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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-05-28

Colonel Bently has been Sheriff Of
Union County. s. C.. since 1886.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-05-28
About Colds.

A drugman out West remarked-"You
don't advertise TO cure enough diseases
with ZoPEsA; we use II out here for almost
everything even colds" This is all right.
ZoPEsA acting upon the Liver and Stom'
ach, opens the pores and the bowels. and
thus works off the cold. 1t warns and
corects the system. II is your own fault
If you allow a cold to continue into lasting
disease, the Liver, bowels and pores to re.
main clogged, your food doing no good.
sleep restless, head heavy and aching
when ZoPEsk is certain to cure you al So
small cost and trouble. Try a a sample of
Wooster & Adams. 1914
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-05-28

all right, and we'll plant the manners
a bit deeper, so'sto have the real grow
ing kind; don't do to have all tops and
no roots to that sort Of thing. Tommy
isn't the first one who has set out to
make clean the outside Of the platter
and found themselves in muss."-
COnQreqdtiondList.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-05-28

"A paper chimney fifty feet high has
lately been put up at Breslen. COM
pressed paper pulp is stated 10 be one Of
the least inilammable of substances, and
TO make an excellent material for fire.
proof doors.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-05-28

Bran Tea, Take one pound OF
bran, pour over It one quart OF boiling
water; let it stand till cold strain IT,,
and take q glassful at any time. This
is very soothing to the chest.-E
change.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-05-28

Abolish woman at Chicopee, Mass,
applied for three years. license TO get
married, explaining that her husband
in the old country was not coming over
for three years. DostOp World. .,it
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-05-28

Mr.. Aaron Luzadder, Washington, o.,
says: have used Browns Iron Bitters as
tonic and found it invaluable"
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Garfield Writing with Both Hands.

A gentleman who knew Garfield
well tells story of that remarkable
man; 1--WE were sting" said the gem
tleman, i'll the Office Of the Secretary
Of the Navy, Mr.. Thompson, of Indi-
ana, waiting TO be heard on some mat
ter of routine business, when Garfield
took his seat at a vacant desk near by
and commenced writing with both
hands upon scratch pads on either
side of him. He seemed to write with
one hand us freely as with the other.
Both hands, in fact, appeared to move
automatically. The only difference
was that the lines on the tablet writ
ten with the left hand were reversed
from the usual order. The conse-
quence was that the writing on the
left hand tablet could not be read
except by an expert, or by holding 1t
up to light or before a mirror. |
looked at the one written with the left
hand on its upper side, and while the
lines seemed remarkable uniform, they
conveyed no meaning, but holding the
thin paper up to the light, saw not
only that the words written were the
same as those on the tablet written
with the right hand, bit that every
popularity in the formation of letter
which was found on the right-hand
tablet was exactly reproduced on the
left hand. The achievement was a
marvel to me, as / had never heard Of
it before, although | have since heard
that many people do it. Garfield said
that he often wrote that way whenever
he wished to preserve an exact copy Of
what he was writing without having a
copy made by letter-press, and that in
this manner he saved great deal of
time without any more appreciable
fatigue. asked him how he got into
the habit. He said that while teach
ing school once he had occasion to use
his hand to point out something, and
that unconciously he kept on writing
upon the blackboard with his left.
Upon turning to the blackboard to
look at what he had written, he OBJ
served that the writing was reversed,
but that he had full use of his left
hand for writing, and from that time
he made use of both hands. He was
in fact, completely ambidextrious.-
Washington Letter to Boston Journal.
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A Serious j OE6e.

