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WAR SI ^Striking Works of .Aj tle-F Wrttfin the last half dozen years >creat futus of money have been ox ponded by many States of the I'niou tin the erection of memoria] mouu <ruonts to their soldier dead on various historic battlefields. The work is still going on, and the Government is doing much to help, $01,500 heing ,-given by Congress, recently in one lump to pay for suitable cenotaphs in 'honor of regular armj organizations Mjvhich fought at Gettysburg. Meau wllilo the great lighting ground at 'Chickamauga, now a national park, is /getting to he thickly sprinkled with -works of art in imperishable granite i*ud Ironrc, which record the deeds of both Tuion and Confederate troops, *tcd the same sort of patriotic enter 17/rUe is being manifested at Antic , at Yicksburg, and at the fields of ;-3hiloh. The Ccest monuments on any of <our battlefields are now being put up ?tt ^icksburg. One of them, erected '&y the -State of Illinois, at a coat of .' $200,000, is of granite and bronxe. Jit has the form of a temple, nearly iir'ular, 48 feet in diameter at the taase and 58 feet high, with a sort of ?porck upheld by columns. Another, '<'. :7 Iowa, is equally beautiful in its *Wft7, consisting of a half-circle of col tjinoo, with elaborate decorations, in eluding tablets. The fighting ground v*t Vicksburg is on a blufl', 150 feet .-bove the river, and its most striking 'feature topographically is a ridge on which the Confederate works and bat tteries were situated. At Antietam, (Sharpsburg,) which ?ct,w the hardest day's fighting of the (oivil war, 10,000 men being killed on ' both sides, all of the Northern States ?that were represented by troops are erecting monuments. Not long ago ?Ohio dedicated ten such memorials to her regiments, in one bunch on that ??old. Perhaps the most interesting of them was a huge granite block with -Li bronto tablet which represented, in j 'juasi-pictorial fashion, a boy making coffee at a camp fire. The boy was William McKinley, at that time 17 .-years old, who, finding nothing else so useful for him to do, spont his time during the battle in preparing a great t quantity of the hot and stimulating 'beverage, so that it might bo ready tfor the worn out soldier* after tbe t?ght was over. It was typioal of his Athoughtfulnes8 for others?a trait ?dominant in his oharaotcr through t!ife. The States have spent over $2,000, cQOO for regimental monuments at Get tysburg, where the work has been fgoing on for twenty-five years. In sanest instances where such a memo trial was to be put up the State has ??ontributed a certain amount of money rand the survivors of. the regiment tiave furnished the balance. Origi mall y the battlefield park at Gettys burg was controlled by private indi viduals, who bought pieces of land i?nd ereoted shafts or other commemo :ra.ti70 structures upon them; but all *of this property has now passed into the hands of the Government. Tbe TOaoney recently appropriated by Con isres? will go muoh further than an equal amount expended by organiza tions, because monuments, like any thing else, are cheaper by the quan tity. Furthermore, the Government memorials are likely to bo better artis tically and more tasteful, A special commission will ehoose the designs, au? the Seorotary of War. will give j .final decision upon them. j Xfbsta hundred and sixty Union e^lm??tb?&ad batteries were engaged ?a the fight rit Gettysburg, and to-day *9iey are represented by 350 monu ments costing from $200 up to 010, .1800. Dae of the most costly of the SBen?taphs was ereoted by New York. Vhe speotaole presented by the his <toric.fi cid is extraordinary, and a for eigner < overlooking its sprinkling of cgTanit? sshdf fcs might mistako it for a Ubfcammedan cemetery, so frequently <aoco the oresoont appear at a design carved in stone. The orescent was ritte emblem of Gen. Howard's 11th oorps. Up to the present time the I : -Southorn States hi.ve taken compara tively little interest in the Gettysburg f ypuk end there is only one Co of e derate monument on the field. vine Chiokamauga-Chattanoogs park, ?j&n Che other hand, wee started with -she idea of representing both sides impartially. Every Southern States {tas had i e commission of its own to *$t;-..- Jbelp in the enterprise,-and Kentucky, siisuouri, Tennessee and Maryland, ?/h-'- because (hey had troops fighting for *?soth North and South, have put up ?donuments to both Union and Con ml.