The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 27-52

u r r woman . an«»M t i e ueed of I T ! *•, H ilco x wrote t r o ^ i there are a ImndJlJ I ■ but only two wo£*> for any extra servW it for this partiem'J ty woman should £ “rough rubbing to tfc! both; that s,wVh0o S j the hair bytho«s«3 ' an f a t ciea^ h o w t o n u i * ^ ib le tp iffh a dinner purtJtT is taut problems that ly m our civilization .0demand, and supply Wo women, me have a general aji. 10 training in any one l “t And any work; and are numbers ofwom- ' for j«st such, ser- 0 very women' se™!?,a comparatively ablish a bureau where he-.worker might bo ■ 'Services could be lour, in the summer bpers of women’s ox- isily arrange for the ny workers as each uire in that locality er would be glad to ices of unintelligent - lours while she went wn, or to an evening’ there arecases of ' lot require a trained intelligent woman Jservice by relieving . few hours each day, , c, and there, are the where is the medium 1 0 1 . » ) an opportunity for ir women’s business ristiau Union. Faithful Wife. ican explorer, Paid i killed a short time d wife in, Paris to tn married but three departed upon his tme. Crampel took est in her husband’s ‘ and not only aided ions for departure, •' act as his agent and in order the rough ' ocuments which he ard for •some time Congo, learning to ight reproduce tho escribed or cursorily s traveler, She was strato a book pub- iject by M. Allis, ■ Crampel. -She U'te, whither Jr. “ deliver a lecture vhen tho latter, rc- the massacre. For- iorrow, she immedi- e-sur-la-Lys, where ufortunate husband o terrible news te>. ame time she tool? * hat tho near rela* etirns should he in- tho catastroDhe be­ auts should appear ANY LANDS. of. fashionable so. is a woman, who npretontious little ert every president Harrison’s grand­ s was lately chosen d bell-ringer in a Jiland, near Goth- hy a great rnajor- ns were presented c tile election in- firmed it. ‘ al men—that has ; but we. want also nat has only lately ;n once woman be- iu the truest and ization will have I of it.i most glori- Scieneo Jfontlily. Is are to be estab- r, where free edn- i to won on to fit ’ government of- eri:s. printers and I’iiotitf operators, erto hern employ- id are not otonsid- II them without ( hili, when men >.*mcr state, girls reet-car coiidue- proved so satis- n has been eon- 11 linen one sees pretty blue-flan- hats and white h are liberally . 3 for carrying tKivn, th e n e w port, Ky„ is an! For six years, r tln'rty, she wa* t large cooperage mired tntttt and er her control, li the httirlcuto ired work done, n to stand he* I OR PAYS the river had been r i s i n g . T lie J.evees a b o v e were gone for miles andmiles, and the mad W a t e r s had swept over the , banks carrying fortunes and „tt Jives before them. . Onone of the big plantations oppo- Shrevcport every effort was being [e to withstand the flood. Hands e collected from every cabin and fruited from all the adjoining places ^strengthen the water-soaked levees, irfclchshook on tho pressure of a man’s loot, . Itwas almost dusk, but tbe»men who IjilUlnot rested for days worked with ^strength of fresh vigor as tho voice $ Tom Aik»n, the planter, directed flient and cheered them on to the task I'jriudi seemed So hopeless as the water r"creptsteadily and steadily higher. lint ► forthe fact that everyone was busy /withMs work, a little negrp, who sud­ denly dropped his spade and stole away ^ betwixt the wheels of the big sand wagon, might have been seen as he scurried away around the curve in the .; eohankment. . 4 He ran quickly along for full a quar- /ter of a mile without 'looking back, downthe narrow, slippery road that was left between the cotton rows and tho levee. The boy slacked bis pace Whenhe became, convinced that no one WOOin pursuit of him, and as he did so boheard the loud, cheery voice of Tom Aiken back at the break: “ All work together, boys!” “Huh! All work together,” the boy $aid. “Ycssir, but you bet' dis here ,rigger done tired er workin’ togedder.. v ise gwine to sleep, I is. I an’ shot my byes fur two whole daysan’ nights, an’ Igwine round the p’int to Ann’ Viny’s an’ goto sleep.” , ■ In his eagerness to reach the coveted goal the little ne^ro quickened his pace ;again. It was now almost dark,: but his eyes had grown accustomed to the gloom. He could see tho curving line of tho levee, which seemed to tremble With a proraonition of its own made-, quacy; he could see all tbe waterpools in the road.