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WINDSOR CEi L , ""'-. LEDGER PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR, INVARIABLY IN ADYANCE. OUR MOTTO: DIEU ET MON DROIT THE LEDGER PUBIUKIHS CCiriHT. VOL. XI. WINDSOE, BEETIE COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1894. NO. 47. The Children, Only to keep them go, Soft, warm and young ; The -wee, feeble fingers, The babbling tongue. Tears that we kiss away, Smiles that we win; Careless of knowledge, As guiltless of sin. ' Only to keep them so, Frank, true and pure Of our full wisdom So lovingly sure. Our frown all they shrink from, Our flat their law; Our storo, whence all gladness They fearlessly draw. Only to keep them so, . . t Sweet hands that cling, Sweet lips that laugh for us, '., . Sweet tones that ring ; . Curls that we train to wave, Feet that we guide, Each fresh step a wonder, Each new word a pride. Onlyo keep them so ! "Women and men Are the tinies that circled us Lovingly theD. Gentle and good, to us. Patient and strong, Guarding our weaknesses, Bearing us long. Tenderly mocking us, Old thoughts and ways, That scarcely keep measure -With life's rapid days. Good to us waiting. Our sunset shows fair ! But, only to have them so, Just as they were ! AU the Year Bound. , - :r It was quite different with us, thongh, isfied if Monsieur were, and Monsieur for -we had father, " mother, sisters, sweethearts back in America," to whom a duel was quite as dreadful as it was to us when we were sober. There was no honorable way for us to get out of it. however, if we wanted to stay in France, and to have , gone away under such circumstances was worse than the risk of murder or being murdered, so there we were. Of course all the arrangements de volved upon me as "Walter's friend, and every move I made in the affair seemed to me as if I were getting "Wal ter ready for his funeral., under . his own direction. It was simply horri ble, and there were times when 1 wished I had been reared in an atmos phere of duels, and had swords for playthings and pistols for pop-guns. Forty -eight hours was the limit of my time for such reflections, however, and before the expiration of that, a duel with swords had been arranged to take tlace at davliffht in the sub urbs, and poor "Walter didn't know half as much about a sword as he did about a ploughshare, and he didn't "OLD GLORY'S" DAY. A Timely Account of tho Origin of the Fla. First Colore Usod Doforo tho "Declaration." said he was and shook hands. - "Five minutes later we were in our carriage on our war back to Paris,- when "Walter collapsed and feir over in my arms in a dead faint When ho had recovered and pulled himself to gether he laughed almost hysterically. By George, old man,' he (said, I wouldn't again go through what I have gone through in tho last forty eijrht hours for a million dollars. "I JWhew ! I never was so badly scared in my me,' ana tnen no arcw a iuug breath. 'Bat I say, old boy he con-J f botlom aaJ from rJgU eluded, 'mesmerism beats swords all hollow to light a duel with. 'The last sentence explained every thing.. "Walter had put his mesmer ism against the sword of tho French man and vanquished him in tho open field. "But we never boasted of our vic toryat least notin France. Dotroit Free Press. The Star-Spangled Banner was born June 14, 1777. Tho colonial flag chief ly used by tho colonica of New England previous to the Revolution, wu red. with a field of white crossed by a red Largest Photograph Erer Made. In 18S1 the "monster photographs' exhibited at tho New Orleans Exposi- know enough about that to have run a tion wero only 45x18 inches, a foot A HYPNOTIC DUEL, straight furrow if it had been staked out for him across a field, while the Frenchman was a noted swordsman. Still, much to my surprise, "Walter appeared quite calm after the first twenty-four hours of sober thought, and I could not account for it, unless it. was that calmness of despair we and a half wide and less than four feet long, yet they wero labeled "largest photographs ever made." In the last ten years, however, photo graphy like tho other arts and sciences, has made greater strides than it did in tho twenty-five years preced ing that time. Tens of thousands of BY W. J. LAMPION. L am a firm believer in hypnotism, scientific and otherwise," said a man who looked as little like a crank or a faddist as could. well be imagined. He was one of a group talking on occult ism in general and this as collateral, and when he made the announcement 4here was an immediate demand for the