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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-11-06
GIRLS WHO SMOKE.
Some rs Remedy for Toothacho, Other
because They Like It.

Some as Remedy for Toothache, Others
because Thoy Like, 1t.
A letter-writer from Hartford says it is
not disputed that there are great number
Of Connecticut young ladies who smoke
cigarettes, and many Of them are less than
sixteen years old. Not less than score Of
Norwich maidens smoke, and two or three
girls In short dresses occasionally are seen
putting at a cigarette while on their way 10
school. In many instances the female smok-
ers boldly buy their tobacco supplies at the
cigar stores; IN others gentleman friend,
whose age ranges from six 10 sixty years,
ministers 10 the feminine demand. In Hart
ford the number Of young ladies' who smoke
Is twice or three times as great as that in
this town, and In Bridgeport, New Haven,
Merden and Waterbury there are female
smokers, both minors and adults. II Is evil
dent TO every one that the officers empow.
cred 10 enforce the Juvenile Smokers act
will have To be men Of conspicuous tact and
inexhaustible discretion.
A startling illustration Of the passion
with which Connecticut girls have taken o
stand on the tobacco question may be noted.
At Waterbury not long ago fashionable
young lady talked freely with O newspaper
reporter. She said 10, yes, we all have
smoked moro or less. Ihardly know Of q
girl in my acquaintance who has not smoked
cigarettes at some time or other-lust 10 see
how II would taste or seem, you know.
Then lots Of us smoke them for toothache.
You doubt iti Well, Just try IL the hext
time you have toothache and see whether
1t is Of any good. It's sure cure. Most
Of us have the toothache quite often, you
can imagine"
Still another Connecticut city girl ex.
pressed her views: "Why, Of course we
smoke more or less; all society girls do. l
mean cigarettes, OF course, though I know
good many young ladies' In the highest
society circles who rarely pass day with
out smoking half, or at least part, Of q
regular full sized mild cigar. Why, its
easy enough TO get cigarettes. All the drug
stores keep cigarettes nowadays, you
know, and nothing Ill Is thought Of young
lady who goes boldly In and buys pack
age. Why should IL be considered ques-
tionable aetl How IL dealer 10 know
whether the purchaser or male member
Of her family Is going 70 use them. Why,
in New York and all other fashionable
cities society girls learn 10 smoke In board
ing-schools. They frequently begin by
borrowing q cigarette Of gentleman
friend, and after they have learned what q
jolly thing tobacco is why they take up
cigar smoking-just little bit, you know,
because then they have learned 10 enjoy
smoking as luxury, not as a novelty"
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10. Pm not deiicate enough to be afraid
| Of little wind aud sleet," she said. "It's
only few blocks 10 the hall, and we'll 90
wikhout the carriage"
Three or four years later Mr.. and Mrs.
Philip Harmon were seated together one
evening In their home.
"Another young fellow gone down." said
Mr.. Harmon. James hande has been con-
victed Of that forgery and sentenced. Poor
fellowl thought he had very bright pros
poets when we started out together"
Show has II come about" asked Marian.
"Oh, he was an open-handed, reckless
fellow. Always going In for every thing,
whether he could afford It or not By the
way, Marian, do you remember that ex-
cursion on the lake you went 70 with mo
two summers agop
eyes, very we'll"
"Do you remember that when we put in
TO Rocky Cove, yeu and and James Rande
and Ellen Foster wandered Of over the
hills and managed to get left, as the steamer
went further ont"
"Yes.n
.'Well, II was pleasant enough Just where
we were, lam sure, and could have STAYED
there a week-with YOU. YOU know. The
boat was coming backin two or three hours,
but II YOU remember, Ellen got very i'm.
patient Of remaining there. and James bro.
posed hiring a tug and foliowinR.p
"Yes, remember that, too.n
at would have cost seven or eieht dollars
to do II. OF course l couldn't say no when
Ellen seconded his proposal. and we should
have done II il YOU had not objected very
strongly TO IL. WHY did you do III I can
ask you now.n
"Because I thought Il n great deal of
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-11-06

There are 100000 widows in India, and
~ the majority Of marriages take place
under ten, the creator part Of these women
become widows as children. A Hindoo
widow can never marry again, even II her
husband dies before the ceremony OF mar
riage.t II she Is betrothed sheis condemned
70 widowhood for the rest OF her life As o
widow she must give up ali the pleasures
OF this world. She must never woaf any
iewelry, never sleep on bod. and for tho
rest Of her IIe she becomes tho slave OF her
mother-in-law's family. She eats by her.
self and cooks her own food.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-11-06
THE MARKETS
Cheese.

