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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1910)
''wi,e - jMifr.tWV '"! '"' '"'lypPlffei The Dociim xThat Made Amerlcae: ' Freemen ONGRESS In 177C had CI put into tbo hands of B John Adama and I Thotnna Jefferson tbo I drafting ot tho Declarn I tlon of Indonendonco. wrltofl Fullerton L. Waldo In tho Phila delphia Lodger. Tho two collaborators had a clear Idea of tho ar ticles of which tho Dec laratlon waB to conn!st, for thore had been prolongod discussions In com mittee of which careful notoa were taken. Tho little Bub-commlttco of two mon root and conforrod together, nnd Jefferson naked Adams to take the written memoranda to his lodg ings and Ihoro proparo tho draft. But Adama, solf-effacingly. Insisted that tho laborious honor should fall to his colleague. 'You aro a Virginian." salil Adams, "and I am a Massachusetts man. You am a southerner and I am from tho (north; I havo boon bo obnoxious for my early and constant zeal In promo ting tho measuro that any draft of mlno would undorgo a moro sovoro scrutiny nnd criticism in congreas than one of your composition. And finally and that would bo roason enough If thejro wero no other I have a great opinion of tho eloganco of your pon and nono at all of my own." Wheroupon, bowing dcoply and with protestations of mutual regard, tho patriots wont their several ways, Jef ferson with tho manuscript under his arm. And In a day or two they met again and "conn'd tho paper over." "I was delighted with Its high tono." !Adams wroto in 1822 to Timothy Pick erlng. But to tho part containing tho denunciation of King Gcorgo ho took exception. "I thought tho oppression too passlonato and too much Hko scold ing for so gravo and solemn a docu ment." Nevertheless, ho bad no amendment to Btiggeat. and the draft t MmOMMMm Bmlr) i j rj mi id izi tafiHEpi Famous Old independence Hall. of the declaration was put boforo tho committco ot flvo Just as Jefferson had prepared it, Tho desk upon which tho declara tion was draftod Is In tho llbrnry of tho Btato department at Washington. It was exhibited at Buffalo In tho Pan American exposition in 1901. Tho final debato in congress, In tho commlttoo of tho whole, upon tho adoption of the Declaration of Inde pendence began at nino o'clock on Monday, July 1. On that day Pennsyl vania, sovon of whoao dologates woro present, voted against adoption. Tho voto of Dolaware, having two dolo gates prcsont, was divldod. Thoroupon McKean of Dolnwaro, who had voted affirmatively, wroto a frantic lottor to tho absent Delawaro dolcgato, Caesar Itodnoy, Imploring him to como and cast his vote, and thus turn tho scalo for Delaware, for it was highly probablo that If Dela waro supported tho declaration Penn sylvania would follow suit. Rodney at tho tlmo wan SO miles away, at Dover, at ono or tho othor of Ills farms, Byflold and Poplar Grove. Ho suffered tortures from tho cancor, which, starting on IiIb noso, had spread all ovor ono sldo of his faco, so that ho had' to woar a groou silk Bhlold to hldo tho dlsflguromont; it was of this chronic affliction that ho died. A con temporary chronicle describes him as "an nulmatod skoloton Indeed, all spirit, without corpc-ronl integument." McKean'a messongor loft Philadel phia Into in tho afternoon of July 1. It was necessary to got Rodney back to Indopendonco hall by July 4, tho day appointed for taking tho voto upon tho ndoptlon of tho declaration. All night, nil day ho rodo at top Hpood; ami Rod noy Is supposed to havo started on tho return Journoy In tho ovenlng of tho second. That rldo of Rodnoy'B deserves to eet go down In history alongside of Pnui Rovere's nnd Philip Sherldnn'B. In do fault of missing detail tho imagination must provide the plcturo of tho tall, gaunt spectre of a man, half-masked and riding llko a demon, urging hit stood onward through tho night with whip nnd spur, along a road abounding, In pitfalls, with black miles separating ono warm, yellow cabin light from the noxt. What was ho thinking of as ho rodo onward? Not of tho pain of tho cancer, Blowly eating awny his counte nance and sapping his vitality; not of tho risk ho ran, a solitary horseman, of being waylaid and robbed or mur dered upon tho lonely Journoy. Ho hooded not tho hunger and tho sleep lessness; ho was thinking only of tho fuct that his voto would turn tho day for Delaware; Delaware, though a lit tle stnto, might lnfluouco Pennsylva nia, and so tho voto ot tho colonies would bo unanimous for n declaration that would immortnllzo tho men who raado and signed It, and