The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 1-26

WHICH TOOK HIM? Husband or Son-In-Law, the Widow"Moet Have Her Piquet. Km Vincent, widowed and wealthy, laoked haughty and fierce. I t was three o'clock in the afternoon, sad the sun took the, liberty to Intrude through the window into the library, famished in'purple leather end walled with hooks, which had had a pretty complete rest for the ten y e a n tha t the late Vincent hadtbeen in hijs grave. • lira. Vincent fa t and glared. Her dork, proirainent and wrfetlifully- aatonLshed eyep had for their target a young man, in whose bearing appeared a singular mixture of deference and de­ fence. He, on his part, saw before him a ladf under fifty, but not fan The lips were yet full and ted, pud M r figure, though ample, still retained agreeable fine* . If her hair was white, the black eyebrows held their color and empha- ' sised the air of cogunand to whioh the Soman contour o%the nosp , most con* tributed. “Well, I never1” she cried, flapping down a pack of cards on the table. , The map smiled slightly. A young man, with curly brown hair, cheerful, blue eyes, up-twisted mustache and, a flym chin—a fresh, alert, compact, healthy young man, whose loose, elegant costume proved that he understood how to achieve that careless grace which so charms women. An intelligent young man with cynical confidence in his smile. ' He stood unfrightened, ju st the sort of young man who should not be what he was—secretary to a mature Cali­ fornia street widow of spotless reputa-. Hon and large means. “Well, I never!” the lady exclaimed. The young man spoke resolutely: “Ho, Mrs. Vincent; I shall play piquet with you no more. Piquet is a good enough game, and I am not averse to it in reason. Hat I object to piquet in the forenoon, in the afternoon, and in the evening, six days in the week. 1 confess pm tired of piquet ” > “In that case, and because of your lu- -aolence,” said Mrs. Vincent, with cold deliberation, “you may consider your­ self discharged, Mr. Middle*” “Very well, ma’am.” And he' turned Inward the door. “Mr. Middles!” He halted, his hand on the portiere, and faced abou t She placed her glasses on her modi­ fiedHoman nose, viewed him steadily, aad, toying with the card*, inquired: “Would an .increase of salary be any inducement, sir?” . • “Ho-” "Then go!" He bowed’and disappeared. He hand'sought the belL Jeames, in Kray, both imported from London, re­ sponded: “Hoggins, Mr. Middles is in the hall. «V to him that I wish to aee him.” The secretary returned, overcoat on are* hat in hand. lire, Vincent threw herself, back in hsr chair,r and, clasping her plnmp, white bands above her head, said, in the conciliatory tone of the negotiator: “Mr. Middles, let ns not act hastily. J acknowledge that I cannot well spare you. Next to myself yon are the best fiqnet-plsyer this side of Hew York.” “1 know if, Mrs. Yinoent. Indeed, I (lay better than yon.” “You do not!” “I d a " .His frozen calmness cowed her. There was feeling in her words th a t fallowed: “You loved my husband, did y o n aot?” “I did. Ho waa a father to me. I •ire my education to him, and—apd—" “All that you are.” “Which u notmuch, Mrs. Vincent.' (‘He was your benefactor, and yon laved him, yet yon refuse so little a thing as to play piquet with your bene­ factor's widow.” *1 da Gratftnda has its limits." “Evidently. Yon will not humor an a il woman's Weakness and lighten the harden of her loneliness?” “1will not. Besides, i t is no t a weak­ ness, bat a disease, this insanity fo r ftfcaet Moreover, you are no t old. On the contrary, Mrs. Yinoent, yon are MB a charming woman, and by with­ drawing yourself from the world, and giving yourself tfver to cards, you wrung yourself. Worse than tha t, yon I B in your duty to your daughter, who haa the life of a.m u .” “That is nothing to you, sir!” •Tree." Again be moved toward the door, “m il nothing,” aeked the lady. In alarm, “induce you to alt down to a gaase with me—just one?” “Nothing th a t yoti would give, Mrs. “I’ooh! Vote know very well th a t n i give anything yon dak. I can 't do without yon. What is i t you want?” “Yonrself.” “Eh? Yott soresis —” “That neither as seerfetoty, protege, ■ar friend shall I play piquet with yon again, As your husband, I wilL” “Clodbless toy soul!” Tend woman* Uuburicd nan hn offer be either long surprisingor dbtagraea- Me. It was with warmed cheeks had softened eyes that the widow tadd: “Do I understand- that—th a t you— ysukive me, Eanvt?” Mr. Middles bowed* bu t swijrted hM flta**-' ’ >t\/ '• 4 1 j • " She sighed and atprmuWKk **Ah, I aciricb.”' “Precisely, Mra, Vincent. You are rich, you love to play piquet, and I am the best player on the Pacific coast- If you will marry me, 1will play, if’ not, not,4* - “Well?” • ; 4 ’ - ' “.Under the circumstances,' I do not »ce that more can rationally be said.” “Cut the cards.” Eighteen, golden-haired, slim, supple, adorable, Adele Vincent flashed he** scornful eyes on tbe visage of Mr. Mid­ dles, who, undisturbed, apt a t ease in the conservatory, Mrs. Vincent played solitaire in the adjoining library, awaitingher atlianced and piquet, “Why, mamma la old •enough to be your mother, ErnstMiddles." “I,know it.” , “Your motive in making this mon­ strous engagement must be purely mercenary.” “Strictly.” , , “And you feel no shame in making the admission?” “None.'