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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-04

Southern general did not succeed in
the plan which he had formed to get
by Big Round Top and to attack the
Third Corps from a position of van
tage in the rear. General Sickles de-
Tended Round Top and Longstreet
could not take 1t.
When one visits the battlefield Of
Gettysburg he can trace the course
Of battle Of the second day where it
ragged at Round Top, Peach Orchard,
Cemetery Hill, Culp's Hill, and what
Ia known as The Devils Den. The
tide of battle ebbed and flowed. Lit
tie Round Top was saved from cap
ture by the timely arrival of brigade
commanded by General Weed that
dragged the guns of United States
regular battery up to the summit by
hand.
At the end of the second days fight
1t was found that the Southern army
had failed to break the left flank of
the opposing forces, that it had failed
to capture Round Top and that the
right flank of the Northern army, al
though vigorously attacked, had not
been broken There was a tremen.
dous loss Of life on both sides, and
while in general the day had gone
favorably to the Mortimer cause Get
tysburg was still drawn battle.
Charge of Gen. Pickett.
| 1t was on July 8, the third and last
day of the great battle Of Gettysburg
that Pickett's men made their charge
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-04
Mercy of Aviators.

Robert G. Fowler, an aviator a..
that while he was flying across y
Isthmus of Panama he found It vo,,
be easy for an aeroplanist to blov l
the Gatun dam.
There is absolutely no protectIo,,
he said. 81 think the government /,
overlooked this.
ANY good aviator, flying first al.
machine, could carry enough min
glycerin or other high explosive ,
blow such a hole in the dam I'M.
would leave the whole canal use]es,
could have done 1t myself, and vonl
not fear to attempt it at any time
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-04

Northern soil the chances of foreign
Intervention or at least foreign aid to
the Southern cause, would be forth.
coming.
General Robert e. Lee late in the
spring of 1853, made his preparations
to conduct his campaign Northward
into the state of Pennsylvania. He
had under his command three corps
General James Longstreet command
Ing the First, General Richard s
Ewell commanding the Second, and
General, A, P. Hill commanding the
Third. In the Union army which aft
erward confronted Lee at Gettysburg
there were seven corps, but the mum
Der Of men in each was much less
than that in Confederate corps, the
military composition Of each being
different. The Union corps comman
ders who under Meade were at Get
tysburg, were Generals John F. Rey
nolds, w. s. Hancock, Daniel E
Sickles, George Sykes, John Sedgwick
0. 0, Howard and H. w. Slocum.
Forces Almost Evenly Matched.
1t never has been determined be
yond the point Of all dispute just how
many men were engaged on each sid,
in the battle Of Gettysburg. 1t il
known that the armies were yer,
nearly equal in strength, the proba
bilities being that the Confederat
force was few thousand men strong
er than the Union force, a differenc
which was balanced perhaps by tn
fact that the Union armies at Gettys
burg were fighting In defense OF thei
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-04

WR - %DASHlNGION.-C ii pOsSl'
NAV BILE. some people would say
#AWH probable, that the Battle of
W Gettysburg changed utterly
w the course of American his
tory. It was great fight between
armies of Americans, for probably
fully ninety per cent. Of the men who
fought on the two sides were born
natives to the American soil. The
bravery shown at Gettysburg was OF
the order which Americans have
shown on every field and which re-
fleets credit upon the hardy and
heroic ancestry of the men engaged,
no matter from what race they may
have sprung.
At Gettysburg there was nothing to
choose between the valor of the North
and the South. The South lost the
fight, but it lost it honorably and
with the prestige of its soldiery I'M
dimmed. The charges made on that
field have gone down into history as
assaults made under conditions which
every man felt might mean death at
the end. The defenses made at Gettys.
burg were of the kind which 1t takes
iron in the blood to make perfect. At
Gettysburg Northerners and South
erners replenished their store Of re-
spect for their antagonists. The bat
tie marked the high tide of the war
between the states. After it the
South largely was on the defensive,
but it's defense was maintained with
fortitude and in the face of privations
which could not chill the blood of
men fighting for what they thought
was the right.
The Northern armies were persis,
tent in their attacks through the cam
paigns which after few months were
started aginst the objective point
Richmond. Brave men here and brave
men there, and after the end came II
was the qualities which keep com
pany with bravery which made the
soldiers of the North and South sc
ready to forget and to forgive and tt
work again for the good Of a com
mon country.
The great battle Of Characteristic
was fought not long before the oppos
ing Union and Confederate forces me
on the field of Gettysburg. Chancel
lorsville was a Confederate victory
The Southern government believed
that the victory should be followed u
by an invasion of the North for, &C
cording to its reasoning, If an import
ant engagement could be won upol
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BANISHED
Coffee Finally Had to Co.

