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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
BREAKING THE NEWS GENTLY
Liverpool Man Exceedingly Careful
That He Should Not Shock the
Nerves of His Friend.

In Liverpool there is man, writes
contributor to Pearson's Weekly,
who is famous for his calmness on
every occasion. One day he strolled
leisurely into the Office of a friend.
1--WE just had a chat with your
wife," he began.
why, l didn't know she was in
town"
ooh, she wasn't in town." replied
the other. 81 called at your house."
q didn't know she was receiving to-
day." said the husband, with some sur
prise. Il thought she had head
ache"
"she didn't mention it to me-" said
the calm man. There was quite a
crowd at the house"
"a crowd!" echoed the husband.
EYES," went on the calm man. They
came with the fire engine"
"The fire engine!" gasped the hus-
band.
"Oh, it's all right" went on the calm
man. TITS all out now. It wasn't
much of a fire. but l thought you'd
like to know of It."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09

settled into confirmed melancholy, and
melancholy into eccentricities.
Judge OstTander was a rec)use of
the most uncompromising type: but he
was such for only half his time. From
ten in the morning till five in the after
noon, ne came and went like any other
citizen, fulfilling his judicial duties
with the same scrupulous care as for
merly and with more affability. In
deed, he showed at times, and often
when it was least expected, a mellow
ness Of temper quite foreign to him in
his early days. The admiration
awakened by his fine appearance on
the bench was never marred now by
those quick and rasping tones of an
easily disturbed temper which had
given edge to his invectivo when he
stood as pleader in the very court
where he now presided as Judge. But
away from the bench, once quit of the
courthouse and the town, the man who
attempted to accost him on his way to
his carriage or sought to waylay him
at his own gate had need of all his
courage to sustain the rebuff his pre-
sumption incurred.
The son, man of great ability who
was making his way as a journalist in
another city, had no explanation to
give of his fathers peculiarities.
Though he never came to Shelby-the
rupture between the two, if rupture
1t were, seeming to be complete
there were many who had visited him
in his own place of business and put
such questions concerning the Judge
and his eccentric manner of living as
must have provoked response had the
young man had any response to give
But he appeared to have none. Either
he was as ignorant as themselves of
the causes which had led to his ia
theirs habit of extreme isolation, or
he showed powers of discrimination
hardly in accordance with the other
traits of his admirable character.
All of which closed inquiry in this
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
CALONEL MAKES YOU SICK, Ugh!
IT'S MERCURY AND SAUVATES
Straghten Up Don't Lose Days Work. Clean Your Sluggish
Liver and Bowels With "Dodson Liver Tone"

Ugh! Calomel makes you sick. Take
q dose of the vile, dangerous drug to.
night and tomorrow you may lose a
days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis Of the bones.
Calomel, when it comes into contact
with sour bile crashes into it, break.
ing it up. This is when you feel that
awful nausea and cramping. If you
feel sluggish and "all knocked out" if
your liver is torpid and bowels consti.
pated or you have headache, dizziness,
coated tongue, if breath is bad or
stomach sour, just try a spoonful of
harmless Dodson's Liver Tone.
Here's my guarantee-Go to any
drug store or dealer and get a 5O-cent
bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone. Take
spoonful tonight and if it doesn't
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
emIsts and Psychologists, GOSHEN. IND. U. S. A.
Preventing Premature BurlaIs.


The fear of being buried alive al
ways has been, and is, so widespread
that the French Academy of Science
some years ago offered prize equal
to $500 for the discovery of some
means by which even the inexperi-
enced might at once determine wheth-
er, in given case, death had ensued
or not. A physician obtained the
prize. He had observed the following
well-known signs: If the hand of the
suspected dead person is held towards
candle or other artificial light, with
the fingers extended and one touching
the other, and one looks through the
spaces between the fingers towards
the light, there appears a scarlet red
color where the fingers touch each
other, due to the blood still circulat-
ing; it shows itself through the It's
sues which have not yet congested.
When life is entirely extinct, the phe-
nomenon Of scarlet spaces between
the fingers at once ceases. The most
extensive and thorough trials estab.
lished the truth Of his observation.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09

