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a papa CARRAWAYS GRAND GEYSER CASCAL A Fourth of July lc. v V lt M ton . .. . iv i.i- .h.wuii. sain .m'K as he Mini Mollio helped the ma Joi io remove Ins lint Mild coat, "do you think tiler. nun it danger m nnj,. i,0ys having lire crackers njul rockets ami plnwho.tls? "Or In link' girls having torpctcrs put in Mollio. w ell, I don t know." the major j-h-u wiiniy. w nai does yoiu say about it:" -.1 r.. .!.:.. - . in- uiuiKs we outfit to wait until wo aro older, but wo don't." said Jack lorpetors novor sots nothing afire." said Mollio. "That's tnio." sniil tho major kindly "lint.' after all, yottr father is right. Why. do you know what haptioned to mo whon 1 was a boy?" "Haven't an kleu."said Jack. "You burnt your thumb." said Mol Ho. ready to maki a guess at it. "Well, you get mo a cigar, and I'll tell you what hapM'itcd to mo whoa 1 wits a boy just because nir falhor lot me hnvo all tho fireworks 1 want!, nnd thon perhaps you will sec how wise your lamer ss not doing as vou wh hfm to." .lack readily found tin? desired cigar, wkllo Mollio br night Uh major a inn toll, after whfc-h lie settled dwn comfortably in the hammock ami. swinging softly to ami fro. told his story. "My dear okl father." sakl he. was tho most Indulgent man that ever Hod. 1UM give mo anything in tho world that 1 wait tod whether he omkl all rd it or nt. only be had an original sys tern of ghing which kept him from being ruined by iiHiuigoucc of hi ohil drew. Ho cave mo a Hudu rivor steamboat once without casting him a ceut. I saw it. wanted it. w;is begin nlng to ory f r it. when lie patted mo on the head and told mo 1 could have it adding, liowover. that 1 must mv take It away from the river or try . run it myself. That salaried me. an i w-auteii was tiio nappnios ot feeling that it was mine, and mv dear okl daddy gave tut iwuiisMon t- feel lp; I i 1 - Mm j m-i ascaue.' ; To do this properly .-vi uj ye upon a lisii hhuI not far from the town Jiall. It was a very deep ponu and about a mile in cireumfor- enee. Tutty blowors were then selling at live for a vent, and powder was okeap as sand jOwinj; to the fact that the powder m: ' s. expeetinj: a war, had made a In: nirod times as nna-li as was needed, and as the war didn't rome they wen; willing to take almost anything they could get for it. The consequence was that the powder 1 got was sutllcient in quantity to fill a rubber bag as large as live sofa cush ions. This 1 sank in the middle of the pond, without telling anybody what I Intended to do. ami through the putty blowers, sealed tightly together, end to I'ttd, I conducted a fuse, which I made uiyself, fi-un the powder bag to the shore. My idea was that I could touch tho thing oir. you know, and that about sixty square feet of the pond would lly up in the air and then fall gracefully back again. If It had worked as 1 ex pected, everything would have been ul! right, but it didn't. I had too much powder. Tor a second after I had lit the fuse there came a mullled rour, and the whole pond in a s.)lid muss, fish and all. went Hying up in the a.r and disappear ed. Everybody was astonished; not a few more were very much frightened. I was scartl to death, but I never let ju to any one that I was the person who had blown t he pond off. How high the pond wont 1 don't know, but I do know that for a week there wasn't any -ign of it. and then, most unexpectedly, out of what appeared to be a clear sky there came the most extraordinary rainstorm you ever saw. It literally poured down for two full davs, and, 7. (fit T 4)1 kt-h st.i.il.1 iiiiil.if.tfiii.l ft ....v iiK'ir iniiu itftiui-i ifcii lb came trout and sunh.sh and in nnows. tnd. most singular to all but mv.self. an 11 scow that was recognized ns the property of tho owner of the pond sud- lenly appeared In the sk. falling to ward the earth at a fearful rate of peed When I s.iav the scow coming I was more frightened than ever, be- I w afraid ft might fall upon u.d kill some of our neighbors. Fortu intely. however, this possible disaster was averted, for it came down directly mer tho sharp point lightning rod on the tower of .ur public library and -tuck there like a piece of paper on a pin. "The rain washed away several acres of cultivated farms, but the loss of or p and fences and so forth was largely reduced br the fish which came . till the storm. One fanner took a r.ike am! caught l)W pounds of trout, forty pound of smitish. eight turtles ai.d a minnow in his potato patch In liv- minutes. Others were almost as fortunate, but the damage was sufil "icmly la nr.