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The National tribune., 1904-04-28
MEMORIAL DAY.
Eloquent order by Commander-in Chief
John G. Black.

ELOQUENT order by Commander in Chief
John G. Black.
General Orders No. Z.
Headquarters Grand Army Of the Repub-
lie, Memorial Hall.
Chicago, April Is, 1904.
PRESIDENT LINCoLN'S ADDRESS AT GET
TYSBURG.
-Four score and seven years ago our
fathers brought forth on this continent a
new Nation. conceived in liberty, and dedi-
ca ted to the proposition that all men are
created equal. Now, we are engaged IN
great civil war; testing whether that
Nation, or any Nation so conceived and SC
dedicated. can long endure. We are met
on a great battlefield Of that war. We
have come to dedicate Il portion OF that
field, as final resting place for those who
here gave their lives that that Nation
might live. 1t is altogether fitting and
proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedl-
cate-we can not CONSERVATIVE can not
hallow-this ground. The brave men, liy-
ing and dead, who struggled here. have
consecrated it, far above our poor power
to add or detract. The world Will little
note. nor long remember what we say here
but it can never forget what they did here
1t is for us the living. rather. to be dedl-
ca ted here to the unfinished work which
they who fought here have thus far Sc
nobly advanced 1t is rather for us to
be here dedicated to the great task re-
manning before us-that from these hon
ored dead we take increased devotion to
that cause for which they gave the last
full measure of devotion--that We here
highly resolve that these dead shall not
have died in vain-that this Nation. under
God, shall have new birth of freedom
and that government of the people, by the
people. for the people, shall not perish
from the earth"
Such were the words Of the great Pres
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Capt. John +. WEIGH. aged Go years
died at Ee.>oLville. o.. April 3. Cant
Netrh entered the service as First Lion
tenant. Go. {. "9th Ohio. i'm July. 1875,
Owirg t" impaired health. aggravated by
serious wound in the ankle. he resigned
in August. 1862. In October of that wear
lie entered the l1Gth Ohio. where he be.
came Captain. and served until the close
ri the war. Capt. WeIch was an admi-
rah!e soldier: intelligent. energetic am!
nrave. His death was after a lingering.
illness OH account of injuries received dur.
Ing service. He was valuable citizen.
having served several terms - Mayor Of
his native town: WIS County Commits
Sioiar two terms. ana held muny other of
fees of trust among his peop,e. His was
Il valuable life. not only in the military
and civil service of his conntry, hat by his
sterling honesty and prompt business pri,i-
cipfes brought ever into action. setting an
example of the thorough. true American.
Commodore YIN. ]. Kountz. one Of the
The National tribune., 1904-04-28
EXTENSION OF THE CAPITOL.
Great Improvement to Be Made to the Grand
Old Building.

Upin the Rotunda Of the Capitol is pref
ty white structure which every child that
has seen covets. It is a snow-white model
of the Capitol-the extended Capitol as it
will appear when the east front is filled
out as it was intended when the first
plans Of this wonderful building were
made. over 100 years ago.
The model is OF pure white plaster-of-
paris, correct to the minuteSt detail. 1t is
IL feet in length and OF perfect proper
tions. 1t is in itself thing of beauty and
JOY to the eye. 1t is to be taken to the
st. Louis Exposition and placed on exhi-
bition there. Everybody should make it n
point to see the pretty white thing. 1t is
an exact representation of the Capitol as
it is to look when the extension is put on
the East front. The appropriation for
9th Congress at the suggestion of Mr..
Elliott Woods, the Superintendent of the
Capitol. and it was modelled. under his
direction. by Mr.. +. Garet.
Mr.. Woods has been very much inter
ested in the Capitol extension. and he
when the Capitol building was first
planned. In speaking of his plans. Mr..
Woods said: "'Fhe proposed extension con-
slsts essentially of two projections. the
first of which comes out distance of 81
feet with Il breadth of 3d. feet inches.
ana tEe second projection an additional
distance of Al feet with frontage of 1876
feet, or IL total distance for the two pro-
jections of 10S feet to the building wall.
The lesser projection carries with it the
portico and pediment which dominates the
central feature. Leading from the east wall
to the Rotunda is n marble vestibuIe los
feet long. forming a grand entrance to the
Rotunda."
In the old plans made by Mr.. Walter
the plans under consideration are the
Walter plans modified for present condi-
dtions-provison was made for som" very
large rooms. which were to be used f." the
Court of Claims, now provided with '':h"r
quarters. and an extension planned f.. nc
west front of the Capitol was to accommo-
date the Congressional Library. now pro
vided with the most ma gniicent home of
its own. AS has been stated, it became
The National tribune., 1904-04-28
Opening Of chippewx Reservation

