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Kmerson's Concord llymn. .{Sung .it the Completion or tlie Cattle Monument, April 10. 1S.J6.J By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled; Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since .in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. THE CONTINENTAL SOLDIEIt. On this.- green bank. l>y this soft stream, i We set to-day a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem. When, like our sires, our sous are gone, j Spirit that made these heroes dare To di'.\ find leave their.children tree, i JBid Time and Nature pent'v spare The shaft we rai>e to them and thee. Bv Katherlnc Hell Tl|>j?ett*. B1| ATI! AN BE.1j^ u\ g MAN was a pa- ' II Ttho I s 11 hut Nathan didn't like //^BssRv till to work on the farm. Zwn^^V. '' loved to ' rove ?9' ) thror.jrh tlio forests, aKL. 4fliwI markiuc his trails l>y I tutting the bark from 1L V' the trees along the way. \ !l He set traps for the foxes { Jj! and raccoons, w h i e h abounded, end his winter coat, cap and leggings were all made of the fur of these animals or of the eoft brown pelts of the beaver which lie trapped. The little country boy was stout and vigorous. lie often spent the short winter do.v unou Lake Champlain tish- j 3ns through holes which he had cut in the ice. As he sat holdius his lines he used to watch the dolus* of the sarri- I MnmmmM ^YOCR FATHER SAYS YOF KNOW EVEN* THE RAT-HOLES IS THE FORT OFFORITE." son of Fort Ticonderoga. on the oppo- I cite side of the lake. The boys 01* the l'ort. whose, fathers ; composed the garrisou, had line times on the ice. sliding and playing games, which Nathan lougvd to join in because they seemed so different from j the sports he knew*. He became greatly interested in a contrivance the boys 1 had for sliding on iec, and one day plucked up courage to ask how the * strange iceshoe was made and put on, J and there and then had his first lesson 1 in using skates. The uncouth looking little fellow, 1 half animal In dress, became the tar- 1 get of their jests, but he bore them so well, laughing with the others at his < own expense, tnat at last ine uoys ai- < lowed him to take part in their sports, t ii When spring came Nathan not only played under the walls of the fort, but ( went Inside, his ready wit so amusing * the soldiers that he was permitted to ( stay. He taught the soldiers many things about hunting and fishing they* < had not learned with all their long i marching through the American wil- < derness. He was also able to give them : historical information about their own s fort during the days when the Indians i had claimed the stony height on which f the fort stood, and had named it (.'lie- i onderoga. meaning the place of many t mellow sounds, because here they j A THE \ ^ It's B'Csmin! it's i'coimnf^t'll be Though the hours are 'c-awl But it takes away a second eVcry So 'twill really be the Fourth I've got ten packs of crackers. y< And his ma's goin to \t his J'll let my toe stick o$>t of bed a There'll bcythtZ>bigrfthc:su&ihand ^AadthlJ? ^Lon horseback x HeslJ^oPas'igrand lis Cen'ral Miles .With eperlets and coat all trimn And Sis,is gain to be dressed up it 'Cause she's Columbia standin < She'll be on top a great, high And (hat's jest bully-je^^ \ He'll tell ab. Th. "Thcugh Billy ) | Like Ci hoard the musical roar of the falls of the Horieon a mile beyond. Now. the Fort of Tieonderoga lind cost (Jrcat Britain many million dollars. It contained 120 cannon, besides the large military stores, so you may be sure Nathan had wonderful tales to tell at night by his father's fireside. o ? It was after one of these firelight | talks that Nathan climbed the ladder to his bed in flic loft above. 1I<? could t'o, sleep. The cold wind came through the cracks of the nnlelv built house, for, although it was May, the u>hts were raw and chilly. In the winter the snow sifted iu also, powdering the T coverlid over him. ^ AH was quiet in the room below. 1 where his father and mother were } sleeping. Suddenly c rap sounded at the door. lie heard his father ask a who was there and then open the door, s Soon some one bfjran to climb the 1 ladder to bis room. Ills father ap- < pearrd above the open trap-door with t a caudle in his hand. "You are needed, my boy. Make 1 haste." was all Farmer lleaimfn said. ! When N'than stood below lie saw I several men sfnudinc by the lire. f ' This is Colonel Ethan Allen, Nn- { < than," said his father, pointing to an ' t alert-looking man. j t Colonel Alien laid his hand on the j t hoy's shoulder. "Your father says you ( know even the rat-holes in the fort op- 1 posite. We must rapture it to-night. 