VOL XXXIX
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V is grea 1/ kssineJ by c > nforctble footwear. f
i The flexibility of I'utrician Shoes for w /men mak<s 3
?walking a pleasure. N
/ We have a hill line of Men's and Ladies' Sh">t*s and .
/Oxford- in all styl.s an<l leathers at prices to suit the buyer. (
S Stop and look at the window. f
/ THE NEW SHOE STORE, >
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108 S. MAIN ST. /
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/COMPARISON r, TT
( reates For Us 1
Customers AVI ;
Come In and Compare.
! Never before has this store been so well filled
j with reliable Fnrniture and Carpets as now.
ODD DRKSSKRS—From $6.00 up.
[GO CAKTs —Complete; the best cart made; sj.oo up.
ShWING iMACHIN'ES—New Royal, $16.75 up
PARLOR SUITS—3 and 5 p«< ce, mahogany finish, $25 up.
PAKI-OK. TABLE—Quarter-sawed top, #2.50
KCXKING CH AIRS—Any kind,<tyle or quality, $1.50 to $25.
WOOL INGRAINS—Suitable for any room in the house, 65c.
LINOLEUMS —90c —$1.00 double yard.
WINDOW SCREENS—Adjustable, 25c.
EXTENSION TABLES—6 ft. Tables at $5, $6 and SB.
COME IN AND COMPARE.
BROWN &• CO.,
Bell Phone 106, (across from Dnffy'j store.) Butler, Pa. fj
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M MUSELTON'S FOOTWEAR
[ I The Latest Styles CA The early Summer W 1
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BOYS and Patent Calf Lace. F4
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11 BABIES too! Shoes in forty States. WA
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IJ Wax Calf Oyford Button
W Welt Soles or Turn Soles This is not the only FJ
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LI to bny the newest and smartest styles. 'J
WA We get more style and mere wear into onr shoes at a given W
r M price than any one else yon know of. 1
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g NEW WASH FABRICS. §
A great collection of daintv, attractive and stylish goods for
■flr Waists and Snits. The styles and coloring are prettier than ever and (0
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K Fine Ginghams 10c and 12ic, Best 36 inch Percale 12+ c, tf
a Embroidered Chambray Madras 20<-, Swiss Silk 20c, Mercerized Silk y|
M Zephyr 3fic, Mercerised Pongee 25c. Fancy Lace Stripes 2§c, Fine m
S Madras Btripe§ 80c, «
R WHITE QOOGS—Many styles in fine Mercerised White C
JIR Goods and fine Madras for Waists. Dimities, India Linons and Sheer M
W white materials of all kinds are here in abundance.
a# Fine Mercerized Fabries 25c, 80c, 40c and 50c. V
S Fine Madras 20c and 25c. X*
JV India Linons Sic to 50c. fIT
| LACE CURTAINS S
Jm Ry all odds the greatest assortment and best Jn
■ values we have pyef shown. Lsce Curtains at 50c
S P ft ' r - Greatest assortment at f 1 - f 3 and S
S MUSL,N UNDERWEAR. |8
(P| V Why bother with making when yon can bny the
U rT^ST t finished garment at the coot of materials.
H Gowns 50c, 75c, $1 00 and $1 50 #5
U Corset Covers 25c, 50c, 75c and $1 00 U
JR C nV JS Drawers 25c, 50c, 75c and $1 00
M Skirts 50c, 75c, $1 00 and up. m
tf We sell the IJew Idea 10c Paper Pattern?.
S ' Monthly »a§hipn sheets free. L
|L. Stein & Son,!
S 108 N MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA- S
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KECK
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' l ' f s 'l WT L RIM /1 |\x mark the wearer, it won't do to
t / Vi IJ*j W IPi wear the last year's output. You
j* s~V/ \. \ i\ won't get the latest things at the
p? 1 K stock clothiers either. The up-to-
Y l>>\ J u ate onl y tan supply them,
\ A [Vv T nil Iv/ if y° n want Dot only the latest I !
\ II 111 I I things in cut and fit and work-
I If ill I # I nunship, the finest in durability,
Bit I HI II 1 where else can you get combina
jy t I In 111I II tlons, you get them at
KECK
G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor,
142 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler,P«
-THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
1 In every town |
L and village [;
_ Lm jy may be had, it
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MS&) Axle ;
Grease
I umi, that makes your
I horses glad.
Nasal JfS?LY?>^
CATARRH
El,rcieamßal4"' nt W
cleanses, soothes and heals { §
the diseased membrane. \
It cures catarrh and drives
away a cold in the bead
quickly.
Cream Balm is placed into the nostrils, spreads
over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief Is im
mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does
not produce sneezing. Large Size, 80 centa at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 centa.
Johnston's
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Beef, Iron and Wine K 1 ?
k is the ni
4 Best Tonic
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4 Blocd Purifier.
> Price, 50c pint.
