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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-01-24

THE defendant, whose supposed residence is at
l. st. Louis, Mo-, will take notice that the above
named plaintiff fled his petition in the Clerks
Ofice of said Court January 9, A d. 1888, praying
for divorce. Said petition charges defendant
with wllful absence for three years last past and
gross NEGLECT of duty; for which causes he prays
for divorce from said defendant. Said cause will
be for hearing at the January Term, A. d. 1SS3 Of
said Court, or as soon thereafter the same can
be heard. W. +. HERRICK,
Its Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Delaware ledger., 1883-09-08
A Students Duel.

Hearing that there was to be a stu
dents duel, we planned to crafty our
curiosity in seeing what has been so
much written about. Taking car
Tiage, we rode across the river, up the
side of mountain and down narrow
gorge to a public house. We went in
and ordered some refreshments and
chatted for half an hour, when white
capped student passed. l accosted him
and earnestly made known our wants
in the language of Goethe and Schiller.
He gave me long and earnest answer,
not word OF which could l under
stand. At last waiter who spoke
English came, and we sought her kind
offices. She agreed to take us in ten
minutes to room where we could see
the combat through window. We
waited on hour, and, as our patience
was about exhausted, she returned.
Through the window we could see two
men confronting each other, with their
hands extended straight over their
heads. Their left arms were tied be-
hind their backs and goggles over their
eyes. The men were padded every
where except their heads, which were
left uncovered. At the appointed sig
nal they began cutting at each other
with lightning-like rapidity. Neither
seemed to try to ward off the blows of
his opponent. AS soon as one was cut
the seconds ran between them and
knocked up the swords. The doctor
examined the wounds, staunched the
blood and the fight was resumed, and
went on until the doctor decided that
further fighting would endanger life.
1t was the most beastly tomfoolery
ever saw. The hurt inflicted was not
enough to satisfy man seeking redress
for a real or fancied insult, but was
too severe for play. l could see no dis
play of skill nor any particular manifes
tation of courage.
The Delaware ledger., 1883-09-08
Paying For His Whistle.

Not many years ago, when lofty
building was on the point of completion,
the mason was in the habit of whistl-
ing to the laberer who attended
him whenever he wanted fresh supply
of mortar, and as the scaffold on which
he wrought was rather small, this oc-
cured very often during days job.
A joiner, who was fitting in win
dow Immediately underneath, noticed
Pat answer dutifully to every call from
the mason, and thought of playing a
trick on him by Initiating the whistle,
and thus he brought him hodful of
mortar when there WAS no room for
it. The mason told Pat that he had
not whistled, so he had no other alterna-
tive than to trudge back with the load.
This having occurred the third time dur
ing the day, Pat thought he would
watch to hear where the whistle came
from. He had not watched long with
hod on his shoulder when he heard the
identical whistle underneath where he
stood, and leaning over, he saw the
head of the joiner protruding out of the
window Immediately below. Pat, with
out more ado, emptied the hod right ovel
the whistier's head. The joiner yellet
and sputtered while attempting to cleai
himself from the adhesive mass, and
in the midst of his confusion, heart
Pat above shouting at the top of hi
voice, "Whistle when you want som
more mortar"
The Delaware ledger., 1883-09-08
SEA FANCiES.

There is no cloud upon the limpid sky,
No blue of vapor on the sea beneath;
The clear pools on the rock unwrinkled lie,
And only stirred, as by an infants breath,
The salt grass rustles faint and atfully.
No mufied lsndwsrd echoes, borne afar.
Thrill through the moon-suffused tran
guilty
But where the breakers glimmer on the bar
A long, low murmur, like Summer rain,
Grows deep and organ-toned, then falls
again,
The low moons level wake across the waves
Leaps into splendor where they fall and
risc
In silver. breasted hillocks shadow-eaves
And undulating whirls. that cheat the eyes
To fsncies of strange monsters, and fair
OF nereids and mermsids. crowned with
shells r.f7.
And soft sea blooms from southern coyes and
capes,
Lifting their dripping bOsoms from the
swells
To gaze upon the moonlit world awhile
And beckon us with many nod and smile.
And there are voices from the sea-chafsd
rocks,
In slippery clefts and hollows water-worn,
Where pulpy alge trail their simy locks,
Strange liquid tones as Of a Triton 'shorn,
Blown gurgling through green shadows,
clear and low,
Soft laughter and the splash of curved
palms
Round lonely isles and inlets long ago,
The fisher heard such sounds through
twilight calms.
And, coasting homeward, with hushed
utterance told
OF siren music sung to barps of gold,
+-LippiHeoffs MagdsiHs.
The Delaware ledger., 1883-09-08
Emperor Selim II.
His Excess In Eating and Drinking
and His Disorderly Life.

