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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-31
The Making Of a
| Successful Husband
BY cASpAR S. YOST.


copyright. 1905. by c. 8. Yostl
~ EAR JOHN-I get the notion III
my head from q few random
81 " remarks In your last two OF
three letters that you are put
ting in a good deal Of your spare time
and possibly some you have no right to
spare. with the boys at the club.
Now, John, l don't purpose to give
you a curtain lecture on the evils OF
clubs AS rule, they are pretty good
institutions OF course there are clubs
and clubs, but there is no doubt In my
mind that the properly conducted
mems club Is one Of the necessities OF
the present day life in the city. I be-
long to three Of them myself and know
their value They are not, as some peo-
pie seem 70 believe. mere gambling
dens or drinking places in disguise. In
all really first class clubs gambling Is
strictly prohibited, and intoxicating liz
uors are no more In evidence than at
any respectable hotel. All this, OF
course. you know very we'll, and |
mention it simply to show you right at
the start that have no feeling against
the club as an institution.
But, my boy, no matter how many
clubs he may belong to nor how good
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on I'ne NR3e Side.

Neglected Coughs and Colds put one
on the unsafe side. There is no need
to take these chances. fRoyaline
Cough Cure, taken in time, will quick
], put you on the safe side. EzlYou will
find nothing better for Coughs, Colds,
Group and Whooping Cough. Con-
tains no opium. Pleasant, Safe, Sure.
Keep it on hand. Is cents. Money
back If you want it. Get a bottle to.
day. For sale by Cooper Drug Co.,
and Crescent Drag Store.
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often comes to such couples In the
course Of years. Mr.. and Mrs. Harper,
over on Benton street, are splendid
example. When first knew Dick Har-
per. forty years ago, he was harum
scarum boy who was sowing his oats
with a steam drill. He was just about
as Wild as they make EN- and was
getting mighty close to the jumping off
place when he met Mollie Price. He
married her. and she made man OF
him. That was thirty-tive years ago
and they are still spoonins. When they
", g, e; - he Was about :, ar II
III, g. i.r'!.. fer in facial unrr rnnc"
AS it T. = ,sS.. lie 20 be, yet tod.ly AZ
absolute stranger Gail at once see thu
likeness.
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You must re-
member she has nothing 10 do but thnl:
Under such circumstances the brain has
queer way of calling up unwelcome
and unpleasant pictures. Night after
night Of this will turn the most ardent
love into Indifference. 1t will dry up
the heart and sour the blood of the
most long suffering WOMAN on earth,
and then the fool man wonders what
has changed his wife and of course
blameS her He thinks it all over and
says to himself that he has given her
everything In the world she has asked
for or could want He has been true,
kind and faithful husband and her
conduct Is therefore inexcusable. He
forgets that he has denied her that
which she considers of far greater i'm
pOrtance than all the rest, that which
she desires far more than fine cloth
ing-his companion&hip.
Here's en- Example.
There was Jimmy Rogers, member
of one of my clubs, as fine a fellow as
ever walked the street.. every inch a
man. generous to fault, straight as a
footrule, stanch friend and one of
the best story telers ever heard. He
was devoted to his wife, but he was
an inveterate clubman. He never
dreamed he was neplacting her for
like many women, she endured in 81
lence became a confirmed misanthrope
and finally died of nervous prostration,
the victim Of her own imaginings. Aft
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-31
rard Of Thanks.

To ny many friends and reighbors,
and especially to my brothers w. O.
W., desire to express nv sincere
and heal tell thaLks fox your kind
ness to me during my long confineo
ment, due TO the misfortune of sus-
talning a fracture OF the hip bore, two
aud one-half months ago. Thanking
you again,il am
Yours truly and fratern"n
=. L.nl.ill @; nY.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-31
There are clubs and clubs.

