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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
'Twasn't a Bird

Something had gone sadly wrong in
the postotffce, and various employees
hustled hither and thither and knitted
their brows in attempts to ascertain
what was what and why.
Mr.. Springsteen, postmaster. lost
just trifie of his customary calm as
he queried among messengers, car
riers, clerks and others to learn how
it might be that poor little oriole
was injured while in transit by parcel
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01

A sergeant was so much given to
using bad language Oh the parade
ground that some of the men com
planned and the c. O. interviewed him,
and told him not to let it happen
again.
The following morning the sergeant
was in charge of a very ragged squad
and after keeping silence for a con-
siderable time, he eventually burst out
with:
BLESS you. my pretty dears; you
know what | mean."-Tit-Bits.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
Educated Clerks

Two Terre Haute school teachers,
both college graduates, spent a week
recently clerking in a Chicago bakery.
One day they sold several articles to
two customers. The bill came to ex-
actly 90 cents and both were elated, be-
cause of the size Of the sale. They
were further elated when they heard
one of the women remark to the other
one as they left the store: "They
must have educated clerks here now.
Did you notice that they counted up
the bill in their heads instead of us.
Ing piece Of paper as the old ones
did,"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01

ident owner and a very shiftless tenant
it had been allowed to degenerate I'LL
it was almost vaIueIess. l took pos
session in July and the gross receipts
for sales that fall from the entire
farm were less than $S0-less than
dollar an acre in income.
/ had moved to the farm with my
family and I devoted that winter to
studying apple culture. / procured
and read all the pamphlets issued by
the national government and the stare
on this subject and corresponded with
successful apple growers. BY spring
felt myself competent to assume con-
troll. Under my direction we pruned
and plowed the orchard and sprayed
at what we thought the proper time.
We had large crop-or what seemed
to me a large one-picking more than
1000 bushels of apples. They were,
however, of poor grade and affected
with bitter rot and San Jose scale,
while the curculio moth made heavy
ravages. My net income was $500.
realized now that it was neces-
sary to appeal for help. l did so.
Upon the suggestion Of the state
board of agriculture I secured the serv-
ices of a young man just graduated
from the college of agriculture, where
he had spent four years in studying
fruit raising, particularly apples. He
came to the farm in January and. I
at once put him in complete charge.
He knew his business. / believed in
him from the start. To watch him
prune the trees was an inspiration. He
took the utmost care not to infect
one tree from another, using aSeptic
solutions with his tools. He cut the
trees till ] feared there would be lit
tie left. But most of all to be adj
mired was his method of determining
when and how to spray. From the
various trees he cut cultures which he
forced to grow in fruit jars, and
watched them for the development Of
the various kinds Of diseases. With
this knowledge he set his time for
spraying, and mixed his ingredients to
fit the special cases.
The result was astounding; that very
year we harvested more than 5000
bushels of apples, and more than three
fourths of them were Of first grade.
My old farmer neighbors who had
laughed at the college Teller" who
ran my orchard, now came and admit
ted that he was right and asked him
to give them suggestions with their
! own fruit.
But not yet had 1 succeeded; for ]
| learned that it was not enough TO
know how to raise superior apples. I
must also learn how to market them.
We sold them through the usual chan
nels of the jobbers in the large cities,
and our income for the whole season
was but slightly more than $1,000
lust 20 cents bushel on the average
] for first-class fruit.
The jobbers reported to us that our
shipments came at time of glutted
markets, or were so badly damaged on
the way that they had to be sacrl
feed. One carload of Jonathans
which / had carefully selected and
packed myself, knowing that not a
poor apple went into the boxes, was
turned into vinegar as being too small
and too poor to be sold for eating;
at any rate that was the report sent
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01

post from his office. And, Furthermore,
he must learn how 1t happened that
the little oriole had not been duly in
sured as directed by the owner and
consignor.
Indeed" said Mrs. NJ. (said owner
and consignor), Il surely told that
man to insure the oriole. and now 1
ought to be paid"
II certainly am sorry the poor thing
got hurt" humbly replied the post
master.
"You know what an oriole is, don't
you, Mr.. Springsteen?"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01

various places, so they would be- Sc.
cretiy obtainable. During the trick
1 forgot about this and hapnaned ~
turn my back to the audience. whence
came innumerable shouts of laughter,
causing me untold embarrassment
Exchange.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
Narrow Squeak

