Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 38, Plymouth, Marshall County, 28 June 1906 — Page 6

THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.

Here it Is, the "Fourth" ag'lnt aes alive, how thne does splu! - Ia't seem" like It's sixty year Since 1 tirst bt-gun to hear Ail the loud, tarnation noise We stirred up when we was toj'3. All of us a-wlsliia' powder Waa lots cheaper aut lots louder! Recollect with what deUgiit Used to be up half the night IUtpln" lire the anvil or Makia other sound3 of war? Used to wish the earth was drilled Out liüide and powder-filled. And that I could somehow Just Touch her off t.nd hear her ba'itl. Weren't no cannon-crackers then. Kind: o' wish there had a-teen Thea they would 'a sounded sweet ; Now they lift me ol my feet. I've begun to think that nolae Was Invented just for boys. Fourth o July don't seem to m T all ILUe what it used to be. Just as patriotic, still Somehow I don't catch the thrill Of the loud, tumultuous Joy lake I uaed to when a boy. Nothin dolu' then but I Had a finger in the pie; . But that finger, as you see. Got blowed off eventually. Nixon Waterman la The Sunday Magazine. OLD-TIME CELEBRATIONS. rtroilm, Dinner and Speeche CharncterUtle Featnrei. Iarade dinners and the drinking of as many toasts as there were States in the Union formed the characteristic features of the early Fourth of July celebrations. There was less noise a century ago than is usually the case to-day and abfolutely no overindulgence in fireworks, because fireworks were so scarce that tleir use was practically restricted to ihe public gardens. These popular resorts, f which there were several in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other large cities, were careful to announce, often wet-k.3 beforehand, the attractions prepared for the anniversary day Nearly evtri town and village could point with pride to Revolutionary veterans, and the presence of these warriors who had conti "buted their share toward making tb Declaration of Independence mean something to the 'country added to the dvp pcisonal interest, in the day. The love for their young country rang out tr is end clear, in every oration and alter inner oast. The following toast, given !...v bt merchants of New York in 1795 ai the Tontine Coffee House, is but a samfi of many which the day always called forth : , ' The auspicious day that rescued oui hfltsl voke of foreicm tjranny and gave us honorable rä.;k aiicns the nations of the earth miy it gionous eventr never oe eff.i.;d from our rmories; may the blMsin' it bn centred be as lasting as the globe we inhabit and may each evolvm.;, your Tied :o more united, more hippy ; a "1 more free" Daring the early years of the last century the celebration in New York invariably opened with a discharge of cannon from the Battery. A parade of the militia and volunteer rifle organizations, accompanied by the leading societies of the city, in which Tammany was always well represented, marched through Broadway below the present city hall, "Wall street and some of the other thoroughfares.' After a' march of about an hour the paraders filed into Sr. Paul's or some other prominent church, where the Declaration of Independence was always read, followed by an oration. . In the evening every tavern and coffee house had a special Fourth of July dinner. This latter custom was universal. No hamlet was so small that it could not gather its company of patriotic diners in the village tavern, where their testation! of loyalty to tueir country. The residents of Brooklyn 100 years tgo were not to be outdone by their friends in the greater city across the river, as,, according to a newspaper account at the' time, the Fourth of July, 1S04, was celebrated In Brooklyn as follow,: , The tiilitary of Kings county assembled at the town of Brooklyn to celebrate the day. At sunrise a salute f seventeen guns was fired. The uniform corps of, the Troop of Horse, Republican riflemen, "Washington fusileers and the Rising Sun companies formed on Brooklyn Heights at 10 o'clock and marched through Sands ctreet. Main street. Front street, up old Ferry street, to the, parage ground. . Later in the day there were dinners in te various - taverns and the customary Coasts. v - . An account of a celebration at TorGrove, Montgomery county, Pa., is kite ' .sting not only for the picture of rural enjoyment, but as a sample of the journalistic writing commonly seen in the early newspapers: :' m c .1.1..: u r.. . . i Anu iwjuyiews, nn. -nun . erviru, rent abroad in the forenoon' the lofty report of both, fun and frolic by sixteen well timed arid successive discharges. Joy beamed on every brow; the green valleys and distant hills participated in the gladtess of the day by reverberating the magnificent, and far sent; sounds' of liberty end independence. f' V ' Mention is then mad V of the dinner, with its attendant speeches, and in concluding the writer adds : . The retired snn had just by this time let in the gloomy shade of night, upon which the company betook themselves to tie tavern of James Kinkead, where they enjoyed themselves with the' sprightly dance and feasted to a late hour upon eong, sentiment and rosy wine. New York Times. ' . v A Terrible Presentment. In ten years, in ten cities of the United States,, the casualties of July 4 were as follows : Persons killed, 1,100. Fersons injured. 5.503 , Fire loss, $.".050,000. This is a terrible presentnnat. It indicates that the Chinese idea of patriotic display, as employed by Americans, is tanguiniry in the extreme. There is o sense in such celebrations of the great day. Patriotism surely Is omething more than a desire tc explode powder and make & loud 'noise. .' Yet we seem to believe otherwise. ' All over the country there goes up a Jemand for a sane celebration of the nation's birthday. It will win in time, ard when it does, there will le no innocents laughtored, lockjaw will fiud few victims and the day and night will not be hideous with the boom and crackle and pitting of cannon, firecrackers and rockets. .. . ; ; . , Xot an ExplosIonlMt. There goes' a girl, remar&ed the observing person, "who is shy o! patriotlam. , . "How do you know that;" asked thebystander. - She refused to use powd?r or wear bangs on the glorious Fourth." explained the o. -p.' v Not the Usual Tlate. Jone Did vbur boy enjoy himself as tauch as usual this year? Brown No. lie only blew o3 ona fin-

