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native village, and in the little ceme­
tery were graves of union as well
confederate soldiers who hail fallen in
B Y E L IS A A R M S T R O N G .
that contest. Those of the former were
in a group in a deserted and neglected
It was midafternoon of the 29th corner of the burial ground, and when
o f May, and Johanna Yoho was the beautiful custom was inaugurated
gathering flowers for Trivate Tom to of decorating with flowers the sleeping
take to town for the Decoration day places of the heroes Barney was great*-
iv distressed because the programme
ceremonies.
“ Lucky Tom don’t fuss about takin’ did not include those of former foemen.
“ They »nought er been wrong,” he
'em along norw,’’ she said, standing on
tiptoe to reach a lofty branch of persisted, “ in pilin’ down onter us. but
syringa; “ guess he’s gittin’ kind o’ thev fit p’intedly. ’n' I reckon they’d
less pcrnickelty ’bout toting things as wives n* mammies that cried over ’em."
But Barne3T was a trifle ahead of his
he gits older. I do like tub know that
my flowers is in the procession if 1 neighbors in spirit of amity The day
came, when a wealth of flowers was
kain't sec ’em.’’
Trusting Johanna! True. Private
Tom of late years meekly accepted hi.s
floral burden as. while the stars still
mounted guard in the sky. he set off on
his fifteen-mile wa’k to town. Th«
flowers, however, never graced the pro
cession. Well, well! Fence corners
and old comrades told no tales of glee­
fully-deserted baskets, and so peace
folded her wings over the home of one
old soldier.
‘•Ilanny, Ilanny," called Private
Tom, from the house, “ where’s th’ key j
tub tli* cedar chist? 1 want tuh get my
best close out.”
“ In th’ little blue bag in th' purple
bandbox on the right hand o’ th' top
shelf o' th' cupboard in th' spare room.
Key tuh spare room’s on th' clock shelf.
Tom. these roses is th' purtiest yit:
mebbo they’ll trim up th' goddess o'
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liberty’s wagon with ’em.”
“ Likees not,” replied Private Tom.
H I8 L A S T T R IB I’ TK.
adding, under his breath, “ ef they git
'em.”
spread over each southern soldier's
“ Ilain't heard nothin’ o' .Jim, havi grave, while no thought was bestowed
3’e?” Called Johanna, happily uneon upon those that wer«* concealed b\
cions.
weeds, beneath the scraggy oaks and
“ Not yit; mebbe some o’ his folks'll j lms. When the* speeches and hymn?
be along to-day.
I liain’t seen «fin were ever a party' of y'oung peoph-
stnee he had th’ quinsy, ’n’ I was laic i strayed down in the union quarter, and
their astonishment was great when
up same time with rheumaliz.”
,
“ As ye would be now, ’less I'd a made they saw that every grave was covered
ye take that patent medicine ye was so ! generously with wild flowers. Near by
sot against.
Must a tasted pretty bad they saw Barney extended upon weeds
though ef ye wouldn’t have me in th his bloated bod3’ had broken by its
room while 3*e took it—’twas g<Kwl. weight.
though.”
The touching tribute was Barney's
“ Humph, it didn't hurt them laylojk last act upon earth; for he never awoke
hushes under th’ window none.” \ from the sleep into which he had fallen.
chuckled Private Tom. laboriously ; He died beside the graves of former
panting up the stairs to the spare enemies, whose courage had inspired
room. “ It’ll be good tuh see ole Jim | hi.s pi*aiseworthy action.
to-morrow, sure. We stood shoulder
When the next anniversary day came
tuh shoulder four 3rears 'n' not a inch loving hearts recalled Barney’s charge
difference between us. Not a Decora­ over in the deserted corner, anil since
tion day have we missed together, i that time no distinction has been made
either. Land o’ liberty, I wish Johan in that little cemetery between the
na wouldn't lock up a body's close es ef union and the confederate dead.
they was gole 'n' precious stones. Ain’t
seen 'em even sence ole Sergt. Jenks
DECORATION DAY POEM
was berried las’ fall.”
Fifteen minutes later Johanna dis­
covered her brother dancing about the
room and raving like a madman while
lie vainly strove to get into bis coat.
“ Land, Tom, 'tain’t ingy rubber,
don’t treat it so; ye'll never get into it
thatawav’.“
“ Nor an3' other,” groaned Private
Tom. “ sence I ’vegot so fat settin’ round
th* house. Johanna. I kain't go f th'
exercises to-morrow!” He sank down,
his face in his hands. Not o«ce had
he failed to place a flag on the grave of
his old commander; not once had he
missed marching through the town to
the old tunes, his heart beating sav-
TONY'S PRETTY FLOWERS.
