The Document That Made Ameracaos JIS Freemen |ONORKSS in 1776 had Cput into the hands of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson the drafting of the Declara tion of Independence, kzw writes Kullerton L. Va > Waldo in the Phlla delphia Ledger. The two collaborators had a clear idea of the ar ticles of which the Dec laration was to consist, for there had been prolonged discussions in com niittee, of which careful notes were taken. The little sub-comuiittee of two men met and conferred together, and Jefferson asked Adams to take the written memoranda to his lodg ings and there prepare the draft. But Adams, self-effacingly, insisted that the laborious honor should fall to his colleague. 'You are a Virginian," said Adams, "and I am a Massachusetts man. You are a southerner and I am from the north; I have been so obnoxious for my early and constant zeal in promo ting the measure that any draft of mine would undergo a more severe i scrutiny and criticism in congress than one of your composition. And finally ■ and that would be reason enough If there were no other—l have a great opinion of the elegance of your pen and none at all of my own." Whereupon, bowing deeply and with protestations of mutual regard, the patriots went their several ways, Jef ferson with the manuscript under his arm. And in a day or two they met again and "conn'd the paper over." "I was delighted with its high tone," Adams wrote in 1822 to Timothy Pick <*ring. But to the part containing the denunciation of King George he took exception. "I thought the expression too passionate and too much like scold ing for so grave and solemn a docu ment." Nevertheless, he had no amendment to suggest, and the draft ;jjl Famous Old Independence Hall. of the declaration was put be for- the | committee of flvo Just a* Jnff-rson had prepared tt. The desk upon which the declara tion wm drafted in In th<- library of the *tat« department a' Washington. It was exhibited at Buffalo In the l'an ! American exposition lit Ifol The final debate In congress, in the committee of the whole, upon the i adoption of the Declaration of lade penitence at nine o'clock on J Monday. Juiv !. on that day Pennsyl- 1 vanla. seven of whose deleft «•* were ! re»».nt, voted against ad >ptlon. The vote of [telaware, having two dele Catna pr<-«s»nt. wan dtvld <t I ■ reuj.on Mr Kean of Delaware, who had voted affirmatively, wrote a fragile letter to tb* absent Delaware del« • te, ('in'iar Rodney, Imploring him »o <otue and cunt hli vote, and thu-, turn the scale for ladaware, for It wa» Mgfet) probable that If Ite-U- j * >!. «,rie.i thf d> ■ i u att >B P*at i ■yUanla would follow »ui> Rodaey at the ttm* v. a# v» iitlln | ••ay. <i» {lover, at one or tl,«» oth.-r of | hH }ai It) It-Id and Poplar Drove. ' i!»» suffered torture* from the cancer, s able it starling on hi* auee, bad <n»read all over one *tde of hla face, w (kit | H" had tow- ar a T*re< II »ilh shield tu ' hid* HM -H»tigur««tMMil; It wan of Iklt I rlirotiie ,t|Ji. tion that kw di l \ coi, : t» .far* eHronirte (He < hifti m 1 an animated »k»Muu m jv. d all ' *;irlt, without at rporeal Integument " M« K< an * M< Ml m«r toft l*hllad«t t *•» late In Ik* altem<MMi **f laly L It | **« a-. >*ar. to get Koine* )>« . Independent e hall by July I. tfe<* <u .1 . . - „■ , , , ' ■ ■ : . , * .S 4 t,i rtuitt tu Ik* evnlug of |ti« Thai ride of « 4mimm lu I go down In history alongside of x aul Revere's and Philip Sheridan's. In de fault of missing detail the imagination must provide the picture of the tall, gaunt spectre of a man, half-masked and riding like a demon, urging his steed onward through the night with whip and spur, along a road abounding in pitfalls, with black miles separating one warm, yellow cabin light from the next. What was he thinking of as he rode onward? Not of the pain of the I cancer, slowly eating away his counte nance and sapping his vitality; not of the risk he ran, a solitary horseman, of being waylaid and robbed or mur dered upon the lonely journey. He heeded not the hunger and the sleep lessness; he was thinking only of the fact that hia vote would turn the day for Delaware; Delaware, though a lit tle state, might influence Pennsylva nia, and so the vote of the colonies would be unanimous for a declaration that would immortalize the men who made and signed it, and enfranchise the people of the 13 colonies and their