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Fourth of July only comes once a year,
mid probably It is well Hint thin Is ho, es
pcclnlly for those of iih whose patriotic
ardor can Mnd an outlet through aomo
channel less nerve-racking tlian that
through which tho love of country cus
tomarlly finds vent on tho nation' birth
day Not that our zeal him slackened or
that wo halt In our devotion to our coun
try, but many of us can Mini othnr ways of
blowing off the. pent tip enthusiasm engon-
CHARLES HILL, SPRINUFIELD, S. I).
ORAND MA ST Kit SOUTH DAKOTA
MASONS.
ilerod during a twelvemonth of silent con
templation of our national greatness.
Dr. Joseph Parker, tho noted London
preacher, was recently lecturing on "Eter
nity" In a provincial town and was much
annoyed by a young dandy who wiih sented
near tho platform. The youth, proud of a
now watch, was continually pulling It out
to sco what tlmo It was. Finally tho lec
turer could stand It no longer. Looking
full at tho offender ho said: "Put up your
watch, young man. We aro considering
eternity, not time."
Colonel John S, Mosby, tho famous con
federato ranger whose command was for
years u menace to tho northern armies, was
In tho east recently and ono of his friends
was reminded of a characteristic Btory con
cerning tho famous fighter.
Shortly after l?neral (lrant'8 election tho
foriuer ranger chlof wiih Bent as consul to
I long Kong. Hero ho remained n great
many years. On his return to America ho
settled In San Francisco, where ho Is now
practicing law. After a lengthy absence he
visited his old home In the Shenandoah val
ley and was heartily greeted by nil IiIh
former friends and neighbors. Naturally,
bin greatest Intetest centered In the mem
bers of his old command and he iiiado It his
business to hunt up ns many of them as ho
could trace,
Tho Hr.it one whom he found lived In n
llttlo parsonage Just out of Chnrlcstnwu.
The former trooper had experienced re
ligion and embraced the ministry. Pursu
ing his Inquiries, Colonel Mosby found an
other of his troopers To his astonishment
he, too, was serving In tho I.ord'H vineyard.
Tho colonel was surprised, but he didn't
sav anything. Tho next one whom ho found
was running a grocery store, but the fourth
man was a preacher also, and so were tho
fifth and sixth and seventh. It appeared,
In fact, that it perfect epidemic of religion
had swept over tho old command nnd Hint
nearly til) per cent of those who remained
alive had taken to preaching tho gospel.
The colonel, who Is himself a religious
man, was very much gratified at this ex
hibition, and, coming upon a group of the
ex-troopers, all In ministerial garb, he com
plimented them most heartily, adding:
"Well, boys, If you fight the devil like
you fought the Ynnkees. there will be
something to record on Judgment day."
A graduating class In a private school In
Now York City recently emtio very near
losing such words of wisdom and ndvlce as
are usually Included In a prosy and digni
fied commencement address. Tho paBtor of
a prominent church had rensontod to speak
to tho graduates. He Is a methodic man,
but for some reason this engagement was
not placed on his dally calendar. After din
ner ho breathed a sigh of relief as ho dls
covered no ovenlng appointment.
"A whole evening to myself," ho ex
claimed, "what n treat." With sllppcrB, an
easy choir and a good book his enjoyment
was soon complete. Just boforo 9 o'clock
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A PRAIRIE FLOWER AND 1 1 Kit PETS
I'hoto for Tho Hoo by Morris.
