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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-06-27
SYNOPSIS.

!. redmond, opera singer niger, s t,ada g
y. In drive in New York n nan;na
. eos III as her chauffeur, Leaving
pII ss sa GOES into the park to Teaa
y sae = oId friend Of her mother.
y p "a = her property. There sne ID
sis lell ns stranger. who follows her
BIZ o . sIsnbs In and chloroloims
,. sSss Hambleton OF Lynn n, m aed,
ss'i he abduction OF Agatha -a a
~ ua mi sees Agatha lorci t,,s
.s Ss,' 4 yacht. He secures a lug, Jug
llOst var the yacht drops over
pa III as1 Van Camp, friend OF HAM a.
alssn annointment with him. NOT
n T3l. 81 s he makes q call upon
]. s nroposes to the latter ana IS re-
~ TSs three arrange a coast c lily
I. ~ eesm MS yacht, the Sea Guli o
..,. sa wakes up on board the Jeanhe
e, ~ Yacht on which Is Agatha
.as d. clothes and money 'oelt
80 . he from him. He meets q
r ~ ,nsrodlces himself as Monsieur
~ " p Who is Agatha's aoductor.
"a, hut are interrupted by the
XVI be vessel. Jimmy and Agatha
IN = abandoned I by the crew VINO
" az hosts Jimmy and Agatha
I I. * sours and finally reach SHORE
.ls y, mJJ,S exhausted condition, Re- =
y. sV Gjssbtly, the pair find Hand the
90 M sbo assisted in Agatha's alb
~ ~ S', sgrees TO help them. Jim is
y. y and on the verge Of death; Hand
Y, A MIN ~ He returns with DR..
y ,, ny reyiyes Jim, and the party
~. va n n chariesport, where Aga
$50. assus,tv Is located. DR.. Thayer is
'sl ssg' of A 4 benefactor. Van
J, and NJ his party, in the Sea Gull,
ssrlesport and get tidings OF the
X he Jeanne D'Arc. Aleck tinds
!. ~ verge Of death and Agatha In
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-06-27

whole trouble was that the cub want
ed to be amused. The lioness pro-
ceeded to supply the remedy
At this point Snyder paused.
THE whole thing is so surprising
he said, that hesitate to relate the
result Of my careful observations.
go on, Bill" cried his friends In
chorus.
"As | said before, it was the lioness
that first discovered the trouble with
Pompey," continued Snyder after his
friends had assured him that his repu-
tation for veracity was proof against
skepticism.
81 shall never forget the shock T
suffered when as | approached the
cage after the crowd had departed
from the lion house the other day and
discovered the lioness, usually most
sedate animal, trying to stand on her
head in a corner of her cage. with
his little head pressed against the bars
and standing erect on all four feet was
Pompey in his cage. his teeth showing
and looking for all the world like
happy youngster laughing at clown.
"Get down. commanded the mo-
Their and as she scrambled to her feet
pompey began to whimper. just as
though he was protesting at my inter
ruption OF the fun.
~ could not understand the object
Of the lioness at first" he said. but
after a little observation the whole
thing was clear to me. That lioness
was cutting UP all sorts of undignified
antics lust to keep that cub from pin
fng At one time / saw her Waiting
, about to the great enjoyment of Pom
, new and at another time saw her
/ walking on her hind legs and growl
, ing while Pompey quivered all ove'
: with pure enjoyment. Every time the
lioness would stop for any length o
time pompey would whimper. and hi
mother would do some other stunt u
] amuse him. I figured out that tn
lioness would wear herself out unles
something was done, and so pu
8 Pompey back with his mother. No'
. ne is contented. and both are gettin
= rest
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-06-27

