The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 27-52

The Cedanille Herald. w. a. Burnt. PrtMrtf. CEDARVILLE, t l i onto, h e r m it m o u n t a in . *tnuigo storyof th*SelkirkW*rmltasTold to m EuglUhTonrlat. The train had stopped near the heart of the Selkirks, under tho.shadow of a great bare crag, which the guide hdbk said was the Hermit mountain, The rock rose almost perclpltously, culmi­ nating in a crest extending for hun­ dreds o f feet to the north, and the top seemed almost as sharp as a razor. With arms akimbo on the rail of the observation car was an English tourist, who wore a monocle and a stare, and see to*dvsry much bored by ’ the - ecenety. Near him stood a commercial traTeler of Toronto, who was explain­ ing how the niounfiaia got Its nsmei . , “ FoUqw the”edge o f the mountalii from ita firbnt to ,JthO t»ar,” he said. “ Right where the edge' breaks off you see a solitary pyramid. From here it seems to be only about six feet tall, though In reality it is about thirty feet high. Don't you see it bears soraere- semblauce to a man? That is the hermit, and/it is this solitary pillar that gave name to the mountain.'’ T ito English tourist suddenly showed indications o f interest1* ‘ Hei edged a lit- tie nearer, and remarked; , “ Beg pardon, did I hear you say something about a hermit?” ... The commercial traveler gay# his comrade a dig in the ribs. “Why, yes, he Baid to the touristy?tikto’fc you ever hear the remarkable facts* about the hermit here?” ' “No,” said the tourist .; “ Well, I’ll, tail you, the story," laid, the drummed “ It’s a remarkable one, and every traveler ought to know it You see, aboutthe time of the gold ex- . jCltamenti in the Frazer river country, - ’Way hick -in1850, a tain cane here to make his fortune. One of .-the miners had brought into this wild region his little family, and among them was his daughter, a voiy pretty gJrl, .with . whom this other fellow fell madly iu love. He had.a hated rival, of course, and in a few mouths this rival carried off the prize, and she became a hollow tnockery to the disappointed lover,. He became not only a woman hater, but a hater of his kind, and be made up bis mind he would spend the rest of his life as a hermit, “ So ha came .up to this mountain, and he clambered up that brush you tee alongside, and he built him a hut of stones and branches, and there he be­ gan bis new life, lie bad a gun, and lived on what he could shoot, a little flour he got from the settlement, and the berries and roots he gathered. He lived that way a good many years, bringing down from the mountain an occasional fur or bearskin, which he sold for provisions, f o r years now he has been old and unable to hunt well, hut nothing' has ever Induced' him to give up his queer life, ’’ By this time the English tourlBt was all eyes and ears. “ You don’t mean to tell me," he said. “ How on earth does he live now?" “ Well, onoe a week the people who live in this little hamlet yon see hero All a basket with provisions, and one of them takes it up to the top of the mountain. When the hermit hears anybody coming, he leaves his hut and retreats into the woods. The man with the supplies leaves the basket at the door, and the next fellow who comes up with provisions leaves an­ other basket and takes hack the empty one. The hermit never speaks to anybody. Early In the winter, be­ fore there is danger of a big fall o f snow, a lot of provisions is taken up to him, for fear that a heavy snowfall will prevent anyone from reaching the top.” “ Why, doesn’t he get sick and need a doctor sometimes?” asked the tourist. “ Nohedy knows, that he ever had a slok day, 'He Is 6ld, bathe's we ll You see the six up there is magnificent; and there's qo reason he should be sick. There he is now,” continued the drum­ mer .in a state of wild excitement. “ There he isnear tba edge of that rock Don'tyou seehim?” The Englishman looked, hut could see nothing. He. borrowed a field glass and Was adjusting the focus when the man exclaimed: “ There, he's gone. I just caught a glimpse t»f him. He’s np up high he didn’t look bigger’na speck, any way.” "Remarkable,” said the Englishman, as he lapsed into a seat He rpllikl it nil ovaTf, in his mind for a couple of hours. Meanwhile the o t o t f o t the Englisb«n*b’S, interest in the hermit had.been told to a number of choice spklta,aodtb*re had beenmuch hilar­ ity. One of the men whoahared in the fun was standing near the Toronto drummet* when the English tourist sidled pp to him again, “Now, look