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THE PATRIOTS OF PEACE.

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EMEMBER what Sherman said about war? It also applies to Independence Day and the popping, roaring, cracking, whooping, exploding that drives some folks almost to

insanity and means that we are a nation of patriots and are so glad of it that every 3'ear we burn ton of powder and malm, mutilate and cripple between 4,000 and 5.00U human beings mostly boys. And the popular Idea of patroitlsni Is war. ' We are glad we fought or that 'our ancestors fought, and the hair bristles on the back of our necks, and we feel, by hoky, that we can . fight again and that the foreigners

from London town to Vladivostok had better keep off the toes of your Uncle Samuel. Huh! . All right. The navy Is growing and we are spending millions , for target practice and more millions for great puns. But -.let's hope bard that there will never be another war,' and, that widows and orphans will never again be made In n strife with other nations or at home. God grant it, Is the prayer of the millions. ' . ! A patriot Isn't necessarily a soldier. A man doesn't have to storm n fort to prove that he loves his country. That kind of bravery Is tine. It gets into the papers and there s a thrill of pride even In the later days when flowers are strewn on graves and women In black weep. But don't you forget that there are more patriots to-day than ever before. There are millions of them. They a behind counters In shop ; they are running locomotives and tilling farms. They are uot thinking nrjeb. about war. They have no hatred In their hearts. And how Is It that they are patriots? Because they are trying 'to do their full duty as American citizens. That Is how. They toll till their backs are stooped and their hands gnarled and knotted. They rear homes and honor good women. They bring up children and educate them. They do not hesitate to deny themselves to the eud that those rho come after thtm shall find greater opportunity and fill a better place In the affairs of the world thau did their parents. . ; , They are the fathers and mothers of progress. They are the bone and blood and sinew that make the nation strong. They are the llvhu exponents of charity, decency, energy and human love, and they are "stronger than the combined armies and navies of the world V And so, while the explosions lu memory of 7G shake the earth, tx glad that you are a worthy member of that great army the patriots of fence. God guide. them all. Kansas City World.

