Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 July 1896 — Page 12
THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1896,
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IIN CONGRESS, JCEY 4, ITT©. The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America.
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When, In iha course of human events, it 1 becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bends which > have nonr.ected them witii another, and to assume, among’ the powers of the earth, the scpaxate and equal station to which the law j of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the cause which impels them to the **We hold these truths to be self-evidanl. .that all men are created equal; that they /*re endowed by their Creator with cer*4ain inalienable rights; that among these l«re Ufa, liberty and the purtult of hapVness; that to secure these rights, govrernments are instituted among men, depriving their Just powers from the consent vof the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive to bsc end*, it is the right of the people alter or abolish it, and to institute a law government, laying its foundations on rufch principles and organizing Us powers ito such form as to them shall seem most tei^to effect their safety and happiness, rudence, indeed, will dictate that governlents long established should not be changed for light, and transient causes, ■and organising Us powers into such form •Shown that mankind is more disposed to •offer while evils are sufferable than to right themseives by abolishing the f^ma to Which they a*© accustomed. But when • long train of abuses and usurpation*. , pursuing Invariably the same obj.-t, ' evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism. It is their rlgh,. It is their duty, to throw off such government and to provide new guards for their future security. Such has been the patient surter- • |ng of these colonleSi, and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alt.r their former systems of government. -he history of the present B - aln la a history of repeated Injuries anu taaurpatUms. all having in direct objec. the establishment of an absolute tyranny iiover theSe States. To prove this, let facta ifce submitted to a candid world. He has* refused his assent to laws, the OMSt wholesome and necessary for the pU He C haaforbldden his governorsto pass laws for Immediate and pressing im j&LfeT unK suspended In their OperaSons tui his assent jgwuld beobtamed and, when so suspended, he has uttenj, “llhS t ,^d n to t0 pass e oiher laws for the accommodations of la . r K e t tis t rlcts o. people, unless these P 60 ? 1 * ,^?An d in he aulsh the right of representation in the legislature, a right Inestimable to diem, and formidable to tyrants only. - if the d^oHitorT_of thel^gubUc
measures.
hu •r W r M «t.uv« i houw.
repeatsdly; g
neua hu ‘ suoh dls!
refused for a long Mme
issolutions to cause others to be
to ail the dangers of Invasion
popu.
KTiMrsa « foreigner*; refusing to ° ther ® i 0 ofaurage their migrations hither, and ralsijlg the conditions of new appropriations I He has obstructed die administration of Justice by refusing his absent to laws for establishing Judiciary powers. He has made Judges dependent on his jwlll alone for the tenure of ‘their offices, and the amoupt and payment of their salhas erected a multitude of new ofjlcee and sent hither swarms of ofneers to liaraas our people and eat out their subhas kept among us, in times of peace standing armies, without, the consent of fected to render the millftiry of and superior to the civil L He i ha» combined with others to subject Kta to a Jurisdiction foreign to our conatitutlone, and unacknowledged by our laws, giving his assent to their dels ^^ar^g^large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these states: . ,, . For cutting off our trade with all parts
af the world:
For imposing taxes on us without our ^Tor^eprivlng up, In many cases, of the
Iwneflts of trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond aeas to be
tried for pretended offences:
For abolishing
the free system of Ena neighboring province, ea-
ifttphl laws in ^
tabllshing therein an arbitrary govern jnent, and enlarging Ha boundaries, so as to render it at once an example and m Instrument for Introducing the same ab-
solute rule Into these colonies:
For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forma of our govern-
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Jksr suspending our own legislatures, •nd declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. . He has' abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection, and
Waging war against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our •oasts, burned our towna and destroyed
the lives of our people.
