The Cedarville Herald, Volume 13, Numbers 1-21

m ING out th e Joy belt*! Onceagain .,WltbW/»Ylng *id route*di ym> greet the! " n's Btrt' VSjken ^ FI .lit,,jfloriou* nwjes- p p i t e jw e i t ^ j . y 0t daSsi*- akmo it atanas: ;* While, like svhalo round It oast, ‘The redlunt work of pwrlot Uunde; Shine* the bright rooor»l of the past. j* Among the nations of the earth Whitt land ha* atory like our pwnt No UjOV^fl-9f conquestmarked her blrthj . Nogieodof ppw.er^a#'pver,eh0wn-. By tho^t'vha cyosSed the o?e4n wlW . 1; ■„ ’! That they might plant upon her aod •Ahome for ponce ami virtue ntiltl,’ And altar* rear to Freedom'* God. Hovr grntri'tkfetlpughJrtlMt bad* them room, ■Those pilgrim tinija'by fiilth'lntplrod— *' j . That lude jAetn iSwothdir oherifhed hopao s 1 And, with'tjhe martyr! Hpirlt tlriralj ' "■•!,. Guide theStlritll vpiewela o'er the ijioltt ! ’ Upon the glorious mission bound r -On alien soil a grave to gain, Or else u.froa-borp paticju'ioiipd. , . - MAJ. MOLLY. ■ ' What land hns heroes Uko to ours t . . Thotr names are as the lightning’s gleams When on the darkling cloud that lowers ‘ " . In blinding majesty it streams. Great Washington, the man of faith, Who conquered doubt with patient might; Warren and Putnam truo till death, The‘‘Swamp Fox*'eager for the.flght See Major Molly’s woman'hand . Drive homo the murderous cannon-ball: - How bravely Uydla Darrach planned, For homo and country risking all. ’ A glorious yet and without end— Forgotten were both sex and ago; Their names in radiant luster blend; >’ And shine like stav.-i'On history's page. Bike stars to light the firmament !v And show tho world’Whatmenmay do r Who as God'smessenger* are sont And to their nidfudoiawtiblKris true, -* >■' No end had they to seek or gain. Their work was there;before tholr sight; There lay thotr duty stern1 and plain, To dare and suffer for the right The right that conquered, and vrhoao .power Is shown incur broad land to-day: ' Shown In this bright and prosperous hbur When peace and plenty gild our way; Shown in the glorious song tlmt swells - The hearts of men from south, to north, And In Its rapturous accents tells The story of our glorjpus Fourth. —MaryE Vandyn-v In Christian Union. < # # 1 3 6 . ,. the don’t like fight* in’ women,*' re- :BMwrX*4.- t h * „ , - postmast e r o f 'll the little prairie M ttlemetfStotltolfrtinp g lthered ifathe “Hut the gover’ment r«rvey shows it's his’n,” drawled a nasal roloe th a t aeemed to be in discord w ith the stun* m«r evening. “An’ Lank is deservin’ of bein’ helped,” piped u p the horse-trsder, Amsbaugh. “ Still it goes agin the g rain ,” and tho postmaster shook his head as he pulled ■tighter the strap of the single mail pouch th a t came to SfeW llascl. “Of course, tliis here Englishwoman hatn’t no right to the strip of land nor th* hay on it, h u t Lank is askin’ a good deal when lie wants us t e r tu rn in an’ help ^him jerk th r crop into his barn in th* night--” “And on the Fourth of July, too,” ndded Amsbaugh, “Still you know he promised to ttv a t u* white when th* job was done. H»rkl” a s a stopw as heardOutsWs. ‘ -S' i . J f ‘ In a moment a comely woman’s form appeared outlined against the darkness of the night* The, men looked a t one another sheepishly, bu t she did no t no* tiee them and walked straigh t to tho rude counter, - . ■■ “Aquarter of a pound of r*fc poison," “he almost whispered, so gentle was her voice. Silently tba storekeeper put it up for her and th en she was gone. There was a ra ttle of pony’s hoofs outside before anwfine spoke, i t was Ambaugh. Fhat d’ye tl>in% pow?” h t asked tri- umphantly. . ' “Goln’ te r plsen him,” drawled the nasal voice, “Ouess we’d b e tte r go,*1adm itted the storekeeper. “1 don’t like th* looks of things 'an*' I believe Lank is in th e righ t.” , There was a little council of war and than the door was shut and ahalf dozen forms cantered away across the dusky toward farm-house lights t\yink- in the distance, .-The wldow’sln - tone errandi had- decided her fate oir hands awd they lmd agreed td out their comrade. i ? nlancthou difi iadfc’ belle Jlis: niijfcV ittamci Lank. ;jfie was lorig, bony and ungainly, ue had been'the only’ bachelor in the little colony when it !catae ,;bnt from.; Ohio *to the western country, and had ndVer married, lie had taken up a claim like the rest and liyed on It atppe. f, i /|e w> weeks.