The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 27-52

>* Ifl Cedarville Herald THE BATTLE FIELD. QUEER THIN06 IN WAR. W H. ULAip, mbUshsr, lABVILLE, 7 ” : \ i o a i a kEEP YOUR WORD. u< to . I ” ' ionises J.ike VlocrutU Made' to HrotMu" a lltii«idiu| Motto, imay appear somewhat.strange to *e the above headline as a text for l article addressed to men of business, rmore correctly perhaps, men engaged iconducting business for themselves. »t there is, nevertheless, abundance Iroom for such an article. There are (any men who do not seriously con* Ider the promises they make, previous making them. If .they did they Would not make them at all. There could possibly bo no better recom­ mendation for a business than us Shakespeare puts it: *'Hewusever preciseinpromise-keeping.''’ When it becomes known in business 1 circles that a,man’sw o r d is just as good ashis bond, the world trustshim, and would sooner take his word than many other people’s bond. Confidence in one another is certainly the very 'life ’ and soul of sound business, and when once confidence is seriously shaken, it takes an immense amount of struggling to get it back again. Some mien are very easy .'in their premises, . and very slack in tbeir fulfillment. All "oiur readers-- know -well that if they have a promise from a customer that an overdue bill shall be paid on a certain date, they know welt that it is a disappointment to them if' it is not fulfilled, and at the same time, they never look upon that customer with the same degree of con- , fidence that they did previously They are always reminded of the broken promise when dealing with them. It is exactly the same when dealing with some one else, andwhen you are placed , in the position of your customer, and i over the make a promise and do not ful fill it It is a great deal better to make no prom­ ises, and to face the music as it were, by saying that you cannot do it, or that you would rather not than to make a rash promise, and knowing that there is some doubt as to fulfilling it It has been said that there is “ honor among thieves.” If, therefore, there is honor to be found among law break­ ers, there is much more reason that ..honor should be the standard of "busi­ ness. In your dealings with drummers the one who makes loose promises, is often the one to be guarded against His only object is to effect a sale, and ' he will do this at the expense,of truth and at the expense of his own honor, sometimes. The large volume of busi­ ness that is transacted every day upon our exchanges by the simple word of month, without any written contract whatever, is ah example to all other business men. We are used to calling . these men speculators, and names that ”are hardly justifiable, yet when we look upon their record, and the large volume of business transacted by them without auywritten contract whatever, it is quite evident that they are men who fulfil their promises. We once knew a peculiar and inter­ esting gentleman, who laid it down as the first principle in his business, never to give a note promising to par, and if he was asked for the payment of any sumof money, would never promise it unless he was absolutely certain thut ho would be able to fulfill it He would sooner risk the ill will of the person he was trading with, by not making u promise than by making one, that there was the least doubt of being fu,filled. No doubt, this gentleman experienced seme difficulty at times, but, in t ie end, he came out ahead. 1 One day he made an appointment with a gentleman who was about to make a long j mrney, and the hour named left very little time for him to catch the tram. As tba hand Of the clock point­ ed to the Lonr of the appointment the traveler became quite anxious, when a friend stepped up and. told him of the appointment ha had made, the reply ra* Terrible gonerquawes or Same Htupld S o participant in the first battle of Bull Itun was able to tell how the mem­ orable panic started. I t shouyl never have been. There wasn’t the slightest reason for a panic. Although the fed­ eral troops were outnumbered when the confederate reinforcements came from the valley, they could have fallen hack in good order and formed a new line to the rear. ' ■' Burnside should never have attacked Fredericksburg. Every soldier of prom­ inence in America and Europe 1ms so declared. There weren’t an even hun­ dred private soldiers iii his command who believed an attack would be suc­ cessful” ' Gen. Hooker went down into the Wilderness to take Bee in rear. Be­ fore be was ready Stonewall Jackson was almost in his rear. Word