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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24
CIVIL WAR FIGURES,
Statistics Of the Army That Put Dow
the Rebellion.

The enlistments in the union arry
during the civil war reached tue
enormous total Of 2,S98,3O4. 1t is uDt
possible to know exactly how mxny
enlistments there were in the confed.
crate army, because the confederate
states failed to keep a reliable record
OF the number of men furnished to
n; service, and such statistics as are
TO be had are incomplete. 1t is esti.
mated, however, that there were be.
tween 100000 and 100000 men in the
confederate armies, and that fully 2OO,.
900 of this number died in battle or
from wounds and disease
In the union army it is estimated
that 100000 were killed in action or
died Of wounds, while to this may be
added a large number of men on both
sides who died from disease brought
on by the privations and the suffer.
ings they endured while in the serv.
ice. This enormous loss of life has
not been equaled by all the other
wars in which our country has been
engaged, and the great war of the
rebellion stands in history as one
of the most terrible wars of modern
times. It's cost in money runs up
into the hundreds of millions, the
bountes paid by the United States
government amounting to something
more than s3OO,OOO,OOO. The result OF
this terrible conflict was the freeing
of 1900, O0U of saves,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24
MEMORIAL DAY
Something OF It's Origin and Z
Prophecy as TO It's Future.
Ry MAJ. GEN. FRED. D. GRANT

-HE idea of this beautiful Gus
tom was first suggested ana
made a great national holiday
by Gen. John A. Logan. lie
was a thoughtful man, swayed by SEN
timent of the highest order, ana a
close student Of the classics. he
read much and frequently referred 10
historic episodes in his speeches.
BY nature Gen. Logan was inclined
to be heroic, and so after the war;
after reading much about the beautl'
full customs of the ancient Greeks IN
honoring their dead heroes with cere'
monies and flowers at annual 1es'
rivals. it came to him in moment OF
inspiration that it would be patriot
ic and popular thing to likewise honor
the dead soldiers of our own country
in similar way. He held that 10
decorate the soldiers graves once
year in the month of May with It's
flowers and blooming splendor would
awaken new sentiments Of loyalty and
regard for the government among tho
people.
1t was a fact, as he well knew.
that nearly every household had lost
one or more members or relatives or
dear friends. Gen. LOgan's insplra-
ton awoke response in every heart
and his movement was soon organized
anu made of national importance.
Grand Army posts were established
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24
FIT THE GROCER
Wife Made the Suggestion.

A grocer has excellent opportunity
to know the effects of special foods on
lis customers. A Cleveland grocer
las long list Of customers that have
been helped in health by leaving on
co1ee and using Postum Food Coffee
he says, regarding his own expe'
rience: 1.-TWO years ago I had been
drinking coffee and must say that
was almost wrecked in my nerves.
Particularly in the morning was
so irritable and upset that I could
hardly wait until the coffee was
served, and then had no appetite fof
breakfast and did not feel like attend
Ing to my stc:e duties.
One day my wife suggested thai
1nasmuch as I was selling so mucn
Postum there must be some merit IN
1t and suggested that we try it. took
nome package and she prepared II
according to directions. The result
was a very happy one. My nervous
ness gradually disappeared and today
l am all right. l would advise every
one affected in any way with nervous.
ness or stomach troubles, to leave on
cof1ee and use Postum Food Coffee.
There's a Reason" Read, 1.-THE ROAD
70 MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24