7 THE FRENCH FOURTH. Similarities In the Holldar of the SUter Hepnblles. The French Fourth of July, coming as it does on the 14th of July, recalls to both" Frenchmen and Americans the date of the destruction of the Bastile and the generous republican sentiments that at the time vibrated between the two countries. Just as the Declaration of Independence was acclaimed by Frenchmen m those early days, so in America the news f the destruction of the Basale was revived with hurrahs of rejoicing as a new declaration of the rights of man. . Like our own Fourth, the Frtnch 14th comes in the hot month of July, when the great cities are deserted by the posing fashionables and are in the full possession of the great mass of average democratic citizens. As on our own Fourth. It Is a day of iced refreshments, with the streets and1 houses , decora teu with all kinds of festiv flags and bunting. As with us,' there is the smell of powder in the air, a pandemonium of explosions in the streets, and everywhere the small boy with' bis crackers, 'cannons, druror., horns, flags and lanterns. , Early in the mornir.g everytcdy ornaments his windows with . Venetian Ianterns, flags and bunting. Here, again, the colors are the same red, white and blue. Salvos of artillery announce the dawn ; the bells are run? in the, lurch towers of all France; the marine l every warship on the coast fire te great guns, while in each city, town arJ village as the sun rises they chant : "Domlne, salvam fac rempublieita !" ' jxx city, .town and tillage the t. -urn peters salute the day In the open squares, and the hot sunlight of July falls on a population proud to be republican. In Paris the fete opens on the night of the 13th with immense torchlight processions of choral, patriotic gymnastic and shooting societies, led by brass bands that play the patriotic songs whose words are known 'to all the "Chant du Depart." the "Marseillaise," the "Moth-rs of Alsace and "Returning from the Review." With them the multitude sings itself into a sort of drunkenness as the grand old words, roll out from the memory. Then woe to the ill advised swell who dares to smile mockingly ! Within the past five years men have been half killed for nothing more when the hot' ghost of 1789 walks the streets of Paris fr one night in July. There are fierce words for children even In those old songs, as' We envy the fate of Barra and Viala. They died, butthey conquered! Both Barra and Viala were boys of the great revolution. Every school, child in France knows their history. As with us, the boys are much in evidence upon the independence dnj of their republic. While their fathers and their mothers sleep or sit beside coo! drinks in shady cafes, amused by a hundred vagrant mountebanks, the boys of Franre for one day in the year make more noise than their elders. Washington Star. If Vonr Doy Durni Himself. This is the time when the mother of small boj-s finis her heart in her mouth the major part of the time. Patriotism is rampant, and patriotism 'v:th youti America U synonymous with much noise and a plentitude of hairbreadth -escaix-s. if wise, she will have her medicaments ready against possible yea; probable emergencies. A roll of linen, or cotton gauze bandages, a package of ab-sorbent cotton, a bottle of antiseptic -tablets for cleansing any wound before bandaging, an ounce of aromatic spirits of ammonia for a stimulant lu case of shock, a reliable lotion for burns, a paper of pins, pair of scissors and a plainly written "What to do' list, that she can hastily consult if ber memory plays her false. For a dry burn there Is nothing better than equal parts of linseed oil and lime water. This makes the "carron oil" which the Welsh miners use ia caso of

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burns. It should have a plac in every closet where hou.-ehoM remedies are kept. In applying it; shake the bottle, saturate a soft cloth with :he mature and lay over the bum. Then cover closely with cotton batting or flannel to keep out every bit of air, and secure the whole with a light bandage. Bims may also be treated by covering with t thick lajer of any bland oil, like vaselin, sweet oil, linseed oil. cocoa butter, cold cream or almost any fat that is not rancid. x Glycerine should not be use.L It is too irritating. Soft powders like flour, laundry or corn starch may also be dusted on thickly, thn bound on. For a scald or burn by steam no treatment gives better results than a dressing of saturated baking soda. Wring out cloths, lay on the burned surface, and as they dry, pour on more of the solution. "Shock." -which Is always present in severe burns, requires the administration of stimulants. The amount oi shook or collapse after any bad Injury or sudden fright differs with the character of individuals. Some succumb to It much more readily than others. When serious the temperature drops below normal, the face Is pale, pinched and anxious, the pulse slow and feeble, the body bathed In a cold perspiration. Sometimes there is shivering. Sometimes the mind wanders. Place the patient at once in a horizontal position, the head slightly raised. Administer stimulants, alcoholic or aromatic vinegar. If whisky or brandy is used, give a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful (of hot waror every ten minutes, until five'or six doses hare been taken. Surround the body and legs inside the .thighs and under the armpits with hot water bags, hot stones anything to give warmth but take care not to burn your patient. If the injury is to the head follow the same treatment, but omit the alcoholic stimulant. Washington Star. Undoubtedly. "There is at least one thing,' observed the Norwood philosopher, "that will never become popular In this country." "What's the answer?" asked the ML Auburn man. ' "A noiseless Fourth of July," replied the philosophy dispenser. The United States Signal Service made the world's record by flashing sun-ray messages between mountain peaks 180 miles apart

A POXTRTH OF JULY ABSURDITY.

