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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05

When the Austrian Emperor sets
free men guilty of treason and permits
them to sit in Parliament, the action may
be called amnesty. But shorter word
for II is fear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05

Think of all that good whisky soon
to go to waste" observes a fearful soak,
But think Of all the stun that masque-
rades as whisky that will go with the
real article
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05
Across an unfortlfed boundary lin,

5000 miles long, flash President Wilson's
congratulations on the semicentennial Of
Canada. on this frontier at least, the
League TO Enforce Peace is out Of Q job.
The fellowship OF two great American
democracies is as spontaneous as It is
ennoblfne.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05

Luckily the City Hall clock hands
that went on a strike Tuesday returned
TO their twenty-four.hour shift in time to
record the twentieth century's most
glorious Fourth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05

A quiet Fourth was yesterday,
With little boasting o. display:
But, oh. II plainly could he heard
A nations heartbeat, deeply stirred.
While once again her children prove
That Freedom more than life they love
MAUD FRAZIER JACKSON.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05
Patriotism and proiteering never
worked in double harness.
The Admin

The Administration asked that the
food bill be passed by July to meet the
emergency. 1t is now four days overdue.
Is this a case of bone drys or bone heads
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05

A good Indian'is dead Indian. A
good German is a German in jail So, at
least, the Russian workmen seem TO think
in electing Liebknecht and Adler, impris-
oned Teuton Socialists, 10 their congress.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05
AFTER THOUGHTS

AFTER THOUGHTS
If all the powder wasted here
Had blazed along the Flanders front,
The idle shouting gone to cheer
The heroes bearing battles brunt;
II duties we essayed to shunt
Had been assumed in South and North
our civic souls would- know no stunt
And 'twould have been some July Fourth.
T, j. MURRAY. o
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05

The restored Chinese monarchy has
forbidden the formation OF political par
ties" as a starter, Berlin should be grate-
ful for this recognition Of advanced
methods
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05
Tom Daly's Column
The Morning After

WHENEVER IL was July in peace
ful years before the Kaiser had his stroke
OF heat and busted loose in war, we used
to tumble from the hay with parched
and swollen tongue and count the
mangled fingers on our sad, misguided
young; but yesterday was full Of peace
and so was yesternight, and so to greet
this mornings sun is nothing but delight;
and here to give us further JOY and speed
us on our way. behold a flock Of poets,
each caroling his lay:
The order in which these singers are
permitted to appear has mo political sig
nihcance." The place OF honor Is the
prerogative of age:
am sending with this couplet for the
Fourth Of July contest in the Tom DAILY
column. I am In my eighty-eighth year,
which will account for poor writing but
/ am an American through and through and
still retain my childish enthusiasm for the
Fourth of July. MRS. f. d. HAND.
Hurrah We live in the Land OF the Free"
And the glorious old flag wen let fly;
Wen shout and wen sing, we1l make
everything ring
Hurrah 'Tis the Fourth o. July.
This glorious old town with its glorious old
hall,
And its glorious old Liberty Bell
'Tis the birthplace OF freedom, no wonder
we're glad
Hurrah 'Tis the Fourth o. July.
Il, u. II.
And here is a little group Of serious
thinkers:
FOURTH OF JULY. 1917
A crackers bang and a bugle's bare,
And martial music in the air
A blaze Of light and a rockets flare,
And children singing, shrill and high.
Across the sea. in barren field,
lad whose wound will ne'er be healed,
Whose last long bugle call has peaed.
Stares at the burning sky!
WILL LOU.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05
TO THE MEN OLE 117s

Gallant hearts that dared be free,
We will carry on.
We shall fight for Liberty,
Gallant hearts that dared be free,
Till our comrades DER the sea
See the last king gone.
Gallant hearts that dared be free,
We will carry on.
CASA WAPPY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05
There is but one thing the matte

There is out one thinB the matter
with the Fourth Of July. 1t comes only
once a year. Yesterdays American and
Russian victory bulletins give us a keen
appetite for an abundance of Independence
DAYS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05
JULY 4. 1917

