The Cedarville Herald, Volume 13, Numbers 1-21

IN WOMAN’S BEHALF. { PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENTS, $om« or tl«« O hm That A v C m * ducted Entlnlf by W oan . ‘ Probably the highest oompitment, based on statistics, that could he paid to women would he traced hy the uni­ formly elevating character of their or­ ganizations. In th® astoandlngly short space of twp-scQre year®, after cen tufies of conventional and enforced in­ activity, woman has sprung into an or­ ganized . sisterhood for the dissemina­ tion and establishment o f throngs o f new ideas all her own, purposing her own good and that of the race. So, in a like Span of time has the van of do- , mcBtic, social nnd civic progress zig­ zagged from the point of no organiza­ tion, public spirit or intelligence kmong womens to -the higher extreme of -multiplied and almost redundant organizations of the feminine mold, de* claring tp the world first of all that it is women who project and effect their aims. “Through these societies ‘reforms .which hitherto have been espoused, or at any rate championed, by all man­ kind, have been relegated* to one sex. What previous or other endeavor to re­ strict the manufacture and sale,of liq­ uors, •to instruct youth in scientific temperance principles, and to redeem those already in the toils of the rum de­ mon compares with that of the Worn an's . Christian Temperance Union? How much, docs the Christian Church do for home apd foreign'missions Out­ side the Worpan’s/^Iisaiop ’bands? Has anyone ever heard of a male, society, to secure female suffrage? In such man­ ner the purposes of women's 'societies might be examined throughout,‘ show­ ing that where she has entered a field of unselfish effort, it h®$ speedily been abandoned to her.- s . * “ Indeed,so unmistakably dp the wom­ en of to-day gravitate toward organiza­ tion, for culture o f every kind, a fam­ ous Boston divine ;prophesies.,that an­ other scorpipf j>cars willsee:culture and mental breadth preponderate; on the feminine side. Is the present condition as described tending toward that re­ sult? Is that result destrable? ‘ 'Yes," to the first question, ;*‘no,’’ should re­ spond to the second. There may be blame attached to women in this score, but'there is also extenuation. _ When, a spirited horse in a tandem tearo^av- 1fag the rear position and as much- work as the head, finds itself placed' abreast, is it to be punished' for prancing ahead a pace or two to experience the feel­ ings of even a slight reversal o f condi­ tions? A wise hand will give the rein for a time. . 1 “The question as it relates at present to women’s societies, ,is, whether it is not the pprt o f prudence and long-sight- ad wisdom for the eager, unchecked spirit of lately recognized. women to pause a moment with a view to enlist- /ing the assistance o f the other able half of humanity in her scheme o f amelior­ ation? Usurpation by her of such ef­ forts would mean calamity to her. How many thousands of women through the land already represent their hus­ bands at church? How many thou­ sands of men are content solely to foot bills, referring all questions outside of party politics to their wives, who, they j’iay, ‘hate view® on such subjects?’ * Nevertheless, the Co-operation of this ^important masculine halt of creation is ^indispensable to tho accomplishment of any reform .proposed by women, how­ ever badly needed, , “Women’ s, societies for the advance- met o f woman, as well as o f common good, can not become effective until they become common in gender, The Solution of many questions is a burden now resting upon numerous women’s organizations- Burdens, when once shouldered by willing hands are allow­ ed to remain where taken up. conse­ quently it is a demonstrable fact that the assumption of reforms and mis­ sions by the rapidly uniting' woman­ hood of the land will result, if main­ tained, in their being le ft to carry them alone, rendering highest success impos­ sible; in other words, will result in a monopoly o f a product for which there is no progressive movements? Such an ides is as impossible to consider at this stage of development as it is unneces­ sary, The burden is precious, the car­ rier a willing one, but there should be two."