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The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-20

on COsCnGlr u0dTIS COuCCuC. LII ILcIO way
get partial recompense for my time
and trouble, and at the same time l. have
the satisfaction of knowing that have
been able to keep some childrens minds
away from worse things during their
first few years"
1t was 2 o'clock when the youngsters
began to arrive. Some fly down the
street as if they moved on steel springs,
grinning happy little grins of satisfaction
as they pound on sturdy legs up to the
rooms above. Others, coming for the
first time, wander open mouthed along
the street, asking now a hand organ
man, and now policeman, if they know
''where the music mans place is" Unless
they know Professor. Watson's name they
are apt to have some trouble in finding
him, for Fourteenth street is full of
Emusic men," At last they see some
other little boy with fiddle and their
troubles are all over.
Once upstairs, their real troubles are
usually over, but the poor, unhappy kids
do not seem to think SO. A little twist
catches their tongues as they start up
stairs, and by the time they havereached
the Office double bow knot could not tie
them any tighter. The professors
daughter takes them in hand first and,
after their unruly little members get
linAbered up bit, finds out all about each
new pupil. Then she passes them along
10 the next rongas, lEhUr6 they make theTr
professional bow to one of the teachers,
to say nothing of their first violin. They
stand around in helpless rows until the
busy professor comes flying along, then
one by one are stood out in the middle Of
the floor, their knees jogging beneath
them, and set to work.
EJECT so!'' says the professor, his right
heel in the hollow of his left foot.
Invariably the left heel drags itself up
to the right foot.
"Brrr!' says the professor. ''You
would tip over on your nose if you tried
to stand SO! Now the violin under your
chin, SO that your cheek just rests on it
to keep it steady. Hands off the strings,
but holding the case, SO! Elbow down.
Bow in your right hand. Oh. no, never,
my boy. That's good way to hold
saw, but it's bad way to hold violin
bow. There. look you. Thumb so!
First and second fingers so--last two fin
gers So"
Very clumsy the pudgy little fingers
are to begin with, but in q few minutes
when the violin fright is worn off the
fingers begin to Timber tip. and in a sur
prisinGly short time these tabies are
saving away as natural rs life.
In far less time than it would take a
greater mind these youngsters know each
string rs well as they know their own
names, better in fact, than thcy knew
them WREN they faced lIiss Watson in
the office. Then they arc crazy for
tune. Before any one could believe it
possible their shrewd little wi.i have
conquered the mysteries of the staff and
the notes. and they. are saving away at
e, a. d. &, d, a, e, with all the Guto Of
artists. The next step is to twist the
little fingers SO they can slide ny and
down the strings and pinch them Gown
at the proper points, and as soon rs that
is done there begin to grow variations Of
the first wonderful theme.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-20
No. s57.--A Defective Proverb.

Tht I'll. ID b. ems |. ght th.t IS ch. .rf lily
b b.rn.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-20
Key to the, Puzzler.

No. 342.-Riddle: Pa-tie)nt
No. 343.-A Few Birds: (a) The mocking
bird; CO. The jay; (c) The crow; @ The
robin; (e) The Tyre bird; If The secretary
bird; tg) The quail; Qn) The gull; ID The
blue bird
No. 344-Poetical Pi:
"'Tis an old maxim of the schools
That Hattery's the food Of fools;
Yet now and then your men Of wit
Will condescend to take bit"
No. 345.-An Inverted Pyramid:
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-02
a MERclFUL JUDGE.
How n Good Little widow Defended the
Man Who Had Abused Her.

How Good Little Widow Defended the
man VINO had Abused hor.
Tnere was once q little woman, says the
boston courier, VINO, as other little women
nae. mad before her' was SO unfortunate as 70
nave husband VINO drank like hsh, and
tno more nc drank tne more heartily he
Deat ana abused her, she endured II Ike
an angei, ana inaeeo II Is 70 DC feared that
Part OF tne sln OF ms misdolng was 70 be
lalo upon her mead, 30 temptlngly patient
was she, anu 30 Iar was she from treaung
MN M. as ~ nc @ deserved .. 70 DC treated ,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-02
A HAWKS REASONING.

