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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

! she was as silent as an Indian Now
and again, as she dressed, she looked
at herself closely, almost anxiously, in
her cracked mirror. With the knuckle
of her forefnger she occasionally
brushed away a fog of tears which
blinded her. And then she hurried
down the stairs, out the back door and
across the lawn to Mrs. Winthrop's
baby, who was playing under the lilac
hedge.
Bye, Hilma," he called, waving his
fat little hand and holding up a spray
of white lilac.
The girl took him in her arms for a
second, burying her face in his chubby
neck. TANK you, little Yon," she
murmured in her poor, broken Eng
lish. "Hilma love sweet little boys
yust like you" and putting him gently
from her she took the spray of lilacs
and hurried away.
"Well, did you see that?" remarked
Mrs. Winthrop Indignantly to her hus-
band. If Hilma had known / was
here at the library window she never
would have dared help herself to our
white liIacs But Swedes are all
alike; they have no more soul than an
oyster; they're mercenary and unprin-
cipled, through and through. l admit,
though, that Hilma is something of a
mystery. Do you know that in all the
two years she has lived here she has
never once gone out in the evening"
or had a single visitor? ! suppose her
sweetheart works nights, some place,
so she can see him only on her day
out. / ought never to have taken her,
as / did, without a reference" Mrs.
Winthrop was young, and lacked both
experience and mentality. She had
nothing to do, and great deal of time
in which to do It; hence Hilma's short
comings fretted her considerably. II
suppose the girl will wear those lilacs
to some Swedish picnic" was her final
comment; and she returned to her
novel and her chocolates.
Meanwhile Hilma hurried across
lots toward car. There was need for
haste She had a two hours ride be-
fore her, task to accomplish, and |
was expected home again in time to |
cook dinner. How crowded the cars |
were! How often they stopped What
a lot. of people swarmed the streets!-
soldiers, flags bands playing martial
music She had never heard Of Me-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
WAITING FOR THE RUeLE.

We wait for the bugle the night dews
are cold,
The limbs of the soldiers feel jaded and
old;
The field of our bivouao is windy and
bare,
There is lead in our joints, there is frost
in our hair;
The future is yelled and its fortunes un-
known
As we lie with hushed breath till the
bugle is blown.
At the sound of the bugle each comrade
shall spring
Like an arrow released from the strain Of
the string;
The courage, the impulse OF youth shall
come back
To Danish the chill Of the drear bivouac:
And sorrows and losses and cares fade
away
When that life giving signal proclaims
the new day.
Though the bivouac of age may nut ice in
our veins,
And no fiber of steel In our sinews re-
mains;
Though the comrades of yesterdav's
march are not here,
And the sunlight seems pale ana the
branches are sere,
Though the sound Of our cheering dies
down to a moan
We shall find our lost youth when the
bugle Is blown.
IT. W Hi1ctreo~
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
eettvshurn Today.

In 1895 the Gettysburg Battlefield
Memorial association transferred its
grounds (about $50 acres), together
with the monuments which had been
erected, to the care and protection Of
the general government. The battle
field is now under the care of the
United States government by act of
congress of 1895. Already 500 monu-
ments have been erected by different
states, and excellent carriage roads
have been built, so it is now possible
for the tourist to ride to every point
on the field Five iron and steel OBJ
have been erected and
from these one may view the entire
vast park dotted
with costly marble and bronze tributes
to the men who gave their lives 10 The
cause OF liberty
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
HIS LAST MEMORIAL DAY.

Wheel out the chair. Mirandy.
hear the sound o. drums
An down the street beyond I know
The old procession comes.
Push me out next the curb. my dear,
Clean out upon the grass;
] want TO see my comrades an
Say "Howdy," as they pass.
There comes "old Glory" bless her!
As proud an fine today
As II there never was no blood
Spilled 'twiXt the Blue and Gray,
Thet band is maxim music. eh?
But still / banker, wife,
Fer one O. them old march tunes on
A plain old drum an flfe,
Here comes the boys! Mlrandy. sec.
There's Bob, an old Cap Lane,
A-marchin' straight an proud as II
They was recruits again.
An there's old Ben Mcclure by jing,
A-stumpin' past as though
He hadn't left his leg down South
Near fifty years ago
They see me, wfe-theyre wavin' hands
An see em all salute
As II l was some high mogul-
A general, To boot
Hooray, boys-hip, hooray-hooray!
II my old legs was new,
You bet Ia be out there In line
Again, old Bards, with you.
The sun seems gittin' darker now
The sky is turnn' gray
The boys, the flags the tootin' bands
All seems so fur away.
Come to me, wifc-where are you. Kate
Take hold my hand-I hear
A buge soundin' "taps"-I guess
Aye, Cap'n-Im-I'm-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
nax BRINGS the Past Nearer.

