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yt i*^* I t1*i ?t 1 $* ..«* TUESDAY, March 8, 1910l When Grant first started with his show, It was a small concern The monkeys badly trained, you know The elephant slow to learn. 1 At Belmont first he tried his chance, Which prdved a perfect- balk JThe boars were sluggish in their dance And the parrots cound't talk. v*. But when he rigged it out a spell And to Fort Donelson came,r We all remember well ... Grant's show got quite a name, the "Suckers" first struck a raid, Which made the monkeys squeal, While gunboats on the river made The bears dance quite a reel. "'Paducah" Smith the show to close The elephant did bring, 'And 2nd Hawkeye boys were chose fe To escort him in the rin«*- And soon his trampin«r shook the hills With cannonading thunder, While every breath sent shot and shell For rebs to stand from under, !The "Johnnies" couldn't stand the fright, It spoiled their day of fun Put Floyd and Pillow both to flight, But Buckrier wouldn't run. Leaving St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 10, 1862, the 2d Iowa embarked on board tne Slississippl teamer T. J. Magill. headed down the river for—we knew not Where. On arriving at Cairo, 111.. "W"® tound other steamers loaded with droops, which, with the gunboats, the -'smoke pouring from their chimneys fend the litttle. tugboats whistling and uarting here and there, was quite an Animated picture. It was plain to see Something was going to be done. Most of us thought we were going down tne Mississippi river, but to our surprise the entire fleet steamed up the .Ohio, and on reaching Paducah turned into the Tennessee river, headed for Fort flenry. Upon arriving .there it was Grant's intention to surround the fort knd capture the garrison. Commodore Foot was Instructed to hold the Are or the gunboats one hour, to give troops time to disembark and get in position around the fort, but owing to swamps pnd high water they failed to do so on time. In thirtv minutes after the gunboats opened fire the enemy hauled down their flasr and "skedaddled" to the east fourteen miles to Fort Donelson, on the west bank of the Cumberland HvtTr. Grant immediately gave chase with part of his troops, the remainder Hnd the gunboats eoing around by Water. Our regiment went around with the gunboats, down the Tennes see, up the Ohio, from thence up the Cumberland, landing on the west bank three miles below Donelson. very early Dn the mornirier of the 14th. It was ex tremely cold, having snowed the night before, and we started at once, in company with several other regiments, to make connection with the troops that had come across from Fort Henry two dr.ys before. An hour's march brought us to the other forces, and we I rned that on the preceding day the I4th Iowa and 25th Indiana had en" imtrod the enemy, and. were repulsed with considerable loss. We stopped in small ravine, filled our canteens, ana then took a position on the extreme left, on a gentle slope, covered with heavy timber, 500 yards from and uieht of the enemy's outworks. There was no fi"latin" of consequence done "on the 14th. only an occasional shot Bred by a company of Bergois sharp shooters on the hillside between us und the enemy. Night came on, and tve prepared for the cold and weary watch. Our "supper consisted of a scanty supply of crapkers and fat pork We had left our blankets on the boat, and It was freezing cold. It wj.s nisht. Ions to lie remembered. To hnild p.wiv»ld be to invite death, with bombs bursting a Bf,w with -Vc long, hungry and turns in running p'rnuivi cur blood in circula tion. Tlv't nivit of suffering was worse thi'n a hundred battles. Oh, svhat r. long, terrible nlKht. and anxiously we watched for the dawn. !Tom Stuart, of our company, a young flelicate soldier, was freezing. Alf Rudd, Tom and I made our way cau tiously to a deserted log cabin on the hillside in front, and when we rea.cn- fd the cabin we found other soldiers there. A reckless fellow, not willing to let well enough alone, built a fire in the fireplace ,and no sooner had tne light of that fire shown itself than whang! went a cannon ball througn the roof of that cabin. Well, you bet, we got out of there without being tola. Some fell to the floor, some turned double somersaults out the door, some ran out, some crawled out, some rolled out and some never knew how they did get out. We were a confused mass, with teeth chattering, faces white as chalk, hair straight up, eyes, bulging out and flesh quivering we were Just simplv scared. In running back down the hill Tom, Alf and I obliqued to ourselves, and in doing so we scared up an old BOW and some pigs. Alf, who was the