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closely with q strap and woOdshed than
with the Sunday school
Therefore he only said 'Holy whizzP
1t Is more than likely. in these Fauntle-
roy days, that there may be boys who do
not get excited on or about the Fourth of
July In other words they are not boys
At all events, they are no such boys as AL
bert was He had been a real, live boy
ever since his birth. There never had been
any necessity to inquire as to the origin OF
any disturbance around his fathers house
when Albert was at home. All that was
considered necessary by any one was Tor
his father to get hold of Albert with one
hand and the strap with the other.
All things considered, it was not surpris-
ing that Albert was excited when he saw,
lying en- the ground, just inside his fathers
front gate, large, round, bright silver dol
lar 1t was the morning of the third of July.
Silver dollars were not SO much part of
Albert's usual experience as pennies and
nickels were, and lately even these had
been hard to get hold OF. and here was
whole, entire dollar
Some boys would have been tempted to
keep it and say nothing about it, and spend
il at once for the necessary ammunition
for the celebration of the following day,
but Albert was not even conscious of a
feeling of temptation. He knew well
enough. Wuo nau UioPPSo ~ 49,,
Maggie, eighteen years old, very often stood
by that gate moonlight nights, and never
alone. So, although he knew that it must
have been George Whitaker who had lost
the dollar there was no struggle in Al
bert's mind as to the propriety of keeping
it. He just kept 1t without any thought
of struggling.
And he spent It. That was procedure
which he could not undertake without con
siderable care and precaution. His owner
ship of the few previous dollars he had
had was always hollow mockery His
aunt was accustomed TO give him dollar
every time be had q birthday bot he had
never been allowed TO use IL His father
! AaA always taken q away from him and
tYuk Il u She AAnA This time Ae tln9led
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them into his own house. "a licking wasn't
SO. very much, but it would not do to have
the powder and crackers confscated.
''Say, Jim, Fll tell you what" said AL
bert at length "We'll tie 'em all together
in a big bundle and keep it in your barn
till tonight Then after all our folks has
gone to bed you fetch it over and come
under my window, and I'll let down a rope
and pull it~up- You give me the whistle
when youfcome, and I'll be all ready"
"All right" said James, and that was
settled Then it remained to quarrel about
whether they had spent the money to the
best advantage. James contended that
they onghtto have bought some Roman
candles, while Albert favored the thought
of having skyrockets, and so earnestly did
each advocate his own views that they
almost came to blows.
After some hours, however, this subject
was forgotten in consideration of the still
more exciting question, whether any OF
the ammunition should be used that night,
or whether it should all be kept for the
Fourth. A boy has a great many things
to consider on such occasions, and it was
important to decide ON the best way to
avoid getting licked, and at the same time
get all the good out of that dollar. Finally
it was decided that it was best to wait till
morning
1t is a most interesting and instructive
thing to notice how things that seem to be
the most irrelevent and incOnsequent
sometimes work together toward the most
astonishing results. In this case, If it had
not been for a hole in Mr.. Whittaker's vest
pocket; splinter, a 'penknife and dear
little white finger; and if Albert hadn't
carried off two spools of cotton from Mag
gie's work basket the day before, it would
probably have But this is a little too
fast.
All went on as the boys had planned it
until Albert went to his room to wait for
James. To be sure, George Whitaker had
called to invite Maggie to n picnic next
day, and Albert reflected with much dis
gust that he and Maggie would stand by
the gate for some time, and so keep him
waiting; but he knew James was too wary
to come till George had gone away. so he
was not alarmed.
He looked ont at the front gate instead
of going to-bed, just as he had done many
times before. 'GoshP' he said TO himself,
"I1l bet wouldn't go sparkin' no gal If
was as big as him. I'd be down at the
corner .playin' billiards"
Now the gate was an old one, and Albert
sometimes whitfield on it when he could
not think what else to do, wherefore there
were sometimes unexpected edges along
the top Of 10. There was one now, and as
Maggie and George Whitaker stood there,
never dreaming that Albert was looking
on, but talking of--bnt how can anybody
guess what they were talking off-Maggie
rubbed her hand Idly along this sharp edge.
and suddenly EAYe 4 nttle screA1hs
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The Dutch revolution of the Sixteenth
century, the British revolution of the
Seventeenth century and the American
revolution of the Eighteenth century were
three logically connected stages in the evO-
luton of liberty. Their history forms three
serial chapters in the literature of freedom.
1t is not at all surprising, therefore, that
there should be a marked similarity in the
language of the three people in declaring
their rights, similarity sufficient to en-
able the critics of Thomas jefferson to say
that he had plagiarized from the declara-
ton of the United Provinces of the Neither
lands and the declaration of rights by the
British Wings of 1859 90. The parallel be
tween these declarations is indeed instruc-
tive; they all sum up in one principle: the
natural rights of men to choose their form
of government.
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Notable Anniversaries.