When our "Sammies" sail the seas,
Then there's Liberty in sight
See our flag spread to the breeze
For they go to prove the right.
on the fourth day OF July
Celebrate we victories brave
Now, this year, may you and |
Pray to Heaven the world to save
ARIEL.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05

Heartily we kept our day OF freedom.
Lustily we cheered the Stars and Stripes.
Proudly, too, we thought of our great
nation;
And thinking, realized right is might.
Now we have to test our nations great.
ness;
Prove we haven't rusted and can fight;
Prove TO all the world that our Tag still
waves unfurled;
And we still believe in right, right. right
e. A TINGEY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05
THREE GLORIOUS
WAR "FOURTHS"
"reminiscences Of a Celebration in
Philadelphia That Came Sew
eral Days Late

Tn THREE successive wars the Fourth
l. Of July has seen the celebration OF a
great victory for the Union arms. Gettys.
burg and vicksburg were won in the first
four days of the July OF 1868. Sampson
and Schey destroyed the Spanish fleet
July 3, 1898. And the news Of "the battle
Of the mid.Atlantic," as perhaps our latest
glorious triumph will be known TO his.
tory, was made known to the people yes.
terday. The victories of Grant and Meade
came in the middle period Of a war. The
battle Of Santiago can justly be said to
have ended the Spanish War. But the big
news Of this years Fourth comes at the
very beginning Of Americas present war,
and is thus Of exceptionally happy
augury
The first Of these three great Fourths-
that Of '63-was not the day OF rejoicing
in the birthplace of liberty that many
have supposed II was. Gettysburg was
fought on July 1, and 3, but the news
did not reach this city in time for the
Fourth. Philadelphia had not been
happy place to live in during the critical
month OF ITt NlNll w al lllN news N''-'
Lee was advancing into Maryland arrived
in June simultaneously with the procla.
nation Of President Lincoln calling Tor
100 900 men and apportioning $4,000 as
Pennsylvanias quota, in view Of the fact
that It was Pennsylvania soil that was
Immediately threatened. The news created
the most intense excitement and depres'
sion. Governor Curtin issued proclama.
ton on June Is calling for volunteers for
the emergency.
A special meeting Of this city's Coun-
ellis was called a resolution was imme-
dately passed granting 100000 to be
used by the Mayor to help defend the
State, and asking the Governor to pro-
claim martial law. Shopkeepers boarded
IN their show windows. There was panic
in the air. The Mayor issued a procla'
nation calling upon business men to close
their offices and with their employees con
meet themselves with the various military
organizations. Urgent kilograms came
from the Governor. The State House bell
rang out a general alarm at o'clock Ia
the afternoon Chestnut street was
hacked with hurrying throngs, which
gathered about Independence Hall and
the Square.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05

VERY vivacious vocalization vie
variety:
Pershing plans pursuing Prussians
Prosecuting pep" program.
Pushing, pounding, plus percussions
Panic permeates Potsdam.
Pressure punitive proceeding,
Pan-Germanic progress pales
Prncey pirate parley pleading,
Peace perpetual prevails,
D. c. YER.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05

The spirit of our fathers
Was with us through the day;
1t bade us all remember
Our brothers far away,
Who battle hard to Danish
The blight OF slavery,
To crush the foe Of Freedom,
Restoring liberty.
JOHN ]. HAYES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05
Minute Men Called Out