Voting America, however, lias not yet
learned this lesson, and intuit have his noise
accompanied by lire, and amid tho fizzing
and banging of nil sorts of IlrcworliB glvo
expression to his sentlmcntB in regard to
tho screaming englo and tho all-pervading
superiority of Old (llory as an emblem of
freedom. Asldo from this, tho return of the
day necessarily attracts attention to the
event which has occasioned the great na
tional outburst of Joy and forvent exem
plification of devotion to country onco each
year for longer than a century nnd a quar
ter. Tho thinking mind turns back to that
ccno In tho "quaint old Quaker town,"
when the people, mad with tho flro "of lib
erty, ran In Joyous riot through tho streets,
Preachers and Lawyers Are Fair Game for Story
tho doorbell rang loudly and a moment later
thcro came In a young man, breathless from
running, who gasped out:
"Why, doctor, aren't you going to address
our class" The hall Is crowded and the
chairman has bren talking for half an hour,
expecting you every minute."
"Dear mo, I had almost forgotten It,"
ejaculated the clergyman, "but I'll be there
In i few minutes."
Making a lightning change of apparel, (he
minister entered tho hall fifteen minutes
latjr, trying to look cool. Thinking of
nothing better, on the spur of the moment,
he launched upon his victims n serious ad
dress on the necessity of promptness In
tho keeping of engagements to Insure suc
cess In life.
A would-bo smart commercial traveler on
an English train tho other day, thinking to
tease a Salvation Army girl, asked nor If
she believed tho story of Jonah nnd tho
whale.
"I don't know," sho said, "but when I get
to heaven I'll ask Jonnh If It occurred."
"Hut," said tho funny man, "supposing ho
Isn't there?"
"Then," said tho girl promptly, "you can
ask him."
Rov. Dr. llwnriTEverott Halo tolls how
a curious error crept Into the translation
of the Lord's ptoyer Into the Delaware In
dian togue. The English translator had as
an assistant an Indian who knew English
"Whit Is 'hallow' In Delawaro?" asked the
translator. The Indian thought ho said
"halloo," and gavo him tho equivalent
Therefore, tho Delaware version of the
Lord's prayer reads to this day, "Our
Father, who art In heaven, hallooed bo thy
naniol"
Judge Jenks of tho Now York supreme
court told the New York law school the
other day that "tho man with the furrows
on his brow wins against the man with
tho creases In his trousers every time."
Yet It frequently happens that tho man with
creases In his trousers doesn't have to put
furrows In his brow.
"I don't know much Herman." remarked
Speaker Hendertion to a New York reporter
"but enough to have saved mo ono of my
first lawsuits. Tho case, although not very
Important from a monetary point of view,
was to mo of tremendous Import. Xy
client, who wns tho plaint Iff. was a war
comrade, ami I felt In fighting for him as I
did when wo were In the war together. Ho
was suing for $S00. Well, one of the wit
nesses was a Herman woman, a hag, ns far
as her exterior went, but withal a good
woman. Nevertheless, tho fact that sho was
a good woman did not seem to offset In
many minds her ugliness of face and un
couth manners. The Interpreter, llko some
others whom I havo known, wns not alto
gether accurate, nnd, what was more, this
fellow happened to be nn out nnd out
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while the old bell In the tower obeyed the
Injunction of Its legend to "proclaim liberty
throughout the land," and announced that
tho Continental Congrts had signed the
Declaration of Independence. That first
Fourth of July celebration has had tnany
Imitators, but no counterpart, although the
sentiment awakened on that dny Is as lively
now us ever. Rockets may scream, candlts
Hputter and pop. plnwheels fizzle and slzz
and crackers go bang In all directions, yet
underneath all Is tho steady burning lire of
patriotism, In which all party differences
m It away, leaving only the pure gold of
devotion to tho country. Tho smoke of
powder on July 4 is but tho odor of in
cense burned at tuo shrine of liberty.
