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8 FIRST MEMORIAL EXERCISES
Ceremonies Gettysburg Field Marked Begin
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On the field of Gettysburg there is
laid out for Union dead and Round
Top, marked with many monuments
and mounted cannon, which is known
as the high water mark of the bat
tie. 1t is also appropriately known as
the high water mark of the rebel
lion Here few of Pickett's soldiers
reached the Union line and pierced it..
There they fell while their comrades
or those left of them, slowly retreat
ed through a fire which ii was be-
yond human power to face and with
stand. Back with them went the hope
of the confederacy.
The news from Gettysburg and
Vicksburg reached the country, North
and South, on the same day, July 4,
1868, was TO the North and South
what that pause is to two wrestlers
when one has secured the fatal hold
which the other knows he cannot
break. When Vicksburg fell and Lee
set out on his bitter retreat from his
second unsuccessful invasion of the
North. the outcome of the civil war
was decided. For this alone the
stretch of fields and hills and wood
land that lies beyond the sleepy little
Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg will
be memorable TO the eyes of Ameri-
cans for all time to come. 1t interests
the student of history for the same
reason Gettysburg will have its place
on the page with Marathon, Tours,
Orleans. Lutzen, Yorktown and Wa
terloo. when Shiloh and Bull Run and
Malvern Hill shall have been forgot
ten.
Many a battlefield that is of SUI
preme importance TO the historian,
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They had first occupied Seminary
confederate position, and they retreat
ed across the valley TO Cemetery hill
and a line parallel with 1t, which
they continued TO hold. Gen. Reynolds
was killed in this first days fighting,
and was blamed for its failure until
the circumstances were better under
stood. Gen. Hancock hurried forward
for that purpose, took command on
Reynolds death, and rallied the re-
treating Union troops. During the
night. while Meades army was com
ing up, corps by corps, Gen. Warren,
the engineer officer, from Little Round
Top, laid out the line of defence for
the Union forces that won the battle
for them. In bronze Gen. Warren
stands to-day overlooking. from Little
Round Top, the scene of the great
success for his plans and his planting
of artillery.
Gettysburg can claim a place in
every Memorial day observation, for
it witnessed the first of them, the very
fall of the year in which the battle
took place. David Wills of Gettysburg
originated the idea of the first battle
field national cemetery, out of which
has grown the movement that pre-
serves Antietam, Chickamauga and
Missionary Ridge, and that will end
in the parking of the Bull Run battle
field.
Gov. Curtin, soon after the fighting
at Gettysburg. visited the field to
make arrangements for the suitable
burial of Pennsylvania dead. He left
the matter, when he left, in the hands
of Wills. The latter soon suggested
the purchase of ground adjoining Get
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Too Much Meat.

Physicians insist that after reaching
the age of 40 the majority of men
and women eat much more meat than
is good for them. This is hard upon
those accustomed to eating too much
of that staple article of diet, and are
fond of it, but it is said that a little
self-denial will prove that the effort is
worth a trial. Do not stop it all at
once-that would be- bad for the gen
eral health. but gradually reduce the
amount. taking care to substitute in
it's place a good menu, which will pro-
duce the necessary amount of susie.
nance.
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Seeding the Poultry Yard.

