DANNY DESMOND’S FOURTH OF JULY By George Cartwright. Dorothy Desmond would never have Hccepted the attentions of Frank Car roll if she had not known he was most Heartily disliked by Dr. F.ruce Ronald, ^.nd she never would have quarreled with the doctor but for Danny. Dorothy had been the head of the house since, a mere slip of a girl, she had stood beside her dying mother and, Icarce comprehending her responsibil ity. had promised that she would be a mother to Danny. She had done more Us years rolled around, becoming Dan fiy’s abject slave. It was because Dr. Ronald liad left Danny's cut finger to hurry to Mrs. Carson, who was reported to be in a fit, that Dorothy had quarreled with him. She could not understand why Mrs. Carson's fit should be more Im portant than her darling's hurt, and had told Ronald that she could not marry a man who would leave a poor Buffering child to minister to the whims of a hypochondriac. There was no time for argument. Dr. Ronald had sprung Into his buggy, and the next day she had returned his ring. That same night Carroll had taken the doctor's place on the Des mond porch to the openly expressed dis approval of Danny, who found Car* roll's cheap humor but a poor exchanga for the absorbing tales Ronald was > ; .wont to tell. Dorothy herself found little pleasure In Carroll's society. His slartg and silly stories grated upon her finer sensibili ties. but she would not let Ronald see that she missed him, and Carroll had been the first to appear after the quar >»el Carroll was far from a fool, how ever, and he sought to win Danny's favor with presents. That youth re fused to accept a music box and a Jack knife, but the approach of the Fourth of July found him graciously disposed to accept a gigantic pistol generously supplied with caps of an extra large size and of exceptional noise producing qualities. He was still wedded to his Idol, Ronald, but the donor of such fascinating toys was not to be regarded lightly, and for fully ten minutes he sat upon Carroll’s lap be fore he slipped down to try the new toy. ’ Encouraged by the success of this experiment, Carroll was moved to make further offering on the morning of the Fourth of a case of fireworks and a fresh supply of caps In spite of Doro thy’s fears of an accident. More than that, he stayed to help shoot them off, and all the afternoon he and Danny made the Desmond front yard as noisy as a Japanese battlefield. He did not receive the Invitation to supper for which he had been maneu vering; however, he was back soon af ter the evening meal. He was assured as least one welcome by a fresh supply of fireworks. These he assisted Dan ny to set off in the front yard, serious ly burning one of Mr. Desmond's fa mous maples with his pinwheels and smashing a skylight in the conserva tory next door with a misdirected rocket. Presently Carroll began to regret his generosity, for he argued that were the supply less plentiful he might possi bly be left alone wi*h Dorothy. Be cause of this hope he was only too ready, when she complained of the noise, to flick the ashes carelessly from his cigar Into an open box of caps. The expected explosion did not come, and, disappointed, he turned away just as Danny reached over for a fresh cap. , With a flare the entire supply ex ploded In the boy’s face. The ash with the live heart had taken a moment to heat through and explode the fulmi nate. v With a cry Dorothy caught him up and carried him into the parlor, refus ing all aid from the thoroughly fright ened Carroll. "Don’t touch him!” she stormed, "li you have any decency, go away at once.” ”1 didn’t mean to,” he protested. But his words fell upon unheeding ears. It was enough for Dorothy that her dar ling was suffering. She ran to the tel ephone to call up old Dr. Bryan, only to be met with the disheartening re sponse that the doctor had been called ,to the country. There was only one Other physician In the town. For one brief second Dorothy hesi tated; then a groan from the huddled figure on the couch drove from her .head all feelings of pride. She took the receiver down again. No need this time to look in the book for the num ber. She knew it by heart. Ronald answered the call In person, and with a cry of relief she told him oi her need and Implored him to come. There was no answer to her request, only the click as the receiver at the other end was hung up. With a cry she sank to the floor. She was alone ... »..v “Cl OUU.CriU(i iUUi. Her father had gone to the celebration In the town hall, and Carroll had slunk away at her fierce repulse. She could not believe that a man ■would be so cruel as to refuse little Danny help. And Dr. Ronald had pre tended to be so fond of the boy. Hot anger burned In her heart, but she re membered that her first duty was toward Danny. She struggled to her feet and started toward the couch In the other room. In the