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Telephone 143(5. Ai A:' A VOwVVtPV V VVVVVQ | ThE DAY THEY ! I CELEBRATED. | * ® A FOURTH OF JULY ROMANCE (L IIV I'ETEIt M'ARTHUR. Q I *•*•*•*• MONO the very A first families tc reach Ongiara for the summei season were th« Oreshamu and * M' s* 112 the Davises. Ii K "!■ is doubtful if ei ther of then ArJf \[ J. m could tell exact ly why they hat 1 closed their tywr K ji y houses so early Jg IstL J ami the two wlu \f jj\l were chiefly re i sponsible would 3 have denied us lntr their influence if they had been ac cused. And, anyway, neither would have thought of accusing the other. The Greshams and Davises lived in different cities during the winter, but it so hap pened that they had selected Ongiara as the choicest spot on the great lakes foi their summer outing. They had tried it for the first tiYne on the previous year, and it was in that way that Jack Gresham and Polly Davis first met. They Lad met only a few times, but were sc congenial that all winter they had been thinking of each other, and it was due to their influence exerted on their re spective families that the flitting took place as early as May. And when they met they immediately began to act as If they had known each other for years and had been in the habit of meeting every day. It is strange, but true, that people who are acquainted null think about each other a great deal find theii friendship ripens just as quickly when they are apart as if they were associat ing daily. Jack and Polly promptly begau to en joy the beauties of Ongiara in company. They organized botanizing parties of two, went boating and fishing, aud discovered that at no time of the day is the air so invigorating or long walks so healthful as in the early evening. But, although they were inseparable, neither of them was aware of the fact, for nothing had happened to make them study the state of their hearts. Of course they were teased by their friends, but they were so suro of the platonic char acter of their friendship that they didn't mind in the least. One evening about the middle of June, however, somethiug un expected hannonuH '"I have made up my mind," said Polly as she swung in the hammock that Jack kept in motion, "to celebrate the first Fourth of July in the new century by doing something unusual, though I haven't decided yet what it shall be." "Well, you have plenty of time to make up your mind." "Not so very much—only about two weeks." "About a year and two weeks, you mean, don't you?" said Jack. "Certainly not," Polly retorted, with a slight show of temper. "Now, surely you are not one of the cranks that try to - prove that the new century does not be gin till the beginning of the year 1901." "Oh, I don't know that I am so particu larly cranky in thinking so, and, anyway, 1 have the majority of the world with me." "Well. Matthew Arnold used to say that the majority is always wrong, and it most decidedly is in this case." "I don't see how on earth you can say so. The argument is just as clear as.a pikestaff." "Well, I'd like to have a look at that pikestaff. I suppose the argument you refer to is the ouo about dollars and pay ing them out one at a time until you have paid 100." The tone in which this was said ex asperated Jack by its condescension, and he answered in the same strain. "Not by any means. The argument I ose is much simpler and suited to any grade of intelligence." • "Indeed," said Polly. "Would you mind prfttliirg it out?" "Not in the least. Let us suppose that we have 100 volumes of 305 pages each and each divided into 12 chapters. The first volume would be volume 1, and so onto volume 100, and if I started to read them I couldn't say that they were all read until I had completed the three hundred and sixty-fifth page of volume 100, and in the same way a century can not be complete until the three hundred and sixty-fifth day of its hundredth year has elapsed." "That's no argument at all," said Pol ly. "Books and years are entirely dif ferent things." "But each book represents a year." "No. it doesn't: not any more than that cow out there on The commons does. You surely have studied rhetoric even if you .haven't studied metaphysics." (Pol ly was rather proud of her Wellesley ed ucation.) "And you should .know that yoti must never compare a thing that is concrete with a thing that is abstract. Time is something abstract, aud the measurement of it should be compared with another abstraction." "I'm sure I don't know what on earth yon are talking about with your concrete and abstract." "I didn't suppose