Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1898 — Page 2

— —— J. W. MoEWEK, PublUher. RENSSELAER, - - • INDIANA

UPRISING IN CHINA.

'MOVEMENT AGAINST FOREIGN. ERSAND THE GOVERNMENT. Serolt la Headed by Mandarlna-He* markable Address from the Emperor —Colony of Texas Negroes to Emigrate to Liberia About Aug. 1. Chinese Food Biots. Yokohama papers, per steamer Empress of India, announce that food riots have taken place in the Yang-tse-Kiang valley, China, and a general uprising against foreigners and the Government k expected. Towns in Chekiang province contributed last month to the relief fund for starving peasantry, who were to be paid in cash and rice for working on public improvements. High officials used the money in riotous living, causing farmers to descend on Hsu-Qhou, which they thoroughly looted, killing the taotal, or governor, who •had failed to relieve them. Chow Han, head mandarin of Hunan, k leading the insurrectionary movement in the Yang-tse-Kinng valley. He has published an address bitterly assailing foreigners and calling on his .people to exterminate these “hogs and goats,’’ including all converts to their religion. He is having a manifesto filled with such utterances printed at Shanghai ia various dailies for circulation through the valley, and is arranging to procure firearms. Missionaries continue their work, though aware of their danger, but will enter no new districts while the present excitement lasts. The Chinese emperor has issued a remarkable address which illustrates the impotency of the present Government. He says national patriotism is necessary because China has no defenses. He exhorts generals and viceroys to prevent peculations among revenue and other officials and declares the practice of carrying dummy names on army and navy rolls should cease, and promises the choosing of better men for soldiers. By arousing patriotism he hopes that the “defenses of the empire will be strengthened by a human bulwark of brave and loyal health.”

NEGRO COLONY FOR LIBERIA. Colored Doctor Organizing an Expedition in Northern Texas. Dt. D. L. Harris, a negro physicinn, recently returned from Liberia, has organized an expedition of 150 negro families from Fannin, Lamar, Hunt, Collin and other northern Texas counties'to colonize in Liberia. He is raising a transportation fund by subscription. The expedition will start cs soon as the grain crops are harvested, which will be by Aug. 1. All who join the expedition pledge themselves to save their harvest money, so as to hajo it as a fund to depend on when Liberia i* reached. No negroes are permitted to join who have records of thriftlessness or viciousness, or who are addicted to drinking or other serious dissipations. Recruits will be added during the summer, and the expedition is expected to start with from 300 to 500 families.

MANY FOUNDRIES CLOSED. Coremakere at Cleveland Strike for an Advance In Pay. The coremakers of Cleveland declared a general strike to enforce a demand for an increase of 25 cents a day, from $2.25 to $2.50. As a result of the strike many foundries and industrial plants are badly crippled. The Walker Manufacturing Company, the Variety Iron Works, the Fulton Foundry, the Otis Steel Company and the Cleveland Ship Building Company acceded to the demand of the men and work was resumed in those establishments. National League Standing. Following is the standing of the clnbi in the National Base-ball League: W. L. W. L. Cincinnati ..20 6 Pittsburg ...14 14 Cleveland ...19 9 Philadelphia. 10 13 Boston 18 10 Brooklyn .... 9 14 New Y0rk...16 10Louisville ... 9 20 Baltimore .. .13 9 St. Louis 8 18 Chicago 14 13 Washington.. 6 20 Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. , W. L. Indianapolis. 19 5 Milwaukee ..13 15 St. Paul.... .22 6 Minneapolis. 10 18 Columbus ...15 11 Detroit ...... 7 20 Kansas City. 14 11 Omaha ...... 5 21 Texas Wheat Suffers. Reports from a dozen or more counties in north Texas, the wheat belt of the State, are that fully one-half the crop was destroyed by a recent tornado and the severe rains and winds that followed. Other grain suffered correspondingly.

College Cyclist Killed. While practicing for the intercollegiate race to be held at Atlanta, Ga., J. H. McGolrick of the Auburn, Ala., bicycle team struck a post of the Coliseum track and was instantly killed, his head being split open. Mother Is a Mnrderer. •Mrs. Lena Sparri, the insane widow of a fireman at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., murdered her two children, a son 2 years old and a daughter 5 months old. Miners Are Baried Alive. A large section of the newly developed slope in an iron mine near Meyersville, Pa., caved in. Four men were buried alive. All were from Hancock. Tornado Slays Feven. A tornado which passed through a portion of northwest Arkansas did immense damage to property and caused the death of at least seven persons. Caught In the Belting and Killed. Alonzo Black, one of the proprietors of the flouring mills at West Alexandria, Ohio, was killed by being caught m a large belt. Black was repairing the belt when the machinery wns suddenly started. He was very popular and a prominent man.

