The Cedarville Herald, Volume 13, Numbers 1-21

t nlgbot • * * * * * iepreoat- ti» dree*. minutes With to stand id finish muotice- ea indig- Jew that rights of ra is gen- dence or a totally wien of a * to her y limited >rtotally instantly iind ffitia. in conse- tblcifaan- ay. Un- scareely e; but if invented, >the aw* I leave vho have s sort of the class racterized Sun, v says an difficulty iting- their ?. mothers progress tally true arry early, ■ go out to eeupations her of the . £ are not so much as ms hcyself out house- other edu- > and the wing times, again, and ilia! child, •lings., only .t is due to bring, the e scope of mywomen acy that is r years her daughter’s - - f calls ‘the id in many y others it moment a thirty-five, brary gives e childless vhich, alas! tcling. All ; i thwarted, with Bcant elcome, her" ter theories eetcd. She f edition, of d to putmn to-morrow >eungrttdg- s with no . ns.”—N. Y. GS. n, a young x City, Mo., the bar. <re engaged a the state their own of any as* geon in the i, Australia, ur» Fowler, thy year for Sessions, t San Fran­ c e contract io Woman's ir. She pre* no ago. She ins taught a i In Belfast, little school- •luaint, cosy,* die stars and ment of the Exclusively in ahd the rc- <i year, mark •*st business America. « been elected sent in Keith , two oppos­ es. J. P. Rns- tucceededher d, as superin* t-house. eh has been m, comes the t o f the worn- ovides a place In literary or to in silence, rs, and meet irABi.KS, who lcncy o f tliti uaent of the a* of the fam- ilaycd a prom* ISW, i m and as the “ Red scarlet hussar * JIM AND Jpg, Wbea I ww ta * y w t y Www, a m weatu» dutriotMhoqi, JimBrown « h Uiou*ht the brlxhusst boy, jroeffiatta tbo blff^st foot; That would some day he a ludfe Tte folks la towa screed, While theyworn quit* unanimous That jpe would run w H td Why, Jimwould unoonoeruedly Just glanoo Into thobook, And knowhis losses all byMart In one brlel moment'slook; He know arithmetic all through, Qrammar andhistory; J Geographyhe bossedaround ah over landaudasa. Poor Joewouldgroan aadspmtohhls head* Andstudy by the how; . ' To loambis lessons Ina trice .Was qulto beyondTils power. He drudged at noonand recess, And made eachmoment t«U;. But thoughhe learned themvery alow, HO learned hla lessons well. They saywhen moneyteasy conies. It easy take* to flight, Butwlth Armgraspwe hold the prise For which wo had to light. Theweed grows rank and rapidly, The oak grows slow but Strom;; — ■ ■Tbo weed lives scarce the summor through ■Thoeak a century long. And so, while Jimgot learning fast,. It flew away as quick; HutJoo; ho got it slow and sure, And give it time tostick; And tho’ the hoys thought Jimwas smart, „ And Joe a foolish drudge, James grew up andrun toseed, - And Joseph Is tbo judgo. —P. G. Fossot, In Golden Days. W A ? attracted to Biukejt by his great liveliness and the fact th-.t he wore a portion of the uniform of a district messenger boy. “ It may be," I thought, “ that all messenger boys are not born tired; but that this is a condi­ tion affecting themonly when onduty. Pinkey, I concluded, was not on duty; lie was uniformed only as ito trousers, and he was, as 1have saidj most agree­ ably vivacious and alert. 1 first saw himemerging from a base­ ment coffee shop, from which, as be passed a table near' the door, be ac­ quired an extra doughnut, with great skill and neatness. On the'sidewalk he met a uniformed companion “ Hullo, Stubby.” ‘ “ Hullo, Pinkoy.” They were passing each other with this when Pinkey produced tho doughs nnt and grinned. Stubby looked at it, then at the coffee shop and then he grinned. “ Give us a piece.” , Pinkey broke the cake and was pass­ ing half to Stubby, when lie hesitated and asked; ‘'Got a cigarette?” “ Naw.” “ You’re a liar.” Then Stubby grinned, produced a package, guv* Pinkey a cigarette,'took half the doughnut and departed slowly. Pinkey lighted up and started rapidly down the street,’ bnt stopped suddenly in front of a hand organ on which was seated a little, pink-nosedwhite poodle, holding a tiny basket in its mouth. Pinkey made a motion of depositing money in the basket and the shivering poodle made a motion of kissing his hand. It wa3 the poodle’s one poor lit­ tle trick and it amused Pinkey enor­ mously. He made the dog do it over' and over and over