and came uncertainty for
ward, apparently weak, able hardly
to stand without leaning upon the
desk in front of him; his face waxen
and drawn, followed at the cheeks
and temples, his long~hands thin to
transparency. Life was betrayed in
him only by the eyes. These burned
darkly, far back under his brows, and
flashed tiercely, as his glance darted
swiftly from side to side.
At first he spoke weakly and slow
ly, his opening words almost maud.
BILE, SO that the throng of people be.
fore him leaned forward in sympa.
thetic intentness, and silence became
absolute in the great hall except for
the high quavertng of his tones. But
| then came miracle of reinYigora,
ton. Little by little his voice swelled
until it was full, sonorous, richly
warm and compelling, the words
pouring from him with a fiuency thai
unclaimed. Little by little his lean
ing, dropping posture of weakness be
came one of towering strength, the
head flung back the gestures free
and potent. Little by little his burn
ing eyes seemed to send their fast
and glow through all his body, so thai
he became creature Of life and fire
They heard each word now, but still
they leaned forward as when he spoke
at first, inaudibly-caught thrilled anC
breathless in his spell, even to the
Elders, Priests, and Apostles sitting
near him. Nor was his manner alone
impressive. His words were new. HI
was calling them sinners and cove
nant-breakers, guilty of pride, covet
BUSINESS, contention, lying, stealing
moral uncleanness-and launehins
upon them the curse of lIsraePs Cos
unless they should repent.
Such was the opening gun In wha
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21
A San Francisco woman is suing h,

A San Francisco woman is suing her
wealthy husband for divorce because
Me compelled her to eat pumpkin pie
Rthree times day No doubt he did
1t through mere kindness of heart. He
probably thought because he liked
pumpkin pie that he was making it
pleasant for his wife when he com.
PEELED her to eat it at every meal.
What splendid world this world
would be If every man in it could
learn that what he thinks is right may
not always be considered right by
others, that what he coyets most NAV
have no. attractions for other people,
and that what pleases his appetite
may be revolving to those about him.
The San Francisco case is merely a
variation of the old story of the saint
who had suffered martyrdom because
he could not think as others thought
or believe what he was ordered to be.
lieye.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21

There is no duty more imperative
'pon the Unions than that of impress.
Ing the young people with the lessons
Of thrift, honesty and economy. The
daughters of the farmers should live
to become the wives of good men and
the mothers Of righteous children, and
the sons should have every opportu.
nifty and every incentive to make
worthy husbands of such women-but
what a task it would be to work some
Of the raw material that is now com.
ing on into such ideal patterns!
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21
CHAPTER XIl.-Continued.

"They moved down to Jackson
county, Missouri, too" concluded his
informant, thus adding to the flame.
They had gone to set up their home
in the very Zion that the Gentlles
with so much bloodshed had WreSted
from the Saints.
Even when the first anger cooled
and he could face the thing calmly in
all its deeper aspects, he was still
very bitter While he had stanchly
kept himself for her. cherishing with
a single heart all the old memories OF
her dearneSs, she had been a wife
these seven years,-the wife, more
over, of a mob-leader whose minionS
had put them out of their home, and
then wantonly tossed his father like
a dead branch into the waters. She
had loved this uniformed murderer
his little Prue-perhapS borne him
children, while he, Joel Rae, had been
all too scrupulously true to her mem
DRY, fighting against even the pleased
look at a woman; tighting-only the
One above could know with what deS
perate valor-against the warm-heart,
ed girl with the gray eyes and the
red lips, who laughed in her knoWl
edge that she drew him-fighting her
away for a sentimental Pigment, until
she had married another.
Now when he might have let him
self turn to her, his heart freed OF
the image OF that yellow-haired girl
so long cherished, this other was the
wife of Elder PiXley-the fifth wife
and an unloving wife as he knew.
She had sought him before the mar
riage, and there had been some
! wholly frank and simple talk between
them. 1t had ended by his advising
her to marry Elder PiXley so that she
might be saved into the Kingdom
and by her replying, with the old
reckless laugh, a little dry and
strained, and with the wonderful gray
eyes full upon him,-"Oh, III marry
him! Small difference to me what
man of them | marry at all,-now!'
And while he, by mighty effort
had held down his arms and let her
turn away, the woman for whose
memory he did it was the wife Of ar
enemy, caring nothing for his tidei
| ity, sure to feel not more than amused
pity for him should she ever know
of it. Surely, it had been a brave
struggle-for nothing.
But again the saving thought came
that he was being tried for a purpose
for some great work. And now i
seemed that the time of it must b
near. AS to what 1t was there coult
be little question: it must be to fret
his people forever from Gentle ag
gression or interference. Everything
pointed to that. He was to be en-
trusted with great powers, and b,
made a Lion Of the Lord to lead then
to their rightful glory.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21


