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PITTSBURGH COMMERCIAL" GAZETTE. 1 liar and are explained to th massger and SOLDIERS' ORPHANS. HISTORIC FLAGS. four Rags. Three fded, signs u-11 th etorv of t- In.

wiisrh Sue 'Yt-- lur-irtd arj Pleveiirn recrm-nt p.r'.i-.'!-.rted. 'i he Hun ifr-d ttf.d cYnv rA re'-m-l I SAFEHARBOB. BplendM Homes Provided for Ocr Cor.p.lrv's Defenders. BXKn IiOIiXi: THKOl P.ATTLE a Ur.ltrd SJtes regulation hrsncb, which i in charge of Gen. John Black.

It h.iji only it acres, and at lt rpeti It population trai 1.110. It proposed at this piace to make many neejd in the of public and private building? for officers and VKf-aii. Ov-r sixty persons have been fiubiected to the jrold cure tor alcoholism, many of whom were reM-md." What will some day be a of an earthiy paradise is the national branch at tfanui, uioiiica. Cat. Maj.

a. V. Barrett of Los Anr.tdes, fs the lwal manager. In 1-M the CM acres of land, srlven along with by the citiaens of Los Angeles ty of the recent orphans nyt ot soldiers pr sailoi have been ad-ndtied to the chnois. The commisiO is aa Ovv.

i'attion. yiff-eiieut: Oen. T. P. H.

Oobm. Thontas Simple, secretary; G. W. Boyer, financial secretary Kr.d treasurer; W. F.

V.t-.j-wart, Jacob Crouse, Capt. GeTge W. SUlnner, Col. T. J.

Stewart, M. B. Lemon. G. H.

Davis and K. H. Ripple. Thy selected a sire for the industrial sciiool last year at ScoTiand, Franklin county, paying therefor 312.5- The remainder of the" appropriation is being expended for the erection of the administration building. Further appropriations will be made for dotmi-torifs and other necessary The new school Is designed to be one of the best in the United States, if not superior to any.

It wiil be provided with drad to South Carolina and assigned tc Ci da. Thomas W. Pherman's comma nd December on daty Bty T'omt, B't. Walker, Mosqwito creel, c-jepation of Jamss inland eni then at Newport News and assigned to Flrt brigade, Flrsd divis.on. Ninth army co-its: took part hi the destruction of bridges at Potomac creek.

Brooks and stores at Accuia ciefk; superintended tne forwarding cf trains from Frederick City, to the army cf the Potomac during the Amietam campaign; was In the battles of South Mountain, Antiet.arn and Fredericksburg; had charte of transportation of military stores of the Nlrttft ai my corj from Newport News to Covington, Ky. provost marshal First brigade, Virat was at the siege of Vickshurg; the engagement at Big Black river. Ha us Crossroails and Jackson, served as inspecting officer First division, Ninth aimy corps, from August 3563, to April. P.64; in action at Bine Springs. Derroir, Doudonvlde ii.j o-ars an.i 'e torraer wts nearly all cut awp.y bv rcij-1 bu and sheps- st tue batti- of Fredericksburg.

Nothing is Jeft ot te coi-ors cf ti.e Ivlghty-seventh regbr.eut, a York county oi bot stff and friuge. Three of the fut-i of ths i One Hundred and Forty-third are in comparatively good condition. Tb fourth is badly cut and torn The On Hundred and Sixteenth which was attached to the famous "Irish brigade." nhows four colors, ail of wh.ch are wc-d preserved. Tha fifcg of the Seenty-ih': CRme throush Lit by ji-js-: vn.rved by Capt. John Kennedy of Company H.

win kept it concealed his person during his incarceration. It wa- torn frcm the staff hy Color-Bearer Sertean Charles Wendlt-r of Comtiauv at Miss.imtrr Ridge, November 23, 13a. and handtd Capt. Kennedy when he ab.vit captured by the ibela. The r'uar nn-i guidon of ti.e Fifth cavo'ry was captured i by Gen, Wade Hampton and re- BY11RAVE PEWSHiVAMAJS.

Prewent.tl to the llPMiim-utt Uy the State They Were Returned It Toru By the SUot cud Shell of tlie Southern foe. Harrisburg. Sept 7 ia.tniui men rrom tne Krea Keystone state took in the four years of changing fortunes of the civil war are told by the battle flags which thev rrri.t prha ri. bf precious standards out against the armed hosts of the southern confederacy proudly, defiantly. with naring folds, symbol! zmg the nation's tarred by.

him March to the ad- integrity, and came back baptised in Jutaat-geneiai's department through and ilre, torn-by bullets and shells I 8tor lir'- Binned to the fringe of the cannon-scorched and weather-beaten with i 5 the correspondence oetwe-n in. i. niir.pt'in ana benator tjuay. In ms let- imciortal honors blending about them, ter the rebl commander snjs: "The Nothing is left of some but the staff and country has now but one flag, but the a few shreds of faded siik. But these men who bore thoe which 1 you fragments will ever he trwumivl as a will be to see the t.anner which they bore ia the civil I ,1 V.

priceless legacy, of tha devotion and lev i tie a iu uir vuivia oi u.r mi. i ui iiw auui.ers oi i-ennsyivanm, wno ment Is a square piece of blue-tinted bore them with honor to themselves and i paper bearing the inscription, "Captured their native state. by the 6th North Carolina regiment, at These fiags were purchased by authority the battle of Minvussers. N. Pinrn of a joint resolution, passed at the ex- to the jap-r is a card about trie oUi of i tra session oi tne legislature in the sum- a lauy visiting car on wn.ch Is writ nier oi ism, tnrccting trie governor to pro ten ink tnese words: Tms Hag wua cure leg-mc-ntal standards for all tne rogl- recaptured by Norman Lewis.

men stormed or to be formed in Pennsji- Iha, at the sutfn'jfr of KaU-igh. N. vania, beyond the numbers in the former Tne hag cf the lrith was cap-wars, upon which should be inscribed the tured at the battle of Gt-tt ybnrg and number of the regiment and painted the al'rerward found among the biggjge ot coat of arms of the commonwealth. The Jeit it was turnea over to th resolution also cl.rected that all theae war department, and in October, li-w-H. ra- standards, after the rebellion was ended, turned to the adjutant-genera: Ovpart-were to be returned to the adiutant-sren- i nient of this Ftaf K.

