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Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-05-05
SPANISH PHILOSOPHY.

The first word that foreigner Wis
iting Spain learns is the one that
means to o-morrow-everything is to be
done then. Our late Minister to the
Spanish court, the Hon. Hannibal
Hamlin, tells story which brings
out use Of this word and the Span
ish way of looking at things. He
says:
The day after my arrival at Vittoria
I went to a shoemaker's to get some
repairs done to my boots. There was
nobody in the shop; the master was
on the opposite side of the street
smoking his cigarette. His shoulders
were covered with mantle full of
holes, and he looked like a beg gar,
but a Spanish beggar, appearing
rather proud than ashamed of his
poverty. He came over to see me and
I explained my business.
swat a moment" said he, and i'm
mediately called his wife.
"How much money is there in the
purse?'
Twelve picettas" fourteen francs,
forty centimes).
''Ihen 1 shan't work"
But" said 1, "twelve picettas will
not last forever"
"Who has seen tomorrow" said
he, turning his back to me- Youths
Companion.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-05-05
TOUCHING ANECDOTE OF A SPIDER.

Mr.. Moggridge, in his studies in
natural history, had been in the habit
of immersing, for preservation, his
different specimens of spiders and
ants in bottles of alcohol. He saw
that they struggled for few minutes;
but he thought that sensation was
soon extinguished, and that they were
soon free from suffering. On one oc-
casion be wished 10 preserve a large
female spider and twenty-fonr OF her
young ones, that he had captured.
He put the mother into bottle of al
cohol, and saw that after few mo-
ments she folded up her legs upon her
body, and was at rest. He then put
into the bottle the young ones, who,
of course, manifested great pain.
What was his surprise to see the
mother arouse herself from her leth-
argy, dart around and gather her
Young ones to her bosom, fold her
legs around them, again relapse into
insensibility. until at last death came
to her relief. and the limbs, no longer
controlled by this maternal instinct,
released their grasp. The effect OF
the exhibition of love is lesson to
our common humanity. He has never
since repeated the experiment, but
has applied chloroform before INNER
sion.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-05-05
A LEM0N-AND-LILY BLONDE.

The prettiest widow in all this
great metropolis, says New York
correspondent, is lemon -and-lily
blonde, ranging only from five to
eight inches in thickness, and proper
tionately small in width, with no
more than Is years to her age, and
enough of fortune to allow of doing
just as she pleases about marrying
again. l was in her party at the Mad
ison Square Theater the other night
and we were weeping more or less
over the sorrows of the play. AL
lowing for the hearty dinner which l
knew the widow had eaten, there
couldn't have been room in her thin
figure for great amount of emotion;
and when | saw that tears were swell
ling up in one of her eyes and not in
the other, / surmised that the dinner
had got entirely on one side of her
mifrib and the sympathy all on the
t'other. But l was wrong, and this
is how 1 found it out. The widows
escort was a sappy young fellow,
whose love was so profound as his
shallowness permitted. After puz-
zling himself awhile over the dry
ress of one of her eyes, while its
mate was brimming. he asked for an
explanation of the phenomenon.
And which eye do you admire
most?' she said.
H-h-hard to tell" he stammered.
1.-The one w-w-with the tears sort Of
melt fellow, d d-don't you know,and
the one without the tears sets h-h- him
ablaze with its f-f flashes"
"On the whole now, which one do
you prefer?'
"Wawa-well, 1 think the d-d-dry
one."
I'm SO glad, Dolphy, to hear you
say that" and the widow beamed rap
turonsly into his face, "because that
eye is glass one and I'm sometimes
afraid it disfgures me-"
This revelation lost her lover, and
l don't suppose she will miss him
from the gang, and she certainly had
fun with him while he lasted.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-05-05
ANACORTES w. 7, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1883.
THE TRAMP AND THE DOG.

