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The Chandler News.
VOLUME 2,
CHANDLER, OKLAHOM A. FRIDAY, JUNE 30,1893.
NUMBER 42
*
J. C. ECKAR D,
GROCERIES and PROVISIONS.
Manvel Avenue, Chandler, Oklahoma.
THE DEAR OLD FLAG.
GUTHRIE STEAM LAUNDRYi
GUTHKtli, OKLAHOM A.
JSTone But First-Class Worb
B. H. MELONE, Agent at Chandle
/y <
p. S. Hoffman.
E. L. Cbnki.I*,
J. B. Chari.es.
> I I
Sac And Fox General Store,
Carries the Largest and Best Assorted Line of
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Clothing,
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, FLOUR, FEED,
Of any place in County " A"at Prices that Defy Competition
D. R. OWENS,
Dealer in
Native Lumber, Meal and Feed.
Custom Grinding* .A. Specialty.
You.r Patronage Kolloit«ci
Chandler, - - Oklahoma,
OUR NATIONAL EMBLEM IN
MANY FORMS.
The i IrouinMuureit Which (i i« liixe to
"Old Glory" Itedted for American
Voiithi--KI |« of the Patriotic I'olo-
ulea.
IT U S P LBN DID
... \ national emblem is
I J:l v e r y familiar
* \ sight to the young
people of thin great
country, but it is
probable that very
many who hail it
with enthusiastic
cheers are quite ig-
norant of the cir-
cumstances which
gave rise to its
adoption. There is
ti striking resemblance between the
llesign of our flag and the arms of
General W Islington, which consisted
of three stars in the upper portion and
three bars running across the es-
cutcheon, and it is believed by many
that the American flag was derived
from this heraldic design. A careful
investigation of facts reveals the truth
jthat several llags were used by the
people of the States before the present,
one was adopted. In the month of
March, 1775, a red flag was hoisted in
New York, bearing on one side the in-
eri| ion. *'George Hex and the liber-
ties of America," and on the other side,
4,No Popery." In July, 177.*, on Pros-
pect Hill, Oeneral Israel Putnam
raised a flag- upon which was inscribed
the motto of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, "Qui transtulit susti-
net,1' and on the reverse were written
the words, "An Appeal to Heaven."
Jn October, I77">, the floating batteries
of Boston < arried a flag with the
"motto, ' An Appeal to Heaven," the
design being a pine tree on a white
field. Virginia carried a flair in 17: .
disposed iu a circle, symbolizing th$
perpetuity of the union; the ring, like
the serpent of the Egyptians, signify
ing eternity. The thirteen stripes
showed with the stars the number of
the united colonies, and denoted the
subordination of the States of the
Union, as well as equality among them*
•l ives. The whole was the blending
of the various flags of the army, anil
the white ones of the floating batter-
ies. The red color, which in Koman
days was the signal of detiauce, de-
noted daring; and the white, purity."
/itklla Loch i.
The Sacrifice of f lie Libertjr-Tree.
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-fO HE.AVLN.
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R. E.«J eiLi Le:sH,
Dealer in
GENERAL : MERCHANDISE.
Manvel Ave., First Block South of Public Square.
LILLZE Ss WRIGHT,
—DEALERS IN-
/ ^
MUGS, BOOKS, NEWSPAPERS
AND WALL PAPER.
Oils. Paints and Brushes, Books and Stationery. Fancy anc
Toilet .Articles. Fine Cigars and Cigarettes
Prescriptions and Family Receipts Carefully Compounded
Post Offloe Building.
CHANDLER, - - OKLAHOMA.
till-. TIN I I ItKI* I I.At
design, a rattlesnake coiled as if about
to strike, and the motto, "Don'tTread
On Me." Her State motto in the present
time resembles this. "Sic seinpe*
tyrannis,' but it was not until Janu-
ary is, i7that the g and union flag,
bearing sta? and st.*lpes, was raised
on the heights nAir Boston. It has
been said that when the regulars
British troops—saw it. they supposed
it was an evidence of submission to
the King, who had just issued his
proclamation.
An extract from the British Register
of 1770 read> thus: "The re I els burnt
the King s speech, and changed their
colors from a plain red ground to a
flag with thirteen stripes, as a symbol
• f the number and union of the col
onies." A letter written from Boston
I to the Pennsylvania Gazette ia 17^'.
says: "The union Hag was raised on
the second, a compliment to the united
colonies."
