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Didn't Know His Own Son,

During the battle of Antietam. one
of the bloodiest in the civil war. there
had been a sharp engagement of ar.
tillery and the confederate battery
from Rockbridge, Va, was standing
waiting orders when Gen. Lee rode
by and stopped a moment. A dirty.
faced driver, about II, said to him:
General, are you going to put us in
again?"
Think of such a question from such
a source to the general of the army,
especially when the generals name
was Lee.
"Yes, my boy" the stately officer
kindly answered. 81 have to put YOU
in again. But what is your name
Your face seems familiar, somehow"
81 don't wonder you didn't know me,
sir" laughed the lad. I'm so dirty.
But I'm Bob
It was the generals youngest son,
whom he had thought. safe in the Vir-
yinia military institute. God bless
you, my son; do your duty" and the
general rode on.-Detroit Free Press.
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ALL's FAIR IN WAR.
ConsOllng Reelection Of the Perpo.
TRAITOR OF u Mean Trick During Z
".... the Civil Strife.

my conscience has always hurt me
just bit about a little thing that hap
pened at, Helena, Ark, during the
war;" said white-haired veteran,
while musing over some of the side
lights of the COS, land I do not mind
telling you in confidential way that
I have prayed over it a good many
times. Price was skirmishing around
in the hills back of Helena at the
time. The confederate lines were in
bad shape. Some of the southern men
had crossed the river below Helena and
were quartered on the Mississippi side
of the river, on little bayou which
reached out from the main stream. The
information reached me that the men
were in a bad way, and that they
needed provisions, clothing and few
other things. There was certain
merchant in Helena who had been do
ing deal of smuggling, and had
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eABY'S FIRST LETTER.

Don't 90 runnin' on me. fellers,
Sometimes stickin' in my throat,
For this letters from my baby,
An the first she ever wrote.
Centrally I'm game-you know IT.
An can stand for lots O. chan-
Take yer joshin' good an plenty
An not do thing but Ian;
But this letter, with its scrawlin',
Strikes a whole lot din'rent note,
For it's from my only baby,
An tn first she ever wrote.
Wrote it all herself, God bless her;
Took her three, four hours, guess,
Though they's only two short pages
Filled with baby blessedness;
Starts it out X love you, papa
Then tn lines all seems t. float
Do you blame me? She's my baby;
It's tn first she ever wrote.
Way on there beyond tn mountains
BY a sunny, summer sea,
6pellin' out her daddy's letters
An a-sendin' love t. me
What? Not you big boobies cryin'!
wy, it hain't your baby's note:
It's my own wee girlie's letter.
Very first she ever wrote.
Mono runnin' on me, fellers
Something chokes me in my throat,
Cause this letters from my baby,
An tn first she ever wrote,
IS. W. Gillian In Baltimore American
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Portable, she harnessed her favorite
horse Tom and started. For the first
five miles she held the horse in, but
after that they went at high speed.
Once she was stopped by three men,
but one of these recognizing her a.
the daughter of Paul Hendricks, al.
lowed her to proceed. After an end.
less time, as it seemed to her, she
came in sight of the camp, and was
challenged by the sentinel. On tell
ing her errand she was given in
charge of an officer, who took her to
Washington's tent. When Washing"
ton had finished reading the dis
patches he turned to the girl and
said: you're a brave girl, and tho
cause has need of such as thee"
Then he went on: Tomorrow I
shall send some troops to your house
to bring Lieut.. Sperry away, but they
will be disguised as red coats, for it
will not be safe to let them 60 9TH
erwise. And to make sure that it II
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THEY BEGAN TO UNLOAD THE BOAT.
been keeping pretty well up with him.
Here was my chance. I told him he
could sell some goods down below town
if he could get out of Helena with
them, and I offered to help him do it.
He had a large yawl which he had
pressed into service before, and it did
not take me great length of time to
convince him that we could use this
yawl to advantage. He fell right into
the plan. One night we loaded the
boat down with an assorted cargo,
clothing, food and other things which
the merchant had in stock. At that
time you could hardly get away from
the soldiers, but we managed to get
out into the river without making
much noise. It was a very dark
night.
"When we had reached>the current
of the stream I suggested to the mer-
chant that we lie down in the boat
until we had drifted down below the
city. We allowed the current to drive
us several miles below the city, in fact,
as far down as wanted to go, for I
knew exactly where the confederate
soldiers were camped. We pulled into
small bayou and started to tie up.
Suddenly squad of men swooped
down on US and placed us under ar
rest. Then they began to unload the
boat. The merchant did not seem
to care so much about the S., 900 worth
of goods he had in the yawl and which
the soldiers had confiscated. He told
me we were in great danger of being
shot, but I consoled him by saying that
l would fix up a scheme to escape.
That night squad was named to
watch us!until daylight. About three
a. m. I nudged the merchant and told
him the soldiers were sound asleep,
and we could get away. At first. he
was afraid of being shot, but I per-
suaded him that it was safe, and we
skedaddled. I never saw a. man run
so in my life, and was so tickled all
the while that I could scarcely keep
from letting the cat out of the bag.
"'Up to this day that fellow feels that
he owes his life very largely to me,
when l had deliberately laid the
scheme to rob him of a boatload of
goods for the benefit of the confed-
eracy, and I have often debated the
moral aspect of the question in my
own mind. But I suppose all things
are fair in war. Besides, the motive
was to help the suffering confederate
soldiers and not to hurt and harm the
merchant"
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He is an impersonator, and can
make any schoolboy answer hi.
whistle.-N. Y. Tribune.
by Special Arranx-m.r+

