1 THE BELL THAT RANG IN LIBERTY i 1 I !l II ! ' a 1111 J'tiotograph by Frank Fournler, 8ta(t Photographer. Beneath the banner of the free We gather to our nation's breast The pilgrim and the refugee By cruel destiny oppressed. eoY'SPOORFon or Various Reasons Bobby Didn't Enjoy Day That Is Meant to Be Enjoyed. Declaration of Independence and Tea Played a Part Last Year, But This Year Youngster Has Deter mined to Make Another Declaration. ULY 3, 11:20 p. m. Long past bedtime, and I'm aw ful, awful sleepy. Asked Aunt Jane long ago If I couldn't go to bed, bo as to be up early on the Fourth, but Uncle Hub- nkuk be just raised his eyebrows, id Aunt Jane she yaid: "Pretty on, Hobby; keep avake a while nger, dearie; then you can Bleep sht through until breakfast time, and a unseemly sounds which erroneous ly are linked with the birth of our in- licndcnce" this la a regular Aunt m talk, this Is "will not disturb imr rest." Hope they give me Bome ackers tomorrow. They w ill, 1 guess not. What did pop send me up here f, anyway? July 4, 8:20 a. m. Darn it! Slept fight through till breafast time, Just Is Auut Jane said I would. Looked fut the window and saw Uncle Habak- It. He w9 calling a boy down for rin8 off a cap pistol Just outside the !ate- I can seo myself getting crack 's out of him! ':35 a. m. What's this coming? Jit Jane Just knocked on my door N said It was high time w e were eel- fating. Maybe Lliev've cot nomn fire- pfkers for me, after all; a few packs i mose unseemly sounds which are r-one-hat-d'yer-cnll-lt linked with ' birth of our Independence w ould "He in mighty handy now. Told i-M June Id be down In a second. 8:4a a. m. Well, we've been cele- ptlim all rlgnt. We'd begin the day. 'l Jane Said. With ruitrlntli onni-a went in the parlor and Aunt f " m down at the mclodeon pop f ne remembers that melodeon 'n no Was a linv Aunt luno nnr rnwrlea:" nhn nnH tt.,i ui,i,i,i. . ' '.. V- II V IU . 1 U If . I. I. U 1. PP0(1 Oil "Tho film. SnBlJ nn. L.i, ' ' 1 iv. v. I ' an"l "ion they made me Bing "azy song In our school book, ow Can I servo mv rnnn trv - .... --J I ' H by taking sword in h h fa?" I ennl.l In 7. nco and somebody threw lighted II n , " cracer on me porcn f . H blew elx hrunrhou nfr fha hnn m. .,. " -.- lie and made an awful unseemly mm, 0 . . ''a. m. rirpnltfnot Alio.ilw.a rf I'nclo Habakkuk kept me half LTl the tab'o while he talked winiam ritt'B part In parlla y repeal of the hated Btamp act. '0 a. m.-ni. .i.- , . l ' "abakkuk road the Declaration u, iietulence to Aunt Tatn onl mo Ult Jana tnlil mn n..a : u is vni a girl, she went to Fan- I'hiladelphla, and saw the that lio.,i.i ii u v iii !' Whrn ,le wrote tlje worJs: - uierimn The Union must 1 bn.iii l,n .... 10 So '"'"'rvea!" ouiiio Doya aown tne " Bet nff . . ... Mrs It P8C 8 01 glant 1 u , , ' 0la "a washboiier. h'o,,L ,Baia: "nobby, come In 'tto.i me' rve Boniethlng I Pl:30 u' L' . n- Ulicle Ilnhnkknk hnn ' them " me Somo BtatIstlcs ,le Purth of j , y row tnat 8lnce the mere have been 1,605,413',$ fingers blown off by cele brations, 8C3.401 eyes blackened, 6, .100,002 eardrums ruined, and do you think, Hobby, In the face of these elo quent facts, It is wise to encourage boys In such er pernicious folly? No, sir; I I guess not, sir. Sensible lad! I thought you would agree with me! 12:30 p. in. Lunch; somehow I, hadn't much of an appetite. When Aunt Jane said I should take a nap immediately after eating, I had less. 4:20 p. m. Well, I've had my nap. Once, when I was awful sick, they gave mo something or other to make me sleep. Wish I had some here. I'd take a pound of it. Say, but this Is a glorious Fourth. 5:30 p. m. What do you s'pose I found when I got downstairs again? Three sticks of punk and a box of safety matches. Aunt Jane said she'd talked It over with Uncle Habakkuk, and she didn't think that a boy, brought up as I had been, should be deprived entirely of tho amusements he had been used to this Is more of Aunt Jane kind of talk so Uncle Hab akkuk got the punk and the matches. Yes, and I've been sitting on tho porch lighting matches with punk and punk with matches for over an hour. May be tonight, If I behave myself real well, and don't make unseemly sounds, Uncle Habakkuk 'II let me throw bis cigar stump In the gutter and play It's a cannon cracker or a roman candle. 