straighten you right up and make you
feel fine and vigorous by morning
want you to go back to the store and
get your money. Dodson's Liver Tone
is destroying the sale of calomel be.
cause it is real liver medicine; entire
ly vegetable, therefore it cannot SAIL
vate or make you sick.
/ guarantee that one spoonful Of
Dodsons Liver Tone will put your
sluggish liver to work and clean your
bowels Of that sour bile and consti-
pated waste which is clogging your
system and making you feel miserable.
l guarantee that a bottle of Dodson's
Liver Tone will keep your entire fam.
lily feeling fine for months. Give it to
your children 1t is harmless; doesn't
grippe and they like its pleasant taste.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09

direction, but left the NAV of curl
osity unsatisf1ed.
And unsatisf1ed 1t had remained UP
to this hour, when through accident
or was It treachery-the barrier to
knowledge was down and the question
of years seemed at last upon the point
of being answered.
Meantime fussy, talkative man was
endeavoring to impress the rapidly col.
lecting crowd with the advisability of
their entering all together and ap.
preaching the judge in a body.
1--WE can say that we felt 1t to be
our dooty to follow this woman in"
he argued. Didn't you say she had a
child with her, Miss Weeks?"
Eyes, and"
TELL us the whole story, Miss Weeks.
Some of us haven't heard it. Then if
it seems our duty as his neighbors and
we'll wishers to go in, Wen just go in"
The little woman towards whom this
appeal was directed Immediately be-
gan her ingenious tale. She was sit
ting in her front window sewing. Ev-
erybody knew that this window faced
the end of the lane in which they were
then standing. She could see out with
out being very plainly seen herself;
she, had her eyes on this gate when
Bella, prompt to the minute as he al
ways was, issued forth ON his morning
walk to town for the days supplies
Always exact, always in a hurry
knowing as he did, that the Judge
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
Method In His Madness,

do you realize that your long ser.
mons are rather tiresome?" asked the
young parson who was new at the
game.
81 do" replied the wise parson, who
was beginning to carry weight for age.
THAT is why my congregation gives
me such long vacations"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
Wanted TO Copy Mamma.

While playing with a pair of shears
little Laura severed one of the pref
test Of her golden curls. my dear
child. why did you do that?" asked
Aunt Mary, who came to call soon
afterward. Il wanted EN- SO / could
take EN- OF and hang EN- on a chair.
like mamma does"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
One on the Voice.

Lecturer Ladies and gentlemen,
we shall consider this evening the
fundamental principles of architec-
ture. The Etruscans-" A Wandering
Voice How dye build a dog honse?"
Lecturer (solicitously)-"Are you 90.
ing to move?"-Judge.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
Daily Thounht.

The one enemy we have In this uni
verse is stupidity, darkness Of mind,
OF which darkness there are many
sources, every sin a source and prob
ably self.conceit the chief source
Carlyle.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
SEED Of Elsntrlnltu.

!, - hardly enters into the matter
transmission of a telegraphic
,s,.,ss me click is heard as quickly
ala miles, or three thousand,
es. ] J apndred-provided the line
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
Does He?

Man Is not born to solve the prob.
lem Of the universe, but to find out
what he has to do; and to restrain
himself within the limits of his COM
prehension. Goethe.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
Woman's occupatIon.

When woman builds house she
wants plenty Of closets. Then she
spends most of her time looking In
them for burglars.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
Moving Pictures

AS pictures may be said to
'os Sss 8, with the appearance of
~. naetoscOpe in 1893. Before
me art was to large ex.
ss'nental and noncommercial.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
All Promised.

He-Can't you spare me a kiss?
She-You1l have to ask Fred; I've
promised them all to him.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09

It's all right to put your best foot
forward, but let the other one catch
up with it.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-09
Daily Thought.

To travel hopefully Is better thing
than to arrive.-Robert Louis Steven
son.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-12-25
FARMER CONSIDERED A JOKE
Man. Formerly Called "Hayseed" NO"
Better Informed on Public ms'
tiers Than City Man.

