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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-29

and the congressman In nearly every case lead
the way to the presence Of the president
The wonder is if the country knSws how much
hard work goes on in the White House, not only
In the presidents Office, but in all the adjoining
Offices. II anyone enves the private secretary
his position perhaps he would throw envy to the
winds after watching Charles Dyer Norton go
through one days labor The assistant secretary
works just as hard as does the chief secretary
and In the Office communicating with the room Of
these two Woodworking men is room filled with
stenographers and clerks hard at work
There is one White House clerk who has
most painstaking job. Invitations to the semi.
public White House receptions of course are en-
graved, but as the name Of each person invited
must appear on the engraved ticket of admission
which accompanies the invitation, one line Of
the ticket must be left blank because the engra-
wing Of 1000 individual names, one to 60 on each
card would be an endless task and tremendous
expense. 1t Is the duty Of one Of the clerks to
I'll in the names and to do 1t so that the writing
shall look as though 1t were engraved This he
does in way that deceives the ordinary eye.
sight A card of admission to one Of the White
House receptions looks as II It were all the work
of the engraver so fine Is the handcraft of the
man who fills in the vacant line with the tracing
Of his ordinary pen.
About year and a half ago the clerk who did
this engraving died and 1t became necessary to
find some one to take his place 1t was supposed
that this would be hopeless task or that at the
best the services of man must be obtained who
after long practise might be able to accomplish
what his predecessor so successfully had done,
To the surprise Of everybody the first cards OF
invitation that went out were just as deceptive as
far as engraving and handwriting were concerned
as were those that had gone from the desk of the
man who for years had labored at the task and
had arrived at a perfection which 1t was supposed
no one without months of practise could reach.
One of President Taft's daily tasks Is to sign
the commissions of officers of the army and navy,
and of men appointed to various positions In civil
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-29

given me, and [ am recommending il
to all my friends. Mrs. ". S. FoRp
22O7 w. Franklin St., Baltimore, Nd
The most successful remedy in THU
country for the cure Of all forms Of
female complaints is Lydia Z, Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound, 1t has
stood the test Of years and to-day ID
more widely and successfully used than
any other female remedy. 1t has cured
thousands of women who have been
troubled with displacements, infam.
nation, liberation, Iibroid tumors il.
regularities, periodic pains, backachs,
that bearing-down feeling, tlatulency'
indigestion, and nervous proStration,
after all other means had failed.
If you are suffering from anyof :. these
ailments, don't give up hope until you
have given Lydia E. Pinkham'S Vegs
table Compound trial.
| If you would like special advic.
write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn
Mass, for it. She has guided
thousands to health, free Of
charge.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-29

ested In matters not connected with politics or
legislation that Of his own volition he fingers
long frequently with individual visitors and SO
while the method of reception hastens things in
a measure 1t cannot Offset the delay that comes
from the presidents apparent desire to have
every guest put into good hum0r and to leave
him with a smile In his heart"
At the outset Of the Taft administration Wis.
itors saw him one at a time and the one who
was talking to him did not feel the spur of haste
which Is now felt by the presence In the room
of half dozen or dozen other visitors, all
eagerly waiting their turn and occasionally shift
ing uneasy In their seats because Of the time
that the one who has the presidents ear is ia
king up.
President Roosevelt. Just as President Taft
was humanity interested in a great many things
which did not affect public matter. For instance,
If well-known sportsman called Mr.. Roosevelt
would perhaps talk to him for half an hour about
big game shooting or the best way to reach the
haunts of some wild creature which the colonel
never had had the pleasure of meeting at the
end Of the gun. One Of President Taft's hobbies
is baseball. and every league team that visits
Washington calls at the White House, where Its
members talk of curves, inshoots, drop balls and
the best way to place hits, to the man who weary
of railroad legislation and tariff talk, is willing
In spirit to get on the diamond for few minutes.
President Tafts good nature Is proverbial.
During the late spring and early summer in
Washington school children literally by the thou
sands poured into the capital 1t seems that In
some cities the children of the high schools give
entertainments during the winter and charge
admission thereto. The money that is thus OBJ
tanned Is used to pay the expenses Of the pupils
to Washington. In cases where the childrens
parents are able to bear the expenses of the trip
the money Is used to pay the expenses of boys
and girls who otherwise could not undertake the
Journey.
One day at the White House there appeared a
delegation of $50 school children. The president
had number Of appointments with senators and
representatives and with prominent men from a
distance. Notwithstanding this he told his secre-
tary that the door should be thrown open and
that the school children should be admitted. He
not only made them speech but he shook hands
with each one and had a word beyond the per-
functory "Glad to see you" to say to each pupil
as he or she went by.
The story of the welcome which the $50 chill
dents mornings were busy with the work of well
coming the pupils of schools from all the eastern
states The children always are accompanied
by several teachers, who chaperon them and
make preparations for their sightseeing. AS
soon as they reach Washington the representa-
tive In congress from the district or districts in
which the schools are situated are called upon.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-29
Comnarino Notes,