6:15 p. m. Aunt Jane says we won't have tea tonight only a bite on the porch out of respect for the patriots who refused to drink It at the time of the Iloston tea caddy. 7:03 p. m. Asked Uncle Habakkuk and Aunt Jane If I couldn't go tc the town park and see the rockets. They said no; I might be bit by a stick. Ain't It the limit? 8 p. m. Well, we've had our bite, and we've been singing, "Three Cheers for the Red, White and Hlue," In the parlor. Felt like cheering. I did. 8:50 p. m. Aunt Jane read the Dec iaration or independence. Her eye sight's bad and there was something matter with the lamp, so it took her 'most an hour to read it. Uncle Hab- akkuk's asleep In the shiny black arm chair; making unseemly sounds with his nose. I can hear a whole lot of unseemly sounds down at the town park bully ones. 9:15 p. m. In bed. I sneaked there by myBelf. Unclo's asleep yet. So's aunt. The parlor lamp went out ten minutes ago. Next time pop wants me to come' up here for the Fourth, I'll, read a Declaration of Independence and beat Benjamin Hancock's declare tlon all to toothpicks! Puck. SAFE, SANE AND NOISELESS. 9 if. Oh, see the girl the flag unfurll The band play "Yankee Doodle Dandy." Look outl that bomb will jar things some. No? Shuckal It's only filled with candy K ti, Z n 0f D'aratlon. r of Fnn no were not mem t. ingress at the tlm nf of Inde ral to si ; ero e'ected later and 'i!TvL. . er benjamin Rush, h Ce0 : ..ame8 Wilson, George lnoa b 'yraor and Matthew : how'pvX .! 0 orIelnnI 50 mem- "sn on .V " 18 were nv who did Hint," Vna of August, George Oil... ,., . "rr Lee. Elbrldge u "01C0tt and Thomas were two other men, also, who were present during the dis cussion and adoption of the Declara tion, voting for It, but who never signed. They were Henry W'lsner of Mew York and. John Dickinson. Let us then be up and shooting, with a heart for any fate, lighting fuses and then scooting learn to stand aside and walL THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBUEG, PA. Jonaf Ran Cfabshaw's Qlofious, V O, SIR," said Jonathan Crabshaw, "I ain't got any money to waste in any such way. If the rest of the people of this town want to make fools of themselves, that's their business. Lot 'em go ahead and do It, but you needn't expect me to put a cent In this fund you're raisin'. What do I care how much the people of Greenville nre goln' to spend celebratin'? Let 'em spend a million if they can raise It They'll only hav- that much less to spend for things that might do their town some good." "But don't you seo," said Thomas Spurgoon, "that we can't afford to let Greenvilio get ahead of Pnddlngton In this matter? Since tho old-fashioned way of celebrating the Fourth has been done away with every town that amounts to anything has a general dis play w hich Is for the benefit of every body. By stopping the sale of danger ous explosives and all that sort of thing we can have a day of comfort and safety; but we owe something to tho youngsters, so we propose to have a fine exhibition of fireworks In the evening. It will bo In charge of men who know how to handle such things, and you can readily see that It will be much bigger and more thrilling than it would bo If everybody celebrated In hla own w.y. Besides, there will be no chance for the boys to lose their fingers or have their eyes put out. The pcoplo of Greenville have been boasting that they beat our town In everything, and we want to show them for once that they can't do it. Don't you feel that you can afford to con tribute a couplo of dollars?" No, I wouldn't contribute a couplo of centa for any such foolishness. I tell you It's all poppycock. It's nothln' more nor less than burnln' money up Whnt's tho use teachin' the kids that they're to expect something every timo we prevent 'cm from actln' like a lot of crazy young savages. I'm glad tho Bhootin has been stopped. I wish they'd stop everything fireworks and all. Them's my sentiments, and tliat'u all I've got to say." It was on the following day that Jonathan Crabshaw's wifo received a letter from their son In the city. Jonathan," she said when ho camo In from the garden, "William's wife's got to go to the hospital." "That's Just like them city