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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-12-02
General Harrison's Temperance.

A public dinner had been given him
on one occasion. At the close of the
dinner one of the gentlemen drank his
health. The General pledged his toast,
by drinking water. Another gen.
tleman offered toast and said:
General, will you not favor me
me by drinking glass of wine?" The
General, in very gentlemanly way,
begged to be excused, He was again
urged to join in glass OF wine. This
was too much. He rose from his seat
and said in a most digmtied manner:
''Gentlemen, l have twice refused to
partake of the wine-cup. hope that
will be sufficient. Though you press
the matter ever so much, not a drop
shall pass my lips. Imadc resolve
when started in life that Iwould avoid
strong drink. That vow l have never
broken. ! am one of class of seven
teen young men who graduated at col
lege together. The other sixteen men,
bers of my class now fill drunkard's S
graves, and all from the pernicious
habit of wine drinking. owe all my
health, my happiness and my prosper
ity to that resolution. Would you
urge me to break 1t now?" Youth $
World.
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KITCHEN TEMPERANCE.

A Word of Caution Wives and Mothers
In Regard to Planting the Seeds Of In
temperance In Their Food.
This is emphatically a time when
woman should let her influence be felt.
in the strongest possible manner, and
in every direction, against the curse of
the drinking habit. Concerning the
danger of using alcohol for culinary
purposes, Julia Colman writes as fol-
lows:
The kitchen is very often the stronghold Of
the drink habit in this country. from the fact
that great many of our inherited and i'm
ported rec pes give favorings of wine or
brandy, to say nothing of gin, rum and whis-
Ky. These are often carelessly copied, even
by our rel Gus papers. ana as carelessly
their attention called to the matter. they may
say that the heat drives away the alcohol, and
nothing but the taste remains. never. SEEM
ing to think OF the absurd ty OF suDpOsinH we
could taste the stuff if it were not there. But
this taste itself is the very thing to be feared
whether it creates in CHI ldren familiarity
with the liquors used. and thus makes them
in after years an easy pre', to the drink
habit; or whether it reawakens. in the
Gone aUs him % so mueh @ MISCHIEF. Mischief and 0" which,
has been with SO much difficulty subdued-
A pleasing instance where this was happily
avoided was lately related by Mrs. DIR.
Stephen Smith Mt a meeting in the broadway
Tabernacle, New York, as follows: "A
guest in whose welfare we were deeply in
terestcd, one day expressed to me a liveiy'sat-
isfaction because the IN nee pie served Mt dim
ner had contained no trace of alcohol. He
had feared the ordea.. for. II it had tasted OF
| brandy, he would not have been able to con-
| troll the awakening appetite had no sus-
| piciOn that he had ever been add cited to
drink, but he Informed me that a few years
| previous he had been it's bondelave. and
| that he was obliged to watch continually
against any thing containing the poison. 1
was SO thankful that my Temperance pr nci-
pies had saved mo from putting a stone Of
stumbling in a brothers way, that i de-
term ned TO be more earnest than ever In
| calling attention to this matter. and should
| be glad to get recipes recommended by any
| really good COOK for the preparation, on q
! Temperance basis. OF var Gus dishes which
| usually contain some kind of alcoholic -
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-12-02
ARGENTINE SCHOOLS.
A South American System OF Education
Copied From the United States.

