The Cedarville Herald, Volume 11, Numbers 22-52

AFRICAN QQOK IIty , M r tw in ikM to O iiM i tiMpaWJtbMt’ Understood that acme. of, tbe work M im A O remony. \ 'will bedone in the time of tbo-owiivn A#a rale o n ly * * * p rin c ip a l^ * * ! !! ““ ’ eetea in Central Africa, in t^p eazslar pert of tbe evehing. I t usually ooqaiats pf parrot soup, roasted or etew’qd mon’- ttj» , alligator egg# (also wall liked by Europeans) and bird* of every descrip­ tion. They also have moambo, or palm chop#, *nd fish. ’ A greet delicacy, to ooazldered by Europeens end natives alike, 1* elephant’* top t end trank. These beve somewhat thetoete -ofveaL. ‘Toprepare them; the natives dig e hole about five feet deep in the.Mnd endln itbuild » large fire. After the aend is thoroughly heated, the fire le re proved, leering only the ashes in th e hole The trank end feet are pieced In thU hole andcorered ryith leaves, andefterwerds with hot sand. . In two hours they are done. All carcasses of animals which are' to he cooked ere placed oh a block of wood and pounded until every bone is broken, care being taken not to* teat or bruise the skim They ate. tfafen *boiled or coasted on an open wood fire, oplin hpt tand or ashes, without’ removing* the* hide or leathern The cooking is of a very inferior grade,, the only sploesneed being salt and .pepper. ' T h e ' Mtcheb utensils-consist of common earthen or wooden ware. ' Very little time is taken for s.ettintr or decorating the table; knives, forks and napkins are dispensed, with. .* - , , , Africans have severalVegetables well liked by Europeans; N’gutri-n’sengo I s ' a disheaten all over Africa. I t consists -of egg plant, small fish somewhat like our sardines and the roots of the cassava • os maniocs plant (called n’guttl), which have a' knotty appearance and often weigh as much as,twenty pounds 7 As tho la tte r’ contains poison, the ■maniocs ip soaked in water for three to 'four days to extract 'the polsonoud sub- ' stance. .It is then cut and sliced and small fomatoes are added: All Is placed in a vessel with water and seasoned with salt and pepper and. boiled, Moambo, or, as the Europeans call It) palm chops, is also a favorite dish. ’The palm- nuts’ are first-boiled In water until the pulpy substance loosens from the pit, then the sholl, which contains a very delicious Oil, 4s placed; In' av?ooden mortar-, and > .crushed t o ’obtain. tpe olh Whatever pulpy part of the pituMfth also red pop­ per and. spit, and is boiled. . Rpnat or hoilwtsq[tissh (lounge) isgenbralty eaten with i t Sweet potatoes (m’balla benga) ‘ are,mdre farinaceous and’’dwoetor than Opra, hut do not taste so good. . They *re boiled or roasted. - Bananas (bitaebo) weigh about half a pound each and'are aboutBfteen inches long,., When half ripe, they am out in slices and boiled In water with salt and popper.' < N’sensl is, a little red bean, which is helled,in Water without salt or pepper, •Und is freely eaten. For peanut bread (chlsnlu) the petnuts are ,first roasted .and thpn crushed. This mass la then .rolled and pu t into the akin of a banana, adding a little pressure, formfnglt into .a body. I t readily retains this shape from the pressure of the oliy substance in the peanut—-ST. Y. World A REDWOOD GROVE. in** fo r a rakde 5 ifffc.Thf* W1U u« Ua- Uk* the ptlMn. ’ The newspaper* h a te got hold of * story that oar townsman, Colonel Arm strong, is to present the State with a tract of redwood land in SonomaCounty for a. park, We made inquiry of the <donor end found the rumor correct, only that he doea not intend to give i t to the Stats or to any particular municipality or society, but t s trustsas, dor the use of the people, for posterity and for all time, This magalllcsatg tft of MOacres lias la Big BoUoso, nea r the extremity #f tbe branch o i th e San Frasotsoo* Berth Faeifl# railway, aboat