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he added the words "of Carrollton'" in
order that there might be no mistaken
identity, declaring that he wanted the
people to know "just where he stood
on the question"
Gerry and Rodney.
Elbridge Gerry came originally
from Massachusetts, and early in life
became imbued with the spirit of lib
erty for the Colonists. A man of
wealth he was interested IN shipping
and was the first man who was bold
enough to introduce a bill in the
Massachusetts Congress for the arm
ing of ships against the British mer-
camille and military service-the first
actual avowal against the mother
country, as well as the first attempt
at naval armament. He was also ac-
tive in financing the Revolution. Gerry
was vigorous advocate of the Dec
1aration and one of its earliest signers.
Old. Caesar, Rodney. a fighter of
rare ability, was perhaps the most pic
turesque of all: the signers and one
who advocated its merits in strong
and vigorous language. He served
with Washington's Army, and was
always eager ito get at the British"
He was native of Delaware and rep
resented that State at the Continental
Congress.
Something might be said of each
and every signer of the great Amer
lean document if space would permit
Only a few can be mentioned of the
hfty-six, all of whom were strong men
and representatives of the best
thought of the age. Their convic-
lions carried them into the vortex OF
rebellion, but it was a revolt against
the God given rights of men. Their
example has been a. shining light in
the progress of this great nation and
their courage and sacrifice will be ex-
emplified in the acts and devotion OF
millions of true Americans who are
today fighting for cause perhaps
more vital to mankind than the strug-
gle of 1776. This Fourth of July will
be not only commemoration Of that
great event, but a signal to all lovers,
of liberty that death is preferable to
a surrender of the great heritage won
for us by our forefathers of the Reyo-
lutionary period
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land. There beneath the shadow of
the everlasting hills he loved he lies
beside his wife, Mary Tayloe Key, and
an appropriate monument, erected by
the people of Frederick in 1898, marks
the spot. ~
Author OF The Tune.
In regard to the tune of 1.-THE Star
Spangled Banner" much has been
said and written. Over the first APP
pearance Of the poem in print were
the words, "Tune-Anacreon in
Heaven" The question as to who set
Keys words to this air is yet unset
tied. Some friends of the poet declare
that Key was tone deaf and could
neither sing nor recognize a tune, and
that his friend. Judge Nicholson, of
Baltimore, who seems to have acted
as press agent in the matter of p1ac-
ing the song before the public, found
that the lines fitted this air, already
used for several patriotic songs of the
day. Others said that Mr.. Key wrote
his lines to, fit this popular tune, 9TH
erwise it could not so perfectly have
followed its peculiar meter.
| This is still an open question but
unim peachable authority has run
down the facts of the creation of the
tune, now familiar to practically ev-
/ cry man. woman and child in the
United States, to an almost certain
point. which is that it was most prob
ably composed by John Stafford Smith
| an English musician who lived be-
| tween the dates Of 1850 and 1885,,
| Anacreon, the old Greek poet who
sang the praise of wine and beauty
was the patron saint of the, Anacreon.
| tic Society Of London. which held It's
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a signer of the constitution. Gen. Hugh
L. Scott, the chief of staff of the U. s.
Army is great-great-grandson of
this DISTINGUISHED signer.

L. Scott, the chief of staff of the U. S.
Army is a great-great-grandso Of
this distinguished signer.
John and Samuel Adams.
Both John and Samuel Adams
were Massachusetts, men and were
second cousins. Yet between them
there was a marked contrast. John
Adams did not really center his mind
on politics until the British closed
the law courts and made his profess
sion as, lawyer obsolete. He is de-
scribed by his biographers as shrewd,
scholarly diplomatic and cautious.
He acquired property and was fond
of living at ease although when reused
in the cause of liberty he fought for
it with an energy rarely displayed in
public meetings. AS member OF the
second Continental Congress he sec
onded the motion in that body for a
formal Declaration of Independence
and was one of the drafting committee
of the document. He became the Pres1-
dent of the United States later and his
administration was stormy one, espe-
cially in his difficulties with France.
He died on the day on which Jeffer-
sons death occurred.
