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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-05-13
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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-05-13

The tenderness that apologies for
wickedness Is the worst form Of
cruelty.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-23
THE saloon-K eeper in Politics.

The Chicago Euenia,g Post, speaking
from the vantage Of a Chicago expert
ence, portrays as follows the saloon
keeper in politics:
"That the saloon appears to be one OF
the principal stepping-stones to political
preferment cannot be denied The
saloon keeper figures largely in eau
cuses and conventions, and there seems
to be belief, especially in large cities
like Chicago, that the man who can mix
a cocktail can legislate for his fellow
men.
"There is money in politics for the
saloon-keeper. His till overtlows during
a canvass. The "boys" caucus in his
back room, and keep the electric button
busy all the while. His opportunities
are large. A man in any other line
could rot embrace them. No druggist
could afford to drive his trade away by
making his place of business rem
uezvous for political heelers, and no
small tradesman would consent to jeop-
ardize his business in like manner.
$50 the man who sells rum for liv-
ing has it all his own way. In his bottles
is the potent article that mellows the
workers, and before his mahogany they
are welcome. That is why he has such
. mil -
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-23
The Good 1t Would Do.

There are in New York and Brooklyn
$4,000 licensed liquor saloons, usually
situated upon street corners, SO that the
average frontage of each must be at
least twenty-five feet. If these saloons
were extended in a straight line side by
side and touching each other, there
would be row of groggeries extending
$50. 600 feet, or a tritie more than sixty
six and one-quartcr miles in length.
This is just about two-thrds the dis
lance between New York and Philadel-
phia. On an average it is estimated
that SIS per day, $500 q year, is spent
in liquor in each: a less amount and they
would fail. Multiply this by $4,000 and
we have an expenditure OF S7G,G5o, 600
every year and for strong drink alone in
the metropolis and its suburbs This
gives an average OF S25 Tor
every man, woman and child with
in the specified area. Let us
suppose this 76,650,000 applied
to the rent, food, fuel, and clothing OF
the class from which it is chiefly drawn.
What would that mean? 1t would mean
the abolition of dire poverty. 1t would
mean the wholesome apartments, nour-
ishing food, and decent clothing. Prop
erly speaking, it would mean the extlnc-
ton of mendicancy and pauperlsm. 1t
would also mean the rearing of children
in decency, so that the next generation
would be far above the present. 1t
would mean the beginning of new era.
Widening our observation from the me,
tropolis to the entire country, we find
that 100000 saloons withdraw 400, 900
men from productive industries, and &C
sorb outright s1o0,ooo.ooo. These stu
pendous facts tell their own story and
draw their own moral. Let us suppose
that these millions of dollars spent for
beneicence, for the building of beauti-
full homes, and for the endowment OF
schools devoted to science, art, indus.
tries. education, and religion! What
might not be the status of the United
States could this money only be with,
drawn from the endowment of paupers,
lunatic asylums, hospitals, prisons, and
potter's fields.-N. Y. Evangelist.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-23
Alwaxs Afraid .6 R>,son.

The food for the Sultan is cooked by
one man and his aids, and no others
touch it. It is cooked in silver vessels,
and when done each kettle is sealed by
q slip Of paper and a stamp and this is
broken in the presence Of the Sultan by
the High Chamberlain, who takes one
spoonful of each separate kettle before
the Sultan tastes it. This is to guard
against poison. The food is almost al
WAYS served to the Sultan in the same
vessels in which it is cooked, and these
are often Of gold, but when Of the baser
metal the kettle is set in rich golden
beil-shaped holder, the handle which
is held by slave while the Sultan eats.
The Sultan never uses plate. He
takes ell his food direct from the ket-
ties, and never uses table, and rarely
aknife or fork-a spoon, his bread,
pancake OF fingers are found far hsndieE>
San Francisco Argoni1
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-23

