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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-09-11
SALT ON TAILS LANDS GII
Ducks Are Made Helpless and \
Unable TO Fly When coatsd
With Saline Solution.

Riverside Cal.-The truth Of
old saying that birds may be eau
through the process Of pouring
on their tails is vouched for By y
Hofer, of this city, who has Just
turned from an inspection of saltr
critics in which he is inteFeste
Scendena, located 20 miles nofli
Randsburg.
Hofer came upon the carcass Z
duck entirely incased in salt, eng J
Their investigation revealed toe
that persons living In the ylcalq
the evaporating watts or ponds
which the water from a salt icy
pumped, are accustomed to sesp
themselves supplied with to0lns..
duck by picking up the helpless z,
after they have alighted in the 7
ton.
After they have been once iLlpa1
In the salty water, the ducks &
are powerless to lift them os'
harms way.
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the journey ends. You have been 50
good and kind to me-"
NONSENSE"
They came out into the scrub jun.
gle, and the moonlight lay magically
over all things. Sometimes a shadow
crossed the whitened sands; scurried
rather; and quietly Bruce would tell
her what the animals were-jackals,
with an occasional proving red wolf
They were not disturbed by any of the
cat family. But there was one in
terval of suspense. Bruce spied In the
distance a small herd of wild elephant.
So did Rajah, who raised his trunk
and trumpeted into the night. The
mahout fully awake to the danger,
beat the old rascal nightly with his
g0ad. Yet that would have failed to
hold Rajah Bruce averted the dan
ger by shooting his revolvers into the
air. The wild animals stampeded. and
Hejah, disgruntled, was brought to the
compass.
Strange thing about a gunshot,"
said Bruce. They may never have
heard one before; but instinct tells
them quickly of the menace, Years
ago at home, when I used to fish for
bass, during the close season Id see
thousands of duck and geese and deer.
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under the royal pavilion. And Umbal-
la and the council sleep in Shaitan's
arms. Welcome. my lambs!" And
Ahmed laughed noiselessly.
BY the Lord" gasped Bruce "Rr+
the fuses? No, no, Ahmed; it cannot
be done"
In the house Of my friend Lal Singh
there is cellar full of strange magic
magic with copper wires that spit
blue fires. Eli. sahib? You and I
know; we have travelled"
Batteries. here, in this wilderness ,"
Even so. To you, Ramabai the
powder; to me, the splitting wires; to
you, Bruce Sahib, patience. Umballa
shall yet wear raw the soles of his
feet in the treadmin""
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On the night before the ordeal men
moved cautiously about the elephant
arena. 1t was only after much ner.
.suasion and argument could Bruce
hold the men. At the testing Of I,al
Singh's wires and batteries they had
started to fly. This was devils fire
At the end of the arena, in a box
which Bruce was to occupy, by order
OF the Council (where they proposed to
keep an eye upon him and Umballa to
wiring his heart), the key to the wires
was laid. This box was directly over
z wooden canopy where the mahouts
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CHAPTER lV-Continued.

She was conducted back to the
palace. The populace howled ant
cheered about her palanquin to the
very gates. Not in many big rain
had they had such excitement.
The fury in Umballa's heart might
have disquieted Bruce had he known
of its existence.
Kathlyn, arriving In her chamber
flung herself down upon her cushions
and lay there like one dead, nor would
she be comforted by the worshiping
Pundtta, Bruce had saved her this
time, but it was not possible that he
could repeat the feat.
Having convinced Umballa and the
council that she would not marry her
prosecutor, the council announced to
the populace that on the next fete day
the queen would confront the lions in
the elephant arena What could one
man do against such odds? Lions
brought from the far Nubian deserts,
fierce, untamable.
That night there was a conference
between Bruce, Ahmed and Ramabai,
Yhey have taken my guns away,
and God knows can't do the impos-
sible Ssfhefe the devil were your
camels, Ahmed?"
"Umballa has his spies, Ramabai, "
said Ahmed, smiling, as he got into
his bhisti rags, which Ramabai had
surrendered willingly enough. "Ra-
mabai, thou conspirator, what about
the powder mines you and your friends
hid when the late king signifed that
he was inclined toward British pro
tect0rate? Eth? What about the re-
public thou hadst dreams of? Poor
fool! 1t is in our blood to be ruled by
kings, oppressed; we should not know
what to do with absolute freedom.
There! Fear not. Why should | be-
tray thee? The mines. The arena is
of wood"
But there will be many of my
friends there" said the bewildered
Ramabai. Who was this strange man
who seemed to know everything?
Put the mines in the center of the
arena. What we want is merely ter
ror and confusion. Pouf! Bang!
There's your miracle. And little one
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ways ready to dash back to thai, /
treats at the slightest sign Of dass
Owing to this shyness, and thu n
OF their living only in large and n
or less impenetrable forests, theh|
seldom seen except by natives NJ
like the bongo and other forest n
mails, may be c0mmoner than |, Il
orally supposed. l obtained MIN \
the following manner, and, as TTs
seen, more by good luck than 81
thing else. At about 4::3O p. n. nj
waiting for buffalo to come out tOA
In q very quiet spot on the edp !
the forest, l came across some I'd
pig tracks and questioned nv 3
bearer about them. He, hoWeFer, U
never heard of forest hogs, ath
clared them to be the tracks ul
large wart-hog, saying that tie II
ness Of the ground would accom-. 4
the size Of the tracks. After valid
quietly for about half an hour j
heard a noise in the long grass ]
forty yards away, and then as
large, dark object which, from
color, I first thought must be- Wa
buffalo, and then, from the sAapl
young rhino. However, dlrecdg |
came more or less into the Opa|
guessed what he was, and shot Y
with the .470, the bullet paa
through the heart and killing
where he stood. took the mesVH|
ments at once, checking them tEoI
three times to get them quite q
rate, and found them as bll1
Height at shoulder, 44is inches, d
"a inches; length to tip Of tall u
inches.
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Spend Day in Forest, Fn,.
at Night to Feed.