Samuel Adams was of the stern
serious type, seldom smiling and never
known to laugh. He was a Calvinist
-of the strongest type and bigoted IN
his religious views. He was cunning
and diplomatic in his dealings with
men and had a way of managing them
without their being aware that they
were being managed. He said little,
but thought much, and while perhaps
the least popular of the signers his
influence in the Continental Congress
was far reaching.
Carroll Of ,Carro1lton.
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, who
outlived all the signers, dying at the
age Of ninety-f1ve, was an American
patriot of the highest type. He in
herited one of the largest estates in
Maryland and risked his all for lib
erty.. Educated in France he returned
to America in 1855, and soon became
a man of affairs in the community,
taking part in all public movements.
In signing his name to the Declaration
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convivial meetings first at Ludgate
Hill and later at the Crown and
Anchor tavern in the old English Cap
ita1. Ralph Tom1inson, first president
of the society. wrote the words of the
song about the year 1775, at about
which time also the music was COM
posed by John Stafford Smith.
The tune became very popular in
England and the musical intercourse
between the two countries was too
! lively in those days to- permit such
we11-known air to remain barred from
| our shores. A Columbian Anacreontic-
Society,"" founded in New York in 1875
in imitation of the London Club, un-
doubtedly did it's part in familiarizing
| the tune.
It is believed that the tune was first
used in this country in connection
with patriotic words when it was sung
| to the verses entitled adams and
Liberty" written by Robert Treat.
Paine in 1898. The stirring words
of course, referred to the second
President of the United States. The
| frst lines are as follows: .
-
Eye sons of Columbia. who bravely
| have fought
| For those rights. which unstained
| from your sires have de
| scended,
| Mayssyou long taste the blessings
your valor has brought
| And your sons reap the soil which
your fathers defended
other patriotic words carried the
same air at later periods and it was
familiar to the American people when
it was welded to '"The Star-spangled
/ Banner"
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besieging ships on the evening of Sep
TENDER 10, and anchored in a posi-
ton to see the flag that flew from
Fort McHenry.
With The Break OF Dawn.
The battle CONNIE nced at night and
it was only by rare flashes from the
guns that he caught glimpse of his
country's emblem, as it fioated from
its high pole on shore. All night long
he kept the deck, eagerly straining
ear and eye for some sound or sight
which would indicate the result. /
When at last the dawn broke slow
ly over the sky the weary watcher
leaned against the ships side and fixed
his eyes upon the shore. Thus he
gazed until the suns first ray sent
its earliest beam upon the flag staff.
and he beheld with JOY that it bore
the ensign of his beloved country.
Then and there burst forth the song
which SO fifty fulfll1s its mission as
a nations anthem. The words welled
ITO shis lips. Taking a letter from his
pocket he jotted them down upon it
as they sprang from heart to brain.
Ere the poem was completed the
Americans were permitted to go
ashore. and the last verse was writ
ten in the small boat which carried
them to land. That evening in his
hotel in Baltimore Key made clean
copy of his poem. and this first fair
set OF the verses of 1.-THE Star-Span-
gled Banner is yet in existence, and
to be seen in the Walters Gallery In
Baltimore.
Francis Scott Key did not sign this
manuscript, nor did he give it a: title.
In after years, when 1t had become
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without being verbose. According to
his own calculations Jefferson's public
life covered sixty-one years. He was
actually in office thirty-nine years.
The other twenty-five years were spent
In revising the laws of his State and
in laboring for the University of Vir-
gfnta. In 1854 he was sent as a min
lister to France returning in 1888 to
accept position in Washington's Cab
met In 1896 he was elected Vice
President of the United States, and in
1900 he became President, remain
ing in office for two terms. He was
the founder OF the University of vir
ginia, and is regarded as one of the
most picturesque characters in Amer
lean history. He had an adherence
of war and debt. and like Lincoln.
believed in a Government of the peo-
pie, by the people and for the people,
and did all he could to promote this
end He died July 4th. 1926. just
fifty years after the signing of the
Declaration.
Franklin.