was sent to Hooker early in the day that Jack­ son was passing along,, his flank. He preferred to believe that the wily Con­ federate >vas' in full Right toward Rich­ mond Had he not put his ownopinion against facts as stated by prisoners cap­ tured. he might have bagged Jackson and Lee then and there. - All military students believe that Lee made a mistake in ordering the memorable charge at’ Gettysburg in­ stead o f a flank movement, while Beau- regard ”rested~an hour too soon to com­ plete the disaster at Shiloh. When one knows how thin Lee’s right was at Antietatn, some of the bat­ teries having no support whatever, he can reason that had Burnside charged at the hour ordered by McClellan the result of that battle' would have been far different. Thousands lay in camp at Shiloh for days without protecting their front in the slightest A great army marched country to attack, -but there was not even a cavalryman out to see and hear and bring in the sews. The biographers, have furnished plausible excuses and the historians have sought to cover up mistakes, but one needn’t to hare fought in the ranks to realize that ft was a war in whichmany queer, strange things came to the surface. They used to be called blunders, but that term is too harsh for these piping days of peace There are old histories which toll of Gen. Butler being “bot- ,tled up” at ’ Bermuda Hundred. The new ones refer to his position there as an error of judgment. . One of the stupendously queer things of war was Banks* great move on Texas, and the queereat thing about it all was the fight at Sabine Pass To reach Sabine City a fort at Sabine Pass had to be captured. The federal force comprised four gunboats and about four thousand infantry It could plainly he seen that the fort wan a small affair, and it was just as plain that infantry could be landed below it to make an'as­ sault. Prisoners captured in that neighborhood gave tlie strength of the defenders at less than three hundred men, although there was another force manning three or four river steamers above. Half a regiment of infantry could have carried the fort at a dash, but not a man was landed. It was de­ cided to let the gunboats go up-and knock the fort to pieces before anymen were put ashore. ( It will hardly be accredited, but it is a fact surrounded by a'hundred proofs, that there were less than fifty confed­ erates in the fort. They did not ex­ pect a victory* hut were determined not to leave without a fight. There were twenty-seven guns on the three gun­ boats which flnatly moved up to the at­ tack, while the fort mounted only seven. At the very first discharge of the latter two of the gunboats were disabled by shots penetrating their boilers. The third fired half a dozen shots and then got aground and drew out of the fight as soon as she could puli out of the mud. The fourth took no part. Seventeen minutes after the first gun was fired the confederates had . „ possession of two of the gunboats, an# was unique, tlis gentleman saying that tlie other two, together with the trans- if so and so promised to be there at a ports carrying 4,000 men, were in full stated hour, you can depend upon its retreat down the riTer. falfiUmcnt, ae he never made a promise j It was the quickest, queerest vietory ; of the war. In the fort not that ho did not perform. It is heedless to add that the appointment was kept, and the traveler was happr. The old adage that “promises are like piecrusts, made to be broken,” is not applicable to business men. There­ fore be careful of making promises.— National Grocer. Two Metlves, Manners are the expression of the ■! heart, and the man or woman who lives i mentally In kindly, thoughtful rela­ tions with fellow men and women will control the expression of the thought which might possibly give offense. Thpre is-nomystery in social grace It is remembering other people in tlicir several relations to us. The woman who is a social success is not the one who has for her purpose in life the de­ sire to please, but the one whose desire is to make others happy. One is a po­ lite purpose; the other is a high form of unselfishness that makes the utter­ ance of unwelcome truths impossible in the light personal contact that we term “ society.”