The Cedarville Herald, Volume 11, Numbers 22-52

’ 1.1 . .1 I ' I [gKYK'WZRSGHug, r fr-Ffcink itt T on tia* « d g c 8 J ^ £ eopIeare * » I 6 s t a an d sis- tmpHon, troub led and h e ‘enough 1 a t W hen- tak en a . sschee’s h ita m who i g trou- « m ost leused . n l “ i 3e*m an' sesume,. n t per- -*e with ‘ i sy rup ____ Q> s T mts T CO.»s If w «n«* m l r I* ittiii ««»«or tlTOWfOCt far ntoti (on*«m( oriihlnr. («URKD, ‘ lanUioc wlih. o . y. JtUcJ w.kwt NHL * a ia . S k f ’ T. Sr.00" r a t . — &>°£ -if- y • for odoof ««iSi pofifc* fttor( jBflT Ur*•04 ir Wl» f*B»ton mind the WidowMsrtin’a quiltin' f [ Her daughter SuewM » illghty thing; ' x\m »» laughin' an’ flirtin' an’jiltin’. An'treatin' this’n an’ t'othefarlnf, mu ’ s dead this twenty year, pool wester. Shehaasoft blue eyes an' a head o' curls. Stems like the maids an’ the flowers were c sweeter ............... : wfen wo wpte girls,5 •.* \ ■ «0ow it ssoeed thgtj Cay, thongh ’twas just Novemherl ' .-.jJ. , ,*t ) i •i j Wasthe quilt %bg OaBln,’ or ‘IrlBb Chain?1 . i haVe forgot. "But I well remember Thewidow’s nephew from dpwn In Maine. Whenwe shook the cat, he set her yellin', An’bounced her out In about three whirls. The; hadmany ways o’ fortune-tollin' When wewere girls. opou’tjon remember the spellin' battle—. 'Twas summer,then, and the^wepther flne-« IVhenPolly Jehka spelt 'c a t-Vcattle,* An’Temp'ranoe Trimblo ?v-i-*n,%lner « But what did It matter,'word «wletter? Tbqy had cheeks like TOses,' teeth like pearls. — % Hen were the same^no worse, no better— When wewere girls. ’"Twas the master himself that Polly married. . Why, Jane, what alls ye? What makes ye sigh? You could not wed while the grandsIre tarried; • . So youth, on’ roses an’love went by.' They tell me Polly is fine an'haughty . In boughten rosea an' boughten pearls, . au ’the master, just the same that taught ye Whenwe were’glHsl' " *■i» 'A ”Oh, the wintertime,* full o’ rides.and'dhnees i Tho summer days when we sang ah’ spun; The mcotin’-house, an' the stolen glances AcrOfesthe aislo when the prayer was done1 . Fifty years since we two were twenty; But It all comes back as the amoke up- ;■ cutts—1■■1 *“• ■■ *'** • 1 The joy an'hope, an’ love, an'plenty When wc were girls." . —Harps?’*Bazar.- THE HUMAN TARGET. mnd took hla position With his back flfflinht the target, P a t made ready to ahovy how very close he could fix the kfljm Without injuring’ th e man, but i;ju*t an the knife le ft P a t’s hand hi* as- fli*tantjumped away from th e target, and nothing could induce him to return. “Then the advertisement Was pub­ lished, and several weeks passed with­ out any thing being heard from it. One day while we were in Western Illinois it w as answered |n person by one of the oddest-looking jnep I e re r saw—a tall; pale, sunken-cheeked, bright-eyed, nervous man, who said th a t his name was Juan, He a t once accepted the of­ fe r of our manager, and appeared anx­ ious to begin to play the p a rt of a human target. . - • ,- 3 “I was present a t the first tria l, a n d l never saw a pura look so happy as Juan did when he stood before the target and faced Pat, who had his hands fu ll of the, m ur^rous-l^qking knives. Wh’eh the firs ts te d blade went whizzing through the a ir Juan smiled slightly, bu t other­ wise did not move a muscle. The blade struck ju st over his head, and carried some ©this h a ir w ith i t into the board: Then came two more knives, one strik­ ing on each side of his neck,,so close th a t ligh t eonld not be seen betweenhim and the steel. Knife after knife P at An Old Showman's Q to ry ;o r Mon o f Nerve. ’■ 'J ..'fig* 51 .L I K E to ex­ amine { the old ' fib o w 'in' an*s scrap-book, fo r it c o n ta i n s . many curious clippings., Here' is one of them: “Wauted—Amau , of nerve,*® stand ;*» a tariprt for an e x p e r t knlfe- -thrower. Robin­ son’s Olrout." When J asked __ my old friend, why he. itad preserved the advertise- : ment, he to ld the story which I am' ' about to repeat. “P a t Lfincy svaa. a jolly Irishman, - employed by-the flrat-circnsJthftt, I_ be- ntonged to, and his business was to su- vperintend the erection and removal of the seats. But P a t was ambitious to becomea fcerformer, and.several times went into train ing , but Succeeded 1 only in making hia companions laugh a t his repeated failures. He began tooalate in life to tra in bis muscles for the ac- complishment. of^ difficult feats, and, th o u g h ts triadtum bling, riding, leap­ ing, turning," mid almost every thing th a t he eonld th ink of, the result was only lameness, which occasionally kept him idle for a few days.’ A fter many disappointments P a t had a bright idea, and, providing himself with a dozen dagger-like knives, he busied himself in throw ing them a t a wooden targ e t about tw enty feet distant, He had discovered hla talent a t lost, for the success th a t followed his practice was really remarkable, and as­ tonished even himself. A fter he was able to pjaeAjh e knives in hk- woods* target a t about the points he desired to hit, be drew the fo m of a man on it, S i *oUoW 'tu i M ’m bristifeg knlvea. Then a difflonlty ap­ peared, fo r f it! knew thatfcis perform­ ance would be o f m to tsrastualS ss be h a d a ftto g madt to « M herfore fbo target ms* rtm the risk of being pUed, and he eonld dad am 0 ** ha the troupe willing to pley tho y e ti p n o d « y ,n fi« w i n s id e m b ls o m a ^ - o f *•» host- THB SVPKRUfTem>BSrT OF THE ASYLUM ENTERED. threw until Juan was literally fenced in ’w ith them and could ho t move until th ey were withdrawn. “Then P a t Laney became Palancl, the great Boman knife-thrower, and was billed to appear for the first time in America a t Peoria. He did appear, proud and delighted, but no more so than Jnan, who stood looking him in the face as each shining blade glittered in tha ahv'aUd entered the board Within O halr's-breadth of the human mark. Though the audience .was perceptibly affected as each, knife was making its journey, Juan . never winced. This would'have been remarkable in any one, b u t wafl .particularly '«sb in a man who appeared nervous a t all other times. The knife-throwing act was a novelty .then, and proved to be agood card for the show, P a t continued to improve in skill, and Juan was always perfectly willing th a t he should attempt any new feat, no m atter how dangerous It might he. In fact, the more dangerous the fat ***** Stsnr* Arm* wntifc and took delight hi seeinghow near ha could eow« to tbs human outline with- out touching H. fV* * r m l monthshe asylum entered kept yp *bf practiea, and a t length " T hat is the man/ told the doctor, was always anxious for a performance, and the only time th a t he ever looked was when one had closed, “After th e kuife-throwlng act had been going on for a couple of weeks, and we had crossed the river into Iowa, Jnan came to me and said: ‘Do yon know thatJPat will k ill me some day?* “ I hsrdijtknew what to answer, for I had been fearing th a t a terrible acci­ dent might happen; y e ti did not want to frighten Jnjm. S o l evaded a direct answ cf'by saying: ‘As P a t has not harmed yon yet, and seems so sure of his aim, there may be no great danger.* “ ‘Will you take my place the day th a t we perform In Mount Pleasant?* he asked. “ *1haye my own work,* I answered, 'and would rather not interfere w ith tiie parts of other performers.* “He gave me a queer look, as he said: ■'Now yon have answered a y first ques­ tion.’ . „ “That was the only time th a t Juan ever spoke to me on the Subject, and I then feared th a t he would no t perform again; b u t he did, and twice each day was ready and spsren tly anxious to play his part. Yet 1 noticed a great change in him, and aa extrema restless­ ness th a t le ft him only when he was in the ring and P a t was planting the knives around him. “When we reached the little city of Mount Pleaeant Jnan Was quite sick sad did not leave the tent, and w« feared th a t he would not be able to per­ form In the afternoon. In the morning a few of ns took a walk about the town, and also visited the insane asylum, where the physician in charge kindly received ns and showed us through the institution. In the afternoon Juan was out of bed aud rendy for h is perform* ance, looking pleased, as he always did a t such times, and impatient to begin. AfUr the performance he entered the dressing ten t where t was sitting, and prepared to change hia clothing. In a few m inutes the superintendent of the pointing a t Ju a n “Juan appeared to recognise him, and asked: 'Must l go with you?