- I
" A STARRY FLAG, A FLORAL CROWN,
ABOVE EACH HERO'S BREAST."
HE P ,ne Jlcl pal.n
(L& arc QUO to-day
"|f Beneath a halcyon
Tlio colors of the blue
w anU Kray 1
Have blended into [
I | / The bayonets, to |
I | Vx /irfr-i plowshares turned
I, fl /r- 'r In peaceful sods ore !
'| -~f hsk thrust,
II /<y ■ Aml cann ° n m thf I
' I I'V flelrl3 fnurned—
Their mouths are stopped with rust,
One brotherhood rules all the land,
One nation duy and nh.ht,
As side by side again we stand
Dike those who scale a height—
And looking down across the tiejds
When autumn pours her horn.
Wo bless the largess peace now yields,
The cotton and tlie corn.
No mote shall these our banners bo
In strife fraternal raised,
From lake to gulf, from sea to sea,
This message far is blazed:
"We mourn our dead, our loved and lost,
With tears for all who fell;
The bine sky's depth, the gray stars' host
Shall be their sentinel."
For Lexington and Concord town
•Still in the distance shine.
And Washington still marches down,
And ruthless Ilrardywlne;
And (Irani ar.d Lee in silence rest,
To put all feud to scorn,
While spring from out the battle's breast
The cotton and the, corn.
ERNEST M'GAFFEY. |
LINCOLN AT GETTYSBBftq I
Four score and sreun .years ago our :
father's brought forth on this continent
a new i.ation, conceived in liberty and
dedicated to 1 lie proposition that ah
men are created equal.
Now v.e are engaged'in a great civil
war. L tir.g whether that nation,, or
any nut ion so conceived and so dedi- |
tnted. e. ii long er.dure. We ore met on
a great battlefield of that war. We have
come to dedicate a portion of that field
as a lii.al resting for those who i
liere gave up tl.eir lives that that na
tion might live, it is u I together titling
; ml propel that we should do this.
2Sut. in a larger r.enr e, we cannot dedi- '
rate, we eannol consecrate, we c.uiuiol
halluw, this grmftid. The brave men, (
living and dead, vvito stniggled here !
have oor.secrutcd it far above our poor j
power to add or detract, The world
w ill little note or long remember what ;
we say hero, but it can never forget
•vital they did here. If i for us, theliv- j
mg. rather, to he dedicated here to the
unfinished work which they who fought
here have thus far so nobly advanced.
It is rather for as to be here dedicated
to the great tti.sk remaining before us— J
that from these honored dead wc take i
increased devotion to tltat cause for i
which they gave the last full meas
ure. of devotion —that we here highly j
resolve that those dead shall not have i
died in vain—that this nation, under
(MM!, shall I.live a new birth of freedom
-—ami t!•;:t government of the people, j
by the people, for the people, shall not
perish from the earth.—Lincoln'® Get
tysburg Dedication Address, November
p.), i so:;.
CSe Kind to the Living.
l)o we remember the old soldier as j
we should? Oive day in the year we do
him honor, hut liovv about the rest?
True, he has his pension and perhaps
he lives in one of the national homes
prepared for him. But what of that,
when he has faced death in fk hundred
forms mid perhaps drags about a mu
tilated body! lie gave years of his
voting life to tlie purchase of freedom
rather than to the accumulating of
worldly goods. Is this much to give I
him, in return? Let us not, then, wait !
until he lias died in obscure poverty to j
*'* place hfs name on monument or §eroll, i
but show him now the love and grnti- !
Hide which w ill make bright his declin
ing years.
I A GLAD DECORATION DAY.
On Decoration day the little moun
tain town was full of men who instinct
i ivoly kept step to martial music and
i white-robed girls conscious more of
i tlie part they, took in the ceremonies
| than of the real significance of the
; day. The entire population was abroad
! enjoying the pageant, and an old sol
i diet* saw nothing odd in the deserted
j appearance of a small house before
I w hieli he paused.
j "It must be near here," lie said. "I'll
j stop and ask my way, though evcry
: body seems to have gone to the cere
i monies—which I am likely to miss un
! less I do my errand quickly." He
knocked, and while waiting a reply his
eye caught the tiny garden. "Strange,"
he said, aloud, "this is the only place
I've seen to-day where flowers re
mained uri gathered."
