CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, APRIL iS, 1891
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THE Q. A. R.'S QUARTER: CENTENNIAL
TwMtyflve Venrs Ag llio I'lrnl Pout Wm
lIstulilMicil.
TI10 recent celebration nt Decatur, Ills.,
of tho twentllfth nniilvcrwiry of tlio
Grand Army of Llm Republic ruvlvis tho
memories of mi interesting lilttiry. Thu
llrst jenrof tlui Rtiiil civil war luul not
ended before It was pereeHed by all think
ing men that tho struggle would result In
tnitny now and unexpected associations,
political, social and military. Long before
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Pit. 11. V. STCI'HKXHOX.
itclosed tho subject of future organizations:
of tho comrades had been talked over at
tho camp 1 1 res of every squad; and when
tho wearied soldiers had their llrst rest and
"good talk" after each battle tho common
sentiment was, "Hoys, if wu llvo through
this thing wo must lix Itnotnehnw to get
together ami have a nice tlmo when this
day comes around each year."
As might have been expected, tho llrst
plans comprised company, regimental, or
at tho furthest brigadu organizations, but
on tho Kith of March, IMS!, "Tho Third
Army Corps union" was formally organ
ized In tho Army of tho Potomac. This
was the llrst of many; it still lives, and
holds a meeting every year on the nth of
May anniversary of tho battle of Will
iamsburg and after its meeting in New
York city In lbivS It proceeded In a body to
tho field of Cettyshurg and laid the corner
stone of the Third Army Corps' monument.
Many others followed rapidly, among
which the Society of tho Army of tho
Tennessee and that of the Cumberland
aro best known. There uro also organiza
tions for each slate and for various other
departments, organizations to commemo
rate particular battles, and, lastly, the
Military Order of tho Loyal legion of tho
United States (composed of olllcers), which
began to take form in Washington city
the day after Lincoln was assassinated.
Hut It was soon apparent that as tho war
had made a nation, n national organization
was imperntlve.and the chief credit for thu
organizing work Is duo to Chaplain W. J. I
Hutlcdgoand Dr. It. 1. Stephenson, of thu
Fourteenth Illinois Infantry. They talked
over and thought out tho details in thu in
tervals of their army duties, continued thu
work of correspondence after thu war
closed and finally met by appointment in
Springlleld, Ills., In March, 1H, toarrangu
thu ritual. It was lit st proposed to adopt
thu title of ti Missouri organization, "Thu
Advance Ouard of America," and then of
another. "Tho Grand ArnV of Progress."
Finally tho present name was agtced upon.
Ah secrecy was essential us to tho ritual
it was printed at Decatur, in thu olllco of
Tho Tribune, as idl thu employes as well
as thu proprietors had served In tho army.
On thoUthof April, ISM, Mnjiir (Or.) Ste
phenson, assisted by Captain .John S.
Phelps, of tho Thirty second Illinois in
fantry, organized at Decatur tho llrst post
of tho Grand Army of tho Republic, to bu
known as "Post 1, of Decatur, District of
Macon, Department of Illinois." From
llrst to last, through nil tin; grades of rank
and location, million- titles are preserved,
each post in session being known to its
members as an encampment, and thu mem
bers at o "comrades" to each other at all
times
Tho charter members of thu lirst post
were twelve, thu organizers taking statu
rank at once, and thus II. F. Stephenson
goes into history as the llrst "commander
of department" and Robert M. Woods as
.V
MltS. i:. KI.OUKNX'K IIAItKKIt.
"adjutant general." Tho second post was
soon organized at Springfield, and other
followed so rapidly that a statu convention
was held on tin- ISih of July. For about
a j ear the growth of the order went on
witli extiaordinary rapidity; then an ap
parently Insuperable dilliculty was met,
thu order languished und a few days later
most people believed It would soon expire.
"Politics" was the explanation. Tho heat
and fury of the reconstruction era involved
nearly all orders "war questions" could
not be avoided by men just out of the war.