oldest, suggested that we crawl into the hogs' nest, which we, did Tom occupied the middle, Alf the outside, and I over next to the fence. Tom and I soon fell asleep and dream ed of home, honey and biscuits, but not so with Alf, who was kept busy all through the night in a contest with the sow, who was not disposed to re linquish her claim to that nest. The cold nosfl, Anally routed Alf, and he went back to his company, when she then crawled In beside Tom. Her nose being near his face, he awoke nnd, thinking it was Alf, said: "Alf turn over your breath is offensive. At the same time In reaching over to shake Alf he got hold of the sow's bristles and cried, "Why, and when did you shave last?" But there Is an end to all things, and #t iaet the streaks of day began to ap pear In the eastern horison, and n«v-?r was morning light more welcome than" jn the light, of that morning of Feb ruary 15, 1S62. It revealed to us frozen and ears, frozen flnfcers, and by the light of that cold, cheerless morn hitr we saw in each face the evidence r,f that night of agony. That was forty fMit years ago this month, and the marks' of that night's freezing show or. many old veterans yet. It was such experiences that gave birth to that true fraternal feeling of love and sym pathy for each other which has de veloped into the great principles "fra ternity, charity and loyalty," which bind together the men of the Grand Army of the Republic today. Ws had some uttground parched coffep. which a few of us at a tlmo were permitted to-move back Into ravine, build fires and cook. To grind the coffee various devices were adopted. Some chewed theirs, and, spitting it out in a cup, boiled it others formed a pouch in the corner of their coat tails, and pounded It between stones. Joe Curl had found fire somewhere during the 'night, and s'ept so near it his coat tail was all burned away. Joe, after trying to bor row a coat tail, put his cofTee in his ihoe and trashed it with the butt end of a bayonet. The Right Wing Driven Back, The ball opened early on the morn- 1 ,.w 1» ,f s** 1 -.'.il-s'.' .4. V- »'. MY FIRST BATTLE By James Reagin, Blo6mfle|d, Iowa. -KrW ing of the 15th on the right wing of our army. The endmy tried to cut their way through our llneB and make their escape toward Nashville, but were driven back with terrible slaughter on both sides. Fighting continued on the right, till noon, when it was decided to storm tjie enemy's outworks on their right flank, directly in front of our regiment. These consisted of earth works constructed with trenches in side and out. On top of this logs were laid, elevated so as to take aim be tween the logs and top of breastwork. These works were on the summit of a ridge, and In front of them was a cleared space about six yards wide then for the distance' of about 150 yards an abatis was built with fallen timber, with sharpened branches to prevent an advance upon the fortifi cations. From the abatis to the bottom of the hill there was a skirt of open woods, and at the bottom of the ravine stood a rail fence. The works were de fended by the 2nd Kentucky (rebel) and a Tennessee regiment. They being dn the enemy's extreme right, of course, were crack troops. We did nothing during the forenoon, but be tween 12 and 1 o'clock we were didder ed to fall in immediately. When our regiment had formed Gen. Smith and Acting Brig. Gen. Lauman rode along our-line, and told us it was their de sire that we should take the works which I. have tried to describe. Gen. Smith' gave us a' nice talk, telling us our success depended on our not fir ing a shot until we got Inside the works, and to move steadily until we reached the line of abatis, then every one of us to start double-quick and get inside, fire and use our bayonets. We gave a cheer which*" meant we would. Six hundred were in line that day. The color guard on duty that day was composed of six soldiers, one ser geant aftd five corporals. The charge was made with the left wing of the regiment in front, commanded by Col. Tuttle, the right wing being about 150 yards behind, commanded by Lieut. Col. Baker. \STien thus formed in line of battle we were addressed by Col. Tuttle as follows: "Now my bully boys, give them cold steel. Do not fire a gun till you have got on the inside, then give them Forward, my boys! March!" And we started at quick time.