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TIICOXIUIVVL STA.HSANO aTXIPKH NO nuLosoi to a hav stat i auv .1 Ua " '" ,"Pn;0d to be the original of the Anieilcsn flaK,now known to all the world ns the Stars nnd Stripes, is at P'"'"1, ,"eJ ''y Mr Harriet R V -sialTord, of LotliRe Cit), Miss Mrs Stillofd Is J5 ears of igr, but retains much of the vigor of her youth The stpry ol the banner, as It has been transmitted trans-mitted lo her, nnd as she told it the othrr day to n Huston 1naltl reporter, Is as follows 1 It Is j feet 7 Inches wide and wis origlinlly about hfietu feet loig, but some two yirds of its length Inv liceii cut from it In" all tl Me vevs as souvenir',, souven-ir',, ',' ,",",'' m'u,? of ' "V"11 bunting nt 'liiladclphla, undrthe ihrrctloii of John llrown, secretary of the United btates Marine Committee, by pitrie-tic hdles of that city, u ho presenttd It 10 Paul In ics Ihc reason for til icing out) twelve stirs upon us blue field was tint the flig was made before Oeori.ii Ind joined the confederacy When Jones took command com-mand of the Hon Homme Kiclmrd he llew this lllg at her maMhend as tho American Colorf md foiuhl under it throuxh the revolution It was alter-ward alter-ward trlnsferred to the Arm rlean frln ite Allnnce, un which lames bayard "iiif fd served as midshipman and acting lieutenant When the Alliinre was sold, this banner wis bestow td M on I leut Slaf forth and was kept by him and his widow until her dctth, Auust 9. i(y,i, whin it c one Into possession of their diuhter, Sirah hmlth Stafford, who ilao tvifully Kiiarded It up to hr dmth In I inuary, 1SS0 y her will It desctmltd to the present owner nt Coltige Lit), who In tends to keep it while she hes mid nt her deilh bequetlli it to the Sniiihsonl 111 Institute. V I liluaiinn's ( lilhlrm. As n ( idler John idollrea his buv s, but fe Is keenly the disxracu brought by the idvcnt of n daughter He does not consider her worth) of 1 nni, hut cilia her No 1 j or 3, is the case miy be He Ignores her entire!) In telling the number of his children, counting only the boys He consldets lit r as without mind or soul, nnd denies her tin udv nit ige of education which her brother receives As the grows up she is a slave in her own and her hushinds house, and nut till she is old does she rteeive love and icverencc. If 1 child is tiken sick both Juhu and his wife think the soul has w in lercd iway, nnd steps are taken lo ree.ill it The mother calls it the opm door, 'houl, come home'' The fuller iocs out to nik it usuvll) scirchlng nuout the nearest bridge. At his rrv 1 f 'Coming, coming"' the mothtr looks carefullv about her floor ami sei ures the fir-t thine she sees 1 his may bi- II 1 beetle ur uther Insect, but is supposed lo hue in It the missing pir!t it is w ripped no mid joyfully pi iced under the pillosr of tliusnk 011., who is now expected to rtcovcr forth witli. If deilh comes Insteid, the ihlld ii buried sutmnarilv and with t-rant ceremony, cere-mony, John considers his own colfin. one of the most vilucd and most luces-rarv luces-rarv pieces of furniture for his best room, md his highest ambition is to hive an elsborate funeral. He nnd the older members of his household hive this iimbltion gritlfied hi proportion to their wealth and the number num-ber of their descendants llic olnst Hi earns his U 1 Gentlemen, I saw a reil ghost oice during tin war" "lillit. then, nnd dont keep us in suspens- " chorused several mn In the lobby uf tho llrunswkk Hotel I tint Sterling, who Is now a mining expert out West, smiled at the memory of his ghost: "It was some months before the untie of Chancellorsvlllc. nnd Gen. Joe Hooker wis moving don to meet bloni wall Jackson I belonged to the cavalrv, and bid a greit deal of reeou noiterfng to do. One rnln) night wu were camped nt a deserted ftrmliouse, when I was called up b) my colonel md asked to take a dlspich to Hooker I Ind gone several miles along a lone!) road, ulien all atoncu I siw aheid of me II white obji ct, moving tapldlv, Driw irg my revolver, 1 spurred im horse Just as tin whituotject turned a bend In the rend nnd was luit to view. When I arrived ar-rived nt the bend the roid wis straight for some distance, but 1 siw nothing Alter riding ten minutes llostni) wn). md found