The Cedarville Herald, Volume 11, Numbers 22-52

ngm r?-K s ------- ^per77-: The Cedamlle Herald. w. H. CLAIR, Publisher. CEDARVJLT.E, : : : f>HfO. , SENCE lOY’S GONE. CenoeTdy’agono Somehowyou see , Thohours Is io'nger'athey ustoho, . , , Ai>’ days, an’ sides uroduller; an' tlionight •Dripsout Inoozin' seconds drearily1.' every hollow clock tick, till the light . Daps.up themurky fancies wearily; And fov^r’d droams 'at oomo 'long after dawn Mix'up the happiness I hoped to see ' •Jththat great sorrowwhichIs hauntin’ mo: 'At Idy's gone, Sence Idy'scono I dlst can’t stay* •' indoors; Itseems like ev’ryway- , I lopkl Midsomedoln’s ’ at ’uz hedn: Her apern, rnehhcvortholast oroshay Bho doneheforo shewent: at ov’eyturn ' I runocrost'hormemTy'; so’slsuy " • ' -Jkeep out-doorsdlst kindo’slf I's drawn, • An’ bang aroundtlus crick here ov’ry day, Bufoven It keeps slngln’ In Itsplay • 'At Idy’s gone. Oolnto the town, or to the store, It's all,the same, I hyur the roar . Tho orioleis makin’ as it reaheSpast • The bend: I knowit’s snyinlisoinoplnmoro , ■ ’Nfolks boUevoan’ mcro’nmoat folks dast -■ 'Jlesathoy believe 'at spirits crosses o’er An'talks’lth us; tho housework don’t git-on— I Keeps Eittln’,tuiigledOT’n t’was beforo,' *■’ -Disfljkd-my head ’at’utangledto the ooro A: . . Sonco Idy’s gone. •. —KansasCity Star.' IN HIS SHIRT SLEEVES. M y .First and Only Piece o f De- , teotlve W ork . ’ ’ . BEAtJTIFUL woman -found dead in the gray morning on the outskirts of the* town; 'Two- la­ borers going’ to; their work in the woods 'had 'discovered th e body, . and ■ in their fright had thrown t h e i f . axes! down and* beat a hasty ro- treat to the vil­ lages, where, un- ■ dor great excitement, they- reported thd 'T matter to tho authorities. • - All’ Brounflold was excited over the terrible nows. Nover in tho history’of. the town had such a tragedy occurred. Tho woman was well knownTn the com­ munity as a young widow whoso hus-’ band had led a somewhat reckless life, fcut who had loft her well provided for : at his doath. which occurred, after two * l years of wedded life. As was most natural, with -the added attraction of a snug fortune tho pretty 'yOung widow WaS quite popular, and it Was rumored that she had half a dozon suitors. . But this is in tho nature of 'a digres­ sion; I have introduced you to the woman—dead, and tho principal object •of this story is to unravol for the reader tho mystery of her death. ' .The mayor, tho flvo cpuncilmon, tho town marshal, and porhapsrfifty citizens o f Brounflold, after thoy Had' hoard the story of tbo two laborers, followed them ,-to tho spot wborp tho body Iky. It was a ftttingspot for a murder, The sandy road, arched by meeting trees that shut t^e sunlight out, -led abruptly to s covered bridge which spanned'a hieftk and sluggish stream; and just fifty yards from tho water, in a clump o f bushes by tho roadside, tho body lay. Why did tho murderer leave it there? was tho question wo involuntarily StSRdd iyrsolvos,- as the .white face and .staring eyes mot our gaze. Why did ho not sock to conceal his crime by throw­ ing the body in- tho river? The woman had been strangled; "the print of human fingers was vislblo on lior white' throat. Tho fingers of tho right hand wore closed tightly until the blue nails seemed to pierce tlud bloodless palms. Evidently she had ing to tho closed Ilftntlt'atid' we naw for the first, time that it held a little tuft o f coarse, Mack hair. “ This may be a clue to the murderer,*’ said the mayor. “Justice Brown, you . K A MASTWHOVVOllKJMCOAf; Will hold the inquest* Ilad wo not hot­ ter temovo tho body at once to Broun- field?” Tho justice assented, and wo formed * little funeral procession, apd boro tho •deadwoman to tho town. The two laborers who haddiscovered the body were held As witnesses, but ithe Inquest deyeleped nothing, excopt -that the worn a » %*ft fond of takingloaf walks in the afternoon, and that on the evening preceding her death she had boon seen leaving her house by a Col­ ored woman, who. testified tliat she saw a.njnn, ,who wore no Coat, join her In tho little town park and enter into con­ versation with her. There tho Witness lost sigh't of them and thought nothing of the incident. She could not dose jbo the man'in his shirt'slooves, for she was not near enough to distinguish higjeat- ures, •8ho remembered, howovms that ne was a tall man, and seemed to have a stick- or walking cane in his hand. I Who could have committed the crime? Ilobbory was not tho object, for1the woman’o purse, containing seven dollars', was found by her side, or rather, a little satchel which she carried. suspended from her neclc; , * - My business kept me - In Brounfleld ai week after'this event,, but when I loft they wore no nearer to solving the mys- tory of tho murder than they were when ' the body .was found. I romomber'how. a month afterwards, as 1 lay on my bed tin a distant town, thinking it over, the testimony of that colored woman at tho inquest roourrod to tno,'and sot me to thinking; > She had spoken of a man ’“with his 'coat oil,’” who had stopped tho woman and engaged her in conversation in the .park. Had thoy looked upon^this as a clue, and followed it up? Was there a man in that town who habitually wont in his shirtssleeves? A man who had -been familiar onough with the woman to address' her as this jnan did'? ■ ; ■.. *_ ..The more I thought of this the tnoro it appealed to me. I could ndt ridicule it into silence, ’ It seemed to takerin my min'd tho'indefinite shape of a clue to tho murder, until at last I felt confident that. I could dear up tho mystery in which,it was shrouded. 1 packed my vaiise and bought a ticket to' Brounflold. I bad yet some unfinished business there, and! so a good excuse for going. Arrived there, I made inquiries con­ cerning the murder. A rowar.il, had’ been ottered for tho murderer, but as yet he had not been captured; My room was in tho second story of tho little hotel. It wSfe a hot night in- '.Tuly; and although fatigued by -my journey, I could not sleep. It was, per­ haps, near twelve o’clock, ^when the stillness of death spopipd to reign in the house, that I arose and resolved to aeolt the balcony for a breath of fresh air. ‘ « As I walked otit I saw a man, in his shirt sleeves, bareheaded,. -B ittin g at the far end, with’his feet on the railing. Jiogavoan invtflii&tary start at,'my Approach. ;• , , "Ahl” he said, with .something like a -slgln-i-'eut-f<H!-.a-hreatit-n£-4M»sl; It was so plagued hot in .the house, I thought I’d try it out hero myself." ’ J_do not know that the man’s manner would have impressed me if I! had not seen him in his. shirt sleeves; hut put­ ting tliis and ftiat together-the way he started at my approach—-bis nervous, jerky manner of speaking, and then — his being in ills shirt' sleeves-'hut pshaw! I wore no coat myself. Who could on such a burning Juiy night? I do not'know whether fate or prov­ idence led ine to this man, hut I do know that a half hour’s, conversation with him made me suspect’ that he know something- about ’the murder of that poor woman whoso body Iliad seen on that memorable morning by the roadside. V I) I naturally led the conversation to tho murder. lie did not’soora incllned to talk of it, and soon changed tho sub­ ject, • But I brought him baek to .it by easy’ stages, until at last, with a gesture of impatience, lie 'said: “ I don't care to talk about it; the aijikioritiea are at -work-on tho case and I guess they’ll ferret out the rturdcror in time." , The host detectives sometimes blunder in their v;r>rk 1 was an amateur in the ’business; fcenco my groat confidence in my theories. “ A fall man," the woman had said. Hero was a tall man. A tuft of coarse black hair elufchi d in the - t - -.14*, T-S« her promise to ' bo in the park every evening after thatountil she met the man. The next day, at twilight, I saw a man standing iti tlio park with his coat on his arm. In bis hand be held a heavy cane, and soofned to bo contemplating some object in the distance. ' While ho was in this position the woman, truo to hor promise,-passed hur­ riedly by, keeping her eyes fixed on Uira as she went. , I followed her, and when wo wore- well out of hearing she stoppod rand said): • ’ ■ ... ‘ ‘Before God, I think its the man I paw With Mars Huntley, I know him by his shape!” .