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Show ' tu "Why, of course, II) 4 glad to di what I can, uU4JLleuC BhurtleS Give ms a few days time, and Ill ge -- Freedom Flag. .. Yt'ben. . Freedom. from. her. maun tala height" Unfurled her standard to the air, be tore the azure robe of night. And set the stars of glory there. he mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure, celestial white With streakings of the morning light. Then from his mansion In the sun She called her eagle bearer down. And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land, Ala monarch of the cloud. Who rears aloft thy regal form. To War the tempest tramping loud And see the lightning lances driven. When strive the warriors - of the storm. And rolls the thunder-druof heaven, Child of the sun! to thee tia given To guard the banner of the free. To hover in the sulphur smoke. To ward away the battle stroke, And bid its blendings Bhlne afar, .Like rainbows on the cloud of war. The harbingers of victory! m Tlag of the brave! thy folds shall fly, The sign of hope and triumph high. When speaks the signal trumpet tone. And the long line comes gleaming on; Ere yet the lifeblood, warm and wet, Jlag dlmnd the glistening bayonet. Each soldier eye shall brightly turn To where thy sky-boglories burn; And as his springing steps advance. Catch war and vengeance from the glance.' And when the cannon mouthlngs loud Heave In wild wreaths the battle shroud. And gory sabers rise and fall Uke shoots of flame on midnights pall; Then shall they meteor glances rn f . glow, And cowering foes shall shrink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. Tlag of the seas! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter oer the brave; When death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied ! And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the ea Shalt look at once to heaven and thee. And smile to see thy splendors fly In triumph oer bis closing eye. Declined Confederate Button. Of the many former confederate veterans who wear the button of the confederate veterans association very few lenow that the design on the button was first drawn by a nnlon officer. The designer was Lieut R. M. Shurtleff, And he drew the original design without any idea that it would ever be officially adopted by the confederate army. This is how the matter, came About as Lieut Shurtleff tells the tory: A few days before the first battle of Bull Run he was sent out on scouting expedition with a small .party of men of the naval brigade, New York volunteers, Einety-nlnt- h union coast guard, in which organization he was a first lieutenant Hewaa to make a report on the condition of the country in front of the union forces. While reconnoitering with his party he was surprised and attacked by a much larger force of confederates. And after being shot through the body and arm, waa captured with all his '.men. The small nnlon flag which the party carried waa used to blud up the leaders wounds, and today Lieut Shurtleff has it in his possession, the officer who captured him having sent it to him with his compliments many .year after the close of the war. For a time his condition waa very serloua, but his captors gave him' the beat of care they could and as soon as possible be was sent to Richmond where he bad hospital care. At that time the confederates were notwell furnished a wlth'prison'quarterS'Tor capUve"EIV' by prison not having been opened, and the lieutenant eventually brought up in the Richmond poorhouse, where he bad little to eat, but waa treated very - "kindly, Still weak from the effects of bis wounds, he was unable to walk About and spent much of his time while lying on his cot in making drawings tor his own amusement and tor the edification of the Midlers. The officers got paints and brushes for him, and he made water color sketches which he presented to them. One dgy on of the officers who had been very bind to him came to hit cot and aaid: 1 wonder if you could design a sort of patriotic emblem forme, "i might," replied the prisoner smiling, "but I of us pec t that your idea and min what a patriotic emblem U wouldnt be quite identical "Very likely not." agreed the other, "but this isnt anything that yon need trouble your conscience about. Gen. Beauregard's lit tie daughter is a great chum of mine, and I promised her Td get up some sort of a painting of a confederate flag for her to hang on the walL t Ive been trying to think up something, but as a designer Im no use. So It occurred to me that you might help me out" TBAVEUNO ON SUNdAV. PrMriMH AmouM far by a Veters of the Reed. A man who travels much on bust ness said yseterday that as far as hl .aservaUon went, the number of persons a bo set out on long journey i Sunday exceeded that of week days Whan be made this remark be wai speaking of the suggestion made recently In Chicago