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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-11-02
MANGER FOR HORSES
Just the Thing wherever the Space
for a Horse Stable Is Not Cap
able Of Expansion.

Owing to the Improbable expense
of roofing any more space than is abb
solutely necessary, one of the great
problems in the interior arrangement
of farm buildings is the economizing
Of room. Such being the case, every
practicable device possible should be
sought after, and when one is discov-
cred that answers the purpose fair
ly well il ought never to be forgotten.
This is highly applicable to the
horse manger shown herewith, for not
only is it convenient and economical,
but just the thing wherever the space
for horse stable is small, as usually
occurs when the stalls are arranged
across one end of the barn, or if 80
that the horses face the barn floor.
AS can be seen in the illustration,
In place of the commonly wide and
deep manger construct trough ~
about foot wide and the same in
depth, using hardwood boards for the
purpose, if possible. In front of this,
away from where the horse stands,
insert iron rods or tough wooden
poles (2) the full width of the trough
and just far enough apart SO that the
animal can get its nose between them
to pull out the hay or fodder placed
for it by its keeper upon the slat sup
port (3). And how is this held in po-
sition? Why, by being hinged at the
bottom and supported from above at
regular intervals or being attached to
wires or ropes (4) arranged there for
this purpose.
Thus you see it is very simple de-
vice, and yet possessed of numerous
advantages in that it saves space,
wastes little or no feed and has no
hateful corners in which the refuse
parts of the feed may collect. The
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-11-02
Texaa 1. q Great state.

A great many people want to know
how large Texas is in area. They look
in quite number of alleged statistical
abstracts and never find the same fig
ures in two of them. The official fig-
ureh of Texas area are 252,696 square
es-equal to about SO per cent. of
the entire area of the United States and
territories. Texas is six times larger
than New York, seven times as large as
Ohio, and 100000 square miles larger
than all the eastern and middle states,
including Delaware and Maryland.
Compared with the countries Of Eu-
rope. she has $4,000 square miles more
than the Austrian empire, 62,OOO more
than the German empire, and nearly
10000 square miles more than France.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-11-02

II became seriously i'll three years ago.
The doctor gave me medicine for indigestion,
but / continued to become worse. / had
several physicians at intervals who gave me
some relief, but nothing permanent
Il read in the newspapers articles regard
ing the wonderful curative powers OF DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, and
finally concluded to try the pills. pur-
chased six boxes. This was five months ago.
The first box gave me much relief l con-
tinued taking the pills, and after using four
boxes was cured"
These pills are recognized everywhere as
aspecifc for diseases of the blood and nerves.
For paralysis, locomotor ataxia, and other
diseases long supposed incurable, they have
proved their efficacy in thousands of cases.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-11-02
THE USE OF PUMPKINS.
Those Classes of Stock to Which They
Can BE Fed to Great Advantage
from Now On.

There are three classes of stock to
which pumpkins can be fed with great
profit from this time on; the growing
pig. the lamb and the milk cow-the
two former to be preferred. One OF
the great benefits Of feeding pumpkins,
and particularly the seeds, lies in the
fact that they act as vermifuge and
hence serve a valuable purpose at this
time of year in ridding both these
classes of stock of the worms that do
SO much TO hinder their thrift. This
is true especially CT sheep. About all
their diseases may be summed up in
one word-worms-and while pump,
kins will perhaps do little injury to
lung worms or grubs in the head, they
will prove valuable in getting rid oil
the other vermicular infections. The
old grandmother who makes pumpkin
seed into tea and feeds it to her grand
child Observation-Disclosures does
not enable her to take care of it prop
erly, is doing about the right thing
She knows that the youngster has
worms, and her long experience has
told her that pumpkin seed tea anc
worms are at swords points. We sus
pect that If our grandmothers had tn,
management Of the lambs there woult
be less complaint of worms. SOM
way we always did think that grano
mother who had cared for seven
eight children and dozen or NOR
grandchildren had more sense than
good many surgeons.--Journal Of Al
ricnlture.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-11-02
WAYS OYSTERS HAVE.
A Pleasant Chat About an Old Friend
which Should Interest Our
Boys and Girls.

