The Cedarville Herald, Volume 13, Numbers 1-21

W*r«1 : tk« asxtW- thrivjaf' km P 3 ttl* ciur at >,too, ymaoal :rt wfck»h In . tala effecting *or two H& to think that be water and ,akcs is in )h« w other sod. mlesa given lway* ita»or-v [‘ditea by J ts „ opie, handled Chicago; at llion bushels; sand barrets; ; of merchan* i million dob lusinhso was * Magnitude, i lor this cou-, o rail rata on Uiffiui is one wwater rate :on per mile, •ostem onu Of . uscity of Buy Itmg it grow Besides one tiustrioi can- tsventy-oight, ji'sin the past -lie American illdera of the vlilchjs rove- ' n Leight-cap Lt iiMitutioik •on and stcet^ tti ida, wagon *'• diuildera and loatohiiseeva- luvest, believe c in the next - , in that pros- < . FaabMinne- sver1setm thes o the head of ho city of Su». :cnmniodating me bidding,— TEMPERA T E NOTES. THE SIH OF 4h ts _ lown ” and typhoid or om* i t— a lt t take any on Medical she system sta rts the ifnl action, blood, and ^ or. A s j f e . >«ic, i t 's,y > a o f digeS* ' builds up? y r v T all d is e a s e - • d e # d liver , scafp uhd , * th e only '«?* I f i t -p * . m ev e ry - ^ iey back, good yon Id to tho and- * ■K st II i- 1 ) r 99 ith-dyspep* of August i vexatious Daughters y. h had Onebottle ue. It was [reddollars t. andGeo. it. ( I have rut-on and . It is the ~C. Rugh, v Pa. <i> EBS! h rf» htttL IEND” f l u U*k* •*«Fr»einl“ J 3». n^;iceiii«i rVtw#»M«t ti rre% OR CO.. Sty>ral AcouutubllUfr of tlie Man Who am la e ,. Public lectures on tho strong drink question usually pass over the guilt of the drunkard. Everyone else having lo t or part in the matter,- except the principal party, iablaroed. Whatever degree of guilt attaches to others—and we would not lightly pass over that of the man who is given to treating and urges drink upon- other men—we be­ lieve that letting the culprit go scot’ free is a great damage to the cause.,pf temperance. Ue is represented as a weakling falling into the toils of stronger and more designing charac­ ters. I t is true he is a weakling, much the Bame as every other man is a weak­ ling who indulges in any kind of vice and gets to loving i t or always has loved it, Home call a thief, or ono of a , certain class of thieves . who steal oftenor than others and dp not give up the habit, a kleptomaniac—a .soft term invented to palliate the love of theft, a -designation of distinction accorded not to the person who steals once but to one who keeps on stealing all - he can. Some unfortunate constitu­ tional . trait, some inherited quality.sopio defect of brain, some ac-^ eident of education, something o fsome Sort other than a-man's own fault, de­ pravity or self-indulgence, is assigned as the reason for thieving or sensuali- . ty or inebriety. This- is the gist of the dangerous inoral philosophy which is becoming ohly^ too popular, and more especially so as regards tbe ques­ tion of temperance. "We have only to make a more extensive application of the principle to show its -folly and falsity. I f the rum thirsty is innocent, why not the blood thirsty? A theory th a t would so destroy the foundations of morality cannot avail to further sobriety, The glutton oi; the sensualist „ may use it in his favor if the sot may, and so may all evil livers. They sin because they Want to sin, because they have the disposition .or somebody tempts them.- No; let the man who gets drutilt and abuses his family be known as a reprobate,/,not merely be­ cause he abuses hisfam ily but because bo gets drunk, and l i t h l s drunkenness be not excused. Have- Mm know th a t Jlie. is held accountable, aud there is something done towards his reforma­ tion by letting him see himself as others see him. A t least he is not en­ couraged to drink again. 15ut sup­ pose be attends a -lecture on temperance in which everybody is blamed fcht. himself; ‘the man­ ufacturer, the- dealer, the treater, tbe.iinanimate apple tree and perhaps bis poor wife for not making home so attractive -that he could not leave i t of an evening (and, perchance, how could she?) and he lAughs in his sleeve and says, like the sot in Solomon’s time: “ I will seek it y e t again.” No! not "The soul th a t sinnetli, it shall die.” The devil' could Invent no more in­ genious device'for increasing the nnm- -ber o< h$a ;victims than to make op­ ponents of a particular .sin excuse tho eimier for committing it. I f poor John, who staggers home, were not so . much pitied for his weakness he might . get a little more strength by being treated as a man of responsibility who has done a contemptible thing by darkening the lives'of h is children and burdening the heart and hands of his wife, bringing shame and sorrow \ /here he should give Joy. We do not aajr he invites *no pity. Every sinner doesi But th a t he is a sinner is a fact no t to be denied. I t is the matn fact in the case. Let him know i t All the evil to himself and others comes out of it. Hay to him, then, friend.or wife: “How can you do this great wickedness and sin against God?” Conscience may be reached and the sinner ask himself: •How can I do this great wickedness ,tod sin against God?” Then there is * tope.