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FOURTH OF JULY RIDE.
By Fred Myron CallJy.
EXTIONIs im
propriate at
this time of a
famous ride
back In the
early days
of tllD Revo
lution. The
story onght
to be familiar
to our young
folks. They
have all read
Of l'uul Keveiu'H ride, but this was a
greater ride than that, rnnl Revere's
rldo on thnt long ago April night
was to save the military supplies at
Concord and Lexington to the patri
otic cause; but this other rldo was to
save the Declaration of Independence.
It happened on that famous Fourth
of July, 1770, the day In which the
American colonies were declared free
and Independent States. If Caesar
Rodney had not made his historic ride,
there might not have bacn any free
America to-day.
The Provincial Congress was In
session at FhlladedpblOi each of the
thirteen colonies having representa
tives there. It was a great Congress,
and a momentous question was before
the distinguished body. The great
charter of our freedom had been writ
ten by Jefferson; and Bimjnmln 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 free and Independent, the Declar
ation must be adopted. This could
be done If only the colonies stood
united for freedom, but not 1f the
colonies were divided. And there
were somo good men wbo did not
believe It best to take this 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 McKcan 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 brlgadler-gencrnl,
organizing and drilling troops for the
coming struggle.
Two of the opposing Pennsylvania
'delegates were persuaded to absent
themselves, and thus the "Keystone
Btate" would favor the Declaration;
but the vote of Caesar Rodney was
necessary to carry the State of Dela
ware. A messenger was dospatclicd
In hot haste to summon blra 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 to vote on the
momentous question.
A DELICIOUS MOMENT.
On the afternoon of the 8rd the mes
euger found Caesar Rodney In Bus
ex County, more than eighty miles
from Philadelphia. General Rodney
was at that time forty-six years old,
was a tall, lean, worn figure, bis face
carred by a cancer that was finally
to cause his death. The brave patriot
did not hesitate. "Saddle the black!"
be commanded, and in ten minutes
he bad mounted his faithful steed,aud
was gulloulug us if for life .to the
northward.
--T-T k mm
Tha American Fix.
When Freedom from her mountain
height
Unfurled her stfiLdnrd to tbo nln,
Bhe tore the azure robe of night
And set the stars of glory there.
Phe mingled with It gorgooun dyes
The milky baldric of the skies
ijAnil striped Its pure celestial white
sVlth atrvakitiga of tho morning light.
Then from his mansion In the sun
Rhe called her eagle bearer down
And gave Into ins inlguty hund
The symbol of her chosen land.
Joseph Rodman lrot
Eighty nrlKyi 'awny frmn.Con;rtgw,
which was waiting for him to declare
the Independence of the-colonic! The
thought caused biro to drive his spurs
deep Into- Us horse's flanks, and sent
him flying along the long, dusty high
way that stretched toward the Qua
ker City. It was one of the great
rides of history. That black steed
bore the destinies of America, and Ms
rider knew ft; .nd there was no halt
nor delay. The sun went down, and
tho stnrs come ont one by one In
the blue vnolt of heaven; and that
solitary rider rushed on his way. All
through tho cool summer night Caesar
Rodney kept up his 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 bis horse's hoofa,
wondered at that hurried flight.
The stars faded out of the morning
sky and the sun came up, red and
fiery, the herald of a sultry day. And
still Caesar Rodney kept on his way.
He was yet many miles from Phila
delphia. Would he be in time to make
his country great and Independent?
His horse was Jaded, and be was travel-worn
kad covered with dust; but
the patriot did not slacken rein. He
must be there to vote for the 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. The session bad begun.
The president, John Hancock, was in
the 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 hud not come.
Anxious and worried, Thomas Mc
Kean went out to the door of Inde
pendence Hall. Would his friend and
compatriot be too late? His face
brightened as be heard the sound of
hurrying hoof-beats coming up Chest
uut street A foaming, panting steed
dashed up Into the yard. Its dusty
rider leaped to the ground. Booted
and spurred, the dust of bis long ride
thick on his 'long-flapped coat and iron
gray hulr, Caesar Roduey entered the
hall of Congress, leaning oa his friend
McUtan ' arm,
O j
' . . . .
Ho was Just In time. The vote of
Delaware was liolnjr collnd. George
Read voted "Nay." "Aye!" called the
clear voice of Thomas fttcKenn. It
was a tie. All eyes tinned to Caesar
Rodney. The famous rider cleared
his throat; and many n patriot heart
beat with pride as be declared In firm
tones: "The voice of my constituents
and of all sensible and 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 Cwsnr Roduey, by bis fa
mous rldo and by his noble vote helped
to settle the question of Independ
ence, and Insured tho future celebra
tions of July 4.
'Twns Juno on the face of tho earth,
June with the rose's breath,
When life Is the visible thing, ami a
distant dream is death;
There was gossip of birds in the air,
and the lowing of herds by the wood.
