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I I m . r - . ill i i I i ' : - : i - :a . - r i! l - - w f vui vuim ClIVllllKUl, i- " ' ? t -; , , , OUR COUNTRY, MAY SHE EVER BE RIGHT, BUT RIGHT Oil WRONG, OUR COUNTRY " r ! 1 I 1 -i , f I It. H r i I IF- P I SIXTY-SIXTH YEAR. NO. 3 mm SOLDIERS FELL E C0VKlWKRsEE CREAT How the Baltleflfldti r OettyKhnrg; nd Shiloh Will Look to the Coding Genertiong-8oine of the Characteristic Monument Erected. f The Government has created three elaborate National military parks on the three trreateat. hoftifiii a. i Chickamau Gettysburg a?bhllah' Tt i8 tended that they Hhall serve asi)ftntiftnntftwfl , . , l "!-vm uujcvil ICBBUU8 of American courage and valor, and eacn ot tbem'will be constructed on a scale of magnificence not to be seen elsewhere in the whole world. V None of these parks will be merely ornamental pleasure grounds: The prime idea is to restore those historic helds to substantially the condition they werer iu at the times of the battles. and m harmony with that idea, the Prn to oe ereateU on their sites will he deoteAstrictly to the illustration Of the supreme Htruggles which ren dered them famous for the benefit of future generations rather than of sur viving participants. In these parks every incident of the battles will be treated from the impartial standpoint l history, without sectional animositv or bias, and in all the markings and monuments riKi,l justice will be shown alike to the vanquished and vietors Chickamauga and Shiloh were the most memorable contests of the war in the West, aud Gettysburg was the most momentous conflict in the East, and in all three the most distinguished .Kren erals, Union and Confederate, I com manded, aud troops from typical see-, tions fought, so that by securing and F'p vuiK uidse neids intact as repre sentative examples of the greatest battles of the Civil War the Govern ment will be able to history ui a concrete physical form for all time to come. Each of those three battles, however, "was in a measure representative of the 'whole country. Twenty-nine of the thirty-three States east of the Rocky Mouutaius, which comprised the Union at the outbreak of the war, had troops in the Chickamauga and Chat- OEN'EllAL VIEW OF; THE Om LITTLE ROUND TOP. tanooga campaigns, and five of those States Kentucky, Tennessee, Mis souri, West Virginia and Maryland had troops on both sides. Nearly every Northern vState, and likewise nearly every Southern, was engaged at Gettys burg, and at Shiloh were troops from twenty different States, North and South. The Battle of Chickamauga (September 19 and 20, 1863), is re garded by military experts as the best demonstration of the pluck, endurance, prowess aud strategy of the American Holilier ever criven. Measured by per centages of losses and the duration of the fighting, it was the deadliest battle of modern times. Its sequel and com panion piece, Chattanooga (November 24 and 25, 18ti3),i8 considered the grand- est spectacular engagement, ho Crettys Kn fJiilv 1 2 and 3. 1863L corre O 7 ' ' sponding with Chickamauga for East- -ferocuwN rsios monument, oettysbckg BATTLEFIELD. d surDassine it in V I 1 l V ' f-V .. i v ' v . ( X L world-wj hde renown, registered ine I highwalfer mark : and achievements k oi American courage and acnie owieiits iu mius, 1 4mm I IT 1 to-day as the pre-eminent battleheia ot the Western Continent. As to 'Shiloh, it furnished an admirable example of the pe mnlinr characteristics OX tne Ameri can soldier and his adaptability udden and unexpected, emergencies, ana constitutes aj fitting third in the trio of our greatest battlefields. When completed the park will be the most comprehensive and extended military object lesson in the world. It contains 7600 acres, and the central ONE OF THE EIGHT SttELL MONUMENTS MARK ING SPOTS WHEBE BRIGADE COMMANDEB8 WERE KILLED, CHICKAMAUGA driveway, passing through and over looking all the heavy fighting ground, is twenty miles long. The old roads of the battles have been reopened and new roads closed. Over forty miles of the main roads of the field have been rebuilt in a substantial manner. The details of the sii battles Chicka mauga, Missionary Eidge, Lookout Mountain, Orchard Knob, Wauhatchie and Brown's Ferry are set forth upon historical tablets within the park. These tablets, numbering about 2000 in all, are cast iron tolates. four ff three feet, with embossed letters. After casting, the plates were glazed black and the j iemlossed letters wnitened, making the inscriptions