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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-09-25
Didn't Mind the fire.

"The coolest man ever saw" said
veteran fireman, II met at q fire in q
dwelling house. We found him in an
upstairs front room, dressing to go out.
The fire by this time was bilin' up
through the house at a great rate.
Hello, thcrc!' we hollcrcd to him
when we looked in at the door, the
house is atirc!'
"'Would it disturb you if l should
remain while you arc putting it out?'
he said, lifting the comb from his hair
and looking around at us. lie had on a
low waist ccat and his dress coat lay
across chair.
"Sccing us staring at him, he dropped
his comb into his hair again and went
on combing. But as matter of fact he
was about ready. He put down the
comb, put on his coat and hat, and
picked up his ovcrcoat.
"'Now I'm ready, gentlemen he
said.
I'VE started, but the stairway had
now been closed up by fire. We turned
to the windows. The boys had got q
ladder up on the front of the house.
Now, then we said to him, when
we came to the window
"'After you, gentlemen he said,
standing back, and I'm darned if we
didn't have to go down the ladder first
and lot him cc.ne last. IN. Y. Sun.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-09-25
BEcGARs IN ROME.
The Streets Literally Filled with Mendl
cnnts OF Both Sexes.

The Streets Literally Filled with MendI-
cnnts Of Both Sexes.
Rome is always more or less infested
with beggars; but this season, says
New York Times correspondent, the
streets in the quarter frequentcd by
the English have literally swarmed
with mendicants, old and young, and
lof both sexes. Nor do think that the
majority of these solicitors of aims are
professional beggars. Of one profess
sional, nevertheless, have been aware
for many years past, and when l left
Rome she was carrying on very profit
ably her shamelessly impudent trade.
Long ago | christened her Mrs. Pinch
kid. In the smolsing-room of the good
old Hotel d'Anglerterre. in the Via
Bocca di Leone, we rarely fail to be
aware after lunch Of the gaunt, cadav-
erous face of Mrs. Pinchliid standing at
the window and extending one skinny
hand for soldi. After q minute or two,
If the appeal failed, there woHld appear
above the horizon of the window blinds
the head of human baby, gaunt and
wizencd, Presently this forlorn infant
would give shrill shrek. l knew
what it meant well enough; the abom-
inablc old hag was pinching the baby,
but the poor little thing that yclpcd
would frequently fetch" young Eng
lish clergymcn, youthful guardsmcn
and kind-hcartcd people generally, who
would hurry out of the room to give
half-pence to the cruel crone at tho
window She has been at this devils
work to my knowledge for ct least a
dozen years, thus naturally it cannot
be the same baby that she pinchcs.
Where does she hire them? And how
many coppcrs day does she disburso
for baby with an exceptionally shrill
squeak when pinchcd?
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-09-25

into the army. She stayed with me.
Then the baby was born and she died,
and young Hillborough married again,
and went with his wife to India"
Leaving Elsie?"
"Pshaw! He knew nothing about
hcr-5didn't know of her existence"
'Wcll?"
"Wcll, tho whole story was sprung
on the old gent"
by whom?"
by me, if you must know; but 1
shall never get through my story, if
you ask so many questions"
"Well, go on"
"And it was agreed that the child
should be suppressed" :"
Suppressed"
"Yes, shipped abroad under another
name"
"And that child is"
"Your wife as sure as shootin'!"
"And her father went to India and
raised q second family"
HE didn't. He an his wife were
killed by cholera, an now the old gents
got streak of remorse-ncver could
afford conscience myself-an's just
us anxious to get his granddaughter
back as he once was to get rid Of her."
"Surely, you could have found her
before this?"
"I'll be hanged if could, for the lit
tie mink has kept herself as close as
weasel. The Whitfords played it on
me, too, an / never got her address till
two days ago"
"How can we prove Elsies idcntity?"
asked Grey cautiously.
1--WE got them fixed to perfection;
testimony, birthmarls, everything
you leave that part of the business to
me-"
"And have you any proofs to give me
Of the truthfulncss ofy your story?"
Lord, what q lad you are for proofs!
One would think you were drynurscd
by lawyer. Well, dollars talk, don't
they; loud and clear; and there's no mis-
undcrstandin' them. See: I'll go
straight to England, an before three
weeks have passed-if / ever get alive
across that cussed sea-Sir Gordon
shall cable you expenses to bring your
wife to England"
Late as it was, when Frank reached
home, council of war was called, for
rs luck would have it, Mr.. and Mrs.
Woodgrove had stepped across the
street to spend the evening with the
young wife, and they sat enthralled,
while he related the romantic story OF
Elsic's birth and parentage.
And when he had done, their tongues
did wag!
I'm not bit surprised" asserted
Mrs. Woodgrove. 81 always looked on
Elsie as a disguised princess"
Turns out to be swan when we
all thought her a barnyard duclhling,"
Frank laughed.
Come here, you serene highness,"
the old gentleman demanded, "and
graciously give me kiss. Perhaps
when you are ruling in your ancestral
mansion, surrounded by your gorgeous
funllics, you may be above gratifying
the whims Of an old lumber merchant"
wherever / am, whatever am,
Elsie cried, her arm wound lovingly
round his neck, II shall never forget oil
! owe to you and" she paused to grasp
his wifc's hnnd-"my dear, dear
mothcr!"
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-09-25
A Crying UnfAlrness.

