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7r s - i 1JKCOWATIO.M HAY. Tho lroCMolin; of Yostortlny.s Cololir.it ton Soi;li f J. C Honii'll .it tho Coiootory. Tho i r i s-ioii foiim-d on Main htiect ut o'chx -k. and limn hed to ak Mill ( 'einetarv, ul;. n- ili'! ppe-ramine wit carried out without a -ingle failure. Tin- . ii in'. ni. s we: b.atifu! iii;! im- .i. 4 11.' I VI'. '. A. III4'--. I'"-! ' 1 1 1 III All !T made f..li..L in a Mh - Cii1Ai:.,i: Once lili.H: .VI- lllr ( .llllil )p. ii f. tn-w ll...i-i .- . r Iln: :iV'"' of . ui- I'.iiiii i i -. I' i- a (U'-a-ant duty we i,.iv , '! '"'.' -ho-.v I" the j co;..e, hi i. an- :;i.ii'- I ui ii"l I T ..'tell i ' i i i i ;i i'i .jurat i j y L.. I i i :: t . ' II. ill A . L"j Hi. , 1 :t , I . :.t I t I '.II I VI-1 OUT ll II .1 , III i-il . . : .-.VII .ill'! ll iliii-t v. in ! lil--:v u I I ' i 1 1 1 t i . i'i --'ii . Inii 1 I . .I ll .. ! I'll ! ill "i V I: ! I t ll- ! I t.. I.I- I 1 yt i i v. !ii ! ' . . ei a 1 1 over "-il I'I' a ; vml. 1 ' -ii. i u'' i i j-. ii- -a ii I. : in- !.t v .ii III-- limit lull c !. i . I.-, nil' 1 ni I ions. I'll! years i .-H will I - til Li t ii-, i'V our hae Mllll a IC 1 i: in ' i 1 1 .i'i Hi 1 1 minds o I "i;r s. n .- and daughters ami have them ins'il! in "' m ill. I -i of tin; coining gemi at i fi s uu.t im prir-s on tlitair minds tin- in. my trial , and J MicrilicA' ly all who In lpcil to save onrWati. .i iiinl made it possible lor them t livi: in mi'' g.and union ol tin- L'n:li.-il States, ami tli it we gave th'in the old llag back in nil its glory, not one star missing, lii t us teach to nil tin: rising generation, loyalty ami rey-renoo lor tlic stirs ami stripes, tlnir llag of tlieir nation. Willi loyalty in-tilled hi tln-ir minds, wii can go and leave tin in, '.villi no fear for ::11 time to come. Let each one tench tln ir chil.lp ii t'' ri-vn nee all union soldiers ami have a sp'-cial cine for the widows ami orphans. No child can liuve a prouder heritage left them I nan they can say his or her fa'her r ir;"inl I'ather . as u so'.ili'r in tier nriion army; ami he help.-.! to .tv.- our ii nioii iml left ns as an In ritaLje a land of freedom. ith v rv star on our tl -ii and all iu n j free and eipi.-d. From y-ar to -enr we i;o forth to strew ll w is and !iy exnuiple let us hope for ail tiin to coin.1 that this our li'i-ui' i t ul eu-.fo.n. in.-iuiMi:-ated ly the ii. A. II, iii ly coiuinue :.mt as o'.:r country shall pvo -.er 'l.d '.row. tiei' the coming; !;i-:n r i! ion will keep this duy s icreil : !il v st l ew our - with llower- leit i- i'-ii of th ir loved ones that may !i reader In- l ii. i to rest. Let 1 1 j i . . ; : h ' 1 i; 1 y ns i:;-iy Lear fruit for ail tii ie to i-..:ii -. Our loyalty ha- l en tried .-md U:i stoe.' t'-.-t of tire ami '.( I. L' l us wiiti ; i-r.e: ui ty strive to do our part !" with another, liit each one wi;ii chtwity assist thi ne, dy, tor our t i me i .-hoi t that is h-it for us todo our work. t'oiui inles let it I c well done. The lir--t in o,.'.r v...s a son l.y the '.hoi., entith.i. " I'od-.v this hallowed ace wc seek. ' I lev. Lucuner t licit led in mycr; next "llail ColuiuLia,"' was plnycd l.y the5. A. ll. Land; following tiiis. the Woiuius Kelief Corps ;ind ons of V.teians, decorated with choicest flowers, d-. eolated the graves of thu pat riotic dead. After the ritualistic cere monies the choir sun the sonjjen title.l, '-('over them over." Post Com mander. F. A. IJit-js, introduced John C. Iionnell. of Omaha, as orator of the day, who delivered a real em in the way of an oration; and it is so completely appro priate, and full of mod things, that the Ili KM K cannot refrain from publishing it. Mu. l'KKstnKNT Anniversaries areas old us time and as fixed as the evtrlast ing hills. In the history of the individ ual. joyful tidings proclaim the birth, and yearly tti.-. vent is cel. ii. .ted. Later in life tie- next most important event (marriaire ) csTat.ii-hc.- a mile post that ever and anon is c-tmnicmoratt .1, in creasiiiij in interest ami valr.e as the vears bv. The amnesty m.uks witii a red letter it3 cl'LTter .lay ami the state its a.lmi.