The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 1-26

I s The CedamUe Hferald* W* H. BLAIR, Publlihir. CBDARVILLK, : : : OHIO, A TENDENCY OF THE TIME. The Worker P«yohlo»l K*«emrch»n<IWh»t It 1*Likely to Accomplish. It is at first glance remarkable that CO skeptical an age as ours should be the time in which cq thorough and ex­ tensive research is made into that misty regionwhich o f old was regarded as the supernatural, but which is now the custom to look upon aamerely the un* -explored;—and—yet npon the second thought it is apparent that it is pre­ cisely the skeptical age that is most likely to study thisphase o f nature. In a. more devout age it would be thought that there was something half sacri­ legious in prying into the hidden mys­ teries of creation; while in a more su­ perstitious age .amore or less conscious fear would do much to check, investiga­ tion.: It is in the calm and coolly in­ vestigating temper o f the generation which is still in doubt that these things > are Bure to he most eagerly studied, i . There is, of course, the widest differ; ence of temper in the minds of those who in one form or another have thrown themselves into psychical re-. search,' It was said, with perhaps more epigrammatic neatness than accuracy, that the English Society of Psychical Research was established to prove that all ghost stories were true, while the American was established to prove that all were false; yet with whatever extravagance o f statement there was at least a grain of truth in the phrase. The negative is never of a vitality equal to that o f the positive, and in the end the American society went under, apd its remnants have been annexed 'to the English body. .That there are ear­ nest workers in both is doubtless true, and it is no doubt true also that there is much work of value done by the so­ ciety- Certainly many o f the men con­ nected with the movement would com­ mand respect for any enterprise in which they were engaged or to which they lent their support The thing which, strikes aq outsider, howover, is the fact that it is the almost invariable result o f the following sort of study that the student is drawn from the real to the unreal,,from the tangi­ ble to the intangible, and—alas, that it mast be added!—from the tenu.ble to the untenable. The history o f the vastma- •' jority of thinkers who have plunged in­ to this sort of study has been that they have ended by being the dupe of illu­ sions which they would have been the first to smile at when they were in a sane and normal condition, illusions of which the falsity has been demonstrat­ ed beyond peradventure. It has not in­ frequently happened that investigators ' for the power and clearness .of' whoso mind at the outset, for whoso ■fairness and integrity there could not be too much admiration, have in the end become the victims of the most vul­ gar trickery, the,dupes of charlatans ' who had not the merit of extraordinary •cleverness to recommend them, or-the champions of vagaries begot in their own brains like maggots-in sunbaked cheese. The value of psychical research is too obvious to need remark, and it is in no spirit of cavil that this common danger o f the study Is touched upon. Why is it that investigators so often lose their balance in this field it is not easy to say, but o f the fact, at least, there seems to be no reasonable doubt Whether it be from the habit o f mind induced by too much striving after the intangible, whether it bo that the powers proper to the perception of this branch o f investi­ gation be not well developed in the race asyct,whetherit be thatcontactwith the class or phenomena dwelt upon in these suggestions subtlly changes the fiber of the mind, it is impossible to say; it is only possible to predict with approxi­ mate assurance that the man who goes into thisbusinesswith a very level head will in nine cases out of ten come to the place where he will be a possible If not a probable victim to the easiest and most transparent frauds o f circum­ stances or of charlatans. He Will Come to the place where it k inevitable that he should either be trickedor trick him­ self. It is possible that this Is one o f the phases through which this branch of science must go, and from which it will triumphantly emerge later. It may be that it is merely the natural result of hereditary tendencies, and that in a generation or two the impulse, brought constantly in contact withthe hard face of fact, will be worn away. In the meantime it is not unnatural that the human mind, being called upon to be­ lieve scientifically so much that it has hitherto held to Mr rejected as belong­ ing to the realm o f the supernatural, should find it difficult to distinguishbe­ tween the true and the false. This may come later when the atmosphere of in* Vestigatkm becomes cleared from the lingering mist o f old superstitions. Meanwhile there is nothing to do but to push the investigations; although the outside world must look upon whoever goes deeply into this branch o f study as a man who Is likely to make a sacrifice o f himself in the cause of science much In the same way as aman saerifiocshlm- eclf who goes into a mine full o f pois­ onous vapors for the sake o f bringing back to light such gems as may ehsaoe to be mixed with the handfuls o f peb­ bles which he gather* in the desperate b s ^ that haply he may escape with his Hfc.