(previous the English­ woman b a d ; purchased th£ adjoining quarter section and claimed the hand­ some wedge-shaped piece of bottom land which th e government survey by an prfpr had h&ft unaccounted for, Melgntithoti had always/used this strip au d ’was boupd to keeprpossessjton, The WidowMorley had h lre d th e grass cut and stacked while her opponent was Called to the county seat, sixteen miles away, b y ju ry duty; and now be pi)r- posed a flank, movement, assisted by hiB friends. The following evening tho hay should Stealthily be transferred to his own barn. - ’ Melancthon rose early on the mOr- rovv, He took down a tattered flag vvhi(!|h, h a d . done service, in the old training days and hung it against the wall. He decked himself iu a red sash and a blue army coat with brass but­ tons a,nd after dinner 'started'out. for a stroll. ■ .■ ’' _ It was intensely sultry with banks of white clouds floating aimlessly here, and there across the electric blue sky. He rambled toward the disputed land, thinking, and chuckling as he thought, liow neatly ho wo'ujd outwit liis lenlemy. His heavy boots swished through the uncut grass before reaching the mowed section. “Cold day when anybody gits ahead of me,” he mused, “ aU’ to-dtiy ain’t chilly. Mighty good time to de­ clare my indepen—well, what’s that?” : A curly head rose from the bending grasses and windflowers before him, al­ most a t his very •feet. I t turned and a round, babyish face looked up into his bronzed and lmrsh one. “Well, little one, whore did you drop down from?” “From mamma’s house," replied a sweet, girlish voice. “ It’s lone&ouie over there an’ I rnnned away." “Who is your mother?" “Ju s t mamma. ,Are you a soldier?" The Child took in with eager glances th e semi-military ■appearance of Me- laUChthoit’s attire, - j “ No,, I’m Celebratin’ to-day.’ “Why areyou doing that?” “Don’t you know? I t’s Fourth of •July when" we licked the Britishers— didn’t you ever celebrute?" “No," replied tho little one, “ let’s do it.” The settler wns puzzled yet attracted by this odd little creature before him; He could not imagine whore she..had come from, as he knew of no such chil­ dren in the neighborhood- He offered to take her back to bis cabin, but shu refused to go and insisted th a t he bring the materials for « celebration to her and hold the proceedings there in the midst o f the prairie. Finally, away he trudged baek to the cabin* leaving her watching his course w ith wondering eyes. He took the flag from the wall and resurrected from among some old keepsakes s few fire­ crackers and torpedoes. There was an old fife th*ro and he took th a t also -and jpnttlng'togetUer alttaoh h y 'Started .to find his audience^ A comical figure did Melnncthon make plodding tlifOttgi; ,th« palpitating air. I t Itad grown - sultrier and the clouds.Wkre moving fai»tdr, b*S tfe did not notice it. A full-throated Bob White balanced himself on a broken wuflowar sta lk and oalUd.to tba aager traveler, but he heard not, - There was HfingUng Wft)* )he imyjft o f th e .ltttUr oak WaltM*y&pder tkoaghto Of. a ' ^a*- ny faced sister who back in the old boy­ hood day* h ad played w ith him by the waters of Lake Erie. He had scarcely thought o f her for years, and now the'o ld pang th a t nearly broke his boyispT h ea rt when she was taken fyom him and laid to rest came back again, « A pearly drop tw inkled ofi his beard as he leaned over th e ch-ikl. ■ “Are you crying?" she asked, notice- log it- “No—no—it’s mighty ho t an* I swd3PJ easy," was his gruff response as ho ra t­ tled the fife and threw the flag on the sod. ■ .