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German
Syrup %

We have selected two OF
Group. three lines from letters
freshly received from pa
rents who have given German Syrup
to their children in the emergencies
of Group. You will credit these,
because they come from good, sub
stantial people, happy in finding
what so many families lack-a med
icine containing no evil drug, which
mother can administer with con-
fdence to the little ones in their
most critical hours, safe and sure
that it will carry them through.
Ep. L. Willis, of Mrs. JAS. w KIRK,
Alma, Neb. give it Daughters College,
to my children when Harrodsburg, KY.
troubled With Group have depended upon
and never saw any it in attacks Of Group
preparation act like with my little daugh-
1t. 1t is simply mi ter and find it an in
raculous. valuable remedy.
Fully one-llalf of our customers
are mothers who use Boschee's Ger
man Syrup among their children.
A medicine to be successful with the
little folks must be a treatment for
the sudden and terrible foes Of child
hood, whooping cough, Group, diph-
itheria and the dangerous infamma-
ltions Of delicate throats and lungs. q
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Curious Use Of Microbes.

A Norwegian naturalist, DR.. Nelson,
states that fishermen in his country have
been catching whales with the aid Of
diseased bacteria for more than five CEN
turies. Every season whales enter q mar
row inlet of the sea near the town of Ber-
gen and when one is discovered the fish
ermen 90 out in boats, drive him further
up the narrow bay, and stretch net
across the mouth of the inlet. Their
primitive implements are insufficient
alone to capture and land the animal
imprisoned, which is usually twenty or
thirty feet long, and very strong. They
accordingly shoot into him arrows in
fected with the poison of some infectious
disease-apparently sympathetic anthrax
and in twenty-four or thirty-six hours
he becomes so weakened by the growth
of bacilli in the wounds that men with
harpoons are able to land him.-Treato@
IN. J.) american.
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Those who believe that DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy will
cure them are more liable
to get we'll than those who
don't.
If you happen to be one of
those who don't believe, there's
a matter of $500 to help your
faith. It's for you if the max
ers of DR.. Sage's remedy can't
cure you, no matter how bad
or of how long standing your
catarrh in the head may be.
The makers are the Worlds
Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton of Buffalo, NY. They're
known to every newspaper
publisher and every druggist
in the land, and you can cas-
lily ascertain that their words
as good as their bond.
Begin right. The first stage
is to purify the system. You
don't want to build on a wrong
foundation, when you're build
ing for health. And don't
shock the stomach with harsh
treatment. Use the milder
means.
You wind your watch once
a day. Your liver and bowels
should act as regularly. If
they do not, use a key.
The key is-Dr. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. One a dose
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
sALyE FOR BRUISED FURNITURE.

To take out bruises in furniture wet
the place we'll with warm water; then
take some brown paper five or six times
doubled and we'll soaked in water, lay it
on the place, apply on that a hot fiat
iron till the moisture is evapoIated, and
if the bruise is not gone repeat the same;
you will find after two or three applica-
tions the dent or bruise is raised level
with the surface; or, if the bruise is
small, soak it we'll with warm water and
apply a red-hot poker very near the sur.
face, keeping it continually wetted, and
you will soon find the indentation van
ished.- Washington Star.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
GOOD MODE FOR KILLING POULTRY.

1VOD 'VDE FOIt NtLI'I4N0 fOCHfH1'
A good mode for killing poultry, as it
causes instant death without pain or dis
flgurement, is to suspend the birds by
tying their legs firmly to pole or heavy
wire across the killing-room, con-
venlent distance from the floor, and
opening the fowls beak, and with a
sharp pointed and narrow-bladed knife
make an incision at the back of the roof,
which will divide the vertebra and
cause immediate death. .-Neao York o.
selr5".
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The toad is more clean than the poodle
which some ladies carcss. He S the
abiding friend of the farmer and the hor.
ticulturist. He feeds upon cut worms,
and regards the curculio that infests the
orchard as a great dainty.
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The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there Is ut least one dreaded disease
stages and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being con-
stitutional disease, requires constitutional
ternaliy, acting directly | upon Al the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation Of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by building up the
Constitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors Lave so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure.
Send 'or list Of testimonials. Address :.
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
~ Sold by Druggists, 75c.
THE Dan nish Parliament has refused to ne r
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The pleasant effect and the perfect safety
with which ladies may use the liquid fruit
laxative, Syrup of Figs under all conditions
make it their favorite remedy. 1t is pleasing
to the eye and to the taste, gentle, yet effec-
tual in acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels.
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Manep iar EyeryhodY.

