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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17

Twelve women jurors in San Fran
cisco agreed so promptly that they
pronounced for a divorce without
awaiting the judges charge, but the
lady, jurors will learn in time to
wrangie over verdicts just like men.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17

More than half the members of the
senior class at Wellesley college are
reported to be engaged to be married.
The comments of the girls at Smith
and Vassar ought to be interesting.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17
No Indictments Returned.

Napoleonville.-The cases of Charles
w. Triche, charged with manslaughter,
and Leonard Montet, charged with
murder, have been ignored by the
grand jury.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17
New Postoffice BuiIdino.

Grand Cape.-Mfs. M. E.. Thomas,
'postmistress, has purchased a lot In
the business section and awarded the
contract for concrete postoffice
building.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17

The thugs who beat a policeman,
took his revolver away from him ana
left him lying unconscious in the street
should be chidden for violating the
golden rule.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17

Talk about yoVr western corn har'
vests. Capt. Drake Of Marlborough
county, South Carolina, holds the
worlds record of 254 and a fraction
bushels of the grain to the acre.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17

Russia proposes to build $75,ooo,'
feet of battleships for the Black
A. They will be perfectly safe there
Il he Russian sailors can keep them
etOat.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17

- A man. in Missouri has just died
who in married life of SO years never
quarreled with his wife nor told her a
lie The great majority of husbands
will refuse to believe in such super
human virtue, particularly as to the
last detail
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17

In New York they are going to
demonstrate how a child can be
clothed adequately for ST year. Even
the owner of a fashionable fiat build
ing should admit that good child is
worth as much as that.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17

Africa led all the rest OF the world
in gold production last year The Al
rican output was $175,OOO,OOO, or near
" double that of the United States.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17

vienna's birth rate has fallen enor'
mously. Evidently the stork does not
love the apartment houses in when SO
many Vienna families live.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17
In Boston.

Mrs. Beans-How rapidly Emerson
grows!
Mrs. Cod-Yes; he will be in SNORT
specs very soon.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17

Il is no crime to steal umbrellas Oh
rainy days in New Jersey. And no"
will not those who are addicted TO the
habit please go there?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17

A navy officer has invented pistol
for shooting flies. 1t ought to make
popular a new summer sport, 'for tne
rame will never be lacking,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17

The Cleveland man who SUED lot
slime lost in answering mistaken tele'
phone calls" must have further time 10
lose.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17

New York has a musical comedy
which is said to be not comic. Inere
are others, some of which are not mu'
steal, either.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17

Garfield Tea purifes the blood and eraoi'
Gates rheumatism. 1t is made OF Heros'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17

How long will the aviators stick TO
their agreement not to indulge III
reckless flying?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17

America has rs licensed aviators' ana
the 26 have formed trust IN oroer W
prolong their own lives.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17

In the matter of safety we do not see
that the submarines have much ao'
vantage over the flying machines
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17

Ever hear of a pearl being found ID
a church fair oyster?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17

More ink than blood was shed over
the now famous battle of London, IN
which two men stood off 200.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-17
the RICE BELT JOURNAL
WELSH PIG. CO., LTD, Pubs.
WELSH. LOUISIANA

With jimswinger coats vests are cut
low to show shirt studs.
Tensas gazette., 1911-11-10
TO TEST EARS OF CHILDREN

tion. Defective teeth and nasal breath.
Ing will be noted.
II indications Of present or recsn,
contagious disease are found. note will
oe made OF the fact and the exclusion
OF the child and its brothers ana s,s-
ters at once ordered Under NO cir.
cumstances will the medical inspector
ADVISE as to the selection of q pbvst
can or communicate with the family
OF pupil personally with regard -
me results Of the examination. ali rs.
ports TO the family being made direct.
" from the department
upon receiving the reports n, N.
.en,lai , bureau in Harrisburg the chief
medical inspector and his assistants
them very carefully and
letters win be written to the parents
" cniioren In whom physical defects
nave been found. calling attention to
.nese defects and suggesting that the
cnilo De taken to the family phys,
can Tor more detailed examination
and treatment
Tensas gazette., 1911-11-10
means that they forfeit their lease and
therefore he has obtained possession
OF all the property by paying the
taxes
"wAN9ERLusT LATE IN LIFE
Man Welded Forty-seven Years De-
veIops Rowing Disposition and
Seeks Divorce From Wife.

