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in the afternoon they were joined for devo-
tional services by Rev. DR.. Newman and Mrs.
Newman. The day was one of rare beauty
and brought train loads of visitors. A few
had come in the hope of getting into the
house, but the great majority were content
to walk by or gather in quiet groups on the
outlying knoll. Nothing disturbed the rev.
erent stiffness of the day and scene. The
orderly pacing of the outdoor sentries and
the tiptoed tread of the guard at the coffin
were not more decorous than the conduct of
the visitors.
At about one o'clock in the afternoon, at
the close of the second morning watch of the
body guard, Ulysses Grant led his mother to
the parlor. The coffin lid had not been
raised since the previous night. The son
himself removed it. They remained with
it few minutes only, when the guard re-
sumed duty. The face showed some discol-
Grafton under the eyes.
1t was about three o'clock when the Rev.
DIR. Newman and Mrs. Newman went to the
cottage to take part in the family devotions.
All of the family joined them in the parlor
DIR. Newman read the eleventh chapter of
Job. The commentary upon the lesson was
simple and touching. Nearly all engaged in
the service and testified to the comfort it
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General Hancock,

General Hancock by the side of the Colonel
commanding. The staff officers struggled
after. Colonel Jones led them from the
platform by the way he had reached it..
The two companies in line saluted General
Hancock raised his hat. Then the party
filed up the hill, turning off at the path to
the cottage. AS they approached, Colonel
Fred Grant came out on the porch and waited
to receive them. Several distinguished gen.
tlemen were presented after the greeting to
General Hancock. Colonel Grant ushered
the party to the Office and from there to the
room adjoining which was the Generals sick
room, where Mrs. Grant and the family
awaited them. The greetings were brief
and formal. In passing out the party went
through the parlor and gazed at the face of
the citizen soldier in the coffin. They were
not in the cottage ten minutes. Colonel
Grant attended them to the porch, and, as
they went off up the hill, he stood there
looking after them, lonely figure in black,
resembling his father never more closely
than at that moment. He moved slowly in
doors when the visitors reached the hilltop.
The stay at the hotel of General Hancock
and his staff was less than half an hour.
The special train took them back to Sara
toga.
FROM MOUNT NC GREGoR TO ALBANY.
The service at Mount McGregor on the
fourth of August Immediately preceding the
removal of the remains from the cottage
in which the General died. began at ten
in the forenoon. 1t was held out of doors
the morning being bright and the all
balmy after the storm of the previous day.
The services lasted about two hours, and
included an elaborate statement, by DR.
Newman, for years the particular friend as
we'll as pastor of the deceased, of General
Grants noble characteristics.
A train of seven cars drew up at the
station at one p. m. The cars for the
coffin and the body guard were in ad
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opened for the people to view the remains.
Representatives of the press had entrance
by the Governors private door, and only
such as bore credentials were admitted.
The Governor and his staff, followed by the
Legislature, viewed the body immediately
after it was deposited in the Capitol.
Ahghting from their carriages in State
Street, the Governor and staff proceeded to
the Senate Chamber, there met the Senate,
and proceeded across the hall to the Assem-
bly, Chamber, where they were joined by the
Assembly. They then returned to the
ground floor. By that time the head of the
procession had reached the Washington
Avenue entrance, and followed on behind
the Legislature. Although the fire apparatus
and department did not take part in the
ceremonies, they were drawn up in company
front on Pearl Street, with the apparatus
draped, and remained in that position until
the line passed. The Albany part of the
procession was divided into three divisions
the first, composed of the military, COM
manded by General Joseph B. Carr; the
second, composed of veterans, by General
James M. Warner, and the third, containing
the civic organizations, by Walter W. Drama.
Never before, perhaps, was Albany more
full of visitors, and the interest of the Oc-
casion surpassed all precedent in city
which is normally quiet.
New York city was represented in the State
capital by committee of one hundred citi-
liens delegated by Mayor Grace. They wore
white satin badges, having at the upper end
the words, Getty of New York." under
which were the arms of the city. The name
of the dead general was on the lower end of
the badge. For greater convenience of re-
cOgnition the members of the committee also
wore black clothes and white hats.
ON THE WAY TO NEW YORK.