To the long list of valuable animals
which have passed as gifts from one
monarch to axother must now be add
ed two of the finest horses in the stud
Of the sultan, They have been chosen
as presents to King Peter and Crown
Prince George OF Servia. Every pre-.
caution is being taken to insure the
safe transport of the animals. Elabo.
ratio preparations are being made for
their cage, and one of the sultan's Of.
deers will superintend the four groems
In charge of their delivery to King
Peters stables.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21
Foundation of Good Citizenship.

Underlying all other needs is the cul.
tiyation Of individual strength of char
acter, of self-respect, and of the sense
of personal honor You do not
make a man better man by putting
him in the employ of the state. Nor is
the fellow who criticises everybody
else. but is quietly looking out for a
chance to get little graft himself,
the sort of man who will improve the
public service The employer, says
Gov. Hughes, in Leslie's, who will OPP
press his men and treat them unfairly
will Cypress the people if he gets a
chance And the employee who will
cheat his employer, or the representa-,
tive of a union who will betray it for
his own advantage, will cheat and be.
tray the public if he is put in office.
The man who thinks the first object
in life is to serve himself, and who
thinks that the American idea is
"every man for himself and the devil
take the hindmost," will never be a
faithful servant for the people.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21

became known as the reformation.
The conditions had been ripe for 1t,
and in that very moment fever OF
repentance spread through the 1000
people who had covered under his
words. Alike with the people below
the leaders about him had been fired
with his spirit, and when he sat down
each of them arose in turn and
echoed his words, denouncing the peo'
pie for their sins and eXhorting them
to repentance.
After another hour Of this excite
ment, priests and people became alike
demoralized, and the meeting broke
up in confusion of terror.
AS the doors of the tabernacle flew
open, and the Saints pushed out OF
that sitting atmosphere of denuncia
ton, cry came to the lips OF the
dozen that first escaped:
ITO the river-the waters Of bap
tism!"
The words were being taken up by
others until the cry had run back
through the crowd to the leaders, still
talking in excited groups about the
pulpit. These comprehended wher
they heard it, and straightway line
of conscience-stricken Saints was
headed toward the river:
There in the icy Jordan, on that
chill December afternoon, when the
SHOWS lay thick on the ground, the
leaders stood and buried the sinfu
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21

When man attends to his own
business, it is apt to be as well done
as he knows how to do it. When a
number combine for the purpose, and
play an honest part, there is the com
oined wisdom Of many men. This is
he fundamental idea of the Farmers
Union. 1t is to unitedly look after the
farmers best interests that there is
such an organization. 1t is to do this
thing better that the principle of edu.
cation is emphasized in the name and
tnculcated in all the work of the order.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21

Go ahead and do the diversifcation
act, but do not get the idea into your
1oggin that Investigation means to
simply change to some other crop
That is rank nonsense. The farmer
Who quits planting cotton and plants
sole crop of peanuts is not diversi
Ter at all. He is simply a one.crop
man, as he was before, II he cuts out
part of his cotton and puts a part OF
MS land in peanuts, he has started on
the road to Investigation.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21

After all that art, science and l,tera-
.ure has done for the world, the fact
stands out that about all that is worth
living for is the home. All that this
great fabric We call government can
30 is to take care that the citizen is
protected in the sanctity Of the home,
and the principal thing that the best
men on earth live for is the purity and
1delity Of those in the home. The
Union should always have an eye on
he happiness Of the individual and the
homes of the masses.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21
Had the ADVANTAGE.

First Man--How do you do? ...
Second Man-Beg pardon, but You
have the advantage OF me.
First Man--Yes, suppose I have.
We were engaged to the same girl:
hut you married her. .....r
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21

While you are planting warehouses,
plant a few pigs on your place, and
shen plant smOkehouse in your back
yard. When you want to borrow a
few dollars from neighbor to tide
you over some sudden emergency you
invariably get the money from some
fellow who has a smoke house in his
yard, don't YOU?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21
Could Hear Him.

