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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-25
An Egyptian Custom.

More than one thousand years ago
Herodotus observed a remarkable Gus
tom in Egypt, says Prof. Drummond.
At a certain season of the year the
Egyptians went into the desert, cut off
branches from the wild palm, and,
bringing them back TO their gardens,
waved them over the flowers of the date
palm. Why they performed this cere-
mony they did not know, but they knew
that If they neglected IT the date crop
would be poor or wholly lost. Herod-
otus offers the quaint explanation that
along with these branches there came
from the desert certain flies possessed
of "vivifc virtue" which somehow
lent an exuberant fertility to the dates.
But the true rationale TO the incanta-
tion is now explained. Palm trees, like
human beings, are male and female.
The garden plants, the date bearers,
were females, the desert plants were
males, and the waving of the branches
over the females meant the transfer
ference OF the fertilizing pollen from
the one to the other. Free
Press.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-25
STRONG AND GENTLE.
Two Qualities That Made william l. OF
Germany a Capable Ruler.

Two Ouhllllth lhhN haNS w -
Germany n Capable Ruler.
Emperor William |. of Germany pos
sessed an iron will, and at the same
time had great gift of popularity-a
most happy combination for a ruler
At the close OF the French war he
dictated to his private secretary an ad-
dress which he intended to deliver to
the German army. The final sentence
ran thus:
But do not forget that we must all
( be grateful toward Providence; for
Providence has UiRsd that we should be
the instrument destined to accomplish
what are such great events in the his
tory of the world"
The secretary having his own ideas,
as even the secretaries of emperors and
kings cannot help having, wrote "Provi-
dence has permitted"
"Stop," said the aged emperor; do
you imagine that | could have sup
ported the burden OF this war II | had
not entertained the firm conviction that
| Providence ioiicd it2 Write the word
! as dictated i'll"
With all this faith in himself-that
is, in his divine commission-he pre-
served those simple and human quail
ties which in strong ruler never fail
TO win the favor and even the homage
Of the people.
A young gardener was showing him
/ over the grounds of his fayorite retreat
at Babelsberg. The emperor noticed
that the youth was embarrassed and
seemingly preoccupied, and by and by
demanded the reason.
''Your majesty" said the boy, "in hall
an hour | am due at the barracks a
Potsdam."
That was enough. In few minutes
the young soldier was in uniform, anC
the emperor took him post-haste IL
his own carriage to the drill ground
| Youth'S COmDaniOn.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-25
LOOTED BY DESPERADoES.

Wells-Fargo Company's Express once at
Red Fork, l. T., Robbed-The Same Gang
Hold Up a Missouri Pacific Train.
RED FORK, I. T., July l9.-The office
of the Wells-Fargo Express Company
and the southbound train on the Monet
division of the Frisco road were robbed
last night by Bill Cook and his gang of
six desperadoes. At 7:SJ p. m. the seven
men entered the express office adjoin-
ing the depot and ordered the agent to
throw up his hands. Two of the men
guarded the agent and the remainder
went through the express safe and
packages. The amount taken is not
large. The robbers then mounted the
southbound train on the Monet division
and rode a short distance out, where
they compelled the engineer to stop
the train.
Messenger Chapman, brother OF the
Missouri Pacific messenger who was
killed year ago by train robbers, had
charge Of the express car. He was
made prisoner and the valuables in
the car were sorted over by the robbers.
The amount taken is not known. The
robbers fled from the train and were
seen in the moonlight to mount horses
and start north. Already posse is in
purSuit
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-25
AN IMPORTANT EplcT.
Mgr. SatOln Upholds Bishop Watterson IN
His Condemnation of Societies Which
Admit Saloonkeepers and Liquor Dealers.

