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NTIL the year 1776 the historic
Bhrlne of American liberty in Phila
delphia was known as the State
house; but aftor that it was called
Independence hall. Thousands have
made their reverent pilgrimage
thither from distant places as to a
sacred, shrine, and yet a great many
are unfamiliar with the history of
the most famous edifice In America. They may
not know that It was begun in 1729 and finished
la 1784, and. that in those days the plan of it
was considered so palatlally ambitious that its
building was bitterly opposed by those who, like
John Gilpin's wife, were of a frugal mind. The
cost was $16,250, and the wlnga that were added
five years afterward brought the total amount to
118,000. Doubtless there were many who dubious
ly shook their heads at the extravagance. What
would they have thought of a city hall occupying
several acres and costing $84,000,0007
Although la the Immediately pre-Revolutlonary
days the purpose to which Independence hall
was put was serious enough, the long gallery
upstairs had often been the scene of "revelry
by night" before those times that tried men's
souls. In 1786 the mayor, William Allen, Invited
most of Philadelphia to a feast; In 1786 the as
sembly gave Governor Denny a most pretentious
banquet; and again, In 1757, Lord Loudon, commander-in-chief
of his majesty's forces in Amer
ica, was lavishly entertained, and the uninvited
grumbled at the outlay.
When the first congress met In Philadelphia,
In 1774, there was a "sumptuous collation" In
the State house, attended by 600 persons, and
as they drank their toasts cannon were fired, as
happened in the case of Hamlet's unsuitable
father. The same hall that was the scene of
these elaborate banquets became the prison of
the American officers captured In the battle of
Germantown, and after the bloody field of Brandy
wine it was a hospital.
It was in this building that Washington de
livered bis memorable farewell address; Lafay
ette was the guest of honor here at a reception
In 1824; and here the bodies of John Adams and
Abraham Lincoln lay in state.
Thus it will be seen that the social and hlstorlo
associations of the edifice are Innumerable, leav
ing out of the reckoning what happened there on
the Fourth of July, 1776.
The signers of the Declaration came near not
having a bell to announce their epoch-making
resolution to the world. As soon as the building
was completed, In 1784, Jt was planned to buy a
bell commensurate with the dignity of the new
State house. Then the advocates of economy
or parsimony arose In tlielr might and fought
the project tooth and nail, representing that the
"great cost of the State house had imposed a
heavy tax upon the cltliens and further expendi
ture was useless " After several years of more
or less acrimonious debate It was decided to have
a bell; and It was then discovered that there was
not a foundry In the colonies capable of fashion
ing It, the repressive policy of parliament hav
ing well-nigh destroyed manufacturing enterprise
In the new world. Bo the colonists had to send
to London for a bell, giving specific directions
as to the dimensions the weight was 8,080
pounds.
When at last it arrived, In 1752, It was more
than a nine days' wonder; the Pennsylvania farm
ers flooked to' the wharf from far inland to ac
claim Its arrival. It proved all that any reason
able mortal could want. In the way of a tlntinnab
ulum. Its .tones were far-carrying and sweet
ly musical, and all true-born Pnlladelphlans (in
cluding, those who had opposed the expense)
were proud of it. Alas! as it was being trans
ported with festal ceremony from the water's
edge to the Intended site In the belfry 'some ner
vous weakling gave way beneath his corner of
the ton of metal and the bell fell to the ground
and was mortally Injured. It had to be recast,
and Isaao Norrls, who superintended the opera
tion, announced with pride that the 'result was
"a good bell, which pleases me much that we
should first venture upon and succeed in the
greatest bell, for aught I know, in English Amer
icasurpassing, too, the Imported one, which was
too high and brittle."
The great occasion in the llfo of the Liberty
Bell was not due to arrive until 24 years after
ward. It wbb on tho 15th of May, 1776, that the
general assembly gave instructions to its delo-
gates In congress to present to that body a reso
lution In favor of the mighty schism from Eng
land, and the formal declaration of the colonies'
Independence. Richard Henry Lee on the 7th of
June arose and solemnly moved that "the united
colonies are, and ought to be, free and Independ
ent states, and that their political connection
with Great Britain is and ought to be dissolved."
John Adams of Massachusetts seconded the reso
lution, and thereupon a long and vehement debate
began. It was adopted by the closest possible
majority seven colonies giving It their approval,
six voting In the negative.
A committee was then appointed to draw up
the Declaration. Its members were Benjamin
Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Roger
Sherman and Robert R. Livingston.
The committee reported the result of Its de
liberations on June 28, the other members of oon
gress In the interim having bestirred themselves
to learn the wishes of their constituents.
Thomas Jefferson, as every one knows,
was
the auihor of the Declaration. Ho wrote
It in a house at tho prenont site of 700
Market street, now occupied by the
Penn National bank building, and the
very desk on which the immortal docu
ment was drafted is now in the library
of the state department In Washington.
it is not necessary to .quote the sol
emn language .of the Magna Gharta of
our American liberties. It was accepted
almost as It came from Jefferson's hands, though
a few passages were expunged which, It was
feared, might give offense to America's much
needed friends in the" mother country.
