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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-09-04
ocUEtsT A MAN OF RESOURCE.
Hasa Blind Beegar Woman to Adver
,.,.- tse His Business.

Enterprise takes various forms,
even in Warsaw. A young oculist,
finding that patients were few and far
between, hit upon an original means
Of advertising. @,'
He engaged blind woman who sits
and begs by the Church of the Holy
Cross to hold a light board wherein
are written his name, address, profess
slonal qualifications and consultation
hours.
9Utay - ...
As the church Is in the busiest
thoroughfare of the town the notice
attracts d good deal of attention. The
beggar herself says she is quite salts.
fled with the results, as many PEOPLE
notice her who would otherwise pass
by, and as the doctor has added his
assuPaaee'""ehat she is hopelessly
blind benevolent old ladies throw cop
pers into her tin mug. sure that their
money is not wasted on an impostor.
1t is not yet known whether the mum.
Der of patients has increased.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-09-04
Appreciates Teachers Wort

One woman says that when
children bring home their scboo]
ports at the end of the month sb
ways finds five minutes in whjc
write a personal letter to the n
ers. If there is something that
children have learned that surDy
her she writes a note of thanks
appreciation, and If the reports
unsatisfactory she writes offerin
help the teacher in any way she
suggest. Needless to say, the t.
ers are appreciative, as any one
know who has ever taught schoo
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-09-04

which the west produces moving east
in the direction of Aberdeen, you
would have seen a blue-coated minion
OF the law stalking along the passen.
ger depot squirting tobacco juice at
the station agents dog, but today
even the dog is missing from the
scenery Whereabouts.
Moving day started several months
ago and the freight train conductor,
leaving with the last load of, live cat.
tie which was to pass out of this
typical American city, was almost
moved to tears as he stood on the
rear platform Of his caboose when the
train reached rise in the plain and
looked back upon the town which had
been his "hang-out" since he entered
the employment of the road.
The writer, making a quick trip
from Evarts to Aberdeen, was loung.
ing in the caboose. The sight became
unbearable to the railroad man and
he re-entered the trainman's apart.
ments. I've seen that there burg grow
up from the time when ole Jess Atkins
lived in a shanty down by the river
just south O town and owned six head
o cattle. There warn't no spur from
Aberdeen them" he soliloquized, "but
Jess used to drive his cows across the
prairie to where the river jines the
Moreau and there they'd ferry the hull
outfit across for a couple O. dollars.
Then he'd have a nice long ride to
Aberdeen.
Once when Jess wife and darters
came down to live with him, the ole
man was ketched by some rustlers
from up north and they stole his
pony, COWS and money. Jess had to
hoof 1t back to his shack. Well
sence tibet time I'd be s'prised how
the place has growed. was on a river
sfdewheeler then. l was the pilot.
Well, pretty soon Evarts was doomed
and all us young cubs got the fever
to stake of bit O land and set up in
some kind O bizness, we didn't care
much what and we didn't know what
it'd turn out to be when we staked.
well, finally I accepted a loocra-
tive job as brake on this line and FIVE
years ago | got permoted to con-
ductor. amt goin' to suffer, whom.
soever, as they've give me job dom
tn same thing from Cakes to Aber.
deem when l get through with this
trip"
And the conductor is not a TO-
mancer, but his feelings were echoed
through the western air and in every
home in Evarts when It became
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-09-04

