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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-06
Germans Bombard. "Gibratar Of the Baltic" =
Kaiser Threatens taly---Austria Resumes
Attack Upon Belgrade French
in Shrmish.
EVENTS M EI1p0pE,c cpEAT COMET
STIRRING EVENTS IN EUROPE'S GREAT C

The German ambassador left London today.
The Bank of England reduced its discount from
per
Food supplies in Paris continue plentiful with prices
only slightly above normal
Only slight skirmsh, with few casualties was re-
ported from frontier until noon TODAY
German officers arrested today Ostend spies to
be shot by the Belgians.
London reports the capture of German by the
French
Rome the arrival in Sicily of the Goeben
Bresau German formerly reported captured
the Mediterranean
The American embassy assumed charge of German in
terests in the British Isles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-06

Continued on Eleventh Page.)
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
FRUIT LAXATIVE.
FOR SICK CHILD
"CaIifornia Syrup Of Figs can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup Of
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with.
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feyerish Or
breath is bad, stomach sour look at
the tongue, mother! If coated, give
teaspooDful Of this harmless fruit
laxative and in few hours all the
foul, cOnstipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els, and you have well, playful child
again. When its little system is full
Of cold, throat sore, has stomach-aChe,
diarrhoea, Indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, a good inside cleaning" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for So
cent bottle of California Syrup Of
Figs" which has directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. ADV.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
TELEPHONE LINES WILL COST S9OO,0OO,OO0
Congressman Wants Government Buy
Telephone Lines and Compete
With Private Lines.

Washington. - Government owner
ship of the nations telephone lines
would cost less than $900,000,000 and
would present no greater difficulties
of financing than did the Panama
canal. Representative Lewis Of Mary
land told the house Tuesday in an
exhaustive analysis of his proposal to
have these lines operated by the
postoffice department.
Lewis, who took leading part in
the establishment of the parcel post,
does not propose to have the govern
ment take over the telegraph COM
panies. His plan is to have the gov
eminent first own the telephone lines
OF the country, operate some of them
as telegraphs and have the govern
ment system compete with the private
telegraph companies in the same pro-
portion as the parcel post now COM
petes with the express companies.
Mr.. Lewis declared that Geographic
rates in the United States are the
highest in twenty countries with the
result that we rank ninth as tele-
graph users. Against this, he assert
ed, our postal rates average lower
than other countries and the number
of letters here is the highest in the
world.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02

before passing through the riser to all parts of the
house and barn.
The corner of the laundry containing the pres
sure gauge, lift pump, and pressure tank con-
nected with the cistern, is shown in one of the IL
lustrations. The connection with the lift pump is
cut off in the summer months as we have had
plenty of soft water from the tank in the barn.
BY means of this lift pump and pressure tank the
pressure in the soft water pipes is the same as
that in the hard water pipes and does away with
waiting for the lift pump to work.
Directly above the laundry and connected by
stairway is the kitchen On one side of the land.
ing of this stairway is the refrigerator and on the
other side wood box These are both filed from
the outside Of the house All Of the floors on the
first floor are hard maple, either waxed or oiled,
and covered with rugs.
The kitchen, shown in one of the illustrations,
is painted in white enamel and the walls are COW
cred with white oil cloth paper in tile design. In
this kitchen is large center table with a sink
in one corner, above which you see the hard water
faucet and the hot and cold soft water faucets.
The table is 5Sx9S inches and stands 80 inches
from the floor. The sink is 18x34 inches. With
the help of board which can slide over the
sink can increase the size of my table. At the
end of the table is a large drawer for kitchen
spoons, Knives forks, etc. This room has three
windows and door containing window. There
are built-in cupboards and flour and bread bins,
all out OF the way Of dust. The gas range in the
corner of the room is like any city gas range and
furnishes sufficient heat for the serving of twenty
or thirty people The hot water tank shown in
the picture is heated during the winter months
by the furnace which has coil Of one and one
half inch and one inch pipe connected directly
With this tank The tank furnishes sufficient
heat for the kitchen, and we found the water hot
enough to attach radiator in the living room
thus adding much to the comfort of the room and
saving on the fuel bill
The dining room opens from the kitchen and
also has openings into the living room and par
lor In this room you see one of the homemade
freplaces. A form was made on the floor of this
room and into it was poured the cement in which
was imbedded woven wire for reinforcement In
the cement the chips, taken from the stones in
building the front porch, were stuck This was
allowed to dry for five days; after which 1t was
placed In position as you see it. There is another
fireplace similar to this and directly back of 1t in
the parlor.
In corner Of the dining room is built-in china
closet and sideboard with cupboard below Dr.
reetly behind the china closet is a built-in book
case in the living room
Opening out OF the kitchen is the back stair
way leading to the bedroom. This is finished in
white, the same as the kitchen. We also have
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02

