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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1889-08-28, Page 21h* igurion ;tew,= e.covt1 Id PUBLISHED. Every Wednesday Morning --nY- w .\:.�AttA.s t,aa, AT THEIR POWER PRESS PRINTING HOUSE, Odtarie Street. Clinton. • ifti 50 a Year --v$°1.25 in Advance. Tho proprietors of Tit E G°DEnlon NEWS, having purchased the business and plant of THE HURON RECORD, will in future ublish the amalgamated papers in Clinton, ander the title of "Tile Beaux NEWS. RECORD." Clinton is the most prosperous town in Western Ontario, is the seat of considerable manufacturing, and the centre of the finest gricultural section in Ontario. The combined circulation of Tits NEws tiaoau exceeds that of ally paper intb- lishod in the County of Huron. it is, shPrefot'e, unsurpassed as an advertising medium. AteRatcs of advertising liberal, and furnished on application. tzr'Parties making contracts for a speci- fied title, who discontinue their advertise- ment, before the expiry of the sante, will be charged full rates. Advertisements, without instructions as to space and time, will be_lelf to the ju.Ig- urent ot,the compositor in the pisplay, in- serted until fw•I idden, measured by a scale of solid nonpareil (12 lines to the inch), and charged 10 cents a line for first insertion and 3 cents a line for each sub- sequent insertion. Orders to discontinue advertisements must be in writing. gr Notices set' as REA DINO MA•i••r•ER, (measured by a scale of solid Nonpariel, 12 lines to the inch) charged at the rats of 10 cents a line for each insertion. JOB WORK. We have one of the best appointed Job Offices west of Toronto. Our facilities in this department enable us to do all kinds of work—front a calling card to a mammoth poster, in the best styie known to the craft, and at the lowest possible rates Orders by mail promptly attended to. Address The News -Record, canton. Ont The Huron News -Record $1.50 a Year—$1.25 in Advance. ter The man docs not do jostle' to his business who spends less in advertising than he dues in rent.—A. T.. STKWART, the Millionaire merchant rtr New York. Wcdne:.lay, Aug. ft8t11, 1889 T1IE QUESTION OF THE BEHRING SEA. Beals at seasons which if persisted in would ultimately destroy the whole busiueas, then they should be checked, as should American or Russian sealere or the sealers of any other country. Tho untenable position of the Americans in this Bullring Sea squabble is clearly pointed out iu the following terse and commend- ably impartial outline of the matter in Helper's Weekly of Aug. 17. Considerable talk is indulged in over the Behring Sea business 'Whether Canada or Great Britain will take eo.guizauce ofe.the seizure -Of the Canadian sealer Black Dia viand by the revenue cutter Rash, there wi.11 bei nu . war over this matter. The United States will pay damages for the illegal action of its naval office's, iu this and other cases, acting under a pro- clamation of the President based upon an illegal act of -Congress. The comity of natious,;internation- al law and the United States' own construction of these during her whole existence can be quoted against the stand now taken by the lion's tail twisters, and the would be gobblers up of Canada, and annexers of the north pole and all out of doors. Opponents of the Macdonald administration want to kuow why the Canadian Government don't call upon the home authorities to send a naval force to the Behring Sea and blow the hlawsted blokes to Beelze- bub that are interfering with the rights of CeTadiau vessels upon the high seas. Patience, good sirs. Neither Britons nor Amcri$ans demand il1 considered action that would result in dread war. The American Government will ba asked •fur reparation for wrong done our Canadian seamen. The adjustment of several claims by the citizens of both countries, arising out of seal and cod fishing disputes, have been under consideration for soma time. But a settlement be- tween nations cannot bo effected in a day or even a month, any more than EMI a settlement between in- dividuals. When a conflict of claims arise between individuals he who takes the law' into his own hands places himself then clearly in the wrong, however he may previously hive been in the right. It is the duty of the individual and the nation to demand reparation for wrong done before resorting to the courts or force. There is ono thing that must not be overlooked. That the Behring's Sea seals being the property con- jointly of all nations, no one nation can ,justify its citizens in destroying that property which is common to a ll. If Canadian sealers are caching The seizure of the British sealing schooner Black Diamond in the Behring Sea by the United States revenue -cutter Rush, in pursuance oqf the President's proclamation of March 22, 1889, has been the main topic of recent discussion in the press. 