doorway her heart gave a great leap. There, bend ing over the lad, was the stalwart fig ure she loved so well. Without turn ing from his work he spoke: "I thought it would be better to come right over,” he explained. “I was afraid that his eyes might be In danger. Ful minate makes such a nasty burn.” “You might have told me that you r were coming," she protested. "Do you imagine I would refuse to answer the tail of distress anywhere?” he asked, as he saturated a strip of cotton batting in sweet oil. "Was tliete need ol that assurance? liven you gave me credit for boiag absorbed in my work.” "I beg your pardon,” she said sim ply, trying to still the beating of her heart as she came forward and tool.' one of Danny's hands In her own. "Is he much hurt?” "Not as badly as I feared.” was the assuring answer. "The burns are su perficial and confined to the lower part of the face. His eyes are unhurt, and he did not brpathe the flame." “Thank God.” she said softly, "that you are here!' He shot a quick glance at her as he raised his eyes from his work but he went quietly on. and by the time he had finished she had regained her self possession. "How can I ever repay you?” she said as she replaced his packages In the tiny satchel. He caught her face in his two hands and searched her eyes. What he saw there must have satisfied him. "My fee Is a heavy one,” he declared solemnly—"a kiss.” There was a tense moment, then, with a sob. she paid him double price. Costly Patrons. From the Rrooklyn Eagle. The Preacher--Have you special rates for clergymen ? The Hotel Clerk—Yes, sir; we charge them a dollar extra. The Preacher—Dollar extra! Why? The Hotel Clerk—They don't patronise the bar HURRAH FOR THE I „ STARS_ AND_; STRIPES! [ The British Invader. f :: BY HOWARD FiELDINQ. vising the arrangements for th© display of fireworks, which was to begin at 9. I found Tom also, and we had a serious talk. To sum up th© matter In th© brief est form, let me say that I laid before them evidence to support these allega tions: On the morning when the check swindle was perpetrated at the bank Lord Colewyn and Bitters had started from the Stanch tield hotel on foot for the Brandon resi dence. They had proceeded to a certain place beside the wall surrounding the grounds and had climbed over. There they had found another man waiting in some shrubbery, where the ground had fortu nately been In an excellent condition to receive and preserve footprints. Tho man whom they had met had been dressed and made up in imitation of Bitters, who after a brief conference had again climbed tho wall. Lord Colewyn and tho other man had then /skirted the wall on the inside until they had come to a path, by which they had approached the house. The double of Bitters had stopped at a small summer house on tho edge of the lawn in plain view from the veranda and had remained there an hour or more, while Lord Colewyn. with Miss Brandon—and her mother for a part of tho time—had sat on the veranda. During this period Ijord Colewyn had frequently directed at tention to "Bitters" seated in the sum mer house. Finally (and doubtless upon a signal) he had sent a servant to summon Bitters, and the real Bitters had respond ed, coming up to the veranda, where of course he had been unmistakably recog nised by Mrs. Brandon and her daughter, tho latter of whom was able to declare from the depths of honest conviction that he had not been out of her sight. Yet the fact was that Bitters had been to town and had cashed the check, creep ing secretly Into th© arbor afterward in a way which I was able to point out and even In part to trace by actual markings, thus taking th© place of his double, who who then crept out as Bitters had come in, returned to town, packed up his be longings In the hotel and fled. The resemblance of the double to Bitters had been ©trong enough to permit of this deception at th© distance of the arbor from the veranda, but would not have suf ficed for the fraud at the bank. When Mr. Brandon had heard my story and had hastily verified a part of it his natural Impulse was to give Colewyn a chance to defend himself, but as we wer© about to summon him Mrs. Brandon broke in upon us, having overheard so much that the remainder could not be con -v a trained runner to overtake a man whd has never given special study to that ex ercise. A nice, easy tackle brought Cole* wyn't nose and tho soil of my native liind into close touch with each other, and then Tom came up and helped me lead th4 captive back to the house. There we learned that the Interview be-> tween the noble lord and his prospectlv4 father-in-law had ended with a threat ot a criminal prosecution, whereupon Cole* wyn had struck down the white haired old man with a somewhat remarkable weapon—one of those long, round needld cushions stuffed with emery powder, art ideal sand club. The blow stunned him, but