^. Moderate regim?ntB. Twenty-eight States have spent over half ? million ^ t U'dolUrs on such memorials scattered Oliver the hiatorio area, which really ' ' Comprises, sevou battlefields, and the 'Nv ^evornmcnt has oxpouded-^1,300,000 Nj^erCj not including the cost of nine .Yv.;. DRIES. et on our Historic Bat ields. f structures sot up in honor of organi zations of the regular army. Most of the Government money haB been used for the purchase of laud, and the Chickamauga p<?rk now em braces one patch of ten sijuarc milcB, plus a number of smaller pieces, which are connected together by road? that have been ceded to Undo Sam by the State. It is a particularly good investment, inasmuch as tho field, over which two armies of 00,000 men fought, affords an admirable ground for practice manoeuvres. As far as practicable, the old roads used during the battle have been preserved, and in suitable places observation towers, ascended bv spiral stairs, have been put up. Moro thfcn 1,000 iron tablets inscribed with historical data, mark the positions occupied by Uaion and Confederate regiments and brigades. The landscape being wooded, the lines of tho oppasing armies are shown by tall masts attached to trees with red and white and blue and white balls at the top. Along the lines thus laid out the monuments ere erected by the States, the Government furnishing (as 01 other fields) the foundations. Ne v York has put up on Lookout Moun tain u shaft 78 feet high with a brot zo group 20 feet high on top of it, tL e whole resting upon a circular base 52 feet in diameter. Ohio has furnished fifty-six regimental and battery monu ments, and, in addition, a mporb granite shaft, costing $30,000, on Missionary Ridge. The Bhaft 00 feet in height, resembles the Washington monument in miniature, and at the corners of the base are four granite statueB representing a oavalryman, an infantryman, an artilleryman, and a drummor-boy. Another superb me morial on Missionary Ridge, marking Gen. Bragg's headquarters, haB been erected by Illinois at a cost of $22, 000. It is a granite shaft surmounted by a bronze statue of Victory and about the base arc statues represent ing the throo arms of tho service. Many States arc now putting up monuments at Shiloh?particularly Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Pennsyl vania. The historio field is heavily wooded, and runs along the pictures que banks of the Tennessee River. On this battlefield the spot whore any brigade commander fell is marked with cannon and piles of cannon balls. At Chickamauga the same purpose is ac complished by the erection in eaoh case of a pyramid of ton-inch shells. Wherever batteries were stationed on ny of the battlefields, they are rep resented by mounted guns, which, whenever practicable, are the original and veritable cannon that were en gaged in the fights. With the exoeption of Gettysburg, all of the battlefield parks are very new, and as yet they are far from com plete. Presumably many years will elapse b ?i -0 all of the monuments oonsidereu requisite as memorials to the soldier dead aro put up by patri otic survivors. Meanwhile the work is being aotively proseouted, and hun dreds of thousands of Americans of a younger generation, who visit the his torio fighting grounds, are inspired with a more ardent love of their coun try and a moro eager desire to serve it by contemplating the imperishable structures whioh record the brave deeds of those who in years gone by fought for glory and for freedom. Rene Bache. Japanese Officer Tells About Great Na val Battle. A Japanese officer, who has return ed to Sasebo, says a Tokio dispatch, gives the following account of tho sea fight off the Tsu Islands: " At 5 30 Saturday morning a wire less message reading: ' 'The enemy's squadron is in sight/ roaohod the na val base. This message was trans mitted to all our ships by the flagship, with orders to get ready for action. Our squadron left their rendesvous and headed for the eastern channel off Tsuhima. Oar men seemed to be filled with new inspiration and were eager for the long-delayed fight to be gin; I * 'When Tsuhima was sighted to the southwest the see was rough and the torpedo boats were forced to run for the . shelter of the island. Oar third fighting squadron with the Takashibo to port re?Onnoit?red the Russian fleet, and at 11.30 a. m., informed the main squadron by wireless telegraph that the Russian ships were passing into tho east channel, whereupon our main equadroc-, ' anging its course somewhat to the southward, oame in sight of Okihshima at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. The third division ar rived later and joined the m?in cqu?d ron. The first and s?o?nd divisions, accompanied by the destroyer flotilla ohahged to a Westerly course, while tbo third division and the fourth de stroyer flotilla