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ceptance of Carnegie's offer, but this
has been overcome and when it ap-
peared plain that the city must soon
have more library room and better
service. the economy of the Carnegie
offer was made apparent.
Taggart to be Watched.
The call for Tom Taggart at the
Kern demonstration Wednesday night,
is being specialized on. The demand
that he respond came from a part of
the crowd that seemed to have been
prtmed for the incident There was
nothing spontaneous nor general about
1t. The national chairman modestly
stepped to the front. bowed his &C
acknowledgements and retired. 1t seem
ed to embarrass him, for he was rather
out Of his usual company so far as
those on the speakers stand were con-
cerned. In fact, Taggart will find
himself in strange company through
out the campaign, and under the
watchful eye of Bryan will be COMPEL
ed to walk the straight and narrow
path.
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For Niagar Falls, Buffalo, Lewis
ton, Toronto, Canada, returning
stopping off at Detroit. &c.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-07-02
Where the Declaration Is Kept.

The original engrossed copy of the
Declaration as signed is now in the
keeping Of the secretary of state. The
document was in the patent Office from
1841 to 1877, as that department was
believed to be fireproof. 1t is now,
since 1894, kept Theoretically sealed In
frame and placed In steel cabinet.
with the original signed copy Of the
constitution. 1t is no longer shown to
any one except bv express order Of the
secretary. Being on parchment which
shows destructive signs of cracking,
due more probably to the making of
facsimile ordered by President James
Monroe in 1928 than to age or han
ding, the document is jealousy guard
ed. Many of the names of the signers
are no longer legible. Two pages of
JefTerson's original draft, with few
interlineations by Adams and Frank
lin, are also preserved at the depart
ment OF state. The facsimile which
was ordered by President Monroe was
made for the purpose of giving a copy
to each of the signers then living and
their heirs. These original copies are
now Of great value, altimose News.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-07-02
Boy Caused Costly Fire.

Gasoline spilled by boy, who wipeo
it off with rag and then set the rag
on fire, nearly caused the destruction
of the village Of Baumanstown, Car
bon county, Pa.
Paul, the eleyen-year-old son of Pau
Bauman, merchant. was sent to
store for gasoline for his fathers auto
mobile. He spilled some of the liquid
Taking a cloth the lad wiped OF tht
side of the can and then set the clotI
on fire. The flames communicated II
the boys clothing. Badly frightened
he ran into the barn. setting fire to the
structure Before the flames could bs
extinguished half a block of structures
were destroyed. comprising the ware
house of Boyer's hardware store and
the stables of Paul Bauman, August
Spade. Samuel Straul, Harry Bauman
The loss is between $4,000 and $50.
600. Young Bauman was so severely
burned that his life is despaired of.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-07-02
Banker confesses Theft.

Robert Ohnmeiss. Jr., cashier OF the
Marine Trust company, at Atlantic
City, N. j., was arrested. charged with
defalcation of $20.500. He made
confession in which he says that he
played the stock market; that one loss
followed another until he was hope
lessly involved. He is under $11,O0e
bail for trial in October.
Announcement of Ohnmeiss defal
cation, which has extended over
period of several months, caused a sen
sation in local social circles, and the
shock to those who have known Ohm
meiss and his wife socially is almost
as great as the stir caused in financial
circles and in other banks which un
Willingly have been the vehicles By
which his thefts were concealed
On the authority of State Banking
Commissioner Watkins, who made an
examination of the funds and securi
ties of the company. the bank is in nc
danger because of the defalcations. The
loss sustained in excess Of the amount
for which he has been bonded viii be
made good.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-07-02

