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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-06-05

from the humility of standardization,
but from the very agony OF its national
life: and could they on this day burst
the mioIdin" cerements of their graves.
and rise To witness the scenes of heart
felt gratitude 50 beautifully symboliZed
in the simple and expressive ceremony
of decking their graves withthese beau
tiful spring flowers, they would. it seems
to me, without question signify To us in
some way their cOmplacency and salts
faction ut 10 remarkable III exhibition.
Let monumental piles rise on all our
great battle-lields to show the greatest
conflicts of the age. Let partial friends
and ahmiring States build monuments to
the more distinguished dead, who We're,
mayhap. favored by golden opportunity.
Let artists sketch in co!ors the
bile actions which will to all ages illus
trite the science of war. Let songs re-
count the heroic labors of the Union
brave. But let Il: grateful people never
forget that no spots on earth should he
more sacred in their recOllcctionS than
the lowly resting places Of IL soldier
dead; that they should pay the same
| honor to Il wooden board with name. or
marked ~''unknown," rs to the most
priceless memorial tomb. And rs you
| strew the graves of those in yonder GEM
etery. forget not their comrades who are
sleeping onthe battlefield or picket line
heroes all. Let not the thoughts of
heart or the prayer OF lips forget me.
None 81 humble, o So much I'M
known, but that he deserves every lau-
rel of honor, and every tribute of aifec-
ton.
But, independent OF these posthumous
honorS which we pay the dead, is there
not another sacred obligation incumbent
on us. from which there is no honorable
retreat. namely: That OF remembering,
also, their widows and orphans? Great
~ were the sacrifices of the dead GREAT
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-06-05

it TO lovers of liberty everywhere. and
whose strong arm protects the humblest
and weakest of our citizens rs well rs the
greatest and most powerful.
Let us. who live to enjoy the fruit of
their laborS. give them honor with no
sparing hand, pour out upon them with
no griIdging spirit all that we can give
thcm-rc>pect. and love. and vcneration,
and undying memory. If those who
fought in 1872 because the nations honor
was impugned. and because the nations
llag was insulted, are held in enduring
remembrance, how can we measure the
need of those who battled to saw the
nations life-who upheld the nations
ila~ amidst the heat of battle, and i'll
! whose hands. if it even dropped in dis
aster. dropped only to rise again with
brighter stars. But, independent of all
these blessings and privileges which
have resulted to us from the achieve
mcntS of our noble dead. we should
| cherish their memories and commence
rate their heroic deeds for the suiferingS
they endured. the priva,ionS they with
stood. and the personal sacrifices which
they made. Ii we stop to contemplate
these. we will sec that they who died,
cannot receive honor over much. For
WHO can fully appreciate the long and
tireSomr marches, the wet bivouac. the
~li>tle>s camp life, the weary hospital
days and nights. when death itself
seemed Il welcome boon, the horrors of
the PRISON pens of Andersonville. Libby
and Belle Isle. the endless and innumer-
able privations and dangers to which
our soldiers chcerfully submitted. Those
who lie beneath yondcr green sward
were once rs full of life and health and
anticipation rs we are to-day. Yet, 1T
/ the call of their country. they let their
| pleasant homes, full of attraction,
turned from those they fondly loved,
and with no rrUininr words. bUckleu on
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-06-05

