St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 18, Number 51, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 8 July 1893 — Page 3

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¢~ SNy y g -e 7 & /j;‘n g [ e odF \ : fi‘ < A @_\ ; l}:‘é X ‘{l‘ G ; rlg\m g)’ eww e ../) ENPE A R ", Al \‘FC'? s\-;-..;; f;’t\."‘:f ’ s, |TR e i i:v o g ‘ ; Ca\}a = Ormond ST‘Q'C g "CHAPTER XX!V_Continuned. i The book was brought, and Ralph Denham, who knew the characteristics ; of every man on board, called out the | fifty, or rather forty-nine nameos he | wanted, ond Valentine wrote them down. “Now, have them assomble quietly in I the ward room,” said the captain. - Within ten minutes the sailors were | gathered in the ward room, where lights | were lit and the doors guarded. Captain Denham removed his disguise before meeting the men, but as ~ they supposed he was in New York, their surprise and joy may be imagined | ~at seeing him. ; As has been said, he knew every man present, and they had been boys togoether. He could trust them as imgﬂoltly as he could Mr. Hedges or Mr. ‘Valentine. They were more than a lot of ordinary young sailors, they were seamen of rare intelligence, any one of whom could manage the Sea Hawk if ocecasion required. They were vulun-‘ teers, fighting for the honor and safety | of the province in which they were | born. , ' Subterfuge was out of place with | such men, so Ralph wisely concluded to | tell them the whole truth, which he did, | after first caution'nz them to silence | and secrecy. | " He told of his own adventures, who | Fox was, and the plan he, Captain | " Denham, had decided on to capture the | pirate and bring him to justice. | While Ralph was speaking, the com- | ments of the men, and the m:any shakes ' of the head, told that they were not | taken by surpris: so very much, “I have chosin you, my shipmales,” | said Ralph, in conclusion, “not because | you are braver and more reliable than the rest of the crew, but I wanted, or i rather Fox wants, only fifty men, so as | we have all been friends since hoyhood, | you will unders'ani me when the time ! for action comes as others might not.” | The men would have broken into a ] cheer had not L.alph checkeld them in | time. % Believing that ox would not parmit | the sailors from the Sea Hawk to use ‘ arms, or thathe might try to lock themup | when the fight came, he made each | man conceal two pistols and a long dirk | on his person. A rallying ery was| agreed on in the event of a fight at | night, and the conduct that should gov- \ ern each man; also the name Captain’ Denham was to go by, and the fact that they were to take no more notice of him ! than of their other companions till the %&g: came. ] . The arrangements were not perfected ~ when day broke. Soon after Mr. Fm-( " nauld came on board with a letter from Captain Fox to Lieutenant Hedges, ask- | ing if the men required would be sent I on loard. “Our men are velunteers,” said .\lr.‘ Hedges, “and I have not the power to! gßend them to another ship without their own consent. But last night I ex- | plained to them|that there was a chance, | it they went with the Wanderer for a| week, to have a brush with that traitor | and dog, Kidd; so fifty of the lads are | ready.” ; “Ah, that is good news. If we don’t| show them Kidd,” laughed Frenauld, | “then that fellow will be harder to cateh | than the Flying Dutchman. We have | fifty or sixty men on the sick list whom | we shall leave with you for a few days, | They are not mueh under the weather, | but I fear they have been indulging (o much on shore. I suppose you are all anxious to have Captain Denham back.” | Honest George Hedges could not re- | ply to this with a straight face, so Valentine answered: 1 “Oh, yes. But we can get along without him for a while.” | Within two hours the boats of both ships made their transfers, and Ralph Denham and his gallant boys were on the Wanderer. The sixty bearded ruffians who came on board the Sea Hawk did not look like men that ever had been sick, but they had a part to play, and it can be said, whether to their credit or not, that they | played it exactly as Capt. Fox wished. | ! CHAPTER XXV. ' THE WAXDERER AGAIN WEIGHS ANCHOR. Captain Fox believed that he had | Colonel Grabam wholly in his power, and he bled him accordingly. In addi- | tion to the large sums the Colonel had already paid to his tool, he now gave | him more, not so much, Fox thought, | for giatitude as to insure his silence | ~about the crimes on Long Island, Bermuda, and Long Island, New York. } - Fox would not have been quite so | - comfortable with his aristocratic guest | could he have known the truth. \ Before leaving New York, Graham had arranged with one of his tools to notify the governor at a certain date that Captain Kidd would be about that time off the eastern end of Long Island; | and this tool did his work well. ' The governor’s object in sending for Captain Denham was to put him on Fox’s track; but as there were no other ships in the harbor suited to this work, and Ralph Denham neither reported in person nor by letter, the authorities were perplexed, and the young captain was in disgrace, After Graham felt assured that Ralph PDenham was out of the way, he would have given hundreds could he have communicated to Mr. Hedges, without danger to himself, that the Wanderer was commanded by Captan Kidd. Graham loathed and dreaded the man whom he had used so many years to further his own designs; and now as ¥Fox told of his plans for the future, the Colonel was amazed at the man’s audacity anc ingenuity. It was arranzed that by daybreak of the morning that Ralph Denham and his men went on board the Wanderer, that Colonel Graham and his servant should go ashore to the inn, and make imme«diate prepatations for returning to New York. Othello, or some otherservant equally _ekillrul, was as essential to Graham’s «gomfort s his clothing and his meals.

