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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-03-12
RATHER PAY THAN SERVE,
Citizen Soldiers Unique ldea OF tho
Duties Of Sentry.

Australians still tell stories Of the
c. L. VS., although the war is far
memory. One. member Of the Stock
Exchange, was left one wet and miser-
able night to guard a wagonload Of
goods.
He shivered in the unsheltered place
Tor some hours bordering many things,
and then a bright thought struck him
just as the colonel came around On
his tour OF inspection.
Colonel he asked. how much is
this wagon WORTH"
Il don't know" was the answer.
Much or little, We can't afford to lose
it."
We'll, but colonel" persisted the
amateur soldier. you might give me
rough idea of the value"
About $780," said the Colonel
testify.
Very WE'LL" was the answer. y
will come down to the camp and give
you a check for the amount. Then III
turn in. wouldn't catch my death OF
cold for twice that much"
What the colonel said is not re-
corded.-Melbourpe Times.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-03-12
Queens Indeed.

Queens have gone far with advan.
cling humanity since the day when one
of them suggested as the remedy for
The hunger Of her subjects who had
40 bread, Give them cake" The queen
sits no longer idly on her throne, wear
ing her jewels and demanding exemp-
lion even from knowledge Of the pain
Of the world. Queen Alexandra is one
Of the busiest women in England. She
has been handicapped for years by an
increasing deafness, but she goes
wherever her presence may do good to
O good cause. She conceals the signs
Of WEAKNESS and boredom which must
often be almost overpowering to one
who hears so little as she. Her prl-
vate charities are legion, and her inter-
est in every effort to alleviate suffer-
ing is unfeigned The queen OF Rou-
mania is famous for her kindness. Her
special study for 80 years has been the
needs of the blind, but Roumania has
not yet followed her lead and adopted
her ideas. A friend of the queen re-
Gently said in New York: When Car
men Sylvia told me to go out and help
the blind, l answered, Your majesty,
how can |? | am not rich woman
She gave me a reproachful look, and
said Money. Why do you speak as If
money were all? Give YOURSELF The
queen of Italy in these last days has
had a matchless opportunity to endear
herself to her people by her devotion
to the wretched sufferers by the earth
quake, says the Youths Companion.
No nurse or doctor or priest has sur
passed her in service. She has ignored
WEAKNESS and danger, and faced hor-
rors unflinchingly. She has worked
until she could not stand, and then has
gone to sit by the hospital beds to
comfort and amuse the injured chill
dren. She has been all woman and all
queen and her tears and her deeds
have won her the love of the whole
world.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-03-12
Returned From Chicago Meeting.

Abbevile. LA. NJ. Smith, parish
superintendent of public schools, has
returned from attending the conven-
ton of the department Of superintend-
ents of the National Educational asso-
citation, in session at Chicago during
the past week He reports a most
successful session and states that Lou
isiana had the largest representation
present with the single exception of
the state of Illinois in which the con-
ventiOn was held.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-03-12
lese Majeste.

A teacher in one Of the schools OF
Berlin has given to the papers OF that
city composition written by one OF
the pupils in his school on the sub
ject, THE Kaiser" in the course OF
which the young author says: Prince
Wilhelm was born on the kaisers
birthday. From the dome Of the cas-
tie 101 salute shots were fired. The
old grandfather and old Wrangei
hoped into cab and went to Inc
schloss, and old Wrangel said: The
boy is all right and the father made
a bow from the balcony. and 1t was
awful cold And when the boy was
baptized his father held his watch IN
front of the little fellows nose, and he
grabbed it and never let go again. be-
cause he is Hohenzollern.'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-03-12

