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JOHN H. REAM, Publisher.
PAKOTA CITY, - - NEBRASKA.
MAN WITHOUT A
Hurrah for the man v.itliout a paint
Ii ho is not the Ball of tho earth, then
tho earth must curdy remain unsnlt
d. Ho feels no inward burning ne
cessity of breaking into newspapers
(with constant declarations ns to tho
JmdncsB of men and things. He Is not
full of suppressed resolutions aa to tho
wickedness of everybody else, nays tho
Chicago Inter-Ocean. Ho has no spe
cial yearning to ascend Chautauqua
platforms and feed full tho listening
throngs with all the horrors of exist
ence. In privato lifo ho is tho cltl
y.cn who looks after his family, who
Is regarded ns a good neighbor and
ho gains and deserves tho respect of
mil those who know him. In tho busi
ness world he is the man who does his
work without a lot of nolsoand wasted
motion and thereby earns tho grati
tude of his associates or employers. In
public lifo ho is tho man who sees
that tho business of government gets
attended to and leaves to louder states
men tho honors of big headlines and
Chautuuqun lectureships. After bear
ing or reading tho studied and labori
ous complainings of tho other variety,
the thought of him is like tho murmur
of pleasant waters. It cools, refreshes
and strengthens tho Jaded spirit. It
reminds ono that everything is far
from being lost, that the world's work
is still being efficiently done, that tho
republic is Bafe, and that the sun Is
still shining.
A Boston restaurant keeper kept a
green turtle on Its back In his win
dow and was tried on a chargo of cru
elty to animals. A Harvard university
professor testified that tho turtlo was
more nearly related to the birds than
the fishes, but the defense took tho
ground that it was not an animal, but
a fish, and tho Judgo Instructed the
Jury to bring in a verdict of not
guilty. Whatever intellectual I?o3ton
may hold as to tho status of the rep
tiles, there is no good reason why tho
laws forbidding cruelty to nulmnla
should not bo broad enough to cover
more than warm-blooded animals.
An Oak Park professor is advocat
ing the establishment of a school in
which the art and science of courtship
may bo taught. Good heaven! Has
tho man no knowlcdgo of human nn
turo? As soon as courtship Is niudo
n thing that pcoplo will havo to study
and work nt nobody will wlBh to in
diilgo in it. Tho way to make court
ship popular which Bocms to tbo Oak
Park professor's object is to enact a
lav; prohibiting It.
Tha sick friend ltf'sorvthg useful
purposes. He has long served as an
excuse for tho belated homefarer who
has been sitting by his bdaldo. Now
ho is coming in handy for tho speed
ing motorist who is hastening to his
dying bed. It would be a great Blioclc
to his loving friends t by Rome mis
cbnnco thla convenient Bcapcgoat
should suddenly recover.
That Pennsylvania farmer who took
a club and proceeded to batter up an
automobllo whoso driver refused to
stop when tho farmer's cattlo becamo
frightened, possibly acted contrary to
law, but his deed shows tho dangorous
Btato of mind engendered In tho public
by nutoists who dccltno to act reason
ably on the road or who Ignore tho
rights of pedestrians.
A savings bauk official reports that
a strange number of bogus coIiib find
their way into baby's bank. Playing a
trkk like that on a baby Is more rep
rohcnslblo than putting buttons in tho
contribution box.
A Harvard professor says a ray's
"Elegy in n Country Churchyard"
would bo rojected if submitted to the
editor of n modern magazine. Of
courso, Ha length would bo agnlnst It
at first sight.
Tho young Cullfornlan who Bang,
"I'd rathor have fingers thnn toes"
will be surprised to leurn that a Jury
In Chicago has assessed the latter at
exactly four times tho valuo of the
former.
An Ohio man boat his wife with a
baseball bat becauso alio had moved
his bed during houBcclcnning time.
She wouldn't havo mlndod, perhaps, If
he had got mad enough to beat n rug
or two.
The Harvard professor who advises
us to study Greek to tako our minds
off money making overlooks tho fnct
that money making is all Greek to tho
youth who tucks his diploma under
his arm and goes out to look for a
(Job.