Mrs. Newly-My little Robbie Is re-
markedly strong; he is only four
years old, but he can raise his hign
chair with one hand!
Mr.. SpoodIer-Oh, that's nothing; IN
the apartment house where try to 90
my sleeping there's a baby that's only
four months old, and that child can
raise the roof with no hand at all.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-29
Cotton the Greatest Export,

Washington.-Cotton, copper, illu,
minating oil, wheat are articles in the
order named that form the most i'm.
portant articles exported from the
United States during the fiscal year
just closed. The value of the cotton ey.
ported was $45O,OOO,OOO; copper, $S3,
100000; Illuminating oil, $62,5OO,OOO
and wheat, S47,000,000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-29
Advice.

Father" queried Bob, just home
from college, you've worked for me
pretty hard nearly all my life, haven't
you?"
quite right, quite right, SON.
unused father restrospectively.
Just So" returned Bob, briskly'
Nov, you had better get busy and
work for yourself a bitch, dadT-
Life.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-29

TITLE BY LITTLE President Taft
has come into direct line with
one Of the Roosevelt policies, and
be will follow 1t In the future as
he has been following it for some
weeks. 1t will be the rule at the
summer capital at Beverly, Mass
as it is today the fixed rule OF
procedure in the White House.
The Roosevelt policy which
President Taft finally has adopt
ed as his own Is the method OF
receiving visitors which was IN
force during the coloneps tenure
of Office. 1t is possible that Pres
ident Taft never will be able to
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-29
Mexican Inspection Of Passenue

Laredo, Tex.-Without giving out
any notice, the Mexican government
established strict inspection of all
passengers entering or leaving Mex.
leo through the SUPPORT of Laredo, for
what purpose is not known.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-29
First Bale Premium St07 so

Yoakum, Tex.-A premium amount,
Ing to $107.5O was collected and pre-
sented to Mr.. John Stern, who brought
the first bale of this years cotton crop
to Yoakum Saturday.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-29
As He Remembered II.

Johnny, what did the minister
preach about today?"
1T was about something that stings
like an adder and bites like a multi
plier,"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-29


adopt the Roosevelt policy Of getting rid OF MS
visitors. because the two men are constltuuohahy
different In at least one respect 1t must be sald'
however. that the Roosevelt plan OF receiving
guests has done good deal to save the tempers
Of White House visitors and the time OF Mr..
Taft
AS everybody knows, an addition was maue
20 the White House offices some time ago. IN
the Roosevelt days callers went into the caDlne1
room and from there either were ushered INTO
the adjoining room, where the president SAT,
or waited while Mr.. Roosevelt came out and
made circuit of the cabinet room, speaking to
one caller after another and getting through with
his work quickly and yet without giving ofense
Now President Taft has a circular room all
to himself and while the visitors are allowed the
two big rooms outside, 1t Is from these rooms
they find there way to the presidents presence
being let In eight or ten at time, and not one
at a time as was the case when Mr.. Taft first
took Office.
The president has adopted the Roosevelt
method of passing from visitor to visitor learn
ing the wants Of each and trying as best ne can
to suit each caller and to get rid Of him as quick
ly as courtesy will permit President Taft, how
ever. Is so good natured and Is so humanity inter
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-29

from irregular.
ties, terrible drag.
gtng sensations
extreme nerVous
ness, and that ali
gone feeling in nv
stomach. | had
given up hope Of
ever being well
when | began to
take Lydia E.Pink.
hams Vegetable
Compound. Then
[ felt as though
new life had hassn
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-29
School Tax Levied.