dis tinct at a distance. Each plate con tains from 200 to &X) words of his torical text, and is fastened to an iron post, set in concrete. They mark the positions of army headquarters, corps divisions And brigades both Union and Confederate, and the parts taken by each organizadn bre I concisely stated. It is left to tfie States having troops in the battles to erect monuments to regiments and batteries, anil to the ouvicucb aauu me larger or- BATTLE-FIELD FilOf SUMMIT -JJr divisions and brigades, to ereft tneir own muu Vine handsome granite mon- Ll AAA V, 11 Vvy I W ; A- n ,i,'ffavan. r t.he Unitea States regulars, have been set up by lie (jovernment, at. a coot ui .xw each. Eight pyrarhidal monuments, each ten feet high, constructed of ght-inch shells, have been erected to mark the spots where brigade com manders on each side were killed. Each batterv engaged is to be marked in its most importanjt fighting position by guns and carriages of the patterns useci in rue uuvtio. ; of these nositions for eacn army 1io r'hinkn.niane'a field alone. Five tiwvnvR inf iron and steel. seventv feet hish. have been built, two - T - n ii J h van rr Chickamauga field,; from which the below annears clear and recognizable with its markings. All designs and in scriptions for mon uments and tablets have to be submit ted first to the Chickamauga National Park Commission ahd Receive approv al by the Secretary of War in order to insure reasonable uniformity ; and har mony, as well as artistic propriety and historical accuracy. All monuments must be either of durable stone or Umnva ami all inscriptions must con- form to the official reports and be pure ly historical. Under the law establishing a Na tional park at Gettysburg, introduced k nnn,.nl Daniel' TR ' Sielcles. the UJf 7 Government at once proceeded to4ac (puire the 800 acres find rights of way over avenues owned y the Gettysburg Battle Field Memorill Association, and also to acquire other lands on the bat- it. u.. nnrotioou 'n (n ft ii rtti n at ton . vie uciu uj puivuow Additional roads iriU be opened and tablets will be set up uenmieiy max. - LUfT i L ; 1. A.1 ing the lines of tHe troops on dovu obt.s ! however, of States and military organisations to plats ot ground on whicn markers ana mouu- lana1 Ttrlll in ments nave aireauv ? ccu mv,v., nowise be prejumoea. fiie wivjro- burg National Farfc Commission, luse that of the Chiekamftuga Park, will co operate with State! commhsions in fix- - in ing posuions mai ; are uu ined. SALISBURY, N. A special and noteworthy feature of the Gettysburg Park, authorized in the Sickles law, is a huge bronze tablet oh a pedestal bearing a medallion likenesk of President Lincoln and the whole of his immortal address on the occasion of the National Cemetery dedication at Gettysburg on November 19, 1863. There are now nearly $2,000,000 worth of monumentson the Gettysburg field erected by States and regimental organizations and military societies. But until a few years ago there were no lines of battle marked, and a visitor to the field, noticing the absence of monuments on- the Confederate side, would be prompted to ask: "Against whom were the Union trooros fitrhfino-?" This lack has been supplied, and the nnes oi i all troops carefully indicated by tablets, as at Chickamautra. without censure and without praise, and, above ail, witn mstorical accuracy. The Shiloh Militarv Park for whih Congress passed an authorizing act un der the lead of Representative David B. Henderson, of Iowa, comprises about 3000 acres, woods and farming lands. Over 000 Confederates lie buried on that hard-f ought field (Anril 6 and 7, 1862), and in the National cemetery are 3000 Union dead. A commission like those of Chickanumim and Gettysburg has located the battle lines and sites for tablets and monu ments for t the 258 organizations en gaged in the battle. The arrangement of roads and britrade sections has hexm placed under the supervision of the best landscape architects procurable by the War Department. The regula tions as to tablets and monuments will be uniform for all three parks Chicka mauga, Gettysburg and Shiloh. A PNEUMATIC BOAT. Constructed of Rubber and Tnflntfl by Means of Air Tubm. Boats and pneumatic tires are now manufactured on the same principle. The latest craft of this sort construct ed can be deflated and packed in one corner of a trunk, together with the jointed oars used to propel it. It is capable of carrying comfortably from three to six persons. It is durable and absolutely safe, being non-capsizable. If filled with water it would still float several hundred pounds. These rubber boats are totally un like anything ever before constructed, except that rubber has in the past been locks are buckled. The oars slip in and out of these little rowlocks, but are not fastened by thole pins. There is also an air tube running lengthwise under the centre of the boat, mis serves as a keel and also as a bumper. The other style is, perhaps, tbe most notable. it is given mi. I infltvfft1 tubes running lono-fliwisfl The oarlocks are uucmeu. ' . . . 