The day is sacred to the memory
of the dead soldiers Of the Civil war.
The surviving comrades of those
whose graves are to be strewn with
flowers conduct the ceremonies. They
lay the blossoms there and place the
flags at head and foot of each sleep
ing hero with an emotion and per-
sonal feeling that the younger genera
ton does not experience, for those
departed ones we're their friends and
associates. They camped and marched
and suffered together; they fought
side by side and some were taken
and others left But the days when
they we're all alive together seem near
to these veterans, though half CEN
tury has come and gone since the
parting, and the tears that come to
their eyes each thirtieth Of May are
tears of tender regret and mourning
for friends and brethren whose lives
went out too Exchange
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
For AeId.Prooflna Concrete Plpe.

Patent rights have recently been
awarded in Germany on a process for
rendering concrete pipes acid-proof.
The method consists of coating the in
terror of the tubing with asphalt, a
thing which has previously been at
tempted but not with satisfactory re-
suits for the reason that the material
could not be made to adhere perma-
nently. In the new process a certain
quantity of asphalt is mixed with the
concrete before the pipe is nodded
When the cast has been made and the
tube dried, the interior is sand-blasted
so that the particles of asphalt imbed-
ded in the concrete are laid bare.
When hot asphalt is subsequently
coated over the inner wall of the pipe
it Immediately combines with the as
phalt particles in the concrete, which
serve to securely anchor it in place.
There has been much demand for tub.
ing of this kind in industries in which
large quantities of materials contain.
ing acids must be conveyed through
pipe lines Popular Mechanics.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
DAY OFT OBSERVED
Memorial Ceremonies Over Fallen
Soldiers Really Date Back
to Spring Of 1865.

THE readiness with which the sol.
diers of the Civil war became
quiet citizens at the close of the
war greatly puzzled foreigners at that
time, Foreigners do not realize that
it has never been the policy of our
people to maintain a large standing
army. The soldiers of the Union and
the soldiers of the Confederacy were
nearly all volunteers. Both armies
were composed, in the main, of law
abiding men, who left their homes in
obedience to what they thought was
their duty. The contest was one of
principle; not one of personal revenge.
The matter being settled, they were
ready to return to their accustomed
occupations.
The readiness with which the Union
and Confederate soldiers now unite in
observing Memorial day also puzzles
foreigners. They think that it is
mere matter of expediency which was
brought about in 1898, when some of
the old Union and Confederate sol
diers marched side by side under the
Stars and Stripes. But such is not
the case. The Blue and the Gray had
been united in the observance of Me
mortal day before the war with
Spain,
Memorial day, as 1t is now formally
observed as legal holiday in a ma
jority of the states, was inaugurated
in 1868. Gen. John B. Logan, who was
at that time commander-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic, issued an
order to all surviving Union soldiers
to meet May 30 of that year, at the
cemeteries near their respective
posts, and to decorate the graves of
their fallen comrades. But the cere-
mony, in an informal way, had been
observed since the spring of 1866 in
the South, where the custom original.
ed. The ceremonies at the graves of
the Confederate dead in Hollywood
cemetery at Richmond, Va, in the
spring of 1867 were being observed at
the time Mrs. John B. Logan happened |
to be visiting in that city. She was so |
pleased with the simple beauty of
these ceremonies that she urged her |
husband to inaugurate similar ceremo-
MES for the Union soldiers. 1t was
,hese ceremonies that suggested the
dea to General Logan.
The idea of uniting the ceremonies
If the northern and the southern peo-
pie seems to have originated, also, in
he South, for in the spring of 1867
he women Of Columbus, Miss, while
the graves Of Confederate
strewed flowers on the graves
II the Union soldiers who were buried
n the same cemetery. When the news
# this touching tribute reached the
North, the northern newspapers com.
nented favorably on the fact.
Since that time the sentiment ex-
,ressed in it has been growing among
he American people. The monument
rected at Fitzgerald, Ca, by the Blue
nd Gray Memorial association of that
lace is one of the best visible express
ions of this sentiment.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
Yarn Restorss Mnloa

