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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-11-20
Millinery.

This department is very popu-
lar with the ladies. Special Sale
on Trimmed Hats at $1.48, $1.B,
$2.4S. Greatest values ever off
cred. This is a very special off
ering and we want you to see
them
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-11-20
Wall Paper.

This is our season for reducing
stock, and as we have twice as
much paper as we ought to have
at this season, we will give from
25 to so per cent. discount on all
wall paper, nothing will be re-
served. Tell all your friends
about this Great Wall Paper Sale.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-11-20
Horse Blankets

76x8O inches, extra heavy, for 81.
We bought 100 of them for they
are the greatest value we ever
saw. Other grades .69-S5.0O ca.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-11-20
Oil Cloth & Llnoleu m,
Brussels Carpets.

so styles all widths 25c. to 4oc.
square yard.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-11-20

Speaker Boxwell wantsto bere-elected,
and is travelling over the state to visit
the members elected, in his own behalf.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-11-20

100 styles. We find our stock
is double the size it sho uld be
and for a short time only will
give special discount on every
Yard of Brussels Of from 10 per
cent. to % per cent. This will
be grand chance to buy Brus-
sells CARPET.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-11-20

President-making will now be in order
Mckinley, Reed and Allison are in the
race with more to hear from.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-11-20
Cloak Dept


This is the busiest place in
Norwalk, New, up-tO-date gar
ments arriving daily.
Elegant Capes. ..$4 to $40
Tony Capes, mostly rough
effects. .$4.38 to $18
Our $40 Jackets are like the
$12 and SIS at ordinary stores,
The Clothing & Shoe
business is booming now. Cut
prices and best goods are being
appreciated by our many patrons
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19
Small Opportunities

Opportunity was well pictured as a
man running, his hair as well as his
garment streaming in the wind.
Whoever would seize him must
clutch his hair and hold fast, lest op-
portunity should slip out of his grasp
Our opportunities for little pleas
ures, the small delights of life, come
constantly to every one Yet so fleet
ing are they that they disappear as
swiftly as we perceive them. There
fore we cannot wait day or an hour
to grasp whatever pleasure life offers
us. Stop and enjoy quickly the sun
shine, the sweetness of falling rain
on the thirsty earth, the colors of the
sunset, the solemn light of the stars,
the heartiness of the evening gather
ing, the brightness of the warm, well
ordered home, the cordial greeting of
friends, the exchange of sympathy
from heart to heart, the unconscious
grace of little children-the happi-
ness that comes from perceiving these
things and possessing the ability to
make the most of them.
Do not wait to enjoy these until
tomorrow or next week, or even I'M
til your present employment is fin
ished. The suspicious time is now.
The leisure of the busy man or WON
an is as great today as tomorrow
New York Advertiser.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19
Japan's Multitude of Gods.

Shintoism is the old. vague, Japa-
nese religion-a pretty, childish folk
lore, which was long overshadowed
by Buddhism. At the time of the
revolution of 1868 it came to it's own
again and is now widespread through
out the empire. "Shinto" means 1.-The
way of the gods" and those gods are
innumerable. The worshiper chooses
those who suit his purpose from
among them and leaves the others,
as far as he is concerned, almost neg
lected. Its sects do not worship an
identical god in different ways, but
rather adore different gods in an
identical fashion. Some practice pos
session-that is, they call down the
divinity by throwing one another
into frances, in which the god is sup
posed to visit the body of the person
possessed. Others have the custody
of the great shrine, yearly visited by
hundreds of thousands of pilgrims. -
Percival Lowell.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19
SOLDIER STATESMEN.
Democratic Candidates For Governor In
Mississippi and Iowa.