"Your front door is unlocked, sir"
shouted the policeman when he found
that Mr.. Bolsover had gone to bed
without attending to his locks.
"It's all right" replied the burglar
from the bedroom window minute
later. my son viii lock 1t when he
comes home. Here's a shilling for
YOU"
IAN easily earned bobi" chuckled
the policeman as he walked away.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01

"A narrow squeak" said the bur-
glar with sheet round his shoulders
as he turned back into the bedroom.
"Veryl" replied his accompIice
whose hands were tightly clasped over
poor Mr.. Bolsoyer's mouth.-London
Ideas.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
To Have a Clear Sw,s,

To Have a Clear Ss,sl
Touch pimpIes, rednes !
Or itching, if any, with Cha
ment, then battle with Csta
and hot water. Rinse, d, ]
dust on a little Cuicurs !
leave a fascinating trsg,aI
Everywhere 25c each.-Ais
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
Strangers Prepared For.

Does this dog growl?" asked tba
lady OF the dog dealer. "Oh. YES
ma'am," was the answer. "We, !
want dog that doesn't growl." "Don.t
you want something that will growl
when strangers come aroundy "No
My husband will attend to that
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01

Names Of Countries Ending In "Ia."
These names are Of Latin origin:
Britannia, Germania, Helvetia, Espania
are old Latin names for England, Ger
many, France and Spain. The names
Of countries in Latin were Of the fem
mime gender and the nouns ending In
ia" are feminine,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01

on yes, | know, it's bird" came
the proud reply.
NO ii isn't either" said Mrs NJ
1T is one Of those baby carts that
fold up."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
Should Be Rewarded.

Smith wants a decoration for
valOr."
"But l thought he never went out
to the front"
mo. he didn't; but he says it took
no end of courage to turn up at the
club every day in uniform. "-London
Opinion.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
Madam nlacinIlna.

oWhat did your son do when you
announced your intention to chastise
himT'
threatened TO report me to the
league for the suppression Of corporal
punishment?"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
Mentality.

Mrs. Willis-"She says she has had
four husbands. What ty were theyr'
Mrs. Gillis-'sThe m .tei. tempera.
mental. accidental a . experimental. !"
Town Topics.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
Conscientious Effort.

''How did you happen to get that
association of yours into all this al
teEchtion?"
1.-THE officers got together and
thought we ought to do something to
make the members feel they were get
ting action of some sort for their
dues"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
First.class Male.

Edlth-How do you like being en-
gagged to Harry?
Elsie Ia literary girD-o it's splen-
did! The dear fellow calls me a
poem, envelopes me in his arms and
seals it with kiss.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
rhs Cost Of FeeLInu.

DO you know that / feel like 80
cents?" said Jack to Ethel.
Then Ethel sweetly smiled and COM
mented: 'Well, well. everything seems
to have gone up during the war;
Catholic Forester.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
The Lotus s,,,a

Nv ~eeee bseih +
1t was a hot summer nd
the shop windows were 4
lanterns shaped Like The laHl
the big moat. The moon ns
the curving Picking roofs ii /
the streets. As L he d
brought him, a child All
forth from one of The as )
ways. In his hands he halil
otus bud and q lCtrsid |
Then from every gsteEIE 1
down the streets, The 1itil
forth. The air was FILED Vi
sic Of their happy Edca 9
was the sound Of TIER lIlat
pitapat in the dust
Soon the streets ven
land, full Of color, Dua q
ness. Still the childnn ah /
poor-chlldren In six p.
bright colors, children o "
tie, naked, brown chidH
ing the lotus bud and ihe GO
terms, which threw soft %
their happy, childish faA
crowd Of breathlesS Nla
and lovely flowers lnefsaa
For a brief, Joyous hna
elves, the children ffoheIa I
candles burned low intAs /
one by one went out "a
they came, the children y /
streets were again silent
From pioneering EAn
Is Old" by Alice Tlsdals
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
Rautime Literature,

"Why do you object to ragtime"
at puts tunes into my mind that I
can't forget. And l don't dare whistle
them in public because Of the words
they suggest"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
Accommodating.

