The Lehigh News (Lehigh, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 1913 Page: 3 of 8
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SOUVENIRS OF 1776
Relics of the Revolution In the
National Museum
Washington's Clothing and Camp
Equipment and Other Eloquent
i Itemlndera of the War That
! Won Indopondoneo
i THE Fourth of July roll
around each year the atorjr
of tho winning of Amort-
can Independence la told
and retold in all parte of
of tho land The berolam
and Buffering of that ter-
rible conflict are tm-
preeeed upon the public
mind through the varloua
forma of celebration which
characterizes that day
Hut more vivid than any flaih of ora-
tory dlaplay of flreworka or patriotic
parade la a visit to that eectlon of
the National muaeum at Waahlngton
D C where are preeerved many not-
abel rellca of the War of 1776
People leading noroadlo Uvea of to-
day can acarcely realize that delicate
garmenta and costly lacea of that
period of 137 yeari ago bare been
kept through eo many lifetimes with-
out damage or destruction Yet no
room for doubt is left by the authen-
tic documentary evidence accompany-
ing these precious souvenlra of that
colonial atruggle
Not only Is the uniform of Oen
George Washington to be seen hang-
ing there In a glass case but' nearby
In a similar enclosure la the hand-
embroidered robe the Father of His
Country wore when being chlrstened
The buff of that full dreBS Continental
uniform Is as spotless as when the
dignified aoldler wore It with such
grace and the blue of the coat lacks
even a suggestion of being faded
Gazing at it In the position of promi-
nence It occupies at one end of the
old museum one can picture In mem-
ory the many stirring Beenes and
splendid ceremonies through which
that costume has passed And such
material evidence of the Revolution
make It seem far more real tnan
could any school history or anecdote
A reminder of days when times
were hard Is a sturdy trunk-shaped
camp-chest used throughout the strug-
gle by George Washington It con-
tains numerous tiny compartments
and each knife fork spoon medicine
bottle cup glass and flask Is dis-
played Intact Even the pewter dishes
he ate from and had his cooking done
In are arranged about the chest and
most suggestive of the whole home-
ly outfit Is his little bread toaster
perched on one end of the chest as If
awaiting a long lifeless hand to lift
It into place
Suggestive somehow of melancholy
evenings Is the large brass candle-
stick and reflector used by General
Washington In his tent and wherever
he happened to be quartered during
the Revolution A perpendicular bi'ass
rod with heavy round base supports
two branches and back of them rises
the polished deflector By the light
from tapers in' this bolder the future
first president pored over wearisome
plans for outwitting a powerful foe
Also Its rays fell athwart the paper
on which he wrote his farewell ad-
dress to the army Afterward It was
a cherished object at Mount Vernon
and Is In a collection Including the
general’s arm chair' and such relics
His leather letter case is well pre-
' served and proves one of the most
Interesting bits of the collection to
visitors
Aside from anything appertaining to
Washington perhaps the most notable
Revolutionary relic Is the famous John
Paul Jones flag This has long been
a source of controversy among stu-
dents of history some of whom claim
It Is the same tattered emblem of
liberty which floated from the flagstaff
of the famous Bon Homme Richard
while others lnBlst the material "of
which it Is made was manufactured at
a later period
The National museum authorities
jhave made no attempt to prove or con-
tradict Its genuineness But placed
Crude Cannon Ball and Pistol From a
Revolutionary' Battlefield
conspicuously beside the much worn
home-made flag whose stars are
sewed on with big- coarse stitches Is
an autographed letter stating that the
flag is what It Is claimed to be
This yellow and aged yet easily de-
ciphered letted was written by- the
chairman of the Marine committee' of
the Continental congress to Lieut
James Bayard Stafford in 1784 v
He was an officer In the United
States navy during the Revolution and
displayed great courage and val6r In
helping to rescue the crew from Paul
Jones’ ship The letter states that he
Is also to have a cutlass and musket
as mementos of the naval battle and
these are shown with the flag
As well kept and glittering as
though they had never done work any
more deadly than reposing in a burglar-alarm-protected
case are the vari-
ous service Bwords worn by officers
and men of the Revolution Pull
dress swords with handsome costly
scabbards presented later by states
and organisations In recognition of
the bravery of tho recipients are ar-
ranged In racks so aa to display their
