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T PLAITOBALER, MeHEKRY, ILL. »• jiw ppj#i *Wr S fei-.Vt EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS ON Republicans Are in Full Control- Seven Big Appropriation Bills ST to Be Passetf. GILLETT IS ELECTED SPEAKER 1IFT CORNS OF £: Ifr DOESN'T HURT Wlthfcngen! Corns Eft<yt:«nd ' - - «Wts only few cent#' - ^ v" EMORIAL day quickens the memory of the veterans and seta them to talking of the old fighting days. Now and then white heads are bowed In sorrow at the thought of dead comrades, but for the most part dimmed eyes grow bright with excitement and bent frames straighten proudly as honors bestowed for meritorious conduct are mentioned. The ashes of bygone iflres are fanned to temporary blaze as the old fighting men live over the days when as stalwart, Pushing youths they went forth Into battle for their country. And well worth hearing are the stories they ten. The truth is that desperate valor has always been a characteristic of the American fighting man. The present generation of American youth has proved itself a little more sure of itself, a little more daring, a little more muscled thaij any American generation that has gone before. It has qproved itself a Uttle bit snappier and Hardier than any race of men that has ever gone before. Nevertheless, the fighting spirit has always been the"^ same In the American soldier. The exploits of our fighting men lh the Revolution and the War of 1812, as set forth in history, and the tales still told by survivors of the Mexican -war, the Seminole war, the Civil war, the Indian \ -wars, the Boxer uprising, the Spanish-American fwar and the Philippine insurrection differ not so much In kind as in detail from stories of the great iwar. The veteran who marched with General Scott tfrom Vera Cruz to the Cky of Mexico did not have a magazine rifle and an automatic pistol and did not contend with poison gas and flame, but per- _Jhaps he came oftener to actual hand-grips with the tfoe for that very reason. Apparently the aviator and the U-boat gob are the only men able to add anything really new to the American annals of •desperate courage. And as the years go by--It Is now 58 years since the Confederate guns opened on Fort Sumter and * the majority of the 298,808 Civil war soldiers on the pension roll are well past their three score and ten--It is likely the veterans more often live over In memory the old day*--fighting their battles over again. What fecenes of desperate valor their waking breams renew! The stories, for Instance, of the deeds for which 2,600 medals of honor were awarded from 1861 to 1918 would make thrilling reading Indeed. And in many an instance there is a missing limb, a ghastly scar, a twisted frame to bear mute witness of the fierceness of the combat. Here are some stories of Civil war medal of tionor men to rank with any fighting man's yam anywhere: i Among the gallant young men w^o fonght with Company C of the Twenty-ninth Massachusetts In the battle of Malvern hill on July 1, 1862, the last •of the seven days' fighting before Richmond, was William H. Osborne. Soon after the opening of the tattle, about three In the afternoon, he received a gunshot wound In the chest, which rendered him unconscious. In this condition he was carried by •comrades a short distance to the rear and left to •die. An hour or so later he regained consciousness, and though wobbly weak from loss of blood he took the gun and ammunition from a dead soldier and went in search of his regiment. He found the 1 Sixty-ninth New York, took his place in the ranks and resumed firing. Then he was again prostrated by the bursting of a shell which shattered his left leg. He crawled Into some bushes where, half •dead, he passed the night. When darkness settled •down McClellan retreated to the James river, and next afternoon the Confederates occupied the battlefield. Osborne with the other prisoners was taken to Savage Station and thence to Richmond. Osborne recovered to become a successful Boston lawyer and got his medal of honor In 1898. Joseph S. G. Sweatt was at Carsville. Va., May 11. 1863. About 5,000 Union Infantry and the "Eleventh Pennsylvania cavalry were engaged 1b y»frtny up the Roanoke railroad track when they attacked by t large force of the enemy and driven back, leafc. Ing many dead a ad wounded upon the field. In the Sixth Massi* chusetts a father and son were fighting side by side, and when the Union force fell back the son was missing. It was learned that be was wounded, and with George Fox, also badly wounded, lay far out on the lire-swept field. Private Sweatt could not withstand the agony on the father's face. David Goodhue volunteered to go with him, and together they dashed across the field, the target for hundreds of the enemy. As the two heroes were lifting B"ox from the ground Goodhue was shot and