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 <sT London Culebrat* th
English "Fourth of July."
Doyoiitl doubt Guy Fawkes' day is the
day when the young British heart heats
the liveliest tattoo and juvenile patriot
■ ism bubbles up in tho gayest fashion.
! Bank holidays aro all very well in theii
j way; but, after all, there is nothing like
the sth of November. Tho day is a riot
I of youngsters, Chinese crackers and
; backsheesh. It is tho Fourth and New
; Year's day melted down and run into
an uncommonly big and jolly mold.
In London, for instance, for days there
has been suppressed and mysterious ex
citement in the houses whero hoys abide.
There are consultations in corners, over
hauling of the odds and ends in tho store
room, downright robbery of the pots and
pans in the scullery, and the yearning
for sixpences that characterizes healthy
j boyhood at all times of the year is exag
j gorated into a mania. Observing these
I things, one needs no almanac to prove
that Guy Fawkes' day is near at hand.
Guy Fawkes, it might he remarked,
planned to blow up tho houses of parlia
ment, and ever sinco his failure Young
Briton has been hoisting him with his
own petard.
But Guy Fawkes' day in London!
All night long a fog has been creeping
up tho river from tho sea; tho town smoke
turns it to a dirty yellow. So it spreads
out over London like a gypsy's blanket—
thick and unclean. The sun conies up,
stains the edge of tho fog with dull ochei
smear® of light, gives up tho unequal
contest and drifts sullenly out of sight.
Tho fog has everything its own way.
Four o'clock.
It is jangled by Bow bells, rung by St.
Martin's, and then Big Ben booms out a
solemn confirmation, and it is 4 o'clock.
Four o'clock beyond thomost impalpable
shadow of a doubt I
Tho youngsters come scurrying out
liko so many guilty juvenile ghosts.
They get together at tho street corners,
form bands and go marching through
the foggy streets and roads. After that
one must needs have a good conscience
to sleep. Tin horns are shrieking, drums
rattling, the pot and kettle that called
each other black hammer each other vin
dictively, while tho toy pistols pop liko
so many cases of champagne gono mad.
Bing! B-r-r-r-r! Bangl
Then tho youngsters start that classic
ditty, the origin of which is lost in tho
mist that hides the author of "Hey Did
dle-diddle" and the story of that famous
"cockhorso that journeyed .to Bambury
cross."
rfinyl Ouyl Uuyl
Ilit 'im in the oyo,
Hang 'im to a gall un tree,
There let 'im die! .
Hi! Hi! Hil
Bands of 15 and SO youngsters, dressed
in most marvelous costumes—rags and
pantomime trousers, tall hats and parti
colored coats—go by dragging hurdles,
on which tho "Guys" ride triumphant.
Tho Guy is a poor thing of straw and
lags well lined with gunpowder. Ho
has not much backbone, and lie wabbles
distressfully. Tho youngsters hammer
at doors and windows and howl that do
liglitful chorus.
And they keep it up until tho weary
householders buy tliein off with coppers
of a sixpenny piece.
All day long theso troops go wander
ing up streets and down, firing off Chi
nese crackers, shooting toy pistols and
maltreating tho depraved but helpless
Guy. Then in tlio evening a match is
set to his coattail, and straw, rags and
gunpowder go off in a burst of smoko
and flame. Hero and there a Guy is re
served to decorato a lamppost.
The day is a great day for the boydom
of old England—it is jolly and noisy and
patriotic.—Selected.
Iritshmcii In the Revolution.
Beforo tho Revolutionary war Ireland
sent messages and held meetings through
out tho land, sympathizing with tho
colonists, and they in turn sent com
munications explaining their position.
In 1700 franklin, writing from London,
said: "All Ireland is strongly in favor of
tho American cause. They havo reason
to sympathize with us." Of tho signers
of tho Declaration of Independence 13
wero of Irish blood or descent. At Bunk
er Hill, in 0110 company of New Hainp
shiro militia, which defended the rail
fenco, there were 71 Irishmen. Tho
countersign, whon tho British evacuated
Boston in 1775, was "St. Patrick," the
commanding officer of tho day, General
Sullivan.
The Irish swarmed in tho American
army on sea ami 011 land, and whether
in tho snow and hardships of Valley
Forge or 011 tho victorious field of York
town, they fought bravely and diod
nobly for our independence.—Boston
Globe.
Discreet I'ickt I'iu.
For more than half an hour Picket
Pin stood near tho finish and awaited
the coming of an opjionent. This was
not an inanimate picket pin. It was a
live Indian, who has 11 reputation at Pino
Ridge agency as a wrestler. The man
who conld secure for his antagonist two
falls out of thrco was to become tho
proud possessor of p. Presently the
second man appeared in tho shape of a
mixed blood named Morrison, and just
about that time Picket Pin was missed
from the scene of his recent vocal activ
ity. Ho evidently did not want any
Morrison in his. Had it not been for
Picket Pin's discretion we would havo
witnessed a wrestling match in which
the Pin would in all human probability
have been driven into tho earth.—G. 11.
Harries in Washington Star.
Origin of tlio Declaration.
Sor 10 trace tho origin of tho declara
tion to the charter of Runnymedo, somo
to tho Mayflower compiiet, somo even to
tho Mecklenburg resolves, others inoro
deeply and truly to that inborn love
of self ownership and self government
which is so pre-eminently character
istic of tho Anglo-Saxon race. The en
tire tenoi and trend of our colonial life
developed self reliance, and self reliance
is the mother of independence. - Judge
Mills.