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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-06-19
Queer EnuIish Duty.

Americans will be interested to
rcw that from 1860 it has been Gus
:omary to take a duty as one of the
hereditary customs of the crown. In
$3.50 there was a duty Of eight pence
; gallon on all the tea liquor sold in
Ill coffee houses-a great inconveni-
9nce to tea drinkers, because it was
;uryeyed only twice a day by the ex.
Use officers, and so could only be
1rawed twice a day.-London Mail.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-06-19
Husbands Have Been Known to Do II

Husbands Have Been Known to Do 1t,
A Manhattan woman was working
her husbands initials in some napkins
when woman peddler dropped in the
other day. q don't see why you put his
initials on th3se napkins" said the
peddler woman. What on earth would
you do with them if he happened to
get divorces" The owner OF the nap.
kins had to admit that she had lever
thought of that
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-06-19
Care of Phone.

The most scrupulous care should be
given the house telephone. House
keepers should remember that both
the transmitter and the receiver will
transmit dirt germs and odors. I'm
screw the tops Of both and sterilize
thoroughly. Warm water with weak
c2rboliC acid, or the suds of carbolic
acid soap. What care the public
phones need can readily be imagined.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-06-19
EVERYTHING A MAN NEEDS
ST Complete Shaving Outfit 81
10 Articles 10

To advertise our Universal Shaving
Outfit and Universal Products we will Tor
a limited time only, serd this well
worth $500 Shaving Outfit for SIOO. We
sell our products to the consumer
and therefore you save all agents
profits which as you know are very
large.
9 Hollow Ground Razor
15.inch Lather Brush.
l Razor Strop, Canvas Back.
Nickel Easel Back Mirror.
33inCh Bnrber Towel.
Bar Shaving Soap.
Box Talcum Powder.
Decorated China Mug.
Aluminium Barber Comb.
Bristle Hair Brush.
Each outfit packed in neat box $l.OO
Coin or Money Order, postage lOt
extra.
UNIVERSAL PRODUCTS CO.,
Dayton Ohio.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-06-19
SnanIsn DAINTY,

Dignity is the prevailing Instinct
among every class in Spain, says a
woman who has spent much time in
that land of romance. The very beg,
CARS ask for aims with dignity and if
you have nothing to give you do not
shout Go away" but if you are a
Spaniard-"Go thou with God;
have nothing for thee today"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-06-19
CHEAP Rates to New 0rIean

On account of reduced rates being
authorized to New Orleans for the first
State Rally OF the Progressive Party
Iune 18th and 18th cheap rate tickets
will be sold June 18th and 18th with
limit for return June 2lSt,
TUBES, Agent, S. P. R. R.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-06-19
mSn1Ory,

You can train your memory to be-
come a guide to lead you only into
lands of sheer delight, where crystal
streams flow pure and where beckon
ing angel figures lead you on to YET
more and more ldveliness. Or you can
make it pain ana penance, means
to the scarifying OF your present liY
ing life with the dust and ashes of a
past which is better forgotten.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-06-19
Worlds Wasted Wealth.

Experts have estimated that If the
forests of the world were scientitical-
ly operated they would yield the
equivalent of from thirty to one hum
dred and twenty times the present con-
sumption of wood annually.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-06-19
uadIvIded Attention Demanded.

Not giving your whole undivided at
tention to the task In which you have
invested your life and money, means
that you are wasting your own preci.
Gus time and that of others. What.
ever you do, do it with your whole
heart and mind or get out and try
something else. 1t takes pretty nearly
all of a mans time to perfect an un-
dertaking provided it be big and
worthy one to begin with.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-06-19
Taken Up

At my place two miles northeast OF
Welsh about last November, one gray
poney branded on left thigh, also one
bay pony with white spot in forehead
branded on left thigh.
Owner can have same by paying coSt
A. D. PATTERSON,
Welsh, La. May 25th, 1914, 1.4tp
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-06-19
Hot Weather Hronlc and Health Builder.