Patience-Is her husband still TAX.
Ing soup every day?
Patrice.-Well, he's taking SOUP
every day, but he's not still about it
by any means!-Yonkers Statesman.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21

Don't demand of your good wife any
sort Of service or any sort Of faithful
living that you do not carry out your
self: to do this would he downright
dishonesty, and no decent man wants
his wife to live with a dishonest man.
and she ought not to do il.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21

Do not for a moment get the foolish
dea into your head that there is CON-
ne a day when individual effort will
lot stand for its own reward. The
communism Of general interests and
general efforts along lines leading to
public veal IS one thing, and the TAX
ne care Of your own time, talent and
personal interests is quite another.
10 not let the idea ever seize you that
here is day coming when personal
effort will not yield personal results.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21

Now that the season Of the big
meeting" and the picnic is on, get thee
out and fix up the Texas carriage" 50
hat all the family can jump in, put in
iced for the horses and few hampers
IF good chuck for the folks and the
friends you meet there, and get out
to the camp meeting. Don't try to
make all the money on earth. Enjoy
life while you are here.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21

1t would be better for most Of us II
We complained less Of being misup
ierstood and took more care that we
10 not misunderstood other people,.
Or. John Watson.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21
Sour Grapes.

Viewed seems to be awfully PROUD
OF his wife," said the old bachelor.
WELL" rejoined the unsuccessful
suitor, "he hasn't much to be proud
of. She only weighs 80 pounds
Chicago Daily News.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21

Those county rallies this summer
are going to be determinative very
.argely Of the future of the Union. Put
only tried and true farming farmers to
he front The old, broken down poll
tiCfan will be ready to make his usual
break for the notoriety of having made
speech" Cut him out. He ought
o be at work on farm or somewhere
Else, but you will find few of this
sort of fellows in every community.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21

What would become Of the choir If
he Masters injunction on vain repe.
itions was heeded?-Home Herald.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21

The Union Banner, WINFIELD, La,
starts an article on keeping the boy at
nome with this kernel OF the whole
situation: The first principle is to
gave a home" Right well said So
i've that your home will not be a mere
stopping place where you sometimes
sleep and generally eat. Bring around
t some of the memories of good deeds
and kind words. Make it a place Of
'etreat from all that is diSagreeable.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21

Always take the time to attend the
meetings. You are needed, and you
need the meeting.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-21

masters coming. -. .....
But the long sickness of the Young
Elder did not in any manner stay the
great movement he had inaugurated.
From that first Sunday the reforma.
ton spread until it had reached every
corner of the new Zion. The leaders
took up the accusing cry,-the Elders,
Bishops, High Priests, and Counsel.
lors. Missionaries were appointed for
the outlying settlements, and meetings.
were held daily in every center, with
general renewing of covenants.
Brigham, who had warmly seconded
joel RAGS opening discourse, was
now, not unnaturaly, the leader of the
reformation, and in his preaching to
the Saints while Joel Rae lay sick he
committed no faults of vagueness
For profane swearing he rebuked his
people: You Elders in Israel will &c
to the canyons for wood, get a little
brush-whipped, and then curse and
swear-damn and curse your oxen and
swear by Him who created you. YOU
rip and curse as bad as any pirates
ever did," .FH sa -.
For the sin of cattle-stealing he de
nounced them. A fence high enough
to keep out cattle-thieves, he told
them, must be high enough to keer
out the Devil.
cTo BE CoNTINUED.)
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
PEp1f1ENT OF THE NEW
HEADQUARTERS BU1LDlNG