London.-Whjle staying al III,
the southeast Of Mount Kepi. ~
Tember, I was fortunate IN ANY, ~
somewhat uncommon animsI-.s ss'
est hog-writog r. 0. R. Kao, %
ney. In this district, at an al.is ~
from 1000 to 5000 feet, the fo.s ,l'
stops abruptly, and the ccunt,s ~ )!
up to the edge, IS more or los. I
but covered with very long, rant '
Here, in this corner Of the forss, =
natives say they occagionaIIs ;,
across these enormous pigs. hn, !
lieve only on one previous oo,..
have they been shot at Enhn !
are very shy in their habits sn.,,
the day IN the dense forest .ns ~
coming out to feed in the cool :
evening, and then apparently ),
venturing far into the open, h +
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loafed between fights. Back of this
canopy was door which led outside
Through this Bruce proposed to lead
Kathlyn during the confusion created
by the explosion.
On the day of the ordeal only the
bedridden remained at home.
When Kathlyn arrived she was
placed under the canopy; another bit
of kindly attention on the part of I'm
balla to twist the white mans heart.
But nothing could have happened more
to the satisfaction of Bruce.
"Kathlyn Hare" he sailed out soft
ly in Spanish, do you hear and under
stand me?"
Yes" she replied in the same
tongue. DO nothing desperate. Don't
throw away your life. have a sister
in America. VIII you tell herr"
Listen Under no circumstances
leave the canopy. The lions come from
the other side, We are not only
going to rescue but save you. Attend
me carefully. Behind you is a door.
There will be an explosion in the cen
ter of the arena. There was to be
another under our friend Umballa, but
the battery was old. Press toward
that door. ! have the key"
All, Mr. Bruce"
"Kathlyn, my name is John"
The lions, the lions" howled the
populace
The great, tawny African brutes
blinked and turned their shaggy heads
this way and that, uneasily Kathlyn
stood very still. How, how could they
save her? At length the lions espied
her, attracted by the white of her robe.
One bounded forward, growing, The
others Immediately started in pursuit.
Suddenly the center of the arena
opened and tremendous roar follow
ed A low wall of terror ran round the
arena. Surely this memsahib had all
the gods with her A great creyice had
opened up between Kathlyn and the
lions, one Of which lay dead. Then
came the rush toward the exits, mad,
frantic rush. Not even Umballa, who
knew that not the gods but man had
contrived this havoc, not even Um-
balla waited, but fed, beating down
all those who blocked his path.
Bruce and Ramabai dropped over
the railing to Kathlyn's side. But the
key upon which their escape depended
would not unlock the door.
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The Greatest Decree.

Science assures US that there ia a
definite limit to the lowest conceiy,
able temperature, and that this NAV
be placed with considerable accuracy
at 459 degrees below zero on the Fab.
renheit scale.
1t is held that at all temperatures
above this absolute zero" particles
Of matter, either solid of gaseous, are
in a state Of vibration. the more rap
i'd vibrations corresponding to the
greater degree of heat.
All such vibrations would cease en-.
tirely at absolute zero, and all gases
would liquefy.
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SYNOPSIS.

