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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08
GEN. A. w. GREELY.

(Chief Signal officer United States Army.)
do not know what is the censor's and
what is the correspondents work. Dis
patches are received and paid for by
the newspapers as news and published
as news. The correspondent doesn't
know what his paper gets and the news
paper doesn't know what the CORE
spondent sends. Uncle Sam is the only
responsible party in the matter, and
the humor of the situation is found in
the further fact that ir this regard
Uncle Sam is totally irresponsible
party, if there ever was one.
These efforts of the authorities to
mislead the willy Spaniard, or at least
to give him no information about the
plans of this country, are being aided
and abetted by patriotic newspapers
and correspondents. The latter sends
along every item tht "leaks" out, but
as all these items are scrupulously
vised by the censor, it may be taken
for granted that what thus percolates
to the public is not considered very i'm.
portant information.
At Key West and Tampa the censor
ship over kilograms is especially rigid
The officer in charge of the telegraph
office at Tampa is Lieut.. Mi'N3T. an aide
of Gen. Shafter, and all dispatches must
be given to him. Correspondents who
are caught smuggling news will be
packed off home, If not otherwise pun.
ished, and for the first time in their
lives young men representing great
daily newspapers find strong wall be.
tween themselves and their managing
editors" at home. The censorship is
particularly hard on the correspond
ents of the big London dailies, who have
been acting, unwittingly. as couriers
for the government at Madrid. They
were delighted with the freedom Of the
American news system in the early days
of the campaign, but now their mes
sages are turned inside out, pruned,
changed, and labored with, when not
thrown away in their entirety. Cor
respondents in Tampa are forbidden to
send out the movements of officers and
the arrivals of volunteer troops, and it
may be that the American army will be
on Cuban soil before the American pub
lie learns the fact.
Gen. Greely, who is the bogy man Of
the correspondents and the censor-in-
chief of the news dispatches, has been in
the army since the beginning of the civil
war. At that time he enlisted as pri-
vate and had risen to the rank of cap
tain before 1865. At the close OF the war
he was transferred to the regular army
and in 1868 he entered the signal service.
His fame was made in the celebrated
Greedy expedition to the arctics. The
story of that expedition is part of the
worlds history. Gen. Greedy has been
honored by foreign scientific societies
in Europe and his works are translated
into many languages.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08
A REMARKABLE CASE.

The following case was printed originally
in The Monitor, a newspaper published at
Meaford, Ontario. Doubts were raised as
TO its truthfulness, consequently a close
watch was kept on the case for two years and
the original statement has now been COM
pletey verified.
Mr.. Petch had been hopeless paralytio
for FIVE years. His case has had wide atten-
tion. He was confined to his bed, was bloat-
ed almost beyond recognition, and could not
take solid food. Doctors called the disease
spinal sclerosis, and all said he could not
live. The Canadian Mutual Life Associa
tion, after thorough examination, paid him
his total disability claim Of 81 900, regarding
him as forever incurable.
For three years he fingered in this condi
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08

by pricking sensation, until at last the
blood began to course freely and vigorously
through his body. Soon he was restored
to his old time health.
A reporter for The Monitor recently called
on Mr.. Petch again and was told:
"You may say there is no doubt as to my
cure being permanent. am in better health
than when gave you the first interview
and certainly attribute my cure to DR.. Viii
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
ITO these pills owe my release from the
living death, and shall always bless the
day 1 was induced to take them"
Such is the history of one of the most
remarkable cases in modern times. In the
face Of such testimony, can anyone say that
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are not entitled to
the careful consideration of every sufferer
man, woman or child? Is not the case, in
truth, miracle of modern medicine?
These pills are sold by all druggists and
are considered by them to be one Of the most
valuable remedial agents known to science.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08
No DrIgndIer Generals.

This story is told in Boston of Col. T.
W. Higginson. He was travelling in the
south a few years after the war, and
chanced to fall into talk with an old
farmer, who had engaged a number Of
old soldiers TO help in the haying. "You
see over there where those four men are
worl<ing?" asked the farmer. "Well, all
of 'em fought in the war. One OF 'em
was a private, one Of 'em was cor
poral, one was major, and that man
way over there in the corner was
colonel" "Are they good ?" asked
Higginson. "Well," said the farmer,
ethat private's a first-cass man, and the
rorpoml's pretty good, too" "But how
nbout the major and the colonel?"
"The majors $685." said the farmer.
"But the colopel?" swell, don't want
10 say nothin' against any man who was
colonel In the war" said the farmer,
shut I've made up my mind I won't hire
no brigadler generals. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08
A Queer Soldier.

