pourtlj of July. THE DAY WE CELEBRATE. Onco a year It comes With its flags and drums. With its cannon loud. With its rockets high And their starry crowd Filling all the sky. Music In the air, -j Powder everywhere. Crackers making noise. Snapping at your feet. For the happy boys All along tho streot. Then, hurrahl I say. Independence day Comes but once a year, With its noise and smoka. Let ns hold it dear. Big and little folk. Let us take our part With a loyal heart. Bo our flags unfurled. Little maid and man, Proudest in tho worldl Freel American! —•New York Independent. DAISY'S FOURTH. At the railway station of a certain in significant settlement beyond the Rock ies a number of men were waiting the distribution of the mail ono bright day in April. There was no especial reason for excitement', but tho newly estab lished fact of a daily halt of tho train and a postoffice of their own was enough to attract tho expectant as well as those to whom tho receipt of a letter would be a surprise. Among tho scanty supply of lcttoi'3 brought by tho eastern mail was a dain ty square envelope addressed to Mr. J. Lucas, which tho postmaster hold up for admiration, witli tho remark that it would have to go to its own funeral in the dead letter office, for there was no one of that name in that part of tho coun try "Reckon it's for mo," said an elderly man on crutches, moving slowly through the curious crowd. 'Well, I never thought of your having any name but Undo Jerry," said tho postmaster, handing him his property, "but I s'pose yon know best." Mr. Luc:is laughed, then opened his letter and read it through. "Boys," said ho soberly, "it's from my niece. She's a widow. Husband died 'fore they'd been married a year. She wants to come on and live with mo awhile 'cause her little girl's all broken down after scarlet fever. The doctor's sending hor out here to got toned up. But, good Lord, what shall I do with a woman hero, where there's no accommodations for them?" 'Would you mind showing me the letter?" saiil Jack Dinsmore rather hesi tatingly "Sometimes I can get (jnito an idea of a person by a letter, and maybe I could suggest something to help you out." They were all officious in suggestions, but Uncle Jerry waited patiently for Jack's opinion, bolieving, as most of the community did, that whatever sense and wisdom he did not possess were not worth mentioning. Ho handed back the lotter, saying: "Don't worry about her, Uncle Jerry, but let hereunto. Shedoesnt write like a woman that's bound to sleep on rose leaves, and remember," softly, "if there's money wanted to make her com fortable, I've a'uscless pile of it all ready for you to dip into." "I guess we'll have enough of it. You notice Daisy says she's collected a life in surance and won't ho a burden to no body. And lately I've been doing pretty well with that stono post invention 1 put somo money into." Uncle Jerry was almost helpless with rheumatism, but Jack was a most able coadjutor, and by unblushing bribery and corruption succeeded in securing the two most decent rooms in the tall shanty called by courtesy the hotel for the use of the expected guests. Thero was much excitement among the resi dents when the appointed day camo, and the pretty, graceful woman who stepped from the cars might well havo been tor rified at the spectacle of a platform crowded with men, who eagerly watched her every motion. But sho had no thought foi anything but the sleeping child be neath whose weight her own slender frame seemed almost bonding. Such men as thoße who watched her were too chivalrous to wait for Undo Jerry's slow approach. Half a dozen sprang forward with an entreaty to be allowed to help her, and in a moment the lovely 8-year old baby's blond curly head was resting on Jack Dinsmore's shoulder. Tho sleepy blue eyes opened for a look at him, then closed again contentedly, and tho little mother, with a grateful, confiding glance, turned to look for her uncle. 'ltjs a genywine treat to see a first class lady out here and a real live baby, even if it's kinder weak and sickly," said one of tho gang of obsorverß as they Blowly dispersed after enjoying tho affec tionate meeting between uncle and niece. It was a feeling tlioy all shared, and the gentle, womanly influence so swayed tho crowd of men who filled the long tables at the hotel that they were no longer the reckless set who had been sit ting there for months. Changos in dress were not practicable in every case, but soap, razors and combs exerted their constant aud humanizing power. The baby grew stronger every day, and the mother was wildly happy in watching the change in her darling, who soon became the idol of every one. The long hotel piazza devotod to smok ers was not a fit place for a woman, and at Jack's instigation some of the men ran out a rough balcony or gallery in front of Mrs. Lane's room, and thero like a queen sho held a littlo recoption every evening, with Uncle Jerry as chaperon. All her new friends worshiped tho bright little woman, and soveriil who had no home ties to hinder fell