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THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C„ JULY C, 1896. ’ Tub.COLOR GUARD. •ofe vrcro wavi'ig hands nnd banners os tba * crowded car'Tolled by, Thcro were shoots from merry children ring ing to the summer sky; Theirh .strain of music rouo and swelled and foaled along the street. As their gay, tumultuous clamor incited in a chorus sweet: ^ “Oh. say, can you see by the dawn's early light What 89 proudly wo hailed at tho twilight’s last gleaming; Whoso broad stripes end bright stars, through tho perilous light, O'er tho ramparts wo watched were so gal lantly streaming?’’ Ahl tho starry »Lag is glorious, and the chil- r dre:i ieve it too, And tho land is safe and happy where the chll- 1 droii's hearts are true. How their youthful ardor thrilled me, as the - revelation eamo That the guard is ever changing, but tho flag remains tho camel We wero born too late for glory, but wo still in memory keep Stirring echoes from tho battlcflcIda where warrior fathers s!<H>p. We have held i he flag as ours, but, lol the years are passing by, And a newer generation waves tho stars and stripes on high. Better thus, for now the rancors of the strife no more appall, And tbochildren know no faction, nnd the flag belongs to nil. Be it so. Wo yield tho prestige, for the new guard Ronic^ apace, With tho strength of youthful millions, loy 1 puiroso in its face. Flag of peace or flag of battle! Chi’Jrcn, It Is yours to love I Will you honor and defend it as the gift of Ood above? * Ahl the children's hearts are loyal! From a myriad array North raid south thcro comes tho answer, as it came that s “Then comjuer wo must, when our cause it is just. And this be our motto, ‘In God 11 our trust;' And the star spangled banner in triumph shall wave O’er the lard of tho free and tho homo of tho bravo” —Youth's Companion. SMUGGLER'S NOTCH. It was tho “Glorious Fourth, ” and euroly nevor was ;i nioro glorious Bum mer eky spread over tho littlo Now Hampshire village, nestling among tho lofty mountains which separate north ern Nov.’ Hampshire from the Dominion of Canada. The sun with that sparkling h.rillianey which seems pecul iar to l h-\so northern latitudes and the wind blew noftly from the south, laden with tho d2Iicious odor of mountain bahams. “I say, Tom, ” exclaimed Alec Bundy to his companion, Tom Powers, “this is too fino a day to spend hanging arcuud tho village. We’ve used up about all our fireworks except tho giant crackers, and wc don’t want to bo in a hurry about fitting them off. Let’s take wpods. ” g ’ replied Tom eagerly, ill wo go?” old Baldtop. ” hat’s tho ideal And say, 3 tho giant firecrackers ) tho echoes from tho old • peak.” “Lrood for you!” cried Alec. “That’s just what we’ll do. ” It w;;a early in tho afternoon when tho boys started for Baldtop mountain. Thoy wore soon in tho woods at tho mountain’s base, where the giant firs seemed to extend their arms in welcome and 1 lie pines to whisper friendly greet ings. Both boys sang and whistled mer rily. It was so plcasiuit to have a holi day in the. grand old woods. Scon tho ascent began in earnest. There was no well defined path up fho mountain, and Tom and Ah-c had to pick out their own course, drawing themselves up in tho steepest places by means cf tho deeping limbs and pro truding roots cf tho twos. < Now and then they came to an op n space nnd rested for a moment, viewing tho beau tiful scene spread out before them—hills stretching away on every side, clothed to their very summits with evergreens, while here and there in tho valley a lit tlo lake cr pend nestled like a silver is land in an emerald sp-.l Finally they eamo to a dim footpath leading off to the left along a narrow ridge of land. Alec turned to Tcm. “Suppose you sit down here for a few minutes and wait for me,” he said “I want to sec where this path goes to. Then, if I should get lost, your shouts will guide mo back. ” Tom was tho less sturdy lad of the two and was glad enough of a chance' to rest while his companion explored tho mysterious path. Alec had not gone far along tho reeky ridge before the path turned sharply and plunged down through a dense plump of firs into a deep ravine. Aleo (Strambled down among the rocks, “This is getting rather interesting,” he muttered to himself. “I wonder what can have made this path. I’m going to •follow it a little farther anyway.” Narrower and darker grew'the pass and higher and steeper its sides as tho boy advanced, until, suddenly rounding a largo projecting rock, he found him self in *fo presence of four rough look ing men seated about a campfire. In an instant, but too late for retreat, it flash ed over him that this was the famotis Smuggler’s notch, a rocky mountain pass between northern