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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-11-01
PRAYER MY MOTHER TAUGHT.

! do not question other minds. or what
Their creed-if they believe in prayer or
not;
The prayer my mother taught. I've not for
got;
And l do pray never may
Forget or fail, each night to say,
As when a child. on trundle bed,
My mother taught me and said;
Now lay me down to sleep,
pray the Lord my soul to keep;
Should die before wake
pray the Lord my soul to take"
Three score and ten OF years have past me
ran,
Since this blessed pilgrimage began;
My limbs are weary. my feet are sore,
And soon. know. upon Elysian shore,
The pearl I'll win, and need this prayer no
more,
Ny hrst, it's been my solace through my
past,
And brightly glows the hope twill be my
last;
That when lay me down to my last sleep.
I'll pray and trust. the Lord my soul to
keep.
Llfe's rugged road have not trod in vains
For He who brought me oer Its roughened
plain
has SmOOtneu lHe way anu beHtly OdSA
again
A little child to be, still holds my way
And moves me. as my mother taught, to
say:
Nov lay me down to sleep.
pray the Lord my soul to keep;
And II die before wake,
pray the Lord my soul to take"
When on its pillow rests my hoary head
And l my child-learned evening prayer
have said,
All doubts depart, no fear my soul alarms;
But, freed from present Ills and future
dread,
with child-like faith yield to slumber'S
arms,
Assured II no more shall wake
The blessed Lord my soul will take.
When morning dawns and slumber's done,
awoloe
With Joyful heart, lift my soul to praise;
And thanking Him for all His mercies past,
invoke
The love and care, through all my COM
ing days,
OF Him whose watchfulness has kept
Ny soul from danger while I slept.
John s. Dare. In Atlanta Constitution.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-11-01

"Are you Engiish2" he said in blunt
authoritative fashion. To my surprise
he spoke in that language.
ST am" hastily answered THANK
God that you seem to be, alsol"
"And this thing that you were tell
ing?" he went on, ignoring my ex-
clamation. SIS 1t true that Panama
is in the hands of the buccaneers"
"It is, sir" said, most restrainedly.
"The city is taken and sacked"
He drew long breath.
"You are little like to know the mat
ter would ask" he resumed, "but /
will put the question. Did you hear
any mention of one Dona Carmen Con-
zalesP She lived in Taboga."
My amaze at this question may be
imagined.
AS soon as I could put my tongue
to the words cried:
Heard? Why, sir, she is at this
very moment in your cabin! Indeed,
and do believe you must be Mr.. Jere-
miah Hopel"
"In the cabin?" he only exclaimed,
as in wonderment. "And is your COM
panion who went below she? Nay, but
this almost passes belief What, that
poor tattered creature, and in mans
attirel My God, what must she not
have suffered"
"Yet she is well, sir" said, eagerly,
"and has come out Of that hell without
seattle. But you must, indeed, be her
uncle"
II am jeremiah Hope" he said,
with another long breath, though now
with a changed air. II will go down
at once" he went on. "But stay, I am
exceeding grateful to you and your
companions. will say more of this
anon. am the owner of this ship, and
am glad that it is in my power to do
something for your present comfort
Capt. Telatrava," he went on in Span
ish, and speaking again authoritative
ly, 81 desire that you have these
senores below and do all that may be
done for their welfare. Shortly I will
return and we will confer about the
course of the ship"
He gave us kindly nod and made
for the companion, and in much won
derment and not little jumbled in
my thoughts I turned and prepared to
follow the Spanish captain.
[To BE Continued
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-11-01
UNFORTUNATE CRETANS.
Some of the Hnrdships of an Alb
Ject Race in the Early
Ages.
[To BE CONTINUED ]

