The Cedarville Herald, Volume 24, Numbers 27-52

‘“T-'T- W © k SWKI Wtr 3 # Work Will t im t * f t with ««? ■owTim, 'Gedarvttk When.this item U marked by us Index, it denote* Hurt your snbkrip- lion is overdue and* promptMrxwat ,5®desired. TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR. NO. 52.: CEDARVIUE. OHIO, JULY 27, 1901. PRICE $1.00. A YEAR. HAT AND NEGLIGEE SHIR{ are necesities through Ju ly and August. "We have them in qualities to su it you, and variety, too. The new est good things, as they come on the market. Monarch and Fountain Brand Soft Shirts. Few equal and none superior at the price. I. O. DAV IS, Tailor, Hatter, and ' ' ' '' Furnisher, ' • PER.JEST, Of Fiction Reading - o f Lo- • cal lib ra ry Should BE GREATLY REDUCED m m Librarios to (is Instructive ond Long lived Should Have e Great Demand Far History, biography, Travel - <- and Science. — Report of ' .• Chicago Public library., , _A few days back we noticed the re­ port of the librarian of the, Chicago - Public Library, of which the follow­ ing is a portion; f; , ■English prose fiction is credited with 45,20 pec cent of tbf*circulation, andjuvenilis ’literature with 28.64; 'while poetry and drama. "still linger at the bottom with only 1.40 per; cent; history and biography, 6,2? percent;, 'science and arte, 5,38 per *cent;*geog: raphy and travels; 6,33 per cent. . This report along With \ the report of our local library, as.giveh last week, behoves us to take’ steps against the theiso called, popular fiction/ . s - Popular lfteatUre how p,-<hys eon- Sisstsjn a large part' o f fiction, Now, that fict^n may he, to certain extent; one of the most charming, as well as -jghole some forms of literary produc* lions, will .not at this day be ques­ tioned. Bat the everlasting repetw tiop through countless di<nisande/~of •—volumes- of the story of the imaginary courtshipsindmarriage o f fteticoUs and, impossible voting men and ' women, and when a ll, conceivable incidents tlmLcould attend ‘ this happy narra­ tive are used-up, then tending to the Same matrimonial result, it is clear that the parties,' if they wore real, would talk themselves to death —this is the staple of what is now called fic­ tion, because it never could exist in . fact. *■ (> t , ■ • - If is -said that the most, numerous readers of hovels of this sort are to be lie found among women, perhaps be­ cause they have more time and fewer diversions than men. Iu a large class of these readers"their ideas of life and of the world are formed o f in this source,, consequently tho ' result ’ is Seen in the enormous and Increasing business of the divorce courts, A sta- tician reports that ninty per cent of the contestants for divorce suits have been fiends of this kind o f literature, that they entered upon married life with ideas and expectations so false and theories so absurd that nothing but diSsapoiatment find unhappiness tan follow, and instead of the impos­ sible and self-sacrificing heroes of their dreams they awake to find Sometimes It Pays TO INVESTIGATE - ‘ 1 : s and this is one of thetimes. THIS MONTH, ( J u l y ) we count on 1 themselves married ou)y to men with tho iraperfections common to human- ity. ■ • . - <b ' What a fowl fur aq immortal mind to live cm,,- year in and year /Hit, as its,- principle literary nourishment] And what sort of -mental fiber is it likely to produce? “The past literature of owaJaaguagc is , splendid and unsurpassed. 'File race that produced it lips now Swelled in this country alone to. nearly sixty- five million. We boast loudly of our- largely increased- machinery, for edu-. catioh, our' monstrous ami nnroefbua libraries, our, immense advances in learning and knowledge^, our .wide range awd extension of jtlmught, and y«V what and ho'w many additions have we made to literature? Who and how many are the living writers who have'contributed anything'to it .that jviH live-in ..after time,. or whoso names will likely be remembered fifty years hence, * * - These, are questions that every one can answer for himself. ■ It is the ob­ ject of the present $ug'gestio;>s to Ask them not to answer them, not to