New Hampshire and Canada, and that these rough char acters ty-fero him were smugglers en gaged in one of their secret expeditions between Canada and tho States. He would have drawn back quickly out of sight, but the men had already seen him, and with a shout they surrounded him‘and made him their prisoner. Meanwhile Tom was getting restless ana somewhat anxious at Alec’s pro longed absence. Ho began to shout with all tho power of his lungs, but his voice died away in the silence, bringing no answe r. "“I am afraid something has happened to Alec,” ho tlmught. “I Jxunst go and hunt him up.” • L* Taking tho- bunch eif giant flrecrack* m in his hand, he started along tho faint path. Finally he 1 came to the place whe re! tho trail turne-d sharply into the) ravine, and hero his fears increased fourfold. What if Alec hod fallen from the cliff, or benm attacked by seimo fierce animal in this deserted gle n? Tom, how ever, pushed on bravely and rapidly, hoping every moment to overtake his friend or discover seme sign that ho hael passexl that way. Awed by tbo gloom and silence cf the great ravine, he had almost involuntarily ceased to shout, but his eyes scanned every inch of tho pathway and overhanging rocks. Suddenly he stepped, his heart beat ing like a trip hammer. Tho sound of loud, gruff voices came to his ears, and thou another, lighter voice. Could it be Alec’s? Creeping forward to the great ttok which jutted across the path Tom slowly and carefully climbed up its sloping side and peeped ovi r. Sure enough, there stood Alec in the midst of a group cf fierre looking men who wero talking and gesticulating wildly. Tom took in the situation instantly These men were smugglers whose hid ing plaeo Alec had unwittingly stum bled upon. And now they were debut ing what to do with him. Tom grew weak and sick with dread as ho reflected that perhaps the unscru pulous smugglers would kill his com panion, on tho ground that dead men —and boys—tell no tales. Home of them look'd so fierce and gesticulated so wildly that he was sure they must bo advocating the most extreme measures. What could he do to save his friend? Return to the village and summon help? Ah, no! Help would only arrive too late. Should he rush cut and fling him self upon tho desperadoes in his com panion's defense? That would be utter j^iUsUfttiS^w-onc weak boy against a half dexen brawiiy tirt ’.V A I’u./asl?* like an inspiration flashed over him— the giant firecrackers 1 Cautiously ho ranged than side by side on top of the rock. Then! were right of the big cylinders in all. Then he lighted the fuses, one after another, and. sliding down into tjie path, ran back for a few yards. S-7,-z-35 weut the fuses! Hew the boy’s heart throbbed ns the powder sparks be gan to fly out. Suddenly a tremendous report rang through the si lout ravine, waking thunderous echoes among tho rooks. Then followed another, nnd an other, and then a perfect volley cf ro ports, till it seemed as if the very cliffs would split with the echoes. As the loud reports Leg 01 to ring through the glen tho smuggle 3, think ing that a whole detachi” mt of Uncle Sam’s revenue officers inr. bo upon them, fl>d in tho. wildest confusion. Alec was left standing alone, with hands bound, near the scattered embers of the campfire. Judge cf his .astonish ment and delight when Tom bounded into sight exclaiming: “Enrr.m for the giant firecrackers! Thoy did tho business that time and no mistake!” With quick flashes cf his knife Tom cut the ccrds which bound Alec's arms, and then the two b- ys fled bark in the direction from which they had come, laughing convulsively (very powand then in spite* f their haste and terror at the spectacle presented by the six stalwart men fleeing from a bunch cf firecrackers. There was no more thought of climb ing (Id Baldtop I hat d;y. The boys hastened l>.ick to the village, and soon tho story (if the smug,gh rs was in every body’s month. Sheriff Smith get to gether a posse rf nwi', armed with guns and revolvers, inside (f an hour, and guided by the boys they made quick time for tho Notch. Meanwhile the smugglers, finding that they hud fled on a false alarm, had returned to their camp and were hastily packing up their contraband geods, knowing that their escaped captive would surely give the alarm as soon as possible. But sheriff limit h was a shrewd man 'and understood both the lay cf the land and the probable tactics of the smugglers. So, im end cf taking his entire force into the Notch, he sent five men over tin! course token by the boys, nnd with tho other four went himself across a spur d the* mountain to tho farther end cf the pass, thus penning tho smugglers in a trap. The smugglers, as the sheriff had ex pected, attempted to escape from the Notch os they had entered