The Cedarville Herald, Volume 11, Numbers 22-52

The Cedarville Herald. W. S. BLAIR, PublUUsr. CEDARVILLE. t\ - : .011-10, T H E V A N D E R B IL T (CHILDREN. Educated According to tht Old Maxim ••Karly to Bed, Early to Blse." Although all the members of the Van­ derbilt family entertain on a magnifi­ cent scale, they never permit their children to remain up late at night, are extremely careful In their education, and, in a word, are fitting them for life as well as any mother or father could do. It is one of the rules In all the houses of the Vanderbilts that the chil­ dren shall go to bed early and rise early. The little boys and girls are up before seven o’clock in tbe morning. Their nurses immediately take charge of them, see that they are properly bathed and dressed, and then they go down to break­ fast, whioh Is served at 7:20 o’clock. It Is an unpretentious meal, withplentyof fresh milk, eggs, oatmeal^and a bit of steak or a chop that willactd—sxtopgth to the physique and color to their cheeks. After breakfast, there is an hour of study. Thorp is something for these little ones to do at all times dur­ ing the day. They go through their studied systematically and then about 0:30 are taken out for a walk. Theyaro allowed to romp in tho streets and in the parks to their hearts’ content At eleven o’clock they are brought home, and a light lunoheon of milk and bread Is served, after which there are more studies—either French, vGerman or drawing—and :then ’ another breath­ ing spell. It may be horseback-riding or a drive out through the park and along tho country roads. Back they all come about four o'clock and thore is an­ other hour of study, and then they are through for the day. They are allowed to do just as they please nntll tea time, when, after their meal, they spend a pleasant hour or so with tholr fathers and hnothers and others who may drop in to calL Promptly a t eight- o’clock they are all in bod to sleep soundly, and get np the next morning and go through the same programme 6o it is not strange that all the children of the Van­ derbilt family are tortbor in advanoe of their little friends In the matter of ed­ ucation.' For they study, stndy, study all tbe time They are all fond ofmusic and most of thorn ean play on the plane The girls are learning to play on tho harp, and the boys are famous among their friends as violinists and banjo players If you were to see those chil­ dren on the street you would not for a moment suspect that they were otbefe than children of parents in ordinacyclr- curnstancea They make no diapflay at elaborate dress. The eldest of ffgr- nollus Vanderbilt's daughters Is dressed plainly In little, pretty, cheap dresses without any braid or ornamentation. She wears Snug-fitting cloth jackets, and the little cap that alts gracefully on her head could be duplicated for a couple of dollars,—Ladles' Homo Jour­ nal. ' ____________ ■ R E TU R N O F MEMORY . Tho Strange C i n . o I a Lodjr Who Was One* a Resident of Boston. A lady who was formerly a resident of Boston relates a singular experience. "She wasTHo'widow dTa' lirazllianofllcor who had lost bis lifo in an expedition sent by tho Emperor to investigate a case of plaguo which threatened to be­ come epidemic hi a certain part of Brazil. On the death of hor husband, finding, that the Brazilian Government offored her no assistance, she decided that she could bettor support and odu* cato her son if sho returned to Boston, where sho had friends and was known. She accordingly returned to her native land, and became a teacher. Just as her son had boon put through college by the most strenuous efforts on bis mother's part, bis health failed, and the physicians ordered sea voyage. His mother;was in despair . » Just at this time, however, Dom Pedro was in Bos­ ton (in 1870)', and she was advised to apply to bitn for aid, as her husband bad lost bis life In tbe service of the Brazil­ ian State. Mrs. Louis Agassiz offered to speak in her bebalf to tbe Emperor, and a time was fixed for an interview. Tbe widow welcomed any chance of help for her boy, but predicted that nothing wonid come of tbo meeting. “The Emperor will surely spoak to me in Portuguese," she said, “to see if I am what I profess to be. Of course I spoke the language easily enough when 1 lived in Brazil, out for ten years I have not pronounced a word of it, and I ean not remember a syllable." t At the appointed time sho went to the hotel and found the Emperor with several ladies and gentlemen. Tbo conversation Was at first in French, and she did very well; but suddenly and without warning, Horn Pedro turned to her and addressed a question to her In Portuguese. For an instant she looked a t him