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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-08-28

Hastings, England. The air was filled WIZ ,l
sounds-the hoarse sea trumpet tne crasn
Of the axes, and the believing Of tne Wr-
nado. Aboat from the shore came nnuer
the stern Of the disabled vessel. tnero
were women and children ON board tnat YES
eel. Some of the sailors Jumped mo .ne
small boat and said "Now give Up ING
children" A father who $1,000 on
deck took his first born and tnrew
him TO the boat The sailors caught
him safely, and the next and the
next to the last. Still the sea rocking, tne
storm how ling. ''Now,n said the sailors,
,.uow the mother;n and she leaped, ana was
saved. The boat went TO the shore, but pc
fore Il rot to the shore the landsmen were
40 impatient to help the suffering people that
thew waded clear down into the surf Win
blankets and clothing, and promises OF sue
cor So there are families here who are go
ing to be saved, and saved altogether. GIVE
us that child for Christ and that otherchiid,
that other. Give us the mother, give US tne
father, the whole family They must al,
come in. All heaven wades In 70 help you !
claim this whole audience for God 1 PICK
not out one man here nor one man tnerei
claim you all. There are some OF you VINO,
thirty years ago, were consecrated 70 Cnrist
by your parents in baptism. Certainly am
not stepping over the right bound when !
claim you for Jesus Then there are many
hero who have been seeking God for . gooo
while, and am not right In claiming you
for Jesusl Then there are some mere wno
have been further away, and you drink,
and you swear, and you bring up your
families without any God to take care o.
them when you are dead. And claim you,
my brother; claim all Of you. You WI
have to pray some time; why not begin now
while all the white and purple cluster y
divine promise bend over into your cup,
rather than postpone your prayer until
YOUR chance is past, and the night drops
and the sea washes you out, and the appal
ling fact shall be announced that notwitn
standing all your magnificent opportunities
you have become castaway.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-08-28
The Beauty Of Kindness.

What q beautiful quality Is kindness
How II soothcs the care worn How II
cheers US when weare sad and respondent
II costs very little 10 administer II, and yet
II carries with II q heaven Of sweetness.
Life at best possesses large share OF bit
terness, and has so much need for kindly
words and kindly sympathy and kiRdly as
sistance. Many sad heart on every hand
Is almost breaking for want Of some loving
one 70 share It's burden. And these aching
hearts do not comprise the few OF earth,
but the many; In reality, they include
nearly all Of mankind. The secret balm OF
healing for all these wounded hearts Ia
simply that loving kindness which Is the re
suit of living for others, each one forgetting
self and sharing the heartiils Of others
Oh let us become dead 10 self and live for
one another; then we have heaven here
"Bear ye one one another's burdens and %
fulfill the law."-Home.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-08-28
PARASITES OF SPEECH.
Mothers should Fight Tbom rs Energet
icaIIy as They Do Other Pests.

Mothers should Fight Tbom ns Energet-
icaIIy as They Do Other Pests.
The duty each Of us owes to his mother
tongue should constrain him TO seek dill
gently after the best ways Of clothing ideas.
II there is a better fashion Of speech than
our own we should not be content until IL
is ours. Slovenly languageis more digrace.
full than slovenliness Of apparel. Inc greae
and grievous error in home and schooi eou-
cation Is that children are allowed 70 spSak
as they like. The house mother who wages
continual war with flies, barricades her
windows against mosquitoes and would go
into Mysteries at the suggestion Of the red
Bedouin OF the sleeping-room, allows her
children to double negatives, contract pro-
vincialisms, and enwrap their daily talk in
slang as with garment.
She was wise woman who insisted that
her eli ildren should give neat and definite
expression TO what they had in their mind
to say. II tsey began sentence 1t must be
finished. t,
nWhat you thinS, you can say,n was her
rule. ''The sooner you learn 70 say IL Wen
the better"
II goes without saying tsat as men and
women they were admirable takers, never
taking refuge in "Whatyou-mayv 'ems,
and "I-don'tlmow-whats," "You-knows"
and ''Itseems-to-mes,"
The pains given 70 the cultivation OF tne
parasitical gibberish we call slang II
rightly bestowed, would make charming
takers Of our boys and girls. There is lit
tie wit as euphony In willful mispronuncia-
ton Of words, nor does the substitution Of
cabalistic phrases for Ineligible English
add piquancy 70 sentence or paragraph. II
the truth were known, few slang-venders
are on sufficiently intimate terms with
their mother tongue TO take liberties with
her.-Home-M Maker.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-08-28
wonderful Cures.