A South American System OF Education
Copied From the United States.
This place has q more primitive ap-
pearance. being more like a frontier
town. Cattle were grazing in the plaza,
and the houses were all built of adobe.
Still the town boasts of a normal school
with two American lady teachers. On
asking the hotel-keeper for the location
of their residence. he showed me the
street, telling me that would know the
house because the windows had white
curtains, the only ones in tho place. l
found it by that description and enjoyed
a very agreeable hour with the two
ladies. 1t was great treat to meet
two intelligent American girls in this
out-of-the-way place. They had their
little sitting room, papered by then-
selves and coz;ly arranged. 1t was like
going away from home almost to leave
them.
One great factor in the progress of
tho Argentine Republic is compulsory
public education. This measure is
strictly enforced, especially in the north
ern provinces and newer settlements,
where the central Government has a
more direct influence. From this ex-
cept the provinces of Buenos Ayres
and Santa Fe. In these the foreign elc-
ment has done what the Government
claims to accomplish in the frontier dis.
tricts.
One evening reached place called
Negro Muerto, station consisting of a
couple of stone hodses, located on the
brow of hill and overlooking some
meager pasture. Tired out, l lay down
on bench in the house. In doingAo,
a newspaper dropped out of my pocket.
A boy, some ten years old, picked it up,
and began reading it. Twas so aston
ished that, sitting up, / asked HIM
'Where did you learn to rcad?" ''Ih
college," he answered, adding; "The
school is on the other side of the hill. "
/ became quite interested. The boy in
formed me that all the school books.
states. paper, etc., are supplied to the
scholars free of charge. He also told
me his father was at the time in Jail for
three days, because he had kept him out
of school for a week.
1t is true that the school system was
originally copied from that of the
United States and introduced by Sar-
miento, after an extended visit to our
country. 1t was through his efforts
that American teachers were first
brought to the Argentine Republic. He
himself. beginning life as school
teacher, made public education his life
study, and whether President. member
of Congress or private citizen he un-
ceasingly labored in that cause. A
number of public schools all over the
Republic, even one at Valparaiso, Chill,
have been named "Escucla Sarmiento. "
-I"pira (BoliUia) Cor. San francisco
Cnronicte.
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In a Rarer Atmosphere.

The swifter progress any man makes
in attainment, the more sw fly does he,
in sense, lift himself away from those
whose attainments must remain less
than his own. There is another dimen-
sion of space than. those which are
measured by length and breath and
height; and in that dimens on of space
he who stands nearest corporeally, to
his peighbor, may be actually farthest
away from him. One of two men may
have penetrated into a higher region of
spiritual or intellectual attainment, into
which, as yet, the other can not enter.
Thus to one, the mind of the other is,
in that sphere, completely closed; or, at
best, only part. al sympathy of thought
and feeling can exist between two men.
Whoever, therefore, determines upon
high attainment in any sphere of
thought, or knowledge, or acton, must
be content to see this process of partial
separation going on, without being able
to hinder 1t. One can not mount up
ward on the lonely peaks, and yet re-
main below in the pleasant haunts of
men. If the valley Is left behind, one
must not expect to find its cool shadows,
and its soothing songs. upon the naked
heights.-S. s. Times.
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IOWA MONKS.
Queer Rites and Cerem onies Adopted by
the Inmates OF u Western Monastery.

the Inmates OF western MOnastery.
From a Sermon by Rev. J. B Thomas.I
About twelvs miles from Dubuque, Ia,
upon black,ned, desolat, prairie, th.ro
is q lovely monastery OF tho most solemn
of the old Roman sects Every morning
at two O'Clock the monks arise. This we
may not look upon US SO great hardship
when we are tod that their only bed is u
hard plank. Then they pray for scven
hours in wooden stalls that nre so con-
structsd that they will not permit OF their
reclining, but which compel them either to
stand or kneel the entire time. Their
prayers completed, their next duty is for
each to so into the yard and dig part OF
his own grave, aud when thoy have it oncs
completed they fill it up again and repeat
tho operation indefinitely throughout
their lives. They aro not permitted to
speak to each other except by special Il s.
psnsation, which ia very rarely given ex-
cept at the close OF each meal, when eacl
says to the other: "Mement, mori''-ro-
member that you are to die. Their food is
OF the very poorest. So they go on year
after year until they Gle, when they arc
placed in their graves. dug by their own
hands. No hea lstons with ther nnn,o
msrks thcir last resting place. Only the
name they havs adopted when ent,riny
tho monastery is placed sbGvs hem; aii
else u omitted
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PRAYER AND PRAISE.

