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The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-08-26
TOWN TOPICS.
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Miss Winston Johns OF Bellvllle, is
listing Mrs, W L, Tooke.
WalteSBunting was visitor to Live
Dak Sunday, spending the day In that
fity
Mr., and Mrs. Jack Briggs Of QUINCY
pent fgnda in the city with Mr.. and
Mrs Matt Thornton.
Warren Harris left Yesterday for
Jacksonville where he has accepted a
position in an insurance office.
Mrs. Charlie Morrow lie at home again
liter a very pleasant visit with her sis
Ter, Mrs. h. O. Dunn, at Tallahassee.
Mrs. r. E. Dickinson is visiting her
Mrs. WhaleY, in Oca.a, having
accompanied that lady on her return
asst week
Lostf5-A gold bar pin with word
Darling" engraved thereon. Finder
nll receive liberal reward BY returning
% this office.
Delightful temperature this week
seems almost like the first days Of
Aulumn. A blessed relief from the
9eltering heat Of last week,
Mrs. Carlos w. Stevens and son,
Carlos, jr., arrived from Tampa last
week and are at the home Of the lady's
PARENTS, Capt. and Mis-. W. W. Whit
ock.
For Sale Cheap:-My place containing
I've and half acres located on east
boundary line Of town limits.. New six
ioom house. Convenient to school
ouss. Apply to Albert zipperer, post
naster,
The big picnic OF the Woodmen OF
be W orld will be held on the east side
b Lake Francis on next Thursday.
Madison Camp lie to be the host and
heir guests will be memb ers OF camps
rom Live Oak, Lee, Pinetta, Green
Fine, Aucilla and other places. A fine
lime is expected.
Mr.. J. A. Cottingham was called TO
Waycross, Ga, last Friday to attend
be funeral OF bis brother, Mr.. r. 7.
Cottingham, who died at his home in
bat city OF, Thursday. The deceased
pin be remembered by many Of our
people as former citizen OF the coun-
", He is survived by widow and sew.
Q children, mostly grown, who have
be sympathy OF their many friends
lere in their bereavement.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-08-26

Mrs. Giles Fowler Of Greenvile spent
Monday in the city.
Miss Hattie Zipperer left Monday az.
ternoon for a visit Of week with friends
in Lake City.
NoTIoE:-All persons indebted to me
can settle accounts at B. F, Moseley's
drug store, A. L. Blalock II.
Miss Elizabeth Smith returned Tues
day from a very delightful visit Of sew.
eral weeks to her aunt, Mrs. l.. NJ.
Kibler, at Dunnellon.
Mrs. Whaley end two little daughters
have returned to their home at Ocala.
They we're guests of the lady's mother,
Mrs. II E. Dickinson, for several weeks.
Mrs. E. Peck Smith left Tuesday for
Quitman where she will visit for a few
days, after which she will 20 to Indian
Springs and Marietta for q stay OF sew
eral weeks.
Ben Wariug went to White Springs
Saturday and remained antil Monday
night. AS there is great attraction
over there for Ben he would have re-
manned longer had not business affairs
at home demanded his return.
Archie Livingston and Alex Smith
left early SUNDAY morning in Mr.. Smiths
Buick touring car for trip to MIR.
Smiths summer home near Dawson, Ga.
T. e. expected to arrive t heir desting-
ton early Monday. Mr.. Livingston will
remain until tomorrow when he will re.
turn to his home in this city.
At her home 10 the eastern suburb Of
Madison on Wednesday, August 18th.
Mrs. Ollie Underwood, wife of Ben F.
Underwood, died after an illness of
about two weeks. The funeral was held
on Thursday the intermeut being in the
Cherry Lake cemetery. A child about
six years Of age and a sorrowing hus
band survive her, to whom our sympa-
thy is extended.
At her attractive Hopewell home Mrs
c. w Sinclair entertained LAST Thurs
day evening in honor Of her guest, Miss
Bessie Mcleod. The party was al fires.
co, the entire evening being spent on the
verAndas which were beautifully adorn.
ed with handsome ferns aud swaying
japanese lanterns, and made comfortl.
bic With rockers, rugs and cushions ga
lore. Miss Ella Armstrong presided at
a beautiful punch bowl which was re.
sorted TO at frequent intervals during
she games, after which a dainty and d..
! lighttul salad course was served. Be-
| side the hostess and houoree there we're
present nine couples from Madison.
Hon. Dannitte H. Mays Of Monticel-
10, congressman from the Third d.
lrict, was a visitor to our town last
saturday and met many of bis warm
friends and supporters during the day.
Mr.. Mays was here to lo.k after his
farming interests primarily, but took
advantage Of the occasion to pay some
attention TO HE political fences also.
We enjoyed visit from him during
which he talked Interestingly of affairs
10 Washington. While we are not au.
thorized to announce II is a fact we feel
safe 10 asserting that MIR MAYS will be
candidate 10 the primary CT next
spring for reelection as congressman.
He has served one term only and With
satisfaction to his constituents, and We
believe that when the nominating time
rolls around be will be re nominated.
Mr.. Mays is about the only one OF the
presert Florida congressman who is not
engaged in explaining" TO his consti-
tuents his acts during the past session
OF Congress.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-08-26
BABY Mornhine Fiends

