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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-02-04

dozen. lou cannot find On ALASKAN
who will find fault with Alafka and SO
every one is satisfied. the mining
camps at Dawson. Fairbanks and
Nome, or the cabins out along the
creeks, miles and miles from what we
call civilization hold only happy
housekeeptlS women WHO know more
about canned goods and what can be
done with tin of beans than any
body on either continent, says the
Housekeeper.
Everything that comes to their
doors is canned, milk, eggs and pota
tc9s, as we'll as the vegetables that
we all use. In the larger camps fresh
vegetables are brought in by steamer
in the summer and until the shons
bloom with a wealth of suCculent
green things. but only the anecdotes
OF these delicacieS reach the creeks -
The gardens at Dawson are famous,
for almost any vegetable will grow II
the housewife will bother to plant it
Although the season isaso short the
sun shines night and day the cabbage
keeps the same hours.
Condensed milk is the arctic house
keepers standby and you would not
believe how much was used unless
you saw the pile of empty tins. Ev-
cry woman has to learn to make muf.
fins and cake all over again until she
knows just the proportions of milk
and water that will produce the light
and feathery result Canned eggs Of,
fer similar course Of study and so
do timed potatoes to the woman who
must serve three palatable meals a
day from canned or dried foods.
1t is wild, free life these arctic
women live They know how to shoot
and can keep the larder repIenished
when the men are busy. They can
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-02-04

HE report that Mr. Perrin OF
H Baltimore has discovered dur
ing excavations under his re-
cent purchase, the Casa del
zzzzzaA Rey Moro at ROnda, what may
II S7R prove to be a valuable con
A--<a4.-A1 tributiOn to the history OF
the Moorish occupation of Spain. in
the shape of treasure, mosaic and
tombs will no doubt direct fresh at.
tention to the town of Ronda itself
Ronda in the days when the MOors
were all-powerful in Andalusia. a
province which was the first and the
last TO own their sovereignty, was
place Of supreme Importance from
the fact Of its situation on an almost
impregnable rock, and though it does
not rank with Granada, which holds
that jewel in SPANS crown, the Al
hambra, it yet preserves sufficient
trace of its former greatness to en-.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-02-04


passage which has been found to lead to the s,b
Hssrranean galleries which report had always 10.
yea as being under the castle, we have not full
Fformation, but it seems reasonable to SIN.
pose so
Ronda Itself is two towns in one. There is
the old Moorish town, whose winding lanes play
strange freaks of ups and downs full of ouaint
sh'aii houses with heavy walnut doors and heay.
lily grated windows, sheltered by the old Arab
towers and walls. perched on spur of the hills
crcied by the Guadelevin, which girdes it as the
lagus does the city of Toledo. There is the new
Town. which is more or less typical Spanish
town of badly paved streets and low white
washed houses, but which is the most interesting
TIC the neighbors of Ronda, since it contains the
Plaza de Toros, where the Andalusian bull pro.
vides brave sport during the annual Feria. one
OF the most interesting fairs in Spain, and which
possesses this striking advantage-that the car
casses of the tired old hacks bestridden by the
Dicadores can be cast over the precpices which
fringe it and left to the scavengng offices of the
yultures, which 1t peases the nhabitant to point
out to the unwary stranger as being the more
kingly eagle
Ii you can conceive great rock cut in twain
by vast chasm having on its north part the
new town and on the south the old, you have
Ronda Between the two halves at depth of
nearly 400 feet boils and swirfs the turbulent
river. which still serves to turn the Moorish
mills, where corn is ground in the same way as
It was done fye-seven-nine hundred years ago
Looking down on them from the new bridge
or Porte Uuevo. which straddles with one single
'pan the narrowest part of the black gulf the
Mills look like toys and the millers like ants
Tie bridge itself is a marvel 230 feet across and
# immense height 1t cost its architect his
ise for, falling from the parapets. he was dashed
0 pieces in the depths below One may pass by
be quantity IL tsresting old church of Santa Ma
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-02-04
WOMEN OF THE ARCTIC

every spring hundreds of brides journey to
AiasEa and fully as many young women go north.
win more or less trepidation to be married so
tnat the number of homes In the neighborhood
OF the arctic circle grows larger each year. The
trepldation only lasts while the brides are "cbee
chalkos, or tenderfeet. After they have watched
the ice go out and are real sour doughs' they
want no sympathy because fate sent them to
country where coal Is $50 a ton and lemons s,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-02-04
DEeENERATED THROUGH TIME.

