Mti's Unisons. When all III world la May-day, Anil all the skies urn blue, I.itiI Life end Youth Uke play-ds Among (ho Ituds and dcwi When nil Hie world Is May-dny, And clouds are fur mid few. When all the world In Summer And dusks are poppy lies Is I,ove Is the shy new-comer, M ho nests In lliv-heds; tVhen alt the world la Summer, And cloud aro rosy rod. When all the world'! September, And morns are golden mist, Itcgrct may mill remember The hing-turgottcn tryst; When all the world's September, And cloud are twillglit-kissej. When all the world Is Winter, And all the skv, alarm, O hulls' even, tint burn and splinter. In AgVs ashes form ; When nil the world Is Winter, And cloud are driven storm. -Madison Caweln In Youth's Companion. A WEDDING IN HAWAII. r.v foi.t.v kino. It wi Christmas morning In Oahu onio thirty yours ao, O.iliu lluit xmii of tlm Hawaiian I -t 1 :n t I about, which so much has boon said und written. Tho liitlo town of Honolulu atill elopl ; Imt out on tho sugar plantation tho tv(ttorInt birds bolioval in curly fining ami awoko It igor li ning, tho young imislor of Wuikikl, with tlioi r cliirpliig Christmas enrol. He arose and wont no tlio window, looking out on 1 1 10 sweeping plain, covered with waving cuno nud tlm anndv slopes of tho distant bills on which tlio enchant ment of dawn si ill lingered. Tlio sky wns a muss of pink clouds lleetlti be fore Iho rising no, nml Roger drunk In the bo nit y of tin) scone, tliotigh bis lietirt, wns houvy nml his Waking full of disappoint moot nml utirost. I'or tho pint (wo weeks be h:tl been expecting tlio arrival of a ship from Kiiglnnd (but bore u precious gift Mary Jameson, ids sweetheart; nml lioro wua Clirlai uius inorning and alio was atill on tlio high sous. Iu those days' of slow-sailing ships, bridegrooms could not rush homo from tho Antipodes in a couple of wocUs as they can now, and many timid women who have never beforo loft tboir native laud, bravoly took tlio lonjf, wonry journey around tlio cape, to lu till i heir pligbtod word. Mary Jameson was ono of those. Time, scpui'Htiou and infrequent mails had only wived to strengthen tlio de votion of lids pair of lovers; and Mary , stilling many pangs at purling Willi her beloved homo and country, ,bnd sailod for Oiihu ns soon ns possi ble after It tgvr wrolo lierthut Waikikl was lead and waiting for its mis tress. Sailing vessels varied very much In the ilmo of their passage, and I hero was roiilly no cntiso as yet for auxioly; but Koger, who was burning with im patience for the arrival of tlio "And romo la," bad folt tho lust week drug slower and moro heavily tliuti tlio wholo tbreo years since bo bad left Kugluud, and this morning, instoad of Merry Christmas tho igbts, bis mind wan full of shipwrocks and disasters. )lo folt that bo would have given tho Holds bo was so proud to own, nay, all tlio wealth of this heavenly island to bo iu' England with Mary on Ibis I'.oin holiday. The tropical vlaia faded to tho little church in Cuiubor Uiid ladou with holly mid mistletoe, wbcro they bud (list met. Ho could hour tlio children's volcos piping the Christmas carols, and fool iho cold, biting air instead of the magnolia Scented broizi. lie could see bis molbor and the children packed into tho rec ory pew, und his father boatniug dowu from tho palplt ,'wkh messages of peace und good will. A great wave of borne icknoss came over bltn, uud then be laughed at bis folly. At homo be was only one of the rector's sons, whllo hero be was master of all Waikikl, and bad already laid the fouudutlon for a largo fortune, lie whistled "Rulo Britannia" in dorislou and, roll lug himself up in a burnous, stepped out of the Froucli window alo the garden. Hidden in a grove of puu danus trees near by was a beautiful clear pool, whore- ltoger came each morning to bat lie. uud sporting In the cool water allegiance to bis witching adopted land was soon restored. 