killed. Another ball struck Fox while Sweatt was carrying him off. A moment later the enemy were upon them, and all three were taken prisoner. Samuel C. Wright enlisted in 1861, fought In tl pitched battles, was seriously wounded five times and was reported dead three times. He belonged to the Twenty-ninth Massachusetts volunteers. At •ntietam Wright showed his mettle. As sergeant, with 75 volunteers, he charged a fence at "Bloody lane" and under a terrific fire destroyed it so as to open the breach by which the Confederate lines were later pierced and forced back. Wright was one of six of the band of volunteers who survived the charge, the others being killed or mortally wounded. At Knoxvllle Wright sustained a compound fracture of the right leg. Although the bone protruded through the flesh, Wright dragged himself over the rough ground « distance of 13 miles, much of the way between the opposing fires of both armies, and finally got to the hospital. He got a furlough home, but was again with his old regiment in April, 1864^ rejoining the army of the Potomac, taking part in Grant's campaign. At Cold Harbor Wright was hit in the left arm, bat he kept in the field. He participated In battle after battle down to the explosion of the mine In front of Petersburg, July 80, 1864, when a bullet pierced his right eye. The ball passed through, lodging against the back of the skull. Then he had to quit. * J " Bore Charmed Lives. William H. Howe enlisted as private In CompMf> K, Twenty-ninth Massachusetts Infantry, In April, 1861. and served until June 29, 1865. He was wounded at Newport News, Cold Harbor and at Petersburg. He received his medal and was promoted from first sergeant to first lieutenant for heroic conduct at Fort Haskell, Va., March 25, 1865. He was captured with his entire company. In the darkness of the morning, between Forts Haskell and Stedman, but escaped and ran to Fort Haskell. Remnants of the Union forces were gathered here, but the galling fire of the enemy in 'front had silenced all the batteries of the fort and no effective resistance could be offered. Unless alie of the batteries could be manned the whole Union force would be compelled to surrender. Capt. John M. Dean called for volunteers. Hows and three others responded, manned one of the abandoned guns, and for three-quarters of an hour poured cannister into the ranks of the unprotected ^perny in front, tearing huge gaps in their line and Anally putting them to flight. During all this time the five gallant men were exposed to the whole fire of the enemy. Here, by way of variety. Is a freak story that Illustrates how luck, chance, Providence, Klsmetr-- call it what you will--plays its part in war. John L. Metcalf, Troop A, Fifth cavalry, had several miraculous escapes from death during the Civil war. His record included 45 engagements. He was in the battles of Bull Run, Antietam and Get* tysburg. "I was shot through my clothing at the second battle of Bull Run," said Metcalf. UA spent ball struck a cartridge box I had in my pocket, and so 1 wasn't hurt in the least. I had my musket shot out of my hand several times and horses shot from under me, but was never really Injured. My most peculiar escape was this: Tlje Confederates had a piece of artillery. Two groups of the Fifth cavalry charged them. My saber broke. One of the Confederates commenced to hit me over the shoulder with the back of his saber. My carbine bag protected me. I palled out my revolver and tried to shoot him. I snapped every cafl In that gun. Then one of our men came to my rescue and knocked him off his horse. . Tale of Two Kentuckians. here, for good measure, Is a story that shows what kind of a people we are: Morgan, the raider, along about '63, swooped down upon the Federal garrison at Hartsvllle, Tenta. Morgan had only about 1,200 men while the Union forces numbered about 2,000. Still, Morgan usually knew what he was about; result--several hundred Federals killed and the rest captured. ' As soon as the battle was over the Confederates recrossed the Cumberland river. Among the rear guard was Private Lurton of the Third Kentucky cavalry. He was the last man to recross the river and Just ahead of him was the last Confederate wagon loaded with Federal muskets and other captured articles. ' In the meantime the sound of Morgan's guns had disturbed the slumbers of another Kentucklan. This one was a Union soldier, Harlan by name, and he was colonel of the Tenth Kentucky infantry at Castalian Springs, six miles from Hartsvllle. He immediately started with his regiment to the relief of the garrison at Hartsvillfe. Harlan and his regiment reached the top of • bluff back from the river Just as Lurton and the last wagon of the Confederates were in the middle of the Cumberland. Harlan had a field piece along and he pointed it at the Confederate cavalryman and banged away. He