on* mil* freesthe river a t Qaeraavlllein Bosom* 'County, and aoossslbie by rail from Saa Itonetoedt which U seventy mlletdia- -tank I t la the last eonsfderihl* tract of t m big tress in thia ragton o r ad near ft* dty. Of eourae there are other asopeaof scattered timber In the hilts, •crabby in growth and e a t of th e way. Sat this i* a grand forast of won- streas trues, mach on level land, hor- •Acred by the aide of the Mount Jackson .range, with tree trank ! from five to fifteen feet i n diameter and' mere than tin*# hundred feet high, Intermingled wtih v*rieu* other aorta ef growth, oooa- -sieaat firs, laurel end other wood* odd­ ity to the beauty #f the spot. The doner Mys the gift will not be hilly anpraeUtod for the s e n t fifty years. Then, whti* no other spot like it ean he found In ranch, his motive will -he nndemteod. The trustees will be se- luetsd about a* follow*; Berhapa thaj timitman of the DoIdemDate perk trus- tise, of Sen tfraamecm the lend- ft*p* gardener of Central p a r t Mew fo rk City; th e Chief Justice of the Supraate Court of California, and n local Watte# in tbie county. These gentle­ men and their eucoeseora forever will have neutral, under hu t few metrictorn* hi the deed of treat. One will he that me timber shall ever he ent or trimmed* fMs ie t the blown down. Another Sea- Wtiwf * til he tit** Use mwti aboil net he yiitie fa* for leer of lira, !alMtil«*ly U v to tte d te toy-Ughi Thera w«l h* Tlrive*, pethe «** t i t a t Wifi .-is tmiftf omtwi ishta l ... end it swotf^mnd ;eWSi IRS ^RSSl^fiS tite huudi ef m t w i r W®^pPWm^Pr. ■ f<3f, in fact, are they coipplotod. But **dthat he wm .retaln control lor tu« prasenfc and as long a s h e lives. Out of ,----- the 600 acres about 5}t}0, with valuable « s e e ' 1 improvenjonta,orchards, buildings, etc., "— ------------ -- '■’*-----" ’ are being’put Into conditlont fdr yield-. Ing a considerable -iftppme^ and much of I ti o a s fineland a s lie a ln BussianrNer bottom. After its income may ndlongerba re­ quired by the family lt is provided that itaha li heeomo part of th e 'parx, and the trusteeswilbbe direotedto usesuch 1pertlOh a*’may he VShVehieht .to erect giam hpuses for propagating -atrango plants, fiowers, trees and ahrubit, to he uscd ip horaeriwg the ’dclves and’blhiis wonting the ground. It will be seen from the Sketch that the plan ia for posterity, and it wilVtake a long while to work it out, thongh iU the main the na tu ra lfea tu reab faw ild fo fe sta re in - tended to predominate *lw*ya.-rClover- dale Reveille. , ,A- dHEROKEE , ROMANCE. \ Bfow a Wnitli; rw u jrlw ah CM Won an /?-*. iadlMCktot •» , ••■•. , On ^prominent eminence in the prai­ rie overlooking the town of -Tahleqiiah has -bepn a solitary grave’.for sixteen years- . -It contained, the remain* of Mary Downing, the wife of a full-blood Cherokee Chief, Lewis .Downing. At tho time of .her., death the -place was-her home, and it was hor dying, request that she should he buried op the summit of the bill. Since then the property baa passed into strange hands, and the grave has been in the midst of a corn field. The present owner, a gentleman from Georgia, hearing that she was a Chief’s wife, thought it was due her to rest in a ,more sacred place. So her remains were exhumed and taken to the Tahlequah cemetery. ‘Her maiden name was Mary Ayer. She was born in Bethlehem, Pa., was highly educated and accomplished and a woman qf wealth. She bad very romantic ideas and her infatuation for Indians was extreme. In 1S65 Chief Lewis Downing was sent to Washington on business for the Cnerokees.: Though a full-blood, he spoko .English quite well. While a t Washington ho had oc oaslbn ' to Visit Bethlehem, and •acci­ dentally met Miss Ayer, who fell des­ perately In love with him. The Chief lingered longer in Bethlehem than he bad ’intended, not ‘ being ‘able