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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14
Submerged.

It's pretty tough tale they tell on
the Kentucky man who went to big
banquet out of the state. He had been
invited to respond to the toast 'Ken-
tucky," and was expected to glitter
and glow. The feast proceeded in
great shape, one wine following the
other-punch galore-heaven knows
what else-and the gentleman from
the state imbibed with cheerful per-
sistency. His speech did not come till
the close of the banquet, and finally
the toastmaster rose and said: "Mr.
Bluegrass will respond to the toast
Kentucky" He made some graceful
remarks and looked around. Alas!
Mr.. Bluegrass was not visible.
"Where's Kentucky?" he demanded
of his fellow guests. "Where is Ken
tucky?"
Kentucky is under the table" was
the reply, and, sure enough, he was re-
posing under the mahogany, where
not wave of trouble rolled across his
peaceful breast.-Louisville Times.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14
TESTING WIDE TIRES.
Interesting Experiments Recently
Conducted by a Gentleman In
Massachusetts.

A test of the efficiency of wide tires
is described in the Mansfield (Mass.)
News. Mr.. John Birkenhead says that
be had four-inch band shrunk on a
barrow wheel, having two barrows of
q similar make, one with an IL inch
tire. Each barrow was equally loaded
to $50 pounds. The remains of load
Of sand that had been left on the
ground, and level with it, was wheeled
over with perfect ease with the wide
tire; but, on trying the narrow tire,
could not penetrate it more than 12
inches with all the force we could
bring to bear upon it n n find
that mud in solution offers little. il
any, more resistance than water. A
wide tire will pass over stiff mud and
compress it. Light carriages
would be improved by retiring them
with steel, say 11s inches wider than
the rims; it would protect the rim
from scratches and would not expand
so soon to require retiring. A two
inch rim would carry a three-inch tire
and 21s or three-inch rim four-inch
tire, so that the old wheels could be
saved, the only outlay being in the
tires"
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14
HINTS FOR DAIRYMEN.

A COW that is not profitable milk
producer is a burden on the pocket
book.
Will you warm the water for the
COWS this coming winter? 1t will pay
you to do so.
Do not overfeed the calf. If you do
you will soon have calf that will not
eat at all.
A COW that is thin skinned and whose
skin does not move easily over the ribs,
is not good COW to select.
If you are not getting the best price
for your butter, it is dead sure that
your butter is not the best.
A good cow ought to have a
capacious body, with plenty of room
for the work of the organs.
Cows that are most nervous and feel
or seem to feel pain, when milking, the
most readily, are the best mixers.
Old cows are difficult to fatten be.
cause their teeth are poor. If the
teeth are good an old COW will make
quite as good beef as good deal that
is now sold in the market.-Westerr
PloWman,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14

ganization known as the Woman's Relief
Corps, whose aid to the soldier of to-day,
fighting against the world for living, is no
less notable than the heroism of the eos.
One of the most earnest members of the
corps at Byron, ILL.,, IS Mrs. james House
weart, but illness once put stop to her
active work. A year or SO ago, when she
was nearing fifty years Of age, the time
when women must be most careful of their
strength, Mrs. Houseweart was taken seri-
ously i'll. The family physician told her
that she had reached critical period of her
life, and must be very careful. His pre-
scriptions and treatment did not benefit her,
and other treatment proved unavaiing.
At last Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People were brought to her notice, with in.
disputable evidence that they were helpful
in cases such as hers, and with renewed hope
she tried the remedy. Last March she tool
the first box of the pills, which gave much
relief. She was determined to be cured,
and kept on with the medicine, until now
eight boxes have been consumed, and she
feels like new woman.
| Mrs Houseweart said: IT have taken
eight boxes, and have been improving since
/ took the first dose. do not believe could
have lived without the pills. They have done
me more good than any physician or any
medicine ! have ever tried"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold in boxes
| (never in loose bulk) at so cents box OF
six boxes for $780, and may be had of al
druggists, or direct by mail from DR.: Viii
liams' Medicine Co., Schenectady, NY.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14
FUNNY THING IN SPELLING.
to Manir .Ilate "A Typewriter
Gets Man Into N Queer
Habit,

