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RATES REASONABLE, j ' o? Marriage notices inserted fr< e. JOB PRINTING A SfECIALTl.j ? IT. Ohlluarvs ovet ten line charged for at } - 1 ~ > . regular Advertising rates. VOL. XXIII. LEXINGTON," S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1893. NO. 33. , 0? ^ P^pourtl? of July.jj THE DAY WE CELEBRATE. j 1 Once a year it comes With its flags and drums, With its cannon loud, j ' w un its rocaets n:gu i And their starry crowd | Filling all the sky. i V ^ Music in the air. Powder everywhere, j Crackers making noise, Snapping at your feet, For the happy boys j 1 ~ - Ail along the street. | ; Then, lic.-n.hl 1 say. Independence day | ! Comes but once a year, . ' With its noise and smoke. Let us hold it dear, Big and little folk. Let us take our part I | With a loyal heart. Be our flags unfurled. Little maid and man. < Proudest in the world' ] Freel American! 5 _ ?New York Independent. . i r* -nATTTA mrT DAI SI S JrUl JUJI. i At the railway station of a certain in- I significant settlement beyond the Rock- i ies a number of men were waiting the I distribution of the mail one bright day in ApriL There vras no especial reason for excitement, but the newly established fact of a daily halt of the train and a postofiice of their own was enough to attract the expectant as well as those to whom the receipt of a letter would be a ; surprise. Among the scanty supply of letters broncht bv the eastern mail was a dain- 1 , ty square envelope addressed to Mr. J | Lucas, which the postmaster held up for admiration, with the remark that it would have to go to its own funeral in ; the dead letter office, for there was no j one of that name in that part of the country. "Reckon it's for me," said an elderly , rrjtvn on crutches, moving slowly tlirough the curious crowd. "Well, I never thought of your having I "^--^_any name but Uncle Jerry," said tho i P^^^^T^fcar^handing him his property 1 "but 1 s'pose y-jv Mr. Lucas laughed, his ! letter and read it through. . *BoysT^-s?*j j , he soberly, "it's from my niece. She's :rT " widow. Husband died 'fore they'd been ' married a year. She wants to com? on and live with me awhile 'cause her little girl's all broken down after scarlet fever The doctor's sending her out here to get 1 1 nnaH Tin Rnt o-nru-) Tlx-har ctiall I do with a woman here, where there's no | accommodations for them?" 'Would you mind showing me the letter?" said Jack Dinsmore rather hesi tatingly. "Sometimes I can getgniteai. ! They were ail officious in suggestions, ! out Uncle Jerry waited patiently for Jack's opinion, believing, as most of the community did, that whatever sense and wisdom he did not possess were not worth mentioning. He handed back the letter, saying: "Don't worry about her. Uncle Jerry, but let her come. She doesn't write like a woman that's bound to sleep on ; Tps3.leaves, and remember," softly, "if there's money wanted to make her com fortable.J've a useless pile of it all ready .for yon to dip into." "I guess we'll have enough of it. Yor. notice Daisy says she's collected a life in j and won't be a burden to no- i A n/1 lofolv TVoi /1/^inrr ?irwffv I WUJ . /TIIU JOlViJ A TV l/W W VlVAii^ |/4VVV^ well with that stone post invention 1 put some money into." Uncle Jerry was almost helpless with rheumatism, but Jack was a most abl* coadjutor, and by unblushing bribery and corruption succeeded in securing the two most decent Tooms in the tall snanty ealled by courtesy the hotel for the use of the expected guests. There was much excitement among the residents when the appointed day came, and the pretty, graceful woman who stepped from the car3 might well have been terrified at the spectacle of a platform ! crowded with men. who eagerly watched 1 her every motion. But she had no thought ! for anything but the sleeping child be- j neath whose weight her own slender ! : frame seemed almost bending. Such men as those who watched her were too I [ chivalrous to wait for Uncle Jerry's slow ' approach. Half a dozen sprung forward ' 1 with an entreat}' to bo allowed to help j her, and in a moment the lovely 3-year old baby's blond curly head was resting j : on Jack Dinsmore's shoulder. The sleepy I blue eyes opened for a look at him, then closed again contentedly, and the little j mother, with a grateful, confiding glance, j ' turned to look for her uncle. "It's a genywine treat tc see a first j ' class lady out here and a real live baby, j <even if it's kinder weak and sickly," said ' one of the gang of observers a^they I siow'y dispersed after enjoying the aifec- I { tionate meeting between uncle and niece. 1 ' it was a feeling they all shared, and thd gentle, womanly influence so swayed ? the crowd of men who filled the long tabled at the hotel that they were no } Jooger the reckless set who had been sitting there r months. Changes in dress ! * were not practicable in every case, but 1 soap, razors and combs exerted their ) constant and humanizing power. The baby grew stronger every day, j e ^ vVVJ-V srroa hiirmir i n BDU VUL" Uiuwtn < ... | watching the change in her darling, who ! 