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FELL IN LIBERTY'S CAUSE.

In the fourteenth century, when the sturdy sons of Switzerland con- fronted their Austrian oppressors at Sempach, Arnold von Winkel- ried, commending his family to the care of his countrymen and crying, "Make way for liberty," rushed forward with outstretched hands., and, gathering an armful of spears into his own breast, made an opening in the seemingly impenetrable lines of the enemy, through which his comrades forced their way to victory. Thus falling in the cause of liberty, he won imperishable fame, and his deed, immortal- ized in song, has awakened noble and generous emotions, and nur- tured the love of freedom in the hearts of millions. So shall the story of the men who battled for the Confederacy go down through ages, kindling the fires of patriotism and devotion to the principles of free government in the hearts of generations to come.

"Thinking of the mighty dead,

The young from slothful couch will start And vow with lifted hands outspread, Like them, to act a noble part,"

And so

" The graves of the dead, with the grass overgrown, May yet prove the foot-stool of liberty's throne."

CHEER THE INFANTRYMEN LOUDLY.

As the Veil is Lowered the Crowd Cheers and the Guns All Fire.

As Mr. Cave concluded and the note of preparation for drawing the veil was sounded on the bugle, all eyes were turned upon the monument. The crowd instinctively pressed in that direction, and two children, who had been designated to draw the cords, and their veteran supporters and other attendants left the grand stand and began their march between the open ranks of the Blacksburg cadets.

THE TWO CHILDREN.

Little Mary Curtis is a blonde, with long curls. She wore a white flannel suit fastened with naval buttons, and having a golden anchor embroidered on the collar, and a seaman's cap of the same color as her dress. Around the cap was a blue band, and upon this in gold letters was the name of the ship in which her grandfather cruised, the Tallahassee.