you would. But I have a way of explaining my position that is also suited to every grade of in telligence." "Indeed," said Jack, recalling his own angry remark and her reply to it. ""Would you mind prattling it for my benefit?" "Not in the least. I suppose you have noticed that on my bicycle there is a thing called a cyclometer. It registers the number of todies that I travel." "Well?" "When I travel one mile, it registers 1, n*~ ' it has registered 100 my first, -onipleted. In the same wav 1 when it registers I.SXIO miles It means 1 that I have completed 19 centuries, and t I immediately begin mv twentieth. Now, 1 we have registered 1,000 years, and for j that reason 1!) centuries are complete. It: is just the same with the age of a person, j I was 18 on my last birthday, and I say 1 that I am 18 years old, and the Christian | era was just 1,900 years old on its last ; birthday." "Oh! I suppose if one hunted around , for it they could find some "exception that : would prove anything, but I can't see j for the life of me that miles are a bit more like years than books are." "Well, if you can't it is because you don't know any better," said Polly hotly as she jumped out of the hammock. "Well," said Jack,, with an air of lofty decision, "I may not know much about the kind of arguments that they teach in ladies' colleges, but I know more about | some people than I did." "I suppose you mean that for me, Mr. | Gresham. Well, I don't kuow that it is any particular business of yours knowing anything about me one way or the oth | er." "I am glad you think so. Miss Davis, ! and I hope that your celebration of the I last Fourth of July of the century will j j be a notable one." | "The first in the new century!" she ( I j snapped. "Nonsense!" "Idiot!" "Woof!" Having thus reduced their vocabularies to inarticulate sounds, they separated in high dudgeon, fully resolved that nevei i again would they speak or recognize one another on the street. During the twe J i weeks preceding the Fourth of July they i both spent most of their time in careful- I ly avoiding each other and for that very | reason met more frequently, because one was afraid of meeting the other in theit old favorite haunts and for that reason kept away from them. "Now all my summer's fun is spoiled," Polly said to herself at least a dozelr JACK MAKCHKI) GRAVELY UP TO THE DAVIS COTTAGE. times. "And all on account of that thick headed Jack Gresham. Well, I'm glad I found him out, anyway. If we had been together nil the time, there is n<; . knowing what might have happened, and just think of having togo through life with such a stupid! But, oh, dear, I wish we hadn't quarreled just now or that there were some other young men in town that were any fun. But all the other young men are silly, and at the worst he is only stupid. Dear me, but I am lonesome!" Jack's meditations for the two weeks might be condensed into a paragraph about as follows: "There is no getting around it, I was falling in love with her, but It is a good thing I found her out when I did. Whew, what a spitfire she is! And then thiuk of having to live with a woman who thinks she knows more than you do! "But, oh, ye lords of ladies intellectual, Inform us truly, have they not henpecked you all? "Guess I'll go fishing today. No, I'll be hanged if I will! I'll go botanizing. But darn botanizing anyway!" By the 3d of July they were both lone ly ana very uuserauie, ana t*ony naa not yet decided on her unique celebration. She had thought of exasperating Jack by buying a lot of set pieces, each put ting the number 20 in some different way, and getting her little brother to set them up in some conspicuous place where Jack could not help seeing them from his home. But still that would not be so very much fun after all. Jack, on the other hand, discovered during the two weeks of the quarrel that not only had he been in danger of falling in love with Polly, but that he was in love with her, and he argued himself into the conviction that if they oould only get into the new century safely they would have a hun dred years ahead of them before there would be any chance of anything arising so exasperating as this end of the cen tury dispute. After he had arrived at this conclusion an idea came to him that was remarkably bright, even Polly after ward admitted, for such a stupid fellow. On the forenoon of the Fourth of July Jack took an American flag in one hand and a flag of truce in the other and marched gravely up to the Davis cottage. Polly smiled in spite of herself and grant ed the armistice. "Have you