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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18
Fer Sale.

$40 acres Prairie Land 6 miles from
Welsh. Price Sl2 30 per acre, Terms
$500 Cash, balance can he paid in 5
equal PAYMENTS. If YOU want this bar
gains call on q. e Carr, at Welsh,
Louisiana.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18

FOR .SALE-H Household furniture
including extension table. stoves,
refrigerator, mattresses, bureaus,
chairs, churn. lamps and other
things. Inquire Of j, ". Cooper
Phone us. I9.4tc.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18
Rice Chicken Feed at
Jones Bros. Feed Store.

Mrs. D. r. Read and daughter Marga-
ret spent Thursday the guest OF Mrs.
A. j. Findley of Iowa, who expects to
start Sunday for an extended visit with
relatives in KanSasM and issouri
C. H. Findley, of Iowa, was transact.
ing business in Welsh Monday.
Received from Smiths Mucic Store
Lake Charles, La, the following new
music just from the press: ut asW
only a Golden Leaf that Fell" very
pretty waltz song by the famous com.
poser Lon Healy. Star Light, Star
Bright" very catchy March Ballad by
Dale Hamilton. Any orders sent them
will receive prompt attention.
Bring your hair combings to US
we will make them up into 3 stem
braids for 81 25-C. ". MacLeot,
over Crescent Drug Store.
o. N. England, one of the prominent
citizens of the Iowa neighborhood was
transacting business in Welsh WedneS.
day morning.
Merit E. Morrill, who has been IN New
Mexico and Arizona for several months
past, returned to Welsh Monday.
Chas. Shattuck was a business visitor
in Iowa Tuesday.
Fresh Fish and Oysters
Thursday and Friday at
Model Grocery.
Miss C. A. Macleod, of Lake Charles,
who recently opened up a millinery es.
Enlistment over the Crescent Erug
Store, under the management of Miss
Jessie BiackWood, was in Welsh the
latter part of last wee. She says her
business here has far exceeded her ex.
pectationS, and that she has decided to
locate permanently in Welsh, and will
open up a larger establishment in the
near future, with number Of lines Of
goods that will especially appeal to the
ladies OF this community.
Two rooms, nicely furnished, for
gentlemen, good bath room -Ap-
ply to Mrs. Robin. 20tf
Mrs. L. L. Funk and little son, Bark.
ley returned Monday morning to Iowa
after a few days,visit with the formers
daughters, Misses Helen, Marion ana
Francis, who are attending the Welsh
school this year
L. E. Robinson was t'anSacting bust.
ness in Lake Charles Monday.
FOR SALE-A few extra fine
Duroc Jersey Red Males, eligible to
registration, also several full blood
Rhode Island Red CockreIs, and
White Indian Runner Ducks
C. A. Saxby, Woodlawn, La. 20
Mrs. j. j. Figureon and children who
have been visiting relatives in Scott,
for the past week, returned home Sun.
day afternoon.
G. W. Mack, one OF the leading
citizens of Lake Arthur, was in Welsh
Wednesday. Mr. Mack is a candidate
for Assessor, and If we are any Judge Of
the political situation in this parish he
is a winner. Mr.. Mack reports the
sentiment for Welsh to be very strong
in Lake Arthur.
Fresh Fish and Oysters
Thursday and Friday at
rlodeE Grocery.
ChaS. LAM, of the Welsh Carriage &
Implement Co., was the guest of his
parents in Lake Charles the latter part
of last week.
Mrs. Amar ChaIsson and little son, of
Lacasine returned home Sunday after.
noon from a visit at the home of her
brother, Asa Verret OF this ,ity.
The following named are the teachers
of the Welsh and adjacent schools who
ATTENDED tee monthly teachers meeting
at Jennings Saturday: Prof. w. P.
Annette, Mrs. Wise, Misses Gibson,
Ling, Reeve, Fairly, Thurman, Shaw,
McLeeS, Mcdonald and Lucille Anderson.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18