There have been three notable Fourth OF
July celebrations, and there will soon be a
fourth. The first was in 1889, soon after
the present form of government went into
operation; the second in 1865, when all pre-
vious demonstrations were outdone, and
the third in 1876, the famous Centennial
year. The fourth will undoubtedly be in
1892, when the discovery of America will
be celebrated, as well as the Declaration of
Independence. Perhaps it would be safe
to add another, for in 1896 much was said
of that being the fftieth anniversary
though it does not appear that there were
any unusual demonstrations on that day.
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all splinter in a girls

but under the exist W
ing circumstances it GEORGE "HIrrAhEh-
took fully fifteen minutes before that
finger was in such a cSndition that George
Whitaker was able to let go of it.
Just before he did so Albert spoke to
himself asain. "Goshp he said, what a
fool feller is to kiss a gals handi If he
wants to kiss her, why don't he kiss her in
the MOUTH, She'd a good deal druther he
would"
Very possibly George Whitaker did not
know this
He let go her hand with little sigh, and
slipped the penknife into his vest pocket.
And the penknife slipped right through
and fell on the ground. Maggie saw 1t
fall and told him about it, and he investi-
gated things, discovering that the lining
and pocket were both torn.
''Well, there" said he, "that accounts
for it. lost a silver dollar last night 1t
must have slipped through that hole"
"You must have it mended right away, F"
said Maggie, with womanly promptness-
Come back in the sitting ROOM"
So they went back, George nothing 10th,
and found old Mr.. Wilson there reading
and smoking his pipe. He did not object to
the courtshi- that YEAS going on, but on the
contrary approved it thoroughly, but you
would never catch him going to bed until
Maggie was safe in her own room.
He looked up inquiringly when they en-
tered the room. and Maggie began with en-
tirely unnecessary confusion to explain
what had happened.
Mr. Wilson did not talk much, but what
he did say was generally to the point.
Moreover, he was fond of joke. He lis
tened while Maggie explained, and then
said dryly: "H'mi That's what comes of
a young man living alone, with no women
folks to take care of him."
George was fully as much embarrassed
as Maggie was Mt this kind of a speech,
but there didn't seem to be any way of
concealing his. confusion, while Maggie
busted herself looking for. needle and
thread. So he stood still and suffered
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a small boys epidermis just as quick
As the next one, and don't you forget it'll
am of Chinese birth, but what's the diff
i met man the other day who came,
With nothing but flatiron and pigtail,
Over in the same steamer with your uncle here,
And now his pigtail's gone, and he, forsooth.
Can hustle with the laundry Just as well
AS any Yankee that you ever saw.
And 50 with all of rs. That's right, Wo'ro here
To celebrate the glorious Fourth now. See?
And first allow me to congratulate
My friend, the young toy pistol. say, old man,
never saw fly light on your shape
But what twas first to fade away. And no
Small boy has ever tackled you in vain.
This year you must remember that there Is
A bran new crop of boys. Sail in and see
If you can show what metal you are made of;
And if you need some help just call on us.
We're here to celebrate, and when il comes
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him. 1t was a fine situation for a boy
with dollars worth of fun in his room,
and an impatient chum whistling outside,
of Fourth of July.
1t seemed long time to wait, for Albert
was awake before four o'clock, but as a
matter of fact Mr.. Wilson went up quite
early to his boys room. Entering, he
found Albert fully dressed, looking out of
the window, listening to various noises in
the village. There were tears in his eyes,
but he brushed them away before turning
to speak to his father.
81 understand" said the father, "that
you bought some frecrackers yesterday"
Eyes, sir" said Albert.
LET me see them," said Mr. Wilson, and
the boy brought out his bundle and opened
it. "That is fine lot. Where did you
get the money to buy them with?"
81 found it, sir"
"Where did you find it2"
"By the front gate" ----.
Didn't you know who it belonged tor"
mo, sir, said the boy, hesitating lit
tie; and then with a desperate burst of
courage he said: 'Yes, knew well enough;
but, Pop don't you know it's the Fourth
of July? l reckon when you was boy
You wouldn't "a gone round hunting up
owners for silver dollars when they jumped
right up at you, and you hadn't got no
money nor no firecrackers."
Now, Mr.. Wilson did not suppose for a
minute that he would have done any such
thing, and moreover he liked the boys
frankness, and although he did use the
strap occasionally, believing that he ought
to do SO, he did not like it any more than
Albert did. 1t wasn't the first time the
boy had put him in a quandary.
"Well, my son." he said, not unkindly,
after he had considered a moment, 81 am
willing to make allowances, but you must
remember to be honest above all things.
You must pay back that dollar"
Eyes, sir" said Albert, delighted at get
ting off so easily.
But after he had escaped from the house
and Joined Jim, and the two were disturb
ing the peace to the best of their ability,
he saw a well known figure coming down
the village street, and ran toward it.
''Say, George Whitaker" he exclaimed
breathlessly, "ain't you going to be my
brother?"
Whitaker laughed and said, ,"WhyS"
"'Cos if you are," said Albert, II don't
s'pose Tll have to be in any great hurry
about payin' back that dollar O. yours
what | found. It'll be all in the family,
you know"
And George laughed again, and told him
he needn't be in any special hurry.
And after the firecrackers were all gone,
Albert said confidentially to Jim, after
all, it makes feller feel heaps better to get
his money honest, don't it?''
81 don't know" said Jim.
DAVID A CURTIS.
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IllSiillCu " IL 1 y
two things to
do, but these
t w o w e r e
enough to keep
the boys busy
all day. First
a safe hiding
place had to be
found, and that
was no as y
m after, for
there were 9th
er boys in the
village who
would not hes
itate toplunder
them if the y
S b ould find
such treasures.
and neither Al
bert nor James
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Delivered on the eve of the Fourth of July
by the firecracker To his brother fireworks.
Good friends and fireworks ALL am not here
To heat you overmuch, although ms speech
Shall be as matchless as | e'er can make iti
For otherwis Use you might go off too soon.
And thus this glorious Fourth be premature
The time will come when shall kick, you beu
Bat just at present I am laying low"
You hear me shouti And If YOU do just drop
Right on to what m going to ~arble now
Incline yOur unto the quiet tips
That I'm about To feed yOn vii IA. and don't
Fire up if perchance should BELOW ~PunkF'
| am no pinwhee DUDE, but can spout
With the best of you. and when II comes
To tails unfoIded. the pOwtleSsiI one have
Can raise a crop of new laid plassters on
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COLUMBIA TENNESSEE, FRIDAY. JULY 3. 1891
when they do need II.

