The Cedarville Herald, Volume 13, Numbers 1-21

BAKIWq tH E * 7 k*d(H?e«her * t» p*rty.ln« olou4o< aUftaM UW», With » tT»oio»a obsra ©t hmmuw w l i i m i t »nfl t*o«; I uA • * » Jwwa t « m opera, and w w ftp* o* «M . zwset-r ■■. Themo«t bowltcWm:mutaen I zhouWlsverbop* " tom rat: . ■ *ur»»oUwoiM«mw*» added, sad. It M k « i • ay surprise,; When I found 1urr o n due morntor, In tk i kitchen iwkisc pi**. At dsurch I'd ottra om her, to d I tb©ufh t haw purvsndtnw ' f n a * Moomta* ft** ah* Hftad when f t epentef pr*yn arm tbroucfc; And her vole* eroee so «ts*rly. with a tom •edste ssd oslm. At *hel«d tha other alngor* to tha muile ot the •yipflBj And I felt decidedly inaUaed to laud her to the ■Mas— . : Though1 didn't dress* nay (sdy would dssotnd to baking plea. I had aeon her a t 'the lestera, wtth 'har nolo Iwok1 b lwp And narked the look of intaltoot that made her fsoe so arsnd, And I thought her very clever thus to store up, • e aha ought. The Mattered grains of wisdom to sera* tot fu­ ture thought; But in household tore I nerer would have , thought her vary wise B»dl not by chance discovered she was good at bsklngples. Well, 1 wooed her and X won her, and she i r nowmy wile; Our wedded lire Is never marred by tempest or 'by strife'. If marriage Is a fallureXhave yet to flrd lt out, While my llttle wlfo confessea to a very hearty doubt; And ehe's wish as she la winsome, nod as good as she Is arise, And, besides her other graces, she is good a t baking pics, • ' —Hattie Whitney, In Good Housekeeping. A BIG HUNT. ‘'Bounding' U p ” W o lv e s an d C oy ­ o te s In N e w M e x ic o . > HIS past winter has been one of the most un­ pleasant of the rainy seasons the southwest hasever known, In the country about ]FortWin­ gate there has, o f course,- been nothing doing, h u t that was to h e expected, for there is nothing d o i n g t h e r e . a r e a in the p l e a s a n t e s t weather. The roads have been so hope- lessly bad th a t there, baa been no mounted exercise, and the little parties that formerly found pleasure even in winter have not been able to rid^ to the Navajo church, one of the classicpoint* of scenic interest in thia region. The soldiers hare grown idle and neglectful of discipline, if h o t of duty, and even the officers have suffered from a pro­ longed confinement to quarters, ltw aa with a great deal of pleasure th a t the Herald correspondent hailed Hie prom­ ise of ag rand wolf chase, to-be con­ ducted with some of the ranchmen in ' the valley. The character of the coun­ try must be first understood Of course there are ho forests. The bills are ' rough and broken; there are miles and miles of ug ly ' rock chasm and thou- -sands of acres of continuous sagebrush. Hem apd tberO an arroyo runs an Irreg­ ular course, cut by water in the loose soil, varying from two to twenty feet in depth and from one to forty feet in width. There are no.rivers. Friday morning th e entire party of hunters, more than two hundred men, hid gathered in two divisions on oppp- site hills about five miles apart. They were .in fairly good view of each other, and were composed of ranchmen, offi­ cers and enlisted men, with some twen­ ty Indians on foot, All the rest were mounted. Quo of the roles Was th a t no firearm should be used, no matter what tte circumstance demanding it. An­ other was that all men were equal. There was to be no precedenoo of offi­ cers, no servile waiting by soldiers. Bach man was armed with a strong club, and a purse of fifty dollars was offered to the man who would bring in file largest number of brushes. In this hunt ths tails of coyotes were to oount as much as those of wolves, for, while they are not so dangerous an enemy, they are more skillful in retreat. The meet was arranged very early, and before the sotted of the grand mount bugles s t the fo rth ad traveled across, tbs valley to the first hill the signal had been made for an advance. Thfe was done with the usual signal code of the army, glasses and flags hav­ ing been carried to each of the hills. As soon as all was ready the com- stand to advance was given, andCapt, Daily, of the southern station, ordered bis men away in two lines, one east, the other north. Lieut. Wright, of tha otherhill, whichwas sxsstly northeast, stertedhte lines to the south and west, Ths men w*r» to take up stations et equal distance, and ae soonjae that was « » e the namnriag of tha circle begs*, fiererel times the skirmishersgoing fote ward started game, usually coyote* or mtge graywaives, and each time they wWbkvomd to ttuns them toward the mate*, Thompson, arsaehmaa front theneighborhoodo< Fort Xteflaa#*, go-n tog from the south htH raw iMWesa a msall black hear, and after a lively (^m aaaysdto head' him iwide m , thuMf. In haHaa hourM m men were la ^ g fiM ea am d a tS e ic^ o f MXea«yM: I^mxdeut, WrightGn#t. Dally