Secretary Hitchcock Has issued the fol
lowing order regardinsitlte opening of the
Chippewa Indian lands in Minnesota.
go upon any Of the ceded Chippewa lands
from which the timberglas been cut and
removed under the act Of June q, 1902
known as the Morris act,s or upon any OF
the coded Chippewa lands, in the State oil
Minnesota, with view of settlement
thereon, until such lands have been for
mally opened to settlement aud entry.
"All such persons Will Tie considered and
dealt with rs trespassers. and when the
lands are. actually opened preference will
be given the prior; Lego, applicant, notwth
standing such unlawful settlement.
'Trespassing on lands on which there is
standing pine timber, ,eitifar sol,i- or .unsold
under no circumstances Will be permitted
nor will any trespassing be permitted OF
lands temporarily withdrawn for forestry
purposes by departmental order of April
H.
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A Superb Edition.

The issue of the Binghamton Press, N.
J., for April II. is superb specimen OF
literary. and topographic effort It con-
OF the country Immediately around Bling
hamton, N. Y. The pages are all Illus
trated, some Of them in coiors, and the lit
erary matter is Of the highest character.
1t was printed on 1Hadruple press. built
expressly for it by Il. Hoe s. Co. Of New
York and. which prints in four .colors ~,
pasted. folded aud counted. Everything
connected with the publication is in the
highest degree crcditnhle to the publisher
and to the thrifty city of BinsAamton.
The National tribune., 1904-04-28
4 Chance 10 Make monev,

have berries. grapes and peaches a year old.
fresh as when picked. I used the California
Cold Process. DoAot heat or seal the fruit. Just
put 1t up cold; keeps perfectly fresh. and costs
almost nothing; can put up a bushcl in 10 min.
utcs. Last year l sold directions to over LEO
families In one weak: anyone will pay a dollar
for directions when they see the beautiful sam
pies Of fruit. As there arc many people poor
like myself consider IL my duty to give my
experience to such and feel odtdent anyone
can make one or two hundred dollars round
home in few days. will mail sump,e Of fruit
and full directions t. any Of yOur ders for
nineteen O9) &c, mt stan,ps. whici " My the
actual cost OF the SAM les. pO9sa etc. FnAx.
CHS CASEY, st. Louis, Mo.
The National tribune., 1904-04-28

sylvania. died at his home in Allegheny
City, April y. He was man of sterling
loyalty, and the Government made use OF
his great ability a. a steamboat owner and
manager. in the handling of troops upon
the Western rivers He received his title
for his command of fleets of transports in
important movements. For 53 years he
owned ard operated boats from Pittsburs
to the Gulf of Mexico. and from Cairo to
the lieadwatcrs of the Missouri and Platte
Rivers.
The National tribune., 1904-04-28
A CUnS FoH ASTHMA.

