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Show Lay Daisies at His Head and Feet All Honor to the Sleeping Heroes f Memorial By ALFRED Day-Reconcilia- tion R. CALHOUN icCiCrktrkft'k&'ktrk getting a nJ Im bowed been gray. O fr end ffem our 8n.th ern land. a vol But I've t from jmat y my euul day. At ttie of lie I K r. a to- Heap your strong, brown band Manv year have paaae r t you. and I met. It Though me ln eems acaro a day to Since we hurled our dead, with the bait rain wet. On that bill by the Tenuesto the ah Jtbugler In gray ame down id signaled a iriioe to the blui rode out, 'mid the wrai Two captain and the goie, I waa One. and the other waa you where two young V met 'math a tree, oldlera lay, " W ahouted. but they gave no agn, The on waa your brother, whod falln lot th fray. Tha other wa brother of mine. I , rY t under ?hr.gray. that oak, we made them on And your eye and my yea were damp W cut In tha bark. "They were and brave" Jben each turned and rod back to hi camp XAk Iro men you fought, till fighting waa vain. For thoa who drew aword on your aide. Sut Ive prayed ince that day to meet you again. And to talk of our brother who died. foe-me- A TW talk of tho hunger, Sleep on, brave hearts, and taKe your rest, A hundred million strong and free Shall guard in each heroic breast Your pure and priceless legacy. Twas not in vain, O noble band, Your blood imbued Columbia's sod. United now her children stand. One flag, one country, and one God. tha march, and tha atrife. Of th anowa and th lummen Here heat. And to ay: W ar atronger for know"i ing that Ilf, youra d Though min wa aucce feat. Put true, a true we tentert m u S- r- keep, . SI a come for and A Vision of War and Peace From a Speech Delivered to Veterans at Indianapolis , Indiana on Sept. 21, 1876 v 3 .sVs yen tor m; a r pr b t other I: V By COL. ROBERT G. INGERSOLL at heart, 1 f ough th broth who er 1 v f i.VW' that hill by -- tho Ten-neea- i &2' ' v ,r e. ) v 1 eleep , On ' A y XW . ; 1 , . ; v;-- ' ' ,r- ks b t &v 4 s Chrtetlan Herald. HEVER OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CM BE FORGOTTEN No Danger That the- - Kurpoee o Memorial Day Will Fade From the Hear of Americana. , -- 71 I i ! t i I - i ing women through tangled swamps. We see the babes sold from the breasts of mothers. Cruelty unspeakable! Outrage infinite! Four million bodies In chains four million souls in fetters. All the sacred relations of wife, mother, father and child trampled beneath the brutal feet of might And all this waa dQne under our own beautiful banner of the free. The past rises before us. We heat the roar and shriek of the bursting shell. The broken fetters fall. These heroes died. We look. Instead of slaves we see men and women and children. The wand of progress touches the auction-block- , the slave-pen- , the whipping post, and we see homes and firesides and seboolhouses and books, and, where all was want and crime and cruelty and fear, we see the faces of the free. These heroes are dead. They died for liberty they died for us. They are at rest They sleep In the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows and the embracing vines. They sleep : beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each In the windowless Palace of Rest. Earth may run red with other wars they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death I have one sentiment for living and dead- - Cheers for the living; tears for the dead. If tho younger men and women who Join with tho veterans In the tributes do not have the same sense of personal lose they have a respect and reverence for the dead of that great wrar which will pase on down the genand erations, not lessening aa they go, the of observance an will Insure that beautiful rites on into an Indefinite future long after tho last veteran has be passed front earth. It I not 'to wondered at If sometimes the aging survivors of tha war, remerttberlng the experiences of the terrible four years and jealous lest due honor be not given the martyr dead, fear that the great conflict and the countrys sacrifices will bo forgotten by a heed lest people when they are gone -They need not have title fear. a It aeenta thoughtless generaThough tion, this of the latter day. intent upon Its own affairs and regardless of what has gone before, appreciation of the soldiers la there tn alrong measure, and as years go by and a clearer perspective ahowa what waa wrought by tha war, comprehension and apnot preciation wtll increase. It was t once that the American people knew what the revolution had done for them. Itywas many year before nocletles of descendants of