i | But when daylight came, and Othtwllol did not report at his master’s door, as was his habit, that choleric gentleman was highly indignant. In obedience to the Colonel’s request, a search of the ship was made for Othello, but he failed to reveal himself. One of the most active of the searchers, and the only one who could have thrown any light on the matter, was the shrewd Scoteh boy, Don; and he did not think it to his interest to tell that he had seen Othello vanishing through an open port the night before, and swimming in the direction of the Sea Hawk. l “Depend upon it, that old hae, Dinah, has seduced the boy off,” said Fox. “And my alvice to you is to go ashore and invoke the a-sistance of Uncas. IThe 01l woman has been adopted by his people. and the boy is with her, l Strange that the woman should live so long and never seem to grow older.” Graham said he thought she was a | devil, if ever one appear d in human ,form. “Yet,” he added, “it is strange, knowing us as she does, that she did not tell the people. Supposing she were to say that youg nar e was not Fox, but William Kidd.” “Why,” laughed Fox, “the poople would say she was insane. But if she had tolt them before Ralph Denham’s death the story of his tatEor's murder and the fact that he was Lord Paliton by right of birth, why, then the peo 1o | would begin to investigate, and;“ﬁgd. they might find it to be true; eh, Colonel?” Col. Graham made no response, but the giitter of his cold groy eyes told how Fox's words maddened him. , To get out of this man’s hatel com- ‘ pany, as well as to instjtute a search | for his runaway sorvant, Graham went | ashore before breakfast, immediately | | after the men arrived from the Sea Hawk. % ! He would not have descended to the | | boat so steadily had he known that one of the men on whose shoulder he lad ' his hand to steady himselt was Raiph | r Denham, whom he believed to be doad, | As soon as Grahan left, Captain Fox | }nud Guy Frenauld went down to the ! cabin, where they found Don in attend- | ance, looking as docile and innocent as if never a thought of revo't had enterad : his mind. { ’ “Go out, Don, and see about breakfast, Mr. Frenauld and I wish to bhe alone,” sald Fox, and the lad btoved! l low and retired. | “Egad, Fr.nauld,” said Fox, striking | the table, “we are in luck. If the powors in New York don't visit me inside of l twenty-four hours with a strong fleet—iand I know they haven’'t got one—l"l] | | sail within the week with iy two ships | lri;.:ht, into the harbor, and unfur{ my | lag before their eyes, to show I set { them at defiance,” i “But will that pay?" asked Frenauld, | | alarmed at the Captain’s proposal. ' “Pay! Confound it, man, the truo sallor doesn't think all the time of prize money: he must give some thought to l glory.” i “Then you feel that we are sure of ' the Sea Hawx.” ‘ { “As sure, Frenauld, as that you are sitting there. Why, sir, the ship is at this moment virtually in our possession. | ,'Our fellows will do their work when | they see my signal. Hodpges caunot "lm\e more than eighty men left on the Sea Hawk, and suspecting nothing, lthcy will be whelly unprepared for our onset,” l “It is eertainly a splendid scheme, iand I cannot see why success shoul | ! not erown it,” said Frenauld. i “Success will erown it, sir. Never { feel half-hearted or in doubt about a { matter in which you are interested. ! Your own contidence inspires success, { and men who enter battle. determined | to win always succeed if they are well i led.” | “You are quite right there, Captain. { And now as to the plans?” | “It w.l hardly do, Frenauld, for us { to put the Sea Hawk's men we have on E board between the decks till we got out |of sight of the town. When the fellows ' see that their choice lies bLetween walking a plank and taking serviee with | me, they will swear allegiance to the ' black flag; but for that I care nothing one way or the other. | “These fellows are brave, but they are Puritans, and so will not make con- | tented rreebooters. Gad, Hedges! he is a gallant sa'lor, but it is inevitable. Well, as to our moven ents--we get un der way when the tide is on the turn, and go down with the ebb.” “That will be at hall past 5.” ' “About that.” “And as to this reception?” i “It eomes off, Frenauld. Don't you understand it?’ ‘ “I must confess I eannot see what | you are to do with the people that come on board, unless you land them here,” | said the lieutenant. : - “Toland part and hold the rest would | be to alarm this and all the adjoining | settlements, with their swarms of ca- | noes and boats, and also to place in doubt our success with the Sea Hawk. | We must take all hands and land the | party, except Miss Hedges and Miss Cond.t, at the eastern end of Gardner’s ‘ Island. A bold scheme, but you do as! you are told, and leave the rest to me.” | Captain Fox rang a bell, and Don | came in at once with the breakiast. | This over, the officers went on drek, and the arrivals from the Seca Hawk | were Bet to work preparing the Wan- | derer for the cruise she was to lezin | | that day. { It was still early in the morning when | Captain I'ox went ashore. Nearly tho | first man he met was Dr. Hedges, who ' told him that the people were very much : divided as to the propriety of arresting | | the post-rider the night before, an®that | he, Dr. Helges, thought it would be | wise to let the man go. ‘ | “Idid not arrest him without orders, | and I cannot release him without breaking them. The man is well cared for, but he is a criminal, and he will hang | as soon as Iget him to New York,” said | Fox. “ “Es dat man don’'t die till den, eo’ll | lib forever,” croaked a voice directly | behind Fox, that made him jamp and | (turn as if he had been pricked by a | | sworl, ' | “Ha, you hag!” he said, recognizing “ " Dinah. “Where is your grandson that { ' | you caused to run away from Colonel | , | Graham?” i | “Ye’d bettah go ax Cap’n Kidd dat || question. Ha, ha, ha!” and Dinah | | laughed and shook herself, and with her i head to one side peered up in Fox's red | 1 face. : ' | ©old Dinah is ecrazy, Captain Fox; 1 you must not heed her,” said Doctor | Hedges, leading his friend away. J

“Y am sorry,” raid Captain Fox, “that the people of Sag Harbor, to whom I am indebted for so many | courtesies, should think I would do anything unbecom'ng an officer in her ma’‘esty’s service.” He was feeling in his pocket as he spoke, and now, to the doctor’s surprice, fxe pulled outa large silken purse, filled with gold, and continued: “I have been anxious before starting on this cruise, from which, as there is chance of a heavy fight, I may | never return, to do something for the poor and dependent of your beautitul town. Take this purse, my dear doctor, I know not how much it conta'ns, | and give it to these who may need it.” The Doctor, who was an exceedingly . kind-hearted man, tok the purse—its woight surprised him—and as he hid it away, he said: ; | “We a!l hope that you will return, and, thoug s me may be angered by what they o no: understand, I am sure you will not leave a !ne behind youn. " “[ know I sha'l leave one true, earnest friend,” sail Fox, scizing the Doctor’'s hand and shaking it elfusively. “Now, my dear Doctor, as I have buslq.cs! with her Ma esty’'s messenger, Colone! Graha +, I must leave you, and sha:l ’ oipect 1o great you and your estimable family on lLoard the Wanderer this afternoon."” Tue Doctor sail he would surely be there, and then he hurrel kome to g.ve | JLea ant her mother another evidence | of Captain Fox's Erincely generosity | and Christian thoughtfulness. ’ He found Eilen Condit at his house, and told her that he would go u "&i' to sec her father.whose mnm&&r P ceondust of late pu:z ed him nota little, | and mad: him extremely anxious for his old friend's health. ; “I think," said Ellen, “that fgther is feel nz very woll; but If you goup to the place this morning you will not find him." i “Where is he?” i “On toard the SBea Hawk.” i “Why, he spends half his time there,” | “soo mother and 1 teill him, Doetor, | enl we should not be at all surprised to see him return, at any time, dressed as a sallor and walking with a rolling ’ gait, while he shouts to us that he has enlisted.” sald Ellen, smiling. Oh, Heaven fortid. Hut, of course, El en, you will attend the yecoption on board th: Wanderer thiz alterncon?” sald Dr. Hedges i “Yes: Lea and 1 were talking about ”Il\', Weo thint soole of the hﬂiv‘(‘!