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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-01-02
!. You do not intend running tOr any other

"You do not intend running for any other
ofaceln
WNo.n
"You won't ask me to support you for
any thing except sheriff."
! "No, sir, WON'T"
Well, Mr. Strong, / think when the
time comes will give you my support
have determined that the Wsstern RepHblie
shall be an independent periodical, and
shall favor home man for sheriff"
"That's all right, gin US your hand ont, "
said Mr.. Strong, shaking Aliens hand
warmly.
/ With hopes greatly revived he left the
office.
, 81 believe if he had known that Tenn
Simmons intended being candidate for
the Legislature he would have foregone his
desires for sheriff in order to beat his en-
envy"
That same day Tom Simmons entered
the EDITORS sanctum to announce that he,
too, had decided TO arm himself for the con-
flict.
ats no use to wait longer. I'm goin' to
know the very worst right now," said the
excited politician. "Are ye goin' to support
me fur the Legislature"
| 'Do you intend running for any other
ofice9n Allen asked shrewdly.
: ''No, O. course not; | can't run for two
offices at once"
/ ''You only ask the support Of the Western
Republic for you as candidate for the Legis-
lature.n
"That's all this time When | run for
Congress O. course you'll stand by mes"
I "That will be long way in the future; for
the present let us consider only your race
for the Office of Representative"
"Wall, that's all the office I've got any
notion O. runnin' for; an what want to
know is whether kin depend on the West-
am Republic standin' by mel''
"When the proper time comes you can
"D'ye mean it2n
/ "Yes.n
"Shakel' cried the enthusiastic politician
seizing the editor's hand. snow ye won't
go back on me!"
Certainly not; you are my man for the
Legislature"
! "Ye won't support Strong"
IL shall support no one but yourself fol
Representative, Mr. Simmons. The Western
Republic will be for Thomas Simmons first
last and all the time, and at the proper time
will so announce"
Mr. Simmons delight almost burst al
bounds. He laughed, slapped himself or
his knees and overhowed with self-congrat
ulation on his own shrewdness in getting
ahead of Strong, whom he supposed was as
piring to the same position he was to attain
"Iwas goin' to withdraw all my support
from the paper if ye went agin me-" sale
Simmons, as soon as he had somewhat re-
covered from his wild ecstasy of joy, "but
now I'll stand by ye I've got some money
left, and when ye want any draw on me-"
Allen suggested that the influence of the
Western Republic might be broadened by
extending its circulation. II Mr.. Simmons
knew of persons in the county who were
not subscribers it might be an excellent
plan for HIM to subscribe for them an(
send the paper to them. Simmons though
so, too, and paid for twenty-five new sub
scribers.
Allen was acting IN good faith, and hat
determined to support both Simmons and
Strong for the offices to which they aspired
but while they were arming for the conflict
he, as the knight who was to champion the
cause of each, thought it well to arm, too.
ITO BE CONTINUED
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-01-02
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BABYlONlAN TONES.
Relics Of Ancient Burial Rites in the
Ruined Asiatic City.

Relics of Ancient Burial Rites in the
Ruined Asiatic City.
The Babylonlans believed, with all nations
Of antiquity, that the dead had the same
needs in the future world as during their
sojourn on earth. Death was in no sense
an interruption, but continuation of life
under another form, and the traces of food
in old Bah ,lonian cemeteries show that it
was the custom in this region, as among
the Hindoos, Egyptians, Greeks and Ro-
mans, to place the required nourishment on
the graves of the depart ed, though it is
likely that the rites, from being at first car
ried out with the utmost seriousness, became
in time an act of piety toward the dead,
much the same as we deposit flowers
on the graves of those who are dear to US.
A curious survival of this ancient custom
is to be found among the orthodox Jews,
who on the day of the funeral place an egg,
with salt and oil, by the side of the corpse.
At present the sermon has, of course, q
purely symbolical significance, but it is evi-
dent that the original purpose of these
articles was to serve as food for the de-
ceased. To this day Russians piously throw
pieces of bread on the graves of friends and
relatives, and one is strongly inclined to
suspect that the less commendable Russian
custom-so graphically described in one Of
Tourguenief's novels-of combining jolly
repast with funeral owes its origin to q
perversion by no means uncommon of this
same rite, by which the food, instead of be-
ing offered to the dead, came to be con-
sumed by the living.
The large area covered by Babylonian
cemeteries is worthy Of remark. Surguhl
measures about $4,000 square feet, and
El-Hibba 1900, and it is clear from this
that they must have served for entire dis
tricts. Nor is 1t at all unlikely that Sur
guhl and ElHibba are only parts Of vast
metropolis - like those at Memphis and
Thebes extending over locality that for
some reason was regarded as sacred to the
dead, and to which bodies were brought
from all parts of the empire The Egyp-
{ tians, we know, conveyed their dead hun.
dreds of miles down the Nile, in order to
inter them in the holy ground of Memphis
or Thebes. The story of Jacobs burial in
the book Of Genesis is q reflection Of this
custom. TO this day thousands of corpses
are brought yearly from Persia and else.
where TO Nedjef near Kufa) of Arabs who
desire to rest in the ground consecrated by
the blood of the murdered Ali.-Harpsr's
IYceklu
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BETTER THAN GOLD,

