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surprising that Rudy Wilson shrugged
Is shoulders and laughed when WI.
made the suggestion.
None of that for me-" he said.
ON, We'll, You needn't 60 a.onr unless
you want to" responded Will. impatient
~. Al! this talk abou, Sul;nscr's Hole
being haunted IS foo!ishness." Viii was
very much excited, and several of the
boys at once grew interested.
d hep" said Dick Lansing. eff I was
's3rc there was any way of doing it,
AN right. Dick. well! show EN-" put IN
VIII. whose eyes fairly g.owed with ey
citemeat. Wen have the Old @uns a:l m
here by the Folrth aud it viii be a GEE
braton worth seeing" When Dick Went
over. al of the doubters except Ruddy
went with him.
Ihat night and the next evening they
dragged or relied q number of big dry
logs and po.es down to the edge of
tie pool. These they cut off into ecual
lengths ard fastened together in the form
OF huge raft that would support Il dozen
or more boys. AS early or the afternoon
OF the third day as possible the seven Sid
quietly oft o. the town and down the E.l,
to the pool. They carried With them ropes
and crowbar or two and a number Of
long poles cut in the woods. besides ham
mers and nails aud other implements. On
reaching the shore of the pool they mount
ed the raft and pushed it out. Once out
on the poo! they poled themselves along
until they were about twenty feet from
the shore.
One Of the ropes with big iron hook
on the end was let down in the water and
dragged back and forth. AS long as there
was light they poled about the edges of
the pond with their drags. but with the
exception of snags and weeds and mud
they cotsd find nothing at all.
After two more d:scouraginc afternoons
of work "Lank" Everson said he wasn't
going to waste any more of his time.
Three of the boys agreed with him. but
Will Spencer was aole to persuade Dick
and Jack to make one more trial.
The next night VIII was handling the
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g.nS something along in his hand. When
he crawled ont he laid IN Old, worn, rust
cd nlUsket on the logs. All the boys were
wild with excitement. Dick insisted on
stripping and making Il dive. and he, too
brought up 4 musket. Ti@n Will went
down with one end of q small rope in lis
mouth. This he ran through the fork Of
tie cannon. 4 larger rope was dragged
Gown and before dark the boys We're on
shore ready to begin pulling in their prize
But it would not stir. 1t was too deep IN
the mud
The next afternoon they came down
with Tom Fishers cd wilite-faced team.
fastened it to the rope. and With one
strong pub the cannon came loose and
then it was no trouble to pull the battered
and ruStel and wholly worthless Old piece
of artillery out of the water.
Somehow, in spite of ell the boys could
do, the news spread about like wildire
and every one in town came out to see
what Sulinger's Hole had given up to the
light of day. \ hundred willing hands
dragged the old cannon to the top of the
bluff, and on Fourth of July morning it
was loaded with powder-but that is get
ting ahead of the story. For when Griggs-
vile heard what the boys had done Will
Spencer became the hero of the hour, ard
the money for great celebration was
quickly Subscribed. And on the morning
of the great day Griggsville was out in
her best with flags waving and firecrack-
ers popping and anvils booming. The
news Of the great find had spread, and
men and women and children came from
all over the county to help Griggsville
celebrate and to see VIII Spencer. And
Dick Lansing's bail team won two games.
About the old cannon? When it was
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"Celebration- and observance. y


The Sons of the American Revolution
addressed the town clerks in Massachu-
setts. asking that they endeavor to bring
about fitting and universal observance
of the Fourth of July. "What!" every
boy will exclain, 40 we not now observe
that day? Does not all our spending
money 20 for frecrachers and rockets and
lemonade!
Yes, you do keep the day with rs much
noise is Webster suggested, in the Sup
posed speech of John Adams" But do
you observe it? The Fourth of July
was at first observed as the anniversary
of the day when the throwing off of tho
British yoke began. But the nation
is now q hundred and twenty years old.
We have outgrown our fear and our ha-
tired of Great Britain. Now it is time to
cease regarding the Fourth as 'Indepen-
dence Day" merely, to forget all the sug-
gestions Of England that the anniversary
brings to mind and to treat it as the ne-
tons birthday, IN the broadest sense
That means that it should call up bv-
fore US all the giories of America, not
simply the heroism of '76 and 81, but tho
conquest of the soil of the great West,
the triumphs of industry and invention,
the victories of education art and culture,
the spread of religion. These things can
not be adequately commemorated by burn
ing gunpowder. We do not go so far as
even to suggest that the firecra cker be
abolished.
