davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-21
STARTED ON THEIR PERILOUs JOUR-
NEY.

burg when the first battle of Manas-
ses, or Bull Run, opened. The COM
mand was ordered to the field, and it
made the march in remarkably quick
time, winning words of praise from
Gen. Magruder. The men were not al
lowed to halt on the march, the roads
were dusty and the weather warm,
and they suffered terribly from thirst.
When the battlefield was reached the
command was thrown into the fore
front of the fighting. Almost directly
in front of the regiment was spring
of cool water, completely covered,
however, by the guns of federal bat
terry. This tempting spring, so near
and yet so far, was exceedingly tam
talizing to the thirsty men, and finally,
when human nature could stand it
no longer, two young boys, both I'M
der 16, whose names, unfortunately,
have been lost in the fight of time,
volunteered to get some water from
the spring. With lot of canteens
strung over their shoulders the two
young heroes started on their perilous
journey. As soon as they came with
in range of the federal battery it
opened on them, and a perfect hail
of canister and grape swept the field.
The two lads reached the spring I'M
injured, and quickly filled the can
teens, while their comrades watched
with breathless interest, expecting
every moment to see them struck
down. Suddenly, as if by magic, the
fire of the battery ceased. Then as
the boys started on their return to the
regiment an officer on horseback rode
out from between the guns of the bat
terry, and, lifting his hat, waved it to
the boys, while a hearty cheer broke
from the Threats of the cannoneers.
The officer had discerned the mission
of the lads and given orders to stop
firing. The cheer was responded to
by the thirsty confederates, and few
moments later they were pouring the
refreshing water down their dusty
Threats.
Possibly at Kennesaw, when the
men and boys of the First Arkansas
regiment saw the unfortunate wound
ed boys in blue in danger of horrible
death in the burning woods, they re-
membered the incident of the first
great battle of the war.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-21
LINCOLN'S TENDERNESS.
The Letter He Wrote for a Dying
Soldier Boy and one to q
Berenved Mother.

As q part of the last Memorial day
services in. Broadway Methodist
church, ex-President J. H. Martin, of
Mooreis Hill college, delivered his lee
ture on abraham Lincoln" In SIM
pie, forceful sentences he portrayed
Lincoln the man and president. He
told with eloquence the story of Lin
coins early life and struggles; of his
achievements as lawyer; Of his his
torical debates with Douglas and of
his dramatic political career, with it's
tragic ending, says the indianapolis
journal.
mo story of Lincoln" he said,
would be complete without some
mention of his tender, sympathetic
nature. A man of great physical
strength and moral courage, as well
as frmness of will, he had all the gen.
kleness of woman.
Ills heart and sympathies were al
ways with the common soldier. It was
Gen. Batler, believe, who gave an ac-
count of the presidents visit to a
hospital. AS he passed from ward to
ward, stopping long enough to speak
q word of cheer and comfort to each
poor fellow as he lay on his little cot,
he finally came to a boy who was evil
IDENTIFY dying.
''Mr. Lincoln sat down by his side,
and asked the dying boy if there was
anything he could do for him. L wish
you would write to my mother was
the feeble answer. And the president
wrote it down, signing his own name.
"When he read the letter to the boy,
and came to the closing sentences:
This letter is written by Abraham
Lincoln the poor fellow looked up,
and said: why, is this our presi-
dent?'
"Mr. Lincoln answered: yes, and
now that you know who am, is there
anything more can do for your The
dying boy answered.: Nothing more,
unless you hold my hand and see me
through
"And SO the great president sat by
that humble cot, and with big tears
rolling down his face he held the trem-
bling hand of that dying boy until the
spark of life had fed.
SEARCH the annals of history and
you will. nowhere find more beau
tiful, tender utterance than his letter
to Mrs. Bixby, of Boston, who had
given five sons to her country. This
letter was written in November, 1864,
at time when the angel of death had
visited almost every household in
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-21
MR.. LINCOLN SAT DOWN BY HIS SIDE

