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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-07-06

ardson delighted the audience with
the rendition of <<Rory o'Moore,"
Messrs. Llndsays Erickson, Hughes
and Croft rendered another excellent
song.
Another selection by the band
brought the program to a close and
the people dispersed for dinner. after
which they again met at the pavilion
to witness all kinds Of feats and
races, such as barrel races, wheel
barrow races, catching creased pig,
and nibbling bologna sausage, sus-
pended IN the air by means of q
string. Prizes were given to the
winners. The children also enjoyed
themselves in dancing on the pavil-
ion floor The grown people had o
grand ball in the evening, which
brought to a close one of the most
pleasing Fourth or july ceIeDr9tlons
ever held in Montpelier.
TO the committees much credit is
due for the excellent manner III
which they provided cCoumodation
for the people, as there were many
here from outlying settlements.
The committees labored hard with
the limited amount of capital at
their disposal, to provide amuse.
mcnt for those who had gathered to
do honor to the Nations Day of
Independence.
No accidents occurred, SO far u
we were able to learn and altogether
it was : lovely day well spent.
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JuDaR BAuM's GRAFTON.

Ladies and Gentlemen:
F. This day is sacred to all in whose
heart there blooms eternal right, lib
erty and justice. With its morning
beams We bring wealth of JOY. This
is a day for memory and gratitude. A
mighty nation stands with uncovered
head. and pays to patriot. soldier and
statesman the tribute OF its love.
Gratitude is the fairest flower that
sheds It's perfume in the heart Today
we tell the history. of our country > life;
recount the lofty deeds OF vanished
years; the toll and suffering, the defeats
and victories OF heroic men, OF men
who made cur nation great and free.
We zee the first ships whose prows
were gilded by the western sun. We
feel the thrill OF discovery when the
new world was found. We see the op.
pressed, the serf. the peasant and the
slave, men whose flesh had known the
chill OF chains, the adventurous, the
proud, the brave. sailing an unknown
sea, seeking homes in unknown laRds.
We see the settlements, the little clear
ings, the blockhouse, and the fort, the
rude aud lonely cabin. and then we see
the yellow autumn fields, the orchard 4
bending bOughs. the golden stacks, the
happy homes OF men;- they earned their
breaAi each citizen had voice, and the
little villages became republics.
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Slowly the savage faded away w,

Slowly the savage faded away. We
see those who first knew these valleys,
pushing their way across prairies and
over mountains, with hearts as brave,
as sender and true as any the world has
ever known, with fortitude born of
honest conviction; with purpose so
high and SO noble that it has challenged
the admiration of the world. Brave
patriot and pioneer-to you who sleep
in the sanctuary of the tomb, beneath
the quiet of the stars, to you who still
linger in these happy homes, pay this
tribute to your worth.
Amid common dangers and common
hopes the customs and prejudioes of the
old world faded slowly from tho hearts
of those who sought home in this,
then mysterious land of ours. With
their coming began the dawning of q
new day.
On this day the great struggle be-
tween colonist and hing should be told
We should tell our children Of the
struggle first for justice and then fol
freedom. We should explain to then
that great charter of all human right
the Declaration of independence. Al
men are equal, and have the right t,
life. liberty, and the pursuit of happi
ness. The Declaration of Independenc
knighted all tho sons of toll and put tn
star of hope above the cradle Of tn
poor mans babe.
Today we remember the weary mar
cheers, the battles fought and won. from
the beginning at Lexington TO the clos
ut Yorktown. We remember Vale.
Forge, that midnight Of despair from
which sprang all the grandeur OF
cloudless sky. Today we remember al
the heroes OF those seven sacred years
not one of whom remains. Some cam
from foreign lands. some were born an'
Graded here, hut all now sleep in silenc
beneath the stars Some In unknown
graves, unmarked, save by the mopu
ments which tirne rears above the dead
Some within the shadow OF bronze an,
granite. but all the countless dead VIII
died for freedoms cause, have plao
this day within the hearts of sevent
millions OF people. Let us .grhtefull
remember.
The war for freedom gave onrtfather
a free land; the war OF 1872 FREE sea
The years thai followed were rich wit
love and peace. Every year was jeNe
ed with new joys and homes filled wit
love were everywhere: Amid ell tn
peace and happiness and over all til
years OF contentment, shadow crept
The fires upon many hearths went on
Men and brothers warred against eac
other. The world was appalled, an
nations felt that our government WI
q failure. AL was night, it is past nov
And while ! would photograph upo
the heart and brain OF every America
child the history Of those struggl'
for freedom which gave us this nations
holiday, and make every deed done 4
, liberty and country free, part Of .
ery child's knowledge. would ha'
, the story OF onr civil war but q mem
: ry filed with tenderest regrets.
4
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THE FOURTH.
a FINE DAY AND PLEASANT TINE.