So we see ^liat a series and number
of flags appeared—the rattlesnake.the
pine tree an i the stripes, the various
designs of the different, colonies un-
til July, 117., when the b ue union of
the stars was added to the stripes, and
the law adopted this flag as tin* great
national emblem. \fter the adoption
of this flag a stripe was added with
•very new State: but. as it becam
manifest that in time the beauty of
the emblem would be marred by the
enormous proportions acquired by ad
dltional States. Congress reduced the
stripes to the original thirteen, and the
stars were made, to corres; ond with
the number of States.
Perhaps no flag on sea or land shoe
its grace and beauty of design <> v d
DON'T BE FLEECED.
BUY (>TJ 1 i MOWER P()I {
$42.50.
CHARLES A. FILTSCH,
(HANDLER, - - OKLAHOMA.
WAS SKVKNTKKN
hundred seventy-
six. the year our
fathers sealed
The charter of their
liberties with blood,
on many a field,—
A time of darkneas,
^ doubt and dread,
VIu - " * with hope so long
fZI .. "B '•> "• delayed.
H That thought of child
ytyf, - ll and wife aluioat the
■ tJ bravest coward*
'*■ " made.
l/pon tbelr island fair and green, girt by
the throbbing sea.
The men of Martha s Vineyard set a tree of
liberty .
Flung from Its peak their virgin flag, that
wind and wave might hear
Their pledge to freedom's cause of life aud
honor yet more dear.
Up through the harbor-moutho on® day, by
favoring breezes borne.
Flaunting the ensign of King George, came
the ship Unicorn;-
llir tattered ^ales and splintered spar told
but a sorry tale
Of battle with the billows" rage aud fury of
the gale.
• Now. by my faith." the captain cried*
•'but there's a goodly mast!
! x. ;>• v o til ten other nigh's (>: -lorm,
each blacker than the la^t.
To bring these canting rebels' pride to such
a grievous fall.
, And mend His ^Majesty ^'.o.l ship with
yonder flag stall' tall!'
'!'i en «-hort and Kterrt tb? summons passed
through willing messengers
Sell me for gold, it so ye will, your prin«e
of rock-grown firs*;-
(bit hark ye! If ye bring it not by dawn of
morrow's morn.
Perforce I take It ami beware bow ye my
mandate seorn!"
The patriots heard the haughty word and
struck w ith soi e dismay.
Locked do An the black mouths of the gum
grim watching from the bay
Through clenched teeth and quivering lips
the angry whisper hissed.
•This ied-coat has us by the throat,—
'twere madness to resist
Night fell along the ijuie' shore, with not a
light to guide.
Save where the war-ship's lantern dim
swung slowly with the tide
Whin softly from theirsleepin^ home there
stole the maidens three.
Mora. I'ariieL and Mary fair. beneath the
liberty-' *ee
TJiey closed it round in silent ring what
meant thai click of steel '
Could musket cold aud bayonet those gentle
bauds conceal'
Nay ' from a simple workman beuch were
drawn their weapons true
Three twisted augers strong and t harp tu
cut the to'igh wood through
With firm, unflinching wounds of love Jh«y
pierced the fragmnt grain
Then forced the crackling powder homo,
ami set the fu-e in train
1 Through the still* darkm of tin hour a
sudden flash and roar
And the tall emblem ofth-e 1 - eli " i ivered
to the core!
The glad w^st wind of lie
bad rocked it where it grew.
Flung out its shattered inignunls -mail.
upon the water blue
The mocking ripple- t isse.l lium ii^ht
agaiivft the vessel's lee
Whose naffled Captain a nehcr weighed aud,
«ir !m: put to sea
While screamed the sea bird on Ills track
"'Chew your proud words again'
Will they whom white-faced girls outwit, I
dare try the fight with men
.wo runs the tale of maidens thr
ren's children told
Parnel and Mar\ fan. *
days of « hi
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THF. FI All Of VIKG I \ U 177 .
as the emblem of the 1'nited >>tate*. as
its proportions are perfect when it is
accurately and properly made one
half as broad as it is long—the first
stripe red, the next white, and these
alternating colors make the last stripe
red, the blue field for the s ars beiug
| the width and square . f the first seven
stripes.