Though "Snooks" as name is hardly beaut
full. Its origin Is respectable enough Kindly
people picked up a little founding boy at Seven
oaks and started him in life after baptizing him
William Sevenoaks." He became lord mayor
OF London in the reign of Henry ", was knighted
and died in 1882. He left benefactions to his
native place that were doubtless misused, as wa,
his name, which degenerated to Shocks
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-02-04
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-02-04

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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-02-04

For Headache Try Hicks capudine.
whether from Colds, Heat, Stomach or
Nervous troubles, the aches are speedily
relieved by Capudine. It's L.quid-pleas-
ant to take-Efects immediately 10, %
and Soc at Drug Stores.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-02-04

He loves his country best who
strives to make it best-Ingersoll.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-02-04

1t might improve the pound cake to
hit it with an ak.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-02-04

TO act with common sense, accord
ing to the moment is the best wisdom
know.-Horace Walpole.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02

4 REPORT made to congress by a
"A commission appointed to examine
land titles in the District of Columbia
discloses that many lots of land oceu.
pied by modern business houses and
residences in the national capital are
still owned by the government, not
withstanding the present tenants be-
lieve they have a clear title to the
property.
This question of land titles in the
national capital is not a new one. Two
years ago congress created commits
sion to study it. The commission con-
sisted of the attorney general, the sec
rotary of war, Senator Scott of West
Virginia. Representative Bartholdt of
Missouri, and one of the district COM
missioners. The report reveals hor-
rible land tangle, which the courts will
probably never be able to straighten
out. The tangle is the outcome of the
wild speculation in real estate that
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02
Now Planning a Substitute for Beef

have co-operated with individual
ranchmen in caring for the vast herds
of elk in the Jackson's Hole region in
Wyoming. 1t is estimated that there
are 10000 elk in the Yellowstone park
region, constituting the only great
herd left For two or three winters
these elk have been fed, and have now
come to look upon the feeding as a
matter of course, and State Game
Warden Nowlin of Wyoming, who has
led the feeding experiments, says that
the last of the great elk herds is be.
coming rapidly domesticated. Several
ranchmen in the Rocky mountain coun-
try have conducted private elk pre-
serves for years. Outside of the pri-
vate elk preserves there are few herds
left in the west.
In nearly every state in the Union
the killing of deer is forbidden ex-
cepting in the fall and during a lin.
tied period. If deer and elk are to be
raised for the market the venison
farmer must be allowed to kill for the
market, whenever the demand is there.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02

TN the present census the govern
] ment has made great effort to OBJ
tain, through special agents, full and
authentic data concerning the tribal
relations of the Indians, lis decade
hence when the fourteenth census will
be taken, it probably will be found
that those Indians who are now de-
pendent wards of the nation have be-
come full-fedged citizens.
The Indian population Of the United
States decreased in the decade from
1890 to 1900. from 273.607 to 266, 100
In 1880 the care Of the Indians cost
the national government $5,206,109
in 1909 the cost had risen to $15,-
724,162, more than three times as
much. The total attendance of In.
dian children in schools conducted by
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02
Governments Census of Indian Wards

the government or by missionary en-
terprise is 25,777. In these schools
no effort is spared to teach the child
some industry by which he may sup
port himself when he comes of age,
and the Indians are gradually learn
ing to live by the sweat of the brow
upon the product of their own self.
respecting handiwork, rather than up.
on the bounty of the government.
The Apache Indians employed on
the Roosevelt reclamation project un.
der the act of June II, 1902, earned
$4,000 in 1909, and rendered eminent
ly satisfactory service in regions
where, on account Of the heat, a white
man could not have labored. Sheep
herding has given profitable employ.
ment to many hundreds of Navajos
and Pueblos In the past year, and
Pima and Papago Indians, employed
as navvies on the Southern Pacific
railway, earned many thousands of
dollars. The Sioux farmers have done
well, though they are deficient In the
quality of persistent patience that
makes the most successful sort of az.
ricultural laborer.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02

nEER and elk preserves may play an
- important part in reducing the
nigh cost of beef According to gov
eminent experts who have made. an
investigation of the cost and methods
Of raising venison, declare that the
game laws of the various states are
preventing deer and elk farming and
denying the country one Of its chief
sources of cheap and good meat. Deer
and elk can be raised readily in near
ly every state in the Union. They are
easily controlled and cheaply fed.
The increase of elk under domestica-
ton is fully equal to that Of cattle
The state and the government
through it's Yellowstone park officials.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02