WHEELING, w, Va, May 24.-At
Nethkinsville, three young girls in
tended to play an innocent practical
joke ON Arthur Knowleton, rather
airy young clerk in the principle gem
eral store in town. To this end they
liberally seasoned a pie with q white
powder, which they supposed to be
EPSON salts, but which turned out to
be a deadly drug, Alta pic mic the
clerk ate heartily of the pie, bat his
sickness took another and an alarm
ing direction from what the girls OK
pectrd. He eventually recovered,
and the next day met one of the girls,
He cut switch from bush by the
roadside, and whipped her severely
for her share in his torture. She ran
home crying with pain, rage and NOR
tiiicatiOn. Her brother took her part,
and that night tarred and feather
ed young Knowleton. Last night one
of the brothers, while walking in the
the street, was shot and instantly
killed by some one unknown. The
whole community has taken sides,
and much bloodshed is feared.
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Mrs. Limoges is very bric-a-brac in
her tastes, but is not very ready to pay
her bills. The other day the grocery
man called:
"Can | see Mrs. L.?" he said to the
servant.
"What do you wantf"
"I'vc got bill here for some grocer
les she bought last month"
"Only a month old?" asked the girl
in surprise.
"Ain't that old enough?"
"No, sir, it is not. Mrs. Limoges, I'd
have you know, is a lover of the an
tique, and should she see a bill only q
month old, she would have Il fit o.
nervous prostration.
"Well that beats the deuce. Wher
shall / Gomez"
"Oh, sometime in the future. The
older the bill gets tho better but dom
you ever dare to come around will
any of those vulgar new bills, that thu
stains OF time have never touched,
and she slammed the door in hi
face.
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Ordered 10 New Iberia.

New ORLEANS, May o4.-The Wash
ington Artillery has been ordered by
Gov. McEnery to proceed to the town
OF New Iberia tomorrow to prevent
threatened bloodshed at the election.
f. l.. Gates, Democrat, was elected
over the present incumbent, T. j.
FOntclues, who refused to surrender
the office, alleging that Gates was not
fairly elected two days ago. In view
of Fontelue's illegal and threatening
attitude the Judiciary Committee OF
the House reported articles of inn
parchment against him, which were
adopted, thereby operating his imme-
tliato suspension from Office. Gates
has been commissioned, and it is un-
derstood that he will take his scat on
the bench in New iberia Monday
Fontelue's friends have surrounded
the courthouse and say Gates shall
not occupy the bench. In view Of
this threatening situation the militia
have been ordered out. Judge Gates
will be inducted into Office and the
Fontelue crowd will be elected from
the courthouse at the point OF the
bsyonet if necessary. 1t is hoped the
presence OF troops will prevent further
trouble.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-05-31

CINCINNATI, May 24.-An Evening
Post special from Columbus says. "a
letter from Senator John Sherman in
reply to letter from business man,
not a politician, on his chances for the
presidential nomination says: Il have
not thought my nomination probable,
nor have | sought to influence the
action of the convention. If my nom
nation comes, it will be all the more
grateful, if unsought. ] will then try
to meet the,responsibilities. If not
shall be content without disappoint-
ment. 1t could hardly be expected
that the Republicans, of State as
large as Ohio, should all have the same
choice, especially for one who has been
compelled to take so active a part in
politics; still the general good will of
the delegation seems to be assured, and
no one, it could be fairly considered
an enemy. II they all were entirely
united they could easily nominate
me-
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The New Cable.

RoGKpoRT, MASS, May 22-The
arrival of the Faraday was greeted by
a thousand people and firing cannon.
The shore end was landed and will be
connected with a section previously
buoyed 250 miles east of sRockport.
The citizens rendered a reception to
the officers but it was declined till the
cable is completed. When the Fara-
day steams away, this afternoon, she
will proceed to the buoy, $50 miles
northeast, where she will splice the
cable, thus making complete circuit
from Dover Bay to Rockport.
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He COlntlim't Fail.

A New York drummer the other
day ran across a retail grocer IN this
State who had been in the business
and in the Same store for thirty-four
continuous years.
"And don't you ever failY" asked the
drummer?"
"How could I?'
+ "Why, any business man can FAIL"
Perhaps they can but When fell
low can't get credit for over $75 before
they draw ON him, | don't see the OBJ
ject in shutting up shop"
"And didn't you take advantage of
the panic?"
"Not Il copper; l didn't owe any
thing, and the only goods which went
up were clothespins and Goldfish, and |
was short on both"
"Never got burned out?"
"Neyer. Every fire jumps right
oyor me, no freshet comes within ten
feet Of my walls, and the only cyclone
we ever had missed me by forty rods.
IteIl you, stranger, when | think how
honest Pye been obliged to be, it makes
me shudder"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-05-31

