The Color Bearer
A Story for Decoration Day. J
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By Manda L. Crocker.
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KIN hear the drums lieatm', Jo
ni.iii.''
Sarah ParluDBsl stood in her
LsjebM UOOlwoi, icnmuy bh hh a UH4I
firth"' out in the May duks, la listening
attitude.
"Wnat's that ye hear, Sairee?"
A thin, angular man rame out of the cabin
,nd stood beside the woman. Tapping the
orncob pip ho held in his right hand
meditatively on the thumbnail of hia left,
a lit'iit his gray lock to the breeze.
" li.it waK it that ye heard, Sairee?" Ik1
MMtcd, softly.
"Drums a-beatin'," she answered crisply;
they're gcttm' ready for Decoration to
arrow."
. if in emphasis, the wind blew briskly
in from the quarter indicated tiy "they."
Hid the roll of drums came plainly to the
(id in. in ear.
"Hurrah! hurrah for the aid flat;. Saner!"
And h' began marching up and down the
while pith running to the wicket.
"l.i I go termorrer; sy yes, Bairea!"
He put out hit bony hand through the
skidows unt il it rested on the ju.lf shoulder-
..I his wife.
"Josiah!" ah said, warningly. "When
w have served the kentry like St. Paul, in
font in a, an' pel ili". an' maxcbin'i, an fight
is', niut then wanted all your linn on annul
u' lawyer! to get the pension due ye nigh
nto -It years, and are no whit hotter off '.
What! Shall we go over to Mentme to
narrow and parade around with them as
don't want us or don't miss us I guess
sot! We've said we wouldn't mix in agin
Kaer that day young drunken Dudley ear
ried the Hag instead ' lettin' you; and
aj far we've kept our word." Having thus
delivered herself, Mrs. 1'arkiuan looked
over the head of her husband away into the
infinitesimal uud shut her lips tightly.
"You said that, Soiree," he protested,
feebly, "an' we've kept your word ; but
somehow I kinder feel as if I'd like to go
termorrer. I'm a gettin' older every Tear,
fairer, an' mebbe, by an' by, I won't be
byar to go!"
The lank arm fell from the wife's shoul
der and Joiah went bark into the shad
owy cabin from whence her remark had
called him. Ilia blood, uaually alow and
sluggish, seemed warmed again by the tire
of the sixties, and ran qpicdtly through his
feias, calling up hia latent strength Whis
tling the "Star Spangled Banner' gayiy as
when a boy, he began knocking around and
fanbling about among the primitive fur
niture in the semi-darkness. Sarah hoard
him whistling and fumbling, and knew b
was bent on going "termorrer."
"If I hadn't mentioned them confounded
drum"'" she said, half angry with herself,
"why, he wouldn't 'a' got the war farer to
Bight." For a moment she stood irresolutely de
bating the question. "I wouldn't mind if
all through these yeara of pinchin' and wait
in' he could have had a bit o' that pen
non money. I should think after he's
tuned every chip from Maine to Californy
to get it, such doin'a would 'a' took all the
hurrah out o' him; but it hasn't! Well!
Ill go to-morrow, if I die hs) it, jest to pleaae
Josiah!"
"What yedoin'?" the naked a little later,
icing inside and directing her question to
the man whose patriotism was rieing fast
to the stimulation of "Yankee Doodle."
"0, nuthin'." The tune dropped long
enough for the anawer to hia wife's ques
tion, and then began again en a higher
key, gathering momentum as it weat.
But when ahe lifted the tallow dip and
looked around, Josiah waa deep in the
"ohist o' drawers as was enct hia mothers,"
aad she knew what he was doing.
"Ain't them beauties, siairee?" holdtng
ua to view a suit of blue and a big hat with
(j. A. K. on the front in gilt letters.
"I'm a-goin' to air 'em up kinder, to
night," he continuedt wistfully, "fer we
lire a-goin' term urer, ain't we, Sairee?"
She folded her hnnda in her apron and
at down before sue anawered him; then
she said: "I reckon so, Jewiah, you're such
a fool!"
The uejtt morning when her husband was
buy "hitching up" Mrs. I'arkniau stood by,
'aarlung: "Ji ja had our pension, now.
i i : I 1 J -
that pension deal," the said, warmly.
"I'm clean done with him. He thinks sheep
aaearin'll be along shortly, eV he's flrgerln'
fa your havin' it about then. Jeat teU him,
Joaiah, that ye calkilete to begin fattenin'
aaother lawyer's puree the next move ye
Bake."
