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DANGEROUS POST IN BATTLE. He had to kill some of his dogs for food, ami he had to quench his thirst by Neu in "Fighting Top»” Are in a niof-tealng his lips with a little snow. Position of Extreme Peril. T »• liad two guides, an Eskimo and his The men in the greatest danger dur wife. Coming over the glaciers the ing a naval engagement are those sta trio had to !>«■ laabed together to avoid tioned In the military masts or •light tielng separated in the blizzards. Three ing tops” of tlie big ships. It Is a posi tion of extreme peril. The men sta tioned there play hide and seek with death during a battle. Exposed to the tire of the enemy with but little protec tion, the chances of their again reach ing the deck below are extremely slim. There are slight barbettes behind which the men crouch while loading and fir ing their guns, but these are of but lit tle practical use hi warding off the fire of the enemy, and the smoke and heat of battle rising In the air make the sit uation even more disagreeable. Masts are not used on a modern battle ship to support sails, but as stations for VILLAGE OS THE ICE. lighting and to display signals. Fight times Tilton was all but frozen, but the ers were stationed in the tops long lie- fore steam supplanted sails. It was a vigorous action of the Eskimo saved shot from the mizzeutop of the Re him. It took lilin nearly five months doubtable that put an end to Nelson's to reach St. Michael, where he met life in the moment of victory. Long Lieut Jarvis, of the relief expedition. before that they were used as a sta A llawson City Idyl. tion for marksmen. The sailor nowa A Dawson City mining man lay dying on days doesn't have to climb the mast. the ice, It is of steel, not wood, and of great lie didn’t have a woman nurse—he didn't diameter. Access to the fighting tops have tlie price; is gained from the interior. In the But a comrade knelt beside him. as the sun sank in repose, same way ammunition Is passed up to the men who are doing the lighting in To listen to his dying words nn»l watch him while he froze. the dangerous station. These masts vary greatly in construc The dying man propped up his head aliove four rods of snow. tion, some ships indeed being without And said, “I never saw it thaw nt ninety them, and on others they are mere sig eight lielow; nal poles. But on the big battle ships Send this little pinhead nugget that I they are elaborate affairs. Some are ■wiped from Jason Dills equipped with an upper top for the elec To my home, you know, at Iteadwood, at Deadwood in the hills. tric light, a lieculiarly shai>ed edifice below to enable three quick-firing guns to be discharged right ahead, ami a “Tell my friends an»l tell my en’mies, if you ever reach the East, species of conning tower below, from That this Dawson City region is no plact which the captain can oversee the for man or ix-ast; smoke clouds, and thus see to direct the That the land’s too elevated and the wine movements on his ship In action. This too awful cold. conning tower is not always present, And the hills of South Dakota yield ns but all the battle ships have three or good a grade of gold; six pounder rapid tire guns, and elec Tell my sweetheart not to worry with a sorrow too intense, tric light projectors, and one or two lighter machine guns in addition. These For I’m going to a warmer nn«l a far more cheery hence. guns are supported Ity expert gunners, Oh! tile air is growing thicker, and those breezes give me chills. Gee, I wish I was in Deadwood, in Dead wood in the hills. “Tell the fellows in the home innd to re main and have a cinch. That the price of [intent porkchops here is eighty cents an inch. That I speak as one' who’s been her« scratching ’round to find the gold, And at 10 ¡icr cent of discount I could not buy up a cold. Now, so-long,” lie faintly whispered; “I have told you what to do.” And he closed his weary eyelids an«l froze soiiil p, »1. (J. His friends procured an organ box and c. o. »l.’d the bills. And sent the miner home that night to Deadwood in the hills. —Dea»lwo»jd Pioneer. Like