„ Determination beamed from ever-" eye, was written upon every face. On we pushed, and soon reached- the fence at the bottom of the ravine, which in a second fell and we crossed over. Then came the skirt of woods. Up the hill we go. "Steady, boys!" shouted the colonel. "Steady, boys!" repeated the officers. We emerged from the woods, and with* out command started on double-quick. Now came the toil, and over brush and logs we went. The Opening Volley. We had scarcely emerged from the woods when the devils opened on us. The first volley sounded like a crash of thunder, and the balls flew round us like hail, .but on we went, ready to die for the Union. Col. Tuttle, and the brave C. F. Smith, the oldest general in the field, waving his hat on his sword, led the charge. Maj. Chipman fell wounded in the thigh. Capt Slay maker fell mortally ^wounded, and as his boys passed he waved his sword and said, "Charge,, boys, charge!" These were his last' -words. Capt. Cloutman was Shot dead. The color taken prisoners. sergeant, with three severe wounds, drops the colors. Corporal Page grabs them up and is killed. As he falls Corporal Churcher snatches the colors, and his arm is shot off. Corporal Weaver next takes the flag, ana. is mortally wounded. Corporal Robinson as he picks up the flag, is wounded severely In the face, and Corporal Twombly, the last of the guard, is wounded, but hangs to the flag. Near er still we drew and thick and fast came the bullets. A rifle ball pierced the head of Sefrgeant Dunn, and he fell. Andrew Patterson was shot through the head and fell dead. We were now on the open-ground, right at the breastworks. "Right over, boys!" said the colonel. The "boys" gave a yell, and they did go over. Not a shot was fired until we were inside, and then, my heavens, how our muskets rattled! We could see the devils tum ble. Some of them exchanged bayonet thrusts ,others gave us their broad iftjj if vkmuimm backs for a mark, and many of them distance, and fled. Lee and Johnson bit the dust, for our boys were marks men'all right. Immediately afte.r the left wing had gained the intrench ments Lieut.-Col. Baker brought up the right wing, and the two united made a second charge across the next ravine, driving the enemy behind his next line of intrenchments. distant about 500 yards. By this time a bat tery had come to our support, and we, stood and watched the gunners play upon them. In all my soldier exper ience of over four years I f^on't re member ever seeing a battery whose maneuvers were equal to this battery's, (Stone's I think). Their horses were trained to lie down in action, and, oh, my, how convincing the shots from that battery, must have been to the enemy. Night was drawing near. Gen. Sniith rode up and asked us If we could hold our position until morning. Col. Lawman, commaniJing our brig ade. replied that we could "hold it till doomsday." I should have mentioned earlier, perhaps, that our regiment was supported by the 7th and 14th Iowa, 52nd Indiana and 7th Illinois. The 25th Iowa failed to obey orders, and came up in confusion. Being out of ammunition, we were drawn back under cover of the earthworks, where but a shoft time before so many of* our regipient had fallen, to live through another night of intense suffering. It was freezing cold, our blankets three miles away, and we could have no flres. It was a dreadful night. The heavens that bent above were decked with twinkling stars, and the pale moon cast her rays down through tree tops into the glaring, sightless eyes of our dead cbmr&des. All around us were the dead and dyina-, and the piteous cries of-the wounded were heartrending. "Help!" "Come to me!" "Water!" "Give me some water!" Near us was an old gray headed rebel soldier, mortally wounded, endeavoring with a strip he had torn from his coat, to check the life tide flowing from a wound in the bosom of his son, a dark haired youth of twenty years. The boy told his father it was useless, that he could not live, and while the de voted parent was feebly endeavoring to save the life pf him, who perhaps was his first born, a shudder passed over the old man's fx%ime, his head fell forward upon the bos.om of the youth, and his gray hairs were bathed in death in the blood of his misguided son. A few hours later they were found embraced in each others arms, both* cold in death. Just inside the works, was a young soldier leaning against a tree with a bayonet wound In his bpeast. He told us tt^at his home was in Alabama, that his parents were op posed to his going into the rebel army, but when his rriother learned that he would go, she gave him her blessings, a Bible and a lock of her hair. The Bible, half open, lay on the ground be- side him, the lock of hair, a brown lock, tinged wtih grav was in his hand. Again and again he lifted the tress of hair to his lips, as his eyes looked feebly out cross the misty sea that, binds the shores of life and death, as If he saw his mother reach ing out toward him with arms that had nursed him in infancy,,to