ordered tbeadvaaea 1 mm the HOI the right was as fair a one as could be dratted. Mareh is a pleasant month heragaaer- *Hy» and this eeason is no exception. The burning heat of summer bee n o t ye t come on, end the a ir has a softness and invigorating quality not foundelse­ where. There is more green in sight than a t any other season, end for the one time of year we have birds with highly colored plumage. Later they fly north to the Colorado mountains, and in the w inter they are along •the Bio Grande, south of he^e, From the two stations the completed clroje of two hundred men made a most impressive eight. I t woe particularly interesting to th e Indians; whohad seen the Cavalry corral them in just this manner in the old, less peaceful times'. Occasionally one could sea the satire ring, nearly every m in being exposed to view. But as they crept forward the inequalities o f'the ground hid many p i them, and we could oply go forward with the belief th a t all other men were likewise doing their duty. Shouts rose from th e men a t different places, for animals were ,jumping up almost constantly. Now and then a wolf would tiy to break through th e line and escape, but, aa a rule, they were turned hack and compelled to mingle In the closer company of their kind. The center of the circle was an irregular hill with a heavy growth of eagehrnsh all about it ahd a little fringe of oeuar on the crown. We could see aa we advanced the catch had been a very large one, for wolves and coyotes were thick upon the hill and were running excitedly in ercry directlon. Little by little the line narrowed till the men were twenty yards apart. Suddenly to­ ward the portion where I was riding there came a very charge of the terrified animals. The wolves were the largest I had ever seen. Indians and men set up a series of yells, began brandishing dubs and trying to turn back the a t­ tack. The leaders of the animals wavered a little, .but came nearer. As they drew within fifty yards I noticed one big gray wolf was leaping high and howling a t every jump, He was a veteran, and was angry. He Would not turn to the right nor left, but earns straight toward the Indian on my right. The hunters had swerved a little toward us from either hand to repel the advance, and could not have been over a dozen yards apart when the wolf struck the line. Behind him was a circling, Screaming army of coyotes, making.,the rounds and attempting everywhere to escape. We knew it be got through th a t stream of animals would follow-him, and .nothing could stop it. The Indian on foot ahead of the line-ran to intercept the big wolf, brandishing his club, and gave a ver­ itable war-whoop. The wolf for- the first time turned aside. He turned straight toward the Wdlan, and.when a dozen feet from him rose in the sir for a leap th a t threatened terrors. The In­ dian was as game -as a Grecian. He :used to excellent advantage his one in­ stant of time^measuring perfectly the distance and velocity mid swung hie club so as to strike a t exactly the prop­ e r piece, and with all the force he could summon. His long cudgel met the wolf fairly on the head, and the animal came down in a heap. Before one of us could dismount the Navajo had laid on his bludgeon with telling effect The huge animal raised up on hie haunches, eUap- THE NAVAJO ATTACKED BV THE WOMT. ping and barking, starting forward a t each blow and keeping the Indian in­ tensely occupied. One man went to his assistance, for In the momentary’distraction of atten­ tion the rest of the wolves had all bu t broken through the line. The soldier who walked forward was neither so brave nor so agile as the Navajo, and could not come near th a t bristling, ter­ rible head. But the Indian, by a feint, finally got in a good blow and knocked tha huge fellow over oh his side, We then found th a t an earlier blow had broken the wolfs back,andhe had been making the fight without the use of hie hind legs. He teas a monster, and his brush—the first of the day -very prop­ erly swung from the girdle of the In­ dian th a t killed him. By noon the menwere within ten feet of each other, and the little circle was like * ndt filled Ball of tossing, snarling, fighting, frightened wolves. They were running constantly, sad whenever onu came hear enough the llw| he w ar I Struck with a club. I f he fell some man sprang forward and dispatched him.