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kV' * '.y; to SB i* V* v . l j 75 > !#. «► tSJ '•'fe A M . r J » 0 ■ L im I vW L as / //. vl\ 1 2W -c •? ■ ■ - §o6 oftfic ?rce! upon Slip Great fi V 7 1^2 ■fOlo lo fustof tyrant's impious nations step is of ours, fed;, Ourxfag for tfie riqlit unroffed ^ peuver on r is > Jl OurSTag—for friends starry fifty, QsBroad and Graoe, as ts'ftere its start\fw . ■ -j'M 9or traitors, storm in eoety) a fofd. JJrsI fit tfie ftaffowed time of ofd. J \ \Wi (96, tftus we’ff fteep nation's fife, Jbrduty stiff its fofds sliaff ffy, f our for fionor stiff its glories 6 // 2Tor fear tfur 6oft 6y despots Burled; / um > ^ bfood of aff the world is Here, ?|ffiere trutli, refigron, uafor; guard ' Qnd tfiey wfto striRe striRe tfie ivorfd! Jhc patriot’s sword and uiartyr’s ura. us A THOMAS JEFFERSON, GREAT AMERICAN. HOMAS JEFFERSON, 1\ I • \ if tion which hear he this of were he the Independence wrote Fourth Declara¬ alive read to of on III July, would be 165 years old. w j As a matter of rec¬ ord, he has been dead eighty-two years. And he was born and JUTKRHON'S died in Virginia. Jefferson sat with OKXVK. Washington in the Virginia House of Burgesses, and years later headed Washington’s Cab¬ inet. He went to Congress in 17 75. He succeeded Franklin as Minister to France in 1785. He was elected Gov¬ ernor of Virginia* in 1779. He was ehoeen President of the United States in 1800 and re-elected in 1804, hav¬ ing previously been Vice-President aader the first Adams. For forty-four years, almost con¬ tinuously, he was in the public mnrtce. And always, to the end of his days, he was the typical American, the in V THOM A S J EFFERSON. atlnotive aristocrat and the soundly trained Democrat. Jefferson Did. Jefferson wrote the Declaration Independence. He proposed the present system iollan and cents. He led the original ;(tken the Republican) party. He formulated the first perllamentary rules. He concluded the purchase of He worked constantly for union at home and wide •broad Jefferson as Roy and Man. Jefferson was born to easy stances; inherited slaves and And acquired more by marriage; A college education; had a fine tate, Monticello; was poorest ka retired from public life. At seventeen he was tall, koned, freckled, sandy-haired, kurge feet and hands, excellent great strength and fine spirits. He was a surpassingly Mkolar. la later life he became courtly, e figure and almost on never showed in his tenance, though the nobler flayed there freely. Je ff e rs on's One Romance. Jefferson married Mrs. Wayles Skelton, an yenng widow, in Virginia, in 1772. No portrait of Mrs. Jefferson is tm ,,,/GV .iS .(■Si rtG UHUMm! i; MONTICELLO, Jefferson's Home. She was a very beautiful *», and the attachment between mit and Jefferson was romantic 4**P to an unusual degree. Music played a great part in mnrtahip. Both of them sang, teaon was a fine violinist and fAABff widow played the Mrs. Jefferson, always frail, la If 82. ms: ;V Martha, the eldest daughter (three other children dying), became Jeffer¬ son’s comfort and, In his later years, his nurse. She married Thomas Mann Randolph, afterward Governor of Vir¬ ginia. l • Jeffersonian Simplicity. A ' In 1824 Daniel Webster, who had dined with Jefferson many times, wrote of him: His diet is simple, but he seems restrained only by his CLAY’S TRIBUTE TO JEFFERSON. Neither his retirement from public office nor his eminent services nor his advanced age can exempt this patriot from the coarse as¬ saults of party malevolence. Sir, in 1801 he snatched from the rude hand of usurpation the violated Constitution of his country, and that is his crime. He preserved that instrument in form and sub¬ stance and spirit—a precious inheritance for generations to come— and for this he can never be forgiven. How vain and impotent is party rage directed against such a man! He is not more elevated by his lofty residence upon the summit of his favorite mountain than he is lifted by the serenity of his mind and the consciousness of a well-spent life above the malignant passions and bitter feelings of the day.