The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 1-26
9 •' . * The Cedarville Herald. TEMPERANCE NOTES. .'■v•1i » >V XL BLAIR. FilbllsUor, CEDARVILLI5, i • - : OHIO. JAPANESE TRAVELERS. l" 4 d Hallways Constantly Tlironged With Thlrd-Clana I'aatengieni. By this term it is not intended to de scribe Japanese who travel abroad, but those who travol a t .home and explore' their own country. The J apaneso think a great deal of Japan, and care littlo for any other land. T h ey .are rarely met' with outside of Japan., although they are bright, keen’ and intelligent, and are passionately fond of nature. Fortunately for them, Japan is a land of beautiful scenery, as well as works of a rt and skill, so there is plenty for the home traveler to sec. Railroads are being rapidly built all over the empire, and the ordinary highways are "broad, well paved and shaded with trees. These are decided advantages, since Japanese generally walk on their trav els. Inns, suiting all classes and purposes, are frequent, says Frederick Stearns, a recent traveler in Japan. The cost of travel is but little: so one meets every where, on the high roads, in the city.- or . village street, groups of pilgrim travel ers banded together on some sight-see ing tour. The cost of an individual outfit is very low. The rain coat of straw,' the shal low, broad hat which serves as umbrel la and sunshade; straw sandals costing about one cent a pair; neat blue cotton clothes co sting 'no t over seventy-five cents a suit; ex tra baggage and food' carried over the shoulder on a bamboo p< le. i . They carry long bamboo s ta f f s in tlteir hands, and go talking, laughing, wondering and enjoying, Curing the'season of ear|y winter, when his home labors are over, a young farmer will start off with his wife and babies fo r a tour of weeks, to visit friends or noted places long distances apart. The shoulder polo gives bag gage room for from one to three babies, for extra ■ clothes and for rice. They will walk from twenty-five to forty miles a day. Four and one-half cents Will pay for lodging at ari inn for the whole family, including fuel to heat and cook a little rice, in good weather one pair of sandals will do for two days, but in bod weather they will use up two pairs a day.. When it rains, they tuck up their clothes abovo the knee, put on a rain cloak, or oil-paper cape, and do not mind the ( wet. The cver-ready pipe is enjoyed a t fre- j querit intervals by both man and wife; Contented, and happy the journey is full of pleasure. The government posts notices on the p u b lic . roads directing travelers to special, nearby bits of fine scenery and other points of interest. . Since the railways have been com pleted the rush of Japanese travelers is increasing. Go whore you will, the trains are frequent. Long trains of cars ore made-up, with one 11 tut-class car, for foreigners, generally empty; two d r three second-class and from six to ten third-class cars, and these, are longer than the first or second-class Cars, The third-class fare is very low, about one-half cent per mile, the sec ond, double, and the first-class, treble. These long trains of third-class cars seem always crowded, so that not only the scats are occupied, but many pas- j sengers stand, Many of theso people travel on pil grimages, taken to fulfill a vow made during sickness or in some affliction to the favorite divinity that, if relieved, or helped, the maker of the vow will v is it1 and pray a t a certain number of shrines 1 of the god, which may be hundreds of j miles ap a rt Often the pilgrims a re by poverty- re duced to begging their entire way when j traveling, but, as it is a pious act to aid ! such pilgrims, they do not suffer.— Golden Bays, SMALL BUT~StJDDEN. A Sleeper Who Objected to nrlng’l ’rstered For Kim. j A small man, who had evidently grown weary in his efforts to extract (. comfort from a corncob pipe, fell asleep in the corner scat and Boon was loudly snoring. lie became the, cynosure of all eyes in the car, and one venturesome , individual led In a general laugh. The j small man slept on and snored more I emphatically. Now anti then, when his head would drop over on his chest, he recovered himself with, a snort that made a nervous passenger on the other side of the car sta rt from his seat. The practical joker was present and soon began operations, He pinned to the sleeper’s coat a paper