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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-05-26
LOVE ROMANCE FROM RANGE.
Dashing Cowboy Saves the Life Of
Girl Teacher

Girl Teacher.
Jack Weston, cowpuncher at the
"W-bar" ranch, is laid up with brok-
en- collar bone and two cracked ribs
as a result of an encounter with an in
furiated bull in a successful effort to
save the life Of Miss Name Hilgers, 4
school teacher from Nebraska. who
has a claim near Earling and teaches
school in Medicine creek. A marriage
will follow the episode.
Miss Hilgers was crossing big
pasture in the ranch when the bull
took after her. She ran, but was
half mile from a fence. Her flight was
hopeless, but Weston, who was cut
ting a calf from out a herd, saw her
plight, and, digging his spurs into his
horse, pursued the bull. He fired all
the shots in his revolver at the ami
NAL in a vain attempt to head him.
Then he flung himself fro mhis horse
and waved his arms before the bull.
This drew attention, and the animal
bore down on him. He attempted to
lariat the bull. but slipped, and the
animal gored him, breaking the bones.
Luckily he retained consciousness,
and, rising. grabbed the bulls horns,
rs did the hero in Quo Vadis.
A terrific struggle followed, the ami
NAL carrying the man about on his
horns. but unable to shake him OF.
He was being flung about like rag
on a clothesline when a friend came
up and dispatched the bull with
bullet
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-05-26

tween its troubled lines I saw that
Sherman's boys were overwhelming
everything, and hurrying to the coast
AT last | discovered they had taken
Savannah
A vivid picture Of the marvellous
march formed itself in my mind one
hlgh' while | was walking up and
oo"n the prison pen trying to keep
from freezing. The idea to celebrate
1t with a poem came to me: If all
seemed so romantic, SO picturesque so
ielolc' When daylight come my two
conirades went out beside little fire
10 prepare out scanty breakfast. I
'eiiidlheo In the tent on our little pile
VI straw, with my old army blanket
over me, and wrote the song called
onerman March to the Sea- Short
y took 1T out to my comrades, by
the hre, and read it to them. A
stranger prisoner standing by the fire
asked me to let him take it to his
quarters to copy. ] gave it to him
and in day or so forgot all about IL
1T happened there was a splendid
glee club among the prisoners: they
also mad vlollns and flutes They were
allowed to sing every afternoon on the
steps OF the little prison hospital
Ihey made delightful music for lis
prisoners, and hundreds of the citi
zens besides, crowded on ton of the
walls to hear the Yankees sing. What
was my surprise one afternoon to hear
Major 1sett, the leader of the club
tell the assembled crowd they were TO
sing a song about Sherman, Greater
still my surprise when the words Of
my own poem were being cheered nv
thousand voices The stranger off.
Ger, who had borrowed the poen rnat
morning, turned out to be Lieut. Rock
well. He was a musician and ,or,
Der OF the club, and had, without nv
knowledge, written music to my
verses
HOW they were cheered that after
noon! and how their unknown autbor
spite of himself, was dragged up on to
the platform, and all of sudden
transformed into prison hero, The
song was. now sung daily by every
oody IN the prison. One day Lient.
Tower, an officer with an artificial
leg, was exchanged, and in tho bol.
low OF his wooden limb he carried nv
song to the Union army. There. too
1t became the rage, and by the time
the war was over simply millions of
copies had been printed. Thirtaan
music houses issued it, all but one
without authority, and that one munif
icently rewarded me by sending me a
S. greenback.
Shortly | escaped from the prison
Shermans army later came to Column
bia, and when the city fell I was co.
creted there in a negro cabin. Con
Sherman himself sent for me and
