Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1896, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1896—SIXTEEN PAGES. THE EVENING STAR has a Larger Circulation in the Homes of Washington than all the Other Papers of the City Added Together, because it Stands Up Always for the Interests of ALL THE PEOPLE uf WASHINGTON; does not trive to Divide the Community into lasses, lass Against they time ma anc News; an ail Excellence of its Literary Features, It Literally Goes Everywhere, and is Read by Everybody. It is, therefore, as an Advertising ‘Medium without a Peer, Whether Cost or Measure ' of Publicity be Considered. ABOUT BATTLE FLAGS Colors Carried by Armies North and South. EVERY REGIMENT HAD It3 OWN FLAG Deeds of Heroism in Defense of the National Emblem. ee THE ORPHAN BRIGADE The custom in the Union army was to have each regiment carry two flags, a regi- mental, with the state coat of arms em- blazoned upon a plain blue field, and na- tional, the stars and stripes, with the name and number of the regiment. The regimen- tal flags of the Irish brigade (New York), for instance, were of deep green, em- blazoned with the harp, sunburst and shamrock. All Irish regiments in the ser- vice carried such tags. How deeply Celtic enthusiasm could be stirred by the ‘‘banner of green” was illustrated during the re- pulse of Pickett at Gettysburg. Cowan's first New York battery was ordered in to relieve Cushing's about the time that Armistead’s men had reached the stone wall. A simultaneous movement was made by the Irish brigade from the left toward the threatened point. One of Cowan's drivers, an Irishman not especially brave, hesitated about urging his team forward where the missiles flew thick and fast. Suddenly Erin's banner flashed from be- hind a ledge of rock and caught Pat's eye. Rising in his stirrups, he exclaimed, “Mither of Moses! the owld flag,” and lashed and spurred his horses on with a display of zeal that his capiain by dint of the most profane appeals had never been able to arouse. m flags presented by municipalities frequently be found some special coat of arms or motto, and in speaking of flag,” the men had in mind this gift 1 not the government standard d been Intrusted to their keeping her state property. “Our flag” was by woman's ilngers, laved with rs, and in its folds lingered the those who made # couniry worth s for. Southern Battle Flings. All that can be said of northern battle flags can Oo be said of southern. The Same popular uprising sent out their sol- diers, and the same noble impulse stirred up “the their frien and kinsmen to present boys” with a banner from home, thing that would be owned and cher- the men fighting for and around tate sent out troops on account, and with them, as a sym- own colors, usually the coat of of the state on a plain field. Among hk were the famous “palmetto” of South n” of Louis! “bonnie blue of the fort the dates, ent City "of New Orleans carried a flag old color, with a cross of the corn On the bars of th cross gleamed a n er of star: device afterwa the ile em- bh of the known as the southern cross. The “Stars and Bars.” The first official flag of the scuth was the “stars and bars,” a flag partly copied from the Unior a strong » to it that they were not distinguishable in the fie Was divided into three broad center one white, the others red. ‘The cor- rer piece, or union, was blue, with nine arranged in a circle, and gave in cc the old one the ue. In batt ame ho banner and resermbianc bearing such rhite and b commands b we n to suit the on, the thought the ter Was not weli distributed, and be- an to introduce new colors as battle flags ng the stars and bars for an Ss use. rte A “bat- appeared in cross, 2 ag of ig to fanc ir bars with a sin- st famous flag song of vonnie blue flag ngle star,” he flag of Te been a The biue fly, ad when emblem » star troop: te flag ained On the extend- But the white so preponderated at t 4 e almost in- the flag 3 emove: wide, vertical bar of red the other edge of the fly. we ced on s ne mistaking this symbol, since was nothing like it known to our and it satisfied the south, as the of the old flag still ren ned, the gia and he con- © first desi i blue cross with white on a red ground. he Famous Orphan Brigade. 