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Show A Young Patriot Unknown Blue Wfe and Grey d? By WILBUR D. : if NESBIT There are unknown crave in the valleys That tha troops or war possessed. Where tha bugles sounded tor rallies But tha bullets sang of rest; And tha mountains hold without number Hidden graves from war's mad day. Where tha unknown men have their slumber In their shrouds of blua and gray. EVILS if ' And no druma will rumble and rattle. And no fifes blow sharp and shrill In the valleys that knew the battle, , Nor atop the lona high hill; But the silent stars know tha story x' And the broad sky of the day Bends and whispers low of their glory To thesa men of blue and gray. f a & And no banners o'er them ara waving. No marchers coma and pause With cheers for the land of their saving Or tears for their lost cause; ,feM- - ' Yet the twilight stars intermingle With tha hues when ends the day. And tha striving flags now ara single O'er the men of blua and grey. There are unknown graves in tha thickets. On the hillside and the plain. Of the missing scouts and the pickets, Yet they did not fall in vain. Though their names may not ba engraven And their places in tha fray, In our hearts now each finds a haven They who wora tha blue and gray. j ' For the Cod of battles is kindly With none of mankind's hats That is cherished ever tea blindly And these pawns of warefare's fata Have their tombs of nature's splendor Each set forth in proud array Through an impulse holy and tender, . Though they wore tha bluo and gray. ' v . v Where once were tha guns that wrangled Sounds the peace song of the thrush. And the roses and vines are tangled in the solemn, sacred hush; Where the cannon one day would hurtle Their missiles in the fray Grows the rue and tha creeping myrtle O'er the graves of blua and gray. it r r They ara nature's hands that are strewing The flowers on each mound; It is God's own beautiful doing That each unknown grave is found Where tha cypres leaves are aquiver, Where peaks lift through the day, , Where the forest sighs to tha river Of the unknown blue and gray. UiUMS?2LTr-s- ti nr 3 i U Sharpshooter in the ' ; Civil War , Unknown filFili baa become, loo common as Memorial apday proaches to remind tba por-bsp- ri .TrWfifl bow fast the army of blua is marching into tha unknown. Rower are strewn upon the graves of tha head and statistics of mortality era as freely flung at tha beads of tha living soldiers. Possibly tba vet rrans ara not cheered by tbls sober end convincing Information, and certainly their children and grandchildren glta it but cold entertainment. A look at tba other st.le, (lie living side, of tba old soldiers great day presents something of good rbeer as roll mm a surprising fart that of tba extreme youth of tba army of the Union In those days when tha life of a nation was at stake. The survivor of tba Union army of the CI til war are known lo number at this dale C20.00f. an I a majority of these men ara In the art ire pursuits of Industry. Althmigh there ara a few very old men among the veterans, the average age of the survivors Is sixty three year. tVlth the lengthening of life which has become a feature of our time we ought to have with us for many years at least a fair remnant of the heroes of the great war. The roost desperate civil war of modern time was fought. It is now realised, by boys In their fens of ha rely out of their terns. The reo ecrts of the war and navy department i of the enlistment how 1.1JI.4:. were at fhe age of eighteen year or enlistment ruler, snd that 2,1 tXest-t- h age of twenty one year r undf. whl only 6I.SI1 f the total 2,i7.30S enlistments were at the age of twenty two yews and over. In decorating the grave of the dead and In honoring Jhe lirng lJlr of t the whole natto renes yearly the Inspiration of patriotism. This year there are still In the land of the living rd the country they raved more than salt a ml'lion of H heroic "hots" of coming to ee i, and we are thst they resJIy wer boys, and boy wetl worth remembering thou who have answered the last roll call and those who are yet with at in tb bat-Pe, of .?. J't a v by Confederates t F no class of soldiers Is so little actually known aa of tha sharpshooters. At best theirs wss desperate work. were obliged They often to fight from their regiments, without any chance of assistance, perhaps literally surrounded by tba enemy. And when tba end came for one of them he must die alone, and In time ha would be marked "missing" on the books and every trace of him would ba loaf. C, H. Guinand, a famous shot In his day, s past commander of the Btrdan Sharpshooters, was the hero of many stirring adventures of the fighting before Fredericksburg. "Few civilians or soldiers either, for that matter, can realise what It meant to be a sharpshooter ln such a halt la as Fredericksburg," said Mr. tiufnand. In recalling his experience. "I never knew what It was to fight beside any one. I had to follow my da-tapractically alone. 