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Origin Of
Memofr
Day:
Mrs. John A. Logan
Tells How Annual
Ceremony Was In
augurated By Her
Husband
!lII3 willow of a groat general
who loil umny victorious
charges In tho Civil wur,
nnil mother of 11 soldier who
laid down his life In the
lervlco of his country, Mrs. John A.
Lognn, has given her time and efforts
ilnco tho commencement of foreign
hostilities to work for the afflicted of
U10 preset war.
"I cannot rest, and will not, so long
is strength Is given me, for I know
cvhnt sorrow and suffering Is wrought
upon tho helpless hy war," she said.
It was In tho spacious workroom at
the top of her beautiful home In
Washington that her visitor found her.
It waB not n sewing day, and In id
of European work, Mrs. Logan was
pitting nt her desk absorbed In the
perusal of letters, papers and books
which related to tho long past of her
own life, to a war nearer homo and
to her participation In the events
which made American history at a
crucial period of this country's life,
and It was of those things she was In
a mood to talk.
"I have been thinking of what tho
coming Memorial day must mean to us
all," sho said. "Tho survivors of tho
Civil war aro rapidly passing off the
stage of life, but those who yet remain
from that time, and they who are fol
lowing us, will seo to It that homage Is
dono to those who paid the price of a
nation's salvation. It Is n duty we owe
and It should never die.
"This year, as -we strew with flow
ers the graves of those who died for
a Just cause we cannot but think of
the terrible cataclysm of suffering and
death now overwhelming Europe, nnd
the great range of memorial days
which will bo Its heritage ere long.
"I prefer tho namo Memorial day
to Decoration day, for although ours
Is a natlonnl holiday, It should not be
forgotten that It Is n day of national
remembrance of the dead and ought
, to he observed with seemly quietude
nnd dignity. I ha.ve been very much
pained these later years to note that
many of tho younger generation have
lost all sight of tho original meaning
of the day, and thnt In some places It
Is celebrated hy such 'diversions as
horse racing and other riotous sports
which seem to be n very prostitution
of the main Idea of the occasion.
"The Grand Army of the Republic
has made strong protestations against
tho misuse of our nntlonal day of
mourning for tho soldiers who gavo
their lives for our country, and It Is
good to note that the Sons of Veterans,
who arc now filling the places of their
fathers, take n very serious view of
their duty In consecrntlng this one day
to sacred memory and affectionate
in trlbuto to our soldier dead, and are
carrying out appropriate programs
nt tho various grounds where soldiers
of tho Civil wnr Ho burled.
"I can, too, say In all truth that Me
morial day has brought forth a great
harvest of worthily expressed senti
ment, tho occasion having Inspired
men and women to utterances of real
eloquonco, beautiful thoughts and
truo poetry, because tho theme Is
worthy of the best that loyal hearts
can feel nnd gifted tongues 'or pens
express.
"Yes, Decoration day wns the
thought and Institution of General
Logan, and I rccnll every detail of
every Incident which led to Its Inaugu
ration. It was In March, 1S08, that
General Logan, redeeming a promise
made during tho election campaign of
Grant and Colfax, made an engage
ment for himself nnd mo to accom
pany his good friend, Col. Chnrles L.
Wilson, editor of the Chlcngo Journal,
upon 11 visit to tho city of Richmond
and tho buttleflelds of Virginia. The
colonel, who was a bachelor, was ac
companied by hlB ilancee, Miss Farrar
of Boston.
"Genernl Logan was then In con
gress, nnd matters of great Importance
were before the nntlonal legislature,
NATION'S DEBT TO rERANS
Glorious Achievements of the Country
Only Made Possible by Their
Great Sacrifices.
Let U8 ever remember that tho pres
ent giay.ro out of tho past. Wo are ono
nnd undivided becauso our fathers
fought for the Union which they con
nldcred more precious than Hfo Itself.
Tho greatness nnd achievements of tho
American nation havo been raado pos
sible becauso of tho services and sac-
m I ?m ,.:, mmem.
HIP k W--7 zZ- jm. 1
fas a7S7A.2p&.
and In consequence- my husband could
not accompany us. The colonel Insist
ed upon my taking my two children
with us, although both were very
small, my little hoy, John A. Logan,
Jr., 11 mere baby. However, he regard
ed the trip In the light of an historic
pllgrimnge and felt that the children
should see some of the battlefields
over which distinguished generals had
led their armies.
