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The Press., 1898-05-26
Visions of Heroes.

My mind fills to o>erLowirg with thoughts that come unbiuden u4 l-.c n.cn who wore the blue and often st".4.,d it purple. l see them in the bloULy ray at Shiloh, in the phenomenal campulan ..bout Vicksburg. l see homas, st,,i-uiu&; like a rock at Chickamauga, sustained b n ell who could not be driven back W whilc their hands could hold the cold steel, and there is Black Jack Logan riding along tie li14es at Atlanta, and hark to the tramp o1 Shcr- mans men, marching over the hills and through the valleys down to the seal The sea-aye, its voices sing to me of ships and men, of Winslow in the Kearsarge, Cush- ing and the Albemarle, Worden and the Monitor, Porter and Fort Fisher and that bold sailor, the brave old admiral, lashed to the rigging of the Hartford, who said in the bay fight: Damn the torpedoesl Go head!''-Archbishop Brady.
The Press., 1898-05-26
A TRAITORS DEATH.
Fate of an Informer Who Betrayed tn Plans of His Fellow Prisoners.


 Plans of His Fellow Prisoners.
 "There were some traitors even in the Union army, " remarked veteran. "I saw one of them meet his end, although was sorry to see him die in just the way he did.
 "1t was at the rebel prison at Camp 1mter, one of the worst prisons used dur
 the war. The prisoners, of course, Ie always planning escapes. That was
 could do to relieve the monotony of
 life, and while it was probable that
 ttempt we might have made would
 been unsuccessful, yet we did not
 to have the guards know what we Ire trying to do, for they were none too entle with us at best.
 "Somehow or other, though, the prison officials always learned of every plan we made out, and we were at loss to discov- CT who had betrayed us, until one day we caught Union soldier who had been nicknamed Chickamauga giving informa- tion to one of the guards. When we up- braided him, he weakened and began to cry, saying that he had told on us in the hope of getting his own release thereby. There were hundreds of men in the prison at that time, and we made the poor fel- lows life miserable for him from that time on. We refused to speak to him or allow him to speak to us, and it was not long before he began to feel the disgrace deeply.
 At Camp Sumter, as at most of the rebel prisons, there was a dead line-that is, low wooden fence inside the walls of the stockade, beyond which no prisoner could go without mourning the risk of be- ing shot. The guards had orders to shoot every prisoner who crossed the dead line, evon though he put only his hand across it, and they usually carried out the order with eagerness.
 "One day Chickamauga orawled under the dead line and begged the guard to shoot him. The guard was more tender hearted than the usual run of them and refused. He pitied the man and ordered him back inside the line. A day or two later Chickamauga, determined not to endure the silent contempt of his fellow prisoners any longer, crawled under the line again, and when the guard again re- fused to shoot him he began to taunt and insult the fellow until he worked him up to such pitch of exasperation that he raised his rifle and fired. That was the last of informers in that prison for awhile, anyway. ."-Buffalo Express
The Press., 1898-05-26
GOING TO THE WAR.
An Old Soldier Tells of His Departur,
 and His Return Home.


 and His Return Home.
 My last recollection of the camp in which we were m mustered in,' said the old soldier, was of my mother. We had been in camp for days, for weeks, in fact, fill ing up the regiment and drilling and get ting equipped and getting ready generally { Finally we were ID ustered in, and the nex day after that we started.
 "It was nightfalI when we fell in the last time in the company streets of first camp and marched out and fQ1 on the color line. There was a great q there, relatives and friends and sights come to see the regiment off. In front( my own company l could see my faths and mother, come to see the last of thetI boy before he went to war. was the appla of my mothers eye, I knew that, and had expected to see her break down com pletely when the regiment marched away, but she stood as firm as a rock.
 "When the regiment came home, we marched up through the same street that we had marched down years before-night again it was, too-with a band of music, with fireworks flying everywhere, and with crowds on the sidewalk cheering, to the town hall, where there was a banquet and speech from the mayor, and so on. When this was nearly over, my father and my brother, who had come to meet me, went to tell my mother 1 was coming. "Home was half a mile or moro away A bunch of us. men of the regiment, start ed from the hall together. They fell of one after another until finally I went on alone along the familiar street. It was bright moonlight. Far ahead at the cor her of the street down which I must turn for home, l saw her. She was waiting.
 "When had come to her, she lifted up her hands and pronounced my name That was all. And then her arms were about my neck and my old blue overcoat was wet with her falling tears. Her son had come home "-New York Sun.
The Press., 1898-05-26
Reverence For VaIor.

