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Denver, Colo. There In a post of
flco Inspector whom we shnll call
Brown. Mr. Drown travels out of
Denver through the Northwest.
Hecently Mr. Brown went Into ft
very small town In Montnnn where tho
post o(llce and hotel nro combined nnd
naked the postmaster If tliero was uujr
innll for him.
Tho postmnster snt with his feet on
his desk, smoking n cob pipe. He caa-
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ITAT shall wo do with tho
Fourth of July?
The continental congress,
In session in Philadelphia,
passed July 2, 1770, the resolu
tion presented In behalf of "Vir
ginia by Richard Henry Leo
thnt begins:
"Hcsolved, Thnt these Uni
ted Colonies nro and of right
ought to be freo and Independ
ent states; thnt they are ab
solved from nil nllleglance to
the British crown, nnd tlyit all political connection
between them nnd the stnto of Great Britain Is
and ought to bo totally dissolved."
This of course Is the real Declaration of Inde
pendence, the document now known ns the Declnra
tlon being adopted two days Inter. Of the udop
tlon of the Lee resolution John Adams wrote to
his wife the historic letter which says, umong
other things:
"The second day of July, 1770, will bo the most
remarkable epoch. In the history of America. I
am npt to believe that It will ho celebrated by
ucccedlng generations ns the great anniversary
festlvul. It ought to be commemorated ns tho
Iay of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to
God Almighty. It ought to be solmcnlzed with
nmp nnd parade, with shows, games, sports, bells,
lionflres nnd Illumination from one end of this
continent to tho other, from this time forward for
evermore."
TImo hns proved thnt John Adnms, though ho
got his dates mixed, was a true prophet. Probably
the Fourth of July Is our distinctively American
celebration. All the civilized world celebrates
New Yenr's, Easter, Memorial day, Thanksgiving
nnd Chrlstmns In ono way or another. But Inde
pendence day Is ours alone. To be sure, we hnvo
"Washington's birthday nnd Lincoln's blrthdny,
which are also ours alone but "tho Fourth" In
cludes most If npt all of what they stand for.
In short tho Fourth of July comes mighty near
being our national dny when tho American Eagle
screams for everything from the Mayflower to tho
Argonne from 1020 to November 11, 1918.
Armistice day! That Introduces the pertinent
point thnt another change must be made In tho
long evolution of the celebration of the Fourth of
July. FoV If tho Fourth of July stands for one
npeclilc thing that one specific thing Is Just ex
actly what Its original nnme Independence day
filgnlfles. And after Armistice day and nil that
It stands for It's quite evident thnt tho American
cnglo must be taught to coo Instend of scream
when It goes to the John Bull part of Its perform
ance. ' For wo hnvo seen ous old-time two-time enemy
fighting for his life nnd for our lives too against
a foo that would have destroyed all that wo English-speaking
peoples In common hold denr. And
after a long while wo crowded In alongside our
ancient enemy nnd got busy'' to mako up for lost
tlijie. Never mind who won tho wnr. Wo havo
gumption enough to know exactly what John Bull
did for Uncle Sam and nro grateful accordingly.
And It's quite likely that Undo Sam came near
enough to saving John Bull's life to feel something
more than a friendly Interest In him. So some
parts of our Fourth of July celebration will havo
to bo toned down from now on.
Moreover, It's high time thnt tho American peo
ple put their mind to fixing up .the "day we cele
brate." For tho Fourth of July celebration right
now Is betwixt nnd between. Tho old-fashioned
Fourth wns dono away wjth. Tho "Sano Fourth"
' supplanted It. Now the "Sane Fourth" Is In dan
ger of becoming mdrely a holiday. Holiday cele
brations, like men and nations, do not stand still.
And tho Fourthsof July Is worth tho closest at
tention and best effort of tho American people.
Tho first Fourth of July celebration, which was
held In J777 In Philadelphia, canot servo ns a mod
ol. Its principal featuro was a banquet nt which
many toasts were drank, ench toast being follow-
cd by tho discharge of firearms and cannon. Cer
tainly too "wet" nnd possibly too noisy.
Thn peace era Inaugurated by tho coming of tho
Monroe ndmlnlstrntlon and continued during tho
twenties was unfavorable to a demonstrative cele-
"You're the Quy I Been Lookln' For."
unity surveyed his visitor nnd spat
into the sawdust box.
"There's the mnll over In tho box,"
said tho postmaster. "Help yourself."
"What do you mean, help myself?"
dotnnnded the Inspector Indignantly.
"You're postmnster, nren'tyou?"
"I mean If you don't care enough
about your fnnll to get It yourself, you
ran ro without It," proclaimed the
postmaster.
"Look here," enmo back tho Inspec
tor, flashing his badge. "I'm the In
spector for this district, nnd I won't
stand for this kind of service."