AN AVERTED CATASTROPHE.
T~) O V A L Baking Powder is absolutely pure and
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healthful, composed of the best ingredients,
and of the highest strength.
It is impossible to
make a purer or stronger baking powder.
— San Francisco Board of Health.
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ACUTE DYSPEPSIA
GEORGE IV NO GENTLEMAN.
H e S aid So O n ce, a n d a t A n o t h e r T im e H e
P ro ve d It.
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When Lord Liverpool was forming
S Y M P A TH E TIC H EA R T DISEASE
his ministry in 1822, he thought it ab­
O F T E N A TT E N D S IT.
solutely necessary to have Canning at
the foreign offle« although aware that
M r » . V . C u r l e y , o f < la r e n c e , I o w a , T e l l » the appointmen —on Id be obnoxious to
George IV. The Duke of W ellington
an I n t e r e a t i n g S t o r y o f H e r E x ­
undertook the unpleasant task of com­
p e r i e n c e W i t h 1 'ln k I ' i l l » .
municating Lord Liverpool’s determ i­
From the R epublican, Cedar Rapids, Iow a.]
nation.
Mrs. V. Curley who has resided in '
As soon as the king knew what was
Clarence, Iowa, for the past twenty-two Wanted of him he broke out: “ Arthur,
yeras, tells an interesting story of what it is impossible. I said, on my honor as
she considers rescue from premature a gentleman, he should never be one of
my ministers again. 1 am sure you w ill
death. Her narrative is as follows:
“ F or ten years prior to 1894, I was a agree w ith me that I cannot do what I
constant sufferer from acute stomach said on my honor as a gentleman I
trouble. I had all the m anifold symp­ would not do. ”
Another man would have been si­
toms o f acute dyspepsia, and at times
other troubles were present in complica­ lenced, but the great soldier, always
tion— I did not know what it was to equal to an emergency, replied:
"Pardon me, sir, but I don’ t agree
enjoy a meal. N o matter how careful
I m ight be as to the quality, quantity w ith you at alL Your majesty is not a
and preparation o f my food, distress gentleman. ”
The bold assertion startled the king,
always follow ed eating. I was des­
pondent and blue. Alm ost to the point but the duke went on, “ Your majesty is
of insanity at times, and would have not a gentleman, but the sovereign of
been glad to die. Often and often I England, with duties to your people far
could no sleep. Sympahetic heart above any to yourself, and these duties
trouble set in and tim e and again I render it im perative that you should
was obliged to call a doctor in the night employ the abilities of Mr. Canning.”
“ W ell, A rthu r,” said the king, draw­
to relieve sudden stacks of suffc cation
which would come on without a in g a long breath, “ i f I must, I must.”
Although he did not like being told
moment’ s warning.
My troubles increased as tim e wore he was not a gentleman, George I V had
on and I spent large sums in doctor once, at least, while regent forgotten he
bills, being compelled to have medical was one. This was when he flung a
attendants almost constantly. During glass of wine in Colonel Ham lyn’s face,
1892 and 1893, it was impossible for me w ith “ Hamlyn, you are a blackguard!”
The insulted officer could not return
to retain food, and water brashes
plagued me. I was reduced to a skele­ the compliment without com mitting
ton. A consultation of physicians was something like treason— it was out of
unable to determine just what did „u , the question to challenge he prince
me. The doctors gave us as their opin­ while to let tbe insult pass nnnoticed
ion that the probable trouble was ulcer­ was equally impossible.
The colonel tilled his glass and threw
ation o f the coats of the stomach and
held out no hop.; o f recovery. One, the contents in the face of his neighbor,
doctor said, ‘ A ll I can do to relieve \
H,S majesty 8 toast’ pass **
on !”
your suffering is by the use o f opium. ’
“
Ham
lyn,”
cried the regent, “ you’re
About this tim e a friend of mine,
a capital fe llo w ! H ere’s your health.”
Mrs. Symantha Smith, of Glidden,
And they wero fast friends from that
Iowa, told me about the case o f Mrs.
evening.— N ew York Advertiser.
Thurston, o f Oxford Junction, Iowa.