die, alas, fighting against his country, and against the counsels of her whose memory Jived latest In his departing soul. The murmuring night wind lent its ear, the tall tree above him bent, his home and friends were far away. In this, our first battle, the 2nd Iowa entered the engagement'600 in ranks, and lost 40'killed and 160'wounded, largely during the advance up the hill and before it fired a shot. Our flag was riddled with bullets. As Twombly, the last color guard, crossed over the works the flagstaff was shot half in two between his hands. Not a single color guard but Twombly was on his feet at the close of the engagement. The Casualty List. After forty-eight years of course it is imp6ssible for me to remember all the names of those killed and wounded In the regiment. Col. Tuttle was in jured, when Inside the works by a can non shot knocking a log from under hinu The first to fall in our company (G) was Sergeant Dunn, then Jas. Duckworth and Andy Patterson, next to fall was Jolly-hearted Wm. Drake, cheering for his country's sake Jos eph Rhoades was next to fall then Joseph Nidy, In advance of all next fell Comrade George Wert, shot in his knee, mortally hurt Corporal John Jones, wounded and died Gabe John son and John Patterson, botlj shot In their side Sergeant Stoner lost his right arm John Pirtle's wound gave universal alarm Jas. Stevens and Tom Colllver both shot in their shoul der Sam Fouts left a, leg there to moulder Hiram Sloan wounded in both thighs Lige Kinnlck, Hen Jones and Pete Tharp shot in heads above their eyes Lieut. Weaver on scalp John Hurless in leg Wm. Buchanan in finger. All honor to the brave boys of the 2nd Iowa and all others who fell at Donelson, and today sleep in southern graves. May their names never be for gotten. May their deeds ever gild the pages and the archives of the coun try they died to save. May their graves ever be kept as hallowed ground their blood consecrated a cause that gloriously triumphed. The blood of the dead and wounded at Donelson secured the first proud vic tory of the war. Bull Run was a sad disaster. Our gallant heroes at Wil son's cree"k had to retreat. Mulligan and his braves iit Lexington, after a long siege of fighting and suffering from thirst and hunger, finally had to surrender. Grant's attack oif Belmont had proven a repulse. These reverses weighed heavily upon the expectations of the loyal people .The hopes of the nation were slowly sinking into gloom and despair. It. had been a period of disappointment and despondency for the north from the firing on Ft. Sump ter until that ever memorable Febru ary 15, 1862. On that day darkness faded to light, the tide turned, victory had come to our army at last, and as fast as the news flashed across "the country that the 2nd Iowa had planted the stars and stripes upon the heights of Fort Donelson—where, like Na poleon's star of Austerlitz, it pointed to other victories—there went up one universal rejoicing from Maine to Cal ifornia. There was groupd for congrat ulations, for'a stronghold of the Con federacy had been captured, and a rebel'general and 14,000 *rebel soldiers The soldiers who fought, and sur vived the battle of Donelson, formed a rallying magnet around which was organized the army of the Tennessee, an army that followed the destinies of Grant, Sherman, McPherson and Lo gan, fighting great battles, and win ning brilliant victories in every battle. An army that in all its marching and lighting from Donelson, Tenn., to Bentonville, N.„ C., never was driven from a battle field in defeat. An army that opened up the Mississippi river from head to mouth, drove the rebels off of Mission Ridge info Georgia, then crossed the blue ridge and drove them out of Georgia, swept down to the sea. cutting the Confederacy in twain, and kindled sixty thousand camp flres along the tide waters at Savannah and the coast. Then turning their faces to ward the north, moved up slowly through the Carolina states toward th« rebel capital. The rebel congress saw the light of their camp flres in the became alarmed, and surrendered, for well they knew the victory that ever followed, when the old flag of Fort Donelson led the way. *CHARiVo*N.