Let this he our anniversary of reverence reverence for fortitude, patriotism, lib- erty, union. for the supreme surrender of home, happiness, life and love which those who died in these wars endured. They had faith. They died for their faith. No higher tribute can fall upon their graves With them, for us at least, there is no death, no departure, no separation. These honored dead are with us as when we cheered the resolute column which went sweeping to the wars. They will pass in review before the shades of their mighty captains as they did in the old days. What they did is our own. Their achievements are our heritage. Their valor is our pride Their example is a legacy beyond that of ransoms or principalities. The one tribute we can pay them is in the veneration with which we approach their graves. And from this veneration let us likewise take and Llerish that noblest lesson of patriot ism LOT which they gave their lives.-John Russell Young.
The Press., 1898-05-26
Women in Business.
From the Free Press, Detroit, Mich.

From the Free PreSS, Detroit, MIch-
 A prominent business man recently ex- pressed the opinion that there is one thing that will prevent women from completely filling mans place in the business world they can't be depended upon because they are sick too often. This is refuted by Mrs. c. w. Mansfield, a business woman of 5S Farrar St., Detroit. Mich., who says:
 A complication of female ailments kept me awake nights and wore me out. I could get no relief from medicine and hope was Slipping away from me. A young lady in my employ gave me box of Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. I took them and was able to rest at night for the first time in months. I bought more and took them and they cured me as they also cured several other people to my knowledge. think that if you should ask any of the druggists of Detroit. who are the best buyers of pr. Williams Pink Pills they would say the young women. These pills certainly build up the nervous system and many 6 young woman owes her life to them.
The Press., 1898-05-26
MEMORIAL DAY.
Its Observance Win Be Eept Up After
 the Soldiers Have Departed.


 the Soldiers Have Departed.
 Thirty years ago, when General John A. Logan, then commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Rel uilic. issued the order designating May 30 as Decoration day (since changed to Memorial day) and called upon the members of tho posts to assemble in their halls, march to the celne- teries and with appropriate ceremonies strew flowers upon the graves of the de- parted soldiers, he did service for his coun- try only second in value to that country to his deeds as regimental, brigade, di- vision, corps and army commander. That year, 1868, the Grand Army was new, ard its members composed of young men. There were no gray hairs, dull eyes or bent forms then. These young men the day before gathered blossoms and deposited them in their halls. On the 3Oth they as- sembled, formed line and marched to the cemeteries, lovingly placing the blossoms of spring upon the graves of their former associates, sang a patriotic air and dis banded.
 From that small beginning in 1868 Memorial day has grown to be one of the most impressive and useful of all of the holidays. The ceremonies introduced at the call of Logan three years after the war have resulted in thousands of patriotic sermons, preached by Jews and gentiles, Protestant and Catholic; thousands of ad- dresses, many of them by the first orators of the nation; beautiful, impressive and attractive ceremonies in nearly all of the public and private schools yearly.
 In these memorial ceremonies there is an entire absence of everything calculated to disturb the harmony between the people of the north and the south. On the con- trary, they are of such a character as to bring closer together the people of the north and the south, the east and west, and center their hearts and minds on the one great country and its one beautiful, much meaning emblem, the stars and stripes.
 There may have been a time when the ex x-soldiers of the north and the south en- tertained fears that, when they left the stage of action Memorial day ceremonies would be abandoned. That day passed long ago. The veterans, looking through dim eyes, and some of them through tears of gratitude, see swinging into line the national guard, the republics new army, millions of school children, the churches and great numbers of other citizens, to take the place of the old armies mustered out, to perpetuate the valuable and beau tiful Memorial day ceremonies. Chicago Times Herald.
The Press., 1898-05-26
Good Health Restored.
George A. BArabsault Is Free From "That Tired Feeling," and 10 Un- bounded Am His Praise OF the
 Rmumnsmw WTmmh.