1 goon became the idol of ever}* one. > The long hotel piazza devoted to sinok- j 1 ers was not a fit place for a woman, and j ' at Jack's instigation some of the men 1 < jran ont a rongh balcony or gallery in j 1 " front of Mrs. Lane's room, and there like i i & queen she held a little reception every I ' evening, with Uncle Jerry as chaperon. : All her new friends worshiped the bright i little woman, and several who had no i 1 home ties to hinder fell madly in love i with her. Some of these modestly real- ' izdd the hopelessness of their fancy and 1 $oon drew off, watching with the others i 1 the wooing of two, who, whether hope- ! ( less or not, were in dead earnest. One ; < - * -a T _ i ? of these aspirants was oacs jumsiuwo. : ? the other a lesa popular in?.D. nicknamed J for obvious reasons "BesutyMordaunt.'' A His remarkably handsome face and ' graceful manners did not wir t?aby Lily ? to his cause, for the child never swerved i r in her championship of the first man her i sleepy eyes fell upon when the cars * brought her to her present home. And Jack adored the child openly, but shyly 1 concealed, or Thought he did, the jr.<- * sionate love he felt for her mother. I n- * cle Jerry guessed his secret, and one d::v said to him suddenly: "Women don't * like dumb lovers, man. If you want her, : speak out. Yon have my consent full * and free." fi So on this hint, which half kindled a N hope, Jack tried to speak one balmy twi- j } light when he happened to be on her bal- 1 tjony ^lone with his adored, while Lily, i * . ivrapped in a warm shawl, slept on a mstic bench. "There was a man," h< i>egan, breaking a short silence thai md fallen between'them and speaking i-i ji rrmstr.mv (1 tone that told his lis :ener of a depth of feeling below tht commonplace words, "a man who'd nev cr had anybody to care for him since his lather and mother died, when he wasn't nuch more than a baby, and left him tc oe looked after or not, just as it happened." ' Poor little laddie! What became ol turn?" "He was sent to boarding school while the money lasted. Then that went, just :is orphans' money generally does go, and the fellow was left to shift for himself. Ho had rather a rough time for 2 while, but he came out west and struck luck in prospecting before he was ver> old." "Oh, is he old?" said the listenei oianuiy. "Oh, no, not really, but he feels kind ?f old and forlorn sometimes, when he bears other fellows talking about theii mothers and sisters and?wives." he finished very softly. "Poor fellow!" said Daisy pitifully. "Yes. he is a poor kind of fellow," pursued Jack humbly, "with no education )r bringing up or anything to recommend him to a woman except just " whole heart full of love for her. and? ind?oh, ilrs. Lane, irs myself I'm talk:ng about, and I know I can have 11c jliance with you." And poor Jack, in in agony of shame and fear that his ivowal had h"t him even the merest toleration from the lady of hi3 love, rushed rrorn the roc_ If he had been composed enough i t~ke one look, he might yj>va rratlipvfxl hr,np from the britrhi ?lush that srtiuse'u Daisy's face and the lender. happy light that sprang to her jyes. The beautiful color had not left her race before Mordaunt's soft, well moduated voice at the door sought permission X) leave for Liiy a pretty scented gras* :radle of Indian manufacture. "Math' rrom a drawing of my own." he told Mrs. Lane with a smile that brought out all ;he uncommon beauty of his face. Daisy esisted an impulse to dec'ine his gift because it would be such a pleasure to Lilv, so she thanked him prettily and expressed her admit..-ion for the ingenious toy. Then the conversation drifted 011 [ill at last he mentioned Jack's name, looking steadily at her a a he did so and =^hing a look of interest that infuriated "Jack seems very solemn latelv. but that's natural for u fellow sit txated as he is." "Why, what's the peculiarity of Mr. Dinsmore's situation?" "Oh, ha, ha! Haven't you heard. And t thought you were such friends." "Heard what? I really don't know what you are talking ? bout." "Well, if Jack hasn't told yTrcnrrrnscrr with one of the girl?'over at the fori Some of the boys guess he's married t her. " I know he sends her money often. Then, having planted the seeds of mis chief, he bowed himself out. As he left the little parlor he mutters to himself: "All's fair in love and wax and this will be both if Jack doesn't kee; his ugly face out of my way. I'll hav that woman if I have to go through a se of lies, and it's well I struck in time, fo she looked pretty haggard when I tol< that yarn. I wonder if she's idiot enougl to care for that fool of a fellow whei there's better men round." He had no thougnt mm a tool once wnen ne stau behind their party at the risk of his lit to spend days and nights nursing hin through a brain fever, but one forget favors in love and scar. Then in pur suance of his tactics he sought an earb opportunity of putting a thorn in hi: rival's side. "Don't the course of true love rui smooth, eh?" he said mockingly at thei: next meeting. "1 don't understand." "You're conveniently stupid, old boy Well, never mind, I was a little soft tha: way myself till I found out in time b} great good luck that I wasn't first on th< field." Jack turned very red, wondering foi one wild moment if he was thought U be the fortunate one who had im-de th< innings. The next remark enlightenec him. ' "A pretty woman like that doesn'i go long without some one getting i mortgage on her. Daisy Lane was en gaged before she came out here. It's so but please don't speak of it yet." It was true, as Mordannt said to himself, and ? huge joke, for of course she was engager before she was married, as poor Jack might have guessed if he had not beer too cmsiied bv the blow to see the noiril of such wit. From the fort. 20 miles away, had irome an invitation to most of the settlers to celebrate the glorious Fourth by i ball and the first gra-.d display of fireworks that part of the country had ever seen. The collections had been very munificent. and he amount ol patriotic ;inder was so large that two wagons vere required \ o t ran sport the well poxed packages fiom the train. There ,vas great enthusiasm among the invited Svery wagon in the settlement