Mrs. Wells asks: rs 1t q fact that person
can make $50 or $40 q week in the plating bust-
ness2" Yes, make from S. to IS day, plat
ing and selling plated ware; the Lake Electro
tions. In this business there is money for
everybody. A READER.
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Not n Nostrum.

DR.. Hoxsie's Certain Group Cure, the tested
prescription of an eminent physician IN regu
Lar standing and practice. Positive, swift IS sure
Address A. y. Hoxsie, Buffalo, n. Y.
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"Keeping up appearances" is defined
By one authority upon modern manners
to mean "a frugal diet in order to give
an occasional dinner party"
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FITS stopped free by DR.. KL1NE's GREAT
NERVE REsToREk No fits after first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and So trial bottle
free. DR.. Kline, 93l Arch ST., Phila., Pa
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The Pennsylvania railway system col
lected during 1890 the gross sum 81
$685. 1923.
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Private audiences will be no longer
granted to private persons by Pope Leo
XIII.
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The Convenience OF solid Trains.

The Erie is the only railway running sold
trains over its own tracks between New lorA s
and Chicago. No change Of cars for any class
of passengers. Rates lower than via. any other
frst-clasS line.
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Don't you trdnt to sdpe money, clothes, time,
labor, fuel and health2 AL these can be saved
II you will TN Dobbinss Electric Soap. We
say "try," knowing II you try 1t once, you will
ALWAYS use It. Have your grocer order.
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Beecham's Pills act like magic on Veal
Stomach.
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500 Reward. 500,

EGYPT is crowded with pleasure tourists
from all parts of the world.
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Keep Your Blood Pure.

small quantity of prevention is worth many pounds
of cure If your blood is in good condition the liability
to any disease much reduced and the ability to resist
its wasting influence tenfod greater. Look then to
your blood by taking Swifts Specific (S S. S. every
few months 1t is harmless in its effects to the most
delicate infant yet it cleanses the blood of all posons
and builds up the general health.
&C well Of contagious Blood Poison AS
~. ~. ~. afflicted with the disease
taking 81 and few weeks was perra
ueuly STEWART, Shelby Ohio.
and diseases mailed free
Co Atlanta.G
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The Ladies Delighted.

THE Danish Parliament has refused to pc,
NIT cremation in that country.
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RADxAY'S y!Y G

An Excellent and Mild Cathartic. Purely
vegetable The safest and best medicine in
the world for the cure of all disorders of the
Liver, Stomach or Bowels.
Taken according to directions they Will restore
health and renew vitality.
Price, 25c. box. Sold by all druggists, or mailed
by RADWAY & Co, S2 Warren Street, New York,
on receipt of price.
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Spring
Is Here

When nearly every
body needs medicine
to purify the blood and
tone up the system.
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PROF. LOISETTE'S NEW
MEMORY BOOKS,

Criticisms on two recent Memory Systems Ready
alt ut April lst Full Tables OF Contents forwarded
IIy to those who send stamped directed envelope.
Also Prospectus POST FREE OF the Lolsettiau Ari
Il Never Forgetting. Address
Prof LOISETTE, .S7 Fifth Ave-, New YORK.
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grows more and more
popular every year for
it is the best
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-10-28
A cRAe.cAroAlNe DOG.
An Animal That Delighted In Capturing
the Crustaceang.