Asthma sufferers need no ibager leave home and
b,lsaassn order TO be cured Nature has produced a
vegrtahla remedy that will permanently Asthma
AMI nil diSeasAs OF the lungs AMI bronchial fnses-
Ifdvin, tesei 10 wraderImi Curative powers III thou
MS of c-,scS. with record Of ~ per cent perna-
ae-,fiy All dasirfng 10 reec human 1e.f-,
viii send frer ei cnr.a all sufferer from Asthma.
tni,sl:mp.isn (alarri. bronchitis anil dis
ca<as. this reeine in Gern,ah. French English, with
fill dirrcians br prep ring aud S"uf h. mai.
Address with stamp. naming this paper. W. 4. Soyes.
BAT Powers Block, Rochester, n. y.
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dent, as with full but bleeding heart
he surveyed the solemn nights and wide
plains on which a great victory had been
won for the Union; and it is the custom
and order Of the Grand Army that yearly.
as we gather in memorial service over the
graves of our dead. that address, beyond
eulogy, shall be read. All that was pre-
figured to his prophetic vision has been
rehabilitation is universal, the Repub-
lie is preserved, the people rule, and
wherever the flag is afoat human hopes
are kindled to the burning confagration
of liberty. consuming old wrongs and pre-
paying the earth for newer and better
things. Woe be to him who shall stand
opposed to liberty, the universal right of
man: 1t may seem that the people are
indifferent or forgetful, but they are not
they remember: they advance. And we,
the Grand Army of the Republic, are gath
cred all over this continental land, and
also in far away regions, to tell the story
of those who died for the good cause and
to perpetuate their memories and renew
allegiance to them and to the right. Eighty
millions OF Americans to-day turn aside
from every avOcation to seek the ''low
green tents" of our comrades: and with
civic pomp. with song and speech. and the
volceless tears Of memory, and the glad
acclaim of freemen. to honor the fallen
and beloved brave. and i'm solemn fashion
to renew their own devotion to the right.
There is no brighter dav in the long
calendar of time than the Memorial Day
Of the American people. This generation
Las no sweeter duty than to increase the
love of the people for this dav. and 70
advance it surely TO the position of a uni
versally accepted national anniversary. on
whose recurrence old bitterness shall be
forgotten. all strifes obiterated and n
greater peace possess all hearts.
haU -,yrtn
accomplish this result. The sacred olive
wreath long since crowned their victorious
brows. Their fame is secure. and wide as
the world. and long rs time and holy as
the oracle of almighty beneficence. They
nav be insensihI" to our praise, but we
will be exalted when we praise them.
TIE ARMY AND NAVY.
Let us therefore gather wherever they
sleep to strew their last touches with
flowers. North and South, East and
West. let the Grand Army OF the Repub-
iic, with praise and prayer. with supp l.
cation and solemn pride in all their
achievements and the great results of their
sacrifices, honor them, and bedeck them.
and tell the world of their struggles and
their sacrifices for TIE right And LET H.;
too. remember those who went down ia
the great deep in ships. and were yielded
long ago TO the consuming sea. And ief
us strew flowers on all the streams that
run to the sea. that our sailor dead may
share the sepulchral honoIs paid to our
soldiers; And | enjoin the Grand Array
OF the Republic that on the preceding Sab
bath they gather in worship of the God
who preserved our Nation by the valor
ana devotion OF our brothers; and that
the proper officers of Posts see to II thai
all needful arrangements are made to these
ends ~ y
BY order of
JOHN c. BLACK.
Commander-in-Chie Grand Army of the
Eepuhlic
CHARLES 4. PARTRIDGE.
Adjutant- General
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tering vestibule, 10S feet long, will be but
an enlarged example of that at the east
doors Of the Senate and House. The rooms
will appear in interior form like those in
the wings, and will be commodious and
large. approximating % by so to 80 feet
in dimensions"
IsApFr WoRRrII, BALL,
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GARLAND THEIR GRAVES no. 8.

Tsse View Memorial $osx IbO0k IL Now
reaAy. Among tie choice selections we can men
tiou only few:
As Mcfarland Their Graves" "f3anHero OF Beauty"
est se the Ground, Dear rades6 aimly Steep"
. For Native Land and Liberty" Lights Out" The
Man OF ri ana ten Others. The print h plain. pages
large. and Is conveniently bound Rame,nber all tbs
above contained 10 (.arlaRs No. Price per copy
Il cents: per doxea copies No. Sent prepaid upon
cept or price. We have iimited supply OF all theback
e sai,ers same price. Order or O4M sOlASee.
The National tribune., 1904-04-28

RUPTURE G treI,a,.,, At 1sa HONE NE 20 % day
JEfFERS, B0x II, bishop ST., New York.
The National tribune., 1904-04-28

Red rose buds hOurished in the coat Ia
pels of White House attaches Saturday.
They We're given by Representative Burke.
Of South Dakota. In token of the signing
Of the bill opening to settlement $4,000
acres Of the Rosebud reservation i'm South
Dakota. The President signed the bill Sat
urriay in the presence of Senator Gamble
and Representatives Martin and Burke, of
South Dakota. and the pen was given to
Mr.. Burke. Senator Kittredge expected to
be present, but could not get away from
some important work at the Capitol.
The National tribune., 1904-04-28

Representative Perkins On. " was in
the chair the other day and Speaker Can
| non was in his private room attending Ia
| some important business, when the bell,
which is kind of riot call to the
Speaker and tells him that he is needed in
| the House at once, rang with an awful
b-r-r-r. The Speaker raced into the House
followed by his private Secretary. each
| expecting to find the members in q row
| but all was as serene as a Summer sea-
Did you want the Speaker" asked
Mr.. Busby, the Speakers Secretary. OF
| Representative Perkins.
| That gentleman looked little surprised
and replied: ooh, no; l rang for a On 90 >
He had simply touched the wrong button
that was all.
| Mr.. Owen Wister, the author of 9Th,
virginian," was the guest Of the Presi
dent last week.
| Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris, while shop
ping in New York the other day, lost hel
handbag in which she was carrying sew
eral thousand dollars worth Of Jewels
Later it was found and returned to her b,
man who had picked it up.
Senator Teller has introduced in Tho
Senate q petition signed by e. G.. Rath
bone, asking for a thorough investigation
OF all his acts in connection with his con
viction in Cuba while Director Genera
OF Posts. Mr.. Rathbone believes that he
has been badly treated, and asks tina,
Congress inquire into and vindicate his
course.
-Four Of the old civil war monitors have
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-18
WATERFOWL JOTTINGS

