davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-01

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 peo-
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 our
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
day more noted for military parade,
day for games and picnics and hav-
ing a good time generally, until now
the general public are coming to look
on Memorial day as an ordinary ma
tional holiday. like Washington
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-
tfon-country -picnics-making the
day more like a festival than d day
of mere noise and parade.
l 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 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-drifting away and max
ing the sacred festival more and more
a common holiday of races, noisy pic
mics and having a good time general
ly, with no particular sentiment ami
mating the thousands who should take
a higher view of Memorial day
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-01
N, ONIlC rs
.A~lEEMFR!@gg LIs2aES
TX INSTITUTE ~
~

and there is only one house within
that range.
Other reasons than the danger of
explosions led to it's isolated location.
1t was necessary to remove it from
the danger of electrical and Earring in
fiuences. In order further to do this,
the building is constructed on special
ly insulated foundations, and with no
connection between its walls and
floor The walls are anchored in deep
sand, and the floor of each room is
cement island set in lake of dry
sand
This branch of Mr.. Carnegie's in
stitution has already solved one prob
lem. 1t has made quartz glass. Its
second problem is still unsolved;
namely, what is Portland cement, and
why?
The new laboratory, with its vol
cano machines, will begin to do bust
ness next month
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-01
BULLDOG .sPETE" AT LAST
MEETS HIS WATERLOO

Pete was allowed to take some ex-
ercise early in the morning, after hav-
ing been chained all night as a pun
ishment for his work On the navy de-
partment clerk He evidently had
crouch" against the world for being
tied up like common, ordinary dog,
and he was in search of trouble, sure
He raced around the White House
grounds for a time, looking for ex-
element, and it soon hove in sight
in the shape of husky fellow bull
terrier. Pete tackled him without
ceremony. but the other dog was too
qnick for him He made grab for
-'Pete's" foreleg under the shoulder,
ard got a magnificent under hold
Luckily the Stranger got tired after
awhile and gave the White House ter
rfer a chance to adopt the discretion
airy part of valor, retiring in a mad
rush to safety under the White House
hedge His superior knowledge OF
the holes through the thicket stood
Pete in good stead, and he got away
alive thanks to the policeman on
guard at the White House, who cover
cred his retreat and chased away tho
most admired dog in the capital
e the owner of -Pete's" vanquisher
VIII send word privately to a lot of
officials high in the government serv-
Ice, he will receive the finest collar
AID dog tag that money con buy
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-01

IsnETE,'' the famous bull terrier OF
/ the White House, has at last
been vanouished. He met his Water
loo the other morning in the jaws OF
an unknown white bulldog, who made
a meal of Pete's front leg and shout
der with a good bite out of his ear
for a chaser.
The secretary of the interior will
resume his pathmaking across the
White House lawn, M Jusserand will
cease practicing tree climbing, the
chief forester of the government has
dismissed his athletic trainer and
has announced he will now take his
morning sprints through Rock Creek
park, and a general look of relief
is noticeable in the demeanor of every
member of the presidents official fam
ily as well as his kitchen cabinet
Among the newspaper correspond
ents there is general rejoicing and
they swarmed over the White House
grounds to their hearts content all
day and long into the night
But in the presidents household
there is much sorrow over Pete's dis
tress. Pete was put under the ban
because he chewed up a navy depart
ment clerk, and he was in disgrace
generally Next this feeling gave
way to one of genuine sympathy for
Pete who surely needs friends now
u he ever did
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-01
read the name ON the stone. 1t was;
BVT- LIEUT. COL WILLIAM ED
WARDS

read the name ON the stone 1t was:
BVT- LIEUT.. COL WILLIAM ED
WARDS.
Instantly all the old animosity oil
the years gone by returned The man
buried hero 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 had
helped in saving them from probable
humiliation at the hands of the en-
envy.
Reverently he stopped over the
grave and planted the flag he carried
beside the white stone. AS he
did so woman's voice close behind
him said:
81 thank you
He turned 1t was Blossom Ma
than. The same Blossom, though a
sad, sweet-faced woman now, instead
of the chit of a 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-
planned. THE wind has evidently
blown the flag away, and I have been
looking for it, but without success.
1t seemed so lonely without a flag
like the others
"Blossomt" 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.
A few months later she again jour-
neyed to the west to spend her life at
an army post-a soldiers wife.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-01
MILLIONS APPROPRIATED
BY. THE LATE CONGRESS

