The Cedarville Herald, Volume 13, Numbers 1-21

TEMPERANCE NOTES. WINE A T WOMEN'S LUNCHEONS An Institution o f titsli L ife T liat Is a Mruiii-o to IlifspiH'tulil11ty. Without undertaking to handle the moral aspect of the point under discus­ sion, I shall limit myself to a question of proud taste in the matter of serving1 a variety of wines a t the luncheons for women which now play so prominent ,i part in the entertainment of our friends throughout the country. Look,* for example, at the lurge parties to which, a t half-after one o’clock in the afternoon, are convened Indies in visiting1 costume, bonneted' ami; veiled, to be shut in a darkened dining-room, where gas and candles supplant the wholesome light of' day.. There, during two mortal hours, the guests are fed with delicacies of which each one seems to the taxed digestion to bo—-yet never is—the very last, they will venture to accept. Cucumbers, caviare, trollies, foie gras, almonds, mayonnaise dressing' are but a portion of the addenda of the feast. To relieve the. thirst thus engendered the banquet­ er lias recourse to what?, Beside her plate stands exactly the same array of glasses—glasses of English cut, of Venice or of gilded* Carlsbad ware, lending glitt er or color to the board— glasses for sherry, for Rhine wine, for claret, for champagne, all tliut would be demanded for the service of the most formal dinner. > Reside this scintillating ' group of glassware is to be found a tumbler or goblet of .water tilled .to the brim— there are so few- houses where the servants are instructed ’on this point— with fragmentary ice! What woman having ordinary regard for the ele­ ments of hygiene presumes at such a crisis to insult her already disturbed digestion with a douche of iced water? Ten to one she'does not care for wine, never thinks of touching it at home; as a matter of course lets tlie sherry, the Chablis, the Burgundy go by un­ touched; but unless it occurs to her to quietly demand a gliiss of water with­ out ice, arid, if need be, to tinge its clear substance with a dash of claret, she is compelled to .drink champagne. Latterly, as a natural solution of this recurrent difficulty,*Clysmic, Apolli- naris and the Hygeia waters are con­ tinually served.- - Champagne, curiously .enough, con­ tinues to hold its own. ‘‘flow very ex­ traordinary that you Americans should set champagne before your guests at mid-day,” said a traveling Englishman, from whom, naturally, he having re­ ceived the best hospitalities of the best American society along his line of march, frank comment was' to be ex­ pected. “With us, you know, except ' at races and picnics, it is a wine that is like an evening coat—never seen out* until after ’dark.” - However little we may relish the condescending manner of this and kindred national rebukes, there-is no disputing that the right is on their side. The whole matter of serving champagne in season and out is overdone in America. Rut especially does it seem inappropriate for an as-; semblage of ladies, who, if they were in their own homes, would not go be­ yond a glass of claret, and who, for the most part, are content with the bottled waters of their favorite spring. Tea drinking at luncheon, once so popular, bos been elbowed-out of place by the universal cup of tea a t five o’clock. Women, unlike their prede­ cessors of the Brick Lane association, who could partake of the cheering bev­ erage till detested in the act of “swell­ ing wisibly before the werry eye,” have now found out that the philosophy of drinking tea consists in limitingone's self to one cup per diem.' Chocolate as an accompaniment to food is found to he to’o heavy. Water, the beverage of Eden, and during so many years since respectably in vogue with_a large por­ tion of the civilized creation, lias re­ cently been pronounced fattening when absorbed with meals. 'What, in the eyes of many of our sisterhood, could be more condemnatory of any drink? In connection with this question may be cited the experience of a young American girl on her first visit to an English castle, who. a t luncheon, feel­ ing thirsty, looked about her for some­ thing she could drink. Iler host, next to whom she had the honor to be placed, demanded her need, and was informed that she would be glad of a glass of water. With a puzzed face he referred the matter to his wife, the servants being absent from the dining­ room. “Water?” said the surprised lady, “won't she have beer or claret?” The American girl, rather depressed a t this public notice, yet stoutly persisted itoiler demand. A bell was rung, the majestic butler entered, and on hear­ ing what was required paused for a moment to collect his scattered facul­ ties, bowed and retired, Some time later a footman, carrying upon a silver tr.iy a small glass of a fluid that looked as-'if it had been dipped from the castle moat, appeared a t the lady’s elbow. yVfter this