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Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29

and relieved from the quartering of troops; commanders in chief shall return wounded soldiers to the outposts of the enemy if desired, and send back all dis abled soldiers when recovered to their own country and the evacuating troops Of field shall not be fired upon while in retreat"
 This treaty was signed by twelve na- tlons in less than four months, and now all civilized governments (thirty-two in number) adhere to it's regulations. It was deemed expedient to adopt a univer- sal badge, which sign shall be recognized by every nation, and in honor of the Swiss republic, where the convention as- Sembled, and whose banner is cross of White upon scarlet ground, was adopted the emblem of red and white with colors reversed, a cross of scarlet upon ground of snow. Something of its potency is il Illustrated in the fact that if the general or any officer or soldier of a victorious army lays violent hands upon the hum- blest hospital servant of the enemy, or little boy who carries water to his sick Heutenant's tent wearing the scarlet cross, he has broken an information treaty, and at the risk of his head.
 The whole of Europe is marshaled un- der the banner of the Red Cross, and wherever the din of war is heard is planted the white banner that bears the blessed sign of relief. The ensign waves in Siberia, on the Chinese frontier, in All gerla, Egypt and Oceanica, and even in Turkey, where the emblem is a red cres- cent.
 The International Committee.
 The Society of Utility was made the international committee of the Red Cross. with M. Moynier as president, a wealthy philanthropist of unlimited means, a great earnestness of purpose. singleness of object and strength and integrity of character, devoting his entire life to the interests of the society he represAats. The first act of a country after giving it's adhesion to the treaty is the establish ment of national society to act in ac- cordance with it's provisions. The na- tional societies form others as associate CT auxiliary societies the purpose of their members being largely to perfect them selves in every branch of Humanitarian work connected with the prevention or
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29

the Iron Cross of Merit. presented by the late emperor of Germany. That is all, save the love. gratitude and venera tion of the soldiers and sufferers of two con tinents.
 Origin of the kcd Cross.
 But the Red Cross society does not be- gin and end in America alone. It is confederation of relief societies in differ ent countries, acting under the Geneva convention. whose aim Is to ameliorate the condition of wounded soldiers In the armies. in campaign, on land or sea. The idea of such society was conceived in the mind of M. Henri Durant, a Swiss gentleman, who saw the battle of Sol ferino and became impressed with the need of more efficient and extended means for ameliorating the conditions consequent upon war.
 Once each year in the city of Geneva is held meeting of the Society of Public Utility, and to M. Gustav Moynier presi- dent of that society. was presented M. Durant's theories. The latter gentleman also published a. little hook called "A Sou venir of Solferino.' where he depicted the touching incidents and horrible reali- ties of warfare The battle was fresh in the minds of the people, the book was we'll written. was extensively read. trans lated into different languages. and awak- ened the interest and enthusiasm of the people.
 M. Moynler called a meeting of his society for discussion of this question. which resulted in their appointing a con venton in Geneva of delegates from every civilized nation to consider this subject and arrange some international compact or treaty compatible with the articles of war belonging to the several countries. An invitation was extended to MT. Seward to send representatives from the United States. but surrounded with the realities of a threatened con- stitution and the horrors of a bitter civil war. he had little time to consider Uto- plan conventions for the advancement of humanity.
 However MT. Charles Bowler, an American banker of France. and MT Fogg, United States minister to Switzer- land. constituted themselves delegates to this convention, which was held October 26 1864, and which, after deliberation of four days, resulted in the arrangement of set of resolutions whereby the ''ambu- lance and military hospital in battle shall be considered neutral, and as such shall be protected; persons employed in hospi- tals or ambulances, surgeons chaplains, servants, etc., shall also be neutral, and even after occupation of the field by the enemy may continue to fulfill their duties and not be retained as prisoners; ipha.b- itants of the country shall be allowed to bring help in to the relief of friend and foe alike; houses opened for the recep- tion of the wounded shall be protected
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
CATCHES OF LEAP YEAR Golden Opportunity for the New
 Woman in 1896. CHEER FOR THE OLD MAIDS A Fine List of Men Who Might Be Had if Women Were Brave Enough to Do the
 Proposing.
CHEER FOR THE OLD MAIDS