to tear himself away from the charms of ho fair a lady, and ere his de parturo had won her consent to bo his bride and share a place in his wigwam. I t was agreed- between the two that she would follow him to the Territory, and he married a t the capital. She required six months to dispose of her properfcy aiid convert her valuables Intocasb- Chief Downingtc turned to his nation, and with biin i t proved “out of slght out of mind,” The afdor of his love for Miss Ayor -Boon codled. and he wrotc her Withdrawing his engagement. She,:aftor reading his letter.remSrked that “it took two to make.a .contract and two to break it,” and so wrote him. Before this letter resohed the Chief ho .had married a dusky maiden of hia own tribe. -Miss''Ayer' having gotten every thing In readiness started for the Terri­ tory. According to contract she arrived a t Tahlequah,. and on hearing q t hi* tnarriage made np her mind to make her home among hi* people,) divoting her life to their advancement. Year* elapsed and the Chlefa wife died. Miss Ayer being still single, he renewed hi* oroken vowa and waa again acoepted. ■They were married and went to the home ahe had built; The .lif# ahe had long dreamed of Waa realised, bu t not long was she permitted to HUhis house with l'gh t and lo ts era death claimed hsr. Go. her dssthbsd she tdld ths Chief tha t on th i third avaalng after hsr burial ah* would return to him i t hsr horns. B a t hs, lnherltiag the an- peratition of fal* raos, closed the house after tb* funeral and ra turned to hi* homA about tiilrty mile* d istan t on Grand river. I t ia said timt on the third night nfter bar burial lights were seen mivittg from window to window, and the Indians firmly bslleva to this d ig that aha r*app*at*d,ontha t n igh t— Tahleqnah (L X ) Cor. S t LouU Globs- iM iBherat......... - ..... : —>Asmall boy living In Ventura, Cal., went oat into a vammt lot and stood up­ on hia head. This is aa natoral a poai tion for a small boy to assume as say other, h a t in thin iMtsnoe, nafortnnate* ly, the lad was not suffloieatiy oarefnl In ahoosing hie ground, for fas fa tting down hUhsad he placed it diractly fapcm the body of a large .gopher maakt th a t ohanoed to-be taking A ana bath jaat there. A small boy i* very heavy some­ times, and ''the snake was irritated. Quick se a desk i t elid ont from under the hogs head, and* turning, h it him directly upon the lower lip. The wound was painful, although no t a t all danger­ ous. ■" ' - ~Mra Wordsworth and' a lady were Walkingonoe inn woodwhen'the.stock- dote wasooolag. Afarmed* wifeOom* iag hy said, Xdo like atookdovest” 1 Ira WOrdiWorth**(say*jRaydon) in all fawrenthaetaem top Wordsworth’a bean* tifuiaddraseto tiie atockdovAtook, the old'Woman' to her heart,. ‘Bat,” con­ tinuedthe oldwoman, ‘Womnilke them inn " m M *y P*rt thme** nothing llfc»‘ametewedin owkmai”;_ ' « .A ftm the ieh6<d Oommeacement— Ttoyoa have: get two fdeeef* *^Ya*,- xwpa,” ‘What erethay fiert” “Wtii* TmSbVm friae firahartinff «h*teMjMag m m t j tm; a t me mewent whit tiuti TEMPERANCE NOTES. UQtMO GLORiFS UNCONCEALED Ihsve tested oltbsgrspe’srw s Jato* tkatpest* call divine ; BUt Dead-w* fr^it shall w eaeh at last the lias tbat thirst ier wins. , - I siqg. of better Vlnt»go--ilquld glories unooa e#»ieu4- . „ la a ]bg W .coJU spring water oa a summer Uarvest-fleld.; • An old stone Jag I'm singing ot, a cornoob atop- - per, too) Qf lulling lines ot supple grain whose roots ere; , dipped indew; And darkest gleam pi emerald among the - tasseted torn, And eunburhsd t»W*. smllia. when they hear , ms.dlaner hpra, When the ra’t’i ' ot molten sun-hakes heats on flower, tree and leaf, And you ty lat a goidenglrdleround each heavy- laden pheaf, ■ - Then, as you press along tbe slope, across the sandy clod* ’ Year lips grow parched with waiting tor the neotar of the