The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 27-52

The CedamUe Herald, CEDARV ILLB . * * OHIO, CH AM PAGN E CQ f?K& j A t In teresting Chapter • » Their U n i t fMCtare. Champagne cork* of the finest quality cost about a cent apiece wholesale. To the eye of the ordinarr observer they do not greatly differ in quality from other corks, but, as a matter of fact they ara in a great many ways peon* liar. The great champagne houses often engage the whole ontput of cork-cut­ ting establishments i i Spain and Portu­ g a l These corks must be of the best bark, and the most skillful cutters are employed in their manufacture, while the same is true of all corks used with the finer wines. There has been a marked advance in the manufacture of corks within the last twenty-five years, but champagne corks are made just as they were when the first champagne -was bottled. Less, than a , generation ago the idea of a cork-cutting machine was scouted. ■Now most of the eorks used for ordinary purposes are made by machinery, and they are turned out by the million a t such prices tha t the hand-cork-cutter* of this country have been almost entirely driven out of bus­ iness. The reason for- making champagne corks by hand is curious anil interest-' ing. The. cork machine .is provided with circular knives of razor-like edge. Now, the crude cork is so rough and hard' that if it were applied to one of these rapidly revolving knives tho knife would a t once be rained. So, crude cork that is to be cut by machinery must be softened in a steam vat- It comes oat almost pulpy, and cuts like cheese. But the steam takes the ‘’life" out o! the cork. Its elastic! y is gone, never to he recovered, and when the machine-cat cork is driven into a bottle the cork tends to shrink and permit - leakage- Furthermore the machine- made cork is mathematically round, while the nocks of bottles are more or less .irregular. As the machine-made cork has lost its elasticity its smooth, round surface can not swell out to fill any irregularity in the neck of the bottle, and here is another source of leakage. The hand-made cork is quite a differ­ ent affair. The crude cork to be cut by hand is first soaked in tepid water until almost ready to swell In this condi­ tion it is taken out and tnrned over to the cutter. Spanish cork cutters use thrceknlves. Oneisalongcurved knife arranged with a gauge -for regulating the size of the piece of the cork cut off. This knife is used for cutting the cork into long strips. Another and smaller knife outs the strips np into blocks and a third and vary 'sh a rp knife is usetl for producing the finished cork. This knife has a blade of fine , steel nearly hidden in a.jacket of iron. The iron pocket is to give the knife rigidity, and the cork-cutter applies, not the knife to tho cork, but the cork to tho knife. He rests the knife on the edge of a table and presses the cork down upon the blade, The tendency of this is to curve the blade,- and a curved blade would produce a hollow cork. German and American oorlc cut­ ters use a thin knife, which comes from the factory straight, bu t is boat by tho cork cutters themselves The curved side is tnrned up iu working, and the result is that tho kink straightens un­ der the pressure of the cork, and the latter is cut straight and not concave, The cork-cutter always has a whet­ stone on his table and a strap upon his knee. He applies the knife to tho strap after each cork is cut, and less fre­ quently to the whetstone. Cork- has a peculiar power of dulling the sharp steel with which it is cut, Iland-made corks retain their elas­ ticity, and, not being mathematically ronnd, they easily snug themselves Into the irregularities of the bottle necks Before being driven into a bottle of wine the cork Is soaked in water, and then moistened with w ins I t goes in flight, absorbs some of the wine, swells, and remains swollen. When corks hare been much handled in eatting they are washed clean in * weak solution of oxalic acid before being used. This country receives the best corks, as of everything else European. Thou­ sands of men, women and children In the mountains of Spain and Portugal are busied in cutting cork. I t is a do­ mestic trade, and it occupies whole villages. Ajptots from the facto­ ries and export houses of Sevilla and LUbon go through the mountain vil­ lages each year bnylng np the corks in enormous quantities. The agent of an importing house in th is city cabled the other day tha t be had just returned from the Sierras after having pur­ chased ten inillion corks The oorks as purchased in the native villages are of all sizes and qualities They era sorted in the cities, baled in gunny cloth, paper and gnnny oloth again, and shipped to this country by the ton. Once here, many of them are recat by hand a t the rate of twenty gross a day. Bo fastidious are some bottlers that the cork importers b a re to keep in their -employment several oork cutters to re­ cu t such corks as do not suit custom- ers.~--N. y* Snn, —Kind Body—"How did you become so lame?” Tramp —"Over-exertion, mum.rt Lady —"Indeed! In what way?” Tramp—‘"Movin' on e-ery time a po'iitetoan tola me."