showed his appreciation of the song
by giving me position on his staff
Later he sent me through the lines -
Grant and the President, to carry to
them and to the country the first news
of his great success in the Carolinas
''This song has the enduring fame
of having given it's name for all time
to the most romantic and brilliant
campaign Of the civil war.-"Sbec.
man March to the Sea-"
mountains. ~" 'iie
That frowned on the river below.
Whlle we stood by our guns in the morn
ing. Aioi n
And eagerly watched for the foe
When rider came out from the dark
That hung over mountain and tree
And shouted. Boys up, and be readv
For Sherman will march to the sea ="
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cumstance giving rise to the writing
of the poem been generally known. In
deed, the editor of the Atlantic wrote
to Mr.. Finch before publishing the
poem and asked him if he could not
incorporate the Tribune dispatch into
the poem and make it form the first
stanza. Mr. Finch tried to do this,
but the result yas unsatisfactory, and
the poem was published as originally
written. We are able to give the first
Stanza:
Sy the flow Of the inland river.
when the fleets of iron have fled.
Where the blades of the grave grass
CULVER.
Asleep the ranks of the dead:
Under the sod and the dew.
waiting the judgment day:
lnder the one. the Blue.
Under the other the Gray"
"Sherman's March to the Sea-"
war song once heard much often
er than it has been heard in recent
years was "Sherman's March to the
Sea" This stirring song was written
by 5. II. M. Byers, native Of Penn
sylvania, but now a resident of Des
Moines, La. We have from his own
pen the following account of how he
happened to write this song:
1T was the middle of November,
1864. Sherman's great army, after
months OF fighting. had captured the
city of Atlanta in Georgia. One morn.
ing the news was sent about the
North that Atlanta had been blown
up, and that Sherman, with $4,000 sol
diers and many cannon, had cut loose
from his base and was marching, no.
body knew where. His soldiers had,
in fact. started on that wonderful
campaign toward the ocean which had
for it's object the cutting in two Of the
southern confederacy. President Lin
coin even did not know at what point
by the sea his 'bluecoats' would come
out, but he had many ships of war
sailing up and down the coast watch
ing for them, ready to help them and
to give them supplies. These ships
fired cannon every day and sent up
rockets at night to let Sherman's sol
diers know they were waiting for
them. In the North many thought
Sherman's army was lost in the for
ests and swamps of Georgia Not one
word Of news came from them for
weeks. But all this time they were
successfully fighting their way
through forests, across plantations
and rivers and marching toward the
ocean. Great CONSERVATION set in
4
knew what town or city would be next
to fall.
1T so happened that the town of
Columbia, the capital of South Caro-.
lima, many prisoners of war from the
North were fastened up inside a high
walled prison pen. The prisoners were
all officers and 500 in number Vivid
ly | still recall how we prisoners
longed and prayed that Sherman's
army might pass our way, take the
city and release Us. Alas, it passed
far to our right, forty miles away. We
prisoners were allowed no news from
Shermans army. We could only guess
from the scowls of our guards or by
overheard remarks that all was going
bad with the confederacy.
1.-TWO officers and myself slept in a
little cold wedge tent. 1t was mid
winter. and our rations were scarce
Once | persuaded an old negro, who
was permitted to come in and sell us
a little bread, to bring us some news
He complied by secreting a COPY of
the morning paper inside loaf of
bread. 1t did not tell much: but be-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-05-26
Calumet
Baking
Powder
Health
Economy
PATENTS.
AoaIth-
Economy