a FINE DAY AND PLEASANT TIME.
The Program, as Published, Given
Without Change. Judge Baum's
Grafton.
The morning of the Fourth of
July was ushered IN by a cloudless
sky, cool temperature, the playing
of bands and booming Of guns.
Most all the business houses were
profusely decorated with flags aud
bunting and the fall of rain the even
ing of the Srd together with the
rity's sprinklers, laid the dust, max
ing travel pleasant. In fact nature
was very lavish in her bestowal of
pleasantries, which was highly ap-
prcciated.
A little before 10 O'clock a.. N.
people were nlaking their way to
the pavilion, which also had receiy-
ed it's share of decorations. The
seating capacity was adequate and
the building would hare held many
more people. However, there was
a large gathering on the grounds
who heard the exercises Within
A little after 10 O'clock Mayor
Barrett called the meeting TO order,
and the program was begun by the
city band rendering the selection
<eThe Battleship Oregon Then
came the quartette, "My Old Ken.
tueky Home by Messrs. Lindsay,
Erickson, Hughes and Croft, which
was rendered in exquisite style and
elected applause.
The recitation by Mrs. n. D.
Lindsay entitled "Mosic on the Rap
.pahanock" was ably delivered and
she was accompanied on the piano
by Mrs. Guernsey. Then came .
solo by Miss stauffer, which wa'
sung very sweetly and which show
ed that the singer was one OF tht
foremost of Bear Lakes soloists'
Prof. Richardson accompanied bel
on the piano.
The Georgetown Guitar and Man
dolin club failed to show up, ane
upon request, Prof, Richardson ren
dered ..1he Mocking Bird on tn
piano in their stead. This was
aem of musical skill and brough
forth loud applause.
Judge Peter n. Baum then de
livered the Grafton which wasa gran'
effort and which was highly aPpTe
ciated by The people.
The next was another selection D
the city brass band, entitled I'm
Midland" After which Prof. Rici
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-04

school. and. Of course any number Of
pink-cheeked, shrill-voiced children
1t Is an amazing sight to behold a SOL
emn mite of eight or nine launching forth
alone on the flying journey calmly resting
sldew1se-lfke an ancient Roman at the
feast-upon diminutive toboggan II IA
perhaps even more wonderful to see some
boy OF twelve or fourteen lying face DOWN
ward, his hands grasping the runners of
one sledge, his feet tucked through the
runners OF another, pioneering a crowd of
Twelve companions at breakneck speed
through the keen, frosty air keepinp a
straight course by almost imperceptible
Wrlesles OF his body, and shooting clear Of
his burden when the level ice is reached.
There are, indeed, a good many spills a
good many plunges made into the soet
snow that lies heaped on each side of the
track. but nobody seems much the worse
and as for me, l look upon an occasional
shock as part of the cure, like the douche
that puts the finishing touch to a Turkish
bath. 7''
Seriously, the tobogganing cure whether
undergone in Switzerland or in Sweden is
superb tonic, the very best / know. n
puts gayety into the heart color into the
cneekS, light into the eyes. strength i,,to
the nerves. 1t gives the patient an anne.
ute That Is alarming, a long succession of
nights passed in dreamless sIeen In b,n
iShes pessimism and drives away dyspepsia
The toll up the hill, dragging the sleieb &c
lighened by the thought of the excite,,.nt
OF the rush down. the flying vision of tho
hurrying trees, the leap at the little 1edge
OF Ice That forms bunker the music Of
tne runners over the sparkling surface Of
p the slide, the whirlwind of snow in which
the patient reaches the goal.'
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which girdled 2? to so feet around about 8
feet above the base. but these trees could
not be compared at all with the big trees
found in the mountains. They would 6p-
pear as mere sticks against those giants. /
honestly believe that those giants will
girdle Go to so feet around near the base,
and that they are $50 to 200 feet high. They
stand on a kind of fiat or bottom, and this
fiat is well protected from discovery, as far
as l could perceive. by steep and high bluffs
not only from the Hood river side up. but
from the main water divide down. These
big trees are, in my mind. somewhere near
the north line of the National Park, but It
is doubtful II they are in II.
There are two species of the giant trees.
One species has a yellowish and not very
rough bark, is straight and round as a
candle has no limbs 10 an immense height
and has a nice. wonderful crown. The
father of this very aristocratic species In
our mountains is surely the emperor of our
forest. People must rot think that this
tree is the so-called noble fir" because
other mountain trees very well Nor must
they think that this species is one of the
common trees in the mountains. i cannot
say how many such giants there are. There
may be hundreds. there may be thousands
On our way home one of my companions
was drowned In the Bull run. and therefore
/ never went to the mountains again. but
have always had a desire 10 so and investi-
gate further about those big trees.
Cedar is the second species OF the big
trees. They rival in size and grandeur the
first species. But the most wonderful thing
about them seems 10 be that they are. in
spite of their immense diameter and age.
seemingly sound and hard, through and
through.
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GOLF AT GARDEN CITY.
Noted Amateurs Striving for Cham-
piOnHhip HOnOrs.