How He Carriod l,is Prey Against tho
Wind with Comparative Ease.
Birds Of prey generally possess instinct
enough for all ordinary emergencies. There
are, however, special occasions on which a
call is made for unusual sagacity, aid 1t Is
then that we SEQ how near these creatures
come to reasoning in the same way as our
selves. The author of "'Twixt Ben Nevis
and Glencoen gives, bearing upon TINS
point, story which he had from the keeper
on an estate in that neighborhood.
One day In July the keeper in question:
happening TO be out after yermin with his
gun, saw coming in his direction a BIRD
which he knew to be some kind OF hawk,
sut whose manner OF fight puzzled him ex-
tremely. It was beating up the wind to-
ward him as II with surely wounded wing,
nnanifestly impedcd in come way that
caused IL to zigzag and struggle strangely
IN its fiight
Seeing that II 1t kept its course 1t was
likely TO pass within easy shot, the keeper
quietly retired into clump Of ferns on one
knee, with his gun ready for action. de
had, however, to wait longer than he had
expected, for the hawk meanwhile alighted
on the top of large gray bowlder hum
dred Yards away, and seemed very busy
about something, though what 1t was the
keeper at that distance could not make out.
In about iivo minutes, however, the hawk
took wing again, this time with much
more steady and even flight. He was soon
overhead, and near enough to drop to the
keepers gun. On going up TO his prize the
keeper found that 1t was indeed hawk,
and beside 1t was lying plump partridge,
well grown, but to the keepers surprise al
most altogether stripped Of its feathers.
On going to the bowlder on which the
kestrel had rested for awhile, all the miss
ing feathers Of the partridge were found
scattered about, and the keeper instantly
took in the state OF matters from first to
last and explained it thus;
The kestrel, having struck down the
partridge, was carrying the dainty morsel
TO his greedy fedglings in their nest. The
wind, however, was strong and gusty and ad-
verse to the kestrel's line Of flight; and OF the
wind, the wings and tail, limp and pendant,
Of the partridge caught so much that it was
only with great difficulty the plucky little
captor could make any satisfactory head
way.
Getting tired Of the struggle at last he
must have reasoned with himself some
what after this fashion:
"My partridge burden is more difficult TO
got along with than IL really need be- / am
heartily ashamed Of myself, acting thus like
lbooby. Twill take rest on yondcr bowl.
Ter and pluck away all the wing and tail
Gathers OF my dainty bit Of game, an opera
lion which, while it leaves my partridge
quite as big and good to eat as before, will
enable me TO bear 1t up and carry II against
the wind with comparative easen
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-02
Read this Slowly.
Iyes there a man with soul so dead,

Lives there q man with soul so dead,
Who never 10 himself hath said,
I'll take 81 Patrlck's p lis before | 60 to
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When mild cathartic Is desired, one
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before going to bed. They do not
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No trouble In teething tune II you use
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25c.
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Grain, Flour and Feed
CONSUMPTION SURELY cUaED.

80 tue kpiToii- Please inform your read
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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-02
TRUNKS and VALISES

Constantly on hand. He extends thanks
for the liberal patronage received during
the past year, and solicits continuance of
the same.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-02
REMARKABLE LONGEVITY

Persons who Attained an Age Exceeding
One Hundred and Twenty-Five Years.
The records prove that the following
named persons have attained an age exceed
ing l25 years: The years designated in the
lefthand column is the year OF death. When
not otherwise specified, the subject was a
resident OF the British Isles:
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-02

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Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, Indigestion
Constipation; 26c per box; . boxes 81
For sale by Fred Felt.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-02

IHU UH5Vs OF IHUWds IHTri Htnry Jenklns
and Louisa Truxo are the best authenti-
Gated Of any In the list, Notwithstanding
that they are given as being among the
Oldest. In 1887 James James, a negro, liv-
ing near Santa Rosa, Mex, proved 10 the
satisfaction Of number OF doctors that he
was 1856 years old.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-02
Islsad Home s,oe

Islsnd Home stre
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and FnEncn Qua
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Tee our horses brssderf
make low prices, az
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Large catalogue ffes
1dliess seysss, 4 Par
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THE MARKETS
Cheese.

