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municipal authorities of the city of
Philadelphia are careful to see to it
that some distinguished man is always
on hand as orator of the day
The pomp of military circumstance
has sometimes been called upon to
lend prestige to the occasion and the
best musicians of the land have been
proud to play patriotic airs in the
shadow of the steeple where hung the
bell that sosingularly fulfilled the pro
phetic mission assigned it 24 years
before to proclaim liberty through
out the land
The location of the hall lends itself
to purposes of public celebration
There is ample room both front and
back for the building stands well
back from the pavement so that a
large company can gather in front
In the rear the beautiful Indepen
dence square there is still more
space and thousands assemble to lis
ten to the orations and hear the
Declaration of Independence read
This latter is really the distinctive
feature of Fourth of July celebrations
in Independence square The day
would not seem properly observed
with this omitted
It is a notable record of which
every American may be proud that
not a Fourth of July has passed since
we have been a nation without the in
spired words being uttered again to
the air that heard them first The tall
trees standing in the historic square
must by this time know every word
by heart
The first reading of the declaration
was that by Charles Thomson ti
secretary of congress when he an
nounced the completed paper to the
men who had framed it Thomso
did not however read the declaration
from the balcony of Independence hall
to the people crowded outside to hear
for the first time in what terms the
colonists should tell King George that
his control of the 13 colonies was at
an end
That privilege was reserved for
John Nixon a prominent member of
the committee of safety In honor of
the occasion delegates to the congress
filed out in the July sunshine to listen
to the sacred words
Later long years after Edwin For
est the most noted of American ac
tors whose love for patriotism and the
institutions of his country was deeper
even than his regard for the stage
stood on the same spot and on a
Fourth of July morning read the words
of Jefferson as no man has read them
before or since A great crowd wag
Everetts Eulogy on Tndependence Ball
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DEED which neither France nor England Greece nor
Rome ever witnessed was done in Independence Hall
in the city of Philadelphia a deed that cannot be
matched in the history of the world That old Hall
should forever be kept sacred as the scene of such a
deed Let the rains of heaven distil gently on its roof and the
storms of winter beat softly on its door As each successive
generation of those who have been benefited by the great Declara
tion made within its walls shall make their pilgrimage to that
shrine may they think it not unseemly to call its wills salvation
and its gates praise Edward Everett
T is possible to hold Fourth of
1 July celebrations in the shadow
j of the structure which saw the
birth and signing of the Declara
tion of Independence the most potent
doctrine for freedom in the history of
the world and the nation has not ig
nored the opportunity
There are many patriotic Ameri
cans who make it a duty on
July 4 to journey to Philadelphia a
pilgrimage to the shrine of liberty
there to raise their voices in thanks
and rejoicing for the great deed that
was there accomplished
Since that day now distant 131
years when Charles Thomson rising
in his chair read for the first time the
final draft of that momentous docu
ment which Thprnas Jefferson wrote
but which underwent many changes
before meeting with the final approval
of the delegates to the continental
eongress not an Independence day
has been permitted to pass without a
proper celebration in the public square
back of Independence hall
Presidents of the United States sen
ators representatives justices of the
highest courts and even foreign am
bassadors have poured forth their elo
quence at libertys cradle The
present perhaps the largest ever as
sembled and the actor during and aft
er the reading was cheered again and
again
Forest esteemed the Declaration of
Independence as the best single piece
of composition in existence valuing it
even above his beloved Shakespeare
Two years after the first Fourth of
July there occurred a celebration in
Independence square that had a spe
cial significance The advance of the
British and their occupation of Phil
adelphia during the winter of 1777
177S had forced congress to leave the
Quaker city and go to York
After the evacuation congress re
turned July 2 and a grand celebration
of the recurrence of the promulgation
of the declaration was held in which
nearly the entire population of Phila
delphia joined Chevalier Conrad Al
exander Gerard of France the first
minister ever accredited to the United