bearing the sen* .tence: “This is my busy day,” Thenho decorated the small man’s h at wltli newspapers and was about to stripe his face with bu rn t matches when the smalt ranu awoke. The practical joker had certainly succeeded in making plentv of fun, but he himself did not seem to enjoy it, The small man landed his left fist on the joker's nose and his right between his eyes, kicked him on the shins and hutted him on the chest, Before the other passengers could Interfere he hod reduced the joker's face to a highly colored illustration of a Chinese cele bration, Then lie quietly remarked: “it's kind o’ funny that the ehampioti Amateur lightweight o’ the Twenty- fourth ward can’t get a snooze without havin' some idjut pesterin' him."-- Brooklyn Eagle. A m o n g t h e u n f o r t u n a t e s . System o f Hospital Treatment o f the Vic tim s o f Acute Alcoholism. • “Give me some whisky! For God's sake, whisky!” In one of the wards of Providence hos pital this plaintive cry rang out after the lights had been lowered andosemi- darlcness prevailed. •I t came from the ward •> reserved for mania a potu pa te n ts . Noiselessly there glided to the cot a young woman, the embodiment of goodness, righteousness and hope, and, glancing down into the. wild, hunted face of the man who hod drained 'the intoxicating cup to its bitter dregs, she smoothed hack the unkempt hair and cooled his burning brow. The crazed patient soon •quieted, and sleep again came to him. This was not the first time the young man bad been a patient in the ward. He was the son of a wealthy physician and a wretched victim of the alcohol h a b it .There are many such cases, and the sisters a t the hospital know what treatment to pursue after a patient has been there once. No two cases develop exactly alike. The full-blooded, mus cular men fight their imaginary battles and seldom die; but the delicate men who have overtaxed their brains before seeking solace in the cup seldom make more than two visits to the hospital. They are physically unable to stand the strain. One. of the attendants said to the re porter: -‘We have many more delir ium tremen . patients than people suppose. Some are very, desperate cases. One night last fall a young man of perfect physical development, a per fect giant of strength and manly vigor, was brought in. He -was afraid of everything, and yet ready to fight for his life. He though t■ho was pursued by a Chinaman. As wo reached the ward he gave a shriek and sprang into the hallway, his bloodshot eyes glaring wildly about him with mingled fear and defiance. We. had a desperate struggle with him. Ilis'superhuman strength was shown, and he handled us for a time like children: Finally his strength gave out and lie was placed ou a. cot, bu t soon after was up again and. ready for fight. When we succeeded in overpowering him again ho was strapped down.” . “How is this done?” • “The patient is held on his bock, a leather strap, a wide one, is placed around his arms and legs, and made fast to the iron co t A sheet is then passed over his breast, and made fast in the same manner. In severe cases another sheet is placed over his knees, while the feet are made fast to the footboard of tho cot. I t is then impos sible for him to stir. Antidotes are given, and the patient fa lls-asleep. It requires several days and careful nurs ing to bring them safely through:” Perhaps a t Freedman’s hospital as many delirium .tremen patients are treated as in any of the other hospitals of the city, atod it is the boast of this institution th a t but one has died, and he was near tho grave when admitted. I>r. Shade! says when there is nowhere else to send'a patient he is fired into Freedninn-’s. - , Speaking of this class of.patients, the doctor said; “Our treatment Is very- simple. We sponge the patient off, take away his clothes, put him in bed, and give h im ligh t diet, milk, broths, etc. Wc do not, allow stimulants. When he becomes delirious we Order a bromide mixture. If ho be young wc sometimes order chloral hydrate a t bedtime,, but never use it in cases where the patient is old or an inveter ate drinker. We keep the bowels open by giving mild opiates. No mechani cal restraint is,needed in mild cases. Hut with the majority of our eases, where the patient lias suffered with the horrors of delirium tremens several times before, our treatment is a little different. Mechanical