- to teach me that parents eannot In' t o earoful about what thev WOMAN AND FASHION A Smart Summer Wrap. One of the season's smartest features is its separate coats. Taffetas, pongee and linen develop many of these and will he inueli worn during the next few mouths. I he model shown Is develop In white rajah, with trimming bands of eyelet embroidery. The making of IP HUMOR OF THE HOUR bkp.u:ati: coat. the coat is an easy matter, tho stylo depending almost entirely upon the cut and mato.-ial. The baek is circular and without seam. A double b..x plait at each side of tho front extends from the shoul lor ami gives lengthening lines to th- wearer. The underarm seam may be left open for a short distance up if desired and there, like the other edges, may bo trimmed with embroiderv. Tho sleees may be in single or don- bio puff and finished with a deep gaunt let cuff at the wrist. Taffetas, burling ham. linen or pongee would be nice for wear during the summer, and tho beau tiful wood liber lace might be used for adornment. . Juilrcijiu; by Apiieiirmiec. "I should think you might have tokJ just by looking at him that he intended to I i i his board bill," said the maun g. r .:' :!ie hotel to the cashier. "II.- -H'ome.l ail right to me." protest ed the oashier. "lie was verv affable and courteous." "Too affable and courteous." replied th" manager. "You want to look out for these fellows who are too friendly. When I was a boy I lived on a ranch. It wj.s a great place for dogs. Hvery fellow had a dog which he thought was Just a little better than any other dog In the county. So they used to try them out now and then. Well, there was a lellow from 1 ennessee who was work nig a piece ol ground on shares, and hi knew where he could got a dog that would oat up every dog In the state, lb' sent all tho way to Tennessee for the animal. The dog fuinllv arrived one Sunday. I saw the owner the next day. limv about that bulldog?' 1 asked him. " good, absolutely no good,' ho said. 'He's made friends with everv- body in the house already.' It just goes to show vou." San Francisco Chronicle. MALAY PRUAS. Couldn't ; !' occnNlt j "Mary.' said Mr. Migglesworth, woe simply got to cut down. We're living away be;.ond our means. Why. m income isn't half as much ns our expenditures." Near me, replied his wife, "that's funii.-. isn't it? I.ut as long as we can spend twice as much as you get and not have to borrow what's the us changing';"- Chicago Uecord-Ilerald. lor tlt.Mr children do on Independence day." "And weren't you ever punished?" akeil .lack. "No. indeed." said the major. "No l.mv eer knew that 1 did It. because 1 never told them -in fact, you are the i.ly two persons who have ever heard about it. and vou mustn't tell, beoause there aro still a number of farmers nl nit that region who would sue me for damages in case they knew that I w.t. responsible for the accident." Philadelphia Press. The I.onn Senilis. In home dressmaking tho long seams are often dillicult to get quite right. A an aid in seaming pieces for the skirts if drosses, cloaks, etc.. adopt the following plan: Place one piece of the material on a smooth ,iOJli t.,,j(, :IM(1 the other above it. Smooth lightly in to j dace ami at one end of the seam pin a tape measure to the stuff and through into the wood. Iraw this down to the other end of the seam and ag.tiu knock in a pin. Then with long thread tack by the seaming and use these stitch. as guiding lines. A Dislike In Common. u there is anything I dislike." said the blunt person, "it is a man who bor rows." "So do 1. ' said the impecunious per son cheerily. "Put you sometimes borrow self." i no. And I reel that there is get- ting to be too much competition." Washington Star. vour Tli el r Flr.sl Cloud. I he young woman in the stern of the little lio.it had whispered softlv the word "yes." "Put stay right where you are. Jack. she added hastily. "If