1 Prepared and W 2
sold only at
Johnston's H
Crystal fj
Pharmacy, H
R. M. LOGAN, Ph. O .
Manager, jBl 1
108 N. Main St., Butler, Pa
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Everything in the
drug line. TA
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We Guarantee
ALU THE
PAINT
we sell and the largest paint M'f'g
Co. in the world (The Sherwin-
Williams Co.) stand back of us
in this guarantee.
Does that mean anything to our
paint customers?
You will do well to consider
this proposition.
Estimates cheerfully furnished.
REDICK & GROHMAN,
109 N. Main St., Butler, Pa.
Eugene Morrison
GENERAL CONTRACTING
PAINTER and DECORATOR.
Special attention given to
FINE PAPER HANGING
RAINING and
HARDYVOQD FINISHING.
Office and Shop,
Rear of Ralaton's Store,
Residence No 119 Cliff St.
I'copie a Phone 451.
EYTH BROS'
Big Wall Paper Store,
Next to Fostoffice.
Special bargains in Wall Paper,
Window Blinds and Room Mould
ings. Farmers find good accom
modation and satisfaction here.
EYTH BROS.,
Formerly,
C. B. McMILLIAN,
'Phone 453. 251 S. Main St.
II SHERIDAN'S 1
I SPIES ••• 1
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A War Story &
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THE winter of IStM-Goln the Army
of the Potomac was not mark
ed by any particular liveli
ness. ami the soldiers, suffer
ing with camp ennui and hav
ing growled out every subject that le
gitimately or illegitimately comes un
der the soldier's province to growl, now
looked anxiously as spring approached
for everything that indicated activity.
Finally it came and culminated in the
surrender at Appomattox.
General Sheridan, with about 10.000
sabers, had been doing a little raiding
and a good deal of heavy standing
around up in the Shenandoah valley,
where Early, with a small force, made
r«-eble attempts to keep house occasion
ull.v-Just enough to be a nuisance and
not enough to keep Phil busy, and that
gentleman was mad accordingly.
It was. then, with no little pleasure
that Sheridan received an order to
make a break up the valley and pounce
on Lynchburg if possible. He was ly
ing at Winchester when the order came,
and after waiting a few days for the
mud to become fordable he started
with two divisions of cavalry, travel
ing as light as possible. Three days
after he was in Staunton, while Early
stepped back to Waynesboro and be
gan to dig intrenehments. Sheridan
rode after him. looked at his new works
aud rode over the top of them without
even the courtesy of a reconnoissance,
which wasn't complimentary to Early's
engineering. He also captured a cou
ple of full batteries. 1,000 Confederate
prisoners. -00 wagons and 17 battle
flags. which made him reel so good that
lie was put down as haviug remarked:
"I'll muke Mr. Early get up Early er
than he ever did in his life before I'm
done with him. or else I'm not Intimate
ly acquainted with myself"—which
atrocious pun is believed to have caused
the Confederate chieftain to toddle pre
cipitately over to the James river coun
try. '
On the 3d of March Sheridan waa at
Charlottesville, where he organized a
railroad strike and tore up the Lynch
burg and Uichmond road shamefully.
Then he ciphered around the country
about Scottsville, New Market and
Duiquidsville. destroying canal locks,
burning bridges and making himself
generally Interesting until the 10th.
when he brought up at Columbia, Flu
vanna county, where he made the dis
covery that the Confederacy had been
so liberal in making botitires out of
bridges that be couldn't go chassez-ing
down south to join Sherman, as he
wanted to. and that his men and
horses didn't have any more to eat than
they wanted. and that there were only
two things that he could do. One of
these was to go back to Winchester,
whence he came, which he flruily de
clined to dj. upon the principle that he
would never return upon a road he had
spoiled himself, aud the other was to
slide around Uichmond to the White
House on the Pamunkey, get foraged
and rationed up and then go across the
peninsula to join Grant.
This latter plan was excellent, but
there was nothing to meet him at the
White House but the bleakuess of dcso
lu l ion.
Anil yet, singular as it may seem. this
did not shake (lie soul of Sheridan to
any serious extent. He simply remark
ed:
"It's infernal cold, ain't It? Where's
that man Flo^anV"
James Hogan was produced and stood
before the general.
"Who is here with you, Mr. Hogan?"
"Archie Morgan, sir."
"Weil, if I put you and Morgan across
the James river yonder, can you go
down to City Point and tell General
Grunt 1 want fornge and rations for
this command sent to White House In
'side of n week?"
"Yes, sir."
"Then go and do it, and the quicker
you get to City Point the better It will
be for all of us."
This was on the afternoon of March
10. Columbia Is In Fluvanna county,
on the outside of the horseshoes of the
James river, some forty miles as the
bird flies above Richmond and distant
from City Point by the nearest practi
cable road not less than scventy-flve
miles, and this through the enemy's
country and directly around General
Lee's army at Petersburg.
