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Bisbee daily review., 1908-07-05
Ten Thousand People Were There"

"Ten Thousand People Were There" towns 100 miles away, the giant rocket went of.
 Out came the tree, roots and. all, and sailed grandly into the sky with hiss ing trail of fire behind it. The amazed spectators watched it for more than half an hour, getting smaller and smaller, till it disappeared in the northern sky.
 For days after that the paper printed reports from distant places from peo- pie who had seen a wonderful fiery thing in the night. By means of these reports, it was possible for Uncle Dick to pursue the course of his wonderful rocket until he found that it had gone far over Canada; but he could not learn where it had fallen and he did not learn until recently.
 But about a week ago a hunter who had been in the very far north of Can ada, near Hudson bay. shooting musk oxen, visited Uncle Dick. He told lot of interesting hunting adventures, and finally said:
 The queerest thing that I saw was far up in the barren lands where there are no trees. One day saw something odd some distance away, and I went there on my snow shoes.
 What do you suppose l found? A mighty treei That was queer enough up there. But queerer stiIl was the fact that this tree did not stand in the ground as other trees do, but stood roots up with it's crown buried deeply in the soil. It was the most marvellous sight have even seen, and can hard ly believe 1t yet. would give good deal to know what caused this strange freak of nature"
 Uncle Dick chucllled and winked at Jimmy
 Did you ever hear of Jfmmy's won derful skyrocket?" he asked.
 No, never" said the hunter. You know have been in the wilderness a long time"
 So Uncle Dick told him. After he got through the hunter said: q am glad to know this. 1 intended to write a book about it, but now I shall 5ts able to save myself he trouble"
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from his hip pocket and started to read when Sammy Smith touched a cannon cracker of behind the speakers stand. The deacon was naturally very exclt- able. He tried to proceed but his hands jerked spasmodically. Sudden ly the declaration parted in the mid de where it had been folded in the deacon's pocket. They sent after a new declaration, but the crowd had left before it arrived
 The greased pig had been caught and the entries were just in for the slippery pole climbing exhibition when my recollection came to a vivid close. That night about nine o'clock I walked up with a bandaged eye, a swollen jaw and one arm in sling. They told me Sammy Smith had climbed 'er and went to sleep happy.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-07-05
How Our Freedom Was First Pro- claimed to WOrld---Celebration Tn
 a Country Town Vividly Set Forth

tinsel and red. white and blue bunting. We never had any real fun until late in the afternoon. when We tied a can on Doc" Blaston's setter pup and set on bunch of firecrackers in it.
 We hated Doe" Blaston and had even less regard for his setter pup, because he wouldn't chase a jack rabbit. We were sorry after wards we did it, for that premature can spoiled a whole lot of fun next day Every dog in Boomville de- camped that night; even the cats roasted in the trees for two days.
 A boom that rattled the window frames awakened me before day next morning. With no hat and only one suspender over my shoulder scurried down to Uncle Billy's blacksmith shop. Uncle Billy was out in front shooting of the anvil. He had 6 whole quart can of powder Carefully the square hole in the anvil was filled with pow der and hardwood plug whittled to fit it. A gorove in one side of the plug was left for the fuse. Uncle Billy scratched the match down the leg of his overalls, touched the fuse and then hurried behind the shop door. The aged blacksmith was slightly deaf and liked 6 noisy Fourth. Thirteen times the powder was poured in and touched of.
 The events of that day crowded upon each other fast and furious. The parade started half an hour late be- cause the Goddess couldn't get her brown hair waving to the best effect After the parade things dragged a lit, tie until the speaking began. We
Bisbee daily review., 1908-07-05
Betsy Eoss.

