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THE CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAGS. We loved the wild clamor of battle. The crash of the musketry's rattle, The bugle and drum. We liave drooped in the dust, long and lonely; The blades that Hashed joy are rust only, The far-rolling war music dumb. S God rest the true souls in death lying, \ For whom overhead proudly Hying \ "' hallenged the foe. \ 7. -orm of the charge we have breasted, Cfn cne hearts of our dead we have rested, J In the pride of a day long ago. Ah, surely the good of God's making Shall answer both those past awakiug And life's cry of pain; But we nevermore shall be tossing On surges of battle where crossing The swift-flying death bearers rain.' W JEFFERSON DAVIS' TRIBO In the dedication of his able his the Confederate Government," Pre some tribute to the women of the S To the women of the Confedera wounded soldiers soothed the last ject of their tenderest love; whose supply the wants of our defenders ii our cause shone a guiding star undin whose fortitude sustained them und were subjected; whose annual tribut? and reverence for our sacred dead ; a children to emulate the deeds of our dedicated by their countryman.?Ji SUNBEAMS. These book agents always were a nuisance! Big crop of spring insurgents at j Washington! Peary found Atlanta almost as. frigid as the North Pole. As to Jones' Falls Boulevard, why not the (ircat Wet Way? Maryland is getting her dander up as a tobacco growing State. Uncle Joe Cannon is beginning to lose the use of his whip hand. Signor Caruso is determined not to give up any of his high notes to the Black Hand. v.; . ' " GEN. CLEMENT A. EVANS. JUttrinff Oommander-in-Chief United Confederate Veterans. AemotM 2>ay> GEN. ROBERT E. LEE. re TO SOUTHERN WOMEN pi torieal work, "The Rise and Fall of sident Jefferson Davis pays a handiouth. The Dedication is as follows; cy whose pious ministrations to our |(i{ hours of those who died from the ob- jj domestic labors contributed much to (i( 1 the field; whose zealous faith in lmcd by the darkest clouds of war; i ^ er all the privations to which they ; expresses their enduring grief, love, nd whose patriotism will teach their P" revolutionary sires; these pages are ! efferson Davis. I1 Improvement of a City. \ Paris has learned by experience (' that city Improvement pays. The \ work of reconstruction and boautify- ; i| Ing undertaken by Baron Haussmann |ji when he became perfect of the Seine In 1853 ocet about $265,000,000, one- j ji third of whlah sum, was provided by |i[ the national government, the remain- 111 .ng two-thirds being furnished by the j | Jity. || The expenditure was tremendous, but the wisdom of making It never j | has been seriously disputed. Further costly but valuable bene- ; Bts for Paris are now planned. Reo ji sntly the French chamber of depu- j i\ ties authorized the municipality to | Incur an Indebtedness of $180,000,000 .'or another elaborate scheme of improvements, Including the demolition ! 3f insanitary quarters, the construe- ([ tlon of now ? ?1 ?-* ? tsaiucus una johoola and other public works. Americans are accustomed to boast >f their enterprise. This boasting i[ may be justified as to undertakings |? if a private nature. But in the mat- | :er of public improvements American ! municipalities lag <behind the more \ progressive cities of Europe.?Chios- 1 jo News. HIS OPPORTUNITY. "How did you manage to go through | every houso on that block in broad > daylight without being detected?" | asked one burglar. "Very eaaily," replied the other. '1 'j elected a time when a moving van I1 drove up to a varcant dwelling. I worked while the neighbors were hanging opt of the front windows to criticise the furniture."?Washington Star. m w_ ifsin :n the wind we are streaming, tyain with the wur lust are dreaming 1'he call of the shell, that gray heads look up at us sadly? ire these the stern troopers who madly It ode straight at the battery's hell? lav, more than the living have found us, 'ale specters of battle surround us; The gray line is dressed. 'o hear not. but they who are bringing "our symbols of honor are singing The song of death's bivouac rest. ilow forth on the south wind to greet us, star flag, once eager to meet us When war lines were set. lo carry to far fields of glory 'he soul-stirring thrill of the story, Of days when in anger we inet. ?L)r. &. \\ eir Mitchell. ( I' ^ ti RESIDENT DAVIS' LETTER I TO DR. R C. HOLLAND. ? cl Below we reproduce, in type form. ? copy of the letter written by Presi- a lit Jefferson Davis to Rev. R. O. ollaml 011 July 25, 1881. In another ilumn the fae-simile is printed. On " count of the small letters, and a vie of pentnaship. we reproduce it in ^ . | 4 ,4 t .. _ O I if si i nai n may lie easily read: ? Beauvoir, Harrison County. Miss., <j ^ July 25. 