"A tender smile on the lips we kiss,
A flush of Joy on the cheek,
A clinging grasp in the hands we press,
LoYe's tone when the dear ones speak;
All, friend, those are better, thousand fold
Better than glittering heaps of gold.
Tho light OF love In shining eye,
Dear arms that around us twne,
And peace that deepens as the years go by,
Unchanged by the q ght OF time;
Oh, these are the treasures OF price untold
Better than heaps of shining gold.
Yhe swift warm touch of dear little hands,
The music OF childish words,
Sweet voices that ring from morn till eve,
Like songs otsummer-tlne birds;
On, these are treasures to keep and hold,
Better, far better, than silver or gold.
The little home with vlno-clad door,
And song birds under the caves;
The bowers where childhood's fairies sing
To whisper of wind and leaves.
Are better than castles grand and old
Are better than gifts OF burning gold
So speed, speed away my chlldhood's dream
or treasures costly and rare;
Intake what my loving Father gives,
With thanks for His tender care;
He knoweth better thousand fold,
And giveth His children the truest gold.
-Ars. G. e. Fisher, in Wesiern Rardt.
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face grew dark. "pll have opposition as
long as he an both live"
ITO whom do you referl"
"Tom Simmons. He's my evil genius.
Whatever undertake he tries to head me
of. IF I'm about maxim trade an he
finds it out he spiles it. I've made many a
dicker he knew nothin' about, and guess
I've spoiled about as many trades for him
as he has for me.p
81 don't think I've will be your opponent,
Mr.. Strong"
Oh, yes he will, was the firm reply.
"He's alters been in my way, and alters will.
want you to stand by me-"
g For sheriffp'
Yes.n
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What Tlmo Is 1t 2
Weekly.

Before you answer deduct quarter of a
second or add quarter. Every watch Or
clock that is supposed to be correct, that is
warranted, that runs by chronometer, is
out of the way at least a quarter of sec
ond in twenty-four hours There is no such
thing as correct time on the face of the
earth. Yes, that is so. If you want the
correctest of correct time dig hole in the
ground, take your watch or clock along, get
some one to stand on the edge of the hole,
call out "Greenwich timel" and then pull
the hole in after you. There is no vibration
in the hole, and it is the vibration or oscilla-
tion OF the earth that makes the chronome-
ter 90 wrong.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-01-02

The glove was too small and Of quality
too fine to belong to any Of the women
whom he had met in the village,
"Of two things am certain, p soliloquized
Allen. "There is lady at the stone house
on the hill, and she takes strolls.n
Allen began to wonder what kind of per-
son she was. Was she young or old, beau
tiful or ugly,
The top Of the hill was reached, and he
found himself on broad plateau with a
large, magnificent mansion before him. A
high wall, on tho top of which were sharp
iron pickets, surrounded house and grounds
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-01-02

Poison for some ANIMALS is food for others.
Hogs can eat henbane or hyooyamus, which
is fatal to dogs and most other animals.
Dogs and horses are not easily poisoned
with arsenic. Goats eat water hemlock
with impunity; pheasants, stramonium;
rabbits, belladonna; and morphia is said to
be innocuous to pigeons. There is some
truth In the old saying that "what is one
mans meat is another mans poison" This
is due to habits and idiosyncrasies.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-01-02

IT is estimated that the girl who dances
eighteen waltzes travels about fourteen
miles; and yet the same girl gets very tired
IL she walks Ave blocks. VA
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16
Tne CnI,l. Ti.nn

