The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 1-26

CONSOLATION. fh*re’»»Bptherl»na »Qd better We *ra told, Wiaro the »l(ir« afcskwoff hie fftta# JUdwbere earth it never debtor Unto fold. TWtber often wear# turning Weary ey*. And our heavy betrtt are yoarnjt?*. Rfirht and day are throbbing, burning For Its b M m . fliere that foolltb superstition, Pride ot birth, yiuds Its sudden demolition 'And our being's .finalmission Is of womb. i There the iasoleaoe ef power Falls away, And tbe proudest soul must cower, For the spirit takes no dower From the clay. Common lives bare wondrous splendor In that light, r « tbe spirit meek and tender Puts to sharia tbe kipg’s defehder Shorn ot might. , ^ Natures touched with fires seraphia Shed their care, - And on peaoe-gtrtIslands Efapphlc, Far from irotful toll and trAfflo, '. Bream and dare. •laws through years of wrong descended There are changed; Customs with Injustice blended, Creeds for centuries defended, , Rearranged. - Heaven has solace without measure— ■ You and i ' , Should not dream of earthly pleasure, But should think about our treasure In the sky. —George Horton, in Chicago Horrid. A CLEVER RUSE. Aunt K a te 's N o v e l .W a y o f M an ­ aging H e r O b stina te Brother. "It ain’t no use in a-goin' agin your pa, Jennie—he’s had his own way ’round here continal, for more’n thirty years, an’ you’ll jest her to give in, no J tc iallrln’ lit, him. ’T^onlr makes him WUfMB.” ' Poor little .Mrs. Oleott had been ac­ customed during the whole o f her 'mar- tiedltf* to "jest give in,” and her only chsnce o f peace was in yielding to her selfishly-determined husband, and al­ lowing him to carry hlft point without Opposition, • Jennie was differently constituted. She inherited her father’s strong will, and he had, much to his surprise, sud­ denly discovered an opposing force in his youngest child. - . She had been away from home for nearly three years—this pretty, brown- haired girl with the determined face mud graceful carriage, and the father .secretly admired and almost feared her. A wealthy and childless aunt in the city had besought Jennie to share her home, and Hiram Olcott’s pretty'daughter, though dinging to the farm, with tall its dear memories o f childhood and .childhood’s joys, chose wisely when she yielded to her aunt’s request. It was better—far better—for her, for even after her going, there were plen­ ty of children to keep the miserly old farmer in a perpetual grumble about money matters. * Itwiis May find the country wore one :glad smile, and Jennie hailed with de­ light the prospect o f a visit to her home, assuming very willingly the re­ sponsibility o f housekeeping while her two unmarried sisters attended the wedding o f a cousin iu a distant town. This morning sho was cooking, and with her sleeves rolled above ber elbows stood beside the kitchen table. In one hand she held an earthen plate, while the clip, clip, clip o f a fork sounded noisily as she whipped some eggs to a froth. "Yer sisters bed to marry to Butt him,” -Wailed the nervous little woman; "an’ you’ll h cv to , too; ef you don’t there’ll be-awful fusses, so you’d jea’ bettcT give in.” That morning the father had spoken to Jennie o f a young farmer, whom he tenned a "likely catch.” She had ex­ pressed her opinion, o f him in so decided a way ns to alarm Mr. Oleott for the safety o f hts muoh prized authority. Hewas wont to apeak o f himself as a "marvelous example o f the patriarch. "Make ’em mind,” he would say. "Keep yer household beneath yer feet; govern ’em well, an* they’ll git along.” Jennie’s boldness in opposing his. .judgment so stupefied him that his finger had not ye t had time to blaze forth; but Mrs. .Oleott knew it would eotne and so, alter her husband had left the kitchen, she pleaded with the girl to "give in.” ' Jennie had been very thoughtful during the little woman’s appeal, but now she was resolved, and It was the Oleott in her nature which spoke; " I wouldn’t marry Jordan Moggs though father should threaten to murder ine,” The eggs were stiff now, and as she set the plain dowh on the table, she turned from her mother and busied her­ self among the ingredients for oaks- baking which were, before her, Jennie was blushing, as she began softly: ‘There is some one in