-->lk*toa Courier. A THRILLING! EXPERIENCE. ■•markable Statement o f P«nnn»l Dan­ ger and Providential Eaoapc. The following story—which is attract­ ing wide attention from the press—is so remarkable that we cannot excuse our­ selves if we do not lay it before our readers* entire. To th*Editor Rocheeter (K E) Democrat : 8m, On the first day of June, 1881,1.lay at ray residence iu this city surrounded by my friends and waiting for death. Heaven only knows the agony I then endured, for words can,never describe it. And yet, if S few years previous any ono had told mo that I was to be brought so low, and by so terrible n.disease, I should have scoffed at the Idea. I hud nlwayA been uncommonly strong and healthy, and weighed over SQ0 pounds and hardly knew,in my own experi­ ence, what pain or sickness were. Very muny pooplo who will' read this statement realize at times that they are unusually tired andcannot account for it. They feel* dull pains in various parts ol the body and do not understand why.- Or they are ex­ ceedingly hungry ouo day and entirely without appetite the next. This was just the way I felt when tho relentless malady which had fastened itself upon me first be­ gun. 'Still I thought nothing of it; that probably I had taken a cold which would soon pass away. Shortly .after this I no­ ticed a heavy, and at times neuralgic, pain in one side otmy head, but as Itwould come one day and be gone the next, 1 paid little attention to it. Then my stomach would get out of order and my food often failed to digest^ causiug at times 'great inconven­ ience. Yet, even as a physician, 1 did not thinkthat thes> things meant anything seri­ ous. 1 fancied I was suffering' from ma­ laria and doctored myself accordingly. But I got iio batter. I next noticed a peculiar color and odor about the fluids I was pass­ ing—also that there were largo quantities one day and very little'the next, and that a persistent froth uud scum appeared on tho sut-faco, and a sediment, settled. And yet I did not realize my danger, for, indeed, see­ ing these symptoms continually, I finally became accustomed to them, and my suspi­ cion was wholly disarmed by the fact that I find no pain Intlie affected organs or in their vicinity. Why 1 should h&Vo been so blind I cannot understand. 1 consulted the best medical skill in the land. I visited all tho fumed mineral springs in America and traveled from Maine to California. Still I grew worse. No, two pfiysicans agreed os to my malady. One said I was troubled with spinal irritation; another, dyspepsia; another, heart disease ; .another, general debility; another conges­ tion of thc.baso of tho brain; cud so on through a long list o f common diseases, ttie symptoms of many o f which I really had. In this way several years passed, during Which time I was steadily growing worse. My condition had really becomo pitiable. Tho Blight symptoms I had at first experi­ enced were developed into terrible and constant disorders. My weight had boon red eed from 207 to 180 pounds. Mylifo was a burden jo my. >lf and friends. 1could retain no food on my stomach, and lived wholly by injections. I was a living moss of pain. My pulse was uncontrollable. In my agony i frequently fell to the floor and clutched tho carpet, uud prayed for death.' Horphiuo hud little or no effect in deaden­ ing the pain, For six days and nights I had tho death-premonitory hiccoughs constant­ ly My water was filled with tube-casts nnd albumen. 1 was struggling with Bright's Disease of the kidneys in its last stugoal Willie suffering thus I received a call from my pastor, tho Rev. Dr. Foote, at that time rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, of tills city, 1 felt that It was otir Inst inter­ view. but, in the course of conversation Dr. Footo detailed to mo tho many remarkable cures of rases Itico my own which had come under his observation. As a practicing physician and a graduate o f tho schools, I derided tho idea of unymedicine outside flic regular channels being in the least bene* Uriel. So solicitous, however, was Dr. Foote, that 1 finally promised 1would waive my prejudice. 