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!! i -r i 4- THE MOKNIiNG OKEGCXNIAlf, &OKDY, . MAY 28, 1900. ' ANSWER EVERY QUESTION HOW TO HELP WORK. OF TAKING CEXSUS. Cittaeas Sheald Give EsBKeratoni Every Aid la Their Fovrer Work: Seoa to Begin. Census-taking is almost ready to begin. By Juoe 1 the great army of workers must be in motion. To Insure the sys tem and machine-like regularity of all. active and careful preparations have been In progress for -weeks. In the Second district of Oregon thero will be over 2u0 persons engaged, and the First district nearly duplicates the .force. Householders and housewives must nerve themselves to Questions Americana seldom "stand for." They have been prescribed by Congress, and there is no Impertinence in their ask ing. The value of census work, with Its vast expense and labor, depends on the willingness of citizens frankly to tell tho truth regarding matters which Congress deems essential. The selection of men for the respectlvo districts Is now fln'-ehed. Enumerators, in terpreters, special agents, etc., have been pasesed on and chosen, and the hapler supervisor draws a breath of thankful re lief until some irate politician or man with a null demands a reason for hi disap pointment. In choosing men for the Sec ond district. Supervisor G. F. Telfer fee!. that he has passed one of the mater al stages. of the work with more than grat ifying success. Those test blank sent to each aspirant were fille-d out and returned to the office with the required application. Examination of the blanks was the first means of selecting. Only such as showed capacity were placed among the eligible. If there were more of these, after errors were counted, than were required, refer ence was had to the district in which the man lived to ascertain if the aspirant pos sessed the proper address and tact to be come a successful enumerator. "With the result of this inquiry, added to other knowledge gained- from the tests, se lections were made, and so far the officers in charge find excellent men prepared for the task. People must not think the questions of the enumerator arc frivolous or irrele vant. There are certain questions that must be asked, regardless of what the enumerator's eyes may reveal. If your face is of Grecian mold and fair as the Saxon beauties, he will ask if you arc black or white. Neither your dress not your troueers will preclude the question as to your sex. A babe at the breast will not prevent his asking if you are a mothfr. And so the auestlons run. Women of more or lest antiquity are asked, on Government authority, their age, and they disregard the combined w.sdom of the majority if from personal vanity they refue to answer correctly. Perhaps the embarrassment of the occa sion will be less when It Is realized that each enumerator is a confidant, to whom one may speak frankly with impunity. He Is pledged to treat all information with religious secrecy. Deglnn'ng with your house number and street, if living in the city, give your name in full, whether the head of a fam ily and the relationship to the head. If not the patriarch. You must tell if you are black, white, red or brown, a man or woman, the month and year you were born, your age at last birthday, whether single, married, widower or divorced, number of years married, parent of how many children, and the number of these children living, city, county and state where born. If In this country, and what nation if of foreign birth, as well as blnh place of father and mother with the ame detail. If of foreign birth, you must siato the number of years here, the year of Immigration to this country, and concern ing naturalization. The occupat on of each pcreon over 10 years of ag must be given, months not employed, number ot months that you have attended .chool, whether you can read, write or speak Eng lish, and the utmoat fluency with the ver nacular will not protect you against the latter question. Of your property Inter ests you must eay whether you own your home or merely rent, whether the ?amc Is free of Incumbrances or Is mortgaged, or whether you occupy a farm or a house in a city. To hundreds of people these questions may seem offensive and Intruc-ve. They exceed the general customs of American life, but cereus cannot be taken without asking them. That the least offense may be given and that the liberties granted under the guise of necessity may not be taken advantage of by flippant enumera tors, the utmost caution will be used by the census authorities to preserve perfect courtesy In the work. Rigid Instructions are Issued to the enumerators to be po lite on all occasions. They must have energy and tact, else the required informa tion would never be extracted from some persons, but they are instructed to be courteous to all. Provision Is made for making complaint against such enumer ators as violate these Instructions, and there Is a penalty to enforce them. There Is a'so a severe penalty for betrayal of information Imparted to enumerators. So careful Is the Government regarding this point that examples will be made of every Instance where enumerators are recreant to their trust. ThU Individual who is armed with authority to enter your house and pry Intc your affairs Is hedged around with limitations as to the use he shall make of his knowledge. Organization of the Targe force to bo used is work of considerable magnitude. It is not so much the 200 men who will be under one supervisor, but the fact that each must be specially instructed and most of them taught their work. A large force with but little conception of the'r duties expresses to a business man dozens of difficulties. Supervisor Telfer and his two assistants will have all these to encounter. There arc under them 1M enumerators. 