- . I was wild with excitement “Do not :breathe a word of this to any one,” was my'caution to tho women as I hurried to the-mayor’s office. '• . . “ Impossible!” ho exclaimed, when I laid the' story before him; .“ That is Captain-! Carlton, a surveyor, whose .character is beyond' reproach. I t ’ is truo he paid the. dead woman soine at­ tention, but—” ’ vI interrupted him with an impatioiit :gosturo. “ Vou are- hound to take this wonum-Vtestimony,” -I said, “ and piano this captain under "arrest, It matters ♦ 11 4 I- ' C l ■w.{ i .. E. T JPralrle State As»lmll«te* .foreffesew, With Surprlglns Itapully. Every one In the first days welcomed the people from. abroad. Tho “ Free­ dom" peoplo were certain that Gormans, Hungarians and Boles would bo on their Bide, uhd so it turned out ; Since 'Jboso days the gates have been open. &Tho German's have come in, but have not as such started any distinctively German communities. The .Swedes have opened their5farms and built their homes-In Saline, McPherson hnd liopublic Coun­ ties'. TluC French* have started little colonies in Franklin; Chase.and'Marion, and there’is a villago of Neuchatel in Nemaba(“ which botolcons French or Swiss peoplo about; and there -are- hun­ dreds of French-Canadiaris in Cloud County, and there are Welsh iri Osaga and -I,yon, and a-sprinkling of Italians^ in Osage, and thousands of settlors from* Russia in .tMcphorson, Horv.ey,- Marion and Butler, and - others .of different re­ ligion in Ellis, liesldp in Rawlins there aro peoplo from'Galicia, who spejtk Gor-" man, hut are .usually.called Hungarians. . Looking over thiscollection of tongues and peoples a hasty observer-■might conclude that Kansas was a “ catch-all,” and one of those Americans who de­ prives himself of all the comforts at­ tached. to his birthright, by soaring' himself about the “ foreign ■ inroad," might ho ready, to givo up fho ship. -Yet, after all, ^vansas is a-.very Amor-' lean country.' * - The reason- that the “Meldcan man,” as our Chinese visitors call him, is Dio ruling figure in Kansas is because -there is a good deal the most of him, and be­ cause the American, spirit fuses’aU tho t got their name, Bismarck is-the-name materials that-are cast into the Kansas j,of one of those anoiont castles a short PERSONAL AND. IMPERSONAL. —Mrs,1 Mary Bruner, who died re­ cently at Derry, Pa., at tbo ago of lost had 125'great-grandchildren. ^ —A wealthy citizen of Alameda, Cal., who died recently, provided in his will that if any of his children marry first cousins they shall forfeit their sharo'of the property. —Archdeacon JPurrar visited Gberam- mergau ■at the, -first performance,/ this year of the Passion Play and lodged in the house of the actor wlio played the part of Jesus. ‘ . —Alexander Swift, of Cincinnati, who married a sister’of Alice and Phoebe Cary, owns the old Cary homestead; And is anxious to make it a memorial of the distinguished pisters. —Clemenceau, the French-statesman, who. was p, school tgacher in Connecti­ cut, a struggling physician in NowYork- for four years, still speaks o'f- this coun­ try, with the friendliest interest. • —Austin. Corbin’s wedding present-to an old friend, in Philadelphia was the' use of h’is--magnificently™appointed pri­ vate* car for. a trip, to Mo.xico, The car- was! provided with every thing needful, including a corps of servants. ‘—The ox-soldier, John McKoough, • who was accustoinod to .stand guard.over tho Burnside m/inument in Providonce, R. L, vfith a drawn saber, saying every now aw’d then: “ I followed you at New- borne -and' I will not desert you now,” was killed by-a railroad, train the other night, Ilo was poi-feotly sane with the «?xBoption of