! ' “ Faugh!” “Thanks.” ‘ “For what?" “For' so" well expressing my feel­ ings.” , * ' She sank upon & lounge, her pretty feet croased, covered h e r face w ith h e r little hands, and her lovely young body was shaken with sobs, “Don’t cry,” M id Mr. Middle* , “I can’t help i t Oh,.it is infamous!” “ Ye* Still I congratulate myself.” “Congratulate yourself1” “Enthusiastically, I have neither the brains nor energy to Conquer a fortune, therefore I marry one.” “You can descend to that?” “I rejoice to find th a t I can. I am no t the fool that I might be. Many men quarrel with their luck. I dis­ cover th a t l a m toow ire for such folly. Compose yonrself, toy dear Adele. I ’ll bo a father to you.’’ “A father! You are hu t eight years older than I. Oh, Ernst, consider. You have been a son to mamma and a brother to me. We have grown from childhood together. Papa loved yon. Don’t, 1 beg of you, doD’t make ua all ridiculous!” “My word is given, Adele. As agen- tleman, I must keep it.” “A gentleman, indeed! I ’thought you a man, with a man’s courage, a man’s honor. OhI” “Calm yourself.” ' “Calm myself! You put me to humiliation and sell yourself and your talents for—" “The prizes that talen t gives take years of conflict to win. I get the prizes without the confiicf.” “The bravor young man who wm to face the world and achieve!” “I have outgrown the illusions of youth, Adele.” “And you will m a r r y a woman in whose crazed sight your chief merit Is your skill a t piquet?” “You have said.” “At least you have the deoonoy not to pretend th a t yon love mamma.” . “Love is a luxury, and luxury is not for the poor. Ho; I do not love your mother. I love you.” , “Me!" - “ I have for year*" “You—you—never—” , “Never told you. Why should It- Would you share poverty with me, Adele? Would I, loving you, permit you? You speak of my talent* I have tried to use them. They do notexiat.” “And ypu—” “Yes, with my whdla heart and soul. Love you! God! I t ia no t in ma to ex­ press how much!” “I’m very glad to hear it,” said Mr* Vincent, wholly opening the library door. “Mammal” ’ “ Hem!” “One word, Erast Middle* Would you as Adele’s husband, and provided for, play piquet with to#?" “With pleasure.” “You’d better m any him, Adele, my child.” “Ob, mamma! after what has hap­ pened?” “Come, Mr. Middles, the cards are waiting.” “But I’m neither your husband nor your son-in-law, Mr* Yinoent.” “So. Adele make up your mind; yea or no. Evidently it must be one o r the other of u s 2Vine, Mr. Middles; piquet, If yon please.” “Hot until after the ceremony, madam.” —Arthur MoEwen, In Ar­ gonaut. _______________ Artificial artmtotonec. !he manufacture of artificial grind- ooe now constitutes a very impob- t industry in this country, The ma* [mis used In this manufacture are verlzed quarto, powdered flint, rdered emery or corundum and rub 1 dissolved by a suitable solvent me materials, a fter being carefully ced together, form a substance that xceodingiy durable, and that will, ea Used for sharpening tools, out* sr by many years any natural stone >wn, During the process of mixture 1kneading there is aOonstant escape tar fumes, very often rendering nee- ary the covering of the mixer* b a sheet iron hood. The compound fterward calendered into sheets of ~b»lf to three ind ic t thick, shaped and carefully vulcanized, and the eess Is epmpUted W wbeois bo* PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL. * wu—esaw —An eloping couple were traced re* sently In a peculiar Vfkj. A boarder had run away with Ills landlady, aad the husband of the woman, knowing of the boarder’s fondness for onions, gave that as part of the description. When the couple were identified the man had a plate of the odoriferous, vegetable before him. —Edwin Booth in a plain, ordinary suit of gray and a soft black hat is fre­ quently seen these days qboufc the Nfiw York ’thoroughfare* A great many people appear to recognize the wonder­ ful eyes under the heavy eyebrows, the long, strong nose, close lips and rather sharp chin. Mr. Booth looks well and much younger than hi*years, —A Marlon, Ala., telegram says that Edith Brown, a beautiful child of seven, waa frightened to death by a SfcjBer­ narddog. She was passing along tbe street, and tbe dog ranwiciously to the fence and bounded against it, climbing up on the paling* The child screamed and fell to the1 ground. Passersby came to her assistance, bu