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OUR MEDALS OF HONOR

Designs OF tho Comparatively Few the
United States Has Awarded.
Medals of the present day are conferred
or noble conduct They are oftenest be-
slowed for naval or military service. In
the United States the medal of honor is the
only official American decoration. To wear
it is proud distinction. OF the "a special
national medals conferred by act of Con-
gress at various times (between 1776 and
1876), II were bestowed upon officers of the
Revolutionary War. The finest Of the II
are those presented to John Paul Jones and
Daniel Morgan, both struck by the famous
artist Dupee. Twenty-seven medals were
conferred upon officers of the War of 1872
and four during the Mexican War.
Among the medals received by civilians
specially worthy of remembrance are the
Franklin medals-tne medal to Cyrus W.
Field for laying the Atlantic cable, to
George Peabody for promoting education, to
Cornelius Vanderbilt for the gift of his
steamer in our nations need, and to men,
bers of the Life-Saving Service.
When the Civil War burst forth the navy
was first to recognize "what ribbon is
Congress provided 200 medals for marines
who should distinguish themselves. This
navy medal of honor is thus described in
the Medallic History: GA fve-pointed star,
tipped with trefoils each point containing a
crown Of laurel and oak; in the middle,
within circle of "a stars, America, per-
soni6ed as Minerva, stands with her left
hand resting on the fasces, while with her
right, in which she holds q shield blasoned
with the American arms, she repulses Dis
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AGING WINE BY ELECTRICITY.
Omcial Report of the Eject Of the Current
Upon LiQuorr.

