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Show TO ST. ID US. Today the funeral procession bearing the remains of General W. T. SitK.it-m SitK.it-m an moves from New York to St. Louis, whero the interment is to take place. In this country there is no Walhalla, no Westminster Abbey, and the great men of the nation, when they die, go back to their citizenship from which they sprang to the equality of final repose. It is perhaps just as well. To find lodging in the grateful hearts of a people peo-ple is bettor than to fill a niche iu some stately mausoleum. |