D. Tawnsiiid. eral of the stale to be further inscribed as adjutant-general, U. by dttectioa of the valor and eood conduct of each par- Fresiaent tratit. ticular regiment may deserve, and that All that remains of ti-nt two standards they be carefully preserved by the srate i etch of the 97t! and 9Sih regiments and -to be delivered to such future regiments I that of the 99ih are the sstaft and aj as the military necessities of the coua- few strands cf faded siik.

a guioon ot try may require Pennsylvania to raise. dark blue material on widen is pointed la I Many of thee Cass were presented to white letters on a dark blue huckgrmin-i I thd regiments befora tbey marched to the the inscription, tJrd Regiment, Peimsj-' SCHOOLS M.llTAI.YKl II PEXV SILVASH FOR THEIR BETEKIT, MltHons Appropriated for Care nnd Edofatlon-The IVeiv Trainicsr School Its Scojmj and Pnrjtoje A l'eople' Gratitude. In Jarre, IS02, the Pennsvlvania Railcond company, whicu, as a corporation, had zealousiy supported the government in the prosegution cf the war, tendered to Gov, Andraw tha sum nf 5o- TEKS HOME. '), to be used in the equipment, of troops for the field. Gov.

Curtin having no authority to accept the gift, obtained the consent of f- railroad company for Its use in the erection of a soldiers' home, the need of which had even then been demonstrated. Having obtained this con sent. Gov. Curtin earnestly presented this subject to the legislature, but the proposi tfon was coldly received by the lowej Being somewhat discourat cd but determined to succeed, Gov. Curtin thought there would be a better chance of success with another project, the iieces-itv for which had been deeply impressed upon him, this being the care and luc.t-tion of the Mddbrs' orrhans.

Ai-ain he applied to the railroad company for its consent sucli a transfer, and then re- quested prof. j. P. icaersham of Ban caster to draft a. bill for presentation to the legislature which woiu.I pover the v.

bole ground of education and mair. re-nance by the state of all soldiers' orphans or children of indigent, honorably discharged soldiers and sailors. Su'-h a bill was accordingly prepared and presented, but as in the previous proposition, the lower house, while w'ddng to pvrmit 'he acceptance of the conation of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, was deciiediy averse to any expenditure of state funds. For reason, they substituted for the proposed bill a new one that provided for the expenditure of this of the company through the school director of ib wv- oral school distric ts, whose li jty it should "to make iirrangemcr.ts fcr the maiti-I teriance and schooling the orpbtms resident within their district bv contract ing with suitable parties upon such terms that the services cf such child: yball either in whole or In pat be accepted as iui tne necessary expenses ncorred in their maintenance an I schtiol- Jng." The amount allowed each child was fro in $10 -to $30 per apnum. "according to the affei extent cf destitution, state of health and other circumstances of the children." The bill nassed the lower hcnise, but was unceremoniously re- t-y the stnate.

Vhen the house bill was rejected, the 'j1! that could then be done was to cure consent to acceptance of the donali.i'i cf to be expended undr the d-r-t-i-m ot a superintendent nf soldiers' orphans. but no appropriation of any state funds was then made. I'rior to that time, however, and without any thoug-ht recompense from 4 he state, provision- bad rrlade for the care of soldiers' orphans in the Nuriera Home 3L i 5 I f. i -t 1 1 il 4, 'rf if I 4 i A are satisfactory to him. Tboe who have ben in'nbers of state home must have lvu discharged Bom those bomes at least six moi.tiw.

before they can admitted to a branch of the National home, exeeit by vote of the board of managers. The following is an official edict issued for the benefit of possible applicants for admission; "Soidiera and sailors are especially informed that the home is neither an hospital nor alms-house but a nome whore subsistence. uuartTs, clothing, religious instruction, employment when possible, ana amusements are provi-vaa uy toe government ot tne L-r. tea stated, inf provision Is not a turiir; but a re- GE.V. Pres.

Bd. WILLIAM B. FRANKLIN', of Nat. Soldiers' Homes. ward to the brave and and in their right, to be forfeited only by bad ronduet at the home, or conviction of heinous crimes.

"A soldier or sailor desiring admission may apply by letter to either of the managers, whereupon a blank application will be sent to him, and if he be found duly qualified, transportation will be furnished: or he can apply personally, or by letter, at the branch, nearest to his place of residence." In connection with the National home there is a special system oi retaliations governing the payment of pensions, which is as follows: "The pensions to be paid to the nr others of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, under the act ap- TOTNT COJIFORT, VA. proved Pebrnarv 21. making for the payment of invahc; and other nensions of the United lata tea for the fiscal year ending- June 3 shall be held by the treasurers cf the branches, and be paid over to the pensioners at such times and in such amounts 3 the Erovernors may direct, with the following reservations: "First. A pensioner having a w.ie, chil or parent dependent upon may send, or may direct that ali of ins inor.er shali be sent to such dependent relative, enough being- retained by the treasurer to tne home' against any loss that might occur on account of issues of clothing or tobacco made to tha pensioner, when the pension ia large enouKh to justify such retention. Second.

who hitve tio dependent relatives may have wdt'iheld from them an amount sufficient to pay for all issues of clothing and tobacco and to defray any reasonable erj likely to be inrrurred by the pensioner during the quarter, the norr-j ayment of hich wouid cause a loss to the home. "Third. The governors may prevent a hurtful or extravagrant use of the pension n-oney in ary case by retaining a sufficient amount until in their oidnion the danger of harm or waste or extravagance tias passed Fourth. Any balance which may remain in the hands of the treasurers at the end cf the quarter shall be invested os is nmrrliml lv the resolution of th board -f managers of July 2, lSi7. anil the i the hoard on September 2b 1S.A.

And art balance due the pensioner at tne date of his disehartre or cieath shall be disposed of a directed by the act cf congress approved February 2r, 5SSb "Fifth. Tries regulation which ara made by the committee spjiomted by res cf the board of auaasers at the March meeting, may be at any. time ir.odiiied in accordance wdth existing provisions of law. either by action of the board of managers, or of the committee." The public does not appreciate the extent and magnitude of tb.es homes which are provided by the government, and a per, description of them wiil give but a very Inadequate idea. The central branch is located at Dayton, ft Gn.