He ia, at this time, transporting large •rmiee of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and yratmy, already begun, with circuit*t&noes of cruelty and perfidy, scarcely iralleled in the most barbarous ages, id totaHy unworthy the head of a civ-
nation.
has constrained ouikfellow-cUiaena. „ ji Captive on the high seaa. to bear arma, against their country, to become the executioner of their friends and breth-
fall themselves by their hand*, excited domestic insurrections
amongst m and has endeavored to bring an the inhabitant* of our frontiers the merciless Indian savages, whose known ruts of warfare is an undistinguished de-
.. and conditions.
oppression* we
redress in the most
repeated petitions have
„ y by repeated Injury. prince whose character is thus marked .y every act which rfiay define a tyrant I unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have _ .. --> time, of at-
to extend sn
unwarrantable Jurladictlon over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances our emigration and aettlementf hers.
-im.*
^*^n H ^y n the ll tVes ofour common kindred
srman orvinreii. '
them, from time to time, of tempt* by their legislature
Warned
aii,
Of our emigration and getuementf nere. have appealed to their native Justice had magnanimity, and .we have conjufed them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpation* which wouid inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They. too. have been deaf to the voice of Justice und of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity which denounces our MDaratioa. and hold them, as we hold the test of mankind, enemies in war, in
peace friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives I the United States of America, insreneral Congress assembled, appealing tqAhe Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do. In the name, and by authority of the good people of these oolontes, solemnly publish and declare, that these United colonies are. and of right aught to be. tree bed independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is. and ought to be, totally dissolved: and that as free and independent States, they have the full power to levy War* conclude peace, contract alliances. establish commerce, and to do all other acte and things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence. we mutually pledge to each other our Uvea, our fortunes and our sacred
honor • > ■ ■ s
GEORGIA.
John Hancock. Lyman Hall. Button Gwinnett. Gtorge Walton. SOUTH CAROLINA. Edward Rutledge. Tboa. Lynch, Jr. Thoa. Hayward, Jr. Arthur Middleton.
VIRGINIA.
George Wythe. Tboa Nelson. Jr. Richard M. Lee. Francis L. Lee. Thos. Jefferson. Carter Braxton. Benjamin Harrison. " DELAWARE.
George Read.
NEW JERSEY.
John Hart.
Abraham Clark.
MASSACHUSETTS BAY. Samuel Adams. Robert Treat Paine. John Adams. Elbridge Gerry. NORTH CAROLINA. William Hooper. John Penn. Joseph Hewes. MARYLAND. Samuel Chase. Charles Carroll of William Paca. Carrollton. Thomas Stone. PENNSYLVANIA. Robert Morris, James Smith. Benjamin Rush. George Taylor. Benjamin Franklin.James Wilson. John Morton. George Ross. George Clymer. NEW YORK. William Floyd. Francis Lewis. Philip Livingston. Lewis Morris. NEW HAMPSHIRE. Josiah Bartlett. Mathew Thornton. William Whipple. RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE,
ETC.
Stephen Hopkins. William Ellery. CONNECTICUT. Roger Sherman. William Williams. Samuel Hunt|ngton.01iver Wolcott. In Congress, January 18, 1777. Ordered, That an authenticated oopy of the Declaration of Independence, with the names of the members of Congress subscribing the same, be sent to each of the United States, and that they be desired to have the same put on record. By order of Congress. JOHN HANCOCK, President. Attest: CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary. . A true copy. JOHN HANCOCK, President. GENESIS OF THE DECLARATION. Jefferson's Account of the Making .and Adoption of That Document. In a letter to Samuel A. Wells, dated Monticello, May 12, 1819, Thomas Jefferson gave the follow.ng account of the details in the Continental Congress, which culminated July 4, 1776,'in the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. I will now proceed to your quotation from Mr. Galloway’s statement of what passed in Congress on their Declaration of Independence, in which statement there is not one word of truth, and where bearing some resemblance to truth it Is an entire perversion of It. I do not charge this on Mr. Galloway hlmseK; his desertion having taken place long before these measures he doubtless received h:s Information from some of the loyal friends whom he left behind Mm. But as yourself, as well as others, appear embarrassed by inconsistent accounts of the proceedings on that memorable occasion, and as those who have endeavored to restore the truth have themselves committed some errors, I will give you some extracts from a written document on that subject, for the truth of which I pledge myself to heaven and earth; having, while the question of Independence was under consideration before Congress taken written rotes, In my seat, of what waa passing, and reduced them to form on the final conclusion. I have • now before me that paper, from which tl^e following are extracts: "Friday, June’ 7, 1776.