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THD GRAND-ARMY- OF-THE- REPUBLIC DECORATION DAY- MAY- 30 1903 is Ltt Mir '- CAT . f J I F Htub lift vonr children, moth thdr young eyes behold A dying army marching, tlme-beateu, spent and old. As they toll by, as tattered as the banners that they wave. Bee the worn hands saluting! Lo! They sa lute the grave! High lift your children, mothers! Let their young voices cheer The brave old hearts thnt slowly draw on and disappear Thin riinks thnt front the shadows, ranks lnust'rlug out so fst, 'Tls a phantom army that solemnly drifts past. A fading army marching with weak and fiilt'rlng tread Hut pressing all around It there throng the mighty dead! Aye, bright and splendid spirits! Their battle lines are drawn, And Comrade waits for Comrade beside the j gates of dawu. , . ' J. W. MUI.LEH. 9SPr 1 w RIGHT ABOUT FACE ! MRS. ADRIAN KRAAL. "Ho, here conies old Wnddy with his drug store, boys; let's have" some fun. out of him!" More than a dozen boys on their way home from school, with noiry jests, sur rouuded (in old man who was limping along with n basket on his arm. He turned a curiously vacant looking, yet smiling face on the boys, and stopped. . "Hello, Waddy! what ge-rate, ga-rand medicine have you got in ynir basket to-day V" "How's yer liver, Waddy?" "Why don't you swaller some of that stuff and cure yerielf, you old quack you?'.' were some of their questions. He waited patiently till there came a lull in the storm, then began: "Here, young gentlemen, is that most wonderful preparation, Balm of Healing, certain remedy for chills, fever, neuralgia, lum bago, gout, pleurisy " "O, give us a rest, we've heard all that before; haven't you anything else?" "And here are the miraculous Electric Pads. By their use paralytics are cured, club feet straightened " "Well, I guess we won't take any to day, as none of us are paralyzed or club footed. Just give us one of your won derful exhibitions of ventriloquism and then dance a jig!" and the poor, simple old man tried to do as they asked, and when he had ceased the curious gutteral sounds and shrill calls, he accepted their boisterous ridicule and almost deafening shouts for honest applause. "Now the jig, Waddy," they cried, aud setting down his basket, he began hopping brisk ly around on the ground. The wind car ried away his hat and blew his long beard about his face, but he was in terested and did not pause. "Let's dance too," cried the boys, and they began capering around, bumping against the old man and each other with such force that three of them were knocked down and fell In a heap on the basket. There was a sound of smashing glass and loud hur rahs from the rolling, struggling boys. "O, you have broken my bottles and spilled my precious medicines; even my basket is ruined," said the poor old fel low, and he began to cry like a child. "Ho, he's blubberin' like a baby; I'd be ashamed," said some of the boys. A few of them looked ashamed of them selves. Just then, around the corner came Herbert Page, one of the tall high school boys. He stopped at sight of the crowd and seeing his own brother Char lie there, asked: "What's the trouble, youngsters?" "O, nothing, only old Waddy's basket got smashed," said one. "We were help ing him dance a jig and fell on it," said another. "Yes, I think I understand. Here, Mr. Wadsworth, let me see your basket. How many bottles were broken? Four? Worth two dollars, eh? Well, you young sters can raise two dollars to pay for your mischief, I guess." "Pay old simple-minded Waddy! 1 guess not." "Mr. Wadsworth, Indeed," said one boy, scornfully. When Herbert had pressed the basket Into shape and placed the "Electric Pads" in it, he snid, "I've only a half dollar with me. Will It pay for Charlie's share in this mischief?" ' The old man took It thankfully, and weut away with a sad face. The boys were very quiet as Herbert looked soberly at them. They began to see that they had been rude and thought less. "Do you know who that poor old man is?" nsked Herbert. - - ' "Why, Old Waddy, of course; he's simple-minded.. I've known him all my life." "He is Barton Wadsworth, a veteran oldier, and at Gettysburg he received the injuries that made him what he is now. He gets a Email pension, but it will hardly keep him in the plainest food and clothing, and keep a Bhelter over him, so he tries to earn a little money by selling those medicines you boys have destroyed. I noticed some of you fellows taking part in the exercifes on Decoration Day with great enthusiasm. Now it strikes me that there would be as much patriotism in showing honor and respect to living soldiers as to dead ones, and I'm perfect ly sure that I would as soon die for my country as to have my mind so injured that every boy I met would