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fourth of Jb/y story
L^k3)^- ~ ooa^ l W'
MMMnMk "Pltasc buy him
1/ ' for me," begged
first on one foot,
IfflwJs?' i H other, in his eag
ernees, while
■■ Don, ths beauti
ful red setter,
thrust hi* cold nose into Ben's face
and said, as plainly as a dog culd
•ay, "Yes, do buy me;" but Ben's
father shock his head doubtfully.
"He la too large a dog to take care
of la tfie city," he said. "I wanted
to buy a small dog." The dog-fancier
smiled In Den's eager little face, as
he patted Don's beautiful head.
"They hare takeu such a liking to
each other now that I am afraid you
cannot persuade Den to even consider
another dog," he said to Ben's father;
and they soon found this was tho
case. No other dog would do. At
each pretty pug or terrier Ben shook
his head.
"No." he said «aoh time. "If 1
cav't have Don, I don't want nhy
other dog, papa." Finally, the dog
fancier. who know Den's father very
well, and who was very fond of Ben
besides, said:
"I'll tell you what I'll do, Mr.
Rogers. ' You may take the dog
bonie with you and keep him for a
day. To-morrow Is the Fourth of
July and a holiday, so I will not have
any chance to sell Don then. Give
him a trial; and then, If you don't
want him, bring him back on Thurs
day morning and exchange htm for
any dog I have."
"Oh. yes. Do-(hat, please, please,"
cried Ben. "Thank you so much,
Mr. Wood."
"Then, If mamma and I decide we
cannot keep him, will you give him
tip and lake another dog instead?"
asked Mr. Rogers. "Remember it
will be harder to glvo him ep then
than It is now."
"It could not be much harder,"
eaid nen, with a sigh. "If you say
I cannot keep him after we give him
a trial, I will give him up; but I
Son't want any other dog." Ben
thrust his hands Into his pockets,
and, walking to the window, swal
lowed once or twice very hard. Ben's
father looked at Mr. Wood with a
imile.
"It Is hard to refuse the boy," he
said In a low tone. "I think we will
have to glvo Don a trial." Then he
added In a tone loud enough for Ben
to hear; •
"All right, Ben. We will take Don
home, and keep him a day at least,"
Ben ran back to them with a bright
face, and Mr. Wood said;
"There, Ben. that 1m better than
not having Don at all. Now see what
he can do before you take him." Mr.
Wood pointed to a newspaper which
iay or. the floor some distance away.
"Bring It here, Don," he com
manded; and Don trotted obediently
over to the paper, took It up his
mouth, ar.d brought It back to Mr.
r "limp It!" said Mr. Wood; and out
Iroppcd the paper from Don's mouth,
while he wagged his tail and looked
from one to the other, as much as to
say. "could any dog do better than
l f iat ?"
"> ) Jump!" said Mr. Wood, hold
ing j .t a long stick; and over Don
wt r.t i::;o a Hash.
v.- give me your right paw."
Dor. in-ld iip his right prtw, and placed
It in Mr. Wood's outstretched hand,
. "CI-. id!" said Mr. Rogers, laughing.
"Does ho know (he left paw also?"
"Left!" commanded Mr, Wood;
and up came tho left paw, to Ben's
intense delight.
"0' d'jg!" said Mr. Wood. "He
Sometimes gets'a little puzzled about
the right and left paws, but he Is evi
dently on his good behavior to-day."
After r jvoral more tricks,-which lion
performed-one after the other, Ren
found to his delight that the dog
would obey him aluo, when he used
the s:mie words of command that
Mr. Wood did.
"I will put a pretty collar on him,"
raid Mr. Wood, as they were leaving,
"and hook a light chain to it, so he
will not get away from you." Ben,
with shining eyes and a bright face,
led Den out. All that evening Ben
and Djn and Ben's little sister, Doro
thy, romped and played together;
and Don apparently was delighted
with the entire family. Mr. and Mrs.