you try to kiss me you'll upset the boat." "How do you know?" mandeil .Ijo-k, a horrible ready taking possession I oago Tribune. T!ie Way These PecuHjir Uoutn Are Ktilll anil Titled Out. Hi. "it lioets of Malay vessels go into the sea south of Porneo each year to tish lr trepaiig. or sea slugs, which are esteemed a great delicacy in Chi na and other Asiatic countries. A Pritish government ollieial writes: "The proas aro peculiar looking con cerns and present a most clumsy ap pearance. rl he hull Is of woud, and the top. sides, dock, roof and yards are made of bamboo, the sails of matting and many of the ropes and hawsers of plaited cane. They are steered by iwo rudders, one on either side of the stern. Some of them carry iron an- ciiors. others wooden ones, with beavv , stones lashed to them. Often when the anchor is let go a man is sent down t- see that It is properly fixed in good h )Iding ground. The mast is a pecul iar concern, being formed of wood or bamboo, having two stays, so that in appearance it resembles a lengthy tri dent, the spaces between the masts and stays being fitted with wooden steps, on which the sailors stand to hoist and roll up the sail, which un rolls again by a simple contrivance like a window blind. "When you go on board a proa you go over tho bow. that being close to the water's edge, the stern being away up in the air. You then climb a beam and stej) across an opening to the deck in front of tho captain's cabin, which is situated on one side of the bow, a similar one being on the oppo site side for the second m command. The deck is of split bamboo, worked together with wire or fiber, ami can be rolled up at pleasure. The entrance to the cabins is about 12 feet by 11 feet d niches. Ot course to enter or leave you must go on your hands and knees. Inside there is room for a man to sit r He down In. The stern, which Is high up. has several small rooms, or holes, like a groat pigeon house, and in these and on top of the cargo the crew lives, t no gal lev icing a large iron pan with a quantity ot samt in It to light the lire on. ' Proas have a sort of bowsprit rig geii out and sometimes carry two or three headsails. On top of the houses thev carrv plenty of spare bamboos and rattans, which thev get at the h laud of Ki-sa. near Timor, on the way down." THE FIRST FOURTH OF JULY FLAGS. ?! IN ILlPPiNES Where They Are They mill What N the Fourth of Julv. 1.S99." writes a soldier v ho was with (.'ener.il Otis in Manila on that day. "the main part of tho American troops were away in the interior of the Philippines, strung out on long linos in front of an a tve . All our outposts were close to i...ti've camps. Not only the men i"st and in actual touch with the y. but the reserves as well, were i. r strict orders to be ready at a minute's notice to meet an attack. Fourth or no Fourth. Those orders were obeyed. Py the way. up In .San Fernando fJeneral Young's men were treated to a Fourth of July salute from across tho lines. The Filipinos opened a fusillade about sundown and out clnssed all the firecracker fiends of Ma nila in getting up a celebration racket. "However, all over the islands, even in the isolated districts covered by our troops in the Viscayas that Is, In Co lin. Nogro.s and Panay, whore the gar risons were but handfuis in compari son to the natives under arms or pre pared for war the holiday was form ally observed. "When the day was otlicially ushered In by the bugle notes of the annv re veille the regimental bauds along the miles and miles of camps, a perfect girdle across Luzon and the Viscayas, played 'The Star Spangled Hnnner.' At noon, when tho guns of the Sixth artil lery thundered the national salute on the Luneta at Manila and the warships in the harbor and along the coast ech oed in response, the field batteries of the army all over Luzon swelled the salvos; so, too, In Negros and Panay and in the robber Infested mountains of Cebu. And to make the soldiers on routine duty feel that they were Co lumbia's children as well as her body guard every man had an extra good dinner, served with the best delicacies tin' camp and the available markets af forded. "The Fscolta. which might be called the Broadway of Manila, although it is a very narrow street In point of fact, was alive with bunting. Every ting Miule C'OMt. Two-thirds of tho national fiags that are solil onst of f"iii-:i itre iii?mf:t.