I THE O L D -F A S H IO N E D FOURTH. I f a bride should by chance see a codia a* she starts nil on her wedding tour she should order the driver of the carriage u* turn back and start over again. The tunlnllKlnu third we heat the hlrtla to heil at n lit lit Ami ra' i'il the looatera on The l>ay tn greet the uinrulhg light. The ranhon, lomleil weeka hrfore, waa really to aalute; Our “l abtuln" tom to il her t.ff and abouteil “ III there, fellera, acont!“ Hut we, who »rorneil illai'ret ton, atoml • runml tlie olei e of acran Each Imping, tf the raptslu fell, to All the glorloua gap. The S of the Hair There arc four verses. Verse 1. A ye r’s H air Vigor makes the huirgrow. Vcrsc2. A y e r’s H air Vigor stops falling hair. Verse 3. A ye r’s H air Vigor c u re s d a n d ru ff. V e rse 4. A ye r’s H air Vigor always re­ stores color t o gray hair. The chorus is sung by millions. lufitr* II.In* Ay.r'a Muir Vigor f liait rar, thin »lid r.iy pour hair Mm T re bene liter], proflurers, manu­ facturers or shippers to be aided, repre­ sent the pieces use«). Every possible move is studied for its effect on the general rrault by skill«*! traffic man­ agers. A false move in the making of freight rates may mean the rnin of a city, of a great manufacturing interest, of an agricultural com m unity. R a il­ roads atrive to build up all these so that each may have an erjual chance in the sharp rom petition of business. So sensitive to this rivalry are the rail- roods that in order to build up business along their lines they frequently allow the shipper to practically dictiate rates. Rate making has been a matter of developm ent; of mutual c«*ncessions for mutual benefit. That is why the railroads of the FniUxl States have vol­ untarily made freight rate* so much lower in this country than they are on the government-owned and «>perate«l railways of Europe and Australia that they are now the lowest transportation rates in the world. Ngy. not a wlilf m ore cheerfully the fath-ra fai l d the pnwiler; Nor rmild their Iduuderliuaaea ralne a racket any iovder. And what inure reekleaa hern ever drew a a word from alien th Than he who tired til« craekera while he heM tin-ill III III« teeth'- And, aline nohody dared to "take a atump," I've often prayed A hleaalng on the liny who cried. "Ic-t'a go to tlie per radel“ And then we heard the orator (though much agalnat our wllli Who «aid, “The hlnod our fathera tiled, thank (led! la bleeding «till " lie hied an long we greatly feared he never would run dry. And gome one read “ the grand old worda," we vainly wondered why, Hut. hcaieu he pralaed! a iinmater gun waa there to make a mdae And a gallant fife and drum corps under atoml the ueeda of hoy«. All dnr the crimson lemonade gushed gayly fulfil at us, Till aniline enamel lined each hoys' eaopba g'l« All day. as long as all our wealth could avtidleate the price. W e chilled 1 « r ardent atomai ha with rsu ary colored h e llo w could Dial coal tar dye compel the flavor nt a dreatu? Mow could that starch of pom produce so heavenly n cream? F e m a le E n t h u s ia s t . Each evening now my good wife Fondly greets me at the door; And this query she propoundeth: "Say, John, what’s the score?” ! wonder why The I»i»y U never celebrated now They fry to celebrate It, but they plainly don't know how. And w*.u!d 1 do It In the way we u»fd to. If (P ictu re in January, IttGfi Century.) Olliers may ace (lie ; 1 behold tliee not; Yet moat 1 think tliee, lieauteoua Of course. I well, no, coine to think, I hlnaaotn, m ine; don’t believe 1 would' Foi I, who walk in ahae tion* of the day. killed. This year Ocean «■ < away from the T ig h tw a d Just my luck. I went and l city, ill a little town where it was quiet­ hniiglit u round-trip ticket!— Cleveland er st noon that it used to t*e at midnight ¡In her city home. Ocean rather liked It. Leader. j She thought that when the procession j went by on tha- Fourth of July she could see the whole of il, and Hot lie crowded | by so many hurrying people. As Ocean been me acquainted with the j boys ami girls in the little town she ask- | e«l them what they did on the Fourth; - hut they were shy of tlie city girl, ami »In* could uot find out much about It. The day before the holiday Ocean was j very busy nil day. "W h at lire you up to, lassie?” asked her mother. “ I'm getting all ready for to-morrow, mother.” “ It will not he the same here, dear, that It was nt home.” “ Hut we’ re Americans, aren’ t we. mother? They'll celebrate, won't they?" " I