1 [j 3 tlOf our riuerit* nn fU-'dn of glory — % Keep them, keep them, let them reBt! Tokens . f a valor Bpleiidicl, Glorious mem'rie# with them blended! Keep them, for the strife

,k , ' "' I I i 1 Kf KEEP THOSE BANKERS. Keep thope banners, gaphed and gory — Kieep them there to tell the Atory Of our riuerit* nn fU-'dn of glory — % Keep them, keep them, let them reBt! Tokens . f a valor Bpleiidicl, Glorious mem'rie# with them blended! Keep them, for the strife t« ended, Keep them, keep them, It ie be.~t, * Keep them, wis would not on fold them: Keep them—ye who took ttu ni—hold them; For the < nu«>e that tir*t, unr.illed theia To the battle* breez« ie dead. Keep them, they would olily madden If, indeed, they wanld not madden Southern hearu, while yours they .gladdon, For to wiu them thousands bled. While hail that srenerons feeling Which would close the wound* now healing, Yet thin fact i* worth revealing— iSolTTHKo.NH DO NOT WANT TUE1B FLAOS ! Not hut that we Mill approve them, Not but that we ftill do love them. But we w»uld not have you move them — Keep the dear old shot pierced r.iga. Keep them, yep, we would not have them. Though we fought ai d bled to save them, There are none who now would wave them — To diHturb our Nation's peace. Yotj, to whom they were surrendered, BarviiiL' all that strife engendered. In return your hearts have tendered, Keep hem—tiiey are in their place. —THOMAH <). St 'SMEIW in Jacksonville (L'*«A.) News- Herald. [The Neu("-Herald s»iya of the Writer of the above : " Dr. Hummers wan a pill nit Confeder- •te--one who can ful.y enter into and sympathize with the brave men on the oiler *ide in tdeir protest acainst the nsele<<« blunder which pmacks more of l'mrrhard than of 1'refident t'levelnnd. When but 11 years, of age the horse he rode the first day at Shiloh, while bearing a written note from Gen. Cheatham tooi-.e of the Tenneenee bat- teries. was !-truck by a ehell which sent horse and rider whirling through the air. ' Tom ' iit Sn his feet, however, and conveyed the message on foot to the Captain of artillery for whom it was intended. We commend the poem to those who won; the blue as expressing, so far as we have been able to gtuh r t the Bentimenta and Sympathies of the pcoi 1 and soldiers of the South."J CAPTUBK OF WAH FiiAGS. "I am not surprised,'" said Gen. Theodore F. Rodenbongh to me today, •*that, in spito of the interest taken in the matter of the proposed return of the confederate flags, so little should have been said about the men who captured the flags and how these were captured. For I know from personal experience that it is exceedingly dillieult to collect the material unless one has been over the ground before." Gen. Rodenbongh is an authority on the subject, for he only recently collect- ed the material for his work on "Uncle Sam's Medal of Honor." This medal of honor was instituted by Congress during the late war for deeds of personal bravery, and naturally many captors •of confederate flags were decorated with it. Messrs. E. P. Putnam & Sons have courteously placed the results of Gen. Rodenbongh's labors at my disposal. The medal of honor w; ~ « -tablisln il by a lav approved July 1 1*62. It. is described as a ! ; ve-poiuted st:u, containing a crown > •!' laurel and oak In t!ie middle. Star-. Anient vu, stano- v. the fasee , A '; i\idch she ho. v ;• h tin; Amer discord, jv t each hare 1 . , i'iiin a circle of personified as Miin r- r Jv ft hand re - • i a . with her r' i : a shield <mblazt,!!