FOURTH OF JULY RIDE
By Fred Myron CollJy.
ENTIONIs ap
propriate at
this time of s
famous ride
back In the
enrly dnys
of the Revo
lution, The
story onght
to be familiar
to our young
folks. They
have all read
Of l'uul Kevvre'H ride, but this was a
greater ride than that, rani Rcvere's
ride on that long ago April night
was to save the military supplies at
Concord and Lexington to the patri
otic cause; but this other ride was to
save the Declaration of Independence.
It happened on that famous Fourth
of July, 1770, the day In which tbe
American colonies were declared free
and Independent States. If Caesar
Rodney bad not made bis historic ride,
there might not have been any free
America to-day.
Tho Provincial Congress was In
session at Phllndedphln, each of the
thirteen colonics having representa
tives there. It was a sn-eat Congress,
and a momentous question was before
the distinguished body. The great
charter of our freedom had been writ
ten by Jefferson; and Bffnjnmln Har
rison (father and great-grandfather of
Presidents) bad presented It to Con
gress on Monday, July 1. What
would the Continental Congress do?
In order that our country should
be freo and Independent, tho Declar
ation must be adopted. Tbls could
be doue if only the colonies stood
united for freedom, but not 1f tbe
colonies were divided. And there
were some good men who did not
believe It best to take tbls step at
this time. Four of the seven dele
gates of Pennsylvania were opposed
to It; and, of the two Delaware dele
gates present, Thomas McKean was
In favor of Independence, but George
Read was opposed to the measure.
Caesar Rodney, the other member,
was in the southern part of bis State,
In the capacity of a brigadier-general,
organizing and drilling troops for the
coming struggle.
Two of the opposing Pennsylvania
delegates were persuaded to absent
themselves, and thus the "Keystone
State" would favor the Declaration;
but tbe vote of Caesar Rodney was
necessary to carry the State of Dela
ware. A messenger was despntclied
In hot baste to summon him to Phila
delphia; and then for hours the "pat
riots of '70" talked and manoeuvred
to delay the final vote. On Thursday,
July 4, Congress was 4o vote on the
momentous question.
A DKLI010US MOMBMT.
On the afternoon of the 3rd the me
enger found Caesar Rodney in Bus
ez Couuty, more than eighty miles
from Philadelphia. General Rjdney
was at that time forty-six years old,
was a tall, lean, worn figure, bis face
carred by a cancer that was finnlly
to cause bis death. The brave patriot
did not hesitate. "Saddle tbe black!"
be commanded, and In ten minute
be had mounted his faithful stecd,aud
was gallopluc as if for life .to the
'
northward.
The American Fl.
When Freedom from her monntnln
height
Unfurled her tfiLdnrJ tt the nJn,
She tore the nature robe of night
AnJ set the atari of glory tbosfi.
Fhe mingled with Its gorgeous dyes
The milky baldric of the skies
And striped Ita pure celestial whlfle
With etreaklugs of the morning light
Then from hi mansion In the sun
Phe cnlled her eagle lienrer down
And gave Into ins mlgkty hand
The symbol of her chosen land.
Joseph Rodman Uratwv
Eighty nrilw! mwy tfrrmCoTgrtsv
which was wnltlng for bln to declare
the Independence of the-colonies! Tbe
thought caused brm to drive his spurs
deep Into, bis borse't flanks, and sent
him flying along the long. drurty high
way that stretched toward tbe Qua
ker City. It was one of the great
rides of history. That black steed
bore the deetinlca of America, and bis
rider knew ft; and there was no halt
nor delay. Tho sun went down, and
the stars came out one by one In
tbe blue vnolt of heaven; and Umt
solitary rider rushed on his way. All
through tlx cool summer night Cottar
Rodney kept up bis reckless pace. Lit
tle, sleepy villages saw the horseman
pass like a fleeting phantom; and the
Young America
inmates of solitary farm-houses, awak
ened by the clatter of his horse's hoofs.
wondered at that hurried flight.
