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The National tribune., 1903-05-21
THE UNKNOWN DEAD.
By Estelle Mabe!le Bryant, Binghamton,
y. "

Does it matter how many years
The slain of a noble strife
Have lain in the mould?
Do only the faithful tears
OF the living-mOther or wife
Their memory hold?
Is fame but a mOurner's life,
Can honor ever grow old!
Some are dead who walk among men
Unburied, and some live on;
Tho cOiIined in clay,
Heroes, they died not when
The angel of battle won
Their spirits away;
And their deeds of years long gone
Are the praise Of the land to-day.
For life that strikes the grand
Keynote of the heart of man,
Forever will thrill,
Like harp in heavenly hand;
And the thought that God began
Is living still
Though all is perished that can
OF the brave who served His will.
Immortals! over the line
To their mortal comrades yet
They beckOn and call.
And far in the van their sign
Of stars in glory is set,
That covered their fall,
When the last foe fearless they met,
And stormed eternity's wall.
Under the willows to-day
Their spirits and ours clasp hands;
For never forgot
Is the patriots tryst of May,
Where soldiers headstone stands;
And never Il spot
Our reverent look commands
Where welcome waits it not.
Lost on a thousand fields.
Or gathered in burial blind,
To mingled repose,
Their story no marble yields.
Nor curious heart, nor kind,
One siumber knows
Where the death-roll waits unsigned:
They are silent to friends and foes.
Then deck with your fairest flowers
The graves where the brave Unknown
Are hidden from fame.
Could We offer less? They are ours,
Tho Gods own record alone
Can call their names.
And our lands best glory has grown
From their dust, who fell in the flames
So keep Memorial Day,
For the lost of the battle line,
WHO silently died.
And Nations homage shall Law
Its flowers. with laurels that twine
For the true and the tried,
While the named and the nameless shin,
In glory side by side.
The National tribune., 1903-05-21
An Historic G3vel-

When Commander-in-Chie Stewart Wis
tied the Department of Alabama in An
nual Encampment at Birmingham, Com
rade J. Clyde Millar presented him, in an
appropriate speech, with gavel made
from an iron bolt from the engine Yonah,
on which Conductor Fuller pursued the
''engine thieves" finally overlook them,
and with the assistance of the rebel troops
captured them all. The bot was fash
ioned into handsome gavel by Valentine
Glib, son of a veteran and a very skill
full mechanic
The National tribune., 1903-05-21

Bedewed with the tears of many sad
hours;
Fought thou and died thy country to save,
Earth has no power beyond the grave"
Their strife is DER. their work complete
And that for which they strove is done;
We who remain can but applaud
A noble battle grandly won.
They builded better than they knew
A goodly structure-our fair land;
We mourn the dead, but gladly see
The Blue and Gray stand hand in
hand"
The National tribune., 1903-05-21
Decoration Day on the Place.


It's lonesome-sorto' lonesome--its a Sun
dy-day, to me.
It's pears like-more'n any day 1 nearly
ever seei
Iit, with the Stars and Stripes above, n.
flutterin' in the air,
On ev'ry Soldiers grave I'd love to lay q
lily thare.
They say, though, Decoration Day is gin
erly observed
Most rywhares-espeshally by soldier
boys that's served
But me and Mothers never went-we sell
In pint o fact, we're allus home on Deco
ration Day.
They say the old boys marches through
the streets in columns grand,
A-follerin' the old war-tunes tleyr playin'
on the band
And citizuns all jnin' inland little child
ern, too
All marchin', under shelter of the old Red,
White and Blue
With roses! roses! roses.-ev'rybody in the
town.
And crowds o little girls in white, jest
fairy loaded down.
Oh! don't the boys know It, from theyr
Don't they see theyr com'ards comm and
the old flag wavin' still?
Oh! can't they hear the bugul and the
rattle of the drum p
Amt they no way under heavens they can
rickOllect us some?
Amt they no way we can coax 'em,
through the roses, Jest to say
They know that ey'ry day ON earth's theyr
Decoration Day?
We've tried that-me and mother,-whare
Elias takes his rest.
In the orchard-in his uniform, and hands
acrost his breast,
And the flag he died fer, smilin' and a.
ripplin' in the breeze
Above his grave-and over that,-the rob-
in in the treesi
And yit it's lonesome-lonesome- a
Sund' 'y-day, to me,
1t pears like-more'n any day I nearly
ever see!-
Still, with the Stars and Stripes above, a.
fiutterin' in the air,
On ev'ry Soldiers grave I'd love to lay a
lily thare.
james Whitcomb Riley.
In the heart of n Southern forest,
Where the feet of man ne'er tread.
Is a grass-grown mound, which marketh
The resting place of the dead.
Here in sleep so hushed and deep.
Where but soughing branches wave.
And the Autumn rain, with sad refrain
Falls down on an unknown grave.
John J. w. Reynolds.
The National tribune., 1903-05-21