Queen Victoria has allowed a local
photographer to take group OF her
self, her daughter, the Crown Princess
OF Germany, her granddaughter, the
Princess of Saxe-Meiningen, and her
great-granddaughter, the Princess
Fedora, Of Saxe-Meiningen, aged five
years, a group which includes four
generations in the female line.
1t is settled fact, from the reports
of rescued passengers, that the lights
OF the steamship State of Florida and
OF the bark Ponema were seen from
each others decks for half an hour
previous to the collision, Nothing
shows more clearly the murderous
negligence which caused tho loss of
the two ships with so many valuable
lives.
A Philadelphian sent q. postal card
to his sister in Canada, on which he
had written 664 words. She answered
with ia words. Not to be outdone he
crowded in 1908, which brought an
answer with 1926 words spelled out in
full and written plain enough to be
easily read by persons of ordinary
good sight. He thinks he will send
her new spring bonnet and call it
square.
What is the great "moralP of the
Grant & Ward failure, my son? Why
it is this: every fellow in America
who never owned $50 at one time in
all his life, and is in a chronic state of
debt to his landlord and grocer, will
neglect his work two or three hours q
day to explain the causes of the fail
ure, how easily it might have been
avoided, and expatiate upon the perils
and the wickedness of stock gambling
and reckless speculation.
Bob Ingersoll continues to ego for"
the Bible with undiminished yigor.
Keep it up, Robertl 1t does no harm
to the Bible and it enables you to put
money in your pocket. If itwould
pay you as well to advocate the Bible,
you would do so. You have no pref
udices, Robert. You are Il business
man, you are. Asa business man you
defend star-routc thieves, and as a
business man you assault religion. Go
on, Bobby!
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A Mob After A Murderer.

CHICAGO, May M.-Alderman Mich
cal Gaynor, who was shot by a tough"
named Jim Dacey, in a saloon on the
night Of May 13, died this morning.
Gaynor has been a member Of the City
Council for four years.
Grape on the door attracted the at
tention of a large crowd, which star
ted for the station house to find the
murderer. When the mob reached
the station it was several thousand
strong. Captain Bonfeld spoke from
the steps OF tho station house. assur-
ing the crowd that the prisoner was
not within. The mob then moved
direct to the dead mans dwelling, all
approaches to which were thronged.
The police regard the situation with
alarm. The ward is rough one and
the deceased has thousands of friends
who are easily excited and accustomed
to act without deliberation. The DO.
lice declare that the murderer has been
hid whore he cannot be found by the
mob i'll years.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-05-31

RICHMOND, May 22.-The election in
Danville passed without disturbance.
The Democratic or white party nomi-
nees were elected. Captain w. P.
Graves beats J. H. Johnston, the pres
ent incumbent, for Mayor by 402 votes.
The Democrats elect the municiple
ticket in Portsmouth by an increased
majority. In Norfork the Democrats
elect the Mayor and members OF the
Common Council. but the rest of the
tickets is doubtful. In this city there
was little interest in the election. All
the Democratic city officers and mem
bers of the City Council nominated at
the late primary were elected without
opposition.
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The Thoughtful H us sb;a md.

1t is not good for a married couple
to belong to different churches, as is
the case of Col. McSpillkins and his
wife. He attends the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, but she is Il Free
Will Baptist. Religious disputes are
quite common between them, and
when there is fearful row in their
house, the neighbors know that they
arc discussing the question of probes
tination, or the fall from grace, or
something Of the kind.
A few mornings ago McSpillkins
made his wife so mad, that she chased
him out of the house with chair.
"Yes, McSpillkins," she said, "you
may sneer at the Free Win Baptists,
but I'll get to heaven long before you
will"
II hope so, Molly. only wish you
were there already" replied Mcspill-
kins, with malicious smile, as he
lifted himself over the fences by his
bootstraps.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-05-31
Salmon from the Pacific Coast.

The first of eight refrigerator cars,
designed for bringing salmon from
Portland, Oregon, to the New York
market, arrived on Monday last
With the car was an attendant who
kept the temperature about twenty
degrees above zero. Salmon deliver
ed at the car cost five cents pound
and the freight charges across the
Continent were about seven cents a
pound. Retailed in this city at about
twenty cents a pound, the enterprise
will be remunerative. The fish were
packed in boxes, with crushed ice
over and under them. Six or seven
salmon were in each box, and 100 box
es made a car load The car was
pulled to st. Paul in passenger train,
and thence by freight to New York.
Arrangements are making to send the
cars the entire distance on the pas
senger schedule, reducing the time
from nine to seven days.
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A. = sast CaluNe.