she made prompt resolve to renounce her national beverage until again on her native heath. What then poor dear women are to drink a t luncheon must, it appears, bo decided by climate, custom, health and individual bias. As it is becoming, clear tha t on these occasions little wine is actually used, perhaps host­ esses will sdme day wake up to the wisdom-of suppressing the show of glasses which lends to the ladies* luncheon its chief reproach from out* Bider&t-djrs. Burton Harrison, in Ladies’ Home Journal* TH E CIDER PEST. F u ctJ IVJiii'li A re N ot Commonly l*n ley* stood liy Tcmpurai'ce I'eople. Would it seem absurd if 1 should claim that cider is not, generally well understood? What are the facts in the case? ■ • From childhood we see it made and wo think of it as simply apple juice.' We see that it ferments, but?we hear it called new Cider right along. We do not even realize that this fermentation is tlie decay of the sugar in the apple juice, and that this decay of the sugar in a sweet liquid makes alcohol. We cannot discover it by its color, for it looks like water, and it comes in so slowly that wo do not recognize its presence ’by any other sign partly be­ cause we are not, looking for i t Wc feel the tingle and we rather like it, and, perhaps* wo do not wish to know that this is caused by the alcohol. At last the alcohol -appetite is formed, and we cling to the.cider, or, at best, it is only when the alcohol, begins to change into vinegar that we call it horrid stuff and give it up to the drunkards, Wo venture to say that not one person iu ten among so-called temperance people understand these facts. « . A lady said recently: “We had a dis­ tressing time in our last society meet­ ing on account of a cider mill near us.* Seven young men and women had to take..their pledge over again because they had been drinking eider. Others said they would not be disciplined for drinking cider; they would sooner leave the society.” What was the difficulty here? Was not this .a temperance society, and ought not its members to know whether -cider Is on alcoholic drink or ■not? Truly they ought to know, but how shall they know if they are not taught? Many of. those who read these lines are members of .-''temperance societies; How many of them, we beg to ask. can recall cases where this: subject lias been thoroughly studied up in any so­ ciety,of which they have been members? Is it any wonder, then, that a mature and .otherwise well-informed- man should have inquired, when the sub­ ject was up in Sunday-school, whether the alcohol in cider was the same as. that in whisky and brandy? Is it sur­ prising to hear the president of a tem­ perance society asser.t that there is al.-. cohol in everything; or, another presi­ dent to declare a determination to ignore the pledge and drink sweet eider because it was just apple juice and per­ fectly harmless? And why should we ho surprised that, with such views, many object to signing a pledge that specifies cider? L am . sure that wc should bo fairly dismayed if we knew.how many women, to say nothing, of boys and' girls, are kept out of temperance socie­ ties because they will not give up ci­ der.—Julia Colman. in National Tem­ perance Advocate. VARIOUS NOTES. D en . makk is the heaviest drinking country in the world. Its yearly Con­ sumption of intoxicants is double that of Germany. - E v e iiv lawyer in Jackson, Miss., has b«|en retained* to defend druggists of that city who have been indicted for tlie charge of unlawfully* selling alco- lioV O ne hundred thousand men and women are yearly sent to'prison in consequence at strong drink. Twenty thousand children are yearly sent to the poorhouse for the same reason. ' ■I llinois has the unenviable distinc­ tion of being the stronghold of the whisky power. The internal revenue collections at that state for the year ending in Juno were more than twice that of any other state—New York yielding $18,5115,532, while Illinois paid $38,404,312. ' A WHITER in the Fortnightly Review, an Engl ish_ traveler, says: “The very air of Africa reeks with rum and gin imported from England; every hut is redolent of its fumes. Over large areas drink is almost the sole, currency, and in many parts the year’s wages of the i negro faetory worker are paid altogeth­ er in spirits.” T he saloon does these things: It takes money which men cannot afford to Waste, giving in exchange diseased bodies, depraved morals, poverty, dis­ grace and ruin. It pollutes and debases I yotmg men. making fiends of those who should be good citizens. It is the dcstroyer'of homes I t is the rallying place of the?bad and dangerous classes. It is the breeding place of all mischief and crime. I t is the ever-realy tool of corrupt and corrupting politicians. It is a leech upon society, plundering so­ ber citizens, not only through the mis­ deeds of drunken people, but by heavy and needless taxes. It is a eaneer