List OF Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern inventors.
Reported by Lothrop & Johnson,
building, ST. Paul, Mimi. Frank Ba-
ker, st. Cloud, Mimi, magazine for
firearms; Nils Garbo. Minneapolis,
Mimi, sorting cabinet; George Has
tihgs, Pine Island, Mimi, protecting
pad; Peter McGrath, Hibbing, Mimi,
lemon squeezer; William Mead. Min
neapolis, MINI. window shade and
curtain bracket; John Wells, Caring
ton, N. D., wrench.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-05-26

Great events always set the poets
TO rhyming. They tune up their hearts
and Tyres, and couplets, sonnets, bal
lads-every form of poetic expression
is made to lend itself to the pen of the
Thymester. Some of these poems in
Spfred by great public events are very
good and some very bad when subject
ed to the highest literary test. Some
of the worst outlive the best. The
most jingling rhymes often catch the
popular fancy, while the lofty note
struck by the really great singer is un-
needed or soon forgotten says writ
er in the Boston Herald.
We have not in all of our American
history more thrilling events than
some of those which gave rise to
many of our war poems, and the cir
cumstances under which some OF
these songs and poems were written
add much to their value and interest.
Poetry is usually the child OF enthu-
siasm, but some OF our war poetry was
born of trial and sorrow.
OF all the songs born of our great
the North and the South as have
poems written when the smoke of bat
tie had died away, the dead had been
buried, the conflict ended and good
men and women were trying to unite
the triumphant North and the defeat
ed South. The fires of hatred had not
ceased to burn when the camp fires
died out. Men and women in both
the North and the South were count
ing the cost Of the four years strug
gle, and that cost included so many
graves that it was hard for either
party to forgive and forget
A little band Of women in Colum-
bus, Miss, did not know that they
we're pouring a few drops Of oil on
the troubled waters when in the
spring of 1857 they decorated the
graves of the boys who had worn the
blue and the boys who had worn the
gray lying in the cemetery near the
town. The New York Tribune the
next day contained this dispatch:
1.-The women of Columbus, Miss, ami
mated by nobler sentiments than are
many of their sisters, have shown
themselves impartial in their offerings
to the memory of the dead. They
strewed flowers alike on the graves of
the Confederate and the Federal sol
diers."
The Blue and the Gray"
1t is not to be wondered at that this
beautiful incident suggested a poem
to one in whom there was the spirit
OF true poetry. Francis Miles Finch,
whose home was in Ithaca, N. Y, read
the dispatch and was impressed by the
fact that the incident indicated that
the South was holding out friendly
hand, and that there should be some
response to it, His beautiful poem,
.The Blue and the Gray" was his own
personal response to this friendly
overture.
Mr.. Finch, then a lawyer of about
40 years Of age, had no poetical aspi-
rations, but he felt that he would like
to have at least this one poem pub
uished: therefore he sent it to the
Atlantic Monthly in Boston, and it
appeared in this magazine in Septem-
ber of the year 1867. The poem made
little impression at first, but finally
the newspapers began to copy It, and
objections to it's sentiment began to be
heard by soldiers in the North, and
there were a number OF poetical ''re-
plies" to 1t.
The poem became the subject OF
newspaper editorials, and there was a
good deal of scathing criticism that
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-05-26
Empress Has Fall.

Wiesbaden, May 23.-Mmpress Au-
gusta Victoria fell down stairs and
was slightly injured on the forehead.
Though the hurt is not serious. it has
caused the postponement Of the de-
parture of the emperor and empress
for Berlin.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-05-26

Thomas Regan of Deering. McHenry
county, has been sent to the asylum
the third time.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27

Function W Va.
Mr.. August
Sir
will say in reply TO Rollickine
Jim letter that when ever a dog comes TO
my house Tor somthing 20 eat will give
him bite and start him for home and so
the case was with RolIicking i'm.
The River City Ripper as he calls him sell
think that is a very good name for him
Tor lac is shamed TO sine his name an then
ask to the August to publish his letter and
then sine It Rollicking Jim think he made
a mistake IL should have ben Ffollicking
Inn IL wood have suited him Better.
Now as to the VOWS : made haven't for
gotten them Nor haven't forgot the lords
comendants to moses thou must not commit
dultry. this law is WHAT tryed to live up
to aud when tramp on frollicking lin
toes lac begins to howl like a dog Tor that is
all he knows.
Now Mister irollicking Jim want to know
II IL Is right for man to have a wife and
when lac IS gone she will send the children
to bed aud az ten ar eleven oc ther will be
two ar three men com to her door ard she
lets them come in and after they chat a
while two OF the men will go in the kitchen
while the other man and the absont husbons
vile ocapyes the loung and when the men
leave each one will hand her dollar bill.
sopose that is the kind OF a women that
frollicking Jim would like to have. he is
welcom to them for me for don't want a
woman'that there ar pack OF dogs running
after now Mr.. Frolicking Jim wants to up
hold that cind Of a woman would not want
my own daughter TO ketCh me in such bad
conduct as she cought her own mother
and never got burnt way from home
then told how got burnt nor did Law in
bed Tor week ar ten days and have my
meals brout to my bead room on the account
OF it,
MIR. Frollicking linn don't think your mulch
OF man or women which ever the case
may be for they was a croward and a
skoundrel ar they would have put Their
right name at the bottom Of Their letter now
you ar som kind OF skoundrel ar yeu would
have placed your wright name to your
letter so the public could size you up when
ever write letter have the grit and
ambishion to sine my name at the botem of
it..
Mr. frolicking Jim said he was glad that
Mrs Rodeheaver had the grit to 90 a way
she wood have gone sooner II the man
wood have went with her that pro mis- her
but he'd the manleY principle to write her a
letter that he would notbe disgraced 10y
her
was at the office when she got IL and she
held it in her hand and let me- read il and
besides that he said in his letter that for
her to 60 back to her Husband and child.
rem. 50 she sontered back home ard
geathcr up her duds that she carried to a
Majors house and carried them home
Mr. frockling Jim. as for me having nott ing
to eat when he says that he is a lyer and
the Truth is not in him now swollow that for
you ar not much thought of ar YOU would
have place your proper name to your letter.
now II the August will publish my letter I
want them to head it with large letters a
man that hdut shame TO sine his name
K ID RonEHEAvER
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27
The Keystone State.
Special Correspondence Of The Argus

