The Cedarville Herald, Volume 11, Numbers 22-52

The CedaxvilleHerald w. H. BLAIR, PiibllJti*r. CRDARVILLE. 01 THE BATTLE FIELD. nox LITTLE A South B»l 'S THE SILENT VIDETTE. thh j - ’W i . frill— Bttffolie. V*., wijftthe extr posW tho UnitBkStates army tlioa^Bn Virgin® 'It covete utb of*®W»me u MCnroo. The Confederates, entrenched, lined the Blaekwntor river, a lew miles from our front, and the » short dis- . A remarkable Instanceof a deepaffeo- ' Hon for each other between a child and, a snalce Is to be seen1at Ulntor’s Cross*; pickets of both sidos, but ring, a.small hamlet lying nine or ton f tance apart, wore oftqn hotly .engaged, miles south of this place, j But wo’ Suffered Sadly and1’frequently Some time ago James Robinson, a '* ... . . ----- ------ small.farmer, living at that .time near Milltown, Bomofiftymiles fromMintor's Crossing, found his' little son, aged six, playingwith a largeground rattlesnake. Horrified,.‘‘be rushed to the ohild and tried to jjalbthe-reptlle^ which, however, succeeded ifi escaping, while the child, with muck indignation, declared that he would not have the snako killed, for lb, loved him and.. Was good to him. He was found caressing his strange pot again and again, and resisted any at* tempt to kill.it with shrieks and tears, which causedhis father to rolont But so alarmed was ho at the friend* ship, whlcb hei regarded almost in the light of a bewitchment of the evil one, that he sold his farm at Mllltown and bought the one where he now resides, •near Mintor's Crossing, in hopes that the child, no longer having his play­ mate with" him, would forget his extra* ordinary love for it They had been established in their now homo a couple of months, and wore beginning to bollovo that the plan had proved efficacious, as tho hoy, absorbed ip the novelty of the change, only occa- sionallyseemed to pine for his pot, when one afternoon Robinson, walking in company with two of his neighbors apd his little Son, saw a snake lying on the side of the road in apparently a dying condition. Ho seized a stick and was about to hasten itsdeparture, when lit­ tle “Mitch,” as he is called, perceivedit also, and with a cry of delight ran to i t The creaturetraisod its head at the boy’s voice, and as he knelt by i t wrig­ gled'up his. body, disappearing in the bosom of his shirt “Mitch” then joy­ ously, informed bis father that “his snake had come,” and hurried off toro- vive It with milk. He asserts positively that it is the same snake he loved at Milltown, and his father is equally sure that it is, bo tho poor creature must have traveled forty miles in. search of its little friend. After this extraordinary proof of its lovo and fidelity, tho Robinsons say they have not the heart to forbid the companionship, so Hftle “Mitch” and* his snake are constantly togethor, tho reptile for the mpst part being twlnod about tho boy’s/neok or asleep in his bosom. Peter/aa the snake is called, white evincing no particular fondness for the rest of the family, andwill hover approach one of them, lives in pcaco with them, but resents tho advances of a stranger by coiling Itself in position to strike if molested. Tho story of tho singular friendship, which apparently partakes of the mi­ raculous, is vouched for by reliable citi­ zens at Mintor's Crossing, to whom tho boy and bis pot aro familiar sights. Peter shareV “Mitch's” bod, oats from tho same dish* often playfully captur­ ing taOraoIs ah the boy is about to put them In his own mouth, and' when “Mitch” goes to school goes also, buton condition that he does not leave the book satchol, from whence his flat head with its'bright eyes can bo soon occa­ sionally stealing out for a sly look at his friend,—Maxwell (8, D.) Cor. Sb Louis Globe-Democrat TELEGRAPHS IN CHINA. Soon TbereWill Be turret Communication Between PekinandXwtjw, Tho first telegraph in China was built in 1866during a war in Formosa. The Viceroy of the province of Fnh-Keen ordered the construction of a lipe of telegraph from Pagoda Island to Foo- ohow-Foo. The Government disap-, proved of this plan and made aokeral attempts to frustrate tho undertaking, but as the Ministers from foreign coun­ tries in Pekin insisted upon the fulfill­ ment of the contract with the telegraph oompany the line was