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The Washington times., 1908-02-03
Skeptics Taking Notice.

But the developments in the field o.
airships OF the heayter-than-air type
have put a different phase on the situA-
ton German and French military eX-
perts. and inventors have been meeting
with much success in evolving machines
that are capable Of navigating the air
in unfavorable weatk er and ct high
SPEED. It cannot r. said their expert
ments have led TO anything Ike per
lection, but they ar so promising as
10 cause skeptics tn ire American army
to sit up and take notice.
The other day, an important confer
ence on the use OF eirshtps or dirlgiole
balloons in war was held at the White
House. The President has been led %
take an interest in this subject. lie
called H. for conference Chairman
Hull, Of the House Committee on Mill
tary Affairs; General Ellsn chief slgnal
Officer and other leading Signal Corps
officers
The Washington times., 1908-02-03
President Is Favorable.

II was urged by General Allen and his
military associates that in view Of the
progress France and Germany were
making It vas high tine for this coun-
try TO appro pirate literally for purposes
OF experimentation with aiTshiTs. The
President does not profess TO be an eX-
pert on baIlOOning. but he inclines 70
the belief the American army should not
be behind other armies in what prom
ises 70 be an essential Of success IN the
next great war. Ar appropriation or
500. go FOR experimental work with air
ships and diTigible balloons IS what the
Signal CORPS experts want, and the
House Military Afairs Committee VIII
give tho matter consideration.
Bids for one sirship OF the heavier
than-air type have just been opened at
the signal office. the machine 10 run
al least forty miles per hour, If the fun
contract price IS paid. The fact that
forty-one bids were received on this ma
The Washington times., 1908-02-03
Showed Talent as Child.

Wilma Parlaghy had the distinction OF
being born in the picturesque and fan
tastically named town OF HaJdu DorOg,
Hungary, somewhere in the seventies.
When quite a little girl she gave evil
dence Of great talent for music and
drawing. She painted everything about
her, many portraits included. and fire.
quently fell into carIcature work When
She went TO Munich and made an ap-
pliCatiOn to be admitted to the classes
Of the celebrated instructor, Won Len
bach. and he refused 10 take her be
cause, as he said. she was too young
she promptly opened a studio OF her
own, copied one of Won Lenbachs pic
lures. ard surprised that master so
much that he promptly took her into
his studiO-the only woman pupil in the
class.
The princess has painted more than
800 portraits, among them being those or
the German Emperor, who sat for her
seven times, the King and Queen OF
SaXony, Prince Bismarck, Field Marshal
Won Moltke, and many others She has
a charming villa at Nice. and spends
much of her time there, when she IS not
travelling about the world painting its
celebrities.
The princess is particularly fond OF
painting the portraits OF men She de-
Clares their features and characteristics
appeal much more strongly TO her ar
tisdc sense than those Of women.
The Washington times., 1908-02-03
Poor! Tired Princess.

All OF this-and much more-was IN
explanation OF why Nine la Prencesse
could not be interviewed. She had come
from New York two days before, but
the fatigue Of her journey and reac-
ton from her PAINTINGS in New York
into which. as in her other works. nc
cording TO Delius, she had put 4 part
of her life.
No arrangement hes yet been made
for the Princess Lwoh-ParIaghy 20
paint President ROOsevelt's picture, but
the Hungarian artist is anxious to add
the President OF the United States to
her art colleCdOn-that is, his portrait
Nine. Ia PrenceSse paint all the great
men," continued Herr DeIiUs. THE
Emperor OF Germany many times. and
ell the great men OF EUROPE. She finish
her great work there. and now she is
here for a great work IN America. Shs
viii then go 70 Yapan TO paint the
Millado and TO India. She IS the great
artist"
There can be little question that Nine.
le PTenCesse is the great artist" Il her
achievements are allowed to speak. She
Is q Hungarian, and is said 10 have
painted more portraits OF royal persons
than any living woman.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-15
LETTER TO SHERIFF REID.
Welsh Louisiana