—The delegates from Virginia moved. In obedience to Instructions from their constituents, that the Congress should declare that these United Colonies are, and of r'ght ought to be, free and Independent Stales; that they are absolved irom all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain Is, and ought to be. totally dissolved; that measures should be Immediately taken for procuring the assistance of foreign powtta, and a confederation be formed to bind the colonies mpre closely together. The House being obliged to attend at that time to some other business, the proposition was referred to the next day. when the members were ordered to attend punctually at 10 o’clock. . "Saturday, June 8.—They proceeded to take it into consideration, and referred It to a committee of the whole. Into which they Immediately resolved themselves, and passed that day and Monday, the 10th, in debating on the subject. “It appearing, in the course of these debates, that the colonies of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and South Carolina were not yet matured from falling from the parent stem, but thev were fast advancing to that state. It Vvas thought most prudent to wait a while for them, and to postpone the final decision to July 1. But, that this might occasion as little delay as possible, a committee was appointed to prepare a Declaration of Independence. The committee were John Adams, Dr. Franklin, Roger Sherman. Robert R. Livingston and myself. This was reported to the House on Friday, the 28th of June, when it was read and ordered to He on the table. "On Monday, the 1st of July, the House resolved Itself Into a committee of the whole, and resumed the consideration of the original motion made by the delegates of Virginia, which, being again debated through the day, was carried In the affirmative by the votes of New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island. New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carofina and Georgia. South Carolina and Pennsylvania voted against it. Delaware had but two members present, and they were divided. The delegates from New York declared th^y were for It themselves, and were assured their constituents were for It, but that their instructions, having been drawn near a twelvemonth before, when reconciliation was still the general object, they were enjoined by them to do nothing which W90ld Impede that object. "They, therefore, thought themselves Justifiable In voting on either side, and a«ked leave to withdraw from the questiop, which waa given them. The commute* rose and reported their resolution to the Housr. Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina. then requested the determination might be put off to the next day, as he believed his colleagues, though they disapproved of the resolution, would then join In it for the sake of unanimity. The ultimate question, whether the House would agree to the resolution of the committee, was accordingly postponed to the next day, when It was again moved, and South Carolina concurred In voting for it. In the meantime a third member had come post from the Delaware counties and turned the vote of that colony'dn favor of the resolution. Members of a different sentiment attending that morning from Pennsylvania also, her vote was changed, so that the whole twelve colonies, who were author1IM to vote at all, gave their votes for It, and within a few day* (July 9) the convention of New York approved of It. and thus supplied the void occasioned by the withdrawing of their delegate* from the vote. (Be careful to observe that this vacillation and vote were on the original motion of the 7th of June, by the Virginia dele-
1 who were not then present and some of ! them not yet in office, is easily explained, i if we observe who they were to-wlt: { that they were of New York and PennsylI vania. New York did not sign till the 1 15th, because it was not till the 9th (five ■; days after the general signature) tha^ , their convention authorized them to do ! so. The convention of Pennsylvania, j learning that it had been signed by a miI nority only of their delegates, named a new delegation on the 20th, leaving out Mr. Dickinson, who refused to sign. Willing and Humphreys, who had withdrawn, reappointing the three members who had signed. Morris, who had not been present, and five new ones, to-wlt, Rush, daymen Smith, Taylor and Ross, and Morris and the five new members were permitted to sign, because It manifested the assent of their full delegation, and the express will of their convention, which might have been doubted on the former signature of a minority only. Why the signature of Thornton, of New Hampshire, was permitted so late as the 4th of November, I can not now say, but undoubtedly for some particular reason, which we should find to be good, had it been expressed. These were the only post-signers, and you see, sir, that there were solid reasons for receiving those of New York and Pennsylvania, ■ and That this circumstance In no wise affects the faith of this declaratory charter of our rights and of the right*
of man. -
With a view to correct errors of fact before they become Inveterate by repetlon, I have stated what 1 find essentially material In my papers, but with that brevity which the labor of writing constrains me to use.