quiet house, quiet street,
 A needle and q thread. scissors and square of blue,
 Some strips Of white and red. And slender hands that deftIy stitched The shining stars across Twas thus the flag of Liberty
 Was made by Betsy Ross. Though Father Time has worn to raEs The ermine robes of kings. And left the guns of war 10 rust Among forgotten things: Though crowns and Scepters at his touch Have turned to dust and dross- Yet not a broken stitch has marred The work of Betsy Ross. In stately hall and lowly hons
 This day its colors wave, The shelter of the worlds oppressed The beacon of the brave Let glory on the nations shis.d Among the stars emboss The thread. the needle. and tds name And fame of Betsy Ross.
 -Mnna Irving. In Lsslis's Weekly,
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"Heyt Stub, it's a-goin' to be; they're putin the bill up now" Stub dropped the bait can half full of worms and joined the pro chalmers of the glad tidings. Two minutes later we ended up in front of the bill to read further.
 T call that a mighty neat job of printin'." said the editor of the Week Y Banner. who had happened along.
 We broke the claws hOldin' the ar rows of our eagle wood cut two years ago and blamed if we could find the piece this year. The old bird looked mighty squatty until we hit upon havin' him sit on that log from the Mink Lumber Company's ad."
 Looks like that old turkey buzzard that roosts on the rotten log in Dea- con Shuffecorn's pasture" sniffed old Prof. Krain. Krain had started paper in opposition to the Banner three years before, but it had fizzled out after intermittent issues for six months.
 But there wasn't anything squatty about the birds of freedom, as far as we kids could see. Besides, we were busy reading down further what was going to happen.
 Fine shade, grand music, magnif- cent parade, most eloquent speakers in the state. Races! Races! Races! Ball games, climbing the creased pole, catching the greased pig, a grand spectacular exhibition of tight-rope walking by Capt McMain.
 The grand finale, S95.50 worth of fireworks, let of from stand in front of the city calaboose." These were few of the features that would mar the usual lethargy of Boomville on July f.
 Shore goin' to have S95 worth of fireworks; there1I be pinwheels, giant fire crackers and skyrockets, till you can't rest" said Sid Girkens. q know, cause dad was at the meetin' the night they voted to have 'em." It had been five years since Boom vile had had celebration. For 12
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were at the farm, wondering at the i'm. mense skyrocket and trembling all over at the thought of the explosion when she went of. And all over the land people who could not 80 to the farm were watching the heavens and paying very little attention to the oth- CT fireworks of the United States, be- cause the papers had told all about the rocket and had explained that it could be seen hundreds of miles when 1t went up.
 When the time came, Uncle Dick gave Jimmy big piece of lighted punk and then he stood in front of the,LEee and said:
 Ladies and Gentlemen: You will notice that this tree is inclined toward the north. My calculations tell me that when the rocket is lit 1t will pull the tree clear out of the ground and go north for at least 1000 miles, which will bring 1t over uninhabited country, where it will fall without hurting any body, unless a bear or a moose should get in the way. Now, Jimmy. touch her off"
 Jimmy touched the end of the fuse and then everybody ran away to a safe distance. The fire climbed swiftly, and suddenly with bang that shook the hills and broke the windows even in
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W the young man signed it.
 or "Dickey" Brown as he was famiIiarly known to his intimates. But the fortune had conditions at tached, conditions that were "a beast ly bore, don't you know
 old Peter had been one of the old settlers of PIumyille; his son had been born there and married there, and "Dickey" had first seen the light of day at the same place. But with the increase of fortune "Dickey's" mother had developed society lean ings. and she had taken "Dickey" east where she could dabble in the edges of the society sea, and 'Dickey" had grown up in the atmosphere of Saratoga and Newport, with an occa- siopsI visit to London when the sea son" was on.
 When 1t came to the question of a university nothing short of Oxford would answer; all America vas too provincial to be thought of. So it was that he spent the greater part of his teens and neared his majority in Eng land. at all times 6 willing student Of English snobbery.
 It was with considerable disgust that Dickey read the letter from his American lawyers warning him that if he wished to have the handling of his grandfather's money after his twenty-hfth birthday 1t would be nee essary to comply with the old gentle mans expressed command that ne spent each of his birthdays from his twenty-first to his twenty-fifth in his native town of Plumviile.
 "A beastly bore, don't you know said Dickey. as he read the letter for the third time T say now, why could not the old codger have left that outT
 It was on the first of July that Dickey arrived at Plumyille, monocie. brilliantly checked trousers, white spats, walking stick and all the other essentials withoas which life in Lon. don would be scarcely worth the living
 Plun1ville just at that time was very much imbued with a spirit of patriot tsnn. and looked at everything English very much as the audience looks upon the villain in the show. The town was Roinx to celebrate. and they were so- ing to do it on a very big scaic-for Plunville. Everything had been ar. ranged for with ti.e exception or the evenings fireworks when the sub
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q want to get some fireworks for my little boy-something that will be safe for him to set of by himself" explains the young mother
 Yes, ma am" replied the courteous dealer. How old is your little boy?"
 Hell be 14 months and two dayg old tomorrow"
 q don't believe We have anything be could be trusted with"
 "Oh. dear! Haven't you any safety pin-wheels?"
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W U LLENAL | IT O v stayed around near the speaking ex- cept we sometimes got a dish of ice cream for turning 8 freezer for Jim.
 The Hon. Tim othy Todhunter gave the oration and Deacon Heme- tower read the Declaration of h. dependence. That is he started to read it. He had taken a copy of 4. ng.A Asz
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years before that time the eagle had screamed in vociferous fash ion as regular as Independence day came around. That vas when the boom was on the town. Tn those
 days Jef Dascom gave $50 to buy
 fireworks. Jef bor- rows his chewing tobacco now. The bubble had burst ed the lean daVa
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Where to Draw the Line