A millionaire was contemplating q
row Of wretchcd people waiting for
scraps outside Il city restaurant when
he was accosted by an affablc stranger.
Things isn't evened up very well in
this world, sir"
They are not" gruntcd the million.
airc.
Easy for one clarsc and difficult for
another, if / may venture 'umble
opinion!" went on the stranger.
Il agree with you there" muttered
the millionaire, irritably, as he watched
thin, ill-clad woman receiving stale
portion of apple tart with the tail Of a
bloater in it. Look at me, must pay
for cvcrything-litcrally everything
in hard-carncd money; and here arc
those people, even the poorest among
thcm-their food gift; street foun-
tains provided to supply them with
drink, and all sorts of shelters, par,;
seats and archways for their sleeping
places. 1t is confoundedly unfair."-
Good Company.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-09-25
CHAPTER Xxx.
An INTNREsTINa UNCLE.

One bright summers day, Mrs. Frank
Grey ran down the walk to the garden
gate of her pretty new house to meet
her husband, on his return from his Of
fee.
1t was not long after a gay little
wedding, which had turned Elsie Whit
ford into Elsie Grey, and made two.
young people supremely happy.
"Frank, darlingl" was the young.
wife's glad greeting; "what do you
think have found to-day?"
another lost baby?"
"No, indeed; but real live-very
much alive-uncle, Frank"
"You are joking?"
II never was more serious. He came
all the way from England on purpose
to see me, and don't like him one lit
tie bit. Frank, do absolutely believe
the horrid man was going to kiss mel"
"Shows he has good taste, at any rate.
Is he the corporal's brother?"
"Why, don't you know the Whitfords
are not my real father and mother,
Frank?"
Frank staredi in amazcnent.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-09-25
A rell-rals ueadstone.

The mother of Julia Kavanagh was a
woman of great intellectual power and
force of character, but even when she
was eighty years old she was ashamed
of her age. One day she went with her
French maid to the cemetery at Nice,
to visit the tomb she had cracted to her
daughter. The two were standing be-
fore the stone, when the maid innocent
ly read the inscription. Julia Kavanagh
had been dead seven years, and her age,
fifty-four, was of course recorded.
Madame must be very DID, remarked
the maid. "Old" exclaimed Mrs. Kav-
anagh; ''why should be oldP What do
you know about my age?" "Madcmoi-
sclle was tifty-four when she died."
continued the girl, land she has been
dead some time. Therefore, madame
must be very old Mrs. Kavanagh
said nothing, but the next day she sent
a mason to the cemetery and had the
tell-talc figures removed. San Francis
co Argonaut.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-09-25
CHAPTER XXI.
A NOBLE COUNT.

