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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14
Care of Colts.

You've been too busy this summer
to pay much attention to the colts.
Then make up for lost time now.
Teach the colt to lead and drive. Do
it wisely and patiently. It's easy to
make him jerk up the head every
time you raise your hand or speak
cross. A jerking colt has a jerking
trainer.
Handle the feet. Pick them up and
tap them. Get him so he can be shod
without fear. See that the feet are
properly trimmed to promote and d.
rect proper growth Of hoof. Don't let
any fool hoof butcher do it, either.
Make the colts fearless by showing
them strange sights. 4.s...s .
1t wouldn't be q bad investment II
several farmers would get their colts
together and introduce them to an AL.
tomobile. Do it gradually at first,
Hire the automobilist so you can have
him do as you want him to. Colts
must be taught that the auto, the
street cars, trains, threshing engines
and all such scary things will not hurt
them. A fearless colt is worth more
to any owner, city or country, than
one that has to be turned around and
fee when such a thing approaches.
But in teaching the colts to be fear
less don't use brute force. Use good
sense, patience, kindness.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14
Horse Sense Reminders.

Don't leave me hitched in my stall
at night with a big cob right where
must lie down. l am tired and can't
select a smooth place.
Don't compel me to eat more salt
than want by mixing it with my oats.
l know better than any other animal
how much l need.
Don't think because go free I'M
der the whip l don't get tired. You
would move, too, If under the whip.
Don't think because I am horse
that weeds and briars won't hurt my
hay. o.
Don't whip me when get frightened
along the road, or l will expect it next
time and maybe make trouble.
Don't trot me uphill, for I have to
carry you and the buggy and myself,
too. Try it yourself sometime. Run
uphill with a big load.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

Service in the medical department
of the army has been made more at.
tractive by two measures passed at the
recent session sof congress-. The num-
Der of medical officers in the lower
ranks has been raised to 300, making
a total Of 444 in the department. The
officer is promoted to the rank of cap
tain within three years of enlistment,
instead of fiveSw become a major in
a comparatively short time, and will
reach the rankfOf lieutenant colonel, if
not that of colonel, before retirement
This increased rapidity Of promotion,
with correspondingly greater jurisdic-
ton over the health of the soldiers,
must appeal to physicians who desire
to serve their country. Then, too, the
increase in pay makes 1t possible for a
physician to enlist without doing in
justice to his family. The young doc
tor will receive salary Of $4,000
year at the beginning, rising at each
rank till he receives $4,000 as colonel.
An increase of ten per cent in salary
is made every Ave years for 20 years,
but the maximum pay of colonels is
$4,000 and of majors $4,000. In addi-
ton, the government provides a house,
with necessary heat and light, and fur.
nishes horses when they are needed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14
Agricultural Colleges.

When the great agricultural, manu-.
featuring and housekeeping masses get
together in earnest, and with an in.
telligent purpose to improve their con.
dition, they will receive the hearty CO..
operation and assistance of the learn.
ed professions, because what is good
for one is good for all
Agricultural colleges are a rather
recent innovation. Fifty years ago the
first one in this country was establish
ed at Lansing, Michigan, and one week
ago its mi-centennial was celebrat-
ed in that city, and was considered an
event worthy of the presence Of Presi.
dent Roosevelt, who made an address
which should be read and studied by
ALL A friend Of mine recently said,
OF all the money the State spends,
there is none which begins to yield the
returns Of that spent on its agricul.
tural college
1T is impossible to estimate the
work that has been done by colleges
the light that has been shed by
them on the important matters in
charge. We only know that it has
been great as it has been it is but
little more than drop in the bucket
to what Is needed. From address by
Mr.. VIM. Londen of Iowa.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

Emperor William of Germany came
into possession in 1899 Of the ruins of
the ancient feudal castle of Hohkonigs-
burg, near Schlettstadt, in Lower Al
SAGE. He commissioned an antiquary
to restore 1t to its condition before it
was destroyed In the eighteenth CEN
fury. The completion of the work was
celebrated the other day by medieval
ceremonies in the presence Of the en-
peror and empress. The town, with its
10000 inhabitants, was gaily decorated
in honor of the occasion, and the 800
people who took part in the feudal
pageant were highly commended by
the emperor. The restoration of such
castles is worth while, because they
remind one of bow far the world has
progressed toward the ideal condi-
tions. The highways of Europe are no
longer infested with robbers, and the
'feudal lords have long ceased making
forays upon their neighbors. +
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14
Bank Issues Statement,

