The Cedarville Herald, Volume 23, Numbers 27-52

THE OH IO P A R M E R t t * Herald from wow until Jut). ^ m t ‘.be the mult turn of 16o to ^ w i b r riters, 'Gedarville herald, When you* paper* imurM *fck * blue eras* it is to remind yw* thud your kulwcriptioa k post d*s and M early settlement k desired. tw enty - t h ir d y e a r . n o . *5 . CEDARVILLE. OHIO. OCTOBER 15. 1900. PRICE $1.00 A Y E A R . W e are show ing a large v»riety of the f a l l W h i t e r f a n c y B w o n t a n d S o f t S h i r t s ' ’ + S I Z E S 1 4 T O M - f . OVER 30 DESIGNS AND* COLORS FROrt WHICH TO SELECT OUR UP-TO-DATE HEADGEAR FOR FALL Includes the latest creations in Derby, Alpine, Golf, Pasha and crushed styles, in a ll the newest shades You t i l l a lw ays find something to please you in our line of W oo lens and Worsteds, Overcoatings, Ac. We make Overcoats at $15.00. bushwhacking It th« Mode of Worfor* in tlwPMl- Jppinos, *0 Says Rood*Murray In a U tter to TheHereM. Meycnuzttu, Luzon, P. I, August 15; 1900. KiHor CeJ«trIll« Herald; In duo of the issues of the Herald l found a very interesting letter written by ltawlin McLean, and it (ittsleti lue tb write the following ou soldier life in the Philippines. Since my arrival here my regiment hu been more fortunate than some of the others, but it has seen some very hardservice. I t whs the first regiment that advanced on Caloocun, just four miles outside of old Manila, There wejuy under fire lour days before “Agfiu’’ would retreat with his army, then the hiking (walking) commenced. \Ve hiked to a little b.vuibo city on the bay, called Boliang, which is h distance of about sixty miles from Manila Here I got my first experience in real soldiering. The rainy season was on <at that time and die regiment was doing garrisou duty, sad about fifteen of .my comrades and myself being stew recruits, termed by the old soldiers as “ ruckiea;” so we were put oh “rocky” drills or in other words ihfeawkward squad and none el a t being “mamma boys” got along u well as could be expected. No doubt we “ ruckies” were taught to xbey but It was done'in a very Ugly way, and I want to Shy to the hoys iu OedaKville that since I haveenHsM iu the regular army11 have learned to walk the chalk without any back talk, for military decipline is very strict and anyone ia out of luck if he com­ mits any offense contrary to com. rounds. We left Boliang, October 1,1899, to run down “Aggie.” I t will be ram- ember that we run up against Genera! Del Phtir, who has since been cap* turn). He had with him some fifteen handred men. We had' ten com* paaies with us, ell of the 3 infantry, 3d company being left at Boliang to garrison the town with the fonrtb cavalry. About 8 o'clock.theinaur* grata opsned up fire and the* ball started, lasting all day. We hiked around the native trails until the 5th of the same month and then went »to camp a t Bants Bit*. We had good quarters there until the 5th of November when we got orders to neve. We marched to Bolicarand joised the 5th artillery then advanced an a town oallsd Guyway. We sup* parted the artillery and it commenced (flag on the natives that were en* trenched. When the fire ceased we advanced on the town finding 'the natives all “ bamutching (going.) We E X P A N S I O N : We believe in it, and have expanded our stock until it is one*half again as large as it was in 1890. FREESILVER: We don’t believe in it, but we make the price* on our Silver and Silver Plated ware so low that yon ought to be a " fW ’ buyer when yon see it, IMPERIALISM: Is not what w i want, but some of the new plees* of Jswaliy era fit to wearatany court, and they tire waiting to adorn some of the flftean million American queens, TRUSTS: W.Vi n thw no* t a r . , t a t for a reeaooaWe time, re* aponriMe *mtoiie#» can get it; yet esnh is preferred to order that we may toll * the lowest prim* to all. L U M , t lM to m * * , ccoMwuf. o. came back to Santa Rita and staid till the orders came for a general advance on Northern Luzon, We mc.cd thirty thousand strong on the first of December, We struck the outpost of the enemy killing the sentries. We then split up nod surrounded the mountains to the bay, making a gen­ eral round up, advancing with two regiments and the ,3d artillery on the morning of the same day against four thousand natives, The fire from the big .guua and one rapid fire gun lasted "only about thirty minutes and the towu of Dellaphand was » thing Of the past. That day I thought of my mother. We got up next morning thinking everything was all right, but about 8 