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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-22

me at their leisure, than to be dead
boy miles down in the ocean, with
strange fish and sea serpents quarrel
Ing over the tender pieces in me. A
man told me that if you smoke cigar
cites and get saturated with niCkOteen,
and you are drOwnded. the fish will
smell of you, and turn up their noses
and 20 away and leave your remains.
so | tried a cigarette, and gosh, but
had rather be ct by fish than smoke
| another, on an ocean steamer. 1t only
added to my sickness, and | had
enough before.
Il prayed some, when the boat stood
on It's head and piled us all up in the
front end, but chair struck me on the
place where Fitzsimmons hit COrbett.
and Knocked the prayer all out of me.
and when the boat stood on her butt
end and we all slid back the whole
length of the cabin, and | brought up
uAler the piano, tried to sing q
hymn such as | used to In the 'PisCo-
pal choir, before my voice charged,
but the passengers who were alive
yelled for some one to choke ne, and
| didn't sing any more.
dad was in the stateroom when
we were rolling back and forth in the
cabin, and between sicknesses he came
out to catch me and take me into the
stateroom, but he got the rolling habit,
too, and he rolled match with an
actress who was voyagng for her
health, and they got offully mixed up
He tried to rescue her, and grabbed
| hold of ner belt and was Keeling her
In all right, when man who said he
was her husband took dad by the neck
and said he must keep his hands off or
get another nose put on beside the
one he had, and then they all rolled
under a sofa, and how it came out |
don't know. but the next morning dads
eye was BACKED and the fellow who
said he was her husband had his fro!t
teeth knocked out, and the actress lost
her back hair and had to wear a silk
handkerchief tied around her head the
rest of the trip, and she looked like a
hired girl who has been out to dance
"The trouble with dad is that he
butts In too much. He thinks he Is
the whole thing and thinks every
crowd he sees is demonstration for
him. When the steamer left New York.
there were hundreds of people on the
dock to see friends off, and they had
flowers to present to the friends, and
dad thought they were all for him. and
he reached for every bunch OF roses
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-22

and 20 show you that the estimation in
which am held by our people, is
worth millions to you, and you can
point with pride to your father
81 said 'ra,s' and dad said he
wouldn't wonder If the boat was full
of rats. and then we stood on deck.
and watched the objects Of interest
dOwl the bay. As We passed the
static OF Liberty, which France gave
to The republic, on BedIoe's island. dad
started to make a speech to the pas
sengers, but one of the officers Of the
boat told dad this was TO democratic
caucus, and that chOked him off, but
he vas loaded for a speech. and knew
it wd5 only matter Of time when he
would have to fire it off. but thought
when we got outside the bar into the
ocean, his speech would come up with
the rest of the stuff. and guess 1t
did for after he began to be sick he
had to keep his mouth shut, which was
a great relief to me. for felt that he
would say something that would get
this country into trouble with other
nations. as there were lots of foreign
ers on board.
Il heard that J. Pierpont Morgan
was On board, and | told everybody
got in conversation with that dad was
PierpOnt Morgan, and when people be-
gan to call him Mr.. Morgan, told dad
the passengers thought he was Nor
gan, the great fnancier. and it tickled
dad, and he never denied it. Anyway.
the captain put dad and | at his own
table, and he called me Little Pierp,"
and everybody discussed great fnan-
cial questions with dad, and everything
would have been lovely the whole trip,
only Morgan came amongst US after
he had been seasick for three days,
and they gave him a seat opposite us,
and with two MOrgans at the same Ia
bic 1t was a good deal like two Uncle
Toms in an Uncle Toms Cabin show.
so dad had to stay in his staterOom en-
account of sickness, a good deal.
Then dad got to walking on deck
and flirting with the female passen
gers. Say, did you ever see an Old man
who was stuck on hiSself and thought
that every woman who looked at him,
from curiosity. or because he had a
wart on his neck. and watch him get
busy making EN- believe he is n young
and kitteny thing. who is Irresistible?
Gee. but it makes me tired. No man
can mash, and make eyes, and have a
love scene, when he has to so to the
rail every few minutes and hump his
self with something in him that is
knocking at the door of his palate, to
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-22
BY HON. GEORGE ". PECK.



