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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-08-31
ITS OWN WORDS
Show the Cincinnati Enquirer to Be a
Prophet without Honor.

Show the Cincinnati Enquirer to Be
Prophet without Honor.
One year ago the Cincinnati Enquir-
er, which is the property of the pres
ent Democratic candidate for the Unit
ed States senate, exhausted its copious
vocabulary in telling the people that
prices could not rise and that there
could and would be no prosperity
without the free coinage of silver.
Calamity was stalking like the pale
horse, and utter ruin was the allotted
portion of this land, according to the
opinion and comment that was being
printed in The Enquirer at that time.
Prices of agricultural products, then so
low that the farmers margin Of profit
was removed, would go still lower,
and then lower yet, nor would they
ever rise. until by a stroke of financial
acrobatics the government attempted
to convert so cents worth Of silver
into 81, was the burden Of its song.
Was the Cincinnati Enquirer true
prophet? According to the market re-
ports printed in the columns Of that
newspaper on the morning of Aug. 10,
1896, -four was worth at that time $3.50
to $3.50 a barrel, wheat sold for 60
cents bushel, corn for 241S cents and
rye for 29h cents. On the morning of
Aug. 10, 1897, the market reports of
The Enquirer quoted these products at
the following prices: Flour $3.40 to
S3.55 a barrel, wheat 80 cents a bush
ell, corn 80 cents a bushel, and rye 46
cents bushel In other words, in
spite of the calamity predictions of
The Enquirer, -four increased more
than so per cent, wheat more than SO
per cent, corn about Is per cent, and
rye over 80 per cent in price.
Evidently the free silver arguments
and illustrations used by The Enquir-
er, Mr.. Bryan ct al, in 1896, will not
apply to the conditions OF 1897.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-08-31
PREPARED FOR THE WORST.
The Hotel Didn't Burn, but IL 1t Had He
WouId 4ave Reen Fixed

The Hotel Didn't Burn, but II 1t Had He
Would Have Been Fixed.
"Do you believe that we are some.
times forewarned of great dangers?"
asked the commercial traveller. 'Did
you ever have-what you call it?-pre-
monitions? Well, was premonished
the other night. had to put up at a
junction hotel, and they sent me clear
up to the top Of the building into one
of those rooms with slanted ceiling.
You know the kind You pay for the
room, and the roof occupies it.
"There was one window. looked
out of the window, and it seemed to be
at least so feet down to the ground. 1t
was a wooden building, and an old one,
understand? While I was looking out Of
the window a freight train went by,
and the engine threw out a million
sparks.
"Well, I says to myself, i can see
my finish right now. There'll be 40
trains going by on these two roads to-
night, and it's a four to one shot that
this hotel is going to catch fire.. I
looked out again. There wasn't any fire
escape, and they didn't have any rope
in the room. You see, in a good many
places like that they have big coil Of
rope in one corner and sign that says,
In case of fire take hold of the rope and
jump A man reads that sign and then
he can't sleep all night.
"Well, I looked out of the window
again, and switch engine pulled past
and shot out lot Of live oinders as big
as your fist. That settled it. Iwent over
to the bed and found it had two sheets.
l took out my pencil and figured that I
could tear each sheet into four strips,
and, allowing for the knots, each sheet
would make about "a feet Of fire escape,
although, of course, there would be
some waste where ! would have to tie it
to the bed. 1 figured that could push
the bed over to the window, fasten one
end of my rope to the headboard and
play out about 45 feet. I had it all
fixed-some water all ready in the bowl,
so as to dampen the knots and pull them
hard. Of course / still had some dis
tance to fall after / got to the end Of
my rope, but that was all right You
know, as soon as had my rope fixed 1
was going to drop the mattress, so as to
have something to fall on.
II took my cardcase, watch, money
and keys and tied them in a handker-
chief, which very carefully placed on
the window sill, SO that it would not
be overlooked In the hurry Of getting
away. There didn't seem to be anything
else that could do until the alarm was
given, SO I turned in and fell asleep
right away. wasn't worrying, because
I was ready, no matter what happened.
l had been asleep about three minutes,
it seemed to me, when somebody pound
ed at my door and told me to get upi
that it was O'Clock. I got up and
dressed, and you can imagine how badly
l was disappointed. Oh, I was sorel
But, say, suppose the hotel had caught
fire. Wouldn't that have been o star
story?'-Chicago Record.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-08-31
SERPENT POISON.
The Venom OF the Cobra Is Deadly Al
most Beyond Belief.

