The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899, October 29, 1896, Image 2

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XABRISOX,
NEBRASKA.
The report that Aubrey Beardsley
doe not take himself seriously makes
It practically unanimous.
It is sail that la London there are
2-40.0OU young women w ho are learning
to play the piano. Hut it is not so bad
as one naturally thinks. Sousa'n
march have not yet reached England.
Several days having Kissed without
news of a resurrection, it may probably
be safe to say that Bill Ihiolin is a dead
game sjiort. That will tit the case In
any contingency.
When we see 1.1 Ilung-Cliaug's ca
pacity for wanting to know at "4 years
of age the great heart of the nation
goes out to his parents with sympathy
for what they had to go through with
when he was a Uy.
falling in love with the same girl
landed two young men in a Chicago po
lice station. This Is an offense that
might be pardonable in Boston or Buf
falo, where good-looking girls are said
to be scarcer than June bugs in Jan
uary, but In Chicago it is inexcusable.
The writhing of coal consumers in the
clutches of the anthracite coal coinbiua
tlon Is a gymnastic performance that
vjs been often repeated. There is a
national anti-trust law in existence
and If it la worth anything it should be
applied In the case of the mercenary
coal sharks.
The fact that Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney appeared at church wearing a
piece of court plaster in addition to her
ordinary attire formed the theme of
thrilling special telegram In a morning
jsiper. Some day It will leak out that
the Duchess of Marlliorough attended
a dance with a corn plaster on her bi'
toe, and then look out for an extra.
Frances Wills rd and Lady Henry
Somerset will learn with regret that
1 Washington man who tried to com
mit suicide the other day failed be
cause he hnd drunk so much whisky
that the poison was unable to get in Its
deadly work. Of course. If he had not
Indulged Id the vile liquor he would
now be dead, comfortable, and nice.
The innocence which Is founded on
ignorance must inevitably melt away
with the access of -.nowleugi . T.ke saow
In the rays of the sun; and. if ihere is
nothing more substantial to take It
place, if there Is no positive support of
Arm principles and sterling virtue In
the mind and heart 01 the youth as he
steps Into manhood, there Is little hone
for his future. The knowledge of the
world and the ability to deal with it
should progress together, if the youth
If to develop into a noble man.
It is curious to note how the great
Atlantic liners are timed nowadays.
When LI Hung Chang leu Southamp
ton it was announced that the St. Iouls
would arrive at such an hour of such
a day. There was an enormous amount
of preparation which would have been
as good as thrown away if that en
gagement had not been kept. But no
one had any doubt of the result, and
the St. Louis was expected as surely
kt the time stated as though It had
been a matter of a train between New
York and Philadelphia. This Is at pres
ent the very climax and perfection of
travel.
England seems to have quite thrown
the mask off the project ofconquest In
the Soudan. It began merely as ,1
strategic movement to prevent the In
vaalon of Egypt. As the size of th.
demonstration came out, it was ex
plained that friendship to Italy requlr
d a diversion in behalf of the Italian
forces that were being worsted In Abys
sinia. Now that the Belgian army I
co-operating from the south, it is clear
that the invasion is to be on a great
scale and contemplates the subjugation
tf the Sondan, while all talk of the
evacuation of Egypt Is at an end. It
Is clear that England's designs in Af
rica are of continental dimensions.
What Is our character? Is It not the
ram and result of our thoughts, feelings
and actions? What Is our life? Is !t
not aatractww built up of all that we
UnMtt and done and experienced?
This character, says a living writer, we
aaraeives have formed; this life we our
elvoa nave built up by the action and
reaction of our deeds. The character,
when finished, passes beyond our con
trol, and exerts Its own Influence Inde
pendent of our active wishes and ef
forts. But we ourselves had the form
ing of It by a series of thoughts, words
and deeds, over which, at the time, we
hau complete control. We cannot help
the silent Influence which our charac
ter, when formed, produces; but we
are responsible for the formation of It.
With a well-dlavliijlnvd force the
Venezuelan Government could not
make a successful stand against Great
Britain, but with soldiers of the type
. seen by a recent, visitor to Venezuela
such a conflict would be farcical. This
looker-on says It Is quite common for a
private to poke his captain In the ribs
In a familiar way, and ask him to roll
him a cigarette. On the other hand,
aasault by private soldiers on their
commanding .officers on the slightest
provocation testify to toe lark of disci
pline. This happy-go-lncky military
life la a comedy compared with tbe
rlforooa experteice of the British aol
Var. la tbe pawn's forces the private
ts aapa rated ta aymaatiiy from hla eom-
-If tbe popalar Impression to
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the empire.