Observation-Disclosures on the
w part of amateur diplomats con.
corning the proper form of diplomatic
correspondence nearly precipitated a
war scare In two nations not long
since. 1t was announced that the en-
peror Of Germany had deliberately
affronted the United States govern
ment by employing affectionate terms
In addressing President Madriz of
Nicaragua, whom our government had
refused to recognize.
Great and Good Friend" is the
way the kaiser's letter to Madriz was
commenced. This had sinister sig
nificance to the amateurs. Immedi-
ately the newspapers were filled with
stories that Germany had espoused the
cause of Madriz; that the Monroe
doctrine had been thrown down and
repudiated by the warlike KAISER;
also the emperor had been acting
queerly OF late and undoubtedly was
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02
Bad Land Title Tangle Is Revealed

took place for a good many years after
the capital was laid out.
Private lands were acquired In
Washington, In the early days, by
very simple process. The territory
mot exceeding ten miles square was
ceded to the United States govern
ment by Maryland and Virginia and
placed under the authority of three
commissioners, appointed by the presi-
dent. They or any two of them were
required, under the direction of the
president, to survey and by proper
metes and bounds define and limit
district of territory, and the territory
so defined was established as perma-
nent seat of the government Of the
United States. Power was given the
commissioners to purchase or accept
land on the eastern side of the Poto-
mac, for the use of the United States,
and the commissioners were further
required to provide suitable buildings
for the accommodation of congress.
the president and public officers Of the
government of the United States.
No sooner had the capital city been
laid out than land spectators ap-
peared on the scene, and as result OF
their operations, 1t is asserted, much
land which belonged to the govern
ment illegally passed to individual
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02
M8a = drained soil
.undrdined soil
Eka sell unclaimed when drains w:6et apar5 Bur
drained when they so feef apart

The illustration shown herewith is
from a bulletin Of the Ontario De-
partment of Agriculture and shows
how the water table of the soil de.
ponds on the location of drains. II in
a field that is underdrained three feet
deep a number of holes are dug it
would be observed after heavy rain
that in those nearest the drains no
water would remain. In the hole sit
uated halfway between the drains at
C would hold considerable water for
few days.
In a clay in fairly good condition 1t
will be found that the slope of the
water table is about l foot in rs, in
loan 1 foot in about 33. The illus
tration represents clay soil with
drains A and B 100 feet apart. Wells
are dug 1875 feet apart. At the end
of AZ hours after a heavy rain the
water will stand about as indicated
bv zig-zag lines, in gradient of about
IN 25. and hence will be two feet
deeper in the centre well than at eth
or drain. Hence If the drains are
three feet deep there Will be three
feet of drained soil over A and B, but
only one foot at X. Capillarity and
aoil resistance to water flow play an
imnortant part in holding the water
biobest half way between the drains,
and the gradient 1 in rs represents
their combined strength in clay,
hence after this gradient Is reached
drainage becomes very, very slow. and
the water table stands in this irregu-
lar shape until lowered by evaporation
from the soil and plants. But during
4ha months of April, May and some
times June, when the rains supply at
40 surface all the water needed for
evanoration, none is drawn from be-
low for this purpose, hence during the
aor,v months of growth the water
stards as indicated by the dotted line
sXR consequently root development
Is hampered at x. as l foot OF soil is
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02

to-daya we'll woman" Mrs. WILLIAM
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Every such suffering woman owes it to
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If you would like special advice
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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02
H 1l(N'i| 4 A fzll Rzz8f
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Bungling Diplomats Cause Trouble

bent on making all the trouble he
could for the United States. After a
little inquiry the war scare faded
away.
In all probability" said state de-
partment official. 1.-The emperor never
knew that the note in question was
sent. 1t was a regular routine matter
in the German foreign Office and fol-
lowed the stereotyped form.
Nations are excessively polite to
one another in their interchange OF
communications. Every letter that
goes out from the state department to
a foreign government has this cere-
monial finish:
Accept, excellency, the renewed as
surance of my highest consideration
The cermonail letters of all coun.
tries begin In about the same way.
For instance, all of England's com
munications begin:
George ", by the Grace of God, OF
the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, king. defender of the
faith, emperor of India. etc."
Nicholas, by the Grace Of God, en-
peror autocrat of all the Russias, car
of Casan, car of Astracan, ETC., lord
of Plescott and grand duke OF Smo.
lenski. ETC."
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02
Another Tradition Exploded.

