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who believe they are entirely and eter-
nally right. .~-
At last the point was reached where
the work must be completed by an act
of extreme desperation-we must
charge the fort. :
Between the trench in which we
were concealed and the coveted prize
was space of about 500 feet, filled
with every sort of obstruction which
cunning, desperate men could devise.
In part this consisted of stout stakes
driven firmly into the ground at an
angle pointing towards us, and sharp.
,ened. These were so thick and close
that we could not pass between them,
and were too strong to be easily
broken. # there was a spot anywhere
affording the least protection from the
leaden storm, it was planted thick
with torpedoes. It was through and
over such distractions that We must
force our way while the guns Of the
fort would be flashing on us floods Of
death. ~: ..s..G I. sS 81
The signal was to be three guns
fired from a battery near the center
sOf our line, at an interval sof half q
minute each. To deceive the enemy.
precisel4 the same signal had been
fired at noon for three preceding days.
"A }moment, when the word was re-
5ceilsd, to hastily scribble upon tie
scrip q pocket diary tAe last word
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>hopelessly overpowered, at last sur.
rendered. = =
The fury Of rejoicing which followed
rlvaled that of the charge. The strug-
gle had been so long and desperate
the victory was so complete (not a
single one of the foe escaping) that
men lost all self-control, and some IN
a frenzy Of joy even hugged each other
and cried like women. # '@ss .%**.
4 But the vanquished-Go pity. them.
b The ground was strewn thick with
their dead and dying, with pools Of
blood, with fragments Of rent and scat
red tered bodies. Some Of their guns we're
literally covered with the shattered ra.
mains NAL, OF the poor victims who had
perished in handling them. >:5ss.
Amid the sitting stencil Of human
gore, the survivors stood, some, Ind.
died in little groups, dumb with tar.
ror; some upright, facing us IN cool
defiance; others, blackened by smoke e.
bareheaded, half naked, were on thair
knees in prayer. 's..;s.. # ,:. 1 '-. 's
And this is war! s. 5s5:s .5S I. S.zs
. Il was ~ ye4rs ago. . Yet / .tnstinc.
lively listen, imag agining I must sti11
hear the roar Of that conflict. OF at
least its echo but no, the midday
bears no cadence save the silklike mur.
rnllr Of the zephyr whispe g-
Peace. s4 .s.s. Il.
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Bank of England notes cost { half
penny apiecs to produce.
The Church Of England has an In
come Of ELS 100000 year.
In the Indian ocean only 73o out OF
300 islands are inhabited.
In March 1.646 japanese left tha
Hawaiian islands fer the Pacific coast.
A watch taken to the top of Mount
Blanc will gain S6 seconds in "a hours
! A ray Of light could move eight
times around th9 globe between the
tick OF awatch. - =
Rain is never known to fall in tho
region between the first and second
cataracts Of the Nile.
Never In the history Of parliament
have the full number of members been
present at one sitting.
Wood intended to be made into
pianos requires to be kept 40 years to
be in perfect condition.
It is estimated that GSO,000. 900
worth of British treasure lies sunk
along the route from England to India
There are more accidental deaths
from drowning every year In mos.
countries than from any other cause.
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GAVE HIM. THE PASSWORD.
German Sentry Somewhat; Confused- =
Good Story That Veterans
81 s Will Enjoy. re. 2 2

I'm our army at the west, . said a
member Of the Missouri contingent
:.the word Potomac was given as. the:
password for the night. A German
on guard understood it to be bot.
tonic and this, on being transferred
to another was corrupted to butter.
milk. Soon afterward the officer rho
had given the word wished to return
through the lines, and app hing 4
sentinel, was ordered to halt, and the
word demanded: He gave. Potomac, ,Y5
Mich right. You don't pass NIT
me dis way .s 5s 81
. s. But this is the word and / will
pass, replied the officer. IL ss
!. -. g no. you stan /. : at the same time
placing bayonet. at his breast in a
manner that told Mr.. Of1cers that
Potomac didn't pass in Missouri.
What IS the word. them asked
the officer.
cit ish .buttermilI. was the an
swer. 5Zs.5sss
525s ''f & Well, then, but tterlmilk
:. Dot ish right. Now you pass nit
yourself all aboud your piziness,, =
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DATE A MEMORABLE ONE.
Events Of Importance in Country's
History Happening on the Thir-
tieth Of May.