stricken land, and it was even then
lowering over the president himself.
It begins:
"'My Dear Mrs. Bixby: have been
shown in the files of the war depart
ment that you are the mother of five
sons who have died gloriously on the
field of battle. I feel how weak and
fruitless must be any words of mine
which should attempt to beguile you
from your grief for loss so over
whelming.
"'And yet I cannot refrain from
rendering to you the consolation that
may be found in the thanks of the re-
public which they died to save. learn
estly pray that our Heavenly Father
may soothe the anguish of your be-
reavement, and leave you only the
cherished memory of the loved and
the lost, and the solemn pride that
must be yours in having laid so cost
ly a sacrifice upon the altar of free
DOM
"The peerless glory of Abraham Lin
coin lies in the fact that beyond all
other men he could read the thoughts
and enter into the feelings and SYM
pathies of the common people, and in
his own great sad heart he carried
the burdens and sorrows of his coun-
trymer until he wrought out the ma
tons freedom and sealed it with his
blood"
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-21

early to catch train out Of Elgin. He
lives next door to the Brusk home, and
as he was passing down the, back steps
he was considerably surprised to see
the young woman crouching on the
lawn and gesticulating in unseemly
fashion as though saluting the sun.
She would run her hands across the
grass, and then bury her face in them
nd go through all the motions of wash
ing. 1t was new one on the Elgin
nan, because he wasn't up in dew baths.
His curiosity was aroused to the point
of investigation, SO he crossed the lawn
noiselessly and, walking up behind the
intently occupied young woman, he
surprised her with a question.
Such interruption was objectionable.
Without replying, the young woman
jumped to her feet and fed to the
house. But this was enough, for it
was in reality the beginning of this new
beauty fad, which seems likely to Guido
anything in the way of novelty for
women's faces that ever has been i'm,
ported even from Paris, New York or
London.
There really is nothing to the dew
complexion bath but dew and grass,
yet in addition to it's complexion-giv-
ing properties the early morning con-
tact with nature is said to be exhilar-
ating. In the first place, to derive the
full benefits young woman must be
up and out before the world is astir,
as dew will not wait for her to finish
morning nap. This in itself is one
step in the direction of good com
plexion, and when a dip in the cool,
refreshing grass is taken into consid-
Grafton along with this first natural
consequence, it appears that there is
more to the dew bath than is evident.
But it isn't big hit with the beauty
doctors and complexion specialists.
Physicians, however, being less direct
" interested in the abstract question
of complexion, are non-committal.
81 wouldn't like to commit myself
for fear of mourning the ill-will of the
women" said one doctor. eff some
young woman has found that a dew
bath in the early morning air improved
her complexion she ought to know
what she is talking about. At least
wouldn't care to contradict her with
out first having given myself over to
an investigation. Grass naturally alb
serbs, through its roots, many of the
natural properties of the earth. And,
as every one knows, dew falls on grass,
80 it may be that there is something
beneficial in this combination. Who
knows? I, for one, wouldn't like to
say."-Chicago Tribune.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-21
Comlng in Large Doses,

John Allen, of Tupelo, relates this
as his first experience in battle dur
ing til civil war:
"a neighbor and I were behind a
rail fence. All of sudden he said
to me: what do I care about terri
torial rights? I am a heap more use
to get out and go home when Yankee
she'll burst in front of him, tearing up
the ground.
"'John,' he says, what chance have
we got? There was enough stuff in
that shell to kill 40 men and they just
fred it at you and me- IN. Y. World.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-21
LATEST CHICAGO FAD.
It In Called the Dew Bath and Its De.
voices Claim That 1t Improves
the Complexion.