The rapidly progressing disappear
ance of the railroad brakeuian as a
necessary adjunct of the handling of a
train has been a natural result of Im
provements that have made the work
he performed practically automatic. It
Is curious, also, that largely to the same
agency ig attributed the marked de
cline in the number of casualties to
these brakeuien and other railroad em
ploye. Reports to Congress by the In
terstate Commerce Commission show
that during the last year l.Sil employes
of American railroads were killed and
injured, while during the year
previous the nuuitier killed was 2,"'Ki
and the injured 'i'2,M.. The Commis
sioners admit that some of the decrease
is due to greater ellicieuiy among the
men. but the larger portion by far Is
accounted for by the increased use of
these automatic appliances. The gov
ernment lias officially recognised the
effectiveness of these Improvements In
reducing the dangers of operating rail
roads to the lowest limits by including
In the interstate commerce law a man
datory provision that all railroads must
"equip their cars with automatic and
continuous brakes and couplers, and
their locomotives with driving wheel
brakes." In obedience to this regula
tioa nearly one-half of the 1,20.ikM
freight and coal cars in use are provid
ed now with these appliances, and all,
with few exceptions, of the 2S,UM pas
senger cars and S.itsj mall and baggage
curt, are similarly equipped. It Is rea
sonable to suppose, also, that the same
cause is reswnsible partly for the
steady decline In the number anil seri
ousncg of accidents In which passen
gers have been Involved. In the last
year, when 540,0i0,0u0 passenger were
carried on all roads, the New York Sun
show s in a tabulation that only one was
killed to each 1.WW.791 carried, or one
to each 44,103.8 miles traveled. By
the automatic process trains can be
stopped o quickly on levels or grades,
curves or bridges, that full-head" col
lisions arc rare and collisions with all
forms of obstructions less probable.
Tbe engineer now does In an Instant
what It took the brakeman many min
utes to perform, and does It much morv
effectively.
Liters toor is looking up. Kor years
authors have been seeking a heroine
for their novels who shall be different
from the old stereotyped girl w blcli lias
been doing dirty since book writing be
gan. One author has at last succeeded
In finding one who, if she Is as she is
described. Is not only different from
other heroines, but resembles nothing
on, alove or bel.iw enrth. This girl's
name is Hesper, and here she Is: "A
fugKive flush of faintest scarlet tinged
the round oval of her face, The deep,
short curve of her lips bore no sugg
tlou of weariness; her feet touched the
ground as If Impatient of restraint; lu
the varied rust colors of her hair the
emeralds, burning with the fire of their
own hearts, accentuated the kindred
vitality of the woman who wore them.
Her eyes were dead as the dusk Itself;
their color was the color of rain-wet
dust. They were a discord In her face."
Hesper ought to do something for her
self. She can't go as she Is very loug
before the deep, short curve of her
mouth will get so weary that it will
make other people tired. She has one
thing to be thankful for, however, and
that is that the oval of her face Is
rounded Instead of square or rectangu
lar. If the oval were diagonal or slab
sided the chances are that her lips
would liear so many suggestions of
fatigue as to be felt for miles around.
Hesper should i-onsult an ocullstf. I lead
eyes would be a discord in any face.
There are specialists In Chicago who
cku fix her out with glass eyes which
would hardly be distinguished from
real ones. Then perhaps she could
keep her feet still. . Jxsiklng as she does
It is little wonder that Nylvanns walked
up to Hesjter and said: "Will you give
me your lips and your brows and the
little red snakes they call your hair,
and the white fingers which chajige
clay to flame, for the lips and the hands
and tbe hair of my Idy of Ixve?" If
Sylvanus talks that way all the time
he cau't lie all right, either. If he mis
takes riesper's hair for little red snakes
he ought to change bottles. No mau
i.-an keep up that gait without liquor
getting the !est of him. With Hesper
and Sylvanus stalking throngh a few
bundred pages It cannot lie said that
Ilteratoor is not looking up. Still, we
wouhl not like to have too many I les
pers In one neighborhood.
Monkey on Shipboard.