similar to one he carried idly III his
hand. At one grave he noticed the
nail stan had been broken, and the
dag blown away. He st'pped TO
read the name on the stone. 1t was
BVT. LIEUT.. COL. WILLIAM Ed
WARDS.
Instantly all the old animosity OF
the yea IS gone by returned. The man
buried here had stolen from him his
opportunity, had stolen the girl he
loved and then there came to him the
thought that this man had sacrificed
his life for the flag; that this man
had lost his life in bringing success
to himself and his comrades, and mad
helped in saving them from probable
annihilat- on at the hands of the en-.
envy.
Reverently he stopped over the
grave and planted the flag he carried
beside the white stone. AS ne
did so a woman's voice close behind
him said:
Il thank you
He turned 1t was Blossom Ma
tlan. The same Blossom, though a
sad. sweet faced woman now, instead
of the chit of girl he had known
so many years ago. The years of
exposure and hardship had changed
him so she did not know him.
1T Is my husbands grave, she ex-
rlained The wind has evidently
blown the flag away, and | have been
looking for it, but without sue cess.
1t seemed so lonely without flag
like the others
Blossom" he cried. Don't you
know me-"
The voice brought back to her the
days Of her girlhood; the impetuous
bOyish lover.
She gave him her hand and togeth-
er they left that battlefield, where
hope had died and hope was born
again.
\ few months later she again jour
neyed to the west to spend her life at
an army pOst-a soldiers wife.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24

eastward for the defense of Washing.
ton. Volunteers in companies, bat.
talions and regiments were tlockine
into the mastering camps. With the
volunteers went Bob Bryant as cap
tain of his company. With the regu
lars sent to Washington went First
Lieut.. Edwards, while Mrs Edwards
went back to her old home to await
the return of her husband from the
front
The four years of war dragged wear
lily along. Lieut. Edwards stuck t.
the regular service and rose to the
rank of major, and brevet lieutenan,
colonel, as which he commanded hi.
regiment Capt. Bryant of the vol
unteer service rose to the rank o.
colonel
At the battle of Gettysburg Col
Bryant was temporarily in command
of brigade stationed at Cemetery
Hill. During the first days fghtins
his command in company with al
others at that point in the line @
battle had suffered severely. Will
the requirements of the second da,
came the regiment commanded b.,
Lieut.. COL Edwards, and during tn,
fighting of that day Edwards fel
and was buried on the field.
The war over, Col. Bryant fount
the wished for opportunity to ente,
the regular service, and was sent tt
the far west as lieutenant of cav
airy. For II years he followed thu
trail Of the red man, and then ''tht
good of the service" took him tt
Washington to serve for time or
the staff Of the general commandins
the army. 1t was this that account
ed for his presence on the Gettysburf
battlefield on Decoration day, 1878.
He walked over the ground sc
fiercely contested in '63 and glanced
at the white headstones looking fol
the name Of his comrades. At eacl
grave there was planted small flag
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24
~
AfLAG3?z}
OF TRUCE

s BOY and man, Col. Bryant
/N had been a soldier. AS boy
IN his ambition had been a cadet let
ship at West Point, and the
army as a life career Blessed with
wealthy parents, there seemed nothing
In the way to the accomplishment of
his ideal when the opportune time ar
rived. At Is he began course OF
study that would fit him to pass the
required examination and admit him
to the United States military acad-
envy. At IS the opportunity came
There was vacancy at the academy
to BE filled by appointment from his
congressional district, and he entered
eagerly into the competition for the
coveted place feeling confident of
winning the prize.
His most formidable opponent was
Billy Edwards, the son of struS-
Cling clergyman, into whose path fate
had thrown no special opportunities,
but who had improved every chance
for study that had been given him,
anu WHO Nlollcu llC
merely as a means of securing de.
sired education.
The two had never been friendly,
and on one of two occasions had had
some boyish quarrels over the atten-
lions each had attempted to be
stow upon Blossom Nathan. When
Billy Edwards won the coveted APP
pointment every semblance of friend
ship between the two boys ceased,
and Bob Bryant refused even to as
Bociatc with anyone who called young
Edwards their friend.
Grievously disappointed in not win
ning the cadetship, young Bryant en-
tered military academy with a deter
mination to prepare himself for a
military career trusting to his ia
theirs wealth and influence to secure
for him an appointment to the army.
D.rlE.; their school days both boys
kept ur correspondence with Bios
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24

that she would choose her own
friends, and he accepted her deci
sion.
Six months after Lieut.. Edwards
had graduated from West Point and
entered the army he made Blossom
Nathan his wife, and took her to the
western post, where his command was
stationed.
Bryant in the mountains had fin.
ished his college course, and not find
ing it so easy to secure civil ap
pointment to the army, had settled
down to the study of law in his home
town, and confined his military ambi.
lions to place in a local company OF
state guards.
Then came the call to arms to
save the union. The southern states
had sececded; the flag had been fired
upon. Every available company OF
the regular service had been rushed
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24
Shoemaker's Last,