they are, they don't alter the eternal
fact that the best place for married
man after dark is at home, I'm not III
favor of reviving the curfew law, nor
do mean to say that man should
never leave the house at night. / dro'
into one of my clubs in the evening
once or twice week, and 1 am salts
fed that this occasional association
with my fellow men does ME good.
But don't leave home more often than
that unless your mother goes with me,
and when 60 to the club l never stay
late
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copied him. but 1ormdt'on'
upon the express condition that he
spend at least half of his evenings
at home. Jimmy has kept the agree
ment and more. He doesn't come to
the club more than half dozen times
a month, and he goes home early. His
wife is one Of the happiest women
know, and Jimmy says he never really
knew how much good there was in life
until he learned to live at home.
Not Always One.
You see. John, nature has planned it
just that way. The highest state Of
happiness is possible only in the per
feet cOmpanionship of man and wife.
1t is only when they live wholly for
each other that they become truly one
ms the good Lord designed it. Two per-
sons of opposite sex who live together
by authority of the law and the church
who are always at loggerheads and
who see as little of each other as they
can without causing comment from the
neighbors are not husband and wife in
the true sense. They are not one. but
very positively and distinctly two, and
frequently make as much fuss as half
a dozen. 1t isn't always the man who
is at fault, not by dern sight. don't
claim that all women are angels.
don't claim that any of them are.
They're just women, thank heaven.
and they have their failings, some
more, some less. But | am address
Ing this letter to you as man to
man. l don't pretend to say what a
woman should do. What want is to
see you do what you ought to do to
bring happiness to your home. Then
If you fail it won't be your fault, but
have never known it to fail where the
methods have outlined to you have
been conscientiously and lovin~!y tric7.
/ claim no credit for them. T,ioy h;t..c
been in use for ages, and what | ha
said to you along this line is but the
sum of the experience of many men
past and present, and which, boiled
down, Is simply the practice of the
Golden Rule at home, where it is most
needed and where 1t does the most
good.
There Is no finer sight in the world
than that presented by man and wife
who, living always for each other, a..
tain that condition OF perfect Uni,
which is the ideal married state. The.
are one, in fact. and YOU ~ doubt l'.".,
n0tiCed the physical reseE ASA.
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Be very careful about drafts on the back
of your neck.

OF your neck.
as your other self, and she will stand
by you. The chances are ten to one she
will stand by you anyway. That is wo-
mans characteristic, even when her
loyalty is least deserved, but that
doesn't relieve you from the obligation
Of devoted loyalty to her. On the con-
trary, it increases that obligation.
Make her happiness the chief aim Of
your life, and you will find it recipro-
cal and more, for what you give will
be returned to you with a substantial
profit added.
And now, my boy, have said
enough, and. besides, l am tired. With
love to Anna May, as we'll as unfailing
affection for yourself, / bid you good
night. Yours as ever,
JOHN SNEED.
P. Smother says to be very care
full about drafts on the back of your
neck. J.
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No Place Like Home.

But, getting back to clubs for mo,
ment before I have to wind the clock.
what Is there In club life to compare
with the comforts and pleasures Of az
evening 1T home-your dressing gown
and slippers, your easy chair, :;o2>!
cigar auG your wife ny your Size to
talk to. to read to or just to be there
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-31

er q long time
Jimmy fell in
love again, this
time with a wo-
man who said
things and who
knew his first
wife. When he
proposed, she
gave him some
] II [ O L III Il I 10 II
about his past
life that aston
ished and pain
al HIM Che M
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-31

for your money.
You didn't have
my In the first
ace, but if you
nd been worth
n million the as.
sertion would ap-
ply. She didn't
marry you for a
home. She left
n better home
t h n n you are
likely ever to pro-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-31

Mr.. Otto Kuhn will be here on
the 3rd and 4th of February with
samples to take orders for spring
and summer suits. See him at
Martin Bios. & Co.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-31
Comjno TO the Point.

Future Father-in-law-I am sorry to
inform you that my daughter will not
receive her fortune until after my
death.
Future Son-in-law-Well, and how
old are you now?-Simplicissimus.
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he conditions are not different! Neg.

the conditions are not different! Neg
iect Is just 40 hard on woman AS it
would be on a man similarly placed.
And the daily desertion Of a wife is
neglect pure and simple. 1t isn't nice
word to a man who imagines he is do
Ing his whole duty, but it's the only
one that will oil the bill. How many
divorce cases have been caused by neg
lect Of this kind don't know, but III
bet my best horse it's more than half
the total
What In the name Of Grover Cleve-
land can you expect Of q woman if You
90 gHlivanting around every night and
leave her to her own devices! W,:.!r
you sc out with the boys having I"
good time what do you suppose she Is
doing: can tell you. She IS trying
t" read or to do little fancy work and
gettin" mighty small satisfaction out
OF t'lr oh. She is getting up every ten
mir~:rs and going to the window to
look for YOU. She Is wondering why
you don't come and filling her brain
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-31
Seed oats at Jones Bros
II Does the Business. .