The flag Of the United States was
adopted by our national congress June
IA, TIT.
The brilliant flag Of AustTia-Hungar
was adopted March 6. 1869, and floats
over 24,O00,000 people
The oldest flag in existence is that OF
Denmark, which dates from 1919
The well known tricolor of France
dates from the revolution of 1889.
The German flag was first unfurled
in 1867 and floats over an empire Of
SO, 100000 people.
In compliment to William, prince Of
| Orange, the great leader, the colors Of
the house of Orange were added by
the sturdy people Of the Netherlands
at the end Of their long bout with
| Spain, orange, white and blue, but no
body knows how during the centuries
since the orange became changed to
red.
Peter the Great, it is said, borrowed
the idea of the Russian flag from the
Dutch, among whom he learned ship
building. He simply turned the Dutch
tricolor, red, white and blue, upside
down.
The simple stripping Of the red and
yellow in the flag of Spain was sug-
gested by the arms Of Aragon.
The white cross on the red field of
the Swiss flag has religious meaning.
1t was adopted as an appeal to heaven
in 1889, when the stout Swiss fought
and won one of their greatest battles.
The crescent, moon and stars were
adopted by the Turks as their device
on the capture of Constantinople by
Mohammed H. In 1853.
1t has taken a thousand years to
build up the great British empire of
3s6, 100000 people. of which the IA
miliar flag of Great Britain is the sym
Dol.
There are many flags in many lands,
And there are flags of every hue,
But there's no flag. however grand,
Like our own red, white and blue.
Boston Traveller.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-07-02
a SAD FOURTH OF JULY.
The Day on Which Two Of Americas
Greatest Patriots Died.

1FGHtSah IAsFtolS 11G0s
The Fourth of July, 1926, was the
death day of two of the republics
greatest men, John Adams and Thorn
as jefferson. On July 4, 1881, five
years later, James Monroe breathed
his last. Sixty years later. on July 4,
1891, Hannibal Hamlin died.
The death of both Adams and JEFF
ferson on the day accepted as the ma
tion's birthday was a strange coinci
dence. The day was one neither for
got, for both were among the signers
of the immortal document which Off
cially first saw the light just fifty
years before their death, both remem-
bered the date, and each was cognizant
of the others mortal illness.
Adams was past ninety. Jefferson
was about seven years younger. Yet
he had lived thirteen years more than
the threescore and ten years allotted
by holy writ At midnight eighty years
ago, when Independence day was just
being ushered In, Jefferson, even then
dying, but with memory not yet alto
gether impaired, muttered, This is the
Fourth of July" In the morning Ad-
ans, the same thought apparently run
ming through his mind. reused himself
to ask, Does Jefferson still liver"
Adams died little after midday, JEFF
ferson few hours later.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-07-02
FoRTY-sIx STARS NOW.
okiahoma's Admission TO Union Keeps
Flag Factories Busy.

okiahoma's Admission to Union Keeps
Flag Factories Busy.
The United States naval flagmaking
establishment in the bureau of equip
ment building at the Brooklyn navy
yard has been unusually busy this
year. One cause of this activity was
the adding Of the additional star for
the new state Of Oklahoma to the
national flag, making forty-six stars in
all. This necessitated an entirely new
arrangement of the stars as well as
the manufacture of thousands of the
new forty-six star ensigns which every
American vessel will have to carry.
Although the new flag does not go into
effect officially until July 4, to have
the required number In readiness
meant hustle on the part Of the flag
makers.
The stars are cut by machine. star
shaped die cutting out half hundred
stars at one stroke. These are basted
on by hand and finally stitched on the
flag by machine. Instead Of the old
arrangement where the six rows alter
nate each with seven or eight stars,
the new United States flag has them
arranged in the following manner:
Top row, eight stars; second row,
seven; third row. eight; fourth row,
eight; fifth row, seven; sixth row, eight
The operatives engaged in making
the flags enjoy their work and enter
into it with more interest than is
usually displayed by men and women
engaged in an occupation of this sort.
But few very large flags are turned out
in the establishment, the demand being
almost wholly for the sizes used on
battleships and fortifications.
The full flag equipment of battle
ship costs about $4,000. = New York
Mail
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-07-02
IRREvERENT INSECTS.
How Flies lnterfered With the Signing
of the Declaration.


