Somerset
ESTABLISHED 1817.
'IVmis of lublieation.
fll!'
;.iud every eunestiay mom:uT at p-t'
Him. if M In a-lvanee : otheraisaj $"-"
iHy is- charveil.
Mil"
, ripli"i Mill It livusitiuiH.fi ilut.1 all
i. an- iaM Piw-tiiutsu-rs n-;li"ctliiai
roti
ns when milwrihern Jo not takeout their
ii
r v
K held reliiMb!e fitrthe attlwrrip-
tn hi.
s-bsoiiut: removing from oue polor'.' to ao-
Vr M'j'lrve n name of the lormer as
-tin V""-'"' "fl"''- A',,,r"s
l'lIK SiMKIiW Hi:l!AI.I,
KiNKKSKT, l'A.
A.
c.
lli'l.lt'KT.
Al J .'KNKY
AT LAW,
tV'IIUTl. I'U.
-it.. Jo- J H. I hl.
J. B. O'Connor.
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AITuKNKYS AT I . r,
i , -icrsct. l'A.. ml on r . an klill nrevt.
ii- tin' aosU'llice, Jolmstoau, I n.
ut"
iyXi. W. !11M KK!i.
TI IK. t. I - A I -l.A n .
somerset, Fa.
i ( iik -Vt riu' lilock, up stair.
Oil
I.. IK T. M'UI.L,
A.t- K.NEY-AT-i
A.
Somerset,
Pa.
'IV SCOTT.
ATTuKSKY-AT-LAW,
Somerset. Pa.
j. k-.x'- i:i:.
A IT" lUNKY-AT-LAa.
Somerset,
l'a.
KM..-ir.Y.
ATrt'K.M-lY AT LAW,
Somerset. Pa
. TRENT.
ATHiltXKY-
T LAW.
hm ,Tset, Pa.
j. ititt.-n
ATTi'KKFY-A 1
LAW
Vem
Pa.
in S':n-wt bounty lla.-k.
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l. v.: VM
.A -vl1" KY-A T-l. A W,
Sllllt'W'i, l'A.,
,, t-r:;--ti'-r Hi SIihT" 't lunl Hij i iilnf mil
v , i fniM'M riiirusuM lo 'lim will tvvie
: uUt'liUi-ti,
i rr -Til. W. 11. Ki j
r - ""ii w ::vri-i-:i
ATllli:.. l'S-Al .
S. ;m" I .
,. .n" etimistni k) .en enre will le
v ami I aetuaily ..Jel.iici to. t!lie on
, r--!- siri-vt, oJ'JK V' iiiu.ilaiiih !lin-k.
'.M
ii. KtxiM..
A i ih;m:v-at law,
isniners-e: "W.f
.-V --prompt attention iu' "snenirusted
uu.- Hi si uir-"-L and ad.!o..-.Iii! e. uies.
i, fc'i-ijitnifc" ii--e. . -ow, v tle the Omrt
vir
D
v; mi"yv?s,
ATT' 'It ty.
T-LAW.
SimerMe Pn,
' ;.1 t -usii.i-Ki tntru-M.nl ti i are ill in
,,1. i io wit 'a -rm.;aj-js ant lnh-lity. i ,'.
vih, i n.- h'reei, tte-.c -or oJ. Ii. r-nyilt-rA-
.1
ci! t. KIMMICU
uiii-M't. Pa..,
: iHi:i:ejw t.ir.-s. to his eau
-u;i -; :i't i'lj -ititUK viy wUli rt'tnpt
.... ! i -di-L'T- ni- no Main t..ji !n-et
m t -' i liu' Jt-r'
I11
L.3T'';H.
AITUUMH -ai-uw,
mjums eu l'a.
f ii. Maj'.ctnt'i i.'.' k. '. f. fiire Kturanee
,..i. cm Kt:i-.. t.iHiHtioi j n i-. esti.li-a t
i ::i- exam. ned. and a. 1 e-a' trnsiin- at
o -ii nil l'!ou i-tiic-c ami li'J'jli-.
-1
J. i" ii I. L.. t rn.Bi'K.-s.
viu.oun .v c i.r,i:x.
V AT !(.i:.KY-AT LAW.
sit i, -p-i't-. Pa.
;.V. iu:ih-s entne-ii'd to our eare .ill be
(.in bii-l faith 'ui!v ul'i-alel U. ' 'ollwliotw
' ...u ai "nirvKi. .ii-ift.ird afd adjoinirnr eoti:i
, , .iri- iiik and oiiveyaiieir-t lon on rea
,1,. .::" ti ruJs
II
KY. K. srilKl Ji.
ATT -liNE'.-Al -l.AW.
Soiners.-t, Pa.
tnty liiid IViiwvu Agent, ttttiee in Vanmioth
TAi.KMINK HAY.
AC'iiiKM-.Y-AT LAW.
hniiit r-et. l'a.
i.w, in K.'ai'K'BM. W ll .n !..l U' all
l,;.,i-ss .-.iiniM.vl lo likt '-are with promfttK-
tut' .".y.
UN U.
J
A TP i:MY ATI AW.
sitMervt, l a.
t 1' i rniM'- ati.-'id .o all Uisine entnisU-d
..l, M..y'BO.Hiiit-dol.eolh-tlolM.a;. l"f-
t 111 .ti:ll:lll"ih llioek.
I)'
K. A. inioAKS.
i-mi Ian and trm-Kcs.
NuiM-rset. 1 a.
in cook !'"'' Block. tH"l l''l'r
j i:. i;;i"i'. Kr.i:,
PIIYSIHAN AND KIK-KOX,
SOMKBSKT, P.,
. iff.iti-ssi.mul nen-iee to the eit ieit of
!'-rvi hjiu
vi'-initv. inn' i" '
l-u.
lit' l'lMlll'HIU.
D
Ii. II. S. KIMMKIJ
1.-T,.i. i his .ri.l sM,ii,Hl servii-es to tne rmw ii.
of .ii..-ivt and vi'-iniiv. fnl.-s pr..f.sM..:miiy
f. r.a-rt he run lie fmiiid at hi ott-e on lam -,1.,
La-L nt liiauiutiii.
D
k. ii. i;i:rr.AKi:n
T- i l. . hi i.rofi-sional i-ervn-es unne nii'i
f -.....rM.t i vieiniiy. ' In resi.h-uoe .n
ik;n s-.r.-et west ol luauiond.
I)
li.'.VM. UAK'H
T-.-ii.
it -..i
iii::i'ii
I)'
pri.fi--ional wrviei- to the c itizens
mid ,.-iiiiiy. titti'-e in I'"-1 Oih.-e
n w; r,Lr;ii,
h' MI.'il'ATHK PHYSICIAN AM) SI lii.tvi-.
l'.i'i.-- hfiist'i tlie lie-ilJi- S.rtlli-n-t
;u; v i ri-.i,;) . I alb iii ton a atwl i Mi;:ry prompt
! "' !nl--d in. t an l-e totind at olm-e day or
U t-n. lilil,-i p-ofesi.maliy enirai. t'fi'tr on
- :i'ii-.i-t e"ri.r of l.-iuniolid, over Kui'I'liers
St. ire.
D1L .1. M. LOI TIIKU,
: r'-fi. ' rlii at .Nfwjrrfxim.)
1 HY-ICIAN AXIi SI' K'.irX'X,
lia Wined jH-rinuiieiitly In H.mers1 for the
irwiiee h in.- pr i.'i-shiu. dibit: on Siain street,
n. r--r ol Jirui; More.
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. MMII.LKN",
lUnntmUr i JtrntiKtry,)
i,!t. i.j.i i,il Kibjii.on to the prewrvatti!