restraint must then be used. Give bromide mixture every four hours and alternate with it a mixture containing tr. muo. vom. Special attention Is paid to diet: milk, broths, etc., must be given a t frequent intervals. “To produce sleep wc often use mor phine hypodermically _aL bedtime, so th a t the patien t ennsleep several hours. .Sleep; rest .and diet are important factors in the treatment of all serious cases of alcoholism. "Only in cases of exhaustion do we give whisky. Never taper a patient off with small doses of liquor. Tr. digi talis may be given- in small do,scs as a heart tonic. An to the. propriety of hav ing the room padded, etc., I believe that very little furniture is needed; only a strong, low cot or bed to which yon can restrain the patient by tying him with a sheet across his chest and with bandages around bis wrists and ankles, thus keeping him in a horizontal posi tion, which is of the greatest impor tance when you have a serious case of delirium tremens in an old, inveterate drinker with a weak heart and suffer ing from chronic gastritis. Where the room is padded the patient walks around falling hither and thither, striv ing to get out and often injured by be ing held by friends or attendants. We have, seen several cases where patients Came near dying every time they a t tempted to get out of bed, “One of the worst eases I how .recall was th a t of a man who believed th a t he had killed his wife and child and thrown them into a sewer trap. He was a powcif.il man, had arms like rolls of steel, and We were hours get ting him tied, lie was calling all the time for Ids wife .and child, and said ho could see lakes of fire jntq which h« was to be thm v n . lie recovered and reformed, and is nos- a good citizen.” There being no regu lar hospital ill tho city for the treatment -.t mania a potu patients, thej arts treated in any hospital where they happen to he, sent, —YVashington Dost, DRINK ~AND MURDER. The D emon Strength That T.le« In the F low ing Howl. A sober man scruples to do th a t which a drunken man will execute Without hesitation. These words em body the essential motive th a t induces people to have recourse to stupefying drugs and drinks. People employ them either for the purpose of stifling remorse, after having performed nn ac tion disapproved of by their conscience, or else in order to induce a state of mind in which they shall be capable of doing something contrary to the dic ta te s of their conscience, .and to which the animal nature of man is impelling him. A sober man has conscientious scru ples to steal, to commit murder. A drunken man, on the contrary, (a troubled with no such scruples. Ilenoe it is th a t if a person wishes to Jo some thing which his conscience forbids him to do he first stupefies his faculties I recollect being struck by tho state ment made by a man cook on his trlM for the murder of an old lady—a rela tive of mine—in whose service he had been living. From the account he gavo of the crime and the manner in which it was perpetrated, i t appears that when he had sent his paramour, the maid servant; out of the house and the time had come ,for him to do the deed, ho seized a knife, and repaired to the bed* rbom where his intended victim was, but'as he drew near he felt that in his sober senses he could not possibly per petrate such a crime. “A sober man has conscientious scruples.” He turned back, gulped down two tumblers of brandy th a t he had provided before hand, and then,-and not before, felt th a t he was ready to do the deed, and did it. " , • Nine-tenths of the total number of ci'imes th a t stain humanity are commit ted in the. same way: “First take a drink to give you courage.” People are well acquainted with this property of alcohol to deaden ■ the voice of con science,, and they deliberately make use of it for this very purpose. ' Nor is this all. Not only do people cloud their own faculties in order to stifle the voice of conscience, but, knowing what the effect of alcohol is, whenever they wish to'make other peo ple perform an act th a t is contrary to the dictates of their conscience they purposely stupefy them in order to ren der them temporarily deaf to its remon strances, In war soldiers are always made drunk when they (nre about to bo sent into close hand-to-hand combat. During the storming of Sebastopol all the French soldiers were completely intoxicated. After the. storming of a fortress in the Central Asian war, when the Russian soldiers showed no inclina tion to plunder and kill the defenselebb old men and children of the place, riko- beloff ordered them to be duly plied with brandy till they were drunk. Then they rushed out to accomplish the ghastly work.