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0RO SCHOOL Sff'ttA ABAMA INSTITUTE. atabithetd by New J eye oard of Edu.ntion-.i.tio- lO NB O ronside-" PropertyTthe Prob - -- - tte. FRIt. - FRIl.tal Correspondse - \ J., July -Tb Entered at the posttlarger 'pirop ieond class matter. air nr .I , er 00111 the Marsn. and The Boers lost :3,70() mtundertake'the 32,00() men taken prisonerstbnsive scald recent war. 'tr11al nsti 'ihed and A full and complete report rlngton fire in the Jennings oil field witsthe found on the first page of to-day'it JOURNAL. Every citizen of Welsh should sub- I scribe for one or more copies of the RICE BELT JOURNAL and have it sent I to relatives or friends in other states. I Welsh is growing at a very rapid I rate. Within the past twelve or eigh- I teen months it has more than doubled in population, and still continues to c grow. f The JOURNAL predicts that when , this parish is divided and two par- d ishes are made out of it, that Welsh will be the parish seat of the new one. t :. Just watch and see if this prediction n does not come true. John D. Crimmins, of New York, v who has just returned from Ireland, f, says that that whole country is more a * prosperous now than it has been in a aI century, which accounts for the stop page of the immigration. p Governors, judges and otherofficials n in Virginia can no longer be legally A bribed with railroad passes. A new It .flaw forbids any state, city or county tl Officer to accept any form of dead- w a eadism. The passing of the free pass fc throughout the country would be a rc good thing. bi General Fitzhugh Lee is of the opin- ri. F Ion that the failure of Congress to MI grant relief to Cuba will cause the i, 1-downfall of the new republic. The nr powers that be have all along worked of with the intention of finally annexing to ~ s-Cuba to the United States and when the downfall comes as predicted, an- to .lexgtion will follow. di 00 Both Hon. A. P. Pujo and State ex Senator H. C. Drew, of this parish, i; Nave announced their candidacy for ha taongress from this district-the new pr J Seventh. Both are able men and eith- tri or one of them would make a satisfac- ex Story representative in congress. ('al- all .e.asieu parish, however, would stand to b.better chance, it seems to the JOUR- bu AL, to land the plnm with only one to j' mandidate. sio TheLouisianaLegislature adjourned mt - lAst week and the members have gone ati '-o their respective homes. In bidding fol them good-bye it can be said as Bro. Ag Ephraim did over a "'bad nigger,"' Ar] killed in a crap game: "Bredren, de D , Corpse of Tony Adams is before you. FOi I suppose he lived out his time and Ina :longer than necessary. Some says he 1iv1 '• was a good man, some says he was a Pr : bad man; but dere is one conserlation Poe -left us all: we know he is dead," " s Sur The Crowley Signal, one of the best Dei and brightest weekly pu.blications in Ist this or any other state, together with Per the Daily Signal and the Rice Jour- ti, nal and Gulf Coast Farmer, all Gra founded and published by L. S. Scott, T have recently been sold to a stock an company for $30,000, Mr. Scott re- cos taining a good sized block of the run atock, and will continue to con- Ica; .: duet the papers. Mr. Scott has done l-. :? exceedingly well in the newspl)er apr :'business in the rice belt and deserves ait ,ls success. Cxp ture Some iconoclastic hand, in painting glen - life, draws this picture: As the trials of life thicken and the dream of other Sdays fade one by one in the dteep v\ista of disappointed hopes, the heart grows dre w,,eary of the struggle, and we begin to S'ealize our insignificance. Those who ai*e climed the steep ladder which teaches to the pinnacle of fame or GUb' vae revelled in luxury or wealth go me their graves at last with the 1(oolo mendicant who begs pennies by the TI *ay·side, and, like him are sioon .n.. We e)iass away as a vapor, r, while nat e wears the same aspect of rout beauty ts when her ('reartor dett commanded her to be. The heavens joke will be as bri.qht over our T'ra\'es as they are now eround our paIth. The TI world will have the same attrnactiona Ier for our offspring yet iunhorn as she tryir had once for oul'rtelves. and now f(or likel our chilcldren. Yet a little while andl tl pele this will have- halppcened. The world ceed. will continue to nmove (on and Inuo'hter and song will be hecard in the vert. Vi chamber in which we died: the emo( that moourned for us will be lry' and