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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-04
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Fenton, La, June e. 1913,

FentOn, La, June ~. lSl5,
Oscar Marcantel. whom we have
several times mentioned in the journal,
died at the Lake Charles sanitarium
Thursday after lingering illness OF
about three months, and the remains
were taken to the last resting place
in the Hebert Cemetery near Jones
Bluff. The writer and the Journal
extend their sympathies 10 the mother,
father and sisters. in their sad hour OF
bereavement.
While playing steam boiler with
gallon syrup can last week, TPasemo,
the little son OF j. H. Miller, filed the
can with water and built a FIRE around
il so as to raise steam. The can being
securely sealed, when it came to the
boiling point exploded, and the little
boy was badly scalded about the knee
and ankle of both legs. No serious re-
suits are anticipated,
We are glad to report Miss Lovenia
Miller some better Sunday and we hope
TO see Miss L0venia out in few days
The young people of the WoodlaWn
vicinity enjoyed dance at the home Of
Joe Miller Saturday night. Mr.. Marilla
of Kinder furnished the music, and q
good time was enjoyed by all.
C. Lagrange of Fenton spent Sunday
between trains at Kinder with, friends
MIR. Lagrange is the mail carrier be
tween Fenton and Jones Bluff.
The Hollins Bros. plant, operated BY
Ira Peloquin and c. j. Phelps, neal
Fenton is in a very bad condition. The
pit is fast caying in, and in direct
line with the engine bed. A force d
men are at work to save the pit, bui
what the result may be is hard to tel
as yet.
Two good rains Thursday and Friday
broke the extensive drouth, while tn,
weather is promising more rain. An!
rain that we may get now will help il
flooding the rice. The corn is looking
SO per eeut better.
Mrs. Edmond Miller and daughte
Edna, from near Rice, called at Osca
Miller'S Friday, also Mrs. John Lafranc
and Mrs. 7. Bpeaux.
After several days visit with he
brother, M. Stanley, Miss Clare Stanle
left Wednesday for her home at Lee
vile, La.
While Mr.. Al. Miller was pumpin
one day last week at the Brown plar
near WoodlaWn, the cylinder hea
blew out and the piston rod and valy
stem broke, but luckily no one wa
hurt. j. H Miller is farming the plat
and has not been able to pump te
several days, while his rice is badly
need of water.
Harry Hebert, who was sick wit
slow fever for several weeks, is spenl
ing this week with his sister, MIR
Alex Miller.
w. P. Peloquin and Johnnie Jeppe
of the Bayou Serpent district anticipa
starting goat ranch. and Mr.. Peloqui
was in our midst Monday and pl
chased an Angora buck from job
Marcantel. to put in their flock.
Octave Peloquin made a flying trip
Kinder Saturday. Octave is Wearir
some Kinder buds today, Sunday
After the heavy rains that fell SUI
day some of the pumping plants wei
resting Sunday.
Su&SIIlME.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-04
OberIin viii Remain Parish Seat oil
Allen.

Lake Charles Times:
A telegram from New Orleans late
this afternoon states that the supreme
court today affirmed the decision of
Judge Overton in the case of Nixton, ct
al. VS.. the police jury of Allen parish
This is the suit involving the parish
seat of the parish and the decision
means that Cberlin will remain the
parish seat.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-04
PROPOSITION

Proposition to levy and col $500
ect a Two Mill Special Tax on
all property located Ward
Four of the Parish of Jetfer-
son Davis, Louisiana, subject
to taxation, annually for a YES
period OF ten years. commence
ing with the year 1913, for the
purpose of giving additional
aid to the public schools in
said Ward, and to purchase '''' $500
necessary property, and erect
suitable buildings for an
Agricultural and Domestic
Science Department, in one
or more public schools in said NO
Ward Four. and such other
uses as may be necessary for
convenience or maintenance
of the public schools OF said
Ward Four. :........