We hear a good deal about a sane Fourth. but what is really needed is the ability to draw the line between harmless noise and a combination of train wreck, dynamite explosion and war with the improved implements of modern warfare
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NerN IruA

Oh" said Edith Louise. as she saw the soldiers getting ready to fire the Fourth oi July cannon. you mustn't go near that gun or you might get killed. and it's dangerous gettin knledl"
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stand what that natal day" busi- ness meant, but celebrate" that could only mean one thing this sea. son of the year.
 W h O O p e 6 i! Cracky! Boom! and sammy and 1 shied a tin can at Doc" Blaston's setter pup and dug down the alley as fast as four brown legs could carry us,
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A BIt Of Advice

lie the thumbs on little Willie
 As he wanders forth to play. It may look a trine silly.
 But he'll need the thumbs some eay He may chsfe at the restriction
 And protest against the plan, But you'T have his benediction
 When he gets to be man
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Roar of the
 British Lion
By WRIGHT 4. PATTERSON

HEN old Peter Brown died he left his foTtUne-a very
 sizabIe one-to his grand son, P. Chawley Brown, as the young man signed it, or ''Dickey" Brown as he
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EXTRAORDINARY CELEBRATION
 ATTRRCTIoNI

AT HaC ION!
 The committee on arrangements of the PlumvilIe Fourth of July celebra- ton, announce the engagement Of a
 GENUINE ENGLISH LION.
 The only one in captivity in this country. He will be securely caged. and will provide entertainment by roaring when his tall is twisted.
 DO NOT FAIL TO SEE IT.
 The admission price will be g cents. When Fourth of July morning dawned, a large size tent was one of the features of the grounds on which the celebration was to be held Across it in large letters was the sign:
 THE ENGLISH LIoN-HEAR IT
 ROARI
 The curiosity of the visitors and the townspeople was at white heat, and they f1ocked into the tent as soon as it was opened.
 There was Dickey in a hastily con structed cage, securely bound down on all fours, properly arrayed in his checked trousers, white spats. with his monocle fastened securely in place and himself decorated with a bushy tail The chairman's young hopeful, gsTbed in continental uniform and cooked hat, was operating the tail piece This was but a doubled strand of rope fitted around Dickeys stom- ach so tightly that when given an extra twist or two it became torture to the victim, and produced the prom ised, roar.
 The crowd went wild with delight at the novelty of the entertainment while Dickey roared, and howled, and swore. and vowed vengeance upon Plumyille and the entire nation.
 The s100 worth of fireworks with which PlumviIle wound up its celebra- ton were promptly paid for when the bill was presented. Dickey spent his birthday in bed in the town hospital, and has not been heard from since the day following, though the fame Of Plumyille's British lion has spread from ocean to ocean. Should he fail to return for his birthday this year, the town will be able to replace the present hospital with more commodi- GUS structure out of the old gentle mans fortune which 1t iDherits. should pickey not meet the conditions of the will.
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ana read the notice in flaming red let ters as "Cy" Smith unrolled the poster
 preparatory to tacking it on Doc" Blaston's shoe shop. We didn't under
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scribed funds began to run low, and it seemed as though PlumvilIe's cele- bration was not destined to wind mp in blaze of glory. Rather. that was the way it seemed before Dickey's ar. rival.
 The finance committee Of the cele- bration felt that he should and would provide the needed funds for the fire works. and the chairman waited upon him at once and preached the subject, What Dickey said to the chairman that official did not repeat, but he did report to the committee that the funds for the fireworks would be forthcom- ing, and the. town paper contained the following notice on the morning of the third:
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)OMVTLLE Will Cele- brate the Nations Ma
 Sammy Smith and I stood with our hands in our pockets fal nay6
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For the Bahiek