Are you run down-Nervous Tired?
Is everything you do an effort? You
are not lazy you are sick Your
Stomach, Liver, Kidneys, and whole
need a Tonic. A Tonic and Health
Builder to drive out the waste matter
build you UP and renew your
strength. Nothing better than Elec,
trio Bitters. Start to-day. Mrs.
James Duncan, Haynesville, Me-. writes
Completely cured me after several
doctors gave me up" SOC and slOO
at your Druggist. Bucklen's Arnica
Salye for Cuts. -AdY.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-06-19
Excursion Rates

Special ExcurSionstrain to Franklin,
La. Sunday June 2Ist. leave Welsh at
TAO a. m. Return train leave Franklin
at ZOO p. m. same day. Rates round
trip, $500
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-06-19
Flrsr to Manufacture sllk

The wife of a Chinese emperor
the first silk in 5000 B. G.
Aristotle first mentions silk arn0A'
Greeks. In the twelfth eentul
manufacture of silk was carried Z Z
Sicily, later spreading to Italy :
and the south Of France. IL W.
manufactured in England beloh
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-26

I'LL THE ny
VLllAlU-SA IL
USING RYE FOR GREEN FEED
to Head u ls Relished by Cows
Wheat Is Also Good.

Rye cut just before II commences to
head makes an excellent early green
feed for milk cows. When In full
head the stalks become tough and
wo, iy, and much OF IL will be rejected
by the stock Wheat drilled at the
rate Of three bushels per acre. on rich,
mellow ground, makes a good second.
early green feed. Wheat has more
leaf and is much relished by all stock.
especially cows and sows with suck
ing pigs. For herd of twelve to four
teen head OF cows in full milk, one
acre should be drilled to rye and one
acre to wheat The ground for these
early. green feeds should be deep,
mellow and heavily dressed with rot
ted COW manure spread broadcast and
well narrowed in before drilling. Di-
luted urine from the manure vault
spread during the winter when ground
is slightly frozen, will greatly increase
the yield and early maturity Of both
rye and wheat. The rye and wheat
for early, green feed should be seeded
to red clover and herds grass, as a
half yield Of hay may be cut from the
same field the latter part Of August.
This is the favorite method with the
dairymen in this part of the state as
the one blowing and fertilizing an
swers for a crop Of rye and several
crops of hay, says a writer in Balti-
more American. Rye, If not wanted
for grain. when too tough for the cows
should be cut and cured for hay. If
quickly cured without getting damaged
by rain, 1t makes an excellent hay.
One-half pecE OF salt spread to the
ton as II is hauled in will improve its
feeding value and also prevent mold
Ing In the NOV. After the rye hay is
hauled in roll the stubble down and
SOW two bushels of hardwood ashes
TO the acre. This mixture. sown as
soon as rye crop is removed, will in
crease the growth of the clover and
grass.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-26
Deserves Good Water.

ING UNITy COW uUhtTFVb W
best mn1er <hat>GRp DO had
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-26
Keeping Milk In Summer.

When ice or cold water cannot be
obtained. or where a can OF milk has
TO be left in place where water anC
ice cannot be conveniently used. 6
wet cloth = preferably flannel =
wrapped around the can is an aid II
keeping milk cool.
One end OF the cloth is best left ex
tending from the bottom of the car
and immersed in a pail OF water. A
large amount OF the sun rays falling
on the vet cloth is consumed in evap
Grating moisture, and is thus prevent
ed from reaching the milk. So Ions
as the cloth is kept wet 1t is a pro
lection. but as soon as 1t becomes dry
heat passes through II to the milk un
interrupted.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-26
WIRES FOR CUTTING BUTTER
Excellent Arrangement of ohio Man
for Making Small Square Pieces
for Individual Use.