- His little legs had meas ured perhaps a mile more when the ominous roar of the river made him stop and peer over the levee at the rushing waters. ' As he scrambled up the slippery bank a clod of loosened earth fell heavily into the road below, and through the Orifice which it left a little stream of muddy water trickled. The boy caught Ms breath quickly when the water ran over his hand. “Lordy!” he exclaimed. “Here’s gwme to be a break right here. Lordy! Lordy! wliat I gwine do!” • 4H51stopped to reconsider. There was still another mile before he could rcueli liiiw ill 'll* . 11E l’BESSEP THE EABTH ABOUT DIM. t'aepoint, and he knew there were only slew old women in the cabins there, »nd he could get no help from that Source. It was more than a mile back towhere the men were working, and ho was afraid to show himself there after having run away. Resides there was not a moment to lose; what was to be done? Tho boy knew that a groat responsibility rested upon him. If the little opening were not stopped immediately it was only a question of a fewmoments before the whole levee would be swept away. He stood up and looked about him. There was 110one in sight. He thought hemight find a bag of sand dropped by a passing wagon, but there was none. V/ith sudden purpose lie turned and sat down over the little crevice through which the ivnler came. The soft earth yielded to his weight, and with his hands and feet he pressed it about him, patting it to make it firm. The difficulty had been solved with­ out his volition almost. It was only after it was done that lie thought of the consequences. He calculated in his unreasoning Way that it was eight o'clock. How long would he have to remain there? For aught he knew, till morning. lie began to suffer by and by from his cramped ’position, hut ho dared not move even the least bit lest the crevasse would open again. He could not tell hour ,tlme passed. Every minute seemed an hour. He 1 oouhl not hear the shout* of the men W w . There was only now and then we hoot of an owl rising above the *»sr of the water, or the swish a* a clod of earth was sacked Into thz mad current. He wished he had hot run away from his work. He began to get drowsy; his limlw were utmost numb. He wondered what would become p£ him if he should go to sleep. If the waters should rise up over the, levee and drown him and ruin the cotton, would it make any dif­ ference then that lie had tried to save it? Ho was inadequate to the problem, the like of which has puzzled graver heads than his. The hooting of the Owl greiy less and less frequent, the swishing of the waters fainter and fainter, the pain in his back easier. He must have slept some time. Sud­ denly lie was awakened by the gallop of a horse on the road below. He was too weak to move. His voice was al­ most gone, but as the horse and rider approached he cried put with all the strengtli he could summon: “Morse Tom!” . Mr. Aiken drew rein quickly aud turned his big lantern ini the direction of the voice. “ Who is it, and where arc you?” ho asked, dismounting. “ It’s me, boss,? answered the boy. 1 “ What the mischief, are, you doing here, Pete?” inquired Aiken, peering — v VSTEEIt FOB THE OTIIEB SIDE1.” . ' ■ ■ , . ' ' % into tho boy’s begrimed face. “Wily, you are almost buried alive!” “ I runhed away from back yonder,” tho boy answered. “I seed the levee er breakin’ here, so I stopped.” “Why, bless the boy,” said Aiken, “you must be nearly dead. What is to be done? Can you stand it till I . ride back and get help to fill the.break? It will open as soon as'you move.” “ Ycssir; but hurry, boss,” answered the boj. . ' As Aiken turned to remount lie heard the sound of boat wheels around the curve and the whistle sounded out hoarsely.. ' ^ “ By George!” exclaimed. Aiken, “ there’s a boat, and three more inches of water will top the levee hero and then all is lost.” In a few moments the boat rounded the curve and the b ig ligh ts shone out across the water. . . “The Marsdon,” Aiken said, as ho saw the two smoku-stacks, “ with Jfor- ton at the wheel; I shall have to fight for it ” • So saying lie picked up ids gun from whore he had dropped it when he .dis­ mounted, and strode on a few paces up stream to meet the boat * “ Steer for the other side!” he called, out