said will glisten with pleasur'e. E-ven ouir tlon. childcen will cease to think of us and that , ot relnelnmber to lisp our niame when Lor we are gone. Still let us not grieve. d Sfor tiObe forgotten is the coinlnon fate of al~ [Special Correspondence.] New York, July 14,--.ItJs rather a rest for the-e3es td find Isouathing not Ie nt.nlod:tor festive ocasi!onth 1jtherA Pob- filliny, lavns and Other diephjllno0'% stufifs re. e'ent in Atali g quntitic*. Ti gre Lato ool fdays evt iii summe.:. adid t let' dire *venlins When ·.tshort jacket Is,,* lAm9leratulf, t~il tday I found a wholeO'onttit'which belongs.to and a'late June brider ehe :-This jacket is of faint iiscuit' cloth scale and is trimmed with stltcelcpl "11"and. of isti- the same, but with aPlplien:tiols of the 1 and inevitable lace at tie sides Stdll oil tlhe ng collar, dlown the fjt null on the i h1the sleeves. The eft'e(ct I ace oil tilhe ay+S;. cldtih is to give 'llt is quite ill sub- in the AS sent portance pa IteS. Irrigation bill. reclaim and ma .pid ly 75,000,000 acres is 1gh- land of the public do.L bled The measure over whi s to of this session of congress fiercely was the Plilippin ment bill. Seemingly the men. hen not have as much importance L )ar- debates upon it would make It app. cish The bill as passed substantially con )ne. tinues the present methods of govern ion ment in the Islands, with some exten- I slons of powers. The two houses were t unable to agree as to currency pro irk, visions and finally 'struck that matter fnd, from the bill leaving that feature of thle ore administration of Philipplne affairs it na still unsettled. b op- Some measures of importance which " passed one house or the other failed to n receive the approval of both houses n als and remain for future consideration. LIly Among these were the Cuban reciproc lew ity bill, which was strongly urged by ty the president and his advisers and over ad- which a hard preliminary battle was ass fought; the shipping bill, which was a p ea relic from the last congress; the omni bus statehood bill, providing for the admission to the Union of the territo ries of Oklahoma, Arizona and New di to exice; measures for the regulation of U the immigration and the suppression of an 'he archy and the protection of the lives ced of high officials from anarchistic at ang tacks. ten While abolishing special war revenue in- taxes. which, it is estimated, will re- of duce the nation's annual inlcome $70,- i 000.000, this session of congress has been Ia ate extremely liberal in tile matter of public vi 4h, improvements. It passed a river and 1t for' harbor bill carrying in actual cash ap tr ew propriations and authorizations of con se th- tracts for great works $70.0)0,000 to be at to- expended to improve tile waterways t al- and harbors of colnlmore. Iln addlitiol in nd to this, provision was made for ipubli' p rR- buildings in 187 cities of the country ne to cost when colmpleted $20.000,000. of Tile total appropril'tions for the ses- 00 sion were, according to tile statement no ed made by Chairman Allison of the sea en ne ate commlittee on appropriations, as of ag follows: ill; 0. Agriculture .................. ... 5.208,960 all +, Army ................................ 91.530,17: tit Diplomatic and consular.......... 1.957.92a de District of Columbia................ 8,647,52; U. Fortifications ...................... 7.298.90 Indians .......................... 9.143.902 :tif Id Legislative. etc...................... 25.398.381 he Military academy ................. 2.627.324 w N avy ................................ 78,67.963 st a Pension ..... ..................... 139.842,230 )n Postoftice ............................ 138.43.593 to( River and harbor (exclusive of nai contracts authorized) ........... 26.726.442 Sundry civil ....................... 60.125.359 , Deficiencies .;....................... 28.039.911 WC Miscellaneous .................... 2.600.000 in Isthmian canal ..................... 50.130.000 d th Permanent annual appropria- pie tions ............................. 123.921,220 ]1 Grand total .........................