For the speedy and neat division OF
a cake of butter into a number OF
small square pieces for individual use
the butter cutter designed by an Ohio
man seems to fill the bill admirably.
A standard has cutter frame rotable
upon it. A platform holds the butter
cake, and at the end of the platform
is another frame, like the footboard
of bed, with two fine wires bisect.
ing 1t both ways. The rotable frame
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-26
Pure Bred Cows Best

The nure bred COW carries great
possibility, of reproduction Of the
qualities 'of her ancestors.- ~ her
the power Of heredity predominates
because she is bred for that particular
line. <he scrub COW is likewise a
great example of hereditary influence
but her tendencies are along the lines
of inferior production and yield
that does not make profit -
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-26
dy Butter Cutter.

has a SCI of fine wires running
across 1t pa 81 to each other. The
butter is plaN on the platform, and
this upper n is pressed down
through it, the res separating it into
so many square slabs, about an inch
thick. The cake is then forced out
through the other frame and divided
into four times as many smalle,
squares.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-26
] 81 : q
Time Card No. 147

Effective Monday. Oct. IL. 1914.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
No. sc. & N. o. Lin. l1.56 p. m,
No. 5l--St. L. Express 5:35 D. m.
No. 95-Dixie Flyer 9;35 a. m.
No. .55-Hopkinsville Ar. 7:05. a. M.
No. 53-St. L. Fast Mail 5:33 a. m.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. &C. & St. L. Linn. 5:25 a. m.
No. Syst. Louis Express. 9:55 a. M
No. 94-Dixie Flyer. 7:08 p. m.
No. 56-Hopkinsville Ac. $3.50 D. m.
No. 54-St. L. Fast Mail 1918 p. m.
No. 81 connects At Guthrie for Asmphis sno
psints as far south - Erin. and for LOuisvills
lncianati and the East.
Nos. % and IS make direct eesoeetions at 0uth.
RE Cor Louisville. Cine,nnatiand all points north
and east thereof. Nos. Is and S. also connect fos
MemDhls and way poinbs
No. % carries through sleepers to.A tlanta. Ma.
con. jacksonville. 81. Augustine and Tampa. Fh
Also Pullman slssp ,rs % New orlsans Come 81
a Guthrie for points East and West No. % ~
nct carry locaEpasssnssrs for pointsknorth.
NJ uIII1. III 60. -. . ....
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-26
nOpkinsviIle Market
Quotations.
Corrected Dec. S, 1914.

RETAIL GROCERY PRICES.
Country lard. good color and clean
i4c and 15c per pound.
Country bacon, l8c per pound.
Black-eyed peas. $3.50 per bushel
Country shoulders, 12tc pound.
County hams 22c per pound.
Irish potatoes. 81 90 per bushel.
Northern eating Rural potatoes
81 90 per bushel
Texas eating onions, $l.76 per
bushel, new lstock
Dried Navy beans. So 20 per
bushel
Cabbage. new, "a cens q pound.
Dried Lima beans. Coo per gal on
Country dried apples. Toe Itr
pound. 8 for 25c
Daisy cream cheese. 25c Der
pound
Fell cream brick cheese. 25c per
)unI
Full cream Limberger cheese, 25c
pei pound
Popcorn. dried on ear &c per pound
Fresh Eggs 80, per doz
Choice lots fresh, well-worked
country butter, in pound prints. 95-.
FRUITS.
Lemons. 25c per dozen
Navel Orans es. zoe to 40c per dos i.
Bananas, l5c and 25c dozl
Cash Price Paid For Produce.
POULTRY.
Dressed hens, 15c per pound
Dressed cocks, 7c per pound
live hens, 12c per pound; live cocks
Sc pound; live turkeys. lac PEI
pound
Roofs. HIDES. Wool AND TALLow
Prices paid by wholesale dealers to
butchers and farmers:
Roots-Southern ginseng, S.. 10 ID
Golden Seal" yellow root, $I.35 II
Mayapple, 81; pink root. 12c and 1S'
Tallow-No. |. al; No. 2, &c.
Woodbury.. Zoe to TIC: Clear
Grease, 21c. medium, tub washed
2Sc to Soc; coarse. dingy. tubw ashed
18c.
Feathers-Prime white goose. 50s
dark and mixed old goose, I5c to Doc
gray mixed. I5c to 20c. white duck
&c to 35c. new.
Hides and Skins-These quotations
are for Kentucky hides. Southern
green hides &c. We quote assorted
lots dry flint. I2c to l4c. $40 bet.
ter demand
Dressed geese, lie per pound FOR
:hoice lots, live 81
Fresh country eggs. q cents per
dozen
Fresh country butter 25c Id.
A good demand exists for spring
'hickens, and choice lots of fresh
country butter,
HAY AND GRAIN.
| No. / timothy hay. $24 90
No. | clover hay, $40 90
Clean, bright straw hay. 25c bale
Alfalfa hay, $25 90
White seed oats, 54c
Black seed oats. 53c
| Mixed seed oats, Csc
No. 2 white corn. SOC
| Winter wheat bran. $500
Children CrV
The Washington times., 1914-09-20