Sweet Frankincense Of Praise Should Be
Mingled with the Daily Obiation of De-
votion.
Should we omit praise any more than
we omit prayerP And should not praise
come daily and as many tines in the
day as prayer does? 1t strikes me that
to fail in praise is as unjustifiable as to
fail in prayer. 1 shall leave it with your
own heart and conscience, when you
have asked and answered the question,
to see to it in the future that far more
of the sweet frankincense of praise is
mingled with your daily oblation Of de-
yotion. .I I.Lf ',
Praise is certainly not at all So COM
mon in family prayer as Other forms Of
worship. We can not all Ct us praise
God in the family by joining in song,
because we are not abe to raise i. tune;
but it would 10 well II we could. l
agree with Matthew Henry when he
says: "They that pray in tho family do
well; they that pray and read the Scrip
lures do better; hut they that pray. and
read, and sing do best of all.' There
is a'completeness in that kind of family
worship which is much to be desired.
Whether in the family or not. yet per-
sonally and privately. let us endeavor to
be filled with Gods praise and with His
honor all the day. Be this our resolve
al win extol Thee, my God, Oh King;
and l will bless Thy name for ever and
ever. Every day l VIII bless Thee; and
l will praise Thy name for ever and
ever"
Praise can not be second. class busi-
ness; for it is evidently due to God, and
that in q very high degree. A sense Of
Justice ought to make us praise the
Lord; it is tho least we can do,
and in some sense It is the most
that we can do, in return for
the multiplied benefits which He be-
slows upon us. What, no harvest of
praise for Him who has sent the sun
shine Of His love and the rain of His
grace upon usp What, no revenue of
praise for HIM who is our gracious
Lord and Kingp He doth not exact
from us any servile labor. but simply
saith; Whose ofereth praise glcritieth
Me-" Praise is good, and pleasant, and
delightful. Let US rank it among those
debts which we would not wish to for
got, but are eager to pay at once.
Praise is an act which is pre-eminently
characteristic of the true child of God.
Tho man who doth but pretend to piety
will fast twice in the week, and stand in
tho temple and offer something like
prayer; but to praise God with all the
heart, this 10 the mark of true adoption,
this Is the sign and token Of heart re-
newed by Divine grace. We lack one
of the surest evidences Of pure love to
God If we live without presenting praise
to His ever-blessed name.-Rer. C. II.
Spurge0n.
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CHOICE SELECTIONS.

He that has no character Is not
man; he is only a thing. Chanyort.
"A little fire is quickly trodden out;
which, being suffered, rivers can not
quench.-Shakespea'c.
There Is no human life SO poor and
small as not to hold many divine pos
sibility.-James Martineau.
Prayer is the wing wherewith the
soul flies to Heaven, and meditation the
eye wherewith we see Standard.
DO not think it wasted time to SUBJ
init yourself to any influence which may
bring upon you any noble feelings
RmsEin. t
Tho object of belief and that from
which men are warned is more than
a mere vagary-an aspiration. 1t Is al
ready in when heart and conscience act
together. In the heart salvation begins.
It is the seat of right as well as of
wrong.-Dr. John Hall.
Every thing that is called fashion
and courtesy humbles itself before the
cause and fountain of honor. creator of
titles and dignitics. namely, the heart
of love. This is the royal blood, this the
fire which, in all countries and contin-
gencies, will work after its kind, and
conquer and expand all that approaches
it.--Emers0n.
We may choose to look at the
masses in the gross, as subjects for sta
tistics. and, when possible, OF profits.
There Is One above who knows every
thirst, and ache. and sorrow, and
tav Itot nf oil nri,,
drinker, and street child. The day will
come when He will require an account
of these neglects of ours, not in the
grOss.-CAarles AiNgstey. tH..u-t &.
Drawing near To God enables us the
better to know God. To know our fell
lowmen we must draw near to them.
We may know something of God from
traditi0n-from nature = from q cold
and critical study of the Bible; but to
know Him more perfectly, we must
draw near to Him, and thus know Him
in our own Christian exp .riences. 1t
was this that enabled Paul to say: II
know whom l believed" etc. Req. Il.
b. Rndd. GlAt.s l ss34
The bare fact alleged may be true
enough, but if none OF the extenuating
circumstances De 8loScu, SLUG Nv SLUG
with the fact, we violate truth in the
general effect of our words upon the
6earer. though the particular details Of
them may be correct. II we exhibit q
mans vices only, and conceal the pro-
portion which those vices bear to his
virtues. we calumniate him qu te as ei-
feetually as if we ascribe to him vice
he docs not possess. II. N. G0uL'
1T is the part Of an indiscreet and
troublesome ambition to care too much
about fame-about what the world says
Of us; to be always looking into the
faces Of others for approval; to be al
ways anxious for the effect OF what We
do and say; to DO always shouting to
hear the echo of our own voices. II
you look about you. you will see men
who are wearing life away in feverish
anxiety Of fams, and the last wc shall
ever hear Of them will be the funeral
bell that tolls them to.their early graves.
-Albsny Journal.
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THE COSTS OF SIN.