"It wns a cold, bleak day on which
we nrrlved In Richmond, nnd the ho
tel wns a desolate place of refuge. It
afforded one of the evidences of tho
privations which the people of tho
Confederacy had suffered. These evi
dences were very plentiful throughout
the city, as we later discovered. Tho
vehicle which Colonel Wilson found
for our conveyance for the drive to the
battlegrounds nearby was a wretched
carriage drawn by two miserably poor
horses. The driver was the picture of
dejection, nnd tho small boy who
served as footmnn was no better, and
he shivered from head to foot with
tho cold.
"As wo drove over the hnttloflclds
wc observed colored people picking up
the bullets and pieces of shell, shrap
nel, mlnnle halls, bits of broken can
non and other Iron material. Foun
dries had set n price on this product,
nnd it afforded quite n livelihood for n
time to the poor about fortified cities
und bnttlellelds.
"We visited the churchyards and
cemeteries nt Richmond and Peters
burg made historic through the strug
gles which had taken place In nnd
around those cities. There were n
great many burial grounds In thoso
neighborhoods, because the glebes,
which were land grants from Eng
land to the Eplscopnl church In
America, had still existed as church
grants nt the time of tho Civil wnr.
and wero used ns burial grounds for
the citizens and soldiers.
"In tho burying ground nenr Peters
burg wo saw many hundreds of
grnves of Confedernto soldiers, nnd
they nearly nil bore n small, faded
flag, and tho -dark, withered wreaths
and remains of their floral decoration
of nenrly n year before. Those
mournful mementoes of the bygone
tragedy of the South touched mo
deeply, nnd on our return homo from
the tour of the battlefields I told my
husband of this tribute of the Southern
men and women to their soldier dead.
"General Logan reciprocated my
feeling as to the fitness of the senti
ment expressed. Ho said that It was
a revival of the ancient custom, for the
people of ages past In old countries
lind performed the rite of decorating
the grnves of their (lend heroes with
flowers. He considered the matter for
a time, and then snld ho did not see
why It might not be revived In the case
of the fallen Union soldiers.
"General Logan, who wns then com
mnnder In chief of tho Grnnd Army
of tho Republic, decided that ho would
Issue nn order for the decoration of
tho soldiers' graves on the following
10th of May. Sending for General
Chlpninn, adjutant general of the
Grand Army of the Republic, ho dic
tated order No. 11 for the first dec
oration of Union soldiers' grnves
which ever took place In the. United
States.
"That order Is now read nt every
Decoration day ceremony which takes
pluce over the graves of Union soldiers
rlfices of those whoso memory we
cherish nnd whoso grnves wo decorate.
Tho foundations of our present-day
Immunities were laid In blood, nnd the
present has no meaning Isolated from
the post. Recauso of our periodical
looking backward upon heroism and
sncrlflco nnd manhood wo learn how
to bo bruvo and patriotic today and
to revalue tho principles nnd Institu
tions that make for tho highest and
noblest personal ami nntlonal life. Our
towers nnd triumphal arches, our pag
eantry and luster, our successes and
who fought In the Civil war. It Is as
follows." and Mrs. Logan picked nut
from the papers she had at hand and
read :
Hpail(unri'ri, Gr.uul Army of the Itopub
llo. Adjutant CliMicrnl'a OIlli'C W Htb
Street. Wimlilnmon. 1) C, May 5. 1SC3.
CiKNIMtAL, OHUi:ilS. NO. 11.
1. Tho 30tli of May, lsilS. Is designate
for thu purpoflu of strewlnc turners 01
otherwise decorating the Braves of com
rades who died In defense of their coun
try during tho late mIi-'IIIom, und whosi
bodies now llo In nliuoot every city, vil
lain nnd hamlet churchyard In tho land.
In this observance no form of ceroiuiwy
Is piescrlbed, but posts and comrades will
In their own way. arrange such illHni
services and testimonials of respect oi
cirruniHtunccs may permit.
