The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 27-52

<-*.* . ?<-• TheCedsrvile V. K SbUS ii CHDAEV1LL1, i OKI THE OLDEST O’ THEM ALL. May IM bin aay *v**tnf altttn*Justoat- Aoof « t a prttty ratal cottage that the tineahave danfcrctl o’er, andth* nfnh nnrtcherry hiowoa* elyly peep * aw#UvUu there, Like *o*iunyfairiesplaying fiiae-and-sce*by- hiB<l ill* chair. * ... aUppered figure, andhi* »tep lMkti arrow* laMs toMM* *o4W* hair iflTi aralnr oi t isflfibwvwhit*. AafikiiMfct**, likeaaeUiAfsroOiaent, wrin- doll* Uuibat "ItoWffl. . . . 8* can sing <bl» votsewlU quaver) aong* for- gottenloug ago -<■ gjr the present feneration, aong|i -pq? usedtoknow, An4theirrhythmquaint remind*youof abrook AMI g^p lMM to tf^eo ttegetrlththe *whl> ■^ low*’irtaththf-“***••^ . _: ,t ... B»**m tag you ot adventure* thatwill thrill yauraoulwithfear, S* recountaworldof incidentsyou’ll laughfor hour* tobear, Whilehie eyes anewwill sparkle 'neath'lita hat'e extendedrim— Ohl nota drummer Inthe land hut yield* too palmtohim. £ * * ]& ' withered:'With wiuntralgbteaaa he * ■ “reckon* In4tl*4*r c: gfcerwaan'tnarryov'em.whenhe’tendedthat- ■. a-way.” - Withthe “peart and smilin’ lassies’’ that he met along his “raout," , Whenhe choseSoshewW# samples“sseeuld laytheoMWaaaont,” >!' Wewill tell you of e atage-ooaeb, with It* fly­ ers, sixormore, Waster than our modern engines, with their amoke, anddust, endroar. •Weeping’roundthe yawning canyons, oven as the swallowsshim: Ah! not* drummerof themall but doffs the 1»twhim< • When the evening shadows length**, if the breere lablowingfair, grow beneath hi* 4*(d*djacket he win take, withtender cere," A leaflet, wAn enddented, wherein, framed In eurlsof gold, •miles a face the*tothe oldest will be never, neverqld. And a mist will dash his glasses, and grow tremuloushis tone. And he telle you how, since Anna died, he'* madethe trip alone, Andere thetaids finishedother eye* thanhis *rndim - ‘a ■ ■,i Oh1not a'drummerhutIsproudtodollthehat 3 to him. Half the storiesof aoenturyare biddenhihi* breast, . Tocome ferwsrdat hisbidding intheqsSbtt- . test languagedrsat; »« . And be talfcs.eneh. plaasure in them that ’(would really seema crime Kot to listenand applaudthemthe’ It’s torthe . hundredthtlrwa - , fc : t Ontbs v*Tgr °f oceandrifting,tikeashipwith- - outamast, .. » AUHobtsMftng*lathe future, sit hisplsumrs* iathttpast; 0 'Heaven bVess hlih far this lesson, ’tl* not . steseglhof minderlhnb, Ante cheertill, sunnyspiritwins theheartsof ■ autekhm Shesunof life IsevtUag on tfeeeveningbf hia Andere longhisgentle spirit willhavepadeed l*omt»rt)uk**y; Weshallmis* thewsU-knowa figure fromits MAtbeside thedoor, Andthcltmtaadoldeet drummerwe shallsee orhearnomore; Hut an army of bis fellows still bis memory will keep, While children laugh, or manhood strives,,or brokenhouseholdsweep; Andcit on WUsVrlngwinter nights aroundthe cheering flame. Will bead*he boWedihdspeech behushed at mentionofMsname. .-. Charles EugeneBanks, InArkinsawTrav- i'War. . •<- ’ - “ I brought Ihk with a s you ware going youMM such n th h j^ ^ h yoii.’’ “ Anything1to oblige a friend,” eaid Brown, lightly. “ I would take th« Koh-i*no«r as a traveling companion under the same circumstances.” The two men were standing a t thq study window, the blind o f which hup* pened to be up AVhile in the act of placing the ease to hia pocket Brown’s eyes wandered to^^^jljmjtouAt the moment the liglitdpMHPiHRMK front- o f the door struck oh the fajwjpf a m f* whowaa passing—or hipsfthaMen stupid- ing there.?