p1OnHh1p hOnOrB.
GARDEN CITY. l.. l., July 4.-Golfers
thronged to the Garden City Clubs links
this morning Before the third days play
in the amateur championship tournament
was begun there were about 400 men and
women in the vicinity Of the club seeking
shelter from the scorching rays of the sun
in the shade of the trees which surrounded
the first tee.
Yesterday evening sixteen of the thirty
two players who qualified on Monday were
forced to retire. leaving eight pairs to con-
tend In the second match play round of 80
holes These were paired as follows:
Walter J. Travis Oakland, L. l., and T..
S. Beckwith, Cleveland, Ohio.
James A. Ting, Morris county and C.
Hitchcock Jr. Point ia Tito X. i
John Reid, jr., st. Andrews. AMI T. NJ.
Robertson. Yale.
A. G. Lockwood, Boston, and ]. H.
Brooks. Scranton. Pa.
John Stuart. Princeton, and w. M. Nc
Findlay s. Douglas. Fairfield county.
Conn, and L. NJ. Byers, Princeton and AL
leghany, Pa, and ]. G. Averill, Rochester
and H. NJ Hartman, Meadow Brook.
Lockwood and Brooks were the first cou-
pie to tee off and a fairly large gallery fol-
lowed the Englishman and Pennsylvania.
Stuart and McCawley followed and then
came Travis and Beckwith. Travis. being
the favorfte for the honors through his
good score in the qualifying round, and his
defeat of r. c. Watson yesterday, was the
center of attraction, and the majority of
the visitors and club members followed
him and the Ohio man, applauding every
Of five or six minutes the other pairs fol-
lowed.
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rOBoGGAN CURE FOR THE NERVES
Produces Splendid Appetite and IL
Followed by Dreamless Sleep.