Democratic Candidates For Governor In
Mississippi and Iowa.
Two lawyers and ex-soldiers are the
Democratic standard bearers in Missls-
sippi and Iowa this year. Mr.. Anselum
J. McLaurin, the candidate for govern
or in Mississippi, was born III Rankin
county, that state, in the spring OF 1o4o.
He is of Scotch lineage. In 1864 he
went to the Sommerville institute,
private training school for boys, but re-
manned there only few months, when
he enlisted in the Confederate army. At
the close of the war he resumed his
studies at the Sommerville school, grad
uating in 1867 at the age of 10. He re-
turned to his humble log cabin home,
his father being farmer then living in
Smith county, and assisted in repairing
the loses entailed by the war For a
year he worked by day on the farm and
read law at night by pine knot fire.
In the following spring he went to the
county seat at Raleigh, where court was
in session, took the required examina-
ton and was admitted to the bar. In
1871 he was elected state attorney for
the Fifth judicial district, serving the
full term Of four years. Seeking broad
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19

er field, he moved to Brandon, where he
formed law partnership with General
Robert Lowry. He has gained distinc-
ton as a criminal lawyer, having been
engaged in nearly hundred murder
cases. He was elected to the state legis-
lature in 1879, and in 1888 was chosen
elector at large on the Democratic tick
ct. He was a prominent figure in the
state constitutional convention in 1892.
In 1894 he was elected United States
senator to fill Senator Walthall's unex
pired term.
Judge w. I. Babb, the Iowa guberna-
torial candidate, was born in Des
Moines county Oct. 2, 1914. In 1860 he
went to MOunt Pleasant, which has since
been his home. He served two years in
the Union army as private i'll the
Eighth Iowa cavalry during the war of
the rebellion. He was educated at the
Iowa Wesleyan university, receiving his
degree in the classical course in 1866.
He Immediately began the study of law
and was admitted to the bar in 1867,
establishing himself in Mount Pleasant,
where he has since practiced his pro-
fession. In 1883 he was elected to the
legislature from Henry county and has
since served two terms as circuit judge.
Judge Babb is member of the board of
trusees of the Wesleyan university, his
alma mater, and is we'll known in Iowa
through his labors in behalf of that in
stitution and in connection with the
Methodist church. He was Republican
until 1868, since which time he has
been a Democrat.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvam...
tends to personal enjoyment and
rightly used. The many, who When
ter than others and enjoy life mo ,rss Oct.
less expenditure, by more 'I nron with
adapting the wo,ld's best prd SdiUu.p'ly
the needs of physical being will p, y. 10
the value to health of the pnra G i''st
laxative principles embraced IL aqald
remedy, Syrup of Figs. IL 'ae
Its excellence is due to its prass,4.
in the form most acceptable and ' nIaat
ant to the taste, the refreshing and f t'I
beneficial properties of perfect a." Ia
ative; effectually cleansing the svs, 4aa'
dispelling colds, headaches and i faraa
and permanently curing constin ss;sN
1t has given satisfaction to millions sni
met with the approval of the maJ guy
profession, because it acts on the 'I T;1
neys, Liver and Bowels without w nll'
ening them and it is perfectly free fmn
every Objectionable substance. "Vu
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all a,r.
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is mss
ufactured by the California Fig Svr an
Co. only, whose name is printed on eys ,P
package, also the name, Syrup Of F;a!
and being we'll informed, you will H,
accept any substitute if offered
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19
SCOTCH HUMOR.
1t Crops Out Occasionally Among Elders
of the Kirk.

1t Crops Out Occasionally Among Elders
of the Kirk.
The elder of the kirk, like most of us,
can blunder occasionally. The pastor of
q small village on the borders had gone
for a few days to visit some relatives,
when an old lady was suddenly stricken
down and not expected to live more
than few hours. The elder was hastily
summoned to attend; but, having been
lately elected to the post, which he had
accepted in order to satisfy the vanity
of his wife, he did not feel able to face
the trying ordeal His wife entreated
him to do his duty, and whispering a
few lines of Scripture into his ears sent
him off on his errand.
An hour later his wife beheld him
stepping homeward as brisk as March
hare. She inquired how he had come on.
ooh, fine, woman, fine!' was the re-
ply. "She was deid when got there ~
A short time ago, when disestablish-
ment was in everybody's mouth, an old
lady created quite a sensation in a
church not far from Amman. Having
been from home a considerable time,
she was unaware that the election of
elders had taken place. She attended
services the following Sunday, when the
minister, commenting on the result, re-
marked that in David Richardson the
church had a new pillar of strength, to
which she retorted: "What! David
Richardson pillar! Nae wonder the
auld kirk gaun to fa'r' David, who
had the misfortune to have wooden
leg and a hump back, quietly rose up
and answered: "Whee hit, We gOwk.
Criffel's "a mountain i'll the neighbor-
hood not straight!'
On one occasion the minister met
Donald coming from Dumfries Rood fair
in rather muddled state. David !!
David! Do l see your double?''
"Eh, guidsakes, Minister'S exclaimed
the elder 'Guidsakes, are We fOu tae?'
A minister, feeling indisposed on one
occasion, did not put in an appearance,
and the elder, apologizing for his alb
sence, gave it out that "his reverence
was unco bad in the roomattic" (for so
he pronounced the word rheumatism
land couldn't get out. -
On hearing this startling intelligence
an old lady who happened to be pres
ent shrieked out:
"Eh, that auld hizzy O. his Has she
locked puir man in the attic because he
was enjoying himself at Farmer Bells
kim ?D-ScOttiSh American
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19
A Sparrow Chorister.