Even in ancient times to be born
Crete meant life of misery and hard
ship. They were then as abject race
as they are now. Epimenides, as asquoted
by st. Paul, said: "The Cretans are al
ways liars and evil beasts" In the
Levant to this day to say that man
is Crete is by no means a compliment.
The island is inhabited by people who
speak the Greek language and hold the
Greek faith. They'have inherited the
beauty and, to a certain extent, the
heroism of their immortal ancestors.
They are acute, genial and comelS in
their manners; the humblest bare
footed peasant girl holding her distafP
under her arm and spinning by the
roadside, exactly as described by Ho-
mer, had profile as perfect, form as
graceful and an address as courteous as
though she were some princess in dis
guise.
One Of the most interesting episodes
of the Greek revolution in 1925 is of a
certain cavalry officer who surprised a
detachment of Turks, routed them and
captured their 10000 sheep. Upon this
a Turkish general marched over to
them with 5000 men and recaptured the
sheep. The general posted his men be-
hind low earthworks. One redoubt Of
their opponents was held by young
captain, with 100 picked men, who tied
their legs together and swore to hold
the spot or die. They all fell at their
posts but one, who fed, and long after
ward row of skeletons could be seen
bleaching their bones, which were
bound loosely together with shreds Of
girdles.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat-
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-11-01
Power of Sympathy.

An eminent clergyman sat in his
study busily preparing his sermon
when his little boy came into the room,
holding up pinched finger, and with
an expression of suffering, said:
"Look, pa, how I hurt It," The father,
interrupted in the middle Of a SEN
tence, glanced hastily at him, and with
the slightest tone of impatience, said:
81 can't help it, sonny" The little fel-
lows eyes grew bigger, and as he
turned to go out, he said in low voice:
Eyes, you could; you might have said
hv"-Detroit Free Press.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-11-01
When the Czar Speaks.

This story illustrates the suscepti-
bility and quick wit of Donizetti, the
Italian composer. During his long
stay at st. Petersburg he played by
command before Gar Nicholas, who
entered into conversation with a by
stander in the course of the perform
ance. Dorizetti at once stopped. "Why
have you stopped ?" asked the autocrat.
"Sire," was the reply, "when the czar
is speaking, everybody else should be
silent. t."-Detroit Free Press.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-11-01
CHAPTER XXI.-CoNrNUED.

"Pray take no thought Of it," l
said, hastily. "WS are Christians and
Englishmen, and tina. should be enough
to warrant what we may do in this
affair. But now will you give me the
name of your uncle? Possibly the
captain may be acquainted with him|
"His name is Jeremiah Hope" she
answered, "and. since he is a man OF
affairs and somewhat interested in
shipping. il is not unlike that Capt. Sell
nnger may know him."
Jeremiah Hope?" 1 cried. in sur
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-11-01

She latter marr;age)-You told me
that was your first love, but have
found whole trunlful of letters from
all sorts of girl4, just bursting with
tenderness.
He'll said you Yers the first
ever loved. didn't say you were the
only one who ever loved me. 6eeP--
N. Y. Weekly.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-11-01
Wellington
Secret orders.

TRIBE OF BEN-HUR.
MELHoR COURT, No. ss, T. B. H.,
meets every second Monday evening OF
zach month in Grand Army hall. Wis
ting members made welcome.
A. @. Wall, Chiet.
B. Vanator, Scribe.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
HAMLIN POST, No. siS. G. A. L..
meets every second and fourth We'd
nesday evenings of each month at
Grand Army hall.
Waiting comrades are welcome.
A. W. Griggs. Commander.
c. Sage, Adjutant.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-11-01
Matrimonial Item.

"How did Mrs. Pompous like Long
Branch this SUMMER" asked Mrs. Up
percrust of Mrs. Murray Hill.
"She says it was perfectly heavenly
there"
Perfectly heavenly, eh? Well, I
guess that some of her homely daugh-
ters must have caught husbands this
season. You know matches are made
IN Heaven."-TammanY Times.
The Florence tribune., 1899-11-04
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