On the Fourth of July all the delegates except
those of Hew York (whose representatives signed
a few days later) bad appended their names to
the document and had pledged their lives, their
fortunes and their saored honor In the cause of
liberty. Then came the moment for the Song of
the Bell a song whose reverberations shall not
cease till the last page of American history has
been written.
Truly prophetic was the biblical motto which
Isaao Norrls Is said to have chosen for the bell:
"Proclaim liberty throughout the land and to all
the. Inhabitants thereof." And rapturously did
the assembled multitude and the distant patriots
receive the announcement of the bell, that at
last the 13 colonies had become the 18 United
States, and the days of the 'dominion of the for
eign oppressor were forever past.
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LAST FOURTH OF JULY
Last Fourth of July I was only six,
A reg'lar little chump,
I got into a dreadful fix.
You see there was a stump
In our back yard, where I used to play
All sorts of things alone;
On Sundays 'twas a pulpit,
On week days 'twas a throne.
I was preacher Sunday,
- And the pickets on the fence
Were the people that I preached to,
But I didn't preach no sense.
On other days I was a king.
The pickets were my people.
1 wore a goldon paper crown '
All pointed like a steeple.
Well, Fourth of July my cousin Bob
Came from the great big town,
With crackers, punk and fireworks
To do the Fourth up brown. .
I told him how I was a king,
He is bigger some than me,
And he said we would have a siege,
The stump would be my fort,
And he would try to blow it up,
He said 'twas lots of sport
Bo I got up upon the stump,
And, the crackers in a row
He piled up thick around the foot,
You should have heard it blow I
Tho stump caught fire, I lost my head,
My father carried me to bed.
I stayed in bed a long, long time,
All bandaged 'twasn't fun.
I'm big this year you needn't smile,
I'm not so big a chump,
And if we have another siege
Bob can alt on tho stump.
vices that a pretty little luncheon or plasca sup
per is a comparatively easy thing to prepare.
Of course, the red, white and blue predominates
and the symbols of the patriotlo Fourth are re
produced In cardboard and paper with such real
istio effect that the candy counters In the large
department stores seem tq have changed their
usual stock for a supply of fireworks.
There are most natural looking packages of
firecrackers with the usual Chinese paper covers
and glaring red posters. The contents are red
candy sticks for all the world llko the real fire
cracker. There are candy boxes In the form of
Roman candles, plnwheels, large cannon crackers,
etc., all of which will make good souvenirs of the
occasion. Crape paper is used for a greater va
riety of boxes and baskets than ever and very
pretty and fanciful little devices are on hand,
mostly In red, white and blue.
Red papor forts hold up warlike little cannons,
keeping guard over the supply of candy stored
within; the Liberty bell is reproduced in crape
paper, and other Ideas, all suggestive of the great
event of '76.
The paper manufacturers have tablecloths and
napkins ornamented with American flags, and
flags in all sixes are found made of crape paper
and attached to wooden sticks. ThoBe In paper
are a little more attractive than the ordinary stiff
muslin affairs. The candelabra, too, may bo In
the spirit of the event with Its red, white and
blue candle shade, and altogether without much
trouble or expense a table may be fitted up which
will be patriotlo enough In Its appearance to satis
fy the stanchest of admirers of Uncle Sam and
Old Glory.
brother
Owl or
INDEPENDENCE DAY FAVORS DISPLAY OP
THE RED, WHITE AND ELUE.
Warm weather does not In the least interfere
with the plans of the maid who Is ambitious
enough to entertain a coterie of friends at some
kind of an end-of-the-season festival; and the ap
proaching Independence day holiday admits of so
man forma of novelties In decorations and de-
FOUND BROTHER AT LAST,
Beggar Kind sir, could you help a
Mason, Odd Fellow, Elk, Moose,' Eagle,
j"Toreeier7
Passerby I belong to none of them.
Beggar Ah, dea, could you help a fellow
Methodist, Baptist, Catholic, Episcopal or Pre
byterian?
Passerby I belong to none of them.
"" Beggar Ab, den, shake hands and assist
feller Socialist and upllfter In distress.
FATAL WORDS.
"Ever bear from that collego chum of yours
who went to Colorado?"
"Oh, he's dead, poor chap, ito may be said to
have talked himself to death."
"What do you meauT"
"He called some -Alkali Ike out there a llor."
WANTED TO KNOW THE FIGURE
Fortune Hunter's Mother Was Not
Dealing In Uncertainties, If
8he Could Help It.
MIsb Jcannctto Glldor, tho brilliant
critic, toyed with n pink nnd gold
niuslnclio cup nt tho tnustacho cup
tea concludliiK the lind Tasto exhibi
tion In Now York.
"Tho muHtncho cup," snld flsa
Gilder, "holds Ita own oven bettor
thnn tho liand-imlntcd cuspidor. Hut,
nftor nil, thero Is spiritual aa well nB
ninteilnl Imd tnsto, and n Bplrltual
bad tnsto exhibition is now In order.
