The Cedarville Herald, Volume 11, Numbers 22-52

T h e Ceclarville Hera ld . VT. H. BLAIR, Publisher, CEDARVILLE. ; ; : onro. HER HEE LS HER RANSOM . . How C»rmenell» Danced Herself Out of til* Urlgands’ Clutch. My first dancing for money wan before * band of brigands, and I bad no idea ■what my salary was to be, either,-writes Carmohoita to Kate,Field ’s Washing- ton. 'When I was fifteen \1 was living with my aunt and uncle, Who had a produce farm not very far from Madrid, and equally near to the palace of the. Eacurial. ■The stretch of country between the capital and the wonderful palace of Philip 1L was at that time Infested with banditti. I was in the habit of loading . a donkey with fresh eggs and vegeta­ bles for the priests. On. one particular morning I not only bad a heavy load of provisions, for the fathers, hut nearly 2,000 reals beside hidden in my bosom, which were to pay for masses for a rela­ tive of mine. 1 was proceeding slowly with my don- ” lroy when I was suddenly surrounded by fierce-looking men, and in a fewminutes was hurried down a rooky path into .some dark wood Well. I sat down andwatched” the rob­ bers making omelets.of my fresh eggh end crunching my crisp onions, and how I wished every mouthful would choko them! After awhllo the chief glanced toward where I was crouching in a cor­ ner, and calling mo to him made me drink a large cup of wine. Then-somebody began playing a man­ dolin. For a few minutes every body listened, and whether it. was the wipe I bad druhk or something else; I began tapping the ground with my feet and nodding in timeWith the aria. “Ah, you dance!” cried the chief, '“Now, comb, little one—-see if you can not earn baok your mass money.” Silently I-followed the band to •a smooth piece of grassy ground just be­ yond the cavern. Round this the rob­ bers squatted, tailor-fashion, excepting two of them, who stood on one side,! ptrumming their Instruments. I danced ns I never had beforehand I continued for nearly an- hour, until I had to stop from exhaustion.. ■But, when! had finished, the robber chief lifted me in his arms and kissed mo, while he handed me back the purse containing the mass money, Then he . told one of his men to bring out my donkey, and port he took off his hat end went around among his band say­ ing: “Now, le tu s pay Carmenclta for the-good breakfast:she brought us.” ~ " t heard the elink of money falling in b is bat, and in a few minutes he camo to me and poured into my hands a sum far larger than 1 should have received from tho priests for my farm produce. Ho then eacortod mo to the gates of the Escurial, and hofore he le ft he gave me • small, curiously-bent piece of iron. 1 “This,” said he, “will save you from nil molestation in this part of Spain if you ever have the fortune to meet any more gentlemen of my profession.” I told my story to the fathers at tho palace and a troop of dragoons- were' sent In pursuit of my frloud, whose name proved to he Antaxlo. I am glad to say thoydid not catch him. 1 always Wear the piece of iron be gave me. I t has proved a mascot FRENCH REVOLUT ION ISTS . I mm LivingDescendant* or the Celebrated Marat and Others. There latoly died and was burled bumbiy in Paris a person who deserves » l$no of obituary notice, if only by reason of his descent. This was ayoung man named Heraultdo Sochoiles, whose great-grandfather wont to the guillotine with Danton, Camille DesmoHllns, Fafaro d’Eglantine and fifteen other more obscure beings on April 0,1704. The youthful'descendant of this repub­ lican celebrity was very poor, snd bis uncle, sn old printer,whose qyesight is nearly gone, acts as a commissionaire be­ fore the Figaro office. The descendants of Marat are luckier than these. They are really the offshoots of his younger ia- 1846. Marat's. nephew, who was for a long time a clerk in the land-tax office a t Geneva, still lives in a green old age, but he has suppressed the final “ t” In fals name. I t is supposed that he did this in order to escape souvenir hunters, autograph demons and the like. Another nephewof Marat lives at Sain t- Naxaire, and his son, a banker’s clerk. Is iq Paris,/together wlthvbis married sister. Other .relatives of Marat changed their family name and settled ia Russia. It is said here .that Lord Rosebery possesses mostof Marat’s pa­ pers, which were tor so long in the faithful Jroepiflg of his favorite sister. Albertine Marat, who, as well as Simone tSrrard, his mistress, lived separated from