The way some persons cling % = \.
fee, even after they know 1t 10 a0u
them harm, is a puzzler. But u ) !
easy matter to give 1t up LOT - =,
when Postum is properly maae
used instead. A girl writes:
Mother had been suffering W
nervous headaches for seven NsS'
years, but kept on drinking coass j,
Zone day asked her why sns =
not give up coffee, as cousin o. 40 -.
had done who had taken to rosss -
But Mother was such a slave TO eoas !.
she thought it would be terriO's !
give 1t up. n
Finally, one day, she mace :
change to Postum. and quickly 3
headaches disappeared. One m0' I
while she was drinking Postum 8
freely and with such relish ! -
for a taste. al
"That started me on Postum ii 4,
now drink 1t more freely tnan 8
coffee, which never comes INV
house now" u..tj
Name given by Postum oo- sTs
Creek, Mich. Write for booAies
Road to Wellville."
Postum comes in two forms. 49,,
Regular Postum unjust be OOl..I a
Instant Postum doesn't requns 4
ing, but is prepared instantly y I'm,
ring a level teaspoonful In an oi J. n
cup of hot water, which makes y 8
for most persons. sor
A big cup requires more anu :, 4
people who ike strong things ~ In
heaping spoonful and temper y -
large supply of cream. -. i
Experiment until you Anos ..
amount that pleases your paias am
have It served that way in inc
There's a Reason" for Pos'o'.,
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which has gone into history as one
of the most heroic assaults Of all
time. 1t was forlorn hope but 1t was
grasped and the men of George Ed
ward Pickett. Confederate soldier,
went Loyalty and with full hearts to
their death across shrapnel and rifle
swept field.
When the third days fighting OPEN
ed it began with an artillery duel,
hundreds of guns belching forth shot
and death from the batteries Of both
contending forces. 1t is said that this
was the greatest duel engaged in by
field pieces during the four years Of
the war between the states.
The Union guns at one time ceased
firing, and 1t is said that the southern
commander thought they had been
silenced and then 1t was that Long.
streets men made an assault and
Pickett's men made their charge. The
former generals objective was Big
Round Top, but his forces were driv'
en- back. Picket formed his division
in brigade columns and they moved
directly across the fields over fiat
ground. They had no cover and they
had no sooner come into effective
range than they were met by such a
storm of shot as never before swept
over field Of battle.
They went on and on, and on clos
ing in their depleted ranks and NOV
ing steadily forward to- their death
Those of Pickett's men who reached
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In the BARRIERS Chair.

"No sooner was | seated in a
chair" began Jones, than the baiAs
commented on the weather, and d.
rected current of discourse into ny
ears.
"'Je ne comprend pas said |, With
an inward chuckle, thinking his yols
bility would be checked.
'In very good French he started b
afresh. / looked at him as II Devil
dered. and then interrupted him b.
asking:
"Was Sagen Sie?"
"He began to repeat in German d
that he had been saying, when | shg
him off with:
"'Oh, talk to me with your fngsn
I'm deaf and dumb!'"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-04