vious to accepting the place in Mr..
Taft's cabinet he was general counsel
for the Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany When not living in Chicago,
Mr.. Dickinson makes his home at the
Hermitage, the estate upon the out
skirts of Nashville, Tenn, once the
property of Andrew Jackson. Like
Mr.. Roosevelt, he is very fond Of
hunting and fishing. Though Demo
crat, Mr. Dickinson has always been
an opponent of Bryan.
Wilson Retains His Place.
Only one member of the Roosevelt
cabinet retains his portfolio under
Mr.. Taft. That is James Wilson of
Iowa, secretary of agriculture. So eX
cellent had been his work In that posi-
tion that there was no serious talk Of
making change. Born in Scotland in
1885, Mr. Wilson came to the United
States in 1852 and three years later
settled in Iowa. In 1861 he engaged in
farming in Tama county. He was a
member of the Iowa, assembly for
three sessions. and speaker of the
house for one session, and also was a
member Of the Iowa state railway
commission. In 1873 he was elected
to congress, serving two terms, and
was sent to the national legislature
again for one term in 1883. He was
regent OF the State university Of
Iowa in 1904, and in 1890 was
made director of the, agricultural ex
! pertinent station and professor of agri-
culture at the Iowa Agricultural col!
lege, Ames, la. In 1897 he became
secretary of agriculture.
Postmaster General Hitchcock
The first cabinet officer selected by
Mr.. Taft after his election was Frank
H. Hitchcock OF Massachusetts, who
gave up his place as first assistant
postmaster general to manage success
fully the Taft presidential campaign.
He has been given the Office of post.
master general in the new cabinet.
Mr.. Hitchcock was born at Amherst,
o., in 1867, and graduated from Har-
ward in 1891 and from Columbia Law
school in 1894 Since 1886! he has
been a government official, having
served at different times as chief of
the division of foreign markets of the
department of agriculture; chief clerk
OF the department Of commerce and
labor, member of the government ex-
position board and first assistant post
master general. He is member Of
many scientific and social organiza-
tons and is the author of numerous
bulletins, reports and circulars on for
eign trade and customs tariffs. His
work in the post-office department I'M
der President Roosevelt was especial
ly noteworthy.
Nagel Has Commerce Portfolio.
Missouri has been rewarded for it's
switch to the Republican column by
the appointment of Charles Nasel as
secretary of commerce and labor. Mr..
Nagel is a leading lawyer of St.
Louis and the west He was born in
Texas In 1S49, moved to st. Louis
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-03-12
CONGENlAL WORK
And Strength to Perform It.

A person in good health is likely
to have genial disposition, ambition,
and enjoy work.
On the other hand. if the digestive
organs have been upset by wrong
food, work becomes drudgery
Until recently" writes a Washing.
ton girl, Il was a railroad stenog-
rapher. which means full work every
day.
Like many other girls alone in
large city, lived at boarding house.
For breakfast it was mush, greasy
meat, soggy cakes, black coffee. etc.
After few months Of this diet |
used to feel sleepy and heavy in the
mornings My work seemed Ter.
rible effort, and thought the work was
to blame-too arduous.
AT home | had heard my father
speak of a young fellow who went
long distances in the cold on Grape
Nuts and cream and nothing more for
breakfast.
II concluded if II would tide him
over a mornings heavy work, ii might
help. me, so on my way home one
night bought package and next
morning ] had Grape-Nuts and milk
for breakfast.
Il stuck to Grape-Nuts, ant in less
than two weeks I noticed Improve
ment. can't just tell how vel |
felt, but | remember | used TO walk
the IL blocks to business and knew
how good it was simply to live.
"As to my work-weil. did you ever
feel the delight of having congenial
work and the strength to perform it?
That's how | felt. truly believe
there's life and vigor in every grain OF
Grape-Nuts.
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
VILE" in pkgs There's Reason.
Ever read the above letter: 4 new
one appears from time tn time. They
are genuine, true. and full Of huDas
interest.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-03-12
Red Tape of Uncle Sam.

Abbeville, La.-Capt John Andersen
of Gulfpo.t, Miss, who has the con-
tract for digging a portion of the In
ternational Canal, has been expert
encing some of the beauties of the red
tape system which prevails with Uncle
Sam. His first dredgeboat has been ~
ing idle here for nearly three months
waiting for some one az Washington
to pass on the titles TO some mash
lands
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-03-12
Alexandria Negro Killed.