when they do need II.
"Well," said Maggie, hanging her head,
''I don't know but what I might under
take to do that"
''But mean for always, for all your
life," exclaimed George.
After that there was some more conver-
sation, and old Mr.. Wilson had to come
to the door twice to tell Maggie how late it
was before she came in. When she did
come in he looked at her pretty closely, but
she only said Good night, papa" and he
kissed her and she went up stairs while, he
locked up. Then he followed, and going
on up to the attic he very quietly locked
Albert's door on the outside. If that
delhded youngster had not had his head
out of the window looking for James
he would probably have heard his father,
but as it was he drew up the bundle all
right and hiding it under his bed lay down
without knowing that he was prisoner.
He was one, though. Mr.. Wilson had
been a boy himself, and he had assigned
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OILY whiZZl eX
claimed Albert.
Much must be
forgiven to I b e
boy. even by the
nj o st censorious
reader. for he was
not only aston
ished bat greatly
excited L b e n,
too, he was young,
and although he
would sometimes
haye lik e d 4 o
use stronger Ian
gnage than that,
he did not dare to
do it, for reasons
cnnnacfali mora
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while Mr.. Will
son chuckled to
hims self, and
m u t t e ri II z
s o IN e t h / II &
about "helping
a lame dog over
a stile, turned
back to his read
ing.
But Maggie
didn't find her
thread If she
had, perhaps AL
bert wouldn't
have been found
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'OhP' she said. "Pve run a splinter in
my filger."
"OhP' said George Whitaker, very much
agitated, that is too bad. Let me take it
out" And he took her hand in his and
looked at it carefully. Then he took out
his penknife.
Now a very small splinter in girls
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A GOOD TIME, BUT

