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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-06-30
A King Who Left Home

set the world to talking, but Paul
Mathulka, of Buffalo, N. Y, says he
always KEEPS AT HOME the King
of all Laxatives-Dr. Kings New Life
Pills-and they're a blessing to all
his family. Cure constipation, head
ache, indigestion, dyspepsia Only
Csc, at VIM. E. Pelham & Sons.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-06-30
DIR. MELDAU

will answer emergency calls In con-
nectioa with his Office work. Special
ties, morphine and other drug habits.
Hours 9 to ! forenoon; 4 to after
noon 10-z8-6mos
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

I F ALL the freak legislation intro
L duced by legislators throughout
the United States were passed and
became laws what funny country
this would become. Indiana has fur
nished one Of the most recent sam
pies 1t is a bill requiring every per-
son wishing to take a drink to take
out license.
From Colorado comes the interest
ing news that bill is about to be in
troduced in the legislature of that
state providing that any surgeon who
shall perform an operation for ap-
pendicitis and thereafter be unable to
prove that the appendix was in a dis
eased condition, shall be guilty of
malpractice and punishable under the
penal code.
That much-abused class, the poor
bachelors, are being abused once
more, this time in New Mexico, where
bill has been introduced In the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03
Mrs. Taft's Informal 5 O'Clock Teas

where they will find the presidents
wife domestically posed behind a pref
tily laid tea table, where the steaming
beverage Is served.
AS far as possible the maids are
eliminated and the opportunity to have
an informal chat with the presidents
wife over steaming cup of very good
tea is one that great many women
are willing to enjoy in preference to
being guest at the most ceremonious
fete of the White House season. To
add to the attractiveness of Mrs. Taft's
five o'clock teas there is little pos.
sibility of "crowd'-just few guests
are received and Mrs. Taft's tact and
good humored friendliness does the
rest.
Sandwiches of infinite variety sea.
soned just so; little cakes which are
simply one mouthful of righteousness
accompany cup Of tea which is more
than good enough to drink. The Tafts
have been inoculated with the tea
drinking virus through their long resi-.
dence in countries where tea Is really
a beverage of quality.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03
Nv dE,5 VII 44E ISSDM \
MOVEMENT ~ 6CM)pS%/
l,a MEM SKI I@W
(HlrE.us rsser'''"'S NJ
GAA&

W HE department Of agriculture an
j nounces that thirty-three colleges
have organized departments of agri-
culture extension. The movement Is
only four years old. The number Of
persons connected with the extension
work in 81 states is 90. This does
not include members of the college
faculty and experiment station stats,
who contribute only occasional sery.
Ice.
Apparatus necessary for interior in
struction work in agriculture has
multiplied in the four years until now
entire buildings are devoted to the
storing of agricultural machinery;
barns are filled with horses, cattle,
sheep and swine; hundreds of acres Of
land are utilized in demonstration,
and granaries are filled with samples
of feed, all used for Illustration In
construction work to the resident stu
dents.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03
Lawmakers Add to Nations Gaiety

Legislature providing for the classified.
ton of bachelors and widowers and
the levying of tax against them.
AS for Texas, the legislature Is now
seriously considering the enactment
of law to put you In Jail If you ever
dare to use bad language to the tele-
phone receiver.
The tongues of the railway station
agents in Missouri may be loosened
if bill introduced into the legislature
of the state is passed. The bill pro
vides fine of $25 to $50 for any
agent who refuses to answer questions
put by travellers. The father Of the
bill said years of rebuffs by agents,
of whom he had inquired If trains
were on time, had aroused in him
lingering longing to one day get
back" at the sphinx who hides behind
the wicket.
The state OF Washington Is cater
ing to its lady voters. Polling places
are going to be made very attractive
for them The city council of Seattle
started the ball rolling with the intro
duction of a resolution prohibiting
smoking In polling places at elections.
1t Is proposed to make the election
booths very pretty with decorations,
flowers, easy chairs and polite atten.
dants.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03
States to Aid in Agricultural Work

The department Is expressing the
hope that the state legislatures will
give the movement a new impetus by
increasing the amount of their appro-
priations for the work. This years
appropriation by states aggregated
$301,7S0. Indiana appropriated an
average amount $4,000. New York
led, with $4,000; Iowa was second,
with $4,000, and Wisconsin third,
with 100000. The department points
out that to the $301,7 S0 should be
added the amount used by the sew.
eral states for extension work from
the farmers institute fund, of which
no separate account was kept.
From the standpoint of the federal
government, agricultural extension is
a business proposition. 1t undertakes
to do for men engaged in agriculture
what proprietors of mills and manu-.
factories are striving to accomplish in
their business-the conservation of
waste, economy of effort and mate.
rial, and an increase in the output
with reduced expense. 1T strives to
do with and for a man that which a
manufacturer desires to have done for
his machines-improve it that it may
turn out more and better quality of
products" says Prof. John Hamilton
of the Office of experiment stations. !.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03
Miss Madeline Sullivan.