that a car .for divine service I attached to through trains, "This suggestion la ldleLla said. Not 5 per cent of Sunday trav elers aould heed the services, add those a ho did would get l,ttlftgooa from them: it aetffis eeartgTnerttf went on.' that more peppl prefet Sunday to any other day to make tonj journeys on. I know that every tlm t have Wilhln tSe Jast jrear huQ to gc t some distant point the"" train hai been packed, not a seat empty. In order to be suie of a seat I make a point of get. tug fo the station early. Latecomers frequently ' have to stand. This is not because tUeie are fewei trains; the fact is the number oi through trams on all the railroads go ing out cf New York is the same a on week dajs. I say this with regret I am not a Sabbatarian, but I don't like to see people travel on Sunday There is mailing, not even open saloons, more destructive of the sacred character of the day. The stir, thr bustle, the rush and jostle of' thi train, make tatters of the Sabbatt feeling. If my observation Is accurate, not one out of every 100 passengers gives a thought to the day. Sunday ordinarily disposes the mind tc devotion, inspires a prayerful feeling Not Sunday on a rushing railway train. 1 think that the mind of near ly every man and woman aboard u Innocent cf any thought, tured oi profane. The mind seems to be lulled to a peculiar Insensibility. To my mind nothing is more lonesome than Sunday traveling. Something la al ways lacking. At the railway station there Is an absence of the week-da- y rumble of trains and h sting of escaping steam. Streams of people are pouring to the trains, but in silence and dejection. This dejection, however, may be the reflection of my owu mood, for I am always b ite when v. ting out on a journey m Sunday. New York Mail and Express. V NOMINEES OE THE CONVENTION; Biographical Sketches of Bryan and Stevenson. LITHOGRAPHERS It I roan Uavarta. The territory in and around the village of solnbofen, in the Kingdom Of Bavaria, forms the worlds chief supply of lithographic stones, says United States Consul Weber, stationed at Nuremberg, say the Cincinnati Enquirer. The lltho stonea found in France, near Montpelier, cannot com pard 'With the solnbofen stones. Lithographic stone Ik nothing but a com pacteand homogeneous limestone, and the village; of Solnhofen. MoemstkeUa,.. and Langenalthelm, with a population -of about 3,000 inhabitant, lie right in the center of euch limestone strata These cover an area of about ten acrea, of which the greater part has not yet been worked. The statement which is given out from time to time, mostly from interested partied, that the supply of Solnhofen stonea is rapidly diminishing ia therefor absolutely without foundation. These stone will not be exhausted for the next 208 years at least Rumors of newly litho-ajon- e beds In other countries have so far proved to be untrue, or the stonea found hv turned out to be of little use. Nowadays, 1 hear, litho-ston- e must be of excellent quality in order to satiefy the requirements of the art Many etonea found at Soln-hofare laid aside as not coming up to the standard. These are sold to builders and are used for paving floors, etc. A scarcity, therefore, of superior lithograph (o' stones, if it should aver arise, would have the effect of bringing into the market inferior stones. It is interesting to note that the stones here do not lie deep in the ground. In fact, only the earth and some rock have to bo removed as ft rule. The atones He In layers and -- something done is water color.- - Get, ting out his paints, he set to work t sketch, and presently, with the lnslncl of the artist, became deeply absorbed in' tbe 'tnaUer of the "design," working all fahat day and getting up early th next morning to continue the task, discarding one idea after another until be finally hit npon a design that suit ed him. This was the St. Andrews cross In blue on a red ground, with minor ornamentations of stars. He finished it up handsomely in water colors and turned it over to his confederate friend, who was much pleased with it and brought back word that little Miss Beauregard was highly delighted, and was going to importune her fatner to let the Yankee gentleman who had made it go back north. Shortly afterward Lieut Shurtkff was transfererd to Libby prison, and in 1862 was exchanged. He forgot about the design for the time. A year or so later It was called to his attention in rather a startling way as he saw a captured confederate battle flag consisting of his design almost exactly as he had painted it Still later he saw an official flag of the confederate states of America, and there was another repetition of the design, for it formed the entire corner of the ensign. Naturally, the artist was not pleased with his friend, the confederate officer, who had put him in the position of furnl-bin- g flag designs for the enemies