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gold at Saratoga.

gold at Saratoga.
While the track by the sea has not
been a success from a racing stand
point, Il has been a source of profit TO
its owners, w. A. Engeman. Its
financial triumph was due to its pol
icy of retrenching in the matter of
added money. With expenses less
than $4,000 a day and with the re
ceipts largely in excess of this sum,
the treasurer will find about sos, 900
to the associations credit after all the
bills are paid.
That the racing was not a success
was due to the desertion of the track
by all the big stables. James r.
Keene, Harry Payne Whitney, August
Belmont, Francis Hitchcock and r.
T. Wilson, Jr., sent their best horses
to Saratoga.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-07-31
SMALLEST WOMAN Is DEAD.
She was 30 Years Old, 10 Inches High
and Weighed 30 Pounds.

Xenia, Ohio. July 3l.-Miss Sadie
Roland. aged 80. 35 inches tall, and
weighing only 80 pounds, perhaps the
smallest woman in Ohio, died at the
home of her father. Henry Roland.
near here, of brain fever. She had
never been exhibited, her parents re-
fusing many flattering offers. She
was bright mentally, did exquisite
needlework, and almost anything that
an ordinary woman could accomplish.
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BETLEss MEETING.
Brighton TO Close With About $685.
600 In Clear from Gate Receipts.

New York, July 31.-Racing at the
local tracks has ended at the Brighton
Beach course, and patrons of the sport
of k.ngs-now called 'the sport of
Assistant District Attorney Elder
will have a three weeks respite from
the affairs Of the turf, while the
thorcughbreds gallop for glory and
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-07-31
HUGHES OPINION OF
JUDGE TAFT'S SPEECH

Saranac Inn, n. Y. July 31.-Gov.
Hughes expressed himself as very
much pleased with Judge Taft's ad-
dress accepting the nomination for
president. Its an able, straightfor-
ward statement, which cannot fail to
appeal TO the common sense of the
country" said The governor.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-07-31
The Truth

Every person in this city who IS suf-
fenng from Eczema, Pimples, Dand-
ruff or any form of skin or scalp dis
ease, can find relief and be permanent
ly cured by Zemo, a clean liquid for
external use. All druggists sell ZEMO
. For -ss,ie by viii J. Gilbert.
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Malaria Makes Pale BLOOD.

The Old Standard GROVES TASTE
LESS CHILL TONIC drives out ma
laria and builds up the system. For
grown people and children, Soc.
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BASEBALL NEWS
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Standing.

Philadelphia. July 3i.-Philadel-
phla shut out Cincinnati. Doescher's
wildness being responsible for nearly
all their runs. while the visitors were
unable to bunch their hits.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-07-31

Father Time is the. man of the
hour.
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Batteries Ruelbaeh. Frazer and
Moran and Marshail Dorner. Boultes.
Ferguson and Bowerman.
Second same.
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u. G. Stewart. a merchant OF Cc-
dar View. Miss, says; Il toll my Gus
toners when they buy a box OF DR.
Kings New Life pills they get the
worth OF that much gold IN weight. II
afflicted With constipation. malaria or
billousness." Sold under guarantee
az all drugElstA s5c.
rs plain that no woman ever
thinks she is.
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errors were mixed with Detroit's hits
and helped in the scoring.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Cleveland. July 31.-Cleveland de-
feated New York in fourteen innings.
scoring the winning run on Bemis'
single, Altizer's sacrifice and Hinch-
mans single. A catch by Delhanty
stopped Cleveland from winning in
the eleventh.
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New York. July 31.-New York
shut out st. Louis The home team
played as they pleased and neither
players nor SPECTATORS took the game
very eerfously
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Brooklyn. July 3i.--Pittsburg had
TO succumb TO Bells pitching. Brook
lyn shut them out Wagner failed TO
get a hit Bergen's work behind the
bat was a feature
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Batteries-Pfeister Overall and
Moran and King: Mccarthy. Fergu-
son and Smith
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batterles-foung, LeeNer and CID
son; BEL and Bergen.
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Boston, July S1.-Chicago took
double header from Boston. The
hrst game was easy for the visitors.
In the second they were favored with
"a close DECISION and won out after
Boston had a lead.
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Batteries-White, Walsh and Sulll.
van; Tannehill, Hughes and Street.
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50. Louis, July Wallace'S sin
gle and triples by Ferris and c. Jones
netted two runs in the second and
gave st. Louis a lead Philadelphia
could not overcome
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13
Bank Clerks Tempted.