enlranchlso tho pcoplo ot tho 13 colonics nnd their descendants. Next day, Thursday, July 4, aa tho mombers wero assembling at tho state house door, a rider, booted and spurred and covered with tho dust of night-and-day travel, dismounted in their mldat, and when, a llttlo lator, Caesar Rodney roso in his place, still breath ing hard, and Bald, "I voto for lndo pondence," tho result was that tho vote of Delaware was cast in favor of tho declaration, Pennsylvania, by throo ot her flvo delegates present, supported Delaware's action, and thus by tho ride of Rodney the unnnlmous voto of tho colonies (with tho solitary and tem porary excoptlon of Now York) was that day nocured for tho Magna Chartn of our American liberties. "It was two o'clock in tho after noon," Lossing tells us, "when the final decision waB announced by Sec retary Thomson. When tho secretary sat down a deep sllenco pervaded that august assembly. Thousands of anx ious citizens had gathered In tho streets. From tho hour when con gress convened In tho mornlnir tho old bollman had been In tho stceplo. no placed a boy at tho door below to glvo him notlco when tho announce ment should bo mado. As hour suc ceeded hour, tho graybeard shook his head, and said, 'They will never do It! Thoy will never do It!" Suddenly a loud shont came up from bolow, and there stood tho bluo-oyed boy, clapping his hands and shouting 'Ring! ring!' Grasping tho Iron tonguo of tho old boll, backward and forward ho hurled It a hundred times, Its loud voice pro claiming 'Liberty throughout all tho land, unto all tho inhabitants thereof.' Tho excited multltudo In tho streets responded with loud acclamations, nad with cannon peala, bonfires and Illu minations tho patriots held glorious carnival that night In tho quiet city of Penn." ' '& Union and Liberty. Flag of tho heroes who left us their glory. Horno throUBh tliolr bat tlefields' thunder and (In mo, Blazoned In sons nnd il lumined In atory, Wave o'or ua all who In herit their fame! Up with our banner bright, Spread Ua fnlr emblems from mountain toshoro, Whllo through its soundlnu sky Loud rings the tlon'B cry Union and Liberty! Evermore I na- Ono I i happs TrvrnnHn Crrics j v M.M.AjLcxD&mmmm s - "Practical" Queries KANSAS CITY. Mo.-Was education more practical n generation ago, or did John's father study his books moro thoroughly than John docfi? John In a Hoventh grade student In tho public schools. Ho askoi his father one day to help him solve the following problem: A, asked how much money he ban in the bank, replied: "If I had $10 more I would have $1,000 more than half what I now have." llow much money had A? "Such n fool problem," said the fnthor. "Toll that teacher to nsk the cashier You hove been pestering me with problems like that for a week. Suppose your teacher asked you how old you arc. Would you tell her: " 'If I were ten times as old as l am, diminished by 42, 1 would be 30 years older than dad, and if dad wero ono-fourth ns old as ho now Is lie would bo my ngc?' " "What would your teacher do If you answered in such a mnnner? In my days wo had practical problems In our arithmetic." In order to Investigate his father's statement John went to the public li brary and aBked for an old arithmetic. The librarian gave him "Richard's Natural Arithmetic." Ho turned to tho pago marked "Practical KxcrclseB" and read: A puts his wholo flock of sheep Into three pastures; half go Into ono pas ture one-third into another and 32 Into n third. How many In the flock? "That'B queer," said John. "Prac tical exercises, too. Here Is a man who wants to find how ninny sheep he Partners for Years NKW YORK. In ono of tho Inrgo wholesalo houses In this city there are flvo partners. Two of them havo not spoken to each other except over tho telephono for twenty years. Their prlvato offices aro not more than twenty feet apart and they seo each other a score of times a day, but they meet nnd pass without the slight est sign of recognition. If It becomes necessary In tho course of business for them to commuulcato with each other they do so either by calling n stenographer and dictating a memo randum or else by being connected on tho telephono over their prlvato lino. .They never speak face to faco. A quarter of a century ngo theso flvo partnors were young mon with small capital. All of them had been employes of the same concern, but they had their own ideas and believed in them. So they put their money to gether and formed a partnership. Tho now business was successful from the very Btart. Each man had his own particular branch to look