The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 27-52

&JMPERSQHI sr,whoso mirscu «hrln0 have cumulated a fort*J1 mn tumbled into*! P one evening n i l at the bottom c?Ti set deep he put jTf nd halloing. d in Meriden, C ob a b e heir to ? 25( j * j ora Denmark in l S j is prevented fro* I Jrty by the fact <*j fs she is delight** .e never forgets h» tired. She doesfo^. gh whon once in yjj. s of little but th* ' is to appear. Wh6tt ahd does not see the mes lost in her ro]e. e., man, who works Vlilltown, N. It., • sending homo br rdors to,his wife « i each month. Qre&^ ion the tax collector round' with a hill 0f d four dollars, as. y remitted, iich., druggist us?d' id of tartaric acidfoi iin and invited th#./ :orae in to see tbs ave one with him, the revelry. They caned over a fen<* [hat soda fountain, ling success, i t who visited th$ \ depicts a touching■' i one corner by,the irug over his knees, bright-eyed as of nd weary looking, .utiful and devoted all about the little ■ fhtful hevy of littleJ it wish to see. Theyi •dren, with great ) curly hair. De Le*. ] sylcL men who were paSfr 'Goose Docks, He,,; a quarter of a mill-* ime, indulged in *u* forded them lotsof he uionotony of life oth are skilled mind- the banjo and the They attired theta- d went over to Ken itortain the sojouru- irn for their music eight dollars in sll- ave to a man whose;' •nod. 1 Hamlin was a lac. >roko his arm; and fog the splints and onnd tha t the bone lace beforeknitting, noned again, ^ i t h - , ]■hint of whutwts| le bone again, sons] Thereupon, with no Itla youthful patient, 1 tound arm, drew off1 otor in the face, a f i was excused, but’ “When I operate on i man, 111 have yon NONSENSE.” think long engage- j " She—-‘O, I don't ] tort ones are lots —He—“I hope that j if I take my gun l this afternoon!"' t I hope it’s a pop : mebody come quick snb” All the neigh- matter with i t f running.” (Small rs its example.) know, George- It n thing to many, le cost?” George— The oost? Shocks’ . ousin that’ll many if yon tried, great j y heart of yours;" of ice, ms you sty, t, all the same, I . forage business.”—! 1. j cat any more pud*! see the bogie-man (after a moment's ] ve me some mors, tie my mind about j f.” m are engaged to | i«id a belle to her! i t so?" “O. r u f f t© young woraaa*| were engaged, ‘ n him.”—WasM d of chsllertgia e ground that ' Setter not," said i d in a Specimen i d then chslle* mud th a t you < as, — Yahsley- idea th a t a/ter^ ried for some < agkt* became, .al. Am 1 rig —*'G i » sb « you i is thinking i for coining I L'windiAoaf .— , A breath o f m o rn . i jn iijicu my soul, oh. wind of morn! I VMcHr.o with inden t ter.derses* and faith, f perfuuad waft (row flegu of blooming '■ *""■' t?0fUI gpo me. iur,? m» trout this pefcoftsd shut* of Death* . « i .. . + ■ 1 tto v fsr voices, »w»et as flutes, somewhars, ' m i n t we Into the darkness, s n d l know n a tio n insidious languoroa the air 'co»e# front the land of burial, damp and low, •U* on me, oh, thou current of sweet youth 1 back dear days of boyhood and bright ’ dreamst * 1 Arts* sgrin, thou white, clear bloom of truth; ■ ' ’"gabble once more, oh, careless morning streams! . ru i me, warm lips of purity am) love: flag to me, lasses from the meadow lands; JLil me with blossoms from the sacred grove Wherein tho temple of my childhood stands. fbi I am sick xo death of manhood’s ways, Aod long to be a fighting man no more; jfetmoro tor me tho clanging Iron days; go lot roe live my happy Muytlme o’er, Kowon me, wind, out of the early morn, < "And bear away from me the wear and fret; Bring me the perfume of the blooming corn. And I will sing through many a springtime yet! -.Maurice Thompson, in N. T . Independent,' FOOLISH FRANK. Billings’ PrediotlOn ProveB Correct in an Unpleasant Way. Salamander City was a mining camp nestling in a little valley in southern JfewMexico. This camp, like the ma­ jority of camps of the kind, was made ; op of men of all classes, kinds and na­ tionalities. There were good men, had then and men of indifferent, character in the camp, but if there avus any dif­ ference the bad men predominated; So ' it will he seen th a t the camp would not be easily surprised, no difference how .odd, how unique the specimen of hu­ manity might he who dropped in upon them. But oue day a newcomer pu tin an appearance whose like the citizens of Salamander City had never seen be­ fore. He had every appearance of Un idiot, being wild eyed, longhaired and crazy looking. He had a peculiar way of dodging every once in awhile, just as if he. thought some one were strik- fog afc ham.. He was .almost starved when he appeared' in- the camp, and it took several days to get his hunger ap- ’peased, the miners giving him only such Scraps as they did .not want