And in this connection let me TO
mark that while the bank officer Is
surrounded on all sides by temptation,
and some Criminally use the banks
funds. one must not for a moment
think that they are the only ones
connected with the institution who
are subject to temptation and VINO,
far too often, listen 10 the voice Of
the tempter and become defauiters.
Every clerk in the bank. whether he
handles a dollar of the banks money
or not, is subject to many, if not all.
of the temptations that beset his sll-
pprior officer. The defalcations by
the clerical force OF banks can be
traced to nearly all the causes enum-
Grated as being the cause of defalca-
tons by officers.
But at bottom the fault is with
the officers. Many a bank clerk who
has been unfaithful to his trust and
has used the funds Of the institution
with which he was connected for
speculation, in the stock, grain or cot
| ton market, or for games OF chance at
| the gambling house, or for betting at
! the race track or for eXtravagant llV-
| ing. etc, has been encouraged to take
| his first false step by the loose man
ner in which the affairs Of the bank
were conducted and its accounts kept.
He saw the slip-shod way in which
things were done, by every one con
nected with the bank, that clerical
errors in the books were not located
and corrected, and that general mis-.
management prevailed. Is it any Won
der that he used the funds of the
| bank and took the chances of detec'
ton with such condition of affairs
surrounding him? The marvel is that.
under such conditions, more do not
succumb to temptation.
The defaulter who is merely a
clerk in the bank and whose misdeeds
are usually traceable to lack of prop,
er supervision of his work by his
superiors is generally brought to book
for his dishonesty. He is usually con
victed, poor fellow. He has no infu
entail associates to use their power to
shield him. He has no money or
wealthy relatives or friends to employ
able criminal lawyers to defeat the
: ends of justice. The bank officer, on
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13
PUMP WATER BY TEETER BOARD
6avarian Women Use Primitive
Methods to lrrisate Gardens.

London.-Strawbe and radishes
are two of the chief hobbies of the
truck gardener Of Bavaria, and he
knows how to bring them to salts
factory state of growth. But the
champion truck gardener of that fas-
cinating province of Germany, where
they fully understand the raising of
hops as we'll as garden products, are
not the men. Many women under
take entire charge of the fields and
they toll as arduously as the men. In
times of drought they water every gar
den patch On many farms there are
wells, but no Windmills.
The women mount a sort of teeteT-
board and rock it until large tub
is filled, after which they carry the
water over the garden, drenching The
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13
Survey of Bayou Teche.

Morgan City. Lathe congressional
party visiting Southwest Louisiana IN
the interests of the waterways under
Invitation of the Lntercoastal Canal
Association arrived here Monday after
noon. In the party were Congress
men Ransdell ard Broussard, Senator
Gueydan, Col Beach Omitted States
engineer) and Local Engineer Reid. A
large party accompanied the party
The Teche Improvement Company
held an important meeting aboard
The steamer Williams in which plans
for the future were formulated ana
Engineer Reid authorized to begin
survey on Bayou Teche Immediately,
which work will be taken up by him at
once and pushed to completion. The
party disbarded here.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13
May Start jennings Refinery.

Lake Charles, Lathe charter OF
the Webster Refining Company, new
corporation, domiciled at jennings
was filed for record Monday. me
company in its charter reserved the
fisht,to operate generally in the busl'
ness Of producing, refining and trans
porting oil; but there are goou
grounds for believing that its partlcu'
lar purpose is to put the Jennings re-
hnery, which was recently sold, in OPP
grafton. The capital stock was hxea
at 100000.
G. D. Webster is president; }. H.
heinen, secretary and treasurer, ana
Edna L. Heinen. vice president, ana
these three constitute the first board
o. directors.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13
Tanajpahoa.