"Good morning." said tall, gang
ling young fellow coming into this of
fee Wednesday morning, care you the
editor"
"Yes, sir" replied the person adj
dressed, with the politeness of q man
who expected subscription paid
up.
"Well sir, ! have grievance"
"All right; the press is always ready
to remedy such evils. What's wrong
now2"
II want to write card. Pm from
Newport, KY, sir, and may be al
mighty darn green, but when lot of
giddy girls pin card on my back
with Keep off the Grass written on it
in big letters and | go around town all
morning with it hanging to me, |
think the limit has been reached and
the matter becomes subject for
newspaper comment. Therefore de-
sire to write Il card, and u strong one
too"
He backed out when informed that
it would cost him twenty-five cents a
line.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-05-31

They were sitting on the sofa in the
parlor. She was q young lady of the
period, expensive attired and wore
bangs
He was her affianced, an economi-
cal young man, in short, plain, every
day sort of fellow.
He dared to venture the remark
that he "believed in leaving everything
precisely the same as the divine hand
of Providence had moulded it."
ADO you really, Charlie?" she asked
"Yes," he continued, remember
my dear, Eve never wore bangs"
"No, Charlie, that's so in fact, Eve
never wore anything much to speak
Of"
And now Charles wonders if she
meant it that way.
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The Fashion i'm Sunsets.

"What has become ofour wonderful
crimson sunsets, l wonder" said
Tom.
"Why," replied Laura, thoughtfully,
looking up from the Bazaar, II suppose
they have all gone out ofstyle. Every
thing is very quiet and elegant this
spring. knew those winter sunsets
were too high-colored to last long.
They might do for the evening" she
said presently, in reflective mood,
"but they were too loud for the streets" ="
And, bending over the description
OF a new walking suit, she did not see
Tom, fallen from his chair, staring
wildly at her, and painfully gasping
for breath.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-05-31

Madame Eve gave tho first gardon

Madame Eve gave tho first gardon
party.
England has q thousand female
doctors, Wen, it'spleasantcr to die by
gentle hand
Before dot got married 7 made an
idol Of mine lrow now she vas idle all
der while.
"Im suffering from room-mate-iGm, +"
remarked the man III hotel room
with ten other men.
Justice is blind, but not so much so
rs the man who goes to law with the
idea that he is sure. to get justice
A physician in this city announces
by card that during the banana sea-
son brokon legs will be setat a reduced
rate to families,
Some men are very reckless. The
papers record lots Of marriages. and
yet the spring house-cleaning season
hasn't fairly commenced
The new express steamer does not
stop to relieve people in distress at
sea, Persons contemplating shipwreck
should remember this fact.
The author OF the song "Why did
They Dig PAS Grave so Deep" evi-
IDENTITY did not live anywhere in tho
vicinity of a medical college.
"She loved not wisely, but to SWELL"
remarked discarded lover on passing
his old girl dressed in u sealskin
sacque and learning on the arm of her
husband.
Many mon owe their success in this
world to having learned to say "No"
at the proper time. Remember this
when the girls make lcap-ycar propo-
sals.
The Khcdive of Egypt wants to bor-
row 100000. Sorry, but we left it
i'll our other pants. This habitual
carelessness of ours will cost us heap
of money some day.
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a Rapid Printing Telegraph.

The McCausland printing telegraph
was exhibited at 1872 Market street
yesterday before large body of cleo
trical experts from New York, Balti-
more and Boston. The machine is
operated entirely independent of
clockwork and readily runs 100 to 100
revolutions per minute. 1t can be
adapted to one or two wires. The let
ler and figure wheels being fastened
to the same shaft admit of very rapid
revolution. The exhibition was sue
cessful. The machine will be a
feature in the coming electrical exhi-
bition.-Philadelphia Times.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-05-31

