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Show i DEATH OF CLARA BARTON. J The death of '.Miss Clara liarton. an-j an-j pounced in the dispatches thbi morning, will oh life a painful throb iu the hearts of many thousands of people, Miasj i liartou has devoted her long life, to the, I ntm-c of humanity, ih help for the uf-j j llit-ted. and in Ihe amelioration of the ; savaaerv of human nature ill it worst j .forms. She bevim her special human-; jitarian work during tho War of the j Rebellion, going to the front as a nnr.e iu thc Union hospitals. During the war. her services were invaluable in nursing the sick, in writing loiters for tiie men in hospitals, and putting them iu communication with their families, tracing and finding lost men, and so bringing joy to thousands of hearts. After the war, she laid out thc grounds for tho National cemetery at Ander-jsonville. Ander-jsonville. Georgia. Sho became associated asso-ciated with the International JJcd Cross of Geneva, and worked through the en-fire en-fire Franco-Prussian war as helper of tho afflicted. She has devoted her life to the relief of humanity, aud is associated asso-ciated with very large numbers of societies so-cieties for the betterment and relief of the sick and helpless. She is best known to the present generation by her connection with the Red Cross relief work, and by her excellent writings in behalf of helpful work for the race. She lived to be very old. She was born at Oxford, Massachusetts, in 1S21, so that she was in her ninety-list year at. the time of her death, iler memory mem-ory will be perpetuated in the annals of humane ell'ort as long as such work as hers is appreciated among mankind.' She was a noble servitor in the cause of humanity, the most distinguished American iu this work that has ever lived. Her remembrance is sure, her reward well earned and certain. |