COvingtOn, Lathe semi-annual
statement OF the st. Tammany Bank
ing Company and Savings Bank of
this place. and the branch of this bank
at Vaudeville, at the close of business
0 nAug :, shows the following very
satisfactory condition of its affairs:
Recommendations and discounts $lSG,
97943; real estate, etc, $lI2216S;
overdrafts SSS,413.1S; due by banks,
$21,250.09; cash on hand $I4,9G40G;
totadl resources $243,S39.44. Liabili.
ties-capital stock $4,000; surplus
earned $4,000; undivided profits
earned 'Sj29.30; reserved for taxes
$4l0; bills payable $4,000 deposits
$17C.90014 total liabilities $243, 839.44.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14
Warm Fight for Political Office.

Abbeville, LATHE campaign for
Judge, district attorney and members
Of the school board increases in in
terest as the date O. the primary cleo
ton approaches. Judge W. P. Edw
wards, a candidate for reelection, is
opposed by w. w. Bailey and Jno
Nugier, Jr., is a candidate to succeed
himself as district attorney, without
opposition. In the various wards the
race for members of the School Board
has been livened by the numerous can
didates, but the principal interest cen
tiers in the judgeship as both candi-
dates are popular and have strong
following,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14
No Connection With !. N. Bruck.

Jennings, La-Prof. F. c. Thiele
has given out the following statement
for the Picayune: In your edition OF
Aug | noticed in the news from
Monroe, La. that J. n Bruck, Vice
President, etc. states that will ac-
company him on his next visit to that
town to investigate a certain tract OF
land. AS | have no business conn9c-
tons whatever with j. n. Bruck, and
never will have, it is an imposition
for said party to use my name IN con-
necton with his schemes and | must
strongly resent such misleading state
mentS" .... r...g
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14
Puio and Others Speak to Voters.

Opelousas, LATHE political meet
ing at the court house Saturday night
was poorly attended, due to bad wealth
err Those present were addressed by
Hon. A. P. Pujo CT Lake Chrales, can
didate for reelection to Congress, and
by Hons. O. Provosty, Phanor Breaze-
ale and Paul Sompayrac, all candi-
dates for Associate Justice of the SUI
preme Court. The speakers were fire.
quently applauded Hon. E, B. Du-
buiSson acted as Chairman.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

4
| getting along with their turkey rails.
! ing this summer. say wives because
! I am afraid il those who eat Thanks
giving and Xmas turkey dinners
would use something else If the men
on the farm had to raise the turks.
, BY the way, turkey culture is quite
| interesting when one begins to get
| down to the bottom of it, When we
go back to the beginning of our re-
public and read how the early settlers
Toasted on the ever abundant wild
turkey, II is no wonder we eat turkey
Our present turkey is the wild bird
domesticated, and | am afraid their
health has been injured, some by too
much inbreeding. think that herein
will be found the cause for most OF
the prevalent loss that so many eX.
perience. There is a common prac.
dee in all localities for farmers to ex-
change birds with their neighbOrs,
sSll Ala aIlu .Ntil SAlJ anu III Il SuOI
time the whole community is inbred.
| suppose this is an oversight, as It
may be, because some breeder who
has an extra good Tom, and thinks
S. to $40 is about the right price
for him. Would it not be better to pay
$40 for great big, stout, vigorous
Tom and raise good flock OF poults
that will live and grow into fine spe-
cimens and weigh from FIVE to ten
pounds more than they usually do,
than to keep trading and carrying out
the weak and dying poults? Of course,
these conditions do not exist in all To-
calities, but they do in many. Mr.. Ro.
bert Lee BlantOn Of Richmond, Va,
In a very instructive article, states
that in his opinion inbreedng Is the
worst enemy to strong and healthy
stock. Mr.. Blanton lives In a country
where the wild bird abOunds, and has
made a careful study Of them in their
wild state, and has captured wild
birds and is breeding them, and in
an illustration shows a wild Tom that
weighs 50 pounds. Mr.. Blanton states
positively that he does not inbreed
but secures new blood each year, and
has comparatively little loss l believe
that most young turkeys are like many
ncubators-they are fooled with too
much. l think that If one will follow
nature in this matter, the results win
be better. How we'll I remember how
| used to hunt the hedge fences back
in Iowa to find hidden nests that Miss
Turk had stole away. We used to rob
the hens of their first lot Of eggs and
set them under common hens, and US
ually done very we'll, but when we let
the turkey hen set on her eggs just
where she chose to she always beat
us a block-relieved us of a lot of
trouble and fussing with the young,
tender turkeys. There was no feed
bill, either, for the mother turk would
never bring her brood home until they
were large enough to fly into the trees,
all strong, healthy birds. If l were
raising turkeys | would let the turkey
hen to do the job.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14
Pubs
WELSH LOUISIANA

