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PlTTSBOUO, N. C., FRIDAY, JUL? 4, 1902
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jjPjA FOURTH OF
' "Harry, win you help rue get. up a
Tourth of July picnic?" hsfced Pally
Boyd one afternoon Id late June as
they met on the street after ttchool.
Harry Norman felttwo Inches taller
.at the Idea that lretty Sally lloyd
should choose him for her alde-de-auip.
. "
i Vou see, Harry, we can have' the
llcnlc in ynpa'a grove, and he will put
up a swing for us. and we will liave a
nice tent by the spring. Now, I want
yon to invite any ten hoys you plea.
only none of those naughty, rough !
loys" ., i
Any DreworKS or nreeracKors or can-
tiftnuT' liriiL-e In' Ilnrrt 10 rlitiit4
glowing,
"Yes. I think that would lie jolly. Inn
please dou't bring any of those horrid
toy pistols. They are too dnngerons."
"Oh. I'll promise you that all right."
' 'VeU. I have asked the cirl to bring
eoriii' nice things to eat. We will have'
lot of lemonade " ' j
"Some'piuk lemonade? That's what J
fill the boy like," said Hurry. ':t; f
, "Yes. pink lemonade, pie4ind e.ikesj
i'nd lots of goodies. Olt, what fun:" j
and the girl Unshed merrily.
Suudcoij iiurr iio(ni-i. I just ;
thought of something. I must gorltrhff
away a,nd till the hoys all aSmut it."
"W 'by, what do you mean, Harry?"
re you are. Sally. .lust like nil
Tls; you are too Inquisitive.".
"I'lense tell me what you are going
lo do," .pleaded the girl, ai slie laid her
Valid upoii Harry's arm.
Vj'Wl-ll, 1 will 'HI you If you wlil
Iifvoitse not to say anything about lb"
"till. 1 Uon't soy 11 single wold. I
promise."
"Well, then, Jially" nnd Ihe lioy's
face grew roy with mischief "I am
going. to have "
"What? Tell me quick."
"A great big surprise for you!" cried
Harry, with u laugh, as he ran away.
"That Is Just like a boy. Well. I must
get the glrbs together and decide on
list 'of nice things to pat. Uoy are
uticli hungry creature at a picnic that
It will take a lot of goodie to go
nrouud."
liright and early on the morning of
the Fourth of July Sally's big brother,
seated in n wagon loaded with baskets
and the tent, waa driving toward the
picnic grove. H did not take him long
to pitch the tcut nnd put up the awing,
JULY SURPRISE
and he soon notified Rally' ilmt every
thing was ready for their arrival.
It was a merry little party of plrl.-;
that noon gathered tit . Sally's house.
Their cheeks were rosy and their eyes
were bright an could be. They were nil
dressed In white, and each wore for a
sash the pretty American flag.
"Where are the boys, I womder?"
asked one of ihe girls as the little party
left the bou.se.
"Oh, they'll be in the grove, I pup
pose," answered Sally, nshe marched'
with her merry band down the street.
The girls nWt have felt very proud
and patriotic, for they were saluted at
every hand by tb popping of firecrack
ers and the booming of toy cauhou.
Some of the girls were n little inclined
to 1 afraid, but their brave leader
quieted tlietu by saying: '
"Don't be afraid to-day. This is the
Fourth 'of July, nud we ought to be
very, very brave, you know."
"Ik'W lovely! What a sweet liule
tentf Oh, oh! and1 a swing!" cried a
chorus of voices as the girls reached
the grjve.
And then they ooc!d lioM back their
ii.oiry spiniN no junker. lor. breaking
Into a run. they nutd for the mot
win re the tent w.-is' pjtched. laughing
ami screaming with d"' light, with thei
patriotic llag sashes fluttering around
them. ,
Sally reached ihe tent firn, nnd dr,:iw.
ing I nick the flaps peered ill, And then,
with a frightened look In hcf'eyi'S, she
.turned -quickly toward .tl group
crowding about her ami said, with
trembling voice:
"Somebody has taken all cur bwi-
ket:" . -.
"Oh, ol:. ihat cannot be-"
"Yes,' it Is so. You can all sec for
yourselves.". Salllc stood aside.
The tout was empty, ,. '
"All the tarts and pics aud bottles of
lemonade gone!"
"1 feci Just like cryhig. I doa't un
derstand it My brother brought every-1
thing hero, nnd
"I guess Koine tramps must have
taken them."
"I I wish the boys would come. I'm
afraid of tramps. Y'es, tramps must
have taken nil otic goodies."
Sally was ready to burst Into tear,
ana quite. iikcij ue wo jm uuye naa
good crying spell If a new and strange
isound hud not reached her ears.