George A. BarabeauIt Is Free From aThaa Tired Fecling," and 10 Un-
 bounded Am His Praise Of the
 Remedy Used.
 From ths Telegram, Worcester, Mdss.
 Mir. George A. Baribeault, of No. Green Street, Worcester, Mass, is young man who is Worcester born and bred. He re- ceived his education in Worcester's schools and is we'll and favorably known to large circle of friends and acquaintances here. His father was a local musician of some repute, having been years ago prominently connected with the organization then known Aa the French Band, which is now Wor- cester's famous Battery B Band"
 George is now the proprietor of store on Green Street, where he sells cigars, tobacco, periodicals, confectionery, etc, Formerly he was an armorer and worked at his trade in the pistol factory of the Harrington and Richardson Arms Company, on Park Ave- nue. About two years ago while in their employ he became "run down" " the exact ing work at his machines making him very nervous. His appetite was poor, his diges. tion imperfect, and his blood in such bad would take weeks to heal. He felt that surely something must be done, as work had become burden, owing to the loss oi strength and ambition. He had thorough dislike for medicine of any kind but through the earnest solicitation of his wife to do something to restore his health, and on the recommendation of friends he was induced to try Dr. Williams Pink Pills.
 Very soon after beginning to use them he felt their beneficial effect, and continuing their use, he was soon brought around to perfect health, which he continues to enjoy. He Is now the picture of good health his digestion is restored to normal conditions, and has an appetite to match his digestion, and the good blood bound to come through this combination circulates through his
 Il Al and is complete evidence of health restored
 Mir Baribeault procured Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People at the drug store of Mr. A. W. Andrews, on the corner o Main and Wellington Streets. Mir. Andrew says: "I have numerous calls for these pill and receive many reports of their efficient help in restoring vigor and health to theii users"
The Press., 1898-05-26
A MEMORIAL DAY FANCY.

Bury them under flowers, with wreaths at the
 feet and head. .te#5 -a3 To these of the dead all honors for they are
 the nations dead, Who sleep with the swords long rusted aside
 of the palsied hands ..tt In a world where no word is spoken that man
 of us understands. .t-' -.."- Though now and then there's a rustic seems
 moving among the leaves, A gust of wind in the tree tops or a forest oS
 branches heaves, ..... And, standing here in the shade of shafts of
 marble and of stone, We start, for our heart is beating, and
 know we are not alone Alone where our dead are lying, alone with a
 thousand dead, Alone, and these graves around us, each with it pillowed headi There are no dead forever where faith in the dead remains; The blood that has sealed the nation is blood of our living veins So keep the tryst unbroken that comes as the year rolls round And bring your springtime tribute for God a prisoners underground Who peer from the graves to beckon and pluck at our garments hem. They need us, but, ah more sorely the nation is needing themi
 How often have fancied, an idle whim, may be,
 But the image is often pictured, and close my eyes and sec
 Battalions grave and spectral in march and countermarch, And never 8 word is spoken under the sky s black arch,
 But, with the old maneuvers, with the old precision, too,
 March till the dawning shimmers the souls of the white review; A common camp in the moonlight, with never thought to slay | In the hearts Of the loyal legion or in those of the rebel gray. The fiery souls of the southland who drew the sword with Lee,
 The men of that day y's Ulysses and those who marched to the sea, From their unsealed graves in the moonlight in the trappings of war come forth, The boys of the cotton country and those of the loyal north, And some who weak and wounded, who faint in the toilsome way, Seem happy to lean on the helping arm of ei- ther the blue or gray. And the angel of peace is smiling, all passion less and white, On the souls of our heroes camping under the stars tonight! Joseph Dana Miller in New York Sun.
The Press., 1898-05-26

