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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-08-24
Shirt Signs.

sin Brooklyn the other day." said a
resident of Manhattan borough, 81 saw
in the window of furnishing goods
store this sign: Shirt Constructor.
There is furnishing goods store in
New York that displays, among other
signs, one marked Shirter. There used
to be another furnishing goods store in
this city with sign reading, as re-
member it, Shirt Builder, but Shirt
Constructor is new as far as / know
New York Sun.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-08-24

A fancy dress ball is given once q
year by the lady artists, sculptors, sing
ers and actresses Of Berlin. No males
are permitted at this ball, and about
one-third Of the attendants go in mascu-
line costume.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-08-24
BUILDING NOTICE.

Sealed bids will be received for the building
of new school house, wood building, in the
township of Rochester, county of LUrsln, and
state of Ohio.
Said bids will be received from the above
date until September lS. 1897, at one O'clock p.
m same date. Specifications to be Iac. Al
the Clerks Office at Rochester, Ohio.
The board reserve the right to reject an, NJ
all bids,
By order of School Board
W. NJ. PHELPS. AZ.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-08-24
Dr.. Lloyd BoneWeII,
The eminent specialist of
defective eyesight will make
his monthly visit at
HOTEL AMERICAN,
AUGUST IS and 10.

Examination free. His, meth
cd Of treating absolutely
cures imperative eyesight.
Cross eyes Strengthened, gran
ulated eyelids, dropping lids,
weak, watery eyes; wild hairs
and foiling vision quickly
cured. Eighty per cent. Of
the cases of blindness are due
to glasses not properly fitted.
The Doctor has put many
people from darkness into
light. You will save time
and money by giving him a
call.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-08-24
NOTICE.

Sealed bids for contract to supply the town
ship schools with IS and q inch seasoned hare
wood will be received up to September 6, 1897.
The Board reserves the right to receive or re-
ject any or all bids. ...
A. II. PIERCE.
Clerk Of Township.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-08-24

The yield Of wheat in France, owing
to the careful cultivation Of the soil and
the large quantity Of guano and other
fertilizers employed. is IL bushels per
acre.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-08-24
DECAY OF ANIMAL MATTER.
II Ia Something More Than q Simple
Chemical Cbnnme

~ ~ lnOEC 1AAA y OAAMVAU
Chemical Change.
A great many proofs, now more or
less familiar to most people, show quite
clearly that the decay of animal or veg
etable matter is not simple chemical
change, inevitable In the nature Of
things, but violent interference with
the natural course on the part of hos
tile organisms, says Longman's Maya
zine. The bacteria, which produce de-
composition, are very minute plants,
which grow, like mushrooms or molds,
upon organic matter, and which repro
duce their like with incredible rapidity
Tyndall showed long ago that the
spores Of these plants exist In myriads
In the air, floating everywhere around
us; that they occupy all crannies and
empty places on the surface of the
earth, and that they swarm in their
millions In all ponds and pudd1es. Ar
easy way of proving that these spores
alone, and the plant colonies which
spring from them, are the cause OF
putrefaction may be obtained by boil
ing beef tea in test tube, SO as to kill
the bacteria, and then, while the liquid
is still steaming, closing up the mouth
of the tube with plug of cotton wool,
which admits the air but strains out
the germs Of the putrefactive organ
lisms. Under these conditions the beet
tea will keep good for years, but If you
remove the plug 1t will begin at once ia
r,rAraPnr
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-08-24
Legal Notice.

Vn the 18th day of July A. d. 1897, said JUS
tice issued an order of attachment in the
above action for the sum of $500.
Sarah j. Gum.
j. T. Haskell, attourney
Wellington, Ohio, August 8, 1897.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-08-24
A HEALTHY WIFE
Is a Husbands Inspiration.

A sickly, half-dead-and-alive woman,
especially when she is the mother Of
family, is a damper to oil ioyousness
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-08-24

inthe home.
/ sometimes
marvel at
the patience
of some hus-
bands.
Ifawoman
finds that
her energies
are tagging
and that
everything
tires her,
her sleep is
disturbed
by horrible
dreams,
and that
she often
wakes sud-
denly in the
NIGHT with a
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-08-24

feeling of suffocation and alarm, she
must at once regain her strength.
1t matters not where she lives, she
can write a letter. Mrs. Pinkham,
of Lynn, Mass, will reply promptly
and without charge. The following
shows the power of Lydia 3. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, accom-
panied with letter of advice:
"Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-I have suf-
fered for over two years with falling,
enlargement and liberation of the
womb, and this spring, being in such
weakened condition, caused me to flow
for nearly six months. Some time
ago, urged by friends, wrote to you
for advice. After using the treatment
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-08-24
Notice.