FIRING THE SHIP.
By Everett T. Tomlinson, Author of "Three Colonial Boys,” etc. Copyrighted, 1896, by
Everett T, Tomlinson.
A Fourth of July Celebration In ’TO. At the very time, late on July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress at Philadelphia was struggling with* the Declaration of Independence, another assembly at Elizabeth Town Point was also struggling with the men who had planned to invade their homes. The action of the former it well known to-day, but the deeds of the others are forgotten, although the early records Inform us that theirs was the first
celebration of the new nation.
On July 2 Howe began to land his forces on Staten island. This already was a refuge of the Tories, and when Howe’s men began to arrive* from Halifax, whither they had gone when they evacu- . ated Boston, the alarm had spread aiong skiff, the Jersey shore, for all feared an In- ‘
vasion.
Men and boys had answered the call and now on the evening of this famous Fourth were stationed behind the cover, which hastily had been thrown up near the point, and were engaged In a fierce contest with one of the enemy’s sloops of fourteen guns, which had come to anchor there with the evident Intention of destroying the defense and scattering the minute men. Npr did the task appear to be a difficult one, for the rude earth-works were weak and the men were raw and inexperienced, A Small body of Captain Nell’s artillery, with two twelve-pound cannon, however, were present, and on these the five hundred
men placed their main reliance.
The contest had been going- on for a half hour now, and so skillfully had the cannon been handled that the mast and rigging of the sloop , had been shot away, and she was unable to withdraw. Many of her
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OLD GLORY-With 45 Stars.
don’t think they’ll be on the lookout for danger from the sound. Somebody must
try It, and will you be the ones?” “My mother told me not to be Slot In
the back,” said Joseph, with a sfrange
choking in his throat. "If It must be done, we may as well try It as any one. What
do you say, John?"
“We’ll try It,” said John, quietly. "But I was wondering whether the raft the boys use for crabbing wouldn’t be better than a skiff. It’s right up the shore liere, and we could stay tn the water and push R. That
would be some protection.”
“The very thing!” said the captain
quickly. “Show us where 11 is.”
John led the way, and 'the raft was soon equipped for the perilous attempt. A mass of combustible material was piled upon it, and several short planks placed across the stem to serve as a protection to the boys, who were to swim out with it. Throwing aside their clothing, they at once pushed it out into the water, wading as far as possible, and then they began to swim. ‘ *T f'a « A fa r»h a n ^
derly when the boys disappeared. "I know it,” replied the captain, "but It had to be done. I’m glad It’s so dark, and now we'll have to work to hold the attention of the sloop to this side,” and he hastened back to his men. Meanwhile, the boys were swimming and quickly pushed the strange craft before them. They had started at quite a distance above the sloop,' and the outgoing tide was of great service. "They’re warming up an shore," whispered Joseph a little later, as the^noise
of the guns increased.
"Yes, and there’s the sloop right ahead,”
THE REGATTA AT HENLEY.
we fired the British sloop, was just thirty minutes ahead of the celebration at Phlla- i delphia. We didn’t know it, but We had i
the first one In America—Hurrah for the
Fourth of July and the United Colonies of |
tbSFhti th^firi^celebrotfonTn ‘all The YALE COLLEGE CREW TO BE ONE
land!"
SEVENTY MILLIONS TO BE SPENT.
Americans Traveling In Europe Will Leave That Much Money.
New York Herald.
