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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11

room. Oh. how my heart sunk then!
I don't want to hold out any false
hopes to you people, he says, but !
think with proper care from now on,
your little girl is goin' t git we'll
Elsie, it seemed jest like ton OF
hay had been lifted off my chest right
there. AS fer your ma, why she jest
busted down an cried as hard as she
could. After Doc. was gone we went
out to the kitchen an kneeled down
right there an thanked God fer the
most glorious New Years gift he ever
give t anybody in tn world-the
health of our baby girl. You know
your pa amt no ranter er shouter;
yer ma bein' a Baptist has furnished
most of tn r'ligion fer our house, but
Jest then l seen how it was that they
comes times in peoples lives when
they've jest got to have somethin'
bigger an greater than anything hu.
man t. turn to with great joy er a
great sorrer.
"Well, it was long time yet before
you was strong enough t play out
doors, an it was hard winter.
burned every post of the fence around
the south eighty fer tirewood afore
It was over. But 1t seemed like we
had so much t be thankful fer that
we was strong t. care fer any any Of
tn smaller troubles that we come
acrost.
1T really haint so bad to look back
at it now after tn trouble is over, but
them hard years in Kansas drove
nearly all our neighbors t give up
their land an move away, broke In
hopes an pocketbook. Them Of US as
stayed is purity well fixed now. but
we fit fer everything we got, an fit
hard, too An, o, yes, about tn caty-
logs. Well after you was we'll an
things begun t. take turn fer tn
better, one night ma brought out that
Chicago book an laid it on the kitch-
en- table an says: 'Ezry, what do you
want t. do with this?' An seq: Les
burn it, An your ma seq: Jest what
was thinkin', too An so we did
burn it, an what's more, we amt
never had one in tn house since. an
we never send away fer anything we
can git at any of the stores in Huston,
cause we want to deal with them as
has an interest in the country we live
in, an in us people that live clost by,
why, you needn't of put yours in
tn stove, too Elsie, / didn't mean
yes, don't know but what it's jest as
we'll y done it after ALL"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11
Safe, Sure and Speedy,

No external remedy ever yet de-
vised has so fully and unQuestionably
met these three prime conditions as
successfully as Allcocks Plasters,
They are safe because they contain
no deleterious drugs and are manu-.
featured upon scientific principles Of
medicine. They are sure because
nothing goes into them except ingre.
dents which are exactly adapted to
the purposes for which q plaster is re.
Quired. They are speedy in their &C.
ton because their medicinal qualities
go right to their work Of relieving
pain and restoring the natural and
healthy performance Of the functions
Of muscles, nerves and skin.
Allcock's Plasters are the original
anG genuine porous plasters and like
most meritorious articles have been
extensively initiated, therefore always
make sure and get the genuine.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11
Folk Denounces Mail,order Idea.

Addressing a meeting of retail mer-
chants in Jefferson city recently, Gov.
ernor Folk, of Missouri. said:
I'VE are proud of our splendid
cities, and we want TO increase wealth
and population, and we also want our
country towns to grow. We wish the
city merchants to build up, but we
also desire the country merchants to
prosper. | do not believe in the mail
order citizen. If a place is good
enough for man to live in and to
make his money in, its good enough
for him to spend his money in.
mo merchant can succeed without
advertising in one way or another.
Patronize your town papers, build
them up, and they will build the town
up In increased trade and greater OBJ
portunities. Do not be afraid that
business is geing to be hurt by the re-
cent exposures of wrong.doing in the
commercial world"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11
AN IMPORTANT CASE
Patient Cured of Ataxia Gives III.
Entire Credit to DR.. Williams
Pink Pills.

