Fotftb of Ju'y ;* to tie c*\etr»
* -j9 of mtr greatest national holi
lay mu .. a. *t the g >a»
~-wei parade, or better ;-e:
tt- crurso entree" and pa*’-act
id »!,: r.i*. ti. i* to a «jtf-tivi.t*-d
iTi *—t&MZ i7 :ji *?Hrf f»yv* of tli#
«.. rtf- *>auil 1 > It ic at obc«
: r» : *■ j ' :«u»v ’vf the
■a*ie»e» -I nr.no .1*4 ahat man. rtatftyr Ms
jwwctr* -* pr •tia.y i ->* *lii*e»* can
• : y ursrt 2 • re. 3 aB*!rjpa* oa with
»Lj*s _* .te* that i:'t morning sum
mon*. if, jr.wtef, ;• *jt t < t down on “the
.astao**'”' t ’lie *-i a®: f • id at the edge of
*o»» '0 -*-e -*, • * 1 .# «a eye# the barking
*> tb* tatnwd fn* of war.
F as tiase :t of s 1.1 rt Sneer of yalutes
» 't ttraa n®» V ea --re of the approved
r e 1 *1» ■* ~a". y toe F urth of July and
k 1* likely *tat t» will cents®ue to be the fash
to the -no the chapter, bo matter what
other barge.- mey t*e made it. the approved
fort e* .-st. atorat-rg «ur festival of inde
► Tf d-eefcarye of big cun* on the
-.lay .- -.-imply at. elaboration from the
n -e- m_« rg i'andpt at of your* America's
pra-- < ;--«dtig £r« crackers. and “.nee
'he . -. - rag d-d • »a ’s merely a
•=-» • r«t tat’. *r*'e 1* widespread
-eijjjta,-! - if B.j- ro-operalioB St. this
t-" :r*y - *.h- *led*m*«t of ’he *kirtoas Fourth
* ' -r- ;» art .mad's* e-esss to be a filed
• •■-- ;rqgrat" of the day vr*- ce-“
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***** z»> ,-vc js fW/vr/yar cWii/rr -
• £;<• i®- admitted that the practice
La* .at.- ■- ir some 'hatig- « with the pacing
of tie year* In 'he days of our grandfathers
■> V • a. -x if the big guns kept up pretty
_ . - h a.. t_--4 it tht >. days the
pat-: t t.tc-r* rf the new republic liked
*.. l in - i*i • _*• they fired ■- “ Rincon cot
merely cm he Four*:, but on Thanksgiving
ut< ''irissmas and New Year'* as well. And
: Independence Imy if tt- :~.om:ng did cot
•••». » keep ip all day a- leas* there was a
pry salute at sutr.ee another at noon,
a •£ a* s-jmaet and a final thundering along
» ■ t - i)*o.get* and candles in the
In ■ - nr. decor-:.- g-ne-at'-n we have
f -:t — ' .» w-*h t-ne salute of
*t:» rt <m -he Fourth At l". S navy yards
ant e ." ry r- -ta and other governmental
*r» r-. it - -he viilu'e . k-ed a* noon, but In
the ti.ii taw* or city where the civilians
xs «t 4- tr.e firing—especially if these self
ia» v « .-n« are to par ipate in a picnic
r a parace- -be -.rrlsrtoo salute is sent erho
• r »er 'be rourtrys-.de soon after the break
;*« <t ;'>-ur*e :f there Is to be a cere
= m* flag raising during the day. cr a memo
ir--- - to be -.rvelied or some high-up public
*• - be give* a recept: >c -here may be
a u ate a* a sort of ac urpaniment for the
• n b.* } * ’he most par* n wadays the
■ ' - -it- Vn*--. an ---mmanity has to get along
.r the Fourth with we formal salute.
