The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 27-52

i **r. » which life Bhe t*ua to ile r high- 1 equal honor ia F h e f a ir T ow a ra » Ore»t U-hlevcment*. women's depart, roof tho World’s the women of d have boon on s a t first decided ie-croakers, and others, has even y justified its ox- htis emancipated opportunity for rid her special th e old world nces th a t worn- ds world’s fa ir o less genei-on? ;es. Mrs. Palm- have laid the ork of women’s rivilized country of co-operation nt the fair. In personages have feat in behalf of md •the value of est bo estimated English commis- * -ed to public no­ on of royalty, r’s work of or- enthusiastically l 3fme. Carnot, my, and even arance th a t the uent a t the fa ir rt and co-opera* vomen in these inent the work iaccs the worn* ran of progress is for the fair, len into line by­ state commis* the executive all the others d appropriation •tment, and by powerful stim* . From Canada, - . rica come the- the women of ad exhibits and lie work of the -’he prominence is to receive a t irtly due to th e Bro from prece^ of tlie age. In eTJnited States >a of woman’s grept exhibit here • America i, and nowhere .ter illustrated ipettis to wom- of her share in licago New s ( Woman, by method and ronian is Miss ic New York * Each morn* rises prompt* hful Miss Goir- r clothing is a t her bonnet ir early mora­ ls an absent* ber mind is so itics th a t she herself or her After a day eh Miss Wil­ des newspaper us societies of rgnnizes new nd reads her rth. to lecture t public gath- warding the 0 has devoted uch engaged ten o’clock, 3ven tired na- ts in its fine 3temperance r by morning -E BITS. ousand New -day. es are study* There is al* la t national* ijieva. who has a jhelle, sends and fancy irkefc to pay ;lf in goc.l a, a college Ohio, owns acres, she ding to the than by an* rary to the ok farmers^ her under- sorgia, is a her means of the Cov* She has is manage* 1a share in ieorgia and so runs a ‘n to f Miss Joys anm - a is work he persons 1, and th a t iy of work i Wo*t fe lt t they pro* m id ' t o § tem per a n c e n o t e s . PLOSSY'S v i c t o r y . m.w ft UfUiiUard'* (Daughter Got H im to w , sum *»««Mftd**. TlieDecember afternoon was cold and *loomY. with a skim of snow whiteuing V bare hills, and every probability of . heavy fall as the day closed in. Jlrs. Arnold came up from the barn , where she had been giving the last ivliisp.of hay to her one milch-cow, v ith a small pail in her hand. A little fairy of a child, with sea-blue eyos and sunny hah', met her in tho door-way. “Won’t you give me ju st a little mite drink, mamma?" she said, coaxing- ly; "I’m ever so hungry, und Brindic’s warm milk is so nice,’’ , “Yes, darling, replied the mother, putting down the paii, and going to the ■cupboard f°r a cnP> “P°Pr Brindio is short of food, and can’t give much tills* bitter weather, and_ papa will come homo hungry by and by, bu t Blossy ; shall have a little drink." She poured out a few spoonfuls, which the child swallowed eagerly. “How nico!'’ she said, smacking her rosy lips. “Oh, mamma, do “you re* member how. we used to have so much milk, and nice white bread and butter,, too; when papa used to come home early, and not—not—” She paused, stammering and confused for a. mo­ ment, then with tears welling up in , her large, solemn eyes, she asked: *‘0h, •mamma, what does make papa spend fl.ll -his money a t the ta v e rn ,. what makes him get drunk?” 1 “Hush, .Blossy, hush,?' cried the motlior-in a terrified . whisper; "you miu-tn’t say th a t' about papa never again.. Papa js good-to you, and loves you. Never say th a t again." ' “No, ma am," responded Blossy, and ! looking reproved and penitent, she , crept over to the lounge where an old . doll lay all bundled up in bits-of cali­ co and ilanndl. She took it up and be­ gan to pet and caress it, as she al­ ways did in her moments of childish trouble. ■ “Poor Dolly, poor Dolly,” dropping tears and kisses on its faded face, lSare you ever so hungry, too? Does your Brindio'cow-only give a mite o’ milk, and your papa go to the nasty tavern ■andspend all his. money? I ’m sorry for you, poor DolLy.” The sound of bitter sobbing fi-om the adjoining room arrested her attention It was -her- mother weeping as if her heart would break.. A brave, hopeful little woman, for the most part; who a bore her sad life with uncomplaining patience. But a t times the strongest hearts give way, and in' the fuce of the dreary w inter storm, without food or fire, and her husband spending his daily wages at the dram-shop, poor Mrs. Ar­ nold was as Weak as a babe. Blossy listened to her m o thers'sob ’s with wide, grave eyes and quivering lip*. 