citing adventures, the climax came In
the one that resulted in the final in
tervention of the government agents.
Miss Sullivan went to the Crow res
ervation to become sQuaw.
The girl was met by Plenty Hawk.
who, impatient with the restrictions OF
the agency, returned to the laws OF
the free and easy Indian life Of half a
generation ago and seized his bride
as his own. So he swung the fright.
ened but willing young woman over
his saddle with him, put spurs to the
animal and raced back to his own
ranch.
you are Plenty Rakw's squaw.
Don't mind the agents." admonished
the warlike redman.
But the Indian agents were not so
easily dismissed. The acting agent
summoned the two before him and,
acting as Judge and jury, pointed out
sternly that the law had been violated.
The white-faced squaw wept. The
big Indian stormed.
Plenty Hawk goes into the Gala
boose," said the agent. Miss Sulli.
van will be placed on the next train
and Is not to see him again."
That was all. The orders were car.
ried into execution as soon as train
pulled out Of the station at the agency
and Plenty Hawk was left to his fate.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

VIZ ASHENGTON.-One of the most
w bitter fights in the history of the
national capital for many years back
has lately been going on, and doctors
all over the United States are falling
into line for or against the propose!
that I'VE shall have a national bureau
of health. Mass meetings are being
called and mile-long petitions are be-
ing dumped upon the national legisla-
tors. Tons of mail and thousands Of
kilograms keep coming urging them to
vote for the conservation Of human
life Other tons Of letters and innu-
merable messages plead, demand and
entreat them to vote down what is
characterized as doctors trust"
Hardly town of aNy consequence
in the country has failed to have mass
meetings, councils and semi-public
gatherings of both factions. The med
ical men Of the country have fallen
out over the proposition of having
some general governing body to over
see things medical in the United
States. Washington is filled up with
fighting cohorts. The cry of mo
quarter is the popular one, and the
fighters are flashing out at each other
bitterly in the committee rooms, in the
press and from the lecture platforms.
r All the fighting came about in this
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03
tlncIe ,Ioe's Check.

Col Henry Casson, sergeant at,arms
OF the house Of representatives, has
the original check given by Speaker
Joseph G. Cannon a few years ago to
a book agent, and about which an In
teresting story has been told
An agent visited the speaker and in
terested him in an elaborate edition OF
something which Uncle Joe didn't
want, but bought. When the books
arrived Uncle Joe examined them and
decided at once that something had
been put over him. When the agent
came for his money the speaker de-
termined to make him indorse a terse
sentiment on books, so he wrote out q
check for s73, the amount due, and on
the back of it inscribed:
PAY to the order of Mr.. Blank, In
full payment for an edition which was
not worth a d, and dear at that
price, but for the ease and grace with
which he put 1t over your Uncle Joe
1t was we'll worth the money. "-Hu-
nan Life
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03
War Over National Health Department

way; About year. ago. II bills were
introduced in congress, all seeking, to
legalize the establishment Of ma
tional bureau of health. Eleven OF
these bills were strangled in the com
mittees, and but two remained. These
two were the subject of bitter acrl'
manious debate on numerous OCCASIONS
but congress finally adjourned without
doing anything The fight was mere
~ postponed until the present SEES
sion.
The fight for a national health bu'
reau is a part of the general conserVa-
ton movement that is going on all
over the country. The National Con
servatioh commission has taken note
of human life" as being one of the
resources of the nation that is worth
saving. Originally this commission
was formed to conserve lands, waters
mill sites, forests, minerals and wild
game, but it speedily came to the con-
cIusiOn that human life was worth
more than all the rest of our resources
put together.
I'VE need men, said the conserva.
tionists, ito plow these lands, dig in
these mines and cut down these for
est trees. Therefore, let US conserve
human life. stamp out disease and give
{,o doomed no hiac chance pt lis
establish a national bureau Of health
that can at least do as much for the
farmers babies as it is now doing for
his horses and cattle"
In support Of the establishment OF
the new department are ranged thou
sand of life insurance companies, Ia
Dor organizations farmers associa
tons and other civic and social bodies
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03
CHICAGO SOCIETY GIRL
WOULD BECOME SQUAW
FEDERAL AGENTS PREVENT MAT
RAGE WITH PLENTY HAWK,
A CROW INDIAN.

