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yi (St ' ' '-i7lJf,j r "t r-5 r . PoFallAR- mPER'opMPDERN -TIMES " Vol A. No 29 Lincoln, Nbbkaska, Saturday, Junu uo, l880.-Tvtcuvic Paoiss. SUPPLEMENT ?ii" -"fJipT?' PjaSgjggVW Qr&V - Vss -gfcb.0.o:ft.o.ft.o.i.B.k2jr-r--v -i .. ... r-wfrgj S - SaMEi ' 4&' rlK3 New York's Flrmt Fourth. Knowledge of the act and a copy of the Declaration of Independence reached Now York on tho Wh of July. Orders were given to have- the brigade formed on tho parade grounds at 0 o'clock in tho afternoon. With in a hollow square, which occupied what is now tho city hall park, lctween the city ball and tho postofllce building, Washington sat on horseback, whllo one of his aids road the document that declared tho colonics free and independent states. The soldiers welcomed the announcement with cheers, thoro was general rejoicing throughout the city, and the poor debtors wero released from prison to join In tho festivities. The Marvelous Suceces. Tho constitution of the United States now virtually rules almost the entiro western con tinent, and tho peoples of Europe, as thoy at tain greater freedom, now look to us for precedents aud model and adapt their Institu tions, so for as they are able under existing conditions, after our. The true glory of America is becoming manifest to all tho world; and the Declaration, whose USth an niversary wo will soon celebrate, is the uni versal charter of freedom. He Was Competent, "Gentlemen," he said to the town commit tee on fireworks, "if you want any one to take charge 'of the village display this eve, I'm your mutton." "I don't know," muttered the chairman. "It's a dangerous undertaking for ouo man. What oro your qualifications! Ain't you afraid of gettiug hurtr" "Not much. For three years I was a base ball umpire" "You're engaged." There was a fresh youngster from Sky, Who tried oo.tlio Fourth of July To Jam in bis pocket An iiuderslzed rocket, Ho has gone o the sweet by ami by, A grand washerwomen's competition noa been held at Douverot, on the shores of Lako Geneva, between French and Swiss laun dresses. Two of tho champion washerwomen of Paris appeared to represent their country, and one, Mile. Lefovre, aged 10, won tho flret prise.' A banquet wound up a day such as tbe lake had never witnessed. The Welsh newspajtcrs announce the death of William Jones, of Tynoood, Swansea val ley, the oldest Inhabitant in the principality. Deceased is said to have attained Uio remark able age of 1 10 yoars, which also agrees with toe record In the parish register at Aberay ron, Cardiganshire, where the veteran was born. The greater part of his life was spent in the army, and be was one of tho heroes of the battle of Waterloo. They tell of a Judge in Bennington, Vt, who, having spoken of buying a safe, was in terviewed by two rival agents, each of whom had so much to say in favor of bis own par ticular safe that the Judgo was quite at a loss to decide which to buy In a happy moment no wiougm oi uurgiar l 'rice, wtiom he bad blmsolf sontcnood, and going to tho jail ho obtained this expert safe breaker's opinion, and then gave the order Tho census of IBM) will furnish information which no other federal census has yielded re lating to tho recorded ludobtoduess of tho people. The idea is to present statistics show ing the extent of this private indebtedness of record and tho form in which It exists namely, whether in real estate or mortgages, debts otherwise secured, or in general indebt edness through notes and bills payable. -rrO sL r-V Ym f - two St TniCT COMIC FBOM AIL QUARTERS, MT SONS AND MT UACOIITCRB, MCHPONDINO TO LIUEItTT's CALL. THEY'RE ALL MT RELATIONS, TOOUOU BORN Or ALL NATIONR, TODAY THEY'KX AMERICANS ALL. OEDS AND ENDS. English fakirs paint sparrows yellow and soil them for canaries. Smoking during service is said to be cus tomary in some, or tho rural churches in Hol land. A German peasant bos been detected in tapping a telegraph wire to cure bis rheuma tism. Tho first custom house in Now England was established In Boston in 1C80, with Ed ward Randolph as commissioner. In the county of London there aro sixty five theatres and 60C music balls, and they provide accommodation for 82A,000 persons. In lfiOS, under the authority of tho board of trade and plantations, was sot up the first court or chancery In New York. Usually speaking, the worst bred person in compauy Is a young traveler just returned from abroad. Swift To have dower gardens In front of the school houses is a movement agitated in some of tho Maine towns. A good way to teach