decided yet on the unusual celebration that you "were thinking of for the last Fourth of July of the century?" "For the first of the new century," said Pollv. "Never mind that," said Jack. "I don't fare when the new century begins. All I know is that I will not be happy in it unless you agree to begin it with me. Why not celebrate this Fourth, by get ting engaged? And we can celebrate the next by getting married, and then we'll be sure of celebrating the right day." Polly was so taken by surprise that she didn't even say, "This is so sudden!'' Instead she disappeared quickly into the grape arbor, while Jack followed. When they emerged again, they had agreed thoroughly that they didn't care when any old century began, ami two Fourth Of July celebrations had been arranged for instead of one. The CounteraiKii. "Have you got the countersign?" asked the sentinel. "Well," replied tho raw recruit, who had left a department store to enter the army, "when I left the counter It wus, 'This silk's twice less than cost.' " —Philadelphia North American. 'T%yi«n I'aintcMl Ilndly. Wife—We should have that back shed attended to right away. Husband— I spoke to Dobbs, the painter, about it, aud lie says he's so busy he won't be able to touch It for a mouth yet. Wife—Oh, we can't wait that loug! It needs to be painted very badly. Husband—All right, then, I'll do it myself,—Philadelphia Press. if OUR l/ONEN I I IN THE | t REI/OLUTION. |" Although the women of civilized na tions are treated as uoncombatants and are exempt from military duty, heroines without number appear on the roll of honor, especially in popular uprisings for I civil liberty. I The world knows no finer example of heroism than that displayed by tin Boer women during the present strife between the South African Dutch and the British. These women are not nurses and cooks only, but are fighters as well and as brave as their brothers and husbands. Chief among the ancient women who fought for the freedom of their people was o"een Boadicea, wife of Prasuta gus. After the death of her husband, in censed by the outrages of the procurator Catus, she took up arms against the Ito mau colonists and their allies. Too proud to grace the promised holiday, she took poison after her capture. To the leadership of Joan of Arc Charles VII MOLLY PITCHER AT MONMOUTH, of France owed his realm. After a three months' struggle she wrested the scepter from the British and crowned him king at Reims. One of the most famous American wo men soldiers in the war of the Revolu -1 tion was-Deborah Sampson, who joined the Continental army in 1778 under the name of Robert Shirtliffe. She served in the army for three years as a private soldier before her sex was discovered. Dicey Langston of the Curoli: as was one of Marion's most trusted scouts. Night after night, when she was suppos- I ed to be asleep in her own room, she car ried news ovei; field and swamp to the j American camp. Though the British wondered how their plans were always J .•ircumvented, she was never detected.. Emily Geiger, too, was a famous army I messenger of the Revolutionary times. On one occasion when she was carrying a message, the contents of which she knew, from General Greene to Sumter, she was intercepted by some Tory scouts , and taken prisoner on suspicion. Left ' alone for a few minutes, she chewed into j bits the written message that she was ! carrying. When searched, of course there was nothing discovered, and she was per mitted to pursue her journey. She de livered to Sumter, verbally, the message, ! which saved the day. On the field of Monmouth Molly Pitch- j er made herself famous. A shot from I the enemy killed her husband, a can- j noneer, ; ' his post. The officer in com-j mand, having no one competent to fill j the vacancy, ordered the gun to be with- J drawn. She heard the order and, seizing J the rammer, continued the tight, vowing j that she would avenge her husband's | death. The commission of sergeant was conferred upon her by General Washing ton in recognition of her bravery. Just as all soldiers do not win personal renown, so all the army of devoted Amer ican women could not enter the lists of J battle heroines, like Deborah Sampson and Mollie Pitcher; but they proved heroines in patience, in watchfulness and in patriotic spirit. In 1708 the colonial women showed their patriotism by the spirit of self de nial when in the face of the stamp act they unanimously agreftl to reject Bohea, the brand of imported tea then so popu- j lar, and chose the balsamic Hyperion, a ( domestic manufacture prepared from