davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

ment allows each of it's soldiers cer- tain amount each year out of which to buy their clothing, and against that al- lowance each article of clothing issued to the individual man is charged. So when the state inveiced the old uni forms the men had been wearing, some oi them for five or six years, to the goyernment. it had to be charged again 'o the individual men. The old clothes soon had to be replaced by new ones, asaln at the expense of the men, for
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

anu '" "''' Looks DoZDa Wifi Scorn have these young Upon fs Youra 8 gstro41,. scamps done?"
 Then they will answer their own question and tell you that they did nothing, absolutely nothing, compared with what the soldiers of '6t-'65 did. They wonder why somebody did not think of raising a rumpus about the beef they did not get at all; why the press and people did not grumble at the lack of quinine and cots while they were soldering.
 Why bless these old veterans, the heroes of more bloody fields and hard fought battles than the young soldier. of '98 ever even dreamed of, it is but their sons or their sons sons that are reaping this bountiful harvest of praise. And praise is about all they get for their months of ditch digging and camp building in the rain-soaked camps of the south or in foreign lands. There are but few of them who can, in years to come, tell of experiences on bloody battle fields or forced marches. But few years and our little quarrel with Spain will be forgotten, and the men who volunteered to fight, and dug ditches instead, will be bat ordinary citizens again to whom war record will be unknown.
 Surely the veterans of the civil war in Chicago can grant them a few months of glory.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05
0ats-24 Ia Inches LoDe.

The Dat marvel-what will 300, ,000 such long heads per acre weigh? 15,366 lbs.-4S0 Bush els Such yield pays big!
 Cut this notice out and send 10 cents post age tQ JOHN Sp A. as,!94s SALzER 4zlTi SEED COM M great catalogue and 10 Farm Seed Samples free; including Bromus Inermis, the great. est grass on earth. Potatoes l.20 Bbl. [k. ]
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05
Reward of szo,ooo oGerea.

4 wealthy lady recently lost eatchel con taining jewels worth $l50,000, and now offers & reward of SEQ, 900 cash to the finder. The loss of health is far more serious than the loss of jewels, and yet it can be recovered without paying big rewards. A little money invested in Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will restore strength to the weak, purify the blood, establish regularity of the bowels and help the stomach to properly digest the food taken intn it
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

call it soldering when the soldiers have neither uni- forms nor guns. When the national
 guard regiments
 volunteered to go to war they had, of course, state uni forms and state guns. These were invoiced to t h e government at so much per uniform and so much per
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

[ T e a tInent they are receiving at the hands of the public off c i a l s. They are the mar ried woman school teachers. One of h e m complains bitterly through h the Ito the editor" column of one of Chicago s daily pa- pers of the inten- ton of the school board to place a ban on marr i e d
 women teachers. C6o o1neeag r,,ob
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

lad they not drawn the clothing they could have had the money. Most of the men just before being mustered out drew new uniforms again, so as to have them for national guard service, but when they went to settle with Uncle Sam they found the state had worked oil the old uniforms at their expense. With this knowledge it did not take the men long to arrive at the decision not to wear their own uniforms in the state service and so let the state profit at their expense.
 Now one seldom sees an enlisted man of the guard in uniform around the Chicago armories. In fact, for one to appear in such means practical boy colt for him by his comrades of the service, unless it has been furnished by the state. There is no money in the na- tional guard fund with which to buy new ones; there is nothing to the states credit at the war department out of which new guns can be secured, and Ghicagos national guard soldiers are soldiers in name only.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

ache, headache, nervous tired feeling, painful menstruation and leucorrhHa.
 Itool1 four bottles of Vegetable Compound, one box of Liver Pills, and used one package of Sanative Wash, and am now well. I thank you again for the good you have done for me.-ELLA E. BRENNER, East Rochester, Ohio.
 Great numbers of such letters as the above are constantly being re- ceived by Mrs. Pinkham from wo- men who owe their health and happiness to her advice and medicine.
 Mrs. Pinlham's address is Lynn, Mass. Her advice is of fered free to all suffering women who are puzzled about them selves.
 If you have backache don't neg leetit, or try heroically to work it down" 2" you must reach the root of the trouble, and nothing will do this so safely and surely as Lydia D. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Backache is accom- panied by a lot of other aches and wearVinp sensations. but
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

that have sprung up since the troops were mustered out of the volunteer service. Eve ry regimenthasa a vet eran= organization, and some of them two or three.
 The cause of these several vet eran organizations among the mem bers of one regi- ment is amusing. The compan i e S,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05
Snnerfnnnua Lnw.