. OMFORT in collars seems TO DE
the keynote of some of the
~ smart costumes seen at the
The Washington times., 1914-09-20
COAL OPERATORS SAY
WAGES ARE NOT CUT
Norfolk and Western Story Is
DiSCrediied After an Inves-
tigation.

CHARLESTON. W. Va, Sept o.
Coal operators alnnr the oNrfolk and
Western railway are denouncing the re-
cent story that there had been 2 cut
of wages amounting TO 10 cents a car,
CT nearly 30 ner cent An investigation
has been made an3 the story dscred-
.ted-
L. F. Tiernov. at PoWhatan. ". Va.
chairman OF thu executive committee OF
the I'oCahOnIaS Coal Operators AssO-I-
ation. reports that yhe shipments out of
the POCahOntas field are more than a
million tons ahead Of the shipments fer
tie Erst eight months Of 1915. This is
confirmed by the monthly statements of
=. D. Hobart. the rual freight aSrnt Of
the Norfolk and y ostrrn.
IS =. matter Of TACT. there has been
~ red-rtior Of wages. There is no dis
cn!r-Sn- among the miners in the
''ErGOkelesS fields Of West Virginia
hTVile ,oai miners in other sections OC
TIE country are ldla or ale working Only
part Of tn time. IN. men in the New
River. NiE~iian and Poca hOntas regions
ere working fun time Laborers II
other occupations are earning little
FTe miners hav- suffered no decrease
II CaTnin-s.
The Washington times., 1914-09-20
GERMANS RESPECT
ART COLLECTIONS
No Injury Done to Famous Old
Treasures at ChantiIIy, Says
French Curator.