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AUNT CHLOE'S FO'TH OF JULY. Come, cMIIun, git up all Ie eas hit es bright Hn, es pink es dat quilt on de company bald: De hoe-cake It slzzlla. de'colee Jes' right, , En' de rose by Ja winder poke la Its gold hald L"k It nodJla' "Good mawnla," en' look lak It say : -What lazy folks, Sleepia dls time o" de day! Susannah Magnolia, roll outer dat cot You glttlu' too lazj to draw yo own . broff. Hf you dn' come crloag while de Tittles 1 hot 1 We can eat em all up, en you sholy git lef; Yo' pappy en me isn't gwlne fer tuh wait We's gwine tuh de dolns befo' It git late. I 'lowed dat'd- fetch y atl 'runnln' rlgbr fas' Jeminy en Sam, git sway fum dat cale. IV little Orlando, to comin' de las', Wld his po' little eyes oay jes' Laif awake, In 'Is little blue nl?ht-suut en' ony one shoe ! Come, honey, tab mammy ehe waltln rur you. Whut dat? My good Ian, how dat chile mek me Jump ! He shoot off 's hald wld dem crackers, I know; Cn' powder! . I Mow he be dald es a stump When de time come fer startln', en den he kain't go. You, Oawge, drap dat 'volver, you ornary tad. You kill ynu'sef, d?n won't yo' pappy be mad? Ileah. Washington, gimme a boost fun de back: . (x Come, I.ando, en set la he mamm r own lap. Yoi, Saru, en' Jeminy, quit quaTIn. Ight fcmaok - Mek room dar fer Jinny, 'longslde o' er pap. Now let dem two mules kick tiey heels up en" flyIll, ehtllua, we gwlae tuh de Fo'th o July! Harriet Whitney Ourbln. In Leslie's Monthly. The Use of It All. What i the use of It all the booming cannon at sunrise, the firecrackers all day, here and there a parada and a speech, and the bombardment of the heavens with rockets. and Boman candles in the evening, till at last, along In the middle of the night, there is a welcome silence? ' It is what Is left of an old and changing fashion' of obierving the enniversary of American independence. We celebrate' the day in a 'different way .from that which appealed to our grandfathers, but there are few so pessimistic as to think that freedom and national independence are less highly prized by seventy-five million people to-day than by three millions a hundred and twenty-six years ago, even if not so much U said about them now as then. The decay of the Fourth of July oration does not mean that we 'forget the significance of the time, but only that we do not need to remind ourselves that we are free. We make the anniversary a gala day, instead of di toting it to congratulations on our liberty. Ve let the British lion alone, instead of twisting his tail. We no longer need to whistle to keep our courage up when we think of England. Picnics and trolley rides, golf and baseball, biy'Jng aQl tennis are now preferred to the old-fashioned customs on "the day we celebrate' although some of those still survive. The significance of the anniversary has not been forgweten In the change, nor will it be -allowed to pass from the memory so long as it is celebrated at all. There may be less gunpowder burned by the next generation, and the' oration as an Incident may disappear altogether;, but the national holiday will remain a day full of meajing, for all that, when a free people enjoys its enveloping and suvroundmg and enwrappirg freedom as unconsciously as it breathe the all-embracing air. Youth's Companion. Dance Favors for the fourth. For the Fourth of July dance there are enormous crackers or snapping mottoes in trI-d?.ored isinglass. An extra loud snapper is in honor 2! Independence day, and the caps and aprons packed into the small space are all in patriotic colors. Other dance favors ire tiny canes wound with tri-colored ribbons, and small pistols which, when the tr'gge? Is pulled, send out a small Japanese folding fan, while those of a larger s:ze shoot forth diminutive parasols in the same colors, with the cutest of fringed edges-