Eighteen hundred and ninety-six should be great and wonderful year for the new woman.
 It is leap year.
 Leap year has many meanings to many kinds of people, but to woman it has but one meaning-that of the privilege of do- ing the proposing for marriage. It is not on record that any woman ever took ad vantage of the leap year to press her suit upon some eligible young man. Some venturesome bits of femninity may have done so, but it is not in their nature to talk about it.
 But the new woman may work a won derful change, for leap year affords her an opportunity to strike out in an entire ly new field. If she has the courage to ask for the hand of some man in mar riage and bravely make the fact known to the world, she will establish a prece- dent which should cheer the hearts of her lonely sisters. Such a system would certainly boom matrimony, for if the la dies have the power and the sayso, there will be mighty few old maids.
 To give the new woman some encour- agement in following the matrimonial
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29

bed room furniture usually of oak; one extension table, six chairs, one mattress, two pillows, four sheets, two pairs Of pli- low cases, one pain. of blankets, one coih- fort. six towels and tea towels. one dozen plates, three vegetable dishes one plat ter, six knives. and forks and one set or mottled granite ware. In this manner she has already furnished 8O0 families She. keeps four teams and wagons con- stantly going"
 This gives fair idea of the way Miss Barton does her work.
 g.a . A Calamity Fire Engine.
 It was Miss Barton's clear mind which formulated this principle: Let the Red Cross of America be authorized to pro- vide for the relief of national calamities; let it be medium through which funds can be sent to sufferers in disasters too great to be relieved by local measures, and by people trained to know the needs and to understand the alleviation Of great suffering.
 "Or'' as she unconventionally express es it, "let it be a calamity fire engine, al ways fired up and ready. and when the note of need sounds the collars drop on the horses necks, and away they fly to the rescue When once the fire is out, though, the big engine hastens home, not wasting time to sprinkle the streets or to clear away the rubbish"
 To the wisdom or neT theory lHe SUI ferers of the Mississippi floods. the vel low fever sufferers at Jacksonville. of the Michigan fires and the Texas drought can testify Ready on the instant with food, clothing and money, $175,OO0 being spent in four months in the Mississippi valley quick to comprehend the needs and know the relief required, she wastes no time, but flies to the rescue, and so quickly and quietly accomplshes her mission and is gone that comparatively few people know of the society she rep resents.
 This, then. is what the Red Cross means. It is not an order of knighthood, not a commandery, not a secret society, but the powerful peaceful sign, and the reducing to practical usefulness of one of the broadest and most needed philan- thropies the world has ever known-the symbol of divine humanity destined to bring universal peace.
 And what has Clara Barton received for all this? In her little jewel box there gleams a royal jewel. an amethyst cut in the form of a pansy the gift of the Grand Duchess of Baden, her personal and beloved friend; the jewel of the American Red Cross, the Servian deco ration of the Red Cross, presented by Queen Natalie; the Gold Cross of Re membrance presented by the Grand Duke and Duchess of Baden; Red Cross medal the gift of the Queen of Italy, and
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
BERNHARDT COMES BACK The Great Actress Laughs at
 Father Time. A GIRL YET AT FIFTY-FVE As Eccentric as Ever, and Her Temper Has Lost None of Its Explosyeness-He
 Latest Ideas on Plays and
 Playerj
A GIRL YET AT FIFTY-FIVE