Tangipahoa, La.-Tangipahoa was
VAS visited by a destructive fire short
" after u o'clock Saturday night, five
buildings being destroyed and others
saved only through the heroic efforts
Of a bucket brigade The burned
buildings were a dwelling OWNED by
Mrs. Wash Wheat. Of New Orleans; a
hotel know as the Lauritzen House.
and an old building adjoining known
as the Captain Taylor Building. The
next was a two-stOry house erected in
1859 by Pleasant Easley, used then and
since for a hotel and at present owned
BY Mrs, William Fortinberry, of.Amlte
City. The last to burn was the cor
ner building owned and used by Dr.,
]. W. Lambert as a drug store, the
contents of which were saved.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13
Turkish Women Not Ignorant.

Turkish women are frequently well
aducated. Their lives of seclusion en-
courage study and they pass the long
winter evenings in devouring any lit
erature that comes their way. Many
are excellent lingulsts, and Pierre Lott
tolls that they are we'll acquainted
with the works of modern thinkers.
They are often we'll versed in ancient
classics, and they eagerly read modern
novels especially of the morbid,
erotic type These give them glimpse
Of the outside world and increases
their discomfort; they are also intense
" obvious of their Christian and Jew
ish sisters.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13

master of both the written and the
spoken language Of the Chinese.
But he is more than a mere special
iSt and pedant. For q years he was
a resident Of China, having been as
sociated with Sir Robert Hart in the
customs collections service Of Great
Britain. During that period he came
into close contact with all classes Of
Chinese, including the most progress
siVe statesmen Of the empire as we'll
as many Of the most conservative Of
the mandarins.
Prof. Hirth sees bond of peace in
an alliance between China and the
United States.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13
Instances innumerable.

But there are many many causes,
continued Nj MoNey with brisk lie
tie sigh. A large bank in one OF on
eastern cities Was wrecked through
the SpeculatiOnS OF lis president IN
stocks, another one through specu'
latiOus Of its cashier in the
same market. Some years ago 4
large bank in the middle west was
wrecked by its Nice-prcsideut in an at
tempt to corner the wheat market.
while bank in a southern city wiS
wiped out OF existence by its presi
dents and cashiers speculati0ns in
the cotton market, The number Of
cases that could be cited are in
Vulnerable. and there is not section
of the country that has escaped. The
number OF bank wrecks piled upon
the financial beach is a silent mOnu.
ment to this truth.
But no president, yicepresideAt.
cashier or assistant cashier OF bank
can use its funds for his own profit
without the fact being known to at
least a portion OF the clerks, aud it is
through their silence or stupidity re
garding what is being done in their
presence that bank officers are en-
abled and in many cases, enconr,
aged to take the banks money. II
bank clerks would do their full duty
there would be fewer cases Of teIalca,
ton by the officers than in these
I sorry times.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13
Accidentally Shot.

Midland, La.-Mr. Joe kenney, Whlle
Visiting Mr.. 0. R. Hopsen Sunday
morning suffered the result of a shot
gun wound. Mr.. kenney had been
hunting and placed the gun by lhe
steps, and when getting ready to leave
accidentally struck the gun with MS
1901, same being discharged, striking
ann below the knee.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13
Laws Not Enforced.