them­ selves. When asked his name he an­ swered “Frank,” hat to all other ques­ tioning he returned ho answer, and the miners quickly placed the word “fool­ ish” before his namej. and as “Foolish Frank” he was known. He took up his abode in an empty cabin, and here he lived, the citizens of the camp coming presently to look upon him as a permanent fixture, i Hut while*the citizens looked upon Foolish Frank as a simple, harmless fellowas a whole, there was at least one amongthem who thought differently. This was Mark Billings, a big, burly, savage-looking fellow, half miner, half gambler, who gave it os his belief that FoolishFrank was not what he seemed*. “You can’t too 1 me!” he declared, an air of conviction; “that fellow isn't what he seems. Thor’s something wrong with him, and I ’ll bet my hat on it,” “Yes—he's foolish,” laughed a miner. f “Maybe he is, and maybe he isn’t,” ^ said Billings, doggedly; “just you fol­ lows wait and see if somethin’ don’t happen around here before long!” “We’ll wait," said the miners, and nothing more was thought of the mat* * ter until about a week later, when the camp was thrown into a state of ex­ citement by a robbery. The partners of the Gold-bug mine had been robbed of about three hundred dollars’ worth of dust, savings of the past two months. The miners were wild with rage. Woe to the thief, should they succeed in laying hands upon him! It was now that Mark Billings’ words of suspicion regarding Foolish Frank were remem­ bered, and many were the dark looks bent ipon the poor fellow as he went shambling, about among the cabins of the miners begging for something to eat, The majority laughed at the idea of his having had anything to do with tbo robbery, however, and he was not molested. Although diligent search was made the thief or thieves were not appre bended, and the owners' of the Gold Baghad to stand the loss of the dust as best they could* Aweek passed and another robbery occurred, just as mysteriously, just as inexplicable as the other. The thief wss not found, nor so much as a clew to his identity. That is, it was a mystery to all save Mark Billings. He knew who was the robber. “It’s that Foolish Frank, I tell ye, fellows!" he said. “When It's too late you’ll find I've been giving it to you straight* He’ll steal all the dust in the camp and then skip out, and after he’s gone—after It's everlastingly too late— you’ll wake up to the fact that you’re kept a viper alive, only to bars him rob ye!” The miners were unwilling to taka 'fills view of the case, however, until a "Week later, when, another robbery oc­ curring, they rose up in arms. “Mebbe ’tis thet air blamed Foolish Trank, artcr all!” cried one miner, angrily. “I tell ye, follow citizens, et air time Ji’c war lookin’ inter this hyar matter, Bf it is Foolish Frank we must find et but, and I reckon he won’t do it no thore; an* cf it ain’t we wanter know It, sd's we kin look somewliar else four the thief, Thar’s b’en enuff dust stole in the last three weeks, and et hez got ter he stopped!” “That’s a lack!” the miners cried, and they lopt ho time in hunting Foolish Frank up, They found*.hiav sound asleep in his 9»bln, find when three or, four of the miners yanked hlmoyt of his bunk and appeared with him before the crowd outside he simply winked and blinked like an owl suddenly transferred from darkness to light, hut he said never a word, He did not seem to be surprised or frightened,-and if he was other than he seemed he was certainly a good actor. The mayor of the camp, one Dong’ las .Terrold, took Foolish Frank in hand. • “See here,” he said, stepping for­ ward and laying liis hand on the non­ descript’s .shoulder, “tnor liez b’en a lot uv stealin* uv gold dust done in fhe past three xveeks in this hyar ’camp, an’you air accused uv doin’the stealin’. Wq hev stood thet sort uv thing jlsk ez long ez xve’re goto’ to,, an’ we’ve come up hyar to find out whether ot not you air the thief.” “Who ismy accuser?” suddenly asked the accused man, these being the first words, aside from his name, that he had spoken since becoming a citizen of Salamander City. “I am!” cried Mark Billings, stepping forward. “Yea, and you are my prisoner!” . With the words Foolish Frank whipped out a pair of revolvers and covered the big miner gambler, the thing being done in , the twinkling of an eye almost. For a, moment the miners stood staring in open-mouthed astonishment, Then, thinking Uiat one of their number was menaced by oue who was a robber, several of thetn made motions toward drawing weapons; “Hold!” cried Foolish Frank. “Don’t make anv breaks, men of Salamander City. This fellowwhom you know as Mark Billings, is Colorado Carl, a noted desperado, road-agent and all-around crook. He is the man who robbed-you of your dust, and no