The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 1-26

THE. BATTLE FIELD. THE FIRST BATTUE. A„ 01<> Ut» yi«rjl*a i ’uvotiout, o f a 15»w lU 'ir u lt. If you were to ask.u dozen oe more 0ld soldiers to tell you liow they felt yrju'n going- into their first battle, per­ haps no two would have precisely the game '.mpressiona to relate. To most ,uen going for the first time Into the fire of an rnciny’a guns on the field of hat- tie, it is certainly a trying ordeal, an occasion attended with the most thril­ ling sinsations, feelings full of dread and few- No other experience iu life can B t l f ! j :;i A VoluatrRr pateNs tomMscd of vapr led classes <jf « » - l/oj£ itpme va riety j dangers- 'do; 5n * r t / d e V e l o p the M:ne ffejiqgs !I,Men whp confro at ib^gonta-hiiJitVi field from * j sense’ol-d'uty*1are';affected differently from tbcqe who under the mere thrill • of excitement rush, like the unthinking horse, into peril heedless of cause qr result Then there is another class of soldiery, men who are—they know not why—utterly indifferent to fate, men who u r P ; -unconsciously r : devoid of thei * {pfdje %pf _,dang£rj ^ fovOn, if .they ’ do* not' possete that/> sublime trait of character called valor. Bravery does not always consist of the power or capacity to mpet.apd defy danger, and men are often,■ cowardB when there is really no danger to face and overcome. Such peop learc j|kC •children who are. reluctant to go into the dark room even though they are confidently assured j/tbeye is no enemy, there. . Shadow* frighten. many .people • as well as eluektms. Among.,soldiers there is—»a observed in our late .war^atjHl .ahbtKer class but little 'different fVadrtitofch just’ referred to, men who may be put under the head of “don’t cares"—-young men who go into battle with about the same feel­ ing with which they would go into a foot race or swim in deep water. Then there ape 5 $he »pes yy\ththe pure lofty cou'iSgc. the vnliant and true, who' go out coolly and steadily under the flriveven though’ there is the restrained dread in the innermost heart, even though there may he seen the slight pallor-on their checks, the unconscious restlessness in. the eye and the evident subtle' cihdfioA^tlSat moves the lip and ; the limb. Woe to the enemy- who Stands or cowers under the steel of such a foe. f 1'- ’ l;T V ’ ; w The mouteAryliig'ofdeiil in the-'first battle—and. in a ll battles,, for that mat­ ter—isin the start; in thegettlhg ready when the hour has comi&to moveodthA foe; in the movements preparatory to the action; in the moments of prelude, and before the'enemy is in sight; when the drum first' peats the loud alarm; when the bugle blast fiercely trills the sudden summons, Boots and Saddles/ and the cry spreads like an electric flash through .the startled camp tho foe is in front, and that the hour of battle is now at hand. ' Oh! then it is that the heart and the brain of the soldier are pierced with the wild woe of war. Then It is that the -courage spirit,wajtss or wanes. Then, it is that, valopbdginsrto totter If the sure props are not there. Then it is that tho soldier bights to think; and when he begins t o lW - , he often begins to dread: aim when he begins to dread, fear soon follows.; v In .the momenta between the first bugle b laster drum beat and the vision of the finemy in/ front, $he- soldier has time for- rofiVcftofotaliidthought lias al­ ways been a-pfoMffbilotircC of fear o? reluctance to go into danger.. Many tragedies have been the Result o f men not thinking or reflectiag tipon cohsc- qtiencCK, And with the soldier—when there comes the vision o f home and wife or child or other loved ones, when the vision of thesn dotnb and remain be­ tween a manapd prospective dsath—he always lifij^ts 'a*9t tfc«image! upon the heart mirrors; and he shrinks from the separation of the grave, even if he does not exhibit odwArdioe. It is not merely a conscience that makes cowards of us all; but in the work­ ings of the brain otherwise, when men hsve the time to thifik, they turn away from the danger*, that %ra i * front to the loved that are behind them; and then comes, as 1 haves said, the dread of that something hereafter to keenly fe lt and acknowledged by Hamlet Hut as soon as the soldier gets up un­ der the enemy's fire; as soon as he finds he is belug -shot at, and the op­ portunity