I was traveling atom; a blind road In tho woods, buddcnlv I came to a vllhge cemetery I Inlted and wis surprised to sie 1 snnll, dirk object nt the foot Of a tombstone, stooping down md then rising up, with almost n regular motion. My hair lifted my hat 11 little, but I concluded to meet the ghost ' lliltl ' I cried. Icvthng my pistol "A solt, feminine voice nnswercd that sliu would not run auiy or harm mi "1 lien ) ou are not a rial chotl? I nskid bho hiighed outright, lo mike a long storv short, she was the daughter ol 11 wealthy planter, and Ind ridden n white pony to the cemetery to hide some firmly jewels I told ner If she would show me the main road I would not lake her jewels or betra) their hiding place It was a bargain I was alterwirds wounded, nnd nursed by the ghost, ind, gtntlimen, I imysay the hdyup stairs who dined with me this evening is the Identical ghost my wife ' . Y' R (antiiriug ahlllru. One bright da) in May, when I wis nlrtit n )cirs old and my brother Clnrley wasa veir older, westirted out togethir to visit tin children 011 1 firm ibuut four miles distmt, Charley walked, Ids gun oil bis shoulder, nml 1 rode our old whito horse, Hob 1 did little more Ih ui keep pice with my brother. I had been his compinion ivcrslnce he hid been illowed toluiven gun I had gone with him on his hunt-in; hunt-in; expeditions to carry tlio g ime, and the old horse was ofnn with us un our windcrlngs through the woods W'e lived on i lirge firm high up among the inounrtins of the coast range ol Cilifomli. The country wis very p irsel) settled and a visit to a nclghb r meant ijnint of sevirnl miles I hid icirned to shoot well, but as wu had but one gun and Charley wis 11 boy, lie usuilly claimed the right to the gun when we went hunting. The mountains weru full of deer, wild cits and 'coons" Cnllfornh lions nnd panthers we ro occasion illy seen, to my nothing of rabbits, quail, and sueli small ktnic On this day w e left the house at a bout w-ir-r W '' ii4. 1 ij.' M V l j.t.fel'fei .. 9 o flock. We trudged and logged plnsanlli nlonn but Cliarley did not kill even 1 squirrel an I I loik pilns to tease him about h't had luck W'e spent the day with our )Oung friends anl stitted on our return nt about 4 o'clock iri the afternoon. After walnd left the main roid nnd taken the trail toward home, Clnrley turned oirlnto the woods to try tore-deem tore-deem his teputntion ns a hunter 1 might hive followed him, but I was in baste to get home bo I touched 110 uld Hob with my whin ind Jogged along dow n the timely bridle pntli Just is 1 was following a bend In the 10 id a mile nnd n Inlf beyond the place where riiarl y nnd I hid pirtcd, something some-thing alluded my attention in what nppcircd to be a pile of leaves bedded In the hollow roots of n great oak The obiect appeired (0 shine I turned ill) hors- toward It to get a closer vtewand then discovered that the shining lime from Ilk- bright eyes of seven! bitutlful lutlc etc itures, which Intlirst took to be lan,e kittens, but when I dismounted I found that they were the cubs uf 1 mountain lion' I uasdellghtid I bad alwa)s hada fondness fur kittens md these little animals were much prttller than my kitten I hey were plump and most beautifully iiuiked They got up and Iwpnu to gimhol nml pliy with each other in the most innocent und ingag bur manner U'h it Ide d pets' Instintly thu thutight cime to 111c 'why not opture the m ind tale them home' Here would lie glory for inc. 1 1 be sure I low I w ould triumph over Clurle) ' I looped ocr .md picked up two of them, there were four hi all. I h id much dl'hculty in mounting in) horse with the biby hous in in) nuns lor they wriggled nnd scritch-d and did everything hi their power to prevent niefrom drrylne, them olf, but it last I w is In the siddlo nnd 'tilted oir I orliinilety my horse knew the rond and wis perfect!) site sll merely threw llm I rllleoier ins aim and held 11 cry Ing kitten in each band IIow they did meow nnd squall I I irst one and then the other nil I then a duct' All at once in the midst of all this )elliii;of iheculrt the thought Hashed across my mind that the mother would probiblycome home, and finding two of her bibles gonu go in idlest of llieui and hire I w is, creeping along on a slow old