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Another India. war ON Hand.

There is another Piute known about
town as Indian George. He is fond of
whisky, but is not SO well posted on cleo
tricity as Edison is. Last "Wednesday the
ground wire from the telegraph Office was
connected with q faucet in the saloon next
door, and then horn of whisky was of.
fered to the Indian on the condition that
he mix water with it. Coerced into this
unholy compromise, he took the cup and
advanced to the faucet. Just then a pow.
erful current of electricity was turned on
by the operator in the telegraph of.
flee, and the astonished Indian was in
stantly engaged in hand to hand conflict
with the devil. 1t was style of war
fare with which George was not familiar
and with shrieks he kicked tie soles of
his moccasins in series of three back
somersaults, uttering whoop that upset
several jars of the battery in the telegraph
office. Then he took header through
the glass door of the saloon and went howl
ing to the camp of his tribe. endeavorinl
to excite his brethren to a bloody war o
determination against the whites.-t tNeva
da Times.
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Conflicting Emotions.

1t was in the third race yesterday. King
Faro had won the first heat and Ella
Rowett the second "Ohi l know King
Faro will win the third" exclaimed a
demure, diminutive damsel, aroused for
an instant into enthusiasm by the excite
ment of the occasion. Thereupon the
young man by her side challenged her
with, "Will you bet your hand against
Against box of candy? Yes, for
know there is not the slightest danger OF
my losing" The heat was n close one
and when King Faro came under the
string nose ahead of his game little Op
pOnent, the aforesaid demure, diminutivt
damsel lmpulsively cried out, "Oh, that
mean old Faroi" But the next instant she
was blushing as red as some of the jockeys
jackets, and applauding King Faro like q
little hurrricane.-[Louisville Courier
Journal
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Common sense in Dr,vunx.

Most men over drive. They attempt too
much, and in SO doing distract or hamper
the horse. Now and then you find a horse
with such a vicious gait that his speed is
got from him by the most artificial pro-
cesscs, but such horses are fortunately rare,
and hence the style of management re-
quired cannot become general. The true
way is to let the horse drive himself-the
driver doing little but directing him, and
giving him that confidence which horse
alone gets in himself when he feels that u
guide and friend is back of him.
The most vicious and inexcusable style
Of driving is that which so many drivers
adopt, VIZ: wrapping the lines around
either hand, and pulling the horse back
ward with all their might and main, so
that the horse, in point of fact, pulls the
weight back to him with his mouth, and
not with his breast and shoulders. This
they do under the impression that such a
dead pull is needed to STEADY" the horse.
This method of driving We regard Us radi
cally and superlatively wrong, 10 would
tax the ingenuity of hundred fools to in
vent a worse one. The fact is, with rare
exceptions, there should never be any pull
put upon the horse at all.
A steady pressure is allowable, probably
advisable, but anything beyond this has
no justification Ia nature or reason for M
ture suggests the utmost possible freedom
of action of head, body ard limbs, in order
that the animal may attain the highes
rate of speed and reason certainly forbid:
the supposition that by the bits, and no
the breast collar the horse is to draw the
weight attached To it. In speeding oul
horses we very seldom grasp the lines witt
both hands when the road is straight ant
free from distractions The lines are rare
ly steadily taut, but held in easy pliancy
and u. ed chiefly to ship the bit in the ami
mails mouth, and by this motion commu
nicate courage and confidence to him
We fnd that by this method our horse
break less and go much faster than whel
driven by men who put the old-fashione'
steady pull upon them.-IF From the Colder
Rule.
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An Insroductien Not Acquaintance.


was little taken aback the other day
at hearing the sharp reply of kind not
so common in these days as those of lady
Holland and Wortley Montague A GER
tain gentleman had for some time ad.
mired certain lady without knowing
her. She had been Informed that he de
sired 10 know her, and it CHANGED one day
that they met at the house of friend and
were introduced. Exhibiting his sudden
sense of satisfaction ut the recounter, he
darted eagerly forward, and, with his
hand extended, exclaimed, Happy TO
meet you, Miss F.; delighted to make
your acquaintance" The lady, with
curled lip, suffered the pendant hand to
lie before her as she replied: "You
haven't made it yet, sir" giving him to un.
derstand that the acquaintance OF u lady
is not made from a single introduction
nor is her hand to be shaken as If 1t was
Chinese puzzle. Indeed, there are some
men who have the fashion of offering
their hand that would lead one to say
.What shall do with it?" When viii
Americans leave off hand shaking, or a
least learn when not TO shaker Georg,
Francis Trains custom, adopted from. thu
Japanese, is the bcst-to shake ones owl
hand and preserve ones electricity, no
giving it out to every chance-cemer
-TBoston Transcript Causerie.
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Afghan Towers and Huts.

