The Cedarville Herald, Volume 32, Numbers 1-26

mUmtSM ■«-*■—* VAN AUSDAL’S C a rp e t—B to r c — ~ See o u r S p r in g D isp lay o f H ugs, C arpe ts , L s c ^ C u r - ta iris. P o r tie re s , W a ll P a p e r, e te . .New a n d a tt r a c t iv e p a t t e r n s shown iu a ll d e p a r tm e n ts . R u g s Mattings lin t We carry a large line «f Vel- novelty patterns in both vet and Axmiflster lings, In all sizes. Before buying, be »ure and see our stock. L in o leum s Printed and Inlaid Lino­ leums shown In a largo variety of patterns. Cork Carpet, Oil Cloth, Wood G r a i n , etc. China and Japanese Mat­ tings. All offered a t special prices. L a c e C u r t a i n s Our stock of Cluny, Ren­ aissance, Cable Net, Not­ tingham and Irish Point Lace Curtains cannot he ex­ celled. W a ll P a p e r a.nd D eco ra ting In our Wall Paper Department can be found a fine line of papers from Oo up. Frescoing and tinting our specialty. We cheerfully submit designs and estimates. V an A usda l 6 Co., 23 S o u th M a in St., DAYTON, O. SAVE Mfor k, A ^ r i^ M o m y yv '■—by using a-— STOVER Gasoline Engine Made Right. Sold Right. Send for an illustrated cata- ^ - I p ^ i e ;-- --'i: :;' Stover Engine Works, 25 River Street, - FREEPORT, ILL. jeltmm FREE TOUR OF EUROPE The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune ■will take forty women from Ohio, Ken­ tucky and Indiana on a seven weeks’ trip, visiting England, Scotland, Holland, Belgium , Germany, Sw itzerland a n d France. ^ Will you be one of the party? For full information read the Cincin­ nati Commercial Tribune. DEiTHOF Tl .O* The Cincinnati Tiross-Star of Saturday, March 27 gives the fol­ lowing account of the death of Thomas Gibson, a resident of tha t city and a member of tho Hoard of Trustees of Cedarviile College. Thomas Gibson, the oldest ma ster plumber in Cincinnati and found­ e r of tiie plumbing corporation a t 62UWalnut street, which hears his name, died of uraemia a t his home, 2142 Grand street, Walnut Hills, Friday night, after an illness of only a few weeks duration. Mr. Gibson was 86 years of age, but until his last illuess was active in the man­ agement of bis business affairs. Sunday morning he became III and soon lapsed into unconsciousness, remaining in th a t condition-,until the end. A telegram was sent so jus daughter, Mrs. John D. Gibson of St.Louis, who has been spending, the winter in Florida. His only1 ion is James O. Gibson of Hartwell. Thomas Gibson was born near Edinburg, Scotland, came to Cin­ cinnati with his parents and became an apprentice in a plumbing shop established by bis uncle, Peter Gib­ son, on Walnut street. He was taken in as a partner iu 1810. The present company was incorporated fn 1883. Mr. Gibson helped to lay the first water mam in Cincinnati, They were of wood and he after­ wards dug them up and substituted Iron pipe. He had been a member of the Caledonian soeiety for forty years. Ha was for many year» president and director of the Ohio Humane Society, and was a liberal supporter of the Children’s home. For sixty years he had been amem- berof the F irst Reformed Presby­ terian church, and* was formerly superintendent of itB Sunday school The funeral services were held in the church a t 2 o’clock Monday afternoon. The pastor, the Rev- David McKinney preached the sermon,' Purchased A Fine Horse. Mr. Andrew Winter, accompanied by Mr.