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The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-21
SHEPHERD cARgEB&
The Lonely Sheep Tenders Of he Cali.
fornia Sierra.


There are few lonelief lives in the
world than those lived ~ shepherds
in the high meadows % he California
sierras. All alone they follow their
sheep. seeing no one Or many months
Of the year but the sheep. their dogs
and perhaps an occasionally very oc-
casional-traveler. Probably this soil
tude dries up the springs S9f speech,
for they are said to be very silent
when they do encounter any one
One Of these strange men is a Basque
from the Pyrenees. A lean. dark Wis
aged, ragged Fellow. he is now and
then oyertaken by some wanderer in
the mountain Along the trail before
him his sheep feed. His mongrel collie
hangs at his heels. He may raise bis
stick In mute salutatioE; he may SLOUGH
by without a sign Yet this uncouth
being has one talentAhe can carve
His amusement Is carving quaint
sheep buckles out Of bone. Every herd
has its bellwether about whose neck
hangs bell The bell depends from a
leather collar and II is the buckles Of
THESE collars that this old Basque shep-
herd and some Of these other Sierra
shepherds make In the course Of their
lonely days. Sometimes a buckle rep
resents a summers work for some Of
them are very elaborate Some are IN
the semblance Of saints or angels
some have the monograms Of the sheep
owners or Of the shepherds in curious
designs An are patiently cut, bit by
bit. with the pocketknife Of the shep-
herd. Exchange.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-21

zone Of the most unsatlsfaetorv
periences that know o." sala q
who likes to make his time conn, 4i y.
Meeting people. home from Eurors> :,
the nler They are glad to ses -.
as you are Of course. TO see them ' ~,
| have never yet greeted a relative =
friend under laese circumstances v,,s
out realizing me fact that my presana.
was more or ie 81 Of a nuisance. wb..
with the collecuoH OF the baggage from
the stateroom and the hold. the fuss
ing with the customs inspectors ana
the getting Of the pedlmenta 10 M
express Office or the cab the returnas
voyagers are fully occupied. and h 4
asking too much to expect them tAnav
particular attention to those who AZ
right on hand to say 'how-de-do' I
imagine that ninety-nihe out OF hun
dred travellers wish that their weIcom
ers would wait until there was =
chance for a breath or tEo TO Ia
drawn York Press.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-21

We are in receipt of the initial
numbers of Quincy's new paper,
The Journal, of which JEFF Davis
is editor and Will II. Cooper the
business manager. Typographi-
cally the new paper is good to
look at, editorially, it is a hum
merit couldn't be otherwise
with jeff Davis welding the
pencil-and altogether it APP
pears to be winner in its
chosen field, Here's the best of
luck aud genuine prosperity to
you, boys.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-21

A news item Of interest to Flor
idians states that Mss Lucy Lee
Call daughter of former Sena-
tor Call Of Florida has accept
ed an offer for FIVE years con-
tract to sing at the Royal opera
house in Dresden. Pensacola
Journal. We are truly proud of
this charming girl. The whole
south is proud Of its distinguish
ed daughter. We sincerely hope
that morning so full of prom
Use is but a rejection of a
glorious future Polk County
Record.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-21

Now that the elimination pro.
cess has been completed and the
race all around is between the
N''high mem for each office, look
out for storms, squalls, earth
quakes and other casualties.
There is going to be something
doing in great big chunks dur.
ing the next three weeks.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-21
A Happy Father

is soon turned to sad one If be has to
walk the floor every night with a crying
baby. McGee's Baby Elixir will make
the child well, -soothe its nerves, in e
duce healthy, normal slumber. Best
for dsordered bowels and sour stomach
-all teething babies need 1t. Pleasant
to take, sure, and safe, contains no
harmful drugs. Price % and so cents
per hottie. Sodby W. B. Davis. =
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-21
Advantaqs Of White Hair.