officers stood on tables in front Of the
state House and addressed the crowds
calling for minute men to go to Harris
burg at once Men who had never han
died a musket in their lives were pres
entity in uniform, packed into trains won
dering how they would manage to aim
and fire, reload, understand orders, stand
their ground under fire, unframed and
bewildered as they were. New Jersey
regiments. which had just returned home,
re.enlisted and passed through this city
At s D. m. on that terrible June 10 the
Seventh New York arrived on its way
througlS the city to Harrisburg
From then on until July the state Of
anxiety in Philadelphia was almost in.
tolerable. Many hid their money. Some
fled. The fact that the Confederates
were on Pennsylvania soil and actually
were threatening the State capital; that
the Army of the Potomac was far away
in Virginia" (Meade's march northward
not being reported, Of course); that neither
natural ramparts nor any considerable
forces existed between the Confederates
and Philadelphia produced the greatest
alarm. Wild stories went about that the
Confederates were going to settle the war
in Philadelphia by terrorizng the people,
by looting by burning the city.
As the Confederate approach became
| more and more imminent the Mayor is.
sued a proclamation on June 30 for all
citizens not able to leave the city to en-
roll themselves for home defense The
famous Qualifications" which later served
so long as an object of ridicule, were
commenced on the northern and western
approaches. Major General n. ]. T. Dana
was appointed to take charge of the de
fenses and to organize the Home Guard
| BY July l all the principal places of bust
ness were closed. Governor Curtin ar,
rived on that day and went to the Cont
mental Hotel. From the balcony from
which Lincoln had spoken the Governor
made a stirring appeal to the citizens
| packed beneath him in Chestnut and
! Ninth streets. He asked for recruits
and he got them! Five thousand men en-
listed on that day after hearing the great
war Governor speak.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05
A Belated Celebration

July brought bad news. General Rey-
nolds had been repulsed-he himself killed
while the Governor had been exhorting
the day before. The next days news
showed that the battle hung in the bal.
ance. 1t was the eve OF the Fourth but
Philadelphia did not know it, Not the
slightest thought of celebration was en-
tertained. The mere mention of it would
have met with stern rebuke. Yet the news.
papers OF July 4 held out hope that the
tide Of battle was turning for the Union.
On the 5th all doubt was over. Official dis
patches from General Meade made GER
tain that Lee had retreated. Suspense
gave way to thankfulness, but the sus-
pense had been too great TO permit wild
rejoicing. The city rested after its
ordeal. Carloads of wounded began to
arrive. In a week there were several
thousand wounded men in the hospitals
on the 7th came the news of the fall
of Vicksburg, which had surrendered on
July 4. Then rejoicing began. At .
o'clock the State House bell began TO pea
merrily, cannon were fred, steam
whistles shrieked. At in the afternoon
500 members Of the Union League assem-
bled at their headquarters and, headed
by Birgfeld's Band, marched to Inde
pendence Square. Clergymen Offered
thanks and an enormous crowd will
singing and cheering celebrated a belate,
Fourth OF July
The news Of Santiago, though It ha,
10 go some 1900 miles, was reporteC
here at about noon on July 4, 1895 tn
day after Cerveras feet was beached
News had begun to fly much NOR
quickly about tha earth by that time
though not so fast as 1t travels today
when men In every corner OF the cart
can read OF Russian victory in Calici
few hours after Il has taken place.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05

All hail to the land where sweet Freedom
was born,
OH glorious country OF mine
Men died at thy birth that all nations on
earth
Might follow thy footsteps divine.
Proudly thy banner we fling to the skies,
Dear emblem so wondrously fair;
Men loyal and true, blest Red, White and
Blue.
Are waiting thy fortunes to share.
MRS. ]. w. FRAZIER, JR.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05

| And anagrammatically:
The caution taken yesterday
Disaster to avert
Presages quite a falling off
Among the JOYFUL HURT.
YERCAS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05

Tho Independence Day has flown,
Forget not what it means;
Our doughty fathers kicked the throne
OF tyrant kings and queens.
And now the greaves and visor
We don with little strain
Just watch the naughty Kaiser
Take leave OF his demesne.
SAURIN TARLETON.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05
MAYOR OF PARIS
TALKS OF AMERICA
He Says Bartholdi's Statue of
Liberty Is a Bond of Union
Between the Two
Nations
By HENRI BAZIN

aB Correspondent Of the Eucnin0 LEDGER
iH France.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05

AGAIN, to return TO the serious
thinkers:
SANITY
Begun in laughter
To end in tears,
Our Fourths were dafter
In other years;
But here. with laughter
Unspoiled of tears.
This morning after"
Cplifts and cheers.
DIXIE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-05

And here is a little group Of serious
thinkers:
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-12-20
GIVE CHILDREN THEIR CHRISTMAS