this eccentricity. —Few people' know how tho groat Chancellor Bismarcv ,and his ancestors HE DREW n.VCK A T SIGHT OK MY PISTOU not what his character may bo. Tho woman says ho is-tho man!" • The marshal was called in, “ Find Captain CaEiton,” said the mayor, “and tell him I wish ro see him immediately on business," • It was,’perhaps,, a full .half hour be­ fore tht: captain p,ut .iq an appearance; and wlr.cn ho clid, the mayor did not know wh'at to say to him. . “ AVell, ” ho ‘said, with an inquiring look, “what can I do for you?” Tim mayor s-iid no'thing, lint looked appealingly at me. < ’ . AV-e-sbeidd-Bond—for~.tho_waman.ILL said. , . . . ■ - ■ “ What woman?” asked Carlton, ex- eitedl}-. “ Why, captain,” sa.id the mayor; in a nervous voice; “ Chero is a woman hero who says that she saw you with Mrs. Huntlov—” Tho man started at tho./name, and a faint pallor overspread his faeo, which soon changed, to an indignant rod. ITo did not wait for tho. mayor to finish tho -sentence, but stamping ill’s foot furious­ ly, exclaimed: ■ ’ ■ “ It is a Ho—-a black lie; and I’ll strike the man or woman dead who says it!” , ' , ' ■■ ’ . , ‘ "Don’t commit another murder, cap­ tain,” I said, placing >my hand on my pistol, “ 1 accuse you of tho crime!” Ho sprang forward with .a fearful im­ precation, but drew- back at sight of ■my. pistol, which was levolod at his breast. , By this timo the ofllco was crowded ■with curious citizens, wlio had over­ heard the-oaths oT tfio caged captain. . Ilo was soon secured ahd taken to jail. The woman-was brought face td face with liiip, and ho cowered before her. The lock Of hair found in the dead woman's hand matched his own! exactly; and, finally, aconfession was wrung from him. ’ He had loved tho woman, hut she had repulsed him. He Soon found that sho another, and on the evening he* crucible. .Whoever stays in^Kansas must become. Kansan, and' that means an American of,the most advanced type. It is-.n t,he air. The Kansas citizen who loves to frighten himself and, if possible, alarm tho-neighborhood,'was suffering two or .three years ago from apprehensions that' the soil of Kansas would bo absorbed by “ barons" of British extraction. A /“ baron,” who boro the not very noblo name of Scully, and" who was reported a resident of London,'was represented to'havirboughta Urge portion of Marion' and Butler Counties, and as reducing the peasantry of that region to a con­ dition worthy of the worst days of Ireft land., The Legislature-was hesoitght i# interfere as against aliens wbp miff'(5 buy Kansas- land in quantity.)but many Kansans were found wlio h\id?;lnd\ to soil- to .aliens’ tliat the legislation! called for was ri'ot -forthcoming, alarm lias' since subsided. . - J In Kansas what ■hi.the course of has boon discjbvercd 114 (rears of fn'jo gov- e-n-4uul— is—being.,.pu1.1n distance from SteiidaL The-castle had this name . bepauso it defended the “ Mijirca,” or the lino where'the river BiejSe formed aboundary "in forraor times, or mark of defense’ against in­ truders. - —Dr. King, an American ladyphysl-- cian in China, lately astonished the na­ tives by performing a dolicafco and diffi­ cult surgical operation. She is now chief physician to the family of Gount Li, the eminent statesman in Shanghai,, whoso wifo sho saved. Tho Empress, of China recently ’Sent her son to consult ■Dr, King for phthisis. China is said to offer an excellent field for women doc­ tors. —Two girls o'f the same ago and nearly the same name wore placed in a French institution' for the care of friendless child renA-dn years ago. Some time ago - , one of ^mteih yvaS taken out by her sup- posed mother, givon a-handsome.dowry and married. Tho othor girl now comes forward with offers of proof-that she is the real daughter, and she' claims.tho ■eminent tKUB-bemivtrfd--is—lmiiig--pnt-1n -xl^WTyrr£~notr-the-hushand,—of-her-sub- pradtice. It works well for native and foreign born. ’'A ll tho nationalities have .been called in to work, an the job. On page 70k of