The cork tree, which is n snec;cs OF
oak, grows about the Mediterranean
under climatic conditions such ms Cali
fornia specially offers. It needs a dry
climate, which we have, and does not
flourish i'll regions where the winters are
severe. It is reproduced either from the
acorns or from plants raised in nurseries,
and after once started requires little at
tention till the time comes for it to Weld
Its bark to commerce. Its bark begins to
be valuable when it is twelve years of
age, SO that it does not require that the
capital invested in it should long lie idle.
Thereafter it yields IFS product every
three years till it is $50 years of age,
after which the tree is useless cxccpt for
luel. The tendency OF our trees to pro-
ducc thick and heavy bark is pecu-
liarlty that scientists have already noted.
1t is possible then that the cork oak.
transferred to this State, would not only
be productive at an earlier age, but would
produce cork of finer quality than that
found in Europe and Africa. At a time
when the alforestation of this coast is be-
Ing discussed, and in the Introduction III
the most useful trees seems desirable,
persons who have spare capital, and are
at the same time interested in the welfare
OF California, would do well to consider
tic Claims OF this valuable and interesting
tree TO consideration SIN 6Lxucis,o
Wroaiclc.
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4 F0Olhar,iy Indian.

! Until Il few years ago the Arikara
Indians living at Fort Bcrthold, on the
Upper Missouri Oakota), held series
OF Interesting ceremonies, conducted by
their medicine men. These ceremonies.
says writer in the Philadelphia Press,
usually occupying about seven weeks,
were attended by Indian visitors from ali
directions. At the conclusion of them
one day was generally set apart for an
extraordinary. display of what might be
termed allegorical exhibitions, which
took place in the open air around the
vicinity of the sacred or medicine lodge.
1t was customary, ut such times, for
one OF the medicine men to display fcats
OF courage-though they were in reality
conJuring-and one OF the tricks was for
The medicine man TO stand up and allow
- confederate to shoot ut him with Il rifle.
the principal to catch the ball between
his teeth. 1t happened upon one of
these occasions that the Hfcllow''
made Il public challenge, us usual for any
one to step forward and discharge gun
nj INN. at previous times the medicine
man would load his own gun in the pres
cncc of the tribe, but on account of a
SOU fieu III the barrel Of the rifle the ball
escaped, and there was no harm in the
charge OF powder; the ball itself was
hidden under his tongue, and would be
seen by the Indians after the discharge,
OF course, between his teeth.
In the last instance, the reservation
compelling the challenged man to use the
medicine mans gum was omitted, and a
Cree lndian, from the Northwest Terri
tory, who, by the way, had Il drudge
against the AriSara, Immediately accepted
Inc challenge and stepped back to fire.
The Arlkara WIS fully aware of his dan
ger, as hls enemy was armed with Win
chester, but rather than be designated a
coward he stepped back to receive the
shot. The Cree fired, and the Arikara
fell, the ball having passed through his
! forehead
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16

BY such means the dress of the Turk
lsh ladies was then kept tolcrably correct,
but the present Sultan keeps to his palace,
never goes about the town, and things
become very lax. Now and then the DO
lice have orders to arrest all women founu
with incorrect yashmaks, or the face cx-
posed, and II few are put in prison.
Then for short time there is a panic and
season of great propriety; but it soon
wears off, and the police begin gathering
in their usual harvest of backshish from
women as brides to allow them to dres,
rs they like.
With the yashmak is worn the fcridiic.
q peculiar kind Of cloak intended to mask
THE figure as much as possible and vet
give some freedom to the arms.
Figure 1 shows what fashion is doino
IN Turkey. Here is modern fcridiic in
which lace and ribbons play large part.
Ihe waist is to a degree defined by the
gathering in at the sides. The effect is
much the same as the wraps our ladies'
are wearing.
a Parislan parasol, long kid gloves
with European bracelets over them and
dainty shoes complete such an advanced
toilet as this. The charsofT is CAUGHT nm
30 as to form pretty drapcry from tbr
Dack OF the head, and also show the side
OF the lace good deal, ana though this
is''er Is always covered with veil, it is
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16
WoRHINGMEN