But Lawyer Foofe saluted them as old
friends in his usual cordial manner, nnd
carefully parting his coattails, settled him
J" on a l0g before he mado hia errand
Mown. Then he said:
"Mr. Parlun&n, you remember the pen
ion business you put in my hands last
Mr
Before ,T,,sial, could spit on the toadstool
t his iect and pull himaelf together for 1
toe renlv l..- itm .j .. Li i I
, .... " ir niini,i;iru nil mill. j
JOBt want to hear another word about
the old fraud," she said, "an' we haven't
another cent to waste on it, anyway."
Lawyer Kootc clapped his hands on hit
"ecu and laughed heartily. "That is right,
JIr. Turkman, " ho said. "I wouldn't,
either. liut you won't hare to worry any
are," he added, comfortingly. "Mr. Park
in has his pension now, bark pay and
) that is what I came to apeak about."
Mrs. l'arkman bounced up like a ball
u don't mean to say"
Words failed her, and Lawyer Foote
wished the sentence; "that your husband
"u his pension papers all right? Yes, I do,
ad it comes to several hundred dollars,
too."
Lawyer Foote, you're an angel," cried j
JJhi finding her tongue.
"0. I am nnt " , . ..,! "T ..... .,.,1
I - -1 . Ul, a .. V 1 . . . 1 W.I.J
V 01 those heartleaa lawyers that even
Scripture doea not dote on."
A he aaid thia be jumped up with
P little Uugh, bade them good by, and
"Tied away, leaving the old couple atar
" after him.
"My gracious, Joaiah! what d'ye 'apoac
runnin' off sudden like thatT
in K d Saral"' nPPing off a dead twtj
tfter ,tonihment, and craning her neck
Bgr the diaappearing diacipla of Black
LTf dotnt 'PM h tA "hat ye aatd
Ef1 "m up, do ye, Sairee!" naked Jo
"Wh. . M ... .
o "ij gracious: launnoi answereo
a blank collapse. And it was full
m minutes before she said another word;
he did nnt nunlmn Twv.r TiaI
ate. srv. r-j
we could be a lei tie forehanded to-dny.
We could a had a real Surrey to carry us,
and the luaehevn; we eould shad flowers,
too. Hut," she added, disdainfully, "wc
ain't tnkin' any flowers, au' they'll say
there . m ole l'ai'kiuaii in his one hoes
shay.' "
1 , T 1 . 1 . ' .1 ,
fun .tonsil was srinig.iiciiing wie lugs
I and only sighed in reply.
When the rirkety old chiu.-e stopped with
' a rattling jerk uear where the t'oliiuins were
forming, the post adjstant came over to
tneni with a snulc like the morning sun.
"We've beeu waiting a mite," he said, as
be shook handa with them both.
"Wakiu'V echoed Mrs. l'aikman, "wait
in' for what?"
"Why! for Josiah to carry the flag," he
answered, meekly; "he promised DM Sat
unlay, he would."
"dosiah R Varkninn!" exclaimed Sarah,
imratly; but that individual slid out of
the chaise and deeply interested himself
in tying Dobbin to a staple.
"I've a but notion to not march a stop!"
she said, stoutly; "but then Joaiah'd feel
Kn;.: .'v'1 :-i'--v
" I KIN NCAM TMS OHUMS A-BEATIN',
JOSIAH."
bad. An' then he ia getting' older, an' by an'
by-. Well, I'll march!"
"What'a that the Scriptur saya about
beni' crucified all the day long?"
liut Joaiah Parkmaa tovk his place at the
head of the column with quick, firm step,
as fine-looking a color bearer as in those
ether daya.
"A leetie mite alder an' a lectle mite
grayer; that's all!" he murmured, jubi
lantly, as everybody swung into line after
the blessed old flag and the rolling drums.
And Sarah fonnd that the W. K. C. had
planned for her coming, also.
"We eaaected foa," aaid taw lady chap
lain, handing her a wreath and a basket
of flowers.
"Yen did?" queried Sarah. "I want to
know! It's mighty strange when I didn't
even expect myself."
"But Joaiah said yoa would come," was
the startlisig rafoinder, "sad that nothing
hut sickness would keep his wife from
Decoration services."
