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Bands Point it perhaps one of tho Mat interesting places on Northern Loas Island. Being sn sdjunet of r Fort Washington and the home cf many of our wealthy residents, a story In connection with It that has been handed down from generation to generation niay Interest News readers. Sands Point was named for Its first owner. Captain James Sands, a son of James Sands, of Rhode Isl and. who In 1694 msrrled Sarah Corn well and settled upon the North western point of Cow Neck. When the Revolution broke out the 8ands family was represented by John. Si mon and Benjamin Sands. They were prominent In tbe movement that separated Cow and Great Necks from Tory Hempstead and allied them to the American cause. On September 23, 1775, the residents of Cow Neck and Great Neck sent the following resolutions to the Provincial Con gress: Resolved, That during the present controversy, or so long as their con duct la Inimical to freedom we be no further considered a part of tbe township of Hempstead-than Is con sistent with peace, liberty and safety. Therefore In all matters relative to the congressional plan wo shall con sider ourselves as an entire separate and Independent beat or district. Resolved, That Mr. Daniel White head Klssam, Adrian Onderdonk, ! William Thorne, John Corn well, SI- 1 mon Sands, Benjamin Sands, John Mitchellsen, Martin Schenck, Peter Onderdonk and Thomas Dodge be a committee for this beat or district. True copy, attested: JOHN FARMER, Clerk of the meeting. The copy was forwarded to Con gress and President Nathaniel Wood hull sent a pleasing reply, In which he enclosed commissions for the military company they had formed, among which was a captaincy for John Sands. When the naval militia encamped at Sands Point few knew that there, on July 2, 1776, Sergeant Mance and a detnll mounted guard at that place and hoisted the first American flag to float on Northern Long island. On the 24th Sergeant William Hicks mounted guard at what is now Hew lett's Point. Captain 8ands was the youngest of the family and but recently mar ried to one of the Morrell family. I During the tlmo that elapsed between the awarding of the commissions and Sergeant Manee's detail to Sands Point, Captain Sunds was at home most of the time and occupied him self on his farm and* in gathering all the powder and lead he could find. He stored a keg of powder on his farm and when on July 25, 1776. he was made colonel and the Dritish advance caused the American army to fall back, Colonel Sands left his wife, farm and powder, hoping to soon return. The battle of Long Isl* and on August 12 filled his wife with fears for her husband, fie and his regiment were familiar with the country and would, of course, have taken the front, and the patriotic little wife was glad to know that her brave husband would be of such service to the cause. Nevertheless, the longed to hear from htm. As Washington and his forces re treated to make their final stand at White Plains. Colonel Sands learned from the quartermaster-general how low was the supply of powder and he bethought him how he might se cure his small store. Mrs. Sands received a note on August 18 from her husband asking her to try and meet a company of his men at 8ands Point snd deliver the stored powder to them. Mrs. Sands didn't stop to think whether she could, but gave the messenger a hasty note saying that she would be at the point with the powder early the next morning it ta MHim w. ?? M' ordered out his Mt Ml ttMV loped hriouiir ?m to^oa | point. Thtjr cum In al|ktl?it as , Mrs. Sands eras hi tt* koat,-| for she hsd IttanalMd to 90 to kw husband. ' The Hxlim ahouted ail ?purred on tholr hersee, Wt ? Um| splashed out cm the bar te tholr hoot tops la ths water tha whilahoat woo pthtrlni headway and Isailai % foamy strsah