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along the Avenue where the procession
passed.
Mr. Louis kettler. who is the young
est of the surviving members of the Sth
Battalion and who is now secretary of
the survivors society. was among the
number which marched beside President
Lincoln's carriage to guard 1t. Mr.
kettler was tWenty-one years old at
the time and was tailor i'll Washing
ton when the first call to arms came.
He is now seventy-siX years of age.
During the month of March. 1861
he said, when asked as to the further
experiences OF the battalion during the
progress of the war, tine Rifiemen,
afterward known as the Sth Battalion,
were very active in drilling, although
We We're not YET mustered into the
regular service. A spirit of unrest
seemed TO be abroad and we wanted to
be ready in case of need. 1t soon came
Sumter il was necessary that the gov
eminent should have troops to protect
the public departments at Washington.
april IL, 1861, our 32o men were mus
tered into the active service. We were
assigned to perform guard duty at the
public buildings, and at the roads and
bridges which gave means of entrance
into the city. We were holding line
of about eighteen miles when Washing
ton was cut off from communication
it'll the rest of the country.
Il was among the number ordered to
guard the Treasury Department. l re-
member that one night during the pc
riod of seven dark days, as we called
them. which follow ed. while we were on
duty, the President himself came to see
us and brought a plate of sandwiches.
He wore his old beaver hat. and to this
day l remember his exact appearance.
He issued a call April Is for $4,000
troops to protect the capital of the ma
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ton. Among the first to respond were
the Massachusetts and Pennsylvania
troops. They were viciouSy attacked
by rebellious element upon their ar
rival at Baltimore. The troops already
on guard around Washington were sue
cessful in occupying the railroad be-
tween the city and Annapolis Junction
and were able to hold open the way
until the arrival of friendly troops.
I'VE were the advance guard Mr.
Kettler went on to say, lin the first
movement into Virginia. when AleXan-
,dra was captured. Later, when the
capital of the country was fully Sc
cured by the arrival of masses of troops
from the states, we followed Gen.
Stone up the Potomac river as far as
Harpers Ferry. Our battalion was then
stationed at Great Falls, to protect the
waterworks which supplied Washing
ton with water. While there we had
several skirmishes. one of which being
serious enough to last several hours
and cause the death of two of our men
and seven of the Confederate forces"
Mr. kettler was present at Ford's
Theater on the night when Abraham
Lincoln was a ssa ssnated. He tells this
story with an interesting wealth of de-
tail which lifts it out of the realm of
cold fact and gives it the touch of per
sonal "Reminiscences
"On April Ia, 1867" he said. there
was rorcnlight procession to celebrate
the capture OF Richmond. | took my
sister and my niece to see il. After VI
was over / told my sister that had
time. TO go to Ford's Theatcr to see
President Lincoln. She had never had
the pleasure of seeing the President
before. but she held back as she re-
minded me that it was Good Friday
and not the day for theatergoing. But
| told her that if the President and his
generals could go then we could also.
we had seats in the fourth row of
the orchestra and could see the Presi-
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getting settled in the penitentiarv was
an aged banker whose term had ex-
pred. He was looking for the fine sniff
or clothes and the valuable watch that
We're taken away from him the first
day ne became a prisoner. The proper
~ was not found. and thus began the
revelations which turned me into a
prison reformer. The penitentiary at
Mlchisan city fairly reeked with graft
and the convicts themselves were treat
ed with shameful brutality"
From Michigan City, where he re-
NAMED SIN years. Mr.. Whitaker went
10 JeHerSonV1lle as warden of the In
diana reformatory. He had the custody
OF Loo young men. ranging in age
from twenty to thirty. The ilIiterate
were taught to read and all were
taught trades
willie. a boy of seventeen came to
US from the southern part of the state
Mr. Whitaker said. speaking of his
experiences back in those years. HE
was ignorant. helpless and depraved
We sent him home when he was twenty
wearing good suit of clothing an.
with his head up and his eyes glowing
with health and intelligence
In about month we received
poorly written and badly spelled let
ter from his mother. 4 am proud she
said, of Willie. His brother George is
a bad boy, too. He is worse than Willie
ever was. How much will you charge
to fix George up just like Willie?'"
