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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-19
A SMALL SECRET,
Couldn't Understand the Taste OF
His Customers.

Two men were discussing the var.
ious 1000 products now being supplied
III such variety and abundance.
one, grocer said, Il frequently try
a package or so of any certain article
before Offering it to my trade, and in
.naC way sometimes form a different
luea than my customers have.
For instance, l thought would try
some Postum Food Coffee, to see what
reason there was for such a call for II.
AT breakfast didn't like it and supper
proved the same, so l naturally con.
cluded that my taste was different
from that Of the customers who bought
1t right along.
A DAY or two after, waited on a
iady who was buying a Csc package
and told her couldn't understand how
one could fancy the taste of Postum.
l know just what is the matter
sne said, you put the coffee boiler on
the stove for just fifteen minutes, and
'en minutes OF that time it simmered,
ana perhaps five minutes it boiled;
now II you will have it left to boil full
niteen minutes after it commences to
DOLL you will find a delicious Java-like
beverage, rich in food value Of gluten
ana phosphates, so choice that you
VIII never abandon it, particularly
when you see the great gain in health
"eli' took another trial and sure
Joined the Postum army for
good' and life seems worth living since
nave gotten rid of my old time stom-
ach and kidney troubles"
Postum is no sort Of medicine, but
pure liquid food, and this, together
with relief from coffee worked the
change. There's a Reason"
Read "The Road to MELVILLE" tn
pkgs.'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-19

one she had told him she was keepine
When they parted that morning al
NauVoo. He knew the truth before
ne opened it at the yellowed fly.leat
and read in faded ink, From Joel IN
prudence on this day when she is II
years old-June I'd, 1S43."
In daze of feeling he turned the
pages trying to clear his mind. gIanc.
Ing at the chapter headings as he
turned, Abraham is Justified by
Falth," God Instructeth Isaac ="
'Pharaoh's Heart Is Hardened" "The
Laws Of Murder" 1.-THE Curses for
Dsobedlence." He turned rapidly and
at last began to run the leaves from
between his thumb and finger, and
then, we'll over in the book something
aaFk caught his eye. He turned the
leaves back again to see what it was.
put not until the book was opened fiat
before him and he held the page close
10 the light did he see what it was his
eye had caught. A wash of blood was
across the page
He stared blankly at the reddish
dark stain, as if it's spell had been
hypnotic. Little by little he began to
feel the horror of it, remembering how
ne picked the book up from where
IL mad fallen before her. Slowly but
with relentless certainty, his mind
cleared to what he saw.
Now for the first time he began 70
nouce the words that showed dimlv
through the stain, began to read them
TO puzzle them out, as if they were
new to him.
But say unto you which hear. Love
you, W 'A'A'i "ulcu nate
Bless them that curse you, and nrav
LOT them which despitefulIy use you. ''
ana unto him that smiteth thee on tbe |
one cheek, offer also the other. and biro |
tnt taKeth away thy cloke forbid NOT 70
take thy coat also N A0' "
give to every man that asketh of tbae.
ana OF him that taketh away tby good, |
ask them not again. ' e'0us
And as We would that men should do n
you' 90 We also to them likewise" "
Again and again he read them.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-19

! back with a gun and kill you till you
are dead yourself" and the other, lit.
tie John Calvin Sorrow, had clenChed
his fists and echoed the threat, We'll
come back here and kill you! Nor
mons is WorSe'n Indians!"
He had ridden quickly away, not
noting that some of the men standing
by had looked sharply at the boys and
then significantly at one another. One
Of those who had been present. whom
he now met, told him of these two
boys.
You see, Elder, the orders from
headquarters was to save only them
mat was too young to give evidence
IN a court. But these two was very
forward and knowing. They shouldn't
have been kept in the first place. So
TWO men-nO need Of naming names
took both Of them out one night
They got along all right with the lit
tie one they called John Calvin Sor-
row-only the little cuss kicked and
scrambled SO that we both had to see
to him for a minute, and when we
was ready for the other, there he was
at least ten rods away, alleging it
into the scrub oak. Well, they looked
and looked and hunted around till day
break, but he'd got away all right, the
moon going under a cloud. They
tracked him quite a ways when it
come light, till his tracks run into the
trail Of a big band of Navajos that |
had been up north trading ponies and |
was going back south. He was the
one that talked so much about you,
but you needn't ever have any fear of
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-19