1 “Dolly,” she whispered a t last, tho rosy mouth close to tho doll’s face, a sudden resolve thrilling through her sweet voice: "Dolly-, can’t we do some­ thing—you and me, Dolly? . Wo must try; poor mamma mustn’t cry like that. Come, Dolly, you won’t mind the snow, will you?” She caught up a littlo red hood and huddled it over her bright head, and hugging the old doll close against her brave little heart, went out into the darkening storm. Through the gate, down by the barn where Brindio was munching her last feed of buy, across the hlealc common, into the broad highway—never paus­ ing, never faltering, though the pitiless winds faced her and the white snow covered her like a garm en t At the door of tho country tavern' she paused to take breath. Warren Arnold sat within in a warm corner with a mug of hot liquor before him and half a dozen boon companions at his elbow. '< The Tittle snowy figure and white, wistful face rose before him like ghost He bounded to his feet in amaze meat “Good heavens, it's Blossy! Why, child, what’s ’tho m atter a t home?” Blossy quailed for a moment, and then she stood up,- strong in h e r pur­ pose, facing the cruel eyes th a t gazed upon her. "Nothing's the matter, papa,” an un­ utterable pathos in h e r young voice, "only poor raamra&'s crying, and there’s no fire, and no bread, and—and—Blos­ sy‘s ever so hungry; anil, papa, love, won’t you please come home, and never come to this nasty tavern again?” Tho man hail a heart, and the child's appeal went straight to its core- A sudden thrill of emotion h a lf sobered him. “By Gcorgcl I will,” he replied, crossing to her side. "Como, Blossyl” lie caught her hand, and drew her after him out into tho thickly falling snow, ’Half a dozen yards end she looked up timidly to his'face. “Are you very angry, papa?” she faltered. “Don’t scold Blossy, I t was so cold, and mamma cried so, th a t I took Dolly and came- ‘You won't scold Blossy?” For answer he caught h e r up, and covered her face w ith tears and kisses. ‘ No, Blossy, I won’t scold,” in a hoarse, choked voice; "and by Heaven's help you shall never come on another such errand. Come, lot’s go to your mother now!” "No, papa,” looking up solemnly through .the drifting flakes; "there’s something you must do before wo go to mamma. Will yon, papa, love?” .7v?s’ Blossy, i ’ll do anything you come across to Mr, Thorn­ ton’s, and sign the pledge. That's where tho men go to do it; and there’s his house through the trees. Will you, papa? That’s the way to make poor mamma never cry any more—will yon?” "Yes, Blossy,” ’ "Come on, then, just as fa st as ever yon can. Oh, Dolly," crushing the old doli to h e r heart, “I told you wo could do something,” She led the way, and the fathor fol­ lowed, across the frozen fields, up tho lane • to Mr. Thornton’s dwelling. Blossy rang tlui bell with her- own lmlf- frozen little hands, " I ’ve brought papa to sign the pledge, Mr, Thornton," she explained, with an air of solemn importance, a s’ th a t gentleman met them in the li­ brary; “and he’s never going to th a t upsty tavern again; and mamma will never firy any more.” Mr. Thornton was much delighted, and tho ceremony of signing the pledge was performed with alacrity, after which Blossy and h e r father started homeward, ' "Where can the child-, bo?" .said Mrs. Arnold, coming down from'.tho loft for the third time in her search for Blossy. “.She’s nowhere in the house.” She hail got over her cry, and was preparing what she could for supper against her husband's retu rn when she missed the.child. “Where can she bo?” she repeated, going to tho iloor, and -looking anx­ iously out into the blinding storm. Away across tho common she caught sight of her husband, with a little fig­ ure at his side. It was Blossy, her lit­ tle. red hood all covered with snow, her old doll in her arms. ’ She saw her mother, and broke from her father’s hand.’ . “Oh, mamma!” she cried, leaping across' the common like a young ga­ zelle, “you won’t ever cry any more as long as you live. We are going to- be happy now, like we used to be, for papa's signed the- pledge. Anil mam­ ma, me and- Dolly made him do it, didn’t we, papa, love?” The father's only answer was to press his daughter to his heart, and mentally vow th a t from th a t hour ho would be a changed man—an affec­ tionate husband and father. From that- day happiness reigned tn his home, for he kept his vow.—Emma Garrison Jones, in Golden Days. ' FACTS AND FINDINGS. "Then M ilwaukee , Wis., has 1,500 saloons, in which it is estimated that §22,500 is expended by tlietr patrons every day.' . T here never was a saloon th a t was as brilliant as- the home of a happy family, however humble or however Imperfectly lighted.—Western Rural. T he price of alcoholic drinks lias risen very high in.the government of Kharkov. The authorities have issued orders to stop the distilling of brandy altogether until the autumn, anil the export of spirituous liquors from Khar­ kov to other governments of the cm* pire. T he society for the abolition of strong drink in Holland certifies that in a pop­ ulation of 3,500,000, there arc ‘ 35,000 license's for the sale of liquor annually granted. Computing two-tliirds of the total population to be women and ehil- dred, there is a saloon to every thirty- three men; a woeful condition. W ine drinking is the mother of all mischief, the root of all crimes, the spring of vices, the whirlwind of the brain, the overthrow of the sense, the tempest of the tongue, the ruin of the body, the shame of life, the stain of honesty, and the plague and corrup­ tion of the soul.—Southern Star. . DR. G rosvknor , of the Buffalo Medi­ cal Journal, says th a t .grave responsi­ bility rests upou the medical profession in the use of alcohol as a medicine, on account of its deleterious influence upon the system, and the liability of the patient to contract the habit of using it ns a beverage. He also states th a t alcohol is neither a tissue-forming nor a heat-producing substance and as a narcotic and antmtlietic is much less valuable than sovcral others. S ome recent statistics show th a t very rapid increase is being made in.viue culture in this country. There aro now under vine culture in America 400,000 acres, of which about 300,000 acres are bearing. The estimated value of the vineyards and wine cellars is $155,000, 000, In California there are 150,000 neres under vine culture, and a large propor­ tion of the grapes produced is made into wine. Most of tho grapes grown in New York state arc sold for food. The total production of wine in the United States ilnriug the past year was about 40.000,000 gallons. facts About Ilccr. “Do you know?” said a dyspeptic- looking man a t the lunch counter lii the Astor house a few days ago, " th a t we have no lager beer nowadays? This beverage th a t is sold as lager beer is turned out in ten days’ or two weeks’ time,by the big brewers. The Use of duplex air pumps has almost completely revolutionized tho brewery business.” “Brewershave to make their beer quickly in order to keep up with the enormously increasing demand,” replied the dyspeptic’s friend. “ l a m told on the authority of a careful sta ­ tistician th a t the increase in the man­ ufacture of beer, in this city alone, in the year ended April 30 last, wa* more than 3,000,000 barrels. New York city iiow consumes annually a trifle more than 80,000,000 barrels of beer. At the present ra te of increase the consumption in this city ten years from now will be 50,000,000 barrels.”— N. Y. Times. PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL, —The house bought by the widow of MoUere—the actress Armand Bcjart— in Mcndon, near Paris, in 1070, has just been classed among the historic monu­ ments of France, After Armando’s death i t was fpr a time the property of a royal valet de chambrc. Its most re­ cent occupant waB M. Dulaurier, an erudite orientalist. —If the little king of Spain be ex­ cepted, tlie emperor of China is the shortest of male monarchs, standing as he does only five feet in height. • He must, however, in point of stature, take second place to Queen Victoria, whose height is four feet ten inches. .The house of llohenzollern boasts of the greatest number of mpn of big stature, —Lord Stanley, the governor-general of Canada, does no t belong to the in- telleetual order of the British