in silent dismay, utterly unable to say a word. Then with a desperate feeling th a t perhaps her son’s lifo hung on hor words, she opened her lips almost me­ chanically. and 10 her surprise quite as greatly to her relief, she found herself speaking Portuguese with as much fluency as If It wore hor native tongue. In the twinkling of aft eye it had all , returned to her, and it is pleasant to be ’ ab!e to record that the Emperor soon after aenthcr word that a passage had n l iken for her and her son on a sieaifi'ihlp running between Now York find South America, all expenses Icing paid. —Youth's Companion, How tbs Great Go*** Telegraph I4n*«Are Made and P ro tected . According to the latest report of the International Bureau of Telegraph Ad­ ministration the submarine telegraph system of tho world consists of 12Q.070 nautical miles of cable, Government administrations own 12,524 miles, while 107,548 aro tho property of private com­ panies. The total cost of these cables is in tho neighborhood of 8200,000,000. The largest owner of submarine cables Is the Eastern Telegraph Company, whoso system covers the ground from England to India, and comprUeB 21,800 miles of cable. The Eastern exten­ sion, which exploits the far East, has 12,058 miles more. Early in last year the system of West African cables, which started from Cadiz only six years ago, was oomplotod to Capo Town, so that tho Dark Conti­ nent is now completely encircled by submarine telegraph, touching, at nu­ merous points along tho coast More than 17,000 miles of cable have been re­ quired to do this, and several compa­ nies, with more or less, aid from tho British. French, Spanish and Portu­ guese Governments, -have participated in carrying out the work. The North Atlantic is spanned by no I obs than cloven cables, all laid since 1870, though I think not all are working at tho present time; five companies are engaged* in forwarding telegrams be­ tween North America and Europe, and the total length of tbo cables owned by tbem, including coast connections, is over 30,000 nautical miles.. . Lot. us first see what a submarlno cable Is, and how it is made. To do -this a visit must be mado to tbo enor­ mous factory on .he hanks of the Thames, a few miles below London. Hero the birth of tho cablo may be traced through shop aftor shop, machine after machine. The foundation of all la tho conductor, a strand of seven fine copper wires. This, slender copper cord is first hauled through a mass of sticky, .blaok compound, which causes the thin coat­ ing of gutta-poroha applied by tbe next machine to adhere to It perfectly; and prevents the retention of any bubbles of air in tho interstices between tho strands, or betw.eon the conductor and tho gutta-percha envelope. One.envelope is not sufficient, how­ ever, but the full thickness of insulat­ ing material has to bo obtained by four more alternate coatings of sticky com­ pound and plastic gutta-percha. Tho conductor is now insulated, and has developed into “core." Before going any further tho core is coiled into tanks filled with water, and tested in order to ascertain whether it is electrically por- foct, i. e., that there is no under leak­ age of Oiectricity through tho gutta- poroha insulating envelope. Tho testa aro,.made from. tho testing- room, roploto with beautiful and olab- orato apparatus, by which measurements finer and moro accurate than thoso oven of -tho most delicate chemical bal­ ance may bo made. Every foot of core Is tested with these, instruments, both bofore and after being mado up into cable, and careful records'aro preserved of tho results. After tho core has boon nil tested and passed, the manufacture of tho cablo goos oa Tho core travols through an­ other sot of machines, which first wrap it with a thick serving of tarred jute, an<l_then with ja_„comp_act„armQringL_jul iron or stool wires, of varying thickness according to tho depth of wator in whioh tho cablo is intended to bo laid. Abovo tho armoring, in order to preservo tbo iron frotp rust as long as possible, is applied a covering of stout canvas tape thoroughly impregnated with a pitch­ like compound, and sometimes tho iron wires Composing (ho armor aro separ­ ately covered with Russian hemp ss an additional precaution against corrosion. —Scrlbnor's Magazine. T H E CR U C IF IX IO N NAILS. T hey A re Said to Be B art o f a Very Ancient Lombard crow n. One of the most curious relics pre­ served In tho Ashmolcan Museum, at Oxford, England, Is a crown having a framework said to have been made of tho nails that wore driven through the hands and feet of Jesus at Calvary. The crown ltsolf is embossed with joweir and gold, exhibiting a closo re- somblanco to tho enamelled