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m OLITICAL It Ip Van "Winkle AYattersonl "Hark from the. tomb, a doleful Found!" Wattersoa has s;okeu and It is the voice of a Ii!p Van Winkle awaken oil from a long slumber, the voice of one whj cannjt tvatprehead the mysterious progress of the world. But he PtUl believes "the tar-eyed goddess of reform" is the popular foa. although le is sinking It to slower metre and with less enthusiasm. Really the old Kentuckian's embrace of Iivyau after years of expressed repugnance Is so perfervid as to create the suspicion that the once virile Intellect has lost Its esiuipo!4. lie chooses to believe, not that he has changed his views, but that Bryan has been remolded and that the rallying hosts are sounding the praises, not of his oldtime enemy, but of one who has been reincarnated, as if, the divine answer to th bourbon -wall for a real Moses. Reeause Bryan has said .the 'time Is not ripe for the double standard the Kentucky editor professes to think that the- former candidate for President has reached "the eane and sufe" level, that le hxs confessed. hU heresy and recanted, whereas he has done nothing of the sort. He . has merely discovered that he cannot gain a rlctory In this country with free silver as the rallying cry and he purposes to drop it until such time a may seem more opportune. This man who has been forever prating TIIE PIED PIPER " ' irv - 1 - Chicago .'ournal. !a thf ears of the people that he would ratbir remain a private citizen than f-acriflce & principle Is -Willing to be the leader In a campaign of pretense and deception. What guarantee have the people that Bryan, If elected, will not attempt to foist the double standard on the country and thereöj carry out the purpose that he has cherished almost from the day he entered politics? But Watterson passes llgfttly and easily over thU proposition and makes reform the vital laaue. There Is no hope from the . Republican party,, he concludes. It is bound hand and foot to corporations and has been dealing so long in special privileges that It cannot get out of the rat The venerable editor evidently experienced a mental hiatus when he went to Europe. He doesn't seem to be familiar with what Is trans-I-Irlnijln the affairs of the United States. The assaults on corporate greed begun by President Roosevelt and taken up by Congress mu be news to him. Many special privileges , have been wiped out of existence and the war of extermination has not yet reached its zenith. The great Republican . party, answering the people's cry of distress, la making a vigorous. campaign against the evils complained of and reducing renditions to a healthy basis. While Watterson and bl allies are preaching reform, the Republicans are practicing It and iu'a way that Is mout gratifying to the people. . . In the platform adopted by the Republicans oi Pennsylvania the most advanced position was taken in favor o publicity in the affairs and, management of ihe great corporations, "particularly those which are common carriers or which deal on the staples . or necessaries of. life, and we demand Kudh governmental inspection, supervision or regulation of euch corporations as will give accurate knowledge of their financial conditions and business methods, afford means for easily detecting dishonest management and protect the people from imposition. President Roosevelt was unreservedly Indorsed for his efforts to bring about those reforms, and the party pledged Itself to give Its unqualified support. This Is the keynote of Republican expression throughout the country and Is but another illustration of the fact repeat edly , demonstrated that the party of Lincoln and McKinley can be deluded upon not oüly to guide the rtilp of state In smooth waters, but to keep It. In a condition that will redound to the health and comfort of Its passengers. One of those days Henri will come nut of his trance and then he will wonder 'vvhat on earth there is tor a Demccratlc editor to talk about. Toledo Rlade. Uryan' llumbaot. In his campalgu sjweches' Rryan icolded and shook his finger .because United States troops were stationed aear our great eftl1. Rjaibastlcally he declared that he would J. away with that nonsense. And if, he had had his way those soldiers who were at hüiiil und who prevented looting, and pillaging, and. sufierltip, and saved life at San Francisco during the recent earthquake disaster, could not have been called on. Thus again does time prove that Bryan's theories, which sound so convincing to the unthinking, are lacking In practical application. Why, Indeed? We find It dltiicult to sympathize with those critics of Congress who are Impatient because protection leaders object to putting materials for rebuilding San ITrancIseo temporarily on the free list, If the protective tariff Is really for the benefit of American la-