A Cleveland man has set about learning
the use of the typewriter. Up to the present
time he has had somebody to do his typewrit.
ing for him, but now he wants to know how
to run it all by himself, He admits that he
isn't an apt scholar. 1t comes slowly. The
letters are hard to find and the spacing is so
easily forgotten. But there is one thing that
amuses him. He is learning to spell and
learning in the same way he did when tow
headed boy in the early Cos. OF course he
could spell when he tackled the typewriter,
but not in the same way. Now he distinctly
enumerates each letter, and does it, too, with
The. greatest care. 1t is funny thing, but he
finds himself spelling out the words in the
newspaper and his wife says he spells them
in his Sleep
The other day the minister met him and
asked him how he was.
very WE'LL" he gravely spelled out,
and when the pastor looked amazed he real.
lied what he had done and hastily explained
the cause of the peculiarity. And the minis.
ter professed to be greatly interested and
wanted to know all about it and the speller is
now greatly worried for fear the parson will
write a special paper on it for some maya
zine.
When the minister finally left him he
shook hands and said "Good-by."
Good" began the speller and then rec
ollected himself and hastily added "by."
He hopes in time to wear out this peculiar.
ity, and when he increases his speed on the
typewriter he no doubt will.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14
UNTRANSLATABLE.
The American Phrase, "Get There"
Is Difficult for Foreigners to
Translate.

"What gives me most trouble" said for
eign military attache, lis trying to translate
your American language into English first,
and then into my own language, so as to
give my government a correct understand
ing of the spirit and character of your SOL
diers. | find the phrase get there for ex-
ample, difficult. When saw your infantry
going forward against the opposing troops in
the forts and intrenchments, said to the
officer with me that the infantry should not
attempt such movement without the arti-
ery. You're right he told me, but the
boys will get there AT night, when we were
all so hungry, vcntureu to inquire if fur
ther movement were contemplated till your
army was provisioned. Then the officers,
who were gentlemanly, all laughed, and said
the army would think about rations when
they got there The second day we met
many of your wounded men coming back
as we were going forward. When the colo
mel asked them about the fighting, so many
times heard them say we got there And
afterwards | also heard those words used
very often. But it is so difficult for me tc
explain so my own people will understand it
what nature of tactics is get there. '"-Bos
ton Transcript.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14
THE OFFICIAL TIME.
1t Was Carried by the General and
Had to BE Recognized
as Such.

The necessity that there shall be only one
man who "has the say in a military COM
mand is thoroughly recognized in the United
States army. A story is told of Gen. Shat
ter, commander of the American expedition
ary force for the invasion of Cuba, which it,
lustrates the punctilio of the regulars in this
regard.
At a certain frontier post at which Shafter,
who then held an inferior rank, was com
mander many years ago, discussion arose
among several officers as to the exact time
of day. A captain, with his watch in his
hand, said
at is now exactly three o'clock"
"Oh, no" said lieutenant, "by my time
it's eight minutes past three"
A third officer drew his watch out Of his
pocket. 81 know my time is exactly right, "
he said, "and my watch says two minutes
past three"
At this juncture Maj. Shafter looked at
his silver watch.
Il don't know what your watches say" he
remarked, 'but | wish you to understand
that in this command it is five minutes past
three"
Then the young officers remembered that
the authority OF the commanding officer ex
tended even to the time of da! .-Plttsburgt
DlSnatch,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14
Free with His Favors.