W. d. Hoyt q Co.. whole ale abd re-
tail druggists Of Rome, Gs.. s.ys: W.
have been selling DR.. King'. New DIS
coycry, Electric Bitter and Bucklen''
ArnIca Salve for two years. Have
never handled remedies that sell as
well, or give such nnlvert u sTis'milo'
There has been some wonderful cure
effected by these medicines ~ fhis city
Several cases OF pronounced Cons'iInp-
tion have beea entirely cured By use oi
few bottles OF DR.. Kings New Dis
covery, taken in connection With Elec
trio Bltters. We guarantee them nj
ways. Sold by Z w. Adams. I
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-08-28

Can chronic diarrhea be curedi Those
who think not, should read the following
from Mr. Joseph McGufjn, of Spaulding,
Union County, Iowa. He says; II was
troubled for years With chronic diarroea
ind used many kinds Of medicine; but
nothing with permanent effect for good,
until l tried CbambeflaIn's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhea Remedy l would say 10
every one In need Of medicine for all
ment mentioned and kindred diseases,
try the Remedy aud Ike myself. you win
never be without Il In your home, % and
81 cent bot'lesf,r sale BY Fred ID. Fe,t
Druggist qHs ~ l,'gl2,'i 'eesft ~
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-08-28
Rational Attention 10 Dress.

Appearances should not be wholly beneath
the consideration Of any man. Nature does
not disdain them. Nothing Is omitted that
can enhance its beauty. Every thing is
grouped and arranged with the most consum-
mate skill and with the direct and manifest
object OF pleasing exterior vision. The man.
therefore who plays the philosopher on the
strength Of neglecting his attire, and who
hopes that the world win rate the superior
ity Of his intellect in direct ratio with the
inferiority Of his hat, is no philosopher at
all, because the true wise man thinks from
nature, through himself. IN. Y. Ledger
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-08-28
Cure Yourself.

Don't pay large doctors bills. The best
medical book published, one hundred
pages, elegant colored plates, will be sent
YOU on reciept Of three Scent stamps 10
pay postage. Adress A p 0rdway y Co,
Boston, Mass,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-08-28
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TRIED AND TRUE

Friends are scarce, but II You are suffer.
ing with that horrible disease scrofula,
you will find Sulphur Biiters will cure
you as II did me, after suffering eight
years, and paying out hundreds Of dollars
TO doctors and druggisis--Jeannette Han
scom, Troy, N. Y.
, 1889-03-14
THE APPLE BRIGADE OF CHUCKA-
NUTS.

Among the queer arguments used
to induce the naval commission to
locate at places where the silver
tongued orators had axes to grind
Mono amused tho gentlemen more
than the ornate eloquence of the
Chuckanuts bay Cicero. Said he;
Gentlemen of the commission, Bel
ingham bay has long teen celebrated
for its fruit, and especially apples.
You gentlemen, as nautical men, are
aware that all sailors are fond of
apples, and apples are conducive of
health. As a sanitary consideration
l ask you gentlemen if it Is not OF
value to have the naval station To-
Gated where, not only the sailors but
the officers, can be constantly sup
Piled with the delicious fruit"
The commissioners failed to per-
ceive the force of the argument One
of the gentlemen when relating it
sad he had heard of the deadly eff
feet produced by hitting man IN the
back with n baked apple, and
no doubt the Chuckanut orator
thought that brigade OF stalwart
mariners armed with a bountiful
supply of baked apples, would scare
off any bold intruders who might at
tempt q landing on the classic soil OF
Cbuckanut. The idea of an Apple
Brigade will immortalize the sage OF
Whatcom, who first suggested it as
a valuable adjunct for naval sta
ton.
We expect to hear OF Brigade OF
Sea Fencibles organized at Whatcom
under the command of the sage, to
go through the interesting drill OF
the charge of the six hundred, armed
with luscious and nutritious baked
apples.
, 1889-03-14
Sisters Hospital.