of his country. From what be has since learned, however, Lieut. Shurtleff Is inclined to believe that the officer was not in fault. It seems that Gen. Beauregard saw the painting which had been given to his daughter, and on asking her about it was told that it was the flag of her country and belonged to her personally. He suggested that she present it to her country, and after some consideration she agreed, stipulating that the original be returned to her after copies had been made. The flag was then reA STRANCE ACCDZMT. produced in cloth and Gen. Beauregard had it adopted as the battle flag of the tAea4 ' Carlxmlo Acid, In Brewer; confederacy. Just bow it came to be Vat. official flag incorporated into the sometimes happens that men Lieut. ShurtjeS doesnt know. At the whose work it is to clean out brewery close of the war the southern associaare overcome by carbonic acid. vats tion of veterans adopted the original battle flag design for their button, and One such case, which resu.ted fatally, occurred in the town of Rhymney, Enall the confederate veterans' associations now wear that design with some gland, awhile ago. The man was 25 slight modifications or additions. years old. The vat was 8 feet deep Meantime Lieut Shurtleff would be and 6 feet In diameter, having a maninterested in finding out the exact hole 18 Inches square. The vat wax steps by which the - adoption of his of an almost obsolete pattern, the water color a the 'basis of the na- modern one being large and shallow. tional flag of the confederacy was It waa used for s orlng beer prior tc brought about. There is probably some "racking.. The beer had been drawn one still living who could enlighten off, leaving a sediment or slummags" him. but he doesn't know how to come of a few inches in depth at ths bottom at the information. New York Sun. The vat was then flushed with water and the cover put ou the manhoU sometime in the afternoon It is said The Fr eldest Obedience. The object ol Those who make laws should best by the man himself. understand the value of obeying them. covering up the v&t was to facilitate Abraham Lincoln realized this, as is the subsequent cleaning, as otherwise shown in the story told of him by Mr. the sides became dry. After removing Chittenden, which we quote here. It the cover and allowing the hose to run was at the time when the city of into the vat for ten minutes the man Washington was threatened, and the entered the vat with a lighted candls president was paying a visit to Fort in his hand. About twenty minutes oi twenty-fiv- e Stevens; A young colonel of the arminutes later a cellarman, tillery, the officer of the day, was in wishing to borrow the mop, called out great distress because the president to him, and, receiving no answer, went would expose himself. He had warned up to look for him, when he saw him Mr. Lincoln that the Confederate lying on the bottom of the vat, face sharpshooters had recognized him, downward, with the ladder, which had and were firing at him, and a soldier fallen on Its side, resting up against near him had Just fallen with a brok-e- a his body. The candle was subsethlgb- - The officer asked Mr. quently found on the bottom. Thi tendens advice, saying that the pres- is an important fact, as it indicates ident was in great danger, "What that the man was overcome before oi would you do with me under similar shortly after he had reached the botcircumstances T asked Mr. Chittentom the custom being to stick th den. "I would civilly ask you to take candlestick into the side of the vat, s a position where you were not ex- spike being attached to it tor that pur"And if I refused to obey? posed. pose. Having called for help and pro"I would send a sergeant and a file cured another ladder from an adjaThen cent of men, and make you obey, office, the cellarman descended the treat the president just as you would followed by another man. They me or any civilian. "I dare not He ladder, a rope around the arm, and hitched ia my superior officer; I have taken with the aid of some others got him hfs to orders. He an oath obey has out of the vat In about three minutes, given you no orders. Follow my adwas called and arrived I when a doctor vice and you will not regret it within a quarter of an hour, will, said the officer. "1 may as well die for ons thing as another. If he Wade nd Donlu. were shot, I should hold myself He walked' to where the It is very much to be doubted president stood. "Mr, President he whether Stephen A. Douglas ever had aiuperIbfdH this 'continent aa a of live hundred rifles. Please come to He and Wade were, of course, a safer place. If you do not it will generally on opposite sides of quesbe my duty to pall a file of men and tions in the senate, but were firm permake you. "And you would do right sonal friends. One day, in discussing my boy, said the president, coming some bill, the