1881. |j 81 R. C. Holland, Esq., |? * My Dear Sir: 'j ^ Aeeept my thanks for your '> kind letter of the 28th ultimo. [ t) In reply to your inquiry I would ( j( say: j! E The states cannot he deprivf.c / d of their reserved rights ex'ep. | ? by their own actions in a general convention such as formed the ji constitution. 'j B As each state did by its own | a consent, in separate convention \ p delegate certain powers and re- ! b serve the rest, so must each state 1 e grant any additional power as ! y the only means bv which it can \ juBtly be deprived of it. Force !j t< may prevail over right, but can- ' not destroy truth. i[ o The exercise of the power to \ n coerce a state cannot give to i ? that act constitutional authority, j* but it has been so acquiesced in < ^ that the remedy of secession by ! r an oppressed minority must be ] considered impracticable. I The South never asked for j a more than a faithful construction ? of the constitution as interpret- | p ed by the men who made it, and 1 j, if in the future that can be se- | f, cured we may he content, though tl we cannot surrender a right even ! while admitting our inability to | C maintain it. ! I was much gratified by the expression of your onininn ir? > regard to the past and tender J S to you my sincere regard. <| '' Respectfully and truly yours, * JEFFERSON* DAVIS, i J d b t Sloth never arrived at the attain- c ent of a good wish. L SOMETHING COMI H. i i; - <ck V* >ffi ' rx^' ??S? %&?&?** " X ?Cat toon l>v ^ )UR~BAT I t-tSKIPS ARE fDIHOC II unuioL ir oyace of the Splendid Atlant Give the Young American Chance ia Get a G WARSMII'S TO GO In the following inhle arc the si been scheduled to Mart for the Medit Vfwei. Connecticut. rirst-rlnrs battles Kansas First-class b Louisiana First-class b Vermont First-class b Minnesota First-class b Idaho First-class I) Mississippi First-class b Now Hampshire. . First-class 1) Georgia First-class b Nebraska First-class 1) New .lers.'.v First-class b Rhode Island ... First-ciass b Virginia Kirst-elass b Michigan Fit si-class l> Dataware Dreudno I North i)ntr<i<a . . . Unwind Tin- nltuiw::^ i.s.-.it; c?. itle 1'.; icaa waters: Vessel. Tyi:i California Armored 'olorado Armored Pennsylvania .... Armored Washington Armored West Virginia . . . Armored Maryland Armored New York City. ? Confirmation of | te announcement in The World that | lie battleship ficoi w.ll bo sent on an Mended foreign cruise reached this j ity in the form of an ofiieial letter j ont the Navy Department to l.ieu- j Mtanl A. W. Pros e.v, 1". S. N., the j (fieer in charge of the naval recruit- j tg office. The announcement, which is re- j arded as one of the most important sued by tlie Navy Department since te one that despatched the battlehip fleet on its famous cruise around le world, indicates a no:al>le change t naval policy as to the disposition f its fleets in time of peace. Still tore interesting is the fact that this raise of the sixteen new battleships f the Atlantic fleet to the Mediterraean has nothing to do with war louds, but is mainly to give that part f young America which has cast its irtunes with Uncle Sam's web foot n opportunity of seeing the world. Unique Phase of the Tr:?. Never before in the history if any i avy has such a cruise been under- | iken for such a purpose. Think of personally conducted tour to the | iediterranean in a fleet whose ag- j regate cost exceeds that of twenty | usitanias! lint wnereas those who , light make such a trip by a Lusita- , ia would have hundreds, perhaps . lousands, of dollars to pay for pas- j fige alone, those who go 011 this trip j ill have no such expense, but will ! e paid for going. Immediately upon receipt of the fficial notice from Washington Lieujuant Pressey prepared a circular >tter. which will be sent to the Navy lepartruent for its approval and then Istributed broadcast throughout the ountry. The circular reads in part: "The Navy Department has just tade a very important announretent. It intends to send the battlehip fleet to Europe next fall, probbly the Mediterranean and possibly arts of Africa. From now 011 it will e Its policy to send tbe fleets to forlgn ports for a few months every ear. "This means that thousands of oung Americans will have a chance 3 see the world, and get paid for it. lany people save money for months r years in order to go abroad, and I ever heard of one who did It who reretted it. I want to ask you this imortant question: Are you willing to ravel if you are well paid for It? Or rould you rather stay at home and ead about It? "Please understand that the Navy Jepartment does not promise you or ny one else that particular trip to ;urope. The Navy Department, nev- j r makes promises of that nature, tut thousands of young men will get ] i, because thousands will be needed >r It. Why shouldn't you be one of trem? 