Omcial Report Of the Erect Of the Current
Upon Liquors.
Mons de Meritens, who is q scientist of
no small repute in France, now declares
that he has established beyond question that
electricity may be used not only for the
complete sterilization of wine and other
fermented liquors, but that it will, under
proper control, mature or age these bever-
ages. In test at the Laboratoire Munich
pale de Chimie, at Paris, two samples of
the same wine, one of which had been SUBJ
jected to the alternating current and one
which had not, were submitted for analysis.
The untreated wine was found to contain
yeast cells in more or less active phase of
existence, besides a large quantity of bac-
terra, of which q great many were in mo-
tion. On the other hand, the electrified
wine showed only dead yeast cells and bac-
terra devoid of motion.
Other experiments in the same series were
equally conclusive, and so satisfied the
French Minister of Agriculture of the
system that he instructed M. de Meritens
to proceed to Algeria, and to make prac-
tical experiments in differents parts Of tho
colony. Commissioners were appointed to
seal kegs of wine submitted in their pres
ence to the electrical treatment, as we'll as
kegs of the same wine untreated, the latter
being kept for comparison with the former.
The wines were subsequently shipped to
France. Here they were examined by .
committee appointed by the, Minister of
Agriculture, and favorable report made.
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tell me whenever hc didn't get any tele.
gram, md now it's all my own fault II !
never SEQ him again. How my eyes must
look"
Next day, sure enough, the oablegram
didn't come. This was an immense disas.
ter, for Tracy couldn't 60 into the prcsenoe
without that ticket, although II wasn't GO
ing to possess any value as evidence. But
If the failure of the cablegram on that first
day may be called an Immense disaster,
where Is the dictionary that can turn out q
phrase sizeable enough to describe the tenth
days failure? Of course. every day that the
cablegram didn't come made Tracy all of "a
hours more ashamed of himself than he
was the day before, and made Sally fully q
hours more certain than ever that he not
only hadn't any father anywhere, but hadn t
even confederate-and SO it followed that
he was double-dyed humbug and co aldn't
be otherwise.
These were hard days for Barrow and the
art firm. All these had their hands full
trying to comfort Tracy. Barrow's task was
particularly hard, because he was made q
con6dant in full, and therefore had to humor
Tracy's delusion that he had father, and
that the father was an earl, and that he was
going to send cablegam.
Barrow early gave up the idea of trying
to convince Tracy that he hadn't any father,
because this had such a bad effect on the
patient and worked up his temper to such
an alarming degree. He had tried, as an
experiment, letting Tracy think he had
father. The result was so good that he
went further with proper caution, and tried
letting him think his father was an earl.
This wrought SO well that he grew bold and
tried letting him think he had two fathers,
if he wanted to; but he didn't want to, SO
~ 1f <har, md hcf1
tuted letting him think he was going to get
a cablegram which Barrow judged he
wouldn't, and was right; but Barrow
worked the cablegram daily for all it was
worth, and it was the one thing that kept
Tracy alive; that was Barrow's opinion.
And these were bitter hard DAYS for poor
Sally, and mainly delivered up to private
CRYING. She kept her furniture pretty
damp and so caught cold and the dampness
and the cold and the sorrow together under
mined her appetite, and she was pitiful
enough object, poor thing. Her state was
bad enough, as per statement OF 1t above
quoted; but all the forces of nature and cir
cumstances seemed conspiring to make it
worse-and succeeded. For instance, the
morning after her dismissal of Tracy,
Hawkins and Sellers read in the Associate
Press dispatches that a toy puzzle called
Pigs in the Clover had come into sudden
