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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-30

Orators and poets today We'd with each other
in honoring the memory of the brave ones who
sleep under the flowers in the cemeteries that
overlook the Potomac. Toets recited their pa
triotic lines, orators recounted the deeds Of the
fallen, reviewed the national events which this
day recalls and pointeu out the lessons Of the
hour. There were orations at Arlington, al
the Soldiers Home. at the Congressional
cemetery and at the cemetery attached to st.
Eiizabeth's Hospital Below will be found the
text Of the orations and poems:
IN THE ARLINGTON AMPHITHEATER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-30

uPoN YoN FASHIONED HEIGHTS OF SNOW.
Upon Won Fashioned heights Of snow,
Is that the morning glow,
That kindes the empyrean 30?
All, no, it Is our banner fair,
That makes morning In the air,
Where'er its ripples hOw.
Droop low today, thou banner fair.
Here sleep the men in God their trust,
Who found thine embems trailed in dust,
In battle shock, whose valor high,
Set back thy stars within the sky,
Left them eternal there!
Beneath yon Alpine summit white,
Is that garden bright7
Do roses edden In the lighte
All, no, ii is our banners bloom,
Advanced full high to make man room,
Close to the stars of night
Droop low, today, with all thy bloom,
And kiss again the sacred spot,
Nor be these men who died fOrgot.
wall Of fire they girt thee round,
And consecrated made the ground,
That gave them early tomb.
Is that some bonfire In the west?
Or sinks the sun to rest.
As mid the islands of the blest7
All, no, II is our banners fame,
That shines eternally the same,
For all Of earth's opprest.-
Droop low today and drape thy flame;
Here sleep the men in long array,
Who knew thy visitation day;
Who back the tide of battle rolled;
Wrote freedom on thine ev'ry fold,
Blancned out with blood thy shame.
Auroras these that deck the sky,
Leap up the zenith high,
And come and 60 to mock the eye?
An, no, these are the red and white,
That tremble on the banner bright,
That rules our destiny
DrOop low today in all the sky:
With fow'rs of May, and soldiers tread,
We pace these aisles where sleep our dead
These are the men, glory arrayed,
For all mankind, the debt who paid;
Who died, but never die!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-30
N THE ARLINGTON AMPHIrHEATER.
Hon. g. w. Atkinson's Grafton at the Great
National Cemetery.

Mr.. Atkinson spoke.
without manuscript or
notes. as follows: La
dies and gentlemen, the
lamented Garfield. stand
ing upon this platform
over twenty years ago,
said: If silence be ever
golden it must be here
beside the graves Of
these $1,000 soldiers.
whose lives were more
significant than speech
and whose death was a
poem the music of which
was never sung. The
martyred President,
great as he was, never ut
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-30
FLOWERS OF SPEECH.
Orators and Poets Celebrate the
Deeds of Fallen Heroes.
THE LESSONS OF THE HOUR.

Tent Of the Addresses Made ut the Gene
tories Today-Patriotic Lines From Poets
The Great Conflict NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to the
Memory of the Dead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-30
AT SOLDIERS HOME,

The Address With Which Comrade Taber
Called the Assembly to Order.
Comrade A. g. Taber. junior vice commander
of the Department of the Potomac, who pre-
sided over the exercises at the Soldiers Home,
in calling the assembly to order said:
Comrades and friends: Hero worship in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-30
AT LOGAN's TOMB.

The Address of President ID. A. Ray of the
Illinois Republican Association.
The Republican Association OF Illinois in
Washington comes today to this spot TO give
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-30

Comrade Howard's Grafton Among the
Graves Of Statesmen.

