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"*': % -\:jt 1 A. t1; «# .^tV?t /-t' f* ' *' a-k-£ V. ^h» ?%- !iS^' a*?#i COULDN'T FIND "SOLAR PLEXUS.- 7/ Pt'.. *:>. R?' • >¥' v I?-, .• •%',?» A -.1 if'-^ isiiP X T*«*dir.g the plasa's pavement *rs&. .-- l'hronglng the busy mart, •Children forming: the living flag Capture the city's heart; Gav are their lines in red and whita, Starred is their squad in blue, 'Ttffhf in the depths of their youthful - eyes "Tatrl iot hearts ahlne through. 5 •..y_«' tf.V1 •*%$**£>) A s^- Oreetlngs glad to our living flag. Musio of martiai drum, Blaxinjf of bugles where down the street Joyfui the cnildren come; - Red is the rose oi youth's fair spring. White la its record page. Blue is the sky where rests no cloud Borrowed from doubting age. Cheers for the flag, the living flag. Flag that our children form. Marching on o'er the highway now. Bright as our nation's morn; Red for the warrior's valiant heart. White for the soul of youth, Blue for the hope of our country's weak Strong as the love of truth. Hall, all ball. Old Glory's folds, Sifpi of eur victories great. Battles at sea and wars on land. Waged to upbuild the Staffe; * Red for the blood of a martyred hoeU White for a soul's puTe flight; Blue for the hope and fidelity Nurtured and slain for the right. v Blight be thy course, our living flag; Regally marching by. Hearts and minds our allegiance pledge Loyal to live or die; Red be thy path, as the rose ot Joy, Never to fade or cease, White as the lily, aa heartsease blue f' t; . Blossom thy way of peace. Journalist Thought It Had Something To Do With Astronomy. Attorney Albert P. Massey was talk- Ing with a number of newspaper men, and the talk, turned on the relative mental equipments of lawyers and journalists. Then Mr. Massey told this story: "When Mr. Fit?sImmons struck Mr. Corbett that celebrated blow that caused everybody to know what the solar plexus is the interest in that portion of the human anatomy, became paramount. A newspaper friend of mine told me that he went into the library of his office one day and saw another member of the staff consult­ ing a work of reference with an air of uncertainty and worry. "My friend asked the other man if he could be of any assistance, and the other remarked: 'I am trying to learn something about the solar plexus. I don't seem to be able to find it. I can find "solar system," "solar spots,1 "solar heat" and "solar phenomenon," but not a word about the solar plexus.' "My friend looked over the shoulder of the seeker after information, and discovered that he was consulting a standard work on astronomy."--New York World. "MILI.IONAIRl SAYS MRS. 'R. HUSBANDS," [EL T. CAMPBELL 0?'Wi _ iSv We are the flag, my children, • Living in hopes and fears. Ours is its rainbow covenant. Washed in a shower of tears; Red is our martyr heart-blood. White is our hero soul, Bine is our sky where starry boats Patriot names enroll. A Woman'* Back. Dublin, Mich., June 29th.---'to the many women who suffer with weak back and pains and tired feelings in the small of the back, the experience of Mrs. Fred Chalker of this place will be interesting and profitable. Mrs. Chalker had suffered a very great deal with these back pains Mid although she had tried many things, s^e could find nothing taat would re­ lieve her. The pain kept on in spite of all she could do. At last she chanced to read the story of another lady who had suf­ fered with tie backache, and said she had been cured by a remedy called Dodd's Kidney Pills, and Mrs. Chalker thought she would try the same tning. After the first two boxes had been taken according to directions, she be- gan to feel some better, and she kept on till at last she was cured. Her pains are all gone, and she Is very grateful. She says: "Dodd's Kidney Pills helped me greatly, and will always recommend them as a cure for Pain in the Back." c» *\Y & *4 J0 The Declaration 1 0! lndGDendeiM You have all read the Declaration of Independence, I suppose. It is print- - ed on fine type in the back of the Child's History, and at the top1 of the names signed at the end to show how they wrote them is John Hancock's big and bold, the way a person would write if he were doing It with a burnt match. Papa used to gather us to­ gether in the parlor after breakfast •very Fourth of July and read us parts ef It and explain the long words, so that we would understand what the Vtourth of July was really for--that It wasn't Just to burn holes in your Clothes, and frighten horses, and leave •tubs of fire crackers on the sidewalk that don't get swept off for days. When w» children came to have our own revolution against the governess that time mamma and papa went away to be gone two days, we knew just how to to about it; and we wrote a Declara* tloa of Independence, copying it af­ ter the real true one, and then we all signed our names at the bottom with t»Ig flourishes, the way John Hancock and the others did. Our governess' name was Georgiana --Georgiana Saunders--which made 'It all the more appropriate, because the name of the King about whom the ori­ ginal Declaration was written was George, as yon probably know. i When we got the Declaration done, ft was something like this--some of the language we took from the book and •tone we made up ourselves: j When in the course of human events tt becomes necessary for something to .be done about it, and we can't stand it *ny longer. The history of our present governess Is a history of repeated in­ juries and usurpations. To prove this lot facts be submitted to a candid (world. *• 1. She makes as brush our teeth twice a day, which Is unnecessary as well as wasteful. f- j 2. She won't let us lay books face downwards, and so you lose the. place and are a long titne finding it when you come back. t. She objects If you make a fork In your mashed potatoes. ; 4. She won't let us breathe on the window and write with our flngen flays when It rains. 