The American house property is now
for sale. Inquire of r. N. Goodwin.
agent.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-08-24
Grand Clearance Sale
|CL OTHING.
AUG. II TO SEPT. IA, 1897.
|. I. WHITNEY & SON,
~ w. College St. OBERLIN; o.

Tremendous sacrifice sale to clear the fall and
winter goods Cost price cuts figure. We have en-
Joyed an Immense trade this season, and have lot Of
goods on hand that will turn into money within the
next thirty days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-20
Republican Responsibility.

The republican party is In power, with all
triumph, and yet candor compeis the state
ment that owing largely 20 republican di-
visions great uneasiness exists as to the
November result In several highly import
ant localities. The story makes anything
but comforting reading to the friends of
sound money.
The New York situation could not well be
worse. In the city The republicans have
pitted against each other for mayor two
exceptionally able and attractive men.
Union upon either would insure republican
success. But union is declared to be i'm
possible. II the race continues along the
existing lines. Tammany would appear to
have the best chance of winning. REGARD
less OF the fact that Tammany did not have
the courage to declare this year for silver,
republican defeat next month II 1t IL sus-
tanned through the success of either va.
Wyck or George will be a loss for sound
money right in the financial metropolis of
the country.
In Kentucky the whole question relates
to the condition of the republican organiza-
tion- The sound money democrats have u
candidate in the field for the only state
office to be filled. He Is making an active
canvass. and Is assured of a hearty sup
port The same is true Of the populists,
whose candidate b very popular man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-20

From the Chicago Times-H Herald
1t is thoroughly characteristic of men
of Germans stamp-the present governor
of Illinois belongs to the same class-that
they cannot understand the position of a
newspaper publisher as free critic of
public affairs. They are so used to meas
uring every mans motives by their own
standards of personal gain, and they meet
so many small printers of newspapers
whose servile support of their schemes can
be purchased by postmastership or a
collectorship that when they encounter a
man who seems to be interested solely
i'll discharging his duty to the public they
are overcome with amazement What
does the fellow want, anyhow He ap-
pears to be beyond the seduction of money
tribes. He doesn't seek an office. He asks
for no patronage" What can be his pur-
pose? Then a great light dawns on them
He can be caught with the bait of politi-
cal leadership. If he can head a delegation
paign he will run straight" And when
this allurement fails to melt his stony
Heart they are afield again. They finally
put MIN down as mean man. not a good
feller. and '1et it go at that"
German cannot understand any more
than Tanner that the newspaper opposi-
| ton to him is based not upon the dis
appointed ambition of the editor, but on
adherence of him and his political meth
DDS. German in Maryland stands for pre-
cisely the things that Tanner represents in
Illnois-ring rule, dishonest primaries
packed conventions, bribed legislatures and
the elevation of unfit men to office. The
Baltimore Sun denounces him because he
| Is public enemy and 1t is a public servant.
The effect of his leadership on his party is
merely incidental, as with him party is q
mere incident to self-seeking. The news
papers purpose Is to destroy him as a pub
| lie man. and 1t seems to be realizing its
purpose If We are to judge the depth of the
hurt by the loudneSs of the cry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-20

bility of arbitration of the dispute, as were
both Akiyama and Shimamura in Honolulu.
This re5 III may have been in the nature
of snub to Akiyana. who possibly felt
his honor affected. his personal dignity
wounded and his hopes for exalted place In
the future blignted. The hara-kirf under
such circumstances was his only refuge.
That deed would wipe away the stain and
would exalt him as 4 hero. according to
the peculiar ethical views of the japanese
who have not yet overcome their tradi-
tonal beliefs based upon the ancient
Orientalism. To the temperament OF which
Akiyama was type 70 other honorable
course was open If such a rebuff had actu-
ally been given by his superiors
If this be true. and of course it Is but
speculation based upon the known facts, 1t
indicates the failure and the abandonment
py Japan of the Akiyama bluff and buster
policy of dealirg with Hawaii.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-20

Votes cast for either of these men will
come from the democratic party as former
ly organized. The republicans therefore
have but to get out their full vote in sup
port Of their candidate to win. The hope
is that they may succeed In doing this. al
though the old Hunter-Bradley feud still
continues and is still a source of anxiety.
Reports from Maryland are more encour-
aging than they were a few weeks ago.
But much remains for the republicans Of
that state to do to insure the polling of
their full strength. The campaign Of the
Independent democrats is courageous and
promising to the last degree. Mr.. German
has played his last card without effect on
them. Led by the powerful sound money
democratic press of Baltimore, they are
holding out against every form Of German
ism and free silver.
Sound money success In New York. Ken
lucky and Maryland depends on the re-
pub]icans. 1t can be achieved by activity
for unity. and unity for activity. The bat
tie will be lost unless that unity and activi-
ty are achieved. A great deal of work can
be accomplished in two weeks Just two
weeks remain. Will the time be improved?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-20