Iii. ,.'i,r..l t.u.'i, At-Tiiirttl M-li. lllM'He.1.
l id-
All
ii:-ml,,n. niiuximnl salisliU-Uirv. Uttlee III liner
i-.i" a. iitt-rtiiir-.
I)'
Jul IN 1'.1L!.
II. NT I ST.
up-'-'.nir in C'k A P.e'
rits Kloek.
Di:. vM. coi.urs.
PKXTIST.
o!.i t- ii, Kin-1'HT s i;liK-k nti-stairs. w here 1i
'! '! 'Und at i.i! tirui- ,rt-iarei lodoall kiiitt
i! Vi i-k. -m il n tillini!, n-viilatini!. extraetiiiK.
.tniiK',l v-eibut all k nub- and "t tin; N st
iiist-rirti in-rtiii. Aii work Biiiiranlitsl.
I)
U.J. K. MIIXKll
H- t-nnaiiMi,tlv ba-nteA in perlin for the prae
' "I ins prut, -sinli. Idbiv opNisile Chark-8
K'. - li;-'-r -lore.
ojiiei-s-ct County Uaiik.
ifTAHIllll:l lsT7.)
C J.HARiSON. M. J. PP.ITTS,
IC.JIllfT. CASItlKM.
"r.is ti,ni. nwiV,. in 1Mirl irfthe riiib-d Wants.
CHARGES MODERATE.
fun a- wishing to wild inonev Wet -an K' ae
'iii nii,.nii () jrun , s, vi oik in any sutu.
-i lli.ll. ti;!,,',. t i, pnill.ptlH-W. 1 . (s- UolHiS
'"..I mid n Id Muii. v and valuable, n-e'ired
wi .il In, I., id s rt-iebrated wiles, with a ar
te "I A Yaie.wi turn l'K-k.
JLCCCUBTS SCLICITSD.
All Letal llobilaia OuHrrreil.
CURTIS K. GROVE7
SOWERSET, PA.
I.li.i.f, siKIilI. CARR!A:EH,
KPKINIi WAlioNS. 1st "CK W AHOKS
ANIi JJISTKKX AXJtWKSTKKX WOUK
Furnilieil on Short Notice.
Painting Done on Short Time.
worn. tnaib-iMit of ThnrtmirMv stmt U'tvd,
lid the tint IfH nnt Sir,, SllbHntll tally
oTi.trtiied. Neatly Finished, r.nd
Warranted lOKivr hutistatiHi.
rt Trr....-
ltirin(t of All Klmlsin Wv Line lone on
--iiort Xoiiif. J'lieen LKArki.N il.t. and
All Work Warranted.
'all and Lxainine my Sua k, and l-ani ..'eea
dn Hiiwm.inirk il rt.r,.uit Mii'vi. fir Wind
Hdin.
lUtnember the pla. and call in.
CTJRTIS K. GROVE,
(Kaal uf Court
lioins) ,
HOMEHbET. PA
Herald. ;;::r :, . .
1
j
VOL. XXXV 1 . NO. 4.
TORPID LIVER
'i k own by these Marked Pecullaritiei i
1. A f -hug of weariness and luiim in the
liml -
2. l.nd breath, bail taste in tie lu'tTUh, and
Turf. 1 l.m-ue.
R. t'liiu- imp. ,n, with ticcasional attack of
diHT' nun.
i. Ht-axaWie. in Hie front of the hi-aii ; nau
sea, dizziness. Hint reUowne of
siu
5, licai turu, lo of aH'tiu.
C. ln-ti tiii.u of the stomach anil bowel" by
(.
7. 1k-i -iiHi of spirit and ureal inclani'holv,
wilt lik-itixle nJul a lii-i-iwllion u leave
rvervthing for to-morrow.
A vn'iind H-r,tf ViUj-m tin l.hrr it rrm-tinl to
tA limit. When this i oli-rrui-te-U it results lu
BILIOUSNESS,
whii-h. ifi.iarleled, tvaiti lea1 Uinerion ilixeavs.
Siimuoiis 1 ivtr ITiilRtorexi-rt.s a most ii-hi-itoiiK
inlim-iir-e. vr evt r kiii.l r bilii.nsm". It re-
stor; the Liver to pit'per wor; ng onler. n-irii-l.iti'.st!n
rT,'ii,,uf U-an.' outs the ili-Mive
orL-anii iu -1 -Ii eiinrlirttioi! thi thev ran ilo their
u.'st . ork. At.ij- Uikmgihif na-iiii-ine no one w ill
say. I uu I'ihi'Us."
I havt o.n.11 : . lijeel to mrvere si-lls o' fonifea
ti "o the Liver, and linve I-en in the ' in of
ta. lit- fn." V, to ji v-aitii. ol ealomel lib .. Ken
ernil luii ae up fr hreeir four tluva IJ.I.-U-
i w Tin-it khv me
- - - - - m,. i.i , t-i ,1-Kiiinior.
n-lii-f. vithniit any iiiterniptiou
to liiisiiteb
in oi .u inn ie-rt, niuo.
J. K ZI I.1X ct CO., I'lllLAiiEU-HIA, l'A.
It ic to Your Interest
TO Ilt Y YtlfR
Drugs and Medicines
srit KKSOtiS TO C. . !OV.
None Iit 'he purest nn-.I ln-st kept in Ntoel
unlwl, ti lruslM-eomei!i'-n hy stand
in, if eettain f hell) t' , wc di--s'
ty them, r:u,er than in
Mieine . -ti"totiii'r.
Ynt ili ju iid tn "ui your
PRESCR-PTIONS & FAMILY RECEIPTS
Oil
d il
uny o
ii re. ' )ur j-rii-es are as
Iht lirt-elaa hull.- und
low
ii-iny iirtidw liitnli lower.
Tim- penile of thN cutinty sex-tu to know
this, iiiii! i-ave piveti ns a larv- share of their
patronage, and we Jiall sllll eontitiue tugive
tliem the very Ih-sI -iwels for their money.
Io not :" n it tiiat we tnal:e a s-eialt of
FITTIXOTIJITSSKS.
We jtani'itee Kt'isfadiim. ntpl, if yon have
limi trouble in rliii ri;r"etioii,
rive nf a en'!.
SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES I
in pri-t vtriety; A full vrf of Ti t I'tisei.
( 'nine i;i ami h.ive ymir eyes examined. No
ehar" f ir examination, ain! we arei-otilident
we ran slid yon. oine and M-e me.
ru-.-iitfn!iy.
BIESECKER & SNYDER.
B. & B.
Grand Shopping Mart !
St ial values in eaeh of the 52 Extensive
It.-partmentx inonr stun-. idli-mieaeh wason.
We do not mean by thi u lew apt-rial values
oiVi red us a e:iti-ii-K-nny IniKiness, the selling
if knolls Ik'Iow fost to create tin- itnpresssnn
t!iat all our (mmkIs are tudd proportionally
clie-in. etc.. etc : tmt tintl Li' tnmint,
the it-.v;" ;;t rj.r: tor tin-money,
u Inch i an la' l:.-id ill any lr-tioiHls Estab
lishment in AmericH.
To oli'er sueli values at all times to our
customer- has Ui-n our mm and this ha
Wn otirlinenf policy r'-ht through. Ve
mean tfi ermtintie it and hn' t i ittveed in
our i tlorts still.
A u.!'iu a Y'thu representa a matlvr uf
jirw't a p-iin or loss.
To most of us this is a matter of consider
ahie importnnce and interest.