—fork* * THE BATTLE FIELD, HIT AT ANT1ETAM. Strange Sensation# ef a Soldier Wounded In Hattie, Hooker was trying tp drive Jackson a t Antietam. I t is one of the mysteries of war tha t he did pot annihilate him and then take Bee in flank. Wo out­ numbered liim, and we extended onr lines until only a skirmish -line of gray opposed us, bnt on no. field of battle in the whole war did the confederates fight so fiercely. I t seemed as if every single company had been told to hold Its ground until the last man was wiped out. Yfo breasted up to the gray lines time after time, hut they would not give back. They faced us and died. If they lost a rod of ground they charged bock and recovered two- I remember how theoorn waved and rustled as we pushed through it that day—how the silken tassel became de­ tached and floated into opr faces like spider-webs on a dewy summer’s morn­ ing. They were waiting for us—the men who had come up.from Harper’s Ferry without a- halt—foot-sore, hun­ gry, thirsty, but ready to die to save Leo’s left wing. They made never a halt to moisten their parched throats at the wells of Sharpsbnrg—never a halt for the laggards to come up. Lee was in danger, and old Stonewall rode a t their head. The politicians simply slur them. Those who breasted up against them on the battlefield remem­ ber only how gallantly they died. At first a scattering fire—a man fall­ ing out here and there. The pop! pop! nop! increases in rapidity—now it be­ come a continuous roar—here comes the command to charge! There is a cheer—ra rush, and we are checked. Men can not dodge bullets, hu t we: dodge os they zip and spit and whistle by our cars. A storm of bullets cau not be breasted like a gale of wind laden with snowflakes, but we bend our heads and advance. What is it? Why am I lying on the ground? Is'the fight over tha t the din of.battlo has so nearly died away? I wonder and wonder. It Is like waking out of a sound slumber. Now I know what, It is—I’m hit! A bullet- has crashed into my shoulder, spun me around like a top, and then dashed me to the earth in a heap. Men struck that way lose consciousness for a min­ ute or two. Tho roar swells, ou t again —I hear men cursing and cheering, and I finally .understand that our lines have been driven back. 1 lift, my head for a hasty look around, and I find I have lots of company. ' The dead and wound­ ed are as numerous as corn-hills.' A bullet in the shoulder is nothing. A pint or two of blood lost from the body is of no account I turn over, seize a dead man by the arm, and pnll myself up, but everything dances be­ fore my eyes, and I sink down in a heap, I t isn’t the wound itself, but the shock to the nervous system. I’ve seen a six-footer drop iu a heap and cry like a woman because a bullet had made one of his fingers an inch shorter, and ho was never charged with being a coward, either. Thera is no such thing as time on a battle-field. A genorul may watch its flight but a >prlvate soldier has no thought of it. The sun may have been a t meridian when the battle opened. All of a sudden he is amazed th a t the orb has gone from sight He has fought on, giving no heed to time. Only half conscious—only half realiz­ ing that I was h it—I by and by felt the cool breezes of the evening and lost the glare of the sun. Some ohe “gave me water, hut I felt too dreamy to open my eyes, Some one pulled a dead man off my legs—a wounded comrade who had crept over to me In search of water and died But I did not open my eyes; I could n o t I t seemed asif great weights had h«en placed on my eyelids to keep them sh u t There was a babel of sounds around me, but I heard only one voice. That sounded miles away as it said: . "Now, then, you all be mighty keer- lul how you tote that boy, fur he's bin powerfully h it Needn’t mind me so much, though I reckon I ’m good for a wooden leg if yon Yanks kin spar the timber!" I t was a " reb e l’’ He'd hesn caring for me for hours as tenderly as he would for his own son, and yet they separated ns th a t night never to meet again. 1 have never had an opportunity to look Into hts face and thank him. I never even saw him,—M. Quad, In N. Y. World. ______________ THE LAST ROLL-CALL. But One t* Answer Out of a Hundred Names, Ju st an even hundred men answered "Here!” as the sergeant called the roll on the morning we awoke beside the Potomac. There were young men, middle-aged men, men from the town and men from the form. Men who go to war to fight and die beside each oth­ e r form strong attachments. Com­ panies and regiments resolve them­ selves Into communities which do not look with favor upon Intruders. There was an even hundred aa We marched away—as we took onr first turn a t picket—as we first sighted the enemy— ss we went Into battle for the first tim e After the roar Of the guns had died away and the dead bad been bur­ led only eighty-nine men answered "Here!" to the sergeant's morning rpll- eall The others were hovered np in long trenches, and their loss draw the lines closer together. , A few weeks went by, and we stood shoulder t? shoulder In battle line again. There were charge and coun­ te