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Independence Bell X Poem That Has Been Read for YearS-Thzt Is Worth Reading
 hgain-Nho Wrote It7

When it became certain that the Deciaraticn of Independence would be adopted and con- frmed by fhe signatures of the delegates in the nounce the event by ringing the old State House bell. which bore the inscription. "EhocLasn hberty fo f1S land; to SR 1habifants Hiereof" and the old bellrnan posted his grandson at the door of the hall to await the instruction of the doorkeeper when to ring. Al the word that the docu- ment had been signed the little patriot scion rushed out and fliaging up his hands shouted. ''Riasl Ringi RIEGI"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-09-04
USED TRUNK FOR A BANK

Jehu Chesser of Lacrosse was the
victim last week of thieves, they hav-
ing entered his residence and taken
some $500 which he thought was Sc
curely placed away in a trunk at his
home
Mr.. Chesser lives about one and a
half miles southeast of Lacrosse and
only left his residence for a short
while on the day that the theft was
committed, or rather the day that he
missed his savings.
AS was his custom, he always kent
his money in his house, and this fact
was evidently well known by the thief
or thieves, and that they knew inst
where the money was always depOsit-
ed was further evidenced, for moth
ing was disturbed except the trunk
in which the coin was placed.
The amount taken was in gold. sill.
yer and bills-forty dollars in gold
and the remainder in silver and cur
rency.
Although the money was taken last
week no clue has been discovered that
would place the guilt on anyone. and
Mr.. Chesser has about given I'D all
nope OF ever tracing any portion of
the amount.-Gainesville Sun.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-09-04

Kill that snake. Never. Il was sa-
cred!
Oh! the horror Of ii ALL
The people seem happy, though they
are fearfully taxed on account of the
war. The railroad fare, second class,
from Yokohama here, is two yen
(dollars) and twenty sen Gents, but
thirty-fOur sen are added for the tax.
The renter pays tax as we'll as the
owner. All salaries are taxed, in fact,
everything.
was surprised to see that the
railroad ticket agents at Yokohama
were Japanese women. / also saw
several in the postofice. am told so
many men have left the country for
money making that it is a necessity.
Women work side by side with men
In the fields, and in coaling the ships
The household servants are nearly all
women.
Just the opposite in China, women
are rarely seen working outside of
their homes, and never doing mans
work. although there are slaves in
China in great numbers. | hope to do
some real study of the two countries
and people. l only throw out these
superficial contrasts.
Without an exception, the foreign
ers in Japan who are teaching Chi
nese are Chinese young men. They
say the Chinese are superior. have
been surprised to hear them express
themselves so emphatically.
Japan is quick to adopt, but I fear
much of it is only on the surface.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-09-04

Sandspur Grass Hsy-Japanese Cane
for a Forage Crop-A Tribute
to "Mother"