Thr .V'rfJlv'V.eolIi'rthe pnnhasint; pnlilit;
cotitain aini". t evervtiiiii in the ditlerent
lines to lie fiitind. and atti le enonch to suit
nil taste, even the most fastidious. Thit
much a to iwirtmrnt and rrtrirtn.
Ti,f (;.,.,(. n,r tli' lUM. liy ti.is we mean
the best f-r the price: if low prio-d pods
are wnntisl '?can offer these, too, atnl up
to the very 11 not grades. The l'rim. 'v.
'.in this item we risk our reputation. The
prime ipioMion w iih us in the purchase and
sale .if L'-iods, ii. rr how UV II can l' ol
taitt'il tor an it tii .c lull f-r how LITTLE
can it la- s-iM
Thi-se .i ti.e i'i -iis then-- llt utfl f Liplil
iiml I!i"iK f:it I ini'irt. tmilit- in
nil l.im: L tr.,ir' Aftrtma. Ijmtut Prim.
A re our claims sitstjiimil ?
EverylRKly i liaikiliu ow for 7or H'tfi
rr lni V;-rs. We i-.in ;ive you exo llent as
sortments in way of
FRENCH and DOMESTIC SATINES
Anderson's Scotch ;inrhams.
Zephyr tJiniihaiiis. ilntinl.ray (initrliams,
TttSMir l'reie,
llati.sfu), Ijiwtis. India Ut s.
Crinkle Seeruckeisi,
rriiit'-d 'hallis and I.itrhl YVcilit Etam-iin-s
in l.tnre assortment of weaves and "olors
for scasi.b- and niounttiin resorts.
When in the city, you arealways welcome
to make our store re mi your lieadpiarters,
for mts'tinjr of friends, npiointnients. etc.
Plenty of room for your ncoommKlation.
MAIL OIlEi:s.To otir jiatrons. who
In not always liixl it itHivenient toeome to
the city to make their purchase, we extend
thessTvic.'sofoc.rTHoKttrOIII.Y OK!AN-
I7.ei mam. itri:i: ieiautmext.
fttmjiles of tlrt- rewt and cliot'et styles
of jfiHtds as they come in. w ill lie cheerfully
sent to any address upon nipicst.
We have thousands of -u-.tomers who find
this method of shop Miitf with us very satis
factory and prolitahle.
BOGGS k BUHL,
JI5. 117.119 & 121 FEDERAL STREET. .
tlsbEGHENY, PA-
dec.8.'7.-l-y.
I YOU
can live al Imhiic. and make
more money at wiirk ior list bun
at anvthmit else in the world.
auiLal not needtsi. You are
slaili-d frs Hoth at-xe ; all avi-a. Any one can
dothe work. IJirce eamiuirs Mire from the atari.
Cosily ailtit and lenun tree. IWUer out delay ;
,'osts von ti.itbins lo send on yotir.addre and
It nd out If ymi are wte. ymi will do an at nee.
H. Ual-brrr A Vo PorUancl. Me, oocitlyt.
BlESECK
R & Snydfr
JULY.
Jtiiy for jri.'i the ttoiifw are sung !
Ily liinlx an.i leafy trees anion); ;
Vith merry -anilinp tliev wnke
The
Am! thro' the rlny the lis-jiin Imx-."-.
Im woven with their tr-r-tup pice.
For you the lrattliiir, jn-hlily r-rotiksi
Are fitll of tiles like tiry-bmk.
Furyoii fr.isrr.uit ini-ense btirnti
Within the pinlcn's Musttom-umsi
"'hi I tempt the liees to Imsten nome
With honey for their lioney-eomb.
The river, liker iaokinjr-Iass,
Ii-llirts the (twy eloinla th:it juiss, '
Vntil it timkf.s n. almost don'it
If earth and sky sron't chanptl almut.
July t'nr you, in nili-nii-i-ep
The world (teei.-.a fallen fast iixL . p,
Snve on one (glorious holiday, ' '
Wheti all our liookf we p:t pw-ty
And every lit r 1 maid and man
Is proud to lie American I
St. A'irl.jliu for Jul;.
HIS HONOR THE JUDGE.
TIic itsn- of the SUU" vs. Johu Lull' was
tlte tiem rion of tbmlay when I htmlt'il
in Silverton.
My visit lo this rotiph iiiinintow n wa.-.
t nmttor if biiKinpss, and I was Honewhat
annoypit to find thttt tlic ptntpli wenj in
clined to Utlk of nothinj? but the killing
of Henry Saxon ami ihc trial of T is umr
I tr.
Rut the Mtory of the crime intort'Kkl
ntc in spite of linx-lC The nurdcr had
a.riirr"l in tin' Metrojohum Hotel, the
very c. use "in which 1 hu.l engajjo,! a
ro mi for a wek.
The ttcone of the killing was the room
next to mine. .Several days before my
arrival the rrvuLi was oooupieel by JoJ.u
Luff ami Henvy Sux ii, tw well-known
Hj)riir. men, wini ltad been inukinj; Sil
AiT'ou their head'juarte (lurin-r the
winter. Tire two were chums, but tiome
tiu.es I hey quarreled in their cups, and it
was no uncommon thing for them to
fioht After adjusting their dift '.t nces,
however, they generally tumbled into
the same lied and slept like brothers.
Their last quarrel hud a Cttal termina
tion. After a bout w ith their fists in the
hotel olliee they retired to their room.
Later in the night a loud shout caused
several of the guests to rush in, and they
saw a sMct!icle that fro.se their blood.
On the bed was stretched the lifeless
form of Saxon, with acriinsoit current
gushing from his breast. I!v his side
stood I.nff, one hand still bloody, and
his manner U-traying ungovernable: fear
and excitement.
The iMlverton miners and tradesmen
were not long in coming to a conclusion.
The coroner's jury made it out a cast; of
willful murder, and fastened the guiit
upon Luff. It was in vain that LufTex
tiresHod his horror. He declared that
some one had entered the room. Awak-
Saxon und felt the warm bhaai Uoing
from the wound. Springing to his feet
he turned on the liht, and w lien he saw
his dripping band ami the dead lwaly
of his friend, he pave a frenzied cry for
help.
f course, nolKidy believed this story.
To make the matter worse, a small dag
ger lielonging to I.nfT was missing from
its usual place on the mantel. It was
only too evident that the murderer had ,
stabUsl his friend to the heart w ith this
weapon, and had then concealed it. The
room was searchd, but the dagger could
not be fonnd. iMibtless Lull' had throw n
it into the street, where it had lteen
picked up by some person at present
unknown.
There is little delay aliout frontier jus
tice w hen a victim is wanted, and in this
instance the whole town clamored for
one. Court was in session, and Judge
I'ike shared the general excitement. lie
was one of the guests at the Mctrojoli-
tan, and the fact that his room was oppo
site the one in which the murder was
committed naturally increased his inter
est in the case.
With Judge 1 ike on the ln nch there
was little doubt covering the result. An
indictment was found in no time and the
trial opened on the second day of mystay
in Silverton.
The defendant's attorneys worked for
delay. They hojieil that a prot racted trial
would have the effect of cooling the hot
excitement of the hour.
I sjient the first day of the trial in the
court house, and watched the defendant
closely. Luff had a rather god face. It
was weak, but no! vicious, and as I stud
ied him, I found myself sympathizing
w ith him.
That night I had a sin.'tilarexiierienee.
After supier 1 sjH-nt a couple of hours in
Judge Tike's room, and it did not take
nie long to come to the conclusion that
his Honor was a very jeculi:ir man.
There was something wrong nlamt him.
lie could not lie called a crank, but his
nerves w ere a little out. of order, and it
iR-cum-d to me t hat he wa liable to break
down at tny time.