The stars faded out of tbe morning
sky and the sun came up, red and
fiery, tbe herald of a sultry day. And
still Caesar Rodney kept on bis way.
He was yet many miles from Phila
delphia. Would he be in time to muke
his country great and Independent?
His horse was jaded, and be was trav
el-worn and covered with dust; but
the patriot did not slacken rein. He
must be there to vote for tbe Inde
pendence of America. And be was
there!
All that hot sweltering July day the
delegates of the .Colonial Congress
were talking and voting In Independ
ence Hall. Tbe session bad begun.
Tbe president John Hancock, was in
tbe chair; and the clerk, John Dickin
son, was calling the colonies one by
one. Virginia bad voted, and Massa
chusetts, and the great State of New
York and the little State of Rhode
Island; and now New Jersey was vot
ing, and Caesar Rodney bad not come.
Anxious and worried, Tbomus Mc
Kean went out to the door of Inde
pendence Hall. Would bis friend and
compatriot be too late? His face
brightened as be beard the sound of
hurrying hoof-beats coming up Chest
nut street A foaming, panting steed
dashed up into the yard. Its dusty
rider leaped to tbe ground. Booted
and spurred, the dust of bis long ride
thick on hls'long-flnpped coat and Iron
gray balr, Caesar Roduey entered tbe
hall of Congress, leaning on his friend
i . . .
iicKean s arm.
He wns Just In time. The vote of
Delaware wns belijg callod. George
Road voted "Nay." "Aye!" cnlled the
clear olce of Thomns fttcKcan. It
wns a tie. All eyes trancd to Caesnr
Rodney. The famous rider cleared
his thront; end mnny a patriot heart
beat with pride as be declared In Arm
tones: "The voice of my constituents
and of all sensible ond honest men, I
believe, Is In favor of Independence;
and my own Judgment concurs with
them. Therefore, I vote for the Dec
laration." And so Cnrsnr Roduey, by bis fa
mous ride and by his noble vote helped
to settle the question of Independ
ence, and Insured the future celebra
tions of July 4.
'Twns June on the fnee of tho earth,
Jnnc with the rose's brenth,
When life Is the visible thing, and a
distant dream is denth;
There wns gossip of birds In the nlr,
and the lowing of herds by the wood.
And a sunset glenm In the sky that
the heart of a mnn holds good;
Then the nun-like Twilight came, vio
let vestured and still,
And the night's first star ontshone
afar on tbe evs of Hunker Hill.
There rang a cry through tbe enmp,
with its word upon kindling word;
There wns never a fnlterlng foot In
the ranks of those that heard:
Lads from Lie Hampshire bills and
the rich Connecticut vales.
Pome of the old Bny Colony, from its
bora and Its Inland dnles;
Swiftly they fell In linn, for they
knew not fear nor Its chill;
Ah, brave the show ns they ranged
a-row on the eve of Bunker Hill!
Theo a Oeep voice lifted a prnyer to
Uk iod of the brave and the true.
And the beads of the men were bare
In the gathering dusk and dew;
The beads of a thousand men were
bowed as tike pleading rose.
"Smite Thou, Lord, as of old Thou
smote Thy people's foes!
O nerve Thy servants' acnis to work
wlUi a mighty will!"
A hush, and then a loud "amen!" on
tint eve of Bunker Hill!
Row they are gone through the night
with never a thought of fame.
Gone to the Held of a fight that shall
win them n denthless name;
Some who snail never soe the set of
another sun,
Celebrating,
But lie like uie Concord Bin I a, and the
slain of Lexlugtou,
Martyrs to Freedom's cnuso. Ah. how
ut their deeds we thrill.
The men whose might made strong
tne neignt on tue eve or Hunker Hill.
Clinton Scollard, iu Youth's Cow-
uuulon.
