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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-07-04
sAslfLS sQsass wsodsa ban. ntAas

A1avy.~
sYsa. sar.s saia Timmy, and spsd away.
THAT b II" said the professor. n lsss
t1ms than yo1 would have supposed It pos
sbls for Jimmy 10 30 up and down stairs:
'.Take Il . Jerry and Peter. with Miss
Margarine love- and tell them to unpack
Il and burn up IT. contents - quick -
they Ike: then run over 70 the college and
ak my man Price II 10 viii come down
and show them how the things are set up
tell him / would like TO have him do -.
~ that tims, II Jon want To zee somsthing
pretty, Jon viii Do well to keep - near 70
Jerry and Peter - ron can"
"Yeo, cir" said Jimmy again, his eyes
twinkling msfrily; he began 10 have .
suspicion Of what might be In the box.
20, papar' said Margaret, 'ars they
freworks-real beauties! How splendid!
! was feeling 20 sorry that Jerry had only
n wheel. Papa, I think you are lovelyv'
I'm inclined to believe that Jerry and
Peter thought the same: also the crowds
who gathered to zee the lovely many-col-
ored wheels and serpents and rings and
spirals, and I know not what which came
out Of that wonderful box. No such fire.
works were to be seen in any part Of the
large town. Mrs. Markham, as she leaned
from her brothers carriage, which had
been sent for in haste to drive around that
way. shook her head merrily at the pro-
fess0r, as much as to ask: why In the
world did you send me away to see the
sights. when you meant to have the En-
est display in town right at your door?
As for the boys down on the square,
they were 20 busy with their three PIN
wheels that they missed four of the most
elegant serpents and any number Of stars.
However, they arrived in time to be half
consumed with envy and regret.-Pansy.
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ance Of the day BY Z display Of the Stars
and Stripes, which has been the custom
since Victor Hugo's famed Grafton on the
Fourth In 1884. In Paris the memory Of
Franklin and Of Jefferson 10 honored on
the day our nation was born, while the
Lafayette Society always gives . dinner
ON the Fourth.
In Rome Il 10 the American College
which II moro elaborate In the prepare
lions II makes to honor the day. The
young men who are there studying for
the priesthood participate, without az
ception, In the solemn high mass which
10 sung In honor Of the Fourth. The
American Church In Rome 10 resorted to
BY the transient visitors to the eternal
city, - special services are always held
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bate as a means of training. 'There
were debating societies I'm college when
l was q student" he said, land all the
brightest men belonged and took part
In the discussions. Nowadays few col.
lege students would think Of stooping
90 low as to belong to a debating So
ciety or Of engaging in a set discussion
of any problem. I regard this as a ma.
t1onal calamity. 1t is q good sign when
the people Of any country begin sys.
tematically to debate on current affairs.
They sometimes take up the wrong side,
but that does not harm in the long run.
People had better be mistaken than not
to think and discuss, since thought and
honest discussion are sure, sooner or
later, to set them right"
While he does not In any sense ap-
prove Of the extremes to which the en-
thusiasts Of athletics carry their physi-
cal exertions, Mr.. Frederick Coudert,
the eminent lawyer and man Of affairs,
Endorses the notion Of thorough and
systematic training most heartily.
There II no doubt" said Mr.. Cou-
dert, that the man who has q good
body and a sound mind. and both well
trained, possesses incalculable advan-
tages v the mar who has not these
tools with which to carve his way
through life. Just at present, perhaps,
the a for physical training has gone
a little astray. As to the advantages
possessed by the college graduate in
business or professional life, there Is no
question at oil. The college man has q
great lead over his competitor who has
not enjoyed the advantages OF college
education"
Mr.. Henry Clews, the Wall street
broker. who Is as well known In his
line rs any Of the men above quoted In
theirs, disagrees with them most EN-.
phatically as to the advantages Of col.
lege education In business.
you can Judge for yourself what I
think of college training as a prepare.
ton for business life," he said, lifting
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bucks. we'll mounted and armed, began
circling around me, shielding themselves
behind their horses and firing rapidly.
Ny drst and second shots were fortunate,
and the survivors retired to . safe dis
tance and held . powwow. I felt sure
that they would make . rush, and that IL
they did they would get me. Something
must be done.
In the packs were q dozen punches Of
6recfackers, intended for our modest
Fourth Of July celebration. I cut the
FUSES short, and lit . fire with twigs and
dry grass. The rush came. led with my
ride and threw the crackers into the Ore.
Thee I Arsd both barrels Of buckshot into
the Apaches and the crackers cot up Q
roar Hike Q platoon Of musketry. The In
dams wefs ast0unded, and dividing to
right and left went by me like the wind.
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tho humblset ranks q Me occae1oaaliyi
parsnts WIN stint themselves TO give
IN opportunity T. some sen who has
shown marked intelligence ct the VII.
lags school. But neither Of these
classes compete OF On equality with
those to whom learning II an herSdi.,
tary profession. The cultivation and,
intellectual discipline prevailing IN
such families give thslr members O
marked advantage ovsr These who get,
no help Of any kind ut home, and who,
must therefore depend entirely on what
they learn from their paid teachers.
The orthodox scheme Of education %
entirely concerned with the ancient III.
erature Of China The original works
which occupy tho student's attentioa
were fer the most part written before
the literature Of either Greece or Rome
had reached it, prime. But there are
Commentators belsagiag to later peri.
DDS whe must also Be perused with dill.
gence. China has net . an Influx Of
new races, such ~ have overrun Eu-
rope, since the days Of our classical
authors; but still, from mere lapse Of
time, the language Of the country has
greatly changed, and the child begin
ming his studies cannot without expla-
nation understand q single sentence,
even IL he has learned to read the words
Of the lesson which he has before him.
The student makes himself acquainted
rs thoroughly as possible with those
classical works. The more he can
quote Of them the better, but he must
master the matter contained in them al
we'll.
He must get to know the different
readings and different interpretations
Of disputed passages, and, finally, he
practices himself In verse and prose
composition. In prose he carefully pre-
serves the ancient p~hraseology, never
admitting modern words. though there
are certain t~echnicalities of style which
will prevent his production from being.
an exact imitation Of the ancient litera-
ture. His verse must be in close imita.
ton Of the old-time poets. They must
follow elaborate rules as to rhythm,
and the words must rhyme according
to classical sounds, which are very diff.
ferent from those of to-day.-The Nine.
teenth Century.
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A1rnatives Have 1s.