It was past midnight when I awoke.
T.ie moonlight streamed into my rtami,
making every object in it plainly visible.
Feeling thirsty, I left my ix-d ami went
Ik hind a little screen in one corner of
the room, w here the washstand stood, to
get a drink of water. While I wus there
I heard the door ojien softly. This was
not surprising, as the hotel was a rude
affair, and very few of the doors were
provided with lmks and keys. The
thought of Saxon's fate made me a little
timid, ami 1 remained quietly lsdiind
the screen, awaiting further develop
ments. To mv unuterable astonishment,
who should enter the door but Judge
I'ike.
My first impulse wastospcak, but what
I saw silenced me. The Judge was in his
night clothes. One look at his face con
vinced me that he was asleep. In his
right baud he carried a dagger.
What was I to do with this som
nambulist. It would le dangerous to
awaken him, I decided to wait and
watch. .
With stealthy tep the Judge advanc
ed to the side of the bed. He felt cati
tiousiy with hi left baud until lie felt a
bunch in the overing and then, with the
rapidity of lightning, he drove his dagger
into the bedclothes up to the hilt. He
did not tarry flecond, but quietly van
ished from the nxim, closing the door af
ter him. ' .
As Boon as I conld I barricaded the
door with several pieces of furniture.
Then I sat down to think the matter
over.
If the jndge was artomnatnbulist, there
w as no telling what he mightdo. Worse
Somerset
SOMERSET.
than that, there wp- no telling what he
"i id.already done.
I thought of the Luff case. Could it be
jatssible thit Judge I'ike, in one of his
sleef-Hlking fits, had killed Saxon ?
It looked very much like it. And the
dagger? IVrhajw it whs Luffs missing
j woKpon.
"I will make this thing public," T
said to myself, and I proceeded to
dress.
j liut I soon changed my mind. My un
i supported testimony would not be re
I garded. Judge Tike was a grave, digni
j tied man, past middle age, and he was
j greath' respected by the miners. It would
i Ie folly on my part to tell any one of my
j adventure.
j The second day of tho trial develojK'd
a strong case against Luff ; us strong a
case as circumstantial evidence could
make it. In the meantime I irfected a
plan w hich I hoped would lead to sur
prising results.
My roommate that night was Ir. Ilin
ton, one of the oldest and w ealthiest phy
sicians of the place. The Ioctor was a
popular num. lie had been Mayor of
Silverton, und he was, moreover, a life
long friend of Judge Tike. I could not
have selected u better man for the pur
pose. Again the moon flooded the room with
light as on the previous night. I arrang
ed the bedclothes in the shajie of a hu
man figure, and btationed myself bchibd
the screen wit h Vr. 1 1 niton.
Twelve o'clock came, and one, but we
remained undisturlied.
He is not cming," whispered the
Doctor.
" Perhaps not," I answered, ' but 1 feel
in duty bound to watch."
"Very well," yawned the Doctor, "I
am with you, but we did not go to work
in the right way."
Vh;it would have been your plan?"
I askeii.
"Why, simply tl.L. We should have
concealed ourselves in the corridor and
watched his door. When he came out we
could hav- followed him at a little dis
tance. As it is, he may visit another
room, ami in that event our time w ill lie
lost,"
" 1 1 is all very well to suggest that now,"
1 answered, " but there are objections to
your plan. The guests who found us
prow ling around the corridor would de
mand explanations, and we would have
found it neo-sirv to let t.o manv into
our secret. Now, it seems reasonable to
supjiosethat the force of habit will draw
the Judge to the same place. This room
is next the one in which the inurJer vc
curred, and if my theory is correct your
friend was making for that room last
night, Finding it securely f;Lstoned you
know it has lieen nailed up since the in
quest lie tried the next door, which is
WtVwltUv waJXs .aiLalJjhjriuoliji lie-
"There issomething in that," said my
companion ;' but 1 hoe that he will
not come. Think of the effect tijain his
mind if our suspicions should turn out to
be the truth." '
u Hush !" I w hisered.
The dair creaked a little, and a whife-rola-d
figuregently glided in.
" It is the Judge:" said the IWtor, un
der his breath.
Ami it was the Judge, it was plainly
evident even in the moonlight that he
was asleep, but his features were twitch
ing convulsively. In his right hand he
carried the dagger.
Swiftly, and yet without making the
slightest noise, thesleepwalkerapiruach
ed the bed, nnd, stretching forth one
hand, commenced cautiously feeling.
When his hand rested upon the sham
tienre he delivered the same rapid thrust
with the dagger t'oat I had witnessed
the night Ix-fore, and fled from the
room.
Dr. lliiitoi, was a cool man when there
was work to do. lie signaled to me, and
we ran after the Judge, following him
into his room.
Judge I'ike closed his door end faced
us. For a momen I thought that he was
awake, but I stion saw that he was uncon
scious. He went to his trunk and, lifting
its contents carefully, placed the dagger
at theltottom. Then he threw himself
into an arm chair.
" I hate to do it," said Dr. Hinton, " but
it must Ik? done."
He advanced to the chair and sluxik
the sleeping man.
"How dare you?" he exclaimed.
"What does this mean? Why, gentle
men, this is strange. How is it that you
are in my room ?"
He looked down ut his costume, and
buried his face in his hands.
" Have I been ill ?" he asked.
"My friend," said the doctor, "I am
about to bring a great sorrow 111111 you.
but I know that you are brave enough to
bear tiie truth. What I have to say dix-s
not reflect ujon your character, and it is
necessary that you should know it."
"SjK'ak!" huskily commanded the
Judge.
" May I open your trunk a moment?"
asked the loctor.
" Certainly," was the reply : " make
yourself at home."
The Ihs'tor drew from the bottom of
the trunk the dagger.
"How did that get there T was the
Judge's stern question. " I have no weap
ons. I never saw that liefore."
The doctor held the dagger up. n its
handle was engraved the name of John
Luff.
" This calls for an explanation, sir, said
Judge I'ike, w ith an angry look.
"Tell him," said the Dot tor, turning to
me.
It was the hardest task of my life, but
in some fashion I mannged to tell the
story. In the middle of it the Doctor
came to my rescue, ami, uifli his arm
around his friend's neck, he told him all
the events of the night.
. The Judge's face assume 1 a deathly
pallor, and several time I expected to
see him Clint He took the dagger in his
hand and ha.ked at the name.
" I understand it all," he groaned.
He threw the dagger on tho floor.
Gentlemen," said he, sadly, ' leave
nie now. " Let me sleep, if I can. In
the morning my nerve will be stronger,
and we will then consult together to see
bow to do justice to Luff w ithout doing
injustice to me. The whole truth must
coine out."
We left the room, and returned' to
mine.
" What will be the end of it T I asked
the Doctor.
" Impossible to say," he replied. " Pike
ESTABLISHED 1827.
PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY (, 1887
is a religious man. He will Uijt commit
suicide, or tlo any thin j rash.
We were at the breakfast table, when
the landlord mshed in, and stud to the
Iloctor :
Come, quick ! Judge I'ike is dead or
dving:
We hurried to the Judge's naim, but it
was too late. The w retched man was
dead.
To our great joy it was not a cnje of
suicide. Dr. Hinton made a thorough
investigation, and satisfied himself that
his friend hud died of hoiut disease.
I'erhaps it was letter so. When the
Doctor and I made our statement to the
prosecuting attorneys, no one questioned
it. Then' was great surprise, but the in
dtctment was readily "nollied" as the
miners called it, and Luff was set at 1 il
erty.
