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mfii ||| WMmBIB -'-v ?? : ,,. . ' : : ' > i^?vv ,.* . ,-; < m C. . ' ^ rs: > pM? ',^. &%?$?$ |< 1 MOLLY PITCHER AT THE ^ ^ I. f: *CSEgliso7j8 woman wuu || vSSI^I??? <7 R^olutio || faHSHSHSHSS] OMEN have filled no flV#%%ln unimportant place in li|f-*|y? ru military affairs from ^In#* y^w *!$ the days of ^oan of w in Arc to those of the most modern of ' lir^S^SSSHSrJ daughters of the regi ^ nient. But few, how|? t 9? e\ker, have had any ^ c * ^SSHSHEi? lasting memorials of the part they played. Some have figured in man's attire in both the fci army and the navy, and for all whose &t;; identity became disclosed there were doubtless many others who preserved tthe secret of their sex, despite the proverbial tendency of feminine memm bers of society to make known the facts which should be most sedulousIP ly concealed. . Of the American women who have taken part in warlike scenes, none is :more widely known than "Mollie Pitcher," the heroine of Monmouth. This battle was one of the important ^ conflicts of the Revolution, and was fought in the summer of 1778, when the British troops, retreating from j| Philadelphia, were overtaken and at$ tacked in New Jersey by the Conti> nental forces under Washington. Al1; though no decisive result occurred % from the battle, the fact that the 'American forces were not repulsed *py the foreign foe gave heart to the ^^ Oipnies to continue the efforts be ? gun two years Deiore, ana wuxcu were to last five years longer before success was attained. In the troops ifrom Pennsylvania was John Hays, a gunner in the First Artillery, Con^-Jtinental line. He had been acccmPj?V-. panied by his wife when the troops I to which he belonged had been sent | to the field, and she busied herself in doing laundry work for the officers. ^ On that July day, when the fight | raged on the New Jersey plain,' the ?thermometer standing at ninety-six degrees in the shade, Mrs. Mary Hays $ busied herself in carrying water in a pitcher from a spring to the hot and wearied troops. "Here's Molly with flj the pitcher" was frequently heard from the thirsty Continentals, and finally it was ^abbreviated to "Here, Molly Pitcher," and the sobriquet was ^permanently substituted for her real name when she displayed gallantry : and heroism which surpassed her limitations of sex. The company in which Kays was fighting and in which he was a rammer was stationed on rising ground . . between the brigades commanded by Livingston and Varnum. In a dash by British cavalry and infantry Hays was shot down, but not killed, and a | call was made for some one to fill bis place. No man appeared, but his wife, dropping the pitcher, picked up the rammer which her husband had I ;held, ahd said she would avenge him. '8he served with the smoking cannon : throughout the rest of the battle, ana 1: iher courage was commended by the if'- seasoned troops. The next day the i brave woman, with her garments 'still soiled with the smoke of battle, !was summoned by General Greene, who took her to Washington, by 'whom her gallantry was praised and ? ;who gave her a commission as a sergeant, under which she wore a cocked hat and the insignia of her rank. .After her husband's death she continued to serve 4n the army, and she was finally placed in the list of half -pay officers. f "Molly Pitcher" was born at CarW 7l!sle, Pa., in October, 1744. Her maiden name was Mary Ludwig, and 'her father came to this country from ^Germany. She was employed as a ^servant in the family of General Will-iam Irvine, in Carlisle, and there in 317 69 she married Jclyi Hays, who was a barber. He became an artilleryman in December, 1775. The story is told that his wife was with * .. / I BATTLE OF MONMOUTH. ''Mcbcri^m > u?aj honored fwUlJiF nary Heroine his troop at Fort Clinton, on the Hudson, in.November, 1777, when that fortification was assaulted and taken by the British. The American garrison fled in such haste that Hays dropped a lighted match, with which he was about to touch off a cannon, j c^ 11 r\ ftvjoVi onrl ciLLU ilia Wile iniacu Uj/ mv ? put it to the touchhole of the gun, and so fired the last shot before the surrender. After the Revolution "Molly Pitcher" lived at the barracks at Carlisle, doing cooking and washing for the soldiers. She was also employed as a nurse by a number of families, as she was fond of children and gentle J ^ ^ ^ ^ * - + u? orV. f^T>-,^rT-Viof rnnoh I CIIIUUUqU DVLUt n uuv ? w in her manner and stern in matters of discipline, demanding military obedience. For a considerable period in her later years she kept a small store, and is described as having been garrulous and querulous. Several years after the death of the gunner, Hays, she remarried, her second husband being Sergeant Geo. McCauley. He is said to have abused her and to have lived on her earnings. In 1S22, a year before her death, the Pennsylvania Legislature