* J. E. Roberts, who has been man ager of the Clarinda Poultry Co., plant at this place has been transferred to Leon, and James B. McEndree.of that place, comes" back to Chariton. Mr. McEndree and family formerly re sided here and their many friends will welcome their return, although they regret the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Roberts. Miss Olive James left yesterday for Spearflsh, S. D., where she has accept ed a position as saleslady ih a large dry goods establishment. -Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Graves have gone to Wheatland, Wyo., on an ex tended trip. S. .McKlveen has returned from a C. A. Pettyjohn and family of Lowell Neb., former residents of this place, are moving back to Chariton. Miss Ella Arvidson has gone to Perry, where she will trim in a mil linery establishment the coming sea son. Mrs. Mary Bowers has returned from Burlington, where she had been spending three weeks with her broth er, Wr. Badger and family. Mrs. J. W. Vickorv of Everist, who has been visiting in this city with her Bister Mrs. Clarence Homsher, left yes. terday for a visit in Palisade, Neb., with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Beadle, who formerly resided here. G. J. Stewart haB returned from Chi cago, where he had been spending a few days with his son, H. B. Stewart and family, and transacting business. Mrs. E. H. Perry, of the Depot hotel left yesterday for a visit in Princeton, 111., with her mother. Miss Laura Buck of Davenport came yesterday for a visit with her sister, Mrs. G. W. Pfaff. Mrs. S. S. Arnold left, yesterday for a brief visit with friends in Ottumwa and will then go to Chicago to spend a few weeks with her grandchildren, the sons and daughters of the late Mrs. Rose Shannon. Mrs. J. P. Hardin visited in Osceola yesterday with herv parents. Fred Dunshee has been in Des Moines the past few days, attending the meeting of the Iowa State Retail Hardware Dealers' association. il! OTfvKWA OO0BIBIL PEOPLE'S PULPIT The Courier Will Pvbliah 8|qned er Unsigned Expressions From' Its Readers Upon Reosipt Name of Writer Must Be Known to the Publisher, However. The Jewish Sabbath and the Christian Lord's. "Let no man therefore Judge you. in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holiday, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath day."—Col. 11:16- In the first place, whosoever is even superficially familiar with the charac ter and tone of the goapefs, must have fplt that their main characteristics are pure ethics and rational piety in their most human aspects, and in their most catholic principles and that there is extremely little either of institutional enactment or intellectual doctrine in their composition. Our Saviour certainly was not a doctor of theology with metaphysical dogmas in his head much less was he a lawgiver like Moses, with a book of Leviticus, full of ceremonial, judicial, sanatory and political regulations, affecting the external conduct of indi viduals and the npu^grlal framework of society. 1 The captain of jtour solvation Vras a man of the spirit, who dpes, not pre scribe outward conduct, but breathes into us the breath of a new.life, out of which, as from a vital seed, the firm root, the stout stein., the exuber ant foliage and th6 fruitful blossom will be evolved by the necessary law of growth. Christianity is not. a religion of or dinances, so when we turn up that most valuable record of the earlier do ings of fhe church, the acts of the apostles, w.e find that when St. Paul, in the course of his missionary voy ages, was at Troas, he found the dis ciples on the first day of the week as sembled there to break bread, and took advantage of the occasion to de liver to them an epistolary discourse. Now standing alone, this single text would warrant no conclusion, but when we find the same apostle making a col lection for the poor and telling 'the Corinthians to lay by something for them on the first day of the week, we cannot avoid the- conclusion that the church in the earliest .times had a habit of coming together as a church and for some religious purpose, on the first day of the week, to which practice it is plain that the apostle alludes in his admonition to the Hebrews. "That they should not forget the as sembling of themselves together as the manner of some is," These passages interpreted by the nature ot the cir- the maker of all, through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, and on the day of the Sun all who live in the town or in the country have a meeting and when they are come together the memoirs of the apostles are read and the writ ings of the prophets as for a time al lows. After the reading, the president of the meeting gives an address, exhort ing to-the excellent things that hav been read. Then all rise and pray. And when the prayer,is finished, bread and wine and water are brought around, and the president prays and gives thanks according to his power, and the few days' business trip to Prairie City, distribution i? then made, and the par- jthe Sabbath was made for man and I il OM fn ilto nl AM A*aln ml. 1 W* OnUUftik ticipation in the elements, which have been blessed, alBo