-.a A@1@0OAVVO Nv
How much Of practical value 10 to b
got from q college course BY . young
man about to engage In business or .
profession has always been, and viii
continue to be, . mooted question. 1t
- generally understood that the Hon.
Chauncey n. Depew believes In the
modern university. and that he 70 In
about - close sympathy with the col
lege student Of to-day u when be was
himself q student at Yale. But while
Mr.. Depew believes the college-bred
young man has much the better chance
In the q c Of life, s1ll he does not con-
slider the college training Of these times
altogether faultless. Indeed, he be-
lieves 1t lacking In one great
essential, that Is the decline Of the de-
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The greatness and rapid growth Of the
country ars material for ora4ory on ever
Independence Day. but the bare figures
are eloquent. At the first estimate aftee
the Revolution the wealth Of the United
States wa ct 1T 5000, 100000; # II now
about $00.OOO.OO0.O00-an increase Of 4
hundredfold. The population nine years
after the fighting ceased 17oO) was $780,
PA: this year It IL certainly 66,O0O,OO1
an increase Of nearly seventeenfold. Thus
the wealth per capita 10 Eve or six times
~ great a. in 1890.
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II usually given BY ARD.
the consul from the United States. In
Cork the rides parade on that day or hold
. special drill. but the law forbids any dis
play Of our Gag IN the ranks. But the
music 10 always the 'Star Spangled Ban
ner." With the single exception Of st.
Patrick's Day there 10 no holiday cele-
brated with more enthusiasm in Cork
than the Fourth of July, - there are
numbers Of Americans living there, not to
speak Of the hosts Of Irishmen who have
friends in the new world who are Corkon-
ian born.
On the continent the observances are
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the day in England is, of course, that
held In the American Embassy in Lon
don, with ambassador Bayard a. host.
30 fully recognized in England are the
customs incident to this day that It 10 an
understood thing that no one connected
with the embassy shall be asked to any
ahair that 10 timed to cover the Fourth Of
July. For thirty years the Queen Of Eng
land and the Prince Of Wales have been
represented at the banquet given By the
American minister on this day.
Ever nince the dava If tha GREAT famine
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-07-04

