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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-07-05

The sentiment grew until it had stretched
as a great blanket of American patriotism,
from ocean to ocean. = The trappers and
gold seekers have carried it into the north
ern wilds of Alaska, where it fourishes with
as much vigor as in old New England, in
the tropical south, in the fertile prairie
states of the middle west, or in sun-kissed
California. And now it has extended be-
yond the bounds of the continent to the is
lands of the sea, and the roar of the can
non, the boom of the cracker, the whizz of
the rocket that proclaim the birthday of
American freedom, are to be found In the
far-away Philippines, in beautiful Hawaii,
in little Guam and in patriotic Porto Rico.
To-day Fourth of July is a sentiment that
extends more than half way around the
world; it follows the sun from its rising
on the islands of the Atlantic to its setting
on the islands clear across the broad Pa
cific. So long as the day remains upon the
calendar of the year the sun never sets upon
it, and the boom of the cracker is heard
round the world.
When our il1ustrious forefathers affixed
their names to the Declaration of indie
pendence they were the representatives of
less than 100000 people. The area in
Guided within the boundaries of the colo
MES which they declared 'cfree and indie
pendent states" was but 827, S44 square
miles. But their efforts and thoughts were
not only for the time, but for posterity. and
to-day the Fourth of July sentiment is
known throughout territory embracing
1926, lis square miles, in which reside very
close to 1OO, 900 people.
1t is the expansion of this Fourth of
July sentiment that has caused the nation
to grow from the struggling colonies of
l776 to the world power of to-day. AS we, as
nation, have grown in power, in prestige,
in territorial area and population, SO has
the sentiment of Fourth of July grown and
expanded until it has invaded and affected
conditions in all continents. 1t is the expan-
sion of this sentiment that has driven from
the world the ancient fallacy of the divine
rights of kings. 1t has instilled the love of
political freedom into foreign peoples It's
power is not confined to the territorial linn
its of these United States.
The series of maps printed herewith il
lustrate in a practical way the expension of
the Fourth of July sentiment so far as it
applies to our own country, and serve as
lesson in American history.
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-07-05
July 4, 1884.

The peace treaty between the United
Colonies and Great Britain, signed at
Paris, September 3, 1873, gave TO the nation
more than previously acknowledged to be
in dispute by Great Britain. The boundary
lines in the northwest were extended so as
to include what is now the greater part of
Wisconsin, all of the upper peninsula of
Michigan, and that part of Minnesota west
of the Mississippi. In the south a long,
narrow strip of territory was added to the
southwest corner of Georgia. The exact
amount of territory included within these
concessions cannot be given, as the exact
area of the colonies previously is not known,
but in 1884 the territory in which July was
a holiday. amounted to S27, S44 square miles.
The exact population at this time is not
known. but emigration had already set in
toward the west. and the day was appro-
priately observed in a much wider terri
tory than 1t had been in 1776 Hardy pioneers
had carried it westward into the Ohio val
ley.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-07-05
July 4, 1875.

When on July 4, 1776, that most historic
of all days in the life of the American re-
public, the continental congress, in ses-
sion in Philadelphia, declared THAT these
United Colonies are, and of right ought to
be free and independent states" they spoke
for less than 100000 people. The terri
tory covered by the original Is colonies, in
which the first Fourth of July was cele-
brated, was about 100000 square miles in
extent, though scarcely one-fifth of this
could be said to be inhabited other than
by savages, and much of it had never been
visited by white men. 1t extended from
the Atlantic on the east to the Mississippi
on the west, to Florida on the south. and
to Maine on the northeast, and to little
north of the present northern boundary of
Illinois, on the northwest. The map shows
the political divisions as claimed by the diff
terent colonies.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-07-05

The granted lands are distributed as
follows: State penal reformatory,
eIeemosynary and educational institu-
tionS, 100000 acres; state capitol
grant, 1872, 1000; state normal school,
100000; agricultural college, 100 900;
scientific agricultural college, 100, 1000;
scientific schools, 900; state univer-
sity, 1850. These lands are exclusive
of common school lands, which are
sections 1915 in every township in the
state. Some OF these sections have
been lost by inundation and other
causes.
The government permits the state to
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-07-05
CoREA AND ELECTRICITY.
The Deadly ..LIve XVire'' KnOvvn In
That Country as a s'Thunder
and Lightning String"

Near the center of the city of Seoul
there is a beautiful marble pagoda
that was brought from Peking about
came as Z bride to Corea. Her people
at that time were shaking the whole
known world, and, under leaders like
Genghis, Kublai and TamerIane, we're
ppsetting all the thrones of ASIA so
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-07-05
LIBERAL WITH THE LANDS.
A Large Amount Has Been Granted
to Public Uses by the State
of Washington.