all the members of the family of the revolutionist A descendant of Hanton is boar au lnpector of the uni- -versity, hut, like the nephew of Marat, he is rather averse to being in­ terrogated about his notorious ancestor, fit is also to be noticed that the surviv­ ing Marats and the university inspector are, if any thing, conservative in poli- tiesand have never been distinguished for any lively sympathy toward the re* pubUb—Oor. London Telegraph, •—“For.my part, 1 prefer the moon to the sun. What’s thetise of the sun? I t always shines in tiie day time! Now, the moon it good for Something—it glvas ligh t At n igh t-—Detroit Free Frets. THE BATTLE FIELD. TH E GRAY AND BLUE. A quarter of a mile southeast from the crest of Missionary Ilklgo, a little apart from the scene ot the ftercest coDll c t under a clamp ot Isurels, at tho dose of thu$ memorable battle were found two soldiers dead, one In gray and one In blue.1 They were flnp specimens of young manhood, lying there with snplexon ilielr rates “as calm as to a night's repose,” with their bands clasped all in a last fraternal greeting. There they wire buried, side, by side,' Xnd tbo pink arbutus blossoms cover their lonely graves In tho early days of Southern springtime, when the mock-birds singand bending laurels whibper to each other of that first and last interview on the blood-stained sod. . . . f found them sleeping side by side There on the mountain hoary, . One wore the bijie--how bravo ho died!— And one the gray; hlit story , Shone on his boyish lips of pride The holyangel*s kissing The pain of death haddefied— The roll hath named Mm “missing.” He clasped the loeman’a hand in his . Apart from all the others, ’ Beneath the laurels moek-birds sang: •‘Rest well, oh, fallen brother 1' • The subro’s clash, the battle's hall, Shall wake'no more your slumber. Nor dream of home, nor songs of loVe, . Blend with the battle thunder." It seemed as if the Gray’s canteen,® . To bless his brother given, Had left his own parched Ups unlaved Except by dew of Heaven! The Bine's torn shirt hud stanched tho ’wound— , ,, Tho glmslly und the gory— J “Of brother Grays the rooks around - ■ Qtivo echo to their story. ■While tender skies looked down upon With peans of rejoicing. ' “God's lovo and brotherhood hath won,? Tho very winds were voicing . While all the stars together sang"' For Union yet unbroken, ••" “One'brotherhood (" the welkin rang, • ‘♦One banner for Its token !” E. S. L. Thompson, in Leslie’s Newspaper. HIS WIFE’S LETTER . Why s llrave Soldier Deserted From the - Confederate Army. A Now York letter in tho Baltimore American says: There was buried at Greenwood to-day a man with a curious history- He had been a Confederate sol-! dior, as bravo as any of his comrades, but he deserted bis army during the war and was tried by court-martial for doing so. Edward Cooper was hisname. For the last year ho has ^eon living at, No. 855 Fourth avenue. • One bleakjlecember morning in 18(18ho was before a court-martial of the Army of Northorn Virginia. Tho prisoner was' told to introduce his witnesses, lie re­ plied, “I have no witnesses.” Astonish­ ed at the calmness with which he seem­ ed to bo submitting to his inevitable fate, General Battle said to him: “Have you' no defense? Is it possible that you abandoned'yottr comrades 'and dosorted your colors in the presence of the enomy without reason?” “There was a reason," replied Cooper, “but it will not avail me beforo a mili­ tary tribunal,” “Perhaps you are mistaken,” said tho General; “you are charged with the .highest crime .known to military law, and it is your duty to make known the causes which lnfluene- d your ac-. tions.” Approaching the president of the court. Cooper presented a lottor, saying as he did so, “There, General, is what did it!” The letter was offered as tho ■pris­ oner's defonso. It was in those words: Dear Edward: Sirica your- connection with the Confederate army I have been prouder of you than ever before. I would not have you do any thingwrong for tho world, but before God. Edward, unless you come homo we must die! Last ntcht I was aroused by littlo Kddlo cry­ ing. 1 called to him and said; "What Is the matter, Eddlot' Ho replied: “O,.- mamma, I am so hungry." And Lucy, your darling Lucy! sho never complajns, hut she grows thinner every day. Before Clod, Edward, unlots you come home wo must die! VouitMAmr. Turning to the prisoner, Genera)' Bat­ tle asked: "\Vhat did you do when you received that lottor?”