inflicted no lasting Injury. That Is, It inflicted no lasting Injury upon Mr. Bran don, but It smashed Miss Ethel's ideal of an English lord into ten thousand plooesj Mrs. Brandon's fear of ecandal save& Colewyn from a Jail, and ho departed from that house forever that evening der the flaming eyes of a fiery portrait George Washington. SOME OLD TIME CELEBRATIONS Parades, dinners and the drinking of aa many toasts as there were states in thd union formed tho characteristic feature* of the early Fourth of July celebrations. There was lews no4se a century ago than is usually the case today and absolutely no overindulgence In fireworks, because £Li>*>wairite were so score that their uee wajtf practically restricted to the public gar dens. These popular resorts, of which there were several In New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other large cities, were careful to announce, often weeks before hand, the attractions prepared for the an niversary day. Nearly every town and village could point with pride to revolu tionary veterans, and the presence of these warriors who had contributed their share toward making the declaration of independence mean something to the coun try added to the deep personal Interest In the day. The love for their young coun try rang out true and clear In every ora tion and after dinner toast. The follow* lng toast, given by the merchants of New York in 1795 at the Tontine coffee house, la but a sample of many which the day always called forth: The auspicious day that rescued our country from the hated yoke of foreign tyranny and gave us honorable rank among the nations of the earth—may its glorious events never be effaced from our memories; may the blessings it has con ferred be as lasting as the globe we in habit and may each revolving year find us more united, more happy and more free. The city editor of the Chicago paper sent me down to Stanchlleld, a dis tance of forty miles, to write a funny story about a misfortune which had befallen one of the be3t men in the state of Flinois. His name was Samuel Brandon, and ne was Known far and wide as a genuine American, a man whom great wealth had' not spoiled, In every way broad minded and thorough ly democratic in the best sense of the word. The joke was that Mr. Brandon’s only daughter had recently become engaged to a titled Briton, Lord Colewyn, whom malicious fate had sent to the little city of Stanchlleld. This was a source of pride and joy to Mrs. Brandon, who was a born aristocrat, and of deep cha grin to her husband, whose patriotism was intense. To add to the humor of the situation, Lord Colewyn was to be a guest of the Brandons on the Fourth of July. Upon this day Mr. Brandon always threw op en his spledid estate to the populace and gave his fellow citizens such an entertainment as spared the city all ex pense for a celebration. It was Mr. Brandon's one day In the year; upon the other 364 Mrs. Brandon ruled the demesne In a fashion highly exclusive 1 I agreed with the city editor that this affair partook of the nature of a jest The sense of humor dawned upon the world when one of our monkey ances tors pushed another off the limb of a tree and was amused to see him light upon his head instead of on his feet, and fun has not changed much in the Intervening millions of years. An early train took me to Stanch fleld, where my friend Tom Mason met me at the depot. He was employed in Mr. Brandon's bank, and I depended upon him for such of the facts as were really common property and might be told without indelicacy. Indeed, Torn had already given me some of them ir a queer letter written about the time of the announcement of the engage ment, in the middle of June. He seem ed to suffer for Mr. Brandon, whom he greatly admired, and to expect me tc sympathize fully. In company with my friend I went tc the Stanchlleld hotel for a bit of break fast. As soon as we entered the dininj room my attention was attracted by f person who had the unmistakable air ol a gentleman's gentleman. He was su perintending two waiters in the ar rangement of a table, the most favor ably situated of all In the room, for II was on a dais in a corner and was al most surrounded by open windows. "Lord Colewyn’s valet,” said Tom "His lordship evidently intends tc breakfast in public this morning.' "Why isn't he at the Brandons'?" 