WheH a dieseothler Josiah It. Parkman
had go tea to be! Hia better half was as
tonialied into silence. Mhe took her place
ia the line withoat exchanging further con
fideaees; It wasa't safe to say more.
Wearily ahe smiled through a tearful mist
as she pat the blossoms mi the graves ami
tried to be humorous with herself. "I
feel like a 'uiiand drink,' " she said, " 'bout
'all an' 'alt,' 'elf patriotic an' 'alf cruci
tied."
Mat when ahe tanked at Josiah she forgot
every th lag but the great pleasantness in
bis dear old face. He. with hia comrades,
waa recounting memories of those who slept
under the frsgrast offerings.
After the speech ia the grove. Lawyer
Koote elbowed his war to where the Paik
mans were getting ready to go home.
And Sarah saw him coming. "He needn't
be aigin' this way for aauther ten dollars
' "This has been a great day for me," re
marked Josiah, after awhile; "a great day
It seems to me I'm a long way toward the
Grand Keriow! And and and "
Ha backed old Dobbin into the tnilV
and stood leaning his bad against thi
faithful beast so long that Sarah wondered
Then he resumed in a tender little quaver;
"I'm so glad pi the pension, Sairee; ain'1
you?"
Ills sharp chin quivered visibly through
the thin gray whiskers, and a big tear rolled
Unpoeticalls down his nose as he relapsed
Into silciw e. With an effort, he swallowed
a great lump in his throat, for fear if it
came to the top he would give three rous
ing cheers snd scsre everybody.
"Why, to be sure, I'm glad, Josiah!" an
swered bis w ile, huskily. Then she brisked
up. "But I tell ye what; next year yot
won't hitch up no old rattletrap to go te
Decoration in. We're goin' to have n real
aurrey and take them Jenkinses along. They
orter sec their grandfuther's grave deco
rated once in their life, anyway. The Lord
knows, it costs enough to be patriotic!
"I doant quite understand, Sairee," said
Joaiah, slapping the lines together acrosi
Dobbin's broad back as they jogged home
ward.
"Nor I, nuther," she replied, looking
away from his puzzled gaze; "but I air
glad for you, Josiah."
But he did not answer. He was clucking
to Dobbin and reckoning on the cost of
surrey.
OP ANCIEST ORIGIN.
Decorating the Graves ot Soldier Wmm
Practiced Ages Ago.
UK custom of placing flowers on the
graves of soldiers is of very great an
tiquity. One ancient writer men
tious the fact that on the birthday of Alex
ander the Great certain Greeks in Alexan
dria were accustomed to viait his mauso
leum and place flowers on the threshold.
The custom of planting flowers on gravei
is of an antiquity almost as great, and hat
been practiced in all parts of Europe fot
many centuries. The practice being once
established, a local application of it in par
ticular cases was easy and natural. During
the civil war in this country the womea
of both north and south instituted a cue-
asj t ' jS
torn ot going regularly on a aartaia day,
generally about the 1st of May, to the cein
eteries with bOMttata for t e gravis of the
soldiers who had been killed in battle. The
intense devotion of the southern women
to the lost eause lad them to continue ti.ir
practice after the war had been ended
anil little by little it became universal in
this country. In I860 Uen. John A. Logan,
then commander in chief of theQrand Ami)
of the Republic, announced May 'M us the
day on which the graves of soldiers should
be dec 'rated. There is, however, a con
troversy about the fact of the custom origi
Dating in a particular locality, some claiming
lh.it it sprang up spontaneously in almost
every section of the country at once, and,
considering the universality of the prac
tice of planting flowers on graves, then
is no reason to believe that the custom,
as claimed by some, originated in or wat
peculiar to the south, even during the earl)
days of the war.
DECORATION DAY," MrLtSf c"sped
It Will Abide as Long as (he
; nation Lndures.
ajjt't K decades have passed since the
gjj cry of war was rained men bur
sal i led forward to prove the issues to
wuieh their faith was joined, llreatcr zeal
no man can show than that he oiler hinv
scl i saeritico for truth and country .
In more than a thousand battles proof
was made i heroism, and in all oi these
lite was counted us but little in oompari
son with the blessing of a union pledged to
liberty of all. Blood flowed freely as water
after great rains. Lives ebbed out slowly or
Wenl out quickly after each volley of shot.
Legions wi re wounded sorely, only to die
later of the shock, or to linger on to this
day afllicted by the burdeu of the leaden
missiles.