it, littlo ex pecting to nus>t their pursuers in that direction. But as tiny wero hurrying out of the narrow defile, incumbered by thc!r packs, live men suddenly started up from behind ;is many bowlders and presented their cocked guns at the fugi tives’ heads. “Surrender,'’ eried the sheriff, “or yon are all dead men!” Every pack wa Q dropped to the ground, and up went six pairs of hands. It was n complete surprise nnd a blood less capture. Tho smugglers were marched off to tho county seat and lodged in jail that very night. And tho next day the city papers had column accounts cf tho heroism of the boys and the wonderful effects produced by the eight giant firecrackers. ' “By the way,” said .Sheriff Smith to Tom and Aleo a few days later, “there was a handsome reward off* reel for the capture of those rascals. Did you know it, boys?” “No!” exclaimed the boys. “Who do yon suppose will got it?” “You will,”• replied the sheriff, with a twinkle in his eye, “provided you’ll ride over to the county treasurer's with me tomorrow and sign a receipt for the money. ”—Philadelphia Press. The Fourth In Japan. The Fourth cf July is always a gn at day in Yokohama. All rho subjects of European nations rcfl’ding there, all the Japanese ( ificials high nnd low, nnd all strung* rs who happen to be within the gates, join with the American colony in celebrating the ouiversory of cur inde pendence. Tho United States minister and consol general bold receptions in the morning, and in the afternoon there arc usually a dancing party and luncheon I upon a man-of-war iu the harbor. The I Grand hotel, which is the center of *>- j cial life in Japan, is crowded with guy; ly dressed parties, and iu the evening fireworks u..d set p eecs^uro displayed from a float anchored iu the buy.—Chi cago Record. OLD TIME FOURTHS. TWO TYPICAL CELEBRATIONS OFTHE DAYS OF LONG AGO. PlAL.tjr of Feasting and Dancing, bnt Not Vary Much Noise—Ladies Did Not Dine With the Men In 1818—Parade of Rev olutionary Heroes and Veterans of ISIS. Contrasted with tho violent celebra tion of this up to date age, the Fourth ef July of CO, 70 or 100 years ago pre sents a peaceful picture of hearty patri otism more iu keeping with the real sentiment of the event than the present blustering fashion. For instance, here is the way the peo ple of Germantown, Pa., celebrated tho Fourth of July of 1818. There were three cannon in the littlo town which had done service both in the Revolution and iu the war cf 1812. Several days before the Fourth the ladies of the place boiled hams, roasted sucking pigs whole, baked pies by the dozen and bis cuits by the hundred, made all manner of cake generously filled with jam,' and on the morning of the great day deposit ed the good things with tho proprietor of the best tavern in town. It was the province of that important man to feed all the men and boys of tho place nnd surrounding country with tho provender supplied by their wives and daughters. Huge tables, rough bnt solid, were set on the village green, as there were no buildings in those days large enough to accommodate such a great congrcga- tianof people. Early Githo morning the , , , , . youn P #K the place had fired off ® a ? mlal acc(1 m lna 8tran ^ - nature.—iTrtm. caimous two or throe times as official notice that the Fourth of July had conic again. Powder was none too cheap then, and it was needed for more practical purposes than making a noise, so the salutes were few in number. At the noon henr the whole commu nity of the town met at the green, where mine host of tho tavern had already heaped up the tables with tho gwxl things provided. There were speeches and a prayer, and then the work of the day began. None cf tho ladies dined with the men. It was not considered proper. They stood in groups near the tavern, gowned in their best and making polite com ments on the diners. In the late after noon, when all tho men had eaten their fill, there was a ball in the public house, and it was hero that tho ladies really en joyed the day. In the thirties there was a change iq the method of celebrating the fourth, The country was mere prosperous and its patriotism had taken p more vain? glorious turn. The town cf New burg: ou-thc-Hudson gave p great fourth of July celebration in the year 1831. It tvas gotten up by pq ambitious trades- piaq who had contracted the political fever and desired to reprcsenT his dis- trict in congress. He subscribed $.10 to n celebration fund, and after enlisting all tho ladies of the plaeo in the scheme ho promised to makegood any amount that might be needed after tho other towns people had been canvassed for contribu tions. Tho ladies began tbo work weeks be fore the Fourth. Committees were ap pointed, and each memb* r was to call upon a certain number