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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-26

Is not proof that it is success, nor IS the excel
lence of an institution proved by the few cases
but by the many. The few but prove the posi-.
bity Of success where there Is more often but
slight measure of it.
No one who has considered the matter thought
fully can doubt that marriage at its best is the
perfect life ideal in its relations and in its devel
opment of the best type of man and woman but,
unfortunately, that thing may be Is not the same
as that 1t fs
To an outsider one of the strongest arguments
against matrimOny Is the number Of those who try
to get out of It. Being tied Is in itself condi-
ton trying to an erratiC temperament for you are
never so eager to get away as when you know
you cant
| have watched devoted lovers grow into in.
different partners, and also have seen most beau
tful marriages grow from rather commonplace
wooings, so the advance stage seems not much
OF an Indication what the future will give
One Of my girl friends said to me of her fance
81 am not one of the silly girls who cannot see
faults in those they care for. I can see them all
the palmer because love, and though have hunt
ed very hard for them, can't see a fault in Joe,
and so know he hasn't got any" She and Joe
got married and went their loving way. Some
years later met her, and in the course Of con-
VerSatlon she surprised me by saying: NO of
course, don't tell Joe everything, the way used
to. Men are so stupid they never understand,
30 1t Is foolish to tell them and get into fuss"
DO they grow stupid after marriage?"
"Wel, they may not, but they seem to. Why,
Joe nearly went wild over the most innocent
letter that man sent me, and he happened to
find. I've told the maid again and again never to
bring my letters to the table, but to put them in
my bureau drawer but she is so careless. One
often has letters she doesn't wish her husband to
see, bills and things of that Sort
Now 1t IS hard for me to imagine marriage a
success In which one party to the contract has
such feeling as that Marriage, 1t seems TO
me, is one of two things, either a business con.
tract or union founded upon sentiment and if
deceit enters into it one party or the other Is not
living up to the agreement however smoothly
things may seem to go. If it is business con.
Germ, each partner has right to the confidence Of
the other, and so long as sentiment enters into
It there will be the same interchange of interests
between married couples as between the engaged
The rule holds as good whether applied to man
or to woman.
Another Of my friends loves her husband de-
votedly, she says She has no secrets from him
nor from anybody else-not even those she ought
to have, for perfect faith does not necessitate
telling man every foolish little thing, nor pass.
ing on to him something some girl friend has told
her. When Of an evening her husband puts on
his coat to go out this wife begins: why Harry,
are you going out this evening? Where are you
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-26

The writer IS a fellow who has to
live in town now, but he caught seven
crates Of blackberries on The market
few Saturdays ago, and bought all
Of 'em. He worked like a dog-dont
mention how the good little woman
worked, too-till Il that night. In
the morning, however, he had the
pleasure Of seeing 40 quart jars and
IS half-sallon jars of solid packed Der
ries on the kitchen floor. The fruit
cost 81; the rubberS-thc best ones
we could find-cost C dozen) GO
cents, and the fire about Is cents; the
Jars are Mason's, and we use them
year after year, so you see, outside
Of our labor we are out $7.S5 for s.
quarts Of the best and most solid
packed berries you ever saw. This
makes the price a little less than 10
cents, and we have paid 20 cents for
the tins containing about half the
fruit that is in one Of our jars. All
the apparatus we used was a great
big granite dishpan and a large, strong
basting spoon. Heat the berries till
they get to boiling good and then put
them quickly into the jar with the
spoon, then get your rubber top on
quick and screw down we'll. That is
all there is to it, except to put the
jars in a cool place somewhere till
ready for use.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-26
a SIIhtle Difference.

Mrs. Blank, wife of prominent
lister near Boston, had in her empN
recently engaged colored cook as Ol
as the proverbial ace of spades.
day Mrs. Blank said to her:
Matilda, | wish that you would
oat meal quite often for breakfast
husband is very fond of it. hi
Scotch, and you know that the SCI
eat a great deal of oatmeal"
"Oh, he's Scotch, is he?' sala
tilda. "Woll. now, do you know
thinkin' all along dat he Wasn'
like us."-Woman's Home CompaD
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-26

The Journal steadfastly refuses to
recognize any man as farmer un.
less he tills the ground himself and
looks to the fruits of the ground for
his reward. If he is too old to work
he IS a superannuated farmer-a man
who has been farmer, but Is not one
now. If he is looking for his reward
in the increase in the price of his land
aside from the Improvements, he is
TO that extent a land speculator.-
Abilene, Texas, Farmers Journal.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-26
The Perennial.