A foreign letter states that Prince
Ferdinand of Bulgaria, persists in con-
tinuing to render himself ridiculous.
When at Carlsbad last summer he con-
ferred one of his decorations upon the
local chiropodist who had attended to
his feet, and now it is announced that
while travelling from St. Petersburg
to Berlin he was so pleased with the
good cheer provided for him at the
railroad restaurant at Dantzig that on
leaving he solemnly invested the man.
ager of the eating house with the or
der of st. Alexander, presumably in
lieu of tip.-N. Y. World.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14
Cultivation of Orchards.

1t is an exceptional case when it
be considered best to plow or culti-
vate the orchard after the middle of
summer or during the fall The prin-
cipal reason for this is that in nearly
all cases late cultivation tends to in
duce a late growth of wood. No late
supply growth of wood is desirable;
what is wanted is that the growth
of wood made during the early part
of the growing season should have
plenty of time to mature and harde~
before freezing weather sets in.-
Farmers Voice. ii2~
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14
AVOIDING COLDS.
Getting Heated in Changeab!e Weather
Is Something to be Carefully Avoided.

Getting Heated In Changeab!e Weather
Is Something to be Carefully Avoided.
Avoiding colds is an art which
should be acquired by every individ-
ual, as it usually requires only proper
precautions. Colds are often the re-
suit of some condition of the constitu-
ton, or manner of living, or lack of
mental hygiene. In the latter case,
people frequently encourage colds by
expecting and looking for them every
time there is change of atmospheric
influence, such as often occurs daily.
Good mental resolutions and alb
sence of undue fear of colds will do
something towards avoiding them;
but mostly the art is secured through
increasing the resistance of the body.
Colds are frequently caused by
draughts of air striking sensitive por-
tions of the body, usually the back of
the neck, abdomen, feet and legs, as
these portions are perhaps the most
susceptible. To avoid this tendency
the skin should be toughened, so that
it will bear cold air better; this is done
by daily cold sponge bathing better
than any other way. If this habit is
taken up during the warm weather,
and kept up during the entire year, it
will do much towards exempting indi-
viduals from colds.
People who have not acquired this
resistance will have to exercise more
pains to adapt their clothing and ex-
ercise to the condition of the climate.
Getting heated in changeable weather
renders the individual very much more
susceptible to taking cold. Practical
adjustment of clothing, exercise, rest
and protection, during the seasons
when colds are prevalent, will often be
temporary measure against taking
cold, while, on the other hand, con.
slant worry about ones inability tc
adjust these conditions may be cause
for its development.-N. Y. Ledger.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14
COLOR OF BERRIES.
Appearance of Having Bcen
Vanished.

F. X. Steele, of Jefferson county,
Mo-, states in American Gardening
that when berries reach the consumer
they are usually dark in color, more
especially after long journey. Color
has much to do with their sale. "The
most of my berries are scarlet, writes
Mr.. Steele, "and owing to the free use
of wood ashes they have the appear
ance of being polished and vanished.
Then l pack them, placing only the
medium, large and shapely berries in
the sale boxes; the Indifferent are not
sold or counted in the sales. Here is
where the large grower cannot COM
pete with the old woman's ten-foot
patch He cannot help having small
berries and trash put in his boxes
with all his care. like the scarlet
berries the best, although l have the
dark colored berries also, and l often
note the fact that when berries are all
large alike the consumer chooses the
bright colored in preference to the
dark. They have fresher look. The
dark colored look as if they had been
on hand and were becoming stale!
The Brandywine, H. w. Beecher and
Leader on my soil are dark berries,
1 have so varieties of the scarlet ber-
ries, all seedlings of my own growing
some very early, some medium and
some very late. The earliest is large
conical berry, much larger than the
MichePs and ripening at the same
time, with large foliage of pale
green, the leaflets four inches in
length and broad in proportion with
out spots. Three years ago l planted
the seed from one large berry which
gave me 33 varieties, and there was
only one variety which 1 considered
as poor-too poor to keep. All the
others were fine and large. Iplanted
the seed, cultivated the soil around
them, fertilized only with ashes. Now,
who improved them and made them
finer than their parents? Nature and
natures laws"
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14
Cost Of Corn Production.

