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Show FLAG DAY. Next Tuesday, June 14th, will be "Flag pay." It should be generally heeded. Every one who has or can get an American flag should hoist it and make as conspicuous a display as possible. It was first hung out in the great revolution. In the one hundred and twenty-seven years that have come and gone since then the rfag has taken on unparallel splendors. It has passed through rive great wars and in every one has Idd the way to victory. From being a little torch in the wilderness it has grown to light a continent and to become a beacon for all the world's oppressed. The light of victory in the eyes of Washington was caught and transfixed upon it; it has caught the dying smile of thousands and tens of thousands of soldiers, sol-diers, which has given a solemn and sacred tinge to its folds; it was tb guidon of Scott, of Jackson, Jack-son, of Taylor, of Lawience, of Perry, of Grant, of Sherman, of Sheridan, of Thomas, of Farragut; before it the ancient tyrannies of merciless Spain melted away from Cuba and the Philippines; it has become to all the world a symbol of liberty, of justice, of peace, of order, of light and of power; before it the chains of slaves are melting away; under its sheen the world is noting every day that the foundations of thrones are crumbling; crum-bling; in the ports of Kings the poor look upon it us a bymbol that God hears their prayers; it was first raised as a guide for those who were struggling to vindicate the inalienable right of imn to lite, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; it has grown in majesty and glory ever since; it makes a new firmament to whose stars men turn as to a nearer sky. It is hallowed with a century of triumphs and every triumph has signaled new mercies for mankind. Surely it is worthy of a grateful nation's reverence rev-erence and affection; to honor it, is to honor ourselves. |