z YERY few strictly national holi.
~ days are much observed outside Of
the countries which have created
them, and q " Fourth Of July
10 unique In this respect. For not only do
the Americans who happen to be travelling
abroad when Independence Day arrives
celebrate 1t with enthusiasm In all parts
of the earth. but p~otentates and princes
from India to Norway cooperate with
them in these patriotic endeavors until
nowadays these foreign festivities are
almost q matter Of course.
England and France divide the honors
of having more Americans within their
borders than any other country, with Italy
q good third. The official celebration of
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-07-04
Mabel.

"You light two crackers thus" she said
That's yours, and I'll take this.
And now, II yours should 60 OF Arst,
Why, you car claim q kiss"
We watch the powder quickly burn.
Ffss, bang! Oh, happy sight!
I fold the maiden to my arms
And take what's mine by right.
Alasl Il seems 20 easy thus
TO win what many men
VIII envy later on in life,
For Mabel's only ten.
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n Great Reminder.

It II well that Independence Day comes
to remind ~ that the work for the Union
was not Ill done in 1776. or In 1850, or In
later years The legacy left M BY our
fathers, when they signed thu Declare.
tion Of Independence, 119 years ago. i'm.
poses its duties 40 well - it, privileges,
and 1t no time can our resolution to full.
Oil these pledges be better renewed thar
on the day we celebrate.
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AAV10 VWC10As An
France the President
Of the republic 10 n.
ways represented Al
the banquet of the
American diplomatic
representative and
It has been custom
AIRY for him to grant
our diplomatic repre-
sentative precedence
on that day In recep-
tons at the Elysee.
The French Acade-
my 10 one Of the few
learned bodies 10
n&NSa1 no~w&~-
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Am GONG.

Bingo-I gave my boy = cannon for the
Fourth Of July with the understanding
that he wasn't to IRE It himself, but
that he must get some other boy, and yet
wen now be isn't satisfied.
Kingsley-What's the mattee3
Bingo-He just It'd no there were -
mogo boye left
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-07-04
Tho Day We Celebrate.
Once q year It comes
With IT. flags and drums,

O0S0 yS0& ~ COU1SO
With IT. flags and drums,
With its cannon loud,
With its rockets high
And their starry crowd
Filling all the sky.
Music In the air,
Powder everywhere,
Crackers making noise,
Swapping at your feet,
For the happy boys
All along the street.
Then, hurrah! I say
Independence Day
Comes but once q year,
With its noise and smoke,
Let us hold it dear,
Big and little folk.
Let us take our part
With q loyal heart.
Be our dags unfurled,
Little maid and man,
Proudest in the world,
Free! American!
New York Independent.
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A Suggestive Incident.

T&ses = IN old story that In Spain q
man wa charged with crime and sentenc-
ID to b shot. He was an Englishman
BY birth, and an American cihsen By nat.
uralisaton. The American and the Eng
lisA consuls believed him innocent, and
accordingly determined to protect him.
The day Of execution arrived, and he was
hindfolded and seated upon his CONN,
ready for death from the bullets Of twenty
soldiers. At this juncture the two con-
0uls approached, the one with the Stars
and Stripes, and the other with the Flag
Of 0nsland, and casting them about the
BODY of the condemned prisoner, they dar-
"a - soldiers to hre and pierce the days.
TAat man was saved, for the soldiers
knew that their bullets would not stop
until thsy bod reached the American
Congress and the British Throne.
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when this country
did % much for Z
suffering country,
Ireland has grateful
II remembered our
national holiday. In
Dublin the Ameri-
can nag always
floats from Trinity
on the Fourth Of
July and the Lord
Mayor invariably
toasts the Stars and
Stripes on that day
ct Q banquet which
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An Eye fbr Bastneae.