doubt .you will find what has been stolen, in his cabin, if you look for it. 1am Bob Ferret, a Denver detective, and lie is wanted there for robbing &bank. I have been on his trail for two months; and now I have' you, Colorado Chrl!” he finished up, addressing the baffled desperado, and lie quickly handcuffed his prison­ er, who submitted sullenly to the in­ evitable. “You rather overreached yourself by trying to throw suspicions on me,” laughed the detective. '“I reckon If you had known who I xvas. you wouldn’t have tried it!" The stolen dust was found in the cabin the desperado had occupied as Mark Billings, and the miners wanted to hang the thief, but Ferret said no, “ I’ve been after him two months, boys," the detective said; “he’s my prisoner, and I’m going to take him to Deq'ver to answer for his crime of bank robbing.” And he did. Tho next stage carried the detective and his prisoner out of tho camp, and Salamander City never saw either of them again. “Billings war right,” said a miner, as tho crowd stood looking after tho stage “he said that Foolish Frank wam’t what he seemed, an’ ho warn’tt”—S. A. D. Cox, in Yankee Blade.' INFECTION OUE TO SHAVING. A London Medical Jo u rn a l Buys’H e Vonr Own B arb er. Notwithstanding that the subject has recently given, rise to. some discussion in the daily press, there can bo no rea­ sonable doubt as to the causation of parasitic sycosis, and the frequent re­ sponsibility of barbers for its propaga­ tion. We will not deny that the dis­ ease may occasionally arise from, acci­ dental contact other than that of im fected soap and brush. Its close con­ nection with these, however, is affirmed by the evidence of a common and per­ sistent sequence of events. We need not dwell upon the tenacity with which it clings to the hair of the face,-nor will xvc examine the methods used by the dermatologist for its destruction. Sanitary cleanliness is here better than any remedy, and the assertion of thU important fact is the chief result of the somewhat lengthy newspaper corns spondence already mentioned. I t has been impressed by different writers in various ways. Thus we are advised to shave ourselves, to avoid the cheap barber, to nse precautions with brashes and the like* Perhdps the advice first given would prove the best, but the professional operator is to many per­ sons indispensable. The truest wisdom for oneself in such a case is clearly to use d ie care in selecting a barber. Whatever he is not, he must be clean and careful. I t should not be forgot­ ten that there are possible safegnardis Well within the reach of this class of tradesmen which a customer may fair­ ly exact for his own security as part of the common law of shaving. These in­ clude the use of perfectly fresh water and soap, or preferably shaving cream as admitting of exclusive use, a clean brush, and a clean razor for each pew son shared. Wc should also advise, as a further but not superfluous precau­ tion, tliat instruments after washing be dipped in some convenient antisep­ tic solution. Such measures as these require little time to carry them out. They are needful in order to secure im­ munity from contagion, and the poor­ est will And them worth a small addi­ tion! to the barber’s foe.—To-.idon Lancet HOUSEHOLD BREVITIES. -—When peeling onions keep your hand* and the onions both under water and you will escape much annoyance. —Half a lemon dipped in salt will do all the work of oxalic acid In cleaning copper boilers, brass teakettles and Other copper or brass utensila —To determine whether the joint of a sewer pipe leaks or not, wrap it with p piece of white cloth saturated with a solution of acetate of lead. If It leaks the cloth will become black. —Eggs directly from the nest are said to he less rich and appetizing than When a day or two old. For invalids the day-old egg is recommended as just the thing—“the one to be whipped Into a nourishing drink, and the only one.” —Cottage Pudding.—One cupful of sugar, one cupful of buttermilk, two cupfuls of flour, one egg, three .table- spoonful* of melted butter, one tea- spoonful of cream of tartar, one-half teaspoonful of soda; bake and serve with a liquid dressing.—Boston Budget —A simple dessert which is a varia­ tion of cake and preserves, is made by taking a thick loaf of sponge cake— that baked the day before is all the better—and cutting it in round pieces with the aid -of a large-sized biscuit cutter. Slightly hollow out the center, and put in a large teaspoonful of pre­ served strawberries or cherries or pine­ apples. Arrange these cake mounds on plates and servo with whipped or plain cream, though whipped cream gives the dish a much prettier appear­ ance.—N. Y. Times. —Orange Pie.