INV HERBERT c. LONG. ColoraGo,
ricnlturaI College Fort Collins. Soio'
There was a time when the farme,
was considered a joke, and was caiieu
a rustic" In literary language anu
in popular language. a nayseeu.
There was of course some cause lo'
this. The farmer was really isno' AN.
of manv things which were matters OIL
ordinary information to many cry
people. But the obnoxious terms arc
rapidly going out OF use because tno
group to whom they may be applied 10
| continually growing smaller.
Nowadays it is not difficult to nnu .
farm who is better informed on mat
ters OF public interest than is tne a',
erase civ man. The boundaries OF MS
farm no longer constitute his horizon
He takes a very lively interest IN Tue
world about him. And really there
is no excuse for the average FARMER
remaining longer a rustic or nay
seed. Modern postal service makes
connection with the world at large
easy Modern printing business makes
information on all subjects ana I'M
products of the best minds easii!
available.
The modern farmer can purchas'
such periodicals and books as VIII en-
able him to make his business oe'
ter success, and he can subscribe q
, papers and magazines which will kee
, him just as well informed on all MAJ
ters of public interest as any CIT
! man.
: There is no reason why a man wh
follows agriculture as CUISINES
should not have Just as mucn IL
, fiuence in state and national affair
as the city man, and there are som
+ reasons why he should have more Il
( fuence.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-12-25
COTTON ACREAGE NEXT YEAR
Considerable Increase 10 Seen by st.
Louis Man Who Has Just he
turned From Texas.

"Haying visited Texas recently
would say It was a safe prediction
that the cotton acreage In that state
next wear would be considerably IN
creased over the somewhat reduced
acreage planted last spring" said M.
v. Martin of st. Louis 10 a Birming-
ham Age-Herald representative the
other day, land 1t need not be SIR
prising to see a normal acreage In
several, II not in most, of the cotton
states.
But even with q normal acreage
the South's 1916 crop could hardly ex-
coed 100000 or 13.500,000 bales. for
the simple reason that comparatively
little fertilizer will be used. And while
the yield per acre will be much below
the average the cost Of production Will
be low enough to make up for low
level of prices. But 1t seems to be the
| prevailing opinion among Texas farm
ers and Texas merchants that H..
600, 900 bale crop In 1916 will bring
good prices. Some statisticians esti-
mate that consumers needs next year
win be sufficient to more than take up
the surplus carried over from the
bumper crop made In 1914 and all Of
this years short crop.
THE 1915 crop now being marketed
will hardly exceed 10.500.O00 bales. AL
men In the cotton trade as far as
am informed expect to see 14-cent OF
15-cent cotton before next spring.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-12-25

CBy E. KELLY and X. E. PAkhSJ
Recent developments In dairsine
have caused a large demand lor
dairy house which will fulhli sam,
tary requirements and at the same
time be practical and inexpensive
For those who are striving 10 iin'
prove the quality Of their products
such a building is an absolute neces,
sity. Milk which is poured or straiheu
in the barn, or allowed to stand there'
is liable to be contaminated by oac-
terra and to absorb stable odors. AS
soon as the cows milk is drawn IL
should be carried to the dairy mousse
to be cooled Immediately to 5O DC
grees F. or lower. An up-to-date san.
itary dairy house is provided with al
the facilities for cooling milk IN the
most economical and expeditious
manner.
For convenience the dairy house
should be near the barn. yet SO fai
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-12-25
HOW SOME PEOPLE SUCCEED
Some cuIdeposts to Success. Set Up
by Librarian LegIer Of the Chi
eago Public Library.

A few guideposts to success were
set up before employees Of the Chi
cago public library recently In the form
of quotations contained in a rule book
issued by Librarian H. q. Legler.
Here are some Of them:
Do what you are paid to do-and
then some; it's the then some" that
gets your salary raised.
Folks that never do any more than
they get paid for never get paid for
any more than they do.
Some men are ground down on the
grindstone of life. while others get
polished up. It depends on their kind
of stun.
Let's be of good cheer. remember
ing that the misfortunes hardest to
bear were those that never came.
You will never push yourself ,<fol
&rd in this world by patting yoursel
the back.
1eshe ssn who th',nks be can lear
yEyoks a gre.s. tlfsth.
may he more interesting to min
at-r peoples business. but it's NOR
table TO mind your own.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-12-25

A Fool
There Was
By H. M. EGBERT
w+x+s+ +.x+.y+.s%x<.s+..ss
Copyright. 1915. by w. G. Chapman.)