are sent around by the deacons to those who may be ab sent. Then the wealthy among us, ev ery one according to his good pleasure, gives a contribution, and the sum when collected, is deposited with the president and he out of these contri butions gives help to orphans and wid ows, to sick persons or those who are in prison, to strangers and equally to all in want, and the reason why we come together on the day of the Sun is because it is_ the first day of the week, the day in which God, scatter ing the darkness, brought a world out of chaos, and the day also in which Christ our Saviour rose from the dead, for on the day before the day.of Sat urn he was crucified, and on the day after Saturn (which is the day of the Sun) he appeared unto his disciples and taught them these things which we have delivered unto you." The same author in his dialogue with Trypfyo, the Jew (8) introduces 1|is adversary, saying "If therefore you will hear me, first be circumcised, then keep acdording to our custom the Sab bath flay, and the feasts and the new moons and generally do all that Is written in the law, then God will have mercy on you." This is distinct enough and his own, the Christian point of view, Is no less sharply outlined. (12.18.43.) "You pride yourself on circum cision in the flesh, but what you need is anew circumcision of the heart and the new law enjoins on all men a per- ^, avs mm cumstances and by the universal prac tice through long centuries, simply prove that the day of the week called by the Romans Sunday (soils dies) and by the Jews the first day of the week, was afterward called by the Christians "The Lord's Day," the (dies Dominicia of the Western Calendar) and if not by direct apostolic institu tion, certainly with apostolic, approval. and sanction, fixed by them for their weekly meetings as a church, for the sake of religious worship and exhorta tion.. This is all we know from scrip ture of the Christian festival of the Lord's day. as distinct from the Jew ish Sabbath, with which some Judaiz ing Christians in the early centuries and some of the writers in the peo ple's pulpit have been, so forward to confound it. The doctrine and practice of the early apostolic church in this matter, which I have now shortly to indicate, is precisely what might have been expected, flows indeed as natural ly from the teaching and language of the anostle Paul, aB a corollary in Euclid flows from the primal proposi tion. Nothing, in fact, but the violent invasion of some foreign force into the infant church, could have introduced an element which apostolic authority had so emphatically thrust out. Here are some extracts from two of tho patristic authorities, in a matter so universally acknowledged, which may serve for a whole chain. In the apology of Justin Maftyr (167) who flour ished in the second century, we read as follows: "We Christians always keep together, and those among us who are rich keep those who are poor. And for everything we give thanks to take place on the Sunday that devout- petual Sabbath. But for 'one day. of the week you keep yourselves idle ,and think this is piety, not understanding for what purpose the Sabbath was pre scribed to you abstaining in the same way from unleavened bread, you im agine you are fulfilling the will of God. "But in all these things the Lord God, whom we worship, hath no pleas ure. But if any among you is a perjur ed person, or a purloiner, let him re pent this cessation from evil works is the Sabbath and true Sabbath of God. 'v "We also, O Jew, would have observ ed unconditionally this fleshly circum cision of yours, and those Sabbaths, and these feasts, if we had not known on what account they were imposed upon you, viz: on account of your in iquities and on account of the hard ness of your hearts. "As therefore with Abraham com menced circumcision, and with Moses Sabbath and offerings and feast days, and you on account of the hardness of your hearts, enjoined us to observe thes$ things, so according to the coun cil of the fathers, all these things were ordained to cease by the advent of his son, of the stock of Abt'aham, of the tribe of Judah, born of a virgin, even Christ, the Son of God, who as the eternal law and the new covenant was proclaimed in your Own prophetic books. Our text witness is Eusebus, the well known^ church historian, con temporary and biographer of Constan tino, who first publicly disowned Greek and Romgtn idolatry, thus indicating a new starting point in the moral history of the human race." In his ecclesiastical history (14) is found the following characteristic and highly- interesting passage': "Whosoever will say that all the righteous men. that lived