Pools’! like very touch, mother, and ha’s coming out here t o—” "Ho needn’t , mind cornin’,” said Farmer Oleott, grimly, as he stepped quictiy into th« kitchen. His face wore a cunning leer, and his wind-reddened cheeks wens distorted by the sneering curves of his hard-lined mouth. Seat­ ing himself on one o f the painted Wood­ en chairs, he drew the boot-jack toward him and took Off his heavy shoes with a calmness find deliberation that warofd Mm Oleott that he was tfcor- ; o igM y aroused. The poor, little, twr- wmh , btotam-suirited OWOewau hfid learned that this particularly quiet and inoffensive manner o f removing his footgear always preceded a hurst o f passion. Hiram Oleott set hia cowhide boots by the stove to dry, kicked the jack under the table, and turning toward his daugh­ ter, shouted: "Don’t let me ketch none o 'y e r city fellers cornin’ to see you. E f they do, I’ll <talk to ’em; not a word now ," he goowled, shaking his long finger mena­ cingly at Jennie, as she essayed to speak. " I ’m master, in my own house, an’ you'll not talk till such time as I ’m done, You’ve been away an’ kinder forgot how things is run here, but you might os well get broke in now. I tell you I won't bev any city fellers a lo i­ terin' you; an’ o f I ketch your Aunt Kate makin’ matches fur you, I’ll jest fetch you homo from bein’ a fine lady down there an’ set you workinV Be- ■ fore Jennie could speak, he had gone into the dining-room, slamming the door behind him. Tears o f mortification and rage stood in her brown eyes an'd hot words leaped to her lips, but as she glanced down at the agonized face o f the little woman beside her the fierce mood changed. She bent to kiss the pain- drawn lips, murmuring: "Never mind, mother dear, I ’ll be patient' for your sake.” . *. • “ That’s a good girl, Jennie,” replied Mrs. Oleott, with a sigh o f relief,, "try and git along peaceable like, an’ jest give in for the sake o f quiet. Yer pa’s gettin’ wuss and wuss.” ' Jennie wrote a partial account of what had occurred to her Aunt Kate,, ttnd this was the answer o f that clever woman: * ‘My dear Niece:—Your father needs managing; and I will undertake to do it. I have written to him to come down to the city and advise me about the sale o f a piece o f property, and you need not be surprised at anything that happens.” Mrs. Kate Calding was the only one in the world whoever did understand her brother Hiram,- and she had planned a clever, little rose, to bo played on tbe unsuspecting farmer. Mr. Bryan, whom Jennie had con­ fessed to her mother she cared a great deal for, was well spited to her. He had not yet declared his love, hut it was not unguessed by the. shrewd little maiden•. T o Mrs. Calding however he had opened his heart, and she bade him wait a little. • She knew how prej­ udiced her brother was against a ll arrangements not conducted by him­ self, and rightly concluded that he might put serious difficulty in the way o f the young people. A fter satisfying herself that the name o f Jennie’s lover was quite unknown to her brother, she resolved /to introduce.him as a young man who would he a good match for Jennie, if the girl only could be wise enough to think so. Allowing him to believe they, had never met, she trusted to hia unequalled obstinacy to do the rest. ‘ " I ’ve wanted so much' to talk with you about Jennie,” said that lady, as she and .Hirum sat in her well-ap­ pointed drawing-room the night of his arrival. "Yes, and I’m willin’. She ought to be settled,” said the old man decidedly. "I t does not do, Hiram,” begun Mrs. Calding, watching the hard-iiued face intently, "to depend on a girl’s choice, and—” "Well, I guess it don’t,” he inter­ rupted, with a sneer. “ There is a young man in town who, I know, admires Jennie, and if he should m<!fct her I think something would come of i t ” Very quietly, yet with the utmost caution, sho made this statement. The old man was interested. "Rich?” he inquired, rubbing bis bands gently together, “ Yes,” was tbe answer; then she went on: "O f course It’s so very uncertain, Hiram. You see, Jennie might refuse to have a word to say to him, and—” '"N ow , Kate, look here,” interrupted the thoroughly excited old mfin, as he drew his chair nearer hers and empha­ sized his words with decisive gestures, " e