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"Dy the rude bridge that arched the flood, their flag to April's brewe unfurled, here nee the embattled ',r,nJ ere ttcod and fired the shot heard round the world." ... . . M

f-n -ar'ir uiiT J vvlirüiiiiiiti"Ti. conRrcsa ho had made addresses In Thf cn-!l.Tii!.tns aliko of K.-if ty unl every county In the district many fthics (tu:unl tl:. obsi-rvatl.iii of th times, and the reoiil seemed delight-puldi-n n;l ammii; nations. r el to arrango dates for him. On July 4. 177;. tli oll I.II.rrty Toll Colonel Dennle reflected that he rnnjr out in onler to "imn-laln liNorty wa dose to seventy-nre, and that tiru;r)!jut ü!l tl.e l:ml. nt all the- In- maybe his rPle thought h had Hvd habitants thiTtNif." Siipi' that on years tno lonp;. going on the Ulblieal annthiT July 4 It were permitted to limit True, his head -was clear and raise Its crnekod nnd wheezy voice to ho was iihysirally fit. but tho world do n Mf-'i r nnd far nobler thin?: Pnv. had no use for old men, he bitterly

claim liberty to all the oi prev-. d of con?id?redj lt thinks, if they are not

the world! here Is the man who would not wish to lie In that Pod world? Surely not on wor.M pray with Simeon,' Lord, httet thou thy H-rvimt now depart in peaee." Let Jill the free peoples of th world f nd reireser1tutive. to meet la Independence; hall. Let them rrente and I;n ii nobler do-unent

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fREEDOM OVER

ALL THE EARTH

Duo Recognition of Human EVVi,.r r . ',i,,h mf n e-

niqnts wowtne Aim ' of Mankind.

Hut 1 ma Ptv-r funn-eJ . t any n- I'laee t re w." Today. In lOlti, tiie M,IlMiM t!,at ai.pA.-ire. ,..ir f.os roper s.x ial desire of tlu individual tt lie.il f.f t!,e ounr I ,-lu mat: t.f to- '',f r' u!l1' 'e a friend to I.mn." All'!

day, u ii ;t. hitr..K,if 0 t r tho i p. si nJI.irly. to live In the crossroad of J.K away hi e..n,f..ii8 ar.U n-'xin l.'s Lie ... rlons i.n.l 0.w vlt.,1 l;,r.,.f In

or wi-ry m.m in his rri.ifuny. .....

We lour to KrKUr.rl rich in .: i uiai penain to nunmnity is tlie iei' h youti; men as your rr.inutrrn.oi. unl proper nttltU'Ie for the nutb n. The

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eame aiuis-lil rty nj the rvi of c ur Uep ndt nee und internationalism. Incountry an.J ..it !. terdeper.d. nce Is life nd ot -lorüinlfi-

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i?n. n nuwiT uo-uneni m li than thuthlch the fa- Cv:

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new iiocuuieni win re cthe Peelaraticii of Interdc peinleiice. .-21 That declaration w ill ft. lr7 nfile nil free peoples to stand n trr. inst tin agression of autocratic spoilers. I' v!U assert the solidarity of all who stand for freedom and who love their fe!!ow mrn. It will pet forth the crow!i z senso of human brotherhood. It will express In lurper measure the blph political ideals of our tlm. It may not rir.p in a thousand years of poav, t ut if will herald that dawn W'ben l!?!it shall epreail. and man b 1 ki r man, Tliro.Kti ail tho circle of the RoUita year. (votiied ofh

dead at seventy they ought "to be,

What made It hurt bo at this time was that tho governor had promised to attend tho celebration, and the affair was to bo somewhat bigger than usual. For Colonel Dennlo to uiive

no hand In the exercises at all would

bo to rhxco unon him tho peal of man forgotten.