According to the Atlanta Cons
ton, a Georgia farmer posted
sign on his front gate:
candidates will pass on. No {
to talk to EN-"
One morning his little boy sho1
from the garden walk:
There's one o them canderd
here, an he says he'll come in
how"
The old man looked toward
gate and said:
Let him in. There's no harm
him. | know him, He's been run
ever sence the war-jest to be a.
min. 1t runs in his blood an he
help it,"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-26

There are three things in the horses
make up-the breed, the raising and
the training-that it pays to look aft
er. Any one Of these, neglected
spoils the horse; any two of them
omitted, and you have beast not
worth the room he takes up in the
world, but all of them neglected pro
duces an abortion that is of no use
to itself nor to anybody. Sometimes
creatures who call themselves farmers
neglect all three of these things; many
neglect two of them, and some, one
Of them, and yet get along pretty
we'll; but it is the pattern farmer
who looks well to all of them, and he
wins success for his trouble.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-26

teach Polly to make
bread, but it seems i'm
possible for her to get
it into her head" and
the bread is as light
and sweet as bread
ought to be. Heaven
help the woman whose
husband thinks he can
cook, and help her
doubly If at the same
time he has the grum-
bling habit!
If you sat at the
table three times daily
to such remarks. you
dear little bride Of tho
future, what would life
be worth to you? Yet
this man has been
much loved Of women
and has made three
wives happy-or miser'
able?-well, conscious
of a few OF their de-
fects, let us say. But
to some women it
would no hittar bread
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-26

While the flies are thick as poor
mems troubles, don't neglect the
colts. They need the best Of care and
attention now. The sort of horse you
raise depends on the attention you
give the growing colt, See that he
has plenty of water shade and salt,
and the rest supposing you have a
good pasture, he will attend to him
self.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-26

There is hardly a first-rate farm In
all the South that would not be bet.
ter Off If it had few stands of bees.
These tireless little workers are Of
vast benefit as polenizers among many
plants, and there is something about
the home with bees near it that the
home without these little friends never
seems to possess.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-26

1t does not take any more land to
raise cookie burrs than it does corn,
peanuts or alfalfa, but it takes as
much; and you have to pay taxes and
interest on that land in burrs. See
the point?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-26

With spring fryers going like no,
cakes at 50 cents apiece, what's the
use Of worrying about tne cotton
crop?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-26
c<CgSaRA

from the girls dream, yet she never blames her
self for any part of the failure. Still. she could
speak before me and her children with this lack
of courtesy to the man whom she had sworn be-
fore GOD to love and homer she may not be wholly
free from fault. Should you, present lovers, call
the marriage in which such as this was COM
mon occurrence, a success or failure?
In the course of my wanderings to and fro I
have often spent some time at a house where
there never has been a meal finished without
some fault-fndng by the master thereof. This
is not due to ill-cooked food, for the wife pre-
pares good dishes and sees that the cook does
likewise. If the chicken is broled, why didn't
you fry ths?" II it is fried, why wasn't 1t
broled?" Or perhaps the complaint will be that
chicken was cooked at all when he wanted fish.
The vegetables were always over or under done;
something that he wanted and had not spoken
about had not been prepared. Maybe it would be-
I've been trying ever since | was married to
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-31
What will the
Dividends Be?
GUARANTEES
VERSUS
ESTIMATES

OF
during has been written Participating
contained
distributed The
a
has that when dividend
This disappointing
obiga
the
estimates
The will
guarantee dollar
ID
showing
ed Results OF with
cieht OF the the
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-31
THE END.
RIDGE SPRING NEWS
SOCIAL EVENTS OF THE PAST
WEEK AT THIS THRIVING
PLACE.