The following is taken from a hand.
bill issued by a provincial bootmaker:
"The shoemaker is man of great
learning. He is a doctor as we'll as a
surgeon, for he not only heels but
performs many cutting operations. He
is fishmonger, for he sells soles and
heels. He is a schoolmaster, for he
gives good understanding. He is a
good speaker, for he always works
the thread of his argument, wakes
warm to his subject, and holds all to
tho laStn
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24
Seoul and ltS Inmates,

A recent estimate Of the population
Of Seoul gives the total at 199,305. In
every ward but the north one the
number Of males exceeds that of fe.
males, but in that part of the city the
number Of males is given as 1900,
while the females are 10000. This
would be hard to explain on any or.
binary theory Of population. Seoul
has no quarter set aside for the exclu'
sive residence of females.-Korea Dai.
" News. .
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24
The Last Dash.

The autoists in highest latitudes
gathered around and mournfully con.
templated a dark body that lay upon
the cleaning ice before them.
At that moment De Villiers, the last
Of the party, who had been detained
by faulty adjustment, rode up.
whats the trouble?" he asked
One of the fur-clad group looked
around. His voice was choked with
rage.
That idiotic chauffeur whom
Dasher insisted on bringing along
didn't look where he was going"
"Yes."
"He smashed into the pole and
broke it shcr: off!"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Laundry work at home would he
nuch more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces.
,ary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear.
.ng quality of the goods. This trou.
ole can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because Of its great.
er strength than other makes.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24

Sleep on, 0 qvearers of the b'ue! the need
of praise you Ve quon,
Sleep on the long, long sumner Bro' in
shadoqu and in sun:
The s7veetest bloom that Nature yields
lies on the soldiers breast,
And neVern:ore oars clarion notes shall
break your peaceful rest:
The battle echoes Danish like a distant
Cannon S boom,
Behold! Columbia gently lays qureah
upon a tomb.
My chi dren! Peace be %uih you'll" speaks
she loqu qvith dropping head,
Then she Kisses all the roses she has laid
upm her dead.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

BY local applications ss they cannot reach the dIs.
eased portion OF the There IL only one way to
Deafness and that is by remedies
Deafness is caused by inflamed condition Of tho
mucous lining OF the Eustachan Tube. When this
tube Is lndamed you have q rumbling sound or i'm.
perfect hearing and when IS entirely closed Deaf
ness s the result and unless the Inflammation can DO
taken out and ns tube restored to it, normal condl
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases
put OF ten are caused by Catarrh, which IA nothing
out an indamed condition Of the mucoue surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of
Deafness Caused by&catarrh) that cannot be cured
~ Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free.
+. J. CHENEY a. CO., Toledo, O.,
Sold by Druggists 15c.
Take Hairs Family pills fof .onstination
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24
Free Medical Advice

A we'll known London physician at
a dinner party one evening was much
worried by one who was seeking gra.
tuitous advice. do you know. doc.
tor" said his questioner, II know a
man who suffers so terribly with in.
digestion that at times he can do
nothing but howl with pain. What
would you do in that case?"
"Well, I suppose" responded the
medical man, Il should howl with
pain, too"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24
His Classification,

"Oh, don't intend to be scrupulous
about the way l get on" said the
young lawyer, who thought himself
the greatest ever. II frankly intend
to rent out my head to anybody who
wants to make use of it." "Then, II
you advertise it," replied his cynical
friend, they'll put you under the
heading of Empty Flats"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24