exceed those of the first by $41,20S,-
95S
During the last session 16,434 sal
aries were increased at an annual
cost of 2,949, 1852. This includes the
vice president, speaker, nine cabinet
officers, 80 senators, 396 representa-
tives and "a employees of congress.
Contracts were authorized for pub
lie works requiring future appropria-
tions aggregating SGT 1884, 349, of which
almost SIG, 100000 is for battleships.
torpedo boats, etc. The largest appro-
priation carried by any one measure
was S212 ,O91, 1913 by the post-office
bill The naval bill carried $685.
507, the army bill S7S,634 $50 and the
pension bill S146,143, 900
A comparison of the total appropria-
lions mace at the second session of
the Fifty-ninth congress for 1908.
1920, 79S, 144, with those of the first
session of that congress for 1907,
$S79 $50, 1856, shows an increase of
$41,2OS,9 $50.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-01

RI BOY and man, Col. Bryant
/N had been a soldier. AS boy
Il his ambition had been a cadet
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 a course of
study that would fit him to pass the
required examination and admit him
to the United States military acad-
envy. At IS tho 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 strug-
Cling clergyman. into whoseEpath fate
had thrown no special opportunities,
but who had improved every chance
for study that had been given him,
and who wished the appointment
merely as a means of securing a de-
sired education.
The two had never been friendly,
and on one of two occasions had had
some boyish Quarrels over the atten-
tons each had attempted to be-
stow upon Blossom Nathan. When
Billy Edwards won the coveted ap-
pointment every semblance of friend
ship between the two boys ceased,
and Bob Bryant refused even to as
sociate with anyone who called young
Edwards their friend
Grievously disappointed in not win
ming the cadetship, young Bryant en-
tered a military academy with deter
mination to prepare himself for q
military career, trusting to his IA
Tiers wealth and influence to secure
for him an appointment to the army.
During their school days both boys
kept up correspondence with Bios
som Nathan. until at the end Of three
years Bryant insisted that she could
not retain the friendship of both he
and Edwards. and that all correspond
ence between her and his rival must
cease. or her would have nothing more
to do with her. The young lady very
promptly informed her angry sutton
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 a 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 a place in a local company of
state guards
Then came the call to arms to
save the union The southern states
had sececded: the nag had been fred
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-01

airy. For IL years he followed the
trail of the red man. and then s-tAe
good of the service" took him to
Washington to serve for a time on
the stan of the general commanding
the army 1t was this that account
ed for his presence on the Gettysburg
battlefield on Decoration day, 1878.
He walked over the ground so
fiercely contested in SO and glanced
at the white headstones looking for
the mama of his comrades At each
grave there was planted a small flag.
similar to one he carried idly in his
hand At one grave he noticed the
frafl star had been broken, and the
nag blown away. He stopped T.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-01
HE MADE A MISTAKE.
New Jersey Private Mistook Violin
Resin for Shaving Soap.

New Jersey Private Mistook Violin
Resin for Shaving Soap.
"a soldier named Ed Norton" said
q veteran from New Jersey, was one
of the quickest men with the fiddle
1 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.
One day Charlie was boasting of
a 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 1t to Morton When tho
soap was produced Morton ex-
claimed: Why. if there amt my resin
that ] have been looking for more
than a week
There was soap enough In the
brush to make lather and Charlfa
thought he was using soap who. Ia
had the fiddle medicine"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-01
CIVIL WAR FIGURES.
Statistics Of the Army That Put Down
the Rebellion.

The enlistments In the union army
during the civil war reached the
enormous total of 2,89S .304- 1t is not
possible to know exactly how many
enlistments there were in the confed-
crate army, because the confederate
states failed to keep reliable record
of the number of men furnished to
the service, and such statistics as are
to be had are incomplete 1t is esti-
mated, however, that, there were be-
tween 600, 900 and 700. 900 men in the
confederate armies, and that fully 2OO.-
600 of this number died In battle or
from wounds and disease
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-01

The flag balf-nnast Is flying and the ali
IS filled 4uih praise
Of those 4Dho by the Nation stood through
out her trying days,
When strobe be GOD of Battles in his fu,y
DER the land,
And crimson grs4v Pofon1Ac's tide and RED
the Rio Crande.
When the cannon tore the cedars In the
green pAIes of the South,
Where no4o the blus-bird builds Der nesi
deep in the mortar s mouth;
But abI the snowy <vfnos of Peace abope
those fields are spread,
And Columbia. Lhs mother, comes fe
crozvn her gallant dead.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-01
WHEN COLUMBIA
CROWNS HER
DEAD
BY T. C.. HARBAUGH.