madly in love with hor. Some of theso modestly real ized the hopelessness of their fancy and soon drew off, watching with the others the wooing of two, who, whether hope less or not, were in dead earnost. One of these aspirants was Jack Dlnsmoro, the other a less popular man, nlokiiamed for obvious reasons "Beauty Mordaunt." His remarkably handsome face and graceful manners did not win baby Lily to his cause, for the child never swerved in her championship of the first man her sleepy eyes fell upon when the cars brought her to her present home. And Jack adored the child openly, but shyly concealed, or thought ho did, the pas sionate love he felt for her mother. Un cle Jerry guessed his secret, and one day said to him suddenly: "Women don't like dumb lovers, man. If you want her, speak out. You have my consent full and free." So on this hint, which half kindled a hope, Jack tried to speak one balmy twi light when ho happened to be on her bal cony alone with his adored, while Lily, wrapped in a warm shawl, slopt on a rustic bench. "Thero was a man," he began, breaking a short silence that had fallen between them and speaking in a constrained tone that told his lis tener of a depth of feeling below tho cominonpluco words, "a man who'd nev er had anybody to care for him sinco his father and mother died, when he wasn't much more than a hairy, and left him to be looked after or not, just as it hap pened." "Poor littlo laddie! What became of him?" "Ho was sent to boarding school while tho money lasted. Then that went, just ns orphans' money generally does go, and tho follow was loft to shift for him self. He had rather a rough time for a whilo, but lie camo out west and struck luck in prospecting before ho was very old." "Oh, is ho old?" said the listener blankly. "Oh, no, not really, but ho feels kind of old and forlorn sometimes, when he hears other fellows talking about their mothers and sisters and—wives," ho fin ished very softly. "Poor fellow!" said Daisy pitifully. "Yes, hoisa poor kind of fellow," jmr suod Jack humbly, "with no education or bringing up or anything to recom mend him to a woman except just a whole heart full of love for her, and— and—oh, Mrs. Lane, it's myself I'm talk ing about, and I know I can have no chance with you." And poor Jack, in an agony of shame and fear that his avowal had lost him oven the merost tol eration from tho lady of his love, rushed from the room. If ho had been com posed enough to tako one look, he might have gathered hopo from tho bright blush that snffusod Daisy's face and tho tender, happy light that sprang to her eyes. Tho beautiful color hud not left her face before Mordaunt's soft, well modu lated voice at tho door sought permission to leave for Lily a protty scented grass cradle of Indian manufacture. "Made from a drawing of my own," he told Mrs. Lano with a smile that brought out all tho uncommon beauty of bis face. Daisy resisted an impulse to declino his gift because it would be sucli a pleasure to Lily, so slio thanked him prettily and ex pressed her admiration for the ingenious toy. Then tho conversation drifted on till at last he mentioned Jack's name, looking steadily at her as ho did so and catching a look of interest that infuri ated him. "Jack seems very solomn lately, but that's natural for a fellow sit uated as ho is." "Why, what's the peculiarity of Mr. Dinsmore's situation?" "Oh, ha. ha! Haven't yon heard. And I thought you were such friends." "Hoard what? I really don't know what yon are talking about." "Well, if Jack hasn't told yon himself, I don't know that I have any right to," laughed "tho beauty." "But overy one knows that he's entangled some way with ono of tho girls over at the fort. Some of the boys guess ho's married to her. I know ho sends her money often." Then, having planted tho seeds of mis chief, ho bowed himself out. As ho left tho little parlor he muttered to himself: "All's fair in lovo and war, and this will bo both if Jack doesn't keep his ugly face out of my way. I'll have that woman if I havo to go through a sea of lies, and it's well I struck in time, for she looked pretty haggard when I told that yarn. I wonder if she's Idiot enough to care for that fool of a fellow when there's better men round." Ho had not thought him a fool onco when ho staid behind their party at tho risk of his life to spend days und nights nursing ldin tlirongh a brain fever, but one forgets favors in love and war. Then in pur suance of his tactics ho sought an early opportunity of putting a thorn in his rival's side. "Don't tho course of true lovo run smooth, eh?" he said mockingly at their next meeting. "1 don't understand." "You're conveniently stupid, old boy. Well, never mind, I was a little soft that way myself till I found out in time by great good luck that I wasn't first on tho field." Jack turned very red, wondering for one wild moment if ho was thought to be the fortunate one who had made tho innings. Tho next remark enlightened him. "A pretty woman like that doesn't go long without some one getting a mortgage on