'You can't bathe outdoors on Christmas Day in England," be thought, contoutedly, us he swam iu tlio soft water that was so clean and clear that be could see the pebbles lying at tbe bottom. ' A vigorous young man of twenty five, however, cannot live on scenery and reiclulscences alone, and by the tiino Roger was dressed be eould bave ueii no mors) welcome sight tbau tbe little table ou the veranda that was being wads ready for breakfast The servants were running around tho bouse, gonllo, brown cr enures with soft volcos, calling 1 'Aloha t Aloha," in Christmas greeting. In honor of tills day that the missionaries bad taught them was Iho groatcstln nil die year, they bad decorated tho house Willi branches of hibiscus, and woven wreaths of ainllux and Jessumine around tho windows; even tho mas ter's breakfast table was strewn Willi red pomegranate blossoms. It igor mid a pile of necklaces, gew gaws and print gowns that ho bad hoped Mary w ould have saved hint tlio embarrassment of distributing. "I'm Iu for it now," bo thought, as tin ran led them down stairs nml calibJ to tho steward lo collect tho woman servants. They came slowly mid timidly witli downcast eyes, their freshest garments donned for tlio festival und their long black hair bound and plaiind with gay 'aubala buds. What it pieuiro they made, gioaped together against n background of huge cticlus; I heir man ner, always gentle, was us lUHercnt from tin English servant's strong ac ceptance nf a Christmas tip, ns their loose garments mid tloircr-boiiud hair ilill'erol f i oni it irlin cap and apron. They kissed Itoger's hand again and again with gratitude, mid ntToctioii. "Al'ihul Molly Ivisinas, haolel-' Ko lolo malkl." "lio luiolo tmilki Ion." "Alolml Aloha! Molly Klsmas! Melly Klsmas!" they called back in their toft, pattering speech, as they ran nway ti tholr quarters to exhibit and examine their treasures, leaving htm in pcaeo to bis strange breakfast ofts.ro cakes, baked breadfruit and mullet. Roger forgot bis healthy nppetlto nml swullowe.l tho food mechanically as ho watched a small llguro that wa, coming down tlio narrow, dusty road from Honolulu. Tli cro was tto mis taking tho long, loping gait of Iho professional messenger. A ship is signalled! English flag!" called tho native, and scnrco:y stop ping ho was gono, to curry tho news on to tlio next plantation. For nt this time the arrival of a ship was an cvout, and tho arrival of this one doubly so, laden as it would bo witli Christinas presents uud messages from home. Tho man was searcoly ijono boforo ltigcr wiisou bU way lo tho town. Could it bo Mary's ship? Tliero were hevural vessels overdue, so bo must not bo loo sanguine. Ho hurried along trying to keep dowu bis excite ment, mid repeatedly telling biinsolf that bo would not bo a bit disap pointed if tho sighted ship was uot the "Andromeda." On the quay woro gathered most of the Inhabitants of the littlo town, u mollcy and picturesque crowd; mis sionaries and their wives l:t tlio gnr moots of civillz ition ; royal personages and natives with llowcrboiiud hair and flowing robes; swarthy luilf-nudo bearers and divers, their smooth brown skins gloaming in tho sunlight; Chinamen and vendors of wrouths and luuhulu buds for tho hair, all jostling each other in common curiosity. The ship bad Just dropped anchor ouislito tliu reef to wait for tho rising time; it was tlio "Andromeda!" 1! iger could scarcoly. bcllovo bis eyes and gooil luck. A sudden determina tion seized him. Why delay? Why could not Mary first set foot on tbe Island as his wife? Explaining his plan quickly to a good old missionary, who was con veniently ou tho spot, Roger soon pro cured a boat and six stalwart rowers lo tako them out to the ship. From tho qttnrtor-dcck tbe captain watcbod tho littlo boat put ou'. "Co and tell Miss Jameson a boat Is coming," lie callad to bis wife; for the pretty English girl bud won tho hearts of evary ' one on shipboard, and ho did not doubt that the approaching boat coutaincd bor lovcr "It's Mr. Baring, sure," be called Iu another fow mluutes; and bis wife rushed dowu the companion way again to Mary, who bad buried herself In a corner of the cabin, too shy and overcome now that the long eoparatlon was so uonrly over, lo dare peep out. How tbe captain's wife arrangod it, I dou't know, but when Roger climbed up the ship's side, every one was ou deck, sonmingly much more interested In bis companion than iu Idm, and he could slip away unnoticed to Qud Mary In the