Commander, comrades and citizens: There
seems q peculiar fitness in assembling here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-30

When slowly falls the curtain of the night
And none are here, except the Silent dead.
When paes the western sky In diving light
And ashen grayness comes in crimsons stead,
Then will we know each buried hero TRANQUILITY re-
poses
Midst memories of music and remembrauces of
roses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-30
Through the trees,

Through the trees,
Nernal breeze,
Hum and blow
Come and go;
Blow from over fields of clover,
Sweet and low
Autumn winds will soon be signing,
Sheaves be lying,
Leaves be dying,
As the swallows southwark living:
Softly blow,
Whisper low,
Tell the story
OF the glory
OF the men who fought the fight,
And died for honor and for right
In the years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-30

As We contemplate the wondrous growth and
progress of our nation during the FIRST century
Of its organized existence, and the perhaps still
more wondrous circumstances of the Discovery
and settlement Of our country, we cannot but
feel that Providence, having failed q speak. of
course, humanity but, reverently) in the expert
ment of setting apart single nation to be the
witnesses and recipients of His power and trace
had, in His own good time, brought forth an,
other people from under the hands of the task
and again opened q way for them
through the sea in which He Overwhelmed
their enemies and brought them into another
wilderness, and again drove out the heather
before them, and gave them the land in per-
petual inheritance, and guarded and protected
them in all their dangers that he might build
up again unto himself "a peculiar people" NOT
as of old, of . distinct race but q people co,n.
pounded of all the blood and qualities Of ali
races through whom he would proclaim. not
the doctrine that God is the God Of the Jew"
but the far grander truth Of the common
fatherhood OF God and the universal brothsr-
hood of man.
And It is for us to determine vbeths- Art.
grand purpose shall be realized. Our dntv
would indeed be very incompletsly done Il we
nahs to those who in the past have given ths;r
lives to aid in achieving these grand resuits
unless we can catch some inspiration Ia
further duty from the Contemplation of
tneu eupume self-eacrlhce. II becouse
us. the living, to address ourselves
with renewed energy and enlarged faithfnlness
to the preservation and psrpetuation Of thee
grand results. 1t is for us 10 determins
whether civilization IL here to male stili
grander conquests, and Christianity shov stiIi
brighter manifestations. or suffer dim ecl;nse
again for ages. Shall the close of another cen.
fury md rs stu pressing upward and on yard
upon the path OF national glory. leading the
other nations Of the world BY the light Of our
example into the enjoyment Of RATIONAL libertv
or shall 1t witness the melancholy spectacls *
an inhabitant Of some far Oh Inland of ths ~.
seated upon some pinnacle or mouutsin ton
with pencil In hand to sketch the ruius q
the republic? "
DANaxAs or TIE Houn.
The answer Il with God, and, under God.
greatly with ourselves. Tho price Of hbertv
is eternal vigilance" and IL We would preserve
our grand inheritance unsoiled and hand !.
down in unimpaired beauty TO our posterity
We must be ever on our guard against new dsn.
gers. II 10 impossible 10 shut our eve "a the
TACT that we are living in peculiar age
In an ARE 70 azes tsilins
TO b living y sublime
An ags In which knowledge runs 70 ana fro.
busb N great danger At running uad; q =:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-30

NOT pxATA, BUT u0HonrAIrTT.
NY eountrymsn. let ~ not believe In death.
but in immortality. Let ~ believe that V our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-30

blessings and our tolls.
THE srRRNoTH OF TIE UNION.
"But the most important lesson of the great
conflict Is the demonstrated qualities Of strength
and endurance which the Union possessed in
time Of war. Its adhesiveness and elasticity
differed materially from the estimates placed
upon it by monarchists abroad. Talleyrand
said our republic is giant without bones
Macauley insisted that IL was all sail and no
anchor, and consequently could not survive
the century. While De Tocquevills declared
1t had no power to sustain itself in case Of
domestic dissension, and that the Union pre.
sented no definite object to patriotic feeling.
wrong. This great republic showed itseH to be
giant with backbone e. stiff q Warrington
monument; that IL had massive ballast A. vell
as sail, and that the love Of country possesasd
by our valiant army was the definite object 10
patriotic feeling that DeTocquevills mourned
the absence Of. Moreover, 1t had the strength
to overcome the feeling Of uncertainty which
the. specter of secession created, Q spec
ter that the iron will Of Jackson. the
magnetic rhetoric Of Webster, aud the elo-
quence Of Clay could not cause to down. but
which went down sersnely at the bidding Of
the men who carried the muskets, and TODAY
peace and security reign from sea TO sea.
"A final lesson Of the war 10 that NO rule or
ruin party can livein this country. The south
tried that policy on human slavery and was de-
feated. IL also tried it on state sovereignty and
was overwhelmed. The anarchists tried their
hand at rule or ruin and were badly worsted.
The Asfas have attempted to blow ~ M. We
will blow them up, and il Italy wants satis.
faction she can have it. Monarchists Tor :
century have been praying for our ruin. We
Will live TO ruin them II they cross our path.
Rsyolutionists can fnd no homo here. Ameri.
cans viii destroy and crush to death any party
or body Of mon that will est themsslvce M 10
ruin or TO rule. The civil war settled this
principle forever.
not pxArH, BUT nxolrAIrTY.
my eountrynsn. let ~ not believe In death,
but in immortality. Let - believe that V our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-30

