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i * THE DAILY BEE : OilVtAHA WEDNESDAY , MAY 31 1882 * r , * . f I f m t The Daily Bee. OMAHA. WedneBtiftv Morning , May 31 Weather Report- ( The following observations are taken a the Bfttno moment ol time at all the sta tlons named. ) Wia DifARTMicrr , XJ. B , Srait > Brovici , 1 OMiHA , May 8 < 1 , 1882. Oi4S p. m.U Rlrct 9 feet 3 Inches abora high water mark at Omaha and B f l 10 Inches at Yaakton. IiOOAD BRUJVITIliS. The city all WM' entirely destitute of inmates Mon lay e ept r U and other vermin. Two "client panengeri" passed through Omaha on the Denver train ee- terday morning , Headquarters ( or pockotbooViiat Mar- hoffs Trunlc factory , 1214 Douglas street , Mlllard Hotel black , 23-tus.ths.Bat-lf The city and county offices generally were cloaod yesterday together with a majority of the stores and public offices. | The brldo and groom , whoso wedding waa recently described in TUB Bun , Mr. and Mrs. Neville , of North PJatte , passed through the clly yesterday , Three tramps wera arraigned botoro Judge Beneke yesterday. One wai sent up for ten days at hard labor and the other two being slot wcro discharged The funeral of the late Mrs. Jmlg Orounse , of Fort Calhoun , took place at 1 p. m. yeltotday. Undertaker Jacobs sent il , up the hearse and casket yesterday. T-ena , wife of Frederick Lenburg , died May 33th at 3 o'clock a. m. , nijed 40 years , three months. Funeral on Thurs day , at 3 p , m , , from the residence , No. 1517 Capitol avenue , between Fifteenth and Sixteenth. Frii-mla Invited. Having seen a notice in the Rcpubli ean ta the effect that Mr . Hazen hai squared up all his accounts , I would glad If he would deliver twenty-five porch of stone to mo according lo his contract of September 20tb , 18SO. Moses F. Sblnn , Mrs. Micko's , of Vermont , daughter of Frof. George Gewinner , the well-known musician of thii city , will arrive in Omaha to-day on a visit ti her par- ' nt , whom she h is not seen for twelve years. * On Sunday , Juno 4th , the Danish Brotherhood will have an eroufilon' tb -JTromontT" Tha train will lea'vo the U. P. derot at 10 o'clock a , m. , shfirp , und ntbe Toturn jaurpeyleavo ( Frcniont ut 8 p. in. Tliis escnrbion ia gotten up exclnalvoly for Hanes and their ftiends. Tickets at 81,00 for each person ran be hail of P. Hi Green , 410 13th ttreet , between Harney and Howar' ' A. Wolff , corner of 22J and Oumlng street * , and N. 0. Nielsen , corner of Cth and Pacific ttrects. By order of committee. tuos-thur-frl-sat Train Ifo. 2 , tie east-bound Denver run , loft Juoiburg ! Junction Mondry feurand one-half hours late. She was delayed there by a wreck , a freight train having run Into a drove < > f cattle and ditched ttie engine. The train came into Omaha only twenty minutoi late , This shows what can I e ilma ou thla mn. The road Is aim oat an air line from Fremont out , runs over the level valley of the I'latte and can make as good time as any line in tha world. By fencing in thi > track and keeping t ff the cattle the rune o 3 be shortened six hours without nny danger whattfVcr. The teamsters' union will have a meet ing this Wednesday evening at 7:30 at Tbiele'a hall , Farnam between 9th and 10th. Hats wore out last night end report that banged hair as well as banged hula were the style at the fashionable houses on Douglas street. Three reliable men are wanted to take contract i for roof painting. Good wages to thu tight men. References required. Punk and Bhockey , room G , Orelghton black. m& 2t Tb * low * State sportsman' * aiiaofa- tion nill fcld Its fourth annual tourna- tatnt at Cedar Rapids , Iowa , next m nth. Havbif Mitraoted for 8,0.0 wild birds for this tomrBsmeat , evotytblng is now In xeadlBsic , aid the tournament is an as aa.ed on c * . The dates are Juno (1th ( , 7tb , 8th a d Qth , 1881 83,38 ; in purses. One par * i ol IICO is open to the , world , profetilataU excepted. Club quitted to forward a nuail n- , , OUvO I I. 0. BrarflnLJ i. . ! How Wise. In place of the former ntaplo free goeaip , if we are correctly informed , tir , Jacob * Oil ia now the usual tea- party toplo. How wise and how much more beneficial 1 \ FEKKONAZi. Hon. Iv r Monroe , a well known attor * y , formerly of Clinton , Iowa , but now of Onctda , N. Y , is in the city visiting Ms I mm , Mr , Charles Monroe , of the B. & M headquarter * . IL Mist Eva Atkinson , of Denver , daugli let ol If. 0 , Atkinson , conductor on the Union i'acl Be fail wuy , is in town visiting ( friends , Mr , Nolstm Cutler , foreman Aeh- toil Valve Company , Boston , Mass , , vrtilet : Ono of our men was very baflly jammed } but by t the uao of Bt. Jacobs 'Oil ho visa entirely cured. Another man iuonremploy was cuicd of neuralgia by thu , jut ) of the Great German itaiuedy , HAVEN'S YOSBMITB COLOGNE , Madofrorti the wild flowers of the JMB J-AMKD YOSKMITE VALLEY , it ia the most flagrant of peii'uinu * . Manufactured by IL B. Huvon , B n I"ranoisco , For sale In Omaha by ) V. ill-1 J. WbiUhouso and Kennard Bros , ' ; . 