The rush of American, tourist* to Europe this year la the greatest of any year In the history of steamship travel. It will be greater than the rush last year, which, In turn, exceeded the phenomenal year of 1892. It Is probable that the Increase for the entire season will not be far from 25 per cent, over last year. For the sake of conservatism, I shall, however, compute the^ increase at only 20 per cent. This Is sufficiently large. It means that not less than fifteen millions more of fertilizing American gold will be dumped on Europe’s thirsting plain. Many estimates have been named as to the amount of money which American tourists spend in Europe. Some of the^n are very far from the mark, some absurdly j low, some wildly high, i It was at the custom house that I obtained the figures here used. Through the
men also had fallen, while but few of the replied John, as the roar and flash of a j courtesy of the statistical department 1
Continentals had been harmed. But Cant. ! cannon came over the water. “She’a fac- learned that for the fiscal year ending w la in them have an Imprescriptible right
SSSSSsSS! SKSSSi- k around from the other side of the :sland,.; they be seen by the men on the sloop? and if they did, the contest would soon be John thought of his mother, and a picture brought to a close. | of his home rose before him. Would he
“Captain Nell .wants to, see you,” sail ever see it again?
OF THE CONTESTANTS.
Much Interest In the Varlou* Event* —Former American Crews In England—The Men Who Are Expected To Win.
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It Plenaed Them. Atchison’Globe. . People like occasionally to be told that they lotet sick enough to be in bed It makes them feel heroic because they stayed up. : ; A
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Henley, England, July 4.—America’s champ.on university on the water will represent the great Republic In the regatta
here July 7, 8 and 9. No tecond-rate Good board and lodging at reasonable prices, ’ varsity oarsmen are over here this year to ‘ give Britons & taste of Yankee skill and | and 48 miles west of city. onj., D. A w. Ry.
muscle, but the mighty men of blue who have for years kept Yale far In the lead In all American aquatic Contests. This time Yal* will, single-handed, face the pick of England's oarsmen. If she win* agalhst this great field her representatives will own a large part of Yankeedom when thsy return home. This regatta is conceded the greatest rowing event in- the world. It Is to boating what the America's cup contests are to yachting. Those who
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who go purely for business, represents closely the number of tourists for that year. That Is to say, the number was very close to 60,000. As these figures represent practically the return travel for th4 year 1894, I shall add 10 per cent, for 1896, the percentage of increase given me by Gustav Schwab, of the North German Lloyd line. That makes 65.000 for last year, and. computing only a 20 per cent, increase tor this year, we have a total .of more than 65,000. This estimate, submitted to a number of gentlemen, whose business would give them more or less
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PUSHING THE RAFT.
an orderly to John Shotwell and Joseph Swan, two boys of seventeen, who had taken their places with the men. “What does he want?” Inquired John. "I don’t know. Come and he’ll tell you
himself.”
The boys took their guns, and, following j the orderly, soon stood before Captain j Neil, whose grimy appearance resembled j their own. , j "Are you the boys who went over to j Staten island yesterday and fired at the
There was no time for such thoughts, however, as they were right under the bow now. John climbed on board the raft and grasped the heavy cable. The rushing tide made the craft swing around, until her stern was against the side of the sloop. It was the very position he desired, and thus far they had not been dis-
covered.
„ He made the raft fast to the cable and then took his flint and tinder. His hands trembled so that he scarcely could use them. Again and again he struck the
regulars?" asked the captain. . 1 « lnt - , bu t no sparks came or else fell "Yes,” replied Joseph. "We were out in j could be the trouble?
our skiff and fired Just to let them know !
all the Jerseymen were not asleep.. But j tlrm? g’^Sc f e U and ^ught.’ Qfficily when a lot of regulars came running out then the boys 8Ud from the raft and wlth of the woods, we made off tn a hurry.” i strong, quick strokes swam off. As soon "’Twas a foolish piece of work. Don’t : as the cover of darkness had been gained, try it again. And yet It showed you had J they paused and waited for the blaze, some qualities I want to use r.ght away. ; But the flash of the guns was the only
June 30, 1895. 53,604 persons of American residence arrived at the port of New York in first or ^second cabins. The custom house keeps no record of the cabin passengers. of American residence on the outgoing vessels, but the total number of cabin passengers outgoing for the year
1896 was 96,167.