little cabin alone. Was tills really Mary? This lovely fair-haired creature who seemed a' most dazzling in Roger's eyes, iu con trast with tho dusky women bo had lived among so long. Was this Roger? A moment's em barrassment and hesitation then their eyes met. . Blue English eyes do ' not change for lima climate, and with a little cry of happiness, her Journey endod.Msry was In tier lover's arms. It was odd how suddonly her lit of shyness van Ished, though certainly this boarded, sunburned man had littlo In common with Iho young lover of Ihreo years . before, and witli what littlo persuad lug she was wi ling to full lit with oil his rapid lover-like plans. Ho It enme about (hat In n little whllo tlio crew drew ttp lu line In their Sunday clothes, tho good old clergyman bared his gray bead nml found a place In the couiro of bis prayer book, and the captain's wife whispered a hurried ex planation among tlio wondering ptis ongcrs. Then Mary camo upstairs on tho captain's nrm, looking moro liko an angel than n woman, Rogor thought, pi her slmplo white muslin, ns siio stood up lo bi married on tho broad deck of tho "Andromeda." What a bridal, witli the sunshine beaming n blessing on her yollcTw lio.id.nud light ing the bluo bay and tlio distant Island into a fairy scene! Tlio bolls calling to service were born softly on tho wind; and the earth, sett nml sky lent all their poetry to tuako tlio ser vice Impressivo in this wonderful dihedral of nature. What welcome Itoger's servants gave (be now bride, sirowiug rushes far up tho road tinder the feet of her bearers and smothering tier with loses mid Jessamine. 'Aloha! Aloha!" "Ka wubiiie liaole!" Aloha! Aloha!" they re pented, with smiles of wnlcoiir.t. "It Is Paradise." cried Mary, ns alio caught sight of tbe tropical garden and tho tlownr-stiewn path up to tier new home. "Yos, darling," answered Roger, hawing gently into Its quiet sbado- "This is tho garden of Eden, nml wo are spending our first Christmas in Paradise together." Tho Independ ent. Prehistoric Ituiiis in Afrlrn, "I bave Just returned from Europe,'' said Howard llolluiau, "whore 1 buvo sojourned ever since my return front Zanzibar, six mouths ngo. I have been persuing a courso of Investiga tion iu tho British Museum that I had hoped would throw somo light ou tho recent diecovorios that buvo been made in Africa. Not fur into tho interior of Africa from Zanzibar I, in com pany with ot Iters, recently discovorod traces of n prehistoric city of no small dimensions. TliU city that I speak of must have boon n capital of somo un dent provineo or kingdom. It was soma five miles sqnnro uud was stir rounded by a wall of masonry, tlio foundations, with a few projections, of which still remain and indicate an ex cellent knowlcdgo of masonry. Tho wall was undoubtedly meant for pro tection against enemies, for it was strongly built und must have boon nt least SO feet high. Ii Is now over grown by grout tropica vines, nml purls of it extend through impcuotra bio morasses. "Iiisldo a few re iialns of bouses still exist, and tho outlines of a great temple or palace ou the highest ground williiii tho enclosure. Somo excava tions buvo boonmudo and a few relics brought to light, such ns pottery of the Egyptian typo, und broken bits of welded copper thai may havo comn from a suit of mall. Somo idea of symmetry must havo obluiuod in Unit distant period, for tlm homos woro built along streets or winding lanes, the precursor of our tnodorn thorough fares. The whole is ovorftrowti at prosont by a muss ot tropical plants and great old trees that havo boon standing for hundreds of years. To what nation those pooplo belonged cannot bo told, but tlio ruins would in dicate Mint onco Africa's shores wero tlio soul of a groat civilization and a groat commerce." Si. Lui Globo Democrat. ' Boasts of Old-Fushionotl Crop. Alt tbe big stories of enormous crops that were said to liuvo boon grown, in the early lii-lory of the country must ho tiikou with some allowance. Men do not mean to toll falsely, but the gucswork about tbt tizo of acres is not ulwuys very closo. Bosidos, if crops woro grown on stumpy laud some deduction of tlio area was always in ado for laud that was