are made by all soothing syrups and
baby medicines that contain opium and
narcotics. McGee's Baby Elixir con-
tains 20 Injurious or narcotic drugs OF
any kind. A sure and safe cure for dis.
ordered stomachs, bowels and tretful-
tess splendid for teethtng iufanta
Sold by W, B. Davis.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-08-26

MIR. and Mrs.w H Browning OF near,
Greenvills, spent Sunday in the city
guests OF Mr. and Mrs. Wash SutleY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nee. Tbsrtn and little
daughter, Alice left Sunday for Allan
to where they will spend a few days,
after which they will proceed to New
York for a stay Of several weeks.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16
Poor America.

The American novelist of the newer
order is apt to write, ass.tfle American
young woman talks, at the top Of his
voice. There Is something in the at
mosphere of the United States, partly
natural, partly artificial. and the eff
feet of an inveterate spirit of rivalry
which stimulates the organs of ex-
preston to an excessive, often
strident, pitch of energy. The itching
national desire to be thought original.
to have snap and 60" in season and
out of season, leads inevitably to
freakishness, irrelevance, slang and
grievous maltreatment of language.
The literary ideals of Hawthorne
are evidently obsolete. Even those
of Mr.. Henry James and Mr.. W. D.
Howells are contemned or forgotten.
The ambition of the younger school
of transatlantic novelists is, as we are
frequently told, to produce real live"
stories. Assuredly that is one Of the
most laudable of ambitions, but it
miscarries sorely when it results in a
fussy effort to galvanize inert matter
to semblance of vigor and gayety.
Not thus is the novel endowed with
organic life.-London Chronicle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16
MILDRED'S SURPRISE.

One bright June morning Mildred
was awakened very early. She sat
up in bed to rub her eyes, and heard
something moving near her. She lift
ed her pillowcase and there, in tiny
bunch, was something gray. It wrig-
gled out and came up to where Mil
dred sat. At first she was frightened,
but seeing he did no harm, she began
to pet him.
The door to the bedroom opened,
and Mildred's mother came into the
reom.
Happy birthday, Mildred" she
said, coming up to her.
ooh, mamma, see this funny little
muff that I found under my pillow
this morning!" exclaimed Mildred.
eyes, dear, that squirrel is your
birthday present from papa
81 must hurry up and dress, so I
can thank him for it," she said.
What are you going to name
him?" asked Mildred's mother.
After a few moments she replied:
ST guess 1 will call him Muff' be-
cause he looks just like one when he
curls up"
When she was all dressed she ran
up to her father and thanked him for
the squirrel.
81 forgot that to-day was my birth.
day." she said, "but after this guess
I shall always remember" - Helen
Janson, in the Brooklyn Eagle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16
CHAPTER XXI.
The Flight.

When John Adair left his home
and laid that Injunction upon his
wife to pack up all that was necessary
for departure within few hours, he
was not disobeyed. She had been in
readiness for some such emergency
for many days. Even that plea OF his
of an invalid carriage for little Will
lie had been in some sort anticipated.
In less than two hours after he had
left the house, everything was pre-
pared for flight, including arrange
ments for the transport Of the sick
child. There was haste, but no pre-
cipitation, and, above all. no fear.
When Irton said to Adair, IF you
take my advice you will not return
to Albany street, there may be peo-
pie on the lookout for you he had
not spoken more than the truth;
they were people in Sophy's interest.
There had been help within call next
door for weeks. Adair had held his
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16
CHAPTER Ky
Continued.