"News, news, news! What will you
give me to tell you the most wonderful
piece of news you ever hcard?" Mr.
Woodgrovc asked at breakfast one
morning.
Now, though the young people had
house of their own across the way, they
took their meals in the Woodgrovc
mansion, and consequently were pres
ent at this exciting moment.
Good or bad?" Mrs. Woodgrove
asked.
Good, royal, grand"
"Of whom?" demanded Elsie.
"Of a friend of yours, my dear"
"Oh, do tell; am burning to know it."
Then hold your tongue, love-" Mrs.
Woodgrove said, laughing, "for Mar
Gus could not keep secret for five con-
Bccutivc minutes"
"Wcll," remarked the old man, II
may as well paralyze You at oncc-Nlrs.
Clarence Grindlay is going to be mar
ricd"
"Oh, Marcus, at her time of lifc!"
"Yes, and what's the worst of i'll
mean the best of it's that she is go
ing to we'd German baron"
Not Count Won Thun?" Elsie asked.
"Oh, did not like him."
"Did you not, darling? Well, it's all
settled, so it's no use crying over spilled
milk. Now, here's where we come in.
Marion is going to give a ball on
Wednesday evening to exhibit her lord
ly captive, and we are hidden guests
now, who will go?"
mot l." Mrs. Woodgrove said, de-
cisively, but l should like Frank to
take Elsie, and you, Marcus, must ac-
company them out of respect to Mar
ion."
Perhaps in no city Of the world oan
such unboundcd, reckless extravaganza
be witnessed as IN New York, the capi-
tai Of the land Of republican simplicity.
Ostentation and rank seem more natur-
ally associated, but, bless your life,
when John Smith, who never had q
recognized grandfather, has made his
pile" he Knows how to lord 1t with the
best of them.
The Grindlay mansion on the night of
the ball outrivaled Aladdin's palace.
The flowers for decoration cost fyc
thousand dollars: gorgeous servants
twenty years ago one saw no livcries in
the Empire city-brilliant in plush and
tinsel, fitted like plumed birds amid q
tropical blaze Of gold and purple.
In the center Of the spacious hall q
fountain was erectcd-a lovely marble
basin, from whose depths naiads blew
forth jets Of cau-dc-cologne or rosewa-
ter, while from the dropping, bell
shaped flowers of group Of astras
hung dainty petals tipped with tiny
electric lights. Rooms hung with rich
draperies, floors covered with carpets
from the looms of Turkey, soft and ir-
responsive to the tread of the foot;
ceilings hnnd-painted and glowing in
rich color; fantastic tables and chairs
of quaint device; costly inlaid cabinets;
rich vases; priceless china-it was like
a VISION Of fairyland, only, after all, as
sensible Marcus Woodgyove observed,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-09-25
.LANp Where Wa HAVE REEN.


Oh, know Of q land whcro we all have been,
Yet never may go again.
Though we're women as brave as ever were
seen, N
Or the biggest and strongest Of mon.
In this wonderful land Of which sing.
We never knew toll or care;
For some one stood ready to fetch and bring,
And we we're the rulers there.
Though we wore no crowns OF gold or flowers,
We were kings and queens by right;
And the homage OF love was always ours
From our subjects day and night
Our royal robes wero woven with caro-,
Our beds wore silken and soft;
We lived In case and luxury thore, 1G
And we rode In our carriages Oft -
Whatever we did the livelong day,
We were watched by admiring oyes;
And whatever we said or didn't say,
We were thought to be wondrous Wise.
And nc matter how pcevlsh or cross we grew,
Or what tyrants we bocaEle,
There was one, ut least, who loved US so true
That she worshipcd US just the same
And II we were ILL., or boset by fears,
She would tend US with gentlest hand,
And soothe us by grooming sweet songs In our
cars
For we lived in Babyland
o God, forgive us our tyranny there,
And reward, where'er they may be.
The patient and loving souls whose care
Was ours In our infancy!
Julia Anna Wolcott in Congregationallst
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-09-25
CHAPTER XIX.
Mr.. DoDD APPEARS AGAIN.


ut shall be a legal document" the
iprospector said solemnly. "Wife, keep
your eye open on errors, for l amt
much of a hand at litcratoor. Susan,
prepare to write"
The meclS-cycd girl mcekly took her
place at the table pen in hand:
Jack dictated:
81 Susan Green, spinster being Of sound
mind, do here6y affirm before all conditions
Of men, regardless Of sen or color"
Here Millie interfcrcd to ask how
many sexes a man could be, but was
promptly reprovcd and told that no
woman ever could understand law
terms.
"7Aat IaOas hired By one DOdd qfore-
said"
"Dear Jack, you never said one word
about Dodd before"
= "I0 lag out and do up one Jack IViLders
6y putting up a pIcnt TO rob him Of lis
child"
"'Lay out and do up are not law
terms, are they, Jack?"
IF you don't hold your tongue, Mil
lie, we shall never get there Go on,
Susan"
''1nd I Ireceired-"
slow much did you receiver"
"Twenty dollars" Susan sobbed.
"Great Scott! Twenty dollars only!
To think that boy like my Willie
didn't fetch the price of Newfound-
land pup! Go on.
The Sam Of tuonty dollars sterling"
"'Stcrling' is wrong, 1 know"
pleaded Millic, ut is only applied to
silver"
Her husband dared not debate this
shaky question, SO he simply ignored
it.
"7o do so, aohtch I accordingly and .fs-
loniously did"
''Did what, Jack?"
Jack glowercd.
'How often must tell you that there
never was woman critter born, as
could ~get within a mile of legal
document"
"By entic!ng him from attmale person
one alma lMggs, and handing him Ocer to
a Munderaag, dOugh;taced sneak, one"
"Jackl jack All those bad words
cannot be right"
"Archi6aM Dodd. AN phich is the
truth, the achob truth, and nothing but the
truth, so Ac,p me God. Amen. Susan
Green"
When the prospector had got his
'legal document" signed and delivered,
he turned upon the dismayod Susan,
and, pointing to the door, roared in a
voice of thunder but one word;
"Gitm
"Now," he cried, "for Mr.. Dodd.
Get me my coat. Millic, while put
Dandy in the cutter"
''Stop, Jack, you need not go on that
errand. Here's cutting from a news
paper my sister sent me this morning.
did not show it to you before because
you are so very cxcitable. Now listen"
ID sad end.--0ur readers will remem-
Der the case Of Archibald Dodd, who
suffered so severely whilst driving to
our city from 0retown some weeks ago.
He died last night, a raving maniac, in
the county poorbouse."
"And there's no forty-below zero tenn
perature when he's gone" Jack sneered.
Don't jest, Jack. Lame, blind,
mad!" Millie shuddered. ''What an
end!"
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-09-25