*••! i anus, -a.' repu! ;<-d »»* two snakes ; -.a - i-peiideil In a bl >od\ alible ;ti Spotl-\ !v atsi.i. H<- u IK t i interesting nloi'v ui Ine ca|' ! and of hi.» subsequent meeting >'> " a Gen. Hancock on the battlefield -i saw the enem>he sa\ «• v this time on j h<- right w ing.aad the rest was A STAND OI < '< »l.< >K- \ M> < • >i.< >i; <.: \ s:' >. rhe>e men tired their ma-l.-t- in it vui- ley and broke for i he ivar. l in y had to pass down out Ironl in gel oul of the ! angle, and would have >u<•••ceded, '"it | I made up my mind as I them sfctrl t liat I must have those colors. 1 I had al-o tired my gun. but had no time to reload. I ran up to Up -ei - VIM and snatched hiscolors from inm. t uvw them on the ground and put my loot on ! them, cocked my empty gun and told ! them the lirst one of tiiem that moved ' out of his tracks I would shoot him j down, and ordered them to throw down their guns and surrender. The ser- ge int « tid to them, -Hoys, they've got 'hi coloi in 1 we go with them. 1 When ' 1 got b.ul to >ur line with the color* and mv | i in rs. Col. Curti-- t"ld nie to take them away, for we n III• J driven back any moment. "I recrossed the works and -i.ui<•< 1 out for our rear, when I met Gen. Hancock and stall" going to the front. As he passed I 'saluted him. He re- turned the salute and said, 'What i, r• " you got there? 1 1 told him a stand oi colors 1 had captured in the front. He then asked me if those were my prisoners. I told him thev were. He looked at some of liisstatTand smiled (I thought at the time a little increduloush), for there were tive or si\ lu-tv rebels, and 1 was at that time 18 years old. Then lie said: 'You deliver your prisoners to the provost marshal, and write your name company and regiment, with the date of the occasion, on a slip of paper and pin it on your colors and turn them in to the adjutant of your regiment, which I did. 1 did not hear anything more about it till in the following winter, when in Campbell Hospital, suftering from a wound received at the battle of BoyntoTi plank road, on the left of Petersburg, I received a package. Upon opening it. I found it to be a medal of honor.* 1 Serg. Fassnacht of the y.Mh Pennsyl- vania volunteers also captured a flag at Spottsylvania. This flag had been waved defiantly from the confederate works, right in the face of the assaulting column. "From the time that I first saw that rebel flag waving so defiantly in our faces. 11 he says, "my sole object was to get it, and to that end all my energies were brought in play. So after 1 wa- inside of the works, I took in the situa- tion in a moment. Knowing the «i i- ec;ion of our line of battle toward i!:«• i. 'ft. and the open gap on our right. I concluded that the rebel color b ;iivr would try to e-cape by running ui- in- ward t !.• r ; rht an-! . >;;;'• •: : ! ; •• • • ! ; - t > woods. 1 strtrte'! mi the run. • liagni: • ! iy tlll'oti teii'lin.-; to lit • >earcr. 'i !a> di>' would i • ii - r : eould !-• -• i.: ! a ' hrottgti ight of tite Mag f<>r i nad run probablv tli. • i < (\> III i he lul «• line. hair of Sail were ma I M ie xrty*' 1 ' 'c e.V : id 1 lit* t • ild war • !:i. I A careful not.to iei too luanv êt him, else the tir-t choice of t! i_- There are some risks, howev r. 1 • •! 1 • • v\ U ho e-.the !! IS c 1.1!"! ' a'""':' A., there . ,d he :111 of rV' r of Irish .(:t\ a i:id l: <} ie tioncfi' desci 1 1 dentit! tell an * of Cork port "t which was represented fullv situated near the tines? station in the t'et'cd Kinge pri>ed an nggtvg icre.ig acres, producing a e-tiinatc JL'l(i7ti lj«-. l! 1'ioluded the w holt the village • ! 