jror If '.pncl.s s,',, - An.fmr o}
"PeuHs Bad Boy," Eco
Copyright $780, by Joseph &. Eow.cs)
Say, Old geezer, Salu the Bad Boy
to his uncle as he settled himself on
one OF The grOceryman8 cracker boxes.
i never wrote you about our trip
across. djd |. Well tried a dozen
times to write, tut The sea was 50
rough that part OF the time the table
was on top Oh me and part OF the time
was on top, and was 50 sick seemed
10 nave lost my mind, over the rail
with the other things supposed to be
inside OF me.
On, cid man, you think you know
what SeasichneSs Is, cause you told me
once about crossing Lake Michigan on
pe1ch boat, but lake sickness IS easy
compared with the ocean malady. /
could enjoy common seasicknesS and
thlhN IL was pcnlc. but this salt
water sickness taxes the cake. l was
sorry lot dad, because ne holds more
than | 90, ana ne Is 50 SLOW about CIV
Ing up meals mat he has PAID Tor, that
II taxes MIN longer 10 commune with
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-22
WHAT THEY WANTED TO KNOW.
Children Had Many Questions to Put
to Wise Man.

To find out what is passing In the
thoughts Of my children l yesterday
confronted them with this demand:
Suppose this morning an all wise
man were to enter our classroom,
what six things would you ask" The
children were ordinary, everyday Ca
madam boys and girls, between the
ages Of nine and Il, but the questions
they put to that imaginary shape
from the all wise shades were not
commonplace. They surprised me not
a little and have set me thinking. So
writes Miss Agnes Deans Cameron in
the January Pail Mall Magazine, and
a few of the many she gives are sub
joined:
"Why Is II that the sun only goes
half way round the earth?" "Why is
it that We don't slip off the earth?"
IF the earth stopped, what would hap.
pen to u.s." How big is volcano
| inside?" who was the first school
teacher?" please can you tell me all
about history?"
when the world comes to an end,
how can the people be united If parts
Of their bodies are in different parts
of the world?" who was the man
that invented grammar" What does
Ignorance personifled mean?" Where
was God born?" What holds this
world up?" "'Why did the Lord make
many planets, instead of one large
one?" IF the earth stopped going
round, what would happen?" IF you
jumped off the world and went
straight on, where would you go to-"
"Why did Joseph not tell his
brethren he was their brother the first
time they came down to Egypt to buy
corn?" what Is the power of one Of
the suckers of a devilfish?" "Who is
the prettiest person in the world?"
Why did Noah take some animals
into the ark and leave others to get
drowned?" "Why is there such a
thing as politics?" why are some
people more sensible than others?"
1t is a boy who writes: Il would
like to know how you can tell mother
! pigeons from father pigeons?" and
"Who invented the first joke" while
the youngest girl in the whole class
wrote, in a wee little hand, In the
middle of a sheet of foolscap: please
would you tell me what my mother
thinks every day In her mind?"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-22
Adap.ability of the Japs.

When Lord Elgin visited Japan and
insisted on making the Shotgun present
of a yacht and also insisted on arrang-
ing a treaty with him on behalf of Eng
land. he noted the extraordinary thirst
for knowledge and quickness in learn
ing which distinguish the Japanese.
Within a week a raw japanese crew had
learned how to manage the shOgun's
new yacht. The japanese commissions
ers even took pains to initiate the
cheers which their guests gave after dim
ner when the queens health was drunk
as soon as they understood that when
you In the west wish to honor person
especially, you roar and shout after your
meals
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-22

come cut the same way it went in. Dad
found a widow woman who looked
back at him kind of sassy, when he
braCed up to her. and when the ship
rolled and side-stepped, he took hold
of her arm to steady her, and she said
maybe they better sit down on deck
and talk it over, so dad found a couple
of steamer chairs that were not In use,
and they sat down near together, and
dad took hold of her hand to see If
she was nervous, and he told me |
could go and play mumbletypeg in the
cabin. and went in the cabin and
looked out Of the window at dad and
the widow. Say. you wouldn't think
two chairs could get so close. and dad
was sure love sick, and so was she.
The difference between love sick and
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-22
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-22