'Ibis was a seizure far with- out the three-mile limit of jurisdic• tion which every maritime power controls. It was a seizure upon the high seas, and the substantial ques- tion, in view of a probable demand for explanation, is whether the United States have formally claimed jurisdiction over the Behring Sea as a closed sea, or mare clausum. What such a sea is, is perfectly well known. A laud locked sea is defined by VAT. - TEL as or.e which " must be entirely surrounded by the territory of the nation claiming jurisdiction, and must have no other communication with the ocean than by a channel of which that nation may take possess- ion." This is the accepted descrip- tion of a mare clausun► over which a nation has authority. It is affirmed by what is called international law, which is only the acquiescence of great states for their common con- venience. Does the Behring Sea conform to this definition, or is it admitted by the common content of states to be such a sea? The answer to both questions is an unconditional negative. The Behring sea on one side is en- closed by the Russian majn•land and Russian islands, and the passage be- tween the nearest Russian and American points is one hun dredand eighty•three miles broad. This fact anawers the first question The second is as readily answered. When Russia held all the surround- ing land she made a claim of author- ity over the Bebring•Sea, which the United States denied and refused to acknowledge. Our demonstration of the case was complete, and Russia did not insist upon the claim. More- over, we have always asserted, the right to fish in the Gulf of St. Lawr- ence, although it is entirely sur- rounded by British territory, and the channel between Newfoundland and Cape Breton is ouly filty mile broad. As the United States have denied that the Behring Sea is enclosed, no other great power except Russia has asserted it. In 1870, however, the treaty with Russia by which we ac- quired Alaska defined our water boundary by a line " starting from the Arctic Ocean and running through Behring Strait to the north of St. Lawrence Island." then south- westerly midway between Alton and Copper islands. I'n 1881 the 'Treas- ury Department instructed our naval officers that all the waters within that boundary are considered to be the waters of Alaska Territory. Mr CLEVELAND'S administratiovt in • 1885 adopted this view, and many arrests of British sealers were made. A strong protest followed from the 'British government, and the vessels were released. In consequence of the release, a great number of British sealers appeared in the sea. Con- gress then took up the subject, and prohibited the catching of seals within the dominion of the United States in Behring Sea, except by the Alaska Commercial Company. But Congress distinctly refused to claim that the waters of Alaska Territory. comprised the whole Behring Sea, eastward of the line mentioned in the treaty. The law assumed juris- diction, but did not define its limits. The seizures of the sealers now raise the question. Do the United States claim dominion over the Behring Sea east of the line mention• ed ? If they do, they derive their title solely from Russia. But they have long ago demonstrated that Russia could have no such title. The United States, however, have not claimed, hut, on the contrary, by the action of Congress, have declined to claim, a jurisdiction which the com- mon consent of nations, the United States included, has denied. More- over, the object tor which the care fully qualified jurisdiction. is asserted is common both to Great Britain and to the United States. It is the pro- tection of the seal fishery, which would be soon exterminated if 'the ravages which the seizures are in- tended to prevent should continue. The situation, therefore, is obviously one for the calmest deliberation. The Canadians certainly cannot be allowed to destroy the seal fisheries. But they are not to be restrained by a claim of authority which cannot be maintained. It must he remem- bered constantly, however, that this claim is not made. We have not yet defined our dominion in the Alaska waters, and we are not likely to make a claim there which would imperil our interests and rights else- where. This is evidently the gener• el American view, as expressed by the press on all sides, and a prompt and reasonable adjustment of the question by negotiation would be most honorable to the administra- tion. —"Tho latest thing in hotel bills of fare' (lanies O'Connell tells the St. Louis Ul"lie 1)eutoetot, "is an elible menu card. You select the dishes