again, to the rage o f the organ grinder. ° :>rtGo away, yon lcetlc-a hoodlum-a!” Then Pmjtcy waa In a rage. He glared at the organist with hiseyes con­ tracted and chin extended, and said in a low, threateninggrowl: “ Soy, you call me ahoodlum a^ 3nan’ I ’ll take a fall out of you!” The Italian, who was a big, muscu­ lar fellow, with two sotind legs tucked under him and two wooden Stumps strapped to his knees sticking out in front of him, looked ready to spring to bis feet and demolish Pinkey. . “ Soy, Pm on to you, yonng felly. I f youse jump me de cop will see yer wood legs is fakes and run yon off de beat. See?” Pinkey grinned after saying this Slid made the poodle kisshishand again, and then discovered that it was ravenously interested in the greasy doughnut Pinkey still carried, “Oh, de ptirp’s hungry; let’s feed him,” and he took the basket and be­ gan feeding the famished poodle, while the Italian nearly had a fit from rage, "Well, so Jong, young felly.” ex­ claimed Pinkey, when he had fed the poodle poddy; “ i ’ll be along to-morrow, an* if youse have whaled de pflrp ier perlntending tka progress of a chanieal toy acroas the sidewalk. “ Who you. running into, kid?” ex- claimed the toy vender, picking np his sample toy—a yellow ostrich, driven by a green man In a red ’ cart—and placing it by the side of his stock of • goods on the edge of the sidewalk; Pinkey rdally had the1 wind knocked out of him by the col­ lision and could not reply at once. He was rubbing his hands in front of him. I had seen that trick before and sus­ pected what was to follow—and grin­ ning, as he slowly approached the un­ suspecting toy hoy, without a word or sign of warning Pinkey’s right flew out and his fist landed hard and flush on the mouth of the amazed vender. There was a short but lively rally at close quarters, in which Pinkey was getting all the best of it (belonging to tho leisure class, he had more time for the practice of the manly art of attack! when the gathered crowd was parted by the slow and dignified entrance into the ring of a policeman. “ Stop that!” exclaimed the officer. The boys’ arms fell to their sides. “ What’s all this about?" The toy vender really did not seem to know what it was all about, add was silent, but Pinkey explained, without a second’s hesitation: “ Why, Officer Mullin, dls kid was blocking up de whole sidewalk wid his tin toys, an’ a lady nearly fell over one an’ broke her leg, on’ I says 'to' him: ‘Let de lady pass; does de whole side­ walk belong to yuse?’ An’ be says he pays de cop—de officer,.! mean—for not running him in, an’ knowing you, Mr. Mullin, I says'he lies, an’ he tries to tump me an’ —” The crowd giggled and the officer scowled. » “ Pinkey,” ho said, “you are a little liar. Go on about your business, or I'll run you in for fighting; and you”—to the other boy—“ keep your toys off the sidewalk, or I ’ll run you in.” Then the officermovedoff, slowly, and still with dignity.' While Pinkey was weaving his little romance, every eye was fixed on his eloquent lips; every one’s eyes except mine, I had discov­ ered a peculiar motion of Pinkey’s feet. The fin ostrich and driver were being skillfully drawn apart from the stock of toys and when the officer moved off the toy wasbetween Pinltey’s shoes. As the officer disappeared Pitikey dropped his soft hat, with which he had been pretendti.g to wipe his eyes, and stepping back as si'sdid ■ so the hat fell over the toy. When no picked it up and resumed his dabs at hm dry eyes I knew tl;e toy was safely his aad wick edly rejoiced. ■ . ■• Than Pinkey. darted off again and would have had great difficulty in fol­ lowing him had lie not stopped every time he enme to a toy seller—the street was lined with them—to inquire if they were suffering for a fight, to black­ guard them, and sometimes to snatch off their caps to shy them under the wheels of passing vehicles. Suddenly we came upon a toy seller surrounded by a group of smiling people. Pinkey edged in and I followed. The prettiest child yon ever saw, a girl, four or five years old, was crowing and laughing in mad delight over a strutting tin ostrich drawing the accustomed green man and red cart. Her joy was so hilarious that a crowd of smiling people had stopped to share it. “ Oh! mamma, I want it!” she ex­ claimed at