As soon as dusk settled down a pon
toon was shoved Into the water, and
the two men. with their horses, were
set across into Cumberland county in a
piece of brushwood. They stripped o£T
the big overcoats they wore and stood
before t-be pontoouers a Confederate
major nud his orderly with cavalry
straps on. Then the pontoouers took
the overcoats and their astonishment,
letnrned to camp and left Morgan and
Hogan to such fate a3 the gathering
darkness and the enemy's country
might have In store for them.
Striking the main road at Carters
ville, they kept down through Cum
berland county to the Court House, then
on Into Amelia county, and 2 o'clock
tl)e nest morning found them on the
Richmond and Dauville railroad at
Amelia Court House. At daylight they
struck Mansboro. which boasted of an
old fashioned Virginia tavern, at which
they determined to feed themselves and
their horses.
Stirrlug up the landlord, they filled
blm with a plausible story of Impor
tant business and a long ride, with
which he was perfectly satisfied.
Puring the two hours they stopped
here they saw only two stray soldiers
and one mounted officer, all of the Con
federacy, but who seemed to care more
for their morning snifter of corn whis
ky and moUsses than they did for the
strangers.
The officer merely paused in his drink
to ask the usual question, "Wha air
you uns gwine?" and was perfectly
contented with Morgan's "Down on the
right, yander." as he observed: "Sorry
I'm a-gwine t'other W a 7- day to
you."
As soon as the horses were refreshed
they started again into Dinwiddle coun
ty, crossing the Southside railroad at
Ford's, then down the Stony Creek val
ley to Dinwiddie Court House. It was
near the middle of the afternoon, and
they put up again, and as there was no
scarcity of people about, both Confed
erate soldiers and citizens, they put on
all the cheek of which they were capa
ble, coolly disarming suspicion by an
assumption of authority and knowl
edge that left no room for question.
Hogan's story was that he had
on a message over to General Earij
and was going to report to General
Hampton, somewhere about Btony
Creek Station, on the Petersburg and
Roanoke road, If he hadn't moved. He
was incidentally mentioning this to an
infantry captain who sat alongside of
him at the supper table, when a Con
BUTLER, PA.. THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1902
federate cavalryman farther up tne ta
ble. with his mouth full of hoecake,
mumbled out:
"Hampton's somers ap about Beams
Stilton."
"Since how long?" asked Hogan. with
sou.e ; ho'.v of indignation.
"M ic'll a week, I guess."
"'1 lull's all right, then. He's moved
siuec I left."
es I reckon he have; leastways
he's thai now, anyway, 'cos I saw him
this morula'. Be you a-gwine over thar
V"
"Yes How far Is it?"
"Waal. I reckon 'taln't more'n eight or
nine miles In daylight, but you'll fiud
it's a right peart Jog in the dark."
It was quite dark when they got out
their horses and prepared for the next
start. Hogan was already in the sad
dle and Morgan had his foot In the
stirrup when something moved him to
remark as he looked up at his com
patiiou:
•Well, she goes along right Uvely so
fa r."
Thure ware a half dozen people stand
ing around, and Hogan glared at him
as though he would like to chew bis
head off. at the same time growling
out:
"Don't be In such a thundering hurry
to hurrah."
This apparently attracted the atten
tion or the Confederate captain, who
was leaning against the side of the
house, and moved him to Inquire:
"What regiment did you uns say you
was from?"
Morgan, already worried over his in
advertent expression, was just enough
stampeded to make another and blurt
ed out:
"Eighth Illinois—Sixth Virginia."
"Sixth thunder! Look hyar, stran
ger. that air don't sound squar' 1 be
long to the Fourth Florida, 1 do, an' I
hain't got no trouble recollectin' it
neyther. I've a darn good notion you
fellars ain't all white!"
Morgan grtnued in his face and
shouted: "That's all right! We'll see
you about It In the morning!"
Itotli men put spurs to their horses
and were out of range In a few sec
onds. but not until the Irate Florida
man had yelled:
"Yes, an' ef 1 don't send somebody
for you to explain to afore mornin'
you may shoot me for a nigger!"
After riding up the Petersburg road
about a mile they struck across the
'LOOK HYAR, STRANGER, THAT AIR DON'T
SOUND SQUAB'."
country again to Stony Creek valley,
ivlu-n Hogan took occasion to observe,
Ivitli considerable severity:
"Set l here. Morgan: The nest time you
feel so blessed good over something
that you want some Johnny to shoot
you I don't want you to invite him
again to do It In my company."
"Why can't you cuss a fellow at once.
Jim. and be done with It? Did you
ever hear of anybody doing such a fool
'< ish thing In all your born days?"
"Can't say 1 did. But never tnin4.
old Tel It's a thing you're not at all
subject to. (ind all we've got to do la
look out far the result. There'll be no
more stop for us till we see a blue over
coat with a musket sticking to It."