under tho Ions, steady' stroks of tha Lone Inland sold tars. Tha Hessians fired but tha balls tell ?wide had tholr second pistol shots fell ^ulte short of tho fnst.reesdtng boat. Mrs. Bands stayed with ths colonel and the powder did much good for Amsrica In tho bottle of White Plains. As stated In the beginning tho story wns hnaded down by succeed Ing generations, nnd nt preempt Judge Henry C. Morrell, of Oreat Neck. Is pleased to be able to dalm such n brave woman ss a great grand mother. No members yf the fiends family bearing the family nnms now reside nt Sands Point or Port Wash ington. Biblical students hare searched In every possible quarter for the origin of the custom of carrying candles In the Candlemas procession without finding any record of It. MISS COLUMBIA". and hurried him cff. The next morn ing, bright and early, in the family gig of the old-fashioned large box and leather spring variety, with her husband's ofd and most trusty negro slave, sho was on her way to Sands 1'oint with the keg of powder safely, stored out of sight between her loet. In the Onderdonk homestead, which stood at what is now known as Monfort's Corner, was settled a company of Hessian soldiers and Mrs. Sands had to go by them. Sho was not old, bu'. the powdered wig sho wore gavo her face, surmounted by an old bonnet, a look of rather advanced years, and the Hessian cap tain took her for a little old country woman, and upon her saying she was just going down to the point for a drive and a breath of fresh sound air, let her pass. Mrs. Sands reached the point In safety and found her husband's men under a sergeant waiting under the point In a whale boat. In the meantime the Hessian captain learned that it was the wife of a rebel offlcer he had let through and concluded that there PRANKIJN 8TATUK. N r?V>flln. Wm?. NintJi m4 WrtfV?> Phila4+U>hi? + F1HKT FLAG IIAISKI) AllROA l>. lty a Singular Coincidence the Event Occurred Near l*or<o Rico. By a Bingular coincidence tho first American flag raised abroad was near Porto Rico. Not only wan It raised CAPTAIN THOMAS MKNDENH ATX, there, but It was mndc aboard the brig Nancy, of Wilmington, Del., which was on a commission to procure arms and ammunition for the Spanish Government. To Captain Thomas Mendenhall belongs tho honor of making the flag nnd raising it. At THE HKIO XAXC'V. that time ho was a young man, and bad never saen the American (lag. While the brig was In port newt reached tlio crew that Independence was declared In America, and with it came a description of the colors. Material was procured, and Menden hal) net to work to raise the nag. It was raised with elaborate ceremonies and a salute or thirteen guns I rod. T!ic Vikings. Vikings vere Jcandlnavlan chiefs, Swedes, Danes nnd Norsemen, who, in tho fourth century, migrated east ward to the countries beyond the Bal tic, westward and southward, chiefly to |he British Isl?s. Xcrt# JVetau^r /fi Urimf ^ ?mb ?AnmiranHKr I ? ? ? ? Capt. Henry MeCrea is seriously 0) in New York. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., will go to Vork for the Steel Trust. A bloody fight took plaee aronnd the Persian Parliament House. Leon Delagran covered more than 11 miles in his new aeroplane. The Pan- Anglican Congress meet ing in London discussed socialism. The establishment of courts is expected to mark a new era in Korea. A second son was bora to King Alfonso aud Queen Victoria of Spain. Secretary Taft was heartily greet ed on his return to Yale, his alma mater. James S. Sherman, the Republican Vico Presidential nominee, is ill in Cleveland. x The United States has practically broken off diplomatic relations with Venezula. Secretary Taft received an ovation when he attended the Yale-Harvard ball game. The battleship fleet will be ready to rail on its around-the-world cruise on July 5th. Six mcmbei-j