<
Though he is a partner in the largest
coal company in Indianapolis. Mr.
Whitaker five years ago agreed to
leave his business temporarily and
clean up the jails of Baltimore. He
devised a scheme by which the his
tory of every person arrested for in
toXlcation or a misdemeanor is obtain
ed and placed before the police Judge
having jurisdiction in the case.
That simple little plan" Mr.. Whit
taker said. lis saving 1000 persons II
year from Jail and workhouse sentences
in the city of Baltimore. Most small
offenders have homes. believe in
sending them home and giving them
another chance. 1t is a serious matter
to commit. any one to prison-serious
for the judge and serious for the per-
son SO punished"
Columbia heard of Mr.. Whitaker and
sent for him. I'VE have 1.15O acres of
wilderness, thirty-two miles down the
ington Jail is filed with prisoners.
There is the land and there are the
prisoners Now see what you can do"
Il long had believed" Mr.. Whitaker
said. that the moment man is SEN
fenced. whether his offense is small or
great. he should be taken Immediately
into the country. So I accepted the Of
fer of the District of Columbia. Jails
should only be used as places of de-
tention until the trials are held"
More than 5000 men are handled" by
Mr.. Whitaker during the course of a
year. The number of his prisoners
averages ga day. Only two of them
a month run away. though there are no
bolts or bars to keep them from doing
so. THE most unhappy man in the
world he said. lis the prisoner who
escapes. He is in terror night and day
and is afraid of every one he meets in
the street. Treat him fairly and he will
stay where he is put and not try TO give
his keepers the slip"
kF
NNYERE Capt. Ellsworth +. Bertno1f.
Wv chief officer of the new coast
guard, a professional writer he might
Continued on Seventh Pagel
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OF Columbia cavalry under the com
mand of Capt. s w. owens guarded
the carriage when President Buchan-
an rode to LincoIns hotel to escort
him to the capitol. Members of the
three compa uies of rifiemen command
ed by Capt. Ernst Loeffier. Capt. Joseph
Gerhard and Capt. Wladislaw krizan-
owski marched beside and behind the
carriage when the newly inaugurated
nue. on his way to the Executive Man
sion. other members on guard occu-
pied windows OF the Capitol overlook
ing the ceremonies aud also occupied
positions on the roofs of the houses
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the forefinSer the stem. and VIII wave
the pipe in the direction of the tribe
he intends to fight.
Give an Indian time and he can
elaborate his views, describe his eN
pcrienccs and explain his plans at
great length wholly by the use of his
hands. He also coins new words-per-
hapS | had better say new meanings
coffee. for instance, is associated with
the mill in which it is ground. The
first agent to go among the theyennes
and Arapahoes had false teeth. All
government agents since have been
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ATHFU Year When Served
Inauguration Lincon-Deta of the Plan Protecting President
the Society Was d Ther the Night Lin
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has talked with forked tongue. An
other meaning to this sign is much
softer, and indicates that the man has
make mistake. If the man has been
siandered lies have been thrown ~
him. Memory is to hold fast to "a
thing. To forget is to let thing slip
away and be lost.
ITO be hungry is to feel a saving in
the stomach. 20 be thirsty is to be
water hungry. Thus, after making the
water sign. the person speaking will
saw his stomach. If one has enough of
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heart to flutter in his throat If he is
broodins over an injury, his heart is
being stabbed while in homesickness
it goes away in search of absent rela
tives and friends.
But when an Indian is angry, he
shows his mind is twisted. Astonish-
ment brings his hand to his mouth,
which indicates that he has no words
adequate to express his feeling. A chief
in declaring war will hold pipe
that is. he will make ID sign of a pipe.