descendants. Next day, Thursday, July 4, as the members were assembling at the state house door, a rider, booted and spurred and covered with the dust of night and-day travel, dismounted in their midst, and when, a little later, Caesar Rodney rose in his place, still breath ing hard, and said, "I vote for inde pendence," the result was that the vote of Delaware was cast in favor of the declaration. Pennsylvania, by three of her five delegates preßent, supported Delaware's action, and thus by the ride of Rodney the unanimous vote of the j colonies (with the solitary and tem- I porary exception of New York) was that day secured for the Magna Charta of our American liberties. "It was two o'clock in the after noon," I.ossing tells us, "when the final decision was announced by Sec retary Thomson. When the secretary , sat down a deep silence pervaded that | august assembly. Thousands or anx ious cltiic.-us had gathered In the itreets. Prom the hour when con •{res* convened In tho morning the I old bellman had been In the Hteeple. He placed a boy at the door below to «tv« him notice when the announce ni-nt should b« mad«. As hour sue ceeded hour, the gray beard shook hla head, and said, 'They will never do It! They will never do It"' Huddeuly a I loud .shout came up from below, and there Stood the blue eyed boy. clapping hi* hand, and >houtlng 'Ring! ring" lira-iplng the Iron tongue of the old bell, backward and forward he hurled It it hundred tli •'*, Its loud voice pro churning 'Liberty throughout all tho land, unio all the Inhabitants thereof.' The .-telted multitude In the streets responded with loud acelamatlons, and with cannon peals, ksnlrva and lllu miuailoas the patriot* held glorious i cari»l. al that ulgbt lu the tjulet city of | h «»," ■M Union and tibsrly, r c I ' " 1 12: I < J < i t* IH ! ! h"2Sa.sar 1 I J I .L, CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1910. Latest (Photograph by Underwood & Underwood, New York.) A PARASOL or palm fiber (raffia) made in the alluring form of a small square tent, with a natural fringe'of the woven fibers, canopy top— loop of raffia to carry on arm. It is especially adapted for sea shore and outing, as the material is indestructible and water repellent. FOR THE SUMMER BEDROOM Simple But Attractive Furnishings That Make the Apartment a Delight. Summer furnishings have a charm that is quite foreign to the more pre tentious appointments of winter, and every season they seem to be more at tractive. The new toilet china shown is extremely decorative. The quaintly shaped little bowls are adorned with equally quaint, conventional designs, and there are lovely foreign looking copper jugs, with wicker handles, for carrying the morning hot water. Col ored and white tiles or squares of glass mounted on a flowered material matching the room hangings are pro vided to set the pitcher of ice water upon, and if a room is to have two occupants all these fittings are to be duplicated. For fastening back the window hangings the old-fashioned brass rosette has been revived. Speaking of bedrooms suggests breakfast, for it is becoming more and more the custom to have the first meal of the day in one's own room, and thoughtful hostesses always pro vide one of the charming little break fast sets which are now so common In the shops for the guest room, along with a tray of wicker, bra.ss or wood. High-Necked Gowns Passe for Evening High necked gowns are very much out of fashion for any evening affair, although white ones with lace yokes were acceptable for the theater and Informal dinners, and restaurant wear; but one does not see them any more among women who dress well.— Delineator. TENNIS DRESS w fSi I *| 11 rjf 7~ ~~ CORRECT STYLES IN GLOVES Black Is a Color Little Seen This Sea son, Tints Be4ng Given the Preference. The new gloves show a good many innovations over products of a year ago. Except for black costumes, an all-black scheme is desired, black gloves are little used. Plain white gloves also are less in evidence than for some time, tints having taken their place. All the soft pastel shades such as pigeon gray, fawn, biscuit and champagne are especially popular. Just now suedes are liked far better than glace kkls. This is a whim of tho Parisiennes, who always go in for the smartest fit for everything, and suede certainly comes under that class In the matter of gloves. With tho continued