The thirtieth day of May, which the
45 states of the now indivisible union
have known as Decoration day. ever
since Gen. Logan's order in 1868 Of
f1cially set it aside for the observance
Of reminiscent patriotism, figures vari-
ously in the chronologies Of peace and
war. To that passing generation
which lived through the horrors and
sufferings tof a titanic civil strife the
date is eloquent as fortunately it
cannot be to any others, but to all
good Americans it will ever stand as
a peaceful monument to the juster
ending of "the great debate" while
all that world which busies itself with
the records of past history will flt-
-tfngly place the Decoration day of ''the
states" first of the ten events of i'm
portance which have fallen on the
penultimate of the fifth month.
Three of these nine happenings,
other than Memorial day, are closely
connected with the war between the
northern states and the southern. It
was on May 30, 1850, that there was
born boy soon to be christened Fred
erick Dent Grant, and who was to
grow up to the command of those
same armies which his then unknown
father was to lead to final victory in
the greatest of all civil wars-to grow
up, moreover, so like the world-famous
father in every feature and movement
as to cause many veteran of the
COS to turn and look. after him in the
streets with a strange and sudden
beating at the heart.
Twelve years later than this (1S62),
1t was on May 80, that the confederate
forces evacuated Corinth, down near
the Tennessee line in Mississippi.
while the same date in 1854 had seen
the signature of Franklin Pierce at
tached to that famous Kansas-Ne-
braska bill which played no incon-
siderable part in bringing on an armed
arbitrament of the slavery question.
That stroke of the: chief executives
pen organized as territories the states
which are now known as Kansas and
Nebraska, the latter to join the union
in January Of 1861 as a slave state,
but Kansas, not until 1867, when the
portentous question which had
drenched her fields with blood in the
middle SOS had been settled beyond
all further disputing. Far from least
among the past events recalled by
Memorial day IS the signing of that
bill-it marked the repeal Of the Mis-
:souri compromise, it marked the tri-
.umph of that strong but scheming
header Stephen A. Douglas over such
patriots as Sumner and Chase and
Wade and Seward; it made Of squat
ter sovereignty" a bitter fact, encour-
aging those worse elements which
brought war into the land. 5: $
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to the absent; moment to exchange
with comrade, so that the survivor
might forward the missive to those
loved ones; an instant to breathe q
whispered prayer through moving lips,
just loud enough to : be heard in
Heaven - when boom-boom-boo
the solemn voice spoke out, and with
shout which made the earth tremble,
we leaped from the obscuring ditch,
and the harvest of death began.
|" Paralyzed for an insIant;' but only
an instant, the enemy opened their
guns with consummate fury. Our ar
tillery, too, recently placed in posi-
tion under the mantle Of darkness and
concealed by brush, replied with even
1ercer violence. Thus, with the air
about us full of screeching missiles
and sulphurous smoke, blinded and
sometimes even covered by the debris
thrown over us from the burrows
plowed by shells, we forged forward.
Some began to chop down the stakes,
while others aimed at the gunners.
The range was close-we were vet
erans-nearly every shot brought
down a victim and silenced gun.
Their riflemen, too, were soon so
weakened by loss that they could not
check our advance until we reached
the great ditch which surrounded the
fort. Here, besides every other con-
ceivable obstruction, it was planted
thick with torpedoes; but although it
were the veritable jaws of death,
there could be no faltering now-into
it we leaped with shout.
Although beyond the range of the
guns, we now became the victims of
the fuse Of shell hurled upon us from
above. But still, over the dead bod
les of the slain, we pushed forward
to the opposite bank. Here, halting
but moment under the slight protec:
tion to recover our spent vigor, with
another shout out-yelling the missiles
of war, we flung ourselves at. the para
pet. The attempted seemed impossi-
BILE, but with such men nothing is i'm
possible. Over the distractions, up
the steep and difficult ascent; regard.
less Of bursting shell and Missing bull.
lets; in utter defiance of the enemy
who now thronged the slopes, until,
hurting our foes headlong with our
bayonets, we leaped into the fort.
On that very parapet before me,
within this deserted space, shaded
now by vernal and silent growths, that
scene of hell-born carnage was en-
acted.
But this was of short duration. Our
reenforcements were pouring into the
fort like a mighty f1ood-the enemy
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9TH . MD q