So dear and so priceless the blessing of
a country, one and indivisible. More than
two millions of soldiers were enlisted during
the civil war on the side of the anion, and
hundreds of thousands of those die.) in
the land of the cypress and the pine. Their
bl 1 has been balm to the heaJing of re
volt and dissension.
In this, the fortieth yes,r since the first
guns were fired on Sumter, and in the first
year of a new century, more than one mil
lion survivors remain of the great hosts
whose hearts beat tn patriotic harmony
while their feet moved tu beat of drum
They live bearing in their persons the wit
ness of perils undergone, heron- acts per
formed and faithful service rendered for
the republic they love.
These, the living as well as the dead, are
brought before a new generation, one born
and brought to man's estate since the day
of Appomattox, to speak to them nf a na
tion's glory aad of men's daring for the
increase of that glory. They speak in their
deeds and in the results of those deeds.
All that the H'-nd coald give they handed
in for the anion cause. Yet the living offered
just as much life itself, which, in their
cases, was not accepted. None the less was
thcira the honor and the glory, although
theirs ia the reaard of witnessing the
preciousncss of the heritage they secured
to the generationa to follow after them.
Individual men live and act their little
parts. Bat the greatest of these paas away,
one by one, and their places are filled by
others. Their deeds only survive, and it
is deeds only in this world which receive
the baptism of Immortality. Decoration
day enmes and goes, each emphasizing the
greatness and glory of the battles that were
fought, and in each recurring anniversary
the number of brave survivors grow lens
and less. Only too soon their numbei
will fall to tens of thousands, and then tc
hundreds. The day is uot distant in tlu
years when a bare half score w ill remain
and, finally, the name of the last suivivoi
k ill lie given.
And then the Decoration days shall rain
snd go ami be commemorated with equal
zeal as when the survivors were upon earth
and lent tiieir part to tha display and omr
of the ceremonies. The day will be and
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ON GUARD. '
abide as long as the republic endures, be
Cause it is one which glorifies deeds and not
the individuals who performed those deeds
A man dies and his mengory oftentimes ii
forgotten. It is permitted to a few only
in each generation that their names shall
be handed down to subsequent generation)
for praise and honor.
Decoration day glorifies the deeds of tin )
unknown dead who sleep their long slee
in the nation's cemeteries equally with tin
skill and strategic force of Grant and Slier
man uud Sheridan.
The war was a battle royal between men
of the same race anc country who differed
as to questions of right snd polity. Each
battle added a new witness to the glorv
of courage and patriotism and served ti
make prouder and nobler the citizenship
of the republic.
The passing years have effaced bitten
memories aud wiped away teara ol
regret and the former things of discontent
and rebellion. The first Decoration da ot
the new century shows a people united
in love for the union a union the mightn't
and greater and nobler because it was tried
aa by lire and proved itself equal to the
severest test of human strength. And the
coming years ot the century will bring with
them more sacred memories and higher
appreciation for the union preserved by
tha trials and heroism of the soldiers of the
civil war. With the steadily expanding
majesty of the republic will come quickening
and broadening appreciation of the tri
Umphl ol the incomparable victory of union
over disunion.
WILLIAM ROBBER COBBB,
Civil Wat Death Roeorel,
Puiing the civil war 5,221 cemmisaioaad
offioers and UO.N'iS enlisted men were killed
in action or died of wounds received m
battle; 'J.HBl commissioned officers and 182,
;tt) enlisted nu n died from disease or ac
sident, making a total loss of 2Stt,739 men
Heaths occurring alter the nun left the
army are not in luded in tiiese ligures.
ieltkiin re; Nsttlosistl Park,
The Yicksburg National park will sooi
be complete as far i' i the acquiaition of laud
is concerned. It will comprise in all 1,231
acres. It is proposed to restore aM military
features that marked it in the snuggle o;
m.
0B DECORATION DAY.
IK old soldier stood at the entrance
to the lot. He gave one backward
glance at the two graves with their
bright flags flattering in the wind. The turf
in the lot had been carefully clipped and
the shells which outlined the mounds were
even and white. There was one non e grave
in the lot; on it clumps of Sweel Williams
and Heartsease were blithely blooming.
The old subtler shaded bis c)cs, but not
from the sun, as he looked.