When it comes to keeping his mouth
shut Mr.. Oyster, who returned the
other day, can give points to the man
who eats him. When once social or
domestic secret is his it's his forever.
1t never goes any further, SO far as he
is concerned. The proverbial wild
horses could not drag it from him.
But great as is the oysters wisdom
in this respect, in other ways his i'm
tellect is decidedly inferior to that Of
his consumer. For instance, he hasn't
learned the art of making up" in or
der to conceal his age. Anyone who
wishes to do so can find out how old an
oyster is. You don't have to go to thei
trouble of looking at his teeth to find
out, either. The lines in the groove
of the hinge Of the shell tell the whole
story, and very accurately, too. Theses
lines are true index to the numberI
of layers composing the shell, beings
in fact, nothing else than their att
tenuated tails, and as the number OF
layers all depends upon the age of the
oyster the problem becomes as SIM
pie as the familiar ''if x equals and
equals b, then x must be equal to
b" proposition. One of these layers
grows each year, and no matter how
hard the oyster may try to keep it
from showing it is bound to overlap its
predecessor and leave ridge which
is just as disturbing to Mr.. or Mrs.
Oyster as an annual wrinkle would be
to the human race. Up to the time
of an oysters maturity these layers
are arranged with regularity but aft
er that they are fairly piled over each
other just as if the little animals
birthdays had crowded upon each
other so rapidly that he didn't have
time to spread out one new plate be-
fore another was right at his heels.
An oyster comes of age when he
is four years old. Coming of age in
the oyster kingdom means that he is
old enough to vote, take care of 9
family and-go to market. Going to
market is a disastrous undertaking
and is generally the last of him, for 6
four-year-old oyster is particularly
palatable, and people do not hesitate
to pay pretty liberal price for PIN
or quart of him. By this it mus
not be supposed that after an oyster hal
passed the four-layer period and ha'
five, six or even ten wrinkles on hi
she'll that he is back number and fl
for nothing but to keep on acumulat
ing wrinkles until he dies from old age
Indeed, there are records of oyster
being eaten just after celebrating
their thirtieth birthday, and in mos
cases they formed quite deliciou
meal. This is an unusual age for al
oyster to attain, because few of then
are given an opportunity to live s.
long. If left to enjoy life in his owl
way, it is quite probable that tn
oyster would become an octogenaria
or even centenarian. Chicago Rec
ord.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-11-02
CAVALIER AND CoBBLER.
The Trouble Between Them Was Set
tied by n King Who Was as
Wise as Solomon.

A shoemaker who lived at Perpig-
nan was sitting at his door one day.
While he worked he sang ballad very
much in vogue at that time. A gentle
man on horseback passing by stopped
to listen to the song. He remained
there until the shoemaker had fin
ished; then he descended from his
horse, approached the man, and, TAX
ing pair of scissors, he cut into pieces
several pairs of new shoes, then, with
out saying a word, he remounted and
continued his way.
The shoemaker, at first stupefed,
soon started after the horseman, cry
ing:
"You wretch! Why have you been
80 cruel? I am poor; I have never
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-11-02
Go south This winter.

For the present winter season the Louis
vile & Nashville Railroad Company has
improved its already nearly perfect through
service Of Pullman Vestibuled Sleeping
Cars and elegant day coaches from Cincin'
matt, Louisville, St. Louis and Chicago, to
Mobile, New Orleans and the Gulf Coast,
iThomasville, Ca, Pensacola, Jacksonville,
Tampa, Palm Beach and other points in
Florida. Perfect connection will be made
with steamer lines for Cuba, Porto Rico,
Nassau and West Indian ports. Tourist
and Home-Seekers excursion tickets on sale
at low rates. Write G. P. Atmore, General
Passenger Agent, Louisville, KY, for par
Hculars.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-11-02
JACK AND THE BEANsTALK.