horse, three miles from home, with two voun lions It wns about time to wake up uld Hob! ' Hoiked for my whip It wis gone. I'robihly I ha I dropped it In my attempts to mount Hen was 11 new diDiculty. It was Impossible forme to get olf and on sixain with llic big kittens In my arms nnd the ol I horse would Irot along for only n few steps, md then subside Into his tmnlslow wilk It wan unlv by dint of hard kicklnr, and llercu ierklue. ol the bridle lint I routrlved to get him Into an oc islontt filrtmt W'e had gone about a mite farther, and I whs lulling our if my kittens Into submission, when 1 he ml wiiu I f.uicitd wis a growl behind me I turned but tould sea iiothlrs. N'eertheless I felt a little nervous, and kicked mvfictngilust the horse is sides more vlgorou-sly than evtr, W'e went tu about Ho ruls when I heird thesnme noise cgiin This tiuu-I tiuu-I th night I could not be mistaken, and I was not fuming, I siw to my horror th it a large Cihfurnla lioness wis com ing nt 11 dead run not a Ico yards behind be-hind me Tvery few steps she littered a horrid groal, and she looked really hendish My heart stood still, but I did not give up Old Hob, too, heard the noise nnd increased his speed to the best pace he had Of course the little lions Ind caught the sound I hey meowed and cried louder thin ese-r. This excited the inotli-r the- more, and she redoubled her growls I d ired not look, nrouiul, but v cry soon It was not necessary for me to turn in order to see her. bhe wis rlkht by m) side, nnd glaring at me in the most (tl;htful manner Ihere was nothing else to do ; I took one of the Httcns and Ihnw it at tho mother Hon, nn I I threw ittcryhard, hitting her full in the fice I I illy belitved that the old lioness wouldleepon and compel me to give up the other jnung one ilso nnd I was ns onlshed 10 sie her seiic this one in her mouth nnd mike olf is fist as po'siblo toward her lair. Ihis wis very pleasing but 1 was perfectly ccrlun tint the old lioness would come hick after thcrermlnlng one And unless I could i,et home, which wis not nrobible, or should mett some one w ho had a pirn which w is not probable, either, she would get it away I rum me. 1 shouted louderstlll at old Hob, ind almost stood up In the saddle in 111 ex-otemtnl, ex-otemtnl, but the poor old horse was aiuady (.ohignlHiut us fast ns ho could 1.0 He Mimed to appreciate thu emergenc), but he was getting badly winded W'e went on nbout three quarters of a mile more It occurred to me that I might keep the kittrn Irom continuilly announcing our whereabouts to its mother, so I propped lis mouth wide open with my liugirti and this Mopped Its cr)ing. W'ewero making Pretty good time and I was beginning to feel a little reassured w hen 1 Inard the leaves cracking Ik hind me lkmw whnt was coming nnd did not look nroiuid I kepi on, clettrmlncd to hold the kitten nt all hazards Very soon, however, I hnrd the old lioness much closer th in I li id expected and turned around Just nt the moment th it my horse made a violent plunfe forward for-ward 1 ho lioness hid dug her lorefeet Into the horse u thighs, prep untory to leaping upon his back Willi a tcrrilied sere 1111, I Hung the kitten uwiy with all m might The lioness relcised her hold on 1110 horse, ind, liking this khlenJn her mouth as alio had taken the other, uttered a (,rowl, nnd with a sivnge glare nt me, dlsap peiired m the thick uiidethrusli, Trembling with fright, and choked wltlilndigiiiilon to think that alter all in) elforts I could not keip even out of theprctty little creatures, I continued my ride home. I reached the gate soon, and In .1 few moments related my adventure at the supper table llefore 1 had finished Charley burst Into the room, holding aloft a )oung lion! My heart bounded He had captured ni kitten! In great evcKeinent lie bc-I'antolcll bc-I'antolcll bis story Hi was Jmt re turning tothetrnll from his hint hi the wooils when he met face to fico the mountiin lioness hearing her v oung out In her mouth. Hotli wire very much startled, lioness and boy, but Charlie re- overed his pnicnce of mind fir I anl ra tug his gun fired killln the i.iie lion 11 stamly He then picked up thHlleom, and also surf ceded in OMgxing th mother a short distance He left h r lust at thr edge or ihc woods ami