4 big. lonesome-looking dog sat at
q gate of a house on Cass avenue yes
terday, eyes full of tears and his
whole body shaking with cold. a
tramp, who had neither overcoat nor
mittens, and whose bare toes peeped
through his boots, was making bis
way up the street in search of the
right kind of side entrance, when
he espied the dog and crossed over
and said:
"Well, now, this is an unexpected
pleasure! Upon my soul, but have
found one living thing in this town
as poorly off as myself. Say, old fell
low, where do you hang out?"
The dog looked at him through his
tears, but had nothing to say.
Tough, isn't it?" continued the
man. Il look old and seedy. and you
are the homeliest dog 1 ever saw.
That strikes fraternal chord and we
meet on a level. l haven't had a
square meal for week, and you have
not seen bone for the past ten days.
Even again, eh?"
The dog shivered and whined and
got up and sat down, and the tramp
drew closer and said:
mo home, eh? Neither have 1. No
one to whistle for you? Same here.
That's even again. l can warm up
my shakes with whisky, while you
have to grin and bear it. That's
where I've got the dead wood on you.
l can talk through my nose and tell
fifty different pitiful stories to excite
sympathy and bring out cold victuals,
while you have nothing to say for
yourself and must take bones or go
hungry. That's another for me. On
the whole I'm ahead of you, and al
though you are only a dog I'm glad
on it. It's something to feel that you
are one peg higher than an old, yaller,
homeless, hungry cur. So long, old
fellow"
As the tramp started to go the dog
reached out and snapped his leg and
took run for it.
"Say, there, hold on" called out
the man as he wheeled around. Il
said was ahead, but I'll take it back
You can lunch on my legs. while I'll
see this country tetotally busted to
New Jersey if don't die of starvation
before l come down to eating dog!
Even, old fellow--just about even on
the average, and no use of any hard
feelings over it"- Free Press.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-05-05
ANECDOTES OF JURIES.

The humorous side Of American
juries has never been set forth as it
deserves to be. The genius of Shakes
peare, which excels in depicting the
class that insist on putting the cart
before the horse, would have found
suggestive subjects among the jury
men of whom these anecdotes are
told:
A jury in Alabama once tried a man
on the charge of manslaughter for
killing his wife. The evidence was
so conclusive that neither court nor
spectators doubted that he would be
convicted But much to their amaze
ment the jury, after short absence.
returned the verdict, Guilty of horse
stealingr'
The astonished Judge asked for an
explanation, stating that the indict-
ment was for manslaughter and not
for horse stealing.
"But, judge" said the foreman, ris-
ing with an air of self-importance,
and holding huge law book, lit was
not case of mdn-slaughter, but of
,comon-slaughter, for which the law
makes no provision" The jury, how
ever, believed the man deserved hang
ing. so they had brought in verdict
of horse-stealing, which in that coun-
try would be sure to swing him.
At the trial of an important mer-
camille case, in New York City, the
Judge, having charged the jury, said
to them, Gentlemen, if any law-term
has been used which you do not un-
derstand, the court will explain it."
Whereupon one of the jurors arose
and said: Il believe ] understand all
the terms which have been used ex-
cept two words-plaintf and defend
ant"
The court was disgusted.- Youths
Companion.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-05-05

A LOVING MOTHER MONKEY. The
servant of a medical gentleman who
was some time in India, caught a
monkey and brought it to his tent,
where every care was taken of it; but
the mother was so greatly distressed
with the loss of her progeny that she
never ceased uttering piteous cry,
night or day, in the immediate vicin-
ity of the tent. The doctor, at length
tired out with the constant bowling,
desired the servant to restore the
young one to it's mother, which he
did, when the poor animal happily re-
tired, and sped its way to the COM
munity to which it belonged. Here,
however, she found she could not be
received. She and her progeny had
lost caste, and, like the hunted deer,
were beaten back and rejected by the
flock. A few days after, our medical
friend was astonished to see the
monkey return to his tent, bringing
the young one along with her. She
entered the tent of her own accord,
apparently very much exhausted, and
having deposited her young one she
then retired few yards from the tent,
and there laid herself down and died.
The body of the poor animal was
found in a most emaciated state,
starved, wounded and scratched all
over, so that there can be no doubt
that she had been terribly maltreated
by her comrades, and, finding no
safety for herself or her offspring, re-
turned the little one into the care of
those who were the cause of her mis-
fortunes.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-05-05

Major Gale Faxon bought horse
from the pastor of an Austin church,
and shortly afterward the following
conversation was heard:
"You have swindled me with that
horse you sold me last week."
"How so7" asked the clergyman,
very much surprised.
Well, only had him for three
days. when he died"
"That's very strange. Iowned him
twenty three years. and worked him
hard every day. and never knew him
to do that while / owned him.
- Siftings.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-05-05
A STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE WITH
RATS.