you want, and then while waiting for theta you amuse yourself by leisurely eating•up the bill of faro, it acting as an appeti zer. It is the scheme of a Loudon confectioner. Ile makes a thin sheet of sw•eeteued dongh, and after it has been baked he prints tho menu upon it in ink made ofchoco- 1ate. It hasn't got 'over hero yet, but it will by and by. AN IRISH LIBERAL ON HOME RULE. Prof. J. P. Mahat]'y opened fire on Home Rule in Ireland in his lecture ou the Irish Question " at Chautauqua. N. Y., the other day. 1{e denied that be was a Tory, saying that he had always voted for the great Liberal party until it was disrupted by Mr. l.lad- stoue. He explained that the sub- ject was it hard one to understand ou account of the great body of facts and of the conflicting evidence, and stated that it was difficult for an American to form a fair opiuion ou account of the press being poisoned by the non -Unionists and because of the prejudice with which America regards the country from which she seceded. " But," said the lecturer, " you are au audience open to argument. '1'o you I ap peal." After speaking upon the binding of the States by the Coustitution of this couutry, he said :—You do not give Utah Home Rule because it dif- fers front ou un an important moral question. And yet yon ask us to give Home Rule to jreland while she publicly disavows respect for the laws of Euglaud and loyalty to the Queen." He described the condition of the Irish poaaautry as not beiug as black as pictured iu the press. " Shares are at double par in all the local banks," said he, " and the people have £32,000,000 in the savings banks." He said England had done nothing to bring down the hatred of Ireland, and that the one great cause of Ireland's discontent was the existence of the foreign religion wbleb was continually set- ting itself against the policy of the country. " 1 need not tell any oue here," he said, " of the clingers of tate Rumen Catholic system.• The advent of Hume Rule in Ireland would be the advent of great power to 1.oniaui.,ts. Once iu power the Ilome Rulers would redress the Catholics, the Protestants would bo oppressed and education would be repressed. The Houle Rule move- ment is caused by paid agitators, Irish priests hired fur the purpose, Hume Rule would not hold together three mouths if American money were withdrawn. CIIEME OF IiIGiIER RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION. The Ge .feral Assembly of the" Presby eri t Church in Canada have adopt scheme scheme to encourage a more "t. +rat and systematic study of religious subjects. The object of the scheme is to lead the young to an intellectual grasp of religious truth and thus to elevate the spiritus' al life of the church. The following is the Examination Syllabus for 1889 and the regulations affecting the" same :— DEPARTMENT I.—BIBLICAL. Junior and Intermediate.—The In- ternational S. S. Lessons from July 1st to December 31st, 1889. (In future the lessons of the whole year will be assigned.) Senior.—The same as for Junior, but with somewhat more difficult questions. Also an additional paper on "The Life of David " by Rev. Peter Thomson, M. A. Candidates under 16 years of age will rank as Junior ; those over 16 and under 20 as Intermediate., and those over 20 as Senior. Ages to be reckoned as on March 1st! 1890. No Medal or prize will be given to any over the age of 25. Candidates obtaining 90 per cent. of the full marks in any department, will be entitled to a silver medal ; those obtaining 75 per cent., but less than 90 per cent, will be entitled to a book prize ; all candidates (includ- tng those over 25 years of age) who obtain 50 per cent. will be entitled to a diploma. The value of each paper will be 2011, and two hours will be allowed for writing the answer's. Essays must be forwarded to the convener not later than Feb, 28th. Each essay must bear a motto written at the top ot the first page, and the writer's name must on no account appear. It must be written on foolscap paper, and the sheets must be securely fastened together. Each essay must be the composition and in the handwriting of the candi- date. A list of books consulted in the preparation of the essay must be given at the beginning of the manu- script, and all quotations must be carefully marked. The writer's name, address, congregation, age on March let, 1895, and motto, must be written upon a slip of paper and en, closed in an envelope, on the outside of which the motto, and nothing else, must be written. No essay in the Junior and Inter• mediate classes shall exceed 5,000 words, nor in the Senior, 10,000 words in length. ,. DEPARTMENT 11.—DOCTRINAL. Junior and Internudiate.—" The Shorter Catechism," by Prof. Sal• mond, D. D. Part I. (Quest. 