IN TflE OLDEN TIME.
READY TO CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY.
CELEBRATION OF INDEPEND
ENCE DAY LONQ AGO.
tlesslnn IJnnd Furnished the Music
for the First Official Jolllflcatlon
Kolie In the Karljr Hays Woi Olveu
Secondary Place on I'ronraiumc
N yc olden time they eel
cbrated "Independence
day" and not the
"Fourth of July." The
change ot name came
with the chance In the
manner of celebrating
the auulversnry of the
signing of the ueclara
tlon of Independence,
f Many people deplore the
present method of show
lug appreciation of na
tional freedom and deplore as well the
fact that the rising generation speaka of
the coming "Fourth" rather than of "In
dependence day," a name so pregnant
with meaning. Perhaps the people who
"deplore" are right.
One of the. signers on that famous
Fourth of July, 1770, declared on his
deathbed tlint be would like to sleep a
century, then wake up to find out how
future generations were celebrating Inde
pendence day. If the old gentleman's
wish were to le granted, when he heard
the fish horns, the multitudinous snap
ping of John Chinaman red .wrapped In'
rentlons, the reports of the dangerous
torpedoes and dynamite crackers he
might be willing enough to hurry back to
the tomb.
When some staid New Rnglander finds
fault with the present method of cele
brating the nation's birthday the noise-
making small boy may with good grace
tell him that New Englnnds patron
saint, John Adams, recommended that
the day be recognixed by just such a din
as young America is making. It is true,
however, that President John suggested
that the early part of the day should be
given over to solemn acts of devotion.
Then he said the day should be commem
orated "with pomp, parade, games,
sports, guns, bells, bonfires and Illumina
tions from one end of the continent to
the other for evermore." Of the first
celebration of a Fourth of July by the
continental congress Adams In writing to
his daughter said: "The people shouted
and buxzahed in a way to strike utmost
terror to every lurking tory. There was
a splendid Illumination and while a few
surly houses were dark the show would
hate given King George a henrtache."
Hessian Band Played.
On this first offlclal celebration of
Fourth of July by Congress that body se
cured music for the day and at the same
time afforded the people a great chance
for amusement and laughter by forcing
the Hessian band, which was captured
by Washington at Trenton the December
previous, to play in the public square all
day long. There Is on record a fairly full
account of an Independence day celebra
tion which George Washington attended
as the guest of honor. The celebration
was held at the Spring gardens, near
m "
out any fear that a cannon cracker was
to be exploded under him before be had
finished bis first course. Pandemonium
had not as yet come Into general use as
a synonym for the fentures of the Fourth
of July. All through Virginia the public
and private feasts on Independence day
had as a dish what was known as Bruns
wick soup or stew. The name probably
arose from a desire on the part of the
Virginia householders to suggest that the
kiugly bouse of Brunswick was "in the
soup."
In the staid land of steady habits, Con
necticut, in the town of Hartford it was
the custom for years to have a great
dinner "in the field." A newspaper of
100 years or so ago gives nn account of
one ot these dinners and a list of twenty
toasts. The crack military companies ot
the section were in attendance at the
dinner.
The Boston official dinners on Indepen-
fore breakfast, as some boys do, and
hare none for the rest of the day, and
have every one think you a nuisance be
sides. We had no accidents; that Is, nothing
to Bpenk of. Polly burned two or threo
of her fingers a little, but we made that
nil right with xoda and a rag, and she
uever cried a bit; but there was an epi
sode, and it happened to me. This was
the way it happened:
I wanted both my hands to use, and I
had a piece of punk iu one of them, nnd
there was no place to lay it down, nnd
everybody else's hands were full. too. so
T well, I just put It into my pocket for
a minute. It wns lighted, but I didn't
think it would do any harm just for a
minute. I forgot that I had a whole
bunch of firecrackers In that same pock-,
et.
Suddenly I heard some one cry out,
"Tom Is afire!" and then there came a
AN OLD-TIME INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION.
Alexandria, Va., "with a large company
of civil and military people of Fairfax
County."
Things were not particularly bright for
the colonial armies on the first anniver
sary of the declarations! Independence.
