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AggBproofI ifg one were needed, that
III iong and bloody Mexican revolu-
Eion has bssnS Kept alive by American
egitatcrs % q large degree, we would
elte conditions there at present.
ne war IN Europe has caused the
.sseras pahncs over here to lose sight
hshs sEna1ler atfair II Mexico. Ameri-
dutnterestss which have had selfish
n,otays 81 filming the smolde en-
q srsyoiution into flame when the
4sess I'd tar to die out, have been
aceuDtsd inSbpild ding up their financial
6neas lagainsts the contingency OF the
uuitcd States becoming embroiled.
1hss have been. as it, were, up in
thsS1 ir.s for not one OF them cared to
10 khis country involved at home,
Sdth tAs possibility Of trouble abroad
kartng St ~ the face.
Therefore the situation in Mexico
6hown marked improvement late,
81. The f1ghting isBstill going on, OF
dcurse. but n a manner much less
GeFce, md the battles are not nearly
frequent. The lone: dra@n.out reyo-
l1tieh 60 gradually wearing itself out
NJ leck % smaterial
Reports are that both sides are
icrt of war nunit tons and war sup.
Siiess
II Is likely that this IS due to the
zset that money from this country is
70 longer forth coming as Of yore.
Bestdes the Mexican revolutionist
1tkes to be ever IN the limelight.
qEhatis Che use gof fighting ones
iretheE; burningsups powder that costs
sond hard money and running more or
1ssh ttslss 81 being spunctured by a stray
iuiie un1essS there is an audience to
rIy ''yivags Therefore a great many
ek those Who have not attained the
rank q ion Oh col6nel, or General
are gettsng feaTf nlly3 tired of it, for the
Ipoting bustas siss not whatsit used to
b ~ any means There's not much
o. anything left to loot
Afewmore month OF. the European
Wst 10 Keep the yolution.breeders
% the United States inactive, and
peace may once more reign in our I'm
happy sister republic:
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ON THE
SCR ZEN

chapter two. a Eve For An Esye::,s
of sTbS nj : M Ts.3-s II
$3.50 4 -! ~ ~ ~ ls
SHOWN az ;olon "a heatre TOD
sThe Diamond From the Sky an
5all:stnr4 cast Including I.ottie spickford.
e. Z lstt11lt
GnaFiotte buEEton. ORA! pnTey,
Eugene Forde,. George Pertolats ". u
tTedmarsh. y 81 a5s3 y sl
|. A bitter feud exists between Col:
Arthur Stanley and his cousin, Judge
|. Lamar Stanley. The fend has been
{engende Tered over a family heirloom,
The Diamond from the Sky that
was found In a fallen meteor by AMI
adventurer ancestor. The feud is fur
Their augmented by the fact that the 1
Stanley searld ION In England may come
to- an American Stanley. When q
daughter Is born to Col. Stanley OF
the eldest branch Of the Stan1eys in A
America, and the mo ther Of the child
dies atsits birth, the disappoin tinted Col
onel buys new born male gypsy
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4 Always tell your wife, everything
that you are certain she Will md out
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Judging from young Mr.. Rockefel,
ler's statements laws are merely
scraps of paper where Standard OIL
Is concerned.
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ing have served the government long;
er and better than this foremost
statesman OF the Mountain Common:
wealth. To read his biography 1s
revelation OF such extraordinary sue:
cess as is given to few. men TO
achieve. Next to the Senator, Elk
Governor Dawson Is the champion
lonp.distance officeholder OF West Wiz.
ginfa, with Judge yves" Atkinson
@nosing him for place" Both of these
men have rendered signal service to
their fellowmen. Governor Dawson
was the first real progressive chief
executive the state ever had. He,
gave it a tremendous shove forward
IN that direction. 1t was q backward,
sister up till that time. But among.
the "youngsters," as Judge Atkinson.
terms Moss, Lilly, Avis ct al, the con:
pressman$who passed his forty:se eond
milestone today appears by the rec
ord to entitled to be classed among
the blue ribbon winners for lengthy
and efficient official tenure:
Jack" Nightingale, labor commits.
sioner for West Virginia, Is IN our
midst" He came here to attend the.
annual session Of the national confer.
.ence on weights and measures, with
the object IN view of wishing up on.
the subject SO as to the better enable
him to5get the newly created depart
iment Of weights and measuress started
III his state. This new bureaus is to
be under the supervise OF his de-
partm emit, but the detail will be dt-'
rected by some individual yet to be
appointed. There Is no embaTrass,
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WHERE is THE BRiTls47NAVY2