James Hendricks, of Elberton, Ca,
who Joined the confederate forces in 1861,
was in nearly every important battle
of the war, and declares that no union
soldiers were either killed or wounded
by him, as he always fired In the air.
He believed war to be wrong from
every standpoint, and held that legal
lied killing was no better than ordinary
murder. 1t was entirely from patriotic
motives that he answered the call fo-
troops to fight the north. Hendricks
says he is willing to join a voluntecr
regiment against the Spaniards, bu'
would carefully avoid taking life !
sent to the front.-Cleveland Leader.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08
Not Hereditary,

Gottrocks They tell me your son is be-
coming quite poet. l didn't know the ten
der passion ran in your family. =,
Biiluns-It don't run in the family. !
think John was left that way by the scarlet
fever. The doctor says everybody that has
it is always affected some way.-Chicago
Evening News
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08

Pelvic Catarrh is usually called female dis.
ease. Not being called catarrh, as it should
be, it is not treated as catarrh. Hence the
frequent failures to find cure. Catarrh iS
catarrh wherever located. Pe-ru-na cures
catarrh wherever located. Mrs. Caroline
Daft, Transport, o., writes 81 can testify
to the merits of Pe-ru-na. have taken con.
siderable of it and one bottle of Man-a-lin,
and they both are excellent remedies. am
as we'll and hearty as ever was in my life
and give the credit entirely to your medi-
cines"
Catarrh of the lining membrane of the
vagina, womb or bladder, producing con-
slant discharge of mucus, is a very common
disease. 1t is generally called female weak
ness. The catarrahl nature Of this disease
is not usually known. Hence very few peo-
pie are receiving the correct treatment.
Every woman so afflicted should immediate
ly write to DR.. Hartman, giving the particu.
lars Of her case, and she will receive prompt
answer free of charge, giving full directions
as to her treatment Cases that have been
thought to be incurable are promptly cured
by DR.. Hartman's treatment.
Every woman should have copy OF DR.;
Hartman's book on female catarrh, entitled
Health and Beauty" Sent free. AddreI
Dr.. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08

The New York Ledger is now successfully
sold by Bright Boys and Girls, who thus earn
many valuable premiums. Two cents profit
on each copy sold. No money required in
advance. Send name and address for complete
outfit, including Premium List, to Robert Bon
ner's Sons. Ledger Rrilainn Y. Y. City.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08
Euronenn Postal Facilities.

Letters dropped into box in Paris
are delivered in Berlin within an hour
and half, and sometimes within 3S
minutes. They are whisked through
tubes by pneumatic power.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08
An Indiana Purist.

One of the New Proprietors-Sha we put
out sign: This place has changed hands?
The Other New Proprietor No. 1t
hasn't changed hands. We have all the old
help, haven't we? Hang out a sign that il
has changed heads.-Indianap Journal
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08

We never yet met a girl in a dry goods
store who was not Gust dying" to pos.
sess something that didn't cost more than
Is cents.-Atchison Globe,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08
Prices always please.

Bishop McCabe of New York, on DIR.
James Headache Powders.
with regard to DR.. James Headache
Powders, have no hesitation in COM
mending them to suffers from headache.
They relieve pain speedily, and l have
never known anyone to be harmed by
their use. 1 have been a great sufferer
from headache in my life, but have
almost gotten rid of it by the constant
use of hot water and fruit, and by doing
without coffee. The DR.. James Head
ache Powders have, however, greatly re-
lieved me at times, and 1 never allow
myself to be without them, and have
recommended to others freely.
C. G. MCCABE.
For sale by ]. W. HoughtOn
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08

The skins of animals were the earliest
form of money, so we are told, No doubt
a skunk.skin was considered scent-piece.
Il, A, w. Bulletin.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08

Fits stopped free ana permanently cured,
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 80 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline. 933 Arch st.. Phila., Pa.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08

A good way to avoid trouble is to make
up your mind not to be troubled, but that
is too much trouble.-Washingto Qa.)
Democrat
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08

tion. After
taking some
Of DR.. Will.
lians' Pink
Pills for
Pale People
there was
a 8 ligh t
C h ange, a
t e n d e ncy
t o s W e a I
freely. Next
came a little
feeling in
his limbs.
This extend.
Il fzIl1-,al
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure 25c.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08
HOTELS.