It was a torturing thought to a man

who had always cherished an abiding affection for his rTle. "His" people! Ah! They were his no longer; they would have none of him. To them he waa as bo much. old. Junk ready for tho heap. Maybe the fact that Joe Sever wat running things this year had somethin? to do with it. Sever was'prosecutlnir attorney of tho county, and

white read tho Declaration of Independence and a glee club sane a song, and was encored several times. The chalra on the grandstand were all occupied by apeakers or distinguished guests. Joe Sever, who was always la evidence got up and made soma long winded announcements about the fireworks and music Iii the evening, and then said he had the pleasure of Introducing a young man who had Just coniojncn.tjiatnjn. .ajj wJio .yraa not down on tho program locausö they didn't know whether or not he would get In. When Sever began talklnr. Colonel Den nie moved farther back among the trees, because the Yankeo's Toico Irritated him. The people cheered enthusiastically when the young man. who had Just arrl'-cd, arose to speak. ? "I thank God that I live in a country where I cannot bo driven to vral at the beheat of any king or emperor, but in a country 'which, when lta honor Is in question, need! no order of monarch to rally Its sons to Its support!" Surely urely he knew that voice! Why. It was from a speech Colonel Dcnnie had once made himself! The old man who had lived too long

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Iim. p. tidonce hall Is holy ground at of et. trance to which, like Mo-s at

the bush of Cre,

nie should remove his shoos; tut it pale Into Insignificance ,s" Fide Interdependence ball which p o in e d ti y w nitist bUÜd IMTOS" the street from

I saw a Very lx-.vjt:f:j rpr.--i fei-llnir trf-tueen u to XI. m.n i .1

year, nays a writ. r in 8. rll ner'n. I -nt w w,u "an? separately." any m tt.e m-.rsrir to t'o? o:o North Ily innintalnint Independence ZrVZS;: n:!2Ut!?n;, ',fnes, the fathers hoped to

tao ..tt eauü'n. Ilri i-h an I vinf- : r;.t.-. r,,,,l ! Isolation Fpelled Fafefy, and so w.r alor. on the t rl.U'f. We lai.l fJ .w- they trusted that a leen. wide moat nt

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I.tto F-i inovr.l lla-t!.'rr.e. Ill spirit may l.ave Jolrud u a we p.m,. th. (, Vanjc. I.i t no on- '. to he n, v.Y.in f'.ul I' V.'.y a r', ):jr roe-mun cam t' rouch the n-.'st- i.IJ Heran Just r- n from f.:r ir: it v for tiny loy fcoiit har'llv t Nr:.; all tw younc m n of ti.e irfJtr.t earryi: a tuli anj a flaff. Tl.oy wet i1')t to th Prlt!yh rrvf.

t!ie "birthplace of nn,l f r th first time In h Ft-:y tl.ry ii,l AinirU an liberty." , n 11 l-rr,rn tC nd n l.r.in.h cf NVw

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'edera ,.,iol a KlMU(.a ,.v,.Ilt '' in.'.'-e l.'n;rt; today It Is overhad-"H-J by tf. thlnu of which Teiinysod jr.-sm,.j. ttThe i.vderation of the "rld." Xne Derlaratlon of Indo1 ,lCe ftnte paper of such sljrcanee bn to 6tan(1 ln a cas3 ,y Jt. ' r- It Immortalized every man who fc,raed It. "Tbene united colonies are ( t rlpht ought to be free and In-

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Mew a to;1 call, anil ia.c.l rn to do th Mm for the mlnu'etnin his fl.i. Tl rn they tHv In 11ms on t:." tr!i!co rich of th 1 threw a II r Into tfo rlvr n1 s.il jtr.l. wMlo t! 1.-- Ur rr.,: slufr all the sallort wl o d.e.l In the CI Ml ar" Then nftr a last tVs:ty .ur' rail thoy meHe.1 away Into th ri lst. Was it th mist of p.ie iT t jtnreT for t'icy 1 .-. 1 r.iljtoi tl. t?irer irrt fa ts c.f t :t. t'resrnt an, fiituro hNtory - the Mrth of It rnoerarr." tKTt l.'n.tsh'n nf A"-u .- enlsm. ar 1 fh- future p. ir.. of t,e world whl.-h will s-.rHy sprinc; fr. oi It.

