The Corvallis gazette., May 27, 1898, Image 4

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THERE are nearly half a million
soldiers' graves in the cemeteries
o the United States. From the
Atlantic to the Pacific the nation's he
roes are ou each 30th of May honored by
a loyal and loTing people. On that date,
from the time the sun rises over the hills
of Maine until it sinks to rest beyond the
mountains of California the vast extent of
our land echoes with the bugle call and
the booming of cannon. The youth of the
nation get their best lesson in patriotism
when they lay a wreath of flowers on the
Btone that marks a soldier's grave.
It is impossible to state the exact num
ber of soldiers' graves, as no record has
been made of them for several years.
When the last record was made there
were about 800,000 sleeping in the na
tional cemeteries and probably 75,000
scattered in little graveyards all over the
country. The accompanying map gives
the figures of the last record made. Of
course, the number of graves has increas
ed since then. The veterans have become
fewer and fewer. They have not fallen
as rapidly as they were mowed down be
fore the death-Oealmg hro of tiettysourg,
cor as they fgll in Ihc awful charges of
Bull Huh, but their ranks have been thin
ned by the grim reaper, and for each one
that passed away there has arisen an
other mound to be decorated.
' National cemeteries, as is, perhaps, well
known, are burying places maintained at
the expense of the United States Gov
ernment, and wherein only soldiers are
buried. Many of these are near some mil
itary post, but by far the larger ones are
located in the vicinity of the big battle
fields. Some of the heroes were buried
near the spot where they gave up their
lives for their country, and numbers were
taken to as near their homos as possible.
In the national cemeteries near the battle
fields most of the graves are unnamed.
Only a number and a tiny stone tell where
a hero lies sleeping. When shells and shot
mowed men down by the thousand it fre
quently l.appened that there were none
left to identify the bodies. In most cases
It was known to what company certain
men had belonged, although each could
not be identified individually, and in such
cases all are buried in groups and the
names of all the men who were missing
after the battle are inscribed on a single
shaft
There are in all about ninety national
cemeteries in the United States- and so
scattered that each presents an entirely
different appearance. Could pictures of
them bo viewed one after another they
would present a panorama of our coun
try. There would be cemeteries far out
on sandy wastes' where the sun beats
down mercilessly and the dry desert wind
carries the hot sand in blinding clouds
over the shiny stones that mark the
graves. There would be cemeteries in
mountain wilds and pn boundless western
prairies. There would be peaceful little
spots sheltered 'neath church towers, and
vast stretches of beautiful park 'where
thousands lie buried. Millions of people
visit these cemeteries on Memorial Day
and when night comes each is a perfect
bank of flowers.
The most easterly of the national ceme
teries is the one known as Cypress Hills.
It is located not far out of the city of
Brooklyn, and is a typical Eastern bury
ing place that contains some of the finest
monuments that are placed over soldiers'
graves in the country. The natural aspect
of the country at Cypress Hills is some
what fiat, but the cemetery has received
bo much attention and art has done so
much for it that the flatness is not notice
able. It is a most beautiful spot, where
5,000 heroes are buried. Woodlawn is
the name of the national cemetery of New
York State. It is a magnificent burying
place on slightly rolling ground, well kept
and planted to all sorts of flowers and ev
ergreens. Over 3,000 are buried here. A
little further to the south the national
cemeteries are very close together. At
Philadelphia there is a beautiful burying
place, where about 2,500 sleep, and just
to the northeast of town is pretty Beverly.
Only 104 are burled here, but it is one of
the most beautiful cemeteries in the coun
try certainly the most lieautiful of its
size. In the immediate vicinity there is
the Gettysburg cemetery, Antietam, Balls
Bluff, Grafton and Winchester. All these
are much alike in general appearance.
About 14,000 are buried in all of them.