Mother, Like Hon. nATTr.KSlIlV's MILITARY MAST. and in every battle they do effective work in clearing the guns, sweeping the decks and superstructures. and picking off the officers and leading men. It Is hazardous work. There is an overhead shield, but these and the luir- bettes give protection more hazardous than real. There Is not much danger of the mast falling, for It would take a well-directed shot with a big projectile to bring it down. But If It did fall there would Is1 a great crash and the damage would be great. It would Is* rough on the men In the tops, who would come tumbling down to certain death. Yet eveu If th»' masts do not com«' down, th»1 men are In a dangerous position, being living targets for shot und shell. Th»* thin plating affords pro tection against a rifle bullet, but any thing larger would pierce it ami eml the lives of the men l>ehlnd the barbette. One of the most remarkable among tlie feats of the postoflice In finding [>eo[)le—ami such feats are many—is re corded by a New York paper. A letter was received at the postoffice in that city oddreasetl simply: "To my mother, New York, America." Tin* letter come from Ireland, but ns there are in New York several women who have sons in Ireland, the [»ostoffice p»s»ple despaired of finding the right on«'. However, the letter was turned over to the deciphering deportment. Now it so happened that on the very day of Its rerelpt there un Irish woman »•am»' to the general window and wild: “Have ye a letter from me b’y?’ The fact that a woman with the cost of mind required for such an Inquiry should come at that time, struck the clerk, who had h»'ar»l of a letter for a woman whose name was not given, as something more than a eolncldence. It was quite ¡»osslble that such a woman might I m * the nartlwr of such a sou. So he took th»' letter, olwrveil the postmark, and asked th»' woman where her "b’y" lived. She gave the name of th«' pin«» with which the letter was stampetL Some other »¡uestlons were asked anil the answers n«»t«l down. Then the clerk gave the woman th»' let ter, on th«* condition that she should oiM'n It on the si»»t ami return It If It were not for her. She opened it, and lo! its contents proved conclusively that it ivai really from her son In Ireland. Ancient Neales Dinc«»v<'re<l. A pair of seal«« much like those of tin* modern pharmacists is among the multltu«k‘ of objw'ts discovered this year In excavations about thirty miles from Theln-s and recently exhibited In London. The scab's are finely tlnisii«!, having a beam about hair and one-half lnchi-s long, with a ring at each en»l of th«' three conls, and the pans, about the si»* of an English lH'tiny, ar»' slightly convex. Wool from Persia. IN'rslan wool Is going to Russia. Franc» and the Unite«! States. Our Im port of that commodity is mode via Marseilles. A small portion only of WAITING FOR RELIEF. that ellp|H»l from th«* milltons of sheep Whaler Officer Travel» 2,<XX> Mlle» to in the country is iu<e«l there, ami that Bring Aid to Arctic Colony. goes for manufacture of carpets. The George Tilton, third officer of the chief centers of carpet nuuiufa«'torl«'s steam whaler Belvidwre, traveled 2,000 are Suntanalxid. Kornsaan, Ch Ira» and mil»« over sm»w and ice to bring aid to Kurdistan, one house tn Nuntnnabnd an AreXl»* colony. Ills «»liquuitona ami employing more than 10,tMM> workmen. the cixovs of tile orca, a stcaui whaler, the J. II. Freeman, a steamer, and the Rosario, a schooner, and from four oth er vessels form the colony on the Son Morse islandH. They were the ships caught In the "young Ice" off Tolnt Harrow. When the ships' »’rows had been res cued from the Ice that crushed th«' ves- vela; whem the provisions tmd with In finite la.l>ir t>een tmnsport«! to the Isl and where the men had to live; when the wood and the sails left from ths wrecks had Iwn Imllt Into huts for ths 300 men who had been wni'ked. Tilton started for civilisation. lie Expected It. “Oh, why do you love me, Mabel, dear?” he cried. “Because,” she answereil, an«l he, ol course, was satiafitsL Alic*—I’ve Just lieen reading I'»»e. Doesn’t he tell some weird t;iles? Mrs. ltendnext Yes, but they don’t hold a candle to some of those my husband tell» m« when he comes liome late.