headed slightly east ward. "During the maneouwe the Russian flagship appeared to the southward at 1.45 o'clock. The Russians s.eamed up in double column. The fleet was numerous, but no living being was visible. The Russian ships seemed to be in good order. Our ships hoist ed the flag of action, the Milasa sig nalling 'the destiny of our empire de pends upon thi.s action. You are all ! expected to do your utmost.' Our men seemed to silently weigh the sig nificance of his signal. "Our first and second divisions turned to the Russian starboard, while the third division kept in close touch with the preceding two divisions. With the Japanese ships proceeding in this Older, it was 2.12 o'clock when the Russians opened fire. The first two shots fell short of our line aod it was Bomo minutes later before wo com menced firing. ThcL' tbc battle was on with firing from both sides. Our destroyers kept on tho port side of tho main squadron and in this forma tion wo pressed the Russians 8gainst the ooaBt of Kiushiu and they wore obliged to change their course to the east. ''We so manoeuvred our ships as to have their bows paralleled to the north i side of tho Russian line. The Mika? sa, of our first division, which should be leading, changed to the rear of the lino, while the Kasuga headed the line. The engagement now became very fierce. The Borodino was seen to be on fire. A little later the Rus sians heads were turned and we changed out course accordingly. Five ships of ear second division concen trated their fire on the Borodino. Our Lrst division now began firing vigor rusly, proceeding parallel with the Russian line and as wo began to press against tho head of the Russian lino our division veered' to the Russian rear, thus enveloping their ships. "Tho engagement proceeded hotly. Our second division followed a course parallel with the northern side of the Russians, and this movement com pleted the envelopment. The Rus sian ships were seen trying to break through and our destroyer flotilla in tercepted their new course. This state of envelopment continued until the following day,, with the ships at varying distances.Thun enclosed on all sides, the Russians were helpless and powerless to escape the oycle. Previous instructions had been given the destroyers and torpedo boats to attack the Russian ships. Following instructions the fifth destroyer flotilla advanced against a Russian ship upon which our division had been concen trating its fire, signalling: 'We are going to give tho last thrust at them.' "The Russian tship oontinued to fight and seeing the approaching tor pedo boats, directed its fire upon them. Undaunted, our destroyers pressed forward, tho Ohitose meantime con tinuing its fire. When the torpedo flotilla arrived within 200 metres of the Russian ships the Shiranus fired the first shot. The other boats fired one shot each. The Shiranus re ceived two shells, but the other boats were not damaged* The Russian ships were completely sunk. "Sundown saw tho battle raging fu riously. Our shells were evidently telling oh the Ru?sians, who showed signs of confusion. Our fifth torpedo flotilla, after destroying the Borodino, followed in the wake of our second di vision, the signal reading 'something like the Russian sub-marines have been sighted. Attack them.V "The flotilla followed and looated the objoot which proved to be a sink ing ship, its overturned bottom show ing. Thirty survivors olnng to the wreck, crying for assistance. Firing ceased with the approach of darkness. "According to orders previeusly given for a torpedo attack after dark* all the destroyer flotilla, dividing into two squadrons, prooccdod to attack tho Russians during the whole night. The Russians frustrated the first and eeoond attaoko with ?earohlights.^ A third attempt was caref ully made and the Yugiri sank a ship of the Boro* dino type end also hit others. Dar ing the night the Russians continued to move and we preserved our envel oping movement some distance from the Russisn position. The Russian ships headed northeast after day Weak, hoping to reaoh Vladivostok. Oar officers end men were determined that not a ship should escape and resolved netto relax their efforts until they had succeeded in either sinking or capturing every Russian ship. "Our ships always kept ahead of | the Russians. The battle wao resum ed at 9 o'clock Sunday morning, 12 miles east of Chlpupyon hay and last ed all day. Here the Kassians suffer ed their heaviest losses. Thoy seem ed unprepared to repel night attacks. During our first night attack the Rus Iths showed nine searchlights and frustrated the attacks, but clearly gave ub the location of the