The plague of rats in the Deccan
for the second season in succession is
occasioning serious alarm. These
animals overspread the country like
locusts, destroy the crops almost as
thoroughly, and are even more diff
cult to keep down. So grave had be-
come the aspect of affairs that Rat
Committee" was appointed to inquire
into the best means of disposing of
these creatures. They went thorough
ly into the question after the manner
Of the committees in India, and their
recommendations are carefully tabu
lated. The people are to be induced
to turn out en- masse and face the
enemy; rewards are to be offered for
dead rats, and, in fact, the invasion is
to be treated as matter to be dealt
with vigorously by the whole COM
munity. No great way will, however,
be made until the same measures are
adopted which are taken with rabbits
in Australia when they become an un-
endurable nuisance. 1t has been
found that the only successful plan
is to block Up all the holes which can
be found. The difficulty in Australia
is to obtain sufficient labor for this
process. That difficulty is not likely
to exist in Bombay, and correspond
ent of Bombay newspaper has al
ready suggested that this plan should
be adopted. In the meantime the
question has arisen as to how the rats
have so increased and multiplied.
This point can, however. be discussed
with more calmness when they have
in some way been reduced to their
former subordination. Il Pail Mall
Gazette
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-05-05
RECEIVING S2o,Oo0 IN & LUCID IN.
TERVAL.

The Pennsylvania Railroad ferry
boat, Hudson City, and the New York
and Norwich Transportation Com
pany's Sound steamer, City of Nor
wich, were in collision, in February.
1880. John M. Martin was a pas
senger ON the ferryboat. A gas
fixture fell on his head. The blow
SO affected his mind that it was nee
essary to confne him in a lunatic
asylum, from which he was but re-
Gently released He sued both cCm-
panies in Judge Larremore's court
for $25, 900 damages, and yesterday
he recovered 100000. He was wit
ness at the trial, but his wife testified
that on the night of the day on which
he had testified he knocked her down
and had to be put under restraint
again.
On this testimony Mr.. John W.
Scribner. for the defendant, asked
that the suit be discontinued because
the plaintiff was insane MIR. Joseph
H. Choate, for plaintiff. asked for
permission to increase the claim for
damages from $25,000 to $4,000.
Both motions were denied.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-05-05

Recently a suit was tried before ali
Indiana justice of the peace where
in lady was plaintiff, and a bank
defendant The evidence showed
conclusively that the fair plaintiff
had no right to recover; of this no
one could have the shadow of a
doubt Her learned counsel knew
well that unless he could get the SYM
pathy of the squire" his client
would have "lost cause" He there
fore labored hard in applying the
sympathetic process He gushed
with eloquence of great warmth in
referring to his clients rights. until
finally great tears came trickling
down his cheeks, at the sight of which
the justice (who was very tender
hearted individually was also moved to
tears. This satisfied the attorney that
the sympathy of the Court was in
behalf of the lady, and he closed his
argument by saying, 1T does my
heart good to believe that this honor
able Court, in the exercise of a sound
discretion, will not allow the rights of
pure and noble lady to be trampled
beneath the cloven feet of u souless
corporation; and took his seat. as
confident that he would get a judg-
ment as e7er poor Miss FEte was.
Thereupon the squire rendered the
following comprehensive and salts
factory decision. He said: "The
plaintiff in this case is woman, and
her counsel has for the last hour
touched the sympathy of the Court
in her behalf, and L am glad of it;
but 1 think. under the law. that jus
tice is on the side of the bank. 1
therefore will find in favor of the
bank, and let the record show that
Mrs. - has the full sympathy of
the Court"
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STEAMER
City of Quincy,
Curtis srewnflsId, Master.