Jack was an orphan, poor, but true;
A wondrous bean he found;
And ere he slept, for safety's sake,
He hid 1t in the ground.
One morn he rose to see vine
Above his hidden treasure,
That o'er a palace near him grew,
Whose height he could not measure.
And soon vision moved the boy
To thrust his hatchet strong
Within the vine, and upward rise
Singing this merry song:
"I'll hitch my hatchet and up I'll go;
The higher climb the more I'll know"
He mastered all one room could teach,
Then climbed story higher;
For love and knowledge all his soul
Burned with pure desire.
''I'll hitch my hatchet and up I'll go;
The higher climb the more Ill know"
And so he rose by sure degrees,
From alphabet to college;
For the vast palace he explored
The temple was of knowledge.
Mary Whitney Morrison, in Youths
Companion.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-11-02
a NATION OF DYspEpTIcs.
From the Mountaineer. walhalla, N, Oak

From the Mountaineer. walhalla, N, Oak.
The remorse Of guilty stomach is what
, large majority Of the people are suffering
with to-day. Dyspepsia is characteristic
American disease and it is frequently stated
that I'VE are nation of dyspeptics"
Improper food, hurried eating, mental
worry, exhaustion; any of these produce q
lack Of vitality in the system, by causing the
blood to lose its hfe-sustaining elements.
The blood is the vital element in our lives
and should be carefully nurtured. Restore
the blood to its proper condition, dyspepsia
will vanish and good health follow.
For example, in the county of PembinA,
North Dakota, few miles from Walhalla,
resides Mr.. Ernest Snider; man of sterling
integrity, whose veracity cannot be doubted.
He saws:
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-11-02
PUssY's INGENUITY.
How She Obtained Milk from n jug
Which Had n Very Narrow
Opening at the Top.

This depicts very artful cat obt"in-
ing milk from jug, the top of which
was much too narrow to admit the ami
mails head. Cats are not commonly
credited with much intelligence, but
this picture shows pussy withdrawing
her paw after having dipped it into
the milk. 1t is obvious that the pho
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-11-02

fact is, this affair faces the barn floor
all seed and chafr must fall through
the slat support onto the same, and
as this in turn may be scraped up and
fed to the COWS, not single thing edi-
bic need to be wasted.
Provided corn fodder is at any time
largely fed, all one has to do is to let
down the slat support from the top
occasionally and out upon the floor
will roll the stalks, whence they can be
easily conveyed to any spot desired,
which, of course, should not be the
manure pile, since cornstalks are al
ways nuisance in dung of any kind,
unless it is mulch designed for some
special purpose.
And how about the economizing OF
room? Why, if the manger is next to
the barn floor, when drawing in hay
or the like drop down the slat support
from the top, leave it so, and it will
be entirely out of the way.
AS to the material for constructing
this support, generally speaking it is
best made of half-inch boards four
inches wide, and in fastening it at the
bottom so that it will swing up and
down use common four-inch strap
hinges, these serving the purpose al
most as well as iron ones, and being
incomparably cheaper.-Frederick O.
Sibley, in N. Y. Tribune.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-11-02
Many People Cannot Drink

coffee at night. 1t spoils their sleep. You
can drink Grain when you please and sleep
like top. For Grain-0 does not stimulate;
Il nourishes. cheers and feeds. Yet it looks
and tastes like the best coffee. For nervous
persons, young people and children Grain-O
is the perfect drink. Made from pure grains.
Get package from your grocer to-day. Try
q In place OF coffee. Is and 25c.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-11-02
Metropolitan OrnithoIogy.

Teacher-Miss Street, can you tell me
what is most peculiar in the Matching of the
cuckoo?
Miss Street (doubtfully)-!t generally
buildsits nest in clock.-Jewelers' Weekly.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-11-02

Always-Little Robbie-"Pa, what's a
man of the people% Pa-"A candidate for
Office before election day."-Cleveland
Leader.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-11-02

'uswss3e4S sIsHuoA- 'sn!AuseA s.elsy3
:ss4 .LIsMs-ssIGaS I'm "iasG ssu!usdo
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-11-02

tographer in this case must have exer-
cised very great care and stealth, other
wise pussy could not possibly fail TO
have been disturbed in her nefarious
treat
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30
GOT A SENTENCE AND FINE.
Sam. MARSHALL Must Serve Q Year In
Jail and Pay . Fine Of 500.