* We had dismounted, end a detail Of sol­ diers was holding the horses, Some-} a woif would edvano* straight to­ ward the line, and insist on attacking some one man. Had they been lose frightened the fight wcmld have been very unequal, but in their terrified con­ dition they fell an easy prey and wave kilted. The line pressed rioser, tearing the dead and taUlcesvictims behind,tiu tha top of the h ill was reached. On the Ivy summit, hiding behind a bushy cedar, was the. bear Thompson had turned back in the morning. He would no t advance, and as he was too strong to bo safely attacked with oluba we were debating whether we should no t suspend the relos and shoot him. He was turning slowly and clumsily about, presenting his front as much as possible, and all Of a sudden, as his back turned toward us, the Navajo who had killed the wolf In the- morning leaped forward with the swiftness and ailenCeof light and atruck his knife in the beer’s aide just back of the shoul­ der,. ‘ ■ ' Bruin gave a great roar and rolled on h b hack. He lav there, fighting with feet and teeth, till the Navajo, creeping close, struck him again and again ear caped unharmed.. I t was the last of the game,' We had killed one hundred and tr% ^ \ ■ J ■ J k THE NAVAJO p r x s THE BEAU. three coyotes, thirty-one gray wolves and a bear. At four o’clock the hun t was over and the officers and men re­ turned to the fort, There has not been so exciting a bunt‘in the memory of the oldest officers here, or one which will probably do more to rid the region o f the prowling, treacherous coyotes.— Fort Wingate (N. HI.) Cor. Chicago Her­ ald. ■: V • : ■ ■ PERSONAL APPLICATION. Hew Two Jri-ellslona Youths Bll.itnter* ' p rated s Hymu. In a' New Hampshire town there lived.an Ignorant, irreligious, worth­ less family, Ransom by name, no mem­ bers of which had been seen inside ,a church within the memory of the oldest Inhabitant. The parson, after, ye irs of failure, hid. a t length “almost persuaded" two of the younger sons to promise attend­ ance even far one Sunday; bu t the fear tha t they would be made the subject of some personal remarks still deterred them. They were in terror lest they should be publicly upbraided for their misdoings, and called to account for their wickedness. After much exertloq their fears were quieted, and on the following Sunday the eyes of the good pastor’s congregation were astonished a t the unwonted presence of the afore­ said Ransoms. All went well enough until the reading of the second hymn, which was the familiar “ Blow ye the trumpet, blow," etc, Imagine the effect when, a t the end of the lino: “Return, ye ransomed ainnera, home," the older of the two seized his hat, and, with long strides towards the door, shouted: “Come along home, Bill! I knovved they’re bo' flinging a t us if we came here.”—Yankee Blade. Prohibition Enforced Against Dogs. The German emperor has not yet en­ tirely relinquished, it seems, Ills inter­ est in the temperance question, But having seen that his scheme for the re­ clamation of men loving a drink occa­ sionally has miscarried, he is looking out for game that is not able to make opposition so successfully. I t is the dogs that have lately been warned to keep out of saloons and public places of amusement within the territory of the governorship of Alsace-Lorraine. Sa­ loonkeepers and owners of taverns were warned by the police not to suffer dogs in their places. Any nogs found a t such places shall be liable to be arrested and carried off by the dog catcher,—Chicago Herald. ,_______ ____ Tommy’s P ractical Suggestion. “Bid you apill the ink on the new sofa?" asked Mrs, Yerger, angrily, to her little'son Tommy. “Yes. mamma," was the reply. “Well, I have a notion to tell your father, when he ootnes home, and have him whip you within an inch of your life. That sofa will look nice when we have company." “That ink spot doesn't amount to anything. You can s it on it when your Visitors call," replied the little cherub. —Texas Siftings, , —Last Christmas day the Vicar of a church in a large manufacturing town, had been kept busy the whole morning Owing to the large number of Weddings, lie was just leaving the church when another couple came. The Vicar was very angry, and told them they Were too late, end would have to come an­ other morning, but both pleaded so bard to be married then tha t he con­ sented a t last, saying: “ I Will marry you this time, b u t don't le t It occur again.”—Tid-Bite, —An tinfailing Collector.—Stranger— “I Wouldlike to see your bill collector a moment." Editor—1 ‘Certainly. John, roach the gentleman that shotgun.'* ■ .> TEMPERANCE NOTES. * LO»T u r « . The Deplorable K*d~or a Victim ot the DSwee e f the BtUI. Scon after I came to Maple farm to live, p?e day when I happened,to he in a Htfie grocery, which, with a black­ smith shop, the railroad depot and a sa­ loon or two farmed the “ town” of the prairie, a fine-looking gentleman who came in and pleasantly said, .