His Excess In Eating and Drinking
and His Dlsorderly Life
In person he was said to have resem-
bled in early life his Russian mother,
the famous ROxalana, whose imperious
temper he had inherited without her
vigorous understanding. His disor-
derly life had, however, long ago eff
faced all traces of her transmitted
beauty. Excess both in eating and
drinking flor he was said to remain
sometimes for whole days and nights at
table, and to drink bottle of spirits
every morning by way of aiding his
digestion), had bloated his cheek and
dulled his eye. He was, however, not
a little proud of his crimson complex
ion, and dyed his hands and face to
blood color.
To the Western stranger, who was
led through the wide courts of the
Seraglio, between long ranks of janis
saries, terrible and silent as death, to
the barbaric pomp of his presence
chamber, or who beheld him riding at
noon to mosque, glittering with gems,
among his gilded and jewelled cavaliers,
the little, irey-faced infdel, with his
beard dyed jet, his blackened eyelids,
add his huge turban must have appeared
the very personi6cation of the fierce
and wicked heather tyrant of chival-
rous romance.
If his brief reign belong to the splen-
did period Of Turkish history if it pro-
duced some of the chief monuments of
Mohammedan legislation and added
several Arabian provinces and the royal
Isle of Cyprus to the dominions of the
Crown; if the Salimye Mosque, whose
airy domes and delicate spires so nobly
crown the city of Adrian, equals, or
perhaps excels, the temples left to Con-
stantinople by Solyman and Justinian,
the glory of these achievements is due,
not to the indolent monarch who soiled
the throne with the foulest vices, but
to the unexhausted impulse of better
time, and to that able band of rene
gades and soldiers of fortune trained
in the school of Solyman-quick-wi
Greeks and Italians, bold Albanians,
patient Bosnians and Croats-who bar
tered their genius and valor for the
gold of the slothful Turk.
The Delaware ledger., 1883-09-08
Why Mechanics Don't Get On.

We were much interested the other
day in drawing from one of the old
practical mechanics of Cleveland the
secret of his success. Said he: 81 have
always made it rule to do my work
so well that it left good impression on
my employer" There is more in this
than at first appears. Hard work is
one thing, cons cientious work is an
other. A hard worker may outwardly
conform to all the requirements of the
shop he may also be in his place at the
starting of the machinery; lie may
take short mornings, and he may be
among the last to drop his tools at
night, but after all he may utterly fail
to get on in the world, and whyp Let
our experienced informant answer:
know of young man of just that kind.
He works hard enough and wants to
succeed, but some how he can't. He
came to me for council, and found out
that he was sighting his work. That
is, in his anxiety to turn off large
amount, he neglected the finish which
always tells on good work. The con-
sequence will be that, unless he makes
a change, when times are dull he will
be one of the first to be dropped by his
employer" Superintendents and fore.
men notice these defects more closely
than many are aware. The man who
slides over his task, who lacks in
thoroughness, who let's an unfinished
piece of work leave his hands, is mark
ed. In the unwritten law Of the shop
he is barred from promotion, while the
conscientious workman is morally cer-
tain of advancement. Is the ten
dency of the day in the direction of a
better finish to work ? We think it is.
AS machinery is brought into competi-
tion the strife will be to secure superb
ority i'll cheapness, simplicity and finish.
Here it is that the thorough workman
brings into pay all the resources of his
skill and honesty-his ''mechanical
moral sense" it has aptly been called.
Here it is, too, that the slovenly, OF
careless, OF hasty workman utterly fails.
There are some forms of bad work that
can be deftly covered up, but the com
pensations of life bring the inevitable
result-failure to him who does not put
his heart in the work; (; success to hin
who not only does his task, but does il
we'll.
The Delaware ledger., 1883-09-08
Religious Sentiment,

