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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-09

A SON of DIR. William A. Hammond, of New
York, himself a young NJ d., has been expert
mentng with his neck in the interests of hui
mainly and the criminal classes, and claims to
have discovered thar dislooation OF the neck is
not essential to a painless death on the gallows.
He says death may Ice caused by strangulation
with less agony. He adv coates the use of a soft,
silken cord instead of the ordinary rope aud
would have it drawn gently at first By grad
nal tightening OF plable cord, this soft-hearted
young physician thinks the victim would be-
come unconscious at once and die without pain.
He thinks, in short, that n rope of this kind
would draw better. Whether the of "A silk
rome instead of the common hemp will make
hanging any more popular among murderers is
IA matter that can only be decided by trial.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-09

MRS. FRED THORPE, of Flushing, L. T., is de-
ternined that no one shall charge her with be-
ing "a CAD about" At least there is no other
ina Gnable reason for her refusal to leave her
own premises. Although in good health mentally
and physically, for twenty years the lady has
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-09

"a YOUNG child in Oregon died from the eff
fects of swallowing the leaves of an almanac"
Elk.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-09

IT Ia told of General" Booth, commander of
the English Salvation Army, that he has, in con-
nection with his wife, so enlisted a daughter of
the Rev. Charlesworth that she refuses to go
home, ana declines to listen to his pleadings and
commands. 1t is said, also, that General"
Booth declines to interfere in the unhappy ia
theirs behalf. II the father Ewould soundly
thrash the General" it might be highly bene-
fetal all round, and set a pous example.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-09

F. G. sTEBBINs, for twenty years editor OF the
cuba, N. Y, Patriot, died recently. Admiring
the unique manner In which Actor Thorne was
laid away, he left orders that his funeral should
be conducted wholly b. the Knights of Honor,
and that when the interment was taking place,
mis- late comrades should sing "Marchng
Through Georgia." That was well enough; but
all the other corpses in that city Of the dead
must have turned uneasily in their graves as the
gallant Knights tby special requesO closed the
eccentric proceedings by singing "Good By, My
Lover" 1t is supposed that Mr.. Stebbins had
the latter song chanted in order to make him
thoroughly resigned to leaving this world.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-09

THERE is no nonsense about Rev. Father Far
ley, of Long Island. He warned his congrega.
ton not to attend a certain ball Many OF them
went, and the father promptly suspended them
until they were ahsolved by the bishop. On
Sunday fifteen of the suspended members, two
of them being the pastors own sisters, were re-
fused admttance to the church.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-09

PROFESSOR WIGGINs pronounces the storm
now prevailing in Newfoundland Fan arm" of
his grand blowout TO take place next Sunday.
Let's see: His big storm will circle the globe in
about twenty hours, or will travel a dis
tance OF 1000 miles in twenty-four hours. Ac-
cording tc that the storm at this writing is not
less than $4,000 miles away An arm $4,000
miles long is drawing severely on the credulity
of the people. Odds are offered here that next
Sunday along the Atlantic will be very pleasant
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-09

A WHOLE acre of space is to be given up to the
women's department in the coming mechanics
fair at Boston. Some of woman's industries
which are to be represented are Horticulture, bee
culture, raisln culture, the making of dresses
ana children's clothes, carpets, wallpaper de-
signs, art needle-work and botanical collections
An acre of space will mold a great many bed
quilts and Tides, and give room for an endless
procession of painted and embroidered storks
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-09

THE colony of osrriches lately planted in Cali
fornia has taken kindly to the glorious climate.
ono female bird has demonstrated this fact, and
distinguished herself by laying egg, Two of
them, In fact, and promising more. This COM
mendable act on her part has encouraged the
ostrlch farmers that a corporation with capital
STOCK OF $4,000 has been formed for the pur-
pose OF raising the birds. A tract of $40 acres
has also been secured near Anaheim, in Los
Angeles county, which will he under the super
intendence of DIR. c. j. sketchley, formerly of
Cape Town and an experienced ostrich-farmer
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-09

THE New Jersey granger wants somebody to
bear the blame when his corn does not come up
In good style Or his wheat fails to terminate
properly, and has fixed upon the scotsman as a
good seapegoat bill has just been passed by
the House of Representatives requiring seeds
men to give written guarantees to purchasers
that seeds sold by them are sound, and making
the seller liable for damages in case the seed
falls to grow reason of bad quality. Should
this bill become law, seed dealers will prob
ably decline to supply the New Jersey market,
rather than become responsible for the crops.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-01-27
AT LAST HE INFERRED.