i l like that young man, I’ll jest take him out home with me, anTI ’d lik c to see Jennie tell him to go, if I'm livin’,” Mrs. Calding was delighted at her success thus far. The next day Mr, Bryan was introduced, and became the old man’s ideal o f a son-in-law. On the farmer’s return to his home Mr. Bryan accompanied him, having accepted the hearty invitation o f his new friend to "je s t run out an* take.a look aronnd our part o f the country.” Jennie had been "appraised o f Mr, Bryan’s coming, and o f the little de­ ception in which she was to play her part, She n&et him as if he were a stranger, while her father secretly re­ joiced at the thought o f subduing his proud young daughter. Mr, Oleott took an early opportunity to enlighten Jennie as to her duty toward his new friend, and with a twinkle in her eye she promised to do her best to please him in the matter. A week passed, Jennie and Mr. Bryan were very happy. The days Were delightful cmes to them, and the Old farmer tubbed his hands at the success o f his scheme, and ga te his consent to an early marriage with no hesitation. He often speaks now o f hia match- making. "There*# Jennie,” he will say: "She'd hev picked up with some empty-noddled city ehfip ef I hadn’t jest took her in hand. I brnng Bryan out an* told her that she’d g o t to behave to him. It’* the only way t o d o jee t make 'em mind, ah' thg j’U g it •tong.” They would not undeceive him for anything—tbe happy young couple; but when he boasts, they think with loving gratitude o f clever Aunt Kate.— Frnnces Burton Claire, in Brake’# Magazine. • THE DOG’S ANCESTORS. Various Thaoiiu, S toll o f Wblcli Has Something to Support It. There seems to be a decided drift o f opinion among naturalists to the theory that our numerous varieties o f domesti­ cated dogs are descended .not from a single species but from several kinds of wild animals—as, for instance, the w olf and the jackal. « There are recorded examples of tamed wolves which in gentleness and intelligence showed a truly doglike ca ­ pacity. With regard to tame jackals Darwin has pointed out that when ca­ ressed they jump about for joy, wag their tails, lower their ears, lick their master’s hands,-crouch down and even throw themselves on the ground. When frightened they carry their tails between their legs. On the other hand it 1 b undisputed tha t,' whatever animal we may con­ sider his progenitor, the domestication o f the dog began at an epoch exceed­ ingly remote. The fossil remains o f a large dog have been found in tertiary deposits, and there is no doubt that the dog existed in a domesticated state dur­ ing prehistoric times. His bones are discovered in the shell heaps of Den­ mark and in the la k e . dwellings of Switzerland. The clog meets us in the- dawn of history, ft i- suelv varieties as the hound, grayhbund and watchdog are depleted on Egyptian monuments five thoq&and years old. It is well known that in Egypt the dog was worshiped under title of Anubis, and that dog mummies have. been found. There is a mastiff figured on an Assyr­ ian sculpture belonging to 040 B, C. The fact is often overlooked that dogs were used by tbe Greeks and Romans not only in the chase and for hunting down escaped prisoners, hut for war. It is worth notingthatsthe Newfound­ land and St. Bernard dogs form a group o f themselves, derived neither from wolves nor jackals, but from a distinct species o f progenitors. It is a disputed .question whether the Newfoundland dog is indigenous to North America or was introduced either ' by the Nor­ wegians iu the vear 1000 or by Cabot in 1407. Bearing on this question is the interesting fact that tbe Norwegians have dogs closely resembling the New­ foundland breed. The Dingo dog of Australia does certainly seem to consti­ tute a distinct indigenous species, since it is now found both in a wild and domes­ ticated state in that country, and its fossil remains are associated with those of extinct mamraals.