Der OF cases four or five members of
one family were converted. One young
man arose in meeting and testified
that his father ian ex-saloon keeper)
and mother and five brothers and four
sisters had been saved-11 in all.
In the large wagon factory in Alb.
ingdon scores Of the men went for.
ward and protested salvation. The en-.
ure atI losphere of the place was
changed. Scarcely half a dozen men
we're left unconvertted. Instead OF
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-22

sea sick IL fhn+ i'm love sick YOU IOOh
red I'd The face and s.u--ie W, and
squeeze hands. and l.5b .yaGiy ana
swallow Year ,uuu. u. and Try 10 wait
patiently uaN lt Is dark enough so th9
spectators HoaJ notice d.. Thing, and
in sen -4....... g.u e., pl!. Il The lace,
and z...J. afduj. a.u lei 80 Ui hands,
auI alter you aa,e stood ii d long as
You Dli yuu rush iu ne Ia. and act d.
JAJIaI You We're gGGg 10 Jamp over
buI.l ali turu sop sudden and let
cr-IJ.-aiagu.r, u-at before folks,
and after II Is over you try 10 look as
though you bad enjoyed il. ! viii say
TINS much Tor dad he AID tue widow
never played a duet over The rail, but
lagy took turns. ana dad held her as
tenl"giy As though they were engaged
anu When he GJJ her back 10 the
steamer chair he struheI her lace ana
put CaiHphor L. her uJsa, and acted
Ike an undertaken that wasn't going
10 L., the remains get away from him.
IGgy We're having nee COnyalesCent
. u~', just alorn il broke up and hadn't
| either oG t4rm been sick tof ten min
| uty5. and dad had puc his arm around
her shoulders. auI Was talking cum
nms {. her, and she Vas looming low
/ la-iy INTO dad S eyes. and they wee
ta.a.uI o. meoJlr- agan IN france ID
ie" weeks. where she vas going 10
I rent villa. and uai was saying Ia
/ would he jlgr. with hOtu feet when
/ opened the w'u.uw aud said, The
steward is bringing around lunch.
and / have ordered two boIed pork
! sandwiches tor you Two easy marks.
"NcN, you'd dide to ste EN- jump.
What there is about The idea of fat
! pork that makes people vino are sea
| sick have a relapse. / uuu know, but
| the woman GRABBED her stummix in
both hands anu left Jad and rushed in
/ TO the cabin yelling enough or some
! thing like that. and dad laid right
| back IL the chair aud blatted like a
/ calf. and said he would Kill NE dead
when We got ashore.
Just then an FogIisbran came
along and told dad he berter get Nm
out Of his chair and dad said whosa
chair YOU talking about and the man
said the chair was bis. and if dai
didn't get out OF it. he would kick him
out. and dad said he hadn't had a good
| chance at an Englishman since the
revolutionary war, and he lust wanted
a chance to clean up enough English
men for a mess. and dad got up AMI
stood at attention" and the English
man SQUARED Oft like prize fighter.
and they we're Just going to fight the
! battle of Bunker Hill over again, when
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-22
A Foolish Question.

Dreamer-Do you think environ.
ment has much of an effect on a per-
son?
Standardization! Were you
ever surrounded by swarm of bees7
Detroit Free Press.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-22
WHOLE TOWN WON
BY REVIVAL"
Remarkable Success Attends Work
Of Evangelists at Abingdon,
Illinois.
PLACE is TRANSFORMED

Over zoo Converts in City of About 2,
500 PopuIation-Churches Not Large
Enough to Hold Crowds and Tab,
ernacIe Erected by Voluntary La,
borers-Business Men Plan to Build
Permanent Y. NJ. c. A. Building for
the Youth Of the Town as a Monu,
ment to the Wonderful Work.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-22

The Bad Coy Tells the Groceryman
About Their Trip Accessibility
Are Sea-Sick-Dad Meets a Widow
and Loses His Heart and Pocket
Book-He Appropriates a Steamer
Chair and Quarrels with the Owner
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-22

the meetings went forward with re-
doubled yigor. The tough" young
men of the town attended nightly, the
farmers drove in from all the sur
rounding district, and the building
proved none too large to hold the
throngs which gathered day by day.
People say it is in answer to prayer
that the work began. The young
eVangelists and their helpers make it
rule to spend an hour daily in
prayer. The people quickly caught
the religious fervor and they, too,
spent hours upon their knees. During
the fourth week over 100 people
agreed to spend at least half an hour
daily in prayer. 1t is known that even
some Of the children spent an hour in
prayer daily.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-22
Will Become Gospel Singer.

