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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02
A STRANGE NURSERY.
The Surinam Toad Carries Her Fam.
lily Around in Little Pouches
ON Her Back.

The Surinam toad is the possessor of
one of the strangest nurseries known
II science. 1t lives in the dense trop-
ical forests of Guiana and Brazil, and
is true water-haunter. But at the
breeding season the female undergoes
a curious change of integument. The
skin on her back grows pulpy, soft and
jelly-like. She lays her eggs in the wa
ter; but as soon as she has laid them,
her lord and master plasters them on
to her impressionable back with his
feet, so as to secure them from all as
saults of enemies. Every egg is pressed
separately into bed of the soft skin,
which soon closes over it automatical-
ly, thus burying each in little cell
or niche, where it undergoes its further
development. The tadpoles pass
through their larval stage within the
cell, and then hop out, as the illustra-
ton shows, in the four-legged condi-
tion. AS soon as they have gone off
to shift for themselves, the mother toad
finds herself with ragged and honey
combed skin, which must be very un-
comfortable. So she rubs the remnant
of it off against stones or the bark of
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02
USEFUL COMBINATION.

top. They fasten in the rollers with
bolts. They are the only bolts that
have TO be removed in changing from
one to the other. The balance of it |
made out of linn. 1t is light; one man
can handle it easily. Have the bottom
boards to fit snugly, but do not nail
them.
BY using the main body c, Fig. !,
with two extra holsters +, Fig. 2, you
have a good log rigging. For the stock
rack, taper the posts. Use linn boards.
Have your blacksmith make eight
square sockets, ~ by 21s inches, to bolt
on side. of sills G.. Use one-quarter-
inch bolts for these. used old buggy
tires. Make end-gates like the side, d,
Fig. 2. Use rods also. Make two light
gates for partitions; it makes three
pens. Hogs cannot crowd then. Hooks
and staples will do for two middle gates.
j., Fig. 3, is one side for wagon ladders.
Have the arms notched just enough to
set square on the sill after the round
ends are in the two-inch hole on oppo-
site side. You can also have extra side
boards, tight, for hauling wood, corn,
etc. One man can unfold this combina-
ton. Store it in small place. You can
surely find dry place for it. This is
my own invention, not patented, and if
you use it once you will like it.-Ohio
Farmer.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02
The Battle Field Route:

The Veterans of sixty-one and FIVE and
their friends, who are going to attend the
33rd G. A. X. Annual Encampment at Phila-
delphia in September, could not select bet
ter nor more historic route than the Big
Four, Chesapeake & Ohio, with Epllndid
service from Chicago, Peoria and st. LouiG
on the Big Four, all connecting at Indian
apolis or Cincinnati and thence over the
Picturesque Chesapeake & Ohio along the
Ohio river to Huntington, West Va, thence
through the foot hills of the Alleghanies,
over the Mountains, through the famous
Springs Region OF Virginia to Staunton,
Va, between which point and Washington
are many of the most prominent Battle
fields: Waynesboro Gordonsville, Cedar
Mountain, Rappahannock, Kettle Run,
Manassas, Bull Run, Fairfax, and score Of
others nearly as prominent Washington is
next, and thence via the Pennsylvania Line
direct to Philadelphia There viii be three
rates in effect for this business: lst. Contn-
uous passage, with no stop-over privilege
End, Going and coming same route with one
stop-over in each direction; Sd. Circuitous
route, going one way and back another with
one stop-over in each direction. For full
information as to Routes, Rates ete., ad.
dress j. c. Tucker, @. N. A. 2S4 Clark St.,
Chicago.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02
he WAS REJECTED.
But He Stuck to His Job and by .
Lucky Hit Won the Coveted
Prize.