C. M. Andereon being the local manager. 'Ifils mace is a ma out in drives uower beds, seclu.ie waiKs, and every imaginable device is adopted to make them beautiful. Tha Dayton home la the most beautiful i I niticent park, fully 20t) acres larger man.

S-henley park of this city, containing, as it" doe- 640 acres. Some of these are earefuliv cultivated, the rest being lard HOMK. XfADISON OHIO. vania Volunteers," 13 dispia yed an'iorg Vr Hags. It was picked up on one o' battlefields of iremta by vuier Owen, adjutant, battery of Washington artillery of New Crleans.

b'f army of Virginia. ar.J returned by him Hortranft Jtdv 4. l7o. With the single exception of the colors of the Thlrteentn Pennsylvania reserves. better known as the "Ijackta'ls," sli th battleflags are silk.

The standard cf this regiment Is coarse bunting. The staff i by a wooden knob the sire of an oiange, ia hleh Is attached the ta'd of a deer. Th- colors of the reserve ar arranged together in one eas. Tbera are twenty-six of them and ail slve pro tical of ths storm oi' shot and viie'd to which they were exposed. with these flags is a sinM! silk hnmar on which is embiKwned in giit letters ht eighteen nggetnent3 In which the reserves narticipatetl.

The f.aa or museum in the nc-v executive building Is 6ft feet square, with a ceiling bfighl oC 4 feet, it Is l'ehted. with a skliitivt from.abave and ic btrg" windows on the s. Ij. The Is handsomely panneleil in tifcco. Tn en-trance is from the mac tdiieent r-tairwuy1 1 ln i r.t i.n.l HV 1-1 iA v- i v.

3-- hii 1 Wavpe, Penn, Mifflin, Male 3nrt Frank I t) 1. mi.iiv tt-wonn the floor and ceiiica is a trailerv with NATTONAB YT. C. iVl Andrew G. Curtin in behalf of the state.

year following the ck-e cf the war tt, the flai? cairieo Jo phdllflclrbia Tr- i tVe ia.4c.lpP and on 1, for- mally turned them over to the' venerable leoveruor. to this ceremony, lor which an F.ppioprlat on of i.i.OiXi was made by the legislature, a prot-ojiMon was formed which, marched through the principal streets of the city. At the close of the march the soldiers passed in review before Gov. Curtin tnd his staff in Independence square The difpiar wa in some respects one of the most magnirt-cent ever seen in this country. The pro-crssion was not large, for there was a small representation from ea-h cf the veteran organizations, but the fact that these representatives carried the buliet-ridcled battle flags which hd been borne by brave and loyal men on all the battlefields of Virginia.

Maryland, Pennsylvania and the great campaign of Sherman from Atianta to the sea, added much interest to the splendor of the display. The frigs w-tre greeted with enthusiastic demonstration! ah along the line of march. The climax was reached, tbn.n.h i ue veterans assemol they carried to victorv. (3m. flmrv.

then the Republican nominee for governor, stood by the governor's side, surrounded by Curtln's staff and all the distinguished crficer of Pt-nrsylvanta. Hancock was chief marshal of the procession. Meade, the hero of Gettysburg, who so long comanmded the great Armv of the Potomac, was chief of a division, arid delivered the oration formally presenting the colors tj the governor. Chairman Negley, the committee on arrangements and chb of 'the first division of the pio-cessin; Gregg. Mart ran ft, Crawford and many oth-r sons of pennsvlvania who had won for themseivea and their great commonwealth high honors on the field of battle, wr.re active partici-pants in the ceremonies of the occasion.

no piore pathetic scene ever took niace than when (the color bearr ptrted for th Dst time with en-biems of loyalty, which showed iiy their condition more plainly than words can tell the patriotic service oi the soldiers of Pennsylvania in the fierce conflict for the supremacy of the union. After ceremony the flags were formally gven into tirtiierai Owen, lhey mice ever since ti the hali of the house of representatives the iiags were kept in ix large glass cases in a room on the second of the soum wing of the capitoL, The number of the regiment by which each flag was carried is marked by a silver plate. Several fl 111 llQ tif.d situare uniler the iartmz: Itciepemlnce hall end handed over to thelj i-jVing Of him Who i nit honored by every union soldier the flags the of Adjutant-Gentrsl Russell SAM'S TENDER CARE wen tw ites Erect Building's to Hlp the Work. MAW PLACES. Tl (M- liroc Want far Nothiutf.

for AdroikInR-l)r-ton, (.. Nutliiunl Home Twenty-Eight HBudurd Acres AVI tit lnhnblfaiitn liver Neci'ied Arr.uullj to Maintain TJjt-sn yt ra nia'w I'eaotilnl Institution T.eud the tn tcs. No nation in existence t-vday can boast tf better facilities for sarins? f-jr its heroic linabled and defenders than this proud and urea tes of ail nations, the republic of the Br.Ked iitates-of Ameriti. From ocean to ocean, the starry banner floats ever the magnificent structures that have been erected by the government and the various states comprising the republic of America, in wbkft the heroes of she war find truly splendid and comfortable places to spend their declining days. The American government has established a series of Lorats in different farts of the land under the ofheial title of "The National Home for disabled volui-teer It has no c-ne chief establishment, hat is composed of.

seven nif- POT.DIERS' HOIIE, OL. ferent branch establishment1" under a national board of managers, of which Gu. William B. Franklin is now president. In adilition to the national homes are twenty state institutions erected for the same purpose.

These are located at Bath, N. Crcn. Wm. F. lioters, superintendent; 111., llaj.

Geot(f W. Foirs, superint--nd-ent; Sandusky, Ohio, Gen. M. P. Force, commandant; Grand Rapids, C'apt.

B. F. Graves, commandant; Yountvlil, Col. G. I.

A. Dlmpfie, commandant; Kearney, N. Maj. Feter F. Koflrers.

superintend nt; Mrshalltown, Iowa, Gol. John Keativ, comma r.tant: Urie, Maj. W. w. Tyson, commander; Nor-bton, Ocpt.

James N. Goe, supcrin- EMMA B. Director National W. R. C.