urpoS and permanently designated IL
Il National holiday. On this day.
thrnu@hou. our broad land, the people
bury. ~ il were. their soldier dead anew.
Again. ~ IN the days when the land was
covered with the dark and Sombrc loud
of civil war. funeral trains. with muiflrd
drums and dropping flags, wend their
WAY 81 the >epulture> OF the heroes VINO
fell in the war against treason. who died
that the Nation might live. They bring
not the tears ot the burial, the agony of
the parting; but instead they bring the
flowers of remembrlncr-thr fit en-
blemS of the noble heroes who shut their
eyes on life IT al age when the whole
future WIS flushed with hope like the
eastern sky with the rising sun.
The air of to-day breathcS i soft. sad
story of death, and the low. Faint zcph-
WIS seem hut the lingering echoes at the
lispnnw iarrwcllS from the lips of those
wh". amid the melting. smoke of Il OR
intil. or The parting clouds of Il Lookout
Mountain. turned their faces from home
and their eyes toward God. and brclthed
hut their lives with Il hrrni>m only less
sublime than the sacrifice on the cross.
On this day the Nation bows the knee oi
yrirf. hllf-ma>tS lis starry flag and lets
the plumci shadows Of death Grape its
folds. There is Il peculiar appropriate
ness in the people of this country Spon-
t~ancou>ly assembling. over all our broad
land. nj the graves where the Nations
heroes are buried. la Ito them honor-ln
agratrluI people, with hands still thrill
linz with the rrmemlramceS of the last
prrSSin@t"uch of farewell. bringing their
votivetrihul : Ia garland the graves "i
those they mourn.
AZ on the I'D of February we rcmen'
Der the birth of the first savior al nur
countrv-aS ON the Fourth of July we
commemorate the great act of the Con-
,I ',- a. an thn 9Th nj Inn
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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-03-24
PALEZOIC POLITICS.

The Chicago Times is mercilessly severe
on the party claims in New Hampshire. 1t
says:-The ancient and fishiike Boston
Post organ of Paleozo,c politics at the hub
reckoned on the election ofthe Paleozoic can
didate, Weston, parity on account of expec-
ted defections from the Office holders party,
on the grog shop question. The prohibition
lists, The Post prophesled, would poll 5000
votes, they actually polled considerably less
than 1000. Divers other reasons, local and
general, were assigned for the anticipated
defeat of the Butler-Grant party in New
Hampshire, where, said the ancient Post,
" the democrats have every advantage of po-
sition and resources, with a candidate who
has won the confidence of the people by the
excellent administration of the Office for
which he is again candidate" And yet,
with every advantage of position and re
sources, with a candidate possessing the
confidence of the people, and with Sim
mons Butler indignation. prohibition cham
pionship, &c, tending against their oppo-
rents, the musty and moribund reminiscent
ces of Paleozoic democracy come out at
the little end of the horn" even in little
New Hampshire, where, if any where on
this orb, one would be warranted in saying
that bourbonsm is rock-rooted in the crust
of the earth and buttressed with eternal
hills -
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-03-24
RING THE BELL SOFTLY.

some one has gone from this strange world Of
ours, - -. q,
No more to gather its thorns with its flowers,
No more 10 finger where sunbeams must tade,
Where in all beauty deaths fingers are lald
Weary with mingling LIES bitter with sweet
Weary with parting aud never 10 meet,
some one has gone to the bright golden shore.
Ring the bell softly, there's Grape on the ooof-
some one is resting from sorrow and sin,
Happy where earth conflicts enter not IN,
Iovoyis as birds when the morning Is bright
When the sweet sunbeamS nave OrOSsht US tue
light,
Weary OF sowing and never TO reap,
Weary Of labor add welcoming steep.
Some ones departed to heavens bright shore;
Ring the bell softly, there's Grape on the door.
Ang.ls were anxiously longing to meet
one who walks with them in heaven 5 bright
Loved ones have wills ered that some oneis
bieSt,
Free from earth's trials and taking some rest,
Yes there is one more in angelic bliss,
One less TO cherish. one less 10 kiss;
Ooe more departed TO heavens bright snore'
Ring the bell softly, there's Grape on the door.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-03-24
A TYPICAL LORD.