—Margaret W. Noble, in Chatau- fiuan, YOUR SIGNATURE. V w i Should Be Carefal as to When and How They Write, Buslneas.people, and especially wom­ en, are too careless in this matter of signatures. I never notice any one eihging a name to a document, that 1 do sot think of poor Hip Van Winkle, There wsa some sort of’ an agreement for him to sign. It wstjread to him half a dozen times very slowly, Bip takingmany questions as to the valid­ ityof such and such a thing- At last, h« concludedhe Wasready. He dipped thequill pen in the ink with a sort of a sledge-hammer movement, put his nose f wndote to the piper, and, with one hud under the table, to steady it, as hesaid, and one Kiel in the air, the job *aa accomplished. He draw a aigh of ttlief, and an expression of intense satisfaction settled on his face. Some ont ventured to say that he had mada ttuch a-do over a very little matter. “Ab," amidhe, “Bip la powerful ’tiokn* w what he putt his ecoes-mark to.” "held that hla example was more gen* ***% followed! People are constantly lotting themselves into trouble just on tceount of carelessness in this reepeet, I know o f a farmer who had a hundred smutters shipped to him- (A smutter U a maculae for eleaning wheat,) When the notice was sent to him thal the machines were at the freight office, be could not believe hla Own eyes. He remembered that a few. weeks' before, he had Signed, as he believed, a recom­ mendation for the machine, but the tricky agent made of i t . an order in­ stead. A , lawsuit resulted, hut the farmer lo*t his case—for there tvaa his name, “ in black and white,” signed to a very clearly defined order for one hundred machines The laws, at that time, wetp ppt Strict against cheat- ing and swindling a* they are ndw; else, the farmdr might have gained his case by proving false pretenses One o f . the most bitter law-suits that I ever knew of, and which at last re­ sulted in the murder o f one of the par­ ties, came about- in this way: There was a. wealthy old -lady who had two SOns-in-law. They were exceedingly jealous of, each other. A fter‘ her death one o f them produced what he declared to.be her will, giving him and his wife superior advantage®.. The ,signature* was declared to be genuine by •her banker and all the business men in town familiar iwith her handwriting. After a bitter contest in court, the son- in-law least favored, in the will- was shot and killed by the other.' Then in a few years tho murderer came to die and confessed that he had written the will himself, without her knowledge or dictation, just above her signature, which he had found written on the bottom o f . paper. There have been many orders for goods forged in just the same way. Do not' get into the habit .of scratching your name on pieces of paper and throwing them around. When you sign your name to a letter, write it close up to tho preceding lines so there will be1no room for any­ one to forge anything against you., One of the postal regulation® pro vides that when a letter is no delivered to the parties to whom it is addressed, it may be returned without opening to the sender, if his or her address is writ­ ten in corner o f envelope.. Not long ago 1 heard of a case that ought to be a warning to letter-writers. A lady was visiting a friend, and becoming wearied with , the stay, ’ she Wrote to her hus­ band. to send money for her return. She said some uncomplimentary things about the folks at whose house she was "Staying:—-For-soma-reaaon ..the. letter failed to reach "her husband, and iu due time the post master forwarded it to the printed address in the corner of the envelope. It was the stationary used by t^e host, who was a lawyer. He opened the letter, which he had a per­ fect ri', ht to do, not thinking, perhaps, of having given their visitor the paper and envelope a few Weeks before. The disclosures o f course were extremely mortifying to both parties, and brought about an estrangement. Now, if you can not avoid using an envelope with a. printed address on i t scratch it out and write your own in She place of it, or not, just as you may prefer. Then in ease o f non-delivery, yon letter will not be sent to the wrong partlea Never go into a bank and ask if cer­ tain people will, be accepted as en­ dorsers of a note. This places the offi­ cials under the necessity of exposing the financial credit o f parties, which they always would prefer not to do, unless made necessary in the transac­ tion o f business