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And Betty told him-confessing
smilingly that she would even have
liked to had yankee Doodle" played
by drum and fife, as Annie had sar.
castically suggested.
"Whats Yankee Doodle?'" he
asked.
"You never heard of Yankee
Doodle?'" cried Betty.
"No, Betty, never did. I'm only
a poor ignorant little English boy,
you must remember"
"Oh, you may laugh at me, but do
think 1t is ignorant not to know that
Yankee Doodle was the rallying tune
of the Americans IN the war of the
Revolution; not n great big dignifed
national thing, but little catchy
hurrah quickstep, that all the Federal
troops marched by. Hear now, this
is it," and Betty hummed the lively
strains, playing an imaginary fife as
she did SO. Dicky jumped up from
the garden seat beside Betty, after the
first few bars, and began to dance to
the quick measures, and then he be-
gan to whistle them and in minute
he had such an ear for tune he had
the catchy little quickstep perfect,
land oh. Betty, it's the very jolliest
thing l ever heard" he cried, "and
know fellow who'd do tho drum, and
I'd do the fife, if you'd only go ahead
and"
"But l can't. I've promised not to F;
and / couldn't go against Annie, and
my father and mother away-don't
you see?"
"When will you father and mother
be back?"
"Oh, not till next week; long after
the Fourth. They're gone to town,
you know, to have fathers eyes
treated by great oculist there. /
told you about It,"
"Yes, 1 know"
Anne from the tower window had
caught the sound OF the voices in the
garden below.
Betty and Dicky," she said to her
self. She couldn't hear what they
said she didn't even catch the sound
OF Yankee Doodle but when they
came around the corner of the house,
she saw Dicky dancing merrily down
the path before Betty, and laughed at
the sight. And Dicky was dancing to
the softly whistled tune of Yankee
Doodle!" Betty WAS tall for her age.
Dicky was sixteen and short for his
age. 'I'm year older than Betty
though you wouldn't think it; but I'll
grow mp to her by and by. you'll see, y
Dick had said merrily, at the begin
ming of the summer. Anne laughed
again as she remembered this.
Anne had great liking for English
people, especially English people Of
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In tho commenlable work Of Amer
lcSlizing the Norwegian Lutheran
Church in this country, observes the
New York Post, the English society of
that church is taking a prominent
part. Conspicuous in the society and
It's work are Professor L. G.. Lund,
Theodore Eggen, and Henry Rasmus-
sen. They wish to substitute the Eng
lish for the Norwegian language in
the ritual and tho other services of
the church. They are working hope
fully. When they organized their
society three years ago small room
furnished all tho accommodation
needed for their meeting. The society
has grown fast in numbers aud inhu-
ence.
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'But isn't II pretty early n he
morning for q call2" demurred Sir
Richard.
ga call Don't be absurd, Richard;
we are going over on q neigbborly err
rand, and we've got TO be quick about
IL, or we shan't be OF any use for
they're in the thick Of their fun now
as you hear" and Lady Stafford hur-
ried her son forward with such energy
that in few minutes the two we're
entering the Barton grounds just as
Anne came running out Of the house
TO stop 'that dreadful drum and fife
noise" Betty was following in the
rear. If Dicky was to be quenched,
Betty was bound to stand by him and
be quencbed too, and so had dressed