Untimely Celebration Fatal. At Lorain, Ohio, during a celebration of ,the supposed naval victory, a hose cart in a procession ran over two men. Peter Snyder was killed and an unknown man fatally injured. Pern’s New Cabinet. The new Peruvian cabinet is composed as follows: President of the council and minister of justice, Dr. Loayza; minister of foreign affairs, Meliton F. Porras; minister of finance, Ignacio Bey; minister for home affairs, Jose M. Lapuento; minister of public works, Dr. Flores; minister for war, Rose gill. The ministers assume office at once. 1 Hanged for Murdering Four. At Joliette, Que., Thomas Nulty, who, in November last, killed his three sisters and young brother at Rawdon, to make room in his father’s house for the girl be intended to marry, was hanged the other day. Fifteen hundred men witnessed the hanging. * Rebellion Coming in China. Late oriental papers state that there are many indications of rebellion in the Yang-tse-Kiang valley, owing to the unsettled industrial conditions. Many missionaries in that section are thought to be in danger of death. Concession in China. Minister Den by, at Pekin, says, In a communication to the Department of *4tate at Washington, that it is reported in Pekin that a contract to bnild a railroad from Hankow to Canton was recently awarded to ex-Senator Washburn pf Minnesota,

GREAT SHORTAGE IN WHEAT. supply at Minneapolis Is Likely to Be Lower than Ever Before. The Northwest has never known such a shortage of wheat as k now felt. Minneapolis has a little more than 4,000,000 bushels of contract wheat in stole in public hpuses, but thk total will not remain unimpaired long. It was reported on good authority that Peavey, the big elevator man, was about to start 600,000 bushels of thk wheat for New York at octce. The importance of thk announcement will be readily understood by the trade, and especially by millers who have mills to operate nntil September, when new wheat can be bad for grinding. It means the reduction of the supply of wheat at Minneapolis to the lowest point ever known. Duluth is shipping freely, and It may be that more of the Minneapolk wheat will go out. NEGROES IN A PANIC. Burning Oil on a River Brings Visions of Judgement Day. Several hundred negroes and ignorant white people in the western portion of Atlanta, Ga., firmly believed for some time the other day that judgment day bad arrived. Their reason was the fact that the waters of a creek near the Western and Atlantic Railroad were burning fiercely, the flames leaping many feet into the air. A police sergeant was called in and while he investigated the strange phenomena a panic-stricken mob huddled around him, not daring to speak above a whisper, some of the more extravagant tearing nearly all of their clothes off. Finally it was discovered that an immense oil tank near the creek had sprung a leak and some practical joker had ignited the film of oil. SPANISH PLOT IN CALIFORNIA. Alleged Flan to Wreck a Masonic Fair Building Is Told. Forty-eight extra guards were put around the Mechanics’ pavilion at San Francisco, Cal. It was jammed with a crowd of thousands attending the Masonic fair, and it was believed there was a Spanish plot to wreck the building and thus slaughter its occupants. The information came from the Masonic lodge in the little town of Williams, which is a strong Spanish settlement. It was claimed a conversation was overheard which revealed the plan. The police were notified and immediately put the guards at the pavilion. Detectives are trying to locate the supposed conspirators.

TRAIN 19 DITCHED. Railroad Accident at Nevada Delays Troops Going to Philippines. Passenger train No. 2 jumped the track a mile and a half east of Boca, Nev., and it took several hours to clear up the track. The engine, mail and baggage and express cars were thrown into the ditch. The engineer was slightly injured and two or three tramps, riding on the platform of the baggage ear, were killed. A train of 360 soldiers, comprising a part of the Nebraska National Guard en route to the Philippines, was detained. They were followed by nine or ten trains of troops from the East for the same destination. The Alabama Is Launched. The battleship Alabama was launched at Cramps’ shipyard at Philadelphia. Miss Mary E. Morgan, daughter of Senator Morgan of Alabama, had the honor of breaking tile traditional bottle of wine on the prow of the big fighter as it slid from the ways. So eager was the Alabama to get into its native element that before the sawing of the “shoe” which holds the cradle in place had been completed the monstrous hull, tugging with a weight of thousands of tons on the strips of oak, tore them apart, and the big mass of steei glided gracefully into the water a few seconds ahead of schedule time. After the Alabama had come to a standstill in the Delaware tugs tpwed it back to its dock, and workmen swarmed over it, beginning at once the work of preparing it for service. If the armor is contracted for now and delivered promptly the ship will be ready for commission within a year. The Alabama is the first to be launched of the three new battleships of its type, the others being the Illinois and the Wisconsin. It presents marked divergencies of design from the first three, the Oregon, the Indiana and the Massachusetts. These differences involve both the arrangement of the battery and the disposition of the armor, as well as a considerable increase in size and displacement. The main battery consists of four thirteen-inch guns in turrets and fourteen six-inch rapid-firing guns, of which ten are mounted on the gun deck, eight in broadside between the turrets, and two firing straight ahead forward of the fore turret ou the gun deck. Four are mounted in a small redoubt on casemate deck, two on each side. The broadside sixinch guns, instead of being mounted in projecting sponsors, are mounted in recess ports in order to secure extensive train forward and abaft the beam. The general dimensions of the Alabama are as follows: Length over all, 374 feet; breadth, 72 feet; freeboard forward, 20 feet; freeboard abaft the after turret, 13 feet 4 inches; draft, 23 feet 6 inches; displacement, 11,570 tons. The guaranteed speed is to be sixteen knots and the estimated horse power 10,000. The secondary battery consists of seventeen 6-pounder rapid-fire guns, six 1-pounder rapid-fire guns, and four gatlings. Success of “ Shenandoah.” The tremendous success achieved by Jacob Litt’s imposing revival of “Shenandoah” at McVicker’s Theater in Chicago is already the talk of the country. According to all accounts, it seems to be the grandest production of an American play ever given on any stage. “Shenandoah” is not new. It has had a remarkable career of popularity, but it is unquestionably the greatest drama of love, romance and war ever written, and it is especially appropriate at this time when the whole country is interested in the gallant deeds of our soldiers and sailors. Such unanimity of opinion regarding a performance is rarely seen. The Chicago papers are enthusiastic in their praise. The Times-Herald, in describing one of the big scenes, said: “As the tumult of battle grew fiercer each tattered battle flag was saluted by the audience with renewed enthusiasm, and when the retreat was arrested and the Union flood swept back upon the enemy the frantic and thunderous applause testified beyond any question to the tremendous impression created by this inspiring scene.” The sale of seats has never been equalled in a Chicago theater. The house has been sold out completely every night since the opening and thousands have been turned away.