last, and she grabbed up the toy and hugged it to her bosom in an ecstasy of happiness. A woman veiy the basket in the poodle’s month, patted hishead, grinned at the organist, shook ills fist at him and a arted down the street at a sprint­ ing. pace. I hurried after him from the show window I had been pretending to examine, but. his pace was such that I surely would have lost him had he not come into violent collision with a youngster about hie size who was su- I “P.’S IS FKIt YOUSE. poorly bnt carefully dressed' answered in a low voice* in which there was sad­ ness: “ Come, Dorothy, mamma won’t buy it now; some other day.” “ But, mamma, I love It. Please dive it to Do'thy. The woman took from a very small purse, a dime and offered it to the vendor. “ Dettt Walking' toys is two bitts” the boy said, with scorn. The woman replaced thecoin, flushed slightly, and, taking the child’s hand, said; “Come, Dorothy, put down the toy, We’ll buy somethingelse pretty.1 Dorothy’s eyes filled and her lips* trembled. “ Noting else is so hoofut,” ; she said, and, putting down the toy, walked anay with hermother, choking, tout determined not to make a scene, eating de sinker, I ’ll put de cop on to I Pinkey and I followed them* It was yer fake legs,” f several blocks before they tnroefi into Pinkey replaced a quieter side street, and then Pinkey overtook them. “ Here, little girl, dis Is for yonae,” Said Pinkey, producing the toy he had sequestered. The child uttered a cry o f delight and had the toy in her firms in an instant. “ I—I cannot buy it; I am sorry,” the mother said, “ ’Tain’t for sale,” replied Pinkoy. “ It’s a Christmas present,” “ Yon are a vary kind hoy,” tha lady aald, trailing sweetly; “ hut my Uttls girl must nottaka your toy.” The situation was becoming involved and set about with social complexities which were too intricate for Pinkey’s primitive understanding. He looked a -muled moment at the woman, grinned very good-naturedly at the child, and then, with startling sudden­ ness, turned and ran aa if for his life. I lost him then, for he turned like a rabbit at the first corner. Having de­ voted three-quarters of an hour .in a profitless but pleasing study of Pinkey, I foundmyself just tlmt much late for an engagement at my club, and hur­ ried there, making up a proper excuse as I went. Just as. 1 reached the street entrance I was overtukeu by the man my engagement was with, who said: “ You got iny note, then?” “ Your note?" “ I sent one here an hour ago, saying 1 should be detained, Heavens! what a racket!" Down the street surged a mob of men and boys of alt conditions, surrounding two fighting dogs. Nearest tins fight­ ers was Pinkey, and over all the other noises came his voice: . “ Leave ’em alone, I soy! de’re even match, even weight. Let ’em fight!" A policeman interrupted and, as a preliminary means' of securing peace, aimed a' kick at. Pinkey. He avoided the kick neatly, so us to let it land ou an inoffensive pid gentleman, and squirming out of the crowd, to my surT prise, darted toward mo. “ Here comes the very boy I gave the note to. Here, you young brat! Didn’t I give you a note an hour ago-to deliver at this c.ub?” Not for any space of a second was Pinkey embarrussed. “ Yes, sir; but I ’in sorry, sir; dere was a runaway an—” > “And yon were killed, 1suppose,” in­ terrupted my friend'. “ No sir; it happeued to be me poor old father, sir; his legs was broken, sir, and I had to tell the ambulance, driver where to take him, sir.” , “ If. the little beggur’s father was really run over I’d' better give him a dollar,” said my friend, who is sympa­ thetic and credulous. “ Give him a dollar, anyhow,” I sug­ gested.