Benjamin Franklin, that stirling
servant of the public. was the sage
of the signers fer his maxims will live
as long as literature exists. Always
a patriot his pen was ever ready to
take up his copntry's cause. He has
been called the modern Socrates. His
father had been compelled to leave
England on account of his non-con-
formist views. He was thinker and
taught his children to keep in touch
with public affairs by reviewing the
days events at the supper table each
evening. He also watched their read
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Something About the
Sterling Statesmen Who
Signed the Document
Which Meant Freedom
and Equality To the Peo-
pie Of the United States.
Gopyrt8ht,l 1o17, BY The Internationai
/. ~ Eyndtcate.

D. Eopyr1ghts 1911, by The international
~ 4, syndicate.
~Hs H. perhaps an appropriate
time to renew our knowledge of
the kind OF men who staked
- their all - their liyes their
lpropsrty-on the movement which led
to the separation of the colonies from
The mother country. The step they
took was treason and they took it with
. fun realisation of what it meant
land what the consequences of failure
Emight be. The decisive stand was
taken By the Continental Congress on
July %kh, 177S, and a short sketch of
!fhe personnel of the prominent mem
bars Of that great convention seems
TO at In with the present time for that
wns Q stroke against imperialism and
for liberty just as today the momen-
ltous problem u the crushing of the
splx1f OF domination over the rights
tand privileges OF others.
Ths men who signed the Declare
non OF Independence came from all
the walks of life; twenty-five were
il&wgsrs, eight were engaged in mer-
camille Mfe, i've were physicians, seven
were ,til1ers of the soil. There was one
soldier, one sailor, one general, one
statesman, one minister, one sur
vcyor, one shoemaker and one printer
yet they were OF one mind on the
sub5ect of the freedom of the United
l8tates.
Hancock.
John Hancock. the President of the
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OF Revivified Interest
Now When the Flag Flies
3 Everywhere : Really,
Though Not Officially,
the National Anthem. 4
Copyrieht, 191Z by The international
Il Syndicate. f.4

Copyright, 1871 by The international
RHE Omitted States Is probably the
vi only civilized country In the
world which has no national
anthem. But paragraph in a
circular recently issued by the
War Department presents the status
~ e-The Star-Spangled Banner" in this
relation by saying:
mo anthem. hymn or musical air
has been recognized by any Federal
INV ~ the national anthem, hymn or
cir. but Army and Navy regulations
provsds that the musical composition
familiar1y known as The Star-Span-
sled Banner shall be designated as
ne national air of the United States
- America. It should be stated,
However, that these regulations are
Winding only upon the personnel of the
1ni1ftary and naval service"
And now, with the nation at war.
INTEREST In both song and banner are
Epvtvifsd-
Last year Consressman Dyer offered
aresofution IN the Housesc Represen-
tRtives proposing the adoption of a
NATIONAL anthem, and that 1t be 'The
!. star Spangled Banner" This re5olu-
ton I'D not go through.
% Notwithstanding the absence of
Xsderal ruling or of Army or Navy
rsgu1Ations upon the subject the peo-
ple Of the United States have come,
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Congress, was perhaps the wealthiest
or the signsrs. being possessed of a
fortune of more than three hundred
and nifty thousands dollars. Hancock
was the son Of a Massachusetts, clerey-
man and was brought up in true Pufi-
tanical style. A man Of rare executive
ability he was nearly always made
chairman of liberty meetings. He was
the earliest sufferer from commercial
oppression and the first aristocrat of
Boston to Join party which had lit
tie property to lose. He made large
contributions to the cause of Amer
lean liberty frequently stinting himself
In order. to make the contributions
generous, which leads one to hel,eve
that had he lived in the present day
he would put his money into Liberty
Bonds. He was a man of tact and
whenever delicate affairs were To he
settled it was John Hancock who was
called in to arbitrate the matter and
his ability in this line brought MANY
a discordant statesman into line at
critical periods. He died at the age
of. hfty-seven.
A Jefferson,
It was Thomas Jefferson who made
the original draft of the Declaration
with insertions in handwriting of BEN
jamin Franklin and John Adams.
Jefferson. like Hancock was an artsto-
crat although he frequently boasted
that his father came from the soil and
sneered at the long family pedigree
of his mother. Jane Randolph, who
came from a Scotch family of wealth,
yet in early life Jefferson wrote to the
Herald's office in, London to obtain a
copy of the Jefferson coat of arms.