SHIpMsSTs FOR WREK ENDRo Oct
Cheese, zoos pkgs., weighing 172,570 lbs
Butter, G04 4" " 37765"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

IT is very rare that savages give
names to extensive lands as whole.
says the New York San in reply to a
correspondents question. If they live
on very large island they are ac-
quainted with only small part of it.
and give names only to those portions
with which they are familiar. The
largest islands OF the Pacific have no
native names. No name for the conti-
nent of Africa is known among it's Saw
age tribes. When told that they live in
Africa common response is that they
never heard of such country. As a
rule Pacific explorers were careful to
retain native names if they could as
certain them. Cook was particularly
DESTROYS to retain native names, but he
gave English names to all his greater
discoveries, because he could find no
other appellations. The names of all
the larger Pacific islands give us an
easy clue to the nationality of the ex-
plorers, for we can usually tell at a
glance whether they were found by
English, French, Spanish, German, or
Dutch discoveries.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

schools and our asylums ,,a -
of mercy. but God is the a,o ou1 log,
this continent. and He was tllv w. /
of all its grandeurs. and e scplrSI
through the wash of the oc ,"As MI
! tempests of centuries, all oi hss ahdNl
shall De oollterated' the divine s;.1 h'ass
and divine name will be brjnns. 'aigI
brighter as the ni!lenniums 90 'I ~, "
the world shall see that tbee o. t, ny, ~
made this continent has re,laooN VI
His grace from all its sorrows s'nea it'd
all it's crimes. "A0 iiel
Have you faith in such a.:
that? After all the chariots nlls \
unwheeled, and after all W led
chargers have been crippled, ;bo .ne
which Elisha saw on the morn;r saa.it|
peril will roll on in triumph. fsn Of Y
by all the armies of heaven ,o'ioss
horses. God could do it wiz; INV Wild
but He will not. The weakest ~ oas
| faintest of us, the smallest br,;.. Is,
us. shall have part in the triumn nea a
may not have our name, like the 1a. Y
| Sostratus. cut in imperishaLle ,n n"l'e
conspicuous for centuries, hut W. '' ~
be remembered in a better nlano s4a|
that, even i'll the heart OF Him WIZ te 'l|
to redeem us and redeem the worl, '"l|
our names will be seen close to wv y
nature of His wound. for as tod.
throws out his arms toward us, H"s,
Behold. l have craven thee Nv Sail
palms Of my hands" BY the mjci, Y
of all agencies. the potency of e 1~'.S1
/ beg you seek our national welfarra E1
Some time ago there We're 4 l1o j
letters in the dead letter office q, ",
ington-letters that lost their wov 'S1]
not one prayer ever directed to ths y
of God ,niscarried. The way is all ali ' a'
for the ascent of your supplicstss]]
heavenward in behalf of this n.,;s
Before the postal communication w.
easy. and long ago, on a rock one lnn]
red feet high, on the coast of Epal.aa11
there was barrel fastened to a ~s1
and in great letters on the side Of 4
rock, so it could be seen far on. Fl y
We're tho words Post Offices" and WIZ
ships came by q boat put out to take u
fetch letters. And so sacred were ,ta!
deposits of affection in that barrel ~
no lock was ever put upon that ban1
although it contained messages, j
America, and Europe, and ASH \
Africa, and all the islands of the Il
Many a storm tossed sailor. homess
got message of kindness by that rod
and many homestead heard good ne,
from boy long gone. Would tina; 4
the heights of our national prosreri
were in interchange of sympathjes
prayers going up meeting blessir
coming down; postal celestial. not w
storm struck rock on wintry coast, II
by the the Rock Of Ages.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