any one else in this whole countryside
who can nurse sick man? Why, |
can do 1t myself: or Mr.. Van Camp,
bis cousin, could do It, Why should
you wapt her, Of all people. when she
feels so toward u.s."
The moment his professional 1udg-
ment came into question Doctor Thay.
er slipped out from the cloud OF en-
barrassment which had engulfed him
in his recent conversation, and as
sumed the authoritative voice that
Agatha had first heard.
MY dear Miss Agatha Redmond,
that Is foolish talk. You are half
sick, even now; and 1t requires
strong person, with no nerves. to 90
what l desire done. Mr.. Van Camp
may be his cousin, but the chances are
that he wouldn't know bromide from
a blister; and good nurses don't grow
on bushes In lion. nor in Charles
port, either. There isn't one, to be
had, so far as l know, and we cant
wait to send to Augusta or Portland
The next few days, especially the next
twenty-four hours, are critical"
Agatha listened intently, and a
growing resolution shone in her eyes.
Would Mrs. Stoddard come. II II
were not for what you said--about
me?" she asked.
THE Lord only knows, but think
she would" replied the poor, har'
assed doctor. She's always been a
regular Dorcas in this neighborhood
"Dorcas!" cried Agatha, her anger
again faring up. Il should say Sap
phira"
"Oh, now, Susan isn't SO bad, Wher
} you once know her." urged the doc
, tor.
Agatha got up and went to the win
, dow. trailing her travelling rug aftel
her. "She shall come-Ill bring her
! And sometime she shall mend he
3 words about me--but that can wait
' II she will only help to save Jane
4 Hambleton's life now! Where doe
she liver Suddenly, as she stood a
t the window, she saw an opportunity
n There's Little Simon down there nov
d under the trees; and his buggy mus
q be somewhere near. VIII you sta
s here, Doctor Thayer, with Mr.. Han
bleton, while | go to see your sister?
r Hadn't l better drive you over I
s see Susan myself?" feebly suggeste
g the doctor.
e mo. III go alone There wa
!" anger, determination. gunpowder
8 Agatha's voice.
II But mind you, don't offer her an
k. money" the doctor warned, as
sd watched her go down the hall and di
O. appear for an instant in the bedroo
where James Hambleton lay 81
10 came out almost Immediately al
"a without a word descended the wit
t stairway, opened the dining-roo
IN door, and called softly to Sallie King
1t bury.
Doctor Thayer returned to the SIC
nd room Ten minutes later ne heard q
at wheels of Little Simon's buggy rollil
lie rapidly up the road In the directs
Of of Susan Stoddard's place.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-06-27
CHAPTER XIV.
Susan stoddard's Prayer.

Susan SLOUOdIo ft0yS''
There was a wide porch. spotlessly
ecrubbod along the front OF the
house. and two hydrangeas blooming
gorgeously In tubs, one on either SIDE
Of the walk. The house looked new
and modern, shiny with paint and fur-
rished with all the conveniences Of
fered by the relentless progress OF our
day.
little Simon had informed Agatha,
a,,ring their short drive, that Deacon
stoddard had achieved this resi-
dence" shortly before his death; and
his tone implied that 1t was the pride
~ the town, its real treasure. Even
r. Aeatha's absorbed and preoccupied
mind 1t presented a striking contrast
70 the old red house. which had re-
ce,yed her so graciously into its spa
cious comfort. She marveled that
anything SO fresh and modish as the
bouse before her could have come into
heing in the old town. 1t was mex,
IN a certainty that there was mooeI
laundry with set tubs beyond the
kitchen. and equally sure that no ole
horsehair lounge subtly invited the
weariad traveller to rest.
A cool draft came through thu
screen door. Within, 1t was cleane
than anything Agatha had ever seen
The stair-rail glistened, the polishe'
| floors shone. A neat bouquet OF swee
meas stood exactly in the center OF I
snow.white dolly. which was exactl
in the middle Of shiny, round table
The very door-mat was brand new
! Agatha would never have thought 9
wipins her shoes on It.
Agatha's ring was answered by
half.grown girl, who looked scare
when she saw a stranger at the doc
| AGATHA walked into the parlor,
spite OF the girls hesitation In invitin
!, her, and directed her to say to MIR
, stoddard that Miss Redmond. from q
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-06-27
po,ltlca, styles.

who's going to heaa the local
ticket"
THE boys want change"
Eyes, know. We've been having
a Judge and colonel. suppose this
years styles call for professor and
q surgeon. heyr'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-06-27
taAprER xlll.-contlnued.