0 stars jer: The sixth Kentucky belonged to the re- ned “Orphan Brigade” of that state, a name bestowed by General Breckinridge after the battle of Murfreesboro’. Pre- us to the battle these men had been re- ferred to as orphans, because they were of ‘atriated sons Kentucky, disfran- © i and disowned by their native state for joining the con ey. At Murfrees- boro" st the ler, Colonel Han- son, of the brigade, who was killed while leading them, under the fire y-two Union cannon, a fire that not mowed down ranks of men, but lald trees of the forest low as with the Thus they me doubly orphaned. Pr aler of Harvard in his study of “3 cites the men com- ilustrating the high- n manhood. Number- after three years of service in the hardest flelds of the west, “the orphans” entered upon the Atlanta series of battles only 1,140 strong. During the 100 days of fighting in retreat under Hood the ranks suffered 1,860 wounded and deaths. Less than fifty escaped un- hurt, and only 24) remained for duty. The remnant of the sixth, with its flag and colonei, were captured at Jonesboro’ by the tenth Michigan. It was a saying in the west that Hood abandoned Atlanta because he had no more Kentuckians to use as breastworks. The Color Guards. The color guard, whica plays th> chief part in the manipulation and defense of a battle flag, numbered in the 'nior infan- try regiments eight men and in the con- federate twelve. The color bearers were sergeants chosen for their fine soldierly ap- pearance and records for bravery. Usually a guard had two, one for the state ban- one for the national. The ser- geants stood side by side in the ranks with a color corporal (six corporals, also picked men, with the two sergeants composed the Union guard) on the right of one and on the left of the other. Directly behind each of these four marched a corporal, so that when a bearer fell there was always a hand nigh to snatch up the staff before the banner could touch the earth, an event which was looked upon as an omen of evil and a “blot on the escutcheon.” It might dip when a bearer was shot, but must not fall prostrate on the ground. The proudest boast of a regiment is that smiting hand of a tornado. bec and Nature in America” le a posing this brig: est type of Amer ing originally 5,0 it never lost a flag to the enemy; the next that its colors never touched the earth dur- ing battle. The pcsition of the color guard, whose scle duty consisted in watching the for- tunes of the flags and Chel them to the death, was on the left of the right center company, that is, in the exact cen- ter of the regiment. That company was Known as the “color company,” and its members were especially cautioned to look out for the colors and supply promptly temporary substitutes during action for the guards who fell. Usually there was a contest for the honor of stepping into the dead hero’s shoes, and often the colonel Getailed recruits from a list made up be- fcrehand. Sometimes he ignored the claims of those on the list in order to recognize and reward a brave deed performed on the spot. In Defense of the Colors. As a rule the volunteers were not given to brilliant deeds individually. Modern methods of fighting not only do not invite them, they scarcely furnish opportunitie: for them. But a chance to seize an enemy's flag, singlc-handed, oftimes lured men to a heroic death, and Col. Ellsworth, the first flag martyr, had many imitators. Rarely, however, were noble blood and sublime courage wasted in mere bravado. Heroes battled and died for the glory and triumph of their flag, giving to its preservation all they had in life, and their last thoughts cf death, even while it drank their heart's blood. in the charge on the stone wall at Fred- erlcksburg, a charge equal in every respect to that of Pickett at Gettysburg, the sixty- ninth New York, in common with the rest of the Irish brigade, left Its green-tufted heroes in rows along the fatal barricade. The color-bearer fell mortally wounded, but he had strength left to detach the banner—the “stars and stripes’—from the staff and wind it around his waist under- neath his jacket. He then propped himself up against a boulder to awuit death, and was found there with a bullet hole through Hag heart and through the flag that covered it. The flag of the sixty-third New York of the same brigade met a similar fate at Chancellorsville. Its bearer, Lloyd, was shot down alone’and unseen in the hasel thicket, and to save the banner from capture he disposed of it in the same way. Lying where he fell, the concealed flag unnoticed by the burial party, went with him into his grave. The state banner of the forty-third New York was in like man- ner preserved in the Wilderness, when the bearer, Sergeant Hackett, knew that he and his charge were about to fall into the hands of the enemy. It remained under his uniform during a long impzisonment at Andersonville, and at his death was buried with him. More fortunate, though not more worthy of praise, was the sinking valor of Color Sergeant W. H. Greene of the thirty- at Pe and s seventh Wisconsin In the assault arg, June 17. Mortally wounded parated from his comrades far out between the lines, with both legs disabled, he worked his way slowly back to the Union parapet by means of his hands and elbows, dragging the flag with him by his teeth, A painful retrospect, all this, if one notes only the dark lines in the picture. But 1s that life lost, which, in passing, increases our faith in manhood? es ‘TRICITY DISPLACING S'TEAM. Great Changes Promised