Mgr. SatOllI Upholds Bishop watterson IN
His Condemnation of Societies Which
Admit Saloonkeepers and Liquor Dealers.
NEW YORK, July 19.-Mgr. Satolli,
the apostolic delegate, has just given
a decision condemning the liquor
traffic and especially as it is carried on
in the United States and approving the
expulsion of liquor dealers from Cath
olic societies.
This decision was called forth by an
appeal from the ruling of Bishop John
A. Watterson, of Columbus, o., and
was made by one of the societies with
in his jurisdiction. During the last
Lenten season Bishop Watterson ad-
dressed letter to the clergy OF his do
cese to be read before the congrega'
tions, and in the course of this pastoral
communication the bishop said
II hereby withdraw my appreciation
OF any and every Catholic society or
branch or division thereof in this do
cese that has a liquor dealer or saloon
keeper at its head or anywhere among
its officers, and l suspend every suchso-
ciety until 1t ceases TO be so differed"
After a time the apostolic delegate
returned an answer upholding the po-'
sition of the bishop. But still the soci-
ETY. was not suspended and it was said
the delegate did not understand the
case.
The bishop asked another society to
take the matter up and present it once
more at Washington, agreeing himself
to sign the appeal from Archbishop Sa-
tolli's decision, in order that the mat
ter might be presented in the strong
est light possible and that there might
be no mistaking the outcome. To this
second appeal the apostolic delegate has
just responded. lie reaffirms his first
Judgment, sustaining the position OF
Bishop Watterson, and says:
"First-Bishops have the right and
duty to guard faith and morals Within
the limits of their dioceses. They are
the divinely appointed judges in such
matters, and hence no mere society or,
individual layman has the right to set
such decisions at defiance. The mere
fact that such decision may be the
cause of temporal loss does not justify
opposition, as the temporal must give
way to the spiritual good, and private
good must give way to public good.
"Second-The liquor traffic, and espe-
cially as conducted here in the United
States, is the source of much evil hence
the bishop was acting within his rights
in seeking to restrict it.
"Third-Therefor the delegate apos-
tolic sustains Bishop Watterson's ae-
tion and approves of his circular letter
and regulation concerning saloons and
the expulsion Of saloonkeepers from
membership in Catholic societies"
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-25
An Obnoxious Law.

WATERTowN, n. Y, July ia meet
ing of boatmen at Thousand Island
park has been held at Alexandria bay,
and a committee appointed to go to
Washington and endeavor to enlist the
government in protest against the
law which prevails in Canada, requir-
ing ull sportsmen from the United
States to pay license of s. for the
privilege of fishing in Canadian waters.
The United States government places
no tax upon fishing for sport in the
waters of the st. Lawrence and the
Canadians come into the United States
waters freely and are welcome. The
boatmen at Alexandria bay viii retail
ate by refusing to allow Canadian boat
men TO receive employment from guests
Of the hotels on this side of the st.
Lawrence.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-25

PoRT ANGELES, Wash, July l9.-In a
drowning accident near here, J. II.
johnson, August Nelson and John Dip
pold lost their lives. The three left
Tuesday afternoon in a fishing boat.
Their boat capsized in view of people
on the beach, who heard their cries for
help, but, having no boats, could rem
der no aid. Rescuing parties started
out yesterday morning. Eight miles
east OF this point Nelson was seen on
the upturned bottom OF boat On
perceiving the rescuing parties, he
sprang into the water and was drowned
before their eyes The others perished
In the night.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-25

