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T H IS W A S A J O K E IN 1876
Young Man—People are talking
about the new Invention, the tele­
phone. It Is so wonderful th a t It Is
possible to hear a m an's voice over a
mile away.
Young Woman—M arvelous!
An«l
can a holy’s voice be heard a mile
away, too?
Young Man—Yes, my dear, but there
w as really no invention needed for
th a t.—Telephone Review.
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P o r i «yea. b loort-ih ot eye«, w a te r y eye«,
» tick y e y e i. a ll h ealed p aom ptly w ith n ig h tly
a p p lica tio n « o f H om an Eya B alaam . Adv.
“T here Is no accounting for tastes"
—but th ere Is. One’s bringing up ac
counts for n good many.
Pa Took the A ir
women, at least should have some
m ention hi any history of this holi­
day. F o r a year It hRd no d irect re­
sults, but In May, 1868, Adjt. Gen. N.
P. Chipm an took up the m a tte r with
Gen. John A. Logan, then national
com m ander of the G rand Army of the
Republic, suggesting th a t tills or­
ganization should u n d ertak e ns a
body to have flowers strew n on the
graves of soldiers at some definite
date.
Im m ediately the value of this sug­
gestion w as appreciated.
Through
th e ir legislatures a large num ber of
sta te s set aside May 30 as n legal
holiday. So great w as the response
of the N orth to thp unselfish action
o f the women of Columbus. Miss.,
th a t It struck fire In the henrt of a
young Ith a c a (N. Y.) law yer mimed
F ran cis M. Finch, who w rote a poem
en titled “T he Blue and the G ray,"
which since has become closely Iden­
tified w ith the day. Not long a fte r­
w ard C hauncey M. Depew, in one of
Ills fam ous addresses, s u h l:
“ When th e w ar w as over in the
South, w here w ilh w arm er skies and
m ore poetic tem peram ents symbols
and emblems a re b etter understood
th a n In the practical N orth, the w id­
ows, m others and children of the
C onfederate dead w ent out and
strew ed th eir graves w ith flow ers; at
m any places the women scattered
them Im partially, also, over the u n ­
known and tinm nrked resting places
o f the Union soldiers. As th e news
o f this touching trib u te flashed over
th e North It roused, as nothing else
could have done, national am ity anil
love and allayed sectional anim osity
and passion. T hus out of sorrows
common alike to North and South
cam e this beautiful custom.
At the first form al exercises, held
a t A rlington. Vn.. May 90. 1868. fol­
low ing G eneral Logan's order to the
G. A. It., the principal address w hs
delivered hv Jam es A. Garfield. 12
y ears la te r elected P resident of the
U nited S tates. As yet the tprm Me­
m orial Day. or D ecoration Day, had
come a national custom .” Even In !
a short ten venrs a fte r Appomatox.
tim e w as doing much to heal old
wounds, assuage old enm ities. And
on the eve of D ecoration Day. May
30, 1877, a throng assem bled In the
Academy of Music, Brooklyn, to greet
as chief speaker Ju d g e Roger A.
Pryor, form erly brigadier general in
the C onfederate arm y.
Then and
th ere this learned Jurist declared to
th e American people th u t w ar. with
all the horrors It entails, Is made not
by so ld iers‘ but by politicians.
"In soliciting the particip atio n of
C onfederate soldiers in th e solem ni­
ties of this dny," he began, “you
mean to tender them 'an o v ertu re of j
reconciliation, to avow your good­
will tow ard your recent adversaries,
and to proclaim your deRlre for the
prevalence of peace and fratern al
feeling betw een th e belligerent sec­
tions.
“By no token more touching and
Im pressive could you m ake m anifest
those liberal and p atrio tic sentim ents.
To proffer your form er foes a share
In the simple but p ath etic cerem onial
by which, on th is hallowed anniver­
sary, you symbolize the perennlul
bloom and fragrance associated with
th e memory of your departed com­
rades. and allow us to unite in the
homage you ren d er to the fallen
heroes of the Union, Is indeed so a f­
fecting a testim onial of your klnd-
noss and m agnanim ity th a t we u n ­
reservedly yield ourselves to Its he-
n'gn Influences ami reciprocate, with
all the w arm th o f our ardent South­
ern natu res, the In articu late hut
h eartfelt aspiration for the reign of
peace and good-will over our agitated
and afflicted land."
The g reat nudlence listened Intent-
; ly ns General P ry o r continued :
"T he bloody business of secession,
with all Its d isastro u s consequences,
w as wholly the act of the professed
men of peace— th e (tolltlcluns
They
! nullified the C onstitution, they ob­
truded Into the presence of the Su­
prem e co u rt with th eir factious clam ­
or, they lashed th e p opular mind Into
fury over Im aginary wrongs.