is given him. to return the fire: as soo'n a#lie Sees the real enemy in his front, and the battle is upon him —ther. it is that all tho trouble and alt the f!rer..l o f hatfte are over with that soldier who has any pt tho elements of man!: ;<>d in him, Then the man natu­ rally wants to return the fire; then comes the bending o f the energies for the assanlt upon the foe; then the yearn­ ing for the fire and the advance. Once in the Lin andf flame ahd roar of the -conflict there is no time to thinkof con- K’ qupnces^no tltof far thoughts of the loved ones fa r ' away in the embrace of homo tho only consuming passion then is how to get at tlic enemy and punish him and hence the rash and the shout, the iu artirttiem <tf resolve, that always cluiractcrivos the charge, the on to vic­ tory or d e a th ............................... On.-*, in >tho fire and tumult of the struggle with the battle spirit filling and thrilling every sense; wham th* soldier hears and sees and fade todr smelift, tasting even the sulphurous struggle- then it ia that he knows ho -head, «o .fear. The taUd and heart ■ full of that battle attirit, tkrta la no rponj for other feelings. The man thns wrought upon has no concern about death, except it is the death of the enemy; to destroy Mm, tc punish that foe, every impulse and energy and Other faculty of the whole nature are bent in one, supreme, unreasoning, ter­ rific struggle, Tf you can odee get a weak man into the fight, he is no longer a coward. ,The white liver that quails and carries its possessor from tho field before tho enemy is in sight changes into that of the Hon when the, man is face to face with the foo in the struggle for life and victory under his flag-. And it is the truly brave man at times who can turn and flag when % seek there is no longer $riuq > or honor ;,in battling the uncop-. qiuerjdjlo odds LtefOre him.M-Detrbit ^ee®reas. -/ ‘ f. \ j , J iiH p m r M W t n T FIELD.J \ f; fcifigleil Sencatleaii of a nRrbnuHttir Soldier, We had been held in reserve for five long hours while cannon thundered' and ipualjcets crackejd spitefully all glpng the. front a > mile away. A procession of 'dead and wounded had filed past us un­ til wo were sick with, horror. Shot and $hell mjfl bullet had ‘ fallen*upon us he- hipdthe.w90ds.uhial.th6 fliiy dead grata bore many a stain of blood.' . “ Attention! Forward—guide right— march!” Our brigadewas going in .at last, and there was a loplc of relief on the face, of every officer and man ns we got the Word. «■ ■■■'’ “Guide right—front—forward mareh!” As we swung clear of the woods a gust' of Wind yaised tho. smoke fo r a -minute, and I saw the plain in our front blue with dead and wounded. Away beyopd them was a line of earthworks, and I had’ One swift, glimpse of a thin blue line kneeling behind the cover. “ Steady!” Ijfight dress!/ Double quick—match!**; •'■■■ ■■. The aih is alive’with the ping of bul­ lets and the whizz and Bhriek of shot and shell. >We bend our heads as if breasting a fierce gale laden with icy pellets. There is a wild cry—a shriek —a groan as men are struck and fall to the earth, but no one heeds them—no one hesitates. It is' a hurricane of death, but we feel a wild exultation in breasting it. Men shout, curse, sing, swing their hats and cheer; ' We are driving through the smoke- cloud when there is a flash of fire in front-- I seem’ to rise into the air and float hither and thither and the sonsa- tioh’is so dreamy and so full of rest that I wish it could ,last forever. It is sud­ denly broken hy the sound of my own voice. Is it my voice? It sounds strange and afar off to me. Why should I cheer _and curse by turns? What has hap­ pened? Aht now I come back to earth again! Above and around me is the smoke— .the earth trembles under the artillery —meu are lying about and beside me. Where is the brigade? Why did I drop out? I am lying ou my back, and 1 struggle to sit up and look around. I rise to my’knees—wave this and' that— topple over and - struggle up again. There is red, fresh htood on the-grassr- on my hands-on my face. I taste it on my Ups as ray parched tongue thrusts itself out in search of moisture. Who is groaning? Who is shrieking? Who is cheering? And why should I laugh and exult? Have we held the line against a grand charge? Did we Scatter and decimate the legions hurled against us?., Have vre won a great vic­ tory to be flashed oyer the country and cause the bells to ping with gladness? Let me think. Give me time to remem­ ber how i t all happened. Strange that my thoughts should bo so oonfused, and the desire to sleep be so strong upon me-wben I should hemp and doing. I will shake it o ft 1 will spring up and fol­ low alter the brigade. Here— • • • * * “How do you feel?’