And a sunset gleam In the sky that
the heart of n ninn holds good;
Then the nun-like Twilight came, vio
let vestured and still.
And the night's first star ontshono
afar on the eve of Bunker Hill.
There rang a cry through the camp,
with Its word upon kindling word;
There was never a faltering foot In
the ranks of thow that heard:
Lnds from t.ie Hampshire hills and
the rich Connecticut vales.
Pome of the old Bny Colony, from Its
shores nnd its inland dales;
Swiftly they fell in line, for they
knew not fear nor its chill;
Ah, brave the show as they ranged
a-row on the ere of Bunker II ill !
Then lhep voice Ihted a prnyer to
tlie God of the brnvt and tlie trne.
Anal the beads of the men were bare
in the gathering dusk and dew;
The beads of a thousand men were
bowed as the pleading rose,
"Smite Thou, Lord, as of old Tbon
smote Thy people's foes!
O rervo Thy servants' acms to work
with a mighty will!"
A hush, and then a lond "amen!" on
the eve of Bunker Hill!
Now they are gone through the night
with never a thmight of fame.
Gone to the field of a fight that stall
win them a deathless name;
Some who snail never sue the set of
another sun,
Celebrating.
But lie like uie Concord slain, and tho
slain of LxlU4rtou,
Martyrs to Freedom's cause. Ah, how
at their deeds we thrill.
The men whose might made strong
the height on the eve of Bunker Hill.
Clinton Scollard, lu Youth's Com
panion.
Won't IT
The Real Uncle Sam,
RATIFYING It
should he to us all
that tlie "Uncle
Bnin," whoso ca
daverous form nnd
countenance, fierce
pointed beard nnd
striped nnd starry
costume we have
seen for a genera
tion on every
Fourth of July
standing guard
over all tbiiiK American Is not the
"L'nelo Ram" of history and tradition.
He Is both n caricature and an ana
chronism. He Is not typical of any
period or people In the world's history.
Tho masquerade of a costume ho
weors in cartoons wns never worn ou
earth, save by some other mnsquerad
er who sought to Imltato tlto Ideal of
the caricaturist.
Tho real "Uncle Sam," the Undo
Pnm of history nnd tradition, who
wntched over tlie birth and early
youth of the Republic, Is quite a dif
ferent personnge. Charles II. Hns
well, the vetetnn civil engineer, by
the aid of whose recollections nnd
long study of the enrly dnys of this
century tho nccompnnylng picture of
"Uncle Ram" was drawn, thus do-
THE HEAT. "UNCLE SAM,
scribes the real "Uncle Sum's" cos
tume:
"Tho hat was high and slightly bell
crowned, of felted fur; the collar of
the shirt high nnd connected with It;
the bosom frilled, projecting well out.
with a Jeweled pin or brooch In It;
cmvat white and very wide, stiffened
with what wns termini a 'pudding,'
Waistcoat single breasted, buff cloth,
with gold or gilt buttons, ('out bine,
swallow tailed, with high, lolling col
lar and a hi pel of peculiar sluipe, mid
very high wnlsted, showing the waist
coat underneath It. Pantaloons close
fitting, with a narrow full in front,
and fitted Ix'low the kuie for tho
wearing of the boots outside, with a
tassel In front. Watch carried In a
fob In the pnntnloons and 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 cout.
"The anachronisms of the figure as
universally given are many; thus col
ored skirts were not Lnown until
nlout IS-.".), striped pmitnloous wt.ro
of a later date, and straps under l he
boots did not appear until about 1825,
and they wero a part of tho panta
loons fashioned over the lioot in front
and buttoned under It, and known as
'a la mode de Parts.' and a goatee or
imerlal was not worn nutll very late
In tho thirties."
Mr. Haswvl! also says thnt Uncle
Shiii was a well-dressed gentleman,
and not the caricature of one. The
gontee. he rememlters, preceded by
some few years the Imperial. Intro
duced by Napoleon III. Uncle Sam,
he Insists, should havo smooth face.
There were no mustacltea or bei'ds
In those days.
For the rest the picture tells Its own
story. The face is modeled upon that
of Henry Clay, who had. In Mr. Una
well's opinion, a face typical of Amer
ican manhood In its highest pc'feo
tion.
Safe In my sma.ll banh.3iT:
shut up dqht, ,f o
All reaau for the rourtKuouicnow,
Now tell me whg you jingla stf?
Aruiou xa longing to ot out, r
To leave your house and stir
aoouc, &
And chance to crac Kers am 1
And lonj-tailed'roclMttoaperMpsj
roar. , Trl
And rnerru bells rirtfl out ' f
orifemore A
ForlndependenceDau. begOiV
1 henpushaiicome out.eyergpng
The fifes willacrsaw, the drums
will beat. ..