—Fill a tin with crust, crimp the edges, and bake lightly in a quick oven. Grate the rind of one orange, add the juice of two, one cup­ ful of sugar, a small lump of butter, two cupfuls of water, and five,drops of van illa.B ring it to a boil, and thicken, with cornstarch dissolved in a little water. Four It over the well-beaten yolks.of two eggs, and beat quickly to­ gether. Four foto tho ernst Beat the two whites stiff with a little sugar, place it upon the pie and brawn in the oven to a golden ahade.—Housekeeper. • —Lambs’ Kidney Saute.—Four kid­ neys should be used for three people. Wash them, remove the skiu and hard white cores, and cut them into thin round slices Have the lamp wicks low. Place the granite-ware pan over the lighted lamp, and put into it two table- spoonfuls.of butter and ono.tcaspoonful of Hour. Stir until the butter begins to bubble; then put in the sliced kid­ neys, and seasqn with one teaspoonful of salt and a little pepper.. Stir with a a fork for three minutes, turning the pieces of kidney over so that each shall come in contact with tho bottom of the pan. Now add two tablcspoonfuls o t lemon juce and a gill of cold water. Stir until tho sauce begins to boiL The meat must never foyor boil rapidly as a high temperature would liardon it. Serve with toast.—Ladies’ Home Jour­ nal __ ___________ HOUSEHOLD DECORATION. Colors W hich Should N ever We In tro d u ced In H ouse Furnishings, It is becoming more and more the habit of people who use carpets on their parlorii in the winter to lake off these heavy coverings for Summer, and substitute a cooler and lighter covering of matting, with a to w rugs, if one so fancies, spread about All tlio heavy draperies are also dispensed with in Summer, and packed away, for winter's use. Light draperies are hnng at the windows of the summer parlor ini place of the hoavy winter curtain, and semi- gauzy, translucent draperies form the portieres, which give a chance for a sweep of air and add a Sense of light­ ness and breadth to the room.' Heavy upholstered pieces of furniture should certainly he covered during the season of dust and heat. The greater part of the furniture of the summer parlor should be of rattan, willow or of some light kind of material easily moved about and lightly upholstered, with movable cushions, from which the dust may easily be shaken. A parlor in a country cottage, nscdonly in'the sum mer, had best be furnished in rattan or willow alone, with no upholstered pieces except a large Turkish divan for the corner, which may be easily taken apart. Cool tints which harmonize with the outer landscape of green trees and blue sky are best chosen. There is a brownish olive shade of green which is a delightful choice for the prevailing tone in a coun­ try parlor, the delicate tints of the color being those chiefly used. Cream white and gold are fresh and pretty In a par­ lor, but are apt to become tiresomemad monotonous unless there are abundant tints and colors introduced into the draperies, ruga and wall hangings, and all this elaboration of ornament tends to make such parlors too ornate for simple oottages. There is a lovely brownish pink which harmonizes with wood colors and is a pleasant choice in color. Above all, it is becoming to the complexions. Cool blue green had bet­ ter be left to a trace. It is too trying a color for a room used for general occu­ pancy. We are apt to think very little whether tile colons in our houses suit ourselves, so that all form a harmon­ ious whole, This is a'mistake, The color of a room should be chosen, not only because it is beautiful in itself, hut also because it is a suitable setting for the people who are to occupy I t There are some colors which should never he introduced Into household decoration. The purple and violet shades, the Magenta colors and bril­ liant shades of cardinal are all utterly out of place.—N. Y* Tribune. TEMPERANCENOTES. ALCOHOL AND MORALS. A P o ten tial d u ality or th e S ta te ot Oronk- ena*M, 1 =■ .... Dr. T. Wright, In considering the In­ fluence of alcohol on the moral consti­ tution of mbn, remarks: “The manners of men as they relate to questions of duty, obligation, sym­ pathy, and the movements of personal­ ity, either for good or evil, are usually known as morals. Manners are much involved with considerations of in­ centive; motive, design, intent and pur­ pose, and they are thereby materially colored and modified. The influence of alcohol on imorals is immediate. I t is perceptible to observation quickly after, alcohol is taken Into the system; but it varies greatly, both in kind and intensity, with the stage of drinking. “Iu general terms, it may he said that no instance has been recorded where the influence of alcohol upon a good man, when carried to its full ex­ tent, has failed to taint his moral nature. Nor has an instance