—• peculiar dark ,face, with! ’ ftraJgliLblade whiskers. £ • The man moved on. ' ■ * Brown drew back hastily. “ Nonopfyour people knew that you Were giving me this oommissionTi he inquired of Goldsmith, “ Not ,» poul, ■.my dear fellow; tb* .matter i* entirely tetweOfl you anf mo. My head clerk alone know* of tht; existence of the brilliant** ; i “ What is Ko like?” “Bike yon, like me. Respectability itself! What are. you thinking, of?’4 . “ H «« he white, whiskers?!’ “Gray as ‘a badger’s—white, event But, bless my soul, what is the matter? aidee he was in a perfect fever to get to the end of hiiJfiisaiy*# selfi twi out: in the i Wj f with* ower” retUpipfeu the ' mftHHiyfeen, m What do yon mean? Have you seen anyone?” :' A man was standing there by the lamp post as you handed me the jewel case. He was apparently looking at « b , and might have heard what we laid.” '•/ 1 , ., G' ■ 1 . , “ Then he must be in the street still,” said Goldsmith, throwing up the win­ dow and putting bis head out Brown did the same. The night waa bright. Not a soul waa to be seen anywhere; the street was quite deserted. “ A neighbor Or a neighbor’s butler. He has gone into some house.” Gold­ smith withdrew from the window. “ Iio any case, no one could have heard, nor, I should think, -have seen us. As for my clerk, Travers, 1 boast myself an honest man, but I don’t hesitate to acknowledge that he is the honester of the two. Your imagination is playing you tricka I didn’t know you were given that way. Perhaps1you would rather not take charge of the 'bril­ liant?” But Brown would not hear of this. Already shamefaced over his hasty and somewhat ridiculous suspicions, he dismissed them abruptly. , “Not for worlds would I give up the charge,” he said. “ I’m not such a fool as 1 seem. The man probably is one a y THEY WKKM BTVVt of the netv neighbors; there are a good many newcomers in the street,” Portiron Brown set next morning for Lucerne via Brusselswadthe Shine, staying a few days at Ostend on the way. Ho took his pluc^iu the undc- niable comfort o f a first-class, carriage *T|. * | B ’)I ^V jK , POIiTMAN j in the express to Brnssels v.itii a mind p1 M j BKOJVN waa a j as free from eare and uneasiness aa an - prosperous, el- ] elderly gentleman ever possessed, A d e r ly gentle- I life of plain, undiluted prose had, up to man, of q u i e t ! this, ktpfc Ids iveagiaativo faculties in ways ar.tl fixed , eouiplei; Ghejaa.'e; lunatics, hyp- habits, A small ■aotists, murderers, etc., as possible lei- circle of fum'd- ’ low-travelers, had never entereil hia far frsouila sup­ p lie d all his coc-’ alm-tis, ho eoac-rne:! hioi- tclf little with tho root «»f liti* • m in i As a rule, indeed, Jus fellow- j .travelers no more excited his interest, ; or notice than his near neighbors at .homo. On this occasion he was just ■emisciouc, in leaving the station at Os* : t.-nu, that an elderly couple were the other-ui caputs*'; «»? tho carriage: he merely gave a;a?.,it:g glance from his newspaper nt tho nun, aitrutigor, who manity, l-rh.nging to the clrt.-i v,*m can live side by side in the eua.c street with * it. UcAV-erektnre all their Uvc-a wlthoat so much ms knowing them h y5g>tin at Binges and sat down on the flight. j opposite a-at. Among Hit. Brown’s fixed habits w a *; Ncstly urs Icmr hftd before. • ysRtly tour. •Brown laid down his newspaper, and But hi’ dldnot tAke it, like most pco- when he did he was horrified to :.ce in pie, in the summer months, but in flic j the tfaveier who got in at Bruges the Afliot apviflg.. Regularly ss tlm flv.d.,dark-fa", d <o:::i who had excited his V*crk in A rain.: round, he1went' suspic.'os whe ti he started fs«»m Lon- •hk'ifl*W A (emntftitptaef tontv in don, Wl' the railway carriage. The train was just moving oil when the door waa sud­ denly opened, a breathless porter dashed in ahandbag and parcel of rugs, followed byt a siill .more breathless tmvsftr,. T(li| Was siiut.vlie