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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07
CRAM MING.

This article is not addressed eX.
clusively to students, but also to those
who are using the common methods
Of obtaining information by pressure
or force
SO unqualitiedly am opposed to
examining for examination. and to any
other similar process, that have be-
come a strong advocate of a reform
in this direction, looking toward the
establishment of a new scheme where
by the pupil will be prevented from
continuing this vicious practice. which
has nothing to recommend it.
would suggest irregular periods
for examinations, so that the pupils
would not be advised in advance of
the ordeal, and, therefore, would be
Obliged to study regularly and persist
emily. if they wished to be prepared
for the tests.
1t is quite likely that the pedagOgue,
kiln.drjed and unconventional, would
take exceptions to anything which
would disturb the dregs of his
academic tea, and would claim that
examinations would not be complete
or satisfactory unless they followed
full term of study.
Perfection in this direction, as in
others, is impossible. Better be near
er right than farther from right, al
ways assuming that there must be OBJ
jections and often valid ones, to every
action, educational or otherwise
My investigations show that fully
ninety per cent Of college undergrad
yates and high school pupils, includ-
ing those who are studious, cram for
examination. 1t has become a custom,
and still remains in force.
The crammingfor-eXamination meth
Cd, instigated in the school, is carried
through life, and enters business and
profession. Instead of learning by
study and persistent effort what is re-
Quired, nearly everybody especially
prepares himself to meet some antiCi.
pated examination or test. which is
usually scheduled to occur on a defin-
ite date. The knowledge obtained in
this way does not remain. 1t is forced
in and forces itself out, usually leav-
ing the mind as empty as it was in
the first place.
The business or professional man Of
marked accomplishment is always
ready to meet emergency. He as
sumes its constant occurrence. He
grounds himself in what he should
know, ever studying, ever learning,
ever open to suggestion, ever anxious
to obtain information OF course, II
an unusual task is presented to him,
he may read up or study the subject
more intently, but he does not depend
upon this special loading Of the mind.
A short period of daily study accom-
plishes more than double the amount
of time spent in examining, and that
which is obtained naturally and regu,
larly is not easily forgotten, but re-
mains as a permanent asset
Work, whether you have to study or
do something else. Keep everlast-
ingly at 1t, whatever may be your duty
or your vocation. Learn something
every day, and do not make a special.
ty Of overlooking on any one day. If
you do, you will be like the over.
charged gun which is more likely to
burst than to send the shot to the
| target.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07
VO0p5 I8h no by lNe MCCLURE newspaper Syndicate)
OBSERVATION.

Nary Smith-that isn't her name.
but it will do-was a junior stenog.
rapher for a manufacturing concern
Her prescribed duties were limited TO
taking dictatiou and to trauscribing
the result upon a typewriter She had
two eyes. and she used both of them
The headquarters of the company
are in large Office building. There
Is mail chute on every floor, and the
mail is collected hourly. Most of the
letters OF this company are dictated in
the morning, and large proportion Of
them are ready for mailing by noon
Comparatively few of them however
are mailed until the close of business
The company has a large branch
house in Western city. If letter is
mailed before noon, it catches lin
tied Western train, and will reach its
destination the next day in time for de-
livery in the early afternoon. If it is
mailed later it catches the train
reaching the distant city too late for
its delivery on the following day.
Miss Smith discovered this. and, Of
her own volition, saw to it that all let,
ters directed to the branch house were
mailed before noon, provided, of
course, that they were ready.
The advantage is too self-evdent for
comment.
The president learned what she was
doing. From that moment she was a
marked woman in the office, and, to-
day, she is at the head of the steno-
graphic department and assistant office
manager, drawing a salary of about
$4,000
John Smith-and that isn't his name
either-a few years ago was office boy
for a wholesaler. He, too, used his
eyes. One day he was obliged to wait
in the post Office. Instead of gazing
into the street, he pOked his head into
one of the windows which overlooked
the mailing rack He noticed that let
ters enclosed in envelopes of ordinary
size were Immediately placed in the
pigeOnhOles and that the distributing
clerk usually dropped the larger en-
yelopes onto the mailing table, because
they did not fit into the pigeonhOles
and because it was difficult to tie them
up with the ordinary envelopes.
John made inquiries, and found that
not infreQuently the large envelopes
missed the earlier mail, and, therefore,
were not delivered as promptly as
were letters enclosed in envelopes of
ordinary size He reported this to his
employer
The incident, insignificant though 1t
may seem, placed John in the eye of
the man for whom he worked. Today
he is chief clerk.
Your employer expects you to be on
time, to be faithful, and to do the
work allotted to you. For this serv-
ice he pays you the regular market
price He does not ask you to do more,
and SO per cent of employees do not do
more.
The fellow who uses his brain is al,
ways observant, and he is pretty sure
to discover something which will bene-
fit his employer. 1t may be little
thing, or a big one, but it lifts him out
Of the ranks and is the beginning of
his success.
Doing what you have to do, or what
you are told to do, means livelihood.
Taking the initiative, and doing what
you are not told to do, or expected to
do, stand for promotion and liberal
salary.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07
STOP THAT HACKING COUGH.

