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p ip a t e
HIS BIRWDAV.
Think
the anniversary of the
elgnlug of the doclara-
Wfe tloa of Independence.
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Many people deplore the
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present method of •buy"
lag appreciation o fte a -
tioual freedom and deplore as w e U th e
fact that the rising generation sports of
the coming "Fourth** rather than of In
dependence day.” a name m pregnant
with meaning. Perhaps the people who
‘deplore’* are right.
One of the aignera on that famous
Fourth ot July. ITT«, declared on h is
deathbed that he would Uke te sleep a
century, then wake up te And out how
future generation, were celebrating Inde
pendence day. I f the old gentleman a
wish were to he granted, when he heard
the Aeh horns, the multitudinous Bnap-
p te . of John Chinaman rod wrapped in
ventions. the reports ot the dsngvrou.
torpedoes and dynamite crackers he
might be willing enough to hurry back to
the tomb.
When some staid New Englander find,
fau lt w ith the present method ef cele
brating the nation's birthday the nolae-
maklug small hoy may w ith good grace
tell him that New England’s patron
M int. John Adams, recommended that
the day be recognised by just such • ten
as young America la waking. I t Is true,
ho were«, that President John suggeeted
that the early part of the day should be
Ths o il production <4 C a illo r a t e ls
now about 4,600,000 barrel# an n ually.
Thia output la being increased r e r t
m aterially each month by the produot
of the naw w alla d rilled to o il in tha
different diatricta.
.
Tha question moat frequently aaksd
ma. especially by capitalists and throe
intaraslad or lik e ly to ba Intereeted in
oil investments is: “ Is there not a
possibility ol overproduction oi o il in
California?”
There .r e tw o m ain belts extending
through tha state, located on tha east
ern MU.l western shorua of a n c ien t, pre
h isto r ic m at. Ona ol there produoas a
black and-essentially (ual o il, and tha
other a green or gas d ll.
The black or heavy o il makes an
ideal fuel, as has been proven by 80
reais of experience in Russia and in
thia country.
In using o il as a fuel i t is necessary
to exercise considerable judgm ent, and
to know w h a t kind of o il aa w e ll aa
w hat kind of a burner to use.
The tw o oils, the black and the
green, lie almost in tw o p ara lle l belts
I in C alifo rn ia extending on the west
side of the San Joaquin valley and run
ning north and South into northern and
I southern C alifo rn ia. There is likew ise
I a s im ila r condition on the east side ot
the San Joaquin more o r less In evl-
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Fourth of July by Congress that body se
cured music for the day sad at the same
time afforded tha people a great chance
for amusement and laughter by forcing
the Hessian hand, which was captured
by Washington at Trenton the December
previous, to play la the public square all
day long. There la aa record a fairly full
I I words and action# may. be con- account of aa Independence day criebra-
stoned in a good sense. 1st us never put tion which George Washington attended
a bad coiMtruction on th em .— Johu as the guest of honor. The celebration
was held at the Spring gardens, near
B an yan .
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N o other aid so great to the housewife,
no other agent so useful and certain in
making delicious, pure and wholesome
foods, has ever been devised.
■ imitation baking powders, sold cheap, by
cera. They are made from alum, a poison-
winch renders the food injurious to health.
one of these dinners and a Hot of twenty
toasts. The crack military companies ot
the section were In attendance nt the
dinner.
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The Boston offlclsi dinners on Indepen
dence day were held In the hub’s cradle
of liberty. Faneuil H a ll. Edward Everett
H ale tells ot one of the earliest Fourth of
July celebrations of his remembrance.
I t wan that of the year 1838. and on that
day for the first time a great chorus of
school children sang “ M y Country. T in
of Thee.”
o f C e le b ra tio n C hange*.
I t waa Just about thia time that the
^ b . ^ eter of the celebration of the annl-
versary of tha birthday of American In
dependence began to change. Parades
were held as usual, but noise began to
take the place of speeches and In the
larger towns ot.tep reading of the declar
ation of indepeffdenee, which had always
been a feature of the celebration. The
A n E p is o d e o f th e F o u r th .
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Oh. yea. ws had a glorious time, of«
course. W o always dq. W e didn’t begin
firing till T o’clock, partly because It
wnkw people up, end p artly btcanan *tla
so silly to uso np all your cracker» be-
fore breakfast. •« -rore bnys^du, and
-have none for the rest of the day. and
have every one think you a aulaaoce be
sides.