" It was a close shave," lie snid, when
he set up the drinks that night, "and
this climate doesn't euit my heulth.
am going to skip."
Silverton was not sorry to see him go.
If he was not to be hanped there was no
way in which Le could be utilized, and
the miners counted his room ls-tter th.-tn
his company.
Settling a Bully.
During the occupation of Paris by the
allies tfter AYuterloo, a good deal of feel
ing arose betweeu. English and French
officers. Many of the latter, although in
the service of Louis XVIII were former--ly
under Xafioleon, ami still retained
their former master's hatred for ')7i.r
Allium. There was on. French officer w ho
boasted of having killed a dozen English
officers, find promised to go on in his
work. One evening he swaggered as usu
ul into his caf- und, t h.i astonishment,
actually saw, cue of, those hated "An
glais" occupying his chair a chair that
no one hitherto had dared sit upoiibut
himself. Mast 'ring .lis passion, he un
did his sword-belt, and hav ing placed his
sword on one side, began t, insult the
perfectly inoffensive F.nglish officer tvho
sat so unconscious-looking in his (the
Frenchman's) chair..- lie trod upon the
Englishman's toes, he deprived the Tat j
lishman of his candles ; he went from
one thing to ai.-jther without atlall being
able in the least, apparently to disturb
the other's pluciditv. ; At last he snaicn-
ed the newsiiperoiitof the Englishman's
hand ; and then the Jlriton slowly rose
up, displaying to the astonished eyes of
the ( iaul a guardsman some six feet six
inches high. The giant, Ix-nding across
the table, seized hold, of the French man's
nose with one hand and his chin with
the other, and wrenching his mouth
open, spat down his throat. With a
howl the Frenchman! holding his under
jaw with both bunds, ran out of the room.
His jaw was broken j and neither he nor
the cafe."" " " " '
The English officer was the late flen.
Sir James Simpson, who for a time com
manded in the Crimea, and who was in
his time the tallest man in the Rritish
aruiv. Jam? Riittyrt.
The Czar's Private Newspaper.
The nervous and irritable state of the
Jt'zar since the recent attempts upon his
life, has reached such a degree that in
his presence they must not lie alluded to
and in order to oIk'v his wishes in this
resjH'ct the very newspapers he reads
have to be specially prepared. He re
ceives at present no other jqiers but
those expreshly printed for him ; the ver
iest penny magazines of old, containing
at ttest a few inoffjnsive despatches, the
rest being made up of society gossip and
theatrical notes, with atlx-st a litile lead
erette or two thrown in, recounting tlte
blessings of his autia-ratic government,
w ithotlt an overstrict adherencw to the
truth in their enumeration. The editor
of the siai'ial sheet, to w hich the Czar is
the only subscriber, and which appears
in a singular nutnlter, saw no harm in in
serting the reports of the festivities on
the tavasiou of the Emjienir William's
ninetieth birthday anniversary, which
caused the Czar to exclaim sadly : " I
shall never live to reach four score years
and ten, and have tho benediction of
millions of my subjects showered ujton
my heud !"
A Dog's Self-Sacrifice.
A southern paper prints the follow ing
moving story of sublime self-sacrifice by
a dig u fine large Newfoundland. A
camping jwrty ou the coast of Georgia,
near Savannah, had been amusing them
selves by swimming in the buy, and a
ventursonie lad named Charley Butler,
had swan much farther and staid longer
than the rest. The writer, w ho was the
owner of the dog, dressed himself, and
was busy prejiaring supper when he
heurd an alarm.
A sudden outcry told me something
was going 'w rong -in the shore, drub
bing a rifle and hastening hack, w ith
Carlo at my heels, I liehuld Butler some
distance away, swimming with all his
might, and only a few yards behind him
the vertical liu of a huge shark. There
seemed no possibility that the boy's life
could be saved ; we were without boats,
and the fish and man were so nearly in
line from us that 1 did not dare to fire.
In a second Black Carlo, comprehending
the situation, dashed through the surf
and started to swim toward Charley w ith
a siteed that I have never seen equalled
by any land aniuiuL The loy having
leisurely covered most of the distance
Is 'tween the reef and the shore when the
man eater started after him, was compar
atively fresh, and, when he saw the no
ble dog hastening to his help, made a
final desperate effort to escape. In an
other instant Carlo was close to him.
Just then, however, the shark, having
come near enough, turned so that we
could see his white belly glistening in the
twilight, aud ail was ready for the spring
that would have surely ended Charley's
life when Carlo, leaping clear over But
ler form, appeared to go straight into
the monster's mouth ; and the latter,
having got his supper, di:apperred in the
deep water, while the lad in a few sec
onds was safe on the Hhore. That night
our joy over our comrade's rescue was
mingled with sorrow for the life so gal
lantly sacrificed in his behaif and to this
day the memory of this thrilling scene
fills me with sadness for the loss of Black
Carlo, my dig hero. .
TIIE Riv. GEO. H.THAYER, of Bour
bon, I nd., says: "Both myself and wife
owe our lives to fffiiluh'i Cownniiidion
Oire.n Sold by . W. Benford & Son.
At The Wet Point Riding Hal!.
It is account-xl " great fun " to witness
the first ride .f the yearlings' so we will
goilown there and laugh at their mis
.
haps.
Mounting the stairs to the gallery, we
look down ujain a large siuce t!-n
- I 1 . 1 - ....
wini lanoarK, ai one end ot wnicb is a
row of some twenty horses with watering
bridles. Soon the performers tile in and
come to a halt in front of the horses. Do
they intend to ride with only a watering
bridle -vithout even saddle' or blanket?
They will trv to, at all events. The
instructor commands :
" Stand to horse ! Prepare, to mount.
Mount?"
In obedience to his command the cadets
spring, struggle, leap, and kick, in their
efforts to bestride their steeds. The
moment they are mounted, several horses
develop astonishing bucking pnqiensities,
to the anguish of their riders, and delight
of the gallery. Now they start around
the hall at a walk, It seems rather tame
din's n't it? But soon the command
trot!" is given, and the fun begins.
The jsair fellows bounce uliout on the
horses' backs like India-rubber boys, and
wabble from side to side like jumping-
jacks. Tho trot is accelerated, the horses
take the gallop, and dah around the
hall, tumbling their riders in heaps at
the corners, while those who by chance
are still mounted grasp fran tically at their
horses' rnanes. Finally, the gait is re
duced to a walk ; line is formed ; thedis
monnted yearlings, nothing daunted,
catch their horses and remount, and then
the performance is repeated
If we had visited the gymt isium and
fencing-academy in the morning, we
should have seen sections of the fourth
class "jrercising unc ir a rigid syst ms of
instruction ; and if from there we had
none to the ridrag-l allattl.' Wiour of first
class attend-1 nee, e should have seen
exhibited the hig', def ree of muscular
skill and actc.ity ti which thesy-4 -in of
training in gymnaitnn v.:id riding-hall
brings cadets! Foi .he first-class cadets
ride like Indians. It is timtii it ?rial f o
them wether they J i ive saddle or blanket
orride ban-back. T'ley leap hurdles," go
thn.ugli the saber exercise, aud are
adepts at pistol p-.u-tiee ; they mount
dismount, vault their lu.r.-es und pick
up articles from tho .ground, all while at
full speed ; they rid-- forward, btickward,
sideways, and doubh ; lyinvrdown, kneel
ing, and standing rp. Visitors ut the
riding-hull during first-class hours go to
admire not to laugh. (intrrt? 1. 1'ttiman,
in St. Xirhnlu fur July.
A Check in the Coffin.