make fun of me." Then Herbert went on and left a thoughtful group of boy's instead of the noisy, heedless crowd he had found. "I say, fellows," said one lad, looking up from the hole he had been digging with his toes. "Old Wa Mr. Wads worth, I mean does show signs of hav ing been a gentleman once. Ever notice how neat and clean his hands and clothes always are?" "Yes," said Charlie Page, "and he never forgets to lift his hat when he meets a lady he knows, mother says." "Let's pay him for those bottles we smashed." said another. The old fellow was as grateful when the boys went to his poor room to pay what they owed as if they had made him a magnificent present. They had had a taste of doing right and relished it. It was "About face," with a right good will. Instead of fol lowing him with Jests and ridicule and making a joke of his infirmities of mind and body, they took pains to treat him with respect and kindness. After a while some of the fathers of these boys began to notice the great change In their treatment of the old man, and then to feel an Interest In him them selves. Then the necessary steps were taken to procure for him an increase of the pension, and now he no longer carries a basket of medicine to sell, and he would almost lay down his life to serve one of those boys. Normal Instructor. . Memorial Day. Gathered once more In the "City of Si lence," Comrades, and friends, with our flags and bright flowers, Uncovered heads, as -a token of homage, Honor we give these dead heroes of ours. Heroes, who fought on the land, or the water, Soldiers, who came at tbelr country's flrst relL Shouldyf to shoulder, they marched to the conflict, Leaving tbelr loved ones, their homes and their all. Tears have passed by since the soldiers from battle Marched to tbelr homes, with the flags floating gay, Once more they meet, In the "City of Si lence," Sadly, to keep a Memorial Day. Year after year, as our country grows older. Stronger their love for the Red, White and Blue, Deeper the feeling of appreciation For our brave soldiers, so loyal and true. Comrades are gone, who were with na last May time, Taps sounded call, for the last bivouac, Over the river our soldiers are gathered, Safe Into camp, but they may uot come back. Thongh the Grand Army nay lessen In numbers. Footsteps may falter and vet'rans grow gray. Homage Is theirs from a thrice grateful Nation Lovingly keeping Memorial Day. Margaret . M. Darling, in Des Moines News. When Anttetam Vti Rod with Blood. Doubly sacred to the hearts of many western families are the waters of An tietam, because those waters were crim soned by the blood of father, brothers, husbands and sons during one of the most sanguinary battles of the Civil War. The sketches herewith given will be of special interest to the veterans of the Eighth Illinois cavalry, the First, Sec ond, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixteenth, seventeenth, Twentieth and Twenty- fourth Michigan infantry; the Seventh, Fourteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Indiana volunteers, and the Second, Third, Sixth and Seventh Wisconsin vol unteer infantry, for they were all most terribly mixed up in the many bloody en counters of the 10th and 17th of Septem ber, 18()2, along the Antietam from Ha gerstown to Sharpsburg. God alone knows who owned the good right arm, that was found In the corn field, but it probably belonged to one of Gen. Sedgwick's commands, who made their famous charge through the cornfield just north and east of the historic Dun ker Church, for it was plowed np In this field five years after the battle, and has been since that time in the' office of Drs. D. Fahrney and son of Hagerstown, Md, Its wonderful state of preservation can not be accounted for as a chemical analy sis of the soil in which it was found shows no preserving or mummifyinij qualities. The old mill and falls near the stone bridge was the scene of a bloody conflict between the Federals, who were defend ing Hagerstown, and the Confederates, who were endeavoring to gain possession of the town. It Is said the slaughter of horse and men was such at this cavalry fight that the Antietam ran blood for several hours below these falls. The ground in this locality, especially . along the banks of the ftream, is almost solid rock, and tuv blood ran rapidly into the creek. There Is a gentleman in Chicago hav lnjt an office in the Board of Trade build ing, who was a major in the Federal nrmy and provost marshal of Hagers town at thnt time. Just over the hill back of the little brick house is a female academy, from the balcony of which ths Confederate sharpshooters were firing upon the Union officers down in the city, and there are to this day many musket halls bedded in the walls around the public square at