didn't hit the cavalryman; so he tried again and kept trying. Nevertheless, Harlan's shells hit the river in, the immediate vicinity of cavalryman and wagon,: and they made a mightly splash. The driver cut loose hls"aules and made record time to the shores If Lurton tarried, there is no record of It. About 50 years later, in black robes, the colonel* behind the cannon and the private on the horse sat side by side on the bench of the most august tribunal of the world. For the Federal was John Marshall Harlan and the Confederate was Horace Harmon Lurton--and both were associate Justices of the Supreme court of the United States of America. This United States-of ours is a great country-- and it is just such things as this Harlan-Lurton affair that makes us sure of it. When one of these Kentuckians banged away at the other our country was In the throes of til* fiercest and bloodiest civil war of all history. And that was Just about half a century ago. Since then we have grown to be the wealthiest and most powerful nation on earth. But, better still, we have outgrown the things that set Union soldiers against Confederate, until the presence of these two fighting men of the Civil war side by side upon the Supreme court bench was truly typical of sectional strife forgotten and a country reunited. , ^ It takes a great country and a great people to make such things not only possible but actual realities. Le*0«i of .Nations* Railroads, Shipping, Woman Suffrage Taken Up Berger Refused Recognition by the Speaker. Washington, May 21.-r-The •^reconstruction" congress, assembling in ex traordinary session Monday, under the call by President Wilson from Paris May 7. marks the return to power of the Republicans and, loss by the Democrats of control over the national legislature. Representative Gillgtt of Massachusetts (Rep.) was elected speaker of the houso over Champ Clark (Dem.). By a majority of two votes the Republicans took control of the senate, electing Senator Cummins president pro tempore and defeating Senator Key Pittman of Nevada, Democrat, by a record vote of 47 to 42. The woman suffrage constitutional amendment got top place on the house calendar. By general agreement Representative Mann's joint resolution, similar to the measure passed last session by the house and defeated in the senate, was designated No. 1. A resolution to repeal the luxury tax as of the war revenue, agreed upon by leaders of both parties at the last session was Introduced by Representative Moore of Pennsylvania as a part of the Republican party's legislative program. ^ The business of swearing in new senators was disposed of quickly. In the house there were a greater number of new members and it took longer. All the Republican senators were present; four Democrats were absent. The immediate work is passage before July l of seven regular annual appropriation bills which failed In the senate filibuster last March. After that will come consideration of the peace treaty and of the league of nations, and railroad, shipping, rev enue, woman suffrage, prohibition, army and navy and many other measures. Many Investigations, particularly into war activities, are expected. The Republicans, for the first time since 1911, had majorities in both branches of congress as a result of the congressional elections last November. In the house they have a margin of 40 votes. In the senate their majority Is only two. Republican action is restrained by President Wilson's veto power; Cooperation between administration officials and the Republicans is expected on uncontested matters. The avalanche of bills and resolutions Incident to a new session began In the house, but introduction of senate measures went over. ' Final action by the senate on the peace treaty and the covenant of the league of nations before July 1 Is not generally expected, although much discussion meanwhile Is planned. Besides the treaty Itself the proposed agreement with Great Britain and France for protection of France from attack by Germany promises much discussion. Prohibition enforcement legislation is expected to receive early attention Repeal of the war prohibition measures as well as the constitutional amendment is to be urged. Victor Berger of Wisconsin, whose right to a seat is contested because he Is under conviction for violation of the espionage law, did not attempt to vote, When the name of Berger was called as new members were sworn, Representative Dallinger of Massachusetts, chairman of the elections committee, formally challenged his right to be Mfttcdi Speaker Glllett directed Berger to stand aside when he appeared for the oath, and refused to recognize him when he tried to speak as a matter of personal privilege. I* M IB 1* 1* * * * * 1* FOUGHT FOR A PRINCIPLE of Went Forth to War With a Stern and Overwhelming 8ense of Duty. These "boys of tSV were loved as you love your boys. As all fathers and mothers love their boy*. 