1 and my laugh was a tribute such as I might have given to a comedian who had appeared upon the stage In a make up that surpassed all possible anticipa tion. The noble lord at breakfast was ruch a study that I forgot the trifling matter of $5,500 which my friend had men tioned and thought otdy of the re finement of manner which enabled Colewyn to preserve a languid Indiffer ence while stowing away a meal that would have filled an alligator. His valet ministered to his wants with well trained deference and the waiters with amusement tinged with admiration of I1I3 magnificent appetite. Tom and I spent the forenoon lazily, lunched at his father’s house and about 2 o’clock rode all acrosB the city and a little way beyond Its verge to the Bran don place. Description had not pre pared me for the beauty of this estute nor for the remarkable effect of old world exclusiveness which It produced. The great house upon the crest of the vast green wave of lawn dominated the scene, and the windows stared haughti ly at the public highway which pre sumed to pass within a thousand yards of it. Gigantic elms flung down broad masses of shadow upon the green, and it is painful to speak of the number of the vulgar who were enjoying these refuges from the burning heat of the day. The common people are always most distressingly plebean when ac companied by their children, and I judged that these could not have left any at home. Upon a veranda at the rear of the house we found Mrs. Brandon and her daughter drinking tea with a select few culled from Stanehfield’s society. Mrs. Brandon was one of those annoying women who make up for a full face view with no thought of any other. From the front and at the proper dis tance and In Just the right light she was a tair young creature of less than thirty summers. Seen In profile, she was a mask. In figure she was lean and eager as a greyhound, and the placidity of demeanor which she af fected was as easily detached from her real nature by an observing eye as was the film of rouge from her face. Her daughter was an amazingly pret ty girl, healthy and natural, but ob viously too young for her years. A glance at her convinced me that she had not accepted Dord Colewyn at her mother's behest or because of any sinful craving for a title, but merely because he had the good fortune to lixr'd In hf>r nhildlsh Irruurlnn Mrs. Brandon at first supposed that I was attacking the validity of Lord Cole wyn’s title—that I was trying to prove him a bogus lord. Such had been her own first fear in regard to h!m; he had seemed "too good to be true.” She had read the newspapers, and she knew' that bogus lords are permitted to exist by an inscrutable providence and to disappoint the fondest hopes of ambitious mothers. So she had taken shrewd measures to as sure herself of Lord Colewyn’s genuine ness, and In this crisis she overwhelmed me with proofs of It. In vain I protested that hls title and my accusation hud nothing to do with each other. Mrs. Brandon seemed Incapable of perceiving the possibility that a real lord could do wrong. The scene was fast be coming hysterical, and Mr. Brandon wise ly broke It off and went in search of Colewyn. Tom and I led Mrs. Brandon to the darkest and quietest spot on the ver unda, and in a few minutes Ethel came flying around an angle of the house. “Mother!” she cried. “Something dread ful has happened! Father has taken Lord Colewyn up to the sewing room.” “The sewing room?” echoed Mrs. Bran don. “The house Is overrun,” said the girl. "It was the only place where they could be alone. Tell me—" But her mother had sunk into a chair and seemed incapable of speech. Ethel turned to Tom, but I couldn't stand by and see that happen. Telling that story would not help Tom In hls lovemaking afterward, for girls have an Indian’s mem ory of those that hurt them. It seemed much better that she should have a dis agreeable recollection of me, and so I deftly got in Tom’s way and began my painful task. I was interrupted by a dull, heavy sound | that seemed to be directly over my head. I paused, looking upward. “They're up there,” said the girl, point ing. “Tom,” I cried, “do you* know the way?’* Before he could reply there was a sound of shuffling feet, and then a figure swung into view from the edge of the veranda roof and dropped to the ground. “Colewyn!” I exclaimed. “He didn’t take that plunge for nothing.” Both Tom and I sprang to the veranda rail, but all was In deep shadow on that side, and we could not tell which way Colewyn had gone. In an instant we both were over the rail. The fugitive had tak en no harm from hls fall of fully twenty feet and had made off. For perhaps a second's space we stood baffled, and then a great flare of light struck sharply across the darkness. The whole space between us and the arbor, with Its background of trees and bushes, was brilliantly Illumined, and in the midst of this expanse was Colewyn run ning as If for hls life. A mighty chorus of yells from beyond the house told us the cause of the welcome light. The fireworks display had begun with an enormous “set piece” showing the American eagle sketched in white fire, and in the light of this glorious bird of free dom I ran down the fleeing Britisher without difficulty. It is no great feat for tury the celebration In New York Invari ably opened with a discharge of cannon from the Battery. A parade of the militia and