Rogers said very little about keeping
the dog: but Ben felt he had made
a good impression, and he hoped, as
only a sr»all boy can hope, that some
thing would happen to make them de
cide to keep him.
The next day the Fourth of July,
Ben was occupied all day with shoot
ing off fire-crackers, from an early
hour In the morning till supper time,
all of which went oft with a satisfying
bang. Don at first was a little afraid
of the noise, but so 6 grew accus
tomed to it. and sat up on the veran
da steps, watching the fun from a
respectful distance. Just before sup
~ I>er, as a' iupeclal treaf, Ben's father
bought him a giant fire-cracker, a
great tempting one, _ with a long
string fuse hanging out of one end,
the entire cracker abotlt eight inches
long and covered with brilliant red
paper. It was one of the sort that
goes off with a magnificent whoop
ing bang, loud enough to satisfy even
the most patriotic little boy in the
country;- and that is very loud in
deed. Mamma looked worried whei
•be caw it.
"We will fire it off right altar tup
per." said Den.
"Don't light it till your father and
I are with you, Ben, dear," said mam
ma, anxiously; and Ben promised,
holding the cracker lovingly in bis
hands.
The days are long in the summer
time; and It was still light when Mr.
and Mrs. Rogers stood on the veran
da, watching Ben prop the cracker
up ready for lighting. Ben had
begged so hard to light it all by him
self that his father bad consented,
after showing him how to do it.
"I shall be glad when It Is fired
off," said mamma, uneasily. "Run
fast after you light it, Ben," she j
called;
"I will," said Ben.
Little Dorothy with her nurse had '
gone nett door a few minutes before J
to see two pretty maltese kittens they J
had, and Don had followed her over. 1
Now Baby Dorothy was ready to 1
cone tome before hor nurse was, and I
no one noticed her slipping through
the gate but Don. He, it happened, !
had not been pleased with the kit- 3
tens at all, when he found they were '
not big enough to chase; and he fol- '
lowed after Dorothy, feeling sure that
s'he could not take care of herself
even that short distance. Thus it 1
happened that, just as Ben touched t
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the match to the long string fuse and
ran away from the cracker, Dorothy
and Don came slowly through the
gate close to the place where It lay,
the little dangerous yellow flame
creeping ajowly up the string.
I "Pretty! Pretty!" said Dorothy,
. leaning over it. Ben saw her, and
[ gave a shriek of terror.
? "Dorothy! Come away!" he called,
s at the same time making a dash back
- to the flre-cracker. At Ben's cry Mr.
- and Mrs. Rogers ran after him, call
ing to the baby; bnt she was too
, little to understand what was the
- trouble. There was no time to be
y lost. Ben knew none of them could
i, reach her In time.
e •'Don!" he called. "Bring It here!
d Good dog!" It all happened In less
i- time than I can tell you. In the few
i- seconds' time that yet remained, Don
a understood the command. In his
"-. doggish heart was mistrust, and per
iF haps, gome fear. He did not like
a these things that went off with a
g bang, but he was trained to obey. He
I, picked up the fire-cracker and ran
is toward Ben.
d "Drop It!" screamed Ben, In an
it agony of fear lest It should explode
0- In the dog's face, and Don. obedient
n once more to the command, dropped
te the cracker; while Ben, at last by
a- his side, dragged him away to a com
»n paratlvely safe distance, just at the
cracker exploded with a frightful
p- roar, but harming no one. Ben burst
lato tears of relief. He saak on the
ground, hla Anna aroknd MM brave
dog's neck, sobbing.
"Dear, dear Don! Ton uvtd Dor
othy! Ton did, you did; and tam IH»
glad you dropped It In time to aav«
yourself."
"And to save you, too!** cried Mr.
Rogers. "Brave dog! Brave boy to
think of It!"
"Bennle, dear Bennle, and dear
Don," waa all mamma could say, as
aha bugged Dorothy cloae to her.
▲ little later In the evening, Doro
thy, who had been a little frightened
by the nolae and excitement, (ell
aaleep in her mother'a arma. Mr.