—Hr. F. W. B a rtle tt in Tem­ perance. ’______________ _ - A WOMAN'S STORY. appetite ruled. Again the oi his people forced him from tho puii it but. as lie retained his credential-, us :i minister, and was naturally a man ol much social power, lie was still in cur­ ren t demand for funerals, l aptlsms, marriages and various seini-religious and social occasions, Instead of com­ ing to Ids house, they would stop a! the nearest saloon and send for him, and ask Jilin to drink with them, while arranging with him for these services. Why did this wife tell me all this' and much more? Poor soul! Bhe hoped the worst was p a st She thought, or wanted to think, that lie !tud been standing firm for a time, and th a t I could aid him in securing another charge. But the tragic end''was not far off. Only a few weeks later, near Saturday midnight, after eating And drinking with a boon companion, he returned and sat in his own doorway, put to his brain the revolver he had bought that day, and so added to the sin of drunk­ enness the crime of suicide. After the funeral I sat for a little while with her and her worse than or­ phan children in tho ashes of wretch­ edness. There was an awful significance in this flash of indignation from her lips: " Ju st think of it! The choicest flow­ ers a t his funeral were brought by the very bloodhounds th a t dragged him to liis death!"—Rev. B. F. Beazell, in Na­ tional Temperance Advocate. THE. COST INTEMPERANCE. h B rillian t In tellect T hat Was D estroyed ^ by Drink. More tragic in its ending than com­ mon, it was b at the same old story. Home weeks 1efore she sent for m6. I bid.flavor met her, but they li-yed uear my church. The children were in the b'undSy-schooi, and she fe lt she must make appeal to some' one. With streaming eyes and choking voice she told of their bright outset in life, of the gradual yielding to temptation, and then of the present shame add distress. Some twenty-lire years ago he caihe to this country a brigh t young theo­ logical graduate. He was soon in the pastorate of the strongest churdh of his denomination in the 'c ity . A splendid structure was soon built, and there was a rapid inornate in numbers. He was very compaaiooable and -elo­ qu en t They called him the German Beecher, He W4a petted and flattered. Makers and sellers, a s well as social drinkers of liquors, were members of th« church, He was asked and expect­ ed to drink with them, Boon the de- mcn of thirst was aroused. Sometimes he Was jolly, then hilarious. Occasion­ ally he drank to eJccese. Then they be­ gan to he ashamed of a pastor who could not drink with them and y et re­ main sober. He was forced to resign. But after a little, sobering uj>, and as­ surances th a t he could now stand Arm,' he easily entered the pastorate of another ehtireh in th s same city. Prosperity again came, another VnMr*h v tlt built, and-the old-time pop­ ularity revived. But the same drink customs continued, and soon the old, An Urgent P ic s In .B ehalf o f Tem ­ perance. Tho Register some time ago called attention to the increase in the manu­ facture of ,distilled liquors 'in the United States. The complete statistics of the internal revenue department make this increase, clear,- not only in the case of distilled liquors, but of to­ bacco. The total number of cigars made last year was 4,400,096,981, an in­ crease of 887,002,784. The total num­ ber of cigarettes, 2,076,270,885, an in­ crease of 486,409,280. The cigar bill ol the nation—domestic cigars only—is, therefore, taking the average price as 7)4 cents, $430,000,000. The cigarette bill will odd at least $20,000,000 to this, making the total $350,000,000. To this must be added $600,000,000 for to­ bacco in its various other forms. The increase is figured a t about $50,000,000. That does pretty well for one year. During the same time the increase in- distilled liquors was 3,000,000. gallons and 8,000.000 barrels of beer brewed. The increase in the former is “not so marked as the increase in beer, The tendency seems to be to the greater consumption of the. lighter drinks. The total liquor bill was probably not fa r from $1,000,000,000. The increase for the year about $3u;000,000. But this, does not mean that all temper­ ance work has been ineffective, for without efforts ot th a t character, the increase would have been much larger than it is. Surely these figures arc ap­ palling in their magnitude, and they should arouse every patriot and Christian worker to more earnest ef­ forts in behalf of temperance.