Hands where you, sister, when tried and
dismayed,
Hung for protection. and counsel and aid;
Clasp in your heart these dead heroes of
| ours,
And cover them over with beautiful flow
Cover the feet that all weary and torn,
Hither by comrades were tenderly borne:
Feet that have trodden through love-light-
ed ways,
Near to your own, in the Old happy days;
Feet that have pressed, in life's opening
morn,
Roses of pleasure and deaths poisoned
thorn.
Crown in your heart these dead heroes of
ours,
And cover them over with beautiful flow
Swiftly they rushed to the help of the
right,
Firmly they stood in the shock of the
fight.
Ne'er shall the enemy's hurrying tramp
Summon them forth from their death
guarded camp:
Ne'er till Eternity's bugle shall sound,
Will they come out from their couch in
the ground.
Rough were the paths of these heroes of
OURS
Now cover them over with beautiful flow
erS.
Cover the hearts that have beaten so high,
Beaten with hopes that were born but to
die;
Hearts that have burned In the heat of
the fray;
Hearts that have yearned for the homes
far away:
Hearts that beat high in the charges loud
Hearts that fell low in the prisons foul
damp.
Press to your heart these dead heroes of
ours.
And cover them over with beautiful flow
Cover the thousands that sleep far away
Sleep where their friends cannot find them
to-day;
They who in mountain and hillside and
dell,
Rest where they wearied and lie where
they fell
So in our minds we will name them once
more,
So in our hearts we will cover them DER;
Think of those far-away heroes of ours.
And cover them over with beautiful flow
ers.
When the long years have crept slowly
away,
Fen to the dawn of earth's funeral day:
Then the glad ear of each war-martyred
son.
Proudly shal. hear the good judgment,
"Well done"
Blessings for garlands shall cover them
over
Parent. and husband, and brother and
lover;
God will reward these dead heroes of ours,
And cover them over with beautiful flow
erS.
Will Carlton.
The National tribune., 1903-05-21
CTune-Old Hundred.)

Blest he the ground where heroes sleep,
And blest the. flag that DER them waves.
It's radiant stars their watch shall keep,
And brightly beam ON hallowed graves.
While Freedom lives their fame shall live
In glory on her blazing scroll,
And love her sacrifice shall give,
While anthems round the altar roll.
Year after year our hands shall bear
Immortal flowers in vernal bloom,
Till God shall call us home to share
Immortal life beyond the tomb.
Our Father, all the praise be thine!
Thy grace and goodness we adore;
Bless our dear land with love divine,
And shed thy peace from shore to shore.
Men have feared that Decoration and
Memorial Days would keep alive the ami
mosities of civil war. They have rather
aided time in dispeliing such feelings. The
beautiful annual custom is silent preach
er of sermons to the people. The tribute
begun in gratitude ends with the lesson
learned of humility and earthly equality.
Pride and circumstance i'll fit a place of
human burial.
"COmrade, we come to you once more,
With only an off'ring of flowers;
The fOndest of mem'ries still are held
Engraved in these hearts of ours
Brothers, We come with sweetest flowers,
The National tribune., 1903-05-21
History of the 61st Ohio.

Mai. Frederick s. Wallace has written,
and Corpl TheO. Mullen. MarysviIe. o..
has published handsome little pamphlet
giving the history of the 61st Ohio. from
the date of its formation until its final
muster-out. with partial list of its losses.
Comrade Mullen offers to send copy to
any cOmrade of the 61st and the SD Ohio.
upon receipt of his address and the post
age-four cents.
The National tribune., 1903-05-21
WASHINGTON D. o. THURSDAY MAY M 1903

the mantel. A mirror hung above It, and
breathlessly looked into its clear depth
looked long-steadfastly-un
laughed, and the laugh dubbed in my
throat like matin chirps of the first Spring
bird.
demanded. Then hid my face on my
folded arms.
''At nothing" I sobbed "I'm so glad!
So glad Im-young-and pretty.'
The National tribune., 1903-05-21
A Fina Kidney Remedy.