on Railronds in Five Years, n the Iron Age. Rufus Hill, master mechanle of the Penn- sylvania railroad, who has been investigat- ing on the part of his compawy the latest developments in the appl of electric- ity to railroad traction purposes, has made a@ statement in which he predicts that elec- motive power will be used over the F greater part of the Pennsylvanla system within five years. The following extract from Mr. Hill's observations on the subject are i ting: “Last summer,” he sa “the Pennsylvania made thelr initial ex- the use of electricity on an es- team line from Burlington to The success ly seen to be y, In New Jel experiment was quic nd question, Within a month after the i was completed the time sc! ule was made at the rate of over sixt iles an hour, with frequent trains. The vice has been found to be far superior ing known in steam railway prac- the economy in operation has been than we expected. An electric loco- applied nor merely to the ulage of trains, but to all the switching vice in the yards and the various kinds ervice of that nature. fhe Pennsylvania, as is well known, has rable number of branches from ain line which have been seriously af- fected during the last few years by the competition of the trolley ‘lines in the towns. They have, in many in- taken away and we per cent of our solutely forced to elves—at least on ve have had from the 3 re of the West- aluable a. ompany and the Baldwin Loco- e Works, w have been working harmony to soive the problem. The Baldwin Locomotive Works have been es- hed over fifty years, and are the lead- crs in their branch of the busin nd the Yestinghouse company, with their mag- staff of electrical engincers, have up the benefit of their knowledge in own speciaity. In addition to. this, talent at our disposal has been : two manu- the various apparent in the way of complete success. “oe now that every difficulty has been overcome, and, while we do not any of us care to make predictions which might seem rash to the genera! public, we believe that inside of fi of the eatin in ious draw- ein the application of Mnes has been the sion of power. About een miles has been considered the limit of economical transmission, and this, of courss, would necessiiate the establishing of power houses ev thirty miles over our entire system. The interest of the in- ‘ssary for these power houses would have been prohibitive. Now we see that Tesla has perfected a system that will cover this point.” steam. One of the up to this da electricity on trunk OF PIGEONS. A FLIGHT They Travel Faster Than an Express Train for Very Long Distances, From the Chicago Chronicle. Aided by a southerly wind and a perfectly clear sky, the first test of the pigeons which are to represent the first Chicago Homing Club in the National Federation races this year Was a most notable success, It took place Saturday morning, May 9, and the tral was remarkable in more than one fea- ture. Two‘hundred and eighty-one birds, the largest number which the club has ever liberated from one racing station, made the trip, and of that number every bird was reposing peacefully its ioft by 1 o'clock in the afternoon. The time made by the first birds to arrive home was the fastest ever made over the course, and represents a speed of more than a mile a minute. ‘The birds were liberated at Monee, forty- two miles away from the nearest loft, at o'clock, id White Wings, owned by L. Verschueren, stepped back into his loft at S:14:30. White Wings was closely followed by nearly half the flock, and fifty arrivals were reported between 8:15 gnd Inas- much as every bird spent at least five min- utes in circling before starting on a line for home, the speed shown is materially more than a mile in each sixty seconds. The members of the club were delighted over the performances of thelr pets, and they unite in saying that the club will be the richer by several of the federation racing diplomas before the season is over. As an illustration of how little even the best fanciers are able to judge of the merits of their own pets, it is interesting to note that White Wings had been considered al- most worthless. Only a month ago he was flown from 6lst street, a distance of eight miles, to his loft, and took sixteen days to make the journey. ‘That was his first trial, and he was sent to Monee Saturday quite as much in the hope that ne would be lost as for any other reason. ———_e+. All Not Lost After All, From the Argonaut. Frederick Locker-Lampson, in his recent autobiography, tells of a patient in an English hospital who one morning told his servant that he was sure his last illness was beginning. "m very ill. Go for the doctor; I've lost my appetite; I can’t get through my penny roll.” “Well,” said John, much relieved, “when the baker came this morning all the penny roils were gone, sir, so I gave you a two- perny roll.” ICEBERG DANGERS, Ships Find