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The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05

after the surrender at Appomat-
tox,'' said veteran recently, "a COM
rade and myself went over into the
camp of Walkers division to see how
the men of old Stonewall brigade took
the surrender. The regiments marched
out, stacked arms. and We're moving
off quietly in splendid order when
their brigade band struck up, Amt
/ Glad I'm Out of the Wilderness, and
all stopped to listen. Then the band
played Dixie but there was no cheer
ing. Later came Home, Sweet Home.
and a cheer swelled around the Con-
federate lines and was carried into and
around the Union lines. 1t was not
cheer of exultation, but of common
sympathy and rejoicing
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05

A massive memorial arch is to be
constructed at the Confederate Camp
Chase cemetery in Columbus. Ohio. oy
the former Union soldiers of Coium-
bus.
The arch will be unveiled June 7
and is the first to be erected by tho
northern people to mark the final
resting place OF the Confederate dead.
There are $3.50 bodies buried within
the Enclosure at Camp Chase.
All the Grand Army organizations
of the city will participate in the exer
cises at the unwilling next June.
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Alone.

me priestiy visitants draw near
To speak those words they knew:
The head upon the pillow dreamed.
And toyed when they withdrew.
To him their language was but mock.
For with silent hope he trod
Across those unknown mysteries
That led his soul to God
'Tis ever thus. thro' death and life.
We meet our fate alone;
Each whisper OF the spirit voice
Brings message of our own.
No hand may guide our foot steps.
No lips may voice our need.
Must spring the vital seed.
AS stranger treads the city street,
Each face he meets unknown,
So every soul must wander on.
unrecognized: alone.
Its dreams. its fondest hopes unseen,
Its visions unrevealed-
For mortal eyes are closed to this.
And fieshly lips are sealed.
Doom of the rich and mighty,
Gift OF the poor and weak.
That back our noblest utterance.
or the strongest words we speak.
There dwelis deeper knowledge
NO language may control
And God alone may minister
TO the longiugs OF the soul.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05
Marx spots on Bateleneld.

Marx spots on Battlefield.
The commission appointed by Gov
Yates to locate the positions Of Illi-
nois commands during the siege OF
Vtcksburg. is at Chattanooga.
After learning what Illinois has
done in establishing national parks
at Chickamauga. Lookout Mountain
and Missionary Ridge. the members OF
the party, in connection with the ma
tional commission, which is awaiting
them on the ground. will go over the
battlefield and mark the position Of
each regiment during the various as
saults.
The intention is to erect monuments
to the memory of the soldiers who fell
at Vicksburg between the dates OF
May 1 and July 4. 1863. Seventy-nine
Illinois organizations were engaged in
the siege. which representation was
more than double that of any Other
state.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05
Within call

The authoress. Mrs. Julius NJ. Thru
ton, is revising at the present time the
final sheets of novel. said to be a
Baltimore romance. which is shortly
to be in the hands of the publishers.
She was one day this week debating
to her amanuensis passionate love
scene. in which the hero in intense
excitement calls to the woman of his
heart: Darling. Sweetheart" The
voice of the reader was unconsciously
raised in appeal when the door quickly
opened and the woolly head Of
daughter Of Africa was thrust within,
while it's possessor inquired in dulcet
tones. Did you call me?'
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05

Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton have started a movement to ac-
quire possession of the site OF Fort
Massac. the location of the oldest
white settlement in Illinois The
property, which Is on the Ohio river
in Massac county, is owned by Judge
Green OF Cairo, and he has offered
to give it to the association provided
it is able to secure the necessary state
or national aid in permanently caring
for the historic place. 1t is proposed
to lay out park and otherwise mark
it as great strategic point in the
history of the country
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05
Pass Many Psnsion Buls.

All records of speed in the enact
ment of pension legislation were bro
ken by the House of Representatives
on March Is. when 229 private bills
of that character were passed in ITO
minutes, or more than two a minute.
Since the beginning OF the present
session of congress. 5.672 private pen
sion bills have been introduced, and
it is morally certain that with the
close of the present fiscal year there
will be at least one million names OF
the pension rolls.
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In . Tight Place.