Kathlyn Hare, believing her father, Col.
Hare, in peril. has summoned her, leaves
her home in California to go to him in
Alfalfa, India. Umballa, pTeteuder to the
by the late King as his heir. Arriving in
AHaha kathlyn is informed by Umballa
that her father being dead she is to be
queen, and must marry him. She refuses
and Is informed by the priests that no
woman can rule unmarried. She is given
seven days to think 1t over She still re-
fuses, and is told that she must undergo
two Ordeals with wild beasts If she sur
wives she will be permitted to rule. John
Bruce, an American. saves her life.
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CHAPTER ",
The Flight From the Arena.


When Bruce dropped down into the
arena to Kathlyn's side he had never
given a thought to the possibility Of
the key not being the right one.
Trapped!-and with Ahmed but few
yards away with zenana gharri,
ready to convey them to the camp,
freedom 1t took the heart out of
him for a moment. The confusion all
about, the pail of dust, the roaring Of
the frightened lions which had escaped
destruction, the shrill cries of the
panic-stricken populace, who now
looked upon the white memsahib as
the daughter of Shaitan, these duIled
his inventive faculties for the nonce.
Here was the confusion, properly
planned, and he could not make use
Of 1t. Possibly when no further ex-
plosion shook the air, the mob and
the soldiers would return out of Gu
riosity. And then, good-by!
But the sight Of a lion emerging
from the murk the wrong side of the
creVasse reused him thoroughly.
Save YOURSELF" cried Kathlyn in
despair; there is no possible way of
saving me. have never in all my
life injured any one, and yet God
makes me go through all this. :.
l am mad,you are, the whole world is!"
Rum"
Bruce laughed; it was that kind of
laughter with which men enter battle.
He drew Lal singhs revolvars and
thrust one into her hand.
Shoot at the keyhole. Leave the
lion to me. With the pandemonium no
one will note the shots, or If they do,
will think that more explosions are
on the way. I'll get you out of this
nightmare; that's what l was born
for"
Nightmare"
There, .now!"-as Kathlyn leaned
dizzily against one of the supports.
I've gone through good DEAL" she
said Without more ado she pressed
the muzzle of the revolver into the
keyhole and fired She heard shot
behind her, another and another: but
she kept on firing into and about the
keyhole till the revolver was empty.
A firm hand drew her aside
The Iion?"s
Gone to sleep. Let me have a whack
at that door"
Where's Ramabai?"
Went back over the wall Probah,v
to warn Ahmed; maybe gone directrv
on toward camp. Anyhow, he has faith
in me"
And, o! SO have /, so have II"
Bruce bore his weight sayagelv
against the door-once, twice, thrice.
and pitched forward on his knees ont. |
side. He was up instantly. He caught |
kathlyn by the hand and hurried her
along; and all she could think of was |
Winnie romping toward the canopied
studio her father half asleep on the !
Veranda, and the leopard cat sprawled |
on the divan.
"sahib! Huzoor!" a voice called I
This way!"
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Well. Was It eoodf

New York. - A bottle Of "
which possibly belonged to =
Burr, first boss and real foaD1s
Tammany Hall, has been foua,
was unearthed by the workIsa
are tearing down a memorial =
cradle days of New YORK,
Burr's water tank, at Reade anu
ter streets. The bottle was =
more than an inch deep with aps.
is probably more than a centul'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-09-11
slaned License With Pen In e