o’clock the ‘natives again opened fire. We soou had them on the retreat and we kept them going all daylong,. At night we went into camp throwing out a good strong chain guard, the men sleeping iu-the center. Got up next morning early, ate our breakfast, field'rations of hard tack and pig. We hiked from there to Subeg Buy and arrived on the 11th with the cavalry scouts and two regi­ ments of iufantry and meeting the noted color :d regiment, the 25th U. S. infantry, which marched fromASgleas to meet us at Subey Bay, n distance of 140milesr* We captured that town after a half hours fight. On the 12th we continued our march, going through the mountain trails, Had a short scrap ou the 14tb which lasted about 20 minutes, but kept biking until the last of 'th a t month through the mountains. We had several small skirmishes and captured fifteenth townB and a powder mill of Aggie’s,, some cannons, and guns. Walked from bay to bay and was loaded on the great battleship Oregon which landed us back in good old Manila, form which place we were transferred to Santa Bita. On Janu­ ary 1, 1900, we were dispatched to do garrison duty in the towns along the railroad and along the railroad itself, and that it what we are doing a t the present time, I t is a tryingjob for a man to patrol the towns and railroad and be an out­ post.at night. The fighting is a thing of the past, that is regiment against regiment, but it is nothing for the natives to slip up on the outpost and taken shot a t sentinel as he walks his lonely post at the dead hour of night. We are often awaken by the report of a native gun, Bushwhacking is a daily occurrence. Small party of Ameri­ cans are often waylaid by the natives all over the island. ‘Rations have to be hauled from the railroad to the camp sometime a distance of 40 miles and they are often waylaid and killed, or captured, Every soldier gets his turn at all duties, no shirking goes. The natives are not contented .after kilting our eoldies they literally hack to piece their bodice with hobos. Many of our aoldiers detailed as guards on out­ post or even on patrols were found on the roadside, their bodies mutilated beyond description. As to the na­ tives bravery 1 will say nothing, sim­ ply because I have failed to notice any so far. Now I will tell you something of the way the natives live. They live In pebloes (towns) and barrios (vil­ lages), The chief magistrate in a pehloe is the president (mayor), but the padre (priest) often exercises more influence over the natives than the president. Their houses are bam* bo huts raised on platforms on ac­ count of the flood* in the rainy season.1 The interior o f the houses are unfur- niehed except for occasional picture* o f saints and benehl* of batabo. Their meal# at* taken squatting oft the floor, and such luxuries a t knife, fork or spoon do not exist, They eat their ehow-thoff with their fingers. Coeoauut shells answer for drinking cup*. They also have a very unique way of keeping their drinking water. They get a bambo pole about six wet long and three or four laches in diam- tier, pare out the joints and the water pall is ready f o r m . ttlsy tsy l» * * * ti* * t« waieh the bnfMfac of * t hawk# hatft m e m t f tools are a bobo* (long knife similar to the Cuban machete), a saw and the more prosperous carpenters, perhaps, have an auger and chisel,. Nails are never used, The costumes, if they, happen to have any, are simple,but picturesque. The men wear loose-fitting trousers, of almost any color, and a shirt made of Bamec fiber, the.longest fiber kttow'n iu the world. I f the weather is hot he may Wear a straw hat shaped like ad ishpan ,o ra bright colored cloth tied around the head like a turbaif, ShoCaare Dot worn only once in a while or on Sundays. Sunday is a gala dny. They go to church decked with all their finery and some of the senorita (girls) .chewing betel nuts. The prettiest feature of n senorita is her raven hair, worn in long tresses flowing l«Eif8§r over her heck and shouldete? hut they can’t equal our American girls at home. The prettiest sight to a lover of natural scenery is the tropical jungle. Imagine a dense forest covered with a net work of creeping vines. The nights are beautilul. no cloud is visi­ ble to dim the brightness of the stars and the Southern Cross shines forth in glowing i splendor; nil nature is wrapped in the mellow glow of the moon. Nothing can be heard but the screech of some bird or animal iu COGITATIONS History of Rome.