— New York Herald. It requires as much time to get away from a perslatent agent as It doe« to ■u, gnud-by to an aff«ctlonat» woman. ’> loo« a • tA »al N. DAKOTA ^niNHESOTA o’! £ ’, rX » L * I I • S. DAKOTA » \ 11 WISCONSIN I t X MICHIGAN K e BRASKK IOWA \ ! ^J^ForT MSPhersoq » i J0»-— 1“» *----- — I llinois ' tQuir»C*J 1 Comi* ’/ ft \ 3 ¡OKLAHOMA^; ! H \ Dovxx»» Hti I6XO l ÌKFanetto lie W zz/S A • LS-yZ j > V I I V///7 « ^-OUISIAWO ■ ALABAMA , k / * t / rm- p wH « ! . » I ■ • L / [iipo • (db) San Anton!® 375- I k I \ » \ I y Iwinsville !? I V » z / 7 ) IM /■ Aj Custer Mexico (Me,ico) (j® » battle » -F.elA -v/y- 1 SanYranCSCd -3VX“ HERE are nearly half a million Only 164 are btiriod here, but rt is one of soldiers' graves in the cemeteries the most beautiful remeterk's in the «»un of the United States. From the try—certainly the most beautiful of its Atlantic to tht' Pacific the nation’s size. he In the immediate vicinity there is roes are on «idi 30t.h of May honored by the Gettysburg cemetery, Antietam. Balls a loyul and loving p«>ple. On that »late, Bluff. Grafton and Winchester. All tln-se from tlie time the sun ris»'s over the hills are much alike in general appearance. of Maine until it sinks to rest beyond the About 14,000 are buried in all of them. mountains of California the vast oxtent of The shores of the Chesapeake in Vir our land eehot's with th«' bugle call and , ginia are fairly lined with nation«il cem th«' booming of cannon. The youth of the j eteries. About 50,000 are burk'd in this nation get their l>est lesson in patriotism vicinity, ami the graveyards are almost when they lay a wreath of flowers on the exactly alike in appearance. They are stone that marks a soldier's grave. not as well kept us some further north, It is impossible to state the exact num- but nature has done so much in the way her of soldiers’ groves, as uo recor<l has of luxuriant vegetation thnt this is hard tas'n made of th«>ni for severnl years. ly noticeable. The most Important of When the last record was made there these' cemeteries are Fr«ierk ksburg, Ar were about 360.000 sl«*ping in the na lington, Culi»ep[>«'r, Richmond, Cold Har tional cemeteries and probably 75,0011 bor, Petersburg, Yorktown and Annapo scattered in little graveyards all over the lis. Most of them have streams of water country. Tlie accompanying map gives running through them that greatly add to the figures of tlie last record tniule. Of their natural Ix'auty. In North Carolina course, th«' number of graves has increas the most important national cemetery is ed since then. The veterans have become Salisbury. Nearly 13,000 are buried here. fewer and fewer. They have not fallen This cemetery is loreted in a spur of a us rapidly ns they were mowed down lie- mountain range and is a most beautiful tor«' tlie death-dealing fire of Gettysburg, spot. In general appearance it is entire nor ns they fell iu the awful charges of ly different from any other national cem Bull Ruu, but their ranks hav«> been thin etery in the country. From almost any ned by tlie griin reuiier, and for each one [»art of it a view extending over miles and that ¡Missini away there has arisen an- miles of country that in war time was otlier mound to lie decorato»!. th«' scene of many important battle» can National cemeteries, ns is, perhaps, well la* obtain«!. It is a most impressive place known, an' burying [>laces maintained at to visit at any time of th«' y«ir. The oth the expense of tlie United States Gov er «'metories in North Carolina are Ra ernment, and wherein only soldiers are leigh. New Berne and Wilmington. About buri«!. Many of these are near som«' mil 7,000 are buried in these three. itary post, lint by far the larger ones are Almost nt the southern tip of South !oeat«l in tlie vicinity of tlie big battle fields. Some of the heroes were bnriisl Carolina is th«' most beautiful national near the spot where they gave up their cemetery in the «»untry. It is known as lives for their country, and