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know and TO love the inNincible quail
ties that controlled them there, and
the insignia of the veteran IS Uo-Gay
badge of patriotism no matter which
uniform he wore. And let me say
that whenever l meet a man who
wears upon the lapel of his coat the
little bronze button of the Grand
Army or the cross of honor OF the
Confederate veteran, I feel that
stand within the presence of the
hero.
1t was President Mckinley who said
that he believed the time had come
Southern as we'll as the Northern
graves. In keeping with that sentf-
ment ] believe the time has also come
when these stately piles of marble
and of granite. erected over the north
and the south in cOmmemoration of
the heroes and deeds of their respec-
tive sections, should lose their section
al significance and stand only as
monumental to the intrepid bravery
and splendid valor of the American
soldier.
The memory Of his deeds is TODAY
the priceless heritage of a united and
a grateful people. and the uniform he
were is but an incident OF the great
combination of events which produced
him. Let us make ourselves worthy
OF the legacy which he left us and
help to preserve, in its naked.
deathless glory" the spIendor which
attaches to his name.
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war, nothing win seem to them so adj
mirahle. in all the history of our two
magnificent arnies, as the way in
which the war came to a close. When
the Confederate army saw the time
had come. they Acknowledged the pitt
less logic of facts and ceased fighting.
When the army of the Union saw it
was no longer needed, without a muir
mer or question, making no terms,
asking no return, in the flush of vic
tory and fuEness of might, il laid
downs it's arms and melted back into
the mass of peaceful citizens There
is no event since the nation was born,
which has so proved it's solid capacity
for self government Both sections
share equally in that crown of glory.
They had held a debate of incompar-
able Importance, and had fought it
out with equal energy-a conclusion
hal been reached-and it is to the
everlasting honor of both sides that
they each knew when the war was
over, and the hour of lasting peace
had struck We may admire the des-
perate daring of others, who prefer
humiliation to compromise, but the
palm OF common sense, and will say
OF enlightened patriotism, belongs to
the men like Grant and Lee, who
knew when they had fought enough
Cor honor and for country
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Address by Capt. ]. c. Peterson.

Capt J. c. Peterson, who presided
over the exercises, spoke in part as
fellows:
The thirtieth day of May is de,Iica-
ted to the soldiers and sailors of the
Union. whose tents are pitched upon
the camping grounds of the silent
and whose ships are anchored in the
harbOrs Of the great beyond. 1t is re-
plete with tender recoIIections and
cherished memories of the past II
1nVokeS thanksgivings for the bless.
ings of the present. and is presnap+
with hopes AMI Inspiration for the fu-
ture. The sunrise gun. the flag a.
half mast, the marching columns or
bowed and Blended veterans. whose
steps are tuned to the nnournftfl meas
Ure OF munled drums: the singing OF
the national anthems. the memorial
addresses. the decoration Of the graves
OF cur dead, and the strewi1g OF th>
waters that run to the sea with flow
ers symbolic of a hope that is eternal
and Of a faith that is sublime.
The divine invocation and the fun
eral salute are an object lessen in the
school CT patriotism. teaching unto the
American citizen the duties which he
owes to his God, his country and him
self.
we would not forget. on this beau
tifUl decoration day, while we gather
| III the last resting place Of those noble
heroes, some who wore the gray. and
others who wore the blue, TO decorate
with flowers and garlands their silent
monuments, and with reverence and
love to commemorate their heroic
deeds, one of cur G.. A. r. comrades
James Smith, who was a good and
noble and loving father, husband ana
honest man. also of one whose memory
is still green in our hearts, and one
whom the people Of the state, county
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require a moral courage as firm, and
a patriotism as lofty as ever steeled
the hand or thrilled the blood and
brain of a soldier on the field of bat
tie.
The Problems of Today.
We of today have great questions
to solve-questions of the administra-
ton of government, of the relations OF
the government to the individual, OF
the relations also of the individual TO
his fellow, and of the powers and
functions which fictitious individuals,
known as corporations, shall be per-
mitted to exercise.
AS 1t was said that the walls of
Sparta hung upon the spears of her
Young men, so the responsibility of
solving these questions and fighting
these great moral and, economic bat
ties rests upon the shoulders of our
own young men-the soHs of those
other young men whose deeds We
commemorate today.
There has always existed a popular
deIusion that. God takes care of the
children, fools, and Americans. My
friends. it is nothing but a delusion-
So far as Americans are concerned,
God cares for us only as we make
the proper effort to care for ourselves.
II viii be a sorry day for the Ameri-
can people when, under any false
sense of fancied security. we relin-
Quish that vigilance which has made
this government great and which
must be maintained TO keep it great.
We are apt to think that because
of our intelligence. our culture. our
civilization, and our national great
ness, it would be impossible for
this government to fail. Let us not
delude ourselves. Imperial Rome, as
she sat on her seven hills beside the
yellow Ti5er, felt not more secure in
the civilization OF her people. the
strength of her institutions, and the
extent of her national greatness than
do we of the American republic today.
Rome yielded a ready victim to the
same spirit of commercial greed and
lust of empire which now runs ramp
ant through the whole texture OF our
national life, and which. unchecked,
will destroy this nation as it did the
one over which the Caesars held
sway these eighteen hundred years
ago.
But l have faith in this government
of ours. / believe in the patriotism
and the purpose of her people. We
have the best government in the
WCTIQ, out We can Iudhe II ara We VIII
make it still better. 1t is better to-
day than it was yesterday. and it will
be better tomorrow than it is today.
"'Tis coming up the steep of time
And this old world is growing
brighter
II simply remains for us to demon
strate that the example of the men
of 81 to '65 shall not have been III
vain.
They Are Comrades Now.
A few years hence and these griz-
zled survivors of that great conflict
viii have answered 10 the last roll
| call and passed from us TO their com
| RAIDS On the other side. And they are
all comrades now. In the years ,mat
have passed since they met as foes
on the battlefield, they have come 10
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Memorial Day Addresses
Delivered at National Cemetery