In 1880 some thirty young women in
Berlin started All Old Maids Club,
with a provision for fine of 1000
marks upon every one who married.
The club was great success, but sud
denly an epidemic of marriage set in,
and at the annual meeting this year
only one member was left, and she
found herself called upon to dispose OF
$4,000 marks, the accumulation of the
fines paid by the former members.
She took the advice Of the ex-members.
and it was decided that half the sum
should go to a hospital and that the
solitary old maid should have the rest
for herself.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

WHEN the old drifts of the Ophir
mine at Virginia City, New, were
opened the other day it was found that
tremendous growth of fungi had in
some places nearly closed the passages.
1t grew from top and bottom, and the
sides were dotted with it; but the
fungi growing from the bottom was
different from the other. The foot-wall
fungi had in several instances raised
stones weighing from fifty to one hun
dred and fifty pounds, and some were
held in the air at a height of over three
feet. Some of the fungi resembled
human hair, they were so fine; some
We're five or six feet long and as large
as broom handle; another kind ter
minated in sort of dubious blossom
others hung from the roof and looked
like serpents. The hea,iest growth
was in the darkest parts.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

A DUBUQUE inventor has patented
an electric light designed especially for
the detection Of burglars. The appa-
ratus can be SO arranged that burglar
in entering bank, Office, OF dwelling
will in his operations touch something
which will cause flash, and the result
will be his photograph left indelibly on
the plate. A number of cameras may
be placed in the room and variety of
views taken simultaneously. The tell
tale wire can be fastened to the knob
of the safe Or door so that he cannot
avoid touching it, thus disclosing his
identity.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10
Buying Historical Chars.

An incinent of Gen. Sheriaan's yiI
to Europe during the Franco-p russi3
war is omitted from his article in Scril
aaer's, perhaps, through Ignorance
the facts. When the General reaclJ
Berlin he asked the American miniyl
to recommend to him some young Ard
lean, who could speak German fluent
to act as an interpreter. The mini.|
recommended Mr.. Charles f. Macl.el|
better known to New Workers as a u
lice commissioner than as an INTERN
ter, and he followed Gen. Sheril
through the campaign. The Gened
relates in Scribnc,'s how Bismard
the great and Napoleon the little sat
rude wooden chairs in front of Gotta
near Sedan, discussing the situatiI
and there is a picture showing thet(
men, one triumphant, the other dow
cast, in a PEASANTS garden. A few da]
later Gen. Sheridan dined with 81
marck, who began to talk OF the sure
der. THAT meeting SAID the Prussia
Chancellor, will be historical. ! Sc,
over yesterday and bought those
chairs from the peasant for ten tran
apiece; now I have them as mementce
and suppose" he added, with lang
the English will go on buying tho|
chairs for years to come" There YVES
general laugh at this remark, hui d
officer had more to laugh at than II
others, and gave his reasons to NJ
MacLain Afterward. you see
said, Il knew rs we'll as Bismarck tlI
the meeting would be historical. 50 If
very next day l rode over myself az
got the chairs for five francs for u
pair. San Francisco A7g0nau.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

BURLs. used in making vereeHs With
remarkable eccentlici:ies of grain, are
excrescences that grow upon various
trees, such as the walnut, rosewood
mahogany, oak and ash. They weigh
from 1000 to G.oo0 pounds, and tic
largest and best come from Persia and
Circassia, and cost in the rough from Is
to 40 cents pound
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

THERE is a superstition among miners
that every ten years rich diggings vii!
be discovered somewhere. The record
so far is California, 1919; Pixies Peak,
1859; Nevada, 1868; Leadville, 1879.
Some of the Southern California boom
ers will try to make the country believe
that the 1889 discovery is at hand.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