shortening of sleeves, more 12-button lengths than any other style are being sold. White gloves with black stitching are popular with black and white combination cos tumes. For tho street with tho plain lailor-inado broad four-row stitchlngs In self tones are considered the cor rect thing. A Lingerie Hat. If you get a lingerie hat this year, be suru to choose the mob cap style, with large, high crown and double ruf fles around the face. 1 his may bo quite simple or of em broidery and lace. A pretty one in sheer Persian lawn has the crown out lined with three rows ,of oval eyelets. The upper ruffle is edged with embroid ered scallop, while the under ruffle has a row of eyelets above scallops. 1 hese frills fall far down over the face and around the high crown aro draw.i folds of soft ribbon, ending In a huge six looped bow without ends at the left side. Where one does not wish to em brolder, the crown can be outlined in tbr. e rows of Herman Valenciennes in sertion. and the two ruffles finished with a row of insertion and edging of lace. Odd Names to New Shades. Some of tho new shades have ex ceedingly odd names There Is pheaa ant displayed In a number of tom-a, from pale reddish brown to a brown so deep It In utmost black Ashes of violet, a color of dull, faded purple; king's blue, a cold Japanese-looking ■hade, toning to brown; argent, a gray like dull sliver, drake, a bluish green th.»t Is attractive, and s pale grct-n ealli-4 almond that blondes of a deli cate (not colorlaasi type Hud becom In* t'hantecler 1* a rich, deep pluk, almost red A Shining Not*. Mummer is a sorry tlm« for tha woman wtth nose shines She usual ly resorts to powder, which coarsens the puies, or she mops with alcohols, which dries up tha skin Instead of these, try bathing tha tiosu with hot water, la which a tea •puoiitu! uf powder, d bora a haa be«u dlaxoived to «ai U pint Vs I plug ih» surface of noa« with a soft ilsuitel or piuoe uf silk k«vp* down th< si iu« Isi not rub hard or Rubber. | n r»««y Bag AT A CRITICAL PERIOD Of Peculiar Interest to Women. Mrs. Mary I. Remington, Eigleberry St. Cal., says: "l suffered BO ■everely from pain and soreness over the kidneys that it was a task for mo to turn over in bed. My kidneys acted very frequently, but J the secretions were 0116®*! retarded and the pas sages scalded. I was IHkJEr y weak and run down. After taking other remedies without ben eflt, I began using Doan's Kidney Pills and wa3 permanently cured. I was going through the critical period of a woman's life at that time and after using Doan's Kidney Pills there was a miraculous change for the better in my health." Remember the name—Doan's. For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Natural. "And did your wife die a natural death?" "Oh, yes. She was talking when the end came." When Rubbers Become Necessary And your shoes pinch, shako into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder for the feet. Cures tired, aching feet anil takes the sting out of Corns and Bunions. Always use it for Breaking In Now shoes and for dancing parties. Sold everywhere 25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address. Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. How About "Lift Thine Eyes?" The English Tourist —Excuse me, my friend and I cannot agree as to the name of that range of hills. Can you tell— The Scot (severely)—Mon, tho Saw bath is na the day for spelring hills whatever! —Sketch. Resinol Ointment Is Used In Every Country of the World as the Best Remedy for Itching Piles. I was terribly annoyed with Itching Piles for twenty-flve years. I found such great relief with the first appli cation of Resinol Ointment that in fu ture I would not think of being with out it. An occasional application is all that is necessary. Christopher Holmes, Brookllne, Mass. An Embryo Emancipator. A little miss riding on a Brooklyn trolley car the other day tendered the conductor half fare. "How old are you, little girl?" he queried, gin gerly handling her fare. She pursed her lips for a moment, then calmly opened her purse, dropped two more pennies into t le conductor's extended palm, snapp> 1 her purse and demurely replied: "You have your fare, sir; my statistics are my own!" Would Mean a Better Show. "Johnny," said the teacher, "here Is a book. Now, stand up straight and sing like a little man." The song wns "Nearer, My God." No sooner had the school commenced to sing than a little girl waved her hand frantically. Stopping the sing ing, the teacher inquired the cause. "Please, teacher, I think Johnny will get nearer If he whistles."