Polar exploration has made more
progress within the past % wears
than IN any other similar period. This
was well illustrated last month when
commander Robert E. Peary, of the
American navy, Col. David L. Brain.
ara Oh the American army, and the
duke of the Abruzzi, of the Italian
navy met at dinner in New York in
honor of the duke. Each of the tbree
men has held the record for penetrat.
ing farthest north. Col. Brainard
with the party in search of the GraoIv
expedition, reached SO degrees, 24H
minutes north latitude in 1882 He
held this record till Nansen passed #
IN 1895. reaching Sc degrees 10 6-1OO
minutes. The duke of the Abruzzi in
ISVO' or the party sent out by him
peat this by about 20 minutes and
Feary last year surpassed them RI
touching 81 degrees and six Minutes
IN the rs years since Col Brain>rd,s
achievement the explorers have gone
almost three and one-half degrees
nearer to the pole, or at the rate q,
ABOUT ten miles year. There remain
about 200 miles to 90.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-19
CHAPTER Xvlll.-Continued.


Joel Rae found himself believing
hat he could now have been a fercel
ton of the Lord than Brigham was;
Or he would have fought, while Brig,
Am was STOPPING to petty strategies
as If God were needing to rely upon
.eceit.
Late in June the army of Johnston
descended Emigration canyon, passed
trough the streets of the city and
amped on the River Jordan. But. to
ne deep despair Of one observer,
hese invaders committed no depreda-
ion or overt act. After resting in
tfensively two days on the Jordan,
hey marched 40 miles south to Cedar
alley, where Camp Floyd was estab-
shed
Thus, no one fully comprehending
'oW 1t had come about, peace was
cen suddenly to have been restored.
The people, from Brigham down, had
cen offered free pardon for all
asst treasons and seditions if thew
you'd return to their allegiance IN the
ederal government; the new officers
L the Territory were installed, sons
1 perdltion in the seats of the Lords
plghty; and sermons of wrath against
'ncIe Sam ceased for the moment to
eSound in the tabernacle. Early IN
July Brigham ordered the people to
eturi- to their homes. They had Of
cred these as sacrifice, even as
Aoraham had offered Isaac. and The
-ord had caught them a timely ram
n the thicket.
IN the midst of the general reioic. |
hg' Joel Rae was overwhelmed with
humiliation and despair.
OH to the south was the desert
mere he could be alone; there face |
iod and his own conscience and have
is lnmost soul declare the truth about
lmSef. In his sadness he wop]d
ave liked to lead the people with
lm' lead them away from some evil
ONE falsity that had crept in about
nem; he knew not what it was nor
oW 1t had come, but Zion had been
enled' Something was gone from the
something from Brigham
from Notwithstanding
almost seemed, even from the God
israel When the summer waned
Is plan was formed to 60 to one Of
lie southern settlements to live Brig.
am had approved. The Church need
l new blood there
lie rode out of the city one early
ornlng in September, facing to the
'utn over the rolling valley that lay
tween the hills now Haunting their
ST autumn colors. He was in haste
CO. yet fearful of what he should
eet there.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-19

head; but his ears were at the mercy
of the cries that rang from every
thicket.
Once out of it, he rode hard, for it
must not come yet-his first night
alone. BY dusk he had reached the
new settlement of AMAZON, a little off
the main road in a valley of the Pine
mountains. Here he sought the house
where he had left the child. When
he had pcketed his horse he went in
and had her brought to him,-a fresh
little fower-like woman-child, with
hair and eyes that told of her mother,
with reminders Of her mothers ways
as she stood before him, waiting
poise of the head a lift Of the chin.
They looked at each other in the can
delight, the child standing by the
woman who had brought her, looking
up at him curiously, and he not dar-
ing to touch her or go nearer. She
became uneasy and frightened at last,
under his scrutiny, and when the
woman would have held her from run
ming away, began to cry, so that he
gave the word to let her 60 She ran
quickly into the other room of the
cabin, from which she called back
with tears of Indignation in her voice,
You're not my papa-nOt my real
papa!"
When the people were asleep, he
sat before the blaze in the big fire
place, on the hearth clearly swept
with its turkey-Wing and buffalo-taiI.
There was to be one more night of his
reprieVe from solitude. The three
women of the house and the man
were sleeping around the room in |
hunks. The child's bed had been
placed near him on the floor after she |
slept, as he had asked it to be. He |
had no thought of sleep for himself. |
He was too intensely awake with ap-
prehension. On the floor beside his
chair was little bundle the woman
had brought him,-the bundle he had
found loosened by her side, that day.
with the trinkets scattered about and
he limp-backed little Bible lying open
where it had fallen.
He picked the bundle up and united
t, touching the contents timidly. He
ook up the Bible last, and as he did
% a memory flooded back upon him
hat sickened him and left him trem-
ling. 1t was the book he had given
er on her seventeenth birthday, the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-19
The UnderpaIu Professor.