The Free Parish church congrega-
ton had rather an amusing expert
ence one Sunday. A little sparrow,
evidently tired of the warning of the
elements outside the kirk, thought it
would pay visit inside and did so,
not by the orthodox manner, coming
through the door and leaving do
nation in the plate, but through the
window, thereby lodging the elders
eagle eyes. Just as it arrived and
had started CHEEKY chirruping the
choir rose up and burst into the well
known hymn, Return, o Wander
er, to Thy Home" The visitor, how
ever, did not take the hint, but re-
manned to the end of the service and
assisted the choir at intervals
Rothesay (ScOtland Chronicle.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19
Soap Bubbles.

M. Izarn has communicated to the
Academy of Sciences a new method for
obtaining soap bubbles lasting a much
longer time than those obtained from
the soap water generally used He has
recourse to resinous soap made by the
following formula: Pulverize together
10 grams Of pure rosin and 10 parts
of carbonate of potash; add 100 parts of
water and boil until complete solution.
We obtain in this way thick solution
which may be kept in stock to be diluted
for use with from four to five times it's
volume of water. 1t can be kept indefi-
nitely even when exposed to the air. The
bubbles produced are very persistent and
consequently can be made useful in the
study of phenomena relating to thin
lamin@ and in making photographs in
which soap bubbles play part.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19

that if by any chance cholera should
gain foothold in this city 1t would
make it's appearance in the Chinese
quarter, where the crowded condition
of the narrow streets and the illy-ven-
tilated houses have provided material
breeding place for the plague.
All the sugar that comes to the
Northwest is from Hong Kong, an in
fected port, and is handled by coolies
there probably close to cholera pa
tients. A well-known manufacturer
and agent in the Orient says:
Every package of merchandise,
sugar, silk, ETC., should be thoroughly
fumigated and the cholera germs, II
any, thus eradicated. Think of Amer
icas using sugars and silks handled and
worked upon by natives who receive II
cents a day for their labor and live IN
squalor and dirt with pestilence and
disease raging near by
The sugar business of this country is
largely in the hands of great combl-
nation, but the reason for this is that
the policy of our legislators has been
so parsimonious that instead Of build
ing up the small factories for the man
ufacture of beet sugar, the bounty has
been withdrawn and our people have
been discouraged in working up the in
dustry.
Time will come when in every state
there will be refneries and no section
of the world can produce better beets
than Oregon and Washington. If,
therefore, you wish to live to see the
dawn of that day when the millions
spent for sugar will be kept at home
begin as you are now advised to do and
buy American sugar and encourage
those who are waiting for the proper
opening to appear when they can engage
in the production and manufacture OF
domestic sugar.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19
SAROINE FISHING.
The Process From the Time of the Catch
to the Canning and Cooking.