! few days ago the Sisters who
wer. detailed to select suitable site
for q hospital in this city arrived to
perform this mission. They were
driven over therBlinn supplemental
plat TO Eisenbies' addition, where
they selected site near the grounds
upon which the Methodist Universi-
II was to have been erected, had the
u. E. conference conducted them
selves honorably towards the citizens
Of Po:t Townsend.
We have the statement from an
aUthorative source, that the Sisters
Mi hegiu at once to make the nec-
essary arrangements to have the hos
pital grounds fenced, and the build
ing constructed The hospital will
be large two-story structure. 1t
viii be finished off on the most mod
ern plan. The ceilings will be high
each room will have perfect ventila-
ton; each room will be supplied with
hot and cold water mains, and every
appointment AID convenience afford
ed that is provided in well-appoint-
ed hospital.
, 1889-03-14

Our people should. get ont of the
ru's in which they have travelled for
the past twenty-five years Our cit
izens must not be carried away with
the idea that Port Townsend is
bound to grow, and that no effort is
needed on their part to assist.
There is every opportunity to have
large city here, but the citizens can
rest assured that TIE town will not
grow unless some move is made to-
wards its advancement by our peo-
pie. Towns grow by enterprises start
ed within their boundaries. Port
Townsend is bound to grow even if
onr citizens keep ia the old grooves,
but so slowly that a snail weuld out
strip it in the race. This town is an
cider place than Seattle, but contem-
plate the difference. If our citizens
desire to see every other town on the
Sound grow. aud this one remain at
a stan'istill. thew have only got to
coniinue IN the diurmaut spirit which
tns characterized Them ia fha Dasf
, 1889-03-14

If the people of Port Townsend
wish to profit by the tide of prosper
iiy that is sweeping over the noith-
west, they must revive their board of
trade. There is neither wisdom nor
sound sense in standing idle and
waiting or coming prosperity Some
thing is nececessary besides the pas
sions of superior advantages to at
tract men and money to any locality
Business men OF energy and activity
in various towns and cities through-
out the Pacific coast states have
found that this something is to iG-
form the broodworthy their business
their CONNER ial and man-
ufacturing facilities. what the people
have done, what they are doing, and
what they would like 10 do, and sec
hers do in turning opportunity in-
to money. To neglect this is to drag
along comfortably, it may be, and in
true pioneer style. While places en-
gineered 10y her business men forge
grandly ahead
Our citizens have but to study the
history of such places as Denver and
Kansas City. Their natural surround
ings have had little 10 do with maxi
ing them what they are, it was their
business men, and our citizens must
, 1889-03-14

The Railway Age now presents its
revised and final figures of railway
construction for 1888. The total is
$40 lines and 7106.4 miles. This is
hardly IA miles less than at first stated
several weeks ago. The states which
did the greatest amount of building
last year stand in the following or
der: Kansas 529 miles, California SIT,
Georgia 449, Kentucky BAT, Alabama
337, Michigan $50, Missouri 26s,
Washington territory 800, Texas 1902,
Colorrdo 267, South Carolina 222,
Illinois 302, Minnesota 3O2, Tennes-
see, 209, and 80 on down to New
Hampshire which shows two and a
half miles.
, 1889-03-14

The bill providing for the United
States census of 1890 increases the
pay of enumerators as we'll as the
salary of the superintendent whom
President Harrison will soon ap-
point. There will be ten chiefs OF
divisions, and IT'S supervisors. A
perfect enumeration OF veteran SOL
diers will be made; statistics will be
compiled of the recorded indebted
ness of private corporations and in
dividuals, and an effort will be made
to find out what proportion of the
population is unemployed. The census
will cover far less ground than that
of 1886, and it is hoped to have it com>
pleted and published within two
wears.
, 1889-03-14
oTE COUNTY ROADS.

The county commissioners can
make a very eaviabIe name for them
selves by looking carefully after the
county roads. Our attention has
been directed to the need OF at once
completing q road from Quilcine TO
Dusewallap Many of the farmers,
on account of the lack of wagon road
facilities are compelled to go to Sc
attic to make their purchases, thing
they would not do If they could
get into this city with less
trouble. A farmer informed Us
to-day that he would have almost to
pack his goods on his back there
being no means by which lie could
drive home County commissioners,
this is not right, 1t proves that
something ought to be done. Our
farmers ought to have every facility
for getting into this town Trade
which now goes to Seattle would, il
we had good roads, come here.
, 1889-03-14
She Forgot The Hymn.

