RING OUT, YE BELLS, Ring out, ring out, ye merry bells, And let the deep-mouthed cannon roar, Each patriot bosom swells, The glorious Fourth is here once more, When night descends what joys are his! The hissing rocket cleaves the skies, Hark! hear the roman candles fizz, Behold the red and blue lights rise, Now, whizz! z-z-zip! bang, torpedoes crash And split the fretted ear of night; Firecrackers jump, toy-pistols flash, Mid exclamations of delight. Now blaze the barrel smeared with tar, Slow matches pass from hand to hand, And salve and sticking-plasters are At druggists’ stores in great demand, HOW WE CELEBRATED. A FOURTH OF JULY STORY. Carson, for it was undoubtedly he, had seized the chain, and was dragging it toward the water. It resisted his efforts, and, letting go of it, he gave a couple of loud shouts, «I think it is time to leave,” sug- gested Mark; he is evidently calling his sons.” Dale was already some yards ahead, and, without losing any time, we paddled swiftly down steam. Carson still continued to shout, and we fancied we could hear a faint reply. to do this morain't | ter drownd me.’ Then, as he saw us moving swiftly cut of reach, he ran into the hut,and before | we could see what he was about, he rushed out again with a gun, and fired directly at us. The shot actually spattered about our canoes, and setting our teeth firmly, we paddled as we had never paddled Dbe- fore. Another bend was before us, UST look out for| Lute Carson, boys. You'll likely find | him campin’ some- | whars below here. | If he hails you, bid him the time o' day | and pass on.” **And who 1s Lute | Carson?" said Mark, dropping the pad- | dle he had picked | up, and balancing himself on the side of his canoe. Our friend the farmer wiped his perspiring brow and hid his jovial features behind a mask of gravity. “Now that’s v morn I can tell,” he replied. ¢‘‘He' a reckless, good for nothin’ kind of a chap, with two harum scarcum sons as big as he is, an’ there are some as say he wouldn't sto crime ter git wibat he wanted. ten years ago he served a term for hi WAY 4 that he's b y back at Redfield’s Clearin’, How he lives, I this time of the te I robbery, an since our waved Ile fare: - » IALY farmer on canoes, whose » previous night, paddied swiftly down the river ng air of the beautiful July morning, : With mv companions, Mark and Jim Dale, I ruise down the Susquebanna. We were ng border of Bradford {ter two weeks of intermittent Lake, and this was the first warning we had received of peril ahead. We paddled along several hours an then the river narrowed, and we could hear some distance below us the roar of the rapids. As near we that the channel re to the shor The La hn ro¢ KY 1 out into the Msyne Was INaKing a8 canot ”m tapers m Otsego we came saw ben water, 8, Mark taking glided swiftly into water | merged to his waist in the the channel, a man intently engaged in fishing. We shouted with all our the roar of the rapids dr voices, and the man continued to t his lines, unconscious of his peril. Mark made a desperate eflort to turn aside, but the baffled and he struck the unfortunate fisherman broadside, 1 before he could find time to cry out the latter went head foremost into the river, while Mark glided grace- fully over I uttered a cry of horror, and tl make matters as tl ’" fellow struggled to the surface and got his head and shoulders out of water, I banged int leways and down he went again, trying to foothold on the slippery stones, Dale followed as we all fl still,deep water below, the man came to the surface and waded blindly to the shore, choking and spitting up the water that he bad swal. lowed. He reached the bank snd danced about for an instant, shaking his dripping clothes and gasping for breath, He was a big, burly looking fellow, with a heavy black beard. We hositated for a moment, not knowing what to do, for the man was certainly mad, very mad, Then Mark called out “I beg your pardon; we really could not help it, you know. It was an acci- dent.” But the man still continued Ins wild dance; and then, recovering all at once the use of his voice, he began to swear fearfully: “You young wretches!” he erled. “I'll skin you alive. I'll break every bone in your bodies, I'll learn you--'' | Just here a fit of coughing shut him | MI, and, seizing a couple of big stones, | be made for us on a run, We grabbed our paddies and struck out for the middie of the river, As soon as the man saw that we were | out of reach he changed his tactics and ran back up stream. We could not