a beg range rtat has com® with the
■ t of 'te 'ear* is in 'he matter of the ar
--i*«mesT» f je -he firing of the salu'es. The
i*.—age ,r.c t tduol who listens to the reverber
-• r of the d.staat guns newer gives a thought
to ' 'or- of :• but obviously somebody has
to attend to this par’ of the celebration. In
-:.e id day* aimert anybody who volunteered
•or the task—ar.d who. mayhap, was willing
to contribute for the powder—was considered
-cEpetent to art as artilleryman f r the occa
sion Sim: ar!y almost anything ’bat would
ag.wer the pert'-v* of a cannon was accepted
as a vehicle of acj» making How often un
der *. !■ ciiwanstnamn to a worn old field
piece dragged for- h to do such duty and load
ed sigh to 'be muni® by ec'husiasts who
tbougnt far more of 'be din 'han of 'be dan
ce- tbs* la? ill an overcharge of ammunition
Some .me* a hollow lag or even a length of
pip# was made to serve as a substitute.
The ni-ural *»-quel of su h a kappy-go-faChy
*• • erne of firm* Fourth of July salu'es came
In a oono*aatly incresain* record of accidents
which final!} bes'irred public sentiment on
•he nnbjrrt. Manifestly a large share of the
mishaps at tius kind the chronicle of which
f *4 tie newspapers on -be day following
••* f jc-ri.. wer* due either to inetperlence in
handl.ng tb® guns or to the kindred cause
of -i->k of knowledge in measuring powder
charge* Well, 'te upshot of the agitation
was that tbsrw found favor a scheme for hav
ug sfl Fourth of July salutes Sred by “pro
•-msionals.' as It were—»hat is by men who
make a br_:ia«aa of gmiag off large caliber
guns aa4 who do it every day of their lives.
r at least qn.'e frequently, instead of me fe
ll «meo a year.
Thas it _as covne about that in most com
mon.: ®# where their service* are available
'be official Fourth of July salutes are now
h~*d by enlisted men of the I'nited States
arm» navy or nun* corps or members of
he National Guard or Naval Militia of th«
sovc-rai states. Act idee ta have not been eilm
.aated but they have been greatly reduced
a&4 tho salutes _rw more accurate—that is,
t salat® ftr*4 by such a gun crew will consist
of 'us* 'bo proper number of discharges of
uniform volume and with the proper intervals
betweew tas-ead at the hodge-podge that was
•jrmert} delivered m many instances when a
a*, at# was likely to be prolonged until the
gunners grew
tired or the pow
der was exhaust
ed and when the
volume of each
peul ci artificial
thunder varied
according to the
guesswork of the
amateurs in
measuring out
the powder.
In one way.
though, it is a
pity that there
had to be any
change in the
method of firing
"- e Fourth of July salutes for noise making
v genome fun for the men who did it years
ag'-. whereas it is no more nor less than a
dt till of the day's work for 1'ncie Sam's gun
ners. indeed it may surprise some of our
readers to learn that there are artillerymen
in our regular army and men-o'-war's-men on
our naval \essels who thoroughly detest the
roar of the big guns. It is not that they are
afraid or are lacking in experience, for some
of these men have been in the service for
years and have repeatedly faced death in a
variety of forms and yet many a veteran
never gets over his dislike of the din at close
range.
But then the enthusiastic crowds that on
the Fourth of July hear the echoing salutes
in the distance have no idea of the shocks
administered to the men behind the gun when
a "shooting iron” of any size lets go. The
strain of waiting for each report and bracing
himself to withstand it is also a severe tax
on the nervous system of the gunner, to say
nothing of the unpleasant experience that fol
lows the discharge when th$ gunner is struck
in the face as though by a sharp gust of wind
and su6’ains a jarring, particularly of the
spine, which may force him to have a me
mento all the remainder of the day in the
form of a severe headache. Of course guns
of the largest size are never employed in the
c a roi/Arn arji/iv jaj.j/7T at a aavy yaad
firing of salutes. On United States warships,
where guns of every caliber are at hand, from
which to pick and choose the saluting is
usually done w-ith three-pounders and on shore
light artillery or field pieces of about the same
dimensions are utilised.