-.-in into the L'r.um. Nations too. our own i i": pniniiivnt. de hirts it.-iiul.-pe:i-le:;ce. :.ntr.tl.. its i:-: : :i mi.i.iy ii in the si t - 1 1 1 so p. d 1 .rts in r. v:i up Ki.'i i. as li OOV. SWt. i Up ".YlUl I'.l'llUs- ;r-ut ti .it !.re-crackts. g-m-, ban. l.-i of tniisiu afe br-u;ht . re.( u:-::i"ii to ne;p CM-T.it-' i.os rmitl st:;::ive .-.iry Crn.'i.N-. Mk'II'-ki. ok i:ik Vomans llKt.IK!- Coin's vMi SONS or Vf.l t.-iAN's We are usscr'.biod ttiny t pay loving tribute to our country's; defenders ami as the deep to::. .1 ' ell rini, "Ut a re in. as :ii-- mui.e- i .iri;i!i i.ciase t ie im-.i-.wt a v -i-i.-nte .-i .-..i si.-. nd we i.l:i-o the 1 ur.i at:. I tlw lily, the I wreath ami tli.- ros- n'mv the r-sriv..; place of CO'ut-id.-s our tiioughts n. b.-iv k to tile time .1. li tiii.se br.ive iii.;il -t.i.nl III sill" ''10 and oi.. .- i' al.d t-.ii-;-.ml tl :;.v .vl c l t.- h e: 1. -.ed t in heu;t!i rr-'i.i v.m;i.ii.- j 1 ...;ri i po..;r---.'i - .: : l -i- to -.ori.-n "life, j .-I . tie- .7,1 v! '. iT. Th:-. vr--.t ? i :. :. d t ': i. :.. 'or ' s rvi i -vh. ' V," i : 'A ;. 1 .r 1!'-: a nv.!..i. v.- is pre- t was uafuri.-.i to wave j n thotiMind year-, and enemy and friend alike lire re.ip'mg Uu: beucfit of this now peaceful and grandest nation on the globe. Let us today turn backward near :)0 years (a full gem-ration) mid in u concise way scan l.appeiuiings and results. In A pul l-'.l die fsii by lightning i pe.dw. nt ll isiiin across the continent, "Our llaj, is find on aud by our own kin." l ie ii did it take nerve mingled with piay r to decide aright as to action but iu our noble ba ler, Lincoln, both tie : grand traits w rl emboili d and lie -;ii. I the l! ig cannot fall by foreign hands and i! must ni t l.dl . by the assault of li.ii.i.!. an.', he ealied for ce ll to defend I. io f.ag vi!n Hi ii lives. And what a -,ar, all otheis in on. iii.-toiy fade in in--,iiii,ii:.u.e( , o;; pared with this. 'i lie r, ,;. i..na: y Wi.V c.-t sl-li,(i0'.,0()l, .11 g ir;i fl ai..ut tioo.o.'io nun and fought ."is (..rti Th -wi.-ol 1 -i- cost s 1.. o.oOO Ooi, engag. d ! ss tliai; -loO.OOu in'-ii :;!nl luU!it H i but!!.-. Tin- ii-ii.a:i war Ci.-l l").OMO,(i;)!t, engaged but 100.(1, ( men and fought bar. -0 battles The war of t!n- ivbciiion cot oyer v'"1 OHO. engaged mar :;,(ii)0.(MM) men and foil g'nt over I'.OU.'I battles. 'I'heli giance at the causailies on the l.'nion si. ie. Over lOO.OOO killed.'mor tally wounded in battled, 2oO,oO() died ot disease or accident, and more than :;u,000 were crowded and starved to death in rebel prison.'. This makes a total loss of life of near 400,000 and :;oo,000 more were by minnie ball and shell maimed and crippled for life, This memorial day instituted and olH eially promulgated by that grand volun teer oldier, John A. Logan in general orders when commander in chief of the (band Army of the Kepublic, is increas ing in intenst. This is, right and we be gin to look upon it as a sort of national thermometer indicating the descrej of patriotic love and respect felt for those who unhesitatingly placed tlieir bodies between our stricken government and bustling shot and glistening steel of armed treason. Ami this my friends was a greater test than ever be fere come to citi.'-ns of any republic. Think of it, why there is no question ns to duty in repe'ling invasion by foreign for, fight raiding lndi;.ns or iueli the uprising an archist, but it took a far greater test of character ami devotion to the Hag to say to a brother "thus f.r and no further." These loyal patriots said plainer than words can express it, you may kill me, y u moy destroy all my personal hopes success or happiness in life but hurt not tliis sacred fabric of human lilt-. Tty. My lii:: shall stand between traitors and this republic of th- fathers, that it may not die. This jewel of the century, must be handed down unimpaired to generations yet unknown. We are reudj- to perish that i.iineiples of self government and personal liberty institu ed by the fathers shall not perish from the earth, and