numbers wore Beaufort and about 10,000 ore burk'd taken to ns near their honu-s ns possible. there. Although it is in South Carolina, might be saiu to b«»long to Sa In the national cemeteries near the battle Beaufort The perfect city of the fields most of the graves are unnamed. vannah, Ga. South is just a few miles away, across Only a numtier and a tiny stone tell where the that divides the two States, and a hero lies sleeping. When shells and shot it is river there that the crowds of people mowed men down by the thousand it fre come from decorate its graves. Hundreds quently happen«! that then' were none of the who sons of Savannah are buried in left to identify the bodies. In most cases Beaufort. For picturesquem-ss the na it was known to what company certain cemetery ut St. Augustine, Fla., men hud lielonged, although each could tional first rank. It is on tlie site of an not tie identitied individually, and in such takes S[»anish burying plai'e, and many are cases all are burk'd in groups and the okl grav«*» and tomlistones to bo names of all th«' men who were missing th«1 quaint there. Surround«! by a very old after the battle are inserii»«! on a single seen stone wall, within sound of the breakers shaft. fill«l with tropical plants and dreamy There are in al! about ninety national aiul it is nt on«* beautiful ami inter cemeteries in th«' Unit«! States nn»i so lagoons, About 1,500 ore buried here, and scatter«! that each presents an entirely esting. the Decoration Day ceremonies are al different apiHiiranre. Could pictures of ways of a most impressive nature. The them lie view«! one after another they national cemetery of Chalmette, near New would present a panorama of our coun Orleans, is one of the best-known burying try. There would !>e cemeteries far out [»laces in the «»untry. Thirt«m thousand on sandy wastes where the sun beats are burk'd here. Chalmette is locat«l on down mercilessly and th«' dry desert win»! the shore of a bayou and presents some carries the hot »and in blinding clouds what th«' appearance of a swamp with over the shiny stones that mark the driveway* through it. Th«'«' are several graves. There would be cemeteries in lakes in it, and in many instanres the u.ountuin wild» an»l on boundless western graves are very close to the Water. Deco I rairies. There would b«' peaceful little ration Day is always extensively observ- s[s>ts shelter«! ’miith church towers, and «1 here, but for »me reason or another the vast stretches of beautiful park where graves are »l«i»rnt«l with tl«»w«'rs and thousands lie burk'd. Millions of p«>ple evergreen» the greater uart of the year. visit these cemeteri»'« on Memorial Day The Largest national cemetery in the an»! ivheu night «inn«'« each is a perfect country is nt Vicksburg. Miss. About bank of flowers. The most easterly of th«' national «>m« 17.<>00 are interred here, but the place has teries is the one known as Cypress Hills. rather a »^pressing effect on one who It is locut«l not far out of the city of visits it for the first time, it is so vast Brooklyn, an«! is a typical Eastern bury and so suggi-stiv«' of the horrors of <l«mth. ing place that contain» some of the finest There is a melancholy aspt'ct to it that it monuments that are pln«il over soldiers’ is impossible to shake off. Near by is grnv«, in th«' «»untry. Tl»e natural a«[>«'ct the remetery at Natchez, where 3.200 of the «»untry at Cypress Hills is some nre buri«!. In the immediate vicinity are what tint, but tlie «'nietiWT has reci'iv«! th«' cemeteries of Port Hudson, Baton so much attention an«! art has done st» Rouge aixl Ak'xandria. All through this much for it that the flatness is not notice part of the country Decoration Day is able. It is a most beautiful spot, where most extensively observed. In n<*arly ev 5.000 henx's are l»urie»L Woodlawn is ery graveyard there are several soldiers the name of th«' nattonnl cemetery of New buried, awl the rentitnental nature of the York State. It is a magnificent burying p«>pl«* enus«« much attention to be given pla»i* on slightly rolling ground, well kept to the ceremonies. From Amlersonville. •: m 1 ¡>lant«i to all sorts of flowers ami ev Ga., and following a sort of curve to ergreens. Over 3,000 are burtol here. A Little Rock. Ark., there is a line of ceme little further to th«' south th«' national teries where nearly 100.000 soMicrs are cemeteri«'* are very cl»'»»' together. At buried. These are all very much alike in I*hilad«'l|»h!a there Is a ts'auttful burying appi'nranre and are not as well oared for place, where about 2.5oo sleep. an»l just ns tho«' in other parrs of the «wintry. to the northeast of towu is pretty Beverly. Th« principal ones of this group are Mem- T » 7 / z ■ Ville V Œ f Sil 9 æo ' rgia JPort H V A s / I z* in Tv » —* I •-.-ci' i V,;ar VX; .ARKANS^ fofSSISSIPPi! J ***■" — / / sç- 1 i qa, » I I I I I \ y J IRGINI Kt-NILI ( “ /87Z xd /' rinrj' Î 7/ i. \ ; INDIAN 7 l'.Trie'MÄ ; 'TJERRITOW 5-605 TEXAS |7/d I n Scotti .................... ........................... A-33 \............................. I ^orT^ ,-olUlJMT I i I i i l¡ cita su \ fâ&eX ! V; Ft L.e«veqwortl)s| ^MISSOURI Jrg 4363 \ \ IRS js H î H» ____ —- 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 remetery in the reuntry. They still rememb«*r their lost on««, and even at this late day old. white-haired negroes are frequently seen weeping and crying for “young marsa," A national cemetery thnt is very little known is Jefferson Barracks, ¡rented about eighteen mites below St. Louis, Mo. Over 11,800 ore buri«l here, and the rem etery is one of the grandeet sites in the world. It is about 300 feet above the Mississippi, on the west bank, and «>m- mands u view in all directions over the bottom lands. This cemetery is remarka bly well kept, although it does not «mtain as many trees us one feels ought to be there. The national cemeteries of the West are sail plaees. Most of them are absolutely barren and are distressing in the extreme. The* one nt San Antonio, Tex., is of this character, although of late yeurs am at tempt has t»een made to improve iL Near ly all the Western cemeteries are small. The national cemetery on the Custer bat tlefield in Dakota is [»erhiqis the strang- est burying place in all the world. It is a most barren spot, containing on enor- mous marble shaft, with 414 graves grouped around iL The strange thing about this cemetery is that all those steep ing there were kill«! on the same day. The national remetery 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 the 6.184 buri«l there are the vic tims of the Mexican war. The First Celebrations. The date of the first celebration of Me morial Day in the various States is os follows: Alabama, April 26. I860; Ar kansas, May 30, 1865; California, May 30, 1880; Colorado, May 30, 1877; Con necticut May 30, 1876; Delaware, May 30, 1867; Florida. April 26, 1870; Geor gia. April 26, 1866; Illinois, May 30, 1873; Indiana. May 30, 1867; Iowa, May 30, 1868; Kansas, May 30, 1866; Ken tucky (Confederate), May 10, 1867; Ken tucky (Union), May 30, 18C>8; Louisiana (Confederate), April 6. 1875; Louisiana (Union), April 8, 1878; Maine, May 30, 1867; Maryland (C»mfederate), June 7, 1866; Maryland (Union), June 5, 1866; Massachusetts. May 30, 1881; Minnesota (nt Minneapolis), May 30, 1860; Minne sota (regular). May 30. 1870; Mississippi, May 1. 1867; Missouri. May 30, 1868; Nebraska, May 30, 1868; Nevada, May 30, 1800; New Hampshire, May 30, 18)18; New Jersey. May 30, 1868; New York, May 80. 1868; North Carolina (Greens boro), May 5, 1866; North Carolina (Ra leigh), May 10, 1866; Ohio, May 30. 1868; Oregon. May 30, 1875; Pennsylvania. May 30. 1868; Ithoile Island, May 30, 1868: South Carolina. July 3, 1866; Ten- nessee. May 30, 1868; Texas. May 30. 