Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-09-02

spared 20 the extraordinary age OF
Daniel Brakeman, &c will be reserved 70
some OF them 20 turn the century point
n there is soldier who, like Samuel
Downing, was but II when discharged
from the service, and lives to Down
ing's age, he will die 10 1919. If % az
the time OF his discharge, and he lives
TO the fvescOre and nine OF Daniel
Brakeman, no will die ~ 1851. The
chances are that the man who Is destin-
cd to bear the proud but melancholy
distinction Of being the last survivor
will not be living later than 1880
And what a retrospect will be his as,
standing upon the remote and isolated
ACTIVITY, he peoples the hay distances
OF the past With armies and banners;
with the great captains long since call
ed 10 their reward; with the charge and
countercharge Of ligions melting in the
smoke OF the conflict; with The Sheeted
dead that haunt vast battlefelds; with
the final blending into skies OF blue the
vanishing clouds Of gray, the aftermath
Of glory, the grand review, the grateful
incense OF peace aud the line Of march
toward immOrtality,o of which uncOunted
headstOnes are then the only traces,
save his worn and weary self, waiting
for the signal OF welcome from the
shining rampaTts just above him!
sixty years from to-day IL NAV be, In
some great cemetery OF the nations
lead -nsahaply within some quiet church
TI7G.. sh = .s77-asA -yvuE mound OF covers
r'Vier the Sfthe I the last survivor, f0f,
= ytough be ben stranger among stran-
%rs, a walf upon the shore left by the
Feeding tide, with not cOmrade TO
bear him company. he will not be IN
befriended. There will be sons OF vet
Grams and grandsons OF veterans,
daughters and granddsaghters Of vet
arans 70 guard his declining footsteps,
% smooth his dying moments, sublimer
far than those OF Napoleon az st.
neIsna, TO write his wondroUs epltaph
and over his ashes build fitting mon
ument
Many and momentous may be the
changes that our country 10 the evolu-
tion Of its progress shall meanwhile
witness. The flag that floats above US
this morning in all its consolidated
splendor may CLEAN with other stars,
transplanted TO its azure field from both
the northern and southern ornaments.
New conditions may be developed 20
challenge the prefOundest philosophy
and bravest craftsmanship Of the age in
their adjustment 20 an advancing civ
ilization. Danger that we wOt not OF
NAV arise in the solution OF social and
economic problems 20 further tax the
stability Of our institutions. But in
Coos good providence the covenant OF
81, Of
self sacrifice, the fragrance OF which
ascends to-day from hundred thou
sand affairs, shall remain unbroken and
immutable, like the bow Of promise in
It's beauty, but ike the Overarching
heavens themselves in its bending ma
jesty and perennial duration.
The citizens OF Pittsburg are to make
an unusually lavish display Of Old Glory
dufineNopcampmknt week.
! Louisville aud Atlanta are striving
after the encampment 10 1895, Ia order,
as they say, TO bridge the bloody
chasm."
The Sons OF Veterans and the nation
81 guardsmen. in full uniform, will act
as guides 20 the visiting comrades in
their travels a1out the city.
No tents at Pittsburg, says Command
or ia Chief Adams. The veterans aver
age So years Of age, and the older boys
are Just the ones who DO not wish to
miss an encampment nor come away
with aches and pains. So the quarters
will be in substantial barracks or ia
hotels, halls and private houses.
O.. Il. LENNOX.