was ordered to make its way into the
Susquehanna Valley through the town
of Gettysburg and then to turn in its
course after destroying railroads and
gathering in supplies, and to meet the
Confederate commander with the main
army at Harrisburg.
1t was General Jubal A. Early Of
General Lees command, who reached
Gettysburg after a long hard march
on June 26. From there he went to
the town of York and from thence to
Wrightsville. At this place he was
ordered by General Lee to retrace his
steps and to bring his detachment
back to a camp near Gettysburg.
When Early aid obeyed Lees order
and had reached a point near Gettys-
burg he found the entire Southern
force was camped within easy strik-
ing distance of the now historic town.
In the meantime things were hap
pening elsewhere. General Hooker
in command Of the Union army which
had been depleted at Charlottesville,
had succeeded in out-maneuvering
General Stuart in command Of Lees
cavalry, had got around Stuart's COM
mand in way to prevent the South
ern general from forming junction
with the forces of his chief comman-
der. Lee gave over the proposed
movement on Harrisburg when he
heard of Hooker's approach and
brought the different parts of his
army together.
| Four days before the Gettysburg
| fight began General Hooker resigned
as commander of the Union army.
Hooker and General Hallock dis
agreed upon a matter concerning
which strategists today say that Gen.
eral Hooker was right. Three days
bbefore the battle began, that is, June
%, 1863, General George Gordan
Meade was named as General Hook
er's successor in charge Of the North
ern army. General Meade at once
went into the field and established
his headquarters at a point ten OF
twelve miles south Of the town Of
Gettysburg.
Armies Meet at Gettysburg.
It seems that General Lee on hear
Ing that Stuart had not succeeded II
checking the Union army's advance
had made up his mind to turn south
ward to meet the force Of Hooker, o.
. as 1t turned out the force of Meade
|, Lee with his force had advanced
: north beyond Gettysburg, while Meade
!. with his force was south Of the town
j The fields near the Pennsylvania vii
9 lage had not been picked as a place o
: battle, but there 1t was that the twt
!, great armies came together. and To-
+ three days struggled for the mas
8 terry.
On the last day of June, the da,
8 before the real battle of Gettysburg
I began, General Reynolds. a corp
: commander Of the Union army, wen
= forward to feel out the enemy H
J. reached Gettysburg by pightfall Hi
(, corps, the First, together with tn
Third and the Eleventh Infantr
Corps with division of cavalry, con
: posed the Union army's left wing.
" The Fifth Army Corps was sent t
e Hanover, southeast Of Gettysburg
8 and the Twelfth Corps was immed
y ately south Of Gettysburg at di
4 lance Of eight or nine miles. Thi
q was on June 80, and the Union force
g. were fairly well separted but the
e were converging and Gettysburg wa
lie their objective.
s. General Reynolds Of the Unio
If forces arrived at Gettysburg early Q
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GILT Frames,

"His mind blank, eh?" said George
AIDE of an elderly millionaire who, aft
er a months absence, had turned up
pleading total loss of memory.
"His mind blank" Mr.. AIDE con-
tinued. What a hackneyed old excuse
that is! Why don't they get up, these
wanderers, something new in the ex-
cuse line?
They'd be all alike, these excuses,
though; In substance. For the aver
age man, in framing an excuse, al
ways does il in guilt"
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the morning Of July I. He dispatched
a courier to Meade saying that the
high ground above Gettysburg was
the proper place to meet the enemy.
Not long after this message was sent
to Meade Geaeral Reynolds who dis
patched it, was killed, He was on
horseback near a patch of woods with
his force confronting a large detach-
ment of Confederate troops which was
coming toward them. These troops of
the enemy were dispersed by the
Union batteries and Reynolds was
watching the successful solid shot
and shrapnel onset when bullet
struck him in the head killing him in.
stantly.
General Abner Doubleday succeeded
Reynolds in command Of the troops
at that point Of the field. A brigade
of Confederates, Mississippi organi-
cation, charged the Union forces,
broke their organization and succeed
ed in making prisoners of large part
of a New York regiment. Later these
men we're recaptured and the Missis-
sippi brigade was driven back, por-
ton of it surrendering. In the fight
on the first day at this point Of the
field or near it, one Union regiment,
the 151st Pennsylvania, lost in killed
and wounded 337 men out Of total
of 446 in little more than quarter
of an hours fight.
General Doubleday fell back to Sem
mary Ridge and extended his line.
The forces employed against him
here were greater than his own, and
after hard fighting Seminary Ridge
was given up. The first days battle
was In effect and in truth a victory
for the Southern arms. On the night
of July / General Hancock arrived
and succeeded in rallying the Union
forces and putting new heart into the
men. General Meade on that night
ordered the entire army to Gettys-
burg.
Victory Not Followed Up.
For some reason or other perhaps
unknown to this day, what was virtu-
ally Confederate victory on the first
of July was not followed up by Gen.
eral Lee early on the next morning.
General Meade therefore succeeded in
strengthening his lines and in pre-
pairing for the greater conflict. One
end Of the Union line was some dis
lance east Of Cemetery Hill on Rock
Creek, another end was at Round Top
something more than two miles be.
yond Cemetery Hill to the south. The
Confederate line confronting it was
somewhat longer.
It Is impossible in a brief sketch OF
this battle to give the names of the
brigade and the regimental comman.
ders and the names of the regiments
which were engaged on both sides In
this great battle. Meade, Hancock
Howard, Slocum and Sickles with
their men were confronting Lee
Longstreet, Hill, Ewell and the other
great commanders of the South with
their men. The line of battle with the
spaces in between the different com
mands was nearly ten miles. It was
the Confederate generals intention tt
attack at the extreme right and LEFT
and at the center simultaneously. i
was to be General Longstreet's dut!
to turn the left flank Of the UnioI
army and to break it." Longstreet''
intended movement was discovered IL
time to have it met valiantly. Thu
battle of the second day really be
gan with Longstreet's advance. TIL
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-04