ever been known of a character so base, so bestial and inhuman that alcohol could not sink.it still lower. It seems, in fact, true,'as far as the world's experience extends, that the depths of depravity into which alcohol may plunge the human soul have never yet been sounded. In. its position os a wrecker of good morals, alcohol stands ‘proud­ ly eminent’ Few tilings arc so bad us to have no good in them; hut, aside from certain properties, available in therapeutics, alcohol seems, in its im­ pressions on. the human organism, to be singularly bad. .Iu all its long and dreary history, it lias never been known to add anything whatever to a man’s real character for piety, or sympathy, or love to his family, or kindness-to liis fellow-man. “Alcohol deadens the conscience of anyone who partakes of it, let his mo­ tives in drinking foewhat they may. The casual drinker often partakes of alcohol without any clearly-defined purpose, certainly withoutthe slightest intent of committing an unlawful act. Yet the poison affects him os it does others; it paralyzes his conscience, the acuteness of his sensibilities is blunted and lie is peculiarly liable to be led into improper and uulawful conduct The drinker is deprived of intellectual soundness, as well ns moral capacity:’ and yet the law says drunkenness is no excuse for crime. Shakespeare knew the deadly spell that alcohol casts on morality: 'If I can fasten but one cup upon him With th at which be huth drunk to night al- ready, lie'll be as full of quarrel oml oflensn As my young mistress’ dog,* ealth ‘hottest logo.’' “It appears- to be a potential quality of drunkenness to depress ttie moral ca­ pacities, and thus foster the assaults of temptntion, whether it comes in’the guise of folly or of criminality. The corruption of tho moral system may be observed in the small viceS of drunken­ ness as well as in the surprising turpi­ tude of' its conspicuous outrages. The crimes of drunkenness are not com­ monly the, outcome of premeditation and brooding malevolence. The natural offense against their exhibition and activity, the nervous basis of the mot nl constitution, is disabled. While this nerve defect in drunkenness may, to some extent, be consistent with pre­ meditation and malice in the comtnis- aion of crime, yet the very defect is the more dangerous to society from the fact that it is Withdrawn from the supervision of the rational mind. “A person intoxicated will commit offenses in thought* in speech and in conduct which in bis sober moods he would view xvith abhorcnce. The ten­ dency of drunkenness is inevitably to* ward crime.” Much are the effects resulting from the use of ulcohoL And the inan who indulges in it or tampers with it ex­ poses himself to these dangers, lie is liable to becomo a raving maniac or a ferocious brute, making his home a hell and his existence a curse to all around him. As John Bright justly says: “To drink deeply—to be drunk—is a sin; this is not depied. At what point docs the taking of strong drink become a sin? We suppose a man perfectly sober; one glass excites him, and to some extent disturbs the state of so- briety, and so far destroys it; another glass excites him still more; a third fires his eye, loosens his tongue, in­ flames his passions; a fourth increases all this; a fifth makes him foolish and partially insane; a sixth makes him savage; a seventh or eighth makes him stupid—a senseless, degraded man. But when does the sin begin? At the first step toward complete intoxication or a t the sixth, sevehth or eighth? Is not every step from the natural state of the system toward the state of stupid intoxication an advance in sin and a yielding to the unwearied tempter of the soul?”—Alienist and Necrologist, HABITUAL DRINKING. I t I* Not Bexpectable, an d ButlneM K en AMallke I t. ’A writer* who has spent some years as a Washington correspondent, has re­ cently been making a tour of the fash­ ionable summer resorts along the At­ lantic ’coast from Cape May to Mount Desert, In one of his letters lie sum­ marizes the results of his observations regarding the matter of temperance. He says: There is less dissipation among the men at ‘watering-places timn is gener­ ally supposed. Iu fact, it may be broadly asserted that there is less dis­ sipation among American men than there was in the past, and, furthermore, it grows less and less year l>yyear. As long as men are men they will eat and drink and have some fora; bat there am allgrpdationa in the process, from the bummer who falls into time gutter or the savage who fills himself with firewater and raw dog, to the gen­ tleman who, in the cafe takes a drink In good fellowship with some friends, or in his club, or in his home, eats bis din­ ner and comforts himself with a glass or two of wine