when Jackson said "the L'nion must and shall be preserved" and thus unmistakably did our honored dead evince their love of country. They loved much and gave their all for the obejects of their alllic tions. Think of their deeds of daring upon battle fields, their sufferings in camp and march, and the horrible deaths in pent up noisesome prison pen hells, which nothing less than demonia! genius could have devised, and maintained, that actually murdered these loyal men by the thousands. Oh, Americans, living in these grand times of peace and good will, protected by the flag these heroes saved to you. it is impossible to draw aside the curtain of history and let you see all the heroes. Think now, surrounded as you are by friends and family, prosperous and in happy homes. Think of staying one day in such a place. Think of dying there with conviction of right and love for the flag. When lite liberty and God's pure air was offered you if yeu would traitor to that flag. Would you have accepted such cosily fredom, or would you as the thousands of boys in blue did rather than thus ignobly surrender. ! ' v fatigue, died on battle field ith face 'o t lie foe. died for freedom, di.-d for lig-ht, died for (Jod and eoun tiy. di -d lor you and me. Surely I say that i?; the accomplishments of a nations rescue from th.; assassins knife, their nobieHni and sublime death entitled tium to the garndest words of praise we can give them. "Do thi? in i enienibrauce of me" di vinely spoken made a memorial ever lasting a;id all important. "Do this in ii.em ry ot those who gave their lives for ttu.-: i- co -.ntry" penned by our own loved Logan, has created a memorial that we hope and pray will go on to the end of :i;!iL. :::iii as we bend over the passionless in -ut ils of the.-e heroes, may thoughts of tin j ri .e they paid for our liberty, give to u -! enhan-.-ei! vdae f that liberty. And now wkh cov.ntry saved, let us io..k a: it in all its grandeur and wealth, in all :?s wide il -m..in of hill and dale, riv.-' and l'.nu. ma:;'.. factory and mine. v.!'t... !'.... -1 mi". lions of a. res of timber :;-id u".:-:ru d r. : ' : : -u- of acres of sod. (.ot.tr.t-: ;:r na:--::-d miditiou for a g. -a r it:.i. ot years. I'-'J. ? pending a-.aey by the mullet:-, 1M0 finance so reconstructed that all the utock gamblers of wall street cannot in duce a panic; 1 si;-t thirty-live millions of people; 1H!0 double that amount; 1'2 five weeks in journeying from I'a cific to Atlantic co.i-t; IK'.'O th journey takes but that many days. Look at the long line of churches, schoolhouses, and millions of happy honied covering our land. The great national bebt so decreased that it is o; mere pin money importance to that nation, and :ur surplus the only troiibl. to some. Surplus, diil we say f There is lightly no surplus as long as th -re is one cx-voluntcer soldier or fam ily of one who wants for bread or cloth ing or whose children want for school ing. Hut for volunti ;-rs doi:ui::g the blu.;, and assuming its . Lmg -' ous re sponsibilities, there would have been no surplus. All w; have today is the re sult of tlnir ii le'.ily. If they hail fail-u we would have had twenty years of an archy and the ine.ss of the pe j .! beggel-. It ill;. ke my blood boil to -ee an c.Y-v-'!U'l'eer - beg the pl';.V.l"ge ol sorting or carrying the mails, vm! i: n-fll-'d bi cause some p' t wanted the job. If th se soldiers had not stood for our (lag and wiped out rebellion, our letters would probably be written in blood, mid the arch traitor satan, for ought I know, caning the mails. One hour in the hornet's n.;st, one day in the built mixed tire and smoke of the wilderness; One week in the trenches at Vicksburg, rig! tly earned for every man there, fifty years of exemption from work if he chooses to ask it. It has been asked oyer and over again, why ex -soldiers do not find proper employment. The answer is brief and simple. In the formation per iod of their lives (and remember that the average enlistment ag of volunteers are but 22 years) they left their books, ap prenticeships, farms and trades, and