suppose they will, child.” Ocean's home was on the principal ' street of the sleepy little town. When ! the people woke up on the morning of \ tlie Fourth, what should they see hut ¡(lags waving front the four front windows of the Merediths' little cottage, the posts of the porch twined with hunting, and the red, white and blue Wound about the trunks of tlie trees just within the pal­ ing fence. Before the morning dew was off tlie gras«, there on the porch was Ocean herself, a sweet little vision ill i w hite, with red mid blue ribbons in her j hair and around tier waist, and wee flags floating from either shoulder. Some pass- ; lug children stared nt her and at the house. She ran out to the gate several times, and peered eagerly up and down the street. There w-ns not a flag in sight, nor a sound of fife and drum. Then MISS G C NEVIVf MAY Ocean found her way tearfully to her busy mother's side. “ Oon't you think, mother. If their grandfathers had tieen soldiers, and their brothers had belonged to the Volunteers, they'd celebrate?" Miaa G en evive May, 1317 8. M eridi­ “ 1 think they would. Ocean, dear.” “ Mother, may 1 celebrate?” an Kt., Indianapolis, Ind., Memlier Ocean’ s lunothcr always let her little Second High School Alum ni Ass'n, girl do anything that was right, so site w rites: “ Perun.i K the finest regulator of n dis­ said “ Yes." and thought no more about ordered stommh I have ever found. It it. Ill half an hour there stood before <<>rtainly des«*rv«*a high praise, for it is her a little soldier lassie, with a enp perched on her curls and a drum slung skillfully ptepaied. ‘ ‘ I was in a tetrilile condition from a over her shoulders. " I ’ m going to cele­ neglected case of catarrh of the stom­ brate, mother; I just can't stand it!" "A ll right, sweetheart. Have as good ach. My food had long ceased to he of any good and only distressed me a time ns you can. IVrhnpt we can have after eating. ' I was nauseated, had n little picnic in the woods this nftcr- noon.” heartburn and li)*adaclien, and felt run j down com pletely. Hut in two weeks j The people of the town h«*ard the after I took Peruna I was a changed soitiul of a drum, and peered out their doors. There, tintrrliliig all alone through person, A few bottles of the medicine tlie dusty street, heating her drum ns her made a great change, and in three brother had taught tier, and singing months iny stomach was cleared o f ca­ “ Hally ’ Round the Flag, Hoys," wus n tarrh, and my entire system in a better little girl In white. condition .” — G enevive May. “ For gracious sake!” cried Tom Peter­ W rite Hr. Hartman, President of The son. nil old member of the Grand Army, Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio, coming out of his house to see. “ What for free medical advice. A ll corre- sre you doing, little one?" Ocean snluted gravely. " I ’m celebrat­ spondence held strictly confidential. ing. Oon’t you know about the Fourth here? My grandfather waa a soldier. My brother ;s one. too. I was watching P I S O S C U R E FOR for the procession, but it didn’ t come.” CURII WHIR! AU U SI FAILS. “ So you thought you’d celebrate? I Cough Syrup. T u t M Good. U N In tira«. Bold by druggist«. W ell. I vow! See here, w ife!” Ocean waited while a woman In a f e b t i 'm a l M k l © Ji CATARRH Of STOMACH CURED BY PE-RU-KA • f * For bronchial trouMes trr Piso ’s Cure for Consum ption. It is a good rough medicine. A t druggiats. price 26 cents. Until a plumber can come, a leak ran be temporarily stopped with a mixture of yellow soap, whiting, and a very little water. W h y W e C e le b ra te O M E h«*re, non. I>et’ s talk. You amell o f jarwder and burning punk. That rag on yoor finger hide* a bum. It la poaolble you w ill net fire to the house liefore the «lay la done. Th e one thing that seems good to you is no in«*— NOISE!