Farmer-So you're an experienced
mixer, hey? Now, which side NV a
COW do you set on when you milk
her?
Applicant for Job-Oh, amt a bit
partickler, If the COW amt!
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
parior Manic Exnnaed

1t happened when was performing
a few feats in parlor magic for social
gathering. For the purpose Of the
trick it was necessary to have guam
tity of coins fastened behind me In
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
Strict Business.

would you throw a tomato at that
speaker?" asked rough auditor.
mo" replied the grocer; mot unless
he paid for 1t in advance"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
Great Pile Of Sweetness,

The largest cake ever baked was
made for Frederick William ], Of
Prussia. It was eighteen yards long,
eight yards wide and one and ons-half
feet thick.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
The Real Test.

Suppose Job had some of our mod
ern Affections"
Eyes, and suppose Solomon had to
give Judgment as umpire in a baseball
game"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
Those Girls.

Edna-So you've broken with Jack,
Edith-Yes, he was entirely toe
hard 10 please,
Edna-Gracious! How he must have
changed since he proposed to you.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
Where He Needed Il. Too.

Where He Needed II, Too.
Bacon-They say he got a lot Of
credit for fighting in the war.
Egbert-I'ye no doubt of it.
'But when he got back home he
couldn't find any traces of it at the
bank"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
Endless Job.

"It's impossible to know 1t all. son."
"HuhT
'By the time you've read the rs in
the encyclopedia you've forgotten half
of what you read in the AS"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
In Like Condition.

Conductor-This car goes through
without any change.
Passenger-That's why | boarded 1t.
PA In the same predicament myself.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
"A IitAIn EnrnnalitM

"Well, if you've had ten years ex-
perience taking care of children. !
think you'll do"
"I'll just take a look at the children
and see if they'll do"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
Hard Pressed.

"You seem thoughtful, grille"
"Yes, papa wishes to know my rea'
sons for wanting to marry Algy."
"Wel?"
I'm trying to think up Iew."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01

TORPID liver pleadis1Iss
How careless e y ~ q
w when DR.. Kings =. ~
promptly, mildly
to their relief :
Leaving the sys Ias
ped bowels unInoy ssssss !
destructive after t.Ios b.
iating, tonlc-in-ae,..r',I
Life Pills bring Ou
regular, normal e go0sIIng q
tioning. Keep .
work Of a maj, !, q rug
relish In it Al ~
CARRIAGE RLANslls; Is
Charleston ssurshsad ~ -
sSSuoSu SssSd IL; s.eo sl. O ESss
catalog free; sUSs-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
Business Dem,..

"The clcckmaker | ven \
me as rather a sycOphsHt'
Naturally. Doesn't he u
a timeServer?"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01

EyERAL years ago, in re-
Spouse to the urge then
prevalent of "Back to the
Farm" l traded my large
city property for an S0-acre
apple farm in the Ozark
mountains. This farm had
once been exceedingly val"
uahIe. but under q nOn-reS-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
Rather Hard.

"Have you no soft drinks in this
house"
Nothing but iron water"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
Questions.

The world to questions now doth run,
And makes the people fret,
For every time you answer one
You start another set.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01
Nonprofess I.

NonprofessionsI II
doctor, may | speak i .
nonprofessional capaeltyf
"Um-m. ] guess SO.r
"Iour coat tails are % 8,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-01

BY JAMES p. RICHARDSON.
(Dean of the Prose- Preparatory
School, Houston, Tex
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-12-10
COMMISSION CONDUCTS
TALKEETNA LOT SALE