1 irîd, in a.ldilton |.,iadon auc- :11c what he , v- of the c"\c • mlle 'S frolll tile jierty, light- t ching com- 1108 i tal of of ti» -o 1 roiibled that ;-| 1( . ( . tentmii ,1,^. behavi,,,-. «, , follo^, the cause. } 1H,, one into a p , : iallv-tiiL shon!<! • i n ;' ::i l:.„ r i uc. i 1 1 iu- being hand dim ;> mducnnait t he 1 inie.'' .• it \ "U i tr use itliN ' . occur to yiv I .! STAVE Kour M'rilt I. I ^ «t Holr.)> -i >,: _ .J 1 i 1 ' Divi- ,.f "• Tltir \ -t -a • • !=.:>•[ i i lifty fell the if. 1 tons, that • they aceonip in the remarkable one-hall' minute-, the road have be • ations for the w > N, u V vvooos tii«> ad t( ni'ike, fog asit! a. f< , lot) trophy of two crossed cannon-. ! ;i: find a swor i, tunnounted by tin A;;, ; can eagle, whi-h is united by a lib* , of iy .-tripe-, palewi-e, gnie-and argc and a chief azure, to a cla>p coirpo.-. . •Of tô '.-oriiin •>!'!.t- and !i.e. Auicni-an arm.-. Oim (a the iii>.t <ii I lie. Uiiiuu soldier-, indeed, ijvobably the lirst, to capture a {•o-.fcdcra.te Hag was Sergt. John (i. JdeiTitt, lht Minni'soia hlfautrv. 1; iva< AT THE MUST BATTLE OF BCI.L ';'' N. He describes the capture as follow-: «*I applied to Lieut. Iloltzbom of comj):iny for tiie privilege of selecting four men for the purpose of capturing the. lirst confederate flag wo could get. The lieutenant told me it was a hazard- on < undertaking, but said, after con- sultation with Capt. Lester, I had per- mission. * * * The man who carried the colors was about 5 feet 10 or 11 inches, dark eomplexioned, with black hair, slight moustache and black ©yes, he, with others about him, wore gray clothes gnd black slouch hats: some one was trying to form them. Tho color bearer had lus c > it unbuttoned with his hat on th b uk >f his Ilea 1 As I got within a coupk ot feet of him I commanded him in a peremptory man- lier to surrender, and at the same time Dudley, Durfee and myself cocki d i ui puns. I grabbed the colors out of Ins hand; lie and one or two more said: Don't shoot! don't shoot!' "The Hag was a red one with a white Stripe running through the middle of it, with blue in one corner and some stars on it. As soon as I grabbed the colors out of the Johnny's hand 1 told him to follow me quick, and at the same time told my men to get back to the regiment as soon as possible. Dudley, Grim and myself were laughing at the easy thing we had, and all of us running for the regiment as fast as we could go, when—bang! bang! bang! came a volley after us, killing Grim and the comrade, whose name I have for- gotten. 1 ' Corp. Weeks of the 162d New York volunteers captured a flag and its guard in the fight for the salient—the famous :u inn 1 of trees cune • n,j. • >r o CAKIT. : V . \ I 'IT HIS P" A ' <i " < hind \ < ' <• live oi ' • -. his co!> - • 1 1 et to il v o ' , r. u •; :• my bayonet i.t-n >.i: •oy musket was ei- i he muzzle of an i at tie> "nn <1 o Tr..- . know but that it was loaded. i m, behind him might have shot lm- doun. but for some reason did not. "iSo. when u e met. at that instant I demanded hi- - :rreuder and the flag: he asked me not to shoot, and reached the flag toward me. 1 did not lower my musket, but let the flag fail at mv feet, and told him to go to my rear, which he did with his companions, who dropped their nrm<. it wa- the flag of the 2d Louisiana Tigers. 