l find that IL is a little trouble TO
seed the poultry yard, but that the
work pays for itself good many times
over. On the farm here we raise
good many kinds OF vegetables and
there are certain times in the season
when the fowls must be kept up for
weeks at a time. This is when the
vegetables are small and also again
when the tomatoes get to the stage
when the fowls like to pick at them
During the time the fowls have the
run of the farm the poultry yard may
be kept closed to them and the seeds
that have been planted in the yard
can be growing into plants for the use
OF the fowls later on. One year ]
started to seed rape as soon as we
could give the hens the run of the
farm after the first period of con
inement during the starting of the
garden vegetables. In a few weeks
the rape had developed good size, and
when the fowls had to be confined
later they had a pasturage that was
not only profitable to the owner OF
the flock but also very inviting to the
fowls.
How they did enjoy stripping the
tender LEAKAGE, leaving only the mid.
veins and ribs of the leaves! In three
weeks you would think that they had
killed the rape. But the time again
came when we could turn the fowls
out, and the fail rains again helped
the rape to take on new life. Each
bare vein in the plants sent out a
sheet OF green, and soon the rape was
as fiourishing as if the poultry had
never been near 1t. They had the use
of this rape patch till frost killed it.
have tried various kinds of plants
for poultry feed and find that next to
rape lettuce is best; but it is of slow
growth. Oats grow we'll and make
good pasturage, but the fowls will not
eat the oats when they can get rape
and lettuce or even young tender
green S~ass.-Estella Harper, Carroll
Co., H., in Farmers Review.
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that is honored with reverence by the
patriot, is of little or no interest to
the soldier Here again Gettysburg
is fortunate in its attraction, in its
claim to celebrity. 1t was the climax
in the offensive operations of Robert
f. Lee, and where military tactics are
studied there will Lees career be
conned alike by the expert, the gray
haired tactician, the subaltern. ambi-
tious of promotion and the cadet seek
ing his shoulder-straps. Gettysburg,
like Waterloo, is impossible of repe-
tition at the close ranges at which
both were fought. But the general
strategy of one field is still of as much
Importance as the other-the thanking,
the massing of artillery, the protection
of line of communication. the use or
misuse of cavalry, the preparations
of means for retreat.
But Gettysburg also appeals with
the same strength to the average Wis
itor who knows nothing of strategy,
and whose familiarity with history has
lapsed with the distance in years that
lies between him and the dog-eared
pages of his school books. Ii is all so
plainly writ in location. in natural
outline of the smiling countryside, in
monuments and marking guns, that he
who runs may read.
Roughly, Gettysburg is a letter II.
with opposing lines parallel and the
course of Picketts charge on the third
day forming the crossbar. The
Round Tops and Gettysburg town are
at opposite ends. The Emmitsburg
road, on which Buford with his caval-
ry came cautiously scouting along to-
ward the town on the last day of
June, lies between the bars OF the
letter and parallel with them. The
Chambersburg road. along which the
confederates were feeling their way at
the same time. bends around what
was afterward the confederate lett TO
enter Gettysburg. Because those col
umns met there was battle here,
for each side hurried up it's strength
to meet the other when their leaders
learned that the feeler columns had
met and touched.
This was on July I. and because
Gen. Lees forces hurried up faster
than did Gen. Meade's 1t was an un-
fortunate day for the Union tr Dops
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The AGE of Euus.

One of the United States consuls
in Germany tells of one method OF
testing the freshness of eggs, as de
scribed in German papers. The ali
chamber is in the fiat end OF the egg
and enlarges as the egg grows old, this
being due to the evaporation of mois
ture in the egg. If the egg is placed
in a saturated solution of common
salt it will show an increased inclina.
ton to float with the long axis verti
cal. A scale is attached to the vessel
containing the salt solution, so that
the inclination of the floating egg to-
ward the horizontal can be measured.
In this way the age of an egg can be
determined almost to a day. A fresh
egg lies in a horizontal position at the
bottom OF the vessel; an egg from
three to five days old shows an eleva.
ton of the fiat end, so that its LONG
axis forms an angle of 20 degrees
With an egg eight days old the angle
increases to As degrees; with an egg
fourteen days old to GO degrees; and
with one three weeks old to rs de-
grees. An egg a month old floats yer
ucally upon its pointed end. This OF
course applies to eggs that have been
kept in the open air and not to pick
eied or otherwise preserved eggs. The
rule might not prove very reliable in a
moist climate, as the evaporation
would be less and thus the air space
would tend to enlarge less rapidly. We
assume that the rule really holds good
In the German empire and in countries
with about the same degree of humid
ity.
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BABY CAME LEAR DYING.
From an Awful Skin Humor-
Scratched Till Blood Ran
Wasted to Skeleton
Speedily Cured by
Cuticura.

when three months old my boy
broke out with an itching, watery
rash all over his body, and he would
scratch till the blood ran. We tried
nearly everything, but he grew worse,
wasting to a skeleton, and we feared
he would die. He slept only when
in our arms. The first application of
Cuticura soothed him so that he slept
in his cradle for the first time in many
weeks. One set of Cuticura made a
complete and permanent cure.
(Signed) Mrs. NJ. c. Maitland, Jasper.
Ontario"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-08
WORTH REMEMBERING.