—Iowa State Register. FACTS AND FINDINGS. D ennkii ’ s “One Hundred” Is a body of young men who have pledged them­ selves th a t “the saloon must go.” “I uavk watched this temperance reformation for nearly fifty years, and but for this England by this time would have been altogether uninhab­ itable.” So said the late earl of Shaft­ esbury. T ub new elevated railway of Chi­ cago will soon be in operation. In the employment of help a condition of' an applicant's acceptance is th a t he “must not be addicted to the use of intox­ icating drinks,” * S ake drinking, according to a w riter in the American Antiquarian, is one 6f the g reat curses of Japan. In 1379 the, amount of rice, converted into sake amounted to fifteen 'million bushels. Pledges to abstain from :the habit are frequent among the picture offerings in Japanese tomplea. O r . B efiamix R ichabdsox , o f Eng­ land, was a drinker when tbe London physicians assigned to him the task of investigating the action of alcohol on living tissues He took a year for his experiments and came out a total ab­ stainer; his -science had convicted his conscience and controlled his life. A whiter in the Fortnightly Review, an English traveler, says: “ The very air of Africa recks with rum and gin, imported from England; every hut ia rcdolant of its fumes Over large areas drink is almost the sole currency, and in many parts the year's wages of the negro factory worker are paid alto­ gether in spirits.” C a R dinai , M a X nino was quite ab­ stemious in his habits. When a quest a t themostsplendid banquets he would dine off a potato, a bit o f meat and a glass of water. Wine he never drank. He was greatly Interested in the tom* “perance cause, and said spirits did more to destroy the homes of the poorer classes than all fclse combined!. T he American-.Knights of Labor have set an example which should be commended to every labor association throughout tho world. One of the arti­ cles of tlieir constitution reads thus; “No local or other assembly or mem­ b e r shall, directly or indirectly, give, sell or have for Sale, beer or Intoxicat­ ing liquors of any kind a t any meeting, party, sociable, bait, picnic or enter­ tainment whatever appertaining to tha order. Any member found violating this law shall he'suspended for not lass than six months, or expelled.” PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL. —There arc sui I to ba two hundred women in Now York who go to Europe twice a year to buy tlieir dresses. Tne number of men who cross thq water for tlieir new wardrobe is much greater, as many men take the. opportunity of running over to tho other side for rest, recrcatloii'and business all combined. —Mr, Gladstone has a small black Pomeranian'dog, presented to him in Germany /our years ago, to which, he is much attached. His affection is heartily reciprocated by “ Pet/,,” The little fellow accompanies his master on all his walks, and especially delights in chasing sticks that are thrown foir him. ' —8purgeon, like Grant, loved a good cigar, and he smoked almost as many os the general did, The great preacher was a man of curious physique. He was short and fait, or of "portly habit,-*’ a s th e doctors Say euphemistically. In attire he looked more like a-country squire than a famous haetropolitau minister. —Princess Helene Sangonsko, au aristocratic Polish lady, who once ge- fused tho hand of Napoleon III. and oi other equally distinguished suitors has recently i|icd a t the ago ot fifty* , five. Possibly the triumph of having refused a third-class Napoleon may. have given her more pleasure than an actual alliance would’have done. —A Montana man has invented a ranch snow plow, to be used in scrap, ing the snow off the ranges so th a t the cattle can get a t the grass. I t is re­ ported th a t the machine works very satisfactorily. Thousands of cattle perish every year, and the number this yeaV has been more than usually large from starvation, on account of the deep snows cutting off the food supply. —Stanley is quoted by an Australian interviewer as disparaging Emin Pasha in these terms: “Emin is an utterly in­ decisive man—a man with no mind of his own—very well learned, of corfrse, in bugs and beetles .and'a most inter­ esting talker on ail matters of natural history. Yes, a eharmingiy. interest­ ing man, a good conversationalist—a man just suited, for instance, for a lady’s afternoon tea-party.” —I t is said th a t the late Sir Morel! Mackenzie, although his ..professional enemies were numerous and bitter, bad more personal friends than any other physician in London, and that his faculty for winning the confidence of his patients was something, wonder fuL Notwithstanding liis overwhelm­ ing c a lls . to trea t wealthy and .titled people, ho never refused to give