Judge Van Wyck's letter accepting the
Tammany nomination for mayor of Greater
New York is shrewdly constructed docu-
ment we'll calculated to make a good i'm
preston in Tammany circles. 1t deals with
the issues in the Tammany style. 1t prom
ises an administration after the Tammany
wish and purpose.
The Raines law is condemned. If Tam
many returns to power the town will again
be run on the wide-open'' plan, and the
saloon will again become political head
quarters. Public Improvements on an enor-
nous scale are to be entered upon. Tam
many contracts let to Tammany support ers
will plaster the town from one end to the
other. Pickings. rich and abundant will be
within Tammany's reach on every hand.
The public franchises are to be controlled
for the public benefit. low rate for gas. L
low rate for street-car travel, and all that,
are to be secured.
Will Tammany respond to the appeal ?
In the main, 1t is altogether likely to do so.
The great majority of the organization is
still in leash to Richard Croker, and this
letter is practically Richard Croker's. He
still is Tammany Hall. its leader and guild
ing spirit. He knows what his followers
want. and that the rank and file will be
satisfied with division of the spoils of
office and with conditions which will make
life free and easy in town. When it comes
to the larger questions, to dealing with cap
ital about franchises and the like, he and
few of his personal advisers will attend
to that. and be left undisturbed to do SO.
These references to the public franchises
are not likely to disturb the men who now
control them, or those who aspire to con-
troll such franchises as may be called into
existence by the new municipality. Tam
many has never been guardian of any
public interest. 1t is not likely to change
its stripes now. 1t rails against all capital
but it has ever been the tool of selfish and
III scrupu.ous capital. Elevated to power
in Greater New York. 1t would appear in its
old role and resume its old business at the
old stand.
Tammany is playing for the flesh pots
" hich have never before been so tempting
and the folly of those who by their posi-
ton and character and possessions stand
for the community and should protect it is
making Tammany's success strong prob
ability
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-20
HarI-kiri.

Recent news dispatches from Japan an
Dounced that diplomat named Akiyama
had unsuccessfully attempted suicide, by
the national method of hara-kiri- This APP
parently Personal affair is capable of being
so construed As to bear directly and in an
important manner upon the relations be-
tween Japan and Hawaii, which are jus.
row somewhat strained. Hara-kir self
diseinb0welmcnt is a typIcally japanese
institution. being the means by which a
man who has suffered some affront to his
dignity or honor puts an end to his life.
The advance OF civilization in the islands
has tended to discourage the practice, and
death by hara-kiri Is now comparatively
rare. This form of suicide. which is ac-
complished by a seIf-inficted wound in the
abdomen, followed. if death should not be
immediate, by slaShiLg of the threat, is
the last resort of a man wao has found
himself baffied in his projects offended
BY others without the possibility of redress
his honor affected or his cherished plans
frustrated
Akiyama was recently sent to Hawaii 10
assist the minister there. Shimamura, in
the conduct Of the immigration negotia-
lions. He assumed a radical attitude. adj
vised the minister and his government To
republic and expressed himself to The
Stars editoria! correspondent then present
in the islands as being impatient at the
attitude of the Hawaiian government Had
his advice been followed at Tokyo the dis
pute would probably have resulted ere this
IN breach between Japan ard Hawaii al
least. and perhaps between Japan and the
United States He returned to Tokyo
primed for an effort to persuade the gov.
eminent to ignore Hawairs diplomatic ma
neuvers and representations. to spurn the
suggestion Of arbitration and to make q
peremptory demand for satisfaction for the
alleged indisnities imposed upon Japar
through her emigrant subjects
The attempt at suicide now by this dipIo
mat suggests the probability that he wa.
rebuned at Tokyo by the officials OF tn.
foreign office. who have at no time beer
radical to the point Of denying the posi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-20
Sleeping Car Extortion.

