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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-01
HoNoRs FOR BRAVE MEN.
Memorial Day and Its Beautiful signin
canoe.

Memorial Day and Its Beautiful Signifl
canoe.
In thirty-fve out of forty-five States
of the Union May 80 is legally recog-
nized as Memorial Day. Everywhere
the day is practically considered o
legal holiday, but only in the number
of States mentioned is it so by law.
Most persons consider it what is
known as a national holiday. Sur.
prising as the fact may seem, there is
no such thing as national holiday.
There is no provision in the constitu-
tion of the United States that permits
such thing. Congress has from
time to time recognized certain spe-
cial days for business purposes, but
not even the Presidents proclamation
of Thanksgiving Day makes it legal
holiday in any State unless the legis
lature of that State has so signified by
legal action.
1t needs no Presidents proclama-
ton, no Legislative action to make the
United States observe Memorial Day.
The descendants of the 2,77S,304 SOL
diers who constituted the federal
armies who fought from '61 to '65,
need no reminder to perform what
they consider sacred duty. The
$40, ,610 members of the Grand Army
of the Republic who followed the fate
of the Stars and Stripes-some of
them from Fort Sumpter to Appomat-
tox-do not require admonition to
honor their comrades whom wounds
or disease have taken from among
them. Thus it is that at least from
Mason and Dixon's line to the boun-
daries of the Queens dominions, every
cemetery where a soldier lies wit
nesses the advent of flowers on the ap.
pointed day.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-01
my scattering flowers on the hate

my scattering flowers on the hated
grave of a--of a."
The young man held up deprecat-
ing hand.
"Please," he said. "Please do not
call him i'll names. He was my father,
you know"
Impulsive Bessie was conquered in
a moment.
81 beg your pardon. 1 really dol"
she exclaimed. ''It was outrageous of
me to speak SO. OF course, was al
ways brought up to hate the oonfed-
crates"
"And yet" remarked Mr.. Carroll,
"there we're many brave patriots and
gallant gentlemen among those con-
federates. After all, you see, to the
average southerner the confederate
cause appealed quite as strongly as did
that Of tho union to your friends in
the north" This was all said very
quietly. Indeed, Mr.. Carroll appeared
to be decidedly quiet, but none the
less decided individual.
YES" asserted Bessie, anxious to
make amends, II suppose that is true,
1 never looked at it in that light be-
fore. And now allow me to clear a
space. so that you can lay your wreath
on the marble.
She did not offer to take away her
own flowers, but deftly made room for
the wreath Of the captains son. When
he had reverently placed it under his
fathers name, he said: IT come here
with a wreath whenever 1 happen to
be in London. Ny name is Alan Cor
roll, and you, since you are our cousin,
belong probably to my mothers peo-
pie. Her name was Elizabeth
Downes"
Bessie's blue eyes opened widely.
"Why. that is my name" she said.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-01

this on Decoration day-the special
day devoted to honoring the north and
its patriot deadl.
Surely" she cried, "that cannot
be so. Why, Ihave my faith
er's telegram. This man--this Capt.
Carroll, is our cousin. He could not
have been rebel"
"Your cousinp' exclaimed the young
man. "Well, he may have been your
cousin; but can assure you that he
was my father"
Once more was Bessie staggered.
Mechanically she opened her purse
and found the crumbled telegram from
her father. Mechanically she COM
pared the name there mentioned with
that on the tomb. They were identi-
cal, save that the cablegram had omit
ted the captains middle name.
At last she spoke.
''No; clearly there is no mistake.
My father must have misunderstood
me, OF else he was anxious to play a
trick. He was always fond of practi-
cal jokes, but / do think he has
gone too far in this easel The idea of
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-01

