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The Rice belt journal., 1908-10-09
BIG CIRCUS Ar LAKE
CHARLES.
barnunl and Bailey Show to Ex-
hibit There October 18th.

1t is pleasure to announce the
fact that on October 18th the Barnum
and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth,
will give two performances in Lake
Charles, thus affording al opportun.
ity to the people of this city to visi,
the greatest amusement enterprise the
world has ever known.
! For tifty-four years the Barnum
and Bailey show has led the world in
all matters pertaining to big amuse.
ments. There is not country on
earth where it is not as well known as
in America, nor city of any size in
the world where it's mammoth tents
have not been pitched. Royalty has
applauded it and the peasantrv has
marveled at it, and all the world, civ
illzed and savage, has contributed to
its multiplicity of attractions.
The spirit OF it's great founder, one
OF the most wonderful men in all his.
tory, P. 7. Barnum, still lives in the
policy of the present management,
while the perfect system put into op-
Grafton by the great James A. Bailey,
is Still in operation. This season the
show is much larger than ever before,
and additional interest attaches to it
because the parade, a feature which
for several seasons has been missing,
is again in its customary place.
For four years artists, scuIptors
and mechanics have been working day
and night at the foreign workshops
of the show at Stock. n-Trent, Eng
land, building this great street pageant
and the result of their labors is now
expressing itself in the most costly
and longest street parade that ever
passed through the streets of any city.
The program in the great exhibition
tents opens with new spectacle. The
acts that follow are all European and
OF great novelty and variety. Of the
375 performers, nearly 300 have never
toured America before. The climax
OF the bill is the most daring and aw-
full exhibition of nerve and death-dar-
ing ever attempted. The act is called
"Autos that Pass in the Air." AS
the name briefly explains, it is the
passing of two automobiles high above
the heads of the people, while leaping
a fifty foot gap. The velocity is gained
by lightning-like dash down a steel
incline, one machine hugging close
behind the other. A sharp upward
terminal Of the track sends the auto
up into space. One gracefully |
arches across the gap to spring
platform, the other turning a complete
somersault around it and landing be-
hind it,
The circus this season numbers
800 people, TOO horses, l06 cages of
animals, railroad trains, 20 camels
and nearly. all the elephants in Ameri-
"a.
The Rice belt journal., 1908-10-09
She Likes Good Things.

Mrs. Chas. E. Smith, of Yves
Franklin, Maine, says: II like good
things and have adopted DR.. Kings
New Life Pills as our family laxative
medicine, because they are good and
do their work without making a fus
about it. " These painless purifiers
are sold at all druggists. 25c.
The Rice belt journal., 1908-10-09
For Sore Feet.

II have found Bucklen's Arnica
Salve to be the proper thing to use
for sore feet, as we'll as for healing
burns, sores, cuts, and all manner OF
abrasions," writes Mr.. W. Stone, OF
East Poland, Maine. It is the proper
thing too for piles. Try it! Sold
under guarantee at all druggists. 25c.
The Rice belt journal., 1908-10-09
Heavy Rain Wednesday.

A heavy rain fell here Wednesday
afternoon that will delay threshing
for several days, at least. 1t came
with but little warning, the previous
day having been clear and bright. SO
that many planters were caught with
their rice unprepared for the rain.
The Rice belt journal., 1908-10-09
Weak -
Heart Action

There are certain nerves
that control the action
Of the heart. When they
become weak, the heart
action is impaired. Short
breath, pain around heart,
choking sensation, palpi-
tation, huttering, feeble
or rapid pulse, and other
distressing symptoms fol-
low. DR.. Miles Heart Cure
is a medicine especially
adapted to the needs Of
these nerves and the mus
cular structure of the
heart itself. It is a
strengthening tonic that
brings speedy relief.
Try it.
For years I suffered with what I
thought was stomach trouble, when
the doctors told me I had heart
trouble. had tried many remedies.
when the DR.. Miles, almanac came
into my hands, Fand / concluded to
Try DR.; Miles EHeart Cure. 1 have
taken three St6ttIes, and now I am
not suffering at ALL I am cured and
this medicine did it. I write this I'm
the hope that it will attract the at
tention of others who suffer as did"
MRS. D. BARRON,
se4 Main ST., Covington, KY.
Your druggist sells Or. Miles, Heart
Cure, and we authorize him to return
price Of first bottle (oniy) If It falls
to benefit you.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
Polish a t Jones Bros.
The Rice belt journal., 1908-10-09
Excellent Health Advice.

