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f 1 moBt magnificent exhibition which
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Labor day parado. Blx tnoimana
union laboring men marched In
a procession more than two rntlea
long. The ancient bard,' when he wanted
to express the tearfulness of a certain
Ight declared that It was "more terrible
than an army with banners." The Labor
day army was an amy with banners, but
they were banners of peace, of upbuilding,
of prosperity. The appearance of the Labor
day army was not terrible. It was mag
' nlflcent and Imposing, and Just as Im
pressive as the appearance of a trreat army
of devastation and death. But this was
'jo. army, of city builders and civilization
' !"2J lulders and not of the cannon and sword..
1 It la indeed a dull soul that Is not thrilled
fey the sight of an army of American work-
Veteran Who Was
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MONO the sturdy veterans attend
ing the reunion of the West
lichen Krk'ger-Bundes, Deutschen
Landwehr, or in plainer English
the reunion of German, veterans
franco-Prussian war of 1870-71.
which closed Monduy at Krug park, was
Frank Nutsch of Marysvllle, Kan. Mr.
Nutsch Is now a prosperous citizen of
Washington county, Kansas, and is a fine,
oldierly looking German, who Is distinctly
proud of his participation In the great
vents that wrought the restoration of the
German empire and wiped out tiie humilia
tion of 1812, when the great Napoieon
brought Germany to Its knees and sliced
off two of the choicest of Its provinces
Alsace and Lorraine.
"I went to the war," said Mr. Nutscji,
"as a volunteer in the First Bohles-Hua-aren
division, Fourth regiment. I was
not a conscript, but living along the Rhlna
had burnt into my soul 'Let us watch the
Rhine,' and wipe out the stain of 181 J,
ao that when the chance of a war with
France came 1 was glad to go. Most of
my comrades were like me and had It In
for France, and for thit reason the Schlea
Kussaren division alaya fought under the
very eyes of the king: of Prussia, after
wards the emperor of Germany, the suc
cessor of Frederick Barbarossa and the
Orent Frederick.
"I was too young to go into the Prussian-Austrian
war, but we lived near tha
scenes of that :reat tvvnt, and the In
spiration of Konitaratz or Sadowa, fought
July 3, l&X, had the effect of rousing tha
martiul spirit all alonit the Rhine, and
we boys were i..;ig to get Into a war like
It So when the war with France came In
1870 we were enthusiastically happy. I
think that we Germans of the Rhenish
provinces musi have Inherited the war
spirit from our ancestors of many previoua
years.
"It waa our good lucjt to be among tha
first of the Ge. man divisions to Invade
France. We were under the direct com
mand of Crown Prince Frederick, father
of the present emperur. He was 'a most
lovable man, whoso nickname, "I'nser
Frits," shows how the soldiers loved him.
Von Moltke and BiMiiarck were stern sol
diers and looked upon the army as a ma
chine. fns.r Frlta und King William wero
more like fathers to us. and we knew that
;fiey were as good soldiers as either Von
loltke or Bismarck. But it was a com
bination that was needed. We were of the
first grand anny that invaded France, there
being three giand aimiea participating in
the invasion. We forced the passage of
the Vosges and compelled the French
under McMahon to fill back. They made
their first stand at Vlonvllle on August 14
1870. which was our baptism of fire. The
next day we fought the battle of Grave
loUe, and it was there we first encountered
the much vaunted machine guns, the Cbas
aopot rifles and mitrailleuse guns that tha
French said were to completely annihilate
the Dutch. But we didn't annihilate worth
a cent. The French guns were of a small
caliber, and though they could shoot fast,
and did shoot fast, they did not do much
execution. In fact, they shot most of their
ammunition away.
"Marshal Bazaino'a division or corps of
the French army retired toward Mets.
The French loss In this battle was 11,000,
While the German loss was about aO.OOO.
Tor the remainder of August tha light
DEOORATOKS MADE A SPLENDID APPEARANCQ.
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lnirmen such as this. Physical strength and
Intellectuality are apparent In every man.
Each Is a fair type of the American work
Ingman, the most enlightened as well as
the most skillful and progressive the world
has ever seen.
Where was the poor downtrodden laboring
man about whom the hlfalutln', rtproarlng,
spread eagle agitator loves to talkT Where
were the wan, wearied looks which are so
touchtngly pictured by the artists on the
saffron-colored, capital-lettered Journals?
They were not visible to the naked eye.
Every man looked prosperous, well fed,
happy. And before each organization was
borne aloft the banner that proclaimed the
unionism of that particular guild, the mark
of its self protection.
The parade was the most magnificent be
cause It was made up of men. Man Is
"the most Interesting thing In the world
ing waa largely of a skirmishing character.
The French had in their army aome Bashl
Bazouks or Turkish, soldiers, who annoyed
us a great deal aa bushwhackers. There
were also some Italians, employed as
mercenaries, and they were annoying to
some extent, but never did us any serious
damage. It was always amusing to me to
see the different brilliant uniforms of the
French soldiers. They reminded us of
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monkeys that you see with the Italian
organ grinders. Oh they were good fight
ers, but they always seemed so excited and
were constantly making evolutions by com
panies or .battalions, probably to divert our
aim or maybe to scare us. But I do not
think that a German soldier of any of our
three great armies ever held the slightest
fear of the French.