1 -1- ! -1 nn to the Sides Ot Uie top roil. vruexi -j... , n Uninrr lOH annrtfld these boats are maced in a small case, something like IX f M11UV) - n vd iqa n-m rn,n ne eimci uwnou u e ou stntpfl. in a trunk Ulllt lUiiU, vx , , Both boats are made in four separate .mnnvtmanfa and are fitted . with imi- UXAAVyAA i- V7, - A vnAii m a seats or seats of tJllUCI. puiuiuu"" It is not only in calm waters that tested, but it has 1 nuiii uao "vv- THE PNEUMATIC BOAT. been given an ample trial in New York harbor, well down toward anay noos l npfftsions when a rathe lioaOT sao was running. The result has been to show that the craft pos sesses any amount of buoyancy, ami rides either a heavy swell or a consid erable sea and ships very little water. One boat of this description, with six persons aboard, made the journey to ilnv when it was al- X cl 111 irxmu'Jj vrx . j maf bftyardous for small sailboats Ill of xi J r;vsvrit TYifinff disaster ine open o any sort and hardly wetting the clothes OI its pasweucio. The metnod oi innaiing or uemtuu(5 - ti. AlfFa with fhA The tne craiu umci d "-" arrangement for holding the air is such that it is nara to conceive xx -- that would disable it so tnat tne air would escape, vvnne ii is common matter for the tire of a bicycle to be punctured, the material of the Vif,ner ana so runner uusi " , . ... f, ill -r- nronarpfl t,o resist the impact of even a sharp pointed instrument that the danger of a puncture is hardly among' the possibilities. In any event, it would witnsianu mucii heavier shock than the ordinary boat, and for that reason alone promises to be of value. New York Herald. There are thirty-seven newspapers and periodicals published in Guate mala, according to a recent consular report. Of this number seven are dailies, fourteen weeklies and twelve are issued once a month. ' - ; C., THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1897- 1 THE MODERN STASLE. Extreme Simplicity Should Mark Thl At tachment to a Country Reeldenee. The great vogue of the bicycle, the extension of trolley railroads,: and the introductions of the Auto Mobile cabs; have called out many dismal predic tions. The public has been told times without number that the reign of the horse is forever over. In illustration of this statement the unprecedentedly low prices at which horses have lately been sold are quoted, and there come grewsome stories from the West of the shooting of entire herds of horses oh mo xauLrvH, in oraer to save the nas. ture for the more valuable beef crea tures. As a supplement to these tales, it is even said that canning factories have been established where horse flesh is put up in potted form for our use or unsuspecting foreigners. The paragraphers and cartoonists have had their fling at the subject, and if one should take the signs of the times, everything would seem to point to the virtual extinction of the equine species m tne not remote future. But those who love man's best friend and Servant among the dumb beasts, and who do not care, to surrender him for studs of steel or naphtha fed cabs, need not be unduly alarmed. In fact, horseflesh would seem to be an excellent invest ment at this very moment. With the fall in prices, that was due to a variety tin tiiifn of reasons, horse-breeding has been giving adequate returns for the oast few years, and more brood maresjiave come upon the market than ever before m an equal space of time. Compara tively few foals have been born, and prices are bound to rise before long. The carriage house and stable must be influenced more or less by the na ture of the grounds and the relative position of the house to which it be longs. The general rule, of course, is tnat it must be inconspicuous, or if it is where it must be seen, it should not "n2 111 " "i At lCOWsl- lliHhf hit, Krt irv m...l 1 in the matter of architecture, the orna mentation must be far less profuse and , . l: Ii. rtim ornate. extreme suupuwij, bined with stronc and artistic lines, always gives the best results. 