'OUR : PATRIOT DEAD ; Memorial- Day Oolebrated witt UnuEnally Imposing Oero- mony , A Grand Procosaion of Grate < fal Mourners , Who Strew Flowers O'er the Graves of the Horolo Dead. Eloquent J Oration by Hon , Jamoo W. A Minister' * Tribute to the Bnncl Warrior * . Totorona , Soldlora and GltlisonE Unlto In tbo Sad Coromonlos of the Day. Memorial day waa looked for ward to with fear and trembling fet so long that there was universal re joicing when on Sunday the clouds cleared awny and the streets began to resume a paesablo condition. The sign fixed in the sky Saturday night proved irood , however , and after midnight - night Monday thcro waa a heavy fall of rain , which restored the reign of mud vorv completely The day over head waa at beautiful as the heart could wiali , and it inspired these who were moat deeply interested in the matter to go on with the programmo previously mapped out , regardless of the weather. TUB LINCOLN EXCURSION. A DEB reporter went down io see the excursionists oft for the ntato cnpi * tel at 8 o'clock. The train , consisting of two handsome day coaches and a caboose , was already standing in the depot and the steam rising in a column from the enrino that waa to whirl it through the valley to its destination. ) The list of passengera included Ool. E. F. Smjrtho , orator of the day and the following msmbera of the Omaha Glao Club : First tenors F S. Smith , A. D. Morris , A. VanKuran , Win. Gratton. Second tenors John U. Munches * lor , VV. B. Wilkina , Jay Northrup , Will Stevona. First bassos Cha < i. E. Burmestor , J , Wesley Wilkina , Allen Jackson. Second bassos W. F. Nash. J. L. Smith , H. W. Snow , 0.1C Orallo. There were alsj among the other passengers Dr" . H. W. Hyde , A. B. Carpenter , H. T. Loavitt , H. D. Reed , D. H. Reed , "Doc" Snowdon , N. J. Burnham , Captain Phil Norton and other * , together with a number of ladies. The party returns at 8 o'clock to-night by the oamo spoaial train , IN DOUHT. The hour not for thn procession to move was 10:30 : , but ( ho.condition of the strCotu and the gathering clouda in the sky , with thu sultry atmosi phoro , tuude many doubt the advisa bility of currying out the programme. The plan of abandoning the parade , Bonding a c-irainlttoo to decorate the graves , and holding memorial services at the opera house at 1:30 : was favored by many , and Mayor Bbyd tendered the free use of the house , if necessary , for the purpose. A storm of rain was as little feared by the veterans as A storm of bullets , and when Gen , A. Ouster post met to consider the ques tion there was not a dissenting voice on the vote "to celebrate or not to oelobra o , " Orders were given Marshal - shal O'Brien to go ahead with the programme , and in half an hour everything was moving along in good shape , Mio troops and baud on route to the city , the firemen to thtir meet ing place , and carriages and wagons to the hall from every direction. THE HTUERTS presented a voryatumatcd appearance. Crowds lined Douglas and Ftvrnum , and the buildings , many of them , were appropriately dooorated with the national colors. Among those noted were : ( J , 8. Goodrich , Milton Rogers , I. B Detwilor , Frank Ramge , i'oavy & Peuvy , Ganabrant & Cole , M. Bellman , Oruickshan'ka , . Kounard Bros , , Bubormanu J. Brown and the Omaha Post. Vt 11:30 : the " force , " under command of Marshall Angell and Deputy Marshall McOluro marched to their station at the head of the first division , the Ninth infantry band fell in behind them , then the "firing party" and regulars , followed by General Crook and staff in f uiruniform , and AT TUB LUOLK OALI , ' the column moved down Douglas street , the first and second diviatona falling in at Fourteenth and Thirteenth sleets. The procession was a moat imposing ono as it moved along the line 3f march laid out for it. In addUb > to the features named abov ' ' ( nQro were other otheraji.j c75V0 onea _ tlaa. 4i teft--wiw tha wagon containing the two largo oil painting , "Peactj" and "War " of ; n squad boys on hpraobaok ; the band wagon drawn by four magnificent grays and bearing - ing thirty-eight very httlo girls , rep resenting the states , etc. The Em inent Monument association turned out largely ; Goo. A. Ouster and Phil. Kearney posts , uniformed and the Michigan Soldiers association raado a fine appearance ; the fire department looked tine in their red uniforms , and the chief and assistants very hand some in their equipment , wbilo their speaking trumpets were each filled with a hugo bouquet of cut ( lowers. The Union Pucitio band was the ob ject of the usual amount of praise and admiration. The carriages loaded with ilowors did not indicate a scarc ity of those doiirablo requisites to memorial day , The four mule loams and army wagons , and the long line of carriages with their loads of dioials" and citizens all wont to make ono of the most imposing processions over Bouu in the nity. The published ONE or MAIIUII VRS adhered to strictly , and the body remained unbroken until Cuminiuga street was reached , where somu of the organizations on foot returned to the city and the remainder , n larco crowd'still proceeded to Prospect Hill where the services wuro to bo held , The committees were also sent from here to decorate the graves in other cemeteries , including Oastidy'o and the Holy Sepulchor. t The mombora ippoiutud on tlicso committees were John Groves , .Frank' < Gsrroly and E , McLaughlin for Cassidj'e , and lion 0. V. Gallagher , Thomas Tojlon , Johr J , Galligan and'nndthor for the Holj Sepulcher , the E. M.'A. , O. A. II and fire department being represented in , both. The "firing party" accompanied thi procession to Prospect Hill. It wai composed of two men each from Conv panics 0 , K and D of the Ninth In < fantry , in charge 'of Sergeant Mulloy , of Company 0 , AT rjiosrECT mill , Whim the immense crond had as sembled about the spot reserved for the exorcises of the day , & fine piece of musio was given by the Military Band , followed by & fervent and elo quent prayer by the Chaplain , Rev. Stewart , of the First M. E. church , a comrade of the Grand Army. Hon. James W. Savage then deliv ered the oration of the day , which is given in full below , and which ia pro nounced ono of the iinost over hoard on a like occasion anywhere. Judge Savage was colonel of the Third Now York cavalry all through thu war , and his words oomo from the heart , nnd are the results of a personal expe rience of the scones and feelings ho so graphically describes. Tha oration was as follows ; JUDDF. SAVAOIl. FELLOW SOLDIERS : Onoond twenty years have passed away. The child that was unborn when the bugles first blow nnd the drums first boat to summon the defenders of auimperilcd nation , is now just entering upon the duties and responsibilities of rannj hood. To us how vivid , to him how vague nro the scenes of these old days. To us it is a largo part of our lives , to him it is but an episode in the recorded history of his country. Twonty-ouo years ago I stood among a vast crowd in ono of the publid ( squares of n great eastern city. Bands were playing , national colors were flying and from various stands speakers were employing the art of oratory to stimulate popular oiithusi- asm. At ono of these n.groy-haired , sweet-voiced orator , ( treat ahko irt war , in law and in politics , arrested the attention of all who came within reach of his clear tones and magnetic oyo. "THEY TELL us , " ho said "that the preservation of oar Union will cost treasure. Well , wo have it ; that it will cost blood ; well , ' * and hero ho dropped -hia voice and bowed his head "wo have that too. " But a few weeks passed away and the orator of that occasion , Baker of Oregon gen , hnd yielded his own blood , at Ball's Bluir , onof the first of the martyrs to the cause to which ho had so solemnly consecrated himself. In the crowd that listened to him on that April afternoon was a boy of only thirteen years. The nervous eloquence of the splendid old gray- haired orator and warrior so excited his patriotic enthusiasm that , from that hour , ho , too , gave himself up to the service of his country. Refused by recruiting sergeants , rejected by mustering oflicers , itwas many months before ho reached the goal of hia ambition. THE TTNrFOHM OK A PRIVATE SOLDIER Nor was i ( until ho Had/ smuggled himself { ihroui > li to the front , ' and served without enlisting for a long time , that 'at last , just before the close of the war , ho was permittod'co sign the muster rolls and wield the arms of fa soldier. < I recall him as I saw hirn the 'firat. jiight ho went on picket duty. Lean aeo now after all these long yoart hia sparkling-oyo , hia ruddy chocks , his tawny curls. How elated he was at the trust reposed in him. How his bravo yountr heart rhrobbod with prida and ambition. But AT MIDHIOHT there wns a dropping shot or two , then a scattering volley and the boy ish soldier's watch was ended forever. I looked into his face by a lantern's lightandtho parkling eye had bccomo dimmed , the ruddy cheek was paloand the curls were drabbled with blood. And so , old man nnd young boy , rich and poor , the city clerk and the firm laborer , men of all olastos and condi tions , consecrated thomsolvoa to tho. task of perpetuating what their fathers had constructed. The sacrifices they made , the hardships they endured , the dangers they encountered , are for the most part forgotten or , if remembered , remembered only as historical events , IDE HIKING GENERATION reads of their nchiovomonts with the same curiosity and interest act it reads of the heroism of Thermopylae and Marathon. Woman , always sympa thetic , always rememorative , makes her annual offering of flowers to the' dead ; the popular orator still trj B aj times , to excite a feeble enthusiasm by some allusion to their 3rvi3es > but of real practical ' . ymg y or g'rali. tudo. who sees anjrt og ? A few small penaiou to diwhgd mon , grudgingly ' bestowod-thU'i , all. Whocareato tmploy a labgror or Oierfc because ho was once oitUojj who feels any PSraQ aT gratitude towards such an one } Who sympathizes with him in hia poverty , want or Buffering , because ho WAS A SOLDIER ! No one. God forbid that