$]O00.193,837 p)l t, The total last year was $730.338.575. e'0t an increase of about $T70.000,000. It da p costs an enormlous sllml of IlolIey to to C ruli this great country, but the Allner th 1ician people, who foot tlit' bills. ti'4 ntot r's ie rclinedt to find muchl fault with large tle .r approlriations if tilhe mioney is wisely atnd judiciously spenit ill the legitimnlte exInnlses of goverllmrent or ill explendrtli p tures which 1add to tilhe gretllless sld c l glory of the nation. Mrnie. Camlbon. the wife of tile French en ministerl. remarks that tile style of ati dress of Amnerican wonmen shows great. i- i er skill and taste than tlhat of tile sO P:lrisirns. Mrne. CnlllloIon seemlns to Ibe it 1 even InolUre tactful thain Ier disti tll i guishmuld husband. who ranks as one of In Ithe g-ritest dilploilatists at our i:- ll tionel capital. There is a current impression that goil Suthe Irolmpt acceptance by the house of t1' relreselntlatives of tile P:analma clnall thl'i route and its approval by the presi- )std dent mire solltetlling ill tie Ilature of a i Celo joke on certain gentleumen. P4 Thre IIalitialns. having expelled Pres. pert itlent Simlon Snfut. iare now engaged in for tryillg to expel each other. It is rot \\h; likely that thelcre will be pernmanient way peace in the country until tlhey srue coed. It isiant Visitors to the grave of thIe most fa- elose mous violini maker of Cremona are 1penl said to experience a peculiar sensa tion. Possibly it Is one of gratitude It that he made so few of them. Itre tile i Lord Kitchener Is on his way home, ready to sign with the management AnI for any other war where his services too, I are required. ian h as, - .OPENINW -kNT .. ... I " Oru. ., - e " fi. , I WwwIK W1ttiA.E ResVMED DER BRITISH RULE IN TRANSVAAL 1 her a g inot With Abolition of Doer Monopoly o Vllerb Dyznfmlnte.Ore Can De Mined WI 1t0l:ý IMlludh GreLater Prollt -Legal Que titici. tionu tn e Settled. nme.* [Special Correspondence.] shoiy I Pretoria; .Jtue 27.-With the retury lay I of ipeace to the Transvaal there Is a igs.to revival of interest in the gold mines of the ltlntld.i':lil s.unt there will be a ver) cloth general resumptiftlon of tile gold miinin* (Is of operations, which were interrulted by f the the war. There are, however, somi It thle delicate aud 'eiodiplicated question tº l e growing out of the chllnge of sover ' tle eighty aitid politi~ial control which ite In lilust l;e ad'.iusted before ev\'erythin4 will be lruniing xnudotily again. 9 Of mosj ljt iercit woth to Britisll set' tiers Ili Souteht Afri'a and to invcstor.j In South Africankmining ventures i1 tie qiestion lof the liability of the net government for tL"hobligations of the lte rI'plublic'. it - ,dliverse considera tbons afleect the. di fferent categories in-: to Which tee-.lilaties necessarily filll. fn :thcE. . pl e, there is thf . ilestioni ofi',t lith ity of the netw '~r-an.v* dj inistrl ion to outlands es., wli;thce* Itisi or neutral. for priop,'*ty oori n ed by the govern u, ltts o9.. i, at republis. '·Ihel, coL th l'y l ,tl piiist n of the liability of ern- the 'u v Admin stration for damages :ten- itor the expulsion of British outlanders,.I tere the.he.-statusuot lhe various mining and pro- In vi. conpsaskin the Transvaal now tter supporte.-ritish dominion, the position of. the effect the d ers 31 ºp ston 'airs tbecomes ate rcll an the national gove, rsof o but to proeeA of s wh ae bich sible to pass thjtI±t ' im ofted Sto haput the presla e questions to be con-, 1ses ning the constructated. f Ion. without delay. -veyer, that notwith roc- If. however, an ul, in the political by not be secured fromw I which will fol-p ver Colonmbiutns are disinflded peace and ras the necessary territorA"itish rule the pta lromptly and upon satistl,, law of the: wni we still have the Nicarag,1ill be re the territory and rights for w ssive fea ito- earagun government has aOring with Jew dered to the United States. U'tnlusty o that nmay be the route chosen, rte mn nn- American people will be just acrily satisfied. aes at Wise Provision of Irrigation Law. An important and judicious feature r re- of the new irrigation law is the provi- bt 70- sion made for limiting the sale of re eel lands to bona fide settlers and the pro- of bli. vision that not more than 1(;0 acres in Intl shall go to ally one person in one cy tract. This opens the way to the home ce on seekers of the crowded eastern cities na ie and gives assurance tlhat no large no tracts of the public donmain will come mJ ion into possession of one ua:ll or one cor. 70 AlIe porltion. m: try Aside from the ultimate reclamation fo of a vast empire, embracing 75,000,- Al es-000 acres of arid and semilarid lands, he ent now practically a barretn waste, the ar 11- enlistment of national aid on a scale fo as of great magnitude has a wide reach- of nlig comulercial interest