the drieil leaves of the raspberry plant. The ladies who thus denied themselves were known as the Daughters of Liberty. When husbands and fathers were away in the Continental ranks in 1778, the wo men of Wyoming plowed, sowed and reaped, and not only that, but they made gunpowder, too, for the supply was low at the fort. In 1780' the distress of the American army was very great on account of the lack of clothing. The women formed an association for the purpose of relieving the distress of the soldiers. Those who could gave money. The highest dames of the land labored with their needles and sacrificed their trinkets aud jewelry. The ladies of Philadelphia contributed 2,200 shirts, which they had cut and sewed themselves On each garment was the name of the maker and in a number of cases this led to courtship and marriage. On the retreat of the Continental army from Fort Edward Mrs. Philip Schuyler, the wife of General Schuyler, rode from Albany to Saratoga, iuid gave orders to set fire to the extensive fields of wheat on their estates and requested the ten ants to do the same rather than suffer the enemy to reap them. During the terrible winter passed at Valley Forge, Airs. Washington endured every privation of the camp and was busy from morning till night providing romforts fo/ the sick soldiers. She dress , ed wi'h great simplicity so that her pri vate means could be used for the pur poses of relief. But from the tidbits of social gossip handed down in colonial annals it is evi dent that the lives of the women of that period were not always beclouded by stress and soberness. Smiles now and then banished the tears. Refreshed by their fragrant Hyperion beverage and Inspired by noble zeal matrons and maids plied the needle and spinning wheel for the army and for liberty. One skillful needlewoman wrought an imperishable record upon the first flag given to the breezes by the new republic, ami thus linked the name of Betsy Ross with that A' Washington. E. VON KAAMAN. An Optical llluNlon. It looks as If the elephant were blow ing bubbles, but he isn't. That is the moon in the background.—New York Journal. A Tribute. "I want to stop in front of this win dow," said Mr. lUy kins. "Why, it's full of millinery!" ex claimed his wife. "I didn't kuow you admired such things!" "I not only admire, I marvel. I take off my hat to genius, and the people who can get S2O apiece for a lot of bunches of odds and ends like those are qualified to give lessons to a Na poleon of finance." —Washington Star. ' LAUGHING GAS. Wary unci Her Landlord, ldary opened a little shop To help her on life's way, An el honest toil found its reward. And it began to pay. "How's biz?" the landlord often asked, And Mary waa imprudent; Of course she never guessed he wu An economic student. But Mary's landlord's eagle eye Was watching how things went. And when the first of May came round He doubled Mary's rent. The imposition stajrgered her. Hut what could Mary do? Subsistence bare is the tenant's share, All above is the landlord's due. 80 Mary kept on as before, Improving as tiine went, But step by step, with increased trade, The landlord'raised the rent. And thus the merry game went on Till Mary's life was spent; As fast as God could prosper her The landlord raised the rent. —Westminster Review. Careful Maria. "Marin is the most particular buyer I ever knew." "Ye*." "She saw that a lot of slightly soiled thermometers were to be sold at Rern nnnt's between 7:15 and 7:45 a. in.on Tuesday only, and so she hurried down there without her breakfast." "Yes." "She looked at the thermometers and shook her head." "What was the trouble?" "The store was too hot, and the ther mometers all registered 80. Maria said she had seen just as (food at Sample's at 72." —Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Girl In tlie liluikl Dreit, There she goes in the shopping square I The men look back, the women stare. The critic's remarks are passing aloud As she wends her way through the gaping crowd. Hut she hears them not, and she cares much less; She's one of the first in a khaki dress. She passes the cop on the shopping beat; He smiles and points out into the street. "The color's the same," lie says, with a grin— "The same as the mud she's walking in," But she hears tlfem not, and she cares much less; She's one of the first in a khaki dress. The newsboy grins: "Get onto her nibsl Kow, wudn't dat tickle yer under de ribs. "Tig awning stuff, wid a mustard smear. Take it away! It don't go here!" Ilut she hears them not, and she cares much less; She's one of the first in a khaki dress. 