The Continental Cong
a committee to snpervisi
the different parts of
flag, and the following
their design and sign fi«,
pared:
'The stars of the new
the new constellation ol Mat
in the West The idea vas taken fi
the great constellation of Lyia, which
in the land of Orpheus signifies har-
mony. The blue in the field was taken
from the edges of the" Covenanters
banner in Scotland, significant of the
league covenant of the I nited States
i against oppression incidentally in
■ volving the virtues of \ gilance. per
I aeveraoce and justice Th-* stars v. ere
mil II ill c11:• . .
11 is t.lirt> peculiarity ■ f our n itionall
holidays, of whl li tlie Fourth of July!
s the notable example, that with few
e: ( ptions thev • clebrate something
distinctive and memo able in tin his-
tory of the country. In otli r fluids,
they are national holidays in the
broadest ^ense.
In other couutrit s this i^ not so
V ny foreign m« narchies celeb* ate the
ruler s birthday as a general holiday, j
but one sovereign dies and arother
succeeds him, and the next generation
has fort otten e\ en the date of th hoi- j
'day that was ohsH .ed us the 'ast
King's birthdax
The French Republic observe* July |
: i the annivi rsar\ of the stonningof
the Hust'lle by the -revolutionists of
i>f' <Uir neighbors in Canada • ele ,
bra te Dominion da. the fyst of .luly
the anniversary of the union of Sep- !
irate provinces under one government
kind Maa than almost ;tny Other of >v«
PrMidents. Though his death occurred
•uch a comparatively short time
the objects which, so to speak, are _
meatea with his personality are e*-
CMdlnffly scarce. A token doublv
valuable on account of the associationB
with which it is surrounded is in the
possession of llarrv C. Campbell, of
Pittsburg, says the N«w York Adver-
i tlser. It Is a Hall opeu face gold watch,
with the case No. 1 OHM, which waa
owned bv President Lincoln aud worA
by him during some of the most trying
I period in our nation s history. It
came into Mr. Campbell's possession in
a rather curious manner. Charles lfey-
1 ser, of Compauy 1), Second United
j States Cavalry, enlisted at Albany, this
' State, Aug. li, 185'. . He was appointe4
acting orderly to Adjutant (ieueral
J Thomas in 18(>L arid by him was de-
tailed as orderly to President Lincoln.
President Lincoln kept him busily em-
I ployed during the war carrying mess-
age* to the different departments and
to the front, und seemed to be much
Wai'tiuK ti,.' reveille Voundwi from Hod. tt«.-hed to him. Ohrist.nju, day. 1S«4
Over thy resting place bright flowers we the 1 resident presented Heyser with
the watch he had been wearing, as a
Christmas gii't He afterward took it
back and had the inside case engraved
in tine scriut: "To C. lleyser; A. filn-
coln, President,''and returned iL lley-
ser carried the watch until Feb. 'J7,
1809, when, desiring to raise money
enough to get to his birthplace in
Prussia, he sold it to C. B. Todd, of
Pittsburg, who, iu turn, on Dec. ),
!N'.r*, sold it to Mr. Campbell. Mr.
Campbell has received a great many
offers for the timepiece since, but has
refused to sell. The watch is a stem-
winder and setter and is u perfect time-
piece.
Sleep. Moltlier, sleep.
(A Memorial Day Hymn.)
Sleep, soldier, sleep, thy warfare is o'er,
War's dread alarums shall wake thee no
more.
sleep, cnluily s'eep, 'ueatli the tlow erv sod.
t w ine.
('latitude s emblems on loyalty « shrine.
Fruits of thy valor we gratefully reap.
Union and liberty sleep, sleep, sleep
Chorus.
Bevitiful(lowers of Spring.
Loving hands hither lu lug.
Sacied thy memory ever we'll keep:
Cnuer the grassy sod,
Waiting the call from God.
Sweetly and peacefully sleep, sleep.
leep
Rest soldier, rest thy peace thou hast
earned.
On the red fields where the battle tires
burned,
Host, sweetly rest, for aweary wert thou.
Winning the laurels which circled thy
brow.