ﬂ and men on that ship are the most deHghtful . “Ah, Ellen, Ellen,.” laughed the grati. fied doctor “I'l not tell valentice; but don't say that aga'n, And &0 you really think that some of the officers and men on the Wanderer sre very nice, eh? *1 do, indeadd.” !-"pi.e‘i Fllen, ANMra “cw!ga-‘_ up 1o this tin o, 1",1\4| nover kept a secret from her husband, . She would not have ket thizs one were it not that she feared he might sive i publicity and #o defeat the plans of those who were wark.ng to beat Captain Fox at his own ga ne. i) B VTINILR D Giameins I Rome, A correspondent of the New York Tribuns says that the street boys of Rome have all the curiosity, shrewdness anl impudence of sirect boys in | | geneoal, together with some traits pecuiiar to themsweives, They have a | tharp eve for fereigners, and have de- | f veloped ne littie skt In extracting ening froo them The Tritine's letlors writer rays: ] got inlo a disapute with | 8 cabman becavse he demanded a tip in ! addition to his rezular fare. While wo were talking a little fellow of 6 or 7 yea's stepped up and said, in a paternal, assuring tope “Sixty centimes s enough, sir. The | rascal is very inmpudent. Don't give him any more.” In the same breath he askoed me fora soldo for the service rendered, I handed him a coin, langhing at his grand air:, and Le reecived it with a condescending gesture Fhen, as the driver reached for his whip, the boy Inaie off, saying, I'l]l 8o You iater I wa'ked on, and presently another ure iin wWas atl ey siqe. “Yo¢s, signor, you are quite right, this is the road (o the Vatican. Give me & I drove him off, bu® in a few minutes another can e bounding up "My lord! my lord! you are losing your handserchief.” That was ancther soldo. Next a bootblack, hardly more than 5 years okd, caugiit sizht of the foreigner. “Your loots, girl your bootsl” ha shouted. I tried to ignore him. He appealed to my sell-respect "But, my lord, such boots!” he exclaimed, as he trotted a’ong at my side “i} I'io mio! What nasty boois! O Santo Madre Dio! What boois! I leally pity vou, s'r. Indeed! such boots! In fato! I am sorry for you.” All this was uttered in a tone of yro- | found moral ¢ nviction, as if lecher- ; ished for me the mostdisinterested feel- | ing of regret and sympathy. FYut when the appeal faile, he drepped behind me a few steps and changed his tune, “dust look at that American! Cne | can always teil an American by his dirty boots!” { That was too nuch for me. Rather than bring disgrace ujo: my nativa | land I gave the little imp the job he was after. i \ Costly Fifteen Second-, § “The greatest transformat on scene I ever saw,” sald a railroad engin er, | “was on the Pennsylvania Reilroad, | near Rohierstown, I'a. It was a light- | ning change, too, if there ever was one, A l.ng train of loaded jumbo coal cars - was going east, and running at a high ! rate of speed. » . “Suddenly a brake rigging on one of | ' the cars near the head of the train came | | loose in some way and dropped to the | | rails. The collision of the wheels ol | | the car with the obstruction snapped an | axle, which threw the car from the i track. Instantly car wheels, brakes, | | timbers, rails and coal were flying | thick in the air, as car alter car went | i‘pilin;_" upon the first one and one on | | another. Ten cars were torn to splin- | ’ ters. i | “Two others were hurled over on the ! i other track, :uul}wo tumbled down an | {('-,ml.»:wknmnb. Not a truek or bit of | brake apparatus was left (n a single | [ one of these cars, and the ten o'hers | | were simply piles of stove wood and | i scrap iron. Phe rails were completely | | ripped from = s ties for a distance of | | 400 feet on the east-bound track, and | | for 200 feet on the west-boun tracl. l | “The roadbed for that distance was ' 1 covered two feet deep with coal. The whole thing was done in less than f{i‘- t | teen seconds, and it cost the company l | slo,6oo.~New York Sun.