■■■■■> “Now, We’ll eat first and then cele­ brate,” . , Ho he* spread the bread and bu tter ilff pouWsd out fhe crehmy milk, and soon they were meeting on the common m * * t* & * * * :: It more to the grizzled settler as if thirty- five years had dropped from his shoul­ ders, aftdhe ato with thy igustoof a boy. “Now for* the celebration,” he ex­ claimed when the lunch was finished. “ I t won’t be a big one such i s they have over te r th ’city, b u tit’ll he Jtist nslivciy for its size.” > . . A dry sunidw er stalk, Aremainder Of the previous year’s weed-growth, served as a flsfpeia, and upon it,the tattered banner was hoisted. The wind was variable and the flag veered from side to side, nmeyrtsin which way to extend ltsfoldf. Melancthon showed his charge how to fire the crackers, and shook with laugh­ te r a t her gay cries of half-startled merriment. Then ho allowed her to break, the torpedoes against his great rough boots and enjoyed her wonder th a t he did no t flinch from the ordeal. Then, when there were no more ex­ plosions possible, she sa t down beside h e r entertainer and he played on a fife the o ld , marching tunes; “Yankee Dbodle,wj“Americd,". and othierpatrloHc Mr#, ; * . | | >t; « / ■ ‘T learned ’em when % Was ypuag,*’ be explained, spreading the -*K^ Jblue’ armyooat td mako; her more oomforta-' bIo, ;“j»n* I ainlt.played in a goOd while.” ' Then, while her curly licad rested against his arm he told her of those times when he wns young, which to-day seemed very near to him, of the little sister dear, of the celebrations, of the war and of the fearful buttles. , , - The curiy head nodded, and nodded, - rs*ted on the child** head and somehow wished he had courage to touch it. “Bha p ig h t oomcover to see me some­ times.” • “Yes, she might—if you would. let her,” - This was too much, and when he had finished telling how greatly h*. should enjoy the childV visit and had included her mother in the invitation and had explained about the land and they had exchanged mutual confidences about the loneliness of prairie life, lie was almost sorry to see th a t the sky had cleared and the setting Ju ly sun was flooding the glistening plain, The widow looked toward her homo. “Why*where ismy cabin?" she asked, in astonishment. : j ' Sure enough, where was it? The storm had leveled it to the earth and >slie was without a home.- •".Oh, well, you can visit me .now,’ said Melancthon; “ I’ll godpwn to the store and stay, with th ’ boys io-pight.” So they trudged through the wet grd^s to his cabin and the •widow got supper for the three. uIt was such a meal as Melancthon had not euton in years. I t BE TURNED BACK TUE i BIO BLUE COAT. and nodded, and when the story-teller look for the big blue eyes they wore hidden.;' The child was asleep. At tliC snme moment he noticed that g reat cldud-maEses Were rising in the sonthWest'and north. ^ “Fourth of July always ends in a rain," muttered' Melancthon. “They say it’s On account of th ’ gunpowder. Ghcss that’s what’a the m atter now,” and he showed his teeth grimly. “Well, there’s no time to.waste* I f a oyctono’s cornin’ th’ haystack’s as good a place as any-” V ' - Carefully iwrapptng the child in the huge coat on which she lay«*atid depoa- itfng the flag by her side, he gathered, the little burden in his strong arms and set out fo r the stack Ort the disputed land, only n score of rods away. The clouds above them were nearly together now and, though the. wind c a p e from the no£tli, th e s to rp frdist the south was whirling mudly to meet its adversary. It was growing dark, and it wps evident, ‘.lint the .typical prairie “ twister” was to be born in a moment. ' As Melancthon run witii his light bundle of humanity toward Clio stack he was suddenly conscious of another person approaching the saino possible .shelter. It was a woman, and it did not take a second glance to show him thntdfc was his rival for the possession of the land on which they both stood. The first pattering drop* of rain dame from the ; blackness overhead just as b$th reached th* goal * ^’My little Jane!" gasped the WouCaa. **flho is lost—hare yoa aeenhey?” “No’m; th a t is—" started Lank, in a bewildered manner. *Oh!, what shall I do? She will be killed in the storm. She left the house two hours ago when I did not see her and Xhave looked everywhere for the ehild,” A sudden inspiration came to the abashed man. Ile turned back the la ­ pel of the big blue coat and exposed the peaceful, pretty face of the Bleeping child, ■ , \ The dd{ghtod -mother ImpctUotsly leaned down and kitoed the red checks and then said in th a t low, sweet voice: “Thank you so much," “That’s all right. That’s Sit right,” jerked oqt the man, and putting