' Phlladelphlans are searching In Lon
don for details of tho early history of
William Penn. In futuro agos Phlln
jdelphians will ho writing blographlei
f Connlo Mack.
i What a splendid thing It would be 11
somebody could dovlso a schemo for
tho segregation of tho Joy-riders and
the boat-rockers.
A Kentucky man went violently In
its while riding In a Chicago taxi-
ib. It Is calculated to havo that ef
fect to watch tho register shovo up
30 cost Furthermore, the result
seems to save been a measuro of
economy since It evidently cut short
ae taxation of the taxi.
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City and State Face
NKW YOIUC How can tho Empire
state and Now York city solvo its
tramp problem? Tho vagrants now In
tho state would form tho entire popu
lation of a city tho size of Albany.
The Empiro stato, and especially its
metropolis, is tho mccca for this vast
army of derelicts.
The Jails, penltontlarlos and alms
houses nre put to an expciiHo of ',
000,000 annually in endeavoring to
copo with tho problem which has
arisen through tho existence of this
undeRlrablo clement. Hut far more
serious than this Is tho loss caused by
tho destruction of property, robberies,
fires nnd kindred misdomeanors,
which coBts Uio state, tho railroads
and other private Interests over $10.
000,000 annually.
Tho Immenso numberoftrnmpB tres
passing on railroads nnd tho fatalities
which overtako many of them may be
Judged from tho fnct that in a porlod
Alaska City Center
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. If you should
happen to drop Into a town wherp
a newBboy scorns your nickel and
asks you 25 cents for a newspaper,
where ordinary meals at lunch count
er restaurants aro a dollar a throw,
whoro tho only communication with
tho bnlanco of tho world is by wire
less, where ice Is plentiful but you've
got to pay to skate, and steam pipes
are laid alongside tho water ptpoa to
keep them from freezing, you'd think
you had struck a queer place, wouldn't
you?
Yet such a plnco is Fairbanks. You
might well oxpect a town that's 2,500
miles north of Senttlo, Wash., to bo In
perpetual zoro weather, but you
wouldn't expect a ctty located this far
up In the Ice belt to bo so rich that
it could afford a water systoni, not to
mention tho luxury of steam heat,
which, whllo not only providing
wnrmth for privato homes of tho city,
Is mado to swaddlo tho fire plugs and
keep thorn thawed out and ready for
uso during tho long wlntor.
Seven months of tho year aro "dark"
In Fairbanks, and during ono of those
months electric lights aro burned on
tho streets 21 hours a day. If you
want to read your morning newspaper
nt breakfast ltymust bo by tbo nld of
tho electric bulb, and In what would
bo your noonday glaro you havo got to
carry a lantern In order to distinguish
VNNNNN
Bank Uses Thumb
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FASIER.
CHICAGO. Chicago has a bank
which Identifies Its depositors by
means of the thumb pilnt mnrk.
When n customer who cannot write
his name opens an nccount or doposlts
money or withdraws It hu makes u
thumb murk on thu slip, and is audi
clontly Identified,
According to tho cashier of this pe
culiar bonk, thoro has novor boon nn
error In tho Hortlllon system of Iden
tification. When wo began business
six yenrB ago, ho says, not moro than
one In threo of our customers could
sign his name In English. Wo would
not nccopt signatures In Jewish wilt
ing. Wo wero confronted by a serious
problom, Tho uso of tho thumb print
was HUggcHted, and It has worked out
to perfect satisfaction.
Whon a man comes in to open an
account nnd wo find hu cuunut sign
his namo wo fill In tho identification
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Police Chief to Stop Boys Smoking
K
boys of this city now huvo an of
ficial fathor to watch them nnd pre
vent lhtlr smoking cigarettes. Henry
T. Zlmmer, chief of police, tins un
dertaken to vigorously enforce tho
Kansas law which forbids minors to
smoko. The polico aro confiscating all
tobacco, cigars, clgarottoB, cigarette
papors and pipes found In possession
of youths. It's back to tho corn Blll
nnd tho grnpevlno for tho boys. They
cntinot legally smoko until they reach
tho proper ago.
