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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12
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reii'tory lying between its boundary and the
-","suay river, and Brazil acquired Boiyia's
va, 10 the Acre region on the northeast The
iat.er territory being considered the more vain.
aoie, brazl stipulated to pay cash indemnity
or 100000 sterling.
lhese two treaties were of immense conse-
quence to Bolivia: first, in relieving her from
'ne old railway and mining entanglements: sec.
ohu, III securing the construction of the AFRICA
-" az railway; third, through the loan of Chi.
an Iieuit IN internal railway construction; and.
oi'n III providing cash fund of G230OOOO
WIN which to guarantee or to begin tbe actual
CONSTRUCTION OF the trunk lines
Following the ratification of the treatias no
gotlations were opened with prominent Fnronoon
ana american capitalists and on Nav 10 1908
a contract was signed with the National civ
pahk and Speyer & Co., of New York Tho CON-
't"Ct was signed in La Paz by a representative
VI Tue concesslonares and additional stipulations
were made on May %.
onuer article III of the contract the conces.
SQUARES oDllge themselves within a neriod ~
~ years to construct the following railway svs.
tens: ''ii""S sys-
, va from Oruro to Viacha, with branch to
tne river Desaguadero. connecting with the africa
line. VAIL 'ne al lea
to) From Oruro to Cochabamba.
lc) FROM Oruro to Potos
(d) From Potosi to Tupizi nv C.iso ona co.o
gata '" anu 0a'a'
le) From Uyuni to Potosi
W From La Paz to Puerto Pando
All OF these roads are 10 be one-netor oouao
eAoep' 'ne last two mentioned, which, in the dis.
creflon of the concessionaires NAV ho of ~ w
timeters gauge. ~ "a - cen'
-, me cost of the railways is estimated at e5.
ooo'VVo sterling including 81 100000 allowed for
the La Paz-Puerto Pando line.
.u 1ne concesslonaires are authorized to 1ssue
e"o classes OF bonds-frst mortgage and second
mortgage, or income bonds. The first n,ortaoaa
Dohus' which are first lien, are authorized to
ene amount OF &5,7OOOO0 sterling, bear five per
cent interest and are payable in 20 years. The
interest lor ~ years is guaranteed by the gov.
eminent of Bolivia CIV
further issue of additional first morteaoo
ponds to the amount of 100000 sterling ia
authorized in case the sum of e5,5OOOOe proves
insufficient to build the lines. These bonds will
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12
A STOUT THING

Miss Burden was not devoid Of good sense but
she had brooded over her neighbours treatment Of
her until it seemed both ntolerable and lawless II
certain spring of water and of rights in certain
path and disagreement over these had led to
olher differences, small and large, until the main
issue seemed hopelessy confused
Finally Miss Burden resolved to consult law
yer, to ascertain if there might not be comforting
relief for her feelings in lawsuit When WON.
an S evaporation reaches the point where she ia
ready to resort to the law she Is to be dreaded
and Miss Burden went to Lawyer Fairman's of1ce
with long and spirited story of her wrongs,
Unfortunately for her plan these wrongs vera
rather of word than of deed, and rather of fancy
than of record. What the neghbor wanted n do
and talked about doing and even what he meant
TO do at some future time, did not greatly impress
Mt falrman. He gently suggested to the anorv
client that her mood was unjustifed bv what had
actually happened and concluded his advice with
some words which she never forgot
Don't go to law, my dear lady until Won have
some facts to take with you. Law bv itself ia
poor friend but facts a stout thing-a facts q
stout thing!"
The country lawyers wisdom is sound pb,loso-
phy LOT every day In the year. Fancy gives birth
10 long train of children, good and bad, and thew
all nave legs and arms of characteristic sIender
ness and grasp on life too gentle to be control.
ling. Set them in line Of battle and Master Fact
Will scatter them all like dry leayes-for in dasd
and In truth fact is a stout thing!-Youth,. CO..
panon.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12