—Chicago Post. PEOPLE WHO DISLIKE /PENNIES. A Superstition That Benefits the Sharp- Highted Street Arab. . Have you ever picked up a penny on the street? I f so, you probably have not stopped a minute to think how the copper coin came to be lying there. It probably never entered your mind thut the former owner of that penny threw it away purposely. Your natural con­ clusion after finding the coin was that some one had accidentally dropped it. It is a fact that Chicago has many men whose superstition takes the form of regarding the possession of copper' coins as unlucky, These men will never keep a copper i.n their pockets if they can help, themselves, for which newsboys are profoundly grateful. Should a stray penny find its way into the clothes of these superstitious crea­ tures it is quickly flung away with a sigh of relief—and is quickly picked up unless invisible to the Chicago eyes. - This habit is common among poli­ ticians, speculators, gamblers of the ordinary kind, actors, and some busi­ ness men who would rather lose, a good dinner than be among thirtccu at the table. These men, who look upon the despised but useful copper as a "hoo­ doo,” arc. the same men who carry the left hind foot of a rabbit, a horse chest­ nut, or other supposed charm in tlicir vest pocket to ward Off tho evil genius, known as bad luck. Some of these cranks go so far as to keep pennies out of their homes, and as long us the chil­ dren get their, pocket money in more valuable metal there is no objection to the boycott on copper. Thera *rc men in the city hall andcounty building who honestly think they would be beuten nt the pells or lose their job if a penny got into their pocket.—Chicago Tribune, History ami Mystery of tbe Comb. . It* would be curious to know what mystic meaning our forefathers at­ tached to the simple act of combing the hair. We learn from old church history that the hair of the priest or bishop was combed several times dur­ ing services by one of the inferior clergy. The comb is mentioned as one of the essentials for use during a high mass when sung by a bishop: mass combs of precious metals are reckoned among the costly possessions of most European cathedrals. Besides those made of gold and silver, the poorest churches have them of ivory, while in some tne more common kinds are Used. Among those especially known to history arc those of St. Neot. St. Dunstan and Malsebias. That belong­ ing to St. Thomas, tbo martyr of Can­ terbury, isstill kept in the church of St. Sepulchre, Tlietford; that of St. Cuth- bert, tho “ woman hater,” at Durham cathedral. From sundry references in old legends to the use of the comb in divinatiob*, and from Its appearance in combination with pagan edtbleffis on rudely-sculptured stones in various parts of Scotland, It seems probable that this was one of the objects of pagan veneration which early Christian teachers deemed prudent to adopt, in­ vesting it with some new significance. —Chicago News. —When a man tolls yon he would like to have you criticise his faults, yon have found another hypocrite,—Atch­ ison Globe, ' * , TEMPERANCE NOTES. IA8V TITU S . ' . Diuxanoxoiir S.-Xt In tbs anslMt days of story, Whoa thteorthwM trout *»d croon. There were men of lolly stature Such as now are never seen. ^ There were giants in those ages, In whose proaenoe we should bo 'Like the UtUputian children, In their home across thesea. They could smite a gathered army With the terror ot the'fates, Or destroy a boaeUul city, While they carriedoff Its gates. ’ But, my oblldren, have you noticed, . In the records of those times, *How these giants, hard and haughty, Were addressed In haughty lines? “Tho SSsmsummlms" was their title; Aud it must have been a strain On the folks who lived around them ' To hare grappled sucha name. Had It been but Jonal or Johnson, Or but Smith or oven Smyth, ' • Hooplamight have learned to speak It Without hazarding their life. ■I P But I wonder, while we.'re talking Of thesemightymen ot yore— Of these lusty sons of Anok, Who have slain a hundred score, Hew the plan would work,'Supposing We should leave tbemodern way, And attach the hnrdeat titles To the giants of to-day. There's the wlnecup for.example, What.a monster that has been . ' It Its ministry to Satan, . And to all Its kith and kinl And the elder barrel also. ' With itslron.banded staves— That has hfclped to dig a million Of unhappy drunkard's graves. There’s the club roomot the wealthy In a parlor overhead, And the grog shop in the cellar. Where tho criminals are bred. There’s tho lloenseof the traffic, As supported at the polls, . Where tho hypocrites are busy In thebartering of souls. . - What a company of giants To be full in league withdeath! How theypolish up their titles! How thoy sweetenup tbclr breath.' How thoy try tokeep in fashkra With themodern styles of speech, And select their evil mottoes From tho words in easy reach. If I hadmy way, I'll tell