Congress on July 49, 1776, ordered
the Declaration passed on the Fourth,
fairly engrossed on parchment, with
the title and style of "The unanimous
Declaration of the 13 United States of
America, and that the same, when en-
crossed, be signed by every member
Of congress"
1t was a sultry day in August JEFF
ferson, when In genial, reminiscent
mood, was accustomed to say that the
signing was hastened by swarms Of
flies that came into the hall through
the open windows of the statehouse
from livery stable near by. The
days business had been arduous. 1t
was hot and sticky, and the flies as
saulted the silk stockinged legs of the
honorable members with vigor and real
Tory vindictiveness. With handker-
chiefs and all available papers the fa-
theirs of liberty lashed the flies, but
with no avail. The onslaught became
uncomfortable, and the members, capitu-
lating, made haste to sign and bring
the momentous business to close. OF
the fifty-six signatures not all were at
tached even at this date. Washington
Star.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-07-02
A Fourth of July Game.

The new Fourth of July game Of
abbreviated statess calls forth lively
competition. A prize is given for the
first correct list Of the following Ques-
tions:
What state reminds you Of great
rainfall7 Ark.
What state can be often multiplieds
Tenn.
What state commences the domestic
week? Wash.
What state is mightier than the
sword? Penn.
What state is always sure Of itselfa
Kan.
What state has medical degree?
Nd.
What state is a chronic invalid? III.
What state is maiden2 Miss.
What state suggests a sheltered
spot? Del.
What state is a woman's name 2
MINI. Washington Star.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-07-02
JackLangdoll's 5
Celebration.
A Story of Russia. Grand
Dukes. Bombs and
Fireworks.
BY GERALD Brennan.

81 don't care If he is a grand duke,
he has spoiled my Fourth Of July!'
And Jack Langdon shook his small
brown fist after the retreating carriage
of his excellency the governor of O.
Jack Langdon's father was one of
the growing number of Americans
who have taken up business in Rus
sia. He owned the iron works of ".
and was respected both by foreigners
and natives throughout the province
governed by the Grand Duke Alexis
Alexandrovitch Relying on this re-
speet and the favor with which the
authorities regarded him. Mr.. Lang
don had ventured to waylay the grand
duke on one of his morning drives for
the purpose of asking certain privi-
leges. The reply of the governor was
polite, but none the less decided. He
said: "You ask, my dear M. Langdon,
that your son be permitted to celebrate
your national holiday, the Fourth of
July, by the letting of of certain ex-
plosives. regret to have to inform
you that such methods of jubilation,
while common in America, could not
be allowed In Russia. Firecrackers
and bombs are too closely related"
"But, surely" protested Mr.. Lang
don, ga tiny demonstration in honor
Of the birth of friendly nation
The grand duke raised his hand
deprecatingly.
II cannot help it." he said, 'but such
is the law. Your son will have to fore
go his cannon crackers, / fear, this
Fourth Of July"
And then, signaling to his outriders,
the governor drove on, leaving Mr..
Langdon rather annoyed and little Jack
very angry indeed.
81 think it's shame" soliloquized
Jack, stalking moodily away, "and If
ever get to be president of the United
States I'll remember this to Russia"
Despite his fathers remonstrances
Jack refused to be consoled. 1t was
bis first Fourth away from home. and
he yearned with mighty yearning for
the 'bang- bang of the patriotically
exploded cracker. And the more he
thought it over the more he hated the
Russian government in general and the
province of v. in particular.
Brooding over his rebuff, Jack saun-
tered along the roadway until he en-
countered the familiar telecque driven
by Uncle Petronchka, a neighboring
peasant, with whom he had picked up
some sort of acquaintance To Jacks
surprise, Uncle Petronchka did not
seem SO friendly as usual In fact, the
old farmer acknowledged the boys
salute only by a gruff inclination of
his head and shook his mares rein to
urge her to faster pace.
4'HelIogs exclaimed Jack. "What can
be the matter with Uncle Petronchka?
This is not fair day at ", so he can
not have taken too much vodka.
have done nothing to offend him, and
I can't understand why he should act
like this Hello, Uncle Petronchka!
What has happened to make you SO
grumpy?"
But Petronchka, answering only by
grunt, whipped up his shaggy mare,
and the telecque disappeared round
corner.
Jacks curiosity was aroused, and
for the nonce he forgot all about the
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-07-02
july Fourth.