States from any power was an inter
ested spectator
During the centennial in Philadel
phia there was naturally a notable
demonstration and no less a person
than Don Pedro emperor of Brazil
sat among those who cheered the sen
timents that had sounded the downfall
of monarchy in this country and were
finally to take his throne from the
ruler of Brazil
In later years another representa
tive of a foreign country was the cen
tral figure at Independence square
Wu Ting Fang Chinese minister
spoke there with fine eloquence and
made one of the best speeches cred
ited to him in his many felicitous utter
ances in this country
The anomaly that he was the envoy
of one of the most absolute of mon
archies did not prevent the celestial
from painting in most graphic phrase
what the venerable building stood for
During his first administration
Grover Cleveland president of the
United States came to Philadelphia
one Fourth of July and standing on a
platform raised on the square ap
pealed to the young manhood of Amer
ica that the great lessons of 1776 be
not ignored
Samuel J Randall Judge Kelley
Gen Grant Lewis Cassidy have also
figured prominently in Fourth of July
celebrations there
During the administration of Mayor
Warwick himself an orator of genuine
gifts every year was made the oc
casion of notable demonstrations to
which were invited men of national
fame
Under the direction of the governor
of Pennsylvania a work of incalculable
interest has been finished at Valley
Forge park by the state
Valley Forge has a close relation
ship with Independence day and the
old camp site has proved a Mecca on
July 4 to thousands of Americans who
come from all over the union to pay
a tribute to the fathers of the United
States who suffered and died oh this
historic spot Practically the entire
site has been reserved A chapel
has been erected on the spot where
Washington was discovered at prayer
At the moment Valley Forge park
comprises about l7o acres it is
properly policed and cared for by
workmen whose duty it is to keep the
roads and the entire park in perfect
order
Public interest has kept pace with
the work On Memorial day 1500 per
sons registered at the headquarters
and this is probably not one fourth of
those who were in the park
Anywhere from 8000 to 10000 Amer
icans will fittingly celebrate July 4
1908 by going over the ground on
which their heroic forefathers under
went the sufferings that made inde
pendence possible
THE SCHEMIHL
He Is the Poor Fellow Who Always
Misses His Chance
The schemihl Is easier to understand
than to define Many years ago a gath
ering of the wits at the Maccnbaens
endeavored to come to a decision as to
the real definition of a scheming They
could iot sigree as to the origin of
the word aud they found It equally
hard to define what exactly a schemihl
is The nearest shot says the Jewish
Chronicle of London was that of Stu
art M Samuel M P who said that
ho could tell a story that would Illus
trate exactly what was meant by tho
term There wns a poor man who
could not find anything to do What
ever he tried failed and when he
sought employment he could not ob
tain it Day after day ho sat schemihl
like on a bench in the public gardens
waiting for some one to offer him
work but the offer never came For
a whole year he sat thus each day un
til at last ho attracted the attention of
a merchant who said to himself I
want some one at my warehouse and
I think I shall offer the job to that
poor man who is always sitting so pa
tiently and wistfully as though he is
looking for employment Tomorrow
I shall speak to him The morrow
came and the poor man started for his
usual walk to his usual seat As how
ever he was leaving his house he said
to his wife My dear I have been out
like this for a whole year and v a
ing has ever come of it Today It- ik
I shall stay at home And h did
And he missed the merchant Tha
the schemihl
A LIFE OF THE ROOFS
Gardens Flourish on the Housetop
Scientific Sammy
Sammy said Mrs Tucker who
was showing him through the geolog
ical department of the museum these
are called aerolites They are suppos
ed to be fragments of some planet that
has been broken up They come with
in the attraction of our planet and fail
to the earth
Oh I know what they are said
Sammy Theyre the ballast the man
in the moon has to throw out to keep
himself up in the sky
Works Both Ways
They bore one these society calls
dont you know declared the young
iady They bore one
Sometimes they bore two respond
ed the young man taking the hint and
likewise his departure Louisville Courier-Journal
Thats the Answer
Why is your husband so irritable at
home inquired the amazed visitor
Because he knows its safe to be
answeied the long suffering wife St
Louis Republic
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Florence Italy
There still exists in Italian cities a
life of the roofs that is distinct and
characteristic and of which the mere
foreigner and tourist is entirely un