was supplied with board seats, and the big stage, vhich was one of the fort properties, vas borrowed for the convenience of Mrs. Lane and the only other two wom;n in the place whose position entitled hem to an invitation. Jack was to drive the coach, in which of course Uncle Jerry had a place. Lily was now so weli that her mother arranged to leave her tc the care of a trusty Irish woman. The jntertaimnent was to begin and enu early. for only 011 condition of returning th? same night would Daisy be persuaded tc leave her child. When the morning of the Fourth came, Daisy, for the first time since her arrival, :vas at the station when the train came n, and Jack and Mordaunt, sauntering .ip, saw with astonished eyes her pretty ittle figure lost to sight for a brief space n the fervent embrace of a duster ,-lothed young man who stepped from a :ar. Mordaunt had tact enough to turn ;be incident to account, and calmly renarking, "The chosen one. I suppose." valked off. leaving Jack a prey to woe. The newcomer was widely introduced is Dr. Bruce and made one of the par ty Iriven that night by Jack, who had no reart to join the merry conversation of lis passengers. The ball was delightful, the fireworks nagnificent. but Jack was thankful when he farewells were said. There was a rrayness in the sky which remoteiy pre. aged dawn as they reached home, and dl but Jack promptly retired to snatch uck short lengths of sleep as remained o them. He, after caring for his horses, at down upon an inverted barrel just vithin the stable door and gave himself it. arMrv thnnchtsi Tchicli were soon nvaded bv the consciousness that the reshly rising breeze was carrying a strong scent of burning upon its wings. ? Instantly alert, he ran to the bouse, tind; ing a bundle of oily rags stuffed under 1 the piazza floor. He tore away the mass, stamped out ;he Are, and running around > to the front found the incendiaries had put in better work. Smoke and fire were i starting from several points, and the western comer, right under Daisy's > rrtntrt war already bursting into flames. Loudly calling "Fire!" to arouse the sleepers, who would not have too much f time to get down from the upper rooms, he climbed up to Daisy's balcony and > pounded at her window. She sprang to : the window white as death, but understanding just what he wanted her to do. "Let me in, and I will carry the baby i down stajrs," he cried hurriedly, for the : wind fanned flames were making quick headway with the light boards. "Follow me closely. Don't stop for anything, i will come back for your things." But all her possessions had to go with [ the rest, for the fira gained force so rap> idly that Jack had to work hard to as sist gome of the others to get out alive. Uncle Jerry, sleeping on the ground floor, was one of the first to get out, ami with Daisy and the trembling little one stood at a 6afo distance sadly watching ! *.. ? o_. j j j i I iae uesirucuuu. oauucui* uai?.u forward, crying: "Oh, where is Malcolm? He has not come down!" As she spoke a cry from above drew every one's eyes. From one of the highest windows a > white, bewildered face looked out. "Ch, i Malcolm," screamed Daisy,' "you shall i be saved!" An4 shu flew distractedly ! toward the fiery place. I "Go back," sternly commanded Jack J "He shall be saved if I die for it." lie I dashed ipto the burning doorway, and j for an awful moment the spectators I i waited. Then with a crash the roof fell in on one side, cutting otT the stairs But Jack ivaa seen the next instant, at j the window by the doctor. Some of the : men were strapping two short, light ladders together with frantic Inste and , ! steadying tbern against the wail. where , | thoy nearly reached the window. They shouted to Jack cheerily, flinging hiin a rope, which he was seen to fasten around the other man's waist. Ho lowered him | to the top rounds, then stood quietly , i waiting for him to descend tho ladder, which would hardly bear the weight of , , two. Swinging himself out, while the : flames, which had burst into the room. seemed to chase him, he dropped upon i the ladder. As his feet touched the ground a ! crowd of men surrounded him, all eager | to clasp his hand. But they fell back to make way for Mrs. Lane/who ran pj, | with pale face and eyes shining like stars i in the early light. There were eloquent i nyrvr^c on >,or t/mcrnp hnt not one f.onld [ ! '? o?? she spaa#. ?lip could only put her two little hands in his and ga&e up hk sad, I honest eyes, with big tears falling fron) -L y j "I was so glad to be fa I jrae to get hiiij ; down safely for ypvf..r 0 ! "for my sister, that means. Yqu know ?. ho is my only sister's husband." "Ther. he is not the one yon $re engaged 10?" gasped Jack. ^ | 'Engaged? What are you talking 1 i about? I am not engaged "to any one, ' ' but I hear that you are!" said Daisy, re^ j treating in great disorder from the rapturous embrace with which Jack, made ~ bold by something he saw in her face, j refuted the statement. l j Mordauut joined a vigilance eomiuil' : tee that rode off at once to search for the t incendiaries, capturing them, ^ the^had reason to hone from nast experience. e at a group of miserable huts which shelj tered a gang of reprobates, but instead j of returning with the party Mordaunt took a train for the east and has never , i rome back. Jack and Daisy, with hearts made kind by love, forgive and forget ' ah4 ha?