botany Some mischievous youngster hung a pla card on the back of a bench occupied by a pair of lovers In the park last Sunday. The placard reodt "Will move about July l.n Burlington Free Presa Tho JapaueHO government bos engaged two German lawyers In Berlin to proceed to Toklo and rcframe the Japanese penal code to conform to the German instead of the French code, as now A Canadian per figures that In the event of a war between England and the United 8tates It would last at least five years, and that t.ftOO.OOO men would bo killed. Turks and Arabs and dancing bears have become so uumurous in the south that the cities and towns are pasting tjiecia) ordi nances to deal with tbem and make all hands dance. It is estimated that at praent thcro are from 0,.V)0 to 7,000 electric motors in iwo In tho United States forstatlonary ower, Tho number in thin ImMneiw s rapidly increasing. Very few consumers of wheat products are aware of the fact that crackers are the old est form of bread. Fragments of unferment od cakes wero discovered in the Swiss lake dwellings, which bolougto the neolithic age. Tho cbargo for ascending tbo Eiffel tower is fivo francs, or ono dollar In our money The receipts are already large, and a considerable proportion comes from American and Eng lish people desirous of acquainting them selves with high Ufa Few persons have any Idea of the magni tude of the Investments of EmrlUh and Scotch capitalists in the United States. Tbey bold railway bonds to tho extent of 150,000, 000, yielding at the average rate of A per cent an annual income of 0,700,000. Ordi nary railway shares are held to the amount of about 100,000,000. Baron Alberto Frauchettl, who composes opera, expends Immenso sums on their pro duction. Ills work, "Asrael," was rehearsed for a month previous to its performance in Floronoo, 700 people being engaged. The miao en eceno was estimated as costing t0,- A fanner who lives near Amerlcus, Ua., has a tiireo gallon cow that suddenly ceased to glvo milk. Ho fed her aud carod for her in every way, but tbo mystery was not solved until be found one day that an old sow had Uvu stripping tho cow. Tho porker, which, It is needless to say, was in flue condi tion, Immediately went to tho butcher's. ix- 55m 3M,r liliw ycsr -r Flow George Won tier. "It grioves mo to give you pain. Mr. Fergu son, but I fear it can never bo. Try, try tc forget mo." "Ill try, MUa Laura," replied tho young man, in a mciancnoiy, nopeiesx way. "Ab sorbed in the vortex of business, as 1 shall be henceforth, 1 may bo able to still tho clamor of my aching heart and banish your sweet imago from my mind." "Then you coutemplate going into busi ness r "I have made arrangemente," bo said. In a hollow vctco, "to open a large retail con fee tlonery store." "O, George I" exclaimed the beautiful girl, wildly, as she flung herself Into bk arms, "tho sight of your suffering U more than I can bear 1 am yours)" Chicago Tribnaa, A Genuine Surprise. Maddcrn Aro you the follow that stole my umbrella! Bnagit Yes. whvt Do von want in Maddcrn (aghast) N no, keep it, and 111, wjuu over mo cover loony.! no Epoch, A Sentence Commoted. "I thought, young man, that 1 told you not to stir out of the yard today," said a stern parent, "and here you aro down town." "Ma'am has commuted my sentence to doln' errands for her." Hartford Post Literature's Decline. Great Publisher Cooking over a manuscript) Your language is not as flowing as form erly. Great Author (apologetically) I wrote that on a typewriter. Philadelphia Press. The Composition or u Face. Tubbs 1 flatter myself that honesty U printed on my face. Grubbs-Well-er-yes, perhaps with some allowance for typographical errors. Burlington Free Press. IxiU Like Him. Wales I suppose women aro all alike. My wifo U always coining to mo for money. Albert What doe sho do with It! Wales Kho doesn't do anything with it. 1 never give her any. Boston Beacon. lie Kven lle,U the l S. Twice. No young woman can write a letter with out a postscript, but tho young man who got tbo letter novtsr seems to mind. Journal of Education. mmm IsIvIwbT Isl I in l ' rSBBBllSS--BSnjS7 BV f Sf "JBr SSfl THE FLAG AND ITS MAKER. CAPT. SAMUEL CHESTER REID, OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. He Was the Man Who Gave the Stars an4 Stripes the Character They Finally As sumed, and Here You May Head of Illm an'tf Ills Work. Copt, Baiuucl Chester Held, of Now York clty,i was tho man who gavo th United States flag its final character, and his wife and her lady astlstants mado the first one. As is well known, the original