Mrs. S. c. Wellock, Of ia Cleveland
Avenue. Everett, Mass, the wife q
an employe in the government works
at Chelsea, says;
81 had been troubled with nervous.
ness Tor ten years and the disease
kept growing on me. Then | learned
that | was suffering from locomOtor
ataxia. | had terrible tremblilgs 10
my right leg which would get rigid
and when this happened in the street
| nad tO stand still until 1t passed
away to keep from falling. My right
arm felt as if thousand needles were
pricking it. The sheet touching ny
knee in bed would nearly cause ne
to scream out with pain and both
knees were so weak | could hardly
stand.
81 had to use a cane and be helped
about by my son. Then the pain BE-
gan to settle in the calves OF my leg
and the muscles became numb ana
quivered constantly. The cords I'd
der my knees seemed to be drawn y
tight and the terrible shooting PAIN
in my legs would nearly drive me ID
sane. My toes became numb and u
times would prickle as il needles Ves
being thrust into them. My eyes Dc
came dull and black spots fioated Dc
fore them. My heart was very WeaA
"My attention was called TO H'
Williams Pink Pills and / bought sew
eral boxes right away and soon iel.
relief. | was so pleased that KEEP
on taking them until they cured D.
entirely, and | have had no symptoms
of the trouble for over year.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are SOLD "
all druggists or sent, postpaid on y y
ceipt of price, so cents per ooa, ~ y
boxes $3.50, by the DR.. Williams he =
icine Company. Schenectady, n; ~, |,
A booklet. entitled Nervous DH
ORDERS" sent free on request.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11
Automobile and Dust,

Much complaint has been heard in
France during the past summer on &C.
count of the excessive business of the
otherwise admirable roads. This is
ascrlbed mainly to the increasing use
of automobiles. 1t is asserted, says
Youths Companion, that houses and
chateaux with beautiful grounds and
gardens have been rendered virtually
uninhabitable by the clouds of dust
raised by passing automobiles, and
even garden plants have been serious.
ly damaged by the thick carpet Of dust
spread over them. 1t seems to be
agreed that the remedy is not to be
sought through any change in the
structure, or the speed, Of automobiles,
but through some treatment Of the
roadways tending to keep down the
dust. Tarring the roads Is strongly
recommended, the use of petroleum
being practically excluded on account
Of its great cost In Europe.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11
TO FARM SUCCESSFULLY.
Observation and Forethought Are Alb
soluteIy Necessary,

A man to be a successful! tarmer
must be a close observer, must nave
practical education and understand
that to keep up the fertility OF his soli
he must study the nature OF 1t ana
know what crops to plant on different
fields. The farmer should first plan
his work ahead. 1t is then necessary
for him to personally oversee 1t.
know, writes a correspondent Of Farm.
ers' Review, from three to five years
ahead what crop | am going to put IN
certain fields. | believe in alternating
crops. For instance, | first put IN
corn, then some small grain, then
clover, or pasture, and so on. | never
awaken in the morning not knowing
what am going to do that day. wealth
err permitting. | have my work
planned days and sometimes weeks
ahead.
When l am doing my spring blowing
I invariably have a load OF manure
sent to the field with each team.
Hence, as | say, we must feed the soil,
else it won't feed us. On keeping up
the fertility depends the success or
failure of agriculture. The successful
farmer must be a thinker The time
is past for haphazard farming Some
farmers laugh at science in farming,
| but how many thousands upon thou
sands of dollars are farmers throwing
away year after year, simply because
they do not know whether they are
or are not buying and feeding their
soil with the properties it needs. My
observation is that the average farmer
plows too much and sells too much
simply sells his farm by piecemeals.
Some will say that they have not the
land to rotate or keep stock. Better
have one acre that will make so bush.
els of corn than four that make 90.
| Why? Because it can be done with
one-Quarter the work. 1t is also adj
visable to keep the better grade of
stock rather than scrubs. Feed the
largest portion Of your grain and hay
on your farm and return it in the way
of manure to your land. Avoid throw
ing it out in the drip of the barn. Let
it lie till blowing time. Cover one
acre two years in succession and you
will undoubtedly make more on that
acre than you would on four without
the manure.
Make it a point to attend every
meeting of your Grange. Put in part
of your time in cleaning up your fence
rows and make it point to have a
nice, shady lawn, endeavoring to
make your home the most attractive
in your neighborhood. Your friends
your families and yourselves will then
have solved the problem of how tc
keep the boys on the farm
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11
French Presidents Double.