upon the community, poisoning its life blood and spreading all baneful influences. IJrAin-tieillng D ruggist*, The willful violator of the law should be sternly punished, and his punish­ ment bear a just measure of disgrace. The druggist who uses Ills prescription case as a bar, who, under the protec* tion or mask of a respected and honor­ able avocation, covers up dishonorable or debasing practices,'should las handled without'gloves. Even worse, though, than-this black sheep, is the hypocriti­ cal “best citizen,” who, warmly advo­ cating stringent liquor restrictions, is the first to solicit the druggist to vio­ late the statute, The saloonist who openly carries on Ills business and the man who patronizes him are more to be retied upon, and, perhaps, more to bo respected, than the two who need whis­ pers and winks and hack doors to cov­ er up their misdeeds.-—Pharmaceutical Ere * PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL. -—The Baroness llurdett-Coutts lias been conspicuous for setting tlie fash­ ion among' her countrywomen against the use of birds and bird plumage for the adornment of millinery, etc., and successfully promoting the manufac­ ture of artificial birds for tlie purpose, a now industry that gives employment to several hundred girls and women in Paris. •■-Last June a young man was ar­ rested iu Natick, Muss,, because ho would not pay his poll tax, amounting to two dollars, npd he has been kept in jail over since at un expense to tile tax­ payers of one dollar and seventy-five cents per week. The town is losing money on the transaction, but it is vin­ dicating an eternal principle with great success, , •—Lord Hartington, who is tlie .new duke of Devonshire',.'has sat .in parlia­ ment since 1857, and has in that time served his queen and country as sec­ retary for war, postmaster-general, lord of thp admiralty, secretary for Ireland, and secretary for. India, but his succession to the dukedom will probably prevent his ever becoming prime minister. —Miss Stella 'IIoylc,' of Troy,* N. Y'., promptly arose in a crowded street car recently and gave lier' seat to a crip­ pled old.gentleman who had entered. Ho asked her name ■ arid address, and she has just roeoived from the grateful recipient of her kindness u diamond necklace, young lady passengers may find it worth while to act according to' Hoyle under like circumstances. —No uncertainty about this verdict, contents, the Peoria Herald. It is as clear as mud kind covers the ground quite as well. “Death by being found dead in bed at 5 o’clock' in- the morn­ ing,” is new cause of death. "We, the jury, sworn to Inquire :ot the cause of the death of :------- -----. on oath do find that she came to her death by being found, dead in her bed at 5 o'clock in the morning of January 15, 1802; in her bed at her residence,---- —— street, county of Peoria, state of Illinois; cause of death unknown to this.jury.” —The late Cardinal Manning was a tall, gaunt man; with a vigorous frame and a .large head that was almost com­ pletely bald. He was a teetotaler, un­ like many of liis predecessors, and ate’ only enough to keep body and mind in a healthy condition. When he was made cardinal, an influential member of his flock said to him: “I would like to see your eminence riding in some­ thing better .than that shabby old brougham.” “All!” replied the prelate, with a twinkle in liis eye, "when car­ dinals' went about in fine carriages! they* generally went to the devil.” —-It was bright moonlight and three a. m., and one of. the toilers on a New York morning newspaper (says the Tribune) was on liis way home to •Brooklyn, He had to cross by a ferry, and ho was naturally anxious to catch the boat. As he rushed down the bridge to the boat he suddenly perceived that it was'just starting, and was about five feet trom the slip. Determined to. catch it a t all hazards, lie shut lm teeth firmly and, runniug down, the bridge, he gave a tremendous leap tind landed beyond the chains, amid tne cheers and laughter of the crowd. Turning to as­ certain the cause of their mirth, lie saw that tho boat was securely fastened in the slip, and that what he had taken for the space between the slip and boat was only the shadow cast by tho ferry- house in the bright moonlight. ...— ■ )j----- -- “ A L IT T L E NONSENSE." —“Er—do you think it is true that love goes where it is sent?” “I sup­ pose so—if it is properly expressed."—- Indianapolis Journal. ■—When a ’little girl in a .Sunday school choir wants to be an angel all she has to do is to sing out. The idea that wings make the angel, is merely a matter of ’pinion,—Picayune, —When a woman rises to terminate a visit she lias more to say than during her whole stay. In this regard a woman is like a gun, which makes tho most noise when it’s golngoff.—Boston Transcript. IIow To Do I t —Bihgo—“Pve got so I sleep in pajamas altogether.” King- ley—“Why, I thought you didn’t like pajamas?” Bingo—“I didn’t, , but my wife ^lade me some night s iirts."