The shores of the Chesapeake in Vir
ginia are fairly lined with national cem
eteries. About 50,000 are buried in this
.vicinity, and the graveyards are almost
exactly alike in appearance. They are
not as well kept as some further north,
but nature has done so much in the way
of luxuriant vegetation that this is hard
ly noticeable. The most Important of
these cemeteries are Fredericksburg, Ar
lington, Culpepper, Richmond, Cold Har
bor, Petersburg, Yorktown and Annapo
lis. Most of them have streams of water
running through them that greatly add to
their natural beauty. In North Carolina
the most important national cemetery is
Salisbury. Nearly 13,000 are buried here.
This cemetery is located in a spur of a
mountain range and is a most beautiful
spot. In general appearance it is entire
ly different from any other national cem
etery In the country. From almost any
part of it a view extending over miles and
miles of country that in war time was
the scene of many important battles can
be obtained. It is a mo? t impressive place
to visit at any time of the year. The oth-
leigh, New Berne and Wilmington. About
7,000 are buried in these ttree.
Almost at the southern tip of South
Carolina is the most beautiful national
cemetery in the country. It is known as
Beaufort and about 10,000 are buried
there. Although it is in South Carolina,
Beaufort might be saau to belong to Sa
vannah, Ga. The perfect city of the
South is just a few miles away, across
the river that divides the two States, and
it is from there that the crowds of people
come who decorate its graves. Hundreds
of the sons of Savannah are buried in
Beaufort. For picturesquenoss the na
tional cemetery at St'. Augustine, Fla.,
takes first rank. It is on the site of an
old Spanish burying place, and many are
the quaint graves and tombstones to be
seen there. Surrounded by a very old
stone wall, within sound f the breakers
and filled with tropical plants and dreamy
lagoons, it is at once beautiful nnd Inter
esting. About 1,500 are buried here, and
the Decoration Day ceremonies are al
ways of a most impressive nature. The
national cemetery of Chalmette, near New
Orleans, is one of the best-known burying
places in the country. Thirteen thousand
are buried here. Chalmette is located on
the shore of a bayou and presents some
what the appearance of a swamp with
driveways through it. There are several
lakes in it, and in many instances the
graves are very close to the water. Deco
ration Day is always extensively observ
ed here, but for one reason or another the
graves nro decorated with flowers and
evergreens the greater part of the year.
The largest national cemetery in the
country is at Vicksburg, Miss. About
17,000 are interred here, but the place has
rather a depressing effect on one who
visits it for the first time, it is so vast
nnd so suggestive of the horrors of death.
There is a melancholy aspect to it that it
is impossible to shake off. Near by is
the cemetery at Natchez, where 3,200
are buried. In the immediate vicinity are
the cemeteries of Port Hudson, Baton
Rouge and Alexandria. All through this
part of the country Decoration Day is
most extensively observed. In nearly ev
ery graveyard there are several soldiers
buried, and the sentimental nature of the
people causes much attention to be given
to the ceremonies. From Andersonville,
Ga., and following a sort of curve to
Little Rock, Ark., there is a line of ceme
teries where nearly 100,000 soldiers are
buried. These are all very much alike in
appearance and are not as well cared for
as those in other parts of the country.
The principal ones of this group are Mem
phis, Nashville, Chattanooga and Mari
etta. There Is a little group of cemeteries in
Kentucky where about 8,000 are buried,
but the observances of the day here are
always very sad. More old people are
seen at these ceremonies than in any
other cemetery In the country. They
still remember their lost ones, and even at
this late day old, white-haired negroes
are frequently seen weeping and crying
for "young marsa."
A national cemetery that is very little
known is Jefferson Barracks, located
about eighteen miles below St. Louis, Mo.
Over 11,800 are buried here, and the cem
etery is one of the grandest sites in the
world. It is about 300 feet above the
Mississippi, on the west bank, and com
mands a view in all directions over the
bottom lands. This cemetery is remarka
bly well kept, although it does not contain
as many trees as one feels ought to be
there.
The national cemeteries of the West are
sad places. Most of them are absolutely
barren and are distressing in the extreme.
The one at San Antonio, Tex., is of this
character, although of late years an at
tempt has been made to improve it. Near
ly all the Western cemeteries are small.
