Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1901 — Page 2

THE PASSING ARMY.

The Irresistible Conqueror Is Thinning the Ranks of the Veterans of the Civil War.

IT Is now thirty-six year* *lnce the fort flower* were strewn upon the r*re* of the men who (iTe their Sfei that the nation might Ur*. Observes at flnt In a email way by isolated •seemaeities, thl* decoration of the gnaay mound* ha* com* to be recognls*A as an established custom and MemoNal Day has long hsd a fixed piece In Iks calendar. With each successive anal* vaseary the day has gained a wider ob—Ttsbi s and has been made the occasion Mr many appeals to the patriotism of the ytspi*. The verdure of each returning Mrtag covers more deeply the scars of MtUe which once seamed the hillsides S valleys of the sunny South. On this «fl precious memories it is well to reth* sacrlflces of bygone years, tnd It h alas fitting to express the hope that Mass who tr* now charged with the gsMaar* of our national destinies will partaaas their duties patriotically and vail

When (he gray-haired veterans of the gseat war for th* Union meet together in Masai observance of Memorial Day, few Ml hear In mind that the day Itself, as ■ part es th* national life, le the result 3 Me Inspiration of one of the greatest all th* volunteer soldiers wbo fought iff the flag— th* late Gen. John A. Logan «fl llltecl a Few, Indeed, of those not •■sedated with th* organization of old Mlfllers will remember thle. The soldlcrgtatanui who won his spurs In actual Aokt and refused to accept peaceful honSSB while th* war was still ou—oue of Jhs first, If not the first, of the list of Mvertd comrades who headed this orgaafisetion—was the originator of the day gfl aarrewful remembrance of the bravery Mfl virtues of those who fell In battle (fi sh* have crossed the dark river since Ms ceaflk-t ended. Ike apple tree of Appomattox never fifiMesesed eo full and to fair as to-day, MB Mwere tnd Its fruit were never to Ma sad fragrant. Th* Union which ApItMtlM sstsbllshed and cemented was St»i» ea strong and glorious. Its sacred MBA* have been welded, not merely by M> mataal pledgee of devotion, but by As Mb es heroic service, eld* by aids, amflar the common flag, on a distant soli, ■■A May aevsr before bound up so much m aatleaal pride and hope and high aejbifon Iks great chlsftains—Grant and I/**. ■Mibrkaas products of the same national sAsal at West Point — met at AppomatMb with mutual respect sad honor, tnd M tWk generous and chivalrous coming ■apethev typified the spirit of a reunited ppntry. That historic hour dates a new MA which la now a true unloa el ■Mi aad hand* that non* can saver. ■a laap as t)i* flag remains anfurlad ■ammrtal Day cannot eeaa* to be a grant wafl Baader memory. Bach anulveraary laenaaaa more pathetic from the fact Ma* many es th* "boys In blue” are pesetas «way to Join th# vast army In the Ml land. Every year the ranks as Mn vetavaai on this side th* river grew MAanan and th* atop* of th* marchers Mn Within twenty-five year* nearly fiß nM have joined their regiments on

the other side. Bat their deeds can never die. Future fenerations will read them, deep cat, defying the tooth of time, on the marble of the coantry’e greatness. They will bleu on the pillars of the Union and in the springtime of each year a grateful people, bearing choicest flowers—nature’s sweetest emblem of love and affection—will decorate their graves; for those grassy mounds will be known as shrines forever more; shrines so long as the republic shall endurs; shrines where patriot kneea will bend sad patriot eyes will weep so'long as freedom has a worshiper and equality of rights a devotee.