Cheese. i
SHIPMENTS FOR WEEK ENDING Nov. 8.
Cheese, pkgs., weighing lbs.
Date.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-11-06

10. Pm not delicate enough to be afraid
Of O little wind aud sleet," she said. "It's
only few blocks TO the hall, and we'll 20
Without the carriage"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12

by his SCARED and powder-bu burned face.
From what he said [ could see that We
would never be happy together. There
could be nothing in common between
two men of such entirely opposite
tastes. He was a thick-set, hairy man
with an immediate gun; a tall, 1.-the,
blonde person, less hairy than he, and
iII-fitted for assassination.
Whether the mine viii now revert to
me, together with the sizty-five feet of
water and assessments, I wOt not. I
would not wot if I wanted to. only
know that COlorOw is dead, and that,
knowing him as I do, I would advise
the angelic host to conceal its crowns
every night, also to see that the aged
chief does not push the women and
children over the battIements while
they are looking the other way.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12
The Office of President.

That the actual power Of the Presi-
dent exceeds that of some of the
crowned dignitaries of earth is uni
versally conceded. The Constitution
did not intend that he should be a mere
hgurehead, or ornamental cupOla," to
the government. 1t not only cOnfded
to him the execution of the laws but it
armed him with a power over the
making of laws which he might deem
improper. BY this we mean the pro
vision that every measure passed by
Congress shall be presented to him for
his approval and signature; and that,
if disapprOved by him, he may return
it with his objections; IN which case it
shall not become law unless again
passed by the vote of twO-thirds Gin
stead OF a majority, as in the first in
stance) of each house of Congress.
Whether this power was given to him
solely as a weapon to defend his own
Office or the integrity Of the Constitu-
ton itself from attack by Congress, or
whether the Constitution designed that
he should in this way have q voice in
the making of all laws, of whatever
nature, is one of the questions still IN
settled. The weight of opinion and
the practice at the beginning of the
government seem to sustain the former
view; the strict language of the Con
stitutiOn is in favor OF the latter. The
frequent exercise of the power in re-
cent years, in marked contrast with it's
rare use by earlier Presidents, has
aroused harsh feeling on the part of
Congress and some very sober thinking
on the part of philosophers. It is
plain, however, that the present Ex-
ecutiYe has no doubt upon the subject.
The power is certainly mOnarchical in
its nature, and at first sight appears
out of place in a Republic where the
will of the people, as expressed by
their Representatives, should be the
law. But here comes in the deliber-
ative device of the Constitution. The
executive branch of the government
was purposely so shaped as to act as a
check against rash behavior by the
Legislative branch. The President is
not the arm of Congress; he does not
owe his Office to that body, nor is he
directly responsible to it for his &C
tions. He is elected, as is Congress,
by the people; and, like Congress, he
is chosen not by the people of a par
ticular State or district, but by the
people of all the States. He is, there
fore, as an individual, the only repre-
sentative of all the people; and if, in
their Constitution, they saw fit to give
to him, as their great national repre-
sentative, this great influence over ma
tional legislatiOn-an influence equal
to the votes of one-sixth of all the
members of Congress is moth
ing in it contrary to the principles of
republican government Edmund Al
ton, IN st. Nicholas.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12
Those O!d-FashiOned Families.

