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The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

HE removal of the soldier dead
from Cuba and Porto Rico dur
R@ ing the past few months has
served TO make vacant a great
majority of the graves in those
islands, but the transports, de-
spite their frequent trips, have not
taken all There are still enough down
there to make the celebration OF May
50. 1899. a celebration unparalleled IN
our history.
There are men-soldiers who have
fought other foes on those pestilential
shores than the Spanish-who have
claim for the honor and reverence of
their C0untrymen. The earth upon their
graves is newly turned and about them
the silent colony grows-augmcnted
day by day by the stricken ores from
the hospitals.
The action of the United States Gov
erumrnt III transferring to heir CWn
land those who fell in its service IS un-
precedented. And it is a source OF
wonder TO the Cuban natives. These
latter have seen great transports load
al with the dead sail away from their
island many times since the first or the
year and they marvel at a nation
which is willing and eager TO spend
time and money in moving those whose
usefulness is past.
And they will marvel still more at
the spirit which will prompt the Amer
lean soldiers on Memorial day to deck
with flowers and flags mounds of
earth and weep at the memory of COM
rades gone TO the last call.
In the vicinity of Havana and other
large cities the day will be carefully
observed The great grave in which
the boys of the Maine lie side by side,
and those smaller ones filled since that
eveutfuI week in March, 1898, will come
in for the due share. but in no part OF
the island Will the day be one of such
tender ceremony and Importance as in
the vicinity of Santiago
Back of that city the battlefield
stretches for miles It extends coast
wise in the direction of Baiquiri, and
away to the mountains on the Eel Ca
ney road 1t was fought over inch by
inch. sprinkled as with a summer
shower by the blood Of the combatants,
and then sOwn with the graves of those
who fell. Little care was possible un-
der the circumstances, and where men
dropped they were buried. Some were
enshrouded in the canvas of their shell
ter tents, but the majority had as their
covering only their uniforms and the
clods of mother earth.
Where the Dead Lie.
There was no orderly arrangement
no rows and aisles and plots and sec
tions. but merely the convenience Of
vicinity and the haphaZard use of the
Spanish and American trenches. On
the Santiago battlefield, after the ces-
sation of hostilities, the density of the
graves served as an undeniable evil
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

,--- HE removal of the soldier dead
from Cuba and Porto Rico dur
E@ ing the past few months has
served to make vacant a great
majority of the graves in those
Il hut The ri-n rnSrnn1.fS de-
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

brave on Memorial day and bedeck the
graves of those fallen, that freedom
may be perpetuated, but we make it
a day of consecrated joy that we still
possess the blessings so richly won.
The nation has a profound sorrow for
the warning Filipinos and the uncon-
tented Cubans to whom as yet these
tributes can have no meaning. The
firm, kind hand of justice seems to
them only an exchange of masters but
they Will in days to come venerate the
memory of the American soldiers who
sacrificed their lives to give them lib
erty. They will remember their deeds
of valor, their steady discipline and on
ward rush. and they will not forget the
grand exhibition of personal heroism.
which was not courage born of the ex-
citement of the hour but was theirs by
birthTight Of American citizenship.
Memorial day will yet be hallowed by
the; people who now spurn our flags
protection and it will be made the great
loving reunion to honor the heroic deeds
of those still spared.
1t is festival of memory made eter-
nal by the women of our nation. whose
tender recollections cherish the deeds
of those heroes of ours.
1t is day of glad grief that freedom
and unity still reign.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
MEMORIAL Day OF THE FUTURE


Memorial day in the space of one short
year than could have been accom-
plished by the homilies of a million
preachers.
The descendants of the heroes of both
North and South, fighting, suffering,
dying together in foreign lands. in de-
fense of their country's flag. must serve
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

graves o III lheo h
~
us 0 S to
~ and %mem the m II y decorating h. graves each year F" " t
n
Tho die lbo only Civ but with
SPAIN The idea d he ~ o. Decorate ~
twelve nn granny a
free h o
OF that ttes
our g O OF
respect ct owe
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