Alexandria, La.-Crawford Amber,
a negro. was shot and killed Saturday
on Lee street by T. A. Burnett, groc-
cry man 1t is reported that Amber
owed Burnett bill. over which they
had a row. Burnett fired four shots
One entered the back of the negro s
head and lodged in the forehead.
Death was instantaneous. Burnett is
the son of H. H. Burnett, proprietor
of the T. p. A Hotel here.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-03-12

President Taft's cabinet Of nine men
is headed by Philander Chase Knox,
secretary of state, who was born
in 1853 at Brownsville, Pa. He
graduated from Mount Union college,
Ohio, in 1872, and three years later
was admitted to the bar. During the
years 1876 and 1877 he served as as
sistant United States district attorney
for the western district of Pennsyl-
wanna. In the latter wear he formed
a law partnership with James H. Reed
which still exists and which has rep
resented many large corporations, in
Guiding the Carnegie Company. Mr..
Knox entered President McKinleys
cabinet as attorney general in April,
1901, serving until 1904, when he was
elected United States senator from
Pennsylvania. The latter position he
resigned to become the head of Presi-
dent Taft's cabinet. He was candi-
date for the presidential nomination in
the Republican national convention Of
1908. Mr.. Knox is recognized as one
of the foremost constitutional lawyers
in the country.
MacVeagh for the Treasury.
Franklin MacVeagh,. secretary of the
treasury, was born on a. farm In
Chester county, Pennsylvania, gradu-
ated from Yale in 1862 and from
Columbia Law school in 1864 He be-
gan the practice of law in New York
city but ill-health forced him to aban-
don it and in 1865 ME went to Chicago
and engaged in the wholesale grocery
business. In this and other CONNER.
cial pursuits he has amassed large
fortune. Before entering the cabinet
he disposed of his holdings in the big
grocery firm and resigned as director
of the Commercial National bank OF
Chicago. Mr.. MacVeagh has always
been interested in movements for the
public welfare, locally and nationally.
He has been president of the Chicago
Citizens association, the Chicago
Bureau of Charities and the Municipal
Art League, vice-president of the
American Civic association, and chair.
man OF the immigration department OF
the National Civic Federation. Mr.
MacVeagh formerly was Democrat
and in 1894 he was nominated fol-
United States senator by t.e Demo
Gratis OF Illinois, but was defeated in
the legislature, He supported Grover
Cleveland, but afterward changed his
party allegiance because of the atti
tude OF the Democratic party on the
money question.
Dickinson ls War Secretary.
Jacob M. Dickinson Of Tennessee
and Chicago, the new secretary OF
war, was born in 1851 at Columbus
Miss. He graduated from the Uni
versity OF Nashville in 1872 and after
ward studied law at Columbia college
at the University of Leipsiz and in
Paris. He served several times by
special commission on the supreme
bench of Tennessee and was assist
ant attorney general of the United
States in 1S95-97. For ten years nre
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-03-12

Among the immigrants who arrived
in this country lately were a band of
800 hearty and healthy Wurtemberg
maidens on their way to Oregon to get
husbands among the lonely sheep herd
ers. This is an invasion which the ma.
tive manageable maidens ought to be
looking into. If the surplus feminine
contingent in the east is not careful
the big matrimonial market in the west
will be monopolized by foreign enter
prise.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-03-12
A Model Railway,

Alexandria. La.-Through the efforts
of Senator Murphy Foster of ST. Marys
parish, Louisiana. the United States
government has ordered the building
of model roadway of three miles
from Pineville to the state militia en-
campment grounds, the longest road
of it's kind in the entire South. State
Engineer G. Lombard has just COM
pleted the survey of the route.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-03-12
John Roe Gray Again Promoted.

Crowley, La.-John Roe Gray, for
number of years head miller for the
Peoples Mill, has recently been pro-
NOTED to be superintendent of the me-
chanical department of the mills and
pumping plants of the United lrriga-
ton and Rice Mill Company, which
owns and operates five rice mills and
four canal systems, one Of which is
the, largest in the rice belt
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-03-12
Planting Rice in AbbeviIle.