at tended a difficult school of camp and battlefield and when they wanted a million strong men, their places were tilled by still younger men; and when those who survived the conflict there was in thousands of instances nothing further to do. Many of them would be glad to be a door keeper in a palace they helped to save, but are denied the privilege. Civil service to the dogs when it stands between the saviours of the nation and their rights. A reasonably intelligent ex-volunteer, should be preferred for government employ to a man who can write and talk in six languages if he could and did not enlist hi the war. Kvcry otlice in the gift of the govern in -r.t should be giyeu to the government defenders who seek it, if compitent and worthy until the roster is exhausted. Right here I desire to say a word or two on pensions: This government can not in honor hIIow any man who donned the blue, and received an honorable dis charge, want the necessities of life, and yet instances are many where the poor house, shabbily clothes, and scantily feeds as paupers, men who came to the nations rescue when she was weak aud could not care for herself, and now the strong government does not rescue them when they are helpless. Shame! Shame! I say on those who are responsible for this state of affairs. Did you ever think of the money saved because of the American citizen soldier? His citizenship made him at once a soldier when the exegency arose. It is unfair to compare pensions in free America with any foreign power. Think of the millions upon millions spent in preparation of soldiers in the German and French armies, and the great expense of maintaining the standing armies there. The volunteer fed and clothed himself with no expense to the government until April 9th 1SG1, and the next morning he was a soldier and a good one at that. And when we put off the blue uniform and put on the citizen's suit, v,c went back to work to pay off the National debt and make America the noblest country of the world. Therefore, if millions are used to support the needy soldier, now what harm is it? The Government could and should pay every dependent soldier one dollar a day over the present disabled pension schedule, and that would be a mere pittance to the expense of keeping a standing -.i any of a million which would have to be done if we were not a nation of citizen soldiers. Some argue that the great expense in curred in pensioning all depend ent ones would be more than 'is warranted. "We cannot for a mement agree with this, when millions are spent without just reason for it. The 10,000,000 annually given to support the Indians is radically wrong in principle and practice. Per haps you will say it is in payment for lands; bosh on such theory! Nomads cannot in justice acquire title to the land. The Divine charter reads "be fruitful, multiply, replnish the earth and subdue it." Has the Indian done this? Can bands of savages in war paint by riding across country and killing peaceable settlers and dtfe:isel.x-s women and children, acquire title to land an empire in extent? It is the merest t.on seuse to s-uppose they ci.n; perhaps ou argue it is cheaper to do this than to fight them. 1 j 1 1 is tVis n M.iu.d polw-y for a great nation like oursf It would have been cheaper to hive purchased all the slaves of the south tloin To have fought tin; rebellion to a finish. If sol diers who saved tins . nation gi f a j it -tance fr 'Ui ths gov- iiinii-iit tli y mu-t prove many things us to soundn swh'-n they went in, and unsoumlm ss when thy came out, and that the disability his been coii?i:iiiou. oi lh y will never re ceive b c.-nt. Widows, part nts a.i.l de pendent children of the v..,:eiiecr are not c.ii-ed for as fin; lazy bnli -.,, be brother bo with Lis tomahawk .u 1 his string ol whit'; scalp-, iias a' p .-s.ort to Washington, and dips his diiiy han is 1 1 .'5 1 1 i ' . i in 'i a' i "': . ; : i U . N . , f il I II,!). ".(I!) .'I . 