flag adopted at the formation of tho government differed somowtmt lit tho arrangement of colors from the ono now Inline, and congress, having no adequate Idea of tho rapid Increase of states, provided for a new stripe in tho flng for each new state. Tho admission of Indlaua, In 181ft, brought the number up to nineteen, and the display of so many str!x evidently marred tho symmetry of tho flag; so, on the 4th of April, 1818, President Mouroo ap proved tho act of congress fixing tho number of stripes at thirteen, for the original states, and a star for each of all tho states, the whole forming a largo star in a bluo field. At 3h. m. of April 13, 1818, this flag, made by Mrs. Held, was first displayed over tho hall of the Iioiiho of representative. Congressman Peter II. Wcndover,-of Now York, was chairman of tho Iioiiho committee charged with tho duty of designing tbo new flag, and as such consulted CnpL livid, then at the height of his famo as a naval o nicer; tho captain naturally thought of a flag most suitable for naval display, and all who seo the 8tars and Stripes streaming from the most of an American ship must admit that his con ception was K'rfict lie drew tho plan of tbo flag exactly as It Is, and Mr. Wendovcr was so pleased with it that li commlHslonod Capt. Reld to have ono mado In Now York. Mrs. Held (daughter of Capt, Nathan Jennings, of Connecticut, who served through tho entiro revolution) at ouco called in her most deft fingered lady friends and In n few days the lovely Bilk banner was on its way to Wash ington. It reached there April 13, and was, as afore said, immediately unfurled over the repre sentatives' end of tho Capitol. In his letter of that date acknowledging tho receipt of the flag Congressman Wendovcr wild I "Mr. Clay, the speaker, says it is wrong that there should be no charge in your bjll for tho making of the flag. If pay for that will be acceptable, on twing informed I will procure It." Of course tho revo lutionary daughter and her beljx-rs de clined all Kty. Samuel Chester Reld fvas born in Norwirh, Conn., in 1783, and died In New York city Jan. 88, 1601, only GAIT. 8, C. REID. three years after being retired from tho naval service. He bad served In tho navy all his active life, had boruo au honorable, part in many battles, and had won what was perhaps the most extraordinary naval victory of the war, all things considered. On tho SWth of September, 1814, tho Amer ican brig Gen. Armstrong, of S40 tons, en tered tho liarborof Fayal, in tho Azores, and was caught there by tho British Plantagenet, of 74 guns, tbo Rota, of S3 guns, and the brig Carnation, of 18 guns. As the commo dore, in command of tho first, and the fleet, desired to tako tbo American vessel without injury and use it for a transport, he sent four armed boats for tbo purpose, not expecting that tho Yankee would be rash enough to re sist. He did, however, and repulsed the boats with considerable loss. That night, the sky being clear and the moon at full, the British commodore sent fourteen barges aud launches, containing 400 picked oflk-ers and men, with full supply of swivels, carronades, blunderbusses aud side arms. Capt, Held had but ninety officers and men, but he had the advantago of the brig's deck and concentration of force when the Britfkh tried to loard. The result was a battle of extraordinary wverlty anil despera tion. Agulu and again boarding parties of British reached the deck of the brig and were beaten off. The losses on both fcldcs wero terrible. Knowing that his vessol murt bo captured at lut, Capt, Held exchanged n fow idiots with the Bntish next day, then fired his guns through the bottom of bis own vtwl, and as it liegau to sink ho and his men jutuied over and swam ashore. The govern or of Fayul had tho figurehead of the "Gen. Arnutroug" (a big linage of tho general him self) placed over tho north gate of tho town, and tho (tuoplo, supposing it to be tho imago of a new American Mint, called it "El Santo Americano," uudcroMcd themselvesdovoiitly as they passed under it. Something; Haved. Solon was tho namo of a certain old colored man, who was so named, perhaps, for his want of wisdom. His observations were scarcely as weighted with knowledge as tho words of his namosako, tho wise man of Greece, Ono day Bolon heard ono of tho meu on tho ptaututfon nayi "There's a man down on tho Rogers plan tation who has just had hi thigh umpu tntod." "What's dat amfercatedr asked Solon. "Why, cut off." "Am dat sot Dst's a pity, aho'I But dcys ono great cons'latioa fcr dopo' man;ef Ik on'v had do fljh atnfercatcd ho done got de kiieo and do foot lef fer to walk nidi" YoutliV ComjMuloa. Thn IMg uuil Die Cow. A l'l havln fnll.Mi lutn ii Pit .