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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-04-23
The Missionary Mule,

"That mule" said the old farmer, "is
what call missionary mule an I'll
tell you why: 1t throwed one man on
his head, an when the man wuz able
to be up an about agin, he went to
preachin'; an the last time the sheriff
come to levy on that mule the critter
kicked him cross the county line, whar
they wuz holdin' campmeetin' an
I'm blest eff the sheriff didn't git relig-
ion an quit runnin' fer office-wich
wuz uncommon hard to do, seem that
the Office habit run in his blood. ! tell
you, nuthin' in this here worr is to be
despised, wen as humble critter as
a mule kin be a missionary"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-04-23
"coFFEE DOESN'T HURT ME~
Tales That Are Told.

Il was one of the kind who wouldn't
believe that coffee was hurting me-"
says N. Y. woman. "You just couldn't
convince me its use was connected
with the heart and stomach trouble !
suffered from most of the time.
MY trouble finally got so bad /
mad to live on milk and toast almost
entirely for three or four years. Still
| loved the coffee and wouldn't believe
1t could do such damage.
What / needed was to quit coffee
and take nourishment in such form as
my stomach could digest.
Il had read much about Postum,
but never thought it would fit my case
until one day decided to quit coffee
and give it trial and make sure about
1T. So got a package and carefully
followed the directions.
Soon began to get better and was
able to eat carefully selected foods
without the aid of pepsin or other d.
gestants and it was not long before I
was really a new woman physically.
Now am healthy and sound, can
eat anything and everything that
comes along and I know this wonder
ful change is all due to my having
quit coffee and got the nourishment
needed through this delicious Postum.
MY wonder is why everyone don't
give up the old coffee and the troubles
that go with it and build themselves up
as | have done, with Postum"
Easy to prove by 10 days trial Of
Postum in place of coffee. The reward
is big.
There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter! A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-04-23
AillNG WON EN-.
Keep the Kidneys Well and the k,s
neys Will Keep You WE'LL

SICK, suffering, Ianguid women Ara
learning the true cause of bad hscI,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-04-23
When Courage Failed,

Duke" said the heiress. eagerly,
did you see father?"
"Yes."
"Well?"
I'VE talked about the weather"
What? Lose your nerve again:
Why don't you brace up and talk like
a mana subject Of a king on whose
domain the sun never sets!"
Cant" moaned the duke. "All the
time / was in your fathers office he
Kept grinning at big painting"
What painting?"
The battle Of Bunker Hill."-Lp
pincott's.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-04-23

Il
nong the promotions in the
( French army just announced by the
minister Of war is one of peculiar
8 interest, a man who entered the
army as q gunner having been rails
ed to the rank of general.
In the municipal campaign in
& Nashville, ILL.,, the old-time parties
nave combined upon W. T. SAWYER
/ as their mayoralty candidate and
his election is conceded. He is the
candidate on the citizens ticket.
A long drawn out legal battle
over an Ohio estate of $4,000 re-
suited in the winner of the suit re-
ceiving S1.44. The rest Of the es-
tate was eaten up .by legal charges
and lawyers fees.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-04-23

OF varying fortunes. Gen. Lee as.
sured them that they could 20 to
their homes with the consciousness
OF duty well and faithfully performed.
he exhorted them to accept the re-
suits of their resort to the ar.
bltrament of arms in good faith
and to devote their energies thence.
1orth to restoring the waste
places in the south and to develop its
resources. Gen. Lee was not a man of
many words. But what he said came
from his heart, and was STRENGTHENED
by a calm judgment and exalted DUR
pose. His counsel sank deep into the
hearts of the southern people. He was
after Appomattox, as well as in the
days of his greatest triumphs in the
field, the most powerful influence for
peace and rehabilitation in the south.
Mr.. Charles Francis Adams of Boston.
an officer in the northern army, a stu
dent OF history, deep and broad
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-04-23

dl,ielllidH noW serving sentence IN
the state penitentiary for bribery.
One of the indictments dismissed
was for perjury, and the other for
bribery.
The announcement that he was
the father of twins was too much
for William Hedinger, aged IS
years, farmer who lived near Bou.
quet in Westmoreland county, Penn
sylvania. 1t was also too much for
Mrs. Hedinger's mother, and all be-
cause of the arrival of the twins
both Hedinger and his mothersin-
law are dead.
Rev. John Herner, a prominent
minister Of Elgin, Tex, who came
to Denver a short time ago, has dis
appeared, and his wife's friends have
asked the police to search for him.
Rev. Mr.. Herner filled the pulpit of
the Swedish church at Boulder
March 81. Since then nothing has
been heard from him. He was prom
inent as an evangelist.
The Texas House of Representa-
tives has passed a bank deposit
guaranty bill b va vote of so to -.
Willie Hotchkiss, aged 10, a son
Of farmer living near Rage, Kan,
was attacked and killed by prairie
wolves.
Cablegrams received at the office
Of the Isthmian Canal Commission
that in the month Of March |
new record was established for the |
excavation work on the canal
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-04-23