If he could have looked into the
future-if he could have known what
that very day was to bring forth.
would he have parted from her thus?
1t is difficult to say. But if Sophy
could have foreseen what was to
happen. / do not think her behavior
would have been different. Things
had gone too far with her in the way
of misery. of which this man was the
chief cause, for any retrograde step
toward tenderness or even pity for
him. The tremendous issues of fu-
turity itself were dwarfed beside the
contemplation of her wrongs and
wretchedness. What he had done
now was merely another drop added
to that cup of bitterness which he
was always holding to her lips. AS it
happened. he had unconsciously
caused it to run over; that was all.
AS she turned to leave the room. she
saw the bank note lying on the table.
She picked it up with a gesture of
adherence, as though it were some
infectious rag. 1t was a note for
hundred pounds. She felt that he
had had no intention of intrusting
her with any such sum; that he had
thrown it at her without thought, out
of his unaccustomed superfuity, as
one might inadvertently, out of
full plate, throw meat instead of bone
to dog. For an instant she held it
in both hands with the evident inten-
ton of tearing it to pieces, when sud-
denly a reflection occurred to her.
sit is not his" she murmured; cit
is the canon's' And folding it neat
ly up she placed it in her purse, and
went upstairs.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16
A School of Golfers.

The man who thinks he would like
to play golf, but who fears to make
himself ridiculous by attempting the
game, may now crafty his desire, for
a school of golf will be opened at Al
bion Road. Hampstead.
The director of the school, which is
to be known as the Hampstead School
of Golf, is Jack Carr, who was pro-
fessional for many years at the Finch
ley Golf Club. He Is master of tn
game in it's most modern develop
ments, and is an excellent club make,
as well.
A well planned practice q md is
attached to the school, and all the
difficulties which a player is likely to
meet with on the links are repro
duced.
The fees, which are very moderate
are arranged for one lesson, or fol
courses of three, six or twelve lessons
London Express.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16
THE ROSE AND THE FAIRY.

Once upon a time there lived a
fairy named Flutterby. One day she
saw lovely golden butterfly and she
chased it from flower to flower. At
last She found herself in strange
wood. She started to cry, but she
thought she would ask the flowers
around her to help her. So she went
to lovely lily and asked for a nights
lodging. But the lily only shut her
petals tight and would not let her en-
ter. She then tried the other flowers,
but they all did the same. Just as
she was going to give up she came to
rose and asked for nights lodg-
Ing. The rose opened her petals wide
and let the fairy enter. In the morn
ing the fairy awoke and asked the
rose what she could do for her. Make
me fairy" said the rose. The fairy
granted her wish and they lived hap
py in fairyland ever after-Elizabeth
MacAlpin, in the Brooklyn Eagle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16
RODE A HIPPoPoTAMus.

The meeting here of Lord Sell
borne, High Commissioner of South
Africa, and Luanika, Paramount
Chief of Barotseland, was full OF
quaint incident.
Nothing could be more picturesque
than Luanika's arrival. A fleet OF
some 250 native dugout canoes came
up the broad Zambesi. led by the
chiefs own enormous boat, with its
crew of thirty paddlers.
There broke from the hundreds OF
women assembled on the shore the
royal song of welcome as Luanlka's
craft drew nigh. Dressed in every
imaginable brilliant color, black faces
shining and black eyes sparkling
with excitement, the women marched
slowly forward to the rhythmical
clapping of hands, chanting as they
went, to the river bank, and then,
with wild shrieks and peals OF laugh
ter, broke their ranks and raced to
bathe their hands and faces in the
water in which the kings boat swan.
In the evening the Paramount
Chief presented Lord Selborne with
young hippopotamus. This beast,
which is perfectly tame and about
half grown, had followed the chiefs
canoe 800 miles down the river from
Lialui, taking no more than a pass
ing interest in the herds of wild
"hippos'' on the way. 1t slept peace
fully through the greater part of the
presentation ceremony, and was final
ly gallantly mounted and ridden out
of the courtyard by a member of the
Paris Missionary Society.-Sesheke
Correspondence London Daily Mail.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16
THE RACE.