The national cemetery on the Custer bat
tlefield in Dakota is perhaps the strang
est burying place in all the world. It i i
a most barren spot, containing an enor
mous marble shaft, with 414 graves
grouped around it. The strange thing
about this cemetery is that all those sleep
ing there were killed on the same day.
The national cemetery of San Francisco
is located at the Presidio. About 350 are
interred here. It is not generally known,
but the United States maintains a nation
al cemetery at the City of Mexico. Of
course yie 0,184 buried there are the vic
tims of the Mexican war.
The Committee.
"We're a Decoration Day committee,"
began Lilly.
"And we want some of your flowers,"
said Milly.
"To trim the school house," said Tilly.
Miss Eunice laughed heartily. Then
she looked sober.
"See here, my dears," she said, kindly,
"I think it isn't a nice way for little girls
to beg, if it is only for flowers.
"Beside, when you get the flowers so
easily, you hardly care for them. A lit
tle girl asked me once for a sweet red
rose, and what do you think? She ate it
before she got to the gate!"
"Oh, but we wouldn't do that, Miss Eu
nicel" Baid Milly.
"You wouldn't love them as If you had
grown them yourselves," persisted Miss
Eunice. "Now I'll tell yon what I'll do
for you; I will give each of yon some
plants, so that you can raise your own
flowers for next Decoration Day."
"Oh, that will be nice! Lovely! Splen
did!" said Lilly, Tilly and Milly all at
"But what shall we do for to-morrow?"
asked the little girls.
"I have promised all my flowers for to
morrow," said Miss Eunice, "but -I will
show you a "garden that does not belong
to anybody, where yon can get for the
picking all the flowers you want."
So the three little sunbonnets bobbed
merrily along behind Miss Eunice, as she
led the way to the woods and fields.
"This is the garden I meant," she said,
looking around.
And sure enough, there were whole
flocks of milk-white uaisies, and troops of
bloodroot and trilliums. Lilly, Tilly and
Milly ran to gather them with a shout.
"Take care, my dears!" said Miss Eu
nice, as the children tore up the violets by
the roots. "Pick the flowers and leave
the plants."
"I thought you said these were nobody's
flowers?" said little Tilly.
"To be sure," said Miss Eunice, "but
they are too pretty to be spoiled. Leave
them to grow, and other little girls will
find them here waiting to surprise them.
So the lovely wild flowers will keep a
great many Decoration Days."
THE OLD KNAPSACK.
OR over thirty years
it had hung from
the rafters grim and
dusty, up in the old
garret where spider
webs floated and
where little mice
peeped out their
bright eyes from
nooks behind chim
neys and gloomy cor
ners. The old violin hang
ing upon a nail near
one of the queer, old-
fashioned windows, tells a beautiful tale
when the wind sweeps across its two re
maining strings. The mice quit their
feast among the popcorn and the spiders
even cease to watch for prey when the
old violin begins to tell Its sweet story.
Near the old knapsack hangs a gro
tesque hat with bell crown and wide brim.
The two are great friends, and they fre
quently exchange opinions concerning the
ways of the world as viewed from their
point of observation.
"You see," said the old hat one day af
ter the violin had told its story, "folks
to-day are different. They ride on cars
run by condensed lightning; such a thing
was never dreamed of in my day."
"There wasn't much said about it In my
day, either," uttered the knapsack. "I
notice one strange thing; when Memorial
Day comes around most of the folks seem
to forget that there ever was a war "
"Yes, yon are right; now the war of
1812 "
"Pshaw! That's a long time ago. 1
mean the great civil war, the greatest
war of history. I was through that war
and know something about it. Now what
do you suppose all that uproar over in yon
der field means?"
"Celebrating the civil war, I suppose,"
said the old hat; then added questioning
ly, "but what is that rusty looking spot
on your side?"