''You must be quite q near relation. y
Just then the worthy sexton of Ken
sal Green came stumping down the
path, bent on discovering what had
happened to delay Bessie. Behind
him came the anxious chaperon, Mrs.
Malcom, who started guiltily on per-
ceiving her charge in close converse
with stranger of the opposite sex.
"My dear Bessie" she began,
severely; but Bessie interrupted in
her usual quick fashion.
ooh, Mrs. Malcolm, what do you
think? I've found cousin--a real,
simon-pure cousin. Let me present
Mr.. Alan Carroll. His father and
mine were ON opposite sides during
the Civil War, but they were both
brave soldiers, as Mr.. Carroll has
pointed out to me, SO that l think the
feud ought to be buried" f"
Mrs. Malcom, fear, looked triae
suspicious at first over this very ex-
traordinary meeting of cousins in a
cemetery. AS for the sexton of Ken
sal Green. when he retired to his
lodge after seeing the party out (the
newly found relative bad been asked
to lunch) he varied the monotony of
counting an unusually fat fee bywink-
ing expressively and muttering:
"Cousins Ho, yesl Hof coursel
Cousinsr'
As for General Downes in far-off
Roxbury, when his daughter wrote
him an account of her singular adven-
ture, he replied
"You acted quite rightly, my dear.
II Alan Carroll takes after his father,
he must be a sterling fine fellow, and
il there is an occasion upon which the
differences of North and South ought
to be laid aside it is on Decoration
Day."
And there are sly hints regarding
ga Coming Reunion of Blue and
Gray" in the Boston newspapers.
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in the Boston suburb which gave her
birth. Little wonder was it that she
should have done SO; for not only had
her father fought gallantly for the
Federal cause in the war, but no less
than four of her uncles, and whole
dozens of cousins to boot, were among
those whose names are enshrined as
defenders of the Union.
Consequently no one need feel sur
prised at learning that Bessie felt n
pang OF homesickness when she awoke
in unsympathetic London on this
particular Decoration Day. Outside
in the prim Bloomsbury street, where
she was staying with her friends-the
Malcolms she heard none of the
noise and hustle which would assur-
edly have greeted her in Roxbury,
Mass. Her engagement tablets boz 9
no records of coming visits to ceme-
terry or mausoleum, where warrior
dead repose. The simpering maid
who brought up her coffee had prob
ably never even heard Of Decoration
Dayl
"It's o shame" said Bessie, STIR
ring the coffee viciously. General
Downes' only daughter unable to lay
even a single flower on some soldiers
grave and this Decoration Day.
And surely there must be lots Of
Union soldiers buried in the London
cemeteries.
This last reflection inspired her.
She pulled the bell-rope sturdily, re-
calling the simpering domestic.
81 want cablegram sent instantly
to my father-General Downes," she
said. The servant did not even look
surprised. Already this quiet Blooms
bury household was growing used to
the whims of Bessie Downes, million
aires heiress and spoiled child of for
tune. Within fifteen minutes the
message was on its way to the nearest
Office where cablegrams are received,
and in five minutes more a puzzled
clerk was spelling out these words:
General John Downes, Roxbury, Mass:
AAb my VI ny cOA0ADA eOeoAA-1 DoAace -.
London?" BESSIE"
Whatever General Downes may
have thought regarding this very ex-
pensive method of seeking informa.
ton, he answered promptly enough.
Before noon Bessie. received the re-
ply:
"Cousin Randolph Carroll, Kensal Green -
The patriotic Miss Downes was de-
lighted. How good of the dear old
paterl'' she cried. to amused Mrs.
Malcolm, over their early lunch
(early, because Of the trip to Kensal
Green cemetery, determined on the
moment the cablegram arrived).
'And oh, how delightful to find one
Of my own kin buried here-one, who
in addition to his kinship, was a loyal
soldier Of the union.
After lunch, the Malcolms' carriage
took them to florists, where Bessie
purchased wreaths and immortelleE
| for the grave of her warrior relative.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-01
Civil War Victims.

According to the Official figures the
Union armies lost 359, 528 officers and
men by death; the returns from the
Confederate armies are incomplete,
but those in the Provost Marshal Gen.
erals report show that at least 133,.
832 officers and men lost their lives.
The losses in battle we're compare.
lively small IN the revolutionary war.
About 5000 persons all told were
killed, and the usual proportion Of
those who die of wounds is about two
thirds of those killed. That would
give total Of 10000. Then at least
II 900 prisoners died in the prison
ships; so that probably not less than
%, 900 to $4,000 persons lost their
lives during and owing to the war.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-01