Once upon a time there stood in
the hallway a great tall grandfath-
er's clock This clock had a very
large face with big black numbers
standing for the hours and long point
ed hands and quite long pendulum
that swung back and forth very slow
ly and said tick, took, tick, took, as
told by Genevieve Kennear, in the
Kindergarten Primary Magazine.
And over the mantel sat another
clock, only it was much smaller. Its
face was smaller and its hands were
smaller, too, and it didn't have any
pendulum at all, because 1t didn't
need any, and it said tick, tock, tick,
took very much faster than the grand
fathers clock.
One day these two clocks were
talking together and the clock on the
mantel said, cit has always seemed
strange to me that you should go so
very slowly, for it is such long way
around your face. 1t must take you
ever so long to go around even once.
I have often listened to your tick,
took, tick, took, and wondered how
you ever keep any time at all, you
move so slowly"
s'Well," said the grandfather
clock, "this is the way I have been
ticking for a great many years, and
people have always said that l kept
very good time"
maybe people do think so,' said
the little clock, "but you can't pos
sibly keep as good time as I do, for
I move so much faster and haven't
nearly so far to go around" Just
then a lady came in and laid her
small gold watch down on the table.
what is that u, hear you talking
about?" said the watch.
ooh" the little clock, II have
Just been telling our tall friend over
there that he could never keep as
good time as / do because he moves
so slowly"
That's nothing" said the watch,
neither of you can go half as fast
as can. You move slowly enough y
said the watch, looking at the little
| clock, "but as for that grandfather s
clock it must surely be hard for him
to even try to keep the time"
sWell," said the grandfather S
clock, 1--WE will have a race and see
which one keeps the best time. When
[ strike twelve we will start and see
which one gets around to one first.
'This is very foolish" said the
watch, "but then I may as well show
| you two clocks how much faster
can CO."
Dong, dong. dong twelve times
went the grandfather's clock.
Were off, he cried and all three
started ticking, just as fast as ever
! they could. The big clock went tick
took, tick took just as it had always
| gone and the watch went tick, tick,
tick, tick just as fast as ever it could,
but try with all it's might it just could
not go any faster than it always had.
But they all went on ticking just the
same and pretty soon the watch was
| almost at 1 o'clock.
1--WE finished" cried the watch.
so have l." cried the little clock.
"Dongi" went the grandfather
slock. All three of them finished at
! Just the same time. well, 1 new
er," said the watch, 'how did you
! ever do it?"
Il don't know" said the grand
fathers clock; 81 guess l must have
taken very much longer steps at each
tick than you did"
| 81 guess you did, too,' said the
| small clock on the mantel.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16

Toby had a family of four puppies,
and found it very difficult to keep
watch of the rats when her family re-
quired so much of her attention.
Old Tabby looked on disgusted. She
had four kittens, which no one would
think of comparing with these pups,
and she was not at all ''set up" over
them. But kittens were rather an
old story with Tabby, and this partic-
ular set were the cause of a great
deal of trouble. Tabby had been al
lowed to lie under the kitchen stove
before they came, and she did not see
why she could not keep her kittens
there. Again and again had small
Jennie Brown carried them to the
woodhouse and fixed as cozy a nest as
any sensible cat could ask, but Mrs.
Tabby would carry them back to the
kitchen stove. One rainy day, when
1t seemed that everything had gone
wrong at the Brown home, it rained
so hard no work could be done in the
garden, and the old hen who had
Matched turkeys took them walking
in the rain, when, if she had an atom
even of hen sense, she should have
known that turkeys could not stand
that. The chase after the old hen
and her turkeys had exhausted the
last mite of Mrs. Browns patience
when, as she came into the kitchen,
she saw the old cat with her kittens
under the stove again. 1t was too
much. Mrs. Brown seized the broom
and swept cat and kittens out into the
yard. My! how surprised and angry
Tabby was. She stood up and took
look at the kittens, and no doubt
thought, "This is all your fault"
Then she shook her feet and walked
back into the kitchen and sat down
under the stove. Toby had witnessed
the affair, and when the mother cat
walked off, leaving her babies in the
rain, she could not understand it. She
walked around the crying kittens,
and then went whining to the open
door and looked at Tabby. But Tab
by only blinked and looked deter
mined. She was comfortable under
the kitchen stove, and she did not
propose taking care of kittens that
made so much trouble. Toby walked
back and forth between the crying
kittens and the door, whining and
trying to make the old cat see her
duty, but all to no purpose. Tabby
had enough of those kittens. Then
Toby picked the kittens up one by
one, and put them in the nest with
her puppies, and never again did the
old cat go near them. Toby raised
both pups and kittens, and seemed as
proud of the adopted babies as of her
own.-Home Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16
GOOD FOR THE GOATS.