WHERE is THE BRiTlsH 8EAvAf?
The great mystery Of the war. the
VIII reabouts Of the British navy, may
have been solved. by an inqrisitiye
Americany seaman, If cable reports are
tue. This sailor, whose vessel was
detained at Kirkwall, scotland. for
examination, managed to get ashore
and penetrate into the country. Ac.s
cording to his story, he climbed a hill
Overlooking the scapa Flow, the great
inland bay that lies in the center OF
the Orkney Islands, and there he saw.
the missing British navy. He counted,
he says, more than. 20 great warships,
dreadnoughts, battle cruisers and bat.
tleshtps, a hundred destroyers, and a
great fottl1a OF submarines, besides a
feet Of armed merchantmen.
This great hidden naval base-it can
not be seen from the seals described
as Britain's Keil Canal. It's construc-
tiop followed the transfer of British
naval operations from the Channel
to the North Sea, after the entente
with France, which permitted the re.
duction Of the British Mediterranean
feet and the Concentration OF Britain's
naval power between England and
Germany. Admiral Fisher, whose DIFF
fcu1ty with Naval Minister Churchill
has led to the retirement OF both, Is
credited with this change of base, an
other feature OF which was the con-
struction of the great naval port Of
Rossyth, on the east coast of Scotland.
since the beginning of the war; fol-
loving the sinking Of the Audactous
OF, the northwest coast Of ireland, the
British Home Fleet has been Supposed
to be hidden in those waters. This
seered unlikely because it would have
required them to get around England
or scotland to get to the North Sea
in case Of a German dash. But the
rendezvous at scapa Flow overcones
that. 1t is only 400 miles from the
entrance to the Ketl Canal. The Brit
ish ships are there safe against attri-
tion by German submarine or scouting
squadrons.
with German commence destroyers
swept of the seas and the German
feet protected by the Keil Canal,
where the British cannot get at them,
it, may be considered good policy to
keep the British feet, where it will be
safe until needed. Should the day
cone when the German feet makes its
expected dash, the British in scapa
Flow, If they are really there, can
meet them before they reach the Brit
ish coast in force. Meantime the ork-
ney hiding place may explain the sue
cessful German dash on Scarborough.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
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Editorial Comment
on Current Subjects

! = e. b. . 4 t.~ <
There Is a good deal being printed
concerning the ancient history Of the
Dardanelles and the contiguous terri:
tories, but very little concerning the
present operations in that subdivision
Of the hostile field. Europe has come
out of the fog, however, to give con-
siderable comfort to those who still
nut their trust in shore batteries. The
vast fleet of warships assembled by
the allies has certainly been unable
SO far to! reduce the land guns to
silence. The day Of the fort has not
PASSED, whatever opinion one may
have come to after the reduction of
Liege and. Namur, and Antwerp and
PrZemDyl. Toul and Nerduny and Bel
fort and Metz and Consta ntinople still
stand ~. Galveston (Texasl News.
Those who read reports from Paris
or elsewhere that certain American
war contracts have been cancelled or
certain goods under such contracts
have been rejected should not be in
too much Of hurry to criticise Ameri-
can manufacturers. There has been
considerable complaint among our
manufacturers of arbitrary and unfair
conduct on the part of the agents of
the allies. Goods are sometimes re.
jected for alleged flaws that would not
be deemed worth considering in the
ordinary trade, and objections are
sometimes raised to products that
meet the specifications in every re-
spect but fail In some unexpected way
to meet the approval OF the agents.
While such complaints come from
manufacturers in many lines, they are
particularly frequent among the manu-
facturers Of textile goods.-Fartford
Courant.
There is room for 4 great deal Of
thought concerning the condition Of
patriotism in Great Britain as indi.
Gated by Lloyd George in his recent
speech to the House Of Commons. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer points
out that there are three roles England
may play in the present war. She may
maintain command Of the seas. she
may keep up an army on continental
scale, she may finance the war. The
flrst and third OF these Lloyd George
says his country stands ready to do
and is doing, but the maintenance of
any army will be carried on only
within limits. Great Britain does not
intend toilet her males go to the con.
stiuent to be killed by the Germans.
Let the French and the Russians bear
the sacrifice ins1ives. Hitherto this
has not been. the sentiment Of the
members of the British government in
their public utterances. Nothing Of
the sort has come from the war min.
lister, Lord Kitchener, who constantly
has been urging the men, of the nation
to enlist and has been making every
endeavor to get troops to the contin.
ent.-Datroit Free Press. VI
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-27