The man whose return to power has been
hailed with the most enthusiasm is the
marquis of Salisbury. There is something
in this proud, unbending Cecil and Gran
bourne in one. which lmpresses the popular
imagination. He is the ne plus ultra of
toryism, and even the liberals like him all
the better because from that principle he
never stoops to conquer applause or sue
cess. The people see IN that erect and
superb man the very physical type-almost
the ideal-of the historic peer of England.
intellectual, quiet, imperial in his courtesy,
but never laughing, his bearing is that of a
man who has principles and convictions as
firm set in him as his well knit bones. So
complete is the general belief in his honor
and integrity that, at this moment, when he
has consented to take Office under Disraeli,
from whose leadership he has been so long
alienated, no one believes or intimstes
that it is he who has bent.
No one can imagine that he has
for moment receded from the position
he once took up in opposition to the dexter
Gus premier, with words of anger and al
most contempt. IL is Mahomet who b as
gone to the mountain. The Daily News tells
to-day an apt story of Golden, when Palm
erston offered him seat in his cabinet
Golden declined and said he could not think
of accepting Office under a man whom he
| had denounced. Palmerstcn made light of
this, and named various persons who had
denounced him and afterward taken office
in his government. "Quite true" replied
Golden, "but then L meant all that said"
The Daily News shows that it has as little
belief in the fiexile nature of the Salisbury
as Of the Golden backbone, by avowing that
the presence of the marquis in the cabinet
makes 1t especially curious as to tie future
Of the tory administration" There can be
no doubt whatever that the Marquis of
Salisbury has entered the cabinet on con-
ditions which Disraeli may find it difficult
to fulfill, and the non-fulfillment of which
will cost him his ablest minister.-London
Letter.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-03-24
A COLLEGE DESPERATE.

IN THE BELFRY-A WONDERFUL ESCAPE.
From regular correspondent of the Seniinel.I
GREENCAsTLE, IND, March Il, 1s74:-Sun-
day night last, some tool hardy daredevil
came very near getting himself killed and
frightening to death son ''des deutchen
Vaterland" in attempting to perpetrate a
pleasant joke on the college bell by remov-
ing the clapper therefrom. The harum-
scarum Joker climbed five story lightning
rod, scrambled over a wet, slippery roof
through pitchy darkness. and, doubtless,
with thoughts more elevated than at any
other time during the day, proceeded to BUSH
ness. Only half the cold, disagreeable task
was done when, 10! the woolly caput of the
janitor appeared on the sceneythat vigilant
worthy having noiselessly assembled by
stairway within. With no great amount of
meditation and little soliloquizing the reck-
less individual proceeded rather unceremoni-
ously to demolish Herr Zeiner's lantern,
and test his scent for powder. Herr
Zeiner knocked his pistol from his
hand, and, in the scuffie that en-
sued, threw the luckless joker from
the bell room to the roof, some ten feet be-
low. Instead of sliding on the trescherous
roof, as any well-regulated individual of
ordinary good fortune would have done. he
seized the lightning rod. near which he fell,
and swung himself over the caves; the jani-
tor shooting at him in the meantime. Zein-
er was sure he had hit him, and rang the
bell as If half the town was on fire, in order
to have some one pick up and take care of
the body; he himself being so badly scared
that he mixed up his English and German
in the most unintelligible manner. A large
number of citizens and students soon assem-
bled, and deputation of the most courage
Gus proceeded dolefully around the corner
of the building. to carry in the corpse.
They returned bearing among them bitter
disappointment, instead of the dead
body, which had very unkindly absented
ITSELF The janitor insists that he hit him,
and blood on the lightning rod and the wall
is his assurance. A hat and pistol are at the
mayors Office, awaiting their claimant.
After all, it is only trivial matter; but it
created quite sensation, and is the chief
topic of conversation about town. In view
of the facts that the daring fellow climbed
at least seventy feet of cold, rough light
ming rod, no easy task under the most ia
vorable circumstances; that the two scuffied
with might and main in a little room ten
feet square with only low, rotten railing
between them and stone steps seventy feet
below; that the scamp was thrown out upon
the slippery, treacherous roof of shingles,
target to pistol balls and that, excited as he
must have been, he swung himself over
long-projecting caves and descended safely
the whole thing is a remarkable feat, and
the escape of the principal from serious, if
not fatal, injury is little less than mirscu-
lous. LUX.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-03-24
HE BEAUr1FUL GATE OF THE TEMPLE