occupied by stumps. "No," said the old farmer with whom we talked this mailer ovor, "crops iu olden times were not bigger than now. I doubt whether they averaged as large. A farm that has been kept iu clover, with occasional dressings of manure, is no growing pooror, and I betiovo that some of the acres 1 now tilt that my grandfather cleared up ate richer iu avuilable fertility and will produce moie wheat per acre than be ever secured. Of course with tho modern facilities for harvesting the wheal crop costs much loss (baa it used to do, and ibis holds good also ot other crops." Boston Cultivator. KEYSTONE STATE CULLING TWO HEBREWS HANDED. rtasT or Tiir.tn imc to si rmn thf. drato PF.NA1.TY ti AMKIIM A. TtmatiANfoi a Harris II ank and Isaae Kosenswig were bended hre for the mur der of s fellow peddler named Jacob Maiks on March IS, 112. The execution forms an erncli in the criminal history of the country as the men werethe first Hebrews to suffer the death penalty not only In the t'nlted Mlntes hut in North America. Itabbl Itndin of New York, who prepared the con demand men (or (tenth, says that only two other Hebrews were ever sentenced to death this country Itnhensteln, In New ork, who died the day before the day set for his execution, and theolli-r was con vened to Protestantism. A number of He brews of Wllkenbarre have obtained er niiislon to bury the bodies according to the ites of the church. MINE INMPIX'TIDN llKI'OrtTS, iri'Mitfot'S rnntin-T rxrrmiEu tiir amtiibi iiTR, tiir loMiiiiM-r r roiiKioMms CAI'SKIt MISY 11F.ATHS. Hnnisiii'ini The report of the mine In specio'S for Mnj have been received nt the department of Internal ntlairs. Hie total production shown fur the elulit districlsof ihe amhraciie region was 4'i,s.Tl 00) tons. In that region the number of lives lost was less than during ltul except In the Kinhth district, which includes pait of fchtiylkill and Carbon count es. The bituminous coat region Is nl o divided Into eiiiht districts, mid iliu total roduulion for sti2 was I'l l) I H .'47 tons. - In the I'iist district, riniprisino; parts nf Allegheny, Westmoreland and Fayette co'intte, there were 21 fatal accidents, four more than in the previou. year. The num ber of non-fatal accidents was (IT; number of days work. In. MM. Inspector l.ouilit reports a general disposition on the pert ol tho operators to obey the provisions of I tie law relative to the safety of emploves. Them were Tt mines operated, three abandoned and five opened. The number of persons employed inside was t,ntn. end outside. 2, Phi. The number of days that o4 mines wereln operation wis In the Third district, composed of parts of Indiana, Westmoreland and Jeffer.on routittes and the whole of Armstrong, Hut lerj Clarion, Lawrence and Mercer, there were 'Z fatal and 2'l non-fatal accidents; II of the latter were cun-ed hy lulls of root, in hy falls of coal and 8 by mine wagons, The mines In the Fourth district, t-ompoeed of McKean, Potter, Tioga. Ilradford. Miilllvan, Jefferson, Lycoming. Clinton ami Cambria counties mid a portion of Jefferson are re ported to be In much improved condition. The number of fatal accidents increased, while thoe not fatal diminished. Four of fatal accident were accidental and the others were lardely due to the rare essness of miners In the Fifth district comprising perts of Fayette and .Somerset, there were 'J.1 fatal accidents, Is of wb ch were caused by falls of roof and the others bv mine wagons ( if no non fatal accidents, IU were caused by fa'ls of roof and a.l y min wagons. In the Hixth d'strlct, comprising the whole nf Cumbria and lllalr loimties, und por tions of Clearfield, Indiana. .letlerson.NN est moreiaiid und Somerset countlis. the num ber nf fatal accidents was It. Theneeidenis are ascribed to the tact that those killed were foreigners, and did not appreciate the dnngers lo which they weie expo-ed. The Seventh di-trict is comoeed ot Allegheny, Washington and Westmoreland counties. Iiisoecior Illicit reports the num ber of fatal and serious personal Injuries ou tbe increase, because of Ihe large number ol foreigners employed iu the mines in the district. The number of lutal accidents was '.'S, and the number of non-fatal accidents IXi. If the I I men killed by falls of coal and slate, 7 were ineomnetent. Three others lost their lives hy their own carelessness. In tlio Kighlh district, composed of llcdford, Center and lliiniingdoii louiiiics, and a part of ( loarlielil county. 