A salute should consist of a specific number
of discharges having a certain significance,
and one or another of these regulation salutes
are fired when the noise-making is in the
hands of regular or volunteer soldiery, but in
dependent gun crews recruited for the Fourth
continue to claim extensive license in this
respect. There are several different salutes
as prescribed in Uncle Sam's books of regu
lations that may be adopted for the Fourth
of July greeting. Perhaps the most exten
sively used of all is the American salute of
one gun for every state In the Union. By
allowing an Interval of a minute and a half be
tween discharges this salute can be strung
out for more than an hour and at half-minute
Intervals, which is slow enough to suit most
persons. It enables an Interval of booming that
exceeds twenty minutes.
Another salute that is used on this holiday
and that is appropriate to the occasion is the
old Federal salute of thirteen guns—one for
each of the thirteen original states. This sa
lute is no longer used to any great extent
on other ceremonial occasions, but It comes
in pat on Independence ;
day. Extensive use is
also made on the Fourth
of the standard national
salute of twenty-one
guns. Ordinarily this
number of guns is also
accepted as the interna
tional salute and it is
also the special salute
of the president of the
mited States, fired
whenever the chief mag
istrate visits a fort or
steps aboard a naval
vessel. The salute is
popular on the Fourth
because it seems to be
just about the proper
length and its use on
t^s holiday is justified
by the fact that the number twenty-one is
formed by the addition of the figures 1. 7. 7. 6.
com prising the numerals in Uncle Sam's birth
day year.
Every saluting vessel In the United States
navy will thunder out a salute to Independence •
day no matter whether she be at anchor in a
foreign port, tied up in one of our navy yards
or cruising out of sight of land in the open
sea. The national salute is the one used just
as it is on Memorial day and on Washington's
birthday. The salute of minute guns Is pre
scribed under certain conditions in the navy,
but the regulation interval between guns in
all salutes including the nation&l salute of
twenty-one guns is five seconds. During the
firing of the salute all the officers and men
stand at attention. It is customary for for
eign warships anchored in American harbors
to fire a salute In compliment to the United
States on the Fourth and the same courtesy
is usually shown by foreign forts and warships
when Yankee naval craft are spending the
eventful holiday in alien waters. Whenever
any foreign authorities or ships fire our na
tional salute, the firing is no sooner concluded
than an officer from the American ship in
port makes an official call upon the foreign
officials and extends thanks.
MOLLY PITCHER, HEROINE
The best-known of all the American hero
ines of battle is Molly Pitcher, the story of
whose adventures, especially on the battle
field at Monmouth, is one of the most pictur
esque Incidents of the revolutionary war. The
early life of Molly is somewhat vague. She
:s Eupposed to have been born at Carlisle. Pa..
October 13. 1744 Her right name was Mary
Ludwig, and while the soldiers were only fa
miliar with her first name, calling her Molly,
they soon applied the second, because wher
ever they saw Molly they also saw the pitcher
with which she earned water the sick and
wounded in the camps.
Several writers say Molly came to this coun
try from Germany with her parents, who were
among the Palatines. The first information
we have of her is that she was employed an a
maid in the family of General Irvine at Car
lisle, and on July 24. 1769, was married to
John Hays, a barber. Her husband was com
missioned a gunner in Proctor’s First Pennsyl
vania artillery. Continental line, December 1,
1775. and Molly followed him to the field. This
was a common thing for the wives of private
soldiers to do. their time being passed in
laundering for the officers.
At the assault at Fort Clinton Bhe showed
much pluck and also the following year in
the important battle of Monmouth. X. J. In
the latter battle her husband, a gunner, had
fallen, when she sprang to his place and fired
the cannon.
Molly had been carrying water to the sol
diers from a spring, the mercury being at 96
degrees in the shade. As no one was able to
take his place when he became incapacitated,
it is said she dropped her pail, seized the
rammer, and vowed that she would avenge
his death. She proved an excellent substi
tute, her courage exciting the admiration of
r.U, and on the following morning, in her soiled
garments. General Greene presented her to
Washington, who praised her gallantry and
commissioned her a sergeant.