In five years American trade with Australia in leather goods has quad rupleds
 According to chemical anaylsis, i5' parts of the flesh of fish have about the same nutritive value as 12 par.s of boneless beef.
 The oldest German coal mines were first worked in 1195. They are near Worms. England did not begin to mine its coal until the fourteenth century.
 A reasonably active man walks about 297,200 miles, more than ten times the earth's circumference, in s4 years, just trotting about his house and office.
 The rapid destruction of the spruce forests of the eastern United States may be realized when itis understood that one daily paper used the growth on 22 acres in two days, the wood hay ing been reduced to pulp and turned into paper.
 It is a common experience among mountain climbers to find butterflies lying frozen on the snow, and so brit tie that they break unless they are very carefully handled. Such frozen butter flies on being taken to warmer climate recover themselves and fly away. Six species of butterflies have been found within few hundred miles of the north pole
 Aluminium has just been used for the construction of new nreproof curtain to be uEed fu the opera house, Besancon. The curtain is ca feet wide by 54 feet high, and it's total weight, composed of aluminium sheets one-twelfth of an inch thick, will be 4,0o0 pounds. Had sheet iron been used instead of the lighter metal the weight would have increased 10 11,eeo.pounds.
 The enterprising city authorities of small northern, borough have been trying the experiment of sprinkling a street with sea water. They find that such water binds the dirt together be- tween the paving stones, so that when it is dry no loose dust is formed to be raised by the. wind; that sea water does not dry so quickly as fresh water so that when salt water has been used one load of it is equal to three loads of fresh water. The salt water which is deposited on the street absorbs mois- ture from the air at night, whereby the street is thoroughly moist during the early morning, and has the appearance of having been freshly sprinkled.
The Florence tribune., 1899-11-04

Arizona unless they knew pretty much to a certainty what they were buying No. nc, that is not likely"
 Major Off also spoke of the country about Wilcox, and of the mines at Dos Cabezas, and then said: 1T went as far south as Na.o, just inside of the Mexican line. It is a wonderful little town, Naco.- It is only year old but it has lively population of 300. True, its prosperity has largely come through trade frcm Arizona. Both the Ameri- can, and the Mexican governments are going to move their custom houses to Naco"
 fn conclusion Major of said "As ! hays told you Arizona is 10 me won der; did pot expect to see such onsi- nesi activity, and from what [ saw and learned l am convinced that within five years from this Arizona will be. the greatest producer of meta Is in the world, no other state or country ex- cepted." !"
The Florence tribune., 1899-11-04
A BANKERS VIEW.
Mejor Of Says That Arizona will Beat the
 World.

Major Of Says That Arizona will Beat the
 World.
 Kind and truthful words were spoken in behalf of Arizona few days ago by prominent Los Angeles busi- ness. man to representative of the Los Angeles Mining Review. The fol- lowing is taken from that journal:
 Major J. W. A. Of, cashier of the State Bank and Trust company of this city, returned few days ago from weeks trip through, Arizona, going as far south as Naeo, on the boundary line between the United States and Mexico.
 h a chat with representative of the Mining Review Major Off express sed his pleasure and surprise at the evidence of prosperity he saw. at-every point ia. the territory more particu- larly at the activity in the mining re- gions. "Never in my life, <" said Major Off, ain any state os territory have l seen such activity in mining as wit messed in Arizona"
 Of the mines in, the neighborhood of Bisbee, where he made his longest stay, he spoke in terms of rapture of the magnificent plant of the Copper Queen. But" he added, "there is no reason to doubt that many of the cop per properties adjoining the Copper Queen will, when fully equipped, prove to be as good if not better pay ing mines than. those of the Queen. Take for instance the Lowell, the South Bisbee, or the Costello claim, any and all of them. in my opinion, possess copper ore bodies equally as rich, If not richer than those of the Copper Queen. As you know,a a num- Der of people who are share holders in the Calumet and Hecla copper mines of Michigan lately purchased some eleven claims of the Costello group, and for which they are to pay $500, 900. None of these claims are developed but it is not to be. supposed that people who are familiar with the ore bodies of the Calumet and Hecla mines would agree to pay half a million dollars foi eleven undeveloped copper claims 1T
The Florence tribune., 1899-11-04

The San Diego Vidette says that : while t is true that irrigation on 8 general scale is yet in it's infancy in this country, it has gone far enough to demonstrate that private ownership and grenagament of irrigation facili- ties is a positive hindrance, rather than help to agricultural develop. lnent. The blight which such stupen- dous blunders as the Wright and other
 irrigation laws have spread over these country can never be removed, nor the losses under chem recouped, by means .ofany state commissioners or organiza- tions of private capital; for the very good reason that under coporatioE management, protected by state com missioners, water, like every other necessary commodity, is always an article of speculation for the profit of the private owners. We can hardly estimate the advantages that will flow from ali those utilities being under one management and operated for the good of all and not for the private emolument of the few. The principle underlying the entire subject is the fact that the land, free water, andH2aQ natural resources belong to the people. Then let the people demand that they be used for the good of all, and the injury of none. The vast tracts of arid lands can be converted into beauti- ful and fruitful homes for millions by the proper preservation and distribu- tion of water which nature produces every year, but such result will never be attained by private enterprise. National irrigation is the most import ant question now before the people, especially ot. the great west, and one for which all should unite iu demand ing the careful attention of the nation. al authorities
The Florence tribune., 1899-11-04