land from invasion, q condition which
military men say always adds sub
tie something to the fighting quality
which is in any man. Some authori-
ties have said that there were 100000
men in the Confederate forces at Get
tysburg to be confronted by 10000
Union troops. Another authority says
that the Confederate force was $4,000
and the Union force $4,000. AS it was
the armies were pretty nearly equally
divided in strength.
In June, 1868, General Robert e.
Lee began to move northward. Lee
concentrated his army at Winchester,
Va, and then started for the Potomac
river, which he crossed to reach the
state of Maryland. He fully expected
to be followed by General Hooker's
army and so General Stuart with a
large force of cavalry was ordered by
Lee to keep in front of Hooker's army
and to check his pursuit of the Con.
federates if it was attempted
Late in June the Confederate force
reached Hagerstown, in the state OF
Maryland. 1t was General Lees in
tention to strike Harrisburg, Pa.
which was a great railroad center
and city where Union armies were
recruited and from which all kinds OF
supplies were sent out to the soldiers
In the field. While the Southern com
mander was on his way with large
part of his force to the Pennsylvania
capital another part Of his command
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-04
Small Patients Status.

The nurse on duty in hospital was
giving the little ones their last meal
for the day. All save one were pa
tiently awaiting their turn to be
served; the one in question being a
rosy checked convalescent who was
Justify calling for her portion. The
nurse was an English girl who had not
yet become quite sure Of her aspir'
ates.
"Haren't you a little impatient,
Florence?" inquired the nurse, with
Just a tone of correction in her voice
mo, I'm little her PATIENT"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-04
Advice to the innocent.

We have letter from young WON
an who asks:
Can succeed as chorus girl and
remain innocent? My friends tell me
that am very beautiful"
We are unable to give expert advice
concerning the possibility of succeed
ing as chorus girl and remaining IN
nocent, but we feel safe in saying that
II the young lady is provided with g
suitable supply Of innocence in hel
present environment it would be pity
not to KEEP it right there.-Chicagc
Record Herald.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-04

their destination had short hand-to-
hand encounter with the northern SOL
diers. 1t was soon over and Picketts
charge, glorious for all time in his
tory, was a failure in that which 1t
attempted to do, but was a success as
helping to show the heroism Of Amer
lean soldiers.
The losses at Gettysburg on both
sides were enormous. The Union
army lost Generals Zook. Farnsworth,
Weed and Reynolds, killed; while Ora
ham, Barnes, Gibbon, Warren, Double.
day, Barlow, Sickles. Butterfeld and
Hancock were wounded. The total
casualties killed wounded, captured
or missing on the Union side mum.
bersd nearly $4,000 men. On the Con-
federate side Generals Semmes, Pen
der, Garnet, Armistead, and Barks.
dale were killed, and Generals Kemp
err, Kimbal, Hood, Heth, johnson and
Trimble were wounded. The entire
Confederate loss is estimated to have
been nearly 10000 men.
The third days fight at Gettysburg
was a victory for northern arms. but
it was hard won fight and the con-
fict reflects luster today upon the
north and the south. Lee led his
army back southwark, later to con.
front Grant in the campaigns which
finally ended at Appomattox.
Forces Engaged and Losses.
The forces engaged at the Battle Of
Gettysburg were:
Confederate-According to official
accounts the Army Of North Virginia
on the 31st of May, numbered 74,46S
The detachments which joined mum
bered 6,4OO, making S0,S6S. Deductint
the detachments left IN Virginia
Jankins' brigade, Pickett's division
1900; Corse's brigade, Pickett's divi
sion, LOO; detachments from Secont
corps and cavalry, 1900, in all $500
leaves an aggregate Of 1858.
Union-According to the reports o
the 30th Of June, and making allowance
for detachments that joined in the in
term In time to take part in the bat
tie, the grand aggregate was 10000
officers and men.
The casualties were:
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hot SPRINGS, ARkihsn
Remedy Ends Constinalis.