SAYING Hateful" THINGS
What strange disposition is that
which leads people to say ''hateful"
things for the mere pleasure of saying
them. You are never safe with such
person. When you have done your
best to please, and are feeling very
kindly, and pleasantly, nut will pop
some underhand stab which you alone
can comprehend sneer which is
masked, but which is too well aimed to
be misunderstood. 1t may be at your
person, your mental failing, your fool
ish habit of thought, or some little
secret of faith or opinion confessed in
moment of genuine confidence. 1t
matters not how secret it may be to
you, he will have his fling at it; nay,
since the wish is to make you suffer, he
is all the happier the nearer he touch
es your heart. Just half a dozen words,
only for the pleasure of seeing a cheek
flush and an eye lose its brightness
only spoken because he is afraid you
are too conceited. Yet they are worse
than as many blows. How many sleep
less nights have such mean attacks
caused tender hearted men. How after
them one wakes with aching eyes and
head, to remember that speech before
everything-that bright, sharp, we'll
aimed needle of speech that probed
the very centre of your soul.
BURIED TALENTs.-The man who
hid his Lords talent, instead of using
it, is no phenomenal character. Such
| people unhappily abound in our
churches. The do-nothings are in ex-
cess everywhere. That large numbers
can at the best accomplish but little
may be conceded, but that little is moi
attempted is lamentably apparent. Ii
large churches the enigma constantly
presents itself, what would come Il
pass were some half dozen people to b.
withdrawn from active effort ? Their
is a disposition undoubtedly to speal
slight of small abilities, but lone tai
ent" if wisely used may help TO rende
important service. 1t is to combine,
efforts that we owe the grandest work
in the world. One man may max
comparatively few bricks, but they ca
: not be dispensed with in the might
a edifice. The duty of every man is t
find out what he has abilities for an
q use them to that end. With an earnes
purpose to glorify God there is mich
for every one. There may be work 6
teacher, or the conservation of socii
!, influence, or the simple manifestation
/ the grades of Christian character.
IT is declared by Christ that his discipl,
are witnesses of Him, light, salt. Nov
The Delaware ledger., 1883-09-08
The Hired Boy,

Keep warm place in your heart and
kind word for the hired boy. He may
not be the kind of boy you like ; he
may be rough, even rude, about the
house, an eYe-sore at the table; but for
all that, be kind. 1t is true he is an
insignificant person, as his Hnkempt
hair and ill-itting clothes testify. But
under the tangled mat can be hid
bright intellect, and under the tattered
Jacket can beat a warm heart. The
hired boy of to-day may be the farmer
of the future, when perhaps your happy
children are friendless menials. l am
speaking to farmers wives now and
from experience. 1t matters little to
the hired boy what the rough farmer
may say, or what tasks he may impose,
if the wife be kind. As a hired boy l
have parted in tears with big-hearted
wives who, like mothers, have over
looked my faults and whose kindness
had made me docile, and as hired boy
1 have parted in anger with heaTtless
women who never gave kind word
nor a square meal. One has the bless
ings of a friendless stranger, the other,
his curses, but the reluctant forgiveness
of mature man.
The Delaware ledger., 1883-09-08
Modes and Materials.

All rich, costly, fancy fabrics are
initiated in more ordinary tissues, such
as woolen brocade and glazed woolen,
in linen and cotton goods. Skirts
for suits of these figured materi-
ais are very narrow, and when of cost
ly tissues they are invariably of alpaca,
or of ordinary faille covered with fancy
drapings. Sometimes the undershirts
have two deep lace fiounces, which fall
over silk plating, while the overdress
is plated. The 'coquille" apronis every
suitable for light fabrics. 1t is sewed
to the belt in close plaits, which are
folded down underneath. The plaits
become wider toward the back, 30 as
to form kind of shell trimming, which
Is taken In with the draping. This
same arrangement of draping is below
the tournure disposed in two shell-shap-
ed puffings, the lowest one fastened
against the lower part of the skirt un-
der ribbon loops in the colors Of the
tunic. For skirts of light fabrics puff
ings and full drapings are most used.
Skirts for young women are covered
with tiny founces alternating in em-
broidery and lace. Satinets are striped
or stamped with designs of birds heads,
flowers, etc. Painted satinets are of
a very fine quality of goods, and are
generally trimmed with imitation
brownish lace. Stamped piques will
also be employed. Scant mantillas are
to be worn over dresses of this kind.
They will be of Valenciennes, maliHes,
guipure or old point lace, bordered with
deep ruffies to match. Old point and
Valenciennes laces are preferred to any
other kind for this purpose. Very full
neck ruchings are the styles, as well
as large "pierrot" collars. Many fchus
are in one piece. The most suitable
style for a rather stout figure is the
Marie Stuart shape. 1t forms a very
narrow vest, which terminates in q
point on the waist. A becoming style
for slight person is in the shape Of
an ace of clubs turned upward, which
makes the bust appear larger.
Cloaks of fancy woolen goods are tC
be much worn. A very good quality
of tartan is employed for. this purpose
The cloaks serve for carriage wear
busters and waterproofs. The favorit,
color for these is ''pain beni." Th'
shape is shirred Prussian blouse
with the sleeves broad at the hand ant
raised on the shoulders, where the,
are often gathered. These garment
are lined with heavy faille in the sam
color, which is sewed plainly agains
the goods, so as to form kind of bod
for the shirrs to sit against. Thes
blouses may also be lined with silk o
satin in the new shades, in striped o
plaid designs. Many of these are o
''corah des Indes,'' lined with sati
merveilieux in bright hues. Some @
these garments will be of ecru tull
lace, lined with corah. They will ais
be the rage for children, and ar
{ beautiful when of red foulard OF G
"Adrianople," made so as to complete
ly cover the toilet. Children from
, to years of age wear these blouse
, with large Aureole hats and re
+ socks.
The Delaware ledger., 1883-09-08
A Famous Escape.