Samuel Marshall, one of the men
who was captured by John Abbay and
]. ". Plunkett while attempting to
carry of two bolts of cloth from the
store Of Morris & Abbay, was given a
jail sentence Of one year and a fine of
$10o last week. Marshall and a man
named Bill Chism entered the store on
the 26th day of March, 1898, and asked
to zee some oiIcloth. Chism went
with Mr.. Abbay to the ear part of the
store to see the oilcloth while Mar
shall remained In the front part.
Ohism bought a yard of oilcloth and
was going out when Marshall told him
to look at some overalls. Then Chism
asked to see the overalls and they
again returned to the rea Of the store.
By this time Mr.. Abbay, who suspect
ed that something was wrong, kept
his eagle eye turned toward the man
In the front of the store. Mr.. Abbay
saw Marshall put two bolts of cloth
under his coat, but did not say q word
until he had reached the front of the
store again and seized his prey. A
sharp struggle ensued, but Capt. Plum
kett, who was watching the men from
the Court House yard, rushed in and
the thieves were placed under arrest.
Marshall is q very shrewd fellow,
taking care not to steal more than $50
worth of goods from n man, as that
is the amount required by law to send
a nan to the penitentiary. There are
several more charges against Marshall
and he may have further trouble.
Ohism Is In the jail awaiting trial.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30
McKinlev,s Nenhevvs Enlist

WASHINGTON, June 24.-Two neph-
ews of President Mckinley have
enlisted in the volunteer army as
private soldiers. They r John
Dewalt Barber and James Fuller Nc
Kinley. Both have been guests at the
White House for some time. The
President was urged by some of his
friends to appoint them Second Lieu
tenants In the army, but he declined.
Both young men applied for enlist
ment in the Eighth Regiment, Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, now camped near
Falls Church, 81 part of the second
army corps. They were examined
and found to meet all requirements
and were yesterday regularly mus
tered into the service of the United
States volunteer army.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, August H. Schulz and
Josephine Schulz, his wife, by their
certain deed of trust, dated February
23rd, 1892, and recorded In the Re-
corder's office in Audrain County,
Missouri, in Book 10, at Page 1853, con-
veyed to the undersigned trustee the
following described real estate sit
uated in Audrain County, Missouri,
to- wit:
The south half of the north half of
Section Twenty-Seven (27), and the
northeast quarter of Section Twenty
Eight (2S), all in Township Fifty-Two
{52), Range Six Co west, containing
in all three hundred and twenty (320)
acres, more or less.
Which said conveyance was made
in trust to secure the payment of GER
tain promissory notes in said deed de-
scribed; and, whereas, said notes re-
main due and unpaid; and, therefore,
at the request of the legal holder OF
said notes, and by authority of the
provisions of said deed of trust, /
will, on
Friday, the LIST Day of July, A. D. 1898,
proceed to sell the property herein
before described, at public vendue to
the highest bidder for cash, at the
east front door of the court house, In
Mexico, Missouri, between the hours
of 9 O'Clock In the forenoon and 8
O'Clock In the afternoon Of that day,
to satisfy said debt and the expenses
of executing this trust.
D.. p. MOORE, Trusss,e.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30
Circuit Court Proceedings.


Gunnell vs.. Emerson: motion for a
new trial overruled.
Moomaw vs. Emerson; motion for
a new trial overruled. Appeal taken
and ten days given in which to file
appeal bond for $500.
j. W. Lewellen vs. @. & A. rail-
road; verdict set aside. New trial
granted.
]. H. Field VS.. Wabash railroad;
motion for new trial and motion in
arrest of judgment overruled. Appeal
taken and ten days given in which to
file appeal bond.
Winkler vs.. Hudson; motion for
new trial %overruled.
Josephine Gay vs.. Harry Gay, d.
vorce granted.
Barnes vs. Allison ct al; undecided.
Lakenan & Barnes We. McNama &
Elliott; ]. Fl. Scott, garnishee; appeal
taken.
Martinsburg Bank vs.. MeNama &
Elliott; appeal taken.
Just before court adjourned the
resolutions of respect relative to the
noble life and character of Samuel w.
Buckley, an honored member Of the
Mexico Bar, who has died since the
last term OF Circuit Court, were pre-
sented, read and ordered spread upon
the court records.
State of Missouri We. W. ]. McCaslin;
found guilty and sentenced to 2 years
In the penitentiary.
State OF Missouri VS.. Sam Marshall;
found guilty and sentenced to 1 year
in county Jail and a fine Of 800.
State Of Missouri vs.. w. M. Chism
found guilty and sentenced to three
months in county Jail.
State OF Missouri vs.. O. e. Casper;
failed to appear; bond forfeited with
leave to appear and move to set aside
and case continued.
State of Missouri vs. Thos. Jennings;
o n motion of the State cas- nolle
pressed.
State of Missouri vs.. Elzea Hayes;
on motion of the state case nolle
pressed.
John Thomas Baker; admitted to
the practice OF law.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30
The Wages Of Sin.
A FORMER MEXICO WOMAN AT
TEMPTs TO COMMIT SUICIDE
IN ST. LOUIS, MO.
Truly a Checkered Career-The Part
Played By Ike Foval in Securing
q Wife For His Old Uncle
Made q Big Haul.