It was those large families of chill
dren, those cold houses to live and
work in, those damp cellars full OF
vegetables, which laid so many third
and fourth wives in the cold ceme-
teries, to say nothing Of the short
lived first and second partners. When
some grumbIer tells us of the good
old-fashioned families and the smart
women of his fathers or grandfather
time, we feel like telling him that the
bondage of those days was something
to shudder at. not to take pride in, and
that the women of to-day may lay a
good per cent. of the physical disabiIi
ties they have to those same smart
foremothers. With due respect to his
ancestors, if they could be materialized
he would find them much less con
genial companions than the bright
women of to-day, who are planning,
hoping, and working to have their
daughters better than themselves,
physically, as well as in every other
way, and one more nearer to the ideal
woman.-NelU England Farmer.
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ton of guilty AID other styles
of stains of any savage 7 had
ever associated with. IF CoIorow
has gone directly to Heaven, and it be-
comes generally known, it will GER
tainly do much to discourage travel
that way next year; and salvation,
which has heretofore been entirely
free, will be placed on the list of ar
ticles requiring protection.
COlOrow's death was caused by pneu-
monia directly, brought on by exposure.
It seems that a year ago, at a full-dress
ball. given at Ouray, he forgot to
bandage up his lungs when he changed
from high to low cut vest, and pneu-
mOnia harvested the great warrior just
as Yule-tide was coming on.
He was not a ready-spoken man, and
as lecturer and reader of his own
words he was repeatedly criticised, but
he was a ruthless foe, and would rather
do that than anything else. He started
in as a young man to wipe out the
United States, and, though he did not
succeed, he has done what he could.
He did not care for publicity OF press
notices. He just wanted to know that
he had the approval Of his own little
smOke-tanned conscience. and then he
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12
A FRIENDLY ENCOUNTER WITH GoLORoW.

would take an old rag and some kero-
sene oil and clean out his old rife and
start out again. Some days he would
scare up two or three white men, and
get them all. Other days he would
have to content himself with a little
dead child. Oftei4 he played to poor
business, but he never murmured or
repined.
CoIorow did not believe in industry
or open hostility. He was a cOnserVa-
tive Jack the Ripper on his fathers
side. All his ancestors were IOng-IIved
people. That is, they generally be-
ieVed In living longer than those who
looked at things from a different stand
point. Those who disagreed with Col
GROW fairly generally ran across each
other In a better land. He was quite
like all successful murderers, and re-
minded me in many ways of old man
Bender in his more prosperous days.
Still he had an air about him which,
though favored with the past, still
commanded respect, and when he asked
8 man at the table to please pass the
butter, that man would drop every
thing else he had on hand and pass the
butter.
CoIorow once jumped one Of my
444u6Ss LUZ l 4OE51FO LII -O v 9-6h0 Nc u
dead. I did not criticise him at the
time, for the day he jumped the mine
I jumped the country, and so thought
I would say nothing more about It, I
had Just been down the guIch little
way, and was returning. As I stroIled
on up the little trail I burst forth into
song. Ny soul was fall, and just
seemed to swell up In one of the most
iOvOus little pianos that ever IOlted the
geological formation of Colorado.
It was at this time that CoIoroW and
I were thrown together. knew him
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12

"WeIl, I'll tell you what belong
to library, and if you like. I'll give
you ticket of admission to it for six
months, and then you can read as much
as you please. Here's my address, and
you can come for the ticket as soon as
you like"
And the stranger, chuckling over this
queer adventure, went briskly on, lit
tie thinking that he would live to see
that boy honored by all England as
one of her greatest poets, and would
tell ::ih pride to all his friends how he
had 21ce done a kindness to Samuel
Taylor CoIeridge. -HagpeT''s YIOaL71g
People.
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A Boy WHO Became Famous.