electric railway VIII probably
soon connect. MOSCOW with st Peters
burg IS So:
n the insane asylums OF Germany
more than third Of the patients owe
their condition to strong drink.
I Last year there were 39,211 millions
matches sold in France, bringing into
that nations treasury $5,aa46, $50. this
being state monopoly.
A man Of 80, elected Judge for
Frutigen, Switzerland, is I'd go through
q university course in order to enab bic
him to pass the examination required
by kw. ,-u =. - f.. -.
A proposal to enact that no newspa-
per shall be edited. composed or print
ed from Saturday midnight until sun
rise on Monday r,orning, has been
negatiyed In the French senate.
@ Denmark holds the record among
nations for thriftiness. Her inhab1t-
ants have,~on an average, G1O 9s.
apiece In the savings banks: English
people have only G3 Is. head.
In Australian gold mines It Is con.
s1dered that ventilation becomes bad
when the proportion of oxygen falls
below 20 per cent, or less than 70
cubic feet Of air minute is supplied
Tor every man working in a mine.
The city of London's chief inspector
OF weights and measures reports that
the weight of all loads: of coal test
ed last year was satisfactory, and that
in most cases the weight exceeded
the amount specified on the ticket"
y One OF the labor party's members OF
the new house OF commons lately re.
ce1ved from constituent who though,
he had a grievance to which the gov
eminent should give attention, a let.
ter OF no less than 100 closely-writ-
ten pages.
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SILENT RELICS OF HEROES
Knapsacks Of Fallen Soldiers That
Spoke Eloquently Of Devotion
to q Holy Cause.

The following letter, written several
years after the close of the civil war
by one who speaks whereof he saw,
and which I am permitted to quote,
is eloquent in heart feeling and
graphic portrayal:~
Il have just seen a pile of KNAPP
sacks and haversacks left by the boys
who went to the front and never came
back. The eloquence of these worm
eaten and nodded bags cannot be writ
ten.
Here was piece Of stony bread
uneaten, the little paper Of coffee and
the smoked tin cup In which it had
been boiled so often over the hasty
fire on the eve Of battle. There was
the letter, sealed, directed and never
sent. Here letter half written, COM
mencing: Dear Wife: How I want
to see you,' and another beginning.
Dear Mother: My time is nearly
out The rusty pen, just as it was
laid down on the half-f1lled sheet by
the gallant and loving hand OF the
writer, who had hoped so soon to fin
ish it, here tinted with red, white
and blue. Here were photographs Of
the favorite generals and of the dear
ones at home. Here were letters of
heart-breaking love, and loyalty to
duty, and holy faith and cheer, writ
ten at home, and here was a Testa-
ment, soiled and worn, which, judg-
ing from a penciling on a fyleaf, was
given him by the woman he loved
best.
Eyes, here were these mementoes
of the brave, living, loving life gone
out. They never came back! The
mourners at home do not all know
where they fell, or where they were
buried. To one unfamiliar with the
soldiers life these relics might mean
little. To me they mean all love, all
suffering, all heroism. I look on them
and again I seem to see the long lines
of marching men file past, dust COW
cred and warm, on their way to the
front. I see the roads of Virginia
simmering in the white heat, lined
with exhausted men lying down to
sleep and to die, after the last defeat;
hear the cry of the wounded, the
moan Of the dying, see the half-filled
grave, the unburied dead. All the aw-
full reality of war comes back. So. too.
do knightly days and dauntless men"
Charles Q. Stickney. -: 49,,
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What sublime uuietnessi

What sublime quietness! s.@S%. ~
Can it be possible that here-are
these memories, boundless deep, which
sweep across me like surging food,
merely the torturing dreams of a
fever-racked brain? s~5<,H-<<S.
But no. All around me are abun-
dant proofs. The outline Of the old
fort is still visible, and in fact Won
der that time has wrought so little
change. now. recognize many IA
miliar objects. The then solitary tree
is still standing, but a wound made
In its trunk by vicious shell has
never healed, and is now fastening it's
decay.
Yonder, half way down the slope,
nearly buried in earth, also discern
a huge, shapeless mass of iron. Dumb
witness OF bloody past, it is all that
remains of monster gun whose voice
made the trees tremble. In the last
hour OF horror, overworked, triple
charged, it exploded, hurting a score
of men into eternity.
This memory, then, is no mere
dream. This panorama of peace be-
fore me has dark background Of
graves.
Through yonder field of waving
corn, from the mile-distant wood, with
pick and shovel, by ditch and trench,
inch by inch, we worked our tedious,
tortuous way. Day and night we were
dogged by the. messengers of death.
Each step was gained at the price of
some brave life. Yet the work was
pushed steadily on. We were there to
do, to dare, to endure, but not to fall
ter. In nations redemption strug-
gle men can afford to die, but cannot
afford to be found wanting. When
q comrade fell wounded, we cared for
him with such kindness as the circum-
stances permitted; if he was killed,
wrapped in his blanket we buried him.
while with the rough sleeve of a
soldiers coat we wiped the tears away
and pushed ever onward.
AS l gaze spellbound, wonder-I
can never cease to wonder-that we
did not fail. tt required men with
nerves of steel and hearts of oak, re.
enforced by the inspiration that back
of us was our country, and above was
God. It required these, and all these,
to make victory possible.
For there, in the fort before us,
were Americans, and none but Ameri-
cans could have taken it, Our foes
were never tired, their vigilance never
relaxed, their courage was sublime.
And while we believed them entirely
and eternally wrong, they fought as
it is only possible for men to fight
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He Lived for Somethinr