- tttred in New York. The manager of one largo factory in Crand street say that .'00.000 lings are sold hi New York city alone every Fourth of July. Memorial day- is scarcely out of the way before the business of the Fourth sets in. Most of the small Ha;ts sold for Memorial day are left in cemete ries and of course are not available for the national holiday. The most pop ular ling for the general trade is a little muslin affair about a foot square which sells In the candy stores for 5 cents. Hundreds of women and girls are em ployed all winter making these small tings. They make big Hags also, but this Is a branch of the work trusted only to skilled hands. The girls are kept at work on the small flags in sizes of from four inches square to four feet. That Is the largest size in which the cheaper grade of Hag Is made. The lit tle pine sticks to which they are fas tened come from the northwest. They are shipped in great bale:, each stick of uniform length, from the lumber dis tricts. 'I ho manufacturers saw them into sizes to suit their trade. A Hag of standard bunting, such as is used for street decorations and in elubrooms. costs anywhere from '2 to "?!. according to size. Some of the huge Hags stretched across the streets in politic.-: I campaigns cost from $f0 to .CT.". Tin s are made on frames, six or eight women working on a single Hag at one time. It takes six women about three weeks to finish a large tlag. The c instruction of Old Glorj- requires more care than one would suppose. If the bars are not sewed even the Hag will look like a bunch of barber's poles when It is hung, and the manufacturer has it thrown back on his hands. Silk Hags, such ns are made for na tional guardsmen and for presentation purposes, are quite another proposition. The cheapest sort of a silk flag costs s'JiiO. and It may run to $r.00 without producing anything very elaborate. The red and white bars for the best silk (lags are made abroad. The difference in cost depends mainly on whether the decorations are In gold or sliver. The stars must be white, of course, but It makes all the difference whether they are of sterling silver or silver phite. New York Times. hoarsely do suspicion al- of him. Chi- POINTED PARAGRAPHS. can offer -buying a a The I'ot II ml the Kettle. HISTORY OF DECLARATION. Serce ('onto. White serge coats made three-quar tor length, loose fitting, have collars and cuffs .f olvol. I 'duo is the most color for those collars and all shades of blue being used, the favorite an indescribable one. gray blue, but ju popular cut"! - with neither bluet nor between the two. vmi: a mci li i l:o.it. lHUiE that aj li'- .:!!. :. .: liMjowncd with ret- :!- i jie m ...n He g.ive it to tie- fre-ly and ui!irrudgtng!. He had received it from his fat in?. lie said, ami lie thought lie hat! owned it long enough. Ouly. ho added, as ho had about the steamboat. I mu-t h-a.- it where it was aud lt other jep3 knk at it whenever they wan lot 1 1 and not liMerfere if I found any oth T little beys girls playing with its If-ams. which 1 promised and have faithfully cls.""rved to this day. "Of emrs. from such a pare"., as this. V0! aay vt-ry easily toe, everything wns to .e expected on such a day as the Fourth of .Inly. Ho ued to kt two hnvo tny own way at all times, au I it is it wonder I wasn't spiibd. I really fn't understand liow it is that I have hccwnic the man I am considering h .v I was Indulged when I was suinil. "Hvwover. like all lys. I was very fd i" celebrating tle Fourth, and. be ing a more or loss ingenious lwy. I usu ally nf tared my own fireworks and many things happonl which u.:g't not Olberw ! have e.ime to as if 1 ba l been properly kkod after, as yon are The first thing that hapj.ein-d on the Fourth of .Inly that woul 1 a groat 4ml liUer not have hapiietied was when I was or -hmv okl are yon. "VXtAixr said .laek. "going on iiim." "That a e:o-ty the :!g- I was at the thii-e." consilium) the major blandly "Jnt uni" to a day." "Etelit. I said," said Jack. "Ye." dded the n.ajor: "jnst eight, but goiag on toward uin. Mj- father had given me $4 tt sfiend on noi-s: but. unlike most lys, I did not care m much for n-.ises as I did fr novel li. it ciiiij.'t give me any particular Measure u tutir a giant otacner go on wltli n bang. What I wantid V Vnlu.