Dear Sir: The wear of paint goes by
the gallons; the less-gallons paint
wears longest. The reason, OF
course, is it's strength. 1t takes less
gallons, because it is strong; it wears
q long time, because it is strong. 1t
is all-paint and the strongest paint.
There is best paint among all
paints. no two are alike, of course; no
two cover alike or wear alike. One
is thin, another is thick; one has to
much lead, another too much SINE,
another is right. The right is Devoe,
so far as is known. Perhaps some
bodv-else will find-out better paint
than Devoe: then Devoe will become
more.gallons paint costiler paint
a weaker paint, a less-durible paint,
less. economical paint, a tlmlo
paint.
Bigger changes than that have
come over the world. Devoe has the
lead: why shouldn't we lose it tt
somebody else.
Yours Truly,
"a L W DEVCE & co
Taught Lumber Co. soils "Nr paint
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-15
Polish at Jones Bros.

Hear Chappuis at the auditorium
Sunday night.
A few of those nice hats lett at
Daniels.
What is Davidson doing!
Mrs. C. A. Saxby was shopping IN
Jennings Monday.
Purina Feed at Jones
Bros.
Everybody come out Sunday eve
ming to hear Chappuis.
Do YOU want a pretty child S
hat? Go to Daniels.
W. B. Gabbert was transacVlng
business in Jennings Monday.
For real values and quality IN
shoes go in at Martins.
Paul W. Daniels was a DuSlne0S
visitor in Lake Charles Monday
Devoe covers most, lasts longest
and is cheapest Taught sells IT
G. NJ. Hammil and wife were
shopping in Jennings Saturday
See special in gents negl'ge'
shirts at so cts. Martins
Roy Barbee, of the firm OF b" j!
bee & Co., was Sunday visitor II
Crowley.
A few more of those cook stove
at special prices, at Daniels
J.R. Jones, Iowa's base pains ,
was greeting friends IN "ei''
Saturday.
See special in gents negllge
shirts Of IN cents Martins
Louisianian will address Lou
sianians at the Auditorium ouno"
evening.
If YOU want the cheapest an
best paint, get Devoe, at faugn'
Attorney George Johnston i!
Iowa was a business visitor
Welsh Friday.
Linen pants for men and knt
pant for boys. Martins.
E. Fl. Doescher, principal OF u
schools at Woodlawn, was tral0"'
Ing business in Welsh Saturday
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-15

Gabbert made a business trip to
Lake Charles Tuesday.
The best painters recommend
Devoe's paints For sale at Fangh's
lumber yard
John Armstrong returned Friday
from New Orleans, where he has
been for the past week.
:. Gents clothing in suits and odd
pants, the very latest. Martins
Claude Martin left for his home
in Lafayette Tuesday after weeks
visit with friends in this vicinity
If it is a fine dress shoe or a worn
shoe you VII find the very kind at
Martins.
Frenchmen come and hear a
trenChman on the Prohibition
question Sunday night.
Are you going to paint you
house? if so use Devoe; Taught
sells it
Maps of Calcasieu parish, brought
up to date, for sale at the Journal
Book Store.
Henry Hammil, of Markham,
Texas, came in Tuesday for an ex-
tended visit to relatives and friends.
Don't miss the buggy
and harness sale at Da=
wilson.
DR.. and Mrs. Lewis, are rejoicing
over the arrival of a fine little girl
that came to take up her abode
with them Friday.
Ice Craem Freezers are a neceS-
sity in this hot climate. Daniels
sells the best.
B.L. Graves, has just completed
a sixteen by thirty-two addition tc
the home of Mr.. and Mrs d. r.
Read.
Come in and see our special on
shoes in misses and children low
quarters. Martins
Hunter Mercer, of Jennings, rep
resenting the Robinson Machine
Company, was looking after ouSl
ness in Welsh Monday.
Do you want a frst-claSs mill
COW? If so, see C. A. Saxby. III
hiss several for sale.
Miss Irene Guyman, Of JennIng
and Miss Grace FurgeSon Of Nintol
we're guests Of Miss LuI" Morgan
from Friday until Monday.
Gents clothing in suits and od'
pants, tbs very latest. Martins
Henry Day, who recently pur
chased the property occupied b,
Philip Coverdale, moved ms tamll !
into the same the first OF the WeeF
Now is the time to buy tina
GASOLINE STOVE. A JEWE,
is the BEST. Sold by the Mors
Hardware Co.
Miss Parchment came over frol
n Vinton and spent Sunday wit
friends in Welsh. It's to be hope
$ that she may. be prevailed upon
take her old position in the schoo
here the coming year.
WANrED:-To buy few calve
also yearling and two-year-o
t heifers. Inquire at the Journ
Office.
e ]. S. Gerson, is having tt
building site that he recently pu
r chased on Polk street, graded up
n fine shape preparatory to erecting
neat cottage on it. He belleV
,s Welsh property a good investmel
Ar. McBurney, Calcasieu's CO
= tie king, passed through Wei
~ Tuesday with drove Of about 10
- ,d,od oottle that be had pl
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-15