With wise precaution, the New York Cen
trail and Hudson River Railroad Company is
sued the following instructions in regard to
the funeral train of General Grant which left
Albany for New York on August 5:
ssThis train will have the right of track
over all trains between Albany and New York.
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moved without needless delay. Light Bat
terry B, Fourth Artillery, remained over, the
duty entrusted to them being to usher in
the day with salute at sunrise of thirteen
guns, to fire thereafter half hourly until sun
set and to end their work with q national sa-
lutte of thirty-nine guns.
The funeral train reached Saratoga be-
fore two o'clock. 1t was heralded by minute
guns fired by battery from Fort Warren,
Boston Harbor. The salute continued I'M
til the departing train was beyond the sound
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covered with black. On each of the
sides were ten five cornered stars and on
the ends nine stars each, making thirty
eight in all, one for each State. From this
frame were suspended on each side five fes-
toons of black cloth, fringed. At the places
caught up were rosettes and tassel pen
dant therefom. The dome was black, as
were also the uprights; but on the latter folds
of purple were twined around. Above the
base of the dome, where the uprights came,
were punches of black material made in fan
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Thus, with multiplied honors, were COM
mitted to the tomb, the remains of U. s.
Grant. Not long will it be before they will
be transferred to nobler than their tempo
rary resting-place. In the eloquent words
of contemporary
''To the monument in Riverside Park all
that is best in American architectural skill
and genius must devote itself; for that, with
the tomb of Washington at Mount Vernon,
shall henceforth be the shrine of the Nation
and the Mecca of pilgrimage of the~world."
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vantage of it, flowed on, all voices hushed
and every head bowed in unaffected sorrow.
AN IMPOSING PAGEANT.
The last day of prolonged pageant had
been declared a legal holiday by the Execu-
tive of the Empire State Crowds thronged
the streets, at an early hour. The funeral
procession comprised an array of at least one
hundred thousand men, of whom about half
were military. Myriads viewed the magnif-
cent march from the sidewalks, and every
window on the line of march was crowded
The arrangements reflected great credit on
General Hancock and those who assisted
him. President Cleveland and his Cabinet
assembled in the Treasury Building in
Wall Street, preparatory to taking the posi-
ton assigned them in the line. The men,
bers of General Grants Cabinet during his
two administrations, who took part in the
parade, included William A. Richardson,
now Chief Justice of the Court of Claims,
Washington D. c., formerly Secretary of the
Treasury; POSTMASTER General James N
Tyner; ex-Secretary of the Treasury Benja-
min H. Bristow, and ex-Secretary of War
Belknap. Their position in line was in the
ranks of the mourners. The Governors of
States who we're present were Hill, of New
York Moody Carrier, of New Hampshire ;
Frederick ROBBIE, of Maine; George Peabody
Wetmore, of Rhode Island; Henry B. Har-
rison, of Connecticut; Leon Albeit, of New
Jersey; Russell A. Alger, of Michigan, and
Buren, R. Sherman, of Iowa, and Others
Each was accompanied by portion of his staff
Almost or quite every offer of service by organ
izations received had been accepted, and the
persons rendering them had been notified
that they would be assigned their proper
place in the parade upon reporting to the
General commanding the proper division.
The military part of the parade was
formed in line far up Broadway, and the
civic organizations were still further up
that thoroughfare when forming. Three
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of cannon. After that an officer and ten
men were sent to guard the cottage, reliev-
ing Battery B of all duty. A train at three
o'clock took the ladies of the Grant family
to Saratoga, where the car Olivette awaited
them, and proceeded with the regular four
o'clock train to New York, reaching the
Grand Central Station at nine o'clock in the
evening, The gentleman of the family who
went with the funeral train were the guests
of Governor Hill at Albany, and proceeded
with the train to New York on Wednesday,
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brought in affection. Then they Joined in
PRAYER, DR.. Newman kneeling near the cof-
fin, resting his hands on the draped foldings
of the flag on which the coffin reposes. The
lid was again lifted after the service, when
all looked upon the quiet face. The scene
was one of sorrow restrained. Mrs. Grant
bore up with fortitude.
Tn the evening of Sunday the body was
examined by the embalmer and the under
taker, the Rev. Stephen Merritt. DR.. Doug
as WAS present. The examination was in
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uprights supported dome of pyramidal form
surmounted by ball. Across the caves were
a series of festoons with tassels in between.