The Venom Of the Cobra Is Deadly Al
most Beyond Belief
1t was in the autumn of 1891 that
Calmette, while acting as director Of
the archaeological institute Of Saigon,
Cochin China, first commenced his ex-
periments on the naturalization Of ser
pent venom in the animal system. He
had exceptional opportunities in the
matter OF serpent venom wherewith to
carry out his Investigations, inasmuch
as band Of oobras had recently attacked
village in the vicinity of Bac-Lieu,
and by order of the governor of the dis
trict no fewer than 90 specimens Of the
terrible Naja tripudians, or cobra de ca
pello, were forwarded in barrel to the
institute.
Forty of these reptiles arrived alive,
and several were at once sacrificed to
secure their venom glands. Each gland,
resembling both In size and shape a
shelled almond, contains about 30 drops
Of venom, and in this transparent limp
id liquid is embodied a toxine Of extraor-
dinary strength. AS is we'll known, this
cobra is the most dreaded of all serpents,
and it is widely distributed over India,
Burma, Sumatra, Java, Malacca and
Cochin China. Until Calmette, however,
set to work to systematically study the
nature of this reptile venom, but little
precise or reliable information had been
obtained as 70 its character. 1t was, Of
course, necessary in the first instance to
ascertain, within as narrow limit as
possible, the exact degree Of toxic power
inherent in the venom, and to deter
mine, if possible, the precise dose lethal
in respect of each variety of animal ex-
perimented upon
A correct calculation of the quantity
Of venom required in every case was,
however. found to be quite impossible,
for SO virulent s'the poison that sim
gle drop Of all emulsion produced by
pounding up s glands in 800 grams
of distilled water is sufficient, when in
troduoed into the vein of a rabbits ear,
to kill it in five minutes. All the man.
mails to which Calmette administered
this cobra venom, such as monkeys,
dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs rats, sue
Cumbed more or less quickly, according
to the size of the dose -Longman's e
Magazine.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-08-31
NOT SAYING A WORD.
The Election of Senators by
Popular Vote.
DOESN'T SUIT DEMOCRATS IN 1897

In 1894, When No Senator Was to Be
Elected, the Democrats Favored the
a Different Thing, and They Are Not
Saying Word.
The Democrats Of Ohio in their plat
form of 1894, when there was no United
States senator to be chosen, declared
In favor of the election of such sena-
tors by direct vote of the people. The
year following, when legislature was
to be elected that would choose Unit
ed States senator, the Democrats were
as silent as the grave on this subject,
while the Republicans in convention
assembled at GAINESVILLE named as their
choice for this Office Hon. ]. B. For
aker, which choice was endorsed by
the people of Ohio by the election OF a
legislature Republican in both branch
es. This legislature, in turn, ratified
the peoples selection by electing to the
senate the nominee of the GAINESVILLE
convention, who received the vote OF
ewcuy Republican member of the gen.
Ell al assembly, while the Democrats
voted for Calvin S. Brice, resident of
New York.
This year the voters Of Ohio will
again be called upon to vote for mem
bers of the general assembly, who in
turn must elect United States sena-
tor, and again the Democratic party
maintains ominous and painful silence
ON the subject.
The Republican party, in state con-.
vention at Toledo last June, named as
its choice for this office, the Hon. Mar
Gus A. Hanna, and every Republican
candidate for THE legislature is pledged
to vote for him. There is no question
as to the choice of the Republicans in
this matter.
How is 1t with the Democrats? They
had an opportunity of putting into
practice, so far as is possible under our
present constitutional mode of electing
senators, their professions in favor Of
election by direct vote Of the people.
Did they do so by indicating, as the
Republicans have in their state conven-
ton, the man of their choice? On the
contrary, they were exceedingly care
full that nothing should be said on that
subject, and to this day the name OF
their recognized candidate for the po-
sitlon is not mentioned above whis-
per and is only discussed in undertones
in the innermost circles Of their party.
A Republican general assembly will
return Hon. NJ. A. Hanna. With q
Democratic legislature does any one
doubt that Senator Foraker will have
have as his colleague John R. Mclean,
who for twelve years has been bona
flda resident OF Washington City?
The Democratic party with its usual
courage 60 expresses itself on great
questions when these questions are not
at issue and expressions count for
naught. AS already stated, the election
OF United States senator was not an
issue in 1894; It was an important issue
in 1895, as 1T is this year, and in both
instances the Democratic platform Is
silent on the subject.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-08-31
AppLYING AN Ep1GRAM.