engine shrieked the last departing signal, tho train moved fromd:ale station. In one corner of the carriage sat Brown; In another—the farthest on the opposite wAhA finau skerS?' <•, ,-j , ow ofkH> (hi fancy -»we place fi*v •Kves-iH'nerakflitualAMw,1End thera­ in tkhey—act‘with frrvarift'WeHeroism, It is quite diiFerent, however, whenthe herkiaaltuatlou is a reality; our oonae- queatactlona are liaWa to be quit* dif­ ferent, too. The position In which Brown now found himself might .welt have apjMCMfld' .tbw j|nilresL'' 1 * Wfl# alone in a r^ lw^r pw$kM» vAthte scoundrel who h*& KQlflweAhlBflfrofla London; Brown hsff wtteVly whan- doned surmise since last night, and ac­ cepted each idea a* an abaolute oer* tfllnty—tlm object ia thia scoundrel’s view was the capture of the valuable diamond, which was at that very mo­ ment on lhown’s per*on.! A long jour­ ney lay before them and drpwh watt unarmed. At this review of the situa­ tion hipheirt sank; bA 'dtw>t’ back in­ stinctively into,the comeri *' His eyes suddenly met those of the other man; a )de||> snfhmfld. his fade, which f scemed to find reflection in the other’s. Brown hastily took up Baedeker and affected to readf the tn&h ■opposite simultaneously did the same. A traUs* parent unreality on bothsides. Brown’s furtive glances invariably caught— quickly withdrawn though they were — those of the other man leveled on him, While this went on, -the slightest change of position, tho least movement in the opposite corner made Brown stark Mieht it not herald the approach of danger? A spring, a rush, the at­ tack! 1 ^ The tensionwas terrible; to remain Inactive almost impossible. Brown had an inspiration,' us' a man in ex­ tremity sometimes has. Though he was not arpied. he would pretend to be. That might do something; produce hesitation or delay, at least. Accord­ ingly. ho deliberately assumed a bold, even threatening demeanor. Casting1 a truculent glance across the carriage, h*pl«H#»4 hi* hand into hi* pocket, iffeotiog to grasp an imaginary revol­ ver. To his intense delight the ruse took Immediate effect The min op­ posite gave an unmistakable start, auu shrank bark into hia corner. Bo far, so good. But how to keep ap the pre­ tense? /What to dq next? At this eriaUthe whistling of the engine sud­ denly districted Bvowa. Good heavens! Ho had forgotten the long tunnel! ‘ They wen* flomtng'to It now! Hia eye*, with a quick, Involuntary movement, sought the lamp.- It was not lighted! Efltrapped! - Doomed! The wildest thouglits rushed confusedly to .his twain, With a shriek the train plunged noisily into the tunnel, into darkness. The din and rattle outside" dontrusted sharply with the mllencc within the carriage. Crouched in his corner. Brown, hishearingsharpened to agoniz­ ing acuteness, listened for a stir, a rustle, the sound of human breathing drawing nearer to him. Every moment fancy detected a step, a stealthy, cat­ like movement. His imagination, after the neglect o f » lifetime, was now taking ample revenge. Uncontrolled and uncontrollahlc were its wild flights. Every railway murder of which he had ever heard flashed upon him With all tho ghastly details. The spring upon the victim, the struggle, the death- stroke, the body thrown out on tile rails. How idly lie had read of these things hupp -aing to other men! But now to realize himself as the victim: his, the body! Absolute, panic r.eized upon him; hardly knowing what he was doing, si*1trial i.oftly to open the deer. It wu, looked, however, ilis movement'; mint have been heard, there was a stir at the other end o f the carriage. The fatal ■moment had eo:ne, the ar.r.:s!.r,5n was udvaneing to tie; aiiack. Ju the extremity of his terror'Blown :.:;nk tAviftly on the floor and t rawled under the seat. I*»? v.ht.fc length of'flfme he crouched there, half (Brown’s) attempt to torn tbs handle ofthsdoor. had followed in supposed pursuit. A t the station, nel, Brown -all the train had etc place for one in s. crow’ compartment. A few brilliant was sa: his charge into that brother at Lucerne. The rest of the tour was uneventful; he neither heard o f nor saw his perse­ cutor again, #-> 8*■If'.