12 fatalities anc' 5." nou-latul accidents e ere reported. ATTACK Ml HIT A NOOSTF.n. I'liM.stiFii'iiiA. The Syenr-n'.d son ol Mrs. Susan F.hlrnn of No. ol II odgett street lias Just bud a narrow escape fiom twlng killed by a large game rooster that attacked hi tu In a vicious manner. Tho child was pluvln,! on a vacant lot near his home when the fowl, the property of a resident in the neiguuoriiooii, new at mm ami piercod ins cheek with its sharp spurs. The child was too frightened to run away, and the rooster repeatedly attacked him. each time plung ing its spurs l.ito the little one's face mid neck. A woman who hear. I the child's screams ran to his assistance and beat the riHisier off with a club. A nhvsleian ' was siimmonded, who pioiinunced the child's lutiiries ora serious nature. A warrant was swum out for the arrest ol the owner of Ihe bird, which ii said to have attacked and seriously Injuteu other children. WTI.li OKI FOIJB PF.lt CFNT. Wii.KFsiiARiiK. Assignee W.H. Stoddard, of the defunct banking bouse nf F. V. liockafellow, has tiled bis first partial account with the court. Four per cent of lh 500,i0 reinesented hv the depositors will be paid. Tins is about the limit of the assets. A FRKiotiT train on the J. it M. division nt the lluftHlo. Itochesier mid Pittsburg road. north nf On Lois, ran down a heavy grade and collided with a work train. Vednesitay afternoon. A freight brakemun was killed and three nf the mea on the work train were buried under the wreck, The wreck took tire consuming the ihree bodies. SiMiiFi. OonNKi.irs anil William Clelts were carrying a carboy of uilphurlo acid Into llurhiiger a drug store, new lirlgnton, when the neck of the curboy struck against the wa I, breaking it ami spilling the con tents on the unfortunate men. They were norrioiy ourueu uuu muy not recover. Nrar Kensington a big oil lamp used to beat a chicken incubator exploded in tht poultry vard of J. ti. Mutton, on the Free port road, causing a tire. in which 3)0 chick ens were roasted alive, besides dcstroyiutj several uunureu eggs in ins iiicuoaior, John Uowi.ky. rharged with killing Ste phen Young at Monomjahela (Nty last March and c uivictcd iu ihe Washington county courts of voluntary manslaughter, has been snit'enced a year and three nioutbt in tue petal unary. Om Friday a set nf counterfeiting dies was found near tbe residence nf Jacob Koonlx, In Springfield township, Somerset comity, by some school children. They also found about 100 iu dollars and SO-cent pieces ol tue spurious coin. C'UAKi.FS Wai.kkr. of Allegheny counlx convicted at Carlisle ot robbing the genera' slo e of J. 1). Howe, at Hiepherd-town, se curing some IH.fMH) in cash ami I sn. wui untani.M.1 lOSMl'Mtl VAMra ill lit ka.lurn Pun. itentiary. ScaAKTOif is excited over the confession ol Peter Hunter, the watchman employed at the Methodist tabernacle, that be is thi firebug wbo bas caused lha destruction ot that place of worship twice within the past ' year. Sixtisn women of Driftwood attacked Theodore Hackett with fence rails, witb jHikers and other weapons, and drove him out of town. Theodore had coma borne drunk and beaten bis wife. Mas. W. A. Pknnison. of Butler, jumped from a runaway team with an intant in bei arms. Tbe child was injured so seriously that It died and the mother's arm was shattered. DECORATING THE CRAYES. REMEMBERINQ THE HEROES WHO SLEEP AT ARLINGTON. Deautiea of the National Cem. etery. Its Romantic Situa tion and the Memories Which Cluster About the Historic Spot. WHEN theteople of the Northern Slates assemble, as tbev do on every Decoration liny, in throngs to cover the graves of their fall en heroes with Mow ers, the thousands of l.riive lellows l' t l'J whose remains he 1A vlk2j almost wiihin the XvfP! shadow of the Na- Ss-WiXJltl.. lional Cant to Is doms will not be aiUikTOTb. do,,.,,. el if in all the land there is ii mora hiinrilul. moie suggestive burial place tbnii Arl ng'on