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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27

the sweetest I ever had. 1t was
sweeter than the apples l stole when
l was a kid and the kisses | stole
when"
IF you came here to dilate on the
joys of sin, Mr.. Travers," began the
widow coldly.
And" proceeded the bachelor.
I've made up my mind to stop fiirt-
ing with a girl, because found out
that she was beginning Toto"
Il understand" interrupted the
widow alphabetically.
And, by Jove!" finished the bache-
lor, Il had to restrain myself to keep
from going back and proposing to
herr"
"How lucky you did," commented
the widow witheringly.
But l wouldn't have" explained
the bachelor ruefully, IF the gorl had
restrained herself"
Nevertheless" repeated the widow.
TT was lucky-for the girl"
Which girl?" asked the bachelor.
"The girl broke off with or the girl
that came afterward?"
Il suppose" unused the widow ig-
noring the levity and leaning over to
arrange bunch of violets at her belt,
that is why it is so difficult for a
man to keep promise or VOW
even a marriage VOW"
ooh, l don't know" The bachelor
leaned back and regarded the widows
coronet braid through the smoke of
his cigar. 1T isn't the marriage vows
that are so difficult to keep. It's the
fool VOWS a man makes before mar
riage and the fool promises he makes
afterward that he stumbles over and
falls down on. The marriage vows
are so big and vague that you can get
all around them without actually
breaking them, but if they should in
terpolate concrete questions into the
service such as, DO you, William,
promise not to growl at the coffee
"Or, DO you, Mary, promise never
to put daub Of powder on your nose
again?'" broke in the widow.
Nor to look twice at your pretty
stenographer," continued the bache.
lor.
Nor to lie about your age, or your
foot or your waist measure"
"Nor to juggle with the truth when
ever you stay out after half-past ten"
"Nor to listen to things that-that
anybody-except your husband may
say to you in the conservatory-oh,
| see how it feels!" finished the wild.
ow with a sympathetic little shudder.
And yet" reflected the bachelor,
"a woman is always exacting VOWS
and promises from the man she loves,
always putting up bars-for him to
jump over; when if she would only
leave him alone he would be perfectly
contented to stay within bounds and
Craze in his own pasture. A man
hates being pinned down; but won.
an doesn't want anything around that
she can't pin down, from her belt and
her theories to her hat and her hus-
band"
WELL" protested the widow study
ing the toe of her slipper, 1T is sat
isfaction to know you've got your hus-
band fastened on straight by his
promises and held in place by his
own vows and that he loves you
enough to"
Usually" interrupted the bachelor,
70 man loves you in inverse ratio to
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27
IA on OFT souls, wo are in a fair way