'I'hn oninmimnVITlC Dili 11 BUUWO afnblA that, would erace any suburban O. uu l.v-v. vy.. . " J - o x place, and yet it is not very expensive or pretentious. iue gcuciw IS mailable oi many muumiawvuo 1 I .. . . . ,1 i 4 inllTl a As . JUUIO tl iiicjii. j " , . -l 1 x ,1 m ffT oil nf on OriUlUHllV VII 1 ii, xu I' . .v.v.j xi ..r,i iTnmAvam0nfs fiincrle and tilt? llCWCOt AlXiJ. J ax, O MtrtdliinV box Stalls, carriage rwum, Ttwx0 , ti i . i waoninir stand and harness room, all on the nrst a x- ,A flnnr rrnvision is noor; uu mc dcwuu f 7 . . i . j .v., llliUll 1U1 111 XXUIJ 1 ... . T1 1 - ..lniimi 1C .. . i Ti-io ii n v I niv ami lue uuaxucjo for the coaenman. iue iuuwmwu ior i no vjvjjn iiiixii. of stone, the exterior rough clapboards . . 1 " V 1 ... , . . . a . Ulllx nixiixgio, i il. i3Pnnl 1 nkiurr aa n nflTl W 11 1 1' 1 1 11 W XD UOD ltd Ixll vx CIWU ... r nvaaw Htn.Hl TI1H KUBUl lO UVX mirable. Copyright, 1897. How to Get Served Quickly and Well. Diplomatic Stranger "Tell me, llxxoo, xo iiuciq o seeing in this town beside your pretty self?" Fliegende Blaetter. . r .-. .a X a.a a n X"T 1 1 Tl LT . . ii . else worm A forty-pound turkey was served at an Allentown (Penn.) feast. i FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR JUNIOR READERS. Polly's Dinner Paty to Her Cats Preaching and Practice Without a God The Laziest Animal in the World Other Sketches. Dead Baby. ITTLE soul, for such brief space that en tered In this little body straight and chilly. Little life. that fluttered and departed. Like a moth frorrr an un opened lily, Little being, wtth- out name or 'uohbu among crea- Where is now thy place tion? Little dark-lashed eyes, unclosed nev er, Little mouth, by earthly food ne'er tainted, Little breast, that just once heaved and settled In eternal slumber, white and sainted-Child, shall I in future children's faces See some pretty look that thine re traces? Is this thrill that strikes across my heart-strings And in dew beneath my eyelid gath ers. Token of the bliss thou mightst have brought me, Dawning of the love they call a fath er's? Do I hear through this still room a sighing Like thy spirit, to me its author cry ing? Whence didst come and whither take thy journey, . Little soul, of me and mine created? Must thou lose us, and we thee, for ever, O strange life, by minutes only dat ed? Or. new flesh assuming. Just, to prove us, In some other babe return and love us? Idle questions all; yet our beginning, Like our ending, rests with the Life sender, With whom naught Is lost, and naught spent vainly; Unto Him this little one I render. Hide the face the tiny coffin cover; So, our first dream, our first hope Is over. The Dlnner-Party. Polly vished to give a dinner-party to her cats, Diogenes, John and Broth wben me-cauie uaca'wim me'iiSUTiw called the Vi ldd cats and tried to gei thimi read- She tied a ribbon around each of their necks, but it was not an smelled the easy task, because they aVi Thpn she soread a towel on the udui floor and set three plates on it, ana x.1 Vior Host tn make the cats Sit hfislde them. But they cried, and jumped about, and behaved so badly that at last she shut them outside the J Than chp nil t a fish on each plate and a little dish of catnip in the middle, and opened the door. Dio genes was the last one in, but it wasn't because he wanted to be polite, for he jumped over John, who was small, and m ti Hrht under Brother, the great big strioed cat. and was nrst at me uiuie . x. XVI. after all. On the table, I mean, for he ran right across the clotn, snineu ot all three nlates. snatched the big- UV mr ' fiah and draeeed it under the I o ' I .- John took his fish into his cor- , . i ,, I nor hphind the ciiDboard, ana Brotner I 1 I 1 Xlrm nnrlor1 f Vl O Cl Tl K i , i hip nnnur i mm ssiiin. nii w X . n . caincu mo minute Diogenes leit nis nsn auu I n( fr nnp cat and then the other, and m I . i i ii x i tvinim nut Trmn sianDeu i rripn I ( l luiic iucuo. i"" " " " I - v I . .1 DAthnr iriCU I.CA-IXV w i him, and Brother growled so that he was afraid, and went back to nis own fish under the stove. Polly was shocked at such behavior auu A -nan in tell mOtner. Wno UUljr laughed. I was afraid they'd disappoint you, . 1J Tln, she said. But never miuu. n:y are having a good time in their own way." .... So Polly went back and pickea up tne . 