Early in life Jefferson determined to
study law, although his taste ran In
the direction of art and had he been
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-04-19
MOST POTENT OF WEAPONS
Nothing Devised by Humanity Is Ablc
to Stand Against the Assault
Of Laughter.

In "Thc Mysterious Stranger"-the
just-published posthumous book by
Mark Twain--that authority on humor
declared that most men possess only
50 mongrel perception Of humor."
He elaborntes Ills idea by saying:
1.-THE multitude see the comic side Of q
thousand low-srndc and trivial things
broad i%ncongruitles mainly; gro
tesquerles. a%bsurdlties. evokers of the
horse lnugh. The 10000 h~igh-grade
comicalities which exist in the world
are sealed from their full vision.
"Will n day come when the race will
detect the funnlncss Of these juvenili-
ties and laugh at them-nnd by laugh
ing at them destroy them? For your
race. In it's poverty, has u%nqucstion-
ably one really effective wcapon-
laughter.
"I'owcr, money. persuasion, supplicn-
ton. persecution--thesc can lift MT n
colossal humbng-push 1t Il little
weaken It n little, century ny century F.;
but only laughter can blow II to rags
and atoms ut a blast. Against the as
sault Of laughter nothing Gun. stnnd."
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peeu,i.r Disease 81 tho resth.

The Colorado Dental society has two
Of its members engaged In the lnvesti.
CATION Of a mysterious mnlady Of the
teeth known, for the want Of n better
name, rs "mottled teeth" which &C.
ours In this country In n number Of
districts, principally IN tho southwest
ern portion Of the United States. It
has been noted In a somewhat more
violent form In Italy. IS years ago. II
manifests itself In children and per-
sists through life. and is often 10 dis
figuring that the victims resort to artt.
ficial browning. II is q defect OF the
enamel.formlng substance. and Il In
suspected that tho cause IL due to
some element In the drinking wnter.
which II has been impossible to def.
iitciy determine.
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faint singing Of a hymn. When Johnny
spoke again he did o open his eyes.
You're ON operator. Mr.. lie Moyne.
I'll put in Il word for you whenever l
get. Il chance"
Yes, put in 4 word for me-" said X.
huskily.
He felt that Johnny would be a good
mediator-that whatever he, H., had
done Of omission or commission,
%Johnny's voice before the Tribunal
would count.
Johnny was close on the edge of his
long sleep by that time, and very com.
Portable. 1t was X. who, seeing he
would no longer notice, ordered the
screens to be set around the bed, X.
who drew the coverings smooth and
folded the boys hands over his breast.
The nurse stood by uncertainty.
How very young he is! Was it an
accidcntT
ut was the result of n mans damn.
able folly said X. grimly. Somebody
always pays"
And so Johnny Roscnfeld paid.
The immediate result of his death
was that X. who had gained some Of
his faith In himself on seeing Wilson
on the way to recovery, was beset by
his old doubts. And now came n ques-
ton that demanded immediate answer.
| Wilson would be ont Of commission for
several months, probably. He was
gaining, but slowly. And he wanted X.
to take over his work.
CTO BE CONTINUED)
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AA1oGo&3g'':;';sss|ssEsss3$}l!&s x !
TOGO AND THE "WEAK.ENDERS'

Dear Mr.: There are q vacant place to be obtained for bright Japanese
Gen. Houseworker at home of Mrs & Mr.. Jeremia Spiggot, Flag Wave. Pa.
That vacancy are where am not now working. 1t surprise me. This are
how it happen.
During breakfasttahle last Fryday Hon. Mr. Spiggot look uMy from
Pttsbug newsreading and say with voice. MRS. and Mr. VIM. ii. Axweider
shall be here tomorrow p. m for slight weake en- visitation"
They are both entirely unwelcone, am sure" she snob.
III we merely asked people we liked there would be no hospitality" he
rake on I'VE must enjoy Hon. Axweilders company because Of his great
wealth. II W g are sufficiently delightful to him maybe he will permit me to
cheat him in business. You will love his conversational talk. For q dull a
man he have a most penetrating mind"
He must have to bore me so Deep" she snaggor. IT like his wife less
than -nualy"
Togo" she say It. Eat toot Of 22 train Mrs & MI. Axwender Will ar
rive in custody of Hon. Husband. Kindly to hitch down Sarah, the horse.