at was such good joke on me-" said the
girl in the gray velvet toque to the girl in
the blue velvet shoulder cape, as they
stirred their hot chocolate, "that ! must tell
you.
"You know how John has been proposing
% me at regular intervals ever since he was
out of knickerbockers. Well he did it again
the other night, and, with his usual facility,
chose an occasion when was very cross.
"He did it little more awkwardly than
usual, too, deliberately choosing the old.
fashioned method of offering me his hand
and heart"
Here she paused TO drink some chocolate,
and the. girl in blue asked breathlessly what
she said.
"Oh!" remarked the other in the tone Of
ole relating an event of no importance, 81
told him that / believed was already pro-
vided with the full quota Of bodily organs,
and that wouldn't deprive him"
"And what did he say"
"Well, Belle, that's the funny thing. He
seemed to brace up, and said, politely, that
at any rate there was no doubt about my
having my full share of cheek! And was
so delighted to find man capable OF even
that much repartee on being rejected-that
| accepted him. ."-Cincinnati Enquirer,
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02
Milking in Fly Time,

The perpetual switching of cows
tail into the mixers face and eyes is
extremely annoying, aside from the liza
bility of getting dirt switched from the
tail into the milk pail. Some mixers
tie the cows tail to her leg, but the flies
make the COW so uneasy that she will
soon switch her tail loose, or else will
break into a run. The best way to keep
flies from COW is to rub little grease
over her back and sides, and very lit
tie will be enough. Then spread over
her branches cut from the trees, al
lowing the green leaves to extend down
her sides. The mixer can then milk
in comfort. 1t will need fresh branch
every two or three days, keeping it in
water when not used as shade for the
cow.-American Cultivaator.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02
Popularity of the Tandem.

The popularity of the tandem in GER
tain cities and the disfavor with which
it is looked upon in others is one of the
ineXplicable fads of the cycle trade.
Just why people should enjoy riding to-
gether in certain sections and decline to
double up" in others is beyond the
comprehension of the average mortal.
In Chicago, Rochester and several other
cities it is the height of riders am
bition to own a tandem, while in Cleve-
land, Pittsburgh, st. Louis, and any
number of other cities, double scatter
is almost as superluous to a dealers
stock as a solid tired machine would be.
The majority of manufacturers are not
at all sorry to note general falling off
in the demand for the larger machines,
since the makers never have been able
TO secure the price they should get for
the two-seaters when the extra work
and the small percentage of demard for
them is taken into consideTation.-Th
Wheel
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02
Rise and Fall ofPrIces,

1t is interesting to note the rise and
fall in bicycle prices during the last
81 years. In 1877 wheels of the highest
grade sold for $02.5O. In 1883 the price
had advanced to S142.5O. Two years
later the Ordinary" reached its highest
value and the best grade sold for $3.50.
In 1887 the price had dropped to $3.50.
The rear-driving safety made its APP
pearance in 1883 at Sl35, and four years
later, when pneumatic tires were add
ed, the price was $3.50. From 1892 the
price steadily declined until 1897. when
the standard figures were 500. The
following year the advent of the chain
less again raised the price to SIPS. Pres
ent prices are $40 for the chaiulcss and
$50 for the best chain wheels. The opin-
ion is freely expressed that prices have
reached the lowest point, and that fu-
ture values will tend upward. This
view is supported by the advance in the
cost OF materials sad labor and the gen
eral prosperity of the country.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02
SOME BIBLE FACTS.
Statistics which Are of Particular
Interest to StudiOus Sunday
School Pupils.

In the Bible, Old and New Testa-
ments, there are 3,5GS,4 letters, 775,-
593 words, 31,3A3 verses, 1,1S9 chap
ters and &C books.
The longest book is Psalms, which has
1850 divisions. The shortest is Second
John, which has one chapter of 10
verses.
The longest chapter is the 10th
psalm, which has 176 verses. The short
est, the 117th psalm, which has verses.
The longest verse is the ninth verse of
the eighth chapter of Esther. 1t has
80 words. The shortest is the 35th verse
Of the 11th chapter of John. 1t has two
words.
The sth verse of the 1lSth psalm is
the middle verse of the Bible.
The 37th chapter of Isaiah and the
10th chapter OF Second Kings are alike.
In the 1O7th psalm the Sth, 18th, 21st
and 31st verses are alike.
Each verse OF the 136th psalm ends
alike.
Esther is the only book in which the
name of God is not found.
The 2lst verse of the 18th chapter of
Ezra contains all the letters of the al
phabet.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02