Grafton of those heroes who fell fight
ing for the preservation of the Union.
but, for the first time since it's institu-
ton. it will be an anniversary of
common sorrow, the surest and most
effectual peacemaker either in family
or nation.
The Spanish war has done more for
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

i" HE Memorial day of the future
will mean much more to the
American people than in the
past. It's significance Will be
broader, deeper, more truly ma
tional.
1t will mean not only the commem-
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

names: Each had it's. inexpensive, un-
romantic number. On one or two some
reverent one had scratched a name in
lead pencil but they were all strange
names to me. A pleasant man came
from the office of the cemetery with, at
first, some merriment. He showed me
the map of the graves. I looked at it
quickly when 1 saw the long rows
marked unknown" 1t seems to me
pity that our Government does not
make some plan by which the identity
of the men who go out to fight for it
shall be certainly preserved.
One Little Decorator.
Then 1 drove back to the graves.
They were not wreathed with flowers,
as one would have expected them to be
just after they had been made, but
from each one floated little flag. They
were pitiful little flags, those bits Of
color on our soldiers new graves. They
were made of the cheapest cloth, and
the red and the blue in them was stem
cilled on with cheap paint. which will
run down and spoil the white stripes
when the first rain comes. On one or
two of all the thousand graves were
tiny nosegayS. l fancy that they had
been put there by a little girl that
morning. l saw her going about weep
ing, with some other lunches of flowers
in her hands. She told me that no one
she knew had been buried there but
that her big brother" had been killed
in the Philippines.
The graves were dug by contract,
doubtless, and are arranged in rows so
regularly that they make straight lines
no matter in what position you stand
as you view them.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28


this Memorial day.
1t was Sunday afternoon when /
drove out to Arlington. Holiday makers
sWarmed into the great national grave
yard as if it were a picnic ground. The
spreading trees and rich turf of the old
cemetery were green and peaceful.
Where lay the dead heroes of our Civil
War was solemnity, but no sadness.
The scars of that great conflict had
been obliterated by time. But where
the new graves are is this great red
blot-a tremendous wound in the sward
to tell story, awesome and as full of
heartache as 1t is of glory.
Almost precisely year before I had
travelled about from camp to camp and
come to know our soldiers. had
messed and camped with the gallant
Ninth Cavalry: l had gone to Cuba
with the surgeons and the hospital
corps; 1 had gone into battle with the
Rough Riders and fought with them
and bled with them. Among the brave,
black troopers of the Ninth / numbered
scores of friends. Among the Rough
Riders there was scarcely a man whom
l did not personally know. Day after
day. since the time when battle and
disease began among these my friends,
who were dead. / wanted earnestly to
find their graves. But on the long rows
of tiny tombstones there were no
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
Our New Graves at Hrlington.
BY Edward Marshall, Wor Cores spondeDt.

. . Q . Q 9 . Q Q Q Q Q Q . . . . . .
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

GLY in the bare red of it's mo-
notony of newly turned clay, the
new graves of the soldiers, dead
in the Spanish-Ameriean war,
will pitifully bear their flowers
this Memorial day.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-09
Wants No Formalities.

\ fcrtilc-brained western editor
who wasn't ovcrworked filing out
receipts for paid up subscriptions
found time TO pen the following:
If this world should be so unfortu-
nate as to lose me, | intend to have
It understood before ! go that the
eight lodges to which belong shall
not publish resolutions in each Of
the city papers nor furnish copy to
the tereaved family, informing the
public and my loved ones that it has
pleased the An Wise Ruler of the
Universe to interfere with my teres-
tial career, that | have, in fact been
removed from our midst, neither do
/ want u black bordered haud-bill
distributed around town advertising
my uutimely leave taking-goud
news travels fast enough. And last
ty, but not least, my grief stricken
relatiyes will confer great favor by
not having a card Of thanks to the
neighbors who so generously aided
~ in our late bereavement OF
course these customs were launched
into use with the best and kindest
motives, but the fifty or more years
of hardships to which they have
Been subjected has reduced them to
cold stereotype formalities, mean
inplpss and useless.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-09
AN ADnI7ER OF WOVEN.
Eut lila Standard Of E1enIlonoe Rises
Every Time.