There was a man who had gn-at busi
ness ability. Ho was a Jew. He had
uotaceiit, The lust two stoteujtiP'-1'
n,,t t. first sudit Jtft1 -to... 1 here
was another mat who had the cent. He
w as also a Jew. The centlesis man with
the ability was the kind of a thing the
abilitvless man with the cent was look
ing for. They made a partnership. One
thousand dollars capital represented the
cented tmrtnerx and the ability the other
fellow: and the combination worked.
Thev made money, andjmade more and
more still, until one day the man who
hail the capital died. You see the firm
w as lucky. If the fellow with the busi
ness ability had died the other might
have busted. The partner who died first
left all his property to the living partner,
the proviso that be should put the origin
al capitul of one thousand dollars in the
cotliu. He wanted capital on the other
side, you see, and 1 supi-ose he thought
that fellows with business ability and
no money were just as much in the ma
jority there as thev an' here.
" You go and put in the colhm the
one thousand dollars. You can afford
it, and it will make yonr mind easy,"
said the rabbi.
The next time the rabbi met the
business uiun he found him looking very
happy.
" Did you settle that thing? "
"Oh, yes; that's all fixed."
" And you put the one thousand dol
lars in the coffin? "
" Yes; that is, I put a check there
payable to his onler. Sun FnictM
(lirniiiHe.
The Pincushion of Honor.
A voting commercial traveler was rid
ing 011 the cars in the vicinity of Grand
Rapids, There were few people riding
in the same conch with him, but he no
ticed a very old lady w ho seemed to
have passed the allotted span of life, and
a younger woman' tired and travel-stain
ed and accompanied by two jteovisli
nstless little ones, w ho were never still
for a moment.
The old lady was unattended and sat by
herself, seeming oblivious of all her sur
roundings. The imaher. with her chil
dren, otvupied double seats. She hsjked
worn ..nt w ilb fiitiszue. The vount: man '
sat comfortably in the rear of the coach 1
and read or amused himselt withhm
thoughts.
r.... ...1 . .r,;c ..,. fitt-!
IMllWtlCll n i'J'"M tiii.itj .....
him to be of service, he improved it.
He closed the window for the old lady
who feebly thanked him. He gave the
childn-n some picture-cards to keep them
out of mischief. He told them stories
and gave them innumerable drinks from
the tank near by, while their tired moth
er caught u nan. He divided an orange
among them and pn'pared another for
the old lady, who declared it tasted cool
and grateful. ,
Before they reached the station where
the young man was to leave the train,
and while he was irettin his satchel
down, the old lady lx-ckoncl him to her. j
"Mv son, she said, iu a quivering
voice-, " 1 live ut Grand llupids ; perhaps
you have heard of me? I am the old
lady who sent I'SKl pineushious out to the
Soldiers' Home there. I am now eighty
three years old und all I do is to make
pincushions and give them away to de
serving people. Young man, I have
watched yon, and here is your pincush
ion." It was a homely little round of paste
board, but that .young mm declares he
w ill never part with it us long as he lives.
Visitor" What name are yon going to
give the little fellow?" Mrs.' Simples
"His name is going to be William. I
want him to be a great rxx-t like Shakes
peare. His name was William, you
know." .
Miss Pniddon is alxiut to publish her
fiftieth novel. ,
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The Invention of Printing.
Before the middle of the fifteenih cen
tury, Europe had a cheap matrial pa
per ; an oilv ink, developed for block-
book printing, in place of the fluid ink,
which could lie used only with tho brush,
pn.bably the press itself; skilled artisans,-
trained in the block-btx-k work;
most iniKirtant of all, the demand caused
by education. It lacked movable types
that could be fitted evenly and readily
together, fr neither the pon-elain letters
of Pi-Ching nor the individual stamps of
tho early copyists had developed to this
point. " The invention of printing" in
its modem sense consisted in the simple
production of such types, or, as Ie Vin
ne puts it, of the type-mould which should
prtsluee such types. Fifteen cities claim
to be the birthplace of printing, but the
honor rests between" Haarlem, Strasburg
and Mainz. The Duhrh legend is that
some time :doiit or previous to 1 tHI, one
Laurent Janszixm Koster, custos or sex
ton of a church in Haarlem, while in the
Hont, or Haarlem wood, cut letters on u
beech tree, which suggested to htm w.xtd-
en types, from which he after ..-ard de-velojx-d
metal types ; and that a man in
his employ, escaping with the secn-t to
Mainz, originatel the art then-. Ibiar
lem contains many portrait monuments
of Koster, and belief in him is an article
of the Dutch faith, but later invest "gators
claim that he is ul together a myth, made
up, with much imagination and some ras
cality, of two Harlem citizens, neither of
whom was a printer, ami the "unknown
printer" of much later-days.
The Carman story centers in John
(intenlx-rg, of the family called Gens-I
fleisch taking his mother's name in a
cordai.ee with a German custom, becau.
b - fa.iiily was dving nit- .1- to whom
there ? a definite Lstorieid chain of ev
deuce, including :.e records of tw o law
suits. Nothing is certainly know n 0: a
1 ;irs' thirty years. He is supposed to
have been born about VV.I9 at Mainz,
whence bis family were exiled, going to
Strasburg. In 14oi he appear as a de
fendant in a lawsuit bnnigt .i Strasburg
by an heir of one Andrew Dritzehen, to
compel Gutenberg to admit him '1 the
secret and benefit of an. art into which
the deceased had bought by payment to
Gutenlierg. This art warn to have been
printing, and the evidence in the suit
'!'os that Gutenberg sent his servant to
Ifitzehen's house, immediate!;, on his
death, to have a "form " of " four pieces"
"lying in or about a press," separated
"ly turning two buttons," "so that no
one might know w hat it is." We do not
know, for Gutenberg won the suit aud
kept the secret. Di tlcn-nt modern seln 1
ars construe " it " to be parts of the press,
pages of type, matriws, or a four-jiart
definitely known whether Gutenltrg
printed any liooks in Strasburg (some
fragments of a tyx Vmnlu being most
plausibly connected with him then-,)
which caused a - it-rman critic to declare
that if Strasburg is the cradle of printing
" it is a cradle without a baby." By 144S
Giittenlx-rg bad removed t' Mainz, for
then-is record of his hiring money, and
in 14-V) he made a contract w ith John
Fust, a money-lender, to provide money
for paper, "vellum, ink, wages, and the
other materials requirel,"on half-profits,
which contrait was the basis ot the sec
ond suit. In this suit, brought in lt-V),
Fust, who has been sadly confused with
that later Dr. Faust, of Wittenburg, from
whose wicked learning grew the Faust
legend, foreclosed his mortgage, got pos
session of art of Gutenberg's imple
ments and stock, and by the help of Gut -ennerg's
apprentice, Peter Shu ffer, who
uflcrwurd married Fust's daughter Chris
tina, took up the business of printing.
There is a legend that this Sho ll'er, and
not Gutenberg, invented the tytx'-mouM,
but recent investigators show that this in
vention was peculiarly Gutenberg's.
Gutenberg, who started a new printing
office after the separation, by help of
money from Conrad Ilumery, physician
and town clerk, printed two editions of
the Bible, lie printed also an edition of
the D'liiutiix, severil 7Vi-n of .ei'tymrv
(the earliest job-w ork) a broadside Calen
dar of 1437, a GiW'Y-om of 14tW, and
many other things. He was alive in
14tv, when An-hbishop Adolph made
him one of the gentlemen of his Court,
and was dead in 14i;s, for in that year
C-onrnd Ilumery had sinveeded to his ef
fects. R. II. Bn-lfr. hi 7'ir7T Mmmztii,:
fur J dtj.