of her friends ft r contributions. One lady promised to contribute “a largo loaf rf block cake nicely frosted for the center of tho main tabic, two large boiled hams and six dozen soda biscuits. ” Fur therm one, fho said she would help sot the tables and give the use (f her silver spoons and cake basket. This was a prize contribu tion. Another lady, whe sc husband had already subscribe d $10, promised for the event six loaves of cake, six dozen bis cuits and also enough cut flowers from her garden to decorate the tables. She also tendered the services of he r coach man for tho day and tho use of her farm horses for conveying tho provisions to fho banquet grounds, a grove about twq miles from the village. Powder was pm ’based by tho ambi tions politician, nnd tho village cannoq was shot off at regular intcrvpls during the morning of tho Fourth. Ho alsa gave small rfiaugototho boys cf tho {own, and this was used to buy pepper mint candy and gingerbread. Firecrack ers wore very expensive things then, and few boys ear* d to indulge iu tho luxury cf using them, even if they had tho financial means, In tho piorqing all the people who had promised provisions had them car ried to the vestibule of the church, which wps used as a depot on that day. The streets leading to tho church wero teeming that morning with servants pnd housewives, ydl carrying baskets flllod with the good things. From the church they were carted to the grove. There, from early sunrise, young ladies and young men w* re busy making and setting tl* redo tables, also a place for . the orator (if the day. Tho latter had been invited from a neighboring town because of his wide repute for eloquence. He was a young man, who wore his hair long and affect ed an artistic indifference to the com mon affairs of life. He was also eccen tric in his dress, and in ordinary con versation used nothing bat tho most ponderous language. At midday all the preparations at tho grove had been completed, and tho peo ple gat lim'd at the church for tlio grand procession to tho festival place. A band composed of «young men of the village led the way, followed b> the three finest equipages to 1*) had, in which sat tlie aged Revolutionary heroes. The 1813 veternus marched next, and then came all kinds of vehicles, from the heavy farm wagon to the light buggy, contain ing tho children and the very old folks. All the others walked, and to the mixed time of the baud made a lino showing. At the grove tho minister offered a prayer, and then (ho ambitious politi cian read the Declaration of Indcpoid* cuce iu bis finest voice. Next came the orator of the day, who (,f course took as his theme patriotism and tho great and growing country.—St. Louis Globe- LINCOLN AND JACKSON. Two Patriots Whose Name* Should Nevar He Forgotten. Lincoln owed nothing to his birth, everything to his growth; had no train ing save what he gave himself; no nurture, but only a wild mid native strength. His life was his schooling, and every day of it gave to his charac ter a new touch of development. His manhood not only, bnt his perception also, expanded with his life. His ryes, as they looked more and more abroad, behold the national life and compre hended it, and the lad who had hern so rcogh ent a provincial became, when grown to manhood, the one leader in all the nation who bold the whole peo ple singly iu his heart—held ( you tho southern people there and would have wen them back. And so we have in him what we must call the ^ rfeet develop- meut of native strength, the rounding out and nationalization ef the provin cial. Andrew Jackson was a type, not of the nation, but of the west. For all the tenderness there was in the stormy heart of the masterful man, and stanch and simple loyalty to all who loved him, ho learned nothing in the east; kept always the flavor *f the rough school in which he had been bred; was nevrr more than a frontier soldier and gentleman. Lincoln differed from Jackson by all tho length cf his unmatched capacity to learn. Jackson could understand o nly men cf his own kind. Lincoln could understand non of all sorts and from every region *f the land; scorned him self, indeed, to be all men 1 y turns as AMERICA’S CIVIL HERO. Th RI3 Mm on tho Fourth. There is the man who fires tho can non, to the immense enthusiasm ef tho little boys and the terror of the ladies, who realize what a hero ho must bo when he can stand so close to the death dealing instrument during a concussion which even at a distance makes them stop their cars. He is even more impor tant than the man who bosses the bar becue, and is immeasurably above tho man who- stirs the lemonade, who in turns shoots out the lip at him who puts up the swings as a fellow of low occu pation and worthy of no consideration. So great