gods, The; shorn, broad field is; lying like a yellow carpet spread,' And the mid-dsy nun Is streaming trom height* tar overhead; TVhlle the only sound or epho on the hill-side or the glades Is Jjhepassing of the reaper and thb rattle ot Its ' " blades. - - . , And aa on gallant steed appears abaro-foot country boy And hands you down bis burden there, what words can tell your Joy As you press it to youfejusty lips, tho common, old atone Jug, . And cool, clear watef rushes ont with “gurgle, ' gurgle, glugl”. AM then through nit your being steals a calm, 'delicious bliss I f o r sky and eflfth and sunshine seem com­ mingled in a kiss; And tbat.klsa ha* steeped yeiur senses os with some magician’s drug. As tho cooling eddies greet you. bubbling down­ ward from the Jug. And when you set It down at last,, reluctant, yet content, You realize what water Isla n d ’s greatest blessing sent; For, all (bat man can ever brow the victor's palm must yield To a draught of cold spring water in a summer harvest-field. —Ernest McGaffcy, in Judge. SPECIOUS ARGUMENTS. Xwo Question* ru t by ths Liquor Crowd Answered In the Right Wny. A correspondent a t Clpmont, I*-, writes us as follows: I am greatly Interested, tn the brave and noble stand .you have taken to "Pulverize the Kutfl Power;” but, as this Temperance move­ ment presses ontowards Its final triumph, new obstacles will be continually thrown in Its way. Hero are two questions which baru been pro­ pounded, and I would be pleased If you would discuss them through the Blnde’s'coiurtas. • 'They say! "How does it’ come, U strong drinks are so destructive, that the Germans,, who drink more beorand distilled liquors than any other Nation, arc tt|e healthiest people! In olden times, when people drank more beer and whisky (this was in Norway and Sweden), the Men were giants in strength, and the peo­ ple were stouter and hoathier than nowl" Wo infer that there ia a qoneral cir­ culation of tfae statement embodied In these questions throughout Iowa, Kan­ sas and Nebraska, as they have been tfiado to us before, It is hard to say whether those who circulate them be­ lieve them or no t Those to whom they are propounded should a t onco peso the questioner' by asking for the -proof, as to tho first questlonf, that the German* ate ‘‘the healthiest people"—< j state­ ment untrue in fact; and-regarding the second, by asking for tho prosf that the Scandinavians Of ancient times drsnk either whisky of beor similar to the beer of 'the present; for proof that the mass of that people were either stouter or heslthier than now; and that there ever was a giant in strength amon|; them. Yon will be* surprised to find th a t they can give no proof of any on* of these things. The reason is this: Thoy are not true In the specific sense in which they are asserted in these questloas. W eehallsage anyone to produce the proof of the truth of ike assertions In the questions submitted by our correspondent. Some general diseossion of feci* that a n often lost aight of by both the advo­ cates of Temperance and their oppo­ nents will be found nsefal In this eom- neotlon. First, with regard to the drinking habit* of tho people of Ger­ many, The Germans imbibe but com­ paratively very little of distilled liq­ uors; their drinks are beer and light •tinea They use them as we use tea and coffee—drinking them with their meal*, and not taking them on an empty atomach. They do not drink aa Americans do—swill down glass after glass within a few minute*. The drink­ ing la moderate oomparad with that to wkioh we ere secaatotaed In America. Aa to the Scandinavians (the people ef Norway and Sweden}, i t U absurd to quote the legendary stories of their heroes of a semi-historic period a* sober truths. The early history of all nations shows the idealisation that soema Inevitable In the process of hand­ ing down stories