There arc three entirely different
the three different varieties OF baking
powders on the market WE'D Min
eral-Acid or Alum, (2) Bone-Acid or
Phosphate, and CD Cream OF Tartar
made from grapes. 1t is important,
from the standpoint of health, TO
know something about these ingredi-
ents, and which kind is used in your
baking powder.
% Mineral-Acid, or Alum, is made
from kind OF clay. This is mixed
with diluted oil of vitriol and from
this solution a product is obtained
which is alum. Alum is cheap; costs
about two cents a pound, and baking
powder made with this Mineral-Acid
sells from 10 to Csc. a pound
CD Bone-Acid, or Phosphate, is the
basis of phosphate baking powders
and the process Is fully described in
the patents issued to large manufac-
turer of phosphate powder. The u.
S. Patent Office Report gives a full
and exact description. but the follow
ing extract is enough
Burned bones, after being ground,
are put into freshly diluted oil of Wit
riol and with continual stirring and
in the following proportion" etc.
From this Bone-Acid phosphate bak-
ing powders are made; such powders
sell from 20 to 80 cents a pound.
CD Cream OF Tartar exists in all
ripe grapes, and flows with the Juice
from the press in the manufacture of
wine. After the wine is drawn off the
tartar is scraped from the cask, boil
ed with water, and crystals of Cream
of Tartar, white and very pure, sepa-
rate and are collected. Ii differs in
no respect from the form in which it
originally existed in the grape. Cream
of Tartar, then, while the most expen-
sive, is the only ingredient that
should be used in baking powder to
act upon the soda, as its wholesome
ness is beyond question. Cream of
Tartar baking powders sell at about
40 TO so cents a pound.
Such are the facts, and every one,
careful OF the health OF the family.
should remember this rule:-Bak,ng
powders selling from 10 to % cents a
pound are made of Mineral-Acids !;
those selling from 90 to 80 cents of
BoneAcid and those from 40 TO so
cents of Cream of Tartar made from
grapes.
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tysburg cemetery and the admission
TO this field of the dead buried al
over what is now the battlefield park
He explained that the soldiers who
fell had been buried in what was ara
BILE farm land and which would soor
be made use of again for tillage. He
pointed out, too. that the method oil
burial in many cases had been hasty
and inefficient.
Pennsylvania therefore purchased
seventeen acres Of ground and set il
aside for the burial of the Union dead
Other states whose soldiers had fought
at Gettysburg were invited to make
use of it. They responded cordially
and also contributed toward the ex
pense of preparing the cemetery.
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Only Half a Baby.

A man who has recently travelled
in Ireland says that in poor little
cottage of two rooms he saw a mar.
ried couple and seven children. Hear
ing baby cry, he asked to see it, and
explained that he took an interest in
babies, having one at home. The in
FAINT was produced for inspection, and
the mother asked, proudly: is yours
as big as that, sir?" To which he re-
piled. Il think it is a little bigger"
Instantly the instincts Of the mother
were reused, and. tossing her head,
she said, so well it might be; that's
only half of ours; the other half is
with God. We had twins"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-08

one woman in twenty-five Bat wf1aas
suffers with some arrangement of slsr
female organism, and this N the serrst
of so many unhappy homes
No woman can be amiabic. bgtzs-
hearted and happy, n wy 20 her hREs-
band and children aud perfDrn sslc
duties ineumben upon her. when sSr. Isl
suffering with backache. heHdxsstzes
nervousness, slecplessness. bsGxIng-
down pains. displacement OF the Womb.
spinal weakness or ovarian frouhSes-
Irritability and snspPy rrioriE szfaes
the place of pleasantness. anal nl ssfszs-
shine is driven ont of the home. s0a
lives are wrecked by wDmxois great
enemy-womb trouble.
Read this letter.
Dear Mrs Pinkhams-
II was troubled for eight yoxrs with irrpyu-
larities which broke down nry bellfh AID
brought on extreme nervo<rsDcss zna &rpUrs-
dency. lydia r. Pinkbam's Nerecastd1 Eswso-
pound proved to be the Osily uscdsz1ne sttItf N
helped me Day by day GsEsUstG m t<S,tsis
while taking il until wss eslissrly S-sxuxl +
can attend TO my social and kssrfhu ftsSigrg
and thoroughly enjoy hfe ocEe sIAn'e, as ~ ls9A
T. Pinkham's Vegetable CGsxzg<aSsal Azs s,1Hdes
me well woman, without sn t1TSss ar q FuSra.
Mrs Chester Curry, f. SasztossA estz>srts-
East Boston, Mass.
At the first indiesEtIoa of III 7Fesftfs.
painful or irregular HseDrtrszasidFor
pain in the side, headache, tzsctrac1sr.
bearing-down pains, neTTssgssiess or-
"the blues secure zt oUcs n lsOsiIe -caf
Lydia +. PinlSharn's Vegetable Es4dx-
pound and begin its Ese-
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GRIPS UGLY SEQUEL
KNEES STIFF, HANDS HELPLESS,
RHEUMATISM NEAR HEART.
Mrs. Van Scoy Experiences Dangerous
After Effects from Grip and Learns
Value of n Blood Remedy.