Mr.. A. S. Hitchcock, East Hampton, Conn
(The Clothier) says if any sufferer from Kidney
and Bladder Disease will write him he will
dircc. them to the perfect home cure he used
He makes no charge whatever for the favor.
The National tribune., 1903-05-21
a Chance to Make Money.

have berries. grapes and peaches year old,
fresh as when picked. 1 used the California
Cold Process. Do not heat or seal the fruit, just
put it up cold keeps perfectly fresh and costs al
most nothing; can put up bushel in 10 0minutes.
Last year sold directions to over l20 families in
one week; anyone will paya dollar for directions
when they see the beautiful samples of fruit. As
there are many people poor like myself, con-
slider it my duty to give my experience to such
and feel confident any one can make one or two
hundred dollars round home in II few days. 1
will mail sample of fruit and full directions to
any of your readers for nineteen 90 twO-cent
stamps which is only the actual cost of tn" sam
pies, postage, etc. FRANCIS CASEY, st. Louis, Mo.
The National tribune., 1903-05-21
Sleep, Comrades. and Rest.


(Tunc-'Tattoo, or webb"
Sleep, comrades, sleep and rest
On field of grounded arms,
Where foes no more mOlest,
Nor sentry's shot alarms!
Ye've slept on ground before,
And started to your feet
At cannOn's sudden roar,
Or drums redoubling beat.
But in this camp Of death
No sound your slumber breaks;
Here is no fevered breath,
No wound that bleeds and aches,
All is repOse and peace,
Untrampled lies the sod;
The shouts of battle cease,
1t is the truce of God!
Rest. comrades, rest and sleep!
The thoughts of men should be
As sentinels to keep
Your rest from danger free.
Your silent tents of green
We deck with fragrant flowers;
Yours has the suff' ring been,
The memory be ours.
-Longfellow.
Four hundred thousand noble men
The brave, the good, the true;
On battle-plain, or mountain glen,
Lie dead for me and you.
Sleep, soldiers! still in honored rest
Your truth and valor wearing;
The bravest are the tenderest,
The loving are the daring.
=
Sweet are the roses and lilies we bring.
Grand were the heroes whose glory we sing.
Cover Thorn nvar With Re,utyf,I r1ouar,
Cover them over with beautiful flowers;
Deck them with garlands, these brothers
of ours;
Lying so silent, by night and by day,
Sleeping the years of their manhood away;
Years they had marked for the joys of the
brave;
Years they must waste in the sloth of the
grave.
Crown in your heart these dead heroes of
ours,
And cover them over with beautiful flow
Give them the need they have won in the
past;
Give them the honors their merits forecast;
Give them the chaplets they won in the
strife,
Give them the laurels they lost with their
life.
All DTlShI tuey Uldke
bloom
Fell to the earth wien they went to the
Crown in your heart these dead heroes of
ours,
And cover them over with beautiful fow-
erS.
Cover the faces that mOtionless lie.
Shut from the blue of the beautiful sky:
iUh bn Of 20
gay
Faces now marred by the frown of decay
Eyes that beamed friendship and love to
your own;
Lips that sweet thoughts Of affection made
known;
Crown in your heart these dead heroes of
ours.
And cover them over with beautiful flow
Brows you have soothed in the day of dis
tress;
Cheeks you have flushed by the tender ca
resS;
Faces that frightened at wars stirring
Faces that streamed when they babe you
goodbye;
Faces that glowed in the battles red
fame,
Paling for naught, till the death-angel
Kiss in your hearts these dead heroes of
ours,
And cover them over with beautiful flow
erS.
Cover the hands that are resting half-tried,
Crossed on the bosom or low by the side;
Hands to you, mother. in infancy thrown;
Hands that you, father, close hid in your
The National tribune., 1903-05-21
A Monument for the Soldiers.