Chicago has q new fad which for
genuine novelty and originality seems
likely to stand unrivaled in little
class of it's own for some time to come.
In years gone by Chicago has imported
most of it's really successful fads from
the east and across the Atlantic, but
this one grew and blossomed on ma
tive Illinois soil and as soon as society
gives it vogue it is sure to leap into in
Simultaneous popularity, for society's
approval is all that is necessary to the
success of fad.
This absolutely new thing in fads is
the morning dew bath for the COM
plexion and it threatens to outclass
even the beauty doctors themselves.
Some morning, if you happen to be up
in time to commune with the sun as ii
slips up across the lake, and, looking
over your back fence you behold wom-
an, young or old, kneeling in the center
of a grass plot with her face in close
proximity to the earth, don't call the
police. This is the fad. AS a COM
plexion producer it is said to surpass
anything in the squeeze line yet intro
duced, and the best thing about the new
complexion producer is that it is cas-,
lily within the reach of every woman,
who can find grass plot large enough
to envelop her face.
These morningd dew baths for the COM
plexion were something of secret un-
til recently. The idea was such cap
ital and original one that those who
made the unique discovery that green
grass, freshened by morning dew, con-
tains the skin invigorating ingredients
for which the beauty doctors charge
money, held their tongue with consid-
cradle persistency. But the truth
leaked out down in Elgin, III. Miss
Evangeline Brush, young woman re-
siding in that place, has enjoyed some
local fame on account of the beauty
of her complexion. Indeed, she has
been the envy of her friends on account
of this supposedly rich gift of nature.
The expose, however, came one morn
Ing not long ago, when neighbor arose
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-21
DEADL1EST BATTLE-GROUND.
A Triangle in Which Were Fought
Several of the Severest Battles
of the Civil War.

Under this caption Gen. St. Clair
Mulholland writes a page article for
the Philadelphia Ledger descriptive of
some of the events around Fredericks-
burg, quotes the National Tribune.
AS to the terraine he says:
'About ~ miles south from Fred
ericksburg, in Spottsylvania Court
House, and about the same distance
west, perhaps little more, is the Will
derness Tavern. Draw a line from
each of these points to the others
from Fredericksburg to Spottsylvania,
thence to the Wilderness Tavern, and
back again to Fredericksburg - and
you will have triangle in which were
fought several of the greatest battles
of the civil war. Or, perhaps better
still, draw a circle-say IL miles, in di-
ameter-with Fredericksburg, spott-
sylvania and the Wilderness Tavern
on the outer edge, and inside that cir
Gle were fought the battles of the first
and second Fredericksburg, Chancel-
louisville, Salem Heights, the Wilder
ness, Pc River, Todd's Tavern, Laurel
Hill, Spottsylvania, Spottsylvania
Court House, Mine Run, and several
minor fights and engagements.
"Within the circle more men have,
perhaps, been killed and wounded
than on any ground of equal area on
earth"
The general need not have qualified
his assertion with perhaps" There
can be no question that moe men
were killed Immediately around Fred
ericksburg than in any other similar
area on earth, in all the 5000 yeayo
that men have been lighting battles.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-21
MRS. ALICE scHwoRz.
Mississippi Lady Who IL Known -
"tle Singer Who Sings People
Into Heaven"

Mrs. Alice Schworz has devoted tho
best years of her life and all her mu-
steal talent and accomplishments to
singing for invalids in the home or
the hospital and prisons, and she 10
spoken of by all who know her az
"the singer who sings people into
Heaven"
Mrs. Schworz does not know her
self how she obtained this rare gift
of soothing and impressing the dying
mediate relief, and the sufferer passes
away in perfect peace on the wings
of song. She sings like one in a
trance, unconscious of her surround
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-21
TO WAS HCALICOES.
the ColOrs and How to Brighten
the Hue1.

Calicoes, before they are put in
water, should have the grease spots
rubbed out as they cannot be seen
when the garment is wet. They
should not be washed in very hot
suds, mildly warm water will do even
better and will not extract the col
ors. Soft soap should never be ,<sed
for calicoes excepting for the various
buff and yellow goods. The majority
of calicoes should be rinsed in fair
water and dried in the shade. Pale
pink and pale blue would be bleached
to white if left in the sun to dry.
Colors can be Set by washing the
goods in lukewarm water with beefs
gall in the proportion of teacup-
full to four gallons of water. Rinse
in rain water-no soap being neces-
sary unless the clothes are very
dirty. The beef's gall can be kept
several months by squeezing it out
of the skin in which it is incased;
add salt, bottle it and cork tight.
Soap must never be rubbed on calico
or lawns; lul<ewarm soapsuds is used
for more soiled goods.
Black caGcoes can be Numbered in
water in which potatoes have been
boiled. A family in mourning, where
several ladies wear sheer black
waists, orders all the water in which
potatoes have been boiled to be saved
to launder the black dresses, pure
cistern water serving for rinsing.
Potato water boiled down to con-
sistence stiffens black goods instead
of starch, as the latter would show
in spots.
A little vinegar in the rinsing
water for pink, red and green cal!.
Goes is good to brighten the colors
and keep them from mixing. -Cincin-
natl Inquirer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-21
sea.onable beauty Hint.