e [ RS ost emesrtmmesrsese 1.A $ T N AFTER THIRTY YEARS i ' i GETTYSBURG'S GALLANT HEi ROES ARE HONORED. ! e New York State Dedicates an Appropriate ' Monument on tho Battlefleld—Addresses | by Bla_hop FPotter, Governor Flower and Others—Ten Thousand Were Present. Monament to Their Memory. ' Thirty ¥eal‘ﬂ have passed away since the eventful battle that turned the tide of the eivil war. Hundreds and thou-

sands of the men who rallied around tho flags of both armies have gone to their reward within that thirty years. Time, so prone to obliterate those , landmarks which ~would serve to keep fresh the events of long ago, has dealt Hghtly with this most reverenced

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battlefiedd. Being within the Union lines andj away from the centor of hostilities, gtß prominent features have been p aferved intact. The events of Gottysbie img:and themselves t:{xon tho mings of participants with a distinotiss greater than did those of almost af§y battle of the rebellion. However thishmay be, the veterans of the State of Wew York who took part in the battle of Gettysburg have long been looking forward to the thirtieth anniversary of the battle with great anticipations. Saturday, Sunday and Moncay was a great cecasion to those voterans, for it witnessed the unveiling i of a magaificent statue erected by the | State of New York to the memory of | its citizens who participated in thoe |

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; h;:n!e. j»?h’:'ough the ty of the ﬁ {vhe ﬁ‘tat«,\. -each of the organjzations participating has ity monument on the historie fleld. Besides these there has been eérccted in the battle. scarrad cemetery, which H“BW the death of 80 many brave man during the three days of the battle, asplendid «haft for the - State atlarge. [t is this whhgx was’ unvefled during the pecent reun-

son of New York Suw yonk's aetrvs. | VULEIREN Ehare. BURG NOxUMEsT | The momument cost the snuy sam of | Sy i | Several years ago the New York - Board of Commissioners of Gettysburyg Monuments was organized, with Ma), | Gon. Danlel E. Sickles chalrman, and } Maj. Gens. Heney W. Slocum, Josoph ‘ B. ®arr, Charle: A. Richardson and | Josiah A, Porter, with A. 1. Zabriskie ‘as enginetr. Tn order that as many suvivors as possible might be present the Stete provided free transportation % o all pueh from thelr homes »%“ﬂ# Cbattlofiold and return, ‘and the vetcrans who availed g‘thvms:e}ms of this transportation ' nnmbered over 7,000, Many of them brought wives, danghiers or sons, and with the vetersns from cther States and the puests of vetorans over 1)K | people were thore. Every hotel was ‘ ;‘nvgi-‘d to the roof, and every private house was transfermed into a ‘xmt'-'.! annex. Railway cars on the sidings | were fillednnd severa! hundred tents | on East Cametery Hill afforded sheltor | for veterapa who rolled themselves in | i b { | T————— s | i A ob, /:"j,ﬁ"- Es A { ff‘\“ﬁ}‘k } ._{ _‘_"_'%;' .:”..“::y\’ :J’ ! N PE AN |b e ‘ FTERRPIAT v NTR F / RS\ ) B PR RN et 7 s i R " PN ) ‘ 15 4 }, Q;gt" "?"“:b:.’.:':«.‘: .:m.,z"%:‘f\ f 4 ‘ iby y‘?f:«f:\’\-.}‘_ C i j 97 .fq/::‘;—f_, s 8 s S 3 M1 g P | | }‘[ /2B . VRS sl Rl | i 4 . = l > TR "*.\-:\.’ | : j BN S g‘g\. et | N s \‘,,s’i“%i(’f\ﬁ,’v AA /| g SO YR TS vtV »'l | wolll ‘Mxﬁf \-\ “t’:i’; -.J"" iﬁ*‘ f vm"é 3\ 2 .é‘ § Y/ R ag/clrs ] Y N, A f'}’?r/ :Ai'itt_-n;'#" W\ 4 l T B Selif oo\ ER | £ g% ) c&";'li'?".'-; g & s ;s 'j‘.}"‘,’&_,_; A0 ‘AA W | 4 . Q:,}Q., 3 & e / & e [ ) -—/‘.ﬂ--f. I ; e ‘: .~'—';..t¥. f MAP o v:: BATTLL | R coxiemal carrrisune | | N TN | = .’y - ,Js; Juy rrasised. 