e {. gaspcd the dv;,o nav
last" "' ou'h hacked at
tn IT. !, was =, all he could sav-gasping
-, 1o4 hall be avenged. NV roor
Ivy l cred. "There is frost on the
derer." ''''eA your MUIR
9 we followed the track On the thick
a an a1, ground for nea ly two miles to
On old horse shed near house
1nder pile of old straw we found a
man in butternut clothes, with a
double barreled gun by his side. The
narrels were yet moist from recent
di charge. ~ en'
Can you run?' i a ked the fellow,
WHO Stood before us, dark and sullen.
Let me try" he growled.
60" said I.
The next instant, to my men-ten in
hu m, order low and stern:
Ready"
Away bounded the guerrilla, running
Tor life. But ten seconds after his
start followed the order:
lire low and let MIN have it,"
len sharp carbines rang loud on the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-23
Tho Woo of tho Vino l.ibhcr.

Oh! dark is the night, and the wild storm
doth rattle,
And swift fal the cold, driving slcet;
And the white pavemen5 groans with tho
dull, heavy shuttle
OF Il poor drunkardS slow ing feet.
Oh! It's wine in the cup, with its bold, sub
tie glitter,
And its foam like the crest on the wave.
Bearing many a young man whom it floats
like IL bubble
Over it's foam to wine-bibber'S grave.
Oil dark is tho night, and q poor dying
mother
Sorelf grieves as the long moments drag;
And the worn. hei plcss form of u child she
doth cover
With its poor, scanty clothing Of rags.
Oh! tits wine in the cup, with its bold, sub
tie glitter,
And its am like the crest on the wave,
Bearing one precious wife with the child on
her bosom
Over it's foam to a lone pauper's grave.
Oh! dark is the night, and poor aged
father
Sadly peers through the deep falling
gloom,
/. And his heart fills with dread as the form
of his darling
Tottersahome fir om the cursed saloon.
Oh! tits wine in the cup, with it's bold, sub
tie glitter,
And it's foam like the crest on the wave,
Bearing poor dying souls where they float
like q bubble
Over its foam to Il vino bibber's grave.
Oh! dark is the night, and the hands of a
nation
Press the curse to the lips of their sons
Till their once noble forms fall from honor's
high station,
And their truth and their manhood are
gone.
Oh! IT'S wine in the cup. with its bold, sub
tie glitter,
And it's foam like the crest on tho wave,
Bearing many poor souls where they float
like q bubble
Over its foam to wine- bibber's grave.
II. II. Evans, Il. National Temperance Ad-
TOctIte
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-23
cl,,caro,s Fray erfu, Banker.

The pithy statement of Josh Billings,
that he liked to see mans religion
show itself when he was measuring
turnips on week days as we'll when
yelling hallejujah on Sundays, is forcir
bly, brought to mind by the much-talk-
ed.of collapse of pious private banker
in Chicago named Kean. So far as.
his conduct goes the name might as
we'll be spelled Keen, but the spelling
matters little. This Kean was 8 lu-
minary of several candle power in the
Methodist Church, and prayers were
held daily at his bank. The evidence
so far produced shows this Kean to be
q man about as far removed from his
pretensions as it is possible for
an erring mortal to be. The daily
press has no hesitation in speak
ing of him as a fraud, hypocrite and
rascal, whatever these terms may
mean. Certain it is that many innor
cent parties who put their money into
Kean's hands are in deep trouble, for
the money seems to have evaporated.
This whole scandal will have been
productive of good if it results in
some action on the part of the State
Legislature to protect the public from
the methods of such irresponsible
private" bankers as this Kean, whose
institution has clearly been founda-
tionless for years. Religious life is q
very different thing from religious
pretension. The world has too many
wolves in sleeps clothing-too many
rascals who wear religious eloaks.
The contempt of men Of the world for
praying scoundrels is only equaled by
their respect for those who live genu-
inc Christian ives.-Pullma1s (Ilt.)
Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-23
SLIGHTLY MIXED.