The uprights were draped with flags caught
up gracefully about third the distance above
the platform The driver sat on the front of
the platform but the six black horses were led
by hand reins.
THE PROCESSION AT ALBANY.
Albany was crowded with visitors while
the body lay in state. The Capitol was
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of the brigade and appointing it as special
escort to the remains of General Grant from
the Grand Central Station to the City Hall.
1t was also arranged by Secretary Whitney
that during the time set for the obsequies,
Rear Admiral Jouett, with a portion Of the
entire force under his command, should
represent the Navy in New York, and should
cause appropriate naval honors to be render
ed afoat on the day of the funeral in that city.
THE PALLBEARERS.
Three hundred visitors were admitted to
view the body on July 80. The same day
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shots from a howitzer stationed In the
City Hall Park was the preliminary signal
for the men to prepare for the march.
This signal was given at half-past nine a.
m. The second signal, upon which the
parade began, was given promptly at ten
O'Clock. The military and naval representa-
tives forming the escort, headed the process
sion. Then followed the hearse and the
mourners with civilians. Twenty-four black
horses were attached to the funeral car,
each one in long black net, reaching to
the ground, and with colored groom at its
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shape. The dais was covered with flags
1t was seven feet long and eight feet wide
The head was twenty-four inches high an
the foot eighteen inches, giving graceful
decline. The funeral car was as impos.
ing as the catafalque. On the black
platform was dais covered with
flags on which the casket was rested. Failing
down the sides from the platform to within
two or three inches of the ground, was
heavy material, plated, over which extended
part way full festoons of black cloth. The
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head. Mr.. Merritt wanted thirty-eight horses,
one to represent each State, but General
Hancock did not agree with him.
THE GRAND ARMY COLUMN.
The Grand Army column formed an impos-
posing element in the vast procession. It
was under the command of General s. s.
Burdette, Chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic. The
posts of New York State were under the
direct command of Department Commander
H. Clay Hall, of Little Falls. He had organ
lied the posts into two divisions, the first
consisting of the New York City posts, under
command of Comrade B. W. Ellison as Grand
Marshal, and the second of the Brooklyn
Post and all others who reported, under
command of Comrade Fred Cocheu as Grand
Marshal. These two gentlemen selected
their staff. The lines of the Grand Army
divisions were from fourteen to sixteen files
front. Post ensigns were in mourning for a
general oficer-caught at the top and bot
tom of the staff and encircled at the centre
by band of Grape. There were between
forty-fve thousand and fifty thousand vet
Grams in the line. The death of General
Grant had given an unexpected impetus to
the Grand Army of the Republic throughout
the United States. In New York State alone
there had been an increase of membership
of over fifteen hundred. and the department.
had found it almost impossible to meet
acquisitions for badges and supplies.
HoNoRs BY THE NAVY.
The navy took conspicuous part in the
imposing funeral ceremonies. 1t had been
decided between General Hancock and Ad-
miral Jouett that a small detachment of
naval officers and men should assist the
military in receiving the body at the Grand
Central station on Wednesday evening and
form part of its escort to the City Hall. On
the day of the funeral all the naval vessels
that Admiral Jouett could get into the har-
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vance OF the rest of the train. The guard
consisted OF thirteen members of the u S.
Grand Post, of Brooklyn; two members of the
Wheeler Post, of Saratoga, and guard of
six from the Loyal Legion. Others
on the train were General Hancock,
and his staff, DR.. Newman, Colonel
Grant and Messrs. Ulysses and Jesse Grant
Battery A, Fifth Artillery, Colonel Beck
commanding Company c, Twelfth Infantry,
Major Brown in command, and special
guests filed the rest of the train which
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Grand Army detachments, the New York Es-
cort Committee and others besides those men
toned above were in the train between Albany
and New York. The Grant family were the
guests of the Fifth Avenue Hotel while at
tending the obsequies.
POMP AT ALBANY.
Great preparations had been made at
Albany for the reception of the body.
The work of constructing the catafalque in
the State Street vestibule of the Capitol
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General Carr,
AN IMPOSING PAGEANT.