W BOLIVIA is railways. This need was r-,oerni7,1
10 certain extent prior to the war with Chic
AS Tar back as June, 1863, the national assembly
authorized the president to enter into contracts
hui tne Duilulhg OF railways and in 1868 con.
ceSson was GRANTED 10 citizen of the United
States to build a railway from Cobiii m poto.I
win government guaranty of seven per cent
on the capital invested In addition tho oonoos
sion carried grant Of land one league m oocb
side OF the line. A number of other conoos,ion,
were made in 1869, 1873. 1874, 1877, 1878 and 1870
In 1904 the Bolivian national Office ~ in,ri
sraton and statistics issued volume of neorl,
4V0 pages containing the acts, DEGREES and oon.
cesslohs IN aid OF railways covering tho veors
1oeV 10 I5V4 livery effort was made nv tho COW
eminent during this period to induce canitaI n
invest III railway construction in the country
ferhHps nowhere else in the world were sucb in
ducements held out by any country IN secnre +bo
enc sought as by Bolivia following the tarnoino.
uon OF the war with Chile These indnoopoont,
were oHers OF land, mines, exemption from tax..
cion anu customs duties. government guarantees
iiN"A'idl alu ana exclusive privileges. But unfor.
tu""'ely LOT BOLIVIA the offers were not made IN
| i's"' quarter In its eagerness to secure re-.
concessions were granted to and contracts
WIN 'He most irresponsible parties in
MANY cases mere adventures without corito, -
influence The net result was not,ron, VI
rot I'd
rather than to help railroad construction
IN lSVf all that Bolivia had to show in rail.
ways as result of 40 years legislation and -
Vulnerable contracts were the Guaqui and the
AhtoiasaSta roads The former gave an outlet
from La Paz TO Lake TtiCaca whence nassonoor.
and freight were transported across the late h1
ooae 10 the Peruvian port of Puno and thence nv
the Peruvian railway TO Noendo on the pacieo
me total length of the road from Alto of Ia
Paz to Guaqui on Lake Titicaca was 81 kiIonptors
(54 miles). The gauge was one meter (2o 81
inches) and the rails weighed IS Kilograms nor
meter-about II pounds per foot, '1'
The Antofagasta, Bolivia's first railway had
total mileage OF 925 kilometers (573 miles). a
gauge OF IS centimeters (29.53 inches) and rails
weighing 17.4O Kilograms per meter, or about
II pounds per foot
It was not until rs years after the outbreak of
the war with Chile and 20 years after the signing
OF the agreement of April 4, 1884, which marked
the close of that war, although it did not con.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12

lieve l would not be living today" says
Mrs. Hinson. "My eyesight was poor,
I suffered with nervous, splitting head
aches, spots would dance before my
eyes and at times | would be SO dizzy
I would have to grasp something for
support. My back was so weak and
painful I could hardly bend over to but
ton my shoes and could not get around
without suffering severely. Doans Kid
ney Pills helped me from the first, and
I continued until practically well
again"
Remember the name-Doan's Sold
by all dealers. so cents a box. Foster.
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12
He caught a little cold
That was all. (Puck.)

Neglect of a cough or cold often
leads to serious trouble. To break up
a cold in twenty-four hours and cure
any cough that is durable mix two
ounces of Glycerine, half-ounce Of
Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure and
eight ounces of pure Whisky. Take a
teaspoonful every four hours. You can
buy these at any good drug store and
easily mix them in large bottle.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12
HOT FLASHES
ALMOST GONE
Woman in Aurora Gets Relief from
Troubles by Takiag Cardui,
the Woman's Tonic.

