A T X .Stoy j - CIRCULAR grass covered plot It was, on the outer edge of the ceme tery, and the low stone wall sur rounding it wag defaced and sunk en in many places. An oblong tablet, supporting two monumental nrns, rested in the cen tre, and it was heaped high with wreaths and blos soms, the tribute of a nation to its honored dead. The inscription bore the name of one of the most famous gen mls of the Civil War, but Lncinda Randall, sitting idly on top of the rough coping, surveyed the memorial stone with gloomy eyes. At that mo ment she was wondering, as she had wondered many times before in her twenty-five yearsff life were all that she haQ ,4reen led to believe that she would find it In spite of her fixed belief in the general correctness of the scheme of the universe, she could not refrain from thinking that there were tome things that she' would have ar ranged differently. That very morn ing, In a despondent mood, she had confronted her cares and troubles, drawn up before her in formidable ar ray, and, after a severe struggle with her common sense, had finally owned herself defeated. Usually, Lncinda was a person on whom the perplexities of life sat lightly; but about every six weeks, as she put it, Elie was obliged to think, and the result was always disastrous. It was in this mood that, sitting there, the fresh, strong wind, straight from the ocean, whipping loose strands of her black hair from their fastenings, and buffeting her slight figure like a live thing, she withdrew her gaze from the wave-washed hori zon, and looked again fit the stone. "Killed, while gallantly leading a forlorn charge," she said, aloud. "That I can understand. The heroism of the moment, the wild charge In the glory and blaze of battle; sudden, swift ex tinction, exulting in the face of death, that is a glorious way to die; but to wear out one's life in the tragedy of the commonplace, one's worst foe one self, that is dying by inches; it is worse it is a living death." Her eyes suddenly widened as she perceived a figure on the other side of the mound silhoutted against the sky. lt'was that of an old man, bent and shrunken with age, but Lncinda no ticed the square set of the shoulders, the attempt at carrying them well set back, and a general nir of alert brisk ness, which, to her observant eyes, proclaimed him to be an cx-soldier. He climbed the wall stidiy, his eyes fixed upon the sunken grave, with the flowers piled high above it, and the fluttering flags at either end. Wheel ing sharply, as he reached the spot, he stood erect, and gave a smart military salute, with a precision evidently born of long training; then, stooping, he placed on the grave a small bunch of dandelions that be carried. "The Day We Made That Charge.' Then be turned to Lueiudu, smiling cordially. "I reckon you think this kind of i (7 BEAUTIFUL; MY COUNTRY; Z3f v a noifwr care Than ell thy vOealth of commerces Thy hanSe;tj x)aSing fair: Be it thy pride to lift up ; . N,. 77k manhood of the poor Be thou to the oppressed fair freedom) open daorfy for thee our fathers juffetvdr . TSr fw they toiled and prayed: Upon, thy holy altar Their Willing lVej they laid. Thou hajt no common birthright: Grand memories on thee shine; v The blood of pilgrim nation) Commingled flov)y in thine. 0 Beautiful, our country.' 'Round thee in loJe v)e drau): Thine i) the grace of freedom. The majesty of lav), lie righteousness thy sceptre , Justice thy diadem; And on thy shining forehead Be peace Jhe crooning gems Q1 - DecoraHor) Day strange," he said, speaking with a Western accent, and laying one hand tenderly on the stone, "but I've saluted the general every Memorial Day for twenty years, miss; I've followed him In many a battle, and I don't forget; and somehow I can't think that the general does, either." His shining eyes looked across the tablet at the girl. "Maybe be did you a kindness, too, miss?" he asked, sympathetically. "He did many a one In his day, I'll be bound." The girl flashed a pleased look at blui. "General Eastwood was my uncle," she said, simply. The old soldier's face beamed. "Your vincle, miss?" he said, earnest ly. "Well, I've wondered many a day if I should ever be lucky enough to run across any of the general's kin; but my time IS' getting so short now that I'd about given up hope." He reached bis hand impulsively across the grave to the girl. She took It, smiling In comprehen sion. "I am always glad to meet anyone who served under my uncle." she said, winningly. "I have often heard my mother tell how much be thought of his men." "That's right, too," said the soldier, eagerly. "Why, miss, the day we made that charge at , It was hotter than blazes, and the general was In the thick of it, and always at the front, miss, always at the front." He shook his bony forefinger warningly "Dou't you forget that. The bullets were flying like hall, and the general was sitting his horse like an iron man, and we were plunging after him, when Dick Fallon's horse was .shot nnder him, and he tumbled on the ground right