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( OMMENT.I v4 t1 I .;. . .:. A .M fr 444 - 14S.J..W..U...t.J..1 ( t bor, why take it off at a time when an extra demand for protected products will 'enable labor to profit by it. And if it be true, as protectionists assure us, that the foreigner pays tariff taxes as the price of getting into our markets, it would be a wretched proceeding to remit their taxes on goods destined for an exceptionally good market, merely because it is exceptionally good. Why should foreigners be exempt from paying for access to the San Francisco market? The Public. Since the Republican Party Wa Horn. TIIE RESULT IX 1S3(J. . Popular Electoral vote. vote. Buchanan (Dem.) 1.838,160 ' 174 Fremont (liep.) 1.. 1,34 1.264 114 Fillmore (Amer.) 874,534 g Of the thirty-one then existing States, Buchanan received the vote oi fourteen slave States and five fr States, Fremont the vote of eleven free States, and' Fillmore' the vote of ont 'ave State. - Til RESULT IX 1904. v . Popular Electors, vote. vote. Roosevelt ( Rep.) .'. . 7,623,486 336 Parker (Dem.) 5,077.971 14Ü Debs (Soc.) 402,283 Swallow (Pro.) 258.5..a Watson (Pop.) 117,183 Corrlgan (Labor) 31.249 . ... Of the forty-five States, Rooseveli received all but twelve of this number vb'ch gave their vote to Parker; eleven OF NEBRASKA. - - -: ,1 . : represented the eleven States of th Confederacy, with Kentucky as tin twelfth democratic State. WHEX FaEMOXT HAN. Population of the United ' States 30,000,00t Wealth of the country (about) SI 6,000.000,001 Number of SUteä ' 31 Territories U Districts (of Columbia) .. 1 Mllea of railroads 22.0K No railroads had crossed the Missis sippi river and one line had Just reach el Chicago. . ' Commerce, total imports and exports $."01,031,000. . , IX BOOSEVELT'S TIME. Tonulatlon of the United States (about) , ' Wealth of the country 85.000,00 (about) $112,000,000,001 Number of States ......... 4 Territories 1 Districts (of Columbia and Alaska) S Possessions : Hawaii, Sa- v moa, Guaut. Porto Rico, - and the Philippines 1 Miles or railroad 93.93" , Railroads now reach every part ol the United States and represent a capl talizatlon of.J14,S02,122,748. , Commerce, total exports and imports. (1004-11)05), $2,808,000,000. Standing for a Good' Things There is a fine flavor of ": commox sense and .courage In the statement bj Congressman Landis of Indiana thai le does not care whether 'American giKxls are sold cheaper abroad than ai tome or not, so long as the Amerlct market 4s extended. He would not he said, "put a detective and a spy or a manufacturer every .time he export! something. I don't care if he glvei away -the goods to the foreigner io order to get his trade and extend th borne market." Not more than 3 pel cent of our domestic manufactures Is exported, and of even that small pari probably not one-.ten.tli goes abroad ai cut prices, while some of it is sold al li'gher than home prices. It is almighty small matter to make a fuss" about anyhow; but, small as it is, if it helpi to gain new outside markets and als keep American labor, employed thai would otherwise nave to remain Idl whenever there was a surplus of production, It is a policy to b commended rather than attacked. Stand-pa ttert stand for It, as they wtand for everything ebj that gives work and was p and adds to tho country wealth. Party That Doe Tain. The -Republican party is well named the party that does things. , Its latest achievement in the way of constructive legislation to meet the growing needs of the country Is the passage of the railway rate bill, this legislation was first proposed by a Republican President In his message in December, 1904. Defore it passed the Senate, that body and the President were bitterly assailed by. the Democrats. The bill was passed by a Republican Congress with a practically unanimous vote. It will benelit thousands of .shippers, in. the West, and thus Indirectly benefit all the people. It Is a great and sweeping pleee cf legislation.. It will make thousands of votes for the Republican ticket. " . Those AV'lu "Wnnt Tree-Trade. The fanners of the country, and tht manufacturers alike, are realizing benefits of too great magnitude from thf protective tariff to wish to see It changed. The only man who wants fret trade to-day Is the banker, professional man and the consumer who produce! nothing. He should realize, however, that his own prosperity and busJnea are dependent on those who do prodnoi things and who have things to cciL Salem (Ow.) Statesman.