the child down he began to dig o u t of the leeward side of the stack g reat hand- fals of hsy, making a spacious recess to shelter them. The drenching shower was updtt them. The air was lull of flying de­ bris—hay and weeds* lin t the center Of the destructive path was a quarter Of a mile distant, and they could sec the swirling mass go careering toward the northwest. Then the rain came dftWit fcleluUlyand they could talk. 1“flhS^ mlgUy pdrty,"beganbe, look* la g a t Mukr. Jane. : J !;i> ' “Yds,*'sod ime’s good, too.” “ghemustbe agreat comfort to ycr?" “I couldn't live without her.” Melancthon thought how neatly formed was the mother’s baud as it so/ mellowed his heart th a t in the little after-supper ta lk across the table while Jane explored the odd corners of the room he blurted out: “'Hposin* we don’t try to divide tli' hay an’ land over there—but Jest own it together—an’ live here.” / 0 Ju st a t dusk a little party of settlers approached the place. “ Look a t there!" said the store­ keeper, “ if. th a t crank ain’t got th'i United States flag flyia* ov er' his house.” •’Gettin’ ready te r .celebrate after th' hay’s got in, 1 reckon," suggested Ams­ baugh, ' Jtist then the door .opened and a view of a man and woman showed a moment. Melancthon came striding down the path and was jtpon them before lie saw the party. “Weil, Lank, we’ve come te r help yer with th* hay," spoke up th e store­ keeper. ■ Melancthon stopped a little and then, without a word more than "come on,” led the way back to the house. He ushered them into the room and took his place by the side of the English­ woman. “Fact is, fellers,” he began, “ Inde­ pendence <lqy didn't prove exactly a success wltli me in one respect. I ’ve surrendered te r th* enemy,” “A pretty day te r give up to tli' Brit­ ish,” ejaculated Amsbaugh, in mock scorn. • * “Well the British also surrendered," put in the woman. “And th’ treaty will be signed to ­ morrow if th ’ preacher can be found,” added Melancthon. “You’re all invited ter th1 weddin’ an’ if you feel like haulin' th ' hay te r th ’ barn you can do it.” “ I sposc we'll have tor go,” remarkod the postmaster, when, accompanied by Melancthon, they had returned to the storo. “1 only hope she won't put any of th a t medicine she got into ourcof- ftf.” , -V . ' . • . Lank laughed. “She told me about that—It was ter kill , wolves, they scared her so around the cabin.” “ I t may have been a mighty inter- eiitlit' Fourth fer Lank,” drawled he of the nasal tones, as, with his comrades, he started homeward across the prairie, “bu t th* next time there’s a w a r 1 want ter see some flghtin’ before there’s a sttrrehder.” CiiABt.Es M oreau H argrr . tkdl*ftf«th»*» . *, I like the <lin of Independence dty, Tho pop of (rackets end the rockets blare, 1 like the tumult that 1$In tho sir; The cracking of torpedoes and the way The Small boy shouts and howls in tnander gsy; I like the clamor that is everywhere. And, though It drives some people to de­ spair, 1^welcome all tho,sound and bid it stay. I fito the testers crack, the cannon's roar, The bursting of a shell especially; The children with their-dltt-producing toys: The more the clatter and the stir, the more The joy and Satisfactionxr< to me, . Because I'm deaf and do not hear tho noise. —NathanM. Levy, inJudge, QF g e n e r a l , i n t e r e s t . —In l o w an awful famine raged throughout a ll Europe, and again Iron* 1193 to 1193, when oompiete failure* caused terrible suffering, Xn England and France the people a te the flesh of dogs and cats, and many caves of canni­ balism were recorded. During the lat­ te r three years thousands upon thous­ ands perished from starvation. —I t has been shown th a t the white elm of our bottom lands and. grov»s yields, one year w ith another, a t a very moderate estimate, too, 839,Q00 seeds.. Now, an elm ordinarily lives a t least a full 109 years, and, consequently; in the course of th a t comparatively short life- produces nearly 3,000,p00 grains, all coming from one original seed. - —Mr. Samuel P. Avery, of New York, has presented to the Museum of Natural History, in th a t city, a collection of 340 semi-precious stones. These stones are all one-incli long, two-thirds of an inch