IN that Immediate locality, but name that will
mean something to future generations. We have
named our farm The Manx," In honor of my IA
'ther, who was born on the Isle of Man.
The house Is a whole is shown in one Of the
Illustrations. The stones for the porch. which is
teen feet wide and fifty feet around the outer wall
were taken from the pasture The floor of the
poic, Is cement and slopes towards either corner,
where drains are located | wish to call your at
tention to the number and height of the windows
OF the house, which provide health-givng air and
light The chimney is built in the center of the
house from the cellar bottom. It contains three
independent flues from the basement to the top
one for the furnace and enc each for the two fire.
places The cesspool is situated in the lot Just
beyond the maple tree The windmill, which
pumps the water and air for the large pressure
tank in the basement, is located at the corner of
the barn A self-regulating device is attached to
the mill 80 that when the pressure in the tank
reaches sixty pounds lever is forced upwards
and starts to throw the mill out Of gear by the
time the pressure has been increased to eighty
pounds the mill is entirely out of gear and remains
so until we draw water enough to reduce the pres
sure in the tank. when the mill is again thrown
in gear thirty barrel galvanized tank Is located
in the hay NOW OF the barn into which is con
The water from this tank Is conveyed to the
: house through one and half inch pipe, and
furnishes sufficient water for the summer months.
During the winter months the soft water is OBJ
tanned from large cistern, the connection with
which I shall explain later There are cement
walks leading from the front and side porches to
the driveway and also to the barn.
Another illustration Is that Of the basement
showing the large pressure tank which receives
the water from the windmill The supply pipe
is tapped near the barn and supplies water in the
barn. The pressure tank supplies water for the
basement, kitchen, and bathroom on the second
hoor, besides furnishing power to run the lift
pump and supplying water for lawn and garden.
The hot air pipes of the furnace open directly
into the shafts above the furnace so that there
are no side pipes excepting the one running to the
kitchen. The vegetable callar open directly from
the furnace room and has an opening into one of
the dues OF the chimney so as to carry of all
foul odors,
In the basement is also gasoline gas machine
which furnishes the gas for lighting the house
and barn and for the cooking of all our meals
The carburetor, which will hold two barrels Of
gasol-e is buried In the ground outside Of the
house. The she'll holds about eight hundred
pounds Of sand and by its weight unwinds a fan
or pump which drives the air out to the car.
buretor where is becomes saturated and returns
"a the mixer where it is further diluted with air
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
REBELS MARCH TOWARD BORDER
TO MARCH ACROSS DESERT TO
BATTLE WITH FEDERALS.
Rebel General Has Orders to Take
No Prisoners, and Rid Northern
Mexico of Enemy.