Key in New Tomb. The remains of Francis Scott Key, author of “The Star Spangled Banner,” and his wife, Mary Taylor Key, were exhumed in Mount Olivet cemetery, Frederick, Md., and reinterred in a crypt in the foundation of the monument now being erected to tbe poet’s memory. Society Leader Is Free. Martin Ensley, the former society leader of Memphis, Tenn., who was charged with having murderously assaulted his companion, Charles H. Collins, at Meramec Highlands last summer and robbing him of SO,OOO, has been discharged from custody. Tornado Sweeps Three States. A terrible storm of wind, rain and hail visited lowa, Illinois and Wisconsin. Fatalities are placed at a score or more, and the list of injured is a long one. Property loss is known to be enormous, especially heavy in the agricultural districts. Robbers in a Railway Station. The Bessemer railroad station at Girard, Pa., near Conneaut, Ohio, was entered by three robbers. After knocking the agent senseless the men secured $2,000 and escaped. Latest Klondike News. E. W. Mutch of Dawson arrived at Tacoma, Wash., bringing Klondike news. The spring clean-ups had just Commenc'd- the water running in the creeks several

V r 111,. j fla f vr-x-L $8 000 000 to $12,000 000 of gold during the first month’s work. There is so much washing to do that the miners are planning to carefully husband the water supply that there might be enough for aIL The first washing was done at the Forks, Ei Dorado and Bonanza early in Aprils Extensive placers were found on Fresno creek, twenty-five miles below Dawson, the surface ground paying 25 cents tq the pan. Mining Expert Blakmore, who) conducted a party of prospectors to south-j eastern Alaska five months ago for San, Francisco and New York men, has uncoT-j ered an immense ledge of free. milling gold ore 150 miles from Jnnean, between Yakutat and Lituya bays. Shore placers have been worked there for years. Riakmore traced these until the ledge was found, his party then filing claims aggregating 2,000 acres. He will take horth machinery for extensive development. Gen. Thomas Anderson, who returned from Alaska with two companies of infantry, criticises Dr. Sheldon Jackson for inducing the Government to buy a big herd ofi reindeer in Europe for use in Alaska. He says Jackson should have first ascertained whether moss for them was obtainable in the npper Yukon country. Gen. Anderson learned from Yukoners that moss is very scarce. ARSENAL SENTRY ATTACKED. Supposed Attempt to Destroy War Supplies at Framingham. Mass. An attempt to blow op the State magazine at Camp Dewey, Framingham, Mass., where the Sixth and Ninth regiments are encamped, was made at an early hour the other morning. The magazine is situated under the brow of a hall and is a one-story building. Shortly after midnight Private Tracey challenged a man near the magazine, and before he realized what the man was about the latter had dodged under his gun and graph pled with him. Both men went down together. While on the gronnd Tracey shouted for the corporal of the guard, ana Sergeant Thorne and a private rnshed to the scene. Meanwhile the supposed Spaniard had escaped after severely beating Private Tracey. After an investigation Col. Bogan ordered that the guard be given ball cartridges and its numbers doubled.

TOLEDO BLADE BURNED OUT. Losses Aggregating ssoo,ooolnflicted by a Fire in the Ohio Town. The large block owned by the Toledo Blade Company at Toledo, Ohio, was partly destroyed by fire. The Blade office was burned out, and the Dow & Snell Company, wholesale grocers, sustained a loss of $250,000, mostly covered by insurauce. The loss will aggregate nearly $500,000. The east wall of the burning Dow-Snell building fell with a terrific crash, carrying Assistant Chief Mayo, Firemen Herman L. Bishop, Kizer Trepiuski and Wills with it. Mayo escaped, but the three men are missing and are supposed to be buried under the debris. The men were among the oldest ol the department. Envelope-Makers Combine. The consolidation of ten of the most prominent envelope companies in the country, representing 90 per cent of the output of commercial envelopes, has been effected at Worcester, Mass., excepting some of the details. The name of the consolidated company is the United States Envelope Company. The total capital is $7,000,000, of which $2,000,000 will be in bonds and the rest in capital stock. The output of the companies is 17,000,000 envelopes a day. Fear Indian Uprisings. Col. Sumner, in command of the department of the Colorado, sent two troops of cavalry, recruited in Denver, Colo., for the regular army, to Fort Huachuca, Ariz., to protect settlers against anticipated raids of the Apaches. He has also asked the War Department for authority to send troops to Fort Niobrara, Neb., as settlers in that vicinity have appealed for protection, fearing an uprising of the Sioux at Pine Ridge. Spain’s New Cabinet. The new Spanish cabinet has been formed as follows: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Leon y Castillo; Minister of War, Lieutenant General Garres; Minister of Marine, Mr. Aunon; Minister of the Colonies, Romero Giron; Minister of Finance, Lopez Puigicerver; Minister of the Interior, F. R. Capdepon; Minister of Justice, C. Greizard; Minister of Public Works, Mr. Gamazo. Big Raid of Burglars. Burglars made a general raid in South Omaha, Neb., a few nights ago. Six places were entered and ransacked. Mike Hart, a saloonkeeper, who was awakened by tlie robbers, was shot and killed os he got out of bed. Destructive Tornado in Nebraska. A destructive tornado swept over Nebraska, doing great damage at Wood River, Albion and neighboring towns. Several lives were lost, many persons were injured and the destruction of property was heavy.