was riding along the road leading
across Hurricane Gap. in the Pine
mountain range. thinking of the pecu-
liar people who lived In these fast
nesses, when | was startled by voice
up the hillside calling to me to come
up and give somebody lift | had no
idea who owned the voice. but who
ever II was was In trouble, and re
sponded and found a man OF 60 or
more caught by the foot under fallen
tree and unable to get away. IL
wasn't hurt, and | soon had him on his
feet. ana lie insisted on my stopping
further down the mountain and taking
dinner with him He lived In A well
kept cabin with his daughter, and
after dinner we sat in the shade Of a
tree in the yard and he told me about
himself
Air you married" he asked, after
be told me he was a widower.
no, but | hope to i've some day"
answered, quite sincerely.
You ought TO be; every man ought
TO he: man that amt shown
right feelin lords what the Lord y
done fer him, thar amt nothln' on the
face Nv Gods green earth that Is n
patchin' TO a woman. don't keer
what kind she is
you're hale and hearty yet" | said,
'and don't see why you don't take
some OF your own advice"
Don't crowd the mourners. mister"
ne said waving HIS hand as II wardng
Off my attack, Don't you crowd the
mourners "l'm tlggerln' on Spyer'l this
very minute and | amt quite shore
ylt which one 10 pick I've been mar
ried four times, and every time my
notions NV women has got so much
higher that I'll he derned ef | don't
kinder look forred to losin' wife jst
fer the satisfaction NV glttIn' another
one"
The idea was SO entirely new that
was overcome by Washing
Star.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-09
MIFFLIN ITEMS.
Special 10 the TRtBUNE.

Special 10 the TRIBUNE
Mr.. Thos. Blackuey of this village
and Miss NJ. Edith Liddicote of Lin.
den, were married at P}atteville By
Rev John Hardcastle on Wednes-
day, Feb. LIST. The bride is not known
here, but we can congratulate her on
securing groom who has II large
circle Of friends to wish them a life
Of prosperity aud happiness.
Miss Ida Walker of Platteville is
the guest of her cousin Miss Della
Smith.
Miss Lula Vivian is visiting at Cuba
City, Shullsburg, Hazel Green and
other places.
Mr.. james Young, who has the ty-
phoid fever, is some better
Mr. and Mrs. J Noble and Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Buttress, Of Livingston,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Jas. Hurd.
mother Of Mrs. Noble,
The remains of Mrs. Ann Biddick
were brought here from Pbiladel-
phia last week and inferred in the
Milliu Cemetery.
Roll. Thomas and VIII stephens
have returned to their home at
Thayer, Iowa.
Mr., I.Miller of Rewey preached in
the =. NJ. Church last sunday
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-09
FOR LA GRIPPE.

Thomas Whitefleld d Co, 2IO Wa
bash-av. cor. Jackson-st., one of Chi
cago's Oldest ADD most prominent
druggists, recommended Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy for In grippe
as it not only gives prompt aud COM
plete relief, but also counteracts any
tendency of la grippe to result in
pneumonia. For sale at Nivians
Pharmacy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-09
COUNTRY SCHOOL BOY
AnA His JOKE At tho Expense Of Gen.
whoeIer.

Wheeler
You can't most always swear to the
stories you hear" remarked the Phila-
delphih drummer to the Washington
Star man, land | am not swearing TO
the one heard the other day on Gen
Joe Wheeler in Alabama, but II is Just
as good as II | o'i swear TO 1t. 50
what's the difference? 1t seems that
once the general, WIN you all know Is
only boys size and not big boy at
that. had, IN the course Of his travels
on one OF bis electioneering tours,
brought up at remote schoolhouse,
here OF course, he was called upon
to make few remarks TO the
scholars.
This he did In his best style and
when he had finished he stood by the
teacher when that worthy said few
things among them that time-worn
suggestion to the effect that when the
boys OF the school grew up they, too.
might be congressman. like Gen.
W heller: such are the wonderful pos
sibilties OF this great and glorious
country OF ours.
"At this point long good natured,
K9nGllnE gaWk OF q DOyt ABOUT II
years old and about ID feet tall, stuck
up his hand, grinnlng sheepishly the
meanwhile.
"'Me, tooT he inquired.
Certainly. Henry, replied the
teacher assuringly, Just as much you
a. any other boy I reckon I'll have
20 nasr0w # ever run on that tAFr
ticket noddlng toward the general In
way that brought down the house,
amidst the embarrassment Of the
teacher and the great delight Of the
general"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-09

