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
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