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-04
PROPOSITION

Proposition to levy an
five (5) mill special tax
on all the property in
School District No. 10
OF the Parish of jehef.
son Davis, Louisiana,
subject to State tax.
alton. annually, for a
period of Ten (10) years
beginning with the year
1913, for the purpose Of
giving additional aid to
public schools in said
District No, 10.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-04
PROPOSITION

Proposition to levy and col 49,
lect Three Mill Special Tax:
on all the property located in ::
School District No. 81 of the 4:
Parish OF Jefferson Davis,
Louisiana, subject to taxation, YES
annually for period of ten !:
years, commencing with the
year 1913, for the purpose of
giving additional. and to the
public schools of said Dist 49, 1900
riot, and to purchase neces-
sary property, and erect
necessary buildings for All
Agricultural and Domestic
Science Department. and such NO
other uses as may be neces-
sary for the convenience or
maintenance OF the public
schools of said District. :... :.....
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Bryan and RadiSheS.

SECRETARY OF STATE BRYAN is an
- early riser. Moreover he not only
rises early. but he goes out early. He
at O'Clock and even earlier and htes
himself out TO the cool lanes and shady
bypaths of Rock Creek Park. Soldiers,
Home and environs for brisk canter IN
the delicious GOODNESS of the day before
the sun dries off the dew and gets in its
scorching work. Punctuality being one OF
his virtues, he is always back for break
fast.
On the way home. whether alone or In
company with some boon companion, the
Secretary's fancy often turns lightly TO
radiShes-w hite radishes, not the little red
variety. but the long. crisp white ones.
Sometimes he stops "a one of the nearby
markets to get n supply of these favorites
of his. More often he pulls his horse up
beside a passing. huckster wagon-indesd,
he seldom passes one of these vegetable
carts without hailing the truck vender
with the query -
ANY white radishes this morning. -s
If there should happen to be radishes
on that particular wagon the premier OF
the nation loses no time in argument but
speedily effects purchase.
Recently one of the political sages OF
the Capital city happened along while Mr..
Bryan was investing in this little appe-
tizer and he has since been busy evolving
a theory as to the part this humble little
vegetable has played in the career of the
great commoner. While he is not ready
to give his solution to the public. he saws
that fondness for radishes may not be
an indication Of political success and pre-
ferment.
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Thirty Million Cigar Boxes.

CIGAR boxes are a negligible quantity
~, to the average Smoker who stands
before a Hastily dressed showcase and
buys a .'fve-cent straight" or three
for a quarter" Few of even the most in
veterate smokers ever stop to think of
the number of these boxes. used In the
United States during year, or from
where they come.
Thirty millions is the total number of
boxes supplied to cigar manufacturers in
the United States, according to testimony
before the ways and means committee in
the tariff hearings. Many millions more
enter the country filled with foreign rolled
cigars from Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines Manufacturers declare that
fhe boxes made from Spanish cedar, a
wood which is rarely seen outside OF
Cuba is the best for packing the seduc-
tive weed.
Various woods have been tried. but
wherever used connoisseurs have protest
ed that even the finest of cigars were
spoiled by putting them In boxes made
from other wood than Spanish cedar.
This wood always retains the flavor of
good cigar, and some assert that II great
ly improves the flavor. The reason given
Is that the Spanish cedar grows only In
that soil which produces the finest quality
Of what is known as Havana tobacco
Cuba has a conservation problem pecu-
liar to itself. The demand for cigar boxes
far exceeds the supply.
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duchesses and other members of the
aristocracy-hi plays are full of them.
Through me he met the late George
Wyndham, my cousin, who was certainly
one Of the most brilliant men In English
society, and I also introduced him to my
mother and my father, the late Marquis
of Queensberry, who at first liked him
immensely. He was a frequent guest at
my mothers houses in London and in
the country, where he had the oppor-
tunity of studying a social rank which
he would not otherwise have met.
AT the top of his fame" Lord Alfred
added wilde thought himself the
greatest man that ever lived. and he
very nearly succeeded in making me be-
lieve the same. For three years, or
until his disgrace. we We're on the most
intimate of terms, and during this time
he produced some Of his finest work. OF
what assistance / was to him in this
40 not care to speak now. 1t is enough
to say that We were flint and steel, two
literary craftsmen. living together and
sharing their inspiration. 1t is in this
period, I suppose, that l am accused of
having lived on him. My answer is
that / never had so much as sixpence
from Oscar Wilde. though l gave him
thousands of pounds, and that when one
of us was the host Of the other it was
oftener 1 than he that played that part.
