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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-03

IRE of a boy whose size indicated
about the age of !, but whose face said
IL The latter told the truth. The boy
was emaciated to the last degree that
one could hope to find him out of his
bed, and his face was the color of
chalk. His colorlesS lips were thin and
delicate, and his eyes. large and burn
ing and sunk in dark shadows, looked
spectral in the gloom Of the dirt strewn
hallway.
The lawyers words concerning the
cyclone and earthquake had been
meaningless TO the author Of them, but
they were not meaningless to Spook.
He knew the story of the pretty, pale
factory girl in the attic room, penned
up with an old woman who did not
hesitate to abuse her every day and
many times a day-that is, he knew
that the girl called the old woman
grandma" and that grandma" claim
ed that that relationship existed be-
tween them; knew also that there had
been of late rumOrs aflOat to the effect
thar Laura was not the old woman's
granddaughter that there was some
LaUra's and that the old woman could
straighten things out if she would, but
thar this she refused to do. This much
OF q story had been roughly woven to-
gether in the neighbOrhoOd. How near
to the truth it came none of the deni-
ppttol1y l-nnyyr ht,t Gnn,ly "A
It, gathered it carefully together and
placed 1t in his mind as a sort of an
environment about the words dropped
by the lawyer.
Meantime Lawyer Darke went to his
Office to try and devise some new
scheme for the benefit of his client and
the client, Harry Marsden, started for
home. The real known facts from
which these two hoped to develop a
ease of interest and good to all con-
cerned were these:
About year previous Harry Mars
den had come into possession of a for
tune from an uncle, one Joseph Mars
den, who had died in England. The
will! had stated that Harry was made
heir, as the nearest of kin known to be
living, but that there was a possibility
of the existence Of a stepdaughter, the
child Of the uncle's wife by a former
marriage; that If this girl could be
hound within the space of ten years
half Of the property was to be hers.
The girl, the will continued. was born
in 1874. At the age Of 3 years only a
few months after The marriage Of 10
seph Marsden to the young widow, the
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-03
Fo'urthG July
tFREEDOM'S ANNIVERSARY.

SFlutter the flags from school and steeple
/ Throb the drums over road and street;
lyhrill the air with the shouts Of people,
Eager the day of their pride to greet
NChildren hail it with geetul voices,
Old mc= flush as its thunders break,
FEELING aloud how the land rajoices
From the pine to the palm for freedoms sake,
Freedom, over the stormy waters,
Brought by handful, faint and few,
lBirthright now of our sons and daughters,
HaIlowed by valor and long years through.
lTreedom Lord, let the four winds sing It'll
Freedom! Soft let US breathe its name
{ Far and wide let the strong bells ring it;
Wide and far be its lofty fame.
Lift we now a triumphant chorus;
God be praised both by great and smalll
Ever his dear love watcheth Ger US;
Still his banner is over us all.
Through the desert he safely led u.s.
Into the promised land We came.
) In our want and our griefs he fed us;
Ever, forever We'll praise his name.
Dawns the day in summer splen2or-
Day that dawned amid blood and tears,
Back in the time when no surrender
Brave men made unto coward fears
: Tell to our boys and girls the story,
How they wrought for the nations veal,
Who thenceforward have this their glory
Tempted and tried, they We're true as steel.
M. E. Sangster in Christian Intelligencer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-03
Our Fourth of July Boy.

He started out early our dear little boy,
With seventeen packs and a nice cannon toy,
pistol for caps and torpedoes galore,
And a hundred and forty -nine pinwheels or more.
We hired a man just to watch him at play
And to follow his footsteps around all the day.
Ten times in the morning he saved the dear's
life,
But was blown up himself and sent home to his
wife.
And at night, when they brought what was left
OF our boy,
Our anguish was tempered by small grains Of Joy,
For he said, as the powder was picked from his
eye,
al wish at tomorrow was Fourth o. Julyl"
Then the doctors came round at our urgent re.
quest
And tackled on his limbs where they fitted the
best,
But the kid only said, 'Td be willin to die
Every day ii twas only the Fourth O. JulyP'
New York Evening Sun.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-03
SPOOK'S
FOURTH OF JULY
CELEBRATION.
yooCQo oCCo 10000 CSoo GG