Footsteps echoed from the back of
the house and an olclTwomanopened the
door.
"Can you tell mc where to find n
Mis. Graham, madam?" he asked.
! She looked listlessly over his head.
I "Which Graham? There's lots of them
% Kj-aA A3 v -y? I
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J/fe./ hi w
! IW \m
mm i i t|j
"MADAM, HE WAS A HERO."
hereabouts. Don't go; maybe I can
help you, an' I'm likely the only person
at home to-day. What's your errand?
|My own name's Graham, too," she
! added.
"It is regarding her son, who died
I gloriously at Chiekamaugu D 4 yearg
; ago. I come as liis comrade to — Are
! you ill?"
"No!" cried the old woman, fiercely.
"Why did you come here to-day, of all
i days, to taunt me? My son (lied at
| Chiekamaugn, too. He"—her voice sunk
; to a whisper—"he was shot in the
"That was no time to turn one's back
j to the enemy, madam."
"How do you know what temptation
he had?" she flashed out, "and him just
10! A brain Reese, he brought the news
| back, 110 only said at first that John
j was shot in tlie back. Later, he told
; that lie was running away. That was
; when Averilla Mays agreed to marry
j him."
"John Graham a coward? Why,
madam, he was a hero! Almost alone
j lie fought his way into tlie enemy's
ranks. He was bringing back their
colors when the bullets found him!"
The old woman staggered back
against tlie door. "My John a hero!"
; she cried; "and for over DO years his
own mother doubted him!"
A strain of music reached fhoin now;
she ran out, bareheaded, and begun to
i gather huge armfuls of flowers.
! "They shall all go—till!" she cried.
| "I've longed fo send them every year,
! but the mother of a coward had no
I right* Now," her voice, quavering bc
l fore, had the note of a trumpet, "now.,
' I he. mot her of a hero shall lay them on
i bis comrades'graves!"
ELISA ARMSTRONG.
TIIE LESSON OF THE DAY.
UT of the throes of
republic came
In 1b e new ~ation
H| I ffirf a c t-be people that
" W are one in aim and
v? ' resolved in their
])iirpose that popu
| jtj J] lar gover nme nt
vjSL^J? shall ever be ma4n
\\\ tained upon the
f fa w broa(l and Bure
w foundation of ab
solute freedom for
men of all classes
and conditions. The issues that led up
to the internecine strife are become but
memories that ore fading, of the.long,
long ago. They are being forgotten in
the living questions that have sprung
from t he greater nationality t hat points
to a greater and surer development in
the coming days.
These ante-war contentions led tc
strife, when blood flowed like torrents
made of the summer rain. Brother
der.lt brother murderous blows and the
death angel hovered constantly over the
camps of north and south alike. The
days of t hose years were long before the
coining of .peace, but their perils called
out. the noblest qualities of man's na
ture. Heroes were thick as leaves upon
the ground in autumn days; men went
readily to dealth for the glory of their
cause; the republic survived because
valor was all-abounding.
Why coiuit the reckoning one by one.
or urge that one was braver than an
other? The glory of the individual is
swallowed up in the general action of
all, which led to the final consummation.
Heroes die, but the memory of their
divds shall never perish from the face
of the earth. Because the brave were so
many, the notion, a grateful and glad
people, said: "Let there be one day set
apart, in each year from all the renin in
ii.gdaysin which to recount the prowess
of all the braves, the living and the dead,
'who fought to make men free,' and save
the union of states forever," Thus was
born Memorial day—Decoration day, a
time in the patriot American calendar
similar to that in the church conse
crated to all the saints who have died
and the "martyrs who were slain for the
word of (iod and for the testimony of
Jesus."
History tells of the sacred holocaust
at Thermopylae, of the charge of the
Six Hundred and of tlie heroism at
Lueknovv; but history in all its pages
usually dwells upon the glories of kings
and valorous chieftains, who claimed
and received all the honor that came of
the deeds of their following as well as
of their individual acts. In tliestruggle
between the states, all were kings and
nobles, with hearts of mighty and proud
chieftains, brave to endure, courageous
to act, daring to die. To these, to all of
these, men and oflicers alike, belongs
the one sacred day of memory, in which
flowers are plnced on graves and the flag
the sleeping ones loved floats proudly
over them.
