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IN A
NATIONAL CEMETERY.
Fleeplng, still deeping, nfter nil tlie years!
y earliest memory recalls them bo
(Stretching away, wiiite row upon white
row.
Tis meet the swnrd still velvet green np
penin, The wall its solemn weight of ivy wears,
But they so many men with Wood
aglow!
To see them still so pntiently laid low.
It stirs a pain too passionate for tears.
1 -ugrir. ErxiGoKlnTiP
"Goe whiz!" sighed Puhks, "th'
cop said 'twus ten miles out here to
th' cem'try. More like twenty, ain't
it, Lonesum?" The yellow dog whom
Punks addressed beat his tall affirm
atively upon-the sidewalk, as the boy
dropped to the curb for a rest.
"When it's dark," continued Punks,
"we'll shin th' fence."
Punks had a vague idea that his
undertaking must be carried out
undor a charitable mantle of dark
ness; he might not be permitted to
enter the cemetery, he feared, be
cause he had no "folks" there and
had not come with a funeral. He
was glad to rest, anyway, for he was
very tired, and the dog was, too.
When Punks had started out that af
ternoon there had been a small hole
In his shoe. By the time he had
reached the cemetery, the whole bot
tom was off, and his foot had been '
scraped raw In places. He had meant
to flip cars all the way out, but short
ly after leaving the downtown dis
trict, the yellow dog had claimed fel
lowship with him, and persisted In
keeping up with him. Punks flipped
twice after that, but It made him feel
eorry when the dog ran so hard to
keep even, so he decided to walk
along with his new companion, whom
he dubbed "Lonesum" when he noted
the appealing look In the dog's eyes.
Suddenly Punks Jumped up and
peered over the fence. "Yep, that's
it. It's right next that big monu
mlnt with th' ball on top where John
ny and his old man Is. Straight south
o' this fence post. We'll find it all
right In th'( dark. Say! th' flow'ers
look kinder tired." Punks looked
ruefully at the big bunch of carna
tions which he held. He had spent
forty cents of his day's Income on
them, and that, coupled with the fact
that he had missed the evening's sale
of papers on account of this trip,
meant that he would have no supper.
When It was quite dark, Punks
dropped Lonesum and his flowers
over the fence and followed. Carry
ing the direction well in mind and
followed by Lonesum, who kept a dis
creet silence. Punks came to his
haven, i It was a grass-grown and
- weed decorated lot in an almost aban
doned part of the cemetery. To find
the wooden headboards that marked
the resting places of Johnny and
Johnny's grandfather, Punks had to
strike several matches; in the flare
of the third he was startled to see a
man sitting on wire bench but a
yard or two away. Lonesum, too,
saw the man, and for the first time in
his acquaintance with Punks, showed
fight. He bristled and growled so
threateningly that the stranger, who
had been asleep, awoke in bewilder
ment. The match had burnt quite down to
Punks' fingers before he realized that
the man was old and quite harmless
In appearance, and then the visions
of arrest that had momentarily
floated before Punks' eyes faded
away.
"Cut it out, Lonesum," he com
manded. "Th' old feller's all right."
The man sat up. He wore a frayed
and faded gray suit and big soft hat,
which, though Punks did not know it,
we would have recognized as the Con
federate uniform. Where his left
foot should have been, the end of a
wooden leg appeared.
"Why, what yon doing here, boy?"
the stranger inquired.
"Same to yon," answered Punks,
grinning. " "Spose you tell me what
you're doln'."
The old man laughed. "That's
. fair," ha said. "I'm Isaiah Riddon,
of Tennessee, sir: I've an old com
rade sleeping here and I came to put
a few flowers there to show that the
South remembers her boys. Eelng
Strange! For the buried struggle had
grown tnme
When first my father told it me: the ires
Of buttle but o story and a nnme;
Yet, still they sleep as one who never tires,
And still, where autumn Bets the trees
allame
Some ghostly sentinel tends their signal
fires. Charlotte Wilson, in Pcribner's Mag
azine. -Thp Vmith's GompaiiiuV
a Confederate, I feared his grave
would go un.uarkcd to-morrow, and
I am the only one to do this for Tom
Morton. Tom nnd I were comrades
and fought with Thomas In Tennes
see. We shared blankets and rations
and Tom sometimes did sentry duty
for me; said I was young and frail
and ho was big and strong. Tom had
no people and I had none; we were
everything to each other, but Tom
was killed and I was left. This Is all
I can do for him. I live at an old
people's home and manage to get
enough together each year for a few
posies. It's a right smart walk out
here; that's why I went to sleep, I
guess."