An Animal That Delighted In Capturing
the Crustaoeans.
have seen mention Of one dog that
caught suckers, and another with q
preference for catfish, says writer In
Forest and Stream. do not for q
moment doubt either of these dog-fsh-
ing stories, for once knew two dogs
that took great delight in catching
crabs, not soft crabs, but lusty hard
ones, capable Of making a good fight
When about twelve years Of age / used
to spend my vacations at a large farm
on tributary Of the Chesapeake Bay.
Besides myself there was another boy
and two dogs at this house. One Of the
dogs was large Newfoundland and the
other was one of those medium-sized,
puzzling combinations Of short hair and
no particular color-probably an all
round dog, as concerned his breeding.
One day ! noticed the large dog
wading about in the shallow water at
the foot of the yard and evidently
searching for something. found that
he was looking for crabs. When q
crab was discovered he would prance
around it, and, after making several at
tempts, seize it in his mouth and. bring
1t up on the beach and then play with
1t, much as q c:t does with mouse,
until the poor crab was either dead or
helplessly exhausted. He seemed to do
this for the mere sport of the thing,
- = A. 4 l.
noted excitement rather than anger.
He never ate the crabs after killing
them. The crabs fought back to the
best of their ability, and it was often
difficult to say which had the tigbtest
grip, dog or crab, for the crab would
fasten on to some portion of the dogs
mouth with both of his powerful pinch
crs and it would require much shaking
before he would drop off.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-10-28
A GUINEA HENS PLUCK.

She Went for Rat and Fought 70 FIN
ish without Once Quailing.
A year ago City Sheriff Crofutt, Of
Danbury, Conn.,, bought what he sup
posed TO be Guinea cock for breeding
purposes. II turned out 10 be a hen, so no
made q pet Of 1t and turned II IN with
his large stock Of Brahmas. A day or
two ago, says the New York Sun. there
was such a commotion in the chicken
yard that Mr.. Crofutt left the dinner
table TO investigate the disturbance.
From his back stoop he saw large rat
fastened TO one Of his small Brahma
hens. The chicken was fluttering
about, and It seemed to be all up
with II.
From the other end Of the yard the
Guinea hen and a rooster few at the
rat with such ferocity that II released
It's hold on the Brahma and went for
the Guinea hen. Then began battle
between the little game hen and the
rat. The rat sprang and bit, and the
hen picked and scratched. Over on his
back went the rat with the Guinea pick
ing the fur from its body. Finally the
rat got on its feet and made dash for
liberty, but the little hen was after II,
and 1t was forced TO turn and fight
again. In n minute there were strealsf
Of blood on the gray coat, and the rat,
more dead than alive, at last made Ia
escape in q hole under the coop. II
was a fight, said Sheriff Crofutt, worth
going miles to see.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-10-28
EIGHT HUNDRED OLD MAIDS.
A Community Whore the Men Have No
Business to BE.

A Community Whore the Men Have No
Business to BE.
When in Client struck a queer COM
munity, says a traveller. II is called
the Begu image, and Is a community Of
women who form a sort of old maids
home. II was established In the sew
enth century, and has hourished ever
since in separate quarter Of the city,
having been originally surrounded by o
wall.
The houses are almost all uniform in
size, being two stories in height and
built of brick, and the streets run
through them In every way, radiatine
toward the square, In which Is erected
their large and beautiful church. The
women are bound by no vows, but are
compelled 10 observe certain order Of
religious exercises as long as they re-
main in the community and 10 pay their
allegiance TO the superioress selected
by them.
They must pay their way, OF course,
and 10 do 90 must either have money Of
their own before going or earn their
living by doing such work as Is given
70 them, which Is mainly lace making
and fine sewing. They have . regular
habit, like other nuns, which II Is oblig-
atory on them to wear, and they go and
come pretty much as their fancy leads
them. There are now something over
eight hundred in the community. Just
fancy what a field there is in Pitts
burgh for an institution of this kind.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-10-28
LAST HOPE.