Il don't know. Marsden, how we can
ever worm any sort of a confession out
of her" said Lawyer Darke, with an
accent on the pronoun. IF any comes,
st will be because she is startled into
telling it. a good scare, like a cyclone
or an earthquake, might possibly do the
business. No amount of persuasion or
threats ever will, that's evident. Mean
while L don't see what we can do for
Miss Laura only to wait and try to
conceive some new plan"
Speaking these words, Lawyer Darke
descended the stairs of ar old tene-
ment, followed by Harry Marsden, and
stepped out upon the hot pavement of
the street.
1t was the afternoon of July 8. On
the stairs down which the two men had
just descended crouched the small fig
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-03
'''-"''s,4 s,.e;i, .ssaasa'l' ~.
HISTORY OF OUR FLAG.
How Betsy Ross and Congress In
1777 Designed Old Glory.

1777 Designed Old Glory.
A brief history of the flag of the
United States may be appreciated just
whose views on the particulars of its
origin are a bit haZy. Its history is
our history and cannot but be inter
esting.
In the time of the Revolutionary war
there lived in a little house on Arch
street, Philadelphia, a young woman
by the name of Betsy Ross. The little
brick house still stands and is known
as No. $50. 1t was the second house
built in Philadelphia, its bricks coming
over with William Penn in the ship
Welcome.
Betsy Ross was known as an expert
needlewOman and had made a reputa-
ton at her calling, it is said, by max
ing the rutfles for the shirts Of General
Washington. So when congress, in
1777, appointed a committee, with the
general thereon, to design a flag, the
committee very naturally went to her.
They made a rough draft of the flag,
the design consisting of alternate red
and white stripes and IS six pointed
stars on a background Of blue. This
was shown her, and she suggested the
substitution Of the five pointed stars.
Her suggestion was approved.
The color of the stripes was possibly
suggested by the red flag of the army
and the white flag of the navy in use
some time previously.
The flag was adopted by congress on
June IA, 1777. Betsy soon after mar
ried John Maypole and for many
years they held the contract for max
ing flags for the fleet in the Delaware.
There is a record in the treasury of an
order dated May, 1777, to pay Betsy
Ross f14 lbs. Cd. for making flags for
the Delaware river feet.
And what Of Betsy Maypole? Her
nimble fingers are dust now, and her
bones lie in Mount MOriah cemetery.
She lived to the ripe age of 81 and died
in 1886, but the flag of the Union, way
ing forever, will keep her memory
green.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-03

At a Fourth of July picnic were pass
ed around to the company wooden
pates of generous dinner plate size.
On these We're pasted various odd
shaped pieces Of red, white and blue
paper. These, it was explained. were
intended to represent in their general
outline the maps of the 10 original
states as they now appeared, and
with them, to avoid the unlucky num-
Der, was also map of Cuba. At the
top Of each, instead of its name, was
printed a number. Pencils were dis
tributed, and the guests were given
half an hour to guess the identity of
the maps, the names of which were
to he written on the backs of the
plates. The couple most successful in
this were each presented with an i'm
mense cannon firecracker, which, how
ever, We not as dangerous as it seem
ed at first sight, for it was nothing
worse than a clever imitation of the
real thing filed with bonbons.-Alice
Carlotta Wheeler in Woman's Home
Companion
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-03

mist over bis soul. Already he dreams
of rambling in green fields and beside
running waters He sees Laura in her
own happy home, with a tall and hand
some husband waiting on every glance.
and he, poor Spook, has a place and n
share near her. He smiles more sweet
ly. He is growing well and strong, and
the old life of misery is all slipping
away and being forgotten. His son!
has travelled on ahead little way and
opened up to him in his dream the real
and happy future dating from that
Fourth of July morning when he ceIe-
brated.- Detroit News Tribune.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-03
FOURTH OF JULY TRICKS.
a Few That VIII Help You Celebrate
the Day. ~'z-"~~<srs. = -