Yet while we ring the bel3ss end Rre the.
cannon and tlaunt the flag, let IN ell re-
member that the day is solemn as yaFa
as a joyous occasion, and observe ee well
as celebrate it. Let us make it a day cN'
commemorating glorious deeds in pecan
and in war, by speech and song and stoapt
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The Modern Fourth Of Ju,v.

The Fourth of July has u different
meaning with each generation In the
earlier years of our country it was TN
emotional day. The feelings of exuita-
ton at liberty wrenchel from tyrant.
and of compassion for rationait:es still
under the oppressor's heel" and of pride
in American prowess were the impulses
which made the day heroic In those
swelling days patriotism was religion and
the Fourth Of .IulE was Il festival of piety
Tough and riot0us, yet essentially real
In these days the Fourth has another
significance. We do not so extensively to
hear osations. We do not take affection
ate interest in having our emotion kin
died as did our forbears. But we do think
This is the period of thoughtfu!ness. Our
people are beginning to realize that pat-
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Fourth of July Advice.

Be sure to get up at 4 O'Clock. so that
You can have all your frecrackers ex-
p,oded before breakfast. Later in the
day perhaps you can get your little sister
to loan you some of hers.
Don't bother about scraping out the fire
in your punk. Just stick it into the pocket
where your firecrackers are when YOU get
through with it.
When you light fuse and it won't &C
stoop over and blow it well. If you lose
your eyebrows they'll grow on again in a
year or two
Always SIT on the old barrel under
which you put the lighted cannon cracker
Ii the head caves IN and you go through
YOU may lose both legs, but the probabll
ity is that You will lose only one.
BY all means drink sixteen glasses OF
lemonade and eat as many dishes of ice
cream as you can. 1t doesn't matter at al
If you are grooming and tossing ON the
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cursion eXcurted yesterday, but, uncle,
you can have a nice little excursion by
yourself. if you like
We'll" answered Uncle Joshway, re-
hcctiveiy, Il might teck doliah's with. -
"A tiol!ar'l carry you to Monroe ard
leave you four cents over
AN right, mister. low Monroe's a
nice p:ous place fur me to spen' de day
iI,s Then Uncle Joshway took off his
coat, ripped open the pocket containing
his purse. and took out big shining sill
YER dollar. This was handed, With lin
serirg foadness to the ,ouuger who soon
gave him ticket and four copper cents.
whats dem thinss?" asked our trav-
e!er. ey.ng the dark coppers with disgust
and contempt. What you call dem
thinCs:' he repeated.
Why, cents; copper cents.'
Den. mister de agents cheated you.
Gimme back ny dollar. l can't take no
sich ole black nigger money es dis Neen-
ter think dcy kin pose On me an give
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creates, day of the year. Griggsvi.!e had
thought it al over, remembering that
crops We're bad, that the times were hard
and that taxes were high, and had come
to the conclusion that it would need AL
the money it could get for winter Tue! and
bucl:whoat flour and bacon.
All of the older folk agreed With THIS de-
c:s:on. no; without many monrnful shakes
of the head. hut the boys OF Gr:SgsE!'le
Were much Gispleased.
Its what | call a burning shame"
shifted Jack Morris when he heard the
news.
"yos, F, ,,:,,ol IN Rrddv Wilson "Al
aor,s Ir:,1s ma Eorc.oss and Sinnson's
Ia,,,in,r ard neo,,y every town in the
cn,,,,.,. :, ,rl,;,.- - hara a calahrot:on and
nov. q, ,,.i,~@s,,;l1, n,e h,.1,o1 out ;,
"Coursp MI of orr games are off" re-
marked Dick Lansing, G:sconsoll.e,y: no
team, win come here to p,av un.ess there
is something going on"
Del, was the manager of the Grigss-
vile Baseball, Cub and he fel. tie dis
appointment deeply.
For a moment all the boys We're silent,
as if ,ho weight of the y atfi:ction was TOO
great for EXPRESSION. Presently VIII
Spencer h,rr.ed ont:
II ,et's have /, ceieh-a+;on ANYWAY. I've
got y fcw dollars TN prt INFO ii and we
can .-n- enonrh more among the bows to
make so,no,hinr of q show at least-and
we'll leova tho o,d folks ort of if too
.Tba,'s all very VOL I" returned Dick.