According to bulletin issued by the
Illinois experiment station, and based
upon the figures furnished by BIG corn
growers, it cost 1875 cents per bushel
and $1O.69 per acre to produce corn in
Illinois in 1896. These figures do not
represent the cost of growing merely,
/ but are based upon the average sum
of the expenditures on alhthe process
involved in production, from the prep
aration of the soil to the delivery Of
the corn at the elevator. ~
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14
BRITISH STEAM WAGON.
1t Is Intended for Freighting on the
Common Highway and Not
for Tbreshlng.

More attention has been given to
traction engine designs primarily for
hauling freight on the common high
way in Great Britain than in this
country. And rather more is done
there, too, in the way of actual trans
portation by such means. The iron
rail for ordinary wagons and trolley
roads for freight as well as passengers
are attracting so much favorable at
tention in America that the steam
wagon does not promise to become
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14
The War Is Over

And now our thoughts are all of peace and
home. There are, too often, people to be
found who have no home, and it is to them
these few words are addressed. If you real
ly want home you can easily get one, but
you should act at once before the relapse
from the war puts prices on the advance
In Marinette County, Wisconsin, the very
finest farming land is to be had now at a
most modest figure. Excellent home mar
kets are at hand to take whatever the farm
er raises, and good prices are given These
lands are on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railway, and full information con-
cerning them will cheerfully be furnished
by G. &, Rollins, Immigration Agent, l6l
La Sale Street. Chicago.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14
IMPROVED FRUIT DRYER.

decided disadvantages. The cut shows
a substitute for the "stringing" meth
cd of drying fruit. A framework,
some three inches wide or thick, and
as large in its other dimensions as
one desires, is covered with wire
screen cloth, as shown, the cover be-
ing of thin board.
This box filled and hung in the air
and sunshine will dry the fruit to per-
fection, giving the fine flavor without
the dirt of the old method. 1t must
be thin enough from side to side so
that the air can readily pass through
the fruit.-American Agriculturist.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14

A tailor in Chicago accidentally swallowed
a needle and died as a result of the infam-
nation set up by the small needle. Little
things have frequently great power, as is
seen in few small doses of the famous Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, which, however,
has an entirely different effect from the
needle in this notice. The Bitters make
nervous, weak and sickly persons strong and
well again. They are also good for dyspepsia
and constipation.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14

Heroic Honors.-"Evelyn," said her ia.
ther, what particular feat of bravery did
that young man who called on you last night
perform during the war;" None, father.
He stayed at home at my request. But why
do you ask?" "Oh, judging from the way
you kissed him l thought perhaps he had di-
rected the movements of Dewey and Schley
during the nAict."-Philadelphia North
American.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14
IMPROVED FRUIT DRYER.
clean Stringing Method Now
In General Use.

Ordinary methods of sun drying
have their drawbacks. The finest fla
vor comes from fruit that has been
put on strings and hung up in the
sun, the air circulating all about it.
II is thus exposed to dust and flies,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14
Only for Music,

"Have you a soul for music?" she asked as
she turned from the piano.
"For music, yes" he replied, and then he
hastily changed the subject and neglected to
ask her to sing again.
But she knew You can't always fool a
girl, even if she does think she has voice
Chicago Post.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14
woMAN's HERoIsM.

From the Register Gazette. Rockford, Ill.
During the civil war nearly as much hero
ism was shown by the women of our nation
as by the brave soldiers. Many woman,
weeping for her dead son, bound up the
wounds of his suffering comrades. rejoicing
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14
He Was CrueI.