Home. ter.dent; Minneapolis, Capt. Thos. McMillan, commandant; Chelsea, Can. George W.

Creasy, superintendent; Capt. c. Caldwell, sup-crintndetit; Island, D. A. sSjovili, commandant; Bristol.

K. Capt. L. commandant; Hot porings, S. Capt.

J. D. Megrew, Dodg? city. Kansas. Capt.

Chas. A. Aioudy, comma ndant: Benningtc, Capt. U. J.

C' superintendent; Til-' ton, N. H-, T-irwin Id. Smitii, commandant; Griin-r. Capt. S.

F. street, commandant, and M.uite Vista, CoL, Cel. John A. Demon, commandant. The branches are named by tha tocidity in which tliey are placed and are Situated as folluwa: Th- Dayton, Ohio; the northwestern, at Milwaukee, the easte-n.

it Togus. tne' sotihern, at Did Point Comfort. tho western, nt Leavmworth. tvansas; tbe Pacific at and tr.f Mari at "'he national of managers is at present composed cf th folbiwim? widely Known s-entle r.en: The president or th-s X'mtf-d lw tJrovpr Cleveland; the chief -justice, no CharWvs I-'ulier. and secretary of sat, now D-niiet fmunt, are ex-ofn-Sis menit-f ts; O.

William IS. Krafik'dn of Hertford. president; Gen. wrdiam J. first vice-president, N.

Oen. John C. liiaik, Chicngo, (ien. Martin P. McM.thon.

fork Cltv: Col. John Miieheil, Milwaukee. "VVU- Gen C. M. Anderson, Alfred I.

Pearson, of l'ittsuurKb: Maj. S. G. Cook, liering-tort Kar.w; Gen. Francis Fes-ndm, Portlainl.

Col. George Steele, Marion, and Maj. A. W. Barrett, Los Angeles.

The for admlfwion to the National v-re: Fu-st An h-loratle discharge from the Utoted States service. Disability whu'li prevents the ar r-bciint frrn itniinis hi living by labor. Third. Ap''h ants for admission wd) tie reQuirtd to sTiouia'c and aree to abid 1 an the ruU-. and rctr.lator:s by the l-oavd maiMgc-rs, or by their order; to p-rfom duties re'iuired of them, and to i Ley i ll the lawful orders of this of the be-me.

Attention is called to the fail, that fy the law establishing the lur. the members arc male subject to the rules ni articles of war. and will be tfovernel thereby in the same manner as if thuy were in army of the United i-tate. Fourth. A sold'er mist forward with bJs application for admission hi Jis-charg paper, and.

when he Is a pensioner his pension cerufVau. and If he has been a m-mtier of a state hmnf, iiis u.scharire from that home befori- bid application will t-e considered, which papers wiii be retained at the branch to which tre is admsf eil, to be. kept thcr for and to him he is 1'Iii rulo Is adopts! to pnwent tb of such tmpers and rtiiicates, ZA to fvjudulfnt and wU i- considered unless par-ers he with' It. if the oriilnai J. does not exist, copy of disch.trgc, by the war or navy dci-artbicnt, or by th of ih tate, must ttuy tbi cm he ucc io traiis-fr iicn fruA fUt to Tn- me.

ki 1 tf- nso'it-rs sccure-i thereov, iri- u.ivtrr iV cf th- iun to d.r.v tu to hold 1 Id Did! du-PWO mt tbeni, ct to tt! ia ci '-jnerop tbp ltw cf jncrep. b. th nv isrJc-rt, tuvc majr hcv after itf r-M 1 hy ih" t-ord of rnaiir-ir ot said ll'riu tor tidirtS. Cf Wilf p.tVi.;! x- ilti tho mt cllfc'i to i.w iijai talis it riaofi artr paju rMiV'Mrf)a tr. county as an inducement to g-frt the rmme located there uHn which the I'aci- branch of the Siidiers' home now staivls, was, to all appearances, a desolate.

ye)'iOWish, barren "Itos An-feles," ttie mn of tha county in which the home is located, means in English, -'l'he Anirls," and when water wa put trus soil, flowers planted sind trees ret out it at once became a spot almost sufficiently beautiful as an abiding plac fur those white-winged inhabitants of the Tori i to come. The plan of this home a crescent, resting upon the gentle slopes of the Sierra Madre ran are. with the houses opening to the south. There, within sight and sound of the Pacific ocean, amidst dowers whese magnitude and beauty must be s.en to be realized, surrounded with rare, nii-tropleal treas. toarether with wetl-swldM lawns of vivid green, over old vcteiars now enjoy themselves.

In time this place will excel any of the other horr.es. These seven establishments have lands ajtsrrearatlns; 2,820 acres, and a ptesent total population of 20,700. Tie condition of eligibility for the state homes as well as to the national homes, are as follows: "That ali honorably discharged soldiers and sailors Who served in the war of the rebellion and the volunteer soldiers and sailors of the war of 1S12, and of the Mexicau war, who are disabled by age, disease or otherwise, and by reason of such disability are incapable of earning a livinac, snail be admitted into the homes for "disabled volunteer soldiers provided such disability was not incurred in service aair.st the United States." The locations and officers in command of the state home3 have been given in the foreifoine: the inhabitants of each according to the last named report, are 8s follows: New York Illinois t)hio Michigan California New Jersey Iowa Pennsylvania Connecticut Minnesota Massachusetts Wisconsin Nebraska Rhode Island South Dakota ICdJiSiiS Vermont New Hampshire W-ashireton Colorado 1,253 1,1 .172 523 371 sao 2ii'. 2 1'W 17il 111 10 109 68 65 34 Total nuntlier in all the stated 7.1r5 The averaee cos of maintenance per capita per year is about SiSO 2S. though the pi ices vary according to the community which the homes are located.

both state and national homes mere were maintained about 27,855 veterans miring the last year. This makes the total oust for year in ail the homes equal to 1.217 4). No permanent diet is prescribed In the homes, either state or national, ind tlv: food varies according to the market flnd season. The subjoined list is the bill of fare at one of the homes for one week, and- it is a fair sample of ail, Meat wheat bread, corn bread, butter, pi dtTes, coffee and tea. Dinner: Fea floup, on led wheat, hrf i cratK'jrs, coi- tea.