Mr.. E. F. Chamberlain Of Clinton,
Maine, y, ,f 3 lck en- Arnica
Salve: ~ does the business: ' have
used ii for piles and it cured them.
SOD l. fnr chao""d hands and ii
'.,'.,ti = 70 an OF, sore
" hp"t wing scar
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-31
Two Queries,

Two Queries.
Him-Why is it that woman never
means half she says?
Her-Why is it that man never saws
half he means ?-Chicago News.
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with iInagiE
happenings. II
you are Ion z
d e ! ay d. she
sees you man
gled by a car.
knocked d W n
by an automo-
bile or held up
by fOotpads. II
SNe IL OF Il Jcal-
Gus disposition.
her though Is
take a o t h e r
turn. and. no
matter how in
n 0ce mt t h G
cause Of your
absence NAV be.
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my FRlsk01
AN GA,EY

Haze your friends In occasionally In an
informal WGy.
to give you the joy of her presence,
or, more indOlebx, to listen to her CHAT
ter about Il hundred things that may
not interest you in detail, but are Won
derfully entertaining i'll >he abstract.
because it is she who is telling them
to let her read to you while you people
the blue smoke with the charming crea
lures Of the story until the delicious
monotone fades into thin line OF
sound without meaning and you wake
with a start to find her arms around
your neck and saying, Kiss me, john
It's time to 60 to bed?" The club can
not give any satisfactory substitute for
this. The one is an artificial institu-
ton: the other Is divine.
Still. as I said before, / would not
have you give up your club if you can
afford the expense. Get out with the
boys once in awhile. 1t won't do you
any harm, if you come home sober and
financially whole. But make the club
the occasional diversion. Reserve the
great majority of your evenings for
Anna May, who is worth more to you
than all the clubs in Christendom, than
all the friends you can make therein,
stanch and valuable however they may
be. Spend your evenings with her.
Have your friends in occasionally in an
Informal way. Visit them in the same
way-with your wife. Go to the thea
ter or other places of amusement-with
your wife. Go to church on Sunday
with your wife. Make her the sharer
Of your pleasures, the partner Of your
joys, and you can bet your life you can
depend upon her sharing your troubles,
whatever they may be. Stand by her
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Noe w JHoof W INC vide for her. She
cuTteD lao. d,dn,t m.rrv van
to get boost into society. She
married you for yourself, and moth
ing less than yourself will satisfy
her. She married you to get a hus-
band, a companion, and it is your pres
ence, your loving companionship, that
she desires above all material consider
atoms. This more than anything else
she Is entitled to. and there is nothing
else so easy to give her; there is moth
Ing else so much to your personal ad-
vantage.
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How Would You Like It?

Try 1t on yourself and see how IL
works. Suppose the conditions Of the
sexes were reversed, as some humor.
lists predict. Suppose you were tied up
in the home all day with no one to
talk to, except the servants or an oc-
caslonal visitor. Suppose II your wife
comes home to dinner at all she hur-
ries through the meal and rushes of to
the club, leaving you to spend the even
Ing alone. How do you think you
would enjoy an existence Of that kind.
and how long do you think you would
submit to 1t without a protest, a pro-
test SO forcihle 1t would make the win
dows rattle? ] think Just about seven
days woH.,. finish YOU No, by George.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-31

She ts uOEdering achu
you dOn't come
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ed him. She &C She gaze him some IN.
centad him hnt formation.
The Marshall republican., 1908-07-10
MISLEADING ESTIMATES.

Why Municipal Lighting Plants Gen.
orally Cost More Than Expected.
II Is most unusual for a municipal
lighting plant to be erected at a cost
that comes anywhere neal the esti-
mate presented TO the city officials, In
sore cases these officials are directly
to blame for accepting the estimates
Of representatives of manufacturing
compasies. who are, Of course. mor
anxious to make q sale than to protect
the citizens from ultimate disappoint-
ment. When an electrical engineer IL
called upon for an estimate It might
seem as though the council had dona
its full duty, but unfortunately, n
some cases at least, the temptation b
secure 4 percentage on the construe'
tion cost 10 great enough TO overcome
professional honor. ard estimates arr
submitted which are absolutely made
'Qpsts. The only Umsdxfqg.tbA xqui1
The Marshall republican., 1908-07-10