Mr. and Mrs Dwight Barnes of
Bristol were the guests Of f. j. Paint
er Sunday.
John Flynn OF Hartford visited his
mother here Saturday ard Sunday.
T.eunett Evans, gardener for ".
Heminway returned yesterday from
a two weeks vacation through sever
al Pennsylvania towns.
The Torrington team, with which
the locals were tc have played Sat
r"da!, cancelled the at the last mo-
ment, consequently Manager Kielty
ind Lis hustling crew Were obliged TO
lie idle.
William Lindsey of Woodbury.
spent Sunday in town.
Mrs John Holohan entertained
friends from Waterbury Sunday.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-18
NATERYILLE.

Word has been received from Mrs
Annie Burrett, forelady at the Welch
Hosiery Cos, who left two weeks ago
for England on a visit. Mrs Burnett
reports having very pleasant voy-
age, but for one thing, that being on
Thursday of her trip. A Russian Pole
jumped overheard rather than return
to his native land. 1t seems he came
to the States on the same steamer but
was not allowed to land, having no
one to vouch for him, and being out of
money, he was made to return, he evil
IDENTIFY being afraid of the army or
else Siberia, chose a watery grave.
Regular meeting of Good Will lodge
X. OF p, I'm Pythian hall this evening
at o'clock.
Patrick Tanning and family have
returned from two weeks outing at
the shore.
John Lynch and family spent Sun
day in New Haven.
John Malloy started yesterday on
his vacation.
Thomas L. Malcolm and John Sin
clair spent Sunday In town with
friends.
George Peck of Northf1eld spent
Sunday in town.
John Macauley OF Bristol spent
Sunday In town.
O. r. w. Worm, Jr, of New York
city, spent Sunday with friends on
town.
The Watervilles defeated the Tor
rington Consolidated team by score
OF TO on the local grounds Sotur-
day afternoon.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-18

chimneys, finding them admirably
adapted to their needs. used them,
while the swifts which lived in the I'M
settled parts OF the country went on
using hollow trees as before. Chin
neys are now so numerous. and are
usually so superior to hollow trees for
nesting purposes, that they have been
generally adopted by the whole spe-
cies, and to-day 1t would probably be
q difficult matter to find a chimney
swift's nest in hollow tree In the
time of Audubon and Wilson. however,
this was not the case. and Audubon
himself saw many swifts' still nesting
In trees In lower Kentucky, Indiana
and Illinois. The most popular trees
seemed to be those which were hol-
low from top to bottom. and having
4 mere shell of trunk.
Perhaps because such trees were
comparatively uncommon. it often
happened that each one was the home
of many pairs of swifts. In one such
tree, giant sycamore, which Audu.
bon had cut down. he found about
30 nests. and there was also one
nest in each of the hollow branches.
After the breeding season, and before
the birds moved south, they used
these trees as roosting places, and in
the hollow of one tree examined by
Audubon he estimated that there
were 5000 swifts. He had a hole cut
In the base of the tree, and on going
to the spot at night, and looking up.
he saw the entire inside wall of the
tree covered with sleepings swifts,
clinsfng with their sharp claws and
| supported by their stiff tail feathers.
One morning he went to this tree
very early, while 1t was still dark, and
waited until the birds began to come
out. Suddenly, with noise which at
| first caused him to think that the
great tree was falling, the birds began
to rise. and for about half an hour
they poured out of the top like a
stream of black smoke. This same
sight may now be seen If one chooses
to rise early and visit some old fac
tory chimney which is used as roost-
Ing place by the swifts.
| One of the popular errors concern.
ing the swift is the belief that it is a
swallow, and 1t is called the chimney
swallow by nine-tenths of the people.
As matter of fact, however, 1t is not
even closely related to the swallows.
being much more nearly akin to the
hummingbirds and the goatsuckers.
Like birds OF the latter class, swifts feed
on insects which they capture on the
wing ERNEST HAROLD BAYNEs.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-18
THE CHIMNEY MARTIN
AN INTERESTING BIRD SPECIES
THAT rs VERY COMMON.
Its Nesting Place Is Inside Chin
ney or Hollow Tree-Great
Colonies Seen by Audu-
bon and Wilson.