Mamie Foval, alias Gertie Carroll,
living at No. 1921 Olive street under
the name of Mrs. Benjamin Carter,
made another attempt at suicide yes
terday morning. This time she swal-
lowed sugar OF lead. =
The physicians at the City Dispen-
sary and hospital say that In the past
few years the Foval woman had at
tempted suicide half q dozen times.
She is % years of age, and has had q
very sensational career. In 1890 she
married Jesse Foval, ~ years of age,
of Hardin, Ill. She lived with him
three weeks and then deserted him.
The old man claimed that 90, 200 dis
appeared with his young bride. He
got a divorce and sued Ike Fovai, his
nephew, who had introduced him to
his wife, for $4,000, charging him
with having been a party to the we'd
ding scheme. Since then Mrs. Foval
has been living in st. Louis under va
rious names.-St. Louis Globe Demo-
crGt.
The Ike Foval mentioned above
formerly a citizen of Mexico and
the wo oman, Mamie, was known as his
ward, or adopted daughter, which
lends local interest to the facts con-
yeyed in the above paragraph. Fo.
val's brother was once proprietor of
a lumber yard which was located
where W. A. Morris residence now
Ike looked after the business
for his brother, and will be remem-
bered by many of our older citizens.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30

Bad management keeps nor peo-
pie Ia poor circumstances than any
other one cause. To be successful
one must look ahead and plan ahead
so that when q favorable opportunity
presents itself he LIS ready to take adj
vantage of 1t. A little forethought
will also ave much expense and valu-
able time. A prudent and careful man
will keep a bottle Of CharAberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
In the house, the shiftless fellow will
wait until necessity compels 1t and
then ruin his best horse going for a
o doctor and have q big doctor bill to
pay, besides; M pays out % cents,
the other Is out a hundred dollars and
then wonders why his neighbor is get
ting richer while he Is getting poorer.
For sale by Wooldridge&Purdy Drug
Qiste.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30
Colonel J. D. Patton Dead.

STURGEON, Mo-, June IA tele-
gram states that Colonel ]. D.. Patton,
the noted turfman, who died ut Santa
Ana, CAL, Sunday, and whose home
was In Sturgeon, VIII be buried ct
Moberly, Mo-, next Sunday by the
Masons Of Sturgeon, assisted by the
Centralia Lodge.
The funeral sermon Will be preached
by Rev. DR.. Gave, Of st. Louis, who ID
now In Michigan on Q short vacation.
Mr.. Patton was tho wealthiost man
In this vicinity. He waa born Ia Ran
dolph county In 1924 md Was for seven
ycersa citixen Of 80. Louis. He leayeu
. widow, but no children.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-30
The Sugar Trusts Prices

The Globe Democrat, in an article
on the equality plan in the wholesale
sugar trade, which was originated by
the sugar trust to regulate the sale OF
sugar by jobbers, says:
"The equality plan places all job
bers on an equal footing in any one
market, and the trust allows them a
rebate of 3-16c per pound, or about
per cent. at the end of every ninety
days. The equality plan works this
way: Yesterday granulated sugar was
worth $4.A per 100 in New Orleans.
The rail freight rate from New Orleans
to st. Louis is zoe per 100, thus making
the lay-down price yesterday fol
sugar in st. Louis $4.84. Suppose a
st. Louis Jobber sold sugar yesterday
to a customer IN Mexico, Mo. The
freight rate from st. Louis to Mexico
is Ice per 100, thus making the price
for sugar delivered at Mexico $3.50.
The equality plan means that all job
beers in st. Louis would sell sugar In
Mexico at $3.50 yesterday"