At Peach Tree Creek cong anies H
and K crossed the creek on foot log,
and made their way toward the timber
in front Before we had gone far we
met a heavy column of rebels. and.
deploying as skirmishers, we fell back
on house with paling fence about
it. Corporal Coleman of Company 4 4,
in trying to make his way through
the fence in front of the house, was
held for some minutes under the fire
of the enemy. He got his body
through all right. but his knapsack
caught in the paliugs. and in way TO
hold him fast. He struck out with his
hands and feet like a man swimming.
but in a few minutes got a grip on
himself. coolly unbuckled the straps
of his knapsack, left it hanging in
the fence and rushed on with the
company to the house. where ne ala
good service. until we We're REINFORCED
by a full brigade.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
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alK11gleu&

cause they are something which Coz
gives us to offer unto him, to do our
very best. in acknowledgment Of his
love. 1t is his earth we walk on; hiD
air We breathe; his sun. the emblem
of his a3l-penetrating love, which
gladdens us. Eternity! Yes, that, too.
is present to us. and is part of our
Joy % earth. God has given US faith
to make our future home as certain to
US as this, our spot Of earth; and hope.
to aspire strongly to 1t; and love.
as foretaste of the all-surrounding.
ever-unfolding. Almighty love of our
own God.-F. r. Pussey
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05

After ALL" said the Colonel. at is
only by calling out the recollections Of
soldiers that we can get the real color
and atmosphere of life in the old army
Some time ago when the discussion
as to the manner of the shooting Of
Col Dan McCook at Kenesaw was. at
white heat l met James r. Midcap
of the Twenty-second Indiana. He
had been talking about soldiers hav-
ing severe attacks of buck fever i'll
battle. and without any reference TO
the controversy he said that he had a
severe attack of that kind the day
Col Dan. McCook was shot.
Everybody asked in breath where
he was at that time. and he said
quietly that he was within reach of
Col DaIs coat-tail and Saw the man
who fired the shot that struck the
colonel down. Up to that time. he
said, he had been greatly excited, but
when he saw the tall. thin rebel aim
directly at the colonel. the buck fever
left him, and he aimed carefully and
deliberately blaZed away almost in
shot at McCoof bpt an instant too
late to save McCook. In answer to
the questions of the boys. he said re,
he did net know whether he killed che
fellow or not and he cidnt care TO
know. but he was sure that ne aimed
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05

Rev. Richard Heber Newton, who
has resigned the pastorate Of All Souls
Protestant Episcopal church to accept
call from the Leland Stanford uni
versity pulpit at salary OF $4,000 per
year. has been actively engaged as a
New York clergyman for thirty-three
years. His father before him was q
famous preacher. Rev. Richard New
ton, Of All Souls. Philadelphia, who
had SO advanced in theological thought
that the older clergy antagonized him
for many years. DR.. Newton himself
has always been more or less at enmity
with his brethren of the cloth. and be
has been up for heresy a number OF
times, but was never called to actual
trial. He is voluminous writer.
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A Happy World.

This world of ours is a happy world
so that God is our end. so that we can
say to him, Thou art my God" Then
everything takes new hues of joy and
love. Our daily comforts have
soul in them. for they abound in
thanksgiving; our daily infirmities or
crosses ha re special joy in them,
because they are SO tenderly fitted to
us by the medicinal hand of our God:
the commonest acts of life are full of
deep interest, because their end is
God; daily duties are daily Joys. be-
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05

Happy he who at the days end can
say. Il have done something to-day"
The heather poet sings, "A master-ltfs
that man must live, and joyous, Who
can justly say at fall Of each successive
eve. 1 have lived to-day" He said
II OF life OF pleasure. but it is thrice
as truly said of life of duty. And
not unworthy of the theme has
Christian man sung in our times:
Duty done is the souls Preside
Blest who keeps that inEle wide
And such duty" as another sings.
lis path that all may tread The
ordinary days work is honored and,
sanctified by it. And surely still more,
true is it of some piece of work done
for Christ's sake and Christ's only. To
have seen a fallen brother regain his
feet; to have trained little child: to
have watched a sick one through to
the end: above all, to have stood by
and prayed and spoken while a soul
passed out of darkness into light,
that is a contamination, fact accom-
plished. over which too many praises
can never be sung.-R. w. Barbour
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05
Remove Historic Bridge.