This law Is of tha 1009 vintage, but
little attention was paid to It and tho
Kansas City boys who wanted to "roll
ono" wont abend and rolled It and
smoked without ofllclal Interference.
Thoro wero soma complaints to the
city officials, howovor, and Hnally Chief
Zlmmor ordored tho patrolmen to stop
Juvunllo smoking, Thu chief has seven
sons nnd ho know something nbout
how to stop smoking.
Patrolmen visited tho confectionery
and drug stores whero boys congre.
To Restore Chairs.
To clean nnd restore tho elasticity
of cane bottom chairs, turn tho chair
and with hot water and a spongo sat
urate tbo cane work thoroughly. If
the chair is dirty use soap. After
ward set tho chair to dry out of doors
and tbo Boat will bo as taut as when
aew.
For Celebration of the Fourth.
In tho Interest of a "sano" Fourth
of July a Chlcagoan has Invontod an
InBtrumeut to produco nolso by burst
ing paper between tho mouth of a
rubber bulb and a perforated haudlu.
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Tramp Question
of ilvo years actually 23,904 trespass
ers wore killed and 25,230 injured In
the United Statos whllo stealing rides.
.Most of th'm wore tramps, and at
least one-llfth of tho ncdldents took
place in this state.
A large proportion of these vagrants
are youths and young men whoso ages
rnngo from sixteen to twenty-one.
Reared in the cities their yearning for
adventure, uncontrolled by proper
homo conditions, causes them to tako
the road.
Though one-half of those finally quit
tho nomadic lifo and return home or
settle down, tho remaining hnlf be
come Inveterate tranipB and gradual
ly turn from vngrancy into a enreer
of crime or semi-crime. A very Inrgo
percentage, however, aro adults and
comprise every species, from men who
will not or cannot work through
chronic unlltness to those who nre
Innocent victims of downright adver
sity. Ono solution proposed is to form a
labor colony. A labor colony is, brief
ly, n state-owned colony for tho de
tention, reformation and Instruction in
agriculture and other industrial occu
pations of persons committed by mag
istrates ns tramps nnd vagrants.
of Queer Things
Fairbanks.
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tho neighbor you meet in tho street,
A common laborer gets ?& a day
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and board In Fairbanks, and board Is Justed Just above Uie nottio to pro
a factor worth considering. It is cstl-1 vent its being raised, the milkman
mated thnt It costs about $2.25 to aup- can closo tho front dor of tho safe
ply three meals a day here, so the wll& the assurance that no thief can
laborer Is making tho handsome sum enter. At the sldo of tho box Is a
of $7.25 per day. or $ 43 50 por week. . book to hold any extra bottles.
rjven unuor incso conuiuuuu luuurvia
arc scarce
Fairbanks is as cosmopolitan as any
mining camp In tho west. A steam
railroad connects Fairbanks with all
of tho mines within a radius of 50
miles, and trains aro run several times
dally and from vnrious points. Fair
banks proper has a population or 5,
000, which includes two bnnks, two
hospitals, numerous hotels, four auto
mobiles, an electric lighting plnnt and
other accessories of civilization. Tho
population of tho district outside of
tho city consists of nVout 5,000 people.
From October to April or each year
Fairbanks Is wrapped In a heavy
sheet of lco and snow nnd tho ther
mometer varies from 20 to 50 degrees
below zero.
Print Signatures
card for him, Just as wo would for
any other depositor. Then wo wrlto
his nnmo and witness his mark. Thon
wo glvo him an ordlnnry rubber
stamp pad with red ink on It, nnd ho
prossos llrst one thumb and then the
other on tho pad and makes n care
ful, clear Impression of each on tho
corners of his card.
Whon tho depositor comes hack to '
add to his account or to withdraw I
money tho bank attendant mnkes out
tho Blip for him nnd writes in his j
name. Then tho depositor makes his
thumb print on tho slip and presents
it at tho toller's window. Tho teller
turns to tho card lndox and finds tho
caru. Just an ho would Tor any other
depositor. In place of looking at tho
Flgnaturo ho looks at tho thumb prints
nnd compnres them with tho marks
on tho deposit or withdrawal slip.