Laughter provoked by funny story
has resulted in restoration Of the voice
of Charles Kateza of Allentown, N. J..
who had been speechless for two
years. About four years ago Kateza
lost his sight and hearing temporarily
in an accident in an iron foundry.
These functions were restored by
medical treatment, but when he recov.
cred he was without power of speech.
He was undergoing treatment in
Mercer hospital. A fellow patient told
him funny story and Kateza INDUCED
In unusually hearty and prolonged
laughter. During the night he dreamed
Of the yarn, and his nurse found him
repeating the story in his sleep. Since
then Kateza's speech has been nor.
NAL, and the hospital physicians be
lieve 1t to be permanently restored.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

tory of the Confederate soldiers at
the battle of Bull Run. When the news
of this victory had come to the south.
ern people many of them thought the
war was over. So general was this
impression that many of the southern
soldiers had gone back to their
homes, thinking that there would be
no further need of their services.
The evacuation of Corinth cast
gloom over the whole South, but there
still remained with the southern peo-
pie an implicit confidence in the army
of northern Virginia, which was, on
that day, holding its own in defense OF
Richmond
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
Returned to Her Novel.

and flowers, heard a babel of voices
and music-"The hand of the free and
the home of the brave" sang a chorus
of voices as she passed; I'VE here
highly resolve that these dead shall
not have died in vain," declaimed an
orator close by; but nobody noticed
her as she hurried down the smooth,
winding roadway.
1t was very small grave-scarcely
three feet long, and with the imprint
of the spade still showing in the fresh
ly turned earth. There was neither
grass, nor headstone above it; yet, in
a vague way, Hilma felt that it con-
tained her whole life and soul-all the
joy of her past, all the hope of her
future. Over yOnder, young soldiers
in bright uniforms, and old soldiers in
faded ones, paid tribute to their hon
ored dead; while upon this little,
dreary grave lonely girl laid spray
of white lilacs in commemoration of
the great battle which she had fought
and lost.
She was setting the dinner table
when young Mrs. Winthrop swept
iAto the room, carrying a bowl of
white lilacs.
Il suppose you had good time, Hill
ma?" remarked her mistress, careless
ly. did you wear those lilacs?"
The girl looked up, startled. Your
little Yon, he give dem to me-" she
explained, quietly. 81 tank you. Dey
vas vera sweet. Year dem. No,
ma'am, not year dem-I give dem to
anodder little boy yust about so big
like your little Yon." Something
gripped Hilma's throat, and a quick
rush of tears blinded the wide blue
eyes. For brief moment she felt
that she must tell all-must find some
-ouch of human sympathy. She would
beg this woman to listen while she
spoke, at last, Of the little home in
Sweden; of the lover who had lied;
If the old father and mother who even
low must be watching for her, and |
and praying, of the dreary
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

mortal day; she knew only that she
must reach a remote spot far at the
other side of town, and that II she did
not hurry dinner would be late. Again
and again she changed cars, until,
weary and half-frightened, she came
at last to her destination.
Between the high piekets OF the
fence before her she could see tall
elms and naples waving their arms in
the chill air. And the crowds of peo,
pie were in there. tool Could it be
that the whole world knew why she
had come? With sense of giddiness
and a sitting pain at her heart she
hastened, half blindly, through the
iron gates and away toward a far off.
lonely corner where the crowds we're
not. She saw a bright CLEAN Of tlags
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
THE BEAUTIFUL
CHARMING SPOT rs roo OFTEN
NEGLECTED BY AMERICANS.
Mountains and Valleys In Delightful
Tangled Jumble-Has Every Sort
Of Climate Found In the
Rest Of Europe.