Won't IT
)!0(0I0I)I0I')I
The Real Uncle Sam,
3(etOK3
RATIFYING 11
should be to us all
that the "Uncle
8nm," whose ca
daverous form ami
countennnce, fierce
pointed beard and
striped and starry
costume we buve
seen for a genera
tlon on every
Fourth of July
standing guard
over all things American Is not the
"Uncle Sam" of history and tradition.
Ho Is both a caricature and an ana
chronism. He Is not typical of any
period or people In the world's history.
Tim masquerade of a costume he
wears In cartoons wns never worn on
earth, save by some other mnsquerad
er who sought to Imitate the Ideal of
the cnrlcnturlst.
The real "Uncle Fam," the Uncle
Snm of history nnd tradition, who
watched over the birth and enrly
youth of the Republic, Is quite a dif
ferent personnge. Charles II. Hns
well, the veteenn civil engineer, by
the aid of whose recollections and
long study of the enrly days of this
century tho accompanying picture of
"Uncle Rom" was drawn, thus de-
THE REAL "rjtCLS SAM.
scribes the real "Uncle Sam's" cos
tume: 'The hat wns high and slightly bell-
crowned, of felted fur; the collar of
the shirt high and connected with it;
the bosom frilled, projecting well out
with a Jeweled pin or brooch In It;
cravat white and very wide, stiffened
with what was termed a 'pudding.'
Walstcont single breasted, buff cloth,
with gold or gilt buttons. Cont bine,
swallow tailed, with high, idling col
lar and a lapel of peculiar shape, and
very high wnlsted, showing the walst
cont underneath It Pantaloons close
fitting, with a narrow full In front,
and fitted lielow the knee for the
wearing of the boots outside, with a
tassel in front Watch carried to a
fob in the pantaloons nnd attached to
a ribbon with a seal appended to It.
"In the spring and autumn, In place
of nn overcoat, a spencer or Jacket
wns worn over the cont.
"The anachronisms of the figure as
universally given are many; thus cob
ored skirts were not Lnown until
nlKiut 1SS, striped tuintaloona wt.ro
of a later date, and straps under the
boots did not appear nntll about 1R25,
and they were o part of tho panta
loons fashioned over the boot in front
and buttoned under It, and known as
'a la mode de Paris,' and a goatee or
imperial was not worn until very late
in tho thirties."
Mr. Has well also says that Tucle
Sam was a well-dressed gentleman,
and not the caricature of one. The
goatee, he rememliera, preceded by
some few years the Imperial. Intro
duced by Nnpoleon III. Uncle Sara,
he insists, should bavo a smooth face.
There were no mustaclrcs or bevds
In those days.
For tbe rest the picture tells its own
story. The face Is modeled upon that
of Henry Clny, who had. In Mr. Una
well's opinion, a face typical of Amer
ican manhood in its hlghust ne'feo
tlon.
M u little pennies rc
and bnght.
o&te in my smiii oanrv.
shut up riant. ,
All rearm for trwrourtKucJulenow,
Now tell me whgaou j'fSl W?
t.oo
A.K Mnn Ara Wwnirwi Ya ne ntit..
M
To leave uour house and stir
And cbanfle to cjcKers ana
And lonjB-tailed recKettoApyrrtttpa
a i . . .i j i 'I
tna wnen aioown met canrqf)6 ,
toolT. , 7y
And merro bells rina out ' f
ones more A
ForlndependepccDfttf. besurftV
Ihenjjou shall come out,evenj pntl
The fifes willicrsaw, the drum
will ht. ..
m Mr-1
if
The band com rnarcKyvj down the
J Street.
be fl33 willfljj so proud end free;
uch fllor ious times foryou end me!
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fill! STATE Ml CONDENSED
PENSIONS GRANTED.
California Pioneers Atiocla'.lon Annual Re
union A Now Coal Company to Oper
ate Along tho Allegheny River.