These towers are structures about 81
teet high, and the same in diameter. The
first 10 feet are Of solid stone structure
the upper hollow and capable of holding
fifteen or twenty men; the whole loop
holed and rooted In above the roof is q
Lookout balcony. The only entrance is a
small doorway above the stone substruc
turc, approached either by ladder or a
single piece of rope, which, when the
tower is occupied, is drawn up. Scattered
around the towers are the huts or cave
dwellings of the people. The huts, sur.
rounded generally by low, earthen walls,
resemble those all over upper India
earthen walls and flat, mud-covered roofs
some twenty feet long, ten or twelve broad,
and six high. Sometimes they are longer,
and divided into apartments, in one of
which the cows and buffaloes are housed
though quite as often they occupy the
same apartment as their owners. Their
portion is generally anything but clean
the portion occupied by the family is
swept out daily by the women, who as a
rule, do not only all domestic work, but a
good portion of outside duty also. The
only furniture consists of two or three
small bedsteads, covered with string, on
which lie tumbled some dirty quilts or
blankets: in one corner some seedcases
covered with a coating of mud, containing
the grain for daily use and for the next
sowing season; a small stool or two and
some spinning wheels, at which the wo-
men sit when at leisure, which, is seldom
Il few ghurras, carthen vessels, holding
water or buttermilk, and used as cooking
pots. In one corner, or in the center of the
room, lies heap of ashes or a wood-firc,
on which the cooking is done, the smoke of
which, having no outlets, blackens walls
and rafters, on which hang the warlike
implements of the lords of the mansion
These consist of match-lock, or fiint-lock
musket-lately superseded in many AZ
reedee homes by the Enfield, snatched
from the Ameer's panic c-stricken infantry
flying from Ali-Musjid-a horn of powder,
a bag of bullets, an old pistol or two, and
the long knife, used as sword and dagger
of some tribes, or the sword and shield of
others. All these are worn by the men
not only when ON the war-path, but al
most invariably-even when plowing in
their fields. Add to this sheepskin bag
containing about twenty pounds of flour,
in which are imbedded some pieces of
salt and gOOr (molasses), and the Pathan is
equipped for a weeks From
Blackwood's Magazine.
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To Young Men.

Be careful not to overestimate your own
abilities. 1t is very natural to feel quite
convinced of your skill, and to be
aggrieved that your efforts are not more
specially recognized by your employers
but rest assured that in the end employers
will recognize any capabilIty you may
possess at its proper value, and are at all
times eager to avail themselves of any
elements you may possess that are advan.
tageous to their business. If, on the other
hand, your ability is recognized, bear in
the right path, and be careful not to sue
cumb to the inducements offered else
where by a slight advance of remunera.
ton. This is indeed the lock upon which
the hopes OF thousands Of young men
have foundered.
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Marrying Fre.ehmen. Ont OF France.

