The Syracuse Journal, Volume 1, Number 10, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 2 July 1908 — Page 6

CELEBRATING THE GLORIOUS FOURTH

Why Every Man, Woman and Child Should Rejoice and Be Glad. '

PATRIOTISM AND FIREWORKS. of the Date When Liberty Shook Off Her Shackles.

HE Fourth of July is the day of patriotism and the firecracker. Every one —old citizen or new arrival — celebrates. One and all know there is just cause for the celebration, but few realize the great and glorious facts. They are facts that make every one who really can say he is a citi-

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ren of the United States feel as proud as it is possible for a human being to feel the stimulus of pride. > • When on that never-to-be-forgotten date the bld bell in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, rang out, to it pealed its sonorous notes/for som? unknown purpose. To those who, breathless, were waiting for the sound, it’told the news that liberty had shaken off her ■hackles in the n#V world, that she had taken her rightful place and that hereafter the people would acknowledge the power of no ruler except such as plight be chosen/t>y themselves. It was a curious seejle in the staid old Quaker town, the place in the colonies where one wovqj have suspected a spark would be «Kelj birth to light freedom’s torch the Western Hemisphere. It was op the 7th day of June, 1776, that the delegates from the colonies sitting in Congress in Philadelphia, considered the following resolution, introduced by Vir'ginia’s statesman, Richard Henry Lee : “Resolved. That the United Colonies are and ought to be free and independent States and their political, connection with Great Britain is and ought to be dissolved.” i There had been murmurings and threats and calm expressions of determination. But here was united action. The people, by their representatives duly chosen, formally absolved themselves from allegiance with the mother country, and said to the world that they had cast off their swaddling clothes; they were now wholly able to walk alone. On June 11, that famous committee was appointed to frame the Declaration of Independence. Note the names, and if you are a student of the history of the United States, conceive if

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you can of a better quintette to have rep-' resented the American people: Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferscm, Roger Sherman, Robert R. Livingston. The first was the man whose fame is ticked into our ears every time we hear a telegraph instrument, whose genius is placed in broad light whenever we enjoy the illumination of electricity. The second rose to be President of the nation he helped to form. The third is the father of what the world knows as the Jeffersonian Democracy. The fourth, Puritan, patriot, leader, gave more in ’ moral force and determination, in knowledge of the law and its' common sense principles, than almost any man who assisted at the birth of tihe nation. The , fifth was the man of whom the majority of people know comparatively little, and yet there was none who better deserve «- place of honor in the public mind. Eminent as a financier, a shrewd judge of human nature, his touch on the helm of state was exactly what was needed to _■ keep the young craft on her course. Jefferson had spoken but little in Congress and he had no part in the acrimonies which (then prevailed. In a plain brick house, Jat tihe corner of Seventh and Market- streets, he drafted the Declaration of Independence. The work was almost wholly Jefferson’s, only a few verbal alterations being suggested by Adjtms and Franklin. It then was approved by the committee. A few passages wete Btrick out by Congress. Cffisar Rodney, -me of Delaware’s delegates, in order to have his vote recorded, rode in the saddle from a point eighty miles from Philadelphia all night, and reached the floor just In time on July 4 to cast. Delaware’s vote in favor of independence. On that day, tver memorable in American annals,,the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the unanimous vote of thirteen coloftiea.