A Great WsAte Of Time Worse Thsn Useless
Toll and Labor and the Ruin OF Physical
Z and Spiritual Health.
A life Of sin involves q great waste of
time. Is it matter of little moment
with you that time is squandered? All
along tho path of history the greatest
and best have built for themselves mon
uments out of the gathered fragments
ftime. Philip, of Macedon. disputed
the authorship of the odes of Dionysius,
the elder, on the ground that he had
not the time to write them. 'Time to
write them," answered the poets son,
.'they were written in the time which
you and and other happy fe lows spent
over the bowl" Shakespeare makes
Prince Henry to say in the midst of tho
revelry of the hour: 1--WE play tho
fools with the time. and tho spirit OF
the wise sit in the clouds and mock us. T"
How many books might have been read;
how many languages mastered; how
away; how much OF blessing distributed
to the joy Of suffering humanity; how
much of self destroyed and sin subdued;
how much of manhood bu.ldcd and
righteousness cultivated, in the hours
and days that the prodigal murders in
the house of sin, at the cost of all this
treasure that will never return?
There is q great cost OF toll and labor
in the way of sin. There are sloughs
of despond, hills Of difficulty, and blasts
that rend in the broad way Of sin.
Thorns for the feet and agonies for the
heart. stony pillows for the head and
broken stats for the hand of the prodi-
gal in the land OF sin. With untiring
hand prido whips tho poor toilcr up the
sleeps for fame! .Avarice pinches the
heart Of the miser, feeds him ON hun
ger, and shelters him with cold! The
poor harlot has no equal In drudgcry
except Il be the debauchee who is her
equal partner in crime. elH II
There b great cost OF physical
health and comfort In the path OF sin.
Whatsoever young man-any man
sOweth that shall he also reap. II we
cast darnel and cookie into the furrows
of our life we must not complain of the
appointments Of God when we gather
the harvest OF our own sowing. When
physical health Is gone. modesty gone,
confidence gone, philauthr0py gene.
beneveoense gone. meekness gone, con-
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TEMPERANCE READING.
"IS PAPA DRUNk7"

Written for one dear mother who knows
THAT intemperance means.
There was no bread In the house,
Not enough for q mouse;
My wee darliEgs were supperIess;
My wee boys were in tears,
With their hearts full Of fears,
For they were worse than fatherless.
hear . step along the hall,
hear ny hearts deep call,
My first born's voice go dear,
Is sounding in my ear:
In trembling grief he asks:
is papa drunk tO.nght2'
why my hearts quick beat tonight?
why clnsp1 INV babes so tightY
Why fear his hand on the latch,
Or his wild cry for match,
That he may find us?
Papa is drunk tonight"
You. whose hearts are good aud true,
You, who know sorrow too,
And you, who make human laws
For future destinies-
Save the boys papa who asks:
i" Is papn drunk tonightY'
M. l.. MOrel1nd, IN linton Signal.
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God bless the cheerful person-man,
woman or child, old or young, illiterate or
educated, handsome or homely. Over and
above every social trait stands cheerful
ness. What the sun is to nature, what God
is to the stricken heart which knows how to
lean upon him, are cheerful persons in the
house, by tho wayside. They go unobtru-
sively, unconsciOusly about their silent
mission, frightening up society around
them with the happiness beaming from
their faces. We love to sit near them; we
love the nature Of their eyes, the tone of
their voice. Little children find them out,
OIL 30 quick amid the densest crowd. and,
passing by the knitted brow and compressed
lip, ghde near, and, laying confiding little
hand on their knee, lift their clear, young
eyes to those loving faces.
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AN absolute refusal to receive any
part of the money derived from the
Brooklyn excise fund for the use of the
Baptist Home was determined ON at q
meeting of tho Long Island Baptist As
socisti0n held in Brooklyn lately.
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One OF the established professions
of New York Is that OF catching meal
worms for birds. The worms are col.
lectsd in grain warehouses.
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The Good Cause Sustained by the SUI
preme Court of the United States--Wiil
the Laws He Upheld by the Late Con-
vention of Liquor Dealers:
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-29
THE DE LAND FIRE.