The band come mwcWfl down the
J street,
he flags will f Ijj ao proud and free:
uch jjlorlous times forjjou end met
,'t' CUT
ft
KEYSTONE SIIIE Mi Ml
PENSIONS GRANTED.
California' Pioneer' AuoclaMon Annual Re
union A New Coil Company to Oper
ate Along Ihe Allegheny River.
Pensions granted last week: John
Grudfn, Emlenton, $to; John Arnold,
Sliarpsbtirg, $io; Gad C. Cooper, Con
ncamville, JH; Mary J. Jones, Home
stead, $6; James Hush, Verona, f8j
Thomas Wheeler, Indiana. $M; Fletch
er F. Chalfant, Brownsville, fio; Sam
uel Grcelman, Witkinsburg. $.S; Samuel
Burkhart, Weft Newton, $17; Thomas
J. Korstetcr, Franklin, $4; Adolphus
Lavine, Sharon, $14; Elizabeth Kearn
ey, Monongahela, $; James M. Camp
bell, Weft Elizabeth, $12; Charles Sny
der, St. Marys, H; Daniel Schnonover,
West Franklin, $10; George F. I.ukens,
Rochester. $8; Samuel C. Hill. Blairs
villc, $8; Eliza Campbell, West Elizabeth,
W; Francis Powell, Rural Valley, $8;
Lewis Martin. West Freedom, $1?;
Michael Hutzel, Sand Patch, $io; Ben
jamin Henderson, Elderton. $8; Dennis
McSwcency, Indiana, $12; John A. Mur
ray, Beaver Falls, $.8; Samuel W. Pryer,
Plcnsantvillc, $8; minor of John E.
Ganster, Etna, $10; Rhoda Eshcnbaugh,
Rochester, $8.
Noble F. Sanford and Jesse II. San
ford, of Carnegie, formerly the owners
of the Moon Run Coal Company, have
purchased 1,000 acres of Washington
county coal lands from James A. Phil
lips, of West Brownsville, at $275 an
acre. The property lies along the Mo
nongahela river, near Fredcricktown,
and eight miles above Brownsville. Thj
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 valley Mon
day afternoon by the heaviest hail storm
that has visited that section for years.
The storm was accompanied by heavy
thunder and lightning nnd a number "I
buildings were struck. The residence
of Frank McConaughcy, of Ligonier,
was considerably damaged by the light
ning and several members of the family
injured.
Frank Brown, an engineer on the
Pittsburg, Youngstown and Ashtabula
railroad, had both legs amputated in a
wreck some time ago, caused by the nir
hose being defective and the train run
ning wild. Brown brought suit for dam
ages against the company nnd the case
was settled by his accepting a vouchor
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 laiv!
along the Allegheny river, from Hite
to Springdale. has recently been option
ed through Magistrate Charles Uhling
er, of Hitc. and it is expected that all
arrangements will be made for active
operations to begin about July ,5.
The annual reunion of the California
Pioneers' Association was held at
Ponce de Leon springs, near Meadville,
Friday. The menibershit) of the asso
ciation is composed of men who left this
section between the years 1K4Q and 185J,
and journeyed to California to dig lor
fold. The address was delivered by
ames Sheakley, 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 and in
flammation, followed by a great swell
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 tnc next meeting ol councils
asking that the offer be accepted.
Three Italians held up Pauline How
ard and Juliet Conner, of Uniontown,
near New Salem, Friday. One of the
ruffians reached for Miss Howard's
nurse when Miss Conner dealt him a
blow with the butt of a whip, knocking
him down. She then whipped up the
horse and escaped.
James PcttigreVv, 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
Connellsville, struck because one mem
ber of the newly-organized 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 Tree borough, and after breaking
open the money drawer in the store,
and finding nothing, they ransacked the
postoffice, securing about $1.50 in small
change.
Arrangements have been completed
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 Grecnsburg, on June 27 and
28.
Mrs. Nancy Carson, of Irwin, drop,
ped dead of heart disease, aged about
70 years. She 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 Mc
Steen at Oil City, charged with having
caused the death of Peter Moon, an oil
well driller, by a scuffle on Mav ,tl.
The city council of Sharon, has ac
cepted a proposition from the Sharon
Water Company to use 38 additional
(re hydrants in the town, providing the
company will lay five and one-Valf miles
of additional pipe. This will make 130
fire hydrants in use in that 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.
The Belleverno-j Gas Company has
Ftruck a gusher t Rostravcr township,
Westmoreland cyunty.
THI MARKETS.
riTtsBtmo.
mm, Floor anil TA,
wheat-no. jrei ...
live No. i
COILS No i yHlnw. ear
No. i vxllow. shelled.. .......