It was a bright warm day in the early
summer of 1881, and London was full
to overlooking, when a boy about II
years old, with long dark ha.r hanging
down his neck, and strange, dreamy,
far-Of kind of look in his large gray
eyes, came slowly along one of the
busiest and most crowded streets of the
great city, so wrapped up in his own
thoughts that he hardly felt the iolts
and bumps which he encountered in
pressing his way through the hurrying
throng around him.
He must have been thinking of a
battle or a hard struggle of some kind,
for every now and then he darted out
both his arms in front of him, to the
no small danger of the eyes or ribs of
the passers by. Suddenly he was
brought to a stand-still and no won
der, for in fourishing his hands about
he had thrust one OF them right into
the coat pocket of tall man who was
just going past him.
"Whatl so young. and so wicked ?"
cried the man. turning round and seiz-
ing him. You little rascal, do you
want to pick my pocket in broad day
Eght?"
''No, I don't want to pick your
pocket, said the boy, staring about
about him as if awakened from a dream.
ct thought I was swimming"
"Swimming!" echoed the man, with
a broad laugh. "Well, I've heard a
crowd called a sea of people, but I've
never heard of anybody swimming in it
before. You're either telling me lie,
or else you must be crazy.
"I'm not, indeed, " protested the boy.
81 was thinking of that man who swan
across the He1lespont- Leander, you
knoW-and it seemed to me as If I was
swimming across it, too"
"Ohoi" cried the stranger; "that's it,
is it? You seem fond of reading, my
friend?"
"Pd read all day long if I could, :"
answered the boy, earnestly; "but I've
only got few books, and I've read 'em
all again and again"
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SECOND FLOOR.

FIRST FLOOR. SECOND FLOOR.
is to make a home of which its occupants
may be proud, even though it be situated
in the midst of moro Pretentious and ex-
pensive n6fghbors.
A house planned like the one shown In
this article can be built for 81, $50, com
plete, including mantels and blinds. The
structure is "a feet front and % fset deep,
not including the Veranda. The cellar is
6 feet in height, the first story feet and
the second story feet. The foundation
is an 8-inch brick wall, the first story clap
boards, the second story shingles and the
roof shingles. In this house there is a
cellar under hall and parlOr, we'll lighted
and ventilated, with 8-inch brick walls Un-
der the whole house. The parlor has an
open fireplace and wood mantel, and is
connected with the hall by double sliding
doors. The stairway is of hardwood and
of very pretty design. Two doors between
the kitchen and front hall keep kitchen
odors from pervading the house. The
dining groom has an open fireplace and
wood mantel. The attic is foOred, but
not finished.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12
Jack.

Jack was one of the train of mules
with which the Earl of Dunraven made
an excursion in the Yellowstone Park
a few years ago. It is not often that a
mule gets so good q character from his
master as Jack receives, but it was well
earned.
Jack would ascertain, by some means
best known to himself, the exact width
of his pack, and would measure his
distance between the trees to an inch,
running through apertures that looked
far too narrow for him, but never sbrik-
ing or getting jammed. He had some
extraordinary method also Of determin-
ing the height Of his pack, and could
tell precisely whether he could pass
under an OveFhanging bOugh without
STOPPING, and, if not, how much he
would have to stOOp.
If necessary, without pausing for
moment in his trot, he would double
down until his belly almost touched the
ground, and wriggle himself through
under q fallen tree in the most 16di-
crous manner.
1t is no easy task for a man, even
though he be accustomed to the noun
tains and the forests, to make his way
through the matted labyrinth Of these
primeval woods; but through such
places, if they were practicable at all,
Jack would run, jump. climb, or crawl,
picking his way without pause.
His faculty of stopping under
branches, though very usefuI at times.
was incORyenient when he was required
as a riding animal. He would forget
for a moment that he had not tall pack
upon his back, and IN passing under
some leaning tree, to avoid which the
rider would merely stoop his head, not
expecting for a moment that the mule
would stoop also, down he would 80,
and with a twist and wriggle Of his body
writhe himself under the supposed
obstacle, much to his riders surprise
and discomfort.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES HOUSE.

OUSAND-D OLnAR HOUSE.
spindle work over. A curtain hung here
and Topped back discloses the pretty stair
case, and altogether produces a pleasing
effect. Double sliding doors connect hall,
parlor and dining room. Open fre-pIaces
with good manteIs are provided in the
parlOr and in the front bedroom. The
kitchen is ventilated by fue in the chin
ney. One large bedroom and hallway
are finished in the attic. The whole attic
space is doOred. The cost of this house
includes everything except heater and
range.
This illustration represents one of five
detached cottages recently erected. The
contract for the entire work, including
painting and plumbing, was given cut at
50, 500 each. The building has a frontage
of 81 feet by 80 feet inches deep, and
one-story extension 1OxI8 feet. Height
of first story, 10 feet; second story. 9 feet
6 inches. Attic left unfinished but with
sufficient height and light to admit of fin
ishing two good-sized rooms if wanted.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12
The Preiudtced thurman.