About midnight they struck the Pe
tersburg and Roanoke railroad at Stony
Creek Station, just over the line In
Sussex county. Here they stopped a
few moments to let the horses rest,
while they tried to pump what they
could out of the lonely Confederate
guard walking up and down on the lit
tle platform. lie didn't have much to
tell, but when they informed him In
confidence that they bad Just come
down from Hampton's headquarters at
Reams and were looking out for a
couple of Yankee spies he told them
that was lust the reason he was alone.
His sergeant, with six men, had gone
out to look for them, too, in conse
quence of a telegraphic dispatch that
had come down about 8 o'clock, and
he expected to hear from them on
their way back pretty soon. Wouldn't
they wait till the sergeant came In?
They thanked him, but thought they
would ride over toward Sussex Court
House. Did he have the countersign?
Yes, he had it, but didn't know about
giving it Hogan assured him that it
fras of no Importance. He didn't want
it anyhow; it would soon be daylight.
If he chose to give it, though, be could
satisfy liiuiself that he was giving it
to a commissioned officer, and it would
be all right. Guard didn't like to be
disobliging to an otticer and finally said
."Lynchburg" In his ear, and the two
men rode off into the darkness.
No sooner were they beyond hearing
'from the station than they changed
their course and bore off to the north
.for Disputanta, on the Norfolk and
Petersburg road, and were getting
along finely until about five miles from
Stony Creek, when, as they came to the
edge of a long stretch of piny woods,
a gruff voice called out:
"Halt! Who eomes there?"
It was too dark to see whether the
challenge was Confederate or Federal,
but our two gentlemen were not long
in making up their minds to recognize
them as Confederates anyhow. If they
turned out to be a Federal party, the
matter could be fixed farther along,
aud Hogan sung out:
"An officer and orderly, mounted."
"Dismount one, advance and give the
countersign."
"By what right do you demand the
countersign? At any rate, I can't yell
.It out to you from here."
"I'll satisfy you about the right tar
nnl sudden if one of you uns don't dis
mount right smart an' give that coun
tersign if you've got it."
,And the persuasive click of firearms
became painfully distinct, whereupon
Morgan slid off his horse and, walking
gingerly forward in the gloom, found a
iavalryman looking at him along the
nrrel of a carbine inquiringly.
■"Lynchburg," he whispered as near
s this fellow's ear as be could get, and
as soon as the challenger said "All
*rlght" he at once asked:
"What are you—grand rounds?"
"No; patrol out after a couple of
Yankee spies, but I guess it's a water
haul."
[ "That's our errand, too, an' we nre
COln' to give it up an' get back to
Reams."
The party proved to be the sergennt
and bis men from the station, and they
were nnxioits their new friends should
coiue back with them and rest until
morning, and It was enly by the most
persistent lying that excuses sufficient
ly powerful could be advanced for go
ing. As they parted the sergrant call
ed after them, "You'd better turn off
to the left before yon set to Olsputan
ta. or else you'll run Into the plaguy
Yanks." Then they thanked liiui and
rode off. Daylight was just breaking
when they came to the railroad, which
they crossed and were about laying
their course direct for City Point when
they heard horses coming behind them
at a rate that"boded 110 good. Without
hesitation they took the lirst bridle
path that led off the rond and followed
it with all the spei'd there was In the
tired horses. After half an hour's hard
riding they ventured to stop and listen
for horses' hoofs, but Instead they
heard the sharp crack of a couple of
carbines, whose bullets sang uncom
fortably near. Our two gentlemen
wanted no more information in that
neighborhood, but left without further
hint and never drew rein until they
crossed the headwaters of the Black
water, where Just as the sun was ris
Ing a blue coated cavalry vedette pull
ed up his carbine and yelled "Halt"' in
a tone that meant to be obeyed aud
added a second after:
"Hello, .fohnnyl Where be you folks
off to In such a darnation hurry?"
"We want to come inside the lines."
"Yes. an' I calkilate you'd better
come in right quick too Throw up
your hands an' come In nice an' quiet
now."
And. with the vedette and his partner
carefully covering them with their ear
bines, they were welcomed Inside the
lines and. beina takpn before the of
Oet r in charge, were sent to the Sixth
corps headquarters and after a «short
rest rcaehed Grant's headquarters at
City Point in a little lc-ss than forty
tight hours after they left Sheridan at
Columbia.
Mar Heroes.
Mid clash of uteel and bugle call
And splendid wrath of lighting men.
What hero fear» in death to fall?
What coward dares be coward then?
But In the hour of storm and stress.
When flames- confront or tempeats
break.
Bhall wr account his courage lesa
Who dies for simple duty's sake?
Samoa's day of dangor found
No coward quail, no braggert boast.
The silken thrrad of honor bound
The dying sailor to his post.
No ortflamb of battle leads
1 The city's soldier to the breech:
No laurel chaplet crowns his deeds.