THE BEAUTIFUL GATE OF THE TEMPLE.
HE AUTHOR OF "scHoNBER6 GOTTA FAMILY
IN "GOOD WORDS.
1.
Little familiar gate!
Gate OF the home by the way
Hour ior which daily to wait, N
Hour at the close of the day.
Hand in hand close pressed,
Arm never trusted In vain,
Hears In each other at rest,
Home, ali home again!
Gate through which all must pass, .
Gate at the end OF the way;
Men call il a Gate OF Brass
n prison gate, they say
They think IL can only divide,
Piiiiess, heavy, aud strong;
But we who have looked inside
Know they have named IL wrong.
Know it not strong, but weak.
its bars al shattered and silg1ti
Mere bars OF shadow. that streak
And prove the inner light;
Gates where all bonds she'll break,
All severed hearts unite.
III.
Terrible Beautiful Gate
Gate OF the Temple of Cod
Well through the day we may wall,
Till IL open for us oar abode.
Hands in hands close pressed,
Hearts past all parting and pain,
In God and each other at rest
Home, all home, again!
Beautiful Gate OF Lifel
Gate at the end OF the Way,
Well worth Days toll and strife,
For that hour at the close OF the Day
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-03-24

pared the way for Gov. Booth to receive
sucn consideration as none Of themselves
have obtained. If the next congress snail
show an opposition majority, its leaders in
public estimation will be such independents
as Booth
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-03-24

From the Terre Haute Gazette:-We trust the
rumored resignation OF Mr.. H. F. Keenan, of the
indianapolis Sentinel, referred TO In our Indian
apolis letter published elsewhere this morning
has no foundation in fact. Mr.. keenan, is one
of the best trained anC ablest newspaper men
who has ever taken up his residence in this
state. In a very few months Of laborious work,
ne has changed the Sentinel from one Of the
poorest to of the best papers in our state, or
In the west, increasing the circulation as our
correspondent says, from less than $500
to upwards of 5000. Under Mr.. Keenan's
MANAGEMENT the Sentinel is most emphatically
a newspaper. Every page aoounds with news,
and is presented in such racy, readable man.
to devote 70 their mornings paper, find little
difficulty in selecting at once those topics in
which they are especially interested. Nothing
fdeilty he goes through the Sentinels entire
list of exchanges, catches ut glance whatever
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-03-24


gives this freehand sketch Of representative
men of the far west: The pacific coast peo-
pie in public lite are generally men of New
York temperament and Pennsylvania-legis-
lature morals. Since the day of Roderick's
rough gallantry and Bakers stately elo-
quence; we have had neither politicians nor
orators of the first-class from that coast.
Old Senator Nye, who was never a Californ-
ian in feeling and style, put a touch of HUI
NOR and sentiment into the Pacific delega-
ton. But Sargent undertook to bluff all
public opinion. Coal was a man of minor
force, without temperament,s speech, or luck at
cards. Corbett, OF Oregon, was pretty spec
linen in ornithology; he could not speak.
but he might have sung had he tried. Stewart
of Nevada, is big trading operator, under
guise of a lawyer and public man. Attorney
General Williams has that gravity, heavy
countenance, logical mind, and natural pro-
pensity to be upright and just, which have
given him position and respect, despite
rather lowering, non-magnetic appearance.
Hei is, ON the whole, the most illuminated
being we have lately seen fro., the Pacific
coast. Many Of the men just mentioned
have, out Of their fear and opposition, pre-
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-12-04

WHEN THE Cows COME HOME
Many of our farmers have wasted years
of valuable time just because they did
not teach their cows to come home at
night. Any one who has lived or trav-
eled in the country will remember the
familiar Co-bos, Co-bos of the far.
mers' son or hired man, as he endeavors
to coax the cows from the pasture. We
have had little experience in these
matters, and we'll remember how many
times we have waded through the brush
and bogs looking for the cows, and, boy
like, we thought them dreadfulIy contra
~ animals; but we have lived long
enough to learn better, and now think
the biped the more contrary animal of
the two. Boys, we will tell you secret
that will save you great trouble, and
it is this; Every time the cows are driv-
en- up at night or in the morning give
them a good lick Of meal or bran, and
our word for it the COWS will always be
On hand at milking time. Besides this,
they will give more milk, and forget to
kick over the milk pail, even if you do
whistle little too loud.-Nelg York Oh
server.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-12-04
Hallucinations.