Attention is being called To the peculiar
position of an English girl married TO a
Frenchman who has not fulfilled the obli-
cations of the French laws ON matrimony,
which require his name to be posted up in
his commune before he can be legally
married ut home or abroad. No marriage
in England should be permitted with q
Frenchman unless he furnishes the -cele-
brant with certificate from his consul
that all the French requirements have
been fulfilled. Years ago was an attache
ut Frankfort. MY principal business was
to marry people. The ceremony was a
short one; no clergyman was needed.
| All that was requisite was that the man
and the woman contem ,latlng the holy
state should sign an affidavit that they
knew of no legal impeachment, and that
they were of age. Then they signed a
second paper. gave me one guinea for
registration in the diocese of the bishop
of London. their names were entered in a
book and declared them married. The
dream of many foreign Adventures is
to marry rich English woman, and the
pumber of aged English women that
married to young and slatwart foreigners
was legion. The German police have a
black book, in which the lives of adven-
turers are chronicled. Sometimes 1 would
get the biography of the bridegroom from
But love is blind; young Romeo only be-
came transformed in the eyes of old Juliet
into prosecuted hero, and she rushed
with augmented velocity into his arms
1t was amusing to see the old thing sim
pering and smirking when asked to de
clare that they were of age, as though they
expected me to doubt it. Once, being in
hurry, married a Frenchman to an
English girl without having got any at
testation that he had fulfilled all matrimo
nial preliminaries in his native land.
, few days later l met the French Minister
, who protested The position-and it may
. perhaps serve us warning to Englisf
/; girls contemplating Gallic chains-wa.
} this: The girl was married, he was wa.
7 not; the girl was wife, but she had NJ
husband. The happy pair had gone t.
7 Darmstadt to enjoy their honeymoon. OF
: went with the girls mamma to brin:
r back the bride. Luckily the Frenchmai
!, was man of honor. The girl was rele
1 gated back to her mamma, the Frencl
: legal formalities were fulfilled, when WI
: had second marriage. But supposin,
that the bridegroom had been a sconndre
4 it was perfectly open TO him to have plant
4 ed the bride on us, and TO have RENAME,
a bachelor. Under these circumstances
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Byron and Irving.

Professor Hill, in his life of Irving, re-
lating the following story respecting the
power of lrving's writings over Lord By
ron, gives us an impressive view of the
poor prodigal: IAN American gentle
man who visited Lord Byron in 1924, two
months before his decease, relates this
story: He lord ByrOn) rose from his
couch when l entered; and pressing my
hand warmly, said, "Hsve you brought
the Sketch Book g'' I'handed it to him :;
when he turned to the Broken Heart,
That" said he, "is one of the finest
things ever written on the earth, and
went to hear an American read it. But
stay! Do you know Irving ?" replied that
I had never seen him. "God bless him.
exclaimed Byron; "he is a genius; and he
has something better than genius heart.
l wish could see him; but fear never
shall. Well, read The Broken Heart, yes.
The Broken Heart What a word" In
closing the first paragraph, l said, "Shall
1 confess it? / believe in broken hearts"
"Yes," exclaimed Byron, land so does
everybody but philosophers and fools"
While was reading one OF the most touch
ing portions of that mOurnful piece, OBJ.
served that Byron wept. He turned his
eyes to me and said: You see me weep
sir. Irving himself never wrote the story
without tears. have not wept much in
this world, for trouble never brings tears
to my ewes, but l always have tears for
The Broken Heart. Sir, how many such
men as Washington Irving are there in
America? God don't send many such
spirits into this world 2" u
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selected Miscellany.

Never regret what is irretrieyably lost.
Never expose your disappointment to
the world. -rs-....
Conversation is an art in which Il man
has all mankind for competitors Emer-
son.
Words have double weight when there
is man and character back of them.-[H.
Mann. -.s ,rs--e -l.,-.
The superiority of some men is merely
local. They are great because their as
sociations are little.-[JOhnson.
In general, there is no one with whom
life drags so disagreeably as with him who
tries to make it shorter.
Good taste is the modesty of the mind !;
that is why it cannot he either initiated OF
acquired Madame de Girardin.
If man will tell me what he thinks of
his neighbors, can. tell him what his
neighbOrs think of him.-[Josh Billings.
Style is only, the frame TO hold our
thoughts. 1t is like the sash of a window
"a heavy sash will obscure the light
[Emmons. E.as 10.
There are two articles in general use
which Lord Beaconsfield boasts he has
never possessed. One is q watch, the other
an umbrella.
There is this difference between happi.
ness and wisdom; he that thinks himself
the happiest man really is so; but he that
thinks himself the wisest, is generally the
| greatest fool.
The sdamps of autumn sink into the
leaves and prepare them for the necessity
of their fall and thus insensibly are we
of years close round US, detached from
our tenacity of life by the gentle pressure
as recorded sorrow.-( Landor.
BE pitiful, be courteous" is an admon
ltion to be needed particularly where rela
tionship or close intimacy must draw III
into daily contact. Certain it is that rude
ness or curtness of expression, it .ndulget
in at home, cannot be always put asid
when we go beyond the confines of tina
home, and some hasty, unguarded wort
may betray the 'discourteOas habit to othe
and astonished ears.
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the only reparation that l could have
made would have been either to have
married her myself or to marry her mo-
ther, and thus become a second father to
her; in either case dismal fate, for the
girl was very plain and her mamma very
Observation-Disclosures Truth
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-06-12

