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New-York tribune., 1910-01-18
n RICH MANS PRAYER.
Lord, give me strength and give ME

ANAN3 StNS AAiS SNAOAibbA anu give ME
And make me wiser day by day;
Let me keep adding to my wealth.
And guard from my foes | prav
Lord, let the ones who wish me in
BY kinder feelings be imbued
And let the skies above me still
Be ever soft and rosy hued.
Lord, let my daughter be as pure
AS are the snowfiakes when they fall.
Let all the joys she has endure
And let her bear no ills at all
Lord, let my wife have faith in me-
Faith that viii not be undermined
From all suspicion keep her free
And also just little blind
Lord, cause my son TO hope TO rise.
To wish to gain proud eminence:
Let him succeed in all he tries
And kindly give him common sense
Lord. finally | humbly pray
That he may shun the dizzy whirl
Instead Of waking UP some day
The husband ot a chorus girl
Chicago Record Herald
An elderly couple who could have been
recognized from distance as hsi,inr
from Down South were among the ar
rivals at the Pennsylvania ferry at 22d
street one day last week. Approaching the
horseless Conveyances the man asked what
IL would cost to be taken. trunk and all 10
a hotel on Fifth avenue. The drivers state
ment that the hotel had gone out of exis
tence long ago did not seem TO Impress the
man favorably, and he appealed 10 several
other drivers. Finally. convinced that he
must find another stopping place, he con-
suited with his wife, and then asked 10 he
taken to the nearest station house why
there?" asked the driver We'll. I'm a
stranger in this city and take no chances u.
He received list of reputable hotels from
the lieutenant In charge. and Il was a long
time before he concluded where TO go.
Mrs. A.-Whats the matter with Mrs
barrassment.
Mrs No wonder Her little boy
used all OF her old love letters 10 make
in the neighbor's yard.-Chicago News.
"One of the performers at the Teatro
Lrico, at Milan, had an exciting exneri-
ence ON the occasion Of his first appearance
New-York tribune., 1910-01-18

Chairman Conners is holding on tena
ciousiy and confidently. He does not
believe that he can be displaced by any
rivals in Jeffersonian craftsmanship who
deal in and are dealt with in kind
words
New-York tribune., 1910-01-18

Seeing that 1t was the French who
iirst proclaimed the Goldfish to be sacred,
the threatened strike of the Malouine
fishermen on the Newfoundland Banks
would seem almost to SAVIOR of sacrilege.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-18

Mrs Herbert Shipman will return 10 TONI
to-day from Washington.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-18

Mr.. and Mrs. stephen H. 0Iin viii lssy.
town for Mexico on January q
New-York tribune., 1910-01-18

Mrs Charles F. Hoffman viii give din-
ner on January - at her house, in Fi.ia
avenue.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-18

OF Mr.. and Mrs Frederick T. Van Beursr
will be married 10 Howard Bayne to-day :
the old Van Beuren mansion. in West III
street.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-18

Announcement is made OF the ensass
ment OF Miss Elizabeth Berron. dausais
of Mr. and Mrs Samuel Reading Bertras
TO Snowden Andrews F'ahnestock, sou .
Mr. and Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, of VASE
ington, and grandson OF Harris c. FahHs
stock of this city, No date has been <
for the wedding.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-18

Mrs George J. Gould will give dan
this evening at her house, IN Fifth aver.
for her daughter. Miss Merjorie Goag
Phenix Ingraham viii lead the eosHka.
with Miss Gould for his partner
New-York tribune., 1910-01-18

LispenaTd Stewart will give large In.
ner this evening az Sherry's for his rar.
Miss Evelyn Witherbee. daughter OF u,
and Mrs. Frank Spencer Witherbse.
The National tribune., 1910-06-09
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The National tribune., 1910-06-09
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The National tribune., 1910-06-09

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The National tribune., 1910-06-09
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The National tribune., 1910-06-09
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The National tribune., 1910-06-09

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The National tribune., 1910-06-09

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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-26