PARIS Sent 2n-Elie Bergen. the
Curatcr Of the Chanttlly Museum. in an
official report 10 he French Academy.
States that the Germans during their
two 6Ays' occuTatIon OF Chantillv did
no injury to the art treasures in the
Conde Museum, the property haqueath-
Cd by the Due d'Aumale 70 the acad-
cny.
The Third Rattsiion Of the Twenty
seventh Prussian I.andwehr Infantry.
commanded by Major Raa5a. took pos
session OF the Chateau Chantiliy. Major
EaaOe informed Curator Berger:
4 Will protect ali works of art in
your r1Iseum on condition that no in
Fahitant of Cnantilly fires upon my
troops. But if single shot is dis
charged ny anF civilian. l will burn
down the chateau with its entire col
The Germans put ten wagonIoads Of
straw IN the galleries, and the troops
slept there, hut did nn injury what
ever.
the curator Of the museum of the Cha
1eaU de Chaalis. containing works of
art leoUe2tned 10 the Institute of
France by the iats Nine. Edouard An
cree. who was ? Miss JaCq'amart.
states that the Chateau de Chaalis was
regiment for three days. The German
colonel and his officers respected the
ere collections, which remain intact.
On the other hand. considerable in
jury was done at SenliS. where the ca
the6ral tower. one of the finest speci-
mems of Gothic twelfth century archi-
lecture. is seriously damaged by shells
The former Bishops palace. with its
Gothic twelfth century chapel, is also
seriously injured. and the sixteenth
century Hotelerie des Trois Pots is
burned down.
At Creepy y-en-Ealois the Collegiate
Church of St Thomas. dedicated TO
Thomas a Beckett. with a thirteenth
century facade. is completely destroyed:
also the Church of st. Denis, with its
ancient wood carvings.
Al scissors one of The beautiful
spires of the Church of ST. John des
Nigres has been knocked down by
shells. The eastern chapel of Sois-
sons Cathedral. with its double trifo-
rum and stained glass windows. is a
heap of ruins. So also is the Abbaye
Of SotTe Dame.
This destruction at scissors, an un-
fortified. open town was apparently
done solely to terTify the inhabitants, |
the Town being undefended. !
The Washington times., 1914-09-20
Last Words From Shops in
Paris, London, New York

, vest OF the season is that mentioned
above. of buff pique.
The popular bronze green shade rs
going out. and is seen very little.
The colors now popular for morning
wear are mixtures, gray blue. and grays
with hint of nanve. certse OF tan.
fun ties are worn more than ever,
and the stock bows seem TO be losing
ground.
Soft striped silks still remain in favor
for shirting material The soft turned
back cuffs on these soft shirts are very
narrow, and many show a double row of
stitching.
New York Styles.
At the fashionable day affairs OF this
fall where the best dreSsers" have
gathered. among the many styles of
collars the smartest were the colOred
stitched linen collars. matching the ma
terial of the shirt. These collars are
very popular with the best-dressed
men and have been for some time past.
The only difference between those worn
earlier and those popular now Is that
the stripes formerly ran UP and down.
now they run around the collar. hori-
zOntally. and if the stripes are wide
apart. only one may show on the col
lar. The ground is. of course. always
white. only the stripe being of color.
The collars are cut more comfortably
than ever. being high in the back and
low in the front
Many OF the younger men have worn
the lorg- pointed soft collars, but these
NJ Hnn IN
the long pointed starched white collars
seen rs much the striped collars.
The soft 'undress' collars seem to
The Washington times., 1914-09-20

have been replaced by those Of very
thin starched material. These are made
Of material almost as fine as organdie
and are a delightful combination of
GOODNESS and neatness.
Instead of directly copying the bronze
green that tickle Paris so we'll liked
during the past season, the younger
men on this side have taken to green
of the darker shade.
Coats Of the favored suits are cut
straight in front the waist line in
most cases raised slightly. and the
corners rounded: the lapels medium in
width, sleeves plain and finished with
plain buttons. The pockets are quite
plain. with a double row of stitching on
some of the suits, although most of
them show the severe and strictly plain
pockets.
In outer coats the checked patterns
and the bold shepherd plaids in heavy
goods have just the dash that the we'll
dressed man prefers.
Footwear styles lean decidedly toward
the button effects both for day and
dress. with patent leather a consider
able favorite for all possible occasions
The Washington times., 1914-09-20