Wilder’s'annals is found this note: KinifMH >s groat- l ocalise cosmopolitan. Of tho oglc- cs if tlio oily' of taq.venworth tScorgo Tin tliim, th» mayor, .was itOer* umn; r Uoucl Monnli-jlit. tlu> city mars'in!, a Ht'OtcHmuu; Con Carton, tliqweljfliuinsler, is un Irlshin >n; Clirlstlun tlio street comiiilsslnner, ft Huiie;*l j.o r tttart, tho city pliyslchm , a Kreiiclmiitn.' Of tlio emm cdmcti t loctVil S, K. I'.imU'tt Is un English- innn;M . A. Wolilfstroni, an Alsatian; .John O’ltn’ cii mid Owe i Puffy Irishmen, and Martin smith n Pnot-dan., Wluit is coming ispla'.nly to bo soon. Tliey havo'takoii to. raising .the Amer­ ican flag on the school hoiise'and keep­ ing it flying from sunrise to sunset, like a garrison flag. That is what jroung Kansas thinks about'it. Flag waves to flag across the prairie, stripe reveals itself tos'tripp, and star answers to star. Tho fathers and mothers may liavo gathered from the ends of the earth, tho children, are of Kansas Kansan, In the heart of America shall blossom the per­ fect flower of " patriotism.—Noblo L. 1’rentls, In Kansas City Star. THE COUNTRY GIRL TImn Star mm Un* TKPtitul notoq t raudn wmio i was talltifig with him th'oro on tho balcony. “ Are you a stranger here?” I asked. "Not exactly," he replied, “ I've been in business- hero a iitth* more than three months. I’m a surveyor.” We parted for the night, and heforo I returned I decided to dismiss my fool­ ish impression of tho man and turn my attention to othor matters.' But I could.not quite rid! my mind of' the idea that in some way or other he was connected with that murder. Iri the morning, after breakfast, ho walked across the street to tho post- office in his shirt-sleeves and got his mail. . 1 saw him a dozon times that day—al­ ways in his shirt-sleeves. All that week, whenever I mot tho man, he was coatless. It seemed to bo his habit to go that way, ' I was strangely attracted to him, and the more I 'thought'of him, the more l felt convinced that iuvknow something about the murder. Ho said ho was a surveyor. Perhaps that was the reason ho took long walks evory, afternoon? I had soon him in the park a dozen time's; hut ho seldom wore his coaU 1 sought the colored woman who had testified at the inquest, If she Saw that man in tbo park again, would sho be able to recognize him? She thought she would, if ahe could seo him standing in the”same position. 1 slipped ft flvc-dollar bill in her hand, enjoined her to ftecrecy and obtained j^oVe.ti eulcnt, . . . . . . . . '. > -...I. ... .—.__ ... - place where her body was subsequently found. In a fit of jealous rage ho had choked her to de'atk, though ho did not mean to kill her. Tho sound of a wagon approaching bad frightened him so thathe fled, leav­ ing the hody'/where it was found nbxf morning. , I bcliovo the captain is serving timo in the penitentiary now. It,was -the first detective work I had ever done, and I hope it will bo the last, I was'not working for the reward, but tho mayor thought I deserved it, -and 1 was five hundred dollars better off in bank when tho case was concluded and i left Brounfleld.—F. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. * got ft Liberal Indeed. Business Man—I suppose you liberal education at college? College Graduate (applying for a po­ sition)—Oh, yes; 1learned how to 'spond twenty thousand a year if I could got It to spend.—Munsoy’s Weekly. —Mr. Chipps (looking up from tho paper)—“ Tho doctors have discovered another now disease,"* Mrs: Chipps— "Well, I wish thoy*d stop looking for now diseases long enough to find a cuto for my old rheumatism.”—N. Y. *Wcok- — ___ —Grumpy—“Pshaw! Women can never keep a secret!” Mrs. Grumpy- “Can’t, eh? Perhaps I haven’t guarded the secret that the wedding ring yon gate me was plated?” Slid Knjoyfc. .Morn Advantages , City Cousin, A country g.rl always has an idea that the advantagr-s of the city are not hers —that she sjuilfrs from a lack of some- - J'J n’t. e'.'aeMv-knov/ v.