We actually lunched and dined together
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eyes and bitterness in his tone as he
replied.
Il am writing this book" he said. Ito
clear my name and that or my little son,
because the allegations against me in
connection with Oscar Wilde. which.
hitherto. had been circulated by means
of irresponsible gossip and innuendo'
have at last found men with at least
some literary standing-though not the
authority Of having known either Wilde
or myself-to father them, and because
they have been set down as facts In
works that purport to be critical studies
suppose the details of the libel action
which l recently brought against Arthur
Ransome for repeating in his Life or
Oscar Wilde the oft-repeated fiction
that lived on Wilde. and that the evil
influence exercised over him by me was
the cause of Wilde's downfall. are still
fresh in most peoples minds. I lost that
case. | knew l should lose it. though
! was then ignorant OF the existence or
the suppressed portion of De Profundis,
the savage denunciation Of me which
Wilde wrote while In prison in fit of
what he himself called 'mischievous mad
ness. The reading of this document,
discovered by Wilde's self-appointed lit
erary executor among his effects. and.
though addressed to me, bequeathed by
nm to the British museum with the stip
ulation that 1t should not be made public
until 1860 told powerfully against me. as
would have deprived that document Of all
It's force. However, that action had the
result which I hoped to gain when
brought 1t. for 1t revealed for the first
Tune the whole case of my detractors.
knowing which. can now proceed to de-
molish it with proofs.
~
shall make full statement regard
Ing the mistaken attitude toward me, aft
er"ard acknowledged by Wilde. which
prompted the writing Of the unpublished
part Of De Profundis.' and Of his own
attitude toward 1t after he came out Of
prison. also shall reveal the details Of
a deliberate plot. inspired by desire for
revenge, to vildfy me while living and to
besmirch my name and memory when
am dead, jplot engineered by persons
OF some suppl sed standing in the literary
world, and Carried out remorselessly.
OF all those who surrounded Oscar
Wilde" Lord )Alfred went on. II prac-
tically alone maintained disinterested
attitude. have sat silent under
countless attempts to blackmail me
while enemih les have been engaged In
blackening my name merely taking
legal steps, I and always before. sue
cessfully, when statements rejecting
on me werq made in books with any
literary pretensions. The revelation
Of plot to defame me after my death
is. however,. too much for flesh and
blood. and !has goaded me at last into
abandoning my policy Of silence.
The STORY of my acquaintance with
Wilde win be told in detail. and the
picture X shall draw of him will differ
vastly frIom the mythical figure that
has been conJured up by biographers,
who either did not know him at all
or who had barely nodding acquaint-
ance with him. i shall be able to tell
a great number of sayings and anec-
dotes Of Wilde which have not before
been printed. and shall throw an en-
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w iild@

Alfred went on, he was a pauper. he
came to me and told me he was in need,
and | gave him money. l housed him at
Giudice. my villa at Naples. Between
this time and that of his death. two years
later he had over $4,000 from me. Wide
was extravaganza personifed. He could
not keep money. All his tastes We're lux-
urious. If there were oTtolans to be had,
he would have them. When he died !
was in Scotland on visit, and thus may
claim TO be the only one of Wilde's bt.
ographers in whose arms he did not ex-
pire. Robert Ross notified me of his
death. and / returned TO Paris and paid
the expenses of his funeral and his debts
Then l was told that Wilde had left va
rious manuscripts. of which some one else
offered TO take charge At this timel
was carrying on a racing stable at
Chantilly and did not want TO be both
cred so ! consented to tLis arrangement
Among these manuscripts was, IL ap-
pears. the document that Wilde addressed
to me i'm prison, well as some of my
letters to Wilde. The document was re-
Gently handed to the British Museum 10
be published after my death, and il was
used at the recent trial in London to
biacken my name before all the world" =
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sibly be dependent upon a bohemian of
slender and uncertain income is too pre-
posterous for serious discussion. Wilde
on the contrary, who was of humble
birth and had risen to affluence from
poverty, rejoiced In these entertainments
which were the fruits OF his success"
nat Is your answer to the charge
that you were an evil influence in Wilde's
hfe?" Lord Alfred was asked.