use lO-Wauk.On Floor Stain on
your Floors. Any color.-At the
'lorse Hardware Co.
TAKEN AT our place, six miles
south of Welsh, La, one bay horse
pony being blind in right eye, bran
he'd on left shoulder, about ten
years old. Owner can have same by
brewing property and paying costs.
VIM. Todd and Sons.
L. E. Robinson returned Mon
day morning from New Orleans,
where he has been spending the
past week, on business.
Scenes! Scenes! Views of Mag
ara and of the Yosemite Valley.
The finest line of post cards we
have ever seen.-At the Journal
Book Store.
A letter from our former fellow
townsman, Henry Fontenot, who is
now located at Bell City, informs us
that he is progressing nicely with
his work. He has nearly finished
and began taking water the
middle of last week,
Stove wood, threshing wood,
cord wood, slabs and lumber for
sale at Clark's saw mill, seven and
one-half miles southwest of Welsh.
Problem: If the operating eX-
penses of the schools Of q certain
village are $3.50 per day, what
will be the loss to that village if the
last two and a half days are devoted
to other things than school work?
Ans. S53 .25; Who see?
Any young man or woman wlshlng
to take course in business college,
the journal can sell him or her a
scholarship in one Of the best com
mercial colleges in the South and
give a liberal discount on the price.
]. NJ. Barnette went to Lake
Charles on business Tuesday. tie
was accompanied by Mrs. Barnette
and their little daughter, who went
along to see the sights in our parish
capital.
Buggies, harness, wag.
ons, hardware. Prices cut
slaughtered, killed. Da'
Wilson'S
NoTICE.-I have still fine lint
of hats to select from and those
who wish to purchase from me vii
please call before June first, as m,
store will be closed for the Summe
after that date.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Prentice
For SALE CHEAP tlr5t-clas
Driving Horse, in excellent condl
ton, also nearly new buggy ant
set of hand made harness. Term
reasonable. Address 20. Box IS:
Welsh, La.
Mrs. C. NJ, Cruce, aged 73 year;
died at the home of her daughter
Mrs, NJ. D. Priest, in Fort Wort
Texas, May Sth., 1908. Mrs. Cruc
was the aunt Of A. F. Roach, an
has many friends and acquaintance
, here who will mourn her departur
TAKEN UP-At my place, 5 mile
northwest of Iowa, one bay pom.
| white face, owner can have san
| by proving property and payir
} costs Earl Foster,
S 20 Iowa, Louisiana,
Mrs. Webb, who has been spen
}, ing the winter with her daught
Mrs. L. NJ. Harris was recent
i taken with a paralyic stroke al
is now in very critical conditlo
o There is but slight hope for h
: recovery as she is quite feet
n and aged.
a All customers hOldir
IS cards are requested to r
'. 4urta them on or hefOl
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-15
Purina Feed at Jones