13-8.) Also be prepared to write out cor- rectly the full answer to any question in the first part of the Catechism. (Q. 1-53 inclusive.) b'eni ,r.—"The Shorter Catechism," by Alex. aVhyte, D. D., pp. 1-100 (Q. 1 38). Also be prepared to write out correctly the full answer to any ques• tion in the Catechism, DEPARTMENT III.—HISTORICAL. Junior and Intermediate.—" The History of the Reformation," by the Rev. Prof. Withrow. Senior.--" The Reformation," by Prof Lindsay, A• D. DEPARTMENT IV.—ESSAYS. Junior, Intermediate and Senior.— " Israel in the time of Solomon." (Junior, Intermediate and Senior will be classed separately in valuing the essays). Departments I., 1I. and IV. will recur every year. Department 111. is supplementary, and the subjects will vary from time to trine, and will embrace Church History, Church Government, the Sacraments. Ex• perimental Religion, Evidences of Christianity and History of Missions. Examinations will be held at as many centres in each presbytery as the convenience of candidates may require. Candidates must enrol themselves by handing to their respective ministers, on or before Jan. 1st 1800, their names, ages on March 1st, 1890, rind subject or subjects in which they propose to present themselves. The minister will then transmit the application at once to the convener of the Sabbath School Committee of his presbytery, who must report to the convener of the General Assemb- ly's Committee not later than ,Jan. 31st. Question papers cannot be issued to any candidates whose names do not reach the convener be- fore Feb. let, as niter that date pars cels will be made up for Presiding Examiners. Candidates may enter in any of the prescribed departments, but are recommended to limit themselves to one, or at most two. Children under twelve years of age ought not, in the opinion of the Committee, to be encouraged to enter for examination ; bat should their names be sent i.t by their ministers, with the approval of their parents, they will not be excluded INS1'RUC(IONS TO EXAMINERS OF ESSAYS. ( Pahlished for the informal ion If Candidates) The merits of each essay to be estimated more by the excellence of its matter than its literary form. For fulness of historical research combined with accuracy of histork cal statement, a maximum of 75. For aptness, sagacity, originality of investigation, illustration, com- ment or deduction 75. For excellence of style as regards choice of appropriate words and grammar, vigour, rhythm of sen. tences-25. For symmetry and proportion of the cotnposition as a whole, indicating some feeling for literary form -25. "YOU KISSED ME" On August 21st, in an article iu THE NEWS-REcoRD entitled "De- cline of the Kies," the first verse of the poem, "You Kissed DIe, " was given. Since then a number of iu- quires have been seat to this office asking the name of the author and where the poem can be obtained. Neither q uestions can be satisfactori- ly answered. It is not in Thomp- son's "Iluntbl'et. Poets," nor any of the standard collections so far as .kuowu. `'You Kissed Die" is usual- ly accompanied by the following foot lute : The above was written in 1867 by a lady under 20 years of age. James Redpath, the historian, thought so much of the poem that lie had au edition printed on white satin. John G. Whittier, the Qua- ker poet, wrote of it and its young author that she had truly mastered the ;ocelot of English verse. So much fur the authorship, be - lowed is the poem in full : You kissed me 1 My head Dropped low on your breast With a, feeling of shelter And infinite rest. While the holy emotions My tongue dared not speak Flashed up in a flame From my heart to my cheek. Your arms held me fast : Oh 1 your arms were so bold ; Heart beat against heart In their passionate fold. Your glances seemed drawing My soul through my eyesa,,,. As the sun draws the mist Froin thesea to the skies, Your lips clung to mine Till I prayed in my bliss They might never unclasp From the rapturous kiss. You kissed me I fly heart. . And uiy breath, and my will In delirious joy For a moment stbod still. Life had for me then No temptations, no charms, v No visions ot happiness Outside of your arms. And were I this instant An angel possessed Of the peace and the joy • That are given the blest, 1 would fling my white robes Unrepiningly down, I would tear from my forehead Its beautiful, crown To nestle once more In that haven of rest— Your lips upon mine, My head on your breast, You kissed ore 1 My soul In a bliss so divine, Heeled and swooned like F‘ drunken man Foolish with wine, And I thought 'twere delicious To die there, • if death - Would but corse, while my lips Were yet moist with your breath : If might grow cold While your arms clasped me round - In their passionate fold. , - And these are the questions I asic day and night : Must lips taste no more Such exquisite delight ? Would you Dare if your breast Were my shelter as then, And if you were here Would you kiss me again 2 FOR OUR $TORY -READERS. PRISSY. 