1.1 , -elo-l! I -.' . I O tli ; desi i viiig s -i.il -i. .v.... .. ...lei . it!: r -ti-.ave than beg. or press their tuaa --i;i- -noon lis. ft.' an' Ioii-'t -uojiort the bio. ul thirsty favagn and tax .. iiit p - -i" to pay it. It i- .vi !i e:.; tiih to grant tne.i: i ia i- in . -.-.niy, -tait lie-m in Tannine, 1: lp t i.i !,i in -choeiin g. but this don - l";.-ie ,ia snotiltl say. n o.-, iiroth. r Lo, dig or die. Tlieie is ii'h' bright p-ige, iiow v. ;-, in all tin-sombre niaim-i i ipt of lit. and that iftlie icveranee accorded by the hiultip'ied millions to t he union soldier and if republics are ungrateful the inu.ss of people are not. Passing hurriedly at th? corner of Clark and Adams steeets in Chicayo the other day my attention was called to an approaching procession, and more partic ularly because the shrill notes of the fife was giving forth the holy air, :Nearer My God To Thee." I paused as did thousands, attracted by the instrument and the air, and saw file past the funeral procession of a veteran. It was com posed of his immediate associates in the post otlice department and also his form er comrades i n arms. A young man in that patient and re verant crowd said it was something new in music to hear that air played on a fife. All elderly man with an empty sleeve answered, it was not new in the army; if you ha-.l been old enough to have accompanied us there, you would have heard much sweet music from the life. This organ of the camp and the simplicity of the procession stemed to here in the densest part of the seething commercial cauldron, so move on the hearts of thecrowd and impress them.thi.t unconciously they waited in reverence, many with hats uplifted, and although the crowd had immediate egress in many directions-till ih rs they wa ted, almost spellbouu I for momenta aft r thee rtc'e,e liapas e 1. OI K ArXILI.lAKY. And what shall be said in the f"w lines allotted for this grand org .ni. ilion, "The Woinans IlX;orps." This. Mr. Pi evident, is a sy V.h which I love to lose the serutinyVyeritic, in the rever ence of t worshiper, and the gratitude of a child. In the great struggle there were bayonets, cannons, swords. But what made them t ff-etive? It was the loyal hearts and sturdy arms behind them; and who nerved those arms and stayed those hearts? The loyal women of America. With tearful eye she sent her son. With low-toaed word he p irts with wife, aud with pallid lips the sister speaks good bye. These loyal hearts took hope for a pillow and slept beneath the shadow of the future. I call to mind an incident in the dark days of 18G2. Our regiment was embarking at Keokuk, la , for the front. Amidst the throng a stalwart boy of twenty and his mother. He the only son and she a widow. Back and forth they pace the dock and when the "fall in" came they kissed goodbye and parted, he in a few months to fall at Prairie Grove and she in her home to all her life look on the vacant chair. Talk of sacrifices! All the wealth swallowed up in the war did not amount to as much in the sight of heaven, as the tribute of that houest loving mother's heart. I know the flag seemed dearer to him, v, hen he saw what a sacrifice she had mad:; for it. So it is ti'.nt wouuau demands our hom age now, and we turn from th loud bugle notC3 and listen to the tender voice of those who prepared a generation of brave men, to walk through the seven times heated furnace of a cival.war, and when the first gun at Suaitr-s walls was tired, and the mighty nation woke, then it was that woman's heart beat perfectly in cadence with the music of the union and her fair hands wrought the banner that gaily floated over the marching columns, and in their silken folds she wove her faith, her tears, her love, her fervent prayer. The mother gave first one and then an other son, and when the call for more men came.she gave the only one that was left. The wife gave up the husband of her lo-.; and spent her daysin loneliness and work, the like of which was only made her duty because of the crises at hand. Nerved Vy this great sacrificing exuai pie the soldier fought hi way to peace, knowing it to be the only gate to his home. In childhoods joy they hailed th e first of May with song and romping pleasure, and crowned their May day tieen with flower", while now as na trons they celebrate the lust of Mny in remembrance of ninny it n hool mute dear who assisted in crowning that omen, but now Hie. ps in soldiers crave. hii.I as they strew the nations offering they sti- --"III on I- ' I. . Veil -re t ill all v T!l- iiall.es He lev. .1 i-.. i I. InV !i..)