Bergs a Peril of the Sen and Dread Having Them Around. From the New York Journal, There {3 one peril of the sea which every mariner dreads, bacause, especially in fog- gy weather he is almost powerless to es- cape from encountering it, and that is the icebergs that break away from the vast glacial masses ir the arctica and are swept by the currents into tha track of vessels. They aro most common during the six months beginning. with March or April, though tho captain\of a vessel which came into this port last)week reported a narrow escape from one cn the way batween New York and Liverpool. The number of ves- sels each year posted as “lost, with all on board,” is probably, greater from this cause than any other, for when a ship crashes into a berg the chances are that she will sink before there ig a chance for any boats to be lowered. These icebergs, when they start on their course from the polar regions, stand 150 to 200 feet above the water, while the sub- merged part is often from 1,100 to 1,400 feet in thickness. Though these masses of ice are often miles in extent when they start for the warmer waters toward the equator, they, as a rule, are s00n broken up hy collisions with each other and by erosion. ‘Two great bergs have recently been seen in the South Pacific, which are probably among the largest on record. One was re- ported by the British stip Coldinghame, which passed about 200 bergs, one of them being ten miles in length. The Cutty Sark, another English ship, sailed for nineteen miles along the berg. By the action of the Waves it was cut at the water’s edge into caves and caverns of a beautiful color, and @ portion of it, while it was being ob- served, broke off and turned bottom up- ward, showing its submerged part carved into the most fantastic designs by the ac- tion of the water. The same vessel, the Cutty Sark, which trades between London and Australia, had an exciting experience last September. She was in 40 degrees south latitude and 2 de- grees east, when she encountered a vast crowd of icebergs in a thick fog, and when the fog lifted she found herself literally surrounded. It came on foggy again and at noon the ship nearly ran into a berg dead ahead. “You could hear the sea breaking over and through them,” wrote the captein, “but could not them until you were close on them. Sometimes we heard re- ports like big guns and then rumbling like thunder.” After groping their way through the crowd the Cutty Sark’s men saw a bassage, which, when the fog lifted, was found to be about 1,000 feet wide, and through it they succeeded in makiag’ thelr pe. It would be possible to multiply idefi- nitely such experiences, but here is one that will illustrate what terrcrs these ir- responsible monsters of the sea really are: The John Cooke of iondonderry was in the southern iceberg belt, homeward bound, when a fog arose whicn lasted two days. It suddenly lifted and the astonished sail- ors saw, a few miles away, a full-rigged ship, with all her canvas Up, run straight into the middle of a crowd of large ice- bergs and disappear. What her name was or from what port she hailed was never known and never wiil be. ———_ - +e NEWSPAPERS A D JURIES. Appellate Court s lgence {s No Bar to the Jury Box. From the New York Herald. The appellate division of the supreme court ruled in the McLaughlin case that if an honest, Intelligent jury ts to be obtained to try a criminal eage-that has excited great st then who have heard and read of the case, and who have even formed and expressed an opinion as to the gullt or innocence of the accused, must necessarily The opinion ‘declare at men are accustomed to r or nd may or, imp contalned and ext o others. more the nt classes fail to read the newspapers ions or i Oni, isnot m day to day." It is apparent, ‘therefore, that when men are called as Jurors to sit In an important hat has excited great feeling and Inter the community, few t, intel will be able to say they have not heard or read of the and have not formed or expressed an nor impresston as to the gullt of the who is being tried, stlon Is not whether a man has inion, but whether ran impartial verdict on the The purpose of the Jaw, says the he can rer evidence. pellate cou secure a jury ‘“‘com- posed of intelligent men, who read and think and form s and impressions and ex- rress them, rather than one composed of men who are ignorant, who do not read or nk or have ideas with a reference to ngs transpiring in the community.” age ee ntch and a Wheel. From the New York Tribune. Everybody who happened to be on Madi- One Lex, a © son ue In the vicinity of 29th street Monday morning viewed with undisguised interest and amusement a bicyclist who spinning down the avenue at a lively © wheelman had only one leg, but riding with all the assurance and ease of an expert, and he evidently could prched” had he so desired. He had teful,quiet bicycling sult, and