1 [ s r s — Dicore Lirves, | b phmege . e Conmghviarate « | L ) ey o) . THE FAMOUS FIELD OF GETTYSBURG. | el e e | blankets and were happy in the " memorias of old times. | The greatest day of the reunion was - Sunday, and this day will go down in - histery as one of the greatest at Gettysburg since its wheat fields ran red with | the blood of Confederate and Union ' dead. The¢ wheat stood ripe on the stalk as it did thirty yeas ago when the ' armies of Meade and Lee met and the | Union troops gleaned victory after | three days’ varying conflict. Smoke - again hung over the field, bt it was | the salute in honor of the dead and not the smoke of battle. ‘ i The dedicatory address was | delivered by Bishop Potter. Gen. | Sickles presided and made a short ad- ‘ | dress, and was followed by Gov. Flower | and others. A poem was read, uml% . prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Der- | rick, a colored veteran. Hymns and E songs were sung by a trained choir in |attendanco. Major General D:miul‘ | Butterfield, who was chief of stafl of | the Army of the Potomac at the time ‘ lof the battle, was Grand Marshal. In i view of tl&e advanced age and decrepi- ‘ ' tude of Ihany of the survivors, he | ! wisely determined not to have any long i line of march, but there was a review i of all who could be mustered, the rei viewing officers being Gov. Flower, who | Was present with his staft, and Secrei tary of War Lamont. The column was ' headed by Gen. George 3. Greene, of ‘ the Twelfth Corps, who is 92 years of | a?e" and Pl‘obablly the oldest survivor of the battle, l The Battle of Gettysburg. There can be no question but that the battle of Gettysburg was the turn-

ing fgint.ot the civil war. The defeat | of Lee in those eventful three days |- thirtg years ago broke the backbone of the Confederate army, and to no one was this more evident than to Lee him- | self. Not only was he awere that he could never get together such an army again, but the strength of the | Federal troops displayed at Gettysburg disheartened his men to a considerable degree. It is believed by many that if Gen. Meade had followecf up his vietory when he had the Confederates gracticully within his grasp at the ’otomae, the war wouﬁi have been soon ended. Meade wanted to do this, but he called & council of war, tho council advised delay, and lo! the bird had flown. The river had gone down enough for the enemy to cross and a golden op})m'tunity ﬁmd been lost. Thus it will be seen how important was the battle of Gettysburg, a battle neither army expected nor desired, but which was brought on by accident. 'TWAS A GLORIOUS FOURTH. A General Celebration Throughout the Country—At the World's Fair. The Fourth of July was more generull{ observed throughout the country this year than ever before. In Chicago, especially, never was day celebrated as was the one hundred and seventeenth anniversary of that noon when a sow brave men, wiser than their genera‘tion, first preached to the amazed nations the %oﬂwsgespel of human liberty and the dignity of mere manhood. The time-hcnored old bell that on that day rang the matins of freedom's dawning %ound voice again, and in the magic White (‘it{ by the lake pealed the summons to liberty's doublo jubilee, while to its now eracked and quavering tones the joybells of the nation responded in brazen chorus. From the farthermost ocean-lashed crag of rugged New England to the golden sands of California, and from the wheat-sea fields of Minnesota tu? the savannahs of Florida's peninsula, a | free people blessed the day when l sprang into existence the government “of the ;wu\\!n. by the people and for i the people.” Before sunrise the noisy enthusiasm began to tell the world of | its happiness, and long after the anniversary day closed in night the hissing rocket and detonating bomb streaked the gray sky with bars of fire as | brightly red as are the stripes of the | | flag that these pyrotechnie heralds told | P “was still there.” | ; In Chicago, the celebration was con- | | fined to the exerciies at the \\'Hl"nl'r‘; | Fair grounds, but these were so mnag- | [ nificent and of such historic interest as | [ to eclipse any thing of the kind ever be- | fore :‘.?v‘v?