II is not generally known that it is
possible TO cultivate the state of mind
called hallucination. One of the most
remarkable instances. was that of the
wonderful poet painter, William Blake.
The account of his method of portrait
painting which he gave was as follows /:
"When model was presented,
looked at it attentively for half an hour,
sketching occasionally op the canvas. /
had no need of longer sitting. l put
aside the drawing, and passed to that of
another person. When | wished to con-
tinue the first portrait, took the sub
Ject OF 1t into my mind; put him into
the chair, where / perceived him as dis
tinctly as if be had been there in reality,
| may even add with form and color
more defined than the original. l con.
templated from time to time the imagin-
airy figure. | suspended my work to ex-
anime the pose; every time | cast my
eye on the chair / saw the man."
In one year he stated that he had
thus painted three hundred portraits,
great and small. But the sad sequence
of all this overstraining of the imagina
tion was that he lost by degrees his pow
er to distinguish between his real ant
his imaginary sitters. His mind became
disordered, and he passed thirty years il
a lunatic asylum.
The celebrated actor, Talma, used by
an effort of his Will to make his larg,
and brilliant audience disappear, ant
fill their places with skeletons and the
thought that he was playing to thi
ghastly crew is reckoned to have i'm
parted strange, weird power to his per
sonations.
Sir Thomas Browne, Jerome Cardar
and Goethe are said to have possessed il
different degrees this remarkable facul
ty-a gift scarcely to be desired, on
would think.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-12-04

PRIVATE AND SOCIAL WARs.-The
great and constant war is private one.
The idea of perpetual war amongst ma
tions, would fill us with CONSERVATION.
And yet there is war in constant opera
tion everywhere but in heaven. There
are little fighting squads in numerous
neighborhoods, families, schools, and
even churches, which are the pest of SO.
ciety. Neighbors-some few in most
neighborhoods, seem possessed of the
devil in this respect, and they seldom
meet but at it they 60 like belligerent
cats. No one doubts but that the same
fiend is constant guest in some famil-
les, and that fathers and mothers, hus-
bands aud wives, brothers and sisters,
uncles and aunts abound, who are stupid
enough to get into passion with each
other and indulge in angry feelings and
hard words. You can hardly take an
ordinary walk but you will see children
who have too we'll learned the lesson
taught them by children of larger
growth" who are making faces, shaking
fists and shooting words, and perhaps
pulling hair, like old veteran soldiers.
And alas you can hardly go to church
meeting without soon becoming aware
that it is the church militant that has as
sembled, and that the god of war is pres
ent.
If we privately indulge in the spirit
and practice of war, what wonder that
we easily fall into the habit of public
war. Your private man Of war is your
public man of war, as he reaches places
of trust. Your fighting boys become
your fighting men. 1t is slow work in
ducing nations to resort to arbitration
where the individuals of community
are cultivating the war spirit. We
must lay the ak at the root of the tree
here as in all other vices.
The perpetual din of private war is
the cause of much wretchedness and sin.
How many families have their greatest
troubles in the fact that some of the
members have no patience or forbear-
ance. The God of Peace as much for
bids private war as public, and as much
invites bis children to cultivate in them
selves, each one for himself, the graces
of peace, as he does nations.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-12-04

A QUEsTIoN IN CooKERY.-Will you
inform reader how oatmeal cracknels
are made y | have heard that they are
excellent as an article of food.
Ans. Oatmeal cracknels, or bannocks,
as the Scotch call them, are excellent
indeed, and are usually made as follows
Take the best quality of oatmeal and
stir in barely water enough to wet it
through; add a pinch of salt let it
stand for ten minutes to swell then roll
out the mixture quarter of an inch in
thickness, first Touring the board and
rolIing-pin with wheat -four; cut it with
biscuit cutter, and bake in moderate
oven, as these cakes will burn quickly,
and only require to be of the lightest
brown. They will snap easily between
the fingers, and are delicious for lunch,
requiring no butter to make them pslst-
able. If put into close jar, they will
keep for several months. In the High
lands of Scotland they preserve their
bannocks in the barrel of outmeal, and
can keep them long time.-PhrenoLog-
zeal Journal for November.