1/11 MOW Reserved.] The cottage was lowroofed, and the light from the diamond -paned lattice was so ehrounded by curtains and by a row of geraniums on the board window ledge that at first sight it was not easy to see into the little parlor. Its owner, the old man sitting on a high backed wooden chair, faced the open- door leading into the porch, and eeeined to be unaware of the darkness, for he rose from hie chair and stowed his tobacco -box away on the mantel -shelf as easily as if there were broad daylight in the little room. He gave a gi nut as he came back to his chair. "Pack o' nonseuso"—he had lived so long alone that he had a way of talking; aloud to his thoughts— "maybe it's true that nothing's as good as it was, but Prissy's eyes are sharp euough to do without so much o ndlelight. I'll be ruined with this waste of candles. I find my way to bed i' the dark, an' she 'nought do so too." Richard Porter had lived too loug by himself to tolerate interference with his habits, and he had been greatly chafed of late by what he considered his daughter's extrava- gance. His wife had died ten years ago, leaviug a pretty little girl of 7. Iu Mrs. Porter's last illness a dis• taut relation came to see her, a rich, dressy widow, who at once took a fancy to the pretty child. His neighbors said that Richard Porter sold Prissy fora good round sum and that be was heartily glad to be, rid of the child. He heard nothing of her beyond an occasion- al note to say she was well till the widow married a young husband and then Richard learned that his daughter must come back to him. The girl had now been at home two months, but her father had not got over the sudden grievance that had upset his life. "If she'd been here all along I'd have brought her up in my ways" he grumbled, "and she'd not have got these wasteful notions—what's that l," "He called this out sharply ; • a shadow had come between him and the faint light that glimmered through the open doorway. As Richard bent forward to listen he heard the, sound of a sob. "Please, it's only me, Mr. Porter," a timid voice said. ••May I come in I" "Como in, Lizzie, what's hinderin yet" Ile said this more pleasnatly than ould have been ,expected from the crumbling .tone' of his previous fiord.. But Lizzie Parker still hesi- wed at t he door. "Coarse in, I say, lass," he said, sharply. • 'Tie so dalkf' she said. "Dark !" he muttered ; "girls is all alike—the best of 'em is fools." But he struck a match, and, rising, he lit a candle on the mantel•shelf. The small point of flame quivered into brightness and lit up one side of Richard Porter's face. This was long and hollow checked ; the thin hair stood above the wrinkled fore- head : then leaving the temples very bare it went dtiicn in a straight, narrow line to the angle of the jaw- bone ; his nose was long and thin, so were his lips, but these wore pa'tly hidden by his gray beard, the end of which curled upward and gave a contradictory look to the face above it. His small, ferret -like eyes were fixed on his visitor, as he pointed to a chair. Lizzie Parker's dark eyes were swollen and her face showed. That she had been crying; at the best she could not have been very pretty, and now she looked plain ; Porter thought he hated a crying woman. "Well, lass, what is it?" he said gruffly. "You must please not be angry, Mr. Porter," the girl said,"but I want you to speak to John—my John." Her voice shook as if sho were go- ing to cry again. "What shall 1 say 1 "How do you find yourself, John Miller?'" he laughed in a cruel, jesting way that evidently pained her. "Ah, you know better than that, Mr. Porter. You know what I mean. You know John oughtn't to be coming after Prissy when be has promised to marry mo." The pathetic note in her voice might have to'iched him, but it did not. He 'revolted agaiust his child's love of dress, and also agaiust Iter' wastefulness, but he was proud of her beauty. Who could wonder, he thought, if John Miller slighted Lizzie Parker for his daughter's sake. Besides, it was not likely that Prissy could really care for a fellow like Driller. eyes were bright as she looked at Richard Potter, and she drew up her litho, slender figure till you saw how tall she was. "If you won't help ore I must speak to lent," arm said. "If he and Prissy loved one another I'd never tomo between thew, but I know, 1lr. Porter Chet your girl is only amusing he►selt. She likes others a deal