the thumb representing the bowl and
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Soon he began attending Indian
dances and powwows and listening to
the old men as they told of the coming
OF the buffalo. ages ago; of the appear
snce OF the first eros Ventres, who
emerged from the ground and climbed
into a tree. and the mother of the
kiswas. who slid to earth from heaven
on rope made of the sinews of wild
animals
Going from tribe to tribe on the
plains between the Mississippi river
and the Rocky mountains rnipclinz
WIN the Crows. Blackfeet, Cheyennes
Aiapahoes, comanches aud other red
DIVISIONS OF their fierce. nomadic race
Gen. Scott was everywhere met with
heathen hospitality and proclaimed the
GOO ana great brother. who would pa
behtIy listen to their woes. 30 white
man mas ever understood the Indian
petter' nor the sign language of the
plains half so well
some day when ne has time Cen
scott will write out the hundreds NJ
strange stories which the Indians have
fcIated TO him with their hands and
VIII give history OF the sign pictures
pS "hlch the stories have been handed
Gown Tor many generations and have
PASSED from one prairie tribe to an
The language of gestures used nv
our plains Indians" Cen. Sco,t said ~
me, rs forceful. intense with meaning
ana nlled with beauty and grace IL is
tne language for impressive oratory
anu dramatic narration. / have seen
several hundred Arickarees. Mandaus
eros Nentres. Neg Perces Cheyennes
and Sioux squatting in the grass while
Chief Joseph told them by signs of the
batties during his famous and mastery
retreat of 1900 miles TO the boundary
line OF Canada
Having all the time there is. as the
Indian ha Of
and orators are deliberate and grace
ful. and often, striving toward the art
OF elegance. win give the hand a slight
rebound they proceed with their
conversation or their grafton. This is
noticeably so among the northern Chey-
enneS. AS the Indian becomes settled in
his place OF living and learns the ways
OF the whites, he forgets the mott ion
language OF his fathers,and the day is
not remote when IL Will pass entirely
from his memory.
The ocabulary of gestures Is won
doPfully full and clear. Thus night COW
ers the earth with darkness as with
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anything he is full of il up to his eyes.
The Indian believes that the seat of
his emotions is in his heart SoN when
he is sorroWful his heart is on the
ground or il is weeping.
The glad or happy Indian motions
that his heart is open. but il he is dis
couraged it is wiped out. Doubt gives
him two hearts. which are alternately
up or down, and worry causes his
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INTERVIEWS With William H. Whitaker and Ellsworth
Benh-"The Lingo Motions Indians Described Chief Staff United States
Ay-Tmnng 15O Virginia Pine hclet Prosperous Agricultural and
Industrial Establishment O in
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75iE 5o5#2q ne

who We're detailed at the funeral I
was present at the Inauguration, the
assassination and funeral of one of
our greatest Presidents" Mr.. Kettler
has been a past commander of James
A. Garfield Post, No. Z, of the Grand
Army of the Republic
In such "reminiscences as these do the
veterans indulge themselves at their
tri-monthly meetings. on Decoration
days and on each 18th day of April,
the anniversary of the mastering of
the Sth Battalion. All of the members
have similar interesting tales tucked
away in their memories.
Mr.. William Reith. now president of
the society of survivors of the historic
battalion. though not one of those who
formed President Lincoln's personal
bodyguard. was sworn into service on
April II, 1S61-a date which the society
never fails to commemorate-as a pri-
waite in Company \ of the sth Bat
TALON. for three months. When his
enlistment expired he re-enlisted as an
artificer-a cabinet maker, to be exact.
for this was his trade-in, the quarter
masters department under Gen. Daniel
Rucker.
At that time Mr.. Reith was twenty
seven years of age; now. at eighty-two
years, he recalls clearly his service
with these Union corps. and espe-
cially his experience on the morning
of the death of President Lincoln.
He and five other guards OF the COM
pany-one an Ita han and the four
others nsylvanians-were detailed
by Gen. Rucker to care for the body of
the deceased President. Their duties
consisted of placing il in its coffin
carving the coffin from the house OPP
posite Ford's Theater where the Presi-
dent died to the hearse. and escorting
the heafse to the White House.
The white linen shirt which Lincoln
wore at the time of his death, Mr.
Reith relates. was given by the sur
ceon in charge to the six guards to be
divided among them souvenirs of the
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BY JAMES B. MORROW.

a IL men. some students of the
IN human race assert, once talked
A\ to one another only by means
q Sof signs lin the lingo of
motions. Gen. Hugh l.. Scott, chief
of staff. United States Army, phrases
the same statement.
Man is man.. Archibald II. Sayce. the
eminent orientalist of oxford. has said
lin virtue of language, and it was
gesture that first made language pos
sibIe.
