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A Boston woman recently wrote to the agent of tile five civilized tribes in the Indian territory for half a dozen Indian names, which she wished to bestow upon her houshold pets. The agent sent her the names of Dennis P. O’Flannagan, John W. Brown, Silas f Smith, J. Q. Scott, Samuel S. Benton and Asa P. Longfellow, all prominent Indians of the region. We -wonder that some patent medi cine doesn’t advertise that the writer, after taking a bottle, had such a good appetite she was not afraid to sit thir teen at a table. J PERIODS OF IAIN” Menstruation, the balance wheel ol Woman's life, is also the bane of exist ence to many because it means a time of great suffering. While no woman is entirely free from periodical paiu.it does not seem to have been na ture’* plan VS tliut women \1 otherwise y healthy ' should suffer so severely. Lydia E. l'ink harn’s Voffe- s table Com- ( pound is fj ■ ’ the most c*‘! thorough fe- * male reg-ula- I tor known to 1 medical sci f enee ” 11 relieved the condition that pro duced so much discomfort and roba men struation of its terrors. Here is proof: I)eaii Mas. Pinkjiam:—How can 1 thank you enough for what yon have done for me ? When 1 wrote to you I was suffering untold pain at time of menstruation; was nervous, liad head ache ail tho time, no appetite, that tired feeling, nnd did not cure for anything. I have taken throe bottles of Lydia K. Pinkharn’s Vegetable Compound, ono of Iilood Puri Her, two boxes of Liver Pills, and to*day I am a well person. I would like to have those who suffer know that I am one of the many who have been cured of female complaints by your wonderful medicine and advice. —Miss Jennie It. Mim s, Leon, Whs. I f you are suffering in this way, write as Miss Miles did to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,*Mass., for the in 1 vice which she offers free of charge to all women. LEDGER Month For February AN AMERICAN BEAUTY The above picture is reproduced in fivt colors on the cover of the FEBRUARY Ledger Monthly. Size iox 13 ins. THE FEBRUARY issue of the l edger Monthly is the “American Beauty” number. It coutuins reproductions of the portraits of the most beautiful women recently exhibited at the 1‘ortrait Show at the Academy of Design in New York. The portrait on the cover of the February issue, a suggestion of which is given above, is by that celebrated fashion able portrait painter. Carle J. Blenner, and it is reproduced in five colors, making a picture worthy of framing. To all lovers of tlie beautiful, this cover is worth many times the prioe of the magazine. Now !« the Time to Subscribe. Te every ene readies Shy crnle sew fer a year’e subscription we will eeed FKKK the January number, aud we will alee erad (he Ledger Monthly until Marrh, I 000. Your Postmaster will take your sub scription. The Boston Globe'# Opinion of the Lodger Monthly. For the raouey (50 cte. a year), no l brighter periodical than the l.etlgrr Monthly ia printed in English, i his wide-awake publication U certainly worthy of claaniOcntiou with the month lies at many times the price. <>ne hae to rub one’a even and look twice to nee “ Flftv Oente a Year!” The Ledger Monthly le brimful of suggestions for every member, young or old, of the great public’s greater family.— liotlvn (Hoke. Yea era u«nll yeareelf ef (he mStrr sluts by seadtae aaly Sit» reals le ROBERT BONNER’S SONS. Publisher*. ■Na. IM I edge r Bedding, New Verb FOR 14 CENTS W#•tali%•*§•’• |l <Mmw ■ Pt* waUaKf*. •?, t i>«M« w9«v T JT'PipT* U*t PSp !>■*»'■ I w »*• * *4», *•* ** ■*«>*••« u- » &••*, U I- ’**41 * *• **tei4## ■•’• : cttsSKSsr p 1 * tell Ul | («••< Is ., i4 I S'* l«tel H.M. 4« 11 M«te «n3 ** I • *’*«*• • I 4 (••#« I • lt| •*# r>*»t i < i >* i i * . | „ •• • gt .< ti «*•«!« » » i | i«#« «%••■•*•> *# Mt lS‘ i ( m. Kij'i lag Sals TUZZZ*ZZZ WAWAWWWVVWWVVWVVVWWWWVVVW What flag of the many now treas ured can exceed In value, as a na tional heirloom, the flag of Fort Sum ter? It stands for the first move ment toward the disintegration of the government, it remains to protest against another assault upon the standard, and, as long as there Is a shred left of it, to tell the Htirrlng story of the beginning of the longest and darkest period of its history. This best record of the war’s begin ning Is not with the other flags at the War Department. It is in even safer hands, for the widow of the brave sol dier who fought to defend it treas- j urea It as her dearest possession. Mrs. Eliza Bayard Anderson, widow of MaJ.