Nor cross nor star is In his reach.
But duty's pathway bravely trod
Leads up to loftier heighis of fame:
Our hero's sods have gone to God
In God's own chariot of (lame.
—James Jeffrey Kocbe.
Decoration.
Stooping here perchance to place
Flowers above a hero s face,
Pause and let thy roses fair
Lie amid the grasses there.
But retain a blossom sweet
For the silent one whose feet
From her hearthstone never strayed.
Stayed she there and, silent, prayed.
While the loved ones gone afar
Did the bloody work of war
Place thy bloom and say a prayer
O'er the silent sleeper there,
For her work was nobly done.
Many battles fought—and won.
—Housekeeper
HE SIGNED HIS NAME.
Story of Frank Hntton When He Be
came Postmaster General.
"Frank Hatton was a great stickler
for details," said a former representa
tive of congress who had been in
Washington when Mr. Hatton was
postmaster general the other day, "and
when he entered the cabinet in the lat
ter part of Arthur's administration he
carried this habit with him. He let'it
be known among the heads of bureaus
and divisions that be proposed to fa
miliarize himself with the business of
the department until he had grasped
all the details of the work over which
he presided.
"The second day at his desk the ven
erable colored messenger who attended
him brought the usual large bundle of
letters to be signed. It was a pile of
typewritten epistles, inches thick. The
messenger placed them before Mr. Hat
ton and, with a blotting pad in band,
stood waiting for the signature, as he
had done for Mr. Hatton's predecessors
since Hayes' time. The first letter was
a long one on a topic with which the
new postmaster general was not famil
iar and so formal, legal and involved
that one reading did not make its
meaning clear. Mr. Hatton hesitated,
wrinkled his forehead and mused to
himself:
" 'What's this all about anyway? It's
all news to me. I don't know whether
I approve of the things It says or not.
I can't make head or tail out of it. I
don't know whether if s a good thing or
not.'
"The old messenger, standing with
blotting pad raised, leaned over and
placed his forefinger on the space at
the end of the last page and answered:
" 'Well, neither do I, but you sign
your name there.'
"Mr. Hatton signed. "—New York
Times.
Queer Freaks of Flowers.
"Why is it," complained the man
with a grouch to a restaurant keeper
yesterday, "that you fellers hardly ever
have any flowers in your old Joints?"
The hash founder looked up. "Flow
ers won't live in restaurants," he said.
"The smoke and odor of the cooking
seems to smother them, and they never
thrive. I've tried it dozens of times,
and always with the same result. Put
flowers in a saloon, though, and they
grow and bloom in splendid shape. The
tobacco smoke, I suppose, serves as a
fumlgator, and the fumes of the liquor
apparently stimulate them. If you want
to make a success of flowers, put them
In a grogshop. To stunt or kill them, a
restaurant is the best ever."— Dulutli
News-Tribune.
Performed a Filial Duty.
Joe was such a pathetic little man.
He came from a quarter of the city
where crime and misery had formed
a background for the five weary years
of liis unnatural little life. He was late
to kindergarten one morning and was
asked to sit by the door until the morn
ing exercises were over. Before being
restored to grace the teacher asked him
why lie was so late. "Wei!," replied
Joe. "the patrol came after my mother,
and 1 waited to see her off."—Chicago
Tribune.
(.nrkt For Rotli.
"When her grandfather crime to this
|>wn. he was barefooted and had only
r>U cents In his pocket."
"What a lucky thing it was for her
that he didn't know she would some
day be ashamed of the manner of his
arrival. If he c.uld have known bow
it was uoing to humiliate her. he might
not have come."—Chicago Herald.
It-is said that no musical work lias
Bided so materially the cause < f chari
ty as Handel's oratorio of "The Mes
siah."—l,adies' Houte Journal.
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f\ GRA\ t A Memorial |
c.j! Day Poem £
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A MAIDEN of the modern time to
the cemetery w. Nt
When the hills were like the rain
bow with mingl d colors blent.
She lore a little basket filled ulth
plants all l.iossoming
And kljclt b. side a time worn
grave and straight began to sing
With her little tr« .'el, digging, she up
turneJ the sm ly mound
That wis fashioned over grandpa's gravt
—he so long lain under ground.
The withered plant;- gave place to new,
and the tiny stick and rag
Of last yen's pla: :inn v.ere replaced by a
brand new little t!ag .
And when the comr Its came that way
with their v.a - a load of flowers
To d. ck the graves of those who fell
when the bullets flew In showers
Ttiey fotiTitt one grave rejoicing in ihe
syml ois of the day.
While the maiden smiled upon them as
she said in gleeful way:
"Yes. ibis is grandpa s grave; we're very
proud of him
Pee. here's his • :m? upon the stone. I'll
spell It out—
OUtt J"IM
Killed at the fight of
Malvern Hill.
Struck by a minle ball.
The qouutrv called him, and he died
at duty's solemn call.