'During the battle of Fredericksburg I with two other sharpshooters waa detailed to pick off a negro sharpshooter, a Confederate, who had been working havoc among our men. We got a glimpse of him now and then, but nothing more. He was a crack b't and had brongbt down many officers and privates, tn order to get within range of him we had to go far beyond our picket line and beyond This genany chance of assistance. eral region was well within range of the enemy, a position much too dangerous for the regiment to venture on. "The three of us waited for nlghl and then crept with the greatest caw tlon toward the enemy's lines. Ity morning we bad hidden ourselves In well apart, where we awaited lrp- We were well enough developments. hUden. hut the bullets Whistled through the tree snd occasionally dropped showers of leaves on us; but tbst wss to be expected. Well, It took ti all day to locate that negro, hut we got bins finally. He had bidden himself In an old chimney, which made a pretty good defense. Ha would Ere and then dock behind the bricks, and our bullets would glance off. Diir Ing that long wait both my com- panlons were ailenced hy the cross fire. It was two live for one, bat we never hesitated wbsb Such a rail ll ram." islsss.dT Fifth Iowa, while a brigade showed Itself on our left and attempted to crocs the road toward Colonel Purczel. The battle became furious. Our battery poured In a deadly fire upon the enemy'a column advancing up the road, while the musketry concentrated upon it, soon killing or wounding most of the horses. When within one hundred yards they received a volley from our entire line and from that time tha battle raged furiously. The enemy penetrated the again returned, battery, were repulsed, were again repulsed,-- and finally bore down upon It with a column of three the Colonel LreglmenU (doubtless Whitfield charge), and thla time car- ERE Is what Confederate Whitfield Colonel says T - the We J - r.'fppS - Praised Are Rapidly - A' Union Bravery 7 i L1 il the Eleventh Ohio rr battery In tha battle of "On 'ftO) Iuka ln bis report: the afternoon of Friday. September 19, we formed In line of battle about one mile south of Iuka on the llay Springs road, the enemy appearing In large force. Soon after getting In position I was ordered to move my command In the direction of the enemy, which waa then about three hundred yards off. After having sdvsnced about one hundred pares (be enemy opened a very heavy Ore with grape and canister from their artillery, besides a shower from their small arms. Under this galling fire of my command moved on and. when within about one hundred and fifty yards of the enemy, I discovered that unless the tsttery was Immediately silenced the result might be moat disastrous, and gave command to charge, to by loud which vras responded cheers from my command and the Third Texas cavalry being then dismountedand at a double quick they moved up and captured the slxgun battery, which i am Informed by one of the lieutenant, had been charged eight times before In different fights unsuccessfully." Msrk the balance of Colonel Whit"In tbls short field's report, towlt! but hotly conteMed chsrge I a lots of in officers and men. most of whom fell at or Immediately about the lattery." As we shall see presently, the loss In this chsrge of the Third Texas dismounted csvalry Is not Included In this ln6. for a Confederate correspondent writing lo the Confederste MUl!pp!aa under !ate Of September S4. 