is the immortal Fuurtllfebat, in fact, it communicates some of its great ness to eve ry one who on that day dors anything of a public character, and ev ery oitizcq who has been appointed or jias appointed himself to any public function in virtue of that fact feels en titled to lift his head above his fellows. ■^Exchange, Tl;o Deacon Lamp of Liberty. Americanism should be the distinct ive quality cf American life. Patriotic im pulse should be not * nly our hope and reliance for the future, but the specifie means by which wo shall seek to ele vate, deveh p, (lex and *xalt tho world’s life. The stars and stripes—the symbol cf self government, of individual re sponsibility as well as individual op portunity and equality—has done more for humanity than American commerce, American wealth, American charity, American schools, American prosperity, more than all other things American, because it is the lx aeon lamp which in vites all the world not to come to this free land, bnt to make other lands free nnd make universal the American ide^ of “government by the people and for tho people. ”—Selected. ■ Jefferson, tho SwortllcM Patriot, Champion of Homan Profr«M. In Richmond Jefferson stands on a pedestal of the equestrian statue of Washington, along with Patrick Henry, Marshall and George Mason. Bnt he ought to stand alone, for it was he who, by an unequaled Declaration cf Inde pendence, transformed a revolt inside of British jurisdiction to n revolution out side by saying to the world that tho 13 colonies were no longer colonial depend encies, but free and independent states. Jefferson was a hero, swordless, yet aggressive, patriotic and farreaching nnd farseeing. The bell that proclaimed liberty from Independence hall put him iu peril For had the American cause been a failure he would have been exe cuted by the king whom he denounced as a tyrant before all mankind. No man ever lived who so championed the personal mid religious rights of the people and who was to the last hour of his life so devoted to tho cause of hu man progress in civil government He laid the foundations of government so deep nnd strong that for over a century they have resisted tho assaults of its enemies.—New York Mercury. Oratory of the Good Old Day*. Here is a sample of tho style of the old time Fourth cf July orater. It refers to the signers of the Declaration: “Behold these iron hearted men arm ed with dauntless valor and incased in a panoply that no human force could shat ter, and iu readiness for battle, stalk boldly forward, and with one stroke cf the pen cause a vibration that shall only cease to be felt when the universe re turns to primeval chaos. Then listen, in Tmagffir&tlg^-. to the vociferous and long continued Imzzas that rdlHll? welkin, to the boom of cannon and the univeffeal ringing of church bells, which an nounced to an intensely interested world the never to be forgotten fact that inde pendence of kingly nnd monarchical tyr anny had been declared with trumpet tongue and would henceforth prevail and conquer, till every individual hu man being would, and of right ought to be, forever free.'”—Selected. A Day of Groat Noise. The evolution of Fourth (f July ha*) carried the celebration of the national anniversary so lar away from the *1*1 standard) that it lias erased to have any close reference to the stirring * vents it was intended to commemorate. Had tho sigiu rs of (lie P*duration any idea of What wppld wcur on July 4, 18t)fi, it is possible they might have hesitated be- fore they affixed their names to that document. John Adams, it is true, rec- ommend d that the day should bo ob served with a great noise, but it i.i like ly that the old patriot had in mind tho ringing of lolls, the firing of cannon and the patriotic shouts of vast multi tudes, rather than the juvenile pande- yuonium which is now about all that is left cf Fourth of July celebrations.—- Chicago Record. Our Fine on 0>e Sea. How fan the republic ever forget those daunths.) sailors, Paul Joins, Manly, Hazard, Lambert \V< okos, John Barry, Dale, Conynghauic, Barney, with a hundred others iu the war of inde pendence and later in the French war cf reprisal and the contests with Tripoli and tho Barbary powers; such names as Truxtou, Preble, Decatur, tho elder Porter, Bainbridge, Stewart, MacDon- ougb, Somers, Charles Morris, brave Reuben James, and the galaxy < f heroes who iu Preble’s squadron shed imper ishable glory on their country and gave our flag the prestige it holds today iu the eyes of Europe, never once dimmed, tlumk God, by any dastardly act of later commanders?