Bernhardt. the divine, with her dogs, her eccentricities and her wonderful gen. jus, will be in this country again, the first week of the new year.
 While here she may not sleep in coffin, nor wander about the corridors of her hotel with a couple of lion cubs jump ing around Ter, but she can be depended upon to do something unique, and do it well, too. Age has not dampened her love of the unusual. She is 55 now and perhaps more, but she has the vitality of a girl of 21 and the appearance of a woman of 90.
 The closest scrutiny will not reveal any wrinkles, crows feet Or other mark of years on this extraordinary woman. The wrinkles may be there and they proba-
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29

have been ready to give the best I have in the world, and the best have in my body"
 To look at Clara Barton unless one were acquainted with her history, 1t would be difficult to imagine that she has lived anything but the quietest of family lives, sheltered from all the rough knocks which the world gives to all who mingle in it. She looks as if she had stepped from some old-fashioned plate of the war time. Her thick gray hair is parted in the middle and smoothed down over her ears.
 The strong features of her face are her mouth and chin The mouth is large, and but for the placid smile which contin- ually lights up her face il would be stern Her chin Is we'll set, large and prominent. Her dresses are almost in- variably of black, and so plain as to at- tract attention. The only ornament she wears is a large breastpin. stamped with a red cross.
 Miss Barton, old-fashioned and vener- able as she is. is a hard. systematic worker and clever executive officer She can direct and manage large num- Der Of assistants with the skill of a trained army general. and her long ex- perience at the work she is now about to undertake makes her the most fitted person in the land to conduct it success fully
 When the dreadful Johnstown floods swept away thousands of lives Tn 1889 Miss Barton, as the head of the Red Cross. was one of the first to get to the scene of the catastrophe. In short time she soon collected about her an able body of assistants, and the work she did will live long in the memory of the peo- pie of the Conemaugh valley.
 How She Labors.
 Her work at that time was graphically described by Belva A. Lockwood. who wrote of her from Johnstown:
 "Since her arrival she has done all for the relief of the unfortunate. desolate. houseless, homeless citizens that her ma tured judgment, large experience and deep philanthropy could devise. Her whole time, from o'clock in the morning until 6 o'clock at night, Is devoted to sup plying the needs of the sufferers.
 "She has possession of a large ware house situated near the depot that cov- CTS square of ground and Is filled with supplies for needy families. She has a registry of the city. knows the status, or can readily ascertain It. of every family or remnant of one in the town, and just what they are entitled to under the reg ulations that have been made for the dis tribution of supplies, and every article donated Is charged to the person re- ceiving 1t.
 Each destitute family receives, as soon as application is made therefor and their status ascertained. one set of good
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29

good income.
 Paderew ski--A widower with one son. Is between 35 and 40 and plays the piano. Thinks a great deal of art and his hair, but more of money Ladies have thrown bouquets at him for so long that he has been almost spoiled. Heis possibility, though.
 Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.-Is 23 years old, and will come in for more than $100. GOO, 900 some day. Is the eldest son of the head of the famous family. Has sound business sense and is fine. level- headed. manly young fellow. He Is the target of more matrimonial schemes than any other man in New York.
 There are scores and scores of others, but this short list shows what fertile field awaits the new woman If she had the nerve to cultivate it during leap year.
 Lace enters into the composition of most waists. and is either appliqued on the reverse or fiuffed around the collar in some way. It is never out of place, no matter how much trimming may have all ready been used.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
A Home.Made Basket.

An exquisite bureau basket can be cre- ated from the most unpromising mate rial. Take common chip basket, round and deep. If there be none in the house few cents will procure one at the shops. The handles should be at least an inch broad and very high. Such a basket often comes with fruit. Cover it with lowered silk. White silk with pink blos- sons is pretty idea. Gather the silk softly around the sides of the basket and puff 1t daintily around the rim. Line the basket with pink silk or silkoleen-not too bright shade. Cover the handle with the lowered material, and buy small spray of artificial apple blossoms to twine around the handle. It would be hard to find a prettier thing for holiday fancy work or bureau odds and ends.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29