This lady said she had been afflicted
SWALLOWED TH E JUMPING BEANS.
much the game as I had. She had
consulted local physicians without re­ T h o u g h t T h e y W e r e C a p s u le » a n d T o o k th e
Done In t h e D a rk .
lief, and had gone to Davenport for
treatment. G iv in g up all hope of re­
A good citizen in the northwestern
covery, she was persuaded by a friend section of the city has been through an
to take Dr. W illia m s’ Pink Pills. The exciting experience. Being a dyspeptic,
result was alm<<st magical.
tbe gentleman visited his physician. A
1 was led to try them from her exper­ prescription was written for him which
ience, and before many months I felt the druggist tilled. The result was a
better than I had for a dozen years. small box of capsules, which he took
I am now almost free from trouble, and home and placed upon the sideboard,
i f through some error o f diet I feel with the remembrance o f the instruc­
badly, this splendid remedy sets me tions to take two every hour in the even­
right again
I have regained my ing after eating until bedtime. These
strength and am once more in my nsnal were obeyed implicity.
It was dark in the dining room, and
flesh. I sleep w e ll and can eat without
distress. T have no doubt that I owe the gentleman went for his medicine
m y recovery to Dr. W illia m s’ P in k 1 tbe first evening without a precaution
Pills.
I only wish that I had heard of of a lamp and administered to himself
them years ago thereby saving m yself , three doses of two capsules each before
the years of suffering and much retiring. He was awakened some hours
afterward by a strange sensation. For
money.”
Dr. W illia m s’ Pink P ills contain a l l : aught the man could tell he seemed
the elements necessary to g ive new life within to be a mammoth penuchlo board
and richness to the blood and restore on which a m illion little objects were
shattered nerves. They are for sale by dancing.
He could distinguish kicks and jumps
all druggists, or may be had by mail
from Dr. W illia m s ' Medicine Company, so v iv id ly that it was in vain for bis
Schenectady, N. Y . , for 50c per box, w ife to try to convince him that he was
dreaming. She suggested the doctor,
or six boxes for $2.50.
and the servant was dispatched in hot
haste. Before he arrived the sick man
AN UNEXPECTED OIL STRIKE.
asked for more of tho capsules, which
A H u n t e r R u n ■ F o x I n t o ft C a v e , and S ub­ were brought to his bedside. When the
cover was removed, there were Mexican
s e q u e n t P r o c e e d in g s W e r e S ta r tlin g .
Three prominent residents of Bing­ beans instead of capsules, the kernels
hamton, N . Y ., indulged in a fox hunt bouncing as m errily as spring lambs.
recently. As they were returning home Tbe box of capsules had been misplaced
the honnds struck the trail o f a fox. accidentally by the young son and heir
They followed it and came upon toeir and the beaus put in its place. Thu doc­
honnds barking under a ledge of rocks tor does not say what kind of medicine
on the western slope of the old Baker he finds useful in such cases.— Wash­
farm. One of them felt aronnd the ington Post.
ledges for any other hole by which the
I ’asftinE an E x a m in a tio n .
fox conld escape, nsing a small crow­
The story of a w ell known bishop
bar. He climbed to the top of the ledge
o f rocks, striking all around with his which reached me the other day seems
good enough for publication. The bishop
bar.
Suddenly it slipped through his fingers was one day examining a batch of dea­
and went down a small fissure. In en­ cons for priests' orders. A fte r the the­
deavoring to get it out he lighted a match oretical part of the examination, he said
and dropped it into the fissure. A flash to them: “ Gentlemen, you have passed
and sudden explosion occurred. A jet a most excellent examination in theory.
o f flame shot upward higher than the I should now like to see you do some­
surrounding tree tops and illuminated thing practical. 1 shall go into the next
the siirronnding country.
About 100 room and personate a sick man. You
feet below the place where the w ell was w ill come in, one by one, audress me as
burning they discovered a flow o f oil is­ a sick parishioner, and say something
suing from a crevice. The stream was comforting. ” When his lordship had re­
large enough to fill a tw o inch pipe. The tired, the candidates were in some con­
village is in excitement over the find, and fusion, and nobody cared to begin, but
prospectors are flocking there in num­ at last a mad Irishman voluntered to be
bers. The crowbar was found again and the first. He entered the study and ap­
bore unmistakable signs o f the “ third proached the bishop, who was lying
with a woebegone air ou the sofa, and
send” upon it.
thus addressed him: “ Oh, Anthony,
Anthony! The drink again! Sbure it
T h e S a lt a n ’ » L ib r a r y .
The sultan of Turkey has issued an w ill be the death of yel Turn from your
imperial decree to the effect that three evil ways before i t ’s too late and be a
copies of every book and pamphlet on man!” This is said to be the last time
any subject whatsoever that has been that the bishop hold a practical exam i­
printed or published in any language in nation.— London Truth.
any part o f his dominion, from the time
he ascended the throne to the present
day, are to be sent to the imperial palace
and one copy to the new library at the
Sublime Porte, which is now being bnilt
by his majesty's orders.
