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I I ft I A HH'l larisM X9A0W tot #1oM—\ intent cj fcOj.H THE BLUE AND THE GRAY." Wh»n Poam Was At it First Published Aroused Protests. LITTLE baud of women in Co lumbus. Miss., did not know that they were pouring a few drops of oil on the troubled waters when in the spring of 1867 they decorated the graves of the boys who had worn the blue and the boys who had worn the gray lying in the ceme tery near the town. The New York Tribune the next day contained this dispatch: The women of Columbus, Miss., ani mated by nobler sentiments than are many of their sisters, have shown them selves impartial in their offerings to the I memory of the dead. They strewed flow ers alike on the graves of the Confederate and the Federal soldiers. It is not to be wondered at that this beautiful incident suggested a poem to one in whom there was the spirit of true poetry. Francis Miles Finch. whose home was in Ithaca. X. Y., read the dispatch and was impressed by the I fact that the incident indicated that the south was holding out a friendly hand and that there should be some response to It. His beautiful poem, "The Blue and the Gray." was bis own personal response to this friendly over tore. Mr. Finch, then a lawyer of about forty years of age. had no poetical as plrations, but be felt that he would like to have at least this one poem pub 1 lished. Therefore he sent it to the At- I lantic Monthly in Boston, and it ap peared in that magazine in September, 1867. The poem made little impres sion at first, but finally the newspapers began to copy it. and objections to its sentiment began to be heard by sol diers in the north, and there were a number of poetical "replies" to it. The poem became the subject of newspaper editorials, and there was a good deal of athing criticism that might never have arisen had the cir cumstance giving rise to the writing of the poem been generally known. In deed. the editor of the Atlantic wrote to Mr. Finch before publishing the poem and asked him if he could not Incorporate the Tribune dispatch into the poem and make it form the first stanza. Mr. Finch tried to do this, but the result was unsatisfactory, and the poem :s published as originally written. Here is the first stanza: By the flow of the inland river Whence the fleets of iron have fled, Where the blades of the grave grass quiver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead, Under the sod and the dew. Waiting the judgment day Under the one tbe Blue, Under the other the Gray. UNKNOWN GRAVES. But, ah, the graves which BO man knows. Uncounted graves which never can be found. Graves of the precious "missing" where no sound Of tender weeping will be heard, where goes No loving step of kindred! Oh, how flows And yearns our thought of them! More holy ground Of graves t!nn this, we say. Is that whose bound Is secret till eternity disclose Its sign. But nature knows no wilderness. There are no missinpr fn her num bered ways. In her great heart Is no forgetf ill ness. Bach grave she keeps she will adorn, caress. We cannot lay such wreaths as summer lays. And all her dnvs are decoration days. —Helen Hunt Jackson. V, FIGHTING THE BATTLE OVER AGAIN JOHN k. LOGAN WAS REAL FOUNDER OF MEMORIAL DAY GBNERAL JOHN A. LOGAN was the real founder of Memorial day. On May S, 18C8. he was commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Re public and as such gave the or der that Decoration day be gen erally celebrated on May 30. One reason for the date doubtless was that it was on May 30 that the last Union volunteer of the war was discharged. General Logan was born in 1820. served in congress from Illinois as a Douglas Democrat, resigned to go into the war. fought at Ports Henry and Don elson. being wounded at tbe last named: commanded tbe center JOHN LOO AH. before Vicksburg, became mili tary governor of the city after the surrender, served for several years in the United States sen ate and was a candidate for vice president with Blaine in 1884. After his defeat he returned to tbe senate. James G. Blaine said of Gea eral Logan: "While there have been more illustrious military leaders in the United States and-more illustri ous leaders in legislative halls, there has. I think, been no ""n in this country who has com bined the two careers in so emi nent a degree as General Logan." Fighting by the Day. At the siege of Lexington. Mo., In tbe civil war an old Texan, dressed in buckskin and armed with a long rifle, used to go tip to the works every morning about 7 o'clock, carrying hi* dinner in a tin pail. Taking a good position, he banged away at the Fed erals until noon, then rested an hour and ate his dinner. He resumed oper ations until p. oi., when he returned home to supper and a night's sleep. The nest day a little before 7 saw him. dinner nnd rifle in hand, trudging ap street t» begin again his regular day's work, and In this style he contin ued until the surrender. 3 C0PYRI6MT BY AMERICAN PRC?3 ASSOCIATION THE CONFEOFRATE FLAG. How the Design Was Fir stly Adopted by the South. R. T. Beauregard of. New Orleans gives the following account of the de sign of the Confederate flag: "During the battle of Manassas Gen eral Beauregard had observed the diffi culty of dtqti'igM'Sh'pg our own from tbe enemy's colors and In order to pre vent ail errors in the future bad de termined to adopt in bis army a battle flag distinct in color and design. He at first sought to procure a change in the Confederate flag itself, and Colonel W. I*. Miles, then chairman of the house military committee, bad caused, at his request, a report to be presented to that effect, but with no result. In a conference between the then three senior officers at Fairfax Court House in September out of four designs for a battleflag one presented by General Beauregard was adopted. It was a red field with a diagonal blue cross, tike" latter edged with white and bearing white stars. To render It more port able it was made square Instead of oblong by order of General Johnston. "This beautiful design, by a strange coincidence, had been previously de vised by Colonel Miles and recom mended for tbe Confederate flag to con gress. then in session at Montgomery in March. 