-—Tolstoi, in Contem porary Review. : " FRESH FINDINGS. ." L ast y ea r th ere w a s sp en t in th is coun try, for tea, th e sum o f 830,000,000; for coffee, 8122,500,000, and fo r m a lt and spirituou s-beverages, 8900,000,000, Tin: sanitary board of Vienna, Aus tria , lias declared against the establish ment of asylums for inebriates, and in favor of all drunkards being, as ‘public dangers, sentenced to periods of bard labor. A pooh woman of Glasgow, Scot land, out of patience with her. hus band's drunkenness/ deliberately broke one of his legs, thus forcing him to re main a t home, for two months, and cured him of his vice. A bout seventeen years ago systemat ic Christian work was begun among the cabmen of London and a mission hall erected at King's Cross. Now out of fifteen thousand cabmen iu th a t city some 5,000 are pledged teetotalers. M k . W. S. C a ines , w h o h a s made a sensation" In s m issionary circles by- ch a rg in g ap ath y con cern in g th e e v ils o f in tem perance, is a b ou t to m ak e an o th er tour o f India, ilis errand th is tim e is to open tem perance g u ild s in conn ection w ith the sch oo ls and c o l leg es, in a ll th e provinces. He w ill also introduce E n g lish tex t-b o o k s on tcm p e r a n c e .-W . C. T. U. B u lletin . T ub liquor traffic is no friend of the workman, so far as empliymcnt is con cerned. I t gives occupation to fewer men than any other business in propor tion to its capital. For example the annual output of a brewery estimated a t five million dollars employs but six hundred and sixty men. while atv-u-pn ore works of the same capital requires four thousand eight hundred laborers. I t appears to bo demonstrated th a t the appetite for liquor can be ex tinguished in a short time by sub cutaneous hijeetion of chloride of gold. But there is one thing th a t tho argen tiferous solution will not do: repair lost opportunities, lost character! lost years. I t wilt not bo Bafe to indulge tho habit in the hope of controlling it by a hypodermic syringe. I t would not be sensible to set your house on fire because you think it can bo put out before your home is wholly burned up, No man will want to be cured of drink till he La«:■ far gone th a t the misery it occasions becomes intolerable. —- In terior. BUILDING A LOG CABIN. l t t t « n i t l » ( f t w i l o l i e e n i t o l E s d ; D a y s o n th o F r o n tie r . Log cabin building was g reat in n to the boys, although they did not find it easy work. There was a certain novel ty about the raising of the structure th a t was to be a home, and on interest in learning the use of rude tools, th a t lasted until the cabin was finished. The maul and the wedges, the trow and the little maul intended for it, and all-th e other means and appliances of the build ing were all new and strange to these bright lads. First, the size of the cabin, twelv* feet wide and twenty feet long, was marked out on th e site on -which it was to rise, and four logs were laid to de fine th e foundation. These were the sills of the new house. A t each end of every log two notches were cat,' one on the under side and one on the upper, to fit into similar notches cut in the log below, and in th a t which was to be placed on top. So each corner Was formed by these interlacing and overlapping - ends. T h e . logs were piled up, one above another, ju st as children build “cob-houses," from odds and -ends of playthings. Cabin-builders do not say that a cabin is a certain number of feet high; they usually say th a t it is. ten logs high, or twelve- logs high, as the case may be. When the- structure is as liigh'as the eaves are intended to be, the top logs are bound together, from side to side, with smaller logs fitted upon the upper logs -of each side and laid across as if they were to be the supports of a floor for another story. Then the gable- ends are built up of logs, shorter and shorter as the peak of tho gable is ap proached, and kept in place by other small logs laid across, endwise of the. cabin, and locked into the end of each log in the gable until all :ire in place. On these transverse logs, or rafters, the roof is laid. Holes are cut or sawed through the logs for the door and win dows. nnd 1the house begins to look habitable. The settlers on the Republican Fork cut the holes for doors and windows be fore they put on the roof, and when the layer of split Shakes th a t made the roof was in place, and the boys bounded in side to see how things-looked, they were greatly amused to notice how .light it was. The space between the. logs was almost -wide enough to crawl through, Oscar said. :But they had studied log- cabin building enough to .know th a t these wide "craeks v.