-M. W. Collins of Trenton were in Indianapolis Monday where the former, pnrehased a Percheroil stallion. The animal is said to be an ex tra good one, five years old, je t black with white star, weighs 2,100 and wa* only' imported from France about a y^ar ago. The ani­ mal will stand a t the Mechling farm south of town where Mr, Forrest Field’s resides. I t may bo ssen en Saturday afternoon a t th* Waddle livery barn. DeadMan’sHand. .. ,iJCcryrlfcUb m ty Ar.esicMi Tress Ass- OH SPRAYING SOLUTION. To spray trees and shrubbery, got Rex Lime and Sulphur solution, the best on the market. C. M. Crouse. Public Sale! 1 will sell at Public Sale the following lot of household goods on Saturday, April 3,1909 A t 1:30 o'clock p. m.: Beds, Bedding, Cook Stove, Base Burner, Chairs, Pictures, Carpets, Curtains, Couch and many other articles to numerous to mention, A lso One S h e d 12 x 28 w i th good roof. T E B M Q H P G A f l ? , P A Q H UI* ux UJ u * v iw il JOSE p I M c AFEE . T. BAKER, Auctioneer, THEATRE NOTES. Louis James has given many mas­ terful charaoterizptionsin the past*— “Othello” “Brutus” “Macbeth” “ Beppo” Dromio” and “Fnlstaff,” but compared w ith them all, his PEER GYNT ib a towor of individ­ uality th a t proclaims him the most versatile actor upon tho American stage. In PEER GYNT, which Mr. lames wHloflerat the Fairbanks Theatre on Monday evening, April 8th., Henrlck Ibsen has gone deep­ er into character and human mo­ tives than any other dramatist would have dared to go. PEER GYNT is shown in nearly a ll tho phases of life from youth to old age. "Bolvelg,” the sweetheart is the eu- thithesis to him, he virilo and im- passiouato, she gentle and winning. The uncanny “St ran go Passenger” And the hideous “Dovxe King,” the Irritable “ Ugly Old Mother” and the Herculanean “Aslak,” are5all well drawn characters, each a dis­ tinctive type thoroughly Ibsen. Having secured the original Rich­ ard Mansfield seen! equipment, Mr. James offers the same hero in Us stric t Mansfieldian entirety, to form a fitting embellishment to this wonderful play. BUILDINGS FOR SALE. Two two-story frame buildings and barn for sale cheap. Bee J . (3, Barber and O, L. Smith. WEATHER REPORT. Rainfall, l.GGinches. Tlu-ro wore mors than half the rainfall iu 24 hours 05-100 of an inch and about 10.90 inch#* up to data in 1000. Sun­ shine per cent, 40; wind direction, south west; clear days 10; cloudy, 14, part cloudy 0; ligh t snows, fi; frosts, 6; Thunder J; there were about 2 Inches of snowfall in March and i t averaged the same tempera tur# of January . Last March was very cloudy, Highest tomperatnro «0 degrees; lowest temperature 20 degree#; range of temperature i;j degrees; average temperature 43 de- degrees. This has been the driest March since my reporting amt about th* coolest, Hkmiiel Creswsll, observor. MiSHi.-'lppI has seen great changes. I ’or ages she knew only hie red men hunting on her hanks or dart­ ing hither and thither ,a their canoes, leaving streaks of light on her broad besom. She saw De Soto come, an apparition from another world. Later the flatboat, the sun glittering on its water dripping sweeps, marked the approach of civilization. Tho El-earner-, followed the lint boat, an era that marked the old river’# greatest glory, a glory of which she was robbed by the railroad built ,on her banks. In the middle of the last century what was then regarded a boating pal­ ace stopped at Memphis, took on pas­ sengers and proceeded on her way down toward Now Orleans, Among those who came aboard at Memphis was Arthur Davidson, the eon of a w’ldow living on her plantation near that city. Her husband had been a spendthrift and had mortgaged his plantation. From the day of his death for ten year# Mr#, Davidson struggled and saved, scraping together every loose coin that came in her way to pay oft this mortgage arid leave her plantation to her children free from debt. These were two girls and two boys. The eldest boy, Arthur, was twenty-one, the youngest boy eleven. The widow determined to send Arthur ta New Orleans, where the money had been borrowed to pay it off and to en­ ter upon a business life. Her property was to be reserved for her minor chil­ dren. - ■ At that time, when the long table in the cabin was pot set for meals, a number .of groups were scattered about playing various games of cards. Arthur Davidson