Kat-a-tat: K.it-a-tat! -
"It is a drum; yes, and the. sound of
a fife,"' said Sally, ua the sound came
nearer. "
Aud then? down a wide path came a
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AT THE1E BEAD WAS HABBY.,'
I tile of
soldiers. At theirx head was
Harry Norman, looking very .brave and
courageous. He , wore 8y pretty little
uniform nud 'carried u liright ewurd.
One bright little fellow leat the drum
grandly, while two others tooted their
life?. The other boys carried each a
fltlek witli a big firecracker fastened
in the end.
For a brief riod the sight- oi the
yoiiig soldiers and the martial'-music,
caused the girls to forget the stolen
gmxlies. They cheered the little band
as Harry united his eoutraiiea before
them. ' '
"Oh, Harry, how lovely you all look!
What x k vely time we will " Then
Sallie stopped. ,' '., , , I
The goodies! .,- ; -: , ' . .
"Captain Norman, some naughty
boys, or tratuiis have taken all tr ba-kct.-;
wo haven't anything to cat,;' eaid
she. !
"What! Ho my cars henr aright?"
asked the bold captain, putting ou a
stern, soldierlike air. "Aud is the, lem
onade"' , ' . ' '. 1 ' V.
"Tho beautiful plni leraoundo is
gone."
"Then let us scour the adjacent for
est. The wretches v;ho have done this
deed shall Buffer!" Captnlri Norman
looked very fierce as lie led his men
Into the thicket. - Tho girls could hear
his little band beating about the
bushes. Onco cr twice the popping of
firecrackers could be heard. The girls
grew excited, aud. gathered beforvjAe,
tent, not knowing whether It was best
to run or hold their ground,
i "Yon must be very brave, girls. O jr
noble soldiers ure""after the enemy oh!
oh, my', look!" cried Sally.
Thf bushes parted nnd four of the
boys appeared carrying a rough, whis
kered fellow, whose hands ami feet
were securely bound. Then 'followed
the brave Captain Norman and the rest
of liis baud, with the baskets.
"Lady, we have recovered your pro
visions and have also captured the
tramp who was making off with them.
What shall be his fate?" asked Captain
KwrmiiH. as l,he drew up lefore the
.group with genuine military form.
"I am sure I don't know."
"Then I condemn liim to death,"
"No, no," cried Sally: "he ought to' be
ipunished but not death."
"You plead in vain for his life. Men.
stand the tramp up against a tree!"
sternly ordered the captain. -
The tramp pleaded hard for mercy,
but thoie wan none. He was placed
against a tree, and (lie soldiers were!
drawn up in a line a few pace away.
"You have stolen our goodies, also
our pink lemonade for that you must
die: Make, ready!, Take aim? Fire!"
. Bang bang! bang! rang out the fire
cracker's. It wds a very terrible scene, and the
girls screamed as the tramp fell forward.
he h-rt
s!:c
came near the form upon the ground.
"Not much!" The tramp rtise up.
threw, off bis bends, pulled off a pair of
false wliskers and wig and revealed a
face known to all one of the boys in
masquerade.
"This was my surprr.se, Sallie. Wasn't
it jolly fun:" askd Harry. '. The girls
alt laughed' heartily, and said it was
fun.' only a little too real for gvuuwie
sport.
They all enjoyed .themselves to their
hearts' content, and just before sun
down Sally's brother cam- with the
horse aud wagon and took down the
swing and packed the- tent and baskets
and drove back, while the merry party
strolled along behind singing patriotic
songs nil the way borne.
THOUCHTS FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY-
'"real w our heritase of hope, and gnat
The obi.g.Uiot; ol our tivie fate.
.Fiing fort h the triple-colored flag to dare
The bribt, untrawled hihwaya of the air.
Tiiow tbe undaunted bugles, blow, and yet
Lot not the boast bettay us to forget.
For there are high adventure for thU
-hour -"" "' - ' ' ;
Tot'.rneys to tent the sinews of our powerj
For we must parry as the years increases
The hazard of succesit, the risks of peace!
What tiee;l we, tlien, to guard and keep ua
ivho!e?
What uo we need to prop the State? We
need J
The fine audacities of honest tleed;
TWe homely old integrities of soul:
The swift, temerities that take the part
Of outcast Kight lie wisdom of the heart;
liraye hopes that Mammon never call de
tain, 1
Nor sully with las gainless clutch for gain.
We need the Cromwell fire to make us feci
The public honor or the public trust
,To he a thjnir as sacred and august
As tome white altar where the angels
kneel.
We reed tbe faith to go a path miirnd.
The cower to be alone(and vote wit'i God.
Edwin Markhatn, in tiic liuie pei.dent..
