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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27
lam Dying Egypt, Dying.
I am dying Egypt, dying,

I am dying Egypt, dying,
Ebbs the crimson life-tide fast,
And the dark, Plutonian shadows
Gather on the evening blast. l.,
Let thine arm, oh! Queen, support
me.
Hush thy sobs and bow thine ear
Hearken to the great heart Sccfe'S'
Thou and thou alone, must hear.
Though my Scared and veteran le-
gions
Bear their eagles high no more,
And nv wrecked and shattered gal
leys
Strew dark Actium's fatal shore;
Though no glittering guards SUI
round me,
Prompt to do their masters Will,
must perish like a Roman
Die, the great Triumyir still.
Let not Caesars servile minions
Mock the lion thus laid low;
Twas no foeman's hand that slew
him,
Twas his own that struck the blow.
Here, then, pilloWed on thy bosom,
Ere his star fades quite away,
Him who, drunk with thy caresSes,
Madly flung world away.
Should the base plebeian rabble
Dare assail my fame at Rome,
Where the noble spouse, Octavia,
Weeps within her widowed home;
Seek her-say the Gods have told me,
Affairs, Augurs. circling wings,
That her blood with mine commin-
gled,
Yet shall mount the throne Of
kings.
And for thee, star-eyed Egyptian!
Glorious sorcereSs Of the Nile,
Light the path to styglan honOrs
With the splendOrs of thy smile.
Give the Caesar crowns and arches,
Let his brow the laurel Irvine;
| can scOrn the Senate's trilmphs,
Triumphing in love like thine
I am dying Egypt, dying!
Hark. insulting fOeman's cry;
They are c0ming-quick. my falcllion
| Let me front them ere | die.
All. no more amid the battle
Shall my heart exultng swell;
Isis and Osiris guard thee.
Cleopatra! Rome! farewell!
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27

T0rtals as were drowned in these wa"
tiers, for their bodies were carried 10
the Ong'S nest and no mOrSeI ever
escaped him. Sometimes he would
ny about the shores in quest OF some
child, or woman or hunter, yet he was
a great coward, and was never known
70 attack anyone in camp, or when
TWO or more We're together. No arrow
could pierce his feathers, nor could
The strongest spear do more than
glance from the scales on his face and
legs, yet his craYen's heart made him
AFRAID for his toes had no claws, and
als mouth no beak.
Late one fall the Washoe Indians
We're making their final hunt before
gong to the valleys and leaving the
iaEe locked in its winter SHOWS. The
Gnlers daughter was sixteen years
Oid and before leaving the lake he
HuSt select the greatest hero in the
plDe for her husband, for such had
Deen the custom of WashOe chiefs
ever since the tribe came out of the
Northland Fairer than ever Indian
mS!den had been was this daughter,
dnu every unmarried brave and war
llOr IN the tribe wished that he had
performed deeds of greater prOwess,
mat he might be certain of winning
Tue prize. That last night at the lake,
around the big council fire, each was
70 smoke the pipe and recount to the
SSalef the noblest achievement Of his
GIe, and when all were heard, the
Smet would choose, and the women
JON the circle and the wedding take
pace. For many years the warriors
nau looked forward to this event and
ne tribe had become famed because
VI acts of reckless daring performed
~ tnoSe who hoped to wed the
Ullefs lovely daughter.
IT was the morning of the final day,
anu anu much game and great stores of
;n trout were packed ready for the
%TvuI1ey. All were preparing for the
nmeuuihg festivities, and the fact that
n ~ one knew who would be the bride
Snoom among all that mighty band Of
t Hbo1tlOfS, lent intensest excitement to
S Me event All were joyous and hap
~ except the maiden and the hand
c oSlne young brave to whom she had
e owen =. ner heart. In spite Of custom
cun tradition, her love had long since
S SCne out to one whose feet had been
ss S young to press the war path when
ba Ss 1ne tribe gave battle to their
h eIg foes, the Piutes. He never
ss su uone deed of valor, nor could he
'sn cain the right to sit with the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27

