Ccnsor Must See AIJ Gags
TheBrltish censor of plays has con
siderably added to the gayety of the
London theatrical season now giving
a final fillip by announcing that hence
forth all gags must be tried in writ
ing on himself before using Qags
have generally been supposod to be the
Inspiration of the moment delightful
little diversions from the steady cur
rent of the play and therefore the
more enjoyed not only by the dag
gers but by the audience There is
reason to doubt whether a gag after
having been written down and tried
In the crucible of the critic and cen
sor would be a gag at all The Lon
don Speaker however thinks the mu
sic hall wits have no cause to fear so
lpng as the present censor continues
in power The censor it says who
licensed the Girl from Maxims and
Huppressed Monna Vanna has abun
dantly proved his readiness to tolerate
any nastiness provided only that it is
also stupid
Stanleys Visit to America
Stanley revisited America several
times in the course of his eventful life
He came over shortly after the Liv
ingstone expedition had been com
pleted again for a lecture tour after
he had founded the Congo Free State
through the support of the Brussels
African International association of
which Leopold king of the Belgians
was and is the head This trip was
cut short by the summons to relieve
Emln Pasha Dr Eduard Schnitzer
He responded Immediately The last
time he visited this country was in
1895 when he was seen in Boston and
New York for a short time and then
traveled through Canada
He Must Sign in English
Some amusing correspondence be
tween the lord chancellor of Ireland
and Thomas McDonagh Mahony J P
since September 3 1903 has been is
sued as a British parliamentary paper
Mr Mahony insisted upon signing his
name to warrants and other docu
ments in characters which are alleg
ed to be those of the Irish language
and persists in the practice although
he has been authoritatively informed
that it is illegal The justice of Can
erciveen insists that his signature is
his usual one and disputes the lord
chancellors law ana there the matter
rests except that he is enjoined from
sitting on the magisterial bench until
he gives assurance that he will sign
magisterial documents in English
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Why dont society editors come
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bridegroom who was led to the al
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al Debt We Never Can Pay is the
Debt We Owe the Victorious Union
Soldiers ring down the ages forever
It was out of all this that the Grand
Army of the Republic grew into being
in 1878 with a membership of only 31
016 out of all those hundreds of thou
sands of veterans But Its growth was
inevitable as Inevitable as its decline
and death In 1890 the organization
reached the high water mark with an
enrollment of 409489 since which
time it has diminished at the rate of
two three four five six seven yes
and even eight thousand a year and
more In 1892 the roll had sunk to
263745 In that year alone 8200 an
swered their final summons
Pause for a moment and think what
that means Over eight thousand
members passing away every year and
the ratio increasing rapidly Can your
mind grasp the figures in all their pa
thetic significance Eight thousand
every year and soon it may be nine
ten eleven who shall say how many
more thousands till the roster is to
tally effaced
Stand on the street when the men
who have come to live over again the
stirring days of the past go marching
by Count them if you can and you
will find that there are nearly eight
thousand in line It is an imposing
array a vast host the like of which
is rareiy seen In one tense eager body
And then let your mind try to grasp
the though that before another year
has passed all those marching thou-
frtatgfcaOLcjj
pfaw
PASSING OF THE GRAND ARMY
The object of the Grand Army in its
elation to civil life and aside from its
raditional association and charitable
work vas to organize the victory
which had been won on the field of
Dattle The post rooms become schools
of loyalty where reverence for the flag
as the symbol of the nation has been
persistently inculcated and where the
national idea has been constantly ex
alted Then came the work in the
schools of which mention has been
made and whereof all the land knows
It is not too much to say that owing
to the far reaching influence of the
Grand Army of the Republic more
than to anything else the flag is now
universally revered and there is no
onger any question in the land either
in the North or South that the Amer
ican people now constitute a nation
Day after day as the glory of their
achievements in all the arts of peace
is finding new acknowledgment in ev
ery quarter of the globe there comes
new evidence that they are a unit
the world encompassing power of the
future great glorious invincible
But what of the men who won this
priceless heritage in the most stupen
dous struggle of the modern age
They are passing passing swiftly
passing More than ever now each