—ChfUtisti Union. i n a man was ' scratched, while the federals lost over 1two hundred in killed and prisoners, ^nnd two crafts armed with fifteen rifled gluts. Each one of the defenders was i subsequently presented with a medal I by the confederate president and was afterwards known as a “ Davis guard," I I have seen half a dozen of these med­ als here and there, and perhaps one or two can be found here in New York to­ day...M. Quad, in N. Y. World. A FftfEND IN BLUE. The Quest-of m Cnahitmt* floldlsr Wh» Wttfi Helped tr<Distress. Here is one of those incidents which makes us think more of our kind. This touching letter from a confederate sol­ dier, who wishes to find the Yankee soldier that did him a kind act thirty years ago, breathes the fragrant breath of gratitude, which' is fresh and strong now as it was thirty years ago. While engaged in the civil war at port Gibson, Mies., I fell a victim to the iil-fortnn* of War. I was severely wounded in my right lang, which ten* - “what’s the matter with you two dared me unable to speak audibly, and fellows?" said a patrolman to two while in tlila condition there oatne to tramps. “Why don’t you wash your* ?toy aaeietaate an unknown friend, clad eelves, “We’n too busy," explained; in blue, who ahawad me exceeding one. “Busy at what?" “Scourin’ the Wndneee rounU'.w said the other, with a br.wd J Attar he admhsiatarad to my thirst —taevelnnd Voioa. j I surrendered my trans, and, learning <: j o f my desires, he had mo placed upon a litter and carried by unwilling Jnen to a church near by. There * was eared for until I was able to got also* where. In giving the details I will state that this friend did pot carry me from the battle field when ho first found ran, but left mo for a while, telling me that he would return, and, sure ’enough* he did to my surprise, and rendered an the above mentioned service. Comparatively speaking, this man was my enemy, yet I am partially in­ debted to him for my present existence. Hod it not been for that noble heart that beat within his bosom, I never would have been carried from the bat­ tle field. More than once the bearers of .the litter complained of ray weight and expressed their desire to carry men who would survive. I was.too badly wounded to take any note as to tlie features of this friend, and as a result have no idea as to his general appearance, but think he wasa non-commissioned officer, and belonged to the infantry. I belonged to tile Sixth Mississippi infantry. Company E, and we fought the Twenty-ninth Wisconsin regiment in our front Tt is very seldom that wc experience a manifestation of such love, and re­ spect from a foe, nnd if the doer of that noble act is still living, and can remem­ ber the expression as well as the net and will respond I will be very mucb gratified. If, .he lias passed over the .trials,of this world and gone to try tho realities of the "unTcn6wnV'T'~can only- wish him peace, bliss and happiness. The Almighty Power saw proper to spare me and to allow me to reunite with the confederates, and to return to my much-loved country and raise a family that prides in the sunny south, os did their sire.—Atlanta Constitution. LOST HIS NERVE. A Captain’s t'lKlIgnlflc/l and Precipitate lle tre n t. A good story has been told of a lisp­ ing officer having been victimized by a brother officer-^who was noted for hiB cool deliberation and strong nerves— and of his “ getting square" with him in the following manner- Th e ' cool joker—Capt. Blakeney—was always quizzing the lisping, officer—a lieuten­ ant—for his nervousness, and said one day at mass, “ Why* nervousness is all nonsense; I toll you, no brave man is ever nervous." “ Well,” inquired his lisping friend, “how would you act thpothing a thell with an inch futhec thould drop ithelf in a walled angle, in which you had taken shelter from a company of tharpthootorth, and were it wath thertain if you put out your nothe you’d get peppered?" “ How?”, said the captain, with a look at his brother officers. “ Why, take Ik coolly and spit on the fuse. ” The party broke up and all retired. The next morning a number of soldiers were as­ sembled on parade, when along carte the lisping lieutenant. Lazily opening his eyes, me;remarked to a cluster of officers. “ I want to try an ekthperti- ment thith morning and.thee how ck- theedingly cool Tom Blakeney can ba" Baying this, he walked deliberately in­ to the captain’s quarters where a fire was burning on tinshearth, and'plnccd in its hottest par?1a powder canister and instantly retreated. There was but one door of egress from the quar­ ters and that opened on the parade ground. Tlie occupant gave one look at the canister, comprehended the situ­ ation and in a moment made for the door, but it w;«tt fastened on the out­ side, “Charley, let me out if yon love me!” shouted the captain. “ Thpiton the canithterl” shouted he in return. Not a moment was to be hut; the captain had at first snatched up a blanket to cover himself with; but soon droppiug jt, he raised the window, and out he blended, sans everything but a Very short ludergarment, and thus^with hair almost on end, he dashed on to a full parade ground. The shouts which hailed him brought out the whole of the occupants of the bar­ racks to aee what-wos the matter, and th« dignified captain pulled a sergeant in front t#diidc himself. “ Why didn't you thpit on it?'