'lfost people regard white hair as a
misfortune said a hairdresser. They
mourn over it's coming as a sign Of
vanished youth. and they try first one
thing and then another to Withstand
this touch Of time / think they make
mistake. Paradoxical as it may
sound. white hair, when it arrives. say,
In the late twenties or early thirties,
really helps in keeping person young.
It's true, anyhow. A man or woman
whose hair turns white before the
wrinkles arrive is a subject for con-
graduation. because for many years
he or she viii appear about the same,
and If only proper care is taken OF the
complexion the impression Of youthful
ness will continued was almost going
to say indefinitely Then. white hair
is more often than not extremely be-
coming II relieves a heavy face and
gives an added tone to the most spir-
ituele one. People don't realize this;
that's all. II they did. they would be
content to let nature take Its course"
Exchange
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-21
EaIinton castIe.

One OF the most remarkable casfes
IN Scotland-and there are many !.
toric piles north OF the Tweed-Is Z.
linton castle, Ayrshire. It is not an
ancient castie-having been bui8t abou,
100 years ago-but it contains much OF
interest From the town Of Irvine 10
the lodge gates Is a mile, and then
there is another mile to traverse before
the castle itself is reached. All the
principal rooms open out to a circular
saloon with a cupola roof, which con.
tains many mementos of the famous
tournament Of 1889. organized by the
present Lord Eglintons aber, who
spent 10000 In an atten 10 repro
duce the chiealrous forus Ind cere.
monies Of oIden times. ln the saloon,
too, are kept. among other objects Of
interest, the gun with which a poacher
slew the tenth Earl Of Eglinton and the
battle ak used by the Percy who was
killed by Montgomerie at Chevy Chase.
London Tit-Bits.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-21
ENcOuRAcINo cROP RERoRrs.


A very common-sense old
adage runs to the effect that it is
never safe to count the chickens
until the eggs are Matched. On
the same principle it is never
safe to count what the crops will
be until the harvest is over. One
can never foretell with anything
like precision what the rains.
the winds and the tempature are
going to do. Thus the very
brightest crop prospects may be
blighted, or ruined, in a short
time, by agencies over which
there is no possible human con-
troll.
Looking over the situation as
it now appears, however, there
are many reasons for anticipat-
ing a considerable revival of
prosperity during the months
that intervene before the next
frost. The governments reports
of the crops are highly encourag.
ing, The winter wheat crop,
which will shortly begin to
move from the fields to the
markets. is said to be larger
than that of last year and of
excellent quality. The corn,
oats and hay crops. which will
follow wheat, are in excellent
shape Following these will
come the cotton aud the sugar
of the South, which at present
are showing up we'll. 10 the
interim of the movement of the
foregoing crops will come the
harvesting of the fruit and mel
on crops of Georgia and other
Southern states. and these will
be Of considerable proportions.
All of this means that a very
great many,if not all, of the idle
freight cars and locomotives of
the railroads, which have been
standing on side tracks and in
yards for months, will "get
busy" again and become money
earners. That, in turn. means
there will be demand for more
labor. and labor will have an
Increased purchasing power
from its earnings,
With muck rake agitators and
political agitations out of the
way, which viii be the case
shortly, and with crops moving
to the markets where they will
command fair prices. the chan
ces are that we shall have a
cessation of the complaint
of hard times. The outlook is
quite encouraging. Savannah
News.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-21

We have nothing but hearty
congratulations for the winners
and sincere sympathy for the
defeated. We have lost out o %
several of our candidates but we
are shedding no tears for what
ever the people say goes with US.
OF course it would have tickled
us nightly to have had each
one Of our candidates win the
ONCE whi,h he sought, but that
they didn't proves conclusively
to our mind that the entire
public isa better judge ofhuman
nature and illness Of men for
Off aial position than we are,and
we bov "a cheerful Submission
to The will Of the people ex-
pre- SD attne polls
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-21

If Governor Broward succeeds
in winning all the suits which
he has instituted against several
papers in the State, and gets
half of the aggregate amount
which he sues for as damages, he
WILDE able to get along and live
pretty well for the balance of
his natural life without any fur.
Their help from political salaries.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-21

We gave notice last week that
the paper this week would be
somewhat delayed because we
wanted to give our readers the
benefit of all the election news
possible. Our columns show the
result of the primary in the
State as we'll as in the county.
These figures may not be abso-
lutely correct but they are reas-
onably so and are the best OBJ
laindble up to the very hour of
putting the paper to press.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-21