—faying of the City,— Written in the Vnaacular of Today. Romulus hitched up a yoke of steers to a plow with u brazen share, and holding the handles himself he plowed a furrow around the city^Hier© the iuture wall should be. He held the plow handles himself in order to show hit# constituents that success had not turned his head. Re-' sides, he had read that self-made men should do it that way. A man by the name of Celer was made boss oF the 'job by ItomuluB. He was a good deal swelled up by his own importance anil one day Remus came along and made 11 good (leal of fun of the way they wore plowing. He told them they were plowing it “cut and caver” too much, whereupou Cel. got mad and struck him within ‘ ditching spade, Romulus wore Arepe on his hat thirty days, Inn,.went ahead with his work.' , Rome became air asylum for all the nlisconding bank cashiers and political hacks and three card monte men of the surrounding nations. They hardly ever had time tou ring their wives! along, so Rome ran short of female - into the midst of a swamp. I t hod been a wet spring, so wet that the spring plowing was not yet done and CurtiuB being unable to get out of the swamp, left his horse and saved, him­ self, They wouldn’t have cared so much, but they needed the horse, be­ ing behind with their spring work.' A good deal ofRome’s early history sounds like a political campaign speech. It depends on your poiut of view whether you believe it oruot. In 390, a few years prior to the discovery of Dr. Mary Walker, a horde of barbar­ ians and Chinese Boxers burned Rome aud all books upon which to base his­ tory were destoyed. Hence a good deni of what we now know about the times is based ou. “ Baron Munchau­ sen,” “The Arabian Knights,” and the letters of “A Voter,” who began to write for the county papers about that time and has kept it up ever since. .The battle wuxed hot and a good many were about to. be killed when the Snbiue women rushed between the fierce contestants and cried that, they cense or they would be widows or fatherless. The Sabine fathers were atraii they wauld have tbeir girls on their hands again and thus their bluff would be called, so they ceased firing. A festival was made in honor of the women at which the Arrangements have been made with the Cincinnati Street Railway to go into the city and to Fountain Square on its perfectly equipped tracks from Madiaonville. Mr. Martin states that it will re­ quire $2,500,000 to construct the road and that most of the capital is from Cincinnati, Hon. John Little, of Xenia, being one of the promoters. Roosevelt in Xeni*. The Rough Rider will pass through Xenia, Snroute from Cincinnati to Columbus via Springfield, Thursday, October 16. He w il^ arrive there about 4 p. m. and is expected to make about a 40 minute speech. ONRECORD the adjoining forest, and the .steady tramp, tramp of the sentry walking his heat, Men and women, young and old, smoko cigarillos (cigarettes) and the. cigarillos are not bud either These islands are a paradise for the cigarette fiend, as one can buy a package of thirty for five cents, The natives have cock fights every Sunday; gambling is their long suit* The natives have a drink called vino, and you bet it’s fierce. It will kill a white man to drink it. When a soldier is brought before his commander for sampling the stuff he Is sure to get ten days fatigue duty; that means digging ditches, building roads, etc., and you might as well get it under your hat that you have got it to do, for our papa away off In Washington don’t take any fooling. We boys have got to go to bed at 9 o’clock, sharp* and our bugler is a good fellow he is Imre blowing his bugle now. With best wishes, I remain Yours respectfully, R omik M urray , Staa* SscssS. Auditor Cattle, of the Post Offio# Department hairgiven out the receipt* of atl the Preridential offices in the forth* fioel year. Cincinnati leads in Chid with 11,289,986, Clevelsnd second, 8909,264; Cedsrville, 82,946; Jamestown, 82,756; Xenia, 814,190; Yellow.Springs, 82,307, I t can be seen that Cedsrville i second in the county with Jamestown third and Yellow Springs fourth. Postmaster Tarhox has don* some good work sine# he entered the office. I t having been indeed to a preriden* tW«#*#, society. There was nobody to run the I charity fairs and church bazaars, so} there was hardly any fun in Rome from one year’s end to the other. Romulus hit upon a plan which was very popular. He made a great feast at the county fair to which ho invited the Sabines. They began arriving in town before sunrise and they enjoyed a great feast. After dinner as they were watching the races, suddenly the Romans seized all the best looking girls aud rushed off to a justice of the peace who married them, TJicro was great distress among the Sabines as you might imagine. Rom­ ulus tried t} jolly them into a good humor, but it was not a success. They clamored for their sons-in-law and hoped they would return and live with the old folks. 