-ere to be “chinked” with thin strips of wood, the refuse of shakes, driven in tightly, and then daubed over with clay, a lino bed of which was fortunately near, a t hand. The provident Younkms had laid away in his own cabin the sashes and glass for two small windows; and these lie had agreed to sell to the new-comers. Partiv-hewn logs for floor-joists were placed upon the ground inside the cab in, previously leveled off for the pur pose. On these were laid thick slabs of oak and hickory, riven out of logs' drawn from the grove near by. These slabs of hard wood were “puncheons,”’ and fortunate as was f ie man who could have a floor of sawed lumber to his cabin, he who was obliged to use puncheons whs better off than those with whom timber was so scarce that the natural surface of the ground was their only floor;—Noah Brooks, in St. Nicholas. ________ Five cents saved on soap; five dollars lost bn rotted elotlies. Js that trouomut There is nut 5 cents difference between the eost.of a baro< the poorest soap miulu mul the boil, Which is as ull know, Dobbins' Electric, A nor whoso leg was repaired In New York by grafting sonic skin frotri a dug, complains now that bis skin barks easily,— Boston Commercial Bulletin A rfcTncTivE's allies should tic all-ores—n lawyer's arc reputed to bo nil lies.—Boston . Courier. I firmuizn* prom Corous, Bonn TnttoAT, ' etc., should try “Urjten *HrJiii7it.il 2’iw/ie*,'' ' a simple but sure remedy. Sod only in j btxtc*. Price 25 ets. i Cons In the field Is shocked, and when it 13made into whisky it 1 b shocking.—Dim; ! haiutou Republican. | — Tnu cat is a meivtrn’mnl. hut r I io has n voice like a firo alarm.—Binghamton Ite publican. ! I t is no longer necessary to take blue pills to rouse the liver iii su-iiim. ~ t’ai-rer'S Lirtto LfverFdis arc muchbo ter.Do* t forget this. Tucr.r, Is ono business industry that has ■some snap to it even in dull times-the I whip manufacturer.-Lowest Courier. j . . ■ Opun i In I’iso’s ei.ire ter consumption, Cures where other remedies faiL 25e. 1 I t la n curious fact that when ono Is seked with a consuming passion one's an petito fails miserably. ~8t. Joseph Nows. .............. 'iii.i-.ifciiii ...... - ' ■ ° ■ ■ ■ i Makes the jWeak Strong ; The tray In which Hood's 8f.r»»p»ri)l* bnl|d» Bp ■people In ran down or weakened stsl.s ot health, >cunclunlvely proves the claim thst thls medicine 1 “makes the weak strong," It docs npt set like s ' ctlinulant.impartlBg flclltloas strength from which there must follow s reaction of greater weakness thsn before, hut in the most natural war Uond’t Barsnparllls overcomes that tired feeling, creates an appetite, purines the blood, and In short, gives treat hodtlr, nerve. menUI and digestive strength. Hood’s Sarsaparilla held t r ell drageiats. Hi six tor W, Frepsrsd o elf WtS I. UO0I>* CO.. Lowell. Mae*, 1 0 0 O o w t O n e D o l l a r Sy|UP«i(iS — I THE BATTLI 3 O N E E N J O Y S Both the method and results -when Syrup o f Figa is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidney*. Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the ■ only remedy o f its kind ever pro- duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial (n fa effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, fa many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made i t the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is. for sale in 50o and 31 bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try i t Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. 