im. agine what he was about at first, and | then the startling truth flashed upon us. “That's Lute Carson,” said Dale, “‘gndthere Is the shanty he lives in,” and be pointed to a rude cabin that was built close under the chil, and had en- tirely escaped our notice, “And down here is the mouth of Montongo Creek,” added Mark, “My gracious, look what he's doing!" cried Dale, suddenly. We now for the first time a bost turned bottom up on the shore. might, but waned ir 48 fierce current his attempt, alm. worse, ust y him si vainly obtain a close beliind, and just sted into the AJ | word. { and we stoo | T have | minutes passed in oppressive stillness, | of his canoe. estly that something would happen to [put an end to this terrible suspense, just as we neared the turn Mark wheeled round in his canoe and leveled a pair of field glasses up the river. He took a long survey and then picked up his paddle, “‘There are three of them now,” he “They have launched the ’ said, slowly. boat and are coming in pursuit.’ We bent to our paddles without a were light runners, 1 a good chance of escapin But as rounded the bend countered an obstacle that doomed certain capture, A stiff breeze blew up the river, and Our canoes we we en- us to | the rolling waves instantly chet We knew making speed in the teeth of progress, it was think of such a gale. Mark scanned the shores closely; both sides were the mountains, *‘No landing place anywhere. ft," cried. *‘‘You see ledge of rocks over there! Paddle best for it," he your and AS We my canoe, and then, ¢ , we hauled it we Or en iD. t was a heavy load, but fely, and dragged it back u w pines. Dale's canoe came next, and then Mark put the hurried up to help had barely and pulled it back heard the sharp clic ; out through th and bis two } and. ropes on his own sad ye t yw breath as beneath us, wid soon passed directly sound grew fainter, vanished round the I wanted t bend. y start al of 1 » | » f » i1ld not hear of it “uN w : dy he sald, *‘we must wai ¢. Carson is doubtless on the for us.” yward sundown the wind fell and river grew calm as a mirror. We ate a hastily prepared cold supper, and when the twilight made the opposite untain only a blurred dark prepared to resume our voyage. We were just going to lower the first we, and Mark was looking down over brink, when he suddenly sj lar out 1 the mass, we le Tang K. “Great Scout, Dale!™ he eried. “You ft your pa idle standiog up against " have Je the cliff! Dale looked down: “So I did.” he replied, +*It's a wonder they didn't se tl) \ How could the help it We're in a fix now, “I'll bet x dollar they have been watching all af. for us to come down. Now, here it's dark, and ten to one they ar planning to attack us. All through your carelessness, toc,” Dale attempted to explain, but Mark uo lyoger pad any attention to him. He “See it?" Mark echoed, angrily. aw course they it, 34 ternoon | was listening intently. Suddenly he turned and held up his hand. “Hush! Not asound,” he said, softly. “I hear a boat coming, but it's still some distance uv the river. Pull that canoe back again aad get ready for an attack.” There were but few preparations to be made though, for Mark's rile and a re. volver of mine constituted our whole arsenal, Mark stretched himself on the edge of the cliff and motioned us back. Ten | minutes pacsed in silence. Then we | heard twice repested a harsh sound, like the faint creakieg of oar locks. I could feel the cold perspiration starting on my forehead as the next five | | | | Dale had crept back behind the shelter | I was wishing most earn. | when Mark suddenly cried out, in a clear, ringing voice “1 will shoot the first man that tries | to climb this cliff,” and iostantly came a sharp click as he cocked his rifle. For a minute not a sound was heard, and these gull vales t “If you fellars up thar down all yure vallybles as’ cast, aa’ eatable stud, you kin go in peace. 