The striking motormen and
conductors of Pensacola have
called the strike permanently off
and many of them have petition
ed the electric company to put
them back to work We care
nothing for the principle involv
ed in that strike but we do think
that men who VIAL lay down
their jobs in strenuous times like
these be are doing a very foolish
thing. The country is overrun
now with men out OF jobs, and a
JOB right now, good or bad, is
worth holding on to.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-21

Editor AppleYard of the LAX
City Index, has again been elect
ed secretary of the Florida Press
ASSOCIATION, which surprises no
body, for it would be almost
presumptuous in any man to offer
for the place if Tom Appleyard
wanted it. 1t is a Job with plen-
ty of work and no emoluments,
and Secretary Appleyard holds
the position year after year by
the unanimous consent of his
brethren because Of his CON
spicuous fitness for the work and
because he loves it for its own
sake. Pensacola Journal.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-21

$50 your daughter Is going to marry
a tiueY' said the old acquaintance.
mo" answered Mr. Cumrox, ITS
worse than that She's got to take
fellow that don't like along with It.
Washington Star
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-21

Il hear the audience last night was
rather cold?" said hi Tragedy.
They We're 1t first" replied Love
Comedy, but when they rememoerea
that they had paid good money to see
the show they got hot" Catholic
Standard and Times.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-21
THURSDAY, NAY a, 1905.

Not quite so many pictures of
prominent men"iu our columns
this week, And do you know
we rather like the change. How
does it strike you?
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-21

Mrs. Newrich-Don't you tRink, WI
liam, now we are gettingS into sDe
smart set that we should have 8 coa'
Of arms7 Mr.. N Certainly. my Gear
ri see my tailor about it tomorrow
London Opinion.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-21

Lawyer-As your husband died M
testate. you win Of course set third
Wldow-Oh. I hope to get my fourIn
lie was ny third you kh0w.-Io"A
and Country.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-21
- Different Raees go Paln.

Moaning and groaning as If she were
being tortured to death. a colored wo-
man sat in the accident ward at Jeffer-
son hospital Don't wind dat bandage
so tight doctor" she begged of an in
terne who was skillfully putting a
bandage on her foot; you'll stop de
circulation, sure Wondering what
dreadful calamity had befallen the suf-
fering woman. q visitor asked another
doctor what was the matter with her.
He said nothing but a slight cut on
the bottom Of her foot eColored peo-
pie always make a great disturbance
over any physical injury" he added.
"but the Italians are the worst. The
sight Of little wound seems to upset
them entirely. and they come in here
shrieking and crying.l accompanied BY
anxious friends and relatives also
shrieking and crying, over the slightest
cot or burn. Americans and Germans
seem to bear pain with the most forh-
tude. and in general women do better
than menP-Philadelphia Record.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-21

Probably the composers are IaraelS
responsible for tenor worship. In Yer
DIS operas. with hardly an exception.
the tenor plays a more important part
than the baritone or bass, ana the
same IS true Of other opera writers.
Mozart's don Giovanni" being nots-
bic exception. Wagner wrote one
opera. ''The Flying Dutchman," in
which the baritone is king whereas in
six of his works the supremacy Of the
tenor is indicated by the very titles
"Rienzl" -Tannhauser," 'I.ohengrln.y
Tristan und Isolde" "siegfried,'
"Parsifal.H This being SO, we shall
probably continue to be subject to the
tyranny OF one tenor or another. unless
It be true as was maintained at a con-
claye Of French savants. that the tenor
voice is a relic Of barbarism. destined
to become extinct.--Argonaut
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-12-25
WILL BE IN The RACE.
SoMEHvIELE is DETERMINED TO
az CANDIDATE.
Sisspy Eye Man Declares II . VIII En
ter the Field for the Congress
sIonai Nomination..