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- - W e had no aerideets; that la, nothing
to speak of. Polly buraed tw o or three
never cried a bit; but there w a s « bpi-
■ode, and It happened to mo. This waa
the way it happened:
I wanted both my hands te use. and I
had a piece of punk In one of them, and
there wan no place to lay It down, and
everybody elne’e hands were full, too.
r-w e H . i Just put u
P°c.k* i / „ ‘f
a minute. I t was lighted, but I dldu t
w n wréwenttriat It throng
| s < ms . Much articles »hould I
Cfpl on prescriptions from
s t a n d s , thedaiusg-i they wt
jhs good you esn poreibly d
M l , taken Internally, acting directly upo
be blood and mucous »arises» of th e system,
a boring Hall’« Catarrh Cura ba sure you get
be genuine. It Is taken in tern ally, and made
> Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney A Co. Teetb
B lfflfi f r«*c
Street care in Germ any h a re con-
gpicuoualy displayed the num ber o f I
passeugera which they are perm itted
to curry. When the stated number is
on tbu car, no other passenger w il l be I
perm itted to en t e r . ________
Menlo Park. Ban Mateo County, C»L.
with its new buildings, newly
and complete laboratories, beautiful sur
roundings and home u?rt“ e,,7i?; .’rX d n e
U,O best equipped schools tor the training
of bovs and young men on the coast. It
Is In charge of Or. Ira G. Hoitt and la ac
credited ot the universities. Bend f o t “ 1-
alog. Tenth year begins A ugust«, 1900.
Little Liver Pills
CARTERS
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I . e e ^ V n lti« of the day. The ,
third aaalrereary
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ieclaratloo waa made memorable by tea
Issuiac of an order by the comasanAer
In-chlef that all military prisoner« under
the sentence of death should be pardoned.
Uerbape the moat enthusiastic and
heartfelt celebration# of Independence
day did not tab« place 0« the day Itaelf.
Newa traveled slowly la the year 1Y?®»
sad It waa some days before Now York
knew that the country had been declared
tree When the pleasing Information did
reach there, however, the town went
wild The king’s statue was polled down
and melted up Into bullets for the Ameri
c a armies. T w o or three days after
New York had given vent t«.Its *nihu«l-
astlc feelings Bo.toa celebrated. A B rit
ish army officer who was a prisoner In
tha kak at the time wrote an aecoaat of
the rejoicing« of the “deluded people.
H e waa aacorted by n hand a f patriot«
to sea the "going« oa” and confesmw t b .t
he enjoyed the occasion aa a break In a
rather monotonous life of captivity. The
I crowd of Bootonlana tore down the Hon
■nd the unicorn from the old headquar
ters of tho British Government, after
ward the old Maneachnaetts state house.
I t waa sot until after the signing of
the treaty of peace with Great Britain
that celebrations ot Independence day
were held regularly la all places. Dinners
were .avorite features of The day. Ev-
•e.bo dr was lavited and It waa seen te
testTbere waa enough for all. The etti-
arn sat down at the outdoor table with
out say fear that a cannon cracker was
to be exploded under him before be bad
finished Ma fire» eouree. raadem oataa
I had aot as ye» come Into general use as
I a synonym for the features of the Fourth
I of July. All through Virginia the public
think It would do aay harm Just far a
minute. I forgot that I had a whale I
bunch of firecrackers In that same pack-1
at
Suddenly I heard some one cry out,
"Torn Is afire!” and then there came a
puff of smoke In my face, and I fait
something hot against my leg. aad th e n -
pop! »nap! bang! «rack, fisa, whl«»! crack- |
lety-bang! the crackers began to 1» off
io my pocket!
Everybody waa yelling, and Just for
a minute 1 didn’t know what to do. 11
ran, but the crackers ran with me, and
the faster 1 went the harder they popped.
Then all at once I saw what to do, and
r pulled off my Jacket and threw It on
the grass. Luckily It was any Jacket, aad
not my trousers pocket 1
Billy took It up and shook out the
crackers, aad then ko turned out the
pocket, but there wasn’t mseta left te
turn. I t was Just a black rag. and It
dropped Into little pieces. Then there
was a big piece that looked aa If It had
once been white, and that, they said, waa
my handkerchief, hut I should aovor hare
known It.
W ell, of course they all laughed at me
a good deal, but I didn’t mind much, for
It really was very funny. I suppose; but
my »drive to other boys Is. don’t carry
crackers In your pocket, and If you do,
don’t put a lighted slow-match la with
them!—Laura B. Richards.
V a lu e o f P a tr io tic C e le b r jtlo s s .