challenge the claim to distinction that any person thinks' belongs to him. There can be no juster commentary upon current literature than results from taking an insight and honestly searching for its great men, who are few .and-far between, in 'a countless army of authors,' ■ . • ' • That a number o f books have been the means’of rational enjoyment 1$ not to b e , questioned; But how. large is that number? , By ho# much of,the remainder,is-the world or any part of it the wiser, the-better or hap­ pier? A large 'share of it is even "mischievous in it&jsffect on the popu­ lar mind, iw false taste, erroneous ideas and unworthy prejudices it gen­ erates; and how certainly will tho lapse of twenty, ten and even five years Consign the great hulk of the popiilar fiction, like the "rag- lime" song into oblivion. ' Tho library of tbe present day for the general public that did not fur­ nish them could not he sustained, whatever real treasures of .litera­ ture It might offer. We know this to he the truth in the case and ask the supporters of our library to raise the per cent of circulation *on. the works of history, biography, travel, adventure and <particularly science, fur in access to that of fiction, as much o f it is characterized by haste, superficiality and redundancy of words, which the writers lack the time and the thought iieccaiMry to condense, which often would not re­ pay condensation, as it would evapo­ rate in the process. Will Doable Track. Last week there was recorded in Cincinnati a mortgage for 43,000,000 given by the Little Miami- Railroad; Company to the Central Trust and Safe Deposit Company as trustees, The document covers allthereal es­ tate and personal property belonging to the railroad company. The bonds will be known as 'Jbetterment bonds," and the money .is to be expended for improvement of the road, The bonds are to he of the denomination of $1000 each and are dated May 1, 1890, all bearing interest at the rate of 2^ per cent, payable semi-annually. ..Th is betterment mortgage covers, the Pennsylvania linos'between Cin­ cinnati and Columbus; via OedatyHle might have been looked upon as criti­ cal, The fire is supposed to have originated, from spontaneous oamhus* jttomassome clothing fcliai had been used i» painting was left in the press, and the Origin of "the fire is thus as­ signed. There was insurance on • the property-to cover all loss. " Outlook, for the Coming Year. . The canvass -for new students Is progressing nicely,. Ab6uk.thlfty-fi.ve new Students have signified their in­ tention to enter college’’Sept, 11th, The canvassing, is .only half, done so far. Some of the new-comers will be from a distance. ’ During, commencement week over seventy of the latest' works in philos­ ophy, science, and history wereadded: to the library. The alumni associa­ tion voted 850 to procure hooka be­ fore the Fait term. -Last week the collegc bonght the Century Cyclo- ptediae Dictionary and Atlas,1 three- fourths morocco bindiug. The price o f this excellent work is one-hundred, and fifty dollars,- . ' JSlCwfurniture will be provided for some of .the recitation rooms, In ad­ dition to the apparatus already used .to illustrate- Physics'and Astrouomy, twenty-fitfa dollars worth' will he pur­ chased, 'Nearly a;l>ke amount, of chemicals and apparatus will be. pro­ vided for the Chemical laboratory; .As usual, text-books will be rented at one-fourth Cud pna-lmlf cost of books or Sold at cost.]- • - Students who comb from a distance hope to start a hoarding clhbntld thus reduce the cost but not the quality of the boarding. , ^ ' During the coming year in addi* tioil tothe course o f lectures furnished by the students’ committee,' tho fac** nlty will arrange for monthly lectures in the chapel. Two tutors will nss.ist the facidtyin. hearing recitations, and the library will bo open free to-all' students dur­ ing recitations. Tho prospects for a good attendance were never better. , ; . , kf ; •' ■ From Official Circles In ,Greene County’s Capital. REAL ESTATE DEALS. Various Matters Of Interest Happening at The County Seat Set up in Con­ cise form for the HorJd’s - 1 Busy Readers, plated, r r .ra n [: ySSi’.trq department was called Wit Monday morning about nine o’clock o f tb«.; onp lidhy '^ 'F / Batterfiehl* »mc -.'p^rby: mol® fj'iiihg./fettt.