The soldiers at Morrlstown heights, how
ever, under Washington's command each
received an extra gill of rum with his
ration in recognition of the day. The
third anniversary of the signing of the
declaration was made memorable by the
Issuing of an order by the commander-in-chief
that all military prisoners under
the sentence of death should be pardoned.
Perhaps the most enthusiastic and
heartfelt celebrations ot Independence
day did not take place on the day Itself.
News traveled slowly In the year 1770,
and it was some days before New York
knew thot the country had been declared
free. When the pleasing Information did
reach there, however, the town went
wild. The king's statue was pulled down
nnd melted up into bullets for the Ameri
can armies. Two or threo days after
New York had given vent to Its enthusi
astic feelings Boston celebrated. A Brit
ish army officer who was a prisoner iu
the hub nt the time wrote an account of
the rejoicings ot the "deluded people."
lie was escorted by a band of patriots
to see the "goings on" nnd confesses that
lie enjoyed the occnslon as a break In a
rather monotonous life of captivity. The
crowd of Bostoulans tore down the lion
and the unicorn from the old headquar
ters of the British Government, after
ward the old' Massachusetts state house.
It wns not until after tho signing of
the trenty of peace with Great Britain
tlint celebrations of Indepcudenco day
were held regularly In all places. Dinners
were favorite features of the day. Ev
erybody was invited and It was seen to'
that there was enough for all, The citl-
wm sat down at the outdoor table mux-
dence day were held In the hub's cradle
of liberty, Fancull Hall. Edward Everett
Hale tells of one of the earliest Fourth of
July celebrations of his remembrance.
It wob that of the year 1833, and on that
day for the first time a great chorus of
school children sang "My Country, 'Tis
of Thee."
Character of Celebration Chancres.
It was just about this time that the
character ot the celebration of the anni
versary of the birthday ot 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 of the reading of the declar
ation of Independence, which had always
been a feature of the celebration. The
opening of trade with China brought In
the small firecrackers and American fac
tories soon found the means of making
big ones. Noise assumed the scepter and
has reigned ever since. There Is a strong
desire on the pnrt of many people to-day
to change the character of the celebra
tion of Independence day and to make it
like uuto that which It once was. All
sorts of plans have been suggested for a
more orderly nnd solemnly Impressive
celebration of the republic's natal day.
The effort to change the methods ot tho
day's recognition are being exerted In a
virile way, nnd It mny bo that tho pres
ent generation will live to find something
more in the Fourth of July than a picnic,
the explosion of a pnek of crackers under
a tiu pan or the rush of a rocket which,
like too many Independence day celebra
tions, ends In a "stick."
An Eplsodo of the Fourth.
Oh, yes, wo bad a glorious time, of
course. Wo always do. We didn't begin
firing till 7 o'clock, partly becnuso it
wakes people up, and partly becnuso it is
so ftUtr to use up all your crackers be-
puff of smoke in my face, and I fell
something hot against my leg, and then-
pop: snapl bang! crack, fizz, whlzzl crack
lety-bangl the crackers began to go off
in my pocket I
Everybody was yelling, nnd Just for
a minute I didn't know what to do. I
ran, but the crackers ran with me, and
the faster I went the harder they popped.
Then all at once I saw what to do, and
r pulled oft my jacket and threw it on
the grass. Luckily It was my jacket, and
not my trousers pocketl
Billy took It up nnd shook out the
crackers, and then he turned out the
pocket, but there wasn't much left to
turn. It was just n black rag, and It
dropped into little pieces. Then there
wns a big piece that looked ns If It bad
once been white, and that, they said, was
my hnndkerchief, but I should never have
known it.
Well, of course they all laughed at me
a good deal, but I didn't mind much, for
It really wns very funny, I suppose; but
my ndvlce to other boys Is, don't carry
crackers In your pocket, nnd If you do,
don't put n lighted slow-match lu with
theral Laura E. Itichards.
TRUMPET QAU-a.
ft..,.. Horn Bound. . W.rnlnB NH
to ths Unredeemed.
OU enn usually
t.ill n mull's liros-
i pools by his ,,s'
peel.