10 Interpreters, four special agents, two stenographers and one mail ing clerk, the employment of whom for the required time will represent the out lay of approximately $10,000 In this part of the state. The two ass'stants handle the working force, one taking charge of those in the cities and the other those in the country. The special agents will gather statistics of manufacturing Indus trie. The regular enumerators In Pert land, Astoria, Li Grande and Baker Clly are relieved rom gathering this informu. tion. Each enumerator will send reports dolly to the supervisor, showing the num ber of houses visited and the number of hours devoted to work. In the cities, particularly Portland, especial care will be taken to ch?ck up the work of the enumerator by having additional counts of lodging-houses. This will be made by a person or persons sent to each and will be held until the regular enumera tor reports on that district. "Where per sons are found who. through Ignorance of the English language or other cause, cannot give the Information, such must be carefully noted and reported to the supervisor, who will follow It up with one of the interpreters or other means at hand. These details will give some Idea of the magnitude of the work de volving upon the .-supervisor and his as sistant?. The count of Portland arid As toria must be completed within two week' time, and In all other parts of the Second district within a month. Connf riccrlnn Jnne 1. The count will begin In all parts of the country June 1. and end in the cities two weeks later, and In the rest of the country before the close of the month. The people are to be counted at their places of resi dence, but as many persons and families will be away from their homes during June there Is some danger that such per sons will not be counted. If they are not counted, the locality in which they live will be misrepresented to that extent, and Jn Borne cases this misrepresentation may be enough to affect the representation in Cpngress of the state from which they come. Local pride and state- pride, there fore, should influence all such absentees to take reasonable precautions against be ing omitted from enumeration In their places of residence. Such omissions are most likely to occur In the large cities where families close their iomes and go elsewhere for the Summer. The occur rence of the Paris exposition this year is likely to Increase the number absent from the country. In all cases of contemplated absence the head of the family is requested by the Census Office to communicate- with the supervisor of the district In which he lives. He Is also requested to leave in formation regarding hi answers to the questions which are to be asked with soma responsible neighbor, who will agree to see that it reaches the enumerator on his rounds. Such Information might better be left as a memorandum in writing, as in that case it Is less likely to be over looked. The questions to which answers are desired apply primarily to th popu lation, but also to all farms and manu facturing establishments. They are be ing published from time to time In the press of the country. By taking this trouble, the absent citi zen will do justice to his locality and his state and materially aid the Census Office in tho performance of Its duties. People are often offended at the ques tion, "How old are you?" and are apt to MEMORIAL DAY DECORATION Everybody who wants to help the Monument Fund should wear a Souvenir Button on Memorial day. The Button, with a Silk Flag Bow, makes a specially handsome and appropriate design for that day, particularly for the ladies. Buttons 25 Cents. Bows 10 Cents wonder what use the Government can I grammes will be rendered at the First make of their replies. Taken as a whole, Presbyterian Church, on Twelfth and Aid the replies are as Important as any class er, and at the Centenary Church, on of Information the Census Office collects. Ninth and East Pine. Age returns penetrate and elucidate every I Colonel Everett and Ueutenant-Com-other branch of statistical knowledge, I mander Davis, at the head of the Third They show where child, labor Is preva lent, and where the proportion of persons able to .support themselves Is large or smalL They reveal the great number of colored children and the short life of tha negroes under present conditions. They make It possible to ascertain whether the average length of life Is increasing or de creasing, how many men the Nation con tains who are capable of voting or of bear