M. Fallieres was until recently be-
iieved to be the only president OF the
French republic who had no double,
but his counterpart has been found.
The man who most resembles him
physically Is a respectable merchant
Of the Rue Saint Honore, who plays
his part with decorum and dignity. He
wears exactly the same kind OF blue
butterfly necktie with white dots as
the president, the same kind of hat
and exactly so oddly cut beard. And
on his promenades he is always &C.
companied by friend who could cas-
lily be taken for the presidents private
secretary. Dignified and with meas
ured steps the enviable double walks
through the Faubourg Saint Honore
and feels overjoyed at being saluted
on all sides.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11
Mark Twain's Neat Answer.

Eugene Ware, of Topeka. recently
wrote to Mark Twain: Il picked up
your last volume. read it clear
through from cover to cover; it was
like bob-tailed flush. | could not lay
it down" From No. q Fifth avenue,
New York city, Mr. Clemens answered
back as follows: Dear Mr.. Ware: I
am an old brass-bound, copper-riveted,
fre-assayed Presbyterian, with II
years experience in unworldliness.
and | don't understand your meta.
phor, but | know it was intended as
a compliment and make it cordially
welcome"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11
MANY SOURCES OF SALT.
That from Natural Springs Is Gener.
ally Most Nearly Pure.

The purity Of salt depends upon the
source from which it is obtained and
the sanitary conditions under which
1t is prepared for the market. The
supply of common salt, the most in
dispensable of all the seasoning sub
stances both as a relishing condiment
and a well.nigh universal food pre-
servative, is exhaustless, yet even so
there is salt and salt, says the Pic
torial Review.
Formerly salt was obtained by evap-
Grating ocean water, a process that
left many impurities in the residuum,
to say nothing of it's exposure to all
kinds of dirt in its shiHnent from sea-
ports. The Turks island or rock salt,
which is still largely used in pork
packing and in the manufacture of ice
creams, comes to the United States
In holds of vessels continually sub
jected to dirt and foul odors. Upon
its arrival 1t is again handled, then
packed in coarse burlap bags, permit.
ting dust to sift into the salt. In this
condition it reaches the consumer.
Latterly, however, the product OF
salt springs has largely taken the lead
in this country not only for table salt
but for meat packing. The annual
production from this source in the
United States reaches more than 49,.
O0O,0 900 bushels, the state of New York
in the vicinity Of Syracuse furnishing
large proportion of this important
supply.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11
TaIIest American Soldier.

The distinction of being the tallest
man in the United States army be-
longs to Ernest D. Peck. a first lieu.
tenant in the engineer corps. He is
six feet four and half inches in
height. Lieutenant Peck is a native
of Wisconsin and was graduated from
the Oshkosh high school. Lieutenant
Peck is now on duty at Yellowstone
Park, Wyoming, and has supervised
the building of a military road known
as Peek's Pike. He is called Pixies
Peak by his comrades in the service
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FARM FACTS.
stormy da

It costs food to get an animal In
good condition.
Bedding makes the manure much
more valuable and makes the horses
look better.
Every pound of feed above the act.
ual maintenance is profit. Simple
maintenance is nothing.
Some folks say that hogs do not
know anything. Just let their regular
meal-time go by and see if they do
not.
The sheep never dies in debt to his
owner, says the Southern Planter,
and that is more than can be said Of
many cows.
Give the colts a chance. Thrifty
yearlings should grow one hand tall
err this winter; but they won't do
it unless we'll fed.
A kicking horse was cured by hang
ing up an old sheep pelt behind it in
the stall and letting the animal kick
till it got sick and tired of it.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11
NEVER TIRES
OF the Food That Restored Her to
Health.
supply.