Many girls are troubled by the red
ness of their arms, especially at the
back between the elbow and the
shoulder, which is very damaging to
the appearance when in evening dress.
A good remedy for this is to soap
the arms we'll every morning, using
a soft flannel, and in the evening to
battle them with thin, warn grcel,
made of equal parts of starch and oal-
meal. Dry carefully, then apply cam
phor ice or cold cream mot glycerinj
and sleep in very soft white sleeves.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-23
Mitchell Has Good Words
for j. PeirpOnt Morgan

Wkesbare Oct 9What is probably the last full week of the
coal strike closed yesterday without anything developing change
the peaceful trend of All locas have selected
ve the Wkesbare gathering There little doubt but the
convention will accept the offer of arbitration.
Mitchell asked last night what he knew of the report cabed
the Manchester Guardian from New York that Perpont Nor
forced to intervene in the coal strike, and he said:
o my personal knowledge Morgan has been trying settle the
strike since he back from Europe months Ii 9th
had been fair and reasonable Morgan the strike would have
been settled long Both Morgan and Casa of the Pennsylvania
railroad working for settlement when President Roosevelt
made his last and successful Morgan could very we'll be
forced do something he had been trying to achieve for several
weeks make this statement in justice Mr. Morgan am cred
aby informed that he friendly organized labor AS
of capital he comedies the right of labor organize ao and
organizations fair and conservative he believes
dealing directly with them for the advantage both of employer and
employee It is this relationship the union mine workers seek in the
anthracite field and invited Morgan cooperate with
curing and scientific solution of the labor problem in this
region"
Shenandoah Pa Oct 19The majority Of the local unions
this vicinity have instructed the delegates the Wkesbarre
against calling the strike off unless that
every who responded the call strike be his old posi-
ton back.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-23

that more American tonnage passes
Detroit than all the foreign commerce
that enters the port of New York and
the port of Liverpool, combined. And
under every ton of it is a ship manned
by American labor and over every
pound of it floats the American flag.
Thus we have created an American
monopoly Of our coast-wise and lake
trade, but instead Of it's resulting IN
advanced rates, it has given us the
cheapest transportation in the world.
Continuing this line of argument
the secretary stated as a result of sub
Sliding them we have thu best rail
roads in the world and the cheapest
rates. Statistics of the trade with
South America were quoted, showing
most of it was carried in foreign bot
toms, particularly in vessels of Euro
pean countries having subsidized
vessels. Speaking then of the ship
subsidy bill that has passed the SEN
ate, he said the drain upon the treas
ury which would result from such a
measure would be infnitesimal and
quoted statistics to prove his state
ments.
After the meeting at the armory, the
bankers of the city rendered the sec
rotary reception at the Detroit club.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-23
IRISH LEAGUE
ENTHUSIASTS
MEETING AT BOSTON HEARS
FIERY SPEECHES.
ENGLAND is ARRAIGNED
Michael Davitt and John Dillon, Irish
Nationals, Discuss Alleged Oppres-
sion of John BulI-PIatform and
Resolutions of Loyalty to Cause
Are Passed.

Boston, Oct. 21-The evening ses-
sion of the Irish league last night was
wildly enthusiastic, especially during
the speeches of John Dillon ana
Michael Davitt and when the resolu-
tions which were adopted at the close
of the session were adopted amiu
cheers.
Dillon 'eclared that the people Of
Ireland are denied free speech, free
discussion in press and liberty of pub
lie meeting and trial by jury. He re-
counted the experiences of the Irish
leaders in trying to address public
meetings. Davitt told of the member
ship of the league. Citing statement
of General Botha that if 5000 Irishmen
had gone from America to help the
beers after Paardeburg, the power of
England would have teen smashed IN
south Africa. Davitt declared he be-
lieved the brethren in this country at
that time deserted the cause of Ireland
in not fighting against England.
The platform and resolutions pledge
/ the convention to undying allegiance
in the cause of Ireland's independence
assert the right Of the Irish race to
carry on a war against England by
means of honorable weapons; the be
lief that the leaders in Ireland are
best fitted to direct and carry on this
contest: demand arraignment of Eng
land at the bar of public opinion
through dissemination of facts of hel
rule: that the United Irish league is
the only menace to England's rule ir
Ireland, and finally urging upon the
members of this country to contribute
literally to the cause.
A notable gathering Of leaders of in
ternational reputation made remark
able the opening of the first conven
ton of the United Irish league in this
city yesterday. John E. Redmond
Michael Davitt and John Dillon, en-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-23
SCHOOL REPORT.
Commissioner of Education Gives
Statistics for the Year.