from Abra ham backwards to the first man, were if not in name, yet in deed, Christian, will not be .far from the truth for the name of Christian signifies nothing more than a person who through the teaching of Christ Is distinguished for sober-mindedness and righteousness and order and moral courage and piety and the confession of one true God, who is above all and all these virtues the early patriarchs practiced no less than me. But "of the circumcision of the body they knew nothing as neith er do we of Sabbath observance, also they were ignorant even as we, nor had they any care of meats, clean or unclean, or any such things all of which were i&troduced afterwards by Moses and ordered t6 be observed as typical of sometihng better whence It comes to pass that among us Chris tians no such observances*are at all known.. It now remains only to state as a historical fact in what manner and to what extent the Roman emperors gave a civil sanction to the celebration of the Christian Lord's day. An institu tion like the Jewish Sabbath among all classes of society implying an absti nence from business at certain recur rent periods, could not exist without a common religious conviction posses Sing the whole community and assert ing itself by penalties when the com mon religion* was countervened. In other words, a regularly and strictly kept Sabbath or day of rest is impos sible except as a state ordinance. It not only therefore, did not exist in the Christian church before the conversion of Constantino, but could not exist. Nine-tenths of the early Christian con gregations, as the social machine was then regulated, were engaged in some sort of obligatory work, both on the Saturday and the Sunday and there fore their Lord's day observance could not exist In a Judaical abstinenc* from business on that day, but simply in using the leisure hours of the day for a congregatipnal meeting, in the same way as prayer meetings and mis sionary meetings are often held among ourselves on the evenings of the week days when the shops and counting houses* are shut. The Lord's day to the Christians of the first three cen turies was in no sense a day of rest, or a S'abbathizing, but oiily a day of worship and fraternal recognition. This however, was manifestly far* from a satisfactory state of things and one of the first favors therefore that acknowledged Christianity had to ask from the civil ruler was that such an interruption of public business might ly disposed Christian persons might have an opportunity, of assembling to gether for religious purposes without the distraction and .weariness which the occupation of every day life brings along with it. A representation of this kind mentioned was doubtless a wise which called forth the enactment of the imperial convert, Justinian, in fa vor of Sabbath observance so lauded by his ecclesiastical biographer. The exception made by the emperor in favor of agricultural work of the kind mentioned was doubtless a wise exception, especially in any humar and„inclement part of the world as hot man for the Sabbath The only other imperial edict- nec essary to mention is that of Theodo sius, a much more thorough-going re ligious reformer than Constantine, for two status exist in his code in which he declares it a sacrilege for any person to carry on law, suits and business of any kind on Sunday, or the Lord's day, and another specially in favor of the Jews ,to the effect that no revenue officer or tax gatherer should sue them for money on Saturday or on any of their sacred days. The terms of the two distinct enactments plainly show that there was no confusion in the imperial mind between the Jewish Sabbath and the Christian Lord's day. That the Jewish Sabbath was trans ferred by divine command into the Christian Lord's day finds no support from these enactments. So far as rest from general business was concerned, both were co-existing festivals, or sa cred days, the one kept sacred by the Christians, the other by the Jews, and both from their very nature incapable of receiving social recognition except from the order of the civil magistrate. The writers in the People's Pulpit are respectfully requested to read the respective codes of Justinian and The'odosius and they will no longer confound the Jewish 8abbath with the Christian Lord's day. The abstinence from busines on the Lord's day is in all Christian countries a matter of civil statute, not of divine ]a.w. How the Lord's day is to be ob- itttP We're Ready waqts to buy, tb style is. j• Old Phons 251-R. New Phone 664. served by all good Christians and wise citizens of Christendom in the twen tieth century will form the subject of a future article in the people's pul pit. M. M. S. TYRONE. 