The successful man is not the idler,
the good fellow or the miser. He mas
accomplished something. He has an
aim in life and he is helping others to
reach their goal: The truly successful
man is better when he leaves the
world than when he came into it, and
the world is little better for his
having. been here.-Spokane (Wash.)
Chronicle. :..A
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His Own Rusinees-

This anecdote was told by John Gra-
ham Brooks: Zone Of the brightest re-
plies I ever heard came from a lad
in my neighborhood, who was being
Quizzed about his. fathers accomplish
ments, and was asked: What does
your father know, anyway There
was no hesitation in the answer: I
don't believe he knows much of any
thing except his own business; but he
knows that"
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ReVersinp IT,

1VeVeIS1uS IL.
The meek and lowly tramp mean
dered up to the old, farm gate and
asked for a raw turnip with which to
appease his hunger.
But the >horny-handed son of toll
was onto his job, and all the hobo
got was q urndown.-Ch:cago Daily
News ~<@@ -"s- -7@~~'~- --'. ~'- -
New-York tribune., 1906-04-02
BIG SPRING II PUZZLE.
Woter from Mysterious Source
GNshes from Citu,s Centre.

Gushing from the solid rock in the fifth base
neht OF the new twenty-eisht story Hotel Belmont
a ga street and Park avenue is spring with q
ualy now or 10000 gallons. To the average person
u'e cIHet interest attaches 10 the fact that this
gusher is IN the heart OF Manhattan and that the
lev new Ioun1 waters may be utilized when the hotel
the question, Where is It's sourceT'
me spr!ng was discovered seventy-five feet be-
low the street level. after every inch OF the way
70 was blasted; To-day it is flowing az the rate
q more lAan 400 gallons hour into a cistern
that specially hevyn into the floor of the nth
basement. Large pumps are now emptytnS this
cistern every fifteen minutes into waste pipes but
II the water, which is now being tested. proves
pure, It viii be utilized in the hotel.
Several who have seen the spring and who pro-
Tess 70 know something about geology have ad-
Catskls. - -
- Certain springs in the Mississippi Valley have
tneIr source thousand miles away in the Rockies,
shhq shhq Long Island springs have been traced to the
h1IIs OF Connecticut by analysis of the water.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-02
WANT Se5O,O0o FROM p. r. r
Smts Brought AIeging Interest in
Mines and Favoritism.

philadelphia April (Specis1 servers will
.e~- ot to-rnorrow from the United States Distrc,
rt searching for the high o1icials OF the Pennsvl-
,arIa Railroad Company. who are wanted 10 testify
4, suits brought 10 determine the true ownership and
eual control Of certain b.eun1inous coal mines and
- exact status OF certain shippers with rela-
- Ia the railroad company
m Is alleged "a the suits that the PENNSYLVANIA Is
~ real owner OF the mines II question that certa:I,
ccsl shippers. named in the Complaints are mere
seiisrg aEents for the company, and that as suc,,
- obtain freight rates and rebates denied 10 al
.-rsrs engaged in the production and sale OF soft
c-f LAWYERS assert that IL these charges he e,5b-
rer+ete6 before the federal court the penalty NAV
5e the 9evong OF the special legislative charter OF
-F,e~- execstive officer Of the Pennsylvania will
- e-l5noered to appear IN court. The subpcsnas
80 issued on Saturday. but not served be-
49, fhe general Offices OF the corporation were
Ss5 aud most Of the officials were out Of the CITY
Gr-1 1Q is named the date for these officials 10
c.-i-ea~ before Judge Holland
It-,Ls case has been prepared by Thomas H Ather-
,o1 OF Wilkes Barre, who says he will establish
New-York tribune., 1906-04-02