81 wonder why they have two ria.
nos ON the StaGeT'
$50 that II the celebrated yirtuoso
should smash one an 90 pieces in play
iuE ,hgt fantastic at which he Is said
% na sn fine he VIII have the other TO
tlI nlet yu without stopping the per
tVrWaucc."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-09

rho TRrRr ~ and Inter DC an
both for SLIGO.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-09

Miss Cutting Did You witness the
football game last week MIR. Soft.
leigh
Sottleigh "Ynws, and the excite
mcpt was SO gwate fol time that |
Rw actually lost me head. doncher
know"
Miss Cutting Really But I'm At a
loss 20 understand how yeu happened
20 miss t."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-09
A Good Farm for Rent

Situated three miles southwest of
this city, known as the John Mari
farm, now occupied by 5. p. Bottoms
and consisting of go acres. The
place is within one-half of a mile
Of the Oak Park Cheese Factory.
For further particulars inquire Of
Fred GRADER at Chamley's Hotel. I'm
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-09
To All Whom 1t MAY Concern.

Before letting your Ice contracts
for next season get prices OF b.
Bruetting, successor to Charles Gill
mann.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-09

Sultor-"Your daughter. sir. Is the
light OF NV existence
Her Father-"Oh. that's L. th' I've
often wondered how you could ever
see her with the gas turned - low
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-09
About Wisconsin Pearls

A writer i'm the New York Tribune
says; wisconsin was the scene of a
widespread pearl hunting craze in
tSs9 aud 1880, \ number of mussel-
beds in the rivers were rayaged.
The supply of molluskS was practi-
cally destroyed SO that new lot
could hardly be produced for gem
GRAFTON, and the district was practi-
caily ruined for further pearl fishing.
Within a period of three months
pearls from Wisconsin To the value
of $4,000 were sent to the New York
market They were eNquisitcly
lovely. The colored ones were
mostly purpli~h. copper red and
dark pink, and equalled in beauty
any ever found elsewhere. Inside of
four years the output of Wisconsin
pearls amounted 20 S250uOo.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-17

play of autumn hosiery. At a distance
these look like an old southern flower
yard, where dahlias, marigolds, phlox
and sweet william strive to outshine
one another.
AS Dewey's triumphaI arch nears
completion Madison Square Garden is
the objective point of most strollers,
and one hears Diana's pedigree discuss
ed with renewed interest. Who posed
for st. Gaudens has been a mooted
question among artists since Diana s
statue first adorned the Garden dome.
There have been several claimants for
the honor. Periodically the daily pa
pers have taken up the cHdgels in be-
half of one or the other model, which
gave the several aspirants an opportu-
nifty to be heard. 1 happened into a
friends studio in the vicinity of Madi-
son square one day last week just in
time to hear model interviewed. To
build the woman of grace the services
of an unknown number of poseurs were
necessary. What component part each
did lend is a matter. of conjecture
With infinite pride, several habitues of
the Latin quarter in varying degrees of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-17
HINTS ON ETIQUETTE.