During the ten years of work upon the
Sutro Tunnel in Nevada, the lives of -
operators have been carefully gua1
and but five or six deaths by accids6
taken place. During the boring
Hoosac Tunnel 1856 men were kille,
the accidental death in the St. Con
Tupnel have averaged one a day. and(
the Comstock one a week. The low rat
of accidents in cutting the Sutro is attribu
ted to the strict system under which tn
work has been carried on. T'se contemp
which is bred of familiarity is the rea
cause of most explosions.
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Where a Boy Found His Conscience.

The abstract conceptions of righteous
ness and justice are only applicable to
acts done under a sense of righteousness
and justice. The same remark applies to
personal immoralities; so that no animal
can be Immoral. That animals cannot en-
tertain abstract ideas is not at all surpris-
ing, seeing how slow children are to do
the same. A somewhat grotesquc illus
tratiOn will show this. A class of boys
was ask what conscience was. None
could explain il, so the teacher defined it
as something within you which tells you
when you have done wrong" A boy at
once exclaimed that it was stomach
ache. On inquiry it turned out that he
fruit, and doubtless felt the re-
morse of conscience accordingly!
If, then, my former position be
qualified, would rcstate it as corrected
by the cases recorded as follows: Animals
reason as we do, but always in connection
with concrete phenomena, whether i'm
mediately apprehended by the senses, or
present to Consciousness through memory
but, like children, they are slow to per
ceive the suggestiveness of things. They
have, moreover, no power of conceiving
truly abstract ideas. Hence, they cannot
be selfconscious, cannot conceive of God,
and can neither be moral nor immoral but
are simply non-moral automata. On the
other hand, that which rescues man from
being an autOmaton pure and simple, is
his power of conceiving of abstract ideas,
which enables him to be selfconscious
consequently, he can conceive of per
runal. i. e., selfconscious deity, SO that he
at once becomes a responsible being, and
can be positively moral or immoral
Nature.
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a number of cases of insanity caused

A number of cases of insanity caused by
religious excitement have been found in
Portsmouth,, N. H., and two men have
been, taken TO asylums. One of them,
Charles Goodwin, a very respected middle
aged man, who was converted at the re-
vival led by Elder Waite, has been rushing
about the streets for several days, shouting
with crazy religious fervor. He insisted
that the Lord commanded him TO initiates
Freeman by sacrificing his children. and
begged that they might be taken away
| from him before he committed the deed.
Mr.. Flieschman, who has sued the Ham,
| burg, American Packet Company for $1O.s
600 damages inflicted by rats, cockroaches
and vermin, says that 'shc paid $500 for
himself, wife and children from New
York 10 Hamburg, on the way 10 the
Vienna Exposition The steamship sailed
on April 8, 1878, and, the libcllant claims,
that two days after leaving port he and his
family were elected from their staterooms,
and were Obliged to occupy the stewards g
room opposite the Kitchen. They were
not allowed to GO from the room for air or
exercise. 4 is also claimed that the room
was filled with vile odors and was filthy
and overrun with rats, cOckroaches and
other vermin.
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Tne Men Who Write for Either side.

i"e nc" mo :" hoF 1l'"eF sue
may as well take up for refutatiOn o
the charge occasionally brought against
reporters, that their reports are colored
by personal feelings. In so far as the
mere writings of the words of speaker
goes, he Is a machine. Toward senti
ments uttered, his mental attitude is indif
ference; or, if he takes the trouble to diff
fer from the spirit of the proceedings, his
disagreement does not appear in his
report, but takes the form of sarcas-
tic comment to cOnfrere at the
table. 1t would not suit the
reporters purpose to alter in any way the
tone of the meeting; that would be giving
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NEAT MARKET.
Z. G. FULLER,

nEALER IN Fresh and Salt Meats, Bo-
loena and Pork Sausage. Highest
rnskes psi,e in cssh paid for Beeves, Sheer,
Hoas, Hides, &c. Market, south side LIB
erty Street, one door west Of Otterbecker's
Hssness Shop. u-9-1y
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At Kewaskum, Wisconsin, Friday, a
farmer named Nicholas Altenhalcr beat
the brains out of six weeks' old infant
by knocking its mead against the wall and
cutting the scalp open with picture
frame. He then carried the infant two
miles to priest sBd acknowledged his
crime.
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BOOTS AND SHOES.
w. H. ASHFORD,

