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as practicable, an equal division Of

as practicable, an equal division Of
labor, an equal division Of responsible
ties and an equal division Of financial
returns. The woman's labors and re-
sponsibilities should be within the
home: the mans, for the greater part,
outside of it. Success in her realm IS
Of as much, IL not more. importan""
to both than success in his. \ business
failure Is small affair when com
pared with a domestic failure. The
one is mere matter Of money; the
other affects body, mind and soul. The
wife should be supreme within her
sphere, but Win that supremacy she
should accept the responsibilities that
belong to It and be held accountable
for results On the other hand, she
should not interfere in his province,
but each should ask for and receive the
advice and help and encouragement OF
the other.
But you ask how can this theory be
put into practical application. BY ap-
plying ordinary business principles
principles which. regret to say. are
very seldom applied to domestic affairs
In the right way. The trouble Is that
the average business man runs his
home an h" would his store. consider
ING his wife ns simple item Of ex-
pcnsc-an expense which he pays in
an irregular way as her needs, express
ed or implied, seem to require, or in
| the form Of fixed allowance. Tho
first method places her In the position
Of mendcant or pensioncr: The SEQ
ond improves her standing, but make;
her relation to him something in = )
nature Of salaricd employee. w. ..
the latter is far the better plan &. ''!'
two, giving the wife. as it Goes, :: c.
tain independence impossible with the
former. it Is not I believe, the true
relation which should be one OF equal
partnership, as l have said.
From a Business View.
If YOU were going into business with
another man az your partner, each hay
ing the same interest, it is probable
that you would divide the duties of
mana cement 50 as to give each Il GER
tain definite e5ponSibiity. Or" Of you
perhaps would have charge of the
finances and accounting. the other of
tie buying and selling. Each in his re.
Spcctiyc sphere would be supreme. but
the profits would be yours Jointly, Il
be held in bulk, rcinvcstcd for yo%r
joint interest or equally divided. as
You might individually elect.
With proper modification the very
same system may be applied to the do
nestle partnership. the husband hold
ing the position OF senior, the wife that
of junior partner. The husbands de
partment is his business: the WiteS is
the home. The one produces revenue
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BUNDLE BEARERS.
A Role That City Men Are Not now
Inclined to Play,

A Role That City Men Are Not Now
Inclined to Play.
There was time remembered easily
by many, when the tender husband did
not shrink from carrying home mate
rails for his dinner. Men Of learning in
those simpler days grasped the eel Of
commerce, as the eel Of science, by the
tai. The statesman with Jovian brow
and blue coat with brass buttons was
very human with dried Goldfish
wrapped carelessly In brown paper I'M
der his eloquent arm. To see a highly
respectable citizen with demijohn
was cheering sight. Nor was 1t be.
meath the dignity Of painful preacher
Of the word Of God to carry a pair Of
trousers to the tailor when the rent
WAS beyond the skill Of domestic in
genuity.
The present civilization may be real
OF chrome; this ut least is certain-the
axe OF carrying bundles is gone so far
o. city men are concerned, although no
hurl:c has celebrated in sonorous n"ose
L., pa'%ing. The man protests against
ne burden Of a can Of peas, a jar of
ularnalade, his wife's bank book. The
youth insists that the two or three col.
lars bought to bridge him over the
weekly coming Of the laundryman shall
be seat home. The schoolboy, however
lis mo her may coax or threaten, su.ks
at the thought Of a bundle, for he fears
the ridicule Of snobbishly trained COM
panions.
The bundle is avoided, not respected,
as 1t was by the great Napoleon. Dem.
ocratic simplicity is found only in ira.
dltlon and In De TocQueville's book. II
Is lot surprising that the bundle should
be spurned; that fashionable mother
nay not be able to suDDort the WEIGHT
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BRAVE DECATUR.
The Story of His Fierce Attack ON a
TripOlitan Vessel.
Jno. H. Cooper.