the crossing of Washington and Potomac streets. The Eighth Illinois cavalry was en gaged in these skirmishes, and man members of that organization, which was under command of Col. W. Gamble, will call to mind the hot time in that old town. Origin of Memorial Day In South, An association known as the Ladies' Aid Society was organized In 1861 for looking after soldiers who died In Colum bus hospitals. They were buried under the direction of these ladies, who there after took charge of theso graves, making it a practice to go in a body to care for and beautify them with plants and flow ers. Upon the occasion of one of these visits, in January, 1800, Miss Lizzie Rutherford, a member of the society, made the suggestion that a specified day should be adopted upon which a memo rial service should be held for the pur pose of decorating the Confederate graves annually. The proposition met at once with the greatest favor, and a let ter was addressed to each of the chapters in other cities and towns suggesting sim ilar action on their part. . These letters were written In March, 1866, and from their publication resulted the observance of April 20 as Memorial day for the Confederate dead in several Southern States. Mrs. V. Jefferson Da vis in Woman's Home Companion. In Battle with the Merrimao. Soldiers of the Twentieth Indiana in fantry were once a thorn in the flesh of the Confederates on the Merrimac. They passed a winter at Fort Monroe. They also encamped at Newport News, where they were at the time the Merrimac fought the Congress. The Confederates wanted to take possession of the Con gress, but the Hoosiers deployed on the beach in face of a hostile fire and pre vented the enemy from gaining the prize. In May of 1802 they went over to Norfolk. matmr olpqrapht) The following will be found a good way of making trays for developing, fixing, washing, etc. Make a wooden tray by screwing together one-half Inch planed deal; then lay down with marine glue, Inside the tray, white marble oilcloth. Put the cloth on in one piece, turning the edges over the end sides of the tray, and tack them down. One thing which Is greatly in favor of this tray Is little weight for a large-sized dish; this Is a great help, as it enables you to hold the tray and keep the developer In motion. The writer has had iu constant use a tray made as above for the full-sized sheet for over two years, and it is as good to-day as when made. Do not cut the cloth at the corners, but turn the stuff In, and fasten with the marine glue. Should there be any cracks In the oil coating, rub In some of the glue, and you will have no further trouble. I have also used one of these trays for fixing, and have not noticed any injury to cloth. In this way I have made good trays out of old herring boxes and used them con stantly for years. , A JOHN BROWN RELIC. Partial Destruction of the Great Ab olitionist's Home, The recent partial destruction by fire of John Brown's home at Tabor, Iowa, serves to recall the exciting period when the noted nbolitlon loader made the little one-story cottage in Iowa the headquarters of the "underground rail way" for the transfer of slaves from the South to Canada. In 1857 this little house was the cen ter of perhaps more attention than the national capital Itself. Brown was be ing heard from. Already were gather ing around him men from Massachu setts and Maine and other New En gland States. Already had shipments of arms, and even a cannon, been re ceived at Tabor. And hundreds of runaway slaves had passed through the town, coming at night and leaving the following night. And the eyes of those men, who four years later be came the leaders of the secession movement, were also fastened on this little house. Nortliern politicians were regarding anxiously the preparations "Old" Brown was making. The Kan sas "Jayhawkers" hated him bitterly, and several contemplated raids on the place were narrowly averted. But through it all Brown and his friends continued their work, and it JOHN BROWN 8 IOWA HOME. was while residing in Tabor that Brown decided upon the move which he hoped would set the country ablaze, but which ended In his own death. It Is told by one of the old settlers that one night there marched Into the little town of Tabor, 200 recruits for Brown. They came from Maine, were all well armed, and were en route to help the free cause In Kansas. Accom panying the body was a single wagon loaded with corn. The party stopped in Tabor several weeks, and were drilled and Instructed by old Brown himself. Two weeks after the party arrived, a company of runaway slaves arrived from Missouri. The following day the owner of several of them ar rived. With him was the sheriff of his county, and several deputies. They demanded the slaves. Brown refused