The Cedarville Herald, Volume 13, Numbers 1-21

# The CedarvilleHerald. W, H. BLAIR, PubUshfr, CEDARVILLE!, 7 " t » OHIO* A RUSSIAN JOURNEY . DlHcon^i'ido! Tniv^H-i^lii t.liu ln*n<lof tho Thu journey from Nizhni Novgorod tolvu;'. ?,.i in winter in arduous and un- i)!ons'iut. in summer the trip down tho Volga is tno.it enjoyable, but u drive over the Mime river in the dead of winter, .vtitli a cold wind in your teeth nil th” way, is.a.very differentjmattei'. 17 se tis strange that so important!1"a town us Kazan, with its one hundred aud forty .thousand inhabitants, its uni­ versity, and numerous industries, should' let cut off from all communica­ tion with.the outer world during seven 'months'iit the year; but so it practically is,- It takes forty-eight hours’ , hard traveling 1 1 cover the three hundred miles that separate .Nizhni Novgorod from Kazan. One would imagine that, the. railway from Moscow to Nizhni having been buee made, it -would not have taken long to eonlinuo the line to Kazan. , Hut Russia is a peculiar emm* try. Kazan has been agitating for a rail-. Wa.v for a. long time, and at last tho scheme for the so-called Moseow-Kazan railway has been sanctioned and guar­ anteed by the- government. Hut this line its not run from Nizhni. That .would be opposed to tho great Russian principle of fluver carrying ri railway parallel with a river. The line will therefore be .run. from Kin-sun, a very much greater distance. The peculiar feature of tho scheme is that the 'railway will not run to Kazan, at all, • but will stop short thirty- miles from that city-, at a certain point on the Volga, from wliieh.it will be continuf d to Perm, in order to tap the great iron districts of the Ural. The consequence is that the very city for whose benefit the railway is being built Will not only be left out in the cold, but 'will be practically ruined. ' It is said that this crazy- scheme is due to the de­ sire <if certain personages holding a high •position in the financial world to send up the price of the company’s shares for their own immediate profit. The sleilgo in which I accomplished the journey to Kazanw as one of the m».'t curious vehicles, I ever' saw. it was made of basket-work, painted giV.-n. and was surmounted by an enor­ mous hood of the same color. It was long, broad and clumsy, and it pos­ ses-,-d.no sgat or cushions, but, it was lined throughout with felt. The bot­ tom was covered with hay. At dis­ tances averaging from ten to twenty miles we changed horses, and at each ■stoppage I got oat to Warm myse!:" in the post-houses, which were all very dirty, aud occasionally to drink a cup of tea and to eat a slice of sausage. I had to take my oivn provisions with me, and.these got rapidly frozen. - Sev­ eral times between the posting-stations, the horses fell down and refused to get rip again. There was then nothing for it hut to go in search of fresh relays, which we generally procured at the nearest village. Tho wretched animals were little more than skin‘ and bone. Their backs were covered with raw sores, which tho Irritation of tho har­ ness frequently caused to bleed. Along the road were scattered numerous car­ casses aud skeletons of 'horses which ha.) died in harness. 'Pin- appearance of the post-houses was so uninviting that I determined to travel for forty-eight hours without a break and to spend the two nights driv­ ing. so as to get the journey over as rapidly as possible. It was a beautiful sight to see the sun rise, over the vast fields of snow, painting them almost purple. Tire ordinary colors do not obtain; light is pink, shadow blue, on the snowfields of the Volga. Facing the riverside villages were large crosses skillfully cut out of blocks of ice, and most carefully finished, some of them being twelve feet and fifteen feet high. They had been erected for the ceremony of blessing the river. In some cases regular shrines, with handsome pillars and altars, all of clear blue ice, had been most beautifully carved. The Russian peasant does all Ills work with Ids ax. Here and there vessels were being built for the spring, and occasion­ ally’ one came across a paddle-wheel or even saloon-deck steamer frozen up, looking quaint and out of place, Soou we got info the district of tho Tehcremissl, a Finnish tribe, and the aboriginal inhabitants o f the’ northern part of Kazan. These