* My eyes are wide open and I am ly ­ ing on a cot in a large room. I see peo­ ple walking about—other people lying on cots like my own. “ I fell all right. Why?” “ You-were hard hit in the fight four days ago, my boy.” “ So there was a battle?” “ Yes..” “And I was wounded?” “H id your left arm Shattered by a piece of shell and we had to amputate i f ’—Grand Army Advocate. Grant's acerslUy* >ne night, shortly after his installs- n as president, ho was called' upon quite a number of army and polttl- . friends. They won fell into a light d cheery mood, tod laughter greeted ints of wit and sarcasm. | late arrival, watching for his inCe, claimed attention to tell a ,ry which he knew wonld eclipse those -ceding i t • Looking around, In a jc of mock inquiry he asked: ‘There are no ladies present, I be- t e r ‘lin t there are gentlemen here,” said - general, quietly, finishing tire sen ice for the would-be story teller. 1’ho rebuke had its effect, and th« try was never told. the incident carries its own moral.— lanta Constitution. —Matrimonial Advertisement— “A ang lady in possession of tefi tickets the Cologne lottery wishes to make 1 acquaintance o f a cultured, rich ttBg gtotlm ian , a n officer preferred, th a view to matrimony. Should she with one who answer# to her she*, she Would be willing to bvy ,re ticfcat**~Hl*g*nde Blntttr. OF GENERAL INTEREST. —Keene, N, II„ is meditating on the cheek of a resident who is receiving- outdoor relief from the town and who paid, n tax pf ^$9 the other day on his three dogs. —One of the members of the Ohio legislature’is a blind gentleman named Palmer, who, when he is in the chair, can instantly recognize tho reire of any member rising to address the house. —Borne Philadelphia clergymen have got into difficulty by neglecting to make returns of the murriages they have sol­ emnized during tho past year. Tho penalty .is $10 for every offense, and the profits pf rthe bqsiness are, .quickly wip<sd opt by It. •—The “ spared tooth,” which i# jbbq lievad to he from tfie mouth pf Hufiidlta,1 kept jn>-temple specially bnil| |or the piqrpoScL, Tho’^usk in question , iu aWpt);nJhiqh and a half lppg.lfhpwjbg that If Buddha’s dental equipment was of this order he must have had .a large open countenance. —A contract has been drawn up by a wellvknown lawyer and signed and sworn to by some twenty-odd of thp leading business and -professional men of, W ellsril^ agreeing in the- future lip neither “ treat!’ bP** he “ treated.” The badge of the order, is a small copper cent worn as a pin. —R. M Duffleld, aged seventy, a mail carrier in Jackson -county, West Virginia, claims to have walked 110,000 miles in. the last ten years. lie thinks no other man lias done, .such an amount of walking.. ,He is also a sort of ex­ pressman. A few' weeks ago lie carried • a plow ten miles find on the next trip carried n srhall cook stove twenty-five miles. . —The “ angry tree,!’ a woody, plant, which grows from ,1ten to twenty-five feet high, and was formerly supposed to .exist only in Nevada, has recently been foubdj both, tn California and ip Arizona, says the Omaha Bee. If dis­ turbed this peculiar tree shows every sign of vexation, even to ruffling up its leaves like the hair on an angry eat, and giving forth an unpleasant, sicken­ ing odor. —The butcher’s block has undergone a remarkable evolution. Not only are large and perfeet tree stumps of hard wood more and more difficult to obtain, -but even the best of .them crack and split most unaccountably. The modern first-class chopping block has therefore 'become a square mass made up of cubes of carefully selected wood bolted and then cross-bolted together, after being so arranged that the chopping upon them will bo done Ion top instead of witli or against the grain. These blocks are very costly, but they last a long while.