Mrs. NJ. M. Davidson, of No. 379
Clifford Ave-, San Jose, Cal, says
"The worth of Electric Bitters as a
general family remedy, for headache,
biliouSness and torpor of the liver
and bowels is so pronounced that
am prompted to say word in its
favor for the benefit of those seeking
relief from such Affections. There is
more health for the digestive organs
in bottle of Electric Bitters than in
any other remedy | know Of" Sold
under guarantee at all druggists. SOC.
Don't forget the Big Piano
Contest atfhe Southern Mercantile
Co., Ltd.
The Rice belt journal., 1908-10-09

Wood! Wood! Just re-
ceived a car load of heart
pine wood. Atthe Welsh
Wood Yard, office Jones'
Feed Store.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-25

section controversy by his argument
upon "The Black Art" In the London
Contemporary Review. Mr.. Coleridge
says, and produces figures to show
that vivisection has been OF no help
whatever to British surgery. BY OFF,
cial statistics he seeks to prove that
the denth-rate has grown steadily
greater for all diseases in the study VI
which vtvisection has been practiceG.
while 1t has grown steadily smaller in
all the others.
This conclusion would seem TO bear
out the old cynlcism that figures can
prove anything. Certainly ii is diff
cult to sec why the fruits of vivisectlon
should be more bungling practice. un.
less British surgeons are moro stupid
than they. are reputed to be. Mr..
Coleridse, II committed to the doctrine
that vivisection is worse than useless.
would have to dispose first of the an
esthetics in some way. whose incon-
ccivable blessing to mankind. as they
are usually regarded were certainly
attained only through the preliminary
suffocation of countless living animals
Aidedspy chloroform and ether vivi-
section was able to proceed with less
grounds for the charge of cruelty. 1t
established the facts of the circula.
ton of the blood and told man almost
everything he now knows about his
nervous system. 1t interpreted the
sounds of the heart, made the stetho-
scope available. and guided Hunter to
lis treatment of aneurism by ligature.
thereby saving many hundreds of hui
man lives. 1t enabled Lister to give
the world his antiseptic threads for US.
In hemorriage. 1t has made operations
t.ron the brain an exact science. so
that in the case of epilepsy, for en-
ample, 1t is possible for the surgeon
to determine from the manner in which
the commissions manifest themselves
precisely which centres his knife must
reach. 1t has done countless other
things for the alienation OF human
misery and the saving OF human life.
Had London known in 1858, when i'm
pure water killed 3,47s of her people
by cholera, the facts which Thiersch's
experiments on fiftysix mice revealed
in the same year, all that waste of
lives might have been prevented.
The moral aspect of vivisection is
one thing, the utility quite another.
Arguing from the standpoint OF utility
alone Mr.. coleridge would doubtless
have difficulty in exposing vivisection
10 the satisfaction of the layman. de-
spite the fact that he would have some
OF the profession behind him.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-25

In response. as 1t would seem. to
the dissenting opinion of Mr.. Justice
Harlan in the Minnesota and North
Carolina cases. the Senate has just
unanimously passed bill which pro-
vides that at least three Federal
Judges. one of whom must be Circuit
Court Judge. must concur before an
injunction can be granted restraining
the officers Of a State. In addition
Eve days notice of the application
must be given to the Governor. the
Acknowledgement and the defendant,
except where a majorlty of the Judges
think that the plaintiff would suffer
trrepa rable loss unless temporary
restraining order were granted imme-
diatelv. Even IN this event a tenn
porary order can remain in force only
until both parties are heard upon the
merits.
Senator overman. Of North Carolina,
In speaking for the bill said that
while the people OF bis State had
thought that under the eleventh
amendment state could not be sued.
which opinion had been rudeiy de-
stroyed By the decision OF the Supreme
Court in the case of the Attorney
General against Minnesota. yet ne was
satisfied the people of the State would
be less inclined TO resist the orders
and DEGREES of the Federal courts IL
such DEGREES were issued upon the
opinion of three Judges than where. a.
at present. one minor Federal judge
was able 10 hold UP Commonwealth.
Though this act il restrictive in that
1t requires three Judges to sit where
before one was authorized to act, 1t
is a remarkable indication OF the
trend towards the theory laid down
By Professor Thayer that where In
terstate commerce is concerned State
lines are oblterated. For while it
might have been argued with great
responsiveness that the Supreme Court
went too far in the Minnesota case,
and might be reversed by a subsequent
litigation this argument could not APP
ply to a statute which was unanimous
ls passed after a full discussion. In
other words, the Senate has decided
that, cases TO the contrary notwith
standing. State officers may be enjoin-
we'd by federal courts.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-25
Somewhat Inconsistent.
Some Maiden Speeches.