wide, flat on the back and oval. They were cut in this uniform manner -so th a t the former owner could slip them into a ring and wear them from time to time. —Bricks made out of plate glass are of very superior quality. A sand of iron, and glass is forced into a mould under a -pressure of several thousand pounds per inch, Then the bricks are subjected to a temperature of 3,700 de­ grees Faiirenheit, which causes the glass and sand' to unite. The bricks a re >- perfectly white and will stand both'* frost and acid. —A little girl a t Adairsville, Ga., told her parents recently’ th a t she would not livelong, and th a t the world w asall going wrong. A few days ago she fell into a creek and was drowned. A pho­ tographer took a picture- of the child, and while putting the negative in solu­ tion the glass shivered into many pieces. Superstitious people there look upon it as a sign th a t the world is coming to an end. —The aggregate number of men fighting on the Union side in*our civil war was 2.778,804. This includes nu­ merous soldiers who re-enlisted from' one to three times after the expiration of tlieir first enlistment. New York ranked first among the states, her total being 448,850. Pennsylvania was see-- ond, Ohio third, Illinois fourth, Indiana fifth, Massachusetts sixth and Missouri seventh. —Helena, Mon., will send to th e Columbian exposition a meteor, discov­ ered near th a t city. I t is composed of nickel and magnetic iron and is in two pieces of-uinoty and seventy pounds re­ spectively, It is reported th a t when .found these.pieces were in a hole in the ground large enough to contain a house, from which fact it is inferred th a t the meteor exploded when it struck the earth. —While E d g a r’ Bates, a geologist of Angola* was prospecting in Jackson county,;Mich., he discovered in a stream a peculiarly marked stone, rudely cu t by a-b lu n t instrument. With the aid of a microscope he was able to decipher an inscription running to this effect: - ‘Samuel Bcrnet; I was taken by the In­ dians near Sandusky, and I expect novor to reach th a t place. If my friends——I ' am to be burned, April 10, 1809.” , —A correspondent of Turf and Field tolls of a humming bird th a t made its nest on the leaf of a palm growing in his drawing-room in Trinidad, this be­ ing possible from the fact th a t the win­ dows are open all day. The drawing- room Is frequently used, and a tall door lamp, which is lighted a t night, stands b u t a few feet -irom the nest, where thu little visitor sits undisturbed even while singing and pianoforte playing are go­ ing on. Three tiny eggs had been laid in the nest, one of which was hatched. —Who would think, to look a t a big railway locomotive, th a t it could by any possibility be put together In less than one day? A London paper states th a t the feat was accomplished a t the Stratford works of th e Great Eastern railway of England. The locomotive was “a standard freight locomotive of the six-coupled, type, weighing more than thirty-seven tons and able to haul a load of 500 tons.” From the driving of the first nv e t to the application of the final coat of varnish, the work oc­ cupied less than ton hours. —The Fennsylania railroad has ju st made atl experimental movement of a through train of forty cars loaded w ith grain from Chicago to Philadelphia without change of engine or break in the train. The g reat train is composed of forty grain cars, and each car is loaded to the maximum, containing 66,- 009 pounds of corn. The weight of the grain alone Is 3,040,000 pounds, or-near- > ly 1,200 tons—30,000, bushels. -The weight of the entire train, including locomotive and caboose is 4,000,009 pounds, And the length o flh e train is 1.000 feet. To furnish the power neces­ sary to move this granary oil wheels, the tender of the locomotive must carry 20.000 ’pounds of coal and 8,900 gallons of water. , Very Adroit, Venus Armstrong—But these berries ate a ll mashed! Harry Deverd (licensed)—Mashed is it? Faith, and why wouldn’t they get mashed when they have had a peep a t your eyes? Venus (coldly and sternly—I w ill take two boxes,—Life. very Lute. “That mati reminds me of a postage stamp.” * “How?” “He doesn’t know .when he is licked^ —Jury*