It is stated in well informed circles
that his majesty has three objects in
view. First, it is an economic way of
furnishing tw o libraries. The second is
that it w ill encourage native authors
(whose lot under the circumstances can
hardly be regarded as a happy one) in
writing and publishing new works, and
the third and most important object of
all is that his majesty's specially em­
ployed censors and secretaries w ill be
better able to control and check any pub­
lication containing anything to which
the snltan and his advisers may object.
—St. Lonis Globe-Democrat.
W h a t a n d W h e r e Is H e a v e n ?
A lg t? says that “ heaven” is not dis­
tinctively a world situated somewhere
in immensity, but that it is “ a state of
pure spiritual existence, having nothing
to do w ith any special time or place.”
He further says that “ heaven is a state
of the soul or a state of society under
tbe rule of God's w ill, either in this life
or in a future state of existence. ” From
tbe akv.'-r9 it is clear that the great au
thority therein quoted considered that
“ heaven” does not mean a bounded
place of abode, bnt simply unlimited
existence in a state of joy for tbe souls
of virtuous respecters of God’s laws.—
St. Louis Republic.
A B a r to B ig a m y .
“ Boys,” said a teacher in a Sunday
school, "can any of yon quote a verse
from Scripture to prove that it is wrong
L o g s P r e n e r v e d In W a t e r .
for a man to have two wives?” He
Some magnificent logs o f spruce and
paused, and after a moment or two a
yellow pine, which have made their way
bright boy raised his hand. “ W ell,
down from the sources of the Delaware
Thomas, “ said the teacher encouraging­
to the Kensington mills, are now float­
ly. Thomas stood up and said, “ N o man
ing in the Aramingo canal just below
can serve two masters. ” The question
tho Girard a enue bridge. Excellent
ended there.— Boston Home Journal.
material for tall masts and flagpoles and
huge beams over 70 feet long and 2 feet
A P o k y O ld P la c e .
square on tne end are noticeable among
Lady Betty (prond o f old ancestral
the mass o f floating timber. Contrary mansion, where the fam ily have lived
to the popular belief, timber is best pre­ ever since the reign of Henry V I I I )—
served when submerged in water, and Just fancy wbat papa’s having done!
what appears to be a mass of refuse clog­ H e’s having the electric light put in!
ging portions o f the canal is in reality
Prosaic Sister-in-law (from Chicago)
valuable lumber stored there for reasons — I'm real glad to hear it. I t 'll be the
o f economy. Such economy can be over­ making o f the place__London Punch.
done, however, and many a noble piece
o f timber, which has become water­
logged daring a long period of time, r ow
lies along the bottom of the canal.— D r. P ric e ’* C re a m B a k in g P o w de r.
World’ s Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
Philadelphia Record.
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DECORATION DAY.
UV
tY 11.1,1 A M R O S S E R ( O R R E .
Out from the lonp past comes the
memory of a nameless soldier prave
m d of a heart that broke because her
love was not. Out from the past come
the shadows of numberless unknown
ir.d named heroes, who gave their all ;
of life to perpetuate the union. In
the trying times of strife and carnage,
when eannons belched and muskets •
flashed death everywhere, little mounds
of earth sprang up in rows here and
there in the southland. The memory i
of these known and unknown dead sug­
gested the beautiful custom of deco­
rating the graves with the choicest
flowers of spring, the practice pro­
claiming to the children and children’s |
children forever that the deeds of these
men who died for God and country
shall be memorialized as long as cour­
age rates as a virtue.
As time passed members of the army
of veterans who returned to their
homes dropped out of life, so that now.
“ THESE ROSES IS TH P V R T IE S T T IT .
besides the great national burial place."
in the south, every cemetery of the
north is hallowed by the presence of agely and blithely as that of a hoy.
sleeping soldiers.
Wherever these And to-morrow Private Jim must go
heroes lie flowers are taken at each re­ alone!
“ There's 3*er ole close.”
curring anniversary and placed as vo­
“ D’ye think I ’d wear thim , patched
tive gifts upon every sacred altar
grave of liberty. History tolls of sky- 'n' threadbare? Twouldn’t show re­
piereiug monoliths, of colossal statues spect tuh dead er livin'. I ’m gittin’ old,
and artistic mausoleums erected to the too, n' mebbe it’s the last.”
memory of great captains of conquering | “ An3’bodv home?” called a cheery
armies, while thought—if thought voiee below.