-nt Oil rl.isi. tlie-f Irntli" an. I e.-i- s'l-lve 'I'., re. th.'" w.ait tre.-.i.eii i-.im." Handed together to ai l in dispensing ch uity to the families of th- m edy d't f. n h-r-i of our country the Worn. ins !,.-li'-i Corps, our own trii" sister-, number i' . ; ii'-arlv a full I ('((.(MM) are our pi i e a 1. 1 ui joy. am! we rediz -. dear si-i, is :l .; .yhi!" your organi. ition mu-l in ert a.se. our,- inu-t liicrcu-tc, ami .n eu will be 1 1 at i -. i".'-!;:at day tin duty with the Sons .ii V- . to .strew tin loving iribi.t ol nowcr- Wt .rotl.els ':i -o lea 1 i . that ll'oiii whatevir cau-e other ' Vis may .row dull and other !e ;:!- eroiv ei,!;l, your organization in '.iLiite 1 for lime will evr tie the n.idi :ilil th-'i'i.'ii wli'i h shall coine such enl iinei.ts and pninptings to action, that lueuiari ll day will ever be obs rviil. i J.-inrades as we make our pilgrimage t-idav I t us ih.t forget the gi-ives of loy al v. n ami v.tli uncle .John i : ! - :oe 2I.-J :.!'. l:e e .y I1 e :i!' Is I ! ra". e of ie' w ho :'i -'I ia Tli war I li.iiiuli ..'T h...l liaii:.'! a w.an; : u a seiir fer hope i-.ii'l her In-art Uii- limki-ii where, Wi!'. a mrrss l men her l er tell I n h pool of u' e while t In he he I e . II " iiro and hei liiM- tcKcihrr lied When In- was ih -a I. , Anv vii.l.-ts left vet liav-e.' tlien let Yin fall Ileie hy the wall. Tut loses here, this crave is near; She was iry sister, the trues- jieart. And always ready !i do her part : Have up lie. s"ii when the lilst khii Th innli-red at Siitnptershe had hut one. And siiH died when with siiniii-'er men lie starved to 'leal h in pri-oii pen ; And wnen th.; new s eauie her lite went tint She Lived red -..ses when w were .small Here let thenl fall elnst; l.y the wall We hi m ..r the soldier- hutlhey aten't. all Thus let us remember the loyal wom en who Wire a prominent factor, in the work of preserving the union, and if they did not fall on battle field, were none i he less pit: riots aud sacrificed much for the maintaiuaijce of our now United nation. SONS OK V K l KUANS. The term veteran indicates one who is experienced in any art or calling, but most particularly in war. At the close therefore of the fearful struggle of IMil to the title of yeteran fell upon all who had shouldered a musket or draw n a sword for our national existence Fraternal f e'-ling exists ninong large bod i. s of men, wiio are from circumstances iinn in vocation and if forsoothe, that be a hazardous one, more closely are they bound by this unseen but still existing fact. The Grand Army had its conception, in this fraternal feeling, and as time passed on tin; members often said, who is better fitted to receive our falling mantle than our sons. And so with this prompt iDg Maj . A. P. Davis organized the Sons of Veterans. I If; w as born in New En gland and was a lineal descendant of a family of revolutionary and war of 1 tl 2 fame. He enlisted and served aspiivate from Maine and by successiye promotions gained the rank of major. The organiz ation began in western Pennsylvania, and was for years a local one. Still it grows in numbers and importance until l.yi it chrystalized and assumed its present or ganization and was soon officially en dorsed by the Grand Army of theliepublic Its cardinal principles are a firm belief in Almighty G d -and the pledge of time allegiance to the government of the United States. Among other grand ob jects we find this "To perpetuate the memory of the heroic dead by the proper observance of memorial day." We should therefore, comrades be glad to aid this organization as best we can, en courage them by our presence in their camps, and welcome them ttoday in this solemn memorial, knowing they will in a few years