Bisbee daily review., 1902-07-06

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 now beckOning to us with open hands to lay aside the imple- ments of toll and join with her in cele- brating the nations birthday. She beckOns to us wxh open hands because she is not absolutely certain whether she will have any hands to beckOn with after July 4 or not. That is one great thing about the glorious Fourth. When a man begins lodging skyrock- cts and cannon crackers. he does not know whether he is going to fight fire only few hours or if that kind of ex- ercise is to continue through eternity or even longer.
 It is meet, however, that annually we should take cannon firecrackers and our lives in our hands and help in doing more or less thunderous honor to the brave mortals who have died for their country. There are many such martyrs on the altar of liberty. One will find long lists of them in the newspapers of July 5 of each year. It is grand to think of man spilling a few handfuls of gunpowder around and then laying down a cigar stub and his life together. It is magnificent to i'm agine the sensations of man sitting down on a cannon firecracker when he doesn't know it is loaded. It is sub- lime to picture the valor of the brave citizens of the country who hold ex- plosives in their teeth and blast out their molars. How inspiring to re- member the thousands who play with dynamite and torpedoes and perish gloriOusly for the republic!
 China is not looked upon as a great world power. In fact. the nations look upon her as sort of easy cinch. and when they get short of funds they grab a piece of China-a plate or a vegeta- ble dish or anything near by they can get their hands on-and if China sass few times. yank her up on her feet. tap her on her shoulder and say. "Indemni- ty, please"
 And yet China, despised as fighter and prized as good thing. has slain her thousa nds-yea, her tens 1f thou sands-for she invented the cannon cracker. She wrapped it up in red and white tissue paper and sprinkled gold dust over it until it looked harmless and innocent and sent it out seeking whom it could devour and disintegrate It was shipped in shiploads to these United States. and on each July while the orators are telling how these great commonwealths are being knit closer and closer together until they are all most as perfectly organized as trust the cannon cracker Is engaged in tear ing these United States and the inhab- | itants thereof asunder This method is more sure and cheaper than killing people on the banks of the Yangtse- kiang far away.
 There are other days which learned men tell US are each the longest day in the year. including the day before the circus, but for really long day July 4 | is entitled to consideration as a possi- 1 bility. July starts in at 12 p. m. and keeps up pretty steadily until 12 p. m. | agaiR. At about F p. ID. July some patriotic young men in the neighbOr- hood will put a cannon frecracker un- der your window or playfully toss a small volcano called a torpedo into your room. and after that sleep is as hard to get as job spending money for somebody. You may put pillows in your ears and burrow under the covers, but the glorious Fourth has arrived and the air is full of patriotism and gunpowder. The best thing you can do is to get up and make 1t interesting for any somnOlent neighbor you may have who has not heard July coming in.