Mansfield formerly Hungarian
Cough Balsam heals the infamed aud
lacerated membranes and quiets the
tickling nerves that lie underneath the
infected portions Invaluable for ba-
bies Price 25c and 50c.-Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07
FAR HURRIED READERS.

n3ge Parker of the Civil District
ert New Orleans, dismissed the
MIA for preliminary Judgment asked
,,se Hlbernla Bank and Trust Com
nav against Jacob A. Zimmerman &
n contractors of the dock board.
william NJ. Wren had pledged to the
,,5s certain tools, etc, as collateral
A loan. and the tools were leased
hs Zimmerman firm, which agreed
b ny for the tools if lost. Lost they
,p with the boat in which they were
trsd in the great September storm.
ma court decided that Zimmerman
va not a tornado insurer, and the
som was an act of God and could
,t have been contemplated by either
a he parties to the contract.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07
Free AdVertisinn.

Have you a publicity STAFF"
i used to maintain one" answered
the prominent railroad president, but
here OF late the government has kept
me so much in the public eye that
Contriye to get on the front page OF
newspapers every day or two without
any solicitation whatever"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07
Not Gray Hairs INIT Tired Evas

make US look older than we are. Keep
your Eyes young and you will look young.
After the Movies Murine Your Eyes. Don't
tell your age. Murine Eye Remedy Co.,
Chicago. Sends Eye Book on request.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07

At a special meeting of the board
Of aldermen the proposition Of the In
surance adjusters Of S14,2,O in settle,
mpnt of the Opelousas loss in the re-
cent electric light and power plant
fire was accepted by the board. This
will put the city in position to remodel
the plant and make it modern in every
respect.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07

The Standard OH Company obtain
ed an option on a 81 acre tract Of
land adjoining it's plant at Baton
Rouge from the DOugherty estate at q
price of $500 an acre. The oil COM
pany will use the ground, in The event
of purchase, for the building of ad-
ditional storage tanks which will form
a part of an enlargement of the ca
Dacfty Of the plant.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07
Wearinn MarN EeAM

What did you see at the opera?"
That clothes for women are going
out Of fashion"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07
Her ADVANTAGE.

women cant fool me. | can make
every one of them show her hand"
How do YOU manage it,"
"a a glove filter"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07

The seord in the case Of the State
! BLlsana against the American
SlH Refining Company, (the custer
EAl vas fled in the Supreme Court
q SeS Orleans. The record Of testi-
nohy taken in the New York Court
INSISTS Of sixteen volumes Of print.
anatter, say 10000 pages, and there
Tse iled also several volumes OF
Anals Of the Louisiana Legislature.
Itter the law the case must be decd
4 within forty days after the fling
q these records.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07
Two of a Kind.