1f not, we'll come up an’ take 'em, an' give ye a good trouncin' in ther bargain.” “That's a moderate demand,” replied Mark. “‘But if you know what's good for you, you will go back up the river and let us alone. Wedon't intend to be robbed if we can help it.” “Robbed” growled out the volce from below. “What did you fellars try Did yer level best ’ “Be careful,” rejoined Mark. ter take warning, for I know you, Lute Carson.” Instantly a gun was fired, and heard the shot spattering on the rocks high Mark hastily drew back. “I'm afraid I'll have to fire,” he said. lon't see any other way, unless— I have it, by Jove! Where canaon crackers, Charlie?” be sure, the next day Fourth of July, although in the excite our encounter with the C fo time being utterly for- | We had brought al big firecrackers, with a the day, wherever be. Here with we overhead, “wl hold on! i HOsC ove down into my canot we two bund 4} open. y will t, Jak “Bang I" Jake ness, and the charge bucksh about our ears, and elicited a bowl hla : ints Diazed into t of | fright from Dale. Jake mistook this for w cry of pain, 1 a triumphant shout, but a 1 cracker direceed by Mark's unerr. blew up fearfully clo 1, without changed { terror and Carson clam! aught” 1 ; And then h yf fuse that joined the balance the pack, sad, guided by the burning scraps that rested on the boat, he tossed heard Mark i a tou he 1 " A’ : of [841 3 ie {a had 1 the bunch directly into their nuidst, Kinane! hat Ving | Bang! bing bang! ng-=bing! Lake nade the crackers exploded in thus succession, snd loud above th angry cries and execrations we from the bow of the boat, plunged head from the ster | Jake, after falling stupidly into the GAance i bang--bang. us POSE arson v over the sides with an ty that was truly remarkable. For a short interval all was quiet, and fragments lit up the night with a ward, ghastly light, and began the woodwork of the boat Then an arm grasped the chain and the boat shot from shore, The flames vanished and dark figures climbed into | the burning 4 te to ignite out the cralt “Yure lives ain't worth a cent.” Car. son hissed at us, “You'll hev half an hour ter say your prayers,” and with this gentle farewell the boat moved off, and the creak of the oars grew fainter and fainter. “Unless we get out of this at once,” sald Mark, solemnly, *‘we are lost, Car son thinks we won't dare to leave herein the dark, but he'll soon change his mind | when he comes back with another gun, Grab the canoes quick, now; we daren't lose a minute, We must work in the dark, for it won't do to strike a light.” For the next ten minutes we worked as we had never worked in our lives. One after another we lowered, or rather | dropped the heavy canoes down to the | water, Mark standing below and casting loose the ropes. Theu we climbed down | over the rocks, aod in frantic haste took our seats and grabbed up our paddies, “wast a second.” said Mark: aud stooping clear under water—he was al. ready wet all over—he rose, holding 1 ons band Carson's missing gun, He pulled himself into his canoe, and off we shot in the darkness. As the current swept us down, a shout rang out from shore, and a responsive hail eame from far up the river. “Toaat was a close shave,” sald Mark. | ! ] ! ] | “They must have landed one of the fel. lows up above to watch until they came back. Won't old Camon be mad, “Bet. | | able first | “*Bandit of the North Branch.” aad the | terrific was the |; | hooks. | sufficient; | weddin, though” _ We paddied long sad swiftly, stestlog | News. our course by the stars and recklessly plunging through half a dozen rapids, and toward dawn we landed at the little hamlet of Black Walnut, in Wyoming County, The inhabitants listened in wonder to our tale and shook their heads slowly. “We were lucky,” they suid, *‘to escape 80 easily, Lute Carson was a bad man, and even the sheriff, who had half a dozen warrants for his arrest, had little desire to meet him." We our cruise on down, and in due course of time arrived home. Lute Carson's shotgun continued rests on two hooks in the canoe house, and the sight Of It brings vividly to mind our memor- interview with that renowed conflict in which our cannon | crackers played so prominent a part, and which resulted in our celebrating the Fourth of July on the Third, —The Ar- » EE —— SELECT SIFTINGS. — ria and like wor Pa r is living, but the latter died. are taken in nets and by The most of them are caught in nets, which are taken around a school of them and gathered in. When the fish are scattered they are taken by hook and ine. This fish is wholly a food fish,and Mackerel is salted 1a large quantities for home and exje rt. known to be hard to kill, but Pendleton from Portland, i record. ye way {from Portland were Carp are ne sent to Oregon, the ot It had traveled on ice, and there head, showing that an attempt had been life it Was « pened the “fresh fish” was found bruises on its } made there to take its but when to be moving around tomed to such The buttresses of *‘Trajan's Bridge,’ which are still to be seen oa the Danube, are the remains of what was, in some re- spects, the most remarkable structure ever