Prior to the last solar eclipse tho
colonel of German regiment of in.
fantry sent for his sergeants and OBJ
served: There will be an eclipse Of
the sun tomorrow. The regiment will
meet on the parade grounds in I'M
dress. l will come and explain the
eclipse before drill. If the day is
cloudy the men will meet in the drill
shed as usual" Whereupon the SER
geants drew up the following order of
the day: Tomorrow morning, by
order of the colonel, there will be an
eclipse OF the sun. The regiment will
assemble on parade ground where the
colonel will come and superintend the
eclipse in person. If the sky is cloudy
the eclipse will take place in the drill
she'd"
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TIRE AWAY, BOYS"

looking at them. He watched them
for short time, then turned and gath
cred a lot of blankets; also some re-
ligious tracts that had been dropped
by some one, and when he came back
he distributed them along the line,
saying:
Boys, these blankets will do you
more good than they will dead men.
You can read these tracts; perhaps
they will do you some good, ALSO"
Then he lay down in his place.
He served out the, remainder of his
time, and believe was in all the en-
gagements that the regiment was in
after that, never receiving scratch.
He was discharged when his time ex-
pired, and arrived at his home, where
he died few days 2fterward.
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Gen. She rman's Great MOvenre n t.

Gen. Raum wildly describes one of
the greatest strategic feats, not.mere-
ly of Ger. Sherman's career. but in the
history of war. There was eever any
thing finer than the way in which Gen.
Sherman removed his great army from
in front of Atlanta, and under the eyes
of the watchful enemy, around far
south of the city, to strike and destroy
Hoods last line of communication and
compel the evacuation of Atlanta. The
corps were moved with the precision
of pieces on a chess board, being all
the time in position of mutual sup
port, should Gen. Hood discover the
intent of the movement and attempt to
stop it by crushing some detached
force. As a feat in logistics it was
perfect, and deserved the brilliant sue
cess which it achieved. Gen. Raum de-
scribes the operation admira bly.-Na-
tional Tribune.
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Broderick's Great
Invention
By JOHN II. RAFTERY

THE convicts had the freedom OF
the ''bull-pen," or exercising-room,
and No. III, who was in for defalcation,
had been explaining quietly to No. 302
how easy it was for a lot of gambling
directors to make bank cashier q
scapegoat for their misdeeds. Z
Talking about scapegoats," said No.
302, II think I can beat your experience
all hollow. It happened like this. I'd
been in town about four weeks, look
ing for 9 job, tramping the streets all
day and reading all kinds of ADVERTISE
ments. Finally answered one with
m 49, or something like that to it, and
in few days got letter asking me to
call at an address in Blake street. I
was down to my last dollar about then
and it didn't take me half an hour to
show up at the place. The man who let
me in was square-jawed, solemn
looking chap wearing pretty swell
smoking jacket and dressed like man
OF money. He took me into the parlor
an and saw right off that the place was
FURNISHED to beat the band. He wanted
to know what could do, and I had to
admit that I had no trade, unless you
could call bookkeeping a trade. DO
you know anything about chemistry
or geology or mechanical engineering?
he asked. Of course didn't, but said
/. ! thought could learn to help around
at any kind of work. DO you know
anything about tools, or inventions?'
he asked me, and when said no, ex-
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-09
A FIGHTING SICK MAN.
He Had But Once to Die and the En-
emy's Bullets Didn't Drive
Him Back.