Bread continues to be the staff Of
life, and American wheat furnishes
the -four that mkaes the best bread.
This is to be borne in mind as an i'm
portant economic fact It Is brought
TO public attention by,a Telort of Spe-
cial Agent DaFis of the department Of
commerce andflabor, who has been
looking up the matter in England,
where he finds that high-grade Ameri-
can -four is much finer than the Eng
lish article, and he attributes this to
the superior quality of our wheat.
After giving some interesting informa-
ton as to the various ways in which
the English people utilize -four, he
notes the wide.eXtent OF the practice
of getting supplies from the bakeshops
instead of making the bread at home.
Agent Davis adds 1T is to this baking
trade that OuF' American hard-wheat
fours acknowledgement. Probably more
than One-half highlands population are
users Of bakers bread regularly, aud
bread is usedfas food to an extent
greater by onethird than in the United
States" Fromsall indications the old
world will have a moderate wheat
crop this year: With the bumper"
yield promised here it is evident that
the United States will be again in po-
sition to furnish British and other
consumers with'first-class foodstuffs.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14
farmers Educational
Co. Operative Union
Of America
he Rosy Road.

The Rosy Road.
| take the rosy roadway to Halleluia
Town:
There is where the sunlight's in the
rain a-comin' down;
The summer is a song
An the winters not for long
Rosy is the bright road to HalleIuia
Town,
You pack up all your troubles in Halle.
lula Town,
An fling 'em to the Four Winds as
they fly the world around;
From the windows in the blue
Angels wave their hands to you,
For Heaven is not heartbeat from
Halleluia Town!
Lies losses an it's crosses-they
make your brightest crown
Where the bells ring sweetest welcome
to Hallelulia Town;
No thorn to wound the breast:
It's there the travellers rest
In the lilies Of the love Of God and
Halleluia Town
F. L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14


At famous ball given at the Lux
embourg, Nine. Taillieu wore a Greek
costume, caught up at the side. San
dals on her feet. showed magnificent
diamond rings on the toes of each foot.
How dreadfully uncomfortable it must
be to walk in rings, even diamond
rings! But if this fancy dress BALI
ig must be adopted by our fashion,
plated women, %hy not have Indian
toe rings brought into vogue at once
ave seen sonIe lovely ones, explains
liter in the Boston Globe, but they
he kept in a eollectbHs cabinet al,
Enough one Of Abe most artistic has
been made overato flt the finger of an
ardent admirer If Oriental art.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14
Most Unusual August Weather.

San Antonio, Tex.-This city Is ex.
periencing most unusual August
weather. Showers have fallen almost
every day this month, and the total
precipitation for the past seven days
will amount to nearly three inches.
This is doing the cotton crop a great
deal Of damage.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14
Well Caves. Buryino Negroes.

