The National tribune., 1896-04-09

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the attentive listeners every Friday evening.
NJ Dell Adams writes: THE LH.W. n
growing 10 orein teresting all the time and The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE gets better and better.
am an xionsly waiting for another L.H.W- he
union"
Scraps" sends welcome, thrice welcome.
to Blancte.and her timely suggestions, In line
with, James Makenna's expressions.
Seneca comes to express his pleasure oyer
the improvement of the LH.W-, and THINKS
il is putting on a lore thoughtful mien. he
congratulates Blanche Davis upon her letter.,
and calls for 1nez Price, Kate ,Spartmap, ksa
Smith, Stella Cavenaugh, Florence Henry, ana
Flora White.
Walter kaler, Andersonville Ind, is inter
ested in occult science which teaches that the
soul OF man has ez isted since the creation, ana
that birth aud death are only Transitions from
Que created form, to another that the soul may
absent itself from the body aud roam through
fields ofbolanillesskitow ledge which, hethinks.
accounts for the fact that we suddenly come
upon scenes aud places with the full conviction
that we have been there before.
us THE GOOD OLD TIMES.
DEAR L.H.W: Seeing an article in a late
issue Of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE concerning
how much it formerly cost 10 hear from friends.
reminded me of conversation had one after
10 her reward.
The talk drifted TO her earlier life, and she
said: I'VE had no stoves, but the great open
fireplace took its place, with its long swinging
crane while the bellows did duty to keep the
fire alive if il became low; or if by any chance
il went ont We rekindled il with flint, or sent
TO a neiglfbDr for some Goals in default OF
matches Asd our dwellings were not lighted
with glaring lamps as now, but tallow candles,
n nod ds2d I'm 10
flickered here and there; while our wool.
wiIieh I'VE raised on our sheep, was sent OF tc
be-carded in sheets pinned mp with tlorns.'
She SMACK cd her lips as she told me how they
made their soda from burnt corneobs. and
molasses from pumpkins, and wished she had
some cake for tea made with them, aud smiled
TO imagine me mending goose-euiil pens. as it
was the datyof the teacher to DO III her school.
days
Then mare sadly she said: I'VE had no
bearses instbose days. simply biers, which were
carried in a large wagon with the corpse, while
the bier was left on the grave until next fu-
neral"
Again iiereyes sparkled RS she told me that
one of their favorite pastimes when she was
little girl, was 10 play spin, by fastening q
cord TO large tree, and going through the
movements as for spinning.
She gleefully told me of children's party
she once attended. when their tea was potatoes
roasted in the ashes of the fireplace, and the
woman took them out in her apron. She said
81 would like to know what the children OF
these days would say to snch tea as that"
wonder what any of Us would say 10 no
stoves, no matches, no lamps. no pins NO steel
pens. no soda, and moasses SO expensive rs 10
feel obliged to make it of pumpkinsl
j expressed something of this to her, but she
said:
I'VE were happy aud enjoyed ourselves even
without those things which are now deemed
the nccessaries OF life. We often went on long
journeys by wagon to visit our friends, and
not only felt repaid for tho pleasant visits We
enjoyed, hut delighted with the scenery, and
saw it better than now, when you whisked
from BnfFalo to New York in a few hours"
Nd. Elite Fuller, Spring Lake, N. Y.
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.
DEAR C. c. FRIENDS: Mr. Gogarn saws,
"Think you that the Union soldiers would
necessarily detract from their blood bought
donors by marching beside the sinewy, daring
yeomen OF fair Southland, whom the former
so vaiiautfy c0poueredf"
Commander Walker says: There is broad
distinct ionsbetween Union soldiers and Confed.
crates; sRud, looking at IL from the stand.
point offthe fitness Of things, we can but see
the point.
Though it would not pale in the least the
crowniDg glory of our sodier-fsthers Of the
North, yet what must be the effect of m
hOnored public exhibition OF the emblems oil
tue " Lost Cause on the warm hearted. quick
Drained young sons and daughters of the Blue
and the Gray
1t could teach our Northern boys and girls
nothing. unsess in their pride and love for Old
Glory. a touch OF scorn for the STARS and
Bars" and as Southern gray creeps ia. forget
ting the ties that now bind, they learn some
thing of the old-time hatreds and dislikea
Aud our Southern boys and girls, will they
be beneftedf As they gaze upon the Gag OF
the once Gsnfedsracy, and see their fathers In
the Old uniform. aud know that for love OF
/. these many. many brave men died for these
their fathers surrendered health, and for thSse
their Homes were more then when their
eyes travel 60 the triumphant Stars aud Stripes
and they rea lie that for it's sake the Stars and
Bars-their fathers fag-uas tattered AVID torn
and trailed in the dust will they love Old
Glory any better, think your
With nourufnl hands the South buried heI
Lost Cause, and as she tells OF the bravery Of
OF her noble sons and suffering IRu ght terra she
tenderly teaches: We thought we wsr
right"
10 it should be- and the symbols of the csus,
that died ia 1865 should not be brought to pu b
/ lie notice. Heaven bless our North and South
and hssteu the time when no thought of tn,
] psos D~h h'"i WV JDy VI thS PtOT'hh.
Miss Iss Ippi
SONGS THAT HAVE LED TO VICTORY.
Whoever said " Let me make the songs OF ,
Nation and ] care not who makes il laws" ha1
/ q proper ides of the power of music over TIA,
/ human heart
Many stories have been told of the wonder
fui effect OF The " M&rseillaise hymn of liberty
upon the people of France during the French
4 Revolution. To one who loves music in hi
soul that hymn stirs the blood ia every vein
The Star spangied Banner" is another soul
inspiring song. and 7" Hail Columbia" an,
"AmerSea are fuliof patriotic FIRE.
Among Abe songs OF the civil war times Their
are bot few, IL any. more pnruiHr than tn
"i5attle.Cry OF Freedom" This song was com
posed by Dr. Root who was, think, a native o
Berkshire County, Mass Ii WIS compose
early In 1861, and was fret sung by the famou
Hutchinson family az a meeting held Ia Uniol
Square IN the city OF New York and the testi
moBy OF the time IL that IL struck fire instantl
and excited a demand for copies only equsls
al later day by HenryC. Works famous com
position, Marching Through Georgia"