'Tis a gantlet run for a thousand eyes, But she braves the "Whewsl" and the rude, "Oh, tuys!" And the girls who gape and love to say, "She looks like a road on a rainy day!" Ilut she Clears them not, and she cares much less; She's one of the first in a khaki dress. —yhleago News. A (list In Ills Viition. "Mamma, is Mrs. Thompson's husband cross eyed'/" "Why, no, my dear. Why do you ask?" " 'Cause when 1 was out walking with nurse this morning Mr. Thompson stop | ped us to shake hands with me, and he said, 'What lovely eyes.' " "Well, you have lovely eyes, my dear." "Yes, but it seemed funny that every ; time he said it to ine he looked at nurse." j —Cleveland I'laiu Dealer. Supplied. If in this world )ou >isli to stur An-1 be esteemed ut highest par, Don't take the path that Webster took Or read a page in browning's book; Don't try your hand at something new; A few old masty jokes will do! If you'd l»e popular in a crowd Of girls and have them say aloud, "He is the brightest chap I know!" Don't win litem with a language iloW Or take Britannia as a cue; A few old musty jokes will do! If you attend a banquet grand And have no ready speech on hand- No speech to grind out as you eat. With words both long and obsolete— Don't let the error worry you; A few old musty jokes will dol If you woujd to the senate go And have no natural eloquent flow. Don't let this thwart your worthy aim To make the laws and carve your name; A memory good will see you through; A few old musty jokes will do! —Chicago Ncwi, The «Vah'rni(>loii Wny. I up en gone at de breakin ei de day, En 1 plowin up de grass so dat he'll never come ter lmy. En I wish de furrow lead me ter de svatermelon way, Kaze 1 hongry fer de melon in de mawnin! I up en gone at de breakin er de day; Dar'B tishin in de river, but 1 ain't got time ter stay, I En 1 pray de road'll lead me ter de watermelon way, Kaze 1 hongry fer de melon in de mawnin! Oh, 1 wish dat I wuz livin whar de watermelon stay 'Stid er folKrin de furrow at de breakin er de day, Eaze de road I knows de bes', suh, go de water melon way, En I hongry ter de melon in de mawnin! -—Atlanta Constitution. Knocked Silly. "My dear," said Growells, "you are simply talking nonsense." "I know it," replied his better half, "but it's because 1 want you to under stand what I say."—Chicago News/ Ilored. I say that life's a hollow show, That nothing's worth while here below Or any other place; But when 1 have on all my rings And some sweet gown of tilmy things And lots of lace. And goto dine with Mrs. Rich And half the men are trying which Khali be the one To make me talk the most and laugh, Why, life's not a had thing by half; It's rather fun. —Town Topic,. CONSUMPTION CAN BE CORED. T. A. Slocuin, M. C M the (Jrojit Chem ist ami Scientist, Will Semi Free, to the Afflicted, Three llottles of his Newly Discovered Reme dies to Cure Consumption and All Lung Troubles. Nothing could be lairer, more philan thropic or carry moiejoytothe attlict ed, than the otter of T. A. Slocuin, M. C., of New York City. Confident that he lias discovered a reliable cure for consumption and all bronchial, throat and lung diseases, general decline and weakness, loss of flesh and all conditions wasting, and to make great merits known, lie will send, tree, three bottles to any reader of. the AMERICAN who may be suffering. Already this "new scientific course of medicine" has permanently cured thou sands of apparently homeless cases. The Doctor considers it his religious duty—a duty which lie owes to human ity—to donate his infallible cure. lie has proved the dreaded consump tion to be a curable disease beyond any doubt, and has on file in tiis American and Kuropean laboratories testimonials of experience from those benefitted and cured, in all parts of the world. Don't delay until it is too (ate. Con sumption, uninterrnped, means speedy and certain death. Address T, A Slocuin, M. C., iiS Pine street, New York, and when writing the Doctor, give express and postoflice address, and please mention reading this article in he AMERICAN* March 4 ,9 ri I r 1 \ . TO LIBERTY. OUR GUIDING STAR. BY /NEIL /A AC DONALD. Vbeo ' >*till, blejt Liberty, our guidio? — 1 L ~ Tis ijot the hour of d»o? er tb&t t>e§u les JSPfrorr) our course, our duty to t!