It may be that you will get the cashier to pass judgment on people, and then yon will find out that they Could not endorse for you anyway. The proper thing to do is to have the note drawn up, signed your­ self and endorsed. Then present it at the hank and the Cashier can accept it or reject it, as he sees fit ' When a woman enters business she ought to make up her mind not to expect any favors or ask for any indulgences jnst because she is a woman. There is no earthly use inwriting to a firm beg­ ging to be allowed a reduction in prioe or any other favor on the ground that yon are a woman. No attention will bo paid to any such plea, There is no senti­ ment whatever in business. You must make up your mind to be just as punct­ ual and just as exact as a man in the conduct of your affairs If you labor under the impression that you will be allowed any indulgences On account of your sex, the sooner you get rid o f such a mistaken Idea the better.—B. Tewu- ant, in Old Homestead. WOMAN’S WORLD. T hebe are 20,000 women in the United Kingddtn who^arn their living by nursing. - M bs . L ywda A. D kxt is the first woman to be admitted to the bar In Florida. The code o f ethics excluding women from the profession was almost an ironclad one, but she not only made a dent in it but went In with it D r K ate M itche M, the Bngllsh temperance worker, thinks the woman of England will soon he granted the right o f suffrage. The Woman’s Lib­ eral society, with Mrs. Gladstone at its head, h*a 100,000 members, and the Primrose league Is still larger. Mix*. S aint -O meh , a French lady, 04 years o f age, is to join the ranks o f the lady explorers, and will make a tour round the world, following a coarse •Oath o f and parallel with the equator. Her purpose is to oolleet dates regard­ ing the life o f women and the training o f children in the different countries for the geographical society o f Faria She takes no luggage with her, and ex- peats to extend her travels over * period o f three yew*. She has already made a voyage rtrand Hi* world, paying her own expends* * O f GENERAL INTEREST. —The tornado whirls at a rate vari­ ously estimated from five hundred to two thousand miles an hour. Though ephemeral and diminutive, It baa vast­ ly greater violence. To class it a “ cy­ clone’’ is to belittle Its terrors. True, cyclones are exceedingly scarce, while tornadoes are numbered by the hun­ dred every season. —Many people who knew Mrs. Nancy Britt Hennedy, of Augusta, Me., be­ lieved her assertion that she was 118 years old., Her recent death was quite dramatic. She arose early, and lot. three-quarters o f an hour prayed that she might'soon die, While still pray­ ing she fell to the floor, aud in an in* slant was a corpse. —Non-resident hunters are informed that hereafter they must pay a' fee of * ton dollars into ,the county treasury and take out a license from a justice of the peace before they can lawfully shoot game within the bounds of Yates CCunty. That unusual provision of the county game law was enacted at a spe­ cial meeting o f the board of supervisors at Penn Yan, N. Y. ■—The instinctive fear-which cats have of dogs is illustrated very amus­ ingly by stroking a dog and* then ca­ ressing a' blind and now-born kitten With the same hand that has'touched the .dog. At once the kitten" will spit and fluff itself up in the most absjird way, distinguishing tho smell of the, beast which Experience for thousands of generations has taught it most to dread.—Pittsburgh Dispatch. —Stothard, an English palntcjr, was noted for- his certainty of hand. An anecdote related by Leslie, a brother artist, shows how he acquired the sure- ness that gave him fame. Stothard was showing some early drawings from the antique, made while lie was a student of tUc academy. They were begun and finished with pen and ink only, and Leslie remarked “ that they looked.like beautiful line engravings," “ I adopted this plan,” *replied Stothard, “ because os I could not alter a line, it obliged me to think before X touched the paper. ” —In the space of two minutes John Swanson, of Omaha, Neb., had two almost miraculous pscapes from death. He' was standing near a quarry when a keg of powder exploded and hurled him a considerable distance from the spot In a senseless condition he land­ ed just above a charge o f dynamite, the fuse of which had already* been