And let ne make my opinion EN-
phatlc that the laXity with which the
criminal laws of our land are enforced
by many Of the judges Of our courts
has much to do with encouraging bank
officers TO misuse the funds in their
keeping. These officers see too many
cases of the difficulty in ConVictlng
dishonest bank official when defended
by shrewd criminal lawyer, and they
are therefore willing to take the
chances of detection, and even the
results of a trial. before the too fire.
Quent judge whose Interpretation OF
the law, admitting of evidence and
charge to the jury, are all in favor OF
the accused.
There are many direct causes for
bank defalcations, but the primal
cause is the desire for luxury fOStered
in the great cities. OF late years the
chief immediate cause is the using OF
the banks funds to promote enter
prises in which the banks officers
nave interested themselves. In many
cases the bank officer is made an
officer Of the outside corporation
which fact is heralded to the world
with all the advertising skill of the
promoter, and upon the reputation OF
his name many are induced to buy
| stock. Now, one of the main reasons
which animated the promoter in tinan
| Cially interesting the banker was thai
| if at any time the concern required
| financial asSistanCe-WhiCh is inyarl
| ABLY the case--it could readily be
! obtained through him from the bant
! of which he was an hOnOred anl
trusted officer. Experience show!
| that what was at first small loan
soon increases in amount until
point is reached which means disas
ter to all parties interested If addl
ti0nal aid is not given. Then it /
that the demand for money must b.
met to prevent the bankruptcy of tn
new corporation and the consequen
loss not only of the money inVeste'
by the banker and his many friends
but also the loss of his own reputa
ton as a financier and man Of il
tegrity.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13

ing according to the size OF his opera,
tons and the fluctuations of the mar
,ket before he Is hopelessly involved
and financially unable to return the
money of the bank which he has used,
He now speculates more wildly than
before. and upon much larger scale
with the hope that one fortunate turn
Of the market will enable him to make
enough money to square himself with
the bank. In his case history only
repeats itself. He went into the mar
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13
AUTHORITY ON CHINA,
0rof' H'rth Of Columbia Resident Of
Orient 27 Years.

new fork.-Few students OF the
problems OF the far east are better
quahhed Titan Prof. Friedrich Hirth
to speak authoritatively of the pres
ent and the future of China. Before
ne accepted his present post in Col
umbla university six years ago he had
occupied a similar one in the Univer-
slty OF Munich. In his library are
some 1000 Chinese books. and he is a
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13

the sight and example of 1t, which is
bringing about degradation of the
sense of common honesty throughout
the country. That fine American as
set, the New England conscience has
become an object of Jest. And, as |
said, New York is to blame. AS in
all other matters, theatrical, literary
and artistic, the other cities and towns
take their cue from New York. AS
New York lives SO they all wish to
live. To-day in towns as small as
$4,000 population there are springing
up all-night grill rooms with Hun
garian orchestras, wherein the young
business men of these communities
must foregather if they are to be il,
the social swim with their local smart
set.
The young banker or business man
in the smaller community comes to
New York He is taken in hand by
his business acquaintance here and
shown about the town. His hosts
spend money on a scale which dazzles
him. They take him to luxurious
hotels and cafes where they and the
head walters know each other b!
name and where he is introduced to ;
scale of living fit only for men o
millions. He wonders how his friends
manage to share in this prodigality
and bit by bit he finds out. They tel
him funny stories of transaction
which, reduced to proper financia
analysis, are defalcations pure ant
simple or, at best, plain gambling
Everybody does it, they say; it
Dart Of the game And back to hi
home town goes the young banker
filed with dreams of sudden wealt
and all the gay life that goes with it.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13

Lake Charles, lathe criminal
term OF the district court opened Mon
DAY with the trial of Charles Madi-
son. a negro charged with criminal
assault, the victim being of his own
Color The case was not finished yes
terday,
The trial o. Jack Abati and Charles
Pecornlco, for the alleged murder of
Joseph Trltic0, was set for Thursday.
Judge &. 2. Patoron of New Orleans
Is one OF Pecornio's attorneys.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13
Like Shop Windows.

We are like shop windows, wherein
we are constantly arranging, hiding
or exhibiting those supposed qualities
which others attribute to us-and all
in order to deceive ourselves.-Fried-
rich Nietzsche.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13
Alexandria Work Starts Tuesday.

alexandria, Lathe work OF rais-
ing and charging the river leyees IN
ifoht Of this city will be commenced
iaesday morning. The contractors are
2. J. Carlo of tbs city and Cameron
z White of New Orleans.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13
To Help Cause in Pacific State.