>e world. But wber? tbe su:} of fortune oo ussniles Iwd rn&y Torset. and freedom bacfc be burled. We have enjoyed so lobs tbe priceless dowyr 1 Left byfou/-sires a.r>d purchased by tbeir bfood, Tbfct we forget in pleoitude of power 1 How rnucb it cost toi stem oppresslop'S^flo^d. Sipcfi our dear Btarry banner to tb^jbfWze / its folds and bailed a borij. iDor.youtb's to m&nbood grown—in sea? / otber lands (our flag now greete tbe morr». F&irJQueeo of Antilles, tbq pride of Spain, \ yWitfr'sister isle and isles of Orient sea, /«><) brlsbt Hawaii of tbe sjoutbern mairy, / cp?er you our fla? now Waves—may you be \ Free from tbe rutmess despot's ?allinx witb tbe liberty befitting ma^^^ Tbe~~lfcv/ -abidio<z. wjyo pursues-bi3-*%y^y Wltb none molestiftasafe from tyrant's b&fl. Our country's flag, flag of and brav*, Where'er tby folds must be frw— At borne, abroad, O! ever may It wave O'er man enfranchised, and as man sbould b«» i ►«•#- e & - a■ • ©-• e • •% • • 1 THEY STRUCK FOR LIBERTY ji " 112 July 4, 1770, is a day to date from in the history of human progress in spite of the fact that the experiment in free government inaugurated that day was' not a new thing among enlightened people. The example of ancient Athens might be called exceptional, hut in the heart of Europe the Dutch republic existed for more than two centuries with rapacious monarc-hs all around the border and its own people divided as to the truo seat of political sovereignty, whether in divine right or human. And for nearly 000 years the Swiss have maintained a republic against princely greed and the weakness of human nature. The birth of true democracy in Athens was in the time of Solon. It was not won by tighting, but was afterward saved by the sword, especially at Marathon §and Platea. I'erlcles, the shining light of Greece, established do- ftW' mocracy in Athens by the over- Si throw of the aristocracy and aft- |ji| erward In the states which united tog with Athens in the period of her Am , greatness. Under his influence |7 and with a system of popular gov ernmeut wars were fought sue- fSt"\ v cessfully, the arts and sciences : pie shared fully in the general The first great victory of the [fip" Swiss patriots was won at garten, Nov. IG, 1315. That day ' ' * WASHINGTON. i,400 mountaineers defeated 20.- LAFAYETTE. 000 Austrlans and a league of four forest cantons formed a perpetual confedera cy, celebrating Murgarten day as an anniversary. Later four other cantons unit ed, and the confederacy fought for liberty against the Austrlans at Sempach In 1.380 and Oiarus in 1388. N'apoleon robbed the Swiss of their liberty, but after his fall the old free can tons, with new allies, adopted a constitution, which was ratified Aug. 7, 1815, the birthday <>f the present republic. The anniversary which the whole English speaking race has cause to re member is Magna Charta day, June 15. On that day, 1215, the key to English liberties was wrung from King John by the nobility and the landh«4ders. The uprising was due to the king's unparalleled cruelty, rapacity and misgovernment. After granting the great charter he attempted to subdue the patriot party, but died while taking the field with a vast army. • France was iu turmoil at the time of the Aniericnn Revolution. In 1774 the people demanded of Louis XVI an equable, taxation, freedom of trade and manu factures and the abolition of jobbery and sinecures. The ancient state legisla ture, called the states general, which had been extinct 200 years, was convoked, and met May 1, 17K9. The mandate of this body, in which the third estate, or Common people, wore all powerful, was for revolution. Lafayette commanded the national guard until he was exiled by the extremists. The battle which es tablished the constitution was fought at Almy Sept. 2. 1702. Sympathy With the French revolution cost the people of the Dutch republic their own freedom, for Napol 'on imposed the monarchy there once he waa in *—-.Tyyy.i. powe-. The Dutch broke loose from Spain by revolution, and the John of Barueveldt was the hero M/JT U \I 'e ~/* P V '' that a'neieut rchies anil Italy, v us suppressed byHhe • alliance, but Spain lost her Aftu-r --ican colonies in the struggle. Iu • fffi' Jf' /o* spired by Kosciusko, who had fought under Washington, the xnroEii Poles invoked the sword iu the name of liberty in 171)1. The struggle was a long one, and the fnte of Poland was finally scaled by the alliance of Prussia and Austria with Russia. The French alone came out of the widespread revolution of 1848 with triumph. In Italy the patriot* fought and lost. Hungary, which declared its In dependence of Austria April 24, IH4U, fought bravely under Kossuth, but Russia Joined her ancient ally in suppressing the patriots. In Germany the revolution was quickly suppressed. Ireland's greatest rebellion was that of May, 17'.