The flag balf-mast is flying and the air
is filled quHh praise
Of those euho by the Nation stood through
out her trying days,
When strode the God of Battles in his fury
DER the land,
And crimson grequ Poton,ac's tide and red
the Rio Grande;
When the cannon tore the cedars in the
green gales of the South.
Where no7v the hue-brd builds Der nest
deep in The mortar S mouth;
But alb! the sno7vy s1uings of Peace aboVe
those fields are spread.
And Columbia. like mother, comes to
croqun her gallant dead.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24

in every section of the country All
agreed that decorating the graves OF
soldiers with flowers on the day ap'
pointed would give the nation new
life and be welcomed by all the PEG.
pie.
But this is not all. The religious
sentiment at the bottom of the idea
of honoring the dead soldiers and
perpetuating the memory Of their he
roic deeds made the day something
higher and nobler than anything
known in the days of the Greeks
Thus it came about that Memorial
Day became the greatest Of all our
American holidays. 1t was day for
the bereaved to commune at the
tombs of their honored dead.
For many years, as We all know
the custom was an event-the most
beautiful, pathetic and sacred of on!
holidays-but later on, as the ranks OF
the survivors grew thinner and the
families who had contributed SO many
lives to the war passed away, the day
became more like other holidays-a
day more noted for military parade,
a day for games and picnics and hav.
ing good time generally, until now
the general public are coming to look
on Memorial day as an ordinary ma.
tional holiday, like Washington's
Birthday or the Fourth of July.
Had it not been for the deep reli,
gious sentiment, with prayers and
church services held in honor of the
soldiers, Memorial day would from
the beginning in all probability have
been attended with the noise and dis.
play of the Fourth of July. Fortu.
nately this religious sentiment has
made the people more thoughtful,
and instead of noise and gun firing we
have gone in for more quiet recrea.
tion-country picnics-making the
day more like festival than a day
of mere noise and parade.
think it is beautiful idea, this
decorating the graves Of those who
sacrificed their lives in the tremen
dous days of the war and purely out
Of patriotic devotion, and it is a pity
indeed that public sentiment is grad
ually changing and we are forgetting
the solemn lessons taught by the war
and Of the sacred meaning of honor.
ing the dead-driftng away and max.
ing the sacred festival more and more
a common holiday of races, noisy pic
MICS and having good time general
ly, with no particular sentiment ami
mating the thousands who should take
a higher view of Memorial day.
g <,A&.a@-
rt<S:s.sM> g.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24
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75 "

No more hear the rumble of the battle s
braSen car.
Ihabe to part the floquers fair to find' the
wounds of uar:
1 hear robin singing qvhere the colonel
braDely died,
And a butterfly is hop' ring quhere the
lesions multiplied;
The bugle is no longer beard on fields 9ve
loqx to name.
And the roses bloom, in beauty in the sacred
camps of Fame,
And doqun the street a-marcfing, qvit'1
Old Glory 1t their head,
Come the bet rams, for Columbia bids then,
all salute her dead.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24

As we gather today with spring flow.
ers to do reverance to the heroes who
have gone we must look back that hall
a century to review those scenes Of
conflict.
The cannon that then dealt death and
destruction are today moss covered and
buried beneath the debris Of the battle
fields Of old.
Time has healed the ravages Of war.
and covered with softening hand the
evidences Of that four years Of warfare.
But we have the remaining gay-haired
veterans, and the graves Of those passed
away, to remind US of the valor ol
Columbia's sons.
The generation Of today has not for
gotten, and the generations yet unborn
will not forget, the care due these final
resting places Of nations dead.
We scatter flowers upon them in token
Of our appreciation Of their services to
their country Of yesterday, our country
Of today.
Whatever their place in life, whatever
their station, whatever their fortune, they
are deserving Of equal honor at our
hands.
And unto them a grateful nation has
dedicated this day; day on which we,
with freshest flowers, pay tribute to the
memory of the nation's heroes
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24
Sartorial Cutlery.