—N. Y. Sun. > —The Hospital gives these sensible bints on ;dining: “ The man who has much work to do, and particularly brain work, cannot dine in the middle of the day. If he does, he must make up his mind $0lose at least an hour of his most valuable time. A light luncheon at midday, with no stimulant stronger than a cup of coffee or a bot­ tle of ginger ale, Is the suitable thing. But this must on no account be used as a substitute for dinner. He who lunches in this w ay at midday must dine in the evening,, and dine well. The business man should dine at half past six, or, at latest, half past seven. The lazy man may dine when he lik e s ” —There is hardly a new hotel or .business building in New Yo rkbu t that is advertised as fireproof, and yet a leading architect told a Herald report­ er that such a thing could not exist. “They may be fireproof to all intents and purposes,” said he, “ but if {inflam­ mable material be in them and it get afire the iron girders and beams will so expand that they will let the floor above down. When one floor falls in an iron beamed building tliev will all go, and then the side walls falL The ruin is usually more complete than it is in an ordinary building. We do,not bnild those iron fireproof fronts any more, because in case of a fire they fall forward and demolish the building across the street” —The improved sewing needle, re­ cently introduced, secures the end of the thread in the eye instead of having a running thread, ns in the case of or­ dinary needles The eye of the needle is round or oval at the bottom, tapering away chisel-shapc at the top or head, in this way causing sufficient elasticity at the top of -the eye to hold the thread perfectly rigid, and there is done away all cutting of the thread, which is nec­ essary In the case of ordinary needles where a running thread Is employed. The object of this invention is, of course, to allow the cotton thread to be easily passed through the hole and pulled up toward the head, so as to fix the thread in the chisel-shaped slit, thus preventing the thread slipping o a t Journalistic Item. A young man of ability, but not of much means, was talking about start­ ing a new paper, and was telling a friend about i t • “ You can borrow fifty dollars and start a now paper,” said the friend en­ couragingly. “ You darned fool'.’ replied the Woutd- bo journalist; “ if I could borrow fifty dollars what would 1 want to start a paper for? I wafot to start a paper so 1 can borrow fifty dollars.”—Texas Sift- itig-s- ■ ........... She Didn't Mean Rney. Customer—Are these colors fast? New Salesman—Well, black is nevet considered a fast color, but we have some pretty loud variegated colors that might platte you.—Judge. IN WOMAN’S BEHALF. W OM AN ’S WORK , Anything That film (’an pn aud Do Well Comes I'niler This Head, “ If you ask me what is a woman’s work,” said a .venerable mother in Israel, in response to a question, “ I will tell you that. I consider a wdniun’s work is anything that she can do and do well. “ I don’t think it makes any special difference what it is. . It may be to paint pictures, or plow the fields, to write essays or to run a-steam engine or a mill. Woman has done all of these things, and there is no reason to sup­ pose that she has been any the worse for them. ? “ There has for years past been an enormous amount of what, for want of ip more appropriate term, might be dulled, dignified and .sentimental twad­ dle indulged in, much of it leaning to­ ward the idea that women, like good children, should be seen and not heard, -Indeed, according to some of the most approved authorities, they should be seen only at home, except on rare oc­ casions or when home interests demand their presence outsido. “These wiseacres forget that there are many thousands of wombn who have really no homes, no families, no interests save to earn their own liveli­ hood as best they may. Just why .they should not select their occupation to please . themselves, instead of having the world, and public opinion select it for them, is a question that many in­ telligent persons would like to have answered. “ As keepers of bees,poultry,youngani- mals of all sorts, gardeners, florists, and even farmers,women succeed admir­ ably, and there are many ■ women who have muckva good living in stock-rais­ ing. Certainly - a business which de­ mands us much care and gentleness as the raising of. young animals must he one well suited to womankind. “ The flower, and ’ vegetable garden offer very good inducements to women, and small fruits are always in demand. It is very rarely that the market is over­ stocked. and, in times of plenty, fruits may be put up in various ways and al­ ways bring good prices in winter. “There seems to be an idea prevail­ ing among some very silly peoplo that, tilling the soil is anything but a lady­ like occupation; but sensible persons are far beyond the reach of such foolish notions. Indeed, cultivated aud intel­ ligent people are rapidly advancing in many things, and in none more rapidly than in their ideas upon the dignity of labor. Work is necessary for all healthy development and growth, and is to be commended rather than .discouraged. Idleness is disgaccful, but labor is always honor­ able. ■ No young woman should be sat- i .fled until entirely competent to per­ form some sort of skilled labor, and to do it in a creditable way. Experts are rare and difficult to find; therefore they always command good salaries and need never he out of work. “ Even though labor for pay Is unnec­ essary, there is a feeling of pleasure iu being able to criticise or to order intel­ ligently what one wants done. Besides this, there is strength and satisfaction in knowing that one knows things, and can do them, if need be. Borne years since, while a party of ladies were vis­ iting at a country house, it so chanced that none of the ‘mon-folks’ were at home, with the exception of a farm­ hand, n young man lately imported from the Fatherland In attempting to cut some grass upon the lawn this man tripped and fell across the scythe, sever­ ing the arteries of htB wrist and cutting, his hand seriously. “One of the ladies fainted; another went into hysterics; the third caught a towel from a nail in the kitchen and ran to him. The fourth hastened to the laundress for some strips, of cloth, and the fifth, calling to the maid for a hat tod wrap, made the best of her way to the stables, tucking up her dress and ruffled skirts as she ran, and, regard­ less of slippers or silken hose, harnessed the fastest horse, and in a twinkling was on the way to the nearest physi­ cian. The young lady who had first reached the injured man had tied the arm with a towel, passed a stick through it, and twisting it with all her strength, had stopped the flow of blood. The other examined the wound, re­ moved some bits of grass from it, closed the edges and bandsged it firmly, and with a fair degree of skill. “When the physiciaiDiprived the trio of intelligent young wfimen had the sat­ isfaction of knowing that their pres­ ence of mind and promotness had saved a life. “ It was to be able to meet just such emergencies as this, that two of them had given a little attentionjo medicine and surgery, and the other to the best and safest way of managing and har­ nessing a horse. a ‘Some One might die while I stood wringing my hands,’ one of them said, when asked why she studied the physician’s art, “ *1 spend my summers in the coun­ try. Suppose some accident happened, and it wore necessary to send a mes­ senger, how would I feel if I were the only one to go, and couldn’t go neat a horse without trembling?" said the oth­ er, in answer to a like inquiry. “ Which best did woman's work; the ladies who were overcome by terror, or those who saved a life?”—N .Y. Ledger. A i . aw has recently been enacted in France which limits the hours of labor for women and children and prohibits their working at night. KNOWING GIRLS. An Unrortuaste and I’aadMlrable JRahM Cultivated by Hntlilntdaar a* Addle- Dated Women. It appears to be rather the thing in these days for a girl to be “ knowing,” to lutve read the latest condemned book, to discuss the newest scandal, and to exhibit a certain amount of knowledge of the darkest chapters in life, hut to the delicate-minded this advanced female is something of a horror. A man may be amused, or even, alas! fascin­ ated for the time by the. girl whose words prove her to have probed the . mysteries of sin and -wrong, he may find very piquant the hearing of certain jargon on her rosy Bps, but all the same, it shocks some hidden chord in his heart, and chills the love which might have blossomed for his fair enter­ tainer. Though his own life aud bent of mind be far from wliat it should he, every man i n ' his soul bow s'down to purity in woman, anil