One thousand one hundred and
forty dollars was received from the
sale of lots in the Talkeetna town
site on Thursday, October 16, when
80 lots were sold by R. D. Chase,
special disbursing agent of the Alas
kan Engineering commission, who
acted as superintendent of sale. The
average price per lot was SLABS.
OF the so lots sold, SO were sold
by public competitive bidding, and
realized s615, and IL were sold to
persons claiming preference rights
by reason of having made perma-
nent improvements upon the lots
purchased, prior to the date of the
townsite survey in September, 1918,
and realized 1925. No improve
ments of any kind are located upon
any of the lots included in the SO
sold at public auction.
All of the lots sold were paid for
by the purchasers in full and in nc
case was advantage taken by the
purchasers to make the initial pay
ment and the balance of the pur
chase price in one year after date
of sale
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-12-10
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Ii the Probate Court for Nenana
Precinct, Fourth Judicial Division,
Territory of Alaska.
In the Matter of the Estate of T. F.
Murphy, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has teen appointed adj
ministratrix of the above entitled
estate and all persons having claims
against said estate are directed to
present them to the undersigned at
Nenana, Alaska, (which place is
hereby designated as the place where
the business of said estate will be
transacted), within six months from
the date of the first publication of
this notice.
Nenana. Alaska, Dec. 9th, 1919.
MRS. MATTHEW SWEENEY,
Administrative.
Date of first publication, Dec. 10,
1919.
Date of last publication, Jan. z.
1920.
Day of publication, Wednesday.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-12-10
YANKEE MOVIES
ARE POPULAR IN
SOUTH AMERICA

RIO GRANDE DO SUI, Brazil
An American visiting small towns
in Brazil can easily crafty his de-
sire for home scenery. Whatever
the place, large or small, he is sure
to find on the main street at least
one moving picture theater. and
never fails to see there an Ameri-
can production; in fact, seldom any
thing else.
The Associated Press correspond
ent had occasion to make trip on
Brazilian coastwise steamer which
made stops at the ports of Par
anagua, San Francisco do Sui,
Florianopolis, and Rio Grande, the
latter being the largest, with but
$4,000 inhabitants. In these typical
towns, as in the smaller communi-
ties of the United States. the NOV
ing picture seems to be the chief
source of evening entertainment.
Adjoining the foyers of the the
aters are always to be seen posters
and photographs of well-known Am
erican moving picture stars, sent
from the United States with the
film and with the captions still in
English. These are usually supple
lmented, however, by brilliant
poster done in hand by local
sartist, with Portuguese text, en-
Iphasizing the thrilling features Of
the production.
, The North American visitor may
discover that he has seen the film
at home two or three years ago,
but even so. he will find sometime
new in the manner in which a film
is presented in Brazil. Here, in
istead of a continuous picture. the
film is cut at critical junctures of
the plot and there follows a flash
on the screen of dos minutes de in
itervallo.' The lights go up and
thus for an interval of two minutes
the audience is held in suspense
wondering what will happen next.
Always the theaters are filled to
capacity and the Brazilians discuss
the merits of American actors and
actresses on the screen as familiarly
as any moving picture enthusiast
in the United States. The comedi.
ans are intensely popular and there
is one, distinguished for being ex,
traordinarily fat, to whom the Bra
zilians have given the name OF
Chico oia," meaning Little Bull.
The advent of a film showing
"Chico-Boia," combined with that Of
Spanish ventriloquist, was made
the occasion of gala night at the
moving picture theater in the little
town of Paranagua @-.. -:
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-12-10

One thousand six hundred and
sixteen dollars and thirty-five cents
was the amount expended during
September to defray the mainten-
ance and operation expenses of the
Anchorage townsite, according to
figures compiled at the townsite
office.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-12-10
ANCIENT VILLAGE IS
FOUND IN FAR NORTH

Discovery of an ancient buried
Eskimo village near Point Barrow,
the corner of the continent" was
made recently by w. B. Van Vallin,
who passed through Nome on his
way to the States after spending
nearly two years in the Barrow
country for the University of Penn
sylvania museum, gathering relics
of what has been termed the ''stone
age" of the natives of for North
western Alaska.
Eighty well-preserved frozen bod
les were found in the village, Van
Eallin reported Their clothing and
the shape of their heads and other
parts of their bodies differ from
the clothing and bodies of the pres
ent-day Eskimos., Remains of sew
eral of the Eskimos were shipped
by Van Vallin to the museum.
Evidently the ancient village was
overtaken by some catastrophe, it
is believed. None of the present
day natives of the Barrow section
knew of the existence of the lost
village.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-12-10
SEWARD !SAILINGS.
y NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