-ihie Hook VllbllNheil by Order of CojijcreftN. ''oionel William H. Michael, chief dork of the state department, by order of congress, published In March last a bo k giving an Illustrated history of the Iiochtration of Independence, with the biographs and portraits of the slgn- : ers and the secretary of the congress. The illustrations iuclude not only pho tographs of the famous state paper In its present decayed condition, but also h number of photographs taken when Hi- document was in a better state of pr'ervatiin. The volume was prepared primarily as an aid to those 1n charge of the ex hibit of tin department of state nt ex positions in explaining that part of the exhibit relating to the Declaration of Independence. The series of portraits of the signers is complete, and there is au interesting facsimile of the broad side copy of the Declaration signed by Joint Hancock, president of the con gress. f,r and on behalf of the inem-Im-.- of congress, attested by Charles Th')in-on, secretary. Especially inter esting is the correspondence relating io the Declaration which Is given. Peeause of the historic value of the work of Colonel Michael, congress or dered the lniok printed as a govern ment publication. The Vi-iv Sleet t. Most of the new sleeves for simple blouses neglect to droop even at the elbow. They are very full, but do not bag. which is to say they are cut the exact length of the arm. msmr&iny pi v to Prot her wouldn't what a si Jack -- I say wear a pauama L'ht you look. if ! io. you you knew The poorest thing you friend is an excuse. Two thing- a man puts off lot in a cemetery and making a will It is not enough to admit that you are a tool, i oil must try to get over It After a man fails to make money his wito !oos all awe ot his bunch ot othv keys. When a boy helps his mother with the di-hes. how do the other boys find it out ': There is no greater fallacy In the world than that sense conies with age or experience. When you think yourself over in the middle of the night you give mighty poor sat ist act ion. It is going to make a mighty poor jam tor your crust m poverty to eat it remembering what you spent on fool ishness in youth.- Atchison Globe. The Hepubllo' Succexn. I now do declare. In the face of ull J the intelligence of the age, that, for the j jteriod which has elapsed from the day j th:-1 Washington laid the foundation j of this capltol to the present time, . lie re has been no country upon earth j in which life, liberty and property have Im'cii more nmply and steadily secured or more freeh- enjoyed than In these Fulled States of America. r Who is there that can stand upon the foun dation of facts, acknowledged or prov ed, and assert that these our republic an institutions hnvo not answered the true ends of government beyond all precedent In human history? From to do : Daniel Webster's Address In Congress, T!ickel Skirt In I-'nvor. The tucked skirt is used for some of the most delightful frocks in sw-iss. bat Me. ei(-. the tucks running round i and being graduated from deep to hallow or set in groups from hem to Well above the knees. All Original llelirn. The model shown here is very smart In reseda nub mohair or in deep blue or cigar brown, when darker tones are j i referred. The shirt wai-t is extremely novel, and th ve-t of cream white mohair Ls most of all was to act up soi:e kind of mi exhibition that would please the people and that could be seen In day time Instead of at night, whon every body Is tired and sleepy. So instead of spending my money on ilnn-racker-and torpedoes and roekets I pent ". of it on jMjwder ami $1 on putty bkiw ers. "What I wanted to do was to make one gram effort and provide passersby wtth a free exhibition of what I wa g'ig to call '( "arra war's ft rand Ce Why Toueh-in--iiot. The columbine, geranium and lark spur we think of together because they are all named after birds the dove, the crane and the lark. The meaning of geranium is "crane's bill," and if you notice the seed pods of a geranium you will see that they do look like the long bill of a crane. The touch-me-not gets its name from a peculiarity of the seed pod, too. but not a peculiarity of appearance. It is the pud you must not touch, for If you do it will burst, and out will Hy the seeds. St. Nicholas. July 4. 