Whether tho constitution follows the Hag
may still be debatable, but there Is no
room to doubt that the Fourth of July
goes wherever Old (llcry waves. Wo havo
become more or less accustomed to read
ing on tho morning of the 5th of how n
few Americans gathered together In ono or
amlhrr of the Kuropcnu capitals nud
toasted the Hag In honi r of the day. Nowa
days these will not be the only ones be
yond seas who will glvu homage to the
StarH and Stripes on the Fourth The sun
PETER STHAUSIIAUC.il. PRESIDENT NE
HRASKA PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIA
TION. invor sets on American soil now. The
echo of the shot which was heard around
tho world Is now found In the bugle note
scoundrel as well, 1 was keeping one eye
on tho witness anil tho other on tho In
terpreter, and between the two It Is a
wonder I am not crosseyed now
"I had about made up my mind to call
tho Judge's attention to the sly work of
tho Interpreter, when tho witness an
swered tho most Important question of all.
Tho question required simply nn answer In
tho affirmative or the negative, and whai
did that scoundrel do hut tell the Jury she
had said -Yos,' when he had said 'No.' it
didn't take much (iclinan. to be sure, to
know that the Interpreter had lied, but 1
had Oerman enough to know that. 'Judge,'
I shouted, 'this Interpreter Is a scoundrel
nnd I won't put up with his lies any
further." Tho Judge had gone dead asleep
and nt my yell enme together with a Jump.
I was not at all quiet those days, and be
lieved that as a new member of tho bar
the more of a storm 1 raised the better the
effect and the more rapid would be my ad
vancement. After the Judge was fully
awake I questioned the old woman again
and interpreted her answers myself. I o
fully exposed the Iniquity of the Interpreter
that he was summarily discharged, and my
knowledge of the modern languages so Im
pressed tho Judge that I won my case"
Tho eons of tho Oerman emperor ate
being brought up In a strict school Whlln
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THE MINUET" HY CHILDREN AT ST CATHERINE'S ACADEMY
which calls the American soldiers to nn
otiier day's duty. Uncle Sam's dominion
now extends from what used to be the
rising of t ho Bttn to tho Kolng down thereof,
and over a territory that extends more
than half way around this terrestrial ball
will salutes go up to the most beautiful
banner over kissed by the breeze or sa
luted by the sun. Oreat changes have been
made In the boundary lines since July 4,
1 770. and not one of them but has been
tlu setting forward of the stakes by hu
manity under tho protection of the great
American people, whose nationality Is
made homogeneous by the love of liberty.
Fourth of July will' go on long after wo
have given over Its observation lo those
who must come after us, and when the
boys who mako tho nolso today will have
put on the soberer aspect of tomorrow.
Human liberty as a divine right Is a senti
ment that can neither be crushed or syndi
cated. If the uproar of the day annoys
you, try to remember that you were onco
a boy.
Springfield, S. 1)., fs furnishing Its share
of chief ofllcers for tho several secret and
patriotic orders of tho state. When the
Orand Army of the Republic elected officers
recently (ieurge W. Snow of Springfield, a
well known veteran, was chosen to bo de
partment commander.
Charles Hill of Springfield, who at tho re
cent grand lodge meeting was elected grand
master of the grand lodge of South Dakota
Masons, was born near Toronto, Canada.
Ills parents, however, were citizens of the
United States. Mr. Hill came west In 1873
and since that time has been closely Iden
tified with the develnpmint and progress
of the territory of Dakota and the stnto of
South Dakota, For many years he filled the
position of United States Indian agent at
Santee ngency, Neb., and as such nlso had
charge of tho Flandreau nnd I'onca sub
agencies. In 1S90 Mr. Hill abandoned tho
Indian sorvlco and purchnsed an Interest In
the Hank of Springfield, entering the Insti
tution as Its cashier. This position ho still
holds. Ho Is now serving his fourth term
as mayor of Springfield. Mr. Hill v.as for
ten years a member of the Hoard of Edit
cation of Springfield. At the present tlmo
he Is secretary for the regents of education
for tho Springfield Stnto Normal school, one
of the leading Institutions of learning In
the state.
Mfe on a farm brings as much freedom
to a girl as to a boy nnd many a proud
matron can look from her present social
eminence back to tho days when she ran
barefoot through the bush grass In the old
tho crown prlnco Is being Initiated Into
tho student life nt Iloiin his three younger
brothers Eltel Fritz, August Wllhelm nnd
Oscar aro hard at work at Picon, where
they nre subjected to n dally routine
stricter than that to which they are ac
customed at home.