lighted. Before he could be rescued the dynamite exploded and Swanson, was blown a second time into the air. Notwithstanding this double* accident* the man escaped with only a broken leg and arm. ' —A few years ago the owner of a. river-side farm in southern' Indiana published a report which seemed to prove that, for a few weeks at least, birds' of certain species are apt to hibernate, like bats .and squirrels. A number of laborers had been clearing a patch of wood at the river shore and came across several martins or chimney swallows that had taken refuge in a hollow sycamore tree and appeared pumb or half dead with cold, bnt on being brought to a warm room re­ vived and fluttered about tho windows as if notliipg had happened. *—The “ Erao f Alexander’’ dated from the death o f’Aloxander the Groat, No­ vember 13, 833 B. C. In tho computa­ tion of this era tho period of tho creation was considered to be 5502 years before the birth of Christ, and in oonscquonce the year 1 A. D. wasequal to 5503. This computation continued tp the year A D. 284, which was called i?780. In the next year (A. D. 385), which ahould have been 5787, ten years were discarded, and the date became 5777, This is still used in the Abyssin­ ian era. The date is reduced to the Christian era by subtracting 5502 until .the year 5780, and after that time by subtracting 5493. —A short time ago a leading Scotch newspaper printed a letter from a cor­ respondent who sought for information and advice in regard to emigrating to Australia. The expectation was that the inquirer would get some advice from some Australian reader of tho pa­ per. He did A man writing from Sydney offers the following advice to the eager emigrant! “ First, change your mind Second, take a course of lessons from an acrobat in lightning Changes- We have no climate, only' samples, and we show a great many in twenty-four hours. Third, take a life belt Fourth, let your clothes be mud color, They will assume this hue very noon, anyhow. Fifth, take a few hogsheads of carbolic acid- The peo- pltf have never seen their way to knock a ten per cent dividend out o f a drain­ age scheme, hence they do without one, and aak you; 'What do you think of our tramway?’ Sixth, buy a return ticket" .________________ He HIU Sometimes. “ Hello, Bulger, you aeem to be as smiling and good-humored as usual this morning. Do you ever lose your equa­ nimity?” “ Well, yes; to tell the truth, Jinks, I do sometimes. It was only last night that t got in an awful big stew. It oc­ curred up in Harlem " “ Is that so? How was it?" “Why, it was down at Carver’s restaurant I was terribly hungry and managed tp get in the biggest stevf Pvo had for an age—an oyster stew, you know1," dinks muttered something about “ more of^our blamed nonsense," and rushed off to catch a oar.—Texas g ift Inga, TEMPERANCE NOTES. A SALOON INCIDENT. The D tith -U nn lt » f a U rlak -n iind - e d O ld Mas, There was the sound of the chink, chink o f glasses, ribald laughter and cursing, while the atmosphere was thick with tha fumes pf tobacco and alcohol. The hour was near mldntght and the eyea of the men sitting around the little tables drinking and playing cards were heavy and bloodshot The round, red face of the bar-tender was flushed wlthjbeer and exertion: for his patrons were drinking heavily and often. Presently, there was ;alull in the business and the barkeeper Improved tlie opportunity by leaning forward and resting both elboWs upon the counter in front of him, t For some time a shabbily dressed old man, standing near the door and lean­ ing against the soiled wall o f the room, had been watching- the dealing out o f the liquor with 'feverish, blood­ shot eyes. His fees Was pale and thin almost to emaciation and his gray hair and beard were long and unkempt The threadbare, black coat,, which clung loosely about his attenuated frame, was buttoned up tightly around his throat and down his breast As he stood there his long, thin hands would clasp and unclasp themselves nervous­ ly, while every now and then a tremor would pass over his frame.' jWhen the barkeeper leaned.bis fat aims upon* the counter the old man gave a' quick, nervous glance around the room and walking up to him asked, in a husky voicc. for d glass o f whisky. The bartender looked at him con­ temptuously for a moment and then inquired: “ Have you got