"A few drops of blood spattered upon
me at the battle of Big Bethel, June 14,
18G1. Never mind that, though, it is an
incident I do not like to recall. What
I want to talk about is the present; over
in yonder field the sons of men are ob
serving Memorial Dny in their fashion."
"Yes; but they do not celebrate for my
war, 1812, you know."
"But that was a long time ago. The
war I had a hand in was only "
"And one of your buckles is gone. I've
often noticed that, but didn't want to ask
about it."
"That buckle saved the life St a bright
yonng fellow who carried me through the
battle of Manassas Junction, July 21,
1861. But do not bother about such
things. Those chaps over in the field
are celebrating things. They are having
a baseball game and some twenty-odd
thousand people are gathered there. It
is strange, isn't it?"
"Very strange," came the response from
the old hat. The breeze came through
the quaint little window and ruffled the
hat's nap. "So what you fought for has
been forgotten."
"Humph! They have turned what was
Intended to be a sacred day into a day
of sport, recreation, frolic, fun, games.
Perhaps it is best so; I do not know, and
perhaps I am too old to learn." The knap
sack shook its battered sides as it ceased
speaking.
"Been through the greatest war his
tory tells of and now you are forgotten.
You've got a hole in your side; where did
you get that?" asked the veteran of 1812,
bent upon questioning.
"Ball's Bluff, October 21, 1861."
"Fits nicely with 'play ball,' May 81,
1898, eh?"
"Don't ask pointed questions, old fel
low. I hate questions anyhow. At Ce
dar Mountain, August 5, 1862, I lost my
best friend. Shot through the heart, poor
boy! I was taken from his person, and
after that I drifted from place to place.
I saw blood then, enough to float a ship.
The battle of Chantilly, September 1,
1862. was a horrible, frightful carnage.
The worst battle I ever took part in was
Oh! the horrors of that battle! A veil of
crimson comes before me now when 1
think about it. After that battle I got
tost, and was found by a curious fellow
among a pile of broken 6words, battered
canteens and shivered guns. Inside of
me he found the picture of a pretty lady
with name and address upon it Then I
Was sent here, where I have hung upon a
peg ever since. A beautiful woman used
to come up here sometimes and lean her
Soft white cheek lovingly against me. She
used to cry and shudder when her fingers
Wandered over me with soft caressing
touches; and she used to murmur sadly
the name 'Jamie' but that was years and
years ago. Now her children's children
come up here to play on rainy days. Once
the children, when they were very smull,
asked her what I was. 'Hush! dearies;
an old war relic; that's all,' she said. Ah!
but I could tell her a story if she wotld
but listen to me. If she could have seen
the loving kisses that 'Jamie' covered her
picture with when he was alone in the
darkness; if she could have heard the lov
ing words he whispered to her picture;
but I must not tell her of that, for she
has other things to think about now.
Someone will put flowers upon 'Jamie's'
grave, though he sleeps beneath the sod
of the snnny South; perhaps some will
recall his bright honest face to-day
some of his companions who marched
with him."
The knapsack was silent, but shivered
slightly as a shout came from the field of
sport black with crowding, yelling hu
manity. And then a slight breeze swept across
the strings of the old violin; the gloomy
garret was filled with a sweet melody, a
soothing, tender requiem befitting the
place the home of the battered old knap
sack, whose memorinl day was brightened
by the exquisite strains that finally died
away like the echo of a sob.
HEAR THE DRUMS MARCH BY.
AKAH, Sarah, Sar
ah, hear the drums
inarch by!
T hi s is Decoration
Da?.; hurry and
be spry!
Wheel ine to the win
dow, girl; fling It
open high!
Crippled of the body
t now, ana Diinaeu
J''. thb
Sarah. let me listen
while the drums
march by.
Hear 'em; how they roll!
I can feel 'em In
my soul.
Hear the beat beat o' the
boots on
the
street;
Hear the sweet flfo cut the air like a knife;
Hear the tones grand of the words of com
mand; Hear the walls nigh shout back their reply!
Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, hear the drums dance
by! ,
Blind as a bat, I can see 'em, for all that;
Old Colonel J., stately an' gray.