’ Collins’ Mnrderer Not Named. At Topeka, Kan., the coroner’b jury in the J. S. Collins murder ease decided that Collins came to his death by gunshot wounds inflicted by some person unknown to the jury. Simpson Is Renominated. The seventh district Populist convention at Hutchinson, Kan., renominated Jerry Simpson of Medicine ■ Lodge for Congress by acclamation. Dropped a Can of Dynamite. While unloading dynamite at Venedocia, Ohio, Albert Boroff was blown to atoms. He dropped a can of the explosive. Mr. Gladstone Is Dead. William E. Gladstone, England’s most famous modern statesman, is dead at Hawarden.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.60; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.44 to $1.46; corn, No. 2,35 cto 36c; oats, No. 2,20 c to 31c; rye, No. 2,63 cto 64c; butter, choice creamery, 14c to 16c; eggs, fresh, 9c to 11c; potatoes, common to choice, 60c to 80c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, $1.19 to $1,21; com, No. 2 white, 36c to 38c; oats, No. 2 white, 33c to 35c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2, $1.25 to $1.27; com, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2,31 cto 33c; rye, No. 2,62 cto 63c. . Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.29 to $1.31; com, No. 2 mixed, 37c to 38c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 33c; rye, No. 2,60 cto 62c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.25 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, $1.36 to $1.38; com, No. 2 yellow, 39c to 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 35c to 36c; rye, 62c to 64c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, $1.42 to $1.44; corn, No. 2 mixed, 37c to 38c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 32c; rye, No. 2,63 cto 65c; clover seed, $3.05 to $3.15. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 spring, $1.36 to $1.37; corn, No. 3,37 cto 38c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; rye> No. 1,68 cto 70c; barley, No. 2,50 cto 54c; pork, mess, $11.75 to $12.25. Buffalo—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.39 to $1.41; com, No. 2 ydk>w, 40c to 41c; oats, No. 2 white, 35c to 36c. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 t.' $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.54 to $1.55; com, No. 2,41 cto 43c; oats, No. 2 white, 87c to 88c; butter, creamery, 13c to 16c; eggs, Western, 10c to 12c.

MEMORIAL DAY

THE SONG OF THE BUGLE. « tsK. O yon hear my challenge ringing through the silence C&tfrtiffllm Do yon hear my sloW L°. with mighty pints' lons waving, fierce J V-* | oy of battle cravWf The ’eagle hastens WM ill f Come qnlckly to the •S'-TT ./a '? ') reaping, where the . ' scythe of death Is sweeping. And the wheat stands ripe and red; Boon the gray dawn will be creeping where silently He sleeping Our grim and scornful dead. Fast the young recruits are thronging, from country and from town. To the music of my call. ’Midst moaning of the dying where the leaden hail is flying There is glory for you all. Defiance sternly flinging, my strident tones are ringing O’er distant vale and hill; What though this morn awaking a million hearts are breaking— My voice shall not be still. You shall hear my shrieking chorns o’-qr the thunder of the strife. As the troops go swinging by, Though the shattered ranks be wavering, my notes shall not be quavering When the scattered squadrons fly. I shall mock you with my calling, while ’round you, wounded, falling, Your comrades die like men, Till the lust of blood shall win yon and the demon spirit In you Shall turn and fight again. —George T. Pardy.

MEMORIAL DAY AT THE CORNERS.

THREE men were sitting one April morning on the wooden bench outside the small building which served the little settlement of Westham Corners as postofflee, store and general lounging place and which was also, in the upper story,, the home of the storekeeper, Israel Bacon, and his wife Hannah. They glanced now and then at the school house across the way and the graveyard beyond it. “Wal!” said the oldest of them, a man with white hair and a white beard under his chin, “I don’t see why we can’t hev some sort o’ celebration on Decoration Day ’s well ’s other towns. To be sure, Jim Piper’s the only soldier we sent to the war, but I reck’u that ain’t no reason why he shouldn’t hev his dues. I hold we ought to hev some sort of a time this year.” “I think so, too,” said Jed Barker. “I sh’d think it would be a sight o’ comfort to ol’ Mis’ Piper. I sh’d think she’d feel kind o’ hurt we ain’t never took no notice of her son—not even to put a flag on his grave.” “I sh’d think she’d ’a’ done it herself if she’d wanted it,” said the youngest man of the three. “She does put lilacs on the grave every year-—but anyone ken hev them, if they ain’t died for their country. I sh’d want a flag on my grave—l know that.”