^ sent him cards for their wedi ding, which, in celebration of the eveut1 ful Independence day of last rear, they have appropriately appointed for the Fourth of July, 1893.?New York Mail and Express. t | " * - j Catarrh. Cannot he Cured ? i > | With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, * as ther cannot reach the seat of the [ i t disease. Catarrh is a blood or coni j stitutional disease, and in order to ' i cure it you must take internal j ! remedies. Hail's Catarrh Cure is i taken internally, and acts directly on | | the blood and mucous surfaces. ! ; Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack : ! medicine. It was prescribed by one I ! of the best physicians in this country | for years, and is a regular prescripj tion. It is composed of the best ton, ; ics known, combined with the best j blood purifiers, acting directly on the ; two ingredients is wbat produces ! such wonderful results in curing i j Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, 0. i Sold by druggists, price 75. 34 The Stone "Was Silver i | The accidental discovery of another * ! silver mine of extraordinary richness 1 i . | is reported from Nevada. A team! | ster was driving along a trail near ' i Silver Gulch canyon when his wheel j ran over a large stone in the road ! which gave out a metallic sound. He ! | stopped and examined the stone and I found it to be a nugget of almost. Q O ! ! pure silver. He proceeded to locate i a claim and buy up the land around i it. The lucky mail has just been ! offered ?250,000 cash for his propj erty.?New Orleans Picayune. i A man out West, who married a \ I i widow, has invented a device to cure i her of eternally praising her former ; husband. Whenever she begins to , I decant on his noble qualities, this in; gecious No. 2 merely says: ':Poor, dear man! How I wish he hadn't i rtifjrt'1' nnd fhA larlv immpdi?tplY I thinks of something else to talk about. The United State gunboat Concord has been ordered to China. Luckiest Man in Maine. The Last of Ten Lost Fifty-Dollar Bills Almost Blown Back Into His Pocket. ; The Maine Fanner nominates a j j candidate for the distinction of being j j the luckiest man in Maine, and the j j New York Reoorder thinks he will be j elected. B. W. Harriman, of Readi field, used to drive the stage' jVora I ? i Readfield depot to the seminary at >' Kent's Kill, a distance of about four i | miles over the hills. One blustering1 : : day of winter a package containing I ! five hundred dollar bills was a part I j of his charge. In order to be par- | J ticularly careful of the money he put j j it on the seat of the stage, and then ! % - f 3 1 j posted hitnseit 011 it. as lie weiguea 1 | about two bundled pounds he con{ sidered the money tolerably safe, but ; in some way his weight broke tliG string and seal of the package, ami j in a fateful instant, when Harriman I rose in his *eat to whip his horses i I . 1 , through a particularly stubborn drift, 1 1 a gust of north wind swept under I j him and blew the greenbacks far and ; i wide over the snow. Harriman saw i them speeding over the Celd with a ! * D i feeling of dismay; but lie happened j I ' v . : _ _ ? > i ! Co oe near ms own uouif, unu ui uu-e , j called on his neighbors, for help, j No one was more popular in the town J than this same B. W. Harriman, and j ! the neighbors turned out as to a fire, I | By careful searching of the field over | which the bills had blown all the money was found but fifty dollars, j The most diligent search failed to discover it, and it was given up for | lost. 'But they did not count on j ; Harriraan's luck. The field where I j the bill was lost was about a quarter : of a mile from Harriman's barn, and ! one day the next summer Jfaniman j happened to be standing in his ban* j door when a heavy wind sprang up, blowing directly from that field. Hi9 ; attention was attracted to a faded j j green object that looked like a swallow. He caught it and examined it. It was faded and worn, but tkrogh i * ? j all the wrinkieg of time he discovered | the beautiful features of the fifty dollar bill that blew away from him the winter before. : 7See the World's Fair for Fifteen Cents Upon receipt of your address aud fifteen cents ia postage stamps, we will mail you prepaid our Souvenir Portfolio of the "World's Columbian Exposition, the regular price is i e. Fifty cents, but as we want you to have one, we make the price nominal. You will find it a work of art and a I/n l\/\ Tf /?AV*toi no HJiU^ LU L>C J-'I liCW. XI/ vuumxuo IUU page views of the great buildings, with descriptions of same, and is executed in highest style of art. If not satisfied with it, after you get it, we will refund the stamps and let you keep the book, Address H. E. Buckles & Co., Chicago, 111. ??* The Whole Truth. A minister who was witness in a | case before a court had administered I | to him the usual oath, "You do j solemnly swear that, in the cafte now pending, you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So help 3'ou God/' He happened to kix w some things 1 I -1 L Al. rlt U r.irtr* /-> *" . it UUUI iuy C(i?B v> ijicu uamu tuuc u* | the case wauted told coiut. -The J witness, however intended to tel1 all j he knew. The lawyers began to ob ! | ject to his making certain statements | J saying they did not wish to hear any- j j thing except what they asked him j about. He appealed to the judge i said he should not tell anything to : which the lawyer objected. Your j honor, didn't you make me swear I'd tell the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God? You j made me swear it, and 111 tell it." 