Two Englishmen were resting at the
One of them discovered a print pic
turing low tumbling building under
meath which was printed: THE House
in Which Shakespeare Was Born"
Turning to his friend in mild surprise
he pointed to the print. His friend ex-
hibited equal surprise, and called
waiter, who assured them of the ac-
curacy of the inscription.
Pom my word" said the observ-
ing Englishman, shaking his head du-
biously, Il thought he was born in
er!"-Success Magazine.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02
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Wing, Folded Over Tor Hogs. Sheep. Etc.

manned practically at a standstill. Per-
haps the fact that the automobile has
made such wonderful progress has
served to overshadow the humble beast
of burden and his reliable wagon. Old
Dobbin may be second rater now,
but he will continue for some time to
fill his particular sphere of endeavor
with a faithfulness which the mo-
tor car cannot always be relied upon
to give.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02

comfortable seats along the sides for
picnicking, etc.
The remarkable versatility of the
new wagon bed Is secured by hinged
malleable iron pieces attached to the
sides. These support two folding sec
tons on each side. The strain which
Is put upon these pieces when heavy
loads are placed on the wagon makes
1t imperative that they should be of
strong, dependable material.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02
Value Of Birds.

A French naturalist asserts that II
the world were to become birdless, in
nine years time man could no longer
lnhabit 1t. This seems very sweep
ing statement at first glance, but
when we come to reflect upon the
matter we find that 1t Is doubtless a
true one. Insects and slugs would
multiply 80 fast, Notwithstanding all
the sprays and poisons that could be
manufactured to annihilate them, that
they would destroy the orchards. for.
ests and crops. The land would be.
come one vast desert.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02
Farm Problems.

The main problem of agriculture is
to show how farm may be made to
pay reasonable return on the invest
ment and on the labor performed. In
a general way 1t is well known that a
farm can be made to pay, and pay
well, but throughout the length and
breadth Of the country there is a woe.
full lack Of knowledge Of the existing
cost and value Of production such as
would throw the average business
man into despair.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02
WAGON BED CONVERTED
INTO DIFFERENT USES
Has Often Hardship 70 BE Uboe,,
10 BUY or Build Number OF Vehicles
Required Farm

convertible wagon bed which can
pe changed into 10 different kinds of
oouies for different uses around a
iarm' without adding to 1t or taking
l,olh II single piece, has been de-
slgned and is undoubtedly the most
radical Improvement made in farm
wagons for decade. says Popular Me-
chanics.
IN few minutes It can be trans
.ormed from hay rack into a wagon
LOT carrying live stock, and with equal
quicKness 1T can be converted into a
Venlcle for carrying large number of
passengers who can be provided with
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02

The agriculturist has often found It
a hardship to be obliged to buy or build
a number of wagons for the multifari-
GUS requirements incident to the OPP
Grafton of farm. The wagon that
could serve to carry boxes or Grated
would not be of any use when haying
time'came around When 1t was neces-
sary to carry calves or live stock, still
another wagon must be called into
service
While reapers, threshers, and other
farm implements have been continually
improved, the farm wagon has re-
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02
Good Exercise.

There is no harm in pigs roofing If
they are in field where roofing will
do no harm. Pigs can secure much
feed by roofing and the exercise will,
do them good. Where troublesome
roots infest the soil they will often
eradicate them If allowed to do 80.
The fattening hog should not be al.
lowed to root, as the exercise con.
sumes too much feed and energy.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02

not enough. There are two ways to
remedy the defect, either to dig A
and deeper or else put drain at C
half way between.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02
Quotation Marks.

Senator Beveridge, in an after
dinner speech in Cleveland, said of a
corrupt politician:
"The mans excuse is as absurd as
the excuse that certain minister Of
fered on being convicted of plagiar-
ism.
Brethren said this minister, 1t
is true that I occasionally borrow for
my sermons, but l always acknowl-
edge the fact in the pulpit by raising
two fingers at the beginning and two
at the end of the borrowed matter,
thus indicating that 1t is quoted"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02

A business mans leisure is simply
the time he doesn't know what to do
with.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02

tors said I could not
get well unless I
had an operation.
1 knew I could not
stand the strain Of
one, 80 I wrote to
you sometime ago
about my h ealth
and you told me
what 10 do. After
t "a XII n g Lydia 81.
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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-09-02

Man will have what he desires, and
will find what is really best for him,
exactly as he honestly seeks it.
Froude.
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Chicago, Ilf.-"I was troubled with
falling and Inflammation. and the doc I
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forums and on the stump. Here are
the names of some of the books:
Famous orators of the World AMI
Their Orations," 'Dunbar's Complete
Works, This Country of Ours"
Farming by Inches" "Hiawatha," rs
ture, by 100 colOred young men;
young Peoples History of the World"
Masterpieces of English Oratory," and
anything else not listed, call on or write
E. l.. ROGERS, Agent,
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AT the East End Shoe Store, 1907 E..
Capltol avenue, can be found the COL
ored papers, magazines and tracts. Stop
over there while ordering shoes and
call for something to read.
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1T is no benefit to have given me
something, but it is benefit to have
enabled me to obtain something for
myself" -Emerson.