After nearly IS years of work
State Land Commissioner Calvert, of
Washington, announces that of the
e67, $50 acres of land granted the state
of Washington by the enabling act of
1889 all have been selected with the
exceptionsof 3,161 acres. These viii be
seleeted during the coming summer
and the entire grant thus fled, reports
the San Francisco ChFeniclel
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-07-05

select indemnity lands for those lost,
and of this class the state has about
100000 acres to select. Owing to the
scarcity of remaining government
lands it is doubtful if the state can re-
cover very large portion of the school
lands thus lost.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-07-05

strand hung temptingly from one of
the poles, and the far east determined
to get hold of it to investigate, with
the resuIt-one live wire, one dead
man. A government notice was posted
up: eff anyone is caught fooling with
these thunder and lightning strings let
him be padded
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-07-05
Insult to Injury.

"such an outraged" exclaimed the
anarchist, when they took me to
court was handcuffed to thief''
''Yes," replied the warden, ''and the
poor thief got five years besides.
Philadelphia Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-07-05
July 4, 1919.


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Of
between ngIan and tn
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-07-05

Bill-Do you know it spoils cigar to
let it go out?
Jill-Well, somebody must have let
that one you're smoking go ont good
many times before yog got it.-Ypu-
kers Gazette
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-07-05
July a, 1903.

States the sum of o. the
in the
terror
To the
of of Nisss
of
of
Oft United by poclamat
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July 4, I845.

in
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miles terrtor in
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CONSTR cted port
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the tyranny of King George III. With all
IF our distinctively national holidays there
a sentiment; it is sentiment that makes
them possible; that sets them apart as me-
mortal day in each year of our history; but
the sentiment to which we give expression
With such evidences of Joy as the boom
Of the frecracker, the Whizz of the rocket,
is the sentiment that will outlive all other
of our national sentiments,
And this Fourth of July sentiment has
proven to be an expanding sentiment. It
has followed the flag, and wherever "Old
Glory has been unfurled there has July
been holiday, dear to the hearts of the
people. When the old liberty bell at Phila-
1elphia proclaimed to the anxious populace
that their chosen representatives had set
their names to that document which pro-
claimed forever our separation from Eng
land, and made of them a nation among
nations, it aroused within the hearts of the
colonists a new love of freedom. Before
that day they had been fighting only for
their rights as colonists, after that they
fought for their rights as men-as a peo-
pie. 1t instilled a new sentiment in the
hearts of the American people, a senti-
ment that has pushed steadily westward
with advancing settlement. The hardy pio-
neers who crossed the Allegheny noun
tains carried the sentiment with them into
the valley of the Ohio; they planted it on
the west banks of the Mississippi when
the Louisiana territory became ours; they
carried it into Texas, California and the
northwest as new acquisitions broadened
our territorial area.
And wherever this sentiment has been
planted in the past it has fourished 1t
has attained as vigorous growth west of
the Mississippi as it has east of it; it is
to-day as much an institution, as much
~ &c h p, &c l. ~
fornia, once Mexican soil, in Washington,
once English soil, in Florida, once Span
ish soil, as it is at its birthplace in Phila-
delphia.
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July 4. 1919.


500o
American
the ton Of the sane S
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-07-05
July 4, 1916.

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knew the o
the pa and aim country
a
a within
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July 4, 1867.


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July 4, 1854.

of n
that its
traion o
miles which
lex sun
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treaty transferring Florida from Spain
to the United States was signed in
he beiney
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OURTH OF JULY stands for
that sentiment dearest to the
! hearts of the typical Americans.
1t is the sentiment that made
the struggling colonies ''free and
! independent states;" it is the
! sentiment that fortified our fore
fathers to Withstand the hard
ships and trials of the long war
with England, that their land,
and oJit land MIGHT he FREQ from
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-03-05
SOME SAYINGS.