to improve.
1t is only when we blindly consider
ourselves as right in everything that
we are all wrong.
1t is only when We blindly consider
ourselves as right in everything that
we are all wrong.
So if your look back shows you mis-
takes and errors and misbeliefs, be
glad that the New Year gives yO1 a
clean slate to try for the right road
and the true goal.
Be thankful fer the mental perspeC-
tive when you see it with clear sight
with new true eyes.
There is no need Of making resOlu-
tons, for right seeing means right
thinking and right thinking is the
path to right living.
Perhaps your faults are those mean
little ones which you would like to
exchange in bunch for one noble sin,
but there are no exchanges Of that sort
or we should all be noble sinners.
The petty faults are the thorns that
cluster round some of the finest roses
in lifeS big garden, crowding, Earring,
overlapping one another in their eager
ness to get to the light.
Maybe the old year has been a good
friend in some special instances that
you can recall.
Perhaps it brought you back with
short, sharp shock from a too AFRO
CANT happiness or an OVercOEtldent sue
cess.
Be glad of that jar, even though it
kept you stirred up for awhile.
Perhaps the past II months have
healed some breach or brought some
ship home, the white sails of which
you have been watching wistfully for
months or years far out at sea.
Be glad Of that.
Perhaps some milestone has fallen
from you and you stand free at last on
the great highway with long, manacled
arms reached out to the sky.
Be glad.
Or peace has settled on troubled
ocean and you can greet the sunrise
with smile and prayer of thankful
ness for another day.
Maybe there is a cradle in one cor
ner of your home this New Years eve
with nest important guest cuddled
in down blankets and rose-leaf palms
upturned for your kisses.
No need to tell you to be glad.
Or success has come to crown some
effort at which you have toiled rather
YEARLY, hardly daring to hope.
Or il 1t has been withheld, be glad
that you have nevertheless tried. 1t
will all come to you some day.
The old year has taught us lessons.
Let us profit by them and enter into
the new armed with experience rather
than plunge into it as though it were
a rose garden.
1t is quite as full Of danger and con-
flict and clouds as the old friend that
is going.
Let us wish it will have even as
much sunshine and gladness and joy.
We can meet it with splendid hope
and lively faith-for those two quail
ties are what make our dreams come
true
Let US cherish few good hopes that
1t may bring us the things we stand
in need of-health happiness, good
friends success, joy and the clear
vision that will teach US to discern the
false from the true.
May it leave US our beliefs and our
ideals.
Teach us to love more and to hate
not at all.
To be content with the blessings that
we have.
TO cultivate sweetness and good ma
ture rather than exclusiveness.
To meet the world with a smile,
To stifie criticism of things and peo-
pie.
Never to make little of our own.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27

EMMY to the hands of the clock,
which indicated 1870, and then to
the calendar, on which hung one flut-
tering leaf marked December 81.
1T is time" she sighed, ito begin
mental housekeeping; to sweep out
our collection of last years follies and
lust off our petty sins and fling away
our old vices and"
That's the trouble!" broke in the
bachelor. Its so hard to know lust
what to throw away and what to keep.
Making New Years resolutions is like
doing the spring housekeeping or
clearing out drawer full of old let
teFs and sentimental rubbish. You
know that there are lots of things
you ought to get rid of, and that are
Just in the way, and that you would
be better off without, but the minute
you make up your mind to part with
anything, even tiny, insignificant
vice, 1t suddenly becomes so dear and
attractive that you repent and begin
to take new interest in it. The only
time | ever had to be taken home in
a cab was the day after | promised to
sign the pledge" and the bachelor
sighed reminiscently.
And the only time l ever overdrew
my bank account" declared the wild
ow, was the day after had resolved
to economi2e. | suppose" she added
pensively, that the best way to begin
would be to pick out the worst vice
and discard that"
And that will leave heaps of room
for the others and for lot of new lit
tie sins, beside, won't it?" agreed the
bachelor Cheerfully. WELL" he added
philosophically, "I'll give up murder
ing"
What" the widow started.
Don't you want me to-" asked the
bachelor plaintively, rubbing his bald
spot. "Or perhaps l might resolve not
to commit highway robbery any more
or to stop forging or"
GAN of which is so easy!" broke in
the widow sarcastically.
"There'd be some glory and some
reason in giving up big vice." sigh
ed the bachelor, IF fellow had one.
But the trouble is that most of us men
haven't any big criminal tendencies,
merely a heap of little follies and
weaknesses that there isn't any par
ticular virtue in sacrificing or any
particular harm in keeping"
"And which you always do keep, in
spite of all your New Years VOWS"
remarked the widow ironically.
"Huhw The bachelor laughed cyni-
cally. "It's our New Years vows that
help us to keep EN-. The very fact
that fellow has sworn to forego any
thing, whether it's habit or girl,
makes it more attractive. I've thrown
away a whole box of cigars with the
finest intentions in the world and then
gotten up in the middle of the night
to fish the pieces out Of the waste bas-
ket. And that midnight smoke was
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27

