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The Marshall republican., 1909-06-11
BLACK w

Gibson Scott of Arrow Rock who
has been critically ill for sometime
was taken to Chicago last week to
be under the care of . Chicago
Specialist is reported to have stood
the trip fine.-Rust.er.
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-11

Gallatin Democrat; The depos-
ed Sultan of Turkey, is estimated
to have been worth more than $50
millions OF dollars despite the fact
that he had more than 1000 wives.
1t is a safe bet they did not keep
abreast the Partisan styles in head
gear.
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-11
Barn Burned

A barn belonging to Mr.. Ward,
near Longwood was struck by light
ming Saturday evening and burned
to the ground together with a lot
of hay and corn some harness and
four brood sows. Mr.. Ward had
the barn insured but was not posi-
tive as to whether or not the pG-
icy had expired,-Houstonian.
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-11
HSES>f27W LOVES
| WG6eh AW
~ GHK4EZ5z2bN
''..- ,byMOLLY ELLIOT SEAWEL
by MOLLY ELLIOT SFXyNEIL

we ~descenueu. and the sentrles
passed us through On account of our
uniforms and Sir Peters decorations
on his breast We reached the door
and knocked. The porter opened the
door ~gingerly, when Sir Peter, giving
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-11
Looking Ones Best

It's a woman's delight to Ioulh
her best but pimples, skin erEpN-
lions, sores and boils rob life aR
Joy. Listen! Bucklen's Arnica saIve
- them; makes the skin salt
md ~velvety. 1t glorifies the farz.
cures Pimp.es, Sore Eyes, Cpfl
Sores, Cracked Lips, Chappea
Hands. Try it. Infallibie for piles
&c at P. H. Franklin, Druggist
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-11

Sallisaw Republican: We herr
many complaints Of plants sHK
.h-uJbery being stolen freom the
cemetery. Ahy person guilty of
30 mean an act should be run fer
office and receive Al the abuse gen
orally showe-ed on a candidate
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-30
Betsey Ross and the Rejected Flag

we often read and hear the statement: 1T is to
be regretted that many of the fascinating nara.
tives of our colonial history are born of imagina-
uon, and among these are favorite STORIES such as
Captain John Smiths adventure with the Indi.
ans, Putnams famous ride, Betsey Ross and our
nrst flag, and Barbara Frietchie at Fredericks.
town."
Ihere is abundance of proof extended to verify
that Betsey Ross lived. and that she was en-
ployed by the continental congress to manufacture
flags, the government archives bear witness
Betsey Ross flag was first rejected and some
time later accepted.
Betsey Ross attended Christ church, Philadel
phla, and the pew in which she worshiped was
next to the one occupied by Washington and her
pew is marked by a brass plate bearing these
words: in this pew worshped Betsey Ross who
made the first flag
OF late years the journals, magazines, and school
histories our country have called attention to the
origin OF our national flag as having been sug
gested by the family arms of the Washingtons
This supposiion comes from Martin Tupper an
eminent English poet and iterateur His first
reference to our flag in this connection was made
public in the fall of 1850. The announcement did
not receive serious consideration until at a public
banquet given in America. At this dinner held in
the city of Baltimore, the idea was heralded to the
world that the stars and stripes had their origin in
the heraldic symbols of the Washington family
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-30
STATUE or GEORGE WASHINGTON