1 began its use on the first day ofJune, 1431, and took it according to directions. At first it sickened mo; but this I thought was a good sigu for ono in my debilitated condition. I continued to take it; tho sickening sensation departed and I was finally able to retain food upon my stomach. In a few days I noticed a do- cidclchange for tho better, us also did my wifo’ and friends. My hiccoughs ceased and I experienced less pain than formerly. ,I was so rejoiced at this improved condition that, uponwhatlhad believed batafewdays before was my dying bed, I vowed,,in the presence of my family and friends, should I recover. I would both publicly and pri­ vately make known this remedy for the good of humanity, whorever ami whenever I had an opportunity, and this letter is in fulfillment of that vow. My improvement wra constant from that time, and in less than three months I had gained M pounds la flesh, bscaiaa entirely fre« from pain and I brieve I owe my life and present condi­ tion wholly to Warner's Safe Cure, the rem­ edy which I Used. <■ Sincemy recovery! have thoroughlyre­ investigated the subject of kidney diffi­ culties andBright'* disease, and tho truths developed are astounding, X therefore state, deliberately, afidasa physician, that I believemors than one-halfMSdeaths « fitch ocmr In America are earned by RrghV*dit­ tos*nf thekidney*. This may sound like A rash statement, but! am prepared to fully verify it, Bright’s diseasehasno distinctive features of its own, (indeed, it often devel­ ops without any pain whatever in the kidneys or their vicinity) but hasthesymp­ toms of nearly every Other ootnmon com­ plaint Hundredsof people die dally,Whose burialsare authorized by a physician's cer tlflcftteas occurring from “Heart Disease," “Apoplexy," “Paralysis," “ Spinal Com­ plaint," “Rheumatism,” “ Pneumonia," and ether commoncompia'nts, when m reality It la fromBright's disease of the kidneys. Fewphysicians, aud fewer people, realize theextentOf thisdisease or its dangerous and insidious nature. It steals into the system like a thief, manifests it* presence it nt alt by the’commonest syinptoms and' fastens itself in the eonstitution before the victimIsawareof It It is nearlyas hered­ itary as consumption, Unite as commonand fully A# fatal. Entire families, inheriting it from theiranoes'.ora,havedied, endyetHone of thenumber knew*?realized themysteri- *uSpowir whichwas removing them, in­ steadof commonSymptoms it often shows nonewtebwfif, but bring* death suddenly, fromconvulsions, apoplexy, or heart die- anew As enswho tea mitered, andknow* ftm \ OmtmFno*cm.TjutDFHuiixxxri.T R B E i p r « A T Z 8 U . Lumbago,Headache,T«otbache> N E U R A L G I A , ■oee Throat, Swellings*grost-Mtee» 0 C S X A T X C A . Sprain*, BrnUes, Buna , Scalds* fMCHMUmJLVMKLUCO„■sMoere.M. n e t l i U r w axe o s u r ■ NORTHERN PACIFIC R. R. But...............- ' lav* now | H *Bri«alturalQru. |In* «sa ‘Timber Lends _I open to pettier*. CHI. B. U1SOSI,Lee*Cm.». Mailed FREE. Addrwl Mbs. r. a. a., snr**i,.iSI _ear*uu tinsrare*mo “ J E N G T N E S ^ ^ 1 ALL KINDS. Palate* Peat, tW Catalogue fill T WALLNPBgStttf&t; SMB* ■ Border*clii-apni propwtfon; Sam,lit Free. W X . WEAKNESS, *5K.«thStandouts’ ! ■nuum i MnamrMiM"* i\ 5 <*< Your health is a citadel. The winter's storms are the coming enemy. You know that this enemy will sit down for five long months outside this citadel, and do its best to break in and destroy. Is this citadel garrisoned ana provisioned ? The garrison is your constitution. Is it vigorous or depleted ? How long can it fight without | help ? Have you made provision for the garrison by fur­ nishing a supply o f SCOTT’S 1 EMULSION o f pure Norwegian Cod Liver O il and Hypophosphites o f j Lime and Soda? It restores the flagging energies, in­ creases the resisting powers against disease; cures Con* ,. sumption,Scrofula, G eneralD ebility,and a llA neemic and W asting Diseases ( especially in Children ), keeps coughs^ and colds out, and so enables the constitution to hold the fort o f health. Palatable as Milk. SPECIAL.—Scott’s Emulsionianon-accret,and is proscribed by tuo Medical Pro. ression all over theworld, because its ingredients arc scientifically combined insuch a manner as to greatly increasoihcir remedial value. * CAUTION.