Kansas City. Mo.-A rowing disposi.
ton which did not develop until Al
years alter be was married. but which
then caused David c. Rinehart to
make three long. proftless journeys
from home. the last with the an.
nouncement that be never would re-
turn. was the reason given the other
day by Mrs Ida Rinehart for bring.
ing divorce proceedings In the wyan.
dotte county district court
The Rineharts were married Christ.
mas day. 1863. They own several
houses in Kansas City. Kan. besides
the one in which they lived. 1886
North Fifth street Mrs Rinehart
alleges that the -wanderlust" first
seized her husband In April, 1910,
when he went to Canada without say
ing gocd-by or telling where he was
going Three times. she says be re-
turned and said he would settle
down" again. but eacn time he broke
the resolution Last Fourth OF July.
she states. he called her on the tele-
phone to 60 to the Union station
There. she declared. he bade her good
by and said he was going into the far
northwest and never would return
She has not heard from him since
He is a carpenter and seldom had
been from home until a year ago.
Tensas gazette., 1911-11-10
Weird WordIets.

There are many people whom we ex.
pect to say had WENT" in fact. we
should be disappointed II they didn't,
but even the fairly well educated man.
age to make some pretty wierd com
binations of words, especially when
they get to using propositions. To
wit: Mr.. Just Rich came down to
breakfast the other morning, viewed
the prospect. DER. liked 1t not. then
said blandly to the maid: Put me on
an egg to boil" Now. II he were
really dead anxious to boil, why In
the name of all that's good woulc he
select an egg OF which to do It?
Think of the poise required. The
same result would have been achieved
in much safer and saner way on the
bleachers.
His next remark was: Bring me in
the milk pitcher" II he had to be
carried. why select a conveyance In
which he would be so cramped? Still
little later he announced: We're
going to have some friends for din
ner." Hard on the friendsl Canni-
balism is evidently not yet extinct.
Having dispatched the above-men-
toned egg and waxed talkative, he
said: Say. Maryl had four goldfish
in that aquarium, and now one Of
them's died on me-" Poor little thingl
Dying far from home! One wonders
II the place of sepulture were in his
vest pocket
Tensas gazette., 1911-11-10

Prior to the last Is years. BY the
time people had attained their first
quarter Of q century. they considered
themselves pretty much formed as to
physical and mental characteristics
II they we're ambitious and energetic
they perhaps carried on some kind
Of exercise for their physical weil-De-
ting. and guarded against mental de
terioration as they advanced In years
by occasionally taking up new studies
or reviewing old ones: as a dear old
lady Of my acquaintance at the age OF
eighty-nine began to review her al
zebra to keep her mind active.
Now everything Is changed We
cannot settle down comfortably In the
,thought OF anything in the regular
routine of life which we may not be
called upon to alter at a moments
notice. Most of US have found that
few of our established habits are
right and that unless we are willing
TO be left hopelessly behind our $3.50
ciates we must learn over again ali
that we acquired In infancy. and that
has since beeome a matter OF auto
matte action.-The Atlantic.
Tensas gazette., 1911-11-10
SPELL HOLDING WIFE

| had never drunk any. but he told
me the rice wine was harmless.
drank two tiny cups. could scarcely
see the table. the wine went to my
head so. Then he said. I love you. |
VIII never let you go away now. You
marry me. We go to China. be mis-
sionaries together
We went TO the home Of Rev.
George Dowkart at 80 Madison ave
nue.. and he married US Then we went
right home. ! to my home and Charlie
to his. Next day. when I realized
what ! had done. it seemed TO me that
would die with shame That has
been my hell ever since-to be
ashamed. to be cut on from my people.
to have everybody think am an out
cast. something unspeakable. the wife
OF Chinaman-
Finally we went to living together
The first few months be was a won
derful lover. Then he changed.
Il have been praying and praying
this last year that some way would
open for me to get away. have tried
to leave. but there is something. a
sort of hypnotism that draws a woman
back A Chinaman never loses his in
huence over a woman when he has
once had It You have no idea how
many white women are here In New
ark living with Chinese Some are
girls in their early teens"
Tensas gazette., 1911-11-10
LIGHTER HATS, MORE BRAINS
Smaller Head1ear Increases Woman's
Mentality. Declares Or. George w.
Calvin OF 6osto