Ridge Spring. Jan. 26 On Tuesday
and Wednesday afternoon Mrs. ID. X.
Fronts received her many lady frlenus
in honor CT her daughter, Mrs al. b
Watson. Delightful refreshments
were served aud the social features OF
these OCCASIONS were most ENJOYABLE.
On Thursday evening the Ridge
Spring chap e., U. ID. c.. celebrated
Lees birthday in an Interesting and
appropriate way at the school audito-
rum.
The school children, under the lead
erShip of Mrs. Mccoy and Miss Car
vile, sang with vim anC express ion
the pat lotto ongs Of the Co1federacy
Mr.. o. NJ. Watson very effectively
'ang My Old Kentucky Home" the
school children jo ming in the chorus.
BY request Rev. j. II Edwards read
the prize essay on the life Of Robert
K. Lee, after which its author, Mr..
Pierce Carson, was called to the plat
form and was presented with hand.
some book by DR.. Asbill in behalf OF
the ladies.
Mr., B. bryan effectively reclted
Whiltier's poem. The Angels oil
Buela Vista"
Mr.. L. ID. Willard and Col Il. b
WatsNn, upon the invitation OF the
ladies, COVE interesting and thrilling
"reminiscences Of the Civil war.
Mr.. Willard described the opening
period, when the men were becoming
disciplined for the terrible struggle
and gave some numerous as we'll a,
some pathetic descriptions.
Col. Watson gave vivid description
OF several Of the most fearful con
flicts OF the var, including the b,ttl
o! Gettysburg. In the course of hi
address he paid tribute To the heroisn
o. two great soldiers, one dead an
the other living
lie said: mo Drawer, truer soldier:
ever fought in any war than Gen. Alb
ner Perrin, who lies in al unmarked
grave at. Fredericksburg, and Col A
Q. Haskell, who, in ripenirg years
still lives among u.s."
One OF the most pleasing features O
the entertainment was successici
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-31
GEORGE KIRKLAND
SHOT By Il. ].
BRITT.
WOUNDED MAN DOING QUITE
NICELY AND HE Is In no I'M
MIhENf DANGER.

Barnwell, s. c., Jan. 27.-Georye
Kirkland was shot here Chis afternoon
by Police Ofiicer IA. j. Britt, but is
not thought to be dangerously woun.
ded.
kirkland and Alfred Dunbar. NJ
Ailendale, met on the streets here
this morning and engaged In a QUAR-
rel, when Kirkland was arrested nv
Britt for usipg profane language on
the street. subsequently the charge
against him was dropped by the may
or and he was liberated. During the
early afternoon he and Dunbar met
again and had some trouble. When
Ofhcer Britt attempted to arrest him
the second time Kirkland resisted and
attempted TO draw revolver. where
upon Britt fired on him, the bullet
striking just above the chin. AL
midnight the report from the bedside
OF the wounded man is that he is do.
ing as nicely as possible. and in in no
imminent danger.
Policeman Britt is a b,otber of Mr.
q. f w. Britt, lieutenant or the no.
lice force CT Augusta, and was him.
SELF member Of the Augusta force
at one time. He Is very highly
thought Of in Barnwall, and the gen.
eral sentiment is that he was forced
10 shoot Kirkland TO protect himself
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-31
THE SWAN OF
AVON MAN.
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK
"I feel like singing" she cried.
"Sing." he commanded.