Chicago.-The strong arm OF Uncle
Sam has interviewed, wrecked the TO-
nance of Miss Madeline Sullivan and
her Indian sweetheart and refused to
permit her to trade the conyenuonall'
ties Of a wealthy home in Chicago for
the soualid tepee Of Crow redskln
Broken-hearted and discouraged Miss
Sullivan has returned to Chicago and
the civilization she scorned. Plenty
Hawk, the would-be bridegroom, was
securely locked in the calaboose On
the Grow reservation In Montana.
Although Plenty Hawks violent
wooing OF the eighteen-year-old Chica'
90 high school girl has held many ex'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

W HILE officially exempt from the
w obligations which rest upon other
less distinguished hostesses. Mrs. Taft
nevertheless takes cognizance of the
duties of her position as chatelaine of
the presidents house and since her
coming into possession of the old home
has instituted very informal but none
the less delightful five o'clock tea.
These five o'clock teas of Mrs. Taft
are arranged for the purpose of permit.
ting informal presentations tc the
first lady and in consequence the least
bit of ceremony in the world is intro
duced. Appointments are made in
advance, of course, and when the day
arrives the visitors are shown into
either the red room or the green room,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03
Successful Life Work.

He has achieved success who has
lived we'll, laughed often, and loved
much; who has gained the respect Of
Intelligent men and the love of little
children who has filled his niche
and accomplished his task; who left
the world better than he found It,,
whether by an improved poppy, a
perfect poem or a rescued soul; who
has never lacked appreciation of
earth's beauty or failed to express 1t:
who has always looked for the best
In others, and given the best he had;
whose life was an inspiration; whose
memory benediction. president
Schurman.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03
CHILDREN AFFECTED
BY Mothers Food and Drink.

Many babies have been launched
Into life with constitutions weakened
by disease taken in with their moth
ers' milk. Mothers cannot be too care
full as to the food they use while nurs-
Ing their babes.
The experience of a Kansas City
mother Is case in point:
II was great coffee drinker from a
child, and thought could not do with
out it. But found at last 1t was DO
Ing me harm. For years | had been
troubled with dizziness, spots before
my eyes and pain in my heart, to
which was added, two years later, a
chronic sour stomach.
"The baby was born 7 months ago,
and almost from the beginning, It, too,
suffered from sour stomach. She was
taking it from me!
In my distress l consulted a friend
OF more experience and she told me
to quit coffee, that coffee did not
make good milk. l have since ascer.
tanned that it really dries up the milk.
$50, quit coffee and tried tea and
at last cocoa. But they did not agree
with me. Then | turned to Postum
with the happiest results. It proved
to be the very thing l needed. 1t not
only agreed perfectly with baby and
myself, but it increased the flow of
my milk.
"My husband then quit coffee and
used Postum and quickly got we'll of
the dyspepsia with which he had been
troubled. I no longer suffer from the
dizziness, blind spells. pain in my
heart or sour stomach.
Now we all drink Postum from my
husband to my seven months old
baby. 1t has proved to be the best
hot drink we have ever used. We
would not give up Postum for the best
coffee we ever drank" Name given
by Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich.
Get the little book, "The Road to
Wellville," In pkgs.
There's a Reason"
Ever read the above Ietters A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of humal
iateFest.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03
Neatly Put.

The Duchess Decazes, as all the
world knows, was an American
daughter of the enormously rich Sing
er family.
The duchess was once taking part IN
some amateur theatricals at Ragaz
when a New York girl said to her
mother:
rs she q real Duchess"
Yes, my DEAR" the mother,
Knickerbocker, answered. Yes, feai
but machine made"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

A florist in New Jersey turns his
hernery into q summer garden with
all sorts of flowers and is getting
eggs Of delicate davor and various
tints, violet, ross and carnation fiavors
being In the lead A hen garden Of
this kind might be a handsome and
useful addition to a combination club
house for the Ananias members and
The nature takers.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03
ROOSTER INJURIES A WOMAN
Big Fowl Claws Her Viciously When
She Makes Attempt to
Catch 1t.

Philadelphia, PA big, gray roost-
er with serious objections 10 occupy.
ing place on the family supper ia
BILE spoiled a surprise which Mrs.
Mollie Randall, 20 years old, had
planned for her husbands meal and
sent her to the Germantown hospital
with severe cuts. She threw corn in
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

We have it from German eco
nomist that American women will
soon be forced to labor on farms like
men. Here we have an outlet for
the surplus energy of those fair dam.
sells who seek careers" in preference
to husbands.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03
Imnortant 10 Mnfhere
4 RELIGIOUS Innovation.

A certain well-brought-up little girl
yawned at the breakfast table last
Sunday morning and ventured polite
proposition to her mother.
Il really don't feel at all like going
to church this morning." she 70
marked. Cant We just send cards!"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03
RattIesnakes Appear Early.

