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Show IN TI113 MfPflOPOIilS. How tho Foiutly'o Oo'ubrntod on MaijhnttK) Idlmul. S&&& O.Mi:ilOW or pf CLy ther I tlon'l Nitr thlnh Unit I J23 1. hall ever for- . '(vXli ct ,1" ,1,st V.v5VaVir I hin'iil in New rc-P -.F" Y"lU 1,,T'"1' is'ivii4'' vAil wbirelhuilptB-0 wbirelhuilptB-0 ""v '-'led, rptj, ''Si l'uurlh I- eele. Awv" 1 rlv B,t;niiow or -rltT lN ol- '' u ,1M "ot Jl l"f- aoeui to me to ... " ' make ho fnueh noise. Itias I-, honiiiwhat larger than Manhattan Island. IVrhitp that umy account for It. Yes, I reioieetl Hint It was over, but still I was not enlliely happv, for uu eleven-lneh liiei racket- had ex'pli detl 011 tho tint of juy eat. ulid I bocame uneye-soio uneye-soio to my fi h ml. When we com ei sed they had to do most of It, for I w at. kept busy holding my haatl to the aide of my head, ami u-pcating kuoh quctlouh as "llvy?" "Whntdoypuaay?" 1 feel iier-fectly iier-fectly sure that 1 missed neutral invitation invita-tion U "take boiuetulng" owing to my temporary deafne. I'or awhile J was very deaf, indeed, but I have recovered my hearing, and now it Is no longer safe to Invltp me to join lu passing tlie llow-tn;riml llow-tn;riml I MiM Ih.i. tin doubt, about th. p.-.. I pi' f t'n 11 t't 1 me ini.n p ,11 1 ti, thin Hi fill .ulli Uiifti'l ti j t li. havi I .n publi hid iilu Ii 1, e th mi re pi ii' havi had Uu ir ii-111 "i4 Uu 1 ' r, H mi tii t' 11 -i, """' v.ot, ''I 1 I'l. I 1 1) . . 1 , .) -nn 11 ' i 1 'ni a:: mi t the llnttsli Is i' 1 .1 n 11. t.. south than has gen el ..-1 lit t 11 slippo- ed Juihiing perhupa by the noise made on the I'oiulhof .Inly the thoughtless observer might conclude that the south " ".'II b'- p .' IjUc than the north; lut i' li tulil I- taken Into consldern-1 consldern-1 1 ni tii.it in t. .tham firecrackers nro 11 ilv tli.e tent-, a pack, and pin wheel, iot mil,- 11 cent apiece, whereas lu smithei n t ltlea they are much oioro ex-ptnsive ex-ptnsive Uven the poorest classes of Nee orlt can afford lo express their detestation of (ieorge 111 and his minions min-ions at n comparatively trifling expense ex-pense The high prico of explosives In the Bouth Is the leal cause of the people of Now Orleans, for Instnnce, seeming to lie TOinptrntlvely Indlircreiit us to which side whipped In the great revolutionary at niggle, lu New Vork. where cannon crackers me almost given away, tho eutlittshtbiu is so pronounced that revelers rev-elers begin to make the welkin ring", and lo get tight, 011 the nlghtof the third of July So thorough Is the detestiillon of English Eng-lish tyranny lu New York, that even as eailyns the afternoon of the third I hat seen the iiolleo wiping up the sidewalks side-walks with nell-ilri-bbod Inebriates. In the drughlorvs boys get their lliigorn lltd up from toy pistol wounds as em l.i , m -' 4k t A rt'l.L-lllloWN JIA.N WITH A.N AUc'I-TOUX ui the second of July. Two yours ago, I saw an elderly gentleman fall out of u secoud-jtoiy window whllo llilng off it lb man caudle, and It wns not biter than eight o'eloek of thoevenlng befoie Ihe l-'ouitli llut to return to my experiences on the- llrst fi 1 eat national holiday spent In Ne- York. At on eai ly hour I bounded slowly an I reluctantly fiom my couch, and hied mn to my nrlvate iourualUtle arena on the ground floor. My Intention Inten-tion wnh to write a glowing odltoilal on tho ''Deeuy of Ameilcan l'atilotlsiu," but owing to tliu constant detonations I wns nimble to finish it. While 1 was trying to collect my thoughts, theie wus 11 boy in the window win-dow of tho fuurtll story of tho flat hoiuiti lu whlcli I resided who dropped, 011 an average, threo lighted firecrackers firecrack-ers u minute Into the yuul anil less than thiei feet from whale I wus collecting my thinks. Tho fltecrackers weio all ruined by the explosions, and I was glad of it They could never be ucd again, but I nevei shed a tear, not oven a moist sob. - In the next yard there was n full-grown full-grown man with an adult gun. who loaded and fired at five o'clock I tlon't know whether ho hit It or not and kept It up all day without turning ti hair. "1? I dltl not make much progress W'UU pay patrtottc odltoilal. I wrote. Tt.lt 1j tho oatluuel gelu day, tbe day that 101 p.fto tlma a ceiiiury Las teen tcocnunl wli'i tb" f.hore of puitlutlc muelc. ' llutS" llanr' ninu bang I!i2 Mng Mng. bang ti ing blng bang !'' T I : bung I llut I rallied, and wrote out: 'Hli well l.