It is related she received many presents
from the French officers and that she would
sometimes pass along the French lines, cocked
hat in hand, and would get it almost filled with
coins. She is said to have served In the army
nearly eight years in all. She was placed on
the list of half-pay officers and for many years
after the Revolution lived at the Carlisle bar
racks, cooking and washing for the soldiers.
The house in which she spent her later
years in Carlisle was demolished in recent
years. She died January 22. 1825, at the age
of seventy-nine, and was buried with military
honors, but her grave remained unmarked un
til 1S76, when Peter Spahr of Carlisle con
ceived the idea of erecting a monument.
A monument on the battlefield of Monmouth
further commemorates Molly Pitcher, a bas re
lief representing her in the act of ramming
a cannon. She also figures in George Wash
ing-on Parke Custis' painting “The Field of
Monmoutn." So familiar had the heroine of
Monmouth become that the name “Molly
Pitcher” was applied by the continental sol
diers, In their hot and weary march through
New Jersey, to any woman who brought them
water to drink.
"Molly” is credited with having remarked
at a banquet at which there were British sol
diers. when she was called upon to toast King
George: “When Washington leads his soldiers
into battle, God help King George!”
COULDN’T STAND EXPOSURE.
The member of the legislature, of whom
some graft stories had been clrculater, was
about to build a house.
“You will want a southern exposure. I sup
pose?” asked the architect
“No, sir!" said the man. “If you cant build
this house without any exposure. I’ll get an
other architect”
Boy* Were Not Pampered
•ports" S'mp;>city tns Keynote c i
Lite la English School* a
Century Ago.
Caiartdc*'* record of Ota meal* at
Christ's hospital la his school dajt
r»** s detailed picture of shat wi>
ocee thought goad chough for gros
teg hoys "Our diet was eery scanty
Eecry morning a Mt of dry bread, am.
•wine bad small beer. Every evening
a larger piece of bread and cheese or
butter, whichever we liked. For din
ner—on Sundays, boiled beef and
broth; Monday, bread and butter, and
milk and water; Tuesday, roast mut
on; Wednesday, bread and butter,
and rice milk; Thursday, boiled beef
and broth; Friday, boiled mutton and
broth; Saturday, bread and butter and
peas’ porridge. Our food was por
tioned. and excepting on Wednesdays
I never had a bellyful. Our appetites
were damped, never satisfied, and we
had no vegetables.”
The hardships of life at Eton In the
old days were aggravated by bullying
which, in the words of one of the vie
: tims, sometimes amounted to **a
i reign of terrorism." Provost Okes of
King’s college, Cambridge, contributed
the following story:
“In July. 183S, contemplating matri
mony. I went to the University Life
Insurance society fcr a policy. I went
before the board—some sixteen men.
You are a fellow of King’s. I see, Mr.
Okes, from your papers.' Yes, sir.’
1 Infer, then, necessarily that you
were at Eton and In colleger Yes,
sir.’ "How long were you in colleger
'Eight years.’ 'Where did you sleepT
In Long Chamber, sir.’ ‘All the timer
Yes, sir.’ *We needn’t ask Mr. Okes
any more questions.’ And they did
not." It meant, as the Provost said.
’If you passed eight years in Long
Chamber and are alive at 29. you are
a fairly safe life."—London Daily
Chronicle
Her Taking Way.
Hotel Manager—Caught a souvenir
spoon fiend in the act in our dining
room today.
His Wife—Indeed! And what did
you say to the culprit?
Hotel Manager—1 asked her. by
George if she thought spoons were _g
| kind of medicine to be taken after
[ meals.
MADE Ml
Immigrant Boy Becomes a Law
School Professor.
Samuel Want Was Penniless When
He Carr.e From England Ten
Years Age—Now ar. Expert
Commercial Lawyer.