'And with that he jumped to his feet., and turning to the jury, com- J menced to rattle it off to them and I despite all the efforts of two lawyers ! to stop, him, he told it all; and then j turning to the judge, he said: "Now i your honor, I've told it. Now put me in jail if you like. But hereafter, ! if you don't want me to tell the whole i * Highest of all in LeaveningTov ABSQUJl truth, don't you make me swear that r I will." ; r Judges and lawyers were a good ' j. [ deal amazed; but the honest man j wasn't sent to jail. And the judge! : after the court adjourned, said to a 1 friend: That man taught me a lesson i to day that/I, had not learned in all . my forty years' experience on the j orwl n/\w T VOrtT COVWM1 vl V ' , l/tuau *iv?i a i wa j wva ^ question if it is right to swear men l i that they will tell Ihe whole truth, ! ^ unci then allow-lawyers to prevent ; a them from felling it. i b "Who that has sat in a Court room ' 6 . . ! e and watched: the lawyers in their t attempts to prevent witness telling 1 the simple truth, and endeavoring to j confuse and break down honest men, I and too often succeeding, has not ! ?' felt that there ought to be some way ; 11 of protecting witnesses, and giving j ? them a chance to tell exactly what ! they know, and the whole of it. J ^ ?? | -tyfWv filood/?- | | / | I had a malignant breaking out on my ?ec? 1 ^ below the knee, and was cured sound and welt j 0 with two and a naii doiusjs ui HSSS&S.v'f " Otherbloodmedicinsshad faiied e to do me any good. Y/ill C. Beaty, b Yo;lcviU;.?.C. N 1 was troubled from childhood witu an art I Jl gravated caae of Tetter, and three bottles cf : 3RB3RSI cored me permanently. I WM4-ATE MAK>\ ! ~ Our book on,Blood and Skin Diseases mailed j a free. i.^irp Specific Co.? Atlanta, Ga. j U Jatie- ^IY. j ^ ^ 7,-rn + v j A E&JSJ, YVXINA AAVi/' A-WA^. * TL^^Uiirttble preparation so sue- *: (fit many years has l-je- tl pd^^^k!<\S?Wy to tlrat elasss of jfa- a [ i iring a ruild but efficient ? ttj^^^^wining the virtues of fresh quality of wine a?'d a ^ In ii,i therjg but iii iVou - i j^^^wce, Wasting disease, dyspepsia, loss of appetite, ne;vou5 ^Sn aijjd general prostraiion is 1 | toe we}! tjVQwp io require further , j corpment, For sale at the Pasaar. j | Price ?l.ft). ? I Senator Butler Sharply Critir . eiseft. 1 . i Spartanburg, Juiie 21.?The daily j Herald thw morning eoniaius an edi! torial condemning the methods being 1 pursued by Senator Butler in his ef: : c ' foits to be re elected to the Senate, t j The article has created considerable c 1 comment. The Herald says: i "So far as we can see, Senator But- l I a j ler does not seem to want the Con- I j servatives to support him. He seems \ i tp be depending entirely upon Lis ( : ability to -induce1 enough men to do- i i ' sert his opponent. "Some weeks ago we took occasion I to commend Senator Butler for ignor- ^ . I inu factional lines and recommending r I O W V a Tilhuauifce, but we did not know at t that time that his purpose was to re- a commend only ex Tillmaniles or such Tillmauifes as could be made by a c - * 51 little office to desert their faction. ? This is putting a premium on treach- t ery and aside from the fact that such * a course mvolves a desertion of one's ? friends, it is one of the methods of t: - . b the modern politician which we can- s not countenance. (Tf Senator Butler desires to give tall his favors to Tillmanites he should e recognize tho^e in good and regular jj standing. t ",Q;>e of the fe\y good things that ^ can be said of Governor Tillman is 1 v that he lights openly and above n board. You always know how he t stands. Senator Butler is forcing a contrast that is not creditable to him." fi 6 Savannah Ga., April 14th, 1892 P Office of P MeDonough k Ballantyne Messrs Lippnian Bros., S] Savannah, Ga. ii Gentlemen: 1 beg to add iuy testi- n mouia'i of the great virtues of P. P. ^ Q1 P., I have suffered for years with ^ Rheumatism and could get no n lief G from any source. . I took a couple of ^ courses of your P. P. P., and it has ^ cured me entirely: 1 most heartily recommend it to all sufferers. ^ Yours truly, g< T- Ballantyne of * MeDonough k Ballantyne ^ H kfer.?Latest U. S. Gov't Report. ! Powder 1 ar rELY PURE Clj J rHE FIRST FOURTH.; ___ i IOW THE DECLARATION OF INDE- j PENDENCE WAS ANNOUNCED. ?he Continental Congress Sent a Copy to j Each of the States and Generals of the Army?Pennsylvania the First to Ito- j spond. in warpers Magazine unanesu. uesn- i er gives aa interesting account of the j nanuor in which the Declaration of In- j iependence was received in each of the j 3 original states, then widely scattered j .long the Atlantic coast. As we all now, the draft of that memorable in- ; tmment which declared us an ipdepend- j nt nation was formally adopted by ; he continental congress on July 4. 1776. j ?he next day (July 5) the following res- j lution was adopted by the congress in ; ession in Philadelphia: Resolved, That copies of the declaration be j ent to the several assemblies, conventions and ouncils of safety, and to the 3everal command- j jg officers of the continental troops; that It be j roclaimod In each of the United States and at j he head of the army. It will bo potou that in this resolution ! he continentr.i congress observed the \ aost punctilious deferenco to the recog- j ized authorities of the several states. io copies of the declaration were ur- j ered to b;? sent to individuals in either ! z them. They were to be sent to officials . r to representative bodies only * On the same day, or within a day or j wo thereafter, the president of congress. | ohn Hancock, inclosed a copj of the dec- ; iration t. each of the states wliich hail j dopted a permanent government, and I 0 tLe conventions (or provincial con- j ressca) or to the councils ov committees ' f gaiety of those states whicli had not j et formed regular governments, and in i ach case the document was a ;companiod I y a letter In the terms following: 1 uo my Keif the honor to inclose, in obedjeucp | > the