alongside of the general. Dick expected it to be the last of him, for the cavalry was sweeping solid over tie field. Was it? No, indeed! The general Just swooped down on him sideways, and lifted him across his saddle bow, and led the charge just the same. Dick never forgot that. I've heard him tell it over and over, and not ow of those who saw It ever forgot it, either, (fix, I tell you, miss," the old man chuckled, carried out of himself by the memory of brave war days, and becoming loquacious Jp praise of his hero "there never was anything could daunt the old general. He had the real blood in him the fight ing blood, we called It. Nothing ever beat it yet." He turned to the girl, his eyes luminous with feeling, and his white hair blowing In the wind. Her gaze was fastened on the vanish ing Hue of smoke from an ocean steam er, and the old soldier looked disap pointed. "I think." Lncinda said, slowly, her hands unconsciously destroying the daisies thnt she bad, "that there are, perhaps, force things which, if the $mMsm3$w I rkt ft mi BpiVrrnn..-' Sffiyjl , , m f W RPSSjSi Uiew in -rli"S' Cemetery., ZT" I ill Wr v wmmm&mr J Tonb of General Sheridan general had had them to endure, might have conquered even the fighting blood." "Don't you believe It, miss," began the old soldier, stoutly, but a glance at her downcast face checked him. "Yes, miss?" be said, Interrogatively. "Yes, I do," she said, more firmly. There are forms of battle of which the general had no conception. It Is so different with a man! His life was one of actlnn, vivid, stirring action, and encb act was applauded by a na tion. He stood high In the estimation of men. He had wealth, power and fnme. Did he ever know" she went on, stormily "what It means simply to exist, to spend one's life In waiting, till your youth and strength and hope are gone? Did he ever know the humiliat ing sensation of failure? Did he ever mean well, and try hard, and have it all end In defeat? No! he never knew these things.- Even his courage might have given way before such over whelming odds as these." The soldier's stiff features melted Into sympathetic lines at the glrl's'out burst, but his faith In his hero was not to be shaken. "No, miss," he said, patiently. "Beg ging your pardon, for I can see that you must have had a hard battle your self, to talk like this, but even all you say wouldn't have made the general give In." His eyes met hers. "It's harder for a woman," he said, gently. The girl's eyes filled at the words, but she kept her head defiantly high. "I have lost all I cared for In the world," she said, steadily, "and there's only left me a big, empty, starving ULY55&5 S- ?W grant, tpv ; Arlington Cemetery. heart, that gnaws at me night and day." She looked at the brave old face wistfully. "Do you think that the gen eral could have borne that?" she asked. The old soldier felt a sudden queer tightening of his throat. He looked at the girlish figure In Its rough blue serge, then hastily rose, striking his stick firmly Into the gravel path. All the old martial fire and vigor were In Ills bearing as he stood In front of her. He felt intuitively thnt It was a case where action of some kind was needed. "The general would never have given up, miss," he almost shouted, all tlie more sturdily because conscious of an unwonted tremor In his tones, which he wanted to conceal. "Never! There wasn't anything that he couldn't have borne, and nnyone with fighting blood In his veins ought to feel that way, too. Anyone belonging to the general Is .lust bound to stand by his colors!" The girl looked up quickly, her lips parted, and her face was suffused with an inward glow. He met her look directly. "And you his blood, miss!" he said, reproachfully "the lighting blood!" The words stirred the girl's senses, like a call to arms. She sprang quickly to her feet, sweeping her long skirts aside, and drawing her lithe figure to Its full height. "You're right" she said, abruptly. "The fighting blood does not give in. What Is your name? 'Macallon?' Now Mr. Macallon, we're ready for the en emy. Hurrah for the banner of the fighting blood!" She smiled brightly at the old man, who, instantly divining her changed mood, and catching the spirit of excitement, swung involun tarily around. Together they saluted the grave, the old and the young eyes flashing in unison. The clear note of a departing bngie lent color and reality to the scene. The old man's voice quavered on the air. " 'Tention!" be piped, shrilly. "Eyes front! Forward, inarch!" Lucy Bnker Jerome, in Success. Chronicle of the Flag. Ne'er waved beneath the golden gun A lovelier banner for tlie brave Than that our bleeding father! won And proudly to their children gave. Il glorious stars in azure shine, The radiant heraldry of heaven; Its stripes in beauteous order twiue. The emblems of our Union given. Around the globe, through every rlime. Where commYrce waits or man hulb trod, it floats aloft, unntninrd with crime. But ballu.ved by heroic uloud. STANDARD OIL'S METHODS Man of Slaughtered Competitors Testify Against Oil Trust. 