A young man who is one Of the fore.
most students in Hedding college has
decided to become a Gospel singer.
He now has charge of the choir in the
largest church in Abingdon, and has
exceptional talent as singer and
musical conductor. He has been a
nominal Christian for years. A few
days ago he declared that heretofore
his ambition had been to become a
professional singer for his own glory;
but that now he has yielded all to
Christ and desires to be used for
Gods glory. He will probably unite
with Homer Alexander in conducting
revival meetings n a neighboring
town.
The business men Of Abingdon have
declared their intention Of caring for
the bodies as well as the souls of the
large number Of young men among the
converts, and have started a move
ment for the erection Of a Y. NJ. c. A.
building. This will stand as a brick
and mortar monument to this unique
revival.
GEORGE T. B. DAVIS.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-22
Praise Work of Evangelists.

during this revival meeting.
Praise Work of Evangelists.
christian people should thank God
for the coming of Hicks and Gallo
way. They have awakened us
aroused us-led us into a closer walk
with God, and best Of all, have piloted
500 precious souls over the turbulent
waters of sinful world to the foot Of
the Cross. Thank God-but God be
praised for the great, the marvellous,
the glorious work of grace. Let all
the people say Amen"
The greatest day of the revival was
the day which the people spent in
fasting and prayer. The public schools
and stores closed a part of the morn.
ing, while Hedding college had no
session throughout the day. About
1000 people assembled at the taber-
nacle at 1890 a. m. to listen to a ser.
mon by Mr.. Hicks; and thereafter the
service continued for over u hours.
1t was nearly II p. m. when they final
ly left the tabernacle. All the people
didn't stay the entire II hours, but the
meeting went on without break, and
the average present throughout the
day was fully GOO. Hundreds spent
four to eight hours at the tabernacle
singing praises and praying. Between
five and six o'clock all knelt and con-
tinued an hour upon their knees.
Their prayers were answered In a re.
markable manner. In the afternoon
a noted local character for whom
many had been praying went to the
front. At night he took forward four
Of his former associates. Prayer had
also been offered for a man who
seemed well-nigh demon-possessed in
his opposition to the revival and to
Christianity. At night he was one of
about 90-most of them strong men
who went forward.
Bibles in Great Demand.
One Of the most striking visible re.
suits of the awakening was the in.
creased demand for Bibles and Tesla.
ments. The dealers could not get
them in fast enough. First Chicago
was drawn upon and then New York.
= If HOY
the town wanted to carry Testament
or Bible in his pocket. And in their
enthusiasm the converts were not par
ticular about the pocket Bible being
very small. One evening 15-year-old
boy walked into the store and paid
$3.50 for a Bible, telling the dealer
he was going to spend all the next day
reading it.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-22
Revival Flame Strong.

The revival fame swept the town
almost clean. Among the early con-
Verts were boys and girls; then came
young men and women; and finally
men who had never professed Chris
tianity, business men, college stu
dents, workmen in the factories, and
gray-haired army veterans. In num-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-22
Volunteers Erect Tabernacle.

The meetings began a month ago in
the largest church in Abingdon, seating
500 people. 1t soon proved altogether
too small, and with typical western
energy the people, led by the evangel.
lists themselves, set to work to erect
a tabernacle that would accommodate
the crowds. With the assistance of
about so volunteers, a tabernacle seat.
Ing 1000 was erected in three days.
Not a penny was spent for labor. It
contained semi-circular platform &C,
commodating 300; was lighted with
electricity, heated with stoves. Then
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-18
RADE A HOME
Why Farmer Should Giiue
His Support to tie
Local Merchant.
PRESERVES HIS. OWN MARKET
Depreciation Of Village Property
Must Inevitably Mean peprecis
ton Of Agricultural Property
and Encouragement Of -. ,
Monopoly.