commands of congress, a popy (if the ; declaration of Independence, which you will lease to have ppxdai uued' In your colony in iclj way and mAnner as you shall judge Lest. * lie important consequences resulting to the merlcan stales from this Declaration of Indo ! endonce, considered as the ground Jtnd founatiou of a futuyp government. will naturally iggest the propriety pf proclaiming it in such mod? that the people may be universally In jrmed of if, On the 6th of July a copy of the <leciration was sent by President Raneock j General Washington, accompanied by letter iu which he said: The congress h^Y? judged it necessary to disllVv the connection between Great Britain nd( the American colonics and to declare Item free and independent statei, ;?,s yoy will erceive by the inplose^ ^oiarfttion. which 1 co directed to transmit to you and to request ou will have it proclaimed at the head of the nay in tiu? ^pWMMBP Similan^et.ter8 were ?ent tQ ^ ottjer i enerala^commanding in the northern ' department. sentalHHBI was. Pennsylvania In the minutes of the committee of safety of that state, then in session at Philadelphia, under date of July G, 1770, is the following entry; The president of ?ha cpngvess this day sent the following "resolve gf congress, which Is directed to be entered on the minutes to tlUs soard. Here follows the resolution of the continental congress quoted above: In consequence of the above resolve, letters vera written ;o the pot",nii?6 of Bucks, Chester. ?o?ihuuiberland, Lancaster aud Berks, iucios hg a copy of ho.id dcc'aration, requesting the .arue to bo published ou Monday next (July 8) it the places where the election of delegates ire to be held. Ordered, That the sheriff of Philadelphia ead or cause to be read a.;id; proclaimed at the ;t?tehou?2, in lh9 city of Philadelplda, on donday, the 8th day of July instant, at 12 1'clock at noon of the same day, the docLsralon of the representatives of the United Colonies of America, and that he cause all his ofll:ers and the constables of the said city to atend the reading thereof. Resolved, That every member of this comnittee In or near the city be ordered to meet it the committee chamber before 12 o'clock on donday. to proceed to the statehouse. ivhere he Declaration of Independence is to be prolaimed. The committee of inspection of this city and iberties \vere requested to attend the proclaoatiou at the statehouse, on Monday next, at 2 o'clock. In conformity with this action of the Pennsylvania committee of safety, the leclaration was proclaimed in Pkiladel)hia at the time appointed, and the proceedings are described in the following >rief report which appeared in the Pkilidelphia and New York Gazettes of the nsuing day: Philadelphia, July 8, 1776.-This day the ommittee of safety and the committees of infection went in procession to the state house, khere the Declaration of Independence of the Jnited States of America was read to a very arge number of the inhabitant? of this city .nd county, which was Received with general pplause aad hcartfolt satisfaction, and in the vening our late king's ooat of arms was rought from the hall in the statehouae, where he said king's courts were formerly held, and urnt, amidst the acclamations of a crowd of pectators. On the ptboye occasion the declaration raj* read by John Nixon froua the platorixi of an observatory which had been reeled many yearr before by the ce'V rated Dr. Rittenhouse near the W&Iiut street front of the statehouse for he purpose of observing a transit of ?enus. At evening bonfires were lightd, the houses wera illuminated, and it ras not until a thunder shower at rnidight compelled the people to retire that he sounds of rejoicing were hushed. Fun at the Signing. Nor was a certain amount of verbal ? j.i it71 t-l rr i_ _ o llu warning. vvxieuaoxm xriaxxcucK ax- i xed his, under any other circumstance, < reposteror.g signature, he laughingly ushed the paper aside, cajing: "There! ohn Bull may read my name without pectacles!" Again, when Hancock re- . xinded the members of the necessity of J anging together, Dr. Franklin dryly rexarked, "Yes, we must indeed all hang xgether, or else most assuredly we shall [1 hapg separatelyl4' And stout Mr. I [arrisoji remarked to little Elbridge | erry that when the hanging came he j ' ould have the advantage of him, for he ; 1 lould be dead while little (Jerry wonld j 3 dangling around slowly choking. And thus on that hot morning of the j 1 ourth of July, 1770, amid the livery sta- j ( le's buzzing flies, which the honorable j j mtlemen were vainly fighting with wav- j ig handkerchiefs, was given to the Y Grid the immortal Declaration of Inde- t mdence.?St. Louis Globe-Democrat. GUV FAWKES' DAY. . ! x r>\v the Boy? of London Celebrate the j I English "Fourth of Julj'," i Beyond doubt Guy Fawkes* day is the iy when the young British heart beats ie liveliest tattoo and juvenile patriotir bubbles up in the gayest fashion, ink holidays are all very well in their j ay; but. after all, there is nothing like , 0 ie 5th of November. The day is a riot j ? youngsters, Chinese crackers and j fi icksheesh. It is the Fourth and New i ear's day melted down and run into i uncommonly big and jolly mold. a In London, for instance, for days there is been suppressed, and mysterious extement in the houses where boys abide. 8 There are consultations in corners, overhauling of the odds and ends in the storeroom, downright robbery of the pots and puns in the scullery, and the yearning for sixpences that characterizes Jrealthy K/ vt'lma' 1 of oil titn/io a!