MIR: and Mrs. John Ewings are the
proud parents of a baby boy that ar
rived at their home last Thursday eve.
Mrs. Don Odom and little sons went
10 orange, Texas, Saturday to meet he,
tiusDaHd VINO has accepted a position
with the Orange Milling Co.
Clerk of the Police Jury, I. H. Price
came up from Lake Arthur for davis
VISIT III Welsh Wednesday. Mr.. Price
Is candidate for Clerk CT Court, and
looks like winner.
ChaS. Mason came over from Lake
Charles where he is employed, for a
snort visit with his family, Sunday.
Weller Romero, of the City Grocery
was IN Lake Charles last Thursday and
FRIDAY on court business.
A. 3. Bourgeois was transactinp bus
mess IN Lake Charles the latter part OF
last week. -
New Rice Bran and Pol
lsh at Jones Bros.
S. Q. Scoggias was transacting bust
ness IN Houston Monday.
Mrs. Sloane of Euncie, who has charge
OF the millinery department of the
Southern Mercantile returned Monday
morning from visit with home folk
over Sunday.
DE- ~LI
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1912-10-18
Garden Seeds in bulk
all kinds-for sale at the
Welsh Bakery.

The Ladies Guild, Of the Presbyterian
church viii serve lunches consisting OF
sandwiches, coffee, and pie, also ice
cream and cake, in the Masonic Ban
quet naII, from II o'clock, Tuesday,
October, Z2Id. III the evening they
will serve regular supper, ana ice
cream and cake al the same place. The
ladies have also prepared a number OF
useful and handsome articles Of needle
work that will be sold at very reason.
able prices. You are all cordially in,
vited to patronize the ladies on that
day.
Yves Pietre, one of the prospective
candidates for Police Juror from Ward
Eight, was tranSaCting business in
Welsh Monday. Mr.. PIKE says his
voting precinct will give :, solid vote
for W elSh next Tuesday.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-12-19

can an exceptional stellar event near B. c. 6
with which it may be identified.
Johann Kepler, in his peculiar genius (for he
showed that the births of Enoch, Moses Cyrus.
Caesar, Charlemagne, and Luther were preceded
by important astrological events) led the way in
calling attention to the astronomical phenomena
that preceded the birth of Christ He pointed
out that there must have been conjunction of
the planets Jupiter and Saturn at about the
time of Christ's birth, and even made few pre-
liminary calculations to prove his case. The con.
junction occurred In the sign Pisces, from time
immemorial identified with the destnies of
Israel. conjunction in that sign always signi-
ned the rising of some mighty master of the
Jewish race. Such conjunction of Jupiter and
Saturn occurs once in about 800 years. 1t was.
therefore, sufficiently extraordinary in Kepler's
eyes to herald the birth of Messiah.
NOT until 1926 was Keplers suggestion seri-
ously considered by astronomers. In that year
Professor 1deler, of Berlin, computed the posi-
lions of Jupiter and Saturn and proved that they
We're actually in conjunction in B. G. His cal
culations showed that they at no time over
Tapped to form single STAR but that they were
separated by a distance equal to the apparent
diameter of the moon. Accordingly, Ideer had
the temerity to suppose that the wise men saw
the two planets as one star because they were
miraculously near-sighted. lii justice to Ide,e"
it must be stated that he abandoned his theory
when Encke. in 1884, repeated the calculations
and found that the actual distance between Jupi-
ter and Saturn when nearest each other in B. O.
Z, was more than the apparent diameter of the
moon.
Apart from the fact that Jupiter and Saturn
were never sufficiently near each other to be
seen as one body, two planets in conjunction
can hardly be called star. Nor is it likely that
experienced Chaldean astrologers would so re.
gard 1t. Moreover. there other planetary
conjunctfons at about the same time. Professor
Stockwell has, demonstrated that conjunction
Of Venus and Mars occurred on May 9Th, B. c.
6, about fifty days less than two years before
Herod's death. Because the mandate for the
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-12-19