Toward the end of April the sardine
fishermen along the coast of Brittany
begin to watch for the bubbling of the
sardines on the surface of the sea. For
they know that vast shoals Of the little
fish are on their way from the coast of
Africa up through the bay Of Biscay to
the north, and that they must be caught,
if at all, as they pass. When any one
sees the water agitated, word spreads
rapidly and the boats put out from the
shore and race to the shOal
When the net is extended, the water
is "baited" by throwing balls Of
''roque" into it. AS the bait dissolves
and sinks the sardines rise and remain
long after to nibble it, and their doom
is sealed. For this reason rogue" is
most important part of the sardine fish
erman's outfit. 1t is made Of the eggs of
mackerel and Goldfish mixed with clay,
and is rather expensive, costing from %
shillings to 70 shillings barrel
Within the curing factories or can
neries everything is hustle and confu-
sion, for there must not be a moment S
delay in cleaning the fish. All night
long the work is carried On by the light
of blazing oil wicks. The sardines are
spread out on benches or tables, where
salt is busted over them. Then the
women go along and snip off the heads
with great scissors.
The little fiat boxes so we'll known
to commerce are taken one by one and
filled from the glistening pile of fish,
after which pure olive oil from the
province of Bari, in Italy, is poured
over them and the tops soldered ON.
In the meantime a great caldron Of
hot water has been raised to the boiling
point ready for the real operation of
cooking the fish. The sealed boxes are
thrown into it and left for two or three
hours. If any oil appears on the top of
the water, the master workman knows
that some can has not been properly
soldered, and the loss is charged up to
the man who did the work. A good
workman will not lose more than two
or three boxes in 1O0.-New York Re-
cOrder.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19
A Foolish Objection.

We are rather weary of the claim
made by some clergymen that, because
Miss Willard has never been a mother,
her opinion about the training of boys
and girls for the church is valueless. If
this is true, it would logically exclude
every man from the possibility of hay
ing good ideas about the education of
children. The historic church has al
ways made celibacy requisite for reli-
gious teachers. If the unmarried condi-
ton renders one sex superior for ethical
instruction, why should it not render
the other?
1t seems to me that this argument is
kept up, not for the honor of God, but
for the purpose of placing a ban upon
womanhood, and such treatment of a
gifted woman deserves the most disdain-
full disapprobation. - Louisa South
worth in Woman's Journal.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19

ions advanced Conservatives are
breathing hints Of heresy, and rumors
of a possible church trial are freely cir
culated. The doctor and his friends,
however, profess to fear no such result.
The following portion OF the doctors
lecture is one to which exception has
been taken
1.-The evolution Of the body of man
from some inferior animal and the sub
sequent endowment i'll this body by God
of a rational soul is antagonistic to no
dogma of faith and may be shown to
be in harmony with the teachings OF st.
Thomas The theory may encounter
certain grave difficulties in the domains
of metaphysics and Biblical exegesis,
but do not think that such difficulties
are insuperable At all events, whatever
one may be disposed to think of the
theory, it is well always to bear In mind
that it has never been condemned by the
church, although it has been publicly
discussed and defended for full five and
twenty years. y
Father Zahm's degree of doctor was
lately conferred upon him by the pope,
prOpriO motu, and it is an interesting
fact that the only other scientist upon
whom this honor has been conferred
from the Vatican is st. George Mivart,
whose excursion into forbidden fields of
belief and its sequel of reprimand and
recantation are we'll remembered. 1t is
asked by not few whether such fate
is not in store for DR.. Zahm.
DR.. Zahm was born Of German and
Irish parentage at New Lexington, O.,
in 1841. In 1871 he was graduated at
the Notre Dame university and soon
afterward entered the Congregation of
the Holy Cross, which was founded at
Notre Dame so years ago by the cele-
brated Father SOrin. For quarter of
century Dr. Zahm has been professor of
physics in the faculty of his alma mater.
During that time he has Travelled wide
ly and has contributed largely to scien-
tific and religious periodicals. He was
the first American to be elected men,
Der Of the Societe Franchise de Ply
siQue.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19
Every Mother Knows IT.

Mr. Dinwiddie-I see that Mrs.
Gladstone has written an article Oh
children, in which she says they need
change.
Mrs. Dinwiddie-Don't I know that9
Don't they come to me two or three
hines a day and ask for nickel or a
1imea-Plttsbure Chronicle,
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19
They Call Her the Storm Spirit.