In company with an Indian Port Ar
thur (Wash.) man went fishing for
salmon in rocky river. Suddenly big
cougar appeared at the entrance to a
cave, and with roar crouched to
spring at the Indian. The white man
threw his fish spear at the cougar, while
the Indian ran for his life. The spear
entered the animals neck and ear, and
thus the man held him at distance and
tried TO drown him. But the cougar
was too strong and agile for that, and
finally the spear came out of its hold.
For four long hours the man and the
cougar fought, the cougar walking
around and around, and every once in
awhile making a spring, which the
maa every time repulsed with the
spear. The combat only ended when
the Indian returned, after a 12-mile
riP, with gun. His first shot wound
ed the beast in the side; the second
lodged in its head and killed it.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02

Fourteen states require railroads to
carry bicycles as baggage. Every
wheelman in these states is indebted
to the League of American Wheelmen
for the passage of the necessary laws
requiring the railroads to so carry BIZ
cycles, for in every case was the league
to be credited with the laws which
have saved hundreds of thousands of
dollars to wheelmen generally, whether
members of the organizations or not.
The league is working in many other
iYections, and its officers are constant
ly urging wheelmen to become mem-
bers that the work may become even
more effective because of the moral eff
feet of large numbers demanding legis-
lation or making requests.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02
FUNNY FIRE BRIGADE.
Whose Operations Would Make
Our Firemen Laugh.

Of all the queer things to be found
i'll Constantinople, none seem so stupid
as the fire engines, if they can be called
by so big name. The houses in that
city are almost all built of wood, and if
fire does start, it burns fast and fierce
ly, and yet the precautions taken for
discovering fires and the methods of
eXtinguishing them are most feeble.
There is a constant watch kept on
the summit of the old Genoese tower in
Galeta; similar watch is kept on the
tall tower of the Seraskierat in Stam-
boul, and another on hill behind Can
dill, one of the suburbs. From this last
place cannon is fred to give warning
of a fire, and when this takes place
the watchmen of the city knock on the
shutters of all the houses, crying:
"There is a fire in such and such a quar-
ter" And then the fire department
comes running down the street. 1t con-
sists of long barrel carried on the
shoulders of half dozen men, who are
relieved as fast as they get tired by
other men who run along with them.
Arrived at the scene of the fire, there
is tremendous confusion. All the fire.
men get in one another's way, and per-
haps in the course of an hour a few
feeble hand-pumps are playing gentle
streams of water somewhere in the
neighborhood of the burning buildings,
it the fire has not burned itself out by
that time. How would such system
work in any American city? Yet this
Is the Constantinople method of not
putting out fires. So far there is no case
on record of one having been quenched
by this funny brigade.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02
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HANDY COMBINATION.
IeeRbIe and Cheap Hay, Stock
and Log Rack.

! saw some time ago a request for a
combination wagon ladder, stock rack,
etc. 1 send you a sketch of mine, or
part of it, rather. Anyone handy with
tools can make it, and it need not cost
over two dollars for bolts and iron. l
made mine, and would not part with it
for several times its cost. Make it any
length desired; mine is 16 feet-long
enough for two horses, and to haul 10
head of 2OO-pound hogs. The sills G,
Fig. l, are by s, red elm, and the up
rights A and b, Fig. 2, should be heavy
at the bottom and taper to by 2 at the
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02
JEST ERBouT AS BIG AS ME.

There's a feller livin' round here.
Somewheres, that I'm layin' for;
An whenever l kim find him,
Let me tell yer, there'll be war.
He is always cuttin' rusties,
Always gettin' inter scrapes;
An the worst is folks is always
Putin blame on me-Jim Mapes,
Cause he happens fer to be
Jest erbout as big as me.
5'posin' pa should loos his hammer
(Sech things, somehow, will get losO.
I will hear him tellin' mother
When t was got an what 1t cost,
An he thinks boy has had 1t,
Jest erbout the size O. Jim,
An the chances are fer findin',"
He will say, most mighty SLIM"
There II Is agen, yer see!
Jest erbout as big as me-"
Mebbe mother makes some cookies,
Leaves 'em on the pantry shelf,
Where, the window bein open,
They most says, lest help yerselfW
Course, l don't do eny countin'
Blu. | don't eat more than ten;
Though ma says they're most all taken
An I'm sure to hear agen,
Some young feller's been too free
Jest erbout as big as me-"
/ would like to find that chap, sir,
An to find out what's his name;
Fer I've got a sneakin' notion
That they think it's me to blame.
They don't say so when they're talkin',
Course" they say, "it wasn't Jim;
Must a-been that other feller
That we're apt to take fer him"
But their eyes look kinder sideways
An they moan me all the time.
Oh, I'm goin' ter lick that feller
Now, sir, yer kin bet dime
He's no business to be
Jest erbout as big as me-
Cora Gaines Carrel. in Ohio Farmer.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02

