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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-08-29
Dead Sea Fruit.

The very world that now applauds win
soon hiss. That world said of the great
Webster, what statesman. What
wonderful exposition of the constitution!
a man fit for any positionr' That same
world said, after awhile. Down with
him. He IS an office-seekeri He is a
sott He Is a llbertine, Away with him.
And there IS no peace for the man until
he lays down his broken heart in the
grave at Marsh6eld. Jeffrey thought
that If he could only be judge that would
be the making Of him; got 10 be Judge
and cursed the day in which he was born
Alexander wanted to submerge the
world with his greatness: submerged Il.
and then drank himself TO death because
he could not starid the trouble. Burns
thought he would give everything II ne
could win the favOy of courts and princes.
Won it, and amid the shouts Of a great
entertainment when poets and orators
and duchesses were adOring his genius.
wished that he could creep back into the
obscurity ia which he dwelt when he
wrote the
Daisy, wee. modest. crimson tipped flower.
Napoleon wanted to make all Europe
trembIe at his power; made it tremble;
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-11
THE END.l
MONKEYS THUMBS.

A Simian Paderewski Could Cover Two
Octaves.
The hands, the fingers, and aboxe az
the thumbs belonging to Chico at.
tracted my particular attention. Now
you must know that it is because man
has thumb, and for the reason that his
thumb is so beautifully jointed, supple
and adjustable, that he has been able
to overcome all difficulties, says a
writer in Harper's. The other fingers
are all very well in their way, but IL is
the thumb that controls the real move
ment of the hand. Without thumb
you never could WELD heavy sledge-
hammer or the most delicate OF watch
makers tools, II is not out of the way
to say that man is the master, holding
every other living thing under his
thumb"
Here is little bit of natural history
which must be remembered about
monkeys. All the monkeys of the old
world have some kind of thumb. AS
st. George Mivart, a great zoologist,
writes: ANY old-world monkey with
a rudimentary thumb (that is, a thumb,
even If imperfect) is superior in that
respect to an American monkey" In
fact, the American monkey has no
thumb at all. Nature compensates in
measure in our new-world monkey
by giving him wonderful tail. This
American monkey tail is prehensile.
II answers almost the purpose of a fifth
limb. a South American monkey gives
his tail hitch around the limb of a
tree, and there he hangs quite com
fortably, independent of hands or feet.
Chico's thumbs are superb, being full
ly four and one-quarter inches long.
The ordinary length of the human
thumb is about two and one-half
inches. Chicos middle finger is trife
over five inches long. Mans is three
and one-half inches. The ourang-
outang's hand was narrow, apparently,
but it seemed about the width of that
of a human beings, only the sense of
proportion was lost, owing to the ex-
treme length of the fingers. The
knuckles were small and perfectly in
line. The stretch of such hand as
Chico's would be enormous, fully
thirteen inches. The octave on the
piano measures seven inches. II Chico
were pianist he could with little eff
fort cover two octaves and would leave
PaderewslSi quite in the shade. If
Chico had taste for the double bass,
once that those long fingers OF his were
wound around the neck of big i'd
die, what wonderful performer he
would be, providing the instrument
would stand the strain.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-11
TWO PRETTY APOLOGIES.
One Made by John Burns, and the Othc
by n College Student.