of the prowess and courage of anoeators. Such stories al­ ways increase in the telling, and nevar diminish. The doing* of a brave man are magnified in the course of genera­ tions until t u y beoomo impossible to a men of ordinary strength had statute; and then the enlargement goes oh by representing tit* hero a* mgiant in Siee and strength. Again, the Old Scan­ dinavians knew nothing of whisky Or any other distilled liquors. They drank srnde kind of beer, of whisk bu t two things ore eerteln: One, thnt i t moat havo been i horrid slop, And the other, tha t it oonid not, from its mode of men- ofaotnre, have oontained nearly a* great a per M n i ot eioohol as modem melt lienor*. TheC* __ feet mnstnevarW lest sighte t raeetimnti*«timTtiaeM:ti*tsbenring M-, Mmiliil* ilHfifc' Hi# climate of the country, the mode of life, thn occupations and surroundlngn of the people all hare an importsat bear- in f op tho effect of eleoholip lifaora *upoa them. The people of.,A w in try wltiv* cold, damp climate dike, that of tires* -Britain, goandieavin «n^ MgStik* ern Germany, can drjpfcwifchless harm­ fu l results, than cap the inhabitant* of a dry olimato (such as , ours) ^or of any hot country. . A* regards occupation, the backwoodsman, twliose life is passed in the open air, can drink for years a quantity of liquor that would k ill a city resident Bis example, ia no rule for the dyspeptic Cleric whose wkolC life,; practically, is spen t.in-doorsr %o day In store or office,, thn night ip b)s room r-wltb a lack of fresh *lr and actlve ex orciso. ■ The point 13 settled beyqnd debate that tbe use ot rum in any form is, soon­ er qr later, harmful tq the drinker; tbqt the harm in any liquor is in direct prp, portion to the quantity of alcohol con­ tained in it, and to the amount drank; and that the steady drinking of any al­ coholic drink is even worse than period­ ical drinking; that is, tbe man who puts alcohol Into his system every day by drinking beer, wines or any other form of rUm, does more harm to himself each yeat than tbe man who goes on period­ ical “sprees,” with intervals in which he drinks nothing. The testimony ot the highest medical authorities.of Europe and /America is unanimous on these points, and they may be justly consid­ ered as so thoroughly 'established that controversy over them is opt o f-th e question. ■ . • This being the fact, our correspond­ ent, and any one b I so to whom suck sil­ ly arguments are advanced, need not waste effort in controverting them. Out «dry, brilliant climate is against drink­ ing, An Englishman accustomed to drink on coming to this country finds that he must diminish tbe aize and fre­ quency of his potations or he will be drunk continually. This has beon fre­ quently shown in NewYork City among fast young Englishmen. Coming direct from London they are astonished to find that the same amount of rum.appears to produce a much greater effect on them. The difference is ono of climate. And because some people, living iir^ differ­ ent climate, or those whose life is spent out of doors, can drink wltlr apparent impunity, is no reason that all should drink, nor does it follow that they themselves would not be healthier, stronger and happier if they did not drink a t all. So ,far as America is con­ cerned, non-drinking is the only safe rule. Our friends in the West shout i not allow themselves to be deterred by' any sucb specious arguments as those quoted above from continuing the effort to pul­ verize the rum power.