•My grand.'iia told the story to me last
* night, you see;
•Your gTßndpa was a hero: - that's what
s'.-.e said tw me.
'And on that awful day of blood when
men by thousands fell
His kind they stood like adamant gainst
bayonet and shell
"TKS, THW is okandpa'S GRAVE "
" 'Again. again Lee's forces charge
against that living wall.
But bayonet is met by lire, and men by
thousands fall; ■
Again, again, with frenzied zeal the lines
together come.
But neither win 3 the victory, though ten
thousand lips are dumb
•' 'At last a furious onslaught drives the
Yankees back a rod.
And your gramlpa sees amidst the rebs
his flag—almost his god!
Did he pause, child? Never; but with a
ringing shout
He leapt ifUo their midst and dragged the
colors out.
" 'A dozen bayonets pierced him. but the
battlefiag was saved;
It will be in the parade today—those rags
his dear blood laved.
1 do not weep for him today, my brave
young soldier lad:
Why should I. child, when he wrought
deeds that make my old heart
glad?'"
Then the veterans smiled upon the child.
and they felt that it was well
As they turned to decorate the graves of
other "boys" who fell.
Oh. the day is past for weeping for the
soldiers brave who died.
The heroes of the sixties, the nation's
holiest pride!
—New York Herald.
Survlvlnic t irfon Commanders.
General Oliver O. Howard, iu a rem
iniscent mood, says that of the twenty
seven commanders of Union armies
during the civil war only two survive.
General Scliotield and himself. General
Sehofield commanded the department
and Army of the Ohio for a brief time
in ISG-1, but in the field he always
served, we believe, under others—under
Sherman 111 the campaign and
under Thomas when Hood invaded
Tennessee. Sehofield checked the Con
federate general in the famous aud
bloody battle of Franklin. General
Howard was for some time In com
mand of the Army of the Tennessee and
Bttained the rank of brigadier general
In the regular army before the close of
the war. Speaking of the forty corps
commanders on the Union side, he
Bays: "Of them only ten are living. As
I recall them, there are Sickles of the
Third corps. Stanley and Thomas .lohn
Wood of the Fourth corps, Wilcox of
the Ninth corps, Sigel, Carl Schurz
and Stahl of the Eleventh corps, Gran
ville .\l. Dodge of the Sixteenth corps.
'Baldy' Smith and General Alexander
McDowell McCook." General Howard
has omitted Adelbert Ames, wiio at one
time commanded the Tenth corps, and
William B. Franklin, who commanded
the Sixth and Nineteenth and who at
Fredericksburg directed the movements
of what was called the left general dl
vision, consiting of two corps.
A Corp* Commander nt Twenty-five.
When the civil war opened. Nelson A.
Miles was a clerk in Boston. He vol
unteered and rose so rapidly that he
temporarily commanded a corps at
twenty-live. The close of the war
found him a major general of volun
teers, and he is now lieutenant general
of the regular army.
Savajse I.r»ccntl».
The savage islanders of the south
Pacific believe that the world is a e<>-
ecanut shell of enormous dimensions,
at the top of which is a single aperture
communicating with the upper air.
where human beings dwell. At the
very bottom of this imaginary shell is
a stem gradually tapering to a point
which represents the beginning of all
things. This point is it spirit or demon
without human form, whose name is
Root of All Existence. By him the en
tire fabric of creation Is sustained.
In the interior of the cocoanut shell,
at Its very bottom, lives a female de
mon. So narrow is the space Into
which she is crowded that she is oblig
ed to sit forever with knee and chin
touching. lier name is The Very Be
ginning. and from her are sprung nu
merous spirits. They Inhabit five dif
ferent floors, into which the great co
coanut Is divided. From certain of
these spirits mankind la descended.
The Islanders, regarding themselves as
the only veal men and women, were
forwcfl.v accustomed to regard stran
gers as evil spirits in the guise of hu
manity. whom they killed when they
cuuld. offering them as sacrifices.
j FEEDING CONFEDERATES.
L»e"« Soldiers Drew Three Days' Ra
tion* From Sheridan.
j There having been some controversy
;■.» t > the incidents connected with Gen
, > nil (litmt's Issue of rations to Lee's
I tr-rps at Appomattox. General Michael
l{. Morgan writes to the Washington
Post as follows:
1 was General Grant's chief commis
sary nud was present In the room dur
i:?g tlie interview between him and
Cent nil Lee. After the terms of the
surrender had been agreed upon, Gen
t-nil I.t-o said to General Grant:
"(it- cm I. 1 would like my army fed."
General Grant turned to me, as his
chief commissary and said:
"Colonel, feed tt.» Confederate army."
I asked, "How many men are there?"
Geuernl Grant asked, "How many
men have you. General Lee?"
General Lee replied: "Our books are
lost; our organizations are broken up;
the companies are mostly commanded
by noncommissioned oflicers; we have
nothing but what we have on our
backs"—
Interrupting him in this train of
thought, I suggested interrogatively.