ing arms, and whether the relative num ber of children Is Increasing or decreas ing. The answers to nuestlons show that In nearly all cities the females outnumber the males, and that the same Is true of most of the states along the Atlantic coast. The belief Is widespread that, tafr ln i A" " 3?" females alive at any given time than mles. and that If It were not for Immi gration then would be more females in the United Staes than males. But census statistics show thnt we cannot explain the rreat xces of males (over 1.500.0O0) in the United States by immlgrat'on alone, for when the foreign-born are left out of ac count there are still above COO.OOO more , males man rem ales, XecewRltjr of Qncntlonn Few would dispute the necssltyfcr ask- lng questions regarding race. All argu- ments regarding the future of any partic- ulnr race in this country, like the Indian. me uc&tu. ui lilt- vimiiuuiuii. uiuji iiiiiKU upon the returns In the census. With the Indians, moreover. It is of the highest Importance to learn what success the pol- ' ley of the Government has met with In establishing them apart from their tribes and reservations, and whether such In dians are Increasing or decreasing. Some mothers may shrink from stating the number of children they have had and the number wno are living. But from the answers to these questions, the country will learn whether tho native American population Is holding Its own, or whether, as some have claimed, It Is being grad ually supplanted and displaced by the children of recent Immigrants. In the light of such explanations, and only a few of the most Important ques tions have been touched upon, it may perhaps be clear to the public that no question has been o5ered by Congress, or his been asked by the Census Office which. If properly and correctly answered, will not lead to suggestive Inferences re garding the American people and their work. Distribution of the Illiterate. The territorial distribution of the Illiter ate population la another question of great Interest. In 1SS) the percentage of Illit eracy In the North At-antlc States was 6.19. In the South Atlantic States 30.S9, In the North Central States the rate was 5.70. In the South Central group 29.73. In the last 10 years the South has had a magnificent Industrial development. Whether this material progress has re sulted In a higher state of education; whether the benefits of progress have been shored by the masses, or have becA se cured mainly by the richer classes, are questions which will be partly answered by the statistics of Illiteracy In the Southern States for 1900. Another problem of great Importance Is the Increase of tenancy, as opposed to the ownership of real property. From 1SS) to 1S90 the number of farm tenants in the United States increased at least 2S per cent. This Increase was general, but greater In the South Atlantic and South Central divisions of the United States than In other parts of the country. Io genera!, the 13 original states, rich In wealth, trade and manufactures, are those In which the percentage of owner ship of farms and homes Is lowest, and In keeping with this fact, statistics of valuation show almost universally that tenancy Is most common where land Is most valuable. With the exception of the Italians, foreign-born persons of every nationality exceed the Americans In the degree of farm ownership. Each state, county and city, the Ger man population, the Italian population and every other element of our people has a distinct interest in seeing that the statistics of literacy and ownership which apply to them are correctly represented In the next census. These are the stand ard according to which they will in evitably be Judged. Volanteer of America. A week's special meetings will be helA at tho armory of the Volunteers of Amer ica. 26 North Second street, commencing Monday. May 2S. Street meetings will be held every night during the week at Third and Washington at 7:30 P. M.. and at Second and Burnslde at 8 P. M. Indoor service at R:30 P. M. Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Duncan wl.l be In charge ot these services, assisted by the local offi cers, A. D. C and Mrs. Rogers and the little drummer boys. The public is cor dially Invited. At Pleasant Home. At Pleasant Home M. A. Ross Post and Ross Woman's Relief Corps assembled at the church to hear the sermon by Rev. Mr. Hardlngham. of Gresham. who spoke on a patriotic topic in the forenoon. Ther was also, besides these two organizations, a large attendance, . Tou can't help liking them, thev are -so very small and their action is so perfect. Onjr one pill a dose. Carter's Little Liver Pills. Try theaa. EOR DECORATION DAY ARHATfGEXEXTS FOR ITS GEXERAI. OBSBRVAXCK' WEbXESDAT. Third Oreffea Ken-lmeat "Will Pars.de for tbe First Time Decora tions of Grave. Decoration day Trill fee saom generally observed "Wednesday than. It has for a. number of year. In the morning the Grand Army poets will decorate the graves of their dead comrades, and In the afternoon there will be a parade of the Grand Army of the Republic, with the Woman's Relief -Corps. Third Regi ment, Oregon National Guard. First