4* *1 good citizens love the boys who are to be the men oC tomorrow. ' ' v Why did these T>oys In blue" enlist? Were they erased by the sound or the fife and the drum? Were they young men filled with the spirit of adventure, restive under home restraint, glad of any opportunity to get out and away from the grinding routine of every-day life? Were they blind followers of magnetic men, enlisting, neither knowing or daring what was before them? The manner In which they enlisted, the sacrifices they endured, the hero- \ Isms to which they gave themselves, the deaths to which thousands of them came, reveal the absurdity of any such Interrogation. They were young men athrill with life, full of love for the flag, fired with enthusiasm for their country. Not from sinister motives, $18 § month, did they enlist. Not that they might be freed from home restraint did they enlist, for they went out with mother's kiss fresh on their Hps, prayers of father sounding in their ears, counsel of friends irtitten in the tablets of their brave hearty They went out from a stern sense of duty! Their president, Abraham Lincoln, had asked for them. They knew that the Union could not exist "half Blave and half free." They went out with the vision of • greater country. A country which under God should forever be purged from the stain of slavery. When you are telling the story of Old Glory you must tell --Chicago American. Paint Ko, not oibe bit! Just drop a little Freezone on that touchy corn instantly it stops aching, then you lift that bothersome corn right off. Yes, magic! Costs only a few cents. Try Freezone 1 Tour druggist sells a tlfiy bottle, sufficient to rid your feet of every hard corn, soft corn, or corn between the toes, and calluses, without one particle of pain, soreness or irritation. Freezone is the mysterious ether discovery of a Cincinnati genius. 8uapicion Aroused. "A man created a sensation at a soda fountain yesterday." "What did he do?" "Raised a glass of grape juice and •aid: "Here's how." "Well?" "Seven liquor sleuths Immediately made an Inspection to see If he was Justified in making a remark like that." --Birmingham Age-Herald. G00DBY, WOMEN'S TROUBLES Hi tortures and discomforts of Weak, lame and aching back, swollen feet and limbs, weakness, disziness. nausea, as a rule have their origin in kidney trouble, not "female complaints." These general symptoms of kidney and bladder disease are well known--so is the remedy. Next time you feel a twinge of pain in the back' or are troubled with headache, indigestion, insomnia, irritation In the bladder or pain in the loins and lower abdomen, you will find quick and sure relief in GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. This old and tried remedy for kidney trouble and allied derangements has Stood the test for hundreds of years. It does the vofk Pains and troubles vanish and new life and health will come as you continue their use. When completely restored to your usual vigor, continue taking m capsule or two each day. GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules are imported from the laboratories at Haarlem, Holland. Do not accept a substitute. In sealed bom three sises.--Adv. Still Human.' The new minister was young and full of faith, hope and charity; but he did not always plan his speech with care. "Let us pray that we may have an attendance of at least fifty at our next young people's service." he said earnestly one Sunday evening. "And remember that the prayer of faith Is always answered." The next service did not bring out fifty persons, or nearly that number, but the minister looked cheerfully down on the faithful few. "Well, friends," he said briskly, "there aren't fifty of us, but there are sixteen, and that's one or two more than I'd counted on." NC-3 ARRIVES IN AZORES Flagship of U. 8. 8eaplanes Gomes In- / tS Ponta Delgada--Crew in .'.J..: J Good Shape. Horta, Azores, May 21.--All three of the American seaplanes are now accounted for. NC-3, the missing flagship of the squadron, came Into the harbor of Ponta Delgada under her own pewer after having been 67 hours and 15 minutes at sea. Commander Towers and his crew were in good con dltlon, but fagged out by lack of rest. Nine Divisions to Return. Washington, May 21.--The 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th regular divisions have been released for return to the United States, General Pershing notified the war department.