as expeditiously as possible to be ''in
at the DEATH"
Lady Stafford catching sight Of the
two girls, nodded vigorously. and
when she was near enough began:
1--WE heard your drum and fife music
and came over to ask If you"
"Oh, Lady Stafford. i was just COM
ing out to stop it. 1t isn't my fault,
and I'm so sorry, l."
''Fault sorry !" echoed Lady Stat
ford, staring at Anne with a puzzled
astonishment that brought her brows
together in q frown that both the
girls misunderstood, and that stirred
up Betty to say:
''No, il isn't Auue's fault, !t's
mine," and then with little fiery
sparkle in her eyes at what she thought
was the unwarranted fault-fnding of
these English people, Betty, in spite
of Anne, told the whole truth of her
patriotic purpose and how it had been
frustrated, and why, and her own
disappointment thereat, winding up
with her condolences to Dicky, and
the result.
"And it's Dick after all" broke
forth Lady Stafford, her lips twitch-
ing with her appreciation of the situa-
tion thus revealed to her. ''1ts
Dicky ali, here he comes, the scamp |
Dicky, how dared you do this when
you knew how Miss Barton felt about
it?"
huilO' Clleu Dlchy ~ biBht VI
his grandmother and his father; show
came you here?"
"Well, Miss Barton will tell you
that we were disturbed by this patri-
otic racket and came over to protest
against it. That it not only hurt our
ears but our feelings; that-oh, Miss
Barton, Miss Barton" breaking into
the iolliest of jolly laughs, "How
could you think we were such silly
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folks as to take your celebration as an
offense? "Why," and here Lady
Stafford explained the real state o. her
own and Sir Richards feeling, and
the real reason of this early visit,
greatly to Anne's confounding and to
Betty's unmixed delight.
"And didn't l tell you SOP" cried
Dicky, hilariously, nodding to Betty.
al knew they'd take it all right" and
then straight to his lips he lifted his
fife again, and tootle, tootle, bum,
bum, he and his little drummer start
ed up that jolliest tune Sir Richard
had ever heard, yankee Doodle. "
And that night after the japanese fire.
works had been set off by the two
brothers, tootle, tootle, bum, bum,
Sir Richard would have the tune
again and it was to this tune that the
whole party were marched over to the
hall, where "dear gram" as the moth
erless Stafford children called Lady
Stafford, had a little feast spread to
finish up the day.
"But it's for that dear little, honest,
independent Betty" declared gran, in
the privacy OF her own family. "How
she did stand up to me, and defy me
with the whole truth, when that foolish
sister was for wriggling out of it. /
liked little Betty Boston from the
start, and now have great respect
for her."
"Yes, added Sir Richard, "she has
character enough to stand by her
guns"
'And not TO run with ours" laughed
the undergraduates.
''As her sister was constantly trying
to do" joined in Miss Stafford, the
young lady of Anne's admiration.
But it remained for Dicky to bestow
upon Betty the most effective tribute
in this family conclave.
''Betty? Betty is the pluckiest girl
and the prettiest girl and the best
bicycle rider on either side of the At
lantic," he cried, "and when 1 grow
up 10 her, I'm going to see if can
persuade her to come over here and
celebrate the Fourth OF July every
year with me-" and tootle, tootle,
Dicky whistled the tune of yankee
Doodle" to his fathers applauding
laughter and grams approving nod
Atlanta Constitution.
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President Cleveland on the FOlr