Chihuahua, MeX.-Forty-tWo hun
dred rebel cavalry with ten cannon
and six machine guns have left Chi
huahua to begin the longdelayed at
tack on the federals at Ojinaga, op-
posite Preside, Texas. The rebels,
commanded by General Ortega, have
been ordered to eXterminate the fed
erals or drive them across the United
States border
Sweep the border clear of federals
and do not take any prisoners" was
General Francisco Villas order to
General Ortega. There must not be
a federal left alive on this side Of the
border"
General Villa said if the federal
generals, Orozco or ROjas, are cap
tured they are to be shot as traitors.
Loaded in six trains with large
supplies Of ammunition the Ojinaga
expedition left Chihuahua, purposing
to travel by train as far as Hermigas
and thence march overland to DIN
aga. General Villa witnessed the de-
parture of his soldiers and expressed
confidence over the outcome, saying
the federals either would be driven
across the border or broken Up into
small bands.
The bottling up of the federals in
the city of Torreon, 200 miles south
of Chihuahua, the occupation by the
rebels of part of the city, and the
rebel capture of Lerdo and Gomez
Palacio, important adjoining towns,
were confirmed in reports received
Friday. General MoncloVio Herrera,
however, was not wounded as had
been reported. The rebel dispatches
said General Herrera now had Tor
reon practically controlled with little
loss of life, and that he would await
further Teinforcements before at
tempting a rout Of the federals under
General Refugio Valesco. The fed
eral telegraph to Monterey and Sal
tillo was cut, and should General Va
lesco be driven eastward it is said he
would have no alternative but des-
perate retreat. Torreon has been
often captured or lost by either side.
It's Importance lies in its being a rail
road center.
I General Villa purposes remaining at
Chihuahua pending the establishment
of the Ojinaga campaign.
Despite General Villas statement to
the United States government that he
is not OBTAINING wives and children of
the men who have left the country,
it is known that he has denied them
facilities to leave. The demand for
trains for military purposes was
given as reason for not providing
means to transport the Mexican fami-
lies who wish to leave. All empty
freight cars have been ordered to
Juarez to bring coal and provisions.
One million pesos in rebel money
has been issued under the seal of the
state of Chihuahua. This greatly re-
lieves the financial situation brought
about by the lack of small currency.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
Most ANY Time,
The scene is set.

The scene is set.
A country road, trees, sky, summer
homes, lake in the distance. A steam
railway line crosses the road at right
angles.
Enter, up the road, an automobile,
well loaded and running at high speed.
Enter, at the far right, an express
train.
Both automobile and train are rush.
ing toward the crossing.
Owner of automobile, to chauffeur:
Can you make it,"
The chauffeur, speeding up: Sure
l can make it,"
He didn't.-Cieyeland Plain Dealer,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
Be Vigorous
and Ambitious


Drive the poisonous waste from your
clogged-up bowels, and start your liver
to working perfectly with gentle, bliss
They purify the blood, put an edge on
the appetite and put vigor and ambition
into people who lack energy.
Take them, and headache, nervous
ness, sleeplessness and dizziness will
vanish. They are simply fine, especially
for women and elderly people.
Cut out calomel and other makeshifts.
Take little chocolate coated HOT
SPRINGS LIVER BUTTONS for a
week, and notice the complexion clear
up, and pimples vanish. All druggists,
25 cents. Free sample from Hot Springs
Chemical Co., Hot Springs, Ark.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
100000 Bonds Registered.

douston, Textile attorney gen.
eral at Austin Saturday approved and
the controller registered 100000 of
bonds for the construction of fire
proof annex to the Houston city hail.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
10000 Offices Are Advised.

Washington.-The office of the
third assistant postmaster general
has this week forwarded to nearly
sixty thousand postmasters informa-
ton as to changes in parcel post and
regulations. effective Jan. /, by order
of Postmaster General Burleson.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
Says No Rebels Near Oil Fields.

Vera Cruz, Mex.-General Joaquin
Mas and staff arrived Thursday
aboard the gunboat Zaragoza from
Tuxpam. He reports that there were
no rebels near the oil fields.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
Chief Army Surgeon Dead.