"It waa the policy of Von Moltke and
Blsmarok to save the army for great
events, rather than for desultory skirm
ishes, and we soon knew sfker a rest from
Qravslotte that something big was going
to happen, and It did. On September 1 and
I we fooght the battle of Sedan. We drove
the French from the town, and by tha
movement of the other grand armies that
wars not engaged In penning up Basalna
in Mets we surrounded the French, and
on September I captured Napoleon III and
his army of about (0,000 men. I got to see
Napoleon shortly after the surrender. Ha
looked very much broken In spirit. He
was a handsome man and wore a long
goatee and very large mustache. I bad
always pictured him aa having his great
mustache waxed and pointed, but this day
It was heavy and bushy, and his face wore
an expression of absolute despair. Tha
Wench soldiers were sullen and did not
seem to have much sympathy for their
emperor. Tbey reverenced tha name of the
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(woman, of courso, excepted.) Some may
think the dashing displays made by King
Samson In his annual Ak-Sar-Bcn parados
outshine the Labor day procession. Not
Bo. The most magnificent sights shown
by King Bamson are only the creations
of these very men who marched In the
labor parade. The creator Is greater than
the oreaturew
"Labor Is discovered to be the grand
conqueror, , enriching and building up na
tions more surely than the proudest bat
tles," said Channlng. There la considerable
thought In the sentence. Historians spend
many pages In lauding great generals who
devastated countries and made homes deso
late. After the great generals have left
the field, after the dead have been burled,
after the wounds have been healed, then
the army of laboring men cornea and builds
up nations and cities. The historians pay
With "Unser Fritz" at GraveloUe Sedan
firat Napoleon, but had very little confi
dence In Louis Napoleon. He was after
wards taken to Germany and Imprisoned
at the castle of Wllhelmshohe, and I never
saw him afterwards.
"After Sedan we began the march on
Paris, which the French prisoners told us
waa defended by an army of half a million
men and that the whole German armies
would be lured into a trap and captured.
VI a or THE STUNTS THAT PLEASED THE OLD VETERANS.
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CIGARMAKERS r5DB IN ALTOMOBTL E3.
but llttlo attention to this srmy, but it
Is the only army that is of any advantage
to the world
C. A. McDonald, cx-presldcnt of Central
Labor union, was commander-in-chlpf of
Omaha's industrial army. A. J. Donahoe
waa his aide and the captains In charge
of the four divisions were John Pollan,
R. A. Schneider, H. H. Farmer and A. C
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Forming; the Llae.
The various divisions were marshaled at
Sixteenth and Capitol avenue and extended
for several blocks up and down the ad
Joining streets. When the order was gen
to march the bands began to play and the
big procession moved away between the
crowds that lined both sides of the street.
Most of the unions had some distinctive
uniform for the occasion. The sheet metal
But we only pitied them in their hopeless-
ness.
"Our division was placed under command
of General von der Tann and we marched
to the vicinity of Orleans. Here we met
our first repulse, but remained in the
vicinity of Orleans until we were reinforced
by another army that could be spared from
the selge of Paris, under Prince Frederick
Charles. . We then made a second advance
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workers wore white shirts, black ties and
brown hats. The descendants of the vil
lage blacksmith, the brawny horsoHhoers,
wore a similar uniform and a red apron
Imprinted with a white horseshoe. The ma
chinists wore white caps and shirts as their
uniform. The blacksmiths were uniformed
In black caps and shirts.
A big wooden model of a structural Iron
worker's wrench was corned by each of
the sixty members of this union, who
marched in the parade. Brand new blue
overalls and shirts called attention to the
strong contingent of the electrical workers,
while the painters appeared in spotless
white overalls. Jumpers and cups.
Two hundred of the men skilled In the
art of printing wore badges bearing the
Inscription "8 Hours." They threw cards
bearing the printers' union label to right
and left among the crowd. The printing
on Orleans and drove the French across
the Loire. The French commander was
General Aurelles de Paladin. This battle
took place on December 18.
"Our division was then returned to take
part in the selge of Paris, and we reached
there on January 6, 1871, the day the first
bombardment began. King , William - had
his headquarters at Versailles and It waa
In this palace, on January 18, 1871, that ha
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pressmen's assistants, most of them boys,
followed resplendent in blue Jumpers and
caps.
The plumbers and gasfltters, those work
men much maligned In the comic weeklies,
appeared in full force.
The sign painters rode In big carryalls,
and the clgarmakers "went them one bet
ter" and proudly glided along the streets
In seven big automobiles.
Then there were the coopers, members
of an ancient trade, and the Iron moulders,
whose union here Is the oldest of Omaha
unions, having been organized In 1S67. There
were also the switchmen and the book
binders. The striking telegraphers came aUo and
bore aloft a banner with this strange de
vice. "Mail Tour Own Telegrams."