In reading over your war memories
l often come across sketch which re-
minds me of similar incident. The
one entitled "The Doctor Didn't Know
He Was Sick recalled to my memory
one of my comrades, who was taken
down very sick short time after
we got into active service. He was bed
fast for long time, and finally con-
valescent, says an American Tribune
writer. While he did not get very
stout, he looked quite robust, and
would answer to the sick call every
day. Finally the doctor thought
there was not much ailing him, and or
dered his captain to put him on duty.
The captain ordered me to issue him
his gun and accoutrements. When I
took them to him he pleaded like a
good fellow his inability to do duty. l
told him that it was so ordered by the
doctors, and that he would be COM
PEELED to obey. "Well," said he, II will
try"
All went we'll with him until we
were on the march to Fredericksburg,
Va. He came to me and wanted to de-
liver up his gun and accoutrements,
pleading that he was so weak he was
not able to carry them. told him
that I had orders not to take them, but
that I would intercede with the cap
tain for him. did so, but the captain
said the order from the doctor was i'm
perative, and he could not disobeY it.
1 explained it to him, and told him he
might possibly get on the good side of
some of the teamsters and get to ride,
which he did. We went into the fight
at Fredericksburg, Va, on Sunday
afternoon and advanced almost to the
brow of a hill or plain, where by ~
ing fiat the enemy could not hit us
with their shots, but if we raised upon
our knees we were sure to receive
compliment from the enemy. We lay
in this position all day Sunday, with
no fighting except desultory picket fir
ing. The day was quite cold and raw,
and the sick man slowly rose to his
feet and started to the rear to pick
some blankets from the dead, as he
said they did not need them, and we
did. He had just reached the first, one
when the enemy began to fire at him.
He turned and fronted them squarely,
and sang out as loud as he could:
eyre away, boys! I've only once to
die, and might as we'll die now as any
time"
By the time he said this they had
ceased firing at him; he still stood
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Old Soldiers Dying Fa.ter.

Statistics prepared by Adjt. Gen.
Charles E. Partridge, of the depart
ment of Illinois Grand Army of the
Republic, show that the death rate
among veterans of the civil war is
slowly Increasing. In the year just
closed there were 7O2 deaths among
the 2,725 members of the department
of Illinois. Last year the total num-
Der of deaths reported was 6ss.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-09

n HE smallest working railway in the
II world is said to be the Pitmaston
Moor, in England. 1t was made on a
scale in miniature of the Great Western
broad-guage. It has several miles of
rails, model locomotives, a perfect
equipment of rolling stocks signalsys-
TEN, bridges and telegraph line, all
complete. Its guage is only 1914 inches,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-09

and one of its locomotives (made in tho
United States to 1%-inch scale) can
draw load of ten passengers when ne
cessity arises from crush of traffic on
the line. In the illustration is shown
the start of race between three en-
gines, one American and the others
British, in which the American locomo-
tive came out victorious.
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Unique Moment Of Time.