and motherof-pear and fish are also OF some com.
mercial Importance. The chief port is Muscat 1t
is situated between two hills and looks out to sea,
as shown in the view Of the Persian gulf accom-.
panyng this article.
The population of Oman is estimated at 1900.
600, and consists Of several tribes of Arab origin
merous.
Muscat was taken by the Portuguese In 1903
and remained In their hands until the middle of
the seventeenth century, when the Arabs of the
interior secured possession of it. The imams or
suitans OF Muscat afterwards made extensive con-
quests IN eastern Africa, including Zanzibar Nom
Das and Qulloa. Oman was at the climax of its
power and commercial prosperity in the first half
OF the nineteenth century, when the authority of
the lmams or sultans extended over the Persian
territories of Larstan and Mogistan the islands of
Bender Abbas part of the coast of Bauchistan. and
the long strip Of African coastland including Fan.
zbar, Mombasa and Quiloa, together with the
Island OF Socotra. The present ruling family orig
mated IN Yemen and was first established in the
1mamate In the person Of Ahmed ibn Said In 1741
Inc rise OF the Wahab power in Nedjed resulted
IN considerable loss of territory. In 1856 on the
death of Sultan Said, his possessions were divided
between his two sons, one receiving the African
territories and the other Muscat with the Persian
possessions. These last were lost in 1875 Sultan
IhuWany, who succeeded in Muscat was assassi.
mated in 1866 by his son Sem who reigned hut a
short time and was driven out by his uncle Sevvid
Feisal ibn Turk. The power Of the imam is eyer.
clsed very little beyond the capital Muscat the
name OF which Is therefore probably better known
in popular usage than that of the whole state,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-26
RECKONING DAY AND HOUR
Workman's Thoughts Not Altogether
Fixed on What Might Be Called
Higher Things.

Mayor William S. jordan, at Dem.
ocratic banquet in Jacksonville, said
of optimism:
Let US cultivate optimism and hope.
fulness. There is nothing like it. The
optimistic man can see a bright side
to eyerything-eyerything.
"a missionary in Stun once laid
his hand on a mans shoulder and
said:
Friend, do you hear the solemn
ticking of that clock? Tick-tack; tick.
tack. And oh, my friend, do you know
what day it ineXorably and relentlessly
brings nearer"
Ives, pay day the other, an hon
est, optimistic workingman. replied"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-26
Excellent Definition.

"Bjornstjerne Bjornson, in his hotel
fronting the Tuileries gardens, re-
ceived a few friends up to the last in
Paris" said the continental agent Of a
typewriter firm.
Il had the honor to be among those
friends and l never wearied of the
great Norseman's wit and wisdom.
The last thing he said to me, IN
cautioning me not to give an import.
ant prOvencal agency to an easy-going
man of the world, was this:
beware the easy-gOing man. An
easy-going man. you know, is one who
makes the path of life very rough and
difficult for somebody else"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-26
He Had No Eye for Color.

There came to the home of Negro
In Tennessee an addition to the FAM
fly in the shape Of triplets, The proud
father hailed the first man who came
along the road and asked him in to
see them. The man, who was an Irish
man, seemed greatly interested in the
infants as he looked them over, lying
In row before him.
what does yo' Think" asked the
parent,
"Waul"-pointing to the one in the
middle-'I think I'd save that one
Everybody's Magazine.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-26

beans and unhappily, by British merchants. Inc
sultan, who is under British protection, derives
large revenue from It, but although negotiations
with him for its prohibition might require diplo
matte handling owing to his treaty Obligations
with at least one other power, it Is the only efec-
tive means of avoiding the outpouring OF bood
and treasure on the Indian forntier.
At present the efforts of the British navy are
handicapped by the fact that the Photographed
conditions of Muscat, as indeed Of the whole lit.
toral of the gulf, do not allow preventive ships
to go very close to the coast 1t Is this fact which
enables the gun-running dhows to escape the vigil
lance Of British cruisers.
Thus the dhows which put out from Muscat
with their cOntraband cargOes adopt the simple
plan of hugging the coast within the shallow-wa-
ter limits. If they are making for Kowet, which
Is the center of the gun trade for Mesopotamia
and western Persia they can proceed all the way
In comparative safety, otherwise they sail just
far enough to be In position to make dash for
Jask or some other port the Makran coast,
where their cargoes are received for conveyance
by caravan cha Baluchistan to Afghanistan and
the northwest frontier Khels.
The two most active firms engaged In this
trade are owned by Baluchi and Frenchman
There are also In Muscat numerous small shops
engaged In the trade, and numbers OF the agents
are "banias' from India. Mysterious cargoes are
also dropped overheard in the dead of night into
swift-saiing dhoWs and got away to obscure
places along the eastern coast. 1t will be impos
sible to check this growing peril to England's
peace In India without a large number of small
draught patrol boats and an efficient coastguard
on the Makran coast.
mo craft" says Mr.. H. Warrington Smyth, in
Mast and Sail in Europe and ASIA, has played
a greater part in the worlds history than the
dhow. The lateen yard is as much the emblem OF
the Faith as is the Crescent. The true baggara
bagaa, or Arab dhow, the probable parent of all
the lateen-rigged offspring, Is now mostly to be
met with In the Red sea and eastward to the Per-
sian gulf, Karachi. Bombay, along the Maiabar
coast. and down the coast Of Africa to Zanzibar,
making its voyages with the fair wind of the mon
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-26