that concerns tic 960 all sections of the country. It was fo; 1:1 this collntercial interest ithaIt prevailed 1st against tlhe oppoIlents of tile measure, the '05 who maintained that it would seriously tel 0 afftrect present farmn values anld that it rel 24 wass "unfair to the farillers of otilier th 93 states." These assailants of the bill 59S took no account of the v:ast mnlarket for bit macllhillery an1d itanufa:lt tured products in of tile south, east anld tllddle west that ing 911 woulll be opened by the settlement of it. o0) 75,000,000 lacres that are nIow 4uIoccu- wi pied. wa 223 As the law provides that only a comt- ni. 657 paratively small area is to be reclaimed fur (eac(:h year, there would seem to be na the It danger that tllese lands will be opened chl to to settlement anll cultivation faster lo t. thnll the developlnent of the nation's wil rt resOtll''es would require, while it opens nal Sthile wayS for ist fulltun-e possibilities. an ly pill t The city authorities of Chicago have ith Ii passed an ordinlance prohlibiting the tla cruel sport of shootilng trapped birds c withinll the city limits. The state of Illillnois should follow the lead of Chi- wi - tlgo altnd elnact a law to stop the brutal pll af ntd debhashig pastimle within thile coml- rn t. nonwealth Th'Ile state of New York got e soll1e tilme ago enl:lcted suclI a lal, anld( ie >e it is graltifyilng to nIlote tillt ipubllic scnll- i tillent is hieconlting aIrolsed On this s 1 m1tter throughout tIle coulltry genler a. 1ly. t It is reported that pan'(tro h1ats are Sgoinlg out of style owing to thle flctr f tlhat it is becolnllg imol)ossible to tell - tllhem f1rol tile Illitatiolls. TlIh(, a(re a- sd diys for the Iltn I ho htls on0ey dir a en1ough to afford tile real thinilg. rs Poor little Alfoaso! IIe is not ev. 1, . permniitted to pick 'out a girl to suit hin g I for ia wl-ife ald do hIis owlI s!p:rlking.a Vt What's tile ful inl being a king any ly ?sitl It is ilntimated tlhait evenl if thile Lou Minni Pul-cha:se exposttionl stioutlt 1)e4 - closed on Sundays St. L.ouis will be 1h ilwon enllogh for all lpractical purlposes. r It is now proper to congratullte all parenlts whose children I1\1e survived f tile fireworks. to ii And .id we sink tile Spanish fleet, An1 too. by request, just to satisfy Castil- lavi lan honor? a fre ILumber, Lath, Shingles, 9 Sash, Doors, Blinds, Cis- = terns and Tanks of all kinds Estimates Cheerfully Furnished. i Call and see us opposite Cooper's Drugstore. LABIT LUMBER CO., ! WELSH, LOUISIANA. !iel~o~·~~o~~o~ COMIN' THRO' THIE RYE. If a farmer sees a CHAMPION Coming through the rye, Or cutting rice or mowing grass He never fails to buy. Other agents have their reapers, The CHAMPION have I; And I sell ten where they sell one And never have to lie. From Greenland's icy mountains To India's coral strand, We find the CHAMPION BINDER At work in every land. ROBINSON & DAY, Agents, Welsh., La, b~ U GET the best printing at the most of thbu U reasonable prices by patroniz ing. ¶1e Rice Belt Journal's job printing department. cyclone o. e center of "ter the Rescue. ,s northwest, w e not necessarily much below i,.. e mal; second, a temperature of aimo., r. 70 degrees on the morning weather maps; third, great humidity, and. a fourth, that the time of the year be April 1 to July 1. "These conditions," , he adds, "may and often do exist sep e arately. Two or three of them may be e found coexisting, Ibut so long as one i- of the four be absent tornadic fornl:l s tion is not likely to occur. Of these s four conditions the tirst and fourth ex ti Isted at times during the storm, but the second and third did not. The y temperature was t15 degrees, and the t relative humidity was b6t per evnt of r the possible at that temperature." 1 This attempt to belittle the storm is r bitterly resented by those who were Iln Its path, and there is certainly noth t ing "mnil" about their descriptions of i' it. According to the reports oif eye witnesses, the apnproarl-h of the storm was watched while it speeded for three miles and morend more, all the time its I funnel shaped formation was distinct, the funnel swooping down and rico I chetting as it struck the earth. The clouds were of all colors save rod. with yellow and blue black prrldomi nating, and the way it tossed I)rns and houses and uprooted forests and played havoc generally wvas proof pos itive to the observers that no essen tials of a full fledged tornado wire lacking. This Indianapolis