“ It’s Jim's niece—you go *n* tell her.
there was at all—of tin* hosts of com­
mon soldiers who poured out their life | I kain’t.” P. ivate Tom faltered.
“ How do.“ said the visitor; “ dreadful
blood for the glory of these chieftains,
was as a flitting fancy at eventide, ban­ hot, ain't it? I come over with a mes­
ished with its birth. It remained sage from Uncle Jim.”
“ Tom ain't goin'; he—”
for the American people, who govern
“ No more's Uncle «Jim.
He kain’t
for themselves and are alone supreme,
lo declare that the humblest life sacri­ wear his best close; 3*e see, he ain’t wore
ficed in the cause (A freedom is as 'em sence Susy's weddin*. and now he’s
sacred as the ptnates of the household got that thin over thequinsy an' Lucy's
—as priceless as that of the general troubles that the3’ hang on him like a
who hared his breast to death-dealing shirt on a beanpole an'—la, Private
Tom, are ye eraz3r?”
bullets.
For Tom bad almost rolled down­
The problem of human government
must he sought to I k * solved by each stairs, a coat over one arm, a vest in
successive generation.
lilesscd is that the other hand and a pair of trousers
one which throws such added light that trailing after him.
“ No. I hain't—I'm goin’ over tuh
the next one may discern with clearer
vision the working of the still-to-be- Jim's tuh swap—ef he's got thin. I've
solved question. The errors of a peo­ got fat. an'—“ the rest was a distant
ple—their discontent and mistakes, wheeze.
And so it happened that Privates Tom
may sorely try the safety as well as the
perpet uity of a government. The labors, and Jim changed their coats, though
the pains ard the sorrows of the soldier not their views, and walked side by
army must ever serve «as warning, as side in the Decoration day parade, as
entreaty, as encouragement and as usual.
strength to the living and their succes­
sors. Each returning Decoration day BARNEY JEN VINOS’ CHARGE.
teaches the lesson of the pricclessness
of iiberty and union.
Barney Jennings lived a very un­
For the soldiers who sleeps and the eventful life in his Carolina home until
cause for which they died the wooded the breaking out of the late civil war.
dells are searched, the broad fields are His .opportunities were very few. and
sci nned and cultivated gardens are he had not availed himself of those he
stripped of their choicest gifts. Hail might have seized. He was a shiftless,
the nation that honors its defenders, harmless, happ3’-go-luek3* fellow, with
dead and living, and let Decoration day abundance of leisure anil little or no
be ami abide forever, a holy day in the cash.
nation. Time has softened the asperi­
When he offered his services as a sol­
ties of other days; the opposing pas­ dier in the southern army the captain
sions of men, whose differences were was averse to accepting him because of
based upon honest conclusions, have his unsavory reputation, and onl3’
heen subdued into respect and admira­ yielded after most urgent entreaty on
tion for the courage that stamped the the part of the ne'er-do-weel. Barney
action of each in the trying times of served in the army of the Potomac, or
infinite peril, and a common country is James, participating in the leading
the heritage of all. The custom of battles and winning an enviable name
decorating the graves is in no sense an as a fighter. Had he been able *o read
awakener of strife, but a sublime trib­ or write he would have been given a
ute to exalted worth.
commission.
The once ensanguined fields of the
Alas! at Chancellorsville poor Jen­
south are now being turned over by nings had his left leg shot away, and
bright plowshares, and will presently his soldier da3’s ended, much to his dis­
yield fair harvests to the peaceful gust and discomfiture. Returning
workers; the voices of the mockingbird home, he hobbled about on a “ peg-leg.”
and brown thrush fill with melody surrendering himself to whisky drink­
the groves through which once passed ing and fighting over again his battles,
hostile armies. The sound of war is under the “ stoops” of the village stores
heard no more in the land, and may the or before the tall bars of the saloons.
memories and lessons of Decoration day Whatever scruples he may have had
preserve an everlasting peace to the before the war as to accepting charity,
nation. The one great baptism of he now felt himself a proper ward of
blood should be efficient to the per­ the communit3*. Poor fellow! hi.s ap­
petual sealing of the republic in peace petite for liquor grew stronger every
and harmony throughout the length du3% and he soon passed into a state of
and breadth of the land.
nearly continuous inebriety. Ilis heart
nearl3* broke when tidings came from
Appomattox; but. like a brave soldier,
T h e T .-r ro rg o f W ar.
Mrs. Ilenpock (visiting her first hus­ he accepted the issues of battle, say­
band’s grave)—Yes; here lies a hero. ing; “ The feller wot lams yer is jester-
\ ou would not be my husband to-day tied in hol'in' on s'long's his hilt do'n
slip.”
had he not been killed in the war.