where,” he said; “ honest; is that really alt true about the her­ mit?” “ Certainly, it's true*’ said the com­ mercial traveler. “ Most all tourists know it, add anyone who lives in this counby can toll yon all about it Ask this man here.” ‘ The EnglUhtaatt turned to the other man, who told the story.of the hermit over again, with some graphic and clr- aurastanttal additions, —Lily—“Aunt Jessie, I want to know something. ” Aunt Jessie—“ What is it, dear?” Lily—“Are wagon-wheels born ihedjf” TEMPERANCE NOTES. DRINK AT THE CLUBS. A Growing Evil Among Bovual OrgMla*- tlOR. One of the pleas made by the fdra- cates of. Sunday liquor-selling la this city and elscwhecs, in iavor of opening the saloons oh Sunday; la to the effect that the saloon is the poor man’s club. It is urged that While gentlemen who are members of wealthy,-fashionable clubs cap pufphjtsB .ltyiiqr oh Bqnday within-the club precincts, so oughtalko the poor man to he able to obtain as readily his Sunday supply of beer and other liquors at the saloons. Thus .does,thejmodern, clubnot hplOtoP10!10 the drink temptation among its own members; and in many instances great­ ly, to their own injury, and to the det­ riment and Vuihsbfthe homes^they rep­ resent, but it becomes also* pretext for Sunday saloon Opening, and, in ef­ fect, a bulwark Of the saloon system, '. Much is said, and with great occa­ sion, ngainst the evil inpqence of- the saloon, and * popular rallying ciy among the friends of .temperance is that “ the saloon .must go.” Hut one of the most influential obstacles in the Way "${ pbplishjhgv Hie saloon is .the modern club. There are, 'o f course, notable and praiseworthy exceptions pi clubs wherein intoxicating bever­ ages are not allowed, But in .clubs of gentlemen Of the wealthy class in most of our large cities, wines and. other liquors are served to individual mem­ bers, and dispensed freely to members and, guests on all 'pcc&slons p f club banquets and receptions. The polit­ ical influence of the saloon' fa’ great, ‘because' 6t the political pointer Which its voters, in combination, represent But the wealthy, popular club, as the center and.rallying place of the more '.intelligent political loaders and manip­ ulators, is also a most important factor of modern politics. Themselves wine- bibbers, these men* rather than ,sur­ render their own indulgence, are prac­ tically in league with the saloon habitues to perpetuate license, and to oppose the onwardLprogressof prohib­ itory legislation. In many clubs, such, as those upon which we compuent, are also many members of Christian churches. With the environment of elegance, and of eminent social respectability, these gentlemen assent, in the matter of liquor selling and the dispensing of in­ toxicants in hospitality, to what in the vulgar saloon they would not for a mo­ ment personally consent ‘to be identi­ fied with, We commend to the thoughtful consideration of Christian gentlemen, members of liquor-selling clubs, the noteworthy example of the late Hon. William E. Dodge, who re­ nounced his membership in the Union League club of New York because of its complicity with liquor selling. . The social Influence of the modern clnb, in perpetuating and extending in­ jurious drinking usages; especially among young men and women, is de­ plorable. I t is latterly extending from the large dties, such ns New York, to the smaller centers of population. We know of a suburban city, ■not many miles from this, where within a year a club has been established by some of its well-to-do citizens, in which intoxi­ cants are served to members who de­ sire, and where young ladies and gen­ tlemen indulge in wine who would not prior to this, or even now, think of such indulgence in their own homes, and on account of which great heartache has already been occasioned in more than one family, And even hero liquors are dispensed testhctically, .on Sundays also. It is quite time to invite more gen­ eral attention tc, and to emphasize the 'warning against, the insidious and growing evil, in connection with th.o drink temptation o f the modern club.