finished.. There was considerable opposition on the pari of the people in the Innovation, but this was graduallydispelled. Now, the tele­ graph has been gradually extended, un­ til its use is common in a very large part of the kingdom. There Is a lino between Pekin and Tientsin, and also one connecting the capital with the principal places in Mantchuria and ex­ tending up the Russian frontier on the Amoorand the Ussuri rivers. All the Seven treaty ports on tho YbngtsO river, also all the principal cities of the em­ pire, are now connected with each other fr6mguerrillas hr bushwhackers—men outkof uniform,"whersneaked in oh *0fir lines and cruelly shot down our senti­ nels on post, or firedfromairtbuscadq<JB* some passing sebub . , ,-i Our picket station on what WPS known as tho Franklin road, in'tho winter of ’08,,was about four mites out from tho post, arid’consisted of one com­ pany of cavalry and one of infantry. One bright-moonlight night I posted guards and vidottes, the latter being moiitod men placed,outside ail the lines to give the alarmif the enemy advanced on us for a surprise. Out on tho road beyond the Deserted House, nearly ,a mile from, the reserve I loft a young cavalryman belonging to Company M, N. Y. Mounted Rifles, with orders- to flro and ride into the reserve on tho appfoach, of an' enemy. It was loncsomo place, shadowed by a grove of pines, and I ftold young Stoddard to keep abright lookout, for I felt as if there was danger in tho air. He was a favorite of mine, for I had known him at home in' Warren County, N. Y., whore ho had married a. lovely girl but a year bofore the war broke out After posting all tho sentinels and vi­ dottes, I rode back to the postf dis- rihounted, picketed my horse and went for a cup of coffee to take oil the chill of the night:air. I had just drained a tin cup of the hot hoverago, when' far off from tho south­ west, wo heard the dull report of a gum- It was but a single shot and tho instant I heard It l cried out: “That is from Stoddard’B post, but it was no carbine shot I hope the poor boy hasn’t come to harmi." Five to ton minutes wontby, andtbon all hands were put on the alert as horSo came furiously down tho road. In a few seconds, running right Up to tho picket fires, ho Was caught and I saw at the first.glance that it was Stoddard’s horse. Tho saddle was empty, but tho front of the saddle and the shoulders of tho horse, covered with blood, told that the rider was e|thordead or badly hurt, Into tho saddle, and with twonty mon at my back, 1rushed to his post us fast as oiir horses could carry us. Thorn he lay in tho clcart moonlight, on his back near a clump of bushes, yet alive, hut dying—his breast fairly rid; died with buckshot I raised him up and gave him a sip of liquor from my caiitoon, hut it wasof no use. . “ IIo crept upon mo in tho hushes—ho was right under tho head of my horse when ho fired, and I had ho chance!” gasped the dying man. “Toll JGrnma I was hushwhacked at last!” It was. all ho could say;—gasping this, ho died. “ You shall be avenged, my poor boy1” I cried* “ Those is frost on tho ground and wofll track your murderorl” Wo followed tho track on tho thick frosted ground for nearly two miles to an old horse-shed hoar a house. Under a pile of old straw wo found a man in butternutclothes, with a double- barrelled gun by his side. Tho barrels wore yot moist from a rccont discharge. “Can you run?" I asked tho follow who stood bofore us, dark and sullen, .“ Lot me try,” ho growled, “Go,” said I. The next instant, to my men—ten in number—tho ordW low and stern: “ Beadyi“ Away bounded tho guerrilla, running for life. But ten seconds after his start followed tho order: “Fire low and lot him have if.” Ten sharp earbi nos rang loud on the night air as ono report, and the mur­ derer, with one fearful leap ended race and life ih the.aame breath. Poor Stoddard was avenged.