IS 100 ol'eh IKE .ne leiio" WY
uoeSn queS'lon VIC ho'ei oA'i no' ''N
lhe price ol 'ne "iue' oo''u'o ~
doeSn lnlenu 10 pay II anyway Inc
lello" WHO Is plouisal VIII LID 'om'
ana promises ana poetry - eene' "''
the one 10 "hom sucn 'niilsS mean
nothing and' Delh9 OF no 'a'ue' Gan
De hung ABOUT seneFouSly " 0'oi'
Slrl lie meets. Inc n!m Win ','o US
6eSI front olI'"e 10 li"e'S ~ W w.
one WIN lhe SnialIeS' uePo"i' ~ NV
SAFE lie man WHO s"e',S o'i i0Uu
est on ne" lear IS usually ''e oNo
'hPy nave TO carry nome '"e iIio' ms
alter ana '"e CHAP VINO i' s'Lii'e .s',fI
sIll " me VI loS1o 10 ''io '''0
'et ie' p''" al 't'' '''0' ''' VA 'N'
'e'I'
IeiHaps' SISilo0 ''ie ,u0", G r',..
HIS 'ne S'eIll VI " 'io''' '''0" '''''".'''
'Ae "'0' "'y ~ otto. ~ - - LOT
,'.''0 lo' al ''',"7 ', =. ;.a,ood of
'i''l, '' &c &c 49,, ,uo,+
hi,, .n hato tho sr,om Of nine insist
~ III, cn,ol,ira oil tho time If Won
WONT bin, 70 oior tho temnprance
u,odoo anrvo hin, wiro with every
course If Won want him to hate a
woman invite her to meet him every
time he calls and tell him how 'suita-
BILE she would be"
and if YOU want him to love you,"
finished the bachelor, don't ask him
to swear it, but tell him that he really
ought not to, The best way to Esln-
age dOnkey-human or otherwise
is to turn his head in the wrong di-
rection and he'll back in the right
ose.'
Then" said the widow decisivelN
we ought to begin the New Year by
making some lrresolutlons''
"Some-What?"
Vows that we won't stop doing the
things we ought not to do" explained
the widow.
"All right" agreed the bachelor
thoughtfully, I'll make an irresolu-
ton to go on making love to you as
much as like"
you mean, as much as l like, Mr.
Travers," corrected the widow Sc
verely.
How much do Won like?" asked the
bachelor leaning over to look into
the widows ewes.
The widow kicked the corner Of the
RIG tentatively
~ uka-a,, but tho nronosinp" she
So;d sIov,v "you roo,1v ought IA
ston that"
"I,r ooins - c+on it-to.niobtn
Tho WIDOW Iooked nm IN alarm
ooh ror DONE have 70 commonce
Loon;n. vour roso1rt;onO until 70.
morrow morning" ebn said ouicklv
"And oro WI, oo;ng 70 oton rafusino
MN oniaht - oou.inrod tha hoohoIor
enn,,,.
nn u, A. $4,000 -.
-, no WIZ" o'uuieu .No 00ANe' "a
'no Tug Will ele'' ooNCe'n
Anu' ".N' on INC O"o1o' t-A
4nt',n so -l,ith is .no'a,.f'',,I ",o,, nra
so!-ne WIN ~ 'n Iu:p -sn' $3.50
oUor ooraht Tho widow,s bond ond
O,,nnod 10 a,ittor;na +bing on hor
thinI e. "Nou,n 10 ho1or "vor
arc going to cav that vou will"
The widow snrang IN suddenly
ooh don,t dor,t don,t,n che cried
an moment we'll mo making nrom.
ieee,"
"ua DOM mood ton cold tho bache-
1or leaning back ronchalantlv I'VE
can begin bv making-arrangements,
Would YOU prefer to live in town or
at Tuxedo9 And do Won think E,Uope
or Rermuda the hest Mace for the"
"Rermuda nv all means" broke in
the widow. land I wish you'd have
that hideous portico taken off your
town bousa Rillv and" But the
rest of her words were smothered in
the bachelors coat lapel-and some
thing else.
Then you do mean to marry me,
after ALL" cried the bachelor tri.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27