— Judge. Up in the Air. "I have been at the top of Pike's Peak, which is more than 14,000 feet above sea level. What was the great est height you ever reached?" "I don't know just what the altitude was, but it must have been much greater than that which you mention. I niado the ascent shortly after I had stepped with my bare feet on a bum blu bees' nest." Casey at the Jet. "What's this I hear about Casey?" asked McGinn is. "He's been trying to asphyxiate himself," said O'Reilly. "G'wan! What did he do?" "lle lit every gas jet In the house and sat down and waited."—Every body's. A DOCTOR'S EXPERIENCE Medicine Not Needed In This Case. It is hard to convince some people that coffee does them an injury! They lay their bad feelings to almost every cause but the true and unsuspected one. Hut the doctor knows. Ills wide ex perience has proven to him that to sumo systems, coffee is an insidious poison that undermines tho health Ask the doctor if coffee Is the cause of constipation. stomach and nervous trouble. "I have been a coffee drinker all my life I am now 42 years old and wh«n taken sick two years ago with nervous prostration, the doctor said that hi) nervous system was broken down ami that I would have to give up coffee. "I K»t so weak and shaky I could not work, and r«-adlng your advertiae- U-«Ht of Postutit, I ssk< d my grocer If he had any of It lie said: Yea,' and that ho used It In his family, and It was all It claimed to he. So I i|uit toff. » sud commenced to u»» I'ostmu steadily and found In about two weeks* time I could sit ep •o'ißdly at night and net up in the mum lug letting fr<*»h In about two R)< UIH» I blflMl to Haiti fl. fth I • •Iglicd only |4u pound* whew I toiu n.. aied on Postuui. and uuw I weigh lif and feel better thsu I «id at 20 "I aw working every day and sleep h> i| ni uigfcit, \fy t*, 4 thU«Jr«n Wi ttt UMI •hunk MOy felttto imt« iota ()• iti lii* y Vk#! " I r«r«»«t |||« ftfetif# leftrrf 4 »»* "I'MMM I $ mMi Mm# Itt ftMM Ifcrf I*# !i t»*« 4*4 till J wf It,. MOTHERS WHO HAVE DAUGHTERS Find Help in Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound Hudson, Ohio.—"lf mothers realized the good your remedies would do deli cate girls I believe thore would bo weak and ail. tag women. Irreg ular and painful m periods and such : l 'Wm rsi ■£: Hr troubles would bo iMf Tff'\ relieved at once in i *•«* many cases. Lydia n sj| E. Pinkham's Vege :?=!fty table Compound is fino * or ai " n <? girls wtf ■ and run-down wo- R'l men - Their delicate fj 'if&Wu ffl'Wl oTgAna need a toDio the Compound gives new ambition and life from the first doee."—Mrs. Geohge Strickzjsb, Hudson, Ohio, R. No. 6,130 x 82. Hundreds of such letters from mothers expressing their gratitude for what Lydi® E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound has accomplished for them have been received by the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company, Lynn- Mass. Young 1 Girls, Heed This. Girls who are troubled with painful or irregular periods, backache, head ache, dragging-down sensations, faint ing spells or indigestion, should take Immediate action to ward off the seri ous consequences and bo restored to health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound. Thousands have been restored to health by its use. 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I tftll evary one who suffers with any kind o( skin trouble. bfw •roa I»rfully UK. PORTER S ANTISEPTIC liExUKO OIL feaais. MRS. LAL'RA DUNTOI, Made by Maker of Laxative Bromo Quinine Poor Appetite indicates weakness of the stom ach nerves which control the desire for food. It is a suro 6ign that the digestive organs need the help mf BE EC HAM'S PILLS SoU Esarywbsr*. la koisa 10c. sai lb. « Seldom See ft blj Ilka* thl*. t»ut your h t»rwm m%f lift** ft blllM It tif UfMlsft UU fa s Ailkl^ WM. FT wi'l rlfftfi thorn "•» Without Iftying the §•*>«• ifui ti-pftft u|». H.i l.lMi.r, n«t ft • i . i*i » itiH.k h r 112 *Nr.. .in . t r ifc.ii,m«4. i: ft»a a I. •' -» I ' V 1 ft tr« W«(t> V * «<V«ifia VftrU-. itle^ >► . t fttl „ u r. 112» r. » ■ W t t. . » •, wiur» If fua ! A U* 1 ) V. t IUI kit, P. I*. IM l«)ii ftw . 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