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The enthusiasm of the patriots at bearing the intelligence was unbounded. While Congress had been discussing the subject crowds assembled outside the hall and in the street's, -anxiously awaiting the result. When it was announced at noon the State House bell on- which vras inscribed “Proclaim liberty throughout all the lands unto all the inhabitants' thereof,’’ clanged deep and melodiously .and the throng gave vent to long and loud shouts of exultation. The old bell-ringer had been at his post since early morning. - He had placed his boy below to announce when the Declaration was adopted, so that not an instant might be lost in transferring the glad tidings bv means of the bell to the awaiting multitude. As the wearisome hours passed and no sign came to him the aged bellringer finally exclaimed. “They will never do it! They will never do it!” Just then he heard his boy clapping his hands and vociferating at the top of his juvenile lungs. “Ring! Ring!” The old hands swayed the sonorous bell with delirious, vigor, ’ Its reverberation was echoed by every steeple in . the city. That , was a gala day in Philadelphia, what with rejoicings and, bonfires and illuminations. The cannon boomed and messengers rode away hotly to all quarters to announce the news. Washington then was in New York with the army. By his orders it was read to the soldiers, who acclaimed it enthusiastically. The townsfolk on that night tore the statue of Gqcvge 111. from its pedestal in Bowling Green, and it was melted into forty-two thousand bullets for the patriot troops.

THE DAY WE CELEBRATE.

Boys and girls for generations ; have been taught these facts in history; that is, the boys and girls Who havo studied the history of the United States. There are thousands resident here now who have never had this Opportunity. To them the Fourth of July is a holiday, a day to celebrate,, a day of enjoyment. To the American boy and girl, who knows what happened on that memorable Fourth, it is so much more than that it is no exaggeration to say they enjoy the celebration with twice the keenness that those who are ignorant of the country’s history could possibly experience. Among the older ones, plenty of whom z#Ve studied history, too, fliere is a host wn&sonly know that Fourth of July is -the/day when the Declaration of Indewas made public. That is what we celebrate, to be sure, but thd kindred incidents. must be known to those who would appreciate the greatness of the day. We love the Banner. We celebrate the Fourth of July. To the American citizen these two are the Damon and Pythias of freedom. We wave the first and we set !off fireworks in observance of the SeCoijid. And then incidentally we qll make ,a little Declaration of Independence of otir own. ■ The American Plag. Our flag carries American ideas, American ihistory and American feelings. Beginning with the colonies and coming dowr. to our time, in its sacred heraldry, in its glorious insignia, it has gathered and stored, chiefly this supreme idea, dievine right of liberty in man.—Henry War ! Beecher, - ~"i 1 '" 1 - '"r —~ J Consecration to Country. What is true patriotism? It is an absolute consecration to country.—William McKinley at Grant’s Tomb, I t ■■ IV V . - ", .1") ■

MAKING MONEY FOR THE FOURTH.

FREEDOM’S BANNER. There’s a banner in its glory, limned against the summer sky, 1■ " Wreathed around with deathless story, crowned with deeds that never die [ How its folds unfurl with' splendor in the bright beams of Che sun, Worshiped by its first defender, Freedom’s only Washington! Born s amid the throes of battle, time has ’"glorified its stars. Torn amid the musket’s rattle, it has triumphed in our wars; Mirrored in each beauteous tfiver, all its I . stars reflected shine, And the Nation crowns it ever with a love that is divine. Through the many countless ages, grand and glorious yet to come, It. will live upon the pages writ ’neath Freedom's azure dome; And the world will tell the story, how from out the years afar Came a banner wreathed with glory, set with deathless Stripe and Star' —Thomas t C. Harbaugh, in Four-Track News. Most Notable Day. The Fourth of July, ever since that memorable date in ’76, bas been an important day in the history of this country. The adoption of the Declaration of Independence makes it, perhaps, the most notable day in American history. Other important events which have occurred on July 4 are the capture of Forty Fort and the continuation of the horrible Wyoming Valley massacre in 1778'; the signing by President Washington of the first revenue bill, thereby making it a, law, in 1789; the death of •Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, in 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of that document, and the death of John Adams on the same Jay; the abolition of slavery in New York State, and the freeing of 10,000 slaves, in 1827; the laying df the corner stone of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad by Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last- surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, in 1828 ; the death of James Monroe in 18331, the anti-abo-lition mob’riots in New York in 1834; the ratification of the Texas Annexation bill in 1845; the Five Points riot, in, which eleven were killed, in 1857; the capture of Vicksburg by Gen. Grant in 1863; the great .Portland (Maine) fire caused by a firecracker, with losses aggregating $15,000,000, in 1866 ; and the destructive tornado which swept Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio and Missouri,: with heavy loss of life and property, in 1873. In fact, the Fourth of July seems destined to alwayybe-a day when there is “something doing.yC—Four-Track News. X , ’ JJ X ■ The Stars alnUstripes. The Stars and Stripes, the flag of liberty, floated over' most of the fields of the Revolution, though it was only thirteen stars then against forty-five to-day. • Several flags, among them a red field emblazoned with' a pine tree or a rattlesnake, •■were used at first, and one with thirteen stripes was, raised at the siege of Boston in 1776. On June 13, 1777, Congress adopted our present national flag, and it is. more than probable that the family arms of 'George Washington, which united stars and stripes in a very suggestive way, had something to do-with the first choice. At first a stripe as well as a star was added for the birth of each new- State., But this was soon found to be impracticable, and so, the increase was confined to the constellation, while the stripes returned to the original thirteen, answering to the Revolutionary colonies. . » Served Him Right. I.VB “I told Willie if he put so much powder in the cannon he’d break it!” —New York Evening Journal. Domestic Fireworks. < Walton —Are you going to have any fireworks on the Fourth? EnpeCk—l wouldn’t be surprised. We generally do at our house. On last Fourth my wife’s temper exploded and she blew me up and fired the hired girl.

