Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1898-05-26

Dor. Petersburg, Yorktown and Annapo
lis. Most Of them have streams Of watel
running through them that greatly add t.
their natural beauty. In North Carolinf
the most important national cemetery Il
Salisbury. Nearly 1900 are buried here
This cemetery Is located In spur Of q
mountain range and Is q most beautifu
spot In general appearance IL Is entire
" different from any other national Gem
etery in the country. From almost any
part Of II view extending over miles and
miles of country that In war time wac
the scene Of many important battles car
be obtained. 1t Is a most impressive place
to visit at any time Of the year. The 9th
er cemeteries IN North Carolina are Ra-
leigh, New Berne and Wilmington. About
1000 are buried In these three.
Almost at the southern tip of South
Carolina Is the most beautiful national
cemetery In the country. II Is known as
Beaufort and about 10000 are buried
there. Although 1t Is in South Carolina,
Beaufort might be saja to belong to Sa.
vanneh, Ga The perfect city Of the
South Is just few miles away, across
the river that divides the two States, and
It is from there that the crowds Of people
come who decorate its graves. Hundreds
Of the sons Of Savannah are buried In
Beaufort. For picturesqueness the ma
tional cemetery at St Augustine, Fla,
takes first rank. II Is on the site Of an
old Spanish burying place, and many are
the quaint graves and tombstones to be
seen there. Surrounded by a very old
stone wall, within sound Of the breakers
and filed with tropical plants and dreamy
lagoons, 1t is at once beautiful and inter
esting. About 300 are buried here, and
the Decoration Day ceremonies are al
ways of most impressive nature. The
national cemetery Of Chalmette, near New
Orleane, Is one Of the best-known burying
places In the country. Thirteen thousand
are buried here. Chalmette Is located on
the shore Of bayou and presents come.
what the appearance Of swamp with
driveways through II. There are several
lakes in 1t, and In many instances the
graves are very close to the water. Deco
ration Day Is always extensively obsery-
ed here, but for one reason or another the
graves are decorated with flowers and
evergreens the greater part Of the year.
The largest national cemetery In the
country Is at Vicksburg, Miss. About
1900 are inferred here, but the place has
rather depressing effect on one who
visits 1t for the first time, 1t is so vast
and 30 suggestive OF the horrors of death.
There Is a melancholy aspect to Il that Il
Is impossible to shake off. Near by Is
the cemetery at Natchez, where 3,2OO
are buried. In the immediate vicinity are
the cemeteries Of Port Hudson, Baton
Rouge and Alexandria. All through this
part Of the country Decoration Day is
most extensively observed. In nearly ev-
cry graveyard there are several soldiers
buried, and the sentimental nature of the
people causes much attention to be given
to the ceremonies. From Andersonyille,
Ca, and following sort OF curve to
Little Rock, Ark, there Is line Of ceme-
teries where nearly 100000 soldiers nre
buried. These are all very much alike In
appearance and are not as well cared for
rs those In other parts Of the country.
The principal ones Of this group are Mem |
phis, Nashville, Chattanooga and Mari
eta.
There is q little group Of cemeteries In
Kentucky where about 5000 are buried,
but the observances OF the day here are
llways very sad. More old people are
'een at these ceremonies than In any
'ther cemetery In the country. They
It'll remember their lost ones, and even at
his 1hte day old, white-haired negroes
ire frequently seen weeping and crying
or young marsa."
A national cemetery that Is very little
inown Is Jefferson Barracks, located
bout eighteen miles below st. Louis. Mo.
OYER II 300 are buried here, and the Gem
terry Is one Of the grandest sites In the
world. 1t Is about 300 feet above the
Mississippi, on the west bank, and com
hands q view In all directions over the
'ottom lands. This cemetery ls remarka-
,ly well kept, although 1t does not contain
= many trees as one feels ought to be
here.
The national cemeteries Of the West are
ad places. Most Of them are absolutely
'arren and are distressing IN the extreme.
Dhe one at San Antonio, Tex, Is OF this
haracter, although OF late years an at
emDt has been made to improve II. Near
all the Western cemeteries are small.
The national cemetery on the Custer bat
lefeld In Dakota Is perhaps the strang-
vt burying place IN all the world. 1t Il
most barren spot, containing an enor-
nous marble shaft, with Ala graves
rouped around II. The strange thing
bout this cemetery Is that al those sleep
M theze KeKe klle0 On fha aene Dat.