annual encampment brings home the
tragedy of death in life More than
ever now each annual encampment
emphasizes the grim solemn fact that
soon all too soon the Grand Army
of the Republic with all that it sym
bolizes will be nothing but a tradi
tion Figures that do not lie give
much food for thought sad intros
pective thought
In Apiil 18G5 more than a million
of men Avere in the military service of
the United States To these must be
added a roll of names which at that
time numbered over three hundred
and fifty thousand the grand army
of the dead
During the four years of the desper
ate conflict altogether 2859132 men
had been enrolled in the military ser
vice There had been killed in bat
tle G705S died of wounds and other
injuries 43032 of disease 22458G
and from causes not classified 24S52
a total death roll of 359528
This vast army had taken part in
more than two thousand engagements
sands will be no more That is what
the passing of the Grand Army of the
Republic means
And try to realize too what senti
ment clusters round that thought It
will be fresh vivid real in the minds
of each and every one of those march
ing thousands the men who fought
and suffered for a glorious cause the
passing of the Grand Army of the Re
public
But notwithstanding this sad de
crease it has been suggested that the
membership ought to increase year by
year There are still living over 900
000 of the men who were part of that
grand army of the sixties and of that
number less than 75000 are over
G4 years old Short therefore as it
may be the Grand Army may still
look forward to a glorious future
From a speech delivered at the last
national encampment of the G A R
BEECHER AT FORT SUMTER
The Rehoisting of the Stars and
Stripes in Glory
Since this flag went down on thai
dark day who shall tell the mightj
woes that have made this land a spec
tacle to angels and men The sofl
has drunk blood and is gutted Mil
lions mourn for myriads slain or en
vying the dead pray for oblivion
Towns and villages have been razed
Fruitful fields have been turned back
to wilderness It came to pass as the
prophet said
The sun was turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
The course of law was ended The
sword sat chief magistrate in half the
nation industry was paralyzed mor
als corrupted the public weal invaded
by rapine and anarchy whole states
ravaged by avenging armies The
world was amazed The earth reeled
When the flag sank here it was as if
political night had come and all the
beasts of prey had come forth to de
vour That long night is ended And
for this returning day we have come
from afar to rejoice and give thanks
No moie war No more accursed
secession No more slavery thai
spawned them both
Let no man misread the meaning oJ
this unfolding flag It says
Government has returned hither
Gen Sheridans Grave at Arlington
many of them of minor importance as
to the number of men engaged or re
sults attained while others were
mighty battles which strained all the
resources and tested the fullest pow
ers of endurance of the great oppos
ing armies to an extent which must
make the legend which floated from a
banner stretched across the front of
the Capitol while the conquerors
were marching by during those two
memorable days of the grand spectac
ular peace review The Only Nation- I
From this pulpit of broken stone we
speak forth our earnest greeting to al
our land We offer to the Presideni
of the United States our solemn con
gratulations that God has sustained
his life and health under the unpar
alleled burdens and sufferings for foui
bloody years and permitted him tc
behold this auspicious consummatior
of that national unity for which he has
waited with so much patience and for
titude and for which he has laborec
with such disinterested wisdom Tc
the members of the government asso
ciated with him in the administration
of perilous affairs in critical times tc
the senators and representatives ol
the United States who have eagerlj
fashioned the instruments by whict
the popular will might express and en
force itself we tender our gratefu
thanks
To the officers and men of the arm
and navy who have so faithfully anc
so skillfully and gloriously uphelc
their countrys authority by suffering
labor and sublime courage we offer s
heart tribute beyond the compass o
words
Upon those true and faithful citi
zens men and women who have
borne up with unflinching hope in the
darkest hour and covered the lane
with their labor of love and charity
we invoke the divinest blessing of hiir
whom they have so truly imitated
But chiefly to thee God of our fathers
we render thanksgiving and praise foi
that wondrous providence that has
brought forth from such a harvest a
war the seed of so much liberty and
peace
We invoke peace upon the North
Peace be to the West Peace be up
on the South
In the name of God we lift up oui
banner and dedicate it to peace un
ion and liberty now and forevermore
Amen Oration Delivered April 14
1865 by Request of President Lincoln
at the Raising of the Flag Over For
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