‘.‘,;»’t ¢i. There were inattend- | ance the largest number of pPersons | ever gathered in one assemblage in { this country. There were ulv.ln-'nt’ | speakers by the dozen to address the | | multitude., Cannon from ship and shore | marked time for the score of bands | that played patriotic music. Half a | mitlion '3.. ople joined in singing : o [T 1 L . = AT “5: I Cw& ’ - » —on “"J'.‘ ‘Mg/"l | R ”""4*‘! ' * == = o )/ Al , "-»‘r- e~~ S S , ; o 0 w1 AR Se S = :-rei-.: E R e ; THE ORIGINAL STARS AND STRIFES ! ! Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean,” | “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and simi- | lar inspiriting songs. while from every i 1 wstaff in the grounds the American . i flag did float, ; Program of Exercises. | The crowd assembled on the plaza { west of the administration building, ! where stands for the speakers wero erected, From the warships in the | laka off the Exposition grounds was { fired the natienal salute, and then the | | following program was observed: : Prayer—Hev. John Henry Barrows, of Chi- | ! oo - "‘.’lv ning Address--Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice { President of the United States. ! song -~ “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean.” | ; Address—Carter H. Harrison, Mayor of Chi- | % ‘d:‘:‘.vfrx ss—Hampton L. Carson, of PlLiladel- | | ‘.”\}::‘w:n of the flags. | | Song—"Star-Spangled Banner.” | Gration) and reading of the Declaration of | Independence by James S. Norton, of Chii CagO. | Song—“My Country, 'Tis of Thee.” Doxology. l At the close of Mr. Carson's speech | there was unfurled to the breeze from | off the staff on the Administration | Building the original American flag, | the same one that flew from the peak ! of the American frigate Bon Homme | Richard when under command of the { great Paul Jones she engaged in the i famous combat with the British warship Serapis. This relic of the revolu- | tion was swung into place by Mrs. R, iP. Stafford, a desceneant of Lieus. | Stafford, of the Bon Homme Richs | ard, and now owner of this precious memento of the war for independence. As the Paul Jones flag straightened in the breeze every tlag aloft in the park was dipped in honor to the bit of historic bunting, and the guns in the park and on the ships joined with thundeyous tones in the applause that went up 1 from the pecple. : At night a magnificent display of fireworks surpassing anything of the kind vet shown at the fair was given. He Can’'t Find an Honest Man. [ An old gentleman, evidently a gath- | erer of statistics, but with a kin_«lly face | which shaced off io something like phi--5 lanthropy abtout the edges, was gazing | abstractedly down the street. | Suddenly he stepped up to a gentle- | man who was waiting for a horse car, { and. teuching him lightly on the shoul- | der, said: “Excuse me, but did you just ’ drop a $5 bill?” at the same timo holding out in his hand the sum mentioned. I The gentleman questioned gazed a moment at the note, assumed a look of excitement, made hasty search of his I pockets and sail: “Why, so I did, and I ’ didn’t miss it,” holding out his cager | l hand. ) | i ~ The old man slowly drew forth a note 1 { book and said: “I thought so.” He then | took the name and address of the loser and, putting the note in his pocket, turned away. “Well,” said the other, “do you want i eward?” » “(S)}? rI f]vm not find one,” returned the benevolent old man, “but it struck me that in a big place like New York there must be a large quantity of money lost, and upon inquiry I find you are tthl}e' l thirty-first man who lost ass note 3 i very morning.