Charles the provincial agent in London, for
bell OF 1000 pounds weight The superintendent
OF the state house, Isaac Norris, Thomas Leech
and Edward Warner, wrote:
LET the bell be cast by the best workmen and
examined carefully before it is shipped, with the
following words wellshaped in large letters round
it. viz:
"'By order of the Assembly of the Province of
Pennsylvania, for the State House in the City of
Philadelphia, 1882
And underneath,
proclaim Liberty Through All the Land to
All the Inhabitants Thereof.-Levit., 25:10.'"
This bell duly arrived before the end of that
year, but in March, 1853, it cracked 1t was at first
determined to send it back to England to be re.
cast, but two artisans named Pass and Stow, de-
cared that they could recast 1t, and they did so
adding some copper alloy to improve the quality
of the metal The enterprise proved success
except that the tone of the bell not entirely
satisfactory. Pass and Stow numerically
leased in public on the score of having used too
much alloy. They asked and obtained the priv
lege of again recasting the bell. The result of
this second attempt of it's kind in America was
the historic tocsin which % years later was lit.
orally to proclaim liberty throughout the land"
Another bell was also ordered from England by
the assembly. but it did not take the place of the
American bell until the latter was cracked again
in 1885, while being toed on the occasion of the
death of Chief Justice Marshall.
In 1867 came the agitation the tax on tea
ana Otner imported commodities. John Dickin-
sons letters of a Farmer" rubbed this and other
object lessons, stupidity given by the British min
istry, deep into mems minds The act was re-
peaed in 1777 except in so far as it related to
tea.
When news of the Lexington Concord fight in
April ITS, arrived, the bell in the state house
steeple again called 5000 people together, and
they unanimously agreed to defend with their
arms, their lives. liberty and property The eli
max OF the first period of the struggle was fast
approaching. The second continental congress
met in the state house May 10, 1775, the Pro
vincial assembly having yielded to itbthe cham
Der that was ever after to be sanctified by it's
labors. In June 1776, began the debating of the
question OF Independence The preliminary reso-
luton proposed by Richard Henry Lee of Vir-
ginia, declaring that the colonies ARE of right
and ought to be free and independent states" was
adopted in committee on the night of June TO-
but 1t was not until June % that the draft of the
Declaration of independence was submitted to con.
gress. On July 1 congress adopted the resolu.
ton, and that day and the three following were
devoted to discussion in committee of the whole
OF the Declaration itself 1t was passed on the
evening OF the Fourth
Not until August was the Declaration of In.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-30

Washington preserved here is by Peale. Here are
the chair and tables used by the presiding officers
of both bodies. Hancock and Washington, and many
of the chairs occupied by the members or dele
gates On the presidents table is the silver ink
stand used in signing both the Declaration of In
dependence and the constitution.
In the rear portion of the main lobby of the state
house is the Liberty bell, useless except sacred
memorial of the past. 1t is suspended upon the
same framework of timbers which formerly held
it in place in the tower, but which now rests on
the floor Passing up the grand stairway, of
the most noteworthy portraits in the collection are
found upon its walls. Among them those of
Washington, Lafayette. William Penn, Louis XVI.
George ILL.,, and Gov. James Hamilton, the figures
being of full length and heroic size
The Long room, or .Banqueting hail. in the Sec
ond story, contains sofa, chair and pew-bench
used by George Washington. the last mentioned in
Christ church; Vests painting of the treaty-ma-
king scene at the great elm tree, portraits of
Martha Washington, the British sovereigns of the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries from and in
Guiding Charles II. to George H. and many notabes
both civil and military, of the revolutionary period
The two other rooms this floor are similarly
enriched.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-30

occasions of sOlem-
nifty. 1t is believed to
have been transferred
to the cupola Of the
old court house in
High (Market) street
about 1897, and aft
erward to have been
placed temporarily in
the tower of the new
state house. In o.
tober, 1851, the me-
morable order was
sent to Robert
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-30
NEVER DONE,

Slimkins-I-I hope you didn't
mind my putting that little matter Of
SIS in the hands of the bill collector
yesterday?
Podger---Not at all; I borrowed a
dollar from him.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-30

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng, sOftens the gums, reduces IN.
aammatio1 allays pain, wind collie. CSC BOTTLE.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-30
A Reflection

A Reflection.
ITO my annoyance" she said, II
found he had a lock of my hair. How
he got it l can't imagine"
The older girl smiled oddly.
when you were out Of the room,
perhaps?" she hazarded.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-30

Washington as president and that
also of John Adams took place in
what is now known as Congress hall,
adjoining the state house to the
west, which was not built until
1879 1t was here that congress re-
ceived the news of the death of
Washington.
Much work of restoration has
made independence hall what 1t is
to-day. In general, this work has
been directed by careful study of the
past. Jealous cooperation of or
ganized bodies and individuals has
also brought together in the state
house many objects of venerable
value as illustrative of the early
days of the nation. The stranger
naturally desires a succinct, service
able statement of the things Of Pc
culiar interest that the state house
contains.
The Declaration chamber, where
the continental congress and the
constitutional convention sat, is,
with the exception of new flooring,
substantially in the same state in
which it was then. The walls are
hung with portraits of many of the
signers of the Declaration of indie
pendence or of the constitution,
many of them painted by contem-
noraneous artists. A portrait of
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-30