"My food was killing me and I didn't
know the cause" writes Colo. young
lady. "For two years / was thin and
sickly, suffering from Indigestion and
inflammatory rheumatism.
81 had tried different kinds OF diet
plain living, and many of the remedies
recommended, but got no better.
Finally, about five weeks ago.
mother suggested that l try Grape
Nuts, and l began at once, eating 1t
with little cream or milk. A change
for the better began at once.
To-day | am well and am gaining
weight and strength all the time. I've
gained 10 lbs. in the last five weeks
and do not suffer any more from indi.
gestion and the rheumatism is all
gone.
81 know it Is to Grape-Nuts alone
that | owe my restored health. / still
eat the food twice day and never tire
of it." Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
The flavor of Grape-Nuts is peculiar
to itself. 1t is neutral, not too sweet
and has an agreeable, healthful quail.
ity that never grows tlresome.
One of the sources of rheumatism
is from overlooking the system with
acid material, the result of imperfect
digestion and assimilation.
AS soon as improper food is aban'
doned and Grape-Nuts is taken regu'
larly, digestion is made strong, the or
CANS do their work of building up good
red blood cells and of carrying away
the excess of disease-making material
from the system.
The result is a certain and steady
return to normal health and menta
activity. There's a reason" Read
the little book 1.-THE Road to Well
vile" in pkgs.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11
What is Pe-ru-nay
Is it a Catarrh Remedy, or a Tonic
or is it Both?

people tonic Others refer great ~
remedy.
Which of these people right! Is call t,rs =
edy than to call it a tonic? -&
reply both and cah remedy Indeed Them
be efectual caarth remedy that alsoa tonic 'aa
In order thoroughly relieve of cTh remedy on
specific action the membranes affected by the arh must
persons otherwise strong condition
something
the arteries, and the vital forces g."
medical HYDRASTIS CANADENSS The wonderful this I
has recognized and growing n hold the
C0PAIBA of medical
which constitutes specific remedy for catarrh that the
C0RYDALS FoRM0SA CEDRON Sn
in the body.
standpoint therefore, Peruna is beyond criticism The u
testimonials
that this judgment nOt enthusiastic When PRACTICABLE
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11
Oldest Chief Executive,

Gov. Harris of Ohio is the oldest
chief executive of any state in the
union, but is very lively and potent
integer in the politics of the buckeye
state. He is II years old and has the
distinction of having twice been lieu.
tenant governor before being elevated
to his present position by the death of
Gov. Pattison.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11

In the end. | have faith in tn ceun-
try, an in the people that live here.
an nobody's sick baby is a goin' to
suffer if l kin help any.
We'll, it was the same thing at
Harlow's grocery, an tn coal yard,
everywhere in tn town. 'Cert'nlee,
Mr.. Williams, we'll see y through on
this 1t made me feel mean an small
some way, though | don't know why.
An often when they'd put in lew
oranges or somethin like that, sayin'
in a 'pologizin' sort of way, little
somethin' fer tn sick baby, Williams,
why somehow it made hard lump
come up in my throat, an | had a
queer feelin' in my eyes, kinder achy
like, y know.
well, to be short about it, fer eight
weeks you KEEP a gittin' weaker an
weaker. an we KEEP feelin' more n
more hopeless. 1t was a sad Christ
mas in our home that year. Your ma
was lest wore out with watchin' an
irwin to do her work between times,
an was so nigh sick with trouble an
encouragement t ust TO go around
by the barn an jest cry like a baby
But l never let on to your ma though,
ner she t. me. We tried t encourage
each other though we knoWed in our
hearts t all our cheerful words was
lies, an each one knowed the other
knOwed it too.
We'll, jest tn night before New
Years Doc. called us outside your
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11
Never Fails.

There is one remedy, and only one
have ever found, to cure without fail
such troubles in my family as Eczema,
Ringworm and all others Of an itching
character. That remedy is Hunts Cure.
We always use it and it never fails.
w. NJ. Christian,
Rutherford, Tenn.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11

in deep snow.
The illustration
shows an improve
ment worth add
ing to the gates
you build this win
ter. The gate may
be raised a foot
or two and kept
right there in use
by inserting a pin
in a hole until the
snow melts, says
Farm and Home.
The main posts
must be big and
strong, and set
so deep that the
frost will not
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11

for, We hadn't been tradin' much
with the stores in Huston, buyin'
mostly from the catylog folks y know,
an so We didn't have any credit there
to speak of. But l vent t. Foster, tn
druggist, an 1 told him how things
was. didn't have no money t. pay
fer tn medicine an things, an the
prospects fer the next year was as
poor er poorer than tn last.
why cert'nlee. Mr.. Williams he
says, Jest let us know what you want
an we'll carry you along till times
come better fer you. We're all in a
tight pinch now, but If we hang t'geth-
or things is all goin' to come out right
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11
Still Workinu for Humanity.