work of the present day, notwithstanding the fact that its history can bo traced hack to the time of the coronation of Agilufus, King of Normandy, in tho year 501, As noted in tho foregoing, the portion of the crown which is of greatest tradi­ tional interest is tho framework of iron, about % of an inch broad and 1-10 of an inch in thickness, attached to tho Inner oircumforence of the jeweled super­ structure. This Iron band was made from the identical nails, according to legendary report, used at tho Crucifix­ ion; given by the Empress Helena— who, history says, was the discoverer of the cross—to tier sou, Constantine the Great, as a miraculous protection from the dangers of the battlo-fleld. The priest who exhibits tho crown to curious visitors points out, as a perman­ ent miracle, the fact that there is not a single speck of rust Upon tho iron, al­ though it has now boon exposed to tho dampness of the atmosphere for moro than fifteen centuries. The crown was originally mado for Agilulfus, King of the Lombards, under the supervision of Thondolinde, his wife, who had fallen heir to the sacred nails.—S i Louis Republican. —Tho digestion of an ostrich and the appetite of an American small hoy are two things that have never been dis- tonragod.- -Rum's Horn. ASingle Mane* May Be Spread Over On* H und red S quare Feet- Pure gold is so soft that i t would soon be worn away by use apd It Is always alloyed with a varying proportion, of copper or silver,' usually about one- tenth. Pure gold is said to be 24carats. Thus, 18-cdrat gold contains 18 parts of tho pure metal in 24, or, is three-quar­ ters pure. Many cheap alloys of base metals can be made which very strongly resemble gold in color and luster; but, in tho absence of a complete, chemical test, the high speciflo gravity of gold (19,3) is the best test of its purity, though this has been ingeniously imi­ tated by covering the heavy but cheaper metal, platinum, with a layer of gold* Iron pyrites and other yellowish miner­ als “are constantly being mistaken for gold, by inoxperienced persons, much to thoir disappointment, but a very sim­ ple test will show whether a doubtful specimen is really the true metal. Gold Is very sectile —that is, it can be cut and shaved with a knife, like a piece of wood or horn;’while pyrites and other worthless minerals will crumble under the knife-blade like a lump of sugar. If any reader of this article ever finds a yellowish mineral which can bo out without crumbling, It is worth a more thorough test; otherwise he may sb well save himself unnecessary trouble and disappointment Very fow chemicals have any effect on gold. Selenio add will dissolve it, but few chemists have ever Been this very rare substance. A mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids (aqua regia) will also dissolve it, form­ ing a chloride of gold; and so will a solu-. ti'on of.chlorino gas in water. In both these liquids a peculiarly active form of chlorine, known as nascent chlorine, is’ present which probably, unites directly witta tho motaL Gold, like all tho noble inotals, is unchanged by heating in the air. Its oxides can be obtained by chemical reactions, but they are very unstable, and easily reduced back to tho metal. Tho chloride above referred 'to is the only salt of any practical im­ portance. and is used to produce the beautiful Purple of Cassius, a compound of tin and gold of uncertain composi­ tion, but' yielding a magnificent ruby color whon molted into glass. A hun­ dredth of a grain of gold will deeply color a cubic inch of glass. Tbe most extensive use of the ohloride Is, how: evor, in photography, whore it is used to “ tono’’ or color prints on silvered pa­ per. This darkening of the prints is due to tho decomposition of tho salt and tho deposition in tho picture of finoly-dividod metallic gold, which not only gives it the desired color, but ren­ ders the imago very permanent. By beating out botwoon pieces of mem- brano, gold may bo formed into loavos of such thinness that 282,000 of them will, only make a pile ono inch in height. A~single ounce of gold may tuus be spread over one hundred square foot In „tho manufacture of gold thread' for embroidery, a.cylinder of silver-is covered with gold and after­ wards drawn out into wire. In this way slxouncos of gold havo boon made to yield over two hundred mllos of gilt wire. Even at this oxtromo tenuity tho coating is perfect, and does not rust or tarnish. —Popular Science Nows. CAN G O LD B E MADE? T he Alchemist* T ho u g h t So, e n d 8<$ Do —, ----- ManrJModerauCheinllijih^ “With tho gods and tho chemists all things aro possible.” said 'tho illustri­ ous chemist Ilofman. Nor does the statomont soom much