Reddick, Fla, Aug. %, 1908.
Special Cor Ocala Banner:
Hay-making has been about the only
work to engage the farmers for the
two weeks past, and an unusual
amount has been harvested. On one
farm of 400 acres, north of Reddick,
is one of the finest hay crops ever
seen in Florida, and the owner has
engaged several of his neighbors who
possessed moving outfits to assist him
in harvesting the crop. With the ma
tive beggar weed ad crab grass and
the adaptation of our lands to other
forage crops there is no excuse for
anyone buying nOrthern-grown hay.
We also notice that more of our far
mers have planted velvet beans this
year than formerly. But the one crop
that gives the greatest yield of all,
sorghum not excepted, is the Japanese
cane, but our farmers, it seems, have
not yet realized its value as a forage
plant.
The director of the government ex-
pertinent station in Louisiana several
years ago, after several years expert
menting with the Japanese cane, came
to the conclusion that it was by all
odds the most valuable forage plant
ever introduced in the southern states
and he sent the first lot of it ever re-
ceived in Florida to the experimnt
station at Lake City. Soon after it's
introduced it was lauded to the skies
by those who had seed-cane of it to
sell as being far superior to ordinary
sugar cane. The yield in syrup, and
the quality, it was claimed, far sur
passed our sugar cane, besides it did
not require replanting for several
years. While the Times-Union was
publishing letters almost daily making
these exaggerated claims the director
of the Louisiana station sent a COM
munication to that paper denying these
claims, stating that it would not nro-
duce as many gallons of syrun Nor
acre as our sugar cane, and that tho
quality of syrup was greatly inferior
But he urged the farmers to plant u
as a forage crop, stating that No 9th.
er plant yielded so much good FORAGE
per acre, and that for cattle and borv.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-09-04

es, on account Of the saccharine mat
ter it contained, it was excellent. 1t
seems to us it would be the ideal
plant for the silO.
A farmer showed us a lot of sand
spur hay the other day. Il was cut
before the spurs matured, and it
seems they had all dropped off in the
handling from the moving machine
to the hay press, as we did not find a
sandspur with "stickers" in the lot,
and it seemed in every way equal in
value to first class timothy. He was
selling it at $40 per ton. This is what
is known as the long sandspur grass.
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. c. Mayo have gone
back to their old home in Georgia,
and from there Mr.. Mayo goes to
Rocky Ford, Col, on his annual trip
to superintend the selection of his
cantaloupe seed for next years crop.
Messrs. J. G. Dupree, S. G. Mayo, E.
D. and S. F. ROu attended the great
K. of P. convention in Boston the
first of the month, going by steamer
from Savannah. The weather was
squally and the water was rough, so
all of the crowd, except Mayo, made
frequent and large contributions to
Neptune. The boys say they never
were so sick, but Mayo never missed
a meal They tell it on him that he
was overheard telling the old sailors
and sea captain how to keep from be-
ing sea sick.
The merchants are receiving their
fall and winter goods, which show the
usual care and taste of our merchants
in their selections.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Wilson of Lake
land visited Mr.. Wilson'S parents, Dr.
and Mrs. B. P. Wilson, the first two
weeks in August. This gave the doc
tor and Mrs. Wilson their first oppor-
tunity to become acquainted with
their first granddaughter, little Miss
Elizabeth, and of course they think
there is no other child that can COM
pare with her.
Emmett Wilson came over from
Glenwood and spent few days with
his brother and returned with him to
Lakeland on his way back to Glen
wood.
Mr.. James Robertson, city salesman
for Smith Bros, candy manufacturers
of Jacksonville, is spending the week
with his mother, Mrs. r. A. Boyd, try
Ing to recuperate his health. There
Is no one like mother when we get
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-09-04
FOR The ORPHAN

written for the Ocala BannarI
Hast thou marked the scourEs oi
God?
Didst thou tremble az his rod
When thou lately saw him slant
AT the portals OF our land
When he looked and waved BE- haref
Haste to dry the widows tear
Mother. didst thou in thar hour.
Give TO earth It's fair-st aovars
Twas in anguish-He hath given
For thy bruise the balm OF heaven
Thou art cOmfOrted-go bless
In its woes, the motherlsss
Did the angel hush his wrath
As he crossed thy households path
And when thousands rose t1 shed
Bitter tears upon their dead
While without was heard the cry
None within We're called to d.e.
Hast thy lip been spared che cIH7
These have drank the mixture uD.
These were basking yesterday
In a kinder suns they
Sit beneath dark shadows nou.
Sister, brother. so mayst thou
Haste with offerings. large AMI free
Wings OF mercy sheltered thee.
Mercy's sacrifices bring.
Cause the weepers heart to sing
Heard above is blessing-prayer
Grief and want have power there
what are pearls Of brightest hue
Diamonds like the drops Of dew.
In the lOveliest tresses glowing
Natures fainter beauties showing.
To the gem Of splendor here.
Gratitude's impressive tear?
MRS. ANNA r. GRAHAM