Paltimcro. Md.—At twenty-two years
of age. Saicuol Want, who came to this
country a penniless immigrant ten
vears ago, r.as been appointed a mem
ber of the law faculty of the Univer
sity j?f Maryland. Mr. Want is also
m assistant editor of the American
md English Encyclopedia of Law,
Lawyers' Reports Annota’ed and sev
eral other legal publications. He is
instructor in commercial law at the
eastern high school, a member of the
Maryland bar. and is engaged in other
activities and labors.
The appointment by the faculty of
;be University of Maryland, of which
Chief Judge Harlan is dean, is the
result of sheer force of merit and
?Jfort on the part of young Want.
He entered the university in 1&07 as
a freshman and was graduated from
the scnool in June. 190S. He made
the three-year regular course in less
than Id months and the faculty were
.juick to appreciate the intellectual
md gifted qualities of the young man.
His special duties on the faculty are
to instruct students in the selection
of books and authorities. The young
professor has had a varied and pic
'.uresque career made interesting be
cause he came to this country penni
,ess and without friends at the age
3f twelve years from Newcastle, Eng
land.
Young Want knew a former En
glishman who lived in Darlington. S.
C„ and straightway made for that
southern town. He astonished the
residents of that city when he ambled
from a freight train into the post
office and inquired for the man whom
| ■SAMZSSt.
ae knew while a little lad in England.
He secured employment as an office
ooy in a store and at the same time
read his speller and arithmetic at
night.
At the age of fourteen the youthful
Want was made manager of the store.
Instead of scrubbing the floor and car
rying bundles, he did the buying and
bad charge of the sales department
He read much and was determined to
become a lawyer. He came, to Balti
more at the age of eighteen and en
tered the University of Maryland.
The members of the class of 1908
'emember well how the spare, studious
and quiet stranger learned the law
with astonishing rapidity. Judges Har
tan and Stockbridge. Goner, Rose, the
late John P. Poe and other eminent
instructors of the university soon saw
that the youth was possessed of more
than the average ability. It was with
considerable pleasure that they saw
him receive his diploma, for he had
the second highest mark in the class.
Want is a modest, unassuming
young man and strongly objects to
talking about his own accomplish
ments. He admits that he is a gradu
ate of the school of hard knocks, and
this his path in life has been rather
rugged, but that is all he could be in
duced to say. He is a broadly culti
vated young scholar. Besides having
in extensive knowledge of the law, he
is a student of the classics and for
eign languages. He is an omnivorous
reader and absorbs everything he
reads. He is married.
JUST ENOUGH FOR THE WIDOW
Thi* Thoughtful Pennsylvania Hus
band’s Will Does Not Allow for
Waste Provisions.
Allentown. Pa—In disposing of his
estate Stephen Bloss of Washington
township made a will, one of the most
brigtnal ever put on record at the Le
high county court house.
After providing for his widow's
property rights, the testator directs
that the executors are to provide for
her each year 10 bushels of wheat
rye and oats, 12 bushels of corn. 15
bushels of potatoes, 55 pounds of lard,
sne hog. weighing about 500 pounds,
about 30 pounds of beef in the rail. 8
pounds of sugar and coffee, a bushel
af salt 2 gallons of good molasses, 4
gallons of oil and 5 gallons of apple
butter.
If the apple crop is, a failure she
shall receive less apple butter, says
the testator, and he directs that If
she goes away they shall fetch her.
and If she gets sick they shall fetch
the doctor, but she shall pay him, and
they must furnish wood and coal and
make fire for her, and "If my wife
makes trouble when she is sick for
my daughter Flora, she shall get the
real estate 11.000 cheaper.* The es
tate is valued at 220,000.
Cheap Candy Kills Baby.
Montgomery. Mo.—Eating a large
quantity of cheap, colored candy
which its parents had gotten, the 18
month-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Hen
ry Strain became 111 and died before
a physician could be summoned.
HAVE YOU TRIED PAXTINE
The Great Toilet Germicide?