TITLE Jeffrey was >,
phan lad whose 81
was killed in a r,a,'
accident when d,
was q tiny baby |,
mothers arms. And
mother had been =
50 i'll by the NJ
death of little Jesr
father that she va,
longer able to can
her baby and .
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27

SN'T it hard, said the
widow, glancing ruefully
at the holly-wreathed
clock on the mantel-piece,
to know where to begin
reforming YOURSELF"
Great heavens" ex-
claimed the bachelor,
you are not going to do
anything like that, are
you?"
The widow pointed SOL
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-27

MOTHER year has found
us just as we were getting
comfortably used to the
idea that summer had
really gone.
Busy people never have
time to dwell very much
on the passing Of the sea.
sons.
The days are so full of
tasks and Father Time is
ALWAYS catching I'D and
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-15
For an Impaired Appetite.

To improve the appetite and
strengthen the digestion try a few
doses of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. Mr.. J. II. Seitz OF De-
troit, Mich, says: ''They restored my
appetite when impaired. relieved me
of bloating feeling and caused a
pleasant and satisfactory movement
OF the bowels" Price rs cents. Sam
ples free For sale at DR.. stones
drug store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-15
20 Miles of London Streets.

entertaining motor reliability
was made in London recently,
lot eight hours without a
d motor car was driven hither
'hi'her among the traffic. The
OCCASIONALLY pulled up TO change
pagers and was frequently stop
~ the congestion of trafic. The
4 however, kept his seat, and
Ehslne would have run continu-
\ Tor twelve hours but for an
I'ahate accident about 5 p. m.
''o's 10 London who really wish
I the town cannot do better than
such a twelve-hour nonstop
had been arranged.
Il! VIII travel at about a steady
mile an hour. with a gentle
mere and there TO make up
1li'es In a day. They will alb
london from the Bank to shep-
Bush. They will see every
mat is TO be seen without.
ana by taking their meals
oOata will spend a rest cure"
'ne heart OF London, with a
| Il1al change Of scenery.
car In order to cover a hun
niles OF London streets. has 10
many queer places unheard
'ue ordinary visitors and un-
even to town residents.
-. uoWn Piecadilly yielded a
r,.- 'I-o' Of Sir Charles wyndham
- Out a new character in a
81 "a :, cab, and Of Ramsay Mac
4, IN A. r. looking like a mem
/. 'Ae sovernment crossing Ira
q suaIs y With leather satchel.
ron. = TIE car pursued its end.
In '.a' p until a heavy van dash
I'm. "a = : side street near Water
IL sa.,a saslAe vas stopped BY a too
1ou Fs..'sAlion F.sion Of the brakes
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-15
DRAYsIEN.

cammins Bros Transfer Company
All kinds OF transfer work done.
Furniture and pianos boxed ready
for shipment. Prompt service 10
our motto. Stand and once at
asa South Commercial street.
Phone 210. Residence Phone s6s.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-15
AN EASY WAY TO ADVERTISE
THE STATE.
About the Superior Opportuni-
ties We Possess.


