x no ociroiiiici w ol xxi.-third series salisbury 11 c thursday july 31 1890 no 41 lome i see buy i <;. w wright i leading furniture dealer and undertaker i in salisbury a tiie i/ii'gost and best assorted slock of furni ture ever brought t this place y y parlor sens w * * parlor si its k ■ i i mohair crush plush at 00.00 former price 75.00 silk plusli at 50.00 fennel price hh 60 uo ) .... wool i'lu-li at 35.00 foimcr price i ( ) "/• 45,00 ,, i'.kd room srri's '»— ki room suits |—^ __ ■ antique oak anthpie ashe cherry and i — , m ' wat mil at prices that defy competition , 1 z h l a r.akge stock ; ., i.aucik stock (-£ m ni chairs safes mattresses of all kinds , i s n p.etls work tal.les for la tics j y . pictures and pi tu re frames of every s t \ ] « ' rjti m an<l quality always in slock or will be made to order on short notice at reason \^^/ l j able prices hh j i:\r.v carriages j v baby carriages a large tuck of ruby carriages with i - wire wheels at 7.50 , r wm silk plush seat and satin parasol car ( * i riages with wire wheels at only 10.50 *■"■ formerly sold for 22.50 ltj w ... undertaking department qj r undertaking department i la rp mi special attention given to undertaking : fc . in all its branches at all hours day and l \ paities w isliing my services at niiilit will 7 f u call al my residence on bank street in x . '• brook lvn hh jw thanking my irion us and 1 lie public ~-\ _ generally for past patronage and asking a c "^ kj *. continuance of the same i am yours anxious to ulease g w wright leading furniture dealer i / l bis space belongs t \ \ w h.reisnhr j \ watch il next week / women worthy of honor till patriotic spir t of 70 recently the first reguhir meeting r»f the washington branch of the newly organized society sons of the revolu tion was held in this eity prof g brown goode explained the object of the meeting that it wits purely histo rictil in its purpose and was to perpet uate tin memory of the men who aclii vi 1 american independence the south and the north joined hands on a common platform and good speeches wore from all sections so far we sav | aim n senator sherman was the presiding officer there were sixty persons pros ; entandtwentyofthe.se were women nthe opening remarks the senator said he approved of any movement that would perpetuate the memory of the heroes of the revolutionary war and hailed with pleasure the organiza tion composed os men and women of the decendants of evolutionary sires it is a noble act for the decendants i the revolutionary sires but were 1 here no mothers of the revolution were these sires without dams i row not this is an opportune time to bring forward some of the women of 7(3 lest the sires become puffed up by vain glory i will begin with a true story of the evolution which ran be back ed by scores of equal patri 4 ism the days were dark and hopeless the hearts of our forefathers were heavy and cast down deep dark des pondency had settled upon them de feat after defeat had followed our ar my until it was demoralized and des pair had taken posession of them lord corn wall is after his victory at fori lee had inarched his army to elizabethtown n j and there en camped this was that memorable december l770 the lb we brothers had already issued their celebrated proclamation that ottered prot ct'otl to all who would seek refuge under the british hag within sixty days and de clare themselves british subjects and take an oath binding themselves nol to take up arms against the mother country or induce others to do so in one of the many spacious homes of the town there had assembled a goodly number of the foremost men of the time to discuss the feasibility of accepting the proffered proclamation we are much inclined to the belief that enthusiasm bravely indomitable courage und patriotism wei attributes that took possession of our forefathers and held onto them until they became canonized beatitudes upon which the sires alone bad a corner were times when manly in arts \ a ered aid to courage was added a prefix and this was one of them for hours the council went on flic council went on the arguments were sincere gmve but faltering sun fell that the time had fully come to accept the clemency offered others shook their heads but the talk went on until every soul in the room had become of one mind courage bravery potriotism hope honor ail was swept away by the flood-tide of disasl r there was one listener from whom the council bad not heard in an ad joining room sat hannah aruelt the wife of the host she had listened to the debate and when he final vote was reached she could no longer con strain herself she sprang to her feet and throwing open tin parlor door in her majesty donfrontcd that group of counsels picture a large room with a low ceiling furnished with the heavy-carv ed furniture of t hose days dimly light ed with wax caudles and a fire in the huge tire place arming a table sat a group of anxious disheartened d's couragcd-iooking men before them stood the fair dame of the antique cos tume of the day imagination will picture her stately bearing ass n lercd into their august presence the indignant scorn upon lier lips the flash of her blue e_\es her commanding fig ure