Mason, Textile school board has
levied tax Of 25c on the 500 of tax
able property within the school cor.
poration.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-29
AFTER
FOURYE'ARS
OF MISERY
Cured by Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound

Baltimore, Nd. -" For four yesn
my life was misery to me-. Isufered
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-04-21
LAID TO REST

The funeral of Mrs. Maria Ames.
bury, whose death occurred Friday,
took place from the family residence,
Bloom street, yesterday afternoon and
was largely attended.
The services were conducted by the
Rev. Charles Cameron Snavely and the
Rev. George S. Womer. The pal
bearers were six grandsons of the de-
ceased: Clyde Dyer, Arthur and Rich.
ard Amesbury, Harry and Frank Crom.
well and Wilbur Amesbury.
The flowers were very beautiful.
The following persons from out Of
town attended the funeral: Mr.. and
Mrs. William Amesbury, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Amesbury, Mr.. and Mrs. Rich.
ard Amesbury, Mrs. Charles Tilson, OF
Wilkes Barre; Mr.. and Mrs. Frant
Cromwell, Mr.. and Mrs. William Con.
nor, Wilbur Amesbury, of Philadel.
phia; Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Neyhart,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Neyhart, Elvin Ney.
hart, of Willamsport; Mrs. NJ. G..
Quick, Mrs. Clark Brown and Mrs.
Shuman of Bloomsbury.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-04-21
A MEMop'''
TO PR|ESTLEy

The movement started some time ago
TO secure the little old Unitarian
church at Northumberland as a mem
orlal to DR.. Joseph PriestIey, the dis
coVerer of oxygen, whose body rests
IN the cemetery and who himself helr-
ed build the church, has taken the form
of actually.
During the past few days the work
of strengthening and preserving the
old structure has developed. Aside
from being kept as memorial of the
towns famous citizen, it will also be
utilized as a public library. \ bronze
tablet, erected by the door, will tell
the story of DR.. Priestley's coming to
Northumberland and something of his
life previous to that time.
: The dwelling built here by DR..
Priestley and in which he had his lab
oratory has long since passed into
hands from which ownership cannot
be obtained.
The Unitarian church, the right tC
which has been vested in the Priestle,
Memorial association, is of brick, one
of the first brick buildings in the Sus
quehanna valley.
DIR. Priestley was born near Leeds
England, March 13, 1888. He came tc
this country in 1874. and for a tim,
lived in Philadelphia. He was Offered
the profesosrship in chemistry at the
University of Pennsylvania, but elect.
ed rather to seek a refuge from tn,
political persecution that had follow
ed him from England in the quietud,
among the hills of interior Pennsyl
vania. He died in February, 1904.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-04-21
SIGNING A TEAM.

Manager Hoffman, of the Danville
Susquehanna league team, says that
signing up bunch of players is a job
that requires the leading of a pretty
strenuous life during the several weeks
prior to the opening of the season.
Enough men could be signed to fill
up dozen teams, and the trick of the
managers job is to pick out the good
ones, not necessarily from those who
apply, but from those he goes after.
Few people realize the work that has
been done on the team and the work
that still remains TO be done before the
boys will trot out on the diamond on
May 18th. Manager Hoffman for IA
month has been making several trips a
week to towns far and near looking up
likely players. In addition he has a
mail budget that would do credit to IA
small sized mail order house.
Every mail brings in offers that
range anywhere from the broken down
big leaguers to IA IL year old boy. One
letter that Manager Hoffman is pre-
serving is from a pitcher, who claims
that if he is given chance on the
Danville team he will "stand the Sus-
quehanna leaguers ON their heads. "
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-04-21
BASEBALL OUTLOOK
FOR 1910 PICTURED
: IN N. A. SUPPLEMENT