1t is related of wealthy Philadel-
phian who has been dead these many
years, that young man came to him
one day and asked for help to start
in business.
DO you drink?" inquired the mil
lionaire.
occasionally"
"Stop it! Stop it for year and
then come and see me-"
The young man broke of the habit
at once, and at the end of year
again presented himself.
"Do you smoker asked the great
man.
"Yes, now and then"
"Stop it! Stop it for a year and
then come and see me-"
The young man went away and cut
loose from the habit, and after wor
rying through another twelve
months, once more faced the philan-
thropist.
''Do you chew?"
"Yes."
"Stop It'll Stop it for a year and
then come and see me-"
But the young man never called
again. When some one asked why
he didn't make one more effort. he
replied
Didn't / know what he was driv-
ing at? He'd have told me that as
had stopped chewing, drinking and
smoking 1 must have saved enough
money to start myself"
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-01-27
HAMLET'S TOMB.

Oscar Comettant and friend went
forth one day in search of Hamlet s
grave. They traversed the whole
town of Elsinoore; which was only a
fishing village until King Erik of
Pommern raised it to the rank of a
city in 1425, and they reached a hill
on which formerly stood an abbey,
at the extremity of the terraced gar
dens of Marinlyst, where they were
told they would behold the sublime
metaphysician's tomb. Finding
nothing, they inquired of passer-
by: "Hamlet's tomb, IF you pleaseY'
(Which tomb is the one You want?'
(Which tomb! Are there two Ham
let's tombs? He can not have been
buried in two places at once" ''Pos-
sibly. Nevertheless, there have been
three Hamlet's tombs, though only
half of one is still remaining Unjust
inform you, if you do not know it
already, that one single tomb was
quite insufficient to satisfy the curl
osity of English visitors. At one
time there was no Hamlet's tomb at
all at Elsinore; for, as you are aware,
the Danish Prince never set foot in
Zealand, alive or dead. But the
English, who came in crowds to
Elsinore, insisted on having one,
and so somebody made them tomb
the first. But the crowds of tourists
increased to such an extent, and so
annoyed the owner of the land where
the monument stood that, in order to
divide, if he could not suppress ihe
focks of pilgrims he set up another
tomb at the further end of his
property. But that did no good;
because the English-you know how
curious they arel-would visit both
the tombs. He therefore, driven to
despair, erected a third tomb. The
two first have disappeared, and only
a portion of the third remains. l
suppose the English have carried
away the rest of it by piecemeal
in their pockets, to enrich their
Shaksperean museums.
At the indicated spot M. Comettant
found something like milestone
much the worse for wear, without
any inscription, around which an
English family, father, mother and
five children (he ought to have made
them 12), were standing, apparently
in earnest prayer; but on approach
ing he found they were piously re-
citing the famous monologue, "To be,
or not to be."1 London Society.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-01-27
NO. 45.
MARRIAGE.