stood over ope of these tables looking on. I t was not only Arthur that listened to the fasci­ nating click of gold pieces (for our to- ,dlvidiiality Is merged into that of our parents And our children; it.was both he and Ms weak father. He sat down and Joined in the game. He bad in his poeketbook money for bis traveling expenses. The $10,000 With which to pay off the mortgage was in a money belt about his waist. Arthur Davidson soon lost his expense money, rose from the table and walk­ ed out on the guards, struggling the While against temptation to go back and redeem Ms loss by risking the money intrusted to his care. The im- age-of his mother came up before him —terror stricken, pleading. Ho saw his younger brother and sisters ruined at an age when, they could not at that day hope to provide for themselves. But the temptation was too strong for him,.Feverishly he unbuckled his belt ana, taking out a numberof $500 bills, placed them unfolded in his pocket- book, Then he returned to the cabin and resumed bis place at the table. "WMla there .were gambler sharks oj Y the Mississippi there were many games made up of planter#, cotr men and others to legitimate occupations. The game In which Arthur Davidson was playing was fair, but he was reck­ less, doing An inordinate amount of bluffing, and he lost steadily. The more his mother’s savings diminished the more "m-klm he became, The game continued far into the night, and toward the small hours of the morning he had parted With more thfin one-half he had taken from his belt. I t was about S o’clock when some one of the players opened a fat pot, and every one stayed in. It was Da­ vidson’s last say. He raised, as he usually did, and Btlll no one dropped ’out. Till# transferred to the pot about half of what he had left of his origi­ nal sum. The cards were now drawn. The opener drew three, -the next two drew two each and the last three one each. Davidson was one of those who drew one card. The opener bet, and Davidson raised him with nil the mon­ ey he had left. iSinee he was so given to bluffing, tlie other#, supposing bo had drawn but one card to scare them off, called him. If he won he would win twice tho mortgage money. If he lost ho would have nothing left, „After tho last bet he laid his cards on the table face down. I t was noticed tliat he was la­ boring under a terrible excitement. He bent ovor the table, bis head rest­ ing on his arms, The rest showed their hand#. The opener had one ■mail pair, another had a pair of aces, a third had two pairs, sevens and fours, and the fourth man had a pair of queens, The highest hand in the lot was the sevens and fours, not a hard one to beat. “Come, Davidson; show your hand.” Davidson didn’t more. Due of the players, impatient to know the result, turned over the young man’s hand. I t contained f t pair of tens and n pgir of threes. It hrnl wen. “The pot’s yours, youngster," called one of the player*. “Wake up.” All expee-tfd Davidson to start up snd eagerly clutch ills winnings. In­ stead he remained immovable. They shook Mm. They turned bis face so that they could see his features. It was livid. “Is there a doctor aboard?” Word: was passed, and a man in the ladies' cabin lame forward, -raised Davidson, looked into ills face, felt his pulse and pronounced 1dm dead. His heart had yielded to the excitement of standing on the precipice between ruin and a doubling of the money ho had been tempted to risk, Davidson’s body'was shipped back to his mother and with it not only the .510,000 she had Intrusted to his Care, but $10,000 ad-Uiional. ►Since then tens and treys have been calicd'the dead man’s hand, and it la a hand that Is rarely iieatcn In draw poker. T, DEWITT BOWMAN, . - . - ..v Hothouse Thoughts.. There ate hothouse thoughUr* beautiful bat tasteless. Life. CASTOR IA For Laiutii Ofaildran, lb UdY m knAtop 8 w{M They Go