—Cor. Toledo Blade, A CONFEDERATE PLOT. by ft Was Well Planned, Bat Betrayed a T em Banger. | Colonel Dulaney, of Bowling Green* Ky„ was a delegate from his Slate to tho Horticultural Society meeting just closed at tho Sherman House, Tho Colonel has quite a record and often amuses his hearers byrolating the incidents of his past life. Said he to a reporter: “ I was a soldier In the Con­ federate army during the entire period and with-the capital. The line f r om ’™ . ™ ^ Canton westerly has been pusfaod to o^the war and belonged to General John ■Xunn.n-tu, t t /c .p lu l th.1 p ,» ,l,c . of Yunnan, near the borders of Burmab. Lines have alto been constructed be­ rime of the Democratic National Con­ vention held hero,'there were many Confederate soldiers smuggled into Chi- 8,000, under the command of General Sweet, Tho prisoner* were thoroughly organised and perfectly familiar with ouf pltnittSjfcy wore organised into regi- onto, ■pmllionaand companies, and tq man sSwbre readjpjp make the fight r brdrtijWflfflSItjBwnover tho order r ratheCBe signam|| given. A great **oro w0r0 bo as to bTunfit for duty, while others were on leave. AIL of theso facts wo were perfectly, familiar with, and wO made our calculations accordingly. “Oar; postijopoment what cost us1 defeat ‘ ’A”prlsonorbytho name of John Shank, who had boon a Captain in the, Texas ratfgerfi, Betrayed us by exposing our whole jphomo to the;YV^eral offi­ cial*. and P*epaut|da Wftrat once tak°n )>y the^i and oha gameipil defeat­ ed. Ftor Shafcktertreachery lfareceived 65,000 and' a‘-commission nS’ CaptS.in in the United States.army, i}.pcl somo years afterward was killed and scalped by In­ dians out on tliefrontier. Infhoejfclle­ nient created by the exposuyD.'ofriUo plan to rescue the prisoners I ’escaped, from tho city and rejoinedmy command In the South, while many of the bon*' spirators were caught, tried by Court-, martial at Cincinnati, and at.least .twen­ ty of thorn sentenced te be' shot, which sqntonco was afterward commuted to life banishment*, to the Dry Tortugns. After thowarwasover all thatwerealive : wore pardoned and returned to their homos.” . - : When asked if he was satisfied with the result of the .war Colonel Dulaney replied:. “ I think it was tho best-thing j that Over happened for tho southland I am perfectly satisfied,”—Chicago Nows. WOMAN-5 LOT. "SSI Whom1 Forwbaf Bow shall 8tn Wher WhatcanawomanCot Sd-I abarll idarkt eh? Men can ride away To somo far battle-ground, And merge their fate In the tray. TUI the old seems a lesser wound ; Bash through the tempest there. Bwoou on tho earth blood-wht. Till many » dead man’s stare ^. ShalPiitirVe t#em toforget1" What can awornA d o ? aifSMUng hut vtmt her W%W™1 the long^ghts BOMttngher vei<M,hy d, . Batieav, and gtiiLaadpate. 'vv, Helpfulat each demand— " . Maybe %child's vfeah wall, ’ ■ Maybe a wrinkled hand. Sajo ps hor duties show, Save tube strong and true, Where can a woman go? *' ' What can a woman do? 1- - —Lily Tyiifcr,in K.Y. Mercury.. ugh. '•wsaP „ ANOTHER WAR RELIC. General.Toliiison'ftLetter to'tlieMisspsslppl Arwiy tlrglnxXfcon to Battle. Among the thousands of original manuscripts of personal totters, official documents and war orders at tho Libby Prison, War Museum there can bo found- much unwritten history. In tho case containing (tenoral Robert Eh-Lee’s ac­ ceptance of the command of the Confed­ erate army, his farewell address to the Same and his field order issued at the death of Stonewall Jackson has justbeen placed the original manuscript of Gen­ eral Albert Sidney Johnson’s address to liis army immediately preceding the battle of Shiloh. The paper was copied ‘ into the war records Just, a'few months f ago and Is as follows: , . ' . HKAIiqU.VIVIKIWAllUYOFTHEMlSSIS- Sirn CoMjioxwKAJ.Tir, Mjss.j’ April S, 1803.—Soldiers of tho Army of the Mis­ sissippi: I lmvo put yon ipmotionto offer btittlo to tho invaders o f your country? With the resolution and disciplined ‘ valor becoming men fighting us you aro, \ for a ll, worth living or dying for, you Can but march (o a decisive victory over tho agrarian mercenaries sent to subju­ gate and despoil you of your liberties, : property and honor. Remember tho nrocious stake involved; romemhdr tho depondonce of yourmothers,'your wives, your sisters and your children on the ! result; remember the fair, broad, abounding land, the happy .homes anil, families that will he desolated by. your defeat. The eyes and tho hopes of eight' millions of people rest upon you; you are expected to show yourselves worthy of you race and Hneago—worthy of tho j women of tho ■ Mouth, whose: noblo devotion in the war has never boon exceeded in any time. With such incentives to brave deeds and with the trust that God is with us, your General's will lead you confidently to tho com­ bat assured of success, A. 8, JonxSox, General Confederate States Army. THE VETERAN~S CORNER. IN WOMAN’S BBRALF. 