The unusually warm weather
throughout central Wyoming the last
few weeks has caused large numbers
of rattlesnakes to leave their dens and
many have been killed by ranchnlen
and others. Not in the recollection OF
the oldest inhabitants have rattle
snakes appeared as early in the year.
Casper correspondence Denver Re-
publican.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

At any rate the Chicago woman who
said she rode all night on street cars
to cure a headache has invented a
good excuse for persons who are
prone to stay out until the wee sma'
hours
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

If that Buffalo man who would not
give up a counterfeit bill to an agent
of the government were to get the
full penalty of 500 and years i'm,
prisonment he might think he had
committed some real crime.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

A post-mortem examination of a
Missouri lady who had mania for
heavy diet resulted in the discovery
of LAS separate articles of hardware
in her little inside If there is any
truth in theosophy the lady was either
q goat or an ostrich in her previous
existence.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03
NioIatlnn.

"They have expelled my fayortta
waiter from his brotherhood" said
one hotel patron.
"Yes," replied the other, he acct.
dentally smiled and said Thank YOU
a dollars worth for a 5O-cent tip."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

If the fashion of wearing tight
trousers and padless coats comes into
general use we know great many
supposedly brawny men who Will
dwindle woefully in appearance
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

Europe has now definitely decided
that Tolstoi was insane. This may
he true but it seems as though lit
tie more of that sort of insanity
wouldn't hurt Europe any.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

A New York woman says she lost
her respect for her husband when she
caught him with five aces in his hand.
She is perfectly right. A man who
allows himself to be caught that way
deserves no respect.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

Enclosed fine one dollar for which
please send me two boxes Tetterinef
this makes five boxes ! have ordered
from you, the first one only, being for
me. 1 suffered with an eruption for
years, and one box of Tetterine cured
me and two of my friends. 1t is worth
its weight in gold to any. one suffering
as l did. Everybody ought to know OF
its value" Jesse W. Scott. Milledge-
vile, Ga.
Tetterine at druggists or sent by mall
for soc. ]. T. Shuptrine, Savannah Ga
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

Chicago is a burglars PARADISE
saws a jurist who is in a position TO
know. Aside from that and a lew
other defects it is good place to live
In If one isn't particular.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

Many readers of newspapers have
wondered at the meaning of those oft
repeated words found at the end OF
mysterious disappearance stories:
Detectives have been assigned to the
case"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

A Boston spinster wants hVe-doi'
lar tax on bachelors. But surely she
would not have any man value ner SO
cheaply that he would marry her to
save paltry five.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

That Jersey architect who failed to
provide a,.stairway for. new school
house must have realized that this IS
the age of aviation.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

Three and half illions was the
value Of. the foreign trade OF the
United States last year. Pretty big
country this, isn't it,.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

had soreness i'll each side, could not
stand tight clothing, and was irregular.
! was completely run down. On ad-
vice took Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and Liver Pills and
an enjoying good health. 1t is now
more than two years and / have not
had an ache or pain since lido all my
own work, washing and everything,
and never have the backache any more.
l think your medicine is grand and I
praise it to all my neighbors. If you
think my testimony will help others
you may publish it. Mrs. OLLIE
NooDALL, N9rton's Gap, Kentucky.
Backache Is a symptom Of organic
weakness or arrangement. II you
have baCkaChe don't neglect it, To
get permanent relief you must reach
the root of the trouble. Nothing we
know Of will do this so surely as Lydia
E. Pinkham's Compound.
Write to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass, for special advice.
Your letter will be absolutely
confidential, and the advice free.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03
Hot Brick Sets Her Bed ON Elm.

HOT Brick Sets Her Bed on Fire.
Lebanon, ky.-.Mrs. ]. B. Carlisle.
aged sixty-six years, was burned to
death in her home here as the result
OF taking hot brick to bed with her.
She was the widow OF Col. ]. B. Car.
Isle.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

Harvard astronomers have discoV-
cred a new star, but as said star Is
not one of the football variety, the
discovery is not making much OF a
hit with the students.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

In the Boston high schools 3'o0o
girls are taking the commercial
course. The boys will have to go west
- IS
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

Chicago is to have grand opera in
English next season. If Chief stew
ard has his way it will also have 1t IN
clothing.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

There is a powerful movement IN
favor of grand opera. in English de-
spite the fact that such productions
tend to discourage the elegant art OF
conversation.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

Russia affords a big market for
American typewriters. To judge from
the cartoons we see, Russia is not a
big market for American safety
razors.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

Most of those who tell about rearing
a family and saving money on 81 ZOO q
year do not have to and hence are bet
ter able to theorize In the abstract.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

Can a woman become q mor,,
Tie Daughters Of the Revolution ,n =.
because her ancestors murdered vs.
kings English? Tug
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

the pen and then tried to grab the
Dig fowl by the tail 1t few at the
woman, clawed her face and arms, and
she was covered with cuts when she
applied at the hospital for treatment
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

Denver surgeon was stricken with
appendicitis while operating on a pa
tient for that disease. Maybe II IS
catching, after all.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

, Better health is sure to follow The u,, :,
the he naNra. Herb laxative, Garfield i uS E. o.