Wo havu novor had a complaint or
crror from thu uso of this system.
Thoro aro absolutely no two thumbs
alike, and thu thumb print mark is
an absolute Identification. We havo
had complaints over slgnntures, but
never ovor thumb prints. Mon have
claimed that they did not sign with
drawal slips, but no one has ovor de
nied his thumb mnrk.
MLAMCF ISI
Th' PRice or
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gated beforo and after Bchool hours,
Hoys who wero smoking wore taken
to tho polico station. Tholr tobacco
and cigarette papers were taken away
from them. Tho chief loetured the
boys nnd permitted them to go home
A Inrgo number went through this ox
perionce.
Thu smokers' supplies tho police
contlHcatu are burned nt tho police
heudquartors. Every few days the
Binoko from tho city hall chimney
bears the tobacco-laden odor of a
levee barroom. It la simply a few
more sacks of tobneco and a fow more
bunches of papers passing beyond the
roach of tho boys.
Good Reason.
Littlo Ethel "Pupa, hero's a pic
ture of tho old woman who lived in
a shoe and had so many children she
didn't know what lo do. Why did she
live In a shoot" Papa "She lived
in a Bboo because sho couldn't gut s
flat with all thoso children."
Tobscco Trust In Chins.
The tobacco consumption of China
is very largo and Is mostly homo
grown. Tbo finer grade of loaf conios
from tho Philippines, but the whole
situation Is controlled by tho tobacco
trust
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NEW SAFE FOR MILK BOTTLE
Ingenious Apparatus That Is Destined
to Balk Petty Thieves Opened
Only With Key.
It took two Michigan men to de
vise the milk bottle safo shown here,
but between them they contrived a
most Ingenious apparatus that is de
stined to balk tho potty thieves that
steal milk bottles from doorsteps.
New frilk Bottle Safe.
The safo is a box Just big enough to
hold two bottles, side by side, and Is
divided Into two vertical compart
ments. Tho door has a spring lock
nnd tho key Is hold by the house
holder,' tho milkman not requiring
any. In tho fact that tho milkman
needs no key lies the featuro of tho
device. In tho bottom of one com
partment is a trapdoor that strikes
the lock on tho front door as it Is
pushed up and opons the latter.
"-non a Dotuo is pinceu on mo irap-
or, nowovor, ana a aiming Dar au-
VENTILATION IN DAIRY BARN
Some of Essential Points In Securing
Proper Amount of Fresh Air
In Cow 8tablcs.
Tho essential points In securing
sufficient and satisfactory ventilation
In stables arc, according to tho King
system of ventilation, ns follows:
Stnblo walls nnd ceilings should be
practically air tight and non-conductors
of heat and cold. Doors nnd
windows should fit well.
j Fresh air intakes should bo not
more thnn ten or twelvo feet apart.
King Ventilating System.
They should havo tho outsldo opening
nt least threo feet below tho inside
opening, with tho Inside opening at
the celling, provided with a valvo or
shutter.
Foul air flues should bo air tight
and non-conductors of heat and cold.
They should havo their lower opening
nhout ono foot above tho floor level,
and with nB few bonds as possible
pass upward to a height of nt least
twenty-flvo feet, and should always
bo two or three feet abovo tho ridgo
of the roof or of any near-by roof. In
building these flues around a clrt or
pinto they must bo enlarged In propor-
, tlon to tho slzo of tho obstruction
passed.
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REGULAR TIME FOR MILKING
lob Should Not Be Performed by
Tired, Dirty Farm Hands, Just
In From Field.
There Is much loss In milking b
causo of having this work done b
tired nnd dirty milkers, but tho raer.
doing tho work are not to blame for
being in this condition, nays a wrltor
in tho Kimball's Dairy Farmer. They
come from tho fields with their clothes
covered with dust and perspiration.
and bb soon aa they havo their supper
commonco tho milking. Is It any won
' der that It Is often only half dono? H
1 farmers would mnko it n rule not to
j compel tho help to do milking out or
. seasonable working hours they would
I experience much less trouble In se
curing holp. Tho milking should bo
mado a part of tho day's work and not
nn nddltlon to it. Many farmers, espo-
nlnllv wlmrn nnlv (An ni- nttonn .........