TTOTEL DE F00TE, the leading hotel in
III Wellington. New house, elegantly fur.
nished; gas, steam, hot and cold water bath,
good sample room, Livery and feed stable in
connection. Rates, 81 per day, South Main
street, opposite park. G. D. Foote, proprietor,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-08

Nth. MILLS, NJ. D. Office over Near's drug
M. store, south side West Main street, Of
fce hours: 10 to u a, m; to p M; to 8 p, III.
Residence, Courtland ave. Telephone No. 81
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-20

lunatics outnumbered the female by nearly two to one, the figures being PA male and 133 female, showing that, whatever may be the case in other States, California is not place where household worries bring about an un- sound state of mind.
 But the point is the nationality of the patients Out of the total of 357 luna tics. only 142 were of United States birth. The Irish were the next highest on the list, with a contribution of 52, and then comes Germany, 50; England, r; China, 16; France, 12; Italy, s; Scot land, T. Sweden, ', the balance being made up by small contributions from nearly every nationality under the sum-
 It will thus be seen that the foreign element among our population is large ly responsible for the increase in in- sane patients. Another thing is that California has for a long time past been the favorite dumping ground for luna tics from all parts of the Union. Peo- ple desirous of getting rid of their helpless relatives would ship them off with a ticket to the Golden State, and the Golden State of course would have to care for them. The State Commis- sion is busily engaged in shipping back as many of these helpless creatures as possible to the States whence they came It is cheaper in the long run to pay the lunatic's fare back to the East than to keep him.
 A curious and rather pathetic fn- stance of this kind occurred the other day. A family migrated from Massa- chusetts to Oregon, bringing with them their aged and witless mother. But apparently they soon got tired of keeping the old lady, so they bought her a second-class ticket to Spring field, Mass, and put her on the cars to get there as best she could: However, they took the precaution of sewing a label on her dress, showing her name and destination in bold let ters. Probably, being thus ad- dressed, the old lady would have got through all right, had not the unusual hustle and jolting of the cars destroyed what little balance of mind she had left. Thus, when she got to Califor- nia she had to be placed in an asylum, and arrangements have only just been completed for sending her to her home in the East.
 J. F. ROSE-SOLEY.
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But it should be remembered that theseresults are largely speculative, ana may be very much influenced by the disposition of weights and internal ar rangements of the vessel. Thus in some Italian experiments with model of a ship with a triple bottom seventy five pounds of guncotton exploded In contact broke through two or them, and when the space between the two inner ones was filled with coal, only the outer bottom was injured.
 Comparing dynamite with guncotton, the two explosives with which we are most familiar, it may be said that dy- namite loses strength by the evapora- tion of the nitro glycerlne. Pure gum cotton, whether wet or dry, Is una1- fected by changes of temperature. Gun cotton, as we'll as forcite and gelatine dynamite, are unaffected by water, but dynamite loses per cent of It's power when drowned in water. Nitro glycer- inc is insoluble in water so that most of the compounds are uninjured by be- ing submerged. With regard to safety in handling and transportation, dyna- mite and nitro glycerine are the most sensitive They should not be ex- posed to a tropical sun. Guncotton Is more liable to detonation by influence when dry than when wet, and dynamite when compressed than when loose. Buoyant mines when planted, if filled with 800 pounds of blasting gelatine, need to be spaced every 456 feet; gum cotton mines require 321 feet, while gunpowder requires 100 feet.
 Summing up-and here we are quot ing from Lieutenant Simpson-we find blasting gelatine and guncotton as the two explosives best fulfilling all the re- quirements, and they arc the ones generally in use for submarine work. Blasting gelatine shows a superiority with regard to strength, shattering ef- fects, elasticity and specific gravity, but guncotton, from it's stability, safe ty and capability of exerting it's full force even when confined simply in a net, combined with it's high standing in the other requirements. all tend to make it the best explosive for naval use
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-20