An Original Theory of Earth
quakes. It is said by geologists that the crust of
the earth bears about the same propor
tion to the whole that the rind of an or
ange bears to the substance inclosed. On
old charts and maps several wb.irlpix.ls
are
marked, but recent iy t hose places
have been sailed over without finding
them. Within a few months, however,
two great whirlpools, called the Wells of
fwinna,
have tx-en discovered in the
Pentland Firth, which runs between tiie
I Irkney Islands and the main land of
Scotland. These, it is said, will swallow
up any vessel which convs within their
draught. Since theextinction of the vol
canoes in the Island of Li-land earth
quakes have been unknown in higher
northern latitudes. Some of the Orkneys
are in latitude sixty degrees north. It is
assumed that water leeched by the
whirljKxils have generated steam among
the internal forces, and this steam bus
sought vent through the thinnest part of
the emst It is well known that the troj)-
iou mi. re freniientlv visited bv earth-
tha tht. fc-mperate zones. Sup
pose, then, thut the surfui-e of theesrth is
thinner at the equator thun elsew here, is
there not dunger that the earth may be
torn in two, and that, as lxth poles are
laden with ice, the purts may capsize
with the habitable division undermost?
In that case the waters would rush into
the fins, and the whole affair go up in
steam. Everything that is possible is
probable. fotrfiin UM.
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Yellow Skin ? Shiloh's Vitulizer is
a positive cure. Sold by G. W. Benfonl
& Son.
" Boy, can I go through this gate to the
river?" politely inquired a fashionably
dn-ssisl lady. " Yes'm : a load of hay
went through this morning," was the ur
chin's horrid reply.
o 1
dbiL
11
WHOLE NO. 1877.
THE REBEL FLAGS.
SIX lir.-vllltKIJ lillOI'flSl.j' INTO f lTTEKS.
There an? upward -V a thousand flags
in what is for the pn-sent the flag room
of the War IVptirtmcnr. "f these ntrly
fit') are " Rebel flairs ." so-named in the
neeord lxx.k bearing ti.e th, - R.--ord of
..... -j.
Rclx l flair captured byh" Cnion tr-xir
since April V.t, Over are Fed-
era. colors J-Kei. try t ouletlerate tr..r.s
and found in Rich: ond after the evuc.m-
tion ot that city. The baUnee are also
federal colors, regimental flags timed
over to the War Department by the van-
otis .-uue organizations. J tie hitter are
all on stalls. The real history of the Con
federate flags Would be more interesting
than the few lines each one gets in the
record txxik. Sjme of these are made of
women's dresses. hem cushtuore or
other woolen material was ns.-d. us in
several, they have been eaten into shn-ds
by moths. They were n doubt worn
out when placed in tin department
twenty years ago, but now they are liter
ally in tatters. p.Iu. s have faded into
white and n-d into faint pink. The stars
have Implied out, and w hen unfurled,
little bits fail to the tiixr, The largest
flag in the lot is tiie garrison flag of Fort
Tyler, West Point, n-captured by the 1st
Wisconsin, 2d In. liana and 7th Kentucl y
regiments The smt'lest ia tiny guidon
t-keii from the First Irish Brigade, or
mil New-York in that b-igade. I be
lieve tt was the glory of th HUth to bta-st
of never h ving h-t its yl irs. AftV 'he
war, while many of the t wen- in the
or.'-'unce mtiser n in W .nder's Buil'
ig.
s-ildiersof the fifth droi-t'iig in us vis.
.--rs we t tuKen down as tin; ma in
cliarge expres--ed it, by seeing their ..wt
guid m. Number SUi ii Union flay,
"mu.e by Mrs Hetty Mniwen, tloutt-i
froir her hoase at the ti. e the city of
Nasi. riile Term., w-s in js-session of tiie
Son: , and whs found st d waving there
wlw v.en. Buell's am."' .xk tne citv."
. . U. . 1- 1 .
llit lag ulxiut which 'here is perhaps
11101 curiosity is a small black flag, hav-
ing
was
in 'is
visit
pi ro
so;i
wor
single white star 111 the) centn-. This w hich the wages system must give way ;
among the Haas iu Jie Ordnance I b-t what parti tar form indus - jl or
um ami attracted sue attention of ! Kaiziition will e no one c-.in sav ."
rs, who regarded it a they would a
eal signal of no q-'Hrter. Indeed,
wag had w ritten 01. o.ie come- the
! " No qnaart-r." The late ieueral
Myi -, I am told, declansl this llag to be
a It x-1 signal fla. made jluck to show
ciea ty against a bright sk A .iag cap
tured from ieneral Lons. .Ireet's Corps
had these remarks n pajx-r pasted on
the staff: " Mr. Yankee, you will please
turn this flau', stuff, and shoulder belt
over to the Oth Maine; was captured at
St. Gilmore on the 21th ( Vt., 1S4, by
Third Forks Regt, Vol." iSik'nedi ''Big
'Vllenttie cuptun-ii 1 ruon n:igswere
foun.l at Richmond, there were also with
the Relxd urchives sent up to Washing
ton a collection of designs f'ora Confier-
ate flag. Yith the devi.-es were leth-rs
explaining their meaning. But in all,
rver L'tlO, there wen- not above half adoz-
en devices without the stars. The ar
rangement of the stars made infinite va
riety, but through all, the mullet or five '
pointed star was retained, showing that, j
desirous as the Confederates were to get
a flag unlike the " Yankee" emblem, the
old feeling could not shake off attach
ment to the stars. And in almost every
letter w ith a device for the flag, reference
is made to retaining the stars, though
.metimes ignoring the stripes. One Con
federate wrote: " I-t the Yankees keep
their ridiculous tune of Yankee iVxwlle,'
but by all that, is sacred do not let them
monopolize the stars and stripes. You
have fought w ell under our glorious ban
ner ; could you fight as well underanoth
er? Never! Charge it improve it, alter
it as you w ill but for Heaven's sake keep
the stars and stripes?"
Another said : " 1H not give up the
stars and stripes to the North. It is ours
as fully as it is theirs. . . Keep the
stripes, keep the azure field, and a star for
each sovereignty in the constellation, and
then diminish it by a red cross (the South
ern crosst cutting the stripes at right an
gles. . . The sonirs of a nation and its
flag have a prodiguous moral influence."
One Confederate alone wrote against
the starsvund in favor of the stripes. "He
said : " I don't like the rmss. It is signif
icant of Catholic rule and had t-xj much
to do with the machinery of the dark
ages. The old stars must, I think he
abandoned. They l-e'.ong to night, and
liesides the North will keep them. It is
morning with us. I't there be seven
stripes, one for each of the original States,
as the thirteen were fir the original States
of the old Confederacy. Let them lx ver
tical instead of Horizontal."