6. We can't have butter and sugar on oar rice, only milk and sugar. 6. She notices, and makes us go hack to look where we've made linger vatfcs on the whits paint M Old Glory A Fourth of July celebration would ho * tamo affair without "Old Glory" to flaunt In the folds and wave in the Urease. It flutters everywhere It can be nailed or fastened, and in all sorts ««<i sizes, moreover, it is known all the world over, few people, even the half civilized, not being able to recognize It as the emblem of a free country. Yet, it was not until nearly a year •after the Declaration of Independence that the nation had a regular flag. At Cambridge, Massachusetts, Washing­ ton displayed the original of what is present flag, without the stars, iwever, as there were then, January 1776, no states. He therefore con­ tracted the flag with thirteen stripes |of alternate red and white, but where Aa- - # - *>*" i. *4 j *y *< . ^ j 7. We have to make our own beds, and then, if there is a wrinkle, or It isn't done right, we have to do It all over again. 8. She's Just awful, every way you can think of. We, therefore, do solemnly publish and declare that we are and by right ought to be free and independent, and that our mother and our father went away this morning and will not be back until to-morrow evening, and that she is not our mother and our father, never has been and never will be, and that we mean to do as we please, and that we have full right to levy war and also to do all other acts and things. And to this we pledge our lives, our fortunes and onr sacred honor. (Signed) Arthur L. Bainbrldge (thafa me), ""arjorie Bainbrldge, ester B. Bainbrldge, Chirles W. Bainbridge, <• Gregory Bainbridge, his x mark. When it was all finished It was a work of art Then the question was, What should we do with it?, . "Let's put it at her plate at break­ fast," suggested Hester. •Tin it on her door," said Charley. •*No," I said, "that won't do. -The original Declaration was read out loud --I know, 'cause I asked papa. They read It out loud, and then they rang a big bell till it cracked. "Well, who'? going to be the one to read it?" asked Charlie. "We'll draw lots." I said. And we did with little pieces of string; and the lot fell to me. It al­ ways happens that way--the one who plans a thing not only has to do all the thinking, but he has to go and carry out his own idea while the other people stand and look on, or maybe even make fun of him. "You'll all have to go with me, any­ way," I said. "I'll read it outside her door at 7 o'clock to-morrow morning." The rest all thought it was a bully Idea, but Charley said: • "Hadn't we better do It after break­ fast? Because it's griddle-cakes to­ morrow morning, and we mightn't get any." 8o we decided to start In being revo­ lutionists after breakfast Instead of be­ fore. After breakfast, while we're supposed to be upstairs making our beds, Miss Saunders sits in the library for about half an hour, reading the morning papers, and that would be a good, chance to read the declaration to her. All through breakfast the next morn­ ing we were awfully glum and nerv­ ous. Before we got to the griddle cakes, I forgot and left my spoon in my chocolate, and my arip went drew's cross of white on a blue field. On June 14, 1777, by resolution of Congress, the flag was made to consist of thirteen alternate red and white stripes, representsg the Union of thlr^ teen states, while in a blue fleld there were thirteen white stars. A change was made in the flag, dating from May 1, 1795, by adding two more stripe® and two more stars for Kentucky and Vermont, which had been admitted to the Union, and It was decided also to add a stripe and a star for each state to be admitted in the future. Congress, however, foresaw that the added stripes would make the flag too large and on April 4, 1818, it passed a resolu­ tion fixing the number of stripes at thirteen, and the number of stars at one for each State. So now, anybody who desires to know how may states there are in the Union has only to count the number of stars on Old Glory. The first American flag was raised at Fort Schuyler, New York, Aug. 8. 