Abbeyille, La.-With the return OF
warmer weather the rice planters have
started seeding for the coming crop.
Several of the large planters have put
in a considerable acreage Early plant
ed corn is coming up nicely and a
large crop will be planted this year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-03-12

Commenting on the fact that Presi.
dent Roosevelt has set aside 10000
acres on the Pacific coast as a refuge
for birds. German periodical ex.
claims: And this in the land of the
dollar hunters, while we in idealistic,
warm-hearted Germany have within
the last SO years completely extermi
mated several varieties of birds"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-03-12

8 Count Cassini, formerly ambassador
sat Washington, who has applied for re-.
tirement after nearly 81 years in the
Russian diplomatic service, ought to
be able TO write an interesting book,
but possibly the censor might not al.
low its publication in st. Petersburg.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-03-12

The cement age probably will
come when all the timber available fol
use in building houses has been ex
hausfed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-10-20
DIPPING STOCK FOR LICE.

There are various kinds of stock
dips, and most of them are good.
Their use is becoming more common
because their value is better known
than formerly. Almost every stock
man has animals that are not thrifty,
and he don't know the reason why.
1t very often happens that such an
imals are troubled with parasites OF
some kind, perhaps several kinds.
They are too small to be seen with
the naked eye and the farmer tries
different kinds of medicines, when an
outside application of some disinfec-
tant is the only remedy needed. When
stockmen once learn the value of dip
ping they need no further encourage
ment. They keep on dipping twice a
year, because they know it pays both
in dollars and in satisfaction.-Epit-
omist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-10-20
LONG-LIVED ALFALFA.

Alfalfa is very long-lived; fields in
Mexico, 1t is claimed, have been con-
tinuously productive without replant-
ing for over two hundred years, and
others in France are known to have
flourished for more than century.
Its usual life in the United States is
probably from ten to twenty-five
years, although there is field in
New York that has been mown sue
cessively for over sixty years. 1t is
not unlikely that under its normal
conditions and with normal care II
would well-nigh be, as 1t is called,
everlasting.-From Coburn's Book OF
Alfalfa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-10-20
The Top Bureau Drawer.

The fly has been swatted, the re-
frigerator cleaned, the drainage pipes
disinfected and the mosquito killed,
but nothing has been done to Daugh-
ter's top bureau drawer. She puts
everything in 1t from face powder to
slippers. and when she wants any,
thing stirs the mess with stick till
what she seeks comes to to the top.
Germs find in her top bureau drawer
a secure and delightful home, and,
as she keeps her chewing gum and
fudge there, the only reason she isn't
dead is that the Lord isn't ready for
her.-Atchison Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-10-20
HUMBLE FOOT.

Bumble foot is nothing more than
a bruise caused by jumping of the
roost, and is usually found in the ball
of the foot, which becomes extremely
sensitive, and quite often an abscess
forms. Occasionally the injury will
be found in the knee instead of the
foot, but the symptoms are the same.
The treatment should be to reduce
the Inflammation, and should this
fail and an abscess form poultice of
flaxseed meal should be applied, and
after it is ripe the abscess should be
opened and drained. Home
Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-10-20
A CatccI,isDi,

"Why do we send missionaries to
the savages?"
''To civilize them"
"What good does that do them ."
"It educates them out of habits of
idleness."
"And what them"
''They go to work"
"What do they work for?"
''To become prosperous and rich. p"
"What good does prosperity do
them?'
''It procurcs them leisure and COM
fort"
(Which was what they had before
you started stirring them up. What's
the e?"-Cleveland Leader.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-10-20
DRINKING VESSELS.

Scummy drinking vessels cause
sickness. They should be scalded out
every now and then. Filthy water
drank daily is very irritating to the
bowels Water is the principal con-
stituent of the flesh, bones, feathers,
and eggs of fowls, and necessarily
large quantities of it are consumed
daily. Therefore it should be seen
that the water supply is not only pure
but fresh.
There is a poisonous fungus growth
in the blood in nearly all the fatal
diseases. Fowls never perspire SO
that many of these evils may be
thrown off. On the contrary, they
must resort to respiration. The re-
suit is that the great majority OF
poultry diseases are found in the
head, throat and lungs, and, there
fore, it is in these parts that we must
look for the symptoms of disease
American Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-10-20
Density of the .Atmosphere.

Meteors prove that the air is still
dense enough to make those little
bodies incandescent through friction
at height of 100 miles, but up to
the present man has succeeded in ex-
ploring the atmosphere to a height of
only sixteen miles.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-10-20
arm Topics
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CLEAN POULTRY HOUSE.