I take it that the former figure, is slightly reduced, to make allowance for the .
buyers for Importing houses and others , upon by the Briton a* the best type of
Western rowing power, and represents to
to consider themselves world's champions Interest in Yale’s appearance this year has been h.ghtened by Cornell's failure last year. The latter’s eight oars made a good showing In practice, and up to the time one of them caught a crab, so that the real ability of the Yankee ’varsity oarsmen is still practically an unknown
quantity. Yale, with the prestige of years ! address M. N. Q.
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the English idea, the finest qualities of American oarsmanship, quite as well as would an all-college crew, chosen from the best boating universites in the United States. Not only that, but last year Yale defeated the crack English athletes at New Haven on track and field, and the English sporting public are eager to see If Old Eli is as good on the water as on
cinders and grass.
The ievents in which the Yale oarsmen will compete are the races for the Grand
Information uponi the subject, was re- j Challenge Cup (e ght oars), the Stewards’
approxl- I Challenge Cup (four oars), the pair-oar
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I want to set fire to this sloop. If we don't, help will come to them from the
Island."
The boys were silent, waiting for him. to explain. It certainly would be a desperate venture. Even while he was speaking a cannon belched and the reports of
should declare the
tfie same day, to
gates, that Congress colonies Independent.) "Congress proceeded, i
consider the Declaration of Independence, which had been reported and laid on the table tire Friday preceding, and on Monday referred to a committee of the whole. The pusillanimous idea that we had friends In England worth keeping terms with still haunted the minds of many. For this reason, those passages which conveyed censures On the people of England were* struck out, lest they should give them offense. The debates having taken up the
nr ria-ht fveater parts of the second, third and ana or ngm fourth day* of July. were, in the evening
of the last, closed the declaration was re-
note*.
Governor McKean in his letter to Mc■Corkle, of July 16, 1817, has thrown some lights on the transactions of that day, the actual declaration .its matter and age when our memories are not to be trusted, he has confounded two questions, j and ascribed proceedings to one which i belonged to the other. These two ques- ! tions were (1) The Virginia motion of I June 7, to declare independence, and (2) j the actual declaration, its matter and form. Thus he states the question the declaration itself, as decided on the 1 1st of July, but It was the Virginia motkm which was voted on that day In the
committee of the whole. South Carolina. r m £“ t - . as well a* Pennsylvania, then voting 1 1 want
against It But the ultimate decision in the House, on the report of the committee, being, by request, postponed to the next morning, all the States voted for It, except New York, whose vote was delayed for the reason before stated. It Was not until the 2d of July that the Declaration Itself was taken up. nor till
the 4th that It was signed by every me
Mr. Dickinson, J canto
The subsequent signatures of members hold their attoaUen
THE BLAZING SHIP.
many muskets followed. How could thev set fire to the sloop in the face of such dangers? John’s heart was beating rapidly and Joseph was trembling In his excite-
to fill a skiff with stuff that will burn, and come up to the sloop with it an the other side. Make the skiff fast, set fire to the skiff, and then swim off. You can both swim, can’t you?’’ said the
o&ptftin. n
“I'es,” replied John. But the prospect
was frightful.
How could they approach the sloop without being seen? And if they were, it would
ras decided, and It was { mean the death of both. ''
member present, except I “l know It looks desperate.” said the
I captain, reading their thoughts, "but we’ll
light that j appeared. Another minute passed, and another, and still no blaze was
seen. Was something wrong?
