Show OUR cemeteries the question lias has often been asked wh the cemeteries aro are not cla cleaned ned dp and provision made for raiding flowers in the lots lota and the city of thi dead be enado a place to look upon this la is a very sery pertinent question find and at this time of year the thought suggests itself oler 01 cr and I 1 what can we me do for or our lovece loveta ones onea who have been called away must we me lay jay thorn away on the hill sid side sidd D to be for forgotten gotton jt it hill all be decoration co ration day poon eoon and many people would gladly plant some flower seeds and itt eft out shrubs abild lay jay out grass plots it there any assurance that their efforts would picault in beautifying lying the grounds some of 0 the graves are so BO badly neglected that tho the ewines have worn oft off the beattle and it la Is doubtful it if all the graves could bo identified thero there should bo be at least a heau board at cach grave arid and when it gets old and tho lettering fades it shoula bo be renewed no e do not bellese believe in the worship of our ancestors as do tue tile chinese but a little ana a fond kept green by an effort upon our part to remote ca cactus etus and tile briars from the no last laai resting place ot of those we have hale hal e loreu and shoso whoso mon lolleS wo no still cn cu orlou would be more la harmony with our great as aa civilized civili sed beins being s and thial terl la in christaan christ lan lore A As wo g through throng h tho Ba i thc jhc on the hill sides bides are krecu with grass and sweet with tho of th tho 0 willow anu the tb rose iho white luule joau cionta point to that home above ana ear thing in gods Is sweet und cleall it if we could visit ono of tile the cemeteries of liu ropo we me would feet feel a sting of self that our OWL awu little mounds la in tho the white city are AM so 9 neglected among tho the tomos OL 01 the wealthy everything that can be done to beautify ty toe grounds la Is 01 undertaken and some come of tile tho rarest orka norka of art of old europe are in the allent grato ards arda in III thio the summer bummer time the walks are so BO pleasant and the so BO profuse that to choso old towns of historic famo and notto docto isalt iho homes bomea of tho dead la Is abnot A not to hane ha ban tho U lt st but one might a ash k how can call the poor improve tho grounds gro unda they buy a modest head stone find and buy frosh fresh soil ml to put autho anthe graye grave newly nelly made end it Is kept grell eren for IL baily fee paid to the sexton it is 13 the will that Is 13 lacking thi thio o la is wa anna one ot 0 our veme Is high arid and dry adry and hard to get I water ater to but ethels can be irrigated and evald be made places of oc beauty be anity at least fences and proper head boards could be ut lia ua its not forgot forget those who hano gono before us ua and remell her ber that wo 0 o nrc are soon bong too and while we buo on the subject we would like to call attention to ule the barbarous barbaT oits custom of scano people or we me should sity eny hord herd boys nho put tho cowa in tho and allow the cows ito 10 tel feed in the cerie cemetery tery and ofte it i head stone is to bo be over imor land and broken broke this elored city of the dead is not the place to pasture |