-th« ■ wwte,IW w ; investigation. it wa« found t b f the fire had originated in a closet in 0 »®of '■ Hpstait® tyoinh ®nd that th®fir® had burnt through to t b attic, but ^ Th« Jewclar. ownig to tit* lack of air the ‘fir®was iti it, smothering condition antl not cnOARVlLUbN * rifttCb huhrinf very briskly ortho ailuatte«: WATCHES A„ disconnt that means money saved’to yon if you tm y ,ttaw * . -- Caution to Hoys. ' In our report of the accident of little Charles Lowry in our last..-issue we staled that the driver of the te&W was not known and that he ’did not stop when the accident accurrred. In this we were misinformed. James Oreswell was the driver of .he team and but lor his coolness and presence of-mind in stopping the horses the boy would have ben killed. He did all he could to help the little fel­ low out o f hie perilous position. The matter o f children riding tri­ cycles at the speed they do should he looked into by both officials and council. We realize the tempta­ tion It is to ride on the'cement pave­ ments, and could hardly expect the officials to compel the youngsters to to ride in the streets, yet they must be more careful In. riding or some one will have to look Into the matter, The danger is not Ohly at the cross­ ings, blit all along the line, and, sev­ eral times our attention has' been called to the fact that young children and old „women have narrowly es­ caped accident at the hands of those tricycle riders. Let the parents call the boys’ attention to the matter and possibly will save some one suffering pain. ^ . :■•'■■■. , _■■ TO 3rtJFJ?At,0 nv BOAT. , T 2U?C k - w W1 x 0 iifUG{Uni through car service to Buffalo over Akron Route, the trip to Pan-Ameri can Exposition may .be made via Cleveland and Steamer by taking trains running over the 0 , E. & 0. link of the Akron Route lo Cleveland where they connect with the boat line. Tickets to Buffalo and return via Cleveland over the C. A, A C, may be obtained giving the purchaser the option of Boat or Rail between Cleve- Iand«and Buffalo, For pnrlhhtlars apply to E, B, Kayes, Agent, Cedar* Cedarviltei __ _ Evransioat®CahonWa. ♦1,00 round trip 9undt „'July 28, Cedarvill® to Columbia®, 8p<mWtrain leaves fisDff a, m, Central lime. AUDITORS ORDERS ISSUED, ‘ July 5,' W. H. Owens, 841,00, soldiers’ relief Cedarvill® tp. Frank Byers, $118,80, Inf ,‘beaf,’ Inf. direc- tors. ' ’ • i . -. .June 6. W. E. Kiser, 115.40, co., sten. in D . Golden inquest, com. and law /. J / W, Smith, '840, Co., salary ending in JuneJnfirmery diretor, com. Edith Robinson, 18,, Co,, indexing criminal documents for. sheriff, com. July 0, N. G. Lackey heirs, 8312, bridge, compensation on. A. H. Dean road, lnwl Miami Telephone Co., 29.76 co., June rent, com, July 10; Chas- Howard, 52-68; Co,, salary for'July, law. \ Xehin Water Co., $51, Co., rent, com.' H. 11. Thrall 52,50, Co., salary on In- firmkry board, coiiu. !J. W, Fudge, et.aj, $45.60, Co., hoard of equalize tion, com, and law. .. ^ d®ly 12,- W. B. Chew, 11.85* luf., printing for infirmary, luf.. directors. J , B. Lucas, 25, Inf., Salary on in firmary* com., * . July 13. 0 . A. Spahr, 810, C.H-, rent of Stable for store house, C, H. com. S.O. Hale, 84, co., Requisition fceB, com; J, H.Kisbet, $18* Co., 9 days court Bailiff,law. R. R, Knowles, financial Officer at Dayton Hospital, 8488 70, co., for enre of Greene Co.- insane, law. ' . July 15. Galvin & Son, 83 50, printing for Judge Dean; com. • Edith Robinson, $17 60, indexing/SherifT’a hooks, com; .Hcnessy Bros. <&Evans Co., 86300, 0. II., estimate on court house, Building Commission. - t t f 1 REAL ESTATE TRAX 8 FGR 8 '. • . Jacob Stryker to NancyA.:Stryker; lot 33, Jamestown, $500. Carrie B. Sypher to -Etlward E. Sypher; lot, Xenia. $1. Mary S. Oglesbee to John D, Hel­ ler; lot 1* Ferguson's add., Xeuia, 8500. - * John D. Heller to Mary 8. Ogles bee; lot 3, Ferguson’s add., Xeoia, 8500, - J E. C. Beall, sheriff to Amy K Mc­ Donald; 78.74 a, CseSarcroek, $4000, Amy E. McDonald to Hafry C. Oglesbee; 78.T4 a, $4000. L. Floyd Routzahii, sheriff to Mil- ton Orabill; 95.02 a, Miami, $6605. 