One Made by John Burns, and the Other
by College Student.
The man who writes letter de.
manding an apology must put up with
the kind Of apology he gets. Harry Fur.
Miss, the caricaturist of Punch, il will
be remembered, was attacked by n
member of parliament, and an eve.
witness was reported to have said:
saw Mr.. MacNeIll take Mr.. Furniss by the
lapel OF the coat and shake him Ike u dog, then
saw him take him by tho cur and shake him
by that
Mr.. Furniss, who declared that the
assault was merely technical and not
a serious one, wrote to the eyewitness,
asking If he been correctly reported
and he got the following answer
which is quite as funny as anything
that Mr.. Furniss himself ever provided
for Punch:
SIR; / understand that the statement nj.
tributed to me and referred to by you was due 10
Misrepresentation Of some chaning remarks of
mine In the lobby Friday last and | regret 10
say that did not SEQ you shaken like a dog.
and am sorry TO say that did not witness the
pulling Of your ear. Yours truly
JOHN BURNS.
This reminds us of the apology made
to the faculty of Amherst college by a
student who ended his life as foreign
missionary. An apology for an offense
having been required of all the class
he wrote as follows:
acknowledge that / attended the class meet.
ing and voted TO 20 and meet the South Had
ley girls at Mount Holyoke but owing 10 the
scarcity OF teams was unable 10 Co. for which
am very sorry.
-Tndanandan4
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-11
KNOWLEDGE

Bsings comfort and improvement AID
tends 10 personal enjoyment when
;.ghtly used. The many, who live bet
.ar than others and enjoy life more, with
la5s expenditure, by more promptly
@np!ing the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
tic value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas.
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative; efIectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
cning them and il is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-11
DEVOTED DOGS.
They Sacrificed Themselves for Their
Little Mistress.

They Sacrificed Themselves for Their
Little Mistress.
A writer in Our Animal Friends re-
lates q story of two fox-terriers, Tan
and Tally, which belonged to physi-
clan In southern California, and were
the playmates Of his little daughter
Mabel. They had been her compan-
ions from her baby hood, and she was
now five years old. On the day in
question she and they were frolicking
in the garden, when the little girls at
tention was attracted by peculiar
noise in bush at her elbow.
She peered into the branches to see
what had made the noise. Instantly
the head of a snake reared itself before
her, and the sound of its rattles was
repeated. Mabel stood us il fascinated.
The gardener, at work not far off,
screamed to her to run, and hurried as
fast as he could to her rescue. Hurry
as he might, however, he would have
been too late but for the dogs.
They saw the little girls danger, and
threw themselves between her and it,
worrying the snake till the man could
come up and kill it. They were quite
aware of their own danger; again and
again, when camping out with their
master, they had shown the greatest
terror at the sound of snakes rattles;
but they could not see the child in
jured.
When the mother came in answer to
the shouts of the gardener, she found
Mabel safe, but both dogs were already
in the agonies of death.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-11
WHAT THEY GOT.
Principally Left as Far as the Money Was
C0ncarnad

Principally Left as Far as the Money Was
Con ncerned.
When Artemus Ward died the press
of England and America was filed
with tributes to his memory. In New
York meeting Of newspaper people
was held, at which 1t was resolved that
his memory should be perpetuated.
The manner in which this was done
was amusingly illustrated by a story
told in Harper's Magazine some years
ago. Whether or not the anecdote
would be true to-day, we do not know,
says the Youths Companion.
A few summers ago passed weeks
vacation at Waterford, Me-, and during
my visit went to the village graveyard
to view the final resting-place of Ar
temus Ward.
With some trouble found the grave,
there being nothing about the plain
white slab to distinguish it from many
similar ones around. While thinking
and wondering that no monument had
ever been erected TO the humorist, a
countryman approached, to whom
said:
my friend, can you tell me why It is
that Artemus never has had a monu-
ment erected TO his memory?"
well, stranger, guess l kim" was
the reply. You see, arter Artemus
died three or four hundred printer fell
lers down in New York city got to-
gether and passed some beautiful reso-
lutions, saying that Artemus should
have a monument, and they would pay
for it then and there; and then they
took up collection, which amounted
to twenty dollars and sixty cents, 80
I'm told; and since then this town
haint seen either the monument or the
money; but, stranger, we did get .
copy Of the resolutions"
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-11