Followed by DrenmIess Sleep.
From the Phil. delphia Press.
There are many cures nowadays that do
not cure" said an American who returned
the other day from Europe. who among
us does not know of a woman really in
need of good, hard work and bicycle riding
putting her faith and money in rest cures?
And. in the same breath, some overtired,
overworked, overworried creature massag-
ing away and performing the most nerve
racking gymnastic feats to get rid of that
dreadful nervous feeling
1.-The world is full Of otherwise sensible
men and women being violently manipulate
ed by machinery, massaged by knobs, ex-
banded by wheels and pulleys, straight
ened by revolving pillows or pumped up
and down by saddles that never touched
horse. In fact, many seem to spend their
liI es in the pursuit of fresh cures.
yet they still complain.
"Amcng all the cures Of which one
hears the praises sung there has been no
mention of the toboggan cure. 1 have been
trying it this January in Sweden, and L
have learned to believe in it more than in
electricity, baths, massage, hot water and
minced raw beef, the mechanical boat or
four weeks of undiluted feather bed. No
body in Stockholm calls it the toboggan
cure. That name is given to it by one
who his realized its benefits and who
thinks .: a delightful remedy for dyspepsia,
a splendid builder-up of nerve force.
when the snow comes and stays in this
northern latitude the world toboggans, and
as the snow comes early and stays for
many weeks the world has plenty of time
In which to revel in this most eXhilarating
sport. The innumerable infants of Stock
holm content themselves with the diminu-
tive slide behind the library in the Humle-
gard. The school boys rush down the curv-
Ing Ice slope that surrounds the skating
park. The king and the royal princes and
princesses frolic at Saltsjobaden. beyond
the great hotel that is a paradise in sum-
mer But the Economically inclined-those
who love touch of wildness in scenery,
and those, more practical. who adore a
really splendid ice hill (steep, smooth,
straight and long)-go out into the woods
to D1ursholm, a village that lies among
the pine trees and the frs upon the edge
of the frozen deep. And the Djursholm
slide is the best within reach of Stockholm.
About 1000 feet in length. it is swept daily,
and Is daily visited by those who love to
undergo the cure, and they are many, and
include young men and maidens. an occa-
sional old man, very persistent girls
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few as represented by the monopolies ant
trust combinations
The Latest Onense.

And recently, the elimination Of a
long progress of abandonment, We have
seen the republican party turn away finally
from its most fundamental faith and sever
the last remaining link that bound 1t to a
glorious past. 1t has repudiated the Decla-
ration of Independence. 1t has proclaimed
the pre-eminence of Congress above the
Constitution. From the championship of
freedom. striving always and everywhere
to amplify Its guarantees and to broaden
its definition, 1t has descended to become
the advocate of the right of conquest and
to pettifog in the forum of the reason and
sympathy of mankind to show how narrow
and circumscribed and accidental a thing
liberty is. The rights of unfortunate ma
lions who prize liberty that they are
willing to die for it are declared to rest no
longer In original justice. but on the per-
mission of the republican administration
The platform adopted last month at Phila-
delphia declares that the blessings Of lib
erty are to be conferred upon all the
rescued peoples by the republican party
1t was the belief of Washington and JEFF
ferson and Lincoln. it was the ancient
faith OF the American people that God
gives liberty to all races of men and that
no self-vaunted benevolent despotism can
either confer or take 1t away. What God
men. Mckinley shall not be permitted to
deny to any. We appeal from the last
platform Of the republican party to me
Declaration of Independence, from the i'm
pious presumption of perverse Pres.uent
to the eternal Justice of the Almighty
rather. whose judgments are true, and
righteous altogether
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WAITING FOR TIDINGS
Continued from First Page)

hare TO the effect that China for some tl1ie
mast has been laying in large supply OIL
auns torpedoes, powder and projectiles ana
IN other ways establishing herself on war
has,s Most of this war material was oo-
tanned in Europe. but considerapie quan-
titv was procured from American mahuIac-
turers. Some shipments OF inns K A o Ter
mada az Lite as a month ago. Inc pianl
- tha chinese arsenal near Shanghai u
renorted as one Of the best In the "oflu
md 10 said to have turned out an immense
umantity of modern arms and ammunition
..hin Tho last six months. All EFFORTS 10
Learn the purpose Of the extensive opera
tions at this arsenal and the dlsposillon
that has been made OF the ma am RoiaI 10
aannroached on the subject maintained a
sipnificant silence and added to instead OF
Chewing the general air OF mystery sur
rounding the. military operations at 'ha'
point. "a! di
u,,,.ter WI Has Nothing to Say.
Mr. WI Ting Fang, the Chinese minister.
when seen by Star reporter To-Day hao
,otbinp to say. about the Chinese situation
Russian Military Forces In Asia.
mr. naval Intelligence office has received
a report from rehapie source giving the
axtent and location Of the Russian military
torces In Asia. 1t, shows that the car has
extended an enormous military Gordon
oIon, the 1000 miles of the Asiatic frontier,
and that garrisons shave been established at
;mnortant points on the railway system
from Batun, on the Black sea, to Vladivo-
stock. on the Chinese sea. There are about
zoo GOO soldiers at these different garrisons,
with an admirable system Of transportation
and subsistence.
Promise of the Nankin Viceroy.
The Chinese minister. Mr.. WI. has re-
ceIved another communication from the
viceroy of Nankin again urging that for
eign forces should not be sent to his prov
ince and that the viceroy will undertake to
maintain peace. Mr.. WI probably will pre-
sent II to this government, although the
noIicy OF the United States on this matter
has been definitely settled.
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GIANT TREES IN OREGON.
Twenty to Thirty Feet in Diameter
and More Than $50 Feet Tall.
From the Morning Oreponian