-of Mn InM.I Squealing for Help, cd tho Cow camo Hun- miif, tu nn wuai was uio .Mutter lu her Anx iety to ho Of Barvleo she caved llm luinfe lu.iti tho Iig und KmotheroJ him. "Alasl" ho got.pe.1 with his Dying breath, "had 1 railed la tho Bear, who is my IJncmy, i uiouiu irnvo ixvti no woio oar' Moral: U'h altout an Kve-i ililn- u-hethor you cull tho Doctor or tho La wye.-. Dotroli M BBHsBBB jjissssm. TAKEN BY SIEGE. -5aga--: ecsi The Story of a Young Journalist's Experi ences in Ncid Yorh. Copyright by J. XJ. Uppincott Company, Fhlladalphla, Pa., and Published hj Special Arrangement through the American Prsss Association. - C1IA1TEK XlX-Coullnueil. Iloforo ho put IiIb thought into exe cution lio wiifl neked with n wild deslro to boo Loonl. "Slio is my wife, and I lovo her God knows how well and slio loves mo. I must aeo lior onco more," He hurried off to West Tenth street, but only to find that alio wns not at homo. Her mother thought alio hod gono to boo a member of tho corps do ballet who wns Buffering from a Rprnined ankle, nml had no Idea when sho would rctuni. Blnorn Cclln would not havo told John oven if sho hud known, for sho wns Indignant Hint lio had neglected Leon I for so long after having paid such serious court to her. John left tho houso in a very unhappy ntnto of mind; but ho could not benr to tear himself away from n spot hallowed by Its associations with Leonl. tlo wulkcd up nnd down on tho opposito fiklo of tho street for an hour, and Signora Cella, who watched him from her window, was touched by tho hopeless expression of bis faco. Sho wns just going to raise tbo sanlt nnd call him over to wait for Loonl, when bo turned suddenly nnd almost ran up tbo street. II In thoughts wero tearing so wildly through bis brain that bo hardly knew what bo was doing. A few moments later bo found himself at the stage door of tbo Academy of Music lie stood thcro n whllo and watched the groups of chorus singers as they lounged against tbo Iron railing nnd talked over their- llttlo troubles. IIo thought of Leonl In a confused sort of way: nnd then bo started off on a brisk walk for bis rooms. Antonio was out gone to cat n dish of spaghetti with n fellow countryman and the place was quiet ns the grave, and us lonesome, John sat down in front of a largo pleturo of Leonl, aud gazed longingly at it; then bo walked over to it and kissed tbo cold glass that covered tbo bright young faco. "Ah. my darling, if you only know what a stato of mind your busbnnd is in you would Ikj hero by bis nido; but, dear girl, you don't know, und it's just as well that you don't." Then ho got up und went to bis bath room und took n bathe, and dressed him self in fresh linen, and put on a suit of clothes that Leonl particularly liked. Walking up to tbo long mirror tliat bung between tho front windows, bo looked at liluiBclf from bead to heels. "Not a bad looking fellow, as fellows go," bo said softly to himself; "It's a pity to kill him. Dut why not? lie's only it cumbcrer of tbo cartli. You wouldn't think lilm such a bad fellow to look at him, but bo's a rascal a born rascal. Ah, thcro it is; it was born in him. Dut where did It como from? His father was tho most upright of men his mother" (his volco trembled) "bis mother a baint on earth; yet their son is an outlaw, only out of jail becauso bo hasn't been cap tured. Ho is an unhappy wretch, and has mado all bis friends unhappy, and ho is going to put a final touch to their unbapplness. Yes, it's got to como, John Hurlstono; thcro's only ono way to cut this knot." Saying this, bo walkod over to his lux urious dressing tablo, deliberately opened an upper drawer, took out a silver and pearl mounted revolver, nnd, going over to bis writing tablo, laid it down beeido him. "Poor Looiiil I must writo her a lino beforo 1 go," Ho took up his pen and began to writo. "Leonl mia. my own darling, my wifo, forglvo" Dut ho could not writo another word, for his eyes wero blinded with tears that ran down his cheeks and fell in scalding drops upon tho paer. 