ties We Possess.
/ On April 29th last the Oregonlan
published a special industrial edition
devoted exclusively to the exploita-
ton of Oregon. 1t probably contain
ed more special and miscellaneous
information about Oregon than any
one publication that has ever been
issued. 1t is peculiarly useful and
valuable to the homeseeker, because
| II gives the latest and most reliable
information about so many different
subjects that the homeseeker is ma
turally interested in. Almost every
department OF industry is specialized.
and both descriptive and statistical
information Of highly valuable
character is given extensively and In
entertaining form.
Residents OF oregon who know its
advantages as compared with the
congested and depleted east, and who
still have friends back there whom
they would like to see here enjoying
the good things OF this favored state,
can aid In a splendid work without
cost and very little effort. II you
think your friend would be inter-
ested In knowing more about Oregon
and might eventually become valu-
able citizen, send his name and ad-
dress to the general passenger agent
OF the Oregon Railway & Navigation
company or the Southern Pacific at
Portland. and a copy OF this special
edition, with a complete summary
of the several subjects treated, care
fully indexed, will be mailed to him
promptly. In this manner you may
be the means not only OF doing your
friend a good turn, but of helping
to stimulate the growth and prosper
ity of Oregon.
Don't forget that commencing
September 1st and continuing daily
for two months, tickets will be on
sale at almost every railroad station
III lho CdSb W dii pOihlS III OAObNh
and the northwest at what has come
to be popularity known as "colonist
rates" These rates are the cheap
est general long distance rates ever
established, and enable one to reach
oregon from any part of the United
States at but a trifle more than one
cent mile. They are the greatest in
centiye TO colonization and progress
sive home building of any known
agency, and II the restless, dissatis-
fed resident of the East is made to
know beforehand the advantages he
can enjoy here. the problem is solved,
and the star of empire will continue
to move steadily westward.
Now is the time 10 spread the
gospel OF Oregon, so that II may be
heard and needed by the time the
rates go into effect. Send one name
or two. or a dozen, and you will be
exerting a worthy influence toward
the upbuilding OF our state. Send
them to your nearest Southern Pa
cific agent or TO VIM. McMurray,
General Passenger Agent, Portland,
Oregon. 6t-eod.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-15

old remedies are the best.
Pry Bark Cough Remedy has
IN use for over one hundred
BY the old Dutch Dunkards OF
fylvania, and is still In use by
le old families of Western Penn
nia. Is absolutely pure; made
the bark Of the white or she'll
hickory tree. The bark is ship
rom the east, and manufactured
lem' Ore, For sale by all deal
Terywhert.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-15
PROFESSIONAL.

8. Y. EllIs, NJ, D.~PhysiclSS and
surgeon. Telephone S07 Main.
ofnces. SAC State street, opposite
court house, Salem, Or. s-13-1mo"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-15
practice Of Medicine

,,,e Practice Of Medicine
a'~ ,t,nent suggestions as 70
per, pri careers we're made by >,
l'u,m n.lsr Regius Professor OF
'. oxford, to the students
: oudon :, school of Medicine
Hunter street, at the
.,.o-qiving yesterday. Inc
Ill., Of medicine, he said was
IT, Of II its diHculties and trials,
4 ..orv one for women If they
4, tbot It was not all roses and
H. ,D", and that they would not
F.nriarv return for everything
d IN It there we're four prin-
venues open to women The
r. in the scientific branches,
.erlology, histology, and many
L,snts of pathology where
III the best work was being
H. women, and which offered
L.reers. The second was in
lion with institutions, and he
'pse to see one or two women
..ns connected with every in
.,lum. The most important
4 general practice, but only
'T,sre fitted for it who among
| worries, anxieties, troubles
bnnoyances, could come up
liz every time. That was the
4 temperament which should
Ito general practice. Women
IN course, specially fitted for
! with the diseases of chill
kut the chief trouble was that
las a rule, mems women
n believe much in women,
hat distrust was one OF the
,erious problems in connection
he progress of women. When
rnal government instituted a
system of school inspection,
client field would be open to
one Of great responsibility,
luealculable value to the COM
/. The systematic inspection
health Of children was a more
thing than most people APP
etd. Lastly, there was the /
n India and the nilsson field, |
ose who decided to go to the
,uld probable lead harder but !
lives than those who stayed |
me. To ell Professor osler |
say, II they thought they were
get what they could out of !
" would be previously mis-
but II they realized that |
iere here to add what they !
to the happiness of others, |
Ives would not be lived in
ng the past year eighteen
Is have passed the NJ. b., b. |
OF the University of /
!, two the b. s., four the NJ.
one the NJ. s., besides others
ave succeed at the University !
ham, the University OF Ireland ,
he examinations of the Soci-
! ApOlhecaries and the Royal
E Of Physicians and Surgeons |
lrgh, and the Faculty of Physi
md Surgeons, Glasgow.-Lon-
,legraph.
-fl-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-15
If It's
Neuralgia