Eunice. LATHE cotton seed oil
mill is getting ready for operation this
fall, diggin ga we'll ten feet square to
hold fuel oil. They had it down ten
feet deep. Three negroes were in 1t
working when it caved in. One was
covered entirely up some tow feet
deep, but they were all dug out and
not very seriously injured.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

One Of the effec p TIC German
old-age pension scheme is rather pc
culiar. The pension is forfeited If the
workman does not work. IS or 40 weeks
out of the 81 on an average, and this
provision has been deterrent to
strikes.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

Austin, Tex.-Gov. Campbell has
filed his statement OF campaign ex
penses, and the total is s1,9S3.6s. II
was filed at Palestine, the county OF
his residence, and was sworn to. The
said amount is itemized and shows
how much he spent for different pur.
poses during the primary contest just
closed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

Opelousas. La, Our section was Wis
tied Saturday night by heavy rain
storm, accompanied by severe cleo
trical storm. Great ramaSe will result
from this last rain.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14
Chan~e in National Cemetery.

Alexandria, La.-Captain John A.
Reeves, Superintendent Of the Naion-
al Cemetery at this place, has been
ordered to Newburn, n. C. He will be
succeeded by Erie P Georgia.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

Palestine, Textile wrecker went
to Franklin Sunday to put an engine
on the track which ran of at thss
place. No one was injured.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

Japan is making an attempt at loco
motive construction. As an expert.
ment, FIVE engines are being built at
the Hyogo Railway works. One Is
completed and In use, giving satisfae.
ton. y0'' .'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

Flatonio, Tex.--A heavy rain fell
here Tuesday, which was not needed.
Cotton has rank growth and very
little fruit.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

IT oe>G plIIs even SUI,
LuVy III = ou gvIG'uaE, 81, 81 " 81 G.t-.,
CT left.pawed, if you like that way OF
putting it better. The ZION, he says.
always strikes with its left paw.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

I could dazzle you with a diss,rta-
ton on the Economics Of Money, but
| am at lLss to know how to earn
cent Of it myself.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

Nav! Didn't catch a thing and
didn't even have one big one get
aEay."-Datroit Free Press
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

A new scale not only weighs but
also counts the articles being weighed,
nrcvided they are all alike.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

lungs, 1t mas NO equaI. oulu tnem VI
sarcastically, land perhaps # you put
On boxing gloves with them, or tried
them out with the broad sword. thes
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

In short, | know everything that is
not worth knowing.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

| can tell you all about the chemis-
try Of matter, but should my mother
take poison would not know what to
give her.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

A woman has lots OF sense not to
wear sensible clothes.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

DR.. Wiley. government chemist.
made speech II the National Bakers
association in Atlantic City, the other
day, in which h4 gave that body some
excellent adyic@as to the making Of
bread, but when he asserted that any
thing that isn't htf 10 eat when raw
isn't fit to eat wheRssaoked, snt. he
overdrawing it Rbont
potatoes? And 81 chsh knd
shelled beans? Is dogEh #he
habit OF eating them W? s#
- - ~. 49, xTLs -
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

cited by it; but the poor d,
suffering woman must, for
sake, be taught confidence,fo
,,;nh+ met :, ,u,oll royaiu hfI
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

REFLECTIONS o. A BACHELOR.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

n Of aaseIcnsEhe journal. Terrns IS OF weak
our. pHw e, 81; sod b7..l newsdea!eEss l~. 49,.
minor elimination that is, the greater
would cume later--of series of an.
moving incidents since the opening OF
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-14

EPfne ssociatfon, saidata he aasssm b ine
sQ the lumber dealers Shg business
ain those and severalsothsE states, and
suits have been brought to oust .he as
ISOLATION from their borders. ~" 4 &
It Is not improbable that Secretary
of War Wright may visit the President
again this week to consider further the
case, of the eight West Point cadets
whose dismissal from the academy has
been recommended.
Sixty bombs Of crude manufacture
were found near Ell Paso Saturday
by United tsates officers who were
notified Of the presence Of the explo
sives by several Mexicans who found
them. It is believed the bombs were
buried by Mexican revolutionists who
were recently arrested there.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-08-27
OF INTEREST T oHoRSEMEN
 INTENDING TO ENTER RACES
 AT THE TERRITORIAL FAIR