''This copyright law is all bosh," said the exuberant young writer. "Just scheme to make money"
 "T thought it an excellent law"
 "Bah, it's fraud. never copyright my stories and no one steals them. Detroit Free Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05


 teries that went to the front from al- most every state were recruited from men who in civil life were not only per sonal friends but equals socially, and when one of these men was selected as an officer and another had to be con- tent with a priYate's place the trouble began to brew. The government de manded strict discipline from every officer, to enforce which caused much ill will between friends. The officer who followed the precedent set by the shoulder straps of the regular service and refused to associate with his men was usually disliled by them, and it IS this thing that has caused a split in the veteran organizations. In one regi- ment the enlisted men have veterans organization in which it is impossible for an officer to secure membership. In another the officers are admitted, but are barred from ever holding office. In other ways some of the volunteer officers find life far from being para disc these days, for the men to whom their word was law a few weeks ago now pass them by with vacant stare that savers not of comradeship.
 The enlisted men are having their innings, and are evidently enjoying them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05
A Renson.

She-I don't see why they can't let the women vote?
 He-Because, my dear, they are trying to letin.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

Stiff as poker-sore as a boil? St. Ja- cobs Oil will relax, soothe, cure.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

DEAR MEs have been thankful thousand times vice eaeu and now feel like dimeren
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

Which is the worse, joke you can't see the point of, or a point you can't see the joke of?-Town Topics.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05
The Real Facts.

Many man." said the Cumminsyille sage, "thinks he has something to say, when, really, he only has job of talking to do."- Cincinnati Enquirer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

Good advice to a drunken wife-beater: Don't liquor.-L. A. w Bulletin.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

Ever thus-heirs to aches and pains. St Jacobs Oil's the doctor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

When a man is "in his cups" he is often in his hiecups.-L. 4. w. Bulletin.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

The little dog always tries to bark as big as he can.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

Is penn g Aeaped upon the young soldiers of the past s Il m m e r. They can see no reasons for the Hobsonian dem onstrations with
 which every re
 turning hero is re- ceived. They inti- mate that theyare not too old tore ceive a few more kisses themselves, and ask: What
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

The most of mans contentment is due to his ignorance.-Chicago Daily News
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

Stricken with Sciatica? St. Jacobs Oil will strike it out and cure.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

Piso's Cure is a wonderful Cough medi- eine-Mrs. " Piekert, Van Siclen and Blake Ayes, Brooklyn, N. Y, Oct 26. '94
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

Truth lies at the bottom of well'' But how can truth "lie" anywhere.-L. A. w Bulletin.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

Damp weather brings Rheumatism. St Jacobs Oil brings the cure, promptly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05
mfuO IteNnrd a1OO.

The work of carriage wheel never begins until it's tired.-Chicago Daily News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

A mixed pain has bruise and sprain. St. Jacobs Oil cures the twain.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05
Officers Are Barred.

It is wonderful the number of vet eran organizations of the recent war
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05
Jealous of Their Sons

Now and then one finds civil war veteran who is jealous of honors that
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05
THANKFUL TO MRS. PINKHAM.

Earnest Relieved of Baoache
 Mrs. Pinlham Warns Against Neglect
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05
Soldiers without Guns.

There is funny side to soldering in Chicago just now. That is if one can
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

Veteran Women Teachers.
 There is yet another class of veterans who have a complaint to offer of the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

Why suffer so with Neuralgia? St. Jacobs Oil will drive 1t all away.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

 Nof Gibson City Ill tells her experience in the following letter with
 
  0 Lyd E. Iwoud advise troubled with cine shall also recommend wherever Million Have Benefited Pnhan Advice and edc;ne
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

To Cure a Cold in One Day druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

a veteran of some sort. In fact, it is quite the proper thing to be a vet eFan. fThere are the old civil war vet erans, of both the federal and confed- crate armies, and the veterans of the recent war with Spain, all of whom everybody honors. Then there are the b 0 gus veterans, men who have at some time or other served a year or two.= or three in some of the nation al guard regiments when the=angeI of peace lowered over the land, and who are now posing as veterans ofthe First Illinois volunteers, or soma H,,, -r1Z
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

hIIT IId dSDIO s uOII legislation as both
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09

II NEW device in warship construction
~ has been found, which, it is believed,
n will make the American navy, ship
- - for ship, the superior of any other in
the world. Curiously enough, the ma
terial for this improvement comes, not
from our seaboard products, but from the
waste OF Western farms Its value lies
in the fact that 1t will prevent vessel
fighting ability from being destroyed even
after she has been pierced in dozen
places.
Mr. Lewis Nixon, formerly a United
States naval constructor, and who is now
engaged in building warships for the Gov
ernment at Elzabethport, N. j., says OF
the new invention:
THE value of some light substance that
Will preserve the stability OF light
armored vessels by displacing water that
might enter after a projectile has been
appreciated by naval constructors ever
since we began to build steel armored
vessels.
ITO meet this need the French orig
mated the use of cellulose, which, when
fired into, swells- up under the influence
of water and prevents further inflow.
After various trials 1t was adopted in
our navy. Thus. in the Columbia. the
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
CORNSTALKS FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE
PREVENTS WATER COMING IN WHEN
PIERCED BY PROJECTnES.
UNITED STATES NAVY WILL CARRY A
FELT OF CELLULOSE ARMOR.