r charge—men screamed out as they were wounded-—men fell dead and ut­ tered no cry; In the gloomy forest, by the light o f a camp-fire, tins sergeant called the roll, and wow only seventy- eight men answered “HereT” The red earth trenches had claimed more vic­ tims, and the ties between the living wore drawn atilljclpser. When a man has braved death with yon th a t excuses a hundred short-comings In camp or on the march. Then came Coal Harbor and the fall­ ing back to Malvern H ill Cannon boomed and musketry cracked ail day long and far into the n igh t Wonnded men cursed' and groaned as .they limp­ ed avfay or fell helpless—men pitched forward with bn t a single cry and died with their faces hidden in the -weeds and grass. After Malvern Hill the ser­ geant called the roll again—not the same sergeant as before, but another had taken his place—he was lying dead in the thickets at Fair Oaks—and this time only fifty-two men answered “Here."' And so could you wonder tljat when recruits came down to us we looked upon them as intruders, even though- they were'good men and true and had come to help us win victories? What did they know of our dead, of our wea­ risome marches, of touching elbows with us as we waited for the word to charge the flaming guns? Their nameB were called with ours, and we heard them answer “Here!” But they were only with us; they could not' be of us. They had come too late. And after South Mountain and An­ tietam 8nd Second Manassas and Fred­ ericksburg and Chancellorsville and Gettysburg and jthe Wilderness the roll was called, and our dead were covered up and other men were sent down to take their places We shook hands w ith ' them and pretended to be com­ rades, but we had no ties with them. They had not learned war with .us. They could no t go back to the begin­ ning—to our' first dead And a t last came Appomattox and the surrender, and then peace And the return to Wash­ ington. We were almost a full com­ pany again ' as we turned oat ’on the meadows of Arlington for the last roll- call Upward o f seventy living men could have answered “Here!” to their names. “Fall in, Company G! Attention to roll-call’’’ I t was not the sergeant who had called the roll after Fredericksburg, after Chancellorsville, after Gettys­ burg, after the awful grapple .in the thickets and swamps of the Wilder­ ness.' I t was a new man—one who had been promoted before his cheeks had scarcely been burned by the southern sun. But lie had heard of the ties which bound tho old veterans together —ho realized what this last roll-call meant to the survivors.. And from the musty archives of the past he took the roll of the dead and called: * ‘Anson—Armstrong—Armitage—Als- dorf!’’ No-one replied! “Berry •— llloomingdalc — Benson— Barstow—-Benharn t” No obe replied! "Cary—Carter—Carnahan—Cummings —Comstock!" • * No one replied! And so he calted, and so the silence of the death-roll grew deeper and deep­ er, until the living felt, a chill creep over them. "Young—Yeomans—Yager!” . No one replied! "York!” "Here!” And so he of all was the colo survi­ vor—tho last living man of Company G —tho only one who had tho right to stand there in that line and answer to the last roll-call The others—ninety and nine—were cripples at home or sleeping their last sleep on the hill­ sides, In the valleys, in the forests and the thickets of Virginia. The line cheered him ms he stood apart—the last survivor of a glorious band which had fought in a dozen bat­ tles—hut he turned away his head and w ep t—M, .Quad, in N. Y. World, NOTES FOR VETERANS. G en . McCr.Ett.AN is spoken of yet among the growing numbers of New Yorkers who love horseback-riding as the bean-ideal of a cavalier, GcU. Sherman was a nervous rider and used a loose rein. He seemed more in ten t on "getting there” than on the manner or fashion of arriving. G en . C aul Scatmz makes a proud boast for his countrymen in America Ho says the German Americans saved thestate of Missouri to the Union when the rebellion broke out, and that more than 1S5,000 men who were born in Ger­ many served in the Union army from the various states. This is proportionately more than from any other part of onr population of foreign-born citizens. C omrade R ive gives an Interesting incident that occurred in Virginia in 1800. The army was drawn up In a line of battle, and the skirmishers were manoeuvring from both sides. One of the confederate boys was seen by com­ rade Rite to take a position behind a stump and he a t once aimed his rifle to shook when the fellow in gray threw up his gun and fired—the bail striking squarely in tho muzzle of com­ rade Rite’s gun, and sent it flying some ten feet from him, and split the barrel some two inches. I t was a close call, and for a few ntih- utes comrade Rife did not know what happened or what had become of hts' gun. Ik WOMAN’S behalf ; “ KNOW THYSELF ." Study Uvery Girt YonHave and Brine the llt-rt to It* llffbuit Davylopmeat. Not many years ago -a girl with *■; common-school education, coming from a refined borne, where the standards insured good morals and good .man­ ners, could after a few weeks spent in acquiring some