II
To make a we'll of fire, says the Chi
NgO Inter Ocean, to l. ounces of water
II an earthenware basin add gradually
LOUNGES of sulphuric acid. Then add
t. this, also gradually, about three-quar-
ttrs of an ounce of graduated zinc. A
r;pid production of hydrogen gas will
il$tantly take place Then add from
time to time a few small pieces Of
phosphorus. A multitude of gas bub-
bles will be produced, which will fire
on the surface of the effervescing liq-
uid. The whole surface of the liquid
will become luminous, and fire balls,
with jets of fame, will dart from the
bottom through the fluid with great "a
pidity and Kissing noise.
To set COmbustible body on fire by
the contact of water, fill a saucer with
water and let fall into it piece of po-
tassum of the size of a peppercorn
The potassium will instantly burst into
fame, with a slight explosion, and burn
wildly on the surface of the water,
darling at the same time from one side
of the vessel to the other with great
violence in the form of a beautiful red
hot tireball.
! For the experiment called animated
| fire put some small pieces of camphor
in a basin of pure water. A very pc
Culiar motion commences at once, some
Of the pieces turning as if on an axis,
| others go steadily round the vessel,
some seem to be pursuing others, and
thus they continue forming a curious
and pleasing appearance. But if sin
gle drop of sulphuric acid be put into
he water the motion of the camphOr
stops instantly, If piece of camphor
lighted and then carefully placed on
the water it burns with a bright fame,
moving about with great rapidlty, as il
il search of something, but is instantly
stopped by drop of sulphuric acid.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-03

But grandfather watched us prepare for the fun,
With our crackers and matches and little toy gun,
And he laughed as he saw us start off with our
train
And bade us take care of the wounded and slain.
Then, when Tom fired cracker and l gave a
shout,
With the first smell of powder came grandfather
out,
And the way that he marched up and down made
1t plain
That 'the major was fighting his battles again.
"Hurrah, lads!' he cried as he Joined in the
sport
"Re-enforcements have come; don't surrender the
fort
Touched match to our crackers and fred the
whole lot;
Then asked u.s. as this all the powder you've
got2
Right about! Forward march, Get more, dou-
Bile quick"
Was "the MAJORS command as he fourished his
stick,
"And I'll show you," he said with fash of the
eye,
GLOW to properly celebrate Fourth of July!"
Rochester Post-Express.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-03
Early FOurths In Boston.

Edward Everett Hale tells of one of
the earliest Fourth of July celebrations
of his remembrance. 1t was that of
the year 1888, and on that day for the
first time a great chorus of school chill
dren sang "My Country, IT'S of Thee"
He speaks of a favorite poem of that
day which was much in evidence on
the Fourth. 1t was written by Royal
Tyler, and its beginning was:
Squeak the fife and beat the drum,
independence day has come.
It was just about this time that the
character of the celebration of the an
niversary of the birthday Of American
independence began to change. Pa
rades were held as usual, but noise be-
gan to take the place of speeches, and
in the larger towns of the reading Of
the Declaration of Independence, which
had always been a feature Of the cele-
bration.
The opening of trade with China
brought in the small firecrackers, and
American factories soon found the
means of making big ones. Noise as
sumed the scepter and has reigned ever
since.-B Boston Globe.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-03
THE SPIRIT OF '76.

Grandfather is feeble and walks with a zane,
And last Fourth Of July he sat groaning with
pain,
And you never would think he had fought in the
war
When he asked what we wanted those frecrackers
for
But mother remembers when grandpa returned
From the war with a medal his gallantry earned,
And it hangs with his musket and sword on the
wall,
With the star spangled banner draped over them
all,
And the neighbors call grandpa "the major" since
he
Fought bravey to make this "the land of the
free"
But mother she smiled as she patted his head.
''You and will escape all the tumult," she said;
"Well go TO the orchard and sit meath the trees
And list to the music of birds and of bees,
You shall tell me a story Of days long gone by.
And we will forget It is Fourth Of July "
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-03
when the DECLARATION Was Signed.

The % Of July mtrked the adoption
by congress or the resolution of indie
pendence, the sufficient legislative act.
On the Fourth occurred the declaration
itself. But NOT till tho following I'd of
August did the ceremony of signature
take place, though tbs has furnished
TO the popular mind the common picto-
rial and dramatic conception of the
eyent.-BufalO Expresi
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-11-02

