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SPEECH OF REV.
II. 6. MILLER
DECORATION DAY SERVICE
OF KNIGHTS PYTHIAS AND
q. A. r. rIAY THIRTIETH

At the request of the EAGLE
Rev. Henry G Miller has prepar-
ed for publication his speech de-
livered at the Decoration day SER
vice of the c.. A. r. and Knights
of Pythias, held at the Congrega-
tional church Thursday evening
May 30th. 1t is an unprecedented
portrayal of northern valor and
southern chivalry, places credit
where credit is due, and may be
read with feeling of pride by
every American.
Comrades of the Grand Army
of the Republic, Brother Knights
of Pythias, Ladies and Gentle
men:-At a meeting of the Sec
ond Continental Congress held in
Carpenters Hall, Philadelphia,
just after the Battle of Lexingto ton
where the" minute men of '75''met
the"red coats" and sent them back
to Boston;and the Battle of Bunker
Hill, where the "Knightly"Warren
chrlstened the American soil with
his blood in the name of Liberty;
Richard Henry Lee the grand
uncle of the Cavalier Commander
of the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia, Gen. Robert Lee; one of
the delegates from the old Do
n1inion; rose from his seat, and
exclaimed: "henceforth we must
no longer be Virginians, or Mary
landers or Carolinians, or Penn
sylyanians, or New Englanders,
but all be "Americans." In that
spirit | trust we meet together
night-Americans! all of us.
Americans, whose hearts throb,
not for particular State or Sec
ton. Whose love for the country,
and the Stripped and Starry Ban
ner, is such that we glory in the
name, American, no matter from
what section of the Great Empire
we hail.
Our Annual Memorial Day is
charged with heart stirring mem
ories. The boys and girls that
were born in 1866, the year after
the close of the war are now IS
years of age. A new generation
that has come on the stage since
Grant said to his fallen but noble
foe. Let us have peace!" To
this new generation the day is
only an occasion of flowers, of
music, of parade or a holiday.
But to the fathers and mothers
it is vastly more-it is pregnant
with heart stirring memories.
Never to be forgotten scenes
crowd themselves upon them.
The exciting and stirring discus
sions in Congress, and on the
hustings before that long and
desperate struggle. Vivid, is
their recollection of the shot fired
at Sumpter and the flag; and
which reused the nation, from
Maine to California. They remem-
Der the call to arms. Again they
see, the hurrying forming ranks
of men, as they come from city,
town, village and farm. Again
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they see, the brave but fearful
mothers, wives, sisters and sweet
hearts, as they watch and wait
along the line Of march; and with
aching hearts, cheer their loved
ones on the road to duty. They
remember the long, lonely wait
ing at home. The hardships of
the camp. The dusty wearisome
march. The shock and bloody
barbarism of the battle. The
heart breaking loneliness of the
hospital and prison. To those
whose memories are filled with
pictures like these, Memorial day
has a meaning, depth of pathos
about it, which others cannot
measure.
How our memories recall those
days! We were yet boys. How
we saw the boys, the youth of our
towns and villages filled with
youthful enthusiasm, with springy
elastic step, atheletic bearing,
bright eye, in full health and
v1gor; march down our cities
streets, keeping step to bands
playing, The Girl l Left Behind
me-, or "Garryowen." Every one
of them anxious to be at the front
to defend the starry flag.
Look at some of those boys now.
The few feeble, gray haired men
who march IN the annual process
sion to do reverence to their COM
rades, who in that terrific conflict
kissed the soil they loved, and
baptized it with their lifes' blood.
Look how
Thin grow the ranks!-A few worn weary men,
with the white spray of age upon each brow,
Come in sad memory of those far off DAYS
When they marched gayly where they falter now.
"A few are left. how short has grown the list!
we call 1t tenderly with bated breath.
Lest from our ranks shOnd fade the noble band
10 answer the roll-call of the ruler Death.
"Few,few are left The ranks grow thin and wide
Apart as the dim armies OF the past;
Silent and slow they come, who once
Their conquering forces on the foeman cast.
Only few, with weak and faltering tread.
And for little while their march they keep
Ger the rough ways of poverty and age
TO bivauc grounds Of rest so green and deep.
Thin grow the ranks In silent camp thew wait.
VINO shared those hours of victory or defeat;
And marble sentries guard the sacred SPOT
Where war-worn heroes rest in slumber sweet
''sofew are left Where are those gallant ones
Who led the conquering band to victory,
Who out of darkness brought the light of peace
And set a race of suffering people free?-"
SO few but ah The golden fruited years
Have scattered memory's blossoms on their way:
And a glad nation comes with thankful heart
To tell its love on Decoration Day."
1t does us good occasionally to
pause and think. To consider
how much the flag, with it's un-
torn folds, and its ever adding
stars has cost in treasure and
blood.
On the other hand it is a great
JOY and matter of thanks giving.
that the bitterness between the
sections engaged in that conflict
has died out. That the arts of
peace have united in real fellow
ship, and interest all parts of our
great republic. 1t is a delight
tul fact we have learned torespect
and love-yes, even to prefer one
another. Can we not rejoice that
the president, who himself was
a comrade in arms for four years,
