is the Swiss flag, with its colors reversed, a red cross on a white ground; and individuals in their employment wear a white armlet with a red cross, and every red-cross flag must be accompanied, in time of war, by the national flag of those using it. It is no mean distinction for the Swiss Confederation that its national emblem is so intimately and exclusively associated with this great exhibition of international humanity. It is a grand and elevating education, a wise and philanthropic conception embodying the best principles of social science, and that true spirit of charity which counts it a sacred privilege to minister to one’s fellow-men in time of suffering. To supply material wants, great as this may be, is not all of its mission; it seeks to carry to men’s hearts the message of universal brotherhood, with “peace on earth, good will to men” as its ensign. The United States gave their adhesion to this convention in 1882, and in the conferences had since that date, among the large number of delegates assembled, composed of royalties, nobilities, military and scientific celebrities, no one commanded more respectful attention or contributed more to the deliberations than a lone feminine delegate who bore the credentials of the United States. The name of Clara Barton is known the world over in connection with the burning cross on a snow-white field. To her labors are largely due the widening of the scope of the red-cross activities, and the assimilation of its workings to the advance plans already put in execution in her own country. These plans were chiefly of her own suggestion, and she had been instrumental in their reduction to successful use, for which she found opportunity in the late civil war, and subsequently during the Franco-German war, when she followed the German army into Paris, working faithfully alike in French and German camp; when all the nations of Europe rang with praises for her splendid work. She then first became acquainted with the Red Cross Society, and at once united with it; returning home with the iron cross of Baden on her breast, she organized the Red Cross Society of the United States, and was made its president. Her influence mainly contributed to the favorable action of the United States in joining this convention in 1882.