Washington Henry Tor
ney, surgeon general of the United
States army, died at his home Sun.
day of bronchial pneumonia.
city before attacking it.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02

s723.s7

know you will agree with me when say the
farm house can be made as convenient as any
city home and at much less expense of upkeep.
Come to The Manx" and see how simple and
convenient these appliances make the so.caled
drudgery OF farm life.-From the Report Of the
Wisconsin Country Life Conference.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
His Contribution,

A little boy Of five was invited to a
children's party. The next day he was
giving an account of the fun, and said
that each of the little visitors had con-
tributed either a song, a recitation, or
music for the pleasure Of the rest.
ooh, poor little jack" said his
mother, How very unfortunate you
could do nothing"
yes, | could, mother" replied the
young hopeful Il stood UP and said
my prayers!"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02


make your horses, hogs. and cattle more comfort
able and sanitary" He answered, "The house does
not bring in money" as though all we lived for
was the mere possession Of money!
One cannot pick up farm paper without reading
an account of q corn-growing contest, fatstock
show, poultry show, and noting the prizes offered
for the best results obtained All Of these tend to
stimulate the boys and girls to become more inter
ested in the farms and not to be satisfied with any
thing but the best. These contests are commend
able and serving to educate our boys and girls
by placing before them tangible standards they may
seek to secure. This education causes them to be
dissatisfied with their previous attainments and the
result is progress. The boy sees the result of the
carefully selected seed, the painsaking preparation
Of the seed bed made possible by some piece OF ma
chinery he is not in possession Of and the result is
new seed and new machinery You think you see
the immediate result Of this added expenditure of
money, but how about you daughter? You may be
giving her the domestic science course in the high
school, but you willing to spend the same amount
of money for her to put into operation the knowl-
edge she has acquired?
Cooperation is the key word of today The wife
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
HIS REASONS.

You say there is a real estate boom. Have
you any grounds for that assertions"
sure have. The grounds am trying to
sell"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02

three kinds of water in the faucets over the Law
atory Opening into the same hall into which the
bathroom opens is the den or library, from which
room there is an outside door opening onto an
upper porch for airing bedding and shaking rugs
There is a long hall connecting these rooms with
the front hall into which the bedrooms open and
which also leads to the front stairway and to the
reception hall below.
These, briefly enumerated, are the mechanical
devices about which pages might be written in
describing the conVenences they make possible
to say nothing Of the sanitation know those
who are employed in the kitchen noticed the To-
cation of the table in the center of the room and
its proximity to the gas range and builtin cup
boards. 1t is also sanitary, there are no open
ings and corners between sink and adjoining
walls for the accumulation of dust Woodwork
and walls being in white enamel are easily kept
clean. Having all kinds and plenty of water d
rectly above the sink does away with lifting and
carrying OF water pals and garbage cans. The
gas light directly above the table makes it i'm.
possible to get into your own shadow The gas
range needs but the lighted match, and the
drudgery of carrying in wood lighting and keep
ing up the fire. and carrying out the ashes is done
away with. | shall here answer question know
will arise, and that is the cost of fuel and light
D. L,
July 8 1912, was ffty-two dollars, or one dollar
week for all cooking, baking, and lighting of the
house and barn. Compare this with the time
spent in getting up wood for the kitchen stove or
the cost of coal, or will those who live In the city
compare these figures with their gas and electric
light bills.
The bathroom has appealed to more rural visi.
tors at our home than has any other room In the
house. Those Of you who have come in from the
hay field on hot summer day or have come from
dusty, dirty threshing job, would know how to
appreciate this room. Here you have hot or cold
water as you wish, or soft or hard water to meet
your fancy.
The laundry is equipped with movable tubs, and
hot water is to be had at all times when the fur.
mace is being used. When the furnace is not in
use ire in the laundry stove supplies us with
good hot water There the washing is away from
the living rooms, and the steam is drawn I'D the
f1ues of the main chimney, which does away with
steam all over the house The sink in the laundry
is connected with the sewer pipes leading to the
cesspool, thus carrying off all waste water from
the laundry. The last, and | suppose most i'm
portant picture is the bill of expense for installing
these conVeniences:
Light and gas fixtures, including gas ma
chine all piping, gas stove, and all fix
lures ......................... $262.4!
Pressure tank, thirty barrel tank in barn.
digging of trench from windmill to house.
pump at mill, piping, laundry, bathroom
and kitchen equipments complete. 80. 295OO
Installation Of furnace with all pipes and
registers ........,................ 1850
Two freplaces including CRATES, tile, ce-
ment and labor. ..v............ 915O
S722 OF
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02