Then the landlord-postmaster enmo
to life. Ho Jerked open a drawer of
his desk and brought out n revolver of
huge dimensions. "You're the guy I
been lookln' for for the last year," ho
shouted. "I been wrltln' letters nnd
wrltln' letters to Washington to get rid
of this dnmti post ofllce and they won't
even answer 'em. Now, Mr. Inspector,
you don't get out of this plnce till you
take your post ofllce with you 1"
bratlon of Independence dny. The enthusiasm of
our people for their country and flag can usually
be measured by the beat of the national pulse.
A typical celebration of tho day Is that of 1830 In
Buffalo. N. Y., which Is described 'at some length
In the Buffalo Journal. That newspaper says:
"The return of our national Jubilee was cele
brated In this village with more thnn ordinary
splendour nnd tho day was dulyvjhonoured, 'not In
the breach hut tho observance.'"
Tho procession formed at the Eagle a famous
tavern located on Main street between Court and
Eagle streets and consisted of veterans of tho
Revolutlon'cltlzens and strangers, escorted by tho
Washington nnd Frontier guard and the cadets of
tho Western Literary and Scientific academy, "the
whole enlivened by muslck from the Buffalo band."
The oration was pronounced by Sheldon Smith,
Esq., nt the Bnptlst church and religious services
wero conducted by Rev. Mr. Shelton of St. Paul's.
From tho church tho procession mnrehed to tho
Buffalo House In Seneca street and there nn "ex
cellent dinner was partaken of." Dr. Powell wns
s landlord of tho house at that tlmo and the papers
recorded as something worthy of speclnl mention
thnt there wero no liquors on tho table. But the
good lesson this statement was Intended to convoy
loses Us moral In tho very next lino of tho narra
tive: "After tho cloth was removed wine "ryes
served with the toasts, which were drank with tho
utmost regularity." It is hardly necessary to draw
on tho Imagination to nny extent to plcturo tho
final state of many In that noble company of 100
who drank the wlno "with the utmost regularity."
But that was before tho days of temperance soci
eties and adulterated liquors.
The marshal of tho day was Colonel, nfterwnrd
General, Sylvester Mathews, a veteran of tho war
of J812 a hero of tho Battle of Chippewa.
Apart from .these proceedings was discourse by
Rev. Mr. Euton of tho Presbyterian church on civil
and religious liberty. Tho festivities closed ac
cording to time honored custom with a ball In the
evening. No mention Is made of any fireworks.
Tho celebrations of several succeeding years
seem to hnvo been much like this one, according
to tho Journal's flies. In 1840, however pre
sumably because of tho Mexican war tho celebra
tion wbb regarded by tho Journal as noteworthy.
Tho Sixty-fifth regiment roado Its first appear
anco on this occasion. At 8 o'clock In tho morning
a detachment marched to tho Fillmore Houso and
fired some small arms In honor of the vlco presi
dent. Tho lino of march Included Revolutionary
soldiers. Think how old they must hnvo been
sixty-eight years after tho surrender of Yorktown
nnd Boventy-two years after the hattlo of Lexing
ton I There were also soldiers of tho War of 1812
In the line, officers nnd soldiers of tho army and of
tho Mexican war. Tho Friendly Sons of St. Pat
rick, tho Sons of Erin and tho German Young
Men's association a sure sign that tho city was
beginning to take on cosmopolitan form wero In
tho line of march. Tho exercises were held nt
Johnson's park, tho orator of tho day bolng H. K.
Smith. Vlco president Flllmoro attended the ex
ercises and was lustily cheered.
Tho Sons of Tcmpcranco hnd charge of the
celebration In 1850, which was held "at tho grovo
near tho workhouse." John B. Gough, tho leading
"temporanco" speaker of tho day, waa orator.
With tho breaking out of tho Civil war Buffalo,
broke loose on Its celebration of 1801. The parada
FALL COSTS FIFTEEN DOLLARS
was the "most Inspiring In the history of the city"
and occupied C8 minutes In passing. Even more
pretentious was Uie celebration following the sur
render of General Lee. After 1805 Buffalo's cele
bration of tho Fourth of July wns rather humdrum
nnd marked by no special features Just as In
most other American cities.
By 1010 the "powder disease" hud come to Its
climax nnd those bent on reforming the observ
ance of the dny called It the "national nuisance."
Moreover, the nation was alive ro the tremendous
loss of life. Tables prepared by the Journal of
the American Medical Association, showed thnt the
number of tho killed and Injured In the celebra
tion of 1009 wns n,307 ; for the seven years pre
ceding 1010 the total was 511,00.1.
Perhaps the first notable "sufe and sane" cele
bration wns thnt in Springfield, Mass., In 1000.
However, In 1010 most of the large cities of the
country presented nn entirely now kind of celeb ra
tion, tho bnsls being the parade and pageant. Fire
crackers wero taboo; -tho dlsplnys of fireworks
wero municipal (affairs. -
"I must confess that I nlwnys like to brag on
tho Fourth of July," wrote Chauncey M. Depow,
a good many years ago. "It Is the greatest day
In the American cnlendar. Nay, more, It gives
perfume to the whole nlr that encircles this globe.
Every man, woman, or child who breathes It, no
matter where ho or she Is, feels tho better for It.