Grant and Lee are no more, and Sherman nnd Stuart, and Jackeon and Hooker, McClellan and Hill, Early and Meade —all are gone, and the great spirit of change broods orer th# scenes of their former activities The gross grows green on the deserted battlefields, and all Is quiet along th* banks of the Potomac. The James and tha Chickahominy, the Rappahannock and th* Hapldan, wind their course to th* sea undisturbed by war's rude alarms. The former turns the earth in tha fertile valleys which drank the blood of the flower of American chivalry; th# feathered songsters of the wood mike melody in the tangled thickets of the Wilderness; but the great captains and many of their devoted fol) lowers have departed. They pitch their tents on other camping grounds not beneath the stars that shine on Southern scenes, but above the stars on the failfields of ISlysla. There they commune and there they hold eweet intercourse. We may not know their employments there; wo may not conceive the rapturous delights that attend them In that blissful station; but of this we may be assured; they are not unmindful of th# comrades who tarry here, and they have no higher Joy than th* realisation that the peace they set up at Appamattox has grown Into a perfect peace that has overcom* all obstacles and th* doubts and perplexities which first attended it —a peace whose blessings fall to-day upon oar land Ilka th* rail upon the mown graes and Ilk* th* dew upon the mountains of Lebanon. And s* It Is that In th* decoration of th* graven of th* heroic dead human hands and tinman hearts have reached a solution of th* vexed problem that baffled human will and human thought fo* three decades. Sturdy sons of th* South have said to their brothers of the North that the people of th* Booth long alnco accepted the arMtrameat of the sword to which they had appealed. And likewise th* est-repeated message has gone forth from (he North that peace and good will reigned, aad that tha wounds of civil dlasoaaiea wane hat sacred mem orloa. Tha e sat sat that followed th* end of argument hotweaa two giant civilisations wan, whfla It tested. the greatest and bloodiest a i equal dure ties la tha anth an Rested annals ad tha race and tha most dastvasttve swan waged hy men. It lasted fear years; It annihilated six hlll-

ions of property; it overthrew the rebellious governments of thirteen States; It called four millions of men to arms; it was fought on 2,800 recorded fields; it filled 700,000 graves from the sword and shot and shell and pestilence; the silent sleepers went down on mountain aids and in tangled wood, In dismal swamp and on sunny plain; where the rivers rolled and the wide-waved ocean stretched they found sepulcher; and at last one civilization, with its garments rolled in blood, passed away to the shades forever; the other, victorious, raised a spotless ensign in the sky, its stairs washed brighter with the glad tears rejoicing humanity that the greater government of and for and by the people had not perished from the earth.

THE SEXTON OF THE SEA

You scatter flowers ou the grassy mound That marks the spot where your loved ones be; You bring them emblems with never a thought Tor the dead beneath the sea. For every ship that the hands of men Have bullded with chart and wheel. The bon?s of men In a hundredfold ' Are laid beneath Its keel. A canvas shroud and an Iron bar At the weary head and the wasted feet. And lo! from the deck they move away, From the hearts that throb and beatl Soldiers and sailors and captains grand. Babes with a mother's breast Wet with the lips that will touch no more. Come down In my arms to rest. And I lay them gently alone to sleep. Where the hod of the sand Is clear; And none may wander, and none shall stray; For I keep them, oh, so dear! And hark! When the bell buoy tolls at night. Above the wave where the fishes swim. You may knew that I keep my Father’s watch. For the day l shall give them back to him! Leslie's Wetkly.

At the Top.

On Memorial Day the flag flics at halfmast, because it is n day of commemoration of the dead. It is not uncommon for some person appointed to hoist th# flag to run it up to the peak, forgetting the funereal custom; then some veteran arrives, and causes the banner to be dropped to half-mast. This custom preserves the early sentiment of the day, when it was more a day of mourning than it is nt present. Lately many veterans have advised the abandonment of the custom, and the Issue of an order directing that the flag should hereafter always be rplsed to the peak on Memorial Day. This was th* expressed view nnd wish of Gen. Grant. It was his opinion that while th* day ought not to loss, and hsd not lost, Its significance and solemnity, It was nevertheless not a day of mourning, but on* for tha commemoration of ted rejoicing In th* nobis deed* of scridlers. On such a day It was fitting that th* flag should fly st ths highest point on th* staff on whlrii It Is placed. The matter received much attention at last year’s observance of Memorial Day, and it Is possibl* that th* dsmsed will find recognition, before th* day comes around again, in orders by .some at least of th* department commanders for ths full-masting of ths flag.