Copyright. 1915. by w. G. Chapman)
Mortimer Strange sat on the veran-
da of the Gloss Country club and
slipped his whisky and soda He was
thinking hard-so hard that pretty
Mrs. Lydia Emmons. at his SIDE
tapped him playfully upon the arm.
What is the matter that you are so
silent, Morty?" she asked.
Il was thinking" returned Mortimer
Strange. gulping down his drink
He had been thinking extremely
hard. He had been thinking over his
past. At the age of thirty-five, four
years ago. he had suddenly found him
self transformed. through a mixture
of luck and ability. from hard-work'
ing clerk in the war Office to manager
of the Ginever powder factory at a
salary of fifteen thousand. The pow
der factory was in intimate touch with
the government at Washington and
was the only maker of the famous new
thermolite powder.
AS a clerk, Mortimer Strange hao
lived contentedly with his wife, VINO
was a couple of years older than him
self, in their pretty cottage outside
Washington. Doris had worked hare
for him; at thirty-seven her beaut!
was little faded. But they had care'
sincerely for each other.
Then had come the removal t
Gloss, and Strange found himself II
an entirely new atmosphere. For tn
first time in his life he realized tina
evening clothes were an indispensable
item in a mans wardrobe. Then Their
was the social life, and the countr
club-and, in short. he had come int
the world of which he had often spec
ulated but which he had never though
to enter.
Doris had tried to keep up with tn
new life. But the motherly fttl
woman had hated the glare and gil
ter: she pinned secretly for the kitche
and the Preside. At last she ha
given up the attempt to live Mort
mer's life. Gradually they had drifte
apart. The wistful look on his wife
face was the hardest thing that Mo
timer had to bear.
, And the friends that had grown
> around him as II by magic were OF II
, fast set. There was Mrs. Lydia Ell
mons, for instance. Nobody kne
\ where Mr.. Emmons was. but she hs
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-12-25

same arrangement may be used on
a larger scale, each room being made
OF greater size
The building described is 20 feet
long, 10 feet wide. s feet inches high
IN the front, feet inches in the
rear. and has a shed roof. The ex'
terror of the building may be covered
with sheathing and building paper or
with weatherboarding and shingles.
the deciding factors being expense
! durability and appearance. The inte-
rior. however. should be carefully fin
ished so that the walls and ceiling
may be smooth and free from corners
or projections on which dust or dirt
may accumulate.
The building should have a good
concrete floor pitched to drain through
bell traps. The side walls as high as
the window should be plastered with
cement on metal lathing. The re-
mainder of the walls and ceiling may
be covered with matched boards and
then painted with a white, washable
enamel paint. Ventilating flues should
extend through the roof from the cell
ings of the cooling room and wash
room. The windows should be hinged
and set to be flush with the inside
wall when they are closed.
The equipment of the dairy house
consists of IL to two horse powe
vertical boiler, which supplies steam
to the sink and to the steam Jet Il
the drain board, a galvanizedirol
wash sink, a can rack, a Babcocl
tester, a concrete cooling tank. mil
cooler, and milk scales. A separate
may also be located in the milkroon
After each cows milk is drawn
should be carried to the milkroon
weighed, recorded. sampled for tn
composite test, and strained. 1t
then run over the cooler. using col
3 running water for the first coolinl
q When a can is filled with milk frol
a the cooler 1t is put into the cemei
tank. which should be filled with IL
A and water we'll up on the neck OF II
g can. and the contents should
a stirred frequently until thorough
v cooled. When the milk is not beir
Q stirred the cans should always be Ike
I covered, to prevent the entrance
d dust, dirt, insects, etc. Never m
q warm milk and cold milk or creal
!. The doors of the milkroom should
!. kept shut except when necessary
G. pass in or out.
n When all the milk is cooled {
q cooler. pals. strainers. etc.. can
r. carried into the washroom. where tn
a should be rinsed in cold water a
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-12-25

from 1t that no barn odors can be
detected in the house, and should be
on well-drained land which slopes from
the house.
The principal purpose in building
dairy house is to provide place
where dairy products may be handled
apart from anything else. To carry
out this idea it is necessary to divide
the interior of the building so that
the utensils do not have to be washed
in the same room where the milk is
handled. The idea Of absolute clean
illness must always be kept In mind;
therefore there should be no unnec-
essary lodges or rough surfaces on
which dirt may lodge. Ventilators are
necessary to keep the air in the milk
room fresh and free from all odors
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-12-25