By waiting twenty-four years before
making making his maiden speech Lord Lang
so ORD !, has exercised an oratorical re-
straint ms rare as In some cases it
would pc commendable.
~ me ne, Earl of Rochester. in the days
FOR he took an early opportunity Of ST
a ;,e1 the, House OF Lords. with
disastrous results. "My lords" he be-
gan. Il rise this time for the first time,
me Heryafirst time, my lords, and d.
VIDE my speech into four branches
grew purple and confused, and finally
plurted ont, MY lords. II ever rise
again IN this house you may cut me
on, root and branches and all. for
Lord Byron was more fortunate. for
us maiden effort was declared by Sir
lord since the Lord knows when.''
Lord Rosebery's maiden speech, af-
Ter thIee years OF silence, was a model
Or modest oratory, opening with plea
t t33r mat favor and Indulgence which
the House always shows to those who
address IT for the nrst time, "even In
q larger measure on account OF my
extreme nd youth and inexpertenoe."--
Westminster Gazette.
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The Chningaug, Araln.

Eutor OF Inc IlmeS-Dlspatch:
sir-I trust you will allow me a
small space in your valuable columns
to say a few words by way of answer
to an article, which appeared In your
Issue Issue Of Of March 2sd' under the title Of
Danville, Va, claims to voice the senti-
ment OF the people OF Danville regard
Ing the chaingang system or rule, as
people are together in expressing their
indignat ton against it, and contend that
It should be abolished. 1t must be
likely that there are different modes
and different limitations prescribed by
the laws of different States for con-
Quoting the chaingang business. The
writer has seen changing convicts in
North Carolina only. and has not seer,
there. They work wherever the off
GERS direct, and their guards take
them, whether in towns or in the coun-
have 10 Where tie Go eonycts
at work If for bad weather or any
other cause they are not at work. they
are provided with tents, and are kept
being chained, cabled or roped together
and marched through streets for pub
lie exhibit. narrowing spectacle" to
he hs or order to-
in unnecessary punishment to even the
Indifferent and obstinate. There are
those: however, upon whom severel
punishment mas TO De ln1ucteu 70 SUD-
There are few il any who find their
way to the changing through igno-
rance. They are aware when their
landed in the hands OF the law. that
tribunal Will send them to the chain.
gang. We have assurance that a large
percentage OF the ,chaingang patrons
|lazness. and we hold that to put then
where they are forced to work Is pun
lishment within Itself. and Is better fo1
the county and State than to sit then
for at the expense of the taxpayers
Their offenses may be trivial or they
may be Of more serious proportions
therefore. their terms with the chair
OF their crimes. So far as humiliatine
such conyicts. from what; we have no
ticed; their. being II the chaingang doe
grace we contend that the party dis
graces himself when he commits thu
crime which sends. him to the chain
gang. and that the disgrace Is no
We deplore the fact that any should
sink to such an ebb that they will com,
NIT crimes for which the law says they
must suffer, and we should be glad tt
see a higher state OF morals. but the
transgressors must be punished. The
chalngang Is a suitable place to deter
the evildoers, where they can pay a
1 lehsL paw VI llleiI CNpS1AsSs, CIV y
tain their physical forces, which they
may decide during their term to USE
in a moro honorable way when they arr
released.
The Scriptures teach us that God is thu
embodiment OF love and mercy to thos,
who obey Film, and they also teach u
that He Is the embodiment Of Justice
and that those who transgress His law
shall be punished. We cannot, there
fore. agree that the chaingnng system
"go,' unless It Is to so into more o
the States and counties of our country
and be put into operation when neces
A @TIMEs-DIsPATcH READER,
Terrapln, N. c., April %, 1908.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-25
A Los,r OPPORTUNITY.