and dignified presence broughevery man to his feat consternation and amazement for the moment ruled supreme the husband advanced toward her shocked aud chag rined t hat his wife had so forgotten herself that she should come into the the midst of a meeting where policies and the questions of th hour were be ing dismissed i ie would shield her now the reproof that la would give later on ; and so he was quickly al her ide and whispered said to her i laiinah ! i lannali ! t his is no place for you w e don i waul you here jus now lie would ll.lve led hef floill ille room she was a mild amiable woman and was never known to tlo aughl against her husbands wishes bill if she saw inm now she.inade no sign but turned upon i lie astonished group have you made your decision gen tlemen she asked j stand before you to know have you chosen i lie pari of men or l raifors ? 1 1 w as a duvce quesl em bill ! he au wer was full of soplu try . tplnnnl ion and excuse the ease was hopeless the arm was starving half dolled and uttdi eiplined,ropul.s ■ <■>. ei ; a here \\ .• ni i i.i i ned and can land out no longer againsl england and her unlimited n ; rce - m i ■■ . a i neil . i dig tied em i until tin . 1 1 ■ i in i m gg ■■■■■ — ~ — — she asked but what if we should live after all hannah hannan sard her hus band in distress do you mot see that these are not questions for your we doing whal is best for you — for all w omen have no share in fliese topics go to your spinning wheel and leave us to settle affairs my good little wife you are making yourself ridiculous do not expose yourself in this way be fore our friend every word he had uttered was to her as naught not a word had she heard not a epiivor of the lip or trem or of an eyelash but ill the same strangely sweet voice she asked : can you toll me if after all god does not let the right perish if america should win in the conflict after you have thrown yourself on british clemency where will you be then then said one we should have to leave the country but that is too absurd to think of in the condition our country and army is brother said mrs arnett you have forgotten one thing which eng land has not and which we have one thing which outweighs all england's treasures and that is the right god is on our side and eveiy volley of our muskets is an echo of ilis voice we are poor and weak and few but cod is fighting for us we entered into this struggle with pure hearts and prayer ful lips we had counted the cost and were willing to pay the price were it in our heart's blood and now because for a time the day is going against us you would give up all and sneak back like i:\;i\<<ns to kiss the feet that have trampled upon us and you call your selves men - the sons of those who gave up home and fortune and father land to make for themselves and for dear liberty a resting-place in the wilderness oh shame upon you cowards gentlemen said mr arnett with an anxious look on his face i beg vou to excuse this most iiuseeiuiiigk interruption to our council mv wife is beside herself i think vou all know her and i know it is not her wont to meddle in polities or to bawl and bluster to-morrow she will see her folly bul now i pray your pa tience her words had already begun to leaven the the little manhood remain ing iu their bosoms but not a word was spoken she had turned the light uf her soul upon them and in the reflec tion lhey saw photographed their own littleness of purpose or want of manly resolve siie still talked on take your protection if you will proclaim your selves traitors and cowards false to your god will bring upon your heads and the heads of those that love vou i til you that england will never con quer i know it am feel it in everv liber of my heart has go i led ns so far lo desert us now will he who led our fathers across the stormy win try sea forsake their children who have mil the;r trust in i inn ? for me i stay with my country and my hand shall never touch the hand nor my heart cleave to the heart of him who shames her w hile these words were filling from her lips she stood before them like a tower of strength and turning toward her husband she gave him a withering look tnat sent a shock through cy.'yy liber of h,s body continuing she said isaac we have lived together for twenty years and through all of them i have been to you a true ami loving wife but 1 am the child of god and my country and il you do th's shameful thing i will never own vou again as my husband my dear wife answered isaac ex citedly you do not know what you are savin leave me for tn a thing as this for such a thing as this " w hat greater cause could i here be answered the injured wife i married a good man ami inu a faithful friend and it needs no divorce lo sever me from a traitor and a coward if you take protection you lose your wife and i i ins niy husband aud my home the scornful words uttered in sm-h e in last ii ss the pathetic tones in which these last words were spoken the tears thill dimmed her sad blue eves appeal ed to i he heart of every man before e they were not cowards all t lirough bur the panic sweeping over the laud had caught them also thd leaven of courage manliness an i resolution had i gun its word hi-fore these || left the llolllo of i a mail arnett t hat night f\<-vy man had r ssolve i to spurn t i • off re i am nesty and had taken a solemn oal li to stand by their country through good i and bad until freedom was writ ten over the face o this fair land there are names ol men who foilghl for t heir count rv and won disl incl ion afterward who were in thesecrel coun cil but tiie name of hannah thurston figures on no roll of honor where will the sons and daugh ters of ihe r"volutiou place h.lllll ill thurston man s hrluool in washington post a part v of boston capitalist ■ have taken au op ion on t lie fauioii - i ian ion in u properl v in patrick count ry \ a and says that they will build a railro id ' , t if th oj i ion !