Clean the poultry house and brood
ers at least twice week, hoeing all
droppings into the cabbage, cucum-
ber, tomato or melon patch. Renew
bedding in the brooder with fresh
sand, bran, sawdust, and dust liber-
ally with insect powder strong enough
to induce a sneeze.-Farmers Home
Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-10-20

Talent feels its weight, tact finds
its way; talent commands. tact is
obeyed; talent is honored with appro-
baton and tact is blessed by prefer
ment.-London Atlas.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-10-20
lightning showed for moment the
big black horse and his gallant rider
fnroiup throuph tho uipht

big black horse and his gallant rider
forging through the night.
There came sudden Jingle OF wire
and then silence. Some one called.
"Into the fence, by Jove!' and we ran
over to the spot.
AS we reached It another flash re-
vealed the black horse lying on his
side and Dave standing over him un-
hurt. Then his CHEEKY voice runG
out, "Sit on his head, somebody;
don't want to get that saddle
smashed"
The saddle was none the worse ex-
cept for scar on the flap, where q
ragged edge of wire had touched 1t;
but I'm proud of that mark, for II
calls to mind the night when Dave
Wilson saved the honor of the sta
tion. illustrated Sporting and Dra-
matte News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-10-20
TROUBLES OF A HAY MAKER.

I heard a pretty good story a few
days since about good old deacon
somewhere out in York State, which
was somewhat after this wise: He
was one of those upright, dignified
sort of men who make 1t rule to
perform their duty, and then make
the best of the matter, however the
event may turn out; but everything
on his farm was kept in the neatest
order.
It had got to be quite late in the
season for moving, and still the dea-
con had a fine piece of grass which
he had been unable to cut, on ac-
count of press of other matters. So
one day he put on large force, and
by noon he had it all down and spread
about in nice order, when there came
up a shower and wet it. After the
shower the old gentleman came out
and walked about perfectly cool"
and the next day he had 1t spread
again to dry; about noon there came
up another shower. Well, out came
the deacon again, with the long face
and dignified air becoming one in
his station, looked at the hay and
walked into the house.
The next day being pleasant, he
had the hay dried, loaded. and driven
to the barn, into which they had got
just as another shower began to fall.
The deacon was congratulating
himself that he had finally succeeded
in securing the hay, when a gust Of
wind struck the barn, rushing
through and completely sweeping the
hay, scattering it to the four quarters,
and tearing the barn doors from their
hinges, one of which hitting the old
gentleman, Frustrated him in the
mud and fell on top of him. After
the door had been removed and his
breath partially recovered he sur
veyed the ruins for few moments,
and then very solemnly exclaimed:
We'll, l think it is now time for me
to express my sentiments!" &c. b.
c., in the American Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-10-20

An interesting article in the Fine
Arts Journal describes the artistic
possibilities of electricity both for
decorative lighting and more utilita-
rian purposes of facile hospitality,
from electric toast racks to chafng
dishes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-10-20

Moonlight most intense sometimes
causes sore eyes in Cuba, and the ma
tives navigate and perambulate with
umbrella and paraluna.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-10-20

The eight-track swing bridges
across the main channel of the Chi
cago drainage canal near Thirty-first
stret will be operated by electricity.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-10-20

The king Of Italy is the only veg
etarian monarch
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-10-20

The electric railway up Mont Blanc
Is now open to the public as far as
the Col de Voza, 5495 feet high. The
first train took nearly an hour to ac-
complish the journey of four and a
half miles. There are no tunnels,
and the steepest grade is twenty per
cent, some magnificent views of AL
pine scenery being obtainable from
the cars.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-10-20

An ingenious scheme of burglar
protection, embodying specially de-
signed curtains and portieres. has
been invented by a Dresden engineer.
The curtains and portieres are made
of any of the materials used for such
purposes. and wired with fine conduc-
tors. At certain places on the cur
tains are affixed small metals knobs,
connected with the wire conductors.
When drawn across window or door,
or around a safe or vault, the slight
est disturbance of their position i'm
mediately breaks the circuit, as the
metal knobs are thus thrown out of
contact with each other. Should the
intruder notice the wires and cut one
or more of them, his action would
break the circuit and start the alarm.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-10-20

Smoking was penal offense at
one time in Turkey.