"You wait; I’m going back,” whispered John, and before his friend could remonstrate, hp was gone. Joseph waited ip a fever of; excitement, now knowing what
to do. j
Meanwhile John had safely regained the raft, and) found, as he had feared, that the fire 4ras out. Again he took the flint
garded as prpbably as close an mation to the fact as could be made. Now, what on the average will each of
these 65,000 tourists for the year of grace and bad collections 1896 spend from the time they book for the steamship until thfy again set foot on the uncouth shores
of their native land?
What They Will Spend. Here, again, any number of estimates have been made, or rather guesses. Probably my estimate is only a guess also. But from Inquiries made at some of the largei* banking houses, which give letters of credit, and from the tourist agencies, I am led to think that this average Is not far from $1,250 per person. A thousand dollars would be too low, $2,000 much too high. Well, 65,000 tourists spending an average of $1,250 each will get away with rather more than $81,000,000. A rather handy sum. But from this must be taken the amount which is expended In America, In the shape of steamship supplies, coal, salaries, advertising, expenses of tourist agencies and in countless other ways. Probably this sum is in excess of $10,000,000. This will leave a net sum of more than $70,000,000 which goes into the pockets of the steamship lines, the Innkeepers, •railways and other classes of tradesmen of Europe, who grow rich on the Ameri-
can tourists.
This Is a good deal of money. You get a better Idea of what it really means when you get In perspective with some ether things. For years the total gold product of this country has been less than half of $70,000,000, and last year was only $10,000,000 more than half. At its
and tinder and was rejoiced when the : . .. TT . first spark fell and saw a little tongue of ' sta^was onTv ITCOM Wtt flame appear. Satisfied that this time there , not hklf that A nf tnnr Wnnlri h« nn failure he hurrie^lv .alia ini-. , nail tnat. A > ea r ana a ball Of tOUT-
1st expenditures applied to the gold reserve would wipe it out completely. And not to weary you with comparisons, per-
tirould be no failure, he hurriedly slid Into the water and started toward his companion. He had gone but a few yards
*i e I^ 81 £3 ! test
j the national treasury’ that the BlaineCleveland presidential campaign was
_ _ over the rail. Had he been discovered? He quickly sank and swam
under the water as long as his breath . „ .. _ . - - would permit, and when he rose attain to j a r b , g wuutry and a rich the surfs.oe the fare had disann U >r^d country—bigness and richness only con‘Tfll go this nme." he s^a* r ^e - * neatest on earth. But some-
ran toward their cover, and just as they
how big and rich and great we are. You may not know It, but the dlaheart-
arrlved, a shout went up that sounded : i ‘u ,i ♦? .UT <3l " n / a ^ T ' above the noise of the guns. They turned t Vf «if thln S the and looked toward the sloop. A long PS £?l < ^^fZi 3 Wa3 ^ tongue of flame was shooting up over the of Ideas, hnmr t» -or, oi n r>«. «* „—Vrhen you have a lot of money in your
. pocket you think one way, and when you ! have none at all quite a different way. And just at this moment a very wide- ; spread idea—or. craze—that threatens to do a great deal of harm, springs directly ; from a lack of ready money. In the purest • spirit of philanthropy, I, as a man of no
. . property at all. offer to the wealthy and
then an unbroken stillness came over the
sound.
YThat’s the beat bonfire we ever had.
bow. It ran along the bowsprit. It spread over the rigging and climbed the broken mast. Again a shout arose from the men on shore. The crew of the sloop were taking their wounded and dead, and In their yawls were starting for Staten
island.
Not a gun was firing now, for none
said Joseph, as he and John were walking up the quaint old street toward their homes, but his friend made no reply. Just before the time when the sloop waa set on fire* the Congress at Philadelphia had finished Its work, and there was a new nation In the world. Bells were ring- 1 injf, guns were fired and bon-flres lighted throusbouf the city. News traveled slowly in thos* days, but on the 8th the report rsoehfed Trenton. There the provincial Congress, the committee and people assembled, and guns again were heard, and bonfires kindled. On the 9th the tid-‘, logs reached Elizabeth Town, and the same scenes were enacted. On the 10th New York was all ablase and parades and
, the silver question, this suggestion: Scatter your money from Bar Harbor to Tacoma. and from White Sulphur Springs to Coronado Beach—scatter It as lavishly and freely as you do on the boulevards of Paris or along the Riviera, and watch what a change at sentiment it will pro-
duce.