The most famous Of all the escapes of
New England captives was that of
Hannah Duston, Mary Neff and boy,
Samuel Leonardson. These three were
carried off, and many others in 1897, in
the attack on Haverhill. Mrs. Duston's
infant child having been killed by the
Indians. When the captors had separ-
ated, the party to whom the two women
and the boy were assigned encamped on
an Island in the Merrimae river. At
midnight, the captiyes secured hatchets
and killed ten Indians-two men, two
women and six children-one favorite
boy, whom they meant to spare,
and one badly wounded woman escap-
ing.
After they had left camp.the fugi-
tives remembered that nobody in the
settlement would believe, without evil
dence, that they had performed so, re-
doubtable an action they therefore re-
turned and scalped the Indians, after
which they scuttled all the canoes on
the island but one, and in this escaped
down the Merrimac, and finally reached
Haverhill. This was such an exploi
as made the actors Immediately fsmou
in that bloody time. The Massachu
setts General Court gave Mrs. DustoI
twenty. five pounds and granted hal
that amount to each of her companions
The story Of their daring deed was car
ried far to the Southward, and Cover
nor Nicholson, of Maryland, sen
valuable present to the escaped pri:
on, rs,
The Delaware ledger., 1883-09-08
Clips.

The Buffalo, New York, public schools
have used the same text books for
twenty years.
Some fashionable ladies have maids
who can spell to do their letter-writing.
Galveston is out of water, and one
restaurant bears the sign Closed till it
rains"
Captain Henry Man, of Maine, says
he has the jaw-bone of Pizarro, the
conqueror of Peru.
The new Northwest, Alaska and
Washington Territory, promises to be
the charcoal. iron region of the near fu-
ture.
Americans are returning from Eu-
rope early this year. Every stateroom
on one line from Liverpool has been en-
gagged to September 20.
An organized band of barn burners
is believed to be operating in Southern
Indiana. The farmers are much ex-
cited. Barns are burned almost every
night.
T, A naval man named Terry rode on
his tricycle. from London to Dover, and
there, developing his machine into a
boat, with the wheels padding, pur-
sued his journey by water to France.
M. Trouvelor, the French observer
of the late eclipse of the sun, agrees
with Professor Swift that strange red
star, recently observed by the latter
three degrees from the sun, was an in.
tra-Mercurial planet.
An English paper says: OF the 269,.
547 owners of land set down in the
New Doomsday Book, no less thar
81, ,806 are women. Thus one land
owner in seven is excluded from any
voice in the government of the country
The Delaware ledger., 1883-09-08