11 Lieut. Elliott M. Norton, Gth Michi- gan volunteer cavalry, took a flag at Sailor's Creek almost in the last gasp of the War. •'t was riding," he says, "at the head of the regiment with the colonel, when, seeing a squad of the cneniv, ibout 20 in number, I went for them in order to capture their .flag. , When I was within six or eight rods of the party they fired together at me. leaving their carbines emptyand me unharmed. With drawn sabre I rushed upon them and ordered them to throw down their arms, which they did. They did hot so quickly give up the flag. But 1 sup- pose they saw I WAS BOUND TO HAVE IT, And as some of our troops were now ahead of these confederates, they sul- lenly resigned the flag to toy care. Tearing it from the staff and thrustingit inside my coat, I told my prisoners to fall into line, and started for the rear. "It was after 7 o'clock that evening when I overtook the command, then going into camp. I kept my secret an- ' ' S SWT . ' • rails to • . • 'i.e! the ra i - e , :' I' e r the ].<• Heavy con-true!; 1 he structure, ai delphia express of d t : f -.r which there were valuable -c ons of hematite ore and sile\ pottel \ c.iy on the e-taie. The modern pa:t "l the easile vva> vetniil: ' ' 1 ' •' :i " on the ruins of at • - •' m , eh wa- captured in l*«l.> in Mur- h lord pre.-ident of Mun-ter. and 1 nilti pS( . hH 1,1 latest 1^ Pacha wi o e , , f„|| ow> . that I plead -• > aiixioiislv safetv of nr. 1.. ' • i an have he]i j IIP, , without M'i\ o lit quite abb t•. i : in ite time it I j pains me to tin-! ' tear to spend ,i ' '1 the: :i * v Kaii(t,j "' i! yet for, ' to do i - the ftmuypaek. . d 1'ie great, t-i-k of eleven ai.d i'l.e cngi-n.ee!> of t.'g tnalsK Li' i-repar- of tod i}. Some time ago the company decided to build a four-arched stone bridge in the place of the iron structure over the higc e, !v. The iron bridge had to be moved ue-t lifty feet that it might be used until the stone bridge is built and ready for ser- vice. Six"''weeks ago the men began the big undertaking with the building of trestle approaches to both sides of the creek at the point where the iron bridge wa- t\ find a new- bed. The trestling had an average hight of twenty-four feet, and is on a line with the grade of the old railroad, The timber of the western approach covered about L'Tli feet, while the eastern approach is 300 feet long. Piles were driven in the midof ;• stream, on which was reared, a trestle-work liftv feet long and on a level with and cnntitiguuu- to the .-tone pier under the bridge. Trestles of the same length and hight were th-i; on both banks of the creek Tid continuous line fro,, t j, i- -to:,i ; lll'MltS. Every man wst- at h : - n .,i i-„. e r.-at throng o! p.-M.ie u n .tn eagar ;>.»• . a : .x. . • , • tiio fa-t line wa- • • i thundered over ; > ! .- ~, ntes late. And - ;; , 1 ... •; of tr • no ra' .'.f tl. siiortly aft bv the ro\ . 'i> '' '•••••' Caslleliavi-:;. ' . ; ' that i 1 1-; i:-.'A !.;• v " tlillid. .,-e !o i - capital in lri-ii propc • enleri'irise of any kuid, : t-clicviMl they were • ' cud of their ii ,- immediate fi ' - ' •-• u • ed, would he one ot peaet peritv. In repl\ to a question, he sani tirillfth's valuat'"" <>f the m-ojH-rty « t'lUH. 1 ) 17>. Th. : arted with Quail and (; !t | | j| In the yard of A. quail from the 11 •: ,-i ,. ( up their abode and built t! few days ago there wa* a brood hatched o quail was proud took pleasure in e Bruncr encoura-..,! i ,. r , for the wants of ti,e , . })utting within n-a.