Loss About $4,000 and bat Lit
tie Insurance.
The report published in yesterday s
News of the destruction of DeLand by
fire was found To be only too true, and
the business portion of that thriving
little town has suffered the usual fate of
the towns constructed wholly of Florida
pine. About twenty-five buildings in all
were destroyed, the loss amounting to
about So, 900, the amount of insurance
not being known at this time.
The fire was discovered at about l
o'clock Monday morning, and the flames
spread rapidly until the fire had con-
sumed two entire blocks. The origin Of
the fire is not known, though, as is u.s.
ual in such calamities, it is attributed
TO incendiarism.
The people with the usual Florida vim
and enterprise, are not disheartened
though some of them are heavy LOSERS.
A fire limit has been established, and
the burnt district will be rebuilt in brick
and committees have already been ap-
pointed to look into the transportation
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-29
Ihe Daily journal,

We have receive the first issue of the
Sanford Daily Journal under the cdi-
torial management of DR.. j. j. Harris.
The paper is very neatly printed, care
fully edited six. column sheet and would
be decided credit to much larger
town than Sanford. Mr.. Will ID. Ran
dali, for while connected with THE
NEWS, is the city editor, and the editor
thus introduces him to the Sanford peo-
pie: THE publisher is happy in announc-
ing to the patrons and readers of the
Journal, his engagement of Mr.. w. d.
Randall, an experienced and capable
newspaper man. gentleman of excel
lent character and a business man of
rare qualifications. He comes to San
ford to stay, and with the view of thor
oughly identifying himself with us. We
bespeak for him a cordial reception and
generous treatment satisfied that he
will abundantly repay our community
for every courtesy shown him."
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LIFE IN A CIRCUS TENT.
Glitter and Show are on the Outsid
All Hands Work Hard.

Glitter and Show are on the Outside.
All Hands Work Hard.
There is an individuality possessed by tho
circus man, especially in the case of the old
time Snowman who has journeyed on wagons
and horseback through the cross roads and
green lanes of the remote rural districts. He
comes i'll contact with many sorts of people,
i'll every condition of lie, and his knowledge
of the characteristics of the inhabitants of the
different parts of the country is extensive. Il
reporter recently called upon a Snowman at
his residence in Brooklyn and gained much
information about the ups and downs of cir
Gus tent life.
Il have been out every season for twenty
two years" said he, "and believe am able
TO give as many points about the business as
any man you will find in Brooklyn. \ circus
man who follows the calling for any length
of time has abundant opportunities for know
ing the country web as the habits and Gus
toms OF the people he finds in it. OF course
there are lots of people besides showmen who
travel constantly, but the majority of these
merely go from one large city to another, and
their ideas of the country are such as can be
obtained by looking out of car windows
There Is little difference in the routine work
of show nowadays, except, of course, tho
manner of transportation from one town to
another The first duty after unloading the
cars in.the morning is to get up the stock and
dressing tents. This is done by the drivers
and groomS. While this work is going on
the cooks and helpers are employed putting
up the mess tents and preparing the breakfast.
The next act is TO get ready for the street
parade. All have to take part except the
canvas and property men, who get up the big
tents. The street parade lasts less than an
hour. One object of it is to draw the crowd
away from the grounds so the men can have
better chance to work The duties Of
workmen who travel with the railroad shows
are less arduous than in former years. They
sleep on the cars and generally get in early
enough for breakfast, but their lives are in
much greater danger than they formerly
We're. Last season six circus men were killed
in Michigan, where two sections of .
train collided. Another accident, in Iowa,
caused the death of one man and wounded
many more, and every one knows the fate Of
poor Jumbo, in Canada. Scarcely q season
passes without fatal accident happening TO
circus trains in different parts of the country.
The boss hostler has about the most re-
sponsible position in the working force of q
show. He has charge of all the horses and
wagons, as well as the ring horses and ponies,
together with their trappings. He is held
accountable when the show gets on the lots
late or misses a train through delay in getting
away. The press agent is always the life of q
circus, large or small. In a big show there
are always one or two cars set apart for
the use of the press agent and his assistants
They are usually shrewd, wideawake news
raper men who know how to hustle. can't
say who is the best. New York Mail and
Express.