Pink Pills for Pale People am restored to good health. I feel like a new man, and having the will and energy of my former days returned, I am capable of transacting my business with increased ambition.
 ''Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People are a wonderful medicine and anyone that is afflicted with shortness of breath, palpita- tiOn of the heart, nervous prOstration and general debility will find that these pills are the specific. HERMAN H. EVELER."
 Subscribed and sworn to before me a No tary Public, this 24th day of May, 1897.
 ADAM PoUTSZ)NG, Notary Public.
 Mr. Eveler will gladly answer any inquiry regarding this if stamp is enclosed.
The Press., 1898-05-26
Blue and Gray.

There are far fewer of the gray to re. member than of the blue, for the total of those who fought for the southern Contt q eracy is placed at 100000. The graves which are decorated today not only con- tain all that is mortal of men who per- ished on the battlefield, but of hundreds of those who were taken from the cares of this world years after the sounds of strife had ceased. It is the principle of the Grand Army of tho Republic as well as of the Confederate associations that any member thereof shall be honored in death with the same tribute that is paid to the comrades whom death claimed during the war; Exchange
The Press., 1898-05-26

"A year passed, and, under change of physicians, Emma became somewhat better but soon was us bad us ever. One day read of a case similar to hers which was cured by Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and decided to try them.
 Emma had no faith in proprietary medi- cines but tried the pills, and after talk ing dozen doses, she begun to improve. IL was about the first of April, when she began and by the middle of May, after taking about eight boxes, she was entirely cured.
 While i'll, she lost twenty-eight pounds, but now weighs more than ever before. Her nerves are strong and she is in perfect health We are all confident that Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People cured her, and cheerfully recommend them in all similar cases MRS. F.. A. RYBOLT."
 Subscribed and sworn to before me, this third of September, 1897.
 CALEB BAKER, Notary Public.
The Press., 1898-05-26

man. but that stomach trouble together with rheumatism, which afterward set in, were making fast inroads upon my health and am satisfied that it would have been but short time before my comrades would have been conducting the regulation funeral ceremonies over my remains, had I not chanced to read of and taken Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
 "There are several others in the home who are taking these pills and are receiving great benefit" RICHARD DUNN. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 1st day of Nov, 1897.
 HENRY GIBSON, Notary Public.
 Sergeant Dunn is perfectly willing that anyone should write him in reference to his case, provided stamp is enclosed for the reply.
The Press., 1898-05-26
Told by the Sergeant.

From The Democrat, Grand Rdpfds, Mich.
 At the Michigan Soldiers Home, in Grand Rapids, lives Sergeant Richard Dunn, hale and hearty, although he carries the scars of several wounds sustained i'll some of the battles of the Civil War. In recounting his experience to 6 reporter, MT. Dunn said:
 About a year and a half ago began to have trouble with my stomach. My suffer- ing was so intense that I tried different medicines and dortored with several physi- clans, but without permanent relief.
The Press., 1898-05-26
FALLING BY THE WAYSIDE.