all the assistance possible to the poor­ est sufferer who applied to him, and from his poor patients he would accept no pay. —A practical joker startled the oc­ cupants of tho ladies'' cabin of a Staton Island ferry-boat by holding at arm’s length a ausplolous-1ooking black bug, whicl^hesaid’eontaineddynamito He play fp tlf intormed thettt th a t he. was about to drop- .the bag and thus blow up tlieoboat ' The passengers flew in all directions—ail b a t three, who over­ powered the joker by breaking -his jaw with a clnh. There was nothing dangerous in the bag. The joker lias not since laughed a t his part! in the performance, “ A LITTLE NONSENSE.” —Jake (sorrowfully)—“Cora, as you directed, I went to make peace with your father and he has made pieces of inc.”—N. Y. Herald. N —Wickars—“I don't believe there is mUch difference between genius and in­ sanity.” Vickars—“G, yes there i« a heap. The lnnatio is sure of bis board and-clothes. ’’—Indianapolis Journal. —Merchapt (to applicant for position of bookkeeper)—“Are yon good a t fig­ ures?” Applicant—"Well, I ought to •be; I k ep t books in a dressmaking es­ tablishm ent for five years.”—Detroit ■Free Press. —Carruthors—“I hear th a t Mr. Pruyn was unable do set Towsor on you.” Waite—“ Ycs^tbe dog had a fellow feel­ ing for me. You see, the old mah had done some kicking in th a t quarter, to o ’’—Truth, o . * “How do I stand with yonr father?” he asked. “ I don’t think, George,” she answered after some thbught, “ that you bad b etter atand a t all when you are with father. You had better run.” —Wasbiaglon P o st —Benedick—‘‘When I lost my fort­ une there was nothing 1 regretted so much as th a t I could not afford to kc£p my excellent cook anv longer/' “And what did you do?” “I married her.”—Fliegcndo Blatter. —Extenuating Circumstances—Judge —“You claim, sir, th a t you arc not a professional thief; then why did you steal this lady’s locket. Arc you a kleptomaniac?” Prisoner—“No, your honor, bu t I am susceptible to female charms." —Going I t Blind.—Mrs. lienpccker (with tdrrible majesty)—“What are you fumbling so long for at th a t key­ hole?” Mr. Uenpecker (trembling its every limb)—“My love, you know 1 can’t see without my glasses” Mrs Henpeckor—“Glasses! You've had enough glasses to sec twenty key­ ho les "—Fun. —An Easv Way.—Brown—“Did you take any holiday this year, Jones?” Jones—“ YcS, of Course,” Brown— “How did you manage your business while you Were away?” Jones—‘’Ob, I ju st took my advertisement out of the papers until I returned, so there was no business to manage. Capital idea, wasn't it?"—-Tld-Blta lt«muvHl>le W indow sliel/rm W hich Add to tlie .CliouiTulnen* o f a House. The following article is contributed by J. Marion Shull to the Rural Now Yorker: House plants if in good condition add greatly to the beauty and cheerfulness of the living room, and-every good housewife endeavors to have a place for a t least a few specimens, but in rooms where there is no buy window, it is always more or less inconvenient to arrange, a pot stand or table before tbe window, while permanent shelves are a nuisunce during the summer when the plants are all .enjoying tho out-of- door air and sunshine. From the accompanying designs may bo constructed a convenient set of shelves which are put up or taken down a t will, and-without the aid tof any tool whatever. . For material, use common white pine, one inch in thickness. The construction, of the uprights, AA , is easily seen. They consist of two strips, each two inches wide and as high as the window in which. they are to .be placed. At suitable distances are- small square blocks, aaa, upon which the shelves rest. At the top is fastened a cleat, A which, when in place, rests in the sashway, and holds th a entire set of shelves securely in the window. — — — - With a- hacksaw or file cut three screw-eyes like th a t shown, a t 0, and screw them into the front edge.of the upright a t ddd. ’ . ( The shelves, B, are eight inches wide, with notches, cc, cut a t each end to ac-v commodate the uprights. The dis­ tances between these notches' should be just two inches less than the width of the window, so that the whole may fit closely when in place. Tho form is th a t of an upper shelf, the dotted lines representing those which rest against the lower sash. ' At each end of the shelf is a screw-eye, f f . with a chain ono .foot long attached. . To arrange the shelves, place thetwo uprights in tlieir respective, sides of the Window with the cleats, in the sash- way; tho shelves are then set ia posi­ tion, with the chain's hooked up to the screw*eye above, and all is snug and secure. 