DR.. Martha Hughes Cannon, former
~ state senator OF Utah, has gone
to live In California with the intention
of helping the women of that state to
get equal suffrage. He is described as
powerful and witty speaker
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13
New York is to blame for it"

New York is to blame for it.
Gray-whiskered, gray-haired, gray
eyed, gray-clad, a slender gentleman
of astonishing neatness and certain
amiable precision of speech leaned
back in his office chair with his hands
behind his head and smiled alertiy.
writes Frank G. Drake, in the New
York World. Such is first impress
sion of Edward P Moxey, whose OFF,
cial title is Expert Bank Examiner
for the United States Department OF
Justice" and such were his words IN
speaking of the epidemic of bank de-
falcations which has been sweeping
over the country.
Whereas Mr. Moxey's business is to
fit about the country and peer uneX'
pectedly over the shoulders OF the
cashiers of national banks here and
there in order to find out if their cash
balances are all right; and whereas
Mr.. Moxey had found some so OF these
gentlemen with their cash balances all
wrong and, to their great grief and
| amaZement, has put them in the penI-
Tertiary; and whereas Mr. Mickey
fresh from sending John r. Walsh OF
Chicago to join the others, has come
to New York to look into the book
keeping of Charles W. Morse and Al
fred H. Curtis, on trial for trying. II
is alleged, to buy national bank
with it's own money: therefore does
the said Edward P. MoXey speak witt
some authority of bank defalcatlOnS
and their causes.
You mean the broadway New
York;" | asked.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13
Present Is Cycle OF "
NV ~ honesty DUE to odern Standards Of Luxury"

the other hand, having wftatshlS CLERK
sorely lacks, too often escapes the
iust punishment which his criminal
M - Io,,, "A ,syF7s7sEgs.s s-s2s3s
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13
Glitter Of Speculation.

Glitter Of Speculation.
Then, too, it often happens that
instead of becoming financially inter-
ested in new projects or outside bust
ness enterprises the bank officer sue
cumbs to the seductive influences OF
speculation. He tries his hand in the
stock, grain or cotton market with the
belief that in this way he can amass
a fortune in short time and without
effort.
He Dursues the same method that
is followed by those who buy or sell
stocks, grain or cotton on a margin.
His whole idea is to get rich quick,
and in order to accomplish this he
either buys or sells the largest
amount possible with the smallest
amount that his broker will accept as
margin. A slight adverse change in
the market price of the commodity
or security in which he is specializing
wipes out his margin, ana call from
his broker for additional margin to
carry the transaction must be met
Having exhausted his own money,
and being convinced that his ideas
as to the future course of the market
are correct, he makes the false STEP
of borrowing money from the bank
and using it as margin with his
broker.
1T is only a question of time, vary
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13

radish and other beds from time to
time as occasion demands. The
pumping of water by means OF the
teeter. hoard is one of the primitive
methods handed down through the
ages
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13

ses
MoxEY
restaurant at two o'clock the morning and
the tables and $4,000 worth Of
. something is wrong"
life in New York but in sinister
bringing degradation
. of the of honesty
manv of the udqes with bank
officers mist the keeping
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-11-13
First Step to Ruin.

TlTSt SlSp " NUN.
TOO often this person starts to lead
the gay life before he has got the
sudden wealth. He sees the rich Gus.
toner of his bank rolling up to the
door with big deposit or to get
letter of credit for trip abroad. He
suspects-perhaps rightly-that their
money came by some financial leger-
domain as his New York friends have
described with so much relish. Per-
haps, he tells himself. it isn't their
money at all. Why, then, shouldn't
he manipulate it for his own gain;
why isn't it anybody's to play with
who can get his hands on it? The
life he has seen, the methods he has
learned are destroying his sense of
property. He Is somehow getting it
into his head that this money placed
| in his keeping is sort of common
property and that, so long as he can
keep his books looking technically
right, he may jingle with it for the
benefit of his own personal pocket
He really comes to believe, seriously,
| that this Is so.
Indeed" said Mr.. Mickey with, a
certain stern Jingle in his voice, the
attitude of ,trusteeship has suffered a
shocking change in recent years. l
say in recent years, not because l am
one of those pessimistic old fogies
who think that people generally were
more honest In other days. which they