her. Daisy Lauo was en gaged before she came out hero. It's so, but please don't speak of it yet." It was truo, as Mordaunt said to himself, and a huge joke, for of cnurso she was engaged before she was married, as poor Jack might have guessed if ho had not been too crushed by the blow to see tho point of such wit. From tho fort, 20 miles away, had come an Invitation to most of tho set tlers to celebrate the glorious Fourth by a hall and tho first grand display of fire works that part of tho country had ever seen. Tho collections had been very munificent, and tho amount of patriotic tinder was so large that two wagons Were required to transport the well boxed packages from tho train. There was groat oi .thusiasm among tho invitoil. Every wagon in the settlement was sup plied with board seats, and tho big stage, which was one of tho fort properties, was borrowed for thq convenience of Mrs. Lane and the only other two wom en in tho pluco whose position entitled them to an invitation. Jack was to drive the coach, in which of course Uncle Jer ry had a place. Lily was now so well that her mother arranged to leave her to the care of a trust}' Irish woman. The entertainment was to begin and end ear ly, for only on condition of returning the same night would Daisy Ix 3 persuaded to leave her child. When the morning of the Fourth came, Daisy, for the first time since her arrival, was at the station when the train came in, and Jack and Mordaunt, sauntering up, saw with astonished eyes her pretty little figure lost to sight for a brief space in the fervent embrace of a duster clothed young man who stepped from a car. Mordaunt had tact enough to turn the incident to account, and calmly ro marking, "The chosen one, I suppose," walked off, leaving Jack a prey to woo. The newcomer was widoly introduced as Dr. Bruce and mado one of the party driven that night by Jack, who had no heart to join the merry conversation of his passengers. The ball was delightful, the fireworks magnificent, but Jack was thankful when the farewells were said. There was a grayness in the sky which remotely pre saged dawn as they reached home, and all but Jack promptly retired to snatch such short lengths of sleep as remained to them. He, after caring for his horses, sat down upon an inverted barrol just within the stablo door and gave himself up to dreary thoughts, which were soon invaded by the consciousness that tho freshly rising breeze was carrying a strong scent of burning upon its wings. Instantly alert, ho ran to the house, find ing a bundlo of oily rags stuffed under tho piazza floor. lie tore away tho mass, stamped out the fire, and running around to the front found the incendiaries had put in better work. Smoke and fire were starting from several points, and tho western corner, right under Daisy's room, was already bursting into flames. Loudly calling "Fire!" to arouse the sleepers, who would not have too much time to get down from tho upper rooms, he climbed up to Daisy's balcony and pounded at her window. She sprang to tho window white as death, but under standing just what ho wanted her to do. "Let me in, and I will carry tho baby down stairs," ho cried hurriedly, for tho wind fanned flames were making quick headway with tho light boards. "Follow mo closely. Don't stop for anything. ] will come back for your things." But all her possessions had to go with the rest, for tho firo gained force so rap idly that Jack had to work hard to as sist some of tho others to get out alive. Uncle Jerry, sleeping on tho ground floor, was ono of tho first to get out, and with Daisy and tho trembling littlo ono stood at a safe distance sadly watching tho destruction. Suddenly Daisy darted forward, crying: "Oh, where is Malcolm? He lias not come down!" As she spoke a cry from abovo drew every one's eyes. From ono of tho highest windows n white, bewildered face looked out. "Oh, Malcolm," screamed Daisy, "you shall be saved!" And sho flew distractedly toward tho fiery placo. "Go back," sternly commanded Jack. "Ho shall bo saved if I dio for it." Ho dashed into tho burning doorway, and for an awful moment tho spectators waited. Then with a crash tho roof fell in on one side, cutting off tho stairs. But Jack was seen tho next instant at tho window by tho doctor. Some of tho men were strapping two short, light lad ders together with frantic haste and steadying thorn against tho wall, whero they nearly reached the window. They shouted to Jack cheerily, flinging him a rope, which he was seen to fasten around tho other man's waist. He hwered him to tho top rounds, then stood quietly waiting for hitn to descend tho ladder, which would hardly bear tho weight of two. Swinging himself out, whilo the flames, which had burst into tho room, seemed to chase him, ho dropped upon the laddor. As his feet touched tho ground a crowd of men surrounded him, all eager to clasp his hand. But they fell back to mnko way for Mrs. Lane, who ran up with pale facoand cyeß shining like stars in tho early light. There were eloquent words on her tongue, but not