aristoc­ racy. He is the best described as what the boys call a “jolly good fel­ low,” and is a popular and easy-going nobleman, enjoying life to the u tm ost He enters •into Canadian sports and pastimes with edifying vigor and heart­ iness. —Young Mrs. Oscar Wilde is said to ■bo a striking contrast with her hus­ band. She is very quiet, while ho is ra th e r loud; she is inclined to be com­ monplace, while lie is brilliant in con* voijNitkm. He lias laid 'aside his aesthetic and eccentric dress since ho became stout, and is now clothed like the ordinary nineteenth century En­ glishman. ' —There is said to be in the Smithson­ ian institution a photograph of the late F. T. Barnum inscribed in bis own* hand: “P. T. Ilarmun, Special branch of Natural History—Everything,” Prof; nonry asked him for his. picture, to be placed with tlie professor’s collection of portraits of naturalists, and asked him to write bis. specialty upon it, and that is liow lie did i t : —The kodak girl is said to bo a ter­ ror at Chautauqua. She is especially numerous, and her camera is poked and pointed a t everything. - Lovers have a hard time in getting out of lieryauge. I t matter little whether the subject be religious or romantic, or tlie spot: sacred or very ordinary, the kodak girl be found around, adjusting heT lens to a proper focus anil “taking- in” the sights. —Lord Wolseley tells of a curious relic in tlie possession of the wife of the, American consul.at Madeira. It is only a simple paper knife, but it would be' difficult to find-anything more Interest­ ing than i t On one side is written; “I broke this. D. D. Porter.” On the re­ verse is inscribed: "I inendeil i t AV.-T,. •Sherman.” The owner mot those two great Americans a t Gibraltar, anil ro- members them with great pleasure. —A new method of boiling eggs without cither fire or hot water has been ipvented by a Frenchman. "In a little iro'n vessel of some kind,” reads the -recipe, “put your egg or eggs w ith a small piece of quick-lime. By means of a stout string lower this into the bottom of a pit. Two minutes later pull it up anil you will discover your egg's to be cooked to a turn. This is economical and u o ta t all complicated.” The directions should be preceded by “F irst find your p i t ” “ A L l f t i - E NONSENSE /' —“What makes that wagon croak and groan so?” "Can’t you see? I t’s loaded with watermelons.”—Boston Nows. —“Fine bulldog you’ve got there, old man. Plenty of grit, I suppose. “Well, yes, but then he is rather prono to flea."—N. Y. World. —Mr. Star Boarder—“ I verily be­ lieve that 1 have lost my appetite." Mrs. Haslunakcr—“I f . yim did you have found a hog’s, so you are not out anything.” —Lady—“So it seems, then, th a t yon lmd a now situation each month.*’ Servant—“Well, mum, that shows how much I was sought after.”—Humorist- ische Blaetter. —“Gertrude refused Tom four times before she married him,” said a girl to her friend a t the seaside. “Ah, I see. It was a case of well shaken before taken.”—Washington Post. —Elderly F lirt—“I arrangedso nicely th a t you should sit next to me a t table. I hope the arrangement salts you?” lie—“Oh! you know th a t I am not hard to please."—Fliegonde Blaetter. —Summer Philosophy.—- Tho chap who tries -to win a miss Ily appealing to her reason Is much less likely to get his bliss Than lmwho ventures on a kiss. Combined with gentle squeezin'. —Indianapolis Journal. —Superstition and Science.-M ri Specs—“Land sakes, sir, you haven’t bought th a t house, have you? My! Myi Why, sir, tliero’s a curse on th a t house. Everybody who lives there dies.” Stranger—" I’ll soon fix that. I ’m a plumber.”—I)einorest's Monthly. —His Plan.—Miss Softhcart—“Some dear old lady in the east has opened a house where she boards cats. How sweet! Did yon ever board a cat. Uncle Harry?” Uncle Harry—“Yes, dear, several times. And every time I bored a cat it was with a bullet "—Pittsburgh Bulletin. “Wlmt do you suppose Thompson did when the flat he lives in caught afire the other day?” "Sent in an alarm.” “No, he became wildly ex­ cited, apparently, and threw his wife’s pug out of the third 'story window. Killed the brute, of course; and now she is wondering if Thompson didn’t know just what ho was doing all tha lime.”