1 Will you guide us there':" "I'll go, sir." returned Nathan, who : had heen reared to serve his country t ; at all times and sacrifice. I When the lake had been crossed and < the patriots stood outside the fort AI- i | !en said quickly: t "We're ready. Show us the way to t ! the sallyport I" t * The startled sentry snapped his fu:ee-lock and fled as the "Green Mouutlin boys" dashed up the bauk. They followed him into the fort. Then arose cheer upon cheer as the British soldiers came rushing from the jarracks and were taken prisoners. Colonel Allen followed Nathan to ^aptain de Laplace's quarters, where hat surprised commandant surrenlered hastily, "In the name of Jehovah ind the Continental Congress." He found time to exclaim, as his 'tps fell unon the bov. "What! You tere, too. Nathan? That explains our apture!" This happened In 1773. and to-day inly the ruined walls and half-filled uagazines remain of For* Ticonder)ga. The name of Nathan Beaman is ilraost forgotten, and of the thousands of tourists who come each sumner to view this historic place very ew think of the boy guide whose lame at one time was on every pariot's tongue.?Woman's Home Com>anion. GOOD OLD fOBRl here in awful, awfvJsslorJ.s time the. dock gees "tick?JJ . fi firsT^thmh yo i know/" /( rs, (and Tftiiy, he's nine,/ siicjfyytin rr.\ij \-^>L ndI hitch it to c On //jS* < fr.o wnea sac \ fbi al/ the ttaaLtr'/bid iusff i can shSo/thcy lightni \ And fang fwty/as lively 1ri11 p aitj up/ everybody. at | W< '/i jbuit jtjd bang and idf w.jcjrf its little for bfeai 1 Bu' p/j/v- jtjst commepsx i white and W?- sj brown, ind r/rfc\a/f ,ore^| tow??) 3^oJ| J fire's (he draitoQyUw * a* uu* w v,. old Judge Burgurri g'yes it, and jut our "martyred\\iires," jest lik&Jhe ".nil come the t/fefrorks and the mksgivin's mighty good, and N:\v~Y-; . somehow, they aint quite the be sirs d me b'lievs k$avcn\i: a place tha''s hristmas and thje fbjrlft rolJed into c. WHEN tlio first Fourth or j July celebraiiou waked 1 the echoes of old Piiila- i delphia 123 years ago It j ras the signal that the United States . ind opened for business. The colonies I been fighting their king for a I ear: General Washington was in the ' :e!d with a ragged and poorly equipped , r;ny of not over GOUO men: 17,000 tics- j1 iacs (German soldiers) had been hired j >y King George to subdne the A uteri- j ::it ]?atriots. and the king's forces in j in* United States amounted to over <i.OGO men. At this time, when a large iroportion of the colonists were oplosed to the war and ruin stared the {evolution in the face, a tierce desire or absolute freedom seizetl upon mc o.'onies. Through their representaives to the Cominental Congress they trged some action that would declare heir independence of English rule. )n the 7th of June. 1771 J. Richard ieury Lee, of Virginia, offered a rcsoution in Congress declaring that 'these united colonies are. and of ight ought to l>e. free and independent < lutes." A furious discussion folcweJ. John Adatns, afterward Prrsi-. lent of the I'uited States, was the nest powerful and active supporter of li<> resolution. On the I'd day of July he resolution was adopted, all of the birteen colonies but New York voting in favor of It. Thomas Jefferson, afl terward President of the United States, was delegated to draw up a declaration of American independence. Mr. Adams and Benjamin Franklin read the document before it was submitted to Congress, and they made a few minor changes in it. Otherwise it is the work of Jefferson. On July 4 Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, and the new nation was wild with joy. All day Ion;; the acred bellringer at the State House in Philadelphia had remained in the steeple, wait iu.tr to ring the boll when the act of separation from the mother country was officially declared. As hour after hour passed and no word came from Congress his spirits fell and he muttered: "They will never do it?they will never do It." But suddenly a boy came running from the hall and shouted "Ring! Ring!" So the liberty bell rang as It never had rung before. And the citizens gathered in the public square, shouting, firing off muskets, beating drums and making every demonstration of delight. Instantly couriers were dispatched on swift horses to carry the news in every direction. All the cities and towns faithful to the patriot cause joined in the celebration. In Philadelphia the king's arms were torn from the Court House and burned in the street. At New \ork the citizens pulled down the great lead statue' of King George and melted It into bul?' 1 Mk, re. why. we'll jest goosing the beW the sehooUkoute keys, y n rod. and get in 'bou(js wcl? ' as you please. id we'll have dead loads of ho,, sizzle till it's day. '<Jast, why. the racket istft done, ^ js you might say. rjwui 'iVfQf ru-j - - w "Hi i M ^ tlways i doss. // a\ r^r'a. cbtJrse. {ppfitnt, t Ln<3$ il! the lime cr. JOB LINCOLN; Iris. Everywhere there were bonfires and illuminations, ami there was a carnival of noise. Thus was the Fourth of July tradi tiou established, and even to this day we have inherited the noise and reekless rejoicing of that distant tirst Fourth. It is an interesting coincidence that John Allans. the chief advocate of in dependence, and Thomas Jefferson, the writer of the declaration, died ou the fiftieth anniversary of the ndoptiou o" the Declaration of Independence. They died July -1, iS20. ? Chicago ttccordIlerald. tViifn First Itrad In Itos'on. The Declaration of Independence was first read in Boston, amid great rejoicing, tn.ai the la loony of the Town House, on July IS, 1770. rlilldUli Fun. "Open your moat' an' shut yer eyes, \\ illic, un* l'li gib yer soweiin tcr maka yer wise!' ?New York Journal. " 1?