The salaries OF Governors of Terri.
tories are not regulated by the impor-
tance of the latter in respect TO pop.
nlation or the public revenues. The
Governor of Arizona resolves $4,000 a
year. The population Of that Terri
tory was $4,000 by the last Federal
census. The Governor of New Mex
leo, the population of which was in
excess of 100000, gets $4,000. The
Governor of Alaska receives $4,000.
The Governor of Indian Territory
gets $500, while the Governor Of Ok
lahoma (which was taken from the In
dian Territory, gets $4,000.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-01

The consolidation Of New York made
no radical difference in the ratio
naturalized voters bear to the native
born, says the Sun. Relatively, it is
true, there are fewer naturalized voters
in Kings County than in New York,
and fewer in Richmond County than
in that part of Queens which includes
Long Island City, and which was con-
solidated with New York on the 1st Of
January, but the differences are not
great. A clear majority of the male
inhabitants of voting age of New York
are foreign born, as the last national
census showed: New York, native
white male 170,997. foreign white
male 266, TAT; Kings, native white
male 115, 1872, foreign white male Ill.,
476; Richmond, native white male
1915. foreign white male 6802; Queens
whole county, native white male 49,
S18, foreign white male 16, 500. One
curious result of the consolidation Of
the three cities is that the present city
administration is, more largely perhaps
than any Of its predecessors in recent
years, under the direction of native
born citizens, while the representa-
tives of Cosmopolitan New York" are
few and far between. Mayor Van
Wyck is a New York boy, born and
reared in this city, and dating back
his local ancestry to 1850. Comptrol-
Ter Coler is native of Champaign,
III. Borough President Peters, the
District Attorney Of New York County,
Colonel Gardiner, Borough President
Grout of Brooklyn, and the executive
i'eads of departments generally are
-s-born officials
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-01

A woman in Paris has conferred
q boon on humanity in the discovery
of new science called "Linguistol
ogic." This is nothing more than the
delineation OF character from the
shape of the tongue. A. big tongue
indicates frankness, a long tongue,
generous feelings; a short one, dis
stimulation; a narrow tongue, concen-
tration of ideas. Long aud broad
tongues indicate fondness for talk;
short and broad ones, equal capacity
to talk but not to speak the truth;
while those that are short and narrow
show an unmistakable tendency to
Machiavellian lying.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-01
A Notable Day.

The Memorial Day procession has
come to be regarded as an annual event
equal in importance to Independence
Day. 1t is the only day of the year
in the civil calendar in which United
States troops regularly join with the
citizen soldiers, the Grand Army and
others, in a celebration that is purely
that of the civilian, for the militiaman
is looked upon in the same light as the
civilian, according to the ethics ofthe
regular army. Each year these pro
cessions show more clearly than all
else the fact that the ties which bind
the north and the south together as one
country are steadily growing stronger
and stronger. Ten years ago, to see a
man wearing the confederate gray
marching in the Memorial Day process
sion, would have been considered al
most sacrilege. To-day it is not only
not unusual but a welcome event to
the Grand Army posts, composed OF
the very men who fought so long against
an enemy thus clothed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-01


There's grave on the far-off hillside,
A lonely, sunken grave,
Where grow the tall rank grasses
Above the fallen brave.
Where summers sun smiles warmly,
Where winters snow lies deep,
Where, DER the unknown dreamer,
Unbidden voices weep.
There's grave on the hill, o west wind;
Pass by with plaintiye moan,
Bend low the grass above Ii,
And sigh Unknown, unknownl"
Stoop down, o heavy rain-cloud,
And drop plying tear,
II thou dost mourn earth's chosen,
oh, spend thy sorrow here.
There's grave on the hill, o union;
Pass not that mound o'ergrown.
For thee this martyr soldier
Gives life and name. Unknown
Pass not, o wife, o woman;
Stoop low, D brother, son;
Forget not. He who sleepeth
Thy homes, thy freedom, won.
There's grave on the hill. o Father,
Thy searching voice shall yet
Rouse up the sleeping soldier,
For Thou dost not forget.
There's lonely grave on the hillside,
But oh, before Thy throne.
The humble shall be honored,
The Unknown shall be Knownl
Hattie Horner Louthan.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-01
LIFe'S MIRROR.