"Say 25,000 men?"
He replied, "Yes, say 25,000 men."
1 started to withdraw for the pur
pose of giving the necessary orders nnd
at the door met Colonel Kellogg, the
chief commissary of General Sheridan's
command. 1 asked him if be could feed
the Army of Northern Virginia. He ex
pressed his Inability, having something
very Important to do for General Sher
idan.
1 then found Colonel M. P. Small, the
chief commissary of General Ord's ar
my. and asked him, as I bad asked Gen
eral Sheridan's chief commissary, If be
could feed the Army of Northern Vir
ginia. He replied with a considerable
degree of confidence, "I guess so."
I then told him to do it and directed
him to give the men three days' ra
tions of fresh beef, salt, hard bread,
coffee and sugar. He mounted his horse
Immediately and proceeded to carry
out his order.
Both Colonels Kellogg and Small are
now dead.
That we had any rations on the spot
to spare may be wondered at when the
swiftness and extent of the pursuit are
considered, but we had, and we soon
found sufficient to supply the famish
ing army.
BOOK THAT SAVED A LIFE.
Affecting Meeting Between Two Old
I'uion Soldiers.
When Andrew French was a mere
youth, he resolved to become a soldier
in the Union army. He thought that
mayhap, as he was only nineteen, the
parental authority might Intervene,
and so. in common with thousands of
others, as It has turned out be went
in under another name, that of An
drew Page. He enlisted in Company
D, Third Maryland infantry, and prov
ed himself n gallant soldier, says the
Baltimore American. He was wound
ed at Chancellorsviile on May 3, ISO 3.
and subsequently received an honora
ble discharge. Some time after the
war he applied for and secured a pen
sion of $<J a month, and under, of
course, his army name. The special
pension examiners found, among other
things, that no one knew of any An
drew Page at the address given, but
did know Andrew French. The "alias"
marie an identification requisite under
the rules of the department and
French was identified as Page by Colo
nel .1. M. Ludsburg nnd two comrades.
Here is where a story comes in.
Previous to Chancellorsviile Page, or
French, had given a comrade named
George Wannall a diary, and, as It
turned out, it was a lucky gift fj>r
George. At Chancellorsviile Wannall
bad the book in a side pocket, and
stuffed In with it was a towel. A
Confederate bullet struck him In the
breast and penetrated through eight
thicknesses of the towel and part way
through the diary and then stopped.
When French wanted witnesses to the
fact that he was Page in the army, he
hunted up William H. Walter, whom
he knew as a comrade, and the latter
brought with him Mr. Wannall also,
whom French had not seen since the
war. French didn't recognize Wannall
until the latter called to mind the diary
given him nnd which had saved bis
life. Then the meeting became affect
ing between the two old soldiers.
Capture of a Georgia Flag.
Among the many brave deeds done
during the war of the rebellion there
Is none more worthy of note than the
capturing of the colors of the Seven
teenth Georgia regiment at the battle
of Fredericksburg by Jacob Cart of
Carlisle. Cart was a private in Company
A (Captain Ecurius Beatty) of the
Seventh regiment of the Pennsylvania
volunteer corps. In this battle, on tbe
13th day of December. 18G2, a promi
nent part was taken by the Pennsyl
vania reserves.
The Seventh regiment was foremost
in one of the charges, which resulted
so disastrously to the Union forces, and
had attained a point within a few feet
of the rebel lines. A color bearer of
the Seventeenth Georgia flaunted tbe
stars and bars In tbe faces of the men
of Company A, and Cart, leaving his
companions, rushed forward and, tear
ing the flag from the staff, succeeded
in carrying it to his regiment.
After the battle he turned over the
captured rebel colors to Captain Beatty,
who presented them to General Meade.
For this act Private Cart was awarded
a gold medal by congress.
The Field Flawera.
Tes, brlr.g the fairest roses-
Carnations white and red
And pansles, royal blossoms.
To dock each soldier's bed;
But bring the dainty field flowers, too—
Daisies and Holets white and blue.
No "Tick" Obtainable.
Telegraph Operator—l am sorry, sir,
but the rules of this company make it
impossible for me to send your message
"collect." That privilege we are not al
lowed to extend to absolute strangers.
Applicant—Do you mean for me to
understand by that that you can't trust
tu<>
Telegraph Operator—Under tbe cir
cumstances, sir, it is impossible for me
to do so.
Applicant—Well, that gets the best of
me! 1 thought of all places on tbe face
of the earth a telegraph Office was the
likeliest to get anything on tick.—Bos
ton Courier.
Hiawatha.