None are neglected, but nil alike re
ceive the ministration of loving hands
while grateful hearts grow tender in
recollection of the stirring scenes
through which t lie heroes passed. They
think upon a union saved and a people
forever free, and they feel that they
themselves are honored in enjoying the
distinction of paying homage to the
dend who died "for Cod and native
land."
Come the years and go. Time has
brought whiteness to soldier locks
that were brown or black when the
bugle call summoned to war; steps then
elastic with youth's glowing blood have
grown stiff and weary; but Memorial
day is now fresh and radiant, instinct
with the reverence of millions of bene
ficiaries of their transcendent courage.
The nation lives, and breathes and glows
with the strength and beauty of unity.
Its oneness is the glory crown of Me
morial day.
WILLIAM ROSSER COBDE.
TIo Grnmletir of the Day.
A nation may be judged by its holi
days, and to no nation can come a
grander day than the one we celebrate
now. A day chosen when nature is at
iis loveliest, when flowers unfurl the
colors of the flag and blue skies bend
lovingly over the last camping places
of those who wore the blue. Not a day
of mourning tliis, but of solemn rejoic
ing. Rejoicing for the men who knew
not selfishness nor fear and so obeyed
their country's call. Men who lie to
day, perhaps, in alien graves, their only
personal monument a. numbered head
stone, but men who live immortal in
Came's unforgotten roll as the saviors
of the union, the tea chefs of patriot-
Tlie Hoys of Sixty-One. '
They are fewer, these old soldiers, ;
than they were a year ago; their heads
are whiter, shoulders are more bent and
footsteps are slower than they were;
and yet to each other they are always
"boys." The old jests make tlieni smile, !
tlie old nicknames are in use, the old
stories ore retold, until the present
fades away and only the brave past re
mains.
To the watchers they may seem
bowed with years, but they know it
not; to them, in fancy, their youth
comes back, ft is not old men who
stiffly march out to pay a tribute of re
spect to fallen comrades. It is "the
' beys of '01."
Tlie liOKNon of l'nfriotlNin.'
Tench the children patriotism; let
them learn the names of heroes who
died that a nation might live. Let Dec
oration day mean to them no mere
jumble of flowers, music and addresses,
but a living tribute to ;1 he'glorious
dend. These cHildVbti' Are ■tljcV* ftit urc
custodians of a country's'lienor, the
men and women of another day who
may he called upon in their turn to de
fend it. Let them, then, learn early
their'sacred lesson of-patriot-ism, that
it may be stamped indelibly upon their
hearts, never to fadeaway.
'Miirul ftir Knowledge.
City Belli*—l hope your stay in oir
•ity will not be short. M r. l)e Science.
Mr. De Science (memberof the Aoier
ieanOrnithologists'* union) —Thank you.
but my sojourn must be brief. I am
here attending the ornithological con
vention at the Museum of natural his
tory. and the sessions will soon be
"What kind of a convention, did you
say?"
"Ornithological—about birds, you
"Oh, yes. yes. How stupid of me!
Do you think they will be worn much
next season?"—N. Y. Weekly.
Appropriately ChrlMcneil.
"1 reckons," said the old colored man.
"Dat 1 better change de name o' dat
mule."
"It doesn't make much difference
about what you cull a mule, does it?"
"No. But I likes ter hub it somethin
'propriate. Did you ebber hayali to JI
'bout sukcumstunces ober which you
had no control?"
"Yes."
"Well, dat's whut Fs gwinter call
*in; Suheumstaneesl* "—Washington
Star.
An litmlei i si lion.
The miserly old millionaire, as wicked
as he was stingy, had yielded up the
spirit and gone to his reward.
"Well," remarked one, "I suppose he
didn't take any of his wealth with
him ?"
"No," was the reply. "1 never heard
that he had money to burn."—Town
Topics.
A COOIII |)l i Nil 111011 (N.
"Will you ever learn better than to
sharpen a lead pencil with a razor?" hi
fiercely demanded.
