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Show tevi th Bame stone. It was; LIEUT. COL. WILLIAM ED- MEMORIAL DAY WARDS. Instantly all the old animosity of the years gone by returned. The man of Its Origin and Prophecy as to Its Future. Something buried here had stolen from him bis opportunity, had stolen the girl he loved and then there came to him the thought that this man had sacrificed his life for the flag; that this man had lost his life in bringing success to himself and his comrades, and had helped in saving them from probable annihilation at the hands of the en- OMMCD.- SHEDS - By MAJ. CEN. FRED. D. GRANT cus-tojHB Idea of this beauttrul was nrst suggested and J made a great national holiday by Gen. John A. Ikigan. lie was a thoughtful man, swayed by sentiment of the highest order, and H close student of the classics. read much and frequently referred to historic episodes in his speeches. By nature Gen. Logan was Inclined to be heroic, and so after the war after reading much about tho beautiful customs of the ancient Greeks in honoring their dead heroes with ceremonies and flowers at annual festivals, It came to him in a moment of Inspiration that it would be a patriotic and popular thing to likewise honor the dead soldiers of our own country He held that to In a similar way. decorate the soldiers graves once a year ln the month of May with Its flowers and blooming Bjdendor would awaken new sentiments of loyalty and regard for the government among the people. It was a fact, as ho well knew, that nearly every household had lost one or more members or relatives or Gen. Logan's Inspiradear friends. tion awoke a response in every heart and his movement was soon organized and mado of national Importance Grand Army posts were established I m NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. THE ROAD TO SUCCESS. Tho youthful Jokesmlth stood In tho august presence of tho great editor. With trembling fingers he untied the emy. string around his batch of Jokes and Reverently he stooped over the laid them on the editors desk. grave and planted the flag he carried 7 have brought you some Jokes," ho beside the white stone. As he said, with unsteady voice. "Would you. did so a womans voice close behind care to look them over? him said; We have np use whatever for new "I thank you. Jokes." replied the editor gruffly, as ho He turned. It was Blossom Na- turned to other work on his desk. than. The same Blossom, though a But these," said the young Jokesad, sweet-facewoman now, instead smlth, "aie not new. Some of them of the chit of a girl ho had known are at least 20 years old. so many years ago. With a cry of Joy tho great editor The years of exposure and hardship had changed grasped the Jokesmith's hand, accepthim so she did not know him. ed the Jokes, and handed him a pure It is my husband's grave," she ex- flve-ceHavana, uuion made cigar. plained. "Tho wind has evidently Milwaukee Sentinel. blown the flag away, and I have been looking for it, hut without success. Deeply Interested It seemed so lonely without a flag Jinks I would have boon cun over like the otheis." on Broadway if it bad not been Blossom! he cried. Dont you for Winks, who was with mo. lie know me?" sprang forward and showered blows The voice brought back to her the on the horses heads with an umdays of her girlhood; the impetuous brella. Just as the umbrella broke, boyish lover. the team stopped, and 1 was pulled She gave him her hand, and togeth- out from beneath the wheels. er they left that battlefield, where Blinks Did the umbrella have & hope had died and hope was born silver handle like a Shephard's again. I didat notice particularly, and, beA few months later she again joursides, he broke it all to pieces stopneyed to tho west to spend her life at ping the team. Why?" an army post a soldier's wife. N. He borrowed mine yesterday. Y. Weekly. The honeymoon had bumped the bumps, You know, John, said the young wife, that I used to be your type writer?" Urn yes," grunted John. Well." she continued, I wish you would discharge the glil you have now and hire a man in her place. 