Suerier: Bread butter, apple saut finger bread, crackers, molasses and tfa. Tliiked beans and tter, rrV hrnwn and white bread, butter. rrirklW coffee, and tea. Dinner: Corned shqulder, potatoes, turnips, uppie pie. hrwirt.

crackers. coiL-ee atiu Rread. butter, apnle sauce, fruit cake. crackers, moi-iss'-s and tea. lUnn.la F.reaiifasi: Cold cornCu beef.

ireai. butter, picaies. r.ll'iv, i I ta. Dinner: jiuium sirw, i' i Vrtal, crackers, coffee- and tea. upper: sausatt, orea.i, miliM, crackers, molasses and tea.

p. Breakfast: Imsii, ar r-d. hot biscuit, butter, coi.ee, u-i. Dinner: Diver and salt porU, potatoes, corn starch puddlns, bread, crackers, coffee and tea. Supper: Milk toast, oreaa, butter, crackers, molasses, tea.

W'ednesdav-Breakfast Dake.1 beans and pork, brown bread, wheat bread, coffee, tea. Dinner cod'flsh and pork scrape, potatoes, betHs, cream tapioca puddlntt, bread, crackers, jffee and tea. Supper: Drad, muter, sauce, tea cakes, crackers, molasses an dtea. Thursday -Breakfast: Jlsh hash, ead, butter, pickles, coffee, tea. Dinner: Worried beef, potatoes, rabbit, bread.

crackers. coffee and tea. supier: tMuiu Masses ana tea. Wi-lav Breakfast: tSalt herring-, pota toes, bread, hot biscuit, pickles, coffee, t-i- Dinner: Fish cbo.voer, suet plum duff and sauce, bread, crockers, coffee and ua. Supper: Stewed beans, bread, itter, crackers, molasses and tea.

Pennsylvania, aa is her usual custom, cmes to the front with one of the finest of aU the state soldiers homes. It is 1c catd at Erie and fronts upon Bake Erier having the very finest of buildings, and the most carefully attended to grounds. Maf. W. W.

Tyson Is its commander and its board of trustees is composed of the following persons: Gov. R. K. Pattison, president; Col. Robert B.

P.eath of Philadelphia, vice president; Thomas J. Stewart, of Philadelphia, secretary Gen. Louis Watnr of the same place, treasurer; Dr. B. Krown.

Harrirtburg, and John i'. Nich olson of Philadelphia. The buildings is 371 feet Jong, with a wdng of the same length. It Las three I ''V4u 5. ri s.

traversed 1v which afford act ess to its IS? rooms, iii which it? members mav be comfortably Throughout thete halls a cheery piece of carpet is laid, upon which a niece of white canvas is stretched. The exbit.it. bv their tasteful arrange- ments, the settled or tne oc cupants. Th- discipline cf the home Is most excellent. The potent influence which ma-RarS from the personal character of Commander Tyson, his unwavering firmness In exactin a high standard of behavior In the mmber, bis kindness to the sick and the afflicted, and his wise provision for the occupation and dever-sion of ail.

constitute the controlling elements in the faultless administrator of the horn. In. May, a profit rainstorm fli-iugM the hotie and inuidatc-ti a port of the grcuuo on the east, washing away K.O feet of the completed terrace on tha north, with 430 feet cf embankment, but the damage has l.en well handled and no sins of the trouM? are now seen. AU the details of the home, trcdud-in ths fcospUat. pensions, wtial afTa'rs, amusement sardtary arrangements, subsistence ant employment, are In a most condition and notblni? morre he desired to make its occttpanU perfectly comfortable clurin? their tiet lining day.

Ma Tyson August. I. was txnn in IS3t. Is at present the con- pw.TbT or fcnnsyivawa dirs" and Sailois' home at Kiie. in Company 4i1h Volunteers, an mustere-t as frt -er-gcan; September 6, ISf.l commi lor i scconl lieutenant Dtremt-er 2, tSCl: pro-niotd to firvt lieutenant IT, Wd.

and captain Septcn.her 25, lij2; assigns I to Howard's brigade, Casev's division, irmy of the I'otosnac, October I-sll: cr- ail appliances anu conveniences ana put under the direction cf a competent fac ulty. The ie xiven trnnch n.t.t in trht useful ranches a trades so that when i hey graduate they will be fitted to mase their own way in the world from the start. When the school is completed it Is proposed to gather all the children from the three ex- iWtlng schools into it and when there is no longer need far a soldiers orphans' scnool it will be a traimg school for tufe orphans of the state at large, an iru stitution maintained by the state for purposes similar to those of Girard college, Philadelphia. The sita selected includes quite a larg tract of land and farming wiil be included among the useful avocations taught. HEAVEIVS LIFE SAVED, Fre1erifU F.

Rfhu Foniitl Him Wonndecl nl ISore Him to a. Place of Sttfety. Harrisburg, Sept. 7. (Special.

iwuoi, a. piLui ytiA T. 1. once saveu tne lue oi ex-uov. James A.

Beaver of Beliefonte at the great ri.k of his own. It was thirty years and the ex-governor has ever since been hobbling about on crutches. Gen. Beaver has never forgotten his gallant rescuer and lie seldom conies to Harrisburg but he isits capitol park to shake hards with the modest watchman and recall the days wiien both wore the bine in oefense of the stars and stripes. When Gen.

Beaver became governor as a mark of gratitude to Rohm and appreciation of his loyalty to the Republican parti-, he appointed him to a place in the state arsenal and subsequently secured for him the position he now hoiJs. 'i he story of the Ios3 of Gen. Beaver's icg and his rescue from certain death bv Rohm is part of the history of the battle of Rheam's- station, August 18. lr4. Beaver was at that time a In command of the 14Sth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers.

He had ben wounded the previous May at the battle of Petersburg, and was about to resume command of bis regiment after a brief siege in the hospital, liohm was chief bugler of the pith regiment. Pennsvlvania cavalrv. coiumanueu oy uoi. jonn tiir ur.rr.ir Lii.i.11 OUiOJ. 1 lit; late stare Republican convention.