people looked picturesque in their enftaus of coarse white cloth, which contrasted well with tlieir dark olive complexions, their black mustaches, aud Chinese eyes. I saw very few beards. This tribe In themos frugal, sober and liard-worlcing of the many peoples'that inhabit the czar’s dominions, and yet they have suffered terribly by the famine. Nowhere did I see such pitiful children ns In the vil­ lages of the Tchercmissi. They had the peculiar pallor and sharpness of feature which we usuallyassociate with hunger. I distributed small coin among these poor little mortals, and it was touching to sefe Ihour run off to their parent’s huts with the money and then return to thank me. Tim women are pretty and of the Madonna type.—London Times. -F red * -’ ‘You look tired, old man.” Ned—‘T've studied pneumatics for two hours.*' Fred—“ loienmatle tires arc very common.”—|fale Record. THE BATTLE FIELD. _A PATRIOTIC .YANKEE. (• Snujr the «St»r bpnnglail Banner" Aiuidat ill* Foes. In tlio early part of 1SIK5 three federal soldiers found themselves in captivity in Columbia, .South Carolina, in the stockaded prison best known as “ Camp Sorghum,” a Jang course of raw corn meal and sorghum- molasses, without salt, or any means of cooking, had made the- men desperate, and they re­ solved at all risks to break away- and start for the north. James Dean and John Brady were from the third In­ diana" infantry, while Francis Charce was'lieutenant in the first Tennessee. At this time there was a well under­ stood route to freedom known to the prisoners, crossing the Saluda and Broad rivers into western North Giro-, lina and once in.tho Alleghenies it was not difficult to find guides and friends. Soon the.night of November the at­ tempt was made, .(.'lmrcot and Briwly succeeded in crossing the dead tine safely but poor Dean was shot dead. The survivors at once started on a nut through tlie open pine woods. They did their best, for tlie cry- of the dogs kept to pursue runaways /from tlie- stockade, was plainly heard, but they finally bullied 1hem by walking about two hundred yards down a small stream, and in the early’ morning ..they saw the. men and dogs,, hunting their lost trail. Another start wasmade, and a long, wetiry walk through the rain, when they saw a small cabin ahead. Cam tiously rceoimoitering, an old Negro calm- to the door, arid at once ft'sked. them in. ‘ Tso heard of ye; de boss told! me to keep my e.vo open and give an alarm,” and the okl fellow gave a hearty chuckle. A linked coon and corn bread made the party’ a hearty Supper and a long and refreshing sleep followed. And now for thirty-two weary days they kept on to tho north, the face of the country becoming more-mountain-’ otis for they hud reached the foot-hills of tlie' Alleghenies. ' Late at night they* reached the home of “ Shocking Jqun Rogers,” to whom they were directed- Carefully looking through the chinks, tli’ey saw one man sitting in front of the fire, while a tall nian was moving about the lriom that .took up half the room. A low whistle and the man sprung to his feet.' ‘ •Come on,”, said Charcot, “ we’re two to one and its all right,” and they en­ tered. . The man said at, once. - , . “ Prisoners, where from?. Why, I’m from Florence mysqlf and I’ve been forty days on the roa.d,” • Mrs. Rogers, was reserved but friend­ ly and tlie. new eompanion was found to bo a Vermonter named Denny, who was taken at Chattanooga out of an Ohio regiment, lie was certainly a character, as Will appear further on. “ Shooting John” was away but ex­ pected home. After a hearty supper of chicken and eorn, all hauds lay on the floor und slept until midnight, when they were rudely’ awakened and found the room Dill o f inon in butternut suits, and well armed. Their leader was a tall captain of the home guard and in­ clined to be jolly. He asked for our ad­ venturers and placed them .under arrest, at which he laughed -heartily. Guards were Set and all went to sleep again, and in the morning the fugitives found all ,the confederates gone, but three men who were-supposed to guard the prisoners which they did in a very easy­ going manner, leaving their guns in the chimney while they went outside to divide a pint of apple jack. With a rush the guns were taken, and bidding the astonished “ robs” good-bye, the “ yanks" marched up the road. The guards were only raw country boys and were, in fact, badly scared. The fugitives soon learned that the. rebel authorities wanted "Shooting John” hadly and he was now In hiding inThe mountains, so that it was not until Christmas day that they met him, being fed in the meantime at a still house kept by a man named Bean.’ From Rogers they learned that a par­ ty of thirteen prisoners and refugees was to start North, each o f the soldiers to pay fifty dollars on reaching the fed­ eral outposts. Early* in the day, guided by Cissy Hcfldly, a stout mountain lass, the three wanderers started for the ren­ dezvous to meet Rogers. After making their way through the lands by a cattle track they* turned a high rock. The ef­ fect was startling. Before them lay Seventy miles of the valley of East Ten­ nessee, the air clear the. blue mountains were seen until lost on tho horizon, tlio sun glistening on the sqpvvy ridges. Leaning against the face1'o f the rock was a log shanty. S o o n c w is there save an old Negro, jd jflkrid tha t tho others would come Tho girl started of the party made able. They had p lontyjj^^^^P^nd Bean had given Denny iHpH|tallon jug of very good apple-jack, so Now Year’s ovc was spent hilariously. The night was lovely, the moon near the full pouring a flood of silvery light on the snow-decked pines. As the night wore away Denny grow demonstrative and intensely patriotic, and rose with the remark that he was “ goin* to the top of the mountain to sing the ‘Star Spangled Banner.’ ’ The others re­ monstrated. Tho Negro was white with terror. “ Whoopi” There was no stopping him, and in a moment he had gained the summit of tho roelt above, tbo Cabin. He was a largo man,' but his outlined form against the sky seemed gigantic, it was near morning, and striking an attitude he began Jn a powerful tone; “ ’Oh, say can you - see-by the dawns early light—’ ’ ’ We were all startled by what followed. Tho position he had taken was evident­ ly a place of echoes, as from the valley below palisaded with, 'pines, came thun­ derous rcverlmtions. “ By the dawn's early light” rolled westward until lost in faint melody in tlje recesses of the lulls. And so it went on. It was very grand, but .it might bring the enemy. Yet Denny was beside himself with ex­ citement., and it was only after a repe­ tition o f tho chorus that he' came down. “ The Land of the Free and the Home o f Brave;'” dying away in soft bugle notes. When Rogers came in the morning he was told, and said, “ Darn that mud Yankee! Let’s get away," and so we started New Year’s, 1804, and after sev­ enty miles of tramp through a primi­ tive wilderness, reached the union lines at London.' Of all the adventures that befell the wanderers in their escape,, nothing will be, while life last.-, so well remembered as Will Denny’s music on •that' eventful New Year’pday.—-P. D. Ilrtywood, in Philadelphia Press. A TRUSTWORTHY OFFICER. Gen, JI c I kh mill Ills I'nintuUlcJhlc Iland- wi-ltim?. There lire heroes of the late war, less well-known Ilian Grant,".Sherman and Sheridan, whose names are yet worthy a place in every loyal heart. One of them, Quartermaster-Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs, died not long ago. Of him it could be said that from the.beginning of his career as a cadet at West Point, until his simple military funeral, lie had never been reprimanded, and had never had an action questioned by liis superi­ ors. • Through his .hands, during the war passed an immense amount of govern­ ment funds, but 'every cent was ac­ counted for, and lie left to his children the priceless legacy of a spotless name. A correspondent' of the Companion found among her father's papers, over which she and her brother were look­ ing, a letter that was absolutely unde­ cipherable. It was- a question as to \vhat language it was written in. After long and fruitless study, they passed it on to various friends, but tlie case was hopeless. • Some weeks after, in Washington, they were talking with Gen.' E. D. Townsend, n classmate and dear friend of their father, and the question o f handwriting happened to come up. The general pronounced Spinner’s "famous chirography “ plain as print beside that of Gen. Meigs, especially when he was in a hurry—then lift himself found it im­ possible to read it overnight.” “ My brother and I looked at each other,” says our correspondent, “ and I ran up to my, room and brought down our mysterious letter. It was .indeed the hand /o f my father’s old friend Meigs. j,len. Townsend studied it thoughtfully; right side up, wrong side up; then he said: ‘My dear, Meigs was in one of. his very worst lmrrys when he wrote this!’ The letteris among our treasures, but what it says man will never know.” During the war, a paper frOni Gen. Meigs passed through the hands of Gen.' Nhermun, and is to-day preserved with tliis endorsement upon it, in Gen. Sher­ man’s well-known hand: “ I heartily concur in the recommen­ dation , of the - qunrtermnster-general, but don’t know what he says.”—Youth’s Companion. A HERO OF TWO WARS. An lrixlintan tVlm Served America In ’Time iif Trouble. Brig.-Gen. Thomas W. Sweeny, United Sates army, retired, died at his home in Long Isluml City, April 9. Gen. Swency was born in Cork, Ireland, in 1823. In 18112 he came to America and was ap­ prenticed as a printer. While serving his time he enlisted in tho "Baxter Blues,” a military organization of the day. At the breaking out of the Mex­ ican war ho went to tlio front as second lieutenant in Ward B, Burnett’s first volunteers, and served under Gen. Win­ field Scott from the siege of Vera Cruz to fllie storming of Clienibusca In the latter engagement he received a wound which necessitated the amputation of his right arm. Upon liis return to New York he was made captain by brevet by the governor, and a silver medal was presented to him by tho city of New York. He next saw service in California as second lieutenant in the S *cond United States infantry. He commanded a part of that organization as commander of Fort Yuma. The breaking out of the civil war found him ready for service, and he was placed in charge of the arse­ nal at S t Louis. 0 “ May 20, 1801, ho was mado brigadier-general. He was severely wounded.at the battle o f Wil­ son’s creek. Ilis next service was ns adjutant-general under Gen, John C. Fremont. -lie was then placed.in *iom* ffiand o f the Fifty-second Illinois voltin- tcers, and eommirsioned brigadier-gen­ eral of volunteers on November 23, 1802. After seeing Bomo arduous service, he whs placed in command of Nashvi'le, where he remained until mustered out of the volunteer service in 180.1, When the Fenian Invasion of Canada occurred in 1803, Gen. Swcehy tvns one of thdsc who took part. Later, however, ho was reinstated by tlio president to bis rank in the army and assigned to the southern division. On May 11, 1870, he was retired from service, with the rank o f brigadier general.—Omalio Bee. IN WOMAN’S BEHALF. “ SOME GOOD ADVICE. Do Not I.efc the Hen Deprive You o f • rrv flliM v Employment. It is exceedingly aggravating to find women discarding work just as it be­ comes financially profitable mid .men tailing it up. Yet this happenaln num­ berless cases. As soon as one employ­ ment becomes of serious import and of value enough for -men to adopt it, women are quite likely to discard it, or .arc frightened out of competition with their stronger,, brethren. Several cen­ turies ago, when the mass of mankind was occupied withjeats of arms, wom­ en were the only leeches known. It was considered a most womanly act to study the virtues of herbs and medi­ cine.'-, and even to acquire the art o f surgery. Yet, till within the last score of. j’eavs, it lias been a common thing td sneer at -a Woman physician as those who huye stepped out of the limits pro-, scribed for their sielr. Gradually the prejudice against the woman physician is being overcome. Many other cases might be instanced where women have gone hack into lucrative- em­ ployments _ from which they had been, pushed by the superior force of men and made a success of them. I’he .most conservative thinker would hardly say that butter making was not a wom­ an's employment; but as soon as butter making is conducted in, a large cream­ ery, where it becomes a matter of a thousand pounds a week instead of fifty, and is conducted' on scientific principles so that the result is sure, it is done by men. The fact is that our farmers’ wives, with their long experi­ ence in Butter-making, are being driven out of an .excellent and lucrative, em­ ployment by the engagement of'male and alien hands. No one doubts that tlie business of creameries is a success, yet it is to be regretted that in woman’s peculiar sphere she