''That happened in the reign Of Quren
Dick" is a circumlooution for "Ncyor."
'To take her down a peg" is nothing
but a sailors direction as to the lowering
Of the ships coors.
To have the Sift Of gab' means the
gift Of the (use Of thc) mouth, "gab" be-
ing the Scotch word for mouth.
"Spick and span" comes from the
'spises' and "spanncrs"-the hooks and
stretchcrs for stretching cloth new from
the loom.
Put that into your pipe and smoke it,
is an allusion to the pipes of peace or
war that are solemnly smoked by some
Indian tribes.
To dun a man for debt comes from
the memory Of Joe Dun, bailiT OF Lin
coin, who was so keen n collector that his
name has become proverb.
To ''gct the sack" is fate that some
times overlook inmates Of a certain sui
tan's harem, who were put into a sack
and thrown into the Bosporus when he
desired to be rid Of them.
Deadhead. as denoting one who has
free entrance to places Of amusement.
comes from Pompoii. where the checks
for free admission were small ivory
deaths heads. Specimens Of these are
in the museum at Naples.
by hook and by crook" is an allusion
to an ancient manoial custom which
permitted the neighboring poor to take
all the wood that they could reach and
pull down from the forest trees, using
only their shepherds crooks.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-03-05
BAROSMA.
THE GREAT KIDNEY AND
LIVER CURE

Is perfectly harmless in its effects aud
pleasant to take. Thompson's Barosma
cures by gently stimulating the liver aud
kidneys to excrete from the system all
particles of matter that are poisonous
rot only to them, but also to the stomach,
heart, blood and other organs of the
body. Blrosml cures a,e permanent
When the liver is torpid or inactive the
whole system must suffer, undergoing a
process OF slow poisoning; the stomach
Is filed with cagbonic acid gas intlaming
the mucous membrane or coating of the
stomach, causing heartburn, palpi,ation,
Indigestion. bitter taste on rising, a dull
neavy sluggish feeling, a desire to sleep,
fullneSs ard dizzy headedness. Thomp
son's Barosml is an eNccllent stomach
tonic, SiuilaunE w.th the food,
neutralizing the acids ald carrying the
bile from the liver Ii the bow Is are
costive or in livr trouble, ThompSon'S S
Daudelion and Mandrake Pills should be
used with "a, BlroSma. They are purely
vegetable, and will not gtipe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-03-05
SMART & SILBERBERG ,
OIL CITY, PA.
FASCINATING RUFUS cHoATE.
Enemies as Well Ms Friends Innu-
enced by His Orntory.

/ heard Rufus Choatc great many
times. | heard nearly all the speeches
given in Browns Life" and l heard
him great many times at the bar. both
before juries and the full court. He is
the only advocate l ever heard who had
the imperial power which would subdue
an unwilling and hostile jury. His power
over them seemed like the fascination OF
a bird by snake.
Choate's method was pure persuasion.
He never appealed to base motives or
tried to awake coarse prcjudiccs or
stormy passions He INDUCED in no in
vective His wit and sarcasm and ridi-
cule amused the victim almost as much
as it amused the bystander. lie had the
suaviloquentia which Cicero attributes to
Cornelius. There was never harsh note
in his speech.
He had voice without any gruff yet
ghrill tones 1t was like Il sweet yet pow
erful flute. He never strained it or
seemed to exert it to its fullest capacity.
| do not know any other public speaker
whose style resemblcd his in the least.
Perhaps Jeremy Taylor was his model.
if lie had any model. The phraseology
with which he clothed some commonplace
or mean thought or fact when he was
compelled to use commonplace arguments
or to tell some common story. kept his
auditors ever alert and cxpectant. An
| Irishman who had killed his wife threw
| away the AK with which Choate claimed
the deed was done when he heard some
body coming. This. in Choate's Ian
guage, was "the sudden and frantic cjac-
ulation OF the Az" Indeed his speech
was n perpetual surprise.
| Whether you liked him or disliked him,
you gave him your ears, erect and intent.
He used manuscript great deal, even in
speaking to juries. When a trial was on,
lasting days or weeks. be kept his pen
ink and paper at hand in his bedroom and
would often get up in the middle Of the
night to write down thoughts that came
to him as he lay in bed. He was alway,
careful to keep warm. 1t was said h'
prepared for great jury argument ly
taking off eight great coats and drinking
eight cups of green tea.-Senator Hoar in
Scribner's.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-03-05
WHEN Mnmen Rccnn,e strong.