am as ready as anyone to pre-
scribe temporarily for the scholar in
the republic the recipe of plain living
and high thinking; but without fur
Iher approach to high living, it is
timely for the scholar and the public
70 indulge in some plain thinking.
says writer in Scribners. The sim
pie life Is a very worthy ideal, which
IL required no genius to enunciate.
But know of nothing that simplifies
lie so effectively as the possession of
little ready money. | know of moth
ing that so complexities matters as the
everlasting balancing of accounts that
VIII not balance and the insistent in.
truslon OF petty dimes and cents. All
this abstracts and deYitalizes, and in
very truth interferes with the rational
ordering of ones life by accented
standards. The unanimity with which
IL Is conceded that the professor is
WoetulIy underpaid is almost alarra-
Ing. as the failure of the magnanimous
admission to lead to any practical
measures for relief is pathetic. If
am to maintain both my household
and my self-respect, have indeed
hard row to hoe; and while gardening
as an avocation may be very benefi.
clal exercise, cannot be laborer in
'he helds and a professor at the same
time.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-19

Few things are more difficult n
assess, in terms of money, than q
work OF art. America puts a tariff
tax on the products of the genius of
Velasquez, Rembrandt and others and
the appraisers have often been
troubled to know how to price tho
priceless works of the masters Gov
Verseiy, lovers of art have been IN.
able to make a just artistic assess.
ment OF pictures with a recorded
money value, and dealers have tak.n
a curious advantage of the tariff saw.
Youths Companion. They have in
voiced imported paintings at fictitious
" hlgh prices, and have then shown
the customs receipt as proof of the
nlgh value of the pictures. Action has
been taken by the customs authorities
60 stop this kind of fraud The case
presents legal difficulty. for the law
is directed against Undergraduates
not generalization.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-19
WESTERN MEN IN NEW YORK.
Brains Of Mountain and Prairie in n.
mand in the Financial Center

Ever since the early days, when n
o. Mills, j. b. Haggin and James D
Keene "emigrated" from California IA
NeW York, the metropolis has bppn
drawing largely on the west and soptb
for its supply of men who do things y
theodore p. ShOnts, both a southerna,
and westerner, who has undertaken to
solve New YOrk'S great transit nroh,
lem, is the latest importation in rA
Spouse to the call of the east
The promptness with which Thos, F
Ryan, of Virginia, turned the Eouit.
able Life Assurance Society over N
its pOliCyhOlders, who now elect a ma.
jority of its Board Of Directors. and
Invested himself of the control of the
stock which he bought from Jas. H
Hyde, and the success of the new
management of the Society under the
direction of President Paul Morton
have created a demand for the strong
men OF the south and west that is
greater than ever before. Under the
Morton management the Equitable has
made a better showing than any other
insurance company in the way of i'm.
proved methods, economies and in.
creased returns to policyholders.
E. H. Gary, head of the greatest cor.
poratiOn in the world-the L. s. Steel
Co.-John w, Gates, Henry c. Frick
Norman B. Ream, VIM. H. Moore and
Daniel G. Reid are other westerners
who are among. the biggest men in
New York.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-19

Perhaps the largest and most valua
Die OF literary treasures the world has
lost was the Alexandrian library. This
collection, the most remarkable of the
ancient world, is said to have con.
tanned in its most flOurishing period
4OO'OOO or, according to others. zoo 600
manuscripts. It's royal founder col.
lected from all nations their choicest
composition. We are told that one of
MS successors went so far as to re.
Iuse TO supply the Athenians with
wheat until they had given him the
original manuscripts of Aescbylus
Sophocles and Euripides. When Julius
caesar laid siege to the city the
greater portion of this library was
destroyed by fire 1t was later re-
paced by the collection presented to
queen Cleopatra by Mare ANTONY,
But 1t was not destined to endure
long. When the Emperor Theodosius
the Great in 391 4. D. ordered the
destruction of all heather temDIes
within the Roman empire, the Chris.
tlans' led by the archbishop TheophiI,
US did not spare that of Jupiter, il
winch were kept the literary treas
ures. From this general destruction
ABOUT 4'OOO manuscripts escaped, only
to be burned in GAO by Saracens under
the Caliph Omar.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-19