! are kept, look upon this Job ns a sldo
I Issue; that 1b, tbo milking can bo
dono when they can't do anything
else. Tho milking Is as important as
any part of tho work, and whether
you aro plowing or harvesting, mako
your plans so that when the time
comes to milk It can be dono without
any delay. Again, tho best results
cannot bo had from cows unless they
ire milked at regular hours.
White Speck In Butter.
Whlto specks In butter aro some
times simply flno particles of milk
curd, resulting from lack of care in
skimming. Sometimes they are small
specks of dried cream having been
scruped from tho sides cf the pan
and being too dry to thoroughly soften
and mix with tbo rest.
Keeping Cows Clean.
Keep tho flank and udder of the
cows cllppod., It Is much easlor thnn
to clean tho parts boforo milking. It
holps to keep dirt out of tho milk. To
clip tho cows nil ovor onco or twice
a yoar will do them Good
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GREEN RYE FOR MILK COW..
May Be Fed When It Heads Out and
There Is More Nourishment in
It at That Time.
Green rye may bo fed as soon as It
heads out; there Is then the most
nourishment In tho stalks. Cut when
freo of dew, and lot It wilt a few
hours beforo feeding. Feed small
quantities at first. A half forkful may
bo given to each cow after tho hay
has been eaten. When fed thus there
Is no danger of bloat or hovon. Tho
feeding of green feed to cattlo should
be in the hands of a careful man, 'and
not given to boys or a careless hand.
Attention to this rulo will frequently
savo the life of a valuable cow.
Horses at work should not bo given
green feed, as it is liablo to produce
colic. Cows should not be turned oit
to pasture too early. Walt until tho
grass has made somo growth, and
there Is somo nourishment in tho
grass. Before turning out to grass
give tho cows a feed of hay or straw
llrst. After tho hay is eaten they are
turned on tho pasture. For the first
day or two let them graze, ono or two
hours. When tho cows are accus
tomed to the change they may remain
out all day. Experienced dairymen
feed a small grain ration throughout
the grazing season. If you are getting
1C cents per gallon for milk, It will
pay to do this.
EXCELLENT QUALITY OF MILK
Jersey Cow Is Unsurpassed for Beauty,
Utility, Profit and Superiority
of Product.
Tho milk of the Jersey cow will al
ways be in great demand with the
critical consumer, because It contains
far greater proportion of nourishing
solids and rich, highly flavored, but
ter fat than the milk of other breeds.
Tho man who investigates the ad
vantage of tho Jersey cow ovor the
dairy breeds will generally invest hla
money in a Jersey cow, nnd the profits
will demonstrate his wisdom.
Tho Jersey cow yields ns much
profit as two or moro ordinary cows.
She is healthy, vigorous, and costs
no more to keep than an inferior cow.
Prize Winning Jersey Heifer.
Tho milk from tho Jersey cow Is 30
per cent, richer than tho average cow.
Tho Jcrsoy cow Is unsurpassed for
beauty, utility, profit and excellent
quality of product.
Gilded Milk.
L. Ilorton, one of the biggest retail
ers of milk in New York Htnto, Is
charging twenty cents a quart for
some of tho milk ho sells. Tho milk
is produced by tho owner of a farm
at Nowburgh, N. Y., and cleanliness
Is insisted on to nn extent almost un
believable. The cows are washed and
wiped with spotless liuen, and when
tho milk is obtained it is handled as
though it wero champagne. Tho milk
is sold to tho "gilded rich" in New
York city.
Works Up Big Business.
An Oregon grocer In a dairy com
munity ha3 worked up a big business
by delivering goodB to his customors
within a radius of five miles at the
samo time he gathers up tho cream
from the farm. Orders for goods pour
in to him by telephone every morning
beforo ho starts out.