<— The Fanciers’ Journal. . . ■ • A SHERIFF’S POWER. Tlie Complete Subjection Under Which Ho Held a- Prisoner. A man who has told many stories which have appeared in this column is responsible for the following: "Talk­ ing about the fear that criminals have for some officers o f the law, 1 know a sheriff in Sweetwater county, YVyo., whose power over desperadoes was amazing. He seemed to be able to make them do anytiling which lie c 1 iqso except become -respectable citizens. There was one fellow who was a notorious ruffian even among his kind, lie spent ncurly all hts time in the clutches of ttio law. lie was a gambler, a thief and undoubtedly a murderer. Y et often when there was dangerous 'work to bo done, my friend, the sheriff, would go around to the county jail and fetch out his most desperate prisoner to assist him. He even went so far at times as to release him entirely, send­ ing him on some mission. The fellow always came back, reported to the sheriff and submitted to being locked up again without a murmur. He was so afraid o f the sheriff that he did not dare to do other than he Was ordered to do. I ought to say, however, that the sheriff had ‘broken in* his wild friend at. their first meeting with the butt end of a revolver.”—N. Y. Tribune. . Corrrtpondlag Without Stamps. Two local business men made a wager regarding the payment o f local postage. A said he could send a letter through the Springfield post office that would be delivered to B, who would re­ turn an answer to him, and neither A nor B would pay any postage, nor W<mld any be required, B accepted the wager, A and B exchanged en­ velopes bearing their respective business cards thereon, and agreed on a fictitious address, like John Jameson, Boston, Mass. A wrote ; letter to B, using the envelope with B’s business card, addressed it as agreed and dropped it into a street letter box without affixing a postage stamp. In due time the cashier "returned” the letter to B marked "held for postage.” B opened and read the letter and re­ plied, inclosing his answer in A’s en­ velope and paying no postage. A re­ ceived lils letter similarly marked and won the cigars. A ll letters and pack­ ages hearing the name o f the sender and having no stamps attached are re­ turned to the lender to be stamped. A took advantage o f this ride, and by us­ ing B ’s envelops the letter was re­ turned to B, the supposed sender, and B’s letter reached him fo r the same reason. — Springfield (Mass.) Home- Stead, —A Crime.—Fred—"T o mbit the cap­ ital from the names o f th« seasons is in my opinion a crime.” Georg*—'“ Via, a eapttol arime,”—Yankee Blade. - TEMPERANCE NOTES, THE DRAM SELLER. What He Will Do for Those Who Patron- les Him. To all whom it may concern, with a general invitation to the people o f the world: Know ye, that having just opened a licensed shop for the sale o f liquors in this plafce, I embrace this opportunity o f informing you that I have com­ menced tho busineas o f making drunk­ ards, paupers and beggars for tbe •in­ dustrious.and respectable of the com- ; munifcy to support. I w ill for a small sum undertake, oh short notice and .w ith the greatest expedition, to pre­ pare victims for the poorhouse, lunatic , asylum, prisons and gallows. I shall deal in familiar spirits, which invito , men to riot, robbery and bloodshed, and by so doing diminish the oomiorts, in­ crease the expenses and endanger the I welfare of the community. I w ill fur- j nish an. article suited to the taste, which will increase the number o f fa­ tal accidents, multiply distressing dis­ eases, and render those compara­ tively harmless, incurable. I 'will deal in drugs which will de­ prive some . of life, m any . o f reason, most of property, and all of peace; which will cause fathers to be­ come fiends, and w ill causa wives to be­ come widows, and children' to become orphans, and all to become great suf­ ferer# I will cause the rising genera­ tion to grow up in ignorance' and prove a nuisance to the nation. I will cause mothers to forget their helpless chil­ dren; and priceless virtue no longer to remember its .value. I will endeavor to corrupt the ministers o f the Gospel, defile the purity of the churches, cause spiritual, temporal and eternal death. If any person should be so impertinent as to ask why 1 have the audacity to bring such accumulated misery upon a comparatively happy people, my honest reply is: "Greenbacks! Greenbacks! Greenbacks!” I live in a land of lib­ erty. I have purchased the right to de­ molish the character, destroy the health, shorten the lives and ruin the souls o f all