O-sNt-a-@-%-4- -4-@-@-$-&-@@
New York and the Olympia, there are
protective decks of ample strength to keep
out the shells of any vessels they are
liable to engage. while their stability. is
protected by belts of cellulose several feet
thick along the edges.
mo thoroughly satisfactory celtulose
material for this purpose was discovered
however. until the pith Of cornstalks was
utilized in its manufacture. Corn pith is
perfect obturator. 1t absolutely prevents
water from coming in by the opening
made by an S-inch shell. When chemically
treated it is thoroughly f1reproof and in
every way it meets the requirements Of
the situation.
For keeping out water, cellulose belt
we can protect our stability, when we
have good protective deck back OF It TO
protect the vitals, with 100 tons of cellu.
lose, where we should require 1000 tons OF
armor."
The use of corn pith for this purpose
was suggested several years ago by Pro
fessor Mark w. Mersden, who had OBJ
served its remarkable absorbent quail
ties He brought the matter to the at
tention of the Cramps, and at their sug-
gestion devised an apparatus for separ-
ating the pith from the stalk In 1895 the
naval authorities were induced to make
a test of the new product. A 20o-pound
projectile was fired through steel Golfer
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09

themselves, according to their own
laws, without any interference on the
part of the British Government, and
that no encroachment should be made
by the said Government upon the terri
tory north of the Vaal River"
The Beers prOspered in their new
home in spite of dissensions among
themselves and troubles with their ma
tive neighbors, and in 1877 the idea of
anneXing them to the British Crown
again took definite shape.
Sir Theophilus Shepstone, on behalf OF
the British Government, came into the
country on a visit of inspection. and af-
ter consulting with a few of the inhabi-
tants, on April II, 1877, hoisted the Brit
ish flag at Rustemberg, not far from
Pretoria. An interval of peaceful but
strong protest against this violation of
the Sand River Convention was follow
ed in December, 1885, by an uprising of
the Beers, led by such men as Kruger.
Joubert and others, who are still leaders
In Transvaal affairs. The British gar
risons in the towns were besieged and
when a strong force was sent from
Natal, under Sir Evelyn Wood, to their
assistance, the Beers met them at the
border and in four successive engage
ments, defeated them with terrible loss,
especially of officers, and at small cost
to themselves.
At Majuba Hill, the last and most dis
astrous engagement to the British of
this seven weeks war, they had every
advantage of position, on the summit of
Majuba Hill, where they were attacked
on February 26, 1881, by an inferior
force of Beers in three columns. Out
fanked and surrounded the whole Brit
ish force. among whom were the ia
nous Gordon Highlanders, broke and
fed in utter rout, leaving many
dead on the field. A peace dictated by
the Beers, reaffirming the guarantee of
1882 was forced from General Wood,
who withdrew his forces
The Transvaal Government has no
standing army, and, with the exception
of four volunteer organizations Of 1900
men, know little of marching in line and
drilling, but they have some IS, 900 able
men ready for service on short notice
as was seen by the promptness with
which the Jameson raid was ended in
1896. In the last three years they have
expended some $4,000, 900 for arms and
ammunition, all Of the most improved
patterns.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09

abounded. from his focks and ''kraals";
he spent half his time in the saddle, al
ways with ready rifle. His horse was
as a part Of himself, and his aim as
quick and true as his eyesight.
The growth of the colony, though
slow at first, became more rapid after
the middle of the seventeenth century,
as its importance began to be more ap
preciated by the Dutch East India
Company. With visiting ships came
men from all nationalities, and loads
of young Dutch women were regularly
sent out from Holland to provide them
with wives. The revocation of the
edict Of Nantes, 1855, sent several hun
dred French Huguenots, most desirable
to the Cape.
This process Of admixture and as
stmilation produced not Holland
Dutchmen, but South African Dutch
men, Beers not to be duplicated else
where on the face of the earth.
Cape Colony passed permanently un-
der the British flag with the capture of
Cape Town by General Baird in 1906.
though it had been held by them under
Governor sent out from England
from 1895 until restored to Holland by
the peace of Amiens in 1903.
Though inaugurated with fair prom
-ises which were well pleasing TO the
colonists, who had suffered long under
the oppressive eXactfons of the Dutch
East lnOld lL6 IUIo VI lucII
new masters soon became far heavier
than that of the old.
General Craig on taking possession
issued a proclamation stating, The
monopoly and the oppression hitherto
practiced for the profit of the East In
dia Company is at an end. From this
day forward there is free trade and a
free market Every one may buy from
whom he will, sell to whom he will,
employ whom he will and come and go
wherever he chooses, by land or by
water No new taxes Will be levied,
and those in existence which are found
oppressive to the people Will be done
away with The paper money shall
continue TO hold its value, but the
English make their payments In hard
coin" This from the representative Of
the British Government sounded well
and promised cOntentment and pros
perity. Had his successors lived up
to his promises the Beers would have
long remained in Cape Colony, the
Great Trek would not have been
made and the history Of Boer wars and
British defeats in the past and now
about to come would not have 10 be
written.
The policy outlined by General Craig
was entirely ignored by his next sue
cessor and those after him In its
place were measures calculated to
crush the very life out of the colony.
All important offices We're held by
Fnglishmen with inordinately large
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09