—Toledo (0.) Blade. _______________ MODERATE DRINKING. Acconulittlon o f Evhltnca A galast th e IJi* o f Alcoholic Liquor*. ’ According to a Gorman medicdl jour­ nal; Drs. Donnot and Marandon have boon studying the diseases of wine- tasters, and find that they frequently suffer from “disturbances similar to al­ coholism, although the claret-tasters do not swallow the wino. but on tbe contrary, reject it, and even rinse their mouths afterwards. In one case of Dr. Donnet's, a man thirty-two years old used to taste,* every day. thirty or forty samples ot wine, occasionally liquors and rum, without ever swallowing any part of them. After two years he be­ came very excitable, lost hia appetite, did not sleep well, and suffered with disturbances of sensibility, pain* In the breast, a feeling of weakness, difficulty in breathing, He improved after aban­ doning hia profession, although a nerv­ ous debility still remained, aa notice­ able by the facility with which hswaa set In tears. Anothar statement mad* by Dr. bonnet is that there are a great number of apoplexies la Bor­ deaux, where many persona drink oae sad a half litres of wise with each mesL This number exceed* the num­ ber of apoplexies la say city la the world. Dr- Marandon did not notion any symptom* of intexioatlon in Bar- gna iy tasters, although some of them weald swallow tbe temples. He remarks that tea-tasters always swallow sop* tee, and this, he says, explains the nervous symptoms they are affected with.” Wine-tasters mmt certainly be con­ sidered as moderate drinkers, although they swallow very little of tb* wine; sad heao* the study of 'the physical condition of wine-tasters evidently has a very, important bearing upon the question; of moderate drinking. The accumulation of evidence against the us* of alooholic liquors, either moder­ ately or immoderately, has become so great that it would seem that no ground whatever Is left tor these who still at-; tempt to maintain their use upon scien­ tific principles.—Good Health. THINGS WORTH KNOWING, Dn B. W. BicHAKDtoJf declare* th a t alcohol oautesa mortality mere enor­ mous than even consumption. Sin Mount, MACKKttatti attribute# th* reason why men more than women suf­ fer from sot* throats, to smoking. Tun most recent statistics of arrest* for drunkenness in Main* in any one year show but font arrest* to evary 1,000of the population. T oisto T* latest caused# is said to he against tobeoco and alcohol. I t Is stated tha t he hae m work nearly ready f o r the prase In whtoh he itcengly ia- «*%]» against gluttony end dratiked- ana*, amdshow* ia a titidm aw a e f DM; "Met of: neraetfet nod totoxtoatiaK - dftotkienth* human ayatoto. BIDDLE i it< XENIA* OHIO, - ^ p rgU ig oid picture* a..epaotiliy. Artietio Crayons* the near Opaltond Transparencies. F irst c law 1 'Mck guaranteed. 0 , C . H E N R I — fJONTBACTO^ .FOE— TIUrotaiitsialsM R o o F i n r G i SPO U T ING ,. / a n d g e n e b a l j o b w o r k Castings furnished •promptly for all kinds of Stoves.’ Offlco over Hook’s Dry Goods Store, Xenia, 0 . Agent forFurcka Furnace. O.D. PAINE, D.D.8. EUKIl REYNOLDS,D.D.S PAINE & REYNOLDS, DENTISTS! Xenia National Bank building, jeor. Main and Detroit Sts., Xenia, O. Vltnllxod Air and Nitrous Oxide Oas used for the, PAINLESS extrac­ tion ofteeth. CHARLES E. SMITH, THE BOSS BARBER Guarantees the best work in his line o f any barber in town. Give him a call. Basement o f Orr’s building. TANK HEATER. A great sav inq TO ALL CATTLE FEEDER*. Stockman who have n iail thls Uaator eejr tlioy tvoultl n ot do w ithout them o t any price. Sectional vlowbeloiv allows how th e ttnme m il ninoko la earned, nround nnder the button!, xivluH JCreatkeoUnx aurraec. Noaimrke lMV# tho heater, time firiiiE irUl ta etftwm a te7d ay e. A n y b e y e en operate. No proareatlvo farmer oanaObM ltobe w ithout one. Inveitlgata and yon w iu atzreiy b ay e a e . ............. " - 1 c « m p M i 2 o T f i 6 c r a i » i t 4 > s a a ecu* res emeetan oae reran O . P . BENJAMIN A BR& XdurAxxxTx, u n , i i Bttvj SM 9 s Sivfaf KadiM! taeceursmai M I M A # ■oKmidim. dmAMMug mohr ABA o bbb S^^ ib ^ m V^N m SSSC nnoTKJN Naam.v Asoustisa. 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