Boston.-That the undeniable i'm
provement in the mentality of the up
to-date woman is due to the decrease
in weight Of her stylish headgear Il
the conclusion that DR.. George w. Gal
vim. founder OF the Emergency hospi
tai. has reached after scientific inves.
tigation-
Many women wonder how Il a
that they find themselves able to do
work which a few years ago they
wouldn't have. dreamed Of attempt,
ing" said DR.. Calvin.
MANY are doing much more than
the mere routine of homework. And
should they desire to know the rea-
son of this they need but think on the
decrease in the size. and consequent
ly In the weight, Of their hats and
they have the answer to their ques-
tion.
Il consider It significant fact that
most college girls wear no hats at
all and only caps when the weather
demands a covering for the head"
Tensas gazette., 1911-11-10
London Specialists Says s1.4z5 3,
Small Sum to Spend for Toilet 40
eesories-Men Pay Well

London.--Foreign visitors to Eng-
land are sometimes heard to remark
upon the bloom OF the Englishwoman s
cheeks. and to inquire n It is derived
so entirely from an open air life as II
Is frequently said to be-
The beauty specialists OF Loneon
are able to throw some light on the
subject They say the London woman
may be as beautiful as she may wisn
for $500 year. but that $500 to
$4,000 may be spent for more iuxurl
Gus treatment and more expensive &C
cessories
The revived interest In this subject
Is due to Chicago woman. who Is
quoted as having said that her bin OF
sl.s75 a year for beauty culture Is
modest expenditure
The average Engiishwoman SPENDS
considerably less on making herself
beautiful than the American. French
or viennese." said a Lord street
beauty specialist who has clients from
both sides OF the Atlantic. because
she uses more hygienic means and dis
penses with artificial helps. such as
rouges. chin straps. face masks and
Tensas gazette., 1911-11-10
Pennsylvania Health Officers VIII Ex
anime All Pupils Who Seek to
Enter Public Schools

Harrisburg. Pa.-State Health Com
missioner Dixon is preparing to make
the medical inspection of school chill
dren authorized by the new school
code The inspections win be made In
7S5 school districts. which means thai
250.000 children will receive the direct
benefits of this important work The
inspectors will also make thorough
investigation Of the sanitary condi
tions existing at the schools.
The medical inspector will be In
structed to note the age and sex OF the
pupil. the condition OF sight. hearing.
respiration. skin. teeth. cervical
glands. contagious diseases. pulmonary
tuberculosis end deformities Each
eye will be tested separately. using
Snellen's chart at 20 feet The pres
ence Of blepharitis. conjunctivitis.
iritis or trachoma or any affection OF
the cornea will be observed.
Each ear viii likewise be tested
separately for accuracy Of hearing by
whispering also al 20 feet, the dis
tance at which the whisper is heard
being used as the numerator and the
distance at which II should be heard
given as the denominstor of the frac
Tensas gazette., 1911-11-10
SEEMED TO FILL THE BILL
Young suffragette Appeared to the
Youths Mother to Be Suitable
as His Wife.

The young suffragette who had In
sisted on marrying the young man
with whom she had fallen in love. ap-
preached the young mans mother in
fear and trembling
Can you support my son." asked
that lady sternly. in the style to
which he has been accustomed?"
Il cannot. madam. He win have to
supply all the cash."
"Um. Are you able. in spite of your
advanced views, to keep him badly In
debt?"
Il an. That is my specially"
DO you know how to nurse him II
he should fall ill?"
Haven't the remotest idea. My
childhood has been spent in attending
caucuses
Hal VIII you guarantee to kiss him
good-by every morning?"
IF happen to remember it-but
can't guarantee anything"
What time do you expect to come
in at night"
20. anywhere from 12 to in the
morning"
DO you rehearse your speeches at
home?"
"Yes. as rule"
The mothers face relaxed.
I'VE must be cautious in these mat.
ters." she said sweetly But. on the
whole. ! think, you will do. o."-Life.
Tensas gazette., 1911-11-10
WHY lie LIKES WAT:RMELoNs
coIored Man DIscourses Philosophical
Iy on Those Soothing. Cooling and
Filling Fruits.