From the roof of my house there
project several long brick chimneys,
one of which Is never used in sum-
mer. In this chimney pair OF chin
ney swifts have made their home. as
they or other swifts have done for
many years. Some time before the
building began, three swifts ap-
peared, flying back and forth above
the house and over the country round
about, twittering shrilly. and pursuing
one another without q pause, for
hours together. Now and then one
Of them would wheel close above the
chimney and suddenly drop into It,
and sometimes one of it's companions
would follow. After time. one OF
the three disappeared, and the remain
ing two, apparently mated, began to
make themselves at home. Not far
away, there Is an old tree, the top of
which is covered with fine dead twigs.
About this dead top the swifts would
fly now and then swooping at the
branches as though in pursuit OF In
sects, and the branches themselves
would tremble, showing that the birds
had touched them. 1t was not for
Insects, however, that these swoops
were made; the birds were simply
swapping off thin, dead twigs for use
in the construction Of their nest in the
chimney. It was not long before the
nest began to take form; little black
cradle, it was made entirely Of the
twigs, glued together by the saliva of
the birds. and the whole fastened to
the side OF the chimney with the same
homemade glue. furnished by special
glands in the mouths Of the birds. And
few days later the nest contained
four small white eggs.
The chimney swift is an excellenS
example of bird which is able to
adapt himself to circumstances. and
to take advantage of new and favor
able conditions Before there were
any chimneyed houses in this country,
the bird built it's best nest in the In
terror of some hollow tree. Gradually.
rs houses began to grow up. and as
chimneys began to be available for
nesting purposes, those swifts which
happened to be in the vicinity OF such
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-18
OAKVILLE HAPPENINGS.

The Blue Stockings of Waterbury,
q baseball team composed exclusively
of colored fellows, came here Satur-
Gay afternoon TO play the Grst local
nine, and were beaten by the score of
IA to 2. In the first inning the home
bows made three runs ana the other
side struck out at once, leaving the
impression that the match would not
be equal, although the latter Gal not
lack the coaching spirit. Al large
crowd witnessed the game. The sec
ond team also defeated a team from
Watertown that same afternoon by
the score of IA to Z.
Mr. and Mrs Grady of New York
spent Sunday at the home of the lat
ter's parents, Mr. and Mrs George Ba-
bin Of Railroad avenue.
Calvin Harding, clerk nit the local
station, who was injured by a rum
away over week ago, resumed work
today.
Mrs Hezelxiah Davis and her
granddaughter, Florence and Edith,
OF Newton heights went to Long is.
land to-day to spend week or two ut
the shore.
Mrs Haywood, who lives with her
daughter, Mrs A. It. Ineson, IS lii a
critical condition as the result OF fall
ing from bed and breaking Ter hip
A cure is hardly expected, as she is
almost 80 years Of age.
Edward Newell of Newark, N. y.
Is spending few days at his sons
James A. Newell, Of Main street.
William Murtha, Fred Conrad ant
n Y.afY lns1F a
two weeks camping at Bantam lake.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-18

credit Of his taste and judgment, in their
original books Germany appears to
have been the first home Of "bibliothe-
kzeichen," as it was OF wood-engrav-
dng also, for.the earlist known plates are
Ahe Brandenburg. the Won Zell and the
Hans TigIer. which all date from about
h47O. In the sixteenth century of course
Afbrecht Durer Is well known to have
been designer OF OK libris, and follow
Ing him the famous brothers Beham De-
signed many plates In the copper-plate
engraving, which superseded the old and
very beautiful wood-cuts. According
30 Edward Almack. to whose delightful
work am Indebted for much informa-
ton, the earliest English book-plate is
one Of Cardinal Wolsey's, drawn and
colored by hand; executed somewhere
Between 1914 and 1880, it still exists in
the book he once owned, and which is
known to have belonged later to Henry
VIII The earliest'dated English plate is
1874, and the second one Is IL years
later.
German ex libris are always armorial,
while French and English are varied; in
the latter we find Jacobean, Rocco,
Chippendale. and the later Georgian, or
the wreath-and-ribbon style; different
as the design may be, the fashion of it's
execution differs as much. One finds
among book-plates woodcuts, wood en-
cravings. etchings. copper-plate line en-
cravings, steel engravings mezzotint,
stippIe and aquatint. The field for the
collector is so large that boundaries are
necessary II he intends to insist on any
thing like order; he may collect any one
OF the styles | have enumerated, or he
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-18
Lifetime of Medics.

! AN Austrian statistician finds that the
average lease of life of a medical practi-
toner is 60 years. Deaths due to tuber-
cular consumption only amount among
them to seven per cent, thus showing
how careful they are in taking precau-
tons against injection. On the other
hand, fully 40 per cent. of doctors die Of
heart disease ane nervous collapse.-N.
X. Post.