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Show Our Doys. Whether lli wore the t'nlnn Hluo. In tho deadly civil frnj i Or ga their lives In th fjrnnd oM light, when tho nation n born lit n days Whatever they wait tint nn4rl ttuinp to Ulna's retnoli'st hours. They nro love of our love, om lovul and our own, Our ho, eternally ours. Whether the p.itins of far I.urou wills- pel nbovn lliflr graves; Or their rcnoclcM requiem I sung by tho (imiiy Cuban ne; Wherever they wnlt tho revolllo how-over how-over tho future Invvrm, I Wo will never forget, wo wilt clnlm them yet. Our bo)K, oternnlly our Whether the) pillow vvenrj' hc.uls on the homeland! fnllhful tin-ant; Or In unknown envoi of tho stormy deep thoy havo laid them down to rest; Vherver they uleep on hind or tea. desert or uliitdy bovvers, Whllo tho old Hub vvavn wo will gur-land gur-land their Knives, Our bo. eternally nun. And who Hhull my lhe have died In viiln? O, tinllom nnd fnlnt of heart! l'oor cur who unnrl nt heuilo deeds whero they rtaro not tnko a part: Tla Oodllke to Rlvo up llfo for right, richest of hum n dower:, And to nil eiirth'H cliiy they havo won our prnlse, Our bojs, eternally our. Wither tho hnnd thnt seeks to pluck one lent of their laurels won: l'alsy the tonftuo thnt lisps n word to dim th deed they hnvo done: For wo swenr by tho n.iK to which thoy disci, and by nil aoO'ii owen io- t'r,, in We will cheilsh ench nnnio, wc will Kuard their funic, Our boys, eternally ours. Indlanant at Chlckamauna. At Chlckamauga, ono of tho most fearful fields of all the war, Indiana rnlscd her starry banners high. Sho had tblrty-nlno organizations represented; repre-sented; sho opened tho battlo; sho fired tho last shot; Bho captured and held tho only Confcdernto battery that met that futo; sho at ono point saved 1 tho Union army; rIic guvo of her most distinguished Bons and many went to their last rest upon this field; sho lost 3 per rent of her troops engaged ami alio boro one-fifth tho entlro Federal loss. I A roster of her sons almost writes ' Chlckamauga'a history, John T. Wilder, Wild-er, Joffcrson C. Davlo, John M. Bran-nan, Bran-nan, K. M. McCook, Benjamin F. Scrib- ' nor. William Grose. Joseph J. Ilcy. j muds, August Wllllch, Morton U. fTiJJ "" - , Vi?jfc.fee-t' Monument to the Osvenly-flfth. Hunter, Edward A. Klpg, Jnmc3 A. Mount, Phllomun Baldwin, Gcorgo P. Duel!, Oeorgo F. Dick, II. V. I.awton, Charles Cruft Robinson, Joseph II. Dodge theso nro but n fow names grnven on Indiana's shield. And fittingly .has tho state paid trlb-uto trlb-uto to her heroes. Upon Chlcknmau-ga's Chlcknmau-ga's Blopes thoro nro thlrty-nlno monuments monu-ments and' ttovent) -eIs markers to show tho positions hold by her gallant regiments. In every part ot tho Held may bo seen her illgtlrttlvo stone. ' The Soventy-llftli Regiment, Indl- ana Infantry, wns of King's Brigade, nnd Its monument stands In tho Poo Hold. Col. Milton 8, Robinson and Mcut.-Col. WlUlnm O'Brien wore In command. Indianapolis News. All's Fair In War. "My conscience ha3 alv, ays hurt mo Just a bit about a llttlo thtos that imp- I pened at Ilolena, Arlt., during the war," fiald n whltu-nalretl vetornn, I whllo tnusinB over scmo of the bide- lights of tho 'COs, "nnd I do not mind I tolling you In a confidential way that 1 have prayed over It a good mapy times. Prlco was HklrmUhlng round In tho hills back of Helena nt tho tlmo. Tho Confcderato lines wero In bad shapo. They needed provisions. clothing and n fow other thing.. There was a certain merchant In Helena who had been doing a ileal of smuggling, smug-gling, nnd I had beon kosplng pretty well up with him. lice was my chance. I told him ho could sell soma goods down below town If ho could got out of Helena with them, nnd I nfTorod (o help hint do ... lie had a large yawl vvhkli lio haa pressed Into Harvlce liefine. un.l it itit not tnko mo a gieat length of tlmo to rrn-vlnco rrn-vlnco lilm that wo could ire thi yawl to ndvr.ntngo Up fell riRht Into the plan. Ono night we '.-hid t! p beat down with an ussortel firei clothlrg. food, and other thjnri w"' h the merchant mer-chant had In loc'.;. At tl at tlmo you couldn't hardly get aw iy 'rrra tlu bo!-dlors, bo!-dlors, but we maur.gcd to fitJt out Into tho river without mnkj.i:; tnu.