From Saturdays Daily.
The New Ulm Journal says: While
attending the recent term of court in
this city Senator George ". Somer-
vile said to The Journal, that he had
not made definite announcement rel
alive to his candidacy for congress,
but that the probabilities were that
he would be in the race. He also
reinforced his rem9rks by stating that
he would go in to win and felt conf
dent that he could land the nomination
and be elected The foregoing is in
line with anything he has undertaken
in the past. He has a fixed determi-
nation to win and that is half of the
battle. Mr.. Somerville's record in the
legislature is creditable one and it is
questionable whether any other mem
Der in the senate worked harder to
have laws enacted that are more beni-
fetal to the people of the state than
he dfti. The Somerville tax law is one
which has brought hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars into the state treasury.
As of chairman of the judiciary COM
mittee he had charge of the new code
and during his entire legislative career
he was one of the leaders in the high
est lawmaking body in the state.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-12-25

vanced thinker along lines of ,educa,
tional legislation; II man who fol
twelve years fought in the legisla.
ture for the interests of the public
schools throughout The state, and al.
ways favored liberal appropriations fol
their material advancement.
This is a little different song from
what the democrats sang about Jake
just before the election. They be-
moaned the fact that he wasn't the
same old jake" but now, after think.
ing it all over, they have evidently
come tn the conclusion that he has
changed once more. and now really
is the ''same old Jake" And as the
dear people seem to believe whatever
the democrats tell them, all may ac.
cordinsly rejoice.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-12-25
LOVE CAN'T LIVE ON So PER
New York Judge Discharges Matri-
mony When Salaries Are Small.

New York Dee. 2l.-Judge Foster,
sitting in the court OF general sessions,
gave warning to women who may be
inclined to try love in cottage on So
a week that they cannot expect the law
to force their husbands to support
them. Anna Glassberg had applied to
the corporation counsel TO compel her
husband Lessler Glassberg to support
her. They were married about year
ago. Glassberg was then earning about
So a week as an apprentice painter.
He had failed to increase his earning
capacity, and two months ago he gave
up the struggle to keep house and sep
arated from his wife.
This rushing into matrimony may
appeal to the president of the United
States" said Judge Foster, but it
does not to anyone who weighs the evil
dence and acts iudiciously to determine
whether or not such thing is reas-
onably right and proper.
a most fruitful cause of misery lies
in the large families the poor persist in
having.
Il am not going to encourage this
kind OF matrimony by making the
husband whose earnings are SO week
60 out and steal to support wife
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-12-25
BURY HIM IN MINNESOTA SOIL.

The Duluth News-Tribune joins in
the agitation which calls for the re-
moval of the remains of the late Sen
ator c.. X. Davis from Arlington ceme-
terry TO the soil of Minnesota. IAN
effort win be made to have the ashes
of the late Senator Cushman X. Davis
taken from Arlington cemetery, Wash
ington, and brought home. to Minnesota
for interment. 1t was here that Sena.
tor Davis hopes and ambitions and
services took shape. Minnesota would
like TO do honor to him through the
medium of handsome memorial and
coyets his ashes. The only obstacle be-
tween Minnesota and all that is left
of her honored dead is removed in the
recent death of Mrs. Hunter Doll, who
was the widow of the late senator and
did rot love Minnesota. Therefore she
caused the removal of his body to
Arlington"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-12-25
BOARD ACCEPTS A ROAD
BELGRADE HILL COMPLETED aY
CONTRACTOR TipLAND.
Highway VIII BE Thrown Open to The
Travel hmm edIatsiy, Guard Rails
Along the Big Fill.

From SATURDAYS Danv.
The new Belgrade hill road was earg.
pleted yesterday by Contractor Tid.
land, and the town board held another
meeting and voted to accept the road.
1t was also decided to throw it open for
travel, and it is now open. The road
has been completed in a satisfactory
manner, and is great credit to the
township which has stood nearly the
entire cost.
The town clerk was in Mankato to-
day arranging for material TO erect
guard rails along the road at the big
fill. This is so high that if sleigh
was to slough Off and down the bank
the result would be disastrous
The plan of the Omaha road ia
cover all fresh embankments with a
coating of manure, to prevent washing
and to start a growth of vegetation
Jas soon rs possible might be an ax-
|cellent one to follow on the two fills
on this new road and be saving O..
the repair bills
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-12-25
Kerns and Hebron