Some people hold that there should be
very little celebration of Christmas this
year, on account of the war
There are some Christmas customs
which might well be abandoned The
Christmas dinner at which more food is
provided than can be eaten should be cut
down as matter of course.
The exchange of presents among grown
ups is often an absurdity even in peace
time. In most cases the donor does not
know what to buy and the recipient does
not know what to do with the gift when
he gets it. The giving of unnecessary
and useless presents is form of waste
which should be cut out during the war
But when it comes to the children, the
situation is very different. For genera
tons people of our blood have made
Christmas the children's day. Take
Christmas away from an American child
four or five or six years old, and lie or
she has missed one of the great expert
ences of lifetime.
Later on, if the war continues, we may
have to cut out all the trimmings of life,
even the Christmas toys for the children.
We may have to bar Santa Claus until
the end of the war. But we are not in
that extreme situation vet. So far as
the children are concerned, Christmas in
1917 should closely resemble the Christ
mas of other years.-The Cincinnati
Times Star.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-12-20
PASS ALONG THE CORN.

Mr.. Hoover and his army of assistants
have been urging the people to use corn
instead of wheat. They have sent out
recipes telling how to made war breads
containing corn meal. Demonstrators
have been up and down the land telling
housewives how to substitute corn meal
for flour. The people of Waldo County,
and we think of all New England, have
earned all that the food experts know
about hammock, Johnny cake, hasty pud-
ding and hybridized bread The weather
is such now that there is good fire all
day in the cookstoves, and the cold keeps
most of our cooks close to the oven door,
1t is an ideal time to bake some Hoover
lied biscuit or some sort of an adulterat-
ed cake, but unfortunately we have no
corn meal and there is none in the mark
ct. A little more than week ago we
read despatch from Washington, which
announced that Mr.. Hoover had ordered
that no more corn should be shipped from
the west to the east because, he says, our
present supply is sufficient for our needs.
We cannot subsist on recipes and demon
STATIONS so it is to be feared that we
shall be compelled by the practical fore
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-12-20
SUGAR IN SIGHT.

This is the title given to dispatch
which when hopefully read proved to be
disappointment, as have been many
other flamboyant dispatches which were
probably camouflaged to appear as official
AS we study the situation we are forced
to believe that if sugar is in sight it is
a long way off. It's distance does not
lend very much enchantment to the view
We know that sugar is scarce and we do
not anticipate that the next year will
at any time more than partially relieve
the shortage. Our reasons for this belief
are that the war has cut down the pro-
duction of our allies to about one third
the normal. Our own production is con-
siderably less that it was a few years ago,
and the scarcity of shipping prevents the
importation on large scale from distant
sugar producing countries. The food adj
ministrator, it seems to US, can do little
to increase our supply but we may ex-
pect some relief when the new crop is
fully on the market. Our duty is to con-
serve and our hope is that the govern
ment will hold its present grip on hoard
ers, spectators and profiteers.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-12-20
Meeting Of Waldo County Grange

Waldo County Grange met Dec. 4th
with Frederick Richie Grange, Waldo.
Meeting opened in due time by Worthy
Master Woods. The roll call found Mas
ter, Overseer, Lecturer, Chaplain, Secre-
tary, Pomona, Flora and Gate Keeper
present. The pro TEN officers were Isaac
Sanborn, Steward, M. o. Wilson and wife,
assistants; Mrs. Elms, Ceres A read
ing was given by Julia Quincy and re-
markF made by N. S. Donahue. Mrs
Johnathan Berry gave report of her
trip to New York. Remarks were made
by j. G. Harding and j. H. Cilley.
Noon recess was taken. The afternoon
session was opened with music by the
choir. A cordial address of welcome
was given by Edward Evans and was fine
ly responded to by Stella Berry. A duett
was given by j. H. Cilley and wife. The
StateMaster was then introduced and gave
very instructive lecture Remarks re-
garding the State Masters lecture were
made by Edward Evans, C. H. Woods
and M. o. Wilson. A character song by C.
w. Shorey was responded to by an encore.
Bro. Donahue then spoke along the line
of raising swine, urging the farmers to
raise as many as possible as the Govern
ment assures us profit regardless of the
price of grain. Seven oranges responded
to the roll call. The topic, How shall the
commissioner of agriculture be elected,
was discussed by j. G. Harding, j. Ellis,
E. Evans and L. Wilson. The next meet
ing will be with Union Harvest Grange,
Center Montville, Jan. list. The election
of officers will take place at this meeting
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-12-20
SWANVILLE.