Tho greatest
cowards kick tho
dend llou most
heartily.
A saloon may
c h n n g o hands
but 1 1 never
changes henrt.
The. rattle of
tho wheels of llfo Is call for tho oil of
prayer.
True courtesy Is of tho heart.
Purity Is not negative, but positive.
Saints nro not made by polishing sin
ners. An honor bought dishonestly Is
dishonor.
A lost opportunity never llmls Its
wny back.
The hero Is ho who does wlmt others
tin re not do.
A thing Is "ot necessarily true be
cause It Is new.
The hands of Christ were tho pulses
of the heurt of God.
Itendlness In criticism often marks
Ignorance of the task.
The men who deny the existence of
slu still go on locking their doors nnd
taking receipts.
Before some preachers will throw a
stone ut a sin they wnnt to know who
Is hiding under It.
It Is not so much what would Jesus
do lu my plnco ns what shall 1 do
with 1 1 1 in In my henrt.
Do not fool yourself. If the first
mnu wns innde with eyes nnd ears, his
Maker can both see nnd henr.
fHE DAFPODILO.
,onf, lot'K ngo, when this old world wn
.niHlif.
Before first thrushes on first blossoms
swung;
While yet Night reigned, lu fragrance
soft n nil Ntiii.
,... n ih., wiirlil there crent n sllbtl
V I I H ' "
tin-Ill!
Strange, sternly, strong, It enme apace
iii.I VMitlif.
Affrighted, lied before Hie triumphant
And where the sun's first kle touched
the hills,
There sprung and grew, the golden dado
Ills.
-Truth.
HIS OWN (URL.
WOLSELEY AND THE TROOPERS.
Good Itoasou.
Parson Goodmau Little boys, do you
know Just why 'It Is that you are shoot
ing off that cannon and thoso giant crack
ers? Boy Sure! The old slob wot lives In
that house hates boys nnd can't stand
noise and won't let us play bull In his
lot! Puck.
Fourth or July Night.
Mr. Mulcahey Begob, an' thlm Ro
mans moosht hov loved excoltement off
they used thlm things fer candlesl New
York Journal.
The Great Knullsh Coiiunniider's Wuy
of Mukliitf Friends.
An Incident happened some years ngo
In the cafe of u reHtniiniut of rather
good class lu the city of Dublin, which
Is nu npt Illustration of how n gentle
man cnu place himself on n footing of
njunllty with nu inferior In station
without sacrificing his dignity. At that
time, nnd probably the same narrow-
minded spirit nnd ultra snobbishness
exists there still, It wns the hublt for
the proprietors of the better class bar
rooms to refuse to serve drinks to pri
vate soldiers. It wns Immaterial how
well behaved they might be or how they
might rank ns noii-coninilssloued of
ficers, the rule was Indexible.
On the occnslon referred to two finely
ict-up men of n drngooii regiment, both
wearing long-service Htrlpes nud the
chevrons of troop sergenut, entered his
place, and, approaching the bar, asked
for drinks. They were refused, rnther
curtly. They snld nothing, but, turning
on their heels, prepnred to leave. Tho
tine appearance of the two men had at
tracted tbe attention of tho guests,
nuiong whom were three or four who
were sitting together quietly Biuoklng
at ono of the tables. The men had al
most reached the door when one of tho
smokers arose, calling out sharply,
"Halt!" The habit of obedience to tho
command caused the soldiers to stop)
although they did not acknowledge tint
right to bo halted by any one lu civil
ian clothes. Tho man who had been
imoklng walked up to the bar and said
to tbe attendant: "I can purchase what
drink I requlro here, I suppose" "Yes,
sir," replied the man. "Then Immedi
ately serve theso two gentlemen (em
phasizing tho word) with whatever
they demand." Turning to tho soldlors,
he said: "Gentlemen, will you drink
with me?" "With pleasure, sir," said
one, replying for both. They drank to
gether, and when the soldiers were
about leaving ono of them, turning to
the man In civilian clothes, said: "Ex
cuse me, sir, but we should llko to
know tho name of tho gentleman to
whom wo owe this courtesy." The man
nulled. "Certainly, my name Is WoUe
ley, Col. Wolaoley."