* tltii iv.. >r iu gerated into a mania. Observing these tilings, one needs no almanac to prove that Guy Fawkes' day is near at hand. Guy Fawkes, it might be remarked, planned to blow up the houses of parliament^ and ever since his failure Young Briton lias been hoisting him with his own petard. But Guy Fawkes' day in London! All night long a fog has been creeping up the rive? from the sea: the town smoke wds it to a uir<y yenow. ? :> it spreaus out over London like a gypsy's blanketthick and unclean. The sun comes up. stains the edge of the fog with dull ocher smears of light, gives up the unequal contest and drifts sullenly out of sight. The fog has everything its own way Four o'clock. It 1.-5 jangled by Bow bells, rung by St Martin's, and then Big Ben booms out a iiuim liiatii/u. it 1-3 1 ui-:w.i\ Four {j clock beyond the most impalpable shadow of a doubt!" The youngsters come scurrying out like so many guilty juvenile ghosts They get together at the street comers for in bauds and go marching through the foggy streets and roads. After thai one must needs have a good conscience to sleep. Tin hrtras are shrieking, drums rattling, the pot and kettle that called each other black hammer each other vin dictively, while the toy pistols pop like so many eases of champagne gone mad Bing! B-r-r-t-v! Bang; Then the youngsters start that classic ditty, the origin of which is lost in the* mist that hides the author of "Hey Did die-diddle" and the story of that famous 'cockhorse that journeyed to Bam bury cross.'* Guyl Ouyi (Juyi Hit 'im in the eye. Hang 'im to a gallns tree. There let 'im die! Hi! Hi! Hi! Bands of 15 and 20 youngsters, dressed i? moat marvelous costumes?rags and pantomime trousers, tall hats and particolored coats?go by dragging hurdles, on which the "Guys" ride triumphant. The Guy is a poor thing of straw and rags well lined with gunpowder. He has not much backbone, and he wabbles distressfully. The youngsters hamruer at doors and windows and howl that delightfp.1 chorus. And t^ey keep it up until the weary hpusehqldera buy them off with coppers of a sixpenny piece. All ddy long these troops go wanderinrr nn c.Las>&ta. is reServed to decorate a lamppost, i The day is a, great day for the boycfom gf old England?it is jolly and noisy and patriotic.?Selected. Irisiiiuon In the Revolution. Before the Revolutionary war Ireland sent messages and held meetings throughout the land, sympathising with the colonists, and they in turn sent com munications explaining their position In 1766 Franklin, writing from Loudon., said: "All Ireland is strongly in favor of the American cause. They have reason to sympathize with us." Of the signers of the Declaration of Independence 12 nf TricU 1-wlrvrwl r\y /locoonf A f Run Lr. nucvi xi IOU uivvu vi vivovuu^ ixb X^UUA er Hill, in one company of New Hampshire militia, which defended the rail fence, there were 71 Irishmen. The countersign, when tha British evacuated Boston in 1775, was "St. Patrick," the commanding officer of the day. General Sullivaru The Irish swarmed in the American army on sea and on land, and whether in the snow and hardships of Valley Forge or on the victorious field of Y orktown, they fought bravely and died nobly for our independence.?Boston Globe. Discreet Flcfcct Fin. For more than half an hour Picket Pin stood near the finish and awaited the coming of an opponent. This was nnf* on inoniinotn rvin ft troa uvw uii luuiiiuiubv picnvb |;iu. aw n (vo 14 live Indian, who has a reputation at Pine Ridge agency as a wrestler. The man who could secure for his antagonist two falls out of three was to become the proud possessor of $3. Presently the second man appeared in the shape of a mixed blood named Morrison, and just about that time Picket Pin was missed from the scene of his recent vocal activity. He evidently did not want any Morrison in his. Had it not been for Picket Pin's discretion we would have vfitnesaed a wrestling match in which the Pin would in all human probability have been driven into the earth.?G. H. Harries in Washington Star. Origin of the Declaration. n j. ~ : * a.u ~ J 1 pome trace tue origin ui uie declaration to the charter cf Runnvmede, some to the Mayflower compact, *ome even to the Mecklenburg resolves, others more deeply and truly to that inborn love of self ownership and self government which is so pre-eminently characteristic of-the Anglo-Saxon race. The entire tenor and trend of our colonial life developed self reliance, and self reliance is the mother of independerce.?Judge Mills. Ct is Easier to 3?eep Well than to Get Well I If we coulJ onlv keep our Liver in * iuch a condition that we did not enow we bad a Liver, we would :scape three-fourths of hum an it} 's lis?such as Dyspepsia, Indigestion,' Constipation, Sick Headache, Malaria, lioss of Appetite, etc. Liver-Aid j vill do just that thing for us. It is j he latest aud best formula for Tor- | >id Liver and all of its evils. A medicine glass graduated for j able, desert and teaspoon, fit as a : tice cap on each bottled. Price 50c. . "or sale at the Bazaar. ! i In "Walhulla, a factory is turning.; ut a splendid hoop cut from old- ' teld pine, and it proves a highly pro- ! itable enterprise. Dr. Thacker's improved Liver Tills i ct easily without causing pain. In j lass bottles. Price 25 cents. For ! ale at the Bazaar. I t c 'INDEPENDENCE DAY. rh?? Most Tra;;le Event In Our Jlintory, It Marks tlie DraUi of Tyranny. I will make of thee a nation mightier and {renter than they.?Deuteronomy ix. It. Another Fourth of July at hand] The ; speeding years bring round this great ! amnvprsttrv of Vytsva dnodu and lmva : results so rapidly that the music of our j celebration scarcely dies away in the ; distance before we begin it all over again. It is the brightest and sunniest, the saddest and the most tragic day in oar calendar, the saddest when we think | uf the treasure of life which our national , lidcjK-ndeuce cost, the brightest when j we contemplate thoproud position which ! tho republic has achieved and the euj couragoment it has afforded to those who ! are seeking liberty in all quarters of the ylobe. Mot one of the founders of our govern. ' ? 