-Gen. Anderson, the hero of Sum ter, has lived for a number of years very quietly in Washington, having gone there from New York in search of a milder climate. Having the good fortune to hear of Mrs. Anderson’s res idence there, and of her possession of the famous flag, I went on a patriotic pilgrimage to touch the tattered folds of this glorious ‘‘Old Glory” and to hear from her the itory of its experi ences. The flag, which shows its ago. spends more than the half of its time in the vaults of a safe deposit company, and is only taken out on occasion, to be kept the while very closely in the care of its owner. It is not a fine flag, but of coarse-meshed, strong bunting, made to wrestle with the storm winds and stout from the start, even though its makers little thought it would have to bear the first assaults of a war be tween its own people. There was need of a strong wind to bear it out fully from the staff, It is so large, being ten feet wide by fifteen feet long. Still its coloring was good, and is bright even now, and but for its pitiful holes and tatters, would yet be a gorgeous symbol of freedom in the sunlight aloft. There were two flags at Fort Sum ter which had been carried there by MaJ. Anderson when he evacuated Fort Moultrie—one known as the Garrison flag, and the other the Storm flag. The finer garrison flag, used in fair weather, is not the flag of Sumter. Bad weather during the April of 1861 gave this good fortune to its coarser com panion, and while Mrs. Anderson keeps both of the good flags in com pany, it is the storm flag which will always be the valued relic, and which some day should come into the care of the government, to be kept with those things it holds most worthy of watch ful preservation. Mrs. Anderson has been very Jeal ous of these treasures, and has very seldom parted with them. In fact, since her husband's death, in 1871, only once has the Sumter flag been out of her keeping. This was at a re cent celebration of the raising of the flag again over Sumter, In 1865, and for this occasion it was given into the guardianship of the old Anderson Zouaves of New York, a veteran com pany, raised at the opening of the war and named in honor of the command er of Fort Sumter. Before MaJ. An derson’s death the flag had been prom inent in several celebrations, and was an appropriate pail when its defender was burled at West Point. The flags first came into MaJ. An derson's possession when, after his re MAJ.-«KN. ROOT. ANDERSON. turn to New York following the evac uation of Sumter, he made the usual garrison Invoice to the War Depart ment. Including the two (tags tu the Hat of returns. With Una sentiment, the Secretary of War eeut back the Hags with the statement that they could he In no better keeping than In the hands of the man who had so gal lantly defended them. They were thereupon place.) m a Strong box by I'eter llart. a humble kero la the story, sad for four years remained in the vaults of the Metropolitan Hank I .Ik# all Imporuat relics of ths war, this old flag has not been without at tack, aad there have been, as far usual In such case*, several spurious Aaga or piece* of flag* passing about Iks coun try ns the Sumter *»i The contra versy begun ns far back u IMS when muck correspondence weal the rounds of the army and navy preas upon the subject One story was that In tag luring a boat a crew in in* uwusr— (»«AA/VVVI<VVVVVVVVVVVWW<^VS<S«^. ful assault upon the fort, a flag was captured, which Gen. Beauregard be lieved to be the flag of Sumter, and which was carried back Into the fort j with great joy by the Confederates. Another story Is that the little band of seventy soldiers, after the lowering of the flag, cut It up Into seventy small pieces as mementos, and many of the spurious fragments are In existence to day. Of course It Is probable that Major Anderson did cut some small bits from the flag ns gifts to friends, but tljls did not In any affect Its size or condition. It Is very probable that these pieces were taken from the edge, already torn and raveled. There are only the rents made by shells In the body of the flag, and In spite of the thick rain of shot which poured upon It, twice cutting the staff and also the i halyard, no star was blotted out, but i they were all left In the undivided Union, which was to survive four years of war. The story