It was the fairyland Of the stage-one
could not help expecting to see Harle-
quin plunge through an old family
picture" @ or Columbinc pirouetting
on the polished floor.
No man in his senses would dare 6
description Of the fair owner of these
delights. She was radiant as dream,
for Worth had t-Worthed himself for
the occasion; yet, as one gazed at the
diamonds, sparkling like dew drops over
skirt and bodice, one couldn't help
wondering how much she would fetch
at auction if sold just as she stood.
Baron Won Thun must be a proud
man this night to survey these count
less signs of untold wealth and say: "In
seven days all this shall be mine"
lTo DE CONTINUED
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-09-25
Am rdltorlnl Tnlo OF woe.

Il Tennessee editor thus invites the
public to listen to his tale of woe: 1--WE
are madl Darn the people! How can
they expect as, out here, twelve miles
from railroad, twenty-five miles from
n river, millions of miles from Heaven,
about two miles from the devil, and
about two hundred yards from whisky
shop, to get out lively newspaper" :"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-30
C~LEvELAND'S THUNDER.
senator Hill Charged With a Scheme to
Appropriate 1t.

Senator Hill Charged With a Scheme to
Appropriate 1t.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3O.-An Albany
special alleges that Senator Hill intends
to spring a surprising resolution ON the
Democratic state convention, which
meets Sept. II. What MI. Cleveland
means to do, according to Senator Hill,
is to come out at the proper moment
with a theatrical declaration that the
very idea of a third term is abhorrent to
him. This announcement, Senator
Hill thinks, would either start
a great boom for Cleveland or
would put into Cleveland's hands practi-
Cal control of the situation, so far as
other candidates are concerned, which
would be a state of affairs intolerable to
Senator Hill. 1t has therefore been ar
ranged by Senator Hill and his assistant
engineers of the state machine, that the
coming Democratic state convention
shall pass a resolution formally declar-
ing against a third term. This, Senator
Hill thinks, will be an effectual theft of
the presidents thunder.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-30
The Jap Wasn't In II.

1t has been said that the japanese are
the most skillful manipulators of the
sword in the world. The saying goes
that a Jap can draw a sword, describe
with it a figure 8 in the atmosphere and
gracefully decapitate an opponent before
said opponent a bat an eye.
But, as a matter Of fact, the Jap with
a sword cannot hold a candle to a young
Georgia negro and a razor. That was
demonstrated down at Nagasaki recent
ly. A negro sailor from the United
States gunboat Yorktown was ashore
with his ''razzer'' and a jag. He ran
beam on to a Jagged Jap and his sword,
but before the Jap's sword had de-
scribed the first circle Of the 8 the razor
had got into action and Mr.. Jap was hors
de combat. The razor unfortunately
proved fatal.
The black marine was tried before the
United States consul and found guilty
of murder, but his attorney has appealed
and he will have a new trial.-Atlanta
Constitution. -
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-30

