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Mexico is president Governor Prince
considersMhis the most historic
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tunity of picking up three languages
French German and Italian at
practically no cost to the parents In
about six months a child is able to
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Charles Schreyvogel the painter of
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a model The trooper was told to
assume a recumbent posture as if
wounded It was bitterly cold but
the painter became so absorbed in
his work that hedid not experience
any discomfort The soldier accus
tomed to obedience lay perfectly still
When Mr Schreyvogel had finished
he found this really model model so
benumbed that he had to half carry
half drag him down to the studio and
revive him with an alcohol bath both
external and internal before the poor
fallow could stand on his legs again
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Ezra Kendall tells of a man who was
riding on a train and pretended to be
come ill after eating a sandwich The
man opened his grip and -took out a
hot water bag He got a sympa
tnetiu porter Mr Kendall continues
to fill the water bag with boiling
water and then he opened up his
lunch basket took out a piece of fried
steak and warmed it on the water
bag You talk about your light house
keeping Then after he hadwarmed
the steak he cut it all up with a
pair of scissors and fed it to himself
with a pair of sugar tongs because
he would not take a chance with a
fork going around a curve But his
finish was the limit After he had
eaten the steak he unscrewed the
stopper of the water bag and poured
himself out a cup of hot coffee He
had the grounds in the bag all the
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Three elfins who lived in a fairylike
nook
Once read of our Fourth of July In a
book
And promptly their own quiet woodlands
forsook
To share In the fun and tho noise
By the light of the moon tfiey crept out
on the sly
And merrily sang on their way
Asking politely of each passerby
How far they must go to meet Fourth
of July
Till they came to the dawn of the day
What a different song these three elfins
sang
As they limped their way homeward
that night
They had heard how the bells In tho
steeples go Clang
Torpedoes and crackers go Rattlety
bang
And the rockets go up out of sight
For one little elfin by chance got astride
Of a giant torpedo nearby
On a huge cannon cracker the next took
a ride
Number three to the tall of a rocket was
tied
And all three were blown up there sky
high
On the way coming down each elfin de
clared
He Had seen quite enough of the sky
And promised himself If he lived to be
spared
To ever reach home and the damage re
paired
He would stay there on Fourth of July
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It required a long time to prepare
for the celebration of the first Fourth
of July it demanded nerve courage
j heroism the man who huzzaed for lib
erty then was in danger of putting his
head in a noose and he who fired a
gun in honor of the occasion was shot
without trial if caught
Nowadays people who wake up on
the morning of the Fourth of July
amid the boomingof cannon the noise
I of trumpets crackle of guns and snap
ping of fire crackers and a general
pandemonium of free and generous
noise seldom think of the years of
anxiety suffering and bloodshed
through which the Colonial Americans
passed before reaching the great day
when they could shout for freedom
There had been long resistance to
tyranny oppression and injustice The
I Lexington shot that was heard
around the world had been fired
Harry Lee had proclaimed independ
ence Patrick -Henry had demanded
liberty or death but the time was
not quite ripe for that day of all days
in American history the Fourth of
July 1776
On that day fifty six determined
patriots assembled in the state house
at Philadelphia They had a purpose
in assembling and that purpose was of
grave import to the whole world Thir
teen colonies with their three mil
lions of people knew what the purpose
was they had sanctioned it approved
it and what the fifty six men were
about to do they were to do on be
half of those three millions of people
who had fought suffered bled and
starved that it might be done Every
body knew what was going to happen
even the small boy who now makes as
much noise as he can was there with
the crowds assembled to hear the
tocsin of liberty
A member of this great Congress of
the people arose and stopping a mo
ment looked at the grave faces before
him then he began to read from a
paper he held in his hand
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road
Three cripples in pitiful plight
They also had been there to see things
explode
A tailless young squirrel a three legged
toad
And a crow with tall feathers turned
white
A very wise owl who was scowling closo
by
As the woebegone party drew near
Remarked while winking and blinking
one eve
Didnt I tell you so that the Fourth
of July
Is the fooly fool day of the year
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And said with his talons uncurled
The day Is all right this country is
mine
Tis sad to be crippled but sadder to
whine
The Fourth of July leads the world
And now my young friends allow me
to state
That the fiag you saw borne on the
breeze
Is the fiag of the free and wo celebrate
The Fourth of July while the crackers
debate
With just as much fun as we please
Be careful old owl lest my temper you
stir