RB O Oe B SR RS R OV, sB, L S P S THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. AN INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE LESSON. Reflections of an Elevating Character—Wholesome Foocd for Thought — Study= ing the Scriptural Lesson Intelligently and Profitably. Paul at Philippi. The lesson for Sunday, July 9, may be found in Aets 16: 19-34. INTRODUCTORY. Timely, indeed, is this lesson. Our brother in the pulpit hard by was speaking, the other day, on the text, “The love of money isgghe root of all evil,” and he characterized it as a Seripture peculiarly fitted and adapted to these times. It is the inordinate love of money that is giving this civilization of ours the “sweat-shop,” the rum-shop; that is sending whisky to Alrica, as it forced opium on India. POINTS IN THE LESSON. Who was this damsel ? A soothsayer, a diviner. Where have we seen it—;‘g}}gn the gods appear, the half-gods There may have been some truth in what this woman spoke. Certainly she told the truth when she said, “'l?hese men are the servants of the most high ‘God, which show unto us the way of salvation.” Our contention With these cults is not that they are wholly erroneous, but that they do not, cannot, go far enough. They give, at best, but half-truths. This woman reached her highest, best inspiration when she pointed to the apostles, saying, in substance, “These are the men. They can tell you more than 1.” A strange inspiration for a demon{)()ssessed soul. And yet the devils beieve and tremble; and not only in Christ's day but many other times | they betray their fear and God’s majes|ty and power. Paul was grieved that i this woman was still under the bonds of the evil one, as is all earthly religion, so-called, and he emploved his miracle-working power to dethrone i Satan and bring her wholly into the peace of Christ. The half-hearted being became whole-hearted. Has paganism any testimony to give to Christianity? Undoubtedly. The | first indication of all heathen faiths is Eun index finger pointing toward the { Christ, the first voice raised when the | missionaries of the cross come into the | presence of the native religion. mixed | as it is with the earthly, is, “These | men are the servants of the most high i God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.” If the people were free { and untrammeled, they would, whether lor not they personally submit themI selves, morally and judicially accept | the doetrine as from the Higher Powers. Why do they not? The priests! This is the way the world acts, but now how of God? Just such knavery and high-handedness he meets and, at the proper time, overturns. It may not be by a physical earthquake, but nevertheless it is by a strong hand, strenger than man's, and the puny arm of rebellion is brought to weakness and the enemies of the truth to discomfiture. Only wait, wait and sing and pray. It | ecems, at times, as if all were going { Satan’s bad way. Yet God is not dead,” | and he shall yet come with rebuking | energy to declare that he himself rules l'in the affairs of men. There may be a season of incarceration and captivity. We seem to be in it now. Let the prisoners of home have faith and sing psalms. God will come: he is coming i even now. And gocd came out of it all. A genuine revival in the jailer's family, and multitudes led to Christ since through the story of that great household awakt ening. But read the story rightly. How many were bLaptized? All the house, ““he and all his straightway.” Does that mean the little children? Yes, if there were such and if they believed. For the word that follows is just as explicit and as widely inclusive, ** And rejoiced believing in God, with | all his heuse.” That is to say, as many as believed and gladly received the | word were baptized. That is what it says of the Pentecost multitude. There is, after all, but one way into the kingtoin for young and old, rich and poor—- | taith. | HINTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. | If last Sunday's lesson was about Paul's first prayer-meeting in Europe, this week’s Seripture tells us of Paul’s first after-meeting on the continent. It was held amid strange surroundings and following upon a peculiar sort of a service. The surroundings were those | of a prison and the service just held | had been a praise-service, but not of | the prceessicnal sort, for the partici- | pants’' feet were fast in stocks, and | their hands, possibly fettered, could | scarcely have held baton or hymn-book. | But their lips were free, and their | hearts. And what songs were those in ! the night! Believe it, that little micnight song-service was just as great and valuable as the enthusiastic meeting that came later. Do not neglect the songs in the prison and in the dark. i The Chinese have a motto, “As we live | we grow older.” Itwell represents the { Chinese civilization, and it is about the { limit of ambition .;ome Christians seem |to have. Not so Paul. His was a life | full of good works. As he lived he erew strenger, nobler, and the world grew better. Save the fragments of time. Sing { when you cannot work. The writer l will not soon forget that last conversa|tion at the bedside of that devoted | brother pastor and worker, J. Calvin | Johnson, whom God so eari called to | his reward. “If my work is done I i want to go,” he said. "I do not wish to | stay after the opportunity of labor is | gone, but O,” he added. “the joy of ‘ doing something for the Master!” His | brother came away saying, “Lord, help { me to fill the life full of words and ! deeds in Christ's name!” . i “Twenty people to save one soul. | That was the entry made in our every- | day book after visiting a certaln asso- | ciation. The ministers registered 2,- % 400 members of ]{::l)’iﬁ'f ('1‘.1“'('})4‘5..2111‘.1 | 120 conversions among all the churches. f That is, it took twenty p«,:nph) a \\'h‘nl(: | voar to save one soul. lls it entirely as lit should be? Was it Paul's way? In | contrast there stands the dcclfu'atu;m of the young man at the St. Louis Chistian Endeavor Convention. ‘I expect to make 18,000 testimonies for Christ before I die.” Was he extravagant? Not unduly. He had started out to speak a word for Jesus every day of his life, and if he lived to be sixty he would accomplish it. Figure it up and see. Or rather try it yourself, and sce. § ;\')e)xt Lesson—“ Paul at Athens.” Acts 17:22-31.