The i'irh was attached to the second brigade of tin? second cavalry division, ia command cf A-jditor-Geu. Gregg. "Our was picketed in front of the second corps, wflb -h bad fortified nnd held the line of the Weidon railroad at the batiie of Rheam's station," said Watchman Rohm, who was induced to tell the "lory after a great deal cf per-suason. "The evening before the battle we had quite a conflict with Gen. Hill's corps, which was ma-sing in front of us.

We keep a sharp lookout, expecting a hot light the next day. And sure enough, our expectations were realized. The following morning, aftr a great deal of maneuvering and picket tiring, the enemy attacked us with a regiment of giment ot oavairy. We were aptrlsed of the attack in advance by our pickets and by forming ouicklv we were able, to reneS The. who led the charge was killeI end his men driven back into the lines.

Di rectly after their retreat a heavy sklr- line of the rebels armeared. It was followed hy a line of battle which opened fire iro.it! us. VYe suffered consirU raidy from their tire and fell back toward our infantry. "Just after we had psssed a small piece cf woods about 10 yards from our line of entrenchments I noticed a field officer lying on his bark in the dust in the middle of the road, waving his hand toward c. My attention was particuiarlv attracted to him by tne fin 3, new undress i uniform end tne straps ot a colonel winch he wore, as I orew nearer I saw lie was wounded.

I knew if we did not take him along he would be oa-p-tttrej by the enemy it killed. I jumped on my hr.rse and upon examination saw-he was shot through the thigh. I had three of our pioneers dismount ana assist il ft I' 'l i 'V m-u-iwitr- i-i- "'VA rV the righting roiii 1 between Gen. Hancock ccn, ana Hi Bea- i cOiPPeiie to go on ci uwiwj, having an artificial limb. (f Battery's D'm relerote Act.

The most daring at.d desperate act of the war bv anv lattry has been credited bv lotn union and confederates to bat-. trv 5th Unite.i States artil ery, and occurred at the battle of SootUyivania, May lSs4. It 1-t-a on the Chargre. regiment captured so much on a single charge- aa was captured by the First Vermont cavairy at battle of teoaf Creek. October 19.

t'4. ATOV A I CB It A I am dying Egypt, dying: Ebbs the c-iimson life-tide fast. And the dark Plutonian shadows. Gather on th evening blast. Let thine arm, queen, support me; Hush thy sobs and bow thine car, Harken to the great heart secrets Thou and thou alone must har.

Though my. scarred and veteran legions Bear thc eagles no more. And my wrecked and scattered galleys Sciew dark Actinia's fatal shore; Though no glittering guards surround me. Prompt to do their master's will, I must perish like a Roman-Die tha great Triumvir fd.Ul! Bet rot Caesar's servile mirlons Mo. he lion thus laid low; 'Tvvas no focman's arm that felled him; 'Twas his own that dealt the blow ils, who, pillowed or.

thy busom Turiit.d aside from glory's ray His, who. drunk with thy caresses, Madly threw a world away. Should Jhe base p-kblan rabble U'are assail my name in Rome. Where my noble spouse, Octavia, Weeps with'n her widowed home. Seek her! Say the gods have told use Altars, augurs, circling wdngs That her bioo! with, mm; commingled.

Yet shall mount the throne of kings'. As for thee, star-eyed Egyptian! Glorious sorceress of the Nile! Bight the path to Stygian horrors With the of thy smite. Give to Caesar crowns and richjs, Let brow- la laurel twine; 1 can scorn the senate's triumphs, Triumphing in love like thine. 1 andyiig, E-rypt, djitrgl Hark! lo-? insultiug Jwimb's cry; They are coming! Quick, my Bet tre front them ere I die. Ah' ot.

more amid the battle Shad my heart exnltlr.g sw-ll; I sis f.r.d Osiris guard thee Cicopatra Rome fart-woil i I i I I i (wounded slightiv in iiie foot). Camobell station, Kingston ami defense of Knox- villa; ctntff assistant ngineer in erection of brid across Holston river and in BATTON SODD erection of Ft.5 Sanders and other fortifications at Knox vide; present in the battle of i Ft. Sanders, Reams station. Clinch church and Blaines Crossroads; appointed inspecting officer Fourth division, Ninth corps; took part in the Wilderness campaign; at Cold Harbor, Petersburg, m.ne explosion and battle of Crater, Vv'eldon railroad and Poplar hprmgs church. Mustered out October 'J 164, by reason of expiration of term of aj.

Tyson was electa commander of serv Maj the Pennsylvania Soi.iiers" and Sailors' home February, lSSti; is a member oi Abe i i 11AJ. W. W. TYSON, Commander of the Soldiers' and Sailors' nome at i.ric, i-a. Patterson Post No.

SP. A. vie- gheny. baa been senior vice-com- i mander, olfif of the daw. adttitant end i post commander three years; sVnior vice- department commander and den-irtxient commander in 1S74; was for tweive rears 1 on the state committee soldiers' orphans' schools.

Pennsylvania, and on post committee thirteen years. STATE MEIIOHIAIi HOME. Keeping Together ilie Families of tlie Men Who l-'font for the Anion. The. Pennsylvania Memorial home is located at Brookviiie, tha county seat of JefTerson conty, upon the low-grade division of the Allegheny Valley railroad, whose line passes through some of the most wildly picturesque of Western Pennsylvania.

The beautiful lawn surrounding the home, its substantial buildings and the general air of comfort that 'pervades the Institution attracts the attention of the traveler as he passes by. The Pennsylvania Memorial boms was incorporated, organized and. opened January, under and in pursuance of the laws of the state of Pennsylvania. The following persons were the original incorporators of the institution, all of whom were good and reputable members of the Grand Army of the Kepu'dic and Its auxiliary, the Women's Relief corps: T. A.

Morrison, A. F. Thompson, T. B. Flood, Fizra Ripple.

Charles M. Bet's, W. N. Jones, Frank H. Button, W.

ID Grav, George G. Boyer. Thomas S. Johnsicn, Charies A. McKenna, Isaac B.

Brown, Maggie J. Sias, Annie Wittenmyer, Abbia Rynch, Jennie M. Reavley, Helen S. Morrison. S.

B. Ouiggle. Mary E. Beaumont, S. M.

Henna rd, Marv A. Fruntx. Marv Mi'iier, Sarah J. Watson, Hannah p. Brown.