TripOlitRn Vessel.
Gardner W. Allen in his book, Our
Navy and the Barbary Corsairs,' re-
tells the old story Of how Commodore
Stephen Decatur, then Il lieutenant III
the United States navy. attacked
Tripoltan vessel The incident occur
red In 1904, when Preble was lying off
Tripol. Young Decatur had been tOld
that the captain Of this vessel bad
trea"ler0uely murdered his brother.
John Decatur. after he had Surrondpred
to him Mr. Alien writes: He ran
alongside aEll at once horrIled with
MacdonOUgh and the remnant Of hi;
crew. Decatur singled OFT The capt:in.
man Of great size and strength. and
attacked him furiously. The TripOii-
tan made thrust with his boarding
PIE, and in attempting to parry ~
blow DeCatur's cutMsS was broken or
at the hilt. leaving him for the NC
irc!?t unarmCd. Another thrust OF the
pil;" Woun'Cl him in III" :'r,l. Decatur
seized the weA0On. wrcHched it nT1y
and grappel v,,h his antagonist. At
er short struggle they fell to the &c K,
with De'atGr on top.
"AIeGuwhiie the two crews were fight,
ing furously about ter len l""s. ;'''}
Ia T"inol!tan aimed blow at Dccatur's
Ahead With his scimiter when Il seaman
Banned Daniel Frazier. having Dutli
Farms disabled by wounds. intcrpoScd
His head and received the blow. which
] laid open the scalp. 1h' T"i1)'t1I'
captain, being more powerful than De
] catur, soon turned him underneath and
4 holGing him down with his left hand
r"ew Il knife and was abOHt 10 pluhs
Ait into his breast
2 Decatur seized the uDlifted arm
I with his left hand. while he mAnrged
I to get his right into his poc.ict. where
/ he had a pistol. Giving it the prone
/ direction. he fired through the pocket
+ The giant relaxed his hold and fell
I deaf, Having lost seventeen killed. in.
/ chung their leader. the seven surviv-
Il ing Tripolltans. four Of whom were
4 wounded. soon gave up the fight"
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the other does not. ANALOGOUS 70 the
selling and accounting departments of
the commercial concern But the hOiMe
like the accounting division. is IN es-
sential factor and, like it again, may
be the means of saving or lO'.''|~
money as it is properly or inprOnerl,i
conducted. | don't want to tire you.
but am very anxious to get my ideas
into Your noggin straight: then if yOn
don't like 'em you can DO as you plea"
about 'em. You remember the story
about tho white man and the Indian
who went turkey hunting and divided
the game in accordance with the VIII >
mans proposition. | won't repeat tie
story, but you will recOllact that the
white man got all the turkeys. Some
business partnerships and a great
many domestic partnerships are man
aged in this way, and that sort of thing
usually ends in a dissolution. If you
succeed in life, you've got to pla;:
Hiu"iS Will Jul lul llltl, dliu pdl tIC-
ularly so to the one with whom you've
made life contract. sOlemnly signed
and sealed in the presence Of the rep
resentative Of the Almighty. Give her
control of the home and let her under
stand that she is responsible for it's
management.
Responsibility makes character in a
woman just as it does in a man. Let
her have a fixed sum every month to
pay the household expenses as well az
to provide for her personal require
ments and allow her to expend the
money without question or interior.
ence. She'll come to you for advice
when she needs it. She'll come to you
for more money when she needs it, but
If the amount Is rightly fixed she will
seldom have to do that. She will take
pride in keeping within her limit and
more than likely will save more money
, than you will. In the matter Of small
economies a woman can beat man
every time but she must have per.
sonal interest in the saving, must feel
that it is hers without restriction. She
will probably spend most of it on you
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lflL GET YOU -

their own from one years end to an
other. Tommy's righteous Indignation
was something fair to see. Give your
wives an allowance, boys" he would
say Let 'em have money of their
own to spend. My wife has had an
allowance ever since our marriage, and
I tell you 1t pays" Well, after awhile
we were astonished to hear one day
that Tommy's wife had sued him for
divorce on the ground of nonmainte-
nance, and in the proceedings which
followed it developed that his much
boosted allowance was the sum Of 81
a week, out Of which Mrs Tucker was
required to clothe herself. He doesn't
belong to our club now, but his chest
is as obtrusive and his tile sets at the
same angle as Of yore.
A Very Important Question.
This question OF an allowance Is a
pretty serious one, and the disposition
of the woman in the case enters large
ly into It's consideration. Some women
never get beyond childhood mentally
owl rrnfor +, he trn,tnl like children
ou ,hoir 1.-Two. rhov know nothing
,hort t,oir hr,I,,rJ., inoonas and care
lct, -'' the. keen thcm literally sup
r,i,d with tra l,v,,ios thoir childish
-. ..,ro, dn,,,nd With snch women
t,,o., :, owls. an. co,,rsn nroc;irahle
.,.f ,,... i, two ,nciont and tima hon
,.ol orn which is hosod on tho theory
r,.. al v.... ~ ,rn i,,,,n,nsihla no.
i,.,.,,.,l o,, f., H., ,.ou,f 1,r,., nronnrrv
- ,i.......,., :, Iva fod onI r,,tra1
.... ..,.,,, r...r,,a wifi, , d,r,oo If
o.,....;,r I,,t got +, Iva +rooted * mon.
tal n,rorc ~. !, NO oi,.on onr oniivo
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And don fill ont legal papers or card men,
os-or make out accounts or hotel menus in
you. own handwriting.
1t noks bad, reflects onyour standing makes
people ;Aill; you cant afford IA stenographerl
and is ;, mctilnes Ambiguous.
You can write 'out your etters-make out
al abStIact-tilliin an insurance policy-enter
your card mam0s- make out your accounts, or
hotel m,nu--o do any kind Of writing you
need Oh aly Kind, size or thickness of paper
and spaC. any way YOU want on
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surance, servants hire, etc. Make
liberal allowance for SAIe1nite {