fleet, whioh brought success later." --- When the cook will always iet a man have hot water to shave ht> can't Bee what grounds his wife has to be dissatisfied; -r Running an/automobile is a little cheapor tbaii running a family. America and Japan. It was decoration day in Washing ton, that day that commemorated the heroism and deeds of tho American soldier. Men, women and children thronged the street cars on their way to the national cemeteries to lay floral tokens upon tho graves of the soldier dead; they talked of these things as they chatted. On Pennsylvania avenue, F streot and other streets people were hurrying on their way to meet engagements or to get out of the city on early trains. A famous Amer ican admiral stood at the corner of F and Fourteenth streets talking with a newspaper correspondent. They were discussing the result of the naval light in the Japan sea. As they talked four young Japanese walked briskly by. They ranged in age from 21 to -? years of age. Quiet, undemonstra tive, yet smiling and happy, they stepped briskly up Fourteenth street. They wore an air of confidence that was noticeable to all. Tho old s.a captain turned his head to watch them. "We'll havo to light them some day before long" was his brief comment. "Do you really think so?" he was then aeked. "Beyond all doubt. This victory over Russia will, I am afraid, turn the heads of the staid, conservative Jap and he will go a good many steps further than would otherwise have been the ease. But our navy wouldn't fear the outcome. The Japanese vic tories at sea have been won by the discipline and gunnery practice of their navy. Russia's naval outfit is notoriously corrupt. Millions spent by the government for ammunition havo been wasted in purchasing infe rior goods that don't o^me up to the mark and the difference in price goes into the pockets of the drinking, gambling officers. The Kussian sea man is a brave maa but he has had no discipline. His morals are bad and he knows nothing of gunnery. Our naval officers are not drunkards and they are not corrupt. Our officers are just aa quick witted as the Japanese and our navy is as modern and as well fitted. The Jap thinks quicker than the Kussian, who is dull headed, as a rule. That counts much in a sea fight such as was had between the two navies. Togo fell upon the Russians in a rush and while their thiok heads wore trying to decide upon the beat course the nimble-wit ted Jap was making the beet of tho situation. It was like a prize fight in this country, in which the winner pushes the fight bo furiously from the start that the other fellow is really never in it. "I am afraid chat the ambition of the Japanese will spread at a seriously rapid rate and that they -may next take some oteps in China that will not meet with the good opinion of the rest of tho world, whioh will then be gin to open its eyes to the fact that it has been plaoing its sympathy with a mighty wary lot of people.*'?Wash ington Letter. An East Side Interpretation. A toucher in an East Side mission Bohool in New York had found it a difficult task to interest her olass of street youngsters in Bible stories. Her determination, however, to make real to her boys the tales dear to her own childhood was great, as was also her own satisfaction on observing one Sunday, tbe ringleader of her little horde, was listening to-her account of the life of the hoy Joseph, especially the part relating to his sale by his I brethren into Egypt, j Alert to strengthen any possible hold already gained, on the following Sunday she politely requested Tommy to repeat the story of Joseph. After a little urging Tommy, began somewhat reiuotantly, but being en dowed with the gifts of a raconteur, he warmed to his subject. - Tho teach er was opting with pleasure the way in whioh the other boys followed the raoy rooital ?a recital correct enough in its facts, though rendered in tho dialect of Cbimmie Pedden, it scarcely retained its scriptural flavor.- The emotion was interrupted by tho fol lowing statement: "Don do udder gays, whut was dis feller's bruddoro, t'ought dey'd make doir fader t'ink dat Joseph wuz done for. So dey took his coat, whut bis fader'd guv him onoet before, And dey soused it in the blood of a baby?" "Why, Tommy!" "Whut's de metier?" - demanded Tommy, oousoiouo of reotitudo and annoyed at interruption. ' :^HHl "Not in the blood of ?