* inquired the lieuten­ ant. “Because .there were no sharp­ shooters in front to stop a retreat," answered the captain. “ All I’ve got to they, then ith," said the lieutenant, “ that you might thafely have done it; for I'll thware there wathn't a thingle grain of powder in i t ’’—Chin. —The people of Afghanistan, groan­ ing under the heavy taxes their ruler imposes, are skipping over the border at a lively rate. The last census shows that the population of tho Candnhar district has decreased 10 . 0,10 as com­ pared with the census taken in the time of Shere All. Many Afghans have wild their possessions and gone to British India and Beloochistan. In the north­ ern part of the country the exodus has been still greater, the people emigrat­ ing to tlie Russian possession*. —The czar of Russia and the Biaiuese king are among ths monarch* who ure alleged to ride bicycles. Tlie empress of Anstria has a lady's safety which she rides with almost as much skill as abe does a horse, and the prin­ cess of Wales move* about on a triey- ele. t .. —Food Mothk*. — “ But plenty of water in Rufus’s currant-wine, denr. I should be very sorry to bars a lasto o f liquor develop in a son of mine,” (N. H„—Rufus belongs to the “ Whoup-ber* np clnb” at college, And is considered the bote tough of hit Vlast.^ " V IN WOMAN'S BEHALF. CONDUCTING A HOUSEHOLD. A II ui I ucm InWhich ManyAin*rto*nQlrls Are llu/lly imfUleut. , There are very few calling* inhvhich % picmberof tlji- servant class can make a dollar and aquarter or a dollar and a iinlf a day, with board and lodging, But the source from which house ser­ vants have Jsually been recruited— young feinaljs—appjars to have dried up. As a rile, young women' in San Francisco w ii not go out as house serv- nntr. They IpVefer to work a* Bhop girls or operatives in factories. The re- muneration Is less, but the freedom is greater, an/jthe girls want to have the privilege o f takiug a cj»y off if they please. It p a y be bad judgment, but it is a question which the girls have the right to dicide for themselves. The auomqly isi not confined to Sun Fran­ cisco. t In jhe eastern cities tho same complaint pf a'scarcity of female help is cofistaivdy heard. The wages of an ordinary louse servant—who is not a skilled coijk—have risen in New York and Chicago, within the past twenty yeark, fr«|m three/dollars a week to twpjty dollars a„ month; and, even at thisipricq, it is difficult to get a really good servant. In the cast the ranks of liousi servants haye usually been filled by immigrants from Ireland, Germany andpeandinavia; but as the country fills/up, this supply proves inadequate to weet the demand. As to girls bom on /the soil, in the east, as here, girls ■jpre|ejRil:ose,"nnliealthful work-iu-sliops. nn<| factories at low wages—which in­ vokes poor food and poor quarters-to healthful occupation in households, wlijcre tlieir food would be abundant ai$ nutritious and their lodging com­ fortable. A corner in house-servants impends in|the cities on both sides of the coriti-. ntnt, No such crisis has everoccurred in Europe. All over the continent, the. children of the poor go out cheerfully tj> service;’ there is no country which [feeds to import its servants from thread, and tlie business of the house­ hold Service has been so reduced to a system that the native servants are generally very efficient. That may come .to pass in this country also, if ever the general conditions of life in tlie United States assimilate to those which prevail in Europe. In the mean­ time. the evils of the present sitnation would be mitigated if our women, both m high and low stat'on, educated themselves better in the practical busi­ ness of conducting a household. In this community, girls marry with­ out the remotest notion how tomanage a house or cook a ineal. They can not even dean a room or judge when it has been properly cleaned. They are generally ignorant of the first princi­ ples of ventilation and sanitary drain­ age. As to cooking, there is hardly a girl whom one meets “ in society” who can grill a chop or make an [omelet, And their ignorance is diffused through the poorer class. A