reasons for the faith that was in him. m "Twenty years ago," he went on in response to the demand, "I was a stu dent in France, and at -that time, hyp nntism' or mesmerism, as it was then known, did not hold the place it now holds. On the contrary, the believer in mesmerism was considered by a ma jority of the most respectable people to be mentally lax, so to speak. My roommate and best friend was an American attending a medical school, and both of us were more or less in terested in things occult, as active minded young men are likely to be, when they are not rich enough to in- read of and occasionally happen in J people know this to bo true, our experiences. In this instance, I thought I had happened on it, and I am free to say it did not add to my cheerfulness." ""Well, the time came, "and we were there promptly, with a faint hope in my palpitating bosom thatsdomething would interfere with the other side to prevent an appearance. But " it went to pieces early ; the: Fretiplman was there before we were, anil what was basing their judgment on what thev saw at Chicago last year, but it is for the hundreds of thousands that did not visit the great Exposition that this ar ticle is written. Tho very largest specimen of tho photographer's art was shown in the Government display at the "World's Fair. It -was a photo graph of a relief map of the United States, designed especially by tho Geo logical Survey for the purposo pf ex- worse, ne snowea signs oi Deing iau i molting ine oii-Dearmg uismuw. "4B he was theref How I did want to take I photograph, although Teckoned as a him out to some quiet spot and wring real gem, was a "titan of titans" tft his neck ! And how handsome "Walter Bize goes. It was seven (7) feet long looked, pale, of course, but the very and exactly four feet and two inches picture of a man 1 And how I felt (4 feet 2 inches) in width. All artists when I thought of what word I might will quickly uudertand that there has have to send homp to his dear old j never been an ordinary camera con structed that would be large enough to do such work. In lieu of regular apparatus, however, tho four experts engaged for tho work made a camera of a room, which was 12x15 feet in size, blackened and air-tight. The to left. At tho battle of Banker Hill, Jane 17, 1775, the flag displayed by the Americana waa similar to the ono do- scribed, except that lU color waa bin?, the white field with tho red crossed bars remaining tho same. while a rine-treo was shown in tho tiDDcr corner of the field. Tho Pine- i a Tree flag of tho navy, used by our ships during tho early part of tho Revolution, waa white, with t. pine tree, and the words, "An Appeal to Heaven." Early in tho Revolutionary "War the patriots showed their earnestness by using what is known in history as "The Rattlesnake flag." "Whilo it cannot bo claimed that this emblem waa very mystic, yet it was typical of the resolution of tho Americans in their strucrcle for independence. Tho flair waa vcllow in color, and showed a coiled rattlesnako in tho centre. eirfpe should be added to the for each new " Stato admitted into tho Union. Marl. 1703, Kentucky and Vermont having been admitted. Sena tor Bradley, of Vermont, c!Ttred resolution, adding two stars and two stripe to tho flag'. This would hate answered If ozx Union had been content to grow slow ly, but as many new State wero con tinnally knocking at the door for aJ- - . - .Aft a mission, it became apparent tvai ax no distant day tho increasing number of stripe would destroy tho beauty and symmetry of tho flag. Tho atrip wero fixed forever at thirteen, tho field ni elongated, making it rectangular, acd it was ordered that a new star should Use it place in the field from tho Fourth of July succeeding tho birth of each new State. Tho Star Spangled Banner is tho moat beautiful flag ever derived. A you will obnerve, tho flag of 1777 con tained a enuaro field, in which tho fire-pointed stars formed an cnd!es circle. Tho arrangement of the start. as the new State were admitted, tome- time required study and skill, but It inrariably retained it Imprfwro beauty, and will alwejt bo tho mcl striking among all the emblem of the different nations of the earth. Tho new arrangement wa originated in 181 6, by tho caTal hero. Captain Held. On April 13, 181P, OidGlory" wa hobted OTcr tho 1111 of Ilq ro ecutatircf, whero it shall float through all tho coming agt. 2TEWSX GLEAirEIGl 3f tw Teas tx ira rc-wrs, Threes IjU a ?UUaa cJ MO'Jl. art anr la ttm Cs:if.ct. Hxtzjlu. txnr: W el It Ci- Izxll coca V3ct irzFizl t5ajf cs. rrr;:j t l'j wr un,ir:.ti tia La Tts a or lL-rtlm rltia la US CQtzilrj twj Cf Ctflzt na( ITcttt ta Zzr:9 wry t5-m? aa$ ib 12 nj IUf 'ja; txAilZfi r Urrr tlx Juti Knur, a n&tl-i t t!u na x C2r. ta,eafcSti riiriit ty mclzf a lr oS If . lb rir oaimnhU. Brc iJsc B t-M wa Uosril&Jt life eSriU Trmezrj wc Wxat U a.Vr2 a:utj e-su't Unt 4 tra tizJUt k:-rr SrT Ul. It it mcusjtft liot iv U; vuVn:i t VcAjr7?TiU o.?t3 I a IV rnts ltoes.IVAS U IV Jf tt Wfci-Vli! : c tst wttoo I Vr r 9 V9A4 99m.