MANUFACTURER and Dealer in Boots
Nl and Shoes and all kinds OF first class
custom work. All work aud materials fully
warranted. Shop, south side Liberty Street,
one door east Of Otterbacker's Harness Shop,
Wellington, Ohio. 11-9-1y
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coal. YARD.
NJ. MCKINNEY,

DEALER IN BLOSsBURG COAL, the
IL 6ssrt article known for Blacksmith
ing. Horse shoeing. repairing. &C., prompt
ty doc. aud satisfaction guaranteed. South
side Mechanic street. l1-l5-ly
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INSURANCE AGENT.
r. N. GOODWIN,

u~HE INSURANCE AGENT. will be
found at his. office in Husted Bros.
Boot and Shoe Store, where he will be
pleased to see his old customers needing
anything in his line. Standard Companies
renreseuted and Iates reasonable. Losses
promptly adjusted and paid at his agercy.
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The Russian police have at length dis
covered the printing press ofsthe revolu.
tionary journal, Land and Liberty. On
Ithe 7th inst they entered house in the
pmaclovski Polk, st. Petersburg, and
ked 1000 copies of the last number of
Aaper. which had not yet been pub.
The discovery was made IN con-
of the previous number having
ed with type which was recog
0e3n0n1 5ecial make and sold
ONDy on On applying to. this
firm the Ere informed that the
last purcl fpe of the kind as thai
which - was printed, were ths
manager Uniting for the Ministry
of Col is; and it was then founl
on in\ teveral of the .compositor
empl{ hN department were Nihi
lists, shd the type for printin,
the re journal. 'lsit
Sle in the bed, and, as rule
on LI Ie. 80 afH ~ ~
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LIVERY STABLE.
WIN CUSHION & SON,

livery AND. SALE STABLE. Choice
IL tuInouts furnished, aud charges rea-
sDnable. South side Mechanic street. one
door cast Of American House. ll-15-ly
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FLAMING MILL.

Ui ELLINGTON PLANNING MILL,
w Manufacturers anil dealer in Sash,
Doors, Blinds. Brackets, Battings, Lumber,
Shingles, Lath, Cheese and Butter Boxes.
Scroll Saving. Matching and Planning done
to Older. d. L. wadsworth. Prop. Office.
near railroad depot.
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LUMBER YARD.

wADSwORTH & SON,
neslers in Lumber. Lath. Shingles, Doors,
IL Sash, Blinds, Mouldings. and Dressed
Lumber Of all sorts. Yard near Hamlin's
Fssd Store, Wellington, Ohio.
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IF YOU WANT frst-class Shave, Hair
j. Cut, or Shampoo, call at Robinson's q.
Shaving Saloon. Liberty STREET. A full
assortment Of Hair. Oils, Pomades and Hair
Restoratives. We also keep the best brand
Of Razors, and warrant them. Razors honed
or ground TO order. E. T. ROBINSON.
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in the bed, and, as a rule,
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Z. WELLS,

CADDLER AND Harmless MAKER.
- The best workmen employed, and cnly
the best stock used. All work done under
my Immediate supervision. North side Me-
chanie street. 1l-l5-ly
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JEWELER.
TAILORS.
BANK

EIRsT NATIONAL BANK. Wellington
T. Ohio. Does general banking basi-
ness. Buys aud sells N. Y. Exchange, Gov
ernment ouds, etc. s. s. Warner, Presi-
dent, r. A. Horr, Cashier.
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PHOTOGRAPHER
PRINTING.

DRING YOUR PRINTING to the En-
ID terprise Office All kinds Of printing
done neatly and psomtly. Office West Side
Public Square, over Houghton's Drug Store.
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The man who is too lazy to carry a
scuttle of coal up stairs for his wife, will
think nothing of rowing five miles, or of
hour before breakfast.-[Uncle Sam.