1H2. savs of Trice s "They Third brigade In this : chsrged snd took the lattery, which waa doing so much damage, after a defperafe struggle, piling the ground witb the dead. The ThlrJ Louisiana regiment of this brigade entered the men and lest lot in 23 fghl lih wounded. j The Third Texas and ' MiVd fared ntout as badly." And. aa we shall show, we bad repelled two charges before this was made In which, doubtless, we "had done the some service." State . ' This from the report of General Roeecrsns. commanding the Army of the Mississippi: j "The enemy's line of battery now tioved forwsrd on tba battery corning ip from the woods on our right on sus-talnf- d Rs-ht- , ! Dif- W1 Evaporated Ml is the handiest thing in the pantry. It is pure and always ready to use. There is no waste use as much or as little as you need, and the rest keeps fresh longer than milk. Gives fine results in all cooking Tell yoar grocer to send Ltbby a Milk mi an Ml his property; . Tha cannoneers ried tha battery. were, many of them, bayonetted at their pieces. Three of the guna were spiked. In this last charge tha brigade of Texans, which had attempted to turn our left, having been repulsed by Purcrell, turned upon the battery and cooperated In the charge. Tha ptsT DRINKING Sir James Haslett, member of parliament for Belfast, speaking at meeting held in London presided over by the Archbishop Canterbury, gave the following Important testimony which we commend to the statesmen and publlo men of the United States: "My lord bishop. It U with very great pleasure that I rUe to propose that the best thanks of this meeting be given to you for presiding on this occasion. I think you are the right man in the right place. The church must lead If we are to have a healthy Influence in society. As a stranger amongst you, I have had very great pleasure ln hearing all that has been said In regard to total abstinence. 1 may say that I drank it ln from my mother's breast I have never tasted drink, and, what possibly Is not an easy matter, have never ottered It to others. The greatest difficulty we have is In the social Intercourse of life to entertain publicly, as a public man, without drinking. So strong are social habits that you have raised against you all the weapons that satire and evil communication can possibly find. You are called 'mean,' and 'niggaraly,' and a hundred othar things. I think, my lord, that the change must come from the women. They must act as a lever In this matter, though I do not know very well how they are to do it. It waa one of my duties, as the mayor of Belfast, to entertain the representatives of royalty, and It was a difficulty with me bow I could do It without drink. .Unfortunately, the lord lieutenant dropped upon me Just the week after I was appointed. That difficulty waa greater, I think, than I might have been able to withstand; but I had then my wife with me, and she said: 'Well, you had better resign your office.' We carried it through as best we could. I trust that the recollection of that may still brighten her life In the other world. But It Is the difficulty of social Ufo that you must seek to unravel. You cannot do It by legislation. I am bound to say that when I waited upon the lord lieutenant and told him about my difficulty, he said: "My dear fellow, I would only spit upon you If you sacrificed your principles.' Lord Londonderry was too much of a gentleman to seek that I should In any way lower myself, and I felt, as an old Sabbath school teacher, working amongst the young, and addressing meetings all my life, that If I had then put drink on the table I would hsve sacrificed all that I had ever done. My lord bishop. It Is not an easy thing to act thus. I have passed through a recent election and my bitterest enemies were those who sold drink. It has been said In Ireland that the readiest way to a man's Intelligence la through his stomach. It Is wonderful how kindly we are disposed after we get our dinner. It has unquestionably an Immense Influence; and thera Is a large class In our country of whom It may be said that the readiest way to their Intelligence Is through a glass of beer or spirits. You bsve that to fight against. During my recent contest, anu during a contest ten years ago, I never had at the election committee meetings one drop of strong drink. If we cannot carry an election without It, then. In God's name let u surrender." National Temperance 41 : SOCIAL English Statesman Says Greatest ficulty Is to Entertain Publicly Without Liquor. f1kW l" OF tfe Advocate. Old puddle Kid puddle ... Here, get out of that at on eel Nit! You go "an' find a mud of your owal Man To Pray for the Rich. Two women prominent In SL Louis have started a movement to Induce 300,000 of their sex In tha south to pray every day for the rich. They they hope by organising systematically groups of women who will pray often and well for th more affluent, wealthy persons will be led to contribute to a fund for the evangel!