with the W. It. C. be the leading element for the proper observ ance of this important day. The number of veterans will soon be but few, who protected our banner", the red white and blue, but the sons of those heroes have fallen into line, to keep green their memory, till the wind up of time. OLK FLAG It is with pleasure we note the grand custom of carrying at the top of flag staff of school houses in our land, our starry banner. Very rightly should this be universal all over our union, and the rising generations taught to love and re vere it. Take it into your district schools into the high schools of your city aud into all your great institutions where children are gathered and may it be one of the familiar ornaments in every Amer ican home. Stocks or bonds, stately houses or lands, mill or field, is not our country. It is the flag and what it stands for. Under this flag party ends and patriotism begins The star spangled banner is our anthem and on whatever sea you may be the flatter of that emblem is the inspiration for a shout and patriotic feeling. Quarr 1 we may over politics, but let us be taught to die for the tlag. Again, there is only room in this couutry for but one rlag, and although our country is large, it is not large enough frrwo. I gladly note the fact that a bill is now in congress, prohibiting the erection in our Union, monument? "To ti e Last Cause," and the display of the sfar and bars anywhere on any occasion. Tin- is right, aud they can't pass that bill too quick for the good of the Union. It d es seem old that self resDoctinL' southerners should care to raise that flair or walk behind it, and that thf sober second thought of these people "il l be to have nothing more to do with it There can no good come from displaving it, and only opens afresh the bloody clniMii. Any attempt to tees'ul.lish or ll an lit it is unpatriotic, one. on temii ami uun.uiily, when wc i in. mber tin? Christum couitet.v xml mnidy forbear mice extended those who surrendered it in l''''". Old glory our grand Mar ami strip's, whlpiei the other one out of sight and there it should Htay.. Loyalty to the ll ig can be and should be learned hy eve i y man who comes to this country to im.ke it Ids home, mid he might to bav the u!i w:lld behind him ninl in every way build no and foster within his h"-trt nnd his i hildr. ii, u love for the new land. Th'-se person iiav tin- material fur good cit i. lis. but at' not o t patiioiie. They must be made pad i'.tie and given n helping hand. All public !- I iila i s v. I.i. li i, re na iolnii should be em oill'ii . il, and all lll.lt 111. 1 lil j " '! t e. I sin. lib I ' l.i'WIle.l t.pol.. The gf: t I. l! ;e ot In laiel tioating over the city hall of N'.-w V. 1 1. City on St. I'iitricU's day i . to put il i.ii'dlv, a set back on i .at i .. t ,-in. So let us l-.yai A ni' i an - s t n. h an example ot our loo loi the gialitlest Hag that floats, that they bv i mnlat ing that example may be made b. if. r eilieiiH An incident in I lie war sho w 1 1 loyally the boys in blue held to our stun. lard, a". I in song and shout gained n.aiiyai vi; tory loilow'uit: i;bii,;ht si.i-. The sixth day had el.is.-il of the s.-v. n days fight in tin- v.ihl.i in ss. and tin- uiinieH r. -t -.!, aliuo.-t w it hill -peakiio distance, atvuililie the day that decided union vic tor;. The boys in blip- w en- sinking and the l"ys in grey, li-iei-it o. Finally a confederate s"id - "just listen, we've whipped ih' .-e yank. -is very .lay for nix days, and now ile-y an-siioj ino " i s. we'll rally abound the flag bays, i ul 1 y once again." Oh yes it we- this fh it ai led in mak ing the next day victory for the un'ori The poet has riuhtlv said. I't.l'iml.i.i now lake t liy slim 1 .n eM i y n-hool-h'.tise in I he I, oi. I An. it our e;e'er i.nl!: unfold, the story ol 1 1 i.-e iliijSi.f "l'l. When 'i.