volunteer rifle organizations, accom panied by the leading societies of the city. In which Tammany was always well rep resented, marched through Broadway be low the present oity hall. Wall street and some of the other thoroughfares. After a march of about an hour the paraders filed Into St. Paul e or some other prominent church, where the declaration of independence was always read, fol lowed by an oration. In the evening every tavern and coffee house had a special Fourth of July dinner. This latter custom was universal. No hamlet was so small that it could not' gather Its company of patriotic diners in the village tavern, where their enthusiasm was displayed in repeated protestations of loyalty to their country. The residents of Brooklyn 100 years ago were not to be outdone by their friends in the greater city across the river, as, ac cording to a newspaper account at the time, the Fourth of July, ±o04, was cele brated In Brooklyn as follows: The military of Kings county assembled at the town of Brooklyn to celebrate the day. At sunrise a salute of seventeen guns was fired. The uniform corps of the troop of horse, republican riflemen, Wash ington fusileers and the Rising Sun com panies formed on Brooklyn Heights at 10 o'clock and marched through Sands street, Main street. Front street, up old Ferry street, to the parade ground. Later In the day there were dinners In the various taverns and the customary toasts. An account of a celebration at Potta grove, Montgomery county, Pa., is inter esting not only for the picture of rural enjoyment, but as a sample of the jour nalistic writing commonly seen In the early newspapers: “Two fleldpieces, cheerfully served, sent abroad in the forenoon the lofty report of both fun and frolic by sixteen well timed and successive discharges. Joy beamed on every brow; the green valleys and distant hills participated In the gladness of the day by reverberating the magnificent and far sent sounds of liberty and Independ ence."'’ Mention is then made of the dinner, with its attendant speeches, and In concluding the writer adds: “The retired sun had just by this time let in the gloomly shade of night, upon which the company betook themselves to the tavern of James Klnkead, wrhere they enjoyed themselves with sprightly dance and feasted to a late hour upon song, sentiment and rosy wdne.’’—New York Times. Disfigured. Church—We had some attractive fea tures on the Fourth. Gotham—And the next day I suppose there were a lot of features In town which were not so attractive.—Yonkers States man. tion. I would have given $1,000, con sidering it an excellent literary Invest ment, to buy an accurate knowledge of what Lord Colewyn seemed to be when viewed in the enchtmted mists of this schoolgirl’s dreams. At 20 or a littLe la ter she would be as sensible as most young women, and then she would see him at the very best as a hollow and conceited donkey; at the worst, as a selfish and mercenary cad. The thought made me look at Mrs. Brandon In wrath. She happened to be standing so that a strong light poured over her shoulder, and I saw the rouge upon her cheek as if it had been a great smear of blood. At this moment the appearance of Lord Colewyn’s carriage reduced Tom and myself to a state of invisibility; indeed, the miracle went so far that our feet made no audible sound upon the floor of the veranda as we hur riedly left that place. In a grove beyond the house we found Mr. Brandon, a picturesque figure, tall and active. He was clad in a rough gray suit, and an old straw hat was tilted back upon hi3 head, revealing his wavy white hair, abundant as in youth. His face was smooth and ruddy, and the hand he gave me was steady and strong. He was clear ly a cultivated man, and there was some thing' in his manner which suggested the splendid democracy of a college—us it used to b“, before it was the fashion to ride to chapel or the lecture room in one’s pri vate automobile. Mr. Brandon was conferring with his fellow members of a committee on sports, and the others listened to him with a de ference which disappointed me until I dis covered that it was due to his great knowl edge of the subject and not to any less worthy consideration. A fine official of the games was old Sam Brandon, and under h!s eye the best man had to win. I discovered presently that he had a great affection for Tom Mason, and as they 3tood together there—ideal figures of American youth and age—suddenly the whole truth leaped into my mind. Here was the man whom Mr. Brandon had chosen in hi9 own heart. I understood in a fiaslf Tom’s letter to me, which had been a cry of anguish for the ear of a friend, the cry of a man crossed in love. Then there arose in me the desire that I fee! too seldom and can never summon at will the desire to do a tremendous amount of work in the shortest possible time. Boundless confidence always ac