Before l»arne3’ fought at Uhancellors-
Mr. Hcnpeck (fiercely)—Yea; what a
ville there had been a battle near his
curse war is!—Puck.
Si
wt
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The spring hail l»een so late in com­
ing that the good and loyal people ol
Teckcrdaville scarcely knew what they
should do about flowers for Decoration
day. The hitherto never-failing snow­
balls and lilacs were in embryo, while
of the wild flowers not even a spring
beauty or a wood violet was to I k * seen.
The ladies got together and talked
over the situation; the committee ol
arrangements solemnly decided that
something surely had to be done, and
that without delay. Then the ladies
met the committee, when there was
much more talking than ever, which
finallv’ culminated in a wrathful out­
burst from Old Mrs. Malliner. a soldier's
widow:
“ Sec v’cre. now, all there is we'se
got ter have flowers ter put onto the
graves n* all the snivelin* 'n' talkin'
back in the worT hain't ergoiw ter
hurry up spring one bit. What's more,
we jist kain't put off decoratin'; so we'll
hafter take up er collection fer bu3’in’
uv 'em. Here goes m3’ quarter.”
This innovation was a startling one
to the Teckerdsvillians.who. if patriotic,
were also economical, and their con­
tributions were not made with startling
alacrity. Still, after much persistence
nd a ‘ borough canvass of the town.
• n amount was raised that, in the opin­
ion of everybody, was ample for tbe end
Jesired. There being no hothouse or
lower store in Teekordsville, Tony
Jalliner. only son of the widow,
was instructed to proceed to Detroit
and make the purchase.
Decoration < 1:13* opened warm, but
with every promise of an all-to-be-de-
sired occasion. The villagers docked
themselves in their best attire, the
farm wagons came lumbering into
town, filled with happ3’ creatures, glad
to get away for a da3* from the arduous
toil of the home. Bluejavs chattered
*• F o rw .ir d l” was tn e woru wnen uay
Dawne.l upon the arm ed array.
“ F a lle n !” was the w ord when ni>?ht
Closed upon th e Held o f ti^ht.
“ Hurt, m y b o y :" “ Oh. no! N o t m uch!
Only g o t a lit t le to u c h !"
“ W on d er w h a t the fo lk s w ould say,
I f th ey knew the news to -d a y !”
” F o r w a r d !" was the word that flashed
H om ew ard, when the cannon crashed.
“ M is s in g !" w .'s the word sent hom e.
W hen the shades o f r ig h t had come.
“ F a lle n ? "
Y es; h e fe ll, th ey say,
In the fiercest o f the f r a y !"
“ D ied l ist n ig h t!" the m essage said,
Th u s the m o rrow 's papers read.
One you ng h eart that heard the word,
F lu tte re d lik e a wounded bird!
One was broken!
• M oth er! M other!
Bow ed her head !
M oth er's d e a d !"
T w o green gra ves w e 11 deck to-day,
Sons anti m others side by side.
N on e w ill dare to t e ll us “ N a y !”
Both fo r R ig h t and F reed o m d ie d
L o n g ago one sw eet you ng soul
E n tered h er Cicthsemane,
D eath to h er the grea test goal,
A s it must to many b e .’
O ! the bleeding, broken hearts.
L iv in g long th e ir lin gerin g death,
•Pierced by cou nllesss cruel darts,
S m oth ered sobs beneath each breath
C om rades! C all the ro ll again !
W r it e th e ir nam e on g lo ry s page!
Th ose w ho bore the g r ie f and pain,
F ie rc e r fa r than b a ttle s r a g e !
W hen they lie th ere by his side,
D earer to him th n Ills life.
M other. S ister, S w eeth ea rt. Bride,
O r his d ea r devoted W ife .
A nd you deck h is g ra v e again.
W r it e h er nam e—hut not ben ea th !
B y h er agony and pain.
Crown h er g r a v e w ith fa ire st w re a tl
T h re e green gra ves we deck to-day.
T h is is tkO third, « t e n H m his bridv
N on e w ill dare to t 11 us “ N ay !’ ’
F o r these th ree fo r freed o m d ie d !
—H . H. Van M eter, in N. Y. E ven in g Post
TO MEMORY PEAR.
Some members of tlie (¡rand Army of
the Republic have recently expressed
their disapprobation of Decoration day
beiefr turned into a regular holiday*—a
day for big baseball matches and sport­
ing meetings—instead of being solely
regarded as a day, as intended by con­
gress. for the decoration of the graves
of tlidse who fought for the union, and
for the keeping in lasting memory the
deeds of those who saved it. The rising
generation, say’s the Illustrated Amer­
ican. knew not those troublous times.