There are startling examples of the de-
velOpment Of the capacity in women for
doing mems work. When families that
have been strong and prospered get start
cd down hill and the men die off or go to
seed or lose heart or health, il is not an
uncommon thing TO see the women develop
under stress OF circumstances virile
vicor that meets the storm and weathers
H.
Very able women are developed by de-
feots in man, and, OF course, when the
wheel has once fallen TO them and their
wills have been trained TO steering they
wi.l rot readily give up a place that they
have fairly won. Nor should they. The
mischief. what there is Of it, has been
done: let the consequences abide. The
chief mischief is that, though a woman
may come out strong in doing mans
work. the man whose work is done for
him. il there is one, is apt to come out
weak.-McClure's Magazine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-03-05
IRRELEVANT QUESTIONS.
Some Examples of Old Tests For Ex-
aminatiins of Lawyers.

Many men, even successful members Of
the profession. hold that as a good ex-
animation does not necessarily make a
good lawyer it is better to make the con-
ditions of admission easy and thus allow
the fittest of the lot to survive. This
sentiment has been less since the Amer
lean Bar association took up vigorously
the work Of raising the standards of le-
gal education. Many good anecdotes are
told Of the old tests. An able southern
hwycr still living has a good story about
his examination by Reverdy johnson, one
Of the greatest lawyers of the last cen
tury. Mr. johnson knew the young g'man,
but apparently he did not allow his
familiarity TO influence the case. He
asked him one or two questions as easy
as the alphabet or the multiplication ta-
ble and then very severely demanded:
Young man, can you mix good
brandy julepF"
81 think | can, sir" was the reply.
There" pointing to the sideboard,
'are the ingredients, sir. Now, let me
see what you can do"
The candidate approached and used his
finest touch and sense of selection in com
pounding the tonic. Then, topping it of
artistically with a fresh mint he present
ed it to his examiner. Mr.. johnson gave
the case his best care and patience, and
finally. when the bottom Of the generOu:
glass had been reached, he looked at the
young man admiringly and announced
that he had passed.
Another story is told of judicial dis
trict in Florida where, before the era q
l. ~
creeks and rivers, there had TO be FIRE
qucnt fording Of streams in order t
make good time between the countr!
towns. The candidate presented himsel
before the judge. who, after looking a
the young man a few moments and tax
ing in his measure, asked:
Can you ridc?"
"Yes. sir.'
"Do you own horse"
Yes, sir
"Can he swim?"
"Nes. sir"
Whereupon the judge bowed gravel
and remarked:
II am very glad, sir. TO welcome you {
the practice of law in my district"
Since those days, Of course, law ha
changed. More statutes are passed cy
cry year than existed when Chief Justic
Marshall brought order out Of America
legislation. The lawyer has not only {
be possessed Of wide information and aC
curate knowledge. but he must be traine
in the processes Of the state 50 as to b
able to master the facts and details a
now problems. The rising Of the stand
ard means the improvement Of the BAR
Philadelphia Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-03-05
Punnrir1 Out Cellars.

Elmira, March 4.-Tho drop in the
temperature has improved the food
situation here, the Chemuns river hav-
ing reoeded to 10 feet in depth. The
fire engines have been enrGged all
day in pumping out the cellars Of bus
mess places in order that fires might
be started in the heating apparaia'.
but it will take another days pucpias
before this can be done About SEQ
families were affected by the feed
and there Is much suffering which Is
being alleviated as speedily as pos
sible A meeting ct citizens was held
in the City hall yesterday afternoon
and several hundred dollars sub.
scribed to the relief fund and CON
mittee Appointed to care for the needs
of the sufferers.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-03-05
TO ANCHOR A bridge.
Two Msa Lost Their Lives Nh. +;
Puskina Ga Orto tno Er.das.