I "Well, It's the last Dec rat ion day I'll
' see here." he said, aloud; "I'd better go
I t' th' soldiers' home next week, an' h ue it
j over. A pension's good enough, s' iar as
, it goes, but it don't keep a man's house
an' mend his clothes. Xl.uthy was a good
J gC
I HAVE FOUND YOU AT LAST I "
wife, if she hadn't blue eyes like the little
girl down south."
He lighted his pipe with a faraway look
in his eyes.
"Yes, I'll go down t' th' home next week;
they'll take good care of the old man while
he rusts out. Well, there'll be lots t' talk!
about at nights, with th' whole four year'
o' th' war to thresh out. Maybe I'll find
Somebody that's been south sinee I have!
an' can tall me if Lottie was happy with;
that tall Johnny reb she thought it her '
duty to wait for. Wei!, 1 was promised to
M il tiii , too, so I guess my duty was as
plain as hers."
He glanced over at a little group stand
ing in a lot not far away.
"Tom lleltzer's folks, I guess," he said.
"Tom told me t' wait an' they'd give me a
lite home. Showin' their company round '
i th' cemetery a little, 1 guess. Well, I ain't 1
! m much of a hunv, seem' its th' last time,
I'll ever see Tom an' Dick's graves. Three!
brothers that went south l' tight, an' mr !
th' only one t' come home out of a coffin."
The sweet May wind brought him the
scant of uncounted flowers and the faint
echo of ".Marching Through Georgia,"
played by a homeward bound band.
"I always love that tune;" the old man '
eighed. "It was (Jeorgia where I met Lot
tie. How them blue eyes Hashed th' first
time they lit on a tall Yank. They was float
Ing in tears the last time I saw em. Well, i
Marrhy was a good w ife, an' she never knew
I carried a pair of blue eyes home in my
heart, along with the bullet in inv shuul
der."
Voices drew near. A stout, red faced
Woman, two girls and a sweet faced elderly
woman in black w ere approaching.
"1 didn't know you bad any acquaint
anves here, Mis' White." the red faced Worn
an was saying as they came. "Somebody
ye knew a long time ago, eh? Well, we
ain't any of us growing younger. That's th'
monument yonder. Th' Ladies' auxiliary
made gallons o' oyster soup an' tons o' cake
t' help pay for it."
"An' it's a mighty handsome one, too,"
replied a soft, dreamy voice. "Well, we've
got so loyal down OUall way now that maybe
we'll be buildin' monuments, too. My son
wore th' blue in the wah with Spam, an
nobody was proudah than me. His father'd
a' been just as proud, if he'd lived t' see it
A good many soldiers buried here, ain't
they? Is is tbaih anybody by the name
of Shrincr?"
"Two of 'em, right over yonder. Now.
look at Km nil' Gertie, goin' way over C the
other end o' th' cemetery an' their pa goin'
t' drive the hosses right up here! Km!
Gertie! Oh-h, Km!" She started slowly
down the path, calling shrilly us she went.
The sweet faced woman wandered on ..
little, with drooping head.
"Two Shriners buried heah," she aaid
"One of them must be him. To think I'm
tSMne so fah to (ind --his grave! " She paused
sad looked about her. "Right ovah yon
dah, Mis' Belter said. I'll have time C
look fer it, befoah she comes bark."
A tall figure in a grand army uniform
stood at the entrance to the lot nearest.
"I beg youuh pahdon," she said, "but is
thaih anybody by th' name of Shriner
Lewia Shriner - buried heah?"
The old man started. "Not that I know
of. ma'am. I'm well an hearty for a dead
man; my wife's here, but I -Lottie!"
"Lewis ! Oh, I.ewis! I have found you,
at last!"
"At last, Lottie; a battered old hulk
on his way to the home, and "
"On your way to th' home, my home,
that's a waitiu' for vouah, Lewis for us
both!"
North and south once more clasped
hands. KI.IHA ARMSTRONG.
Our Great Volunteer Army.