those who choose to honor me with their patronage. Come one! Come.oll! Come.on! I pledge myself to do all I herein promise. Those who wish any o f the evils above specified brought up­ on themselves and their dearest friends are requested to meet at my "Bar,’’ where I will for a few cents furnish them with, the certain means o f doing so. My sign'informs one and all that there will bo empty pockets made here, red noses made here, fighters, gamblers, forgers, drunkards and murderers tqade here, widows and orphans made here, jail* birds made here, candidates for the penitentiary made here, drunk­ ards’ graves dug here, victims for the gallows and candidates tor liell made here, by virtue o f my license to sell in­ toxicating drinks, tor the law allows it, and . the court aw.ards my right to do so, and I have paid my license, that is a fact. Furthermore, here; is the manufactory, where mere upon whose face the imaga'of God is stamped are changed as if by magic by drinking of whisky at ten cents a dram into the image of devils. It will change good, sober husbands inti)' bad ones, produce bloated faces, bloodshot eyes and lead them surely on the road to lielL More than tliut, know ye, one aud all, he who enters here is welcome to stay and drink ns long as lie has money, and when he hus no more and the time comes to close up my shanty for the night ho shall be transported to his night lodgings freo gratis by being kicked out into the street, with the cold earth for a bed to lie on and the canopy o f the heavens above him for a oovering unless I happen to be drunk myself, in which case he can stay with me where I stay. So take notice, all ye that see and hear tills advertisement o f mine, for I am an honest dealer in whisky and intoxicating drinks.—Fire- Brand. . ALCOHOLIC FLAMES. Another Ossa Which Trove* t l * Theory or Spentsneoa* Coaibtutloo. From time to time in the past there have been reported sundty shocking cases o f supposed spontaneous combus- . tiou from the use o f alcoholic bever- ' ages. There has, however, Always been more or less a feeling o f incredi­ bility concerning the truthfulness o t these alleged cases of the spontaneous burning o f the bodies o f hard drinkers. The Philadelphia Times calls attention to a recent case, that o f Milton. Hard- ' castle, o f Baltimore, whose remains were not long ago found nearly-con­ sumed in his shanty on the outskirts o f that city. Hardcastlo was an old negro who had a small monthly income left him by his former owner, which he ex­ panded almost entirely, it is said, for whisky, lie consumed very large quantities, sometimes it is said a gallon and a half a day, and would often buy and drink pure alcohol, in large quantities for days at a time, partaking o f no nourishment He lived alette and it was some days liefore he was missed, hut his Shanty was observed to remain dosed Aud search being instituted he was found in his bed burned nearly to a crisp, while the mattress and clothes were only slightly scorched, The room was in other respects in order, and no trace o f fire was found on the hearth, which was swept clean. He did not smoke, and tbe whole affair scemsd mysterious. A physician, Dr. Ever- hardt, was called upon by the authori­ ties to Male* an investigation, and gay# aatoeepiutonthatitwanaomwofapon- savannattilHilnittl t * ISltic JMk4(i, ifeit j Times, he has also been supported b y several other prominent physicians who agree in declaring that tbe circum­ stances admit o f no other explanation. It would seem, therefore, that one mor* recent case must be added to those which have already been recorded o f - the spontaneous burning o f a body, which had been thus completely sat­ urated with alcohol It may properly be accepted as- a warning to all alco­ holic drinkers, even thoae convention­ ally deemed moderate, fo r the tendency la to increase from a moderate begin­ ning to excessive and uncontrolled use. —National Temperance Advocate. WORDS OF WISDOM. The Folly and Fallacy o f License by a Well-Known-Author. The fallacy o f licensing is one o f the . most stupendous evils aud political blunders o f our country. A combination o f interests, a lo a f line of duties, a variety o f opinion*) and adjustments o f differences, make - up our civilization; In the adjustment* o