Carlotta's Good Record.
Carlotta, the Missouri cow that pro
duced ?270 worth of butter in ono
year is nino years old, has had seven
calves and wns never sick In her life.
Her grain ration is corn chopped,
bran, oats, gluten meal and linseed
meal. She gets at least three of these
Ingredients every time she is fed.
Treatment for Cramps of Muscles.
It often happons that tho dairy cow
suffers from cramps of the muscles,
especially of tho neck and sometimes
of tho hind legs. This can bo over
come by giving nn ounce of bromide
of potassium in the bran mash twice
each day for teu days.
Avoiding Dust at Milking Time.
The cows should not bo fed their
roughago, nor tho bedding bo stirred
up before milking, and aa far as pos
sible tho barn should bo opened and
aired beforo milking time, so that tho
foul air which tHlntH milk fo readily
may escape.
lnd cream will not make good
butter.
Dairying is tbo most prominent
branch of farming.
A little laxativo feed should be
given nt the tlmo of freshening.
Milk cows must bavo an abundance
of water or they will fall off in milk.
A cow thnt mtlka for only five or
six months Is seldom a profitable
cow.
Irregularity and too much fionon
onlty In feeding tho calf aro olten
dangerous.
Whon your cows do not pay lor
their feed, it's time to cbango the feed
or tho cows.
Selling tho products of the flold to
tho cows and hogs is delivering them
to tho best market unown.
It thero la a noticeable falling oft In
tho milk, seo If n cbango In tho ra
tion cannot bring back tho flow.
Tho silo enables tho dairyman to
keep moro livestock on tho same num
ber of acres and at less cost In feed
and labor.
Novor take a very young calf away
from Its mother nnd put It on Bklm-
milk. Taper It oft from wholo milk to
IsUlmmllk gradually
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OR many weeks
g plans for celebrat
ing me anniver
sary of the Declar
ation of independ
ence ns a great
civic festival havo
been In prepara
tion. Varied and ex
tensive onto rtaln
ment should be
supplied so as to
mako the day us
sumo the character
of a community fes
tival. Ilut tho reck
less use of danger
ous explosives by
children, too young
to realize their own
peril, Is not necessary to the nation's
expression of gratitude that It is freo
and independent. This sentiment has
at last crystallzed Into a movement for
a sane Fourth, and throughout the
country various cities have made ar
rangements by which it is hoped child
life will be better protected than it
has in preceding years.
It was on the third of July, 177G,
that John Adams wrote to his wife,
Abigail, tho letter, since often quoted
as a prophecy, concerning the future
celebration of this period as a national
festival. Dcsplto the fact that he wns
one of tho most Important figures In
the stirring events of that historic
time, he wrote two letters to her on
that day. In one he said: "Yesterday
tho greatest question was decided
which was ever debated in America;
and a greater perhaps never was nor
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Independence f&
View From Chestnut Street
will be decided among men. A reso
ution was passed, without one dissent
ing voice, that these united colonies
are and of right ought to bo free and
independent stutes." In tho other let
ter ho wrote: "Tho second day of
July, 1776, will be the most memorable
epoch in the history of America. I am
apt to believe that It will be celebrated
by succeeding generations ns the
great anniversary festival. It ought
to be commemorated ns the day of
deliverance by solemn acts of devotion
to God Almighty. It ought to be
solemnized with pomp and parade,
with shows, games, sports, bells, bon
fires and illumination from ono end of
this continent to the other, from this
tlmo forward forevermoro."
The resolution for independence
was, as these letters bIiow, really
adopted July 12. Hut tho formal De
claration of Independence was adopted
July 1, und copies of this declaration,
prepared by a committee of five head
ed by Thomas Jefferson, wero then
sent to tho states. The resolution
adopted July 2 was presented to con
gress by Richard Henry Leo of the
Virginia delegation, Juno 7, 1776. It
road: "Resolved. That these United
Colonics are and of a right ought to
be free and Independent states; that
thoy aro absolved from all allegiance
to the Hrltish crown; that nil politi
cal connection between them and the
State of Great Britain Is, and ought
to be, totally dissolved."