women," ho grumbled. "They're always goln' to hospitals. If William bad married a girl from tho country ho'd bo a blamed Bight better off than ho Is. Why ia he wrltln' to us about her goin' to the hospital, anyhow? s'pose he's hard up and wants monoy, th?" I'm afraid your henrt's hardened, a," Mrs. Crabshaw replied. "What's the use foelln' bo bitter? William's the only child we've gut, and It his wife ain't our kind that's no reason why we should treat him as if ho was our worst enemy. I e'pose he thought It would be different when he married her. Now she's got the appendicitis and there's no knowin' what may hap- pen. He wants to send little Henry "No, I Wouldn't Contribute a Couple of Cents for Any Such Foolishness." down here to stay with us for a week or two." "Oh, that's what he wants, Is It? It's a wonder he feels like trustin' him with us. Here he Is, nearly ten years old, and we ain't never seen him. And they named him after her pa, too, when, by rights, he ought to been named after mo. Write back and tell 'em to keep him there. I don't want no boy around here specially no city boy." Mrs. Crabshaw looked at her hus band for a long time. He was gen erally considered a "hard" man. Every body knew that he had plenty of money, but no one ever saw him spend any of It. His wife, who was growing feeble, was compelled to do her own Lack of Uniformity In Flags. The union, that la to say ,- the por tion of the flag containing the stars, Is two-fifths of the length of the navy flags and one-third the length of the army flags, thereby furnishing an other examplo of the lack of uni formity. Other departments are prone to vacillate between these two and upon occasion to strike out Inde pendently for themselves. Flags that have Been service and become frayed at the ends are likely to have almost any proportions, for they may be housework and get along upon the barest necessities. He had driven his son away from home and then blamed him for not returning, bumble and penitent. Most of hie time was spent In his garden. It was the only thing he semed to care for. Having given his wife orders to write that they hpd no place for their grandchild, the old man took It for granted that the matter was settled and walked out of the house. It was on the second of July that Jonathan Crabshaw, who was busy In his garden, heard the hinges of the gate squeaking. He looked up and saw a little boy who bad Just stepped inside. No little boy had ever entered there before. Jonathan Crabshaw's garden was forblddon territory. Even his wife was afraid to go into It. The little boy stood for awhllo, look ing at the "hard" old man who was half loaning upon bis hoe. "Well," the old man asked, "what do you want here?" "I want to come la and help you," the little boy replied. "Get out!" "Are you my grandpa?" "Your grandpa? What do you mean?" "I'm Henry. Grandma told me you wns out here all alone." Jonathan Crabshaw dropped his hoe and began rubbing the dirt from his hands. "How did you get here?" he asked. "I came all by myBelf on the train, tho little boy eald. "My papa put me in the car and grandma was waiting for mo when I got here. My mamma is very sick." There was a big apple tree In one corner of the garden, near tho gate. Under It was a seat which Jonathan Crabshaw had made for himself. He went to it and sat down. "Come hero," he Bald. Tho little boy went to bim and leaned upon his knee. The old man had a "hard" look, but in spite of that tho little boy bore a strong resemblance to him. "So your name's Henry, Is it?" "Yes. And your name's grandpa, isn't It?" Tho "hard" look eeemed to fado out of Jonathan Crabshaw's face. "Well," he said with something that was almost a smile, "that ain't exactly my namo, but you can call mo It. -i i. f P "Are You My Grandpa?" You've got another grandpa, though, haven't you?" "Yes, hut I don't think I like him as well as I Ifke you." "Why not?" "He hasn't any nice garden llko this, and he never Bat under a nice big tree llko this alone with mo. Why doesn't grandma como out here with us?" "I I don't know. Maybe we will have her como out here with us some time." "Grandpa, do you know what?" "No. -What?" "Day after tomorrow's tho Fourth of July." "Good gracious! Is It?" "Yes. You have the Fourth