Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-10-23
Political Discussion al Falls Cburc,

Political Discussion az Falls Church
A meeting vas he'd at tho above place l.st
night with I'm Ill., but attentive audierce, rot
being so we'll steE6ed CD account of tho wealth,
er, and there haviog heen olly partial pctics
Of the meeting.
Mr. j. g. d. Puron opened the meeting bv
severely cr!tczlDg 40 article against Mr., Ronnd
which had appeared 10 county paper Of last
week.
Captain I. l.. Smith was then introduced
aud spoke tor three quarters of an hour 10 his
usual torelbe manner. He argued the McCul.
Loeb bill fairy aud 10 all its branches, presenting
every question in light which could not fail 10
be understood by ell rresert, and was listened
to With profound attention and received ap-
piause.
Captain Smith cannot f Ill to meet with sue
cess wherever he speaks; placing the gu ,stiou
10 its ttus light and using arguments WHICH, to
the other side, are unsnswersble.
Hs was followed by MIR. George q. R1uud
10 speech Of 40 hour. which was, 10 substance,
tho same as that delivered in AL xaudris, with
the notabls omission of the "Nebuchan, zz,r
aud Pie Woman" Illustrators Ho lodged The
question at Issue entirely and the light 10 which
he p'a,td II, and the arguments used had not
even an appearance of ialroess
liz Was Replied TO by Capt. Smith. who call.
ed attention to tbs fact that not one of his ar.
euncats had been answered by Mr. Rouud,
end showed Exclusively that all tie questions
adduc :G By MIR. Round. aud upon which be
based bis argument, had been d.foirc y settled
by the couIIs and we're low only used 10 hopes
OF God.Dg a lodgmrDt 10 the bresSt OF soue IN.
informed person.
Captain Suirh's spec CD made deep inpres
sion, aud lis fuis Gii! be- seen 10 he Novrm.
Der cleo inn.
Mr.. Il uod closed tho neetiog utter sn
earnest sDesch Of Ten miLu;es. 10 which he ask
cd he support OF the people OF Fails Church.
Wreck OF au UnhnUwn Schooner.
rhe wreck of 40 uuknowu schooner was dis
covered "a The Coast CT Nava Sc,tia, yesterday
and the follc"iug is later account
Early ye,!erCy morning messenger arrived
at Plc;Ou, from Cariboo Island, with the neWs
that Tho body OF man had beeu washed sshore
| near lhs lighthouse there, and schooner, sup.
| posed to b. about Sky tons was sceo hail a
mile from shore, bottom up. Tho schooner
was first seen carly ca Moaday morning, but
80 violent storm prevailed all dsy that no one
attempted 10 beard her. Coroner MattsJu. Of
Pictou. arrived at Cariboo Island yesterday af-
tIrGoon, by which iino Two more bodies had
| been found, aud the schooner hal drifted 60
near the beach that men were able to reach hrs
on foot. Nothing was found on sny of no toGi =
by which they could be identified. Oae body
IS described ae That Of sGa1 apparently sb; u
sky years of asc, rather Stout! A secoud ap.
pstred to hsse been uau about thirty yesri
I>IH xr-IIl h. o-I no, 4,
color. The other body appeared to be that ct
| delicate boy. A large quantity Of bark aud
about leo pieces Of p,ue board had drifcd
! ashore. Tho vessel Les So deeply imbedded 10
! the sand thst NO name can be sacn. Ii is sup
| posed that ahe Tes struck by tquall Saturday
| night ard upset. It is feared that tho Schooner
WIS from I.uerburg. n s., fer PRICE Edward
lslaud in which case her crew would not prob
eblY number fewer than six.
OBEDIENCE.-hc terribly We are al a!rlid
| OF tina. word obedience, lver stri4ieg TO shake
off the yoke Cod has pat up3n ". wives
obey your husbands children, obey your pa
| rents; servants obey your matters
wives obey your husbands" Its d..
vine command It echoes down from age 10 age,
reverbera!iug through the corridors OF al tins
10 obey is the hsrdest lesson wife learns. aud
| one many never learn ut all. They do not rec
| ognlZ, 1t as Divine command, they only re.
gard 1t as 3 mans arrogance and love of author
lty. Obedience signifies nfofiority. they think
| and that Is what no woman cares to ecknoWi-
edge horsslf No law which comes from Divine
authority has the force OF degrading tic one ON
| whom that law is imposed. Obedience does no.
| necessarily imply inferiority, nor is subordna.
tion TO ono in authorty degradation Ifrulers
| were not necessary IN tho household and The
State they would not have been Appointed by
Him who is wser ,hsn man. Ifrulers arc moi
| oboyed, anarchy and riot onsIe, and if only fol
| the sake If lnsuring order and peace, obedIenc,
| should be cherished ~ one ofthe most importan
| OF household virtues. There can BIO but on,
domir ant power in tho house. and both revela
| ton and nstuTo teach us who that one is. II
the short sentence, The husband is the head o
the wife" we ira told into whose hands Coo ha
placed the regal wand Of household power
| Obedience Hes 81 tho very root of domesti,
LIE; It is the Chief corner stone IN tho templo
children, obey your parents" is Divine in
Junction. tut enc which tho modern child is uI
willing to heed. Shaking ot the parental yok,
like wind, he 'Sctth whers ne listeth )" and b.
nis contempt for home authority he places On
| other elemeLt OF discord in tho hout ehold, fo
| confusion must follow III tho train tf dsobed
| ence to law.
"servants. obey sour masters" comes from
the same Divine aource Wife, children, ser
vsnts-.he triple, wtes!h OF home-bound sne
| made secure by the husband Cor house band
who lie head over all-lhe domiGsIt power in
vested with authority by Him who is ruler ant
| governor over IN entire universe
The thought Of the power and place God hal
bestowed upon man shou not Eli him with or.
rogance and concei!; On the contrary ho should
ask himtelf the question, Who is sufficient fol-
these thiras2' II should Inspire him with tsn
derness, love and consideration for those VIII,
have been placed under him and, while wear
ing the purple Of royalty. be should never loosen
his grasp on the tccplre Of justice
FaYrTIAN PoMADEs.- Moat Interesting is the
reflection how persistent is that human weak
nels which for more than 6C0O years hs. re.
| warded tho skill Of the professors of cosmetic
ar,. We know from thu Misbns that the oil OF
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