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The Family Melon Patch. Many who pride themselves on a good garden and are fond of melons never attempt to grow them. “Cheaper to buy at 25 cents each?” Maybe for the first two or three, but if you would like or dozen or two. enough that if company comes unexpectedly and there is no dessert for dinner, the melons can richly replace the pastry—that is a different matter. Despite theories to the contrary, melons are as easily grown as cucumbers and there are a number of varieties which will mature unless the summer is unusually short. A rich, light soil, sloping toward the east or south and \VeIl fertilized in the hill, will bring the luscious fruit. ’ If there is danger from dry weather fill an old pail or oyster can (first perforating the bottom with nail holes) with stable manure or poultry drippings. sink it partly in the ground and keep it moistened. This will not only furnish moisture but food. The reservoir being below the Surface will tempt the,roots to grow down instead of seeking the surface, as when water comes from the hose in only small quantities, and they will be less susceptible to drouth. If the plants go to vines nip off the ends, but do not try to check vigorous growth by starvation. The Rocky Ford is one of the best early muskmelons and one of the easiest to grow, bearing in profusion. The Indiana Sweetheart is a favorite watermelon, ripening early and of excellent quality. Cuts Ont the Undesirable Seed. The real up-to-date farmer, following the most, scientific methods in the operation of his ground, is taught to

make use of the selected material only in order that the species may be constantly improved, following the law of.the survival of the fittest. For instance, .in the selection of the seed to

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be placed in the ground, he is not content merely to secure the best species, but wherever possible he .will go carefully over the < seed and pick out only the largest specimens to be placed in the ground. In this manner the product is generally of a much higher standard. It is difficult to carry out this selective scheme in the case of corn and similar seeds which are made use of in. great quantities. In the case of corn, , however, the small kernels are generally at the tip of the ears, and in order to get rid of these undesirable pieces a com-tipper has been invented. The device seems to have been suggested by the familiar pencil-sharpener. It is operated by a small crank, and has a cone with) a tooth interior. The tip of the corn ear being placed in this revolving cup, all the small seed are cut off. leaving oply the full-sized ker-nels-on the ear. Orchard AVork. A good test of a man's Christianity is to examine his apple barrel from top to bottom. A man may be a good woodchopper, but that is no sign that he knows bow to prune trees. / An ax and a saw in the hands of an ignorant man cause more damage to the fruit crops of[this land than all the birds that are hatched. Fruit sells best when properly graded. The bring a better price and the feweir grades Avill generally bring as good a price as the entire lot would if mixed." For summer pruning of trees the best time is from, the 15th of June to the 10th of July, just when the sap is running freely. When the tree is in leaf you can tell better what to cut out. ' Some people imagine that all that is necessary to have a good orchard is to plant a variety of good trees and “let ’em rip.” It generally takes years to discover their mistake, but they finally discover it. ■■L. ■- —— -I,' • " . Soil for Strawberries. There is no danger of getting the soil too rich for strawberries. Soil that will raise good potatoes will raise gqod strawberries. Chip dirt or wellrotted with a little cdtfnmercial potaslr'and rock phosphate applied with the manure a year before the plants are set, make good fertilizers. The strawberry bed should be on an elevated plot of land, so'drainage will be perfect. If it is not. ditch it out so water xyill pot stand on the plants after a rain. While the plants need an abundance of moisture, they will perish if tbefe is an excessive supply of water. Killing Weed" by Spraying. Spraying grain fields with a solution of stJphate of iron as a means of killing mustard is an idea which is gaining great prominence in the grain-rais-