when the boat was in hailing dis­ tance; ‘ . “ Fin running this machine,” re­ sponded the coarso voice of Morton, “ and I guess the river is free.” Aiken could see the little tongues of water as they overlapped tho banks above. If fhe boat did not turn she would send tlie water over the levee lower down where the boy was, and lie and the whole embankment would bo sucked in,. ’There was no time to bo lost. Swinging the lantern above his head so that Morton might*see him, ho flung his rifle to his shoulder and called- back: “Come . another foot nearer to this shore and you are a, dead man.” Morton knew what manner of man lie had to deal with. The wheel re­ versed, the boat tacked and grazed the opposite shore, which was already sub­ merged. , “ All right now, Pete,” said Aiken, gently, patting the boy’s muddy pate. “ I'll go on and be back in a few mo­ ments.” When they came by and by and pvt sandbags in the liolo Pete had been covering tlie little fellow was top wealc to sneak or to stand, and Mr. Aiken took"him up in his arms and liimsoli carried him- to the house, -' t iVnd now Pete does nothing but ride on the back seat of the carriage to open gates for the driver or to earry parcels when Tom Aiken's pretty wife goes to Shreveport shopping; for the ‘ibosfl” is grateful to the little hero who saved the plantation.—Philadelphia Times. —Mine. \Blanc, whose pen name is Tb. JJcntzon, is considered one. of tho best critics and translators of American literature in France, She translates but part of a work, a page or a chapter hero and there, ■ with critical comment on what she e.onsidcrs untranslatable, under which characterization comes so much of the American slang used in our Action. Countess Dillon, better known as “ Marian Darcy," has also dote much toward making many of out writers kjown in France, her first great success being the translation oi Katharine Green’s “Leavenworth PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL. —A Shawnee county, Kan., girl was so anxious to marry that she eloped with a St. Louis man and took her grandmother with her, —A Michigan mah who lost both of his legs in a saw mill sits’ around and tells about tho terrible battles of the late war.—Texas Siftings, —Repeated acts of robbery were com­ mitted. by a young woman in Paris, and on the trial, which recently oc- cijrred. it was satisfactorily demon­ strated to the jury that she had been under hypnotic influence. She was, of course, acquitted. —The Princess of Monaco, who has la st' prevailed upon ' her husband to dose the gambling establishments in his principality so soon as the leases .expire, is said to have concluded to convert the beautiful casino at Monte Carlo into a hospital for consumptives. —Bismarck’s witticisms are apt to be caustic. During his recent visit to Kissitigen a conversation turned upon the'disease of the ear that is Baid to af­ flict Emperor William, when the ex­ chancellor put in with a laugh: “Admit that i am fortunate in not having the ear of the emperor.” / , —EliaTickcl, aged thirty years, who lives near Middletown, O.,. is only twenty-eight inches in height and weighs hut thirty-sixpounds. At birth slie Was of.ordinary size and grew until' she was- three years old. She has al­ ways enjoyed the best of health, and assists in the domestic duties .of the family. • • —James Stillie, the Edinburg book­ seller, Is said to be the only man now living in that city who know Sir Walter Scott. When a boy he carried proofs to Abbotsford, and thus first encoun­ tered Scott whom he afterward came to know welL He says that' “ Scott didn’t know what pride was,” and had a kind word for everybody., —Mr. Justice Field, of tho United. States supreme court, frankly avows his liking for the judicial gown. “The general dons his regalia whej on duty, as do all military officers,” said he the other day to 9. Chicago reporter;-“ the clergyman when in the pulpit has on his surplice, and why should not the justice wear robes when on the bench?” —It is not often that a person will apply for admission into an insane asylum on the ground that he is crazy. But that is wlmt a Nebraska man did the other day. To his disgust he failed, however, in convincing tho county poormastor of his insanity, and ho re­ marked as he left tlie office: “ Before tho end of tho week- I’ll convince you that I’m as wild as a hawk. I’ll take off my clothes, run the town, make, speeches from the courthouse steps and other frcaks'of a like nature that I’ll undertake will insure my bed and board until next spriflg. ” . . “ A L IT T L E NONSENSE.