'Huh!" rejoined hubby. I hope you don't think I would make a fool of myself twice in the same way." Chicago Dal! News. THE STRENUOUS LIFE. to-da- y crk? An WHEN COLUMBIA GETTING RID OF IT. CROWNS HER DEAD 7i ts IfliS 'Cull;. mISa MOCf DAKieiaOjEVRTUrt "? "w. ''f-Ji tut ovo, .i rk CTfij i( hWrt math ha set the drums the tender skies of May ? Why troop the children from the fields with flowers fresh and gay ? I see the vetrans gather in their buttoned coats of blue. With here and there an empty steel ie to prove the wearer trues I hear them talk of battles in their youthtime long ago. Where side by side they stood and mei the onslaughts of the foe s And now the boice is silent, and each soldier bows his head. For well they know this sacred day Columbia crowns her dead. Whit Every available company of the regular service had been rushed eastward for the defense of Washington. Volunteers in companies, bat talions and regiments were flocking into the mustering camps. With the volunteers went Bob Bryant as cap tain of his company. With the regu lars sent to Washington went First Lieut. Edwards, while Mrs. Edwards went back to her old home to await the return of her husband from the upon. front The four years of war dragged wear Lieut Edwards stuck to the regular service and rose to the rank of major, and brevet lieutenant colonel, as which he commanded his Capt. Bryant of the vol regiment. unteer service rose to the rank of colonel. At the battle of Gettysburg Col. Bryant was temporarily in command of a brigade stationed at Cemetery Ilill. During the first days fighting his command ln company with all others at that point in the line of battle had suffered severely. With the reenforcements of the second day came the regiment commanded by Lieut. Col. Edwards, and during the fighting of that day Edwards fell and was buried on the field. The war over, Col. Bryant found the wished for opportunity to enter the regular service, and was sent to the far west as a lieutenant of cav wan lel lURG&l had ilea uni I i Dotll f, and man, Col. Bryant been a soldier. Aa a boy bit ambition had been a cadet-'hi- p S BOY I fork I at West Point, and the .UAiSl is a life career. Blessed with 7 parents, there seemed nothing J of ay to the accomplishment rk. al when the opportune time 15 he began course that would fit him to pass a ar-- of the examination and admit him ed Slates milltaiy acad-A- t the opportunity came. aa a vacancy at the academy tiled by appointment from his sslonal district, and he entered f Into the competition for the d place, feeling confident of e United 18 nd hu I litioDtxl durian nun! with' a t the prize. nW jusaoG'i formidable opponent was Edwards, the son of a into whose path fate brown no special opportunities, 'bo had improved every chance mdy that had been given him, ho wished the appointment f M a means of securing a most strug-elergyma- OT dl itiesl iad O i. Sp' tub. His One Joke. Mv T'nrle John with joy will fill With this one witty sally: "I know a man whose name Is Hill Of course he has a valet. What He Was. Masked Man (dashing Into a parlor car on Western railroad) Hold up deep in the mortars mouths ycr hands. But ah I the snowy wings of Peace above Dont shoot, please. Passenger those fields are spread, . and welcome. all Take Ive got, to And Columbia, like a mother, comes Mask Man This is a big pile of crown her gallant dead, money, so Ill give you ten dollars of it . but bark. I may be a fr aint no parlor car porter. N. Y Weekly. train-robbe- I hear the rumble of the battles brasen car, 1 halve to part the ftowers fair to find the wounds of wart I hear a robin singing where the colonel No more And a butterfly is hov ring where the legions multiplied The bugle Is no longer heard on fields we love to name. And the roses bloom in beauty in the sacred camps of Fame, And down the street Encouraged. "Has my daughter encouraged young man? "Yea, air." "In what way, may I ask?" "She told me you were very Cleveland Leader. you, gener-oua.