irig region of the Northwest. It seems to !be a pretty well established fact that the scheme is practical. Utilizing Waste Timber. The wood chemllstryi section of the Forestry Bureau has been giving some attention to the subject of production of turpentine from yellow pine, waste. It is stated that for -the " recovery of turpentine from waste‘wood the steam distillation is ■ far superior to destructive distillation, making a more uniform crude turpentine, and usually a higher grade refined product. The wastage from the yellow pine cut each year would yield as much turpentine as entire present ar.nual output in this country, with a value of $14,000,00p. At the present rate of cutting the supply °f long-leaf yepow pine in the South will be practically exhausted in twenty years, but tha< the methods of exjplditation now in use convert only about half the tree iluto market product. • Milk tpoler. . ® This milk cooler ijs arranged so that the milk flows in a thi'ti sheet. over The outside. Cold water eaters at the bottoha. Feediisg Cows On Grass. Professors Stewart and Atwood, of the West Virginia, Experiment Station, last year conducted some careful tests tp determine whether it is'profitable to feed milk cows grain on grass. Without going- into the details of these experiments we quote the conclusions as follows:' “This experiment clearly that tpere was no direct financial gain in feeding the grain to tie cows while at pasture. It is true that the cows which received grain were uniformly in somewhat' better flesh than those that did iZlt receive grain, but as far as the mH yield was concerneel the increased flow was prcduced at an actual loss.” Data obt; ined in similar experiments at orher stations are summarized, and from these in comparison with their own investigations the authors conclude “that unless dairy products are especially higli in price it is not a profitable practice to grain to cows at pasture. It is true that more milk is obtained and tie cows hold up their yield better and remain in better flesh when receiving the grain rations, but under ordinary circumstances there is no direct profit from the grain feeding, as the increased production usualIjr costs more than it can be sold for.” Bacteria in Geld Milk. M. E. Pennington 6' the Bureau of Chemistry, Departmen: of Agriculture, reports that experiments’on milk kept at. about th< freezing point showed a continuous increase of organisms for five or six weeks. At their maximum they numbered hund ’eds of millions per cubic centimeter, and occasionally they passed the billioi mark. Although tfjie milk experimented with was never solidly frozen, yet after ten days to two weeks it was a ntass of small ice crystals. No odor oi] taste indicated tlie higher bacterial epntent, and .even oh heating no curd wds produced until the very end of the experii|jent. For the i’igs. t Plant a patch of sweet corn handy to the piggery S’cr early varieties are ciosenTthe green stuff will be rea<ly for feeding by July. By having twd or three plots coming dn in succession, nice feed will be continually on hand until the field of corn is ready to be fed. Follow the first held of sweet corn, with millet or cow peas for daily feed.—F. L.’’Risley. The Bookkeeper .<■!! the Farm. First Farmer—-That new hired man hf yours must have b<en a bookkeeper before he came to you. Second Farmer —Why so? First Farrngr—l notice that every time he stops work for a few minutes he puts the pitchfork behind his ear.— Woman’s Home Companion. , Burn the Never allow old wood of raspberries, or blackberries to lie around. Burn (•very bit of it. Whe|n the new wood ijs. 18 inches high, pinch off to allow lateral growth in the raspberries, but let the blackberries grow to 3 feet before doing this. in Fence Corners. The few scattering trees in the fenefi corners are frequently veritable breeding places for insect pests. They should be given just as much attention as the trees in the orchard. ; Bone Spavin, The chief causes of bone spavin are working a colt too young, fast driving over slippery roads and jerking and stopping the colt too quickly.