reiiroad company has been guilty of dis
taera a. IN al OF the last I'VE years and that
charter warrant for demanding forfeit of its
The afndavits in the pending causes set on, tho
and tbromsb raL me Pennsylvania Railroad as such
erepte a,s lls oficiais, acting as trustees or
fSet owns stock in coal mining CORPORATIONS and
concerns ans its tspates which make these mining
years DsT13sado or ESQ coo for the period OF five
ne burden OF the case ais Or +Iee ,,.,
nora +so, ohe company. The officials Of tIis cor
and Miniag conrs IN favor Of the White Coal
ohpSny, the Altoona Coal and Cole a.iu IKE
1S Glen " nite Coal and Coke COMPANY -o+ G
= the International Coal MininS Co-a,eIS,
has Si1Sn ses up the plea that 1t was Forced inffo
pennsylvania Railroad Company eeu Oy the
New-York tribune., 1906-04-02
n. Y. Nh. & HARTFORD R. p

N. Y, N. H. & HARTFORD R. n
Trafns depart from Grad Central Station
42d ST. and 4th Ave. as follows for
BOSTON, via New London POW
~. 1000 sx1O:02 a, u. -
syI2:OO p NJ. via Wtilimantlc-ftsso so9
A M 1900 P NJ; via Sptd-7o'.a
A. M. iii12:OO. sN4;00. al 100 p. n
WORCESTER and F1TCHBCRGfs via F-<a
LAIZEvILI.E and NoREOI-K-fss4s A IA
1881 p. II
CT. harrington. sto-kbridge. Lenox. Prrrz-
field--f4:5O. rs 40 A. n. 1871 p. NJ
Ticket Offices at cGrand Csntral Statfoa
R'way. COS Union Square. else Firth AvAs
c245 CoIuTn bus Ave. c649 Madison AyAs
c2TS W. 125th St. 279S Third Ava -
BROOKLYN c342 $50 Fulton St.. 3eO B'ways
sDaty Except SunGays- e5tops a
l25th 81 xS5ops Re l25th s.. Sundays only.
tParlor Car Limited. llEas dining 90
New-York tribune., 1906-04-02
HELD ON CHARGE oE Arson

Charies Bridget. twenty-five years old. Of No
4VN west oso street was held by Magistrate wahle
in the West Side Court yesterday In s5 o0o han 20
examination to-day a charge Of arson. AT q
9e.oGck &C YESTERDAY m9rnipg Policeman Roland saw
Gls letteI DoAes In the hallway Of No cas- FJfehth
avenue on FIRE Bridget was turning doUn . !iS Sn
street on run He gave chase and caught him
In court he pleaded guilty to the charge -
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REAlDG&G SVSTgM
NEW JERSEY CENTRAL z. r.

STATIONS; root II6orty ST. n
tlne SHOWN below Is from Liberty 81
West 2Sd 81. leaves 10 minutes earlier. sxs
cept as noted by designating marks.
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AND AAUCH CHUNK - s4C0 G.l4
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BALTIMORE AND wAsHNGroN-soo.
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READING, HARRISBURG. PoTTsvIILs
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FDaily- TDaiiy excsyt Sunday. Sundays.
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saturdays. mDintng car. xSatuFdays cnlNN
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From Twenty-third strsst-z52O P. NJ
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Offices: Liberty ST.. West ga ST.. Astor
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5th Ave. Isl 5th Ave, IS Union Squars
West. 27SS.sd Ave. 2T9 West i25rh St, "a
Columbus Ave. New York: 342. 343 S4A
$50 Fulton St. Brooklyn: $50 Broadway.
Williamsburg. New YORK Transfer co.
calls for and checks baggage to destination
". G. BESIER c. NJ RURE
Vtce-Pres. & Gen. A[gr. Gen. Pass'r Agsus
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OCEAN STEAMERS.

BEFORE GOING ABROAD CONSULT
THE EUROPEAN ADVERTISEMENT
THAT APPEAR REGULARLY IN THE
TRIBUNE ON SUNDAYS. WEDNESDAYS
AND SATURDAYS
New-York tribune., 1906-04-02

b0i WEST 18TH sr--Three rooms. pri-
vats hath, go0S table, good location: two
b,oczs subway express HALL
BE.UTTEUL ROOMS, WITH BOARD.
izc tabss board IN exclusive house.
E-s = c. LENT 50 Riverside Drive.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-02
DESKS AND OFFICE r,rsS,rrpr
MACHINERY

AT REDUCED PRICEs.-5oo ..o.-s -
wood and iron working rnachtn-s. ,,,iiS
guaranteed: machinery bought and sY
changed GEO. d. EDDY, 39s Ms5isan -