The Illinois Central Railroad com
pany is now removing one of the his
toric bridges of southern Illinois. D
is the bridge across the Bug Muddy
river north of Carbonate. During the
civil war the place was considered a
strategic point The southern Sympa-
thizers In Egypt" threatened to burn
the structure to keep the northern
army from moving troops to the Chic
river. 1t was guarded for some time
by several companies of artillery and
cavalry.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05

father has as much to do in re.
fusing or withholding what would
harm his child as in giving what his
child desires. This is not because OF
the fathers unwillingness to give.
but because of the child's lack OF
knowledge of what he needs or is best
for him. One of the highest proofs
Of our heavenly Fathers love is in his
refusing to give us so many things
that We ask for longingly day by day.
TO have each day. the thing l wish.
Lord. that seems best to me;
But not to have the thing | wish.
Lord, that seems best to thee"
Our evening thanks should often in
clude what God has refused. during,
the day of our special petitions of the
morning.
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FL
Duty'a Aim,

We have each to do our duty in that
sphere of life in which we have been
placed. Duty only is true; there is no
true action but in its accomplishment
Duty is the end and aim of the high
est life. The truest pleasure of all is
that derived from the consciousness OF
it's fullfilment. OF all others. it is the
one that is the most thoroughly sat
isfying and the least accompanied by
regret and disappointment. In the
words of George Herbert, the con-
seriousness of duty performed gives
us music at idnight.'-Smiles.
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q. w. Bradley.

Soldest Living ex-Confederate Soldier,
Resident of TENNESSEE
injuries, he can now ride a horse or
Jump from a street car if necessity re-
aquires.
Bradley had a number of relics in
the way of watches and canes. some of
which he has given to the soldiers
home near Sedalia, Mo. He counts on
being at the Dallas reunion. He was
under Gen. Sterling Price and was in
the Usage, Pea Ridge and Lexington
campaigns and a 'marcher" from Tex
as to Missouri. His home is in the
last state.
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The Unit OF Society.

One of the most OF modern heresies
is the one that makes tina individual
and not the family the unit of society.
Man by himself Is not a complete be-
ing. Man and woman as husband and
wife together make the unit. 1t is an
essential part of the teaching of Christ
that the unit OF society is the family.
The father who commands the respect
and love of his children is the best
citizen before the law as well as the
best Christian on the eyes OF God
Rev. A. p. Doyle, Roman Catholic
BROOKLYN. y. Y.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05

Talk of moderatorship of the forth
coming Presbyterian general assem-
bly, comes down to the fact that some
probably be chosen, since the assem-
bly, will this year celebrate the CEN
tennial of Presbyterian home mission
effort. The Rev. DR.. Henry Van Dyke
of Princeton. has been put forward by
western interests, and against him
home mission interests are said quietly
to be bringing out the Rev DIR. John
Dixon. the assistant secretary of the
board of home missions He is regard
ed as satisfactory to all elements but
is clasSed as conservative. The
board of home missions makes an APP
peal 10 Presbyterian churches through
out the country to join with the gen
eral assembly, in observing Sunday.
May IS. as the centennial anniversary
of home missions. The board says to
these churches, in its appeal. that the
supreme Importance of evangeliZing
our own country, the splendid history
of home missions in founding and
nourishing more than 5000 of exist
ing Presbyterian churches, and the
mighty inspiration which such united
celebration will bring forth. summon
the people to gratitude, prayer and
conservation. 1t is suggested that
historic sermons be given on the day
named, and the board of home mis-
sions has Just issued historic sketch
to serve as material"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05