- f7 mi t V rVUirasr f T tz ft ft: Uc l coc: ta Ji-'r. trrZlxs 1 1 Urs,i. a rr;nsj: GST mnthfvr and father, and to that sister of his, who was more to me than all the others 1 'If both principals had been Frenchmen I might have been less wrought up ; but there was an Ameri can in it, and somebody was bound to result of the experiment was gratify- get hurt. "Before we got down to business "Walter began to act queer ly, and I dulge in all those frivolities of youth thought the strain was proving too which are quite the contrary of occult- great for him ; but he whispered some ism. We attended hypnotic seances thing to me and I watched the French and that sort of thing at every oppor- man.. Presently he observed Walter's tnnitv. and it was not long until my Trmliar motions and . actions, which friend, Walter, began to show signs were just enough not to excite com of being a mesmeris himself. When meritt and they were . continued until we discovered he had the gift, we were men took their places. It was evident greatly elated, and on every occasion, he Frenchman thought Walter was among our friends, he was practicing about to work some western trick on and perfecting his skill. So adept did to offset his superior skill with he finally become, that had it not been SWOrd, and he became more intent for the prejudice against it, we would than ever. Walter was extremely have turned it to account to assist our awkward with his sword, but he man revenues, which about this time felt aged to keep it in front of him, which the need of assistance, as we had made be did with the point sticking1 straight the acquaintance of a fast crowd and to his adversary. 4 He had caught the our exchequer was assuming a degree Frenchman's eye meanwhile, and as of emaciation which was positively they advanced to the encounter I painful. thought from the fixed gaze of Mon- "One night, on our way home from sienr that he had made up his mind ' a small festivity, not at all in the line to stick Walter full of holes in the of occultism, we stopped at a well first bout and end the affair, so he known cafe, where a number of giddy COuld get back to an early, breakfast, youths like ? ourselves were making a But it did not r turn out that way, night of it, and when we left the place for when they came within Walter had a duel on his hands, with touching distance Walter, with his a fiery, young official, who had been eyes firmly fixed on the Frenchman's, slapped in the face for certain, re marks, which if Walter had been duly sober, he would never have noticed. However, that was of no avail now, ing beyond all expectation. St. Louis Republic It's Healthy to Work in a Seirer. Occasionally the assertion is heard that the healthiest of all occupations is sewer scavenging. In large cities the men, in spite of their filthy work, are proverbially healthy. Mr. Laws, a cl envet who has been employed in special investigations in the 6ewers by the London city council, has proved in a huge report that sewer gas is all but innocent of distributing bacteria of any kind, and certainly not those which are pathogenic. Tho sewage contains microbes of various kinds in abundance, but the gas itself is much freer from these dreaded organisms than the outer air of tho street Of all this he gives most convincing proof, and so challenges the theories which lay to the account of sewer gas a train of horrible ravages- on health. This is a startling revelation and suggests that fresh inquiry is needed into the real causes of so much illness trace able to drains and foul Francisco Call. PEOHEiEST PEOPLE. Oftumiit turn, ef Sew Tart, wM a ee to ta r pArtiftl la tsrwit: rUisx. ram cm Xi r. U tc r-rar c J 0rsJtr y ttiri tea, to 1 9 1 a tftUsr. X. J.. M ftimrri-.; Is tt t!xX total rw-t l fti A:a. rra.w rrr trait, iv aw f-c3r ?rta Gctc-, U tv ttcn let: trrtrer U lloi tolf. Xr9 Own. el PrJf9, a U ife rtve. threw his sword point slightly to one side and the Frenchman's followed it. Once, twice, thrice he attempted to make a thrust, but invariably the and nothing was