seem TO be to obtain an independent
estimate from a consulting engineer
who would have no further interest In
the matter.
Perhaps. however. the most common
cause for disappointment IL due to the
fact that engineers I'm estimating cost
fall to take into consideration what
ought TO be well known by this time
that cities cannot, as a rule. construct
plants at as low figures as private
companies can, This Is due partly to
the inexperience Of city officials, which
ls taken advantage OF In many cases,
and also to the fact that the large
amount OF red tape which seems to be
a necessary feature Of such contracts
has to be allowed for by bidders. II
is therefore perfectly possible that an
estimate for a municipal plant may be
exceeded by 30 per cent when It woulh
be an adequate one n the construction
were TO he undertaken by a private
company, This Is a feature OF munie-
ipal ownership which has not besn,
heretofore given the consideration that
II deserves.
The Marshall republican., 1908-07-10
the estimated receipts.


An ordinance prohibiting
the sale of intoxicating liquors
in the City of Marshall is
read three times and passed.
Ordinance providing for
change of grade on Mitchell
street read three times and
passed,
Ordinance providing for
payment of accounts passed.
The mayor appoints Fred
Ernest Tailor and Keeper of
the Fire Department for six
months and the appointment
il confirmed.
The Mayor appoints L. Q.
Gaunt, Arthur Hupp, j. F.
Spangler and j. b. Prior rs
Board of Health.
Officers reports filled. Ad-
journed.
The Marshall republican., 1908-07-10
City Council

The council met in regular
session, july q, 1908. All
mem bers present.
The City Clerk is ordered
to communicate with the G. &
A. railroad and the Missouri
Pacific railroad with refer.
ence to putting in signals at
the street crossings.
The street and alley com
mittee make report recon /.
mending that the street
crossing near the railroad on
North Benton Avenue remain
as now located, which report
is adopted.
The side walk committee 20
whom vas referred the mat.
ter OF sidewalk along the west
side of English Avenue from
Washington street TO the G. II
A. railroad, and along the
south side of Washington
street from English Avenue
to Lyon Avenue, make report
that said walks are not Q pub.
lie necessity, and recommend.
that 10. order be made re-.
The Marshall republican., 1908-07-10

curing them to be built,
which report is adopted.
The matter of granting a
franchise TO the Herndon
Telephone company in the
City of Marshall is referred
to the ordinance and city at
torncy, who, in connection
with representatives from
said company, will draft an
ordinance granting the fran.
chise as petitioned for.
Bids for supply Of coal for
the water works plant for one
year from August LIST, are re
ceived and referred to the
Water Committee.
The City Clerk 6les his an.
nual repo. t showing the re.
ceipts and expenditures of
the City from Januaryslst, 70
June 30, 1903, which report is
ordered published in the
Daily Democrat News.
LH.LL AALL.M
The mayor files report OF
the financial condition Of the
together with recon.
mendations for the next fiscal
year Al the expenditure and.
The Marshall republican., 1908-07-10
UncalIed for Letters

Remaining In the Marshall postofios
July 8. 1908, which will be sent 70
the desd-lstter Office II not called for
within two weeks.
Misses Elizabeth Moore, Lennie
Nickles, Mildred Slaughter; Mesdsmes
L F Coleman, J M HAYES Linda
Nichols, Mary J Sims.
Delmar Ashley, Fred X Arnold,
Chss W Adams, J d Boiin, John
Cunningham, D F Harrison Mr.. Jack
son, Joe Moore, Leonard Thornton.
M. T. CHASTAIN, p. NJ.
The Marshall republican., 1908-07-10

The Chicago q Alton have on ssle
dsily until Sept. S0th, 1908, Tourist
ticksts ~ grestly reduced fares to
points 10 the East, Wsss North.
sosth and southvsst; long limits and
tbsrsi stopovsr privileges.
For further Information cali upon
or communicates with Q. =. Hawh0rns
Ticket Argent, 9. = 4. B \. go
The Marshall republican., 1908-07-10
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Jae In1A11s an1 Okil1rsA.
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Jas. Norris and Miss Beu.
ma Huff, both Of Gillian, were
married by Rev. J. @. Partee
IN this city Wednesday. Mr..
Norris 10 . son of Henry
Norris and is 90 enterprising
young farmer. The bride 10
: daughter Of q. r, HUI.
The Marshall republican., 1908-07-10