What has set the drums a-beatfng meath
the tender skies Of May
Why troop the children from tie fields
eDith flozDers fresh and gay3
see the Det rams gather in Their buttoned
coats of blue,
With here and there an empty sLeebe to
proVe the 4Dearer true;
hear then, tak of battles IN their youth
time long ago,
Where side BY side they stood and met the
onslaugbts of the foe;
And nozD the bofce is silent, and each
soldier bo4Ds his head,
For 4Deu they krozu thfs sacred day Column
bia crozuns her dead.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-01
~@WssOM

Sleep en-, O zuearers of the blue! the n1eec
of praise you pe eDon,
Sleep on the long. long summer bro, ir
shadozO and. in sun:
The sueetest Bloom that Nature yield,
lies on the soldiers breast,
And 7epern1ore epar,s clarion notes shall
break your peaceful rest;
The battle echoes panish like a dIstan
cannon s boom,
RehoL& Columbia gently lays zureaH
uSbn a tomb,
'TMy children Peace Be p,fb you'll speak,
she fo4p zuih dropping head,
Then she kisses ali the roses she has Laie
upon her dead.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-01

No more hear the rumble of the battle :.
brazen car,
Iha1e TO part the flowers fair to find the
zDounds of 9,ar:
/ hear robin singing uherc the eoLonei
brabely died,
And a butterfly Is hop ring whers fhs
Legions n1ulfipLed:
The bugle is no longer beard on fields z1,e
Lope to name,
And He,roses bloom IN beauty IN the sacred
camps of Fame,
And dozDn the street a-n1archng, 4uih
Old Glory at their head,
Come tie 9et'rans, for Columbia bids them
all salute her dead.
The oasis., 1907-05-25

passed. Upon the branch Co Ala. mos eight Kilometres of grade have been completed, and the work on the renait ing part of the line Go Alamos is being crowded az rapidly as possible. By the time the track. laying machine reaches inc Fuerte river, where it will be detained by bridge construction, the grade to Alamos will be ready for the rails, or nearly SO, and then the tracklayer will return from the main line and lay the track into Alamos. which will be q matter of not more than thirty days work. So within two months the locomotive will reach Alamos. Upon the line going up the west side of the river. toward Tonichi, work is progressing beyond Buena Vista as rapidly as possible. The grade to Cumaripa is all completed except a deep cut in rock work, about ,000 feet long. It is antici- pated that within two months that will be complete, when the rails will be laid to Cumaripa.
The oasis., 1907-05-25
SONORA SETTINGS.

t1S, lS utN'lVpihH W. ""'No"'i'D mining property on the San Miguel liver. above Carbonera.
 4 change in management, fore- .hadowed by TIE OASIS two weeks aeo. has taken place in the Pro- montorio Consolidated Mining Company, Messrs. II. $. and C. W. Eberle retiring from the posts of general manager and secretary. Mr. John Baker Jr. has been ap- pointed superintendent.
 Sufficient funds have been sub scribed by the business community upon both sides of the line at Nogales to build the proposed con- meeting link between the road to Las Planchas and the road into the Altar district out from Las Planchas canon; and Mir. Daily, who took the matter in hand, states that he will begin construc- ton right away, and complete the road as soon as possible. When the short link is completed Nogales will have a good road direct to Altar, with a distance of but seventy-Iive miles.
 A gentleman who has returned from a trip to the Sultana mine and the Rayon region, on the San Miguel river, going out from Carbo station, states that the soldiers who are patrolling the country report that they find no signs of Yaquis about the water holes and springs, and that the indications are that the Yaquis have all departed from that part of the country. But the people who flocked into the towns when the troubles extended into that region have not returned to their homes as yet, and the ranches remain deserted, and travellers and freighters are accompanied yet by military escorts. It Is thought that the Yaqui trouble in that vicinity is all over, and that every thing will resume a normal condi- ton very shortly.
 The Richardson Construction Company, which took over, not long ago, the irrigation enterprise and lands of the Sonora & Sinaloa Irrigation Company, on the south side of the lower Yaqui river, in cluding more than one million acres of fine lands, are pushing with all vigor the work of develop ment they have undertaken, in carrying out the plans and projects of the company preceding. At Esperanza station, on the south side of the river, and across from Cocorit, they have erected build ings for dwellings, offices and ware houses, for the use of the staff. They have also undertaken to re- turn the river to the channel that 1t had deserted, cutting out the dam, and have that extensive work half finished. A new channel two miles in length had to be dug and dredged out; and the work of doing so is we'll along. Davis Richard son is president of the company, and Will E. Richardson is vice. president. Mir. Davis Richardson IS at the New York office of the company. and MT. Will Richardson at the Los Angeles office.
 1t Is reported authoritatively that the tracklaying force on the main line of the Cananea, Rio
The oasis., 1907-05-25