Rogera leaned over them with a heart
full of thankfulness. Aa be stooped
down to kiaa little Dorothy's pretty
balr, tbey heard Ben's voice from the
veranda steps, talking to Don.
"Do you think they will let me
keep you now, Don?" he waa Baying.
"I should think they would, wouldn't
you, after what you did, and because
I love you?"
"Oh!" said Mrs. Rogers. "He
doesn't realize that we could never
give Don up. Tell him, dear." And
Mr. Rogers called in a voice which
was husky, but BO full of happiness,
that Don's tail thumped hard in ap
preciation when he heard It.
"Ben, my boy, you may keep Don
all his life. lam proud of him, and
you, too. you precious rascals!" And
Ben and Don were happy—oh, so
happy.—Christian Register.
On an average each resident of
Berlin is said to spend one-eleventh
of bis Income on intoxicating drink.
THE GRAVE OF THE FAMOUS RINGER OF LIBERTY BELL DISCOVERED
A short time ago the sexton of Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church,
at Fourth and Pine streets, Philadelphia, Pa., found among the crumbling
tombstones that had lain neglected In the churchyard, a headstone of
which the inscription had become almost obliterated by age aud dirt. He •
cleaned the moss and lichen from the stone, and was surprised to find It
j bore the name of the famous bell-ringer of revolutionary days, William
Hurry, who tolled the Liberty Bell at the time of the signing of the fate-
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1 ful Declaration of Independence. Hurry was at that time the caretaker
r of Indepen4ence Hall. When he wu gathered to his fathers his remains
- were burlad in the Old Pine Street Church, but inquiry later failed to
s disclose the whereabouts o. the grave. The news of the discovery was '
1 communicated to the Grand Army Association, and arrangements were
t made for the decoration of the restored grave of the bell-rin«tr on last
i Memorial Day.
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THE DAY SPEAKS.
I am a funny day, for sad
And joyful in my lot;
In one land I am more than glad.
In one land 1 am not.
One people I surcharge with bliaa.
And one 1 cause to aigh—
The reason of the whicn is thia:
I am the Fourth of July!
—R. K. M., in Harper's Weekly.
The 8 years after July, 1776, were
periods of great Buffering and
tlon. There was no money to buy
fireworks, because it was all needed
to help carry on the war. The people
who had rejoiced at the first Inde
pendence Day had, many of them, be
come'very poor, and some were be
yond all Buffering, victims of British
warfare. There were anniversary
celebrations, but usually among the
army folk In the Hold.
TAR HEEL CHRONICLES
Hlppenlnls And Doings Gleaned From All Parts
Of The Old North State.
STATE PRESS ' ASSOCIATION.
Annual Convention Held at Hender
sonville.—Rev. J. 0. Atkinson
Elected President and J. B. Sher
rlll, Secretary-Treasurer.
Hendersonville, Special.—The edi
tors of North Carolina were literally
presented with the key to the city
Wednesday morning of last week,
when, at their opening session held
in the court bouse, Col. S. V. Pickens
gave them an ancient, rusty, two
foot-long jail key, recently uncovered
here by workmen in excavating for
a new building.
At 9:30 the convention was called
to order by Dr. J. 0. Atkinson, third
vice president, who invoked a divine
, blessing upon the town of Hender
. aonville and the members of the tta
' sociation. Mayor Staton then pre
-1 sented Col. 8. V. Pickens, who cor
i dially welcomed the editors to town.
' M. L. Shipman, on behalf of the local
• press, spoke a few words of apprceia
• tion and Archibald Johnson, editor
i of Charity and Children, responded
' gracefully on behalf of the associa
' tion. Dr. Atkinson then read tue
annual address of the president, who,
on account of sickness, was unable to
be present in person. It took to task
the criticisms some politicians and
others make of the press and closed
with proposing "Optimism and Good
Cheer," as the note the press should
sound. The association voted
to wire President Thomas its
appreciation and its regrets that ho
was unable to be with them. The hi?
audience in the court house listened
to short talks on timely topics by J.