— National Temperance Advocate. DRINK AT THE CAPITALS The' Tamperanee' Mnttaimt Growing Among Statesmen. In nothing is th^changemoremarked than in the line pf temperance. * There are still among senators and represen­ tatives many who Are addicted to the flowing bowl, Und probably to more than one commfttag-rpam a suspicious bottle may be secreted; butUadevotees are not so numerous as they one*were. In the days before the war there was in the basement of the senate wing of capital,what was known as the “ Hple in the VaR,” Where whisky and othot liquors were Bold ns,In any bar-room, and this plaoe-was patronized by many of, the noted senator* and repptacqta- tives of the ante-bellum period. Sogto of them spent a good share o f their time inThe "Hole,” only leaving when- ever their votes were needed on some important question. Under the rules of both branches of Congressthe sat{ o f intoxicating liquors is now prohibited in the capital, and whan one obtains it in the restaurants there it is usually drank from a teacup; This practice haa paused whisky bought in the building to be designated :a« “ oOM tea.” Now' and then a spasmof'virtue among the governing oitofols finds vent in * rigid suppression of tfio traffic, and for weeks and month* at a stretch It is dif­ ficult to obtain the beverage at either o f the restaurant*’ Rutaa are generally motor, strictly enforced at the begin­ ning o f a session than later on. With the growth of temperance sentiment throughout the country ha* come anin- ercaae in the number of senator* and repreeentatives who are teetotalers. Some years ago the Congressional Temperance society wa* founded by the late ,.ae President Wilson and some of his associates, its object being, to save from drunkards’ graves certain brilliant members of both houses who unfortunately seemed unable to con­ trol their appetite* .It hold* annual meeting* that grow more and more popular and interesting year by year. —George Harold Walker, in Chautau- quam • y ' THE CURSE OF DRINK. A Crying Evil Terniltteil bjr Social Cos* ' tom. ' Whatever may be one’a opinion re­ garding the wisdom or efficacy of pro­ hibiting by statute the sale of intoxi­ cating liquors, it has never been dis­ puted that the use of .them, i f used they are, should be regulated by rea­ son, conscience, education, or even by law when indulgence leads to en­ croachments on the rights of others, or to’serious, undeniable injury o f the person himself who use*'them.1'- Nor, whatavcir may he said in 'favor of tfaf bracing influence of alcohol' admin- (stand under certain pathologic*! con­ ditions, cap it ’he doubted that grave damage is initiated on a community by the custom of offering alcoholic bever­ ages at dinners, balls and almost all social and convivial entertainment* We are aware that chemists and physiologists differ widely as to the effect of a moderate and carefully measured consumption of alcohol, and u to the part which stimulants in gen­ eral have played h* the history the race. At this moment a discussion of this subject; by men acknowledged to be qualified by study and observation to speukwith some authority, is going on In the.'colupuis of the London press. What may'be called the ethnological and. geographical record of intoxicating, agents is also curious and suggestive^ but none of the data arid deductions put forward by -the advocates of a sparing, recourse to theta impugn the patent and unchallenged facta; first, that' excessive indulgence entails in­ tellectual and vmoral ..decay;, and ?ec- ondlv, that our social ..traditions and usages, and the prevailing current of public sentiment not only tolerate but, encourage an-amount of drinking quite indefensible on any theory of hygiene. He who. finds himself continually in­ vited by those whom he respect* to partake of alcoholic compounds, can' Scarcely be expected to debar himself from resorting to like stimulants in solitude, and he who has once formed the: habit of solitary drinking is al­ most' certain .to become a drunkard.— Once a Week. BITS AND BREVITIES. T he saloon robs home of its pleas­ ures, childhood o f its innocence, man­ hood of its dignity, womanhood o f its purity, the. ballot-box o f its freedom, industry of its reward. The highest duty o f the state is to destroy that enemy. So many of the political clubs In Eng­ land have been such famous resorts for drinking and smoking, that it has been determined, in one club at least, to discontinue the sale of liquor* In the National Liberal. club 100,000 cigars and*' 150,000 cigarettes were sold last year alone. I nehuikty is curable in nearly all coses In the early stages. After repeat­ ed poisoning or intoxications for years, conditions of degenerations come on, from which recovery iB very rare. The drink impulse may die out, or be per­ manently cheeked,, but .the injury to the brain and nervous system remain* —Journal of Inebriety. A man was onco sitting in a