Aurora, Ind.--"I was suffering from,
the change and had those hot fasheo
and severe backache all the time AZ
times l could hardly straighten IN
Il read about Cardui and got a hot.
tie from our druggist ana it heIDea
me at once. Now the hot flashes have
almost gone and l feel much better
Il have recommended Cardui to soy,
eral lady friends"
You need not be afraid to take Car.
dui, whenever you feel that you need
a tonic. It's use will not Interfere win
that of any other medicine You NAV
be taking. It's action is very gaDtIa
and without any bad after-eftects Re.
ing purely vegetable and non-iDtoxi.
eating, Cardui can safely be taken bv
young and old, and can DO nothing bYt
good.
Cardui acts on womau's constitu.
ton, building up womanly strength
toning up womanly nerves, regulating
womanly organs. Half a century Of
success, with thousands of cures. sim.
liar to the one described above, amply
prove its real, scientific medicinal
merit.
You are urged to take Cardui, the
woman's tonic. 1t will help You.
NOTE-The Cnrdui Home Treatment
for Women, consists of Cardui tsp.
Thcdford's Black-Draught i25c) or
NelyO (50c). for the liver. and CARDIFF
Antiseptic (o0cD. These remedies NAV
be taken singiy, by themselves, If de-
sired, or three together, as compIete
treatment for women's Ills. Write to;
Ladies' Advisory Dept. Chattanooga
Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn, for
Special Instructions, and 84-page book,
"HOme Treatment for Women" sent In
plain wrapper, on request.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12

that constant feeling
Of dullness and tired
ness, will find hope
in the advice Of Mrs.
Mary Hinson of q
Strother ST., Mt.
Sterling, Ky. Had
| not used Doan S
Kidney Pills, | be-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12

INES serve as feeders to the Antofagasta line In.
stead of playing the part of competing lines, as
would have been the case had the original pro
gram of construction been carried out.
The Oruro to Potosi line of the original pan
would partly parallel the Antofagasta line. II ia
very probable that complete merger Of the IN
terests of the Antofagasta and Bolivia Railway
Company and the American concessionaires will,
be made. "
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12

eminent and with the loss of this revenue the
state was forced into consideration of the eco
nomlc development of the country in other lines
than gold and silver production alone
The settled part of Bolivia was then and is
10 large extent yet, that high tableland, one of
Tue most spacious and elevated plateaux to be
louhd on the globe, which lies between the west.
erh and the eastern Andes. This tabe-land ex-
tends from about the Argentine border in the
south into Peru On the northwest, and is from
20 to $50 miles in width
On the Chilean border the western Cordil1er.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12

clusNely settle all the questions arising
.herefrom, that on October 20, 1904, at San
Ilago' plenipotentiaries of the two countries
signed the treaty of peace and friendship
whlch put final end to all disputes between
BOLIVIA and Chile and secured in addition
concessions to the former
IN the preceding year, 1908 was signed
tne treaty Of Rio de Janeiro with Brazil
Under this treaty an exchange Of territorias
IT," tne Two countries was effected 30.
'i'ia acquired On the southeast the strin of
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12

When a man tells a young widow
that she is the only woman he ever
loved she is sure he is eligible for
membership in an Ananias club.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12

Dear six per cent. interest and the In
terest will not be guaranteed by the
government. The second.mortgage or
income bonds run for rs years, bear
hVe per cent. interest and are a sec.
ond lien on the roads.
Under an agreement made In Lon.
don in 1907 by the Antofagasta and
Bolivia Railway Company. which Is a
British corporation. and Speyer &
Co., the Antofagasta Railway Com
pany agreed to guarantee the inter.
est on the line from Oruro to Viacha
and in addition to make a payment
to the coneessionaires for a majority
OF the lines stock This agreement
made necessary the law, mentioned
above, signed by President Monies
on December /, 1908 The purpose
OF this apTppmanf iS n rnoya ~, n.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12

A RESULT of having lost its Pacific
seaboard province of Antofagasta, follow
ing the war with Chile in 1879, Bolivia
found itself shut off from the sea and de-
pendent upon its neighbors for an outlet
to the great world.
Great as was the blow to national
pride, for the Bolivians felt the loss of
Antofagasta more keenly than even the
French that of the Rhine provinces, and
serious as was the loss to the national
treasury of the revenues derived from
the rich nitrate fields of the lost province,
yet the blow was perhaps less heavy than
the Bolivlans themselves then thought.
n
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12

For Headache Try Hicks capudine
Whether from Colds, Heat, Stomach OF
Nervous troubles. the aches are speedily
relieved by Capudine. It's Liquid-pleas-
ant to take-Effects Immediately. TO- @
and soc at Drug Stores.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12
A LITTLE COLD.

