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Show SONG OF LIBERTY. Ode to Kcv. F. f Imr "rrr.v.: Arranged by F. L. - FIREWORKS ARE EXPENSIVE truss. AHegi i mjoiW. i ret: Noise-Makin- Devices for the Fourth of July That Cost Much Money g IF When, in the course of human event!, it become, necessary tor one people to diuolve the political banda which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these, are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That, to secure taese rights, governments are Instituted among men, deriving their just pow--er- e from the consent of the governed; that, whenever any form of ment becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organising its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will die-tat-e that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and, accordingly, all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. Uut, when a long train of abuses snd usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies, and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. The history of the present King of Great Br' tin is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having, in direct object, the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world: He has refused his assent to laws the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and, when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representa- tion in the legislature; a right inestimable to them, and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfort- able, and distant from the depository of their public records, for the sole pur- pose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly for opposing, with manly firmness, his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time after such dissolutions to cause others to ' be elected; whereby the legislative powers. Incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the state remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convul-- . sions within. He has endeavored to prevent the population of these states; for. that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalisation of foreigners; refusing to I pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands. He has obstructed the administration of justice by refusing bis assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers. He has made Judges dependent on his will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies, without the consent of our legislature. He has affected to render the military Independent of, and superior to, the civil power. He has combined, with others (that is, with the lords and commons of Britain) to subject us to a Jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and knowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legls-i- s tion. For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us; For protecting them, by a mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states; For cutting iff our trade with all parts of the world; For imposing taxes on us without our consent; For depriving us. In many rases, of the benefits of trial by jury; For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses; For abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries so as to render it at once sn example and lit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these colonies; For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering, fundamentally, the forms of our government; For susp?ndirg our own legislatures, and declaring themselves Invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated government here by declaring us out of his protection, and waging war against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He is, at this time, transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun, with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most bar borous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioner of their friends and brethren, or to fail themselves by their hands. He has excited domestic Insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers the merciless Indian savagaes, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, eexes and conditions. In every stage of these oppressions, we have petitioned for redress. In the most humble terms; our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character Is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have we been wanting In attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them, from time to time, of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable Jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native Justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them, by the ties of our common kindred, to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connect it ns and correspondence. They, too, have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace, friends. We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, In General Congress assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our Intentions, do. In the name, and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these United Colonies are. and of right ought to be. Free and Independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all and the state of Great Britain Is, and ought political connection between them to be, totally dissolved; and that, as Free and Independent States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce. and to do all other acts and things which Independent States may of cf this declaration, with a firm reliance on right da And, for the support we mutually pledge to each other our Providence, Divine the protection of honor. sacred our and lives, our fortunes, t, -- -- 1 I. When Go.! a. Sons! gatli of old this orb had made, And raised the earth from er here from ev 'Vf laud, From bond age chains for- - Tbe making of firewurka has prog- oue of tbe explosiuus and tbe animals ressed rapidly in Amerira, and we are go floating away, illuminated by a I L J-not now dependent uim China and flaming torch beneath similar to tbe Japan for our firecrackers, our red common fire balloon. This is perhaps g the most remarkable design which lights and our has yet been invented In what is calldevices. ed aerial fireworks. candles roman a was few when Time 1 -- S The most costly piece of this set and some skyrockets furnished the larger portion oi tbe fireworks for the however, is known as the Japanese celebration of the Fourth of July m night bombshell and is the Invention said. "A out the sea; "Be aep- - rate thou," Th y the smaller towns, but modern patri- of a Japanese workman In a large fireer