In a trice two pairs of heels came to
gether with a click, and two left arms
were brought up with precision to a sa
lute, which Wolseley ns formally re
turned, no turned away with a smile,
and as the two sergeants marched out
an outburst of hand claps testified to
tho cordial appreciation of every wit
ness of tho scene. That was a good
many years ago. Wolseley had a capi
tal war record even then, but ho has
ilnce seen much service, nnd Is now bet
ter known to the world as Viscount
Wolseley, coramander-In-chlef of the
English army. Philadelphia Times.
Wnllaoe's "Ben Hur" Royalties.
Gen. Lew Wallace made an indenon.
dent fortune out of tho novel of "Ben
nur," and It appears likely that ho will
acqulro another by the stage version
Of his book. Klaw & Erllnirer Imtro
paid him $30,000 In royalties for tho
air months tne play ran at tho Broad
way Theater, tho cross rnnnint. r
that period being $450,000. n Wal
lace was not required to wrlto any.
unug tor xuis money. AH that ho did
for it woa to sign n eontrnnt rii.,.
William Young permission to drama
tize it ror tuo uso of Klaw & Erllnger.
It looks ns If tho nlav would inat rL
several seasons, nud It is mii,Io n..i
Gan. Wallace will receive nt least ten
times $30,000 before "Ben Hur" la laid
on tho shelf.
Aluminum Typo.
It lu announced that
Frankfort-on-the-Maln. Oorm nilV lino
been formed to manufacture aluminum
mi .llil.ei . . MM 44
ijpe. uuse win uo neuter, cheaper nnd
better, It Is claimed. I linn n, ..,4
style, nnd freedom from lead dust will
Hiu-B ji saier on sanitary grounds.
KHALI) IWNCOUHT flung him
self out of n bouse In Grovenor
..I...... ..!.. Ill, 'III IllMltlt 111 (I I'IOCU
with mi oieesslvelv bored expression
iiiniii his fentures. He wns lu evening
dress iitid had evidently been nttend
Ini: some society function.
ii., I. ml a kluillv fine. nud. ns he
walked rapidly nlong. be seemed to lu
iniii. tin. i-ool air of the night with n
sense of delightful relief. He pursued
his wny on the Green pnrk side of Pie-
mlllly.
t hitnintli Mn flnrtft of n
in aiv
vivid lump bin eye wns uttrneted by nn
i,hiixt iiiMiLMililniiit In size, but great
lu pathos-a femnlc child In poor rag
nnd with linked feet. The child's linlr
wns tangled nnd nut too clenn; her rnce
pinched nud white, but her eyes were
large and brllllnnt and stnred out with
nn expression of bowililormeui nail to
behold.
Gerald bent down to her and snld
gently. "Little one, wlmt nre you do
Ing here?"
The child looked nt him much ns n
very tnme cnt regnrds n stranger not
frightened, but doubtful.
"I diinno," she replied, nfler n pause
"Where do you live?"
"I diiimo."
"Hnve you no mother?"
j "'Ives. Mudder fnr nwny."
1 "Are you hungry?"
I " 'Ees."
"Will you come with me'"
I A long pnuse then a little slgli.
"I'se so tired."
Without another woril Gerald llftoil
the child In his arm and currliil her
Into n small rcMtnumtit off King street.
There ho ordervd for her n little wnrui
soup nnd nu egg pudding. Hlie took
them greedily. Her hunger being Ait
I tensed, Gerald ngnlu lifted her lu hits
nruirt nud txiro her to tils chniiitK'tti
In n fnshloiuible hotel. She fell nslct-p
ou the way. Indoors he Inld her on n
soft couch and then snt down to con
template this "find" of bis over a cl
gar.
Tbe thoughts of wlmt he should do
with this waif of humanity, Which fate
had thrown In tils until, irmdunllv
slmped themselves Into a vision of pro-
puetic fancy, sanguine temperaments
are prone to castle building. Gerald
thought he would claim thin bit of fein
lnlnlty for his own.