—Indianapolis Journal THE FARMING WORLD. MOVABLE HEN COOPS, Muy Coins In tlm Course of T im e They In to G eneral Use. Among poultry farmers so much 1ms been said and so little done about movable coops, th a t practical persons are becoming disbelievers in them. The complaint is that they are not “mova­ ble"—neyer moved because so heavy or clumsy, even when specially con­ structed for tlie purpose.’ Before final­ ly condemning this handy and profita­ ble possibility, devote a few minutes— it will only take a few—and make an attachment like the following: Cut iu tho woods in winter two stiff poles six feet long. Let the bu tt ends be turned up naturally like sled runners or polo sticks. At. one end of each light coop take off a narrow board near the ground anil replace it with one long enough to project six inches on either stile. In these projections cut a notch. n W "V» “2* Three feet from the. end of the coop, and on a levpl with tho notch, put in a heavy “screwcyo." In tho light end of each pole put a good hook, in Summer, when.wishing to move the coops, take the poles, then- well seasoned, slide them under the notched board, and drop the hooks into the screweyes in the side of the coop. Then go to tho other end -of the coop, raising it up, draw it in any direction on these.rminers. Instantly remove thorn, to use on tlio other coops iu ..turn. The mover will smile to see how it simplifies the busi­ ness. : The reader will observe that lie is looking.down on tho roof of the coop shown. The increased weight neces­ sary in making coops high should com­ pel practical poulterers to build them low; IS inches n t the rear and 30 inches in front is ample. They should bo further lightened by being constructed of lath or wire net when practicable. But even if made largely t»f cotton cloth, as are some of mine, they will ■be found unbandy, and these, runners very welcome, — Hollister Sage, in Country Gentleman. HOW TO POLE (BEANS. One Polo Sorvinjr us # Support for Tour Scpurutu Hill*. The most popular plan for giving supposin') Lima and other running bean varieties is b.v setting a pole in tho center of hill,: and planting the beaus around it. This does firM-rate, •but it takes poles, and these are not al­ ways readily available.' Recently a friend showed us his way of making one. pole serve us a support for four hills. This plan is illustrated in accompanying sketch. The poie is ONE POLE TO FOUR 11151.8. set into the center of tlie four hills, and a s*ring stretched from its top to hooked peg in-center of each hill. It is a simple way, ami answers quite well.—Popular Gardening. AMONG TH E POULTRY. poultry yard in soil much slush B r having the sandy or gravelly avoided. I t is quite an item in building a poul­ try house to take considerable pains to have it warm iu winter. I f fed so ns to receive a quick growth and are ready for market early turkeys are generally profitable. F eeding too much feed is a waste of grain, besides in many cases causing ill health by malting tlie fowls too fat. A quarter of an acre of ground w ith a building seventy-five feet long anil twelve wide is sufficient for five hun­ dred ducks. Ar.r, the old hens n o t intended for breeding or laying next season should bo well fattened and marketed before they begin to m oult I t is generally best to purchase what­ ever breeding stock is needed in the latter p a rt of summer or early in fail; lower prices, as well as better quality of fowls may be secured. I t is not too early to begin feeding the turkeys intended for early market a liberal feed of gfaln every night, grad­ ually increasing until they are given all th a t they will eat up clean, Bv keeping the fowls in a good, thrifty condition during the summer all kinds of poultry can be fattened very readily in the fall, or, in faot, a t any time It is desired to market, SELLING HONEY. Advice That Is Wvrtlt Deeding Given by a ftnccessiful liftekeejwr, All tho profit in beekeeping is n o t in simply producing the honey. There are several important points in selling it to tlie best advantage. In the first place i t is a great mistake to ship comb honey, unless, one has several hundred pounds and cannot dispose of it all in the home markets. As a rule, the dif­ ference between home and city mar­ kets is not enough to pay for the trouble of crating and expense ,pf ship­ ping, besides tlie risk in breakage, Jitc. I t requires no little experience in crat­ ing comb honey, to have it roach its destination in a perfect condition. Any person who has handled honey knows th a t it is no pleasant task to recrato a broken lot, or fix it up in salable shape, and there is always considerable loss when it gets broken. I t is almost always more profitable to sell it in the- home markets for a few cents less per pound than to ship it and ' run all risks. If you wholesale it in the stores watch the retailer. If ho sells .the honey a t four to six cents pe? pound profit (.which is generally tho case), it is time for youjtd waken up and get your eyes open.;I t is the retail" ■ er th a t is getting the profit and not you. The best "and most profitable way I have found to make honey is to retail it. Have it as attractive, as possible. Grade it, scrape the propolis from every section with a sharp case knife, and crate it so there will not one pound of it get broken. Advertise it by getting labels with your nam e'and address printed on them, and paste them on tlVe sections. You can get 1,000 nice labels for $1, which’is very •cheap advertising. This is not all. Yon want to go to ‘m arket -pretty well dressed,, and drive a good rig if you have one. There- is no need of any fanner going to town looking lilcft some country "mossback.” Bo cour­ teous nud kind to all you meet, whether they i>ntronizo you or .not. Give good weight uml be partial to no. one. It is - no mean, degrading busl-' ness to retail an honest article of any kind. Honey is. always a very -salable article, and almost everyone will buy a few pounds. Bo sure to tell them how to keep it in a perfqct condition. You can retail it a t one or two cents per pound less than the regular retail price, and then make good wages. If your honey is put^jip as it should be,, ydu will- find it a very pleasant busi­ ness, Try i t —E. S. Mead, iu Ohio Farmer. ________ ■ CHEAP DAIRY COOLER. ' 1 One T h a t Han ltcon Successfully Intro* (liirtil iu Australia, I t costs lots of money to p u t in a cold storage or cold-air system m a dairy or other building, anil most farmers can­ not afford tho outlay.' We herewith present the plan of a dairy house.'that is used by Henry Fredricks, of Aus­ tralia, Tlie necessary thing is an abundance of cool water, which may bo found on most farms. The principle of cooling is that w ater‘.is forced by grav­ ity or otherwise onto tho ro o fo flh o building and the evaporation takes up the hea t. In the illustration. AA is a pine which runs up and connects w ith a horizontal pipe on tlie ridge and j>tli* BE ers parallel to it about half way down the roof. These are perforated with small holes and tho w ater is forced through them ia small jots out on tho roof. It runs down and is caught by the gutters, and then used for irrigation if necessary. The building is double roofed anil virtually double walled by having a closed veranda all around it. I t is a model dairy in every respect. By this construction and the means adopted to apply water, the building can be cooled in a short time, to any de­ sired temperature even in the hottest day in summer. Tlie principle is a very* simple one, and could be applied, whero water is plenty, to other uses, such as cooling one's dwelling house; stables, or a building for keeping meats, fruit* and vegetables.—Farm and Home. B ra n ns P o u ltry Pood, A mess of bran is always beneficial. Bran contains more phosphates and mineral m atter than ground.graln, and it also assists in regulating the bow* els. especially when a small quantity of linseed meat is given witli it, bu t in the summer season a mess three times a week may be allowed only. I t may be fed by scalding i t and feeding it in a trough, or it may be sprinkled over potatoes or turnips, cooked. No other grain food need be given if bran U used in the summer season, i t the fowls have a range. In fact, no grain is neces­ sary a t all; hu t should such food be given le t it be bran. S ave all the cabbage plants th a t do not head up; they make one of tho very best green feeds to store away for use during the winter. I f they are proper­ ly stored they will Iasi till soring.—S i Louis dtt*public. H ot weather and heating food do not go well together and should always be avoided unless it is intended to fatten and market. Feed very little-co rn to the fowls th a t are to be wintered over. t