beauties of workmanship and tem-
pering Illustrious among them Is the
service sword carried by Lieut Ben-
jamin Mooers during two wars
After fighting his way through the
Revolutionary war with tho long slen-
der bladed sword now so seemingly
peaceful ho again used It In tbo War
of 1811 It was meant In every way
for "service'' or use Nothing ornate
mart the practicability of Its blit and
yet there Is a suggestion of nervous
force In the blue steel of Its blade
The epaulets worn by Oen William
Smallwood when he commanded the
Wooden Canteen Insignia Shoe
Buckles of Charles Carrollton and a
Pair of Pistols Used In the Revolu-
tionary Wa r
Maryland line of the Continental army
at the Battle of Brooklyn Heights are
treasured there And a large metal
tray which baa descended from father
to son since the Revolution is the
chief object of Interest In one of the
cases This has a dull brown surface
against which a group of hand-painted
peaches still retain their red coloring
It was once used for serving refresh
ments at an Important gathering of
Continental officers near Concord
Mass when one of the big movements
of a battle were planned out
And even the average person who
falls to thrill over Inanimate objects
can scarcely look unmoved at a wood-
en canteen which Is one of the
humblest exhibits In the display It
was the property of John Paulding—
one of the trio which captured Major
Andre of the British army
About the oldest garment In the sec-
tion of the museum given over to such
war relics is a vividly red coat Its
collar and cuffs and Inset waistcoat
are of the brilliant yellow or deep
buff It is lavishly ornamented with
silver braid and trimmed with silver
buttons and Is altogether such a
gaudy conspicuous affair that a
modern young man would rather face
a regiment than wear It abroad
Its first owner Capt Ell Dagworthy
did both appearing In It as an officer
In the French and Indian wars prior
to the Revolution He was elder
brother of a Dagworthy who became
an officer In the Continental army and
also won distinction But It Is not
recorded that he could ever be dis-
suaded from the fascination of his
"red coat’’
FLAG MADE BY WASHINGTON
Banner Adopted From His Family
Coat-of-Arms Floated Over Hla
Headquarters
History records the fact that at
the signing of the Declaration of In-
dependence Charles Carrol added to
his name the words "of Carrollton’’
so that he tlje signer might be easily
distinguished from all of the other
Carrolls In America Charles Carroll
has been commended for his personal
courage and very propertly too
But George Washington ante-dated
him In a display of personal responsi-
bility In that great struggle Wash-
ington took his family coat-of-arma
which consisted of three bars run-
ning across the escutcheon and three
stars In the upper portion and of that
he evolved our national emblem
With splendid courage and defiance
he took his heraldic family design and
caused to be made a flag with 13
stripes representing the 13 colonies
Instead of using the stars of his crest
he set on the bitie ground the cross of
St Andrew and St George This
original flag made of his family coat-of-arms
h& floated over his headquar-
ters Thus on January 2 1776
Gebrge Washington promulgated his
Individual Declaration of Indepen-
dence and this was followed on July 2
17v6 by the official declaration of the
United States The British soldiers
when they saw that flagK Imagined
that it was a-token of submission to
the king whose proclamation had just
been promulgated Very soon they
discovered their error
The British Register of 1776 says:
"The rebels burnt the king’s speech
and changed their colors from a plain
red ground to a flag with 13 stripes
as a symbol of their union of 13
colonies” - '
SQUIBS AND CRACKERS
A man may exhibit a broad flag and
still be a poor patriot
If a man Is honest there Is no need
to worry about his patriotism
A dog hiding under a shed is a
poor sign of a Glorious Fourth
Next to a beautiful girl the Ameri-
can flag is the prettiest thing in the
world
Every man ought to he proud of his
country and no man should be too
proud to work for It
AYS STRUCK’ ASCENT OF MT
M’KINLEY FULLY VERIFIES
HIS CLAIMS
MAHNO IT WARM FOR PEARY
Discoverer of tho North Polo Declares
' He Will Force a Re-Opening of
Polar Controversy by Congress
Or In the Courts
Oklahoma City— Dr Frederick A
Cook discoverer of the North Pole
now enj a lecture tour of Oklahomu de-
clares the asceut of Mr McKinley In
Alaska by lludhon Struck of Fair-
banks fully vindicates his claims to
having made the ascent live years
ago which has been denied by tho
Peary people
Arch Deacon Struck who Is an Epis-
copal missionary at Fairbanks landed
at the summit of the highest peak In
the Western hemisphere June 7 and