“Le’s see,” said Barker, “ol’ Jim died ’bout two years after his son, didn’t he?” “They was the most broke up couple I ever see,” observed the old man, “when the news come about Jim’s death down South; an’ the ol’ man started right off for the body.” “An’ they spent,” said the young man, “nigh onto all the money they had laid by, gettin’ of it home, didn’t they?” “Yes,” said the other, “an’ we never heard much about it neither. Ye see, Jim’s regiment wa’n’t near none of the other boys that went from these parts, an’ they didn’t know nothin’ ’bout it, nor jest when he was killed. It al’ays seemed queer we didn’t hear more partic’lars. But ye see them Pipers was al’ays a terrible quiet set. The coffin wa’n’t never opened, an’ there wa’n’t no funeral to speak of—ol’ Parson Bolles come from Ridgeway an’ jest made prayer. I think ’twas sort of onchristian like.” The three men got up and went into the small store. They had a long talk with Israel Bacon and his wife. During the week they called on the rest of the people at the Corners. It was decided to have a celebration as they proposed. But it was not to be till the afternoon of Memorial Day, for all wanted to go to Westham in the morning to hear the speeches and have lunch—then come back to the Corners towards evening and decorate the one grave. Memorial Day dawned fair and warm. The. trees and the grass seemed greener than the day before; the birds sang blithier; spring was everywhere. The lilac bushes waved their greenish purple plumes, and here and there in a sheltered nook the splendid purple sprays were in full blossom. Mrs. Piper did not go to bed the night before. She sat by the window till every

ARRANGING THE CELEBRATION.

house in the village was dark. Then she got up and lighted her lamp. She took it in her trembling hand and went slowly up the stairs to the small room in the east gable—the room that had been Jim’s. Here she set the lamp upon the bureau—the room had not been changed for many years—and, taking a key from her pocket, opened the top drawer. In it was a faded blue uniform, some worn shoes, a belt, a cap—all that had been brought home on the body of her son. She lifted them carefully from the drawer and placed them one by one upon the narrow bed, forming something like the effigy of a human figure. She sat on the chair by the head of the bed, her head bowed in her hands, her elbows resting on the pillow by the side of the faded cap. One hour she sat there, two hours—three hours; her head fell forward on the pillow, and she slept. When she awoke she sat for a moment and looked upon the bed; the clothes were hideous in their shabbiness. She rose, put them back in the drawer, locked it, and put the key in her pocket. She sighed as she left the room. Her year was over—another year had begun. For this was Mrs. Piper’s New Year’s Day—by this day she had counted her time for twenty years. She went downstairs, opened the door and went out. She went to her white lilac bush and gathered an armful of the blossoms. The wet spray fell soft and refreshing on her withered cheeks. She took one spray from the purple bush, and then went down the path, across the road, up to the graveyard, and straight to a lot in which there were two graves. The day proved a hot one. About 6 o’clock Mrs. Bacon called on Mrs. Piper. The two women sat talking for some time by the window and looking out towards the graveyard. The white lilacs had withered and turned down during the day. Mrs. Bacon, at the faint sound of a drum, the signal agreed upon, asked Mrs. Piper to go with her over to Jim’s grave. Mrs. Piper got dp with a weary sigh, and put on her black bonnet. The two women Mastered across the road and 09 late the

THE annual occurrence of the day when the nation pays Its tribute to and reveres and honors the dead who fought for the preservation of the Union, who suffered and slaved and sacrificed everything, even life, for the country they loved, brings to the attention of all patriots the fact that those who serve the nation are not forgotten. Though they have passed away, the boys who wore the blue are remembered, and their graves are decorated by loving hands, that appreciate and respect and honor their courage and services. It is gratifying to know that each Memorial Day lessens the stings and sorrows of the war, hides the scars and turns bitterness Into sympathy. No more do we speak with unkindness of those who sought to divide the nation, who fought for slavery, and whose activity and perseverance cost us so dearly. The irritation and anger and bitterness of the conflict is passed, and while we honor those who preserved the nation, we do not hate the others who thirty years ago were our enemies. We respect them for their bravery, remember that they are brothers. We have forgiven them for their errors, and yet not forgotten the valor of our own soldiers who defeated the enemy. The nation is bound together forever and inseparably. There is no North and no South, nor is there a West or an East. This is the United States, one from many, and we say “the United States is” typifying the perpetuation of the Union by using the singular Verb. We honor the dead and respect the Union and are filled with sorrow as each year passes and reduces the numbers of those who battled for liberty and union. The services observed generally throughout the United States shows most conspicuously that patriotism is not dead and that the new generation, born since the war, is mindful and appreciative of the accomplishments of the one that Is passing away.

graveyard. Presently the drum was heard again, this time accompanied by the whistle of a fife. The woman in black trembled and clutched her friend’s arm. “What is it, Hannah?” she exclaimed. “I hear a drum and fife. What is it?” Mrs. Bacon seized her friend’s arm and whispered: “It’s the folks a-comin’ to decorate Jim’s grave. They are goin’ to honor him like the rest of the soldiers.” Mrs. Piper gave one gasp for breath and stood as white and still as a stone. Twen-

MRS. PIPER’S MIDNIGHT VIGIL.