"Say, shake!" exclaimed Punks,
holding forth his hand. "You're a
dandy If you walked. I did, too, but
I'm young and strong."
The boy, on his knees, was now di
viding his flowers into two bunches.
"I come 'count Johnny and Johnny'B
grandfather. This Is Johnny, this
little one; next's his grandfather.
Johnny, he was me Bide partner. I
come here to his fun'rel. That's how
I knew the place."
"We both came on the same mis
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sion, then; to decorate a comrade's
grave," Bald Isaiah.
"Well, I'm not doln' this all. John
ny gave me some money before ho
died. He'd saved It up for this, and
be told me not to forget his grand
dad Decoration Day. So I put some
more with It and got enough for
Johnny, too. Johnny did It three
years after his grandfather died.
Said ho knew no one else would
'cause his grandfather was Confed
erate." "Why, let me help you, sir! An
other Confederate!" exclaimed Isaiah,
He knelt painfully down by .Punks,
and the two tried to bring tho matted
grass and riotous weeds Into order.
"Johnny was mighty proud of his
grandfather beln' a soldier. We'd
talk nights 'bout It we bunked to
gethor had a box In summer and
went to th' newsboys' homo in win
ter. Johnny's grandfather was th'
bravest man you ever heard of. Car
ried the flag right up to th' enemy
onct."
And so they wont on, the old vet
eran and tho young hopeful, fighting
old battles and winning again great
victories, until, their task completed,
they oroBe, fired to the heart's core
with patriotism. Dut the hero of the
past and the one In the making, when
It came to leaving the cemetery, and
passing the caretaker's house at such
a forbidden time of night, felt rather
dubious. Punks and the dog could
overcome the fence, but Isaiah had
to give up after several attempts. "A
wooden leg's good as any other to
Btand on, but In a case like this, It's
useless," said Isaiah. "I'll Just have
to go down the main road and out the
gate. You go on over the fence."
"Yes, and let you get caught? Not
much!" declared Punks. "I'm going
to stay by you till you get home."
The twd were making their way to
ward the cemetery gate, followed by
Lonesum, who came to heel like a
high bred hunter. Dut Isaiah's wood
en leg would go thumpty-thump on
the gravel and JuBt as they passed the
caretaker's office, that functionary
darted out, calling, "Halt!" Lone
sum ogaln Bhowed fight, but Punks
bade him be quiet, and the thre-3
were driven before the caretaker to
ward tho office, the captor threaten
ing shrilly that he was going to havij
tho culprits locked up. As they
THE rilESIDEXT'S FLAG.
ma
in the Decoration For Alcmoriul Day
reached the porch a young man In
the uniform of a colonel of cavalry
Btepped out and asked:
"What's the trouble, Matthews?"
"Caught them this time two dos-
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w-
perate characters," answered the
caretaker.
Colonel Horton smiled as he In
spected the crippled old man and
thin, ragged boy, before whom a
hungry looking dog stood In 'an atti
tude of doflance,.as one who Bays,
"Who touches these follows gets
hurt."
"Came for flowerB, that's what,"
complained the keeper. "Do It every
year and Bell them over. I'll make
'em pay for It, now they're caught.
Thieves!"
Isaiah Riddon drew himself up
very straight. '.'The boy Is all right'
he said. 1 "I know his story. Yon
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A YOUTHFUL PATRIOT.
wouldn't do anything to a little fellow
like that. And I, sir," addressing
himself to Colonel Horton, "am no
thief. You'd call me a Rebel, sir;
that I was once, but never a thief."
The colonel gazed at Isaiah. His
eye took In the meaning of the stripes
on the sleeve of the old man's uni
form; he noted the wooden leg; "I
believe you, sir," he Bald, and then
he did that which brought the color
to Isaiah's cheek. As a subordinate
to his superior officer, Colonel Hor
ton saluted Isaiah Riddon.
The colonel soon had the story of
the adventure. Punks Insisted on
telling how the old man had walked
miles and miles to put flowers on an
old comrade's grave; Isaiah declared
that Punks, In carrying out his prom
ise to Johnny, hnd showed a soldier's
spirit, and finally the colonel took the
old man, tho boy and the dog. In
charge.
