The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-12-06

our country suffers to-day Had Washington,
the civil engineer or Abe Lincoln, the rail
splitter, or James A. Garfield, the tow path boy,
been shut mp i'll II close school-rooin, and cram
med on the goose-stuffing plan, the heroes of
our country would have borne very different
names. 1t was because their education was
practical, and looked to practical results, that
they developed naturally, in the true line of
their peculiar talents, as statesmen of eninence,
in whom the people could put their trust.
But every boy cannot be president, sena-
tor a legislator, a sheriff, or even constable,
coroner, or justice of the peace Neither in
deed, should he desire to be- But every boy
can and should have an honorable and inde-
pendent calling in which he can develop natu-
rally, according to the talents with which
nature has endowed him. In this time and
country the amplest field is in the direction of
the manual arts. To showing the advantages
offered in the trades to the average boy these
papers will hereafter partially be devoted.
Our Weekly Experience Meeting.
A BATTLE BANoUET-GooD ADVICE TO LITER
AIRY AsPIRANTs-THE MAGIC C. L. s. c.
INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF WILLIAM WRIT
TOLEDO, O., Nov. "a, 1888.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
On the parlor walls of q pleasant Western home
hangs a striking and quite remarkable memento
of the of the rebellion. A captain of the 55th
regiment, o. v L. who served the entire four years
of the war, when writing home to his mother, was
in the habit of nelosng III his letters two or three
noWerss sprg on evergreen, Il iefnt OF q iew
leaves. And IN the various battles in which he
was engaged, when the conflict was over, cluster
of flowers or leaves always sent memorial
Of the fight Knowing the dread possibilities of
war, and that in every conflict in which her boy
participated the chances il might be his last
battle" the mother garnered up these faded flow
ers and leaves To her they tokens that her
son was not found wanting III the times which tried
mems souls. They were carefully treasured as re-
mnders of the fears hopes, and intense anxieties
OF wartimes. But the boy mercifully preserved,
and deemed himself fortunate 10 come home with
| no worse hurt than n gun-shot wound through his
! leg, and his constitution quite seriously impaired
| by the hardshps and privations incident to the
| service.
About nine years ago these flowers and leaves
were carefully arranged aItistieally grouped, and
| fastened on cardboard. Incosed in a suitable
! frame the picture is one, and, relic of
the war. invaluable. 1t is doubtless the only col
lection Of flowers gathered from the hattlefelds Of
| this Republic Mute spectators, silent witnesses
are they But they become trumpet-tongued as
they bear living testimony 10 that wonderful and
victorious struggle for liberty and justice.
The following the names of the battle1elds
from which the flowers were sent:
1S62-AuglIst g. Cedar Mountain, Va; August g,
| Second Bull Run, Va; December Ii, FredeTicks-
| burg. Va.
Is63-Afay . Charlottesville, Va; October q.
/ Lookout Valley, Tenn. November "A, Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Is64-May g. Buzzard's Roost Ga May 15 Resa-
| Church, Ga; June y, Eeneslw Mountain, Ca;
! July 9. Chattahoochee River, Ga; July 20, Peach
| Tree Creek, Ga; September 2, Atlanta, Ga.
ls65-AEarch l6, Averysboro', N c.; March 10,
BentonsYille, n. C.
Yours in F., c.. and L.,
THE CAPTAIs's MOTHER.
A LITTLE GIRLS PRETTY CHAT.
ZASEsvIILE, O., Nov. e. 1883.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
| We take THE TRIBUNE and see so many letters
from little girls | thought would write one my
self My papa was in the 18th o. V. l.. and served
over three years We all like THE TRIBUNE and
read it. though pspa says there is mistakes in
the articles about battles that the soldiers write
am little girl twelve years old. have three
brothers and no sisters: VIII yon please publish
some poems for Memorial Day, our school has
exhausted its supply, and next year we want some
| thing new. Ny mamma says to tell the Two
made for such public property, and as for bleach
ing the hair. with common will do it.
She said that if they had no mothers they were TO
Yours, with respect, Oracle A. WILEY.
THE MYSTIC a. G. L. S. C."
TOLEDO, o., Oct. q, 1885,
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBugE:
| would appeal 10 the Women who read your
paper by submitting the following: Dear sisters!
Is there not IN this day of great intellectual
idleness II coin the application of the last word.
! We Americans, of all other peoples, boast of our
free schools, universities, colleges, books maga-
zines. newspapers. and ether great privileges in
daTd necessary Ia the full, broad meaning OF the
word education.
We forget in the fuIness of our daily toll or
pleasure that education does not cease until
death. How many in every walk of life
content to eat, drink, paint and enlbroider,
confining their thoughts TO household or society
duties, neglect to reserve hour for daily
study and mental improvement. They seem to
have an idea tina. all study must cease with their
school days. They do not seem 20 have grasped
the fact that the frsi body must perish while the
soul, with all its wonderful powers viii live on
and for untold ages, and that. unless it has
proper cultivation while in this present state oi
existence, it viii not reach the high destiny fol
which it created.
No longer can women in the various spheres oil
mother, wife, daughter, and sister, afford TO be ig
norant of what is required for the husbands.
brothers and children in the way OF intelligent
profession and broad education. They must not
forget that the mental and moral nature, in great
measure influenced by women, needs daily as
much food as the body needs It's daily physical
Let US all realize that the time OF being con-
tent with the learning acquired in our school days
is passed and that the signs of the times foI
study from al ages, ranks and conditions, fol
knowledge is power" Let us be wise and follow
the Scripture command which is above all others
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the
that dTdeth understanding. For the mer-
chandise OF it IS better than the merchandise o
silver and the gain thereof Of fine gold"
We should ponder well the Fact that the human
soul WIS created 70 have the mastery and dominion
all creatures and things; also that its great
Is. possession the iateiiect. makes all so supe
Tior. Can not see that our duty plainly lies iu
ouitivating aud expanding this marvellous gift by
study in all directions2 Let us strive TO have thai
treeioid picty o. tle Heart, the Intellect aud the
VIII. that education may become more sym
uetricai reach out into the great fields o
knowledge which surround US.
In connection with these few thoughts. ] would
invite ali who desire to place themselves in the
way Of seIf-improvement 70 enroll themselves q
members Of that wonderful circle, with It's mystca
letters, G. l.. :. c.
Yours truly, e. r. A.,
Chautauqua
Should any desire to know about the great Chau
tauqua movement, will write again.
THE BATTLE AT HOME
WEST MAHoSIEe, INDIANA Co, Pa Nov. 2s.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
I IN August 1862 my husband volunteered Fl,
/ said: . Afy God and my country Give me libert,
! or death" There five small children in M
care all OF whom took diphtberia a few days afte
he left Next sprInga son was born whom callet
Meade for the Gettysburg hero, whose name seem
/ quite forgotten. Six children TO nurse; a grea
part Of my wood TO ehopi to go to mill; not ricl
ia this worlds bountiss; paying sixty cents pc
yard for muslin TO ciOthe my little ones while m,
husband got SI3 month! that unholy rebellion
that caused SO much sorrow, poverty and pain
/ and loss of noble life and linlbi / have had tn
rebels work before my eyes every day for twent
years How can ! forget it? But what shall
have rs compensation? o yes. my husband gets
pension, and / rise at o'clock and work until i
I and II at night. / am fifty five. Let some
my soldier sisters who nursed at home speak. Di'
our army nurses get pay? A SoLDIER's WIFE.
THE HELPING HAND.
IAN incident in the early life of William Writ, tn
eminent American jurist.)
By Kate Br0ionlee Sherrcood.l