Quit trying to exploit your old fam.
lilies. A Mexican grandmother has cele.
brated her hundred and tbfrtv.er.t
birthday. She has daughter crowd.
Ing the century mark and her grand
daughter has the scriptural allotment
beaten by score, And Texas is right
next to Mexico.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-19

Queen Alexandras purchase G.,
some teddybears at charity fete
should make the British lion sit IN
and take notice. If he isn't careful
the lion will be out of a job.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-10-16
Historical
Colored Book

THE Progression of the Race in the United
States and Canada" is the title of a book
gotten out by Rev. D.. d. Buck. 1t treats
historically and geographically of many of
the best people of the colored race. 1t is
printed on good calendared paper and we'll
bound. Within its 544 pages there are 65
Illustrations printed in photo brown on heavy
double enamel paper. 1t is bound In highest
artistic manner in two styles. One style
IS in blue cloth. heavy case bindings, with
black lettering and a panel picture on its
front. This style sells for $3.50. The other,
which sells for $500. is bound in extra
quality red cloth with heavy case binding
and is embossed with gold lettering.
There is no historical or biographical
work, nor indeed any book Of recent years
which has had the force that this book will
have. historically and Geographically it is
the equal of any book gotten out by any
race Of people. The work itself will I'M
doabtedly have a large tendency to wipe
out any prejudice that may exist in certain
minds between the white and colored races,
as 1t shows the good factor the colored race
has been In the history Of the country, both
as to civil and business pursuits and as to
the events which mark time in the history
VI a country, when at peace or war.
There are many things contained in this
number of business people of high standing
IN the colored race. and in the number Of
institutions and teachers. There are also
many curious facts and interesting details
which should help the book. And yet this
book with its 544 pages must necessarily
'nly convey a limited idea of the great
tribes the colored race has made. 1t has
taken about twelve years to gather this in.
formation and place it in book form. A
lifetime could be spent and a book much
larger manufactured. we're we to do Justice
to these people.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-10-16
Out of tbe l1loutbs of Babes.

Little Elmer had been taken to have
a tooth filled one day.
Mamma" he asked, after it was
all over, lis that man called a dentist
because he fills dents?"
Teacher-"Harry, can you explain
the difference between ayes and
.noeS'?"
Harry-'Yes. ma'am. You see with
your eyes II smell with your nose"
II know why women laugh in their
Sleeves" said little Elmer.
why, dear?" asked his mother.
Because that's where their funny
zone is"
Mamma (angrily)-"Johnny, how
many times have | told you to stop
that noise?"
Johnny CATER a pause)-"Seven,
mamma"
Elsie Gagged ST. do hope some
Dutchman will marry me when |
grow up"
Aunt Mary-"Why, dear?'
Elsie-"'Cause want to be a Ouch
ess."
Father docking at school report
Who is the best writer in your class,
Bobby?"
Bobby-"Willie Jones. All the boys
in the class get him to write their
excuses"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-10-16

Who was Joan of Arc?" asked the
Aeacher Of a small pupil.
D The wife of Noah, who built the
Ark" was the reply.
1 Sunday School Teacher-"Wouldn't
Rou like to dwell in heaven, Johnny?"
/ Jehnny-"No, ma'am. We've moved
ssA1ee times already this year, and I'm
Ssettin' tired of helpin' pack up"
Teacher-"What are the properties
bf heat and cold?"
1 Small Pupil-"The property of heat
10 to expand, and of cold to contract"
4 Teacher-"Now give me an ex-
ample"
4 Small Pupil-"In summer when it
30 hot the days are long; in winter
sVhen it is cold the days are short"
Jehnny-"Huh! You're afraid to
tsht."
Tommy-"No, l amt: but dad will
tick me when l get home if | do"
! Johnny-"How will he find it out?"
4 Temmy-"Hell see the doctor going
10 your house"
Ma" asked Willie, "why was old
aMr, Moneybags. who threw the young
nan out of his house last night like
Slhe person who influences a king?"
Indeed, ] don't know" said nam
Because ne was the power behind
Fhe thrown"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-10-16
Have you Heard
These /?