Unique among all newspaper enter.
prise relating to baseball, The North
| American fifth annual baseball sun.
plement will appear on Sunday, MAY
| 10.
This years remarkable issue will
surpass even the high mark set by its
predecessors.
The front and back pages will be in
three colors, the front page illustration
being an effective grouping of the
players of the Phillies and Athletics
III manner that shows the length of
time each man has served with the
Philadelphia clubs.
Every player in the Tristate League
S photographed and every one of the
many league teams in the state comes
in for consideration, the lineup being
given, together with the outlook.
photographs and other matters of in.
terest
The batting and fielding averages of
American, National and Tristate
Leagues constitute valuable refer
ence feature.
Hundreds of Independent and amateur
teams throughout the state figure in
this advance announcement of the
activities of the coming season, this
department carrying the same profuse
Illustrations as the remainder of the
edition. Schools and colleges will find
themselves literally represented.
James G. Isaminger, baseball hum.
orist, who covers the big league games
for The North American, has signed
article, illustrated by Hoban. George
NJ. Graham, sporting editor of The
North American, well known through.
out the state for the attention he has
given its baseball, looks out for this
speciality, and Ross f. Kaufman con-
tributes the school and college page.
Previous editions of The North Am.
erican's baseball supplement were al
ways quickly exhausted. To be on the
safe side, get your order in with your
newsdealer now.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-04-21
BERWICK MAN
WAS KILLED

Harvey Shell, of Berwick, was killed
in the Pennsy yards at Nescopeck Sat-
urday evening by the West bound pass
enger train due to arrive at South Dan
vile at S:17 p. M.
Nothing was known of the accident
until the train arrived at Sunbury,
when the mans hat was found on the
pilot, which was also stained with
blood.
South Danville was informed of what
had occurred and searching party
was sent out but nothing was discov-
cred to indicate that an accident of
the sort had occurred in this vicinity.
A searching party sent ont from
Nescopeck found the body in the yards
just above the station. The wheels of
the locomotive had run over the man s
forehead severing the top of the head.
Both arms were broken. The body was
viewed by hundreds of people Sun
day but it was not until Sunday night
that his identity was discovered. He
had been given to wandering since a
recent attack of typhoid fever
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-04-21
DIFFERENT
KINDS Of EGGS

The fact that George B. Markle, the
millionaire coal operator who is about
to open mammoth chicken farm at
Espy, having studied the tastes of New
York and Philadelphia egg eaters and
users, proposes now to send five differ
ent varieties of eggs to the consumers,
will arouse interest among the farm
ers, who have been taught to believe
that, as far as eating is concerned, one
kind of an egg is as good as another,
so long as it is fresh.
A perfectly white egg of uniform
size is to be sent to New York and
Philadelphia, where it is popular in
the restaurants and club houses, the
restaurants and hotel keepers believ-
ing that when they are served in the
shell it looks better to have eggs of
the same color and size than an as
sortment of sizes and colors.
\ dull white egg is to be sent to the
dealers in New York and Philadel-
phia They also demand white egg,
but the dealers are not as particular as
the hotel and restaurant men, and a
dull white egg suits them well enough.
a third grade of egg, of mixed or
notified color, some partly white and
others partly brown, will go to the
general commercial trade in both
cities An egg with very white yolk,
laid by special breed of chickens, is
in great demand in both cities by the
makers of ice cream.
Another egg, with an unusually yell
low yolk is desired by the bakers of
both cities and is in much demand, as
il aids in giving the cakes the yellow,
eggy color which makes them look
like homemade cakes.
Why Boston should like a very
brown egg best is not known, but it
does; and from the Markle farm all of
the deep, rich brown colored eggs will
be picked out for the Boston market.
Perhaps Boston likes them because
they match in shade the Boston bean.
But whatever it is, the brown eggs are
the ones that Boston housewives ask
for when they buy.
The grounds at the farm are now be-
ing drained, the roads macadamized,
and the completion of the various
buildings is in sight.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-04-21
A FROST