Men and women, says Theodore
Parker, and especially young people,
do not know that it takes years to
marry completely two hearts, even of
the most loving and we'll sorted.
But nature allows no sudden change.
We slope very gradually from the
cradle to the summit of life. Mar
riage is gradual, fraction of us at a
| time.
A happy wedlock is long falling
in love. 1 know young persons think
love belongs only to brown hair and
plump, round crimson cheeks. So it
does for its beginning, just as Mount
Washington begins at Boston Bay.
But the golden marriage is part of
love which the bride day knows
nothing of.
Youth is the tassel and silken
flower of love, age is the full corn,
ripe and solid in the ear. Beautiful
is the morning of love with its
prophetic crimson, violet, purple, and
gold, with it's hopes of days that are
to come. Beautiful also is the even
ing of love, with its glad remember
ances, and it's rainbow side towards
heaven as we'll as earth.
Young people marry their oppo-
site in temper and general character;
and such marriage is generally a
good one. They do it instinctively.
The young man does not say, "My
black eyes require to be wed to blue,
and my over-vehemence requires to
be little modified with somewhat
of dullness and reserve" When
these opposites come together to wed,
they do not know it, but each thinks
the other just like himself.
Old people never marry their op-
posites, they marry their similars,
and from calculation. Each of these
two arrangements is very proper. In
their long journey these opposites
will fall out of the way great many
times, and both will charm the other
back again, and by and by they will
be agreed as to the place they will
60 to, and the road they will go by,
and become reconciled. The man
will be nobler and larger for being
associated with so much humanity
unlike himself, and she will be a
nobler woman for having manhood
beside her, that seeks to correct her
deficiencies and supply her with
what she lacks, if the diversity be
not too great, and their being real
piety and loving in their hearts to
begin with.
The old bridegroom, having a
much shorter journey to make, must
associate himself with one like him
self A perfect and complete mar
riage is, perhaps, as perfect as per-
sonal beauty. Men and women are
married fractionally-now small
fraction then larger fraction.
Very few are married totally, and
they only, think, after some forty or
fifty years Of gradual approach and
excitement. Such large and sweet
fruit is complete marriage that
it needs winter to mellow and sea.
son. But real happy marriage of
love and Judgment between man
and woman is one of the things so
very handsome that if the sun were,
as the Greek poets tabled, God, he
might stop the world in order to
feast his eyes with such spectacle.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-01-27
ANACORTES, W. T, SATURDAY, JANUARY ~, Is

"But here first, JESSIE" | said.
You shall never go back to those who
have used you SO ILL.,"
No, l shall never go back" she
said.
The voice was not Jessie's, it was
so sad and faint. The face was
whittier than marble. The eyes seemed
to look at me through q mist; and,
indeed. a mist was all about her.
1 drew my oars into the boat.
"Come close, JESSIE" said. Tell
me all. Let me make you warm in
my arms"
L stretched them out. She shrank
away.
'Oh, jamie! Jamier she sighed,
''the cold mould must have me. not
your arms. Death is my bridegroom.
Goodby! Good-by! Goodbye
caught her in my arms. 1t was
as if l had plunged into the heart OF
a cold mist. l saw her, but l could
not hold her as she faded away.
An hour after, some one found me
drifting in the boat was out of my
head, and was i'll long while.
When 1 came to myself. they told
me that as 1 waited for my love in
my boat on the great loch, she lay
shrouded in her mothers home. She
died suddenly of heart disease after
terrible scene with the old woman.
I've never left the loch since. I've
been the ferryman ever since, but it
is not for the money. hope always
that some day may see Jessie on
the bank again, that, at least, once
more her spirit will sail with me over
the blue water-perhaps at the mo-
ment when l am ready to go away
with her to the heaven where she
has been 50 many years.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-01-27
A COSTLY BOOK