I , or anyone ono who served during that bloody conflict , should mention tboso things by way of complaint. If I have dwelt upon them at some length , it ia only to emphasize what seems to mo to bo vno of the most characteristic and beautiful features of the civil war ; thao those who enlisted in it , did so from patriotism or ft sense of duty alone. If any of thwt were induced to servo by a hope of future aggrand isement , by a dosiro'of battering their condition , or from any other motive than love of country , then they are not deserving of credit. If their motives were pure and noble , they de sire none. And there ia nothing , it seema to me , which baa so illustrated the character of OUB NATIONAL INMirOTIONa na the spectacle of a great army called into existence by the sudden stern buhcat of war , learning its bloody trade , accomplishing its purpose , and returning victorious to lay down its arms and join again the citizens from whom they had emerged in such a way na to bo undistinguishable from them ; so water from a mountain tor rent may be diverted ( com its bed to turn snmo mighty wheel or inovo some ponderous nuer , and when its duty is done , it regains the parent stream and in a short time is uudia- tinguiahablo again. TUB CITIZEN 80LDIKIIY OF 1805 liavo a just right to boast that no popular commotion , no national d a- treta , followed their readumaion into Iho masi from which they had beer separated. Quietly they laid down the sword and the musket and took hold of the plow , the piano and the pen ngajn. Civil law resumed iti away again , the arta of peace flour ished once more , and the roar of can non nnd the crash of contending nrmios , were but forgotten echoes of the past. And that they ceased to fight , when the war was over , gives them na just A CLAIM to the gratitude of their country men na that they took up arms when fighting began. But , my comrades. if wo demand no special , meed of praiao from our country for the per formance of o plain duty , there are just obligations resting upon ouiaolvoa towards each other , and these of our companions who have gene before us , which wo shall never foil to rocog- nizo. Wo who stood by cacti other at Gettysburg , at Antiotom , in the Wilderness , on the march to the sea , shall wo not standby each othornow ? The friendships that were formed in thoao days , shall they dip out from our memories ? The service that wo rendered each other , the cup of cold water after the fight , crust of bread on the toilsome march. Must they bo forgotten ? When they are BO then will our hearts ba cold indeed. A llKUINLSCENCB. Not five days ago I received a letter from a man whom I saw for half an hour eighteen years ago , and never before or since. Ragged , torn , ema ciated , hungry and forlorn , ho wan dered into a little camp whore I waa stationed , after a year of privation in southern prisons , ntid seventeen days' starvation in Carolina awamps. "I will cherish you forever , " ho says in his , homely phrase and may God forever blcaa tko hand thai wrote the lines , and the grateful heart that in spired them "I will cherish you for ever in my memory for the OOOD SQUARE MEAL. You gave mo often a prolonged feast of ono year , and most of that time in Anderson villo. " The long year of agony , the hazardous escape , the pur suit of blood hounda , the dreary nights of solitude , the bare and bleed ing feet , the exhausted frame , almost effaced from his memory ; but the comiado's welcome and the comrade's fnce.rfrosh and glowing and vivid in his heart for all timo. I know that there are these who see or affect , to see in this warmth of frindshfp , in this strength of comrade ship , some vague danger ; some chance of A MILITARY TARTY J aomo prejudicial effect upon our peaceful institutions. But surely they who trusted ua during four years of war , who have suffered no qroat damage from ua during seventeen following years of peace , may bear with our harmless friendships during the few yoara wo have yet left to in dulge them. And even if there were danger in thus indulging a warmth of love for the companions of the best years of our lives , it would be a danger with out a remedy. For "tho thoughts ot youth , " says the bard just dead , "are long , long thoughts. " It is not possi ble fo'r us > at this day and at our ago to give up our faith in and our loye for our old associatea of the field , And hot to the living only are our uffactiorrsto recollections confined. This day of every year , big with the hope of bounteous hart csts , is by com inon consent sacred to THE MEMORY OF THE DEAD. Their narrow houses where they fcst In peace , wakened by no bugla call , alarmed by no musket shot : , are around us on every side. And how fast they. spread ? A few short days , Oh , comrades of the old , old timoand , ours will be among them. ' Forever and forever , as the years roll on , will be the trembling hands that will scatter the fragrance of the spring ; fainter and fainter will grow the voices that will speak of us , until , at last STERNAL SILENCE AND THAGC shall brood over