erected by man. It was not a mere . floating bridge of large boats and mas. | ive timbers, but was a permanent struc- ture carried on piers 150 feet high and sixty feet wide, comprising twenty arches, extending altogether 4470 Roman f leet, When Stoppers Stick. A cloth wet in hot water is sometimes but if this fails, remember that the principle is to expand the neck of the bottle by heat and not the stopper. With hot water the latter is often heated equally with the neck, and thus the de- sired effect is not produced. By hold. ing the neck of the bottle about half an inch above the flame of a lamp or candle, however, in a few seconds the rost obstinate cork will generally come out, Care must be taken to turn the bottle rapidly aud not allow the flame to touch the glass, as it might erack it. When the glass is thoroughly heated a steady pull and twist will almost always bring out the stopper.—New York Press. ct A Yenerable Pedagogue, Schoolmaster John Friedrich Schulze has just celebrated at Pankow, Ger- many, the seventioth anniversary of his day. Johann is ninety-two years old and his wife is ninety-one, The happy couple had the good fortune to see around them, participating lo the festivities of the day, nine of their chil. dren, twenty-six ildren and fourteen great-g et. = Loudon Alpaca is having quite a revival, The Watteau pleat still flourishes. Ultra high sleeves arc fast disappear. ing. Small crowns are seen on the majority of hat shapes, The Queen of Greece spends most of | her time over needlework. Cleaned kid gloves may be economical, wer satisfac tory. ver laid eyes on such a beau fans a 1 of new are now on ¢ » > of “Robert ap nt, low 5. Miss Frances Willar the advocate blue-eyed w physi celebrated man's rights, 18 a glen ie man, apparently of delicate really capable of a great rd Work. of w Py but wid glove for the low wash chamois skin, They have been found togwash as well as the white ones, which will be worn quite as much as last year, summer The American dress reformers are pre. paring to renew their crusade at Chau. The ¥ Ideas are making rap i declare t} TOar. AMG SOAs Turkish earrings from their s women, the use of these jew iths extend {ron iiness is laid ica ywan the front and back. A pretty fancy is for a lace hat and a parasol of the same material, Valenciennes with a broad brim and three large Prince of Wales erect on the is a becoming style. The American Federation of Women Clubs pow includes 174 societies, repre- senting 15,000 members. he oldest of 1 all is supposed to be Sorosis, whic summer crown them recently celebrated its twenty-first birth. 1 Gay. at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., 1579, the pioneer among them having been Miss Christine Ladd, who, by special vote of the faculty, wa permitted to study mathematics. since Massage, which wooden dummies, used to be taught on with skeletons as further assistants, is now demonstrated ) 4 | on living subjects, children even doing | for experimental models. In this way the profession affords a doable industry. | | 66 Miss Ume Tsuda, now a special stu. | dent at Bryn Mawr (Penn.) Coliege, is | anxious to raise $3000 to found a schol. arship to give Japanese women a four years’ training in America, and fit them girls, Hulda Friedrichs, a young German wotaan, has been engaged by the Pall Mall Gazette to make a tour of the United States for the purpose of writing up the social institutions of the country, especi- ally in their effect on woman's con- ditions. The new book written by the Arche duchess Stephanie, of Austria, is said to be remarkable both for the elegance of style and descriptive talent displayed by its author. These gifts are so rare in the case of royal authors that the Arch. duchess 1s to be congratulated. comfort of ladies who travel is th: em. ployment on some of the trunk lines of colored maids, These girls are handy with their needles, they know how to comb the hair, wash and dress children, and render innumerable services that make traveling more endurable, Miss Regina Morphy, of New Orleans, La., a niece of the great chess player, has com a waltz called “The Paul Motphy alte,” which she has dedicated to Chess Club of the Crescent City. Miss Morphy is sald to be a talented woman, She is | Lpmitie Rud patuting and apeuks Whitey a mms Mls i rm feathers | Women have been admitted as students | to return home as teachers for Japanese | An excellent innovation to secure the ! Swearing Witnesses in Japan. 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