Cultured.

“She's from Boston.” “I thought you told me you never saw her before this minute 7” “True, but I Just now heard her cell thorn mountain* In Asia the Ha-rnol-yawe”—Judge,

LIKE FLEECED LAMBS.

CONDITION OF MANY INVESTORS IN TEXAS OIL STOCKS. Vhe Big Companies Can Be Depended Upon to Control the Ontpnt—An Immense Amount of Stock Sold Which le Probably Worthless. ' The oil craze in Texas has subsided to such a degree as to cause many people to look into things in a practical manner, and the outlook to the great majority is not very promising. Fortune* made and more will be made, but tlie small investors will have to pay for them. Among this class are the thousands of widows, seamstresses, clerks, children and domestics. They have poured their savings into the treasury of some one or more of the speculative oil companies and have had visions of great and expected quick returns. They are sure to be disappointed. Experiences of others in the past in chasing wildcat schemes held forth no lossous or warnings to t 111’ in., Nearly :>INI "oil companies" have been organized in Texas duriug the past month, says a Beaumont correspondent, aud it is estimated by a prominent promoter that I*o per cent of them will never pay a dividend. About 10 out of every IIMI have something bordering on the substantial to offer to the public* in ill* way of a speculative investment, but tin- others have nothing more titan a little tract or two of land, bought for a song, which is situated somewhere iu eastern Texas, and around which no effort lias ever been made to find oil. They may strike oil, no one can tell anything about that, hut their chances are small, and if they ever do their stock has been watered until no oil well in the world could pay interest on the investment. The promoters, however, come out all right, for they get big cash bonuses out of tlu- treasury from the funds realized from tlie sale of stock, so it does not make very much difference to them whether oil is struck or not. Then, there are tlie heavy salaries of the officers to lie paid all tie- time the stockholder, is waiting for the well, if any is ever bored, to get down far enough to even hope for oil. In the meantime it is probable that tlie small investors ais working and saving so as to be ready to grasp at some other "bubble’’ which may be formed from speculative soapsuds. Facts and Figures. It must be remembered that the great majority of the small investors are represented in the small companies. The big companies, the ones which will make the money and control the. output, are owned by the people who have plenty of money and do not find it necessary to advertise their’oil stock for sale. Now. a first-class gusher in the Beaumont field has been selling for $ 1,250,000. It will require another mitlion for pipe lines mud tankage and a quarter of u million for otiier expenses before fuel oil markets have been opened up. If the gushers would continue to gush as they are now doing everything would be profitable to the owners, but sooner or later the pumps will have to be applied and then dividends will decrease. Even then it might l>e possible to pay interest on the investments of tlx* big companies, but the prospects of the smaller ones are exceedingly gloomy. Most of the other companies nre capitalized from $200,000’ to $1,000,000. Their stock is sold way below par and when the promoters get through with the treasury funds but little is left for development purposes. Should these small companies strike oil and should the flow average 100 to 200 barrels a day, which would be a big well as wells go, the question then arises what would they do with the product 7 The big gushers, even after the pumps are applied, will supply nil the fuel oil for which there is a market for many years to come, for it will be a long time before coal will l>e generally supplantej. The gusher companies will be amply provided with pipe lines and tankage aed the smaller companies will be completely at their mercy, even granting that some one big concern does not come iu and secure control.

CHICAGO GETS BIG GAMES.