ono could she speak. She could only put her two little hands in his and gazo up at his sad, honest eyes, with big tears falling from her own. It was a hard moment for Jack, and to relieve his embarrassment ho murmured, "I was so glad to bo in time to get him down safely for you." "For my sister, that means. You'know he is my only sister's husband." "Then ho is not tho ono you are en gaged tot" gasped Jack. "Engaged! What are you talking about? I am not engaged to any ono, but I hear that you are!" said Daisy, re treating in great disorder from tho rap turous embrace witli which Jack, mado bold by something lie saw in her face, refuted the statement. . Mordaunt joined a vigilance commit teo that rode off at once to search for tho incendiaries, capturing them, us they had reason to hope from past experience, at a group of miserable huts which shel tered a gang of reprobates, but instead of returning with tho party Mordaunt took a train for tho east and has never come back. Jack and Daisy, with hearts made kind by lovo, forgive and forget and havo sent him cards for their wed ding, which, in celebration of the event ful Independence day of last year, they havo appropriately appointed for tho Fourth of July, ItSOJ.—Now York Mail and Express. The Prophecy of John Adume. The approach of another anniversary of our national birthday finds the whole country resounding with tho note of prep aration for its celebration. Tho prophecy of John Adams that tho day would bo ushered in by sound of cannon and ring ing of bells and blazing of fireworks has been realized ever sinco that auspicious day when the old boll in Independence hall first pealed in joyous tones tho birth of a nation. Changes incident to our advanced age liuvo brought a change in tho modes of celebrating this great day, but the same patriotic spirit lives and breathes in all parts of tho country and finds its own mode of testifying that patriotism.—Washington Star. I THE FIRST FOURTH. HOW THE DECLARATION OF INDE PENDENCE WAS ANNOUNCED. Tlio Continental Congress Sent n Copy to Each of tho StatcH and General* of the Army—Peounylvnnla tho First to Re spond. In Hurper's Magazine Charles D. Desh ler gives as interesting account of the manner in which the Declaration of In dependence was received in each of the 18 original states, then widely scattered along the Atlantic coast. As we all know, the draft of that memorablo in strument which declared us an independ ent nation was formally adopted by tho continental congress 011 July 4, 1770. The next day (July 15) the following res olution was adopted by tho congress in session in Philadelphia: Resolved, That copies of tho declaration bo Bent to tho several assemblies, conventions and councils of safety, and to the several command ing officers of tho continental troops; that it bo proclaimed in wach of tho United States and at tho head of the army. It will be noted that in this resolution the continental congress observed the most punctilious deference to tho recog nized authorities of tho several states. No copies of the declaration were or dered to be sent to individuals in either of them. They were to be sent to officials or to representative bodies only. Ou tho same day, or within a day or two thereafter, tho president of congress, John Hancock, inclosed a copy of the dec laration to each of tho states which had adopted a permanent government, and to the conventions (or provincial con gresses) or to tho councils or committees of safety of those states which had not yet formed regular governments, and in each case tho document was accompanied by a letter in the terms following: I do myself tho honor to inclose, in obedience to tho commands of congress, a copy of the Declaration of Independence, which you will please to have proclaimed in your colony in such way and manner as you shall Judge beet. The important consequences resulting to tho American stales from this Declarntlon'Brinde pcndcnce, considered as tho ground and foun dation of a future government, will naturally suggest tho propriety of proclaiming it in such a modo that the people may bo universally in formed of it. On tho 6th of July a copy of the dec laration was sent by President Hancock to General Washington, accompanied by a letter in which ho said: The congress havo judged it necessary to dis solve tho connection between Great Britain and tho American colonies and to declare them free and independent states, as you will perceive by tho inclosed declaration, which 1 am directed to transmit to you and to request you will havo It proclaimed at tho head of tho army in tiio way you shall think most proper. Similar letters wero sent to tho other generals commanding in the northern and southern departments. Tho first state to respond by its repre sentative body was Pennsylvania. In the minutes of tho committee of safety of that state, then in session at Philadel phia, under date of July 6. 