1 to the thirty-first parallel on the south | stretched a territory over which the con- | ficting claims of the several States eX- | tended Here was an area of some two | hundred and fifty million acres-rich, un- | settled. | of the West as a means of revenue for 1 the States and of individual enterprise l on the part of the people had early re, Congress- Even during the stress or war. Congress found time, in the inter cede their lands to the confederation for disposition for the common beneht. In- dependence won at last; in l7S4, Congress moved that the same subject be agaln nresented to the several States" In due course of time the States ceded their lands to the United States and thus was
 main. The Government kept it's prom ise to the States, and in less than dozen years, the soldiers-the first care or the Government-had received individual grants, varying in extent according to Tank, from officer to private. Some were in lieu of pay; some for merit; TO heaas of families lands were sold for cash or uDon credit. Grants were made Of large tracts to organized development compa-
 nies upon partial cash @ and deferred pay afforded the people and revenue for the
 Government. Three. new republican States-Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee
 were added to the Federal Union. and others were in development for state hood.
 Two streams or COHHleTCe were HOW flowing. one from the Atlantic seaboard, one down the Mississippi The people were thriving. The fondest hopes of the | founders of the young republic were be- l ing realized, when suddenly little cloud | appeared Spain denied further exercise | of the right of free navigation of the | Mississippi President Jefferson, ever | Jealous for the welfare of the people, l sent a special envoy to Paris, for France | had secured to herself Louisiana. The re- | suit was the acquisition of Louisiana for | S15 GOO 900 paid to France A territory was | added by this purchase which was nearly | one and one-half times the prior area of 1 the United States. The total cost of the l 756 900 GOO acres of territory added was something over S27 900 900. the additional | amounts being for interest on bonds and | the assumption of the payment Of certain | spoliation claims. The average cost per
 | acre was about 3-5 cents. The land thus
 | acquired was promptly opened to settle
 | ment and three more States were settled
 | and formed thereon in the next few
 | years Greater revenues swelled the na-
 fionaI treasury. Buying and selling land
 appeared to be profitable, financially and
 politically
 | crew troubIesome-this time on the
 | southern border-she was promptly paid | S5 o00 GOO in bonds, to which subsequent
 | interest added another million, and a lit
 l tIe ifem of thirty-seven or thirty eight
 | million acres of land, the areas of the
 | FIoridas was added to the public domain
 in IS19 This cost about II cents per acre,
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but since Spain threw into the bargain her claims in the Oregon country, the price paid bought something more than the Floridas.
 In 1S46 the Government quieted title to the Oregon country definitely by treaty with Great Britain, without any further expense than items of extras in the dlplo- matic disbursements. Here the public domain suffered a serious loss, because the managers of political campaign as stunned to make the subject of dlplomatlc correspondence campaign promise of inconyenient to fight. so the country had to go back five degrees or latitude to the forty-ninth.
 TO heal all wounds of war and pride growing out of the Texas affair and war of 1S4S, the sum of $15 900 in interest bearing bonds was paid Mexico. ana landed assets of the Mexican Republic too those of the United States. This added a territory about half the size. of the the western boundary from the. summits of the Rockies to the waters of the Pa cific In an unbroken frontage. This, ike the Louisiana purchase, was snap bar gain" costing about AZ cents per acre
 Then to soothe the woes of Texas, in 1850, the sum of $16 ,0O0 coo was palo ,ri1. ner for her claims to 6OoOO.OOO acres This was the most expensive purchase thus far-a little over quarter Of dollar per acre, esPeeialgy zot as the hsfore Government had
 By this time sixteen new States. not counting Vermont and Maine, had been formed out or the pupuc uoludiruL, Hot t9 mention organized territories The lana purchases of the Government were cer- tainly proving popular.
 In 1853 the Government grew fastld1ous and wanted the line of it's southern boun- dary to run a little bit differently, So Mexico obIigingly turned over 30 900 900 acres for that purpose. and s1O,OOO0oO paid the bill Fastidiousness is expensive. and a hetter looking boundary line cost the Goyernment about 35 cents per acre. Then came the purchase of Alaska for S7, 200, 900, which was at the rate or about ? cents per acre.
 Since 1867 the Government has halted | in it's purchases. No wonder. Look at | this.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-20

ter, who accompanied him, had little more of our language, and it took the doctor fully a quarter of an hour to ind out the subjects name and his place of birth. A huge printed form was before the examiner, and he had to fill in num- berless blanks. He had to ascertain, for instance, the names and ages of the patients parents, whether they were alive or dead, whether they or any oth- CT members of the family had ever drunk alcohol or suffered from demen- tia in any shape or form. Also, it was necessary, by series of elaborate ques- tions, to contrast the patients mental condition with that of his brothers and sisters, his uncles and cousins and aunts. To do all this with half crazed Italian who can't speak English is enough to send any physician to an asylum.
 After several amateur attempts at in- terpreting, the doctor gave the task up in despair, and sent for the official in- terpreter. This parsonage took the matter quite chirpily. He seemed to know the alleged madman very we'll. and saluted him with friendly greet ing in the most voluble Italian.
 It took the interpreter exactly five minutes to find out what the doctors had been puzzling their heads over for half an hour.
 'The mans not mad he said, turn ing round; tits dago red"
 A new light broke upon the scene. Put out your tongue cried the doc tor hurriedly.
 Obediently the man thrust his tongue forth, and its color was as the color of the tablecloth of a Latin quarter restaurant when you spill your wine upon it.
 "A clear case of inebriosis," remark ed the doctor, covering up his sur prise, after the manner of the faculty, with technical language.
 Various attempts were made, with