demands it of hi# ideal, and, while a woman may preserve it in her heart nnd daily conduct, it U also important that she breathe it in her conversation,-.and speak it in her glance, All allusions to indelicate sub­ jects should fall from her armor of in­ nocence nnd chastity, blunted and broken by her serene, uncomprehending gaze, which is always a more hopeless barrier to the roue’s advances than any torrent of indignant wrath or virtuous repulsion, and- serves a two­ fold purpose of cheeking all such un­ welcome attentions and of winning the bestower's real respect. Few men, however brazen and lost to shame, can stand against ' this steady, ignoring of the baser part of their natures, and a ’ sweet determination to see only a re­ spectful, pure ineuning in a ll their con­ versation. Just here I think I- hear some one murmur, “But they will think me a perfect silly!” No, they won’t, my dear, for it is these very creatures who understand so well that Innocence is by no means ignorance, nor virtue stupidity. But, .grant they should condemn you as a very silly young woman, .is not that a .preferable character to that o f a hold, coarse- minded girl? And, to put it plainly, that is just what the “ knowing” made­ moiselle is called in secret masculine councils. Therefore, even i f yon are persuaded that life is essentially hoi-: low, men false and women cruel, don’t —this is the name of your ‘womanhood —proclaim your jaundiced views, for .while your listener may agree with you, or even more than share these beliefs, you would be the dearer and the fairer to,him for sbme of the old-womanly de­ lusions his mother ' had, and which found much surviving good in .the world, even though he knew them to he delusions for all their sweet charity. —S t Louis Globe-Democrat Sciential, Jfovellut a n d E ditor. Quite a distinguished person is Mi#a Ruth Ward lvahn, of the Leadvillo (Colo.) News. She has written a scien­ tific work, two or three successful nov­ el# and i# a story and sketch writer of great power. She was recently elected a member of the English Author’s. Club, of which Lord Tennyson is presi­ dent and Walter Besant is vice presi­ dent, and the English papers speak in high praise of the “ pretty young American writer.” She has around, girlish face, winning, vivacious ways and rai;e accomplishments, whi^h, united with liergenius and talent, make, her universally a favorite and seem to have left her unspoiled. S tudy o f Medicine In E urope, Swedish women are to receive front the government facilities for studying pharmacy. In Norway ' women hava had permission for the last six years to become pharmacists, and ten women have taken advantage of it. Denmark has two female apothecaries and Fin­ land seven. Russian women have been allowed for the last year to take de­ grees in pharmacy. Nine have com­ pleted the necessaiy course in Zurich, and have taken the Russian examina­ tion, The prejndke of SL Petersburg apothecaries against women aa assist­ ants have prevented all of them from practicing. S Very G o o d d e c a n i, 3,174 girl apprentices open­ ed accounts with the librarian of the Society of Mechanics and Trademen. In the three years of its existence the nlglit school connected with the society graduated 115 young women. These in­ dustrious ■students arc engaged during the day in various pursuits, as saleswom­ en,dressmakers.mi lliners, telegraph and machine operators, clerks, domestics and factory hands. With the instruc­ tion received, all have been placed in more desirable and profitable positions. CULLEDFORWOMENREADERS. Or the fifty-three members of the re­ cently formedWater-Color club, In New York, over half are women. Fr.r.Lv eight hundred working girls every week enjoy the benefits of the Boston Y, \V. C. A. gymnasium. S enator P efeek ’S eldest daughter has been taught to set type, and his three other daughters are skilled in stenography,, typewriting and book­ keeping. C lever ,draughtswomen are in. de­ mand by tfry goods house# to make pen and ink sketches of gOwns, fur gar­ ments and the like. Women are espe­ cially adapted to this profession. Or the two hundred and nineteen B. A,’s of London university this year, fifty-two are women, Of theM . A .’a flre’out of twenty are mothers' daugh­ ters, and eight ladies have received de­ grees of B. Be., and nine that o f U. B.