1S51. i j I'n pier Jl'nph-e Firework. Fireworks In papier macho and In bonbons are better than ever nnd won derfully true to life. Pull the fuse of a giant firecracker and off comes a lid disclosing costly bonbons. A box which perfectly reproduces the pack age in which torpedoes nre sold opens to disclose sweetmeats done up In tri eolored tissue paper. Just as the giant torpedoes are wrapped. These nro es poeinlly suited no children's parties. Petftry Stewart Dny. Governor Edwin Warfield of Mary land called at the White House with Mr. Thomas A. Wlielnn of Baltimore and Mr. Frank H. Piatt of New York the other day and asked the president to decide to have the remains of John Paul Jones deposited nt Annapolis on Oct. i;i. which Is known as "Peggy Stewart day" throughout Maryland. The president was pleased with the sugge-tion. but reached no decision about the matter, which he has under advisement. ''.'.. '.;;.V TrneliiK: the I'nult. "IPs queer how heredity will out." remarked Johnson to his wife as he opened his s.m's school report. "Tho master says under the heading of Po inarks. William talks too much.'" "Pray, what do you mean by that?" demanded his wife. "Oh. I meant, of course" But It was too late. - Tit-Pits. o im Onen. rrieuii oi me rnmiiy-ioii are verv lucky, my boy, to be the seventh son It will bring you everlasting fortune. Son No. 7- It hasn't so far. All it brought yet is the old clothes of my six brothers. Detroit Free Press. The Wise Friend. " es, said the bride of a week, "Jack tells mo everything he knows. and I tell him everything 1 know." 'Indeed: ' rejoined her ex-rival. "The silence when you are together must be oppressive." Homo Chat. CoiiuimiIuI SplrltM. Blllee Goat I'm awfuliv fond of nov els. Nanette Goat- Don't you know, oui tastes run in the same literary groove w men do you Hud the six best digest ers?- Puck. STUEirr cost t 'ME. original m shape and effect. A chem isette nf lace, with tie cravat of silk, give-; a very dressy finish. The sleeves are entirely new style, rather full at the top and gathered Into a cuff at the wrist. The skirt is of the new umbrella type, very full over the foot, with the fullness taken out In gores nt the waist. The tunics mere, linen. design ls very suitable for cos of taffeta, mohair, voile, eash ohallie. drap d'ete, pique and Credit CJ I veil. Now sermons baccalaureate Show how wo .should be rim. And graduates take tip the talo As soon as they are done. But hi the meantime, we obsnrvw. 'Tin only right to tell, That Smith and Jones and Itoblnson Still run the earth quite well. McLandhnrRh Wilson In New York Times. The Limit. "Poor fellow! You looked awfully uncomfortable when I mot you today." "How uncomfortable did I look?" "Oh. ns uncomfortable as n bachelor holding a baby!" Chicago News. Secret tint. Friend I don't see how you can af ford to sell automobiles like that for only $500. Dealer Oh, I make my profit on the repairs! That's the answer.-Detroit Tribune. .ot He. colorless little creature Happy Sehooldiij-B. The Parson - Well, my boy. you seem in a great hurry to get to your school today. Boy-Yes, sjr. Bill Jones is going tor git a bird of a licking this morning for doij't want to playing hookey, miss it.-Puck. and I "What a Peckham Is." "Yes; he's Just a little mouse." "Nonsense! He can't frighten his wife a little bit." Philadelphia Press. A Judicial Iteproof. A justice once reproved a would he suicide thus: "Young man, you have been found guilty of attempting to drown yourself In tho river. Only eon hider what your feelings would have been had vou succeeded." Green Bag. The Salt In the Sen. The Pythagoreans held that the sea was salt l reason ot the tears sued ny Kronos. father of Zeus. According to the old Hebraic tradition, the ocean was originallv a great body ot rresti water, out winch was made salt uy tin abundant tears of the fallen angels no sect ot Buddhists behove that Lot's wife- that is to say. the "pillar of :ilt" which was once the wife of the humble