recognized her services in the War of the Revolution by voting her the sum of $40 at once and the same sum as an an-1 nuity for life, to be paid half yearly, j Her death occurred at her home in Carlisle in January, 1823, and she was buried with military honors. Her grave remained unmarked until the centennial year of American independence. A sum of money was then collected for the purpose and a shaft erected, on which appears thi3 inscription: Mollie McCauley, Renowned in history as "Molly Pitcher," The Heroine of Monmouth. Died January 22, 1S23, A rrnrf spvontv-ninp vpars. Erected by the citizens of Cumberland County, July theFourth, 1S76. i_ There is a bass-relief representing the battle heroine in the act of ramming a cannon on a monument on the battlefield of Monmouth. In the painting of "The Field of Monmouth," by George Washington Parke Curtis, "Molly Pitcher" also figures. Automobiles in United States. It is stated that there are 150,000 automobiles registered in twenty-five i States in the United States, and there are 50,000 in the twenty-one States which have no laws pertaining to autemobilism.?Engineer. * - V?' The Fourth of July. Much has been written of late J years upon the dangers incident to I the noisy celebration of IndependI ence Day, and attempts have been made by legislative and other enactments to abolish the gunpowder method of commemorating the national birthday. Undoubtedly much suffering would be prevented and many lives would be saved were the day to be kept as fast day once was in New England, but old established customs are changed with difficulty, and it is much easier to abolish the most dan | gerous features or tne ceieorauuu without depriving the youngsters of a chance to make noise in a safe way. But the grown-up members of 1 the community should be taught sense, and the reckless firing of guns and pistols by hoodlums and lei's vicious persons should be sternly suppressed. WOMAN'S WAY. Petey (on the Fourth)?"Girls is curious critters!" Mugsy?"Dere de limit. Dere's one now?setting off a ten-cent cannon cracker and den sticking her fingers in her ears so she won't hear it."? From Puck. ?From Youth's Companion. Valley Forge, the camping ground of Washington's little army during the dismal winter of 1777-78, may soon be converted into a national park or a military reservation. Powerful interests are striving to secure the passage of a bill by Congress for that purpose. The State of Pennsylvania has already secured 217 acres ?: . > . 'v V ' 4 - > t -5?,* \- v ;/ -. & *.>\ > v&tffc 'K ^ \ ^ ! molly pitcher s home, at c. OF TEAMING D< V .> ; THE GLORIOUS FOURTH* TVic>r<? -crna a nn+rintif* vniitn Who dearly loved a maiden, But, being very bashful, he Proposing kept evading? Until they went one glorious Fourth To see "the men parading. The big guns boomed, the bugles blew, The norses' footsteps clattered; While rattling drums, exploding bombs, Along the line were scattered; And noisy boys fired crackers big Till every nerve was shattered. "Oh! everything is popping, George!" She said with eyes that flirted. Before he knew, he took the hint, And something to her blurted? Then heard through din of noisy Fourth A "Yes" from lips averted. <?May Kelly, in July Lippincott's Maga* zlne. How Ned Became a Hero. Ned was six years old when Fourth of July came, 'but he was delicate and timid, and he did not care for firecrackers?in fact, he was a little afraid of them. "Mamma," he said, "Cousin Willie says I can't be a hero unless I fire off crackers like the other boys. Can't I, mamma?" "I am glad you don't like gunpowder," said mamina, "and I never hpnrri that, it made a hero of anv body." Still Ned could not help wishing, as he went down the street to Aunt A*nn's a while later, that he could be a real hero. He saw a boy come out of a yard and put a bunch of firecrackers close by the walk where he must pas3. "I hope he won't light them till I get by," thought Ned. But he did, and then he ran into the hou^e, leaving the door open. As he looked back he saw a tiny little girl come dancing out, arrd spying the bright colored crackers in the gutter she made a rush for them. "Oh!" gasped Ned, expecting to see them go off in the little one's hand. There was no time to stop to think about it, and the next instant Ned was at the child's side, telling her that the crackers woufd burn, and trying to take them fi^om her. But she held them fast. But Ned was the stronger, and just as he forced then* away one of them exploded, some of the powder burning Ned's cheek. B? this time the people in the house rushed out, and Ned was thanked and praised until he almost wanted to cry. As soon as he could get away he ran straight home. His mother bathed the spot that the powder had hurt while she heard the story. Shesaid: "If being burned with powder makes a hero, I think we must say you were one, after all." ?Emma C. Dowd. The ordinary