'but it's e,sior said 1h,n done" and there
the u,,-,nr d,nn.1oa
The ,,ny+ T.,y. n,ban +ha bovs ma+ ot the
hall hn,1 y-;.i COME ,.nchinr nm rho street
evidently ,nrc, nyci-e1 is soon rs he
WAS w;th;n bo.r;n., ha shortad.
..I.ra ,.n+ - fal1,r.s ~, ~o+;t
we, nr+ ,,;.h II ,,,d ,,a,,. 1on,+ keen
rs in srs,enso ;; ra,;;od D;nr who i1;dn't
mini, mnrh nf y-;Il,s nor,. n,ans Eor
WIN h,d on,,, ,:,.e,1 IN C,r;a..s,.;i,o q shnrt
1imn and MA. ,'.as ,;t+la ia,,nns of his
popularity
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drag rope, Suddenly it began to pull and,
assisted by Jack. he drew it carefully in.

drag rope. Suddenly it began to pull. and,
assisted by Jack, he drew it carefully in.
AT the end was a mass of snags.
WHAT'S tlat?' shouted Dick, suddenly.
VIII pulled The rope nearer and Jack
lifted cut a long. narrow object. 1t was
gun BARRE. rustcd beyond recognition.
Forgetting that he was on Il raft. Viii
threw up his cap and shouted at the top
of his voice:
We've found 'em! We've found 'em!'
Bat although they dragged an hour they
could bring UP nothing else.
II don't see how we can ever get the
things up even if they are there" said
Dick.
Dive" answered VIII. quietly.
The ether two boys looked at him with
horror. But when they parted for the
night VIII had expressed his firm intcn-
ton of diving to the bottom to see if he
could frd the cannon. And the next day
all seven of the boys came back very much
excited. The finding of the gun barrel
lad reassured them. Carefully they poled
out so as not to make the water muddy.
and then Win stripped and stood poised
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for moment on the edge of the raft.
Dick had insisted that he tie Il rope around
him. The word was given. and, witt Il
look at the blue sky above, VIII spa
head-frst into the Sullinger's Hole. They
saw his white body go down and down
rhrous the water and then fade out Of
sight. No one moved nor uttered 4 sound (;
every muscle was strained and every eye
WAS fixed on the water. 1t was a critical
moment. What would Will find? Would
lie be sucked down to his death as Sullin-
ger had been?
But the rope had ceased to spin through
Dicks hands Then. it pulled again and u
dozen feet away from the boat wet
head popped out of the water VIII
shook himself. sputtered and shouted:
"It's there, its there; touched it,
Then he struck out for the raft, drag
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Did my forefather gay
Speak ou. the word he'd long deferred
For fear she'd say him "lay;"
And when he saw how tender
Within her eyes the light.
He cried-''ln your surrender
l read-We win the fight"
And when the freedom paean
Swept. surge-iie. through tie dells-
a mighty clang whose echoes rang
From phiiadelphian bells
Load from Il stern old Steeple,
He hurled the proud hurrah,
The joy peal to the people.
My great greats -grandpapa.
He held the brutal Briton
a thing beneath his scorn;
A Tory lie conceived to be
The hascst cait.ff born:
And not y neighbor wondered
He looked upon them so:
Forsooth. that was one hundred
And twenty years ago!
Eow true that happy p.csage!
In faith. how leal and true
Thy whole long life of love and strife.
Thou saint in buff and blue!
Beyond all touch of travail.
With great-great- -grandmam
Now flooding time. slips by in rhyme
For great-great- t-graIdpapa.
New York Herald.
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riotism is matter of details: that it is
shown by attention to some speciality in
public affairs. The rm-swinging and
wild-eyed orator who talked generalities
has passed. To-day we are interested in
the earnest men who can teach us some
what regarding the public partisan
problems which require the activity Of cit
izens. Education, municipal questions.
the immigrant, the suffrage. church and
state, public order and public improve
ment-these are some of the topics into
which patriotism to-day is parr;cularized.
illustrated American.
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lounge in the back parlor while the other
boys are watching the fireworks.
Always hold roman candle squarely
by the end. In this way, if it should
happen to blow out backward YOU can
have q complete celebration up your coat
sleeve.
Lay your lighted punk carefully ,,n the
steps. You may want to come back after
awhile and sit down on it,
Girls should wear light cotton frocks.
for if they catch fire they will make all
the finer display.
If tirecrackers don't make enough noise,
get little powder and put it in hole in
the ground. Then stoop close over it and
light it with a match. 1t won't blow you
more than a rod, and perhaps you will
have one eye left to see with during the
rest of your life
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On the Fourth of July long ago.