weather sharp. with all hirs vaunting scientitice neeom pllshments, proba'bly wouldn't know ai real tornado if he saw one, but if ihe got in its way he would speedily real ize that there was somethling doing more strenuous than gentle suilnier t zephyrs. The project of building na mneadarn boule\vnrd betw-cen New York and Chi- I cago is in line with the work of good A roalds promioters, though o)f considera- i bly illor-e extensive proportionlls tha:n anything hitherto underItaken- ii thiis direction. Meni of ule;lans and( (llnter e prise are Ibehind the iproject, for the I c'arr-ying out of which the New York k ind l hicago Ieoad association was or- t galzed inl the fornmer c(ity a few dlays n ago. The road Iproposed w\oull., it is tl said, 'redule the distance by higl\-:y I betwooei Now York and ('hia;Igo froni f; 9';.7 to 8.5t) iles. It is estilr:lted t :it ,o it va:ln be built for about $5.000 al mile. fc This is a big rniler'takinrg, but Iy ino rnoeans impossible or iiprohintile of tl consrlumlnation, ih; IKaInsas f;arlerns are dragging Itrurllps ii fromir freight cars ndi colmpelling tlheri1 to wvork inl tile wheat harvest fihlds. And yet the Fiolurth of .1July orators have eenri tellinig us n:gu:il that this is Jl a free country. SEISMIC STUNTS. Said Smith to Jones. "These signs por tend "'bTat the world's appro'ching a sudden, st. La:: them are like.nith: "How can that be? for the nominatti random, it seems to Polk, of Rapides. a. into the race before t'But you're not formed, and he has b-hey're at theirt work for several mont' had it all along thaty gum, are you find an oppol)nent in -ledge was handed the person of .Judge who is now on tt: "Doggone your Blackmani went d(ow of flood and tide!" dluring the session "Now, don't get to scan the situatio"Now dont of view. Ibut aiswier.art; but. consarn to his candidacy wi' 16i-year-old nmaiderAw, cut it out! the judg'e will run d. you know nothing orI not he makes up 1 vidential certainty tou sen of a gun, and smash you .Jludge Blackman enjoy for extraordinary politic you try and he hasn't often been airs to die!'" light that didn't result in hi v poke. If he goes into the coming o, ain't no be one of the factors to he reckoned with, a coat "St. Landry lpromises to indignant support to Lee (;arland. wh inch of of the strongest men in the The big southwestern p)arnish'or nthd rent into factions, but it i: the leaders who might have each was ional aspirations are tos loath them in order to land thel both. (Garland. Mr. Garland was n to find IRouge (luring the past week a it out that he was an active castarted for the nomlination. St. Lan'ews the largest parish in the dtistri( its delegation will have ia 1Io\i'wo. voice in the convention. ".Iud'ge ('(,(o(. of Avoy.lles. Ice been freqluently a candidate for el. g-ress in the Sixth district. Ill fortu has uslaltly Ipursued him. ho\wev-e'r.f(, as a rule, :he Sixth district tights ha 'brought out favorite sons ill Inear' every parish, with the result that ( () lobetlrtson has tigenealy bteen able( t knock the per.siiinion. Even at h1ia tw\o ,t}eal ago. he ct*ame VerIIy neair \wii ning. T'l'hl alvices fi(ron .A\vt (,lles sai that .lldge' ('(co is in a state tf dllo lt It wI'uld seeit scarcely probable that fauniliar as he is with the ins and out 0f' :1 'ongr,;.o iual etullpaign, he wvil, N fo ', ;' the oI( )ortltII i It l i t 'n 1 a ii\, Ir c in \\lice hie'h ha. an x('ce-(llt t e'hulnO this fall. "' I." .\. 1'. I'lil,. an ahi,- you - Ilat|(ill and ( ulture, tll enatol( -)'\ew hanker and capitalist. lave both heta: mentioned a likel 'anudidates froln ('ala.situ lbiefore the (convll'etionl" Get \'liui' wife, a New Homie SIwn,," Ii MIachine !'r(mi .\. I':. llell \- ('o._ \\ p . . BUT TnOSE Caslasio Is lomtnt Co ra:pa~r-'s " BUGGIES UP- TO- SNOW. W. Jacobs' Studio To get my photo taken. He makes you a fine picture at a reasonable price. A:l s o enlar ements i n Crayon, Sepia and Pa!:. See His New Picture Frames for En- • largements. p~lptLLlgt 1arg~enientr. SPEtUEir'S A.iGA1,is PRESS Guaranteed capacity, 22 tons of hay per day. or no pay. Its o50 inch feed hole makes it the best for rice straw. J A. SPEN ER, .Bo Box 55. Dwigh.. Ill. BILLON BROS., Druggists, Welsh, - - Louisiana. Samuol Blackford, Second Ward Justice of the Peace of Calcasieu Parish. Prompt attention also giv1en to col lections in said ward. Otffice in the Robinson Building. W. E. CLINE, SAbstractor of Titles, n . LAKE CHARLES. LA. with All ce with Cline & Cijine. ,