GLUE from wha.e re use is o new ar
tic of commerce in Russia.
The penitentiaries of Texas have con-
tributed $71, 900 to the State treasury
the past year.
SLAM keeps up with the procession.
She Is to have an electric railroad
thirty miles long.
The pc ,ple of the United States con-
sumo. it is said, 1900, 0UO bottles of
pickles annually.
SOMEBODY with plenty of leisure time
has figured it out that one journal is
published for every So, 100 individuals
in the world.
GROUND was broken early in this
month at Chicago for the great New
berry library. which has fund of
$5,0O0,0 600 behind it.
SILK from paper pnlpis made smooth
and brilliant, has about the same elas-
ITCHY as ordinary silk, and is about
two-tllirds as strong.
NEARLY every page in the history
of the human race illustrates the
fercer instincts that belong to the
keeper of focks compared with those Of
the tiller Of fields.
The number of men employed on the
railroads OF the country, by l,750 COM
lanies, is now reported by the inter-
State Commission to be no less than
7O4,753
HAMBURG drives what may be- called
roaring trade in wild beasts. Lions
and tigers can be ordered at 1900
francs apiece. A good rhinoceros, how
ever, will fetclrfrom 5000 francs to 3d.
600 francs.
The British Museum has secured
from Thibet copy of the "Jangym,"
monster encyclopaedia of Thibetan
Buddhism. It comprises 225 volumes,
each of which is two feet long by six
inches thick.
The accumulation of wealth, es.i-
mated ut IA per cent. of the gross earn
ings of mankind, now aggregates S.
0OO, 600, 900 per annum,. aud is increas-
ing, relatively as we'll as absolutely,
from year to year.
SINCE sunaowers have been extern
sively cultivated near some. swamps,
not far from Washington, malarial
fever in that vicinity has greatly de-
creased. Similar results have been
observed in Holland. at the mouth, Of
the Scheldt, and in other places.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-23

under General Schenck had been fired
upon from masked battery at the
last-named place, and some of the
brave fellows were killed. The re-
mainder were anxious for sight of the
gray backs" and when Lieutenant
Upton, brave officer on General Ty
ler's staff, called for a party for a
scout they were ready. Lieutenant U.
went some distance into the country,
and obtained much valuable informa-
ton. At one place he visited the house
OF q we'll known secessionist, and sue
ceeded in making the inmates believe
the party were all "secesh." He found
out the whereabouts and strength of
the enemy, and feasted on the best the
gardens and cellars afforded. All went
well till cap-pouch that had been
very carefully placed over the letters
O. V. M. (Ohio Volunteer Militia) on
the waistbelt plates of the men, be-
came misplaced, and one of the young
ladies, who had been very forward in
giving the desired information, became
alarmed, and asked the meaning of the
letters. The Lieutenant was as ready
with reply as he would have been il
it had been an order to surrender.
"They mean" said he, "Old Virginia
Militia"
The explanation was perfectly salts
factory, and the Lieutenant took his
departure. But the household soon
occupied apartments in Washington at
the expense of the Government
Book Of anecdotes and Incidents O.,
the Rebellion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-23
Farmers and the Liquor Traffic.

The farmers, who are latterly making
exceptional organized efforts to see some
way by which to tighten their financial
burdens, and to improve their business
opportunities, as yet seem little disposed,
in their conferences and conventions, to
include the saloon as one of their neces-
sary burdens to be removed. Among the
avoidable causes of excessive taxation,
from which farmers, with others, suffer.
the legalized saloon system is pre-
eminent The other expedients for re-
lief proposed by the Farmers AL
lianco movement will avail little while
the liquor traffic is allowed to contine,
to beget intemperance, pauperism, dis
ease, vice, crime, and the enormous
spublic burdens which they impose.-Er.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-23

had the effect of steadying the entire
line and marked effect on the
fortunes of the day.
Such incidents Is this were frequent
10 known to turn the lido of battle at
an opportune moment, and thousands
Of such incidents could be related
where the private soldier did whole
mans and q brave mans duty when oc
casion required. Private Kay was
wounded and had horse shot under
him in one of the battles Of the Wilder
ness, and at Cold Harbor he received
wounds from which he has ever since
suffered.
He Is now editor and publisher of
Home and Country. He is commander
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-23

been proved by the scientific men OF
all nations to be Il ia la y, and is only
still ma ntlincd by men who mistake the
clavnS arising solely from habit for the
promp.ings of nature"
We commend this testimony OF a great
soldier, OF extended experience in milf
tary life, to the thoughtiul consideration
of the Sec ctary OF War, and those of
his subordinates in Office, and those Off
Gers of our army who are urging the
continuance and the eXtc sion of the
cantecn system FOR the supply of intoXi-
cants to American soldiers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-23