Riding slow and solenfn at the head of the
column;
There's Major L., sober now and well;
Old Lengthy Bragg, still a-bearlng of the
flag;
There's old Strong, that I tented with so
long;
There's the whole crowd, hearty and proud.
Hey! boys, say! can't you glance np this
way?
Here's an old comrade, crippled now, an"
gray!
This Is too much. Girl, throw me my crutch!
I can see I can walk I can march I could
fly!
No, I won't sit still an' see the boys march
by I
Oh! I fall and I flinch; I can't go an Inch!
No use to flutter, uo use to try.
Where's my strength? Hunt down at the
front;
There's where I left It. No need to sigh;
All the milk's split; there's no use to cry.
Plague o' these tears, and the moans In my
ears!
Part of a war Is to suffer and to die.
I must sit still, and let the drums march by.
Part of a war Is to suffer and to dle--Suffer
and to die suffer and to Why.
Of all the crowd I Just yelled at so loud.
There's hardly a one but Is killed, dead aud
gone!
All the old regiment, excepting only I,
March out of sight In the country of the
nlgbt.
That was a specter band marched past so
grand.
All the boys are a-tenting In the sky.
Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, hear the drums moan
by!
Will Carleton.
The First Celebrn tiona.
The date of the first celebration of Me
morial Day in the vnrions States Is as
follows: Alabama, April 26. I860; Ar
kansas, May 30, I860; California, Muv
30, 18S0; Colorado. May 30, 1877; Con
necticut Mny 30, 1876; Delaware, May
30, 1867; Florida, April 26. 1870; Geor
gia, April 20, 1866; Illinois, Mny 30.
1873; Indiana, Muy 30, 1867: Iowa, May
30, 1808; Kansas, May 30, 1866; Ken
tucky (Confederate), May 10, 1867: Ken
tucky (Union), May 30, 186S; Louisiana
(Confederate), April 6, 1875; Louisiana
(Union), April 8, 1S78; Maine. May 30.
1867; Maryland (Confederate), June 7,
1866; Maryland (Union), June 5, 1866;
Massachusetts, May 30, 1881; Minnesota
(at Minneapolis), May 30. 1809; Minne
sota (regular), May 30, 1870; Mississippi,
May 1, 1867; Missouri, Mny 30, 1808:
Nebraska, May 30, 1868; Nevada, May
30, 1869; New Hampshire, May 30, 1S68:
New Jersey, May 30, 1868; New York.
May 30, 1868; North Carolina (Greens
boro), May 5, 1866; North Carolina (lta
leigh), May 10, 1866; Ohio, May 30, 1S6S;
Oregon, May 30, 1875; Pennsylvania,
May 30, 1868; Rhode Island, Mny 30.
1808; South Carolina, July S, 1800; Ten
nessee, May 30, 1808; Texas, May 30.
1871; Vermont, May 30, I860; Virginia
(Union), May 31, 1866; Virginia (Con
federate), June 11, 1866; West Virginia.
May 30, 1878; Wisconsin, May 30, 1873.
"His Face 10 the Foe."
"Slain in Battle." "He fell with his
face to the foe." These were the mes
sages that were flashed over the wires
and sent to the waiting ones at home
by brave and thoughtful comrades. Those
who lived through those trying times need
not be reminded how sacred is the trust
committed to our charge. They "know
what the day means in all its comprehen
sive and broad significance, and it needs
no burst of martial music, no flourish of
trumpets or beating of drums to tell the
story. They know the history of those
trying days, and the most eloquent efforts
of oratory cannot make it more clear or
more dear to them,
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The Oord of the Opera.
The confirmed opera goer drew a
long breath. "That would make me
happy if it blew over my grave." he
murmured blissfully.
The woman with him looked at him
doubtfully. "What's blowing?" she
asked unsympathetically.
"It's the perfume," he explained.