has chosen for the regular army
two men who had been conspi-
ClO1lS and SI1cCeCSf,1 ,ra,,oro1o c
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AS their music peals over tn
chamberd dust of the Father O
his Country, they proclaim t.
the world, that the memory O.
Washington can not die. Ameri
ca has had other deeds to remem
Der as sacred since Washington
led his accomplishing heroes
starving and barefooted acros;
the SHOWS at Valley Forge. His
tory has stretched forth hel
sacred hand and carved the names
of other immortals. On the
sacred scroll in blazing letters
and high above every other name
is the name of Americas best be.
loved son, the greatest American
of them all: Abraham Lincoln
There are names from the North
land, and names from the South.
land. Ulysses S. Grant, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Philip Henry
Sheridan. Virginias's noble son,
George H. Thomas. The pride
of Illinois, John A. Logan. The
Christian Soldier, Oliver Otis
Howard. The invincible sailor
from the Mountains of Tennessee,
David Glasgow Farragut. The
fearless Yankee Skipper, Andrew
Hull Foote. And may we not add,
for they also were Americans;
The noble soldier of the Confeder-
acy--"The chevalier sans reproche
ct sans pareil"Robert Edward Lee.
And the great Puritan Chieftan,
Americas Cromwell, Thomas
Jonathan Jackson! | might add
scores of other names, all like these
noble. But time forbids me to cal
the roll; all of whom have honored
and made lustrious the name
American. And as often as the
circling year brings us into the
season of flowers, we rejoice to dc
reverence to our never to be
forgotten dead.
In all Our studies in nature, one
principle is always applicable,
namely: The outward and visible,
are the expression of something
anteCedent, and unseen. A flower,
a plant, tree, compells us to in
fer all anteCedent, something of
which these are the utterance.
In the same method the external
world, leads us up to the necessity
for the Infinite. We infer God,
as living out himself in the great
exhibitions of the universe.
Throwing out the golden spray
of multitudinous worlds, to the
weight and rush and throb of his
own wonderous nature. Spontan-
eous life being ever the proof and
outflow, of spontaneous love. By
the same method we under
stand the history of mankind. We
look for the ideas and impulses of
which actions and events are the
expression and effect. Neither in
nature or history can anything,
isolated or viewedI alone, give
adequate account of itself. Lose
sight of this principle, nature
becomes incoherent and mindless,
while history seems purposeless,
whimsical and capricious.
Without considering this prin-
ciple, the terrific war through
which our country passed nearly
forty years ago, becomes merely a
strife, without sanctity in its sac
rifices, glory in its achievements
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Army or the Republic, to deliver
the Memorial Grafton at the Tomt
of Genl. Grant.
For years it has been delight.
ful experience on part of some
comrades, of posts who visited the
city of Richmond. In order that
they might revisit the scenes of
those dark and bloody days; to
receive, the warmest greeting
and most generous welcome, from
the members of the camps of
Confederate Veterans in that
city. What transformation
time has wrought! The impact
of battle has become indeed the
embrace of fraternal love.
When the Grand Army of the
Republic met in Louisville, Ky.
in 1895. Henry Waterson speak
ing the words of welcome said:-
1T is with a kind of exultation,
that | fling open the gateway to
the South. l bid you welcome
in the name of the people whose
voice is the voice of God. You
came and we resisted you; you
come and we greet you; for times
change and men change with
them. You will find here scarce
ly sign of the battle, not a
reminicence of it's passions. Grim
visaged war has smoothed his
wrinkled front; and which ever
way you turn On either. side, you
shall encounter as you pass those
molderlng heaps which remind
you of your valor, and travail
only the magnanimous spirit of
dead heroes, with Grant and
Sherman, and Thomas and Logan
looking down from the happy
stars, as if repeating the words of
the Master: "Charity for all; NAL
ice towards none" We, too, have
our graves; we too, had our heroes.
all, are comrades now upon the
other side, where you and | must
shortly join them. Blessed, thince
blessed we who have lived to see
fulfilled the Psalmists prophecy
of peace
Peace in our quiet dales,
Made rankly fertile by the blood of men;
Peace in the woodland, and the lonely glen,
Peace in the peopled Wales.
Peace in the crowded town;
Peace in the thousand fields of waving grain :
Peace in the highway and the fowery lane;
Peace FER the windswept down.
Peace in the whirring marts;
Peace where the scholar thinks the hunter
roams;
Peace, God of peace, peace, peace in all
our homes
And all our hearts,"
On this Memorial day, with its
mingled pathos and exultation
there ought to be kindled in all
our hearts patriotism of that
high and noble kind, which gives
sympathy and appreciation to all
alike. To every one who loves
the name of America, and loves
her liberty.
On this day of American glory,
as the old scenes rise before us;
as we are thrilled and moved, by
which our eyes have seen, and
part of which we were. Let us
remember that in that drama, all
the actors were Americans. The
heroic deeds were the outgrowth
of American valor, and thus only
can it be one of our Nations Holy
days.
The character Of u paop1a &c
The Lamar register., 1901-10-16
Mex inicy on ANARCHY,