* **'Yea,' answered th e doctor, and turning to our manager, he continued: T tte ****?>«« ease, fo r th n tiu an yo* oalt Jd aa k Intelligent and harmless, •nd has been confined only <maccount 6# his belief tha t when he dies hs will ■ * » • » • < * » “ a w e aides himself k ills him with a, knife, and he la continually beseeching his friends to stab him to the heart. About two months ago he escaped from the asylum, and we could learn nothing of him, un til .1saw b io tin the circus ring a few minutes.ago, making a target of himself in the evident hope th a t one of the kniveB would k ill him.’ “Jnan went back to the asylum, where he died a natural death soon af­ terward."—-H. C ,. Fulton, in Chicago ■PsjfljKjy***,,? - t , : ■■.■ ■ . ! THE HINDOO DEITIES. A Le*entl of tbs Groat laaags and Car of ' J ? n * n u t, •The-city of Juggernaut has about fifty thousand Inhabitants, but as there is a religious festival held there once every month the population constantly w ithin its borders falls bu t little short of one hundred and'fifty thousand,. On bqth aides of the principal street are almost unbroken Hues, of Hindoo tem­ ples, all of which are overshadowed by the great Temple o f Juggernaut, which stands a t the southern extrem ity of the main street: Tho “great temple" rises to a height of nearly three hundred feet, and is surmounted.by a bronze-covered dome, the point of which reaches one hundred and Bixty feet higher. The walli which surround* th is gigantic pagoda is a square With sides six hun­ dred and fifty feet in length; is eight­ een feet thick a t the bottom and nearly forty feet high. Besides the groat pagoda in honor of Juggernaut, the in- closure contains temples and idols dedicated to dozens of other Hindoo deities, ■’ All of the idols, says the St. Louis Bepublic, are monstrous in design and frightful in appearance. Tlmt to Kxishnd (another name for Juggernaut) is painted blue, and has a face hideous in the extreme, According to Hindoo legend Krishna wps killed by a hunter. His bones were found under a tree, and brought before King Indradyumna, who .was directed by one of the gods to form an image o f Jaganath (perhaps Jugger­ naut; see John W. Wright's “Idol Worshipers of India," page 335), and place Krishna's bones inside. ViB- vakarma, a divine architect and sculptor, undertook to make the image, hut, beiiig hurried by the King; left oft in anger. So Jagsnath was left with­ out hands o r feet.. In compensation Brahma gave the image eyes.and a son!. I t may be seen by th is legend th a t it was originally on account of the saintly bones w ithin i t that the. image was venerated, Besides Krishna, or Juggernaut, two others of the idols are provided with immense cam o r chariots. .The car of Juggernaut is thought to be the largest wheeled vehicle th a t has yet been made in the world. I t is thirty-four and a* half feet square a t the base and forty- three and a-balf feet in height, mounted on sixteen wheels,- each six and a-half fe e t'in diameter. Once each year, a t the great annual M*#ch festival, Jug ­ gernaut, mounted on the apex of hia stately car, is taken to a house about 'one and a-half miles in the country, where a female image la supposed to he waiting to become hia bride. ’The re­ moval of the chariot from the shrine to better Juan appeared to enjoy it. H x country house being a proceeding holy in the extreme, no animals are used for drawing the chariot, men, women and children only being per­ m itted to perforin such righteous serv­ ices. On th is occasion either five or seven ropes are attached -to the fron t of the car, the middle one having been twisted from hair cut from the heads of female devotees. I t was a long-cherished be­ lief in Christian countries th a t many pilgrims sacrificed themselves upon these gala days by failing prone before the oar and allowing the ponderous wheels to pass over their bodies. I t is probable th at - the accounts of these self-sacrifices have been too highly col­ ored, and th at the great loss of life nppn such occasions, when thousands of frantic devotees are. Congregated to­ gether, comes more from accident than from a desire to sta rt for Heaven