- =g THE MEAL CASE ON TRIAL. Famous Case Proceeding In Columbia ?A Sensational Development. Columbia, Special.?The trial of tho State against W. A. Neal, former superintendent of the State penitentiary was commenced Thursday afternoon at i o'clock. There was nothing startling, nothing new in the evidence submitted and the ca3e progressed indifferently. Tho charge against him is failure of an official to turn over money to his successor within 30 days of the expiration of his term of office. The only unusual incident in tho trial was the peremptory summons ti J. S. Fowler and W. 0. Hammond to appear in court. Mr. Fowler appear-* ed and was lined >10 for delaying tha court, but the fine was suspended until he can have a chance to show causa why it should not be paid. Mr. Hammond never appeared in court yesterday afternoon. These two Anderson county farmers hired convicts fron* the penitentiary during Ool. Neal's administration and their names wera mentioned just lately in connection with the Anderson "slavery" case3. When the case was called, Mr. Julius E. Bogg3 of Picken3, leading attorney for Col. Neal, moved to quash the indictment on the ground that the statutes of 1S95,section 304 of the criminal code, under which this prosecution is brought, is inconsistent with the acts of 1898, section 501. The former section makes it a misdemeanor for an official to fail to turn over funds to his successor within 3) days. The latter say3 nothing about the time within which an officer shall turn over moneys, but says that "whoever shall embezzle" such funds shall, upon conviction, he held guilty of a felony, and punished by a fine la proportion to the amount of the embezzlement. while the punishment in the other act is fixed at a fine of $1,000. He claimed that the repealing clause of the later act nulifies so much of the act of 1895 as related to public funds, and that if the indictment were brought under the first act It should be quashed. Solicitor Thurmond arose to reply to Mr. Boggs, but Judge Gary indicated that there was no use. The judge overruled the motion, saying: "This indictment does not charge embezzlement. It is made under the statute which makes it unlawful for x public official to fail to turn over funds." He continued that the effect of Mr. Boggs' proposition would mean that the charge in the indictment be changed to embezzlement, and that Mr. Boggs had argued that rseai is not guilty or emoezziemenr. The case is analogous to the proposition of a doctor who was called in to treat a rase which he could not diagnose. The doctor declared he was good on fits, so he would just throw the patient Into fits and then cure him. It i3 rather a coincident that on each side are employed a solicitor and an ex-solicitor. Mr. B llinger". the attorney-general, was a solicitor, as was Col. Nelson, who represents Neal. Solicitor Thurmond and Solicitor Boggs are on opposite sides in the case. I When the drawing of the jury was commenced, E. H. Flowers. C. B. Hoffman. H. J. Hennies, C. J. Reckling. J. H. Altee. W. F. Martin, were objected to by the defense. G. B. Radcliffe was objected to by the State. The following were sworn: J. M. Van Metre T. J. Roberts, C. H. Flynn. Bass Byrd, J. C. Plumer. L. S. Hoyt, H. W. Walker. Jr.. T. C. Thornton. L. C. Williams, C. F. Dani?l3. J. U. Rials. J. L. McKee. Solicitor Thurmond read the indictment to the Jury. The indictment charges that Col. Neal neglected to turn over to his successor within 30 days of his getting the office the following sums, all from the hire of convicts: W. Q. Hammond, dieck. $."00: J. S. Fowler, check, $">00; I Fowler & Cooley, check, $250; J. S. Fowler, check, $200. The two amounts first named were paid to Col. Neal . in IS93; and the two last named in ;'S9L On the Maximum Capital. For some time there have been aris. Ing questions at tho office of the secretary of 3tate as to the construction of j the act r-'.ating to charter fees. The office has now construed the act to mean that fees must be paid on the maximum capitalization named in the declaration. For instance if it is sta'e 1 that a company is to have a capital stock of not less than $1,000 nor mors than $130,000. the fees on $130,000 must be paid. When subsequent increases are made the fees are on the basis of the amount of increase. The fee under the new law is $300 on a capital of $300,000, and $123 on a capital of $150.000. The fee is one mill on all amount* under $100,000. Brief nention. Hickory Grove. S. C.. is having a gold mining boom. Several mines are in operation and the reports are that some of them are fielding rich ore in large quantities. The ore will be reduced near the mines. Some of the ore is free and some Is mined in the shape of sulphurates, j M. DeGiers, the Russian minister at j Pekin, has been appointed minister at I Munich. I