1770, is the following entry; The president of tho congress this day sent tho following rcsolvo of congress, which is di rected to bo entered on tho minutes to this board. Hero follows the resolution of tho con tinental congress quoted above: In consequonco of tho above resolve, lettors were written to the counties of Bucks, Chester, Northumberland, Lancaster and Berks, inclos ing a copy of said declaration, requesting tho same to bo published on Monday next (July 8) at the places Where tho election of delegates arc to bo held. Ordered, That tho sheriff of Philadelphia read or cause to bo read and proclaimed at tho statehouso, in tho city of Philadelphia, on Monday, tho Bth day of July instant, at 10 o'clock at noon of tho uiuno day, tho declara tion of the representatives of tho United Col onies of America, and that ho cause all his offi cers and tho constables of tho said city to at tend tho reading thereof. Resolved, That every momber of this com mittee in or near tho city bo ordered to moot at the committee chamber before 12 o'clock on Monday, to proceed to tho statchouse, whoro tho Declaration of Independence is to bo pro claimed. Tho eommitteo of Inspection of this city and liberties were requested to attend tho procla mation at the statchouse, on Monday next, at 12 o'clock. In conformity with this action of tho Pennsylvania eommitteo of safety, tho declaration was proclaimed in Philadel phia at tho timo appointed, and tho pro ceedings are described in tho following brief report which appeared in the Phil adelphia and New York Gazettes of the ensuing day: PHILADELPHIA, July 8, MO.-Thls day tho eommitteo of safety and tho committees of in spection went In procession to the stutehouud, whoro th© Declaration of Independence of the United States of America was read to a very large number of the inhabitants of this city and county, which woa received with general appiunso and heartfelt satisfaction, and in tho ovoning our lato king's coat of arms was brought from tlie hall in tho statohouso, whoro tho said king's courts woro formerly hold, and burnt, amidst tho acclamations of a crowd of spectators. On tho above occasion the declaration was read by John Nixon from tho plat form of an observatory which hud been erected many yours before by tho cele brated Dr. Rittenhouse near the Wal nut street front of tho statehouso for tho purpose of observing a transit of Venus. At evening bonfires woro light ed, the houses woro illumiuutod, and it was not until a thunder shower at mid night compelled the people to retire that tho sounds of rejoicing w ero hushed. Fun nt the Signing. Nor was a certain amount of verbal fun wanting. When John Hancock af fixed his, under any other circumstance, preposterous signuturo, ho laughingly pushed tho paper usido, saying: "Therol John Bull may read my name without spectacles!" Again, when Hancock re minded tho members of tho necessity of hanging together, Dr. Franklin dryly re marked, "Yes, we must indeed all hang together, or elso most assuredly wo shall all hang separately!" And stout Mr. Harrison remarked to little Elbridgo Gerry that when the hanging came he would have tho advantage of him, for ho should bo dead while littlo Gerry would be dangling around slowly choking. And thus on that hot morning of the Fourth of July, 1770, amid the livery sta ble's lmzziug flies, which tho honorable gentlemen were vainly fighting with wav ing handkerchiefs, was given to the world the immortal Declaration of Inde pendence.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat INDEPENDENCE DAY. Tho Most Tragic Event In Our History, It Murks the Death of Tyrunuy. I will tnuko of tlico n nation mightier and greater than they.—Deuteronomy ix, It. Another Fourth of July at hnndl Tho speeding years bring round this great anniversary of brave deeds and brave results so rapidly that the musio of our celebration scarcely dies away in the distance before we begin it all over again. It is the brightest and sunniest, the saddest and the most tragic day in our calendur, tho saddest when wo think of the treasuro of lifo which our national independence cost, the brightest when wo contemplate tho proud position which tho republic has achieved and the en couragement it has afforded to those who , are seeking liberty in all quarters of the globe. Not onoof tho founders of our govern ment dreamed of the magnitudo or po litical significance of their undertaking. Tlioy were noble souls who ministered to the aspirations of 18 colonies and in doing so builded far better than they knew. It is safo to say that when King George signed tho document which cut us loose from his sovereignty he uncon sciously put his name to the death war rant of tyranny and oppression every where. No stroke of pen in royal hand ever meant so much for tho progress of mankind. No autograph was ever writ ten with greater unwillingness, for tho feeblo folk whom he professed to despiso had driven his trained legions from tho field, and tho raw troops which were without discipline and without food had wrung a historic victory from his most trusted generals. It will do no harm to rocite these facts, not in the spirit of wanton boastfulness, but of