you What 1certainly would do. ’ I would change thopresent system In a special point or two. ■■“ I would put the hardest labels On tho elder, wine and gin, And, Instead of liquor merchant, 1would write It. Zamzummim. I would fix It so that children1— Such ns eachot you,'my boys— Could not speak the tempting language Which tho drinkard's lip employs, I would go toGreek and Hebrew, And to the Algonquin some, Till I found the worstof letters To express the thought of rum. I would introduce a system Which, without a fault or flaw. Would be sure to leave Its user «. With a .broken under jaw. And, perhaps,' by that maneuver, When 'twos practiced once or twice, A atopmightcome to talking rum, Profanity and vice. —J. I*. Trowbridge, In Union Signal. DRINKING RAILROAD MEN* ,A_Source of Danger to the Lives or the Traveling Public. The express trains on many of the great trunk lines of railroads carry with them a litoral saloon, for tbe sale of al­ coholic drinks. The trainmen are for­ bidden to drink under penalty of imme­ diate discharge, and the bar-keepers (called porters) are required not to sell or givo spirits to any employe In service on tbe road. Managers of roads are aware of the risk uud danger of the service renderedby men who usespirits, beuce stringent rules are laid down, andeffortsmade to employ only healthy, temperate men, especially on trains and where great responsibility and ex­ act duties are required. While the vast majority of trainmen on nil rail­ roads are practical abstainers, there is always a small number who are con­ cealed drinkers, growing worse stead­ ily. The result of their drinking is al­ ways some accident and exposure with discharge. Often the accidents are of little interest to the public, beennse they are not atteaded with loss of life. In gome Instances the person who made tbe mistake is killed and bis use of spirits (as the real cause of the acci­ dent) 1s concealed from the public. Where gross carelessness and stupidity result in anaccident among experienced trainmen, tho use of alcohol ianotuU- frequently the reat cause. These men are not public drinkers, and are known as temperate men, but after accidents It will appear that they have used spirits and probably carried it with them. There is another class of active, responsible trainmen; whose long-tried services have given them reputation with the company, who all unexpectedly make very serious mis­ takes in their ordinary work which result in great disttsto s. Alcohol and Us compounds are often at the bottom of these sudden failures. Want of ordinary caution, and sudden boldness in assuming a great risk, failure to re­ member orders, and faulty reasoning, are the usual symptoms, Suchmenuse alcohol as a medicine and tonic, to en­ able them to dotheirwork better. They fully recognize the danger of large doses, tout are deluded with the Idea that in certain circumstances small doses are necessary for their work. The fact is Well known that the contin­ uous strain and irregularity of railroad work soon wears out the brain and nervous system, producing states of ex­ haustion for which alcohol in any form Is a most seductive tottlo. To an over­ worked, tired oat trainman, who hm found spirits a perfect relief, no ruled or restrictions can prevent him from taking spirits from the traveling saloon » on the train, or the aaloon at tbe eta* tlon. Of course no one w ill see him, but his changed spirits andmannerwill tell the story. Those are tbe men toho make themistakes fromwhich accidents come, A tiredbrakeman took a glass o f. spirits and went back to flag an ap* proaching train—fell aaleep and a frightful disaster followed. An over* worked engineer, after a glass of spir­ its at tbe station, failed to see the dan­ ger signal a few miles farther on, And was killed in a frightful wreck. ThfcSfi and similar instances arm repeats! every ysar, on nearly all the road% only many of them simply involve the loss of property . and are nnnotlaedt The culpability and dpwnright stupVB ity o f the company managers in thifi matter are almost phenomenal. Irre­ spective of all moral considerations, and simply from a business point, it im absurd to expect an; number of tem­ perate men, engaged in a peculiarly nerve-exhausting occupation, to abstain from spirits, especially when