Subscribe for THE OASIS.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-07
Hindoo Lady Talks.

"Phulbia," real Hindoo ,adv
gave an interesting talk last sunday
evening In the NJ. f. church nm tha
mission work in India and the man.
ners and customs of the countrv
Phulbia Is the wife of Rev. Rnheyt
Ward, an Englishman, who 10 a
Methodist missionary in the Rom h. y
conference in India. Mrs Word
was educated in India and c,ne m
United States about two wears .oo
with her husband. He has ,e,n,nsS
to India and she will follow htn
soon after attending various st.,s
missionary conventions here A.
the service Sunday evening s252 was
raised for the Thoburn hoS,,t.I
which Will be built in India NJ.
ward stopped here while 'enron,e o.. ~
Butte, Mont. to attend n,ss,ooas.
convention.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-07

arrangement OF face, hair and hat
So much in charity to the ladies
On the other hand, many o nan
has lost his Sunday temper In trying
to gain a peep at the speaker throUEh
the Jungle Of foliage and feathtFs
that is often planted in neat row
in front of him, and finding this too
much of a strain on his eyes has
taken to studying the frescoes. or fol-.
lowing the lines in the stained gas
windows, until the quiet of the
place. with the indistinct murmur-
ing OF the minister's voice finally
Iulls him into deep and blissiu
sleep.
But il the whole can have the re
suit OF bringing more men out TO
Sunday services the little incon Ell
ience to men and women should be
appreciated by both.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-07
TO REMOVE HATS
Women Of tho Churches viii 10
So Requested

Rev. John Doane announced at the
services in the Congregational church
last Sunday that beginning next Sum-
day he would ask the ladies to re-
move their hats during the sermon,
in order to give everybody a chance
to see. the speaker. The request is
being made in difference to some men
who when asked why they did not
attend services more regularly re-
sponded that 1t was largely because
they were unable to see the pulpit
for ladies' hats.
The idea Of women removing their
hats during the services is being
adopted by many of the Churches
throughout the country and in MANY
of these where programs are used the
request Is printed on the program.
1t Is expected that other churches
of Greeley will follow the eyample
of the Congregational church in this
matter.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-07
FEEL EVERY CHANGE OF THE
WEATHER
A Bad Back L. Always Worse Durini
Wet or Changeable Weather

Is your back a barometer?
Does 1t foretell every change Of
Does every cold settle on your kid
neys?
Bring aching. throbbing pains?
Does 1t disorder the urine?
The kidneys are calling for help.
Use Doan's Kidney Pills,
Guaranteed by Greedy testimony.
A. J. Goodwin, retired farmer.
living at 142l Eighth street, Greeley.
Colo, says: II can without hesita.
tion recommend Doan's Kidney Pills
for know them to be a remedy OF
great merit. Il procured them at
the Reynolds Drug Co.'s store and
was promptly relieved Of the symp-
toms of kidney disorder which had
bothered me for some time. l was
always we'll and strong up to the
last few years when l contracted a
severe cold which seemed to affect
my general health. The great bene-
tit Doan's Kidney Pills brought me
for troubles which attributed to
arrangements Of the kidneys and
bladder leads me to recommend them
to others In need Of remedy of this
kind -
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster Milhurn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan-and
take no other.