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Serving Pudding. Even an ordinary pudding of a creamy nature takes on a new appearance if served in the tall-stemmed sherbet glasses. A tasty pudding served in this why at a recent dinner was made with rice and chocolate, topped with, whipped cream. The pudding .is made in. the same way As the Ordinary creairiy baked rice pudding except that grated chocolate is added. A baked custard, topped with whipped cream and dotted with Maraschino cherries, came to the table in sherbet glasses the other day. f 7' Strawberry Cream Fritters. Mix together one cup of fine bread crumbs, one beaten egg, bne tablespoon of sifted pastry flour, a pinch each of salt and sugar, half a cup of mashed Strawberries (sweetened) and sufficient flour, sifted with a teaspoon of baking powder, to handle, Form with floured hands into small, round balls, frying in deep fat to a 'golden biiown, and roll while still hot in pulverized sugar. Serve with a hard sauce to which a few chopped berries have been added, Codiish Chowder. Brown one cup of finely minced salt pork and place it in the chowder kettle ; add a layer of sliced raw potatoes, with a seasoning of salt and pepper, a layer of flaked and freshened codfish, a layer of broken milk crackers, sprinkled over with bits of butter, and. lastly, another layer of fish ;l pour on enough milk to cover and cook slowly until the potatoes are done: [add a little more milk before serving, if necessary. Sboo Fiji Cake. Five-cui>s of flour, one and a half cups sugar, one cup lard. Mix these together, then take one and a half teaspoons soda to a little, over a cup of boiling water, add 'one cup molasses, mix it all with the former except one cup; leave out the top of the cake. Bake in efiflst. ItSvill make four good-sized “shoe flies.’/ Cream Puffs. Cup flour, one-half cup butter. Cream butter and flour together till smooth, then add one Cup boiling water. Stir all together. When cold add three eggs without beating them. Stir all well, drop in spoonfuls |on pan and bake twenty-five When puffs are cold split at bottom and fill with cream filling. . Rhubarb Fndding. Chop pieplant fine, put in a dish and sprinkle liberally with sugars Make a batter of one cup soar milk, three eggs, one small piece butter, one-half teaspoon, soda and flofir sufficient to make a thick batter. Spread over the rhubarb and bake. Turn upside down on a platter. Serve with sugar and cream. Raspberry Skortcake. Make a good biscuit dough and roll into sheet half an inch thick. Spread on- the bottom' of a balflwc pan and cover with berries. Sprinkle thickly with sugar and lay! over it another sheet of dough like that underneath. Bake in a steady oven, cut into squares and eat with butter and sugar. For SanAwielieH. Remember that just a little mustard and cress seed planted every week from now onward through the.summer will prpvide you with material for dainty tea sandwiches for hot days. Mustard should be sown three days after Cress. Lemon Pie. Juice and rind of one lemon, one egg, one cup sugar, one cup cokl< water. ami one tjiblespoon cornstarch dissolved ami put in when the mixture is warm. Bake between two crusts. Chop Kraiit with Spade. Place your cabbage iff a barrel in pieces till it is full and takea spade and chop it till ttie cabbage is fine. This is an easy waj’ to make Short Suggestions. , Never mix a French dressing until ready for use. The vinegar and oil will separate. , Boil six peach kernels in a quart of milk to be used for custard. It will improve the flavor. A good cook adds a teaspoonful of sugar to eafih quart of water in which corn, pea's, squash, etc., are cooked. Gruel, when properly prepared, should be but little thicker than cream and should be absolutely free from lumps. [ Teakettles would last longer if, after use, they were 'turned upside down to drain dry. It is the little drop of water left at,tlie bottom which starts the rust that ends in a leak. • 1 i One often hears complaints that the boiler rusts and ironmolds the clothes. To prevent this, as soon as the boiler is emptied rub well over with- soap. Thislwill not only prevent rust, it will also ■ help to make suds, for the next boiling. Tv ‘ To keep mice away from pantries and cupboards sprinkle cayenne pepper on the shelves. In boxps and wardrobes put lumps of camphor among the clothes, for mice dislike the smell of it. The. camphor must be renewed every flow and then, for it evaporates in thf. air.