"That Was Why ] Came 70 YOU.
money and spent 1t royalty. Nobody
thought It strange that she and Nor
timer were always together.
The man had lost his head in his
surroundings; they were too big for
him. He was little statue on
mighty pedestal. the important man.
agership of the powder factory. None
of his business acquaintances entered
into the social whirl. A staid lot, he
left them at the factory door at four
O'Clock. His life thereafter was his
own.
What's the use of thinking?" in
quired Lydia, pouting.
mo use!" cried Mortimer hilarious
". starting up. Come in! They're
going to dance"
In the dance his enigma seemed to
resolved itself. He knew that he had
outgrown the old life. 1t had become
impossible. He had won high post
but he had given hostages to fortune
in the shape of his little. neglected
wife. The dance with Lydia Emmons
seemed to cap his decision. He drew
her outside.
I've been thinking things over
Liddy." he began.
$50 have /, Morty," answered Lydi'
Emmons, looking curiously into hi
flushed face.
This can't go on. want you Il
come to Europe with me and let u
start in new. With my knowledge o
the manufacture of thermolite l ca
command any price. The Reich CON
pany, who are the agents for the Gel
man government. would pay me a mi
lion dollars for the process. The
have been trying to work me for
! long time. And It isn't government
secret altogether, remember. II Is tn
, factory's property. and | improved I
Why should we slave here when "
I can have a palace abroad?"
, "Morty, you've been drinking" al
{ swered Lydia lightly. trying not
let him see how his words agitate
her.
81 love you, Lydia Why don't ye
believe mel"
Because you haven't proved it"
"How can / prove it?"
Give me the formula"
In her apartment in the town Lyd
was enjoying her afternoon cigaret
the next day when the maid show
Mrs. Strange in. Lydia, who OF cour
. could not refuse to see her. prepar
u uncomfortably for the intervie
4 While she was dressing she pictur
in her mind some awkward count
woman, some "gawk" of creature.
she phrased it to herself She W
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-12-25

and to Garry steam away from the
washrn,om. Windows are of great i'm
pors.ance. as they admit sunlight and
yffesh air and facilitateLwork. In sum
mer the doors and windows should be
screened to exclude flies and other
insects.
1t is imperative that there be a
plentiful supply of cold. running wa
ter at the dairy house. II II Is not
possible to have a regular water sys-
TEN water may be piped from an ele-
waited tank fed by an engine, windmill
hand pump or hydraulic ram. The
dairyman can Ill afford to spend his
time carrying water In a pail to cool
milk and wash utensils
For the proper sterilization OF uten
sils an abundance of steam or hot
water Is needed. A pail or can may
| appear to be clean and still may con
tain numerous bacteria which vii
hasten the souring OF milk. cause bad
flavor in butter or cheese. or sprea'
contagion. After the utensils are thor
oughly cleaned they should be eithe
scalded with boiling water or steamed
The dairy house should be so bull
as to economize labor to the creates
extent. To do this the building mus
be arranged to avoid unnecessar
steps.
II is not possible to submit a pla
that will suit all conditions, but II
believed that the accompanying d.
scription OF a dairy house will NEE
the needs Of the average dairy tbs
ships either milk or cream in can
This plan Is capable OF considerao'
variation to adapt II to a wide spher
of usefulness. For larger diaries ID
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-12-25
Napoleon's Brother.

An interview with Napoleon's broth
er Joseph. from a hitherto unpuo-
,ished manuscript, appeared in Har'
per's Magazine. 1t throws an interest
ing sidelight on Napoleon's directness
of speech. Joseph was sent for by the
emperor. "On my arrival. says the
narro,ive being a man OF
few words and little ceremony. he
abruptly said: I have sent for you
Joseph. to make you king of Spain!
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-12-25

dairy cows or Woodworking horsesant
mules.
The young stock should have ,ne
half their roughage from legume bays
and at least one-thi-d to one-fift Of
the grain ration sho Id be cottoDeet
meal, or one-half Of It should be rats
A little ashes. or ground phosphate
rock, or acid phosphate. IL more con
venient. should a;so be added 70 tn,
benefit of bone development.