the chink?" “ Certainly, certainly; o f ^course I have. I’m no deadbeat,” replied the , old man. The saloonkeeper handed him a glass of the fiery beverage and he drank it down at a swallow. As he put.the empty glass down upon the counter he turned to the man be­ hind the bar and said: “ Say, old fellow, I have poured a large fortune, a beau­ tiful home and a loved wife and child into your till and you have poured ruination down my throat; so I guess, you can stand this one drink, for i have not got a cent left in the world,? and he turned to go. “ Net so fast,” cried the enraged sa­ loonkeeper, as he sprang over the bar and seized him by. the collar.' ' ‘Yon drunken old brute, pay for that glass of whisky or I’ll kick your old carcass into the gutter." 1 . Tho old man’s voice trembled as he replied: “ Don't, don't, old friend. For you I have lost fortune, home, wife and baby; surely you will not begrudge me a single glass of whisky? 1 had to have it or I would have died." “Out upon you, you sniveling old hy­ pocrite," yelled the saloonkeeper, with an ' oath, emphasizing his command with a brutal kick and a violent jerk on the coat collar. The collar gave way, and the greedy eyea saw a thin gold chain to which was fastened a small gold locket,hang- ing around the bare, wrinkled neck. “ Ila, hsl you old miser," laughed the brute, as ho tore the chain violently from off the old man’s nock. “ I’ll keep this littlo trinket till you pay for the whisky." For a moment the old man stood as if dazed, and then, clutching wildly with both hands at his throat in a vain search for the locket, cried out: “ For God’n sake givo me back my lockot! Give me back my lockot! Don’t open it!" ho yelled,* as tho saloonkeeper be­ gan to examine the locket. “ Give it to met For the love of Heaven give it to me!" “ You blubbering old idiot," laughed the saloonkeeper, “ who’d have thought you’d have a sweetheart at your time of life? Come, boys, let us see what kind of a looking gal she is.” Then the lookers on saw a strange sight Tho gray-headed old man flung himself on his knees before the brutal saloonkeeper, and while the tears ran down his hollow cheeks begged and implored him to give him back the locket But the saloonkeeper only laughed and said: “ Must be a pretty girl to make all that fuss over. I wouldn’t miss seeing her picture now to save my soul from purgatory," As he said this he opened the locket A long curl o f beautiful golden hair fell out and, catching on his fingers, twined itself around them like a thing of life, “ Saints and angels!" he yelled, as he hnrled the locket hair and all, upon the floor and began to stamp upon them. Like a tigress fighting for her young, the old man sprang to the rescue of the goiden curl. A short but terrible struggle ensued’, and then there was a gleam of glittering steel, a thud, and the gray head fell backward to the floor; while the rod blood spurted up in the face of the murderer. fltrdng hands seized the saloonkeep­ er; but the old man was beyond help. ■’Oh, my darling, my darling!" he murmured, as his life blood ebbed away, “who would have thought, when you put your soft, white arms around my neck to clasp that locket, kissing me as you did so, and saying Iu your sweet baby voice: ‘Papa, I love *00 , 1 love *oo so. Won’t *60 tiss me 'cause 1 gives ’00 such a sweet birfday’s pres­ ent?’—who would have thought that 1 ahoulddie a drunkard's death, stabbed in a drunken quarrel over a look of my dead baby’s golden hair? Forgive me! Oh, forgive me! my murdered wife and obUdi" And then raising himself on . one elbow, he almost shrieked, while his face took On a look o f more than mortal anguish: “ May God ourae and blast whisky and all who deal in it, as- whlsky has cursed and blasted me and mine!"—and be fell back a corpse.— Alvin Jovenil, in Union. __l *• HARMFUL ADVICE. Iatoxlcant* Too Often Hoeemmsaded at a Caro All. t Why is it that one peril ia courted while another peril is shunned in popu­ lar estimation? Boys, for example/ love to 'play with gunpowder spite o f its risks, but. arc disinclined to play with poisonous snakes. And men and worfien who are afraid o f strychnin® have noTear o f wine or whisky."Noth­ ing. indeed, 1 b more remarkable incop- nection with the liquor question than the officious readiness of unprofessional * people to recommend, something that has “ the drunk" in' it to their friends and neighbors, as a remedy for every imaginable complaint or disorder, No matter what one's trouble is—head* ’ ache, indigestion, laiqe back/ corns, * languor, nervousness,sense of fullnesB, or a sense of “ goneness".