A GOOD TIME, BUT
First we bought q lot of rockets,
With an extra lot of whizz;
Then we emptied out our pockets,
Buying squibs and things that fizz;
Serpents, snakes and Roman candles,
With a dozsn cOlored balls.
And some blue things on long handles
That they called Niagara Falls"
Half q gross OF cannon crackers
And dozen monster bombs
Regular old Barnum whackers,
Fit to use when Gabriel comes
Half a hundred double pinwheels,
Showers of sparks in evsFY one,
And a Set Of wheels within wheels.
Warranted todim the sun;
Red lights.green lights, blue lights, flashes,
In profusion.apd a box;
Things that slowly burn to ashes,
Things that flame like Martyr Knox
Just the dandiest miscellany 80 =. =.
One no carping crank scofR .-ss
At-then, by George. the night was rainy
And we couldn't set 'em offl
-Somerville Journal.
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July the Third.
|Adolphus," said Dorinda,
Leaning on his shoulder,
'Dost know tomorrow is the time
For lovers to grow bolder,
And to declare their passion deep in words or
tuneful lay? s-r
For tits Declaration Day. Adolphus-Declara'
ton Day."
"Dorinda," said Adolphus
QIe well knew what she sought of
Him and trembIed). sdearest, there is
One name you've not thought of.
The day is fit for fellows from their girls TO
break away,
For It's Independence Day. Dorinda-Inde-
pendence Day."
L'ENVOI.
And Dorinda to Adolphus now has nothing
more to say.
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= - 49, - - ASSAAA
to him with
special refer
ence to the fact
that climbing
out of the win
dow was out of
the question.
Therefore Al
bert had moth
ing to do but
to wait, when
Ihe found his
d Oor locked
next morning,
until such time
as his father
saw fit to come
un and release
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To making things go round. my pinwhecl friend
Can get there just the same, if he perchance
Does bang his hair and dress in fancy colors.
Likewise the rocket is no slOuch. Not much!
For oft upon occasion have | known
His frisky nibs to take the hair right off
A nan's head better than his wife could do it.
Look at tho Roman candles and Greek fire;
The countless cannons, and the ngGer chasers,
And the torpedo, on whose modest phiZ
No smile of triumph rests, and yet of all
This noble band there Is not one of
Who has displayed the sand of this young
sport.
And now, my friends. 60 forth and do your
best,
And If you make fiZzle of this day,
Why, do it so that Uncle Sam will hear,
Throughout thetand. the best reports of you
Tom MASON.
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ICopyrtght. 1891. by American Press Associa-
ton. All rights reserved.i
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A SILVER DOLLAR.

HELPED OUT ON FOURTH OF JULY AND
PLAYED A PART IN LOVE STORY.
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A Genuine Bargain in !

We have gone through our entire stock
of Ladies and Misses Shoes and slippers
and selected every pair that has been in
the least soiled by trying on, and have
placed them ON our center counters at one
half their real value. We are headquart-
ers for
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Space necessary to enumer-

Space necessary to enumer-
ate all our bargains would
leave no room for other ad-
vertisers. In fact the store
will hardly contain them, we
hope to part with most of
them before Jan. Ist, step in
and verify our statements, and
if early in the day you will be
less likely to have to wait, for
in the afternoon, even our nu-
merous statesmen and assist
ants are unequal to the de-
mand.
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THE BATTLE OF POISON.
How it Figures in the Graves Muir.
der Trial.
{. S. WORRELL ON THE STAND.
Counsel for the Defense Hint that He May
Have Administered the Drug To Mrs.
Barnaby-A Hanging Divides the Inter-
est In the Trial.