Chamber of Commerce was credited with the only delegate from this State.
 TlIe, secretary was instructed to as- certain the expense and conditions un- der which the weather reports sould, be published in a leading daily paper in Minneapolis, Chicago, New York and Boston for four mouths, beginning November L. This information to be furnished at the next meeting of the board Previous to adjournment, Hor- ace Nj. Dobbins, president of the Cali fornia cycle way was elected-to mem-- bership.
The Florence tribune., 1899-11-04
vEkoL IN TROUBLE
An Order in Bankruptcy Received Here
 Yesterday.
EFrom the phoenix RepubIIcan.l

From the Phoenix Repubiican.l
 The affairs of the Vekol mine are approaching another crisis, and that old mine has reached many in its day. An order in bankruptcy was received by United States Marshal Griffith from the court of the Second Judicial district yesterday and he appointed John Stroehle, deputy marshal, as watchman. Stroehle left for the Vekol last night.
 The order is understood to have been issued by Judge Doau upon the pesi- tiou Of L. zeclen3orf ts eompaay of 1ueson
 The Vekol has lately been operated by St. Louis company of which the Pecks were the promoters aud princi' pal members. It is said that they paid the Walker estate million dol lars for it. Though it has not been very long since the company began operations its affairs have become bad ly involved. Debts for supplies, for hauling ore and machinery have ac- cnmulated to large amount and at tachmsnt has been threatened by sev- eral creditors. The Zeckendorfs were the heavy creditors and it is supposed that they have massed the claims against the company. The Vekol is one of the most famous mines in the territory. Nobody knows how long ago it began to be worked, for the In- dians were its discoverers.
 In, Q moment of gratitude they dis closed its existence to their white war chief, John D. Walker, and made him 9 present of it. He dug a fortune out of it. and also excavated from it's depths the beginning of lifelong trouble, which, had it's end in Cali fornia insane asylum. Many other people have gotten great deal of trouble out of it since, and nothing but biOAOACY tuOAE1i Ca@pCt 70 odJ eEde " lo still stored with great wealth of gold and silver. While the nine was tied up in the litigation between Walkers wife and, his brothers. big price was offered for h. The brothers. wanted to sell and put the money into court to be fought over. bat the wife would not consent, so that during that pro tracted struggle ths mine lay idle Then came the dropin silver and -af. terward Juana Walker, the reputed Indian daughter and heir appeared in the litigious dramas, second act, which ended in a. compromise. One of her attorneys, P. B. McCaoe. obtained control of the mine, though the inter- ests of Lucian Walker in it were not reliuquished. McCabe began working the old silver mine forgold. He intro duced 8 new process, which had. been a great theoretical success, but it did not work in the Vekol. After a while the mir was surrendered to Walker and after his death, a few. months ago, passed into the possession of the pr es- ent company.
The Florence tribune., 1899-11-04

Branch Yards Long Beach, Compton, and wbistisr
 SCallforniR.
The Florence tribune., 1899-11-04
Payment in Advance.

After the petifogger with good case had been beaten by q tirst-class lawyer, he broke out:
 ''Is there any man so small, mean, eontemptible, despicable and rascally that you won't try to protect him?'
 "Oh, I don't know" smilingIy, but you better give me retainer before we talk any more about the case. Detroit Free Press.
The Florence tribune., 1899-11-04
Explanatory.
Il1 pIaafh tory. Did you steal the hog, or did

Judge-Did you steal the hog. or did you not?
 Prisoner-No, judge, I did not; but f yo' kind ob thinks Ise lyin' about it, and am gwine to give me six months for lyin', I'd sooner lie about it and say I did steal de hcg, and get two months for stealth de hog didn't stole!-Puck.
The Florence tribune., 1899-11-04
oycrpros,uctto,