Sign pictures" which is also his own
expression, have been Gen. SCOTS
specially ever since he went among the
prairie tribes of Indians many years
ago as second lieutenant in the cav
ally. lie was ambitious to be a scout
and took UP the Indian custom of sign
communication is a matter of routine
preparation.
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over the Presidents box and he drop
ped - the stage. where he stumbled
ba edward to regain his balance. He
hobbled to the back Of the stage with
a dagger in his hand, calling out, Sic
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lent III his box very plainly. He seem
I'd to he enjoying the -play-'Our Amer
can Cousin'-very much. The stage
was empty for moment and we ex-
lected some one to come out and con-
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thu. the play. Then the shot was
fired. | thought at first that the shot
belonged in the play. until ] saw a man
jump from the balcony. In doing so
his spurs caught in the flag draped
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NNYERE Capt. Ellsworth +. Bertno1f.
Wv chief officer of the new coast
guard, a professional writer he might
CONTINUED on Seventh Page.l
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known by sign descriptive of tn:
physical popularity.
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\ TORE than half a century has
N\MI passed since Abraham Lin
INII coin was inausurat Presi-
w dent OF the United States. The
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1916-07-22
HE COULD PLAY CHESS.

And No Proved That Fact In . Mes'
Emphatic Manner.
In Austria Hungary some years ago
there wa. q marvellous chess player.
whose name and residence were I'M
known. but who every now and then
displayed bis remarkable skill In the
game. The last story Of him was told
by James II. Hyatt Of Philadelphia.
who had then Just returned from
Budapest.
Il was playing chess with friend
In q cafe" said Mr.. Hyatt. land plain
~ saw my defeat, when little bit of
shriveled Pole with a tray Of cheap
jewelry stood In front of US and offer.
ed bis wares In most persuasive tones.
"'Go away ! said.
".You can beat him. answered the
peddler. whose attention was on the
game.
what do you know about itT !
ssked.
"'May tell himr he inquired, look
Ing at my opponent
Certainly. Crack away came the
reply In a tone OF assurance.
flake his knight said my self ap-
pointed instructor. did 80 to humor
hip. though l lost my queen by the
operation. But, much to my surprise,
I found that the very next move gave
me the game.
"'Let me play with your asked the
peddler. 4 mate you In the moves you
say and where you say
"'lf you do will give you 10 FORMS
answered. Take the white men.
Mate me on my queens fourth square
in twenty-five moves II You can
I'VE started In. my friend keeping
account OF the moves. and moved rap
idly. After about a dozen moves had
the advantage Of bishop and pawn
and was assured would defeat my
aggressive little opponent When be
let castle go by an apparently care,
less play I was sure Of victory. Then
came q sudden change in the situation,
and l had to move my king out Of
check. was on the defensive and In
rapid retreat.
Twenty one moves said my friend
as the little peddler put me again in
check with bis knight.
".Mater cried my opponent ~ ~
swung his queen across the board.
my king was on the queens fourth
square.
~ gave him 10 forms. and be walk
ed away shaking his head and hands
with Infinite satisfaction."-New York
Herald.
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9TH. wind !. In tho Palm Trees"

But the glory of palm trees! No pic
lures or description in books had ever
made me realize that before. THE
wind is in the palm trees" had been
for me but haunting phrase in Mr..
KipIing's most famous ballad. but
when the bellboy threw open the door
of my room lin Nassau Of the Bahia
mas, looking into the hotel gardens l
cried, what is thnt sound7" for my
ears had been instantly filled with a
delicious ripping. as though the room
was alive with invisible rivers of rum
ming water. ran to the window. 1t
was the wind in the palm trees-the
freshest. purest. gladdest sound to be
heard in the worId.-Richard lie CALI
enne In Harper's Magazine.
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A Delicate, Tastefu, Breakfast.

Apropos of monotonous unimagina.
tive breakfasts. Thomas Love Peacock
once drew up the menu for breakfast
'.for a man Of taste" Coffee. tea,
cream. eggs. ham. tongue. cold fowl."
he wrote. .all these are good and be-
speak good knowledge In him who sets
them forth. But the tombstone Is
fish. Anchovy Is the first step, prawns
and shrimps the second. potted char
and lamprey the third. but lobster IL.
indeed, matter for May morning and
demands a rnre combination Of virtue
and knowledge in him who sets II
forth. "-London Standard.