and those sharp, shooting,
agonizing pains drive you
almost crazy, take DR..
Miles Anti-Pain Pills,
and get relief. They drive
out the pain by their
soothing effect upon the
nerves. When taken as di-
rected they are harmless,
and leave no bad after-ef-
fects. That's the reason
they are so popular with
all who use them. Your
druggist can tell you what
others in your locality
think of them.
IT do positively think that Dr. Niles
Anti-Pain Pills are the best medicine
ever put upon the market. 1 find
them so restful and soothing, and
,tIsTed w,shGud any I,b pad nite,r5efreets have
system would just ache and culver,
and cannot take opiates; but / can
take these tablets, and they Away.
relieve me. No one that suffers with
neuralgia need fear to take them as
I know they will not form habit, for
II there was any opiate in them could
not take them. Just one in the morn
Ing when ! feel bao. ana I can do my
MRS. W. II. BURKErr, Macon, Ga.
Or. Miles, Anti pills are sold by
your druggist, who will puara ntee that
the first package will benefit. n lt
falls, he Will return your money.
70 doscs, 70 cents. Never sold In bulk.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-15
SALEM BRICK YARD
A. A. BURTON. Prop.

Brick always on hand, in car los
or otherwise. Pressed brick made
to order. Yard on state street, south
of pentitentiary. -7-1-tf.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-16
DELEGATES
GET BUSY IN THE HOUSE

call decision of the supreme court. 1t
has not been effective more than half a
year.
Mr. Foster of Tuscaloosa presented to
the house the Improvement bill of the
Boys Industrial school at East Lake. 1t
provides for 100000 to erect new buildings
and provide machinery and $4,000 a year
for maintenance. This school had favor
able comment IN the message of the gov
ernor, who is very anxious to have IL
equipped for adequate service. Mr.. Parker
the member from Cullman, shows his
courage by introducing Il bill to give
the returns from the tag tax to the COM
mon schools of the state; also to reduce
the tax rates from 61a mills to 5ih,
Mr.. Kirby would force factories to pro-
vide school houses near the factories. Mr..
Rowe wants compulsory education, and
Major. Long a plan by which the funds
of the state can be loaned on bond Sc
curity and call loans.
Mr.. Woolf asks for $4,000 for new build
ings for the Soldiers home at Mountain
Creek and $3.50 a year for each inmate.
Lyons asks for commissioner of labor
who will have about the same power in
the state as is possessed by the same Of
fcers in the United States lie is TO have
salary of $500 with clerk at $500.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-16

Montgomery. January 15-(Special.) The
Jefferson delegation in the house became
busy today. and put in a lot of legislation
that will be of far reaching importance
to the people of Birmingham. The first
was the fee bill of Jerre King, to place
the county officers of the state on sal
aries instead of fees. lie said this after
noon that many of the representatives
from the smaller counties had agreed
to go with him and put it through. Glover
presented his bills to place the control of
the Birmingham police in the police COM
mission and take from the Mayor any
power he may have by the charter to re-
move or suspend men on the force; also
to provide for a civil service for the po-
lice of that city. He also has a measure
to give the inferior courts of Jefferson
county clerks and deputy clerks If need
ed and increase the salary of the Judges
to $500. Mr.. Urquhart proposes to regu-
late the carrying of concealed weapons
and the betG'ing of arms In any way and
Dr. Lovelady presented a local option
measure. Haley put in a bill to repeal
the police commission of Bessemer, which
has had a rather stormy life from the
first, only recently being restored by re-