A weli-known lawyer. who is spend
ing his vacation at home doing moth
ing. or. as he says. 'loafng with al
his might" tells of talk he had re
Gently with his colored hired man
Going to the stable he found Jchr
with his face buried in big piece Of
watermelon.
why is 1t. John. that colored people
are so fond Of watermelons?"
Il don't know" he replied. grinning
"'less its jes' because dey's people
knows heap o. white folks at likes
em. too. likes 'em cause dey's sooth
in. an coolin'. an film. an | spose
dey 'similates dat away wild white
folks. | reckon dey ain much differ
eDce tween white folks and cullud
folks insides
Perhaps not DO you consider the
watermelon fruit or vegetable?"
We'll. now. it's JUS like this: Water
melons ain no vegetable. cause dey
won't stan cookln' like cabbage nor
cannin' like beans. nor dryin' like red
peppers. an dey ain no fruit. cause
dey doan grow on trees an you can't
put 'em in your pockets like apples
and peaches. Looks to me like dey's
ies' watermelons."
How would II do to call II the fruit
Of cucurbitaceous vine. distinguished
for interior pulpiness and copiousness
of watery juice?"
Oats 1t. 'zactly," said John; ''dat's
Jus what was goin' to say."-Indi
annapolis News
Tensas gazette., 1911-11-10
MAKE CHEAP LUMBER PAPER
Manufacturers Can Turn Out Fiber
Board. Largely From Waste Mate
rails. conservationist Says

Kansas City. Mo.-so nearly perfect
is artificial lumber made from paper
there Is no longer cause for great
worry over forest conservation. said J
B. White. chairman Of the executive
committee Of the National Conserva
ton. congress. here the other night
He had just returned from trip
through the eastern states Much OF
his time there was spent investigating
the manufacture Of lumber" from "a
per
"A superior quality Of artificial lum
Der can be manufactured cheaper than
natural lumber can be grown" be
said Taking 81 per cent waste paper
% per cent straw. 5 per cent jute and
l6 per cent wood fiber. ton OF fiber
board. one-fourth inch thick. OF 1.10u
feet of inch lumber can be produced
Tensas gazette., 1911-11-10
Woman's Heart is Breaking Be-
cause Friends Forsake Her.
Mrs. Charlie Song Endures Seven
Years Of Torture. but Cannot Break
orientaI's charrh-Was His Sun
day School Teacher.

New York.-A contrast of religion
and hideous vice. OF the utmost com
mon place and the fantastic was the
story told by Mrs Charlie Song. who
had been seized in Newark. N. J.. in
federal raid on Chinese opium SNUG
glers In her rooms In the Newark
Chinatown the other afternoon.
Mrs Song Is an American woman
and graduated to her present position
as wife OF Chinese from being his
preceptor In Sunday school
Seven years of hell" is the way
she characterizes her sojourn among
the yellow men She says her life
there has been one long fight against
slavery for herself. yet she has been
unable to leave because of some subtle
spell that her association with them
has cast over her. She is not an opium
user nor drinking woman. she says.
and In spite of her troubles she has
kept her religious enthusiasm At first
she was afraid to admit reporter to
her room. as she was afraid of the
vengeance of the Chinese whose Sc
crets she holds and who may be i'm
plicated at the hearing. She probably
win be called as a witness
4 was a country GIRL" she said. Il
married and moved to Newark. My
husband and my two children died
and for two years I was very lonely I
had always been religious and inter
ested In missionary work. so to bury
my trouble began to teach class in
the Chinese Sunday school Of the Cen
tenary Methodist Episcopal church
Charlie Song being among my pupils.
"On New Years in 1905. he asked
me to 60 to New York with him and
see the time celebrated among his
own people Other teachers went on
such excursions with their pupils. 80
saw nothing wrong In It.
Il refused to have any wine. because
Tensas gazette., 1911-11-10
WALDORF VISION IN PAJAMAS

Finally II occurred to the young
woman she would either have to seek
refuge upon the roof or gain entrance
to her room Then she remembered
the floor clerk was a woman. but as
she turned the corridor leading to the
desk she beheld another horrid man.
who had stopped for his key and to
leave an early morning call
She found a hiding place on the
stairway until the path to the desk
was clear She explained about the
letter to mamma and how the door
had locked when she ventured into
the hallway to reach the mail
chute A maid was called and with
pass key she opened the door.
At the breakfast hour persons Nv
ing on the same door were talking OF
the vision In blue. One man. who
wears glasses end IL near sighted. re
ported to the information clerk that
he bad met ghost in the haIlwsy
Another man. who is not near sighted.
described the woman In blue a. far
more beautiful than Miss Pauline
Chase In her pink pajamas..
Tensas gazette., 1911-11-10
No Walters, Only Dummies to Serve
Enthusiastically Used to Per.
form All Domestic Service.