relief of the suffering. contingent upon war. Their second, and also very inn portant one, is the raising of funds for the sudden needs of the society and a yearly fee is exacted of each member.
 Miss Barton's Advice.
 "Get rich in any legitimate way you can, for we can do nothing without money" says Miss Barton. But never beg one dollar. The sorriest sight know is a beggar giving aims. I never begged. penny in my life for any object, and if you cannot give yourself let those give who have the means"
 The societies are usually composed of earnest benevolent people, whose ready offering, together with the voluntary contributions from interested people, fur nish the funds requisite. Besides the col- lection of funds, necessary material Is collected for sanitary service, clothing is made. bandages, lint etc, prepared, practical improvements and inventions in all sanitary relief apparatus are made and perfected, and training schools for nurses are established, whose members, upon graduation, seek employment al- ways with the understanding that with the first note of war they go to the front.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29

the Iron Cross of Merit. presented by the late emperor of Germany That is all, save the love. gratitude and veneraton of the soldiers and sufferers of two con tinents.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-12
Bucklin's Arnica Salve,

The Best salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Users, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores letter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles
or no pay required. It is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price Is cents per box.
Forsal by Ray Humiston Druggist.
IS | year.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-12

Now is the time to have your
buggies and wagons painted. E. E.
Ventioner will paint your buggies
for you for $500. l7-3w
Examine j. D. Humiston's line
of windmills, pumps, feed grinders,
horse powers and corn shelters, etc.
Best on the market. tt
"A large stock of bone-dry lumber
constantly on hand. All orders
promptly filed. Prices the lowest.
JOHN w. TuTHILL LUMBER Co.
-Catarrh is a constitutional dis
ease and cannot be cured by local
applications. Hoods Sarsapar1la is
a constitutiona al remedy; it cures ca
tarrh because it purifies the blood.
Taken Up-A black horse stray
ed to my place about four weeks ago.
The horse is blind and quite old.
Owner please call, pay charges and
take away. AUGUST ANDERSON, Sec.
%, Indian Lake township l8-w3
Thousands of people are looking
Californiawards. They want to
know where to 60 to raise fruit and
how to travel cheaply and comfort
ably. For fill answers to these
questions address California Burea u
of Information, Box 572, Cedar Rap
Iowa, 12-2m
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-12
M. HammOnd'S Announcement

Nj. HammOnd's Announcement.
Quality is the truest test of cheap
ness.
The best is always the cheapest.
You can buy stoves that are cheap
or than Garlands but none that are
worth as much.
Many limitations are offered, which
the dealer will tell you are just as
good as "Garlands'. Insist upon
seeing the Garland trade mark.
Garlands are made in all needed
sizes and varieties, for all XII spuof
fuel and I sell them all. Call and
see them. MARVIN HAMMOND.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-12
go cent tea at Peterson's for &c..

60 cent tea at Peterson's for &c.
Ten cent corn at Peterson's for
z cents. ,,.- ..-..:.,..,....
When you want to buy sawed
wood cali On r. q. Turner" %'S@~"
--Griswold bale ties. the best ties
in the market, at Turner's. 3tf.
Take your produce to G., L. Pet
erson and get the highest prices.
r. G. Turner is always in the
market to buy hay and to sell wood
and coal. nj" tstf: w, + y.
You have made old firms rich.
Why not save q little for your
selves by trading at Evans Bros.
The Bes. 'ooA Pumps made (the
Cedar Ra Is for sale at Evans.
Metal Buckets and Brass Valve Seats.
A carload of. Heating and
Cook stoves bought way down"
and to be sold the same way at
Evans Bros.
Now is the time to build your
Rranaries and corn cribs and the
John w. Tuthill Lumber Co. is the
place to buy tho lumber.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-12
ALMOST COMPLETED.
The Creamery Will Be Ready
.5 for Starting Up Monday.

-. for Starting Up Monday.
The machinery for the cream
cry is being put in this week and
the plaut will probably be ready
for operation next Monday. There
has been some delay on account of
the equipments not arriving on
time but, it has all arrived now
with the exception Of one churn
which is expected this week.
! The creamery is one of the best
equipped in this part Of the state
and will be a paying investment
to the farmers in the vicinity of
Worthington and to the business
men.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-12

For Sale or Trade.
A five room house, good well, large
lot and barn, cheap for cash, or on
time. TT &. s. EASTWOOD.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-12
Wanted.