one of hla purty has jubt returned
with the news They traveled up the
northwest Bide of the mountain over
exactly the path claimed by Dr Cook
A big part of the Cook-Pcary con-
troversy was devoted to a dljcusslon
of the Mt McKinley claims of Dr
Cook Hrschel Parker an eastern
tenderfoot who started with Cook and
Dr Frederick A Cook
later gave up declared the ascent
was impossible Edward Barrell who
went with Cook and for two years
boasted of the trfp suddenly made affi-
davits denying the whole' thing and
Dr Cook said here this ' week to the
representative of this paper that Har-
rell got $25000 for the affidavit from
friends of Peary and that he could
prove the payment of $1500 of this
sum
Parker afterwards attempted an as-
cent financed by Peary and returned
to declare it impossible Another party
has since gone up by the south route
Dr Cook will lecture In ten cities in
Oklahoma before returning fast He
is making an effort to revive the polar
controversy and force an Investigation
by Congress ' He has gone into the
past life of Peary and Is accusing him
of about all the crimes on the calen-
dar from causing two suicides down
to ordinary petit larceny forgery and
bribery He stated that he would hold
himself ready to prove every state-
ment he would make but intehded
to make his lectures from now on just
as libelous as possle in order to give
Peary every opportunity to air the
matter in the courts
Niagara Claims Two lore
Niagara Falls N Y — Dcaald Rosce
10 years and his brother 9 years old
of Buffalo went to their deaths In a
small boat in the whirlpool rapids
while hundreds of men watched help-
less from the shore The boys were
playing In a flat bottom scow half
a mile above the rapids when the
rope holding the boat broke and they
were carried out Into the stream and
down the river Never at any time
was there a chance to save the boys
The bodies are in the whirlpool and
probably never will be recoverd
Another Negro Lynched
Americus Ga — William Redding a
negro who shot and fatally wounded
'Chief of Police William C Barrow
while the officer was taking hom to
prison was taken from the jail shortly
after by a mob of about fifty men and
hanged to a cable at a street corner
near the scene of his crime The mob
was unmoved by the pleadings of a
local paBtor in Bedding’s behalf and
after swinging the negro’s body In the
air they riddled it with bullets
Twenty Sentenced to Death
Constantinople— Twenty men were
sentenced to death after trial by court
martial for complicity In the assassi-
nation of the grand visier Mahmoud
Schefket Pasha
Hay’s Lead Over Brundidge Small
Little Rock Ark— With about 7000
votes to be heard from unofficial re-
turns show Hays has 27600 votes and
Brundidge 26525 a lead for Hays of
975 for the democratic nomination for
governor
JOHN A MTLHENNY
Mr Mcllhenny of Louisiana who suc-
ceeds Gen John C Black chief of
the National Civil commission has
been a member of that body since
1906 Ho was ono of Rooaavolt’s
rough riders
awheTn
Daughter of His Employer Who
Fought to Preiervs Her Honor
From His Bestial
Advances
Hot Springs Ark — In less than a
week after the Anadarko Okla lynch-
ing sacrificing her young life rather
than submit to the bestial passions
of a black brute little Garland Huff
the 14-year-old daughter of Judge and
Mrs C Floyd Huff was murdered
her skull being crushed In five places
aa she battled off the advances of
Will Norman a 21-year-old negro
servant who had been in the employ
of the household for about two years
After the man-hunt participated In
probably by more people than ever
scoured mountains and valleys any-
where In search of a fugitive the ne-
gro was captured just before dusk
four miles from the city and brought
to the city where he was hung to
a pole in the glare of an electric light
his body riddled with bullets as It
swung above the heads of the crowd
The Incidents marked the day of
greatest excitement ever known to the
history of Hot Springs The terrible
assault was almost unknown at the
noon hour although committed almost
two hours before but half an hour
later when the Btory had been told
the people by the Sentinel-Record In
extra editions crowds began to
gather armed in open manner and
the woods were honeycombed with
grim-visaged men determined to seek
out and find the brute and silently
acquiescing in a general scheme to
make short work of him when he was
found
In a normal city the day would have
been one filled with excitement but
in Hot Springs where a large per-
centae of the visitors at this season
of the year are from the south and
these having little else to do In the
afternoon the estimate made at one
time that 4000 people were engaged
In the man-hunt probably would have
been sustained in actual count
WHO MADE THE OIL PRICES?