National Ceme tery. It lies southwest of Wai-hingtoh. ju-t across the i'oloniiic i line drawn Irom the Capitol. through the Washington monument ami across the river, falls nearly wiiniu the gates ot Arlington, lo reach the cemetery one most drive past the White Iloti"e, the War, State nml Navy Itiiildlngs.nnd through historic tleorgetowh suguesiivenf the Fa'ln-r ol His I 'oiiniry iu ihe exi-tence of a num ber of moss grown buildiinis which ehelter ed him more than a bundled ears ngo. Just its you enter the U'liieiluct bridge you erofs the Cumberland Canal, which was tbe fit public enterprise with which the mime nf Wa-blngtou was HMociated. It Is a iioorold rniial now, ami lis rotting boats all'ird but scant livelihood lor tbe men who ailtbtm, Yet the time was when It was one of the most useful and mnsi prosperous transposition lines in the country. Ou the hill, as you npproai'li the brldue almost overhanging tbe ronoway. is the cot tage of that prolific novelist once so popu lar Mrs. K. 1. K. N. South worth, now an old woman, pss-iug tbe evening of lite iu .inlet aac. A little larther awav rises the spires of (lenrgeiown Col.een ntholiri. one of the oldest and most lamoiis institutions of learning ou the Continent. Its centenary was celebrated a few years ago. At the lelt of tho bridge, which Ihe canal once cros-cd on its way to Alexandria, Ueo rge Washington's county town, lies a low, fiat island. Its only builulng is an old man sion, showing even in decay traces of for mer splendor. It was formerly the house of the Marons, a well-known Virginia family, and is last occupant was the Mason of Mason .4 Slulcll fame. Annloslati Island (he title which the Mason estate lies borne for a centuty and a halt,, Is now occupied by an hthlotic club, with its ball gr. un Is and ennls courts. So here, within eight of each other, aro famous old Virginia home steads devoted to s'rangely different pur posesone to modern sjairis and pastimes, the other to the dead ot the war between the Slates. The approaches to Arhj It on are scarcely less Interesting than Arlington itse.f. llelow Ihe bridge, the wharves of tbe city, Anolos lon I slum), Ihe Washington monument, the Capitol, old Long llridge, Alexandria In the distance. Ahovo the bridge, wooded nf 1 lis. rocky Islets, the Chain llridge la noted siraieglc point in the late wan, and Cabin John's aipieduct. the celebrated masonry tiuiu which lid recently was the longest in Ihe world. At the Virginia end of the bridge you are abruptly iiiiroduced to tbe South ihe yellow Virginia soil, ihe hovels ot the colored people, tbe typical planter, sedate and dignified even In his adversity mid re duced estate. Soon you cross a pretty wood land stream and stop at a rpriug the Martha Ciin'ssprlng. For inu'iy more than a hiindreil years have thirsty passengers halted there to drink. A lilt e larther on and you aro amid a ilu-ter of pretty villas, with cannon snot on the green sward, and beyond the city of Washington prend out like a panorama. These are the officers' quarters at Fort Slyer, and no millionaire In tbe hind has a more heautilul place to live then these veteians of the plains, who recently came in trom tbe Inilian iimn'ry to settle down to we, 1 earned rest ut this ornameiilul Dost llehind the villas are ihe barracks mid the stub es and as you look, t roups of black hoiae-, ridden u black cavalrymen, and troops of bay horses and gray horses bear ing white cavaln mm, clatttr out of the yards with sal ers Hashing and bugles blow ing to tbedrill ground near hy. Hundreds of carriages, containing the i.ile. curious people of the city have asmihled, and while ilie visitors are eageriy watching the evolutions of the cavalrymen, the sword ex ercisis. the lurioiis charge, the savage thrust and cut of tbe g'ruming blades, we leave the scene of piny war and pass on to whero war iu nal uud terrible earii'st has lelt it marks in thousands of little white headstones rcarkiug us many graves. As soon as you pas wiihin the gates of Arlington you se.m to have entered a new world. Tbe present is forgotten in this city of the past. And if anything were needed besides iheseemingly endless vista of bead stones in long parallel rowsnf