the great army , whoso volleys once shook a continent. But theu , as a typo atid emblem of the work that was done , and the results achieved by the bravo dead , nature will do for us what wo now do for them. Every year there will creep up from the restored and eonial BoutnjtinTJ warm sun , thu gentle ehowerajitjoftho bland winds of spring. The ffiH visit , e , the graves of _ &oso foes no longer who sleep otfilobilo and Vicksburg , and Corjnjh and Memph's. Still passing - ing Jcfthward , they will enamel the 5unda at Gettysburg , and those that dot v lilK PRA1RIEH Of NTBRA8KA and the hills of Now England , until all our peaceful country , from lake to gulf and from ocean to ocean shall bo covered with verdure and beauty ; and the long , dark night of winter and war shall aoem but A dream when one awaketh. UEilORIAL HERYICB. Following the oration oamo a splendid did selection by the Union Pacific band , and then the special memorial service by Geo. A. Ouster and Phi ) . Kearney posta was gone through with , which was after the proscribed ritual , and was solemn , beautiful and im- protsivo. Then followed the decoration - tion of the graves , which occupied aomo time and gradually the visitors left the comotary until it was once moro deserted and the dead left in its lonely solitude. ANOTUBR SKRVIOB. The BKEjgpromisod its readers a synopsis of the sermon delivered by Uov. Dr. Stolliog , of the Lutheran church , at Boyd'a Opera House on Sunday evening , and it cannot more appropriately do BO than in this con nection. The opera house was crowded with an audience anxious to hear the eloquent gentleman tn hu re spouse to the request of the depart ment commander. The stage pre sented a lovely nppearanco two magnificent American fliga be ing crossed above the arch in the background , while the pulpit was entwined with the aamo sacred emblem and at the right ctood a larco floral cross of cxquisita design and beauty. The subject chosen was "Our Patriot Daad , " and the speaker said : KEY. DU. BTELLINO , * David , the aged king and hero , while encamped on the expedition Against the Philistines , recalled to his memory thu refreshing well of Bethlp hem , wncru he had oft quenched his thirst and expressed a desire for a draught of its waters. The wish was heard by throe of his fearless captains &ud they resolved to gratify him. Though the exploit required them to break through the camp of the cnem ; and take a great hazard , they did a < and brought in triumph the drink t < their chief , But David wns shock ci at the risk they had taken. Ho hat already counted hia captains aa nmonf the dead , and when placed itbofort him , ho refused todrinktt. It lookei too much ns if the veritable blood o ! those bravea had been offered him Hence , ho pushed the water from him saying' : "Farbeitirommo , Lord , tha I should do this : is not this the blood o the mon that won tin jeopardy of the ! : lives ? " Ho admired their valor , ho exulted ulted over the achievement , ho thanked od God for such a heroism , but ho re carded the water oa too encred t < drink , and ho poured it out aa i drink offering -as a sacrifice t < the honor of God. Such wai David's appreciation of patriotism TUB HEROES' RKMAINS Dr. Stolling narrated a visit to Gettysburg , when in his mind's oy ( ho saw the conflict and retreat of the enemy ; then visilod the comotorj whore lie the forms of the victims ol the battle , the monument erected it their honor describing eloquently the surrounding ? , and in viewing then all could not help repeating the quos .tion of David. Are we surprised , hi said , that the nation has gathered thi remains of her heroes and given then such attractive resting placet ? Hai the nation done moro than it ought And is it moro than wo ought to ex. poet that the sons and daughters o. these heroes each successive year bedeck dock their graves with the choices' ' floral treasures ? It hrmng boon aug gested that on the Sibbath nearest Decoration Day , ministers make such remarks as they deem proper to com memorate the event , Dr. Stolling offered ferod a few reflections on "Our Pa triot Dead. " First , M to the cause : It was nol his intention to bring cp the unpleas ant issues that led to the war ; that would bo out of place. Neither h the question aa to which aection waa right with us any longer. It may be the futura historian , removed from this generation of bias and prejudice , will bo able to place the blame whore it belongs. But there is ono thing we can say , that it was TUB CXUSB Or TUB COUNTRY and the cause of the country waa the maintenance of the Uuipn aa our fath ers , who framed it , desired it should ba perpetuated. Had our enemies Buccoodnd , it ia difficult to say what the condition would have been to-day. Whore onr great country now is , two countries would have been , and people ple now united would have been divi ded hopelessly and diversely. Hero would have been two nationalities subject at all times to the hostilities BO common among bordering govern ments. And possibly , the fruit of the rebellion would have been a further division