-mcii ualliei. .1 ;d thycall. to striiKCle hleell . ' n lien 111 1 1 I'i. ; h. i. at t: el :. liner of ihv eli" cf, niijf'it warn to llial.e the VMill.i f. Jel'-e. Anil now my (oinai.ts, what shall I say to you to cheer 3 our pathway and incite you to a higher, noblci life? I.ct us all neip the needy who r -ponded to u call of the country with true loyal hearts. They are 11 w p.. or but still loy al. Is the countiy as 1"VmI to tlit-m a they were to the country Iwcnty-nim; years ago' I feur not. Are we com rades as loyal to tip; broken down sol diers as we should be who is tiyingto gain a living for hiniseii and family by running a peanut stand r some other little business? I ' comrades patronize comrades as they .-houid. or do we ptnn them by and spemluir money eisew In re l Let us attend to these little things in a loyal manner, and thereby cheer the h a t of many a poor sol.lnr. Let us ass it in s -curing en p'oyiii'-iit for those returned soldieis of the tniii.ui who have vaii.lv sought for it themselves, and whose very tat'ered uniforms seems it demerit in the eyes of those who never dared to clothe thenis'ivis in it. Our organization can draw its 111' inber ship from one generation only and then slowly puss away, but ali should remem ber hat it. pre ict" ts greater attractions, and confers greater honors than any other c-iyic one, bee iusi; its foundation was luid on an accomplished woik. that con templated the salvation of the Kepublic, and proved that our nation could rely on die galaxy and patriotism ot its people pass into and out of the mysterious vortex of civil war, ami not fall into anarchy on the one hand or despotism on the other. We often hear it hinted that cwiip life and war unfits us for a peace ful one The war was an incident in our lives, and our duties as citizens made us at once soldiers, and I do not think we can be worse citizens for having been good soldiers. On the contrary I believe that exvolunteers make better citizens. They not only had the cultivation ot in dividual qualities of mind during the service, but having passed through the valley and shadow of death in war, are; enabled to see more clearly the. moun tain tops of peace beyond. In our charity to our southern brothers let us remember that true charity never calls upon one to blot out the destruction between right and wrong. There is one everlasting, irreconcilable difference be tween the spirit of a man who tries to destroy his countiy and one who lays down his life in its defense. Our dead me honorably identified with the noblest cause that ever elicited the sympathies of mankind nnd wherever our history shall be read there shall that which these men havedonebe told of them. The good soldier cherishes and pre serves that he fought for, and we of the blue as well as all loyal citizens may yet be called, to defend America:! institution? and stand again at ri-k of life, for the maintenance of Amcrie'in freedom and lavs. Let us reverently today perform our duty to fallen ejimrades, stand by our colors and be wdi'uio at all hazards' of favor or fame, to defend our organiz ation as the great standard bearer of our nations loyalty. L'-t us. by our j.i udi ne, win tin; favor of ' il g'.od epi.-ns and prove by our daily lives that we wor-hilv bear upon our breast- th" nudge of the Grand Army of the Kepubilic. Hrhig flowers, hnn? ilo-.vers. t5i- swe.-f-t ar.l '"l.st. To ariaiid the mound- wheo- our brave 0111- I-l ee- rest. Hriii'-' pan-ie- for t ti'.n :!i: mifoi - i t'-:i rs- t lie y limit-' in in ''I 1. i u""ia 1 in y v oa 1.. 1 :ie :r;y. Brintr lilac for mr!i ma .v f. 'i re tii.-tr ."rim. I'.'-iiie oc.k wren' t-e ;,h- .-. I 1 - - s.!hiim. Uriiitf chry'dheiiczrnx I. fe f-.rth" truth they lU'iiore ; I'.ri:iU liohss in: i -t :.:!.- S.f 1,.. more, Hrir. violets, tcyr"" I v..-- j..r '-.ve, EriiiiT si.o-.vl-a'.1.- na tree. , f the Heaven HixiVe . Utili hawtlioi ' f -s i: j 1 -.'a.i-.. - ourit,' -v 1 y -Hrii.ir hinai-.it.; , .v e ;! Alter sor.;; V.- ,i..--r. .u- i-'.rn.-.iiction was prono'; :;c---d . ci.ii." the g -n-.r:d deco ration oi - ' b.-n th" a. A. It. Po-t tharc' ! t -. '.o bf fhlqr.r.rt-: r.-i in G. A. It. ?! t! :; awaited ' i T'i Jl bountiful li ;.r par- 1 by the Womaa Relief Co 1 In all th .n- o m r.-.t but observe the irr pcrtar.ee of these two aux 'or.t:riued on la-t ra7.