firecracker and the paper torpedo are comparatively harmless. Little injury beyond superficial burns will ordinarily result from even a reckless use of these noise producers. The truly dangerous things are the toy pistol, the cannon cracker and the clay torpedo. These are all death dealing instruments, which children should never be permitted to handle. * It is from them that most of the Fourth of July accidents result. of the land, but the rest is owned by private persons. The plan is to have Congress buy up the old camping ground and restore it as nearly as possible to its form at the time the gallant Continentals froze and huntom/I nnd an fppr?d while the enemy was feasting and dancing in gay Philadelphia. i RLISLE, PA., BEFORE THE WORK 5 WN .WAS BEGUN, ! - ' /- -" : v. *; ' "** " v* SHIPP MAKES STATEMENT Sheriff Gives Facts in Chattanooga Federal Court as to Lynching of the Negro Ed. Johnson. When tiie Shipp contempt case,which ha? ben under way at. Chattanooga, Tenn., for three weeks, was called Thursday afternoon. Sheriff Shipp was called to the witness stand in defense of himself and his deputies. He told all the circumstances connected with the lynching of Ed Johnson from the time he first heard of a mob, through the telephone suggestion of Attorney General M. N. Witaker, how he rushed to the jail, wa3 captured by the mob and imprisoned in the bath room while the mob took the negro, and how he had done everything in his power to protect te rapist from mob violence. Sheriff Shipp told of the events of the night of the lynching. He went home at 6:30 that night, intending to do some work at home. The attorney general called him up and told him there was a mob at the jail. He went there immediately, pushing his way through the crowd. He saw the night jailer in one corner of a room guarded by three or four men. He started to his aid, but was attacked from behind and made prisoner^ He was so firmly held that physical resistance was useless. The sheriff said he did not recognize any one he saw except Dr, Sutton, Night Jailor Gibson, Frank Stoops and two new-spaper men. These, he said, were not engaged in the lynching. Some of the lynchers were masked and others were not. He was guarded closely while the mob secured the negro and got away. In answer to questions, the sheriff said it he had to do it over again he would do it differently; that not a single man offered him a helping hand; that he had but one pistol against many; that he.was physically unable to withstand the attack of the crowd and that during the entire time he was in jail he was under arrest. A diagram of the jail was offered in evidence, the sheriff explaining his movements that night and showing the same on the diagram. mnnr am a ni p ! ialKU'd 9 I UMT inrtrncuiuMDkK. 1 Judge Deals Heavy Blow to ProsecuI tion in Loving Case. The taking of testimony in the case j ! of Judge William G. Loving at Hous-j | ton, Va., on trial for the murder of j j Theodore Estes, in Nelson county, on j ! April 22, was concluded at 5 o'clock j Thursday afternoon. The court adjourned until 10 o'clock Friday. The rapidity with which the trial has progressed has been most surprising to all concerned. The day developed a most important turning in *the case, when Judge Barksdale rendered an opinion, concerning the admissibility of certain evidence, the decision dealing a heavy blow to the prosecution. Attorney Harmon, for the iprosecution, announced his intention to call witnesses to show ! that the story told by Miss Elizabeth Loving to her father that she was drugged and assaulted by Theodore Estes was a fabrication and that Estes never offered an indignity to the girl, even suggesting that there might be another motive back of the killing. The \ defense objected on the ground that such testimony had no bearing on the case, and whether true or false had nothing to do with the question of Judge Loving's state of mind at the time of the tragedy. Judge Barksdale, in a lengthy opinion, sustained the contention of the; defense, and among the cases he cited as precedents was the Thaw trial in New York. Judge Barksdale ruled that the character of the girl or the character of the man who was killed was not the issue and the truth or falsity of her story had no bearing on the case. ROCKEFELLER HIDING OUT. Process Servers Encounter Difficulties in Locating Oil Magnate. United States Marshal Frank M. Chander was an early visitor Monday at Forest Hill, the home of John D.. Rockefeller, in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio. 