of the flag of Sumter Is not to be told without giving some at- 1 tentlon to the career of the man who j made It, he who, cast upon his own resources by an administration con- ! talnlng three secession cabinet ofll- | cers, so valiantly and wisely held up the honor of the government In spite j of difficult surroundings and In spite of ties often more powerful than pa- i trlotlsm. It Is almost Impossible, In writing of | THE GLORIOUS FLAG OF FORT SUMTER. the time between the election of Pres ident Lincoln In November and the as sault on Sumter In April, to repro duce any kind of an idea of the ex tent of public feeling and excitement or to give any impression of the bit terness existing In the South against those who for one reason or another might have been expected to Join the side of the South, but did not. There were many reasons why Southern soldiers had counted on Rob- | ert Anderson of Kentucky, already a distinguished veteran of the Mexican war, as one of the men who would leave the Northern army and become one of the great generals of the South. Appointed to West Point from Ken tucky, the state of his nativity, be graduated from the academy in the early twenties as a second lieutenant of artillery. His service was not con spicuous until the Black Hawk war of 1832, when he received honorable men tion at the battle of Bad Ax. He was breveted captain in 1838 for distin guished services in the Seminole war < in Florida, and again advanced to brevet major for his work under Scott in Mexico. He was in the thick of the fighting at the siege of Vera Cruz, and In the battle of Cerro Goddo, and was desperately wounded at the bat tle of Mollno del Rey. When Lincoln was elected, MaJ. An derson was on detail in New York. ' and as the rumblings in the South grew more threatening he was ordered by the Secretary of War to take com mand of the garrison in Charleston harbor, then located at Fort Moultrie. It was said at the time that this or der was itself treasonable and that the secession members of the Buchan an cabinet sent Anderson to Charles ton because they believed that in the event of secession he could be expect ed to come out of the 1‘nlon with his own people, and that he would easily surrender this Important port to the Southerners. As his wife's family, the Clinches of Georgia, were very prom inent secessionist», and as they fre quented Charleston, it was expected that MaJ. A inlet son's brother In law mlgh t have some Influent-* with him Secession hail by this time beep de dated, and armed forces were gather ing fur the dtfen-e of the new sov ereignty of South Carolina Before the organisation nf the t ■•ufrderate government, it must be remembered that South Carolina held herself to he sn Indep* u (• •<' »<>« netgnt» sad hel l also ibai the presence of MaJ. Ander son, with his Util* garrison. In the harbor was the presence of an armed enemy Therefore active preparation* were made »«• demand the surrender of Moultrie KurtiAcntums were thrown up along the shore, hundreds of m • I* -wllslpvl mvM a#s rWFBi lo<l ihpas and an attack upon Moultrie seemed imminent. Therefore, upon his own responsi bility, on Dec. 26, MaJ. Anderson moved his garrison to Fort Sumter. It was at this time that he cut down the old flag-staff at Moultrie, to the great Infuriatlon of the citizens of Charleston, In order that the new flag might not be raised upon It. He car ried with him the now famous flag and raised It over Sumter at noon on Dec. 27, with prayers by the flag and pa triotic music. It was on the 12th of April, 1861, that the bombardment of Fort Sumter was begun by the stirrounding forces of the Confederacy, nnd this Is gener ally called the first gun of the war. At any rnte, this was really the begin ning of hostilities between the United States and the Confederate States, and under the folds of this flag, then fired upon, the gallant MaJ. Anderson and Ills little garrison won Immortal fame. Hot shot and shell came down upon Sumter from the triangular siege works arranged by the rebel forces. The day was dark and cloudy, and as If feeling for Its own disgrace, the old flag hung Its head and was wrapped around the flag-stnff. Seven times dur ing the first day of the bombardment the flag-staff was struck. Early in the day several vessels of the Federal fleet were observed oft the bar, and orders were given to dip the flag to them. This was done, and the salute wus returned, but while the flag