The following is a summary of volunteers
furniahed by each state to the federal army I
Pennsylvania, duo,. ,
nois, MiM; Indiana, ltH..K'.'; Msrsasha-s.-tts,
14K.WT: Missouri, 108,162; Wisaoa
sin, tLMt; Mulligan, t.i 11; Iowa, 75,718;
New Jersey, 7.VH15; Kentucky. 75,279,
Maine, 88,7St; Coanecticnt, 55,755; Mar)
land, MI.Uo.'l; New llampshiie, :U.'J1.!; Ver
mottt, :.'t.-7"J; West N'irgiiiia. 12,003; Tea
neseee, 51,089; Minnesota, 24,008; R
aland, 23M8; Kt"", 20,005; District ol
Columbia, ISiBM; California, 15,725; Dels
Ware, 1265; Arkansas, S, '.''.'; Xew Mi'Ti
c.i, U.'sil ; Louisiana. S.'.'.M; Colorado, t.'.'X't,
Indian Territory, 5,590; Kebraaka, :t.lj7,
Korth Carolina, 9,150; Alabama, 2,578;
Texas, 1JB65; Oregon, 1,810; Kevada, 1,080
Washington territory! 864; Mississippi,
.V4:. Dakota territory, 200,
Itenieinlier the I Ulnar
"A rose to the living is more than sump
tuous wreaths tu the dead."-Mixoa Water.
man.
I
tD
.in-; t. .it. .wine p.-.-m
was w rltten by Rev.
1 'v. r 1 1. Drown, of
l.'hlcaco, Just after
a visit to Arlington
cemetery, In Febru
ary, wlo ntheground
was burti d deep in
snow, i if thl- poors
Speaker Henderson,
who n ,s himself a
pro in tneni soldier.
sntly written: "it is artistic,
, mill ;i literary gem."
O! comrades, yo who gently sleep
'Neath tlu- evergreens and snow.
"All's quiet" Where, below tin- lull.
Potomac's waters flow.
"All's quiet" at Hi front to-night,
Ami white the ground i".l chill;
For since the angel sounded tups,
The camp is womlruus t mi
"All's quiet" lu re; tin- guns lire stacked
The guidons all arc furled;
The lights .tic out. .i nil w hile you s'.--p
Peace rules your silent world.
So quiet! from no sentinel,
The challenge sharp 1 hear;
No clarion horn nor rattling drum
Proclulms the foe Is In .ir
But yonder In perspective rise
Majestic shaft ami dome
The more than queenly city, whsnce
The laws of fie, nu n come.
To her your priceless sacrifice
Mmle sun- for coming yeurs,
The powers whose wide rxpnndlng sway
Thrills both the hemispheres.
"All's quiet" here, but millions, yon.
Awake th Jubilee!
A race, with grateful song. ri all
ins price that iniolc tlii rn freo.
"All's unlet" here; but through the eartk
Your deeds reverberate;
Inspiring peoples to urlsv
Ami nations to be great.
Hark! illmly come In undertone,
The rhythmic waves of eeund,
From the cities to the silences
That In your camp abound.
Thpy are tha pulse anil throb of life.
Which, like u mighty sea.
Moves on resistless In its awevp
To larger liberty.
And in that boundless Ufa your deeds
Shall live for evermore.
Till deeds of earth, like billows, break
On Heaven's eternal shore.
"All's quiet," comrades, and the snows
That mantle you In whlto
Are whispering softly to your dreams,
Sleep peacefully to night.
Softly w trend who marched with you,
So many years ago;
And. marching still, we're coming en
To Join you math the snow.
Tor frosts hnve touched us. limb anil brow,
And snows are on our heed
Thnt ne'er will mlt until, for us.
The silent tents are spread.
AN UNHXPFXTED ULF.SSINQ.
The Story ol Three Men. Ooodand Truo,
and a Monument.
' ' Iti 1" i.n USA t:ilL4nir' leu mni'l l.iiv.
that monument fur another yea
lighed the major. "We've talked
and s.ncd, given bean bakes ami inagic Ian
tern shows, but we can't raise within $o04
of enough to pay (or it."
"That's so," sorrowfully agreod the cap
tain, "ft did seem us if we einiid eedicnti
th lot this Decoration day, and do the un
veiling next one; but that's to uiorruw
no hope now."
"That's right," said the private; "and
the bt of names to be remembered all
ready, too. What d'ye suppose the boys'll
think of us up there? All these year.- a pass
in' by, and no monument U show tullu
they're remembered!"
"The boys up there arc all right." sin
the Captain. "They know it's hard light
iug for a living without one's natural hum
tier of arms and legs. Hut time is passing,'
and
"There'll be a lot more Dames ready to
put in the list by another year," broke in
the major. "I guess none of us needs to j
be sure of witnessing the unveiling now.
W-it, . ...... ..I.. ..mi ivi.il.. I rim ttta ftka
DO-t ofliee to a'sk for mv mail, and we'll aa
imma together "
rnmmi
fjt mm i saw
I has rec
patriotli
A CHECK FOR THE FUND."