"In tho forefront of It I'd put tho
fortuno hunter. Not nil our fortuno
hunters coino from across tho wutcr.
I heard of one tho other day who be
longs to tho oldest family In Amor
Icn. "Hut his family Is very poor, and
bo ho nnd IiIh mother lmvo decided
that ho must marry for money. They
wore dlBciiflsliiR recently, tho pnlr of
thorn, a western girl.
"'Her fortuno Is lnrRo but vague.'
said tho mother. 'Uosltles, alio Ib
gauche. Her feot nro broad nnd flat.
Sho has a gold front tooth. Her
Fronch Is cxecrablo. Sho'
'"Oh, I could mnko something out
of her,' tho young fortuno hunter as
serted confidently.
'"Yos, but how much that's tho
question,' said hlB mother."
Fooled Once.
Llttlo Francis was not to bo fooled
twice.
Tho heavy black clouds hnd
massed In the oast nnd west, the
lightning was flashing fiercely be
tween tho heavy, InccBBnnt rolling
of tho thunder.
Francis wns terribly frightened,
and his fond mother had gathered
her young hopeful Into her arms nnd
tried logically to culm IiIb fcurB.
"Don't bo nfrnld, darling. There's
nothing to fear. God sends tho
thunderstorm to clenr tho air, water
tho flowers, nnd mnko lUcoolcr for us.
Now, don't cry, dear; It won't harm
you, nnd everything will be better
when It's over."
The llttlo fellow listened Intently,
and as his mother finished ho looked
up nt her gravely, ahd enld: "No, no,
mother, you talk exactly tho way ypu
did laBt week when you took mo to
tho dentist, to havo my tooth pulled."
Chicago Sunday Examiner.
Child Acts Surgeon's Role.
Sarah Shaffer, thirteen years old, of
Los Angeles, Cal., developed Into a
little heroine when her llvc-yearold
sister fell on the sidewalk whllo at
play and shattered her elbow. Dr.
Edward G. Wiley, chief police sur
geon, explained patiently over the tele
phone how the splint should be put
on, and Sarah made such a good Job
of It as to win the admiration of all
who saw the tiny .patient when she ar
rived at the receiving hospital with
her little amateur nurse. The chil
dren's father is at the county hospital
and their mother went to visit him.
Maybolle fell and broko her arm. Sa
rah called up the receiving hospital,
but owing to the distance was advised
to call one of the district doctors. She
could raise none, and again called the
receiving hospital. Dr. Wiley told
Sarah what to do to relieve the baby's
pain, while tho ambulance raced out
to the Shaffer home, and Sarah obeyed
Instructions to tho letter.
ERUPTION DISFIGURED FACE
Lock Box 85, Maurice, la. "In the
spring of 1011 our little daughter, age
five years, bad a breaking out on her
Up and part of her cheek that we
took for ringworm. It resembled a
large ringworm, only it differed in
that it was covered with watery blis
ters that Itched and burned terribly,
made worse by her scratching It
Then the blisters would break through
and let out a watery substance. She
was very cross and fretful while she
had It and had very little rest at
night. When the eruption was at Its
worst the teacher of , the school sent
her home and would not allow her to
attend until the disfigurement of her
face was 'gone.
"I wrote and received a sample, of
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment, which
we used according to directions, and
they gave Instant relief, so we bought
some more. It gradually grew better.
We kept on using Cutlcura Soap and
Ointment and In three or four months
the child was entirely cured."
(Signed) Mr. Henry Frlns, Oct. 22.
1012.
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment sold
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card "Cutlcura, Dept. L, Boston." Adv.
If you want to find a man out all
you have to do Is to call on him with
a bill.
Money goes. Ever notice how three
$20 bills will go llko 607
Lowest Bidder.
"I havo como to nBk for tho hand
of your daughter," announced tho
young man.
"Have a chair," said hor father,
kindly. "I prcBiuno you havo mado an
estimate of what It will coat to keep
my daughter In tho stylo to which she
has been nccustniiird?"
"I lmvo. Blr."
"And your figures?"
"Ton thousand dollars a year."
"I'm Borry, my boy," Bnld tho older
man, "but I cannot afford to throw
nway $2,000 n year. Another nultor
has figured ho can do It for $8,000."
Meanest Man.
Tho meanest man has again hocn
discovered. Ho offored n pollcoman n
confederate $100 bill by wny of a
bribe. Now York Sun.
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Don't Poison Baby.
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rAniAiunwor tanaanum co make it sleep, unese orugs will produce
BleeD. and a FEW DROPS TOO HANT will nmitana th IRT.RRP
FROM WHICH THERE IS NO WAKING. Manv svni tho children who
have been killod or whose health has been ruined for life by paregoric, lauda
num and morphine, each of which is a narcotio product of opium. Druggists
are prohibited from selling either of tho narcotics named to children at all, or
to anyooay wiinouc laoeutng tnem " poison." uneaeunmon of " narcotic"
b t "A medicine which relieves pain and produce sleep, but which in potion
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