from directly underneath the wheels of tho holy car, __________' THE ROAD RUNNER. A a ir Bird That Lares Battlers le Their Heath. Biding in California one day, says Judge J . C. Normile, my companion called attention to a bird in the road ahead of me. I t was something like a prairie chicken, but much more slender and graceful in build. I t was not using its Wings, b u t it moved very rapidly, and we had to keep the horse in a pretty good trot, to keep np with it. My friend told me it was a “road run­ ner," a bird th a t was noted there for its pedestrian accomplishments, and a( pe­ culiar hab it they have is to walk al­ ways itt the center of the road. When one of these birds meets a ra t­ tlesnake It behaves in such a coy man­ ner th a t i t leads the snake to think it will become the victim of its chum , and, While it la keeping the snake in doubt aa to its intentions, it run* about in th e cactus and picks oft tb s thorns With its b ill, dropping them toasteu le around tin snake until I t h a a it com­ pletely surrounded by oactas thorns, when it files to sonte elevation and Site there to watch the snake stiok himsslf to death on tim thorns, try ing to get out of th e ring.—f i t Louis Olobe-Dsmo- ontt. . ............................................................... I ... Xa th* Surrogate's tMM«« ' Clerk—Is the widow of the testato r still living? Mr. O’Reilly-—flare no, ys* Ha*tter. TEMPERANCE NOTES. A NATIONAL WASTE. TheKnortnutu Amount Bald Oat fo r Drink In O m Year; The liquor traffic o f the United.States reaches a stupendous to tal annually. It was estimated a t 9900,000,000per year in 1888, and the annual increase of dales a t 976.000.000. That would bring the .sum to tal up to about 91,500,000,000 per year a t present. This is a tax upon the pop­ ple—a tax paid voluntarily by those out of whose pockets it directly comes, but nevertheless a tax, and worse; for the payment Is for no useful purpose, nor does tho payer get any thing of value in return for his money. Quite the reverse,’ tnfact.- Thla total, alarming a* it is, ia not all. The indirect losses resulting from the liquor traffic, Such as the loss of pro­ ductive industry, the expense of maim Gaining the pauperism and o f suppress­ ing the crime and violations of order caused by it, certainly will make up a to tal equal to th a t expended annually for drink. This is a tax also; but it is not a voluntary one in th is case. I t is ' a tax th is time on the sober, and indus- ’ trious tax-payers, thoto who own taxa- }ble property. The cost of the support i,of poor-houses, insane asylums, police ! forces, courts and prisons forms no in- j considerable part of the burden of taxa­ tio n —and the drink, traffic ia the cause . of the greater part of their cost j I t is interesting, to compare the drink h ill of the Nation w ith the entire an- nual revenue of the United States from I farm products, our industries of a me­ chanical nature, from mining, railroads, and so on, Which ia estimated a t 912,- 000,000,000 per year. The Nation wastes this tremendous to tal in drink every eight years; and if we count the indirect cost of tho traffic aa equal to the to tal direct sales of rum in a ll its forms, the Nation pays out, because of the traffic, . the twelve billion dollars in four years. { This is a record which demands con- ■aideration a t the hands of the American people. The politics of the Nation a t the.present time is pivoted on the tariff | question, and the attti-tarifl men are dc- daring that the Nation groans under an unsupportable burden because of the duties paid on imported goods. Now, the totkl of duties collected on all im­ ported articles per year Is only about 9390.000.000. , If this is a “burden," what shall be said of the National drink bill, nearly ttxen tiraesjw great perycar? II -it not seven times more imperative to redeem the people of the Nation from the payment of th is enormous and un­ necessary burden? The whole anti-tarift sentimentof the country baa been croated—how? By steady, persistent agitation, the pres­ entation of arguments designed to help th atsid e o f the .case. Here-is a lesson for every man who realizes the terrific burden of the rum jtraffic, and desires to remove it from