'Chandler, however, did not get farther than the lodge at tfc entrance of the estate. Pat Lynch, th lodge keeper, declared positively that j Mr. Rockefelltr was not at Forrest I Hill. BLASTING KILS EIGHT MEN. Premature Explosion Deals Death to Workers on Raiiroad. By the premature explosion of a ? Klo*.f of- T /-ili /ill' nn fV> a TMft. ! U1W-OC X UCOUttJ C4.0 X-lUUw tu^ AAUV j water railway near Brock Neal, Va., Cornelius Sullivan, brother-in-law of the general manager of the McDermott Construction company of Chicago, which has charge of the work; Edward Clark of Charlotte county, Virginia, and six Italians were killed. v % SULPHUR BATHS AT HOME. " ______ > The/ Heal the Skin and Take Away I to Impurities. Sulphur baths heal Skin Diseases, and gire the body a wholesome glow. Now you don't have to go off to a high-priced resort to get them. Put a few spoonfuls of Hancock's Liquid Sulphur in the hot water, and you get a perfect Sulphur bath right in your own home. v Apply Hancock's Liquid Sulphur to the affected parts, and Ezcema and other stub born skin troubles are quickly cured, ur. R. H. Thomas, of Valdosta, Ga., was cured of a painful skin trouble, and he praises it in the highest terms. Your druggist sells it. Hancock's Liquid Sulphur Ointment it the best cure for Sores, Pimples, Blackheads and all inflammation. Gives a soft, velvety skin. i CRUELTY TO FIDO. Mrs. Wrifcup: "Why did you charge that nurse girl?" Mrs. De Swell: "She kicked poor little Fido just for biting the baby." :?: TWO TERRIBLE YEARS. v The Untold Agonies of Neglected Kid* ney Troubles. Mrs. James French, 65 Weir Street, Taunton, Mass., says: "When I be 'rv fgan using Doan's ' Kidney Pills I was so run down and miserable that I t could hardly en- * dure it. Terrible f' pains in the back * attacked me frequently and the .. kidney secretions f were much disordered. I was a nervous wreck and there seemed no hope. Doan's Kidney Pills brought my first relief and six boxes have so thoroughly cured my kidneys that there has been no return of my old trouble." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents p. box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. : THE RELATIONSHIP. "Aren't you related to Mrs. Wabash?" "Yes?in a way. My third wife / married her fourth husband."?Cleveland Leader. - , ? . x Argo Red Salmon is sold in onepound Tall cans, because only the Tali cans are filled by macfc nery. Flat and one-half pound cans are filled by hand. Hand work in factories is ^ crude and antiquated. "Lighthouse Literature." We are asked the origin of the term "lighthouse literature." It owe3 4t? rvrisrin to the Dractice of present lug foreign reprints of copyright works, formerly confiscated and destroyed by the customs officers, to the corporation of Trinity House for / v * use in lightships and lighthouses.' Tobe read in such romantic surroundings is esteemed a privilege by popular *-v| authors, and the representatives of lighthouse literature Include such .names as E. F. Benson, Marie Corelll, Hall Caine, Rudyard Kiphng, Stanley Weyman, Israel Zangwiil and Mark Twain. (But the ordinary reader prefers the stability of Smith or Mudie to literature that is rocked in the cradle of the deep.?London Chronicle. . ,\ ' He Could Stand Disgrace. Walter Howard, the London dramatist, was leaving the stage door of a ' theater one evening when an anae* mdc-'looking youth stepped up and said: "Are you Mr. Howard?" The author replied in the affirmative, whereupon the young fellow said he wanted to go on the stage. Noticing his evident unfitness for such a life Howard advised him .to stick to his present occupation, whatever It was. "I am. assistant to the pawnbroker across the way," said the ambitious young man. "And what do your people think of your going on the stage?" asked Howard. "Oh, they are right against it," was the janmty reply, "bat I shouldn't mind the disgrace myself."?'Pittsburg Dispatch. COFFEE COMPLEXION Many Ladies Have Poor Complex* ions From Coffee. * ??? r.' "Coffee caused dark colored " blotches on my face and body. I had been drinking it for a long while and these- blotches gradually appeared, until finally they became permanent and were about as dark as coffee itself. "I formerly had as fine a complexion as one could ask for. "When I became convinced that coffee was the cause of my trouble, I changed and took to using Postum Food Coffee, and as I made it well, according to directions, I liked it very much, and have since that time used it in place of coffee. "I am thankful to say I am not T 1, T nervous any more, as x was nueu X was drinking coffee, and my complexion-is now as fair and good as it was years ago. It Is very plain that coffee caused the trouble." Most bad complexions are caused by some disturbance of the stomach and coffee Is the greatest disturber of digestion known. Almost any woman can have a fair complexion if she will leave off coffee and use Postum Food Coffee and nutritious, healthy food in proper quantity. Postum furnishes certain elements from the natural grains from the field that Nature use3 to rebuild the nervous system and when that is in good condition, one can depend upon a good complexion as well as a good healthy body. "There's a Reason." Read "The Road to.JfeUyttfc**. iA \ P.fc?V - _