Yonkers, N. Y.-Oscar Erlsa !.
lost both arms and the use OF n p
In an accident, applied for y !
to wed Miss Hilda Dahlgren. :
signed the license with 8 W
tween his teeth.
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French "sIameso Twins sepals &.
Paris.-The French "Sianese W
Maria Ann and Ann Maria, WV
been joined together by G hsap, &,
the base OF the vertebrae Slncs 3 I,
have been separated and aFs s
nicely.
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Horn and bones of wild OK and
the antler of red deer, both prehis,
toric animals, have been found dur.
Ing dredging in the river Thames at
MARROW, Buckinghamshire, England
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aristocratic families. Mrs. Leonard
Groones, Mrs. Joseph Veazey. Mrs
Dawson and DR.. Charlie Wheatley,
make up the rest of this attractive fam
lily -..- : . ... .:,
Beatrice Clover Is to have a merry
group of eighteen girls who will receive
with her at her debut, November 90
And later there will be as many men
asked for dinner with additional guests
for dancing in the evening. And Mrs.
Clover is planning a ball for her dangh-
ter during the Christmas holidays and
another late, in January-a gay little
lady isn't she?
The Frederick Leonard Devereux. Of
New York with their baby son. arc in
Wash ngton. for the rest Of the month.
with Mrs. Devereux's parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward B. Clark. at the Hamilton.
Mrs. Devereux was Frances Beardsley
Clark before her marriage. Cornelia
Smith. who has been making visit OF
several weeks to Mrs Devereux, re-
turned with them to Washington yes
terday.
Poor Francise Williams, she has such
a time with her name. l have seen it
srelled as many ways as there are let
ters in it. The correct way is
F-r-a-n-c-i-s-e, which is q compromise
between Frances, which she was chris
tened. and the "Francoise." VIII ch a
French Governess tried to fasten upon
her.
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Mrs. MacVeagh is better. understand.
AMI doing nicely, much to the delight Of
her many friends. 1t =. quite too bad
that her homecoming should have been
sicnaled 3v illness.
The garden of the MacVeagh house, in
Sixteenth street. has been recently set
out vIlh several rows of fine outstanding
young Christmas trees. The planting
was taking place one afternoon Us
passed by. with some one who looked
suspiciously like the former Secretary
Of the Treasury directing the Job In
1erson end lending a hand with spade
whenever the gardeners proved little
slow to grasp his IDEAS. BE that as II
rnay." as the expression goes, the trees
are now planted and floIrishinE. and
are most becoming to the house.
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Ever since Margcry Colton's engage
ment was announced. people have been
The Washington times., 1914-11-22
GRADUATION GOWNS
WILL Be OF COTTON