The grip leaves behind it weakened
vital powers, thin blood, impaired di-
gestion and over-sensitive nerves-a
condition that makes the system an easy
prey TO pneumonia, bronchitis, rheuma-
tism, nervous prostration, and even con-
sumption.
The story told by scores Of victims of
the grip is substantially the same. One
was tortured by terrible pains at the
base of the skull; another was left tired,
faint and III every way wretched from
anamia or scantiness of blood; another
had horrible headaches, was nervous aud
couldn't Sleep another was left with
weak lungs, difficulty iii breathing and
acute l. euralgia. In every case relief
was sought,in vain until the great blood
builder and nervc-tonic, DIR. Williams
Pink Pills, was used. For quickness and
thoroughness Of action nothing is Known
that will approach it.
Mrs. Van Scoy makes a statement that
supports thiD claim. She says:
81 had severe attack of grip and, be-
fore had fully recovered, rheumatism
set I'm and tormented me for three
months. / was III badly rundown
state. Soon after it began l was so lame
for aweek that 1 could hardly walk. 1t
kept growing steadily worse and at last
/ had to give up completely and for
three weeksI was obliged to keep my
bed. My knees were so stiff / couldn't
bend them, and my hands were perfectly
helpless. Then the pains began to
threaten my heart and thoroughly
alarmed me.
while 1 was suffering in this way I
CHANGED to run across little book that
told about the merits of DIR. Williams
Pink Pills. The statements i'm it i'm
pressed me and led me to buy box. These
pills proved the very thing 1 needed.
improvement set in as soon as i began
to take them, and il was very marked by
the time i had finished the first box.
-Four boxes made me well woman.
Mrs. Laura M. Van Scoy lives at No.
90 Thorpe street, Danbury, Conn. DR..
Williams Pink Pills are equally well
adapted for any other of the diseases that
follow in the train Of grip. They are
sold by all druggists.
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Egg-Eatinq Hens.

The eating of eggs by hens
may be from several causes. 1t
does not always prove that the
bird is not properly fed. Some
times it is habit that must be cured
by killing the fowls. At other times
it can be cured by giving the fowls
all the old plaster they can use. At
other times 1t is due to idleness and
the desire on the part of the hens to
be doing something. The writer has
cured hens from the habit by plccing
doctored eggs where they could get
them, filling the eggs with nauseating
compounds. This should not be tried
till the birds have been given a bal.
enced ration and plenty of plaster.
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RESTORED TO HEALTH.
THANKS TO PE-RU.NA
Friends We're Alarmed
Advised Change of Climate.

Miss Mildred Keller, 7ls 18th street,
". W., Washington, ID. c., writes:
Il can safely recommend Peruna for
catarrh. l had it for years and it would
respond to no kind of treatment. or if il
did it was only temporary. and on the
slightest provocation the trouble would
come back.
81 was in such state that my
friends were alarmed about me, and
was advised 10 leave this climate.
Then tried Peruna, and to my great
JOY found IL helped me from the first
dose IfOOk, and q few bottles cured me.
1T built up my constitution, | re-
gained my appetite, and | feel that |
am perfectly well and strong. -
Mildred Keller.
We have on file many thousand testi-
monials like the above. We can give
our readers only slight glimpse of the
vast array of unsolicited endorsements
DIR. Hartman is receiving.
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Develop a Strain.

We do not advise any of our
readers to attempt to develop a
new breed of poultry, but we
do advise the developing of special
strains. Thus. person can take some
of the best of the Plymouth Rocks and
by careful selection year by year can
produce family of fowls that will be
OF great value for egg production or
for meat production. This can be
done without increasing tho confusion
caused by multiplying breeds without
motive
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-08
Languages Of Australia.