"I feel like singing" she cried.
"Sing.' he commanded
So she leaped up, and sang as she
remads the fire, and all through the
little supper they laughed and chat
ted Of trivial things, and were 100
happy to say much. Then after sup
per they sat still and watched the
slow coming night, First the woods
deepened with shadows, weird and
ghostly: the waters faded away; a
delicate sprinkle of stars glinted
overhead; and the fresh air grew cool :.
er and more deeply pervaded With the
scent or the damp earth and .he
recking pines The air was delicious,
and the scene too beautiful to tch
steadily. The full delight OF it came
in snatches.
The fire Smoldered low, and the
noises of the night intensified. They
heard the cracking leaves and the
tapping waters, and the wind swung
tree tops. 1t was marvellous silenc-
an overSilence that sucked up the
noises until they ceased to be noises.
Last came the moon over The noun
tain's side, rich, full, silver, and the
eery light flooded and 6renched tn,
earth, soaking the tree tops SO full
that streams trlckled off down ont,
the forest ilOoI, and the lake was Zip
pied wi soft silver. The hour wa
one Of magic, OF beIitchmant, Ell
jchantment.
AT last he stood up, and reached Oh
his hands to her.
Come" he said softly, 1--WE mus
go. we two"
She took his hands, and he puilet
her Up. Nor did he release the StronI
hands at once not until the touch o
them had thrilled him through.
81 hate TO CO." she said tremulousl.
this was so perfect"
Yes" he whispered, ait was TN,
very magic of the deeps in us ID
you know there is something in III
very deep down, worlds away from
every day, which is rarely tapped
rarely stirred. IT lies there like an
ocean under mountain, But when il
is stirred-oh; the magic OF it-how ii
pours through our hearts and brains
just as the moonlight through the
forest trees"
"You mean the s)ul,' she murmYr.
ed in an awed tone.
Eyes, and the wonder that stirs itv
he answered.
Lover"
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silence
They hurried through the wit cherry
of boug IS that filked silver light, past
tHinkling springs and brooks, over
| logs, and rccks and needles, and even
before they knew il they were down
in the gorge again, and on the old
trail.
She turned. He noticed how pale
she was, and how her eyes shone.
there in the little clearing the dee D
famed brook at one side roaring. the
moon soaked pines about them, the
wild brambles and briers at their feet.
She tried to laugh, but failed.
III couldn't get lost any longer ;"
she said, all tremble; we've eft the
heights
Something caught in his throat.
"Just an hour away now from the
valley" he said.
"Yes, Just an hour" Her eyes
filled.
"And it was so perfect" he went
on breathleSsly. eve stirred the
magic of the deeps--not we-but-"
He stopped.
"Oh, was it really that?" she asked
wistfuily.
1T vast wasr' he cried ont, anc
he seized her haLds, and bound then
behind his neck.
"Oh, you, you" she sobbed, "oh
Swan of Avon man."
"0hr he cried to her, 81 lcvc you
| have looked for you all these years!
81 have known you all these years,
she murmured, "ahd loved you more
-than-Shakespeare people!'
Then suddenly she broke from him.
No, no, no." she cried wildly. 81 M
not for you, You're educated, you're
everything-I'm just Bald EaGle."
Its that am nothing he replied
trying TO take her to him. It's |
You're what need-health, strength
joy, life, labor-a woman, a woman
You're what man needs most-ius,
woman! a helpmate, comrade house
keepcr-a wife, wife!"
Your wife," she whispered. son
my Richard-my husband!
And he lifted her face, and kissed
her.
eve have been on the heights
we shall always be there" he went on
land in the meantime we'll z through
the valley tUgether"
Then for minute deep with the
reoch OF their sudden love. they were
as one with Nature-the woods. the
brook, the PEAKS, the gorge, the will
derness, the silence. They were littl,
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0horeh
Drought them back

ot today to the very heart Of Nature.
"And what's your name?'' ne asked,
his eyes sparkling
Isn't that funny2' she cried, and
they aughed ike children.
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der OF the seeding States, wearing
upon their breasts red shleiGs, On
wilich were emblazoned in white the
D<nes OF the States.
T1e exercises closed with the stlr-
ring strains of "Dixie," sung by the
school, and the large audience dis.
persed greatly pleased with the en-.
tertainr1eat.
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Old Dresses.

Made new by our new dyeing process
Write for OuI free price list.
q. 9. Laundry and Dye Works,
Columbia, 8. G.
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Eyes, love-
And they hurried through the

woods bef0ic they said more. 81
down the mountain she led him,
moving now shadow and nov beam
o, light, stirring through the deep
eflnroa
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GEO. BELL ZIMMERMAN.
j. VIM. THURMoND.
THURMOND e. ZIMMERMAN

ATToRNEYs-Ar-LAw.
Will practice in all the State and H..
3. Courts.
Ohice IN Kaufman BUILDING,
Lexington, 8, @.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-31
WOMAN HAS CLAIM ON GLACIER.
Expects to Dig Some Precious Orc
from Her Moving Mining Property.

