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her (if our men enliotod by '0‘" government was 2,073,112 white, sud 175,895 coloredâ€"a. total of 2,253,007. The whole army of the British union in the South Africa: wnr was 200,000, ; little more thsn our colored troops alone. . The number of of- ficer! engaged in “to col-vice of our government. No tongue Will ever tellâ€"no pen ever write'lll the cost of men in thlt twful “rite of brother agninst brother, father against. 301:, : divided na- tion struggling, on the one side for the right to di- vide. on the other. the rights plUnion. The num- That win the most glorious incident of allvthe world's wars, and the nation crowned it by elect- ing its chief to the dignitv of of its first. citizen,â€"n King crowned with the affection of the nation. If only as a national testimoninl of recognition and gratitude no greater oflering could have been made than the election of Grant to the place so nohly filled by lhg martyred Lincoln. But he there ever been in nll the roll all. of the world‘s nrmlce'm magnificent n epectacle an thnt which is nnnnnlly wltneeaed over nll thle fnlr country on each rctnrnlng 30th of May? It in a epcctacle {or men and lupinâ€"for nll enrth nod heaven, when old grey-haired veternnn are met by the sturdy boys in the blue and the greyâ€"when women and charming girl. and young chil- dren uncmhle in 111 the nation‘n grave-yards and spread, flowers over coldler'n graves which nre woven by love and reverence into one circle a! me- morial around the whole land-Lnorth Ind aonth. Each year the long line of the old soldier- (ends is thinner. One after nnother the veter- nnn answer to another roll-call from which there in no appeal: ' “Port of the boot have croaaed the flood Antlpart arena-ins now." ' - - In the Art gallery a! the World’s Psir It Chi- ago '9‘- | picture of In. Tenn (Ml-o Elinhoth Thompson) onllod the "The Boll Cull.” This strik- ing work olnrteounlnod odounor Ion um. wrought out In striking mllun. Tho, won the roan-t of 1 Scottish "gluon: mutant! to the coll o! the roll after h Gianna hold. a! u». Cri- neon war. One hnrc ooldlor, with hut! mppod in n red handm nod urn in u crudely constructed -I! A- Iliumâ€"umber holding his wriu with I gory I'll to ounch the flow of blood which poured hon his woundmâ€"othon with numerous Icon and hop- daged limbs. Eula one hon 3 look of heroic noo- lntion which leenud to soyâ€"“though I Ml or (ii. in tho “tempt! will .35er ihe roll-coil." Such 3 picture but hintiy numb tho Ian-Dom: sinillr motoring. 0! men during the Civil Wu of flu ‘Iixlieo. Our National Roll-Call. lemoriul Day is not. a celebrttion of triumph __ - p,,,,v 1e Ron-Call of the Dead. ThAnualMumr. The writer recallé the pethetlc eloquence of e fine young English soldier dressed in hie red uniform and speaking from the plntform of e temperance meeting in London. He aid: “There in no home for the soldier. In our memorlce there floete the scenes of childhood lhome-Iife, but we have pncticllly no hope of it ever returning. Once e soldier ehnye e soldier without. hope of the simple luxury of home agein. much leee the rights and dutiee of citizenship." Thu is true of the gmtei‘ put of the thirty million. of men in the shading 11-min of Int-opt; The Civil War over, whet greater. incident could there be than the transporting beck, from the field of war, to home and duty and the victor- ies of peace. That is the glory of a. citizen Army. It is a story to startle the world, even titer more than two score of years have thrown their shadOws oyer it. When the array of figures is in,- dividuall’zed into fellow-men with throbbing poise and yearning hearts the story csnnot be read with. out the deepest emotion. The cost was so fright- ful that while it stirs our grstitnde to the noble men who died it should still I" the pusions which make war. - - wound: The heme of Chickunnngn bus the left. 3 deep blood etnin on the memory of the Notion. In“ the Union loan wen not u (rent us those of the Con- federacy. The number at Union troops killed wu 1.044; wounded 9.262; mining? L965; the Confoder m iose wne 2,399 killed; 13.41: wounded dud 1.000 mining. The engagement.