—Henry Clay to the House of Representatives. taste. His breakfast is tea or coffee, bread always fresh from the oven— of which he does not seem to he afraid—with sometimes a slight ac¬ companiment of cold meat. He en¬ joys his dinner well, taking with his meat a large proportion of vegetables. He has a strong preference for the wines of the Continent, of which he Jias many sorts of excellent quality.” Jefferson never drank ardent spir¬ its or strong wines. While in France he acquired a taste for light French wines, and was cap¬ tivated by olives. He was passionate¬ ly fond of figs and mulberries. Rice was another favorite. In 1790 he in¬ troduced upland rice into the South. In his account of table expenditures are found such luxuries as crabs, an¬ chovies, pineapples, oysters, venison, partridges, nuts, peaches and poultry A, Vi :A . i# GG: Gy ■MM G, $ ■•'.GG' 'GG gg:( v 4 :' : -:' : Gg ■G'i f/t ■ . G'G :.g: GG + G i G'GGG/. G'GGv ■'■•/•‘•G' GG •G G ■•••G-'-.v. • . .G' :g; ■'■■A. GGG G liii w 0 ■ , v-»-: ■ ■ ■. ‘ ", 'A i G, ■ INDEPENDENCE HALL, PHILADELPHIA, THE CAPITOL AT THE TIME OF JEFFERSON’S INAUGURAL. (A Decoration for a Menu Card.) —the latter bought often from his own slaves. The Finish. Jefferson died at his loved Monti¬ cello July 4, 1826. John Adams died on the same da/, but later, saying: Thomas Jefferson still lives.” Jefferson’s last days were made comfortable by distinguished contri¬ butions to a national relief fund. His own fortune had melted under his generosity, his overconfidence in a friend and the embargo on tobacco. Philip Hone, Mayor of New York, started the relief fund. Jefferson was buried in his own graveyard at Montecello under a stone bearing this inscription, pre¬ pared by himself: “Here was buried Thomas Jeffer BOB, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Stat¬ ute of Virginia for Religious Free¬ dom and Father of the University of Virginia.” Though himself a man of faith, Jefferson showed his breadth of mind by acts of distinguished friendship for unbelieving Tom Paine. i ’o mii -• Vi Wila* Sd m to) «s nt O I o o o II JEFFERSON’S SEAL. THE SPIRIT OF THE FOURTH. With guns and bombs and rolling drums, With music and with dowers, And rockets soaring to the sky, We keep this day of ours. For The still bright, tne dauntless the battle-born, spirit lives, That on the field of Lexington First saw the light of morn. It rules beneath the mossy oaks Where Dixie plants her cane, Its voice is heard among the Maine; pines That clothe the rocks of It keeps the starry flag unfurled Above the Golden Gate, And into one united land Binds each and every State. It sows the wheat, and reaps the corn, And picks the cotton’s snow, And lays the miles of shining r-.ils, And makes the and engines crushed go. its foes And as it rose Triumphantly of yore, So on to victories it leads The Nation evermore. Behold it glowing in the flag Whose radiant red and white And constellated stars outshine The morning and the night! Behold Alike it of burning South and in the North, hearts The The love of home of the and Fourth! liberty-, —Minna spirit Irving, in Leslie’s Weekly, Keep an Interest in Life. Do not live alone, but ask the dulgence of your married friends have children. By this means will retain an interest in live and not sharpen your own opinions too fine a point. A Word From Josh Wise. (( Mebby love makes th’ ’world ’round, but it’s th’ stuff in th’ pay velope Saturday night th’t pays bills.” A JEFFERSONIAN SENTIMENT. Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persua¬ sion. religious or political; peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights as the most competent admin¬ istrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the General Govern¬ ment in its whole constitutional vigor as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad; * * ❖ freedom of religion; freedom of the press; freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus, and trial by*juries impartially selected. These prin¬ ciples form the bright constellation which h^s gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.