has hot made this success her own, and has allowed the middlemen to come between her and tho market. Why should not farmers and daugh­ ters in a large"neighborhood organize and establish a co-operative creamery, to which they would all furnish the cream? There are abundance of farm­ ers’ daughters seeking employment in the cities studying,, art, studying'what not, whp could do all the."work of such ah establishment except the work of lifting heavy buckets, which ought to be done by a male employe. There is .nolessential part of the work of. butter- niak’ing. which lfiay not better be en­ trusted to women’s hands than fo men’s. The establishment should, of course, be conducted on strict business principles. Thera should be agencies for the pale of the butter in cities and villages where it will command the best price, and such agencies should be in charge of daugh- ters of those interested in the co-oper­ ative scheme. There is no possible rea­ son why many o f the army of mem- ployed women who are continually drifting to the cities for work should not be aided by such a project as this. There is always a demand for home­ made bread and cuke, home-made pick­ les and home-made preserves, at prices 'which will compete with the inferior produce of this kind now for sale. Can­ ning and pickling establishments o f a similar kind might also be conducted on the .co-operative plan by unemployed women. It is not our purpose to add to the many burdens of the farmer's wife. It is not a question so much of whether she finds enough to do as whether what she docs gives the best result. There is no use of farmers of limited means edit-' eating their daughters for teachers, for the ranks of teachers are over full. There is little inure use in educating them in art than there is in educating them to write poetry as a remunerative profession. AV’jiat they need is practi­ cal employment, which will bring a practical money return.—N. Y. Tribune. WOMEN IN THE LAW. They Have Funlied Their Way In Spite o all Otmtacle*. Many female lawyers make a special­ ty of defending women; and there they find a certain scope for sympathy as well as intellectuality, but the profes­ sion does not fi* the feminine tempera­ ment as docs cither the medical or ministerial. For that reason it will never be as popular. But the study of law’ by women bids fair to have a good although an indirect Effect. It sets the fashion, so to speak, of becoming posted in the legal matters affecting them as maids, wives and widows. The courts are continually defining and in­ creasing their rights and powers in the holding of property and the conduct of business, and the time will come when those who have not enough ambition or curiosity to ascertain how they stand will he taught their legal status in high schools ami seminaries. Women’s lack of legal knowledge has long been a most cruel weapon used for her intimidation niul oppression, Too long has she solely relied upon roan ns her legal guardian, and when the study of law has become more popularized there will ho less weeping and wailing among deluded wives, widows, or or­ phans. Even in England, which is usually slow to move, in any femalo in­ novation, is championing this branch of education, one of her majesty's own counsels speaking earnestly in its be­ half, „ l ; As a rule women who have received a legal education are office lawyers, and they make good ones. Occasionally, as in the case of Mrs. Myra Bmdwell and Mrs, Catherine V Waite, they drift into a specialty in the publication liis. Mra, Bradwell, as is known by most Chica­ goans, is the editor o f tlie Legal News and Mrs, Waite is at the hejsd if the Law Times. ' Both o f their kuss*n<b> are ex-judges, are hand-in-hand irith their work, and the publications'areiu- thority on all legal subjects throuih. out the West Mrs, Bradwell is the mother of the lw gal sisters in America, being the firs' ■ woman who ever applied for Admission to Its law courts, bile studied law in her husband’s office, passed the required ' examination, but in August, 1879, was refused a license to practice (by the state supreme court) on the ground that she was a married woman. After Mrs. Bradwell had argued her own case the court decided that she could notprac- ticc.because she was simply a woman. \ Through the able and eloquent Matt 11. ” Carpenter, of .Wisconsin, an. appeal was . carried to the United States supreme court, and, with the exception of Chief- Justice Chase, all the members of that high tribunal said that the lower court was in' the right. ■It was not long, how­ ever, before au Illinois girl (Alta M. Huictt) knocked also for admission to the'local courts, and when she found ■ that she could not possibly get in under the existing order o f things she joined . forces with Mrs. Bradwell, and the two secured the passage of the law admit­ ting women to every occupation except tlie military.