Soon will the trumpeter wake thee again,
Sounding assembly on Heaven's bright
plain.
There with your comrades in realms of the
blest.
Through all eternity, rest, sweet rest
—CAPT. JACK CuAwroan.
' The Poet Scout.'
Copyrighted by J W. Crawford 18DM.)
The Hitrlietle.
iu the a mur plate finishing depart-
ment of the Rcthlehem Ordnance
Works there stands a fine specimen of
defensive construction in the aft
barbette of the steel-armored battle-
ship Maine, which is now building In
the I nited .states Navy Yard at Brook-
lyn.
The Maine will be ti,648 tons dis-
pla ement. carry twelve inches of
armor on he r barbettes, eight inches
on her turrets, and twelve inches on
her sides, all of which is being maiiu- niaia m uuuimiuuisiiihk aouut.
fnct.ured here. The part most nearly | the discovery of a material capable of
completed is the aft- barbette. The | resisting the bulletsof the Mannlioher
barbette is an innovation in size and j rifle. But of w hat practical use could
sjutpe, besides being the largest ever : it be ' The most important thing in
made. A plane composed of flat plates I irodern warfare is rapidity in the
intersects the cylinder and made it far
more difficult to construct than any
turned out heretofore.
The barbette is eleven and one-half
feet high, with an inside diameter of
tw enty live feet, four pitches. As the
armor is twelve inches thick the out-
side diuineter is twenty-seven feet,
four inches. The armor is of nickel
steel, and the circle0of the barbette is
compose I of nine plates, in addition
A ti re* I Military Invention.
The Novosti of St. Petersburg pub-
lishes an interview with Prof. Mende
I lefV upon the bullet proof tunic with
i which experiments have recently been
i made in uermany. "The thing' is by
no in<*ans new." said the Professor
"Many years ago I was a member of a
commission charged with the duty of
examining a similar invention. More-
over, it would be impossible to keep
secret the manufacture of any such
thing. Of course a great number of
tunics would be required, and this
would necessitate the employment of
a vast number of workmen. You fan
cy, perhaps, that the simple workman
who does only u portion of the labor
understands nothing of what is going
on uround him That is a mistake,
he knows the whole thing, aud that ts
why the English make no secret
their inventions.
"There is nothing astonishing about.
movement of troops. For the facility
of that movement, the weight of half
a kilogramme in addition to what
the soldier already carries would be
too much; but this tunic weighs five
kilogrammes. Another objection is
found in the fact that a rifle bullet de-
scribes a parabola in its flight. It
falls, so to say. from abov^ and that,
is a reason why the tunic might be
useful horizontally, but not vertically
to which there are two plates to close | If this tunic were invented at the mo-
up the cut-out of the intersecting ment of a declaration of war. it might,
plane. perhaps, give a real superiority to the
'I he extra work was entailed so the army provided with it. But suppose
guns which the barbette will protect I the soldiers of the two contending
shall hate a greater range and can be | armies were furnished with it, and
used with more telling effect. The
total weight of the barbette is '.'08 tons.
It was set up complet ed, as are all
other jobs, to demonstrate the precise-
ness of the work.
The barbette has already been ac-
•ptcd by the Naval Board, the test
made at
, battle was fought, without any decisive
' result. Then the armies get into
j dos.-r quarters. There is another
I buttle which also ends in noise and
! srnoke. At last the soldiers fling
i away their useless cartridges and
pitch into each other with the cold
L'edington se\ ! steel, and in that way they are sure
find out how to kill.
It must be remembered that up to
the present the experiments have been
made on manikins, and nobody as yet
knows the effect of the bullets on men
hi the flesh protected by Mr. Dowe ■
tunic. Doubtless the elasticity of* the
tunic would deaden the shock up to a
certain point, but w hat force the ball
would still possess is not known. It
evident that the soldier would be
knocked down, and the violence of lii«*n
shock would either paralyze
him."
kill
Shocked tier.
writing when
the wa**
fighting
eripti
not quit *the satm
epenrlonce any '. b
' ing to celebrate.
But outside of t>i
□reign countries fo 1
i. anhig of the word
ease work only on v
r the religious « alcn
thing
i "In |
good I
ie original i
du \ ,nd |
)tab|e (late i
having been
eral moftths ago. On ii.s inside the
barbet te is bristling with the 270 '.'8x10 j
bolts which will fasten it to the ship. )
'Phe bol* will be fast tied through
8 inches of wood and the threads ex j
tend V inches into armor.