He caught little cold
That was all.
So the neighbors sadly said,
AS they gathered round his bed,
When they heard that he was dead.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12

The surest proof of being endowed
with noble qualities is to be free from
envy-La RochefOucault.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12

Many a man suspects his neighbo
as he suspects himself
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12

If man is a liar it is useless tC
tell him So He knew it all the time
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums reduces In
nsmmation aays pain. cures wind collie Csc bottle
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12

Don't stop eating to chew WRIG-
LEY'S SPEARMINT. Chew it after.
It's fine for digestion.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12

Reconstruction is the thief of many
good time.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12

Less and less cigar smoke. More
and more WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT
fragrance.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12

Some people are more afraid OF
germs than they are of a mad dog.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12
NEW STRENGTH FOR WOMEN'S
BACKS.
How to Make a Bad Back Better.

Women who suffer with backache,
bearing down pains, dizzy spells and
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12

PERRY DAVIS PAlNKILLER
has no substitute No other remedy is 50 effective
for rheumatism, lumbago, Stiffness neuralgia or
colo OF any sort Put up in 25c Soc and Soc bottles
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12

nonc outyiew and pushed it forward into lines of de-
velopment which in all probability would otherwise
have been delayed for many years Even prior to 1879
me nitrate fields were for the most part owned by for
eisners the BoVlans themselves being engaged in gold
and silver mining. But the taxes from nitrate produc
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12
Millions Say So
Paper Hangers & Painters

You can greatly increase your business with no ex.
tra Investment by selling Alfred Peats' Prize,
Wallpaper. We want one good worker in each
fREE, by prepaid express, five large sample
booxs showing s250,000.O0 Wallpaper Stock
LOT customers to select from. We offer liberal Profits
to our representatives Answer quickly that you may
set the agency in your vicinity for 1870
Alfred Peats Co., lA.l4e Wabash Ave. Chicago.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-12

is III reallty less a mountain range
than line Of huge cliffs. The table
land is itself 10000 to 1900 feet
above sea level and slopes gradually
1000 or 5000 feet up to the crest of
the western hills and then falls away
abruptly nearly three miles down.
$4,000 feet, to the desert land lying
between the foot of this immense line
or cliffs and the Pacific ocean. To
the east of the table-land lies the
nigh Andes, the Cordillera Real, ris.
Ing IN lllampu, Illimani, Ancochuma
and Sajama over $1,000 feet North.
east and south from the Cordillera
Real the land falls away to the great
Amazon and Parana plains. This
country, three-fourths of Bolivia in
area is but little settled, but is in
natural resources and soil one of the
richest parts of the world.
1t could easily sustain an agricul.
tural population greater than the
whole present population of South
America.
The first and most pressing need
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-17
WIDOWS WITH
HUSBANDS ARE
THESE WOMEN
Fireman's Family Lives in
Eternal Dread Of the
Gong Which Calls to
Danger.