One of the brightest of Elmira's
little five>year-old girls was taught
an appropriate verse to repeat in
Sunday School last Sunday. She
had also recently learned little
nursery rhyme which had profound
ly impressed her In Sunday School
when her teacher called upon her to
give her Christmas verse. she spoke
OF it rs ''piece." Little Miss i've
year-old forgot all about the hymn,
and electrified the whole infant de-
partment by rising aud 50 Iemnly re-
peating the following:
"The owl and the eel and the warming
pan,
They went to call on the soap-fat man.
The soap-fat man was not within.
He had gone to ride on Il rolling pin,
So they all came back by way of the town
And turned the Westinghouse upside
down"
, 1889-03-14
n1rRRovE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

As Port Townsend grows the needs
Of a perfect system of protection
against fire presents itself. 1t is
bad policy for our city fathers to in
agine that they are saving anything
by permitting the fire department to
remain IN its present condition.
We should have a good steam fire
engine; one that is of the latest pat
tern. Engines eau, we feel confident,
be purchased at a cost not to exceed
ive thousand. What is this sum in
comparison with the amount of
property which may some day be
saved by having steam fire engine?
Towns Of the size of Port Town
send, and even smaller. are provided
with much better facilities for sub
DUNG fires. 1t is shortsightedness
on the part OF the city government
to run the fire department in its
present manner.
We trust that the city council will
give heed to our words and permit
no unnecessary delay in carrying out
our suggestion.
, 1889-03-14
Harrison Explains His PosIt.on.

Elliott f. Shepard, editor of the
Mail and Express; sen DIS to his paper,
from Washington tho following.
Harrison stated that he would have
been much pleased to appointed 10
his Cabinet a member from Califor-
MIA He early requested the people
of the Pacific slope to unite upon
two or three names from which he
might select, but they neglected 10
do this until cutie late. Finally
when they did present some names,
they stated specifically that no posi-
ton would be- acceptable except the
Interior Department or the Attorney
Generalship. The occupants of these
two offices had already been settled
to couple of names from the othex
States, and it was impossible 10 ae-
commO6ate the coast.
, 1889-03-14

We clip the subioined from our
worthy exchange, the Times Moun-
tdineer, of the Dalles, Oregon:
washington territory will soon be
admitted into the union of states, and
we give her hearty welcome. She
has the population and necessary re-
sources, and should have been admit
ted years ago. With Washington
and Idaho admitted to statehood, the
Columbia river will have an increased
number of friends in the senate and
lower house of congress. and we may
expect the influence of their repre-
sentatives in favor of government aid
in overcoming the obstruction to nav
igation- An open river is of equal
importance to Washington and a por-
ton of Idaho as to Oregon.
, 1889-03-14

The very latest idea in defending
harbor from the attacks of war;
ships has just been brought to light
in New York The idea is to defend
the entrance by forcing petroleum to
the surface of the water through
pipes laid at the bottom, and then
igniting it with burning bomb,
thus creating sea of fire thr ugh
which the enemy's fleet could not
pass. What next2 This seems to be
taking very mean advantage of the
enemy, and would certainly make
matters unpleasant for it as long as
the oil held out, assuming that mo
Dopoly of all the oil was not held by
the Standard Oil Company, of whose
operations so much has been heard.
The next thing that will have to be
done in order to counteract this
move will be to discover some means
by which the bombarding war-ship
Will be able to take fire company
along with it to squirt some kind of
chemical preparation on the burn
ing oil to extinguIsh it In order that
an entrance may be effected and the
bombarding be carried on after
gentlemanly fashion. Even Admir-
al Nelson would look somewhat COM
fused if he were put in command of
a modern iron"clad and were to find
himself confronted, not On his blind
side, by ssa of burning petroleum
The Battle OF Dorking and all the
other famous battles on both sides
OF the Atlantic that are yet to come
of have al been written up without
any thought of such thing as sea
of burning petroleum as one of the
means of keeping the enemy at re-
spectful distance. They will have to
be revised if they are to be consid-
cred historical. Then there are the
pneumatic dynamite guns to be kept
in mind; in fact it is evident that the
battles of the future are going to be
very different affairs not only from
those which have already occurred,
but from the descriptions which have
been ritten by prophetic pens.
, 1889-03-14