- taken up i a property i '■ • diibie and wa a ;,. the i oufe lerate go ei i im ing i in ar bill arp the ge moia i'll i i.i s il'ii er writes a bout our historic past atlanta constitution i asked an intelligent young man to day about the ith of july and what it meant and he said onr forefathers had a big fight with old england and whipt it and after it was till over the colonies got together on the 4th of july 7»i and formed a union and made a declaration of independence a good many young people have an idea that this day celebrates the whip ping of the tight and the beginning of a new government this is a mistake but it is a very reasonable supposition the day of a great victory that closes a war and secures peace and independ ence is a greater day than the one on which it was declared let not him boast that putteth his armor on like him who taketh it off the surrender of corn wall is at york town virtually closed the war on the i'.tth day of october 1781 aud the treaty of peace was signed in paris on the 30th day of november 1782 this treaty for the first time acknowl edged and established the independence of the united states and the day it was s gned should be observed as a very notable day the 4th of july was not the beginning of the war the colonies had been lighting for a year or more all along the line ban croft says the battle of lexington that was fought on tin lstli of april 177o was the beginning of the revolution the battle of bunker hill was fought in june 1755 the colonies had re belled from maine to georgia and had organized for resist am-e old north carolina held a secession meeting at mecklenburg iu may 1775 and passed a declaration of independence the second continental congress met in philadelphia on the loth of may 1775 and issued 2,000,000 of conti nental money for war purposes can ada was invaded and montreal taken in december 177-"i our forefathers were getting along pretty well with the war long before the 4th of inly but the colonies were fighting on their own motion and had not cemented | any settled union some of them thought that england would soon get tired and beg their pardon and invite them back and perhaps they would go back but on the 7th day of june 1776 richard henry lee introduced resolu tions in the continental congress that cut tne last cord that had bound the colonies to great britain these res olutions were passed and a committee appointed to draw up a formal declara tion of independence and so it was done and was reported to congress and was passed on the 4th of july 1 77c it is well for the children and youth | to understand these things so that when thev are asked what all this racket is about and these annual cele brations and firework they can tell i hem richard henry lee was the personal fiiend of washington and wln'n washington died lee was chosen to pronounce his eulogy and it was in that address that he said of him : first in war first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen don't forget that those lees were terrible rebels when cromwell was dictator they n belled against him and passed a declar ation of independence for \ irginia and so cromwell sent over a fleet to subdue them but he couldn't do it and had to recognize their independence and make a treaty with them the lees were born to rule ami they have been ruling for 150 years in this conn try it is a grand old family henry lee a eou-in of richard was the father of our general robert e.lee lie was known during the revolution as light horse harry his father must have been a very extraordinary man for he and general washington loved and courted the same girl miss lucy grimes the lowland beauty and lee outgeneraled the general and history says that washington never wholly recovered from that defeat some years later he tried a widow with better luck she had one son and that son married and died leaving one daughter and our bob married her tie lees all had p-r-oual pride and pride of family they scorned to do a ,,„,.,,, thing their self-respect would not permit it they food up and sat down and rode and walked with a princely dignity that commanded re spect and admiration william preston jo'iuston says in a recenl letter thai lie never saw gen l-e take an ungraceful posture no matter how worn weary ] or sick or sad his bearing was grace j and dignity refined this was nol a if ei fed it was his nature a man with a greal mini and a good hearl j can't help being dignified his bo l njirtakes of i he nobility of hi mind i ||,. becomes godlike a was ■ id of ! | hiniel w eb lor if a man body \- | il temple of the liv'n ; go a the | .,-,;, ,| ii ri a . tinai il becomes ll • iii to he dignified und graceful and court n i , ,.,,,. [ 0 ks alt.et !