gentleman named above lies at the bottom of the ocean In a certain narrow strait and that once each j'ear the waters of all oceans How through that narrow channel. Tho Tahnudh writers say that it was never salt until Moses wept repentance after breaking the tallies of stone. BESIDE LIBERTY'S CRADLE. the on Tin LCNETA WKItE IIIXH THE I'OKMAL EXEIICISIIS. A lilt of Truii.sln lion. The dlfiiculty of avoiding "howlers" when one is translating from English into such a language as that of the Micmuc Indians of Nova Scotia must be very great, says the London News. We hear from the Bible society of a uriotis case. In the first edition of St. Matthew In Midline the translator found when he came to revise It that in chapter xxiv, 7. instead of "Nation shall rise against nation." he had writ ten. "A pair of snowshoes shall rise up against a pair of snowshoes." And yet there was only one letter misprint ed -naooktukuinlksijik (a nation), hav ing been displaced by naooktakumlksl- jik (a snowshoo). Spnre Moment. Chancellor D'Aguesseau, observing that his wife always delayed ten or twelve minutes before she came down to dinner and reluctant to lose so much time daily, began the composition of a work which he prosecuted only while thus kept waiting. At the end of fif teen years a b.mk In three quarto vol umes was completed, which ran through three editions and was held In high repute. Ileiinoiinble Ilcrticnt. Judge-Have you anything to say before I pass sentence upon you? Bank Wrecker Yes. Don't the rules allow you to take out time from my sentence enual to the length of that miserable speech mv lawyer made? Cleveland Leader. I.enermiw. Nephew Do you know, uncle. I dreamed last night you had lent mo $10! Fncle (generously) Is that so? Ah, well, you may keep it, Otto. Per-roquot. Smart Girl. "Do you know." said Miss Bunting. "Mildred Gildersleevo almost coaxed Mr. Fillmore to propose to her. That's how she boon me engaged." "Ah. begged the question, did she?" replied Mr. Larkin.-Detrolt Free Press. Simple. She Miss St iffy had always vowed she would never marry. How did she lappen to change her mind? He- Why, some one proposed. Detroit Free Press. 'I'Ihih' llo.ston I'lirlstt. Stranger I would like to have a tooth pulled. Dentist A man who would like to have a tooth pulled must be a lunatic. Guess you'd belter go to the nearest asylum. Boston Transcript. Those "don" aro merely ofT" and "do on." which moans to Shakespeare. Is to latch. Iloir ii ml Don English verbs doff" nnd contractions of "do Similarly to "dup." "open" n door In "do up" to lift the that had a mission in tin? Philippines was in evidence nlong the Escolta Old (I lory here, there and everywhere, the union jack ditto, then the red, white and black standard of the German fa therland, alternating with and peace fully caressing the tricolor of La Belle Franco; Spain's fiag was In the display and waved as proudly as ever. There were Hags. too. of the yellows and Hags of the blacks all tlags but Agulnaldo's. But if Aguinaido's standard was miss. eI by any one on the Escolta that day the disappointed individual didn't let his neighbor know it. The Luneta was the scene of the real show. The Luneta of Manila ls a iresceiit shaped plaza overlooking the beach. There the bands play for the populace, and there all the parades and public demonstrations are hold. It was crowded like a country tair ground on prize day. On the Luneta wore held the formal exercises, without which no I-ourth of July celebration Is complete. School boys In holiday attire gathered around tho baud stand made the most pictur esque feature of the scene. There was a swarm of them In clothes of varie gated hues- Filipinos and Japs and Chinese, trained to sing patriotic songs In English. At first the school children were tim id, like average American children un used to appearing In public. They be gan with 'America,' then struggled through 'Hail Columbia and 'The Bed. White and Blue.' The baud played pop ular airs between the songs. Finally, when the enthusiasm was verging on the bursting point, the little ones gave their masterpiece. 