a witness is to testify, salt is to com
mingle with and premeate the mass in
which it is placed, light is to Danish
darkness. The ancient curse on Nero
for doing nothing may rest on men now.
Still the Bible reads ''Woe to them
that are at ease in Zion."
1t is to be feared that the great rea-
son why more is not attempted for
Christ is our want of faith. We are,
doubtful of our own power to work,
and, worse than this, doubtful of our
Lords willingness TO bless our efforts.
If we could attain to Paul's standing
81 can do all things through Christ
which strengthened me-" we should
not allow our power to be untried or
rust. With the gracious promises
which o,r Lord has made of blessing
and success there is no excuse for in
activity Weekly Baptist.
He who knows most, grieves most for
wasted time.
A cheerful face is nearly as good for
an invalid as healthful weather.
The greatest life is that which has
been the most useful, and has performed
its allotted tasks cheerfully and we'll
Every man has three characters-that
which he exhibits, that which he has,
and that which he thinks he has.-A.
KaTr.
There is but one true, real and right
life for rational beings, only one life
worth living, and worth living in this
world, or in any other life, past, pres
ent, or to come. And that is the eter-
nal life which was before all worlds,
and will be after all are passed away
and that is neither more nor less than a
good life a life of good thoughts, good
words, good deeds-the life of Christ
Kingsley.
THE SAFEST WAY.-Thoroughness
and straightforwardness in the path OF
duty are really easier and safer than
any of the most plausible and cunningly
devised middle courses The weak com.
pliances of those who think to show
their moderation by halting and waver.
ing near the boundaries of right and
wrong, will always be used to the hurt
of the wavering soul. To the invisible
powers who WELD the weapons of temp
tation, such concessions to worldlines'
will be as the joints of the harnes:
through which Ahab received his NOR
tai wound but the bow will be drawn
not at venture, but with cruel clear
ness of aim.
The Delaware ledger., 1883-09-08
French Etiquette.

AT a ball a lady most beautiful
desires sincerely an introduction to a
gentleman of appearance most fine, but
knows not how to secure it. All,
thought most happy. Lady--Did you
on my train Just stepp Monsieur-In
fact, 1 did not on your train step.
Lady-Ah, then, on my train step and
an introduction straightway secure.
Lady turns off, and Monsieur one foot
on the train places and in much alright
looks about. Then comes mutual &C.
quaiutance, and Monsieur and Lady re.
ceive introduction and away in haste to
take the floor for the next racquet.
The Delaware ledger., 1883-09-08
Courting In Mexico.

Courting, from all accounts, is a
pretty tough job in this country. The
young man is first supposed to meet the
young lady on the plaza. They never
speak, but they always gaze at each
other as they pass. When the lady
does not make her appearance on the
plaza the young man will repair to the
street fronting the house and walk up
and down in front Of 1t for several
hours. He will always gaze earnestly
at the window as he passes. The young
lady and her female friends are inside,
and she will return his glance. After
10 O'Clock the young man will go home.
This performance is continued for a
couple of months, and at last the young
man will knock boldly at the door and
ask for the lady of the house. He will
tell he that her daughter is an angel
from the Paradise valley of Heaven;
that she is beautiful beyond compare !;
that she is better than she is beautiful /;
that he is wildly in love with her, and
that life has no possible interest for
him unless he can win her. He will
then tell of his prospects in life; what
he IL possessed of and hopes to be pos
sessed of. If this latter part is salts
factory to the mamma she will com.
miserate with him, tell him that she has
noticed his attention to her daughter,
and finally conclude by inviting him tC
the inner circle and introducing him tC
the young lady in the presence of the
assembled family. The grandma III
there is grandma in the Camily), will
sit between the young people and wit
ness their cooling. All the rest of th'
family remain in the room also, unles
they are otherwise engaged, but unde
no circumstances must the younI
people be left alone for second. This
you will admit, is pretty tough, but tina
is not half what the young man mus
suffer before the padre closes the bar
gain and gives him a proprietary in
terest in his lady-love. If, perchanct
the young lady has a pair OF bi
brothers-and such is generally the cas-
the unfortunate swain is expected
treat them to mescal and cigarette ever
time they meet. If a circus or theatl
company visit the town it is the prer
gative of the young lady to ask all HI
female relatives to accompany her to Il
show, and the young man, of course,
expected and required to foot the bi
But the worst part of the business f
the lovesick young man remains to
told. He cannot walk by the side
his affianced on the way to OF from I
theatre. She will start off ahead
company with some female frient
while the young man will bring up t
rear ON the arm of his grandmamma
n some equally venerable dame. This
the recognized and inviolable GUST
of the country, and while it exists
American young man will not b
social success in Mexico. He cam
stand the racket. If the young cou
are very spoony they can be married
six months, though well-regula
e society demands a twelve mon
# courtship.
The Delaware ledger., 1883-09-08
An Observation of Life.

How much more graceful, elegant
and superior does the man on the bicycle
look than the man with the wheelbar-
row But wait until they come into
collision and see which procession turns
up in the most handsome condition.