I N P C P E N V E "H C e T PAY
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G'tirtl" lirccrackcrs
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Iced ieo. Cwtlhwf'
is. lo. July
Old New York Fourths.
During the '-thirties and forties the
City Hull l'ark; NeV York City. wa,s
the centre of FourthJf July celebra
tions. On the sidewalks iu front of the
railings ' little canvas1 booth were
elected by Alderimmle permlsshiii aud
tenanted by poor retainers, of t!1 City
Fathers, viz., dames 'mi grand dames
who made honest pennies by bs)tiilug
purveyors of firecrackers, i liijlip pyro-'
technics, soda water, lemoiile, cookies
and a. temperance drink long ago out of
vogue called mead: and not forgetting
clams, oystesund sandwiches. 1 At
the end of the . military' parade of thi
first division the troops tired a feu do
Jolo iu "the lower park, where now
stands the postolllce. ' Church bells
rang at Intervals, aud a Kedhiui of
powder explosions occurred iu every
portion 'of "the city.
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'DEWEY GIVES TESTIMONY
Admiral Throws New Light on the
Surrender of Manila.
RESISTANCE WAS ALL A SHAM
H Declare Governor-General Gate t o
City on bar Ppaninh FUet Waa Hunk
Drallnga With Afnlnaltlo Gave Np
Auuntocei of Independence and Ner
XieougnUed Filipino Government.
Washington, D. C The surrender of
the city of Manila to the American
forces was prearranged, according to
a statement made by Admiral Dewey
before the Senate Philippines Com
mittee. This statement he said, had
never before been, inadc public, but
that It was true, nevertheless. The
Governor-General of Manila had sur
rendered ro him at the time Moutojo's
fleet was sunk, and when the formal
surrender was made it waa In pursu
ance of a definite understanding lio
tween himself and the Spanish Governor-General.
The Admiral said IX
could not entertain a proposal of a
foiinal surrender at mat time, because
he had no troops to occupy the city.
He also fired a few shots at the city
anjl. killed a few people, at the request
of the Governor-General before the
formal surrender was inade.'C Although
devoid of sensational features, the
hearing of Admiral iJewey yas of
much' interest. " .
The Admiral. was questioned by Sen-
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PANAMA AND NICARAGUA
ator Lodge.. He said he had first
heard from Agulnaldo and his friends
about April J, 1SIHS, a month before
the battle to Manila Bay. when it lie
eame certalft that there was to be war.
"I then hear that there were a num
ber of Filipinos who desired to accom
pany the fleet to. Manila," he contin
ued. "All of them were youug and
parnest. I did not attach niueh Im
portance to them or to what they said.
The day before we left Hongkong I
received a telegram from Consul-Gen-Dral
Pratt.' located at Singapore, say
ing that Aguinaldo was at Singapore
and would Join me nt Hongkong. J
replied: 'All right; tell him to come
iboard,' but I attached so little im
portance to the message that I sailed
without Aguinaldo and before he nr
rived. There- were then many prom
ises 'as to what the Filipinos" would
do, but 1 did not depend upon them.
tVmsut Williams ass-tired me -that upon
fur arrival ami the tiring of the first
tun ItO.iHH) Filipinos would rise. None
illd arise, and 1 frequently Joked him
an tills poilit."'
He told about Aguinahlo's arrival,
saying . that h" put. Mm ashore and
told him to Organize his people. Agui
naldo enme back discourager and
wanteil to go to -Japan, but the Ad
miral told him to continue his efforts.
The Admiral said he paid no ntbntion
lo A'gulnnldo's llr-t procbiniatlon of
independence of the Filipinos. Speak
ing of .V'uinahlo's military operations
'he said he did 'wonderfully in whipping
the Spanish.
Admiral Dewey said, emphatically
that he never had recognized Agulnal
tlo's government; nor did be salute
Agitinaldo's Ciitr: he never-railed Agnl
nalo ".general." but addressed him
as "Don F.mllio."
The Adudral said he had never given
the 1'hllippiiio llepublic the slightest
reeogulilon; that lie, had no ntithorlly
to do so. and did not consider It an
orgaulxed government. lie said the
Spaniards were fearful of ihe Filipinos
entering - Manila,' and, therefore, sur
rendered to blm In advance, lie said
there was no iumwI for the loss of a
.man in the capture of the r!ry. No
gun .would, have been Uire'd hut for
the desire of the Governor, who said
his honor demanded that a few shots
ho -fired.- "S0"I had to fire and kill a
few peopkv" said the Admiral, but
the Spaniards did not tire' because lie
(Dewey) had waiiied them not to. do
So. '" v.