-’1 —Aspirant—"Wliat is tho chief req­ uisite for a young lady entering tho literary field?*’ Editor- '*Postage- stamps.” j —Miss Languish—“ Wore-you ever disappointed in love, Mr. Hearty?” Mr.Hearty—“Yes, indeed; every time." —Funny Cuts. —Bixby—“ Uncle ’Rastus, why do you call your inulo ‘Dreams?’ " Uncle ’Rastus—“Because he dun goes by con­ traries, Bah.”—N, Y. Herald. —The Wrong Man. — Customer— “ How are these shirts, durable?” Clerk—“I don’t know. 1 don’t trade here. "•—Clothier and Furnisher. —Lady (who is about to move, to neighbor’s boy)—“ And what will you do when I go away, Sammy, and leavo no one in the honse?” Sammy—“ Break all the windows.” —Jolmnie (who ia hiding a-nickel)— “ I bet you don’t know what it Is that lias a head on one side and a tail on the other.” Tommie—“ I’ll bet I da It’s a rooster on tho fence.” —Xliss Plumlclgh (choking)—“Oh, Mr. Dudekin! I—I really think I’ve swallowed a dreadful fly! What shall [ do?” Dudekin—“Dcah girl, better swailow some fly papal:, "—Pittsburgh Bulletin, —An Accommodating Employer.— Charlie Youngnoodle (stock clerk)— “Mr. Duste, can I go on the road?” Employer—“ I have no particular ob­ jection, Charlie, if you prefer it to tho sidewalk, "—Jewelers’ Circular. —Both Needed.—Fair Querist—“ Hus­ band, dear, are there two “ i's” in busi­ ness?” Wideawake Husband—“ Cer­ tainly there are, my love. A man who goes .into business with one eye Ms going to bo badly left.”—Pittsburgh Bulletin. . —Effie's Brother—*“ Do you love my sister Effic?” Effio’s Steady Companion —“Why. Willie, that Is a queer ques­ tion. Why do you want to know?” Effio’s Brother— “She said last night she would give a dollar to know, and I would like to get it,”—Deraorest's Magazine. —Miss Winslow (petling the mastiff) —“JuSt see how roguish Bevis looks, Sometimes I think that he understands and appreciates all our jokes.” Charicy Wheeler (who has been there, some­ what grimly)—“ Yes; I’ve noticed that he catches on very quickly,’’—Cleve­ land World, —Tho Clock Really Wont Off.—Now Servant— “Can I have a different clock in mo bedroom, mum?” Mistress— “ Why, 1 put that clock in your room for aspeciftl purpose. It's an alarum Block.” New Servant—“ Well, mum, I san’t ttand i t It wok* me up thU momin’t”—Philadelphia Rgsord. TEMPERANCE^ NOTES. A CH ILD OF SORROW. Out tu tbe street, witb naked feet, I saw tbo drunkard's little daughter; Her tnttored shawl was thin and small; She little know, for no ono taught her. Heart-broken child, she seldom smiled; Hope promised her no brighter morrow; Or, If Its light flashed onher nigbt, Then up catno darker clouds of sorrow. She softly said: "Wo have no bread, No wood to keep tho ilro a-burnlng.” . The child .was 111; tbe winds were chill. Her thin, oold blood to ice was turning. But men well fed and warmly clad, And ladles rolled Inrichest fashion, Passed on the side wbero no ono cried To them,for pity or compassion. - That longnight fled, and then tho light Of rosy day in beauty Bblntng, S.ot dome and spire and roof on fire, • . And Bhoue en one beyond repining. Asleep-r-alono—as cold as stone, Where no dear parent ever sought her, In winding-sheet of snow and sloet, Was found tho drunkard's lifeless daugh­ ter. ' • —N. Y. Lodger. TH E POWER OF EXAMPLE. A,Practical Illustration of Its lleneflcent ' - Influence. . ' A well-known Christian merchant of this city not long ago had an urgent telegram calling him to see an old friend residing In a suburban town. When he arrived at the' house of his friend jbe found the latter very ill and only expected to live for a few hours. The friend asked to see him alone, and when by themselves, said:' “My doctor tells me that I can live at the most but twenty-four bourn I want­ ed once more to see you and say to you something that I have never told yon.” In early life, as young men, they had met in this city in business relations, and it was at that period that the close bond of personal friendship was formed. They went much together in society, and had great happiness in each other. The one who was about to pass away hod in their young man­ hood a cousin, a beautiful young lady in thiscity, in whose society both these friends passed much