girl who has had no experience in household work is ab­ solutely useless. It is discomfort to occupy the rooms of which site has charge; it is death to eat the food die cooks. •’* To make the girl earn her wages, she must be taught her business from the ground up; and if her mistress does not know how to cook or h’o,w to keep a room in order, how can she teach the maid? I f a young woman of good fam­ ily -marries' a merchant, he generally knows how his subordinates should trims act his business; if site marries » lawyer, he understand* how his clerks should conduct the affairs of his law- office; if she marries a private gentle­ man of meanp* and leisure, he knows hojv hit fortune should be managed. But the young woman of good family rarely knows anything «fc all of her part of 'partnershrgv—to-wit, the maur aging of the b/Slseliold--and many young women of good family are prone to say, with gentle pride, tha* they knowwabsolutely nothing of cooks Or cookery! rooting-schools hive long I been in operation* here, but they seem { to be indifferently patronized. The J use of the bake oven and the gridiron ■ are as much lost arts as ever -both ;n ) the liJjjbestand lowest orders of sociaty. j And to it comes to pass that, with ths j beat things to eat in the world, Aineri-1 cans get ths poorest eating of any first- class nation.—San Francisco Argonaut. THE SUCCESSFUL SCULPTOR. MI m Alice M> Ridcast anil Her Work -for ths World’s r»lr. The successful competitor for ths sculptors on the woman's building at tho Columbus world's fair is Miss Alice I M. Hideout, of Ban Francisco. One group of figures is required to occupy the apace oh ths pediment over the main entrance to the building. This pediment it 45 feet long at tlie base line and seven feet high in the center. Beside* this there is to tie a group of statuary on each aide of tlie fiediment otanding free above tlie attic cornice resting on bases live feet long, threa feet deep and ftOfeet from tlie ground. In these two gvoups Mis* Hideout rep­ resents womah's virtues and woman ae tlie spirit of civilization. In the large group of the pedimentshe depicts wom­ an’s place in history. This group is spoken of as being a ‘remarkably effec* tit e piece of wsrk. The central figure icprsesats woman as prominent in sci­ entific and rtligieus .work, la bar right hand aha sffsrs hermyrtle wreath at Ui* reward for virtuous en­ deavor,, in her laft she- holds the aval* tf*jaaudi*f equal rights and the Bible as a guide to principle and conduct On her head rests a wreath symbolizing the celestial roses which women weave In Hehillcr’s fa­ mous poem. The first figure to tho left represents women as a benefactor. Grief establishes a bond of sympathy between her and all mankind, and tho amelioration of suffering becomes her greatest happiness. The next figure is the emblem of charity. She is protec­ tor of children from cruelty and youth from sin. Purity and temperance arc her Watchwords. The third figure on tlie left of the central figure illustrates woman’sposition in literary and poetry, Thought shines iS her face aud an open Scroll is in her hand. The fourth figure is woman as the artist, the creator of the beautifuL The fifth is woman,' the genius of home, and the sacredm-ss of her mission is shown in the sub­ group of thrce~the father, mother and child. On the right of the central fig­ ure are types of the teacher, the mis­ press of music, the student of science; the Durse o f humanity, and last, but not least, woman as an active worker in the industrial world. Miss Rideout says that to carry out her ideas with artistic finish,from life models will dost Si,500 for each of the two smaller groups, and SJV-iOOfor the pediment group. The finish of the models will be dictated by Chief Burn­ ham, and will determine the cost of tlie work. Among the competitors Were Miss Kuhne Beveridge, of San Fran­ cisco. Miss Blanche Nevin, of Lancas­ ter, Pa., Miss Mary Miehcuer, of San Francisco, Miss Enid Vandell, of Cfn- ciiinVtnTHrsslVIe'afSj^of^“.Wisconsin, -V-iss-- Alice Ruggles, of Boston, and Miss Lily Irene Jackson, Of West Virginia. The successful young woman i« de­ scribed as a petite ’ blonde, “ serious, dignified and quite pretty.”