and Third Divisions of the Naval Battalion, the Spanish-American "War Veterans, the Woman's Auxiliary of .the. same, and the Army and Navy Union. Two athletic events have also been arranged for the afternoon. One will be a bicycle meet be tween the T. M. C. A. and, the railroad employes, and the other Is the finals in the big tennis tournament of the Multno mah Club. Ii tfi- evening memorial pro- e 0 6 . Regiment a-nd the Naval Battalion, re spectively, will lead their men in parade for the first time Wednesday. Both or ganizations are well equipped and well drilled, and promise to make a good show- Ilng. The parade music will be furnished by the Third Regiment band and Brown's Military band, and the latter will assist In the programme at Lone Fir Cemetery, I after the marching Is through with. I Order for the Parade. , The following orders have been Issued j for the parade: I ."Headquarters Third Regiment, O. N. G.. Portland. May 26. (Orders, No. 14.) 'X In compliance with special orders. No. 25, company brigade headquarters. FanVG orthU reXent wlllpa7ad;1n At.A ir.M 4J 16AA S.-..... I -- T5 f T "E fatigue uniform, campaign hats, web belts and legglns, on Wednesday, May 30, to participate In the ceremonies Incident to the observance of Memorial day, under the auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic: assembling at 1 P. M. Field and staff will report to the Colonel (mounted), noncommissioned staff, band J and field music (company musicians) to tne Adjutant at the same hour and place. nt are tnoroughly ceaned Inside, , flUed wlth waUr and ,MUed to the ; Jn tlme not to ,mertcre wIth the prompt ns8ernbiaffC of theIr companles- at the hmir tlMlTnitM "3. The commanding officers of Com panies B and F wilt detail one Sergeant each for duty as color and standard bear er, and of Companies E and G, one pri vate each for duty as color guard. These details will report to the Adjutant at 1:15 P. M. "4. Commanding officers of companies will forward to these headquarters a list of absentees from, this parade Immediately after return of the regiment to the Arm ory. A strict compliance with the re quirements of this paragraph will be ex acted, men on furlough, or engaged In the performance of detached service, will not be returned as absent, "5. A regimental court of discipline will convene at these headquarters on Thurs day. June 7, 1900. at 8:15 P. M.. for the trial of such cases as may be brought be fore It. The court will sit without regard to hours, and will adjourn from time to time until all cases referred to it have been disposed ot or until relieved by or ders from these headquarters. At the close of each serslon a report of the work performed will be made. Detail for the court: Lieutenant-Colonel R. Jubltx. Ma jor F. S. Kelly and Captain C. L. Dick. "6. The following appointments on the noncommissioned staff are hereby an nounced: Joslah Kemp, to be Sergeant Major: Henry Hoekenyos to be Quarter master Sergeant "By order of Colonel Everett, "E. C. MEARS. Adjutant," "Headquarters Naval Battalion. Port land. May 26. 1. The first and third di visions of the Njval Battalion will parade In blue uniforms and legglns Wednesday. May 30. 1900. for the purpose of participat ing In Decoration day services. "2. Assembly will be sounded at 1 P. It sham. Adjutant, call. 1:15 P. M. "By crder of R. E. Divl. Lieutenant Commander. H. M. MONTGOMERY. "Acting Adjutant," Formation of Parade. The general formation of parade will be as follows: Grand marshal and aids. Special aids to grand marshal: Chap lain W. S. Gilbert, Dr. Sanford Whltmg. Further aids. Cap tain E. H. Longley and E C. Bulman. Governor Geer and staff, in carriages. General Charles F. Beebe. Commanding Oregon National Guard, and staff. Carriage formerly owned and occupied by President Abraham Lincoln. Band. Distinguished clergymen of the city The honorary members detailed for spe cial work on that day. George Wright Post, No. 1. G. A. R, Lincoln-Garfield Post. No. 4, G. A. R. Sumner Post, No. 12. G. A. R., East Portland. Ben Butler Post. No. 26, G. A R., Sunnyslde. General H. W. Lawton Garrison. No. 1S9. Regular Army and Navy Union. General Summers Camp. No. L S. A. W. V.. Alblna. II Camp. No. 2. S. A. W. V., Portland. James Harrington Camp. No. 3. S. A, W V. Portland. W. S. Gilbert Camp. No. 4, S. A. W. V.. Portland. Mexican War Veteran and feeble com rades In carriages. Second Dtvlaton. Oregon National Guard. Colonel E. E. Everett, commanding, and staff. Third Regiment band. Companies. A. E. C. D. E. F and G. Third Division. ConsIsUng of Naval Reserve and Bat tery A, Naval Reserve, Captain R, E. Davis com manding. Battery A. Captain Welch commanding. i Both Naval Reserve and Battery A will nave meir new pieces recently as signed to their departments for this state on this occasion. Distinguished citizens and others In car riages. Formntles. The formation will be as follows: The G. A. R.. conslsUng. of George Wright, Lincoln. Sumner an Ben Butler Pests, will form on Main street In column of fours, with right reeling on the east side of Fourth street. The Regular Army and Navy- Union will form In column of