saloon. He had an old battered hat on his head, short black pipe in his mouth, a dirty shirt and ragged clothes, and down­ trodden shoes on. But he had not al­ ways been like that; he had seen better days once. As he looked out of the saloon door he saw two tidy,,, clean little children come for their father’s beer. As soon as they were outside the door the little girl took a drink from the jug, while her little brother waited patiently for his turn. The poor drunkard looked at them very sadly, ‘ and then he said with a sigh: “ Ah, that's how I began, and I can’t leave it off now.” T he "Scientific Temperance Hand Book” says: “ The word ’intoxicating’ has an origin which is interesting. It comes from an old Greek word (toxl* con) meaning the poison into which arrows had .been dipped so that their wound ‘might prove fatal Theta drinks, then* by their very name, ate declared to be poisonous, and since they are made, with bnt few excep­ tions, from good food—wide from the dnseious grape, ale and beer chiefly, from barley, while spirits have to lpoSt cases a similar origin—we naturally ask how, then; can they be injurious? .Their bad qualities are almost entirely due to the presence of a liquid' Onto failed spirits of wine, hut now general­ ly known as alcohol. ” T he emperor of Germany ha* found unexpected obstacles to the way of the passage of the proposedliquor law. His effort to diminish drunkenness be­ cause of the great increase of this vice is surely commendable. The cases of chronic alcoholism have increased the last eight years from 4,279 to 10,860. The comtaon; statement that drunken­ ness does not abound in tlid great beer countries is effectually disproved. Prihod Bismarck, bdwever, and ether beer drinker*,' add even the law­ makers bitterly oppose the proposed, law. At the opening of the reichatag It met a sever* opposition and was laid aside for a time, and probably can­ not pas* except in a modified form.— National Temperance Advocate. OF GENERAL INTEREST. —A lady residing in Port Angeles has a curiosity in the shape of a chicken born with four leg*, but they seldom live as this ope lias done—sow nfcarly five month* The lady has two of ths legs tied up, so that the chicken is not embarrassed while walking, 4 ! —“That fellow is awfully stuck up,” remarkod the cob to the piolo pony, ns he wagged bis ears in tbp direction of the new tandem horse, “ He refused to recognize me to-day in the park, He may be a society- ‘leader’ now, bat I w member when his mother used to be driven by the grocer’s son. Hsrppr’p Bazar. - ' . . t- # - - T h e first water markon record was the coat-of-arms of a town.. The, parly papermakera 'were not slow to adopt this Ideain Impressingupon their sheet* the device of the place where their mill was situated. For instance, the coat- of-arms of the village of Reeves, a dolphin, is a common mark on old pa­ per* This mark is still in use to-day. —Down to the time of Homer, who flourished 007B. C„ aslittle was known o i the surface of'the earth as,is now known of the interior- GrSecewas then regarded as the center o f the earth, Which was surrounded at the distance o f five hundred mile* by the ocean river. Later' the land was, extended farther and a limited form given to the old continent. >. —Near Bristol, V t ; there is a part o f -the ro*d which teamsters find so very rutty and stcep that the' difflculty .in passing that spot- has caused - ‘ cubs words” to It.least'enter their mind* if not find expression; Aware of this fact, a'pious gentleman baa employed two stone-cutters to engrave the Lord's 'prayer in letters' an inch,; deep, and six Inches high on a huge -rock; conspicu­ ously visible from thatpart/of the road.. —A South Paris woman. Mr* Chand­ ler Swift; lost and found a pin in a queqr wajr the other day. She was feeding her chickens and caught one of them, and white talking to it it pecked her inittat pin frotp her throat and swallowed i t - Her husband came up, etat the chicken’s throat and extricated the pin. He then-closed the'Wound by .taking a few stitche* The chicken is now alive and scratching—and so is the pin. —Canary birds are a good deal troubled by mosquitoes. The toes of the bird are amply provided with small veins, and as the membrane between the toes is extremely thin, anobservant mosquito may see his favorite fluid cir­ culating in plain sight A bird with a swollen hind toe was brought to a bird fancier recently and he pronounced the trouble .poisoning from n mosquito bite. He said the thing was not un­ common. —Some notable specimens of game have been killed in Maine recently. Ralph Lord, of Westbrook, shot a golden eagle which measured 6% feet from tip to tip of wings, with talons 2H inches long. At Sorry a wildcat was killed that measured 4 .feet in length, 20 inches in height a!ndweighed 52pound* Two hunters in the woods: of Shirley were followed by a strange animal which they finally killed. The beast proved to bo an “ Indian devil.” 