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Judgo E. II. Onry, before whom the Chi
cago nunrehlsts of 188C were tried, re
cently said to an audience of young col
legians: "When I wns admitted to the bar,
about fifty-seven years ago, I thought I
knew something nbout law. I havo spent
that fifty-seven years forgetting what I
know then nnd learning It all anew again."
Although, as befits a man who believes
In the dlvlno right of kings, the kaiser
shows a stern front to the public when
ho drives about tho streets, In private
there Is no monarch so easy, so frank and
full of fun. When he met Lord Salisbury
during his first visit to Cowes sometime
ago he told that august mnn some stories
which made him split his sides. Ho even
dug the premier In the ribs when his
grandmother was not by. and then apolo
gized for the Indiscretion.
Tho llttlo king of Spain Is guarded every
night by n body of picked men, who aro na
tives of Esplnosa and have served with dis
tinction In the army It Is by them tho
June 30, 1001.
orchard and took liberties with the live
stock. One of these embryo queens of
Nebraska stood for a moment in front of
a Hee camera last week and forcid a pair
of pigs to be taken at tho same time. Her
faco shows how much she enjoyed the
situation, while tho expression of one of
the pigs Is such that you can almost hear
his voenl objection to the process. Ne
braska girls are like all other products
of the state, the best there Is to be had.
That children who do not spend their
lives on the farm alco have a bit of fun
Is nttested by the group photographed at
St Catherine's academy last week. These
merry llttlo ones were tnken while tripping
gracefully through the stately minuet
Under the care of the sisters In charge of
OEOROE W. SNOW OF SPR1NOFIELD, S.
D. COMMANDER DEPARTMENT OF
SOUTH DAKOTA ORAND ARM V OF
THE REPUBLIC.
the academy they have been trained In
tho little social arts and graces that go so
far to adorn llfo and mako tho path seem
smooth. q
P. Strnusbaugh, president of the Ne
braska State Pharmaceutical association,
has been a resident of Omaha since 1SS7.
when he came from Ohio, his native state,
to engago In the drug business with a
brother-ln-lnw. He took n course In
pharmacy at the Omaha Medical college,
was registered In 1S8S nnd was vice presi
dent of the association a year before his
election to tho higher office.
Tellers
Kates aro locked at midnight and with cere
monious solemnity reopened nt 7 o'clock
In tho morning. Should one of this gunrd
provo false to tho person of his sovereign
Spanish fnlth In Spnnlsh loyalty would dlo
as If by lightning stroko and something
very dreadful would happen to tho traitor.
It Is a curious custom of very ancient tra
dition, which the queen regent has not been
sorry to malntnln.
Thomas (1. Shaughnessy, tho president of
the Canadian Pacific railway, was born In
Milwaukee, Wis., on October fi, 18.-3. He
ontercd rnllwny servlco In July, 1809, In tho
purchasing depnrtment of tho Milwaukee
St. Paul rnllwny. In January, 1879, ho
was appointed general storekeeper of that
road, ond In 1882, when Mr. Van Home left
tho Mllwnukeo & St. Paul to becomo gen
eral mannger of tho Canadian Pacific, ho
took Mr. Shaughncs3y with him to Mon
treal and made him general purchasing
agent for that system, in 18S1 ho wns made
assistant general manager and In 1SS9 be
came nsslstnnt to the president, Mr. Van
Home, who, having been advanced to the
presidency, felt that he needed the assist
ance of tho bright nnd nctlve Shaughnessy.
In June, 1891, ho was elected n director nnd
vice, president, nnd In 1898 ho succeeded Mr.
Vnn Homo ns president of the Canadian
Pacific system.
-Photo for The Dee by Hostwlck.