#/, * * ' Brown’s adventure made quite a sen­ sation on his return to London. He was the hero of tins hour in his circle. Whether or notJbe related the circum­ stances exacttfRIl here set forth, need His friand Japes, ng otimly, > dinner party in honoywjhddfrb with hid Jflmai |un c tu |^ Erst ot the pwsta to arrive. ^ s “ By the way,” Jones said chalflugly to him, fls the two stood 'ri|«tti»g to-' nns Hfecoosmotr. * gather on the‘ hearth-rug, “ you must look to your laurels to-night, Brown. Ho you know Leroy, your .neighbor in Harley street?” “Never saw the man in my life. •What’s tho joke?” , ‘ ‘A rival adventure! In Switzerland, too, and culminating in a tunnel—not sure t,hat it wasn't the Olten one also!” “Dear me! IVhat an extraordinary coincidence!” “ In this case it was a lunatic, not a robber. He was shadowed at hotels and trains. You must hear the story from his own lips; he’s dining here to­ night. The climax is terrific. Shut into a railway carriage alone with a lunatic, aforesaid lunatic armed with a revolver. A long tunnel, an extin­ guished lamp, the lunatic crawling in the darkness to the attack, an escape by the skin of his teeth. Leroy has sufficient presence of mind to open the door and pretend to go out, in reality crawling under the scat instead. The ruse saved his life. He supposed that he fahit.ed in the stifling air, for, when he was, next conscious, the train had left' Olton and he was alone in the car­ riage, from which all traces of the lunatic hud disappeared;” Jones was sd engrossed in telling the story, he did not remark its curious and startling effect on Brown. Just then the door was thrown open, and the footmnii announced “Mr. Le­ roy.” . - . Jones, springing forward with effu­ sion to greet the newcomer, led him gushingly up to Brown. “ You two mast know each other,” he said. ‘ t And they did. The recognition was instantaneous on both sides. With a gasp, Brown stared in speechless won­ der on themm with the black whi.sfeers, while L^roy stared hack aghast on en­ countering the gaze of the lunatic!-- London Truth. Catching a Swurilllah. A Fall River fisherman had an ad­ venture With a swordlLsh which came near lining fatal to the man and re­ sulted in the capture o f the fish in a , mo:.t novel manner. Tho fisherman in question belonged to tho crew of tho Hattie Ellen, which frequently makes trips for swordfish. On this occasion a large fish was sighted and struck a few miles off Brcnton’s reef lightship, When struck it at onto tlart-d 'oil through tho. -water, carrying forty j fathoms of line and a largo hog. For an hour it raced on. A man in a row­ boat followed, and when the fish stopped, tho man, ‘believing it ready to give up, began hauling in the liir I Tho fish came in all O r OENERAJLJNTEBEST. O||kof the pact at :*,,TP a fltreet thirty 1th medium-sized flat e middle and having curbs of largo stones, walk eleven and cm- The street was befit —A chapter o f coincidences is given in the Savannah News; “ Thome.-, Cooper and wife, who live near Flowery Branch, have four daughter-., A li except one married widow:.’ s»-v , all of their husbands being na iied V?- - liarn, and all of tho yonngest of ; . > family, and all married on toe tin? ( d* h f* !