When Mr.. Bryan rose last Wednes-
Sday evening TO address the largest
gathering of newspaper editors and
owners in America. he had an oppor-
| tunity such as rarely comes to a can
! didate for high Office. Not only were
i the brains and the power of the press
assembled before him, but they were
; there under the jovial influences of an
excellent dinner and pleasant and con-
Z vivial eompanionship. These little adj
! vantages were lightly regarded by
Mr.. Bryan, however, for he improved
the shining hour by beratng the edit
j ors as a class for the venalty of some
! few disreputahle journals. When the
1 full significance of Mr.. Bryan's speech
dawned on the audience his friends
I were nonplussed and his enemies sat
ashed.
1t was known that the publishers
had been discussing the best method
OF fighting the paper trust, and it was
I well understood that the plan agreed
lupon was 10 demand the removal of
the tariff on white paper and wood
pulp. For those Democratic papers
ithHt believe in tariff for revenue only,
A this course was not only proper, but
patriotic. For the Republicans, how
y ever, who have maintained through
thick and thin the virtues of the pro-
tective tariff, such a demand for spe-
Z cial legislation cast an unpleasant
light on the soundness and morality OF
their earlier protestations. II ever
there was a time when the press OF
the country was interested in tariff
reform, either as general principle
or as special issue, ii was when
Mr. Bryan rose TO speak. and yet he
deliberately sacrificed this opportunity
for the privilege Of delivering Sc.
we're trounc!ng to those papers which
he believed were purchasable or knew
were hostile to himself.
The Democratic party can have n,
Sstronger platform for 1905 than tn,
:promise of that tariff reform will
which the Republicans are sim toying
Hnd Mr.. Bryan missed great chanc
in not emphasizing and driving hom
ithe old Democratic doctrine OF eaua
flights for all and spec!a! protection
4 For none, when ne had the press o
America before him
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-25
Personal AND GENERAL,

In 1870 the population OF Manitoba was
1000 to-day 1t is 100000.
Englishmen of Mid Devon have organized
to wage war on wood pigeons.
The fishhook cactus is the compass OF
the desert for 1t always points to the
South.
The Lusieana has forty-nine clocks on
board: all controlled by a master clock In
the char;house.
The cold storage men are going to get
together in Paris next July and talk shop.
The big name for the gathering Is Inter-
national Congress of the Refrlgerating In
dustries
Consul General George Horton says that
concrete is used to very small extent In
Greece and that "the sidewalks OF cities
and towns are very generally paved with
marble"
Consul William c. Teichman sends from
Elbenstock the translation of decision OF
thn Supreme Court of Germany which pro-
hibits the use In that empire OF the title
american dentists"
Prince Umberto. of Piedmont. the heir to
tbs Italian throne Is q strong sturdy boy,
brought up by English methods. going bare-.
footed when at the seaside and wearing
sandals In Rome.
David Jayne Hill. the American minister
10 the Netherlands and ambassador desig-
nate to Berlin In succession TO Charlemagne
Tower. is clearing up his affairs In Holland
ard making arrangements TO leave The
Hague IN time to assume his duties at Ber-
I'm on June LIST.
Dean Frederick S. Jones. OF the engl-
neering faculty of the University OF Min
| nesota, has been agreed upon by the Yale
| faculty as the successor OF Henry Parks
| Wright dean OF Yale College, upon the
lauers retirement Ia September. 1909. sub
jecs to the ratification OF the Yale corpo-
| ration.
Baron Hayashi Japanese minister Ia
| China, has been ordered home from Pekin
and viii be sent To Rome. Baron ljuln,
now counselor OF the Japanese embassy in
| London. will succeed to tho vacant place
In Pekn. Baron Chlnda VIII go TO Berlin
ana Baron Ishli will succeed him as vice.
| minister OF foreign affairs
y. Kejuin Wellington Kee. Of Shanghai
| China, son of the Chinese Secretary OF For
eign Affairs has been elected editor-in
| chief OF the Columbia Spectator. the univer.
s,y daily paper. He will have charge OF
Tic paper all next year, Kee for two Year,
has been member OF the varsity debating
team and was instrumental in defeating tn,
! Cornell team recently
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-25


IN tho American Magazine, Upton
smear smear writes of the life OF the super
rich. Here Is an interesting paragraph
about bridge whist: - -
80. Then ,t, the good lady went on to
tell MN what bridge had come to
be; how people played it on trains
az !. !, ths way from New York to San
FRANCISCO; how they had tables In their
autos, and played while they were
touring over the world.
once,' she said, I took a party to
see the Amer cas- Cup races off Sandy
Hook, and when we got back to the
PIER some one called. who won?" And
me answer was, Mrs. BIllys ahead
nut we're going on this evening"
,ook party OF friends through the
Meaitsrransan and up tho Nile. and we
pa,ssed Venice and Cairo and the Pyra-
,m,ds and the snez Canal, and they
never once Looked up-7:they were play
i,nK bridge And you think I'm Joking
~ y : :, near Just literally what say
Know man who was travelling from
in, York TO Philadelphia. and got
r rnn game with some strangers. ant
ltintsh lt!'n - s'' So, So q
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-25
MOTOR CAR RACES.