- “Cooper replied: “I made application for a furlough—it wa3 rejected, Again I made application, and it-was rejected. That night as I wandered about our camp thinking of my homo, tho wild eyes of Lucy looking up to mo, and tho burning words of Mary sinking in my brain, I was no longer tho Confederate soldier but I was tho father of Lucy and the husband of Mary. fired upon mo, I would have passed those linos. When I reached home, Mary flung her arms about my nock and sobbed: “O. my Edward! I am so glad you got your furlough.’ She must liavo felt mo shudder, 'for she turned as- pale as death, and catching her- breath at ©very word, sho said; ‘Have you come without your furlough? Go back, Ed­ ward, go0 bade! Lot me and tho chil* tired go down to liio grave, but, for Heaven's sake, save tho honor of our names!" Thero was not an officer on thateourt- martial who did not feel the force of the prisoner's words, hut each in turn pro­ nounced tho verdict-guilty, Tho pro­ ceedings of the court were reviewed by General Lee, and upon tho record was Written: 4 IICADQtTARTEnSA. N. V, “The finding of the court approved. 'Hie prisoner I* pardoned, and will report to his com. psny. It, E, L ex , General. O n tho evening of tho first day’s bat­ tle of Shiloh, which had boon a defeat, the Quartermaster came General Grant and told him that If he .was again defeated on the next day he could not transport the troops (about 05,000 in number) if it was necessary to cross tho rivet*. Grant asked him: “How many can you handle?” “Ten thousand," re­ plied the Quartermaster. “Well," said Grant, “if we are defeated you will bo able to carry all that are le ft.” DR. MARY WALKER. T li* <Y»r Record o f This Most k c re n trl* American 'Woman. Ae regards SonutW Evarts’ b ill for tho relief of Dr. Mary Walker tho records of tho War Department do not go far to­ ward substantiating her claim for Sli),- 000. They stato that she was profes­ sionally examined and nominally com­ missioned as an assistant surgeon. The language of the report made by the ex­ amining surgeon states that Dr. Walker’s knowledge of materia rnodioa is not su­ perior to that possessed by any ordinary housewife and that ho doomed howonly competent to aotas a female nurse. Not­ withstanding this report she was as­ signed to duty as nominal assistan t sur­ geon, with tho Fif ty-second Ohio Infant­ ry, then in the front, so tha°t she might have a chance to go through the lines and get information of the enemy. Her Intrepidity is well-known to the army of the Cumberland. Her self-assignod..duty as a scout compelled her to masquerade for the first time in men’s attire. In thqt dress she wa3 captured, but tbo dis­ covery of her sox saved her from being hanged- as a spy. She was- sent to Richmond, andi while imprisoned sho endured all the hardships of the other .prisoners, llor knowledge of mcdicino proved of groat benefit to tho Union men. After a while liberties were given her that woro unusual. Tito authorities permitted her to walk up and down tho prison enclosure on tho outside. She nover walked alette, how­ ever, but was always escorted by a huge bloodhound, who was as faithful to the Confederate sido as sho was loyal to the Northern”side: Ho would lag nlong be- hlnd until the limits of tho walk wore reached, when lie would step to the front and cause her to turn around again. He could not spoak, but iris attitude was very significant. This is a fact well- knotvn by all of those unhappy prison­ ers who .wore confined in Libby at that time. She was sent North on August 10. 1804, and soon afterward was placed in charge of the female prison at Louis­ ville. Subsequently she was seat- to Clarksburg, Tenn,., to take eliargo of tho Refuge Home.' Her commission ex­ pired on -May 25, 1805. For her services she was-paid altogether 81,203.52. She now draws a pension’of 820 a month. Sho is almost blind, and is obliged to use the tpost powerful glasses to see. Added to that infirmity she has lately broken her leg, and is suffering much' pain.