I t la sometimes bard work sod a good
sad private feasts oa Independence day
deal of expense, especially la small and
bad as a dish what waa known aa Bruaa-
aot well-to-do communities, to get up a
wleh soup a r stew. The same
Fourth of July celebratloaj but every
I arose from a dealre an the
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Virginia householder« te suggest that the gathering of this sort pays the largest
kingly heaaa e f Braaawlck waa la the kind of laterret oa the In vest meat In the
eultlvatioa of the spirit of patriotism aad
the proper education of boys and girls ia
| t e the ateM land of steady habits. Oaa-
I aecticat. la tha team of H artfo rd It waa the theory aad practice e f Fourth of
I the custom for years te hare a great July reWbctlon» asd similar observances
that shall mesa more tkaa a rirnpfe good
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This Is the recent derision of one of the
prominent socletire of the world,but ths ex
act day has not yot boon fixed upon, and
while there are very few people who »re
lieve ibis prediction, there are thousand,
of other, who not only ballavs. but. kuow
T e r rib le Ravages e f O pium WswSe.
that Hostetter’. Stomach Bitters 1» the beet
The terrible ravages of the opium medicine to cure dyspepsia, indigestion,
trade in China are indicated by the constipation, biliousness or llyer and kld-
■rev troubles. A fair trial w ill esrtaiuly
number of auoidea. I h Yunnan prov
ince there aie on an average of 1,000
attempted opium suleidea per month.
The averkgp for the whole of C hina.
1. not k m than «00.000 per year. D r.
ing by n ip the best remedy to use for I V ” 1
ohildren during the teething period.
v- W illia m Park says th eie are ovar 800,- church was to elide in to th a h a b it of
000, and th a t the number o f deaths identifving C h ristian ity w ith theology.
S k ill in tbs dairy ia im portant, but from opium poisoning is not Isos than W o ha'vo had brains given ua to use,
ths a rt o t butter making does not de
200,000 a year.
pend altogether upon s k ill in. the m a
floantly challenge a
nipulation •< the m ilk , cream and but
ter. In ferio r cows, t h a t a ru h a lf fed.
or not lad properly, w ill not furnish
m ilk o l tha desired q u a lity (or produc
ing the beat butter. On gome farms,
during ths warm days o l summer, the
cows suffer from lack ot w a te r.
It
w ill not do to sim p ly w ater them
morning and night, but they must
have an abundant supply. Ths food
should also bo varied and ol the beat
quality.
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BOWELS
W hen aphides attack trees the best
remedy ia strong soapsuda made of
w h a le o il soap. Strong tobacco w ater
la aalo said to be excellent. The use
heroeene emulsion is a aura rente- y,
but i t should be sprayed on the trees,
go
to saturate a il tha branches, twigs
and leaves. In w in te r painting of the
trunks and lim bs w ith crude petrol-
Carter’s
peratlve demand of the age in enugnt-
ened p ersonalities embodying the re-
suite of past achievements and the best
thought and scholarship of the present.
We need profound thought and rich
Uncle 8am noes the best of everything. learning sanctified into personality-—
U n c le Ham use. Carter’s Ink. He kuows. H o m ile tic Relvew .
“ Very o lte n ,” remarked the long-
balrd man, " th s p rin te r mixes up
words in my poems, thus creating d if
ferent meanings and thoughts from
w hat I intended.**
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“ T hat so?” inquired tha practical
man. " H o w much does he charge
you?” — Indianapolis Sun.
H O IT T ’S SC H O O L.
Genuine '
H enry W . G rady onoe said of the
w hisky traltic: “ i t ia the m ortal ene
m y of peace and order, the despoiler of
men and te n o r o f , women, the cloud
th at shadows the facet of children, the
demon th at has dug more graves and
sunt more souls uuahrived to judgment
than a l l the .pestilences th at have
wasted life since God sent the plague
to Egypt, and a ll the ware since
Joshua stood beyond Jericho.**
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of the w a r — Chicago Record.
Our bodies should he well ceredfor, k* P
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clean, both outwardly and Inwardly, and
gome dairymen have a measure and made strong. Tha Inward cleansing Is eo
give each cow the same quantity of j com pi Is had by Hood’s Sarsaparilla. I ta x -
food. There can be no nnlform ty in pel. all bed things from tha blood end
the allowance of food. Some eowa con- keeps It pure and rich. I t cures all dlsor-
■ume more than others, and oowa th a t dare of the stomach, nerves, kidneys and
are in fu ll flow of m ilk require more bowels, which. I f left unchecked, would
food than the non-prodnoere. Tha only 1 cause great suffering.
ra le to follow is to give qaoh an im al aa
«are re — reaa f F f r o
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they kept still;
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