— Clothier and Furnisher. —An Episcopal clergyman, who rather likes a joke, was engaged to read the service for a brother minister, and was hurrying to church, a little belated, on Sunday morning. A friend, struck bv his uncommon speed, in­ quired! “Sir, why so fast?” “In or­ der,” said he, "that he who runs may read."—Texas Siftings. —Client—"You have an item in your bill, 'Advice, January 8, <5s.8d.’ That was a day before I retained you,” Lawyer—“I know it. But don’tyou re­ member that oft tho8th I told.yoii you'd better let mo take the case for you?” Client—“Yes.” Lawyer—“Well, that's advice.*’—American Grocer. * —Properly Diagnosed.—Stranger— “Doctor, I ache all over,” Doctor— “Malaria, probably.” Stranger—“And my head is alt stopped up, and I have a tearing cougli,” Doctor—“A little cold along with it, I see. Take——” Stranger—“And 1 just feel as If this blankety-blank world was a rip-roar- lug old fraud, and I’d like to throw that miserable old grinning mono at the sun and stuff ail the stars down somebody's throat," Doctor-- “Bj Jove! You've got tha grip."—N. Y« Weekly* THEFARMINGWORLD. A GREENHOUSE HOD. More Cullvi’iili'ill mill SorvicmliJo Thuu a lluslm l IlUSlCOt. In our greenhouses no convenient way was provided for putting the dirt into the benches, and us "-vc prefer to renew the bench soil at least onco a year, it is a job of no small size, espe­ cially as the houses are devoted entire­ ly to vegetables and require much more soil than is needed foi% other kinds of greenhouse work. We found we could use no wheelbarrow; so at first the benches were filled_by means of bushel baskets. Tills method wore out many baskets, and made our shoul­ ders sore. At last a t somebody’s sug­ gestion we inade liods, and they fill the bill* Haring used them for over two years we would not think of using anything else. Carrying dirt is a bad OISEEXUOI HE HOP.' Job anyway; yet the use o f the hod makes it as easy as can be expected. Besides, the hands are left compara­ tively free, and the 'work of raising and lowering is reduced to a. mini­ mum. - . ■' ■ Our hods are 2 feet -long, 12 inches deep, 14 wide a t the top and 5 at tho bottom, and hold about what an ordi­ nary man can easily carry. The sides are of light lumber; the bottom and end of inch stuff. We have found that in using the hod one ii.an with two hods will carry the dirt SOto -10 feet as fast as another will shovel it from the wagon, or two men with three hods will keep one man shoveling, and car­ ry the dirt 75 to 100 feet; and the hods are so inexpensive that it is best to. have more than one, as anyone at ;all handy with tools can make them. They may also be useful iu other places, i had occasion to bring some tile to the greenhouse on a muddy day when tho cart ,could not be used, so I put the hod on tny shoulder and car­ ried 14 three-inch tiles quite? a long dis­ tance easily.—E. C. Green. Ohio Agri­ cultural Experiment Station. POULTRY YARD HINTS. S et the hens just at night rather than by daylight. • D ecks should not be kept In the isamo house or yard with chickens. 'A lways feed the young poultry in the ' morning before giving them any water to drink. I t is always best to examine the eggs set for hatching a week after they are put utider the hens. So kau as is possible give the poultry plerity of range; they need exercise and plenty of room to take it. W hen feed must be purchased due of the best and cheapest, especially for young poultry, is millet seed. S ome hens never make good sitters, and hence should never be allowed to sit;-a good mother is necessary to raise the young fowls. , L ard and coal oil is good to kill the lice ou young poultry; rub it on the head and under tlie wings, taking care not to anply too much. O xf . of the most important items in the management of young turkeys is to keep them dry, at least until the feathers are well started. A little effort will often secure a number of customers for fresh eggs at good prices all during tlie summer in nearly all the small towns. S ee that the sitting hens have ready access to plenty of food and water, so that they will not be obliged to leave their nests too long at any one time.— St. Louis Republic, OrcrfcerilfiK Sheep mifl Sheep have strong digestive organs in that, they do not need grain to be ground for them. .Yet no domestic ani­ mal is more easily cloyed. The danger of overfeeding is the one always to be most closely guarded against. It is much better to give a little under what the sheep will t at than to give an ounce over. Lambs have still weaker digestion than sheep, and require more -care against overfeeding, Y’et if never overfed they will make larger gain from the same amount of food than with older sheep —Column's Rural World. , Tlie tin? o f Manure. The* mode of applying manure- de­ pends upon the kind of soil. - Heavy, clay land, that 1ms a deep subsoil of clay, will hold the manure for years, because it cannot be easily carried down by the rains;' but on light, sandy soil the soluble portions of the ma­ nure arc sometimes carried off before it can be appropriated by the young plants. This may he partly avoided by applying only a portion of tlie manure in tiie spring, and applying another portion later in the season, working it well into the soil until thoroughly in­ corporated with if. A GRAIN OF SALT. I* win' ad ; to k <?