There are loyal hearts, there are spirits
brave,
There are souls that are pure and truel
Then give to the world the best you have
And the best will come back to you.
Give love, and love to your life will flow
A strength In your utmost need;
Have faith, and a score OF hearts will show
Their faith In your word and deed.
Give truth, and your gifts will be paid In
kind,
And honor will honor meet:
And smile that is sweet will surely nnd
A smile that Is just as sweet
Give pity and sorrow to those who mourn;
You will gather, in flowers again,
The scattered seeds from your thought
outborne
Though the sowing seemed but vain.
For life is the mirror OF king and slave,
'Tis just what we are, and do;
Then give to the world the best you have
And thebest will come back to you.
Madeline S. Bridges.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-01

Georgia has gone successfully into
stock-raising, aud the industry has in
creased rapidly. During the last
eight months the farmers of the south
western part Of the State have shipped
65, 900 head to Texas and the Indian
Territory, getting from $40 to $12 a
head for them, which is considered q
remunerative price in comparison
with that of other farm products.
The Atlanta Constitution says that
efforts are now being made to obtain
direct communication with the mar
kets of the North and East, thus saw
ing to the Georgia farmers the profit
now gained on their shipments by the
Western cattlemen. 1t is said that
cattle can be fattened about rs cheaply
in Georgia as in the Indian Territory.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-01

Another and another wreath
We deck new graves each spring,
And smaller grows the gray-haired band
Whose hands the garlnnds bring.
Grave veterans, we follow slow
The dull beat Of the drum;
There's one brief march before US now,
And, Comradesl we shall come
One sleep to share, and DER each grave
The starry flag we loved shall wave
We mourn you mott The days seem far
Since side by side we fought,
And onward TO the mectlng-place
The way is now so shorsl
Not many May-times shall We hear
The summons OF the drum;
We wait, with unforgettlDg hearts,
Till, Comradel we shall come
One sleep to share, while DER each grave,
Thank Godl the starry flag shall wavel
Marian Douglas.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-01

Young women who assume the title
of bachelor are considered especially
modern. Yet the term was applied
customarily to them in the time o.
''rare Ben Jonson." The poet him
self so used it in his plays. Bachelor
is derived from the Welsh word bach,
which means small, little, young.
The kindred Welsh word baches
means pretty little woman. There
fore the brisk bachelor maids OF to-
day do not ape their brothers. but go
daintily tripping down the centuries
in the footprints Of those fair bach
elors who coquetted with the gallants
of the Elizabeth court.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-01

The Attorney General of Colorado
has decided that no law in that State
requires woman upon marriage to as.
sume her husbands name; indeed, he
thinks that, in view Of the advent Of
women as Office holders, it is prefera-
BILE, under certain circumstances, for
a married woman to hold on to her
maiden name.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-01

Travel on the Balwayo Railroad is
exciting. The Shashi River recently
rose four feet above the bridge tracks,
30 that engines could not cross. A
train was male up as long as the
width OF the river, pushed across by
one engine, aud taken up on the other
side by another. Soon after the
bridge was washed away.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-01