This glorious Independence day
Stands memorable in history
A date that hints the mingled play
OF sequence and OF mystery.
Twas Hawthorne's birthday, eighteen
and four.
His myriad Anglo Saxon debtors
Acclaim from many distant shore
The graceful Marble Faun" of let
ters.
And Garibaldi. too, was born
On this day back in eighteen and
seven.
To Italy. by faction torn.
He brought our own free Union leaven.
We broke the ground for our canal
The Erie: De Witt Clinton planned IT.
On July Fourth at Rome. and all
The world Of eighteen and sixteen
scanned 1t.
A decade more, see Adams dead.
The elder John, our second president.
And Monticello's pail Is laid
On Jefferson. her laureled resident.
Monroe. whose doctrine statesmen quote.
In eighteen and thirty-one was strick-
He died on July Fourth. you note.
Whose words our nations pulses
quicken.
Texas annexed in forty five
Again the mystic date is fateful-
And parties long will strive and strive
To settle IL the gain is grateful.
Vicksburg surrendered. sixty-four,
The river key to upland regions
Grants triumph rings from shore to
shore,
Our flag above his conquering iegions.
ST. Louis mighty bridge Of steel
In seventy four is opened proudly
A giant bond, our poets feel,
Twixt east and west. appiauded loudly.
In ninety-four-aga this date
With Yankee energy to lead 'em
And bound to test the will Of fate.
Hawaiians make their strike for free-
dom.
IN ninety-eight the Fourth is eheered.
Applause for Schiey and Sampson mix
ing,
spain's navy smashed, as 1t appeared
The day before. beyond all fixing.
This glorious Independence day
Stands memorable Ia history
A date that hints the mingled play
Qf sequence and of mystery
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-07-02

old farmer, drag THEREIN THE GRAND
ged him out of DUKE.
bed and captured the packs of dyna-
mite. Dragged by torchlight to the
steps of carriage near by, Petronchka
was Mortified to perceive therein the
Grand Duke Alexis Alexandrovitch
seated beside his little acquaintance,
Jack Langdon. When he learned that
what he thought were packages of
smuggled clocks really contained dead
" explosives, Petronchka broke down
utterly and told the whole story, CIV
ing descriptions of the three conspira-
tors, which afterward led to their cap
ture, and completely verifying the ac-
count conveyed to the grand duke by
little Jack Langdon.
Jack had saddled his own pony and
ridden at full gallop into ", where
he found the governor at brilliant
banquet. The news Of nihilistic con-
spiracy, however, secured him an audi
ence, with the result that Petronch-
ka's house was surrounded, the dyna-
mite captured and the state records
saved.
"And now, my little hero" said the
governor when all was over what
rewards can / confer upon you for
your great service to Russian
Jack thought moment and then an
swered, First, / should like poor old
Petronchka to get off, and. second,
want leave to explode firecrackers on
the Fourth of july"
With an amused smile, the grand
duke wrote the following order and
handed it to the petitioner:
For the reason that Ivan Ivanovitch
Langdon has placed the empire under an
obligation 1t is hereby ordained
First.-That the prisoner, Petronchka,
be remanded indefinitely in the custody
of the said Ivan Ivanovitch.
Second.-That the said Ivan Iyanoyiteh
be permitted on the 4th day Of July next
ensuing to explode frecrackers and squibs
in such quantities as he thinks fit in
honor of his native country; and,
Ehird. THAT the municipality Of ". be
ordered to supply the said Ivan Iyano-
witch with one ton Of the very best fire.
crackers which its merchants can im-
port across the frontier at the expense Of
the government
Given under my hand and seal
ALEXIS ALExANpROvITcH,
Governor.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-07-02
MURDER SENSATION
Philadelphia Doctor Was Victim Of
Cyanide Of Potassium
POLICE ON sLAYER's TRAIL
New York to Have s2-story Building.
Grover cIeveIand's Funeral = Boy
Caused Costly Fire Banker Con-
fesses Theft of s2o,5oo.