companies this Impulse and a clearness of thought which I vainly seek 364 days in the year. I excused myself to Tom and Mr. Brandon, and for the remainder of that afternoon I was the busiest man In the state of Illinois. Shortly before 8 o’clock, having had no I dinner meanwhile, though apparent’y It i j was being served all over the place, I , [ hunted up Mr. Brandon, who was super i “He doesn’t want to crowd the old gentleman too hard, I guess,” replied Tom. “My lord Is not such a fool as ht looks.” “Mr. Brandon really takes this tc heart, eh?” said I. “Does he?” said Tom, with most ox pressive emphasis, “and yet he’s such a thoroughbred; absolutely a man oi principle! He believes that a mothei Is tne natural and proper guardian 01 her daughter. In this matter he has advised his wife, but he would never attempt to control her. Toward Lore Colewyn he is strictly just. He’ll be s model father-in-law in every way. "Including the pecuniary way,’ said I. Tom smiled bitterly. “As to that,” said he, “let me tell yot a story—not for publication, of course for we are keening it quiet. His lord ship had about $7,000 In Mr. Brandon’s bank. One day last week a man pre eented a check to me as paying tellei at the hank for $5,000, drawn by Cole wyn to his own '"' ter and indorsed bj him. Signature and indorsement looked all right, and I took the man to be thai flunky over there, who had cashed on< or twro similar checks for srnal amounts. It apoears that the checl was a forgery and that Bitters, as Cole wyn is pleased to call his valet, was Impersonated by a swindler who hat had a room in this hotel next to mj lord’s for about a week and has now skipped for parts unknown. I coulc have sworn that tfce man was Bitters but he wasn’t, because Bitters was a: the Brandon place at the time.” “Who says so?” I demanded. “Everybody,” answered Tom gloom IIy, “Miss Brandon among the number Bitters was undoubtedly there with hi: master. And it was on me, of course I ought to have lost my job. But San Brandon Is a prince. He instantly madt good Colewyn’s hiss and lighted a cigai with my resignation, and the whole af fair is dead except that a detective it secretly chasing the swindler.” As I was about to ask a question Lore Colewyn entered the dining room, anc at the sight of him I laughed. A mo merit later I began to be surprised tha he should haw- appealed to me in tha way. He was :i big. blond Englishman naturally rather good looking—indeed he might be called handsome. But h< was the absolute ideal of self compla cency. In costume, carriage, expres sion, everything to the minutest detail he was entirely beyond criticism as tin representative of a type of character The picture of self satisfaction was s< i perfect that it even transcended nature ft SOUTH AMERICAN FOURTH OF JULY "Some years ago," said the fireworks lian, "I had to make a Journey to Quito, tho capital of Ecuador, to superintend a big fireworks display that was being given there by the government in celebration of tho anniversary of the freeing of the coun try from the Spanish yoke by Bolivar. "Well, I got to Guayaquil, the principal seaport of Ecuador, and started over the jnountaln trail to Quito, which was several days’ Journal inland, with a mule team. I had two American assistants with me and three muleteers. Wo rode on mule beftek, and our baggage was carried on six other mules. The country was disturbed at that time by one of the revolutions so common in Latin America, and we were warned at Guayaquil that wo might be held up along tho trail by the rebels. But all went well for two days. "On tho afternoon of the third day as we wound round a corner of the narrow mountain path wo met a party of bare footed, ragamuffin soldiers, who surround ed us In a moment and ordered us to halt. As tho order was given at the point of the rltlo we promptly obeyed. "Tho boss brigand, a big, burly villain, who smoked a fat black cigar and wore a long gilt sheathed sword, but was other wise us ragged and disreputable as thd rest of the gang, told us through our guides that he was an officer of the ‘evei* glorious and constitutional provisional government,' by which he meant the revo lutionists. Ho added that he was empow ered to annex, for the good of the cause) all mules and merchandise that passed along that road. "They unloaded the pack animals and opened the boxes of fireworks, which caused them much surprise. They wer# nil n .H1 n ♦ nanonnti. I,nl# who had only seen such things once of twice before when they happened to visit town at the time of a ilesta,' and had cor* tulnly never touched them. The revolu* tlontst general admired the rockets very much and handled them as lovingly us anjl American kid does on the Fourth of July} “I told him they wore Intended to cele brate the Independence of hts country and appealed to his patriotism to let me go oil to Quito so that the