Prompt action in so serious a matter
was'not to be expected and congress
put It off until July 2, when the reso
lution, much to the Joy of Adams, who
seconded Lee's motion, wns adopted.
In the meanwhile Lee, tho mover of
the resolution, wns called homo by the
Illness of his wife. Otherwise ho
would probably havo been made chair
man of tho committee of five appoint
ed to propare a formal statement.
This committee was composed of
Thonins Jefforson, Henjamln Frank
lin, John Adams, Roger Shorman and
Robert R. Livingston. It is usually
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The Slow Luncheon.
Mistress Why havo you been so
long, Mario? I told you wo wanted tho
lobster for lunch, and it is now past
ono o'clock.
Maid It's on account of your hob
bio Bklrt you gave me, madam. Pole
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conceded that Jefferson wrote the Dec
laration, which was reported and dis
cussed until July 4, when It was
adopted. Copies were prepared nnd
sent to the states. Pennsylvania watt
the first to receive its copy, and on
noon of July 8 it was read to a crowd
of citizens in the stntehouse yard. It
was read from n wooden platform
erected in 17G0 to enable David Hit
tenhouse to observe a transit of Ve
nus. Some In the concourse who list
ened to the reading may havo realized
that a new constellation had ap
peared iu the flrmnment of the na
tions. Only the president of tha congress,
John Hancock, and his secretary
signed the Declaration on the day of
its adoption. The final signatures of
the fifty-six who signed the original
document were not affixed until No
vember. Three of the flfty-slx signers lived
to see the fiftieth anniversary of
American independence. They wero
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson nnd
Charles Carroll. Adams and Jeffer
son died on the fiftieth anniversary
July 4, 1S2G, leaving Charles Carroll
tho sole surviving signer. Jefferson
and Adams had both served as pres
idents of the republic which they had
helped to form. A third President,
Monroe, also tiled on July 4, but five,
years later than these two.
Posterity, though it has fulfilled
Adams' prediction, selected tho fourth
instead of the second of July ns tho
day for celebration.
The corner stone of the Washington
monument at the national capital was;
Side of the Historic Building.
laid July 4, 1S50. It was a very hot
day. President Taylor, who was pres
ent, was exposed to the heat of the
sun for three hours. On his return
to the White Houso he drank freely of
ice water and Iced milk and also par
took of some cherries. Shortly after
ward he was taken 111 and died July 9.
Benjamin Franklin, the cUest sign
er, was seventy. Edward Rutledge of
South Carollnn, tho youngest, was.
twentj'-seven; Jefferson was thirty
three. The average ago was forty
threo years three months. Many oc
cupations were represented, but law
yers, of whom there wero thirty, were
in tho majority.
The first public celebration of tho
event was that of Pennsylvania, July"
8. On July 9 Washington, comman
der In chief, annnounced In general
orders, "Tho honorable Continental
congress, Impelled by the dictates of
duty, policy, and necessity, having
been pleabed to dissolve tho connec
tion between this country and Great
Britain and to declare the United
Colonies of America free and inde
pendent states, the several brigades
are to be drawn up this evening on
their respective parades at C o'clock,
when the declaration or congress,
showing the grounds and reusons of
this measure, is to be read In nn au
diblo voice. Tho general hopes this
Important event will servo as frsh
Incentive to every ofllcer and soldier
to net with fidelity and couraf.e, as,
knowing now that the peace and safe
ty of his country depends, under God,
solely on the success of oilr arms. And
state possessed of sufficient power to
that he is now in the service of it
stato possessed of sufficient power to
reward his merit and advance him to
the highest honors of a freo country.'
Mean.
"He took a mean advantage."
"In what way?"
"When sh'e sued him for divorce hfa
got the Judge to glvo him the eus.
tody of her lapdog." Judge.
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Worried.
"I'm afraid my wife is going Into a
deolln.fi."
' "'Don't worry about that, old man
Sho'll como out all right."
"Yes, but what If sho shouldn't? I'vo
got all nrrnngements mado to send h
ieast for tho summer."
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