his one neatly incased In half a pair of ock Across the handle bars of the wheel lay a At 20th street he alighted e: F fully, leaned his Wheel against the curbing, adjusted his crutch and hobbled into a cafe. When he came out the peopie who had seen him dis- mount had gathered in a little crowd in the interests of science to see him mount his Wheel again. It was a very simple perform- ance. He gave a gl of mingled amuse- ment and triumph at the crowd, put his foot on the step of his machine, grasped the left handle bar firmly with one hand, gave a vigorcus push with his crutch, and glided easily away. ‘That's easy,” he shouted back over his shoulder to the crowd. The people looked at each other in as- ment. “Well! well! said a fat mar had been one of the most interested ob- servers, “the cripple may throw his crutches to the winds. That scheme discounts 4 wooden leg — ses- cos in Russia. From the London Queen. One word more as to the cost of living in rural Russia. The following list of prices in White Russia may be of interest to in- tending visitors: Chickens, 314d. to 6d. each; fat ducks, 5d. to 7d.; geese, 1s. Gd. each, turkeys, Is. 2d. to Is. 8d. each; eggs, 214d. to 3d. a dozen; excellent fresh butter, 6d. to Sd. per pound; beef and mutton, 3d. to 4d. the pound; veal, from 2%d. to 3d. the pound. Strange to say, there is no differ- ence in the price of the various portions of beef or mutton, the best filet being sold at the same price as the inferior portions. Nearly all the butchers in White Russia are Jews, and, In accordance with thelr religious customs here, reserve for their own people the forepart cf the carcass, selling to Christians the hindquarters, which they themselves refuse to eat. He Wanted ‘to See a Hanging. From the New York Tribune. The English papers, are full of stories of the late Shah of Persia, some of which are probably true. When he was visiting Eng- land he frequently expressed his contempt for the mildness of. English law. So he was finally taken to Newgate, in order that he might see a gallows. He at once mani- fested great interest in it, and, expressing a desire to see how'it worked, asked the governor to hang a man. The governor ex- plained that he had not at the time a man ready for experiment; whereupon the shah expressed his contempt. But he intimated that that was of no-consequence. “Hang one of these,” said hé, pointing to his suite, each man of which ‘probably trembled in his shoes. And very great, indeed, was the shah’s disgust when he found that he could not prevail upon the governor to do what he wanted. ———._-+0e . Mrs. Jones on Troublesome Children. From the Boston Transcript. ‘The company had just asked for a second helping of pie when little Johnny’s feelings found vent in the exclamation: “Ma, you told me never to ask for a second piece of ple.” Johnny!” cried ma, severely. “I don’t care, ma; you told me so, and I hain’t going to get any tonight.” Johnny was immediately banished from the table, tis mother remarking, “Children are so troublesome, Mrs. Jones.” “Very,” remarked that amiable lady, as she quietly devoured Johnny’s piece of pile. THE CLIFF RUINS OF COLORADO. A Region of Especial Interest to Stu- dents of the Prehistoric. From the Denver Field and Farm. The cliff ruins of the San Juan and the Mancos have been the center of attraction, have been viewed from all sides, and their wonders have been told and retold to the world time and time again. Scientific men have visited the region, have penetrated southwestern Colorado and have consid- ered that section a place of especial inter- est, beci.vse the cliff and cave dwellings are probably the oldest in this strange land, being the first built in that mysterious journey southward of a great but unknown ople. For twenty years the prospector a8 followed the San Juan river and gazed with careless unconcern on the rough and broken walls, so full of interest to the archaeologist. But the mind of the prospector has no room for curios, and he has no time for archaeological investigation. He sees only the glitter of~the gold in the sand, and thinks only of the time when he shall have made his stake. In November of 1892 hun- dreds of gold hunters rushed madly into the canon north of the Navajo mountain, traveled 800 miles over bleak, desert tablo- lands, suffering terribly from the cold, hunger and the long, wearisome journey. In a few days they had staked off all the available land for fifty miles up and down the river and then returned home without having obtained so much as a color of gold, and today have nothing to show for it but the stakes. It is one of the most wildly picturesque and beautiful regions in the world. The bleak old Navajo mountain rises abruptly and towers like a grim sentinel over the surrounding mesas, while in a canon gorge more than 3,000 feet below its base the Rio San Juan appears like a silver thread. The