The attraction nj 'ord'S Grand Opera
House. baltimore. for the week hcgim-
ming Monday. November 18th. will be
those two tremendously popular stars,
Louis Mann and Clara Lipman. who will
j." %c"n in their latest and. what is gen
orally considered. strongest success. The
hrd K!"of." tThr Red Ravinr,. Il play
of Tr0nSvaal Beer life. by Paul NJ. POI
ter. whose demonstrations of "Trilhy"
ana "lm!cr Two Flags" have hrrn
among the most pronounced Stage hits IT
recent years. The Red Kloof." which
Aad lis original production nj the Savoy
Theatre. New York. has its scenes laid
in South Africa. just prior to and during
the celebrated Jameson Raid and also
for short period during the early events
of the present Bocr War: and it tells Il
story which is an admirHhl" blending of
milth-provoliimg comedy and strong dra-
matte "ll"cts-thr whole set in IL novel
and picturesque atmosphere. Mr. Potter
has supplied Mr.. Mann and Miss Lipman
with capital parts for the display of
thUS" qualities which have made them
POPULAR The former assumes Il most in
tcrrSlIng role. alternating comedy and
serious work. His Sidc-Splittng dialect
Is rs funny aS ever ANA as much III evil
lrnrc aS ever: but he has opportunities
ut the sam" time for proving his ability
to handl" scenes of touching pathOS and
intense dramatic force. Miss Lipman. Ms
Il liorr girl, is by turns arch. vivacious.
trn3cr ana effectively emotional. She
mas done no better work in her stage
career, and in her picturesque Transvaai
costumes She is Il vision of lovlinrss
THE Red i\loof" comes direct from the
Savoy Theatre, and the superb produc-
ton which Rich and Harris gave the
piece there will be duplicated ut Ford'S
Grand Opera House, Baltimore.
MatinccS "Wednesday and Saturday.
Admission - and 20 cents.
Week of November 1lth, Charles Dal-
Ion in his new romantic play, The IIcl-
met of Navarro
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-11-02

Mrs. Evelyn $. Tome has resignc!
as president of the Pcrryvillr Water
Company, and ii. Arthur Stump. of Bal.
timorc. was elected her successor. WI
son l.. Cou1un. of Pcrryvilr. succeed,
Mr.. Stump rs secretary and treasurer.
John Algard. of the Fifth district,
has had new gasoline Yacht built at
the Susquchanna Boat Works ut Havrr
de Grace. The yacht is 30 feet lon.
with eight feet beam, ana is ,,ttrl with
Il SiN-horSc power Globe gasuiac engine.
The new boat WAS chriStcnel the Flor
rnc"."
A deposit of fine clay has been dis
covered OH the farm Of James Sullivan,
near Iron Hill. II is pure white, and
contains no grit whatever. 1t is prob
abb" that Il company will hn forMrl to
develop the property. as the Gly is
Thought TO be valuable 10" cu.".""rrial
purposes.
For coughs. Group. bronchitis. grip
and ether winter complaints One Minute
Cough Cure never fails. I'lra%l,t to the
tast" and perfectly safe. G. T.. George.
Winchester, Ky" Our little girl was at
tackled with Group one right and 50
h"arSc sh" could hardly speak. We gave
ncr II few doSrS of One Minute Cough
Cure. 1t relieved her Immediately.
=, hen she nwok" next morning she bed
no signs of hoalSrnoSS or Group" j.
Frank Frazer Elkton.
-harritt's Chapel. near Milford, Del.
the birthplace of McthudiSm. celebrated
its one hundred and twelfth anniversary
on Sunday 1t is next to the oldest
church in America. and is where John
Wesley preached his first sermon. The
bricks from which the >tructur" was
mad" were brought from England The
interior of the church is the same rs it
WAS y century ago. The Rev. b. r.
Warren. of the Union NJ. f. Church.
New York City. preached the scrmol
from the old Latin Bible from which he
had preached his first sermon when Ii
years of age.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-11-02
I'm memoriann.
Resolutions of Coincidence,

Whereas, 1t has pleased our Heavenly
Father in his all-wisc Judgment to re-
NOV" from us, one of our most earnest
members, Mrs. James Maxwell, 1hcrr-
fore be il
RESOLVED. That we bow in sub
mission to the providence" of God. we
as II society will ever cherish her memory
and emulate her virtues.
RESOLVED, That in her death the
lop"w"ll Aid Society has lost one of its
noblcSt characters who was II willing
worker and generous donor.
RESOLVED. That we extend to her
brrcavrd husband and relatives our pro-
found sympathy, praying Almighty God,
that lie will support them in these sad
days of grief and sorrow.
RESOLVED. That we commend them
to our Heavenly Father who, through,
His providence may atllct, is too wise TO
err.
RESOLVED. That the above be pub
liShcd in the press of the county, and Il
copy sent to the friends.
NJ r. w. THOMPSON,
IDA l.. THOMPSON.
BERTA X. TERRY.
Committee.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-11-02
PreSbytery of New Castle.