Ho wan rich. He would hnvo her l
ucated. He would mnke of her nil that
money nnd care could runko-of-ber. If
the total result pleased hi in be would
make her tils sister; If it more thnn sat.
laded him bo would make her hts wife.
Tho waif, under tbe name of Cnrrlo
King, wna sent to a series of schools
and finishing ncndemle, Fnncourt
stuck to his schcrno: he never nw hop
Ho signed checks; ho answered school
principals' letters: ho cavo nermtsslnn
for his ward to vhslt her school fellows
at their homoa, and ho provided her
with pocket money to kcup up her ik
sltton as a lady; tlint wns nil.
Tho crowning plensuro nnd reward
for all bis enro and expenditure wns to
come at the end of ten yonra, when
she would bo 10 years old, and he
would seo her In the glory of her bud
ding womanhood.
The period of ten years was nearly
closed. The night before the final day
when Carrie was to appear before her
protector and guardian, Gerald invited
ono or two cholco chums to dine with
him.
They were laconic men of tho world.
He had told them tbe.talo of his fancy
and Us approaching completion.
"I have taken a llttlo houso for her"
ho concluded, "and to-morrow -ho en
ters Into possession,"
"Is sho pretty?"
"How do I know? fiho promised to
bo so ten years ngo."
"Tho wholo thing seems Quixotic nnd
risky."
"To-morrow will decide whether sho
Is to bo my wife or not."
"Not wise," replied the inoro taciturn
of tho two friends.
Next morning Gerald entered the
drawing room of Carrlo's nowly fur
nished house. Tho maid Informed him
that tho young lady had arrived lato
the night before: oho bad hr.i, .....
In bed, but would bo down in a few inln-
mes to receive him.
"What would sho be llko?" be kent
asking himself.
After about flvo minutes ho henrd
tho soft rustlo of skirts coming down
the stairs. Tho door was gently open
'd and a sweet-faced youiifr girl step
ped Into the room, dressed nil in a flow
Ing morning robo of white. It seemed
to Gerald afterwards as if It wero em
broidery and laco, with n soft drapery
as though covered with nn ethorenl nn
gel webbing. As It was, tho girl came
slowly down tho room with ono hand
ouutrotched timidly, yot with a sweet
determination of manner.
Gerald had tlmo to notice that sho
wns tail and slender, qulto fair, with a
muss of red gold hair and tho prettiest
pink cheeks be had ever seen. "A pink
nnd white prcMtiiioTTT "5
lilmself, but mt ' ' Kfy.
vi : 'r..n,," i,itr
"1 muso r&Z"
""HUntlng fnrl ir Jo'SV
nrv u but 1 r "fii!v:f
:Mhoug uTy
1,1 ",,,l lU l ll bl H111'"
e. Kinlllnir. -1;,.. rtihJ.
the son." ,,ni2
. ..
use o." nt.i i .
"I HUP. "I w .
inch to him, ymi 1 MUW
wero my fnt.r. ' "Mu
nver lunt." va,l 'ill,;
.I . '!
I
slip
very gl
1 luiv
Geni
PONU
Niild Ii
lug of
"PI
HO III
you w
111! VII
Gerald tooit
town by the side of 2nk
know." snld she, -ItJM
meet yon. nln,otwiS
mnes, thnt I Imd mtii vm
ml,... . ' aw Ibttii'
era
over,
wero
you."
G
iy
pre
11 frit I
Well
"I
girl
"hti
llrst
' "ii lellbomi, 8llfli '
I he bad iir. ow h
t voice; wlmt glorlou. 31'
'Iy she spoke , J f Ii
hi nf I.I.,. .1 n HW
hmm nun- w,. 1 ... . fl
friends " he snh. .I' . "V'M
"Oh, Indeed we shall i.Mu 'i
Init there Is on., t.,.,. '. "14."rxl
mured Gerald, looking .triltkiY.
K.n.fu. ,.yes , III ' ft
blm nppenllngly. mnl
"Then forgive nio for !m.