-—Chica­ go Journal. • • TH E GRAND ARMY. . NoGrowing: Rank)) front Which Recruits Can Re I)r*«fn. , Tho Grand Army of tbo Republic is a unique organization. In the words of a past commander-in-chief:' “No child can bo born into it; no proclamation of Pres­ ident, edict of King, or ukase of Czar can command admission; no-universlty or institution of loarning can issue a diploma authorizing its holder, to on- trance; no act of Congress or Parliament' secures recognition; tbit wealth of a Vanderbilt can not purchase the posi­ tion; its doors swing open- only upon "presentation of the bit of paper, 'torn, worn, begrimed it may be, which certi­ fies to an honorable discharge from tho armies or navies ot -the nation during tho war against rebellion.” And nn- liko any other association, no “new blood” can come in; there aro no grow­ ing ranks from which recruits can bo drawn into tho Grand Army of tho Re­ public. With the consummation of i peaco through victory, its rolls were ! dosed forever.' Its lines aro steadily j and swiftly growing thinner, aim tho 1 ceaseless tramp of its columns is with evor-iosROiilng tread; tho 'gaps in tho picket lino grow wider; day by day de­ tails are made from Dio reserve, sum­ moned into the shadowy regions to ro- turn to touch elbows no more; until by,! and by, only a solitary sentinel shall stand guard, waiting till the bugle call ) from beyond shall mjistcr out the last * comrade ot the Grand Army of the Rc- ! putilic.--George S. Merrill, in Now Eng- j land Magazine. — — — — mi — a— — — oAu* IN WOMAN'S BEHALF. WOMEN OF T O -D A Y . - [To the Remonstrants against Woman Sut- rage.I You women of to-day, who fear so much Tho woman of tho future, showing how The dangersof her course arcs shell and such— What are you now? Mothers and wives and housekeeper*, forsooth! Great names, you cry: full scope to rule and please! Room for wise age and energetic youth!— But are you these? .1 Housekeeper! Do you; then, like those of . ■■yore. ’i. Keep house with power and pride, with grace and easfif _ •/. • Not You keep servantsonly;—what is more, You don't keep these! 1 Wires, say youT Wires! Blessed Irdeed are they Who hold'from Love the everlasting keys, Keeping their husbands' hearts:—alas tho day! You don’t keep these! And mothers!’ PityingHeaven I Mark the cry From cradle death-beds—mothers on Jtteir knees! Why, half the children born, as .children die! You don't keep these 1 And still the wailing bid>le$ come and go, And homes are waste, and husbands' Hoai fly far. •, ' There Is no hope, until you dare to know .The thing you are! —Mrs. Charlotte' P. Stetson, in Woman's Journal. .. WOMEN ON SCHOO L ’ BOARDS. RANDOM SHOTS . . . . *3 to havo a soldiers.’ is M ilwaukee monument. P hilo I’EXFtrr/D. of Shelby, N. Y„ J -Vitla'k 'it/— ikiv~v*ur"a~VK’,iIia 5 l*'vi"v bpy sent his best girl a picture of h im -} self, but it was lost. Ho recently saw ‘ his n'amo in a list ofletters accumulated in tliC dead letter olllco during tho war. He sent for tho parcel, and to. the now old man tho young picture brings a flood of memories of other days. G e n e r a l G r a n t ' s cabin, brought from the banks of tho James river and placed in Fairmount I’ark, 1’lillndelpliia, fo£ preservation as a war relic, is fast going to decay, In this cabin Grant issued orders for Sherman’s great march to the sea. In it tho Confederate Commis­ sioners treated for peace, and. after Sherman reached tho sea, under its hum­ ble root Lincoln, Grant, ’Sheridan, Meade and Admiral I’ortor mot in con­ ference, A v e r y remarkable occurrence took place May 14, 1603, at I’ortGibson. Miss., during General Grant's raid, in gotting to tho Fear of Vicksburg.. A severe bat* tlowas fought at or near Port Gibson, in which tho TVenty-Socohd Kentucky, fought a Georgia regiment, and during the engagement some 200 or 300 of the Georgians were captured; and when they were brought to the rear they had on tho canteens and Ju-apsacks o’f the Twenty-Second Kentucky, which they had capliifed front about an equal num­ ber of prisoners of tho Twenty-Second Kentucky, at Tazewell, Tenn., August C, 1802, some 400 or 5C0 uiUcx distant.— National Tribune, ^ A Growing Sentiment In Favor of Tlietr Taking-an At-tlvc t in Educational Matters Noted In Chicago. The members of the Chicago school board aro appointed by tho mayor. Two years ago, in responso to urgent de­ mands, one woman, Mrs. Ellon Mitchel, tvas given-, a place .on'-tho board. Last • year a long petition of influential names and several strong delegations wont to ill© mayor urging him to ine,reuse tho nnmber of women on the board, but without success. This year it was decided by tho Wom­ an's Club to try the policy of sending numerous delegations of .leading citi­ zens, partly hoping by continued im­ portunity to weary tho mayor into ac­ quiescence, but more especially to con­ vince bim of the breadth and strength' of tho