Among the passengers arriving at
Southampton recently by the steam
ship Norma n waa a monkey of large
size which came from South Af.-ica In
charge of a passenger, by whom ha
was found after the late explosion at
Johannesburg, seated In the only
room remaining Intact of what had
Just before been a considerable sized
cottage. In tbe room were also discov
ered two baby children, one of whom
had been killed, but the other vns
alive, and, It Is said, In the arms of
the monkey, who wss tenderly nursing
It. The living child was adopted by a
resident of Johannesburg, but the mon
key, who was nofpd on board for Ms
extreme fondness, for children, was a
popular passenger by tbe Futon Com
pany's mail steamer . . .
Flaxseed for the Kre.
When you travel carry flaxseed In
your pocketbook. They kill find a cin
der or speck of dirt In your eye in a
moment'almoat, and save you a world
of pain.
Prof eaaor--You were on tbe lookout
for apeciinena yesterday, I understand.
How many have you of red standalone?
Head ScholarCan't say as to tbat, sir,
but I know that father's read Blasvk-
tone. Boston Courier.
TAILOR MADE DESIGNS ARE
PREFERABLE.
The Newest GoVai Arc Made or Mimed
Cloths that Blentl Several Colore -Braiding
Is L'acd Very Freely io
Trlasming.
Gotham Faabion Ooafp
York correipoodeDce:
LVF-KKLV made
cloth rigs somehow
seem must seasona
ble lu the autumn
and early winter,
so it is now or nev
er with the tailor
mades. With them
it really makes lit
tle difference how
styles may change
In the few months
following th
gown's making, for
even though the
fashions shift rap
Idly the misles for
tailor gowns have
become no delight
fully conventional
ized that with per
fect fit, first-class
goods and exact
finish you can hard
ly g wrong. Now is the time, then,
while you are not yet certain as to how
to cut your silk and satin, your house
and Imll rigs, that a tailor gown will
tx-st repay thought and effort. The
wear of a close fitting Millard cloth
tweed or serge gown, tilting like a
glove, close at the neck, and trimly
managed so that Jacket and waistcoat
are all suggmted without au.v flapping
about of locate fronts, will get you well
Into the winter. If the gown le cozily
WITH ORNATELY HKAIDKII COLORED VEST
lined. It will at once save from early
purchase of furs, and give the trim and
youthful look and carriage that the
close fining tailor and the dispensing
with outer garments always lend.
The above picture makes this plainer
than wools do. A glance at It will
show how all bare or iuld effect Is olv
vlated by the shut-up suugiiess of the
pattern, assistance coming from one of
the many cap finishes at the top of the
sleeve. If desired, this can give the
suggestion of a tnw without being one
at all. Have you ever noticed that If
a sleeve is large or finished at the shoul
der, espeiially In tallorniB.de; design, the
dress seems suitable for the street with
out further covering? Kor the pretty girl
that is going to prodiK-c her effect at
the early meetings of her fiid classes,
or at the matinee or shopping, a stuu
ulng vest, handsomely braided, may
appear and lie doubly effective In the
most closely reefed, early season tailor
gown. Made after this second pictured
model, the result is sure to be striking
and desirable. Braiding is now used
very freely In dress trimming, and
some altogether new effects are got
from It. In princess cffect-of which
dew ones appear on every side ail sons
of relief fo severity are given. A corse
let, for Instance, is braided or embroid
ered over the torso In front, while it
narrows atsmt the waist Into a girdle
effect. Or, a girdle Is slmiilnied of long
points that are set upward and spread
to the fullness of the figure, while a
couple of long tab pieces extend down
to the knees In front. Such uses of
braid are only a few nf the many devices
that this year are making the princess
cut suitable for all of us. Indeed, ar-
tlstlc and careful arrangement of line
and accessory will suit the princess to
almost any figure, with the result that
tbe figure looks Its very best, for Its
beat lines will be set off and Its faulty
I
SNl'O-r'lTTIS A XI. v.
one softeued or obviated, a much more'
Ui-omlug method thau that which sub
stitutes ungraceful, artificial and arbi
trary" for all the line of the form.