Two hundred thousand people camped
all night, or voyaged to Briarcliff, rls-
ing at A. NJ, to see the great auto
mobile race OF yesterday. No steeple-
chase that was ever run can equal the
thrills of one of those contests. in
which machines rush at ninety miles an
hour around and around the chosen
course The Briarcliff course is espe-
cially interesting. for it was said TO be
$50 dangerous that it was safe AS
suredly il was not so dangerous as to
be necessarily deadly for no one was
killed though the demands made on
the chauffeur's nerve and skill were
very great To come down a steep
hill and make a sharp turn at the bot
tom, to zigzag in and out over sinuous
curves, to toll up high hills and rush
down steep inclines for $50 miles, is a
nerve-racking experience to the driv-
er and the onlooker.
The success Of the Briarcliff races
demonstrates the possibility Of secur-
ing such race over an undulating
course. and If it can be made success
ful at Briarcliff, there Is no reason
why $50 or 200 mile race should not
be held on the loop from Rio Vista
westward. The permission of the super
visors would have to be gained, and
TIE road would probably have to be
polced. If this We're done, the course
would be we'll adapted to just such a
race as New York enjoyed.
If the automobile manufacturers
want to hold meeting in Virginia
Richmond will be glad to receive them
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-25
MERELY JOKING.

Not Gomperized.
Why do people make SO much fun of
the spring poets?"
Because the spring poets have no union
an. arc careless about vo,ing.'-Chicago
Record Herald
Tn. Talk OF Money.
smawley: do you believe that money
talks?"
Ardupp: You bet / do. no sooner get
my hands on dollar than 1t says Good l.
by-'"-CSieago News.
The Inference.
Mr.. Pursllnston says he believes a man
sh oi,dL pay a. 3sor he Foss :. - AN,
a Sc se 70 sra vs N es ess.
ward."-Washington Star.
As Usual.
Patience g >. which i. your gift to the
and tor 0S the nS te Of aie me- ns0i
can't tell which is the one sent.'-Yon-
Ecrs Statesman.
Hi, First tRecenD Love.
Our. engagement, is so romantic. Not
like other affairs"
"How's that?"
lively the first girl he has loved this sea-
son."--Pittsburg Post.
No Place for an Old Gent.
The veteran Senator announced that h.
intended to resign.
NO. Will not reconsider" he told his
protesting constituents. This place is get
ting packed with fresh youngsters-many
o! them. not day over sixty.''-Phiadel-
phla Ledger.
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Her Execution.

Al a brilliant tat home givcn by
society woman a pianist OF world
Wide reputation was asked to perform
When he had finished, the lady's young
daughter was made to sit down and
play her new piece. NOW, tell me,
Herr -.,'' said the fussy mother to
the great artist, ''what do you think
of my daughters execution?"
Madam no replied deliberately, II
think II would be a capital idea
London Opinion.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-25
a TIMES-DlSPATCH RFA'DE
Terrapin, N. c., April 90, 1908.
Is for Major Daniel.

Editor of-The 1TImes-Dlspatch:
work for the presidential nomination
OF Governor Johnson, WITH W.T. the k knew n
the Nomination OF the latter would
probably place, Virginia In the list Of
Republican States. Major Daniels Dc
mocracy Is good enough, Tor us
~ ESSE EWELL, NJ. p.
Ruckersville, Va, April "a, 1905.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-25
Rhymes for To-Day
THE LAUREATE.

~ II all the bards who sing. or try,
Tor fame or love or money,
~ Or sing to make somebody cry,
or else to show they're funny
In short, OF all the bards who twanE
The lutte from Nome to Bostin.
/ most do mourn and grieve and pang
For little Alfie Austin.
For no one likes Alf's sweet rondels,
His ballads, songs and dttttes,
His threnodies or villanelles--
Amt 1t Il thousand pities?
Though readers he should have by
rights.
From Fleet Street to AmalG.
There's no one reads the thing lie
writes
Nobody 'scusin Allie.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-25

In referring to the Sultan OF Turkey
as "the champion international molly,
coddle,'' the Washington Herald ap.
pears TO have done cruel injustice t
the Chinese foreign office.
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Zoo Hard to AnsMcr.

"Whcn was TAFT Rt his desk,a
linquire?n asks the Rochester
iCertatnly, you may inquired
inately, there isS no law requi
answer oft-hand,=SWa ghtngton
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-25

A lunatic appeared in the Senate the
other day and shouted: II proclaim
myself the head OF this house, Full
returns from the bedside Of Senate.
Lodge are not yet in.