The day is celebrated, not beeI
on the Fourth of July certain Ea.
colonies in America declared 4
freedom and independence, but
cause on that day the first step |
taken on this continent toward I'd
ing human government to the co;i
and management of the people d
governed.
This reflection leads to the iuil
thought that such n project a
never have been entertained eii
in the faith and expectation thatt
intrusted with self-government v1
guard and cultivate that unseldsh
self.sacrificing devotion to a
scheme of government which iss]
lutely essential to its purity
safety.
Inasmuch as this sentiment Is |
life of our institutions, and bed
they are threatened with the ste
atmosphere OF selfishness and cua
ty, we should so commemorate u
pendence Day as to stimulate al!
tensify patriotic love OF our GcT1
ment for its own sake, while
rejoicing should be measured b!l
extent to which we and all our q
rymen are imbusd with this iet1|
GROVER CLEyELAN
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that is always going round offending
and hurting peoples feelings"
"Well, | don't want to hurt these
English folks feelings. But / don't
think they are very careful what they
say to us. Old Indy Stafford calls me
Betty Boston instead of Betty Barton,
and that Miss Stafford that you look
up to so"
"Look up to! That's ridiculous,
Betty"
"rhat you look up to so" coolly
proceeded Betty, "sald to me once (:
you don't talk in nasal tone ut oil,
as l supposed all Americans did
''She means to compliment You, and
calling you Betty BostGu' is old Lady
Stafford's fun. She likes you very
much, can see, and oh, Betty, don't,
i entreat you, go and turn them all
against us by making that beastly up
roar of a celebration. Now, promise
me that you won't?"-imploringly and
tearfully-''promise! promise !"
And Betty promised.
"Whats tho matter, Betty? What's
gone wrong? You look awiully cut
up"
"I-l'm disappointed about some.
thing, Dicky, that's all"
at must be pretty big ALI by
your looks. Tell me what it is, Betty F.;
maybe l can help YOU"
lyon oh, no-you're the last per-
son to tell"
"Why? Why? What have doneP'
''You haven't done anything; it's
only what you are-it's only" but
here Betty stopped short.
Betty, Betty. go on"
81 can't. l ought not to have said
as much rs l have"
"But, having said that, it's unfair
not to go on. Whatever you've got
against me-whateyer you think am
that shouldn't be, you ought to tell
me and give me q chance to defend
myself. l didn't think you would
hurt fellows feelings by being un-
fair like this" and Dicky Stafford
flushed up with vexation.
"Oh, don't want to hurt any oil
your feelings-that's what / told
Anne" cried Betty with little hy-
sterical laugh.
"And your sister Is in it, too T.!
Well. | must say-but instead of say.
ing anything, 1 think I'll bid you
good morning, Miss Barton. You
can't want the company of fellow
you think"
"Oh, Dickey. Dickey, stop, stop.
don't go of like that. 'Tisn't any,
thing against you,-it's me-" regard.
less of grammar-T was gong to dc
something, and Anne didn't want me
to do it. Oh, dear, I've tangled and
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Tho New York Commercial Adver-
tiser says: Poe's cottage, at Ford
ham, is now the mecca of the literary
pilgrims of the earth. There, where
the greatest genius America has pro.
duced starved, and wrote immortal
songs, they lay the laurels now
laurels that were denied him while he
lived The only wonder is that even
this frail dwelling has been preserved
as n memorial of the great poet, who
''learned in suffering what he taught
in song" and shaped the true course
Of the literature of land.
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One OF the London newspapers, in
commenting upon the death of tho
late Shah of Persia states that eighteen
rulers have been assassinated during
the present century. The first victim
was Emperor Paul who was murdered
in 1901 by palace conspirators. Then
followed pause in the record for
nearly thirty years, after which, in
1881, Capodistias, the President OF tho
Provisional Government of Greece,
was dispatched. In 1854 the Duke of
Palma was assassinated. The turn of
Transatlantic Presidents began with
the President of Hayti, in 1859. The
South American series included Col
onel Balta, President of Peru, in 1872;
Moreno, President of Ecuador, IN the
same year, and his successor, Gut.
tierez, in 1873. President Lincoln
was the first North American Presi-
dent to be assassinated; Abdul Asis
was bled to death in a warm bath in
1874; President Garfield was shot in
1880, and Alexander / was blown up
In 1881. Carnot was murdered in the
midst OF civic festivities at Lyons.
The Queen of Korea was the last 10 be
added to tt~ black list. Four Beys of
Algiers were murdered in this century.
The executed monarchs were Murat,
lturbide and Macmillan of Austria,
each and all OF whom tempted fate.
The King most often and most seri.
ously shot at was Louis Philippe, who
somehow was never hurt by his would.
be assassins. The most desperate at.
tempt was by Fieschi, the Corsican,
who operated with an Internal machine.
He WAS once fred upon at such close
quarters that the flesh of the pistol set
fire to the bonnet of Queen Marie
Amelie, who sat beside him in car.
riage. But one serious attempt was
made to assassinate Napoleon: it was
with an internal machine. Napoleon
III had two narrow escapes. One was
when the Orsini bombs exploded round
his carriage, and the other was in the
Bois de Boulogne, when ball meant
for his guest, Alexander /, whizzed by
his ear and shot his aid-de.camp's
horse.
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Fourth Of July Fun,