demand. The earlier delegations brought back tho report that the maypr was unyielding in his opposition. A delegation ot eight.loading judges wait­ ed on tho mayor. This attracted public attention, and brought tho local "press almost Wholly into the lino of warm support. Tho mayor, apparently un- willing.to bear tbo responsibility of re­ jecting such infii chtial requests, told the delegation that'i f ho should appoint any more women, several of tho most valuable men in th© board would resign their positions; that they iiked Mrs. Mitchel, hut did <not.'want any inoro women. Other delegations followed. To.some tho mayor confided liis-opinion that it .would ma&e woniCn unwotitonly -'to bold such public positions. Tho Woman’s Alliance took a delega­ tion of five hundred women to the city council, with tho request that more women bo added to the school board. 'At length tho delegation from the .Woman’s Club, accompanied by leading business men and lawyers, waitedon tho mayor. To them bo replied that every member of tho board, with ono excep­ tion had asked bint not to appoint any more women. It is reasonable to sup- noset that this disclosure was a littlo breach of confidence on tho part of the 'mayor, and it was treated, as it deserved to he, witti some sarcasm by the papers.' Meanwhile it was.rumored that somo ono in the mayor’s confidence said ho would probably give ono woman a place. The women had asked tohave two places filled by women, and they had presented a list of five or six names/)! women of unquestionable capacity who bad con­ sented to serve,.and who had promised to give much time to llio work in case they were appointed. For some reason, th# mayor sot. this list aside, and ap­ pointed, on tho recommendation of two aldermen, Miss Mary Burt, formerly a teacher In the Chicago schools, and more recently a teacher of literaturo in tho Englewood formal School under Colonel Fnrker. JShe j r«-F-nq:vsi;,to3 ...v-fide”. -circle onjchblarly people by her ablo inter­ pretation of Browning, published under tho title of “Brownings Women.” Miss Burt’s Intellectual ability, her in­ terest in education, and acquaintance with educational systems, go far to rec- othmemfher for the position, and it is hoped that her organizing'and execu­ tive ability, and her power to influence and harmonize opinion, will justify the mayor in setting aside tho list of names presented to bim. Tho high moral pur­ pose and practical oftlcicncyof Chicago’s public-spirited women is so wfcll known, that there is, among influential citizens, outside of ward politic*, a strong de­ mand for a large representation of wom- en on the school board. There is little doubt that tho candidates for mayor n ex t year will b® required to declare their policy on thisqtiestion beforo elec­ tion, If, as yct, there are but.two wom­ en on the school board, Influential pub­ lic sentiment and the press of both po­ litical parties arc won to the view that' schools need the direction of men and women working together, just as the homes do; and that hero in Chicago, where there is a thick understratum of humanity to bo lifted up and purified, and where able men are overwhelmed With business cares—women ot ability and leisure and philanthropic spirit are especially needed on the hoard of edu­ cation. Tho attendance-agents, ot tru­ ant officers, as they aro railed in Bos* too, aro half of them women, and the day is not far distant when women wilt fill half tho places on tho school hoards, —Mary E, Becdy, in Woman'.', Journal. How to Vutp Social III*. < Rev- S. J, Barrows, editor of the "Christian Register, said in a recent ad- dress; ■; Wo have several kinds of .euros for political and social ills. We have a salt cure. Salt keeps things fromspoil­ ing; it is the typo of the respectable conservative. Lot’s wife was of this typo- Salt is a good thing, but when you have about ninety-eight per cent, of it ip your composition, you are apt to become a littlo fixed. I bellevein a<;er-; tain amount of salt; but tbe trouble with a good dual of the skit in cur politics. is that it has lost its savor,and is fit only to be trbdden under foot of men. An­ other cure is the stnoko cure.. A good deal of our legislation begins with smoko and ends in smoke. It begins }a tobacco smoke and ends in legislative sm o k o .If you put in .a proposition for wofnan.suffrago, it is very apt to end in smoke. I have noticed that if-'you take a ham and smoke it through and through, it losos its