'front.', and the pickets of both sides,
put short distance apart, were often
holly engaged But we suffered sadly
and frequently from guerrillas or bush
@nackers-men out of uniform, who
sneaked In on our lines and cruelty
snot down our sentinels on post, or
ured from ambuscade on some passing
| scout.
Our picket station on what was
Known as the Franklin Road, in the
Slnter OF 63, was about four miles out
rom the post, and consisted of one
fantry.
one moonlight night posted guards
anu fldettes, the latter being mounted
men placed outside all the lines to give
1he alarm if the enemy advanced on
us Tor surprise.
Gut on the road beyond the deserted
4onse, nearly mile from the reserve,
=. lelt a young cavalryman belonging
o. 70 Company M, New York Mounted
nliles, with orders to fire and ride into
ene reserve on the approach of an
eneny' 1t was lonesome place,
snadowed by grove of pines, and I
1 loaa Young stoddard to keep bright
LOOKOUT, for ! felt as if there was dan
sef IN the air. He was favorite of
Ilne, for had known him at home in
warren County, New York, where he
h laa married a lovely girl but year
oeIofe the war broke out.
-. After posting all the sentinels and
'ioettes, rode back to the post, dis
tfhounted, picketed my horse and went
lof cup of coffee to take off the chill
OF the night air.
mad just drained tin cup of the
not beverage, when far off from the
southwest we heard the dull report of
gun. 1t was but single shot, and
'he instant I heard it I cried out:
;. lhat is from Stodda1d's post, but
II was no carbine shot. I hope the
poor boy hasn't come to harm"
4, rive to tens minutes went by, and
.nen all hands were put on the alert as
morse came furiously down the road.
:. ~ few seconds, running right up to
'he picket fires, he was caught and I
saw So at the first glance that it was
etoddard's horse.
The saddle was empty. but the front
OF the saddle and the shoulders of the
morse. covered with blood. told that
me rider was either dead or badly
Into the saddle, and with twenty
men at my back, I rushed to his post
Us last as our horses could carry us.
There he lay in the clear moonlight,
on his back near . clump of bushes,
yet alive. but dying-his breast fairly
nddled with buckshot.
l raised him up and gave him sip
u liquor from my canteen, but it was
He crept upon me in the bushes
ne was right under the head Of my
horse when he fred, and I had nc
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-23