W. Atkins, J. J. Farrias, H. B. Vnr
ner and Archibald Johnson. At 2:."0
p. m., J. F. Hurley read the histor
ian's paper. Full of interest and lis
tened to attentively was Thad R.
Manning's talk on the subscription
price of the weekly newspaper. This
was followed by the transaction of
miscellaneous business. At night,
before an audience which completely
filled the big court room, Mr. John M.
Julian, of The Salisbury Post, deliv
ered the annual oration. He com
manded the closest attention of his
audience to the end of his address.
Thursday morning was pleasantly
spent in a drive to Lake Osceola and
to Mount Hebron, the pleasure of
which was not marred by a slight
shower, which, Mr. J. P. Caldwell re
marked, was but a pleasant diversion.
The editors and their families went
in a body and the string of carriages
was a long one. ,
The ball at the Gates. at night was
largely attended and thoroughly en
joyed by both visitors and home peo
ple and was distinctly a success.
At the afternoon session the fol
lowing officers were elected: Presi
dent, Rev. J. 0. Atkinson; first vice
president, M. L. Shipman; second
vice president, J. R. Swann; third
vice president, \V. K. Jacobson; sec
retary %nd treasurer, J. R. Sherrill;
historian, Archibald Johnson; ora
tors, W. C. Hammer and' Josephus
Daniels; poet, D. F. St. Clair; execu
tive committee. H. A. London, W. C.
Dowd, 11. B. Varner, Josephus Dan
iels, D. T. Edwards.
A resolution was adopted eondemn
- ■titg^tb > -4 : mte4-Sintoa governmaut fnr .
maintaining a job printing office to
compete with t,he country's job print
ers, and a copy of the resolution was
ordered sent to every Representative
and Senator of North Carolina.
Interesting articles were read by
Rev. J. 0. Atkinson, Clarence H. Poe
and R. R. Clark.
The important address of the day
was that of M. V. Richards, land and
industrial agent of the Southern
Railway.
Barbee Case Goes Over. *
Durham, Special. —Judge Biggs
heard a motion of the State in the
Reuben Barbee case Monday and
granted the request for continuance.
Barbee will be tried for the murder
| of Engineer Holt at the August term.
Nothing new developed. Later
messages from Ohio tell no more of
the negro. Barbee's attorneys asked
for immediate trial and the State
balked.
Meeting of Farmers Protective Asso
ciation.
Westfleld, Special. —The Farmers'
Protective Association of North Car
olina will hold its annual meeting in
Mount Airy, Friday, July the 9th,
at Ip. m. Every organised county id
urged to elect delegates to represent
them at. this important meeting.
Prominent tobacconists of the
State will attend, and the convention
will deliberate upon matters of vital
concern to the tobacco grower. An
address will be delivered by J. 0. W.
Graveled, o? Rocky Mount and there
will be' cthca- well known speakers.
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Awarded Pension.
Chapel Hill, Special.—President T.
P. Tenable, of the University has
been cotuled that Major W. T. Pat
terson has beeu awarded attiring
pension by the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching.
Major Paterson has been bursar of
• the University since 1882, when in
the administration of Dr. K. P. Bat
tle, he practically organized that of*
flea. i jt*'
Resolution of Thanks.
The following resolutions, offered
by Mr. Josephus Daniels for the con>
mittee, were unanimously adopted by
a rising vote:
"Resolved, That the thanks of the
association be and are hereby tender*
ed thfe Western Union Telegraph
Company and the railroad companies
for courtesies in the matter of rail*
road transportation and particular
ly to the Southern Railway Company,
for the courtesy of an excursion to
Lake Toxaway; to W. A. Smith, for
a car ride to Laurel Park and an en
joyable afternoon at that beautiful
resort; to Capt. M. C. Toms and John
L. Orr and their associates for ex
tending the courtesies of Mount Heb
ron; to the management of the Gates
Hotel -for excellent service and for
the courtesy of a ball tendered the
association; to Mayor R. H. Staton
and the reception committee and nil
the publie spirited citizens who ten
dered many delightful courtesies,
including the mountain drives and to
Lake Osceola, and for more pleasures
than can be enumerated; to Mr. M.