6MALL DEALERS HAD TO QUIT An Old Agent of the Standard Makes , Full Confession of Its Methods. A total of 19 witnesses was called by Inter-Slate Commerce commis sioners Prouty and Clements in the Standard Oil Inquiry at Cleveland, O., in one day. Testimony bordrrlng on the sensa tional was obtained from several wit nesses. That of Genree L. Lane, ot Mansfield, 0., a former employe ot the (Standard Oil Company, was re garded as particularly important. According to his evidence Lane was for about 14 months, in 1901 and 190. , employed by tne Standard Oil Com pany for the express purpose of driv ing all the Independent oil peddlers in a dozen or inure of the principal cities and towns of Northern Ohio out of business. He said he was em ployed by G. E. Lyons, of the Cleve land office of the Standard Oil Com pany, to go tq, designated places and use every means, fair or foul, to force independents to quit. He described the methods pursued In detail. ''My instructions,"' he said, . "were to kill them, and I was told that if 1 could not do the job somebody else would be sent to take my place. 1 worked in Youngstown and Burround Jng small towns, Canton, GIrard, War ren, Ravenna, Masslllon, Mansfield, Iilyrla, Oberlin and other places. "In all the towns, with the excep tion of Youngstcwn, the independent pedleis were toned to abandon their business. In Youngstown a man named William H. Yahey was en countered, and despite everything we conld do he held nis trade. We gave oil away by the barrel and tank load, but It did no good. Vahey's custom ers! threw It out." MIkb Elizabeth Protzman. a steno grapher and bookkeeper In the Dayton (O.) oflle of the Standard, testified that information concerning the oil Bhipment of rivals was brought Into the office by draymen and that she made careful record of them and gave them to her superior. W. J. Cram, who was engaged in the oil business at Marietta from 1885 to 1897, testified that the Standard Company for years used coercive nrethnds, and the Standard was so persistent in its efforts that his com pany was finally compelled to sell out to the Galena Oil Company, a Stand eird branch, at a lower figure than might otherwise have been obtained. Many -other witnesses gave similar testimony. CHURCHES UNITED. Cumberland Presbyterians Absorbed by Presbyterians Only Two Dissenting Votes. Union between the Presbyterian and the Cumberland Presbyterian Churches was consummated at Des Moines, It., when the general assem bly of the former church adopted the report of the committee on church co-operation and union. But two commissioners voted against the union of the denominations, one be Ing the Rev. Dr. William Iaurie of Bellefunte, Pa., who asked his vote be recorded In the negative, and Dr. R. F. Oessy of -Jacksonville, III. Dr. Lamrie said his conscience compelled him to belong to a small minority. The report of the committee on union was presented by the chairman the Rev. Dr. William H. Roherts, and the Rev. Dr. James H. Roberts of Washington, Pa., moved the adoption of the report. Immediately follow ing the vote the commissioners sang, "Praise God from Whom All Bless ings Flo" and "Blest Be the Tie That Binds.'' Moderator Hunter Coibett then stated: ''I do sol emnly declare and here solmenly an nounce the basis cf reunion and union Is now in full force and effect and the Cumberland Presbyterian church Is now mmiled with the, Presbyterian church in the United States of Amer ica a.s one church." Hcary applause followed the con summation of the overtures w'hich have been in negotiation for several years. The stated clerk then wired a menage to the general assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian church at Decatur, 111., announcing the union hnd been effeited. PROHIBITION TICKET Pennsylvania State Convention Meets at Harrisburg. The Pennsylvania State Prohibition convention met at Harrisburg and nominated the following ticktf: Governor State Treasurer W. H. Berry, Democrat, Delaware. Lieutenant Governor Homer I CaMle. Prohibitionist. Allegheny. Auditor General William T. Crea sy, Dcmociat, Columbia. Secretary of Internal Affairs E. A. Coray, Independent- Republican, Lu zerne. The platform provides for the en actment of laws providing for the Im prisonment of officers, and employes of corporations, whether railroad, pipe lines, industrial. Insurance oi otherwise, who take part or assist in any art of discrimination personally or on the part of their company. Pneumatic Tube Service. The Senate Committee on Postofft ces and Post Roads, agreed upon an amendment to the appropriation bill, adding $88,785 to the amount to be ex pended for the extension of the pnue matic tubo servie, making the total npproiTiaitlon $1.2.T,00i. The new service was confined by the House provision to Pittsburg. Brooklyn, Cincinnati and Kansas City, and the Senate has added Baltimore and San Francisco. AMPLE RAINS HELP TRADE Good Crop Weather Proves Import ant Factor; Building Opera tions Are