of the leper colony in Ixmisiana are reported fo have been cured. W. B. Leeds, one of the Rock Is land "Bif; Four" and tin plate king, died in Paris. Receivers were appointed for the West Side Belt Line of Pittsburg, a Wabash connection. Edward Farley, of Grcggsville, W. Va.T was murdered and his body thrown into n creek. The Commercial Travelers' Protea tive Association is in convention at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Locke bill, which kills race track betting in Ixmisiana, was pas ed by the Stato Senate. ^rorgc Forest commit tert suicide in Leeshurg by cutting his throat and sv.-allowing carbolic acid. In a periodical article on the Pres ident Secretary Taft says he is the lonliest man in the country. Ths 12-year-oM son of W. E. D. Stokes, a New York hotel man, is an expert in wireless telegraphy. Ex-Governor D. It. Francis of Mis souri, is proposed as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. The Richmond Howitzers returned home after a successful practice march down the Valley of Virginia. Toft men hops to induce Foraker to stump Ohio and win back the ne gro vote for the Republican ticket. Two thousand club women are in Boston to attend the convention of the Federation of Women's Club's. Saunders Hobson, a Richmon I banker, was struck by lightning while on his plantation in ' Goochland county. President Elliot, of Harvard, snub bed President Roosevelt when he- in terposed in the case of two suspended oarsmen. Fire in Three Rivers, Que., destroy ed 300 buildings, among them I he City Hall, and caused $1,000,000 damage. With the aid of 10 of a maltreated spouse's female friends, a New York wife-beater was spanked with a rub ber hose. State Comptroller Glynn, of New York, is getting after the corpora tions which failed to pay stock trans fer taxes. The Salesianum, conducted) by the Oblate Fathers of St. Francis de Sales, at Wilmington, Del., had its ?ommencement. F. C. Fribe and A. T. Lonndes, water tenders, are accused of partial responsihilit v for the explosion on the cruiser Tennessee. The special grand jury, which in dicted the American Ice Company, re fused to find indictments against in dividuals and adjourned James S. Sherman, Republican nominee for Vice-President, is ill in Cleveland, but is report as doing as well as could be expcctcd. A fine of $2,000 was imposed upon each of 24 manila and fiber paper manufacturers who had been in a combine in restraint of trade. The wedding of Miss Jean Rcid and Hon. John Hubert Ward in Lon don was attended by King Edward an<> many other high prrsonagea. ? Governor Swanson, of Virginia ac cepted an invitation fioin William J. Bryan to second his nomination for President at the Denver convention. Frederick A. Hyde and J. H. Schneider were convicted on 34 counts on the charge of conspiring to cV;fi aud the Government out of Western lands. Col. E. W. Nichols was elected superintendent of the Virginia Mili tary Institute, at Lexington, to suc ceed Gen. Scott Shipp, who resigned a year ago. The cannibalistic natives of Por tuguese Quinen are in revolt and have captured a number cf Europeans, who are believed to be in danger of being devoured. William J. Bryan, in an cditoital summary of the Chicago convention denounees the Republican platform. I tis estimated that it will require between $25,000 anrt $30,000 to re pair tho monitor Florida, recently lubjected to gunnery and torpedo teats. Army otHcera plan to create eight largj army coips to bs composed of rogulara and guardsman, csch with its concentration ejvmp. Secrotary Taft is plated to deliver the annual address before the Vir ginia Bar Association at Hot Springs on August 4. A number of new peers were creat ed by King dward _ ; __ His -KI^U" tkit'i a* fctata&e t? (Ma Mil fM mt me tk? oU?r day." "Whafa wrong with It? Ii U to* w?n L ^No. Mrt '? "Any mlatake In the fgwnr r "Ho; tt'a not that. It'a "Dotl you think <hai Mil hu W?a nualac Ions ?M?gkr \ *1 reckon so, but "Theft what are you kloklng about?