To return to strictly tailor-made
dresses. It can be truthfully said that
last spring's loose Jacket and skirt
worn with a waistcoat and shirt fro at
will do. Six or seveu months ago very
likely It was chosen Just because It
would do for both spring and fall, but
It must be confessed that the new thing
this seam Is the close-reefed, trim
effect lu tailor go us. liven the stately
woman that Insists on Is-ing mannish
has suivmnhed a little, and though her
WITH PIUXCF.SS KtFKCT.
walstcodt Is stunningly double-breasted,
ami her linen and tie Irreproachably
gentlemanly, her jacket Is molded to t lie
figure without a bit of looseness in its
hang or Hare of front. Indeed, ten to
one some little perky turn back of
somewlierp, say the edges of the coat
skirt, will depart from the clubman se-
verity of her coat lapel. The third pic
ture presents this type of tailor wom
an, and It Is true, as suggested by this
sketch, that In relaxing from boxy ugli
ness, she has not lost a bit of her bear
ing of Independence and self reliance.
She must have laughed in her sleeves
Just a little, for it must be confessed
that the average tailor-made gown of
the season hasu't coat sleeves.
The woman who realizes that her
handsome figure Is best set off by the
exact lines of a tailor dress, and who at
the same time wants something soften
ing alout her face and prefers a dis
tinctly dainty and 'millinery" hat. finds
herself suited this year, for smooth
cloth Is being made up lu the most per
fect combination of fineness and tailor
cut that could be devised. lis number
lu the pictures Is four. Jacket and
skirt are all one. the Jacket clTi-ct de
pending on most becomingly arranged
lines of braiding, which also outline a
waistcoat effect. Such a dress Is diffi
cult to get Into, the bodicu part opening
along the "waistcoat" buttons, and the
front panel of the fklrt crossing over
and fastening along the lino of braid
ing, but one ought to lie willing to go to
a little trouble for such a gown.
The final picture presents a style that
Is much followed by the women who
want their early season gowns to be of
TA II.Otl-MA liK, TFT IiIRTINCTI.V
fSINK.
the tailor-made order, and yet to bo
free from manly finish. Her Jacket is
sure to be snug, more like it close fitting
liodice than a coat. The "waistcoat"
may be 110 more than a little line of
bright -olor that widens from where it
first appears at the high collar. Tbe
collar Itself can be Just ns Independent
ly feminine as you like; Indeed, it Is
the vogue Just now to make collar and
but en suite with a dellclously frivolous
cape, which, worn with a more or less
severe cloth rig. miss- lielng too dec
orative and yet tempers suudly the
severity of the gon. At no time have
the tailr styles seemed to submit
more gracefully to these Utile flirta
tious that millinery always has wnut
cd to get up wltfc I hem. For this dress
select a cloth, canvas, tweed, broad
cloth, melton, wool-cheviot, or any of
the many handsome mixed materials
that are less heavy than tweed, yet are
as rich in color effect. Then maintain
a general simplicity In the making and
the purpose Is gained within the gen
erous meaning now allowed to tailor
made dressing. Of tailor cuts that
more nearly approach the masculine
there Is a choice in the other Illustra
tions. Copyright. IXJ
Knglnnd'a First Newspaper.
PnrlMg the reign of James I. En
gland's first newspaper was Isiru, May,
Wi'l. seeing Mie first Issue of the Week
ly News. Notwithstanding that It was
ill received Its editor Nathaniel But
ter, lived by the business for eighteen
yea in.
THE FIELD OF BATTLE
INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES OF
THE WAR.
Tbe Veterans of tha Rebelllou Tell of
Whiatlins Ballets, Bright Baronet.
Bursting Uombi, Bloody Kattlea,
Camp Fire, Featlve Bnga, Ktc, Ktc
(Settyaburs as It Now Look.
The town of llettyslturg Is given over
j to the battlefield. That is alunst the
I only business and furnishes substau
j tially the only occupation of the great
er part of Its people. The :S inhab
itants of the little shire lunii are nios
ly hotel keejHTH, photographers, guides
and carriage drivers. The founders of
tle town could hardly have realize 1
what sort of industry would eventually
engross the attention of the people.
They are very good-natured about it,
and evidently live from one yar's end
to the other saturated in the atmos
phere of the battle.
The artistic merits of the collection
of monuments on rhe field of Oettys
burg Is matter of much controversy.