manual art, earn a com­ fortable livelihood in several different fields of employment. The publishing houses, for instance, offered attractive. employment with wages varying from six to twelve dollars per week. Machin­ ery lias taken tho place of hand lqbor and reduced opportunities for employ­ ment and. wages, thus lowering the social grade of thoso employed, except in special houses. The same change has taken place in other fields, and the com­ mercial world for women has in twenty years completely changed. Tho day has gone by when a woman1can earn ade­ quate wages without spending time and money in preparation. The girl of to-day vyho faces a -future in which she must support herself, finds two paths before her. One which means slavery, under the worst conditions Imposed by ignor­ ance, the other a life of conscious free­ dom and growth, because she possesses abilities and knowledge for which the world is willing to pay wages, which are but a part of what it is glad to give. Is there a woman in the world to-day more to bo envied than the wage- earning woman who commands posi­ tion bocause of her • abilities, giv­ ing to the world services for which It is not only glad to pay, but proud to honor? How can such positions be gained by women? - By following th e ' injunction, centuries old, “Know thy-, self!” I almost hesitate, thinking of the bright young girl faces that will bond over these words, to write as my experience forces me to write, because I must impose on youth a burden that ‘teems to be the natural portion of the later life. I would not have the cour- ago were it not for the mempry of oth- er faces into which I have looked with aching heart—faces lined ’and seamed by care, and eyes ■that held- a look of terror in their depths because they faced the world penniless, with no fac­ ulties trained that would earn thorn food and shelter; women in middle life and past it, with children to support as helpless as babies, haying the capacity to eat, sleep, and wear clothing, but with no possibility of earning these, too old to. learn, and with juBt enough knowledge of the world to make them realize their helpless, hopeless condi­ tion.. It is the memory of these faces passing $u procession before me that impels me to shadow girl faces with care. ' Some time ■ they looked out bn life as girls do to-day, not knowing that autumn-would bring tho storm. So I repeat to girls, “Know' thyself!" Study every giftyouhave;decide which expresses you the most clearly, and work to bring that t o ' tho highest de­ velopment That gift is your offer to the world's store of knowledge and happiness. . Do not wait until your col­ lege course is ended before you become acquainted with your.solf. Seek to find that individual part of you, and train it side by side with tho whole womnn. This gives emphasis tp your character, compels recognition from teachers and .fellowtetudents during the cbllege life, and creates an atmos­ phere that stimulates toward success in your special field. This leading will be a great help to teachers, for we must remember that one of the chief advantages of a college training is the being brought into contact with •minds trained in special lines, and that these minds are always* on the alert for kin­ dred minds. It is but natural when a student is found who possesses talent and inclination in a teacher’s special field that to her or to him this student must be more interesting than the one whose mind shows no peaks. Study to find the one talent th a t distinguishes you from every other girl you know. Do not be afraid of a "trade-mark.” This sounds very commercial, but we aye talking of the commercial side of college education, which we all admit is almost imperative for the -woman who must support herself above the level of mere manual labor. The foundation given by a college training should enable any woman to support herself in comfort. If a wom­ an fails with a college education, then there is a fault that would have made a worse failure without th a t founda­ tion. College training will not create brains or character; it develops both. I have met many college-trained women who never would or could become self-sup­ porting. They were abler women, more attractive women, because of their training, but th a t training had no grip on their lives, One thought of i t as a piece of chamois in the polisher's hand going over a well-made, grace­ fully formed piece of furniture; it would not be complete without the pol­ ish, but it would have served its .pur­ pose. For the college training to nave a commercial value it must he taken in An earnest, heroic spirit; it must be recognised as both a shield and a sword, a part of the necessary equip­ ment of every woman, no matter In what capacity she servea She musk H that training is to serve her and the World, take eaoh study as a tool, which will he called upon in the future, not perhaps in Its Individual capacity, bu t as tho adjunct of the principal tool she will use in life’s workshop. The wheel of fortune turns rapidly in our age Poverty follows wealth very suddenly, and if to th a t poverty Is added the burden o f