power of. locomotion; and that-is tho trouble with ourLegislature; it lias been smoked through and through. Another euro is tho spirit cure. Go toy the Agassiz Museum, and there you will*/ find a groat many bottles filled with al­ cohol, and in them are alt.sorts of crea­ tures, disagreeable-looking specimens with long names. I t reminds me of my experiences in New York when I used- to attend the ward caucus. You would find there a great-array of bottles, for it was nearly always held in a saloon; and you would also find a great many disa- greeblo-looking specimens; bi^.tho dif­ ference between the museum and the caucus \yas that in tho museum most of the alcoholvwas outside of, .the sped-- mens, and in the ward- caucus most of the-speolmons were outside of the alco­ hol. Now, I believe in;-tho sugar cure. Woman suffrage is simply the formation of n-sugar trust, only it is a trust with­ out any monopoly. -We-want the sweet­ ness of woman—her moral .sweetness, and purity—to sweeten" not only the home, but society and -government as; well. _ ■ , r Progress In France. The woman question has been brought beforo tho French Chamber of Deputies, by M. do Gaste. Deputy for Finistorre- M. do' Gaste is a halo -old Briton- of eighty-two years, who has been an ad' vocato'of equal. rights for more than; forty years, and lias taken,up. many un­ popular causes. Most of them ^have succeeded, and be believes that the woman question will bo victorious in France, though not so soon as in the United States and Great Britain. -M. do Gasto proposes a revision of tho constitu­ tion as follows: “That the Senate be reduced from SIX) to 300, and the Chamber to 100; that the seats in both bo equally given to men mul women over forty; that, us In the United States, no member of the Senate can (ill any salaried public olilce; that (he Fregldeiit of the Uoptiblio be elected for five yours bydelegates of all electors, and bo replaced If he die, retire or go mad wlthlii hl» term of ofRco, by n Vice-President; and that, finally, women be eligible for tho .Presidency or Vico-Presidency • SUFFRAGE SLIPS> - - - Tim Prohibition Stato Conventions of both Wisconsin and Vermont have pass­ ed resolutions declaring that tho right of suffrage should not be denied any person 011 account of sex. Tin: census report of 1880 reported loss illiteracy in Wyoming than in any other,State or Territory in the Unton. Womon had boon voting in Wyoming for over ten years at that date. O ne lady In Columbus, Ga., returned property to tho tax-rcecivor, several days ago, to the amount of 8103,000. She Is not allowed to vote how much her property shall bo taxed, nor in what, manner tho tax shall bq expended. T here was at Cheyenne, recently, an imposing celebration of Wyoming's ad­ mission to Statohood. An inimenso pa­ rade,several milc3 long, consisting or the State militia, civic societies, trade displays, and tho garrison of United States troops from Fort Russell, march­ ed through tho principal streets to tho now'capital-building, whore a (lag was presented to tho State by the women of WvfltniPfr- ajsd-r .'Ncr:*. ' else*. A t Highmore, S. D., Miss Anthony gave a very interesting address. Tho Herald says; “Miss Anthony is deeply interested in her life work and is well informed on questions of politics and especially on each point hearing on tho growtli of suflrago legislation and senti­ ment. Few women of seventy years could do tho work she is doing. Sho has not the sprightliness and variety of Rev. Anna Shaw, nor the repartee, mirth and enthusiasm of Mrs. Gougar, but her words are weighty, her points well taken, and her candor and earnest­ ness give her a forcefulness and a charm which attract attention and solicit con­ viction." Mis* F lorette V ising Is one of tho largest tax-payers in Hull, Mass,, and a public-spirited citizen, who is always doing some thing for the (own. Not long ago sho attended tlie town mooting, as she wished to call attention to the discreditable condition of the public cemetery. With two or three exceptions, all the men present wore merely poll- tax payers; but this woman, who boro so largo a share ot the expense of the town, had to ask permis­ sion to speak in the town meeting, and could only be allowed todoso asji favor. The whole thing was anomalous, and a striking object lesson for tvoinah suf­ frage. It is pleasant to add, however, that Miss Vining’s suggestions were adopted, and that 83,500 was appropriat­ ed to repair tho cemetery.