She. smiled sadly.
"1 don't know," she answered, with r
sigh. "One hasn't much time to uequiri
accomplishments when one keeps house
without a servant."—N. Y. Journal.
All lie Aflkeil.
"And do you reully want to be mv
son?"asked the widow Mulliasof younj.
Spudds, w ho hud asked for her da ugh
ter's hand.
"1 can't say that I do," replied the
truthful suitor. "1 want to be Helen':
husband."— N. Y. World.
Wlinl lit* Won lie rod A limit.
Clerk (as the "carrier," after an in
terminable time, comes buck from tin
cashier's desk) —Here's your chaugi
sir. Did you think you'd never get it
Victim—Oh, no; I've merely beei
wondering whether I'd get four or si?
per cent, for the use of my money.—
Brooklyn Life.
A llenllxt.
"There." said Miss Stoophid to her
Invst girl friend, "is the ponrait of mi
painted by that young artist we hiiv
ail been raving over. He has the feature
to perfection, but there is not u partich
of expression in my face."
"Ilovv loyal true to his art lie is!'
Detroit Free Cress.
Wouldn't .Hind Her Wanting.
"No, Barry, I am sorry; but I am sun
that we could not be happy togethei
You know I always want my own wav
in everything,"
"But, my dear girl, you could go or
wanting it after vve were married."—
Odds and Ends.
The Ileal Sufferer.
"And when you were a slave, Unch
Gabe, they once got up a but ting match
between you and a goat, did they? Bow
cruel that was!"
"'Deed it were, miss. Dey had to kit:
de pore goat afterwards!"—C'hicagc
Tribune.
A Shock.
"A song," quoth he, "fs In my heart;"
And, with a pensive air,
She murmured: "William, for my part,
1 wish you'd leave it there."
Washington Star
THOSE DAK(> 12ROCS I'ItOOS.
* - <3*
- —— \ySk
Marinda—Bakes alive. Jonas, them
inns' be mighty big frogs out in Kan
sas!
Jonas —How's that?
Marinda—'Cause a man got his foot
in one and wuz killed.—Detroit Free
I'rcss.
(trig-liter LlßhtM.
My sweetheart rides her wheel at night.
Yet shows no lantern proper:
Iler eyes so bright, shine full of light,
And fool the watchful copper.
—Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
Domestic Felicity.
Brown—llello, Jones, how's your
wife?
Jones (a little deaf)— Very blustering
and disagreeable this morning.—Tam
many Times.
Hun dim on (lie Siring-.
Hewitt—My wife treats me like a dag.
Jcwett—l knew she bad you on a
string for a long time before you were
married.—Town Topics.
Hopeful.
"1 hear that you are a widow," said
t.he one who had becm abroad.
"Yes, just at present," said the one in
b 1 ack. —l iulinnapo lis Journal.
Fiction Pnre nnl N Slmplc.
"What 1 Told My Wife" is the title of
a, new hook? It is almost needless to
say that it is fiction.—Tit-Bits.
Ileyontl UneNtlon.
The broadest assertions are often
made by the narrowest men.—Chicago
Journal.
Her Flrnt Though I.
Benham--The wolf is at the door.
Mrs. Ben'lcim—Tell him to wipe his
feet.—N. Y. Truth.
FASHION'S FANCIES.
Fancy plaid ribbons will be used for
j child real's lints.
! The paradise aigrette continues to re
l main in favor.
How-Knots are again shown ir. uany
of the new lace patterns.
Black accordion-plaited chiffon gives
lightness to satin braid hats.
The chapcau par excellence will be
the Gainsborough. Plumes will still
he worn on black ones.
Spanish daggers are a very definitely
| established fad among the ornaments
of the fin de sieele belle.
A black tulle hat may have color odd
! cd to it by adjusting cerise roses with
rosettes of cerise satin and moire.
Hats will not have as massive trim-*!
mings as during the | ast season, nor
will they be worn as far over the face.
, Quite a pronounced ten'deney i.-;
shown again to birds, white ones in
; particular. White eoq feathers arc a
new feature.
Black and while ribbons in plaid as
well as stripes, made into all kinds of
I shirred and standing bows, are consid
-1 cred very eliic.