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SUFFERED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS With Eczema— Limb Reeled aud Foot Was Raw —Thought Amputation Was Necessary—Beliavez Life Saved by Cuttcura. [“I have been treated by doctors for twenty-five years for a bad case of eczema on my leg. They did their best, but failed to cure it. My doctor had advised mt to have my leg cut off. At this time my leg was peeled from the knee, my foot was like a piece of raw flesh, and I had to walk on crutches. I bought a set of Cuticura Remedies. After., the first two treatments: the down, and in two months my leg was cured and the new skp came on. The doctor was surprised and said that he would uae Cuticura for his own patients. I now been cured over seven years, and but ’ for the Cuticura Remedies I might have. Lost my life. Mrs. J. B. Renaud. 277 Montana St., Montreal, Que., Feb. 20, 1907.” ’ •' Great Thoughts of the Aticlentz. “Plato,” said' Socrates, “you have observed. I doubt not, that we have two ears and two eyes.” "Now that you -mention it,” quoth Plato, I have.” • “And but one tongue.” A “Quite so.” “Herein nature doth teach us that weshould hear and' see twice much as we talk. Is it not so?” “But, my master,” object. J Plated “we have" two nostrils and onl. -one mouth. Must we therefore smell everything twice before we eat qnce?” - . 1 “Plato,”' irritably rejoined Socrates, “anybody can make a flippant ■comment that: will knock the juice out of the wisest saying a philosopher can-pull off. I wish’ you’d cut it out.” On preparing the stuff for publication, therefore, Plato prudently cut out hissgipr pant comment.— —Chicago Tribune, Ask Your Dealer for Allan's Foot-Ease A powder to shake into yotu l shoes. It rests ■ the feet. Cures Corns.- Bunions, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching. Sweating feet and Ingrowing Nails. Allen’s Foot-Ease makes new dr tight shoes easy. Sold by all Dmcirists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address Alien S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. t Gathering Material. “Aw, me good man,” affably spoke the foreign tourist, putting his head out through the car window as the train stopped at a station, “may I awsk the name of this chawming little village?” “Rubberneckin’?” said the rude native on the station platform. “Thanks,” rejoined the foreign tourist,’ jotting it down in his notebook. "What reniawkably odd names they have for towns in this country !” Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup tor Children teething; softens the, gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, ctires wind colic. 25 cents a bottle. Always the Unattainable / 'Small William,, whose stomidh hhd been taking, a day off< was. trying to make a next morning breakfast on grape fruit. • • “1 wish,” he said, looking enviously ; at the, generous supply of food on his little < sister’s plate, “I was well enough to eat bacon and eggs, too.” “Huh!” exclaimed b»s little sister; “I wish I was sick enough to eat a grape fruit.” , s ' ■ Red Cross t-Ball Blue Ehoulii be;in every home. Ask your grocer for it. karge 20z., package, 5 cents. Product of Three Great Minds. Although It was Abraham Lincoln In his Gettysburg speech who made famous the phrase, "government of the people, by the people, for the people,", the father of the sentiment was really Daniel Webster, who, 30 years, previously, had spoken of “the people’s government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.” The next stage in the crystallization of the phrase was iu 1850, when another great American, Theodore Parker, alluded to “a government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people.” Then in 1863 Lincoln put the finishing touch and gave democracy its watchword.

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