rn home with thclningcubtorel help Charley magnanimously gave me the biby Of course I was a little crestfallen crest-fallen feeling that I had lost my share of the glory, lint I wascummended and coni limentesl after all, I kept the little lion three Jens W'e fed him no bread nnd milk, ami ns In grew he showed no signs of his wild nature He played amicably with Hie doy and was on good terms with all the family One day, however, I unfastened his clnln to give him excrdse and one of the first things he slid w is lo kill a chicken It w is his Inst title uf blood Alter tliat lie commuted some depredi-lion depredi-lion whenever be was let loose He lirw sullen und morosi At last he bit a little girl w ho cime to visit us, drawing blood, which he lipped eagerly Sin-was alone widi him, nnd when we litird her crv and ran out wo found tint the cub bad thrown the child down, and was resting his paws on Icr body, llcwas killed at once. I felt a few severe pang at Ids dcith, but we saved the skin Charley bad already tinned tin skin of the mother We Ind the cub's skin treated in the same way and now, when my mother tells the stor) of our youthful experience, as she often docs, she points proudly to the two beiiinfid robes the spuds uf her children's chil-dren's lion hunt. Ilralnce fioifrijufx Ateut xntht quWi Companion larl) (.illfirula Millionaire -. (ftl i'tiClM 1 Cahfornli Ins always been f mom for big things, 11 itunl and nilifici il, and It Is, thirelorr, not a nnttir ol wonder that its luillicnalris are men uf lnre.e tuuncial caliber' The riilroad and minm milllunnrts seem to .iptiei! 10 the imj'hmtlon of th tcmleifc ol 1 istein corruspondent whu eomis out tu the fir West, und disposes of its sodil nnd inatcrld fe itures after n wtek's stay Ilnsc men who have rolled up Imperial lortum In tin hfe uf a sh 1.1c gnu rat oil are en mil) Impns ing figures lo one who slnrc. the mtunl hum -111 worship of wealth, hut tiny do not Compart In ntcl!iresrueiuss wilii thu latllir Cihfornii rnllllonilres ihc men who ctmu tip out ol thcruek in tin diss of the argonauts, ind who set their stamp un tl e first twenty years of California's Cali-fornia's histor) Ihere wis nothing iictldtnl.il in tlio careers of tliei. cullier linn No luck) strike of greit mineral weillh no enormous t-evelopiienl uf riilroul Imd grants gave them fortune they owed their wealth solely tu native iibilil) to thll capacity for liking .idvnu-tae .idvnu-tae of opportunities which Ihey pus nested In the highest degrte None derived money h) hdurltarue not one wis helped 10 weilth by friend or lisociate, though nllai led in the making of nulllonilres, nnd, one at lent, lived far lie) ond bis tints and listed the bitterness of ingratitude Irom nun lo whom he had lent tl hand in tin r da)s of sore m td '1 he worlsl furnishes no pnr illcl to the eneig) uf these men or to the rapidil) with which they gathered hnperi il for tunes, ur lo the swiftness of the II11J1I of their wealth No Arilihn Nujitn talc cverstupassed In womleis the stor) of these earl) Cahfornians. hey Ind not Aliddni s lamp, but they conquered tune md space nnd upset id! niluril !ms hi their rush alter weilth nnd power W ith fir more thin the normil endarrment of energy and strtnglli it wis natural tint they should be filled with those furce passions thit found suth Irec expressions in the Inly of thu Horgins Self-cor.lrol does not come naturally to such men. Die) "wmtlhe earlh," to use an expressive bit of uiricnt slmy, and thus gcnerall) gt what the) want, Ihe virtues uf measure or moderation cmnot be preached to men whose blood la at fever belt, and whose souli cry out for fresh conquests, when the oidiniryrum Is linguid from overexertion buch men as these are survivals of an eirlier period when civilization bid not rehncd away the b 11 baric enerky which has furnished the motive power for llic great lonquerors of modern linns And In their contempt con-tempt fur ruin) laws lint hind the norm d man Ihey also show his Inhcri-ttnee Inhcri-ttnee Hut any one who will carcfull) study thu lives of these- t)p!cil till) Caluormins will see tint there was fir more of good thnn uf evil In their mture and lint Ihey all did work that w'isnf gttat value in the development of the resources of Callfornli |