-V.f. ___ ' city ava.ls herself of every opportunity to look at fine pictures, read choice hooks and cultivate her mind. Now, when she generalizes in this way sho is simply showing herself to be narrow and ignorant. The girl in- the country to/lay can get exactly the same papers and books tliat come to the girl in the city. Her thinking 'hours are longer, and .very often she sees more,of real, sweet home, life/ She is apt to learn that most beautiful industry, ljow to be a good housewife, and over the. bread- pan or the churn she can think as great thoughts sis she would over tho elaborate fancy work or in the picture gallery. Sho can study flowers as they grow; sho can breathe the good, pure air of heaven, which makes a healthy body—aftd th t usually means a healthy soul—and sho can learn whatever she wishes. Intel* lcctually, she can control herself, and she may know,' in hooks'at least, tlm best trained and finest minds of thi century, Here, thoro is no danger of her learning to apeak slang. Among these people virtues aro respected and vic.os.aro condemned, and she Is thrown into Bocicty which sho will never regret and which will always bo » credit to her. Do you know, you girls In the country, that you can smell the flower'sand gather them, while wo in the city look at them with the glass of the florist's window between us. And ft bought flower never has the charm possessed by that which in plucked by one’s self. If there is any body to envy, it is the girl la th* ftguatry.—Ladies’ Homft Journal. stituto. —A French baker, who is -about to celebrate his oho hundredth birthday, keeps shop in tho sapa°. bakery in which M. Coquelin, father of the two actors, onco presided, and where the sons, in early life,’1pursued the trado. In twen­ ty-five years four families have held: possession of the shop. It is sajd tho father of the Coquelins novor go'fc-owr the idea that thoro was a good-ibaker spoiled by his eldest son’s .ontorilig $)ioV theatrical profession. , " A LITTLE” NONSENSE.” ' ' —Tonant . (in top flq,t)—“ Tho roo. leaks." Landlord—“Nonsense, None of tho peoplo in tlio other flats say so.” —Life. > . —“ Why do you always go to walk around the powder houso?" “ Becauso I am trying to break off smoking.” —Eliegendo Blatter. —Young Jolmnle 1ms a stator small Ho loves with all his heart; For, when lio does not get It all, He goes uml takes hor part. —“ You havt) boon eating pears, and now you have skuerkraut. How will thoy. go 'together?" “ That’s for them to settle! I don’t bother myself about it."—Fliegendc Blatter. —First Anarchist—“Have* a beer?” Second Anarchist—“ No." First An* archist—“ Yoh’ro not* sick, are you?-’’ Second Anarchist—“ No, but they tell N.'Y. Sun. ' writers like Stevenson ------------- of, romance, Mr, Realist?" asked tho critic, “ I can’ t imagine,’’ returned Realist, “ I gues9 you aro right,” said the critic.—N. Y» Sun. * —Mr. Citiman—"My dear, lot’s take a cottage in tho country.” Mrs. Citiman- —“ Why didn’t you propose that earlier?. It is .too late rrow .to make a garden." Mr. Citiman—“ Yes, that’s, why I.didn’t propose ft earlieV/’—N. Y. Weekly. —“ Thank Heaven” ’ sa.d Shake­ speare’s ghost. “ Thank Heaven and bless’d bo the cyclone.” “ Why *so grateful, William?” asked the spook of Queen Elizabeth. “ Because, me Begets, tho paper says the cyclone destroyed several Hamlets."—N. Y. Herald. —Mrs. Fleet No. 5—“ John, I declare I must have ft new bonnet This one is not fit. to bo seen.” Mr. Fleet—“ Very well, dear, just go up into the spare room and I think you will find a very pretty 6no there in the closet that ft former Mrs. Fleet jo ft here by mistake, just after sho got a divorce.”-*-Epoch. —A young "lawyer,” whoso lovo ol ease makes practice distasteful, and whoso ample purse makes It unneces­ sary, excused himself from a luncheon party the otho? day, saying: “ t must go to my office." Said the hostess laugh* Ingly; “ Wo.didn’t know you had *» office.” “ Not have un office’.” he »• plied. “ Why, Htdidn’t, what worndj have to stay *w»y from?”—Harfon Bftftftiv'