fakpTER xill.-Continuec.
ant 20 in-I can't bear to see
d ill., she whispered; and as
i boxed at her before entering
lsEroom, he saw that her eyes
filed with tears.
IstAs went back to her couch, feel
sist he heavens had opened. Here
friend come to her from she
Dot where, whose right it was
sume responsibility for the sick
BE was kind and good, and he
her rescuer with the boyish
Ton Of their school-days. He
surely help; he would work
her to keep death away. What
I5ys and professional skill could
hoHld be done; there had been no
don as to that, of course, from
hsginning. But here was some
ahO would double, yes, more
double her own efforts; some
EAO was strong and we'll and
he, Her heart was thankful.
lore Alsok returned from the
nom, Doctor Thayer's step sound
q the stairs, followed by the
4 complaining voice of Sallie
aury. Presently the two men
in . loW-voiced conference in
Ma Agatha waited while they
q feeling grateful afresh that
at Thayer's grim professional
ON vas 10 be reinforced by Mr.
Camps resources. When the
y entered Agatha's room, her face
anost the natural flush of health
y Miss Agatha Redmond"-the
continued frequently to ad
ner by her full name, half ii
Onate Difference and half Will
az sense Of humor peculiar Il
Hiss Agatha Redmond, 81
beginning to pick up! A goot
700; for don't want two pa
y one house like the one OH
he's q very sick man. Mis-
AnOE' doctor. ! have seen hir
worse, hour by hour, even sine
e What can be done?"
= needs special nursing now, an
ntly.e
nat can be managed. Sen
aad, 70 Boston, or somewher,
g get a nurse here soon. {
Y any trouble, doctor. | ca
mayer squared himself an
sl0y up and down Agatha
e did not reply at once, ar
ald, It was with one of h
',src turns toward an a
Y. v Irrelevant topic.
soa seen Sister Susan?"
Stepping by the side
- eouch and. looking down
y als shrewd gaze. 1t was
question, for he knew tn
bs. ,aa not seen Mrs. StoddaI
sn too weak and i'll to 8
agatha shook her head.
Miss Agatha Redmor
~. Wy nurse We need fol- th
"a. sss.lenan over there. It's &
&c must have now, day a
soe Z he gets we'll, It win
ltg that does 1t. There ID,
q q this country like sus,
once takes hold of a ca
Hand in there is all RIG
81 up much longer nlt
Y ne has been doing. A
3. scman. Don't know "
l.s 'ls Lord seems bent
sick men into wome
,. Z they weren't more Il
g Us when we're well."
humorous smile rewar,
So. grim comments. II Il
g wanted.
abe said. with a q,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-05

nervous / could not sleep, then would
be 30 tired mornings that could scarcely
get around. 1t seemed almost impossi-
ble to move or do bit of work and l
thought / never would be any better un-
til submitted to an operation. COM
menced taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and soon felt like a
new woman. / had no pains, slept well,
had good appetite and was fat and
could do almost all my own work for
family Of four. l shall always feel
that owe my good health to your med
tcine. Mrs. HAYWARD Sewers, Cary.
Maine.
If you are Ill do not drag along until
an operation is necessary, but at once
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
II you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegeta.
BILE Compound will help you, write
tOLydia e. .Pinkham Medicine Co,
(cOnfidential) Lynn, M ass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman.
and held In strict confidence.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-05
New Tribe In New Guinea.


Having returned to England after
an expedition into the heart of New
Guinea, Rev. Cecil Hall, formerly of
Jamaica, described to reporter some
OF his discoveries In a hitherto unex-
plored country.
After several days Journey" he
said, Il came into the region of the
cannibal tribes, who seemed very
fierce. Particularly was this the case
with the Ki-ki tribe, who make a prac.
tice OF preserving their enemies heads.
After this we came to mountain
slopes, and after climbing some dis
tance--we estimated 1t at about three
thousand feet-we came upon a tribe,
the men Of which were more fully
clad than the ordinary native of the
country. while the women were COM
pletely clothed in texture woven
from cocoanut fiber"
Mr.. Hall added that the completely
clad tribe was found about three hun
dred miles inland from Monorki. No
one In the lowlands knew of their ex-
istence.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-05
HAND POWER STUMP FULLER
Opinion of Farm Manager for West
ern Fuel Co., Nanaimo, B. C.
BY Thos. Cunningham.