And those men who make from hops and
corn the "worklngman'a beverage" marched
was declared emperor of TTnlted Germany.
I tell you that was a great day for the
German soldiers. We were all treated to
extra rations and all the wine that we
wanted. There was no drunkenness. My
regiment was garrisoned In one of the great
buildings of the palace of Versailles and
we lived like kings. We were ordered to
commit no depredations and not to destroy
any of the valuable property or paintings.
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BOYS ARB? COM INO UP RIGHT.
"It was a constant fete while we were
thero. We had one grand review and the
emperor, Von Moltke, Bismarck and all
the princes, Including the crown prince,
rode down In front of the line. They were
all magnificently dresned, as were their
Stan's. The emperor looked every Inch an
emperor. The crown prince rode Just In
rear of him and then came Von Moltke,
long, stately and slim, and beside htm rode
Bismarck, solid and heavy. All of the
generals and the emperor wore steel hel
mets that shone magnificently In the sun
light, and set off their brilliant unlforma
with great beauty. The emperor wore gray
aide whiskers. Bismarck wore a short
cropped mustache, while Von Moltke was
smoot shaven, every wrinkle of his thin
face showing. Unser Frits wore a full
beard of light brown, his mustache a little
lighter than his beard. It waa a great
sight, and one that I shall never forget.
"On the feth of January Paris surren
dered. And then there was more cele
brating In the tuny. We began to see the
time was not far away when we should
return home. We stayed in camp at Ver
sailles until the last of February, when
preparations were made for the triumphal
march into Paris. This was done on March
1. We marched through many of the great
Streets. But we did not aee very many
of the French people. Borne ftw were
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to the number of a few hundred thsj
brewers. A sprig of a light green plant
decorated the cap of every one of them.
It was the emblum of their trade, a sprig;
of hops.
Aa for the carpentera, they were marked
out by the very greatness of their numbers.
They passed and continued to pass In un
broken ranks. And no man knowetli their
exact number.
The Federal Labor union, consisting oC
men working for Uncle Sam, brought tip
the rear.
After marching for an hour through thej
streeta the big parado disbanded at Six
teenth and Leavenworth streets. It waa
the best labor parade ever held In Omaha.
The rest of the day was spent at tha
various amusement resorts, while the ofll
clal program was held at Syndicate park,
South Omaha.
and Paris
on the streets, but they were sullen and
looked aa if they would like to blow us
up. Once In a while we saw a German
flag floating from some window, but there
were not many of them. We did not see
many evidences of the effect of our bom
bardment, but we did aee a number of
fine buildings that had been partly de
stroyed by the commune.
"Out of deference to the French aenti
ment the German armies did not' march
through the Arch of Triumph, but many of
us wanted to. The triumphal entry occu
pied nearly all day, and then our di
vision returned to Versailles, where we
resumed our old camp in the park. The
emperor left Versailles a few daya later for
Germany. After some weeka our regiment
waa sent over to garrison Strasburg, and
we remained there for the balance of the
year. I had been slightly wounded at
Orleans, and though the wound did not
trouble me much, 1 applied for my dis
charge and returned to my old home.
Things had somewhat changed since we
left, and finally I concluded to come to
America.
"I have lived in Kansas over twenty
years, and while I still love tha Father
land, I am satisfied to end my days in
America. I have long since become an
American citizen. I like the government
and the people, and think that I have dona
my part by Germany fn doing what a
humble, soldier could do in bringing about
the restoration of the German confedera
tion. I have not been back since leaving
the first time, and do not know that I
shall ever go back. America is good
enough for me."
Excuse of Lightning Rod Agent ;
Attorney General Jackson of New York
was criticising in Albany a certain excuse
that had been offered him. "It was a slim t
excuse," he said. "It reminds me of tha ex
cuse of tjie lightning rod agent.
"In the days when all the world swore by
lightning rods, a farmer had two costly
ones put upon the new barn. But only a
week or two later there came a violent
thunder storm, the barn was struck and in,,
a few hours all that remained of it was a
heap of charred black refuse.
"Next day the farmer sought oat the
lightning rod agent.
" 'Fine lightning rods you sold me!' he
shouted. 'Here's my new barn been struck
and burned to ashes!'
" 'Whatr, said the agent. 'Struck by
lightning?'
" Tfes, sir; by lightning.'
" 'In the daytlmer
" 'No; at night. Last night.'
"Tha agent'a puszlod frown relaxed a
little.
" 'Ah,' he sakl. 'It was a dark night.
wasn't it?'
" 'Of course It was,' said the farmer. 'It
was pitch dark.'
" 'Were the lanterns burnlngT
" 'What lanterns?"
"The a Kent lo.iked amazed. Incredulous.
" 'Why,' he said 'you don't mean to tell
me you didn't run up lanterns on the rods
on dark nights?'
" 'I nevr heard of such a thing!" shouted
the farmer. 'Run lanterns up! Why
" Well." said the agent, 'If you don't
know enough to keep your lightning rods
showing you can't blame me.' "Buffalo Enquirer.
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