- no» dondly to the soldiers of the South wen Getty-burg end Antie~ tun. The longed n the former have been given; .t the 1“:th the killed 1|an 8.500; wounded 16.899; mining 0.000. n mm! M 9!: m ‘ At Gettysburg the ledeeel loee wee 1.!“ killed: 13.?!» wounded. end 6,“: slain. e tote! o! 28.!“ end ehout equel to the whole Mtleh heele AM The Confederete loee wee L500 ‘kllled: “.500 wounded. eed 13,081 mleeie'. We. 11.0.. In the ehort enmnent et Cold Kuhn: MOO Union eoldlere econ ley deed upee the field. while 10,570 were wounded. At Spoteylunle our-Ion wee 4J7? kllled end 19.687 wounded. 'l'hle bettle. for the thee oeeupled. wee perhepe the nuet een~ gufnery o! ell the'engegenaente. But theloee in the three due’ bottle of the Wilder-e. wee etlll (teeter. the III-her 0! Union eoldlere killed being 5.597; wounded 31.468: end Inleele‘ 10.817, en ep- jnusn. totel a mm. m. lou- wee three a... ee greet ee thet of the hettle of Puddle-hi)“. whleh eent e well of narrow over the whole lend end hee ever elnee been receded eetheworet hettle of the wet. The lane in thet nnfoetnnete eeeeult wee 1.180 lulled; 9.088 wounded: end 2,lt5 Inleelng. ln ell 18,353. ' Wu 83.9”. It. Into! mun? won." In wu- Inmbou m1. What Mnkea Our a mining 5,000. (tom of 25.015. Gloriour I was I. Ioldier in the Civil Wnr, end after the bottle of Stone River was donned to take com- mend of some men end bury the Union deed of our brigade. A trench we: dug and each body wee leid in the trenchmnd u there bud Men soldiers detelled from each company who knew thuee that were deed, theneine and company were out upon; pieee of wood to he need no I headstone. When the bodies 0! the Union men were buried we then buried those of the Confederate deed; adjacent, oi! to one side, we found the body of a Confederate Captain of e Louisi-na Regiment and close against it little black and ten dog. it was very small, could almoet lie in the palm of yOur hand. The dog tried to prevent the soldiers touching the body of his master. but they pushed him eeide and buried the body. When the body was buried and a little mound rounded up. the-little dog stood on the softest-t1: of the mound and stood round and turned round and round, making It little bulin in mound. and finally laid himself down upon the grave. I went to a. neighboring honee‘cloee by. told them to look out for him, feed him. endytry to get him to go'to the house. I went beck there about eix months later, and upon inquiring. found that the dog had just come to euw permnneotly at the house. - N n nun“. The youth 01 our lend'ehauld be nughtto hel- low this dey wish reverent memories end eflection. Sport. should he eel. aide on this one day and the union should he re-heptieed yum in. spirit at p..- tribfle devotion which pouredout lite and tren- are in uneueted measure “let the union might be united and tree. “’ " Handel Dey suede for the nobleet thine in our nun-e! lite The Meta, of lip orllhn h In- tending. In an the: the (rem 01 em- eoldiere eeettend over the lam were Intended end no honored the elnenelpeud eleven stole out under cover at nights-d “revved the. with Mere, end whom! the. with man an. rm. women- eone anthem of grenade touched the neuon’e hurt ted Handel De] we. lamented. On this day. W earn-e nae eepnol et Walling- we, in leuere the: cen he reed by All. ere the who eeved thn union." The beet ”flute In Hie een never be peid tor. ' s lemoflel be: in the meet elgnifieeut nnbthrill- in; of ell ourNeflone‘ holidays. July the'hnnh celebretee our hlrth en en independent nation. but the 30th of any preeleilne freedom end n united people. The am he dey of jnhlhtion end demon- etrntlonâ€"the letter in one of deap enduring effec- tion. To perpetuate thin dny o! Memorinl in the cell- eerlone thought 0! the meaning of eecriflce should he the sin: of our people. Dementia-“ens o! pntriofle terrorâ€"none of flreworke end rockets my be left. to ethd‘ den. {nod to: pond». mum! lo: #50; and mu only (rt-cilia. , Our Fathen’ God! from out who“: hand The centuries flow like grains of land, We meet today, united, free And toys! to oqr land and Thee. "One flag, one heart. one hand One Nation cvermore." _A Souicr'n Do. Our Nuio-Il Holiday *O'Mr WM Hahn.