PERRY DAVIS PAINKILLER
Is can ounce of prevention" well as
pound of curc."' For bowel troubles, skin
wounds colds, and other ills. Csc and soc sizes.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-30

A youngster describes heathens as
folks who don't fight over religion"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-30

Economy.
Some women's idea of economy IL
doing without the things that her
husband likes best to eat.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-30

After breaking IS bill the pieces
are soon lost.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-30
Use Aliens Eoot.Ease

Use Aliens Foot.Ease.
It Is the only relief for Swollen Smart
Ing. Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens Foot
shoes. Cures while you walk At all Drug
gists and Shoe Stores, Csc. Don't accept
any substitute. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-30
mn WHEREIN THE DECLARATION
or. INDEPENDENCE ms ADOPTED.

though provided with immense
chimney-places, and that these
stoves cost about G28 provincial
money. The second room pre-
pared for regular occupancy was
the western one on the ground
floor. The justices of the pro-
vincial supreme court who first
sat there were John Kinsey,
Thomas Graeme and William Till.
A bell, probably brought from
England by William Penn, was
hung in tree near the govern
or's headquarters as early as 1856
and rung when it was desired to
bring the people together or upon
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-10

scrupulous exactitude. Ciy5cs and the
necessity of presenting a united front
against the inroads OF the criminal
have compelled US to level old time
barriers. The men who sat at the ban
quet table the other night are perhaps
little known to the world that exalts
the hero at the expense OF the plodder
who year in year out sticks TO the
catechists post. There are amang our
Catholic teachers at the Connecticut
prison men who have been giving in
their turn. instruction in Christian doc
trine for upwards Of thirty years to
the Inmates of the state prison. II Is
wholly a labor of love, attended with
great sacrifice at times. The directors
of the institution, and the warden In
particular, expressed themselves as
gratified beyond expression with the
services of these men who.on the Cath
Ole side. are a body picked from the
Holy Name societies Of Hartford. AS
an earnest Of good viii and grateful
appreciation of the work Of the Sun
day School Teachers association the
reunion Saturday evening will be
treasured as a charming episode by
every one who assisted at the affair
Catholic Transcript
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-10
COMMEMORATE PUBLIC SPIRIT.

The manufacturers of Worcester
Mass, have attracted attention to
themselves by agreeing to provide free
treatment at the Rutland sanatorium
for three months for any Of the twelve
thousand men, women and children in
their employ showing signs Of tuber-
culosis.
"The Rutland institution has DEM
onstrated its ability to effect complete
cures In the great majority Of cases
sent there as soon as they manifest
signs OF trouble" says a Boston paper.
Were this method of dealing with
operatives by employers to become
contagious, IL might necessitate an in
crease Of accommodation, but where
private enterprise is willing to do so
much the state could hardly do less
than meet II half way and it must be
remembered that with the war con-
Quoted In this thorough manner all
along the line. the disease would be
kept constantly on the retreat. and IL
never wholly eradicated, at least kept
down to comparatively small propor-
kione.
The problem of tuberculosis bears
an intimate relation to the housing
Drcblern. and to this sOrhe Of the veal
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-10
STEPHENsoN's ELECTION Ex.
PENSES.

The election Of Senator Stephenson
Of Wisconsin by the people by direct
vote is now being pointed to as evil
dencs that money talks through the
new primary methods just as it does
through the old centralized system.
Stephenson is charged with having
expended $4,000 among the people
to secure majority vote, and there is
no denying that it worked.
The Waterbury American calls at
tention to the fact that this Is a COM
parativeiy small sum when the cleo
ton Of Senator Clark by the Montana
legislature is recalled. It says that
William II. Clark, after his election
for the senatorship by the Montana.
legislature, admitted expenditures Of
nearly four times that sum. While
tina contest was raging, Charles Clark
his son, declared on the streets of
Helena that We will send the old man
to the senate or to the poorhouse.'
AZ ~ not the fault Of the systems
but the lack of honor among men
which permits Of such glaringly cor
rupt transactions IN public life. There
IN no hope for better things until men
become averse to the Establishments
Of money and stand loyal to principles
OF honor and decency. AS The Ameri-
cssn declares, an awakened public con-
science and the rigid enforcement of
practical election laws are necessary
TO Effectively bring about the reform
which Is sincerely to be sought.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-10