after and UJWTI0N5 J, TOf nrJZL "Old Rags, Old Iron" Set to Music BOSTON. An outdoor Bchool for making musical rag men, hawkers md street venders Is tho latest educa tional novelty established In this city. Miss Cnrollno E. Wenzel, n fair sot Uomcnt worker nnd n graduate of Vassar, Is the originator of tho idea and solo Instructor. Miss Wenzel ho lioves that if the volco of the rag man and peddler must bo tolerated it should issue forth from tho throats in fluto-llko tones. She conAdontly be lieves that onco her method becomes a fixture n person, Instcnd of feeling obliged to slam down the window on Expected Twin Babies But He Found 1 j&ail hm CHICAGO. "Como home twinsl" A mandatory order to a police man of tho Hydo Park station flashed from his homo to tho station at mid night. Tho pollcomnn obeyed, Just as he has dono each year at tho sum mons to "como homo" upon tho ar rival of now mombor8 of tho family ten of them during tho Inst ton years. Sorgt. Bartholomew Cronln, tho father, left his desk duties at tho po llco station nnd rushed to his house nt 7019 Indiana nvenuo. Within wore signs of activity; lights flashed and above the din of excitement could be .A, xruzz? .va.,z i& That Puzzled Dad has. lie counts them so he will know when lie has half of them. This half ho putt Into a pasture. Then ho counts out a third nnd puts It In nn other pen Next he counts what's left and finds he has 32. After a little figuring he llnds how many in the wholo illicit Very practical. I guest dad didn't study that book." The next- book ho examined was "Milne's Inductive Arithmetic," edlj tlon of 187'J. In miscellaneous exam ples he found tho following: Two ladders will together Just reach the top of a building seventy flvo feet high If tho shorter ladder lu two-thirds the length of tho other, what Is the length of each? "Why didn't ho mousuro each lad der separately?" John asked himself. "That problem Is not practical. I guess dnd Is older than 1 thought. I want an older book." Tho text hook written In 18C8 wns handed to him. The book wnB evU dently influenced by tho Civil war, for It was fllled with problomn dealing with battering down fortifications and the sustenance of soldiers. Ono problem was: "If twelve pieces of cannon, eighteen pounders, can hatter down a fortress In three hours, how long will It tnko for nineteen twenty-four pounders to batter down the same fortress?" "That'B flno for a general," John re flected, "but dad says that I am going to bo a captain of industry." Another arithmetic of tho snmo dntn had tho famous fish problem, with which John's teacher had troubled him for six weeks before he himself flnnlly explained It to tho cIubb. Tho Ash problem Is. "The head of a flsh Is ten Inches long. Its tall Is u h long as Its head aud one-half the body. Tho body is as long ns tho head aud tall both. How long Is tho flsh?" Very handy problem for a butcher. But Never Speak each was a specialist who did IiIb part to perfection. .Their soparato Inter OBts in tho Arm so Interlocked and they worked together so hnrmonlous ly that within Ave years they were on tho high road to fortune. It was Just at thlB time that these two partners fell out. It arose from a trifling dlf. Terence their wives had. Naturally each partner, through loyalty to his, apouse, took her Bide, and tho quarrel grow so bitter that It culminated In blown being exchnnged. Then thoy vowed thoy never would speak to each other again. Tho other three partnera snw that If this course wero pursued It would spell ruin. After a lengthy conferenco, in which tho two cIIr putants wero called In separately, the proposition wns put to them that they should agree to remnln with tho firm, of which they wero essentially im portant pnrts, and should hold conv munlcntion with each other only on business mnttcrB and then either In writing or by telephone. This is the plan that has been for lowed to thlB day and is likely to be pursued to tho end. When theso twe enemies talk over tho telephono thoy converse with nil tho polite amiability of old business associates; they dis cuss prices, business propositions and the various nroblems witli which they aro mutually concerned. a hot Bummer day or fret and fumo ovor tho gutterul cries of tho mer chants of tho thoroughfnres, will throw open Uio window and bo lulled into peaceful slumber through tho melodious strains of "Rags and Bot tles," "Ole Iron." "Soap Groaso" and "Juicy Lemons." Miss Wenzol hnB established her outdoor Bchool nt Washington street and Massachusetts avenue nnd has nearly a Bcoro of pupils. Tho young