"There is one thing, at least, that the trusts have cheapened,' said the man with the wearied air.
 What is it?" roaredithe man with the tangled hair.
 "Talk."-lndianapolis Journal.
The Florence tribune., 1899-11-04
FOR THE, HoUSEKEEPER.
Some Points Which May Be of Value to the Young House.
 wife

A novel way to make sandwiches is to. use horse-radish grated while fresh, instead of mustard. Spread.in a thin layer upon each buttered slice, and the result will be found an appetizing sur prise.
 Poultry and meat, on being served cold. may be improved in appearance by glazing. The process is simple. An excellent glaze may be found by dis solving a half ounce of gelatine in a pint of water, aayoring and coioring it with extract of beef To be perfectly successful. the meat must be cold be- fore the glaze is put on, and the first coat should be allowed 10 dry before the second is put on. The glaze must be warm and applied with a brush.
 An oilskin bag for towels, etc, and a long wrap of Turkish toweling or fan mel, with lose sleeves and a hood like a monks cowl to cover one in the neces- sary transit from bathhouse to the water, will be found useful accompani- ments when bathing from the beach.
 A new soda water drink, called 'Choc- olate Friday" is making it's way north, south, east and west from Washing ton, where it originated. It consists of large spoonful of ice cream with a generous supply of thick chocolate sirup poured over the top.
 A bowl of hot milk taken immediately before retiring is said by those who have suffered from insomnia to be a better soporifc than any opiate known to medical science.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Florence tribune., 1899-11-04
MINING AND MILLING LUMBER A
 SPECIALITY.

We carry the largest and most varied stock of Mining and Building Lumber on the Coast, and; are prepared at all times to execute orders on shortest possible notice.
 Our Milling Department is unsur- passed and we guarantee satisfaction in all our manufactured work, which includes all kinds of Redwood or Pine Tanks
 Weinvite correspondence and the ob- taining or our prices before you purchase elsewhere
The Florence tribune., 1899-11-04
Yards and Wharves at San Pedro, Cal

cDty Office. md Douglas Block 2 ~ 4 ol ffr
 srd and Spring streets, 4<oo k1liS CltS, Nt
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1899-12-26
A Pointer to the Sloth.

A newspaper man prints his paper
twelve months in the year and has to
dig every week to rustic copy and stick
type and rush it to the mail for you.
He has to buy all the paper, the ink,
the type and labor that is required to
do this, and toll to furnish you the
news on time. When you have been
furnished the paper the long months
which you have not offered to pay a
cent, you must think that your obliging
publisher Is still under obligation to pay
but money and labor and render all SER
vice, without the small price Of the sub
scription. AS a rule, such subscribers
should be continued from the lists and
advertised that their name will be
placed on the list when their address
is changed to Hades.-Exchange.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1899-12-26
VICTIM oB TYPHOID.


Lorette Jackson, daughter Of J. ],
Jackson, died at Washoe City Friday,
a victim Of tyhoid fever.
She was aged l8 years. The de-
ceased was student of the Nevada
State University, and while attending
the school she resided with Mr.. and
Mrs. A. w. Cahlan.
Miss Jackson made many and true
friends, who will grieye greatly to learn
Of her untimely death.-Journal. :.
The funeral took place Sunday al
Washoe city at clock.
The deceased was sister to Joe
Jackson of the DISPATCH and was
known as a most estimable young lady
her qualities of mind and heart being
much above the average. The sor-
rowing relatives have our deepest
sympathy.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1899-12-26
Remember the Ball.

This Friday night at Music Hall will
occur the last ball for the year 1899,
as no social will be given Saturday
night Arrangements have been COM
pleted to give everybody attending an
elegant time. The attendance will be
large and the enjoyment all that can
be desired.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1899-12-26
The Pay Wagon.

The pay-car was in throuble on. the
other side Of the mountains. and It 10
rumored Paymaster Anthony had his
nose broken. While the time of ar
rival Of the car cannot be given def
nitely. 1t can be looked for to,.morrov.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1899-12-26

Defeating the New School Hosse.
Next Tuesday evening the new
school hause will be dedicated. An
interesting program will be rendered.