>by !" "Dat's what yonso said," cried Tommy, warmly* "Ain't dat so, fel lers?" ' "Bet's ri-M!" echesd she feilem "Youbq told us dat dey kill?tlf K-*- An almost sure way not to get divorced is not to get married, ? Scandal is about. other people; when it is about you it in slander. ~ Fashionable society wears its stories .cut as low in the . node at> its gown. ? You've got to have Very little human nature in .you to be ablo to love a'ftfri! that is seasick. > Many follies are only refreshed ] ?ii?m?? DON'TS FOR LOVERS. FOR THE GIRLS. Don't Attempt to monopolize your lover. Give him plenty of rope, but bring him up with a short jerk once in s while, just to let him know now firm a hold you have of the other end. Don't gush over him. Too much sweetoess ologs the appetite. Always let him go from you hungry to come again. Don't be a scold. If you have a lover worth loving, and you love him, don't be afraid or ashamed to let him know that you love him; but don't slop over. Don't flirt with,other men. Most men look on a flirt in much tho same way that a baby dpes a rattle-box - something to be played with and then discarded. A fool is the only man who knowingly will marry a flirt. Don't quarrel. Quarrels are said to be love's oondimeuts, but true love has no more need of condiment than has a piece ol lemon pie or salt and pepper. Don't attempt to measure tnc love of your lover by the depth of his poclcctboo!,, especially if he happens to be a man whose only asset is a mod erate salary. An extravagant wife hangs like a millstone around a man;s ncok. Tbe sensible man knows this, and will out loose before it is too late. Don't advertise your love to the whole world. It is suffioient to con vince the man most oonoerned. Don't measure your lover with a tailor's yardstiok. It is the man in the olothes, and not the olothes on the man, that you are to marry. Don't idealize your lover. He probably is neither better nor worse than a million other men, and your loving him will not make an angel of him. Don't forget >.iat modesty at all times and in all places is love's most sacred crown. Don't tarnish that crown. Don't imagine because your lover tells you that you are the. most beau tiful woman in the world that he is telling the truth. Love in blind, and never more blind than when estimat ing the charms of his beloved. Don't expect your lover to be a saint. Few men are. Don't let your love blind yon to */.ll the rest of the world. When in love you need see / i oa are doing even more clearly than when you are not in iove. Don't love where reason cannot join hands with the heart. Don't marry a man to reform him. Reform him before marrying, and be sore th&fc; the reform goes clear down to the everlasting bed rook. A girl is*| a fool who thinks that a man will do for her after marriage what he. cannot or will not do before. When a bird is iu a cage, who longer fears its wicgB? Finally, don't forget that love is the sweetest and most blessed gift of God to mortals, and that it should be kept pure and white, free from last and avarice and sordid fcmbition,- for the god of love is e jealous god, and gives to drink of the blessed wine of his rich vintage of happiness only to those who worship at his shrine truly end unselfishly. FOR. THE MAN. Don't Visit your' sweetheart oftener than three times a week. Give her a chance to misd you. Don't attempt to buy her love with I costly presents, theaters, flowers, bon* j bons, etc You wish her to love you, not your pooketbook. Don't be stingy. Give freely what you can afford to give, and no more; and if she is the right kind of girl she I will understand and appreciate you.all j the better.* Don't think thatyou own;thei girl the moment you becomo engaged to "There's many a slip 'twixt t-WMg and the Hp." Besides, modern girls do hot like to be "owned," even by the men they love. Don't forgot to make e treaty of peace with your aweethecrt'e -oimall brother or sister. A little bandy end a few dimes judiciously bestowed will win you an ally whoao value is out of all proportion to sise? That lover may Welt tremble 1er his cause who has not won the friendship of the small brother or sister. ; Don't be jealous of another man's attentions to your sweetheart. If she encourages them u?duly she is un worthy of you:; Drop her I If he gets no encouragement from her, yoqi have nothing to fear. Rejoice! If other mon find yoar a*ecthe&rfcaWr&otive it la-tV do&p-iraent to yonr good*ssto: Be gtsol Don** forget te is!! y^^wSw-c^ft at least a dozen times every time yon seo her that youlove her. A women is never tired of bearing Ae words 1*I love yon** from the lips that she loves. Don't when attending ft social gath ering, stick to tho side of your beloved all the time. Give other men a chance talk to her and yourself fe chance to talk to > Jh.tff ??r.