of the two parts till we would have had n Europe in America. Who will pretend to say theae were not the solemna convictiona of the dead ? And aathey died for them , do they not deserve the highest gratitude the nation can confer ? TIE SACRIFICE. Second , as to sacrifice ; There are men ever ready to spring at the tap of the drum or bl > st ot the bugle. They cannot do anything else , and war is their only chance. They brave death simply for the pay they receive. Then there are others , ready to take advan tage of the nation's misfortune , to whom war is a rich harvest. Wo have no reference to them. Theirs ia not patriotism. True patriotism is a con viction. It is just like reli gion. It comprehends a real love for country for the country's sake. Just as a Christian would stand up for Jesus , fight for Jeagg dio-fat Jesua , because Teaar'hTs'all hia faith and love , BO the true patriot stands up for his country fights and dies for it. _ With thif/undorstanc'ing our dead soldiers sacrificed the blessings of a peaceful vocation. They had no preferences for war no thirst for battle no eye for sconea of death and suffering. Loving and preferring peace they , abandoned it only when called to ( unavoidable war. They sacrificed better compensation. The nation could not afford to pay them what their services were worth , but the goveffiment is to-day endeavoring tojaSko up the difference by estab lishing asylums and schools for the impoverished widows and orphans. They sacrificed the comforts of home. This , perhaps , was the greatest. What scenes of parting do we not remember ? What a solemn "good by" that was , when the hour having come , they toro themselves away from the arms of their loved onca , sobbing themselves and leaving the sobbing bhind them. Homo was the burden of their dream , Upon the memberi who composed its endearing circle , they dwelt and thought the longest and detpeat. For tkeir saorino * , then , thus cheerfully made , we call them onr patriot dead. TUB JEOPARDY OF WAR. Third , ia the serious jeopardy to which they expoaod thomstlves. There are some men T * ho are insensible to the chances of war , but they are fow. There will come momenta in the life of almost every soldier when the real- tiiea of war press themselves upon his mind when the excitement aroused lias died away. The contest ia real the bullets are deadly , and every one means to wound and to kill. He is aware that some must fall , and ho , may ba ono. War makes no distinc tions. Our patriot dead , therefore , went in jeopardy of their lives. They wont with death threatening them , and how many , alas , realized the dread result ! How many thousands of them sleep the soldier's sleep , They are again our patriot dead be cause , while they knew some of them must perish , there would bo millions of freemen to whom they would be- qucathe the fruits of victory. TUB SERVICE WE BENDER. What service , then , can wo rondar them ? They want nothing of which we , living , are still wanting. They only want our continued appreciation of .their deeds. That wo should re call their memories and freshen them is the very least they could ask. Wo bring the 11 j wera and strew their graves wo plant evergreens. When Decoration day shall come , wo can gather the flowers and say as wo strew them , "these are the patriot offunuga to patriotism. " Orouuiiioinor Used to say : "Boy * , if your blood is oat > f order try Burdock tea ; and then they lad to ditf the Burdock and boil it down n kettles , making a nuty , smelling deooc- , lon ; now you get all th * curative proper- .lea put up in a paUtable form in BOBDOCK ULOOD KmxM. Trie * 91.00 OMAHA AND LINCOLN , The HegJra to the Capital * OB Memorial Day , A DolifiMfal Trip aad a Royal Reception- To tha Editor of The Deo. I thought I deserved a vacation , and upon the invitation of Col. Smytho ] wont down to Lincoln to the Decora tion ceremonials. At the depot I found the genial colonel with our celebrated glee club nnd quite a number of oui people' bent on the same errand ol pleasure. The train loft about 0 a , m , , and after a delightful trip througli the garden of Nebraska , a trip which was enlivened by the aonga and jokci of that jolly association the glee club , wo arrived at the capital about noon , There wo were mot by a committee with carriages , and were at once trans ported by thia hospitable body to the Arlington hotel for dinner. Thu waa right , wo were hungry , and needed something to hold us up for the coming speech by our great talker. Dinner ended , wo atrollcd about the wide clean streets of .Lincoln , admiring its fine buildings and handsome stores , nnd wondering a little at the evident pros perity of a city that eecmed to have no excuse for existing , except the en terprising spirit of its inhabitants. But soon & gentleman was after us , and hurried ua back to the hotel to toke carriages for the cemetery as part of a great procession , and I must say just here that wo were very hand- comely treated by our brethren of the capital city. No pains were spared to make everything pleasant for us. Once