We are organized, comrades, ns oui
regulations tell us, for tho purpose,
umong other things, "of preserving nnd
strengthening thoso kind nnd fraternnJ
feelings which have bound together th
soldiers, sailors nnd marines who united
to suppress tho late rebellion." What can
aid more to nssuro this result than by
cherishing tenderly thu memory of oui
heroic dead, who madu their breasts a
barricade against our country nnd Iti
foes? Their soldier lives weio tho reveille
of freedom to a raco In chains, und tholt
deaths tho tattoo of rebellious tyranny In
arms Wo should gunrd their graves with
sacred vlgltanco.
All that tho consecrated wealth nnd
tnsto of tho nation can add to their ndorn
ment and security Is but a lilting trlbuto
to tho memory of Her slain defenders.
Let no wanton foot tread rudely on such
hallowed grounds. Lot pleasant paths In
vito the coming nnd going of reverent
visitors and fond mourners. Let no van
dalism or avnrlco or neglect, no ravnges
of tlmo. testify to tho present or coming
generations that wo havo forgotten as n
peoplo tho cost of a freo und undivided
republic.
If other eyes grow dull, and other hands
slack, nnd other hearts cold In tho sol
emn trust, ours shall keep It well ns long
as tho light nnd warmth of Hfo remain
to us.
I.et us, thon. nt tho tlmo appointed,
gather nround their sacred remains nnd
garland tho passionless mounds abova
them with tho choicest flowers of spring
tlmo. let uh raise nbovo them tho denr
old ling they saved from dishonor; lot us
In this solemn presence ronow our pledge,
to aid nnd assist thoso whom thoy have
left among us, n sacred chargo upon 11
nation's gratltude-tho soldlor's widow
nnd orphnn.
2. It Is tho purposo of the commander
In chief to Inaugurate this observance
with tho hopo that It will bo kept up
from yenr to year, while a survivor of the
war remains to honor tho memory of his
departed comrades. Ho earnestly doslrea
the public press to can nttenuon to tms
ordor nnd lend Its friendly aid In bringing
It to tho notice of comrades In nil parts
of tho country In tlmo for simultaneous
compllnnco therewith.
3. Department commanders will use ev
ery offort to mako this order effective,
Uy ordor of
JOHN A. LOGAN.
Commander In Chief.
N. P. CHIPMAN,
(Oulclal) Adjutant General.
WM. T. COLLINS. A. A. Q.
"Tho loynl peoplo of tho country
took most kindly to tho Idea," said
Mrs. Logan, "nnd my husband's an
ticipations wero fully realized by tho
observance of tho day In every stnto
in the Union, tho exercises being char
acterized by observations very much
the snmo ns those which take place
today.
"After many Inquiries nnd some dis
cussion It wns decided that May 30
was probably the most appropriate
day for the universal observance of
the ceremony In every stnto In tho
Union, nnd General Logan finally
succeeded" In making tho dny a nn
ttonnl holiday.
"On Memorial day thero Is no dis
tinction mndo between ofllcers nnd
men. Denth, tho great leveler, makes
them nil heroes nllke, nnd plnudlta
and blossoms are distributed with
equal generosity between tho grent
gcnernls nnd tho privates.
"There aro few now living who won
great honors during the Civil war.
All the great commanders of nnnlea
have passed away, nnd thero aro but
few left who commanded corps, di
visions, brigades or regiments. The
patriotic organizations who have
so faithfully preserved the memory
of their fallen comrades, aro also
much depleted In membership. It la
therefore, to the men of tho younger
generation we must look to keep
green the memory of those who died
to maku our nutlon."
achievements nro rooted deeply In th
sncrlflclnl past. Wo must go to th
grave to (ind the mennlng nnd expla
nation of our modern civilization.
Still Good for Another Fight.
"I was In flen'l Uutler's command.'
said nn old colored man with grlzzlei
hair at u recent reunion, "but I'm good
for another tight If thoy wnnts any ol
us. I had n bullet In this leg flftj
years, but I've got It taken out and gol
my shoulder Used up, so I'm Just at
good ns I eve? was."
FAMILY NOW ONE
AFTER 15 YEARS
Daughter Is Found Adopted bj
Others After Her Parents
a. Had Separated.