A shock which disturbed Piqua,
OHIO, and which was at first thought
to have been an earthquake, proved
to be an explosion of rs pounds of
dynamite on farm four miles away.
"Knots severed in a hurry" or
divorces granted while you wait,
would have been appropriate signs
outside the doors of the superior
court at Chicago recently, when
Judges Barnes and Ball disposed
of Ga suits for legal separation in
one day.
King Victor Emmanuel has re-
celved Gen. Stewart L. Woodford,
former. United States minister to
Spain, in private audience. During
their conversation the king said it
had afforded him great pleasure to-
meet Theodore Roosevelt recently
at Messina. ..
The Federation of Jewish Organi-
cations of the State of New York
has thrown down the gauntlet to
Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch of Final
Temple, Chicago, defying him to
prove that the immigration of Rus
sian Jews to this country ought to
be prevented.
Plans are being made for an ex-
tensive test in field artillery ma
neuyers at Fort Riley this summer,
the purpose being to determine the
value of the new 3-inch shell. This
shell is designed to combine the
merits of the shrapnel projectile
and solid shot.
The faithfulness of a dog was
beautifully illustrated at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Cohlmeyer,
west of Nashville, ILL.,, when the
family dog intercepted canine
with rabies, which was about to at
tack the three-year-old child of Mr..
and Mrs. Cohlmeyer.
BILLY" Sunday, the evangelist,
has closed his seven-weeks' cam
paign in Springfield, Mo. The total
for the revival is more
than 100000. Sunday alone there
were $50 converts, total for the
meeting of 1850. A free-will Of
fering Of $4,000 was collected.
The return of Castro to France
is not regarded there as of great i'm
portance, the principal object of the
French government being to pre-
vent the use of French territory as
the headquarters for revolutionary
and a campaign by Cas-
tro to reeapture his lost power in
Venezuela.
John D. Rockefeller, president of |
the Standard Oil Company, was
ikened unto Captain Kidd of pira-
y fame by Frank B. Kellogg, chief
If counsel for the government, at
ne hearing of the governments in
JURY against the Standard Oil
Company to dissolve the corpora
ion.
Two men were killed, two prob
IDLY fatally injured and 80 other
vorkmen narrowly escaped death
vnen a charge Of dynamite was ex-
'loded by accident Saturday in the
quarry of the Illinois Stone Com
'any at Lemont, Ill. The charge
lad been placed in the stone last
all.
British inheritance taxes drawn
rom a population of 100000
leld $90,000,000 to $95,OoO,OO0
nnually out of a total internal rev.
nue. of $4,000 to $4SO,OOO,O 900.
About 100000 estates pay the
ulk OF these taxes. This is the
lbstance of a report by Charles NJ.
'epper, who has been investigat-
ng the subject for the bureau of
manufacturers, Department of Com
1erce and Labor, in connection ,
18th the tariff revision.
The entire South has notified the $
losqulto and the house fly that they I
re undesirable citizens. The health c
ara onapiDr on o,J I
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-04-23