- KEEPING OUT OF TEMPTATION. with Old Glory at their head, Come the betrans, for Columbia bids them You are holding your parasol , Jack cn the wrong side to protect you from the sun. Evelyn Yes, I know It; but there is that horrid Miss Snub, and I want her to see my new haL Sure Thing. all salute her dead. attempted upon st brabely died. two had never been friendly, n one of two occasions had had boyish quarrels over the atten ach had to be re nut' Writ'j half-mais flying and the air is filled with praise Of those who by the Nation stood throughout her trying days. When strode the Cod of Battles In his fury oer the land. And crimson grew Potomacs tide and red the Rio Grande ; When the cannon tore the cedars in the green vales of the South, builds her nest Where now the blue-bir- d The flag No Time to Loae. The wise old doctor was impressing upon his little patient the essentiality of mastication. no matter I My lad, he advised, what you eat, always chew each mouthful 30 times." But Jimmy shook his bead signlfl cantly. That wouldn't do at our bouse, doo tor." And why not, my son?" "Because Id always be hungry. The table of rest of the kids would clean the one Mr. Flubdub' Whats the ubo off before I got through with that around umbrella keeping that old mouthful. Chicago Dally XewB. It's no good. Airs. Fubdub All right I'll lend It FEMININE 8TRATEGY. to somebody. Philadelphia Press. I fly along. Cure I love Kitty (enthuslasticallyJ-O- h, Why, I get up at five gardening! o'clock every morning. IIow long have Ella Goodness! you been doing that? Kitty Oh, I er began this morning. Nary a Onel whirl. Strange, antld churoh-soola- t Neer hua been our luck to view E'en the shallow of a pearl Floating In an oyster stew. Judge. ( T. C. HABBAVGH. 2S !S Impertinent Question. womans work Is never done 1 Crtod Mrs. Brown. always knew It, Replied lor spouse, "and I, for one, xAsk, why the devil don't she do ItT' A One cute little girl. In your fond embrace, Blossom When Nathan. Edwards won the coveted every semblance of friend-betweethe two boys ceased, 'b lit ant refused even to as- with anyone who called young fda their friend. evously disappointed in not young Bryant en- military academy with a deter-Ho- n to prepare himself for a "7 career, trusting to his fa-wealth and Influence to secure an appointment to Ihe army. their school days both boys P a correspondence with Bios- athiin. until at the end of three Bryant insisted that she could wain the friendship of both he wards, nnd that all correspond l"C( n her and Ills rival must rher would have nothing more with her. The young lady very iny Informed her angry suitor B would . choose her own Ul nd he accepted her decl- - la better than two ln some other place. ap-ine- n ilnJ Life, 1 tut ' months after Lieut. Kd wards v "8t college course, nnd not find-j- . a,,y to secure a civil. ap-'n- t the army, hud settled L 0 ,"n study of Inw In his homo 10 ,onnnid tils military 5 1 ambl-- L place in a local company of s'lkrds, "th Ca'np t,,e "'I t0 rm t0 ''lion. The southern states wcct-(: the fiug had been fired i 0 wearers -- upon a tomh, My chi dm Peace be with you! speaks she low with drooping head. Then she kisses all the roses she has laid upon her dead. Botids the White Stone. airy. For 13 Army That Put Down tho Rebellion. Statistics of tho yenrs he battlefield on Decoration day. walked over tho ground i i at the white headstones 1 so t;fJ tho name of hi a inm! flag, grave there was planted carried IJJMJ Wj lo one ho ttJtsEr&zx: Si M. Up to the Times. "What's the meaning of all this ridiculous stuff the children seem tc bo getting at school? "I think, my dear, since the new regulations aro enforcing purity ol brands' everywhere, they are giving the children for mental food pure non senre." Baltimore American. CIVIL WAR FIGURES. then the trail of the red man, and him to rM took m service nrmy'Bo made Blossom good of the l ini a ,lnl 'He, and took her to the Washington to servo forcommanding general host, whore his command was tho staff of the niicd. the army. It was this on the Gettysburg ijV1 ln ,l'e mountains had fin-- i ed for his presence 18.5-Il''' f,0m Suitable. Gunner What Is the name of that big apartment house over there? Guycr I don't knowr, but I think It should be called The Aviary. Gunner And why so? Guycr Because all the women are parrots and all tho men are "owls." Chicago Daily News. of the b.ue I the meed of praise you've won. thro In Seep on the long, long summer shadow and in suns Tht sweetest bloom that Nature yields lies on the soldiers breast. And nevermore qvAf's clspion notes shsu break your peaceful rest s The battle echoes vanish like a distant cannons boom. Behold I Columbia gently lays a wreath Sleep on, ai The enlistment In the union army the during the civil war reached enormous total of 2,898,304. It Is not how many possible to know exactly enlistments there were In the confederate army, because the confederate states fulled to keep a reliable rerord of tho number of men furnished to as art the service, and such ststlstes Is estito be had ard Incomplete. It bemated, however, that there were In the men 700.000 tween 600,000 and 200,-00confederate armies, and that full or In battle died number of this from wounds snd disease. 