An eSe IN which knowledge runs TO ana fro.
'asS N great danger of running md; an -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-30

NEtfHkk bkkSE Eok Wfsk,
for IL len future generations and future lseh-
htion 70 struggle with those problems which
should then and there have been settled for al
time. During . period Of nearly another
shropists ana legislatures, state and national.
struggled In vain TO find solution Of thepe two
great antagonists preblsns which dissusSsa
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-02-19
Washington as "a Sutton.

The letter, of which the following is
copy, yellow with age and worn apart at
the edge of the folds, is in the posses ion
o. Gov Lee. 1t is Il miSSivc in which
Washington speaks OF love, and it goes to
show what is we'll known in history, that
he who was First in war, first in peace,
first in the hearts of his eountrymen,"
was not a ladies' favOrite. TWAS written
when Washington was 20 years of age.
According to many a counts this
modest youth made three attempts before
he could get a lady to accept him. 1t is
sa ID that he in vain addressed Miss Be~y
Fantlcroy, Miss Mary Cary Amber, and
Miss Lucy Grimes, and finally found sue.
cess and happiness, too, in his courtship
Of tho Widow Gust S.
The Father of h S Country, as lie turn
ed out to be, imposing as was his cha ac-
ter and presence, was rather EOem-
looking parsonage. and at the date when
Miss Fant.eIoy declined his attentions
was long and lean and led from en- air
life and exercise a surveyor and Indian
hunter: but he had been bred in excel
lent society. and was Well-mannercd,
courteous, and gentle man, though II he
was at that age that most youth h S
feet and hands stu k out with too much
bigneSS and pIommencc.
Whether this letter was to the father
or some other near le ative of the girl;
whether Washington ever renewed his
suit. as he wrote he would do, and what
became of his lady love, are all interest
ing questions.
MAY 20, 1852.
SIR: / should have been down long be-
fore this. but my business in Fredercl>s-
burg detained me somewhat longer than l
expected and Immediately upon my re-
turn from thence | was taken with
violent pleurisy, which has reduced me
very low, but purpose, as soon as / re, yer
my strength. to wait on Miss Betty in
hopes of n reconsideration of the t rmer
cruel sentence. and to see IL | cannot OBJ
tain a decision in my favor l have in
closed letter to her, which | should be
much Obliged to you for the delivery OF it.
/ have nothing to add but my best respects
to your good lady and family. and that
am, sir, y'r most ob'd't, humble servant,
G. WASHINGTON.
William Fantleroy senior, Esq, in Rich
m1nd.
Richmond Dispatch.
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Princes and Potentates.

QUEEN VICToRIA's chef receives a
salary of $500 year. Under him
there are four master cooks and a
score of male and female assistants.
PERHAPS it is not generally known
that the Prince of Wales is collector
of dogs. He is very fond of the canine
tribe, and, among others, possesses
some dogs with black tongues.
The Belgian King astonishes even
the German imperial family, whose
members have name for early rising,
by his tendency to get up at unearthly
hours during his receut visit While at
Potsdam he never rose later than 5 30
a. M, and then took q red-hot bath.
FRIEDRICH WILHELM, the little
Grown Prince of Germany, is hand
some boy of 7, who is every inch a
Hohenzol ern. He wants his own way
as much as any boy in the kingdom.
He does not like music. He would
much rather play horse or soldier, but
it is his fathers orders that he must
learn to play the violin. and he dare
not disobey.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-02-19