revolu a tlonary soldiers were formed and It soldier ancestry eagerly Bought. will not be so long until to have had pn ancestor among tha soldiers of the Jtnlon will be considered a greater honor. There la no lack of sentiment pmong Americans, heedless though they may seem, and there is no dan ger that the purpose of Memorial day will ever be forgotten. Memorial Day from the Lighter Side THE MODERN IDEA. Dearest, he said, will you go with me to the cemetery to scatter flowers on the graves of the heroes? Oh. I dont like to go to ceme-teris- s They are so depressing We might go for a Very well nice long drive Into the country. All nature Is at its best now Why do you suggest such stupid things? Cant we go to an automobile race or something where there will be a chance that somebody will I want to be be smashed up? thrilled. tumgAit By S. E. KISER NO JOY FOR HIM. Do you have to work on Memorial ooooooooocoooooooooooooooo day No. AMBITION. my over children or old people, dear, be the greatest day that we tliad this year. AA A AiA IN HIS WAY. let Never forget, my child," said the mll.ionaire, 'that your grandfather was a hro " What did grandfather do to become a hero" St'bt hoar the apeerhes the orators j 4 I stake, smashing records- - I e thrown my brake. early, mother, let me eat and iy spread th terror that mar day. JkAAA&Akfc He fought for thre years In the BHOUlXlE FOREVER SET APART. greatest war the wond has ever seen "Was he a general Soraef'g catches the spectator In .NX the thrmd moistens the eyes when A colonel the old wrens pass by. On ordinary "No duvs there our fellow citizens do"A captain" ing thelork In the world In shop No he was a private soldier, but and stofend public office; on who! morl4i are a priesthood ot up to ba a good ani patriotic man. j you must not forget that one Look at those heroea marching past patriot! eeplng alive among us the There can be no greater earthly glory holiness noble cause than they have won. ! hope we may Now, r, Ts the1 time to do what never have another war, but it we e these enthusiasts are we esn do, I am sure you .will be ready to to perpetuate the teach-4ay- . still wit light for your country. Don't you The least that can of ings wish that you may. when you are an fix among the traditions be done old man, be loved and honored' as of our u schools that Memorial those brave old men who are march set apart forever aa a day shsl lng past are loved and honored?" cultivation of patriotism, Ume for Lesson la In Heart of Youth. till, no, 1 dont want to be like It bhould matter of duty as well It would be more aeemly, perhaps. them. Pa says It pays lots better to as of and preparation should If Memorial day could be devoted whol- do something that will make everyto instil the lesson. , oe made ly to Us designated purpose, but since L.JulfcAAAA. " youth ia youth and does not wittingly body1 talk about you so you can go not out lecturing about It. give heed to solemn things. It la holt WHILE TH STILtTMAY WORK. A4feAJsAJlk use ofthe clesr how this single 1 heir heailfU white, their step are GENEROSITY. about. But the t alow. dry caa be broughthonor Why do we have Memorial day? the memory veterans, aa they fights in the ranks mav be s great hT,roop' the,r ye ar ru2 m' " of their departed comrades, need not Mked tha teacher. as the hero ofhcei a highest Ah. pne too, wer blithe and alim T know," said WlUle. fear jthat the lesson' of tha Utteci Was grandfather as ire, as you And UftMtax tame and cared for show! ua ' hear let That ts lostown. Pleae explanayour deeds and of their vVith lyeutlFSigb itopos and cheeks are? ' ' ' as low, I. lesson ha Its place, and 4ta power will tion," Oh. no, he wasn't as great as 1 And pride P aa be knightly claim "So the men that own nutomobilea am. You see be felt whenever need arises. people can read my within th They matt) to ptung :an show that they are not too proud name on the billboards all fli over our All Joyousness a Tribute, to let the old ioldlers ride In them, broad land, but in his ulnd. tong ago. way he was a That 1 jared It In no way impeaches the genuine ven if they ari all dusty." man " deal a of good ThelF heads H white, their steps ar day sentiment that pjss of Memorial A jiLlalmlJ, v stfcw. multitudes make it a holiday of mirth . r kind. jON dakam Do moc, HIS MADDEST, hTERRIEST DAY. They drlti'lhf and sport That is the spirit ot youth, The brer U were o wet before "Pa, what is a paradox?" , waklnir call me early, call me If 11 'you're of life. law the of call spring, the their cheek to Have esd "A ptiradox. my child. Is a politician eerly. mother, dear ll was to make such