That honored and fortunate day,
Our ancestors boldly said MOI
To the strangers niperioUs sway.
And undaunted by hardship and pain,
Those sturdy old heroes declared
independence they all would maintain,
And bravey for battle prepared.
And long shall our chronicles tell
On that glorious page of the past,
How our fathers fought nobly and well
And our fetters were broken at last.
SO now on the Fourth of July
Let children, and elder folk, too.
70 that old voice of freedom reply,
With cheer for the Red, White and Blue
Youths Companion.
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fired it split from end to end, but Griggs-
vile still keeps it ;:s proud trophy. And
she is probably celebrating around it to-
day, for Will Spencer made the dive
which brought him fame al, over Mis-
SOEri many Years aco-CIhicacn Record
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GRIGGSVILLE'S
CANNON,

RIGGSVILLE was
very sorry. indeed,
but.it didn't see how
it was going to have
Il Fourth of July Gel
ebration. Not that
Gri iggsviile wasn't
anxious to set off
firecrackers a Il d
have 4 balloon as
cension, with fire
works in the even
ing. Quite the con-
traSy. for the Fourth
of July in the past
had ALWAYS been the
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L cut q bonnie figure
In bonnie buff and
blue:
a Eoodly sight his
buckles bright.
And primiy pow
dered queue.
n more courageous
Questcr
Ne'er served Sultan
nor Shah
Than he, my brave
ancestor,
My great great :
grandpapa.
And then in his Ella
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And clustered like Grandec.
ana IN dcriS.on made n tune
Called Yankee Doodle Dandy"
Yankee Doodle, these are facts,
Yankee Doodle Dandy
MY son of wax, your tea I'll tax,
Yankee Doodle Dandy
John sent the tea from DER the sea,
With heavy duties rated
But whether IIyson or Bohea
l. never heard it stated.
Then Jonathan to pont began;
He laid strong embargo
III III drink no tea. by Jove!" So he
~, Threw overheard the cargo.
Ihcn Johnny sent II regiment
Biz; words and looks to handy,
whose martial band. when near the lano
Played yankee Doodle Dandy"
Yankee Doodle, keep it I'D,
Yankee Doodle Dandy.
"lll poison with 4 tax your cum
Yankee Doodle Dandy!
A long war then they had, in which
John was at last defeated.
And Yankee Doodle" was the march
TO which his troops retreated.
Cute jonathan, to see them fly,
Could not restrain his laughter,
"Ihat ina tune said he, "suits to T,
~! sing it ever after"
Old Johnny's face, to his disgrace,
. Was flushed with beer and brandy,
Zen while he swore to sing no more
The Yankee Doodle Dandy"
Yankee Doodle, no! ha! he!
Yankee Doodle Dandy
We kept the tune but not the tea,
Yankee Doodle Dandy!
I've told you now the origin
Of this most lovely ditty,
Which Johnny Bull dislikes as dull
and stnnid-what a pity!-.
with "Hail. Columbia" 1t Is sung,
In chorus full and hearty;
On land or main we breathe the strain
John made for his tea party.
No matter how we rhyme the words,
Their music speaks them handy.
And where's the fair can't sing the air
OF yankee Doodle DandyY'
Yankee Doodle. firm and true,
Yankee Doodle Dandy,
Yankee Doodle Doodle Doc.
Yankee Doodle Dandy!
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"Gressious. Joshway, how come you
walkin' so spry an singin' SO loud to-
day? You musser got sawter 'zalted
over sing!n' bout dat gospil train, didn't
you?'
We'll" admitted Uncle :Foshway, half
sheepishly, Il mouter been singin' de Cos
Pill Train hymn unbeknownst, but dat
want &c train i wits thinkin' bout jes
den. I'm gon' off on 'scursion SADLY
an was thinkin of dc Swevapote train,
an. reckon dat's how come ne to be
singin' bout tra;ns.'
EN- what 'scussion you talll;n' bout ?
hain't heared tell o no 'scussion'
EFF you amt dat don't meek it not be
So, was Joslway's lucid reply.
"Anarky, l wusht you'd cook me up a
lot O nice vittles 'ginst Saddy-some
meat an cakes an pies. It's a Foath
July 'scursion I'm swine on"
"Foath July? Whatever talk;n' bout.
boy? Don't you know Foath Ju.y's come
an went long ago? Don't you member
de big bobbycue ct Warnut Crck when
de Foath July was? G'long, Joshway.
you'se mcckia' game O. me! You know
it's 'twiXt Settcmber n Noctober now.''