— Jefferson in His First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801. t AMERICAN FLAG HOUSE. I The Place Where Betsy Ross Made the First Star Spangled Banner Under Washington’s Instruc tions. It is believed by those who are working for its success that the Amer¬ ican Flag House will soon become an assured fact. Contributions are con stantly pouring in, and many earnest men and women are giving their time and money in order that the home of Betsy Ross shall remain as a patriotic landmark among the othei Revolu tionary scenes. J. Augustus Rice, of Bethlehem, Pa., lias secured a large number of members, and in addition gave "Betsy Ross certificates’’ as Christmas presents to his friends, and thus helped to swell the fund. The see “■trrs no reason gf.en not fie fittingly a, valentine, The Betsy Ross house, where the American flag had its birth, is at No. 239 Arch street, Philadelphia. It is a strange little house, nestled down in busy street, and is a quiet but strong link between the past and present. It if xvas was at at the tne door aoor of oi the « shop seen in the picture that Wash¬ ington presented himself one evening, with the request that Betsy Ross, the most famous upholsterer of the city, should convert his coat of arms into a suitable standard for the Nation. Sitting in her quaint back parlor before the great blue-tiled fireplace, with the light making its way through the tiny window-pane, the great man of America gave the gentle ft 1 A- fi. m. c\ J 5 / 5' -—, V wm . ‘W< i * ■JA rAMM <*J Si •■A i 1 Anti* > «*>//* •4" . ir* . ^ — GRAVE OF BETSY ROSS. Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia. Quakeress her instructions. Interest¬ ed in her because of the enthusiasm she manifested in the plan, Washing¬ ton inquired as to her antecendents, and learned that she was a woman of excellent birth and breeding, but had married her husband (whose only ; fault was his poverty and the fact that he was an Episcopalian) ^ ^ against I parents, She had ' the wishes of her ! . proved an excellent helpmeet, and after his death pluckily determined to carry on the business alone. In letters written by Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris and others Betsy Ross is frequently mentioned, for all of these old patriots held the “mother of the flag” in high esteem. Declaration of Independence. The committee appointed June 11, 1776 to draft the proposed Declara tion constituted the following mem . bers: . Thomas Jefferson, T-fp-ronn John Tnhn Adams Ariam* Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman ! and Robert R. Livingston. Lee, the • mover of the resolution for independ- , ence, being called home before the 1 appointment of the committee, Jeffer- j son was put in his place, and it there- ! fore fell to him to draft the Declara- ! tion. The document prepared by Jef¬ ferson w’as freely discussed in com¬ : | mittee, and general verbal changes ! were made, but in substance the famous is to-day just as it was ; paper ■ when handed in by Jefferson.—New ■ York American. j FOURTH. | TOMMY TALBOT’S i j ! See there!” said Tommy Talbot. ’Twas the night before the Fourth. And he had placed around his little bed The morrow’s ammunition, that his eyes might first behold His treasures when he roused his sleepy head. “See there! See those torpedoes! too! See those cannon crackers, Aren’t those And see those rockets! pin wheels gay? fun I’m going to have! O my! What How jolly it would be If every day were independence Day! “O dear!” groaned Tommy Talbot. Twas July the Fourth, tumbled and night, into bed. And tired Tommy He walked most pitifully lame, his cheeks A bandage were powder-stained; covered quite his curly head. “I’ve had a glorious burns time,” do ache! he sighed, “but how those Perhaps the present is the better way, For if tne Fourth wouldn't came oftener, I’m afraid there be Enough bovs left to celebrate the day.” —Gertrude M. Cannon, in Youth’s Com¬ panion. Tht cxnibaij-exftocf INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM MENTS FOR JULY' 3. Subject . Israel Asks Ff)r a K , ' Sam> s—Goldcn Text, Prov s -l.i r • C m ™ ,t ' ® s ll) ' -°—Bead I,eut - hdM—Commentary, EXPOSITION.