Tennie Clafiin, as she was called be
fore she married an English lord and
went to England to live in the TOs, il
back again in New York Her agita
ton now is to promote happier mar
riages by lectures and informal entes
tainments in churches.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11
STATE OF oulo. City OF TOLEDO, &c

STATE OF OHIo. CITY OF TOLEDO, sc
Lucas CoUrY.
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he Is senior
partner of the nrm OF I. j. CHENEY Co., doing
business In tho City OF Toledo, County and staLe
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each aud every
case of CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use OF
HALLS CATARRH CURE. ,,,,,-r,,
Sworn 10 before me and subscribed In my presence,
this 9th day of December, A. d., 1856.
A. W. GLEASON,
SEAL NOTARY PUBLIC.
1921
Hairs Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system, Send for testimonials. free.
FIJI. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo, D.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall + family Pills for constipation.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11

Men having often abandoned what
was visible for the sake Of what was
uncertain, have not got what they ex.
pected, and have lost what they had
being unfortunate for an enigmatical
sort Of calamity.-Demetrius Phaler.
eus,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11
Mixture of MANY Nations,

Louis N. Parker, the dramatist. was
born in France; his father was an
American, his mother an English
woman; his first language was Italian
and he was educated in Germany.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11
kInsmen of Immortal George.

Many kindred of George Washing
ton dwell on and about the original
Washington plantation in Westmore'
land county, Virginia, The present oc'
cupant of the plantation Is named
George Washington.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11
Don1 DELAY.

The season of coughs and colds Is
not yet past-they will be prevalent
for some months to come. Do not
neglect or experiment with them. Use
the safe and sure remedy-Simmons'
Cough Syrup. 1t heals the soreness
and stops the COught.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11

heave it or the gate pull it over. In
stead of hanging the gate to this post
hang it to a short post that can be
raised up as shown. Gate making
is profitable employment during
stormy days.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11
Comment That StUng.

The marquis of Lansdown, leader
of unionist peers in the British parlia-
ment, speaks rarely but always with
effect. He revels in grave sarcasm.
On one OCCASION Lord Crewe, the lib
eral leader, made speech on a subject
which he desired TO leave a matter
for open voting among his followers.
Lord Lansdowne congratulated his
friend on his eloquent speech. i
have followed it" he said, with earn
est attention not only on account OF
the importance of the subject but also
on account of the noble lords judicial
attitude. | admired his earnestneSS
and eloquence, but what impressed me
most was his impartiality." A pause
Eyes, until the last minute | did not
know on which side of the fence his
lordship was coming down"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11
HANDY SNOW GATE.
II Can Be Raised Up Above the
Level of the Packed Snow.

Gates are "monstrous handy" on
the farm, but they are troublesome
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11

Sherman, Texas. K, +. D. g., July IL, 1906.
j. l.. Ward Medicine Co,
Big Springs, Texas
Gentlemon-FOr twelve months, | srf-
fered agony with a stone in the bladder
and was compelled to call in Il Doctor at
least twice a month; but he could only
give me temporary relief.
| read of the great merits Of Ward
Kidney Pills. 50 purchased two boxes, and
after taking them | have not even had a
symptom of the old trouble | heartily
recommend them to anyone suffering with
Kidney or Bladder trouble. Yours truly,
J. +. HOLCOMB.
P. S.-Send us your druggists name
and 10 cents and we will send you a
50-cent box of Wards Kidney Pills.
The greatest Kidney Remedy upon the
market.
A guaranteed cure for Kidney and
Bladder Troubles, Diabetes, Weak and
Aching Back, Rheumatism, Frequent
Desire to Pass Water, Inflammation,
Irritation or liberation of the Bladder
or Kidneys. Removes Gravel or Stone
from the Bladder. Sold and guaran-
teed by your local druggists.
J. l.. WARD MEDICINE CO.,
Big Springs, Texas.