Miss Mary Mckinley Of
Kansas City, formerly CASH
Ter IT the New York Racket,
was the guest Of ]. J. Mitch
ellis family Sunday and Mon
day
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Local Items

from Hoping yesterday.
Mrs. G. e. Scrutchfeld and
little daughter are the guests
of relatives 10 Macon.
James Unruh and wife and
Misses Teresa Chappell and
Nadine Young are at Yellow
atone Park.
Mrs. Nellie Taylor and
little daughter, Emma. left
Tuesday afternoon for a
months stay at Colorado
Springs.
County court was in session
this week. The report Of
the proceedings IS not com.
plete, 80 we will publish same
next week.
j. +. Gibson. Of Napton.
spent Tuesday night with bis
daughter, Mrs. Maggie
Casey. He took treatment
from the Indian doctor.
Mrs. J. c. worley has re
oined her husband in Colora
do Springs, from which place
they expect To leave in Il short
tine !or Japan u resume
their work as missionaries.
Tue temperature was unus.
ually hot Monday afternoon.
Tuesday morning after the
rain il was so cool that many
persons were glad to get into
the suns warmth. ,
The ladies' OF the Christian
church will serve a dinner for
the public ut the church next
Tuesday and invite all to
come, and promise a good din.
ner at "A reasonable price.
Jake Berg says: The pee
ples make Marshall go dry,
the Lord makes it GO wet"
Well, maybe, but we still
have plenty To drink and yet
many of our citizens are very
dry. It's a case of dry or wet,
rs you please.
Rich Keeth is in mourning.
He says the hail south Of
Herndon last Wednesday
ruined his neighbours melon
pitch. II isn't because he
has so much sympathy for
his nelghbor, but he saws his
supply Of melons is always
good when his neighbours have
II good melon patch.
J.. Nj. Grant was called TO
Marshalltown, Iowa, on &C.
count o. the serious illness Of
his sister. During his absence
A. W. Clough is looking after
his feed yard. Mr.. Grant re.
turned yesterday and report.
ed his sister whom he had
gone to see, no better. (,
speaking of cheek, how
does this strike you," says a
Marshall hotel man. "Mon
day u couple from the country
walked into the Vendome
Hotel at the noon hour, and
proceeding to the parlor on
the second floor, uncovered a
we'll prepared lunch, which
they proceeded to eat at their
leisure, apparently unmindful
o. the fact that dinner was
being served in the dining
room at barely more than the
cost Of provisions and labor
necessary TO prepare and
serve it," Next!
The Marshall republican., 1908-07-10
Mems and Young Mems
TwO-Piece Suits.

We have made the reductions on this
line so sharp, so decisive that you cannot
afford to 60 without a cool summer suit.
The Marshall republican., 1908-07-10

Mems $1,000 Suits reduced to ... 1850
Mems $3.50 Suits reduced to ...... II sol
Mems $3.50 Suits reduced to ...... 1875
Mems $500 Suits reduced o...... 11.76|
Mems $3.50 Suits reduced o...... CTS
Mems $1,000 Suits reduced to...... $50
Mems $3.50 Suits reduced o...... CTS
The southern sentinel., 1908-08-21
PRELIMINARY. Y.STEPS
FOR WATERWORKS
Boring a Well for a Supply of
Pure Wholesome
Water.

We notice that Mayor Pace has
had erected on Bevil street near
the Sulphur Timber 6 Lumber
Cos old saw mil, a derrick and
commenced on Monday placing
the machinery for the purpose of
putting IN we'll for the water
works plant. Mayor Pace is an
experienced well driIler and has a
hrst class rig capable of going to
any depth to secure the city pure
and wholesome water. The
writer has had some experience
In drilling deep wells and from
the manner in which Mayor Pace
has started we have no hesItancy
in saying that if water Is there he
will get it. If there is no water
there, there will be no other ex-
pense than the labor for making
the test. A test will have to be
made, it makes no difference
where you 60. This territory is
practically unexplored.
The committee have only taken
options conditioned that suffi-
cient amount of water could be
gotten, if not. no deal. The.com-
mittee may put in holes in many
other parts of the city if they fail
in this, one thing is certain that
we have the utmost confidence in
the ability of the committee, COM
posed of Mayor Pace and w. +.
Cooper. We feel certain that
they will give US value received
for everything spent.
The southern sentinel., 1908-08-21
WINFIELD WlNN PARISH LOUISIANA FRIDAY AUGUST 81 1908
BoPr.

The home of MIR. and Mrs. T.
D. Drewett was gladdened yester-
day by the advent of Il fine ten
pound boy. DIR. |. T.. Siess.
oe'ng present on the occasion.
informs us that the mother and
boy are doing finely.