If oood mr. evil and particularly as harbingers
of pestilence and To a poetic eastern peo
pie who revered the stars as symbols especially
set in the heavens for the guidance of men,
comets were undoubtedly awesome visitors The
Chaldeans Persians and Jews were astronomic'
ally no more enlightened than the medieval
Christians, and if at the fall of Constantinop'e
in 1853 all Chrstendom was alarmed at the ap
pearance of comet "a comet which we now
know to have been Halley's), 1t Is highly prob
able that the Orient less impressed by
these sudden visitatons Comprising, as 1t does,
a nucleus, a coma" envelope surrounding the
nucleus and measuring from twenty thousand
to one million miles in diameter and long tail
which streams behind the nucleus for sixty to
hundred million miles or more, comet is one
of the most mysteriously beautiful celestial ap-
partitions that ever meets the eye. But whether
not the Star of Bethlehem really such
apparition no one can affirm with certainty. An
astronomer can merely state that the idea is not
untenabe and that 1t is less Objectionable than
the conjunction hypothesis.
Lastly, the theory has been proposed that the
Star of Bethlehem what is called new
star or nova" star which suddenly flares up
in the heavens and fades away again to its
former magnitude after the lapse of weeks or
months Such new stars not altogether rare
Ten appeared between B. c. 1874 and the end of
the fifteenth century. Since the fifteenth cen
fury no less than sixteen have been recorded
In own time they are discovered with fair
frequency.
Even before the invention of the telescope
such new stars were studied by astronomers.
Apart from the astronomical evidence in favor
of the theory that the Star of Bethlehem was
nova, POLITICALLY at least, it seems singuarly fit.
ting that a matchless orb blazing forth in sud-
den magnifcence should have marked not only
the birth of Messiah whose destiny it was to
mankind by his own suffering and to make
this new world by purging it of evil but also
the birth of sun with embryonic planets
wheeling about 1t in shining clouds of gas and
stellar dust.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-12-19

day, was Chaldea, Persia and that Arabian des-
ert where the of Ishmael roamed In that
east Of which they spoke, stargazing was to
some nations religious observation, to others a
mystical traditional rite. The pseudo-science of
astrology out of which modern science of
astronomy was slowly evolved was thus engen-
dered. Exegetes of the New Testament nara
tive hold these Magi to have been astrologers
members of that strange, non-national priv
legged priesthood whose office 1t was to watch
the sky each day and each night to note the
position and apparent motion of the sun from
dawn to dark and to predict those changes in
planetary positions which, in that day of as
THEOLOGICAL superstition supposed to shape
and reveal the destinies of kings and nations
In them science came an early worshipper at
the feet of Christ
To ancient well medieval astrologers
certain groupings of the stars and planets had
fixed prophetic significance. The planets
were named in accordance with their supposed
influence. Mercury, always lurking the
sun, furtively cleaning in the morning eve
ming, was the patron of trcksters knaves, and
thieves Mars, flaming in red, was the symbol
of war, the guardian of heroes and warriors
II the Magi we're astrologers who believed in
stellar influences, the apparition of the Star
of Bethlehem must have been astronomical
phenomenon. But no ordinary astronomical
phenomenon could have enticed these practiced
star-gazers from their temples. We must, there
fore, find some celestial event sufficiently extra
ordinary to warrant a journey from Chaldea
Persia to Bethlehem.
When the Mag arrived in Jerusalem Herod
was within a few weeks of his death. The mas
sacre Of the babes of Bethlehem was one of his
last cruel deeds. When he inquired diligently
what time the star appeared, the reply evil
IDENTITY such that he felt 1t necessary to kill all
male infants from two years old and under"
1t is probable, therefore, that the Mag1 first saw
the star two years before their arrival in Jeru-
salem. Herod died in B. c. 4. Hence the Star
of bethlehem must lrSve appeared about two
Year, before that date. We must discover If we
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-12-19
NEVER TIRES
OF the Food That Restored Her to
Health.