A monument for the soldiers!
And what will ye build it of?
Can ye build it Of marble, or brass, OF
bronze.
Outlasting the soldiers love?
Can We glorify it with legends
As grand as their blood hath writ
From the inmOst shrine of this land Of
thine
To the outermOst verge of it?
And the answer came: We would build it
Out of our hopes made sure,
And out of our purest prayers and tears,
And out of our faith secure;
We would build it out of the great white
truths
Their death hath sanctified.
And the sculptured forms of the men in
/ arms,
And their faces ere they died.
And what heroic figures
Can the sculptor carve in stone?
Can the marble breasts be made to bleed,
And the marble lips to moan?
Can the marble brow be fevered?
And the marble eyes be rraved
To look their last, as the flag floats past,
On the country they have saved?
And the answer came: The figures
Shall all be fair and brave,
And, as befitting, as pure and white
AS the stars above their grave!
The marble lips. and breast and brow
Whereon the laurel lies,
BeUueath us right to guard the fight
Of the old flag in the skies!
A monument for the soldiers!
Built of peoples love,
And baZoned and decked and panoplied
With the hearts we build it of!
And see that We build it stately,
In pillar and dlniche and gate
And high in pose as the souls Of those
1t would commemorate!
JAMES WHITCoMB RILEY.
The National tribune., 1903-05-21
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Iowa.
The National tribune., 1903-05-21
c. D. PENNEBAKs2 JOHN PAUL JONES.
PENNEBAKER & JONES,
Attorneys and Counselors,
1881 STREET, WASHINGTON. d. q.

1881 + STREET, WASHINGTON, D. O.
Special attention to adjustment of accounts OF civil
war Volunteer Officers
we think very rev officers were properly paid.
Widows (even If remarre, other heirs, enti-
tied. Write for details.
we are especially anxious TO communicate with off,
GERS or their heirs who a. were not paid for recruiting
services for services rendered prior to muster in;
(2) who were denied bounty by reason of promotion;
5l who were dismissed from the service; ID who
denied travel pay by reason of resignation for personal
reasons or convenience; C5) who were not mustered
and paid because command was below minimum num-
Der, and @ who lost U. S pay by of pay.
ment
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-23
COMMISSIONER DISTRICTS.
Legislature Asked to Adjust Them
AIOnu Fair Lines.

A petition was circulated in the city
today asking the legislature to pass
law redistricting Blue Earth county into
commissioner districts, so that Mankato
city and township shall have two and
the balance of the county three. The pc
tition recites that Mankato city has one
third of the population and taxable val
uation of the county and is entitled to
greater representation on the county
board than one commissioner out of fve
This is a matter that should be at
tended to by the present legislature in
justice to the city. The latter wants
no more than what is rightfully due it.
The county has long since outgrown the
system of districts established when the
city was small. The country districts
are not fairly divided as to population OF
wealth, one with another, not to men
ton the disproportionate size of the city
district. In fairness to all, let the re-
districting be done.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-23
LOST HIS BROTHER.
Henry Lurdeen, in Looking for His
Relation, Gets Stranded.

Henry Lundeen of Warren county,
Wisconsin, twenty miles from Sparta, ar
rived in the city Monday without money
and with hard luck story. He said
that eleven years ago his brother, Will
lam, left home and went to North Da-
kota, where he engaged in farming. Five
years ago the last letter from there was
received. Last spring Henry concluded
to go and join his brother, thinking him
still there. When he reached the place,
he found that his brother had moved to
Mankato. He secured work there, but
sprained his ankle, and has not been
able to do much since. He has now sue
ceeded in making his way to Mankato,
but can find no trace of his brother.
Lundeen was penniless and hungry,
and was given food and lodging at the
city hall until he can get his bearings.
He would like to work at anything that
he is able to do.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-23
A STARTLING FACT
HALF THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
HAVE STOMACH TROUBLE.
A Simple Course of Treatment Told in
Everyday Language, Free from
Scientific Terms.