It cannot, therefore, be blamed if it does
not feel the same personal interest in
the dead that do the men and women
who lived amidst the tragic scenes en­
acted in this country from I8fil to 1865.
But. at the same tiipe. it must not be
supposed that the rising generation is
less grateful to the heroes of the civil
war than the members o f the grand
army are to those of the revolution. It
may be that it can no longer say with
Longfellow:
•Your : ilen t ten ts o f greet.
W e deck w ith fra g ra n t flo w ers"
th e
verse
w it h
W est A Tar ax .
“ You rs has the su fferin g been.
T h e m em ory sh all be o u rs."
Remember the Soldier®.
R em em b er the sold iers, ch ildren.
R em em b er them a ll w ith flo w e rs '
T h eirs was the bu ttle and th eirs the pain,
Ours is the peace and ours the gain ;
T h eirs was th e sow ing, th e h arvest ou rs—
And a ll w e can g iv e them to-d ay is flo w ers!
—E C D ow d la Y o u th 's Companion.
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in the apple trees, robinssanff soft love
notes to their mates, and sparrows
twittered upon every7 hand.
Presently, however, as the crowds
gathered, so did the clouds. Patriot­
ism. however, is strong, and the people
like to get together in the country.
Hence, while they gossiped and spccu-
aled upon the possible events of the
day. they gave little heed to the fall­
ing smoke from the chimney’s or Hie
fitful whitting of the winds, those sure
precursors of a rainfall.
The speaker, the preacher, the church
choir and the chairman had gathered
upon the stage that stood on the outer
edge of the cemetery, while two or
three thousand people were gathered in
front. Then a raindrop fell sputtering
here and there upon the new bonnets
or dresses of the women, and the
derby’s of the men. Neighbor regarded
neighbor nervously*, but no one
flinched as a slow, drizzling, but de­
cidedly wetting rain set in.
Chairman, preacher, speaker, choir
all did their part without abatement of
one jot or tittle of the programme.
Loyally the people stood at their posts,
tittering no eomplaints, if they* did fail
to cheer.
Then, after flie benediction was pro­
nounced. the chairman called up the
committee to distribute the flowers.
Alas! the flowers did not materialize.
In their stead, in the paper boxes once
containing them, were wretched masses
of pulpy, vari-colored paper, tangles of
wrapped wire, etc. Tony had pur­
chased a lot of miserably made paper
flowers instead of nature's own dear
s h o rte n e d .
tio n o f an
th e c h ild .
The largest regimental loss on either
side during the late civil war was sus­
tained by the Twenty-sixth North
Carolina—Pettigrew’s brigade. Ileth’s
division. They had a full quota of 80«i
men on July 1 . 1863, but in the single
battle of Gettysburg lost .588 men, 86
killed and 50*2 wounded, not including
the •’missing.” of whom there were 120.
According to Col. W. F. Fox, in one
company. 86 strong, every man was hit.
and the orderly who made out the list
did so while suffering from a wound in
each leg
Surely those were times
which not only “ tried men’s souls.” but
made heroes of those who survived and
martyrs of the dead.________
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Still another novelty in cycledom—
the chimney sweep's tricycle. Resi
dents in Brixton, a suburb of London,
have been somewhat startled by the
spectacle of an individual of sable and
somber appearance careering around on
a tricycle, to which his brushes and
other apparatus are attached, and utter­
ing the well-known sweep's cry\
D e c o r a t io n i).iy .
A china d ec o ra to r M.iy is named,
And p retty cups sh e paints, though a ll un­
tamed.
A sked lit t le F lo ; " W h a t sh all you paint, to-
a n d th o s e so on to
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m o th e r a n d c h ild , b y
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p a r in g th e s y s te m fo r
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W illy—Say. pop. I'm glad you wasn’t
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Father (pleased)—Are, you, Willy?
Why?
W illy—Because I'd be going to the
cemetery to-day, instead of the ball
game.—Puck.
T h e O ld G u a rd D w in d le «.
There are morb soldiers' graves to
tleeorate to-day than ever before. The
t old iruard dwindles.
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” N o th in g a t a ll. m> d a rlin g ." answ ered M ay;
1 th ou gh t you 'd p.*!nt a lot. to -d a y ." said F lo
" Because i t ’s D ecoration day. you k n o w !"
—Y o u th s Companion.