4. .1 1 4.1 J I mem uietuueu ui mo mugmiUKo or pt>! iiliciil significance of their undertaking. I They were noble souls who ministered j to the aspirations of 13 colonies and in doing eo builded far better than they ! knew. Tt is safe to say that when King George signed the document which cut us loose from his sovereignty he unconsciously put his name to the death warrant of tyranny and oppression every where. No stroke of pen in royal hand ever meant so much for tho progress of ! mankind. No autograph was over writI ten with greater unwillingness, for the j feeble folk whom ho professed to despise had driven his trained legions from tho field, and the raw troops which were without discipline and without f >od had I wrung a historic victory from his most Trusted generals. It will do no harm to recite these facta, not in the spirit of wanton boastfulnesa. hut of grateful appreciation. They not only stir our pride, hut rouse us to a sense of personal obligation. We have inherited a noble territory; but, better still, we are the fortunate heirs to certain immortr^ideas which are to be defended against all comers at all times and at all cost. No truer or more impressive words wore ever uttered than those of Curran who said, "The condition upon s' God hath given liberty to man i$h vigilance." The Fourth of walla"', means, watchfulness. A ana busneglect would mean a passing of our temple. Amid-^ intrv. The ? tie of business c0\ t^atitic to * and a loyal tho^rave ^ flags whick^Sf tolakes'^{ duty, and Pacific, fall on tko ^rar^SFwell afford to laugh and be glad as we. We envy no one and Lave plenty within our borders. Peace and prosper^ fr "ity are guests in our household. But tha^' still, small voice whispers a word of tim^" lv warning that as private honesty is the source of personal happiness public integrity is the foundation of national permanency.?New York Herald. Au Apochryphsd incident. In The Sects Magazine for 1776, published at Edinburgh, a copy of which is in the writer's possession, in the number for August occurs the following curious item, descriptive of some ceremonies alleged to have been observed by the continental congress on the day of its adoption of the declaration: A letter from Philadelphia says: "The 4th of July, lfTfl, the -Americans appointed as a day of fasting and prayer, preparatory to their dedicating their country to God, which was done in the following manner: The congress being assembled, after having declared America independent, they had a crown placed on a liible, which by prayer and solemn devotion they offered to God. This religious ceremony being ended, they divided the crown into thirteen parts, each of the united provinces taking a part." "I have been unable to discover," savs Mr. Deshlor, "any confirmatory evidence of this dramatic and, I suspect, entirely fabulous performance. I have no doubt, f however, that it was published in The Scots Magazine in entire good faith, and that it was derived from a source on which its conductors placed full reliance, as that magazine was a constant friend of this country. Its pages were largely devoted to American news, its information relative to our affairs was full and generally accurate, and its sympathies for the American people in their controversy with Great Britain were generously and frankly avowed."?Philadelphia Times. The Fourth at Pine Kld^e. All the morning several hundred squaws had been at work under the supervision of the issue clerk, and when the sports were ooncluded everybody's appetite wa3 in good condition. Ten huge steers- had been butchered and cooked, and with the meat was served other edibles and drinkables. Two thousand live hundred pounds of hardtack, 200 pounds of coffee, 400 pounds of sugar, 1 700 pounds of bacon and 200 pounds of rice were hauded cut early in the day and prepared for consumption. When t i all was ready, the male Indians seated ! themselves in what was originally in| tended to be a huge circle, the squaws | who had something to do busied themj selves, while those whose work was conI eluded squatted around the periphery ! and ate that which the lordly savages j were pleased to give. There never was ! such a sight in all the history of Pine -?? j Ridge, and there may never be another j i.uch, nearly 3,000 Indians all eating at one time and in one place, all cracking [ hardtack and swigging coffee and chew| ing beef, taking a good tooth hold on a i piece of the animal and then cutting off the portion in.T.l in the hand with a j knife,?Exchange. Death of Jefferson, Mr. Jefferson, though in railing health, was only confined to his bed on the 1st of July. He had expressed the hope that he might bo permitted to see the dawn of the fiftieth MMiiversaec nf the intler>end-? ence of hi.s country, and his wish was graciously accorded, for he died at CD minutes after 12 o'clock on that day. In the old cemetery at Camden is the grave of Lord Cornwallis's mistress, and her name has been scratched upon the tomb with the point of a British soldier's bayonet. jPrrFull line of select Garden seeds, all rarities. fresh and reliable. For sale in the Medicine Department at the Bazaar. Nice dried apples and peaches, cabbage, mountain butter, apples, lemons, a full line of canned goods, the finest whole grain rice, and pearl grist,?at the Bazaar.