-t tbnohcr bj glten with a will Let Hi- lirowois , l.uvo the k) wltb their brilliant path of llht- ' Hero a small hoy interrupted me, and I replied in small tups: "No' 1'inbotgo. hit." to ,tir you another cent to buy firecrackers fire-crackers with, ami if you lire another one of the ji In this j.ird I'll slum you againLt t'. (once so you will stick there, CJet out: ' Then I resinned my writing) L tuj e, 1. 1 1. tie tho any. and net tnolTfn. that It 0 1 1 e t. it burd oarned dollare." ' NO! 1 my; cluur out! Not 11 nickel moie loi llirtiuekeis." Hang! Iling-baag-bntig-baiig-blng-w hie! Kerilaml' Jtl lift , 5 VO.ln RI.PI ll.s 1.1 dMAM. TAI'h ' So'" Kertlmu'- thesti last two detonations belnt: from the Idiot wllh gun lu the ue A .ntl lb 1 i .Mve it up Tlieie wus nn use t.-.ii; In 'l under tho.n clienm-utrfll. clienm-utrfll. -. Novel thclcss, 1 am in favor of the Fourth IVilups It la jiibt as well that our revolutionary iather succeeded ns well as they did in dUpslllug the lirit-ltli lirit-ltli yoke; otherwise, more of us might bo standing aumnd like clothing store duuiinlc with eyeglass uud an idiotic leei nnd i.m lug in a t ne nf voice that mil' it 11 1 I . it nib v . ilh ' i' 11 11 1 1 In I ' 111 t Id e Hi i ' ni 1 ill I t, 1' ,. ' 1 1 1 1 1.1 at". 1 ilt . tivcly . II 1 bi 1 . f "l limn iu' icullv ii -o , I l v V KwFrti LESSONS OF THE FOURTH. , Duly Hldtli Hie Hlilng (lenerntlon lines lo tlie Ilerolutlonnry tlernee. 1 While exploding tlieir firecrackers at.d hitmlilng the dUploy of flroworks, Ihoboysandgltlsof Ameilca must not forget tho noble lesson taught by the fourth of July. It commemorates tho birth of American independence and l wns mude a national holiday to iuipicss 1 on the inlnds of coming generations tho I valor uiid dlilntcrested patrlotlsin of ' tho revolutionary heroes who fought, suffered nnd died to bequenth to their children and children's children chil-dren the precious lioon of liberty. Had tho patriotic fathers of our country failed to adopt the declaration declara-tion of Independence on that famous Kouith of July, mn, whnt is now tho t'nltcd States would In nil probability still be an English colony with the limited lim-ited rights grudgingly granted to tho Australian colonics anil to Canada. Every political blessing wo enjoy to-da V und thero Is no nation In the world which enjoys us many Is the result of tho labors of tho patriot leaders, many of whoso names even havo been forgotten by tho men and women of our generation. ',,ftlin,-i i fortunately, the American people nre beginning lorealizothnt for many years fourth of July patriotism has not been of the type which made the revolutionary revolution-ary war a success, In almost every public M hool tho pupils have for several years pnst been taught to celebrate Ihe day inn becoming manner nnd to le-turn le-turn thanks fortho noble work wrought by their great-grandfathers and perpetuated perpet-uated by their grandfathers und fathers. Liberty without Intelligence degenerates degene-rates Into license, and license leads to anarchy. Children old enough to understand un-derstand the meaning of these terms should band themselves together everywhere every-where to spreud tho doctrine of puro liberty, sanctioned by law nm.' blessed by 1'iovidence. In no other way should the youth of. America celebrate tho fourth of July and honor the memory of Itutiiurtiil Washington and his faithful faith-ful uiU Isers, followers and friend. And if this spirit of '711 animates the boys and girls the explosion of Hie--nickers and kindred noise-producing tillles will leadilybo forgiven and sanctioned sanc-tioned by their fathers and mothers ' U- W. Weutikht. |