Special Correspondence Of The Argus.
SOMERSET, PA, April 18TH. zoos
Somerset is going to have new school
building in the near future
Mrs Is Winters who has been az New
York for the past thee weeks has returned
home
The fines, building in Somerset has Just
been completed. it IS owned by Chas C..
Shafer and is occupied by Cohen Bros
l@e work on tie new court house is being
pushed along very rapidly 30 will be on-
OF tile finest stone structures in the state.
The Somerset Coal Company have open.
ed up new mine near the town OF Ienners
and are running it at iul blast Let the
good work go on.
I. A. Gale W. Va lad is driving the
buss Tor the Hotel Vannear a this place he
is referred TO as one OF the best drivers
that Somerset has ever had
The Temperance people have won and -
OF Somersets best hotels are without
license to sell booze Il was caused
through a mistake made by Attorney I. A.
Beskey.
+. a. Gale OF w. Va tells us that he is
going TO stay at Somerset lie has been
here about three weeks aud has gained in
weight from I6g to no lbs. no wonder Ice
boards At the Hotel Vannear the best
hotel in the city Of Somerset.
Winter is ON again and wc are having
snow
J. b. Winters proprietor OF hc Hotel
Vauucar Left last Friday tor Detroit. Mich.
4. a. Gale OF this place. received letter
last week from lois mother Of Terra Aua.
w Va. informing him ofthe death ofhis
aunt Mrs Grant WhitehaIr Of ihat place.
We learn that there .s large amount II
counterfeit money in circulation in this
city we hope that the one who started
the circulation OF same will be traced no
and prosecuted Co tine mlI extent Of the
law.
A certain co.ored man boz uu. town should
be looked after by the Aid Society lie fs
a poor excuse Co make hc best ofhim
He spends sli hts money Tor liquor and can
be found almost any hour in Che day stand
ing before thc bar and Dos family 40 home
without coal and scarcely anything Co cat.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27
800 Reward. 800

The readers OF this paper will be pleased
10 learn that there IS at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
IN all IT'S stages and that is Catarrh Halls
Satarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity Catarrh
being constitutional disease. requires a
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system thereby destroying the foundation
OF the disease and giving the patient
strength by building mp the constitution
and assisting nature % doing its work The
propTietors have so much faith in its cuTa
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars Tor any case that it fails to cure.
send FOR list Of testimonials. Address
f. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo. O.
Sold by Druggists. 7sc
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27
The Real Estate Man.

iiyou want results place your property
no my hands Tor sale. Have buyers from
inaItna Ohio Pennsylvania and New York
Tor gfo9 oooc1 worth OF Preston r,urty
farms Give fuII detailed description. how
.and Tags how many acres farm contains.
how many improved size OF dwelling how
many rooms condition q aii buildings
ience etc. kind OF fruits and soil how
"atered how Tar from church school and
railroad. Lowest price. lille mret h.
eeriect VIII charge per cent ON prop.
nrtes of Rzooo 90 and over ifs sale Isl made.
30 sale mo- charge m you want 90 buy led
me know YOUR wants. Can supply them
or HARDFsrY
kgWIeeburg w We
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27
ROBBED THE GRAVE.

a startling incident ia narrated by Iohn
Ollver OF Philadelphia as follows: II was
in an awful condition. Myskin was almost
yellow eyes sunken, tongue coated. pain
continually in back aud sides. no appetite.
growing weaker day by day. Three ph,si.
clans hat given me up. Then ! was ad.
vlsed to use Electric Bitters; to my great
Joy the hrSt bottle made a decided i'm
provement | continued their use for three
weeks and am now a well man know they
robbed the grave OF another victim " No
one should fail to Try them. Only so cts
Sold by ] a. Lenhart. Of Kiugwood
Cooke supply Co. OF HoweSviIle
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27
FORGET ABOUT YOUR STOMACH.