A young man to do chores 70. his
board through the winter: Inquire
at this Office. L. Wv
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-12
New Style of q Shoe.

Ihave just received a shipment of
the best winter shoe for. men that
ever was made. 1t is an absolutely
waterproof and frost proof shoe.
Come in and see them, You can't
nelp but buy q pair.
18w3 AUGUST FAX, the Shoeman.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-12

For Christmas Presents at the
Shoe Store
There is nothing nicer thon fine
pair of slippers to present to your
husband or your lover. I, have ten
different styles to select from in
prices from IS cents to $500. Come
early and get your selection.
18w3 AUG. FALK.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-12

For Sale or Trade.
A five room house, good we'll,
large lot and barn, cheap for cash; or
on time. G. S. EASTWOOD. TT
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-12

Low Rate for Christm as and
~~. T.: New Years. .5.>s.@ s,.ll5
Via B. c. R. & n. R'y. Tickets on
sale Dec. "a, rs and 81, 1896. and
Jan. l, 1896. Good to return until
and including JAM. I'd, 1896. Call 4
on B: G. r. & N. agents for tickets
and further information. ].
.1r53a.F J. MORTON, G. T. & P. A.,
Cedar Rapids, Ia.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-12-21

The poor wretohes are for a time tor
tured by being pinched, pricked with
swords and fred upon at short range with
blank cartridges. The powder from these
cartridges enters the flesh, causing excru-
oiating agony.
Then tie executioners, who are fantas-
tically dressed. seize their huge swords,
and flourishing them in the air lop of the
heads Of the victims one after another.
Then they retire from the scene drenched
with blood from head q foot and leaving
the bodies lying where they fall.
As soon as the executioners retire the
vultures swoop down from the trees above,
and the ground Is soon black with them.
At night the p%anthers come and slink
away satiatCd before the dawn. The path
way leading to this grove has been worn
broad and deep through years of use, and
Il IL always slippery with blood.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-12-21

matches with which to prepare a feast
from a chicken which he had purloined.
He spent IL months and one day in the
~penitentiary as an atonement for this
Of1ense. After leaving the prison he en-
listed in the regular army, but 1t is said
that he did not finish his term of enlist
ment. The story goes that when be went
east with his regiment his record became
known, mt that, combined with general
cussedness, caused him TO be drummed out
~-dishonorably discharged.
English returned to Illinois and married
again, settling on Macoupin island, in
Greene county, where he spent a short time
In the county Jail for stealing a hog.
Prom Greene county he again drifted into
Jersey county, where, in the winter of
1889, he burglarized the house of his aunt
net proceeds IF the robbery, 80 cents
and was sentenced to the p%enitentiary for
i've years. He wal discharged ON Christ
maj day, 1858.
During his last term OF penal seryitude
Dave English professed religion and
showed signs Of Information. On his re-
turn to Jersey county he began to preach,
and as al evangelist his work was phe-
nomenal. With gifted flow Of language,
earnest and forcible, he drew crowds in
Jersey, Greene, Pike, Calhoun-every-
where he went he drew crowds by the
thousands and made converts by the hun
dreds, and he was II recognized rival in
Christian work to sam jones. But he
went wrong-he fell from grace. He fell
in love with another mans wife. She for
got her marriage VOWS, he forgot his duty.
They fell and eloped together in a skitf
down the Mississippi.
Dave next turned up at Alton last win
ter, seeking q nights shelter at tho police
station-broke, dirty and ~forlorn, claim
ing TO AVE been robbed Of skiff, clothing,
woman and everything. Having laid down
Bible n hymn book, he went to burglar
izing again. Aided by pals, he went
through the postoffices at Grafton, Rose
dale and Newbern. His arrest resulted,
he peached on his pals and was let off
with a light sentence of two years. He is
now employed in the foundry at the prison,
with leisure between his working hours to
review his past and again repent OF the
error of his ways.