Every one knows that the book of
books s-the book which (save Gut
enberg Bible, which is out of com
parison) has fetched the largest price
on records the Valdarfer Boccaccio
that was sold in the Roxburghe sale.
In that battle between Lord Brand
ford and Lord Spencer the former
won the prize at the cost of f2, $50,
and by so doing he raised himself to
a pinnacle as yet unattained by
others. But on November 18th, al
Messrs. Puttick q Simpsons, a
struggle between Messrs. Quaritch,
Ellis and Thibaudeau had an ending
almost as sensational. The Petrarchs
of the Sundesland library came on
for sale. Book buyers expected some
excitement, but it was thought that
the great price would be given fol
the editio princeps, printed by N. dc
Spira in 1740 vellum. This fell to
Mr.. Ellis at ESQ.
But when the Petrarch of Ber-
nardino di Novara (14S8) came to be
sold, that price was instantly out
done. The book Is rare and beauti
full. Its great attraction lies in the
illustrations, which resemble those
of the celebrated Poliphilo. After
much frantic bidding it fell to Mr.
Quaritch for the enormouse sum ol
Fl, $50. the second largest price evel
paid for book printed on paper. i
dukes books are to go on selling like
this, surely in another ten years there
will not be a ducal library left in the
country Pail Mall Gazette.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-01-27
A STONE WITH A HISTORY.

Ben Milan, who resides in Missis-
sippi, near the Marshall county line
and who is the owner of the wonder.
full mad stone. of which we made
mention some months ago, dropped
in to see us on Saturday last while on
business trip to our city. q r.
Milan informs us that since the stone
had been in possession of his family
1929 cases have been treated in all,
not one of which failed to recover.
An average of fifteen patients test
the curative powers of the stone an
nually, which number is about three
times as great since as before the
war. The history of this wonderful
stone, as we get it from Mr.. Milan,
is that in 1910 DR.. Barker OF Ala
bama brought the stone from China,
where it was known ais the snake
stone," being used by the Chinese to
cure snake and spider bites and those
of other poisonous insects. Soon
after DR.. Barker returned to Alabama
and began to test the stone on persons
bitten by mad dogs, and with great
success, and 80 used it until his
death, which occurred several years
afterward, when, with other effects,
the stone was sold and became the
property of Garvis Milan-father of
Ben-and three of his neighbors.
One at time the joint owners sold
out until Mr.. Milan became proprie
tor of the stone, and at his death
willed it to his son, the present own
er, who only a few day since refused
for it $780, Oxford Falcon.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-01-27

Our FOREIGN BORN POPULATION
foreign elements of our population
have varied widely since 1850. At
that time foreigners constituted 9.5
per cent. of the total population;
they now constitute 1873 per cent.
or the foreign residents of 1850,
43.4 per cent. were Irish; 26.4 Ger
mans; 1879 English and Welsh; 6.7
British Americans, while the Scan
dinavians formed less than one per
cent Since that time the proper
ton of Irish to the other foreign
elements has steadily declined. OF
the arrivals of the ten years ending
in 1850, the Germans were but 25
per. cent; of those in the ten years
ending in 1860, they were 81 per
cent Between 1860 and 1870 other
foreign elements began to assume
Importance through the fast-in-
creasing immigration of Swedes and
Norwegians across the ocean, and OF
Canadians across our northern
border. We have seen that the Irish
of 1850 constituted 43.5 OF the total
foreign population. In 1860 this
proportion had fallen to 389, and in
1870 still further to 1873. Although
the statistics of nationality at
the census If 1880 are not yet pub
lished, it is not probable that the
Irish to-day constitute more than
27 per cent of the foreign popula
ton of the country.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-01-27

In my experience of life, truth
which sounds very much like para
dox has often asserted itself-viz.:
that mans worst difficulties begin
when he is able to do as he likes.
SO long as a man is struggling with
obstacles, he has an excuse for failure
or shortcoming; but, when fortune
removes them all, and gives him the
power Of doing as he thinks best,
then comes the time of trial. There
is but one right, and the possibilities
of wrong are infinite.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-01-27

The region between the Rocky
mountains and Kansas, which the
maps of thirty years ago styled the
"great American desert" has now in
its midst the city of Denver, with
$4,000 inhabitants, who are now de
batting as to the style Of architecture
to he followed in building the new
capitol of the State of Colorado.
The only way you can make desert
of place in this country is to bar
out liquor from it.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-01-27
A CHRISTMAS THOUGHT.