“good morning," attracted my attention. Tall, well formed and intelligent looking, there .was something about him that made me turn and lopk after him the second time. On my return home my husband ex­ plained: “Oh, that was the station agent, Harry Seldon, smart fellow, everybody Tikes him. He has a wife and some children and lives' a t the depot.” As before stated, the saloons were an important part of the town. The people living oh the scattered farms were many of them Germans, who, with their loye for their national drink, whenever they had business in town made the sa­ loon their headquarters. And every bargain made, whether of sale or trade, must be, to hold good, sealed with a “drink." To these “drinks" Harry 'Seldon was ojtten invited; being a jolly, pleasant fellow, M b society was always welcome. I t was seldom that anyone really got drunk, for the Germans can stand a great deal of beer, and Seldom was too . smart to let liquor get the better of bim. ’Tis true his wife, was grieved and often warned him, but “really he was not afraid." As time passed on the town grew with western vigor. More saloons were among the new bnildings added. The business of the railroad was increased, and it began to be whispered that “sometimes Seldon was unable to at­ tend to all . his business,’’ but os yet it Was only whispered. His home was so cozy and pleasant, and, besides, be got good wages and saved the most of his money, too. At last, after being “sick" and unable to attend to bis duties for several days, he received his discharge from the service of the railroad company. How­ ever, he had purchased another home, so it did not seriously inconvenience him.. “Anyhow, he was tired of work­ ing for other people.' Preferred to go into, business for himself." Next, the h ea lth 'o f Mrs. Seldon be­ gan to fail. The doctor said “all his medicine did her no good; she was like a clock run. down." Stories, too, were toldofcn. in the night beard from the Seldon horn, and of a woman fleeing before a drunken man. Of what came after this I need only tell briefly:; First, dishonor, then a di­ vorce; then, for the. sake of the chib dren, a reconciliation and a trial in an­ other place a few miles distant, where, happily, among strangers, the old enemy might -be lived down, The temptations, struggles and failures of the next few years are familiar to all who have watched the life of a drunk­ ard. When a t last the once splendid constitution gave way , and the phy­ sicians-plainly told him that his only chance for life was “total abstinence, a t once and forever," Harry Seldon, to wliom life-was still dear, made one last grand struggle, , His wife and his children, who were now nearly grown, helped him in every way possible, one of them going with him nearly everywhere lie went, to shield him and watch over, him, as ten­ derly aS though ho were » little child; for, sot though he had been, the love and sympathy was strong that bound them together. The son, speaking of his father, one day when he came to Maple farm on business, said: “Father is all right now; he has not touched a drop of liquor for months." The lost .health-was slowly regained. When on the Sabbath clay the family sought the sanctuary, Harry Seldon with bowed head and reverent tread accompanied them, Plansfor the improvement of the business which the wife, aided by Seldon whenever ho was Sober, had carried on all these years, were begun. Bright and early in the morning the cheerful whistle and ringing hammer could be heard, showing that the plans were being carried out. I t was in the fall and some building material was needed to finish work already commenced be­ fore cold weather should come. Seldon hoped by starting early to bring borne several loads during the day, one load was brought home, and he went for an­ other; this lie loaded np and started for home. On the way lie was overtaken two old friendfe (?) of his former days, when he had been station agent. As they came up with him lie called out a pleasant “good morning," and of course they must talk awhile, Bight ahead of them, by the roadside, was the “Half-way-house" saloon (half way from Heaven to hell, only the last half is so much the short­ est), Here the horses, from habit stopped. Seldon turned bis horses to the road and started on again. “Hold on, Where are yon going?" said one of the men, winking to his com­ panion; “come and have a drink. I ’ll treat. It won’t cost yon anything." “No, thank you," Said Seldon and tried to sta rt on, “Oh, let him go," said the other man, “he's turned temperance.’' lu s t Mien the Saloonkeeper stuck hia head onto! the door, with some remark th a t had th e desired effect, causing poor Seldon to stop his horses once more, the smell of the liquor from within binding and drawing him as the lariats o t the hunter* drew tbe strug­ gling animal which they have captured, white the two friends urged him with jest behind. There U little more to tell, as the world tells stories. He returned home and they heard one last cry from the sinking ship, when the messenger came in the stillness of night, to bear the wrecked