In the Seattle fire department
there are 2fi men. Nearly 200 Of
this number are married,
These wives bays been called
widows with husbands" and
wives ~ uniform" women who
live in foarfcar that he may
never return home"
The home life of a fireman con.
Stats Of three hours every day at
the house. besidea night and one
day OFF every eight days. OF course.
u man wants to, he can leave for
any length OF time II he can afford
TO pay for a sub.
Each year q fireman in this city
gets IS days off That Is the only
time IN the year that he gets really
70 know and understand his family
Some workingmen think Il bad
enough that they ars only home Ia
the evenings and on Sundays Fire
men are on duty n out Of "A hours
each day.
The Homeless Fireman.
Home IL merely an eating place
the fire station II the real home
Many Of the men who are not mar
ricd and several who are but whose
families live AZ the other end OF
the city from the station even eat
az the fire house.
The fire department encourages
this habit by installing kitchens In
the new stations
Where there IL no family. the
wife usually moves near the engine
house and rents q room or flat 10
an 20 be near her husband When
there IL a large fire down town. or
IN fact ans ~hsre. u IL not the
owner Of the building that suffers.
but the wives Of the fircmen.
They must walt aud wait and
worry Maybe she does not hear
Of the fire she receives word that
he has been hurt and taken TO
the hospital That In what she ia
always expecting.
New Law Helps Some.
Under the new law, the wife and
family are cared for. but before II
was different Tho wife paid the
rent. bought shoes for the children
and kept the family IN comfort. be-
sides putting by little each
month.
Now II the man IL killed or be.
s.gf4aaa afaG assg Al ..sAf4z. -. a..s.s
the Slfe IL given 81 900. But this
Will not keep her She must 80 out
aud work for her family This ~
what they wait In fear for year In
and year out
A policeman 81 only on duty s
hours each day. and yet one often
hears Of the hardships his family
undergoca because OF bis dangerous
calling A fireman IL always on
duty Even when he Ia 81 home he
IN expected 10 40 10 nearby fire.
Seattle Pays Poorly.
The flremen OF this city receive
less for their work than in any
other large city 10 the world In
this city the building laws are very
lax hoGluK 10 the uaHkef. ~ ne
I firemen are now asking for a raise
OF ia per cen, in their wages. TO
make up for the amount now taken
out each month TO 40 into the re.
lief fund.
Although they do all this. their
request was not granted Several
letters were written 10 the papers
by men who said that they were
taxpayers. IN which Il was stated
that the firemen OF this city we're
cigarette fiends and were not In
line for as much money as they
were getting.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-17

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-17

MARION. Ind 49, Just because
Banker James Johnson paid $1,000
for gold brick which wasn't gold.
he doesn't propose TO have II ex-
hibited as sign Of his folly. Banker
Johnson has brought suit In re-
plevIn for the brick. r.. l. Whitson
was going TO show It to everybody
at the coming meeting Of the Marion
Pioneer society here.
Mr.. johnson, who Is a practical
man. used the $1,000 trophy for q
doorstep when the jewellers told him
II WAS a fine quality OF brass.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-17
The Very Reason.

Mrs. Askit Con a visit TO the town
she left 20 years beforel And 80
you're still single, eh1 How came
you 90 be an old maid2
Miss Oidgirl--Waiting for Tom
Shyboy 10 propose.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-17

INSIST ON A NEW yvnn, Ma
LUNCH and avoid inferior ~
tlons. Delivered az your Va a
business without extra e's'f
i5c each. ,<16
Ring up A ssts or Man
Prompt delivery assursa. 49,.
one trial. one test
fla rest erect
Main office. sis Marion So. =
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-17
CAMEL MEAT THE FAD;
ONLY COSTS IS POUND.
(By United Press.)

4 PARIS. Sept. IL. - Camel 4
4 meat is 10 be the piece de re. 4
= sistanee" OF the rich smart 4
4 sets menu during the coming 4
\ winter. The meat dealer who \
4 last spring introduced this del. 4
= icacy in Paris, said today that 4
4 be had received 80 many or 4
4 ders to supply camel meat reg 4
4 ularly during the winter that \
4 he had sent word 20 the butch. 4
\ ers In Africa TO fatten an en-. \
= tire herd OF camels. \
= Prices last spring averaged 4
\ about 81 a pound. but those 4
~ who liked the meat and could 4
\ afford the price. said they got 4
A their moneys worth. =
tSktttttttttttttt
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-17
EXCURSIONS ON LAKE
WASHINGTON.

Steamer Fortuna leaves Leschl
park for around Mercer island. five
times daily. Two hours ride. 25o
zee
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-17

WANTS HIS GOLD BRICK FOR
HIMSELF.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-05-26
8rid,t aIte Mecprbe.

@ls ~oagemeines abfiibr.g Comic. nnS
@eiunbbeits- Mittel fam feline anoere
Bine NIT Or. Sings SEEN 2ife pin
bergliden tperben. Gle requiem Den
Mneen, bic 2eber unb 0ieren, it1r.
Ten Die Nerben. furiren nnberbaltlid'
felt, Dpspepfie, @a1iefeit, @elbiu6t,
Ropfidmer3, ShiitteIfrolt unb Malo.
ria. Beriuht fie. 25c bel alien
0rueailten.