To the patriotic small boy the For,
OF July is q game that is always vo1
the Roman candle.
Some leave the city on the Fou.
for quiet, while others, following
fireworks example, go or for In,
time.
Jokes which include the exploi,
near people of the largest size cam
crackers are OF the kind that it isll
ter not to dwell upon.
Stranger-"Your orator has a \,
voice. but he is numbering the Ousl
English in the most horrible manp1
"Why shouldn't he on
Fourth OF July?"
Young Amer ica- did Thomas \
terson write all of the Decla,a
himself?" Patriotic Parent-"lI
my son, he wrote every word Of it 4
his own PEN" Young America
didn't he hire stenographer anltr|
writer?"
Grandpa looking up)-"What 4
my boy?" Freddie lat windou
"Stand out little farther on the i
walk. l have II package of torpeil
and ] want to drop them down on u
bald head"
Giant frecrakers this year are a
teen inches long, and contain poEl
enough to break n plate-glass wlli
when exploded on the curb. s.
boys will not only have to lcct
their fingers on the Fourth, but
ents will have to look for theirkj
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bungled so i shall have to tell you the
truth, or you'll think it's something
worse than 1t is; but first you must
promise me you won't tell any OF your
family, Dickey."
Dicky looked astonished, but never
theless gave the promise with the
creates alacrity; and then Betty told
the story of her 4th of July plan, and
why she had relinquished it.
Gas il my people would care because
you celebrated victory gained over
us morn n hundred years ago; I'd
like to hear what my iather'd say to
this, laughed Dickey.
"But you're not going to tell him
you promised not to tell any of your
family" cried Betty in alarm.
"And I'm not going to break my
promise but l know they'd feel just
as | do"
mo, you don't know. They might
take 1t as Anne said they would.
Anne knows more about the world
than you or l. Anne is eighteen"
cannes goose" thought Dickey.
He was clever little fellow, and
though Betty by no means told him
everything that Annie had said, OF
that size herself had said, he under.
stood great deal more of Miss Ann's
motives than Betty imagined. "And
to think of her spelling all of this fun
it's shame" he further thought.
"But tell me everything-all the de-
tails of what you wanted to do" he
presently said.
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confronted by the big black lettering,
"July."
"Do something about what, pray2"
inquired her older sister, Anne
"The Fourth"
"The wbat?"
"Tbe Fourth o; JUL. II father were
here he would do something to cele-
brate it-but I've a whole guinea left
Of my allowance and 1 can buy"
Betty, you are not going to buy q
lot OF frecrackers and torpedoes to
disturb the whole neighborhood"
'There aren't any neighbors near
enough to disturb"
"Ncar enoughi What about the
Staffords? How do you suppose old
Lady Stafford will like your tirecrack-
ers and torpedo explosions. and what
do you suppose Sir Richard and all
the rest of them will think of our
Haunting this Fourth OF July business
in their faces? It's outrageous taste,
anyway, Betty, to show off our brag
of independence from their country,
like this"
81 amt doing it for them. / amt
going TO invite them"
"You might as we'll; they'll hear
the whole uproar. It's an awfully
vulgar kind of way to celebrate any
thing. You'd better"-wIth increas-
ing sarcasm-"get some boys to play
Yankee Doodle for you, on q drum
and fife
"But the American Club in London
celebrated the day, and at the Ameri-
can ministers last year"
"Oh. yes, with flags and speeches ut
their dinner tables; they didn't fire
off lot of crackers and torpedoes for
everybody to hear. Oh, Betty, don't.
/ should be so ashamed of such g show
off before these English people. It's
all so vulgar, the whole brag and blus-
ter of it,.
"You are always bothering about
these English people-what they'll
think of us; what they'll say. You
haven't bit OF Independence.
al don't care for tho independence
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Independence Day.