Admiral Dewey said he had vr!lten
the Navy Department that the Fill
pluoswere more capable of self-gov-ertitne.nt
than the Cubans, because he
iaw that Congfess ('onteuqda'eil giving
indeuetideiiee to Cuba, and he knew
that the American peoplehnd little iu
formation concerning the Filipinos.
lie said that when he let the Fili
pinos have guns aud ammuultton he
thonu'ht It way a inllit-y necessity,
!ooilliig backward hoV'ould. see that
they were not necdetFj He considered
ihcin very ungrateful In turning
ugalust the t'uited States
THE PANAMA ROUTE WINS
House Adopts the Conferonca Ra
port, 252 to 8.
Mr, Hepburn FrecUcU That (he Frealdaaat
Will Vet He Compelled to Chooa
tlie Nicaragua Koute, 1
Washington. l. (.'.The House has
passed the Senate Panama Canal bill.
The vote was "5!i to 8.
The negative votes were passed by
Messrs. Kali, of Texas; Bell, of Colo
rado; Hay, of Virginia; Jones, of Vir
ginia; Kitehiu. of North Carolina;
Loud, of California; Neville, of Ne
braska, nnd Woods, of .California.
llepreseutative Hepburn, of Iowa,
and ydost of the other Nicaragua canal
advocates, voted for the bill Jn the be
lief, as lifpresoniatlve Hepburn and
others said, that it; really meant that
the canal would be constructed on th 4 '
Niearaguan route, since they did not jj :'
imnK me 1 resiueut wouiu oe uoi-iu . f
get" a satisfactory title to the Panama
Canal property. t -
In the Senate the conference report
on the Canal bill was presented by MrV- ft
Morgan (lem., Ala.t and was agreejl
to without comment or division. t r"' r
The bill, was seut to the - 'resident..
The bill provides for the pur(iya
of the rights and property of the
ma- Canal Ctunpany by the C.
States Government provided a r
factory title caii lie bhtaiiiel
wJse the Nicaragua route ,I
chosen. j-.
Bill rata' ' f
The PhtUpplua
Washinirtmi 1) V
At the Mid or a
nine-hour session and of a debate last
ing night and day for a, week, the
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House passed the Philippine Civil Gov
ernment bill practically as it came)
from the' committee. It was a party
vote, 141 U7. with the exception of Mr.
McCall, of Massachusetts, who voted.
With the Democrats.
The minority substitute for the estab
lishment of a temiKirary government
In the islands and their permanent In
dependence as soon as a stable-government
could be established was de
feated by 1)5 to 130. The debate dur
ing the day was at .times of a lively .
character.
The bill os passed differs from the
Senate bill principally In the provisions .
for a -General Assembly to be elected ,
by the Filipinos, and the establishment
of the gold standard for the Philip
pines. MINERS IGNORED WARNING;
Two AccMeuU Kenult Fatally In Settle
ment Near 'Hover, N.J.
Dover, N. J. Two accidents In No. 2,
shaft of the Richard, mine resulted la
the death of live men aud the very(
serious injury of a sixth. ,'
The dead afe: Richard Collect, who
leaves il wlfe'nnd seeu children; John!
Hooper, Richard Kruuch, Richard Cook
audAlbert David. "John Morlah was
the Injured man. His right thigh and
two fibs were fractured. 1
The lil'st of the two accidents oc
curred when John' -Morlilli, Albert
David and two oilier miners were load
ing cars. 770 feet below the surface.
This was about live o'clock. At three
o'clock a heavy blast had' been set off,
aud the men had been warned not
to go near the place until the vartli
had had' a' Chance to settle.
The warning was not iieeded. The
men were engaged m loading a car
wheu a section of the sloping pillar
fell over on two of them, burying bo'th.
The others gave the alarm. Several
men brought .Morlah to the sur'ace. (
Collect, Hooper, t'eok, Hrunch and
Thomas Trevarlhoru went down for
David, although warned, l! was only
a little while after the. .descent that
the bell in the engine ihiuse rang,
When the skip was hoisted to tho
surface, Trevartliorn appeared, bleed
ing from a cut on the lieud. He said
that while trying i get at The body of
one victim another mass of ore, had
fallen, completely burying his four
companions, viliile he himself nearly
bad shared the same fate: ,
Many men volunteered to. go down
the slope, Trey art horn utuoug 1 thcuu
Aland midnight they brought the bod-'
ies to the surface.
Mayor Fined by a Follt-e. Jutlitr.
'Mayor Hohlcu created a row in Po
lice Court at y.anesville, Ohio, and Po
lice' Judge Reed promptly tiued him
$100 for coutempt of' Court. Mayor
lloldeu Insisted ou his right to with-'
o"aw au atlidavlt chnrglug a Woman
wi ll Intoxication, nnd resisted Chief
of "oltce Tracy, wheu that otllcer, at '
the irder of Judge Heed, attempted t
put Mm put vt the court room. ,. '
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