>8, when the United Irish men compelled England to send immense armies to the field. That of 1803 was abortive, and young Robert Emmet died on the scaffold. Mexico and Chile took advantage of Napoleon's usurpation of Spanish pow er in 1810 to rebel. Mexico was reconquered, but after many revolutions againet dictators and foreign powers the present republic was established The sword of General San Mar- tin, the deliverer of Chile, helped also to give Peru independ- VL ( ,t " 1 ' ' nH,t ot *^ me, 'y a " co '" fL Among the scores of iiatnes ven erated by the republicans of South ' America that of Bolivar stands highest as a tight itig champion of liberty. TTe fought for nnd ruled ovor Venezuela and Peru, founded the republic of Bolivia out of northern Peru and was president of the republic of Colombia, which included Venezuela and Granada, the last named one of his conquests. England's declaration that the independence of the South African republics shall be destroyed gives the world a spectacle without a parallel iu the history of struggles for liberty. The Boers have been free for two generations, with the ex ception of four years, between 1877 and 1881, when the Transvaal was »uaex«d by England. The Orange Froe State became a republic iu 1854 by the voluntary aetioi' uf Ettflaud, but the Transvaal won its independence bj; fighting at Lainin nek and Majuba Hill in 1881 under a revolutionary declaration made Dec 18, 1880. This date was the anniversary of Dingaan's daug, loug celebrated as the original independence day of the Boers. Paul Kruger, Pretorius and Ptet Jou bert conducted the government as a triumvirate until peace was oatohUAed. Then Tvruger was elected president. Stock MarketConNpiratora Convicted | 11«»™ Tliey Did It Now York. July 3. —The trial of the ■ "Mamie woiililir't ,-ini: for because men accused of conspiracy in publish- : s he wanted to be leased." ing reports calculated to depress the"And did you tease herV" stock of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit j "Oh. terribly'. We didn't ask her company was concluded yesterday af- again."—Philadelphia Bulletin. ternoon. Verdicts of guilty were re-1 turned against Goslin, Parker and n«-r iv.-iiiinr Ailvnntnge. Davis. Bogert was found "not guilty" Whin, in u uf strife, tlio politician's wife in accordance with the instructions of I»> >ir«•!. it! ;„ r «».-i-t. wifely way, to flout him, the court l ' 0,,lln ? l, ll'inus She said, but held him while ..... . . j What uimosition papers said about him. Striki- AKII n«l It>•<!need 1 r .... „ —( hicago lierord. Cleveland, July 3. —Six hundred ma chinery molders went on strike here 1 Deeiaeiiy t'nreni. yesterday against a redtiction of ten ' "Fine show," remarked the first night cents per day in wages. Nineteen |er at the close of the new.comic opera, shops are affected by the strike. The! "The comic fisherman was a very real cut in wages was ordered by the Foun- i istlc don't you thinkV" drynten's association, and the strike | "No, I don't," replied the amateur was declared only in the shops in that angler; "his lines were too catchy."— orgauization. I Philadelphia Press. _ EDISON'S PHONOGRAPH Better than a Piano, Orjjan, or Music Box, for it sings and talks as well as plays, and | don't cost as much. It reproducestbeniusicofanyiiistrument—band or orchestra—tells I stories and sings—the old familiar hymns as well as the popular songs—it is always ready. 1 See that Mr. Edison's signature is on every machine. Cata- ' logucs of all dealers, or NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.. ij s Fifth Ave., New York. . 26 t 23 Aug II DRAKE'S ODE I | TO 1 | OLD GLORY. j Joseph Roflman ode to"The American Flag" ranks next in popularity to"The Star Spangled I'anner" as a ver sified tribute to Old Glory. Drake died at the age of 25, so that precocity has been justified in one instance at least. He was a poet in his childhood. Iu his twenty-second year he wrote "The Cul prit Fay," the work upon which his repu tation chiefly rests. The date of his spir ited ode is not certain, but he attached little value to it. When on his deathbed, a friend brought it to his side with other fugitive pieces, and the author said, "Burn them; they are of no value." They JOSEPH RODMAN DKAKE. were preserved, however, and the ode ' was included among others in a collection ! published in 1835. | While not suited for musical rendering, . like Key's masterpiece, "The American Flag" contains many lofty flights of poetic imagery and gems of poetic ex pression. An Englishman who was com paring notes upon literature with an American cousin