was being hoisted after the third dip, a shell burst near the flag-staff and cut the halliard. The part of the halliard thus cut was so connected with the flag that It must have come down with a run, had not the end of the rope caught In the shivered staff and kept the Star Spangled Danner aloft. There It remained for a long night of active bombardment and fierce Illumination. This Is the Incident to which MaJ. Anderson referred when he afterward said: ‘‘God Almighty nailed that flag to the mast, and I could not have low ered It If I had tried.” At 1 o’clock of the second day the flag-staff, having been hit twice before that morning, was again struck and fell. The flag was Immediately secured by Lieut. Hall, nnd so soon as It could bo at ^\A/VA/VVVVVVWWWWWWWVW (ached to a temporary staff, was again hoisted on the parapet by Lieut. Sny der of the engineer corps, assisted by the faithful Peter Hart. But with an army of thousands against a few score men, there was no hope for the besieged. MaJ. Anderson tells his own story in his report: "Having defended Fort Sumter for thirty-four hours, until the quarters were entirely burned, the main gates destroyed by fire, the gorge walls se riously Injured, and the magazine sur rounded by flames, and Its doors closed from the effect of heat, four barrels and three cartridges of powder only being available, and no provisions re maining but pork. Fort Sumter was evacuated, and the little garrison marched out of the fort Sunday after noon, the 14th Inst., with colors fly ing and drums beating, bringing away MRS. ELIZA BAYARD ANDERSON. < ompany and private property, aud sa luting my nig with fifty guns.” The Confederate Oen lleauregard -aid referring to MaJ. Anderson: "With sui h material for an army. If properly disciplined. I would consider myself Invincible against any forces not too superior.” tlen Abner Dowkleday claims the honor of having tired the Arst shot front Sumter in defense of the old Hag Edmund Ruffin of Virginia claimed that he Ared the Atst Confederate gun at Sumter Others have disputed with him this claim to notoriety. It ;» needless to say that, on his return to New York on the steamship Hallle, Ova. And#: atm found himself a ua ttoaal h«ro Hwsr im mtsri Murik »rsu Charlotte K.uUlsg, the only surviving slater of th«- i««t llstr.s. nss turn sole Prated her a lusty eighth both da* Bolts are automatically tightened by a pulley, which is carried at the end of & pivoted frajue and rests on the upper side of the belt, with an auxil iary pulley held in place below the lower side, the swinging pulleys being drawn toward each other to tighten both runs of the belt. ____________ Chimneys are easily cleaned by a new machine, a brush of the same shape as the chimney being suspended on a rope running between pulleys at the top and bottom of the chimi>ey, with a crank attached to the lower pulley to revolve It and drew the brush up and down. If a man's relatives don't want to spend the money on one they say that his life was such that his mem ory will he kept green without erect ing a monument. font of Nlcnrugua (mini The estimates for constructing the Nicaragua Canal vary from $115,000, 000 to $150,000,000. llow different are the estimates of the people as to the value of Hostetler's Stomach Bitters. It Is agreed that this remedy is unsur passed for indigestion, biliousness, constipation, nervousness uud sleep lessness. It is such an agreeable med icine to take. Some women are afraid In the dark and others are afraid of the light. A catalogue of 800 prizes, suitable to every taste and condition, mailed on Inquiry. Prizes given for saving Dia mond "C” Soap wrappers. Address Cudahy Soap Works, South Omaha, Neb. The disquieting microbe of love gives the old bachelor u wide berth. • loo Reward, (too. The renders of this paper will be pleased to learn tlial there la ut least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all Its stages and that Is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure la the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Cuturrh being a constitu tional disease, requires a constitutional treat ment. Hull's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution und assisting nature In doing Its work. The pro prietors have so much faith In Its ouratlvo powers that they offer One Hundred Hollars for any rasa that It fulls to cure, bend for list of Testimonials. _ Address F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, a Sold by druggists 7ISc. Hall's Family Pills are the bast The man who indulges in too many horns Imbibes cornucopiously . 