1871; Vermont May 30, 18»'»0; Virginia (Union), May 31, I860; Virginia (Con- ft'derate), Jnne 11, 1866; West Virginia, May 30, 1878; Wisconsin, May 30, 1873. The Committee. “Y’ou wouldn't love them as if you had grown them yourselves,” persiste«! Miss Eunire. “Now I’ll tell you what I’ll do for you; I will give each of you some pLtnLs, so that you can raise your own flowers for next Decoration Ttay.” “Oh, that will be nice! Lovely! Bi»len- dld!" said Lilly, Tilly and Milly all at once. “But what «hall wo do for tomorrow?” asked the little girls. “I have promired all my flowers fbr to morrow,” said Mias Eunire, “but I will show yon a garden that »lore not belong to anybody, where you can get for the picking ail the flowers you want.” So the three little mmbonnets t»bb«l merrily along behinil Miss Eunice, iw she led the way to the woods and fields. “This is the gonten I meant," she said, looking around. And sure enough, there were whole flocks of milk-white aaisies, mul troops of blo«Mlro<rt and trilliiuns. Lilly, Tilly and Milly ran to gather them with a shout. “Take care, my dears!" said Miss En- nire, as the children tore up the violets by tlie roots. “Pick the flowers and leave the plants.” “I thought yon said th«'««' were nobody’» flowers?” said little Tilly. “To he 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 th«' lovely wild flowers will keep a great many Decoration Days." HEAR THE DRUMS MARCH BY. Il j u ; ARAH, Sarah, Sir- ah, b«^r the drums march by! T hl s Is fiecoration Day;—hurry and I m * spry! Wheel me to tho win dow. girl; fling It open high! Crippled af the body now. and Ulnded of the eye, Sarah, let me Hsten while the drums man-.h by. Hear ’em; how they roll! I can feel ’em !n my souL Hear the beat—bea»—o’ the boots an the street; Hear the sweet flfo «it the air like a knife; He*ir tlie tunes gnunl of the wonls of com mand ; Hear th«' walls nigh shout back their reply I Sarah. Sarah, Sarah, hear the drums dance by! Blind ns a bat, I can see ’em. for all that; Old Colonel J, stately an’ gray. Riding slow and solemn at the bead <rf the column; There’s Major L, sober now and well: Old Lengthy Bragg, still u-bearlug of tbs flag: There’s old Strong, that I touted wtfb so long; There’s the whole crowd, hearty and proud. Hey! boys, sayl can’t you glance up this way? Here’s an old «Xfflirade, crippled now, an’ gray! This Is t»»o much. Girl, throw me my crutch! I can see—I can wulk—I can mareh—1 could fly! No, I won’t sit still an’ eee the boy» march by! Ob!—I fall and I fllntfli; I can’t go an Inch! No use to flutter, no use to try. Where’s my Btreugtbi Hunt down st the front; There’s where I left It. No need to sigh; All the milk’s spilt; 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 die— Suffer and to die—suffer and to—Why, Of all the crowd I jnst yellei! at so lend. There’s hardly a one but is killed, dead and gone! All the old regiment, excepting only I, March out of sight In the country of the night. That was a sp«'<'ter band marched past so grand. All the l»oys are a-tent!ng In the sky. Sarah. Sarah, Sarah, bear the drums toMn by! —Will Carleton. “His Face to the Foe.” “Slain in Battle." “He fell with hi« fare to the foe.” These were the mes sages that were flashed over the wire» anil sent to the wniting ones at home by brave an«l thoughtful comrades. Those who liv«l through those trying times need not be reminded how sacred is the trust committ«! to our charge. They know what the day means in all its comprehen sive and broad significance, and it need» no burst of martial music, no flourish of trumpets or beating of drums to tell th« story. They know the history of those trying days, and the moat eloquent efforts of oratory cannot make it more clear or more dear to them. "We’re a De«»rati«>n l»ay committee," began Lilly. “And we wont some of vour flowers," sai.l MiUy. "To trim the school house." said Tilly. Miss Eunice laughed heartily. Then she look«! sols-r. “See here, my dears," she said, kindly, “I think it isn’t a nice way for little girls The Field Flower», to beg. IX it is only for flowers. Yes. bring the fairest roses. Carnations white and red. "Itoside. wher; yon get the flowers so And pansies, royal blossoms. easily, you hardly care for them. A lit To deck each soldier's bed: tle girl asked me once for a swvet red But bring the dainty fletd fl'-wer». h nose, and what do yon thinlA She ate it Daisies, and v*ole«a white and blue. before she got to the gate!" The largest bridge ever built la th» “Ob, but we woukin’t do that, Mia» Eu nice!" Mid Milly. famoua one crossing the Firth of Mrth.