Whenever one looks at moving
picture detective one thinks how
much better Sherlock Holmes could
smoke pipe.
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At Il Ter {; /; DINNER 'IiN',,[
= MINIS =

. 3. y . - = VI
We sincerely hope they don't perfect
that telescribe of Edison's to point
where it will write out what man
says over the phone when the operator
gives him the busy signal for the
eighth time.
A typewriter for armless persons
has been invented. 1t issoperated with
the feet. Glancing over some recent
fiction we imagine it has been In use
for some time.
A New York girl, IS, says she has
to go to six cabarets night or lose
her social standing; from which her
social standing may be judged &C
curately.
Marconi has invented a machine
that enables one to see through. solid
walls. What will life be worth If the
neighborhood gossip buys one?
We certainly envy Chairman Walsh
Of the. industrial commission. Think
Of being able to talk to a billion dol
lars thatlway!
Some Chicago thief stole a steam
roller and got away with it; in Phila-
'delphta he would have been caught
speeding.
Whenever one looks at moving
picture detective one thinks how
much better Sherlock Holmes could
smoke a pipe.
d d Ii u lg
Judging from young Mr.. Rockefel-
ler's statements laws are merely.
scraps of paper where Standard OIL
is concerned. a35 3
William Alden Smiths a candidate
for president. Climb into the alright
compartments, lads
4 Always tell your wife everything
that you9ar certain she will ind out
"A
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poor p,escrlptITo.ill11,.'

The Academy exhibition, with its
fine Sargent portraits, recalls a story
Of this famous artist. At banquet a
young lady whom he knew very well
said to him: /
"Oh,5 Mr.. Sargent. I saw your latest
painting, and kissed 1t because it was
SO much like you"
Sand did it kiss you in return?
why, no"
not like me-"
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2 . q II
de1eted by the censorl IA neatly wit
ten, we'll worded letter. Of sTequest ii
was the first time this particu mar con-
stituent had been heard from this
particular congressmans That he
was wise and expert nced with the
llabitants of officiatd dom an original
drawing in the upper left ;hand cor
,ner OF the first page Of his letter Was
proof enough 1t was a pen-and:tnis
sketch, done with arti stic skill d q
male mem Der OF the a owing kline ian.
lily, with head tossing, 11oofs awtng
and tail flung erect. Cnde fneath was
written: 81 know what this ISL
It is a perfectly safe wager To
make that the reply to that Monroe
county citizens illustrated epistles
was a strictly business;l ket and nIs
impassioned one with the sttbull. lett
out.
Congressman Sutherland has bean
notified by the Pension Bureau otthe
allowance Of an original pension to
Mary 3. Cheuyeront, widow Of Tlieo'
dore NJ. Cheuveront late private %.
IL, 3rd Regt., W. va Cav, 8hosa
address is French Creek, TX. Va az
the rate Of $12 per month from Dec.
.2s, 1914, and So per onth for each
of her four minor chill dren; anu pay'
mentf ito her OF iaccrued pension the
date Of her husband death.
Thurman E: Bennett has heen aIas
pointed rural mail carrier at FleI1s
ingto succeed Andrew -. Iestors
George w. Harmon has been So
pointed postmaster at Grumps Bot.
tom, Summers county; Misc Grace Az
tGreenlie at Arbuck le, Mason conntys
succeeding e. Nease II ontdag " Got
.tr1ll at Indore ! formerly serenats
Clay county, ucceedtngS J.S ". HOWE
Oscar @. Casio at Adrfan JIps41r
county, succeeding r. b Fanciss
Frank IA. Matthew att Junior, BaIhouT
county, succeed ding Miss Barta Lees
James A.. Chisholm lat sScheli MitseEab
county, succeeding Mrs. 4. Kisners
Minnie @. Burr at Burr Pocehont
county, a new office; Jacksn v paws
ikins at Ravens Rock; Joseph 4. SUI
raft at Zada Ollie Hillsa ct Julian, and
Grover O. Tabor at Saxon.
r "a ~ I Z
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There came to the office Of. a Ger!
tain congressman {. +. (nanne
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-05
j0LANTHE IN DIRE PLIGHT
Excellent Reason Why She Could Not
Appear When Her Cue for the
Stage Was Given.