You don't have to pay 50c or $1.00
t pint for listerian antiseptics or per
i oxide. You can make 16 pints of a
more cleansing, germicidal, healing
and deodorizing antiseptic solution
with one 25c box of Paxtine.—a sol
i uble antiseptic powder, obtainable at
any drug store.
Paxtine destroys germs that cause
disease, decay and odors.—that is why
it is the best mouth wash and gargle,
and why it purifies the breath,
cleanses and preserves the teeth”bet
ter than ordinary dentifrices, and In
sponge bathing it completely eradi
cates perspiration and other disagree
able bony odors. Every dainty worn
an appreciates this and its many ether
1 toilet and hygienic uses.
Paxtine is splendid for sore throat,
inflamed eyes and to purify month
and breath after smoking. You can
get Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic at any
drug store, price 25c and 50c. or by
mail postpaid from The Paxton Toi
let Co., Boston, Mass., who will send
you a free sample if you would like
to try it before buying.
OUT FOR BUSINESS.
The Arctic Explorer—Say. can you
tell me where I can find the North
Pole?
The Eskimo—N'ix. If I knew I’d
have had it in a museum long ago.
HIRAM CARPENTER'S WONDER
FUL CURE OF PSORIASIS.
“I have been afflicted for twenty
years with an obstinate skin disease,
called by some M. D.’s. psoriasis, and
others leprosy, commencing on my
scalp; and in spite of all I could do,
with the help of the most skilful doc
tors. it slowly but surely extended un
til & year ago this winter it covered
my entire person in the form of dry
scales. For the last three years I have
been unable to do any labor, and
suffering intensely all the time. Every
morning there would be nearly a dust
panful of scales taken from the sheet
on my bed, some of them half as large
as the envelope containing this letter.
In the latter part of winter my skin
commenced cracking open. I tried
everything, almost, that could be
thongbt of, without any relief. The
12th of June I started West, in hopes
I could reach the Hot Springs. I
reached Detroit and was so low I
thought I should have to go to the
hospital, but finally got as far as Lan
sing, Mich,, where I had a sister liv
ing. One Dr. - treated me about
two weeks, but did me no good. All
thought I had hut a short time to live.
I earnestly prayed to die. Cracked
through the skin all over my back,
across my ribs, arms, hands, limbs;
feet badly swollen; toe-nails came off;
finger-nails dead and hard as a bone;
hair dead, dry and lifeless as old
straw. O my God! how I did suffer.
“My sister wouldn't give up; said.
‘We will try Cuticura.’ Some was ap
plied to one hand and arm. Eureka!
there was relief; stopped the terrible
burning sensation from the word go.
They immediately got Cuticura Re
solvent, Ointment and Soap. I com
menced by taking Cuticura Resolvent
three times a day after meals; had a
bath once a day, water about blood
heat; used Cuticura Soap freely; ap
plied Cuticura Ointment morning and
evening. Result: returned to my
home in just six weeks from the time
I left, and my skin as smooth as this
sheet of paper. Hiram E. Carpenter,
I Henderson. N. Y.”
The above remarkable testimonial
was written January 19, 1880, and is
republished because of the perman
ency of the cure. Under date of April
' 22, 1910, Mr. Carpenter wrote from his
present home, 610 Walnut St. So.,
Lansing, Mich.: "I have never suf
fered a return of the psoriasis and al
though many years have passed I have
not forgotten the terrible suffering I
endured before using the Cuticura
Remedies.”
Life without love Is like a good din
• ner without an appetite.
! Lewis’ Single Binder cigar is never
J doped—only tobacco in its natural state.
Most sharp retorts are made in
blunt language.
GOOD? ?tuH
HOSTETTER’S
STOMACH
BITTERS
It’s Good when the
stomach is bad.
It’s Good when the
bowels are clogged.
It’s Good when the
liver is inactive.
It’s Good in any
malarial disorder.
TRY A BOTTLE TODAY
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