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RECITALS OF CAMP AND TLE INCIDENTS. BATSnrvivors of the Rebellion Relate , Many Amusing and Startling; Incidents of Marches Camp Life, foraging Experiences and Battle Scenes. "Yes," said Dan R. Anderson, "t!uIs my first visit to Chicago In titty years. I was here In 1850, and I cr.ine In this morning. As everybody comes to Chicago, I Jecided to come over and inspect the town as a regular assignment. .Nearly everyl ody seems to be here, but, do you know, I am disappointed. I had a sneaking notion that I would ineet John Folsotn on the streets, recoguize him, and have a long chat with bim. . ' "John was a Iteb, and I was a Y&ux la the great Buell-Bragg foot race from East Tennessee to Louisville in the fall of 1SG2. We struck up an acquaintance under the most extraordinary circumstances, and I would-like to compare . notes with him now. The two armies marched for a month on nearly parallti roads. Neither general wanted to fight, but each wanted to reach Lou isville before the other. Tn the feints, bluffs and covering maneuvers there was liable to be tit any time a general mix-up. "In this particular case I hurt myself coming down Muldraugh's hill, and the next night, finding I could no': keep up with my company, I dropped out and, completely prostrated, crept iato a cornfield and lay down under a tree. I knew the Confederates were hanging on our Hank, but I didn't care. I went to sleep and slept through the night. In the morning, when I opened my eyes, I saw not far from me a leg trousered in gray. I divined that the Confederates had passed aloug the road and thaa straggler hid shared my quarters.: - "This looked serious, and I realized that my safety depended on quick action. The Reb was still asleep, with his gun alongside of him. ' In five seconds I was sitting astride of him and was holding his arms to the ground. I weighed over. 200 then, and the Reb informed me before he opened his eyes that a horse had fallen on him. When be did open his eyes 1 fiercely demanded his surrender. He said there was no need of making so much fus3 about It. He would surrender. "I at once removed the pressure, assisted my prisoner to his feet, patted him into shape, Introduced myself, learned that his name was John Folsom, and we proceeded: to get breakfast. We felt better after that, and In friendly spirit discussed the situation. It was clear to us that, If we went toward Louisville on the road before us, wehere just, as liable to meet Confederf tes as Unionists. Therefore, we agreet ;that we would go forward, each one carrying his own gun. If we struck a detachment of Unionists he v.as my prisoner; If we came upon a Confederate picket line, I was his prisoner. "This seemed to both of us a . very good plan. But the times were out of Joint, and the first man we met was a suspicious civilian hitching his horse to a i'ght wagon. He wanted to know why in thunler we were goiug about together that way. I explained that the Reb was my prisoner. He wanted to know why In Sam HUI I didn't take his gun away from hlrn. Then he ordered the Reb to take my gun away from me. He would not listen to any explanation, and we Joined teams on him, tied him to a tree, and, taking his horse and wagon, cut out for Louisville. 'We made good time and' had Just agreed to modify our protocol so as to permit a quick journey to Louisville as joint partners in the. outfit when we saw three Confederate cavalrymen guarding a bridge ' in front By this time the clause In the protocol providing that In case we met Confederates I was to be John Folsom's prisoner was a dead letter. I didn't want to be captured, and Johnr having friends In Louisvlle, didn't want me to be captured. - "So we took to the woods, and making a great racket with our guns and ;ur horse and wagon and calling out, Tiere they are, boys, at last' We cansed the cavalrymen to retreat, and went on pell moll toward Louisville. In due time we reached the Union lines near that city; where fresh, trouble awaited us. The pickets were in a state of excitiment, and they would not let us in. I wanted to go forward and explain, but they ' threatened to shoot me, if I moved an lach, Finally, as tuck would have it, the officer of the lay, a cool headed fellow, rode out to Investigate us. 'We were in the middle of the road, ieated in our wagon, when the officer and a squad of cavalry rode up. They all laughed when they saw us,' and the Dfilce'r asked how we came to be together. I explained that Folsoni was tny prisoner; that we had been between the lines for two days, and had a pock of trouble, and stated the substance of aur protocol. I saw that he doubted the story, and asked hlnj to send us to General Nelson, who, I knew, was In chief command. I told him that I, Dan It. Anderson, of the First Kentucky, came direct from Buell's .army and that my prisoner, John Folsoni, came direct from Bragg's army, and we might have news for General Nelson. "This struck the officer favorably, who said there was such a mli-up in front that they didn't know where either army was. But he added : 'Great Caesar, you don't know Nelson I' There Is where he missed It, for I. had been In the old Ironclad division through the Nashville, Shlloh, Corinth and MeMinnvllle campaigns, and had a personal Interview with Nalsori nrt many weeks before, in which be had expressed his views with remarkable precision and emphasis. ' "We were taken befor Nelson, guarded as spies, lie was la a towering ragt, as usual. He wanted to do all the talking, until I remarked that I came from his old Fourth division. Thereupon his whole manner changod. He asked eagerly after every brigade and regiment, psked hhu we had fared on the march, said ie had wished we were With him a thousand times. Then j he asked scores of questions as to the ' condition Nof Buell's army. When I said the boys were full of fight, but a little shy on rations, he said, "God bless enj; we'll make that all right' "In short, I and my prisoner gave Nelson a good deal cf information about the two armies in fact the first report in detail that he had been able to secure. , He was very grateful. Tolsom, at my request, was released on parole and I was practically given the freedom of the city. Two days later, when our division marched In from