asked him which four lines of poetry he considered the finest in the mother tongue. The answer, given offhand, was a quotation of the first four j lines of Drake's ode. After listening I with breathless attention the Briton said, "Yes, I think I quite agree with you." THE AMERICAN FL4O. When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there; She mingled with its gorgeous dye» » The milky baldric of the skies. And striped its pure, celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then from his mansion in the tun She called tier eagle bearer down, And gave unto his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen laud. Majestic monarch of the cloud! Who rear'st aloft thy regal form. To hear the tempest-trumpings loud, And see the lightning lances driven, When strive the warriors of the storm. And roll the thunder-drum of heaven— Child of the sun! to thee 'tis given To guard the banner of the free, To hover in the sulphur-smoke. To ward away the battle-stroke, And bid its blendings shine afar. Like rainbows on the cloud of war. The harbingers of victory 1 112 fli JillU)'. The sign of hope and triumph high, When speaks the signal trumpet tone. And the long line comes gleaming on; Ere yet the life-blood, warm and wet, Has dimmed the glistening bayonet, » Each soldier eye shall brightly turn To where thy sky-born glories burn, And, as his springing steps advance. Catch war and vengeance from the glance. And when the cannon-mouthings loud Heave in wild WTeaths the battle-shroud, And gory sabers rise and fall, Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall, Then shall thy meteor-glances glow. And cowering foes shall sink beneath Each gallant arm that strikes belowf. That .lovely messenger of death.. Flag of the seas! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave; When death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the Bea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendors tly In triumph o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free hearth hope and home, By angel hands to valor given; Thv stars have lit the welkin dome. And all thy hues were born in heaven. For ever float that standard sheet 1 Where-breathes the foe but falls before usT With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us! True to Himself. nunjjry lliggius—But s'pose you just had to work, what would you druther do? Weary Watkins—Die.—lndianapolis Press. Impossible. Husband—Why do you persist in wearing shoes that pinch your feet? Wife —Oh, 1 never could feel com fortable In a comfortable shoe!— Life. Of I'rline Importance. That almanac It shows no lack Of facts an Aggers, too. An it has shown, j, ( . As you must own, » A lot of things brand new. p If you would learn 1 How fate will turn, fr Its pages you must quiz; , Each state of mind v Is due, you'll find, £ To how your liver is. dßt'. Your happiness. Likewise distress, P Arc symptoms, nothing more; j. «!>., Relief is close, You take some dose, St;' An all your grief is o'er, ttti You want to know pt; How joy or woe Are gotten in life's bizf jKS-f I tell you, friends, " »U depends On how your liver is. —Washington Star. FASHIONABLE STRAWS. Trimmed and Untrimmed, including the Rough Jumbo Braid, this season's Sailor with black or navy bands for 50 cents worth 85 cents. To reduce our trinmied stock we will sell all Trimmed Hats at reduced prices. iisiiiii. 122 Mill Street. BLOSSiimi EFFECTS ! n v\ 1 "■' I \ Distinguish the Wall Paper this season Our designs rank with Ereseoes in their grace and art. You should buy them because you get only what is . beautiful and correct here. We keep no half-way jiajters, they all come up to a certain standard, at : prices .astonishingly low, notwithstand ing the advance in price of all raw materials. Prices range from .3 cents to 75 cents per piece. A. H. GRONE Shoes, Shoes j ' Styllslx ! Ciieap! jEcellalole L Bicycle, Cymrasium and Tennis Shoos. THE .CELEBRATED Carlisle Shoes AND THE Snajf Proof Rubber Hoots A SI ECIALTY. A. SCHATZ, E. A. ADAMS O Painter & Paper Hanger DEALER IN Wall Paper and Window Shades. We carry all the latest things in Wall Paj)er and Window Shades. o One of our specialties is the painting and pajiering of new houses. AGENT FOR THE ■t[ i la Mil MACHINE. E- COmB OF CHURCH S; FRONT STREETS SOBS NEW! A Reliable TOT SHOP ror all kind of Tin Roofing, Spouting and General Job Work. Stoves, Heaters, Ranges, Furnaces, eto. PRICES THE LOWEST! QIiiLITY THE BEST! JOHN HIXSON NO. 116 E. FRONT ST. /Aw \ooArrtßTitis i JLA W '•I
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