ty carriages, or so, of all sorts and kinds, drove up in front of the school house; the people dismounted and formed the procession. First came Jed Barker, carrying a big flag; then came two old men, one with a drum, one with a fife; and behind them four other men, one carrying the flag for the grave, and one the “piece” from the city. They had all seen service in the war. Behind them came old Deacon Brown, and beside him the new minister from Weetham, a young man with a fresh, bright face. Then came the people, men, women and children. The drum and fife played •‘‘Marching Through Georgia” as they came up the path. As they entered the graveyard the music ceased. The people formed a ring about the grave and the two women standing by it. The deacon made a prayer. The drum and fife wailed the dead march; the flag was placed at the head of the grave; the column, with its surmounting eagle, at the foot. The music ceased. The minister stepped forward into the ring by the grave and spoke. He spoke of the honor of war, of the splendor of victory, of the nobleness of giving one’s life for one’s country, of the saddened homes, of the joy of the mother iri surrendering her son to her country, and closed by repeating the lines: “How sleep the dead who sink to rest, By all their country’s wishes blest, When spring ” “Don’t, don’t, I can’t bear it!” These words interrupted the minister’s low tones, and all eyes were turned from him to Mrs. Piper, who stood, now alone, by the grave, her worn face grastly white in the fading yellow sunlight “Don’t go on—l can’t bear it no more. Oh, Lord! how can I! My son Jim—my only son—he —he —I’ve been livtn’ a lie these twenty years—an’ makin’ him out what he.wa’n’t; he —he wa’n’t killed in battle—how can I ? —how can I ? —he —he— he was shot for desertin’.” The thin black figure fell upon its knees by the grave, the head bent forward over the little fluttering flag. The last rays of the setting sun came in under the trees upon the hushed group. In those moments they realized it all —the grief, the pride, the shame, the bitter secret of their neighbor’s life; and the hearts of the people felt for her. A squirrel ran across the

“DON’T, DON’T, I CAN’T BEAK IT!”

neighboring wall, a woodpecker tapped on a tree; the tiny flag spread itself in the breeze and flapped against the black bonnet bent over it. The first human sound was the low voice of the minister repeating half unconsciously, “I am the Resurrection and the Life, saith the Lord.” There was a stir among the people; slowly,~with hushed breath, they filed out. Someone hit qgainst the drum, the harsh npisp making them all start. The sun

sank below the horizon, and left three figures standing by the deserted grave—the black figure bowed over the flag, the tall figure of the young minister, and the stooping, sympathetic woman friend. The friend whispered to the kneeling woman. She looked up, bent forward and pulled the flag down from the grave, and, clasping it in her hand, was led slowly out of the yard. The three entered the darkening kitchen. The minister said what few words he could, and went away. Mrs. Bacon made some tea and persuaded her friend to taste it. Then she, too, went away, for Mrs. Piper begged to be left alone. That night there was again a pilgrimage to the little upper room. And thereafter a little silk flag lay tenderly over the faded uniform, in the locked bureau drawer. — New England Magazine.

FATHER OF MEMORIAL DAY.

Gen. John A. Logan Was the Inspiration of the Observance. When the few gray-haured veterans of the great war for the Union met together in annual observance of Memorial Day, few bear in mind that the day itself as a part of the national life is the result of the inspiration of the greatest of all the volunteer soldiers who fought for the flag, Gen. John Alexander Logan of Illinois. Few, indeed, of those not associated with the organization of old soldiers remember this. But such is the fact. The soldier statesman who won his spurs in actual fight and refused to accept peaceful, honors while the war was still on, one of the first, if not the first, of the list of honored comrades who headed that organization, is the originator of the day of sorrowful remembrance of the bravery and virtues of those who fell in battle or who have crossed the river since the conflict ended. Few warriors of ancient or modern times achieved as great distinction and won as high rank in the service as Gen.

GEN. JOHN A. LOGAN.

Logan. While, to be technically accurate, he cannot be classed as the officer of the Federal army who reached the highest grade from the volunteer organization, it is true that he won the highest rank on the smallest degree of military education and preparation. Grant, Sherman and Sheridan are all classed with the volunteers. The former two had severed their connection with the army and re-entered it as volunteers at the opening of the war. But both were skilled soldiers and graduates of the national school of war. Besides they had had years of actual experience on the frontier, and were recognized as capable officers from the time they took the field. Logan had no such preparation. He had fighting blood and common sense as his sole military education, unless a limited amount of-schooling might be called his from the part he played as a volunteer in the war with Mexico.

A HISTORIC SPOT.

Andersonville, the Site of the Old Confederate Prison. Among the many places of interest which surround Americas, Ga., there is none so historic in its character or of which so much has been spoken and written as Andersonville, the site of the old Confederate prison and the national cemetery, in which lie the remains of over 13,000 Union soldiers. It lies eleven miles northeast of Americus and can be reached by rail or carriage. The drive is a pleasant and picturesque one, the road winding among the hills and valleys and passing through forests of pine. Of the old prison pen, which was, in fact, nothing but a stockade inclosing thirty acres

of land, through which ran* Sweetwater creek, little remains. A few straggling half-rotted posts mark the line of the stockade. A few low earthworks, upon which were mounted small field pieces, show where once were the Cates. Here and there are a few of the wells dng down into the hard red clay for shelter and In the hope of escape. Providence spring, which burst forth just on the edge of the “dead line” and furnished > fresh water for thousands of thirsty throats, still contributes its never falling stream to Sweetwater creek. 'The grounds are now the property of the Grand Army of the Republic, having been purchased by the department of Georgia and turned over to the national encampment. Carriage ways and walks have *een constructed through the grounds, and it is intended to erect a club house. Visitors occasionally pick up some relic of the thousands who were confined there, in the shape of a button, a buckle or a rusty canteen. The national cemetery, In which lie representatives from every State in the Union and from almost every regiment, with its 13,000 white headstones resembling a great army of the dead, lies about half a mile from the prison grounds and is surrounded by a brick wall. The grounds are neatly laid out, the walks are well paved, the lawns are kept nicely trimmed, while clumps of trees and shrubbery break the monotony of an almost level plateau. All but a few hundred of the graves are laid out in long, straight lines, with avenues between, just ns they were dug by the corps of prisoners who buried side by side their dead brethren. A wonderfully correct record was kept by this corps, and it has been transcribed and is kept in the office of the superintendent, who can in a few minutes point out the exact spot of any one buried in the grounds. Near the center of the cemetery, apart from all the others, unmarked and unhonored, lie the remains of four prisoners who were convicted by their fellows of robbery and murder and were hung upon a gallows erected within the stockade.