t when they reached her she was gasping, and in a few moments was dead. —Bernhardt on the stage is only ex­ celled by Bernhardt at dinner. She eats, "drinks, sings, pats her dog and drinks again. If anything' happens.to displease her she throws something at the dog, calls him to bar again, kisses him on the head, and asks iiis pardon. Then she drinks to the health of every­ body, including the dog, and then falls to.eating: •And so she continues to tear a passion to tatters until the last raisin has disappeared. —Very much the greater part of the opium Btnoked in the Chinese laundries and joints is second-hand. Opium is costly, even though so much of it is smuggled across the Canadian border, and, since only half its strength is ex­ hausted by one “cooking,” it has be­ come a profitable industry to save the refuse of the pipes, prepare it over again and-sell it anew. A great deal of the opium sold over the counters of the Chinese stores and called second grade is really second-hand. r—Helen Gladstone is thought to re­ semble her father in appearance, and she also possesses his remarkable vital­ ity. At Newnham college she invari­ ably keeps her table in the best of spirits by her amusing stories and witty repartees. For ordinary society regulations she lias little respect, and is quite indifferent about her dress, ap­ pearing a t luncheons and dinnerparties In plain, sensible looking costumes, in Which - very little taste is displayed. She is, however.' a social favorite. —Many, people have heard of “the President’s flat” in Hew York, bnt few know from what the structure derives its name. The Sun says it is a tall, narrow briok building with stone lin­ tels and arches, and it would be wholly of the regulation type of better class tenements except for ono thing, which is that over every window is carved in brown stone tbe head of one of our president* The work is done in such a manner that more than half a dozen of the heads are recognizable. The ef­ fect is—purely a matter of taste. "A LITTLE NONSENSE.” —He—“Why are you going . to Europe?” She—“Frankly, to secure a husband. And you?" He—“To got away from my wife."—V. Y. Continent. —Young lovo Is all very well (u its way, Bnt tbe ear It awfully tiros' To hear the telephone girl each day, Doing her courting over the wire* —Capo Cod Item. —The editor wrote it correctly: “Let the galled jade wince.” But this ia the way It appeared in the paper: “Let the gallon jug w a it”—Atlanta Journal. —“So she rejected you, did she? Your proposal didn’t please her?” “Well, I can hardly say it didn't please her. I thought she’d never stop laugh­ ing.”—Boston Herald. —“Don’t yon think,” said Miggln* “that I often wield a bitter pen?” “I don't know," was tbe reply. “You’re the only man I ever saw chewing the end of i t ”—Washington Post —“Yon are not obliged to say nay thing tha t will commit yourself,” said the judge mechanically. “How, honor bright, judge,” replied the prisoner, “if I promise to be non-committal. Will you?”—BuffJ o Express, —True, As to Some.—The Cynic— “Wretched machine! Do you really im­ agine th a t yon are the greatest of in­ animate liars?” The Gas Meter (loftily) —“Can yon name a greater?” The Cynic—“Assuredly. I t is the tomb­ stone.”—Pittsburgh Bulletin. , ' , —Perils of the S tree t—“What is the matter,” asked Mrs, Mundy, poklnghcr head out of the flat window and ad­ dressing the policeman. “Matter enough,” said he, “A piece,of your angel cake fell on a man’s head and we’re waiting for the ambnlancc. N. Y. Sun. —Sad, But True.—Young Wife—“My husband tells mo that he can not con­ tinue to Jove me when I am old.” Lady Friend—“How, that Is really too bad.” Young Wife—“Not a t all! Yon sec, I am 35 and he is 76. By the th n o l dm an olcl woman he will lxs dead and gone.”—Le Petit Itouennais. —■Government Inspector in the Prison —“And what brought yon here, my men?” “A cold, yoarhoodr. You see, I was just Climbing Into the window all right, but I had fetich a cold that 1 oonld not help sneezing, fend so th e gfen, tlemaa waked up and caught me, and here ■ TEMPERANCE NOTES. DRINK DELIRIUM. A O bp tlr Description by One Who Has flucl the Disease* There are many popular errors con­ cerning the disease called delirium tremdns, and comparatively little actual knowledge of its direct cause, or the proper method of its treatment. A “crazy drunk,” mania-n-potu, com­ monly called “jlm jams” or the “horrors” and delirium tremens, by the public in general, are supposed to be one and the same disease, when in fact they bear but slight resemblanoe. Even the medical fraternity are lamentably ignorant upon, the subject, and*few indeed bave a just conception of the disease or the proper treatment to be pursued to effect a cure. 