left except to fight, sword flew wide. Monsieur's seconds noted the strange actions of their prin cipal, but could not account for it, and and at last Walter, with a side swipe, as the boys say in these days, fetched the Frenchman a terrific whack in the neck with the flat of his sword, very much as if he had hit him with a fence rail, and knocked him out so com- and to fight with a Frenchman's choice of weapons, as Walter was the chal lenger. What a fool he' was ; what a fool I was ; what a f ooj. the French man was ; what fools all of us were ; what a fool a man always is when he is drunk 1 Yet it did not strike us so rolled along to our rooms. in But the next morning, when I pletely that he could not respond, and for some time the surgeons thought he had been killed. When he recov ered consciousness, Walter stood by fhA win a was out and tho wit was Walter and I would gladly have given all we possessed to be out of the ugly business, What the Frenchman thought about it, I have no notion. Very like? he didn't" think about it at alljbut took it as a matter of course. "For that was tht way he had beta 'raised' Some Words of Hen Talk, "Ck-ck-ck-ck" means, "Here ia food," "cut-cut-cut" indicates sur prise and curiosity : "prr-a-rt, pra-a- rt" means, "My health is very good this morning and I feel as indepen dent as a hog on ice;" "c-r-r-r-r" means, "Danger is approaching over head ; all able-bodied hens will be on their guard and chickens would better cease talking and get into the cyclone cellar." Biddeford (Me.) Journal. .Unearthly. Valet (entiring chamber) I heard you scream, sir. Wot'a tho bloomin rowi sir? - . Alt Homo in, James. You'd best "OJ - . , I : -nifli ma till mommp. James. 1 and on him the Frenchman nrstopenea p W .. L i A v. J itiRt nftd the fwishtfullest nightmare. hin eves, ue anempieu w nav. uut - - . .. -rrr.ii. l-n. o-rl Tiirtk ViftO.k uritli I DwCamt . YVUlbCJ. gcumj the greatest magnanimity and assured the iQ9oa?that ha was perfectly sat 1 was avenue without Jaxnesi J udge underneath which wero tho words, "Don't Tread on Me." The first national flag used in 177C, before tho Declaration of Independ ence, contained thirteen red stripes, alternating -with white, signifying the thirteen colonics. The field was blue, crossed with red bars, as in tho colo nial flag, and crossed again diagon ally by two narrow bars of white. As I have stated, tho first Star Span gled Banner was unfolded to tho breezes of heaven Juno 14, 1777. Congress was then in session in Phila delphia, and thcro wero well-founded rumors of an invasion of tho colonies by Burgoyne, from Canada. Congrcsa appointed a committee, of which John Adams was Chairman, to examine the various designs submitted, and to re port on a suitable flag for tho new na tion, then in tho throea of its first ex odors. San I jstence. Tho report of the committee. mada Juno 14. 1777. was tno recom mendation : That the flag of tho thirteen United States bo thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union bo thir teen stars, white, in a blue field, rep resenting a new constellation." Tho report was adopted unanimous ly,' and a sample flag of silk waa pre pared for Congress. Tho number of atripea was made to correspond with the number of States, and the color red, white and bine were chosen because of tho distinctness with which they can be seen at a distance. Fif teen years later, the Republic of France, emerging from tho Kcign of TerTorand tempest of blood, adopted tho samo colors for its flag. Tho pretty conceit was that the red repre sented tho blood of the patriots, white tho rmritv of patriotism, and bluo the pwomenading the of hemTei. me walkin'-ttick, rrv ; t k imorien iM UB v.w v jf tiieta was that a at itaf and &sw So mo countries hare so znany anni Ycraarica to celebrate that they loe a great deal of their aignificaaca. The boys and girls will agTe that the fault of the United State lies rather in tho opposite direction, and thtt we do not have enough of them- While I am not prepared to y this, jet I do insist that there should bo one more national holiday added to the calendar; that i. the birth lay of "Old Glory." Littlo heed was pud to this anntTcraary until the Centen nial year, ainco which time the Idea haa atcadily taken a stronger and deep er hold upon tho American heart Bluo and Gray. gtrarrtat Urt f rr U fittrfTct ft4.1r at it Ctlnsy e f Carrtt Vtuuix IL P. 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Bertie Ledger-Advance (Windsor, N.C.)
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