Following are three OF the addresses
which were delivered yesterday after
noon at the memorial day exercises
at the national cemetery:
Hon. Jno. e. StilIman.
Hon. John Z. Stillman was then in
tro-luced and spoke as follows:
Friends and Fellow Citizens:
over forty years have passed since
the end Of the great American conflict
and since the dull, cold earth closed
upon the remains of the Immortal
dead, whose memory we honor and
commemorate by our presence here
today, All over this broad land, in
hamlets, villages AMI cities the Ameri-
can people are gathered at the graves
of those brave soldiers, VINO fought
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and of the city of Pensacola with sor-
roWful hearts mourn. One of natures
noblest men, a true friend, and a kind
and loving brother, an honest and up
right man, an honored aud respected
citizen, wise counsellor and states
man, whose life was a Christian life,
whose great heart went out to his
fellow men, and who aided and sue
cOred them in their distress and sOr.
rows; who never spoke i'll of anyone,
but was always ready to help and
put the best and most charitable con-
struction on human errors and fall.
ureS. l speak of the late Hon Stepnen
r. Mallory. who spoke to us last
memorial day from this platform. AID
took an active part with us in these.
our memorial services. We miss his
kindly voice. his words of tenderness
and love But We know that the
Heavenly Father doeth all things well,
and what is the countTy's loss and cur
loss is His gain. / had the privilege
and honor Of knowing him as a boy
and man for fortyLtwo years. and
found him always the same plain, kind
and loving friend, and to know him
was 10 honor AMI love him. ! was at
his bedside several times during his
sickness He never complained. hut
was resigned to meet his Maker. ex-
changing these earthly robes for the
heavenly, and these f1eeting and tran
STORY scenes for the eternal And he
is over beyond the river. awaiting
with thousands OF the blessed and
glorified TO hear the call Of the arch
angel when we shall be gathered to-
gether before the Great White
Throne in our Heavenly Fathers man
Il
Post No. 81. G. A. r., together with
his friends and loved ones, deplore his
absence, we viii try to emulate his
life and his many virtues. and while
we cherish his memory deep In our
hearts We can safely leave him in the
hands of Him who doeth all things
well. hoping that when the Grand
Master If the Universe calls us from
this life CT trouble and labor to the
eternal and everlasting life OF peace,
that it may be said Of us that our
lives were like the life Of our dear
hOnored friend, a life CT Christian
love, virtue and goodness. and that
we too may hear the words from the
| great Ccmmanderin-Chie cur Lord
and Savior, Jesus Christ: We'll done.
thou good and faithful servant, enter
, into the rest prepared for you from
the foundation Of the world"
So let our buried heroes live
IN hands that freely guard and give
| In minds that watchful entertain
| Great thoughts of justice and her reign
| That tend all other tasks above
| The household fires of faith and love,
And keep our banner wide unfurled
A pledge of blessing TO the world.
Shine gently. o sun. on these mounds
| and stars of the night
| Sing softly, o winds. as We wave the
long willow branch in your fight.
| Sleep on, o We heroes, until the
| trumSet shall bid you arise,
To answer tine final roll call and sum-
mon the brave to the skies.
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Address Of Frank L. Mayes.