A few j ears later, however, new quest Ions
uotdiicctly lelated to the war arose, and
veterans found that they could illll'eras
pleasantly as other people. Then the en
tire older was reorganized, politics was
rigidly excluded, and after 1K?H its growth
was pheuoiuenall rapid. The 'Woman's .
Relief corps" was oiganl.cd to aid In thu
charitablo work, and under the cmicut
dlicctlon of .Mrs. L. Florence Harker, lirst
president of its national couveniioii, It
I soon hcct'iifii pnwer. It now numbers
about UK) MM) members.
On tin' JOth of.liine, l'ssS, the completed
report of the G. A. It showed ll,!W-i posts,
:if!l,TTli members in good standing and an
annual disbursement lor telief of about
$250,0110. It Is still growln.', but more slow
ly year by year as the eteralis decline ill
number, hut the "Sous of the Veterans"
aro organizing rapidly to maintain the tra
ditions of their fathers and teach the sumo
lessons of f rat ernll . charity and lojaltv.
J. II Hi aiu.i:.
The rolling Ue)er,
The famous geysers of Iceland no longer
Hpout witli thu vigor of former cars.
Tliey seem to bu losing their foice, and If
tliey cease to How the Island will loso ouo
of its greatest attractions for tourist.
Thu discovery of petroleum In Oklahoma
promises to umkeHOinu of tho settlers in
that territory men of wealth. Flowing
wells, howuver, mo yet tUlugs of tho fuU
uiu.
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All Over Willi.
"And Is this your Dual dcrWouP' mut
tered tho young man hoarsely, 'is h'i jtatli
oreil up his mat and hat and prepared to
depart.
"It Is," replied the beautiful creature, an
tdw wink lurk listlessly Into tho Turkish
divan which her father, who was n woll
known liumorWt, had placed at her dis
posal. "Then farewell," ho hissed, ami iti ho
stood on the steps outside a moment later
and took a last hmk at thostutcly mansion
he murmured, "And this Is nil. A iIicsh
suit two nights a week for three mouth
at three dollars a night, and nothing to
slum for It." Clothier and Furulshor.
White?
'Ma'am, you nay your cheek Is tetif
Well, these checks call for nine and eleven
you'll have to tnovel"- Rochester Talis
man.
A Street Car I'!iImii1ii.
"You know where to leavu me," said ft
lady on u Third street car the other day as
tho conductor took her fare,
"Ycs'm; Columbia street Is your street, I
believe," ho replied.
The lady retired Into a brown study, nnd
one of those men wdio knows It all and
never gets left, and Isn't anybody's fool,
took up the attention of thoconductor with
n long yarn about how street cars should be
run and what rapid transit would do for
tla1 people, and when thu conductor thought
of that woman again he was Just crossing
Willis avenue.
"She'll Imvo me discharged If I tell her."
he said to himself, and cold drops of terror
stood out on his manly brow.
Ome the passuuger did look out of thu
car window, but seeing an unfamiliar part,
of the city concluded she was still eu rulltu
to Columbia street.
The car went to thu end of thu lino and
returned on Its way down town again.
"C-o-l-u-in b I a!" calhd thu conductor
bravely, and the lady gathered up her traps
and stepped out on f ho platform.
"Good grnclou, conductor!" shu be
gan "Hurry up, madam," urged the conduc
tor, and after assisting her on" ho hastily
rang the bell and thecar started again.
And the astonished woman was heard to
remark, "No wonder thucars go slow; they
travel backward." Detroit Freu Press.
NciiickIr.
He learned to iluuco for her sake all thu latest
ihythmlc unit Ions,
And unie a shirt Mint did not 111 to salt hur
uoimiim'm notions,
Meeause he did not like It much shu umdu hlui
wear met Inn,
And when hu siuhed for poker shu Insisted on
(U.S.-1 NO.
llesiatiked a eahbj'xo leaf clifiir. becauu shu
li'iiiglit It for lilin,
And st.dil In from thu club each nt.'ilit and
let her lime iiml buru lilin.
Hu woru tliu neckties that shu gut until ho
canned a riot,
And sat u;i till lh peep of day to keep the
huh ipili't.