men was 312 feet, being 1T2 to the
first limb, which limb measures three
feet in diameter. The tree is supposed
to be nearly 5000 years old, taking
each concentric ring to be of one years
growth. It is taken from an altitude
of 6, 1926 feet above the sea level, and 33
miles from the nearest railroad.
AS this tree was taken from the
midst of a dense forest, it was found
necessary to build q road for four
miles, as nothing but trail existed,
leading from the tree into the country
road In clearing a way, nearly 800
ordinary sized trees had to be cut
down, huge rocks had to be blasted, a
number Of bridges built, and many
other obstacles had to be overcome in
order to land this giant of the forest at
the nearest railroad point.
Part of the tree has been cut out
and placed On hinges, so as to swing
open and shut like door. The interior
has been followed to accommodate
visitors, of whom over 100 will be able
to enter and remain inside of the tree
trunk at the same time. This exhibit
will have $50 incandescent electric
HohtS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-02-19

Doubtless, since WaShington's time,
other Presidents under trying circum-
stances have done well as he However.
1t was his finn hand and indomitable
courage that cleared the path and paved
the wa. for their more experienced feet.
1t was he that created the American
army, and while it was yet in its infan-
cy. and devotion to the new cause was
treason to the old. cheered aud guided it
through its long and desperate struggle
Tor freedom. When oycrshadowed by
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-02-19
A Ghost Actors Would Like.

Actors who ha experienced diff
Guilty in inducing the ghost to walk
can appreciate the feelil g of the In
dams who see the ghost dance. Chi
cago Mail.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-02-19

slip on the table, as they are to serve
as base. Then put the bit OF key
number three into the ring of key
number two; after that, in succession,
the bits of numbers four, five and six
into the rings of keys Nos. 3, 4 and 5.
Looking fom the top to see that the
axis of your several keys are in a YER
tical position. If the hooking of the
bits in the rings has been carefully
done. which you can be sure of by
pressing on the last key NO. g., moth
ing will be more simple than to place
on the rings of keys Nos: and (the
last one being horizontal and almost
fat) sundry articles of the most fragile
kind, so as to make the experiment
more attractive, plates, bowls, ocean
ters, bottles, etc.
If bottle, it must be half full of
water so that it's center of gravity may
not be too high, which increases the
steadiness OF the combination, or,
rather, decreases it's unsteadiness.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-02-19
A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT.
with Little Care You Can Make I
Very Successful.

With q Little care You Can NaKe II
Very Successful.
Choose six keys of graduated sizes,
which we will number from one to six,
so as to facilitate explanations.
Place on the table the bits of the two
larger keys, number one and number
two, and put into ring of key number
one the ring of key number two, as
shown in the illustration. These two
keys, one and two, will form very
wide angle, and in pressing your hand
on the rings you must be sure that
they stand so firmly that they will not
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-02-19

prCmacy was in
his grand patriot
IN the purity Of
his prinCip cs, his
Ia k of egotism or
thirst for fame,
his jnvinciblc will
a II d in tire pid
bravery, and his
owe for God and
his fellow man.
Such men As he
pass away. b u t
they do not die.
They live in our
hearts and in our
memories, and in
tluence the most
important actions
of nnr li,.nc
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-02-19
OUR LITTLE FOLK S.
TIE CHILDREN'S CROSS
AND ITS CONTENTS.

How They Contrived to Abstain from tl,e
Use of Naughty Words-Other Little
Children Right Profit by Having
CIoss-EOx.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-02-19

t was a rainy day,
and all the chill
dren had to stay
in the house. \ ed
had planned to go
4tishin9, and John
ny wanted to set
up q windmill he
had made. Susie
wanted to gather
her flower seeds,
and Pet was anX-
ious to hunt for
her Pet kitten in
the barns. So all
were disappoint t.
ed, and before the
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which they were fighting even though
their lives must be the sacrifice.
Great cause have we, as a people, to
be proud Of our Union, not only as a
nation, but as a monument to its first
friend and defender.
MARY T. SCHUYLER.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-02-19
A CALIFORNIA GIANT.
4 Sect on of "a Tree Trunk that viii Hold
Over 100 Persons.