&.. Return to her of t?n ; and tih'us show her the strength of ? luve'thai will constantly draw you biot to her side Wpptpkj''.when you-call, to -f.ee your sweetheart, and her father and mother persist in sitting op with yon, sot as if their company bored yon. You may wish them burisd seven miles under the Dead Sea; bat don't let them know it. Treat them with the most deferential politeness; an if they wore tho only father and mother in the universe?and trust to your sweet heart. Don't be one of those knowing men who think they understand woman kind. Only Omnisoienoe oan compre hend a womam- You know just about as muoh about your sweetheart, as you do about what the weather will be next April. Don't try to oomprehend her. Love her; and thank G od she is no worse. Don't expeot'your sweetheart to be an angel. She is not; and if she was, she would bo altogether too good for you. Don't fall in love with a beautiful form and? face. Love should look deeper than the skin and bones. God sometimes puts a beautiful soul be hind a homely faoe; and conversely. Better be dead than wedded to a wo man who has nothing besides beauty. Finally, don't be in a hurry to mar ry. Look long and well before you leap; for heaven alono knows in what troubled waters you will find yourseif struggling.?-Everett McNeil, in St. Louis Republic As Boy's Composition on Breathing. "Breathing is made of- air. We breathe with our lungs, our lights, our livers and our skin, if it's cot all stopped up with powder. If it wasn't for breath we would die when we slept. "Our breath keeps the life a-going through the nose when we are asleep. Oar noses were made for breath and our mouths for food ?.nd to talk with. V "Women that stop in a room all day should not breathe. They should wait till they get out of doors. "People in a room make bad, foul, unholy some air. They make oarboni cide. Garbonioide is poisoner than a mad dog. A heap of soldiers was in a black hole in India and oarhonioide got into the hole and killed nearly every one before morning. "Girls and women kill the breath with corsets that squeeze the diagram. Girls oan't holler or run like boys be oauBe their diagrams is squeezed too muoh. If I was a girl I'd wish I was a boy, so I could run and holler and breathe lots of air and have bright eyes and rosy cheeks, a good appetite and good diagram. "Give mo air or give me death!"? Good Health. A Rids Up Pike's Peak. Te take a pleasure ride that a?&i?at Htera'ly bursts your bead open |s a novelty thrilling enough, it is to be presumed, for the most eager itiiU seeker. But that is what often hap pens to him who essays the dizzy heights oJ Pike's Peak, 14,000 feet above sea ievel. "I went fip on the cog road from Manitou," saiO. a Baltimore man, "in company with a party of tourists, and' before wc inched the Halfway House there were two who exhibited such positive symptoms of distress that at the first stop they had to leave and take the next train down. The rest of us continued. In a seat a little in front of us was a young girl who had been growiog gradually hysterical, and whom we had bean-watching cu riously to ooe what would ohappen next. It happened. Suddenly she threw hp her hands andSfc.ll back ward, with blood gushing from her mouth, ears, eyes and nose.CJThe con ductor, who was ovidently'aooustomed co suoh scenes, (old her oaoort to lay her flat on her back, as the pressure ; was leas there than with the head high in a sitting posture. Tfcsn, at the - next station, she was taken 3? and , sent back to Manitou by the wagon road, They didn't dare to tako her cown by train, as the quick change to the denser air might tuvo proved serious. , "Welii, we kept going and reached the top. I thought I'd tak'j a short rap in the fine, rarified air, and I did ?took a dozen steps, when my heart began to beat like a trip hammer, and I oonoluded that running at that height was not for me. Thoy told me you couldn't boil'eggs or beans up there. I don't know, because I didn't try. We had our pic t uro s taken sit ting on a rook, up in that barren spot, where nothing will grow bnt the edel weiss and bought some souvenirs; Then we came down, and, so far as I am oonoerned, they can level the mountain tomorrow. I'll never have any more use for it. Manitou, Garden of th? Gods, and North Oheyennn can yon for mine, but no more of that sky business."?Baltimore News. ? Running an amateur garden is easy compared to boing chairman of a local charity. ;-A^r? If a man has any money left after trying a stook market tip he can finish up at a summer resort hotel.; / i - There is unruly anything easier than not to get along with your wife if you think you are master of your own house. ? Men judge deeds by their re sults. God by their roots. SM?ilci Aiild Acqiiaii?ta?iee