Something was making me ill and
didn't know the cause" writes
Colo. young lady: For two years
was thin and sickly. suffering from in.
digestion and inflammatory rheuma-
tism.
Il had tried different kinds of diet,
and many of the remedies recommend,
ed, but got no better.
Finally, Mother suggested that
try Grape-Nuts, and l began at once
eating it with little cream or milk.
A change for the better began at once,
To-day I am we'll and am gaining
weight and strength all the time I've
gained 10 lbs. in the last five weeks
and do not suffer any more from in.
digestion, and the rheumatism is all
gone.
Il know it is to Grape-Nuts alone
that owe my restored health. still
eat the food twice day and never
tire of it." Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
The favour of Grape-Nuts is ne culiar
to itself. 1t is neutral, not too sweet
and has an agreeable, healthful quality
that never grows tiresome
One of the sources of rheumatism is
from overlooking the system with
acid material. the result of imperfect
digestion and assimilation.
AS soon as improper food is aban-
doned and Grape-Nuts is taken regu.
larly, digestion is made strong, the
organs do their work of building up
good red blood cells and of carrying
away the excess of diseasemakin
material from the system.
The result is a certain and steady
return to normal health and mental
activity. "There's reason" Read
the little book, "The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine. true, and full Of huma1
interest. Adv.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-12-19
Good Job.

Now, Johnny" said the teacher
after she had explained the meaning
of the word. Il wish you would write
"A sentence containing defeat"
.Nfter struggle which lasted for
about twenty minutes Johnny an
nounced that he was ready to be
heard
Please read your composition" the
teacher directed
When you git shoes dat's too tito
Johnny read, 'it's hard on de feet
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-12-19
Not to Be CauuE1t.

Farmer Con one side of the hedge
10 boy on the other sde)-Now, then,
my lad, didn't I tell you not to let ac
catch you here again,
Roy preparing to run)-All right,
don't make a fuss. You amt caught
me yet!-Weekly Telegraph.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-12-19
Just Shoppinu.

Tired Clerk lover piled up counter)
Can l show you anything else,
madam?
Customer-Yes; the nearest way
-out-Boston Evening Transcript.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-12-19

Advice From an Acquaintance.
Now if can get some acquaintance
to lndOrse my note"
Better try some stranger"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-12-19

The man who takes no interest in
public schools, good roads, religion or
politics isn't even satisfactory has
been.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-12-19
s1S sas=~QZE Il @N@1= eADle M(zzzzcNJs

slaughter of the infants was issued
some time before Herod's death, Pro-
fessor Stockwell advances the suppo-
sition that this conjunction was the
Star of Bethlehem. Since conjunc-
lions occurred SO frequently, it is
difficult to understand why more OF
them did not call forth Chaldean or
Persian Populations.
Because of these fatal objections
to any theory which regarded the
Star of Bethlehem merely as con-
junction of two planets, the late
Prof. r. A. Proctor cast about for
other celestial phenomena and final
ly decided that the wise men might
have been guided by a comet. There
is much to be said in favor of the
supposition. Comets are discovered
nowadays at the rate of two or three
q year Not all of them are particu-
larly brilliant; but it is not incon-
ceivable that in Biblical times COM
cts occasionally appeared that were
brilliant enough to strike terror into
superstitious hearts. Indeed, before
Edmund HALEY proved that the law
of gravitation applied to the comet
which bears his name and which
has revisited the earth at intervals
of seventy-one and one-half to sew
enty-nine years, comets were regard
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-12-19

to seek a scientific explanation of
its sudden appearance, not for the
purpose of casting doubt upon the
narrative of Matthew, but of CIV
ing it astronomical support.
Who were these wise men, these
Magi of whom St. Matthew speaks?
They came from the east, they said,
and the east, according to the geo.
graphical knowledge of Matthew's
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-12-19

When they were questioned where the king was
to be born they answered.: In Bethlehem of
Judea; for thus it is written by the prophet, And
thou, Bethlehem. in the land of Juda, art not the
least among the princes of Juda: for out Of thee
shall come governor, that shall rule my people
israel According to the authorized version 1t
is then stated in the New Testament that
"Herod, when he had privly called the wise men,
Inquired of them diligently what time the star
appeared And he sent them to Bethlehem and
said, Go and search diligently for the young
child; and when have found him, bring me
word again that | may come and worship him
also When they had heard the king. they de
parted; and 10, the star, which they in the
east, went before them till it and stood
over where the young child was. When they
the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy
That is the whole story of the Star of Behle-
hem as 1t is simply and directly told in the sec
ond chapter of the gospel according to ST Mat
thew.
1t was cloister fancy of the dark ages, hand
ed down through centuries, that led the Chris
ton world to regard the Star of the East as
miraculous luminary. akin to the pillar of fire
that guided the children of Israel in the wilder
ness--a luminary especially created for the sole
purpose of leading the NIagi to the birthplace
of Christ. The modern Christian is apt
to regard the star as natural phenomenon and
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-12-19