"One always gets it when the curtain
rises on the second act. The house is
full by that time and the odors of the
flowers and perfumes have grown
heavy. The air is close and oppres
sive during the entr'acte, but when
the curtain goes up the draft sweeps
out and catches that indescribable odor
and whirls it up here to the dress cir
cle. It's not like anything else.
No theatre has it. It's the essence of
opera flowers and laces and jewels and
beauty and musio. I'd recognize a whiff
of it in paradise. Just ask any old
chap who has been coming here for years
about it. He'll know what I mean. "
New York Sun.
Warehouse Fired by a Meteor.
An extraordinary accident is reported
from Austria. Some extensive ware
houses were destroyed by fire lately at
Flume, the result, as was believed, of a
stroke of lightning. It is now reported
that in clearing the debris a great
meteoric stone, weighing four tons,
was discovered imbedded in a deep pit
among the ruins, and the experts have
decided that the premises were set on
fire by the glowing stone.
A New York man recently went to
an undertaker's, chose a coffin, bar
gained for its lowest price, purchased
it, then returned home and committed
suicide.
OUR AMERICAN POLICY.
The policy of this country regarding foreign
complications seems likely to remain conserva
tive. The Monroe doctrine, according to the
declaration of our leading politicians, will be
sustained, but pati'-nce and prudence in otlicial
quarters will restrain the exuberance of public
opinion. The wisest and most prudent course
for the rheumatic and the malarious is to use
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which also cures
kidney complaint and dyspepsia.
It is estimated that 400,000 larks
are sold yearly for food at the Leaden
hall market, London.
JOHN POOLE IS CONSTANTLY KE
celvlng large Invoices of the celebrated Stongh
ton wagons. These are superior to any ever put
upon this market, Before buying a wagon call
and examine, or write for catalogue. Address
foot of Morrison street, Portland, Oregon.
There are several varieties of fish
that cannot swim. In every instance
they are deep sea dwellers, and crawl
about the rocks, using their tails and
fins as legs.
Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved
me large doctor bills. C. L. Baker, 4228
Kegent Sq., Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 8, '95.
The elephant does not smell with
his trunk. His olfactory nerves are
contained in a single nostril, which is
in the roof of the mouth, near the front.
The barking of a dog on the earlh
nan be distinctly heard by a ballonist
at an elevation of four miles.
The Roentgen rays can
pleurisy.
diagnose
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The prefix "O" before so many of the
names of Iiish families is an abbrevia
tion of the word "ogha," meaning
grandchild.
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Moore's Revealed Remedy will doit. Three
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your druggist or any wholesale drug house , or
bom Stewart St Holmes Drug Co., Seattle.
New York Road Law.
A road law has been enacted In New
York, the operation of which will be
watched with no small Interest.
It provides that county boards of su
pervisors may pass resolutions that
public interest demands the Improve
ment of any public highway, or section
thereof, and must do so upon the peti
tion of the owners of a majority of
lineal feet fronting on such highway,
and transmit copy of same to the State
engineer. That official must then de
cide whether such road is suitable for
improvement, and have plans and spe
cifications made for the work. If the
supervisors then decide to make the
Improvements, the State engineer shall
advertise for bids.
One half the cost of improvement Is
to be paid by the State and one-half Is
to be a county charge; but If the im
provement Is made simply on resolu
tion of the supervisors, the town in
which It Is made Is to pay 15 per cent,
and the county 35, while, if the Im
provement Is petitioned for, tlie prop
erty benefited Is to pay 15 per cent,
and the county 35.
The New York law was enacted by
emphatic majorities In both branches
of the Legislature 38 to 9 in the Sen
ate and 00 to 40 in the Assembly. In
New York rock or gravel roads can be
made at less cost than In Western prai
rie territory, which may in part explain
the greater readiness of the New-Yorkers
to try State aid. State aid has cer
tainly made Itself, by its actual opera
tion, very popular among all classes In
New Jersey.
Good Hands League.