Address Of Frank L. Mayes.
Mr.. Chairman, Veterans, Soldiers, ard
Friends:
The custom which we eXemplify in
assembling here today is one of the
most beautiful which a people can
perpetuate. All nations have their
holidays, hut no occasion is more
beautiful in its inception and obser-
walton than that day on which we
meet together in tribute to the sacred
memory of the sacred dead.
1t is fitting that here, above these
silent, nameless graves-in the pres
ence of these soldiers of the nation
surrounded by those whose hearts re-
spond in kind to the muffled drum
beat and solemn music of the occa-
sion-it is fitting that here we should
come to pay tribute to the heroes
of battles that are past and to draw
inspiration from their lives and
deaths for the battles that must still
be fought.
1t is not necessary for us to eulo-
ize the courage or the heroism OF
the men who lie buried here-whether
they be soldiers of the blue or of the
gray. It is sufficient that they laid
down their lives for a cause they be-
Heved just. and when a man is will
ing to yield his life in any cause, that
fact is more eloquent of his courage
and his heroiSm than any words or
yours or mine could be.
1t is not necessary for us to dis
cuss at this time the question of
who was right or who was wrong in
the great civil conflict of 81 to '65.
1t is sufficient for us. the sons and
daughters of these men. to know tina,
out of that mighty crucibie of war
there emerged a nation whose people
today are united as no other people
are. and whose flag, loved at home
and respected abroad, is looked up
to as the inspiration and hope of
struggling humanity everywhere.
Lives of Giving VS.. Lives OF Getting.
We honor these mon, without re-
gard to which color they wore, and
in honorinS them We honor ourselves.
We pay tribute to them here, not be
cause of what they did for themselves,
but because of what they did for us.
Their lives and their deaths illustrate
the difference between lives of
selishneSs and lives OF useful
ness-the difference between lives
devoted to getting and lives devoted
to giving. The great captains of in
dustry, waging a war of selfishnese
live, die, and are forgotten. These
captains Of service. the men who lie
buried upon the battlefields and in the
national cemeteries all over this beau
tiful southland Of OTrs-trese men
died giving, not receiving, and their
memories will be cherished as lone As
the nation lives.
The young man of the present fire,
quently Taments his fate in the com
plant that the day of opportunity is
past-that the battles have all been
fought; the victories all been won
The young man is mistaken. There
are battles to fight and victories to
win today no less important than the
battles and victoriGF of these more
than forty years ago. They may not
require that test OF physical courage
which our fathers met and proved on
the field of sanguinary strife, but they
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phere.
For four long years, one section
fought against the other, and in over
six hundred battles and several Skin
mishes, blood, flowed like water
'The world stood aghast at the ma
iestic courage and endurance of the
combatants during the four years
struggle, and in admiration when the
WAT closed at the evidence of Chris
tian nature shown on both sides.
cAnnot do better in this connection
than to quote the late John Hay. who
said, referring to this feature, i'm ms
memorial address upon the life and
character Of VIM. Mckinney:
In coming years when men seek
to draw the moral of our great civil
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the battles of their country and died
that this nation might live. 1t is a
beautiful custom and by its sacred
Gatune and the feelings or kindness
and sympathy which it engenders,
rannot fail TO exert a beneficeat in
Huence in the formation OF our ma
tional character.
God rules in the affairs of men. and
Il was His will that the most desperate
civil conflict since the worE.i began,
Ehould be fought upon the soil of the
young republic of the western hemis-
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A few years hence and these griz-
zled survivors of that great conflict
viii have answered 10 the last roll
call and passed from us TO their COM
RAIDS On the other side. And they are
all comrades now. In the years ,4Bat
have passed since they met as foes
on the battlefield, they have come TO
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-20
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Occasionally couple marry and live
happily ever after they are divorced.
A girl should never sit in a mans
lap without his asking her permission
One Of the easiest things is to marry
a girl because she made you think you
wanted to.
It's awfully hard to be popular with
yourself and please your neighbors at
the same time.
When the average man fails to make
good he begins to look around for some
one to blame it on.
Maybe the reason some women don't
hesitate to color their hair is because
generally 1t isn't theirs.
One of the most intelligent things
about widow is she can learn What
she knows all over again.
Just because a married man does the
things his wife wants him to do is no
sign that he Is stuck on the job.
When a man can tell the truth to
his wife about where he spent the even
Ing it's because he stayed home with
her.
The maddest girl in the world is the
one who ate onions because she was
sure nobody was going to call, and
then he came.
With the waning oe the honeymoon
Cupid again gets busy and substitutes
a pair of green goggles for the rose-col-
ored glasses.-New York Press.
People would like to save money by
using it on things that are worth while
so as to be able to spend 1t on things
that are not worth while.-New York
Press
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SHORT NEWS NOTES.