HE reign of Herod had nearly ended
when the Magi arrived in Jerusa,
lem and asked: Where is he that
is born king of the Jews? For we
have seen his star III the east and
are come to worship kim
The news that true king Of the
Jews" a possible rival. was born.
and that his birth had been herald
ed by celestial phenomena, caused
Ierod much concern. He summoned
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-04-19
Idea Brings Fortune

There are pictures, displays and other
things. which, after the exhibition.
formerly were thrown away. But the
man with the idea came along and
changed all this.
He saw an opportunity to retouch
these frames, these paintings and
make them fit other exhibitions. He
began his work by buying up the dis
play of one show and retouching it to
Mt another. Then he showed the
directors of the new exhibition what
he had done.
Il can sell you all this, enough to
Mt your exhibition complete, for con-
siderably less money than it would
: you to have the stuff done new"
Lie said. More than that, when you
are through with it I will buy it back
at a reasonable price. Therefore you
will only be paying a small ZEN for it
and you will be saving money"
The idea was received favorably.
Soon the man with the idea began to
find other customers. Now he has all
the business he can care for. When
an exhibition has new scenery he buys
1t up as soon as the show is over and
fixes it up for some other affair of the
kind in some other part Of the coun-
try. His business is spreading rapid
ly, and he is on the way to a good
fortune, simply because he had an
idea and was energetic enough to
work it out.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-04-19
ONE CASE OUT OF MANY
TO PROVE OUR CLAIMS.

st. Anne, Ill.-"I was passing
through the change of life and I
was a perfect wreck from female
troubles. l had a displacement
and bearing down pains, weak
fainting spells, dizziness, then
numb and cold feelings. Some
times my feet and limbs were
swollen. l was irregular and had
so much backache and headache,
was nervous, irritable and was
respondent. Sometimes my ap-
petite was good but more often it
was not. My kidneys troubled
me at times and l could walk
only a short distance.
Il saw your advertisement ina
paper and took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and
| was helped from the first. At
the end of two months the swell
ling had gone down, l was re-
lieved of pain, and could walk
with ease. l continued with the
medicine and now / do almost all
my Homework. / know your
medicine has saved me from the
grave and | am willing foryou to
publish anything | write to you,
for the good of others."-Mrs.
EsTELLA GILLESPIE, RID. Nc. L
Box 81. st. Anne. Illinois.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-04-19

the future of a business must depend
and ability of the men who are ap-
pointed or elected to control it. II
the wrong men are appointed, the de-
cline Of that business is inevitable
sooner or later. Contented labor is
very important, but 1t Is not quite SO
essential as an independent, efficient
and experienced control-this is prob
ably one of the many reasons which
make socialism impracticable. The
labor unrest during the past year
shows that present conditions are un
satisfactory.
THE old personal bond between en-
ployers and employed is almost extinct
in many staple trades. and it is very
necessary to provide a satisfactory
substitute. Politicians and employers
must try to bind the classes together
more closely, so that they may CO.
operate and get to understand their
respective troubles. difficulties and
wishes. / hope the time will come
when all employers will divide among
their workpeople Tin addition to their
wages) a certain share Of all profits
made (after charging interest on cap
itaD, and when workpeople will agree
to take this agreed share of the profits
in lieu Of an increase in their wages.
A portion of this share of profits could
with advantage be invested in shares
of the employing company. The work
people could then elect a trusted rep
resentative to the board, who would
see the difficulties Of the employers,
and l hope thereby form the necessary
bond of sympathy between the work
people and the employers"