and the darkness crept over the lake,
;,nd into the darkness the Ong van
iSncd.
The women had been long in their
huts ere the council fire was kindled,
and the warriors gravely seated them
selves in its circle. The loss Of Il
Young brave could not be allowed to
interfere with 50 important an event
as the marriage choice, and from most
of their minds he had vanished. 1t
was not so very unusual for the Ong
to claim Il victim, and besides, the
youth had been many times warned
by his elders that he should not go
hunting alone as had been his habit
of late.
But while the warriors were work
ing themselves up to 4 frenzy of elo-
uuence over their bygone deeds of
daring, an Indian maiden was pad
ding canoe swiftly and silently
toward the middle of the lake. Mona,
the Chiefs daughter, understood no
more than the rest why her lover had
not been dropped into the lake, nor
why the Ong had acted so queerly
but she knew that she could die with
her lover. She took her own frail
canoe because it was SO light and
easy to paddle, though it was made
for her when girl, and would scarce,
" support her weight now. 1t mat
tered nothing to her if the water
splaShed over the sides; it mattered
nothing how she reached her lover
She kept saying his name over softly
to herself. "TahOe! My own Tahoe!
When the council had finished, the
old women went to the Chiefs hui
to bid his daughter come and hear the
decision her father was about to rem
der. Their CONSERVATION was great
| nor did the tribe rest until the rosy
dawn tinged the Washoe peake an(
| disclosed to the warriors the vas
I body of the Ong floating on the wa
ters above its nest, and beside it 6
tiny, empty canoe. But gently ap
preaching the shore was the stranges
craft that ever fioated on water. Il
was one of the Ong's great wings, an(
the sail was the tip Of the other wing
Standing upon it claSped in each 9th
ers arms, was the young brave Ia
hoe and the daughter of the chief. II
the shouts of the tribe, shouts in which
warriors and women and children
mingled their voices with that Of thu
great Chief, Tahoe knew that he was
the hero, and that Mona was his bride
The decision was rendered, but the
Ong's nest still remains, and to this
day the drowned 2ver rise in Lake
| Tahoe
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27

The battle Of Chickamagua. which
followed Chattanooga, was most deSper-
ately contested on both sides.
Bragg was reinforced by q veteran
corps from Virginia, under Longstreet,
and Bucknor'S Corps from East Ten
nessee, until his forces outnumbored
Rosecrans' by over 1900, and yet the
Northern army, by wise and vigorous
marching day and night over noun
tans and through passes, and by the
concentration of widely scattered
forces, inflicted such terrible losses
that Bragg was incapable of any Dut
the most cautious following when
RospcranS fell back to occupy Chatt2-
nooga, for which he had been contend
ing.
Among the many brave officers on
both sides who gave up their lives tor
their beloved causes there was none
Drawer, none more mourned than the
Union Brigadier- General, WIN. II.
Lvtle. About to. give the order TO
charge he was struck in the head by a
bullet and fell dying in the arms OF MS
aid c,o
His nopm of "AnthOny and Cleopa-
fra" generally believed to have been
composed the night before the battle
but which. as a matter Of fact. was an
earlier production, has been clasSed as
one of the most mastery lyrics III
American poetry.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27
SIX HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS,
How An Innocent Man was Sus-
pected.