Supreme Court of Tennessee Decides That
Employment OF Convicts In Mines at
Brlceville IL Legal.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 26,-The de-
cision OF the supreme court at Knox
vile Saturday removes the last hope OF
the free miners for peaceable depar-
ture OF the convicts from Briceville,
Tenn, where there was 80 much ex-
citement few month ago. The min
ers at that time forcibly removed the
convicts twice and then allowed them
to be again brought back when the
governor announced that he had called
an extra session of the legislature and
it was hoped relief was to be had. The
Legislature refused TO interfere what
ever and then habeas corpus proceed
ings were brought to test the legality
of sub-leasing prisoners, the Briceville
mine being operated by sub-lessees
The supreme court has decided that
Briceville was legal branch prison
and remanded the convicts 10 the mines
This was a reversal Of the decision OF
the lower court II Is thought here
that another outbreak may occur among
the free miners.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-10-28
INTERNATIONAL HENS.
A Yankees Clever Scheme for Making I
IIennery Pay.


A Yankees Clover Scheme for Making n
IIennery Pay.
The advantages which people who live
exactly on the line between two coun-
tries have in escaping the customs and
other regulations Of both countries
have often been recounted- Prob
ably the most picturesque and innocent
instance of this kind of evasion comes
from the far western town of Nogales,
which is exactly on the boundary be-
tween Mexico and Arizona.
On the United States side Of the line
In this town eggs have been rendered
dear by the new tariff upon eggs, mas
much as the hens In that region are
chiefly owned on the Mexican side Of
the line and fed by the peasants on
cheap Mexican grain.
Recently, according tothe Tombstone
"a. IT, Prospector, Maine Yankee ar
rived In Nogales with an eye to busi-
ness. He was convinced that his oppor-
tunhy lay In the high price Of eggs.
Accordingly, he put up long hen
house exactly across the boundary line.
At the American end he provided nests;
and ut the other end he regularly fed
his hens with low-priced Mexican grain.
The fowls ate their grain in Mexico
and then walked across the line into
the United States 70 lay their eggs.
The transaction was perfectly honest,
for Of course the proprietor of the hem
merry smuggled neither grain noreggs.
But he availed himself OF the high
prices on one side and low prices on the
other.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-10-28
STILL ANOTHER.

a Michigan Man Invents q Type-settlnR
Machine which VIII DO tho Wort Of
Twenty Men.
MUsKEGoN, Mich, Oct 26-Rarle v.
Beales, Of this city, practical printer,
has of late years been working on
type-setting device which he thinks he
has practically completed. His inven'
ton consists of two separate machinea
The first Of these corresponds to type
writer, aud is operated by compositor.
who works from the copy. This, in
stead Of being printed as typewriter,
Is transferred to a strip of paper by
perforations made by striking the keys
on the finger board, the particular let
ters or characters being determined by
the distance Of the perforation from Q
base line.
When the copy has thus been trans
ferred to the strip of paper the latter Is
taken to the second machine, which,
working automatically by electricity,
sets up the type, and as each line is
composed impresses It into matrix
paper in way that makes perfect
mold of the line. The matrix paper
moves along automatically as the lines
are composed until a mold is obtained
for column. 1t is then ready for the
stereotyping process. The perforator
can be operated as rapidly as type
writer, on which the average speed is
about fifty words minute. The auto
matte aligning and impressing machine
will be capable of handling the matter
turned off from two or three Of the per-
forators. The capacity is equal to
about twenty men at the case,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-10-28
Golden Wedding.