—I. Jehovah tells the people the manner of the king that shall reign over them, vs. to-18. The people were eager for a king, so sKja'^sa’svsias JETS? *S MS we re in the way of their ambitL, in, they all, must b.i trampled how upon, that*i no matter faithful a ruler Samuel had been (1 Sam. 12:3-5). But Samuel seems to have been reap in P art the result of his own folly. Hls sons were utterly unfit to be judges, but he made them judges over Israel. It is God’s business to appoint judges, and not man’s. The fact that Samuel himself was a judge by divine appointment gave him no right to make his sons judges by his own ap¬ pointment. Divine gifts and offices are not transmissable from father to son. It is a grave mistake to sacrifice the work of God for the interests of our children. Fatherly ambition for his sons seems to have led Samuel astray, even with Lie awful example of Eli before his eyes (cf. ch. 2:12, 13; 3:11-14). Hundreds of years be¬ fore (Deut. 17:14, 15) God had an¬ ticipated the day when His people should request a king, but He was net pleased with the request’when it was made (ch. 12:17). That illustrates the difference between what God pre¬ dicts and what God desires. ‘‘The thing displeased Samuel” (v. 6). It was right that it should; for it dis¬ pleased the Lord as well. But there seems as if there was something of a personal element, not unmixed zeal for God’s honor, in Samuel's dis¬ pleasure. But he did the wisest thing there was to be done under the cir¬ cumstances. ‘‘He prayed unto the Lord” (v. 6; cf. Phil. 4:6, 7). Sam¬ uel do^s not seem to leave had a word of reproach for the ingratitude of the elders until after he had talked it over with the Lord. It was not God’s first choice to give them a king, but God has a way of training His chil¬ dren by letting them have their own way and so find out by bitter experi¬ ence how much better H is way is (Ps. 81:11, 12; Luke 15:12, 17). God was their King. In asking a human visible king, they had rejected the di vine invisible King. The real root of ^ heir f or ™ as essentially the same in maiim S the golden calf. The desire so common to-day for a visible human priest and teacher to take the place of the invisible Priest and Teacher, Jesus, is of the same character, The unbelieving human heart cannot walk by faith, it wants sight. Israel’s his¬ tory is all of a piece, a history of fail¬ ure and apostacy (v. 8). The same is true very largely of the history oi the professing church. God hearkened unto their request (v.'9). The stern¬ est chastisement oftentimes that God can send is just to let us have our own way, but when God does let His willful children have their own way, R ls not without solemn pretest ^ against ^ foUy <Matt :37; 22:4; 21:36,37). When Israel chose a k j Q g was in tace 0 f the full revelation of what manner the kings should be. So men get their own way to-day in the face • f the clear revelation of what that way involves, Samuel was .in many re¬ spects a model preacher, he k-gt silent until he got a message from tin Lord, and then he delivered it i i full (v. 10). He spoke only what the Lord gave him to speak and he speke ail of that. It was not a very pleas ant or a very welcome message, but it was the one God gave him and he he livered it all. They thought that they might be very victorious and joy us and glorious if they could mly have a king but they would find it quite dif¬ ferently (v. 18). He would bring tears and net rejoicing. S„ it turned out. What a curse to them, Israel's kings taken as a whole, were, Hoff accurately God pictures the manner of the coming kings. II. “That we also may be like all - the nations vs. 19-22. Tne people were not at all moved by God s pic¬ ture of the woes the king would bring u„on them. They refused to one) They had made up their mind« and • said, “We will,” and that settled h When any man sets up his will agauist God’s, then his ruin is certain, hearts were fully set withi- G> eia 1 do evil, aad their whole after history shows The bitter consequences they reaped. They desired a king cru) be like the surrounding nations U- 19, 20), and they made the waywar - ness of Samuel’s sons the called pretext i demanding one. God had to to be a eeparate people (Ex. This*® so. > Lev. 20:24-26; Deut. 7:6). a great honor (Ex. 19:5, 6;; H ’ 26:18, 19), but Israel did not Hke w place of separation. They were zled by the seen but temporal g ■ around them and preferred tneDi things unseen but eternal (cl. * ^ 4:18). It is just so with the chu _ to-day. We are called to be a arate people (2 Cor. 6:17; Gg 12:2; 1 Pet. 2:9; Phil. 3:20). but _ church does not like the place G, . aration. We want to "be like a nations.” Samuel listened to an people had to say and then ven - poured it into the ears oi -* 1 : j been Samuo -„ e( to have • It seems grieved, G & habit, when he was abo and have a talk with God •- --