Don't worry and don't take ca,.,
Put your sluggish Liver in ana :
dition and get rid of sick heaS..e'
biliousness and dizziness.
Get a box of the famous N.
SPRINGS LIVER BUTTONS =, a
worthy druggist today, rs cents "
Gentle, blissful, wonderful wn..
they surely are: take one to.nipS. Y,
free the bowels from poisonous s,S
and gas. You'll feel bright and h, a
tomorrow.
There's nothing on earth 81 :.
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Why They Came.


Willie, aged four, had been invita
out to tea with his mother, and, vhk
he was being dressed for the eco
sion, the delights in store for him ha
been depicted in glowing terms.
While his mother chatted with tha
hostess, Willie sat in solemn silsnA
and at last the lady of the house ION
"Now / must bring In tea 81
announced, then added: Would w
lie like some tea?"
The child eyed her in astonishmsI
md, in a deeply hurt tone, RESPONDS
"Why, that's what we came tort
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-04
REAL MERIT HAS MADE
BONDS LIVER PILLS

a household word through the South
We have spared neither time mol
money in perfecting BONDS PILLS
for the cure of Headaches, Bilious
ness, Constipation, Malaria, and sim
FLAIR ills. MERIT was our chief object
Not how cheap" but how good VIC
could make them.
The extraordinary success OF
pOND's PILLS is due solely to their
MERIT, not to loud and misleading
claims of CURING EVERYTHING
ADV
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Distinctive.

Distinctive.
"Show me some tiaras, please. I
want one for my wife,"
eyes, sir. About what price?"
"Well, at such a price that / can
say: DO you see that woman with the
tiara? She is my wife.'-Pearson's
Weekly.
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RUB-MY.TlSM

Will cure your rheumatism and all
kinds of aches and pains-Neuralgia,
Cramps, Collie, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts,
Old Sores, Burns, etc. Antiseptio
Anodyne.. Price 25c.-Adv.
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Some Bull,

Junior-Here's an order from MA
Peterkin-Smythe, father.
Senior-Really? Clever woman, M
Peterkin-Smythe. We must do gns
ever we can to oblige her.
Junior-She wishes US to purchR
a thousand shares of ]. T, & W. q
her account at seventy-five and SEW
ninety, and send her a check for y
profits by IL o'clock today.
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Militant Housewife.

Neighbor's child, at the door
Please, ma'am, mother wants to know
IL you'll be SO kind as to lend her your
recipe f'r maxim bombs. The last one
she made only smelled bad and
wouldn't burst
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It,a Quality.

Il noticed in the department store
this morning there was big crowd
about the perfumery bargains.
Naturally, the perfumery would be
the scenter of attraction"
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Between Devil and Deep Sea

BetWeeh UeVII anu DesP W.
Simeon Ford, New Yorks ssf
known humorist, said whimsically "
other day, apropos of the death o.
Pierpont Morgan: 1--WE learn from y
Morgan's life that wealth does n
bring happiness. We know alreae
that poverty doesn't bring It, elta !
What on earth then is man 10 GOT
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Wise Precaution.

Jones always uses honeyed speech
to every one"
Then he ougtn't to mind if he ever
has to eat his words"
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SHAKE INTO YorR SHOES

Aliens Foot Ease, the Antiseptic powder for
tired. aching, swollen. nervous feet. Gives
rest and comfort Makes walking q delight
Gold everywhere, Csc. Don't accept any sub
stitute. For FREE sample address Allen 8.
Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y. Adv.
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Puzzled Missourian.

Will some one explain why some
people who are invariably late at
church need no bell to call them to the
moving-picture show on time?
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Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for Chilnen
teethlng, softens the gums, reduces infiamma.
tion, allays pain,cu wind collie Csc bottleAts