Sometimes Oettysburg has been refer
red to as our national museum of mon
strosities, or chamber of horrors. The
Idea of putting cemetery monuments
all over a town, for a space of six miles
long by two miles broad, is to many not
a tasteful Idea, others declare that
tills city of memorials is wonderfully
Impressive, and could not in its line
be excelled. To criticise the monu
ments themselves would be n large
task, sltii-e there are no two designs
alike. The equestrian statues of Han
cock, Meade aud Reynolds are quite as
ls'autiful ami artistic as anything of
the kind In Washlugtun. while some
of tbe smaller monuments, like a few
that might be found in Mount Auburn
or Fonst Hill, are a little short of le
liHf artistic. I was much amused by
the comments of a larty of Ohio men.
returning from a druggists' convention
somewhere, who were riding over the
field. When they reached, one monu
ment at the base of which rests
bronze dog, representing a faithful ani
mal that followed the regiment
throughout the struggle, the guide told
the story of the dog's fidelity with pon
derous seriousness. Just as the party
drove on a dog appeared running about,
the exact counterpart In size, color
and looks of the bronze memorial. The
dit'orum of the druggists disappeared,
ami they shouted to the man standing
ticl!le the newly discovered canine
"Put him back: he belongs on the mon
ument; he's Just got down; we saw him
there."
One of the most artistic endeavors of
those having the field in charge is the
attempt to keep things Just as they
were on the day of battle. Reynolds'
grove, where the gallant solder fell.
Is kept of tbe came size, and with the
same kind of trees, and new oik's are
constantly planted, aim the older
growth thinned out. so that for all time
Reynolds' grove may look as it did on
the day that made for Gettysburg
spot on the map of the world. Old
houses and hams that formed a part 01
the play are kept lu plai-e, and no new
ones which would change the oullook
are allowed to go up. Tills, of course,
is done through wholesale purchase of
land on the part of the Government, and
each congress has before It a bill to buy
still more territory. The highways
aliout Gettysburg were taken out of
the control of the town and given to
the l tilled States Government by spe
cial act of the legislature of Pennsyl
vania, but to this move the provincial
inhabitants objicted, even though It
saved them thousands of dollars.
The guides of Gettysburg are rather
ponderous In their style of diction.
They dole out the acciimulat mI folklore
of thirty years cone-rnlng the battle,
although the more enterprising ones
keep abreast of the times and quote
freely from "Hay and Nli kleby." which
confusion of names amused the author
of the Lincoln biography when I told
he was passing In Gettysburg for
the original Nicholas by that name.
Boston Transcript.
Veti-rnri who Amputated Kia Lcara.
John Wales January, the Illinois
I'nlon soldier, who is famous as the
man who amputated lsith of his own
legs with a pocket knife while In 11 rel
el prison, was In Chicago recently hav
ing a new set of artificial limbs made
by an ortheopedlst.
Mr. January, who Is as line looking
and Intelligent a man as any one could
wish to meet, Is now a farmer and
slock raiser at lell Uaplds. S. I. He
was for three years postmaster of the
Illinois House of Representatives, has
been tax collec tor of his town, and Ite
part men t Inspector of the Grand Army
of the Republic for South I (a kola, and
could have been State Senator if he had
had any aspirations fo political honors.
Ills gait ami carriage are sflll sodlerly.
Ills story as related to a reporter whs
as follows:
"My grandfather was a Kreiiehman,
who'came to this country before the
revolution and was the first settler 011
the site of what Is now lexlngton, Ky.
My father was born In Kentucky, but
removed first to Ohio and then to Illi
nois. I was born lu Clinton County,
Ohio, and moved to Mlnonk. III.. In
ISCil. Ill the fall of !!:. I enlisted III
Company 'B of the Fourteenth Illinois
Cavalry, and serted mostly lu connec
tion with the Army of Hie Cumberland.
"In July, IHii-f, while on Stonemairs
raid from Atlanta to Macon, I was cap
tured by six rebels and sent to Alider
sonvllle. When Atlanta fell I w-as taken
to Charleston, 8. C where I remained
during the winter of !M14-'(L.
"In February, 1 s i.",. while nt Florence,
I was attacked with the swamp fever
and was delirious for three weeks.
When the fever abated scurvy and gan
giue followed, and I was s-iut to the
gangrene hospital. The disease settled
in my feet aud sukles, nud after sou's
time they lost all sensibility aud tha
flesh began to slough off. The surgeon
gave me no attention aud lirutai'.y told
me I would die. I told him I would live
If he would amputate my feet, but be
refused to do It. So. after suffering
while longer, I concluded to amputate
them myself.