■• d pis all this bat lhey do not • tie-v are fooling | hiem el .>■-. jusl lef a man ot a worn in i a before the camera of t he photo , grapher for a pat are and ■-■ ho fll-y fix up for it and how careful tie are j • ., t dee a « ... i pn it.it i'liev i do bi • ti ; lool the ■ prettie i ■ fen . j ._. tfoi -" tjarn was 1 dashing cavalry officer of the revolu tion and washington depended upon him as gen lee depended upon job stuart m the late war he was a de voted friend and a magnanimous foe after the war he happened to be in baltimore where a moli had gathered to break up a newspaper and whip the editor a man who had been his friend and he rushed to his rescue and got wounded in the fray and was injured \ internally and never recovered from it ' he went to cuba for his health and ' came back by cumberland island to rest awhile with gen greene's family ' and there he died and was buried georgia was honored with his bones 1 reckon the ith of july is the fittesi day tu celebrate though it was not the day of tiie nation's birth nor the be ginning of the war nor the day when peace was und a it is a singular coincidence that the battle of lexing ton where the first blond was shed in the old revolution was fought on the 18th of april the same day of the month that closed the late war ninety years afterward sherman and doe johnson made peac on thai day at durham's station in north carolina in the first revolulion eleven of the colonies seceded in t he second revo lution eleven states seceded seces sion aud rebellion began with the fathers and ended w ith the sons it began in defense of a principle a little tax of three pence a pound on tea all other duties on imports had been removed and king george declared that he would keep a little tax on tea not for revenue but to show the colo nies that england had a right to tax that was all where there i a will to tight excuses are plenty the colo nies had been quarrel ing with the parent government for years and were tired so it was with the north and the south they had been quarreling for fifty year and the fight had to come it wasn't the election of lin coln but il was the pent up bitterness of half a century that had to explode and we are quarreling again and if we keep ui there will be another tight sometime human nature is now as it was then and there are more causes of quarreling than a little tax on tea what is tin matter with this american people ? 1 wonder if these farmers can't stop the fuss when they get into power for the lord sake gentle men do start us on an era of peace and good will and let ihe next fourth of july celebrate a victory over hate and prejudice and the inordinate love of other people s money the girl who knows everything natural v it isn't you or your friend but you certainly know her and just as certainly you dislike her when von dislike people there is one thing yon should always do and that is look well at th ir faults and make up your mind thai vou are not going to fall into them this girl who is quite to gener..l to be pleasant is the girl who having learned something yester day knows everything she makes herself obnoxious by flaunting recently acquired know ledge concluding always that the people who are quiet are ig norant she has no hesitancy in contra dicting anybody she makes an entire luncheon disagreeable by giving her opinion on the last pronunciations for getting that custom makes many things correct of which the dictionary has no mention she is more than certain as to the dates she can tell you exactly what to do and she fails herself to see that she is a living exampleof how disagreeable onecan be oung men dread her old ones have the utmost contempt for her she tosses her head and says she don't care for the opinion of men well she is losing her womanliness when she feeds that way every girl ought to care for the opinion ef men she has her father to look up to her brothers to be an inspiration to and some day please god she ought to marry one and make him happy for life the girl who knows everything is - idom cultivated either in mind or manner she throws otil her bit of in formation as a naughty boy would throw bricks and the one lirsl fired is always the one just gotten my dear don't get into the habit os concluding that the world at large is ignorant in i stead make up your mind i hat if can i teach vou much i ntelligeiue i never ! lost even if absoluln informal ion is j not given in the intelligent woman , look of eultival ion how - in her eyes j contradiction and ignorance are the combination that form ; the knowing i girl and a yo i love everything good i and gootl mannered bewar ■ of di ifting i into being this t pe of girl l id'n ■ ii ..„, jourutt hi'diw a men are making trouble in . the vicinity ol v iliuington and ' \\ ri"hl ville a ti lierman named nathan 1 ■ "• : - m ■ i 1 ' 1 " 1 ''.' ' hjghwa . im ii m'ar w liningtoii i , iig : i and eon i.h ' have offered a !