—New York Independent Womrn of the Revolution. As wo approach Revolutionary days it is evident that the women of all tho colonies were us deeply stirred as were the men at the constant injustice and growing tyranny of the British govern ment, and tiny were not slow in openly averring their abhorrence and revolt against this injustice. Their individual action consisted in the wearing only of garments ef hoinrspun manufacture; their concerted exertions in gathering iu patriotic bands to spin and the sign ing of compacts to drink no more cf the taxed tea, that significant rmblem of British injustice and American revolt —Selected. Look Out For th« Raya. Giant firecrackers this year ore 14 inches long and contain powder enough to break a plate glass window when ex ploded on th - purb. Small boys will not only have to bxik out for their fingers on the Fourth, but parents will have to look out f(s their boys.—Kansas City Journal. ' v 1// Of the Face. Mrs. Laura E. Mims, of Dawson, says: “A small pimple * f a straw! color appeared on my cheek; it began to grow rapidly, notwithsta® ing all efforts to check it. 1 eye became tenibj inflamed, and was j swollen thatforqi a while I could , see. 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Ev ery hue cf it is based upon the assump tion not merely that this country should be free from foreign interference—for to tho American colonists the English were not foreigners—but that all politi cal power is inhere nt in the people and that all governments derive their just powers from the eousent of the governed and may be altered or abolished when ever the people will. This is the great principle of liberty that Englishmen al ready had asserted again nnd again in their history against various kinds of tyrants.—Philadelphia Times. Danger In a Fireworks Factory. The one really dangerous place in a fireworks factory is the laboratory where is made the fulminate of silver used in tho torpedoes and p* mission shells and caps ef nil sorts. Muslin mid cheese cloth are used here for tops of tables, cov ers for boxes and everything that has to come into contact with the explosive, for just as soon as tho sensitive ful minate encounters resistance away it goes, and so do the four walls about it The ideal laboratory would bo made of mosquito netting, bnt this would let the rain in, mid the shock cf a drop would make things too lively.—Exchange'. Teach the Children I’atrlntUin. Is t us teach our children the duty of patriotism. Posterity will hold us re sponsible fer the neglect; the future Will rise to bless us for the maiutenanco of union under the constitution. The heroic past has besiickou cur gratitude; let the present and the future behold cur unflagging exertions iu the advo cacy, iu tho dissemination, in tho per petuation, of those principles vitalized on this day, and which will bo com mended by people yet unborn, in ac cents yet unknown. —Selected. Cost of Sllh rtaco. The usual material fer flags is bunt ing, because this, being soft, does not “whip” in the wind like a stiff mate rial, and because nothing holds its color ns well But there are silk flags made to opder for great occasions or for rich clul ) tbit want the btsL A silk flag 13 by 18 feet—ns large as an ordinary sit ting room carpet—sells for $150, and a size smaller sells for $100. It is the work that counts after tbo first cost of the material—Exchange. Mending the Old Flag. In tho nllcnt cloom of a garret room. With eobwobu round It creeping, Prom day to day tho old flng lay— A veteran worn and (dix-plng. Dingily old each wrinkled fold By tbo duxt of year* wax idindod. Woundx cf tho ittonn were apun Its form; Thu criniMon stripes wero fadod. Twaxa mournful night in thoday twilight Thin thing cf buniblo seeming. That once so proud o’er tho cheering erowd Had carried it* colors gleaming. Stained' ith mold wero the brnidsof gold. That had flashed In thesnn rays’ kissing. Of fodixl hue wax Itx Held of blue, And Home of tho stars wore mlaxing. Three northern maids and three from glades Where dreams tbo southland wrathr With glanc<-x kind and thotr arms Intwined. Came np tho xtalr together. They gnmxl awhile, with a thoughtfnl smile, At tbo crouching form before them. With clinging hold they grnxpud IU fold And out of the darknoss boro them. They healed its aearr. they found IU stars And brought them all together (Three northern maids and throe from glades Wlicrwiurllcs tho southland weather). They mended away through tbo summer day Made clad by an Inspiration To fling It high at the summer sky On the oirthday of our nation. In the brilliant glare of tho summer air. With a brlijc breeze round it ertwping, Newly bright through the glistening light Thu flag went gladly sweeping. Olenin ing and bold Wore IU braids of gold, And flashed In the sun rays' kissing. Bod, white and blue wero of di^prsf hue. And none of the starn was missing. —Will Chrleten. 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