ton or suspension Of an automobile
license for violation OF the law. There
mad been difference Of opinion and 1t
was finally compromised by suspension
Tor a certain period. This draft, he
SAID, bore the date of Feb. II, 1908, and
ne had two days ago mailed a copy to
the chairman of the committee. It
was the same draft, he said, which had
been handed TO the chairman of the
committee some time earlier.
He referred to the automobile law
now on the statute hooks of this state
and said that 1t was one of the best
laws he knew of. The general cp'hion
Of all the Judges he had talked with on
the matter Of automobile laws, he said.
was that they could more surely prose-
cute under a general law than under
one with strict specifications. He then
took up the question of taxing autono-
biies to pay for highway repairs. 1T
was the combined action Of all veti-
cles which wore down the roads and
not automobiles alone. 1t did not seer.
fair 70 tax one class of vehicles for the
benefit of all others, but he believed
that II one class was taxed all should
be proportionately.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-10
MATTER OF UNIFORM
AUTOMOBILE LEGISLATION.
Mr. Terry of New York, Chairman of
Commission. at Hartford Hearing.


Hartford. Conn. March e.-The NIT
ter Of uniform automobile legislation
came up for a hearing this afternoon
before the legislative committee on
rivers, roads and bridges at the capt.
toll. After q number OF matters down
on the schedule had been given hear
ings, Senator Alsop was about to de-
clare executive session when Charles
L. Terry Of New York, chairman of
the commission on uniform autom Ibile
laws, who had come into the room a
few moments before, arose and said he
had understood that there was to be a
hearing on the automobile bills and If
so he wished to be heard. The chair
man of the committee said that he had
written the Connecticut commission
ers, Messrs. Arvine, Russell and Coe,
inviting them to appear before the
committee, ana saying that the COM
mittee would be glad to hear them.
They had not yet appeared. Senator
Alsop then said that if Mr.. Terry de-
sired to say anything the committee
would be pleased to hear It. Mr. Ter
~ said he had invited the commits
sloners of New York, New Jersey and
Connecticut to meet In conference and
discuss the matter of uniform auto
mobile legislation. A number OF con-
ferences had been held and the Con-
necticut commissioners had been very
dlligent in making recommendations.
He ssid he had been instructed to draw
up draft Of a bill and that each sec
ton Of the bill had been taken I'D and
voted upon separateiv and then a vote
had been taken upon the bill as a
whole. and the draft had been adopted.
At the fourth conference he said the
bill was voted for by all. but at the
fifth conference. when slight changes
had been made, Messrs. Russell and
Arvine we're not present, as he remem.
bered II, but Mr.. Coe was there and
had voted for the bill. He said that
ne had been instructed to have this
draft Of the bill with the minor changes
printed and he had mailed II to all of
the commissioners Of the three states
He said that he had received a letter
from Mr. Arvine saying that the draft
did not seem in one or two respects to
be the bill which had been voted on. |
The changes, Mr.. Terry said were or |
minor character, one of them specify
Ing the manner in which signal de- /
vices on automobiles should be used |
The other was the question Of revoca-
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-10
WAS IT RoosEVELT's THOUGHT
FULNESS7

It was announced before the fleet
of battleships left for its voyage
around the world that the feet had
been scheduled to pass close to the
leper colony of the Sandwich islands
for the purpose Of giving brief pleas.
ure to the outcasts permanently locat-
ed there.
News now comes that Admiral Sper-
ry has received letter of thanks from
the lepers Of Molokai in the Sand
witch islands, for permitting the ships
of the feet to pass near enough to
the shore to let the lepers see them.
This letter quantity says:
These sixteen battleships having
the full confidence Of America came
down the lane with friendly nod and
passed on-so dignified and beautiful
this early July morning. Our abode
has been called Molokai the blest'; 1t
has surely been so this day."
The Philadelphia Public Ledger says
Of this incident:
"Afar off on their lonely isle in the
Pacific, those lepers, too. are Ameri-
cans. The pulses in their numbed
and stiffening bodies can thrill in re-
Spouse to the salute of the grim
watchdogs of the sea. Men and
women, dying on their feet, dragging
themselves about, can raise a feeble
cheer for the Stars and Stripes, and
the ships that with friendly nod
passed on-so dignifled and beautiful
this early July morning. There has
been wide circulation Of the words of
the poet about the ships that pass in
the night and hail one another in
passing; but these ships that sailed
close into the shore of Molokai in
the light Of the morning sun to give
the leper colony one more chance to
raise their feeble voices over the
sound Of the waves breaking on the
reefs of their island. 1oneliest, love-
lest, exquisite, apart'-these ships of
Admiral Sperry did a thing OF far
greater significance than the ships
that merely saluted one another In
the night"
There is a touch of fellow feeling
In this which is truly Christian. and
the kindness Of 1t is the same which
in the end is to really establish "the
brotherhood Of man."
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-10
The SUNDAY Law.