free. And, guid - ed by Oin nia - cient Hand, Let CT works factory In New York state. The otism does not stop at that. I 1 L ea Nearly every citizen of a town will bomb itself ranges from twelve to lay out considerable money fur hla thirty Inches In diameter. -At the end ot its flight it explodes i supply of fireworks, and it is not Infrequent that a private family will no loss than seven times, actually prospend from $50 to $?5 In order to ducing every rolor of the rainbow la make s Dig illumination on the na- the form of streamers, shooting stars, tion's birthday. Set pieces, such as comets, serr-entsgolden rain, parawere formerly much prized at cele- chutes. whirligigs and spreaders." brations In the average towns are One of these bombs forms s whole exnow quite often seen ou the lawns of hibition in itself, as the Illumination land of Hope snd Lih er ty." Let nionn - tain range rnd of Lib - er - ty." To Wash - ing - tou whose the flag fly private individuals, for the American lasts fully three minutes before tbe workmen hare learned how to make last design fades away. 2The large bombs cost $60 apiece, them, and that means that thev srs to be obtained more ebenpiy. owing to the rare chemicals which The day when the small boy and ere used, and the amount of work his big brother had to pay ten cents a upon one, for the various compartbunch for crackers has long passed ments contain over 200 feet of fuse, by. Machinery has been invented to every Inch of which has to be caremold the paper cylinders and load fully placed In a certain position so them with powder at the rate of 1.000 that it will not ignlto before tbe and more a minute. They can be proper time and spoil the effect. Fireworks dealers say that mines manufactured at about two cents hundred in large quantities and retail and batteries will be very popular this year on account of their rcsem-hlanc- e at a profit at five cents. to volcanoes. The recent erupTbe combination of powder and varloua chemicals which the fireworks tions hove actually caused a boom In man has succeeded in mixing allows this feature of fireworks, as tbe peoI I la program to be given at nlglit which ple desire to see the rcsemblsnce of n -i' can be kept up for three or four hours volcano In miniature. if desired, with something different They can be procured in one or a dozen colors. Most of them half can One minute. almost get every hill to flow-in- g tide, Be llicj the land of curb ou celebration the a produce fiery scales and balls, but n up family J s All haill first Ison of cleave the skies glad some tone In front of the house which will new design combines atari with the L m : include not only rockets and roman balls. They have taken the place of candies, but plnwhcels, miues, bombs, the roman candle to a large extent T 1 I pitting devils and other things which and the ordinary piece which la held th I are apt to wriggle around among the in the hands is gradually going out Rkfuain. spectators, and the entire coat will of use. One reason Is that It Is so in P not be over $5. dangerous on acrount of the shower From this figure the prices range of sparks falling over tbe person who all tbe way up to a carload of act holds it m; W th 9The daya when the patriotic citizen 9' 9 K-pieces containing a ton of powder yond thy and coating $10,000. In some of tbe went, to the fireworks dealer and pickelaborate displays at the resorts near ed out hla rockets, plnwheels snd New York and other large cities pa- other pieces are about over. The fireper, powder and chemicals are turned works man saves him all this trouble Into sparka, flame and smoke at the by packing assortments In eases so rate of $5,000 an hour more than the that he can buy hla celebration at ao highest priced opera singer in the much a box, or, as already stated, by the car load if desired. world charges for her services. ' Suppose people in the neighborhood The rocket which whizzes into the for and club the raise $250 of stream a Into breaks pendair and together They can ants or is turned into a single stsr evening's entertainment amid the Oha! and Aha!" of the get large rockets, a dozen largo spectators la still used, but it haa mines, n half dozen Imitations of n been wonderfully changed In recent windmill and have the choice of three years. It atln whirrs upward in lta or four set pieces such aa "July 4," aerial flight leaving a trail of sparks the Maltese cross,- n mammoth revolvbehind, hut at the end of the journey ing star, "1776,- and the bust of may burst Into a golden shower re- hero or statesman. If they desire. The! feature! of President Rooaevelt will' sembling some familiar flower. be reproduced in glittering points, rain a falls center from the Perhaps raise Lib - er - ty. the strain, And sing of red, white and blue balls floating eyeglasses and all, not only In thin gracefully downward until they al country, but in tbe Philippines, for moat touch the earth. Others form a some very large orders containing repwere HS- duster of long, delicate lines some- resentations of tbe president what similar to a rainfall on a sum- sent from San Francisco to Manila Copyright, MM, by Bev. F. F. Duffy. mer day and thus they are named. several weeks ago. Tbe fashion in act designs h The rain comes down, however, at a The familiar DIARY OF A REAL BOY. 8ERM0N DID HIM GOOD. considerably. rate of from $15 to $30 a fall much more costly than the natural shower. patriotic mottoes such aa Peace, Its Perusal Gave Father Insight Into Churchgoer's Homsly but Very EffecThe most Interesting feature to tbe Prosperity and Freedom," "The Day1 not so much tive Comparison. Many Things. boy is the rocket which Bends a We Celebrate, etc., are The late Father McGoldrlck of DorThere is a certain kid in group of fiery serpents down among In demand aa formerly. The people chester, Mass., was one of the great- this city, who is keening a diary, says the crowd. This year a number of prefer comic and curious Ideas, but est pulpit orators In the archdiocese the Philadelphia Telegraph. Tbe book new ideas in rockets have been origi- the moat popular are fire pictures of and always took delight in seeing waa given him last Christmas by a nated, one of which la called the Jew- men prominent In the public eye. what effect hla sermons had upon the relative, and his father had forgotten eled streamer really a very beautiIt must be confessed that tbe American populace are becoming to i lowly members of the congregation. all about it until he accidentally found ful piece. One Sunday, while leaving St. Peters the volumx the other day. Curkiua to The columns of sparks burst into getful