6 feot in length. It had teeth three Inches long. —Sir Walter Buller describes a re­ markable characteristic of the wander­ ing albatros* At a certain time*of the year, between February and June, the - old birds leave their young and go to sea, and do not return tratil October, when they arrive to large number* During their absence the young birds never leave the breeding-ground. Im­ mediately after the return of the old- birds, each pair goes to its old nest, and, after allttlo fondling of the ydung one, turns it out and prepares the nest for the next brood. —.Iu*t off a wagon road, leading tor Sonor*, Mexico, stands an immense mosquito tree. Which attracts attention op account of its size. Tt is it promi­ nent landmark, and It has many tragic memories. The trees near by are twisted, crooked and stunted, but the mesqulte Is straight and has regular, massive branches, and a trunk thicker than that of any other tree in the Colo­ rado valley- It is known as the dead man’s ires by tho Mexicans, who hur­ ry past it, Years ago the Cattle raisers had to take advantage of the strength of the'lower branches of the free to rid themselves of many cattle thlCve* " —Under the Roman rule $ * Egypt­ ians excelled in glass-making. ' JCcask£ Augastoshaving agreat admiration for thfglasaof Egypt; when he had suto dtied that «on*try (26 B. 0 .). ordered 'that li shdnld form part of, the annual tribute to be paid to the victor* Yhis- beoSms a source of Incredible wealth. to Bgypt, for the Romans thereby be­ came familiar with Egyptian glass,'or­ dered i t in Immense quantities, end the Egyptians devoted themselves to a very large expert trsde, o f which they pre­ served the monopoly until the reign of Tiberln* (14 A, p.), at which time; Re­ cording to Bllny, this industry began to- he’ Qulilvated at Rothe. A Change t f put. Lady (to butcher)—My husband is a most difficult men to pleas* £ knew that he liked A chop, so £ hare bought nothing hut' legs o f mutton atone we ware married. And now he says he is weary of them. What shall I do? Butcher—Try him with a little veal, madam. Lady—A ll right You can send up leg* of r * * l until further order*—Phil­ adelphia Thus* 'fnwVmqn Hta “ There's eomcthintj behind, it." That** what you think, perhaps, when you toad that tho proprietor* o f D jv Sage’*, Catarrh Remedy offer |500 .reward lor an incnrnblo case o f Catarrh. Rather unusual, you -think, to find the makers of a medi­ cine tiding to prove that they be- lieve in it, “ There must he some­ thing back o f it J’* But it's a plain, square offer, made jn good faith, The only thing that** backo f it is the -Remedy, it cure* Catarrh in the Head, To its mild, toothing, cleansing and healing properties, the worst cases yield) no matter how bad or of how long standing. It bas a record that go^s back for 25 .years. It doesn’t fjnmpjy , toUoV»v—it perfectly and permanently cures; . With a Rem­ edy dike this, the proprietors can moke, srieh an offer and mean it; To be sure tliero’s risk in it, bat it’s so very- small that they aro Willing.to take- it. Y'qu^ye “ peVqr heard of anything like this offer?” True enough, But then you’ve never heard of anythihg’ like Hr.-Sage’s -llemedy. Flower” Perhaps you do not believe these statements, concerning Green’s An- gust/Flower. Well, we can'tmake you. We can't,force conviction in- . to yourhead ormed- DoubtlnK icine i n t o your ' t h r o a t . We don’t Thomas, want to. The money i* yours, and the misery is 'yours; and until you are willing tobelieve, and spend the One for the relief o f the other, they will stay so. John H. Foster, 1 1 2 2 Brown Street, Philadelphia, says: “ My wife is a little Scotch woman, thirty yearso fage ando f a naturally delicatedisposition. For five or six years past she has been suffering fromDyspepsia. She Vom it became so bad at last v £ that she could tjlbt sit Every Meal- down to a meal but she had to vomit it .i as soon as she had eaten it. Two bottles o f your August Flower have cured her, aftermany doctors failed. 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