-a . for the baby qin.iU. ^ , Maltese eat beloi -oi; t., ,; . made its appearance m the \;u s | foraging exp<><littiion. and ' opportunity made a dash at ilu-' . n • quail, caught it. and wa- t ; prisoner to his own doniai-. ' ^,.7, devour his prey at leisure. The'^vand noise made by the struggle of the* bird was soon noticed by tho male, who came to the rescue, and a regular battle ensued. The male bird made a vich,,,' attack upon the cat, pecking with t| 10 beak and striking with the wings untU he foieed the cat to surrender, and r,. lease the female. The two bird- upon the fence and watched the ret ing form of the cat with evident ni/n. of pleasure and satisfaction, and nn doubt congratulated each other in bird liugo—Chico (Cat.) Enterprise. .an 1 and burnl e iirl <?f r "i initt.cil feeling of •; of P»riti>h • industrial aid that lie pproaching j j)oW i r in : i I the l oi 1 il> m>i.r tie lit- Tl . ii •.ati"k- : ' ,|st pii^l ' ''trogrdflgjl ' Si • ^ F^l ' "I J ana pr< ,J:ir(i! * i Ni-v» I r<-«I iiifi't Th. an oiler of 1)1 I'd 1 died iigtire. i !i ' elldill Ll , i; ,'-.1 -• . m disj <>-• •! to ad- vance, ami tiie property, oil b»-nalf ot tlie owner, Mr. \\ i-e. wa> withdrawn, the auctioneer remarking that on I hi admitted)} re,ii,. ,-,i • •••' i o o<- «•; > ' Richard Gr\ .on tae «.•-!•<:« u a.- v. i >ri Ii The MimsterV I'.ilir.'i. i- Worn Out. A very well kaou n ai>d populai' clergyman in this city recently puretia>- fil a tall Dutch clock. It was a hand- •ioine clock am) an expensive (dock, but it hadn't the slighest regard for truth. The reverend owner struggled long and patien 1 : > convince t that a minister's eloc:-. add ahs i.- speak the truth, but his nii-îotiary work was all in vain, for the tiniepice continiiei! to prevaricate without, a blu*h on it- i e•<!. The clock -: . wed ti d. . - of ; .- Week and ni • . the tr. . • ' -m, al II e a ; !<, r. n. 1 ..n. 1 o I", .owed ': agent ot 1 he ii. .,!!• d. at-r -at r bad t i \ strong solu! -t.-'l knives or k t l.eir rusting. •• and sunset and ; e-titig occurrence- -«-d to -how tl..-i.! - >'< r wouhl e, • , '• iv>i: »ng he ^ • 1 i • t the c .vas Wt "Therint " Idle of ; , "e Oil Ix . ' , • ; . inber o it wa- et wli stair- let line - IvvA'.r-.p.:.* p s im • aaat'ri. MiNv.S OF 1>M !rnii.i 11I.S. SOI;K in THE WONDER Cr HE) Vnr I'llr^. (t'«e wilh Tnm Ointment,} 11 is liic vT-aVsCLao |''„r ItiiT/i*. * V\onm' (I ltd !U»i8C -i aa-1 u»« • iUEama I 'Viv I n fl i» m i- t -• i, •' v tin* Evt" All Ii." • < Hli'l Ht ] v-kl to i..- . . «-.r. l-'or -CHil Sn«», A\ txiiiil*. 'I (HtlftiM to", t'aci'i «.f" In*. <-•«. *,ii r i , 111-u; iC'-i 1.' UWol it. •... ". _ f^nntloTo * "i a n r rA i ui. P Hr T li« T . *• !>• <-• «>»(. nt ' • - * I ' ..;»«! ti . i wJ i ,, F ri\n now «!i i 11" . cr Ii.) \ e i* ! tvl Hi teen t to w. t . st i SOLD : '( I'i U.I e n j UU at it mean- soul trunk.- was \er\ ..,t «,nf 1 [j 3 tl s ii v k' 1 , . .-.(tn' s \ . I * 1' . . •VtfEl' - I™",','" 11 " IbB time f.iV ° " IKl "t l:ist bt.'C'iilnc • p ' • Co -••'.! . ;i • wniikif>H, 11 you llild il : , wnnklcii ili • • on it? 'flic KHs* i'-% i» f'"-; - :< •, i i • rt-iuu 1,-a. 1». * 11*. ^; ''lie wnrrn wont' >• 1 M - , , i : -"It. ThUf,.,.;! 1,1 °' 1 . f «;' is tho • : ' llno'l'-i K, r ' ' ovfrcornn hy " l not ,i wo ! ; "" 8r,f l,i ° i>o'iy. I! -wil'i .Sarsnparllla' anil 1 « n ° ito - 1 took eould Eft L ?" n %:a " to liriKiii,} " without that tired and A - ^proved.'- food's SarcanaKiii, .pprt > tlifoiiil \ unolis.* \ l-IN CO^t and I PPS. t-'ion-i. men's nil \i • (irev inixi-ii (•««.-; :i». , L . B m, ^ NE^ vE ,y all H**rt» A N** 1 - * /'* A'"' 1 ft • M.m: « '/ «!*-• M , t, ir'fl ... ,, «r» 11" 11 " * ,«; ihry piT'ie r *r ir, firr'l. 5fU t »«!"" ' » ,< k f •' HH l'fl: rr.f <s I'" Kl.i • *i' lMrT4l w hy didithe \Vom| S co,lntr y nse over" thirteen million cake ^*& 1 »bfc-.L™ SoJptolSai , cake of Lenox and yoU wiil soon understand /

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1 [j 3 tlOf our riuerit* nn fU-'dn of glory — % Keep them, keep them, let them reBt! Tokens . f a valor Bpleiidicl, Glorious mem'rie# with them blended! Keep them, for the strife