** "That's what I'm trying to toll you. There's a mistake la the name. Tou sent It to the wrong man. confound you. 1 ioa't owe you a cent, and never did!" "O!" ? Chicago Tribune. "! I THE ANGRY OIRL. / She lose* her sense of humor; of ten also the other sense she has goes with It. It getting angry ever did any good there would be more reason la It. Tbe surest way to weaken a good cause Is by a bad temper. The girl who Is easily aagefltd pays the piper In broken friendships. A hot temper rarely finds a happy homo big enough to hold It. The a&gry girl forgets that the penl. tec-ce which follows her folly Is not pleasant company. ? Indianapolis Newa. FRUIT SALAD. Line a dish *wlth small lettuce leaves that hare been chilled, and in the bottom place 1-2 a peach on each leaf and around ths leaf put chopped chron and almonds. Dressing ? 1-2 cup whipped cream. 1-4 teaspoon each of cinnamon and nutmeg. 2 table spoons each of juices of peach, cher ry and any preserve. 8tlr all togeth er and pour over the peaches. ? Bos ton Fost. A woman at Steubenville gave birth to quintuplets. Syruprffig: ^QixirtfS eraia Cleanses the vVstem Effect ually; Dispels Colas andiieaA aches due to Constipation; Acts naturally, acts Irulv aLaxatiye. 10 a Best forMcnV^raen and Child ren -youn** and Olar ' ' ' * Ti r 1 Ts J, oJ"tVic '"'CALIFORNIA J!g Syrup Co. rn it 14 manufactured, printed on the front of e\ ery package. sold Stall leading druggists one size only, regular price 50* f bottle. *n Apple Fifty Y??'i Old. Mr 8. Elhn Toothakcr of South Harpswell has a keepsake, an apple that was thrown to her in a kindly manner by a young man whUe a ho wag returning frcm the Baptist church one Sunday afternoon fifty years ago. She picked up Ihe ap ple took it home and filled it with doves and today It is very small, but well preserved. That young man is seventy-five years of Age, and ha. I forgotten the JneMcnt until Mrs. Too tbakcr related It to him one evening. ? Kennebec Journal. INTENSIFIED REGRET. Mrs. Scrappington ? Well, what are you mu'.tering about? Mr. Scrapplnglon ? You accepted me after I had proposed to you four times, didn't you? "Yes." j "Served me right, confund my fool soul!"? Smart Set. X Mrs. Winsiow'sHoothing Syrup for Chnnrea toet hi n g, sof tens * hogu ms, reduced n Ham mo tion, allays pain, cjres wind colic, 25c a bottle Frcakiahness doesn't indicate in* dividuality. Tt; Drive Out Malaria and Build Up the System Tak* tbo Old Standard Grove's T ? sto cks!! Chill Tonic. Yoi know what you are taking, lite formula ts plainly printed on every bottle, showing it is simply Oui uine anu Iron in a tasteless form, and the most effectual form. For grown peoplo and ohiidren, 30c Let no one know no many of your secrets that you will regret his be coming an enemy somo day. Ask Vonr Dealer for Allen's PooMsM. A powder. It ro?ta tho feet. Cur?*s Corns. Bunions, Swollen, Sorn, Hot, Callous, Aching bweatlDgVcet and Ingrow.ng Nails. Alton'* Foot-Eote nukes new or tight shoes assy. At all D uggtsto and Shoe store*, V> cento. 'Ac c?r?t na ? ?vvrw, ?-) contft. A opt no >-ubstitnte. Sample mailed Fat IdJress Allen 8. Olmsted, LeRoy, N, Y. Always speak well of yourself. There are others who will attend to tho other side of it. II AI> BCZRMA 1 .1 YK\R?. Mis. Thoma* Thompson, of ClarVsviile. Oa.. writes, under date of April 2S, 10 "I suffered 1ft years with tormenting ecr.ema; had the best doctors to prescribe; but noth ing did mo a \y good until I got TBTTaatsa. It oursd ra ?. I ana so thankful." Thousands of others can testify to similar cures. TaTTRsiXB is sold by druggists or sent by mail for (I Or. by J. T. Saorraisa, Dept. A, iavannah, Oa. There is no disgrace in ploying the second fiddle if you play it aa well as you can. Hlrka' Capudine Curea Women'a Monthly Tains, Bscksche, Nervousno*. and Headsche. It's Liquid. Effects Imme diately. Prescribed by physicisns with best results. 