It is urged upon the Arizonians who have colts eligible to the races for Arizona horses only, at the territorial fair to enter the same as promptly as possible in order that the commission. CTS may make out the list. Very liber- al purses have been offered for these events and it is hoped that Arizona will be well represented. The entry fee is s with entry, s5 September l, S5 September l5, and $l0 10 start. The purses are as follows: Three. year-old trott $400 added money to entrance fees; two-year-old trot $500 added mon ey; three year-old pace S400 added money, and two-year-old pace $500 add ed money. The two-year-old events will be half-mile heats, two in three, and money divided 30, 25, l5 and 10 per cent according to the summary at the end of the third heat. Horsemen will have to get hurry-up more on them selves as the entries close September l5. Blanks may be obtained of Fen s. Hildreth, superintendent of speed, or of R. A. Kirk, secretary of fair eommis- sion
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-08-27
SHOOTS HIMSELF
 WITH SHOTGUN
HEAD FAIRLY RIDDLED WITH SHOT AND so BADLY DISFIG- URED AS TO BE ALMOST UNREC- oGNIzABLE-No WITNESSES.

PHOENIX, Ariz., August 26.-Jesus Espinoza, a section hand employed by the Santa Fe at Date Creek, committed suicide about 3 o'clock Monday even. ing by shooting himself in the face with a shotgun. As result, his head was fairly riddled with shot, and so badly blackened and torn as to be al most unreeognizable. The Mexican had not been notieeably Respondent, and his fellow laborers at the camp are un- able to fix a definite motive for the sui. eide, although there are number of eonjectures, one being that he was tenn. porarily demented by alcoholism, and another that he was implicated in a love affair which had terminated unhap- pily. Still others are of the opinion that the weapon was accidentally dis. charged through careless handling. So far as is known there were no witness es to the shooting. George Ruffner, the Prescott undertaken, sent easket to Date Creek last night, and the body was taken to Prescott for the coroner g inquest.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-08-27
B|CKNELL PLEASED
 WITH CONDITIONS
RAILROAD MAN, AFTER TRIP OVER TERRITORY, SPEAKS EN- CoURAGINGLY OF BUSINESS PROSPECTS.

TUCSON, August 26.--M. 0. Bick- nell, the general freight and passenger agent of the Randolph lines, has return ed to this city after week s absence, during which time he visited Fl Paso, Douglas, Bsbee, Naco, Cananea and other points on the roads. He spent the first two days of the wee kat Fl Paso, where he ias in traffic conference with the officials of other roads, going then down the lines into Sonora and Cochise.
 At his office yesterday, MT. Bicknell spoke very encouragingly of conditions as he found them on his trip, especially in the southern part of the territory and at Cananea.
 "Things are moving along in lively style at Bisbee and Douglas. There is a great deal of commercial activity there, more than there has been for macy months. Everywhere that I visited on the lines in southeastern Arizona, found the same condition prevailing The opening up of Cananea and oth. CT industries in that section has set things to humming and the merchants and business men generally are conf dent of fine fall and winter seasoG.
 'This condition will result in the moving of a great deal more rolling stock in freight and that will mean bet ter times for the railroads in this sec ton and undoubtedly after time a great deal more of employment need ed.D
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-08-27

August time tells Oh the nerves. But that spiritless, no ambition feeling eau be easily and quickly altered by taking what is known by druggists everywhere as pr. Shoop's Restorative. Within for weight hours after beginning to use the Restorative, Improvements will be noticed. Of course, full health will not immediately return. The gain, however, will surely follow. And best of all, you will realize and feel your strength and ambition as it is returning. Outside influences depress first the "inside nerves" then the stomach, heart and kidneys will usually fail. Strengthen these failing nerves with Dr. Shoop s Restorative and see how quickly health will be yours again. Sold by Palace and Globe Pharmacies.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-08-27
When the tsomach, Heart or Kidney

When the tSomach, Heart or Kidney nerves get weak. then these organs al ways fail. Don't drug the stomach nor stimulate the heart or kidneys. That is simply makeshift. Get a prescrip ton known to druggists everywhere as Dr. Shoop's Restorative. The Restor. ative is prepared expressly for these weak inside nerves. Strengthen these nerves, build them up with Dr. Shoop E Restorative-tablets or liquid-and see how quickly help will come. Sold by Palace and Globe Pharmacies.