A record lor excavation was made on
the Panama canal on July 3, 16S, GAO
cubic yards having been taken out.
Mrs. Marie Sicaria, 16 years old, com,
nitted suicide at her home in New York
when the Chillren's Society took from
her the infant she could not nurse and
vas too poor to feed.
The Marquis de Montcalm presented to
The Church of the TRANSPORTATION in New
York, popularity known as THE little
church around the corner" two pieces OF
antique Spanish lace family heirlooms
IL memory of his mother
The steamer Greyhound crashed into
The launch West Wind off Presdue Isle
The owner of the launch, Richard Much.
er. was drowned and FIVE passengers with
him narrowly escaped with their, lives
The small craft was without lights
Citizens of Los Angeles county, Cali
fornia, carried by vote of to 1 the
proposal to issue bonds to the amount OF
s3,5O0,000 for the construction and i'm
provement of highways.
Oscar Hammerstein is to construct a
roof garden, which will be devoted to
sigh-class musical entertainments, on top
VI his Manhattan opera house in New
FORK.
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i to bordering while the minutes

fell to bordering while the minutes
sped by.
The passengers stepped out on the
platform. There were two or three
drummers, an old lady In black, and
finally
Surely there was something oddly
familiar about the cut Of the brown
tailor-made gown, the gracefully draped
veil that cascaded about her dainty
shoulders, the military carriage of the
slender young figure.
Claude :"
''Kathleen!'
But I thought you were on board
she exclaimed, when she found breath
to speak.
THAT was all bosh, kathleen.
never had any notion Of putting the
ocean between us. After the way we
were broken up thought I'd just hang
around until you were Of age"
To-day" she interrupted, softly.
81 knew if you cared as l dido.
the brief separation couldn't make any
change in your feelings. Is your moth
er still relentless?"
poor mamma! She firmly believes
that she knows my own mind better
than l do myself"
And suppose l were to tell you that
was about to become very wealthy?'
ut would make no difference what
ever In my"
That means" He bent down to
her suddenly.
Yes" She met his eyes, flushing
carnine
Somewhat TO the girls surprise, he
deliberately turned the horses heads
| and drove back the other way
Claude! You're going wrong"
NO, 1 am not. Providence had 8
great big hand In dumping US down
here together like this And we haven't
any right to fly In the face Of Provi.
dence, you know. I was told that long
ago, when 1 was a mere kid"
What is this funny little placer
ITS the county courthouse. Hold
| the reins a second I've got to gel
out"
Bewildered. unresisdng, Kathleen tool
| the reins he thrust into her hands, and
sat waiting.
Soon he returned, slipping bit Of
folded paper into his pocket as be
climbed into the trap.
81 think Mr.. Hoicombe lives in that
little green house over there" he said
pointing with his whip as the horses
| trotted of
"But when are we going home? Aunt
Pat will be-"
"Just as soon as the preacher get,
through with Us. Don't you think PINE
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-20
Rents In City of Mexfco

THE prices that are asked for rental
Of houses In the City of Mexico are
something appalling to Americans"
said George +. Leasing, of st. Louis
Il expected to remain there the bet
ter part Of the year and thought I'd
get house and send for my family.
With this idea 1 went forth In search
OF a domicile, but was staggered at
the cost. For the commonest kind of
two-story dwelling the agents want
ed from $3.50 to $500 a month, and
from that up to S2,4O0 a month for
those Of more pretentious architecture.
ut is true that these figures are in
Mexican money, which is just half the
value of our own currency, but even
with this allowance the rents are far
in excess Of those charged in the cities
Of the United States. In many other
respects living In Mexico is very rea-
sonable. Baltimore American.
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THE FUTURE.

A border-land of hopes and dreams
And mists as fathomless as night;
4 world of suns, whose radiant beams
O'erwhelm the present light.
A rosy dawn that never wages,
For with tomorrow comes to-day,
Whose morrow still q morrow makes,
Unsearchable for aye!
A name that is for e'er name
To those who seek to win and wear
A bright and beauteous orihamme
Of all that is most fair.
A golden hope that shall not fail
To lift US from the common dust;
For, seeing not behind the veil,
We still look up and trust.
So we may trust-for all the past
Was once a future, lightly trod-
And trusting, reach the goal at last
Our Heaven and our God
Saturday Evening Post.