their control that they can guide the
machine in this way, but only on
smooth ground, whereas with the biz
cycle of Mr.. Metzger this feat is rem
dered not only easy, but absolutely safe
on all roads. In the construction of
this machine the stem of the steering
wheel is supplied with rearwardly
extending steadying bar, having a
spring causing it to bear slightly on
support. This pressure is sufficient to
hold the wheel steady, but not great
enough to interfere with it's free mo-
ton, so that it yields to every motion
of the body. The fork of the front
wheel is turned slightly under instead
of outward, and the steering wheel is
slightly smaller than the other, where
by the guiding of the machine is rem
dered more easy. The steadying bar
also offers means of steering by the
hand in case of any sudden emergency.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02

There is a peculiar quality in high
grade bicycle known as life" which is
as difficult to explain as it is to under-
stand by any rider other than an ex-
pert. 1t is something like the feeling
one experiences in riding a well-bred
horse. Certain machines seem to be
possessed of this quality in an eXtraor-
dinary degree, and respond to every
movement of the rider like living
thing, while other machines, carefully
built and apparently right in every re-
spect, drag and are as dead in riding as
wheelbarrow. When every bearing
about a machine is perfectly fitted,
with cones, aXles and balls properly
tempered for the strain they have to
Withstand, and when every other part
is built in keeping, then that machine
will run easily and give its owner per-
feet satisfaction. Such a machine cam
not be turned out cheaply, and this ac-
counts for the fact that a really high
grade machine will always secure a
comparatively high price.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02
HE TASTED THE INK.

to swell the quantity of literature which
has been devoured by this caprine gour-
mand.
One day last week a small boy EN-
ployed by stationery firm entered the
lumber yard to deliver a bottle of ink.
The youth was not aware of the peculiar
characteristics of the goat, and suspect
ed nothing when the animal shifted and
approached. Just before he reached
the Office the boy felt himself perform
ing sundry aerial convolutions and
when he sat up he saw the goat placidly
licking the ink from the plank pave
ment near the brick wall of the office
against which the quart bottle had
burst. The goat greedily chewed the
sawdust and shavings which had be-
come saturated with the black fluid,
and smacked his lips between bites.-
Chicago Daily News.
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Cycles in Postal Service.

The London lronmonger hears from 4.
reliable source that the British post of
fee authorities, after completing their
inquiry into the subject of extending
the use of cycles, have decides to em-
ploy cycles In future ON a very large
scale for the collection of letters not
only in country districts, but also from
the suburbs of London and other large
towns. 1t is anticipated that the saving
of time effected will far more than out
weigh the extra cost. Large contracts
for the delivery of suitable machines
will in due course be placed by the post
office officials, and we understand that
these contracts will be confined to Brit
ish manufacturers.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02

Dogs and horses generally get on web
together, but the following story from
Manchester proves that in some cases
the friendship is something more than
a mere toleration of each other. A car
riage horse, accompanied by his stable
companion, retriever dog, to which
he was exceedingly attached, was drink
ing at trough near the exchange.
While the dog was waiting for mis-
friend to finish his draught a large
mastiff picked quarrel with him
which ended in fight. The mastiff, as
may be supposed, had the better of the
battle, and the retriever was severely
bitten. The horse, the moment he heard
his friends cry, broke from the man
who was holding him, hurried to the
rescue, and, after kicking the mastiil
across the street, returned to the
trough and finished his drink.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02
GOAT FOND OF INK.
NOtkIng satIshes BIIIy'S Epicurean
Tastes Quite as Much as Black
Writing Fluid.