We trust now that the commission
has come and gone, our leading citi-
zens will agitate the reorganization
of our so-called board of trade There
are many important measures that
deserved attention, and it is only
through an organization of this kind
that anything can be accomplished.
Let men be selected because they are
known to be public spirited and 60
ahead men, No mossbacks should be
permitted to intrude themselves up
on the board. Relegate the fossils
to the rear and keep them there.
Port Townsend to-day owes her Sec
ondary position to a lack of energy
aud enterprise on the part of her c;ti.
zens Be up and doing; wipe the
cobwebs from off your eyes; do not
be afraid to spend money in the ad-
vancement of Port Townsend, for
every dollar SO expended will in a
few short years be returned doubled,
and this is not the only consolation,
for you will have assisted in bui' ding
a city that will be monument to the
state OF Washington.
, 1889-03-14
THE NEW CUSTOM HOUSE.

The citizens should adopt some ac-
ton looking to the rapid completion
of the custom house. 1t is an out
rage the manner in which our public
buildings are permitted to drag, be-
fore they are finished Mnch of tue
delay, 40 doubt, has been caused by
the fact that We have had no one to
represent US in congress. Mr.. Al
lens attention should be directed to
this matter, and our citizens can de-
pend upon 1t, that when once he is
made aware of the fact, he will not
rest until the building is finished.
The consideration of this question
brings forcibly to mind the want of a
thorough, active, energetic beard of
trade. This matter should have been
their care, and they should have left
no stone unturned to compel the
completion of the building long be
fore this. There is no reason why
our citizens treat these matters in
ddfereltly- A magnificent building,
such as the custom house Will be
would add much to make this city
more imposing and attractive We
have not so many fine country build
ings that we can afford to let this
one 20 by default
, 1889-03-14
THE CABINET.

The guessers were not so far out
of the way upon the names to COM
pose Harrison's cabinet. Taken as a
whole the cabinet does not at once
strike US as strong one. Ii may be
because we had been expecting too
much, nevertheless we are disap-
pointed. Everyone comedies Mr..
Blaine's ability, but we are confident
that If his admirers will throw aside
their preiudices, they will agree with
US that his appointment is injudi-
cious- Bl2ine is too positive to make
safe man in cabinet position. We
like to see an aggressive man, but
one whose aggressivenes is tempered
with discretion.
Mr. Window is a man who will
carefully look after the finances of
this country, but not man that will
make any great name as Il financier.
Window to certain extent is not an
unknown man, y, /. h;:~ ',u great
national reputation a rfeld's
secretary of the treasury anown
to most of our readers. but side from
this he has no great standing. The
people, however, can rest assured
that Mr.. Window will conduct his
department honestly and for the best
advantage OF the government.
OF the remaining members of the
cabinet little can be said. Many of
them are entirely unknown. Rusk
is known as governor of Wisconsin
He has never figured extensively in
the politics of this country, and it
is not known of what ca!i5re the man
is made, hut he may developed as Sec
retary of agriculture Qualifications
above the average.
B-njamin f Tracy, who has been
appointed secretary of the navy, is u
man liJtle known outside of the state
of New York. He first came into
prominence as Beecher's attorney in
the Beecher-TIlton trial. He has oc-
cupied the position of district aftor-
ney in tho Brooklyn district OF New
York 4. a lawyer he stands well in
his state, aud l. thought to possess
extensive ability. Tracy has never
been prominent in New York poigi-
cal circles. H evidently is a com
promise between tie I'iatt and Miller
factions
Miller, who has been appointed at
'orney general was an unknown fac
tor before Harrison's election. He is
the presidents old law partner, and
if he possesses any legal ability time
must determine the must, howev-
er, or he would not have been ap>
pointed
Wannamaker should make a good
postmaster general. He is man of
fine commercial ability.
The secretaries of the war and in
terror departments We ara free to
confess are entirely unknown to us.
Mr. Harrison doubtless had good rea-
sons for going 10 Vermont and Wis.
consin for these g"n'lemen. but why
he should IS beyond our ken.
Why Missouri should be rrcoe-
nized in the cabinet anl lha Pacific |
coast states ignored Is bes ond cur