—Scott’s Emulsion is put up in salmon-colorod wrappers. Be sure and get the genuine. Preparedonly by Scott & Bowne,ManufacturingChemists,NewYork. Bold by all Druggists. - by Mtter experience what he saya, X in . plore everyone.wbo reads them word* aot to neglect the slightest symptoms of kidney difficulty. NOone can afford to hazardsuch chances. . . . I make tho foregoing statements based upon facts ;vliich I can substantiate to the letter, Tho welfare of those who may pos- siblv besufferer s audios I was, is an ample inducementfor mo to take the step I have, audit loan successfully want others from the dangerous path in which I once walked. I amwilling to endure all professional and personal consequences. ! J. B, HENIQN, M. D. R ochester , N. Y,, Deo. 80. REFINEMENT QF INDIVIDUALS. V -....... GrossSelflsliness Sometime* Taken for the , ’ TrueOnelltjr. It seems a pity that the word “ refine­ ment" should be drifted so far from its simple and original meaning,which,was “ purification." We still use it in that sense in regard to substances, andspeak o f the refining processes to which su­ gar, metals, liquors, etc., are-subjected, when all extraneous or defiling matter is removed. But “ refinement,”, as ap­ plied to individuals, does not generally convey the idea of purity. Indeed^ it is often supposed to have less to do with what is within a man, and proceeds from him, than, with what surround* him and acts upon him from- without There are persons who1would indigo nantly resent the idea that they were lacking in refinement, yet who can only base their claim to it on the atmosphere of luxury and leisure in which they dwell. Their demands upon the world are constant and exacting, but that any thing is expected of them seldomoccurs to them. Their appetite is so delicate that every land must be laid under con­ tribution to minister to it Their beds must be soft, their chairs easy, their dress luxurious and rich. Their nerves are so finely strung that all unpleasant sights and sounds must be banished. Their sensibilities are so keen that they can not endure to see pain or poverty, or to hear a tale of woe. So they shut out alt knowledge of the sorrows of others and hug themselves contentciily in their own life of ease. Is this refine­ ment? Is it not instead a gross and barbaric selfishness? As has been said by another, “Is it not ungenerous to make such a great hole in the world to crush so many roses for one fragrant drop? Such persons are sadly in need, of some refining process which shall purge out the (lross which is in them,, nnd tcopli them to abhor so mean and encroaching a life. Some persons , have - a vague notion tlint refinement is the privilege of rank or position or culture. In aristocratic countries it is held to be the.exclusive possession of flie nobility and gentry, and it would almost create a smile of derision to speakof a refined peasantry. Even in our own land, where we boast of our freedom from class prejudice, wc arc apt to associate tho idea, of re­ finement with that o f certain education­ alandsocial advantages,and to feel some degree of surprise when wc see its marks among those whose bread Is earned by the sweat of tlicir brow. Per­ haps, however, if wc knew more about these, honorable laborers, and were more in sympathy with them, we should see more real refinement of heart and character among them than often exists among those who have had greater opportunities. There are cases of delicate generosity, o f willing self- sacrifice, of .manly tenderness and womanly loyalty In many a cottage that would grace the stately halls o f a palace, where only cold etiquette reigns supreme. Tlioroau says, “ I called on the king but he made me wait in his hall, and conductedhimself like a man incapacitated for hospitality. There was aman in my ncighborhood who lived in a hollow tree. Ills manners were truly regal. I should lravc done better had I called upon him," Even intellectual possessions, valuable as they are, can not o f themselves refine their owner. If he lias in his heart the alloy of selfish­ ness, or ingratitude, or self conceit, o» contempt for those less learned than liinificlf.he lackstrue refinement in spit* of all his knowedge. He, too, needs tc be purified.—Philadelphia Ledger. —Several dreams of a very startling character came to George W. Fay, of Iiainmonton, N. Y, He fancied, in each dream, that he had been buried .alive; and these dreams impressed him so seriously that he left a written wish that, after his death, just before burial, a dagger should be driven into his heart lie died about a fortnight ago, and hia wishes were complied with in view of a number o f mourners, and the dagger was permitted to remain in his heart . Koch’ s Discovery and Pico’ s Coro for Consumption. precintlngly)—“ I may have done so ray dear, Jhvt I added that you were the vary cream of tartars."—Pittsburgh Bulletin. ...... . —A Chicago reporter was imparted the method of learning a language in 24 hours. 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CURE Biliousness, 8 ick Headache, Malaria. BILE BEANS. THE BATTLE FIE ITWO SOLDIERS AT GETTY®! <k» gwMwlflMUf TO 9 JUghtm i stiff and dark, Andmspy thousand on the field Were lyin# »hd stark, The stretcher men bad come slons ■ And gathered »U they could. 1 Abondred surgeons worked tbst.nfl pehlnd the dump nf wood. 1 They fissltodthetlanterns in iny fan And ss they hurried by; . The sergeantlooked and said “Hoi And I msde no reply. The bullet hud gone through my hr No wonder I was still;> JjLv.