A little story was told at the New |
Willard Hotel in Washington the other
day by a New Yorker who was travel .
Ing Oh Pullman car between ST. |.
Louis and his home, which goes to |
show the danger Of cOnvictlng man Oh
CirCumStautial evidence. The principal |
figure In this incident was not con-
victed, but had it not been for for
tuitous circumstance it might have
gone hard with him.
1T seems that one Of the occupants
Of the car on getting out OF his berth to
dress missed his vest, which was
rather serious affair, inasmuch as 1t
contained i'll an inside pocket roll OF
money which consisted Of six brand
new 500 bills.
"a little later he picked up the gar
ment on the floor, but on searching, the
roll Of money was gone. 1t was
clear case Of robbery, and the man
naturally raised an excited cutlery
which drew the attention of all his
fellow-travelers. Early In the game
the proposition to search everybody ii
that coach was made and adopted WI
but a single dissenting voice. One man
stood out tiercely and Indignantly
against it, and said that he would
never consent to such an indlgnlty, but
would oppose it with all the force he
could employ.
"This man was at once an object or
SUSPICION, and many whispers directed
at him went around. Every other lndl-
vidual aboard voluntarily submitted TO
being searched, yet nothing was seen
of the Glen bills At this point some
amateur Sherlock Holmes COrnered the
porter, and by adroit questions anu
threats made that rascally employe
own up to the ,hett, and also made nm
disgorge 5000 in handsome notes that
appeared to be right from the Print
} ing Bureau. The owner of the money
was oyerjOyed and all hands consratu
lated him on recovering his money.
About this time the obdurate gen
tleman who had resOlutely declined t
be searched secured the floor. Now
my friends said he, I will tell yol
WHY I4Sheu SOuI Su"pc''4hS hhC 90 "
theft and V hat did this man DO bu
90 down in his hip pocket and fetcl
up a roll of money that he counted on
in our presence, and, as sure rs an
Il living man, in this roll there wer
lust siX-no more and no less-brafd
new bills, each of 500 denomination
Positively there was no way of tellIh
them from the bills that had been re
covered Then we all knew why he ha
declined to be investigated
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27
Nursery Nonsense.

Two magpies sat On garden rail
AS long ago as a week;
And one little maybe Wagged his tail
In the other little magpie's beak.
Then doubling like fist his little
claw hard
Said the other Upon my word,
This is more than flesh and blood can
stand
From magpie or other bird"
So they picked and they scratched
each others eyes
Till all that was left on the rail
Was the beak of one of the little mag
pies,
And the other little magpie's tail
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11

When a physician tells a woman, sur
fering from ovarian or womb trouble.
that an operation is necessary it, of
course, frightens her.
The very thought of the operating
table and the knife strikes terror to
her heart. AS one woman expressed
it, when told by her physician that she
must undergo an operation. she felt
that her death knell had sounded.
Our hospitals are full of women
who are there for ovarian or womb
operations.
1t is quite true that these troubles
may reach stage where an operation
is the only resource, but such cases are
much rarer than is generally supposed.
because a great many women have
been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham s
Vegetable Compound after the doctors
had said an operation must be per
formed. In fact. up to the point where
the knife must be used to secure instant
relief. this medicine is certain to help.
The strongest and most grateful
statements possible to make come from
women who, by taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, have
escaped serious operations
Margrite Ryan. Treasurer of st. An
drew's Society, Hotel English, Indian
,apolis, Ind. writes of her cure as follows:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
9 cannot find words TO express my thanks
for the good Lydia e. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound did me. The doctor said could
ovarian and female troubles. I knew 1 could
not stand the strain of an operation and made
up my mind would be an invalid for life.
Ask Mrs. pink hams kdysce-A Won
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11
lou Have No Right to Suffer
From Constipation, Bowel and Stomach Iroub.s.
@. What is the beginning of sicknessi
a. Constipation.