10c., 15c., ana flOc., at drug stores. Tbe less money a man makes the rooro Jio^as ? if be isn't married. SUFFERED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS WmIUv tS<M| KlCtOfc; < tuptib iter I Ut* Saved W C?tic*r*. - J ?I kin bMK thiM by d4ti?n for jnan for I bad cui of m ay lag* They M their but. bill failed to euro it. lCy doctor bod Mvfeed m to have mx lag cut of. At tbio tim* say lag *u pooled from Ue knee. my foot vu like o piece of raw Scab, and I bad to walk ?a cratches. I bought ? act of Cuti tWt Remedies. After the first two treat meat* the swelling rtmt down, and in two moo the my leg waa cured and the new ekin came on. The doctor waa surprised 10 d said that he would usa Cuticura for his own patients. I here now been cured ovCr serea years, and but for the Cuticura Rem edies I might hare lost ray life. lire. J. B. Renaud, 277 Mentena St., Montreal, Que.. Feb. 20, 1907. - - ~t - The bijzgest army depot in the country is to be established near Sac. Francisco. FITS, St. Vitiu' Dance ervona Diseases per manently enred by Dr. Kliao'i Ureet Norve Restorer. 90 trial bottle nnd treatise free. Dr. H. R. Kline, Ld.,931 Arch St. Plula., Pa Owing to an outbreak of smullpox on the transport Sherman everybody on board may be vaccinated and held in quarantine. flicks* Copudlne Cures Headache, Whether from Cold, lleat, Stomach, or Mental Strain. No Acetnnilid or dangerous drug*. It's Liquid. Kffcots immediately. 10c., 25c., and 50c., at drug stori And some shirt-waists would be less lumpled if they were pressed less often. BC7.RUA CVKED. J. It. Maxwell. Atlanta. Qa.. says: '? suffered agony with a sever* eri) of e cz*> ma. Tried different remedies au<l was In despair, when a neighbor tol l m* to try i-huptrlne's tbttksins. After using (3 worth of your TETTcaixa an. I soap I nm completely cured. I c innot say too much lu Its praise." Tkttkrixz at druggltta or by mall 80c. Foap 233. J. T. buurrsiM, Dept. A, Bavauuab, G.v. The Wise Younn Man. Tt waa a. wise young man who paus ed before he answered .the widow who had asked him to guess her ago. "You must have come Idea about It." she said, with what was intended for n.?. arch eldewise g!ance. "I have several Ideas," ho admitted with a smile. "Thr only trouble is | that I hesitate whether to make you ten years younger on account of your looks or ten years older on account of your brnlr.s." Then, while the widow smiled an.! blushed, he tcok a graretul but sreejy leave. ? Youth's Companion. Knew Her Llnr.lt. "What are you reading. Marlai?' asked mamma of a lit t*o r.irl with h^r head bent down under a heavy vol ume in hfr lap. " 'The Wide Awake Wor'd,* mam ma." ?'GracV:us, child!" Interrupted a bis sfstcr, "you can't understand more than half rf that Lock." Marian looked at the rpcakrr v.i'? dignity. "I read it for tho h?.!f I <1. understand," she raid. ? Tluffa'o News The vocabulary cf the average v?r son Is 70il words. good b mm "My bread won't raise" la a common complain! amoni housekeepers. A distressinc thine, but there's always a cause. Nino times out cf ten it's oa account of the flour. Dewey's Best FBghp doea awa* with such complaints. If yon can bako at all. you can have eood luck" with it. It is a flour with life in it. Mads of best wheat, plump trains, cround br a anporior proo eu. The miller that makes it knows liow. Try t sack and seo wjmt a difference thero will be in your breaJ, lies and cakes ne*t >ake Hiiy. Order fioni your local dealer. If lit doesn't liave it. Iio Will cct it if you a^k liini. THE OEWEY BROS. OO , Millers, Blanohestor, Ohio. IF NOT EMPLOYED? Yon Cna Work for u* and Knrn From S3.00 TO S10.00 PER DAY duriuu tho niimiiHtr v-a?