'ordinal Gibbons Urges Need of i Industry in Household,' llaltlmore. Md.? "I have ten time?; tior?9 respect for the woman who J oes > out and earns her living, toils or herself and family and becomes good housekeeper, than for the idle nd gossiping society woman who asses away her precious moments in olng nothing," said Cardinal Gib>ons i n his sermon at the conflrmalon euercises at St. Joseph's Catholic Ihurcii. "A* bve all, my hoys and girls, be adur -lous," urged the Cardinal. . NG TO MR. BEAR. / / ? gag? /^-</,/.. ? / dk* * $&? j /if >' r" 'f A f i\ . \ liosi'rs. m tho Xfir York Tler.iM : to I THE MEDITERRANEAN :ic Fleet is Planned Mainly to Jack Tars Who Man It a limpse of Europe. OX THE CKI ISE. hips of the Atlantic fleet which have lenauean early in the fall: N umber ot officers Tannage. Speed and men hip (flagship). Hi."ha is SSI attleship. HI.000 IS SSO attleship. 16,000 IS SSO attleship. 16,000 IS SSO attleship. 16,000 IS SSI attleship. 13,000 1 7 750 attleship. 13,000 17 750 attleship. 16.000 IS SSO attleship. 14.91S 1!) S12 attleship. 14.94X 19 Si 2 attleship. 14.94S 19 S12 attleship. 14.94 s 19 S12 attleship. 14.94s 19 S12 attleship. jti.iitiii is soft night. 20,000 2t 950 mail'. 20.000 2 1 95o c.ik- ;leet will cruise <.j oouih AtuerN umber of officers f. Toniiaorc. Speed. atnlm?*u cruiser. 13.6SO 22 S00 cruiser. 13.GS0 22 S00 cruiser. 13.6si) 22 S00 cruiser. 14.5oo 22 850 cruiser. 13.6SO 22 S00 cruiser. 13.GS0 22 S00 ? "Let me know whether you intend to apply at once, as 1 do not want more than are neede-' to apply. Write your reply on the hick of this letter if you wish. Lea 1 pencil will do. I'se the inclosed envelope and put 110 stamp 011 it, as none is required." It is known that the plan of sending the fleets of the Atlantic and Pacific on extended annual cruises into foreign waters originated with two of the most distinguished officers of the navy?Rear-Admiral ltichard Wainwright, who now occupies the recently established office of Aid to Operations, and Rear-Admiral Seaton Sell metier, who commands the Atlantic fleet. This fleet is now engaged in manoeuvres off the Virginia coast, but will separate in a few days and proceed to their several "home" navy yards, where the crews will be given leave while such repairs as the vessels may be in need of will be made. It is expected that the Missouri and the Wisconsin, these being the oldest vessels now attached to the fleet, will be replaced by the two newest, these being the recently completed Delaware and North Dakota, of the Dreadnought class. The order which sends the Atlantic fleet to the .Mediterranean this fail co lit en; plates t lie despatch of the Pacific squadron to the waters of South America at an even earlier date. "The Pacific fleet." the order says, "will cruise to South American ports late in the summer to take part in celebrations to be held in honor of the one hundredth anniversary of Chile's independence front Spain." BAY STATE'S CHARITY LIST. Nearly n Third of Its Population Got Some Benefit in the Past Year. Boston, Mass.?That 913,401 persons, nearly one-third of the entire population of the State of Massachusetts, were beneficiaries of charitable corporations is a feature of the annual report published by the State Board of Charity for 1910. Of this number 171,672 were aided free, the remaining 742,029 paying in whole or part for the service rendered. In addition to the individual beneficiaries are 4486 families. These figures are derived from the returns 01 aie or tne 583 such corporations in the State. Their total valuation is reported as $56,370,865, and their disbursements S7.S56.363. Of tho 516 nearly half, or 245, are located in Boston. The 189 city and town almshouses had 10,025 inmates during the year. The annual cost of all paupers. State and town, in Massachusetts has increased from $2,338,578 in 18S9 to $5,806,188 in 1909, or from $1.06 to $1.93 per capita. I "Keep Your Thumb Out of My Mouth," Mr. Ilarher. Waterloo. Neb.?An ordinance has I been passed by the City Council and signed by the Mayor, and is effective at once, which among other things regulates matters relative to the cleanliness of barber shops, and then provides: "It shall be unlawful for any barber in this town to eat onions beI1 t ween 7 o'clock a. m. and 9 p. m. No barber, while shaving a customer, shall Insert hie thumb or Anger la I the said customer's mouth.