"A HulEIcdne caused great damage
at London, Ontario.
( Count Zeppelin's airship has made
J another successful flight.
The South Sea Islands have been
devastated by a tidal wave.
Isaac Balance was killed by tor
nado at Lexington, Ky. Balance
was a Confederate veteran.
Attorneys for the Standard Oil
claim the government is attempting
to confscate the trust property.
Reports state that King Menelik
of Abyssinia is again in a serious
condition from Angina pectoris.
A dead man was found in field
~ miles north Of Buffalo, N. Y,
The body has not been identified.
The amendment restoring the
Dlngley rates of Is cents per dozen
pieces and Is per cent ad valorem
on collars and cuffs composed of
cotton, was agreed to in Congress.
Nlcaraguan mutilation of official
dispatches to this government and
continued grave conditions in Gen.
tral America are under earnest con-
slderation by the Washington au-
thorities.
Billie Hill, who murdered Levi
Wilson at Nashville some time ago.
and whose sentence was affirmed by
the supreme court of Tennessee, will
not hang, the governor having COM
muted the sentence to life impris.
onment.
Former Queen Lilloukalani of
Hawaii, otherwise Mrs. Ludia Dom
lnis, must pay 1000 to her "court
physician" under a judgment rem
dered by Chief Justice Clabaugh of
the Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia.
Louise Turner Becker, winner of
beauty contest in st. Louis year
ago, failed to contest the divorce
suit of Henry ''Kid'' Becker, called
the king of Sports" in Judge
Sales court, and a decree was award
ed to Becker at st. Louis.
A new supply of ammunition
against the Payne tariff bill as it
applies to hosiery and gloves, pc
tltlon containing approximately |
$4,000 names which, when bound, |
will make 25 big volumes, was start
ed for Washington from Chicago.
A charter has been issued by the
secretary of state to the Oklahoma
Union Traction Company, which
proposes to build a line 20 miles in
length from Sapulpa to Tulsa, con-
Meeting the two big oil centers and
passing through Creek and Tulsa
Former Warden Halls plea for
prevailed and Governor
Hadley of Missouri issued a COM
mutation to Albert Lewis, a negro,
who came to the penitentiary from
Saline county in 1904 to serve a
l0-year term for murder in the Sec
md degree.
Anonymous blackmailers who
wrote from Delavan, Wis, have
threatened the lives of the mother
md sister of 10-year-old Harold
Noon, whose body was found re-
emily In Thread Pond, unless L. NJ
Noon, the boys father, of Flint,
Mich, turns over $4,000 to them.
Judge Albert Page in the Greene
jounty (Mo.) Criminal Court dis
missed two indictments against
4ouis Decker, the former st. Louis
Herman now serving sentence in
he state penitentiary for bribery.
)ne of the indictments dismissed !
7as for perjury, and the other for {
ribery. {
The announcement that he was
he father of twins was too much
Or William Hedinger, aged IS
ears, a farmer who lived near Bou. 1
uet in Westmoreland county, Penn :
ylvania. 1t was also too much for :
[rs. Hedinger's mother, and all be- a
luse of the arrival of the twins J
l.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-04-23

Soon after l began taking Doan's Kid
ney. Pills l passed several grave,
stones. l got well and the trouble ha.
not returned. My back is good and
strong' and my general health is het.
ter" oe.'
Sold by all dealers. so cents bo.
foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N, Y
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-04-23

N THIS year is the forty
fourth anniversary of the
surrender at Appomattox
Va, of Gen. Robert E.
Lee, of the Army of
Northern Virginia. In his
last order to the veterans
whom he led throuqh voare
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-04-23

ana now 10 cure
them. Mrs. W. G,
Davis, of Groesbeck.
Texas, says: Back.
aches hurt me 50 I
could hardly stand.
Spells of dizziness
and sick headaches
were frequent and
the action of the kid.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-04-23

they have builded anew with the strength of might
In the face Of defeat and a yielded right o'@
The mantle of gold from the cloth of night
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-07-29
emspTEs ss2s-(so. So.

AN ACT Making u Unlawful Cor Any Person OF
CORPORATION 90 Pay the Pol Tax Of Any Other
Person OF Furnish the Money Thercior. OF tor
any Tax Collector 20 Accept Payment a Poll
Tsxes from Any Person Other Than the Person
WhnsB Poll Tax u Being Pad. and Pixing
Penalty Cor the Violations Thereof.
o. q Eaaeisd b. ths legislature q shs saais Of
Fiogi1as
Gecaien .. Il 10 hsreby made unlawful for any
peFSrn or corporation IN tins state 70 pay inc pou
taK Tor any othe: person. &C furnish the money 20
any ether peruon Tor the purpose 81 paying such
~thsr or any othsF pefnoas pol tan, o. tof any
Tax Collector 10 accept the payment OF poll taKes
fruzp any person other thar the person whose poll
taR n being paid. eEcept that one persou may pay
ehe poll taH Of nnothsT. provided the person pay
knN sneh poll tan ahaIl &C thu same time pay tar
duty asaGnssd on property besoaaing 10 che person
wioas poli tar " heing paid.
Soc. n That upon the conviction of any person
a. onruQrnaon tor the violation of this Act. hnG
AZ noe mogs than i've hundrei dollars. or imprison
MsSna tn the county jail Tor not more than az
m0utha shall be imposed.
\ Approved June 40. sSo9.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-07-29

that had a regular ticket voted for ~ the last
general electiOn on demand of the sAid chairman
Of the executive committees OF said pohtical par
tres.
Sec. ~. AL laws and parts OF laws IN conflict
with this act. whether herein specifically men
toned OF not be and the same are hereby repealed.
Sec ~. This act shall take effect Immediately
upon lis passage and approval by the governor.
Approved June ~. 1909.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-07-29
emAvrEa ss77-ko. Ss).