'Mania-a-potu bears about the same relation to delirium tremens as does a severe cold to a fever. The difference between the two is the differ­ ence between imagination and reality. In mania-a-potu the victim has hal­ lucinations, sees strange sights, and hears people talking to and about him, all of which, imaginary ideas he'can -be reasoned out of; bnt when the con- diton of delirium tremens obtains, everything becomes a reality, and all the powers this side of eternity cannot convince the patient to the contrary, and it is not good policy to make the attempt, . Another very prevalent error lies in considering a person with the tremens, a dangerous maniac. It is true that de­ lirium tremens is one of the many forms of insanity, for the time it exists, but the victim is in .no manner danger­ ous to others. He is in constant fear, and some trouble or danger threatens him a t every point, and his chief desire is to escape, not by injuring or killing some one, but to get away from sur­ rounding peril* Sometimes his earthly career is to be cut short by poison,, and he will refuse food, drink or medicine,. Again, he is to be cut into pieces with knives, and he will beg pitaously for some more speedy form of death.. In fact, death in some form threatens him on every hand. ' Although it is admitted that delirium tremens is a f orm of insanity, pro­ duced by excessive, alcoholic indul­ gence, it differs from ordinary insanity in that, during the time the former con­ tinues, the person remembers dis­ tinctly everything, he heard or saw (in imagination) and recognizes those with whom he is acquainted, and also re­ members actual conversation; while in the latter ease the period of insanity is a total blank, whether it he for one week, one year or more. Medical au­ thority and the statistics of various In­ ebriate asylums will bear out this state­ ment. Another error, and one that often emanates from so-called temperance lecturers, who, either from ignorance or a desire to create sensation and pro­ found horror, have depicted a man dy-- ing from the tremens continually “screaming for rum.” Records cannot be produced to attest such » statement. As a matter of fact, a person will often quit drinking when delirium com­ mences without knowing that he is •in that condition. In an actual case he never realizes that he 1 b delirious. He imagines himself all right and oveiy one elso wrong. Another error lies in tbe supposition by many that a person always dies, from the third attack. With proper treatment he may pass through many, and finally die from old age. Again, the idea is entertained, and even, by some physicians, that a complete with­ drawal of alcoholic stimulants from an excessive drinker isliablo to produce delirium. On the contrary, when the system becomes Impregnated to a cer­ tain degree with alcoholic poison, de­ lirium will supervene whether the habit is continued or not. To’continue drinking or to partake of intoxicants a t all, is merely to add fuel to fire, or poison to poison. While there is no danger to be feared from a person in delirium tremens, there is great danger to the life of the sufferer, if not under complete re­ straint, and a person may he afflicted for days or even weeks before the dis­ ease is recognized as such, and many cases of suicide may be attributed to this cause. A ease is remembered by the writer of a physician of high standing in the community, while suf­ fering from the disease and an inmate of an institution, who called for his surgical case, and when asked for what purpose, answered tha t his abdomen was fnlt of small snakes, and he ex­ plained the manner in which he pro­ posed to perform a surgical operation on himself to dislodge them. Had he been home, . ndonbtcdly a suicide Would haVe been recorded in papers —cause unknown. Another person, after being pursued by demons of every description, and threatened with death in many forms, was told by an Immense fish which swam into his rdom that by taking a certain prepara­ tion he would be enabled to live under water, and so escape all persecution* If the victim had been a t liberty, he might have tried the experiment, and a “floater” would have been reported.— The Voice._ __ ___ JALOON POLITICIANS. A Foreigner's Jinpreiclonc of Out Political s ' t System-.