The laying bare Of most sensa-
tional murder is promised by the Phil
adelphia police in the case of DR.. VIII
liam H. Wilson, who died at his home
Friday night after drinking a portion
of bottle of ale that had been sent TO
him through the mails. An autopsy
performed by the coroner's physician
and an examination made of the Wis
cera taken from the body proves con
clusively that DR.. Wilson died of
cyanide of potassium poisoning. The
ale came to the physician on Tuesday
week ago by express, and in the mail
on the same day he received letter
in typewriter form, purporting to have
been sent by the Peter Schem Brewing
company, informing him that sample
bottle-of ale had been shipped to him
for trial. Investigation showed, accord
ing to the police, that Schem brews no
ale and that the company never sent
any such letter as that received by
the physician.
Unusual as are the poisoning fea
lures of the case. more extraordinary
is the motive which the police assign
for what they are certain is a murder
Though DR.. Wilson had been living for
more than twelve years in the house
where he drank the fatal potion, he
never put out a physicians sign and
was not known in general sense as
practitioner. Withal, he Bad large
clientele, made up mostly of wealthy
women, and it is declared by the coro
ner and the police that he made an
aff1uent living as malpractitioner. In
his practice, it is the theory of the po
lice, Dr. Wilson caused the death of 3
member of the family Of young man
who will be charged with being the
poisoner. The death, it is alleged.
caused the young man to brood until
he could no longer contain himself
when he sought to put an end to the
physicians practices by sending him
poison. rather than going into court to
have his family history exposed to the
world.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-07-02
might send us all to the blessed land

might send us all to the blessed land
above"
Where there are no czars and no
governor generals added the third,
with a little laugh Then all three set
down their packs and sat cautiously
beside them.
1.-THE peasant is late" said the last
speaker after pause. Il hope. Mi
chael Dimitroyitch, that you have not
scared him away
tsOn the contrary" said the man ad-
dressed, 81 think / have scared him
hither. told him frankly that unless
he came the band would cut his throat
as he slept"
.4You did not let him suspect what
the packs contain, hope?' asked the
one called Auton.
Certainly not. He thinks we are
simply smuggling rare Swiss clocks
into v. The packs loaded into his
telecque, he will return to the farm
house. Tomorrow he has a license to
haul load of vegetables from the
market garden of this Yankee mill
owner, Langdon, into this city. He
will carry the packs under his vegeta
bles and deposit them unsuspected in
the care of our good friend Feodor
Michaeloyitch, the tavern keeper. Once
In Feodor's hands the rest is easy"
Michael Dimitrovitch slapped his
knee joyously.
.Aha!" he said "It is easy indeed
down the cellar stairs of Feodor's inn
and thence through the mine to the
palace vaults. Ho, no! 1t will be sad
day for the grand duke. the Fourth of
July. Those three little boxes of dyna-
mite will blow the record chamber into
atoms. Ali the discriminating docu-
ments will be destroyed-those docu-
ments which the grand duke has spent
so many years gathering together. Per
haps even his excellency himself and
a few of his officers may But let us
hope for the best!'
The other two nihilists laughed in
chorus as their companion boasted of
the coming destruction of the grand
dukes record room, wherein SO many
manuscripts dangerous to the existence
Of their brotherhood were stored. AS
for Jack Langdon, young as he was, he
could not help but understand the ma
ture of the plot which had unraveled
itself before him, and he shuddered
inyoluntarily as be glanced at the three
heavy packs, which he now knew to
contain dynamite. All his bitter re-
sentiment against the grand duke was
now forgotten, and, burrowing deeper
into the deep grass, he waited develop
ments, while pondering with all his
might over some means Of preventing
the threatened outrage.
Presently along the road came the
rumble of Uncle Petronchka's telecque.
Jack saw the three conspirators lift
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-07-02
Drowned Her Four Children.

While temporarily insane, Mrs. Au
gust P. Johnson drowned her four Lit
tie children in the cistern at theif
farmhouse near Ida Grove, la. The
youngest was about year old and the
oldest about six. They were two boys
and two girls Her husband was in the
Aeld at the time. After she had drown
ed the four children she tried to drown
herself, but neighbors and people from
town came running in and rescued her
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-07-02

Dairy and Food Commissioner
Foust, Of Pennsylvania. in state
ment declared that not one out of sew
eral hundred samples Of canned foods
meats, vegetables and the like, taken
by state agents, had been found to be
preserved with chemicals. The test
was made In about twenty counties
not including Philadelphia and Pitts
burg. and the reports Of the analysis
were received Thursday.