Amateur theatrical companies are
proVerbially courageous, and perhaps
that is the reason why the Puddle.
comoe Thespians selected 'Iolanthe" as
the means by which they would aston.
ish the natives. AS every lover of Gil
bert and Sullivan is aware, one of the
most effective scenes in the opera il
the rising of Iolanthe from the bed Of
a beautiful river, and it seemed that
this scene would go particularly well.
The queen and fairies had sung their
welcome well, the limelight was full
on.
''Iolanthe! Come, Iolanthe!" sang
the fairies.
But Iolanthe did not appear.
The queen waved her wand fran.
tlcally, and the fairies anxiously re-
peated:
"lolanthe! Come Iolanthe!"
1t was a tense moment, and the ex.
element had communicated itself to
the audience. Again the invitation
was repeated, and then a petulant
voice from beneath the waters silyerv
surface was heard:
oh, do be quietH it said. Cant
you see I'm caught on a natlY"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-05
R. S. GREER
Editor and Manager.
Are you Educated?

A professor of the University of Chic,
ago has evolved a series of test ques,
tons for the educated which, he aV0Ws,
are TIL beSt evidences of a real edua,
ton, you can answer Eyes" to all
the quc,loNS you are truly educated,
the professor says, Here are the ques.
tons:
Has education given you sympathy
with ali the good causes and made you
espouse them?
Has it made you public spirited?
Has it made you a brother to tie
weak?
Have you learned how to make
friends and keep them?
Do you know what it is to be a friend
yourself,
Can you look an honest man OF pure
woman in the eye?
Do you see anything to love in a little
child?
Will a lonely dog follow you in the
street?
Can you be high.minded and happy in
the meaneSt drudgerieS of life?
Do you think that washing dishes
and hoeing corn is just as compatible
with high thinking as piano playing or |
golf?
Are you good for anything yourself?
Can you be happy alone?
Can you look out on the world and
see anything but dollars and cents?
Can you look into a mud.puddle by
the WaySide and see clear sky?
Can you see anything in the puddle
but mud?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-05
EcIlpses Come In serlsa.

All eclipses occur in series, the Rest,
one OF which takes place at ono a.
the poles and the last at the opposite,
pole The whole number in the series
OF lunar eclipses is completed IN a
period Of about $40 years while TIA
entire series Of solar eolipses Govern
q period of 1900 years. Yet the tsnaa
OF the beginning OF any of tAesa
echpses, and the path OF totalHsy sr
partial observation can be celewiAAea
70 the moment or the naile. Fhla r A.
matter difficult to explain to the ssp.
teur In language to be eastlY wRhars
STOOD. The statement OF the taOk "a
sutticient. To ordinary studsuts ew
observers the reasons tor totslity or
partial observation are much more ir.
simply with the passing az
each year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-05
Sea Moss.

Sea moss is term popularity ap.
piled to any of the poIyzoa, which are
compound marine animals, several of
which share common horny skele.
ton, or polyzoary, which is plantlike
In form. According to the bureau of
fisheries, several hundred thousand
pounds of these skeletons have been
Imported annually from Europe. chief.
~ from France and Germany for dec
Orative and millinery purposes. and
the supply has now been practically
cut on by the war. 1t therefore seems
opportune to develop a domestic in.
austry, as sea MOSES, probably equal
Ia quality to those heretofore i'm.
ported, are said to be abundant on
our coasts, especially in New Eng,
land. Those with large bushy trends
are the most valuable.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-05
RECORD IN FINDING DISTANCE
Longest Line Measured by Triangu.
IatIon in Can2da Said to
Be 49, Iea,

The longest distance ever measured
in Canada by means OF the triangula-
ton system was accomplished by the
Canadian geOdetiC survey in the work
in which it was engaged in outlin.
ing the western boundary of the Do.
minion. One of the distances meas
ured by the trianguIation method was
1875 miles in length By the measure
ment of one side OF triangle and the
reading Of the angles on the transit at
the two ends of the measured line
which angles are formed by taking a
sight at the distant point-the side Of
the triangle required to be measured
can be found.
In carrying out this feat it was nee.
essaly to work at night and to use
powerful acetylene lamps to find the
point 1876 miles distant. The transit
or telescope is perched high on d
mountain side in order to overcome the
curvature Of the earths surface. In
distance of 60 miles it is nee
essary to have an elevation Of
1000 feet in order to see the point at
which the instrument is sighted. In
lS5 miles the elevation is correspond
ingly greater. This is perhaps the
second largest line ever measured by
this method. The record is held for
measurement across the Mediterra.
mean between Spain and the northern
shore OF Africa, a distance OF more
Than two hundred miles.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-05
An Unfair Attack.
Shreveport Timesl.