to deliver them. The sheriff attempted to take them by force. Brown gave a shrill whistle and the Maine men swarmed from all directions. The offi cers were overpowered and robbed of their arms. They left, vowing to re turn with re-enforcementg and capture tbe whole body. Then the corn wag thrown 'out of the wagon and from beneath the grain was brought a small cannon, which was quickly mounted and placed in a position commanding the rond by which the Mlssouriitns would return. But the slave-owners never came back and the cannon was covered with the corn and wag taken down Into Kansas with the men from Maine. GUARD FOR TROLLEY WIRE. Overhead Linos Are Protected Ac cording to Law in Kagland. Guard wires are required wherever telegraph or telephone wires unprotect ed with a permanent Insulating cover cross above or are liable to fall upon or be blown on to the electric conduc tors of a tramway. Each guard wire should be well grounded at one point at least and at intervals of not more than five spans. The earth connection should be made by connecting the wire through the support to the rails by means of a copper bond. Guard wires should In general be of galvanized steel, but may be of bronze or bard drawn copper In districts where steel 1 Is liable to excessive corrosion. In gen eral these wires must be installed at a minimum height of twenty-four Inches above the trolley wire. Where there Is but one trolley two wires par allel to this one on each side at a hor izontal distance of eight Inches from i the trolley wire are- necessary. If j ther are two trolley wires not more (than twelve feet apart, but the tele graph wires do not weigh more than "Two Centuries of American Cos tume in America" will be Mrs. Alice Morse Earle's uext book. Josephine Dodge Daskam has slirnS- CN. 1 v led her desire to be known iu the fu- bXy ture as Josephine Daskam, without iue uouge, Ernest Thompson Seton, the well known writer on nature subjects, is writing a long story for boys. This will be his first In that field. The publication of Mark Twain's new book, "Christian Science,' which' was announced by the North Ameri can Review, has been postponed for the present. Miss Susan B. Anthony will give all her books and documents relating to the woman question to the Congres sional Library, where they will be placed In a special alcove and cata logued separately. Another Western woman has writ ten a first novel, and Harper Bros, are to publish it. Marv Holland Kln- 100 pounds per mile, two guard wires kai(1 hng written a love story dealing with the life actually led to-day by a are sufficient, stretched a minimum distance of twenty-four Inches above the former and the outside at a hori zontal distance of eight inches from the trolley wires. If the telegraph wires weigh 100 pounds or more per mile this latter ar rangement Is sufficient If the trolley wires are not more than fifteen inches apart. Where the trolley wires are separated by a distance of from fifteen to forty-eight Inches three wires are required parallel to the trolley two on the outside, a horizontal distance religious community In the West, and has called her novel "Walda." A diary kept by John Quincy Adams while a law student In the office of Theophilus . Pnrsoug at Newburyport has come to light. Charles Franelst Adams has edited it aud Little, Bruwis & Co. will soon issue It under the title "Life In a New England Town, 1787. 1788." Small, Maynard & Co. announce tike Immediate publication of a i-emark- of eight inches, and the other midway able addition to their distinguished lists. between the two trolleys, all at a mini- of American humor, a list which be--mum distance of twenty-four Inches Bn with the masterpieces of Mr. Doo above the trolley wire. If the distance ' ly "ud which has recently Included : between the wires is over forty-eight SJ"- Lorimer's "Letters from a Self- inches and the telegraph wires weigh Made Merchant to His Son," now lav more than 100 pounds per mile two guard wires are required for each trol- its cue hundredth thousand. ' Edith Wjatt has defined her admlra-- ley wire, as for a single wire. Guard ; ble little story, "True Love," as a coin- wires are also required where tele graph wires do not cross the trolley wire, but are apt to be blown against It. Where a telegraph wire may fall upon an arm or span wire and so slide down on a trolley wire guard hooks must be provided. New York Evening Post. Pictures as an Aid in Teaching. Three hundred years ago a German savant had a wonderful vision. At that time children were taught to read by force of arms, so to speak, through hardships and with bitter toll on the part of teacher and Of child. It seems curious, says a writer in Household, that the first real step toward lighten ing the labor of children as