The sweet Christ-month. the month that Love
was born,
That ever was an alien until now,
What though the blossoms hang not on the
bough,
What though the earth of bcauty's place be
shorn!
Lo! in the woods beneath the frost kissed hill,
The holly ghts the path-December's rose -
And underneath the scarlet berry grows,
As If to tell us Love Is living still;
Living alb it under ruder skies;
Though the glad glory of the year be past
With frost and death Love fingers to the last,
And in Loves breast her blossom never dies.
'Tis nursed with thoughts that come with
Christmas chime
That gracious time " when Love and Peace
When the worlds woes in one eat joy are
drowned:
The summer OF tho soul is Christmas-time.
Is il but fancy? On the midnight air
Forever sound those wild harmonious bells;
Through vacant wales and long-deserted dells
Mysterious anthems echo everywhere.
In deepest solitude the Christians soul
Stirs to thrill of some strange touch divine
Apart from shrines, he heeds the sacred sign
That holds the world in Loves -ublime control.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-01-27

To men addicted to delights, bust
ness is an interruption; to such as are
cold to delights business is an enter
tainment. For which reason it was
said to one who commended a dull
man for his application: mo thanks
to him; if he had no business he
would have nothing to do."- Steele
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-01-27

YOOfrse. No risk. Everything new. Cap
tai not required. We will furnish you every
Thing. Many are making fortunes, Ladies'
grsat pay. Reader, If you want business at
which yol can make great pay all the time you
york, write for particulars to II HALLErT Co.,
Portland. Maine.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-01-27

England paid $l7,OOO,OOO for con-
vincing Arab Bey that he ought
not to rebel against his own govern
ment.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-01-27
UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMER
HOPE,

Will leave Harrington & Smiths wharf at Se-
attic. every Thursday at 10 p. M, for
PORT TOWNSEND, ANACORTES.
Semiahmoo. and all intermediate ports. Re-
turning, will leave Semiahmoo at noon every
saturday For freight or passage, apply on
board l8-tf
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-01-27
MARYLAND HOUSE.
LA CONNER, --- W.T..

PAINS WILL BE SPARED IN KEEP
kN ing up the we'll established reputation Of
ne house as one Of the qnietest and best kept
notsls in the Territory. No LIQUORS SOLD.
Special efforts will be made to keep the table
supplied with the best the market can afford
and TO see the food is properly cooked and
served second to no other house in the Terri.
tory. large reading room for the accomo-
dation of guests.
JOHN McGLINN.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-01-27

In five months the national debt
has been diminished $66, 100000.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-01-27
Any Description
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.

By arrangements with reliable land ATTORNEYS
In Olympia and Washington, ID. c., my custo-
msrs can have their land business attended to
the as if personally present at either place.
Parties wishing to purchase or locate Land
Scrip, would do we'll TO consult me.
tE-All latest Land Laws Rules and Decisions
kept on fle. Land Warrants bought and sold.
Convsyancing, taxes paid, purchases and sales
made. Collections made and proceeds prompt.
ly rsmitted 17t
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-02
Joeh Billings Guide to Health.


Never run Into deb, not If you can
find anything else to run into.
Be honest If you can; If you kant be
honest, pray for health.
Marry yung, and If you make q hit,
keep cool and don't brag about 1t.
Be kind to your mother In law, and
If necessary, pay for her board at some
good hotel,
Battle thoroughly once a wsek In
soft water, kaatell sope, and avoid lite
boots.
Exercise in open air, but don't saw
wood until you are obliged to,
Laff every time you feel tlckIed, and
laugh once in q while anyhow.
Eat hash washing days, and be thank
phull If you have to shut your eyes to
do it.
Hold the baby half the time, and
sllwuss start the Ere In the morning
and put on the teakettle.
Don't jaw back-iU only proves that
yu are as big a phool az the other
phello.
Never borrow what you are able to
to buy and allwusz have some things
yu won't lend.
Never get into a hurry; yu can walk
a good deal further In a day than yu
can run.
Don't sware; 1t may convince yu,
but 1t is sure not to convince others.
| If yu have daughters let yure wife