oying = S. Mails. will leave Seattle every Sunday
Hh;,,ns atio O'Clock A. NJ, for Whatcom, calling at
iseo. Tnialip. Courpeyille. Oak Harbor Utsalady,
asSner. 1ner. Edalgo, Anacortes, Guemce, Samish and
Tse T1one Leaving whatcom every Monday evening for
r.s "le and intermedste points the Nooksack
vsh A., az etsalAdy every Monday morning connecting
~ w steamer Daisy for points the Skagit river
v of Quincy will also leave Seattle every Friday
sesn.ns Saturday
1rsisAt espassAss, iy on Board ths Steamer
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JAMES A. GILLIAND,
LA CONNER, w.
Land Business
-oF-
Any Description
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.

By arrangements with reliable land attome's
in Olympia and Washington. d. c., my custo-
mers can have their land business attended to
the same as if personally present at either place.
Parties wishing to purchase or locate Land
Scrip, would do well to consult me.
eSS-All latest Land Laws, Rules and Decisions
kept on file. Land Warrants bought and sold.
Conveyancng taxes paid. purchases and sales
made. Collections made and proceeds prompt.
ly remitted IL II
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-05-05

A man who eloped with a Wisccn-
sin vito left note fol the husband:
Z" l have looked away your woman;
but you ar welcum to my last weeks
wages, which l didn't draw; and l
hoap that suuares things"
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-05-05

A young man in Iowa was SO i'm
patient to see his girl that he paid
$40 for a locomotive to run him
thin ty six miles. When he got there
she was sparkling his rival, and big
dog had possession of the front door
steps.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-05-05

It is the same with thought as
with money-the less one has of
either the more eager he is to make
display of it.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

DERSONS IN NEED OF LEGAL BLANKS,
i such as Chattel Mortgages, Quit-Claims. and
plication at this office, where they can be OBJ
tanned at reasonable prices. Blanks printed to
order on short notice.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-05-05

The man who has large principal
in the bank sometimes shows no prin-
ciple in anything else.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-05-05

OF all evils to the generous, shame
is the most deadly pang.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-05-05

Those who command themselves
command others.
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TERMS OF COrRT

District Court meets at Laconner the third Wednes
day in June and December of each year.
Commissioners Court meets az Whatcom the first
Monday in February, May. August and November Of
each year -
Probate Court meets at Whatcom the fourth Monday
In every second month, commencing with January OF
each
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-05-05
MARYLAND HOUSE.

CONNER, - w.. T.
MO PAINS WILL BE SPARED IN KEEP
~ ing up the we'll established reputation of
the house as one of the quietest and best kept
hotels 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.
10 HIN MC(iLINN.
UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMER
HOPE,
HARRY LOTT, = MASTER.
Will leave Harrington & Smiths wharf at Be
attic. every Thursday Mt D r. NJ, f0
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, 1883-05-05

How MONTREAL GIRLS DREss.-"I
must tell you how these girls dress"
said New York woman to her hus-
band. First, they start with flannel
from head to foo.-and such flannel!
Why, it's an eighth of an inch thick.
Then they go on like other women,
except that they put on more skirts,
and usually quilted one that's warm
as wood fire. Then they put on a
dress. and over that chamois jacket
that fits like a shoe in the mud. Then
they put ribbed woolen stockings
over their stockings and arctics over
their shoes. They don't care any
more about the looks of their feet
than the st. Louis women do. Then
they put on their knit wristlets, then
gloves, then a fur or cloth dolman,
then fur cap, and finally a coil OF
worsted comforters. When they are
dressed, if they are hurled at speed
of a mile minute from toboggan
they are unhurt If they fall through
the ice they are not wet. If the ther-
mometer drops to fifteen below zero
they read of it next day and wish
they had known it at the time
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NOW A PERTATY."