mother, taking the last look, or lifting
their little children to see once more
the face of dear old grandma, l want
to ask that group around the casket
ono question: "Do you, really think
her life was worth living?" A life for
God, a life for others, q life Of unsel-
Hshnes, a useful life, Christian life is
always worth living.
/ would not find it hard TO persuade
you that the poor lad, Peter Cooper,
making glue for q living, and then
amassing a great fortune until he
could build philanthropy which has
had its echo in ten thousand philan-
thropies all over the country-I would
not find it hard to persuade you that
his life was worth living. Neither
would l find it hard to persuade you
that the life of Susannah Wesley was
worth living. She sent out one son to
organize Methodism and the other son
to ring his anthems all through the
ages. would not find it hard work to
persuade you that the life of Frances
Leere was worth living, as she estab-
lished in England school for the
scientific nursing of the sick; and then
when the war broke out between France
and Germany, went to the front, and
with her own hands scraped the mud
off the bodies Of the soldiers dying in
the trenches, with her weak arm
standing one night in the hospital
pushing back a German soldier to his
couch, as, all frenzied with his wounds,
he rushed toward the door, and said:
"Lct me go to my 'liebe mutter. ,"
Major generals standing back to let
pass this angel of mercy.
Neither would have hard work to
persuade you that Grace Darling lived
life worth living-the heroine of the
lifeboat. You are not wondering that
the duchess of Northumberland came
to see her, and that people of all lands
asked for the lighthouse, and that the
proprietor of the Adelphi theater in
London offered her hundred dollars a
night just to sit in the lifeboat while
some shipwreck scenes were being
enacted.
But know the thought in the minds
of hundreds who read this. You say:
"While ] know all these lived lives
worth living, l don't think my life
amounts TO much" Ali my friends,
whether you live life conspicuous or
inconspicuous, it is worth living If you
live Alright. And want my next SEN
tence to go down into the depths OF
your souls. You are to be rewarded,
not according to the greatness Of your
work, but according to the holy indus
tries with which you employed the tai
ents you really possessed. The majority
J of the crowns of heaven will not be
given to people with ten talents,
for most of them were tempted only to
serve themselves. The vast majority OF
the crowns of Heaven will be given to
people who had one talent, but gave 1t
all to God. And remember that our
life here is Introductory to another. II
is the vestibule TO palace, but who
despises the door of the Madeleine be-
cause there are grander glories withinf
Your life, If rightly lived, is the first
bar of an eternal oratorio, and who
despises the first note Of Haydn's sym
phonies? And the life you now live is
all the more worth living, because II
opens into life that shall never end
and the last letter of the word time
is the first letter Of the word eternity
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-07-25
PULLMAN STRIKERS
Hold Meetings and Again Refuse to Go
TO Work.

PULLMAN, H., July l0.-The Pullman
company yesterday posted the follow
ing notice: These works will be
opened as soon as the number of opera.
tivcS taken is sufficient to make a work
ing force in all departments. II; Middle
ton, general superintendent"
The strikers held meetings at Rose
land and Kensington last night and
again resolved TO stand firm and refuse
TO go TO work. About 800 llollanders
met at Roseland and over2 GOO attended
the Kensington meeting.
President Debs has sent out circu-
lar letter and blank petition to all lo-
cal unions The letter calls upon all
members TO sign the petition to be pre-
Sented TO the house of representatives
asking for the impeachment OF Attor-
ney General olney. The petitions are
TO be sent TO each congressman.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-17
why Children Hang Their Stockings.

The custom of hanging stockings on
Christmas eve, like that of preparing
the Christmas tree, is derived from the
Germans, who have fable that while
the stockings of good children are filled
with toys and sweetmeats by khris
Kingle-a corruption of Christ Kindlin,
or Christ Child-those of bad ones re-
ceive nothing hut small rod or switch,
which is placed in them by another per-
sonage, known as Pelsnichol, literally
Nicholas with fur, meaning st. Nicholas
dressed in fur 1t is rare sight on
Christmas morning i'll n German house.
hold to see the expression of abject mis-
cry and broken heartedness on the face
of some poor little wight who, having
been disobedient or otherwise naughty
on Christmas eve, finds III his stocking
only small birch rod, while the hosiery
of his brothers and sisters is filled with
bonbons and playthings. The dread of
getting the rod from old Pelsnichol on
Christmas keeps many German child
in order throughout the entire year.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-17
WALKING IN THE RAIN.
A Form of Open Air Exercise That Has
Certain Attractions of Its Own.


What am going to doE' repeated
tho returned exile. Why, III going to
take walk in tho rain It's trick
learned i'll 'Hengland dear boy, and
it's one OF tho most charming forms OF
exercise on top OF this green earth. You
see my costume-well, 1t tho dead
copy of that i'll which Cornish squire
of my acq 1intance used to walk III
rainy weather over tho downs mat make
up most of his estate. My laced SHOES,
you perceive, come well up tho ankle,
have heavy cork soles and have just been
treated to good rubbing Ill OF cold
cream. / have stout WOODEN stockings
and knickerbockcrs ON, so as to avoid
the Tapping and contact OF the wet
trousers and this cape macklntosh comes
down pretty near to my heels. My un
derclothing is thick, but not heavy, and
my clothes are of rough tweed that
wouldn't be damaged If you let 'em lie
in stream for week Instead OF a
collar, | wear light silk scarf around
my neck, over which l turn my coat
collar and button 1t up So Ihls hat Is
q waterproof fore and after
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-17
CHICAGO CHAFF.