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Nobel and
daughter of Duluth are visiting with
NJ. NJ Grams family and other rel.
atires in Belgrade.
Miss Della Burrill of sanborn is visi-
ting with her cousin, Mrs. Walter John
son and other relatives in this section
Miss Abbie Randall is on the sick
list with Lagrippe and bronchial trouble
Grandma Trask, who was on the sick
list last week and confined to her bed
lis improving.
The Coles shot and killed their wolf
last week. They persued the animal
for two days, and next day shot off one
leg and finally landed him. This is the
tenth wolf that has been killed. The
animals are beginning to get scared.
Kenneth, the ten year old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs John O. Kerns, is in the
hospital in Afankato being treated foI
blood poisoning on the knee. The case
seemed at first to be critical one, but
it is yielding to treatment and is
doing well. The leg viii be saved if nc
further complications set in.
Len Burrill was ont on the farm
last week bailing hay.
b. T. Leyerich will start for Iowa
this week to spend three months visit
ing friends. His family went there
last Saturday.
Roy Hodson, who has been west this
summer, is visiting his sister, Mrs
Y. d. Grain, near Hendricks and will
be home TO spend Christmas.
The Kerns Sunday school will have
their Christmas exercises on Thursday
evening at the Kerns. church. A Christ
mas tree and a good program will be
given. All are cordially invited.
There will be Christmas exercises
lat the Swedish church on Wednesday
evening by the English Sunday school,
A nice program will be rendered
The Kerns band will meet next
Tuesday evening at the home OF
c. +. Rohdikur in Kerns, instead OF
Christmas night.
The band met at the home OF
Joseph Manns in Belgrade last Wed.
nesday night Those members who
were fortunate enough, were accom-
panied by their ladies. The evening
was very pleasantly spent.
Ray Rist, who was in Hayward
Wis, on business, returned last week
The Citizens Telephone company will
install telephone for George McCar-
ger this week.
B. L. Drake has purchased fine
monument for the family lot in the
Hebron cemetery.
Miss Florence and Louis Hendley
of the normal school are home for the
holiday vacation.
Herbert IIodson, Lester Door, Pearly
keene. Willis Randall and Miss Winnie
Rist OF the high school will be home
the last of this week for vacation
Also Miss Edna Rist and Roy Keene
The kerns Congregational church will
hold their communion services the
first Sunday in January.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Turner have
returned to Judson.: from their bridal
trip. Mr.. Turner is agent for the
Northwestern road at Judson.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-12-25
Insane Woman Plans a Peculiar
Way in Which TO Die.
CHLOR0FORM ON GARMENTS
Then Made Her Bed In Large Chest.
Pulls the Lid Down, Ended Life
ofMisery.

Rochester. Dec. 2l.-A most extra
ordinary suicide occurred in this city
Mrs. Nellie Cook Purcell, beautiful
woman of twenty nine, whose former
home was in ST. Paul, killed herself al
the home of her sister, Mrs. George
Huney, by covering her face with
chloroform and then curling up in q
tlarge trunk, the lid of which she
tightly closed that all air might be ex.
i cluded.
When her body was found, after a
search by her sister and neighbors, il
was qnite cold in death.
Has Been in the Hospital.
Mrs. Purcell has been in the state
hospitals at st. Peter and Rochester
about three years, but some -four
months ago was discharged as cured
When last seen alive she seemed to be
happy and contented.
The woman made her preparations
for her death while her sister was
temporarily absent from the house
Returning home, Mrs. Honey found the
tray of a large trunk belonging to
her family on the floor of the Kitchen.
Her suspicious We're aroused at once,
and when after repeated calls, Mrs.
Purcell made no reply, hurried search
was made on the premises.
No trace could be found of Mrs.
Purcell and her sister now, frantic with
fear, called in several neighbors and
another and more systematic search
was started. The tray of the trunk
furnished a due and soon led to the
finding of the body.
Raised The Lid
The trunk is one of those large, old
fashioned kind, and there was ample
space in connection with its bullying
lid. to hide human body. One of the
neighbors raised the lid and discovered
the corpse.
Mrs. Purcell left no noteZor word of
any kind. and, it is supposed acted up
on an insane impulse to destroy her
self. Her bodily strength had returned
to her by reason of the rest and treat
ment received at the asylum, but her
sister at least realized that she was
still deficient mentally but apparently
was gaining. She was rarely left alone
and the family done their utmost to
keep her in cheerful frame OF mind.
Mrs. Purcell was divorced from her
husband several years ago. She left a
brother, Arthur Cook of Spring Valley,
Mimi.