<?[■' row* ami other Stock, ill yinu ro u * Men!III. Salt lias always been recognized a» not only a useful, but a needful addi­ tion to the food of dairy cows. We do not think that dairymen can ever be­ come so progressive that they can* dis­ pense witii tlie use of the s&rine min­ eral us a necessary condiment for stock. , Nature is more wise than man, and never calls for anything not required to meet her physical wants. Because salt lias now become so common* an article of commerce and id so largely fed to domestic animals is no reason tliut It was not required by them when in a wild state. Ail undomfesticatcd, herbivorous animals crave 'salt, arid will travel many miles to obtain it from" natural salt-licks, s 4 * A necessity, then, so plainly marked, should not be ignored, and dairymen should consider it all-important t h a t' their cows arc regularly salted. Do not let the cows get starved for this necessity by long intervals between in- * uulgence, as its good effect is thereby greatly lessened. Better than salting cows even once a week,' is keeping salt by them, all the time. .The animals will not eat more than they want, and*what their appe­ tite craves their nature requires. Some pooh at the idea that salt is especially valuable in the dairy, but we know, by experience that cows give more milk when it is fed to them regularly, and the cream from such milk more readily' yields butter in the churn. It is not too much to say that it is as essential to put salt into a cow’s stomach as it is to add it to the butter which she yields. One of the mainsprings to success in dairying is to keep the cows in vigorr ous health, that they ■may be able to discharge their functions in a'natural manner. A bright eye, soft and shining hair, and a sharp appetite are indicative of perfect health, conducive to which is tho use of salt as craved by -tho bovine appetite. • ' Most dairymen make it a point to salt their cows with more or less regu­ larity, but occasionally one is ,found who signally neglects this essential except at rare intervals, when the overdose is nearly worse than none at all. - . ■' . VVe have noticed cows' thus deprived were rough of hair, dull of eye, and in­ different milk yielders. Of course an ' owner that would neglect them in one essential would in another, and ail of the little neglects- combined render them profitless. Acow that has what salt she want's will drink more water, eat more fodder, and yield more and better ns111* than 'when she is stinted in this regard. If salt is kept by the animals all of the time, do not be afraid that they will overeat of it, as they will ouly lick up what they need and when they need it. ' Salt is a potent digestive agent also, and is a valuable aid to nature in this way. Dairymen, do not despise salt, but keep your cows supplied with it.—• George E. Newell, in Prairie Farmer. T O PRESERVE FRUIT. A Mint from tho World's Fair Commis­ sioners tor Xew Mexico. The secretary, of tho world’s fair commission for New Mexico describes the method to be used in preserving the immense fruit exhibiit of that state in 1893, and by which the fruit can be kept without the loss of color, form or taste for an Indefinite period. Tako any good water-tight barrel closed at both ends. Insert a faucet a t the bot­ tom, and on one side saw an opening shaped like the onein the cu t Make the lower part of tho opening to fit an inch board; the upper part to fit a saucer. Insert a piece df board about eight inches in length so that it ex- tendx at least six inches into the barret A cleat should be nailed across tho outer end to ’prevent its slipping into the barrel. Fill the barrel up to tho level of the opening with water Now place a saucer two-thirds full of ordi­ n a ry yellow sulphur on the board. Sprinkle over it a little common potas­ sium chlorate. Light the sulphur and push it along the board till it is inskia the barrel: then cove? the barrel close­ ly with an old blanket or quilt, wind­ ing it around so as to prevent tlie es­ cape of the sulphur-fumes. Repeat this burning several times, till the water is strongly impregnated with sulphur; then draw off the water in glass jars. Add an ounco or two of powdered alum to each gallon jar. The preparation Is now ready for any fruit, and will preserve it indefinitely, al­ though to obtain the’best results sound ifruit should be used.