—as soon as it is mentioned, someone, who makes no pretense to. medical knowledge or Bkill, will tell of bottled porter, or a wine of sanagree, or a milkpuqch, or a spoon­ ful of whisky, to be] taken at meal time, or in the middle of the forenoon, or before' going to. bed, as a certain. cure of that particular trouble.. Per­ sons who would never think of pre­ scribing strychnine, or aconite, or hasheesh, o f even oil of vitriol or cro­ ton oil, without asking a physician about it, will, speak. with the utmost positiveness of the. propriety of their pet doso o f intoxicating beverages. And the next strangest thing is that so many people nre fools enough to take such advice—and the liquor which comes with it. Yet there is ten times as much harm done by liquor drunk at the advice of friends, as by all the other poisons put together. There ia trouble enough from physicians' curry-, iog popular ■ favor by recommending liquor to their thirsty patients, but i f drunkards mu^t multiply on the plea of medical necessity, . by all means let them go to ruin with a certificate from “ regular practitioners," and not start off for perdition on the advice of their unprofessional aunt or next-door* neighbor.—Sunday-School Times. NOTES BY THE WAY. T ub loyal temperance legions o f Col­ orado have more, than doubled their membership the past twelve months Hox. C akboll D. W biobt , the well- known statistician, Is authority for the u statement that for every dollar paid" in by tho saloons for their licenses, about twenty-one dollars is paid out by tbe people. “ W ho hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? Who hath bab-. bling? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine."' A modeiin physiologist aaya that the delicate mechanism of the stomach contains five million minute gland® that are constantly secreting gastric juice. And yet a man will use hla stomach for secreting corn juice. If a man's stomach, cost him as much as a fine watch, he would be just as careful of it; but, getting it for nothing, he value* it accordingly.—Detroit JouraaL Tux department of state at Wash­ ington, in response to the request of the National Temperance society, baa* Instructed every consul of tho United States to procure information to be used at the World's Temperance con­ gress on the quantity and kind of in­ toxicating liqudrs produced in the coun­ try where he is stationed; the govern­ ment mode of dealing with the liquor traffic there: the relations of intem­ perance to poverty, immorality and crime; and the efforts, if any, being made to discourage the manufacture end sale of intoxicants. S ohe saloonkeepers of Marisss, I1L, have engaged in > novel enterprise. Having been refused license for several years, in consequence of which they have paid out their profits in fines, two of them who have moved their saloons to the outside of the town have begun to build tenements around their establishments and will soon- have a town of their own. Of course no tem­ perance people need apply for quarters, and also of courso every resident will vote for license. In a few years the new town will have to support a numerous police and build a big lock­ up.—Troy Times. A Nobl* Struggle. Temperance men and women have a battle before them which, if they win it, will be a victory of far-reaching im­ portance. The thing that the Euro­ pean correspondents will moit notice and dwell upon, in regard to the world's fair, will he absolute prohibi­ tion of the liquor traffic on the fair grounds. They will call us temper- anzlers and fanatics, end pour out the wrath which only a men who is very thirsty for a drink o f whisky, but who cannot get it, indulges. It will be known in every part of the world, and everywhere it wUl set patriots, philan­ thropists and all good subjects And, citizen* to thinking. .“ The most prac­ tical, moat powerful, most wealthy end enlightened nation on the globe has put its foot on the liquor traffic," they will say. “ At last a way to deal with this destructive thing has heed found." We must win this victory, We Cannot afford to be defeated. —In­ terior.