A Simple Course of Treatment Told in
Everyday Language, Free from
Scientific Terms.
Half the people in the world have
stomach trouble in a greater or less de-
gree. Usually it comes from irregular
or hasty eating-sometimes from other
causes. But there is just one way to
treat it and that can be found in a book
let which the Dr. Williams Medicine
Co., Schenectady, N. Y, will send free
to any address upon request. Mrs. Edith
Benedict, of Groton, Mass, is one of the
many who took this course of treatment
and was cmed. She says:
/ had suffered from constipation ever
since about the time my little girl was
born, about twelve years ago, and it
finally became chronic. 1t isn't neces-
sary for me to tell you the trouble it
gave me, but I suffered all the time.
Doctors gave me no permanent relief
and l kept getting worse.
Sat last, something more than a year
ago, when I was all run down and my
blood i'll horrible condition, my mother
told me to try Dr. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People, which, she said, had ac-
|complished wonderful results with her.
purchased some and took them accord
ing to directions and i'll short time saw
"a decided improvement. | continued
their use and they cured me. F"
Ifyou arc suffering from any disorder of
the stomach write for their free booklet,
entitled "What to Eat and How to
Eat" 1t contains information that
should be in the hands of every person
who is suffering from disordered
digestion. 1t treats of the proper selec-
ton and preparation of food, the relative
value and digestibility of various food
products it contains chapter on the
use of alcohol and gives a course of
treatment by which constipation may be
overcome without the use of cathartics.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie, the medicine which cured Mrs.
Benedict and thousands of others, are
an unfailing specific for all diseases
arising from impoverished blood On
weakened, unstrung nerves-two fruit
full causes of nearly all the ailments to
which mankind is heir. They may
be had of any druggist or will be sent
postpaid on receipt of price, fifty cents a
box; six boxes two dollars and fifty cents,
by the DIR. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-23
POULTRY AND CAT SHOW.
The Minneapolis Exhibit Will Be
First-CIass.

Farmers of the state who wish to in
crease their annual income to an appre
cable extent and in comparatively
easy way will learn much of value by at
tending the annual meeting and exhibit
of the Minnesota Poultry association at
Minneapolis, Jan. 2Sth to Feb. Sd.
Figures of the income from poultry pub
lished by such states as Missouri and
Iowa show that rich field is open to
those who viii engage in the poultry and
egg business. 1t is expected that this will
be the largest meeting and exhibit ever
held by the Minnesota organization Visi-
tors on the second day of the meeting
will be given an opportunity seldom
equaled to see the champion harness
horse of the world, Dan Patch, now own
ed by NJ. w. Savage of Minneapolis, at
the open horse show to be given by the
Minneapolis Riding and Driving club on
Park avenue, one of the beautiful streets
of the city. \
An interesting feature of the exhibit
will be gathering of the finest cats in
the state. One hundred pussies of all
varieties to be found on the face of the
earth will join the hens, turkeys and
pigeons on giving the visitor good time.
Cats bred in Egypt will neighbor with the
beautiful Angora and the high bred NAL
tese. Some of the individual cats cost
over hundred dollars each.
Fifteen hundred chickens, ducks,
turkeys and geese will be on exhibition.
Some of these aristocratic animals are
worth S75 apiece.
To those who have never seen homing
pigeon the daily release of fifty of the
racers will be exciting. They will fly
for prizes. Some of the pigeons have al
ready won 1000 mile races. The pigeon
exhibit will be the largest ever made in
the northwest. The money involved can
be appreciated when it is known that
many of these little creatures are worth
in their own right $50 each.
The railroads in granting low rates
have helped on the cause. In Mime
sofa fare and one third is granted, also
from all Wisconsin towns which are not
over fifty miles from the twin cities.
Those who wish to make entries may
write George A. 10th, Box %, Mime
polls, Minnesota.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-23
SHOULD GO SLOW.
The MapIeton Dynamo May Not Prove
a "Snap."

Superintendent r. E. Brown of the
Mapkato Gas and Electric Light COM
pahy does not think that the city would
be gamer by purchasing the second
hand dynamo at Mapleton and furnish
ing the lights for the city hall, pumping
station, fire station and public library
from the pump station.
The lights now being used by the city
in those buildings amounts to $50 to $35
month on the average To operate the
dynamo would require fuel to the
amount of $50 to $40 month, not to
mention extra labor to be hired, wear
and tear on the machinery, interest on
the investment, etc.
Mr.. Brown states that the dynamo is
one put in by the cd & D' company of
the twin cities, which bid so much higher
on.a city plant some years ago than Mr..
Donaldson had claimed one would cost.
The dynamo was not a first-class one to
begin with, and was purchased second
hand by the Mapleton parties several
years ago. 1t was not constructed to
furnish power at any distance away, and
to do so would be expensive.
Heavy copper wire and poles would
also have to be purchased, bringing the
total expense up to $4,000 to begin with.
The dynamo is 5OO-light machine.
The city uses six lights in the vaults
and closets in the day time, and these
could not be furnished by the city dy-
namo without disproportionate expense.
The committee to which the matter
was referred by the council should give
it careful consideration, as the city does
not want to get any machinery but what
is the best and most approved, which is
the cheapest in the end, because it can
be operated most economically. If the
city decides to buy dynamo, let it be
of the best construction.