There Is not a liberal sentiment where civilization
Is known that Is dot quickened oi tho Fourth of
July. It reaches the hut of the peasant, and It
enters Into tho tent of the conscript. The ono
says: 'There Is for me and for my children some
thing better thnn this hut.' The other says:
Why should I light to uphold thrones nnd cut
tho throat of my brother to mnlntaln caste and
privilege?' Tho Fourth of July lifts tho thought,
the aspirations, the prayers of tho people of all
countries to higher planes of living, thinking nnd
dying. Why It Is a university, a college, a high
school, a common school. It Is a liberal educa
tion in patriotism and manhood."
That's tho way a good mnny good Americans
feel nbout tho Fourth of July even to this dny,
even If there ore those who hold thnt noise Is vul
gar and "brag Is our national vice." Some of us
have an Idea way down deep that tho American
who will not brag on the Fourth of July. Is hardly
worthy of his birthright.
Still, It Is a self-evident fact that tho old Fourth
of July ts gone, never to come back. Of course
wo must keep the day and celebrate It. It Is too
Important a day to be slighted. It must be cele
brated right.
But let nobody make the ifllstnko of trying to
refine nil the fight out of It. Our ancestors handed
down to us freedom nnd tho love of freedom and
nnd that still more precious thing the readiness
to fight for freedom. And that's got to stick out
' of any proper observance of tho Fourth of July
In the United States of America,
Man Grabs Girl's Dress to Avert
Tumble Even the Judge
Blushes. I
New York. Because ho nearly dis
robed n young woman In the Bowling
Green subway station when he grasped
Iter dress In nn effort to keep from
falling, John J. Golden of Jersey City,
who Is said to be the owner of n chain
of laundries, was arraigned In tho
men's night court before Magistrate
Lovlne on n charge of disorderly con
duct. Golden regained his freedom by pny
Ing the young woman $15 for the dnm
nge to her dress.
Miss Gertrude Fay, twenty, nnd pret
ty, was awaiting a train In the station,
when Golden, who admitted In court
he hnd been drinking, stumbled In front
or her, nid In fulling clutched nt the
nearest thing which happened to bo
Miss Fay'H dress. He kept on falling,
nnd n goodly portion of Miss Fay's
dress went wlthahliu. Miss Fay testi
fied In court to' her humiliation and
embarrassment.
The young womnn pulled her fur
coat around her nnd demanded dam
ages from, Golden. He refused, nnd
Policeman Malono of the Old Slip sta
tion, arrested him.
When Miss Fay displayed the dnm
age to her dress In court, Magistrate
l.evlne blushed, but said he thought
$15 would pay for repairing It.
Poison Gas in Bank
Thwarts Safe Robbers
Now Market, Tcnn. Poison
gas, automatically released In
side the bnnk vault, prevented
robbers from securing the New
Market bank's ensh. The yeggs
who blew the safe escaped with
$1,000 In cash, War Savings
stamps, Liberty bonds and post
ago stnmps, but the gas "belt
them back from over $20,000 In
cash. A mechanical device liber
ated the poison gas Inside tho
vault as the burglars tampered
with the locks.
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"Gentlemen of the Jury," the emN
ncnt counsel wound up his eloquent
oration, "I leave tho rest to you. You
are Amerlcuns ; you come of it valorous
race. As men, you would Bcorn to In
sult n woman or llltrcat one to say
aught which Is unbecoming or uninaiw
nerly to one of tho gentler sex "
lie puused, with an angry glunce at
tho back of tho court, where there
was a sudden disturbance. Then he
shrank back as a stern-looking woman
faqcd him coldly.
"And only this morning," sho said
loudly, "that man called mo a meddle
some old call"
She was his motUer-ln-Iuw. fteho
both Sunday Herald.
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Electrical Hair Cutting.
There Is In use In France nn elec
Irlc substitute for tho barber's scla
tors. It consists of a comb carrying
long ono side of Its row of teeth a
platinum wire through which flows an
plectiic, current. As tho comb pnsscs
through tho locks to bo shorn tho bent
pd wlro Instantaneously severs tho
hairs, leaving them of even length nnd
scaling the cut ends us In the ordlnnry
Vroccss of singeing with n taper.
Will Let It Squeal Next Time.
Harrodsburg, Ky. W. H. Brown of
Marlon county probably owes his life
to the fact that one of two mother
hogs attacking him mado a mistake
and assailed a feed bag . Instead.
Brown was trying to help a little pis
through' a fence when tho mother,
weighing 400 pounds, nttneked him.
Another hog equally ns big Joined In.
They knocked him down and In so
doing upset the feed sack. One o!
the nogs went far that and Brown es
caped from the other,
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Merc' 1 alk.
"Whore did you say tho BUtherbya
were planning to spend tho summer?"
"With relatives In tho country."
",P,ut I thought"
"Regardless of tho fact that their
breezy conversation with friends and
acquaintances would lend you to think
that tho largest hotel at America's
most fashionable resort would soon,
houso them.'' Birmingham Age-Herald.
Too many people spend their tlroa
In trying to bo 'miserable.
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