In the light of the tragedy at Buff
falo. a peculiar interest attaches to an
address delivered by Mr.. Mckinley at
the dedication of soldiers and sail
ors home in Cleveland on July 4. 1894.
Just before he spoke the assembled
school children of Cleveland had sung
patriotic song. beating time to their
music with flags which they held in
their hands. Mr.. Mckinley began by
referring to this pleasing sight. add
ing: With patriotism in our hearts
and with the flag of our country in our
hands there is no danger of anarchy
Anarchy fees before patriot
ism. Peace and order and security and
liberty are safe SO long as love of coun-
try burns in the hearts of the people,
Liberty to make our own
laws does not give us license to break
them. Liberty to make our own laws
commands duty to observe them our
selves and enforce obedience among
all Others within their Jurisdiction
Liberty, my fellow-citizens. is respon-
sibility, and responsibility is duty, and
that duty is to preserve the exceptional
liberty we enjoy within the law. and
for the law. and by the law" His
statement that anarchy and patriotism
are deadly foes could have had no
more striking Illustration than his own
death. By personal conviction as well
as by official position Mr.. Mckinley
was the embodiment of the idea of lib
erty under law. He was struck down
because of that fact His death teaches
the same lesson as his Cleveland
speech-that the enforcement of just
laws and the inculcation of true pa
triotism are the safest and surest
means of suppressing anarchy.
The Lamar register., 1901-10-16
Odors Permeare Foodsfutfs

A fish dealer in one of the most styl-
fish parts of New York was deeply hurt
and badly worried recently by the
complaint of one of his big customers
that fine salmon which he had sent
to the house for a big dinner had
proved to be entirely uneatable when
served. owing to most penetrating
taste of creosote that pervaded it. The
fish dealer realized, although the
charge was not made directly. that he
was more than suspected of having
sold stale fish that had been washed
or brushed with an antiseptic prepara-
ton to hide its condition. He knew
that the salmon had been perfectly
fresh when he sold it and for days he
puzzled in vain over the problem. But
suddenly he remembered that on the
.day the fish was sent out tank wagon
full of creosote had stopped before his
place. and that his cart, into which
the fish had been placed, was directly
alongside of the powerful stuff. That
appears to have been enough to per-
meate the delicate flesh of the fish. The
experience should be lesson against
exposing any foodstuffs to influences
in the streets of this city.-New fork
Press.
The Lamar register., 1901-10-16
TAKING BATHS IN FINLAND.
Heroic Methods by which the Men Cleanse
lheir Bodies.

primitiye sort of Turkish bath is
INDUCED in by some of the finlanders
of northern Norway. In winter in this
part of the country the thermometer
averages forty degrees below zero and
water bathing Is not practicable. lhese
Finlanders, unlike the Lapps farther
north, have an instinct for Dodlly
cleanliness and manage to preserve 1t
after the following fashion: Paul Du
Chaillu, who knows from personal eN-
perience, declares the method hne.
Each hamlet has n bath house Tor
common use. 1t is perhaps fifteen rect
long by twelve feet wide. 1t boasts
no windows and only when the door Is
opened can air or light enter.
Bathing day comes once week
Saturday. Early in the morning of
that day wood is brought and Il fire
started. When the stones become hot
the fire Is put out, the place cleaned, II
large vessel of water and some slen-
der birch twigs brought in and the
preparations declared complete. AS no
dressing room is provided. toilets are
unmade and made in the various
homes. 1t Is scarcely necessary to ndu
that no time Is lost in the progress
from the home to the bath house. No
clothes and n temperature of forty de-
grees below zero are incentives TO
haste.
When all the men and boys are in
the bath house and the door closed,
water is thrown upon the hot stones
until the place is filed with steam.
Perspiration pours from the swelter-
ing bodies, yet more active exercise Is
demanded and switches come into
play. Each bather lays on his neigh
Dor with will until 'Enough! Is
cried. Again water Is thrown upon the
stones, more steam raised and another
switching indulged in. As may he
imagined the bodies are now rs red as
boiled Holsters and the blood circulate
ing actively A roll in the snow conf
pletes this novel bath.
The Lamar register., 1901-10-16
Old Az, Pensions In Russ la.