FORGET ABOUT YOUR STOMACH.
II your digestion is bad the vital organs OF
your body are not fed and nourished as
they should be. They grow week and iu.
vite disease kodol Dyspepsia Cure di.
gcstS what you eat cures Indigestion and
all stomach troubles. You forget You have
stomach from the very day you begin TAX
ing a. This is because 70 gets Test-rc-
cuperatcS and gradually grows so strong
and healthy that Il troubles you no more
Sold by StriCkler's Drug Store and VIM.
NJ. Dent OF Newburg.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27
a NIGn1 AIIAcR

Last night the little daughter OF Mrs
brown as she swcetly and peacefully slcpI
iu BIER liti'e bed near the window was AL
tackled bY death-deaiing demon known a,
Group WhJop.uE Cough and but for hr
timely use Of Kcnnedys Laxative Hone,
and ar which she always keeps handy
i1e i'ie OF ihc little one might nothaVe beer
aFea krnncdy.9 Laxative Honey and
Ter Is different from aII of the Old time
cough eyrugs aud Us best Tor children be
.auac 10 acts on tha bowels Is harmless
saie and certain. Contains no opiateg.
sold by oirck.ers Drug Store and VIM
7. Dent Of Ncuburg
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27
RUFUS THE PORr
Is IA Man Not Ashamed 10 Sign Ills
Name
Mr.. August
g..

Apr. 2. 1905
lunnclton. W. Va.
p Argt,st
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27
w. TURNER.
Licensed AuctiOncer.
(lwelve Years Practicel

Oilers his services TO the people OF Preston.
county az g 90 per day, except Court
Rouse WORK at customary price
Address MANowN. w VA
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27

General Feed store Hay a speciality
Price. reasonable. GENERALLY located near
re pos'J'Hce, on Gibson street In IurreIton
w. Fa,, CEoPsg r. WILLIAMS.
Proprietor
The daily tribune., 1905-03-24
Gives Health, viser, Tone

Herbine 10 = boon for sunersrs frea
aneamia. By it, use thej blood y
quickly regenerated and the color h.
comes normal. The dropping strsngth
10 revived. The languar IL dininish-
cd. Health. vigor and tone prsdou.
inats. Now life and happy activity
results. Mrs. Belle n. Shlrsi, MID
dlesboroush. ILL.,. writes: II have
been troubled with liver oooplaist
and poor blood and have foasa neth.
Ing 70 bsne1t - like aerblne. I
hope never % b without IL have
wishsd that had knowD e u II NJ
husband's lifstims." 90. 0elA u
Florsnos Palass PhArnasy anA 4 4
Hull.
Tioksls - peinn go via ~ Nj
souri PantAe Iron CAnsn CITY, -
staAtoas wes4 tbsfssf. viii allsv Pr
ehassrs sids trip fEsn Pnehle - ~
va - xstuxn vhsn 6a1i1eA -
bear this In ninA.
The daily tribune., 1905-03-24
Out for Bear.

John L. Gehr will leave the early
part Of next week on . four days bear
hunt in the mountains about thirty
miles from Florence. He will 60
prepared for what may happen and
will supply himself with all kinds Of
guns, ammunition. bowie knives.
bear traps and hounds.
Mr.. Gehr has heard that out In the
wilds Of the mop ntains IL bear that
10 nearly IN equal with "Old Nose. y
the monster bear that was killed BY
an Idaho man near Canon several
months ago. Il 10 Mr.. Gehr's ambi.
tion to slsy this bear and he IL soiue
out with that determination.
The daily tribune., 1905-03-24
$Ioo Re ward, $Ioo

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there 10 ct leaes
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure In all its stages, and
that 10 catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Oatarrh
being > constitutional disease. requires
. constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure 10 taken internally, act-
ing directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system. thereby
destroying the foundation Of the di-
sesse. and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its woIk
The proprietors have 30 much faith
in its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that
it fails to cure. Send for list Of tes-
timonials.
Address F. ]. Cheney & Co. 4.
Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists. 100.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti.
patton.