And win -i lijea'iiu liiiiuu tired at nltjlit it was
her fiuiHiuiit caper
To make him ivud aloud the Jukes from uviry
comic paper
L'utll one ilay lie sneaked away and Isiught
lilm.elf a eolllti,
III whlcli trl'i'iiphunt hu laid down and
straightway went right olT hi.
And when hU,- heard the aw fill news shu had a
fit ctiimli!loa
And ordered him a tombstone and the follow
ing ItiMTlptlou:
"lliiu llei my loving hushaud, .liiliu; Death
came at last and lilt lilin;
llugut tliectillln by blmsell. I know It doesn't
tit linn."
Tom .MasMin In Clothier and Furnisher.
.Mine Tliiin Ills Mulch,
Alexander Humus was much addicted to
boasting of the high fees hu received lor
Ids articles.
"That Is pretty fair, no doubt," once sain
ii stranger to him at a party. "How much
was t lie hlghect fie you ever got V"
"Ten francs a Hue," replied Dumas
"Hah! that Is nothing," said the other
gentleman. "I get about half a million
francs for a Hue!"
"Heallyr" tejoined Dumas, with an in
credulous smile at the apparently out
rageous piece of brag. "Pray, what are
you"
"A railway contractor." L'lllustratiou.
A Silly Ooestlou.
"Mnyl have tho honor to ("induct your
daughter to tho supper tablet-" asked a
society gentleman of a lady from the coun
try, who Is staying with some friends umi
she is visiting.
'Mii .Mill take her to supper?" win tin
response "Why, of course, and you may
till. o inn too. That's what wu came heru
for." Texas Sifimgs.
y2 'TTT
Tip " n
I'll!' KlIIHIUll.
Mamtna Have iu washed
I0I1IIIM v
.bdiuui- Yes, 'm.
Milium 1 Ami your hands!1
.I11I1III1) Yep.
Minimi 1--A111I jiir la-cik t1
.liillllllV -A IV, see licit', l"-,
itllgel. -Ilarpur's ltiu-
your faott,
, i ain't f
It (..line High.
Woollen Do ou know Mr. McAllister
!Iiglillcr
II ihiucli -Well, es.
Wiiodeti Don't ou value his acquaint
utuu erv highly)'
Hulllueli-Well, yes; I should think I
might. It's cost inn about $!,iko. Hoston
t-'iiiiiier.
I'tiii'i' il llnl.lt III .spri't'h.
(ioM-riiess Now, Pauline, tell your
wi'uuiliiiiitliiT and me how long it Is since
Iloinc wi.s rounded.
Paulliie Two thousand, six hundred
mid foit. lour ears
Grandmother (uieeliauicall) ) Dear,
lear, how j line tines II) ! Flieguudu Hint-
el
All Aiiililtliiint Ho).
"Willie," said the visitor, "what is your
iuliluouv"
"I'd like," said the boy, putting down
nli jellcw covered story of the plains, "to
liaxe people tiemblu like leaves at thu mere
men: tun of my naine." Harper's Youug
Peon lu.
HE PLAYED MANY PAI1T8.
Tile l.oiiu unit Vailed farcer of llin I .at ft
(leiirml Albert I'llte.
Tho ttealh of General Albert. Plko at
Washington deprlxes the world of a man
who has done many tilings. In his tlmo
ho was u teacher, a pioneer, a poet, n pub
lisher, a I a w j e r
and a soldier.
Hoi n In I W.i, at
Host ii n, he re
ceived his educa
tion at ilanaid,
and Hindu his llrst
Independent essay
of lfoiis principal
of the Newbury
port gram mar
school. Ho "went
west" In IHUI, and
after an miliums
journey, fK) tulles
of which ho made
Ai.ur.itr I'liti:.
on foot, reached Santa Fe. Later ho in
moved to Fort .smith, Ark., where he. pub
lished Tho Advocate until lKId, when ho
begun the prnellcoof law. Three yearssiib
sequetilly thu publication of his "Hymns
to thu Gods" established Ids place among
the leading poets of America.