The most economical, powerful, safe
and satisfactory stumping device
have yet seen is hand power stump
ing machine, known in the United
States as the "K" hand stump puller,
sold by Mr.. w. ]. Fitzpatrick, in Sc
attic, Wash. This machine weighs
100 pounds and can be wheeled around
like a barn truck. l venture to say
that it will come off with flying colors
in contest with any of the various
makes of horsepower stumping ma
chimes. It is built on the double &C.
ton pawl and ratchet principle.
heard about this machine last fall and
travelled twenty miles to see it, very
skeptical as to the stories had heard
about it. The agent attached it to a
standing tree (fir), about 36 inches in
diameter, placing the cable about IL
feet up the tree. l took hold of the
lever, and pulled the tree down my
self, in eight minutes. bought the
machine on the spot, and have pulled
the stumps from 30 acres of land with
it since, the machine costing not one
cent for repairs. Very recently l
gave demonstration on stump pulling
to the members of the Royal Commits
sion on Agriculture, appointed by the
government of British Columbia. In
this demonstration first attached
large sized, horsepower stump puller
of the capstan variety to fir stump
of about 20 inches diameter. This
stump was on an open gravelly soil
and the roots penetrated quite deep.
l hitched 1900 pound horse to the
stump puller and it failed to move the
stump. then attached the Trewhella
machine to the same stump and pulled
it out quite easily in seven and one
half minutes, the roots being pulled
out clean and clear. While pulling
the stump Gas is my usual custom)
kept man with a mattock knocking
the dirt from the roots as the stump
was raised and allowing it to fall back
into the hole made by the lifting of
the stump. By doing this the ground
is left nearly level and requires very
lite grading afterwards. Naturally
the members of the Commission were
greatly delighted with the machine
and in order to personally test it, Mr..
Hayward, M. P. p, chairman of the
commission, and Mr.. Shannon, one of
the members, took hold of the lever
and pulled out stump themselves.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-05
The REAL FRA DIAv0L0
DESERTED BY MEN, BETRAYED
BY HIS PHYSICIAN.
Memoirs Of Gen. Hugo Tell Story Of
Campaign Against the Brlgand
Who Fought for Bourbons
Against Napoleon.

General Hugo's memoirs tell the
story of his campaign against Fra Di-
avolo, alias Michael Pezza, the Italian
brigand who fought for the Bourbons
against Napoleon. The general trans.
forms his adversary into kind OF
hero and puts his personal prowess in
such dramatic light that his son, the
poet Victor Hugo, found 1t necessary
to add little or nothing to the account
to raise it to the level of an epic.
However, M. Jacques Rambaud pub
fishes in the Revue de Paris some new
documents which reduce this campaign
to more prosaic proportions. These
documents are the very letters written
by Commandant Hugo, the future gen
eral, to Caesar Berthier, his command.
er-in-chief, as well as the formal report
OF his operations drawn up at Naples
on November 4, 1903.
In his memoirs Hugo from the outset
affects wonderful confidence; his
letters prove that he was nightly
perplexed how to deal with an enemy
with whom the whole population was
In sympathy, and he frankly confesses
that in the work of conquest he looks
rather to bribery and treachery than
to force of arms.
His memoirs describe q real battle
the fight at Bojano, in which his sol
dlers are represented as making 80
prisoners after killing or drowning
hundreds Of brigands. His letters are
more modest and speak only of q skir.
mish in which several" brigands were
killed and only six were taken prison.
ers. There is, too, in these letters
nothing about the shot in his right leg
which he afterward mentions in his
memoirs.
This does not mean that the cam.
paign against the famous brigand was
not decidedly strenuous, but the mill.
tary operations would have been sin.
gularly fruitless and Fra Diavolo
would have continued to range the
country for many years had he not
been deserted by his men and in his
solitary condition recognized by a vii
lage doctor, who won his confidence
and betrayed him.
Hugo assures us in his memoirs that
ne interceded with King Joseph to
grant Fra Diavolo pardon. There is
no evidence of this and it is not very
likely. How could he have had the
face to claim that this captured bri.
gand should be treated as prisoner
OF war when from his own showing he
was a man more celebrated for crimes
than for deeds Of military daring, more
accustomed to take fight than to
stand his ground and fight? He com.
pared him, indeed, with Mandrin and
Cartouche. That means that the hang.
mans rope was too good for him.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-05
Darwin on MARRIAGE.

A newspaper correspondent recalls
the following early advocacy of Gu.
genie marriages from Darwin's DE
scent Of Man:
Man scans with scrupulous care
the character and pedigree Of his
horses, cattle and dogs before he
matches them; but when 1t comes to
his own marriage he rarely or never
takes any such care. He is impelled
by nearly the same motives as the
lower animals when they are left to
their own free choice. though he Is IN
so far superior to them that he highly
values mental charms and virtues. On
the other hand, he is strongly attract
ed by mere wealth or rank. Yet he
might by selection do something not
only for the bodily constitution and
frame Of his offspring, but for their
intellectual and moral qualities. Both
sexes ought to refrain from marriage
II they are in any marked degree in
ferior In body or mind; but such hopes
are Utopian and will never be even
partially realized until the laws Of in
heritance are thoroughly known.
Everyone does good service who aids
toward this end."-New York Evening
Post.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-05
AeropIane Shaped Like Bird.