canon is several miles wide, and a descent can be made to the river only by a pre- cipitous trail; but as the river approaches the great Colorado the canon becomes more narrow and the wall more perpendicular, and when it merges into the grand canon it Js scarcely more than a deep, dark chan- nel. A few miles from the Colorado river, where the canon is not more than 800 or 1,000 feet from wall to wall, and where the walls are perpendicular and smooth, on the right wall are the pictures of seven war- rlors with bows drawn to the last notch, while across the river on the opposite side are the pictures of seven antelope, appar- ently in full run to escape the hunters. These pictures are well executed, and are in the most inaccessible places. Evidently the artist had to be lowered fro a ledge hundreds of feet above the picti* and held suspended while he performed his tedious task. There are many places in the my southwest where such paintings are to be found. a VESSEL AND WHALE IN A CRASH. A Lumber-Laden Schooner Almost Wrecked Off Cape Hatteras. From the Philadelphia Record. The schooner Etna put into the Delaware Breakwater yesterday, leaking, as a result of a most remarkable accident, having run across a monster sperm whale off Cape Hatteras. The vessel was bound from Jack- senville, Fla., to New York, with a cargo of lumber. She was beating up the coast at a lively speed on Tuesday last, and when off Hatteras was suddenly stopped with a shock that sent all hands staggering about the deck, and subsequently caused the schooner to roll violently. None of the crew kne first what the big submerged object was with which the Etna had collided,and consternation reigned for a time. Capt. Cratt and his me vestigated, with the keenest pos: terest, for they knew the ves deep water, and couldn't conceive what object under the surface of the ‘ould have caused a shock so severe. was no grating of the keel. as there would have been had the vessel struck bottom or run across a su t within a minvte aft urred the us trouble was made over the side of fhe ve nd crew saw a big sper spouting blood and water. 7) hidden monster the Etna had struck, and the collision appeared to have been as dis- astrous to the whale as to the schooner. The sailors believe that the king of fish Was asleep when the vessel struck him, but he was certainly very wide awake as he floundered about under the vessel im- mediately afterward. ly after the collision occurred the vessel began to fill rapidly, having sprung aleak when she struck the whale. All hands Were at once called to man the pumps and save the Etna from becoming waterlogged. ‘The men were barely able to keep even with the influx of water, and could not have done #0 had the cargo been buoyant. A survey of the vessel was mad capes, and she was ordered to aw porary repairs, and t ination, whe captain a at the it tem- i proceed at once to permanent repairs - soe A Designing Villain, Chicago Evening Post “Interested In a trolley company?” ask- ed a stranger in a little interior town of a an who had been expatiating upon its From t replied the advo- “Live here?” asked the stranger next. “Not on your life. I wouldn't live here ou would giv the whole tow But you are something. What is i The trolley advocate looked around ne to e that no one was in hearing distance, ard then drew the stranger up in the shadow of a buildirg. “I'll teli you how it is if you'll keep mum,” he said. The stranger promised. “I'm employed by a rival town to get the trolley in here. The other town has been trying for three years to get the lead in population, and has made up its mind that the only hope is in killing off some of the people here. That's why I'm trying to in- troduce the trolley. See?’ ae - The Dog Was a Rat. From Le Temps. A charming leader of Parisian society, an enthusiast on the subject of toy dogs, while in the Champs Elysee, purchased from a perambulating peddler a beautiful toy poodle, whose feet attracted her at- tention by their extremely delicate appear- ance. She took the treasure home in her carriage and summoned the household to the salon to receive congratulatioas upon her dainty purchase. She set dear little Fido upon the carpet and was horrified to see it at once run up the curtain. The poodle was nothing more than a common house rat neatly sewn into the skin of a baby poodle. coo Perfuming a Burglar. From the New York World. man named Frank March recenily broke to a doctor's house at Cambermell, Eng- land. The doctor happened to be in, and he at once hurled a bottle containing pepper- mint at theintruder. March, who was seek- ing money, got nothing but a scent. It clung to him when he was taken before the Lambeth magistrate, The odor of the peppermint had been the ciue that led to his arrest. The circum- antial evidence against him is, literally, rong, as the Cambermell doctor neyer dilutes his peppermint. The