The following are the steamer
sailings from Seward for the South ::
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. II.
Alameda-Dec &c.
No-thwestern-Jan s.
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leading magazines and periodicals.
Club rates on application.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-12-10

Last April. D. F. Willard, of Val
DEE, bought ~ hens, which cost him
s2.65 each. Last summer he got
953 eggs from his hens, and now
has % young chickens for frys. He
lost three settings from climatic con-
ditions His expenses were about
S25 for feed and fencing material.
At the local price he got $50 worth
of eggs and has about $50 worth
of frying size chickens. He still
has the original number of chickens.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-12-10

See J. A. Slippern for new rates
on subscriptions and renewals of all
leading magazines and periodicals.
Club rates on application. ..
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-12-10

Calling Cards printed to order on
sho~t notice at the News Office.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-27
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
WHITE


Roger Jacob Eckcnrode. 2i. and hilda mar
garet wclter. 20. both Of Baltimore. The he''
II. Manken. jr. :,
Cari- Ossian Fransen. q. Of Schenectady. N.
Y, and Irene Fraser Massey, "a. oil TINS ci'y'
The Rev. Robert Talbot
Hunter G, Atkinson. 81. and Florence NJ
Keefe, both Of Richmond. The Rev. John T.
Briggs
Harry p. Peterson. s. and Luiu T. Finch. y
both Of this city. The Rev. John II. Jennes
Charles w. Burgess. .. and sadie Wood. %
both Of Baltimore The Rev. 7. y. DAVIS
William Merton BOYD. Is. and Mary Mar
garet Guissingnr. S. both Of this city. The Re'
John b. clark.
samuel Rosenvsle. "a. and Mary A. Gauzza
2. both Of this city. The Rev. Joseph A
Smyth.
Eugene F. Smith. 3. of this city. and Mar
Z. Faulkner. q. Of Gcldsboro. n. L. The Rev
T. u. Davis
John Goebel. 49, and Anna C. CroveIi. ~
both Of this city. The Rev. p. c. Gavin.
Albert Addimando. 2. and Grace Handase
Charles A. Knight. g. Of Kent. Ohio. and
Rose Erimann, t6. of Brooklyn. n. Y. The
Rev. John T. Huddle.
William Angelus Stewart. 2. and Marguerite
Cecilia Boswell. .. both Of this city. The Rev.
James VI. O'Bren.
Cecil c. swink, "a, and PlnsSe T.. Trsmmell
5. both of Mclean. Va The Rev. John Ii.
Jeffries.
Donald B. Clement. 9. Of Minneapolis. MINI.
and Dorothy Arnold Schoof q. Of this city.
The Rev. Wallace Radcliffe.
Scott Holmes johnson. a. of Ward. s. c., and
Lucile T.. Kirby, "A. Of this city. The Rev.
Amos Ci4y.
CoLORED.
John A. Warren, 50. and Ada Hamilton, g.
both Of this city The Rev. Joseph P. Greene.
James :. Quander. S. and Kate L. Glover. g.
both Of this city. The Rev. James ]. O'Connor.
Sims Borders. s. and Rachel Patterson, 3.
both Of this city. The Rev. W. Wcstray.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-27
Make Holiday Happy
For Wounded Soldiers

On the lighted stage of the Business
High School auditorium yesterday
was displayed the Thanksgiving Of
fering contributed by the Junior Red
Cross of that school for the she'll
shocked patients at St Elizabeth's.
Announcement was made in assembly
on Friday that fruit and candy would
lie appreciated by the soldiers.
With no further suggestion the boys
and girls began bringing in their
donations until the net result amount
ed to 80 dozen bananas. 80 dozen
oranges. dozen apples S53 jars of
preserves and 10 pounds of candy.
The donation was sent to. st. Eliza
beth's Hospital and will be used in
the celebration of Thanksgiving Day.
Miss Jane II. Lockwood, a teacher
in the school. had charge of the ex-
hibitiOn-