Rev. R. C. Mccoy will preach in
the Congregational church here
Sunday. 1t is understood that Mr..
Mccoy has been secured as tempo
rary supply for this church. tie IS
we'll known to many in this section
having occupied the Congregational
pulpit at Iowa station for q couple
Of years.
H. A. Davidson has a
sale on.
Miss Nina DeWolff, who has
been spending a couple of weeks, q
guest of friends in Welsh, left Mon
day for her home in Port Arthur,
Texas. Miss DeWolff is q charming
young lady and her visit has been
greatly enjoyed by host of friends
here.
Prof. Edwin F. Newmier, of Vim
ton, was over Saturday consulting
with school director, W. B. Gabbert,
relative to the position of principal
in our schools here next year. He
comes highly recommended, and it
is to be hoped that he may be Sc
cured for the work.
The friends Of Philip Coverdale
are smoking cigars on him in honor
of the arrival of a fine twelve pound
boy that arrived Sunday. Mr..
Coverdale writes that he has quit
filling presprictions and buying rice
, and. has entered upon protracted
, course of child study.
$500 reward, for information
leading to the recovery of the fol
lowing described stock that strayed
from my place on Bayou Chene,
about ten months ago. One yellow
5 COW, branded Xix on right hip, a.
bout four years old. One yellow
, calf unbranded about a year old.
S H. W. Precht.
/, So Welsh La. Box 6S.
E. J. Miller, formerly manager O
y the Mayville plant, left with hi
:, family the latter part of this weeE
h for Rodero, N. NJ, where he ha
e taken homestead and will max
d their home in the future. MIR. ant
IS Mrs. Miller have been here 10
:. many years and their departur
IS from this vicinity will be keenl
7, felt by large circle Of friends.
Ie Quite a little excitement wa
g caused Wednesday evening b
Mr.. Loving's horse becoming ea
cited and tipping his buggy owe
l. The horse was hitched to tell
sr graph pole near the depot when tt
" loca freight came in and frightene
Vi her with the above result. II
n. animal was quickly loosened fro
er the buggy and the latter was RICH
lie ed without being damaged.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-15
]. D. KII1BALL,
Blacksnithing
AND
HorseShOeing.
90

All kinds of Repairing Speciality
shop located on North Adams street.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-15

All customers holding
cards are requested to re-
turn them on or before
noon, May 18th. Contest
will be closed at that
time. Don't fail to quail
fy.
Rev. R. C. Mccoy arrived here
Wednesday evening from Atlanta,
Georgia, and will assume charge of
the Congregational church at once.
His family will remain in Atlanta
for a month until the close of the
schools there, when they will join
him here.
WANTED:-We want two or three
men in each county to place cata.
logues and advertise our FAMlLY
SUPPLY UNION DEPARTMENT
$500 per week salary with op
portunity for extra commissions
Permanent positions, Address, Lake
CITY Wholesale Co., 453 West 63r(
ST., Chicago, III.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-15

Orvil Leech returned Friday from
Galveston, where he has been for
several months past attending a
school of civil engineering. He
will run a pump for Mr.. Tom
stegall, this summer and return to
school again this fall.
Subscribe for the Rice
Belt Journal. 81 per year.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
DOGS IN THE NEUS.
Army, Police, Religion and Politics
Fields of Their ETplOits.