on the street wo were in a crowd. I never saw such a great num ber of vehicles of every de scription in my lifo The streets were positively jammed ; but everything was carried out in perfect order ana without confusion. Our nllant colonel refused to ride , saj ing , o preferred to "march with the boys , " and he did , to miloa , to the cemetery. Well , w rode slowly to ward the city of the dead , with many a halt and many a race , but strange to say , without an accident ; but we finally got there , and were introduced to a seat on the stand. Bat a word about the procession : Cadets , headed by their band , first ; then the G. A. R. , followed by several societies and orders ; then our G.'oo Club , and then citizeia in carriages A mile and a half in length it stretched out , and was truly imposing. As they en tered the cemetery , they wore each conducted to their special place , a detail from the G. A. 11. meantime dicornting the soldiers' graver. After all were placer1 a Bong from the Omaha Glee club rarae firat , and was beautifully rendered. T ey , together with the Apollo club and Micnnechor society of Lincoln , occu pied the etand with the speak or. After "Hail Columbia" by the Lincoln band , the assemblage waa called to orddr by Judge Cobb in a fw appro priate remarks , after which the O. G. C. Bang ono of . , their moat touching songs. They were followed by the G. A. B. in their memorial services , which were particularly Bolt-mn and impressive. Judge Cobb then intro duced the orator of the day , Col. E F. Smytho , in a felicitous speech , and the colonel after being supported by a song from the 0. G. 0. proccid- ed to make one of those electrical Speeches such as only ho can make. I cannot aftempt-to report hia speech , but all who huvo i-yer-heard him will understand when I say that ho was in hia happiest vein. I was proud of him , and was only * scrry that a short but vicious dash of rain cut him short. The rnin lasted but a few minutes , but sent everybody flying to the car riages BO that only part of the assem blage were left to listen to a song by the Apollo club , and an original poem by Comrade J. H. Pierce. Thoao who dill ntay were well repiid , though , for the next thing , ana the finale , was our .glorious anthem , America , by the united voices of the societies. The return to the city was lively and marked by the miraculnua escape from collisions and over turnings always enjoyed by the truly good ; but I waa quite ready for the elegant supper prepared for ua by mine host of the Arlington. This important ceremony over , and parting , musical aalute by the O. G. 0. done , 1 took a beeline line for the train in company with all the Omaha folks. These wore care fully counted to see that none were left behind to be "shown around" by their entertainers , and then "bobbing up seienely" with the Glee Club , I sank iato a seat and gave mjBelf up to reverie. But not fui long ; Colonel Soijth was with UB , and therefore the ' 'reveries of a bachelor" were rudely dlaturbed , aa it were. The ride home was a jolly one ; the Glee olab sang till it it was hoarte. Colonel Smytho , JTrank Smith and others exercised their conversational powers , and though the trip was four hours long. it aeemnd leas than half that. Yon should have heard our Glee club ; they covered themselves with glory , and never did better work than to-day. But as they are a band of gentlemen who are not only musically but so cially in accord , it is easy to BOO how they succeed * Long may they wave. Yours truly , The Cincinnati Star editorially Bays : St. Jacobs Oil is a boon of incalcula ble value to rheumatic martyrs all over the world. FLIES AND BUGS. Flies , roaches , ante , bedbug * . rat , inlo * , oiherp , chiniuuk | , denied out by Huuthon Hits. " Ifio. DR. P. SOHBRBB , Physician and Surgeon OURON10 DISEASES , RHEUMATISM , Etc. , A SPECIALTY. Medicines ( nratabcd at office , Office No.im Farubcm St. . l'Cl ' itu Jlth un < J IStli , Oinabt , Neb , S. KALISH , THE STAB TAILOR. 1 Door W , of Oruioksliank's , HM DOW flne ccmplcto block of Eptlog Good conilttluK ol French , tuclltb Had ibe Icill ) rnuuca. fftcea low or uie low < y BARGAINS * 'X'v , * - 9 * xcar LOT Houses , Faring Lands. BEMIS' D8DBUSSIS , , BeiutiM building tltoj on noth street ) south ot I'on | > litoii' and J. J. Urown'a residon e bcin85l fooT wc irontwr * Vo the tvenue , by ( r 'in 3iO to 650 fi-ok ID d ptb ( rinwine caatwurd to tha imahft A St. Paul K , K. Wtil sell la strips of 60 fuet or mara t ontmre on the aTecue with lull dcp'h ' to Iho ralircft' , ulll toll tte abore on about any terms ihatpurcliaxir may desire. To parties wh ) willajruoto build houses co tiasr Sl'4.0 and 'upvard will DO ! with out anv payment down for one y ar , and G to 10 | equal annual piyuunta ihf retltir tT per cent | lnt rrst. To i rtieS wicdj uot Into id miprtr- | IUK immodla ny Till aII tor i no sixth dion and B equal aioual piymonU t beru lt r at T per cent Interest. Choice 4 acre Mack In Smlth'i addition at west tndot Ktrnam street will iilte any length ( tlma nqulr dat 7 per co < Interj t. Aitt a gplendl 110 acru block In Hmlth'rt aJdl- Uon on lame liberal terms M tha for.'if Inf. No. SOS , IUf lot on intd near 20h Direct. 