housebreaker will set up the defense that peppermint is a pleasing perfume and that he cannot, therefore, be considered in bad odor, sees ay Mound Builder Dentists. From the Louisville Courier-Journal. David Prather of Clark couaty, Ind., who lives four and a half miles southeast of Charlestown, made a remarkable discovery recently. On his farm is a mound in which he has at various times found many curious stone and bone relics. While at work in his garden he was surprised to find the bones of a man’s hand. Further investi- gaticn led to the finding’ of a skeleton, which he thinks is that of a mound builder. The bones were in good condition, but ex- posure to the alr caused them to ‘crumble. Mr. Prather, in lifting the skull from the ground, noticed a black stone spearhead imbedded in the left temple. A year ago Mr. Prather found six bodies buried in a sitting posture in his yard, and each of them had the left temple crushed in the same manner. ‘The skeleton just found was given to Dr. Will F. Work. He and Dr. Charles P. Me- loy say it is that of a :nan about thirty years old. One tooth is missing, and the place from which it was aken shows that the mound builders possessed knowledge of dentistry. THIS Is THE ONLY OMPLETE HOUSE- FURNISHING ESTABLISH- MENT IN WASHINGTON. OUR CREED: THE BEST STOCK! = - (THE LOWEST | PRICES! THE EASIEST TERMS! AND WE LIVE | UPTO IT. Attend the First Grand Spring Sale in our mammoth new store. Wea discounted in this city—and offeri They are Simon-pure bargains th tion. JUST LOOK AT TH Oak Chamber Suites. ...$12.75 Oak Chiffoniers......... 6.00 Oak Hall Stands........ 4.50 Oak Costumers. Se ee Oak Refrigerators....... 8.00 $ Oak Extension Tables (cluster lep)..-.<...... 500 é Oak Sideboards cee SRO. Oak Dining Chairs...... 75¢. : Oak Dressing Tables.... 5.50 Oak Parlor Tables...... 75¢. $ Oak Wardrobes. ++. 9.00 Oak China Closets...... 10.00 Oak Fasels ee CO > Oak V And they are merely house full of sterling values and in ardrobe Beds.... 25.00 samples re quoting prices that cannot be ng values that are unequaled. at deserve your careful considera- ESE PRICES. Box Couches. . onsr eee Leatherette Couches. .... Baby Carriages.......... Straw Matting (by the roll), per yard... se 6-pe. Plush Parlor Suites. Framed Pictures. ........ Decorated Toilet Sets..... Decorated Dinner Sets.. Galvanized Garbage Cans. Watering Pots. . Milk Cans : Brass and Iron Beds..... 4.50 Hair Mattresses (and not goat hair, either)...... 7:00 —here-and-there pickings from a comparable opportunities. BARGAINS IN $Crockeryware, Desks, fLamps, Clocks, tBook Cases, abalone ¢Easy Chairs, {Office Chairs, Tab'es, PEP HH SSS: Sheets, EVERY OD Brass Beds, Iron Beds, Folding Beds, Comforters, Blankets, Pillow Cases, EPARTMENT. Carpets, Rugs, Art Squares, | Weodenware, | Tinware, Glassware, Cutlery, ete rte tC., CUC., eM EDI YOUR G2 na a ee ee ee ee ee ee MUST THE WEDDING RING Got! Will Woman Rebel Against Wearing the Symbol Man’s Authority? From Pearson's Weekly. For two thousand years, ever since the Romans plighted their troth with a tiny iron band, the magic circlet has kept its hold upon the world, but will that hoid be as firm in the future? It must be remem- bered thet, after sll, the ring 1s nothing more than a symbol, that the putting on of a ring is not necessary to compicie th legal coniract of marriage. Nor are signs wanting that its star 4 already on the wane. The engagement r may be regarded as doomed, since Pri May substituted an engagement bracelet fer the conventional ring of betrotnal. has not, indeed, declined the “mystic sym- t e ion of € y the refusal of the er might She quite fairly be regarded as the first siep in the path toward the abolition of its more impertant successor. There is yet another argument azainst the wedding ring. The ring was acopied as the outward and visible sign of power | znd authority. In the olden days, when me were sent by word of mouth, it was the custom, in order to prove the au- thenticity of the bearer, to intrust him with the signet ring of the sender. Thus, when a man took unto himself a wife, whom he placed at the head of his household, that delegated authority was made visible to the world by conferring upon her the all-potent ring—the only dis- tinction being that the woman wore her ring on the left hand, as being the inferior hand of the two, while the man, as lord and master, carried his upon the right or :perior hand. tn a day, therefore, when the woman claims the authority in her own right end scornfully repudiates the idea of being “delegated,” it would be only consistent for her te refuse the symbol. If, indeed, there should be a conferring of rings at all, it would be more in keeping with the men to receive it, since the spirit of the age is all in favor of his being the dele- sated authority. ; Ba{{is not generally known that in all there about twenty-four different makes of sand