4» J. M. Ennis, B. F. Rankin and L. B. Coady were among the Albia passen gers from this point today. E. F. Hines of Georgetown was a Melrose passenger on business one day recently. Coy Swift is working with the saw mill force this week., John Wi.nslpw will occupy the Con try residence in Tyrone after April 1. G. A! Macy. was an Albia visitor re cently, Mrs. Algia Derby and children left this morning for Alamoosa* Colo., to join Mr. Derby in their new home at that place. James O'Neill moved on the Roney farm this week. Mary Starbuckof Woodburnis visit Ing her grand parents Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Shehan. Mrs. King of Burlington is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Rohan north of town, who have been sick. B. Rankin has rented Mrs. Ames' farm and will tend it the coming year. HILLSBORO. 4 Mrs. Belle Swink left Tuesday morn ing for her home in Llnneus. Mo. Rev. Carroll has been engaged as pastor of the Free Baptist church here in place of Rev. Mayo, who will leave April 1 for Dunkerton. Mrs. Nellie Phelps and children of Pella are visiting at the home of Mrs. Phelps' father, W. A. Tide. A. B. Hixson is selling his stock oi feed and farming machinery at public sale today. John Fry and family and Joseph Israel left this morning for Indepen dence. Mo., where Mr. Fry has p\»r-' chased a fine faroi. George She-man is shipping twen'.. car loads of cord wcod and mine pro: from here. He has had a fcrce of men at work the past six weeks cut ting this timber from the Mickelwait form, which he purchased some time ago. Mrs. J. E. Elliot is spending thil week in Rome. Mrs. Jesple Newbold is suffering th a severe attack of the xaumps. CASTORIA 1 For Infants and .• .ft Show You Our '.-•?! r-J: New Spring Suits Top Coats and Cravenettes We don't mind if you just come in to look we think so weil of these goods that we're quite willing simply to introduce you to them and let them do their own talking they sell themselves to any man who 1 'New Spring Hats Everything in New Spring Hats is here. Come in whenever it's convenient arid take a look at them. Whether you buy or not, you'll knqw what the CQrt ect $20 ones now $14. All our $15 ones, now $10. W.E.J0NES&C0. "M Cleaning up our Winter Suits and Overcoats. We're still selling our Hart, Schaffner&Marx Winter Suits and Overcoats at a fra6tion of their value. All our $25 Winter Suits and Overcoats, $1$. See /~A'S j/ CM/) r/tfrtf/zro' 207. East Main Street. Jobbers of High Grade Flours, Wholesale and Retail Mill Feed, Meal and Cotton Seed Meal. We carry a full line of field and t^eds. See or write us for acmplea and oricer. YOUR PLOW .NEEDS A NEW SHARE OR CULTIVATOR A NEW SET OF SHOVELS. I AM PREPARED TO SUPPLY YOU FOR ALMOST ANY MAKE. BRING IN THE OLD SHARE, OR BETTER STILL THE OLD PLOW. SEE MY ALL STEEL CORN S A A E S S E E IV E 'JAMES H. SHEPHERD Nos. 209-211 West :.la!n 8treet Ottumwa, Iowa. US. CfiBdren. Til Kind You Han Alwajs Boight "New Shepherd's Ranohe." UNNECESSARY EYE TROUBLES Defective eyesight and its resultant effects (Headaches, Styes, Itching Lids Nervous Blinking) are unnecessary if you will wear glasses as prescribed bar PERMANENT RELIEF Is assured our patient^ but prompt action is advised on the part ot thoae suffering with the above troubles. Nothing but glasses will ever giva absolute relief. ,, Ottumwa Optical CoP Upstairs Oyer New 9 and 10e Store. Aalf for Or. Hansall. KIRKVILLE PIONEER DEAD Kirktille, March 5.—(Special.)— Mrs. Helen M. Randall* aged 60, a Klrkville pioneer, died at the home of her brother, W. S, McLean, yesterday, of apoplexy. She was sick but one hour and a half. Mrs. Randall was-brought to Klrkville with her parents fifty-nine years ago when she was but one year old. Her husband preceded her in death .An adopted son, Artie Randall, lives in California. The funeral will be held Sunday at 11 o'clock In the Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. J. C. Becker will conduct the services. In terment in Klrkville cemetery* p. Miller Beckley is shipping a car load of horses today. Charley Beckley has loaded a car with his stock and household goods for St. James, Mo. Allen Trueblood left yesterday after a pleasant visit with relatives for hi* home in Iola, Kansas. The Embroidery club met this after neon with Mrs. Ina Hoagiln. C. W. Eyler bought the A. B. Hix son farm of Pitt Plumer at $100 an acre. There* is 120 acres in the farm. Little Alice Louise Watdrman of Hiteman, who has been visiting Mrs. H. L. Waterman, 232 East Fifth street has returned home. Bears the Signature •Hi \l i. •ft.' if.. fe' i: te. it te. f! It our It W- I:b: ..gf II °H^$. & vl I: 3^ 'I i.