—Chicago Tribune. PAY YOUR OWN FARE. A n E u ropean E xam ple Th a t A in orlean W om en Sh ould F ollow . Two ladies got into a car one day last week and'both’ simultaneously opened' their purses. • ' “ I have the change,” said one, and at the same instant the other,- being nearer to the’cpn.duetoiv dropped a coin into liis outstretched hand. Whereupon the first woman, supposing she had been forestalled, put away her pocket-book; but the conductor came on and demand­ ed her fare. . “Why,” said her friend, seeing that the other supposed, she was paid for, “ I beg your pardon. I did not pay your* faro, though I should have been pleased to do so. My long residence abroad has made me unmindful of our American habit of this little exchange o f financial co tesics. You lchow in Europe every­ body pays his own way and expects everybody else to do the same. Nobody thinks of franking you over there. I really believe it sdves time and trouble.” , “ Yes,” replied the other, “ andmoney, too. I have a great deal,of company from out of town, and I don’t know why they should, but most of them ex­ pect me to d o -a ll the fare paying. When we go about, two or three'to­ gether for a few days, it is easy to use up an appreciable amount of change in car fares.” A statement few will dis­ pute. It is to be wished that this Euro­ pean practice might obtain here, ft - would suppress many a dead beat of the most contemptible grade.—Detroit Free Press. A L ITTLE GOSSIP. Miss M ittir H aret , o f Virginia, one of tlio nine recent graduates of the Penhsylvania College o f Dental' Sur­ gery, has been appointed resident dent­ ist at the Williamson school. Miss IC atk S kssions , of San Diego, CaL, an enterprising young lady who has given up teaching for floriculture, and bus a large and successful conserv­ atory und nursery, has recently set out fifty young elms in the city park. A commodious fire-proof building has been erected in Rivington street, New York, by ft wealthy woman to bo used as a lodging house for women. For fifteen cents a comfortable bed can be obtained. There are conveniences for wnsbing and ironing in the building. Miss M ahoaubt B rio , tho young prima donna who has mado a successful debut in New York this season, is an In­ dianapolis girl, of pronounced brunette type, slender and graceful, with unas­ suming manners and an attractive face. Her success is regarded as something unusual for so young a vocalist T he marchioness of Dtiffcrin, it will lie remembered, interested herself *■ in securing more’ and better medical treatment for women in India, while her husband was viceroy of that coun­ try a few years ago. Now 400,000 of her sex get the benefit of attendance, and the staff which slio was largely in­ strumental in establishing consists of nine women doctors and thirty-one as­ sistants, CAnnoi-ii 1). W right in the Forum pays a deserved tribute to the moral character of factory girls, underpaid as they are: A generation or two ago some of tho best young women in New England found employment in the big cotton mills and factories, and Charles Dickens was so .forcibly Impressed by their good standing in the community that he violated Ills rule o f never prais­ ing anything American to testify to their worth. T iie G e U man girl .of ambitious ten­ dencies lias farless opportunity to study in her own country than, in America. No such schools and colleges for women are open to her as in this country, and she must either study by herself or have a private tutor, She can only teach in schools of the lowest grade. Helene Lange, awoman of noble ideals, is one of the leaders of a now movement for the emancipation of German women. 0n« of her students has recently been fta- mitted to the University of Heidelberg, and in tho first German woman, to re­ ceive i.ucls an lioncr*