G. w. Bradley, who has been So
journing at Brownsville, Tenn, is SO
years old. and is said to be the oldest
living ex-confederate in the United
States. He was born June 9, 1909, six
miles from Lynchburg, Va. He is &C
tive, although almost a centenarian.
He fought in eighteen smoky ARRAYS
of the civil war. was torn to pieces by
a shell. one leg was broken, an eye put
out and heel torn off. Despite these
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05

Applicant-Of course, in presenting
my claims for this appointment. I do
not ask or expect any preference to be
shown: l merely desire to enter the
competition on the same footing with
the others
Examiner-Precisely but you must
bear in mind that in estimating COM
parative fitness. a mans footing will
have little to do with it: it will be his
head that will establish his standing
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05

Not rest, but aspiration and move
ment upward toward an unattained
but possible good is heaven. To sit
would be monotonous. But to be free
drowsily amid absolute perfection
from pain and be filled with asptra
ton, as one catches the fair vision OF
some new tomorrow. is to fill one
with the exhilaration of life and Joy.
We shall forever be reaching forward
to the things that are before" ALI
who believe in Christ have certain
and glorious future.-Rev. G. B. Vos-
burg, Baptist, Denver Col.
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Made In Heaven,

Little Ethel. a Columbus hve-year-
old, recently heard her mamma say
that there wasn't a match in the house.
That night when the mother heard
Ethel's prayer the little girl concluded
by saying: And please. bod, send US
a box wv matches. Amen"
Why do you ask God for matches.
Ethel?" asked the parent in surprise
Coz replied Ethel. didn't Aunt
Ruth say that matches wuz made in
heaven ?"-Ohio State Journal
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Spiritual Pros perity.

We must not forget what we have
inherited from the past There has
been no such century of uneXampled
prosperity. 1t is for US to say if this
material, moral and spiritual prosper
ity shall continue. In our hands Is the
lever which sways the switch. In
nations life, as in an individuals life.
now is the day of salvation, and IL
Christians only do their duty all wiik
be well.-Rev. DR.. Baker, Presbyta'
rian. Pennsylvania.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05

Only a little study and observation
will be sufficient to convince us that
all the finer spirits of our race have
lived and worked on the lines of self
denial and selfSacrifice. A great i'm
pulse. borne on the breath of heaven,
has over-mastered them. Personal in
terests-the love of life and the pleas
ures of life-have yielded to a higher
motive. They have voluntarily lost
their lives, and losing them have saved
them. To such men we owe all that is
noblest in our civilization and grand
est in our liberties. The measure of
their greatness has been that of their
self-denial. They have suffered much
that we might suffer less. They have
defended human rights by enduring
unspeakable Vrongs. They have died
for the truth that we might live by its
liberated might. And now their mem
DRY is the life-blood of the moral
world. What they did for themselves
we do not thank them for, but We do
thank them for all they did for us.
They have passed away. but their
bleeding feet are yet beautiful upon
the MOUNTAINS. and their aching brows
are diademed with glory; they lost
Indulgence, but they live to rule us
from their graves with a sovereignty
srander and more lasting than the
Caesars or the Napoleons ever knew
And what shall we say of the
crowned and holy Sufferer 20 whom,
because of his self-chosen agony, there
Is given name which is above every
name" He stood for the principle of
sacrifice. He died on the cross Of a
malefactor to impress upon the world
his own ideal. and to prove that the
law of love was the final bond of So
ciety; that love is the essence of di-
vinity: that love. suffering for anoth-
sr, is the highest form Of love. and that
by this power alone the wrong and
nate of the world is to be conquered,
and its SHINING and sufferings millions
gathered home to the God who him
self is love.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05
Pressing.

Inc girl wrote feverishly. turning
out tour or five great historical novels
per month.
AS she was but Is, her encourage
We're concerned and demonstrated.
VIII you take time to bud into
womanhood?" said they.
We'll. | should say nit" replied
she. Why, this can be done any
time. regardless of market condi.
lions. New York Sun
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05
Gen uine Grief.