Pensions granted Inst week: John
Grudfn, limlenton, Sio; John Arnold,
Sharpsbiirg, fio; Gad C. Cooper, Con
neautville, $8; Mary J. Jone, Home
stead, James Hush, Verona, $H;
Thomas Wheeler, Indiana, $M". Fletch
er F. Chalfant, Brownsville, $10; Sam
uel Greelmnn, VVilkinsburg, $8; Samuel
Burkhart, West Newton, $17; Thomas
J. Korsteter, Franklin, $.24; Adolphus
l.avinc, Sharon, $24; Klirabrth Kearn
ey, Monongalicla, $8; James M. Camp
bell, West Elizabeth, $12: Charles Sny
der, St. Marys, $8; IJaniel Schoonovcr,
West Franklin, f 10; George F. I.nkens,
Rochester. $8; Samuel C. Hill, Blairs
villc, $S; Eliza Campbcll.Wcst Elizabeth,
$8; Francis Towell. Rural Valley, $8;
l.ewis Martin. West Freedom, $17;
Michael Iltitzcl, Sand Patch. $10; Ben
jamin Henderson, EUlcrton, $8; Ucnnis
McSwcency, Iniliana, $12; John A. Mur
ray, Beaver Falls, ?8; Samuel W. Tryer,
l'leasantvillc, $8; minor of John V..
Ganster, Etna. $10; Rhoda Eshcnbaugh,
Rochester, $8.
Noble F. Sanford and Jesse II. San
ford, of Carnegie, formerly the owners
of the Moon Rim Coal Company, have
purchased 1,000 acres of Washington
county coal lands from James A. Phil
lips, of West Brownsville, nt $275 an
acre. The property lies along the Mo
nongalicla river, near Fredcricktown,
and eight miles above Brownsville. Tha
value of the property is shown in till
fact that Mr. Phillips realized about
$168,000 on bis investment. The coal
from the Sanford tract will reach the
market by way of the river, excellent fa
cilities being present for shipping.
Crops and fruit were greatly dam
aged throughout Ligonier vallev Mon
day afternoon by the heaviest hail storm
that has visited that section for years.
The storm was accompanied by heavy
thunder and lightning and a number of
buildings were struck. The residence
of Frank McConaughey, of Ligonier,
was considerably damaged by the light
ning and several members of the family
injured.
Frank Brown, an engineer on the
rittsburg, Youngstown and Ashtabula
railroad, had both legs amputated in a
wreck some time ago, caused by the air
hose being defective and the train run
ning wild. Brown brought suit for dam
ages against the company and the case
was settled bv his accepting a voucher
for $12,000, the company paying all
costs. Brown is a resident of" Mahon
ingtown. A new coal company, to be known r.s
the Allegheny Coal Companv, 1ias been
organized by Pittsburg and Cleveland
capitalists. About 1,000 acres of land
along the Allegheny river, from Hitc
to Springdale. has recently been option
ed through Magistrate Charles Uliling
cr, of Hitc, and it is expected that all
arrangements will be made for active
operations to becin about July :j.
The annual reunion of the California
Pioneers' Association was held nt
Ponce dc Leon springs, near Mcadville,
Friday. The mcnibershii) of the asso
ciation is composed of men who left this
section between the years 1840 and 1852,
and journeyed to California to dig lor
fold. The address was delivered by
ames Shcaklcy, of Greenville, cx-gov-ernor
of Alaska.
A new rival to the kissing bug Is do
ing a lively business at Pottsville. The
insect resembles the kissing bee in form,
but is only about as large as a honey
bee. A score of persons have been bit
ten within the past few days. The bite
produces excessive itching nnd in
flammation, followed by a great (well
ing of the injured part.
A cable from Skibo castle, Scotland,
announces Andrew Carnegie's willing
ness to erect a public library in Hunt
ingdon at a cost of $20,000, provided the
citizens will guarantee $2,000 annually
for its maintenance. A petition will be
presented at the next meeting of councils
asking that the offer be accepted.