Interesting Facts Brought Out in the
Hearing at Dallas
Dallas Tex — The making of oil
prices was probed by the state in the
hearing her of its $99000000 oil pen-
alty case-
The state sought to show that so
far as the Magnolia OH company of
Texas a defendant is concerned
these prices to the Texas trade de-
pended on what the Magnolia can get
from marketing Its products outside
of Texas with Standard Oil concerns
A C Ebie head of the Magnolia’s
sales department was on the stand
all day The defense's first oppor-
tunity came on' his cross-examination
when Eble testified he had purchased
some barrels for the Magnolia from
the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey because he considered them
the best In the market and some tank
wagons from the Standard Oil of In-
diana because they were cheapest
and most suitable’ He said when he
organized the Magnolia’s selling de-
partment two years ago he sought to
get Standard Oil p'roducts to market
In Texas because he knew there was
a demand for them
THEIR SIXTH CHILD BORJ4
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria
Have Another Son
Madrid — Queen Victoria of Spain
has given birth to another son
This is the sixth child born to
Queen Victoria the fourth being still
born King Alfonso and Victoria
Ena princess of B&ttenberg were
married May 31 1906
Pelkey Arraigned For Ring Death
Calgary Alberta — Arthur Pelkey
pugilist pleaded not guilty when ar-
raigned for trial for the death of
Luther McCarty who died in the ring
during a fight with Pelkey An agree-
ment was made before the trial that
the jury would have to agree whether
the fatal contest was a boxing match
of a prizefight Crown prosecutor
James Short said If it was a boxing
contest "Pelkey might not be guilty
if a prizefight it was illegal and Pel-
key was guilty of manslaughter”
NET TO MATCH GOWNS
WIDE AMOUNT OF ACCESSORIES
FOR SUMMER DRESSES
Cewns of Nat Mads High and Lew
Olrdlts and Sashas of Not Long
and Short Bloovod Qulmpoo
Somo Varlotloo
t
Bo enamored have women become
of tho various and Interesting things
tbst have been Invented In net that
they are getting together a wide
amount of accessories for the sum-
mer made of this fabrlo
Just think for a moment wbat can
be done There aro gowns of net
made high and low there aro girdles
and Japanese sashes of not there
are long-sleeved and short-sleeved
gulmpes there are parasols lined with
silk or made of several layers of
white and colored net there are pet-
tlcoata and brasslorea and fancy cor-
set covers trimmed with chiffon rosea
And this Is not all
There are small hats and large hats
of black white and colored tulle
there are Medici collars and Robes-
pierre ones of net that Is plain and
net that Is sprinkled with figures
There are net neck ruffs there are
huge roses and little violets and
broad green leaves and pink moss
rosebuds made of net to use as trim-
ming on underwear on room robes
on boudoir caps and on evening
gowns And the end is not yet All
any woman would have to do to en-
large her vision concerning the pos-
sibilities of net would be to make a
tour through the shops
It was some time before those who
sell caught the contagion but when
they did catch It net garments and
accessories sprang Into being over-
night and everyone who had an Idea
Immediately worked It out and there-
fore the windows and the counters—
to say nothing of the advertisements
In the papers — were filled with In-
genious possibilities In this one fab-
ric4 Where women once bought net or
tulle by the yard they now buy It by
the piece They use It In a dozen
ways to vary a gown to add to its
color scheme to achieve some of
those clever Individual touches over
which women have become enthusias-
tic since the cut-and-drled fashions In
clothes have gone out
It Is an Interesting subject this one
of Individuality and It has arisen
with much gusto In the last few
months whether the cry for It pro-
duced the supply or whether the
women’s apparel produced the talk Is
hard to tell What matters the
cause? We are In the stir of the
movement and It Is one to develop
and encourage although it may pro-