fours on Main street, on the left of the Grand Army of the Republic Salnpah-Amerioan War Veterans will form In column of fours on Main street on the left ot the Regular Army and Navy Union. The Third Heglment. O. N. G.. under command of Colonel Everett, will form on the west side of Fourth street, with battalion front faclnir east, right resting on the north line of Main street. The Oregon Naval Reserve will form on Taylor street, the right resting on the west side of Fourth street, and will exe cute such formation as Is consistent with their tactics. Battery A. under command of Captain J.L". Welch, will form on Taylor street, west ot Fourth, and. on the left of the Naval Reserve, and trill execute such for- maUon as Is consistent with tactics. All commands are expected to be prompt in their positions at 1:50 P. M. on this date, and will report to the marshal ,at or prior to that hour, their readiness to move. The marshal will be found at the Inter section of Main and Fourth streets. Parade will move 'promptly at 2 P. M. The1 Line of March. North on Fourth street to Burnslde. east on Burnslde, across the bridge to Union avenue, south on Union avenue to East Stark street, thence ro Lone Fir cemetery. Arriving at Lone Fir cemetery, the Worn. an'e Relief Corps and Ladled Auxiliary, together with Grand Army of the Repub lic and Spanish-American "War Veterans and Army and Navy Union, will occupy the central part of the square, where the services are to be hd. The Oregon Na tional Guard and their separate subdivis ions' wilt occupy the outer line of this square until terminations of services. Should conditions not permit for the prop er movement ot the battery, they will be allowed to occupy such positions as may be agreeable to their conditions. At the termination of the servlcce, which will close the exercises of the diy, all military and civic bodies will be consid ered dismissed, and will move to their separate quarters under their command ing oflloers. O. SUMMERS, Marshal for Memorial Day Com. , At the Brooklyn School. Brooklyn School, on the MllkauKle street, has made special preparations for memorial exercises tomorrow afternoon. As there is no atsembly room In the school building, the Brooklyn Republican Club very kindly donated the use of Its fine, large tent, on Beacon street, near Mliwaukie, which la provided with seat, and where there is amp.e room. A tine programme has been prepared, the spe cial features ot which will be the ad dress by Chaplain Gilbert, and an or iginal poem by Mrs. June McMlllen Ord way, "The Oregon Volunteers' Monu ment," which will be recited. Following is the programme: Song, "Our Country Grand," Mrs. June McMlllen Ordway. Salute to the rlag. Song, "Rally Round the Flag." Exercises. First Trade. Recitation, "The Oregon Volunteers' Mpnument," by Mrs. June McMlllen Ord way, Etnel Havel). Song, "Marching Through Georgia." Address by G. A. R. representative. Song, "Our Soldier Friends," Midway School. Callsthenlc drill. Fourth and Fifth grades. Recitation, "Sheridan's Ride," Ninth grade. Song, "Barbara Freltchie," girls' cho rus. Address, Chaplain Gilbert, Song, " 'Way Down Upon the Suwaneo River."- Recitative, "The Fall of SantiagQ," Miss Lulu Power. Wand drill. Sixth and Seventh grades. Bong, "Home, Sweet Home." To Decorate Second Oregoa Graves. This evening there will be a joint meet ing of Gilbert Auxiliary Camp, No. 1, and Gilbert Camp, No. 1, at their hall, on East Morrison street and Grand avenue, for the purpose of arranging for the deco ration of the graves of all Second Ore gon soldiers in Lone Fir Cemetery and elsewhere. It Is desired that there be a full attendance at this meeting, so all plans may be outlined, and so that no unclaimed grave of the gallant volunteers In and about Portland shall go unre membered. Tomorrow evening the aux iliary and camp will Jointly proceed to the cemetery and place fresh flowers on the graves, as there will be too much to attend to Wednesday forenoon to per form this service. The public Is asked to provide flowers for this purpose Tuesday at the hall, on Union avenue and East Morrison street. Provision will be made In the hall for receiving the flowers that may be sent there at any time during the day. Tubs and tables will be placed where they may be deposited. It Is desired to make as elaborate decoration as possible, and the auxiliary and camp hope that there will be an abundance of flowers for this purpose. MENTAL DEVELOPMENT. Schoolmasters Clab Deep In Psyoho Irarlcal Research, The Schoolmasters' Club, of Portland, which comprises the principals of the va rious public schools and some others In terested In pedagogy, making a member ship of about 50. have, during the current school year, been studying at their Friday evening "round tables Mental Develop ment in the Child and In the Race," by Professor J. Mark Baldwin, of Princeton University. Last year they devoted their attention to the "Education of the Central Nervous System." by Reuben P. Halleck, to their great satisfaction and profit, and as men tal development is a related subject. It has been made next In order for considera tion by the