-ve.Moof the world. Hclie II. Ilea-nttt- , n Serlove Form of Intoxication. Evidence has come to light showing that a very serious form of Intoxication is Indulged In by many hoys In Philadelphia, whlrfa Is pro- duced by Inhaling gasoline fume. The boys, who belong to the poorer clssaes, have possessed themselves In various ways of the gssoline, sometimes obtaining It from tank cars and at other times from lamp posts, and then have Induced a condition physical and mental which makes them for the time being prsrtlcally craty Physician ara looking Into the matter, and the police 'are endeavoring to break up lha gang who prsrtlc tils pernicious habit. The physical effect of ruch Indulgence are very serious. In soma rases proving fatal. president of the. council of the Methodist Episcopal church south and Mrs. IL W. McDonnell ara tha originators of lha woman's-missionar- e - plan. FEEOYOO y money Feed Your Brain, and It Will Feed You Money and Fame.. "Ever sine boyhood I have been especially fond of meal, srvd 1 am I ate too rapidly, and failed to masticate my food properly. Tbo result waa thai I found myself, a few years ago, affile tod with aib tncDta of tbo stomach, and. kldneya, which Interfered seriously with my business. "At laat I took the ad view of friends and began to eat' Grape-NutInstead of the heavy meats, etc, that had No plsca for Young Man. - - . my former dieL Champ Clark, speaker of the naI was found "I onoe benethat aj tional bouse of representative. In fited by the change, that I was soon speaking of tha evils of the saloon, relived from the heartburn and Indisaid: used to follow my meals, thst gestion no Is saloon a "The young place for man Is ambitious to rad a clean, that tbe pains In my back Irmn my successful life. If 'i wishes to excel kidney VTettioft had ceased. "My nerve, which ued to bo unla crime, rob hi mental and physical .powers, consort with thugs, blacklegs, steady, and my brain, which was alow and letltatgk- from a heavy diet of prostitutes and thieves, be a dlsgra'-to his family and a stench lo his own meats and greasy fooda, bad. not in nostrils, why. Id advise him to fre- roonwnt, but gradually, and none tho less surely, been restored to normal quent saloons." cow-rlno- ed s coa-stitat- The Enemy Penetrated the Battery. Fortylghth Indiana, which lay In Its-trac- was obliged to yield about one hundred yards, where It waa auppport ed by the Fourth Minnesota "Sand's Eleventh Ohio battery. der IJeutenant Sears, wss served wltb unequaled brsvery, under circumstances of danger and exposure such hs rarely, perhaps never, baa fallen to the lot of one single battery during the war." The battle of Iuka waa fought September 19, 12. General Itosecrans commanding the t'nlon troops and General Trice the Confederate. ended In a Vnlon victory, although the enemy had a much larger torce. Aftd so the writer rejoices In recording the heroism of the commands herein named, "The American Volunteer," whose equal as a so:dier ba never yet appeared on earth. - e eff,clrj. "Now every nerve Is steady and my Lectures In Sweden. brain and thinking faculties are QuickThe temperance organizations ol er and more acute than for years pa?t. Sweden made provision for a courss "Alter tny old style breakfasts 1 used of scientific temperance lectures la to suffer during the forenoon from several cities last winter, an1 In ft of neaknesv hka hindered fe!!rg In the world other country could such toe In my work, bit since I er1cm!y lectures bsve drawn such large audifood 1 Caa began to use Grsp-Nuences. work till diriner time with all ease nd comfort" Name given hy Fo Liquor Trtf Fertiffed. tim Co, Ilattle Creek, Mich, The llqior traffic fortifies Itself by "There's a reason." The Espected Happens. Read the litiJe book. The Road to , mess a of revenue to the government. We note In the reports of tha race Tha United States collects ll?l.f() VTeilvine." In kg4. thst "Dollar Till got awsy easy." How 000 a year from the trade, Great Amtvee m4 V aMrre A w . TSrf fmw ! "re natural. Charleston Newt and Cow ain IM.')o.fH9; France, fl'W.OOfl.&OO, full trw, limi aad P.nssla tier. 1 . 3.091. ttv |