exposed. to its free use any time, and under all circumstances. Loose gunpowder and Bulphurmatches might be 6arried in proximity for some time without accident. Public places for the sale of spirits on trains and fit stations, under the control o f the com­ pany, may seem to be harmless, but tbe quantity of acoidents due directly and Indirectly to them is beyond all ques­ tion. It is an unwritten law o f the sa­ loon managers on trains and at sta­ tions, that trainmen are to havo spirits free at all times, on tbe pretense of their use as medicines. It is a higher law of nature that the strain of exact and perilous .duty, day after day, reacts in states of exhaustion, for which spir­ its bring most Tapid temporary relief. The same great physical laws make it impossible for men in this condition to abstain where the means of relief arc at hand, even though they be tem­ porary. No company can depend on the best judgment of its trusted train­ men as long as free spirits/are carried roundwith them on the train, and fire found at every station. A railroad dis­ patcher at a saloon station; after a glass of spirits, gave the wrong order! Ten lives and over a million of dollars were lost The dispatcher suicided in grief at his mistake. The company re­ ceived a thousand dollars a year for the rent of the saloon at the station. The long night runs on through trains fur­ nish abundant illustration of the peril. and unknown risks of trains which car­ ry traveling saloons., To tbo compa­ nies it is a question of selfish interest. To the traveling public it is a question of personal peril. Every year accidents occur which are clearly preventable, . and a growing public sentiment de­ mands better and safer means of tran-, sit. The saloon is always a source of danger in ways that are most unex­ pected, No one can toll bow and when it may influence the brain capacity of the trainmen. Obviously it is tbo clear duty of all persons to demand that the saloons should be dropped from railroad trains; to demand that trainmen be free from exposure and be protected from every possible danger that -will imperil' their work and the II vcb of others. The trainmen themselves de­ mand this protection, and no company. can be free from grave losses due to this source- except by this meanB.r~T<. D. Crothcrs, in Union Signal. VARIOUS NOTES. A temcebamck lecturer was ones asked: “ Wbat shall we do with tho grain now required for distilling?” The prompt reply was; “ Feed the drunk­ ards’ wives with it; they, have gone hungry long enough.” R ussia has become infected with the vice of ether drinking, and tho pernicious hsbit has sprend so rapidly that the government has judged it nec­ essary to prohibit the free sale of ether and of certain of Its compounds, and to schedule it among the poisons. Tine Christian churches ot Great Britain and Ireland are united in their determination that the growth, manu­ facture and sale of opium (except for medicinal purposes) shall be prohibit­ ed. As it is » government monopoly, n single blow will crush the evil traffic. Tns society for the abolition of strong drink in Holland certifies that in a population of 8,500,000 there are 05,000 licenses for the sale of liquor an-. nually granted. Computing two-thirds of the total population to be women and children, there is a saloon to every thirty-three men; a woeful condition. A ccobdiko to the Philadelphia Record, recent experiments made by the proprietors o f a distillery Of that city have resulted In the production of a kind of whisky which leaves no sus­ picion of an odor upon the breath. It is said of it that the new whisky has the same effect upon the brain aud the legs as that now in use, however. T he principal action of alcohol ia that of a narcotic when, taken In full doses, and of a sedative in small doses. This is an important fact, and one that indicates much danger, in common with alt remedies o f thisclass. As their action Is only palliative, they usually re­ quire repetition, and neurotic patients who are most in need of such remedies are least able to bear them. Nervous- diseases and will-power are closely allied, and the soothing effects pro* duped by stimulants are so irresistibly strong that a dangerous habit la entered upon almost before one is aware of it>—-Journal of Inebriety.