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Senator Turpie of Indiana says he never carries a watch because people used to bother him so much by ask ing the time. "I thought I'd try ray turn at botheilng somebody else," says the senator. Oil can be discharged Into cups placed out of reach on machinery by the use of a new oil can, which Is car ried by a long rod and has the nozzle at the bottom, with an Interior valve operated by a cord attached to the rod, extending down within reach of the hand. CbO0(I BlOOdI Your heart beats over one hun dred thousand times each day. One hundred thousand suppliesof good or bad blood to your brain. ’ Which is it? If bad, impure blood, then your brain aches. You are troubled with drowsiness yet cannot sleep. You are as tired in the morning as at night. You have no nerve power. Your food does you but little good. Stimulants, tonics, headache powders, cannot cure you; but [will. It makes the liver, kidneys, [ skin and bowels perform their proper work. It removes all im purities from the blood. And it makes the blood rich in its life giving properties. j To Hatton Rooovorym You will be more rapidly cured if you will take a laxative dose o# Ayer’s pills each night. They arouse the sluggish liver and thus cure biliousness. Writs to our Oootoro. Wo have th« ari'luilrn aarvlaaa of soma of thu moat onilnont physicians in ths United Status Wrttu fraaly all tba particular. In your ml. Address, 1)U. J. C, AYER, Lowall, Maas. A a. ^1^. a k nOnDGV NEW DISCOVERY; 1 quick relief and cure* worn ruei, Hook of tcHtluioDtala »0'1 10 <li»jr»’tro*» ■ urllt I ri O. Dr. H.H.blUtk.VSSOtlll. Bar B, IUuU, 0*. — .. _ . . . ,_1 - W. N.U. OMAHA. No. 6-1890 When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This l*aper. ST. JACOBS OIL *°r ) Rheumatism. It Cures Surely. J A 01/ everybody you know to noi\ save their tin tags for you The Tin Tags taken from Horseshoe, Cross Bow, Good Luck—and Drummond Natural Leaf—will pay for any one or all of this list of desirable and useful things—and you have your good chewing tobacco besides. Every man, woman and child in America can find something on this list that they would like to have and can have—FREE! Write your name and address plainly and send every tag you can get to us mentioning the number of the present you want. Any assortment of the different kinds of tags mentioned above will be accepted as follows: 1 AGS I lAt.a 1 Match Box, quaint design, im ported from Japan US 2 Knife, one blade, g>od steel 2ft 8 Scissors, 4 Winch, good steel 2ft 4 C'lnl i’» Sei, Knife, fork and Spoon 8fl ft Sail and Pepper, one each, quad ruple plate *n white metal AO A Razor, hollo* ground, fine 1'nglish •leel .. ftO 7 Mutter Knife, triple plate, best qua! 60 ft Sugar Shell, tuple plate, beet quality 60 • Stamp Hox, sterling silver 70 10 Kmfe, * * Keen Rutter," two blades 70 11 Butcher Knife, ** Keen Kuttcr," ft-inch btide 7ft 12 Shears, M Keen Kuller," ft-inch, nickel 7ft 18 Nut Set,Cracker and6 Pirks, silver HO 14 NaM f ib, sterling Oliver, amethyst *et, 6 m h 100 15 Tooth Bruafe, -14.hag sJvet, au**. thyst «t. fern h .,. . 100 !• Paper Cutler, sterling siber, ame thyst mu, 7-*»- h )0t) 17 H*%« bad. utym/' l<«li|ua) liai 14 Watch, stem at ml ami mu. gu «r*a teed good iwm keeper 200 19 Alarm C lock, nickel, warranted '200 20 Careers, buck horn handle, good *««*! ... 800 21 Six kogeis’Teaspoons, best qual. 226 88 Knives and Forks, six each, buck horn bandies . ... . 260 28 Clock, M-dxy, Calendar, 1 heimom eter, Harometer 600 24 Stove, WiUoii Heater, lire No. 80 or No. 40 .. ...... 600 26 To*! Set, not playthings, but real bails . . ... 660 26 Toilet Set, decorated porcelain, very hands-»tne M00 27 Welch, s* ltd silver, full jeweled 1000 Sewing Machine, hist class, with all «tn> hiueats 1600 20 Kevolver, Colt's, liesi quality .. 1600 JiO k'lle Winchester, 16-shof, 22 cal 1600 91 Shot Hun, double banct, hammer Uaa. etuh taiet iuuu 88 Cuit.tr (Wa<4lhuin), rosewood, MS* I *hI with mother oh|«art 2000 S3 kites-le, standard make, ladies'nr ► ents* 2600 lUMihs ») choke seta*lions same as last year’s last, 40 lags each. This offsr sxpirts Novsmbsr 30,1899. Addrett all your Tag* and the correspondence about them to DRUMMOND BRANCH, Bt. Louis. Mo. Or|J KAY MKDICAL CO . *«■. «u. Omahn. W.t*. 1