grateful appreciation. They not only stir our pride, but rouse us to a senso of personal obligation. We have inherited a noble territory; but, better still, we are tho fortunato heirs to cer tain immortal ideas which aro to bo de fended against all comers at all times and at all cost. No truer or more impressive' words wero ever uttered tftan thoso of Curran, who said, 4 'The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance." The Fourth of July therefore means watchfulness. A generation of neglect would mean a crack in tho walls of our temple. Amid the hurry and bus tlo of business wo must give a passing and a loyal thought to our country. The flags which will wave from Atlantic to Pacific, from gulf to lakes, will fill tho air with the mute eloquence of duty, and tho sunshine which will fall on the tombs of our never to ho forgotten dead will bean appeal to cherish the memories of tho past in order to insure the safety of the future. Let fun and jollity prevail. No nation can as well afford to laugh and be glad as wo. Wo envy no one and have plenty within our borders. Peace and prosper ity aro guests in our household. But the still, small voice whispers a word of time ly warning that as private honesty is the source of i>ersonal happiness public integrity is the foundation of national permanency.—Now York Herald. An Apochryphal Incident. In Tho Scots Magazine for 1770, pub lished at Edinburgh, a copy of which is in the writer's possession, in tho number for August occurs the following curious item, doscriptivo of some ceremonies al leged to havo been observed by tho con tinental congress on the day of its adop tion of tho declaration: A letter from Philadelphia nays: "Tho 4th of July, 1770, tho Americana appointed as a day of fasting and prayer, preparatory to their dedlcutlng their country to God, which was done in tho following manner: Tho congress being assembled, aftor having declared Amor lea Independent, they had a crown plucod on a Blblo, which by prayer and solemn devotion thoy offered to God. This religious ceremony being ended, they divided tho crown into thir teen parts, each of tho united provinces taking a part." "I havo been unablo to discover," says Mr. Doslilor, "any confirmatory evidenco of this dramatic and, I suspect, entirely fabulous porformaneo. I havo no doubt, however, that it was published in Tho Scots Magazino in entire good faith, and that it was derived from a source on which its conductors placod full reliance, as that magazine was a constant friend of this country. Its pages were largely devoted to American news, its informa tion relativo to our affairs was full and generally accurate, and its sympathies for tho American peoplo in their contro versy with Great Britain wore generous ly and frankly avowed."—Philadelphia Times. Tlio Fourth at Plue Ilfdgo. All tho morning several hundred squaws had been at work under the su pervision of tho issue clerk, and when' the sports wero concluded everybody's appetite was in good condition. Ten hngo steers had been butcliored and cooked, and with the meat was served other edibles and drinkables. Two thou sand five hundred pounds of hardtack, 200 pounds of coffee, 400 pounds of sugar, 700 pounds of bacon and 200 pounds of rico were handed out early in tho day and prepared for consumption. When all was ready, the male Indians seated themselves in what was originally in tended to be a huge circle, the squaws who had something to do busied thorn- I selves, whilo those whose work was con- j eluded squatted around the periphery and ate that which tho lordly savages wero pleased to givo. There never was such a sight in all tho history of Pino Ridge, and thero may never 1)0 another such, nearly 3,000 Indians all eating at one time and in one place, all cracking hardtack and swigging coffeo and chow ing beef, taking a good tootli hold on a piece of tho animal and then cutting off | tho portion held in tho hand with a knife.—Exchange. Death of Jefferson. Mr. Jefferson, though in failing health, ! was only confined to his bed on tho Ist of Jnly. lie had expressed the hope that ho might be permitted to see the dawn of I the fiftieth anniversary of the independ ence of his country, and his wish was graciously accorded, for he died at CO : minutes after 12 o'clock on that day. ' llow a Fortune Wan Hamled Down. If you go to William Qnincy's otfice, you learn from the legend on the door that ho is a lawyer whoso business is in real estate. Ho is himself a largo real estate owner. The history of his fortune is almost romantic. His grandfather, tho second Josiah Quincy, inherited a considerable estate from tho founder of the family, who was the president of Harvard college and otherwise distin guished. The grandfather some 40 or more years ago interested himself in tho construction of tho Troy and Greenfield railroad, a part of which is now known as the Hoosac Tunnel line, and was not ablo to carry out his undertakings. He was financially embarrassed, but did not become a bankrupt. Ho was possessed of a very largo amount of property, and his creditors saw that in timo ho would bo ablo to meat nil his obligations, or that in tho event of his death his estate would do so. The prop erty was therefore converted into a trust, tho creditors appointing a trustee and Mr. Quincy another. This trust has lasted until tho present , time, but is about to ho abrogated, all ' tbo obligations having now been pro- ! vided for. For a number of years tho j present Josiah Quincy has been the princi- j pal trustee and manager of the estate, which will ho worth $2,000,000 when tho trust terminates.