THE sun Is setting"
We'll, what Of It? Sos my hen" -
Baltimore American.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07

The new Vivian High School which
cost nearly $4,000 has been formally
dedicated State Superintendent T, II
Harris and Parish Superintendent c
E. Byrd taxing part.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07

me work Of the annual conference
4 mpaintendents and parish school
yard members which is to be held in
hmary and February, was outlined
" State superintendent of Education
Harris in a circular addressed to the
UvgrHtendents. The conferences
rH be held in three sections. One
Rton will meet in Lafayette Jan,
VIII and %, another in COyington
lnay n and Is, and the third in
Shreveport February 3 and 4. All the
tis fall On Thursday and Friday.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07
Not Satisfactory.

George kissed me for the first
time last evening"
Gle told me It was the last tme.W
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07

Al e1aminatiOn OF the insurance
anpanies domiciled in Louisiana Will
saaFted by Secretary of State Mill.
a9' and Assistant Secretary Flower
9 January Z. The examination will
aa'ld Of check of the books Of all
Y different branches Of insurance,
u NE Industrial, life and accident.
1Il not apply to corporations domt-
aa y other states. This will Je
aal examination of Louisiana
aalaaies which has been made in
ssal years.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07
To Prevent the Grin

Colds cause Grip-Laxative Bromo Quini1e re-
moves the cause. There is only one ''Bromo
Quinine." E. w. GROVES signature on box. asc.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07

The grinding season at Raceland
has lust come to an end. The big
RaceIand mill was started on Novem
her 7 and ceased operations on De
cember 10. This was one of the short
est grinding seasons on record, as the
average grinding season lasts from
sixty TO seventy.fVe days,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07

An insecticide that is expected to
play big part in the future of the
citrus industry Of Louisiana and Flor
ida, as well as other sections where
Organes are raised, has been disCov-
cred as a result of experiments con-
Quoted during the past two months
near New Orleans. In passing upon
the results met with in three trees
that were sprayed with the solution,
DR.. George E. Boyer, of the chair of
biology and entomology Of Tulane Uni
versity, declared that it was simply
marvellous"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07

Rsr.. Ae'hVien, of East Baton
o,.,,. y uaS been appointed farm DEM
ns,..I ly I, agent by the police jury to
VI ,... :. D Sullivan, Mr.. Methvien
Jus',..s u0s the duties of the Office
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07

Aaes :. Trudeau, assistant rural
~ Inspector, reports that a won,
u l'4 Development is going on in
allon parish. 81 was greatly sur,
Nv az the improvements which
y all parts Of the parish. Drain.
sAa Irrigation canals are being
,sa'iyWhere. There are any mum.
2 every ward"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07

Some small minds have great
thoughts.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07

Wong Moy, Chinese, aged 60, who
came from Hong Kong to Arcola,
Miss. in 1879, and was convicted OF
the murder of another Chinaman at
Lake Providence, La, nearly nine
wears ago, has been released on
parole.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07

The Nantachi Oil & Gas Company
has suspended operations on their
we'll north of Colfax, pending an ex
animation by Chemist Metz, Of New
orleans. of a substance coming from
the well. which is claimed to be crude
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07

STOP THOSE SHARP SHOOTING PAINS
"Femenina" is the wonder worker for all
female disorders. Price $500 and soc. Adv
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07

NV, ~. Z. ". Kerr, head of the de-
an \ Of mechanical engineering
,,.s.. y, and S. ]. Webre. a sugar
g~.. 49, q the university, left Baton
49,. " lor Cuba to conduct some ex.
s.,s and engage in research
y sugar house machinery.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07
ANEGLECTED COLD

is often followed by pneumonia Be-
fore it is too late take Laxative Quini-
dine Tablets. Gives prompt relief in
cases Of Coughs, Colds, La Grippe and
Headache. Price 25c.-AdV.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07
LADIES'!