Austrian Tyrol, which is today In
ihe public eye because Of the strained
relations between Italy and Austria
Is one OF Europe's healthiest prov
! inces In the northern parts the air
drifts pure and cool from the haunts
OF the glacier and pungent with hr
and pine; and I'm the south II is soft
with Mediterranean sunshine and fra
grant with orange and lemon.
Though Tyrol is a land all-deserv'
ing OF the artist, the sportsman, the
yacationist. and the mentally or phys
ically ailing; though II Is a country
where nature has been overlavish
with beauty, and where there are
more than $50 registered health fe
sorts, H. nevertheless, has been com
paratively neglected, more especially
by Americans.
Austrian Tyrol forms a consider
able part OF the forbidding and diff.
cult boundary that runs between Italy
and Austria. II is a barrier more et.
fective than the Vosges barrier be
tween Germany and France or than
the Carpathan barrier between Hun.
gary and Galicia.
Austrian Tyrol is 10,305 square
mites of Alpine mountains, etched
with a wonderful and intricate design
Of valleys. While there are fewer
lakes In Tyrol than in Switzerland
and while the highest Tyrolese sum
NIT, 1890 feet above the sea level
falls far behind the monarchs Of the
Swiss Alps, yet the Austrian crown
land yields nothing in charm by com
parison with its neighbor.
Among the rock-strewn gullles Of
Tyrol Dante found the materials for
his picture OF the entrance to He'll
The main chain of the Alps crosses
this region from east to west, and
around IL on all sides is a wild chaos
of rock EInsses.
Tyrol, though small, has more sorts
of climate within its borders than any
other part of Europe. There are parts
OF the crown land where the winters
e'those of northeast Siberia and the
summers are those Of Franz Joseph
land. There are other parts, more
southern, where an Andalusian Ian
guor is hardly freshened by recur
ring winter.
Tyrol is primarily a pasture land
There is little farming within the
sheltered valleys, and some lumber.
ing, but, for the most part, the popu'
lation depends for support upon fits
fiocks and herds.
Moreover, there is a goats milk
cheese prepared by the peasants OF
Tyrol that equals in its mellow, fra.
grant beauty any product made 0t
milk, whether from Brie, Neufchatel
or Roquefort
The population of the crown land
numbers about 100000, Of whom more
than half are German-speaking There
Is large Italian-speaking population
In the valleys of the south.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

years of exile, made bright only on
those blessed Thursdays when for an
hour, at the Home" she had been al.
lowed to hold her baby in her arms;
and of how now, at last, all the light
had gone out.
Mis- Winthrop" she began, in a
little, trembling voice, Mis- Winthrop,
T."
Re sure not to broil the steak too
long this time, Hilma," interrupted
Mrs. Winthrop; "the last one was not
fit to eat What were you saying?"
Il yust like to ask" replied Hilma,
colorlessly, will Mis- Winthrop have
mayonnaisce vid de tomatoes?"
Copyright, 1916, by w. G. Chapman)
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

Col David J. Palmer, now com.
mander in chief of the Grand Army
of the Republic, who headed the first
regiment to pass in parade before
President Johnson in 1865 when the
victorious Union troops marched up
Pennsylvania avenue, is to lead an
other review of some Of the same men
next September during the national
encampment of the G. A. r. in Wash
ington. Colonel Palmer's regiment
was the Twenty-fifth Iowa, which he
commanded. After the battle of Shiloh
he was left on the field for dead, but
recovered and took part in some of
the bitterest campaigns of the war.
This semicentennial will be one of the
events of the year at Washington
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

No other union general made such
a uniform record Of well-earned sue
cess as did General Thomas. What
Thomas started to do, that he did.
From Mill Springs, where he won the
first union victory Of any Importance
in the West, to Nashville, where he
not merely defeated, but wiped out,
the army opposed to him, Thomas new
er scored a failure, nor did he ever
need to be saved by the caprice OF
fortune.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
wor.bv All Nation Can Civ,

The old soldiers are passing from
the sight of people to whom they
have been an inspiration and pride
for more than generation. Is there
anyone to grudge full need Of praise
and comfort for the few who still
remain?
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

herself to go out. 1t was Memorial
day, and the afternoon was hers to do
with as she chose.
She was yOung-not more than
twenty; pretty, in spite of her too
light hair and high cheek bones; and
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
General Thomas, Proua RECORD.

lCopyright. 19l5. by ". Q. Chapman.l
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-17
FACULTY CONCERT
ENJOYED AT CHURCH
Big Audience at First Christian En-
tertained by Conservatory
Teachers.