1 Tho lower shelf of .course rests upon the windowsill. The shelves are a home invention, well tried, and inexpensive. SOILING EXPERIMENT. * Indications Based on Tent* Made at the Iowa Ksperlment Station. The indications from experiments carried on a t the Iowa Agricultural Experiment station a t Ames, la., James Wilson, director, upon soiling milch cows, may be stated as follows: The average cow willasat about sev­ enty-five pounds of green ■ feed a day, kept in the stable with "grain ration added. That cows fed on oats and peas, clover and corn, fed green In the stable, in midsummer, will give more milk than qrh^n feeding on a good blue grass pasture. ■ ' That a cow, fed on green feed., in a stable darkened and ventilated, will gain in weight mora than she will in a well shaded pasture. ..That the cow responds as promptly to a well balanced ration of grain while eating green feed ms ah s does on dryfead. * An aero o i peas cut green weighed 13.5 tons. An acre of peas and oats cut green waighed 24 tons. A n.acre Of oom cut green weighed 33.6 tons The second cut of clover in a drought 6.1 tons. I t is not necessary to cut green feed oftener than twice a week, If i t is spread to avoid heating. AMONG THE POULTRY* L ice always attack the poorly-kept, ill-fed chickens first ThKRE are few breeds but what will, lay well if they are well fed And cared for. T he best way for arranging the nasts is to have them so th a t the hens can walk in on them. P l ' li . f . ts hatched in March and April, if well cared for, can be depehded upon to lay early hi the fa ll W ith the heus th a t set early it is a good plan to give them a good feed of corn daily; it promotes warmth. S tone drinking vessels are bettor than tin ones during the summer; water will keep cool in them longen H bt tho first laying of both turkey and duck eggs under hens; more eggs and better fowls will be scoured. . Y d v so chickens will e a t wheat or. sorghum seed when two weaka old they wilt he better than so ft feeds. is* Sura to r ia n t a Fa Com ing i While a considerable ern farmers find it root crops of dlffereu o u t . to the stock du winter, It is only in where a western fa rt that follows this localities the sandy, It well adapted to t h e ; class of crops. Perhaps one of the] why so few roots west is because so mucf and the fodder is used * pose in the west th a t grown for in the east. quite a number of farnM duced to try growing a r il especially as a food fa plan for various reasonal siderable extent, been is fully as easy to trouble to harvest and) a t least one good reason1*! has not been'followed ! As with many o th e r. new to localities th e ' try on a small scale firsts suits are satisfactory th o | readily be extended. Of the different vs crops grown for feedinil mangel wurzel stands Spit sonably rich, well-pre| large yields cun he" parsnips and turnips can ; good advantage. In g ro i the. larger coarse varleftieyj (^selected, and the preparJn soil for planting, the seed!' vating should all.he dono^bj team with the plow, ham>f cultivator. All root crops in a deeply ‘worked aolii| and thorough .and w o rk , • tilth- before planting the advantage in using the ’ th a t the seeds will be dii evenly in the rows and ha j _ more uniform depth. * tfiA ' seed and after the' plants ! tiiin out leaving only one six inches a t least.- 1OniM ure to grow good crops 'ia pf count of neglect to thin: dfifet*! growth is secured th s plsnto room to grow. In a majtwi^ if the soil has been prop. ‘ before planting, the harrow! first in( commencing the. and then the 'cultivator, to jyorlc as cldse a s '; plants, not only to kill out j but also to keep th e ''s o il. induce a J>etter growth.’ f-TC of ap acre first, give g6ad « and le"*d out carefully and If J suits aVi ‘,oti§factory a latg* i's can be planted iroxt seasph-jLl Farmer. ______ \ ’ . CHEAP GATE Its Inventor Coniliter* I t . KmrRM4«tsf,j..... I send you a sketch of h i substantial gate fastenbir.V resents the gate shut,’ fastener ready to attach t o t The dotted lines show tlHM the lever when shoved h | opening. Fig, S is the w irai the top of th e 'le v e r to j Figs, l arid 2, la th e wins 1st A, A, are the pieces or b a il£ into the mortices in the ] fastened to ,th e up righ tJJ,i attached to the lever D, by 1 piece C. I t should be fa ' holt a t each end, loose n o , % ? ’* easily as the lever U moysdt^ A, A, work in mortices i ' ““ -.bar of the gate (not erly by the engraver)* bolt through tbe lower and the wire; E, holds th e , in position.—J. A, Call Farmer. Wllltln* Fig As a pointer in relation hog products we see It leathe r made from the ing fashionable for wall homes of the wealthy, know what beautiful 1 manufactured under ment from the skin skin of this animal Is human beings, and been used principally fo r saddles. Iu the United few hog skins are taken The supply comes ntontij? class of hogs th a t are f t or another sent to tbe It. would probably be such hogs were first f i TMAtoLj.