The Seattle Manufacturing Com
pany is preparing at its mill at Seattle,
w. T., for the Paris Exposition, pine
board one inch thick, forty inches
wide, and thirty-two feet long, and en-
tirely free of sap, gnarl, or flaw OF any
kind. The Paine Lumber Company,
of Oshkosh, Wis, will send to Paris a
similar board thirty six inches wide.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

PORTLAND, Maine, has more Ode
Fellows in proportion to its population
than any other town in the world. OGe
ont of every four of the citizens over
twenty -one belong to the order. and
the seven lodges OF the city have q fand
OF S149,6l5.74 The richest lodge is
the Unity, which has $34,4 30 il t-a
treasury.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

In a new book upon "Americanisms
some of the less familiar are: Bibiblcs
for turntables, Bohn for a crib or trans
lation, balditude for state of bald
ness; to deacon, or to place fine fruit
at the top; parquet, or the pi: of a the
alter from its mosaic floor; pizarro for
piazza, slkulduggery, wire pulling
trampoos, to wander aimlessly, aud
daisy, for anything tirst-ratc
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

LAST year North Carolina sh,nned
twenty-three car loads of dried black
berries to wine merchants in Cincin-
natl and Chicago. You may think
they went into blackberry pies, but
they didn't.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

The three James brothers of Hull.
Mass, well-known ife-savers, lave
lost one Of their number by the death
OF Captain Albertus James. He saved
an entire family from drowning afte,
he was 20 years old.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

A SUBSCRIBER" writes from Color
ado: ''Men of moderate means should
Investigate thoroughly before placing
money in suburban house lots or acre
tracts in the larger Colorado cities.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars will
be lost to Eastern parties unless they
are careful. The most INSCRIPTIONS
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

ENGLAND wasn't saying anything
during the Samoan excitement, but
John Bull winked across the pond at
Uncle Sam, and Bismark scratched
his head and adjourned the meeting.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

1T has lately came to be known that
tobacco-chewers seldom have typhoid
fever, but whether this is in the inter
est of medical science or some large
tobacco firm deponent sayeth not.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

MEXICO still insists that she could
whip the United States inside of
ninety days, but she won't do it if we
behave ourselves, of course Let lis
be on our good behavior all the time
1t is sad thing to be licked.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

A CASE containing representations
of every President of the United
States in meerschaum has just been
completed, and will be sent to the
Paris Exhibition.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

ARcHDEAcoN PH1LpoTT is now the
senior clergyman of the Church Of En-
gland; born in 1871 and graduated in
1872. He is father-in-law to the Dean
of Westminster.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

FRENCH engineers are utilizing the
poppy to strengthen railroad embank.
ments. The roots Of the plants form
network that cannot be exterminated
without great difficulty, and are, there.
fore, admirable for the purpose named
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

real estate dealers c.e sending thci,
circulars and their agents al over the
East, and are already rcaling an encr-
nous harvest
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

PRESIDENT HARRISON continues his
habit OF holding family prayers daily.
AT 7:3O o'clock the family assemblies
in the library, where Gen. Harrison
reads chapter in the Bible, which he
explains in few words. The Lords
Prayer is then repeated by the entire
family
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

A CIRCUS elephant who attacked a
barbed wire fence in New Jersey the
other day will spend the next two
months in wondering why it wouldn't
let go when he had enough and was
willing to make it draw fight.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

A WAsH1NGToNIAN who is a close OBJ
server Of men says that of Harrison's'
Cabinet Secretary Trdcy will enjoy the
greatest popularity.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

THE Duke of Cambridge is said to be
the only member of the British royal
family who composes his own public
speeches.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

A SNAKE with two heads was killed
not long ago'by John Dennet, of Santa
Cruz, Cal. Both the heads were per-
feet and fully developed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

A MECHANICAL paper calls attention
to the fact that the combination of saw
dust and -four, or sawdust and starch,
sometimes recommended for covering
steam and hot-air pipes, is very com
bustible.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

THIS year the great Baptist anniver-
sary meetings are to be held in Ire
mont Temple, Boston, beginning May
Is and lasting week.