A change of some sort in neither
garments would be welcomed by
many for since the Introduction OF
the crease they have been stationary
from the standpoint of style, and IT
would be we'll if some fluting, pleat'
ing or strapping could be introduced
to revivify this CHARACTERIZATION and
Cutter,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24
HE MADE A MISTAKE,
New Jersey Private Mistook Violin
Resin for Shaving Soap.

neo" 'oT oHdVIn9 soap.
"A COLDER named Ed Norton SAID
a veteran from New Jersey, was ole
OF the quickest men with the fiddle
ever listened to, and he carried it
with him to beguile camp life. A
fellow named Charles Foster was his
tent mate, who. having discovered a
slight down on his chin, endeavored
to coax it forward by frequent ap-
plicatiOn Of his razor
Zone day Charlie was boasting of
cake of shaving soap he had found,
and said that he had used it twice,
and had found it just fine. He offer.
ed to lend it to Morton. When the
soap was produced Morton ex-
claimed: why, if there amt my resin
that ] have been looking for more
than week
There was soap enough in the
brush to make lather and Charlie
thought he was using soap when h1
had the fiddle medicine"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24

My doctor kept me on strict diet, but
as his medicine was not helping me-
began using Doan's Kidney Pills,
They helped me at once, and soon all
traces of sugar disappeared. I have
regained my former weight and am
perfectly we'll"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24

Near half century has passed away the bans Of those mighty
armies since the victorious blue and the defeated gray parted with hndke
Appomauox The heartahes pain -four strife swallowed the
goe Of peace and reunited nation Back the pow and the factory back
and Office back the pulpit and school room back the duties Of
peace the work Of repairing the detadons Of Cumbs
north and SOUTH
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24
north and south.

the immortal words Of him who called that army blue into being; who
directed during hard fought who bid the that comprised
God speed back to their homes when work one s1 sense
we cannot dedicate cannot hauow this ground The
brave living dead who struggled here have con,eaed far above
our power to add deuact The world will little notc long remember
what we here but forget what they did here"
Wright A. Patterson
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24
WHEN COLUMBIA
CROWNS HER
DEAD
BY T. G.. HARBAUGH.

What has set the drums a-beatng ':seah
the tender skies of May2
Why troop the children from The fields
7vth flozvers fresh and gay?
lsee the get rams gather in their buttoned
coats of blue.
With here and there an empty sleeDe to
prove the qvearer true;
lhear them talk of battles in their YOUTH
time long ago.
Where side BY side they stood and met the
onslaugbts of the foe;
And noqv the Dolce is silent. and each
soldier bozus his head,
FOR ueH they knozu this sacred day Colun,
bia croQvns her dead.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24

- .zs>sScc~
TTICK- Tick Tckety- Tick Tick.
The telegraph instruments spelled

TTlCK- Tick Tickety Tick Tick.
The telegraph instruments spelled
out the nations cry for help. Unto
every city, village and hamlet went the
rallying call to Columbia's sons.
A nations emblem.-Old Clory--had
heen fired upon. Flying from the mast
head it had been met in a southern port
Jay the ominous boom Of defiant cannon.
War, grim visaged war, had come:
a conflict that was to leave its record OF
heroic deeds, Of unexampled valor. upon
all history.
A conflict that was to pit brother
against brother, friend against friend, each
battling for the right as he saw the right.
From the farm and factory, the store
and office, the pulpit and schooloom
came the answer. 1t echoed from ocean
to ocean, from east to west and north:
Were coming, Father Abraham,
Five hundred thousand shongl"
The roll Of the drum, the shrill notes
Of the bugle, marked the mastering camps,
and into them gathered the flower Of the
nation manhood.
From out these mastering camps there
marched an army clad in blue, each hero
eager to perform that duty. no matter
what it be, assigned to him.
"Southwad, ever southwark" was the
battle cry. "Southward to meet the foe
man. an Amy clad in gray"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24


For four long years din battle rcsoundd through the land For tour long
there rattle musket the clash steel
upon STEEL For long Yeas gray proved valiant oeman tor tho
army blue Sons north and the south fell hundreds ubom
contested backgrounds and found last long resting place side by side namees'
graves The prayers that assembled heaven from those bad were tor
both blue gra bus sounded the final for the valiant
Of both the north and SOUTH
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-05-24
Memorial Day,

1t is the lives that we revere
In beauty Of the May,
Loves gift Of reverence sincere
Tor our Memorial day!
They are alive in all our hearts,
The while with tears we pray,
Yet thought of Heaven it's bliss eimparts-
And lHllows our Memorial day!
William Brunton.