Each Recurring Memorial Day Dawns on
 Fewer of the War Veterans.
 The lapse of another year has deci- mated the ranks of those who stood shoulder to shoulder with the martyrs of war, but who were spared to the na- tion to help cement the peace they won, and there will be vacant places to evoke fresh tears when the survivors gather about the sacred mounds in the cities of the dead. The scars of bullets and bereavement have been healing a little more as time has laid on the saIve of its consultations, but the hands that bore rifles to victory have been aging apace, and as they are stretched out today to lay on the tombs of their dead comrades the floral tribute of undying remem- brance they will tremble with the bur den of years as they formerly trembled with the burden of fresh sorrow.
 And when these steadfast souls, in the fulfillment of the Memorial cere- monial. anon straighten up in line and step forth to the solemn cadence of the music that once thrilled their hearts with eagerness for the clash of arms there will be some seen to totter and some will be stragglers and some will fall by the wayside and all will testify to the approaching end of their battle of life. Memorial day to these is some thing that sounds the depths of their hearts, most intense emotions.
 But the memories which are instinct with personal participation to them touch a chord only 8 little less respon- sive in the new generations which have arisen or are growing @p about them. The brave fight they fought is 8 sacred heritage in the patriotism of every true American. The children of the war and their children have drunk in at the mothers knee or in the schoolhouse the glorious record in the nations history made by these heroes-those dead and those living. They have grown into manhood or are growing into manhood with this love for the defenders of the Union deeply implanted.
 The memories of those soldiers who have gone are safe in the keeping of the new generations. The feeble hand o1 the veteran will be supported by the strong arm of youth while he makes his floral offering at the tomb, and when that feeble hand becomes still in final peace youth will take on himself the annual labor of love. The tottering steps of the wars survivors will slacken slowly year by year until they finish at last life's journey, but the march will still go on and on with recruits from the ranks of the sons and grandsons o1 these veterans. Chicago Tribune.
The Press., 1898-05-26
A School Girls Battle.
From the MnI. Miifori, Ind.

From the MaiL, 4fitford, IjId.
 Miss Emma Rybolt, n prepossessing school girl of Milford, Ind, is of more than usual intelligence, and is ambitious to rise in the literary world
 "In the fall of 1896" said Mrs. Rybolt, Emma was taken i'll. She was a close student and her work began to tell on her.
The Press., 1898-05-26
4 General Carried the Flag.

It is the duty of the enlisted men, ser geants and oorporals to carry the colors When in the emergency of action an officer seized the flag, he passed beyond the line of duty and oftentilnes earned a medal of honor thereby. At Chickamauga General Steedman took one of the regimental flags and, rushing far to the front with it, ex- claimed. "Boys, I'n carry your flag if you'll defend itP'-New York Press
The Press., 1898-05-26

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The Press., 1898-05-26

A variety of vast complications ari ing out of this war are already looming on the European horizon. President Lincoln expressed great truth, in his own quaint and homely way, when he said, "In war, | you can see the hole you went in at, but not the one you will come out at."
The Press., 1898-05-26

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The Press., 1898-05-26
How Relief Came.

From Cote County Democrat, Jererson Oty, Mo.
 When la grippe visited this section, about seven years ago, Herman H. Eveler, OfSl1 W. Main St., Jefferson, Mo, was one of the victims, and has since been troubled with the after-effects of the disease. He is well known contractor and builder, business re- quiring much mental and physical work. X year ago his health began to fail and he was obliged to discontinue work. That he lives to-day is almost 6 miracle. He says: ::
 "I was troubled with shortness of breath, palpitation of the heart and general de- bility. My back also pained me severely.
 "I tried one doctor after another and but without apparent benefit, and began to
The Press., 1898-05-26

L. F. Farley conducts a large mercan- tile business at Liberty Hill, Ga. He says: "One application of Chamberlain's Pain Balm relieved me of severe pain in my back. 1 think it O. K." For lame back, rheumatism, neuralgia, swellings, sprains, bruises, burns and scalds no oth- CT liniment can approach Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It is intended especially for these diseases, and Is famous for it's cures, Sold by E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs, and G. l.. Phillips, South Coventry.
The Press., 1898-05-26

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The Press., 1898-05-26
Shoes with heels six inches high were worn at the court of Louis XIV.

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