-
Covington, Intl. A strange and In
teresting oaso enmo to light hero re
cently which brought great happiness
to a fuller, mother und daughters, nnd
n hnpiiy reunion after 15 years' part
ing. Jo- ph Hoyer and wlfo now live til
Veed. sburg. Fifteen years ago thej
scpnrnod while living at Goodland,
Ind. I hoy had four children, und nftei
the m liiruMon the children wero sent
to an orphans' home. Mabel then five
your old, was adopted by Mr. 11116
Mrs. lliert Pepple of Ltintto, Ind. Fl
nnlly 11 reconciliation was effected be
two. .1 Mr. und Mrs. Hoyer, and thej
estaM lietl u home In Veedersburg
A Happy Reunion.
ind the children, with the exception of
Mnbcl, returned to them. They were
lever able to find uny trace of tills
mild until recently, when they enlisted
:hc al'l of tho state board of charities.
The father learned thero vvusta girl
ittemllng Manchester college who
night he his daughter. He wns at
tracted by thu name of Mabel II. rcp
?le. It was found thnt sho was twen
ty years old and that her father'
lunie wns Albert Pepple.
Investigation proved that Miss Fop
llo was really the daughter of Mr. und
VIrs. Royer, nnd 11 happy reunion fol
owed, although tho girl told her par
'tits she could not hour to leave hot
'oster father nnd mother.
)RDER DUPLICATED BY CUPID
3rought Pair Together After Divorce
Had Spoiled tho First
Job.
Manhnttnn, Kan. When his flrst Job
proved n failure, according to divorce
uurt records, Cupid got busy and
brought together a second tlmo Miss
leanette Alexander of Manhattan,
ruin., nnd Dr. Wallace J. Mollies, a
Jrst lieutenant In the medical reserve
torps, now stationed at Camp Funs
ton. As the consequence Lieutenant
ind Mrs. Mollies are now enjoylnij
Jieir second honeymoon.
Light years ago tho pair met, and 0
ipeedy courtship and marrlago result
id. Four months ngo Doctor Mclllcs
mod for divorce on the grounds of In
.oinpntlblllty of temperament. Tho di
vorce wns granted nnd tho vvoraun vvus
lllowed to use her maiden nnme.
After the dlvorco tho doctor enlist
d. and Immediately began correspond
ence with his former wife. Sho re
sponded nnd u second speedy court
ship resulted, this ono by mnll. Spe
:l:il delivery letters finally cnrrled n
proposal nnd acceptance, and tho mar
riuge resulted.
GIRL WORKS AS A FARMER
At! Goes Well Until Sheriff Appear
to Take Her Back to
Parents,
Garden City, Kan. Last Bummer a
Garden City fanner met Linn Over
brook, a strong looking eighteen-year-old
Ind who wanted a Job threshing,
After thnt was over Linn had becomo
so well liked hy tho fnnner nnd hie
wlfo thnt they offered him nn nil win-
I ter Job nt $10 n week, no accepted.
AH went well until a few days ago,
when Sheriff Oil Urown came to tho
farm nnd told Linn, "I know all ubout
y-u." Linn confessed. "She" had run
any from home. Mabel was taken
to town and held until soma ono came
for her. Thon fihe was tuken bnck
ti her Nebraska homo.
M-i"fc-M.M--hlt-Mt-M'MH
: WOMAN'S DEAD BODY
: SURROUNDED BY 17 CATS
4
Greonsburg, Pa. When neigh
bors entered the homo of Mrs.
Abby Truugcr, eighty-five, to find
out why sho did not show her
self for some time, they found
tho woman dead with seventeen
cats gathered about her. Ono of
H tho cats was sleeping on Its dead
r mistress's breast.
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y"J If t l IV I L
INCREASE
WESTERN
CANADA LAND VALUES
But Forty and Fifty Bushels of
Wheat to the Acre.
During tho past year there has been
n greater demand for farm lands In
Western Canada than for a number of.
years past. The demand Is for good
farm' lands Improved or unimproved.
And nt an Increase of from ten to fif
teen dollars nn ucro more than tho
snmo lands could be had for u couple
of years ago.
The rlsu in the price of every kind
of produce grown on these Western
lands, In some cases to double and In
others to treble tho price prevailing be
fore 11M1, havo attracted and tiro nt
trading In ever-Increasing proportions
the men who am anxious to Invest
their money, und apply their energies
In tho production of wheat for which
tho allied nations are calling with
voices which jrow louder und more
anxious as the months roll on, nnd the
end of the wnr still seems distant.