Bang! Boom! Rattle and siz2'
BY signs like these we KIN W Il &
Dear Independence Day
A smell OF pow Ter in the air.
A small boy present everywhere,
Engaged in mimic fray.
A trumpet's Dlare, drums louit
A quaint procession in the street
OF little minute men"
A cheer, a shout, proud huizl,
And patriot Young America
Applauds the Past again.
A bright, bewiiderinc array.
or "Roddesses" In ribbons COY,
The colors Of the free!
A Nations honored flag full mas.
And in the heart, thank Gcd, isS
Firm love for Liberty!
Susan NJ. Best, in New YORK Iniepa-
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A TranspIanted Custom.

Our habit of reading the Dec
laration OF Independence on the Fourth
of July is derived from the old English
customs Of having the Magma Charta
read twice q year in the cathedrals
The bishops not only read 1t, but ex.
communicated those who broke it.
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Cork is one OF the most important
exports of Spain. In the province of
Corona 19s, 900 acres are devoted to
its cultivation, and bring an annual
income of sS, 200, coo. Cork will grow
here as perfectly as in Spain, is the
significant comment of the New Or
leans Picayune.
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Tho average cost OF railroad con-
etruction in Japan has decreased from
l0i, ,697 yen per mile to GA, 671, large
ly owing TO the fact that nltive brain
and muscle are now competent to
every part of the work.
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A New Supply.

Mrs. Bingo--'I thought You va
going to play with that little boyl
door any more?"
Bobby az wasn't; but my
crackers gave out before his.
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Ii Hung Chang, the Chinese Prime
Minister, is decidedly occidental in
some things. He is making copious
notes Of his journey to Russia, and
will publish book when he gets hack
home.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-02

The Supreme Court of the United
States ha, decided that the Georgia
law prohibiting the running OF freight
trains on Sunday is valid.
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Mr.. Gladstone thinks the response
bility for Armenia now rests with
Russia, since that Power, and not
England, nov dominates Turkey.
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high degree, and she was delighted
when she found that the house her
father had taken for the season at
Eastcombe was so near TO Sir Richard
Stafford's place. In fact il was part OF
the Stafford property, and Sir Rich
ard had rented 1t gladly to the rich
American manufacturer who had como
over from America to put himself un-
der the care of DR.. Eyelet, the great
London oculist the doctor himself in
Producing Mr.. Barton to Sir Richard
and recommending Edgecombe, as in
easy distance of London. The Stat
fords had been Every NICE" as Anne
had expressed il, and Anne was happy
in the anticipation of further niceness
of getting quite chummy with the
Staffords perhaps. But as yet the
only chumminess seemed to be be.
tween Betty and Dicky. Dicky had
taken to Betty at once. IA girl who
can ride bicycle like that little
Yankee is no fool" Dicky had an
nounced ut the start. and Betty had
told her family that "that little red
headed English boy was very Jolly
little boy"
"rhings are going on swimmingly, "
Anne said to herself as she watched
the two chums from her tower, ''and
il Betty's dreadful American assertive.
ness don't interfere there Is no know
ing what We may be to the Sta1fords
some day"
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Attorney-What was there about the
deceased that led you to believe he
was OF unsound mind? Witness We'll,
for one thing, he abhorred bicycles
Philadelphia North American.
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Relies OF the Great Declarala

The accompanying picture >
the table upon which the Declafl1
OF Independence was signed a''
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The Governphent of India app|
ates 10. 900 rupees a year
maintenance and care of forests
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On the morning of the Fourth Of
July Anne was blissfully dreaming
that she was at a grand party at Stat
ford hall, dancing the opening
quadrille with Bob Stafford, the Ok.
ford undergraduate. She was at the
very height of her triumph, when sud-
denly the fine orchestral strains
changed to q queer piping tune
tootle, tootle, tootle, and then, bum,
bum, bum, that was strangely familiar
to her; and with this the undergrad.
ate disappeared, and tho ballroom van
ished, while the tootle, tootle, and
bum, bum of the drum grew harder
and harder, 80 loud that ANIME opened
her eyes, then started and started,
then sprang from her bed and rushed
to the window in breathless horror,
when tootle, tootle, The clear fife
notes with the bum, bum of the drum
waited up to her the deathless old
tune of yankee Doodle"
"Oh, how could Betty have done
this? &? she promised me, she promised
me !" walled Anne.
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Then and No~.

Nephew-'T don't suppose f,
mind hearing cannon go of. do L,
unclep" :
veteran-'T should say not. W
I've heard hundreds at a time, b,
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BETTY BOSTONS FOURTH.
By NORA PERRY.

OUKTh OF July Is
coming, and we
must do something,
we positively y
must" cried Betty,
as she pulled from
her calendar the
slip of paper that
recorded the 30th
of June, and was