time; ■ On one occasion she'gave an elegant party, at which both were in attendance. During the evening when refreshments were served, she came to the friend of her- cousin and nslced him to drink with her a glass of wine. Very fond of her, tho young man was sorely per­ plexed, but finally declined, saying: “ I will do anything for you that I properly can, but I cannot drink tlie glass of wine.” Turning, from him with somewhat- of an air of displeas­ ure,. she said: “Well, I will go to—” (her cousin), “he will drink it with me.” She crossed tho room, tb her cousin, extended tho invitation to him witli the air of confident expectation, but he also declined, greatly to her as­ tonishment, and not a little to her cha­ grin. In this last interview, many years after the party, in question, one thing which passed between those two old friends was the statement of the ore who was about to die, which he w.shcd to make as something of a con­ fession, to the effect that he was at that time an observor across the room of what transpired will; liis cousin, and although he .had never before thought of abstaining from intoxicating bever­ ages, to thu social use of which lie had always been accustomed, influenced by the exumpie of his friend in declining, ha also determined to decline, lie wished now to make acknowledg­ ment of his gratitude for this eventful incident in his life, which lie had no doubt hail saved him from excesses and ruin which* in his ease, would have al­ most certainly followed tlie continu­ ance of the drink habit. In this incident may be seen a prac­ tical illustration of the power of right example. Its influence is sometimes more potent mid farreneliing than words of counsel alone, however good they may be. May every* one, young and old, realize in tho light of this dying statement of one friend to another, the great value and importance of the ab­ stainer’s example to others,—National Temperance Advocate. DRINKING MEN NO T WANTED. The Fortin* Against Them (Iro n in g Strouacr In liusiness and Societ*. The progress of barring out from po­ sitions of trust and profit all men who indulge in intoxicants is becoming more widespread cvflly year. Witli some occupations it is almost an abso­ lute. rule ‘that drinking men are not wanted. All the leading railroad com­ panies of the country refuse to employ men who drink, and,tills practice is ex­ tending even to street-car lines, A short time ago, the Fourth avenue street-car company, of New York city, one of the principal ones in that city, issued an order to all if - conductors anil drivers notifying them that it would thereafter be considered sufficient cause for immediate dismissal for any of them to visit a saloon at either end of the road betwe in trips. The officers of the road frankly said that the noti­ fication was issued to insnre discipline among tlie men, some of whom were in the habit of leaving their cars and horses unattended while they loi­ tered in saloons at ono end or the other of the line. Tho ■men themselves got up some little excitement over tho or­ der, and even talked of organizing a strike to have it rescinded; but wiser counsel prevailed, when they reflected that there were plenty of men in the city who were perfectly wilUug to take their places, and who did not make a habit of visiting saloons. Tha growth of the feeling can also be Man in many secret societies, Vthieh condemn the liquor traffic and exclude liquor sellers from membership. In this case tlie objection is to the man’s occupation, Ono who makes it his sole employment to minister to a debased ' appetite among men is not considered worthy of fellowship with' the gentle­ men composing the order. It will ba remembered that the grand lodge of odd fellows of tho state of Indiana re­ cently decided hereafter to exclude all liquor dealers from the organization. Similar action has been taken by tha masonic order, and by tlie Knights of Pythias, in different states. Every such action reveals tlie deop-seated condem­ nation among the intelligent masses of society against' intemperance and against tho men who. make it thair oc­ cupation to foster it. All these facts are cheering indica­ tions of the steady and sure, it some­ what slow, growth of public sentiment in opposition to the liquor traffic and to drinking men. No more powerful lever can be used to induce men to con­ trol their