ignorance, how helpless, how hopeless, is the outlook for those affected! And where the wheel .re­ verses, and wealth follows poverty without preparation, another kind of pity stirs the heart for .the possessor, if .ignorance is pa rt of her life. With an education, the poorest of us feel grate­ ful thak whatever else life holds, ig­ norance is not part of the burden we must bear. For have you not seen the rich, ignorant woman struggling with burdens t h a t robbed her life o f ’ its pleasure? The one piece of baggage th a t costs nothing to carry through life Ip. education. It gives support, com­ panionship, stimulus;’it is a wall whose gatos are in command of the owner. To every girl I would say, strive to get a college education. Whether your lot In life is to be- wealth or pioverty, you will be richer for its possession.—Lil­ lian W. Betts, in Harper’s Bazar. DEPUTY FANNIE MILLER. A' Little Woman Who Does Not Fear a Long Hide Nor a Hard Trail. Just now no little attention is being paid Mrs. Fannie Miller, a, deputy United States marehaL She was born .twenty years ago near St- Joseph, Ma, of respectable parents named Johnson. When four years old sbe.moved to Sher­ man, Tex., and a t the age of eighteen, in company with ab experienced officer, went to Mexico to aid in ferreting out the perpetrators of a series of crimes along the .border. ,After two years of adventure she married and moved to Talahana; L' T. This little woman is nervy and has remarkable powers of endurance. She rides with Deputy B. C. Cantrell, a cousin, having' accompanied him on many expeditions.of danger and fatigue. She and her cousin trailed .Fagan and Ed Kinsley, noted cattle thieves, five days in the mountains of the Cherekee Nation. Mrs, Miller was riding alone when, to her surprise,'site cause face to face with Fagan, whom she placed un­ der urrest before he could realize that she was an officer and iu earnest Kinsley’s hiding place was soon ‘found, apd in securing, his arrest several shots were exchanged. Mrs. Miller also ar­ rested the Warren . brothers, noted whisky peddlers. Mrs. Miller's.mother died when she was eightyears old, and her father was buried a few years later. She is five feet two inches tall, weighs one hun­ dred and thirty-five pounds, has intel­ ligent gray eyes, dark hair,’ a firm ex-- prefjsion, is quick of movement, nnd quiet and unassuming in manner. She associates with the best people, and keeps- a complete record, giving dates and names of persons present th a t she may be able to protect herself against any slanderous tongues. This remark­ able' woman seems delighted with her perilous work, and, being well edu­ cated, is anything but bold and brazen. Deputy Cantrell has been on the mar­ shal’s force for eightyears. He says Fanhic Miller's services are almost in­ dispensable.—Chicago Herald, - Women u Wood-Carvers. A branch of craftsmanship no t often adopted by well-born English girls has been brought to a high degree of per­ fection -by tl.o two daughters of Canon LiddelL the dean o f Christ Chnrcta, Ox­ ford, who are expert carvers in wood. They have completed .the carving of an oak door which was mado for the Church of S t Frideswitfe, a mission branch of Christ Church, the top panel representing S t Frideswide in his bonk and the designs of the lower- panels with their dragons And gryphons sug­ gesting to the beholder, doubtless un­ warrantably, “the lions in the path” which Sh Frideswide encountered- For the furtherance of their favorite work the Misses Liddell have a class of eigh­ teen of the university press boys, to whom they teach the principles and practice of carving. . SHARPS AND FLATS. T hree hundred women in tlie United States own establishments for the rais­ ing of flowers and plants. T here , are now one hnndred and twenty incorporated women's clubs in the federation of clubs, of which Mrs. Charles Emerson Brown is president. I n the Yakima district, Washington, a woman has started the development of a, mine. She has just bought a complete saw-mill outfit for cutting timber necessary in the operations T he Woman’s University Club, of the city of New York, has been incorpo­ rated- Its objects are the promotion of literature and ark and the social wel­ fare of college-bred women, by the es­ tablishment and maintenance of a club house in the city of New York, and by such means as shall be suitable and ex­ pedient for such purpose- A woman beekeeper has won a case in court against a builder who de­ stroyed her swarm of bees which hap­ pened to settle in his garden. The bees annoyed him and he took a pail of parafiiie and ta r and held it under the swarm until -they dropped, stupefied, into the flames The court condemned him for his act and gave the woman damages j I n London, Eng., two ladies form­ erly high school teachers have turned their attention to commerce, and have discovered th a t ladies, being in general the best judges of the t e s there is a manifest fitness in ladies becoming also the purveyors of te a They have founded “ }he Ladles’ Own" Tea Asso­ ciation, and have issued an attractive prospectus with the appropriate deviee "Work is workship,”