of the father of hla country on church, where he had been stationed see what hla small son had written In a golden spray, from which issue independence day, for only a fair many years, be met a parishioner who, it he opened the book and found tnat three balls of various colors, each ball pictures of Washington have bean pretouching his hat to the reverend gen- the diary had been faithfully kept discharging what are called pendants. pared in the combinations which have Here are a few of the entries: tleman, said: They remain In the air fully a minute. been ordered. I am 9 years old That was a beautiful sermon you Looked Another new Idea is called the diw Of course the set pieces are far father. It did me a in the glass, but whiskers alnt sproutpreached mond chain, which consists of a dozen more expensive than any other kind in yet power of good." star. of fireworks. The goddess of liberty or more links, each containing Tm glad of that, responded the Ssssed a boy. Got llckt. A novelty la a compartment which and the United States coat of arms Can you tell me what clergyman. Pop borrowed ten cents for ear-falcontains either one large or several are among the most costly at $100 that makes $1.15 he owes me. small balloons in tbe form of ani- each. One of the most elaborate departicularly struck you? What waa see-sathe main point? Wonder If He ever get It." in motion with mals, clowns snd other comic feat- signs Is a fiery Well er I dont rightly remem-ba- r Jimmie stole my bait I ures. By sn ingenious contrivance revolving Ferris wheels at the ends. I dont just exactly know. 1 sh llckt him for It. hot air is forced into the paper by The price of this mechanism is $210. sh what's the use; sure, I dont Ast Pop for some of my money remember sn Individual word of it snd he glv me a nikll. I want that Johnny's Lament Tha First Stars and Stripes. Sorra a bit of me knows what it was doler." Wish I didnt have any sisters round at all, at all. The first using of the stars and "We feloea got up a baseball club Got six that are And yet," said Father McGoldrlck, Ime plcher. If I had that tripes in military service waa at Fort Fourth of July time. with a smile, you say it did you a doler 15 I could get a unaform. Stamolx, renamed Fort Schuyler, now pretty decent other times, but whew 2d the Fourth eomes they buss 'round power of good." Pop got paid today and giv me my Rome, New York, In 1777. August like mosquitoes. was by fort besieged So It did. Father; 111 stick to money." the of that year They aint got no conald'ratioa Cor that" "Mamma borrid a doler. Bother the English and Indiana; the brave a one feller's feelings. They bust in out but a without were flag, Now, tell me how. A these people anyway. felo cant save garrison his fun Just when he's lighting w red The here. now look the fort stripes waa made in Well, Father, nothin." There's my Sunday shirt that my wife "Ast Pop about banka. I want to were of a petticoat furnished by a cannon cracker and want a punk la after washing, and clean and white put my money ware carfalr slat ao woman, the white stripes sad atari fixed, and when they see the eannoK It la by reason of all the water and skarse." were supplied by sn officer who gave sizzling they scream loud enough to Got llckt again.' hla shirt for that purpose, and the split your ears snd that brings yoar aoap thats gone through it But not a drop of water or soap or blue has There waa more of this, but "Pop" blue was a piece of Col. Peter Gaase maw and she yells to yoh to quit stayed in It, dye see? And it's the bad read enough. As a result there Toort'a military cloak. Three women teasing your sisters and thsn seas th name way with me an the sermon. was a conference, and now the ar- worked on the flag, and It was raised cannon and rushes out snd grabs yow Its all run through me an dried out, rangement is to pay 6 per cent a week to victory, when on the 22d of August snd bears you away, and you miss s swbut all tbe same, like my Sunday Interest and settle every payday. The tbs redmen and the English were de- ing tha cannon bust Into a thousand1 pieces. feated at the fort shirt, Im tbe better and cleaner for kid got hla unaform. No, sir, sisters are all wrong 'round It" The next record of the using of the Fourth of July time. If they ain't getEach Had 8ame Thought annion first Is the and stars strlpea When people go to law with one versary of American Indepenceuce, ting your msw after you and screamMovement The States At- which was celebrated at Philadelphia, ing all the time fit to kill, they! It is sixty years ago since tbe co- another, aald seem to Charleston. 8. C., and other places, mooring 'round and blubbing snd s H. John movement waa torney Caaey, they Inaugurated operative Ing, "Poor Johnny's burned his finger feel one much to tbe other. July 4th, 1777. in England by the Rochdale Equitable aggrieved That makes a feller with any speak used Pioneers, a little band of weavers 1 had occasion to particularly notice cattle was the at The banner mad. darn In case thie connection with which a most t in twenty-eighnumber), (only of Brandywine, September 17th, 1777. of whom were Chartists, snd practi- bad been completed just previous to at Germantown, October 4th of the A Bunch of Fire Crackers. cally all of whom were also Socialists one I waa waiting to try. Adjourname year, and it also floated over the A lit firecracker In the hand toa3 of the Owen school. Now that the co- ment for lunch came shortly aftar surrender of Burgoyne. worth two In the pack. operative movement haa grown to and as I was leaving tbe court house This flag cheered the patriots of There is no use pulling the trigger nch dimensions that it can claim to 1 met the defendant whom I knew, the next winter; it waved after the gun has been fired. Forge Valley sad concern remarked: possess the largest trading Do not look a gift cannon la at Yorktown and shared in ue rejoic" T notice you lost your esse. In the world, it Is interesting to rewar. mouth. "Yes he replied, 'the scoundrel ings st the close of the call the fact that the Rochdale Pioneers commenced business on a capital beat me. Before reaching Court street I also 28, collected at the outset by of weekly contrioutlons of 2d., which met the plaintiff, to whom I said. In were afterward increased to 3d. The passing: " T see you won your esse.' Rochdale Society has now over 12,000 "Yes, he replied gleefully, 1 best members, and Its trading profit last the scoundrel.' "Boston Journal. ysar waa 34,000. - -- JJ noise-makin- nerve-'deatroyln- 1 fi g P , - n Jj snow-cappe- pe-sn- ::?- - m .n -- T T S rF D to-da- to-da- r, to-da- i |