Mr.. Nupop-I think will have my whis.
kers shaved off.
Mrs. Nupop (reproachfully)-Why, John,
didn't think you could be SO heartess You
know how baby loves to pull them!-Up to
Date
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14

.
in their
renewed
strength,
even while
sorrowing
for the
one who
was gone
At that
time was
laid the
f O unda-
tion for
theworld-
famed or
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14
The Best Reason,

Little Clarence (who reads and ponders)-
Pa, / have just been reading paragraph,
which says there are various reasons why a
man who talks in his sleep should not marry;
what are some of those reasons, pa?
Mr.. Callipers-The best reason, my son,
is because he talks in his sleep.-Puck.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-14

An actress is often indebted to the florist
for the flowers she gets over the footights.
Chicago Daily News.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14

living in Evansville, in gossipy letter to
the lions Herald of Boston, l alluded to
the Slade enterprise commenting it and its
results, but bemoanng the impeachment to
its success which existed in the fact that
in the midst of their usefulness as teachers
they fell victims to matrimony; adding, as
1 supposed. facetiously, that if there were
others competent to take the places of
those who fell they would be received with
effect. Almost by return mail ] received a
letter from a mother at Skowhegan, Me-
Informing, me that she had two accom-
plished daughters, with some expert
ence as teachers, and that she would
start. them to Evansville to- my
on time. l provided a schoolroom for them
in the basement of the old church, and they
were patronized by such families those of
time they, too, went the way Of their prede-
cessors-but, in the language Of Samantha
Allen, / digreSS.
Miss Callista Rogers. the heroine of Miss
Nicholass story, was a typical New Eng
land teacher of the Slade epoch. She man
aged her school affairs with discretion, and
when the time came to manage love affairs
she was equal to the occasion. How she
caught the Campbellite preacher of Honey
port and how the Presbyterian preacher
failed to get her is wonderfully hfelike, as
told in the story, and the reader instructive
ly says, Served the Presbyterian right"
OF course, she was willing to be amused,
not for the sake of getting the preacher,
for he was in no mood to dictate terms,
but because she thought she would be more
useful to her husbands flock The love let
ter Of the Presbyterian preacher is a model
of its kind, and how easily his broken heart
was mended when he saw the Campbelite
brother in possession of his desired house
keeper is all we'll told. The slight anachro-
nism in the story is more than atoned for
by the true-to-life picture of the story from
beginning to end.
Some of the ''other stories" are even more
captivating than this. But as | am in a
carping mood just now l will say that
Mrs. Brookss Change Of Heart" ends be-
fore the story. is complete. How Mrs.
Brooks was inveigled into the theater by her
son-in-law to hear Joe Jefferson is well
enough told, and how she defended herself
for it when she got back home, and how she
admitted that one might go to the theater
to hear such plays as RIP Van Wrinkle"
is we'll told also, but she ought to have con-
coded that though she had no longngs
after theater-going herself, she could allow
that others might go to proper plays with
out deserving unqualified censure. She
might have ADDED this. but the story is good
without it, Being book of Indiana stories
it will be read by Indianians with special
interest, and many will recognize the proto-
types among their personal acquaintances.
u. L. SEE
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14
OVERDREW $150,OO0.
Amount Frank Mcgowan Is Ahead OF
Trenton Rubber Company.

TRENTON. N. j.. Nov. 1S.-Vice Chan
cellor Reed rendered decision yesterday
in which he holds that eX-Mayor Frank A.
Mcgowan. as president of the Trenton Rub
Der Company, overdrew his accounts in that
concern to the extent of at least $4,000. He
also decides that Allen Mcgowan, the ex-
mayors father, and a director of the COM
pany, is civilly responsible for $16.99O07 of
these overdrafts, and that William p.
Hayes another director is responsible to the
extent of $500.
Suit was instituted by Receiver Bird with
the idea of holding Allen Magos an and Will
lam p. Hayes responsible for the ex-mayor' s
overdrafts. on the ground that they had
been negligent in their duties as directors
The vice chancellor expressed himself pretty
freely as to Magowan's reckless conduct in
using the funds of the company for his own
personal benefit. and says that it is clear
that Allen Mcgowan and Hayes were negli-
gent in their duties. but thar they can only
be held responsible to the creditors from the
time they knew the company was insolvent.