display might come off on schedule time, llut he didn't se* It In that light. •'The government at Quito, he declared, hod trampled on tho liberties of the coun try and therefore hod no right to send up fireworks to celebrate the glorious age ol Bolivar, It was-he, upon whom the man* tie ot Bolivar had fallen, who would send them up, and thus celebrate the great vie* torles he was going to win when he start* ed In to do things to the government. ‘‘With that ho struck a match and tried to light one of the rockets by iho wrong end. I tried to explain to him that he was going to get hurt, but his followers thrust me aside roughly, and I didn't try to save him again. The rocket sud denly went ofC with a roar. "In a moment there was a terrific ex plosion. The whole lot Ignited at once, bombs and rockets darting off In all di rections among the crowd standing around. "You can bet those revolutionists were beared. Some of them fell down on th* ground and called upon their patron saint* for help; other bolted down the mountain trail like frightened hares and didn't show up again for half an hour. "It la a miracle we were not all killed, but with tho exception of the general no body was badly hurt. "I know how to dress burns as well a* any doctor, of course, and I soon fixed him up as comfortable as possible. HI* followers formed a camp near the trail* and I stayed with them three days, attend* tng to the chiefs Injuries. At the end ol that time he was well on the way to re covery and very grateful to ms. I went on to Quito aud gave the display at tht time appointed, but all the fireworks had to be locally manufactured."—Charles Bl Darlington In Washington Star. Dance Favors for the Fourth. For the Fourth of July dance ther# are enormous crackers or snapping ■mottoes In trlcolored Isinglass. An ex tra loud snapper Is in honor of Inde pendence day, and the caps and apron# packed Into the small space are all In patrlotlo colors. Other dance favor* are tiny canes wound with trlcolored ribbons and small pistols which, when the trigger Is pulled, send out a small Japanese folding fan, while those or a larger size shoot forth dlmlnutlv* parasols In the same colors, with th* cutest of fringed edges. Japanese Day l-ireworks. "The Japanese are not expert IQ night fireworks,” says a manufacturer of pyrotechnic supplies, "but they lead tho world in day fireworks. I have seen some wonderful displays during several visits to Japan. They send up aerial pieces which explode and dis play In the air perfect models of full rigged ships, temples, men, beasts and birds. They can even make these beasts and birds fight In the air. Wa have not yet been able to Imitate them In this country with much success. On the other hand they are beginning to take our night fireworks and analyze them and produce similar pieces." Parlor Fireworks. Among the newest fireworks are th* parlor variety, which a child can han dle with safety and which can be set off in the house without danger of fire. This pattern Includes diamond rain sticks, Homan candles and cartwheels. The fire and sparkle from these design* are harmless and may be permitted to fall upon the flimsiest kind of material without Igniting it. In the larger de signs for outdoor use the newest is th* gatling candle, which consists of a bundle of Roman candles arranged around a centerpiece like a gatling gur^ The effect Is very pretty. <*tung. Prom Harper’s Weekly. There is a law in Texas which require* commercial travelers to purchase a li cense before they can do business, a law either unknown to, or disregarded by, * certain patent medicine man from New England. He was Just emerging from a drug store, where he had placed an or der, when a stranger came up and ad dressed him: “You sell Brown’s Boston Bitters, don't you?” the stranger asked. "Yes; and I’d like to sell you a case cure you so quick you won’t have bee* sick yesterday—fact!” the drummer said. “All right. How much is she?” th* stranger asked, pulling out his pocket book, and handing over the to demanded, Receiving In exchange an order on the lo cal freight agent for hi*> case. “Now, I’d just like to see your licens* to peddle—I’m the sheriff,” the strange* said, pleasantly. “You’ve got me—twenty-five, isn’t it?’* the drummer asked, offering the money. “I don’t suppose it will be necessary for me to appear?” “No, that wdil be all right,” the sheriff replied. Then he looked at the order for the case of medicine. “What am I going to do with this stuff?" he asked. “I ll give you a dollar for it,” the drum mer suggested, and the trade was made. “And do you happen to have a licens* to peddle? Huh, I thought not. Well, you have been trading with me—selling [goods without a license—guess I’ll go file a complaint against you,” the drummer said, sweetly. And the next morning th*, .sheriff, with a sheepish grin, paid a fin* W* — - .__ **•