Faculty members of the South Bend
Conservatory of Music presented an
artistic concert Tuesday evening at
the First Christian church. A large
audience of music lovers enjoyed the
various numbers that made up the
program The vocal solos by Miss
Hazel Harris Max Miranda's organ
numbers, and the impersOnation of
Billy Sunday by Ernest Staples, were
especially appreciated.
The complete program follows:
Organ, Allegro Con Fuoco," third
sonata ................. Gullmant
Organ, I'm Summer" .... .Stebbins
Max Miranda.
Piano, "Gavotte" ....... d'Albert
Piano, "Callirhoe" ...... Chaminade
Valeria BonDurant.
Vocal numbe by Miss Hazel Harris.
Reading, ''AuX Italiens"-
marie Boles.
Male quartet, ION the Sea-
Piano, Water Nymph" ...... Nevin
Piano, 'Staccato Caprice" :. Nogrich
Dora Hershenow.
Vocal solo by Miss Harris
Organ, "ScherzO," fifth sonata 80.
...... NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Guilmant
Max Miranda
Reading, Billy Sunday
Ernest Staples.
Vocal solo ALE Stella COnfidente'-
Miss Harris, accompanied on organ,
piano and violin.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-17
FOUR ASSESSMENT
ROLLS ARE CONFIRMED

Four assessment rolls were con-
firmed by the board of public works
at their meeting Tuesday night, the
following improvements being APP
proved: Pipe sewer on Golden av.,
travelling of Prairie av., widening OF
Ewing av., and water connections on
Indiana av.
The contract for the construction of
a pipe sewer on Fox St, between st.
Joseph st. and Fellows St, was award
ed to Staples and Alderman, whose
bid was S1,7S9. The one bid that was
received by the board for the water
connections on Leeper av. and keaSey
ST. was rejected.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-17

ed along these lines. with a wider
scope with which 90 cope with these
problems can bring about results in
law courts that no petty lawyer could.
Note from the legal standpoint. but
from the view of the business man
who wants justice done.
Further there IS the simple ques-
tor q taxation. Who is 20 bear the
burden. 7 could spend two weeks in
vest-e rating your present valuations
and show you conclusively that there
is now unequal taxation. II would
take experts 10 place the proper ap-
praisement or valuation on property.
That is Why there is today a demand
and a need for highly trained men"
Cites other Instances.
Prof. Friday cited other instances in
which he showed the work OF the
business expert, among which was the
proposition Of the New York Central
railroad TO buy in the Lake Shore,
making the TWO as one system, the
rate proposed was S235 Through the
Of stock we're found 20 be worth more
than $500 a share. making a diner
ence Of over 100000, the speaker
said
He cited other instances to prove
his contention that modern business
demanded modern education, that the
ever increasing complex business
problems demanded the services of
an expert 70 provide greater efficiency.
4 do not believe that there should
be an equal division Of wealth in
society" the speaker concluded, but
I do believe that there should be a
minimum standard Of living. Of wages.
of productivity and consumption"
George w. Zinky, president of the
Knife and Fork club. acted as toast
master. Music was furnished by Oh
sens orchestra.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-17
TEACHERS AGAINST
SICK BENEFIT FUND
Plan OF Insuranc- Company TO Give
TNwo-ThiU,is OF Salary Held
TOO Expensive.

Local teachers took a definite stand
against the sick benefit iund at the
meeting of the South Bend Teachers
federation held Tuesday afternoon at
the grammar school building. :. prop
OsitiOn made by an insurance COM
rany by which teachers would re-
ceive two-thirds OF their salary during
illness, was rejected on the grounds
that il was too expensive.
The federation also voted against
The holding Of a COUNTY teachers in
stitGte this fall The township insti-
tutes city institutes and monthly
meetings OF the Teachers federation
were thought 90 be sufficient. making
the county institute superfiuous.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-17

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