One OF President McKinley's econom-
ic episrarrs is this: ut is not more
money thct we want; what we want is
to put the money We already have at
work. :" In the face Of the present i'm
proved indus.rial conditions even the
most biased calamity prophets must ad
nit that Is exactly what is being done
unler this Republican administration
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English SPAWN Linament removes
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TIM E TABLES.
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West.

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THE DIFFER RENCE.

In the general hilarity caused by dol
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that silver is going toward the lO-cent
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05
"ALAsKA's SILENT CITY.
PrOspectOr WilIOughby's Photograph
of the Wonderful Mirage.

chicago l1neS-Herald.
Once again 1.-The Silent City of Alaska"
has been brought before the public, with
its mysterious towers its deserted streets
its quaint roof tops and its quaint beauty
The man who describes it this time is c.
W. Thornton, a well-knoWn citizen of Seat
tie, and a member of the Young Mems
Christian Association of that city He was
one of the party that made up the expedi-
ton of Prince Luigi, of Savoy, to the top.
of Mount st. Elias. Five other men were
with Mr.. Thornton when the beautiful mi
rage was seen. The mirage city has for
from the Muir glacier Mr.. Thornton and
his companions saw ii from the Malaspina
glacier. They had left the expedition to
return to the coast for provisions. The
mirage was noticed at about o clock in the
morning and lasted for thirty-five minutes.
Then il vanished.
The first that was ever heard of a mirage
city in Alaska was in 1883. In that year
Juneau, Alaska, came down from the Muir
glacier with the assertion that he had be-
held a wonderful city in the clouds 1t was
standing out in the sky, in full view.
There were masses of tall brick houses with
sloping roofs. elm trees in the foreground
and a river with shipping in the distance.
From the midst of the buildings arose two
great towers. surrounded with scaffolding.
rage and claimed TO have seen IL several
times. Changes had taken place in the
towers, as If progress had been made in the
construction of the building. The people
heard the miners story with wonder, but,
one but himself had seen il, no great
Importance was attached to the tale, until
in June of the year named he succeeded in
photographing the mirage and fixing the
large sale, and in 1889 several of them found
their way TO Chicago. A citizen OF this
city who saw a copy of the photograph de-
clared that 1t was view Of Bristol. Eng
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05
TREE GROWING UPSIDE DOWN.
Singular Adaptation of Roots and
Branches to Unnatural Conditions.
Meehan's Monthly.

Me0ndn monthly.
John Meinerss distillery in Milwaukee
has not been in operation for nine years.
1t is an old landmark, and is surrounded
with the interest that every old building in
milwaukee, aWakenS in the historian. The
grounds about it are covered with grand
old trees and rustic benches, and, form a
little by-way nook whose existence one
would not suspect from the road outside
the fence at the south.
But the object of greatest interest in this
unique place is old apple tree that was
planted twenty-eight years ago, with it's
limbs in the ground and its roots in the air,
and which still lives to bear fruit and
sprout branches where roots should be- and
roots where twigs and leaves should be,
curiosity 10 beholderS
Mr.. Meiners was induced to make the
trial through an old German legend, in
which such an inverted tree played prom
When Mr.. Meiners planted his twenty
five apple trees they showed no signs of
life for long time. Finally the one still
remaining showed a leaf, softened by sum-
mer rains and expanded by the sun, and
with a great deal of care it was nursed to
a sturdy life. 1t grew very slowly, and has
not grown more than two feet in height
since it was planted. 1t is now ABOUT tour
feet high, with a trunk fifteen inches in
diameter. The roots had tendency TO
droop, and it was found necessary to prop
them up with a trellis. Instead of growing
vertically, they have extended horizontally
in long, slender arms. There are about
twenty of these radiating in all directions.
Each year, as they grow longer, additional
props were put underneath, and they have
extended along the trellis fiat, straight as
a ceiling with little slender shoots running
at right angles and INTERVIEWING with one
another so closely that they afford some
protection from the rain TO one who may
stand underneath. The top is circular in
form, and about fifty feet in diameter. The
tree has borne fruit for about twenty years.
and is now covered with little green ap-
nIes The fruit is of good quality, but the
Variety is not known by Mrs. .Adolph
Never daughter OF Mr.. Meiners. who now
occupies the old homestead with her hus-
hand and family.