Australia, by its reception of repre-
sentatives of many lands, has an in.
finitude of tongues; but your real Aus.
tralian-born Is proud OF the fact that
among the aborigines-the bushmen-
there are relatively as many Ian.
guages as there are in India. Many
have a sort of relation to each other
by means of which a man mastering
one thoroughly would have a sort OF
key to several.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-08
MIX Extinsuishes oil Fires.

Mix is suggested as a good extin-
gushing agent for burning petroleum.
IL forms an emulsion with the oil
and by disturbing its cohesion atten-
yates the combnstible element as wa
ter can not.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-08
Gigantic Lily.

A gigantic lily. the phormium tenax.
is a valuable plant peculiar to New
Zealand. It's leaves are nine or ten
feet long, and are so tough that, by
splitting one into narrow ribbons and
joining the ends, the New Zealander
has a first-class rope ready to hand
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-08
Fine Walls In Palace.

One room at Tsarkoes the cars
palace near st. Petersburg, has walls
of lapis lazuli and floor Of ebony in.
laid with mother-ofpearl. Another has
walls of carved amber, and the walls
Of third are laid thick with beaten
gold.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-08

One does not advance FAR who trrszliss
many paths.
Eoblesse oblige; nut such lats Gg
people aren't noblesse-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-08

The martyr is honest, and the man
who makes him a martyr is frequently
quite as honest.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-08
You Have No Friends

that will not be interested in a remedy that
is being used extensively as permanent
cure for Dyspepsia, Constipation, Head
ache, Catarrh of the Mucous Membrane,
and all diseases of the Liver, Kidneys and
Bladder. Only one dose a day. Write at
once TO the Vernal Remedy Company, lie
Roy, N. Y, and they will cheerfully send
you free, trial bottle of Vernal Palmet-
tona palmetto Berry Wine), to convince
you of the wonderful results to be obtained
from its use. Sold by druggists everywhere.
Hot Of &c oil btr n
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-06-08

Hot air is always succeeded by a
cold wave.
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LIVING TOO HASTILY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ww
Irregularities and F0znasn Ksnrga~~..
ments Result - Cur 90 W. lycEsE D.
Pinkhams Vegetable Cuznporasa

Owing to our mode zua znaaaer vsg
living, and the nervoxs hssgsse az eEp-rw
woman TO accomplish luEs 40 raust,h
each day. it is said thai there ~ Esu1
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-05
1. GOOnLl lN. mINS.
Defendants Fond ana DRINK SanqulSIcd
on TRIAL OF Long PENDING suit.


The trial Of a long pending sfiit be-
tween A Goodiy Co, p.aiuiifi7 aud Food
DrinK & story. defendants took plpca last
night az special and extraordinary trial
term oil the Supreme Court held in the
Yacht room OF the Hotel Aston, before
Presiding Ofic.r Caleb H. Redeem and a
jury OF twelve men, ali reporters ASST gued
to cover the County Court House. The
trial was marked 10y unusual festivities,
which had ins. about reached their climax
when THF ScN's first edition went to press.
The plaintiffs won.
The County Court House new paper men
organized themselves iutO au association
ia February l8Oi and the dues have been
burning holes in tie treasurer rockct-
ever since Invitations were .ent out
about week ago Ia the shape Of sub
rruas. looking vary official and important.
JIrrg'ing the guests to appear. under q
f+f.l.f-, ITO be- hereafter determined and
testify a. expert ueuChcrmen va the
H..tr entitled suit Out of thirty-ive iu-
.t1u- issued. but three destinations were
re.eired d, In all Of which sickness was pleaded
o. trt excuse
Among the men present in addition to
'Ir members of the association. were ShcrIT
Erlangcr. County Clerk Hamilton Bronx
Borough President Hanen, eN-Sherh Tom
Dunn and Court House Clerks Clifford
Boese Thomas r. Smith. James Duny.
Dennis Mclaughlin. j. Lewis Lyons and
George L Lyon. A number Of lawyers and
outside newspaper men We're also on hand
Music, i'm addition 10 that Afforded by the
Clpking of glasses was provided by Ciar-
cnce b. Reynolds and Thomas Beynon and
others
AT the conclusion 81 the dinner a silver
teir-d-tete set was presented L. Mr.. Red
fern. who has done newspaper work in the
Court House for over quarter of a century
as token Of the esteem in which lac is held
bv his fellow reporters
The officers Of the association are Caleb
II Redferu. president; John j Fouth, woe
president; Augustus WhitiuC Treasurer.
and Is O Scallan. secretary