memorable for it's boldness and indi-
vidual deeds of daring In this chap
ter is related an incident of q Federal
officer now residing in Kansas City
The story i, this:
A commissioned officer of the Union
army had taken quarters at the home
of Colonel McEwen, then and now q
leading citizen of Franklin. Just be-
fore the battle of that name this officer
had asked the daughters of Colonel
McEwen to sing for him. Singularly
enough, they chose the song, Gust Be
fore the Battle, Mother" at that time
very popular in the South.
They had sung but few lines. when,
interrupted by the opening of the bat
tie itself, the officer rushed from the
house and placed himself at the head
of his regiment, and on his way was
shot through the lungs, but, as by
miracle. not killed. He was carried
off the field to the camp hospital, and
finally to Nashville, where, by the best
medical care and faithful nursing, he
finally recovered. Eighteen days af-
ter the battle Colonel McEwen re-
ceived message from him through an
officer, stating that in every waking
moment the piece of music that the
young ladies had begun to sing was
still ringing in his ears. Four years
later, in April, '65, just as the war was
over, the man who had been SO des-
| perately wounded but recovered re-
turned to Franklin, bringing some of
his brother officers with him, and went
| to Colonel McEwen's' and asked his
daughters to finish the song that had
been so strangely interrupted, "andge
lieve his ears!" They sang it through,
when, as the story goes, "all the Of
ficers wept like children"
Not long since one of Col. McEwen's
daughters was asked if she had in her
possession the song which had such q
strange history connected with it.
Shortly after she sent it to her ques-
toner. saying: MANY years have
flown since we sang Il, and, as time
times that tried mems souls, it seems
quite tame" This may be, but at
such moment the rudest lines, if full
of spirit, stir the blood like bugle,
and one can well understand how those
Southern voices should linger long in
the ears of the wounded Federal officer
Here are the words they sang:
| Just before the battle. mother,
I am thinking most of you,
While upon the field we're watching
With the enemy in view.
| Comrades brave around us lying,
Filled with thoughts OF home and God
For well they know that on the morrow
Some will sleep beneath the sod.
| Chorus
Farewell, mother, you may never
Press me to your heart again;
But, oh, you'll not forget me, mother,
L. II I'm numbered with the slain.
\ Oh, long to see you. mother.
And the loving ones at home;
| But I'll never leave our banner
Till in honor l can come.
| Tell the traitors all around you
| That their cruel words we know
| In every battle kill our soldiers
| By the help they give the foe.
| Hark! hear the bugles sounding,
| IT'S the signal for the fight;
| Now, may God protect us, mother.
| AS he ever does the right.
Hear the battle cry Of freedom,
! AS it swells upon the air!
| Oh, yes, We'll rally round the standard
| Or we'll perish nobly there.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-23
How Broo,nn are Made.

Without DOUBT, Droom IS the COM
monest article in domestic use; and
everybody with eyes. has seen one, but
very few know how they are made. The
process is simple, but interesting.
Doubtless you have noticed the tassel
on an ordinary corn-stalk. What the
tassel is to the edible, corn is found in
the wisp that grows from the top. of the
broom corn, which bears, no ears at all.
There are two kinds of broom corn,
roughly speaking coarse for ordi-
nary sweeping and the. fine dwarf.sor
for ~parlor brooms" and. whisks. The
fine stuff is plucked by hand, while he
coarse variety is cut with the knife.
To begin with, the. wisp tassels cut
from the corn tops must be assorted as
to length. This process is, performed
by an expert, who takes the wisps from
the bale and distributes them among
series of compartments. The broom
wisps, thus assorted, go into the hands
of man who holds the broomstick in 9
revolving wise with, it's end projecting
the end, that is to. say. which is to be-
the broom.
This operator first passes fine wire
through the hole in the end of the
broom-stick, and by the aid of o treadle
makes the length Of wood revolHs until
it has taken up three. of four bindings
of the wire from q, great coil below.
Then he grasps q number Of wisps of
long-stemmed broom corn, to,sarve for
what is known technically as handle
stuff" fastening them to the stick high
up with windings of the wire.
II h.
straw upon the stick, it is made to bind
more tightly by blows from, a hammer.
Next is bound around the embryo broom
what is called the. shoulder stuff" with
shorter stems, which, as was the case,
with the handle stuff, is trimmed OFF
close above the wire binding with q
sharp knife. Stalks yet shorter, from
which the stems have been, cut off en-
tirely, are finally wound upon the OUT
siGe with more. wire, and the whole
business is clinched and fastened where
the broom meets the stick with strong
belt of timed brass, its corrugated edge
bound down with the wire so that the
straw is much part of the broom-han-
die as if it grew upon it..
Now the broom goes to the sewer,
WIN pdSSs7S GiAAoA UW1u0. dlOuAu 4gS 1AS1O-
die, and pierees the substance of the
broom through and through with q
needle provided with similar faxen
cord, SO as to bind the straw together
closely.
Now it only remains to chop the straw
ends of the broom off even with sort
of cleaver knife, and to comb the seeds
out of them with a revolving machine.
armed with teeth, in order to make
them ready for market.
Broom corn that is slightly green is
much better for the purpose than the
ripe material, because the latter is
brittle, and, on this account, TO deceive
purchasers, it used to be the, custom for
manufacturers TO tint their material
green with the. fumes of birthstone. At
present the same effect is more cheaply
obtained by soaking the stuff in q
colored mixture. Days.