0. S. Bailey to J. II D. Payne; lot 8, Hatch’s add, $450, Chas. 0. Graf to John € , Wade; 22 a, Qugarcreek, $55, David L, Reeve4 to E. A. Story; lot 13* Bowersville, $75; Nellie E, Lighthizer to Sallie E. Smith; Xenia tp. $1600, Grand Conclave at Louisville, Ky. _ , V 1.1 t S, '•51 “v „-f. ^ n 1:1® L-I JU* V/lIi Lull ets at greatly reduced rates to Louis­ ville, Ky.t and return account of the Knights Templar Conclave. Tickets on sale August 24,25,26, 27 end 28, good to return leaving Louisville not later than SeptendwjrTO, Any fur­ ther particulars- will be cheerfully given by C. H. & 1?> agents, or ad­ dress D, G» Edwards, Passepge Traf­ fic Manager, Cincinnati, jANor.mo nerves . Are yon irritable? Do you sleep badly? Is it hard to concentrate your thoughts? .Is yonr appetite )mor? , Do vou feel tired, mtfc?««nd despondent? Try Lichty’s CeleryNerve Oompocmd it will do yob mote good than any thing yon have ever tried. Bold by 0 , M, Rjdgway. •’ * > vs « Scfiley vs, Sampson. Tbe Schley and Sampsbn contro versey has again broken out, this time from tbe fact that a certain text book in use in the naval academy slanders Schley by calling him a coward, liar,' etc. Gen. Felix- Agnus; publisher of the Baltimore American, lias taken a great band in the fight, and gives some strong statements 'in a telegram to President McKinley, urging him to break up the clique that exists in the Navy department. Facts in the case of the destruction p f Cervera’s fleet is all that is required,.' We ■hardly see how it would have been possible for Sampson to be able- to command the Squadron.while oft on shore. Schley was On the 'bridge of the Brooklyn throughout' the fight. Sampson, like some men we havo in both couuty and state affairs, never ‘ get anything ex­ cept by, appointment or conferment It might be well to start in on the naval department and make them familiar with the court martial laws. would overtake the rig. But he didn’t, He walked and kept on walking, finally reaching hopie, nut no horse awaited him. I t just then dawned upon the major that it was late and on ’consulting bis watch found it was four o’clock in the morn- Piece of Realism. During n performance of a tent show here Saturday night the audi­ ence witnessed a bit pf aeting more ■ realistic than’they expected to see. In one of the acta a performer let Blip- a gun he was about to -use off the r . ' Astronomical Observations. - By that simplest af astronomical instruments—the- smoked glass, we made careful observation of our solar orb at the attitude o f 3° above the borison. At a southernly limb over a crescent shape space of about oue- fourth the size of the entire disc a darker motted appearance of deeper crimsen hue was/distinctly visible; sbadingbff at the border lines^ into unusually brightness of the residue ofitsdiso. ' •The changed appearance may be due to great agitation of the Sttn’s at­ mospheric envelope, followed by in­ tensified electric power, resulting in increased heat at surrounding worlds. At this eensoh our planet is in the region of its summer solistice, -the pe­ riod of least disturbance in tempera­ ture due to pJamtary- space. These conditions are of great interest to the student of practical astronomy, and of far reaching in meteorological phe­ nomena. . •' Our world is a small one compared to.our solar orb, It would require nearly one and a halfmillion of spheres like’the earth to make one as large as our sun. Save iu so far as this world and Its inhabitants reflect God’s goodness and glory they are of little or no account. If he who tempers the wind to the shbrtt lamb see fit “The Fourth Angel may potir out his vial o f wrath open the sun and scorch Earth’s inhabitants with heat.” Rev. xvi; 8, 9. The world seems unmindful ofGod’s goodness,in the realms ofnature, prov­ idence and the spiritual realm, The wealth Craze seems to be the only oper­ ative force upon men’s minds in the United States. Our calamity is that our Binshave shut out the light of life. Instead of