scription was discovered upon the wall
] was more inclined than ever to my
opinion. The thing was too evidently
blind. When the ring was found,
however, 1t settled the question.
Clearly the murderer had used it TO
remind his victim OF some dead or cb-
sent woman. 1t was at this point that
] asked Gregson whether he had in
quired in his telegram to Cleveland as
to any particular point in Mr.. Drebber's
former career. He answered, you re-
member, in the negative
81 then proceeded to make n careful
examination Of the room, which con-
firmed me in my opinion as to the MUIR
derer's height, and furnished me with
the additional detail as to the Trichi-
nopoly cigar and the length OF his
nails. | had already come to the con-
clusion, since there were no signs Of o
struggle, that the blood which covered
the floor had burst from the murderer's
nose in his excitement. could per-
ceive that the track of blood conceded
with the track of his feet IL is sell
dom that any man, unless he is very
full-blooded, breaks out in this way
through emotion. SO | hazarded the
opinion that the criminal was probably
arobust and ruddy-faced man. Events
proved that | had judged correctly.
Having left the house, proceeded
to do what Gregson had neglected. I
telegraphed 20 the head of the police
at Cleveland, limiting my inquiry to
the circumstances connected with the
marriage of Enoch Drebber. The an
swer was conclusive. told me that
Drebber had already applied for the
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-11

II is expected that testimonial Of
some sort will be presented to the two
officers as a fitting recognition Of their
services"
Didn't tell you so when we
started2" cried Sherlock Holmes, with
a laugh. THAT'S the result of all our
study in scarlet; to get them testi-
moniall"
"Never mind" | answered; II have
all the facts in my journal and the
public shall know them. In the mean
time you must make yourself content
ed by the consciousness OF success, like
the Roman miser--
"'Populus me sibilat at nlihi plaudo
lpse domi simul &C nummos contemplar In
area"
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-11

Lake Chautauqua,
Niagara Falls,
st. Lawrence River,
Thousand Islands,
Lake Champlain,
Adarondacks,
Green & White Mts.,
New Eng. resorts,
New York and
Boston via.
Cleveland, Lake Shore, New York
Central and Boston and Albany
railways.
To the lake regions Of Wisconsin,
Iowa and Minnesota via. Chi.
cago. To the cool resorts
of Michigan via. Ben
ton Harbor.
When you 20 on yonr summer vacation see
that your ticket reads via the Big -Four route
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-11
Now Ho'a Inan.

There was young fellow from Me,
On whom the girls looked with diRd.. ~
10 get him a wife
He's tried all his llfc
An1G;il he Is iooAiny In Ye
Truth
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-11
Independent
GettInr Eynn With Him

1t was in the dining room of q way.
side inn in Texas.
'Is your cup out2" asked the sis
who was waiting on the table.
mo, the cup Is not out, but the cof-
fee is" he replied with a superior
smile.
The poor girl was somewhat con.
fused, but she determined to pay him
back in his own coin. Shortly after
wards the stage drove up and the
smart gentleman asked:
docs the stage dine here?"
'No, sir" replied the girl in a sar-
castical tone of voice, "but the passen-
gers do."-Texas Siftings.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-11
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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-11

Unsuccessful suitor-Am so very
obnoxious to you?
Miss Freezem-N-o; can imagine
circumstances under which ! might
clasp my arms about your neck very
gladly.
THANK Heaven! Under what cir
cumstances?"
"IfI were drowning and you wore
rear."--N Y. Weekly.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-11

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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-02-17
ROYAL

For generations il has been the Gus
ON TO mix the batter for buckwheat
axes with yeast or emptyings, retain
ng IL portion of the batter left over
ON one morning to raise the cakes
or the following day.
If kept too warm, or not used
promptly, this batter becomes excess
lively our and Objectionable. Buck
wheat cakes raised by this means nrc
more often sour or heavy than light
md sweet. If eaten daily they distress
Inc stomach and cause skin cruptions
md itching,
Instead of the old fashioned way we
ave been making hucitwheat cakes
his winter with Royal Baking Pow
er. mixing the batter fresh duiiy, and
ind the result wonderfully satisfactory.
hey are uniform Y light and sweet,
ore palatable and wholesome, and can
e eaten continuously without the
,lighscst digestive Inconvenience. Be-
,ides they are mixed and baked in a
moment, requiring no time to rise. Fol
owing is the receipt used:
Two cups of pure buckwheat flour
not prepared or mixeal; one cup of
wheat flour. two tablespoons of Royal
Baking Powder, and one half teaspoon
ful of salt, all sifted well together.
Mix with milk into n thin batter and
oake at once on n hot griddlc. Once
properly tested from this receipt, nc
other buckwhcat will find its way &c
your ta9e.-Domestic Cookery.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-02-17
Pnin-Endurins Animnls.