= Copyright, 1906, by Alfred G. CEark,p :
The most serious problems That con-
fronts the rural towns and villages
on this country is the competition Of
Tered local enterprises by the cata-
1ogue houses Of the large cities. It is
a problem for whiehga solution must
be found If the zprosneritys and sta
b1hty of the nation is to stand.
And the solution of. this great prob
LEM Hes in the ham, of the people of
the towns and villages and the farms,
especially the farms.
The people of the rural communities
have everything to lose and nothing
to gain by sending their money to
the catalogue houses, by passing by
their local merchants and sending
their dollars to the concerns who have
absolutely no interest in their COM
munities
These catalogue houses do not pay
taxes in your town; the local mer-
chant does. They do, not build side
walks in your town; the local mer-
chant does. They do not contribute
to the building of roads over which
the crops of the farms are hauled to
market; the local merchant does.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-18

LEFT. But Val Pruitt and Jack che.
ney we're right outside the saloon
waiting for an opportune time.
Fleishman came out for a breath Of
air. - =
As quickly and silently as a pan.
ther Pruitt was on him, one big hand
over his mouth and the other holding
his throat. Cheney had his arms,
and he hadn't chance. They quick
ly bore him to the boat, tied his
hands, and feet, gagged him, and
threw him In. Fleishman's eyes
blazed. Slowly and silently they
drifted by the town. Fleishman
could hear the songs of his com
panions, and writhed at the thought
OF his position. When they were a
safe distance below town, Pruitt re-
moved the gag from the prisoners
mouth. Then Fleishman stormed and
swore, but Pruitt and Cheney grinned
and tainted him. :.
What are you going to do with
me-" asked Fleishman.
Deliver you to Judge Treat, at St.
Louis, three days from now," an.
swered Pruitt.
"Well, you're going the wrong way,
all right
WATT" 1aconically said Pruitt.
About two o'clock in the morning they
met the Vicksburg coming up. They
succeeded in attracting attention, and
were taken aboard. The captain
knew both Pruitt and Cheney, and
had heard of Fleishman. He agreed
to pass Point Pleasant this trip. One
or two of the passengers kicked, but
he promised to put them ashore at
Birds Point, so they could come down
on the evening boat. Pruitt wasn't
taking any chances of another res
cue.
st. Louis was reached about nine a.
m. the third day. Pruitt and Cheney
gave their prisoner a good breakfast,
and at ten o'clock took him to the
court house. Judge Treats court had
just convened. Gen. Noble and Jack
Morgan were there when Pruitt and
Cheney came in with the handcuffed
prisoner.
What does this mean?" said Judge
Treat. Morgan stared, scarcely be-
lieving his eyes.
Judge Treat" said Pruitt, "you
said you wanted Jim Fleishman. Here
he is"
Judge Treat wiped his glasses, ad
justed them on his aristocratic nose
looked at the prisoner, then at Che
ney, then at Pruitt; and quite forgot
his judicial dignity as he said, un
der his breath:
"Well, I'll be damned!"
Fleishman got 20 years, hard labor
copyright, by w. G. Chapman.)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-01-18
YANKEE IN DIAMOND FIELDS.

Commissions to Study Country
Which Produces Such Men.
Mr.. Alfred Mosely is an Englishman
who admires American ways so much
that he sends commissions here to
study us. .~.
Mr.. Mosely does not admire us
without a reason. It is not a very
specific reason. It's name is Mr.. Gard
ner F. Williams, and it is by way of
being an American mining engineer.
Mr.. Williams directs the diamond out
put of the world.
Mr.. Mose1y made his fortune in
South Africa. He watched Cecil
Rhodes dream of empire develop and
knew the men who made it real. Tha
one who took his imagination was
Gardner Williams.
Here was man who had let
Michigan at the age of Is to go with
pioneering father to California in
the flush days of the early mining
camps, had had taste of California
mining, had gone when still young
man to explore in South Africa and
had become general manager of the
great monopoly of the diamond
mines.
A fighter of financial battles aad
manager of men, a writer, scientist
and one of the worlds greatest en-.
gfneers, he SO stamped his PERSONAL
ty on the people among whom he
lived that he was feted and cheered
by all South Africa when he retired
last spring and came back to the
United States to build home for his
leisure years in the land of his birth.
Worlds Work. -