they climb the ladder of learning was the product of the lmaglatlon, not of some fond mother or gentle woman teacher, but of a bewlgged and betltled university doctor. It was Johann Comeuius, however, 'who flrst conceived the dar ing Idea that children could be taught by the aid of memory and the imagina tion working together. "By means," as he quaintly expressed It, "of sensu ous impressions conveyed to the eye, so that visual objects may be made the medium of expressing moral lessons to the young mind and of Impressing those lessons upon the memory." In other words, the good Herr Doctor had the bright Idea that picture books could be useful to children. Comenlus made his first picture book and called it "Orbls Pictus." It contains rude wood cuts representing objects in the natural world, trees and animals, with little lessons ubout the pictures. It Is a quaint volume, and one thnt would cause the average modern child not a little astonishment were It placed before him. As truly, however, as that term may ba applied to any other book that has since been written, the "Orbls Pictus" was au epoch-making book. It was the precursor of all children's pic ture books, and modern childhood has great cause to bless the name of Comenlus. T lie Comma. The Countess Henrietta de Witt, the daughter of Guljsot, the historian, was a charming lady; but she had a culpa ble Indifference to the art of punctua tion. Her father wrote her two pretty little essays on the gubjeet. Whether she was able to take the "middle course," after her second lecture, we are not told; but at least she had not found It lH;fore. "My dear Henrlette," wrote Gulzot, "I am afraid I shall still have to take you to task with regard to your punc tuation. There Is little or none of It In your letters. All punctuation marks a period of repose for the mind, a stage more or leRg long, an idea which is done with, or momentarily suspended, and which Is divided by nuch a sign from the next. "You, Henrlette, suppress those per iods, those Intervals. You write as the stream flows, as the arrow flies. That will not do at all; because the ideas one expresses are not all intimately connected, like drops of water." Either Mademoiselle Gulzot was tak ing a clever revenge, or she was past all redemption, for this is her father's next letter: "I dare say you will find me very provoking; but let me beg of you not to fling so many commas at my head, You are absolutely pelting me with them, as the Sabines pelted poor Tar pela with their bucklers." It is the unmarried young thing who talks about the gray monotony of life, but it is the married one who knows what It is. edy of the affections, aud In her mod esty seems to disclaim any attempt at satire. However, it remains for the reader to experience a delightful sur prise In reading the book. The title Is so suggestive of the uillk-and-boney variety of novel that her absurdly nat ural observations on the lives of her subjects comes with a delicious and to tally unexpected shack. Lavater says: "Read the best books which wise and sensible persons ad vise, and study them with reflection' and examination; that Is, ask your selves, 'Do 1 understand what I read? Do I benefit by it? Do I become wiser and better thereby?' Read with tbe flrm determination to make use of all you read. Do not by reading neglect a more Immediate or more Important duty. Do uot read with a view of mak ing a display of your reading. Do not-' read too much at a time. Reflect ow what you have read, aud let It tw 81 nourishment of the heart and soul, moderately enjoyed and well, digested." FIFTY HATS AT $50 EACH. An American Girl's Order a Godsend to a Pur Ulan Milliner. The American woninn abroad' Is con stantly doing things thnt are sensa tlonnl. This Is what makes them so popular, for their extraordinary- act MISS MAY OOKLET. are generally of the uiouey-speudlnc kind.' For Instance, May Goelet has) recently proven a verltuble silver lulutr to a Partaian milliner In the Rue delav Paix, having recently bought fifty hut at as many dollars apiece. The hats represent all the prevailing modes, and Miss Goelet never wears less than five In the course of a day. A Preposterous Proposition. "Come, now, Maud," said Mr. Ape slegh, "we've got to buy tickets ftt this concert, you know. It's for char ity." "But you said you hated concerts ot this kind." "I do. Still, when their purpose Is a noble one like this I feci that we ought to go." "Why not give the money th ticket! would cost to some Institution that needs " "What! I haven't got any money to toss to the wind just for tbe purpose of seeing the stuff flutter, confound it." A Prize. The editor of a weekly newspaper In Australia offers himself as a prlz to the woman who writes the best essay on tbe duties of a wife.