There cannot be a reasonable doubt
that this states Sunday law is not in
accord with the conditions of TODAY.
Conditions have changed very materi-
ally since its enactment. If proof of
this change were needed, 1t might be
found in the fact thai acts which are
forbidden by the law, are silently per-
mitted particularly in the cities. Its
full enforcement is. in effect, not al
lowed by public sentiment. Such is
ever the case when law fails to meet
existing conditions. The proposed Sun
day law, now under consideration by a
committee Of the general assembly, pro-
poses to meet the changed conditions.
1t legaliZes certain acts by individuals
and corporations, which are now per-
mitted by tacit consent, but which
might be punished under the present
law. So far as yet appears, the pro-
posed law sanctions nothing unreason-
able or out of harmony with admitted
conditions and needs. - Bridgeport
Farmer.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-10
THE BULLETINS DAILY STORY
ON A SPRING DAY.

| Mrs. frost, with lazy mans load OF
chips in her apron, raised herself with
some difficulty from her STOPPING post
| ure and muttered something about
trifing, no account lummoxes who
| couldn't even keep a woman's woodbox
| filled. As she was turning to go back
TO the house, something at the barn
| arrested her attention and she lifted up
| her voice:
"Oh, Levi"
She waited moment or two and
| then called again In an even shriller
| and more peremptory tone. mans
face, followed by reluctant body APP
| peaerd at the barn door.
Il jest thought it was him" said the
woman to herself and let her apron
load Of chips ia to the ground.
We'll what's wanted?" called the
man ENORMOUSLY
Woods wanted" shouted Mrs. frost
in return. You hurry an get me
some if you want any dinner"
A few minutes later the sound of the
axe was heard and presently Levi
frost stumbled into the kitchen and
dropped his burden of fuel into the
empty box after which he dropped into
a chair apparently exhausted.
you started to get the chips. don't
see why you couldn't have gone on an
burned chips for once" he complained.
You don't ch observed his wife,
sarcastically. It's too bad about you.
The next time you leave me without
wood you won't get any dinner unless
you cook 1t yourself. What was you
doin' around the barn? Why amt you
out plowin'?"
Levi pulled off his straw hat and
wiped his bald head languidly. II let
Sam take the team" he saei II was
feelin' sorter sick"
Mrs. frost set her pan Of potatoes
down on the table and stared at him.
"Sick?' she said. What kind o.
sick?"
4 dunno exactly" replied Levi. IAN
for a sickness"
ITS this spring weather" decided
his wife. What you need is some
boneset tea or mebbe some sas'fras.
You'd better go pull off your boots an
lay down. Want me to pull 'em off for
your"
mo" answered Levi. II guess not.
IL you can make out with that wood
I'll mosey down TO the barn an do
some little fixin' there"
What fixin' ?" asked Mrs. frost, sus-
picious Y.
ooh, just Akin. There's-there's
some harness, kind OF ripped. needs
rivetin', an'-an'. some other things"
He gas up and went out and his wife.
peering behind the curtains OF the
Kitchen window, saw his re-enter the
barn.
Il wonder what he's carryin' that
termater can for?" specialized Mrs.
frost. That mans up to somethin'
snealxin' or don't know him."
Levi frost stayed in the barn, rivet-
ing his harness or whatever he was
1ZFv II
brought the pillow team up at noon.
"Sweated 'em out some, didn't it?" |
said Levi, looking critically at the |
TANKS Of the horses.
Some" replied the hired man. IT'S |
powerful hot out there in the field. |
Most like a summer mornin'"
Amt seen nothing OF a big cigar !