My answer is that it is ludicrous to
suggest that boy of twenty corrupted
man OF nearly forty" replied Lord AL
fred. my answer is that we lived as
two artists, that ours was one Of the
truest literary comradeships in the his
tory of letters, and that Wilde's three
most successful plays were written at
Goring and Worthing and Babbacombe,
where We shared homes. This prepos-
ferrous tale that led Oscar Wilde astray
has no shadow of foundation save for
the SO,OOO-word diatribe which Wilde ad-
dressed to me in prison when. mistaken
ly. he imagined himself abandoned and
neglected by me-
WAS 1t not your father, the Marquis of
Queensberry, who prosecuted Oscar
Wilde for the sake of ending your friend
ship with him?" was Queried.
1T was my father who was prosecuted
for libel by Oscar Wilde" answered Lord
Alfred quietly. "My father, you must
understand, was extremely eccentric. My
mother had been obliged to divorce him,
so you can imagine that I was not likely
to take any advice of his too seriously.
Ny father had heard rumors regarding
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Panama canal section. There he looked
open-mouthed at the likenesses Of steam
shovels and made no comment worthy of
note.
section-mercy, he did begin to notice
things! Psyche is shown in two reels. In
one she Is going to the bath; and in the
other she is going to dress. To any
without the esthetic sense it might ap-
pear that Psyche could use a Mother
Hubbard or a bath robe to a good adj
vantage.
The young man very properly took one
Meeting peep at friend Psyche and hur-
riedly called attention to the fine oil
room east. Ma and Sister Nancy also
got bird's-eye view of the little lady
and passed right on to see the very
things that the best bet matrimonially
was leading them to.
Did Bill hasten by? Not on your life.
Bill fingered on and, having read more
or less about September Morn" 1t &C.
CURED to him that it might be a great
idea to get an expression from his elders
on the pictures at hand. So he whooped
for his ma, his sister Nancy and her fell
low to come back. They only turned
around. And when Bill made motions
and pointed at the art before him, they
passed him cold and went on. determined
that If they died OF humiliation due to
the wholly uncalled-for remarks of Bill
they would at least be facing the east.
About the only remarks that any pic
ture in the library gets is, beautiful" or
magnificent" or grand" All of them
mean nothing, but one Is as safe in
springing either as he is in buying gov
eminent bonds. For this reason 1t is in
teresting to loiter around the picture OF
"Old Man and Grandson" by Dominica
Ghirlanddazo, an Italian artist. One al
ways hears a different remark there.
Unfortunately for the old man, the
artist presented him with a most terrible
nose. 1t Is cross between a Bartlett
pear, hedge apple and an English wal
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Wildes vices-the vices of which l was
absolutely ignorant-and he urged me to
break with him. L refused. declining to
believe in Wilde's guilt. Then my father
embarked on systematic persecution.
Once, when Wilde was at the theater, he
sent him a bouquet made, believe, of
carrots and turnips, with a card attached
accusing him of indecency. In every
fashion he bounded him, and eventually
Wilde appealed to me. our father is
s.andering me, right and left said he,
what am / to do?'
What could 1 say? Soon after, Wilde
sued my father for libel. only to change
places with him in the dock. The au-
thorities. l. may say, had no wish to i'm
prison him. Bail was granted him and
his friends implored him to escape. His
motives for refusing | explain in my
book. / never even was called as wit
ness in the Wilde trials. | blundered in
not insisting on having my say, but
had no heart for it. | suppose one might
call it supineness.
When Wilde came out of prison" Lord
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signs; so maybe he did see great
author after all.
Whenever the Washington base ball
team is out of the city many youthful
fans go to the Library to see what papers
in other American League cities have to
say about the Climbers. Black scowls and
harsh words greet printed criticisms OF
the home boys.
A solemn looking young man was read
ing a magazine at the table where the
Cub sat down He glanced around a
couple of times and then broke the Ice
by launching into discussion or cur
rent article. The young man allowed
there were some pretty fair pieces being
written nowadays but they might be
better.
ever try your hand?' asked the Cub
yep" he replied. Il wrote for the
magazine once"
lousy.
They never sent it." quoth the chap,
very solemnly
Which only tends to show to what ex-
tremes man will go to spring a JOKE on
an unsuspecting chance acquaintance.