- a-fltv:.: » o»G •i- adfltv t<>». ilglit for a time «... , ...... . cnracncuj however, it started from the , . ‘laying - ca,,u, t:j t I l , fcuffaeo w ith w breathe, Btownknew not, Agmyean- beat-a tmqks,. JuUcnrirg the usual ttmtiae of fravel in f.tcamrrs and tralfla, sad lodging at palatial hotels. Ko advadtarv had ever hrolrtA the un» •vMktfaJi iMMord o f that* tour* for aver a quarter o f a renturymbinme exciting iafftoat than att itnOMMl overcharge at JM M hotel hod «am# within l ’oriwan Xrown’agwrapual f.xprrknre. In II—, when March enme round, he •••da the afloat preparation* for his fOHijr War to hia afloat wag. On tba evening hafore hia departure, » • flM ;Mty f% M , Mri (tofdmnMh, Moot wMhMot at hi* hoooe In KMflir flflmoL When about to leave, (told- •with drew « eatall ceee from Me At Bn:s c’ s Brown dtklgcd tho. dark- faced moo, Never within the whole course of hi* experience in foreign ports had Brown passed a more wretched night; the morning found hia nerve* in a sad state. He. who had sever before known himself the possessor of nerves! The ddgrty ulan who mode fussy arrange­ ments ahnnt starting by the flrat train for Lnesrne, and whose eyes had a way o f ewrtlag farttvfl—not to say appro- h#aslv*—g!ancefl around, waa strange­ ly otfllke the aelfnaatiafled, phlagmaffo . tasiaKl -------W—m. JBfKPW WOO H b Q I I T I f i l l m MIi T I M f i g w * fkwaat (ha Thrafl Kings. Tfca mneeesa ot this moHeaver in laav* I ml # IlnH iili kW M j not im*.sr.upo time. A sudden and cx* traoi Jiiias'y i us!; of air made his heart first stand (.Mil, and then sent tho blood commits;? v. ildiy through his veins, Tho ( far door- was styinging open! Komc- 5 tiling I um I happeued! And what? ‘ ' .Ills straining ears deb hut the outside rattle and roar of tho train through tho tunnel; within all was silence, lie remained listening in intense excitement and amazement un­ til the hope which had hardly dared to stir in his breast grew into vigorous life. He was alone in the carriage! He was saved! Deliverance had com# mmimrtously - why and how he knew not! The tunnel was coming to an end; light began to streaminto the carriage, Oantimuiy.and slowly Brown peeped from under the seat He woe quite 'Aie manhod disappeared. ■ The tw t o f Me eeeape waa, a t the time, fMMNfe- flat Breveo,, ABemreri* in tblnkiag over the adveatere. he Mar- IMilMM M m I KttdyHL L* rush, stuck its sword through the boat andea:nOn.-»r swatnpiuff i t The sailor had a narrow or>rap<- from being !«i- puhd on tl.e sttord; it grazed hb pantahmas. tuseing that the swordfish had. obligingly romo to him, however, ihi .viiat,.' Jthe sailor quickly resolved to hoid it, octe l r.o sound - jft, t«<ik a hatftiiteh around tho sword Sticking through tho boat, and tho1 gome was secure. The schooner soon bore down upon the boat, and the sailor with the llsh was taken aboard. The fish weighed two hundred and Hfty pounds.- -Youth’s Companion, - Teacher (ofelom I t phrtdM«gfj*~ “Why ia it that when ope is frightened the hair seem* to aland on td»d^ Bob­ by dhsckleford (who hasn't looked at the lemon)-“It. doflea'b mivam. A frightenedhare always ryqa,” HIM . ...... . _________ ..rooMHar* He —“ ToBst vtpm" ' bdfug * 'Mefkt WmMflftfl*, dom^me foe » t im r w k h i Sunday in th« j —Explorers Heupardlas /mauty? moat e f mdnsg I m li ,bm>m*iou»|fl|n. The! twaiaty-aru, foet wide. Immense rocks have beet; pu«i<,-1 from their 'bads by the moving of ti- • mom and lie upon fop of i t Hun do>>-< Hot reach the ice more than one i.our day. . —A man bought aloof of bread of » Lawlskm baker Saturday 'night,.-uv-, tlie Jogmal, and finding he' c iu <1 i<A. eat it altuphc brought part of It Monday and asked to have it exebin" •<, for hot biscuits. “ If that don’t V:»*. all,” remarked the baker, “and t ,* • man has much o f thiBworld’s g , I too.” The baker wasn’t soft euoiv^ii t . exchange. *—An English drug^st preernt i after the death of an old custom?’ , bill according to which the poor >!,«•» had swallowed in twenty-two v.> ir«. 029,03* pills, an average of twcniv-uinc ^ dry. For flaw years he had u ,- • oeveaty-eight pills daily, and in u t> year swallowed AfiSOOplila Bosiib“« had taken 40,000 bottles of mixlur-t and .juleps and eleeluarieo in pr.,por­ tion. 0 —Lack of work among the fiilvvr'nr classes has many curious cuiduvni- i • Synonyms, among which arc the fol­ lowing: Legging it; on one’s npp»r-; on"the loose pulley;,got a stcadv job <>i; loafing; wheeling light into Fiat- Ho •!: Tunnel; shoveling smoke out of uffm house; pressing bricks and turning comer*; bolding on the slack; living on one’s intellect; living on the interest of one’s debts. —The twisted Wire nail—a cro n be­ tween a screw and the ordinary wire nail—is said to he working its wa? Into popular faVor, and is believed to repre­ sent as great on improvement upon ti o plain wire nail as that useful invent! n is over the old cut nail, The twi-dcri wire nail not only crushes the fibers oi the wood less than the two other forms of nail, but by its screw simp:* pos­ sesses a much greater holding power than the otherforms. —A German authority says that. most a third of all humanity—that fc, 400.000. 000—apeak the Chinese” ln»g- uage. Then ,the Hindoo language is spoken by more than 100,00000,') In the third . place stands the EngH-k epoken by almost 100,000. ooo. Fur.:*:., the Russian, with 80,000,ouO, while the Germin' language i* spoken by 57.W).- 000 tongues and the Spanish, by fib mu . 48.000. 000k Of the Euroi>ean language j the French isfifth in place. - i —Philadelphia i* to have a eh | which, for size, will bonne Of the w.t • ders of the world. It is to be p’ afeed • 1 tho tower of a public buildin.T i course of erection. The dial 1-,t ' j, twenty-five feet in diameter. T.i.'; i’ !;,- tnnee from the street to 'the cent.-.- dl it will bo 851 feet. The bell is to w ’ 3'.h IrntWeen *0,000and 2!$»000-pounds,r "J minute hand is to -be.twclvc feet an 1 the hour hand nine feet in length, while tho Roman figures fln, the dial will measure two feet eight inches in length. HE~WASTic?KETED. A California make* a Hensatinn in Court, One o f the peculiar brand of j-t fire- peculiar to this peculiar community in­ vested in a ready-made outing coat on his way down to court tho other jamm­ ing. As the day was warm, his ho ior concluded V, slip on the garment j :<-f as it was taken from tho window, and, unmindful that a placard was still at­ tached to its tail, proceeded calmly on his wav. you dm'fc make any b x?s about saying so,” -remarked a friend, slapping him on tho shoulder at the next corner. “ There’s nothing like coming out flat-footed and above- board.” “ What tho blazes do yoa mean?” asked the court, but his friend worked off an indescribable wink and fussed on “That’s right!4* warmly ejaculated a police court lawyer at the jurist reoahed the city ha!!. “ Nothing like getting do .vii to bodroekrates these hard times, fica you later.” “ I always thought, that man was crazy,” mused his honor as he entered the court room, whmne he observed that his advent rrflatod m very marked sen-- sation indeed, On* o f the regularprao tltionerx graspad his handexeltedly and whispered: ‘ That’* the way to do bush 90 m, jndg*. ■ How, how about this Gliicky va McCorken ease? Would sev- entytft** dnilan atrNm you m abont gWnr “ la *vairybody I m mo * ~or-*>-or is this i « s * l n M d M 4 M n f gasped the be* wildsrad dtopaaaar o f justice,. “ Have BL....Ml * W*"""? -h de* 'WHMt. M i Mil to tha loor. Svan the ( d & M thsi jpdgtrtshvdItwaaad reads