1t is very important that discrimina-
ton should be used in introducing peo-
pie TO one another, for an undesired In
PRODUCTION compels the person To whom
1t IS unwelcone TO treat the other with
the greatest coldness. or to continue An
undesired acquaintance. As a general
rule, II IS better TO introduce too ht-
tie than too much, for ones friends can
ask one TO introduce them to one
another. so that ene's shortcomings In
this respect may always be made good.
Should the smallest doubt exist as to
whether a meditated introduction VIII
be agreeable. one should consult the
wishes of both persons concerned be-
fore introducing them.
The unvarying rule in making an in
PRODUCTION is that the gentleman should
be presented to the lady. without refer
ence TO rank This is a privilege OF
sex. and disregarding il shows at
once a want Of social knowledge
When the Introduction has been made.
1t IS usual for the lady and gentleman.
or the two ladies, 10 bow and 20 make
some little remark. Il Is not usual Ia
shake hands. but there are many oc-
casions when this would be quite Ger
rect. For instance, it is always right 10
shake hands with every new aequaint-
ance in ones own house. and II one
were TO introduce two Of ones intimate
friends. one would naturally expect
them to shake hands.
II is the privilege OF 4 lady to be the
first 10 offer TO shake hands when a
gentleman IS introduced to her. When
two ladies are introduced, and one is OF
higher rank than the other. il would b.
an act Of friendiiness on the part OF
the lady of higher rank 10 offer to
shake hands
At dinner parties the hostess uses her
discretion as 10 the introductionS sac
thinks proper TO make In this case IL
IS not necessary 10 ask a lady whether
she may introduce 10 her the gentle
man who Is to take her down 20 din
ner supposing they are not acquainted
1t is enough for her TO say. Mrs. Dash.
Mr.. Blank viii take you into dinner"
II is not necessary 70 introduce whole
sale at dinner party. but when the
majority are unacquaiuted the host and
hostess should introduce some OF the
most important guests 70 one another
before they enter the dining room.
After the dinner is over the hostess
may introduce ladies to each other IN
the drawing room, IL she thinks Il ad-
visable to do So
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-17
+. UP-To-THE-M1NUTE FALL GOWNS.

gown was a model of newness and
beauty in two shades of brown. In it's
making she carried out perfectly
Worth's decree for fall-two colors and
two cloths.
With due Difference to the heros COM
Ing celebration, we've resurrected the
Dewey flounce, bringing 1t up to date.
Of course, which means less full and
deep. This fact I discovered while eX-
aiming a blue etamine, which sported
one pointed and one straight band of
yellow cluny lace on the skirt Half
the sleeves and a deep pointed band
sncircling the waist were also of cluny
The charming features of this particu-
ar costume to me were the clusters of
black velvet rosetteS assembled be-
tween the left shoulder and the width
Of the lace strapping the bust and a
secondary touch of black provided by
The crush belt. lessening an otherwise
startling contrast.
But to go back to my summer girls"
oddly constructed rig. She's wearing a
redingote with the habit back. If the
tight fitting skirts have been the least
attractive. certainly the newest devel-
opment Of the snug idea will appeal
strongly. The rediugote opens 20 the
left side, hooking beneath a stitched
band Of plain brown cloth whereon are
laid trio OF dull green velvet five
Topped bows. The skirt is of the SPOT
ted cloth which promises to displace
plafds in feminine affections. Either is
fashionable in combination with plain
material. but neither is accepta Bile
alone
on my VOYAGE Of disco,-erv 7 mo. ~,
liner specimens of the end Of the CEN
tury style than were embodied in the
brown and green gown built according
10 the ethics of a Paris tailor and the
modish blue frock designed to enhance
the blond beauty who bought it. The
Illustrations show clearly tie two
pieced sleeve in the one In the other
smart lace treatment is submitted.
Tailor gowns are TO be less severe, and
sleeves Of every garment will determine
ITS status. II is more difficult. I'm told,
10 obtain good sleevemaker than a
good skirtmaker, and il surely takes
m artist TO hang the skirt properly in
these moments Of skin tight draperies.
STITCHING enters Conspicuously into the
make up of both coats and gowns. For
early autumn fur and feather hoas Will
accompany lavishly stitched redingotes.
Later short and long box coats will an
pear. moderated save for the row
upon row OF machine sewing
The tailor maid Of the fall of 1899 will
not wear the three pieced suit She has
tired of shirt waist. skirt and Jacket.
When the first cold winds blow. you'u
and her physical loneliness clad in skirt
ana chnging redingote as she briskly