soul-across the dark water; but when they reached his side all was over,. T^o verdict pf the world a t large was;' “It is a good thing he is dead; hia family are better, off without him; he„ was of no use in the world any way." But look beyond the verdict of the world down into the hearts of wife and children and see if they are glad, Look down into the hearts of those two friends that lured him on to his- death Sad sec the skeleton th a t must ever haunt them. Look down into the hearts of those two friends beneath the smil- . ing words with which men greet them and see the word “murderer" in their minds. It 1 b said “th a t saloonkeepers have no feelings, no souls,” hu t it seems to me that no heart into which God lias put the breath {at life cbuld be able to en­ tirely banish tbe remorse tlpatmust fol- low the knowledge of having been the one to deal out the last cup of poison. And when the last reckoning shall . come, which think you of these advo­ cates of “personal liberty" will be the first to hear the verdict of the judge whose sentences are always juBt?— May Maple, in Western Rural. SOBER MEN WANTED . Employers .WhoH a v e an Eye to Their Own in te re sts.' : Months ago the employes of the Cleveland Rolling Mills Coinpuny upon -going to their work saw the following notice posted on tlie gates and in all the mills: “Now, and after this date, any employe who leaves his work or the yard during working hours, or is known to have ‘entered or left u saloon, or to carry beer or intoxicating liquors to the works, or is seen under the influence of liquor either coining to work, a t work, or a t any time during which he is sup­ posed to be on duty, will be immediate- ly discharged. W. B. X'hisholin." When pay-day came and the men went to draw the money, about half a dozen of. them were mformed'tliat their services word no longer required. When they asked the reason they were told that they bad been seen going into the sa­ loon during working hours. Naturally enough the sentiment among the work­ ingmen seems to be divided. $ome say It is just right, as the work in which they arc engaged is dangerous enough for men who are perfectly, clear-headed. Others think the order dictatorial, and that it imposes on their “personal liber­ ty," rehashing the stale, argument with which we arc familiar. All right- minded workingmen, and people gener­ ally, will sec that the proprietor has done a favor to those to whom he baa furnished an added motive to lead so­ ber lives.—Union Signal. N O TE S BY T HE WAY. — Fri'K hundred children nnder ten years of age were arrested in London last year for drnnlceunoss. > T he temperance party in Scotland is greatly inceqscd to And that so many members of the titled class arc owners of public houses. “No memhku shall be permitted to drink the white man’s grog" is the per­ tinent regulation of a ncwlyrformcd Zulu church in Africa. A G human wine merchant has been fined six thousand dollars and sen­ tenced to six months' imprisonment for adulterating wine with cider. Guow more fruit. Brewers in Phila- adelphla ascribe the falling off in the consumption of beer last year to the abundance of fruit. Tt was particular­ ly noticeable when watermelon* were in great supply. Vsny few crimes arb committed in this country that do not originate in the saloons. Scratch a criminal, a cor­ rupt politician, or a rascal of any kind and you Will find ninety-nine limes out of a hundred that lie is u liquor-seller or a regular patron of the liquor-sellers.— Christian a t Work. L isten to the decision of the United States supreme court conafcrning the liquor traffic. Its words arc: “There is no inherent right In a citizen to sell in­ toxicating liquors by retail. I t is not a privilege of a citizen of the state, or Of a citizen of the United States. As it is a business attended with danger to the community, it may, as already said, be entirely prohibited." * A MixiSTEUannoyed by tobacco chew­ ing thus spoke to his congregation: “Take your quid of tobacco out of you* mouth on entering the bouse of .God, and gently lay it on the outer edge of the sidewalk or on the fence, I t will positively be there when you go out, for a vat won’t take it, a cat won't take It, a flog woh’t take it, neither will • hog; yon are certain of your quid when you go after it-, Not the filthiest vermin on earth would touch it." T he two causes which ir e credited with awakening the German people to the necessity of the temperance reform are, first, the conviction th a t beer drinking is Weakening the Moral and physical qualities of tbe nation, and, second, the necessity of tam ing the beer material into bread, tttattetioi show that Germany devotes about a quarter of her productive energy to the liquor traffic and that the “demand for b ra id can. only be met by the denial of beer,"