WAR MAJOR GENERALS.

The Roll of Those Now.Uvlnqf Ntxmbers Thirty^even. When the war clgzed there ,were at least 175 major generals. Now the roll of the living numbers only thirty-seven. Most of the great figures of the war are gone. Grant, McClellan, Sherman, Thomas, Meade, Sheridan and the rest are gone. But these thirty-seven old major generals, whose names have been taken from the records in the War Department at Washington, are a wonderfully interesting lot. Not a few of them will be gone before the next Memorial Day. Hers are the living war major generals: Augur, C. C., Osterhaus, P. J., Buell, D. C., Palmer, J. M., Butterfield, D., Parke, J. G., CMay, C. M., Porter, F. J., Cox, J. D., Prentiss, B. M., Dana, N. J. T., Reynolds, J. J., Dodge, G. M„ * Schofield, J. M., Fessenden, Francis, Schurs, Carl, Franklin, W. 8., Sickles, D. E., Grierson, B. H., Slgel, Frans, Hamilton, Schuyler, Smith, W. F., Herron, F. J., Stahel, Julius, Howard, O. 0., Stanley, D, S., McClernand, J. A., Swayne, Wager, McCook, A. McD., Wallace, Lew, Merritt, Wesley, Wilson, J. H. f Miles, N. A., Wood, T. J., Negley, J. S., Wright, H. O. Oglesby, R. J.,

Lois’ Decoration Day.

Lois sat on the doorstep, listening hard. She could hear the faint tnm-tum of the drum and occasionally a high, sweet note of the fife. But the cemetery was a long way off, where they were decorating soldiers’ graves. That was why mamma had left little Lois at home. “Pohl As if ’twould’ve tired me a single miteT’ she murmured, “an’ I wouldn’t have cared if it did, if I only could’ve seen ’em plant flags and flowers! Oh, dear, I feel’s if I was going to cry, I feel so diserpoinrted. Mamma said to take care o’ grandpa, but I can’t when he’s asleep.” She tiptoed back to the sitting room door and looked in. There eat dear old grandpa, nodding his white head in the sun. “I guess he’s dreaming about when he was a soldier,” Lois thought. A runaway sunbeam stole across grandpa’s forehead, and she hurried softly to draw down the shade. “Why!” she breathed, in a little flash of inspiration, “I’m going to have a Dec’ration Day my own self! I know whet I can do.” Out in the garden there were pansies and nodding poppies, and oh, snch a host of little, rosy baby apple blossoms—buds and buds and buds! Lois picked her apron full of them two or three times over, and then sat down on the doorstep and made long strings and queer, . wobbly wreaths of them. When they were all done she carried them softly back to the sitting room. Grandpa’s white head was still nid-nod-ding, and grandpa’s smiling, gentle old face was full of peace. Very quietly indeed Lois hung the wreaths round grandpa’s neck and wrists, and trailed the twisted strings of buds across his chair. “He’s my soldier, an’ I’ve dec’rated him all myself," she whispered admiringly, standing off to look. But it was warm, and Lois was tired with her work; and when mamma came home by and by they were both asleep in the sun—little girl Lois and dear old “decorated” grandpa.—Youth’s Companion.

Gratitude.

America’s show of gratitude for the deeds of her soldier heroes is a fitting monument to patriotism. No nation can compare with ours in the wealth of its reward for sacrifice. France prides herself upon the greatness of her Hotel des Invalided, and England boasts of the vastness of her military hospitals for the “queen’s own,” but America’s National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, as the final triumph of military asylums, surpasses anything else of the kind yet conceived. Of that vast horde of the youth and vigor of this country that freely offered itself in the cause of union, and liberty some 20,000 survivors are to-day in this retreat waiting for the final reveille. While they live they live like courtiers of a king, and when they die Old Glory’s folds enshroud their mortal clay, and booming cannon herald their departure on the last grand march.

The Voiceless.

Nay, grieve not for the dead alone, - Whose song has told their hearts’ sad story; Weep for the voiceless, who have known The cross without the crown of glory 1 Not where Leucadian breezes sweep O’er Sappho’s memory-haunted billow, But where the glistening night dews weep On nameness sorrow’s churchyard pillow. -Holmes.

Lesson to the Children.

With every passing year the proper observance of this national day becomes more important. To the children born since the war it lacks the heart-touching and tender sentiment and the tearful memories that cluster around the days when our loved ones were brought home to us from the field of war and were laid with reverent and trembling hands in hallowed graves and bedewed with the bitterest drops of anguish.

A Sentiment.

No language of poetry, of sentiment, of eloquence, can fitly portray the emotions, the thoughts, tbe remembrances, of the veteran who is still able to recall the scenes, the trials and the experiences of the days and the cause which make Memorial Day the holiest of ail days. It is a day so grand in its fruits of-patriotio sacrifice that it has no parallel in history. —Maj.sGftu- Daaiel Butterfield.