overdrawn whon ono considers tho stupendous results obtained during tho last qnartor of a century by ohemical investigators. The extraordinary researches of Newlands Mongolejeff and Meyer havo shown that tho atomic weights of the chemical elements of which all matter is com­ posed occupy definite and unchangea­ ble positions in a geometric figure, and that tho properties of matter may be considered as mathematical functions of ntimbors. Theso discoveries threw open for investigation a territory that contains treasures boyond the power of tho imagination to describe. Weisbach, following these investigat­ ors, split up tho metal didymium into two other elements, proving—what had long boon suspected by chomlsts—that Some of the heavy metals conld be re­ solved into simpler elements had we the requisite force wherewith to break thorn up; and, as the conclusive demon­ stration of hit discovery, he then re­ united the no <r elements—pbraesody- mtum and nomodyminm—and gave us back tho compound substance—didy­ mium. Crookes published a series oi brilliant experiments on the motal yttrium, similarly breaking up this ele­ ment into a number of substances, which ho reunited again to produce the original yttrium. Last comes Green- wald, who infers from spectroscopic in­ vestigations that all our elements can bo reduced to but two primal forms of matter. Now that this field has boon opened to investigation there can be no limit assigned- to the discoveries that may follow. The forces a t our control arc growing daily moro powerful and more managCablo. Victor Meyer has been able to beat iodine until it exists in it* atomic condition, What tho next con­ dition will bo no one can telL—North American Review. Billed For a Compliment end (tot it. Alice (looking a t her portrait)—Don’t you think that Van Iirnah has managed to make rather a pretty picture of mot Edith—Yds, he really has—what a re* msrkably clever artist he Isl— Munscy’i Weekly. -—The number of different languages spoken in Europe is 687- . —-Mia» Louise Lawson, of New York, husbeen selected to mako the statue of tho late 8. 8. Cox. v . —Charles Gibson, of St, Louis, upon whom Emperor William bestowed ‘the Order of the Crown, has gone to Berlin to expres, in person his appreciation of the honor. ■^jAbird fanoier of Washington, who hasi twenty parrots, says that tho Mexi­ can double-heads are the best talkers, while the African grays make the best mimics and whistlers. > —The new hotels in Now York are criticised for their gaudy coloring and Slipshod gilding, 'There is said to he w rage for gew-gaws, scrolls, cuplds, lolphins, bats, storks and an army of uncanny and unnamable things, all done up'in plnstor and smeared with tho colors of the rainbow, —Jacob Sharp is said to have taken a. fancy to Lovejoy, tho porter of the Fifth .Avenue Hotel, and helped him to buy street-railway stock, whon it was very cheap, and the rise in the value of the stock has mado Lovojoy a rich man; Tho old hoad-portor of the Grand Paoiflo Hotel, Chicago, is said to be worth two hundred and fifty thousand do!10s, made in most part from points given him by prominent business men. i —A man professionally “funny” In -print is often a cause of perplexity to his family from his habit of picking up “unconsldored trifles” and weaving them into a iparlcotable web. One such person, whoso notebook is never at hand, was heard! repeating to himself the chance remark of a clever child. “Well,” said his wife, “what can you mako out of that?” “ Oh," was tho lit­ eral reply, “aboutS3.”—Christian Union. . —A Washington paper remarks: “Al­ len Weir, the former editor of tho Port Townsend. Argus, is a sort of Muldoon in the now State of Washing- He is Secretary of State, insurance com­ missioner, member of the State land' commission, member of commission to solect indemnity school lands, member of tho commission to select a site for a normal school, sealor of weights .and measures, member,of tho State board of equalization of the value of tide lands, has to audit the State printing bill, has supervision ovor the capitol building grounds and is required to furnish sup­ plies to the State officers and library.” —A vegetarian of Now York has be­ come a flesh eater since he discovered a scientific law th&t.he bad not previous­ ly boon awaro of. He changed his mind upon tho diet question, and got con­ vinced. that moats wore among the proper edibles for mankind after, he had boon assured by a profossor of chemistry that hoof, mutton and pork wPre mere­ ly “transformed grass, vegetables and grain.” Aftor pondering upon this in­ teresting law of chomioal transforma­ tion ho caino to tho conclusion that vegetarianism is a. doctrine of narrow soope, and ,he adopted a new dietotlo policy, undor which ho now enjoys tondorloln steaks, lamp chops and fried bacon, no! to spoak of stowod kldnoys, pigs' foot and Me dc veau. ••A L iT T L in N O N S E N S E ." —"Thero, John, that is an ox. Tho shoos on your foot are mado from the hide of an animal lilco th a t” “I don’t soo how th a t can to. My shoos are black. Ho's a russet leather ox.”