87UO. - . ' No 834 , Lot on 13th atro't near Paul , S12CO. No 302 , Lot 30x233 feet on 15th a.reet , uuar Mchol-e. No 299 , One quarter acre oa Hurt street , near Dutton $500. No 297 Two lotion Blonde near Irene street , S2tO andSSCOiach. tioiO-l , Two lota en Ocorjla near ll'chlgan ' etrcet. 8120J. ' 1N02D3. Tweho chol.-e readenca lots OB Uamll- tanttrretln bhinu's addition , flneaud elghUj. 8 60 to S3 0 each. , , NoviM Beaut ful half lot'on ' St. Murv'o BY- cnuo , SOx'SJ Act , i car Bishop CUrksan'a and * 0th ttruct , $160 , N iB2 , Fire c'Olca lots on Park arenas , ' DOr. l&O each , oil sireetTxl wny , Sioo eici. NolOI.Slx loti In lllllaid Ca ( Ucl 'a -hrrmau A\enud I oir I'onulcta/i ) , ? IDO < ach. N > 2-0 , Choice lomin Varlc avoitio aid -rtreel car Una oa r a'l to Fatk , SI'H ti HO 0 curh No 285 , E'cv-in lo s on Dec * ur a d Iran * t treats , neir ba.ndcn street , * 4 6 to 8iGO tacb. No 2(2 , Lot on Ihtti uo.r laul l-tro.t 7O. i NotHi , Loi65xMU feet near dt lUr/d uvoauo , an. 20th street , 91600 t < o 2:0. : Lf.t ou De-atir rear Ircno itrrct , t325. 27S. F. utloison laUtfiU , inar Sijuderi fctre t , 50Jct.cn. ro 2 < 0 , L lou Clinton street , near shot 1oer , ' $125. INO 275 , Four lots on McLellan street , near Bloudo , HnRan'd idditbn 9jifio.cn. ' , v No 274 , Tnroo loti tear race ( .oune : mak off rs. No 68 , Bea'illfal corner aero lot on OJifornla s net , opp > lle u daaj.iii.lng fancied IliartCoa- \entKiouud' , $10 0. No do , " .ut oniliion , near 15'h stro t , (1.P50. 100 lo sin "Credit Fonder"and "Gran Mew" nddHo B , just south-east of If. l > and DAM. allroad cpotsiangingfroin il 0 ta < 1000caci ! an 4 o cosy terms. Hcautlful licsldenco lots at a bars In Tory handy to shops IMJto VIO cac , Spcrt.nt d. wa nil i per cent per month , ta.l OLU git plat abd full partlcu aiu ' No 25'l , Kuil corner lot on Jone > , Kojr 16th ( treetj(00. ho25i. 'i woloUon Tenter etraer , bearCam- iiL' ttrcut , 5:00 lor both urt600 toch. No 2.iH , Lut on ticward , iiuar Kin ; ; street , ? 3tO 3tOo2i9 > o2i9 , Hall lot on Dodge , near 11 h street , J2 100 No Jt7 , Tour beautiful lotidance lots near CrelKhtia Col ego ( nr will sc | arate ) J3.00U. No 24H , 'two lots un Center , mar Cumins et tit , $400 etch. No liJlij , LH on Idaho , near Cumin ; struct , $ * & , NoU5 , Beiutlful corner arr ) lot on Cumlnir , near D it u ttreut. ntiur new Content tJ uwieti Ueait , 81,600. No. 244 , Los on Farca-n , . near 13 h etreek. l.7fO. Nu 213 , Lot 60 by 133 fe t on Co legs' tt.-cet , nearbt. Mar > ' anue , $700. No 241 , Lot on Painaui , near 26th straoL l.OOO. . r of40 , Lot CO by 99 feet on Coutk avenue , near Uasoo street , $950 Jso WU , Ojiner lot on Hurt , near 2td street , $2.800 No 233 , 120x132 fef t o i Harney , near lUh. street ( "ill cut U up)92,400. ) t\o Zit , Lot on UOuglu street , near 6tb , No 232 , Lot OB Fler street , near Eeward , 1600.Mo Mo 217 , Two lot * onDeoatur , near Irene rtree , t.OOtach. . * o iZi , Lot 143 by 441 feet on Sberranare- nue (10th It eet ) near Grace , ' ? . ! 400 , willdUIde. NoU0 , Lot 23x68 fuet ou Uoiine , near Uk itiest : make an uflVr. No 2 7 , Lot on i3rd street , near Clu , l00 , No 21tt , J ot on Hamilton , neir muff , I Ol. No 2oJ , Ljt on ISth itieot , Lear Mcbolaa , free , No 07 , Two lot i on 10th near Pacific atrtot , } ! , & 0. No iM , Beautiful renldonce lot oa DlrUlon Itio.t , near Cumliif , $1)00 ) No 103 ! . Lot ou 16.n street , nut Pierce , 8oOO. 8oOO.No No IDS ! , Lot on Eauudoia street , nosj Bew rnooNo No 104 ] , Two lota on 22J , near Grace street , 00. s 00.No 192 ! , Two 'ota on 17th strict , near white lead works , 81,050. No 1881 ; Oi.v fall black ton bta , near tht barr.cl s , < HOO No 191,1.01 on Parker , near Irene street , f300. f300.N ) 161 , Tire lota on C B ) . near 21st street [ S t edf | ) , * fl,000. No i 0 , Let on Pier near Beward , C60. Na 170 , .Lo. on 1'Mlfle trod , near 14th ; mike 3 Her , No W , Six lots on ? arnam , near 21th street , r2,400 U.tet50tath Noj03,1'Ull bloik on 25th street , new n o ipjrie , abd three lots n Ut.o'i aiultlon , near sunders and Casjm * streets , (2,000. * ho 121 , Lot on 16th strtei , mar whlto lead iroris 1625 No 122 , 123xlMietl (3 ( lots ) on llth street , Dear 1'otipUton' * , el.tOa No'llU , THnyrulf aire lots InMUlardJk Cat. Iwell' . nd'l.tbn * en Huerioan arenue , Uprlig and : ar t'ga streets , near the end of grcoa ttreel : ar traik , - 50 to jl.tOO oich. N 89 , Lot on t'Dica0'0 , near S2d itreet , No S3 , Lot oil CaJJwe'Utteet , near Saunior * , No S3 , 0 rner lot on Chfttlcs. near Saand- le street , SIOO ho 75 , etx32cetonPaciQc , coir 8tn street fS.OCO NotO , Elghten lots nn Zlit , 22d , 2U and iiu dt r J btuu's , near Qrico ai.d U vunJcu strict bridge , ? 500 eaih , No 6 , Occ fourth block ( ICOxISS feet ) , nur JieCcnvcnt o ! toor Claim , on 1U Ulto.i nCie * uar tliu end of the red street tar trie * , 11,000. BEMIS' HEAL ESTATE AGEKGY 16th and Douglas Street , , - * " !