1 The neighborswho had been despoil­ ed of their daughters would not have cared but the old maids who had indi­ gestion and bad livers had been left on their ,hands. Hence they made war on Romulus* and he had to call out the national guards to pnt down the war. Romulus mid the Sabines would have to he licked if it took all summer, II* had .17, S. Grant use the same expression. A certain gate into Rome was guarded by Tarpei*. She wanted some jewelry the Sabine* wore and they turned ov<*{r to her a Waterhury watch for her treachery anil she froze to death while winding it, Traitors should take warning from her fate and never attempt to wind « Waterhury. The next day a battle was fought between the Sabine* and the Romans. Tha first shot was fired by a man by tiwMtnmoffiurtiiM who wsaohawd wives received presents from their husbands nnd the girls from their lover*. The following Christmas the lovers got crocheted neckties and embroid­ ered slippers. .Themen received pres­ ents from their wives. ’'They got love­ ly presents. No expense was spared and the bills came around January 1st. After that the Sabines and Romans ruled jointly, Romulus and Tatius being rulers. But after five years Tadus was conveniently killed offand henceforth we find Romulus was the whole cheese. Naw Tractfc*. Plea* Guilty. Geqrge B. Thomas, who was arrested in Springfield, Monday morn­ ing on the charge of grand larceny, had Ids hearing before Squire Brad­ ford, Tuesday. Two steers-were on lust Friday night stolen from Samuel Smith, near Selma, and driven to Dayton where he sold them to Folky & Sou for $90.62, claiming that he bad bought them of a farmer near London. He .plead guilty to the charge and was sent to jail in default of 8500 bail, to ' await the action of the grand jury. New township Trusts*. A new townahip trustee was on Tuesday appointed by Squire Brad­ ford, it being his duty to appoint when there is a vacancy caused by resignation, Mr. Will Dean, who has held the Office for nearly three years resigned, owing to having pur­ chased a grocery store in Springfield. Mr. Dean’s time would have been out this coining spring, and therefore his successor, Mr. Robt. Watt, was ap­ pointed to fill the unexpired term. There was somewhat of a contest, as to who should be appointed, there being several candidates for the office. Mr. Watt’s friends were the stronger and- consequently bis ap­ pointment. The appointment will doubtless meet with the general ap­ proval of the public. Settlor $5000. About a month ago Attorney*Ghas. Darlington, of Xenia, brought suit against Geo. Harper for $700 attor­ ney fees in a case which Mr. Darling­ ton had conducted for Mr. Harper. Through his attorney R. Hood, Mr. Harper has just filed his answer and also a cross petition. In this paper Mr. Harper states he was induced through the representation ofDarling­ ton to place a large loan upon the Mt. Sterling, Ky., water works and elec­ tric light plant, and that through these representations he has been damaged to the extent of 87,500. Inasmnch as he feels that Mr. Dar­ lington owed him his legal services in the suit which resulted from the fore- going transaction, Mr. Harper asks that the claim of Mr. Darlington be set aside and that there be paid to him by Darlington the sum of $5000 with interest. Golonel John F, Martin, of Xenia, was in Cincinnati lostSaturday where he called on Mayor Eleischmsnn for the purpose of discussing the electric road problem from Springfield to Gin cinnati, for tbe transportation of pas­ sengers, mail and freight between the above mentioned cities. . The route will traverse the counties of Hamilton, Butler, Warren, Clin­ ton, Greene and Glafk, and will he 72 miles in length, or 13 mile* shorter, as.Colonel Martin says, than any other steam or electric route be- tween the termini proposed. I t will pass through the cities and towns of the Little Miami valley, taking in Ep* worth Heights, Loveland, King’s Mills, Middletown, Lebanon, Waynes- ville, Corwin^whera the pearl fisher­ ies are located—Wilmington, Dayton, Xenia, .Cedsrville, Yellow %ri»ge, Clifton and Jamestown. On the rout* to Cincinnati there will he two enter* ances* Both will diverge a