known that the railway was to build
bridge which would take the busi-
ness away from this town and allow
the building Of new city where the
river was spanned.
Appropriately the new town became
known as Mobridge and it is to-day
what Evarts was several years ago, a
fourishing, hustling little burg with
everything ahead of its inhabitants,
and whatever their past may have
been, is forgotten.
While Glenham received many Of
the Evarts people with open arms, the
greater majority went to Mobridge,
for they declared they saw greater
possibilities there because business
could be more easily transferred from
Evarts to Mobridge.
So If you should happen to be in
the vicinity of Mobridge, ask the post
master, the man at the wharf, the sta
ton agent at the depot or almost any
body the road to where Evarts once
was and take a jaunt down that way.
It's only few miles south and when
you Imagine what the little city once
was and what it Is today, perhaps you
will be repaid for the stroll. Mo-
bridge Is to-day typical little west
ern town where some one or other Is
continually erecting shack which he
and his family call home. Homes
spring up in the night and when their
owners grow tired of them they are
either sold for fire-wood or some one,
perhaps poorer, accepts them for
small sum.
Western hospitality, tradition,
which Is told in fiction works and
which actually exists, is one of the
nrst themes of Mobridge and the
stranger, poor or wealthy, is just as
sure OF welcome under Mobridge roofs
as ne would be under his own OF
course there are cattle rustlers in
mat part of South Dakota, but thanks
10 real western COW tactics, they are
few. Vigilance committees have made
stealing cattle such hazardous
method or ekeing out living that few
care to risk their health In that man.
ner.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-09-04
Money In Apple Orchards

Tasmania has long been known as
the apple land of the south, but few at
nome have any real idea Of the money
that can be made, and Is being made
out OF apple growing in that island
Last year. for instance, there were
many small orchards in the south
which returned as much as 1900 bush.
els to the acre, and one owner of four
acres, who picked over 1000 bushels
OF marketable fruit, which he sold at
lour shlllings a bushel, reaped a gross
return OF $500. AS his expenses at
the outside would not be more than
4loo, his profit an acre worked out
at something like s175. OF course.
thls was an extreme case, but on
chards Of 20 acres and upward aver.
aged full 500 bushels an acre. and
yielded a clear net profit of quite
tl,5O0 in each case. The area actu.
ally planted at the present time in do.
nestle and commercial orchards is
ABOUT 10000 acres, and upward of half
million cases of apples were ex.
ported to this country last year,-BrL
tannia.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-09-04

bridge, received most of the Evarts
people. When everybody had left, the
railroad tore down it's depot, great
gangs of men jerked the tracks from
their cedar ties and the short line
from Aberdeen was thing of the
past.
Across the barren plains between
Aberdeen and Evarts millions upon
millions of cattle of every description
had been carted in great long freight
cars to be eventually disposed of in
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, New
York, Buffalo and in fact. all of the
big eastern marts of trade. On August
l, 1908, came the official ending of the
town. All its books were closed on
that date; its employees were officially
dismissed then and their salaries to
that time were paid them, although
most of the public officials and their
families had left Evarts several weeks.
some of them months before.
The casual observer, perhaps in a
launch may go up to the landing at
the center of the town and there tie
his craft for a tour of inspection, but
his efforts to unearth the mysterious
about what was once Evarts will be
fruitless, for everything of any value
whatsoever has been carried away
and scarcely a stick of wood was left
by the economical natives, who now
call themselves citizens OF other
South Dakota villages.
Scores of towns have suffered the
same experience which befell Evarts,
but the latters passage to oblivion
was perhaps more sudden, more spec
tacular and more regretted than any
which have got into the public prints
In decade or more.
If you had happened" into Evarts
two years ago and then dropped a few
days ago you would pinch yourself
twice to see if you were awake. This
by reason of the contrast. Two years
ago you would have seen roughly clad
cattlemen hurrying hither and thither
engines putting along the sidetracks,
trainloads of some Of the best cattle
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-09-04
REMAINS THE SAME.
Well BreWed Postum Always PaIata

The favour of Postum, when Dol
according to directions, Is always
same-mild, distinctive, and palatal
1t contains no harmful Substance
caffeine, the drug in coffee, and mel
may be used with benefit at all tim
Believing that coffee was the Cav
Of my torpid liver, sick headache
misery in many ways" writes an Il
lady, Il quit and bought package
Postum about a year ago.
my husband and | have been
we'll pleased that we have contlns
to drink Postum ever since. We !
the taste of Postum better than con
as it has always the same pleas
favour, while coffee changes its ta
with about every new combination
blend.
Since using Postum have had
more attacks Of gall collie, the nes
ness has left my chest, and the
common, everyday headache Is
thing unknown" There's a Reaso
Name given by Postum Co., Bat
Creek, Mich. Read The Road
Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? a n
one appears from time to time. II
are genuine, true, and full Of hun
interest.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-09-04
Cane Cod Foo,