I New chiffons show small black fig
! ures upon a ground of cerise, yellow,
green, hejiofrope, ;n?tunia; in fact, all
light shades.
The Paris leader of fashion. Mine
I Caroline Itehenux. is brlngingu renew a!
j of a fashion of long ago, consisting of i
long plumes from the side of a hat and
I sweeping to the back.
By adding a fold of velvet or of the
j same material, with a little braid or
i passementerie as a heading, the skirt
may lie easily lenghiened, and thus
have the appearance of being quite new
again.
Gorgeous taffeta ribbons in two tones,
as, for instance, one edge of deep vio
let gradually shading into white, a
deep cerise shading into pink, a deep
yellow turning into white, etc., etc..
will be most effective.
Lace will have an extended vogue
throughout the spring and summer.
Of course, the fine webs are most suit
able. Brussels seems to be the prime
favorite. Many laces are also seen with
spangles.
EUROPEAN WOMEN.
The favorite beverage of Sarah Bern
hardt is warm milk and water. She
has never used wine or other intoxi
cants.
The youngest daughter of Bcerbohm
Tree was christened recently at St.
Marguerite's, Westminster, by Canon
By ton. Her godmother is the duchess
of Portland and her two godfathers
are Lord Gran by and Lord Bow ton.
Queen Victoria approaches her dia- j
mond jubilee in excellent health. Ex- '
eept a weakness of eyesight and a tend- |
oncy to rheumatism, her physique is
perfect, the brain, heart and Jungs be
ing in the same condition as those of
a healthy woman of 20. She certainly
takes as much interest in matchmaking
and in the love affairs of those about
her as a woman of 20 does.
| The members of the Women's Vcge
! tarian union in London have a new .
craze. It is for vegetarian dress. They
have concluded that it is as wrong to
kill animals for clothes as for food.
They went vegetable boots, vegetable
gloves, vegetable gowns, and even vege
table note paper. They have decided
that the kid, the calf and the sheep
shall be spared if their influence can
. do it.
BOOK GOSSIP.
Mr. Frank It. Stockton's new book
is a collection qf nine short storie
grouped under the title of "A Story-
Teller's Pack."
Henry AI tennis, of Philadelphia, has
ready for publication a new child-life
story, called "Trif and Trixv," by John
Ilabberton, of Helen's Babies fame.
Mr. Benson, of Dodo fame, is writ in.::
a novel of Greek life—of Greece at tin
time of her struggle with the Turks 7o
years ago. It is to be published as a
serial before coming out in book form.
Pierre Loti has appealed through th.
French press for funds to equip a num
ber bf hospital ships upon the const of
Ireland, to which fishermen may be
taken for treatment when ill.
1 he life of Teuunyson, on which his
: on, the present lord, has been for sonic
time at work, has now gone to the press.
It i£ to he published fn two good-sized j
v olumes in the autumn.
A recemlt sale of books in London '
brought out a curious fact. It was . j
presentation copy of Keaths' poems. :
3SIT, first Edition, with the autograph •
"To W. Wadsworth, with the author'* :
sincere reverence,'* and brought $230.
but Wadsworth had never even cut the |
leaves.
FOREIGN PICKINGS.
England's Grand Lodge of Good Tem
plars recently rode in full regalia from 1
London to Brighton 100 strong.
Gerard Wallop, Esq., is the name of
the secretary of the British National So- 1
eicty for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children.
The total number of periodicals pub
lished in the language of Holland is
073, of which 40 are printed in "for
eign" countries.
M. Levassor, one of the pioneers in the j
horseless carriage movement in France,
who generally comes in ahead in road
races, recently died suddenly at the
age of 55 years.
Patti has written sonig "confessions,"
in which she pleads guilty to a greater
fondness for Longfellow than any other
poet. Iler favorite novelist is Dickens,
and her greatest pleasure is in enter
taining her friends. She soys that she
has no favorite flower, as she loves them
all.
Dr. Nansen has received from the
British government a complete set of
the reports of the Challenger expedi
tion in ">0 large quarto volumes. It
is asserted that he is tlie_/irst private ;
individual to whom a set'has been pre- j
Seated.