1 S ^ ^ £ r 3 & ^ Butonreckcmlng the amount “ ^bflpllars * Week for tworooa* in iia course of a month, tbw toly engaged thehouse, 1 [hadsome furniture, and boartt “id.when their ready moneyd» f fit, even got some on the^ plan; and In toss thana ye»r thoy jowned the. entire furnishing* of their “own hired house,” Besides, in­ stead of a crowded, jumbled Jlfein or tbreo( lodging^rooms, they had ji whole- house to themselves, with frej. dom to do as they pleased Initstheyhsd separate stoeping-reoms™a luxuryor®- 'rfarHydenied theworking-girl, they hjd ;justDtfat .they to^ llllr six *M om diniir^holi|h'ey:pmo- hom6.v t c fche'JItildhome te a* jSpttt theYchhosp,'mth no crosslahdiaSy to put oflt the.hall gas before theygot in; they had company—tots of itjthey had a piano, a gaitarj amusiebpx, paiijp ingp, ongravin®, and Sfatuary;.imshorfe they had adelightful and cdly airi inde- pendont home, ’which they prizhdaUthe more for maintaining it themselves. Thpn there are three other girl bach­ elors, not* sisters. Who .have' “pooled l^ues,” ahd gono to housekeeping inan apartmonk. One . is,,an- artist, , one a music--ieacher, and one a proof-reader, Thoy brought to the fittiug- of their flit all tho taste and skill which the com­ bination sfurnished^and it is as dalnty and pretty anest as you will oftonfind in the ordinary walks of life. . ■They get miik, eggs, sliced bcef.rollB; and other good things from the bakery “ ’round, the corner,” and with excellent- coffee or chocolatdjof.their own hiakifift breakfast right royally* The heartier dinner is taken outside, in a neighbor­ ing cafe or downtown, as circumstanco admit, and tho light supper is prepared at homrt. Each girl. takes her turn in getting breakfast or supper, washing .dishes for a week, etc;, so that all do their share incontributing to both labor and expense., . . Thoy have certain evenlngs on which they go out. others on which they read or study qu.otly at home (they aro.gcod Elroiich and German scholars), and ono ovoning.a week onwhich they aro “at homo” to tbolr numerous friends. Curious it is to see how popular thoir home is with everybody who knows them! /Greyhoards ind their wives, old ladies andj titoifi grandsons, schoolgirl^.: and their aunts, all flock . t o see thpsft girlhachotors. ■ ;■ ■/ V/ “ You ought to have Seen these young mep When we fir$t bad our ‘at homes,' ” Said one of .them, “ They looked- upon us as strange, and on tho whole, rathor. dangerous freaks of rt3turo, Who wpro possessed of matrimonial designs Upon them. But after edging their way catoy fully for a time* they ovldbntiy mafie up theirniinds that We were perfectly harmless, and they are the,jeUlOpt com­ pany in the world now- ■’ : Not that there is any thing of tho "good fellow” about those girls; they are ladies, every one pi them, and al­ ways have an old aunt to chaperone .them, altUough,as oho of them wittily remarks: “Chaperons tot us are a fool­ ish and usotoss concession. It'is pqr- fect nonseniio for women who go evory- whero daytimes, alone, and support themselves by their wits, to set up a Weak and defenseless old- lady as pro­ tection at night. A revolver or a big mastiff would, bo more sensible for us.” ' Theso girls are all young and pretty, hod indications now point to abreaking- up of the girl-bachelor homo at an early date, in order that two or’ three now ones, after the old-fashioned sort, may be established. But the now homes . , , GIRL BACHELORS- , ; A Modern and BoilgUtfal Creature Who Happily HasSuperseded the IJesplcabte .Husbaud-Henter. . ...... " :. “My mother says I’ve got to get mar­ ried,!’ said a pretty girl in my, hearing the other day,. She “doclarCs^she won’t have an old maid In the family.” . This remark was made in sober earn- ; est, and boro not even tho outward sem­ blance of a joke, And wboreas the fair speaker is neither engaged nor has any immediate prospect of such e state of af­ fairs, and whereas,.moreover,, she did not blush for horself, I blpshod for her, blushed that in these days Of “highor education,” “woman’s sphere,” and all the other emancipations of women, a young ’woman of fair intelligence should , openly declare herself a husbandahunt- or, with a pretty face and >wltty tricks of speech her sole.stock-in-trade. I was, and am daily more so, ashamed of hor. Her father is a.physician wlth a prap- ,tice chiefly among poor or non-paying patients. Thole aro four children younger than sho, but she will not,- and. neither will her parents tot her, go to .work at any honest and selfteupportmg business, for tear that she will, as they express it, “spoil hoYmarket” The samp spirit/ more or less openly avowed, prevails ampng Other parents of to-day, a class, happily, growing beautifully loss, however. - Nq parent can fail to hope hor daugh­ ter will marry the man. of hot choiccand “ live happy ever after;” jthat Is tho nnt-, ura), foreordained lot of woman. But, in the, courso of human ovouts, many girls are disappointed in this prospect, If, indeed, thoy over choose it. For many girls, in theso modern days of busy employment tot every body, build up a plan of.life which includes no fu­ ture lovor whatovor. It is bettor so. Bo assured, UGod intends you to love and ho.loved, no matter how closoly.you may shut your heart, or how carefully you guard it with the sentinel of pro- occupation, tho .“king of your heart" will seek yon out and forco an ehfranco; and if there is to he, no king,.,you had bettor 1mfortified against usurpers. Howmuch more admirable is thochar­ acter, by contrast, of tho “ girl bachelor” of to-day. Thore aro no more “old maids”—not in tho city, at toast. Wom­ en as thoy grow more independent aro not so much ‘.‘claiming” their rights, as “ taking” them; and among theso is tho' right to earn their own living. No self- respecting woman of twenty-five or thir- full of hope and ambition and dosiro ty. ^ to do something for her day and gonor^£ Iwlll not suffer becauso of this experi- tWMn Foo-chotr and Canton, and be- ... , , „ tween rotfc Arthur and the capital of w.ith1>a,viT ° f tho ro“ and the line alon» tho YanvUe i prisoners then incarcerat­ ed at Camp Douglas. I at that time oc- a prominent position In Corea, a d t e li e alo g t o a gtse valley has been extended far into the,ea interior. Bv an arrangement taoentlv ®?P*C7 'I0 , , - ( that, hazardous movement. Tho rime fixed for action to bo taken was in the I y rec y made With theRussian authorities, tho Chinese AndSiberianlines in theAmoor valley are to be fitted, so that there will be direct telagrephlo communica­ tion betweenPekin andEurope.—Chica­ go Inter-Ocean. —Amongthenewsettlersia Oklahoma are aman and his wife, who are respec­ tively seven feet seven inches and tix feat in height* earltor part of October, but for reasons well known to the projectors at that time tho move was deferred until a month later.' At that time there were to my knowledge at least i,fiM C-onfed* arates oa the outsiCe of the prison hem ready and enlisted to assist in the cause of semiring liberty for those on the in­ side, who numbered about 3,566. The federal troop* hereinumbered about; R ev . E. B. C ahuoix , of Albany, Ga., has found some interesting relics on the battlefield of Jonesboro, They consist of tho barrel of an old muzzlo-lo-d- ing musket that was pulled from Too j breastworks in a dilapidated condition, | a bayonet that has been placed on the muzzlo of tho barrel and several bullets, battered by their contact with obstacles on tho field. ’ * G esehai , At.Fr.En II.-Tenny, U. 8. Army, retired, now livos at Hartford, Ct., which is bis native city, and al­ though but little is heard of him now-a days, those who know him as an officer in the army and as a.commander of troops in action, and whoare acquainted with the history of the war, aro aware that few, If any. aro deserving of more renown tban is General Terry, $ A Tot'CnlNO imftanee of tho respect felt for old soldiers occurred on a lios- 1 ton hotsc-car crowded with passengers. The conductor had refused several women access to the car, saying; “ I have not a vacant seat.” At that mo­ ment a venerable soldier, accompanied by a younger man in uniform, came up. Every person in the scab rose and made toom for tho old soldier, touched by the remembrance of the