With greater New York in prospect
Chicago is wildly looking around for some
thing to annex. Rochester Democrat.
Let no one hastily suppose that Chicago
is paying the price of sudden growth.
Chicago hasn't the price about her clothes.
Detroit Tribune.
What If the new steamship ST. Louis
should make the record for ocean speed
The world wouldn't be large enough to
hold Chicago's grief-Omaha Bee.
When city like Chicago is unable to
pay 200 or 300 discharged laborers the
money due them, the smaller 1t shouts
about :, 900, 900 population the better
indianapolis journal.
The Chicago aldermen have voted TO
themselves larger and more costly gold
badges The advantage of this is that
the honest citizen is no longer in peril of
being mistaken for an alderman. New
York Commercial.
Now that the election excitement Is over
in Chicago the city has turned its atten
ton once more to the cheerful subject Of
reforming it's police force. 1t will soon
be time to abolish gambling again
Grand Rapids Democrat.
A Chicago clergyman has resigned his
pulpit in order to devote himself to the
cause Of municipal reform. Are we to in
fer that there Is something conflicting be-
tween the duties of Chicago clergyman
and those Of reformerY-St Paul Call.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-17
JEWEL AND GEM.

No manifestations In the way of jewelry
arc so dainty and poetical as those of the
brooch.
Imagine circlet made Of tiny butterfly
wings brilliant with color and separated
by tiny gems
II the jewelers. windows speak true,
stickpins and batpins will be the popular
offerings this season.
Perforated bulbs, stained with enamels,
are among the new designs. Others have
little upright sections of enamel OVERLAND
with ornament and Joined together.
A new drapery pin constructed on the
principle of the sheathed sword, with
chain connecting the two parts, takes the
form of a flower with IA long stem and a
few leaves.
Tho round brooches take the form OF
wrcaths, and these wreaths are so varied
beautiful and of such exquisite workman
ship that nothing prettier has been seen in
a long time.
Hatpins arrive at the dignity Of such
important articles Of dress as brooches and
bracelets. swords, mace crooks, miters,
all the emblems of civil and military au-
thority, are subOrned to fasten on those
wonders of beads and lace tht women call
bonnets Jewellers Circular.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-17
Bogie Sheep.

In Gambling time on sheep ranch
the ranehman is as solicitous regarding
his flock as is an Eastern farmer concern
ing his newly planted crop. In flock
consisting of thousands Of sheep humid
reds Of lambs are dropped in a day, and
the berders are keps proportionately busy
seeing that the newcomers are not tramp
led on and that the mothers are wiling
10 assume the responsibility OF maternity.
Sheep are peculiar IN this respect. Often
they do not Own their new born lambs or
display the least interest in them. Sheep
being so much alike in appearance 1t is
difficult for the berder to discover to
which mother a certain discarded orphan
belongs, so the lambling must be carried
off the range to the camp to be led by
hand until strong enough to follow the
flock
After the sheep are corralled at even
ing the careful herder goes out again over
the range, to search for missing ones
that have not been able to keep up with
the flock. for, if left out at night, both
mother and offspring would become prey
to the wolves that infest the country.
Sheep herders are paid about SIS month
and get their blankets, tents and provl-
sons. and they earn every bit OF eompen-
sation they receive Whether they herd
on horseback or on foot, the life of the
sheep herder is hard. The plan is fire.
quently adopted of not pennng the flock
at night in order to prevent the wool
from becoming discolored and soiled, as
it must be when a large number OF sheep
are hnddled together IN an lnclosed space.
The flock is driven up into fresh, clean
quarters every night; quarters that are
unienced and can be changed as often as
seems desirable Their charge being
thus unprotected, the herders must liter
ally sleep with one eye open and one ear
on the alert. Often in the silent watches
OF the night they rise build fires, fire OIL
guns and resort TO other devices for
frightening off the wolves.
Sheep are very timid. One OF their
number, black sheep, getting up in the
night to change his position will some
times cause the whole flock to dash off
frantcay, they know not where, afraid
of they know not what. The dark shape
of the black sheep frightens his compan-
ions who are near him, and then it is an
easy matter for the panic to be commu-
nicated to the rest The sound of the
simultaneous movement of countless
scampering feet, a sound resembling the
heavy rumbing Of thunder, wakens the
herders, and they must be up and away,
following over briar and bramble, scramb-
up hills and stumbling down over rocks
and stones until they succeed in heading
off the runaways. Perchance by that
time daylight is breaking and night they
counted upon for repose has been spent
in fatigue Another reason for not pen
ming the flock is that the sheep are then
at liberty to rise and commence feeding
as early as they please, the herders
keeping lookout over them as they
prepare their hasty breakfast. The
secret of making wool growing profitable
is to raise the sheep at as small expense
as possible. This can readily be done
in section of country where the grass
grows most Of the year.-Am@icaH .4gri.
CHIuJfH
The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-17
THE TATTlER.