Inc announcement that Mr.. Pullman. the
paiace car magnate. left a fortune vari-
ousiy estimated at from fifty to one hum
ored million dollars. and that there remains
IN the treasury of the company of which
ne was large if not the principal stock
holder u surplus of twenty-five million dol
lars to be disposed of in the form of an
extra dividend. will serve to call fresh at
tention to the enormous profits of the nal
ace car company. and also to raise the
question whether some means cannot he
found to reduce the exorbitant prices ex-
acted from those who are compelled by
force OF circumstances to avail themselves
or sleeping car facilities when travelling.
That the cost of these facilities is and al
ways mas been out of all proportion to the
expense OF providing them or of the char
acter of the accommodations afforded has
long peen patent to all the world, but
probably few persons had any idea of the
size or the colossal fortune thus wrung
from the public every year. Whether a
legal provision to prevent these oppressive
charges can be found. and one which would
De alike operative in all the states, Is per-
haps an open question; but that the pro-
posed doubling of the capital stock of the
company. in order to dispose of its excess
to be no doubt. Some means certainly
ought to be furnished to prevent such an
outrage on the travelling public. What pro-
portion of the existing stock is composed
or water, probably no one outside of the
charmed circle of its holders can tell. But
1t Is perfectly clear that the whole of the
proposed increase would be water pure and
simple, and that the process indicated
would be nothing short of robbery That
the property of the company has largely
increased In quantity and value since the
amount Of its present capital stock was
nxed is unquestionably true. But that has
nothing whatever to do with the case as it
stands. Not single stock holder ever put
his hand In his pocket to pay for one pen
nys worth of the engagements and better
ments that have marked the growth of the
company. These have all been bought with
the money squeezed out of travellers in
excessive fares, and to permit an increase
of capital on that account would be simply
10 compel the public to pay interest in the
form Of fat dividends on what it and not
the stockholders have paid for Th,t is
the sort of thing that has made i--yan1sm
and Henry-Georgeism possible, and that
will yet bring, if not checked, no end of
trouble upon this country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-20
1t Is Too Late.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

1t is said that the foreshadowed scheme
of autonomy to be offered to Cuba by Sa.
gista will not pacify the insurgent island.
ers. 1t Is the usual fate of tyrannical gov
ernments to offer liberal terms of oacifica.
tion to revolving dependencies too late
After the American Revolutionary War
had been in progress for nearly two years
the British House of Commons passed sew.
eral conciliatory bills intended to quiet the
revolt One of the bills declared the pur.
pose of parliament not to tax the North
American colonies. The prefer was
spurned, but it is highly probable that a
measure like this would have conciliate
the Americans II 1t had been taken few
years before the outbreak of hostilities
No measure of American autonomy which
recognized the overlordship of Great Brit.
ain in the faintest degree could be accepted
after martyrs had been made to the cause
of American independence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-20
OppOrtune.

When elections are over and people prepare
To bask in the light of reform,
When the frost sends the vil3ainous germs
from the air
And ingles are coy and warm;
When the farmer Is counting his well-got-
ten gain
From the harvest he gathered with glee;
When the laboring man halls the whistle 5
refrain
AS it echoes from mountain to sea,
When the boom bids the gloom DER the
anvil and loom
To make way for the sunshine Of yore,
The old world its holiday mood will assume
For jolly Thanksgiving once more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-20

The young gentlemen concerned in the
Chicago horse show have agreed not to sell
any liquor in the temperate suburb of Hyde
Park New York restaurateurs will keep
their eyes the situation TO see whether
il affords any new suggestions in the art
of lodging the letter of the law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-20
senator German ms an Altrui.t.


Senator German of Maryland says: II am
willing to surrender every prospect of per
sonal promotion if by SC doing l can re-
unite the democratic party" Altruism Is a
new dodge in the tortuous political career
Of Mr.. Arthur Pue German But it won't
work In this instance. Nothing can now re-
unite the democratic party. 1t is busted
so wide open that it has passed beyond the
possibility of reparation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-20
A Tribute.

''She has a wonderfully forgiving ma
ture," said one young woman. II offended
her. Internationally, and when I spoke to
her about it. she said she was perfectly
willing to overlook the past"
Yes" replied Miss Cayenne. ''That is a
speciality of hers"
"What?'
Overlooking the past. She says that she
is only twenty-eight years of age"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-20
Editor wexler.a Paner..
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
The ultra Spanish press of Havana has
long been one of SPANS worst enemies.
and In denouncing and seeking to embar-
rass the Sagasta ministry it Is continuing
its evil work. The interests of Spain. as
well as of Cuba and OF humanity, REQUIRE
that the new ministry and its new policy
shall have fair and sympathetic trial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-20

New York should not grow proud and
naughty because its political fight attracts
the attention of the entire country. The
Luetgert case did the same thing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-20

Hawaii and Cuba are not the only Sec
tons of the globe that are giving the ad-
ministration food for thought. Ohio and
New York are doing their share.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-20
Richness.

The KlonGike housewife. SO they say,
Her worthy spouse lmplores,
To brush the gold dust from his boots
Before he comes indoors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-20
SHOOTING STARS.
An Abandoned On.

"Pedalton used to be very fond Of saying
there is no such thing as perfection in life.
Yes. But that vas before he bought his
new bicycle"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-20

do you think foot ball is a dangerous
gamer" asked the young woman.
Yes replied Mr.. Blykins. promptly; a
DO 1t was the cause of my sons getting a
black eye the other day
rs he a member of an eleven?
mo. He got into an alteration with a.
young man from another college about the
merits of their respective teams"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-20

1t looks as if the monetary commission
had waited for General Miles to get out of
Europe before attempting to attract much
attention to itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-20

The applications for remittances from
the Klondike may presently turn the tide
of wealth the other way.