of July here, don't you?" "Of course we do." "And fireworks?" "Fireworks? Um, yes, we have fire works here, too." "Goody! We'll have some, won't we?" "Certainly. And your name's Henry?" "But that's only part of it." "Oh! What's the rest of it?" "My name le Jonathan Henry Crab shaw." A rough old hand was laid gently upon the little boy's head. "How would you like it If I called you Jonathan instead of Henry?" "I'd like It That's what papa al ways calls me when I do anything that makes him glad." Jonathan Crabshaw's contribution to the celebration fund made it possible for Paddington to "put it all over" Greenvllle in the matter of Fourth of July firoworks. When the old man and his wifo and their little boy got home after witnessing the splendid display Mr. Crabshaw eald: "Mother, I never really knew befon what tho Fourth of July was for. Ain't it been a glorious day ail around?" Then he kissed the little boy and after that he put an arm around bis wife and kissed her and Bald: "I'm mighty glad Mary's out of dan ger. As Boon as she's well enough to get around again I guess we better go up there and see about buyln' 'em a house. Little Jonathan ought to have a nice 'yard to play in, and I can show him how to start a garden of his own." A WARNING. On the Fourth, Little Tom and his chum Started out to tnako everything hum; He Rave to the cup Of the cartridge a rnp And now ho io minus a thumb. turned up and hemmed again. For a long time during the recent adminis tration, the White House had a much worn flag that was as broad as it was long, but which still did duty when the weather was too bad for the good flag to come out A WARNING. On the Fourth, Little Tom and hli chum Started out to make erarythlng hum; He Rave to the c&p Of the cartridge a rnp And now he ! mlnua thumb. ROOSEVELT-WILLARD WEDDING PARTY AT MADRID C JOT i-iJ 4 I '( I 1, Hi't ..w..9$0'J''?1 if " , A V The first photograph of the Roosevclt WIllard wedding party, showing tho bride, the groom, tho groom's futher and the brldesmulds who attendod tho beautiful Belle Wlllard, daughter of the United States ambassador to Spain, at her wedding to Kermlt Roosevelt, son of Col. Theodore Roosevelt. The groom is at the right, with arms behind him The bride is seated at the right. Colonel Roosevelt Is stamllug almost directly behind her. FLYING BOAT AMERICA STANDS TESTS WELL h Him Uv i h v i A" Tho Wanamaker-Curtiss hydroaeroplano America, built for the transatlantic flight nnd here shown Immediately after its launching at Hummondsport, N. Y., la being given severe tests and is proving most satisfactory to Lieu tenant Porte, its pilot. FIGURES IN STAMFORD TRAGEDY f. . , -; f MRS. WILLIAM B. LEEDS 0 i' V. " ill Mrs. William H. Leeds' (irosvenor Squnro town houso Is being put in readiness for tho most lavish enter tainments which Ixmdon has wit nessed. Tho widow of the millionaire tin-plate king has forsaken America in order to bring up her son as an English gentleman. MRS. GEORGE T. MARYE Mrs. Helon M. Angle, the beautiful widow of Stamford, Conn., and Waldo R. Ballou, her elderly admirer, who was found HfeleBs, with his skull crushed, on the sidewalk In front of the womnn's apartments. Mrs. Angle said Ballou was calling on her and whs intoxicated; that he fell down the stairs and she, in a panic, dragged his body out to the street. Mrs. Marye is the wife of the new ambassador to Russia. ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN Radcliffe college has a female Are department New York Is to have 50 automobile Inspectors. Miss Eva rtelclmrilt -is the only woman official In Arkansas. i The average woman lives two yean longer than the average man. The greatest advance made by wom en Is probably in science. Mrs. Elspeth Spencer, an English woman, realizing the great need of women architects, has formulated a scheuo for teaching nnd training such girls ns wish to enter this Interesting profession.. Credit Given 8llent Man. A silent man's reward in that he gets credit for knowing much that be will not tell. Albany Journal. . THE ORANGE It's good. It has a past. It came from Asia. Portugal first took It up. Then It spread to other countries. In some parts of Italy it Is called! after Portugal.
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