club. Professor Baldwin's work differs from most psychological treatises In the empha sis It places on motor response to mental stimulus. This fact, of overwhelming Im portance In psychic development, has been generally overlooked, or at best given but small place In theories of development put I forth by other writers. Professor Bald win rests his case on a long series of dy namo clinic experiments tried upon very young children. In this way he has been able to trace the rise of mental phenom ena from the simplest reflex responses to the most complex acts of volition. He shows how the development of the Indi vidual parallels. In a general way, that of the race, but he points out certain va riations in this recapitulation due to short cuts established by various adaptations, and by the Increasing length of the period of Infancy, as we ascend the scale of or ganisms. This Is a subject of great Interest, espe cially to persons Interested In education, and Professor Baldwin's treatment of It is probably the best that has thus far been worked out. Goir. Since the successful golf tournament held at the Waverly links there has been no diminution In the energy displayed by the players: on the contrary, the club seems to have taken on new life. A note worthy fact Is that recently there has been a considerable accession of new mem bers, the total membership now being about 270. For the Summer months, wh'en playing Is not actively carried on. It Is proposed to develop the country club feat ure, and, besides providing a first-class cuisine, to have boating, bathing, cricket, tennis and croquet. It Is expected that the links will be a favorite resort In thecool of the long evenings. eFpecla'.ly for the many "grass widowers" who will be left in town. Removal, Re-mevalX Graves & Co. have moved to their new I building-, 121 Sixth, near Washington. VOLUNTEERS AT CHURCH SECOXD OREGON LISTENS TO SER MON' BY CHAPLAIN" GILBERT. Rex. E. P. Hill' Preaches to G. A. R, Pesta Memorial Services oa the East Side. The Second Oregon "Volunteers attend ed memorial services last night at the Calvary Presbyterian Church. Rev. Wll iam S. Gilbert, -who was chaplain of the regiment while In the Philippines, took as the text of his sermon Joshua Iv:21: "When your children shall nsk their fa thers In time to come, saying. What mean these stones? then ye shall let your children know." He said, in part: "At Thermopylae, after the memorable defense of the pass three monuments were erected by grateful Greece. The first, on the hillock where the three hundred made I utruggle In behalf of liberty-. The speak thelr last stand, a marble lion In honor er referred to the heroism of the old sol of Leonldas; the second stood near by. on j dlers. and declared the Nation owed them which In deep letters were Inscribed these a srreat debt. Cominsr further down, Mr. words: "nc iuui uiuuuuu itiuiiumic- slans fought with three millions of foes.' The third, standing by the path leading through the pass bore the inscription: Go. tell tho Spartans, thou that passest br. That here, obedient to their laws, we He. "And every one who entered the little 'hill-clad land' would by these memorials recall the purchase of the liberties ho would in Greece enjoy. "On the banks of Jordan stood a rude memorial of 12 huge stones. And all the generations of Israel remembered that here their fathers had entered the land of their Inheritance. So even nation has erected memorials of some kind com- AAA&AA4VJ& & We lICi U1V. C CitMt "The monuments of Plymouth and Bunker Hill, of Washlrigton, of Gettys burg and of almost every city In our broad land tell to every passer-by the story of American liberty. Our Nation's days have been turned into memorials. Independence day stirs every American with patriotic fervor In remembrance of our fathers' brave deeds which made us a Nation. Thanksgiving day calls the Nation to com memorate God's blessings to us as a peo ple. And the third Memorial day Is set apart to the honor of our soldier dead. It has ever been a day made sacred by a uni versal grief. When all the Nation closes her shops and stores and hushes the noise of her busy life to lay tributes of honor upon the graves of the brave men who have given up their lives to their country's service. "Memorial day this year comes with sadness to our very doors. Throughout our state there Is scarcely a community that has not had its loss. Our fathers in .the Civil War. and now our brothers and our sons In this last war went out from us and have not returned. Let us not re peat all the story. What child Is there that does not know! "Our comrades' graves are no more in far-off fields, but are at home, and we will bury their graves in flowers and flags made doubly beautiful by honor crown ing all. Ard In years to come when our children shall say. "What mean these graves, these flowers? What mean these stones and memorials?' then shall we let our children know the story of our com rades' heroic sacrifice, for our loved land until their hearts snail thrill with patriot ism and thus be inspired to protect forever the land thus made sacred. "Our comrades' true memorial