favor within the past few weeks, and that
from the Atlantic to the Pacific all the
populations OF all the States had Knocked
off work to play with it, and that the busi-
ness of the country had now come to
standstin in consequence; that judges,
lawyers, burglars, parsons, thieves, mer-
chants, mechanics, murderers, women,
children, babies-everybody, indeed, could
be seen from morning till midnight, alb
sorbed in one deep project and purpose, and
only one-to pen those pigs, work out that
puzzle successfully; that all gayety, all
cheerfulness had departed from the nation,
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msy be a strange enough statement; but of
what consequence is that, it it is true?"
'1f it is true? You are already retiring
from it?''
s'Oh. not for a moment You should not
sav that. / have not deserved it. have
spoken the TRUTH why do you doubt it?"
Her reply was prompt.
"Simply because you didn't speak it ear
lier."
"oh r' 1t wasn't groan exactly, but it
was an Ineligible enough an expression OF
the tact that he saw the point and recog-
nized that there was reason in it.
''You have seemed to conceal nothing
from me that ought to know concerning
yourself, and ycu were not privileged to
keen back such thing as this from me a
moment after-after-well,.a after you had
determined to pay your court to me-"
Its true, it's true, know it But there
were circumstances in-in the way-circum-
stances which"
She waved the circumstances aside.
"well, you see," he said, pleadingly,
''You seemed so bent on our travelling the
proud path of honest labor and honorable
poverty that 1 was terrifed-that is, was
afraid-of-of-well, you know how you
talked"
Eyes, / know how 1 talked. And I also
know that before the talk was finished you
inquired how I stood as regards aristocra-
cies, and nv answer was calculated to re-
lieve your fears"
He was silent awhile. Then he said in q
discouraged way:
81 don't see any way out of 1t. 1t was a
mistake No harm was meant, no harm in
the world. didn't see how it might some
time look. 1t is my way. don't seem to
see far
The girl was almost disarmed for mo-
ment Then she flared up again.
'An earl's sonl Do earls' sons 60 about
working in lowIy callings for their bread
and butter?'''
God knows they don't! have wished
they did,
"Do earls' sons sink their degree in
country like this, and come sober and decent
to sue for the hand of born child of poverty
when they can go drunk, profane, and
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tion o. that a-purposo; but. bless you, his
intention was pure aud high, and that
makes the act purc, though It was higher
than what was necessary. We're not humil-
lated, dear; be did II under noble impulse,
aud we don't need to be ashamed. There,
don't cry any more, honey"
Thus the old gentleman was useful to
Sally during several DAYS, as an explana-
tion of her tearfulnesa She felt thankful
to HIM for the shelter he was affording her,
but often said to herself: 'It's q shame to
let him see In my cryings . reproaoh, as if
he could ever do anything that could make
me reproach him. Bua can't confess: I've
got to 60 on using hin, for q pretext; he's
the only one I've got in the world, and I do
need one SO much.
As soon as Sellers was out again, and
found that stacks OF money had been placed
in bank for him and Hawkins by the YAM
kee, he said: Snow well soon see who's
the claimant and who's the authentic I'll
Just go over there and warm up that House
of lords" During the next few days he
and his wife were so busy with prepara-
tions for the voyage that Sally had all the
privacy she needed, and all the chance to
cry that was good for her. Then the old
pair left for New York-and England.
ITO be Continued Nezt Sunday.l
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-20
IN A PARL0R CAR.
Bob Burdette Keeps q Diary Of a
Trip From Cairo to Chicago
A MAN TWEAKS A BABY'S EAR
Of . New Porter and Fun Over
the Exit of Shoe.
PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL RELATIONS
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH. :