The higher art is upstairs In the IL
brary, just as it should be. There are
also some old manuscripts ana DOCKS ana
minstrel show bills and announcements OF
what the elder Hackett planned to DO on
the stage. So, when the Cup Iouno this
out he went up a flight.
Lots of people look at the Old ItaNan.
German and Grecian volumes at the heao
of the stairs for many minutes ana 20
away convinced that the books are all
right, because the signs indicate it; That
was the only way the Cub could tell
whether one book was more valuable tnan
the other. He reckoned that one printed
fifty years earlier than its neighbor was
a sight more valuable. .
One thing that panied him was that
few people seemed to be tranSlatlng the
contents of the books. So he decided to
try his hand, though he could not speak
or read anything but English. II his ire =.
depended upon 1t. He gazed long over an
Italian volume moving his lips, but trans
lating nothing In a few minutes three
or four people were observing him. FL
nally one spoke up.
you mind translating some Of those pas
sages out loud"
The Cub Reporter looked up quickly,
started to move away, but suddenly had
an idea.
well, really. now" he said. TN back
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sat down. She was bracing herself for a
few rounds with George AIDES fables. The
Cub Reporter, being unmarried, MADE
fiimsy excuse and started conversation
"Ain't George the dearest thng? she
asked. I'm forever readin' him. but ma
don't like his style and calls me down
something fierce for foolin' away my
time"
your mother reads better books, them"
YES. she's strong for them long-drawn-
out novels with lots of description in 'em.
like Chambers writes. He's all right, L
suppose, but Ii takes him long time to
get any place with his artists and models.
1t strikes me. Did you ever read any OF
Laura Jean Libbey's works?"
The Cub Reporter had, and. knowing
that one word about Laura always
brought on another, he grabbed his hat
and fed out into the hall.
Turning to the left, single file. he pres
emily beheld a man dressed lige a poet,
the first he had seen in many days. The
fellow wore one OF those "money's-worth"
ties that will hide dirty shirt front and
half of ones vest If permitted to stray
around at its own free will. His hair was
long AS it had been permitted to grow.
SO had his clothes been worn. But what
is bodily habiliment if the soul is clothed
swer
In the top of the corridor to the right
Of the main entrance are set in stone the
names of several poets. The long-haired
one was moving first under the name of
one poet and then under another, and
muttering few words the while. The
Cub Reporter walked near him and lis
tened. The poet was standing under
Poes name. All the Cub got out of that
muttering was "Quoth the raven, never
more"
Whitmans name came next, and the
stranger began: "Once I passed through
a populous city" Whereupon did the
Cub stick his thumbs in his ears. caring
not at all for Leaves OF Grass But on
down the line of American poets the odd
person went, repeating a few lines from
poem of each except Lowell, whom he
jumped, after looking at the name out of
the corner of his eye. Evidently he had
no Lowell goods in stock. Longfellow
came last, and after his admirer had re-
lieved his mind of "A Rainy Day." and
passed his milk white hand with SCOT
black nails over his throbbing brow, he
started out of the building.
The Cub let him get out into the air be-
fore approaching him. This was a wise
precaution. Homemade poetry always is
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Others come every day. but spend only
few hours here.
I'VE receive papers three times day.
Any number of our regular subscribers
know exactly the hour the papers from
various sections of the country should ar
rive. If their favorite papers are not on
the racks at the proper time they want
to know why. Unfortunately, we cannot
always tell them.
You usually can tell what town man
is from by the rack he goes to- For In
stance, the Cleveland man makes dash
for some Cleveland paper on his arrival.
1t seems to me that there are more people
from Chicago and Kansas City than any
two other western cities. These two racks
seldom are idle.
Many times our readers want to dis
cuss home news with us. They run
across something about an old friend or
acquaintance, and, seeing an attache of
the library, tell him all about the par
ticular person. They seem to feel that
they know us. and. therefore, we should
be personally interested in their friends.
II 1 am not mistaken. at present we
receive 9S4 publications, both daily and
weekly, published in almost every Ian
guage. Yet we have calls almost every
day for some little paper that is not on
the list.
We also have many regular magazine
readers. Some of them try to pass them
selves off as writer's. / guess a few
writer's do come here, but there are many
VINO say they write, but who are really
the boldest of takers.