appetites,, than to have pub­ lic sentiment impress upon them the conviction that they cannot afford to get drunk. It is- by strengthening this sentiment that the friends of prohibi­ tion must look for their most efficient aid. When you can convinoe a man by „ the stern logic of facts that it don’t pay to get drunk, he will be very apt' ' to avoid tho habit if he lias already • contracted it, and to shun the saloon; When the masses of the people are ed­ ucated up.to the understanding that -it don’t pay, they will bo quite willing to join -in tbe effort toentirely suppress the drink hab it—Toledo Blade. , . A DEBASING TRAFFIC . Evils Arising; from Furnishing; Brink to tha. Native Itaces. A member of a naval lodge of good templars on board one of the British naval vessels . ou the west coast of . Africa, in a letter read at the late an­ niversary meeting of tlie Drink and Native Races association, writes: IVe are out here on the spot and can sec for oiirselves tlie immense evils arising from this devilish traffic. In the steamer which brought us out to the Gape of Good Hope to join our ships were two missionaries with cases of Bibles, etc., to bring the glad tidings of great joy unto the poor benighted heathens, uud down in the hold of the same vessel were twenty-one hundred' gallons of Holland gin and fifteen hun­ dred. gallons of rum intended f<& the- selfsame ^heathens. Now, my brothers and .sisters, please ask yourselves what good is it send­ ing out missionaries to enlighten , the negro wiien wc allow tho devil and his agents to send out that which utterly destroys tlie good they may be able to do? Wc seamen, although, as it were, on the scone of battle, aro helpless to do ' anything in tills matter except to urge tho poor blacks to ab­ stain from the drink; but when wo speak to tliom on tho subject they tell us: “White man bring it, whit? man drink-it, and black man'drinlc if.” And black mail does drink it and dies ip consequence. One of the objects for which our ship is stationed here is tho suppression of the slave trade, but tho ships of all sorts that pass in and out of the rivers have on board that which, binds the negroes with worse chains than those which Wilberforoc brolcd asunder, which holds them in stronger bonds than Abraham Lincoln united in America, and which binds them in slavery more degrading, more debas­ ing and more damning than any.for which the brave men of tlie northern states went to war with their southern brethren to abolish.—National Tem­ perance Advocate, • NOTES HER e T a ND THERE. E x -S exatob I xoai . i . s says: “How to deal with tlie liquor question is one of the great problems of tlie century; ono of tho most stupendous questions that ever engaged tlie human mind. There is nothing that can be said in favor of the saloon.” I n a recent card to the public Frances E. Willard says with regard to the “ Iveeley cure” that she is a friend to Dr. Keeley and an advocate of tlie cure. She admitted that some of her remarks in a recent speech concerning the news­ papers that advocated the Keeley cure were too sweeping in character and said if Dr. Keeley would make tho secret of his method known tho IV. C. T« IVs around tlie world would try and supply it free to any unable to pur­ chase for themselves. T he lack of the right kind of food it the cause of much of the drunkenness. After drinking wliat many of oui grocers call coffee, sweetened with what ninny call sugar, and eating what tnany of our butchers call meat, and chewing what many of our takers call bread, many of our laboring classes feel so miserable they are tempted to put into their nasty pipes what tlie tobac­ conist calls tobacco or go into the drink­ ing saloons, for wliat the rumccllerj call beer. Good coffee would do much in driving out bad rum.‘—Talmage. Y oung men are learning tlie every* day commercial value of temperance. The “good fellow” man is he who stays at the ladder’s foot, and his comrades profit by tlie object lesson. In no walk of life arc tho higher paths open as they were, not so very long ago, to the man who drinks, Business men, pro* fesslonal men, look upon an employe’s convivial habit* as a menace to them­ selves! What once found ready excuse now suffers not even toleration. This is a plain lesson of tho times. And this Is the reason common sense is ‘every day forwarding the cause of practical temperance. / \