Several thousand of the most select dogs OF
doa,lom are preparing to contest for prizes
worth S11 900 at the annual bench show OF the
Westminster Kennel Club, which begins Febru-
.arv II at Madison Square Garden. There VIII
be a much larger volume of barks than last year
and many new entries OF interest among the ID
classes If canine quality. The Esquimau sledge
puIIer has been honorcd for the first time Dy
beincs put in a class by himself
AprarentIv there has been an epidemic OF dog
oish achievement throughout the country IN re-
cent weeks. either by way OF advertising the
coming show or in gentle emulation Of it Some
very cheap animals without lineage have pushed
themselves into the public, even official, eye ana
have had their doines published from coast 10
coast There fs the notorious pup Riley. which
was the chief figure in an army court mar
tial.
He was charged with harhoring- keeping ana
b.ire, infested with a species Of feds which no
army, dog or gentleman would keep on his per-
son and whose presence scandalouSly dIscon-
rooded the women attached TO Fort Howard
pi1a,, moreover barked at the troops and was
ouiIty- of sleeping with his master, Lie utenant
colonel Deems who adopted him as an orphan
four wears ago The colonel was Ostensibly on
trial hut il was well understood that Riley was
the corpus delicti. Not being able TO catch. find
or discover any feas the court martial ad-
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
Ae,oA7 ON THE PLACID 1oMokA, IN FLORIDA.

visited region of the Florida Keys, which mas
inst been opened to the tourist world
Every rock near the falling water OF Niagara
Falls every tree within distance of the spray
is now coated trunk and limb with ice. Inc
forest growth of park and island reSeihpie9
unrest marble. The wind is Jack frost 5 pruSh-
The river too helps in building this winter
snectacIe Flowing from Lake Erie, 1t serves
as the TRANSPORTATION agent that brings down
great ice foes from the lake reservoir hurHhS
tbeno over the reefs and rocks in the channels
above the falls and then plunging them over the
nrecipice to the river and gorge below The
churnine and tossing break the icy cakes into
email chunks the pIiable mass seeming quite
ideal for ice bridge construction between the
shores of the gorge. Harder and harder the ice
racks over the surface of the river Tn" rocky
comes strongly keyed. rising higher in the CEN
ire than at the shore ends. As the ice continues
to come over the precipice new material is added
until a complete and solid bridge is formed
After many days of severe weather great
mounds Of ice develop at the sides and in front
of the American Falls The principal mountain
of this character grows close by the 1hciileu
railway and under Prospect Point, where the
spray from the American Falls is constantly ue-
posted when the wind is from the southwest
After the ice mountain has developed 10 con-
siderabl size coasting is in order. a barrel
staye is sufficient for this pleasure and the sport
is exciting Down the side of the CLASSY nil
the coasters fly with terrific speed, rushing out
on the surface of the ice bridge or stopping SUD
denly against a hummock of ice that serves as
obstruction.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
AT ANCHOR ON BLUE BlSCAYNE.
The Florida houseboat kenesaw II.

tess. for a trip to Switzerland and sight of
Is snowclad glaciers and mountains may see
spectacle as impressive in its grandeur as any
offered by foreign peaks by visiting Niagara
Talls. The cost will not appreciably affect the
aank balance and the time is of short dura-
,on.
The Eousel,oat far from being merely quarters
ior an annual vacation trip, has become a home
for he owner ana his family for the greater
part of every year. When the first hint OF cola
weather lreathes over the northern cruising
grounds such craft, instead of laying up for the
winter. now turn their bows southWard where
Florida offers almost unlimited miles OF land
licked waters ov,r which float in semi
tropical climate until the northWard migration
sets back in the spring. Just what percentage
of lh,. houscbustts in Eastern waters nov winter
regularly IN the Florida coasts and rivers it is
impossible to say out the number runs into the
hundreds. At such place as Lake Worth,
which is the housebontins capital of the South,
the gathering Of these craft in the week of the
annual inoturbo;tt races reaches the proportions
of a floating town.
With her twelve hundred miles of coast line.
numerous sheltered arms OF The sea and many
nayigs.bc rivers it /, natural that Florida should
become the home Of winter h1uSe boating, cspe-
cialIv when it is also c.l-idc"@d that these
water OFFER Il great variety Of M-s..nS ana That
therc is shooting almost anywhere within
few nils oi the towns
BY the inside passage. series Of connecting
rivers sounds and canals. the voyage from
northern waters t. r. ridJ he made almost
wholly though sheltered channels. and the
larger craft habtuaIly make it under their own
pouci. The smaller ones can be shipped Oh the
deck Ct cac of the regular passenger liners at
,-,.l
therc ie the cl.oice of the hundreds of miles of
inside waite ways along the east coast Of Flor
ida from St Augustine south. Of which the Hall
fax and Indian rivers" called. Lake WORTH
at Palm Beach ana Eiscayna Bay. on which
Miami j. situated. faNoiitc haunts. Then
there are the rivers, the st. Johns and its uib-
1tary the weird and picturesque ocl>laWaha. the
Ton!oka the st. Luvie and Others to say moth
inS Of the Gulf Coast and the strange and little
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09