Eeen pouring into the new headquarters
announcing deeds of destruction in ev-
cry quarter Buildings on Broadway
and Lexington avenue were being pill
laged and fred. Police statiens We're
besiegetl and despite the efforts OF the
Fire Department the orphan asylum az
Forty-third street and Fifth avenue
was wrecked and burned. the demorai-
lied little inmates narrowly escaping
with their lives. Late in the afternoon
IL was announced that vast crowd six
or eight thousand strong, was moving
down Broadway to attack Police Head
quarters. Upon the result in this crisis
depended everything. Drill Offlcer Cope
land from the available forces quickly
organized a Gordon OF 200 men. which
he himself joined as second in command
to Inspector Carpenter. In q brief
speech the latter quietly announced: I:
1--WE are going to put down a rebellion
and determine in the next hour whether
New York can be ruled by mob law.
hardr' Then the force marched up
Broadway. The rioters were encoun-
tered near Amity street. armed with
clubs. pitchforks, crowbars, swords.
pistols and guns.
For moment the opposing forces
studied one another The mob began
to murmur. a club was thrown and a
gun fred. by the right flank. double
quick, charge." shouted Carpenter. at
the same moment striking down the
ringleader. His men obeycd the order
literally. striking quick and disastrous
ly on every side. The crowd wavered.
, broke and fIed demoralized. leaving
their banners in the hands of the police
and the pavements strewn with the dy-
ing and the dead. The police marched
up Broadway and then back to head
quarters.
At that time the regular force con-
sisted of l superintendent, so captains,
129 sergeants. 81 rounGsmen. 1928 pa
trolmen, 2S1 special officers and 81 door
men, total of 1899. Today 500 Null
berry street is the headquarters for
nearly 5000 policemen. to which the city
pays approximately sl,0o0.0o0 a month,
the policing OF the i've hoToughs cost
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

New York policeman was only required
TO have "a rugged constitution, good
lighting arm and spirit. and especially
a knowledge of the ways and haunts
of criminals, he is now required to
have a brain crowded with all sorts OF
information about the ways OF the 20
diac, the population Of Paris and
whether the Nile or Mississippi flows
north or south. So much is required by
the civil service-and the civil service
is an admirable institution, OF course,
within certain bounds. But it is ques-
tionable whether the possession of such
encyclopedia information makes more
efficient policeman.
Periodically of late years the criti
cisrn has been made that lawlcssress is
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

ing something more than sf2.oo0.00o
year. Apropos OF these cradle days ot
the modern force it is noteworthy that
during the year following the draft
riots-the, year in which the armies in
the field were greateSt-the smallest
number of arrests occurred. while the
largest number OF that eventful decade
occurred In 1857, after the armies were
disbanded.
In assembling the new police head
quarters building the architects.
Messrs- Hoppin KOen & huntington
have striven for an effect OF massive;
ness and statelineSs. The structure IS
fashioned on lines Suggesting. thu
Georgian period OF English .arciiitec-:
ture. and 1t resembles in some respects
the great Greenwich Hospital in Lon
dom In ground plan the building Is
long, with an average width OF IS
feet, and rises to a tower 10 feet from
the street level The material used Is
Indiana limestone. There are fvs
stories above ground. At the top
Is a signal tower. under which are
quarters for telegraphers so isolated as
to be practically impregnable In time OF
siege.
In the basement will be the greatest
shooting gallery IN the metropolis, be-
Ing 100 yards long and so arranged that
no noise can penetrate 10 other parts
tice. On the first floor are the bureau
OF information, the detective bureau.
rogues' gallery. record and examination
rooms. where prisoners and witnesses
will be arraigned. On the second door
are the executive offices. that Of ths
Commissioner being at the north end.
For the convenience Of those who wish
TO avoid the main entrance in reaching
the Commissioner there is porte
cochere on the north side OF the build
ing On the same door are the Offices
OF the deputy commissioners. On tho
third hoor are two handsome trial
rooms, on which the architects havs
lavished the greatest care and expense.
the rooms being marked contrast to
the barnlike chamber in Mulberry
street The paneling is all IN Circas-
sian walnut, decorated with historic
frie5es- A large armory, drin room and
gymnasium occupy the fourth floor
with baths and ample locker-rooms
Forty-flve steel cells. dry and airv.
are Installed on the floor above with =
big Photographic studio and rooms
where prisoners are to be measured bv
the Bertillon system. The only exte-
rior ornamentation on which the archi-
tects hnve spread themselves is a arro,,v,
OF hve allegorical figures representing =
the i've boroughs- They are placed a.
the apex of the pediment over the C,a--
ter street entrance, hanking the do1e
the hgure representing Manha 49,,
crownins the entrance. and 1irect1,.
over the coat Of arms OF the citw -
New York