1 would like to draw attention to a bunch
of immense trees in the mountains fifteen
to twenty miles from my place. near La
tourell. on the o. r. and N. 1 used to make
every year a trip to the mountains, lasting
generally eight to ten days. and 1t was on
one of my last trips, bout four years ago.
that discovered on the northeast side of
the divide, between the waters of the Bull
run and the Hood river. this bunch of giant
trees. The like never saw before or since.
Before saw these giants I had measured
from time to time some trees at home
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DISASTROUS Fire in Scranton.

SCRANTON. Pa. July 4-The Coal FIX
change store and Office building owned by
John Jermyn, was almost entirely DESTROYED
by fire early this morning. causing a loss
o. $1,000. partly covered by insurance. A
number of firms occupied offices and stores
in the building. and their individual losses
ranged from $1,000 to $4,000.
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Penny Postage to England.
-o,,, tha NfilUoukaa Wisconsin

Penny postage on letters to Great Britain
and Ireland is said by the postmaster gen.
eral Of Canada to have equaied the former
revenue when the rate was two pence half
penny-showing that the cheaper rate is
the better from revenue point alone. be-
sides being more economical for the people,
There is scarcely a doubt that the same re-
suit would be experienced in this country
II. the cheaper rate were adopted.
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He Quotes.
From Puck.

Alas said the inventor. when the fly
ing machine came down. 1T is better to
bear the Ills We have than to fly to others
that we know not off,
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H
From Puck.

From Puck
Mrs. Hoen-''You can believe very little
that Mrs. Gabbleby says"
Mr.. Hoon-"No; the poor woman lie sadly
afflicted with palpitation Of the imagina-
ton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-04

If you want work read the want columns
of The Star.
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PIattS Chlorides, the Best Disin-
fectant. An oderiess liquid, prompt, cheap and
efnctent.
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Old Doctrines RevOIutiOnized.

The principles of Washington and Jeffer-
son may be thus briefly summarized:
Abroad no entanglng alliances; at home
equal rights for all, special privileges to
none" The present leadership OF the re-
publican party has revolutionized the for
eign policy OF the government. and whether,
as have abundance of evidence for be-
lieving. there Is a virtual alliance between
the United States and Great Britain at this
moment or not. certain 1t Is that in the
words of Washington, we have left "our
own to stand upon foreign ground" and
that such an alliance must inevitably be
z the issue of the present diplomacy Of the
administration. II persisted in.
In our domestic concerns the republican
party, by a careful system of special privi-
iege 10 the few. has built up the power of
! they are predominant in industry and poll
| tics and have virtually destroyed the demo-
] cratic element in our social life and in the
government. BY law the great speculative
/ banks have been empowered to usurp the
| sovereign function Of issuing currency and
! Through failure to enact appropriate leg
| islation and to enforce existing statutes
and by tariffs dictated by special interests
! vast monopolies in production and trans
portation have been enabled to erect and
maintain 6espotism over the industry
| OF the country. Bimetallism, ancient and
honorable faith of the republican party, has
| been openly repudiated by its degenerate
modern leadership, after course of such
brazen hypocrisy as has awakened the
amazement of mankind. Protection, de-
| clared in Lincoln's platform Of 1860 to be
| a policy incidentally to be observed in the
| raising OF necessary revenue by tariff duties
| torted to an engine of oppression and ROB
berry of the many for the benefit Of the
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English Batiste.

IS pieces of Plain Color Batiste. assorted
in Nile and Medium Green. Canary, Gray
and Light and Navy Blue; 40 inches Cnc
wide; worth 1Sc. yard. .......... >So
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S0-inch Shrunk Canvas Dress
Facing, in White, natural col
or Gray and Black. Good
s snalit :.. at i'e: . lOAc.
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1t was pretty warm in the hall, and the
male portion of the audience in the general
galleries promptly shucked their coats,
while the waving of countless fans be-
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