• '• ll i fol i lie , i l <,.,. | ,. ... .-... a k to apple icait -!,,.. !. | rel , . . i the gdvi nior can t . iv var.l h.-ii i in saturday night ' ' •■ l-'th | a capt .'•• i e of the sharp i ii iiuui • . ••■ ■ ' •- " : - l - :■ .;,;.,,. i limit i •■-. • hundred the •• . ' flight blaine to salisbury correspondence between the two premiers on the behking skv u'kstion washington duly 2 the corres pondence between the united states and british governments regarding the behring sea controversy was sent to the house to lay by the president in accordance with n houses resolution i he president makes no comments and secretary blaine states that the corres podence is still in progress in a letter to air blaine secretary edwards of the british legation at w ashington state thai the marquis of salisbury wishes it pointed out to the united states government that a settle ment cann.it be hindered by any men - ures of force that maj lie resorted to by the united states mr blame re plying to mr edwards mated that the i n i ted states government decided to have the matter settled on a basis honorable to both nations mr blaine says is the opinion of the president that the two governiik nts are capable of prompt adjustment on a basis honor able to both on october 2 1880 the marquis of salisbury addressed a li 1 1 « r to mr ed wards which the letter communicates to secretary blaine in which the mar quis referrring to the seizures of the black diamond and other essels main tains that fom affidavits and report these vessels were seized at a distance from laud far in excess of the limit of maritime jurisdiction in this letter the marquis protests against the seiz ures stating that they are wholly unjustified by international law mr blaine's hi's loiter to sir julian pauncetote is dated january 22d 1 vn in it ho defends the acts complained of by the british government he hold that the killing of seals iu open sea rap pidly leads to the extinction of fhe species and says that it was not until ism that the british sealers began to work on behring sea on july uuh 1300 sir julian pauncefoie wrote to secret - blaine that the british govern ment was willing to invite the partici pation of uu ia or renewed negotia tions for the settlement of the difficulty under date of may 22 1800 the mar quis of salisbury sent a long letter to lr blaine in which he disputes at length mr blaine's reasoning concern ing the right af tha united states to prohibit the killing of seals in tho behring sen replying to mr blaine's statement that from 1807 to 1880 the possession of the seal fishers was en joyed by the united states without interruption lord salisbury says be cannot but think mr blaine has been misinformed and cites instances in prove british vessels were engaged at intervals in the fisheries with tl.e cognizance of the united states gi - eminent on may 22 189 >. mr blaine wr.de tosir.lulianlli.it he was instructed i : the president to protest against the course of the british government in en couraging vessels iu doing violaiue against seal life in an interview with lord salisbury and minister phelps an account of which is given in the letter lord salisbury agreed to a proposition ol mr blaiues that a close season for the protection of seals should be ob served mr blaine states that he had understood that the matter bad been practically settled and is surprised that lord salisbury should think that it was not he takes lord salisbury to ttisk for breaking off negotia tions for many weeks by the interpo sition of canada and refuses to accept a prop i it ion to establish an open season for killing seals during duly august ami september on the ground that that is the season when the femalu seals are most heeded to secure food for their recently delivered young mr blame states that ho reviews he circumstances which led to the present trouble by direction of the president •• iii order to show t hat the responsibil ity does not resl with this govern ment a fter a long intei view with the pres ident mr blaine w rote sir julian a note in which he asked if lord salis bury would not agree to prevent the killing of seals in behring sea for a single season t t he end of w hich lie hoped that a natural agreement might ic reached sii julian promptly re plied thai lord .- ; tlisbtirj w is sati red that tlaa-e was no log d power to en force i he oh ei '. in •• of ueh a regula tion on brit sh - ibji ml and i'm it i-i mr blaine replied in a letter criticis iig lord sal i bury's and and states that the president is disappointed at it a number of letters were exchanged between secretary blaine and sir ju ijjiu piiuueefote lining t he pas month in one of which mr blaine offered to eain-e'i all the rights claimed iii hlh 13s3 negotiation asking'ireal britain in adhere to i he agrceiin*ul inad i hat yeai bol tfeelj lord ** 1 bin \ and minis ter phelp i o liing t b • tabb-hiueiit ,,| j i ui for ihe protection of ,..,, '| hi lot tel . dated at bai llai - r july 0 i 00 aad i the lasl of thi , n p iiidi ' i mi i in thai lo i instructed • , i 1 ,. ... i ■ the i tot-d - a ■ im e i ' • aneelled all tie in a '"'• excepting il , . . • ohm ill so far as re concerned no eived to this etter