in pleasant compr aion- ship. Intoxication becomes more and more disgraceful. Among tha better classes of men the visiting of public saloons and tbe stand-up drinking at bars is . falling more and more into disrepute. In old times drunkenness was not con­ sidered disreputable among the gentry. The great man was the “four-bottle man,!’and the hero of the occasion at a drinking bout was the one who could “put -all the others under the table.” All this has not entirety disappeared— not by any means—for habits and hu­ man’nature do,not change in a day. But there ceuj^inly has been a marked alteration for the -better. The man - who, in an assembly of gentlemen at dinner or elsewhere, gets drunk, makes himself obnoxious. He is not ap­ plauded; .he is not even pitied. He is condemned, and his company fought shy of thereafter. The chief influence in working this change, the writer thinks, Is the “growing self-respect, education ■ and , better breeding,’’ which make a man ashamed to get drunk. 1lie finds another strong influence working, to the same end in the fact that’ the drinking habit, even in moderation, _ counts so sharply against a main in the business affairs of life. Upon tills point ho says:. “Is he a drinking man?” is one of the first and main questions put by one pian of another with whom any business relation is- proposed, and “is he a drinking man?” “Is he a married man?” are the two questions always asked by any business man or firm concerning a proposed employe or as* sociate. This, no doubt, tends to hold many a man to paths' of sobriety wha perhaps lias not enough self-respect' to do so. They can’t indulge because, in a business sense, they “can’t afford to." This is emphatically true of some oc­ cupations. All of the leading steam railroad companies of the country re­ fuse to employ men who patronize tha . saloon. Not long ago the company which operates horse cars on Fourth avenue iu this city issued an order to its conductors and drivers that, sum­ mary- discharge awaits tho “men who visit saloons at cither end ot the road, between trips." The officers o t tho road said that the order was issued for the purpose of ■insuring discipline among the men, some of whom were in the habit of leaving their cars and horses unattended while they loitered in saloons. There was some excitement among themen, and even a little talk of organizing an opposition to the order, but it soon subsided when they reflected that there were plenty of men willing to take their places who would agree never to visit saloons.—Cincin­ nati Commercial-Gazette. GLEANED BY THE WAY. “.'l"-"*— . Tins charity commissioners of Lon­ don have formed a hew scheme for car­ rying on the-People's Palace, and in it there is a promise “that no intox­ icating liquors shall be introduced," and there are. to* be “free lectures on temperance and th rift” T he price of alcoholic ’drinks has risen very high in the government of Kharkov. The authorities have issued orders to stop the distilling of brandy altogether until the autumn and th a export of spirituous liquors from Khar­ kov to other governments of the em­ pire. Du. P arker once took three soldiers and made them march twenty miles a day, loaded with guns, pouch, knap­ sack, etc., for six days. They had the same food on each day, hut on two days he gave them brandy and water, on two other days coffee, and on the other two weak beef-tea to drink. All three said th a t brandy revived them for a time but they were more tired a fte r taking brandy than they were after taking coffee or beef-tea A s e v e x - y e a r - ox - d Boston lad, build­ ing “better than he knew,” invented the other day a new and exceedingly appropriate name for the ordinary run of city saloons. The little followknew that we bought tea at a tes-store and boots at a boot-store. So this kind of unconscious analogy guided his speech. At the table the other day he broke out with the news: “I seed two men com­ ing out of a drunk-store; and one of ’em was oxticated.” “Drunk-store,” the Traveller recommends for general use as tbe more appropriate for tbe regular business of such places.—Bos­ ton Traveller.' I n old times drunkenness was not considered disrepntable among the “gentry.” The great man was the “four-bottle man,” and the hero of the occasion at a drinking bout was the one who Could “put all the others un­ der the tabic.” All this has not entire­ ly disappeared—not by any means—for habits and human nature do not change in a day. But there Certainly has been a marked alteration for the better. The man who, in an assembly of gentlemen at dinner elsewhere, gets drunk makes himself obnoxious. He is not applaud­ ed; he is not even pitied. He is con­ demned and his company fought shy of thereafter,—Cincinnati CommerciaVGa* zstto*