white to stir the emotions uiiii inspire befitting senti ments it is found In a poein.iiy tue roadside your eye fulls upon an iron tablet hearing lil letters of white the first stuuxu ol O'Hara'e world famous elegy : On Fume's eternal camping ground Their si ent tents ii'e spresil, And Olnry guards with so enin rounc The bivouac of the dead. As you pass on other tablets appear, one alter another, till the entire poem has been wrought before your eyes, F.xuctly similar tablets surround the gieut monument oil the battlefield of tiettyshurg. It is curious to note the faclnniiou which these undying line of Ihe Kentucky pnet havo for the average visitor. Hundreds of carriages In a single afternoon stop before one tablet afer another that their occupants mav commit to memory the beuutiful words. Few of the visitors know the name of the author, and two curious notions concerning the origin of this elegy have become prevalent, On is that the verses were written by Thomas Hucbanan Heed. the other that they were written in honor of Confederate dead and first read over the graves ot those who bad fallen in defense ol tlm lost cause. In fact, the poem was written by Theodore O'Hara, an Irish Kentuckian soldier, and read by him on the occasion of tho unveil ing of a monument to the deud of the Mexican War at Frankfort, Ky. Of the eight stanzas of this poem the first is most popular, but all are worthy of tbe noble use lo which tbey bave been put at Arlington. The remaining seven stanzas aro : The muffled drum's sad roll bas beat The soldier's last tattoo; No mora on life's parade shall meet "Tiat brave and fallen tew. No rumor of the foe's advance Now swells upon the wind; No troubled thought at midnight haunts Of loved ones left benind. No vision or the moriow's strife The wanior's dream alarms; Nor braying born nor screaming fife At dawn shall call to arms. The neighboring troop, the flashing blade Tbe bugle s stirring blast; The charge, the dreadful cannonade, Tbe din and about are past. Rast on. embalmed and sainted dead, Dear as tbe blood ya gave; Mo impious footsteps hers shall tread The herbage of your grays. "hH tour glory he forgot hiie t. ante her record keeps, 0r tfotior points the ha lowed spot here V alor proudly sleeps. Nor wreck, nor change.nor Winter's blight Nor Time's remorseless doom, Shall dim one rsy or holy light That gilds your glorions tomb. There could not be a more elorlons fomo then Arlington. From these bids tbe Capl Ital City is seen, spreading out like Picture, framed by the Potomnc an I the heights which surround It. Here Is the fine old mansion, home of the l ees, with Us huge colonnade, the great porch, the dig firepleces, the out-kllehens and s ave miart ers. F.verythlng Is mnlntiine I as nearly ns possible in the condition In which it was when Oeneral I.ee left here. Occasionally the mansion and other building are repaint ed, but always with the same dull yellow, which was their original hue The moil beautiful monument In Arling ton, the one which at racis more visitors than any other, is that to Sheridan. It stands on a sharpdeclivlty. nearly in Iront, of the mansion, where its sinipllctv is shown to great iidvamage. Ilek.w for some distance Is open greensward, farther down a native forest and beyond the river and the cl'y In the latter the tower of the Church of the Covenant, near which lleneral Sheridsn so long had bis home, and where his widow now liues showing conspicuously. Not far away, ou the same hillside, is the grave of Admiral Porter, as yet unmarked by a monument. More pathetic than anything e'se In Ar lington is an oblong grmite l:e which marks the site of a pit wherein were btirie I the hones of 2.111 unknown soldiers gather ed after the War from tbe fields of Hull Hun and the route to the Iiappahatthock. Tbe Inscription of this monument lelis the story ami whoever wrote that inscription simple, strong and loving was a poet, probably without conscioiisnesi of it: Iters lies he huties of J, III mikt o va si.l.tlrrs. ; . Thi Ir r, mi I is , ital'l ant Is lilptitltltil. lint . ; iiit-ir nainew suit iiesiii are recnrileil in the ; . archives nf their cimnlry. aiel Its srstef ill t I'ltliviis hiiiinr ihem as