This country cost more than one eye
And is worth all it cost though owls
may demur
We invite everything in horns feathers
or fur
To share in our Fourth of July
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events reading on along down the
list of grievances until he reached the
consummating words that created a
new nation
We therefore the representatives
of the United States of America in
general Congress assembled appealing
to the Supreme Judge of the world
for the rectitude of our intentions do
in the name and by the authority of
the good people of these Colonies sol
emnly publish and declare That these
United States are and of right ought
to be free and independent hero
came an interruption in the person of
a small boy who was blowing a fuse
to keep it burning he had a small
cannon ready leaded to bethe first to
celebrate the very first Fourth of July
he rushed to the old bellman wait
ing with the rope in his hand to ring
cut liberty on liberty bell Ring
Ring Ring he shouted and the
old bellman threw his whole weight
upon the rope and the tongue of that
liberty bell spoke to the crowd and
said We are free the life of a new
and great nation has begun Rejoice
and be glad And the people shouted
Huzza We are free Then they
embraced one another and shouted
themselves hoarse and Tvhen they
could shout no more they fired guns
touched off gun powder and waved
flags but the tongue of liberty bell
kept on ringing for two long hours
the old bellman pulled with all his
strength and when asked why he did
cot stop he answereu I cant I dont
want to I could keep on ringing lib
erty to the world forever Then the
fifty six men arose and shouted and
huzzaed and embraced the deed was
done the nation was born and the first
Fourth of July was inaugurated We
have been keeping it up ever since
and as we grow larger and stronger
we make more noise which is very
natural and quite proper
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REFLECTIONS
By a Disabled Veteran
For over forty years I have been a
nrember of the great army of patriots
who fought over again the great fight
for liberty on every recurring Fourth
of July Ever since I was able to
strike a match or touch off powder
I have gallantly turned out with the
rest of the revolutionary army with
grandfathers saber by my side my
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great grandfathers old flintlock musket
on my shoulder and my pockets full
of powder and shot firecrackers and
torpedoes
I have always been in the very thick
est of the fight and when night came
on and lack of ammunition forced a
cessation of hostilities I have retired
to my well earned rest with joyful
pleasurable sensations feeling that the
enemy were routed horse foot and
dragoons
True I have suffered much I have
lost a thumb my scalp has been torn
off in several places my eyebrows are
not what they should be my face is
badly frecWed with powder marks and
a portion of my ear is on the battle
field But what of that Am I not a
patriot a citizen of this great nation
that can whip all creation Pooh I
guess yes
But I am growing old now and al
though I still fpl enthusiastic as much
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hurrah instead of falling in with the
procession Besides I deFrve a pen
sion if any soldier who fought in the
cause of liberty ever did Why not
pension all our Fourth of July soldiers
A grand idea indeed With a pension
in view tho whole country would be
in the agony of battle from daylight
to dark and sevpral hours after on
every Fourth of July I think I will
try to make this a political issue in
the next campaign for town mashal It
will win fcr every man woman and
child will go in on it for the sake of
the pension You think they wont
eh Well you will see Hurrah for
the Fourth of July Hurrah for pen
sions to everyone that can hold a fire
cracker
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The passing of one hundred and
twenty seven years has not dimmed
the patriotic spirit of 7G when men
put rcpes around their neck that we
might have a free and independent na
tion Men of patriotic souls and im
pulses rise to the surface of the dead
money making level and inspire our
youth with new energy to do or to die
Shall the object for which this na
tion was founded be lost sight of in
time or be even momentarily forgot
ten No there are sentinels watching
our course and they always brjng us
back again to true liberty
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Monument to Arthur
The dedication of a monument to be
erected at the birthplace of President
Chester Alan Arthur in Fairfield Vt
by the state of Vermont will occur
some day during the month of July
the precise day not having been fixed
The speakers will be Robert T Lin
coln of Chicago ex Senator William
E Chandler of New Hampshire his
secretary of the navy and others
The arrangements are in the hands
of ex Governor W W Stickney
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Dealing with Artist Whistler
James McNeill Whistlers portrait of
Carlyle is owned by the corporation
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trust them got a bargain
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There is a well known story of
Disraeli when he was the prime min
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with Rosslyn Disraeli asked one
o his colleagues and the other sug
gested that he should be appointed
master of the bloodhounds as his
father -had been before him No
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