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Never AGAIN.

Not long ago congressman sent to a
constituent some horticultural seeds
ranging in variety from flowers to veg
etables. At their first subsequent meet
ing the recipient remarked: II had a
narrow escape with those pesky seeds
It was my fault, but could not resist
chance to play practical joke on a
friend, very attractive widow. l
changed the envelopes containing the
flower seeds and put in the flower en-
velopes lettuce. radishes and onion
seeds. telling her that they were fur
nished by the agricultural department
and were strictly AL. I impressed her
with the efforts Of the government to
supply the best and of the vast sums
expended for that purpose until she
was persuaded to give them special at
tention. was then called away from
town and did not see her for six weeks.
Returning. called ON the lady and
casually inquired about the seeds.
"She answered. ITO tell you the truth,
I haven't been out to the cemetery
since they were planted. You said
they were SO fine that concluded to
plant them on my husbands grave
II mnde quick getaway and mean
dered to the cemetery, where found a
fresh crop Of onions, lettuce and rad
ishes growing upon the grave. pulled
them up. and you bet I've sworn OF
joking widows with substitute flower
eds."-Boston Herald.
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Scotch Judges Frueality.

Scotland might safely be backed at
least to rival England in the matter of
frugality among her judges. There Is
Dean Ramsay's story Of the dinner
party given by Lord Polkemmet. When
the covers were removed the guests
were surprised to find that the dinner
consisted Of veal broth. a roast fiilet of
veal. veal outlets. Horentine ian old
Scottish dish composed Of veal). a calf's
head and calfs foot Jelly. Observing
the sensation. Lord Polkemmet ex-
planned: lou ny. it's a cauf. When we
kill beast we just eat up ae side and
down the tither."-London Chronicle.
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The crochet working and spool hold
err shown herewith has been recently
value to the woman given to this kind
of fancy work. In fact, 1t will answer
for many other kinds Of fancy work.
A belt to be secured around the waist
has base plate secured to It. on
which spool Of cotton may he placed
and which will reel of the strand as
desired without becoming entangled
with its neighboring pieces. A bag de.
pending from the belt secures the work
and needles and other necessities.
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sYRoN's UNHApPIHEss.
His Icy. Frozen hammered Wife and
His Cruel Parents.


His Cruel Parents.
Marie CoreIli. the English novelist.
says poets do not really love. II they
did they could not write about 1t.
They imagine they love- And their
Imagination embraces many fair OBJ
jects.
Byron" she says. "was IN unhappy
man. But he was not as unhappy. as
he imagined himself to be. He found
pleasure. even inspiration. In dwelling
on his own troubles. Many poets do"
been a Miss Gordon before she mar
ried the shiftless and dissolute Captain
Byron. the poets father. and that amid
constant quarrelings. thrashings and
unjust abuse and the most coarse and
Incorporate language poor Byron be-
gan his career.
with such a father and such
mother" says Miss Corelli. 1.-The won
der is that he managed to store bis
mind with SO many Impressions of
beauty and grandeur and that he was
able to lift his soul above his surround
ings to such height of intellectual
power. His mothers furious temper
and her cruel mockeries stung him. not
into a reply. but into silent and lonely
brooding ON his wrongs.
"He himself describes the sense of
horror and humiliation which came
over him when, in a fit Of passion. she
called him "a lame brat.'> When Sir
Walter Scott met him he said he should
scarcely have noticed It In fact. the
great novelist was as lame as the great
poet. only Byron's brilliant personality
made him. more than Scott. an object
Of comment. His marriage was fall
ure. 1t was a fortunate thing for lit
erature that his wife left him after
one year Of matrimony
Had she remained with him his
genius might have persisted under the
freezing influence Of such a paragon
of propriety and dulness. William
Hewitt tells us that Lady Byron bad
frozen moments
81 have seen her. he says. come
down In the morning as II she had
lain all night on a glacier, frozen. as 1t
were. to the very soul. and no efforts
on the part of those around her could
restore her for the day to any genial
social warmth