vantage of it, flowed on, all voices hushet
and every head bowed in unaffected sorrow
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head. Mr.. Merritt wanted thirty-eight horses,
one to represent each State, but General
Hancock did not agree with him.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-07-23
The Preservation of Negro Dia-
lect Hymns.

An old colored woman of Atlanta was
asked how their dialect hymns were
brought into existence. She answered:
"Well, / reckon de spirit was crowd.
in an dey jess had to come out"
good definition of inspiration, was
it not?
Among the more intelligent negroes
] find strange disposition to eschew
these wonderful slave songs. The young
men and women of Atlanta University
seem to share, in measure, this slight
ly contemptous estimation OF tho old
melodies. suppose it is because their
awakening intelligence associates them
with the degradation Of their race,
and they have not the penetration to
see that these wonderful hymns embody
the very genius Of their people.
Another fact makes it hard to gather
together reliable collection; the va
rious hymns are sung differently in diff
ferent localities, so that frequently two
versions of the same piece would hardly
be recognized as akin. This was tn.
inevitable result Of the illiteracy OF the
negro, whereby both words and music
were unwritten for 50 long time.
1t is matter of regret to me that in
most of the Southern city colored
churches an effort has been made to dis
card these plantation melodies, except
in social religious meetings. Cores
pondence Salt Lake Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-07-23
Personal Paragraphs.

John VI. Langston, late minister to
Hayti, proposes to resume the prae
tice OF law in Ohio
Mr. George w Childs, duringhis sum
mer sojourn on Long Branch Bluff,
acts as volunteer usher in the beauti-
FIJI little church he helped to build and
shows strangers TO the best seatsin the
house.
DR.. Robinson, Of Brown University,
asserts that the education OF women
should be by women, and that he
would prefer not to be president of
q college where .'men and women of u
most inflammable age shall sit side by
side"
England, with a population OF %,
100000, sends 5000 students to her
two universities; Scotland, with 4,000,-
900, has 6, 500 university students !;
Germany, with $4,000, 900, sends 49,
500 to heI numerous universities; and
New England, with a population Of
4,1OO.00O, has 900 students in her
eighteen universities and colleges.
A writer who has thoroughly invosti-
gated the subject Of kissing in it's
Biblical forms says that kissing is men
toned no fewer than fifty times in the
Bible But he proves that kissing, to
be scriptural, must be between mem
bers of the same sex, and that twenty
eight out Of the fifty Biblical kisses
were exchanged between men.
Ireland is still greatly superior to
other countries in its capacity for
manufacturing linen. Her spindles
number s74,78s. France comes next
with 500, 900; then Austria and Hun
gary, 3s4 ,90S; Germany, 3iS,4G7;
Belgium, 31G,040; Scotland, 265, 263;
England and Wales, l90,S0S, and
Russia, $50, 600
The Republic OF San Marino, iii Italy,
the smallest in the world, owes its
foundation to hermit, whose name it
bears. He went to Italy to work as a
mason ut the rebuilding of the walls
OF Rhmini It's territory covers about
TWENTY-FIVE square miles. The pop
PgsJbb NOttiNf anu Niit
capital, San Marine, has 1 200. Ii IL
perched on the summit OF mountain
called Mount Titan, or the Giants,
which sometimes leads to this little
State being termed the Titantic Re
public.
The exports OF glassware from the
| small country Of Belgium are equal in
value to hall the total product of the
glass factories OF the United States,
which in 1880 aggregate $2l $4,000.
There are at least seventy establish
ments in Belgium, employing over IL, :
600 hands, who receive annually in
wages Is, 900 900 francs 5000, 000l,
being an average OF 3 francs 45 CEN
times tabout 10 cents) per day. The
salaries i'll this industry are regarded
| in Belgium as excellent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-07-23
A Last Kiss.

The rough miner who, in Califor-
MIA theatre, when the orchestra struck
mp as ifto drown the cries Of little
child, yelled out, stop youi. fiddlin',
and let's hear that baby gave char
acteristic illustration Of tile feeling
every man has when long an exile from
home and friends, The pathos Of the
situation is deepened if tho absentee Is
husband and father, and the emo
ton awakened in the breast of such a
one, soldier far away from home, by
the sight of babe in its mothers arms,
can only be guessed by single man.