-l' i.oUe It was p. very dark nlfht. When wo had rentUd the otirrfint ot tho Btronm I 8Ugp".tr,l to tho merchant mer-chant thnt we lav ikwr. In ihi bont until wo had drl'tcl drw-i Ya-v tlio city. Wo ullov wl the mu "Pt to drive us sevornl mlljis below t'.ie city. In fact, as far down m f vvtntpd to go, lur I know exactly whero tho Confed- iTAtu soldiers wore camped. Wo Jf pulled Into a Biuall bayou and started ' to tlo up. Suddenly a squad ot men if cwooped down on ub nnd plncod us under arrett. Tiien thoy began to un- load tho bout. The merchant did not B seem lo care so much about the $2,000 worth of goods ha had In tlio yawl and which tho soldlors had confiscated. Hu tu Id mu wo were In groat danger ot jJ being nlint, but I consoled him by say if lug that I would fix up a scheme to H escnpe. That night n squad was H named to watch us until daylight About t a. m. 1 nudged tlio morchant jH and told him thn soldlnra worn nslucn tM and we could got nwny. At first he jH was nfratd ot being shot, but I per 1 mailed him that It was pnfe, and we skedaddled. I never saw a man run j so In my life, nnd I wns to tickled nit 'jH tho while that I could scarcely keep BH from letting tho cat out of tho bag. IH "Up to this day that fellow feels jH that he ones his life very largely to IH me. when I had dollhcrntcly lnltl tlio Bcheme to rob him ot u boatload of H goods for tho benefit nt the Confed- H oracy, aud I havo often debated tho H moral napcot ot the question In my own mind. But I Biipposo nil thing H me fair In war. Besides, tho motive '1 was to help tho suffering Confederate H soldiers nnd not to hurt and harm the :H merrhant. Now Orlenns Tlmes-Dcmo- H Cries "Let Me In." H In tho vlllagu cemetory at Tylcrvllle, H Conn., civil war vctornns havo year by H year on Memorial Day placed a wreath IH to the memory of Prlvnto George Watorhousc. Tho records show that jH ho was shot In 18G1 whllo fighting for jH tho StarB and Stripes In Louisiana. jH Ho left an aged father and mother jH nnd n younger brother, Frank, when jH ho went to tho front with tho Twenty- H fourth Connecticut volunteers In 1803. H Tlio regiment was assigned to Gen. H Bank's command anil wns In tho'Red H river campaign. Frank Waterhouse, H slnco tlio death ot his parents, baa H kept up tho old homestead. Ho was H nrouscd by a knock at tlio door one IH night last week. H "Frank Waterhouse, let mo In!" H called a voice, slinking with emotion. H "I nm your brother George." jH Frank opened wide tho door. Dc- H splto tho bllvered hair of tho man who H entered Finuk recognized tlio big H brother to whom ho had waved good- H by thirty-eight years ago, and their H hands clasped. Georgo said that ho H had been left for dead on a Louisiana H battlefield, but some negroes found H him, and, observing that Uto was not H oxtlnct, they changed his uniform for H ono of gray, took him to a cabin, aud H nursed him back to health. Ho H changed his name ana drifted to Tex- H ns, whero ho started a cat tlo ranch and H became prosperous. H Later ha settled In Pennsylvania. M Thoro camo to him recently a longing H to see his old homo. Ho will spend H Buvcrnl weeks with hla brother, and H will then return to Texas to Inspoct B his H Wearing Qen. Lee's Socks. H Tho (llsclpllno ot Gon. Leo's socks H was an "Institution' peculiar to our H hospital. Mrs. Leo, it Is well known, H spent most of her tlmo In making H gloves nnd socks for the soldiers. And H sho gavo mo, ut ono time, sovoral H pairs at Gen. Leo's old socks so darned H that wo saw they had boon well Worn H by our hero. Wo kept theso socks to H apply to tho feet of thoso laggard "old B soldiers" who wcro suspoctcd of pre- HHl forrlng tho "luxury" of hospital life HBl to tho activity of tho field. And such HJ was tho effect of tho application ot HHl these warllko socks that even a threat HBl or it had tho result ot sending a man HBl to his regiment who had llngored HBl months In Inactivity. It camo to be HBl a standing Joko In tho hospital, In- HHl finitely enjoyed by tho men. If n poor HBl wretch was out ot his bed over it HBl week ha would bo threatened with HBl "Gen. Leo's socks;" nnd through this HJ means somo most obstlnato casus wore HBl i urcd. Four of tho most determined HBl rheumatic pallontB, who had reslstod HBl (.cnrlfylng of tho limbs, and what was HHl worse, tho smallest and thinnest ot HHl diets, wero sent to their regiments HJ aud did good service afterward. With HHl these men tho socka hnd to bo left on HHl sovoral hours, amid shouts of laugh- HHl tor fiom the 'nsslstants," showing that HHl though men may withstand pain and HJ starvation thoy succumb to ridicule. HHl Hmlly V. Mason In Atlantic. HJ The Rebel "Yell." H Deecrlblng a bnttlc of the civil war, HBl In which ho participated, a writer thus HHJ talks of thu rebel "yell": M On camo tho Confcderato Hue, with H n terrlblo "yoll," the moat terrific bat- H tlo cry over known of men In the an- H rals of war. Did you ever hear the B '.veil" uf u charging Uuo ot "John HH ill's"? Onco hoard It was never for- HB gtttun. Tho writer was forcibly re- HJ minded of tills fuel when attending a HHl iiarn-atuniilm; Miovv with a young HBl Southern friend, mittty years ago. in BVJ r,no of .ur small No-.v Knglnnd cities. HB Tho audience was very demnnntru- HB tlvct In applause. Suddenly U1I3 young BBJ Ruuthornor let out thut "yell." In- BJ ptarjtly a ilezcn old veturani were on Bfl thoir feet, loo': lng to see. where it Kl cMiO frcm. Ono old vctTnn near by Bjfl ns to Irtrnsed thnt ho t,.ud. BJ "Ynupr'-to- If ya (' that again, I'll BH tbrr'.tle )e." My hearty laughter rnol BJ llflod tho old fellow. Ho "cottoned" iH to tho youngster, and soon ovor- BH ' vilmotl him v.'lth n J!w"! of i-cralnls- BH j renco. ; BH "' I uhVAVI o in a jIhhWh1 |