journed and communicated its report to tss
War Department. 1t IS believed Riley viii 10
vindicated.
Max one Of the new police dogs of New Yors
which cost just so apiece IN Belgium. ceIe.
brated his first day on post alone BY rescuin,
man who was freezing TO death. The do,
scratched impatiently at the door Of the Park
VILE police station. Brooklyn. at o'clock in tss
evening When the door was opened he bounded
in, seized Lieutenant Frank Kelly and bega,
to drag him toward the door 1t was realized
that Max had found something, and Captafn
Funston started 70 go out with him, but tha
saeacfous animal refused to travel with ths
captain because he was not in Uniform Vhe,
a man in uniform was provided Max eagerly led
the way to a vacant lot mile from the station
and there in a snOwbank was found an uneon.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
A WEALTHY MANo G HOUsEBOAT Foa
FLORIDA WATERS.

scious steamboat cook When The cook had
been taken 70 the station, thaved out and put
in a cell on a charge Of intoxicatiaU Max wagged
his tail with satisfied prida Unlike the 81
Bernard rescuers of the Alps. The police dogs. it
is said. are not happy until the human beings
they have found put in cells
The danger of police dogs becoming srafters
is indicated in a report from Paris conc ming
Newfoundland which was on The probationary
staff Of NJ Lapine, prefect of police The dog
assigned 10 a post on the banks Of The
Seine. and the first thing he did was 20 rescue
child from drowning The grateful father Of
the child presented to the shaggy cop a large
beefsteak. as we'll as thanks and cdresses Two
days later another child fell into the water
Again the noble Newfoundland spraug into The
river and brought the child 10 safety. being
warded with more steak.
After this the recurreut terois5n Of the dog
which saved at least one child a day excited SCI
timentaIists with the idea of proposing him fer
membership in the Academy or the Legion Of
Honor and III the same time troubled the police
with the problem Of catching a cunning maniac
who was doing nothing but throwing children
into the Seine. AZ last the truth came out and
the Culprit was discovered The dog himself
for the sake of beefstedkS and honor. watched
children playing the bank, Knocked them into
the water and then promptly rescued them Th
dog CRATER was dismissed in disgrace from The
force.
a conflict between dogs and doctrine aroused
a lively interest in church circles around the an
cient hamlet or Scotch Plains. y. J. The Rev.
z. Moore-Smith went TO the paStOrate Of the
First Baptist Church some time ago and tOos
with him a large collection of thcroughorea
Irish water spanieIs. He exhibited them at The
bench shows at Atlantic City and NineOa when
he was not preaching Iecturins on literary sub
tects. The neighbors who have common dogs
were offended. it is said, at the pretensions Oh
the CANNES at the parsonage and they became
positively indignant when a picture OF M
Moore-Smith was published under the title The
Sporting Parson-"
A self-appointed committee Of Parlshloners
called on the minister, told him his dogs interfered
with grace, were a stumbling block tc the unre-
generate and gave no aid in shepheTdins Lit