Joys possible, tc glfwt be Tomorrow'll the withaddress gaddeet day of all Ah. jaaklng a Memorial day may know, they ttn why bo. glorteue year. - brighten and enrich the future of ths out e the occasion to try to fur- The .thi BestoW th kwd ThaJs using maddest counmerriest the of heroea tha motlvsr day, republic, that ' that They earned hmae terrific dav Interests. his 1 may ever ther politics! , to valiant fof When felor ttkg trys ward went to battle and death. Me-the- y ' i j J i U-au- a gtT-4h- - y sol-dief- s. REMEMBER THAT HILL? re-ce- l. Thats fire 1 suppose you're glad said the to have a little mah. holiday 1 pceacher as he patted the boy on the would he If 1 didn t have the head, "I hope you are going to grow rheumatism in my right shoulder. 1 won't be able to bat or pitch Well, HE past rises before me like a dream. Again we are In the great struggle for national We life. hear the sounds of preparation the music of boisterous drums the silver voices of heroic bugles. We see thousands of assemblages, and hear the tpeals of orators. We see the pale cheeks of women and the flushed faces of men; and In those assemblages we see all the dpad whose dust we have covered with flowers. Wo lose sight of them no more. We are with them when they enlist In the great army of freedom. We see them part with those they love Some are walking for the'last time In Culet, woody places, with the maidens they adore We hear the whisperings and the sweet vows of eternal love as they lingeringly part forever. Others are bending over cradles, kissing babes that are asleep. Some are 'lng the blessings cf old men. Some are parting with mothers who hold them and press them to their hearts again and again and say nothing Kisses and tears, tears and kisses-divinllngling of agony and love' And soih are talking with wives, and endeavoring with brave words, spoken In the old tones, to drive from their hearts the aw fuJU fear. We see them part We see the wife standing la the door with the babe In her arms, standing In the sunlight sobbing. At the turn of the road a hand waves she answers by 'holding high in her lovng arms the child. He is gone, and forever. We see them all as they march proudly away under the flaunting flags, keeping Ume to the grand, wild of down the streets of the great ciUea throtr jh tie towns nd across the prairies down to the Aelfii of glory, to do and to die for ne tVhat a picture that wa at Gettysburg ast summer Great masters have caught something of the spirit of war tn their paintings, but the spirit of glorious reconciliation which radiated from Gettysburg last summer could never be put upon canvas. wary-raarch- ing WADE HIS NAME DEATHLESS Geerge H. Thomas, ths Rock of Chickamauga, Ranks High on tha We go with them, one and alL We National Roll of Honor. pre by their side on nil the gory fields in all the hospitals of pain on all At Chickamauga the Confederacy the weary marches. We stand guard made a supreme effort to recover with them in the wtld storm and under ground lost at Vicksburg and Gettysthe quiet stars. We are with them In burg The Confederate plan was good. ravines running with blood in the Its army had a small but telling sufurrows of old fields. We are with periority in numbers, dts leadership them between contending hosts, un- was excellent. Its valor unquestioned, able to move, wild with thirst, the life and fortune seemed to smile on its ebbing slowly away among the with- bold enterprise. Yet all It achieved was a barren ered leaves. We see them pierced by balls and torn with shells, In the victory, bought at a price that would trenches, by forts, and in the whirl-- , have been high for a second Waterloo. wind of the charge, w here men become Numbers and fortune and valor and Iron, with nerves of steel. strategy broke helplessly against tha We are with them in the prisons of "Rock of Chickamauga." and the carehatred.and famine; but human speech ful plans of Lee and Longstreet were can never tell wat they endured. foiled by the iron stubbornness of We are at home when the news George H. Thomas. The roll of American heroes coo comes that they are dead. We aee the maiden la the shadow of her first tains the name of no man whose pasorrow. We sea the slivered bead of triotism was stancher, and of few the old man bowed with the last grief. whose genius was higher than that of Tha past rises before ua, and wa see George IL Xbom&s. four millions of human beings govv erned by the lash we aee them bound Remember! Cover them over with beautiful Rand and foot wa hear the strokes of cruel whips wa sea tha hounds track flowers." the eternal right t --V -- |