it to every occasion tinged with the
least formality. The smartest are
fastened with a link button placed
just below the high waist line, and
between a double row of buttons down
the front. The narrowness of the
waist accentuates the broadness Cf the
shoulders and the fullness of the chest.
The lapels are soft and are faced with
dull silk. They are of moderate width.
The notch in the lapel is now perfectly
horizontal. and the skirts of the coat
are rather full and reach well to the
knee. The sleeves. which are comfort
ably long. are finished with three but
tons on the cuff set very close tOgeth ar
With this frock coat is worn a double
breasted vest of white pique. trousers
of black cheviOt with wide Cravat OF
solid black heavy satin.
The Paris morning coats have wide
shoulders. the chest being prominent
few are cut high. hut usually the waist
line is normal Some fasten with a
single button. some have two. placed
very close together. Most OF these
coats are decidedly cut away In front.
and are very long IN back. a great
many are edged with fancy silk braid.
The form Of lapels is either open-notch
style or pointed notch.
With these coats are worn vests Of
bun piquc in fancy weaves fastened
with five buttons. Two buttons show
above the coat, and one below. The
trousers are of light and darker gray
stripe
White vests of pioue seem % he
worn as much with frock coats as u'ith
morning coats. but the really smartest
The Washington times., 1914-09-20

knowledge, and when they are cour-
teously invited they often come into
meeting house and listen attentive
ly. But with the open-air services II
IL different There Is no ceremony.
People are passing. or they are sit
ting outside of their dwellings in the
cool of the evening. They hear the
song and they want to see who that
man is. If you have a good voice
you can be heard for half a mile in
often a word spoken heard at a dis
tance has more effect than nearby.
and there is nothing to divert the
attention.
I'VE have no large crowds-seldom
over. 500. but this is because of the
city being scattered and much omen
space Many hundreds hear, as rule,
every night"
The Washington times., 1914-09-20
English Modes.

- OMFORT in collars seems TO pe
the keynote of some of the
~ smart costumes seen at the
English race meets. The degree
OF comfort the wearer enjoys varies
from that secured by wearing a long
pointed collar of the starched variety
10 that secured by wearing a complete
ly starchless one.
In England double breasted lounge
suits are coming back. though one
sees very few double breasted coats
in the more formal dress. In the
lounge suits striped material and solid
blue are most favored, The stripes
are decidedly prominent
The little ticket pockets" on the
right-hand side of the coats have re-
appeared These are shown in the
smartest. and newest coats The vent
in the back has not reappeared with
the broadening of the shoulders.
Trousers remain moderately tight
though not extremely so. and do not
seem as short as during the season
just past.
Coats are still tight and but very
little longer than in the past season.
Siugle-breasrrd models are more fav-
orcd except in the case OF lounge quits
These single-breasted coats usually
have three buttons set low. so low that
tine middle button. which is the only
one used is exactly on the waist line.
Word From Pans.
In Paris. where. as you know. the
frock coat has never been very popu-
lar. il is being worn more frequently.
Now the smart man of Paris wears
The Washington times., 1914-09-20
BIG CROWDS ATTEND.
SERMONS IN BRAZIL
aNtives Are Not Accustomed to
Hearing Services by Ameri-
can Missionaries.

NEW YORK. Sept 2o.-Open-a
preaching !. 900 miles up the Amazon
river has proven popular and effec.
tive, according to F.. 4. Nelson. OF
Manaus. Brazil
The people are not accustomed 20
hearing services and IL does not oc-
cru to them to go to church for that
purpose Mr. Nelson says:
Quite few have read and Travelled.
and many have hungering after
The Washington times., 1914-09-20
Express Loss Slight.

statement of the receipts and ex-
penditures of the express companies Of
the United States for last May shows
that these companies suffered a loss of
but per cent in revenue as a result of
the sweeping reductions in rates or
dered by the commission. A great in
crease IN business as a result of the
cheaper rates kept the gross revenues
uD
The Washington times., 1914-09-20
COnferees Eliminate
Trust Bill Feature

Confcrees on the ClavIon trust hill
: ave eliminated tn ka,rrovision, suggested
~ the Vic Pre:,id,.nJ. AMI put in on
motion nf Senate Chiffon. making IT
rlawful for 4 Joruu-arIon to do husi-
ress in a State contrary to to laws
either Of that STAT OF rlo SIain v herein
tne-.Ccrn"ratiOn Vas Chartered.