~f'es''S S''cPS0 LINZ 0ITus
An artificial bird built by French
inventor. which has recently been sub
1ected to practical tests, apparently
solves what has been one of the hard.
est problems in connection with heavi.
er-than-air flying machines, that of in
herent stability. This device Is
small model of an aeroplane, with body
and wings shaped exactly like those of
bird, and, from reports of the tests,
1t represents the biggest step forward
since the Wright brothers first invent
ed the aeroplane. This model is the
result OF years of investigation of the
mechanics Of bird fight, and, in par
ticular, of the shape of the body and
wings OF soaring birds, the object be-
Ing to develop type of aeroplane that
would automatically right itself and
maintain its balance in varying air cur
rents without the use of stabilizing de-
vices OF any kind and without the ne.
cessity Of any attention from the air
man. II the full-sized machines work
out as successfully as this model. 1t
means that one Of the greatest dan
gers In aviation has been practically
eliminated. With an aeroplane of this
type the airman would be free to de-
vote all his attention to steering and
running his machine, as there would
be no necessity for warping the wings
or changing the position of the ailerons
to maintain his balance, as at present.
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-05
For a Red
BIotehy Skin
The Remarkable Action of
a Famous Remedy and
Some Facts About 1t.

The skin Is buta net work Of fine blood
vessels. And 1t Is a perfectly natural
consequence that any influence In the
plood that Is condition Of Ill health
makes Its first appearance in the skin.
There are certain medicinal properties
that follow the course Of the blood stream
ana the influence Of these properties Is
that Of an antidote. This is why S. s. g.,
the best known blood purifier, has such
positive action in the skin. There Is
one Ingredient in S. s. S. which peculiarly
stimulates cellular or glandular activity
to select from the blood or from this
fne net work Of blood vessels In the skin.
those elements which 1t requires for re-
generation.
Inus pimples, acne, eczema, lupus, or
any other blood condition that attacks the
skin or seeks an outlet through the skin
Is met with the antidotal effect of S. S. 8.
The action OF SIS. S. in the cellular
tissues OF the body serves the active pur.
pose OF stimulating each cellular part to
the healthy and judicious selection Of its
own essential nutriment. Not only this,
but II from the presence of some disturb.
ing poison a condition Of disease arises,
s. s. 8. SO directs the local cells that this
poison is rejected and eliminated from
their presence.
This Is why skin troubles vanish so
readily and why they do not return.
Under the influence of S. s. s. this fine
net work Of blood vessels in the skin is
constantly taking from the blood the nu.
triton REQUIRED for healthy tissue and the
cause OF disease is Just as constantly be-
Ing removed, scattered and rendered
harmless. These facts are more fully
explained In book on skin troubles sent
by The Swift Specific Co., 100 Swift
Bldg, Atlanta, Ca You will find s. s. s.
on sale at all drug stores. Get bottle
to-day and Danish all skin Affections.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-12-05
HoNoRED HIS CANARY BIRD
Resident Of Atlantic City Burles Dead
Pet In style Accorded
Human Beings.

An Atlantic City resident recently
buried pet canary in style seldom
accorded either bird or beast. The lit.
tie body was placed in a silk lined
metallic coffin. Then burial service
was read over the bird, setting forth
how the songster had brought happi-
ness and good cheer into the home of
the owner through the influence Of his
silvery notes. There we're tears shed
at the funeral and at the little grave.
A complacent sort of an attendant at
the obsequies was the family cat, who
watched the little bundle Of feathers
as he ruminatively stroked his whis-
kers. He had been the death Of the
canary and would have had 1t eaten
after his first spring brought it down
to the floor had not the owner inter
vened
A Cincinnati woman not long ago
buried her pet poll parrot with unique
honors. She had had the bird, who
was a great talkef, speak into a
graphophone. and although to visitors
the result was nothing but a lot of
squawkings the owner insisted that 1t
was faithful reproduction of the af
fectionate words uttered now and then
by the parrot. At the funeral of the
bird the woman had this record put in
the graphophone and turned out to sew
eral listeners called in to take part in
the obsequies. Then the record was
placed alongside the birds body and
buried with it, for the owner declared
she could never bear to hear her pets
voice again if she could not see the
bird in the flesh.
In Philadelphia some time ago boy
who had a pet squirrel prevailed upon
his father to bury the entire cage of
the squirrel. running wheel and all,
when the little animal was put in the
ground.