battles he ' bad fought for his country. T ub fight at Fredericksburg, on De­ cember 13, 1863, was a bloody one, It lasted all day long, and at night 27,000 dead and wounded mon lay upon tho battle-field, 7,000 of them being Confed­ erate soldiers. Tho morning after tbo battle H. 11, Treadwell, now a resident of Brunswick, and who Was amember of the Tenth Georgia Balallion, command­ ed by Major Emory RyJander, of Ameri­ cas, went out on the battle-field. Near two Federal soldiers, who appeared to be father and son, he found a razor, a razor Strop, a shaving brush and a small piece of soap. These ha took, and, hav­ ing used up the Other portionaoMb* outfit, still urea th* rarer when he want* toabave. tlon, is content to Bit calmly down now­ adays and eat the bread of dependence, with nothing to fill her heart and mind hut tho petty round of social lito that falls to her share, or not, as tho’ caso may be. Plenty of girls whose fathers have good, even largo incomes, *aro to-day working for their livings. Thoy havo fasted tbo sweets of independence, and, hotter still, knowtho blessedness of hav­ ing an object in life. 8uch girls do not spread their nets to catch the unwary husband: on the contrary, they dare very little whether ho comes or not, and they arq quite as apt’ to find or ho found by the right man at last as thoir sisters who are ever ready to smile upon “Ck»- lebs iff search of a wife;” and they will be rewarded, if they marry at all, by a marriage with ten times more real love and sweetness and earnestness in lb The "girl bachelors” of the cities ate numerous enough, and a power strong enough, to formadistinct class bythem­ selves. Many of them live with parents or friends, paying thoir hoard or con­ tributing to the general expenses of the household. Some have learned, how­ ever, to combine and form households by themselves. I have four sisters in mind, whose father Was able to give them a good bomo in the country, where ho lived, but who were ambitious and, inde­ pendentyoungwomen, preferring topad­ dle their respective canoes themselves, andIhsuchwatersassuitedandpaid them best. They went to Boston and obtain­ ed positions—one as a journalist, otie as a school teacher, and two asstenograph­ ers. For a Mmo they boarded and put up with such fare apd conveniences as they were obliged to; but after a few year* it occurred to the most practical one that with the money they all paid for* board and rooms they might go to housekeeping., „ The oldest one want heuse-hutitirtg, and soon found a coxy house with good- •ired grounds,'in a desirable locality, monk and it was much better that these girls while earning their owh livingbad the comforts of a home, and woresought out in It by thoir lovers, than to have gono husband-bunting.—'Helen M.Wins­ low, in Domorest’s Monthly. SMART WOMEN EDUCATORS. M iss Er.t.A C, S abin has been reap* pointed city superintendent o f the Port­ land schools, with a salary o f S2,SD0 per annum. Mns. R achael Li-oym Pb. D., is pro: lessor of chemistry in tho Nebraska University. Sho holds her degree from Zurich. • . Miss J ane B anckoft , Pb. B., has been elected to tho chair of lil3tory hi Wosloyan University, at Delaware. p.» with a salary equal to that of tho mate professors. Miss E va C oscaiiuen , who has charge of the department of olocution in Kast GreenwichoAcademy, Vt., has been hon­ ored recently by the decree of Doctor of Oratory, by the Mt, Vernon Institute of Philadelphia. M bs . M art L. Dofc has been unani­ mously elected to tho School Board of Bay City, Mich. This is tho fourth ele;- tion of a woman to the School Board from the Ninth Ward of that city, and In each caso tho lady has receiveda unanimous Vote, Mns. M ary E mery , for twelve year* County superintendent of schools of Peoria County, Ills,, has been chosdft principal Of tho normal department of the NevadaState University, at a salary of f 1,800. She* Is a talonted lady ana worthy of tbo high position accorded her. - •V ' ■ SurERixtBNtoEjfr MRS. C ato ?,* las* year conducted tho Normal School at Winfield, Kan., paid for it out of th* receipt*, had. a few cents loft, ana did hot drew from .th* oonnty* although cm titledtoSiOO for normal purpose,*. This speaks for Itself regarding woman* financial abilities,