AN ACT Changing the Name Of the Institute for
the Bind. Deaf and Dumb.
% d Enaese6 BY the Legislature 81 ihs State Of
Flori6ai
Section .. That the Institute for the Blind,
Deal ard Dumb as At present defined by law be
and ~ hereby changed 90 and shall be known a.
the FLORIDA School for the Deaf and the Blind.
Soc. 2. This Act shall go into effect immedi-
srmor.
Approved May 40. 1909.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-07-29
cnApTER So1a-Na. So.

AN ACT Changing the Name Of the Florida Pc
nals CcIieae
% d Enacted By ths Legislature 81 the Staas 81
FsoriAa:
section Q. That the FLORIDA Female College as
&C present defined by law be and is hereby changed
90 and shall be known the Florida State College
for Women
ses. =. This Act shall 20 into effect immediate
~ upon It's passage and approval by the Governor
Approved May a.. 1909.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-07-29
eNApIEA sp2s-Cse. So.

NAL School
Ne Enacted BY the Legislature Oi the State 81
FloTida:
section q. That the Colored Normal School a.
NJ present defined by law be and Is hereby changed
% and shall be known as the Florida Agricultural
and Mechanical College for Negroes.
Sec. \. This Act shall 20 into effect immediate
~ upon its passage and approval by the Governor
Approved May a., 1900.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-07-29

AN ACT Changing the Name Of the University Of
the State Of Florida.
DC n Enacted BY the Legislature 81 thu State Of
Florida;
section .. That the University Of the State OF
Florida as az present defined by law be and Is
hereby changed 20 and shall be known as the Uni
versity OF FLORIDA.
Soc. 2. This Act shall go into effect imme3i-
ately upon its passage and approval by the Gov
emor.
Approved May "a, 1909.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
MISSIONARY SOCIETY
WILL WELCOME VISITORS
Headquarters to Be Opened in
McAlIister Street

The headquarters of the Woman's
foreign missionary society OF califor-
MA. in the office building of the Meth
odist Episcopal church. al the corner
OF city Hall avenue and McAIlister
street. wilIs be opened tomorrow after
menfs.
open house win be kept from until
O'Clock and visitors will be welcome
The rooms will be the gathering place
of missionaries coming from or going
to foreign lands. and il promises to be
one of the busiest annd most interest
ing offices in the building.
The officers of the society are: Mrs.
George B. Smyth of Berkeley. presi-
dent: Mrs. C. C. Lombard of Oakland.
corresponding secretary; Mrs. F. T.
Masters of Berkeley, secretary; Mrs. A !.
]. Hansen of Berkeley. treasurer. Miss
Josephine 8farston has charge of the
literature of the society and will be
at headqnarters two or three days of
every week 10 welcome the chance
caller.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
MANSON SCORES
OPPOSITION TO
HETCH HETCHY
Says Five Big Men Seek to Se-
cure Hydro-EIectric Power
of Country
Standard Oil Group Understood
to Be Persons Referred To
by City Engineer