*' >. V?j USE FOR CREAM JARS. ^ Ordinary cream jars are excellent to keep spices in. which 1 label. I also use old Mason jars for coffee, tea, beans, Indian meal, etc.. the tops being large so one can very readily insert a spoon, and is better than pa- i per bags. Also save bacon and dried beef jars lor jelly. Can also put small quantities of food left from table in jars?keep better and take up less rouui in ice chest.? Dos to? Post. T'SE OF KEROSENE. Kerosene will lighten housework, as there are few depart i . 4 l men is wnore it cannot ne usea to advantage. Try it the next time you clean silver. Wet a bit of tlannel with it and rub disrolorations vigorously, then polish with a mixture of kerosene and whiting. Two tablcspoonfuls of kerosene in a basin of cold water will clean windows in half the time. Dry with tissue paper or a soft cloth. Porcelain-lined sinks and bathtubs are cleaned instantly by rubbing with a tlannel wet with kerosene. To keep linoleum, oil cloth, hard wood and stained floors clean, cover the broom with soft flannel and moisten with kerosene. Keep one broom, a soft bristle one. and the samo cover can he used repofrtedly. Two tablcspoonfuls in a boiler of hot water will aid in the quick whitening of soiled clothes. A flannel just moistened with kerosene will keep mahogany furniture free from that ugly blue look. It must be well rubbed in. and a splendid polish for furniture is an equal mixture of kerosene and boiled linseed oil well shaken together: an ply with a piece of soft flannel and polish with a clean piece.?Sylva Grey, in the Boston Post. CLEAN AND FRESHEN RIBBON. Ribbon is first dusted and then ironed between tissue paper. To clean ribbon, a mixture is niao in the proportion of three ounces o. soft soap., three tablespooufuls of honey, to a tcacupful of gin and water. The ribbon is placed on a board and scrubbed with the mixture. It is then rinsed by dipping several times in clean, cold water, and not squeezed out, but hung over a line to drip, then put between two eloths and irened by drawing the ribbons from under the rem. This prevents creasing and a stringy appearance at ' finish. The Iron should be kept still with pressure upon it. White ribbons will not turn yellow when washed if the water is warm, not hot, and the soap used a fine white quality. Rinse in three waters, the last being a strong blue. l-Ir.ng in the sun until half dry, tnen press under clean muslin with a warm iron. Black satin ribbons may be renewed by rubbing gently with vaseline. To wash colored ribbon, make a strong lather of fine soap and cold water; wash the ribbons and rinse them several times, always in soapy water, not clear water. When partly dry, iron between thin pieces of muslin, bavins the rbibon perfectly smooth. Ribbon interwoven with tinsel is best cleaned with line breadcrumbs and powdered blue, then shaken and rubbed with a clean cloth; tinsel or gold lace may be cleaned with ammonia. To dry clean lace give it a dry bath in Hour. Put a quart of Hour into a basin, put in the lace, then rub and squeeze it with the hand as if the flour were water. After the lace has received a good shaking it v.ill look as fresh as ever ?Philadelphia Press. Crystallized Popcorn?One cup sugar. one tablespoon of butter, three tablespoons water, three quarts popped corn. Boil sugar, butter and water until it will candy if dropped in cold water, then pour over the ? corn, stirring constantly until well distributed. Egg and Cheese Toast?Toast a nice even brown one-half dozen or more if needed slices of bread. Place instantly in hot oven with a small square of cheese on each slice. Remove and spread the melted cheese evenly. Drop some eggs while the bread is toastlnc. Thev will ho rood. -- ..... for use. Meat Relish?Prunes to be eaten with meat should not be sweetened. Soak a pound of carefully washed prunes in cold water over night. Pat them into a stewpan with a quart of fresh water and two lemons cut in thin slices. Let them simmer slowly for three hours, serve cold. To be eajon with pork, veal or duck. Macaroni Rarebit ? Break one package of macaroni in one quart ot salted water, cook twenty minutes, drain; toast ten slices of bread a nice brown, butter, lay in deep dish, then heat three pints of milk hot but don't boil, add one-half pound of grated cheese, small piece of butter, pepper, small amount of salt; let stand where It won't bdll till cheese i. melted; odd macarbni, pour all far toast, serve warm. ' . . n >.... Jw*