Over 100 PERSONS.
A section of the big redwood tree for
exhibition at the Worlds Fair at Chi
cago is from the largest and most per-
feet Big Tree in California, cut for
the purpose from the mammoth forest
in Tulare County, California. 1t meas
ures 90 feet in circumference at the
base. The height Of this monster speci-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-02-19

the dark clouos OF disaster, and even
hope had almost fCrsaken them, it was
he that gathered his discouraged and
suffering soldiers about him, and kneel-
ing amid the untrodden snow Of Valley
Forge, prayed God to save the cause toS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-02-19

BECAUSE a man has silvery laugh
it does not follow that he has rich
voice.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-02-19

W. r. GREGORY was sent to Jail in
Kansas City, Mo-, the other dav for
stealing red hot stove.0 the oven Of
which was filled with biscuits. He sold
1t at a secondhand store, biscuits and ali !,
TOR 49, ''A''
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-02-19

lHE sweetest picture in the world is a
pretty mother with her first baby.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-02-19

MARY +. SCHUYLER.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-10-16
ANOrHRR - RAfLED.

\ test vote On the sub-ts~asIsF
proposition gsEs taken % fhE OtorE5s
legislature = day or Gvzo $50 EaH w
'l-Ses.s.-d By VnSs of q 70 o. ABd
Srt solns OF the a1isancs following In
ne wp.s have faith In the professions
" symPzzhy and eOnstancg Of the
s0utilrOirs towards the '-inUYelnsIis.' -
Verify, nome sss 50 blind ~ thsSse WhU
viii not sew ichitA Eogis.
The above Is another specimen OF
tI,e campaign lies with which tlie oil /
party press Is seeking to deceive the
ysUDIs. IHstsad Of tbs slsl-troasuFy
propositions being defeated the matter
Was referred . a COMMITTEES by y
majority Of 20, and the COMMITTEES
rePOrtsd gsVUrably, Esd majority OF
81 were ia favor Of BuspsndiIig the
rules Or tile House AMI adopting the
resolution Immediately, but as It
a twO-thirds majority to
suspend the rifles the motion WAS
defeated and tie resolution reported
by the committee was placed On the
20 come up In its regular
,Eder. On motion 20 suspend the
rules, the vote stood 81 for and So
against, showing majority Of 81 ia
favor OF the resolutions.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-10-16
oETTINo SECOND sioHT.

CFawfioh'l Eyoa Are Replaced by Nature
After AmputltiuE.
That the common crnwfish has the
power OF reproducing al eye which IL
may hspTGG 20 lose, is = fact quite IA
miliaF 70 nsturllistss but we are in
ds6tsd 20 "a. s. ChButrau, the eminent
scientist, for the discovery that this
power OF reproduction varies with age.
NJ ChantFzu gives the results Of his OBJ
ueFvGtiOns 10 the Complies Rsndus, from
tvh3Sh 81 aPpeura that q cFaWfish one
year old quickly and eTectualIy ropairu
such injuries, while In animals two aud
more yeaTs old reproduotion Is uncer-
tain In its operations aud never perfect
His Grgt Experiments were with a num-
Der Of one-year-old aninaIa Ia Octo-
Der, 1881, after the close OF their moutt-
ing season, he clipped on their eyes.
MOuiting commencing on May Of the
year following, and In September, after
four months had elapsed, their eyes had
been perfectly reproduced
The next experiment Wi - with CoIIsc-
ton OF the creatures that we're two years
old past These he deprived OF their
eyes. either immediately before moult-
ing set IN Ia the falL or during the win
lgF months, between the two moults-
The result OF these cases were vErioua-
In some Of the animals after three OK
four months the eyes we've FePrOdused
but the papiia were so d3shgured as 70
leave Il extremely doubtfuI Whistler
they could serve Tor the purpose OF Wis
ION; IN othsra Onss pupil would be CON
GiderGbly smaller ttgu the one in the
other eye Of the same animal.
Finally, in the case OF full-grown Eni-
Daig. which moult less frequcuIy-ths
females but once a year and the males
tvgice-the pertuentsr's results did
not chow any rsproduction OF the eye,
bat only the growth OF eye-buds marked
with q black point, and, in one place, OF
opaque biid buds in place Of eyea-Ds-
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