Olympian Contests for 1004 Secured Western Metropolis. Chic* go has won a big victory by securing the International Olympian games for 1904. The meeting at which the matter ivft* decided was held in the Automobile Club In Paris. It was presided over by Baron Fierro Coubertin. Delegates were present from England, France, America. Holland, Belgium, Sweden nnd Hungary. When it was announced that Chicago had agreed to put up SIOO,OOO the delegates of all the other nations gave theif unanimous approval of the Western metropolis ns the place in which to hold the games. There had heon a strong competition between Chicago and St. Louis, hut President Ha’per of the Chicago University made the meeting unanimous in favor of Chicago. The objection to bringing athletes so far was solved hy the American delegates, Mr. Stanton saying he had reason to believe that the United States would plu,*e a government training ship nt the disposal of the foreign athletes.

CADETS ARE THROWN OUT.

Five Troublesome tins Dismissed from West Doin'. The Secretary of War lias sustained Col. Mills. Huperintmdcnt of the Military Academy at West Point, in the decisiou to puuish the cadets who rebelled against the authority of the commandant and trained a cannon on his house. Five will l>e dismissed and six will be suspended for various terms. The other malcontents—nearly all of the second class—will he given minor punishments. Among the latter class is Cadet Mac Arthur, son of Gen. MucArthur. The second class men were a iso recommended for dismissal, but Secretary limit says that he has taken no action on the proposal. Col. Mills’ reports to Washington say that the whole trouble arose owing to determination of the authorities to put do A n listing.

Plans hive been agreed upon for a new Department of Agriculture building at Washington. nv cost not exceeding two million dollars. It will be U-shaped, of while marble, four stories high, with a 400-foot front nod two wings, each 200 feet lung.

BODY FOUND IN A CREEK.

Supposed Kidnapers' Victim Had Been in the Water Six Weeks. body of Willie McCormick, the Nqyv York boy who disappeared some time ago, was found in Cromwell creek, a few blocks from the McCormick home. There were no marks on the body to show violence, but everything indicated that It-had been in the water for many weeks. It was fully clothed. Nothing of the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the boy is dissipated by the finding of the body. The father of the little fellow and other members of the

WILLIE M’CORMICK.

family are inclined to believe that he was done away with. Cromwell creek runs into the Harlem river below McCombs’ dam bridge. The tide in the Harlem river runs so strong at that point that little if anything of a heavy nature is floated into the creek. The most reasonable supposition is that the boy was drowned in the creek, or thrown dead ipto the creek, anil through all the weeks of search the body lay in the mud at the bottom until it was brought up by the crew of a passing lighter. John Garfield, a bridge tender, found the body.

BIG STRIKE IN EFFECT.

Machinists in All Parts of the Country Quit Work. The machinists’ strike, which threatens to affect every large city in the country, began Monday. The general strike order sent out by President James O’Connell of the International Machinists' Union lodged the power jh every local officer to call out the men unless they were granted the nine-hour day with the same pay they received for ten hours. The agitation has been going on for over a year, and the machinists believe the manufacturers will yield to their demands sooner than risk mi upheaval during the busiest period in the history of manufacturing industries the country lias ever seen. More than 100.000 machinists are involved iu the struggle, and the amount of capital against them runs into the hundreds of millions. Not fewer than 500,000 workmen are running the* risk of being out of work during the fight. Reports received by President O’Connell late Monday indicated that a large number of establishments heretofore holding out against the demands of the men, were making the necessary concessions. yr

RAILROADS.