t Love* land and one will come in via Madt- snnville and the ether via Liawocd, $Hw wW9jp9^ •wiWjH Secretary Probst, of the State Board of Health, Saturday ordered Dr. Snorb, Health Officer o f Ansonia, Darke County, to see that proper med ical treatment is given the ten-year- old daughter of a Mr, Myers, of that village. Myers and his family are Dowieites and, though the girl is so ill with typ hold tever that her moan#can be heard by tbe neighbors, they have, It is at- leged, refosed to permit a doctor to see her, but are trying to cure her by prayer. Dr. Snorb is directed to see that she is removed from the house if necessary to her proper treatment! and in no esse la ha to permit the prayer treatment to go on any further. I t may he that general in etruettont o f this character will he is­ sued to the Health Officers of this state, as it appears that the DowMtss are gaining a foot bold I k revere 8ewa«, and similar measure* may b* h Canfield's Right of Wo y for Ms Cfoc# trie Lioe.—Frey la • DH mwhu Harry. Canfield, a represenative o f ' the Springfield, Clifton, Cedotville A Jamestown Electric Railroad Com* >any, was in the city last Thursday roui Xenia and placed on record in the recordenr’s office here, a permif-° •ion or right of wav for the construc­ tion of an electric road to extend from Springfield to Clifton.' The permis­ sion was secured by him in May, I895r end was granted by James Anderson tbe largest land owner along the pro* losed route of the railroad in this county, He is the owner of four arms, which front on the Clifton pike.' and represent 1,500 feet pf the rail* way. Although the right of way waa secured by Mr. Canfield,; the company which he represents nlver constructed the road and H, G, Frey, J ri of this city, h8S since •secured the right' of way to build a line”to Clifton, and is - , making preparations for its . construe- , tion. Mr. Canfield having secured in writing tbe permiseon from James Anderson had the same recorded fox - the purpose ofaBcertinghis claim, aud , le saysMr. Fyer will have to pur­ chase it fromhim in.order to construct lis road along that line. . The ownership of the right of way may be questioned and lead to a legal controversy. In case it is shown that; dr. Oanfield is the rightful, owner It Will greatly inconvenience jfv , Frey and caus&him to deviate from his in* - tended course of construction or pur­ chase the same from Mr. Canfield,—* tess Republic. Logs* Club Re-organized. A number o( citizens assembled a t the Mayor’b office last Saturday even*, ingfor tlie purpose of organizing a club. Different names Were sug­ gested but-it was at lost,decided to re­ organize the old Logan d u b , fbr the act it had been a power of good in its line. Hon. Andrew Jackson and R. F . Kerr were appointed temporarychair­ man and secretary respectively, and were afterwards elected to these posi­ tions, with C. M. Ridgway 1st vice ^resident, W. J . Smith 2d vice pres­ ident and Andrew Winter treasurer. A paper was then taken around to get signers for members andtreacly the list has reached nearly 100 mem­ bers. An effort will be mads to get up a local band and X rattling good time is expected this fait. SeeUay « FrMchiM. The rcgnlar meeting of the donned was held last Monday evening in ibe Mayor's office, all ^members bring present, Mr. H, G. Frey woe pres­ ent and naked the council to instruct the corporation clerk to publish a no­ tice that a franchise was asked for over main street for the purpose of electric road^The council voted on the question and instructed the clerk to do so. Mr, Frey alto presented Ml franchise, and read it before tbe body, but no action can be taken on it for at least three weeks yet. The Usual amount of business waa transacted, and as it was th e ' end of the quarter the village official* were paid their allowance. AU ama OS’Aseaolt. A coloredman attempted assault mt a seven year old girl near Alpha- When the child was returning leas* from school she waamet by n w k r r i man who waa ‘riding a bwyete; he dis­ mounted and dragged the child to* culvert, However, a neighbor, Mr. Ed Hunger, who was attraoted by the villainous work of the negro, seenreA a Shot gun and started for the seat*. The negro, wring the approach ofMr. Monger, started oft a ran but was1 overtaken and escorted to the ridMfl* home, where the mother waatoMef tbe horrible affidr. The Mother net desiring any publicity «f the affidr Mb vised that the negro be freed, t i n eoMwtaaUy wre brought to ft atotoaf ftnriteiwwwt «tpo* hroreto* a f flu Munnlt 'A&AlS