^ The four divisions are to Ail from France in J#OA> Suffered for Years Hbaaw Fra lidnry TimUc. feu's Hale Rr. Bariett Stan* asl Well' "I suffered untold agony with my kidneys for years," «av« John Barnett, 80 Virginia Place, Jluffalo, N. T. "Sometimes I felt that I would burn up with fever, bat every now and then would have a severe chill. Often my clothes were wringing wet with perspiration. The kidney secretions were unnatural in color and odor and burned terribly. At night my shoes were so tight on toy feet that I could* hardly get them off and my hands swelled so I couldn't hold a teacup. My back! Oh. how it ached! I walked with two canes and was all bent over Kke an aged man. When the terrible pains shot through my kidneys, my kneea would give way and many times I had to be lifted to my feet by people on the street. I didn't care Whether I lived or died, I was so miserable. I finally used Doan's Kidney Finland they cured me of all kidney trouble. Doan's made me strong and «1L" Sworn to before me, A. A. WILCOX, Corn, of Doedt, CmDhr'hIAu Star*. SOcsBm 9 KIOUSY PILL* FOSTOt-MUUfU* CO, BUFFALO, N. Y. MM \ phi DOAN'S m- M Cuticora Stops Itching ana Saves the Hair AH 8o*p *. * A®. Sample ©tveh tree Del S. Shocklng New*. Mrs. Huskinby (with letter from the medical student)--Sakes alive! Hiram, he says that he's learnin* how to torture a--a--a--I think It's. ukulele^ whatever that la. ""jt-f-gr Mr. Huskinby (excitedly)--Coosam 1 the young whelp! He's got to switch to the law right away. No son uv mine Is goin' to be a vlwysecti onl st l^ --Buffalo Express. f J Catarrh Cannot Be Cared [ ' by LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as thsp SHitev " cannot reach the seat of the lUHHa Catarrh is a local disease, greatly lnfl»- '">• v enced by constitutional conditions. HALL'S •, • , CATARRH MEDICINE will cure eatanfe It Is taken internally and acta throura .,•;"W-. the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of .the V* System. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICttOl is composed of some of the best tonics '» known, combined with some oftb* hsMr.£ •<» S blood purifiers. The perfect comblnatlogt »» the Ingredients In HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE is what produces such won-' • derful results !n catarrhal conditions. « ^ Druntsts 75c. Testimonial* free. _ F. f. Cheney 4 Co.. Propa.. Toledo. Qk r- MUCH DIFFERENCE IN LAW ijv' Checking Shifting Sands. The Michigan Agricultural college, through its forestry department, is planting about 75,000 trees among |he sand dunes in some of the western Michigan districts In an effort to check the shifting of these big sand piles, says a report to the American Forestry association, of Washington, which is encouraging the planting of trees everywhere and Is registering all trees set out as memorials to soldiers and sailors. Plenty to Do. lira. Quotem--Oh, dear I One-half of the world doesnt know how the other half lives. Mrs. Porkernose--It Is some Job for us women to keep track of the culine half. Writer Points Out Vagaries of Host Sacred of all Human institutions. • , '".Ci&S. . -'.3 fttft tt <t«eer how stern In some respects and how lehlenlt others! ' -W' Clip a few cents* worth of silver off a quarter dollar and, bang! Uncle 8nns locks you up for several years. " • Let a butcher cut 20 cents worth of ^ steak off that four-pound order yours through his swindling scales andf « j V perhaps after a thousand similar of- s, ^ fenses he may be fined $10, writes >-1^, Wizard" In Philadelphia Press. ^ ^ Cheating a thousand persons out «j|. meat is regarded as a trifle. Cheating your Uncle Samuel out of a nickel la i ^ penitentiary Job. Why such a hit " ^ difference? IS I read In the paper that a storekeeper who habitually swindled hls-^' customers by short weight has been T ® fined $25. t Every once in a while Philadelphia /Wfe jf sends out to see how many crooked » «J11 scales are In use and finds hundreds. . t•; 'Let Us Gather at the River" was<;'" ^ reputed to be the favorite hymn ofi"'. the milk dealers. That was long agtV., J • \ ^ before we made It a crime to put watered ^ ^ ^ in the milk bottle. Now the pump Is no longer the nmk profitable cow In the dairy. Tens of thousands of purchase*^;-'i^ made in this town dally are weighed or* measured. Could the city do a better Hfe service for Its 2,000.000 buyers than to> see that a yard stick is always thirtysix inches long and that a pound Is never fourteen ounces? Lots of men try to Imagine the? have poor health when the only thing the matter with them Is laziness. British Rout Reds. Helsingfors, Finland, May 21.--British ships engaged the bolshevik fleet in the Gulf of Finland. The bolshevik! fled to Kronstadt after one of their ships had been sunk and another Atranded. Ford Files New Contest- Washington, May 21.--Formal notice of a contest in the election of Truman H. Newberry, Republican senatorelect from Michigan was given with the filing in the senate of petitions by Henry Ford. , Resrgument in Tax Case. Washington. May 21.--The Supreme court ordered a reargument of test proceedings involving the constitutionality of provisions of the income tax act of 1916 taxing Stock dividends as income. 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