aware Particularly is this the case in
Florence Mount to the top floor of
one of these grim big palaces standing
in some gloomy sunless street often
approached by a stem forbidding door
way and dark steep stairs and you
will hold your breath with wonder at
the surprise that awaits you for here
before your eyes stretches an unfa
miliar city a red and green city of
wide expanse and varying altitudes a
city no less architecturally beautiful
than the one you have left below and
enlivened too most unexpectedly by
verdure
In the very heart of the city on its
topmost apex there is no trace of
grime The air is pure and whole
some Indeed its breezes are charged
with no small suggestion of sea and
mountain breath As for the smoke
one would expect to find hanging above
the roofs of a densely populated city it
is conspicuous by its absence and only
at the hour of meals does some faint
blue column rise for the briefest space
into the atmosphere nelen Ziminems
A Florentine Roof Garden in Cen
tury
Grant the Hero
When General Grant was seized with
his fatal illness in the autumn of 1SS4
he appeared before the world in an en
tirely new character From being view
ed as the stern uncompromising and
conquering military commander the
revelation of his simple resignation in
the face of great suffering claimed for
him new fame as a hero in another
sense His last battle with the great
conqueror destined him for grander
laurels than were gained on any of his
many triumphant fields It was the
purely human side of his nature that
then appealed to the general sympathy
of mankind Thus his last and only
surrender was his greatest victory If
it had been otherwise history would
have cheated itself of an example of
Christian fortitude the like of which
has been seldom recorded Dr G F
Shrady in Century
New York Church Choirs
Singing in a New York choir has
several advantages one of which is the
long contract said a soprano I sang
in churches in four different cities be
fore coming here and everywhere I
was hired from month to month That
is the custom in most churches in oth
er towns The trustees are afraid to
sign a years contract on account of
the hot water they will get into if the
choir proves unsatisfactory Congrega
tions in other cities are very finicky
and stubborn in the matter of music
They dont take things as easy as the
people do here The average New York
congregation is the most obliging body
on earth Unless a choir is hopelessly
bad nobody interferes so the trustees
feel safe in hiring the singers by the
year New York Sun
Historic Trinity
The Famous Church at the
Head of Wall Street New
York and Its New Rector
Dr Manning J
01 TIE choice of the Ilev Dr Wil
liam T Manning as rector of
Trinity parish Xew York in
succession to the late Iiev Dr
Morgan Dix attracts national attention
because of the fame of Old Trinity
and the historic associations it pos
sesses It has been called the West
minster abbey of America on account
of the number of famous men who lie
in the graveyard surrounding the par
ish church and because of the part the
church Itself has had in events con
nected with the nations history One
of its architectural features is a series
of sculptural panels illustrating impor
tant scenes in the history of New York
city and the nation Trinity parish is
one of the wealthiest in the world and
includes besides the original church
at the head of Wall street eight other
churches or chapels as they aiv called
all under the jurisdiction of Trinitys
rector A great work among the poor
of New York is carried on and there
are sisterhoods dispensaries clubs cf
various kinds and a very extensive sys
tem of charitable activities Although
Trinity church is located in a business
district where very few people have
their homes it is one of the best at
tended of all the churches of New York
on Sundays and at certain times during
the week is thronged with business
men from the Wall street section for
tne noonday addresses winch lorm a
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TRINITY CHURCH K12W TORE
noted feature of the spiritual work of
the parish
Dr Manning who has a staff of
twenty live clergy under his direction
occupies a post of greater influence in
tho religious world than many a bish
op He has in fact declined two bish
oprics He was born in England in
1SGG and came to the United States
when twelve years old He graduated
from the University of the South at
Sewanee Tenn and from the divinity
school of the same institution being
ordained to the priesthood by Bishop
Kip of California He was a professor
of theology at Sewanee for a time and
in 1S9S became rector of Christ church
Nashville Tenn resigning this charge
to become vicar of one of the largest
of the branches of Trinity St Agnes
chapel In 1903 becoming assistant rec
tor of Trinity and heir apparent as it
were to the full rectorate in 1904
Trinity parish celebrated its bicen
tenary eleven years ago this month