was among thosa wno gave it cntnusiastle welcome. 1 oisom J had disappeared, and I have never seen I him since. Yet I 'feci in my bones j that I will see him before I pass over, i and it would 'be just like him to be in ; Chicago. If be is I want to hear from him." Chicago Inter Oeeau. l'nrle Sam Tombstone. At Lee, in Berkshire County, Mass there are being turned out, under government supervision, 30 headstones a week to mark graves of soldiers, sailors, marines, scouts, nurses, or others who have served a regular enlistment in the military or naval service of the United States. These tombstones are furnished free by the government, and are sent out upon the. application - of. a relative, a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, or a citizen of the United States, who furnishes the name of the dead soldier or sailor and his regiment or ship. The military secretary's office, then looks up his record and his burying place and the headstone Is ordered. The government pays all transportation charges on these stones to the nearest freight ollice. All tnt then remains is for the relative or friend to have it taken from the freight oce to the cemetery. More than 500,000 oi' these have already been provided and are marking the graves of the uatiou's dead throughout the country. Ail of t!:. e uiarhl? slabs have been tnk-n out of quarries operated atvLee or at Rutland, Vt On the grounds at the Lc? quarr7 the stone is polished, marked, and crated. Twenty men are employed tL3 year round in polishing and markig headstonjs for the nation's I?ad. Twice a year the government receives Lida from contractors, and the contract is let to the lowest bidder. ' The marble Is taken out of the quarry in blocks, three feet square. Great Iron saws are then used to cut the blocks lr two, after which they are strapped together and cut la two again. Thu action of the saw Is tided by means of wet sand, it being allowed to drip In st the sides of the saw. A government Inspector carefully Inspects each stone which is turned ov.t' This inspection Is very strict. If tLcra is a blemish In the stone, however slight, it is cast aside, the government refusing to accept It ' When the finished loadstone Is rea for delivery to the government It measures three feet and three Inches Ions,' one- foot wide, and four Inches thick. Each stone weighs about 250 pounds. On each Is a sunken shlell or wreath, and directly under this name, the rank and regiment of the dad soldier. The headstones are then ser.to distributing jwints, where they remain until requisition is made for them by the War Department. ;No headstones have been sent to the Philippines up to this time, but applications for markers to be seat to the newly acquired islands are coming in to the government at the rate of twenty a 'day. A Flag- Which Has a IXlatory. , As the stream of visitors pours every day lato the Treasury, writes a correspondent to the tla-jta Constitution, not one in a hundred stops at the narrow room which is the headquarters of the captain of the watch. I had beea through the building fifty times beforoj I saw the interior of that room. One day its keeper said to me: "Did you ever see my flag?" i U,n IZizz iwJi u-ai 1 Hau i.vi rue into a plainly fumLhed rooi, whose enly ornament is a silk United States Ca j, protected in a frair That was the Cag with which tLi President's box was Lunj cn the nibc of his murder by the mad assaln, liooth shot Lincoln from the rear aci ihen leaped on th2 Etaje to raake Lis sickenitg proclamation of "CIc cmier Tyrannls," As he jurr.ped.from the box his spur caught In this f.: 2 tr.J t:: a rent of several inches. During the war General V'JA Cc:' of Georgia, pushed a l r!;.:2 aLit tD the gates of VfeLIrr-tcu. il tia honor of lcadlrj th cr.?y Cc - fc-Jhrtia force that ever fca-t la tL3 District of Columbia. It was cut at Fraricr'a farm, on the Baltimore and CI! 3 Inroad, and General Cock fays that tl3 dome of the Capitol was cLaly visit: to his nca as they fought. It was to meet this raid that a regiment was fcrirc-l out of thz c:p!cyn of the various I;partmctts la Wilmington. The city was full of Ccuthera. sympathizers, tut a lar cuar cf ladies" contributed to the purchase cf a beautiful for tha ."Home GuarJl." They bore it into' one or two lattl: but it seems that it was never in ary lively quarters, as It was perfect wheu Manager Ford borrowed it U l?z2 C:i President's box cn the ni j-t cf LIj dssasstiatioa. It Is now Cj-.t1.-j y:!Jow vfth age, but It is preserved one off tbi rellca cf cur civil revolution, a a thrilling testimonial of oas of the7 raaSdest acts ever perpetrated by a frenzied mortal. VesSded After Forty Year. A wedding that had been delayed fer more than forty years: with war. dl.v. appointment and bappinecs Intervening to give romantic oddity to the affair, has taken plae at Talatln. III. James Shreve. C3 years old, ar.i Ilnx Minnie Kellogg, six years your r, L.l been recited by chanca a fr.x day 3 before, and their love, thwarted by tL3 call to arias la C1, ,rra3 renewed tt sight . When the war began Chreve llrrj In a Pennsylvania town, whence t3 joined the Union army, leaving hi sweetheart, Mlrs Minnie .Nchrcr, at home to await his return from ths field. When tka strife ezlzl the tcldier returned to Cr.cl that t2 girl til left the State and had come to r.-a town in Illinois, having ten Izfcreai that her lover w&s dead, trcra carea to Chicago and was married, brt LLj wife Cled ten years ago. Ilrj Nchrcr married a man nanvxl Kellogg, and sinceVbas lived at Palatine. After a happy wedded life, during which f,hs became the mother cf. soven children, her husband died. All seven of the children live at Palatine. At the last State convention of the Grand Army the veteran met an old comrade from Palatine, who invited Vti-A -?c?f thn 1-ittnr'a li-vrt th'rr TI( met Mrs. Kellorrr. Thev renrnIze(1 cach olhcr at onct?f explanations madPnnd the weddin? th.ii hid been delayed for more than two score of years took place.' Oliver Wendell Holmes used to carry a horse-chestnut in one jKxkct and a potato in another to ward oT rheurua-" tls.u. He had a great fondness fer tree?, and always sat under one wtrn he could. s Washington Irving evcr racntlcr:;!. the name of .hU fiancee after her death, and '1 anybody elzi did to, L? learr.edlately left tL3 rceni

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