Res of de folks don't call it Foath
July 'scurs;on mex Sadly. but does jes'
NttSc IL SONlitS SoCi DC KNOW L never
had no July dis year, Ana:ky; didn't 20
to de pickerncker ner to dc bobbycue,
nuther. SO daint nothin' to leuGer me
calm dis year 'scursion a Foath July
scurs;on, is<ly? I'm gwine to ride Gavin
stalk to Ruston an take de train
The first trembling uncertain grayness
Of Saturdays dawn found Uncle .Josi,way
mounting Cawnstalk. while Blazy Ann.
Goddess-ofLlberty-li held a!oft a
flaming pine torch to light him to the gate.
Aunt Anarky handed him the saddle bags,
stuffed with eatables enough for week.
Then With a vigorous kick with each heel
into CawEstalks sides, he rode off into
the darkness, singing:
II hears de train a-ruslin',
It's comm roun' de kyurve.
l hear de kyar-wheels a-movin'
An stra!nin' ev'ry nuv!'
Cawnstalks unwilling feet entered Rus
ton two hours before the time appointed
for the excursion train to leave. ard on
nearing the depot. where freight train
was steaming and creaking, his long
Wayy ears stood erect in mulish terror
uncle JOShWay was too much absorbed
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A. Firecracker Story.
He did it in sport;
He alone is to blame;
The fuse was too short,
Now his fingers the same.
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UNCLE JOSHWAY'S
'SCURSION.

"Whew! Dat boys sho' spurious to-
day! Des look at i'm. Biazy Ann! Peart
an brickiy es 4 young colt an friski-
tider'n a rabbit, dat's jes whut he is.''
said Aunt Anarky, as she slli.lfully shucl-
ed off the sun-scorched outer leaves of
the tough blue co,ards she was prepar,
ing for dinner. The boy" indicated was
Unc.e Joshway, who approached in high
g!ee, singing at the top of his voice:
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Come, cllii.un, git on &c train,
Come, chillun, git on de train,
Come, chillun. git on de train,
Fur Lion's rOckin' on!''
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ORIGIN OF YANKEE DOODLE

NCE on a time old
johnny Bull
Flew In a raging
fury,
And Swore that iona
than should have
No trials, sir. by
jury;
L h At no elections
should be held
Across the briny
waters,
"And now," said he,
''Tll tax the tea
OF all his sons and
daughters"
Then down he sat in
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II hears de train a-ruslin',
It's comm roun' de kyurve.
l hear de kyar-wheels a-movin'
An stra!nin' ev'ry nuvw
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"Gressious, Joshway, how come you
walkin' so spry an singin' so loud to-
day? You musser got sawter 'zalted
over sing;n' bout dat gospil train, didn't
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-05
AMERICAN COFFEE COMPANY.

FORMED BY THE SUGAR TRUST AS STEP IN
THEIR WAR AGAINST THE ARBUCKLEs.
The articles OF Incorporation OF the American
Coffee Company capital 100000. were filed in the
office Of the Secretary OF State at Trenton. y. j..
YESTERDAY The incorporators are Henry O. Have
meyer Theodore A. Havemeyer, John f. Searles
and John f. Parsons. The first three names are
those OF the president. the yicepresident and the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the American Sugar Re-
fnng Company. otherwise the Sugar Trust. The
last name is that OF the counsel and director OF
the trust The understanding In the sugar and
coffee trades vas that this company was formed
to operate the unused sugar refinery in Brooklyn
which the Sugar Trust is fitting up as coffee
roasting plant in opposition TO Arbuckle Brothers.
II was thought the capital might be increased and
a coffee trust formed The Wooson Spice Com
pany I'm Toledo Ohio. which the Sugar Trust con-
trolls can be taken in by the American company
should the Arbuckles succeed in having a receiver
appointed for H. At a receivers sale the Sugar
Trust could obtain a clear title 10 the concern.
Witbou, a receivership and receivers sale the
independence of the Wooson company would have
10 be kept I'D so long the Arbuckles retained
the small amount Of stock OF the company which
they own Whichever the action instituted
nv Tho Arbuckles for a receivership turns ont. tho
Sugar Trust now will have the better Of the bar
gain II the decision Is against the Arbuckles they
will not be able to prevent the use or the Woolson
company to fight them in the coffee trade IL the
decision IL In their favor their interest In the
concern will be terminated at the receivers sale