Poor man! He was so cut up yes
tsrday He got telephone message
that his wife's pet dog had been run
over and killed"
Why should the death of dog
make him feel so badly"
That wasn't it. He felt badly when
he got home and found it was all a
mistake"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05
Slightly Nervous.

Slightly Nervous.
Everything was in readiness. The
groom. best man and the minister
were gathered in the vestry. The or
ganist began to play and the minister
started for the door
Wait one moment. DOCTOR" called
the nervous groom. Is 1t the right or
left hand the ring goes on?"
The left" hurriedly replied the
minister
Aud doctor, isis 1t kisstermary to
cuss the bride?
But the minister had fed
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05

Its a shame" exclaimed MeanSer-
ing Mike. as he tossed the piece OF
newspaper from him
What was you readin' about?" ask
ed Flooding Pete.
Desc donations by Andrew Carne-
gle. Its a shame to be spendin' so
much money for libraries when dey
orter be buyin' cook books fur some O.
desc jails we have to stop at
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05
A Relief.

You are taking a great deal OF in
terest in society
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum
Il used to make fun OF receptions and
that sort OF thing. But ! declare it's
something of relief to get into a
gathering OF people where nobody
can make a political speech or a touch
for campaign fund
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05

Did you see the prince
Yes"
What do you think of him."
We'll" answered the man who has
a hollow where the bump of venera-
ton ought to be, he has my approval
He knows what's business. He real
ICES that nobody would pay to see him
and is willing to give the show free
for the sake of the advertisement" -
Washington Star.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05

In general the law of life is the
law of growth and self-expression.
Dead things do not grow nor have
anything to reveal. But living things
grow and must reveal their hidden
treasures. This necessity OF express
sion in the lower world prepares us for
the necessity OF a self-revelation Of
man. Mans earliest, latest, deepest
necessity is the necessity of giving
forth his one message. the secret that
God has breathed into him.-Rev. DR.
n. D. Hills. Congregationalist, Brook
Ign, New York.
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BALCONIES. Need PASSWORDS.

The Russian officials have an
nounced that balloonists must have
passports. This means that should
you drop out of a balloon and fall into
Russian territory the result my be
serious to you, if you are found to be
without a passport signed by a Rus
sian consul
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05
Civil war Coffee.

Did you ever see the big quart TN
cups furnished to the army during the
civil war;" asked a man in group
who were talking about conee inose
tin cups were the real article. the Dest
quality of heavy tin-almost as tnick
and durable as sheet iron.
II still have the one l carrie4 all
through the war; also my knife ana
fork, tin platter and spoon. Money
couldn't buy them. Whenever 1 look
at that tin CLIP it brings back souno
which l have never heard anywhere
but in soldiers camp. In the early
morning, when the men were getting
breakfast, this curious CHATTER rang all
through the camp: every soldier was
pounding his ration of coffee In his
big tin cup with the iron handle OF MS
knife The army couldn't carry coffee
grinders around with them. and pound
ing the coffee was the only way we
had of making it fine enough to ex-
tract its essence by boiling. Some OF
us got so expert that you could hardly
have told our pounded coffee from col
fee ground in a mill, but it took time
apd patience.
My old tin cup is battered in the
bottom like a beaten brass plaque. I'd
like to show it to you. But with all
that banging and hard usage 1t never
sprang a leak. No. stree, Uncle Sans
tin cups were made for rough service,
and they stayed by us. until the war
was over"
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Poip is OF Wow,

Marie he said. passionately. as he
threw himself at the feet OF the rich
widow, will you be my wife,
Yes. John" she murmured. putting
her arms about his neck 1t means
the sacrifice OF my fortune. for my
income from my late husbands estate
ceases on my second marriage but my
love for you is such"
Marie. | can not accept the sacrl-
fee. 1t is too much, l will be a
brother to you"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-05

How does it come you write such
lovely dialect verse;" asked the en-
thusiastic editor.
Why. you see replied the budding
author, Il use stub pen. and lots OF
ink. write left-handed with my eyes
bliudfolded."