The st. Petersburg Official Messen-
ger announces that pensions available
for the families of the beneficiary af-
ter his death will henceforward be
granted to all workmen in state em-
ploy. For the present the measure is
only promulgated as n provisional
ukase, but it is to be embodied among
the permanent laws of the Russian EN-
pirc. The newspapers hail the reform
as one which all private capitalists en-
ploying labor on II large scale will be
compelled to adopt.
The Lamar register., 1901-10-16
America Leads.

cotton goods. the United States consumed
more raw cotton than Great Britain,
which has always held supremacy In this
industry, Just as Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters has been the best family medicine
and which has retained its prestige for
over fifty years. Today the Bitters is used
in almost every home. 1t cures dyspepsia.
indigestion, constipation and biliousness
also puriiies the blood. calms the nerves,
and builds up the entire system.
The Lamar register., 1901-10-16
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO. So

Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he is tho
senior partner of the firm of f. ]. Cheney g. CO.,
doing business In the City of Toledo County
and State aforesaid. and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of Catarrh that cannot bo
cured by the use OF Halls Catarrh Cure
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day OF December. A. D. lssd
tSEALl ~ W. MAJ pnhlIc
Halls Catarrh Cure IS taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
f. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. q
Sold by Druggists, 1jc.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Lamar register., 1901-10-16
People and
* EJe17fS
90 Reoresenf King Oscar.

The Rt.-Rev. Knute Henning Gezel-
ius Won Schee @. Bishop of Gotland and
member of the lower house of the
Riksdag OF Sweden. has arrived in the
United States. He comes here as the
personal representative OF King Oscar
and also as the official delegate of the
Established Church of Sweden. The
purpose of his visit, as expressed In
the kings letter. of which he is the
bearer. "is to strength n the ties that
unite tho Swedish Lutheran church OF
America to the Swedish mother
church." Bishop Won Scheele Is ac-
companied by Mrs. Won Scheele and
DR.. l.. G. Abrahamson. president OF
the Illinois conference of the August
ana Synod. who is returning from the
recently concluded international Lu-
The Lamar register., 1901-10-16

See here. Cassidy" said De kanter.
81 caught one of your bartenders to-day
putting water in the whisky" We'll.
sor." Cassidy replied, 'ye must under
stand that we have to make some con-
cissions to the temperance people,
The Lamar register., 1901-10-16

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are
easier to use and color more goods brigh-
ter and faster colors than any other dye.
Sold by druggists, 10c. per package.
The Lamar register., 1901-10-16

"Smithers can tell as good n fish stor.
as anybody l know. | told him an awfu
whopper the other night. but he matche.
it," "How?' He said he believed me.
The Lamar register., 1901-10-16
Haii's Family PMS are the best.

At the beginning of the Civil War n
newly fiedged captain found several MEM
bers of his company indulging in a lively
and made them n handsome speech, be-
ginning: 81 hope we have no lighting
men among us!"
The Lamar register., 1901-10-16

Flying machine men are talking of
forming n trust. If they manage to float
1t they will do better than many of them
have with their machines.
The Lamar register., 1901-10-16

FITS Permanently Curca. >o its nervousness afte
frst day OF Dr. Kline Great Nerve Restorel
Send for FREE S2.OO trial pottle and treatis'
The Lamar register., 1901-10-16

Millions of sufferers use Wizard OIL
for pain every year and call it blessed.
Ask the druggist. he knows.
The Lamar register., 1901-10-16

with the constantly increasing require
ments of school boards there will soon be
no place for school ma ans like the one
who wrote: at amt much they pays l.
and 1t ain't much teaches they.
The Lamar register., 1901-10-16

"And when he proposed did you tell
him to see me?" inquired her mother
81 did. and he said he had seen you sew
eral times. but that he loved me. not
withstanding,
The Lamar register., 1901-10-16

Mrs. winsiow's Soothing syrur.
For children teething softens the gums reduces In
nammaton ailays pain. cures wind cole. 25c bottle
The Lamar register., 1901-10-16