Aberdeen News: The sentiment of
the city is practically unanimous in
favor of an ordinance which will abolish
the peddler. The public Gays the ped
dler must 60.
Canton Advocates: Canton has
an ordinance licensing peddl-rs
which is all very good 80 far
as it goes, but the writer has never
yet been able to understand why a ped
dler who carries all his worldly posses
sions on his back, should be compelled
to pay for the privilege Of selling his
wares, while representatives OF large con,
Germs can come in any day and take
orders from house to house for any and
all classes Of goods and no one to say
them nay. II any Of our readers a x
plain the fairness OF such an ordinance,
we would like to hear from them.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-30

Sioux Falls Press, %: South Dakota
can't hope to excel in everything in the
world. Some of the other states must
be permitted to knock at least an
occasional persimmon. This common
wealth has made a record in a good
many things, but she must succumb &c
old Vermont in at least one item IN the
record. A gentleman in this city has a
private note from a perfectly reliable
source in the Green Mountain state, re.
lating that uncle Hiram Campbell, who
is 81 years old and who last year married
a wife only 30, has been presented with
five girl babies at a single birth. OF
course that is something extraordinary
but what if they had lived in South
Dakota?
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-30
NORTHWESTERN MILLING.
The Market Was Fairly GOod-Low Ocean
Rates.

The Market Was Fairly Good-LOw Ocean
Rates.
MINNEAPOLIs, Aug. 3O.-AccOrding to
The Northwestern Miller the -four out
put at Minneapolis last week was 220. 7S0
barrels, against 2l6, $50 the week before,
and 246, 165 in 1894. At the head of the
lakes the output was 81 ,29O barrels last
week, against 90, $50 a week ago, and
80, 755 in 1894.
Minneapolis mills will probably make
the same amount of -four this week. The
water power is very good. Several of
the largest mills this week, as well as
last, are running almost exclusively on
export orders recently taken. They have
contracts for ocean at former low
rates prevailing, and are running heav-
lily to get the flour, mostly patent, in
transit on time, so the steamship lines
cannot make cancellations, as they would
like to do.
The Superior-D Duluth output ought to
be fair again this week. Foreign trade
wa particularly good last week, Holland
taking considerable patent and clear.
Sales to Eastern markets were quite sat
~isfactory in the aggregate, but the prices
obtained are said to be very close. Feed
is dull and considerably lower.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-30
FIVE MILLION STAMPS.
sIrS. Edna Garman's Letter Chain Not Yet
Broken.

sIrA. Edna Garman's Letter Chain Not Yet
Broken.
Edna r. Brown Garman of Kane
vile, Ills, originator Of the famous
letter chain system, which vas widely
discussed recently in the papers, and
was started by her for the purpose of
collecting Cancelled postage stamps, still
receives several hundred letters per day,
although the end of the chain was sup
posed to have been reached several
months age. Recently among the letters
received was one from Henry Clancy Of
San Diego, Cal, inclosing a check for
$500.
Mrs. Brown Garman's letter chain
was started about a year ago, her
unique scheme being to secure 1000.
900 cancelled postage stamps, which she
hoped to sell for enough to pay the ex.
pense Of hospital treatment for her
crippled sister in Law, Matte Garman.
She wrote letters to three friends, who
in turn were to each write to three
more, and SO on until the number of so
was reached. The chain was then re-
quested to stop. Each person receiving
a letter was to send ten Cancelled stamps
to Mrs. Garman.
The results were wonderful. For a
month letters poured into the little
Kaneville postoffice at the rate Of 20, 900
a day, and Mrs. Garman estimates the
number of stamps received at 5, 200, 600.
The crippled girl has been sent to a hos
pital and can be red .-Aurora ellis. }
Special to Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-30

The friends of DR.. &. b. Afford OF
Huron have flung his banner to the
.~gubernatorial breeze and think he Is Just
about the size Of a man to hill the
governors chair. The suggestion is a
decided improvement over many hereto
fore made in that line, but If we remem-
Der correctly the Doctor was charged
after the Chamberlain convention with
going back on the friends who chose him
him as delegate to the national conven-
ton. We never learned exactly how the
mistake came about-whether the
friends simply picked up Il man whose
position on presidential candidates they
did not know, like that of Alec. John
ston, o. whether the gentleman pro
fessed one position before election and
took another after it. That event is not
a matter OF much Importance nov to
anybody unless it be DIR. Afford and il
he aspires to be governor it would be
we'll to make his record on that occasion
clear. The party will work much more
enthusiastically for a candidate when
they feel he will do the square thing by
them after he is elected, and the doctor
appears to stand SO we'll with his friends
at home that it would be a pity, il he is
a man of integrity, that any unjust sus
picion should injure him abroad.