One writing wholly in favor of the
stars, sent his device and said: "We
still have a ' star-spangled banner w hich
is dear to the people from old associations
and we can afford to let the Yankees keep
the stripes. We are entitled to a 'star
spangled banner, because the best poet- I
ry in honor of it was composed by a at the head of txvoperative enterprises. It
Snt hern man, and the incident which was that kind of co-operation which we
occasioned its comjHtsition txvurred on i find in corporations which first g ive them
Smthern soil and reflected honor on their pn-sent position which, it may al
Sonthern soldiers." 11114 be said, first called them into exis-
j tence. AVhen corporations become more
The committee of the provisiinal Gov- I truly cootx-rative with respect to the
eminent in their reixtrt on a flagand seal I labor element, the captains of industry
for adoption, confessed they were not so 1 will not disappear. 1
much attached to the old flag, ami de- Home have advocated a total suppres-
clured it wou.d 1m- inappropriate to re- j
tain the flag of the government from j
which we have withdrawn." The de
sign recommended by the committee and
adopted by the Provisional Government
was known as the "Stars and Bars." The
union bine in the corner had a cin-le of
seven white stars, to n-pn-sent the seven
original seceding States. The rest of the
flag showed three bars, red, white and
blue. In lSt2 the Confederate Govern
ment, as one evidence of absolute sever
ance from the United States, decided on
a new flag. This was the Southern Cntss,
finally adopted by the Confederate Con
gress in lSt!", and favored by General
Beauregard. It was first, however, Gen
eral Joseph E. Johnston's buttle flag, he
having seh-cted the blue spangled saltier
ii ion a red field as his battle ensign. It
dil not please the ll'icUimnvl Krumiiwr, in
which it was described as "a red field
bestraddled with a long-legged white
cftss. Probably the confusion of the
Rebel ami Cnion colors at the first buttle
of Manassas led to giving np the "Stars
and Burs" by the former.
On looking over the flags in the War
Building I find most of the Confederate
flags of the Southern Cross device red
field and blue cross bavin- thirteen star.
Vow and then one shows but eleven stars
or eight. One bus fifteen star. A print
ed catalogue of thete migs when thy
j were on exhibition in the ir! nance Mus
eum (riv the number placed f here a'
' ";10. T'm history of .)'l in Ibis i ;;t.!"i;'l"
i ixl.i :ef and en.i.- tiie li-t. '- N...,4t I; ii
. el hott" il.i. brought from b;i -iinood by
Master Tad jJiicoin." President Ijti
colikyouni.'est cm was a lad of twelve;
years when be went with his fattier on
he memorable visit to City Point, where
"leneral Grant had his headquarters.
J he Ordnance Museum remains ul
W .nder's Bmidintr. Will Ow flag's I re
turned there, und placed w hen- th pcV
lic may see them airaiu? I arn i.,ld that
some time ai? tb Secn-tary 0 War, then
tieneral Belknap, 1 thed to have the
Confederate flags sent to West Pujif ;.od
put in the museum there. Strong objec
tion was made on the gronnd that this
would tend to keep alive unpleasant feel
ings between th cadets fi j uie two
sections in e iltaion on the 01. jside and
regret on the owier. Adjutant-General
t T
ownsenu couieniie-l tliat tlio nn.rr
contended
pU-e fi,r the flatrs was here in W r
: j,iuce ior me nags was liere in
j In-purtment Bu ' ling. To return
j to the South woald, he declared, -
them
when
j that suggestion once came up, be. a direct
; n-cognition f the rights of the rebcliioi,
j organization.-A". '. rwW.
j , . .
j Solution of the Labor Problems.
The lx-st thinkers on economic topics
seem to be more nearly unanimous ;hau
ever la-fore in the opinion that co-operation
Ls to Ik? the ultimate solution of the
! industrial problems of our day. This
view was held, it is we'., known, by the
Christian soculists of England thirty-tivo
years ago, and at that time they hud
maj'jx'd out pn tty clearly tue form ol
co-operation which they thought future
society would adopt. Among them were
some of the most gifted Englishmen of
this century, who have demoost rated
long a that they were m- mere vis
ionaries, hut that, on the ontrary, they
fur excelled in practical wisdom the:r de
tractors. Manv of thesx earlv Chris ju
J socialists, nfii old men.ufter a ..fe rich in
j exierience, stiil ma.inU.in their forme.
1 opinion about cij-operat' n. Mr. Tho'nus
Htitthi-s. for example, wntes: "I sti'..
s,k t this movement as the la-st boj
for England and o'her lands."
i John Stuart Mill .reo"-ni!v --ave ex-
pn-ssion ta somewhat similar view", al
though he doubtless held that public au
thority would play a more impor .it rolfc
in futur i- lustriul society than di "he
Christ-ian siM-ialists. He sympathized
ut any rate in his later days to gre-ter
extent '"itii the State sx-iullrts of the
Continent, Perhaps the result of r , nt
itudies in eeonomi'-,- is best given bv Pro-
I fess"- Henry C. Adams in these wo- . k
, The cooper,;.. -e principle Ls the one to
I The world h;is ever been restless under
j any socil system which tolerated a seo
j arution of!abo" "ind capital; foralthon u
th" "lings for which these worls stand
may, as the trite aying has it, be allies,
not enemies, t .- sa.e has not always
Ix-en true of those who furnish capital
und U or ; nor can any honest man say
that their intereas are precisely identical.
The point of divergence of interest is so
sharp, and the nltimate separation so
wide, as to give gixxl deal of support to
the doctrine that their enmity lives in
tiie nature of things. They have not al-ni,TiitT'rmiT'rne'g'd:rmi-
Tn -miT w im
owned their bads, and employed them
with their own haii'ls, Capital was not
an important separate factor, for it was,
as a rule, united w ith labor in ownership.
Still earlier, and also still later, we have
slavery, which united labor and capital
in the same hands, namely, the hands of
the muster, who owned lalair precisely as
he owned capital. B
The arguments unrvd
th were chattels,
for this union by
the ablest advocates of sluvery were jhw
erftil. Again and agin they pointed out
the impossibility of permanently har
monious social relations should labor and
capital le supplied by two distinct in
dustrial classes. They were never satis
factorily answered on this point. But
their conclusion was nevertheless unwar
ranted. The first stage in the evolution
of industrial sx'iety fimls labor and cipi
tal united, and the stage of evolution to
w hich we must come will also witness
their union, but there will be this radical
difference: in the onei?riod of evolution
they are united in the hands of capital
ists; in the other, they will lie found in
the hum is of the laborers.
As John Stuart Mill says, this must be
bmught alxitit by a development of the
partnership principle. No one. as al
ready stated, can tell exactly what form
this will take, but some thing seem al
ready clear. Corporations will play an
important part in this development, us
they gradually tx-eome more deimx'mtic
in their tendencies. Corporations and
cooperative enterprise's will become more
and more nearly xsimilated until they
can scarcely be distinguished. President
Francis A. Walker, in his treatise on Po
litical Economy, dwells on the impor
tance of industrial leadership, and be
lieves that co-operative enterprises have
not a gnat future because the captains of
industry are not in their employ. Every
won! which he says alswt the impor
tance of the services rendered by leaders
in the economic world is true, but there
are two things which he overlooks: First,
the power of perfect organization, which
is daily becoming more apparent in ev
ery domain of life, and which is now
achieving triumphs remarkable beyond
W-ecedetit. The second is the fact that'
the cuptuins of industry will yet lie found
sj,,n f corporations; bnt even were this
possible, it is plain that it wonld lx? a ret-
nigrai le movement. There is, fortunate
ly, a conservative middle ground be
tween the radicalism which would
sweep away these useful industrial forms
and the equally dangerous obstinacy
which rejects all sngjstfions of change.
The arguments advanced by the enemic
of corporations mnst convince any fair
minded man that then' are evils insepar
ably connected with corporations as they
exist to-day in the United States, but an
analysis of these arguments reveals the
fact thut they do not apply equally to all
classes of corporations. Prnf. R, T. Ely,
in lLirHT M-itj'tziiie fir July.
An Important Element
Of the success of Hood's Surwpurilla is
the fact thut every ptin-huser nx-eivi-s a
fair equivalent for his money. The fa
miliar headline " 100 Diases One Dollar."
stolen by imitators, is original with and
true only of Hood's Sarsaparllla. This
can easily be proven by any one who de
sires to test the matter. For real econo
my, buy only Hood's Sarsaparilla, StKl
by all druggists.