Without giving the matter an earnest
thought it might seem remarkable that
such a progressive idea as that of num
bering county houses by the ten-block
system, which Is commended without
a serious objection being raised against
It, should be so slow In becoming es
tablished. There are some difficulties to be met
and overcome, but they are not serious
ones. What is everybody's business is
nobody's business. There Is no money
in it directly and personally for those
who work to establish It. It has to be
done but once in a place, and the same
set of men would have no opportunity
to profit by an experience either In get
ting the supervisors to act or In doing
the field work of establishing It.
The Good Koads Leagues all over the
country would be doing a particularly
good thing If they would add the ten
block system to the educating work
they are doing for good roads. The two
should go hand In hand and the organ
ization would be equally available for
both lines of work. The work done in
one locality would give knowledge,
practice and experience which would
help in other places.
About all that is needed is to estab
lish it in the very best wayln a few
prominent counties, and it would then,
as a matter of course, go Into all other
counties. Will they not add this feature
to the line of good work that they are
now doing? Exchange.
RUSSIA'S PRISON HORRORS.
Using Prisoners in Chains as Beasts of
Burden.
The presence of a batch of convicts
In Odessa, Russia, for deportation to
Saghalien, has occasioned the publica
tion of various accounts of the treat
ment received by the prisoners in that
Island, and if the numerous stories are
true Saghalien must be a veritable in
Ceruo. Eye-witnesses relate that a com
mon sight Is that of shackled human
beings worked to a huge cart, whoso
weight tries the strength of their uu-ier-fed
bodies to the uttermost
These men are demoralized by the
brutality of their surroundings and the
cruelty of the officials, who are ever
ready to have recourse to the knout to
anforce submission. An attempt to es
cape is punished with ten years' extra
imprisonment, and it needs only one or
two failures to break away to bring
About an unfortunate prisoner's resi
lience in this "slough of despond." One
form of treatment Is the coupling of the
shackles which ensheath a prisoner's
inkles to a wheelbarrow. This the
victim must drag night and day for
months, perhaps till the iron inflames
the flesh and the legs mortify. His
comrades may mercifully soak the feet
and forcibly pull off the bands a pro
cess which is attended with the most
excruciating agony, but which is eager
ly borne.
The knouting ct a man is a scene of
Incredible barbarity. The victim Is
mounted on a specially constructed
wooden horse and his back Is bared.
The scourge Is applied with such vi
olence that at each stroke pieces of
tlesh are torn away and the blood from
the wounds bespatters the face of the
executioner.
Such is the horror of Saghalien that
men and women go mad and lunatics
are to be found hiding In quiet places.
All the women are more or less de
mented. Their lot is peculiarly un
happy. They are given to the bachelor
convicts men whom for the most part
they have never seen before. Even
those who are not convicts lose their
reason, as witness the story of Mile.
Naumofa. This lady had devoted her
life to the rescue of children in this
unhappy spot, and for years has spread
1 light and comfort around her, but in
1 paroxysm of madness induced by the
soul-torturing surroundings she shot
herself. Her work was taken up by
three ladles; one of these shot herself,
the second went raving mad, and the
'bird married a warder. London News.
Belies or Sir Walter Raleigh.
It Is now 300 years since Sir Walter
Raleigh lived In Ireland, but according
to Sir John Pope Ilennessy many
traces of his residence there can still
be seen. The richly perfumed yellow
wall flowers that he brought to Ire
land from the Azores, and the Affane
cherry, are still found where he first
planted them, by the Blackwater.
Some cedars he brought to Cork are
to this day growing at a place called
TiyoJL The four venerable yew trees,
the branches of which have twined and
intermingled Into a sort of summer
iiouse thatch, are pointed out as hav
ing sheltered Raleigh when he first
smoked tobacco In his Youghal gar
dens. In that garden he also planted
tobacco. A few steps further on,
where the town .wall of the thirteenth
century surrounds the garden of the
warden's house, Is the famous spot
where the Irish potato was planted by
Ulm.
Had a Large Supply.
"Is Kentucky with us, Major?"
"Yes, suh. Kentucky stands read,
suh, to fu'nlsh a cunnel fo' ev'ry regi
ment sent out suh."