The n in which animals and
birds endure pain should awaken the
sympathy of ali thinking people.
Horses in battle furnish a striking ex-
ample of this power of endurance.
After the first singing pain is felt
tlsey mako no sound, but bear it with
mute wondering endurance, and when
in the silence Of the night a groan
comes from tho battlefield il is because
pr loneliness--the craving for human
tom%panionship which is so necessary
10 nce domeslicatcl animals.
A dog will 60 for days with a broken
leg without com plaint. but the plead
ing, wistful look would attract ntten-
lion from any one not totally blind to
all sensibility.
A cat, wounded by stick or stone.
Or caught in some trap from which it
has either crawled or pulled its way,
will crawl to some quiet out-of-the-
way place and endure silently agony
which we could not endure.
Cattle will meet the thrust of tho
butchers knife without %n.sounh. The
wild dove with the shot from the hunt
er's gun burning in its tender flesh
will fly to some high bough or lay
upon the ground and die. and no sound
will be heard save the dripping Of
blood upon the leaves.
The stricken deer will speed to some
thick wood and there in pitiful sub
mission await the end.
The eagle stricken in high air will
struggle to the last. but there will be
no sound of pain, and the proud, de-
liant look will not leave the eyes until
the lids close over them and shut out
she sunlight they loved SC well.-M. Y.
Herald.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-02-17

Sioux CIrr PRINTING Co. No. 400 =.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-02-17
MRS. SPROUTS DISCIPLINE.
How She Induced Her to Do q
Mucli-Nsaded ;Jnb.

Sailors are said to be more supcrsti-
tious than other men, and it is certain
that in their j~ourneyings round the
world they gather many strange fan-
cies. Ambrose Sproul, known in his
native village MS "Cap'n AM" was no
exception 10 the rule, says the YOUTHS
Companion. His head was full OF no.
lions of the strongest aud most foolish
sort. He was possessed, too, by a
spirit of incidence. So much all the
n%eighbors linew,and good Mrs. Sproul,
a loving and faithful wife, often found
herself called upon TO extenuate and
apologize for his shortcomings in tine
eye of the public.
"Cap'n Am is putic'ly willin' to work
rhen he gifts started" she would often
say, "bnt have TO tackle him oncom-
mon evcrc to start him."
After 4 time, however,it was noticed
that Capt. Am had mended his ways
and grown all ut once very industrious.
When Mrs. Sproul was spoken TO about
the matter she gave the following ex.
PLANTATION:
"fon see that ole lean-to on our
house has needed shinglin' fol- Il good
spell and had said everything TO the
cap'n to have him do it. But lie KEEP
putterin' round and putin me off.
He'd say when it was fair it didn't
need shinglin', am when it rained he
couldn't do it. Some days he'd git
ready to so to work, an then he'd re-
member he saw Il crow flynn alone, bein'
a stare sign of foul weather, or else they
were flyin' in circles an CALM.
Sometimes IL was that he'd dreamt
OF bein in deep water, an then lie
wouldn't trust himself on the ruf for
fear of accident.
We'll, one day he got fairly to work
an begun to hev hope. when all of u
sudden an owl flew round the barn
three times an hooted. Down come
Ambrose off the ruf an hurried into
the house. It's COMMA terrible hur-
r%icanen he says. AN owl hoolin' in
daylight is n sure sisn!'
1--WE got a torble good temper, but l
must say ] was riled. | didn't squirt
out, though, but | jest left my work
an TUX u book to read. l KEEP readin',
an by an by the cap'n says: Amt it
bout time for mess?'
~ looked up kind of surprised an
Gays A. we uOh u Wanu 10 DOUueC
much bout eatin' in sech a terrible gale
as this
about Q O'Clock he got himself some
bread an milk. but be never driv mn
other nail. didn't git any regular
supper, au' the next mornin' l didn't
git up. said l .dreamt OF d white
horse, an it was a sure sign of death,
an wanted to 80 decent in my bed
while l was prepared.
"Hc was in . terrible takin' to 60 over
to the upper deeslric' to the circus. but
l said the chickens crowed before sun.
bowman it was an indication of sudden
tornadocs.
We'll, bout 10 o'clock l hcerd the
shingles slappin' onto the lean-to live
ly, an then l got up an' prepared "a
good meal. He eat as though he en-
joyed it, an seemed uncommon soci-
BILE.
''That's ALL" she said, after a mo-
ment's silence, iu which she smiled to
herself. "Scnce then he's been diff
ent. When he has Il job to do he goes
at it, an all the crow-fyin' am owl
hootin'.in two counties couldn't skeer
him into stoppin'."
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-02-17
PUT A STOP TO THE rHIEvINc.
A Young Boardar Doctors His whisky
and Cologne with Surprising Resnlts.