UndeterEed by failure to capture the
Americas cup, Sir Thomas Upton is
said to be trying to win an American
bride. The lady is Mrs. Ronald Stuart
of New York. a handsome widow.
The Lamar register., 1901-10-16
Pisos Cure cannot be too highly spoken o. a.
. cough cure.-J. w. oBRIEN. s22 Third Ave,
, N, Minneapolis MINI. Jan. 8, 1900

A Philadelphia man has recently dis
covered down In South America n plant
that drinks. 1t will probably prove 10 be
a beat,
The Lamar register., 1901-10-16

THE COLORADO TENT 4 AWNING Co, Robsr,
i /. GutshAll, Pres. Largest manufacturers In
wost Write for cat'rg. lJi7-23 Lawrence 81, Denver
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tournament at Mt. Airy.

Carroll, Frederick, Montgomery and How
ard county farmers united in picnic and
tournament at Mt. Airy last Saturday. Mr..
Fisher, of Frederick, was master of ceremon-
les. The first speaker of the day was Mr..
Patterson, of the experimental station of the
Maryland Agricultural College, who was fol-
lowed by Prof Amos, of the Farmers lnst-
tute of Maryland.
The riding started at 2.35, and continued
for hours and Is minutes. There were SIX
knights and two heralds. The charge to the
knights was delivered by Mr.. j. Milton Ref
snider, of the Westminster Bar. Mr.. Alvey
Wilson was chief marshal, and Mr.. Riggs
Dorsey was assistant marshal.
The first prize was won by Knight Carver,
of Locust Grove; the second prize by knight
Mercer, of Pleasant Valley; the third by knight
Amos, of Mountain View, and the fourth by
Knight Brown, of Springfield. Mr.. Ii. Dor
sey Etchison, Of the Frederick Bar, made the
coronation address Mrs Carver was crowned
queen of love and beauty by her husband,
Knight Carver Miss Edith Peddicord was
crowned first maid; Miss Grace PURGE, second
maid; Miss Ella Dorsey, third maid; Miss Amy
Eiler, fourth maid; Miss Mary Wordsworth,
fifth maid. Miss Sallie Sellman and Miss
Katie Gould, of Mount Airy, were the heralds
for the knights. The entire evening, after the
coronation. was taken up in dancing. The
Frederick City Select Orchestra rendered the
music. The committee in charge consisted
of Messrs. F. l. Lewis, o. M. Spurrier, John
Hahn, VIM. Griffith, Winter Jones, Albert
MAYNARD, Poole Jones and Albert Dorsey.
The judges were Messrs. johnnie Beasman.
Marshall Warfeld, DIR. Jesse Downey, Robert
Selman, DIR. S. r. Waters. Jos. NJ. Etehison,
C. A. Runkles. Lewis f. Hood, Samuel
Brown and Il. Nj. Anderson.
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Harvey Items.

On Friday evening of last week, as Mr..
John Black, of Barlow, Pa, was coming to
this place, his horse fe! dead. The SUPPOSE
ton is that the horse became suddenly
shocked at the shrill sound of The mill whistle.
Mr. Elmer Wantz, of Waynesboro, Pa,
was a visitor in our town last Sunday.
Mr.. Absalom Smith, an aged auctioueer of
Bridgeport, Taneytown district, died Sunday
morning.
Rev. NJ. L. Beard of Middletown, Freder-
lex county, Md, who twenty years ago was
the beloved pastor of Mt. Joy Lutheran Church
near tins place, preached very eloquent ser
mon last Sunday at St. Paul's Lutheran
Church.
Among our weeks visitors we noted MIR.
Charles Bishop, of Gettysburg; Miss Jennie
Berkheimer, of White Hall; Miss Olive Grower,
and Messrs Warren Hill and Roy Hesson. oil
Baltimore.
Another correspondent writes Mr.. Abso-
lom Smith. whose death was caused by gan
creme, was buried last Tuesday at Piney Creek
cemetery. He left many friends. The funeral
was very largely attended.
Mr.. James Eckenrode, who had been sick
for several weeks, is out and is talking about
going to cut corn. He is ga years old, and
works every day.
Miss Ruth Shaw has returned to her home
in Baltimore.
Messrs. Daniel W. Bowersox and Mervin
l.. Eyler are at Milton Academy for their third
year.
Messrs j. Vincent Eckenrode and ID. Jacob
Hesson were in Baltimore this week.
Miss Olive Gruber is visiting at Mr.. Geo. l.
Shriver's.
Mr. Jacob Newcomer is having an artesian
well dug.
On Sunday last Rev. l.. A. Bierd preached
at the Lutheran Church.