—Boston Cor. Washing ton Post. Kossuth u Boodler? Never! No one familiar with tho career of Louis Kossuth will for a moment credit the charge that tho splendid and chival rous manhood which dared death and exilo for a principle has yielded to the base influencoof a bribo giver. It is true that William of Orange and Lord Bacon, both statesmen and patriots of high rank, practiced bribery. Lord C'livo and William Penn were also engaged in tho same traffic. But Kossuth belongs to another age. The ex-dictator of Hungary is said to have accepted $">,000 a year as the prico of support for the present Hungarian cabinet. Tho absurdity of tho accusa tion is shown by tho fact that Kossuth has repeatedly declined the offer of King Humbert to settle a large pension 011 him and has oven refused money from his own sons, preferring to earn his liv ing in his old age by his pen, and thus enjoy tho sense of independence. When Kossuth was expatriated throo years ago 80 Hungarian cities and towns conferred honorary citizenship upon him within 10 days after the law went into effect. At that time tho venerable patriot resolute ly rejected ull proffered gifts of money. A man who could neither bo bought nor frightened by Napoleon 111 or Bis marck is not likely to surrender his soul to a second rate Hungarian politician.— New York Herald. Attended Funerals and Denounced Bum. A singular old fellow, Austin Roberts, who was a sort of a genius, died at tho town farm at East Hartford the other day, aged 71 years. Tho two passions of his life wero temperance and a fondness for funerals. Ho never missed a chance to lecture 011 tho "Demon Rum" or attend a funeral. During his life he had boen a purely disinterested mourner at a good many more obsequies than ho was nblo to remember and had delivered scores of lectures in grandiloquent phrases in halls or at the street corners, just as fato or luck would havo it. For many years ho was employed liy Goorgo Reynolds, who made and sold "hop and nectar beer" of tho tamo sort. Ho was a lively and eloquent drummer and led tho first firemen's parade over held in Hartford. Ho spent his life try ing to amuse his fellow man and make him "better and purer" and all that, and his fellow man put him in tho town pour liouso in his old age.—Hartford Letter. Drinking In Gotham. Tho New York papers are claiming that Gotham is moro strongly opposed to drunkenness than any other city in tho world. Tho moral consolation of this assuranco is somewhat impaired from the fact that tho sobriety claimed for tho city is accounted for in tho practico of the- leading saloons of shutting off a man's grog when it becomes apparent that ho is getting too many sails in the wind. Of courso he takes on tho balance of his cargo at any accessible port, and tho stand mado for sobriety under this system does not amount to much. Thoro may be something in the claim that the outsiders who visit Now York do most of tho drinking, but Gothamites abroad indicate by their habits that homo con sumption lias a good deal to do with tho prosperity of saloon keepers in tho me tropolis.—Detroit Free Press. To Hello Across the Continent. The longest telephone circuit in tho world is now projected by tho Automat ic Telophono and Electric company of Canada, which intends to lay a line of copper wires on the metallic circuit plan from Halifax to Vancouver. This iB a distunco of B,r>oo miles. Copper is by far tho best conductor, and elec tricians have so fur advanced their methods that tliey can calculate to a nicety what is required. Tho circuit will be, of course, in sections and bo available for communication to many Intermediate points. It is a great and wonderful experiment which tho scien tific world will watch with intense inter est. If it proves a success, there seems to be no good reason why the instrument cannot be used to transmit speech across tho widest oceans.—Portland Orcgonian Before President Cleveland has got through with his diplomatic appoint ments ho will have made 8S gentlemen happy by placing them in positions which arc worth from $5,000 to $17,500 a year. A Texan recently lost his line farm and all his stock of implements at a game of poker, and lie is enthusiast enough to be quite satisfied, regarding the loss as a perfectly legitimate one. It is reported that COO unpublished let ters of Voltaire have been discovered in the houso of a descendant of the pliilos opher's physician, Theodore Fronchin, at Bessinges, near Geneva. GUY FAWKES' DAY. How the ISoys