— Harper’s Bazar. —Coals of Fire. —Grocer — “What’s that about tho dozon oggs you bought this morning?" Brown—“They wore all bad except ono, and I' vo called to see how much extra I owo you for tho good ono.”—N. Y. Sun. —Fuddidud—“O, you may talk about Niggleston not being in his right mind, but 1 know bettor. I’ve talked with him two or three times lately.” Smart —'Yes; but I havo seen him since yoft talked with him.”—Boston Transcript —Sho (at 11:30)—“Itis very late. What if papa should wako up?" He—“Ob, ho won’t mind. Ho's «t>een here him­ self,” She (anxiously)—“And I ’m afraid he’ll be here pretty soon again. I think I hear him now.”—Yankee Blade. —A lovo letter written by some great man 400 years ago was recently sold in England for $750, A love letter recent* ly road in court in a divorce case' was worth $5,000—to tho “fair plaintiff.” And its writer is still living, and com­ paratively unknown, toot—Norristown Ilerald, —Sweet Confidence.—Mrs, Young— “I’matraldmyhusbandisklllinghimself with overwork.” Mrs. Odds—“How is that?” Mrs. Young—“Why, when we were first married he always got home from the office a t five, and now he’s often kept until tonl"—Munsetr’s Weekly. —“Do you know,” sho said, “that clock reminds mo of you every time I look a t I t I>o you notice any thing pe­ culiar about It?” “Why, no; I really eai ’t say that I do,” he replied, as he drew nearer, “except th a t i t doesn’t go.” Then ho got red in tho face, and in a few moments vanished.—Washing­ ton Post. ' —For Sale.—A now and most useful invention. Agehts wanted ift every part of Germany, Light blankets with large labels for pigs cows aftd horses, to pro­ tect theso animals while feeding from the Seal of the short-sighted and zealous amateur sportsman. Easy terms to : farmers with largo stocks Nahies printed distinctly in red, blue or black, on a white ground, fast colors, and can b* read from a long distance,—Flldgend# Stattor. When you were reading the large pros­ pectus of Tn» Y octu ’ s C ompasiok , pub. Uslied last weolLin our columns, did yon stop to consider what a wealth of talent wm engaged in producing this remarkable pa- perl Its success la phenomenal, and it is read in 450,00QfanffUea because it is thebosl of its kind, Now ia the time to Bund your subscription. $1.75 aer-t at once wifi secure you the re st of this year free, indud, lng all the Holiday Numbers. Tun Yovis'i C ompanion , Boston. F anolb —"The brunette over yonder Is a Boston bred girl*” ‘Cumio—<"OU| I teal Brown bred, too.”—Yenowiue's Nows. . - - ------------ .....- .>•* N kablt every article sold is cheapened, la cost of production, a t expense of quality, Dobbins’ BieetricBoap is exacllu to-daywhat it was in 1665, absolute ly pure, harmless and uniform. Ask your grocer for It. Lookout for Imitations, ______ T he poet 1 b an idyl fellow, and that's probably why the public Stanza verse to b*. lng ode by hiioa.—Binghamton Ledger. Do sox suffer from sick headacheamoment longer. It Unot necessary. Carter’s Little Liver Pills will cure you. Dose, one littls pilL Small price. Small doBC. Small pilL “T his boat smells dreadfully of onions.” "Yes. madam,” said the captain, “she is a very leeky c ra ft’’—N. Y. Ledger. C heck Colds and Bronchitis with Hals's Honoy of iHorehound and Tar. Pike's Toothache Drops cure in one minute. A Tooifo lady of our acquaintance who is very fond of a minister says -her love is for reverend ever.—Binghamton Leader. T he best cough medicine is Fiso’s Cure for Consumption; Sold everywhere 25c. T he tramp who works has no profes­ sional pride.—Ram’s Horn. ‘ MUSICAL There Beams to be little going on In musical circles of late, but then is much talk, among musical people^ of the marvelous cure of Mies B — the high contralto *singer, who ha* long suffered from a severe throat or bronchial affection, superinduced ■h in the T " perfectly use of Dr. page’s Catarrh Remedy, upc by Catarr Head, and who has been cured by the coupled with the use of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. For all bronchial, throat and lung affec­ tions, and lingering, coughs, it is an anequaled remedy. When compli­ cated with Chronic ftasal Catarrh, its nao should be coupled with the use of Dr. Rage’s Catarrh Remedy. Of all druggists. 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