1 ,1 X 1 mntwitn plates and tne towei auu iue wuup. And she peeped unaer ine siove auu behind the cupboard and under the sink, and she saw mother was rignt. Try This is This Little Problem. a square smaller having within it squares, half of thirty-six ried. See which of you WUiUI x can place the letters of the word "puz- zle," each in tne center snnare SO that DO tWO the center of a dinerem of them win fc ... -1 thft same line Tt may at first w . .-! r. OOCV tn vnu but you will Bignt apyi ' - find that it takes a gwu u. ZlAward cards will be sent to the two ESTABLISHED 1832 1 bT or irls e cm,, cue UI Bb correct solutions. Names of other solv ers will be published. Let's see who can work the problem.Chicago Rec ord. Preaching and Practice. A crowd of little street arabs was gathered at the door of the Clark st. mission waiting for their teacher. They were ragged and dirty and many of them doubtless hungry; all of them familiar with hardships. There were swarthy, black-eyed girls with shawls pinned over their heads, and boys with toes peeping out of their ragged shoes Presently a new arrival appeared, lead ing by the hand two children, a lrttla more forlorn in appearance than them selves. One had sore eyes and waa apparently half blind. ( "See here, fellers," was the introduc tion of their guide, "these two kids hain't got nobody to take care of 'em. They sleep in a box and they hain't had nothing to eat today. Can't we do sunthin' fer 'em?" "Let's take a collection." some- one suggested, and there was a general murmur of approval. A ragged cap was produced and passed around. Grimy hands plunged into the recesses of tattered garments for pennies, and the collector an nounced the result, "seven cents." A committee, a large one, was appointed to go to the nearest bakery and invest the funds. Some small cakes were bought which were thrust into the hands of the children and thov tv.-m bidden to eat. - When 'the teacher ar rived she found the "two orphans" the center of an admiring group, content edly munching their cakes, and with much satisfaction the case was turned over into her hands. Union Signal. Laziest Animal in the World. In the deep forests along the Ama zon river in South America there dwells one of the oddest and laziest creatures in the world. It walks up side down; it rarely, if ever, drinks and it is said to feel no pain. The onimai is known as the from TiPruliar nioing cry. or the three-toed sloth The last name is very aiu- nriate. for a lazier animal never lived nftpn it takes less than fifty steps a flav and it will be a montn or more w , in ecinK a mile It Is not necessary hec.ause it lives iUf It fiU CAA J . in the trees and its looa oi leaves soft twigs is always within easy reach Sloths have three' toes on each foot and each toe bears a. strong hookea claw. When the sloth moves he sim- m m nlv hooks the claws over a limb ana crawls about from tree to tree. In thh position he can sleep hours at a time When a little sloth is born it uses its mother for a hammock until it is bis enough to climb for itself. The sloth grows to be about two fed long Us hair is wiry and coarse anc it has no tail to speak of. The natives say that it canrot feel pain, and" they prove what they say by showing ho ... . A A tl IH- the sloth will roil useu up auu vn.. erately fall out of a tall tree in ordei to save climbing down. Pretty lazy isn't it? An uglier, more useless ani mal could not well be imagined. - Without a God. Two little girls were talking togeth er. One of them said something about God. "There isn't any God, said the other. "My papa says so, apd he knows:" But there is," said her companion. "My papa says there is, and he knbws. 'rj"nfter thinking a moment "may be your papa hasn't got a God, and that's why he thinks there isn't any." Then she went on to tell the other about her pape's God. "That's nice," said the little girl whose father said there was no God. "1 wish" very thoughtfully "my papa bad a God!" Her father the man who had no God heard the conversation between the rhildren. and he began to think the L r v. it-it v,r.i,f matter over as never ueiuic. "im a God! He felt alone in the world, and friendless, when the full mean- ing of the words struck nome iu mm. Had he been misiaKeu : iu" God. after all? Mgbt and day nc .u ...rrKr ahnilt it. "I am in the dark. he cried. "It tnere is ugnt, it mw LUUUfel- . . ..LX An1 it?' And he did nna it. Th other day he heard his little eirl say to her friend: Oh, I'm so glad! I l v n r TXT T I Till 1 4 -i be thanked the God he had found foi the childish words that set him think ,ht a terrible thing it is to be a ttl. T