While on their way to Gettysburg,
our troops were marching by night
through village, over whose gateway
hung lighted lanterns, while young
girls shed tears as they watched the
brothers of other women march on to
possible death. A scene of the march
is thus described by the author OF ''Bul.
let and Shell"
Stopping for moment at the gate Of
a dwelling, / noticed young mother
leaning over it with chubby child in
her arms. Above the woman's head
swung couple of stable lanterns, their
light falling full upon her face.
The child was Growing with delight at
the strange pageant, as it watched the
armed host pass on.
IL beg your pardon, ma'am. said jim
Manners, one of my men, as he dropped
the butt IF his musket on the ground,
and peered wistfully into the faces of the
mother ard her child.
Il beg your pardon. but may ] kiss
that baby of yours? I've got one just
like him at home; at least he was when
l last saw him, two years ago"
The mother, a sympathetic tear roll
ing down her blooming cheek. silently
held ont the child. Jim pressed his un.
shayen face to its innocent, smiling lips
for II moment and then walked on say
ing
God bless vou, ma'am, for that"
Poor Jim Mannersl He never saw
his boy again in life. A bullet laid him
low the next day, as We made our first
charge.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-07-23
The Twins.

From the Detroit Free Press.
"Boss," he whispered, as he leaned
over the counter, de ole woman wants
some tea mighty bad, an ] hasn't got
any money"
Cant help that, sir, " was the reply.
"Tm giving more than / can afford to
without taking on any new applica.
tons"
"'Zactly, boss Il presumeso. Boss,
please give me your full name"
John Y. Blank"
''An dat of yer pardner."
Ellis name is William j. Jones.
What do you want of our names?'
.Wall, ! didn't get de tea, but you
used me like gemlen, an bein' as we
has got twins in our family I'ze gwine
to name 'em arter you an Your part
ner."
"Ohi you said tea, Ell? Why, yes.
I'll be happy to put Won up half a
pound. Green or Japan? Twins, eh
Hope the mother is doing we'll. Say, j!
Won want those boys to make smart
men give 'em smart names. If were
you I'd call 'em Washington and Jeffer-
son."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-07-23

The most worshipful African grand lodge,
a. #. and A. NJ of Iowa, whose Jurisdiction
governs the Minnesota lodges, convened tn
annual session at the hall Of the St. Paul
Pioneer lodge, No L. in St. P;.pl q few
days ago. Allthegrand officers were present.
The gathering represents all but two ofthe
lodgesin the iowa jurisdiction, the d2legatcs
being among the most prominent members
Of the organization in Iowa ana Minnesota,
Many Of the delegates brought their
wives and other members % their families
with them. The following officers we're
elected for the ensuing year:
NJ. W. grand master, A. A. Bland, keo-
kuk. deputy grand master, James H. Hill
yard St Paul senior grand war
den, w Il, Ewing Dies Moines; jun-
Tor grand warden, John g. Sterritt
Minneapolis; grand treasurer, III III. Lewis,
Des Moines; grand secretary, g. VI, Cleg
gett, Des Moines grand lecturer, G. W New
ton, Minneapolis The grand master an.
nouneed the following appointments
Grand chaplains James Higgins Burling,
ton; George Bland, keokuk: n. Taylor OF
tumwa; grand register, EuoCh shaw OF
tumwa; grand marshal, A. ii. Myriek, ST.
Paul; grand master Of ceremonies John
Williams, Burlington; grand sword
bearer, Lewis Mayes, Newton, Iowa,
grand standard bearer, Nathan Waller,
keokul grand senior deacon j. T.. Shep-
ardson, Cleveland Iowa; grand junior dea.
con, Richard Reynolds, ST. Paul grand
pursuiyant, Haywood Hall Mount Pleasant
Iowa senior grand steward, Freeman Ho-
well, Sioux City; junior grand steward w.
IL Gray Marshalltown; grand tyler, George
4. kendrick, keokuk
Aessrs 4. w Vaughn, Newton; John L.
Brook, Burlington, and Orange Fields
keokuk, were appointed as committee on
foreign correspondence.
IL was decided to hold the next annual
meeting at Keokuk. Iowa. On the last day
there was a grand procession in 81 Paul
that attracted great attention. &. w.
Newton Of Minneapolis called the assem-
blage to order and introduced Mayor Rice,
who welcomed the grand lodge TO the city
in a neat and complimentary speech