The corpora pose of prov maintenance mothers wives of permanently disabicd nniori sol dlers, the children of deceased or per-- nianei.iiy uisamea union soiuiers ana per- mpfiiintli' rtia l.lriit manently disabled their wives JWtviiCIO TV llll The following are the names and residence of the directors for the first year: A. F. Thompson. Bykens; Charles F. McKenna, Pittsburgh; George G.

Beyer, Harrisburg: Charles M. Belts, Philadelphia: Annie Wittenmyer. Secane, Helen S. Morrison. Sniethport: Jennie M.

Reavley. Erie; Abbie Byncb. Allegheny: S. M. Bennard.

Wiikcsbarre. nc institution was dedicated to the use of the union veteran and his de- pendent ones January 23, JSSO. The dedi- eatory address was made by Hon. Thomas J. Stewart, department com- niander of the Grand Army, and the home was formally turned over to the hoard of directors by 'Helen S.

Morrison, department president of the Woman's Re- lief corps. The property known as the Fennsyi- vauia emorta! nomc lormeriv a summer resort and was purchased with all its appurtenances by the association from J. E. Bong for the sum of Mr. Bong making a reduction of from the jiurcha.se price at the data of organization.

At the dedication of the home January 23, li'i, the department tveasurer reported about $19-5 hi her hands toward the purchase and maintenance of the home. But, full of zeai tms worthy cause, deaf to all discouragements and fully alive to every looked steadily, boldly forward. And as a result or their determination have maintained the home by the voluntary from corps, the gifts from friends of the cause and the smail appropriations from the state. An average of over sixty inmates each year have been ca'-ed for In this heme at nn annual ex- pense iff not less than $5,000. Twenty thousand dollii-s have been paid upon the 1 PEXNSfLVANTA ME1IOR' pnrchafif? price cf the hrm propoitv r.

remaining will be nril.i In time. To-day the home stands upon firmer bais then in the year past, Jeff fR-i January IvCI, and tha other senators from Mississippi. Alabama and Florida, withdrew from the scnam of the United States. Va v- iding coinfortabie homes and i.i.i mi liit for the Indigent widows and of deceased union soldiers, the -1 --L. -Z- i I i wrought iron railings.

the galiary will be displayed Pennsyi van'-a's exhibit of birds and animals at the World's fair and on the wslis ijenentfi will be hung the portraits of all th governors rr tha commorwea4th from WiiIMm Penn to Fst-tison. Tne Jugs will be tasteful! arranged in glass and metallic cases tha center and lour cornrrs of the room. HE WASTED TO TALK. VTliy Shrman Veit RriWe la tb iMrtroiwll. Gen.

Sherman, says a writer In Mc- i Clure's magazine, always mvVtuir little speeches. He had to; It was oe- i manded of him. He was no orator: tut he said original things. His wcr ls wer crisp, to the point, and never to bo for- i gotten. When the family were preparing to remove from St.

Bonis to New York, Sbr-man said: "I must see people; I must talk." He loved St, Boubi, but there waa SOBDIBB'S HOME, EB.1E, PA. for Friendless Children in Philadelphia. 1 me to. carry the Jfaed officer tn a under the charge oi Mrs. E.

E. Butter, 'placed safety, i akmg my WKCt f.tn and in the Soldiers' Ornhan Home in this i r.dr my horse we put "a Tne kZZTit Burrows, of Ban- taken roJ hoit in me amou-caster was appointed supenntenue.u, Jiid anct uat ol for the first ear he made ar. r.gcments t-nJ officer was for the. care of 11 children in the above the watchman named institutions, and in the Aib'ahenv T-ut in the ambulan ce. the watcc.aan Home for Friendless Children, Children's continued asked n.s na lie home Hancaster, the Church Home for rcpi.ed Heavet in a low I one New York.

I bee-red a trole viim.ii.- -i. nnciouij te. 1 1 v- nave and S', Paul's OrpUan asylum In Philadelphia. Other eaucat3nai msu- tutions efterwards made provision ior nronriated to continue the icnon'. Each i or homes were regularly established.

to death in the In there was a oecWed chsneu in the I timt followed and iMcaj. oi rwioauj: auuiiw eral; 8. M. Jackson, state treasurer; J. P.

S. Gobin of Lebanon, J. W. Nesbtt, Oakdale station; M. J.

Dull. Bernice; T. i legislature, or.d the sum of was no- of our ..1 1 year following, larger appropriations were a3 tbe result of the wound, made, until the 'highest amount in an? one 4 hip joint amputation bav-year, was reached in '1870. the r.f-eo "ncrformed. That is why be ts nis nrtie room tieiore he went ib.al toons In which I nad so ofltn, late night, sat alone with him, and listened to tha magic of his task.

He tovdt a brnoa paperweight from his desk. "It is the Image of America's greatest captain," he said, and gave me a l.tt! gtire of Gen. Grant that bad tcfn on v. A) MARION (IND.) SOBBIERS' IIOM3. Jiiilli JitVilll tut rj.

XR jh.Kar-J rr Vi-i-- monir.s age tre casas ana their -prec ions coi tetus were removed to the state arsenal, or. the outskirts of the city, where tllt-L- 1,1 n.l.i? uir state ar- a tiL ant knew no bounds. level-bead. man 'in t-h a a "He wm the one the r.eW executive and library r-uil-ilnr ntgi.t Under the joint resolution" passed bv Hr; "rnte as he taiKe.i et MICHIGAM SODDTTTRS the lewislattire of 11, Gov. Curtin i i-i orte close of the tw.hool year.

May, IST.t, Children were on the rolls. The first bill provided only for children Whose fathers bad been killed or died of wonnds received or disease contracted in i I the service. Through the efforts of the Grand Army of the Republic and ether patriotic friends of the system, those re- I strictions as to time or taTse of I were removed, and t.h! cbiidien of dcsii- tnte soldiers s.n.i sivto-rs or tjie orpaans of those who had died from any cause, became entitled to the benefit of these homes. i The legislature slso at different tiroes i prescribed a date after which no more applications should be received, but, tbro-ig'h The jame infiuence. the t'me xejk I nallv extended to June 1, The act 153 also provided 'that the sch'is should be ciosed June 1.

at which time it is evtimateti nearly l.ovo cnit.iren remained in the schools, who were properly cared for until they reached the age at which ail others were discharged 18 years. The bevs and rirls discharged from these homes, having received a good education and en re til training, have in fc-ar-Iv ail cases been aide to care for and the "Sixteeners," as they are called, are h. credit to the stile wh.ch, -rratetni aripreciation or in 1 and S3cn'; es of their fathers, has done In oil H.fC-S children have been admitted to the diitei ent homes. The total appro- i priations from 15 to June 1. lsw-i, amount- I ed to ijr.