There seems to be very grave fealE
that the crop of early cherries may be
failure. Mercury yesterday morning
dropped down to 30 degrees and there
was "a frost, which at some places in
the vicinity of Danville was quite
heavy.
a number of farmers were inter
viewed yesterday and there seemed to
be "a diversity of opinion as to what
damage had resulted from the frost.
The early cherries seem to be the prin-
cipal variety of fruit that have ad-
vanced far enough to sustain injury.
Not few persons seem fully of the
opinion that the blossoms are killed
Others think that the crop is only
slightly damaged and assign as rea-
son the fact that the sun did not shine
brightly, if at all, after the frost, dur
ing the morning hours.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-04-21
ANNOUNCES FOR
GOVERNORSH|P
PITTSBURG. April II.


Following conference here yester-
day with his political friends and ad
visers in this section of the State,
Lieutenant Governor Robert S. Muir
ply, of Johnstown, last night announc-
ed himself as candidate s.for the Re-
publican nomination for governor. be-
ing the first to formally enter the race
In making his announcement Mr..
Murphy issues statement in which
he in general way, places himself in
line with the policies of the Stuart
administration, and indicates his de-
termination to run upon the record of
the chief under whose banner he was
elected to the second place on the Re-
publican ticket four years ago.
Lieutenant Governor Murphy is
widely known throughout the State.
He is son of Francis Murphy, the
famous temperance advocate, and a
brother of T. Edwin Murphy, of Over.
brook, Philadelphia. Both the lieuten.
ant governor and his brother, in their
earlier years in public life, aided their
father i'll his various campaigns
throughout the country.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-04-21
BASE BALL
DANvILLE HIS. LOST TO sHAMoKIN

The Danville high school lost the
first game of the season here ON Satur-
Iay afternoon to the strong Shamokin
high school by a score of II to /. A
large crowd witnessed the game.
The ripper experience and general all
around superiority of Shamokin was
responsible for the one sided score.
Dan Farley pitched good game for
Danville, but his support was not at
all what it should have been. He had
IL strike outs and registered two out
of Danville's three hits, besides COW
ering nine assists.
1t is altogether likely, too, that a
little case of stage fright had some-
thing to DO with Saturdays reverses,
but the ice broken it is believed by
those who have been watching the
work of the local high school boys that
they will be in good shape to give
Milton hard tussle next Saturday
when they meet them on the home
grounds.
The score.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-04-21
MAX|MS FOR
HOUSEHOLDERS

The time for the annual Spring clean
up of ones home surroundings is at
hand. In some places one of the weeks
of the present month has been fixed on
as the time when the whole city or
town will be gone over and all rub
bish and garbage disposed of in a way
that will make for generally healthful
conditions. Danville should have its
cleanup, too, for there is much ac-
cumulation that will cause unhealth-
full conditions if allowed to remain
In every yard there is certain ac-
emulation of discarded things that
make for unpleasantness of surround
ings and for unhealthful conditions.
1t is we'll that these should be gotten
rid of at once, and where the city reg
ulations do not provide for their re-
moval it becomes necessary that the
householder and home-owner arrange
for it's disposal through other means.
In Philadelphia they are going to
have "clean-up' week the last of
the month, and Director Neff, of the
Department of Health, has expressed
himself ON the matter in way that
will fit any other city or town in the
State. Here are some of his thoughts
they are called
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-04-21
ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT

Captain f. NJ. Harrington of Com.
pany +, ,12th regiment, N. G.. p, Tues
day received a communication from
headquarters imparting the informa-
tion that the Third Brigade of the Ma
tional Guard of Pennsylvania will
participate in the combined maneuver
of the regular army and the National
Guard at Gettysburg from the l1th to
the 10Th of July, 1910.
1t is required that no enlisted men
shall participate in the camp who have
not been in the service three months
prior to going into camp. That is, no
pay will be allowed by the war de-
partment to men with less than three
months enlistment. Captain Herring
ton is advised of this fact that he may
hold to the men he has in the ranks
and make no new enlistments between
the present and the date of the encamr
ment. Enlistments, however, may be
made of eX Xsoldiers, who have served
in the command whose term of service
will equalize the enlistment between
now and the time of camp.