Noislessly N&te Tim “WE WILL HAVE WHAT YOU WANT WHEN YOU WANT IT” This is the celebrated “Grey Streak” that made the much talked of record a t the receat Savannah races. Speed 70 miles per hour. The car for all occasions and especially the Doctor’s” friend. Model No. 10, with Roadster Body, 18 H. P., $1000.00. S P E C I F I C A T I O N S Seats Three Persons. Current supplied by Magneto. WheeLBase 91 inches. Shaft Drive* Pressed Steel Frame. Four Cylinder Engine size 3 3-4x3 3 4 . This same car, with Tout about Body, $1,050.00. . . < BUICK Model "F” Most reliable car on the market. A remarkable Hill Climber, Well adapt-* ed for country driving. „ Model “F.” Touring Car, 22 H. P., $1250.00. SPECIFICATIONS. Seats Five Persons. Wheel Base 92 inches. Double Opposed Engine 4 |x 5 . .. Chain Drive. This same car w ith Roadster Body if desired. BUICK Model No. 17 The greatest Car value offered for 1909. Do no t ever consider o ther .makes until you have seen th is “Silent Fo rty .” Car has s tra igh t line body of approved design and is a beau ty . Model No. 17 Touring Car, 40 H. P. $1,750.00. SPECIFICATIONS. Seats F ive Persons, Current applied by Magneto. Pressed Steel Frame. Wheel Base 112 inches. Four Cylinder Engine 4^x5. This Car equipped w ith Roadster, Body if desired. We also have to offer the 50 H, P, seven passenger Touring Car. Complete Specification* given on request. This same ear equipped with Roadster Body tf desired. Also agents for the “ Incom­ parable White Steamer.” Five passenger Tonring Car $2,000. For a “ town car” there la nothing fcosurpasa out low cut d irect drive “Waverly Electric*” A silent'car. $ 1 , 600 , 00 . A v isit to our Garage will convince the moat exacting th a t we have the most reliable oars »t low­ est price#. We have two car load# on the way. Call and inspect the line before investing, The Central Electric & Supply Company KELSO & GARFIELD, P r o p , . ............................................ South Detroit S t, XENIA, 0 . HAMMER AWAY, YOU CAN’T INJURE IT IT ’S a HANNA’S LUSTRO F INISH J u s t w h a t you w a n t f o r your FLOORS, FURNITURE, AND OTHER INTERIOR WOODWORK when th e y become scuffed and worn. Makes th em look like new ; in any N atural W ood color desired. LUSTRO FINISH is th e only p roduct m ade in-colors t h a t a re non-fading-, and n o t affected by . sun ligh t. | T h a t tough , e lastic L ustrous F inish , ‘‘T he M adeto W alkon ,” won’t come off kind. I t sticks to th e su r- I face to which you app ly it, b u t n o t to you r shoes, cloth­ ing o r carpets* * * FOR SALE BY KERR & HASTINGS BROS, M l SevenMHkmboatsaoMinpast 12 months. Cure a Cold in One Day LaxativeBromoQuinineTablets. * ‘ i signature InTwoDsy*. every DO YOUWANT ANAUTOMOBILE? I f you do, DO N O T F A I L to call at The D A Y T O N A U T O M O B I L E CO., 115-117 W . Fourth Street, Dayton, O., and see the second-hand cars they have which must be closed out immediately, regardless of price. THE DAYTON AUTOMOBILE CO., 315 -117 West Fourth Street, Dayton, Ohio. F o i Wo tbftl Comae. Monday prevent, eommltt The sfcroi ed to inv has arts andtho < the Alfoi differenc lines and The mi fines to tl collected treasurer mitt<d hi year. Genera Safety Service Health Bill# to ordered until the • Forty 1 offered f< and Son Farm, T sale has & numbf present : Ho t alo offered it as well. In the Boy, a gelding 1 in the pa year-old mar,-and te r will 1 active in Besider Bryson l in the cd. The Yi Society publio d e ­ tainment mile aouf1 Aptll 10t Thi3 so young ■elf impi are u s u h ' they hol< of the pt i6 always dance go Good ir - •verybod 1 * ing. Corn Notice ' vaults, r must be cl away by .1 ” comply w be considt punished By order Sarauo BUILI! Two tv ••-* snd barn ’ J. ( f C r Spring Footwf... for Y 01 Yo Go Guai -t» represc faction 0 Bearsth* Signature** 1 Spring B M i x x GET OUR PRICES ON PRINTING X X % *