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side, and I learn, our celebration at the Point, wten tion.
Flower Mission Drawbacks.
Cblre*o Record.
/’Julia, what did that poor man *ay when you gave him that lovely bunch of
dsWesr*
"He said he would much rather have a good boiled cabbage.” For Refleetloa. Boston Transcript. (looking over her shoulder as he before the mirror)—You look good
to eat!
(without a smile)—Food for reflec-
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I race, and the race for the diamonq -mils. ’ The Cornell oarsmen express regret that
they did not enter the four-oared race
when they took part in the Henley re-
gatta last year. This is the fifth Ameri-
can crew to do battle with England on
her own water. Only one of those crewr
returned with a trophy. It will be Uie
third time eights have met, and both the
other two were defeated. Of the five in-
ternational races already contested all were on the other side but one, and England has three to. the credit of her College oarsmen. Here Is the record: 1869—A Harvard ’varsity eight rowed
Oxford over the regular Oxford-Cam-bridge four-mile Thames course, and was
defeated by six Seconds.
1876—First Trlnjty College of Cambridge University sent a four-oared crew to our Centennial regatta at Philadelphia, and was defeated by a Yale four, of which Bob Cook, the present Yale coach, was
stroke.
1878—Columbia sent a four-oared crew to England, which won the visitors’ challenge cup. 1881—Cornell sent to Henley a four-oared crew that had the previous year won the American intercollegiate regatta on Lake George. It lost at Henley, as well as on the continent. 1895—Cornell sent an eight-oared crew to Henley, entering only for the grand challenge cup. Tne Yale crew is made up of J. H. Simpson, Alexander Brown, William M. Beard, James O. Rodgers, P. H. Bailey, John McC. Longacre, Ralph B. Treadway, George Langford. The great race of the regatta is the grand challenge. The courfe for this is 1 mile 550 yards, and has only a slight bend. The Thames here is narrow, so nafrow one can throw a stone acrora. This affords the most excellent opportunities for observation. Fully ninety thousand persons saw last year's races. The prettiest sight tn the world 1* said to be the stream after a race, when hundreds of small boats, crowded with gaylydressed women, flock over the course like bright plumaged water-fowl on a Jollification. The houseboats along the Thames all rendezvous at Henley during the regatta, and with their sides decorated with all sorts of bunting and partly hidden by groups of spectators thsy make a beautiful background for the smaller craft. The fastest time ever made over the course was 6:51, made by the Leander Club In 1891; the slowest 7:48%. The greatest rivals to Yale will be the Leander crew, which is composed of the best men In Oxford and Cambridge. The western hemisphere will have other representatives than Yale at the regatta. The famous Argonaut Rowing Club, of Toronto, Canada, has gent its celebrated four to Henley. E. A. Thompson, of the crew, has entered for the diamond sculls. They were at Henley last year, but made no conspicuous sucesees. Saved Regrets. Chicago Time*-He raid. Pres* Woodruff and Lee Fairchild, two Western humorists, were to lecture at the opera-house in Puyallup. As they were approaching the place on the evening of the entertainment a little girl on the sidewalk, who was fondlyt hugging a puppy m her arms, said to Woodrulf: "Don’t you want to buy a puppy, mr? I will sell him for fifteen cents.” “What do you want with fifteen cent* just now?” Woodruff asked. "1 want to go to the show,’’ she replied. > "Oh. well. I am the show. I will give you a ticket, and then you can go to the show and keep your puppy, too.” The little girl was there, and when the show was over some one overheard the little girl say, with a sigh, as she hrgged the puppy closer: "I am awful glad I kept my puppy.”
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