A German discovered that on Sat-
urday. Augusta, 1902, in the early morn
ing, at one minute and one second past
one o'clock, most interesting mo.
ment arrived. 1t was the second sec.
ond of the second minute of the sec.
ond hour of the second day of the
second week Of the second month of thu
second half of the second year of tho
second decade Of centuries A. p.
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pecting to hear him end the deal, he
surprised me by saying, We'll, I believe
you're the very man I'm looking for
He explained that he was an invent
or and had been busy for some time on
= continuance that would revolutionize
certain branches of trade and make
him enormously rich. His name was
Frederick, he said, and all he wanted
me to do was to assume the ownership
of the contents of the fiat, and keep
visitors and everybody away from the
two back rooms. He said that if did
exactly what he wanted for three
months he'd give me bill of sale for
the furniture and effects Of the place
besides seven dollars a week wages to
be paid every Saturday. was to stay
in the fiat all the time except while I
was eating my meals. go to bed not
later than ten at night and never open
up the rooms until seven in the morn
ing.
1.-THE two back rooms, a kitchen
and small dining room, he reserved
AAs soy Ing IAdV AOOOuy Out
his wife should be admitted to them
under any circumstances. He adj
mitted that he and his wife boarded
in another place, and that he was
compelled to make arrangements of
the kind mentioned for purposes Of
absolute secrecy. I generally work
at night he explained, my brain and
hand work better then, and besides
I'm pretty sure not to be disturbed.
I 60 home about seven in the morn
ing
II told him that I'd try to please
him, and we struck a bargain. l
was to tell everybody that I had
bought the fats contents and that
Mr.. Broderick had moved away. It
looked like very snug layout, and
as he insisted that there was alb
solutely nothing for me to do except
tend the place as if it was my own.
keep out all visitors except his wife
and never mention the secret nature
of his business, I was delighted
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-09

TheMistress-Soy you have decided to
get married? Don't you think you are
taking great chances, Bridget?
The Maid-Shure, Oh don't think so,
mum. Oh behave iv'ry gerrul ought to
git married at least wanst in her loife.
Judge.
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Too Pointed.

"Why don't / see you with that
brown-haired girl any more?" asked
his friend
"Oh, she'd been limiting for several
weeks that it was about time for a
proposal, and last time I called I
found one of those DO it to-day signs
over the piano. So came away
Buffalo EXPRESS.
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A Large Family Of sultan.

A dispatch from Alden says the sui.
tan of Obbia is a prisoner, says tho
Chicago Record-Herald. How many
of these one-horse sultans are there
anyway7
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Immigration On the lncre.

Immigration On the Increase,
At the present rate of increase, I'M.
less something is done to check it, inn
migration into the United States will
soon reach million annually. Ono
hundred thousand foreigners is as
many as the United States ought to
try to absorb in single year.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-09
Dangerous Rival Of S1arco.i.

In this country the DeForest type
of wireless telegraph apparatus seems
easily to lead its competitors in the
practical results accomplished. It has
done good work in the naval maneuver.
and it is having a fair amount of gen.
eral commercial success.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-09
French Dresses Tor Cerm.n

1or Uerman Empress.
The German empress is now hay.
ing her dresses made in Paris, saws
the Chicago Record-Herald, This
looks like bad slap at the "Madc.
in Germany' tag.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-12-15

Bone breast Of veal. season with salt
and pepper. stun with a simple bread
dressing. favored with onion. parsley
and sweet herbs. roll and tie it. gashing
the skin several times Make a bed
of sliced carrot and onion. with little
stock or water. in the bottom Of the
braising pan. Lay the veal upon 1t,
with carrot and onion on top. and cover
tightly. Baste occasionally with the
dripping. adding a little water when
necessary. When the meat is done,
force the vegetables through a fine
sieve. and arrange in a narrow border
around the meat.-Brown Book.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-12-15
HIS SPORTING BLOOD.
81 Was in Town for a Good Time and
He hueRed on a Great Repu-
tatl0n MS a spender

When ST Poot came TO town with his
wallet filled almost to bursting he
brought along a relentless desire to open
things, cut wide swath and plow a
deep. long furrow. II II took every cent
he had earned binding oats, says the New
York Press.
81 doesn't care copper cent what the
,ost is when he begins to whoop her up.
He began to hone a fine edge to his hi
Iaritg as he stepped up to the soda fom-
tain and gave his order in deep basso
profundo tone
''Koke koler, an make the durn eye
dazzler strong 'nuff ter stan lone I'm
goin ter start thedum ball roIlin' wuth
whiz, bgoshl"
When the insidious beverage began its
work he went to clothing store and
hustled the boys up.
"A pair o. them London turn-me-ups
with loud hem" he ordered. A dicly
coat wuth tails short 'nuff ter show the
new s'penders bought at the BoonyiIle
far A kolIar wuth birds all over, an a
PeniIe dicer that'll peep. A cane wuth
a bulldogs head on top as big as my
doubled fists an'-an' anythin ye got
to set ffller O. my style an fgger of. F"
Arrayed as Solomon never dreamed Of
81 leaned against the hitchng post on
the square and had his picture taken
talked TO the children, and wondered If
they knew what a load of scads he had
had blown in As the shadows fell he
turned homeward with his pockets bulg-
Ing with peanuts and gum; and when the
lank form passed around the corner the
wall of Down Where the Wurzburger
Flows" trailing behind him
81 had a great blowout-one that will
do him unit. circus time comes around
again
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-12-15
HE COULDN'T FORGET.
Present ON His Thirty-second Birth
day That IndeIibIy Impressed
the Event.