the people. The “cam­ paign of education" must be begun. Every pulpit in the land must educate the people in the evils of the drink traffic, and the physical and moral deg­ radation that follows indulgence in the drink habit. Every school-room must be a center for the instruction of the rising generation in these things. Every Temperance advocate must bo imbued with the same spirit th at filled the apostles of old, and must use his best endeavors for the enlightenment of his neighbors and friends. And this work must proceed upon two parallel lines—the one being th a t of pledging men to to tal abstinence per­ sonally; the other, warfare against the saloon and all it represents. Education of the people ia the work sow most needed. Every Temperance man has around him, in his own local­ ity, an ample field for personal work; •very m inister has a field which I* White to the harvest; and Temperance societies and organizations must push the work in the dark spots of our-land —the cities. They are to-day tha strongholds of the rum power, and it Is there the hottest battle of the cam* psign must be fought We must edu­ cate, tducalt, educate , un til the masses see the evils of the ram traffic.—Toledo Blade. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BEER-DRINKING STUDENTS. bins boorlong be thought it wepid be ctfwt Europe would adopt prohibition. Be Mid, never, EuropeIs drifting steadily Inthe oppo­ site direction. AlooholUm it getting worse everyyear. He said that the eoayiotloa bad beenforood upon him from long end wide ea> psrlenoe that Europe was going to utter and inevitable rain through aiooboL * • The worst Hulpon-ridden town tn the WentUa tom. peraneeparadise comparedwithalcohol-soaked Europe, Here aloohol ia not only akingbut a god who receives the abject adorationof 'Js» natives and there in hardly a whisper against his absolute power, hardly a revolt against the fearful eacri&eeshe demandsfor bis altar," This viewofEurope is rather agloomy one, bu t it is probably not over-esti­ mated; The disgrace of a drinking bout in which each student drinks six quarts of beer besides “ wine and sundries" and a ll in the course of obe evening ought to he tex t enough to r a good prohibi­ tion sermon. Nowhere but in Europe would it be tolerated. American stu­ dents are happily exceptions to the pre­ vailing degradation of the universities of Europe. Americans do not take kindly to the idea of wholly brutalizing human beings. If they drink i! is gen­ erally in moderation, or if they get drank it .is the resu lt of a loss of self- control rather than the outcome of | deliberate determination to drink one1* self into the likeness of a beast. Whafi is true of American students in that universities is true of Americans study* Jng a rt or music in Europe. A leading , musical instructor recently stated th a t of ail the American pupils under hia care for the past quarter of a century he had not known a single one to go astray o r fail to make the most of the advantages within his reach. Amer­ icans have still the virtues of a new people, and may they long retain them, —Iowa State Register. I mmmm Quantities C*MUMi a t ths O traM Universities. Students in Iowa oollegea generally lead a quiet as well as sober life. I t is faridifferent in European universities— where drinking and dueling are as pop­ u lar as foot-ball a t IJarvard o r Yale. Mr. John S, Nollen, a graduate of the State University and one of the bright­ est and most promising young men of Iowa, who is now enrolled as a student a t Zurich, in a recent letter give* an in­ teresting account of a drinking bout among the students of th a t school. The letter is written to his father, Mr. John Nollen, of Pella. In it he says: "X*ri Bstwflay the ‘Zoflat*,* ths studtnty society to whish some of ths fellows whostay hen hsloof. had its grand satmal drinkiwg boat, to which representatives from all ths lodges or sfcaytsTS la Switzerland, fomsr memhara,eta, earnsto take part. There ware shoot two hundred pressal and ont Saturday high! they drank twelve handred quarts of beer, betide windsad sundries) Of cosrss a goodshard«f ths twohundredweredsaddrank, f That « w b i to hs the tea of it. OnSunday they j h*d a process}** through the stm