For about five years f1ocks of goats
have been doing a good work on foul
underbrush farms in Dearborn Coun-
ty, this State. When they clear up
farm in one place they are trans
ferred to another in the neighbor-
hood. 1t only takes a few months of
year at most to clear up one of these
farms, and then neighbor takes the
flock to clean up his farm. DR.. Til
ley, of Harrison Township, that coun-
ty, has now bought a flock of forty
goats to do the work on his farm, and
expects to have it cleaned up in year
at most, possibly sooner. Goats have
long been noted for this work, and
are said to be worth many farm
hands, for they do it thoroughly,
ready for the plow.-Indiana Farmer.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16

puffed calmly on. 1t last tne captain
| reused himself enough to investigate.
There's three feet of water in tbs
| hold; better run her ashore" he an.
nounced
The passenger sought out the own.
er
did you know your boat wai
snagged?" he asked.
81 suspected something of the
kind" was the placid rejoinder.
She'll be lost in five minutes"
continued the passenger.
''She's been a losing concern for
five years." returned the fiddler.
'Why don't you give orders to the
captain?" insisted the passenger.
Interfering with the officers Of
this boat is a very delicate matter"
meekly answered the owner.
The Buzzard careened and went
down. The owner swan ashore with
his fiddle under his arm and his bow
held between hil(sgeth'
SEA SERPENT RACED SHIP.
the British steamship Mereddio, Cap
tain Clark, Is a record of sea mon
ster sighted while the ship was on a
passage between Penarth and Santos
Chief Officer Neil S. Murray was in
charge of the bridge at the time and
Greek quartermaster was at the
wheel. The quartermaster, who first
sighted the monster, was almost pet
rif1ed with fear and was at the point
of permitting the big freighter to
take her own course.
''It was like this" explained the
chief officer when the Mereddio
docked at East Boston yesterday.
"The ship was 500 miles from Santos.
I saw the Greek acting strangely and
followed the direction he was looking.
''My hair nearly stood on end at
the sight. Swimming parallel to the
ship was a monster lizard. 1t was as
big as a whale. The ocean fairly
seethed as it propelled itself with
enormous dragons claws. A head as
big as a pilot house and one coil Of
the beasts neck were above water.
t'For a distance of nearly 800 feet
the sea heaved and was lashed into
foam. I think the lizard was fully
the Mereddio's length, and I feared
for the safety of the steamship as the
creature, mailed in huge, bony scales
of dark green color, swerved as If
to come alongside. 1t had sawlike
ridge on it's back and its girth was
fully as great as that of whale.
tAfter the serpent had raced the
ship several minutes it bumped its
back and sounded. The swash from
its commotion shook the ship and
sent spray over the starboard rail.
'I have followed the sea many
years and, mind you, I am not given
to fancies. That creature so i'm
pressed me that entered the incl
dent in the scrap log, and later made
a permanent record of It,"
The Mereddio's crew substantiates
Officer Murray, while the Greek quar-
termaster admits he did not recover
from the shock for several days.
Boston Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16
FOOLED HIM.

Katie, who had been taught that
the devil tempts little girls to dis
obey, was left alone in a room for a
time one day with the admonition
not to touch a particularly delicious
plate of fruit that stood on the table.
For a while she bravely withstood
the temptation. Finally, however.
her resolution wavered and she took
a big red apple from the plate. She
walked away with it, but before put
ting it to her lips her courage re-
turned and she quickly replaced the
apple on the plate, saying as she did
so, aha! Mr.. Devil, 1 fooled you,
didn't I?"-The Housekeeper.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16
F0r.the
Younger
Chikdren.s

CAN YOU PRONOUNCE?
There lived man in Mexico,
Who all his life did battle
To rightly spell such easy words
As Nahuatlacatl.
He wrote the names of all the towns
It took of ink bottle,
But could not spell Tenochtillan
Nor plain Tlacaecotl.
He went to spelling school each day,
And, though man of mettle
He could not conquer Topiltzin,
Nor Huitzilopoehctl.
He dwelt some time in Yucatar,
And there, at Tzompantilli,
He learned to spell one little word;
Twas Ziuhonolpilli.
The joy Of spelling just one word
Did all his mind unsettle;
But, spelling still, he failed at last
On Popocatepetl.