To
vindicate the ab stract theory of pie
1 tentlal secession they challenged an
encounter which Issued In the irre ­
sistible aggrandisem ent of federal
(tower. To preserve th e Ideal ex ist­
ence of slavery In the te rrito ires they
provoked a w ar which ended In the
annihilation ot slavery in the states."
The crow ds In B rooklyn's Academy
of Music could hardly believe t h d r
e a rs when Pryor, with com m anding
gesture, declared :
“M eanwhile th e soldiers of th e n a ­
tion. no m atter w here th eir b irth or
w hat th e ir political opinions, un ifo rm ­
ly opposed them selves to every act
I and every word of which th e aim or
“Father, freight is goods th at are
sent by w ater or land, isn't It?”
"T hat's right, son.”
“Well, then, why is it th a t the
freight th a t goes by ship Is called a
cargo, and when It goes by car It Is
called a shipm ent?"
And then Johnny wondered why
fath er put on his hat and sauntered
outside to get the air.—Edison Topics.
T he L ead er
H ard-looker (to passing m otorist)
—Hl. m ister. I’m going your way 1
M otorist—So, I sec, hut Til get
there before you do.—Pathfinder.
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“They say, professor, tt
m aster of all European
th at so?”
"Y es—except my wife's
Fast Speaker?
passed he became more th an ever
I'tmvlnced th at g reat w ars are caused
by p o litician s’; th a t th e W orld w ar of
1914-18 was brought on bv self-seek­
ing politicians and selfish tr a d e r s ;
and th at In this Instance, hs In o th ­
ers. a fter such gentry hud provoked
conflict, It took the soldier and the
naval man to end hostilities and re­
establish peace.
The Spanish w ar with Its loss of
life caused an Incrense In th e num­
bers of those who observed Memorial
liny. And when May 30, 1918, rolled
around, with the first harv est of
American lives gath ered by the Grim
R eaper because of the W orld war,
the observance again sw ung to Its
full height ns a cerem onial of honor,
personal sorrow and national grall-
tude.
In many of th e older p a rts of the
country are decorated not only the
graves of those who fell In the war
between the states, the Spanish w ar
and the World w ar. hut. owing to the
Influence of p atrio tic societies, graves
are decorated, and reverent mention
is made o f *ho«t who tiled In other
c o n flic ts -th e R evolutionary war, in
which about 310.000 A m ericans were
engaged: the W ar of 1812, with 376,-
222 A m ericans on land and sea. It
Is possible, also, th a t graves are dec­
orated of some who w ere engaged In
th e naval w ar with F ran ce when
4,393 Am ericans m anned w arships In
hostilities lasting from Ju ly 9, 1798.
until Septem ber 30, 1800.
In brief, one historian says, days par
tlcnlarly set a p a rt for cerem onlps In
honor of th e dead are common to
m ankind and are well-nigh as old as
history Itself.
T his presen t year, and probably
for many years to come. Memorial
Day In every p a rt of th e United
S tates will be rededlcated to th e pur
poses which hallow It.
F rien d —Does the baby talk
Fond P a re n t—Oh, yes. but
ran understand Just w hat U
saying.
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lan tern s thHt served to illum ine the
sea. Every soul In Ita sphere has
charge of a lighthouse, for which there
la m ore or less need. T he humblest
m other who allows h er whole life to
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by th e less Im portant o f her m otherly
duties. Is giving h er oil to the |>oor;
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of th eir life, from th ere not having
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radiance It might have acquired.—
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Firlr M otorist—Dh. I'm
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H is V acatio n
D an a— C a p ’ll. I've h»>en two years
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C ap tain —Very well, D ana, yon de-
serve a vacation. You may go aft for
two w eeks at h alf pay.—Yale Record.
O ne A d v a n ta g e
th e tim e th e llcker w as gone he was
driving th e hosses so fast they w ere
mighty nigh running, and he'd forgot
“T h a t feller. Sawney, over In Booger all about the annkes. But he aays
H oller, says he killed 63 rattlesnakes th ere w ere 65 o f 'em. anyhow, and
w hile plow ing tu th e r day," at the probfiy would a-been a thousand If
M ount Plzgy post office stated Tobe th e team and the llcker had held out."
—K ansas City Star.
Sagg of Sandy Mush.
“Slxty-flve rattlesnak e» ?“ exclaimed
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Ruinous G iv in g
T h a t 's w hat he low». H e had a
Let us bew are lest we a r t as he
Jug of llcker at each and of the fur
rent, and every tim e he reached the In the fable, who stood w atch In
end of a row he’d tik e a drink. By lighthouse, and gave to th e poor In
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George W hat a re those black m arks
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