Work is to be pushed ou the Fort Wayne-Butler link of the Wabash road. The convention of the Order of Railway Conductors will be held in St. Paul, Minn. “Across Picturesque Illinois and Iowa” is the title of a pamphlet just issued by the Northwestern road. Officers of the roads west of Chicago nre beginning to oppose the differential fare principle that prevails East. An order for twenty-five new engines lias been let hy the Santa Fe company. This is in addition to the recent contract for fifty locomotives. An officer of the Northwestern road says that within forty days the old question of finding enough cars to handle the business will be again presented. It is reported that Gould will build a road through Louisiana nnd Arkansas to form a through route between Kansas City and St. Louis nnd New Orleans. Three road* bare added to the membership of the Western Passenger Association—Burlington, Cellar Rapids and Northern, Burlington and Northeastern nnd Keokuk and Western. The organization now includes thirty-six roads. The work of rebuilding bridges on the Nickel Plate line is being pushed. Seven of the more important bridge* on the road' are now being reconstructed, steel replacing wood and stone being substituted for pile foundations. Grades are hclug reduced and the roadbed is also beiug'improved. All but two of the Western roads show decreases in the number of car loads of live stock received in Chicago during the past three months, compared with the corresponding period of lust year. The Northwestern and Milwaukee and Bt. Paul roads each show increases of about 1,500 car loads. Officers of the Burlington. Want a Fe and Union Pacific lines oiet in Chicago to perfect plans for the pooling or all government sailor busmess. At present the fastest trains in England are operated between London and Edinburgh via Newcaatle. The distance is 396 miles and the average apecd Is 02.7 miles pur hour. Six of the Big Four through trains ara sow equipped with new csrs from baggage to sleepers. They are uniform in color and slae and of unusual length. Their appearance la striking and they are attracting considerable attention.

THE SASKATOON DISTRICT.

Oa« of the Now Western Canada Districts. The Oreat Advantages of Settlement Where the Soil la of Unexampled Fertility. During the past year or two a large number of American settlers (those going from the United States to Canada) have made homes in the Saskatoon district In Western Canada. They have found the climate all that could be desired, and their prospects are of the brightest In writing of it a correspondent says: The lands for sale are choice selections from a large area, and every farm Is within easy distance of a railway station. Experience has shown that this district enjoys Immunity from summer frost, from cyclones and blizzards. The South Saskatchewan, flowing through the tract, Is one of the finest rivers In the country, being navigable and having an average width of stream of 1,000 feet. The agents of the government of Canada, whose advertisement appears elsewhere in your paper, and who will be glad to give full Information, tell >me that within the limits of the tract there are two distinct varieties of soil. One is a rich black loam, and the other is a somewhat lighter loam, containing a small admixture of sand. There appears to be no appreciable difference between the fertility of these.two kinds of stfll. Both are alluvial in their characteristics; both are marvelously productive, and both rest upon a aubsoil of clay. The-advantage of this formation is that it retains the heat of the day during the night, and is favorable to the early maturity of crops. Every kind of crop will here attain the highest perfection of quality. The laud is admirably adapted for stock raising and dairy farming, as well as growing grain. Some idea of the richness of the natural grasses of the pralrfe may be formed from the fact that more than 200 tons of hay were gathered within a short distance of Saskatoon, and stored up for use during the winter. A growth so luxuriant demonstrates beyond all possible question the suitability of the land for pasturing cattle, and no doubt this important industry will be largely carried on. Nature has been lavish in her gifts to this territory. Not only is the soil of unexampled fertility, Wt the climate is delightful and healthy. Such Is tlie testimony of every settler, and this testimony Is confirmed by enthusiastic cplnions from every traveler, explorer, missionary or newspaper correspondent, who has ever visited tills farfamed Saskatchewan Valley. In former years vast herds of buffalo came here to winter from the elevated stormswept regions south of the United States boundary line, proving thereby the adaptation of these rolling prairies to the purpose of raising stock. The land Is dry, with sufficient, but not excessive rainfall, capable of early cultivation In the spring, and free from summer frosts. The configuration of the country renders artificial drainage unnecessary, and prevents the accumulation of stagnant pools; mists and fogs are seldom seen. The days of summer are full of sunshine, under the genial influence of which crops rapidly ripen. Autumn Is characterized by an almost unbroken succession of fine weather, during which the crops are safely garnered. In winter it Is cold, but extremely exhilarating and pleasant, owing to the wonderful dryness and bracing qualities of the air. The winter is a source of profit as well as enjoyment to the people, being far healthier than a humid climate. Water and Fuel—These two prime necessaries of life are plentiful throughout the district. There would not be so many open mouths If there were not so many open ears.—Bishop Hall.

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