DENVER, Dec. 15.-The talk of the NOR
bid sensation hunting people was divided
this morning between the trial of DIR.
Graves and the hanging of Charles Smith,
negro, for a horrible murder peis
petrated about a year ago at Car.
son City. The trial now in progress
certainly caused the greater interest.
After the recess yesterday afternoon, Il.
s. Worrell, Jr., was called TO 1.-THE stand.
His testimony was TO show the motives
on the part of DIR. Graves for the crime:
After being sworn Mr. Worrell said:
Il saw Mrs. Barnaby here when she
came on from California. She said Sd
die, | had deal of trouble with DIR.
Graves's checks i'm the West She asked
about the Dunner property, and finally
said: will you take my money and invest
il here = j said: Upon proper condi-
tions.' Then she said: viii you go East
with me and see DIR. Graves, and have the
property transferred to youg Could -
have the right to draw money on my own
in my own name p She asked me what
an agents business really was She
said that DIR. Graves had not sent her
monthly statements of his accounts"
Mr.. Worrell then spoke about the bot
tie. He said: "It was received at my
April 10 and delivered to Mrs. Barnaby
there April IL. opened the box, took the
bottle out and placed il on the sideboard
At lunch / called Mrs. Barnaby's atten-
tion To it, and on leaving the room she
carried IL To her chamber. When | came
home after the drive next day my wife
said:
"'Your mother is very sick / followed
her into the bathroom, where j saw my
mother vomiting. ] asked her what the
matter was and she replied Il drank
some OF Mrs. Barnabys whiskey, aud was
taken sick almost Immediately. IL must
be poisoned Later asked Mrs. Barnaby
IL she wanted me TO give the bottle 10 an
expert for examination and she said :
: Let 10 remain intact until l 20 TO New
York, I'll have IL Analysed
when DR. Graves arrived" said the
witness, 81 asked him who there was
who knew my address aud could have sent
the poison. lie said Mr.. Charles
Brown. Mr.. 1ias. of Glen Falls, New
York Lord & Taylor, Of New York City:
Mrs. Weld. Of East Fourteenth street,
j. lContinued on PAGE III
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THE STRIKE IN INDIANA.
Twenty Thousand Miners in a Des-
perate Situation.

BRAZIL, Ind, Dec. 15.-The situation in
the bituminous coal regions of Indiana, in
which 10000 miners are on strike, is a
gloomy one for the strikers. Many of the
men and their families are already on the
verge of starvation, subsisting on one
meal dav and have been doing so for two
weeks The relief ol Ia ne b rs been very
scanU, ana III some place one strikers are
totally without fuel, the mine owners re-
fusing even TO sell them coal. The men,
however, say they are determined to fight
ii out.
The national executive board of the Coal
Miners Association OF the United States
has at last approved the strike and has
issued call to all its members to con-
tribute to the relief of the strikers. 1t is
stated that mine owners in adjoining
States have been supplying contracts for
the Indiana mine owners. This will be in
vestigated by the board, and il il cannot
be settled in any other way the miners in
those States will be called out also.
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THESE.

Many enjoy music who can
not themselves play, do you
Have you a friend who does
A nice music box supplies the
deficiency, and they are now
to be had at moderate cost.
We have a large square box
that plays two airs at 90 cents.
another that plays six airs at
$3.50. Note this, an inter
changeable box with four
cylinders $4,000, and a very
large interchangeable box,
playing twenty-four airs at
$500. Imported Swiss Mus
ical Figures, Chairs, ETC., pur-
chased direct from the manu-
featured at prices which will
astonish you.
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EDWARD M. FIELD ARRESTED.
Charged With Grand Larceny--Locked
lJp in New York Police Headquarters,

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Edward VI. Field,
of the failed banking firm of Field, Lind
ley, Weichers 81 Co., was arrested yester-
day by three detectives at the Manchester
mansion, private insane asylum, near
Tuchahoe, y. Y. He is now locked up in
police headquarters in this city. The ar
rest was made on a warrant issued by
Judge Marline and the charge is grand
laceny in the first degree.
The warrant charged Field with appro-
priating securities and collateral. property
of the firm of Field, Lindley, Weichers &
Co, for his own personal use. District
Attorney Nicol has had the impression
that Field was not insane, but in reality
seeking 20 escape justice.
The district attorney has received in
formation which leads him TO believe that
Field disposed of five shares of Union Pa
cifc stock and converted the proceeds to
his own use.