y spiritual conference of prcsbytcry
of New Castle. which includes all In,
Presbyterian churches in Cecil and New
Castle counties, will be held at First
Presbyterian Church, Newark, Del, Nov
clnbcr 9th and 9th. The following pro-
gram has been arranged -
Tuesday-2.30 p. m, devotional meet
ing. Rev. George II. Trull; 3 p. m, adj
dress. Rev. j. +. Carson, ID. D.; i p. m,
Question Box Conference, led by Rev. j.
+. Carson, ID. ID. Recess. 7.30 p. m.
song service; s p. M, address, Rev. j. f.
Carson, ID. ID.
Wednesdays a. m. devotional meet
ing. Rev. w. +. ID. Lewis: $50 n. M.
Bible reading. Rev. j. l.. Estln 10 a.
m. address. Rev. j. +. Carson. ID. D.;
II n. m, Quiet Hour and Lords Supper.
conducted by Moderator J. $. Gilfillan,
II. u.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-11-02

y WarniEg-to feel tired before cXcr-
ton is not laZimcSS-it'S Il sign that the
system lacks vitality, and needs the tonic
effect of Hoods SarSaparila. Sufferers
should not delay. Get rid of that tired
feeling by beginning to take Hoods Sar-
saparilla to-day.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-11-02
G. . ToRIA,
Bears the nIhe Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature of &N2NIzu
ATnuSe mnemtS.
"THE RED KLO0F."

Ford'S Grand Opera House. Baltimore,
Week of November 18th. Louis Mann
and Clara lipman, in Paul Fottcrs
Great Play, The Red iiloof." Direct
From the Savoy Theatre. New York.
Arizona republican., 1901-04-04
WILD AND WOOLLY
"A Cowboy Who Made Trouble For
 Himself and Others

Gus Barkley, wild western cow boy yesterday afternoon indulged in a typical dime novel demonstration, which landed him in the city jail. He came to town and during the morning hours was introduced to Officer Joe Bush, who later in the day gave him one of the most interesting times of his life.
 The chain gang together with a number of hired men were working in the Murphy addition east of the school house, under the direction of MT. Bush, and along in the middle of the afternoon MT Bush heard some wo- men screaming. He looked up and saw Mrs. Hi Eldred, Mrs. Baker and an other woman living across the street from them and a few hundred feet away making signs of distress. A mo- ment later he saw Gus Barkley. mounted on his COW pony and flourish ing a revolver, riding up to the porches of the houses and apparently trying to ride into them. Mir. Bush turned the chain gang over to one of the men employed and mounting his wheel, rode to the scene of trouble.
 As he approached, Barkley, who was arrayed in chaps and altogether had the appearance of a bad man from Bit ter Creek, saw him and retreated to- ward the Tempe road with the officer in purust. When he reached that boulevard he turned east and dug his heels into the sides of his steed MT Bush followed and the race was long one, but the bicycle had better wind than the horse and finally the space between pursuer and pursued began to lessen. As soon as he got near enough the officer called to Barkley to stop but the challenge was only answered with flourish of Barkley's revolver though for some reason the man did not shoot Nearer came the officer and second command was issued. Again Barkley fourished his revolver. bu' just as he pulled it his horse stumbled throwing him several feet ahead on the ground.
 Mir. Bush was at his side before he could rise, with his own weapon drawn. but his bluff went and he did not have to shoot. It was well that hs didn't. for when he tried to cock the weapon he found the spring was broken and it was useless except for a club.
 Several teams were quickly on the scene, for the road was lined with ve- hicles and the chase had attracted quite number of people. Bark ley was put into a wagon ana brought to the city jail where the recorder made it incumhent upon him to rustic up a s3o' bond before he again circulated among his friends. The capture was made about opposite the Patrick ranch, just this side of the asylum. When the horse fell he ran stick into his s.de making an ugly, but not dangerous wound.