f these interests and security o f per­ sonal rights none are more important than, and none so detrimental to the general welfare o f the people; as the crime involved in the liquor traffic, es­ pecially the terrible criminality o f • license for Its justification., Treating the liquor traffic with re­ spect and toleration is an outrageous perversion, o f law and justice, and stands out as the most heinous and wicked blunder o f our times. /This toleration and sanction o f the sale o f an insidious, fascinating poison to curse the people—a poison that In­ flames the passions, bloats the body, disturbs all its functions and dements tbe brain, besides impoverishing and pauperizing the people, inciting to crime, filling the prisons and jeopard­ izing every department o f civilization, this colossal evil, sanctioned by tha bribe of money, by a civilized commu­ nity, is among the marvels o f modem depravity, and shows how low, blunted and debased may become the public conscience through the indulgence o f selfish appetites and degraded passions. The people have got to learn the fal­ lacy o f these criminal blunders; and . their criminal silence, in their treach­ erous toleration o f this monster cprse, includes a full complicity in all that follows. To have any peace o r security for oar homes and property, this monster enemy must be crushed out with all the zeal and determination o f an ex­ asperated people. There must he no toleration;.j»o concession, no tamper: ing, no compromise. Only the most earnest condemnation o f conscientious voters, crystallized into determined ao*. tion that will permit h o defeat, and a confirmed conviction that national pro­ hibition is the only remedy for this scourge o f our country will bo o f any avail. Prohibition o f the liquor must be so aggressive and so complete that tli* .-.oiling o f alcoholic beverages will be­ come the most aggravated offense, and the saloon effectualty banished beyond the pale o f our civilization, us a public nuisance.—W» J. Demoreat, in The Voice. , FACTS AND FINDINGS. C anada docs nob allow a llquote dealer or saloon keeper .to hold a mu­ nicipal office. No trqiron is sold in that paradise o f the poor, the 'People’s palace, east end, London.—Temperance. > I n New York last year 1,484 husbands procured divorces from their wives on the ground o f drunkenness. During the same year 19,483 wives procured divorces from their husbands on the Bame charge. I n Ireland the number o f arrests for drunkenness steadily increases. In 1837, there were 79,000 arrests for that cause; in 1888, the number reaches 87,- 000, and in 1889, climbs up to 93,000.— W, C. T. U. Bulletin., T h i physician, o f all others, should be the last one to u*#€*pirits in modera­ tion or excess. The use o f alcohol as a beverage, is direct evidence o f ignor­ ance o f the teachings o f modern science, and failure to keep up with the growth o f medical advance. W hat does it profit a man to iwnd hia children to school, accniHalateproperty, build big barns, etc., for his children, if his son is to go to ruin through tha grogshop and his daughter preside over a drunkard’s hovel? Yet no man’s sod or daughter is safe while open saloon* abound. Let ns save our children. B.Eci?XTLr a vessel sailed from a Bel­ gium port for west Africa, having on hoard fourteen missionaries, four huA- dred and sixty casks o f gunpowder, eleven cases o f gin and ten thousand casks o f rum. Verily civilization (?) i* a puzzle o f inconsistencies! fa ther* not a question here for the foreign missionary societies, as to how far they lend their sanction to rum and gun­ powder tactics by sailing in vesaele bearing such a cargo? What a Drankar# Left. - A dying inebriate in Oswego, N. Y., left his "last will and testament” " I leave to society a ruined character, a wretched example and a memory that will rot. I leave to my parents a# much sorrow as they can in th4ir>feeld* state hear. I leave to my brother* and sitters as much Shame and mortifies- tie * * * I could bring on them. I leave to my wife a broken heart—a life at shames I leave to each of any children poverty, Ignorance, a low character mala remembrance that their lather filled- a drunkard’s grave. For drink- *rd« totead when tiny have ifaM,*** Texas WhHe Btofcem, #