Two Nsa Lost Their Lives Nyk,
Pushing Cars orto &c erdse.
Wilkes. Barre, Pa, GNch A-TAe
hish water mark in the Sus1aeAa2-a
river is falling rap-Gly ard the worst
is over.
1t is expected that all the lowlands
will be free from wato. soon and peo'
pie who were forced To vacate their
houses will be able to re,urn.
1t will be several days before hCn.
dreds OF houses viii be tenable rs
they are filled with mud and debrs.
All the business in the tcwn CT Plyn-
outh is done on Main street, Every
merchant on that thoroughtare has
suffered loss by dana ged stock. The
river rose so rapidly that the store
keepers did not have time to remoye
their goods.
All the mines on the west side of
the river from Pittston to Nanticoko
are idle and likely to remain so fer
the balance of the week. The ycrS-
ings were flooded and it will take
some time TO pump the water out.
The mines at Plttston and ether places
also contain much water. It is e3-
timated that by the looding of the
collieries $4,000 miners are idle in the
Wyoming valley The output Of coal
for the next few days win be limited.
The railroads are getting in good
shape now. The Lehish Valley and
Central Railroad Of New Jersey an
nounce that they viii be able to run
all their passenger trains today,
The Pennsylvania railroad, Cwing
to washouts between this city and
Sunbury has been unable to run any
trains between these points AID IL
termediate places, but Il is said that
the road will be in su,A shape toiay
as to permit the Ecvelert of trans.
The body of James Mcclure, the
Lehigh aNlley brakeman, VINO lost
his life at White Haven wnile tryinS
to place some loaded cars en- a bridge
to prevent it from being swept away
has been recovered. The body CT his
companion. Conductor Joseph Fisher
has not yet been found. The mon
made heroic effort 70 save the brid e
but vert down with II a ter they hal
succeeded in getting the cars on It.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-03-05
The White Pine.

According TO Professor Spalding, the
white pine tree seldom attains height
greater than 1G0 feet or a diameter Of
more than 20 inches. a tree Of this va
riety once measured 10y the division Of
forestry of the department of agriculture
was 10 feet tall and As inches thick.
The tree was 4G0 years old. 1t was a
little sapling 30 years before Columbus
sailed from Palos.
1t Is not an easy tree to propagate, 50
many Of the seeds being unfertile. 1t
does not, as rule. produce flowers and
cones until it is II or 20 years old Dur
ing the first decade OF its life it viii grow
about one foot every II months. and 1t
grows little faster till maturity. \
tree 90 years old ought to be about p
feet high, and at so or 40 years Of age it
ought to measure about 60 feet.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-03-05
Time Needed For n Legs Toilet.

families daily, hear odd remarks some
times. \ collector called the other night
upon a railway watchman. \ little girl
came to the door and said, II guess you
cant see father because he's got his leg
Of" The collector looked sympathetic
and said in a shocked voice: "My, oh, my!
How did that happen?' The little girl
made answer: "Oh, he takes It off every
night before he goes to bed. He's got a
wooden leg" Her father didn't care, she
Tdded, to 20 to the trouble Of putting the
leg on again until next morning, as it re-
quired 10 minutes TO adjust the straps
Philadelphia Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-03-05

Somehow" she said. II never can see
you without thinking Of truth"
'Is that sof'' he asked. being a fellow
who was always doing something origi-
nal.
"Yes. Truth crushed to earth will rise
again. you know"
But what has that got to do with
meT'
"Well, you've been thrown down by
nearly every girl in this town, but ! see
that you continue to come up smiling. y
Chicago Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-03-05
inflammation Of Stomach and Liver
Permanently Curcj

liver since eau remember, Tor twenty years
or more my hack has troubled me. caused by
Inflammation Of my stomach aud liver hrst then
my kidneys became involved Al time, the pain
became cNcmciatiug Having used large nam
ber OF 50 called cures, finally found a complete
cure in Rrsowa Backache, Liver and kidrey
Cure several bottle reducing all Inflammation
and consequently curing the pain, Thanks to
Barosma, have been perfectly well for THREE
WEARS T. C.. OWEN,
Troy Center, Pa.
z. S.-My wiie's health has greatly improved
by taking rhompsou's BaruSna. She has gained
IN weight and that yellow tint TO her skin has
been replaced by a lresher aud healthier color,
All druggists sI.oo bottle, or six for
$500.