He took patt in the Mexican war as com
innuilcr of (he Mounted Arkansas volun
teers, und at tho outbreak of tho civil
Htrugglocast in his fortunes with the south.
He resigned his position as brigadier gen
eral because of a quarrel with General
Iliudtuan, and accepted an appointment
us out) of thu Judges of tho supremo court
of Arkansas, For u time after the war ho
practiced law at Memphis and edited 'I ho
Appeal. Then ho removed to Washington,
and up to lhSOcntitinucd his professional la
bors before the supreme and district, courts.
Literary work and Masonry kept him busy
during tho last decade of his life. He was
grand commander of the Scottish Kite of
the Southern .Jurisdiction and chief of thu
Royal Order of Scotland III America.
HE WRITES DIALECT VERSE.
Charles I'olleo Ailiims' Plum III Litera
ture at, ii HoiHiirlat mill a I'tii'l.
No one would suspect from rending thoso
delightful pieces of verso which have ap
peared from time to time since IHTt), over
t heslguat uro of Charles Folleti Adams, that
thoauthorof them was so thorough a busi
ness man. Hut It has been only at such
moments as ho hassnatched from thu more
serious business of life that hu has turned
nil thu verses which havu Hindu him cele
brated as a humorist and poet of no ineau
CIIAIMXS KOI.l.KN APAMH.
order among thu dialecticians of the day.
Mr. Adams trmes his lineage back as far
as Samuel Adams, ouo of the most proud
in-lit patriots of the Hevolutloti, und is thu
youngest of threu children.
Ho was born In Dorchester, Mass., April
SI, LSI'.', ami after receiving a common
school education and entering upon 11 busi
ness career In Hoston ho was suddenly
called to tho war, ln took part In thu bat
tles of Hull Run, Fredericksburg, Chan
ccHnrsvillu and others, and was wounded
at Gettysburg, and after his 1 ecu very hu
was detailed as wardmaster In the Conva
lescent Hospital at Washington, where
ho remained until 1NII, when hu returned
home and established the business which
has since occupied him. In 1UT0 appeared
his llrst elTort hi rhyme, and tho lirst of
his dialect verses in lb?.!. It was willed
"The Puzzled Dutchman," und appeared
in "Our Young Folks." In 187ilhls "Leedlo
Yacob Strauss" appeared in the Detroit
Free Press, and this lias always been thu
most popular ami famous of Ids poems.
Mr. Adams has published two volumes of
his poems. Next to "Leedlo Yacob" ho
considers "Der Oak und der Vitiu" and
"Der Vater Mill" ids best ellorts
Tim Ciilltriilelny Almiit Atllitist!.
lust now fat and thin men aro the sub
jects of somo controversy. It Is declared
that the standard of manly beauty is
plumpness, but not superfluous flesh or
noticeable thinness. Tills leaves tho way
open for the lean and the corpulent to join
hands in self defense,. Ciesar and Cassius
were lightweights, yet they made thu earth
tremble in their time. On the other hand,
Pompey the Great measured more about
Ids waist than lie did In stature. Indeed,
the question of pounds cuts 11 small llguro
in a man's life Alexander Stephens was
11 pigmy and Senator David Davis a colos
sus, jet each of tliem "got tlieru just thu
same," so far as good repute and intellect
ual superiority aru concerned.
A Cenliily nl .Mime) .linking,
Tlie centennial of the opening of the
taint at Philadelphia is at hand, und the
Ml building at JI7 and ii!) North Seventh
sr.cct still stands, though badly illlapidat
td There Hie United States llrst ruined
money in ITid.thu Spanish milled dollar
u' silver then circulating in the new tin
Till. OlilMNAI. MIST.
thin iH'ing taken as the basis unit. Sixty
years ago tlie government ulwtndnnud the
structure, and the smelting furnace In the
back room is the only relic of its work
there Divid Ritteuhoiise, the astronomer,
was the llrst superintendent. The struct
ure is apparently solid, for they built solid
ly a century ago, but thu plastering lias
fallen olf and tho place Is otherwise In decay.
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