Its charter was granted early in 1G97
in the eighth year of the reign of Wil
liam and Mary and when Benjamin
Fletcher was the royal governor of the
province of New York Thvee churches
have been built on the site at the head
of Wall street the first in 1G97 the
second in 1790 and the present edifice
hi 1S4G The second building was de
stroyed by fire in 177G and St Pauls
chapel farther up Broadway was usd
as the parish church from that time
until 1790 President Washington wor
shiping there during his residence in
New York It was in Queen Annes
time that Trinity received the grant of
lands which by their increase in value
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have made it the rieheot parish in
America It hm qLLJ It weal Ii
with education 1 and charitable- insti
tutions a ad it ii baM i t iid Ie s than
fifty churches thr v ctlUgs and sev
eral other institutions of a pvblic char
acter owe their start and material ad
vancement to the aid given them by
this historic parish
At the Sewing Circle
Look at em all as busy as bees
Yes but Ill bet more with stings
than honey Town Topics
NORMAL NOTES
Miss Zoo Adnms ofHolbrook is tho
latest nddition to our numbers
Supt Thomas wns called away on
business Tuesday but will return bo
foro tho closo of tho normal
Tho tail of si tadpole- wns the contor
of attraction in ono of Mr Garretts
classes recently Tho tail furnished
tho leneocytes and tho instructor did
the rest
Somo of tho normal students will go
homo to spend tho Fourth but they
expect to be back for Mondays classes
The exhibit of pictures at the high
school building during tha week was
fine It wns one of tho best that the
Horace K Turner Co puts up nnd it
wns appreciated by tho teachers
Tho concert to be given by the Chi
sngo Glee Club July 13th is looked
forward to with much plensuro both by
tho normal students nnd tho music lov
ing people of McCook No ono enn
afford to miss it
A collection was taken by the
ites for the benefit of the band that is
furnishing the excellent concerts in tho
park The amount though not largo
carries with it the good will of all tho
teachers
Somo of tho normal faculty have pre
pared a tonniti court near the ease school
building There on fair evenings may bo
seen two or more devotees of the game
smiting tenuis balls and developing
muscle
Superintendent and Mrs Thomns
entertained tho normal instructors at a
dinner at the Monte Cristo Monday
ovening This is only one of tho many
pleasurable occasions which Mr and
Mrs Thomas have so often planned for
the entertainment of the normal people
The instructors have been enjoying
croquet games played upon the grounds
of that prince of good fellows Mr Geo
Thompson whoso kindness in putting
his grounds at their disposal is simply
in keeping with his every dny good fel
lowship
Mr Colebank has a very interesting
series of experiments in plant growth in
connection with various kinds of soil
The agriculture class is fortunate in
having an instructor who can place be
fore them practical experiments in a
simple and practical way
About eighty of the students in
charge of tho instructors went to tho
B M shops last week to see what
might be seen They were courteously
received and shown all tho sights and
then treated to a fire drill which term
inated in a real water fight All were
pieasea wicn wnat tney saw ana many
wish to go again and give more atten
tion to somo of tho processes in the
shop work
Algerian Studies in McCook
One of McCook s substantial farmers
made a trip to his old home in Illinois
not many moons ago Owing to his
quiet and modest ways we suppose his
comings and goings aro not noticed in
our local papers While east he visited
some of the large cities He was much
impressed by the congested condition
existing in Chicago He noted the
pallid cheeks and quick wit of tho street
boys and made a tour of the city as
slumming missionary He won the
hearts of scores of these little men and
to them he described the beauties of
our part of Nebraska He invited some
of the boys to come out and visit him
and promised work to some of them
Some weeks since the nrst relay of
boys arrived from Chicago They
stood at the gate while the sons of our
hospitable friend chained the bulldog
and then were made at home in a most
hospitable manner Since that time
ocuers nave arnvea ana tnere was a
rumor that our friend was on the road
to fortune owing to the liberal rewards
offered for the return of the boys Eut
this rumor was due to the arrest of one
of the boys whose mother could not
bear to part with him
If you wish to study Algers charact
ers in person visit David Deveny one
mile east of town Com
Centers In Lincoln
The great national battle between
Taf t and Bryan centers at Lincoln The
state fight between Sheldon and
centers at Lin
coln The anti saloon fight for county
option centers at Lincoln The fight
for guarantee of bank deposits centers
in Lincoln The fight for the direct
primary centers in Lincoln The fight