great 'Illinoisan said: down, at once. "You are in command "Mr, President, that proposition Is con of this fort I should be the last man Vary to my code of morals. " Wade to set an example of disobedience. jumped up and shouted: "Against his code of morals! Good God, Mr. PresiPetermlaed to Brae rp. dent, his code of morals! I didnt know A striking break for self reform has he had any! which was one of those shots at point-blan- k been made by a brilliant young man range of Richmond, Va., who threw up with- whlcb'Would disconcert sny man, temout warning a responsible bank posi- porarily, at least. Once Wade was tion, and after two weeks of disap- crossing th plain a On the train a pearance turned up as an enlisted sol- man said; "All this region needs is dier in the United States cavalry t at more water and better society." "Yes," Cincinnati. This Is Winston H. Gran-berr- y, growled old Ben, "thas all hades son of Bishop Cranberry of ths needs to make it an ng Methodist Episcopal church South, place!" Boston Herald. who found himself falling Into ' bad habits and determined to tree himself Aatlqo Woadea Worahlp. from temptations. He had so starved Excavations' which ar being made himself before reaching Cincinnati at Dunkirk, France, in connection that the recruiting officer fed him with the extension1' of the docks ha vs for before be rations three days army revealed n wooden warship, with angained the minimum weight for en- tique cannons, burled In the Smx ' listment, It is believed that the vessel belonged The longest periods In the life Of n to the Spanish Armada; , which vaa small boy are those between meals. , fitted out In 1587 tor tbs sublimation of England.' ed William Jennings Brian- - fither, L. Bryan. wS born in Culpepper county, Virginia, St the base of the Blue Ridge mountains lie went to Illinois when a youth of 18 settling finally at Salenuoft the edge of Kgtpt. Here he made a permanent home, became distinguished in pub u- life married and reared f trolly, of whom William Jennings- - Bryan was the fourth out of nine sons and daughters. Id 1452 Slla Bryan mimed Mariah E. Jennings, who waa born in Marlon county, Sear Salem, In IS! Judge Bryans young bride was from a distinguished family in Marlon couu- Ella W: fpt MRS. W. 3. BRYANS . ty. . The house where William Jennings Bryan was born March 19, 1860, is me Broadway. Salem. The house was originally built of logs, hewn by the elder Una-- , Pairs later he began work on n sub- stantial brick farmhouse about n mile east of Salem. This was the prjde of Judge Bryan's life. Surrounded by 800 acres of splendid land, the brick mansion stands 500 feet back from the road and is approached by n private driveway. lined with six rows of maples. Judge Bryan set apart - ft space tor a deer park and at the time of his death bad a fine herd. it was on this farm That young "Billy Bryan spent the years of his boyhood. He has little early recollection of the house In which be was born, having left there when about 5 years old and moved'Io tbe farm. His chief sport when a boy was rabbit hunting and Jumping. He Is said to be atill fond of both. After bia graduation he won prize for a standing Jump, covering 12 feet 4 Inches. During vacation season young Bryan usetj to return to ths old farm and work with his father and hired help in the fields or around the big barn. 8ome sear ons heTiired out to neighboring farmers and earned spending money, which came handy at coftfgeT During his Junior year he met Mias Mary E. Baird, a Junior in ths female academy at the same place. They became engaged that year. Miss Baird graduated the day before Mr. Bryan, as valedictorian of her class of eight, while he was the valedictorian of his class f fifteen. She was born in Perry, 111., where her father waa a merchant They were married October 4, 1884. Mr. Bryan was 21 when off-ha- . , ka MRS. A. E. STEVENSON, -- z RUTH AND W. J, JUNIOR, have simply to be taken carefully from the earth.' The bulk of the ground be-- " neath which the litho-atonUe belongs to the communities of Solnhofen and kMTukea, tunlun aeiuinUeburzr tbamMtead owner) ot these communities baa a share in the ea , ground. ChlMM Wards MoaesyllsMs. However many syllables there map be In a Chinese place name It la composed of as many words as there are syllables, tot sll Chinese word are'" monosyllabic. If we know the meaning of even on of the words in ft geographical name it helps to convey g, definite idea. The words Ho and for example, both mean river." and when w see them on the map we know they refer to a river or stream. Many of the names of rivers are descriptive of them: Hoang Ho, for example, means "Yellow river; Tain Rian g means "Clear river." Observe how definite Is the idea expressed ia the name ol each of the three rivers which converge upon Canton. One of them is the SI Kiang, or "West river. . another the Pe