Three Italians held up Pauline How
ard and Juliet Conner, of Uniontowii,
near New Salem, Friday. One of the
ruffians reached for Miss Howard's
Curse when Miss Conner dealt him a
low with the butt of a whip, knocking
him down. She then whipped up the
horse and escaped.
James PettigreSv, one of the best
known men in the eastern portion of
Armstrong county, committed suicide
by hanging himself in the barn at his
home. Mr. Pcttigrcw was about to be
come entangled in a long civil suit
and was brooding over the affair.
The tinners at the Humbert plant of
the American Tin .Plate Company at
Conncllsville, struck because one mem
ber of the newlv-organizcd union had
been discharged, and, because of an
over stock of raw plate, the whole
plant had to be shut down.
Some time during the night thieves
broke into the store and postoffice at
Green 1 ree borough, and alter breaking
open the money drawer in the store.
and finding nothing, they ransacked the
postolhce, securing about $1.50 in small
change.
Arrangements have been comuleted
for the holding of a joint convention of
the Central Luther league and the Sun
day School association of the Southern
Lutheran conference of the Pittsburg
synod at GrecnbUurg, on June 27 and
28.
Mrs. Nancy Carson, of Irwin, droo
ped dead of heart disease, aged about
70 years, sue had been in her usual
health up until the moment of her
death.
Samuel Fry, a barber,-has been held
for court without bail by Justice Me.
Steen at Oil City, charged with having
caused the death of Peter Moon, an uil
well driller, by a scuttle on Mav M.
The city council of Sharon, has ac
cepted a proposition from the Sharon
Water Company to use 38 additional
Cre hydrants in the town, providing the
company will lay five and one-kalf miles
of additional pipe. This wiH make 130
nre hydrant in use in tnat city.
Floyd L. Kinner, chairman of the
Bradford County Republican commit
tee, died at his home in Athens Friday,
after an illness of several months. His
aged mother is the only surviving mem
ber of his family. 1
The Belleverno' Gas Company tins
ftruck a gusher i'i Rostraver township,
THI MARKETS.
riTTsmmn.
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live No. 2 .
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Fancy ttritltrlit winters 8 M 4 H
DAY No. 1 llmolby 14 M 14 7(V
Clover. No. 1 11 BO l'i 0
fEkl) No. I whin, mid., toa.. 17 00 17 8K
isrown middlings IS 00 IB BO
Itmn Itnlk 11 to OA
BTltAW Wlieit. '.'.'.'.'..'.'.'.'. 8 SIS B M
ua B 00 B 09
tlr pMMlnete.
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Fnnry country roll 13
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Iew Xork. new 9(
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CHKKKN8 dressed j 14
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Frnlti Bed Vegetable.
UFA KB Oreen V bushel OX 1 )
I'OJ A 1 OI.H t ancv White bu 41 41
rAllUAfif M, m.t. ml a n
ONIONS per bu. V.'.V. 1 15 1 8
ll.tLTIMOUG.
rr.ocn a 4 io
4 40
11 r.A 1 o St red 84
COMN-Mlied 47
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WHEAT No, 2 red
UllAOUe e e
OATS Na 2 wblte
tlK'14-l.'li
iv a a cn trciiuierr, extra.,..,
EGGS I'etinsyJTanla llmu....
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WHKAT-No. Hred
COUN-No. 2
OATH-Wblte Western
Dt 1 1 Kn Crcamerr. M . 19
lUUb btate and Tenu. 1J
tlTSt DTOCK.
f entrel stok lat-ria, Kait Lhitrtf, Pa
cirri, a.
rrlme heavy, H00 to 1500 lbs .. 5 7)
S'A
1 rime, lst'tno I4IXI tt,a iu a
Medium. 100U to 1200 Ibi 6 00 5
Fat heuei 4 4
Hutcher. WI0 to 100U Ibf 4 6) S
Common to fair. 4 si 4
Oxen, couimin to fat J... Sot) 4
Common 10 good lat bulls and
cowa 2 SO 4
Mitch cown, each 2 J 00 85
Eiua milch oows, each 40 00 OJ
Boa a.