Eyes" remarked the Down Eaj
1--WE do have fog along Cape Cod sd
times. One night the fog came up
in the morning when | went to !
| couldn't find the old cow. Kl
where she was in the habit Of ly|
though, and followed her easy eno1
Got to her just in time, too.
why, | just went through the
she made in the fog-sort of a tun
like-and pretty soon | came up
her. She was almost smothered.
see the fog had packed ahead Of
and she'd damned her horns into
and got stuck. Had to chop her
You may believe it or not, but
show you the cow any time you CO
round. philadelphia Public Ledg
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-09-04
sssIsiIiiiiil
No SdffGfanfior.,
The Edltor-Eh..sMllat wrong2

The EditOr-Eh,What's wrong?
The Correspondeht-rIn that letter
of mine thatsyapfbrinted this morn
ing several gross errors were permit.
ted to appear Lookifa this. l wrote
Nobody has any desire to impeach
the rugged quality. Of Mr.. Skinner.
horns honesty" #fand you turned
honesty" into hosiery" Look at it!
The Editor see 1t. And what's
more, l see nothing wrong about it.
Anything else? vi
Yes, here's another. This is what
l wrote: Mr.. Skimmerhorn's ripe ex.
perience and his respect for honor
must not be forgotten And you
speak here of his 'trtpe experience
and his respect for Homer"
Yes, that's so. And they're both
highly commendable virtues. Good
morning, sir"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-09-04
WHAT -Lr
TO The gu MARX n

t.,
. re" people realize the ~.
u me words Trade Mark %pp'1
"n me goods they buy. !, ~
1t would save them msnr .a'I
spent for worthless goods y.
'oc OF INSCRIPTIONS mar @aa
out IT,. or the business. a'se'|
Nheh a manufacturer -.
trade mark he assumes tbo NuOl'
spohslbiIl,.' for the Merit Guy
uc'' re takes his busjno n'
!, ,ioh IN MS hands-out in ,hs
"sh'-'on the square" with 1 II
er OF his goods, with the dea ,us
win himself
me other manufactures ,
VINO holds out 'inducema,.ona e
ing TO brand all goods purcha
each local dealers brand
responsibility, and when tba a'ue1
rior goods come hack" -, >Dese
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-09-04
On Good BREEDING.

The immoral man, who invades an.
others property, is justly hanged for
it; and the ill-bred man, who, by his
i'll manners. inxades and disturbs the
quiets and comforts of private life
is by common consent as Justly ban.
1shed from society. Mutual complais.
ances. attentions and sacrifices of lit
tie conyepieneas,i are natural an i'm.
piled compact between civilized people
as protection and obedience are be-.
tween kings and subjects; whoever, in
either case violates that compact just
~ foffeiJs all advantages arising from
it,-Lofd Chesterfield. r
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-09-04
STATE OF ONO CRY OF TOLEDO.


FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he "a
partner OF the firm OF F. J. CHENEY A On
business in the City OF Toledo, County and
aforesaid. and that said firm viii nav the M
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
case OF CATARRH that cannot be cured BY the
HALLS CATARRH CURE
FRANK J. CHENEY
sworn to before me and subscribed in my pre3
this 9Th day OF December, A. D., 1856
CO., A. W. GLEAS0
t~-l NOTARY pv
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces d
system. Send for testimonials, free
+. J. CHENEY 4 CO., Tohd
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-09-04
Ehdllsh Sense Of humor

In one of his burlesque sketches on
English history Bill Nye spoke of
julius E%saIs jumping into the water
as he approached the English coast
wadlrg ashore, running up to Lon
don, and walking through Regent
street
AN acquaintance Of mine reported
to me-" said Mr.. Nye, that he had
asked an Englishman how he liked
the story. Not at all, not at ALL was
the reply, a. That fellow Nye doesn't
tS0S Atat Hes about. There wasn't
any Regent street then, you know"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-09-04
A
e & &
> > =