A valued appnrtenance of Twenty
second lumber yard is an elderly goat
whose gastronomic propensities rival
the reputed accomplishments Of his
comic paper prototype. Ink is the ap-
petizing delicacy which appeals to the
epicurean taste Of this goat, and he will
not only eat newspapers and blotters,
but considers pads used for letter press
purposes toothsome morsels, provided
they have been long enough in use to
have become covered with the ink
soaked from copied letters. Every writ
ten thing has to be handled with care
outside the lumber Office, else it will go
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02

trees, and redevelops a similar back
afresh at the next breeding season.
Almost never do we find a device in
nature which occurs only once. The
unique hardly exists; nature is a
great copyist. At least two animals of
wholly unlike kinds are ali but sure to
hit independently upon the self-same
mechanism. So it is not surprising to
learn that catfish has invented an
exactly similar mode of carrying its
young to that adopted by the Surinam
toad; only, here it is on the under sur
face, not the upper one, that the spawn
is plastered. The eggs of this catfish,
whose scientific name is Aspredo, are
pressed into the skin below the body,
and so borne about by the mother till
they hatch. This is one of two in
stances where the female fish herself
assumes the care of her offspring, in
stead of leaving it entirely to her ex-
cellent partner.-Strand Magazine.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02
WITHOUT HANDLE-BARS.
Newly-Invented Wheel Is Stcercd Al
together by the Molten of the
Riders Body.

A bicycle without any semblance OF
Il handle-bar, but which is steered en-
tirely by the motions of the riders
body, is the invention of Simon Metz
ger Many wheelmen have the pres
ent type of wheel SO completely under
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02

A law has been passed forbidding
any one to give solid food of any kind
to infants of France. Owing to its
low and rapidly declining birth rate,
France has awakened to the fact that
she must take care of her babies. So
low has the birth rate become that IL
means an annual loss of 10000 in popu-
lation.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02
SIMPLE CLEANING STAND.

1airly rigid. Place the frame of
bicycle against the post and mark care
fully at the top and bottom of each
tube; saw two notches, as shown. a
piece of cloth or leather should pre-
vent actual contact with the wood. A
wooden button" may be screwed near
each tube and turned, to prevent the
frame coming out.-L. A. W. Bulletin.
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Because They Killed sheen.

Little four-yeor-old Flossie was look.
ing at picture book and finally said !:
Mamma, why do men hunt lions and
tigers?" Because they are cruel and
kill sheep and the poor little innocent
lambs" replied her mother. "Thcn
why don't they hunt the butchers,
too?" she asked.-Chicago Journal.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02

Biggs-The corruption among public off,
cials is shameful
Boggs-I should say so. | had to tin the
custom house inspector FIVE dollars Just 10
bring few diamonds in without paving
duty.-N. Y. Journal.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02

Poor man said the lady of the house
"you look halfstarved. II you'll cut som,
wood I'll give you a good dinner" Mad
am" replied the dgnifed pilgrim, "whil,
| am forced to admit that my appetite i
quite sharp, still it won't cut wood. Goot
day. philadelphia Record.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02

Prof. Tyndall AYERS that blue.eyed women
should always marry black-eyed men. That
is all well enough as theory, but when a
woman-struck young man gets fairly gone on
a pretty girl he'll marry her. if he can, even
if her eyes are pea green.-Montgomery Ad.
vertiser.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02

One size smaller after using Aliens Foos.
Ease, a powder for the feet. Itnakes tiQht
or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, not.
sweating, aching feet. ingrowing nails, corns
and bunions. AT all Druggists md sho.
stores. 25c- Trial package FREE by mail
Address Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, n. Y
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02
NEAT CLEANING STAND.
Pennsylvania Man Has Evolved an
Idea Which Is Worthy to
BE Initiated.

With all it's desirable qualities, it
must be admitted that the bicycle is
the meanest piece of property on earth
to handle when it is not being ridden.
Tom V. Hendricks, of Brookville, Pa,
has way of making his wheel hold
still'' while he cleans it, that seems
worthy ef wide imitation.
The post shown may be fastened in
any conN enient manner, but it should
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-02

Moves the bowels each day. In order to,
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on.
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head
ache. Price 25 and Soc.