Prime medium wclghto B 40 6
Heft henry yorkers and mod. . . 0 40 6
Oood to chute 1 ackers 5 20 5
Oood plar and Hi; tit jrcrkera,.. 5
fk'P l"g 3 23 4
Heavy hogs S2 B
Common to fair. 6 to 5
KoUKbi 4 jj 4
Biaga 8 25 4
04
25
40
10
81
20
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IHXEP.
Fxtra, med. we'pht wethers, c , 4 00 4 7J
Gooil to choice, cll.pej 4 4 J 4 AO
Medium, clipped 3 75 4 2i
(.ommou to (air, clipped. 2 60 8 6C
LAMES.
Lsmts, good to choice, spring. . B 00 S tO
x.amiw, common to lair, spring. . 4 60 0 0U
Extra, clipped 6 8!i 15
Oood to choice, clipped 6 60 6 55
Medium, dinned. a tui K 0,
Common, flipped. 8 00 4 00
CALVES.
Veal, extra 8 00 ( 6:)
Veal, good to choice. 6 73 6 01
Veal, common to air 5 10 "
Veal, common heavy 8 01 425
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Reported Damage to tha Northwest Wheat
Crop Has Bu'ged Prices Reduction
in Steel Figures.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review
of Trade" says: The damage to the
wheat crop of the northwest is the event
of chief importance. How extensive
the loss may prove, in view of widely
conflicting accounts, can only be judged
from the speculative markets, in which
information gathered at the West has
caused a remarkable advance, at Chi
cago 15c in 10 days, and the price here
has advanced it cents per bushel,
though for the September option only
0 cents. The belief is that so large a
pan 01 tnc spring wncai lias uccn Kiuea j
as to reduce a yield expected to be close
. .1.. 1 ,r..A i.i..
lj lite luteal un ilvuiu kki .uu9iui I UUIJT
less than the world has required during
the crop year now ending. In iron
and steel the structural producers a week
ago reduced the prices of beams to 1.00 '
and angles to 1.80 at Pittr.bure. leaving
only rails ana tin piates wmcn nave not
i 11 it ritii whim urc Liunurj lar uiirai
and the question in tin plates depends
largely upon wages, eastern oar is re
duced to 1.55 cents, and steel bars to
1. SO at Pittsburg, with a general shut
ting down of works expected July 1.
Hoops are quoted there at 2.25, and No.
27 blacksheets nt 3 xents, buyers ask
ing only for small lots. There is a wide
range of quotations for merchant steel,
and the lower prices named for pipe
have only started the demand a little,
as buyers expect yet lower quotations.
Minor metals are also quiet, with small
transactions. Failures for the weekfiave
been 179 in the United States, against
178 last year, and 25 in Canada, against
18 last year.
Youthful Murderer Caught.
The youngest prisoner ever arrest'1
in the State of Virginia for murder i
Artbur Waddell, a negro boy, eight
years old, who is now in jail at Inde
pendence. Arthur, who lives in Gray-
so.? county, enticed Bettie Hampton,' a
three-year-old colored girl, to the
woods, killed her with a rock and hid
the body under a tree.
The boy does not appear to realize
the enormity of his crime, and said he
killed the girl because he did not like
her mother,
G:rmany to Fight England,
" At Berlin a sensation ha,
been caused by a declaration
llerr Mertel, a member of the
reichstag, and editor in chief of the
Deutsche Tages Zeitung, the Agrarian
organ, who, in the course of a political
speech at Ebernburg. said:
"Our next war will be naval and
against England. Of this we have been
quietly assured by the government ami
it was because of this assurance that the
Agrarians voted for the naval bill."
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