WRITTEN FOh THE DISRATCH.l
All the. way from Cairo to Chicago it
rains. Leastwise, rained all day last time I
went over; practically same thing as rain
ing all time whole year round. Landscape
in March has mottled, measly effect viewed
through window panes washing itself in
gentle rain from heaven. Some mistake of
news company sends yesterdays papers on
board our train. Good as new; had yester-
days papers yesterday, but can't remember
to-day what was in them. Paper not much
more impressive than sermon. Man buries
nose in paper hour and half Can't get
word out of him. Reads like a bouk-worm
all time. Lays paper down; ask him what
is new? For soul Of him can't tell line
be has read. Not line.
You start to read something aloud; he re-
members that; says he read that before So
he did; but can't recall it until you suggest
it. Try it ON any man you please. Man
never remembers anything he should re-
member. Ask next man you meet what
weather was week ago to-day. He funks
nine times in ten. Guesses wrong two or
three times and gives it up. May some
times remember what weather was last Sun
day, because he has nothing else to do on
Sunday but observe weather. But try him
on week day. Memory more treacherous
than Imagination. Can control imagination.
Can also develop and strengthen it.
Missing a Train at Midnfght.
Alternate yesterdays paper with railway
guide. Yesterdays railway guide, also.
Missed two trains on it last week. Great
saving of time and expense to print railway
guide from last years plate. Effect on pas
senger varies, ranging from great eleva-
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cord, represented with two snakes in each
hand; the whole suspended by an anchor to
two clasps united by ribbon of 1s stripes,
paleways. gules and argent, and chief
azure"
After the first battle of Bull Run it was
proposed that medal of distinction should
be given to soldiers who particularly dis
tinguished themselves for bravery, the
medal to be cast from cannon captured in
battle. From this proposition resulted the
resolutions Of Congress of July II, 1862,
and March 3, 1868, authorizing the pre-
sentation Of medals of honor to soldiers
who distinguished themselves This medal
in design is like that cast for the marines
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tl0n OF SplrltS, OF dynamite character, TO IN
tense depression on arriving at junction As
minutes late, 11:30 p. NJ; station locked;
platform dark; town mile and half away;
no train before.morning; two tran1ps trying
to get in tool house; world grows very lone
ly very rapidly. Gets much lonelier when
larger tramp offers to carry valise uptown.
Entire population of globe dies when
smaller but wicked looking tramp asks:
"What time is lt?' Begin to say you have
no watch; remember just in time that you
looked at it four times. making audible re-
marks about hour, before train was out of
sight Decide to hand it over to him with
out struggle Wonder if you can't recover
damages from guidebook man. Also won
der how much damages you will probably
receive from two tramps who are inclined
to be friendly. Joyi Footsteps on other
end of platform; man to the rescue; haught-
lily tell the little tramp you are not town
clock; tell big one to keep claws off valise;
rescuer approaches; another tramp! Their
mometer falls 25 degrees in 30 seconds
Hair arises and stands on end; remains
standing Can't keep hat on. Heart beats
with hasty thumps like alarm bell; keeps it
up with disagreeable loudness.
The Dull, Sickening Thud Comes.
New tramp creates diversion; is victim to
bowl; has been victimized quite recently;
also quite thoroughly; your two tramps
fraternize, suspecting unconsumed supplies
still on premises. New tramp frugal and
foresighted; resents Socialistic theories;
usel to be Communist before came into pos
session of property; has now reformed; de-
nounces Henry George, refuses to divide.
Your tramps demand equitable share Of
unearned increment; spirited argument;
dull, sickening thud on neck; howl of an
guish; gurgling sounds, accompanied by
pungent odor as of corn in transit through
distillery; you escape and wade through
mud to hotel Might have escaped long
before if you had had any sense; nobody
going to hurt you.
Lady and child get aboard; handsome
lady; without meatal reservation. Beauti-
full child (remark intended not necessarily
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as statement of cold fact, but for mothers
ear) Man in seat behind them has same
opinion concerning beauty OF lady as ex-
pressed above. Pulls himself together, lays
aside book, and beams on child; all rest of
men in car indignant Child attentive but
evidently shy. Man gets along very fast;
offers child box of candy with one hand;
with other playfully tweak. child's ear;
child yells; no other word for it; face fairly
livid with fear and rage; howls in two keys;
lady Indignantly changes seat; refuses to
listen to mans apologies; thinks he hurt
child; rest Of us ready to swear We saw him
stick pin in her.
Fun in the Railroad Car.
No sympathy for Fresh Passenger. Comes
over to explain to me; tells me just what
he did; shake my head sadly, sigh and look
out Of window; rnan gets mad; wants to
know if 1 wish to insult him? Rest of
passengers laugh; delighted not only that
fresh man got into trouble, but overjoyed at
prospect Of seeing me in scrap. Very en-
barrassing; wish man had stuck pin into
kid; resolve will jab hat pin into her my.
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except that it is made of bronze saved from
captured guns. Its mountings differ, how
ever; they are to be seen in the engraving.
All these new medals we're cast at the
United States Mint at Philadelphia. Up
to this time, Congress has conferred about
LOO of the '61-'62 medals. Brave Richard
Gosson won his without wearing it; for he
fell dead while planting the colors of his
regiment on the enemy's works, near Rich
mond, Va
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self if she gets me into scrap. Fresh Pas
senger repeats question; brace up and tell
him saw him with own eyes pinch child most
savagely; can prove it by half dozen pas,
sengers; two men say loudly, ''That's so;"
diversion in my favor
Fresh passenger little puzzled and rather
ratified; grow bolder as prospective scrap
takes in additional elements and partici-
pants; think now, but am not sure, saw
child's ear bleeding; man in front Of me
knows it was; he saw it plainly. Man
across aisle thinks child is fainting now;
cumulative evidence; fresh passenger weak
ems; apologies in general ways; gets of at
next station. Conductor comes in. "Where's
man that was sitting here?" Chorus OF male
voices: "Got off at Groverton. Conductor
looks puzzled. 'sWhy, he had ticket for
Hillviile." Thus oftimes innocent actions
assume tint and hue of wrong, and bring
unjust punishment on own heads by over
freshness.
Great Trouble on the Congo.
Young man-used to be young and thinks
he is yet-in lower nine seems to be crying.
Sad thing befell him. Dressiest man in
car. Opened barber shop, dental establish
ment, Turkish bath, and perfumer's in Law
atory; 30 minute toilet. Fawn colored suit,
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from; so he stalked into the Silva man
sion about sunrise yesterday morning
and surprised the object of his hearts de-
votion in bed. Negotiations were re-
sumed by him, but Mrs. Silva got Vaago
10 consent to reasonable delay and TO
leave her castle, which he did.
Later in the day the lady called upon
Chief of Police Rodgers and told the story
OF her persecution, whereupon the Chief
caused Naago TO be arrested and locked
up. A few minutes thereafter ne prom
lsed to give Mrs. Silva rest and he was
turned ont
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NEGLEcrrIr1. spR1NkLERs.