In New York Doodle aldermen have
a healthy dread of almost any kind of
jury. In Austin, Tex, a cOlored de.
linquent had a somewhat similar expe-
rience. He was defended by q very
youthful lawyer, the prisoner being
too poor to hire counsel.
After the jury was in the box the
young lawyer challenged several jury
men, who his client said had "prei-
erdiss agin" him.
care there any more jurymen who
have a prejudice against you ?" whis-
pered the young lawyer.
"No, boss, but I wants yer ter chaI-
Ienge the Jedge. Use been tried by
him befoah, and sorter s'pects dat he
has a prejerdiss agin me.
The young lawyer being a graduate
of the law department of the Univer-
sity of Texas, didn't know any better,
and actually requested his Honor to
step aside.-TeCaS Siftj4Igs.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12
THE FLOOR PLANS,

Cellar under entire building, feet 6
inches high. Foundations above ground
of brick laid in red mortar; all cellar
openings furnished with stone sills, out
side cellar steps and coping of stone,
chimneys furnished with stone cap with
fue openings cut out, Lathing, plaster
ing throughout in two coats, and hard fin
ished cOrnice in parlOr, dining-room, halls,
and front bedroom. Timber of frame
of spruce. Frame covered with mill
worked sheathing, put on diagonally, this
covered with heavy rosin sized sheathing
paper, and then inc1Osed with six-inch
beveled clapbOards. Shingles with Orna-
of porch and railing turned. Floors
throughout of white pine, five inches
wide. Inside finish of white pine, with
nodded plaster, finish with corner and
base blocks. Doors throughout paneled:
one and half inch room doors, one and a
fourth inch closet doors. Windows
glazed with double thick French sheet
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12
One Rainy Day.
EeODke.

DEipi dripI drip! The clouds were
black In the sky and the rain would not
stop, although Haddy and Ray stood
by the window wishing for the bright
sunshine to dry the grass so that they
could run over to aUntie's to see Oracle.
Mamma was nearly beside herself
with their noise and teasing. She had
tried every way to quiet them, and she
was so tired.
The door opened and Aunt Lefty
came in, wet and dripping. "Why,
what's the matter with my bOys?" she
asked.
The story was soon told, and she
said, us that all? I thought the ex-
press train was smashed up, or the
rocking-hOrse had his leg broken.
Wen soon have the sun shining, in the
house, at least"
Then she begged some old newspa-
pers Of mamma, and taking pair Of
scissors sat down by the fire with boy
in little armchair on each side.
Such wonderful things as those sharp
sciss 3rs cut from those sid papers
There we're team-horses and trOtting-
horses and saddIe-hOrses with men on
their backs, and horses that could only
stand still. There were COWS, and
pigs, and dogs, and cats, and-and-
everything!
Haddy and Ray shouted for JOY and
forgot all about the rainy day, and
when at last Aunt Lefty said she must
go, mamma babe her good-by with a
rested look in her poor tired face and
said she was q sunbeam.
And the boys had paper animals
enough to last them week.
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stairs th 3 lead to the spacious cellar.
which runs under the whole length On
entering the kitchen, it VIII be found that
1t is both kitchen and pantry, and in the
various closets surrounding VIII be found
places for every article used in these two
rooms, right where they are needed Near
the portable range Is a closet for all the
stove and iron mOngery of the house. Be-
tween the kitchen and dining-roOm will
be found, next the floor, three drawers
for table linen, opening into the dining
room; next above Is one drawer for spices,
etc, opening into the kitchen, and close
by the mixing table, which IS in front
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knew Herself.

Stranger Cat the door)-I am trying
to find a lady whose married name I
have forgotten, but I know she lives in
this neighborhood. She is q woman
easily described, and perhaps you know
her-a siguIarly beautiful creature,
with pink and white complexion, sea-
shell ears, lovely eyes, and hair such
as q goddess might envy.
Servant - Really, cir, I don't
Voice (from head of stairs)-Jane,
tell the gentleman I'll be down In a
minute.-RslU York Weekly.