nf their noble arm of t '. martyrs. May they rest In tu ft.ae, t Turn from this sail spot to the Interior ot the old mansion and read from a tablet up on the wall these figures: INTF.KM-.Srs IN AaMNoTO t KMKTliBY. Officers f White soldiers 10.7'H Colored soldiers 84-' Sailors 1 Otlicers wives II Olllcers children H Soldiers wives il Soldiers children 1 Quartermaster s employes 2'i7 ( ontrahainls 3,77 C mfederatu officers t Confederate soldiers '.' Legs and arms 44 Total Of these are known ll.K'i I'nknown 4,;tl'.l On every Decoration Day when loving hands come to cover the graves of these fallen hosts with flowers, the Confederals otlicers. the Confederate Soldiers, even the legs and arms, will not be forgotten, Thus the tragedies of war and tbe glories of peace bl end at Arlington, ORIGIN OF DECOKATIOS DAY. HE name of the per son who II rat sug geted Dectirarion Hay is not now known. The story us to the origin est .Memorial Day is that (ie:i. Cnipmaii teceived a letter from a comrade who had served as a pri vale sol. lier, In which the writer sivoke nf the custom of Ms nitive country. Oermany. assembling Mi ih springtime and scattering flowers on the graves of the ilea I. lie sug gested that the lirand Arniv of the Kep'ib lie iiiuuuurut'1 such en observance in mem ory of the I'liion dead. lien, t hipniun at once acted upon the Idea, and in lsns laid tint p an tx-lore Oen Logan, who warmly approved of it. and designated May 30 for the purpose ot strewing with (lowers the grnvei of com rades who bad died in defense of their country during the lust rebellion. and whose: bodies ru lying in almost every city, vil lage, haul let und churchyard. Somewhere el-e I have reud the following story; A Northern ludy visiting in the South was out walking in company with a friend. They had gu'bered iheir hands full of wild flowers when they came to one of those mournful. quiet cities of the unknown dead. When she read II the small head Stone the wordc't'tiknown dead'' she knelt beside the neglected grave and burst into tears. When her grief was spent she arose and began to strew Ihe flowers on the g-atsy plots, for nature had not forgotten them. She sudly remarked to her friends. Some where lb ave a boy. He was a soldier in the lute civil war and fell while Hgbting for bis country. Where he Mcs Ood only knows. 1 cast tfyese fragrant flowers, and who knows but that some one may dauurjte tbe resting place of mv lost boy." Some say ibis kind act suggested the idea ot tbe Memorial Day. Deooration Day 1993. Again they summon us, the years Whose call was stormy ones witb tears. Whose cry was tierce and wild witli woe How soft their voices now, and low, Among the graves, where beart's-eass grow! No bugle stirs the blood to war, No hillside shows the cannon's scar; The winds are swet with mignonette, t) gentle, healing years and yet Ye would no! have our heurts forget! Along the dear, accustomed way Once more with wistful feet 've stray, Alone with our dead past; no sounds From tbe rough world may pass these bounds, 'Tie calm beside the low, green mounds. Toil, passion, pride not yours to sway The heart on this its holy day; Here grief bas learned to love her seat. Here youth and age with reverence meet, Mmgiiii't In one communion sweet. O years, bow tender is your touch To souls that sorrow over much I Deep down the daisied sod beneath, The sabre crumbles in its sheath. Dut deathless is aftectiom's wreath I Johji Vxil Bococg. The Causa of Bank Failures. Secretary Carlisle in speaking of tbe fail ore of so many national banks said that the banks were evidently in bad condition and failed of their own weight without any connection whatever with the general fin ancial condition of the country. Comp troller Eckels said that without exception porta from the failed banks show that their otBceers were engaged in outside busi ness or speculation and used the funds or credit of lbs bank for their individual purposes. Plnkertons Cannot Be Deputies. Governor It ch of Michigan signed a bill fixing tbo qualifications of deputy rii9. This act prevsn's the appointment of Pink rlon naa hy sheriff s tu deputies. ,. . . "CVi '
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