Commissioner of Education Gives
Statistics for the Year.
Washington, D. c Oct. 21-The an
nual report of the commissioner of
education, just submitted to the secre-
tary Of the interior, shows that the
total of pupils in schools, elementary.
secondary, and higher, both public and
private, in the United States for the
year ending June 80, 1901, was IL
299, 230, an increase of 27S,520 pupils
over the previous year.
OF this number the enrolment of
pupils in institutions supported by
general and local taxes furnished by
states and municipalities was 1910
1874, as against 15,443, 1852, the number
reported for the previous year.
Besides these there were certain
special institutions like city. evening
schools business schools, schools for
Indians, reform schools, schools con-
nected with asylums, schools for
cookery, and other special trades and
vocations, all enrolled nearly half a
million pupils. Adding the enrolment
in these special schools to that for
general education, the aggregate is
over seventeen and three-quarter mil
lions Of the population that received
education for a longer or shorter
period during the year ending June
80, 1901.
The value Of property used for pub
lie school purposes has risen to S576,-
963,OS9 from $13O,3SO,OOS in 1870, and
the expenditures for the common
schools Including elementary and
secondary schools, but excluding all
institutions for higher education)
amounted to 1926, ,236, having risen
to this sum from s63 1896 666 in 1870.
In 1870 the expenditure for schools
per capita Of the population was
$1.64; the last year it was 1898 per
capita of the population, the highest
it has ever been. 1t was an increase
Of 10 cents to each man, woman and
child over the year previous. The
average attendance of each pupil for
the entire number enrolled was nine
ty-nine days for the year, an increase
of twentyfour days over the previous
year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-23
Late News Epitomized

Elgin butter was firm at 2415 cents.
Secretary Shaw spoke at Indianap-
oils.
The supreme council of the Catholic
Young Mems Institute convened in
Omaha.
The amount of bonds purchased by
Secretary Shaw under his recent offer
is $11,000,00O.
Judge Gray, member Of the coal
strike arbitration commission, took
lunch with the president.
The war department has been adj
vised Of the arrival in Manila Of the
transport Crook, October 10.
The Shenango Furnace company of
Pittsburg leased the Webb Mine, at
HIUbing, Mimi, on the Mesaba range,
paying for it a bonus Of S2S0,000.
Chicago union labor men have
planned to enter the local political
arena and will endeavor to elect a
mayor Of their own and central city
council.
The Chicago & Alton company gave
orders for the building Of fifty passen-
ger coaches and two locomotives The
latter item is a preliminary to an or
der for 20 engines.
At Kansas City the Woman's Home
Missionary society of the Methodist
church reelected officers and listened
to reports from publishers and editors
Of the various mission papers.
At Portland, Me-, the w. c. T. U.
adopted resolutions declaring that
woman, equally with man. is held re-
sponsible for the beauty, purity, hap
piness and sanctity Of the home.
The proposition to combine the
/ larger forge companies in the east has
revived. The intention is to organize
on lines similar to the United States
steel company, with a capital Of
$4,OOO,OOO.
At Crystal Falls, Mich, John John
a miner, was found dead in his own
dooryard, murdered by strangulation
and his wife and a Finlander named
Martin, who were in the house, have
! been arrested.
w. D. Miller, an American, and g
professor of dentistry in the Univer
sity of Berlin, won the golf champion
ship of Germany and Austria, by VI
yesterday. Prof Andrew of Edin
burgh university, temporarily living il
Berlin while studying the German
school system, was second.