76
4
8
71
6ft
411
i7
44
80
"l
OOt
14 7
11 0
Mixed "ar ..,
OATS No. 1 white
No. n white
FLOUR Wlmcr .ntat 4 1
tnarx KrHlflit miners S M
HAY No. I Umotliy 14 00
Clover. No. 1.. 11 60
fEKD No. 1 whlti. mid., ton.. 17 00
Drown mlcldlliiK!,.,.. IS 00
llrnn. t.nlk 14 50
BTIIAW WbeaU 8 48
17 Sk
18 80
IS 00
8 50
S 60
iVi
Ml
14
9'
9H
Oat 8 09
Dairy Product
HCTTE!! ElRia creamery. .... t il
Ohio -reimi"ry iqi
I'nni-y country roll 18
CHK.KKK Oblo. new
New York, new 9,V
Ionltr, etc.
HENH per pair 0
I'HK'KLNH dtsswd U
EOGB l'a. and Ohio, fre-h.... V,i
Frnlli and VeceUbtet.
J1EAN8 Oreen V bushel 05
1'OTATOKH r'aacv White bu 49
C'AI'.IiAOE r crate i 00
ONIONS per bu 1 a
IIAI.Tl.MOKE.
ri-ocn
WHKAT No a red
COIIN-lllxed
OATH
EOOH
lilil'l'Elt Ohio creamery.. ..
I'BILAUKLPHI.t
Ft.ocrt
WHEAT No. i red
(JOHN No. a mixed
OA IS-Na 3 whit
nU'lTEll Crenmery, extra..,.
EOQ8 I'eiiDSTlTanla Anna....
KKW 1'OIIU.
FLOUIt rntents..... 4 10
WHKAT No. kred
COHN -No. a
OATH White Western
BUT"! Kit Creamery. M. 19
lUGS btate aud l;enu 13
livk rrocK.
leatral Sloth larria, Kl UKertf, Pa
ClTTUk
Trlme henry, 1400 to 1500 lbs . . 5 7) fl
1 rime, to 1400 rt. 5 60 5
Medium. 1000 to ia00 lbs 8 09 5
Fat tieilei. 4 4 1
butcher. W0 to MKW lbs 4 63 81
Com icon to fa 1 r. ... 4 85 4'
Oxen, couinu n to fat '... 8 50 4'
Common to good lat bulls and
... eowa a 60 4 1
MUeh cow, each Jj 00 83 (
fciua nillcb 00 ws, each 40 00 09 I
Boo a.
Prime medium welRhlo 6 40 8
llei-t heavy ynrkera ami med. . , 0 40 6
Hood to cbolcn 1 ackers 6 '10 8 21
Oood ttud light jorkeri. , . 8 40
t'l' !' 3 25 4 10
Heavy bogs 6 a 8 89
Common to fair. 6 10 6 20
Itouuha 4 25 4 05
HtKS 8 25 4 09
IHtEP.
Extra, med. we pht wethers, 0.. 4 00 4 7J
Oood to choice, clipped 4 49 4 W
Medium, clipped 8 75 4 2i
Common to talr, clipped. 2 60 8 60
LAHca,
Lambs, good to choice, spring. . 8 00 8 (0
Latnbe, eommou to lair, spring. . 4 8'9 8 09
Kxtra, clipped 6 83 6 1ft
Oood to choice, clipped 8 50 8 1ft
Medium, clipped. 6 00 8 2ft
Common, clipped 8 00 4 UO
CALVES,
Teal, extra 6 00 8 tt
Veal, good to choice. 8 7J 8 01
Veal, common to (air 6 10 "
Veal, common heavy 8 01 423
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Reported Damsge lo tha Northwest Wheat
Crop His Bu ged Prices Reduction
In Sleel Figures.
K. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review
I ,. . rft. J . -
1 J
41 I
a a
l Si
4 109 4 40
84 H4'
47 i'i.'S
80 Jjr
01 irauc says; 1 11c auniagc 10 111c
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 tl cents per bushel,
though for the September option only
0 cents. The belief is that so large a
part of the spring wheat has been killed 1
as to reduce a yield expected to be close 1
to the largest on record to considerably
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 i. '
and angles to 1.80 at Pittr.burs. leavino-
oniv rails ana tin niaies wnicn nave not
and the question in tin plates depends
largely upon wages, nasicm oar is re
duced to 1.55 cents, and steel bars to
1.50 at Pittsburg, with a general shut
ting down of works expected July 1.
Hoops are quoted there at 2.25, and No.
27 biacksheets at 3 cents, 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 week bave
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
Arthur Waddell, a negro boy, eight
years old, who is now in jail at Inde
pendence. Arthur, who lives in Gray--sotf
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:rminy to Fight England.
" At Berlin a sensation has
been caused by a declaration if
Herr 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 anil
against England. Of this we have beeri
quietly assured by the government ami
it was because of this assurance that the
Agrarians voted for the naval bill."
,