'I'll never forget my thirty-second
birthday in New York. said an old res
idenf. meditatively. relates the New
York Times
WAS It a joyful one?" asked the
young man who was lounging about
the club as If time hung heavy on his
hands
Joyful exclaimed the old resident
That's no name for II at all Il was
downright lively think my wife real
tied afterward thst she rather overdid
the matter"
Tried 10 surprise YOU. did she2'
"she not only tried to. but she suc-
ceedfd. You see she always was an en-
thusiast in everything she undertook"
"Bankrupted you in getting you pres
ents. ! suppose" suggested the young
man.
We'll not exactly" returned the old
resident reflsctiYely "but her presents
came very near bankrupting me later.
However. they are good deal Of com
fort 10 me row % that ! can't say re-
gret It,"
Now" CALCULATED the young man.
"Do You mean 70 say that you still have
them2"
Certainly"
Ard how long ago was this thirty
second birthday"
Twenty years ago"
Twenty years. Heavensl That's a
long time 10 keep birthday present.
Two Of them. corrected the old -ssi-
dent. quickly
May | ask what they were?" in
quired the young man, after pause.
Certainly both girls, re-
piled the old resident
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-12-15
WANTS S.


Santa Al Frszee'r. 5stf
Finest jeweiry al foremau'> 5stf
Taylor CrutchBeid IS sick today.
New i'ne II pictures at Frazse'- .a5l
Read the ad- for X mas bargains
Window glass ami paint Al Fore
man'S. 45Lf
Full line Of r. r. o. G can goods al
Garrisou'S.
II Walker hangs your Paper il /.
well done. tf
Fresh butter and fat chickens al
the Weir Grocery
For high grade work zee Walker,
the painter. tf
Compare my work a0a prices with
others. Walker. II
ElRin Creamery hutter and White
House coffee at Garrisons
The Chieftain's telephone Is a apd
the paper wants the news.
Mr. and Mrs. Jarrett are the proud
parents Of a fine baby boy
Painting, paperhanging and high
grade wood finish. Walker. u
handle all kinds 10 feed. Give me
trial. F. q. Cowan. ST.
sweet, mixed, snur ann dill pickles
at Garrison'-, be .ells fcF cash u
II you want good butter And fat
chickens 20 70 +. G. Cowan. 5tf
Jpe Green and Mr. Rood came home
frumSalll-aw last night.
Aa tflmmea hats a. cost RAJ
cliffs 1852
Eggs, country butter chickens at the
Weir Grocery. u
Ours are good healefs-Bucks aud
Charter OAK. Danouph Hdw. o. 52tf
Read our advertisement 10 this pa
per Frazee. 55tf
Il. . stevensop's furniture sale
has been quite success.
Furniture sundrles Tor Christmas at
Fnzee's. 5y-tf
Furniture FOR Nmas at prices below
competition a. Frazee's 59-tf
See tue ne~ liHe ~ Ip-to-nate pic-
,0ie> in the ~iudu~ a. Frazee'- 55f
All prices guarauteed at frszre
How 4 Furni ufe ~. 59-'f
Tam Fisher T. a-.i-iisg 80 the Daf-
rmsu Hard 1arr Co taray
See ) c Gray before hnling your
mules. lie eau sen leu ani eind suu
want dlt
Oer Lrsae ot Coles original not
blast na- bren lai e. tni- faii thau
ever wfile irade n eet eral hiss been
Qnlei Whicb nos that merit wins. II