ts, Ihea pro- 1seededby spcalst boat to Hotgen, where they Oncemore loadedup. Next day there was still atbrs drlnktag and someof ths fellow*had te hhcsrHod e fts Paha UwesadlugattingspOO- tesla" After? giving art account of the great Unlveralty drinking bout Mr. Nollen hays', “Wheatwsat teCMa* a fswday* ago.th* aotsd Dr.Mnesewas da 4h* train, also bound ’m ou rn t* ete sonvoreatloa w* hsppeaed .teteush »f*a the tWitet fawtipa. S eiMfi FACTS OF INTEREST. T he most recent statistics of arrest* to r drunkenness in Maine, in any on* year, show but tou r arrests to every one thousand of the population. I nquiry through the United Kingdom Alliance shows that of English mayor* at.the last election a t least thirty-tour, probably more, are total abstainers. A saloon - keeper breaking into court in an endeavor to compel the mayor to issue him a license is a distressing spec­ tacle in a city where there are already five thousand saloons.—In ter Ocean. A C ongo chief, lately tried, convicted and executed for assassination, wa* asked just before his death if he would like any thing, andsaid; “ Yes, gin;" h* drank half a bottle and was then shot. T he will of the late,. Jeremiah Loof was probated a t Philadelphia. I t ia * peculiar document Eighty thousand dollars is le ft in tru st to r his family, provided they shall lead godly lives, avoid the use of tobacco and liquors in any form, including cider. V ermont has a State law by which • ' railroad company th a t knowingly em­ ploys os conductor, engineer, brake- man or switchman, one who uses in­ toxicating liquors as a beverage, shall forfeit not less than three hundred dol­ lars nor more than three thousand dol­ lars, with the cost of prosecution, and shall also be liable to r damage* sus­ tained by retention of Buch employe. Michigan has a similar law. I n one year there were seventy-thou­ sand cases of “drunk and disorderly" in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Liverpool: Where had these cases their origin? In the public-houses of the respective cities. Let it be remembered th at for every case of permitted drunkenness and disorderly conduct there’ waa a breach of the license. How many per­ sons were pnnished in the same period for the enormous amount of mischief involved in these seventy thousand? Ju st fourteen! Mot Necsssarjr. Governor McKinney, of Virginia, gives as a result of hia experience the opinion th a t it is not a t all necessary, as is often asserted, to r a public man to> drink. He 'saya It has been bis invaria­ ble practice to decline all treats in his campaigns, and believes th at instead of losing he has gained votes by his absti­ nence. Henry -Wilson, Vice President of the United States, and Senator for many years, pursued the same course; and many another man has done so. I f Temperance men were consistent, and, more generally expressed their disap­ probation of public men who drink, one of tire strongest temptations to do so would be taken out of the way of many brilliant men who aim a t political suc­ cess. Unless, he is misrepresented a t both points, the present Governor of th is State maintains the friendship o f vrhiaky-dealers while a t tha same time- practicing total abstinence—though it. is beyond our penetration to understand, how such a thing can be done, as whis­ ky-dealers never love any one unless be patronizes them in some way.—N. Y». Christian Advocate, Fubile Malsaaem. What a prodigious mrwntnt of anger- Is evolved when anybody rises to object, to the too prevalent custom of cigar- smokers making a ttatoance of them­ selves in public. People who carry lighted rigqra into thhaars, or who send, smoke and ashes into*a street-CM teom. the front platform , o r hr other waya and places show th a t they are no t gen­ tlemen, understand quite well th at they annoy sotuebodjr- But they are Uktig- nan t th a t anybody should he annoyed. They know t i n t tobacco is tM>pieasant to many people, and they are savage because it is. The fact U th a t people who respect the feelings of others are getting very scarce, and it la one of the nonaeqnences of the mob forcing itself brio ascendancy. The man who can B o trid e a fate miles w ithout the aid of dhafieigMOTiM to teM lte ~ ^ ^ > ■* I 1 1 V 1 I