woman Is popular with tho vondors. Sho got her Idea from u trip nbroad Inst year. Hor method Is simple. Sho flnds out n man'B buBlnesB nnd in structs him accordingly. Sho sug gests expression to flt his wares and tenches tho correct pronunciation of theso expressions. Her musical Instruction Is Blmllar to what tho mimical tcachors advo cate for tho production of a good ringing "hend tone." hoard tho wnl! of several of tho small CronlnB. Even Polly, tho red Durham cow, which furnishes milk for the group, socnied affected and mooed In unison with tho crying children. The police sergeant hesitated nt the threshold then doffed his holmot and entered. Ho Bought first tho phyal clans, two of them, who talkod disln teroRtodly with some of tho children One of thorn said: "Sergeant, this enso is ono most uu usual. It should bo brought to tin attention of dnlrymon throughout tlu country. A full-sized malo and fo mnle. Mother and offspring doing! nlcoly. You might drop a word to tho farm Journals." Then a veterinary Burgeon np peared and Joined in tho congratula tions. Polly, the red Durhnm cow, had given birth to twla calves. WOMAN ELECTED JUSTICE iMrs. Mary Phares of Clinton, Second of Her Sex to Hold Illinois Office. Hloomlngtou, 111. Illinois' second woman Justice of the peace, Mrs Mary Phares of Clinton, whose cam paign was started as a Joke, nnd who did not know she was a eandldato un til notified of her election, hua qual ified for the position and hung out her Bhlngle. She Is now ready to deal with any malefactor who tuny he hnled before her, or will serve papers, etc., for whomsoever may apply. Sho is diligently reading up in law and In ihe statutes which relate to the duties of Justice of the peace and now that she has the Job, proposes to go tho limit and learn everything about the posit ion that can be unearthed. "11 was started In fun," naid Jus tice PharcH, when linked about her now post. "Last winter, Attorney L. (). Williams casually remarked, lu my hearing, thnt he was going to Bee that I was elected Justice of tho peace, when the first vacancy on tho hoard appeared. He said he thought I kuuw ns niurli about weighing evi dence and deciding controversion as the average masculluu Justice. 1 sup posed he was Joking and laughingly told him to go ahead and that It was all right with mo. "The subject never entered my mind n Kill a until the night ot tho Jf$ &tAnr y-waxjw election, when I wns astounded by the Information that 1 had beon elect ed. I received 52 votes. You must consider this a good showing, as I did absolutely no electioneering. Mr. Williams quietly spread tho word around among his acquaintances and admonished them to say nothing nhout It. My namo wns written on the ballot and even tho election Judgos did not know what was up, un til they commenced to count after the polls had closed. "I was at home all day, whllo tho election wns In progress, littlo dream ing that I was being elected Justice of tho pence. If over an ofllco camo un sought, this one did. I hnve slnco been busy thanking my frlunds for their remembrance. Perhaps If I had conducted a campaign, I would hnve polled more votes, but I nm satisfied aud will try to be a Just Judge for all tho people. "It will appear a little odd, at flrst, to glvo up household duties aud offi ciate nt trials. I may oven ho called upon to marry people. I will havo to brush up on the marrying code. I ought to do a rushing business, ns brides will not object to mo kissing them, as In tho cnae of some of the masculine- Justices that I know of." Justice Phares Is a widow, hor hus band, tho late Frank Phnrcs, having been a well-known nnd prominent cit izen of Clinton. Mrs. Phares is un usually well educated, Is highly in tellectual and well read and her friends believe that sho will bo a fearless Justice HEADS AMERICAN PRINTERS James M. Lynch, Re-elected President of International) Typographical Union, Remarkable Organizer. Indianapolis. James M. Lynch, who has been re-elected president of tho International Typographical union, lion jiecn nt tho head of that organization slnco 1900. Ho Is a leader of con- James M. Lynch. scrvntlvo tendencies nnd" has shown romnrkablo power of organization Mnco ho began, at the completion of his apprenticeship as a printer, to tnko part In labor union affairs. Rom ut Mnnllus, N. Y., In 18C7, ho lived many years In Syracuso, N. Y., whoro ho was for sovon terms president of the Syrncuso Trudo assombly nnd a mom .her of tho city board of Aro commis sioners. In 1890-1900 Mr. Lynch was the first vlce-presldont of the Interna tional