Public opinion became inIlamed to the
very highest pitch of excitement. There
were two parties, one who believed tina;
the city had been disgraced and who
were i'll favor Of putting down the mob.
On the other side WAS the rough element.
who had driven Macrcady from the STAGE
and who were resolved that he should
not play. The meeting held at the May
ors office was attended by the Sheriff.
MaJor-Gcneral Sanford, Brigadicr-Gcn
eral Hall and Chief of Police Matscll. II
WAS resolved to protect the Opera House.
Mayor Woodruff advised Mr.. Niblo, the
lessee, to close the Opera House and pre-
vent riot. Mr.. Matsell had 900 police
men on the force. He did not think it
was sufficient and twas resolved to call
out the militia.
Early i'll the evening Of May II, when
Macready was to appear, 200 policemen
were placed inside of the building and =
detachment was held in reserve in the
stable of Mr.. Langdon, in Astor Place.
and another body i'll ii yard near by. The
news of these preparations soon spread
I'LL over the city; every one forcsaw that
there was to be riot and the vicious, the
idle and the curious ilockcd TO the Opera
House from all quarters.
Animrlcnsc crowd filled Astor Place at
an carly hour and, when the doors
opened, II rush was made by the mob.
They were driven back by the police.
When those entitled TO enter had Sic
cecdcd i'll gaining admission the doors
were closed and firmly barred. The win
dows were fastened with heavy planks.
An attempt to batter down the doors
failed, and the angry mob amused itself
by smashing the street lamps. Stones
were hurled Mt the Opera House windows
and one missile went through, smashing
the great central chandelier. As soon rs
the play began, it became evident that =,
large number OF roughs were among the
audience. They had planned to make =
rush Tor the stage as soon rs Macreadv
appeared and seize him. Chief of
Police Matscll was aware of the plot and
had arranged with his force signal for
action. The roughs rose for the assault.
Chief Matscll was ready At the given
signal, his men started to their feet and
The roughs qualcd before their upliftcd
clubs. Some of the ringlcaders were
hustled out of the building and others
were confined in room in the basement
BY this time the riots had begun on the
outside. Paving stones, which unfor
tunately were ready uptured, owing to Il
construction of sewer in the vicinity.
went hurting through the air. The police
outside were iiercely attacked and nearly
overpowered when the Seventh Regiment,
with Colonel Dur5ee ii its head, came
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16

snakes in two with my spade
than do anything else know.
There's lots of men that would like to
learn to be trappers, and one of them Of
fered me $500 last year to let him 90
with ne for four months, but said no.
won't sell anybody one of my patent
mole traps, and nobody but my son
knows what kind of poisons 1 use for
'nield mice and chipmunks. When 1 get
too old to work he will take all my traps
and 80 into the business, because don't
want to see it get out of the family"
Wegner always keeps account of the
animals he kills each day, and estimates
that in the few years that he has devoted
to trapping, lie has rid the world of
nearly 100, 900 moles, chipmunsls, wood
chucks, snakes. field mice and other pests.
-Ne,o York Tribune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16

FIG 2-LADY AID sLAvE-BAcK VIEW.
The ladies are always trying TO get the
thinncst and, most transparent materials.
The finest book muslin has Il great hid
ing power when doubled, so gauzc and
net are used whenever it is possible.
Some women have even gone so far rs TO
discard every sort Of veil, and leave the
face exposed, but even they have never
gone so far rs TO leave the head uncov-
cred rs well, the chorsair, or overall com
ing close around the face and entirely
hiding the hair.
When the late Sultan Axis, in his 60
ings to and fro in the city, saw any la
dies with their faces exposed, or with
gauzy and Intellectual yashmaks, his
righteous wrath would blaze out aud he
would order two of his soldiers to 90 to
the offender and either have her taken to
prison or the offending yashmak torn
from her face and cut i'll pieces before
the onlooicrs,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16

often extremely thin. The back of the
skirt is often pleated SO as to form drap-
cry behind.
The indoor dress of Turkish women has
frequently been pictured, particularly by
French artists, to consist of what is
shown IN Figure d, with sometimes the
addition OF broad silk sash. Such.
however, has not been the dress actually
worn for many years. They always have
skirts of some kind, though the bodice and
skirt may be i'll one and opening down the
front. Under this dress comes garment
often of silk and beautifully embroidered,
and under all most Of the younger ladies
wear tight silk belt to keep their waist
Slender. 1t is not generally more than
two or three inches wide and so does not
interfere with STOPPING Or sitting down
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16
TURKISH LADIES.
THE OFDRESS REFORM
AMONG THE NOSLEMS.
Feminine Love as' Fincry is Wear
ing Out Po!ygany-Turkisr
Women Declare War on
the rurc Veil.