Wednesday, October 81, was the fiftieth
anniversary of the wedding Of Mr., and
Mrs. G. W. Houghton, of Oberlin, and .
large concourse of relatives assembled at
their home to celebrate the event. The
gathering was an entire, though delight
full, surprise to them. AT 10 o'clock Rev.
Close, OF New London, in very neat and
timely formula, united for the second
time the two hands and hearts, after which
a sumptuous dinner greeted the guests.
The couple were then addressed by DR.. ].
w. Houghton, Of Wellington, brother Of
the groom, In speech full OF tenderness,
pathos and wisdom. Others present made
remarks and letters of regret were read
from distant friends.
A beautiful autograph album, contain
ing few lines of pleasing verse written
for the occasion, was presented by Cyrus
Houghton with the request that all the
friends present should register their
names therein before leaving. An origin
al poem Of much merit contributed by
Mrs. Sarah Close Palmer, of Napoleon, o.,
and another by Chas. E. Hurlburt, OF
Pittsburg, Pa. were also read,
Two gold watches, one 10 Mr.. Houghton
and the other 10 his wife, were presented
together with many other golden remem-
brances. Rev. J. N. West, pastor of ibe
M. E. church, closed with short address
and prayer. Thus ended half century
OF useful happy living. The best wishes
Of their many friends go with them 10 the
end.
After the exercises were over 1t was
found that the sums contributed toward
The watches exceeded the cost, with a bal
ance sufficient tor an additional gift of
fine, gold banded china tea set, which
some of the friends had desired for them.
The following guests were present: Z.
w. Houghton and wife, DR., j. w. Hough.
ton and wife, Cyrus F. Houghton, Mrs, l..
F. Clifford, and Mrs. E. M. Linder and
son, Of Wellington; Mrs Julia Ross and
Mrs. Elsie Shaw, of Fremont; Mrs. Alta
Pratt and Mrs. Jerome Pratt, Of Hunting
ton; Mrs. Alta NJ. Hurlburt, Of Wilkins
burg, Pa; Erastus Close and wife, Of
Shelby, o.; Rev. y. ]. Close, New Lon
don; Seth Houghton and family, L. W.
Houghton and wife, G. H. Houghton, ana
family. Miss Lottie Houghton, r. M.Close
and family and Rev.. INVEST, Of Oberlin.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-10-28
SECRET OF CHINESE vARNIsH.


An Elastic Polish OF which the Mon
goiIsns Have the Monopoly.
The British consul at Hankow, writ
ing Of the varnish exported from that
city, says he Is informed that IL is the
gum Of tree-the rhus vernicifera. On
this tree, before daylight, incisions are
made; the gum that runs out Is collected
in the dark, and strained through n
cotton cloth bag, leaving behind large
amount Of dirt and refuse. This opera
tion can only be performed in the dark,
as light spoils the Fum and causes II TO
cake with all the dirt in 1t. IL cannot
be strained in wet weather, as moisture
causes II 10 solidify.
When the Chinese use this varnish
they rub II on with n sort Of mop, or
swab, made Of soft waste silk. II
should only be used In wet weather, as
II the atmosphere Is dry when II Is
rubbed on II win always he sticky. As
used by the Chinese, the varnish takes
about a month TO dry, and during the
time IL is drying II Is poisonous To
the eyes.
The consul thinks that this gum may
have been one OF the ingredients of the
celebrated Crcmona vnrnish. and he
suggests that II might be worth the
while OF musical instrument makers to
make experiments with II, with view
10 producing varnisli that would give
q mellow instead Of a CLASSY sound.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-10-28
A PREACHERS STORY.
His Experience with the Champion Near
Man.

His Experience with the Champion Mean
Man.
In 1872 l was pastor of church In q
beautiful New Hampshire village,
writes minister TO the Chicago Trib-
une. Among the members was an ell
derly farmer residing seven miles from
the church. II was generally known
that he had some fifteen thousand dol
lars or eighteen thousand dollars in
bonds and other securities, besides q
large and well-stocked farm. At
his earnest and repeated solicitations
TO preach some Sunday afternoon in an
old church near his home finally con-
sented II was an exceedingly warm
Sabbath in July. | hired horse and
carriage, drove TO the old meeting house
and preached TO perhaps one hundred
people. After the service the old gen.
tleman invited me TO call at his house.
did so in the hope that he would pay
my horse bill or at least offer me lit
tie food, for had tasted none since
breakfast. In both was disappointed.
As / was leaving asked him u he
would give me two or three apples TO
eat on the road back home. He pro-
duced four small russct apples. Know
ing his penurious disposition / said:
"How much shall pay for these?" 81
guess about three cents" was the reply.
al would give 'cm to you, but it's get
ting late for apples and they are mighty
scarce round here"