I At tli- session of a bill wi ptsw.l i by the legislature creating, or continuing 1 the Soldiers' orphans commission ia charge of the schools and amborialng rie of a site ana vs ecton of an in i dustriai trair.ing school, for wi toe 'i '''p ft 1 tii i I At. HOilE, feBOOKVIBBE. PA. um of was arrrcrri'afs-l Tht V'l ftl autborlied th JfmsS10n to I schcola of detlttt orphan other ot coind nd prses-iv boards. There are at brerep three "hoots under the dire-tion th.v WmmUilon, Ic-cared at Unbmtowm, Favette Harford.

tuntjt. ad Sivn-js, p. n.v I I i 1 i i.iir in mo iiivni, ill- v.rt;f-.t..i i-i arii4 Mown tli4 'ittris. inc-ci amopg ibe of the great men fn ha ki.ov-n. it tne.l as if he mijsht be In ihe'r They were nearly ai! d- id; bad ctfbveti most of th berf- th war Noith or Svr.th, ard Kei.me'i ai like one who bail iic-n in tb? world, seeu its giorie and its fonp, aid vai ready bitcseif to depart.

"Sopifc night as I cn.ne hin from tba Ibeuter or a be or.ee chill wiil catch ne. I v.iil have a c4i. be unwell a day, ind then It all hapixmed at last, jut. as his lm-lns lion had foreseen it. He always secm-nl to me your-grr that, he reaiiy was.

He had to the i. buoyarcy r.f sp'rita that Ufe.ally belor-rg only to youth, rufver rai nini sj-t-ak a yuunK prrnun itht.ut MiruiiriH, to his ways towwtil itii, i wa- Hajari of the Uayards. THE IMtl M. Rataplan! Rataplan! the- fereiront t'f the van 'Tls a little beardless drummer toy that leads the bearded man. See the limping etcsm Kcepirg step bc bet he caa To the litfie beardless dmrr.m?r fcoyi coiLrr.

winU-'ng ratapian. Rataplan! OlJ ICOoViCi com, At besbi of t.i? druai. Of the battlers in ad fantasia, th. tbrcb-birig and th-. bum Kjt the riftes' rataplaa In the forefront of Ton, Where th drarsuvk ra a tulle! auil tht parchment was a man.

Rataplan I Trsaacriiit. purchased, and presented to the troops tnat went out from tins during the war. 1-7 flag and standards. Of these, sii but twenty-tlce flags and clev standards ore turned in or accounted for at the ceremonies at in ISfc'j. Suie of those which were then minsitrg and unaccounted for have Since been recavereu ar.d ere now at 'he along witn the other colors carried by tne Pennsylvania rc-yiments.

There are Kit hats in this collection. With the exception of six, the number cf the regiment which eartieo th'm is known. Tftee unknowns are markeii "Number of the regiment unknown." Matiy of the fhige were so torn by the bullets and shells of the enemy tint it is iimvssir-i. to make out iiie name. of the battles in they were carried, and v.

men rrrig'rit bare been at tme time inscribed on the ensigns. Attached to the slaiT of sut colors are red. white blue su-an-ers with tha names of the bat-tl-a in whsca they were borne Inscribe in rs. On other the naraes of tl: -engagements are written ia ua on a narrow flip cf common white pai-er pasted on the taif. litnv of the regimsnts art represented by mors tbn one flas.

which they carried cne by one through the struggles in wlirb. they pn t'JdpAted. ihe Forty-nrHi reglinei.t, whijii iai'cd by Gen. Hitl rar.il, ito eivht rtaga. Six of the; "eie pr-i-iiied by aw-tnti anl iuebvulu-als.

Ti.e others were ihe gilt of the Or cl tho ft a wc cap'ureu ty the coifedralej; at Spittsy'vanla tnd ra- tur'id to the rgltneniai rssodatton eral yirs afterwanl by Si un lor Cameron, who lecursl it froTii ir captora. fhe regimental toiors were retained by the intli Aorlly t-tfare the death at Gen. Ildrunit. when thy mere turned over to the state. All give evidence of having en bard ervice.

The iSefiTty-eishtb regiment oiaplavs ore rn exltrire at present, and presents the appearance almost of a little vibage. Its buildings are mtK'e! of architecture, and there tha old soldiers tan find ail thst Is conducive to nrl(b and happiness. It has now fully 5,6 inhabitants, with many upon tin? floors. The sontnern branch, which Is locate at I-oint is In churee of Gen. William Seweil, who Is Us local manager.

The are the owned by any of the national branches, being oniy about thirty acres, but they are very handsome, and the buildings are exceedingly commodious and comfortable, affording at present a secure haven of rest for 4,071 veterans. The western branch Is at Leavenworth, and Its local manager Is Maj. P. N. Morril.

It is nearly as large in point of as th central home, having nO- The tuiirltns ai ali that be desired and contain JjiWO inhabitants at present. A notab feature of the Leavenworth home is a. 1'cliey club, which was Alw.iut norilh agt. and now has over who are not ashamed to have their m.rnes enrolled among the number ft rfonned drickers. Thes- men have formed a fine company and pent much time in drill Milwaukee, Wis ia the ait of the northwestern branch, which contains 4I acres cf fir.

land ir.d many handsome structures. Its local manager is Cel. John. 1.. Mitrhell ami tt population now numbers 2,36 fcX-soi iier.

At Torim. t. Wj in of on. TVanc.ia 1,.1 mn-intrr. The around SwW- ai-re and tha fcuilltnsrs isure rt in t'ni retort Ki tUfa'-tory Th report issud gave its population v.iui person on the fl.K-i-a.

Tils lm.t.Kutton ll-' i-mi haa a tfery svwoeasfu! Keel ay club, Having re-T'aljrred ove" dtmkai ds. Maiija. I tb- site of th Marion Sr.