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o'ht Strifes- t,olv...t fr.on all

"'ginnce to the Itritish crown; ml J-" connexion between them and Croat 'nialn. Is 0Qd ought to be totally dlsved." s0 nj,, (DO Wor,ls tt fir,, ln ''"all sin c.f w hich w;ns to bo made real r need be. by the lives, as well s the property nild McrfHf honor (lf th,, s... mtorles. lIut the iMlarat,n lf la. ,er,J,indptico of all free p.phs) xvlll " rtop thnt .of July A 177). us tl(ti overtop, the daisy. Creat Patriotic Aim. i.ut nt that time Independent wns me idpg.t and best thnjc (hp futi(irH emld purchase In a war of seven J-'nrs. They could not enjoy the tmftileriable rights of -life, liberty and the pursuit nf dinning." ..oi i .

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'ngianri meant to be robbed and et- Old Order Atoled. JiltL Jailed or hanxtilat tho.LcLcat .rtut Jthe oJrtirdor c 'eth, giving

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were the I'mi-li erown. And Uke, patriots pMioscd stand alonr. to bo Irob peiid. id. Th

proposed nn pouliable self-rule on lito-s more liberal than ever bud been tried ; there were to be neither klt.iM m r kinglets but.ruther u state of human equality. . , . Across the water It was n dark ': for human rights. In nil Lnropc liberty was ecllpsid; then' was not one free people. Monarch were supremo and more or Us trjatii.UcI; and so, to stand ahm und even aloof, n Washington counseled, was to be prudent. No allium e wns possible save

with thnt widen they Lad just ro-

Atlantio ocean.

would keep their foes nt a distance of miles while they should pain numbers and wealth and experience In governing themselves. They minted coins bearing the Inscriptions. "Let Me Alone" and "Pon't Step on Me," the latter beneath the fgüre of n coiled rattlesnake, and cutting themselves off fromworld politics nnd world Interests they bec.nno a self-contained, selfsunicletit people, enjoying free assembly, free speech, free press and free religion, but making Americanism dan-ger-mMy near a big provincialism. We helped no other people to pain our glorious liberty. All was well If we were let n!"tn by tho politloul and

warring world. Autocrasy In Rout. Tut n new world order has come In. The western hemisphere Is nil free. Cb'tia has astonished the world by electing a president. "The bear that v. alls like a nan" becomes human for n fortnight nnd Is free1 until his Iiterty, mistaken for license, enslaved Mm to the boNhcvIkl. France and Portir-al lire free; Croat I'.rltnln, our r.iicb'it oppressor. Is free and Is our friend. The Prltlsh empire Is free, n g-.laxy of g-eat self-governing peoples 4"nnn'!a. Australia, New Zealand, South Africa nil free, even though a f..n:rehend king s Its nominal head; but Lloyd tioorge, democrat, not C'-orL'e V atit crnt. Is the real ruler of the r.rltish empire ! Now for "Peace on Earth." Tree peoples do not menace the tranquility of the world; they are not bent on conquest; thoy seek not to Impose their will on their neighbors, even though the neighbor be weak nnd Fmall. They covet nothing which Is their neighbor's. Thcy.stnnd for pence

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0 1 RICHARD DELVNIR was hurt beyond tho power of words. Ho had been delib rately snubbed by tho Starcliff Fourth of July committee. It wouldn't have cut so deep had ho been consulted as to some arrangement of the program, or requested to take a Beat

on tho platform. Certainly ho would not go there unless invited. That ho wasn't asked to "make a few remarks to tho crowd" was a bit unusual, but ho wouldn't

services. The governor, he knew, would be a little astonished to learn that his old friends had noftven heen skd up on the grandstand. Joe Sever wouhl be there wearing a badge, an.; looking important; that was his way. Most likely it was through Jealousy he had Ignored th governor'a oil friend at Ftarcliff. All rigl.t. Colonel Deanlo was not the sort of man to run after anybody! If tho executive mt him he would gladly shake hands and greet him warmly, but ho would not seek him out. Ho had as much self pride as If he were governor himself. It was a beautiful day, and people from the country began arriving early, Fvery train brought additions to the crowd. Tho streets were ablaze with flags and bunting and nolso with brass bands from all the towns la tho county. Joe Sever rode about oa horseback, delivering orders like some great field marshal, tho busiest and most Important man In town. There was a rarado out to the grove whero tho exerelBca woro to bo held. Joo Sever rode at tho head, of course. Then eamo a brass band