Washington school girls are planning
to graduate in cotton gowns.
This novel plan to combine the move
ments for simpler dressing among
school girls. and to help the Southern
cotton growers. Is being agitated among
students and teachers of public high
schools and private schools Of Wash
ington.
Frank c. Daniel, principal of McKin-
ley Manual Training School; Mrs. Nora
Hoegelsberger, assistant principal. Of
Central High School: Allan Davis. prin-
cipai Of Business High School. as well
as a number of heads of private schools
here are going to preach the wear
cotton" slogan.
immediate interest because of the mid
winter graduations. But in high schools.
as well as In private schools, efforts
! not on.y will be made to have girls
graduate In cotton, but to wear cotton
Tor school dresses.
At Business, Mr. Davis is going TO
present the matter at once to his gradu
ating class of ninety-five students
three-fifths Of whom are girls.
Mrs. r. b. Mason. of Gunston Hall
College. and Mrs. J. NJ Holton, of the
Holton Arms School, approve the cotton
graduation frock idea. Mrs. Holton.
however, win leave action on the matter
to girls of her school.
Especially strong In their Endorsement
of the project were Mrs. Mason and
Mrs. Menefee, because both Gunston
Hall and Washington College have large
numbers of Southern girls.
Sister Mary, dean Of Trinity College.
where girls usually are left entirely
alone in their selection OF graduation
gowns, will urge the "wear cotton idea
among her girls.
/ Educators recognize the fact that the
interest created by the movement viii
constitute its principal value. rather
than any augmentation of the cotton
demand.
while 1t may not substantially re-
lieve the cotton market to make all
graduation frocks of cotton" declared
ARTHUR Ramsay, principal Of Fairmont
Seminary, ''the sentiment engendered
VIII be of great benefit to girls them-
selves. Emphasis that will be given the
Southern aid, through universal wear
ing of cotton, viii arouse an interest
and a sentiment that will do universal
good"
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consistantly. claims otherwise. She has
too much savior fare for a debutante." !"
he says. knowing something of Wash
ington buds, I cling to my own opinion,
but am stin hunting for some one who
knows the lady, and will settle the
wager for me. r-:rt
Nathalie Magruder looked unusually
attractive that day in a green gown.
with ichinchilla and a chinchflla tr.m-
med hat: Mrs. Magruder, too. was
there and a handsome woman she is.
and Lillian tHendrick looked 80
piouante, with pierrot ruff of white
tulle under her pretty chin. Her color
ing is lovely. .s.--,,5
The sale at the Fencers' Club Is not
very large, but seldom have 1 seen
more interesting folk gathered for such
an occasion, and every one had such a
good time Colonel and Madame Cole
tewski were there, the first time have
seen her since her return. and she
looked as though her summer had
agreed with her: Mrs. Ridgely and Mrs.
/. T. Mann were together-but I can't
begin to tell you about every one. and
1 haven't the vocabulary to tell about
the fencing, which was the raison
de'etre of the entertainment.
.-.s. - - ..r..e.- e.s-t
Red hats, rose hats, ,cerise hats, sny-
thing smart in shape and flaming In
color. are the rage this season. and
they are truly attractive on a wtntry
day. They remind me of the famous
red rose that Mrs. Corbin almost always
used to wear to the Bachelors, cotil-
! Ions. :"The balls are SO big, she used
| to say, there arc 80 many people, and
1t is so easy to be lost in the crowd.
| I pin one large red rose on my chest.
1t beckons audibly. and behold, partners
gaiore"' i wonder if the psychology Of
| the red hat is somewhat similar.
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7 met Nine. Pezet and her stalwart
| husband the other day. and was struck
with the interesting contrast which
| they afford. The minister is so very
big and dark and msdame SO tiny,
| blond and attractive. They have been
| home some time and have had several
attractive luncheons and dinners Of an
! informal sort, including q dinner for
Judge and Mrs Jackson, when, they
were here on visit from the Canal
/ Zone. All Nine. .Fezet's entertaining
! will be most informal this winter, she
says. as she feels large affairs tocbe
in rather bad taste;
| The Cathedral School claims among
| its graduates four Of this seasons de-
butantes, and they are all classmates
and chums. Maxwell Church, Louise
/ Clark, Pocahontas Butler. and Mary
Lord Aodrews all spent their school
days together. and cenented a friend
ship that bids fair to outlast their
{ debutante days. &c.,. ....
! The Reading Club Is In session once
moro, the jolly little club which has
met for three winters, for reading and
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sewing, with dish o. tea and gossip
at the close. Maitland Marshall, now
Mrs. Knapp: Ruth Bliss, Hiidreth Gate
wood, Julia Heyl, Kate Du Bose-all
the old crowd-came together and had
the first meeting this week at Matt
lands. Pretty Dorothy Arkwright,
Maitland's cousin, was there. and win
be a member of the little circle this
winter.
Capt. and Mrs. Clarence Northrop
Jones are at Fort Myer again. much
Washington friends. Mrs. Jones, who
was Diana Ireland Norton, daughter
Of the Edward Stevens Nortons. spent
her girlhood in Washington and she
was prominent in musical circles. At
the time of her marriage to the good
looking artillery captain he was sta
toned at Fort Myer. She Is a grand
daughter Of Col. E. NJ. Norton. an in
innate friend Of President Lincoln.
The Joneses have just returned to
Fort Myer from Fort Sam Houston.
where they were stationed for some
time. They will have Mrs. Jones'
father and mother with them this
winter. I saw her the other evening
at the hop at the fort, and she is
just as sweet looking as in the old
days before Captain Jones took her
away from Washington. Mrs Jones
tells me that as soon as she Is set
tied in her new quarters she expects
to take up her music and to work
very hard this winter.
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Pretty Sallie Williams is again Ia
boring hard for charity. This time
she is chairman of the committee In
charge, Of the benefit performance Of
"The Dummy" which is to be given
for the Junior League at the Column
bia theater. on the evening Of No
vember 25. The other members Of the
committee are Ruth Larner, Frances
Carpenter. Mary Howard, Ruth An
derson. ana Harriet Conger. Mrs.
Josephus Daniels, Mrs. Albert s. Bur-
leson, Madame Pezet. Miss Mabel
Boardma1. Mrs. william L. Marshall.
Mrs Frank Beatty. and Mrs. Charles
Howry are the patronesses.
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Being some half-hour late already.
susan. mine, 1t behoves me to hurry
and cut short my adieux. My love to
your mother, and don't forget to tell
me about the party tonight.
Yours ,devotedly,
JEAN ELIOT.
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Shopping in Daytime
Rule for Christmas

Daytime shopping will be the rule
during the present Christmas season,
for Charles ]. Columbus, secretary OF
the Retail Merchants Association, has
Just announced that almost without ex.
ception the big stores Of the city will
continue to be closed In the evening.
This was first stated in a letter writ
ten to Miss Constance D. Leupp. presi-
dent Of the Consumers League. which
is cooperating with the association in
preaching the "Shop Early gospel.
Not only is there growing sentiment
against evening shopping, said Mr..
Columbus, but the new District law
prevents saleswomen' from working
more than eight hours a. day.
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Mrs. Traver and Frances. who will
Dove into their house on Monday, are
planning a gay winter. and Frances
whispers Of a series OF pleasant little
dtnnsrs. perhaps ss many as two q
k
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Ethel Noyes' marriage to Thomas
Blagden. jr.. will take place on Deccm-
Der 10. at st. Johns. as previously
planned. but owing to the recent death
of her grandmother. the much beloved
Mrs. Crosby Noyes. the ceremony will
be quiet, and there will be no recep-
tion- I understand, however. that her
wedding party will be the same.