% once will the nearer death "^ q ion when upon that hill. A grsy-elad picket came- alon? Upon his midnight heat; He came so near me that I tried To move apd touch his feet. . At once be bent and felt my breast I Where life still fought at hay; 1 No one who. loved me could have do| More than this man of gray. ■ O'er me, all chilled with blood audl His blanketsoft he spread: ' I A crimson sheaf of wheat lie broug] A. plllowlformy head. Then knelt Ieslde mo for an hour And bathed my Ups and brow; But for the man who- was my foe I'd not l.o living now. , Then ns the coming daylight showj He bent hi* Ups to say, •'God.spar.e you brother, though. The blue, and,I the gray!” The sounds of war are silent now; We call no man our foe, , But soldier hearts can hot forget; The soenos or long ago. . Dear ore tho ones who stood with i TOstruggle or to die; No one can oftenor breathe their i Or love (hem more than I. BUt from my life I’d give a year That gruy-elad man to see; To clasp in love tho fooman’s honl Who saved mydlfc to mo. —Minneapolis' FORT AFRICA, WANTA Sufunn, TSIOO-pags CATALOGUE FREE, ■iviair valuable lnFnmaticii. We auks it os ft t o * * With usWHBRKVKR YOU LIVE, oy *r»mostr»**onaW*for BTBICTI.T XIAIT- 5 ^ * 0 * . w***Hoo paymftnts. OLD PIANOS in Exchange, EVEN THOUGH TtOU tIVB TWO fflSOOBAIffi KHM AWAY. W« guaraotesi tmUsfetUmi. m nasta to W returned to.us AT QilAEKPitRM S je ! aut T w a fbsiohtbboth WAT*. 1. VsderBook’s trMUsntsaaeyhave Wairom* B. Itosnoulrbe fwtdBstlw early atagMOfOea- aumpuoa. B, It I* Cfsunsu*. ah* seasstlmis fistaL h. it et£?y*.usM ly_aff wage*, affordtoz lufislts -— “ ““SW tl _n8t . ____ ___ Z* aatexpaakn, ^eawSrSni^tScnS^Sae.Writ. .. 5 ^ 1 U^BS^BeSrareaTaata iwtagwirtl, smi. (W « C A T A R R H Waora«.*«• » rA fcU - -Rilvcrf,tnith- ““ ThAt teapot M tur» mrtnlx'V o f Parliament. Isn’t St a I mniu - ty?" rhilouopher—“ I think yon hat* hot aiftdft enough t>t oti« fenturr." 6tt- vwsmith - “ VThat’rttluatr" ^hjteMthhri, Apo*it;" INES. rh n th * *M d H t> m P ow * * . m, HUMKLV CO m LAP^ItTKc INO . Ih 1 How ‘the Colored. Troops FougltJ Osage Valley. Amarch of forty or fifty miles I the detachment to its dcstinati| stead of a nest of less than a bushwhackers, Island Moundj Osage Valley, was occupied bj of Confederate recruits, numbej less than OOOmen, under reg federate officers. General Cocltl was home on a recruiting visi| the camp. Not until they had far to draw back did the officeil colored volunteersRealize their j ' Captain Dick Ward, as senior Was in command. He and Hir suited, and dmided that it woul do to retreat. The eyes of thl country were on the ex-slavea mongers were sent hack to P| Fort Scott, to explain the situs to suggesbreinforcements. Thi troops took possession of liigh| overlooking,the vulley, threw earthworks! raised the flag, an the place Fort Africa. The there was skirmishing, and .slaves got their noses -full of til •of battle and saw some caucus)] flow. The next day there more fighting, and tho ex-slave^ best of it. The third day, tii Fabian policy, part of the el which had been sent out to holfl ptilued forward into; the vh brought On a genuine battle, federates advanced and fel little party in advance. Then i force of ex-slaves was brought on a run and the fighting waij The crucial test of black coti when Adjutant Hinton got 14 -ex-slaves into line and prep -charge down into the vallcy| Confederates. As he ran his the line the Adjntant thouglj signs of wavering. ' ‘Better be dead freemen| slaves,” he shouted with a mi, “ Come on." “ We’s cornin’," was the •hborus. Ashe plunged down the hi jutant looked back over h i/ and saw the black line folios •out a break. The black lh| white column met. It wi hand—the Missouri slaye-hoh, Missouri ex-slave. As a ha throughthe Adjutant’s thigh 1 knew it, for his attention wa hy a scene he never forgot] -eoal-hlack negro had come with a Confederate officer. had brought out son gotten strain o f barbaric bats *wgro. As he moved alonj tells rolling *nd his* teeth tew negro chanted in his | Voice, slowly and solemnly. ‘ 'Surrender, yon black -shouted the Missourian. ‘hev—ah—by-the-good-Jl 'the ex-slave with all the registering a solemn vow. Andplunging forward heI big saber-bayonet through I man's brerat, twisted the 1 msde a horrible wound, cr b®** dozen lives. . chanting the ex-slav nis bloody bayonet, and the* ^ k another victim. Aa h« -saw the Adjutant's eyes upol he sang in his daep, drawlin/ ffitently* * ” i'~got—him—Mr.—Adj - got^him." “ ’r3»e!*x-slave« were arms, u?. »i®hkets whirl -» the department as mmont's brilliant but not] tesnkahle management, h»rakets hnd been thrown -Bt for u*,j by white soldier i w«te good enough to* * xh S0*m. HA .