Then it was ho for Kensal Green
that quiet old world, Goods Acre, I"
so different from all of the American
burial places with which Bessie was
acquainted. There was some difficulty
at first in finding the grave of Ran
dolph Carroll, but Bessie's pretty face
smoothed matters wonderfully, and
the location was soon determined.
Mr.. Malcolm being tired, remained in
the sections lodge; while that digni-
fed old person escorted Bessie and
her wreaths to the tomb. Randolph
Carroll's grave was surmounted by q
very plain piece of black marble, upon
which was the inscription:
"Here lies the body of Captain Ran
dolph Lee Carroll, soldier and gentle
man, a credit to his native country,
the United States of America.
A great wave of enthusiasm surged
through the impressionable being Of
this little New England maid, as one
by one she took her commemorative
flowers from the sexton and laid them
around the tomb. Then she laid her
gloveless hand caressingly upon the
exiled soldiers name-looking as
though she would have liked to kiss it
and silently turned away. The
tactful sexton said naught; and the
two passed slowly down the path.
Suddenly, however, Bessie remem-
bered that the best of all her me-
MORALS, the little ''Stars and Stripes" +"
brought all the way from New York.
still remained in her hand Bidding
the sexton wait for her, she quickly
retraced her steps to Captain Carroll's
grave.
But another person had reached the
flower -bedecked marble before her,
and now stood regarding the wealth of
decorations with evident astonisbm ent.
This was young man good enough
to look upon, and possessed Of that
attractive litheness which told Bessie
instantly that she was not looking at
Briton, but at one of her own coun-
trymen. He, too, carried wreath I;
but it was, though charming wreath,
very simple and unpretentious one.
'Dear mer said Bessie, regretfully,
startling the young man, who had not
heard her coming. Dear mel I'm
afraid that I haven't left you an inch
of space for your flowers"
He looked at her curiously for a
moment.
'It was you, then, that decorated
the grave?" he said.
Eyes; it was l, answered Bessie.
''You see 1 found myself SO far away
from America; and then it was Dec
Grafton day."
Decoration day?" repeated the
young man, inquiringly.
"Yes-Decoratio day. Is itpossi-
BILE you don't know what that's? And
you're an Americanw
Eyes, I am certainly an American.
But 1 have lived for years in London,
and my memory has been blunted.
Now remember that Decoration day
is sort of memorial festival for dead
northern soldiers"
"Of course. And so, you see, /
drove out here to lay few flowers on
the tomb of this gallant fellow"
A grim smile rests for moment on
the young mans face.
81 fancy that you have made mis-
take" he said. ''The man buried
here was not federal soldier. Capt.
Randolph Carroll fought for the south.
Bessie gasped. Had she been show
ering her immortelles upon the grave
of confederate-oneo Of those Johnny
Rebs" whom her training and associa-
tions had taught her to abhor. And
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-01
rha Bnrher,s ob.errnnce.

Don't you know this is Memorial
Day?" said the shoe merchant, thrust
ing his head inside the door of the
barber shop. "Why don't you deco
rate a little? Where are your national
colOrs?"
In reply, the barber in charge OF
the chair near the door merelypointed
at the gorgeous pole in front Of his
place of business.
Then he went on shaving his Gus.
toner. He had crushed another grum-
bier. Chicago Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-01
Pneumatic Painting.

Boats are to be painted by machine
hereafter at West Superior wis.
shipyard. Pneumatic power is to be
utilized, pail of paint being at
tached to the machine, which deposits
the paint in fine spray on the ship,
the operator merely working sort Of
nozzle, much as though he were
sprinkling a flower garden With a
watering pot.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-01
HER DECORATION DAY.
STORY OF SOLDIERS GRAVE.

L was Decora-
tion Day, an d
Miss Elizabeth
Downes found
herself in Lon
don = far away
from her home
and the graves Of
her forefathers.
Now, Bessie
Downes had OBJ
served Decora-
tion Day ever
since she was
q little toddler
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-01
RATES or AovERTIs.

One Square. one inch, one inssrtion..s I 90
One Square. one inch, one month. =. 800
One Square. one inch. three months. 500
One Square one inch one year ..... 10 00
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Quarter Column, one year ........... 800
half Column, one year ar.............. 900
One Column, one year. ......... 100 "
Legal advertisements ten cents per line
each insertion.
Marriages and death notices gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements collected
quarterly Temporary Advertisements must
be paid in advances.
Job work-cash on delivery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-01
MEMORIAL DAY.

The dead who fell when war was rife
Arose aud passed, a mighty legion,
Into the mystic other life.
The neighboring space bound spirit
region.
Do inaccessible II seems,
But those who dwell In that fair 'yonder'
Build lovely airships Of our dreams
Aud back 10 earth at nighttime wander.
Full oft the- speak to us through space.
Life Is so rude we do not hear them.
We think them IN faron place
Nor know we live and labor near them.
But when the year grows sweet and gay
With singing birds and floral beauties
The dead men take holiday
And leave their heavenly homes and
duties.
They call In voices memory knows:
"Come, drop awhile your sordid labors,
Forget the earth and all its woes
And live with us, your spirit neighbors,
Taste the one pleasure that endures-
Serenity-and cease from worry.
Let thoughts Of other realms than yours
Arrest you in your aimless hurry.
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presbyt
THE SACRED THIRTIETH DAY OF MAY.

ba Chants the