Chemistry as 4 deterrent of crime is
as yet ~undeveloped. but there is a GER.
tain young man in New York who has
made some remarkable advances in
that direction, says the Uorld. Al
though he has spent much OF his life
in hotels and clearinghouse, he lost
his patience the other day when he
discovered that his toilet accessories
were subject TO a strange and ineXpli-
cable disappearance. He complained
to The landlady, but for all that the
mysterious disappearance continued.
Bottle after bottle of cologne suffered
from most mysterious leakage, and,
TO add to his other woes, his whisky
just as strangely disappeared. He
suffered as long as human endurance
suffers before rising to the sticking
point, and then he laid q trap for the
offender. AL dinner that evening the
dessert was about to be brought in
when q series Of piercing shrieks came
from the direction of his bedroom.
The boardcrs rushed upstairs. On the
upper landing there sat what was rec
ognizcd rs the wreck of the house
holds chambermaid. Her face was
black as the skin of Il Z%anzibari negro,
and her hair, a carroty red in its nat
urul state, was slreaked aud spotted
from the nape Of her neck TO her fore
head. She was sicH-sicker than was
ever transatlantic traveller in n hnrri-
cane. Between her gasps she raved
and shricked like u lunatic, while the
young man laughed hcartlcssly at her
plight.
II am p%oisoncdm shrieked tho cham
bermaid, and. pointing 10 the young
man, she yelled with venomous hate,
"fhut man has killed me-"
The situation began to get SO strain
ed that the landIadv drew the young
man aside for an explanation. The
boarders, anxious to have the mystery
explained, followed.
What have you done to my maidp"
the landlady asked.
And then it all came out.
You remember that ! spoke OF mys.
FERROUS thefts in my roomsp" said the
culprit. "Well, they did not stop
when | complained, so | took my own
precautions that they would not con.
tinue. From the condition Of vour
maid | infer that she has again been
helping herself 10 my cologuc and
whisky. This circumstnntial evidence
signifies that she first took u large
drink of the whisky. and Their pro.
ceeded TO battle in the cologne. &c
the fact that there is aquanlity of tar
tar cmetic in the whisky is due her APP,
pearance of nausea, and II reasonable
explanation for the peculiar color of
her complexion is tile combination OF
nitrate of silver with the cologne.
"Your chambermaid will be unable tc
appear in public for a few days, but ]
hardly think that she will disturb my
property again"
Aud the other boardcrs agreed with
him. Although the maid did not die
the young man had 10 move, b"t he
considers that the success of his ex-
pertinent amply repays him for his an.
noyance.