In the north-central part of South Da-
kota, was no exception to the rule in
Its early life, but to-day if you should
happen to paddle up the Missouri past
where the waters of the Moreau enter.
the first thought that would enter
your mind when you struck the former
site OF Evarts, would be that cyclone
had wiped out the place.
However, such is not the case.
EVarts IS now only western plain
and this by its own volition. Only a
few weeks ago Evarts was the big
gest cattle'shipping center of the
United States. To-day there is no
Evarts. There is not even a railroad
track; the big shipping depot has
been torn down, here and there a
splinter left when the buildings were
taken away, tells the tale of a once
fourishing city,
And the whole reason for the people
OF Evarts getting out of their chosen
town was because the railroad wanted
to find a suitable spot on the Missouri
river to build bridge. The railway
otficials were extending their line to
the coast and the worst obstacle in the
path Of the gigantic enterprise was
to find a place to hang the bridge
Eventually the engineers settled upon
site several miles north of Evarts
and at that point a flourishing town
known as Mobridge sprang up Evarts
people were offered any site for their
town that they might select along the
extension
Then the exodus began. Husky cat.
tlemen hitched horses and oxen to
their houses and barns, some tore the
edifices down, and they were hauled
across the prairie, much like the
schooners of '49 fame. Glenham and
Mobridge, the latter's name being a
contraction of the words Missouri
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-09-04
Thoreau's Sensible A,s..

When the forest-haunting h
Thoreau lay on his deathbed =
whistle friend called to make IN
regarding his soul. Henry" he
anXionsly, have you made your
with God?" John" replied the
naturalist, in a whisper, ~
know that God and myself had
reled."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-09-04
Ut. q I-II, II. y.
- Slight Mistake.

MY poor man rGRpP, said the old lady
with the tcfQpTrkkscrew curls, Il was told
that this 'was the place to find the
great unsaaasdaa,3,<
"Almost.right, but not quite, mum +"
responded the dusty wayfarer who
was waitinThis turn "Dis is de place
to find de 'great$upshayed.'"
"The great "utshfaved?'"
Yes, mum, dis is a BARRIERS college
and today is freq Shaving day."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-09-04
What is Pe-ru-na.

Are we claiming toomuch for roruua
when we claimsSt to be an effective
remedy fop:Hhf6ait,Satarrhr Have WI
abundant proof that rcruna Is in real
ity such catarrh remedy Let us SEQ
-what -the-Ehited States nisprnsatory
gaTs OF i+he principal ingredients of
NPeruna.
p aize,I for instance, the ingredient
hydrastis canadensis, or golden seal.
ss9GS lthitsd SsasSs Apispehsatory says
Of this herbal remedy, that 1t is largely
employed IN the treatment OF depraved
mucous membranes lining various
brsans6f The bnlfan body.
: Another ingredient OF Peruna, cory
dalis formosa, is classed In the United
States Dfspensdtory as tonic.
...CssesdliEQD.R seeds issanother ingredient Of
PeraRs.z.F4se,U United States DISPENSE
%ery~sa~s'o actfon Of cedron that
1t. is Used as a bitter tonic and in the
treatment ofFdysentery, and in inter-
mittent, diseases as q substitute for
quinine. N-s5 h..
Send to US for free book Of testi-
meaialsaof what the people think OF Pc
runa as catarrh remedy. The best
evidence is the testimony Of those who
nave tired r.. .1''''-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-09-04
MEXICAN towns and

MEXICAN towns and cities,
especially in the west, spring
up in a night and generally
they flourish and develop
with each year. Evarts, sit
mated on tho Miccouri rivor
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-09-04
Hong-kong's Fine Harbor.

Inc Hong-Kong harbor has water
area OF ten miles, and is regarded as
one of the finest in the world.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-19
CATHOLICS GATHER
IN CHICAGO
Clergy and Laymen in Great
Missionary Congress,