have minded that had tho committee ronowea ny an open carriage with tho shown Fomo consciousness that he governor and somo local dignitaries, was on earth. He knew the mem- Colonel IVnnlo recalled many times bers had been in carnnt censukatlon hon he had been In that glittering with tho circuit Judgo ra.d fomo of carriage dawn by Liveryman Jones tho leading law yers many Um, hut "no black horses, .rtut that was long

not a word of advice or suggestion "go. icaay no was standing on tho had any of them sought from him. outskirts of Jho crowd wearing as oI4 The colonel recalled that as a young ,trRW hat and a coaL' man ho was ln demand for Fourth of NoNwly paM MJ attcntlon to hlnu

bad congressional aspirations. He

was a tall, agjrresslvo fellow, smart as wiped his specs and began edging up a whip, but a Yankee! That is. he closer and closer, and peering through was from "Down East" somewhere, the crowd. "Why bless my soul! Is And Colonel Dennlo was a "rebel" ol It? Can It be" the f ghting type. Put out here ln th Then when a might cheer broke free western air men had long since loose he Joined ln:

, . . . "Hurrah for you. Dickey boy! ' h in.-, and taken up with thl cr,edt and threw h,g oM ,trmw hKt M :. However, ho reasoned. hJgQ ln the a,r that h9 neTer tot lt ver forgets, and now that ac !he -addle bewould ride- ,et?e ,t to ny da(, therw;. Ml(, :,od over old rebels- who the younf man to CoIoni 'or a principle, and when rnnl 1 should thl nation ever be

lick j manfully acknowledged It aiBa,le(1, the old men who were once

ana sain AmetT to General Grant's called -rebels and their sons, would noble advk-e "Let us have peace!" not be among the first to fy to arms Colonel pennie was personally ao in its defense! Cnainted with tho governor, and had "Right you are. Dickey boy!" shootbeen one of his stanct supporters, ed the old 'Yeber "Taaih TaaaaaHe recalled that he fta many kindly athh! Taaaalh!" letters from the commonwealth's Dick Dennis, Junior, hid been study chief magistrate, tbanlilng him for his Inr law with a firm ln the metropolis

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and had come home unannounced as surprise to his parents. Py this time Colonel Dennis had forgotten all about the gloomy reflections of the morning ln the triumph his son was making, and he stood there smiling and clapping his hands, the happiest man on the grounds. II was living now In tho glory of his offspring, with never a thought of th Indifference manifested toward him self until "Colonel, where on earth bat JÖ been? I'vo looked for you everywhere!" Colonel Dennis stared 19 tmats ment at the rawboned Joe. STer. who had come out of the cföVdand was holding him by the lfm. 'V "I have been In town 11 äff? t plied the colonel simply. V "Well. I couldn't find you. CoHa up on the platform with me. I want you to Introduce the governor to these people. He's been asking about you eversince he cam's to town." Pennsylvania Grit.

Gradually the aoereta-of how the bot Fhevlkl operated 1V Rhtsta nam Ing out A late dispatch says that tba Insane asylums were opened and th Inmes liberated.

July speeches, and at other occasions. While not boasting, ho felt qulto certain his remarks had been appreciated. T From his youth on Iöj had always responded to tho call when Starcliff

Another war secret Is out; Ihej paed trees for radio towers. A thä prescht rate they will find by and ty thai they won't need anything at all for wlreltsi communication, m

Ilehlnd tho carrlago marched the local fraternal orders, the National Guards anija lot of school children carrying small flags.

Man never looVs ns lovely Jjthe Adonis clothing modell picture-him, n niA Vian tna fro l-S Pit itA la

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required speaking or any other kjnd .. 0j .a.iae4!c7a.ta.lltU. tHUa ,0fU' talent. .When bo was a jyejnbcr pi

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