Keef, and mom especially baron, aro
required In ever greater quantities,
and tlio price of all these things has
soared, until It Is not a question of
what Minll wo produce, but how much
can we produce. Kven should this
world calamity be brought to n close
In six mouths from now, It will he
years before normal pre-war prices
prevail, and meantime self-interest If
not patriotism Is turning tho minds of
thousands back to tho land. The In
evitable eonsquoneu has been tho rlso
In values of laud, especially wheat
land.
Tho Calgary Herald, commenting on
thc.so conditions says:
"From Inquiries made from leading
dealers In farming and ranching prop
erties, and from the informntlon gath
ered lu other ways, It Is known that
tho value of all land wheat land,
mixed farming properties, and even
good grazing land has risen In tho
last two years 40 per cent. Wheat
lands In some districts have practical
ly doubled In price. One denier In
farm lands recently sold thro sections
for ?70 an acre, ono extra good quar
ter went as high as 500, und another
brought $100. These are, of course,
largo prices, hut that they will bo
equaled or even surpassed In tho nenr
future Is beyond question. Thero Is n
feature about this rush to tho land
from which tho most solid hopo can
bo drawn for tho success of tho move
ment. Tho proper tillage of land, to
produce large crops In a cllmato llko
ours Is now understood nnd practiced
as It never vvus In tho early days of
tho province. It would scorn too that
with the Increase of land under culti
vation, tho seasons aro changing and
thu rainfall becoming greater and mom
regular.
"Crops are being harvested, especial
ly In Southern Alberta, which would
have seemed Impossible to tho old-tlmo
farmer, with his old-fashioned Ideas
of breaking nnd seeding. And nt tho
price now sot by the government for
wheat und which possibly mny bo In
creased during the coming seuson, tho
return to tho practical skilled agricul
turist must necessarily bo very large.
"What matters $10 or even $U0 un
aero extra on wheat land when u re
turn ns high ns CO bushels und cvon
moro mny bo taken from every ncro
sown? With hogs bringing $'J0 a hun
dred pounds; beef on tho hoof at $12,
und mutton $10, while wool under tho
new government arranged system of
handling and snlo brings 05 cents n
pound tnnd theso values cannot fall
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Mrs. Godden Tells How It
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Fremont, O. "I wna pasatnp through
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Itching and
Saves the Hair
Sh 25c. Outanl 25c ui 50e
C. J. Mustion Wool
Commission Co.
16th & Liberty Stt Stock Yards SUtloa
KANSAS CITY, MO.
If III All CIIAif THEY SPREAD
DISEASE
Ftod anywhere, Daisy Fly K lllar attraetj and kllti
all HIM. Nat, clean, ornnnntl,ponTtnlent and champ.
I (Mill, raiTt ni) m
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HANOIO SOMtlH. 1MOI KAIM AVI., MOMUVN. M. T.
Caik for Ola Fall Teeth pon't natter If broken.
alio tub for old iold, allTer, platinum, denial gold
and old gold Jewelry. Will lend cub by return mall
and will bold toodulO dart for Mindere approval of
my price. IIUt.Bmr.PvH.a.tOOIl.tikd.ralU.Xa.
to nny grent extent for Homo years)
the demand for land will continue and
values lucreaHO lu u corresponding de
gree. "Thero has never been in tho history,
of Canada a tlmo so fuvornhlo for the
farmer uh tho present; self-interest,
tho Inspiration of patriotic feeling, tho
nld freely extended by tho govern
ment, who ure permitting tho import
of certain agricultural Implements
free, nil thesu tend to still further
rnlso tho prlco of Alberta land." Ad
vertlsement.
Domestic Example.
Stella Tho lurk sings nbovo tho
guns.
llella That's nothing; I've kept up
my music since I mnrrlcd.
Courteous mnnners thrive- better If
given plenty of public exorcise.
Many n fellow believes that "enmou
flago" origtnnlly was used on keyholes.
Vienna
Sausage
Dish Everywhere
& Libby, Chicago
its work. Scouring
vorps recruns.
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Men
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