Speaking on the Hetch Hetchy project
al the weekly meeting OF the Com
monwealth club al the Bismarck cafe
yesterday afternoon. city Engineer
Marsden Manson declared that the
most vicious opponents OF IL were the
five big men who were endsavoring 10
obtain possession Of the hydro-slectric
power OF the country
spring valley said he and the
sentimentalists were not strong enough
in themselves 10 combat the PROPOSE
tion after II had received the sancyioa
il did from the high Official sources.
Behind the opposition was a power
greater than these two-the power OF
the I'VE men who have seized and are
now seizing the hydro-electric power
OF the country. aided by the passage
OF liberal avs They are the men
We win have 20 meet in the future.
VALUE OF PURE WATER
Prior 10 making this statement Man
son reviewed the history OF the fghr
for Hetch Hstchy and drew an en-
thusiastie round OF applause BY COM
plimenting former Secretary OF the In
manner in which ne had conducted ne
gOtiations- Al another time he spoke
OF the health OF the city. pointing out
that other cities in this country and in
Europe had from dire experience
learned the great value OF having 4
pure and sanitary water supply
Such was the interest taken in the
speech BY the members OF the Com
monwealrh club that u was decided 70
take up the subject again ar a full
meeting OF the club. where its plans
could be discussed. particularly in re-
gard 10 meeting the Vaccinations o.
the FIVE men who control the hydro
electric power OF the country. Man
son did not name the men. but II was
generally understood that he referred
10 the Standard oil group
CAN PROCEED UNDER LAW
The city engineer also took occasion
TO dispro<e the statements OF Robert
Underwood Johnson. the New York ed
itor. and Edmund a Whitman. the
Boston lawyer. who had opposed the
Hetch Hetchy grant upon the ground
that congress had no power TO open
the Yosemite park 10 filings.
a law was passed October Is 1880
said Manson which provided that
none OF he natural curiosities were 10
be marred- In 1897. 1885 and 1893. the
United states geological survey. exam
ming into the resources OF the country.
reported upon the adVisability OF util-
izing the various reservoir spaces and
the wealth OF water originating in the
park lines In February, 1901. con-
gress passed a law Designating the
several parks and public lands. 70
semitic national park being specifically
named. and removed the inhibirOry pro-
vision Of the law Of October. 1880.
During the summer and autumn OF
1901 the board OF public works caused
the city engineer 10 make the neces-
sary surveys and examinations b. the
employment Of the members OF the
STAFF OF the secretary OF the interior
In October OF that year the necessary
filings were made
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
SERVICE
IN THE SUBURBS
United Railroads Reports on Va
rious Extensions Company Is
Willing to Construct

The United Railroads in the person
of Charles \. Black, its vice president
and general mana ger, has promised to
undertake the construction of several
extensions of its lines in the city and
suburbs. The promise OF Black came
as a Tesponse~to the requests from the
joint executive committee on street
railroad extensions, consisting OF rep
resentatives of the various commercial
and Improvement organizations OF the
city The first conference between the
members of the committee and tho
railroad officials was held nearly two
months go
The necessity for certain extensions
was strongly pointed out 10 the rail-
road representatives at this first con
ference and Black gave his answer that
the railroad company was willing to
build reasonab bic extensions and
promised to have surveys and plans
made for the work the company was
willing 10 do. The second conference
was held in the rooms of the Merchants
association last Thursday afternoon
and at that meeting Black informed
the committee that his company was
prepared 10 undertake the construction
of the following extensions:
PROPOSED EXTENSIONS
First-In the Hunters point district,
an extension along Seventeenth street
from Railroad avenue TO the water
front.
Bruno line TO connect with the Rail-
road avenue line
Third-An extension in Army street
from Kentucky 70 Kansas along kan
sas to Twenty fourth; thus furnish
ing an additional crosstown connec-
ton for that district
Fourth-An extension in the Univer-
sity Mound district, commencing at
the Mission street line a Holly. TO
Cambridge. TO Wayland, to Amhurst, to
sNooIsey and along Woolsey TO con-
meet with the San Bruno line. This
viii require a viaducf al Crescent ave
nue.. and the company has announced
a Willingness 10 contribute $4,000 TO
the cost of such yiaduct-
Eifth-In the Sunset district an ex-
tension Of the Parnassus avenue line
from Fourth avenue to Ninth and along
Ninth avenue TO III street.
Sixth-In the Sunnyside district an
extension from san Jose avenue along
Sunnyside avenue TO Hamburg street.
FULTON STREET LINE
Black also reported the progress of
the work of extending the Fulton street
line TO the ocean and the building OF
the extension from the Mission street
line through the Crocker tract to con-
meet with the Railroad avenue line at
or near the county line.
In order TO secure these extensions
some grades must be fixed and some
franchises granted. The joint commit
tee has approved the proposed Holly
park extension. the Hunters point ex-
tension. the San Bruno avenue line ex-
tension and the Sun1yside extension.
The Army street extension was tenta-
lively approved. but further confer
ence viii be held in regard to this
matter. The committee is fairly well
satisfied with the results of the con-
ference and is making every effort 10
hasten the construction of the pro-
posed lines
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
RANCH IS BOUGHT FOR
EUCALYPTUS PLANTATION
Alameda Corporation Acquires
Property on TomaIes Bay

PETALUMA. May 2s.-The California
eucalyptus plantation company OF Ala
media has purchased the Dillon ranch
near Tomales from T. J. Steele This
ranch borders on the ocean and also
includes the sand spit which juts into
Tomales bay
One OF the objects OF the purchase
is TO plant gum trees for which the soil
is especially adapted. II is also In
tended 10 sGbdivide and sell the sand
spit TO make il an attractive beach re-
sort.
Z. Winsby and Harry B Lindsay are
president and secretary Of the pGrchas-
ing corporation. and the price paid is
$4,000.