'Thi9 Is unmanly," ho Bald, suddenly, springing to bis foot, "Am I a woman, that 1 shoulil gvo way like this?" Then, crossing over to tho window, bo gazed out upon tho street How strango it looked! It seemed almost liko .i new nlaco to him. Dut no: there was bis landlady's little daughter playing out on tbo sidewalk; she looked up und smiled and be kissed IiIh hand to her, Tbo clerk from the drug store on tho corner walked by, on ordinary, commonplaco young man, but he tilled John with a strange interest, for bo was tho ltut man bo should see in this world. Ho watched him out of sight; then ho took the re volver from tho tablo und stood in front of tho long mirror again, Ho h mil ml sadly us bo caught sight of bis own fao. "Tbey call this a coward's act Per liapa it Is; but it takes n littlo courage,' ho bald, and, placing tho muzzle of the revolver closo ngninst lib heart, bo pulled tho trigger. A sharp report, a puff of smoko, and tho body of John Hurlstono reeled back ward and fell to tbo floor. And thcro. HM - with ono arm thrown ovor his bead, tho other by bis side, bo lay when Antonio, who bad spent tho evening with his friends, camo homo and found him. Ha was cold and still, and tho terrified Ital ian knew thut bo was dead. Antonio's first impulso when bo found that bis master was dead was to alarm tbo houso; but ho saw by tho revolver at bis side that ho bad taken hit own llfo, so bo deemed it best to go for bis brother, who bo know wo connected with The Dawn. Locking tho door carefully be hind htm, bo ran with trembling limbe down into tho street, and, calling a cab, bado tho driver go as fast as his horse could run to tho olllco of Tho Dawn. Thcro ho learned that Rush bad left tbo office nt 0 o'clock, saying that ho would not return until tho next evening. Antonio knew nothing about tho wed ding preparations nt Farmsted.and John had not intended that ho should, for tbo man knew too much about another wed ding In which bis young muster bad fig ured as principal. Almost beside htm-' self with terror and grief, Antonio drove' to the Ccllas' to break tho news of the tragedy to LeonL In tho dramatic man-' ncr of his countrymen ho told bis tale to tho horror stricken household. Signora Cella wrung her hands and wept. Loonl1 seemed turned to stone. When eho re covered seccb she laid her band on her mother's arm. "Mother," wild she, in Italian, "that dead mun in my husband. 1 must go to him. Will you go with me?"" So the mother nnd daughter got into the cab, and Antonio, mounting tbo sect u'ilh iiiu driver, could not hcp thinking of tho last time lio had sat oa tho box with Loonl insldo. ' It was after midnight when thoy reached John Hurlstono's rooms. Thel houso was still as tho grave. Tho sleep ers might havo been roused by footsteps on tho stairs, but that was nothing, for tho second floor lodger was in tho habit of coming In at all hours, sometimes alonoand sometimes with friends. When Bignoru Cella, Leonl and Antonio reach ed tbo nnto-room of John's npurtment, Leonl said in a low whisper, "Where Is her Antonio pointed to the front room. Motioning to the others to stay whero thoy wero sho advanced to the door, opened It and entering, closed it behind Iter. Tho gas was blazing ns Antonio bad left It, nnd there on tbo floor In front of tbo mirror sho saw the strong, manly form of her liiinlumd, stretched cold and dead. Sho throw herself down besldo it, und taking tbo dear dead faco In her bands, kisxed the uuroHi-oiiblvo lips and laid her cheek cloe to his, Sho did not weep; she only kissed tho cold faco and tho lifeless hands, und petted them and murmured words of passionate endearment. Signora Cella and Antonio becamo ularmod by her long ubhcncc nnd tho ttlllness. nnd, opening tho door, found Leonl stretched by her dead luiHlmnd'a ldo, us lifeless and still as ha Terror rendered them speechless. They both thought she had killed henelf on tho body of her husband, but, hoping against bopo, Signora Cella put her liand on tho girl's heart nnd found that it was beating; hho had only fainted. Thoy laid hor on tho sofa nnd brought her to by slow de grees; but sho was still in a dazed condi tion. Signora Cella deemed it best to get her homo beforo tho officers of the law took iKwsesslon of tho place, so she and Antonio led tho unresisting girl to Uio cab, in which sho was driven home, whllo Antonio went to tho nearest police station and gave information of the tragedy. In a short timo all was confusion in tho houso where John Hurlstono's body lay. The police wero jicrfectly satisfied hat it was u coso of suicide, and tho coroner gave bis verdict to that effect The address of the dead man's family was found nmong bis papers, nnd tho next morning a telegram Informing them of what bud occurred wns dispatched to Fnrmsted. CHAPTER XX. HE oldest of Fur muted agreed that they had never seen a in o r beautiful day than thut w h I o h dawned on tbo Ikl of September, 1875. The sun shone with tbo brilliant light of Juno, aud tho