1777. John Paul Jones was the first to raise it In a foreign country, at Qui- beron, France, and that nation saluted it It was, first England | against it quite accidentally, and the whole cup got spilled on Hester, just as she was stooping to pick up a piece of toast, and went all over the back of the guimpe of her dress. And Miss Saunders swallowed whatever she put in her mouth in a great hurry", and took off her eyeglasses and pushed her chair back from the table a little and Just looked at us. And then she said, in that awfully quiet voice that Hi twice as mad as when a person lets out a yell: "Arthur, how often have I told you never to leave your spoon in your cup? This is the sccond time within a weel that this has occurred; you may go up In your room and remain there until I come." I didn't know what to do, because if I went upstairs then It would knock our plan of reading the Declaration in the head. And while I was rolling up my napkin gs slowly as I could, trying to think what I should do, her voice broke In: "Come, Arthur, I am waiting," Then I put my napkin down and stood up in my chair. Her eyes near­ ly bulged out of her head at that, be­ cause of all the forbidden things In the house, standing on any of the chairs but the ones In the kitchen and the playroom is about the forbiddenest "Why, you--you bad little boy, you!" she gasped. "Arthur, I dent under stand." . ,, But I Just pulled the Declaration of ^Independence out of my pocket and began to read. I read all the things that she wouM not let us do, and was Just getting to the place where It said we meant to do as we pleased till mamma and papa came home. I hadn't been looking at her, because it was as much as I could do to make out Charles' writing. And, besides, soms of the things, when you came to read them out loud to the person they were Intended for, sounded pretty dreadful --particularly where it said, "She's Just awful every way you can think of," my cheeks felt kind of hot when I got to those places, and I let my voice down and hurried over them as fast as I could. She must have come behind while I was trying to make out some of the hard words, which I don't think --and the others all agreed with me afterwards--was quite a fair advan­ tage to take. And she used to be on the basket-ball team when she was in college, and she was awfully strong. It is no disgrace to be overpowered by such a strong person, and carried up­ stairs, and locked In your room--and then to be told through the keyhole that you are to stay there until you are sorry. I suppose that Is the way George the Third would have treated John Hancock If he could. at Downs, and history does not say whether It was saluted or not, but the English government never forgets to do so now, even on the Fourth of July. Patrick Henry's Worfs "It is useless," said he on one occa sion, "to address further petitions tc the government or to await the effect of those already addressed to the throne. The time for supplication is past; the time for action is at band We must fight, Mr. Speaker. I repeal it sir; we must fight! An appeal tt arms and to the God of Hosts Is all that Is left us." "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price ol chains and slavery? Forbid it, A1 mighty Powers! I know not what course others may take;, but as foi me, give me liberty or give mi 8alvation Army Girl in Luck. John B. Kerr and James Leslie, two wealthy oil men of Bradford, Pa., sat in the lobby of a hotel in Lima, O., the other evening when a Salvation Army girl came in and passed her tam­ bourine. "I'll chip in $5, Jim," said John. "Go, you, Jack," said James. They began tossing $5 bills into the. tambourine In turn, then wrote checks for the same amount until the tam­ bourine held $500. "Guess that's enough, Jack; let's stop," said James. "Go you, Jim," said John, and they adjourned. A woman yiafcei no greater mis­ take than to mwry a millionaire," said Mrs. Daniel T. OamphtJl to the New York court which ltn»i week granted her a divorce. "By experience and observation I have learned that they generally acquire vicious habits along with their wehlth, until they believe |. themselves superior to the cares and responsibilities of ordinary people." Mrs. Campbell was married wheq she was seventeen, and just out of a boarding school. She told the court that before their marriage her hus­ band was everything that he was not CAMERA FIEND8 ANNOY MORGAN Promising Career Cut 8heife Friends of Milton J. Flood, the young naturalist no longer doubt the report that he was captured, by Pa- paun cannibals and is dead. He was an enthusiastic scientific investigator and was employed some years ago as an Inspector by the gypsy moth com­ mission, when efforts were being made to exterminate the pest in Massachu­ setts. World's Fair, 8t. Louis, 1904. Of course you are going to visit the Fair. You want to see what it will look like. We have a beautiful bird's- eye view (18x36 Inches) which will be sent on receipt of 10 cents, silver or stamps. Address, GEORGE MORTON, O. P. A., "The Katy," Box 911, St Louis, Mo. 6lde«t Indiana Ex-Congressman. Judge Harlan and wife of Savannah, Mo., aged 88 and 81 respectively, are on a tour of Ohio and Indiana, visiting relatives and friends whom they have not seen for many years. The judge claims to be about the oldest living ex-congressman, having represented an Indiana district in the early '40's. Do Your Feet Ache and Burn? Shake into your shoes, Allen's Foot- Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Swollen, Hot, Sweating Feet, Cor^i and Bunions. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREBL Address Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy, N. Y Church Tenete and Long Life. Mrs. Margareta Danielson of Cam­ bridge, Minn., is 132 years old. 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Morgan has a hor­ ror of that kind of thing, so after catching sight of the camera fiends he dodged behind a post He even sent word that he would smash any camera aimed at him, adding that unless his wishes were heeded he would bar all cameras from piers controlled by the shipping trust. Iq spite of his threats over a dozen shots were taken at him, one of the snappers saying viciously: "I'll take the chance, though Morgan's face is homely enough to smash a camera without any other aid from him." IN COMMANb AT WASHINGTON. Brigadier General George C* Elliott Given High Position. The appointment of Brigadier Geft- era} Elliott to the command of the Geo c.sucrr Marine barracks at Washington is An­ nounced. He succeeds Gen. Wood, re­ tired on account of age limit Hades No Terror to "8upers." When Henry Irving was rehearsing for his production of "Faust" he ex­ perienced much difficulty in restrain­ ing the exuberance of the supers, who persisted In being light-hearted even in hades. Sir Henry is proverbially long-suffering about such matters, but his patience finally gave out and he thundered: "Kindly remember that you: are supposed to be in hell, not picnicking at Hamstead heath." Clever Idea of New York Man Is Prov­ ing Profitable. Among the institutions of Manhattan Island is Robert M. Budd, "Back- Number Budd," as he is called. He has a tunnel-like place of business in Thirty-sixth street, where one may find back numbers of almost any paper or periodical from the year 1833 to date. Many years ago, being then a news­ dealer, he noticed that there was a constant demand for old papers, which were not to be procured at the offices of the publication and often not at all. So he began to save papers every day and ween, and as he found that he could sell back numbers at an ad' vance of from 1 to 500 per cent on the original price he tcok to buying up old papferg, magazines and other printed matter. These he had assorted and in­ dexed until he had an enormous stock. His customers are not numerous, but they pay tremendous prices, occasion­ ally for the privilege of merely copy­ ing something from an old publication, and "Back-Number Budd" makes quite a good living out of his queer business. Posters of Various Nations. .According to a French writer colored bills posted in streets reveal the char­ acter of the people the posters are in­ tended to interest He finds the Eng­ lish poster cold and ironical, the French light and subtle with veiled reflections, the Austrian soft and fleshly. He observes stiffness and awkwardness in the Swiss posters and Intricate design in the German. Italy in her posters shows herself noisy, with debauches of indigo and solferi- no red," while Spain posts bills with tints of an orange omelet. Posters in this country, says the discoverer, still reflect the puritan ancestry of the people," which remark seems to in­ dicate that he has not yet tor*3?'1 the Atlantic. Rise of a Minneapolis Newsboy. Oscar Johnson, who has just been appointed assistant paymaster in.tbe army and ordered to Manila, was for several years a newsboy in Minneapo­ lis. He was recognized as a leader of his associates and finally received a position in the buslnes office of one of the flour city's dailies. He has since been promoted a number of times and ia highly spoken of by his employers. Allen Prisoners. There are now in custody in Eng­ land and Wales, undergoing terms of imprisonment for crimes, 825 aliens of comparttively recent importation. An Investigation into the antecedents of these criminals stiows that in a majority of instances they were driv­ en or assisted out of their own coun­ tries and entered Great Britain hbk challenged. ^ Princess Wl.ll Live in France. The ex-crown princess of Saxony 'will reside with her Infant daughter In France in a si, all provincial chateau near Vaucluse now belonging to the hajrs of the Comte de Chambo^d. All fteady for Gates. Whatever the intentions of John W. Gates as to the stock market, there is no doubt that his latest European trip has whetted his speculative appe­ tite. The first man he saw whom he knew as he left the gangplank of the steamer in New York was the last he had parted with when he sailed away. "Hello," cried the vigorously looking, red-cheeked operator, "how is everything running in town?" "Well, John, Police Commissioner Greene has the 'tenderloin' pretty well closed up, but Wall street is wide open, all right" Empire Governed by "Tired Men." * The steady growth of ill health among members of the house of com­ mons suggests to a London writer the necessity tor a change in the present house and habits of parliament Numerous serious cases of Illness have been noted of late and the writer in question says the moral of It all is that the British empire "is governed by tired men." i ^ Visits Foreign Patent OfRcee. Commissioner of Patents Frederick 1. 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