Paris.--An electric hotel is to be
erected In Paris very shortly, in
which the domestic service will be
performed by electricity The guest
requiring breakfast or his mornings s
mail. for instance. just calls for Il
from bed or chair-no telephone Is re-
quired his voice being transmitted
by resonators to the central office-
and whatever is asked for Is deliv
cred at once without the agency of
walters
In the dining-rooms the walters win
be replaced BY mechanical devices
which will act. declares the inventor.
with far greater promptness and skill
than the mere human attendant can
be expected to show The air OF the
hotel viii be heated In winter and in
summer VIII be chilled by electricity.
down - free<ins point n required A
Einter garden attached to the hotel
WIN BE- filed all the year round with
Tensas gazette., 1911-11-10
Hen vIndIestes Her Owner.

AthoL Mass.-Townspeople chal.
ienge the statement of Albert Ellis.
worth. prominent citizen. that Mary
Hooker. his prize bun Orpington. laid
two eggs every day. Ellsworth ar
peared at the Athol fair and placed
the hen on some straw at the foot
of the judges. She laid two eggs, one
of them double-yolked. chirped a tri.
umphant cackle and disdainfuIly
strode away.
Hundreds Of visitors to the fair an
piauded the orpington vindication Of
her owner
Tensas gazette., 1911-11-10
ANOTHER LONDON RELIC LOST
ApothecarIes' Hall, Quaint Old Build
ing. to Be supplanted by More
Modern Structure.

London.-Old London. which is dis
appearing rapidly before the march OF
Improvement. is about to lost one OF
its most Interesting buildings. the
Apothecaries company having an
nounced that IT is about to let on
building lease the greater part OF It's
land In Water Lane. Just round the
corner from Printing House square.
where the London Times is published
This land Is the site OF Apothecaries
hall. quaint old building now almost
hidden from sight by the tall business
structures that surround IT.
Tensas gazette., 1911-11-10

Apothecaries' hail was iirst b..,
1883 on the site OF Lady hou,,. Z
Emngham's town house. Thu t.s.
Ing was destroyed IL the erea, a. I.
London and the present han was .-.'.
ed In 1870. II doesn't amount n 49,.
arcnitecturaily. but It is packed tn.' (.
fine carvings. splendid old lorr...''
and interesting relies Of the ,ers,..
ment OF medicine.
The Apothecaries company 1, n. :.
the great London companies us,..
members elect the alderman zus ~
lord mayor. 1t is the olly ons IA.
has retained control OF tbs ri.
whose name It bears. OriginsIIy d,
apothecaries belonged to the orot,t|
company. but In 1917 they obtained .
separate charter from King janss
on the ground that "the lgnoranr, IN.
rashness OF promiscuous enlpir:c, a.
inexpert men may be reslnn,1
whereby many discommodlties. .sos
veniences and perils do arise 70 ,.s
rude and creduIous people. THIS ck,t
ter gave the members OF the con6.t,
the sole right OF ~exercisins q. N
faculty OF mystery OF en- ap9th,c1rI
within the city OF Londoa o. rscin.
OF seven miles Among Other pnh
ileges It granted the companf d,
right to burn before the 5|lsfs1I
door all impure drugs
Even IN those days the prsscrsn,
druggist was a problem. and n lN'
the, College OF Physicians cenesnc<
the Apothecaries company Ier >slA1,
advice as well as medicine ThA con
pany retaliated by setting up hex,
cal school. and In 1921 the beh< h
lords confirmed the right Of n ntt
bers to prescribe as well a< 8, Ha
drugs Many a father Of medir.n. d
the American colonies undoe>.ea1
learned his profession inlthis scke1.