will for ever be not only a granite slab and a bronze monument, but also the wider lib erty they helped to bear to the world, the awakened Orient, and the establishment in the world of the great declaration that 'No nation shall be allowed to cruelly op press another.' "At this memorial, as at the one held a year ago on Battery Knoll, amid the can non roar from the battle at Paranaque. near by, may we not forget the homes bereft, then, far across the sea, but now near by, and today as then let us lift our prayer for God's comforting grace upon those whose sons shall return to them no more. And here as there let us make Memorial day sacred by a vow that we will forever defend the Nation for which our comrades died." SPECIAL ME3IORIAL SERVICES. Iter. Mr. Dell Speaks to Saraner Post and Relief Corps, East Side. Special memorial services were held at the First United Brethren Church. East Fifteen and East Morrison streets, yes terday evening, and the auditorium was pretty well fllled. The decorations of the church were very effective, and signifi cant of the event. Around and about the altar and platform there was a profuse display of the National colors. Over the altar was the tattered and worn flag of the father of Rev. F. E. Dell, pastor of good to cloth. Trade supplied bj .THE the church, who had been a soldier In the Civil War. The pillars of the auditorium were draped v?ith bunting, and festoons of red. white and blue depended about the windows, and the electric lights were shaded with colors. There were also many flowers at the altar. The beautiful ban ner of Sumner Post, No. 21, G. A. R.. was placed near the altar. Sumner Post and Sumner Woman's Relief Corps marched to the church, and were provided with seats in the main body of the auditorium. Rev. Mr. De-1, the pastor, had been sick for several days, but delivered an able and patriotic sermon, and spoke with great force. He. felt that the old sol diers had been the comrades of his father. He reviewed the early history of the country, and pointed out the sturdy stock from which the early people sprang. They were truly a great people, and had come to, lay the foundation of a great peop'.e. Mr. Dell touched with fine force on the sacrifices of the Civil War, the terrible battles, when thousands were slain, and ot the terrible marches and privations met by the boys of ISO. He cavft the official list of tho losses by the J Civil War. and showed that the modern WOr.U nau JlOl uciuic Bimraotu u.u I uell SpOKe Ol Uie Bpanisn vur, UJIU ewu it showed that the valor of the American so'.dler still existed and true patriotism still remained in this country. Closing. Mr. Dell touched on the effects of the late war. and expressed the opinion that It was worth all It had cost this country. The music was also excellent and appro priate. At the close Mr. Dell was warmly congratulated on his patriotic sermon. j Other East Side Churches.' j At nearly all the East Side churches memorial services were held, either morn- lng or evening. At the Sunnyslde Congre- J jratlonal Church the metllbers of Ben But- ler Post, G. A. R., and Anchor Lodge, No. 95. A. O. U. W.. attended the services in the evening and listened to an eloquent discourse by Rev. J. J. Staub on "The Legacy of the Sacrifice." 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Instead of speak ing ot war or peace or National Issues, he based his sermon on the sermon of the Apostle Paul on Mare Hill, referring spe cially to the passage. "He hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth." "When these words were spoken," said he. "they were peculiarly Impressive, for the speaker was of people most exclusive, while the men to whom this message was addressed regarded all other nations than their own as barbarous. "Socrates thanked God dally that he was a man, not beast, a male, not a fe male, a Greek, not a barbarian. Lan guages long seemed to point to different origins of the different great divisions of the human family. Birth has often seemed to separate: color has erected bar riers; religion has built wails of separa tion. But latterly the movement has been In the direction of bringing the nations together. "Scholars have traced the languages to a common source. While some wars have divided, others have closed breaches. Peoples ssparated by mountains have been joined by tunnels." Different Inci dents were given to Illustrate the point that humanity's heart is one. The speak er then continued: ' "If then all nations are one brother hood, patriotism must be re-defined. It Is not to be measured by hatred towards everything beyond the sea. We should long for wars to cease, whether In the Philippine? or South Africa. "You comrades In campaign and In years of fellowship have learned to love one another as If born of the same moth er. As you come to the Memorial day and place flowers of remembrance on the graves of the heroic dead, you testify that the spirit of fraternity Is strong within you. Enlarge, then, the circle of your sympathies. Recognize no barrier in the way ot your on-rushing good will and friendship. 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