llUCl "a aiioVohSS AVA
penses, as provisions, clothing, car far
doctors bills, repairs, and SO on. T"..''
upon yourself the payment OF all :;
counts except the current tluctuati!.,,
expenses of the household and the PEI.
sonal expenses Of your wife. Thai
would give to her the responsibility for
the payment OF all the bills from the
grocer, the butcher. the milk and Ice
dealers and other table accounts. az
we'll as her own clothing etc. Then
divide your salary in proportion to the
relative expenditures Of each. II you
assume one-half the expenditure. d.
vide your salary equally. II your part
of the expense Is threetifths or three
fourths, reserve that proportion OF your
income for yourself. That Is tue plan
l have followed for many years. and IT
has worked well.
Another plan which has its advan-
tageS and which is based, like the 9th
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
Rank FOoIiss1ness.

wv hen attacked by a cough or
cold, or when your throat is sore, it
is rank foo!ishness to take any other
medicine than Dr.. Kings New discov-
cry saws G. 0. EIdridge, of Empire,
ga. u have used New Discovery
seven years and | know it is fhe best
remedy on earth for coughs and colds,
Group ard all throat and lung
troubles. My children are subject to
Group, but New Disco very quickly
cures every attack known the
world over As tie King Of 'hroat and
lung ro".3.a- Sold under guarantee
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Attention, Ladies!

Do you want the latest styles in
Hats9 We have just what you need
and the prices the lowest, also beau
aful line ofDress Goods, Goats, Skirts,
hoes, Belts, Bags, in fact, everything
q suit you. Call for Butterick Pat
Germs, Kimball-Turner Co.
is Jennings, La.
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4 Present,

Kifter'-That's nice umbrella you've
got Llfter-Yes; it was present.
differentiated. Who gave it to your
LITTER Nobody gave it to me, but 1t
has an inscription on it showing that
st was presented to John F. JONES'"
whoever he Is.
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Ambiguous.

"Yes,' said the would be author, 1.-THE
editor sent my manuscript back, but he
Enclosed nice note saying the rejec-
ton Of the manuscript did not neces-
sarily imply lack of literary merit"
ooh, l guess be didn't read it, then"
laid his friend.-Catholc Standard and
Times.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
Rice Bran at Jones Bros.
a Higher Health Level.

81 have reached higher health
level since | began using DR., kins's
New Life Pills. writes Jacob spring..
er, of West Franklin, Maine. "They
keep my stomach, liver and bowels,
working asst right" If these pills,
disappCint you on trial, money will
be refunded At all druggists. 25c.
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fare, and whcN
he wants more
he has to make
an itenlizeh req
uiSitiOn. S he
is unqueS ton
ably his superb
or as q financial
manager and IS
saving money, a
feat he never
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or will surprise
you by digging
up a roll as big
as your arm
some time when
you are in des-
perate need of it.
A woman is al
ways trustwor-
thy If she is
truS ted. The
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
One Maids Wisdom.

Clara-So you are going to marry for
love, Ell? Don't you think that is fool
ish?
Maud-Oh, no. I had sense enough
to fall in love with a rich man.-De-
trOit Tribune.
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able to say But To be fed and clothed
am wandering from the main issue.
And that reminds me Of preacher who
C.'pd to ride Il circuit down in southern
Illinois and who always preached from
tie same text. Il like to start from Il
point with which am familiar" he
would say when asked for an explana-
ton. but you notice that never go
over the same road. and one text is as
good as another if you lose sight of it
as soon as you get started, as | and
Most other preachers do"
Your Actual Partner.
All have said thus far is beside the
mark so far as you are concerned, Tor
your wife is no child As Il matter OF
fact. really childish women are COM
pG"atiyey few in number. he flult in
a grHH. majority OF cases where they
arc rnato1 rs such is the husbands g,
w,'o cant or won't see the wron" they
sc ding themselves and thNi" wives
Try such Treatment. 1t HlF always
#t Ma Thar TIE view OF
relation o4e Of ~
uatu.ss0o. lnere should be, 50 far
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trusted. The YOU Cnh DO as goa
mans point is please about 'em.
TO make her feel that there is no string
tied to the amount given her, that it is
hers absolutely, but that she is ex-
pected to meet certain expenses.
Sit Down and Figure.
Suppose, for example, YOU figure UP
your fixed charges, rs tie railroad man
Ia say Under this Hea.s VIII ~
your rent, your water license, taxes. iu-
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You Can Easily Operate
This Typewriter Yourself