"The only Instrument I could pncuri!
was a pocket-kuife lieiougiug to a com
rade named William Beatty. The large
blade, one half of which had been brok
en off, was all that asvl"ft of It. and
with this I cut off liolu of my feet at
the ankle. I had no assistance of any
kind except In disarticulating the an
kles, in which one of the boys gave me
t little help. But when I got through
the bones projected five Inches lieyoud
the flesh and so remained until after I
was exchanged.
The exchange occurred lu April,
IJMiTi. and I was taken to Wilmington,
N. C. The Futon surgeons weighed me.
ami the l'fci pounds of healthy flesh aud
bones I had taken Into the service hud
changed to l.'i pounds of such poor ma
terial thai it was universally supposed
1 could not live. Nothing was done for
me, and some time after I was sent to
David's Island. On my way the lioue
of one leg broke off even with the flesh,
and six weeks after my arrival the Isitie
of the other leg did so. But never to
this day was I given any surgical as
sistance whatever. One year later,
when I was discharged from the serv
ice, I eould hardly sit up III bed, but the
stumps had begun to heal In a sound
and healthy manner. It was twelve
years afterward, however, before I was
perfectly well. The Government has
treated me well. I was given u pension
of a month by a special act intro
duced bj Senator Cullom, lu place of
the $TJ allowed by the general act."
l.ec's t'ottaec at iet t jrxliur w.
!en. Robert F.. Lee's headquarter
during the three days' battle at Geitys
burg. rcsirted to have been destroyed
by fire, was a stone cottage. It aloud
on an eminence opposite Gulp's lilll.
and was occupied by hill) during the
contest lu which he was worsted, liuill
of stone, the house coutnlniil four
ORNKKAI. I.KK'S II K A Iil A II 1 r.lH.
rooms and an attic, and was embower
ed with trellis -trained grape vinos It
was from this little cottage, built in
colonial times, w ith high roof and dU
niond shaped window panes, that Gci.
Lee directed his repealed assaul's iijxiii
Cemetery H III.
Col. Freeman Conner, who command
ed the Forty-first New- York Voluntiwrs.
tells the story of this little house as fill
lows: 'Standing out in lld relief on the
side of a hill, It was out of camion
reach, bin from the movements of the
Confederates we knew that their
charges were liisplnil front this point.
It was realized that Gen. I.ee bud hi
headquarters In the collage, mn),
though no ahsault was made on the
point, as we were on the defensive, it
was from this cottage I'ickett's charge
was directed, bis defeat witnessed ami
the victory for Meade and the l'u;oii
army realized as soon as that gnut
charge was seen to have fnlliM"
Who Wounded General lliinriick?
A claimant for the honor of having
tired the shot which wounded Gen. Wlii
fleld S. Hancoi- at Gettysburg Is put
forward by Augustus Mii-ble, of Wash
ington, In behalf of Sergeant V. K. '
Wood, Company II. Flfty-slxHi Vir
ginia, which was part of Garuett's
Brigade, of I'ickett's division, Long
street's corps. Mr. Mlchie says that hi
brother was commanding Scrgeaut
Wmsl's company, nud gave the order to
lire during I'ickett's charge July
ISC'). Captain Mlchie saw a mounted
Federal oflleer advance at the head of
a column of apparently fresh troops
He Inquired of his men whether any of
them had a cartridge left, and Sergeant
Wood replied that he'lnid one, and de
si ml to know whether he should shoot
the officer; that he then directed (he
sergeant to shoot, which he did. and
that the Federal olfii-er linmedliitelv
fell over and would have lieen dr.icgcl
by his horse Imt for assistance rendered
by Federal officers, w ho extricated him.
A Reminder.
The dedication of another memorial
at Aiitletain serves to recall the fuet
that this haltloticld was the scene of
the bloodiest battle of lbs war of he
rebellion. More men were killed mi
that one diy than on any other ,nc
oay of the civil war, the aggreg.i'
the killed, wounded ami missing num
bering altogther no less than IJ.llu.
There were buttles with greater Ioi of
life, but they were not fought mil In
one day, as at Atitleiaiti. At Gettys
burg, Cliuncellol-svltlc and SpiillayL
Viinlit the fighting covered three days
or more; at the Wilderness, Cold Har
bor, Hhlloh, Stone Illver, Chlcka manga
and Atlanta the losses were divided bo
tween two days of fighting; but at An
tletarn the bloody work commenced at
sunrise, and by 4 o'clock thit afternoon
It was over, and the bloody rscorj was
made up.
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