What is the gayest sauce! Caper
sauce
When does a hen lay the longest,
When it is dead.
What is the favorite word with .
woman? The last one.
What is it that will make a man &C
faster than anything else? Checks.
What is it that is always ready bu,
very seldom wanted? An old maid.
Why is U the gayest letter in the
alphabet? Because it is always Ia fun
Where will you always And love
wealth and health? In the Dictiop
airy.
Why are green apples and Ere,
Masons alike? They both give you the
grip.
What is the difference between q
glass of gin and one of water? Ten
cents.
Why is a new born babe and a dog.
tail alike? They have never beer
seen before.
Which is heavier, a half or full
moon? The half; a full moon Is "A
light again.
What kind of furs were worn by
Adam and Eve? Bear skin (bare
skin).
Why are a dead doctor and a dead
duck alike? Because they are both
done quacking.
Why is a butcher and a young Lad,
alike? One kills to dress and the
other dresses to kill.
Why is a true lover and q shoe
maker alike? Because they are tru,
to the last.
Why is an ash cart and a lady's belt
alike? Because it goes around and
gathers the waste.
II a mans picture is put into .
country newspaper it is considered tn.
u~nkindest cut of all.
What is that which placed before
HHS hehS IL lulee less Oy the add
ton? 5 X IS added.
Why is a soldier like a vine? Be
cause he is listed, trained, has ten
drills (tendrils), and shoots.
When should you avoid the edge Of
the river? When the hedges are shoot
ing and the bull-rushes out.
Why is a watchdog and a lady's cor
set alike? Because they are tied vi
during the day and let out at night
Why did Marcus Curtis leap into
the gulf in Rome? Because he though
1T a good opening for a young man.
Why is a sailor and prize aghter
alike? Because one is dashed to the
mast and the other is mashed to the
last.
Why are corn and potatoes like
Chinese idols? Because they have earn
which can't hear, eyes which canno,
see.
Tbo.o =:
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-08-16

III girl is as good as pie she doesn
always take the cake.
4 man isn't necessarily charitable
because he gives himself away.
As a rule, the girl who jilts The
young man does him great favor
Some men fail because they are
honest and some because they are not
1t is the easiest thing in the world
to dream hat you are making money
Cheerful self-denial is something
you can find in novel.
When a girl is bashful it's a sign
her mother is looking.
A nice thing about going fishing is
II issuch a good excuse for being a
liar.
One way to avoid the fire is to keep
out Of the frying pan.
Every village has its Oldest inhabl-
taDt, but he is never woman.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-08-16
DEMOCRATS AND POPULIsTS

Mayor Dahlman, Of Omaha, declares
himself candidate for the Democrat
ic nomination for Governor Of Ne
braska, and Mr. Bryan is backing
him. Will the Populists heartily
support Nh Dahlman and MI Bryan
in this effort to redeem Nebraska, or
are those populists who were original
ly Republicans so in love with Teddy
and his understudy Taft, that even
Mr.. Bryan cannot seduce them from
their new idol? The question Of how
the Populists will vote will decide the
fate Of the Democrats in the North
western States, for in 1896 they held
the balance Of power in Nebraska and
other States, but since then have
mainly been acting with the parties
from which they originally emerged.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-08-16
Chamberlain's COlIc, COlera and Diarr-
hOea Remedy, Better Than Three
DOciOrS

"Three years ago we had three doe
tons with oar little boy and everything
that they could do seemed in vain. AT
last when all hope seemed to be gone
we began using Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera ard Diarrhoea Remedy and
in few hours he began To improve.
Today he is as healthy a child as par
ents could wish for. Mrs. b. j John
son, Linton, Miss. For sale by Win
ston Drug Co.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-08-16

instead Of obeying tho command the
negro pulled his pistol and shot AT
Clements three times, one ball iodg-
ing in the heshy part Of the leg BY
this time Clements shot the negro
five times, every ball taking effect.
Before medical aid could be secured
the negro died Mr.. Clements II not
seriously hurt, and it is not likely
there will be any arrests, rs all wit
nesses say that Clements acted IN self
defense.