The following morning, In the
Memorial Day parade, the spectators
marveled to see an old, white-haired
man. In the uniform of a Confederate
soldier, riding In one of tho foremost
carriages as tho guest of the colonel
of the regiment. They had already
noticed, by .the side of tho colonel, a
boy who rode his horso as though it
was an old story to him; It was a boy
who had been appointed the colonel's
special aide for the day, and if any
one had asked him his name he would
have answered "Punks." And also,
close to the heels of Punks' horse,
there trotted a yellow dog, a good
meal within and a happy look In his
eyes. The spectators couldn't know,
however, that these wore not the laBt
of tho good things that were to fall
to Isaiah and Punks and Lonesum;
there were, In fact, many more good
times to come, for the colonel was
rich, but better than that, he had a
heart of gold. Ram's Horn.
In 1908 tho product of the fisher
ies of Canada was worth $25,500,000,
a decrease of $750,000 from 1907,
occurring chiefly In Pacific salmon
and sealskins.
EVERGLADES
RECLAIMED
Florida Spends Nearly a Million to
Increase Value of Land a
Hundred-fold.
Cne of the greatest land Improve
ments made iu the United States In
recent years Is the reclamation of the
vast Everglades of Florida, which
many people yet believe to be but an
enormous expanse of tangled over
growth of tropical vegetation, almost
impenetrable and with from two to
Uu feet of water over It. In fact
they think It Is one vast swamp.
The glades were originally a shal
low lake some seventy by one hundred
and fifty miles with a coral rock bot
tom. Being shallow, grass gradually
grew over it, tall, rich tropical grass
that waves perpetually In a buliny
breeze. The water moving toward tho
coast slowly wrought for Itself wind
ing channels through this meadow
which today are lined with the rich
purple of the floating hyacinth and
peopled with bass. Contrary as It is
to existing knowledge, this water Is
quite clear and safe to drink.
An elevation of something over thir
ty feet above tidewater gives a per
ceptible and Bomotlmes strong current
to the streams. Thus the Miami,
draining the Everglades on the east,
Ib a short but swift river, and the
Caloosahatchee, the main western
outlet, Is not to be negotiated In the
rainy season except with a power boat
which can breast Ita deep strong
flow.
With drainage, at not much ex
pense, these lands can be made to
grow tho finest vegetables and fruit
crops, as Is being practically shown
each season. It Is now easy to per
ceive that In a few years, when the
State of Florida completes Its system
of drainage, the land In the vicinity
of Miami and, In fact, the entire sec
tion of Southern Florida, will become
one of the finest, If not the finest,
winter farming section In the whole
country.
In a recent Interview Ex-Qovcrnor
Napoleon n. Tlroward, tho man who
Is termed the "father of the Ever
glades, says:
"In tho State of Florida, In the re
gion commonly known as the Ever
glades, we have five million acres of
land suitable for a most profitable
form of agriculture, but valueless at
the present time because It Is covered
by water. It may be needless for me
to assert that Its richness nnd fortu
ity have been demonstrated by' the
Investigations of soil and climatic ex
perts. "I can say that at least we have set
tled this point. For, since the year of
l'JOG, when plans to reclaim the land
were undertaken by tho state through
trustees of the Internal Improvement
Fund, the project has progressed so
far that all doubt of its ultimate suc
cess have been removed.
"I have given much study to this
subject. When I was nominated for
governor In 1905 I pledged myself to
drain the Everglades. We had two
dredges constructed from designs of
my own. They began operation in
July, 190C, at the head of what is call
ed the New River, about 20 miles
from the City of Miami. Each dredge
Is excavating a canal which averages
CO feet In width and has a depth rang
ing from 12 feet to 15 feet. As the
channels are dug, the surface water
In the vicinity finds It way Into them
and flows seaward, so that already we
have over 2,000 acres of what has
been submerged soil reclnlmed and
being sold to the settlor for cultiva
tion. Thus, as tho drainage proceeds,
the farmer will follow to occupy the
land.
A tax of 5 cents an acre on lands
sold to settlers gives us an Income of
about $220,000 annually, and will en
able us to Increase our operations, as
the excavation of the canals Is being
done with great economy about one
Beventh of the usual cost of such
labor.
"What has been already done In the
raising of fruit and vegetables on the
area of soil which have been drained
show that such work will be repaid
many fold. Not only Is this part of
the state adequate for the production
of every pound of the nation's sugar,
but It can be covered with fruit orch
ards and vegetable gardens. The
5,000,000 acres to which I have refer
red, however, represent only a small
portion ot the swamp land, granted
to Florida by the United States, on
which millions of people will find
homes and occupaions when It is
properly drained.