llrA vcn Blumer-My husband has rome
and given ny three boys . lot Of fireworks.
doceoe. and I am afraid they win get hurt.
Do you think It dangerous1
d. Pro6s-Oh, no. But In case any
thing should happen I VIM make . point to
b in most Of the day.
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~ No. lndeed, sai0 rroI. Malx'
~ 0n1ne q he glanced y Of the
window @ thres stout boys who were
Dfspaftng e ssnd on their wheels ana
eandlss = The vacant space just opposite
4argassts window. DO you suppose
nsy deeaqAt q you = me when they
Dlanne1 WAses tAey would have their dre-
WoEksY
g. g. +! Know they did" + was not
uang11xee Who answered, but T1mmy, the
ssra14 - Who had just brought IN the
sven1ng paDees and was now ready tor HE
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-07-04

= rUar 81 guns 10 salute the day,
while ~ ringing clang Of bells
FROM north and south and east and west,
on The morning bresxes swelis.
The futtsr Of nags In the azure air
Through the ~sunshine's golden glow
The growing murmur Of busy feet
In the throngins streets below.
The crack Of cracker. the clap Of cap.
Then the BIG torpedo's sound
Mixed - with the blare Of q marching
horn
And the bass drums noisy pound.
a short time lull - the day declines,
Then candle and wheel and light,
With bomb and glare and the rockets
burst,
Ii the growing gloom Of night.
lfe let mp In this, no change Of scene,
TIL the hours slow die away
Al hands OF to bed to get the full facts
BY reading the papers next day.
-Philadelphia Times.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-07-04
MARGARET'S FOURTH,

HE boys are very
nice to come over
where / can see
them, aren't they,
papa Az she spoke
Margaret settled
back on her pillow
and clasped her
hands with . little
sigh Of satisfaction.
This was not such Q
very bad Fourth of
July evening II she
was sick.
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his hands, when I say that l will mot
have . college graduate in my employ.
The boy who proposes to 60 into bust
ness should understand the English
language 20 that he can express him
self clearly and Enthusiastically: he
should know how to write a plain.
legible hand rapidly; he should know
arithmetic. and lots Of 1t. He should
Also have the severe training In bust
ness methods that can be got only by
serving his time as a subordinate In :
business office. My experience has been
that the college graduate is ant to have
none OF these things. and, therefore. m
have said, I do not take college ernd-
yates into my Office"
Education In China.
In no country Is education more hiph.
" esteemed than In China. The child
OF the workingman. as a rule, cannot
nope to get more than a mere smatter-
Ing. But scattered through the coun-
Try are numberless families, the mem.
bers Of which for generation after een.
GRAFTON are always students and from
whom as a rule, the officials come.
Ihey nave no knowledge OF any bust
ness or trade. They correspond very
closely to what are. or used to be, called
gentlemen In England, and preserve
their positions with great tenacity, wen
when hard pressed By poverty.
Rich parvenus. az q matter Of course.
engage tutors for their children; and In
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A Coed Explosive.

Herr Long-Vere IL der can Of lin
burger cheese?
Mrs. Herr Long-Johnnie took It for .
Fourth Of July bomb"
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To rannhlic l. there. PRESIDENT FREY.
fore very familiar with American condi-
tons, and the banquet he gave last year
was probably the first occasion on which
the ruler of a foreign country 30 houorsd
US. " .--" t~~"~
During the long service Of MI. DENLY
Colonel 10 his title-as minister to
China, he has won such esteem that any
thing pertaining to America is agreeable
in Pekin. The Viceroy Lii sent a special
address last year to our minister on the
occasion Of the dinner given on the birth
day Of our republic. Another despotism
which honors the Fourth is Russia. Amer
lean officials are esteemed In st. Peters.
burg since the Russian treaty il highly
gratifying to the Gear. Corea 10 q far
away country, which is almost alone
among the Asiatic powers in decreeing .
court observance Of the Fourth Of July.
This 10 because this republic was n Of
the very first nations to recognize the in
dependence of the little country, in CRATE.
full recognition of which fact the Ameri-
can residents of that kingdom may foat
the Dag of their country on the Fourth Of
July above the sacred emblems Of the
ruler himself.
Al II we'll known, our consuls abroad
never fail to give a dinner on the nations
birthday, and it IL significant that these
affairs are always well attended and suos
ceasfn1-
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THE COLLEGE COURSE
EMINENT MEN DISCUSS 40 TO
WHETHER IT PAYS.