Miss Cora Sheep-ip- the Woods, Sioux
maiden, has, under the influence OF civil
cation, become Miss Cora Bell Weather.
Miss Juliette Greer, one OF the prettiest
and most popular girls at Poughkeepsie's
college, is president of the Vassar senior
class
Lady Jeune, who is so fond of having
young literary lions and lionesses at her
"crushes. has written a book called
Later Questions. She is the wife of
Francis Jeune, q. G.
Lady John Scott who composed the air
II Annie Laurie" and the words as now
sung, is still living. The original song
vas In praise Of a daughter of the first
oaronet of Maxwelton.
The Duchess OF Sutherland, whenever
she goes on errauds of mercy in the east
end of London, always wears her smartest
frocks and hats and never forgets her dia
mond rings and brooches.
Mrs Bradley Martins titled daughter is
known in English society as little Lady
Craven, because Of her diminutive size
and youth and childish manners, which
have fascinated the nobility.
Mrs Isabella Beecher Hooker attributes
her good health in her old age to the fact
that she employs an electrical masseuse at
least twice week. Mrs Stowe has the
same treatment and is strong in body,
though not In mind.
Mrs Ulysses 5 Grant fairly overfows
with anecdotes and humorous stories of
which her famous husband forms the turn
ing point but it gives ones reverence for
thc great man distinct shock to hear her
pfer to him casually as 'Ulyss."
Mrs William Waldorf Aston, who was
Miss Paul of Philadelphia, is privately
quoted as the Lady Bountiful among de-
serving poor in London, to whom she min
listers in quiet, transformations way, both
personally and through an agent.
There is no woman who attracts more
attention ON the streets than Mrs. Frank
Leslie, not 70 much from the fact that she
always carries her blue Skye terrier along,
but because she wipes its muddy little
tootsies with 50 lace handkerchief.
Mrs. Hughes Hallett, once noted belle
and beauty of Philadelphia, who lives
abroad, and whose marital troubles are
not yet forgotten, is credited as the origi-
nator of many of the bonmots that appear
in some Of the London society journals.
One of the peculiarities of Eleonora Duse,
the great actress, Is the strlctness with
which she is rearing her only daughter.
Tho young girl, who is in a convent in
Dresden, is never allowed to go to the
theater or assist in any amateur theatrical
productions.
Mrs. w. II. Edwards widow of the late
United States consul general at Berlin,
who prior to her marriage to Mr.. Ed
wards, was the Baroness Heckcn Won
Monclaaken, is residing in that city with
her children, whose education she is SUI
perintending
Mrs. Ormiston Chant tells a joke about
herself. When before the London music
halls licensii.i committee, she overheard
gentleman ask another, pointing to two
Of the witnesses, (which of those old cats
Is Mrs Chant;" Mrs Chant leaned over
and said, That particular tabby, sir, is be-
bt nd van -