"It is worth while to make this re
gion fit for human habitation? If any
one so questions, let him consider for
a moment the benefit it will confer,
not only on the south, but upon the
whole country, from merely one
standpoint. There is now Imported
Into the Uniter States more than
2.400,000 tons of foreign sugar, for
which we pay, in duty and to the for
eign producer, more than $150,000,000
yearly. Our total exports per annum
of the following articles, corn, wheat,
flour, beef and naval stores combined,
amounts to but $144,000,000. In other
words, we are paying for foreign su
gar, in American money, more than
the people of foreign countries pay
the people of the United States for all
of the corn, wheat, flour, beef and
naval stores shipped them from the
United States. There are In this sub
merged Florida VOOO.000 acres of
land suitable for the cultivation of su
gar cane, ' - -
"In proof of the assertion that
South Florida affords the Bite for an
other great Industry, I will briefly re
fer to the opinions of Dr. H. W.
Wiley, the head ot the United States
Bureau of Chemistry, who has analyz
ed samples of sugar cane raised on
land reclaimed from this section. Dr.
Wiley say 8: 'All of these samples
are of over 8S per cent purity and
are the most remarkable Bamples we
have ever examined.. They contain
no glucose (a sign ot Inferiority)
whatever when tested." .
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ALLIGATORS AN ATTRACTION
Ocklawha River People , Object to
Their Being Killed,
The value of alligators as an attrac
tion for tourists In Florida Is before
the house of representatives for con
sideration in a bill allowing the kill
ing of the "gators" in the Ocklawha
river.
Strong opposition to thU bill has
developed. The frlend3 of the Ockla
wha reptiles claim that thousands of
tourists annually visit the river and
that the many alligators are the prin
cipal sights to be seen.
Kangaroo a Delicacy,
The chef of one of the leading ho
tels In Berlin states that kangaroo
flesh is a delicacy now most In de
mand by pampered palates. As th
carcasses have to be brought from
Africa, and never can be procured In
large quantities, exhorbltant prices
are charged for a portion.
A CURE KOU KITS.
Ih . Treatment I to Accomplish
Wlmt Science lln Been Strug-
. gling to Attain (or Centuries.
The intense interest thnt has been mani
fested throughout the country bv the won
derful cures that are being accomplished
daily by epilepticide stilt continues. It is
really surprising tho vast number of people
who have already been cured ol tits and
nervousness. In order that everybody may
have a chance to tent the medicine, largo
trial bottles, valuable literature. History of
Epilepsy and testimonials, will be sent by
mail absolutely free to al who write to the
l)r. Alay Laboratory, 543 J'earl Street.
Jiew York City.
The epilepticide cure is creating grent
public interest, as well as among Doctors.
Students, Hospitals and vuiinu Physicians.
Some men are born great, others
achieve greatness, and a whole lot
more put up a big bluff.
Safe and Sure.
Among medicines recommended and en
dorsed by physicians and nurses is Kemp's
Balsam, the best cough cure. For many
years regarded by doctors as the medicine
most likely to cure coughs, it has a strong
hold on the esteem of the well-informed.
When Kemp's Balsam cannot cure a cough
we shall be at a loss to know wbat wul.
At druggists' and dealers, 2jo. ,
New Zealand's population at the
close of last year was estimated at
1,020,000, the death rate being only
9.S7 a thousand.
Mrs. Winslow'i Soothing Syrup for Children
teething.softens thegums. reduces inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind coUc,2c a bottle.
Why the Preacher Was Puzzled.
A southern Kansas woman remem
bered after she got to church that she
had left a roast in the oven and for
got to turn out the gas. She borrow
ed a pencil and wrote on a Blip of
paper, "Please go home and turn off
the gas." Her husband was usher and
she had another woman hand it to
him as he went up the aisle. But that
stupid individual didn't look at it, and
In spite of all her agonizing attempts
to get his attention he marched up
and gave it to the preacher, who had
a very bewildered look on his face
when he proceeded to read the an
nouncement. Kansas City Journal.
Floating Island in Androscoggin.
One of the peculiar relics of the
high water on the Androscoggin came
ashore on the Lewlston bank of the
river above the falls Friday.
It was a regular floating Island
which came drifting down and into
shallow water. It was of quite re
spectable size and on It were trees,
several of them being described as be
ing six or eight fet in diameter. They
were probably part of an overhanging
bank which the water undermined,
and when they broke loose were held
together by the lnterwined roots.
Kennebeb Journal.