L. Shipman, editor of The Hender
sonville Hustler, and to Mr. T. R.
Barrows, associate editor, for their
brotherly welcome which mode all
the editors feel at hefne.
The association left on a
special car Saturday for Lake Toxo
way, returning to their homes from
there.
The following eighteen new
members were enrolled at the session:
J. V. Sims, Raleigh Times;
W. I. Underwood, Greensboro
Patriot; J. A. Parham, Fayette
ville Index; Owen G. Dunn, Newbera
Sun; R. A. Deal, Wilkesboro Chron
icle; W. E. Pharr, North Wilkesboro
Hustler; M. L. Yeager, Southern
PuUisher; R. E. Ranson, Spring
Hope Leader; Andrew Joyner,
Greensboro News Bureau; C. A.
Eftry, King'B Mountain Herald; Clint
N. Brown, Salisbury Post; T. 11.
Gosorn, Bakersville Kronicle; H. 11.
Hamlin, Beaufort Lookout; D. L. St.
Clair, Sanford Express; E. P. Pepper,
Dan bury Reporter; T. R. Barrows,
Hendersonville Hustler; J. R. Round
tree, Kinston Free Press; Chas. H.
Williams, Polk County News.
Rev. F. J. Murdock Dead.
Salisbury, Special.—Rev. F. J.
Murdock, D. D., rector of St. Luke's
Episcopal church in Salisbury, died
suddenly Tuesday morning in Char
leston at the home of his brother who
he was visiting. He was *63 years
old, had been rector of the church
here for 35 years and was widely
known in both church and business
circles. He was president of the
Vance Cotton Mills, secretary and
treasurer Salisbury Building and
Loan Association and was a bank di
rector. He is survived by a widow,
one daughter, Mrs. Margaret Bell,
and one son, F. J. Murdock, Jr._.
Heart failure is said to be the cause
of his death. The interment took
place in Salisbury.
Private Laws Ready.
Raleigh, Special.—The private laws
of the session of 1909 of the General
,Ys- i'VPj;ly.arf? now almost roady- to.be -
issued, as printing of these has
been completed, only the indpx is yet
to he completed.
This is quick work and it follows
close on the enrlv publication of the
public laws, which were issued early
in May. The printing of the laws
this session has broken past records
for the rapidity in punblieation and
the State has therefore access to the
full information in the laws at a
much earlier date than is usual.
Tunnel Caves in on Freight Engine.
Asheville, Special. — Cowee tunnel
near Dilleboro, on the Murphy di
vision of the Southern Railway, cav
ed in Tuesday night, catching a
freight engine. No one was injured.
The passengers were transferred. It
was stated that it would probably be
ten days before the tunnel would be
open.
The Crops Damaged.
Raleigh, Special.—lt was learned
from a gentleman of St. Matthew's
township that the wind and rain
storm of Friday night did consider
able damage to the crops in that sec
tion, The cotton suffered most, be
ing severely washed.
Besides the damage done by the
wind and rain, a S3OO mule belong
ing to Mr. M. W. Buffaloe, near
New Hope church, was killed by
lightning. A mare in the same barn
was also killed. The lightning struck
. the roof of the barn, divided and
! killed both mule and more, but the
barn was not burned.
Sentence is Commuted.
Raleigh, Special.—Because Junius
i McKay refused to escape with other
■ prisoners when they broke jail in
; Robeson county, and on account of
i evidence not heard in the trial, indi
. eating that a third party committed
! the murder, Governor Kitchin has
l commuted to life imprisonment the
■ death sentence against the prisoner,
• who wn to hang for killing Alex.
McKav at Rowland. *'