CONGRESS

Considerable progress was made by the Senate on Tuesday in considering .the war revenue measure. A bill was reported from the Military Affairs Committee and passed providing that the pay and allowance of the volunteers enlisted in the United States army shall begin en the day of thetr enrollment at the State camp. The latter part of the day was devoted to eulogies upon the late Re|wt«en'tgtive Seth L. Milliken of Maine. The Honse held a brief session. Two important bills affecting labor were passed, one limiting the labor of persons employed upon government works and in government service to eight honrs daily, and the other providing for the equipment of a non-parti-san labor commission to consider legislative problems affecting labor. Mr. Corliss (Mich.) called up the House bill to repeal the law providing that transmission of the electoral veto of the States to Washington shall be by messengers. The bill proposes transmission by mail and express. The bill was defeated. Senate bill providing an American registry for the ship Gentennlai, now at Seattle, wan passed. The House passed a bill to arthorize the appointment of a non-partlsnu commission to collate information and to recommend legislation to meet problems presented by labor, agriculture and capital. Considerable progress was made in the Senate on Wednesday in the reading of the war revenue bill, which Included, nnturally, the consideration of the amendments proposed by the committee. Through the influence of Mr. Gorman (Dem., Md.) the imprisonment penalty was stricken out of some bf the sections relating to violations of the stamp tax. After an extended debate, part of which occupied the secret legislative session, the conference report on the bill suspending certain parts of the existing law relating to the purchase of supplies by the war department was adopted. The bill permitting officers of the regular army to' accept staff appointments In the Volunteer army without losing their rank or place in the regular service was alsa.passed. An urgent deficiency bill, carrying $8,437,032, mostly for pensions, was agreed on by the House Commjtee on Appropriations, and immediately reported to the House, which passed it without debate. The bill carries $8,070,872 for payment of pensions and other items of small amounts, including expenses of United States courts and clerical force and printing for the war and navy departments. While several important paragraphs in the war revenue measure were passed over on Thursday for future consideration, excellent progress was made by the Senate in the consideration of Hie bill. Two-thirds of the measure has been read, the committee amendments generally having been agreed to. The proposition to place a stamp tax upon proprietary articles and perfumeries now in stock aroused a lively discussion. It was regarded as retroactive legislation and as such was opposed by many Senators. After debate, confined to the proposition to send the labor arbitration bill to conference, in which many members participated, a roll call of the House upon agreeing to the Senate amendments, thereby affecting the bill’s passage, was ordered, resulting in yeas 219, nays 4. After experiencing a brief political tilt, precipitated by a personal political explanation from Mr. Tongue (Rep., Ore.), the House adjourned until Monday. Soon after the Senate convened on Friday Mr. Hale (Maine), chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, favorably reported from the committee the House joint resolution providing for the Organization and enrollment of an auxiliary naval force which shall form an inner line of defense. An amendment by the Senate committee provides that the force shall not exceed 3,000 men. The resolution was passed. The Senate resumed consideration of the war revenue bill, and Mr. Daniel of Virginia spoke for two hours on the measure, die supported the bill, but opposed the bond feature and stamp tax, and said the corporations should bear a larger share of the taxation. Mr. McKnery (La.) proposed an amendment to the paragraph of the bill placing a tax upon all corporations not specifically designated, providing that the law should not apply to “limited liability commercial partnerships or corporations and companies or corporations of limited liability conducting planting or farming business or preparing for market products of the soil.” For five hours on Monday the Senate had the war revenue measure under discussion. The entire time was occupied by Mr. Chilton (Dem., Tex.), Mr. Lodge (Rep., Mass.) and Mr. Turley (Dem., Tenn.). While Mr. Lodge confined himself to a discussion of the proposed tax on corporations and hank deposits, strongly urging that such taxes be not imposed, Mr. Chilton and Mr. Turley covered pretty fully the general features of the bill. No action of any kind was taken upon the bill. The day in the House was devoted chiefly to the consideration of District of Columbia legislation. Two bills of minor importance affecting the volunteer military was passed. A bill authorizing the construction of a railway bridge across the Missouri river at Quindaro, Kan., by the Kansas City, Northeastern and Gulf Railway Company was passed.

Substitutes for India-Rubber.

Combinations of linseed oil, peanut, rape or mustard oil with sulphur form rubber-like substances which are said to be largely used in the manufacture of india-rubber compounds. Pure, unvulcanized india-rubber will float, nearly submerged In water, while the old substitutes, being slightly heavier in proportion to their bulk, sink.

This and That.

Soap was first manufactured in Britain in 1524. A traveler can now go around the world in fifty days. It requires half & day to sing the national hymn of China. A fine ostrich is calculated to yield $2,000 worth of feathers. The game of chess is taught in all the Australian public schools. New Zealand contains at present 42,000 natives (Maoris) and 620,000 whites. France and Germany are endeavoring to acclimatize the American lobster, as hardier and healthier .ban his European congener. The number of converts to Christianity in China uas been greater within the last eight years than during the preceding thirty years. British trade ethics are about to apply to tbe Klondike. Liverpool has sent out on the steamer Mannense, bound for St. Michael, the largest cargo of liquor ever shipped. It Includes 14,000 cases and 1,000 barrels of spirits, chiefs ly whisky, and 3,000 barrels of beer. Irish & English is the name of a hardware 'firm doing business in Buffalo. The concern lias been in existence since 1857. Tbe Pope does his private writing with a gold pen, but bis pontifical slg-' nature is always given with a whitefeathered quill, which is believed to come from tbe wing of a dove, although persons who have seen it say it must have come from a larger bird. The same quill has been in use for more than forty years. It serves only for important signatures, and is kept in an Ivory case.