— in big lett»«ra, with an explosion every second and Joyous whoops In between. Ik* you kuow what It la all about? Ho you know why thousamls o f ton* o f gunpowder are burned? W hy 80,000,000 o f p«*«qde take a holiday? W hy flags are flying. Iiands play “ Th e Star Spangled Banner,” and from the Florida K eys to the coast o f Maine the folks f«*el a splendid hurst o f patriotism, ami are glad that they belong to thla iMviiitiful rsnintry? You don’t Just untVvwtand, and you are not to blame. W e have a few men In the country who couldn't tell the Presiden t', name, and other men who have lieen so busy m aking money that they have forgotten the birth o f freedom uml the «levotlon. hsrolsm and aelf-M criflce that made It possible for the I'n ltM l States to become the first nation in tlie world. Your greot-gram ldadily waa a lad Kko j«*u w hen the people deeide«l to he free. Th ey w ere governed by a king. H e ruled a country he had never s«*«*n. H e was not a gtssl king. H e oppressed the jx-ople. H e would not mad their petitions fo r Justice. Th e Am ericans w ere no more to him than «'attle. He was rich and big and pow erful. H e claimed, as kings do. thut his right to rule «-nine from God. T h ere w ere no m illionaires In tlie United States then. N early everybody was |*oor and hn«l to work. Very often many o f them w ere hungry. Some- times they w ere shot down by Indians w hile tilling their Helds. L ife in the country was hard, ami cities w ere fe w and fa r between. Th e people didn't «■are about hardships. T h ey w ere w illin g to go hungry, wear homespun ami go without hundreds o f things that w e think we must have, but they would not he slaves. T h ey wanted to lie free; to govern themselves; to make their own laws. They thought about It. they prayed about it, aud one d«iy they defied the king. Then came w ar and suffering. It would make you cry to even think nlsmt It. There wasn't much money, powder, medicine, clothing. There was a world o f courage. H istory has never known bruver men titan th«*se Con­ tinental soldiers, who l«»ved G eorge W ashington as you love your father, and left bloody footprints as they march«*«I. Som etim e« they won battles; sometimes they lost them. Mothers mourned for dead husbands and s«ins. Th ere w ere graves everyw here. There wen* traitors, too; and it took stout he«irts fo keep on fighting, when the odds w ere so gr«-:it. “ IJberty or death” was tlie cry. Th ey meant It. T h ey really w«*re w illin g to die fo r their country. Th ey w ere unselfish. They wore mgs. They fought fo r love. T h ey saw their homes burned ami their pos- sesslons destroyed. And y e t In the breasts o f these meu was a Are that couldn’ t be quenched. T h ey 'fought w ith scythes and clubs and axes, as w ell as guns. W hen there w ere no cannon balls they shot stones, ami they did not think that their homes, their money, their possessions, legs, arms, even th«*ir lives w ere too big a price to pay for liberty. One day It was all over, because right was stronger than wrong. A nation was l>le«*ding from a thousand wounds, hut it was free. Th e people w ere no longer slaves o f an unjust king, and Am erica was what God Intended men should make It— tlie laml o f the free, the home o f the brave. Am i that, son. Is w h y w e celebrate Independence Day. It Is to mark the birth o f liberty, to arouse love fo r the finest flag that was ever lifted bv a Inveze. to make you ami millions more care more fo r your et's celebrate hard, and when the smell o f gunpowder Is In the air, ami fiery stars are gleam ing, ami the lx»oiii o f cannon almost drowns the music o f the band, w e'll salute the ting that w e love— that G eorge Washington loved — l*ecnnse o f the things that happened when your great granddaddy was a little boy.— Cincinnati P o s t C sunbonnet cnine out. Then the mail went into the house nnd enuie bnek with an old life and n tattered flag. "1 reckon your grandfather and me were comrades, little one. Suppose we go see your mother a bit. Then we'll celebrnte some more.” Ocean’ s heart beat high as she walked by the old soldier'a able back to her mother’a gate. “ I f you will let us have your little girl for a wkhile. ma'am, we'll take care of her. Actually we’ ve forgotten how to he patriotic in thla town. There isn't a flag in town besides yours. It's s shame.” The next thing Ocean knew she was seated in state in a tiny bit of a carriage drawn by two ponies. In this, with her new friend beside her, she was taken from house to house. She hardly under­ stood what waa going on, but in a few hours her carriage, decorated with Hags led a good-sized procession of men ami hoys. There were nine old soldiers and their flags, fifes and drums. They were Ocean's bodyguard. The procession marched up and down the quiet streets, singing, drumming, cheering. People got out old flags and streamers. It was a splendid Fourth of Jgrly. When the parade was hot and tired and thirsty, they stopped at Ocean's door, and there stood her mother with great pails of lemonade and a heaping tray of cookies. You ought to have heard them cheer. 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