NSAASFoPOIb lu6SIs
Having betaken himself out of the
Democratic party, Mr.. John NJ. Parker
has no such Scruples about refectino
on a Democratic administration for
which he was in large part responsible
as Chairman Horace Wilkinson of the
State Central Committee. In his haste
to defend the Hall administration,
Chairman Wilkinson undertook the
other day to read Colonel Pleasant out
OF the Democratic party for alleged at
taCkS on Democratic administration.
In making this attack on Colonel
Pleasant, Mir. Wilkinson forgets two
things. First, he forgets that Colonel
Pleasant may became the Democratic
nominee for governor in the primary
election next January and that it will
then be his duty as a loyal Democrat
to support Colonel Pleasant. Second
ne forgetS that Governor Hall himself
went into Office four years ago after
Waging a bitter venomous fight on a
Democratic administration. If we mis-
take not. Mr.. Wilkinson was heart and
soul with Judge Hall in that fight and
ne emulated judge Hall in attacking
the Sanders administration. If Pleas. |
ant is not Democrat because of his
criticisms Of the Hall administration
how much less of Democrat was A1r
Wilkinson himself four years ago? And
how much less of a Democrat wac
Judge Hall, at present governor Of the
state?
1t may be that Mr.. Wilkinson is bor. /
rowing personal dislike OF Colonel
Pleasant to the extent that in the event .
OF Colonel Peasants nomination for
governor on the Democratic ticket no
is prepared TO bolt the party and SUD.
Rort Mr.. John M. Parker. If that is Mr. |
AinsohS attitude, the Democrats Of
olSIana have the right to know il II
q Wllknson'S purpose to betray the
democratic nominee in the event tbat
colonel Pleasant proves to be that man
II such be the case, then it is up to MIR
wilkinson to reconcile that purpose
with his present position as Chairmar
OF the Democratic State Cenlra ran
mittee.
However much Mr.. Whkinsons dfct.ar
may please the state adminfstr
the New Orleans Item, the Trme.-
yune and MIR John M, Parker, il ea
salnly is not pleasing to the tbous.
81 Democrats in Louisiana who are
ing to participate in the Demo .c,t
primary and who will feel in no.
pound to support the NOMINEE.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-05
NOTICE,

Upon my return to Welsh /
expect a settlement from p,pr
who is indebted to me. Tbose II,
not care to settle promptly WI
subjected to suit.
After November first | shall TIM,
old accounts over to a laWye, i, .
lection. This does not apply 1s
who have made previous ann
ments, Money can be left at III h
or with Jno. T. Hood; either viii i
receipts for me.
This notice is not meant for ,bn
the writer means business.
Respectfully,
W. L. STEWART, Y d
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-05
Free Tickets for Club hsrlal

The State Fair authorities have 4
nished the Junior Extension dVsall
L,S:n.with several hundred tlcIfa
admis sion to the Pair grounds Ia I 1
use of club boys and girls gA0 = /
written reports Of their CLUB vafl II I
the year. The reports should % s1l
SeSsed to Junior Extension DelalI
L,S.U., Baton Rouge,and should . v NJ
before October rs. The date o. iles \.
Fair Is November 3 to 3, incllslIe V
on the receipt OF each report " Y
will be mailep to the club IIlelnl
members are urged to send ID aFes
whether thier club work has netHs
cessful or not.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-05
Rheumatism and Allied psiR-I
Must Col

The congestion Of the blOodhBAII
causes pain. Sloan'S LinimenI ID
trateS to the congestion and start d
blood to floWfreely. The bodysFl1A|
is renenewed; the pain is gQn. D
''man or woman who has FheuHaisI
neuralgia or other pain and fakhAa|
Sloan'S Liniment in their homeslRll
drowning man refusing afOp' vi
suffer. Get a bottle Of Sloans. &H'
6c. $1.0O bottle hold six timeS&El
as 25c. size. AsLa
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-05
Colds Do Not Leave VIar,,..

son why you should be, I,.4.i
wearing" it out, get sure ,sIs',l
ing DR.. Kings New Discovers !.
e Gus bronchial and lung ailnens'
follow a cold which has been 49,
at the beginning. Asyourba, \
fully battles those cold germ, ! !
Ter aid can be given than thepps1
remedy Its merit has been tetsl
old and young. Get a bottle to1, ~
and $l.00.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-05
Mean Old

That fellow Tom66 nrattv
lex proposition.
Waat mas he don
lie buys all his ars ~ 40
patEa1ent store ana aaa rem put on
ms %ites charge account and then
When me first of the month comes
sEonhd re calls her down sor running
~ aucb extraVagant oiag
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-05

IerlLlN: CaSn on day of sale Withou
the benefit o. appraisement.s
Welsh, a, Oct. IA, 1915.
MCCOY & bf0SS, Attorneys
q joan Ii. COOPER, Receiver.