When a man gets the ague It sooi.
rives him the shake.
Ad loll
Land of garlic and tortillas.
Land of xebecs and mantillas.
Land of mules and smuggled b'.ttera,
Land of raisins and of fritters,
Land of Pedro and Sancho,
Land of Weyler and Blanco,
Land of bull fights and pesetas,
Land of dusky senoritas,
Land of manners stiff and haughty,
Land of Isabella naughty,
Land of Boabdil and Hamil,
Don't you hear your Uncle Sam'l?
"Git!"
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As far as oaloulations can decide the
temperature of comets is believed to be
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iron.
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.
We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word " CASTORIA," aud
" PITCHER'S CASTORIA," as ourfrade Mark.
I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of " PITCHER'S CASTORIA,"
the same that has borne and does now bear the
facsimile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original ' ' PITCHER'S
CASTORIA " which has been used in the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought aud has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chas. H. Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, M.D.
If the weight of the body be divided
into 11 parts eight of these parts will
be pure pater.
CITS Permanently Cured. No fits or ncrvousnes
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The time required for Niagara to cut
its gorge has been variously estimated
at 7,000 to 35,000 years.
State or Ohi , City op Toledo, (
Lvcas County. )
Fkank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partcr of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co.,
doing business in the City of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, aud that said firm will pav
the sum ol ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886.
. 1 A. W. GLEASON,
f i Notary Publie.
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Among the Phoenicians the wearing
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game custom obtaining with the He
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How Buffalo Bill Fooled a Party of
Green Cavalry Officers.
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jumping on his favorite horse, "Brlg
haui," and riding out of camp at the
alarm of a herd of buffalo. It was at
a time when he and his comrades were
short of meat, and consequently long
ing for buffalo steak. He says:
While I was riding toward the buf
faloes, I saw five horsemen from the
fort, who were evidently going out for
a chase. They proved to be newly ar
rived officers, a captain and his lieu
tenants. "Hello, my friend!" sang out the cap
tain, "I see you are after the same
game that we are."
"Yes, sir," said I.
They scanned my cheap outfit very
closely, and as my horse looked like a
work-horse, and had on only a blind
bridle, they evidently considered me a
green hand at hunting.
"Do you expect to catch those buf
faloes on that Gothic steed?" laughed
the captain.
"I hope so, by pushing hard enough
on the reins," was my reply.
"You'll never catch them in the world,
my fine fellow," said he. "It takes a
fast horse to do that."
"Does It?" -asked I, as if I didn't
know.
"Yes, but come along with us, for we
are going to kill them more for pleas
ure than anything else. All we want
are the tongues and a piece of tender
loin, and you may have all that Is left."
"Miir-h obli-rpd to you. captain." said
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I. "I'll follow you."
There were eleven buffaloes In the
herd, and they were not more than a
mile ahead. I saw they were making
toward the creek for water, aud I
started up that way to head them off,
while the officers came up in the rear,
and gave chase. The animals came
rushing past me, not a hundred yards
distant, with the officers three hundred
yards in the rear.
I pulled the blind bridle off my horse,
and he, a trained hunter, knew exactly
what to do. He started at the top of
his speed, and brought me alongside the
rear buffalo. I raised my gun, fired,
and killed the animal at the first shot.
My horse then carried me alonshle the
next one, and I dropped him at the next
fire.
Thus I killed the eleven buffaloes
with twelve shots, and as the last ani
mal dropped, my drose stopped. Re
member I had been riding him without
bridle, reins or saddle; but I jumped
to the ground knowing he would not
leave me. The astonished officers were
igst riding up.
'"Kow, gentlemen," said I, "allow me
to present you with all the tongues and
tenderloins you want."
"Well," said the captain, "I never
saw the like before. Who under the
sun are you, anyhow?"
"My name is Cody."
"That horse of yours has running
points!"
"Yes, sir; he has not only the points,
but he knows how to use them."
"So I noticed!"
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