"Such a confusing variance In tiio
pronunciation of 'Hiawatha' exists
Loth in dictionaries and in tbe speech
of educated men and women," writes
Elizabeth A. Withey In The Ladies'
Home Journal, "that I have asked Miss
Longfellow how the word Is pronounc
ed by the poet's family. She says the
pronunciation which saw always heard
from the poet himself Is Hl-a-wa-tba,
the 'i' pronounced as it is In 'machine'
or "pique," tbe second 'a' pronounced as
it 1# in 'far' or In 'father.'"
| Memorial Day j
M'KINIEY j
IN the country Tillages of Ohio Me
morial day, or Decoration day, as
it is more often called. Is the big
gest day of the year, said an old
newspaper correspondent. Months
n advance, sometimes a year, prom
ises are exacted frvm leading speakers,
who are usually referred to by tke
country folk as big guns. It 1s not
an uncommon thing for the governor
of the state to make a Memorial day
address in a town of a few hundred
Inhabitants. The towns that are s®
fortunate as to get a senator or con
gressman to nddress their people nat
urally look with haughty disdain on
sister towns that are compelled to put
up with a judge, editor, lawyer or the
village preacher.
The summer of ISSG found Major
William McKiniey back at his home
in Ohio from Washington, looking aft
er -bis interests for a return to con
gress. To use an expression now com
mon and which originated with his
venerable premier, John Sherman, he
was (ixing up his fences. The same
summer found me press agent for a
tented exhibition, and I made it a point
to be at least three weeks ahead of the
show, and now and then during the
season, when 1 could gain a day or
two, I would take a jump back for a
day with the show and a conference
with the manager.
Recalling that the sbow was billed
for Cuyahoga Falls on Memorial day, I
decided to Join the show there and at
the same time pay a few hours' visit
to my home, which was In an adjoin
ing district Soon after my arrival
there a procession of old soldiers and
citizens, headed by the village band,
passed the hotel where I was sitting
on the veranda and marched over to
ward the depot. In a little while back
came the procession, and at its head,
with a reception committee, I recog
nised Major McKiniey. He shook my
hand cordially and wanted to know
what I was dotng there. I should add
that I had met the major a number of
times before in conventions nnd confer
ences of Republicans, particularly dur
ing one year when a near relative of
mine was chairman of the Republican
state committee in Ohio and I was his
private secretary. The village recep
tion committee Just then engrossed the
major's attention, and be did not catch
my answer to his question.
Cuyahoga Falls is the second towu
of importance in Summit county. Ak
ron, the county seat, a bnstling city, is
only a few miles distant The major
had come over from Canton to meet
his constituents and to address them,
in order that he might get good train
connections home it was arranged that
the exercises should be held at 12:30
p. m. This made an early luncheon
necessary. We sat at the same table
M'EIXLEY MADE ONE OF THE STRONGEST
SPEECHES I EVER LISTENED TO.
and discussed tbe political situation,
be asking many questions regarding
sections of tbe state and other states
through which I had recently traveled.
I told the major I did not want the
show to conflict with tbe exercises at
the cemetery or with his address and
volunteered the services of tbe band to
Join the procession to tbe cemetery.
This seemed to please him very much.
I also caused the performance to be de
layed an hour and, with tbe manager
of tbe show, whom I introduced to the
major, Joined in the procession. Tbe
line of march, as I remember, was up
a rather sharp incline and through a
large vacant . ard to the cemetery. A
rough platform had been improvised,
and from this Major McKinley made
one of the strongest speeches I ever
listened to. The audience was not
one that would tend to inspirit, scarcely
a thousand persons being present, but
It was the beautiful ceremony of deck
ing with flowers and firing a volley over
the grave of each dead soldier that
aroused blm to suJb eloquence.
Well, to make a long story short, the
delayiug of tbe performance and the
appearance of tbe show people at the
exercises were an advertisement, and
the canvas was packed both afternoon
and evening. Several times afterward
when we met Major McKinley recalled
that pleasant summer day in 188 G.
While returning from the Minneapolis
convention in 1892 he jokingly told a
coterie of friends on tbe train how 1
had used bis speech as aa advertise
ment for a circus, and there was mucb
laughter at my expense.—Philadelphia
Times.
All In 110 Family.
"Biflley and bis son and the Widow
Binglewood and her daughter are going
to form a community of Interests."
"HOW B3?"
"Biflley marries the widow, and bis
son marries the daughter."—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Hli Taste ID Refarnlahlas.
"Bigson snys he has had his house
refurnished during his wife's absence."
"As a surprise to her?'
"No; as a shock."—Detroit Free
Press.
Trade Craft.
"We are turning out some very elabo
rate scales," said the agent—"some
that will attract tbe attention of your
customers."
"Do you suppose I want my custom
ers to watch the scales?" asked the sur
prised butcher. "Give me tho plainest
style you have."—Chicago News.
Pearls.
"Pearls." remarked tho wis© guy,
"are emblematic of tears."
"I guess that's right," agreed the
simple raug "My wife cries because
1 can't afford to buy her any.—l'hiia
d ij'jl? Ile«'»rd.
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