duce during a short life more mis-
takes than successes
Plumeless Hats Fashion Now
Featherlesa hats provided one of
the features of an exhibition and con-
ference held In London lately for the
purpose of bringing together societies
and individuals Interested In the sup-
pression of cruelty to animals
The exhibits were Intended to prove
that women’s hats may be both beau-
tiful and fashionable without the aid
of feathers and plumes the plucking
of which It is said causes unneces-
sary pain to the birds
A hat with a large plnme made of
grasses stiffened and colored won
general approval from fashion ex-
perts Ribbons played a great part
In the trlmmlpg Other exhibits fash-
ioned In the shapes of plumes and
feathers proved most effective
w Draped Skirts
Dressy tailored suits for summer
made of line ratine eponge voile
silk ec show the belts completed
by sash ends of satin with tasseled or
fringed ends They also show draped
skirts which Increase in favor
‘
FOR YOUNG GIRL
Drawers and petticoat for a young
girl of eight to ten years may both
be made In nainsook madapollam or
longcloth
The drawers are gathered In at
knees Into insertion bands edged with
lace or embroidery-
The petticoat Is a simple one-piece
pattern trimmed with Insertion and
STUNNING GOWN
Model of gray and black checked
silk with accordeon plaited skirt and
plain panels front and back Lace
collar and jabot
MAKES PRETTY WEDDING GIFT
Novel Centerpiece Braided In Rlok
rack Braid Will Be Found
Very Acceptable
A novel centerpiece la one which
Is braided In rlckrack braid instead
of the much-ueed coronation and sou-
tache braids Get & centerpiece which
is not too close In pattern as the
lines rimst be far enough apart to con-
veniently lay the rlckrack braid upon
them without overlapping When sew-
ing the braid on to the centerpiece
use the running stitch through the
middle of the braid taking care that
only very short stitches show on the
right side Embroider French knots
on each point of the braid using a
medium weight embroidery cotton
This la very effective with the French
knots in Delft blue or a pretty green
If the pattern has extra lines like
veins to a leaf or dots embroider
these in the same color that you use
for the French knots The edge may
be buttonholed In white an outline of
the color on the inside edge or It
may be In onq solid color No 17 In
the braid Is a pretty Blze This makes
a handsome centerpiece and one that
la entirely new
- Dainty 8ummer Portiere
Red bordered white toweling held
together with wide rlck-rack br&ld
makes a pretty portiere to hang in a
girl’s room
lace the neck and armholes are
edged with narrow lace
Materials required for drawers: L
yard 36 Inches wide yard Insertion
1 yard lace For the petticoat 1:
yard 36 Inches wide 1 yard lace 2
Inches wide 1 yard insertion 1
yard narrow lace '
Hat Receptacles
Make your own hatbox of paste-
board and cover It with wall paper or
cretonne Hinge the Bides to the bot-
tom of the box -with baby ribbon rbn
through eyelets Make the top: to
hinge to one of the sides This can
be folded and carried In a trunk and
Is more convenient than a regular hat-
box For traveling on the train make a
gray summer silk bag to cover the hat
when placed on the car rack Silk
sheds the dust and will not permit
It to sift through Close both ends of
the bag with a drawstring and It ’
will not then be necessary to draw the
hat out from one end only which
sometimes breaks fragile trimmings
when the hat Is thrust Into the bag
Attractive Table Plant '
Break off the top leaves of a pine-
apple by gently working them from 1
side to side until they come out quite
clean Now put two spoonfuls of
coarse sand in the bottom of a glass
jar and fill with water Place the
pineapple top in it where It broke off
and always keep It a little under wa-
ter Be sure and keep In the light
and after a few weekB roots will
sprout As soon as they are Strong
enough put In a pot and then In a
email jardiniere With a little care
a lovely evergreen table plant wilt
spread out which will last for years
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