Nickerson & Damn have bought a
dapple gray horse.
Mrs Llewella Nickerson has returned
from visit with friends in Portland.
Mrs. Herman Gray of Portland has
been the guest of her sister, Mrs. Chester
Craney.
Miss Annie Nickerson has returned
from Dayton, Me-, where she has been
teaching.
Miss Doris Nickerson has been elected
Supervisor of schools in place of Mrs
Ray Robertson, resigned.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Cunningham spent
Sunday in Prospect, guests of Mrs. C's
mother, Mrs Uceba Marden.
Miss Margaret Tibbetts of Exeter has
returned after a short vacation and is
teaching the winter term in Districts 3-5.
The many friends of Mr.. Charles AL
! bert Damn are glad to know of his posi-
! ton in the censor's office at Washington,
D. C.
DR.. Horace Bradford and his wife, DIR.
Carrie Greeley Bradford, spent Thanks.
giving with Mrs. Bradford's sister, Mrs
Ada Billings and family. They left fol
Salem, where they are now located, Dec
4th.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-12-20

sight of Mr.. Hoover to worry along on
wheat bread. Sometimes we wonder if
the South, the Middle West and ''our AL
lies" are the whole world, and if the
State of Maine is no longer on the map.
A short time ago we took up the market
reports for the day and found that corn
was quoted in Chicago at s1.2O per bush
ell, and in Boston at S. o. We went down
street and inquired the price of corn and
was told that there was not bushe! in
the market, and that if any was in stock
the price would necessarily be S. As or 81
so bushel. When we have bumper
crop of corn in the United States, and
corn is raised by the farmer and quoted
at S1,2O a bushel in Chicago, and costs
more than twice that in Belfast, Maine,
when it can be obtained) it is safe to say
there is something wrong somewhere.
Mr.. Hoover is reported to have recently
said that he was not much interested in
prices, but was trying to regulate the
supply. Our corn supply has been regu-
lated ~ as summarily and completely as
was the corn on the toe of one of Bel
fast's old time merchants who amputat-
ed the toe with chisel. Now that the
supply has been stopped there seems to be
no reason for discussing prices. We do
not know whose especial business it is to
attend to that matter, but the difference
in the price of corn between that in Chi
cago and in Belfast shows quite graft
for somebody and we would like to know
who has been getting it. In his message
the President said that in many cases
protiteering was rampant and this seems to
be one of the cases. Send along the corn
and stop the graft and we will eat corn
bread
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-12-20
MERCHANTS WIFE ADVISES
BELFAST WOMEN

81 had stomach trouble SO bad l could
eat nothing but toast, fruit and hot water.
Everything else soured and formed gas
Dieting did no good. l was miserable until
l tried buckthorn bark, glycerine, ETC., as
mixed in Adler-i-ka. ONE SPOONFUL
benefited me INSTANTLY" Because
Adler-i- ka empties BOTH large and small
intestine it relieves ANY CASE constipa-
ton, sour stomach or gas and prevents
appendicitis. 1t has QUICKEST action
of anything we ever tried The Old Cor
ner Drug Store Co.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-12-20
CENTER MON1 VILE.

Miss Hazel Arno of Bethel is the guest
of her sister, Mrs. Chester B. Cushman.
Mrs. Cora A. Goodwin is the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Reynolds, near Free
dom village.
Miss Lura Bennett, who is student at
Freedom Academy, came home Tuesday,
the 4th inst, very i'll. DR.. T. N. Pearson
of Morrill,, the attending physician, dag
nosed her case as typhoid.
The Neighborhood Club raised some
m oney for the benefit of Montville's
soldier boys on the evening ofFriday;
December 14th, by giving an entertain
uent and dance at the Grange Hall.