Willis. the poet, whom orr fathers
and mothers admired, saw one day in
London scene of plenty and want.
The pathos of the incident laid not
in the contrast. but in the fact that
want seemed to enjoy plenty's happi-
ness.
As the poet was walking the Lon
don streets, he came across a little
ragged girl, whose sharp features in
dicated her familiarity with hunger.
She was peering through an iron rail
ing into the window of an eating
house. A man sat at the window
making ready to eat good dinner.
The girl was watching his every move
ment, as though the sight itself was
nourishing.
A beefsteak, piping hot, had been
placed before him. The man cut the
steak, put piece of it on his plate,
then stopped and looked around.
Now a pertaty,' murmured the
child, as if she herself was dining
and her look showed the highest en-
joyment.
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-07-13
Three.for.a.Quarter Cyclones.

A well-known gentleman of this city
tells of a miniature cyclone which he
saw in operation few days ago. He
was driving along Ford Street, and
when near Asylum Street, felt sudden
puff of wind. and looking to the west
saw on the water the track of a narrow,
violent wind, which almost Immediately
lifted a column of water ten to twelve
feet high, and which seemed about four
feet in diameter. and must have been
produced by a violent rotary movement
in the air This column moved across
the river, and the dust which preceded
it was so violent as to lift and move the
carriage.
The occupant drove on at once to get
out of the course of the disturbance.
and the whirlwind was broken by build
ings on the east side of the street with
out having done any harm. Many per-
sons have noticed of late the frequency
and force of the little whirlwinds that
are so often seen catching up dust and
dead leaves. They leave usually very
little trace, but for some DAYS past they
have been more apt to mark perfectly
clean course a few inches wide. This
has been noticed repeatedlyin the Pros
pect Hill region and out Pennington
Avenue, and of course, points to IN
usual force and well defined limit of
action as characteristic of the disturb
ances which seem to be in every essen
tial particular mere undeveloped cy-
clones. Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-07-13
A Story Of Johns Hopkins.

A writer in the Baltimore american
contradicts the oft-quoted story that the
late Johns Hopkins first entered that
city friendless and penniless boy, and
quotes the following story of Mr.. Hop
kins' life, given him by that philanthro-
pist himself short time before his
death. when / was a boy" said Mr..
Hopkins, my uncle, Gerard I. Hop
kins, often came to South River to visit
my parents, and noticing was an ac-
tive boy on the farm. asked my mother
to let me come to Baltimore to live with
him, and said that he would bring me
up merchant. At seventeen came.
stayed in my uncle's store, who was
a wholesale grocer and commission
merchant, and lived in his family. He
was an eminent minister in the Society
of Friends, and when l was but nine
teen he was appointed to 60 out to
Ohio to the first yearly meeting, to be
held at Mount Pleasant. My aunt ac-
companied him, with three others. They
all travelled on horseback, great part
of the way through wilderness with
no other roads but Indian paths. But
they returned after an absence of several
months in safety. Previous to leaving,
my uncle arranged his business affairs
and calling me to him said: AS thee
has been faithful to my interests since
thee has been with me, am going to
leave everything in thy hands. Here
are checks which 1 have signed my
name to; there are upward of five hun
bred of them. Thee will deposit the
money as it is received, and as thee
wants money thee will fill up the checks
which leave with thee. Buy the goods
and do the best thee can l felt my re-
sponsibility to be very great. But on
his return, on looking over his affairs.
he was surprised to find had done
much better than he had expected. i
had increased his business considerably,
and it is with great pride and pleasure
| look back to that time, and to the
great confidence Uncle Gerard reposed
in me. | lived with my uncle until |
was twenty-four years of age, and one
day he took me aside and asked me il |
would like to 90 into business for my
self. l answered.: .Yes-but uncle, /
have no capital. Ihave only $500 which
have saved up He said: That will
make no difference. 1 will indorse for
thee, and that will give thee good credit.
and in short time thee will make capi-
tai; thee has been faithful to my inter-
ests, and l will start thee in business.
So l took warehouse near his, and
with endorsements and assistance, the
first year sold $500, 600 worth of goods,
and soon made the capital which my
uncle said l would make. succeeded
in business and realized largely. and
often think of my early days and like to
talk of them and Uncle Gerard's kind
ness to me-