New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-30
ODE FOR MEMORIAL DAY.


Sleep, soldier. sleep while DER thy grave fresh
With loving hands again We strew to-day:
No flight of time can dim thy deeds Of glory.
The lustre Of thy fame shah shine for aye.
As pass the years ny victory greater seemcth
Bearing fruition still from sea To sea:
For we behold loyal land united
one North. one South. one East and West-a
free.
AEnin today the Nation calls to battle.
or thy brave deeds IN friendly emulation.
They godly go TO conquer or to die.
Rest. soldier rest Let nausht disturb thy sumber
Sleep III the last grand reveillc is sounded
Then shall the Mighty Captain say. Well done"
William A. Lamson I'm TOwsnda Reporter.
A marble block has Just been unearthed at
Corinth. Greece which IS n mutatci inscr.p-
ton only the equivalent Greek letters agogehcbr
being left. It is supposed that these letters
portion OF the two words. "synagoge Hcbralon."
which mean In English synagogue OF Hebrews"
and that the stone may have been n part OF the
very synagogue In which tho Apostle Paul. when
in Corinth. reasoned every So bbath and persuaded
the Jews and Greeks"
Essential n Victory-"Alas." cried the Spanish
general in Cuba we can win no more Victories.
why not?" inquired his aid
rho cable has hesn ;ut" explained The general
smusnlc enc through BY ma!l"-(Chcaso Post.
ut is true" says The Omaha Bee that Bryan
has hit upon another inexpensive method Of get
ting his name into the newspaper headlines. but
the boy babies are being named Dewey this year"
did you say you found arSe amount Of a.:ht-
lng equipment OF that newspaper man." asked the
Spaf.,sh officer.
Yes sir The:- wcr. enough lead pencils and
blank paper TO have enabled us to win hal, dozen
victories. "-tWashinston Star
Theodore F. Seward. the organizer OF the Don't
Worry" clubs. tells good story OF little boy who
had reached the multiplication table in the course
OF his education One night he was sitting anxious
ly q paper OF figures. when his mother came
along and said: johnnie. do you md your arith-
metic very hard?" Yes. indeed mamma. I do"
was his reply 1T was awful hard that |
prayed to God TO help me. but Hes made three
mistakes already
According to the nebular hypothesis a star is
made by nebulous particle joining with countless
and things. which. OF course doesn't account for
the dramatic star. dramatic star Is made by a
nebulous particle swelling up."-(Detroit Journal
About SIX miles from here" says The Living
ston tKy) Colonel 'ir a solid rock the top OF a
mountain, Is the grave OF old Ned Crews
who was buried there about twenty-five years ago
lilo had been rich and influential. but eccentric and
n great hunter. and requested that he lie buried
there so that his hounds could over him
An Effort at Analogy.-"We can't annex Ha-
wall" said the man who learns things BY heart 10
repeat as arguments. IT'S true Americans have
many interests there But think OF the immense
population that does not speak our language nor
fully comprehend our institutions"
oh" rejoined the cynical friend. THAT docsn I
make any difference. Look at the ease with which
the country has managed to get along with Man
haitian Island "-(Washngton Star.
Students and professors of Berlin University
complain OF the abuse OF the privileges recently
granted women to attend lectures at that Univer-
slty on equal terms with II seems that young
girls OF from thirteen to fourteen years 10 TO tho
lectures. some even accompanied by their man.
ala
refuse TO sit on the same benches with half grown
schoolgirls Strict measures will be taken to nut
nm end to this practice
What Is your honest opinion concerning Amer-
cans? Inquired the interviewer
LEI me understand. returned the eminent
Etencnpan Are we speaking with reference to
thS Cupan anair or tho exposition In l800a"