Mrs. Mary E. Hart, formerly Of
Los Angeles, Cal, who has just re.
turned to Seattle after visiting Alaska.
has the distinction of being the first
person to stake out a mining claim
on q glacier while it was still in &C
ton
Sidney Noise, with the local archi-
tect firm Of Hunt & Gray, was on
board the Seattle, which has just re-
turned from a trip to the Klondike,
and he states that for the first time
in nine years passengers were able
to make landing at Muir glacier,
near Skagway.
The glacier Is considered far from
safe, but Mrs. Hart, with natural love
OF adventure, stepped triumphantly
ashore, and was followed by others
eager for the experience of landing
upon the forbdding ice field.
1t was found that the moraine, a
deposit freighted with precious ore,
which is always carried with the ice
in this section, had already become
quite solid, and Mrs. Hart forthwith
s;aked out claim.
Mrs. Hart has passed a number Of
years in Alaska and is conversant
with the mining situation there, hav.
ing owned and superintendent the
work in several claims. In order to
gain experience she at one time
worked with pick in her own mine.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-31
TELLS OF SIBERIAN HORRORS.
Sufferer Describes Agonies Endured in
Russian Penal Settlement.

Horrid is the picture of existence in
the penal colonies Of northern Siberia
given in a book just published in Ger
many by l.. Tame, who returned to life
after a burial of eight and a half years
in the living grave of Kolymsk. In
that time, he says, he saw one after
another Of his fellows succumb to sui
eide, hunger and insanity. They were
all young men and all We're sent away
for terms ranging from five to ten
years for political offenses.
The trip to Kolymsk takes is
months. Il was 20 years Old" he says,
when l was convicted for harboring
liberal convictions. In our party we're
16-ycar-old boy and another a year
younger. All told we were so politi-
Gals" The writer describes the ag-
0nies Of hunger which the deported
"politicals" had to endure. Mail was
received three times year.
Il shall never forget one mail day."
he says. I'm Is months a certain one
OF our number had not heard from
home. This mail brought him a letter.
1t was last greeting written in an
uncertain hand by his mother on her
deathbcd. In desperation he did what
so many of our party had done before
him, and which others did after we
had laid him away"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-31
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1908
THE INDEPENDENTS GETTING

This issuc Of the INDEpENDENr closes
another volume of its history. Since
1869 this paper has regularly greeted
the people Of IGlkO county. 1t has risen
from IL fire and has survived the secret
plottings of its enemies
Under its present management it has
never failed to SrppIr. what ii believed
to be right. Threats and abuse have
not Swervcd it from its path of duty.
If it has been compelled TO use the lash,
it has been because conditions demand
ed it. For this the proprietor has no
apologies to offer.
Since its founding in 1869, it has
been IL power for good in this county.
It's history is no mcan part of the history
of the county. In fact, almost IL
complete history of the county is
found in it's files. For nearly forty
years, it hats chroniclod the births and
deaths, the marriages, the cOmings and
gJingS Of the pcUple and the incidents
and happenings that go to max; up the
history Of the county. During all this
time, there has been no turning to the
right or to the left for the PURPOSE of
winning IL little of that Hrcting thing
called ''pDpularity'. II has not vccrcd
with the wind to catch every passing
breeze. It's policy has been 20 support
that wlLcn would tend toward the up-
building of the state and county and
serve the best interests OF the people
from whom it drew its support.
But what of its course in the future ?
While a glance III It's pas course is II
sufficient answer to the question, the
present proprietor. does not hesitate to
say that its future policy will he to
serve the people as faithfully in the
years to come as it has in the years
gone by.
With these words of promise. the
INDEPENDENT bids farewell to the old
year and welcomes tn coming of the
new. To all its friends and patrons, it
wishes Il happy, pfnSp .'''uS year.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-31
EGG Nest.

Boil several eggs until hard, and
when cool remove the shells and cut
the whites from the yolks in long mar
row strips. Put tablespoonful of
butter in frying pan and in this fry
for two minutes half of a small onion
cut in fine pieces. Skim out the onion
and put in the strips of eggs and fry
them just enough to make them stiff
enough to hold their shape, but do
not let them brown. Mash the yolks
and mix with them any chopped cold
chicken, ham, or fish which may be at
hand and season the mixtures highly
with salt and pepper. Roll the pre-.
pared yolIs and meat into small balls
and put them on bed of lettuce
leaves. Build the whites around the
balls to resemble nest. Pass mayon-
naise dressing, but do not put it on the
eggs as arranged on the platter.