10 fashionable bug wagon and elope to depot with coachman expression"
So next day go fOrthy to horse garage where Hon. Sarah stood eating his
ot. So l hitched 1t and made immediate racccourse to depot where l stood
proudly cutching harness with grand thumbs resembling Newport.
Toottoot of 222! Three human personalities eloped fohy from Pull
manly train. One were Hon. Spiggott appearing full Of courteous peev. An
other was mi enlarged gentleman of policany expression. Another We're
a very stretched lady whose nose contained great snobbery amidst eyegass
tanning smiles. By the cordial Of her behavior you would think she was
glad Il am so hilarious to ae you including your delicious husband" she
hola with soprano. Kissing enjoyed.
This evening"" Mrs. Spiggott explain to Mrs. Axweidcr. I'VE are de-
very charmed people next door,"
"Are they related to the Whacks Of Tuxedo?" Mrs. AK cut up.
Il are not acquainted with their geography" Club Mrs. Boss.
Would you not enjoy slight driveway around neighborhood for observe
country and fresh air." she require at lastly. as soonly as her voice ceased
freezing.
II am always fascinated to SCI how the other y lives" Mrs. Axwende,
shoot up
At lastly we arrive up to Cemetery View. Country Club for slight tea
drunk. await outside nursing Sarah, the horse. for considerable hour. At
hands who smell quite highban. Both feminines look quite iced as we go
homeward.
At lastly was dnnertime. I ceased off being coachman and became
waitress, IS usual "%
I'VE only attemp small. cozy dinner in our excluded set" explain Hon.
Mrs. while 6 persons took setdown to dinner,
MY dningroom contains 50 people, mostly nobility" report Mrs. AK
wender while eating SOUP
When all foods was finished all retreat to panor room where bridge
gamble was enjoyed till late night. AT 12 o'clock Mrs. Axwender call Mrs
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-04-19
"CASCARETS" ACT
ON LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, biIiousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a 1c.cent box.

Get a 1c.cent box.
Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passagcway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oh Of
Purgative Waters?
Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg.
ulate the stomach. remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out OF the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-never grippe, sicken
or cause any inconvenience. and cost
only 10 cents q box from your store.
Millions Of men and women take 4
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness. Coated
Tongue. Indigestion, Sour Stomach Of
Constipation. Adv.
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Goinq TOO Far.

k.a Fad booked II room at a ciie9p
boarding house uear M of the r4ll'
roai stations.
lie was about to sign the register,
when he flung down the pen in disgust
and turned away.
Whats the matter?' asked the pro-
prietor.
Matter? Well, I've stayed in these
railway lodging houses before aud I've
hnd some rotten, Slecpless nights. But
This Is the limit. Look ut that littla
beggar crawling cross The page Of she
register. Eve put up with EN- in the
bedrooms, hut when they crawl across
the book to see what room you're
sleeping in--wtll, that's Il bit too
thick"
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This attractive little lady 10 the
two year old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
o. NJ. Fisher, 23S North St., Harris.
burg. Pa. Last winter she had an at.
tack Of measles, together with q very
severe cold. Just at that time DRUG.
gist s. J. Wilhelm presented Mr..
Fisher with a jar Of the Southern
outside" treatment-Tick's VapoRub
Salve, which was just then being in.
PRODUCED in Harrisburg, and requested
that he give this preparation a thor.
ough trial. Mr.. Fisher writes
Il must say that our baby had
such a cold on her chest and in her
throat that she could hardly tall,
and vi could not get her to taie
anything internally. After we usai
Vick's FapoIiub Salve on her hreas:
and throat at night before going
to bed she was entirely relieved
No family should be without this
preparation. 1t Is externally applied,
and so can be used freight is alb.
Eorbed through and penetratcs tie
skin, and, in addition. is inhaled as q
vapor. 1t has a hundred uses for tina
many minor ailments for which every
mother is the doctor. Three sizes,
Csc, soc or S1.00.