Typographical union. WES Wm!Wr CORN PUNTING IS OVER THAT CANADIAN TRIP SHOULD NOW OE TAKEN. If you had intended going to Can adn for the purpose of purchasing laud on which to ostnblish a homo and accompanying nemo laud company, whoso holdings you proposed to look ovor or to go up on your own account to select ono hundred nnd sixty ncw.t of laud free, you should delay no longer. Corn-pluuting Is over, your wheat crop Is well ahead, aud you havo n fow weeks' tlmo beloro you urn required lu tho Holds again. Now mnko your intended trip Roport.i at hand show that the crop prospeotu In Canada wero never better tli.iu thoy are today. Tho cool weather ban not affected tho crop, hut If anything, it has been a benefit. There has lieen plenty of moisture and those who havo had their laud properly prepared look upon this year aa likely to ho otvij of tho best they havo had. A great many aro going up this season who expect to pay two or throe dollars ait aero moro than they wero asked to pay last year. Others who wish to homestead aro prepared to go larthur from tbo lino of railway than would havo been noeossary last your. Still it is worth It. So' it will bo with you. Next year lands will bo higher-priced and homestonds less nceesslblo. Thoro la a wonderful tldo of Immigration to Central Canada now. It Is expected that ono hundred and llfty thousand now BCttters from tho United State will bo numbered by the end of tho present year, an Increase of fifty per cent over last year. In addition to this thero will bo upwards of ono hundred thousand from tho old coun try, which doea not include thoso who may como from tho northern countries of tho Continent. Thuso all Intend to settle upon tho land. Tho reader does not require an answer to tho questions, "Why do they do It?" "Why are they going thoro in such largo numbers?" Western Canada In no longer an experiment. The fact thnt ono hundred and Afty million bushels of wheat wero raised thero last year aa against ninety-five mtl lions tho year previous, shows that tho tiller of the soil in Central Canada is making money and it is safe to Hay that ho Is making moro money than can bo made anywhere else on tho Continent In tho growing of grains. Ho gets good prices, he has a sure aud a heavy crop, ho enjoys splendid rail way privileges, and ho has also th advantages of schools and churches and such other social life as may ho found anywhere. It is difilcult to say what district Is tho host. Some aro preferred to others becauso thero aro friends already established. Tho Grand Trunk Paclllc, on Ha war across tho Continent, is opening up a splendid tract of land, which Is being takon up rapidly. Tho othor rullwayn tho Canadian Pacific nnd Canadian Northern aro extending branch line; into parts InaccesBlblo u couple of ycarB ago. With n perfect network of railways covering n large area of tho agricultural lands It Is not dlllU cult to securo a location. Any agent of tho Canadian Government will lux plcnsed to render you assistance by advlco and suggestion, nnd a good plan Is to write or call upon him. Tho Government hna located theso ngonta nt convenient points through out tho States, -and their ofllcos are well equipped with a full Bupply or maps and literature. Gasoline Engines. Gusolino engines, are only used to n limited extent as yet. Thoy uro Just coming Into uso. One dealer estimates about flvo per cent: replacing wind mills. People are very conaurvativo about Improvements. A TRAIN LOAD OF TOBACCO. Twenty-four Carloads Purchased for Lewis' Single Binder Cigar Factory. What la probably tho biggest lot of all fancy grado tobacco hold by any factory In the United Statca has Juat been purchaaed by Frank P, Lowls, of Peoria, for tho manufacture of Lewis' Slnglo Hinder Cigars. Tho lot will raako twenty-four carloads, and Is so loctod from what Is considered by ex ports to bo tho Aneat !rop raised in mauy years. Tho purchaso of tobacco Is Bufllclont to last tho fuctory moro than two years. An oxtra prlco was paid for tho selection. Smokors of LowIb' Slnglo Hinder Cigars will uppro clato this tobacco. Peoria Star. January IG, 1009. Men who remain neutral in times of public danger aro enemies to their country. Addison. . Jltil, Wenfe, Wory, Wntery Eye. Relieved By Murine Eye Uninedy Try Murlno For Your Kyo Troubles. Vim Wilt I.lko Murine. It Soothes. C0o at Your DrtiKRUta. Write For Eyo Hooks, Fruo, Murlno Kyo Remedy Co.. Chicago. To love and to servo is the motto which every true knight should byar on IiIb shield Downs, "1 ,1 n ri m 4 4 if- J.- ( . HMMMMHi . J -4 - 3jgaWA3SgS rsrtrt