long Journey to London, and, selling
their claims for a small fraction of their
face, forswore allegiance to the British
crown, abandoned everything they
could not readily carry with them and
"outspanned" into the unbroken Will
derness.
The exodus began in 1885, and for the
next three years party after party of
Beers, numbering from ten to fifty
families, carrying all their belongings
in huge wagons drawn by ten or twelve
span of oxen each, poured from Cape
Colony across the Orange River and
then over the Drakensberg Mountains
tai.
Sir George Napier, then Governor Of
Cape Colony, in a proclamation issued
in July, 1898. set forth the principle
which has governed the attitude of the
British Government toward the Beers
ever since. 1t invited the Beers to re-
turn, and at the same time Informed
them that her Majesty's Government
was determined not to permit the ere
alton Of any pretended independent
States by any of her Majesty's sub
jects, which the emigrant farmers con-
tinued to be-" The Beers protested,
then resisted, but were overpowered,
and in 1843 Natal was proclaimed TO be
a British province.
They spread out over what is now
the Orange Free State and some of
them crossed the Vaal River and blazed
the way for a larger emigration that
was soon TO follow.
British aggression followed them into
the Orange country, and in spite OF the
warnings of Pretorious, their leader,
that the Beers would resist or trek
again, In 1S4S the country between the
Orange and Vaal Rivers was proclaim
ed to be British territory, under, the
title of the Orange River Sovereignty
The Beers gathered and fought, but
were beaten in the battle of Boomplatz,
near Bloemfontein and most of them
''trekked'' across the Vaal to join their
companions, leaving their farms to
British emigrants from Cape Colony.
Again they formed a new republic,
the independence of which was formal
ly recognized by the British in January,
1852, by what was called the Sand River
Convention, which guaranteed in the
fullest manner on the part of the Brit
ish Government, to the emigrant farm
ers across the Vaal River, the right to
manage their own affairs and govern
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09

salaries. which consumed more than
two-thirds of the whole revenue. All
trade with countries east Of the cape
was reserved for the English East In
dia Company and heavy duties were
imposed on all goods brought from the
West in other than English bottoms.
The Government fixed the price at
which the farmers should furnish sup
plies to the garrison and ships OF war
calling at the Cape, and further large
issues of paper money We're made. OPP
pressive personal laws, tyrannically
enforced. abridged the liberties of the
colonists and kept them in state or
sullen discomfort An influx of 5000
British settlers in 1S20-21 was followed
by a decree requiring all official docu-
ments to be published in English and
all proceedings in the courts or Ia" 10
be in that language, and then that all
memorials and petitions addressed to
the Government should be in English
or have a translation attached. The
outside Circuit Courts were done away
with and all criminal cases required to
be taken to Cape Town. In no other
colony has Great Britain ever pursued
such harsh measures as were had III
dealing with the Beers.
The reduction of the value of the
paper money, much Of which had been
issued by the Government, to three
eighths of the face of the notes, and
making English silver legal tender at
that rate Of exchange, caused loss
Of some 81 900, 900 to the colonists, most
of which fell upon the farmers in the
outlying settlements.
A military police, composed of Hot
tentots under English officers. was .an-
other great cause Of complaint.
Finally the last straw came in the
shape of the emancipation proclamation
putting an end to slavery In the colony
after December /, 1884. The Great
Trek began in 1885. The Boer farmers,
almost to a man, left Cape Colony and
sought new homes in the unexplored
regions to the northeast
1t was proposed to pay the colonists
for their slaves set free. A commission
fixed their value at about $15.000.0O0.
OF this amount the home Government
cut off two-thirds actually and the rest
practically, by requiring each claim to
be proved before commission in Lon
don, and payment then to be made in
31s per cent stock.
The farmers could not well make the