mas co-0perated with the hus-
band from the beginning Of
time. 1t is high time the
husband co-operated with the
wife and daughters. Now,
this cooperation is not as
costly as it may seem. When
l give you the figures on the
cost Of installing the modern
eonVeniences we have in our
home / am sure you will
agree with me that many can
afford to expend the amount,
when the results are taken
into consideration. Get to-
gether, study your condi-
tons, and you will be sur
prised with the amount of
pleasure you derive from
planning and rearranging
your home.
should like to suggest
that YOU give your farm some
suitable and appropriate
name, a name by which it
will be recognized not only
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02

The average man gets lot Of I'M
necessary abuse while he is alive and
a lot of unnecessary praise after he is
dead.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-02
m lLDEgIPYHL1gY WIl21IH1Z[ED
,MNRS.FF SHOWERS

he farmer, without whom no other
class Of society could exist, seemingly
thinks the least of home comforts, wife,
and children. All are thought of in re-
lation to how much and in what way
they will increase the revenue Of the
farm. | said to a farmer recently.
why don't you put such and such
comforts into your home instead OF
.o-tin-1nll.. o.nnndInc. r1nnra money to
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-10-30
SAGE TEA DARKENS
HAIR TO ANY SHADE
Don't stay gray! Here's a simple
recipe that anybody can apply
with a hair brush.

The use of Sage and Sulphur for
restoring faded gray hair to its
natural color dates back to grand
mothers time. She used to keep
her hair beautifully dark, glossy and
abundant. Whenever her hair fell
out or took on that dull, faded o.
streaked appearance, this simple mix
ture was applied with wonderful ef-
feet.
But brewing at home is mussy and
out-of date. Nowadays, by asking ct
any drug store for a 50 cent bottle of
'Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound you will get this famous old
recipe which can be depended upon
to restore natural color and beauty
to the hair and is splendid for dand :
ruff, dry, feverish, itchy scalp and
falling hair
A Wcll-knoWn downtown druggist
says it darkens the hair so naturally
and evenly that nobody can tell it
has been applied. You simply damp
en- a sponge or soft brush with it
and draw this through your hair
taking one strand at a time. BY
morning the gray hair disappears
and after ANOTHER application or two
it becomes beautifully dark. glossy
soft and abundant
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-10-30
A CHALMERS
LEADERSHIP
Jack Ainsworth and O'Ncill
Auto Company Join
Forces and Take Over
State Agency for This
Popular Automobile

Phoenix is to be the center for the
distribution of Chalmers automobiles
for the entire state.
That news was developed yesterday
when ii was announced that Jack Aims
worth. who for the past six or seven
years has been the Phoenix agent, had
joined forces with the O'Neill Auto and
Supply company, and that under this
new arrangement, the state of Arizona
would be served
The consolidation of interests in this
case produces one Of the strongest sell
ing combinations on automobile row.
With the Chalmers as the big, medium
priced car and the Maxwell as a rep
rescntative of the low priced class, the
company will have line that will be
hard to beat.
The entire state will be covered
From this place as the distributing
point 1llottments of local territory will
be made to a number of the larger
towns. where responsible sub-dealers
will ne established.
The O'NeilI shop on Center and Polk
streets will be the service station for
the Chalmers car, while the offices for
the selling force will probably be To-
Gated at the old AinsWOrth garage on