«. ,w; ,e. - A German traveler who recently made a flying visit to this eodntry, studying carefully the workings of our political system in some of our larger cities, and referring to his visit la flan 1'rfiaelMo, toy* in one of h it lfettertc “I went to » saloon where gentlemen to* terested in ward politics nightly con­ gregate. They were not pretty pei* son* Some of them were bloated, and they all swore cheerfully until the heavy gold watch-chains oa their fat stomachs rose and fell again, bat they talked over their liquor as men whs had power and unquestioned access to places of trust. They talked of prac­ tical politlca; they had been there, they know all about it, They banged their fists on the table, and spoke of political ‘pulls,’- the vending of votes, etc.” He adds: “Theirs was not, the talk of village babblers, reconstructing the affairs of the nation, but of strong, coarse, lustful men, lighting for spoil, and thoroughly understanding the best methods Of reaching it.” After he had listened to this conversation of saloon politicians, aS«d later to a polit­ ical speech addressed to them and their compeers as constituents, he said: “1 began to understand why my pleasant and well-educated host in Ban Fran­ cisco, spoke with bitter scorn' of snob duties of citizenship fis voting and tak­ ing an interest In the distribution of officers, Scores of men, he said,' have told me without falsft pride, that they would as soon concern themselves with the public affairs of the state as rake muck with the steam shovel*” This is as others see us who come from abroad as students of onr political institutions, from the saloon standpoint of our large cities. We may well be thoughtful con­ cerning the future in the light of such a picture as is thus presented to disin­ terested observers, of our present muni­ cipal situation.—Northwestern MaiL HERE AND THERE. . T he stained glass windows in the sa­ loon do as much to help the devil as tbs bottles on the counter.—HamvHor* I t has been proved by statistics that a life insurance company on a total ab­ stinence basis gains thirty per cent, by reason of the superior vitality >of its policy holders. A B uffalo (N. Y.) saloontst in offer­ ing his business tor sale for a thou­ sand dollars states as an inducement to the purchaser that five thousand labor­ ers pass his place daily. Does not gov­ ernment owe protection to these, men rather than to the place where, drunk­ ards are manufactured? The laws of Draco in force a t Athene condemnedtodeath anyperson convicted of being.drunk. Persons whowere seen to enter a drinking house were dishon­ ored ever after. Notwithstanding thta inebriety steadily increased and became* alarming in its extent and publicity,— Journal of Inebriety. T hebe is rejoicing among the friends. ot temperance in the fact that they number an English duchess among thei* rank* The new duchess of Bedford, hitherto the marchioness of TariBtock, is like her sister, Lady Henry Somerset, a strlet teetotaler. Other, lady members of the English nobility who have en­ listed in the cause of temperance are the countessof Carlisle and the countess of Ellsmere. A paper on heredity, read a t the an­ nual meeting of the American Social 8cienoe association credited forty pet cent, of drnnkards directly to inebriate ancestry, atad twenty per cent, to in­ sane and mentally diseased parentage, so that sixty per cent, of all inebriates are “launched into existence freighted with diseased tendencies and Impulses which bnrst into activity from the slightest exciting cause*” T he first petition for prohibition in this country came from Passaconaway, chief of the Penacooks, who lived on the Merrlmac, Ho was a sagacious ruler, and seeing the demoralizing ef­ fect of drink upon his three thousand braves, besought tho English govern­ ment not to sell them firewater. In IMS an English “trucking house” was opened among the Penacooks, and the “drunken Indian” became so numerous that a delegation of cbiefs journeyed to Piscataqua to enter their protest in per­ son against the Bale of spirituous liquors to their tribe. “I was always told,” said a reformed smoker, “tb st I could not give up the cigar habit, which I had indulged in for twenty years; b u t I "resolved one day to give it np, and have kept the resolu­ tion for two years. If you want to be sure that you have any mind left, or any self-control, just do as 1 did, and it you can't keep your resolution yon may be. sure that you have not the capacity of self-control, and are on the way t o ' imbecility. 1 tested my mind by re- solving that I would not smoke, and I have stood the . test; and I know that my will has grown stronger in conse­ quence. I t is a great thing to hare a will that is under the control of the judgment,”—N. Y. Sun, Noah's Example, Men often fall a prey to the smallest temptations, no who is invulnerable on the field of battle, in the halts of legislation, in the workshop and iu the mart of business may easily succumb to tbe tempters in his own house, When all the world was against him Noah was a preacher of righteousness, but in the midst of Ills vineyard and among his own people he got drank, The public gaze puts a oertain restraint on a man that he loses in the private walks oil life. The habit of dress in private and in public clings to na in onr manner of living. Men may fall into new forms of sin, Noali was the first drunken nian in the world. I wish lie had bccii the last. Age Is not .a pre­ ventive to new sins. Think of Noah at the age of six hundred getting drunk, and possibly for the first time.—>Potts- ville Chronicle.