mast is big spar stepped amidships, with great
rake forward"
correspondent from India writes that the
British gunboats in the Persian gulf have been
very active In suppressing the traffic in rifles and
ammunition The arms were being landed on the
Makran coast and thence were carried by cara.
Sans for sale to the tribesmen on the northwest
ern frontier Of India to be used against the Brit.
1sh troops when the next trouble comes The
navy men are reported to have been very sue.
cessful, and made several good hauls of rifles and
ammunition. To reduce still further the gun-rYn-
ners chances of profit, four companies of the
Fourteenth Sfkhs were sent from Quota to inter.
cept caravans in the neighborhood of Robat One
of our illustrations depicts the entraining of some
OF the transport camels at Jacobabad in Sind, en-
route to NHshki, whence the column marched to
Robat.
AS rule, When>camels are entrained they are
loaded on open trucks but on this occasion It was
thought advisable to make use of closed cars
The "oouts" strongly objected to being loaded, but
with rope behind the hooks and steady, per-
suasive strain on the nose rope they were event.
ually hauled or pushed in. Once In the car the
camels were made to kneel down in the sand
which had been spread on The floor their knees
were then tied so that 1t was impossible for them
to straighten out their forelegs.
The cars were each loaded with six camels.
three in each end, facing inward The space in
the middle was utilized for saddles and fodder for
the journey. Two camelmen also travelled in each
car. 1t may be remarked that Brahuis differ from
most people in that they do not notice that the
camel has a particularly offensive odor. The
camels dubbed and protested while being load
ed, but they soon settled down and began to eat
the fodder provided for them. 1t took FIVE hours
to load the first train of 100 cames. Only one
came that had an unusually large hump could
not be pushed through the door, and he was
trussed like chicken and carried bodily in by
about Is men.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-26

sud Waziris and others exhibiting
signs of increasing turbulence, but the
frontier territories from one end to
the other are already full Of modern
arms and ammunition, while more Is
pouring into them every Gay by every
secluded track leading through Balu-
chistan and the Afghan hills.
In addition to this, the present
Ameer, abandoning his fathers policy,
has allowed thousands OF modern RI.
fes manufactured in the arsenal at
Kabul to reach the hands Of his own
tribesmen, and the probable co~opera-
ton of the latter in frontier war
against the Indian Raj may easily in
volve the British government with Al
ghanistan as we'll.
All this, as every Indian officer
knows, is involved in the continuance
of the persistent gun-running which Is
marking the growing war fever on the
Indian northwest frontier through the
Persian gulf. It is not too much to
say that the peace and safety of India
depend upon the suppression of this
trade, and yet, owing chiefly to the
paucity of British naval resources
there, she can do little or nothing.
Muscat. at the entrance of the gulf,
Is the chief center of this nefarious
traffic, which is carried on by Euro
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-26

The Kaiser has been writing poetry
to a party Of German maidens who
called upon him and took him choco-
late. incidentally, 1t is to be hoped
the chocolate was better than the
poetry.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-26
RockefelIer's Hard Shot.

John D. Rockefeller tried a game oil
golf on the links near Augusta. On a
rather difficult shot Mr.. Rockefeller
struck too low with his iron, and as
the dust flew up he asked his caddy:
What have | hit?"
The boy laughed and answered:
"JaW-jah, boss"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-26

The word-coiner has an easy task
All he needs to do In expressing his
views on a public policy Is to select
the name of man he dislikes and at.
tach the syllable ism"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-26

Some of New York's most wealthy
and fashionable women are importing
French aeroplanes and preparing to
learn to aviate. Philadelphia women
have taken the lead at Newport, and
there seems to be nothing for the New
York ladies to do but fly high around
home.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-26

London and New York may soon be
connected with telephone communica-
ton. None of the fictious of fairy
tales can surpass this modern miracle
of q chat over the ocean.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-26

Considering the size of the heads OF
some of the hatpins that the girls are
wearing, they certainly do not come
under the law forbidding the carrying
of concealed weapons.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-26

One of the latest aeroplane acct
dents shows that 1t is bad to be in a
flying machine hit by light2ing, in the
air. But where is being struck by
lightning either comfortable or salu-
brious?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-26

Rudyard Kipling urges that airmen
wear pneumatic armor for protection
in case of accident. That Is simpler
than covering the earth with feather
beds.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-26
Would Cause Much WRITING.

Bacon-I see it is said that all the Russian rail-
way stations keep complaint books, where passen.
gers may enter various protests"
Egbert-If that plan were adopted in this coun.
try, fear writer's cramp would be far more com.
mon than It is now.-Yonkers Statesman
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-26

United States certificates Of merit
to enlisted men are going largely to
the cooks and musicians, Has no one
q word for a soldier?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-26

soon, and quite capable Of holding its
own in the hard weather often to be
met with in the Indian ocean. Not
withstanding local differences Of de-
tail these vessels vary very little as a
class; they are generally grab-built,
having a long overhung forward.
There is great beam and rise of floor
and a very raking transom stern.
There is generally high poop and