/. The Woman's Rights struggle has even
penetrated Turkey. The right they are
struggling for there is the right to show
their faces, particularly when they arc
good looking. Little by little the Turk
ish ladies arc struggling out OF the
yashmak, the covering for the face.
Properly the yashmak consists of two
square pieces of book muslin, each Of
them folded across so as to form "A
Triangle. The piece that is to form the
top is then placed on the head, with the
point or apex of the triangle toward the
back; the other two corners are then
brought round and pinned behind. The
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16

FIG. LADY AND sLAvE-rRoNT WEN.
second triangle is now placed in front of
the face and the two corners pinned to the
first, so that the point shall be down the
front and the folded edge go over the
nose, but fall rather outward, so rs to
impede the breathing as little as possible.
If skilfully put on the whole fabric could
be held together by one pin in the back,
AT the best the yashmal, is hot and
stuify, but it becomes quite vulnerable
when made Of the thick muslin con-
sidcrcd necessary 10y the Shcikel-Islam
and his pricsts-particularly, as was in
timated before, when one is good look
ing.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16

There arc over $780, more widows
than widowers in England. In France
for every 100 w'lowers there are 1914
widows. These facts lead the Wcstmin-
ster Recie'o to treat the growing DISPOSE
ton OF men to marry late in life as very
serious evil of modern society. Such men
usually marry younger women, who, in
The natural order of things, may be ex-
pected to survive them.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16

cross-lcgged. Under the dress arc also
worn the trousers, and over the whole is
the Jacket as shown. Everything is as
deliberately embroidered ms the wcarcr
can afford, except the trousers.
! This is as far as the innovations have
gone in the provincial towns, but among
the rich in Constantinoplc the trousers
have entirely disappeared, the feet being
,encascd i'll the dainticst of French shoes
! For the first time probably in the his
tory of the world, the feminine love of
iinery is working II great moral reform.
1t is wearing out polygamy. Dress has
become too expensive for most men To be
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16
At the recent N1cdico-Legal conpr

at the recent Mcdico-Lcgal congress in
New York city DIR. o'Neill read paper
On Suicide, " in which he argued that a
man who attempts suicide should not be
punished 10y the authorities. He said ::
1.-THE desire to do away with ones self.
nc said, arises from great distress, ca
'amity or disappointment. Is not ones
cup OF bitterness sufficiently full without
adding to his misery by the law stepping
in and putting him in pr.soaa If a man
resolves to kill himself to escape real or
Iaaciful troubles, thc knowledge of tho
law VIII rot deter hig
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16
Thick Skinned Animate

The whale, which belongs to the mann
malia,no doubt holds the palm for thick
ness of skin. At some parts of its body,
the skin is only two inches thick. but in
many places IFS pcit is fully two feet in
thickness. Tie skin OF the whale is the
substance usually known as biubhcr. and
III large specimen will weigh altogether
more than thirty ions. The distinction
OF being the ihickcs!-skin uuadruncd
belongs to the Indian rhinoccros. whose
hide has knotty or granulated surface.
and Is so impcnctrablc as to resist the
claws of the lion or tiger, the sword or
tie balls of tie old-lashioned musk ct.
So stiff and hard is this skin that we're II
not divided by creascs or folds the ami
mai imprisoned in its armor could scarce
iy move. 1t is manufactured into leather
of great strength and durability, and tar
gets and shields are made of it that are
absolutely proof against darts or sword
strokes. The skin Of the hippopotamus
runs that of the rhincroceros very closely
as regards thickness. When dried il Is
also used for shields, which are HIGHLY
priced by natives.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-16
Chinese the Greatest Egg. Eaters

Chinese arc the greatest cgg-eatcrs in
the world. They raise more poultry
than all the other nations of the earth
taken together, and have way of keep
ing eggs for forty years or more in a
sound condition. The older the epos
the more valuable they are, and it is q
trick of the Chinese grocer to ring in
fresh eggs on his customers whenever he
can get a chance to cheat them in that
way.-falm, Field ard .St0ckman.