Heavy. R. O. Dun & Co.'s weekly review ol trade says: Ample rains throughout the farm.' lng regions proved the most Import ant commercial factor of the pas) week, large crops being essential t a mnlntpnnnpp rf Nntlnn nmonprliv o thn ninvltiilim liiultf.in pananlln of. lajiieu. iii'tuu imtiH reNiMinfipn rn in stimulus of warm weather, light weight wearing apparel going freelj Into consumption, and there is an un usually liberal volume- of wholesali business for this time of the year. "Mercantile collections are stil somewhat Irregular, but at most citlei payments are improving, and the fl nanclal situation Is more encouragini now that tho San Francisco banki have resumed business witnont anj disturbance. "Manufacturing plants are well oo cupled and bulldimj operations art heavy, but there are Indications of l loweir level for commodity quntatloni for the month of May. CustomaTj summer quiet Is noted in some do partments, although there is less thai the usual Interruption, and prepara tluns are already In progress for i very heavy fall season. 'Labor conditions have improved the only new disturbance of note be lng locally among the painters, whlli the steel Industry surfers less delaj from old disputes. Hallway earning! thus far reported for May exceed las year's by 11 per cent and foreign con merce at New York for the last weel showed gains of $1,934,259 In cxporti and $l,134,ti(Ji in Imports over th movement of 1905. "Absence of Interest Is the featur of tne primary market for cottol goods, the lethargic attitude of pur chasers being assumed In antlclpatlo of obtaining concessions. "No cheapening of cost Is noted it the hide market, but there are tnorrf evidences of uncertainty and increas lng efforts to restrict purchases on tb part of tanners. Failures this week were 188 in the United States, against; 211 last year and 8 in Canada, com pared with 19 a year ago." BURTON MUST GO-TO PRISON Supreme Court Decides Against Senator From Kansas. The supreme court of the United States rendered a decision in the casr of United States Senator Joseph R Burton of Kansas. The decision wat against Button, affirming the declslor of the United States circuit court foi the eastern district of Missouri, bj which Burton was sentenced to sii months' Imprisonment In the jail of Iron county, Mo., required to pay 8" fine of $2,500 and deprived of the right to hereafter hold office unde the Government. Senator Burton was prosecuted orr the charge of violating section 178? of the revised statutes, which pro hibits senators and representJlive from receiving compensation for ser vices rendered before any govern mental department, in any matter iir which the Government may be Inter ested. He was specifically ehargerf w:th accepting a fee of $500 per month for five months from the Rial to Grain and Securities Company, ot St. Louis, for services rendered thai company. In an effort to prevent th Issuance of an order by the post office department prohibiting the us of tho malls by- tho company. This was Senator Burton's second appeal to the supreme court. DEATH OF HENDRIK IBSEN Was Great Poet and Dramatist o Norway. Hcnrik Ibsen, the Norwegian poet and dramatist, died at Christiania. Norway, May 23. Hpnrik Ihsrn was born In Sklen j Norway, March 20, 1828. and was d mixed Scottish and German descent I At 10 he bPoame apprenticed to ai apothecary at Grimstad and there h composed his first works, "Hosten," ! n psem and "Catllina," a play, pub- j liKhed In ISSO, under the name ot Brynjolf Bjarne. ! After a few months' work at th i University of Christiania in 1850, h wrote "The Viking's tlrave," and be came manager of the new National theater at Bergen, after which b( turned his whole attention to dramatif composition. RAISED 10 PER CENT. i Increase of Cotton Mill Employes' Pay In Connecticut. A voluntary wage increase of lfj i per cent has been granted all cotto I mill employes In the Danlelson. Conn., district, notices to that effeel having been posted In Moosup, Jewetl ! City, Waaregan and many other placei ! In Windham and New London coun ' ties. The action of the mill owners af fects 20,000 persons. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS Dr. J. K. McClurkin, pastor of th Shadyside Church of Pittsburg, wai elected Moderator by the United Presbyterian General Assembly at Richmond, Ind. Emperor Nicholas accepted the resignation of Admiral Rojestvensky, which was tendered on the ground ol 111 health, following wounds, received in the war with Japan. Pension Law Defect Fixed. The House passed an amendment to the present pension laws, curing a defect by joint resolution of Sec tion 2 of the resolution annroved ! July 1, 1A02, construing the act ol June 27, 18!io. The resolution makes ! the section harmonious and equit ' able In its application to any en ! listed man of the army, including j regulars, volunteers and militia, wbd i was honorably discharged from thn ' last contract of service entered intd , by him during the Civil War.
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