The occurrence of President Ar
thurs birthday, last Friday, suggests a
a glance at the ages of the other twen-
ty Presidents. Death has made four
Presidents, John Tyler in 1S41, when
he was 81; Millard Fillmore in 1850,
when he was so; Andrew Johnson in
1865, when he was 81 and Chester A.
Arthur in 1881, when he was 81. Of
the four Presidents who have died in
Office, Garfield was the youngest when
inaugurated, being but so, Harrison
died month after his inauguration in
1S41, at 6S; General Taylor sixteen
months after his inauguration in lS49,
at &C; and Lincoln four years and a
little more than month after his first
inauguration in 1861, at Sc. 1t is inter
esting to notice that while Lincoln
and Garfield died most tragic deaths,
President Harrison's death was the
result of cold he caught while going
to market, and Gen. Taylor's the re-
suit of eating cherries and drinking
cold milk after sitting in the hot sun
an hour during the Fourth OF July
exercises at the Washington monu-
ment.
Washington was 5S when first inaug-
urated in this city ninety-three years
ago; John Adams, the first college
bred President, was 81 when inaug-
urated Thomas Jefferson, who was
educated at the College of William
and Mary and in range OF knowledge
is thought to compare favorably with
Burke, was So; James Madison, grad
uate of Princeton, was So; James
Monroe, who left the College of Will
lam and Mary to join the Revolution
ary Army, was SO; John Quincy
Adams, who like John Adams was a
Harvard graduate, was 5S; Andrew
jackson was 60; Martin Van Buren,
was So; James K. Polk, who gradu-
ated at the University of North Caro-
lima, was so; Franklin Pierce, who
graduated at Bowdoin College, was 40 !;
James Buchanan, a graduate of Dick
inson College, was Sc; Gen. Grant, the
only man West Point has trained for
the White House, was AZ, and Ruther-
ford B. Hayes, was SIS. Thirteen Of
the Presidents, including Garfield, a
graduate of Williams College, and
Arthur, who graduated at Union Col
legc in 184S, have been college-brod
men, but they reached the goal of
their ambition no earlier in life than
the Presidents whose educational ad-
vantages were more limited Prcsi-
dent Harrison graduated at Hampdcn
Sidney College, and President Tyler
at the College of William and Mary.
Gen. Grant Was the youngest of the
Presidents at the time OF Inaugural
ton, although he is now about six
months older than ox-Prcsidcnt
Hayes, and eight and half older
than President Arthur If he lives as
long az tho elder Adams, he has al
most thirty years before him. Five
Presidents have lived more than
eighty years, John Adams dying at 80,
Jefferson at SO, Madison at So, John Q.
Adams at 81 and Van Buron at So
Polk is the only President who died a
natural death at less than go years OF
age, reaching but 81. Lincoln was cut
off at 56 and Garfield at 81. The form
er would be but 73 were he now living
1t is evident that the Office Of Chiel
Executive is not unfavorable to lon
gevity.
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Thc Boston EKeraitl's Libel Suit.

BosToN, May 24.-Rcy Father Bon
face, an Italian Catholic Preist, has
entered suit against the Boston
Herald for 100000, for libel. Last
Saturday the Herald published a col
umn article charging the Reverand
gentleman with misapplying funds of
the st. Leonard's Church, of this city.
Father Boniface denies the charge and
and has sued the Herald for the
amount mentioned above.
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The Way 10 Work il.

Dumley wanted to stand his land
lady off for couple of weeks board
and so at the breakfast table he said in
a loud tone of voice
"Ah, Mrs. Hendricks2"
ayes Mr.. Dumley.''
"Ah, will you be kind enough to
pour little cold water in my coffee?
1t is too strong and hot"
After breakfast she said
Certainly, Mr.. Dumley. | will ac-
commodate you willingly"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-05-31

CHATTANOOGA, May 22.-Andrew
Mitchell, young boy, was instantly
killed at a lawn party near the city
tonight by the accidental discharge Of
gun in the hands Of his friend JEFF.
Lee. Lee pointed the gun at Mitchell
saying, Il am going to slay you," and
added, "this gun is not loaded Both
barrels We're discharged, the contents
entering Mitchell's thigh, and produc-
ing instant DEATH
News reached the city to-day that
Saml 7. Twins, editor OF the Athens
Post, had formally declared his inten-
ton OF becoming a candidate before
the Congressional Convention OF this
district.
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Death Ofa Belgian Eiterateur.

BRUSSELS, May 22.-The doath Of
Salomon Louis Hymans, the distin-
guished Belgian litcrateur and pub
licist, is announced. He was born
May 3, 1929, began his career as an
authorwhen only sixteen, aud through
out his life was very prolific in many
different fields of literature. He was
connected with various newspapers
and for the greater part OF his life was
prominent i'll politics.