Don't worry yOul
correspondent,
Don't write him any.
thing by hand I h Il
takes hin time to
make out that may
leave him in doubt
that he cant easily
rp0H
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same point after
a l0hHricrs p"oc-
eSS Of reasoning.
hut whether this
difference is ac-
tually physiolog-
ical or a curious
result Of ages Of
mental rSpres-
CfNn wa Dfsa m
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Bc--A-
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Than machines which cannot be adjusted to
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You can adjust the OLIVER to any reason,
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IdEkTLstitN SoUll
NAVE j. SEE ny WIFE |

err, on the partnership idea Is to place
your salary each week or each month.
as you may receive it, In a common re-
ceptacle at home. Each OF you should
have free and unquestioned access to
this fund, and whatever is left can be
deposited In the bank from time to
time. "A memorandum book should be
kept with the money. and all Withdraw
ais should be properly noted. The al
vantage Of this system is its simplicity.
Its disadvantages arise from the dan
gers Of loss by theft or otherwise and
from the fact that it lessons the indi-
vidual responsibility and the stimulus
to individual saving when compared
with the first mentioned plan. But It's
q good scheme nevertheless and vastly
superior to the mendicant or allowance
methods.
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The Making Of a.
Successful Husband
BY CASPAR S. YOST.
A Discussion Of the Very Important
and Delicate Matter Of Domestic
Finances-lt 10 q Fatal Mistake TO
Begin Married Life by Assuming
the Entire Financial Control. -
Copyright, 1895, by C. S. Yost.l

copyright. 1895. by c. S. Yost.l
Va @Y DEAR JOHN-Your inquiry
Na reminds me Of old Tommy
IA Tucker. who lives around i'd
the corner and who used to
be member of my fayorite club. You
remember him-the fuSsy little man
who always wears high hat and
sack coat and walks with strut that
makes me think Of turkey gobbler or
which was the proud pOssessor in
my boyhood days. Tommy Is u gay
old boy, very fond Of the fair sex in
general, and the rights Of women used
to be one OF his favorite topics for dis
cuasion at the club. He would talk
for hours about the poor downtrodden
wives who are little better than the
slaves OF their husbands, who must
grovsl on their knees for actual neces-
stiles and who seldom have dollar Of
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03

New Triumph Seed Po-
tatOes at the Model Groca
ery.
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Don't EnsIave Yourself.

never believed in the plan Of giving
all ones salary to ones wife any more
than l believe it right for the husband
to keep all Of it himself. In the first
place. it throws upon her a burden
that properly belongs to him, in part at
least and. in the second place, it makes
it necessary for him to ask her for
what he needs, and too often he may
be required to explain his needs in de-
tail before he gets it. Some men are so
weak that they need restraint Of this
kind. and for such this method is COM
mendahle. hut for Il man with average
backbone it's humiliating to have to
ask his wife for money even II he has
voluntarily placed himself in durance.
1t reverses the position Of mendicancy
and is harder on man than woman,
because in her case it has the sanction
Of the ages l believe in wOman'S in
dependence. but | don't believe in re-
versing the traditional relations Of the
sexes. 1t is possible to give Your wife
freedom without enslaving yourself,
and certain amount of starch in your
spinal coIC2,n is just as important I'M
der the conditions have suggested as
in an other situation, domestic or 9th
erU'i&e | know Il man whose wife
allows him barely enough to pay ca
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-08-14

they make much more per capita
than we maze in the South. 1t
is not because their lands are so
much better than onrs, for they
are not; but it is because they
have been taught how to farm
lana have had the very best train
ing and education for their voca-
tions. When they make two and
three times as much as we make
there is some reason other than
the land. When we acquire the
same training we can make as
much. Until We do, we will have
to be contented with less than
half a crop.
Why is not the farm more pop
ular than it is. There is no
place where a boy and girl will
develop better, morally and
physically and mentally, and no
place where the air is so pure or
thoughts so good. Yet you
farmers want your boys to fol-
low some other avocation and
you mothers want your girls to
marry men who are not farmers,
because they earn more by their
labor.
So Mr.. Farmer, if you do not
support this Agricultural High
School with all your vim and
energy, if you do not see your
respective supervisor and the 10
cal member Of the School Locat
ing Board, and make them back
up this proposition you will some
day regret it, This law was
passed not for the city boy ard
girl, but for your boys and girls
who live in the country,
and have not the opportunity OF
a City High School, It vas in
tended for Them and them alone
and It is your duty to yourself,
your children and your neigh
boris children to stand to this
school and make it success
Let the farmers meet together
at some time and place where
they can all discuss this question
and better understand it and APP.
preciate it more, and say to one
another ''it we do not get it in
our locality we will support it
just the same, and if We get it
we want you to be as good"
FARMER.