1861. It had also been pro posed by Mr. Edward C. Hancock, at tbe request of Colonel James B. Wal ton, at New Orleans In tbe montb of April. It had been offered by Colonel Miles to General Beauregard in substi tution for one nearly similar in em blem and pattern, but different In the distribution of colors, suggested to him by General Beauregard when the latter was seeking to procure a ohauge in tbe Confederate flag. And it was now pro posed anew to the general by Colonel Walton, who had Mr. Hancock's de sign. "Thus it will be seen that the design of the Confederate battleflag was con ceived and drawn long before a Union soldier had tried his skill in water colors on an original which was not and could never have reached the hands of the general's lamented daugh ter. She was a little girl who was in Louisiana during the whole of our un fortunate war and was seen by her father only at Its close." THE VETERANS. By DENI8 A. M'CARTHY. Every year they're marching slower Every year they're stooping lower Every year the lilting music stirs the hearts of older men Every year the flags above them Seem to bend and bless and love them A* tt grieving for the future when thVD never march again. Every year that day draws nearer. Every year the truth is clearer. That the men who saved the nation (M the severing southern sword Soon must pass away forever From the sceiie of their endeavor, Soon must answer to the roll call of tlM angel of the Lord. Every year with dwindling number, Loyal still to those that slumber, Porth they march to where already maay have found peace at last. And they place the fairest blossoms O'er the silent, mold'ring bosoms Ot the valiant friends and comrades of the battles of the past. Every year grow dimmer, duller, Tattered flag and faded color. •very year the hands that bear them flai a harder task to do. And the eyes that only brightened When the blaze of battle lightened, Like the tattered flags they follow, are grown- dim and faded too. Every year we see them massing. Every year we watch them passing, Scarcely pausing in our hurry after pleas ure. after gain, But the battle (lags above them Seem to bend and-bless and love them, And through all the lilting music sounlf an undertone of pain. STATE OP NORTH DAKOTA, County of Ward—ss: In District Court, Eighth Judicial District. James H. Scofleld, Plaintiff, vs. Gladys Myers, Bertha Nerlln, Olav es Severson, Joaine Olson, Joseph ine Holm, and all other persons, un known, claiming any estate or in terest in, or lien or Incumbrance upon the property described In the complaint, Defendants. SUMMONS. The State or North Dakota, to tin above named defendants: You, and each of you, are hereby summonel to answer the complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer upon the subscriber within thirty days after the service of this summons upon you, exclusive of the day of service and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against von by default for the relief demanded In the complaint. The complaint herein will be flled in the office of the Clerk of the Dis trict Court In and for said Ward County, North Dakota. Dated at Minot, North Dakota, this fifteenth day of May, A. D. 15*12. JOHN J. BATES, 5 23 t6 Attorney for Plaintiff. Office and postoffiee address of At torney for Plaintiff, .Minot, North Da kota. To the above named defendants: Take notice, that the above en titled action Is brought for the pur pose of quieting the title to the southeast quarter of section 20, in township 154 north, range 83 west of the Fifth Principal Meridian and excluding you, and each of you ex cept the said Gladys Myers, from all Art erely suffered from a bad case right, title and Interest therein and that no personal claim is made against you or any of you. JOHN J. BATES, Attorney for Plaintiff. Notice of Chattel Mortgage Sale. Whereas, one Klem S'lusor did or the l(6th day of August, 1909, make a chattel mortgage on the following de scribed chattels to-wit: One Dcer rng 6 ft. binder, complete with fiax attachment, given as security to se cure the payment of the sum of 55.5.00, payable to the International Harvester Company of America, corporation. Said mortgage was filed in the county of Ward and the state of North Dakota on the 2Eth day of August, 1909, and la chattel mortgage No. 68852 in said office. Whereas, default has been made in the terms' of saM mortgage by reason of non-ip«yment of the sum of 855.00, the same being past due sln?e October 1st. 1911, and the amount claimed to be due thereon at the date of sale is the sum of $68.02, and costs as provided by law. Now, Therefore, notice is hereby given by virtue of said mortgage and by order of said International Har vester Company of America, a cor poration, the present owners thereof: I will sell the above descrit ed chat tel at the front door of the Court House in the city of Minot, county of Ward and the state of North Dakota, at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m. on the first day of June, 1912, to satisfy the debt secured by said mortgage and the costs and disbursements as pro vided by law. Dated at '.Minot, N. D., this 23rd day of May, 1912, E. D. KBLLEY, Sheriff of Ward County, .. North Daikota P. J. ENGESETH, Attorney for Mortgagee, Minot, North Dakota. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the office of C. B. Burr, city auditor of the city of Granville, N. D.t for the erection of a city hall for said city of Gran ville. Plans and specifications for same can be found on file with C. B. Burr, city auditor, Granville, N. D., In the office of the Builders' and Traders' Exchange, Minot, N. D., Builders •nd Traders' Exchange, Minneapolis, Minn. All bids must be accompanied by a certified check for 5 per cent of the bid submitted and all bids must be in the hands of the city auditor of said city of Granville by p. m., May 27, 1912. Said city reserves the right no reject and all Mds. Dated, May 9th, 1912. By order of city council of ths city of Granville, N. Di. C. B. BUHR, City Auditor. 5 9 tt MONEY to LOAN on Farms. Mail us your Farm Loan Applications We pay 5% on Savings Accounts ORANT S. YOUMANS, Mgr. 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