SUNLIT MEMORIAL SONG.
my soul, for the
J . - [ --•/ i-y
Ho thoughtful and
/1-iflfW <n thankful and sing
| brothers blue and
i I'-ydM* For the flat? we love
-AM to-day for all? '
~ And ev<ry Ptf*ot.
flwife®'Li 1 ' north and south.
\ K voui da " *■ p > •
t ° ,ishi ft,r ,h - ,ai;i
steady, alert and
ready to hurl all foes from its shore
Recalling the days of blood, death's whirl
pools circled with flame,
The land does homage to heroes all In
scribed on its scrolls of fame.
• So follow I lie tattered flags which sway b
flic fife and drum,
f And cheer the straggling ranks in blue a
the gallant veterans come.
| So many are maimed and old. with time
worn faces and forms,'
But the tires of patriot ardor burin
through a thousand ills and storms
Both blue and gray now mix in the gar!
the beards and hair,
; And under all the sturdy soids and res
lute hearts beat there.
Let children cheer and sing, while scatter
Ing fragrant flowers,
| The echoes wake and the whole work
; ring as we honor these braves of our
! Each blossom a scented prayer, with h\-
sons of hope abloom,
j And each a tinted pledge of faith to bright
en the warrior's tomb.
) Calm sleep once warring hosts when
mingles their kindred dust,.
All hates unnulled, the swords are dulled
the cannon are red with rust.
Cut the memories all shine bright, thong!
the bayonets clash no more.
We write in blossom and song to-day tin
courageous deeds of yore.
And lay on the altars green our tribute
on red sod,
To send in the odorous incense up on:
praises and prayers to Uod.
For the newborn days arc- glad, though \v
jewel these tombs with tears,
They sowed the harvests we have renpu
through glorious peaceful years.
; Clasp hearts, O stalwart men, who strug
i gled in blue or gray,
! No true scul prates or nourishes hates i
poison Memorial day.
j Be happy, O glorious land, the laurel am
palm entwine,
I Safe, safe at last, fierce storm past, a!
promise and hope are thine.
j Be grateful, patriot heart, no battle t!
prospect mars,
Thooonstellation on thy flag now sparkh
with promise stars.
I. EDGAR JONES
OBSERVANCE OF TIIE DAY.
Memorial day is for an observance
not a celebration. It is sacred to tin
heroic dead. The distinction bet wee.
it and other American holidays is ver.
; clear. Thanksgiving day, Christina
' and the Fourth of July arc all days <
rejoicing. The first two have a divim
character whose influence should l>
more marked than it is upon ll.echai
aeler of their celchrution, but tin
Fourth of July is very properly so;
apart as the date for the noisiest am
most, enthusiastic demonstrations
patriotism. New Year's day hi - conn
to have no great significance, ii is lii
tie more, than "a day off'," and the na
ture of its celebration is a matter of n
J moment.
I lint .Memorial day, says the Cb'cn.
j News, stands apart from them all. V
should not forget that it is primarii.
J a commemoration of death. The sou
| rcw that it evokes may be softened i
j time and the patriotic observances i
suggests may divert our thoughts t.
, the glories of our country, but notlfi •
| should be allowed to interfere with tin
j esse nit ioi solemnity of the festival,
j This is the view that is taken In
. those people who are indignant ll at a
j anniversary so sacred to them shouh'
| be made frae occasion for a grand ac
cession of racing, gambling, cock light
ing and similar amusements.
Tlic Wnr Still Lire.
Decoration day again, with its .sole nr.
| ceremonies, its flowers and its ever
j lessening columns of men who mnrchtu
; out in the sixties to the same inspir
ing airs. Those old war snugs! Islhet
1 one oT us who does not feel a thrill a
: .sound of them, though lie lias hear.
I them ever so often? Long ago, a great
! man said: "Let tfce but write thesong>
; of a nation, and I care not who iiuiko
! its laws!"
| And surely the authors of such song
| as "Tramp, Tramp, the Boys Are MarJli
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have left their impress upon the na
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mighty chorus, hummed as a 11111 all \
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Tel, umpliing; Without \Vir<>H.
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any weather. Every vessel will I .
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