three qualities of gold. The cheap quality is in favor with the ch and Irish, while in the north of England heavy rings are in demand. Of the two styles of ring—the round and the broad sort—the popular taste approves the latter as being the most showy. The wants of the United Kingdem in this respect are supplied, for the most part, by Lirming- ham, where the trade is so brisk that it is no uncommon thing for one establishment to turn out batches of from sixty to enty dozen a week, and, so far as we can see at present, there seems no prospect of any decay in their thriving trade. — American Hardware in Siberia. From Hardware. A representative of Hardware had the gcod fortune and pleasure recently of being | present during a conversation that oceurred in the Hardware Club between J. G. Pang- born and several of the leading lights of the trade. Mr. Pangborn is a well-known railroad man, being president of the com- mission world’s transportation, Field Co- jumbian Museum, Chicago, and an hon- crary director Museum World's railway, F. C. M. He has recently traveled exten- sively in the east in the interests of the commission, visiting Indi, Siam, Afghan- istan, Beloochistan, China, Japan, Siberia, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Java, ete. is investigations were, however, contined prinelpally, to Siberia, of which country he tpoke in glowing terms. His hearers were interested especially as he gave it as od | opinion that Siberia offered unrivaled ad- | vantages as a market for American hard- | ware. Mr. Pangborn is well qualitied to speak, as he made the journey from Viadi- yostock across the steppes of Siberia to Moscow and St. Petersburg, a distance of 7,000 miles by sleighs and railroad, about 4,000 miles of the journey being made in leighs. ‘ ‘Mr. Pangborn said that he had expected to find thé condition of the peasants de- plorable, from the accounts of a well-known writer on the Siberian exile system, but the real condition proved a revelation. He de-! scribed them ag a kindly race, and not op- Sle & HERRIMAN ' and I Stree pri to , but ¢ rong t in refers enly holding sacre head of the church : The political exile: more than 4), of which M a photographe ber of pi and cony only w 13 prisoners having leg chains ing the same one in both pi offense a breach of camp di: J a sent them land sending it t ica sent it by eric duri nm manufactur 1 were a short broads 5 in building "s name h ma shovels locomo born said American ves b: not a market for descriptions be er of Russia and hands of the = English; it being the only where the n is not on t ~ no doubt he two race vy hardware was trimmings of the stati brass ailroad, heavy uicheons being provided where small ones would ba mate to serve here. There are many fine hardware stores in St. Petersburg, bul the best are found in Moscow. see Munkaesy's Return to Hungary. From the London Tinos. Our special corr: pondent at Buda-Pest writes: “M. Munkd the great Hung ian painter, is to return to Hungary and take up his permanent residence in this country. An official position has been con- ferred upon him with adequate emolu- ments. M. Munkacsy has never given up his Hungarian citize and has, in- decd, remained a thorough Magyar in character, habits and even in kis way thinking—a circumstance that has inercas- ed his popularity with his fellow cou men. The exact position and title which M. Munka the time of discretion. will hold in Hungary, as also arrival, are left to his own He has two studios in Pari tcgether with his residence, whic h is real a museum of art. The removal of such portions of his collecti he may decide to bring to Hungary the remainder will time. He has lived in early seventies, and he has pain all his most celebrated pictures French have treated him wi favor, he has never painte ject. “He con debt of gratituc wishes to repa’ is, there: he » to the F fore lea M gift hesitates between a scene from (hr Napoleon from that of Are. M. will take up I dence in Buda-Pesth, and this may be con- sidered as # splendid ‘millennial tion’ made by the Hungarian governm to the "peop! It will be an encourag ment to the younger generation of artist who will thus have the benefit of M. Munk- advice and criticism. The Cure o use Plants. To make house plants grow, Professor Boosof says: Saturate the earth around them every day with the coffee left over at breakfast. Five or six d 6 of am- ronia to.every pint of water ence a week will make them flourish. To make bull flowers blossom, fill a flower of quicklime and the remainder with good earth, plant bulbs and keep the carth dump. The heat of the earth will cause the bulb to send forth shoots to blossom. The colors of red and violet flowers are ren- ered extremely brilliant by covering the earth in their pots with about one-half inch of pulverized charcoal. Charcoal does not affect yellow flowers at all in this way. s half full