<>n. cmid your addrov* on |-o?tnl for FREE DESCRIPTI\ E CATALOG iir.d i ur moBt.f -making oflfi-r. T'li Am Mi.l \v. ttliy euipl. vinoi t t< r any lad/ or KMilK-iniin lt? fit rnr?; loiiid, 3ia uticrt. urti'jr i h?ri' lir Pwnkrr. If. Rtb'iiiol Ai Ixiz IC* Clinriiot' . N. DECLINED IN IIEDUTTAT* Au'hcreJs (of tha budding; variety) ?I got level with thy editor last ulght. lie always rejects my man.i ?crlj.t3. Dut I have- had my re venge*. Friend ? How did you do it? Author; S3 ? I declined hla eon, with thanks.- -Tit III 'R. FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN lydia e. pinkham No other medicino has been so successful in relieving the suffering of women or received so many gen i uine testimonials as has Lydia E. I Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I In every community you will find I women who have been restored to health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound. Almost every J one you meet has either been bene fited bv it, or has friends who have. In the Pinkhara. laboratory at Ly nn,Mossn any woman any day ma v see the files containing over one mil lion one hundred thousand letters from -women seeking health, and hero are the letters m which they openly state over their own signa tures that they were cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Lydia E. 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At drug and toilot stores, 50 cents, or by mail postpaid. Larga Trial Sarcpla WITH "HCAltH ANO OCAUTV" COOK OCNT FRU THE PAXTON TOILET CO., Boston, Mass. KILLTHC LICEn "on "our" CHICKENS with LICE POWDER Sure Decih lo Lice bod Vermlo Tiic y can't live w .era il >j. Ha-ty lo apply- Dual II ia "Killed every lousa in my florV of 250 hrna."? -D.l'crry, M.inrof,VAi. Tr\r.t 23 and S#c n PkjJ. fir null, 40 aol 7fc 1 ? J Phuogian riiwiRT Co., Or. Paui, Mi FINE FARMS In middle mil S>iw!i (Scorcht We <*nn )ntf>ro-<r. you l'i (jonrm* fnriu* In nny flz?< I ivntlitli.it II, ? \\oll, r.rc pr.idue live. n:ul *old on ??u?y trriu*. WiJte ua tor information. T.AM Alt A l'Ki:i:V, Wlmlrr, CJ? CURED a Rcllef< r.emovfj alt swelling iti fl to ? days; cifectn ? permanent cur# i 'I voto fod.iTi, Tri.il treatment I given frie. Not hi ntfcnn be fairer Write Dr. H. H. CreDn's Sons, SscclaHit). Uox d Atlarta. 0^ So. 27-'0 1. BOWEL TROUBLES CHlT.DRF?f TJCJETllINQ Dr. Biggers Hadieberry Cordial Neror f&lli to rollovo tf. onco. It li tti" fnvoritn !n'>y riodlclno of r.iir*r?s un I 'Muily u.ictor*. MoMwri ovi rywlioro ?llt k to It. nr.d tir^o t'oc.r frlcn l t t'j jcivi' if. to ("iiiMrr n for t'olir. Dyjontory. Or;tnii??, I>)n rrlioo.i, J''Iuk, Foii!'Hl"innr|i nn l alt Htomncli mi?| llftnf I AIImnnt?. V<?a r.tn tlr; tii.il on it. Don't worry, but tnfc?_t>r. Ilu-cor* llwk lolwrry (Virgin'. nt <lriiaf'or- ?, nrl-v niail. ("irr.i1?r? fro#. HAI/riWANOKIt TAVLOll Dill ti CO., Atliwit;?, Oo. CURES STOMACH-ACilE IN TEN MINUTES r?r*?Li?Mi!o io t An# MILLt.DGEVILLr. GEORGIA Ijirci'i find tr** evtiped reliool 5ou'S. L*fxrt mjnafcment. H?jfr?*d wire eorsnWions Petition* guerar.tced Ur-t paid Board At cott. 0p?n year around. Write lor catalogue ]_) Great demtndjo^oprriiyn. FOR MEN A shoe that ia too big may not pinch, hut it is a had fit juat the name. What you want ia n shoe that matches the shap* of your foot at the place where your weight rests, ? not too large or too small, but exactly right. 8KKEEMERS are shoe&likc that, nnrl the style is there, too. Look for the label. FRBD. P. FIELD CO., Brockton, Mass. mab? try taftoft Malaria Makes Pale Sickly CMMiresa The Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC, drivcaoiit Malaria and builds up the system. You know what you arc taking. The formula te plainly printed on every bottle, showing it U^mpjyJganahw^^^Irw^k^a^jglfj^s^and^e^^^^^^^^^orm^Fo^duU^UK^hildrcn^SOg^