Hod. Jnrk Liunrdufe
Ited the LoonnnU 1..1 i..n,
got iunrr!ed yesterday. Weh,,,wl
inn to irrmliint.. t. 'HI
- " "ill 1CU00)," N
Gerald rose, pl.-ki d up Wl v . I
strode out of i,e mon without i,
DOaua PORTEH AND DAD R,v
I.lrulcniiiH l't-rrr Tell, of (,wC
dcticc Wnrkcil In Chlcira
fievernl dete-ilvi
nroiiml tho Central station, 0 1
Hall, telling stories of "tmtAYa'
tltlence gnmes they tmj tunw
during their pulb-e experltnct
"Tint old gng . m. ti the firwiJ
cry dny or two. tun rn telljMu,
11 new out', w in-n -aught 1 jckj.,
clety fellow," Mem wrt, p.
snld, us be slid ciuwu in 1 cktitn
lit a nondescript i igar "Juuta
er night this young fellow, Un
dressed Mrletiy up to ilaif, ritii
ami called me to one tide.
il n ring with n stone nctilnritfu
til me If It wns 1. diamond. I ne
I hod the stor.it lonrly nnd taw r!(x(
thnt It wns Vim' I 10M Lltn tikn
nuked I1I111 where lie got It, lltui
didn't wnut to mnke any compUUtn
was nrrnid hi unme inlRtit get list
pApcr. Of coutcc. I told hla te
was no danger of that, tiki lial
said:
"1 bought that ring of a Polkus
Iiorter. I was coming down UiSs
street near the tin Ion dMt tbi
colored fellow wearing a iwrWiit
came up and snld tie wanted tjri
to ino n minute. Wo ilrppelten
hnllwny nnd bo produced tWirli;!
ferlng to sell It client), He tcio
that bo found It In om of tttlei
while making It up nt tbe tnd of
trip. He wns afraid the ovnttvt
miss It and tho boss would iMirltk
I looked at tho stone, tbourht ttn
a tool one, and bought It for W
tho money I hnd with me. I tookfr
rlnit mi to a friend of mlneiaifc
blm how cbenp I had bought It 0,
friend said he thought I bid te
swindled, nnd that's tuercawaliB
to seo you.'
"Then, and not till then, M
nltnw i-nnllrn tlint thn nortef II 'I
as tho ring was a fake." ChlciptB
tcr Ocean.
An l.-.nltlntr ItuD.
inrlilont la y
WoUelcy'B military enreer Ii reOT
n tmi'tni rnL-nn ntnm whPIl ht Ui
his twenties, nnd had beealnlMK5!
Isli army threo years. He ipt"'8"
himself ns the most excltlnj eijc
I mi mm In II 1 1 MM ft (1 fl l
In chnrgo of n small dotachmem.
Ing tho advnnco ho had me m
n nil Inln n llnlltl 1 1 nil'. flUd WW'
crawled out found hlnnclf on tti.
ciny's side. As ho emergen, '
mot with such a shower of bulie";
110 8I1U UaCK IU Bliuil uiwv.. - ,
. . .it mriD.!
row minutes 110 cuwo ,1,1,1
amid a vigorous volley, ran for t ii
Ho was nearly two UDUt"..'tH
from the British line, and wait'11
times boforo bo reached a
safety.
AnnnmliindBtlng ! - jl
Perhaps tho record for school tfJ
nnco belongs to a wniwe ,y
Thomas Ward, who wns mi -
or lato during His eleven .
school life, Knlnf "'Jiy
Tho local ineml)ir of tho schoo
for Loudon tells tho story
..... rocnived tbe WwZl
modnl for tho elovemu -t
hnd to be specially struck to J J
caso-tho mother was M
bow her boy had been au -
remiirkablo n rccoru. - ,s
uul children's compu w.
"? 8'r.': v'T' v,, . that wi
- rtlinnll
novcr bepn nwny rro m . - p
..I.- i, had them In his Tvii
sir
tho
interesting rcply.-I'0I1,Jon
minster Gnzotto. J
IsUndoflCey'fj
Tho Island of ncy 2000 trl
fomaUon, contains bout 2,
niul lias II nopuiii""" - .ndv.l
' . . nrirnca "
Amorlcnns, uubaius, h-ucbo.