for lower freight rates centers in Lin
coln The fight for anything that
promises good to the masses of the
state centers in Lincoln Read your
state paper Nebraska State Journal
at the cut price of one dollar until after
election without Sunday Including
Sunday 8139 If you are interested in
the state university state agricultural
college state fair state institutions of
any kind you should be a reader of The
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when your time is up Its not forced
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The Nebraska Military Acad
emy Lincoln
A hfcliKracIo Military Ponrcliiitf School
Tor boys Weill locution outiiilo the
city etcloe enough to derive all city
liunellts Ljutbc voll eqiiipietl build
ings forty ncres of campus drill
pa rndo nnd athletic grounds
Strong faculty tlu host ncndomic
military liiitfiiic nwl indiibtrinl train
ing Preparation for college university
or bubiiios A clean mid inspiring
school homo Careful attention given
to health habits and homo lifo of boys
Special department for boys under 12
jearsof ago School opens September
li lltXS lor Information address
II D ilAYWAKD Superintendent
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TEMPERANCE COLUMN
Conducted by the McCc ok W
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The tea held at Mrs Callona Inst
Friday was very well attended thirty
or more ladies attending Mrs Burton
led the bible study in an unusually in
teresting manner The next meeting
will be held at Miss Hippies in West
McCook
The L T Ls have held two meet
ings Let overy mother see that the
children from four to sixteen are in at
tendance evory Tuesday at three oclock
for ono hour Tho ladies in charge feel
encouraged so far and wo all must feel
some responsibility and havo our boys
and girls startod in tho right way as
regards the temperance question for the
boys and girls of today nro tho mon and
women of tomorrow
Tho temperance sermon delivered by
Rev Burton last Sunday ovening was
very fine Wo wish evory one in town
could have listened to it and then gone
away with a resolve to try to do more to
make our town better
Among all tho evils affecting tho pub
lic welfare I know of no singlo interest
which strikes so powerfully at the indi
vidual character of our citizenship or at
the public conscionco jib tho organized
liquor traffic or which so completely
and wholly debauches tho public
thought In all my experience I have
found in my own state no other single
power so great and powerful for evil and
the breaking of tho strength and pur
pose of good citizenship No saloon
ever yet made a man no saloon ever yet
made a woman or over gave manly
courage to tho one or tho jowel of virtue
to the other No saloon ever added a
single item of wealth or power to the
normal worth of any nation or any peo
ple Governor Hanly
CITT CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Christian Bible school at 10 a m
Preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m C E
at 7 p m All are
R M Ainswobth Pastor
Episcopal Preaching services at St
Albans church at 11 a m and 730 p
m Sunday school at 10 a m A I
are welcome to these services
E R Earle Rector
Catholic Order of services Mass
8 a m Mass and sermon 1000 a m
Evening service at 8 oclock Sunday
school 230 p m Every Sunday
Wm J Kirwin O M I
Baitst Sunday school at 10 a m
Preaching service at 1100 a m Even
ing service at 800 B Y P TJ at 7 p m
A most cordial invitation is extonded to
all to worship with us
E Burton Pastor
Congregational Sunday school at
10 a m Preaching at 11 a m and S pm
Junior C E at 3 pm Senior C E at
7 p m Prayer meeting every Wednes
day at S p m The public is cordially
invited to these services
G B Hawkes Pastor
Christian Science Services Sun
day at 11 a m and Wednesday at 8 p
m Meetings held in the Diamond
block Room open Wednesdays and
Saturdays from 2 to 4 p m Science
literature on sale Subject for Sunday
God
Methodist Sunday school at 10 a m
Preaching at 11 a m and S p Junior
League at 4 Epworth League at 7 led
by pastor Prayer meeting Wednesday
night at 8 pm Sunday school every
Sunday in South McCook at 3 p m
M B Carman Pastor
Real Estate Filings
The following real estate filings
been made in the county clerks
have
office
since last report
Philip Voiles and wife to Otto
Webber wd to lot 7 blk G4
Bartley KO 00
Charles F Lehn and wife to
Mable M Clark wd to lot 2
blk 11 2nd McCook
Clarence C Harless and wife to
Fred J Mason wd to lot 3
430 CO
blk 1 Gth McCook 22
James L Sims and wife to
Beaver Valley Grain Co wd
to lotsl 2 blk 1 Danbury
23 00
600 00
Charles II Meeker and wife to
Jeanne M Kennedy wd to
lot i and pt lot u blk 13 2nd
McCook 5oo
00
Lizzie Sayers and hus to Au
gusta Anton qcd to lot 10
blk 11 McCook ioo
A Handy Receipt Book
Bound duplicate receipt books three
receipts to the page for sale at Thk
Tribune office
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