Chicago, Nov. 16.-Ths greatest as
semblage Of Catholics Of the United
States since the plenary council in
Baltimore. more than twenty years
ago, gathered here. The occasion is
the Catholic missionary congress OF
the United States and Canada
More than sixty archbishops, bish-
ops and abbots OF the United States
Mexico and Canada are assembled
here. Their head is the Most Rev.
Diomede Falconio, apostolic delegate
OF the holy see at Washington. The
leading spirit Of the congress and the
man in whose hands are all the ar
rangements is Archbishop Quigley,
who is chairman OF the board Of gov
ernors of the Catholic Church Exten-
sion society. He Is assisted by the
Rev. Francis Clement Kelley. presi-
dent of the society and permanent vice
chairman Of the congress.
The congress was made possible by
virtue Of the recent decree OF Pope
Plus taking the United States and
Canada out Of the ranks Of missionary
nations and placing them on the same
footing as the nations hitherto recog-
nized as distinctly Roman Catholic.
The aim Of the congress Is to arouse
among the Roman Catholics of the
United States a sense Of the obliga-
tons imposed upon them by the new
standing of America in the church.
During the congress a message OF con-
graduation will be sent to Pope Plus
on the occasion of the fiftieth anniver-
sary of his ordination.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-19

classes OF Roman society were repro
sented. from the high officials of the
Vatican and those of the Quirinal who
remain steadfast in the OLD faith 10 the
street beggar md small farmer Of the
outlying country. The singing Of mass
in St Peters by pope has been a
ceremony OF rare occurrence In recent
years. for the pointiffs daily admins
trations take place In his private
chapel in the Vatican. All the high
dignltaries OF the church were con
gregated in ST. Peters with many
visiting churchmen and Roman Cath.
Ollie laymen.
Great ceremonies attended the pope's
entrance into the church. Seated in
the Sedia gestatoria, he was borne in
on the shoulders OF officers Of the no
BILE guards above the heads of the peo-
pie. so that the congregation might be
hold the face OF their spiritual leader.
AS the figure OF the pontifi approach
ed. giving the sign Of benediction 10
the congregation. the people knelt to
receive his blessing. The scene I'm the
vast interior Of the church was most
impressive. In the procession that fol-
lowed the pope were the college Of
cardinals. tho archbishops. bishops.
prelates Of the pope's household. heads
OF religious communities. the Knights
of Malta. the Knights OF St. Gregory
and members OF other ancient and his
torIc orders.
Plus X, Giuseppl Sarta, HIS holiness
the pope. bishop Of Rome and vicar Of
Jesus Christ, successor OF 81. Peter,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-19

The big cotton mills at Laurens, 5
c.. are to be greatly increased in ca
pacity.
Caught between a car and the walls
of a coal mine at Portage Pa, John
Robosh was fatally squeezed.
The University of Illinois may es
tablish a $25000O veterinary school in
the Union Stock yards at Chicago.
President Roosevelt has been asked
TO plant a tree Feb. II next on the
campus Of a new colored school az
Lexington, Ky.
The Home Missions Society Of the
Methodist church has appropriated
800 900 toward rebuilding San Fran.
cisco churches destroyed by the fire.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-19

Tsze Hsi An, or western empress,
was born Nov. II, 1884. She was the
child of poor people, who lived in
Pekln. At an early age. following a
common practice In China, she was
sold as a slave by her parents on &C
count OF their poverty. She became
the property of a famous general, who
enchanted with her great beauty
adopted her and offered her as a pres
ent to the reigning emperor. Hsen-
Feng. She so charmed the emperor
by her looks and intelligence that he
made her his secondary wife, and on
her bearing him a son. the future EN-
peror Tung- Chin. raised her to the
first rank. On his death she became
the regent of the empire, administer
ing the national affairs with more
vigor than any Of her predecessors.
Her authority was complete over
about $4,000 officials and over the wei.
fare and lives Of the vast majority Of
the inhabitants of China, who number
close to 27O,OO0,OO0.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-19
800 REWARD 800

The readers OF this paper will be pleas.
ed to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has beer
able to cure in all its stages, and that Il
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known TO the meoica
fraternity. Catarrh being q constitu,
tionsl disease. requires CONSTITUTIONS 9
treatment. Halls Cstarrh Cure is taken
internalIv acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the system
thereby destroying the foundation OF the
disease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution ana as
sisting nature If doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith In its
curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that II
fails to cure. Send for list OF testimo-
malls.
Address: F. ]. CHENEY & Co. Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills Tor consti-
patton.