IM PRO VED
Mrs. D o r a A. G u t h r i e , o f OakUy , Overton Co.%
Tenu . w rites: “ W hen I began takin g Doctor
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stand on m y feet without suffering almost death
N o w I do all m y housework, w ashing, cooking,
sew in g and everyth in g for m y fa m ily o f eight. I
am stouter now than I have been in six years
You r ’ Favorite Prescription ' is the best to take
before confinem ent, o r at least it proved so with
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children as I did w ith m y last.”
Work on Grant's tomb at New York
has been resumed, and will be contin­
ued until tlie monument is completed,
which will be in March, 1896. Gen.
Porter said about tbe work; “ There
has been a great deal of care bestowed
upon the construction of the tomb.
The granite is faultless. It is quarried
in North Jay, Me., and all the large
stones are finished at the quarry and
sent to New York in boxes. The small­
est imperfection is enough to cause the
rejection of a stone. When the stones
are laid yTou could not get the point of
a knife between them. They lit ex­
actly. and llie contractors, as well as
the architect, arc inexorable in their
demand that the work shall I k * above
criticism.”
O h , l ! e J o y f u l!
th e
IN ADVANCED YE AES
T H IS ?
W e o ffe r O n * H u n d r e d D o lla r s R e w a r d
fo r a n y ca s e o f C a ta r r h t h a t c a n n o t be
cu re u b v H a l l ’ s C a t a r r h C u r e !
F . J . C H E N E Y £ C O ., P r o p s .,
T o le d o , O h io .
W e , U.»e u n d e r s ig n e d , h a v e k n o w n F . J.
C h e n e y fo r t h e la s t 15 y e a r s , a n d b e lie v e
h im p e r fe c t ly h o n o r a b le in a ll b u sin ess
tr a n s a c tio n s a n d fin a n c ia lly a b le t o c a r r y
o u t a n y o b lig a t io n s m a d e b y t h e ir fir m
Largest Ri gitne ital Lo»».
A ngels ca lled tho ro ll again.
W ro te h er nam e a bove the stars
F o r h er pa tien t fa ith in pain.
D eep er fa r than b a ttle scars.
fin is h
HOW S
G ra n t*» T o m b in N e w Y o r k .
But life lin g e rs —O ! so lo n g !
And the years so w eary g r o w !
T e a rs h ave ch oked h er h ea rt’s sw eet song
D im m ed those eyes that used to g lo w !
S IE V E .
Ja ck—I proposed to May last n igh t. Tom
H ow d id j on com e o u t? Jack— H ead first.
“ They was so much cheaper,” he was
careful to explain.
Still there was no end to small flags,
so that two of them were placed upon
each soldier's grave and thus amends
were made in part for Tony's blunder.
But Teckerdsville never did and never
will forgive him the sorry trick he
played.
L e t the flnwer-i fo re v e r fa ir
B loom above o a r fa llen brave3.
W h ile the angels guard them there,
Q lc r y lin gers o ’er th e ir graves.
A
T h e c h ie f fu n ction o f th e kidneys is to *ep-
ara .e from the blood, in if* pnotag*» th rovgh
them , o f < ertain im p u rities and w a tv iy particle*
w hicn m ake th« ir final e x it through tne blad
der. T b e retention o f these, in c »teeq len ce of
in a c tiv ity o f the k id u eja . t* p n d . i c t i 'e of
B rig h t’s di»ea*e. dropsy, oiabetes, albu m in u ria
and other m a ladies w ith a la tal te n d e re r. H o*
tetter s Stomach B it ers, a h igh ly sanctioned
d iu re tic and blood depuren t, im p e l* th e kid
neys w h en in a c tiv e lo en ew tt e ir siftin g fu m -
tion , and strain from the vital current im p u rl
tie » w h ich in fest ir and threaten their ow n e x
¡stance as organs o f the body, t a ’ arrh o f the
bladder, gra vel and retention o f ib e u rin e a ic
ai>o ma adies arrested o r averted by thla benien
prom oter and restorative o f orga n ic action . Ma
la ri a. rheum atism , co n stip at on, biliousness
an.J dyspepsia also yie ld to the B itters, w h ich is
also s p ie a ily ben eficial to the w eak and n e r­
vous.
„.a »
G a y b o y is t p a rty )— Miss W ool is fin ely form ed.
Miss W ool (w i o o ve rh e a rd the re m a rk )—Yes,
and the ror*n is a ll w ool.
gi f t V
W h ile w e honor him who fe ll
In th e fiercest o f the fray,
W e w ill hono;’ h er as w ell
L y in g b y his side to-day.
b u t it ca n
w ord s:
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C O R B IT T & M A C L E A Y C O .
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