better than she does John. I wish you guod evening." She went out into the porch, where the honeyeuckl.' hung so low that sire had to stoop as she passed out. The gate of the little garden was beiug opened as she reached it. "Do not eouo further," a w'unlan's voice said. "Father's in." Lizzie felt sick and dizzy at the words, it seemed to her that Prissy was parting from John Miller, and she stood aside in the dim light, while two figures, la man and a woman cause into the garden. "To•morrow evening, then," Lizzie could hardly keep back a cry of relief. That was not John's voice; it was a gentleman who had come in with Prissy. it:shu could have thought such a thing possible she would have said itiwas Mr. Ger- ald, from the manor House. CHAPTER 1L. There was that vague, delicious murmur in the air that tells of ear- ly meriting ; it was August,'so the time of singing birds was past, but • there was the busy stir of bees from straw hives iu• one corner of the cottage garden, and also from the - square flower pots that were right and loft of the little flagged path- way ; the bees had begun their dhy'e work by sucking the hooey tubes bufore the sup became Trot enough to dry them ; the pink and yellow, beauty of the porch, for the honey- suckle was covered with blossom this morning, was all abuzz with the small robbers, so that when Prissy came out of the cottage and stood under the trailing wreaths of woodbine, the bees buzzed. a little louder, but seemed otherwise to be undisturbed by her presence. "Father, breakfast is ready." Richard Porter Lietted and growl- ed at what he called the girl's fancies, snch,as lighting fire to boil water for,tea•making when a draught from the well would do as well for hien now as it had done these ten years; but the girl's orderly ways impressed hint, and, although ha growled, ho yielded. He nodded good luoruing to her as' she stool under the half -shadow of 'the porch. "No wonder," • he. thought, "that John Miller or any other rating fellow likes to look at, Prissy. She -as` a beauty," Prissy was small, but her pretty rounded figure was so well propor- tioned tha4in. gazing at her want of , •height did not seem to be a• blemish. Looking from her to her father it seethed possible that in youth he might have had the sante clear pink. and•white shin, but there all like- ness ended. Prissy's nose and mouth were delicate and regular ; the nose, perhaps, wanted exprea sion, but the lovely red lips had a half -pouting way that trade them, bewitching; and Prissy's eyes were. wonderful, not very large, but, deep. blue, with singularly large pupils,. with a fringe of black lashes that' did not match with her finely mark- ed eyebrows and with the nutbrown hair that clustered on her forehead; and was drawn tightly away from: her little pink ears and from the bit of cream -tinted throat that showed above the frill of her gown.. She had breakfasted, and she cancel forward to the garden gate and leaned on it, while she looked' up the grassed road that led to the Manor House. This was on the. left, about half -a -mile off, and the road lay chiefly between fields. bordered by hedges ; here and there, however, tante a spinny with just trees enough to make a small shelter. from rain or sunshine: The grassed, road went on past the cottage to au oak wood on the right. It was just a suitable nook for a, gamekeeper's cottage, but Prissy considered it " awful lonely." "It wouldn't matter about the dullness," she tliought, " if it was a big house with plenty of people in it, but with no one but father, it's. just a prison," she sighed, then hen exquisite lips curved into a smile, " Not but what it's better than it was -a mouth ago." The smile deepened till it, r•aul: into a pretty dimple—a dimple Prissy, though you would not be- lieve it now, that will surely end in an ugly crease—at the corner of her, lips. "Tc—her," he said contemptuous- ly. "Don't be foolish, Lizzie. John. Miller knowed my lass when she was a child. Yon had'nt come into these partstill Prissy was taken away, 'Taint likely I can hinder him from speaking to bor. Why don't you find fault with John your- self 1" he said, mockingly. The girl rose at this taunt. I-Ier Prisay's thoughts were rose•color- ed as she stood tapping her fingets on the gate. They were not long, taper fingers, but they did not look as if they had been used to coarse. work any more than did the plump, pink hand, This hand looked soft and dimpled. The tapping fingers wore short and rather square -tipped, but the nails were well kept. They told at a glance that Prissy had not used her hands for much beyond needlolvork. The tapping fingers became more rapid as. her bine eyes looked searchingly up the grassed. ed 'rood,.