@. What is the beginning of sickness?
a Constipation.
Q. What is Constipation
A Failure of the bowels TO carry OF the
waste matter which lies in the alimentary canal
where il decays and posons the entire system.
Eventually the results are death under the
name of some other disease. Note the deaths
from typhoid fever and appendicitis, stomach
and bowel trouble at the present time.
O. What causes Constipation
A Neglect TO respond to the call OF nature
promptly: Laes OF exercise Excessive brain
@ What are the results of neglected Con. IT,
patton:
A Constipation causes more suffering than
any other disease 1t causes rheumatism, colds,
fevers. stomach. bowel. kidney lung and heart
troubles. etc. 1t is the one disease that starts
of sleep and strength are It's sympromsNpiies,
appendicitis and hstula. caused BY Constipa-
sicians. but sufferers realize their condition
until II Is too late Women become confirmed
tnvalids as a result OF Constipation.
O. Do physicians recognize thisr
you is are you constfpated." That The secret.
@ CAN'T be-cureds
A. Yes. with proper treatment The common
error Is 70 resort 70 physics such as pills salts,
one OF which is injurious They weaken and
own experience
@ What then should be done TO cure 1t.
A. Get bottle Of Muf's Grape Tonic a, once.
Mull's Grape Tonic will positively cure Consti-
patton and Stomach Trouble in the shortest
space of time, No other remedy has before been
known TO cure Constipation positively and per-
manently.
@. What Is Mull-s Grape Tonicr
A. It is Compound with 20 per cent of the
juice OF Concord Grapes Ii exerts a peculiar
strengthening. healing influence upon the intes-
tines that they do their work unaided-
The process is gradual but II is a
phySic- but it cures Constipation. Dysentery,
Stomach and Bowel Trouble Having a rich
fruity grape flavor. it is pleasant 10 take. AS q
tonic IL IS unequaiied. insuring the system
against disease. II strengthens and builds up
waste tissue
Q. Where can Muil's Grape Tonic be had
A Your druggist sells it. The dollar bottle
contains nearly three times the 50cent size
Good for Ailing Children and Nursing Mothers.
a free bottle TO all who have never used 10
because we know il will cure you
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11
ECZEMA FOR TWO YEARS.
Little Girls Awful Suffering With Ter.
ribie Skin Humor-SIeepIess
Nights for Mother-Speedy
Cure by Cuticura.

My little girl had been suffering
for two years from eczema, and dur
ing that time l could not get a nights
sleep, as her ailment was very severe.
l had tried so many remedies, deriv-
ing no benefit, had given up all hope.
But as last resort 1 was persuaded
to try Cutlcura, and one box of the
Ointment and two bottles of the Re
solvent, together with the Soap, eff
fected permanent cure.-Mrs. l. B.
Jones, Arlington, Ind. IT,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11

Hearing how Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound had saved other women fror1
serious operations / decided to try it, and X
less than four months / was entirely cEredt
and words fail to express my thankfulnesn"
Miss Margret MerlSley of 275 Sd
Street, Milwaukee, Wis, writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
ssLoss of strength. extreme nervousness,
severe shooting pains through tho pelvic
extreme irritation compelled me to seek
medical advice. The doctor, after making
an examination, said that had ovarian trou-
BILE and liberation, and advised an operations
as my only hope. To this strongly oblected
and decided as a last resort to try Lydia
E. Pnkhams Vegetable Compound
s. To my surprise the liberation healed, al
the bad symptoms disappeared. and am orcs
more strong, vigorous and well; and cam
not express my thanks for what it has dons
for me-"
Ovarian and womb troubles are
steadily on the increase among women
and before submitting to an opera
Pinkham'S Vegetable Compound. and
write Mrs. P-lkham at Lynn, Mas
| for advice.
For thirty years Lydia e. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound has been curing
| the worst forms of female complaints,
| all ovarian troubles. Inflammation, ul-
ceration, falling and displacement OF
| the womb, leucorrhea, irregularities.
! indigestion and nervous prostration.
| ANY woman who could read the many
grateful letters on file in Mrs. Pink
hams Office would be convinced of the
efficiency of her advice and Lydia 2.
| Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
an Best Understands n WoH,an'S EEa,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11
LAW URGED BY sELF-sEEkERs.
Real Animus of Movement Against
Rene lies DeservedIy Popular.