8AN FHAN0I8C0. CAL. - ___ LQUI8V/UE, KY. NEW YORK, HX Tjerman Syrup” ForThroat andLungs ■• - " 1 have been ill for Hemorrhage "about five years, „ "have had the best Five Years, "medical advice, "and I took the first *‘dose in some doubt. This result e d in a few hours easy, sleep. There ‘‘was no further hemorrhage tillnext "day, when I had .'a slight attack "which stopped almost immediate- " ly. By the third day all trace of “ blood had disappeared and I had "recovered much strength. The "fourth day I sat up in bed and ate! "my dinner, the first Solid fodafof "two months. Since that time I " have gradually gotten better and " am now able to move about the "house. My death was daily ex; “ pected and my recovery ha: '‘a great surprise to my friente»mtM '*the doctor. There can be no doubt "about the effect of German Syrup, "as I had an attack just previous to ".its use. The only relief was aftet ‘‘ the first dose/' J.R. L oughhead , Adelaide, Australia. , . fi MY e m p t y J*{-AMPfrlttis 8 K**e« pij Atidybu knew : Yourband:— Bamf ii dpos n>° 6°°J 10 l*ear of hl I'tiis sobt-m me and make* il ,j jnaugti ’twore onlvye»wl «-e cuiuiir-d toKi-ther—Sapa I •rtrre'* somefluni; strarg el About i ) io way old teerien cd ITpoa my memory to-aiKlil, rd llko to roll about a drink That Steadman'A boyggavgl HOWwear'od with the hoat I Of toilsome march, as n f h tl Anidruffl and fife the halt j | (Mjed up our straggling m l jjp n thoughts of camp and! jfy empty canteen mocked j ■ jj.ud comrades spoke throuJ Below us. far tlio river g leJ Ifo hint of brook, 9 * pdoh-oj AstuaH'.'d tho fever in o u r 1 Wfi climbed At leng th the v Filed right, and left, In orde And stacked our ann»T t&el “Break ranks!" fell rjotttpl Bot.through dU* 1 f undl Across our front, then face! Close passed a host of until Oaslung their canteens—b | "Tisthus th at you. to-day, j My fainting heart. Acrosl The scorched and dusty yei yiy n-cury march hruws ;iel Might's shadows hide roy 1 A'blrst and famished, In ' limit: when to my lip sy o l This cup, with, cool, sw eotl ' —Iw MAJ. BELL'I STABS A IM S AS 2112 KDVES 3 . Th-y dispel poisonous bile from the sy-teiriv tui-r,-i«y curing bili ous attacks, cunsilpntluji, head ache, malaria, dysentery, and a U stomach amt liver disorders. Two sires, o a e prioo. Biuc B eans . 20 iu each bcitie, - — UEOjijlose.___ B ilk B eaks S xaix , 40 In each" bottle, 2 to 4 a dote. Sugar Coated. 1 ’ieosant as candy. bold by liruggfca. . 2Gcents per bottle. J . F . SM ITH & CO., 25S A 257 Greenwich Street, New York City. A Meeting- on tlie lTclil l . Not. Prove l)i| An em b lem a tic a l b f Leg-ion adorned th e l l coat worn b y Maj. Osl bany. J “A story, eh ? ” Jau4 officer, a s h e d eta ch j from th e b rid g e o f l l in a good n a lu r e d w l ant R ep u b lican r e p o | him. “Well, lemtne sel Shiloh is a chestnut] of the Wilderness 1 smothered from furl profuse grow th of tj can give you a. littll never been in typ 1803. when our regiii a t a -little Missouif ington. ’I wore, a that time and did tl pany B. “The captain of C| ed Henry Poor. ' Li tested me, and all a pun on his name ’ Being a young man| he was mortally iseemed to have tentional sally of wl his expense among f .cadets. f “Well, vvhen we.I the loaded dice of in the •same regii war broke out we der-thc same color our regiment carl Mo., near Kansas us it was known iij the events th a t weeks of our ; B: ikiflern woman, I though a Missouri •sped for the conf great many of its I patliized w ith thel the ball, sev e ra l" regiment were self included, “During the cl name on the pros ington‘s belles, b | tile dance I was ll cry th a t my nam l -erased and th a t| When Poor anil' -off amid the sedii eliestra my I 1 I 0 J meantime been Fahrenheit by eliampnigne, fall tion. Later in I •(’apt. Poor in th l •room alone, I »T face and. told ldj -of him. He did] tlie next day fioin him to fig! “ I had never f Hated some tl* licensed of eoivj m a tte r-w a s - friends, and onl five dark figuf camp and h itj The fifth figur Lexington, wll secret and coal erution of a blf every anpearal tragic one. nl time I detect* features o f . ill tual friends a J MmifACTumMW m m Ai CTC r , OpMKINATIOM BUM O U A L u G ' • r u n tm n rt» mr/—»>—»m«. -4 ■ pals. iii ■ “Measure 0 0 I the doctor as X ■ ft ■ Missouri iiiei p ■ * ■ hers. The. <1 PI ■ m ■ of ceremould r | ured. I n p r Mtataritf Publlcjtlw*,*® KfctUnkr m . LANDS i(UTlMMf iiM« mrSMt tin t murtttMji M-MMIMrAtM««*«■•JMM* “ Bring or next cumnu forth nn oh] carefully w, Boor fdiuddl ous. Fgh: tj wicked saliel from wide! emerge stir paces apart, other, pntiei swords - ready to pu
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