God’s rule the devil rules. The people are oblivious, and impend­ ingjudgement seems close at band. R . H ood . BY THE lip*. Up in Springfield * man took ad­ vantage of his wife and was reported to the police officials On the charge know as “wife beating.” The man appeared before. Police Judge, Joe Miller* on the above charge and the Judge presented him with a.neat sen- tence- but o f kmg-fluratidn, $300 fine*, costs and six months in the Dayton work house. A win require over two years to work out the sentence. How fortunate some "wife boaters” arc. r-O- Major Smith reports a good on® on himselfand gives it iu his own humor­ ous manner. The major was over near New Jas­ per several evenings ago and was so absorbed in his work of persuading a farmer to take out & policy in tho Homs that he forgot ins harps left standing, unhitched. When- themajor reached the gate the critter was gone, It lining a late hour he at ones came to the oonelmnon that the animal had gone homo, to started oqt to Walk thinking that possibly he ing. It is safe to say that there was|atage. It struck on the hammer and no,further searching for tbh home that ,vaa discharged. The performer fell hack with a cry of agony with his hand to his thigh.- 'The audience . thinking, it was mere acting,- set np a- wild applause and kept it up while, the victim rolled in agony, his cries ■ being heard all over- town above ths shouting; fina lly it dawned on -the audience that they were witnessing more of a tragedy than a , comedy. ' A physician, Dr/Marsh, was/ called and found a frightful wound- op the- ipside ofthe upper right thigh- -made by thewads with which the gun waa night or rather, morning The rig was found during the' day within half a mile of where he had, left it. . ' Dayton Turned Down. , The'trustees ofOttterbein Univer­ sity on Tuesday voted against the re­ moval,of the,institution from Frank­ lin County. The vote stood 34 to 14. The offer made by the Columbus Board-of Trade of $7000 on condition that tbe university remain at Wester­ ville forever' was refused.- It is prob- , ■ w , n-Vilct fliaf; flim t\r5Tl Ixa wiov -I a mwl / able that the . offer will be made un­ conditionally and that it will ’be ac­ cepted. Dayton mode a strong plea for the institution. ' Her representa­ tives offered 63 acres of land, "valued at $75,000,bUddingvalued at$8l,OQ0, $16,000 oash iMg&f annual guaran­ tee of $2,500 for aperiod of five years. Toledo waived her proposition in-fa­ vor 6t Dayton. , He is improving rapidly at /this ‘ writing, but wiihnot he able .to rejoin' 1 the show before a fortnight. A , y f n j .,.1 irr... ■l‘*;-lfi,lV ^ t- 'r n - , * t —When you want a modern,-up- to-date .physic, try Chamberlain’s, Stomach and Liver -Tablets; _Tlmy are' easy to take and pleasant ■ in ef­ fect Price 25c. Samples free at 0 . ■ M. Ridgiyay’s drug store. = ,, - - >* STRAW HATSJ L SHIRTS l l l JNDERWE^ Best Goods,’ *t^ o st P * * s . HYPES 5 . HAT & SHIRT STORE, Hotel Bookwiltor, Springfield, Ohio, v Bin Summer Clearance Sale of Sheet! For the next three' weeks we will sell good shoes cheaper than shoes wero ever sold in Xenia; Come in early while we have sizes. Here’s a few purse ticklers; 20 pair®Haiiaii & Son |5 Tan Shobareduced to....,...,........ $ 3.00 36 pairs Men’s $5 Patent Kid and Enamel Shoes......... 8.75 , 18 pairs Men’s $3 Tan Oxford reduced to ...................... ......... 2.00 40 pairs Men’s Tan arid Black Ph?v>« *hv:- c:: A ri.:-.;, tig to i, reduced than to....* .... 1,50 40 paid* Ladie’s hand turned shoes, were $ 3 , a o w „ . » . , . . . . , 2.85 50 pairs Ladies’ Patent Leather Shoes, were $ 2 . 50 . . . 1,50 §0 pair Ladies $2 Kid Lace Lhoes, ptsLor kfd tip 50 76 pairs slightly damagtaT Lace Shoe®$M l an d ..,/...... .......... 1,25 51 pair®Ladies’ Patent Kid and Patent Leather Oxfords, slightly damaged, worth $ 1,50 and 12 . 00 /..,...,.............. . 1,09 50 pairs Ladies* Kid Oxfords at 7 So and*******•»**♦* 1.00 We triil sell during this sale 276 pairs of samples and slightly dam* - aged shoes of Xenia Shoe Mfg, Co* , ,— Sale CohHDsacedJuly %% aM B ils Aug. IL l o Goods ®M Store, Xeaid, a t- .4