RENE lies DeservedIy Popular.
An adroit but plausible scheme ty
which it is hoped to prejudice the sale
of proprietary medicines is the propo-
sition to prohibit the sale of any rem
edy which contains poison" unless
each package or bottle is expressly la
beled Poison Such bills are also
well designed to impose upon men who
have no familiarity with the subject
matter. The pretense of protecting
the public health put forth in support
of such bills is generally the merest
subterfuge; and whenever you hear a
demand for law of this kind 1t
originates with those who have
a direct pecuniary interest to serve by
destroying the sale OF proprietary rem
edies.
Some of the best and most widely
used remedies in the world contain
some one ingredient which. if taken
In sufficient quantities. might be poi
sonous, and yet the preparation as a
whole is not poisonous at ALL Opium.
for instance, is used in small quaint
ties in many of the best cures for
coughs, collie, diarrhea, ETC., in tooth
ache drops and in almost all liniments.
To require such medicines to be false
1y labeled poison" would he merely a
cunning device to alarm the public
and thus bring about the destruction
of the sale of those remedies. and in
directly to compel people to procure
the medicine they want by the more
expensive method of consulting a ply
stefan and getting his prescription. In
other words, it. is an effort to prevent
them from getting cheaply the RENE
dies which they and their fathers be
fore them have used for many years
Medical exchange.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11
CAPTURED FROM THE EAR

To the sea-shell's spiral round
Ills your heart that brings the sound
The soft sea-murmurs that you hear
Within, are captured from your ear.
You do poets and their song ;
A grievous wrong,
If your own soul does not bring
To their high imagining
AS much beauty as they sing.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11
VIRTUES PRIZE.

What nothing earthly gives or can
destroy,
The souls calm sunshine, and the
heartfelt joy,
Is virtues prize.
-Pope's Essay on Man"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11
Here is Relief for Womsn.

Mother Gray, a nurse in New York, dis
covered pleasant kcrb remedy for women's
ills. called AUSTRALIAN-LEA 1t is the
enly certain monthly regulator. Cures
female weaknesses, Baclzache, Kidney and
Urinary troubles At all Druggists or by
mail so cts. Sample mailed FREE. Address.
The Mother Gray Co, Leroy, n. Y
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11

Dealers say that as soon as a GUS
toner tries Defiance Starch it is i'm
possible to sell them any other cold
water starch. 1t can be used cold or
boiled.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11

If you don't get the biggest and best
It's your own fault. Defiance Starch
is for sale everywhere and there is
positively nothing to equal it in quail
ity or quantity.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11

It's a safe bet that those who prac
tice best are not a bowling success:
when it comes to preaching.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11

This is the season when the rocl
Ing chair on the veranda resigns
favor of the parlor sofa
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11

Storekeepers report that the extra
quantity, together with the superior
quality of Defiance Starch makes it
next to impossible to sell any other
brand.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11

Hundreds of dealers say the extra
quantity and superior quality of De-
fiance Starch is fast taking place of
all other brands. Others say they can
not sell any other starch.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11

knowledge was never intended to
be the servant of vanity-and it isn't
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11

People who live in Whineyville sci
dom see the sun.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11

Faith is what you think you believe
because you want to believe it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11

Land adjoining this can be purchased
from railway and land companies at from
81 to SO per acre
On this land this year has been produced
upwards of twenty-five bushels of wheat to
the acre.
1t is also the best of grazing land and for
mixed farming it has no superior on the
continent.
Splendid climate, low taxes. railways
convenient, schools and churches close at
hand
Write for twentieth Century Canada"
and low railway rates to Superintendent of
Immigration, Ottawa, Canada; or to
authorized Canadian Government Agent
j. S Crawford, No. 125 w. Ninth Street,
Kansas City, Missouri.
(Mention this paper.l
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11

We refuse to be alarmed at this talk
about the danger of return of the
crinoline. Bad as it was, there was
something good in it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11
USE THE rAwC

USE THE FAMOUS
Red Cross Ball Blue Large 2-cs package
cents The Russ Company, SCUM Bend, In(
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11
FREE BOTTLE.
ri4o5

The genuine has . date and number stamped on
the label-sake no other from your druggts6
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-11
The Government Of Canada

Gives absolutely
FIRE E. to every
settler one hum
dred and sixty
acres of land in
Western Canada.