Chauncey II. Depew and Frederic
Coudert Believe that II Doess while
Henry C1ews viii Not Eapley . Col.
logo Graduate In Hls Once.
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School and Collere NoA..L

School and College Notea.
The growth Of public libraries in the
United States is one Of the remarkable
features Of our system Of progress.
There are now nearly 5000 Of them.
The bill providing for the study Of
the nature and effects Of alcoholic
drinks In the public schools Of New
York state was vetoed by the governor.
It IL likely that Mayor Swift of Chi
cago will follow the example Of New
York's mayor and appoint two or three
women 40 members Of the Board Of
Education.
The recently issued senior class book
Of Yale gives the average expense Of
the students at 1912 for the freshman
year, $043 for the sophomore. So42 for
the Junior and $1,O32 for the senior.
This IL an average Of SIS or $40 per
week for the college year of about
thirty-ive weeks.
About twenty years ago william
Henry Rinehart, the American sculp-
tor. left q legacy to the Peabody in
stitute Of Baltimore that now amounts
to about 100000. The trustees Of the
institute have determined to use this
fund for the establishment Of q school
OF sculpture in connection with the In
stitute.
The universities Of Glasgow and
Edinburgh report decreased attendance
In recent years. Only q few years ago
Glasgow had more than 1000 studentsL
but now has only 1911. Edinburgh.
heretofore, never had fewer than 1000.
but now only has 2,O40. On the other
hand the number Of women student.
has steadily increased, Edinburrh IN
the last term reporting 40 and Glas-
cow POS.
Only a few days ago It was IN
nounced that a gift Of over $4,000 had
been made to the University 81 Penn.
sylvania by the late E. A. W. Hunter.
to become available upon the death of
his widow and daughter. Now Il Il
said that the provost Of the university
has given $4,000 in honor Of hid
father. This 10 indeed . day 81 rener-
u be%nefactions to educational insti.
tutions.
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Gov. Mckinley on Illiter.cy.

NfOVs WCh lulcy Ou A11ltSE0Cys
Gov. Mckinley Of Ohio in addressing
the students of Northwestern Univers-
ity at Evanston. ILL.,, said: 1.-THE last
census shows that 81 per cent of the
population over 10 years Of age can
read and write. Match 1t anywhere
II you can"
The showing is certainly very credit
able to the United States considering
the large number of illiterate blacks
ut the South, but there are a good many
nations ON the globe In which the per-
centage Of illiteracy of the population
above 10 years of age Is less than It
Is In the United States. According to
the Governor of Ohio IL per cent. Of
our population above 10 years Of age
are illiterate, but in Switzerland only
rs per cent. Of the same class are illit-
crate, In Scotland only Z per cent, In
England and Wales only 8 per cent, in
the Netherlands 10 per cent, in France
II per cent. while of the army recruits
of saxony, Wurtemburg, Bavaria, Prus-
sia. Denmark, Sweden. and Norway
less than l per cent. are illiterate.
The percentage Of i~lliteracy In this
country IL higher than it would be II
1t were not for the unschooled colored
children Of the South and the foreign
population In some sections of the
Northern States. Italians, Poles, b.
hemians and many other foreign-born
Inhabitants come to this country un
able to read and write. and never learn
to do either. Perhaps no country on the
globe spends as much money per capita
In public education Al the United
States, and few have poorer or worse
executed compulsory education laws.
But We are making very commendable
progress in this country and the time
il not far distant when we can match
the more cultivated countries in Europe
In the matter Of education.
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there on the Fourth. All the ProteetanH
clergy take part and the services aro, IL
course, elaborate and impressive.
Germany 10 quite elaborata In honorinR

the day, and tho lit
tie republic of Swift
xerland last yea
took note of the holi-
day by the ruler Of
that country himself
giving a dinner.
President Frey Of
Switzerland fought
in the rebellion on,
the Union side, and
his son has long been
well known in Wash
ington. The chief
magistrate of the lit