DO you think the football season
will be lively this year,"
q know it will start in with rush"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07

-. y money for the sale OF the road
a.' lot wards One and Five Of
! \ parish, tOtaling S29,5OO, is now
/ .D't with the Commercial Bank
''@ company o. Alexandria.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07

President Garig, of the Baton Rouge
Live Stock and Agricultural Fair AS
ISOLATION, has announced October IS
22,inclusive, as the dates for next
years fair The dates were selected
by the association after an investiga-
ton into the dates Of other fairs IN
the state with a view Of preventing a
conflict of dates. The Baton Kouge
fair will open, as it did this year, a
few days after the close of the Donald
sonville fair and close before the
opening of the state fair at Shreve-
port. This will give exhibitors in this
section an opportunity to show at the
DOnaldsonville fair, bring them to Ba.
ton Rouge and thence to Shreveport.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-01-07

The 1916 summer school % tso
Louisiana State Normal School No.
,Ioches' La. will open on Nav n
1915 at a. m, with the reuistro.tor
and classification of students Pen o
lar classroom instruction will bs9i',
the following day. Six weeks attond
ance and satisfactory work will ON.
ll.'e d student to five per cent cor
''"ca.P' eight weeks, a six per con,
leI'lncate' and ten weeks a seven
per cent certificate.
courses Of study of Abe 1914 srn,
meF school will be of three kinds -.
follows: MINUS d.
INSTRUCTION under The hest an,
most successful teachers Of tho stat,
IN all subjects in which applicants are
examined. '''''' a Z
Full courses in every departwor,
OF the State Normal School as ore
year '''''' ''' d VI ''''
d Advanced graduate courses in
education, chemistry, physics, matba.
MATES French, Latin and ipdustri,,
branches, for the benefit Of normaI
graduates and other advanced stu.
dents. SUI
Attractive features of the summer
school, as announced are as follows.
Inc normal school presents a teac.,.
ING atmosphere that has no parallel in
Louisiana, This leads all students 10
Vie" the teachers work from nro.
teSSional standpoint and to dcv~lc
that professional attitude which +. 90
much In demand by the superintend.
ents and school boards of Louisiana
Constant association with Iarro
faculty Of expert teachers and with
more than a thousand men and WON.
en- whose business in life consists f.
teaching, develops the viewpoint ana
vision which distinguish the true
teacher from the pedagogic opportu-
mist.
Because the normal school has =
history extending more than thirty
years into the past and its campus and
halls have been trod by tens of tbou.
sands Of students, many of whom have
taken prominent parts in shaping the
educational destiny of Louisiana, a
vast and permanent inspiration is de-
rived from attending the institution
Not only is every effort made 10
provide the best educational facilities
for the large body Of summer school
students; but all possible comforts.
couyeniences, facilities and diversions
are provided
with the great object of the sum.
mer school, which is the preparation
Of candidates for the teachers exami-
nations, nothing is allowed to inter-
fere. Expert assistance is given stu
dents in planning their courses"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
important Russian Industry.


The production of wood pitch and
tar Is highly important industry of
the timber districts of Russia. A
large quantity OF such substances is
NOT only used for home consumption
In Russia, but Is also exported to for
eign markets. England alone takes
over 100000 barrels yearly of Russian
pitch and tar. In normal times pitch
IL exported chiefly to England from
Archangel, where 1t is one of the prin-
cipal articles OF trade, while turpen-
tine has been shipped to Germany
from the Baltic ports and overland.
In recent years in western Russia, es-
pecially near the Vistula river, large
quantities of pitch and turpentine have
been distilled from the stumps left
after the clearance of woods, this hav-
ing been in great demand In Germany
on account Of its good quality and low
price. Up to the present time the op-
Grating methods employed in this in
dustry have been, for the most part,
of q primitive character, and carried
on in small establishments, where the
owner is at the same time workman
and salesman.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
TAKES SHOT AT EARLY RlSERS
Any Virtue In Leaving Comfort
able Bed, Say at Daylight.