0 Do Quit Why U It you never go fishing any more? Doeant Always Work. De Hitt I have reformed. De Quit Reformed? "The way to get a thing done prop the vly," remarked the morallzer, Is tc De Hitt Yes. I have signed pledge and made a solemn vow never do It yourself. "Oh. I dont know," rejoined the de to tell a lie. morallzer. "1 have a distinct and pain-fi- l recollection of trying to shave my Confident. onu." Chicago Dally Sews. i.df husband will think your To you races?" quit playing tho His Ruler. Tm sure of It." answered young The monoy cant lust Eva Yts, young Scrubbing was Mrs. Torkln. fot ever." Washington Star. quite a social lion wnun he was a'nglc, but he has calm ad down a gteat deal since his tnuTage. Tough Luck. I supiut his wife Jack Um! "What muke jcu I ok so ad?" "Fellow I owe $V) has Just recovered must be a lloi tamer'Chicago Dally prof) pa'uin'ipls." riMlur.d Leader New. of the country. All agreed that decorating the graves of soldlei'B with flowers on the day appointed would give the nation new life and be welcomed by all the people. But this Is not all. Tbe religious sentiment at the bottom of the idea of honoring the dead Boldlers and perpetuating the memory of their heroic deeds made the day something higher and nobler than anything known In the days of the Greeks. Thus it came about that Memorial Day became the greatest of all our American holidays. It was a day for the bereaved to commune at tbe tombB of their bonored dead. For many years, as we all know, tbe custom was an event the most beautiful, pathetic and sacred of our holidays but later on, as the ranks of the survivors grew thinner and the families who had contributctd bo many lives to the war passed away, the day became more like other holidays a day more noted for military parade, a day for games and picnics and having a good time generally, until now tbe general public are coming to look on Memorial day as an ordinary national holiday, like Washington's Birthday or the Fourth of July. Had it not been for the deep religious sentiment, with prayerB and church services held in honor of tbe soldiers, Memorial day would from tbe beginning In all probability have been attended with tbe noise and display of the Fourth of July. Fortu-- . natcly this religious sentiment has made the people more thoughtful, and instead of noise and gun firing we have gone ln for more quiet recreation-country tbe picnics making day more like a festival thaa a day of mere noise and parade. I think It Is a beautiful Idea, this decorating the graves of those who sacrificed their lives In the tremendous days of the war and purely out of patriotic devotion, and it Is a pity indeed that public sentiment is gradually changing and we are forgetting the solemn lessons taught by thbwar and of the sacred meaning of honoring the dead drifting away and making the sacred festival more and more a common holiday of races, noisy picnics and having a good time generally, with no particular sentiment animating the thousands who should take a higher view of Memorial day. In every section JSPfciier cS-- r' HE MADE New A Jersey Private MISTAKE. Miatook Violin Realn for Shaving Soap. "A soldier named Ed Morton," said a veteran from New Jersey, "was one of the quickest men with the flddlo I ever listened to, and he carried It with him to beguile camp life. A fellow named Charles Foster was Ills tent mate, who, having discovered a light down on bla chin, endeavored to coax It forward by frequent application of his razor. One day Charlie was boasting of a cake of Bhavlng soap he had found, and said that he had used it twice, and had found it Just fine. He offered to lend it to Morton. When the wus produced Morton exsoap claimed: Why, if there aint my resin that I have becu looking for more than a week.' There was soap enough ln the brush to muke lather and Charlie thought he waa using soap when be had the fiddle medicine ' |