"There is a storm spirit in Ken
lucky" said r. G. Darlington of that
state. 1t is not spirit in reality,
but woman who is known through
out that section by the name of the
storm spirit. She stands when a
storm is portended upon promi-
hence overlooking the Kentucky riv-
Ell in Morgan county, and her ap-
pearance is regarded as an infallible
sign that rough weather may be ex-
pected. I saw her once and will new
er forget how she looked as she stood
upon a rocky ledge, her face turned
toward the sky as if beseeching some
unseen power, her long hair floating
i'll the breeze, her face pale and ema-
ciated, but her expression firm and
resolute.
My guide, who was conducting
me through the mountains, said SEN
tentiously: l reckon We'll hev a
storm. Thar air the speret.' From
several sources l learned her history.
Once the belle of the mountain side,
she had plighted her troth to the
young man of her choice. He left for
Frankfort ON a raft and was never
heard from afterward. For many
weary months she awaited his return,
and then they told her the truth
that he had been drowned in the
treacherous river Then reason de
serted her, and ever since, when a
storm is portended, she goes upon the
rocks and appears to plead with the
elements to stay their fury that he1
lover may return st Louis Globe
Democrat.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19
Easy Hunting In Maine.

Bangor has become clearing house
for hunters who don't wish to hunt. A
Connecticut man came there few days
ago, loafed around the sunny corners
until he got tanned, bought an old
rusty gun and equipments, went to the
market and bought three fine looking
deer, hired guide to post him on
scenery, distances, locations, trails, ETC.,
and then returned to the Nutmeg State
to rehearse his thrilling experiences in
the depths of the wild forests of Maine.
-Kennebec Journal.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19
Suspiciously Bostopese.

Il desire to insert this small adver-
hsement in your paper tomorrow
morning." she said.
''This, said the advertising clerk,
looking it over, will go among the
wants."
Have you no wish column9"
mo, num-"
''Then, sir" said the young lady
haughtily, you need not insert it. i
simply wish situation as governess
that Is all. It is not case of want.
Is there any newspaper printed in
English in this placei"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19

sity, Indiana, has
long been noted
for his extreme
liberalism on the
relations of sci
ence to the teach
ings Of the Ro-
man Ca t h oil &c
church, but his
recent lectures on
evolution at the
Catholic summer
school in Platts-
burg created a
decided sensation
by reason by the
novel and I'M
orthodox Opin-
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19
Kind Offer.

Impoliteness may sometimes perhaps
be answered properly with impertinence.
A struggling author went to an editor
with manuscript.
"Oh,' exclaimed the editor, "don't
bother me now. I've other fish to fry. +"
We'll. I'll fry your fish for you, !"
said the author, while you read my
manuscript.
So the editor had to read it.-Ycuth's
Companion.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19
LINES ON A GREEK INN,

Gather peoples, gather smilax,
Bind wreath for faithful Phylax.
Poppies, for he gave us sleep,
Smilax from his Delphian steep.
Say his wine We could not quaff,
Praise his salad and pilaf.
Whisper he would better please
We're his beds quite free from
Good Words.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19

be traced by the lines in the woman's face
Dull eyes, the sallow or wrinkled face and
those feelings of weakness " have their
rise in the arrangements and irregularities
peculiar to women. The functional de-
engagements, painful disorders, and chronic
weaknesses of women, can be cured with
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription For the
young girl just entering womanhood, for
the mother and those about to become
mothers, and later in " the change of life, !"
the Prescription " is just what they need;
it aids nature in preparing the system for
these events. It's a medicine prescribed
for thirty years, by DR.. r. V. Pierce, chief
consulting physician to the Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y,
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19
A SYNDICATE OF MONSTERS.

Here are the names of the abominable trio
that compose it, hated and abhOrred by man and
womankind- dyspepsia, biliOusness and con-
stipation, What is the most successful way to
attack and squelch these united monsters?
Take Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and they will
pull up stakes and make tracks for parts I'M
knO xn, leaving no trace behind. The Bitters
also exterminates malaria, rheumatic and kid
ney trouble and nervous ailments.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-09-19
NEW WAY EAST-NO DUST.

Go East from Portland, Pendleton, Walla
Northern Railway to Montana, Dakotas, St.
Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago, Omaha, St..
Louis, East and South. ROck-ballast track ;
fine scenery; new equipment Great North
ern Palace Sleepers and Diners; Family
Tourist Cars Buffet-Library Cars. Write
G. G. Donovan, General Agent, Portland,
Oregon, or F. 1. Whitney, G. P. & L. A.,
St. Paul, Mimi, for printed matter and in
formation about rates, routes, ETC.