Kizng.or "North river the third Is the Tung Klsng, or "East The names of these rivers tU river. the direction from which they come. They help to simplify the study of the geography of that part of China. When they unite they form Chu Kiang, or The Chinees named "pearl river. their largest river in tbd- north the Hoang Ho because R cuts Its bed through yellow soil from which It derives Its color. The yellow flood 11 pours Into the sea colors .that part ot Kl-an- 4 BRYANS LINCOLN RESIDENCE, vass that followed Mr. Bryans nomination In 1896 is still fresh In the ubllc mind. In the stirring days of the Spanish-America- n war two years ago Mr. Bryan raised a regiment from bis own state and was commissioned colonel. He served wKh hls regiment In tne south until the close of hostilities. The Bryans live In a handsome house tn one of the prettiest parts of Lincoln. Their children are Ruth, age 14; William J., Jr, age 10, and Grace, age 8. The atudy, in which both Colonel and Mrs. Bryan have desks, is filled with books, stationery and souvenirs of various campaign In tTie' room'p r- - Tros's or portrarTr or Washington, Webster. Clay, Jefferson, Benton, Jackson, Lincoln, Douglas. Gladstone and one of Mrs. Bryans father. Sketches of different kinds adorn the walls. Adlal Ewing Stevenson, the Democratic nomine for vice president; was bdrn in Christian eounly. Kentucky. Oct 23. 1835. In 1852 he removed with hls parents to Bloomington, lit Here he attended the public schools. His education was finished at Center College, Etenvllle, Ky.. and at the Illinois law Wesleyan University. He studied 1857. vud was admitted to the bar In In 1864 he was chosen prosecuting d judicial attorney for th twenty-thirto congress elected was He district as s currency reformer tn 1874,and was congress. to the forty-sixt- h He served es first assistant postmaster-generduring Mr. Clevelands first was elected vice prefldent and term, of the United States In 1892. He is a man of aflalr, and also an excellent officer of campaigner. As presiding the be senate gained the United State members the sll of friendship of party. He was among Mr. most ardent supporters In ha graduated from the Illinois college at Jacksonville, He entered the Maw office of William Springer for a short went to Chicago lor time, a two years course at the Union College of Law. This was in mi, and during the next two year he was in the offl.ee of the late 8enator Lyman besides .attending law Trumbbll, classes. - At the end of t)s Chicago course Mr. Bryan returned to Jacksonville and began practicing law with moderate success. He stayed at Jack- Bryans sonville until October, U87, when be 1898,. ( en r j ' ilg8 ' removed to Lincoln, Neb, his present home. Some legal matters in had required Mr. Bryans personal attention. At his first visit to the state capital he waa so pleased with the place that he made up his mind to remain there. He opened a law office In partnership with A R. Talbot, who was a classmate of Mr. Bryana In the law school. From the outset of hls Nebraska career Mr. Bryan took part In politics. In 1890 he was elected to congress from the first Nebraska district over W, J. Connell of Omaha. Mr. Bryana political career really began with hls nomination for congress. Hla success waa rewarded at Washington, where Speaker Crisp gave him a place on the ways and means committee. Mr. Bryan's first speech in congress was delivered March 12, 1892. At the next congressional session Mr. Bryan was reappointed on me ways and means committee, and rendered much service In subsequent legislation. Early in 1894 he wrote ft letter declining to again become a candidate for congressional honors. By this time he had become the recognized leader of the Nebraska Democracy, At the state convention, which met Sept. 23, 1894, Dr. Edwards of Lincoln placed Mr. Bryan In nomination for United States senator. Delegates from every section of the state seconded the nomination, and on the roll-ca- ll It was made unanimous. He was beaten in the legislature by Senator Thur ton. v , :: Four years ago he became a figure ofwatlonsl prominence at, the Pemo-tr- a nouooal M, CWbuMS, which nominated him tor president ot the United States. The stampede In favor of Mr. Bryan lor the presidential nomination followed what was considered the greatest speech ot bis political career. The remarkable can- - s saTd7ydir-aretan5IhgwniiIrr'Ta- ideal-dwelli- STONE. thn Kingdom of Mmtly In .the ;. MISS GRACE BRYAN. , (Artd g ) ocean yellow, and hence the Chi- nese cal lthe sea Hoang Hal, or Yellow al lrre-spec- tlr XUcUn Stadia. Cart A short time ago the rector ot Oxford University received from a man the following: . "How much would 1 have to pay tor the education of my son la your university? - Let me hnow If 1 shall have to pay more In css my son, besides rowing, should wish to learn to read aad write. v rz:,.: .lira |