'The Star Snamrlod Banner.' Some of the Impromptu cno ruses nt home would have been put to the blush by that performance on the Luneta. The soldiers cheered as only soldiers can when 10.0(H) of them let their lungs loose; Hags wated a!l over the plaza, and oven old ocean became patriotic and lashed the beach with great waves like some monster eagle Happing his wings In n frenzy of de light. This was the climax. After that Fncle Sam's celebration dominated Manila. The transplanted holiday was n 'go! " III find Dny. "I was surprised." said the Hev. Mr. Goodman sternly, "to see you playing golf Inst Sabbath. I should think you'd do better" 'Oh." replied Hardcase. "I usually do. I wite in wretched form last Sun day." Philadelphia Press. Avurloc. Avarice Is generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part hns been squandered In pleasure and the second devoted to ambition. Johnson. Memorable Annlvernnrlcj of Fourth In the Quaker City. John Adams rightly prophesied when ho wrote of the Initial Independence day that It would "be the most memo rable epoch In the history of America." "I am apt to believe." he said, "Unit it will be celebrated by succeeding gen erations as the great anniversary fes tival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty; It ought to be solemnized with pomp nnd pa r;:de. with shows, games, sports, guns, I I!-. bonfires and illuminations from end of the continent to the other this time forward forevermore." e following year, 1777, congress re- "I that Independence day should . ' in.ide a holiday, and this avms the first Fourth of July celebration in Phil adelphia. It was so successful that it was taken up in every state in the I'nion. On July 4. 17SS. the United States es tablished a new constitution with be coming ceremony. On July 4. IS'20. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams lay dead, and great sorrow was observed throughout the country and especially in Philadelphia. On Julv 4. 1s."kS, Edward Everett in speaking of the great memorial day of 177(1 sakl: "Eighty-two years ago this dny a deed which neither France nor England. Greece nor Borne, ever wit-nes.-ed was done in Independence hall, in the city of Philadelphia, a deed that cannot be matched in the history of Uie world. That old hall should forever be kept sacred as the scene of such a deed. Let tho rains of heaven distill gently on Its roof and the storms of winter bent softly on Its door. As each successive generation of those who have boon benefited by the great Dec laration made within its walls shall make their pilgrimage to that shrine, may they think it not unseemly to call its walls salvation and its gates praise!" Early on the evening of July IS7d. throngs of people, estimated at fiO.WO or 7.iM. gathered about Independence hall to celebrate the one huudniith an niversary of Independence day. On this occasion the Declaration of Inde pendence was read to the people by Bichard Henry Lee. the grandson of Klchard Henry Lee. who offered the resolution. In September. lSistl. the governors of the thirteen original col onies came to Independence hall to make preparation to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the promul gation of the constitution of the L'uited States, one of the most Impressive eor oinonies over witnessed and participat ed in by the citizens of Philadelphia. Philadelphia Times. A Torpedo Hunt. For the torpedo hunt the hostess 1ms previously opened and hidden twelve packages of torpedoes. Each player receives a belt from which hangs a Ut ile cartridge bag made of khaki or duck. A strip of khaki twenty-eight inches long and six Inches wide is folded and stitched for tho belt. It i.iay be fastened with ball and socket fasteners. A square bag of the khaki, 7 by ."i inches. Is then attached to the right -ide of the belt. From low limbs of trees, among the roots and shrubs and lodges of the piazza the treasures are gathered and subsequently fired off. Found Out. She You're Just like all the rest of the men. Here we've been married only a year, and you never kiss me unless I ask you to. He You're like all the rest of the women. You never think to nsk me to kiss you unless you want money. Illustrated Bits. I'he Indian of It. Teacher What Is an Indian's called? Pupil A squaw. Teacher-Correct Now what ls Indian's baby called? Pupil A squawker. Boston Chris tian Bogister. wife an