The barbette, which is entirely com- |
pleted. ill be taken apart in a day or 1
two and shipped to the Brooklyn Navy !
N aril, where it will be placed upon
the Maine, shortly after this the for- j
ward barbette, the counterpart of this, |
only that the intersecting plane is
larger and starts within M inches
of the top, will be set up and fitted, j
Keleafte of Jefferson Davin.
Jefferson Davis was captured in May,
186.*>. while endeavoring to escape from j
the country. He was taken to Fort
Monroe and there kept in close con-
finement for two years. It was a puz-
zle to the United States government a*
to what should be done with him. A
few mouths after his arrest the Senate
called on the President for informa-
tion on the subject of his trial and in
response reports were submitted from
the Attorney-General and Secretary of
War to the effect that Virginia was the
proper place for the trial, but that it
was not vet possible to peacefully hold I
n I njt. {l Suites Court in that State, j
< hief Justice chase told President I
"ohns'in that he pi ', rred not to hold 1
court in a district still under martial i ,i^ t, 4 - * i
Imv. In the sprlnp at the following f® 0 , *nemiel: I
wr th.. i ii. I i.'i.11' ...... the , '"(""•'■n^tl.v_ thf.r son s may goto
ll.ius.. „f t ., ,„ p„,i,..lthat! r. 0n- . V v T like to ..low all
• whs ti..' dun ... ii,.- (f..i.',„ to ! ' a."ay ",s. ",st
with 11,.. trial Without d.-luy I'.'"W.™me upon our soil. -Why. you
In May, Isr.i,. Mr. Davis was indicted
for treason, the charge of complicity , . , . ,
in II,. :,s-asv„Mti.,n ni ' \|r. I .i.n-<.l.i i " ^ V' v'"'. 1 wa,lt
having been dropped. The
ment. however, declined to proceed 1
the iidictinent on tin ground that it .
Some one
was ended, that is. when the
with cannon and muskets w
summed up the political outlook in
one sentence, somewhat as follows
"You may reconstruct the men* with
your laws anil things, but how are
you going to reconstruct the women?"
This certainly had a great deal of
truth in its back, and 1 am very sure
that I have never yet known but few
thoroughly "reconstructed" women.
A case in point. A conversation be
tween two Southern ladies, one a wife,
whose husband was in the army, and
the other an elderly lady with no hus-
band or sons, but with many friends
and near relatives in marching re 11
nients. The younger remarked, "t
shock me. my dear, replied theothet
I don t see why you want the Yan
flay
esc fit
sing
Day
. for
,% <*reat Itemfnder
11 is well that Jndcpeni
comes to remind us that the
i he I nion was not nil done in 1,7' . or
in liSW. or m later year- The legacy
left us by our fathers, when they
signed the Declaration of Independ-
ence. 117 years ago, imposes its duties
as well as its privileges, and at no
time can our resolution to fulfill these
pledges be better renewed thau on the
.1 v vp celebrate
there myself some day. and 1 am sure
I houldn't want to go if I thought 1
should find any of them there."
\ Moral Prejudice is the fruit born
>f ignorance, and it never outlives its
>arents M. f}. Yaknki.i,
Pith 111. Inf.
the
the
w:is not sufficiently prepared
i rial i n the • t h of May, 18C.
e\-President of the confederacy was
brought before the court at Richmond
on n w rit of ha beas corpus and released
on bail of 81o0,oi.0, the name of Horace ,,rr "'uliand's Name.
(Jreele\ behng the first on the bail- ^ married woman should always be
bond. The liberation of Mr. Davis addressed, unless she prefers it other-
gave intense satisfaction throughout wise, by her husband's name, writes
the South. The case against him was Mrs. Burton llairison. I do not know
never prosecuted. of any hard and fast rule in this mat-
ter: it is a question of accepted form
Abraham Lincoln * Timepiece. in \merica. In Kngland the husband's
It is perhaps a noteworthy fact that ! given name is generally omitted where
▲ bitCiaui L'neoln left few er reli.-s be * he address is eurly understood
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