During the examination Of bills against
the city, batch of demands from the
street sprinklers was received for work
alleged to have been done last month.
All the Trustees agreed that the contract
ors did not do their duty during that
month. Complaints were heard from all
parts of the city, pedestrians were blinded
by dust, but the street sprinklers kept in
doors, until it was time to present bill.
Trustee Green said he was not in favor
Of paying the bills in full. and at his re-
quest Clerk Young read the law showing
that the board had the right to reduce the
bills where the contracts had not been
fulfilled. Mr.. Green then moved that all
OF the street-sprinkling bills be reduced
ten per cent. The motion was adopted.
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POOR AMMUNITION.
A Bad Lot Furnished to Local Marks
,,,ay, for. To ,.r,or


men for Target Practice.
Eleven thousand rounds of ammuni-
ton for the Springfield rifles in use by
the National Guard troops of this city
were recently received from Adjutant-
General Allen for target practice. It is
manufactured by the United States Cart
ridge Company, and Judging from the
trial had of it at the ranges here last Sun
day it is of no use for accurate shooting.
Some of the best shots in the regiment
tested it thoroughly, and declared they
would not use it. Some of it works very
well, but it cannot be relied upon for fine
craftsmanship, and when this is so it is
as good as useless, except in volley firing
at large body.
The ammunition will be returned, most
likely, as the men hereabouts have nc
confidence in it. The Frankfort ammuni-
ton. which was furnished some time ago,
was the best ever received here, and al
though loaded heavily it could be de-
pended on for fine shooting.
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The entire day was consumed in i'm
paneling the jury but the twelfth man
was secured before adjournment. The
men who Will pass on the case are:
Hiram Gribble, 5. Morris, Peter Becken-
dorf, Jacob Frees, Ed. Goepel. l. p.
Eldred, John Riley, Charles Dangler, NJ.
and J. w. kilgore.
The taking of testimony will begin to-
day
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LOT 3.

Handsome designs in Changeable Silks in the
newest tints and figures, suitable for dress trim
mings, waists or summer suits "a cents yard.
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SUSCEPTIBLE Mr. VAAGo
He Haunts a Widow and Gets Throw
Into Prison.

1t took only quarter of an hours oc-
cupancy of a city Jail cell yesterday to
drive from Andrew Vaago's head all no.
ton of forcing himself upon Mrs. Marie
Silva as her husband
The parties had never met until Sun
day, and then it was in an alley where
Mrs. Silva was watching funeral. 1t
appears to have been case of love at first
sight with Naago, for he asked the lady
then and there TO be his wife. The offer
came so sudden and so unexpectedly that
Mrs. Silva naturally desired a few days
time in which to think the matter over
and possibly learn something of her
suitor's pedigree.
But Andrews springtime fancy had
turned to thoughts of love and marriage
and he could not shake himself free there
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EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS.
Delegates to the Nicaragua Canal Con
vention, Etc.

Yesterday Governor Markham APP
pointed the following delegates to the
Nicaragua Canal Convention. to- be held
in st. Louis on June I'd:
NJ. NJ. Estee, James e. Fair, w. L.
Merry, Horace Davis and L. L. Baker OF
San Francisco; b. T. Langford and S. d.
Woods of San Joaquin; }. D. Lynch, E.
z. Johnson, Los Angeles;' Lawrence
Archer, J; A. Clayton, Santa Barbara
San Diego County; Alonzo Hayward, j.
J. Doyle, San Mateo County; E. H.
| Tucker, Fresno County; c. ii. Taylor
and A. L. Bryan, Napa County.
The Governor also reappointed f. A.
Leach Director of the Industrial Home
of Mechanical Trades for the Adult Blind.
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Hansen Punished.

5. Hansen, who was arrested for max
ing an indecent exposure of his person at
Oak Park Sunday, pleaded guilty to the
charge before Justice of the Peace Henry
yesterday, and was sentenced to pay
tine OF 500 or serve thirty days in the
County Jail
The record-union., 1892-05-10

The stomach can deal with
a drop when it cannot deal
with a spoonful.
SCOTS Emulsion is cod
liver oil broken up into drops
invisibly small; each separate
drop is wrapped in glycerine
so that the taste is lost.
This is why SCOTS Emul-
sion is the easy and effectual
form of cod-liver oil.
Hypophosphites of lime
and soda combine in tonic ef-
feet with the half digested oil.
Let US send you a book on
it; free.
Scorr 81 BOVINE, Chemists, r,a South sth Avenue,
New York.
Your druggist keeps SCOTS Emulsion Of cod-liver
oil-all druggists everywhere do. 81.
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Restored TO C,itizensbin.

Governor Markham has restored to citi-
zenship Isaac Wilson, convicted of bur
glary IN the second degree in San Fran
cisco In June, 1881, and sentenced to six
months imprisonment in the County
Jail
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NOtarieS Public,

The following Notaries Public were
commissioned by the Governor yester-
day: Robert J. Nixon of Yreka, Siski-
you County, and Charles w. Fill1ins of
Riverside, San Bernardino County.
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WRITE to Cooper for everything in the
musical line. 631 street.
SINGLE rooms 25c, soc. 75c, 81. at the
International, X street, near Fourth.
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If your complaint is want of appetite,
try half-wineglass of Angostura Bitters
before meals DIR. J. @. b. Siegert d
Sons, sole manufacturers. At all drug
gists.