In tho whole string of the virtues,
major or minor, cardinal or otherwise,
there is not one about which the pos
SCISSORS are SO conceited as the early
rising habit. Persons who have this
habit are, no doubt, entitled to some
little credit; but no degree Of self-mor-
tification could justify the airs of vir-
tue which people who turn out of bed
earlier than their fellows give them
selves.
Nobody was ever ten minutes in the
society of confirmed early riser with
out being made aware of the fact and,
directly or indirectly, snubbed for not
being one himself.
Now, is early rising such virtue?
Certainly early risers get the worm.
They are welcome to it; who wants
worms?
Then they gain so many hours over
US who stay in bed; in proof of which
they perhaps point out that Scott's
novels we're written before breakfast.
Very good; let them produce their
Waverly novels; meanwhile We re-
main skeptical as to the reality of this
gain OF time.-New York Telegram.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
Came Handy in His Line.

There is nothing like sleep" re-
marked a chance acquaintance to the
newspaper man as he sized up the
belated sleepers in a New York sub
way car in the wee hours of the morn
ing. "All my life | have done what
ever has been in my power to help the
cause of sleep in the human race
Whenever | have heard that doctor
is counselng his patients to sleep
longer, | have made point of writing
him a letter of eongratulation. And l
do not mind saying that | myself have
done a bit to persuade people that
sleep is the greatest blessing to man.
kind" "The perfect sleeper" OBJ
served the newspaper man, us he who
by rigid and constant practice has
brought his power of sleep to such
stage that he does not awake even
when a dynamite bomb is set off in his
room" The chance acquaintance
leaned back in in his seat with rapt
expression, as if contemplating beau
tiful vision And what makes you
take such an interest in the slumbers
of the human racer" was asked. II
am a burglar" he replied. But just
because one of my fellow men did not
reach the stage of somnolent perfec-
ton l had to abandon my trade for
some years"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
Answered Call of World.

Emile Verhaeren, the Belgian poet,
might have been priest, but decided
that his wild nature could not be
clamped within cloister walls. AS a
youth he attended the Jesuit college of
Sainte-Barbe at Client. There he met
Maeterlinck. The fathers would have
saved their young pupils from the
world by making them priests, and
endeavored to inspire in them a pro-
found respect for the past. with a
hatred of all innovation. After the
school at SainteB arbe, Verhaeren
studied law at Louvain. Admitted to
the bar at Brussels, he joined a coterie
of young artists, and, like Gautier, he
won a name for shocking the bour.
geois by fantastic freaks of dress and
conduct. The muse called, and the
law was deserted.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
The Wireless May Be Sent to Great
Attitudes With Kites.

transmitted from the set of field wire
less attached to this kite-supported
aerial were received $50 miles away
with distinctness, although the ordi-
nary range of the set was only 25
miles. One thing that aided materially
in obtaining this result was the fact
that the kites flew so steadily that the
aerial was always maintained at a
constant altitude.
Quite as remarkable as the sending
power of the wireless was its receiv-
ing quality. Messages were received
with distinctness from the battleship
Georgia while off Newport and from
the government station at Arlington,
Va, and Bermuda.
These experiments were but the
first of long series that will be con-
Quoted, and it is the belief of those
who are interested in the matter that
they will lead to system by which
the range of the ordinary field wire
less will be materially increased. Unit
ed States government and Marconi
officials are following the experiments
closely.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
Tremendous Waste of Energy.

With reference to the. immense loss
in wealth occasioned by the war,
Theodore H. Price in Worlds Work
says:
There is hardly a man who works
up to the limit of his capacity There
are millions who try to do as little
work as possible. The waste even in
the most scientifically conducted in
dustries is enormous, and there is an
immense amount of energy generated
that is not utilized at all.
at has been jokingly said that the
collective energy of the babys cry
would run the railroads of New York
state IL it could be conserved, and
when we consider that only Is per
cent of the energy of coal is utilized,
that the Embarrassed water power of
the United States represents millions
of horse power going to waste, and
that probably less than per cent of
the available human energy in the
world is productivity employed, we
must admit that a very slight in
crease in industry or efficiency will
recover an enormous loss of wealth. !"