I
"All right," agreed the captain. "He's
not as young as be used to be, pool old fel
low. I'm afraid we'll do that ui.vidmtl
without him when it conies."
" 'Fraid so," sighed the private "It1s
i.ard, too, after he's Worked - Wiry,
look-"
The major was waving a bit of papesr
and whooping like an old Comanche.
"A check lor three hundred for the fund,
boys!" he shouted "We'll dcdicata that
!.it to-morrow! And, boys, the letter sajM
I'lease give one soldier buried somewhere)
.is "unknown" a thought when the inousr
m lit IS unveiled."
Coat tif American Ytura.
The estimated cost of American wara ia
is follows: Revolutionary war, i. . .US.
(138,169,000; war with Great Britain isfS
15, $107,180,000; Mexican war. 1848 18, tV
uiw.uuu; civil war, lnd 89, 83,tri"iiK'i,,iAM.
IlEinilT OK IREtJCSSXESI,
'A :
sjfcAT?
"lie. 1 1 . n-! W in re did your parrot
learn tu BWetir so horribly, Mrs.
Julic-V"
"lib. I fortfoi to tnkc him fr. in. the?
room while Mr. .Innes waa lool . tor
his collar button." Chicago Ameri
can. GritiillnulronN of s, u-ecss.
Life is uphill a" the way
If you climb, .ii i, wish to su
Win re you nr. . you'll have to use,
Like all lit i mi n, well-splki d .'hue.
Ii. troll Pn i n ,
M I he littler Knif,
A pertain nniul iiftlccr was very
pompon anil iiiioeili'd when oil J'-tf
One ilny, wb was officer oJ tJbe
watch, anil be cuubl tint, tui u:. ..... . t'-'.mi
snything of consequence to groflaMai
about, be attempted to vent b... -v-a
on one of the stokers of tho veiiseuV
who was in the engine-room on duty-
(ioinjr to the api'iiklng tube, the; offi
cer j died;
"Is there a blithering Idiot at the- cud
of this lube'.'"
The reply came itielc and :.l.3Jra-
Mng:
"Not at this end, sir!"
The feelings of the officer, nrs ke?
turned away with n black frown, (tin
be better imagined llian describudV
Leslie's Weekly.
Can't Cat Him Kntlrely;
"Dear ine," sighed Mrs. Kiddle i'aildlr
"since they were reduced, you '; jvw,.
the Waxywoddb s have become moxs
plebeian. Why, I heir sou AOS actually
lieonine a postman."
"Yes, but then," replied Mrs. IlJVIre
daddle, "there's one consolation, hi
route, is in the must exclusive dtoorist
so he will si ill have some of on. lrsrt
people on bis calling list." rhi'.tulfcl
phia lbil let in.
Ills It ecu in me ml il I Ion.
Tom Halloa, Hill! I hear you haTr
a position with my friends, Skiuri'i? dfr
Co.?
Hill- Ob. yesj I hare a poaitiTi at
Collector there.
Tom That's first-rate. Who vee
om mended you?
Hill -Oh, nobod7. I told ahem Uaal
I once collected .in account from Ton
ami they Instantly gava me the plac,
Tit-Hits.
l oath's unit Itarf.
Man oft may soar to Fame's proud 'i:
But- drops with dismal thud
When he gois back 'o nebfhborhiiodai.
Where people call him "Uud."
Puck.
GAVE HIMSELF AW AY.
Merchant Are your habit all cur
ct? Applicant fur Position Yes, sir.
Merchant (after a pause) 1" yia
drink?
Applicant (absently)- Thanks. Pont
eare if I do. Chicago Chronicle.
Matter of tpparel.
"Then um don't believe that tint-
can tell character by physiognomy
and bearing?"
"Xoj when R man bus on bis v)d
shoes it t,rin b him a cringing air." le
troit Free Press.
lie, erslosMsry,
Agnes He is what might be called
a reversionary type of man.
Kd i t h Re ve rsiii na ry !
Agnes Yes; it's so easy to make at
Monkey of him! Puck.
Tin- Ideal Vehicle.
Joggles What do you consider tt
be the great need of the present day
Wafrjfies- It seems to bo an auto
mobile with horse sense. Judge.
Farewells.
"We may never meet again '.his . ..".i
of eternity."
"Well, so long!" I'uck. ;
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