The National tribune., 1890-05-22

middle life, while those then 10 middle life must
now be old men. We have no other holiday like 1t (;
IL Is not day for noisy aud cxubercnt cxhibl-
ton of patriotism but for that more quiet and sub
dued kind the kind that stirs our Utmost sent-
inents of love and devotion to our country, and n
Recommendation to its underlying and enduring
principles of Union. 10 is not a day for simple
recreation and enjoyment, in which our own graft
iicntion and amusement is only TO be considered
j can hardly see how anyone can let such day he
passed in thoughtless pleasure seeking, and forget
that all over this broad land there il being cee-
brated our doivcrance u Nation from the horrors
oil civil war, and the memories of our deliverers
honored in public and formal way.
Memorial Day Is not sectional. Go where you
viii, East, West, North South, IN the crowded
city cemetery in the quiet country churchyard,
you will fiHd the various proCessons, some under
the lead of martial music aud the tread OF surviving
veterans some small in numbers and in quiet
and subdued way vending their way To the GENE
teries 20 crown with flowers the graves of the pa
triot dead. In tho more sparscly settled sections
VIII come perhaps q single family to remember
their lost one, all alone will come one to some
lonely grave 10 scatter flowers away from The gaze
of the world and drop the silent tear with no one
but the All-seeing eye over him.
III is always sad thought to me on Memorial
Day that there are many Undetermined graves
Thousands sleep in forgotten resting places, and
are numbered with tho unknown. They gave all
life, their name. and even the knowledge of their
lonely grave-thRt we should endure "A Republic
At the National Cemetery ut Arlington there is q
beautiful monument dedicated To the Unknown
Dead which marks the last resting plnce of over
1000 soldiers who died in and around the Capital,
henped with flowers each Decoration Day, and
touching public services held here The National
Cemeteries Mt New Orleans. Chattanooga, Antie-
tam, AndeFsonville. Gettysburg, and many other
places in the South arc crowded with tho I'm
returning Brave" where beautiful nnd impressive
services are yearly held But 10 tho brave men who
sleep in the tangled thick cts Of the Wilderness In
the swanlps OF the Chicknhominy, or the dark
bnyoas of the Mississippi this poor service is de-
med. But their memory and their heroic deeds
cannot be, and Is not forgotten by grateful PEG,
pie, and while they sleep with the unknown dead
they are publicly honored.
Let us not forget the words of that most re-
nowned man of bis time, the great emancipation
and friend of tie oppressed, Abraham Lincoln, who
scaled his devotion to the cause of human liberty
with his life. when. on the blood bought field Of
Gettysburg, he said: That this Naiioion shall.
under God, have new birth of freedom" Can
we not httngy and appropriately apply these
words to the 30th of May, and hail IL the new
birthday of the Nation?
Now what is the lesson to be learned from Me-
mortal Day? lsit not 10 teach n aud especially tho
rising generation, who know nothing of war; the
duty of patriotism, and instill into their minds
love OF country and respect and veneraion for the
men who bravely baltled for its life. The children
OF Israel were told that the day that marked their
dciiverance from captivity should be observed in
m especial manner and when In time 90 come their
children should ask them, What mean ye by
these services the answer was, This day shall
be To you for n memorial" and should celebrate
the goodness Of God in their delivcranoe from
Egyptian bondage. So now. when we are asked,
" hat mean we by these services, we answer that
VIC do IL in memory of our delivcrnncc from the
pesiilence OF war, and keep II as Memorial Day
IN honor of the men who wore the blue.-charles
T. Straight, son SerRt Albert Straight, Battery Is,
lst X. ]. l.. A. Died for tho fiagJ
The Earious Corner.
ANSWERS to questions will not 10 published with
In two or three weeks after questions appear. SO
oil VIII have chance to send replies and receive
honorable mention with the number answered.
President Andrew johnson began life as n tRilor's
apprentice.
Patrick Henry. lawyer and patriot, whose oratory
rendered Inn al rods mil IN
horseback just prior to the Revolution. to render
volunteer defense 10 the Baptist ministers indicted
Tor preaehing the gospel coSrary TO decree of
tho established church
The last words Of James Lawrence n naval hero
of the war of 1912, who died of wounds received
while commanding the "Chesapeale" in an
encounter with tho Shannon, were, Don't give
up the ship"
There are three keys of the Bastile. the prison
famed In the French Revolution OF 1883, at Moaut
Vernon, the home Of Washington. The largest is
10 or i2inchcs long
/. What were slouewaIl Jaokson's last words -
MyTia IL. White, Carson City, Mich.
Mhnt President was II yonTs old before he
could read2-MRry DickermRn.
3. Who planted the first orchard in American
w. III. Haynes, Jefferson, n. Y.
4. When and by whom was glass inveuied?-
Josie A. Bruuc, The Dallcs, Ore.
o. Which President used the most words IN his
inaugural address? -sirs. NJ. J. Leach.
BIBLE BRIGADE
King Asa died Of painful disease Of the feet and
wac LAID In sweet aioes and Spices used la emhaltn-
ing the dead.
samson carried OF The gates Of GAIA on his shout
dcrs.
The fret come In The Bible wa. addressed Ia
Noah and his household 10 onter the ark OF safety
j. What ~ better than great riches g-Wn. ST.
KHtes. Wescott. kcb.
2. TO whom did Christ first declare himself the
Messiah Mrs. W. s. Faulkner.
3. What Psalm contains four verses alke2-E.
II. Grant.
T. How many persons suffered shIpwrcck with