—Spring- field (Mass.)4Republican. ^ A practical Hunt-liter. It is told of Miss llusk, daughter of ’ the secretary of agriculture, that she is. of an exceedingly practical turn, and that few ladies, either young or old, excel her in the art of housekeeping. She takes full charge of her father’s bouse, of the servants and the table. She also plans tlie menus and superin­ tends the marketing. Miss Husk is so dainty and nice about housekeeping that with her it becomes an art She is very fond of reading, and does not permit her household woFk to rob her of the pleasure shederives from her favorite authors; of these she has a de­ cided preference for Hawthorne and , Howells. Victor Hugo is also a favorite and George Elliot and Thackeray. When it comes to society Miss Rusk is again at her mother's side. Because the daughter takes up 'so many cares it must not be thought for an instant that Mrs. Busk does not know her'house. While she never appears 'to see. any­ thing, nothing escapes her eye.especial- ly if it is a fault, and, while escaping much of the drudgery in her care, she contrives to keep her. eyes everywhere”. —Chicago Post. Cornell Olrls Study Agriculture. Several girl students at Cornell are taking tho course in agriculture, not exactly with the purpose of starting cattle ranches of their own, though the Cornell gh i is equal to it in skill and daring if she took the fancy. But‘the method in their madness is this: This course, despite Its somewhat ominous name, includes modern languages and sciences, and in order to make it popu­ lar no tuition is demanded. Several bright girls accordingly have registered in Ibis department, and nre getting a good education free of expense. One Cornell girl haithedistinguislied honor of being Ahe only woman to study vet­ erinary surgery. SHORT ITEMS OF INTEREST. Emvisr Anxoi.ii says; “ Everything is possible for women. I do not believe in the inferiority of women." Mas. A xtoinkttk B hown -B m c k - WEti„ who has been called the pio­ neer woman preacher of America, lives • life of great retirement at Elizabeth, N. J. Miss M argueiutk M iuunotox . the teacher of Greek at the New York mal college for girls, is the author of “ Letterblsir," a highly Successful play written for Mr. Hothern. A mo . xo successful artists and "sculp­ tors abroad are Louise Robins, who was represented at this year's Champ de Mare Salon in Paris, and has vdvi' sold one of her pictures to the Kronen government, and Theodore Buggies :» Boston girl of *4, who ha* had two of her statues at tlie Paris Nahm. A n enterprising London wotnun him discovered a aew method of earning money pleasantly. Just before the close of the season she ad'crti.sod to take car# of valuable plants ami pa!nr: while their owners jvert* oat of town, and secured a sufficient number to hire an assistant and dear considerable profit. T he woman's '■baking company of Chicsgohas just been incorporated wit U a capital stock of 9^59,00(1 it is com­ posedof woman's Christian temperane.' union women ef Chicago and is pledged <o use only the purestmaterials, to have the work don# entirely by women and to run tlie establishment on strudly business principle*. M rs . Msitr B. M i xiiei i , the wife «>J a prominent physicisn of Little Hock, Ark., is the secretary Of a lad.es' build­ ing association iu that town. Sim tww its chief advocate and aid from the start, and its present success and l*y to hold its own with similar organ’* aatioes conditstod by men i» chiefly to Mrs Murrell1* energy and tite aeii ‘ y s*u* ' '4 \ iriaolple rests a al rosea ler’s fa- *the left icfaetor. onpathy aud tho uncsher figure is protec d youth nee arc gnre on ustrates 1poetry, an open th figure r’ator of woman, oredm-sg the sub ther and tral fig the mis- science, last, but worker any out rom- life i of the ) for tlie of tbe :f Burn- ist of the rs were n Fran- Lamias •, of San , of ('in- »in. Miss nd Miss Virginia, l i* fits- .“.serious, -opring -ighter o lat she is im. anci r or old, /keeping, • father’! no table i superin usk is si okccpinf rrt. Slu does not to rol from lie) has a de >rn» anti i favorit! lackeray, s Husk i/ Beeaus< p y cares i |f«s- staut tha kn icr house pt see any *s s.espeeial Ml escapinj care, ah, ii-ywhere iturn. irnell ar dture, no l startini hough th t skill am ■ But th this: Thi t ominou tiages un< iC it popn . Severn vegistere getting 'use. On lied houo study vet EREST, rythiiig ? nit bcliev w B eaik i the pic ■s'.' a, live EIL-abctii -“ TON, th, Y o r k m o author csfefu ! |-Iu‘ a n d » c e « i ■b:ii'., w i arV. Chan ti has sirs, fhe Fmu H u g g lc c , a :! t w o < i ouari iu of carniii b e fo r e tl, ’ r t t!s;»d t •ami palm It o f tov-.l ibcr to bir •nsitii raid •inprrny <■ mated wit! It is com ' eiuprrane l >* pledge Mis. to hat women an on str.ctS 1 1J the tviffr'i ijtt.fc i-Sttlf Hold: f)I, t ' ■ sui.st' i,u.h, '! st f a. Sh& tva <>- t fii 1 i from th weed obi dar organi -“ htsfir dn - •* nd *p.