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The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-10
He Forgot Something.


"Is that all you have to say to me?'
she queried, looking off into space.
Great heavens, girl said he,
abashed, what more can say?
Haven't told you that worship the
very ground you walk on? Haven't
l offered you every iota of my worldly
possessions? Haven't said that you
would never want for anything, that
your relatives could come and stay as
long as they wished, that I would
work my fingers bare for you, and
that l would devote my entire exist
ence to your"
"Oh, yes, you said all that" she re-
piled, YEARLY, "but-"
But what?" he asked, TREMENDOUSLY.
"You-you didn't say right out and
out I love you, and that's what l
wanted to hear most of ALL
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-10

he was going to the cross roads to see
whether the 800 had been put under
the stone as he had advised himself to
do. When he saw himself take a
dagger in his hand he knew he must
be prepared for the worst, and that
he had a cruel Italian nature to deal
with. So he took his shotgun in the
other hand and sailed forth, bound,
at all costs, to protect himself.
But hardly had he stepped outside
the door than he weakened. What,
after all, was 500 as compared with
his life? He went back into the
house and took ten ten-dollar bills from
his sock, and went out a. lin. He
walked to the crossroads and tucked
the money under the stone, and then
stood back behind tree to see what
| would happen. In a minute or so he
laid his shotgun on the ground and
stole slowly toward the flat stone.
CHANGING cautiously around, he lifted
the stone, picked up the $500 and
slipped it into his pocket, with a
cruel Italian chuckle of glee.
At that moment his stanch Scotch
nature rebelled. Never would he be
robbed in this manner! With cry of
| anger he dashed for the shotgun, and
at the very moment that he laid his
hand upon it his left hand drew the trig-
ger Then ensued terrific struggle,
in which his Italian nature had all
the advantage. Try as he would he
was always too close to himself to
use the shotgun, while the dagger was
just the weapon to use at close quar-
tiers. With groan he dashed the
shotgun from him, and closed in
upon himself. Again and again he
wrested the dagger from himself, only
to have it wrested away again. At
length he put his knee upon his chest,
and pinned himself down thus, he
seized his ear in his teeth, and bit un-
til he cried for mercy. Then, putting
his hand in his pocket he pulled out
the ten bills and put them in his peck.
ct. He had triumphed.
All the way home his proud Scotch
nature gloated on this unequaled
achievement and he took his seat al
his dinner table with a feeling OF
great content. He felt in his pocket
to see that the 500 was still there
and it was.
THAT for the Black Hand!" he cried
swapping his fingers, and he set to
work devouring his meal.
Suddenly he paused and look Of
fright and amazement came over his
face. He paused with his fork hall
way to his face, and stared at it. He
| was eating spaghetti! Instantly he
knew what had happened. In his ter
rifle struggle with himself he hat
mixed his two natures, and the Ital
ian nature had triumphed after all
He had allowed himself to take the
500 away from himself. He had al
lowed himself to black-hand him
self.
As he finished his meal he laughed
merrily to think how he had carried
out his threat, and at the same tins
the tears ran down his cheeks as he
thought how he had been victimized
1t is terrible thing to have two nj
lures.
Copyright. 1909 by W. G. Chapwan)
Very Particular.
$50 you have applied for the job?'
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-10
Two Of a Kind,

Mrs. Boggs-I hate to have man
always complaining about some little
thing. Now, my husband is continual
ly harping on the lace curtains.
Mrs. Woggs-Yes, and my husband
has keen kicking on our front door
every morning at three o'clock for the
last 20 years.-Puck.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-10
Found!

Knicker-What is your definition of
a gentleman?
Bocker-He was evidently my wife's
first husband.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-10
MAJOR OR MINOR.

Mr.. Lunnon-1 suppose may ad-
dress you as major, sir! Every man
in these southern states seems to be
a colonel or a major.
Texas Bill-1'm no major; I'm q
miner.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-10

His Right There Was None to Dispute.
Noah disembarked.
II am first on Ararat anyhow" he
boosted.
Herewith he declined to give a fig
for the pole.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-10
Beaten bv Nature,

Waggs-I had the laugh on my wife
yesterday
Boggs-T1tw did it happen?
Wasgs-We were out driving and
she discovered an echo that beat her
out of the last word.-Stray Stories.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-10

The first time girl is disappointed
in love she imagines she has moth.
ing left to live for.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-10

Some people would drown with a life
preserver at hand. They are the kind
that suffer from Rheumatism and Neural.
Oil. the best of all pain remedies.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-10

ARE YOU LOSING FLESH
through a racking cough that you cannot seem tt
check? bottle of Aliens Lung alsam will cure
the trouble and help you back to health.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-10

sure where you want to go before
starting.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-10
Very ParticuIa

$50 you have applied for the job?"
YES"
Answer the mans questions salts.
fdctorily"
II don't know. When l told him ]
didn't drink, he wanted to know what
my reasons were for not DRINKING"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-10

When the end of your work Is GU
of sight, look aloft-De Lesseps.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-10
Important to Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-11
The Power of Sincerity.

Sincerity is made UP of two words
sine and cere-Sine, without, and cere.
wax: without wax And it means alb
Sclutely pure, transparent.
The human mind is constructed for
truth telling. This is it's normal con-
dtion, and unGer the exercise of true
living and true thinking the character
becomes strong and robust.
Wilderness. completeness, comes into
the life from truth. from sincerity;
the mind into expressing deceit it be-
comes abnormal and works all sorts OF
harm to the character.
l have in mind very brilliant writ
er who exchanges his talent for cash
in political campaigns. He has writ
ten some of the best documents for all
political parties, but the lack of sin
certify in his character so discounts
his personality ard ability that he has
no standing as a man. He is recOgni-
Zcd as q brilliant writer, but as a man
totally without convictions.
There is something in the mind it.
self which thrives upon sincerity and
which protests against all that is false,
against all sham. Nothing ever quite
satisfies this longing but absolute
truth. The mind quickly becomes
sickly and weak when forced to ex-
press what is false.-Success Magazine
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Gill university and several in the Royal
Victoria college for women. Also, she
said that Canada had special reason TO
be proud of her women trainers. Dur
ing the last year more than $4,000 wo-
men made a success as farmers in the
Dominion.
A prisoner in his own palace, fearing
treachery and assassination every mo-
lnent, President Cabrera of Guatemala,
who during the last few months has
twice escaped the bombs of his eni-
mics, is today as closely guarded al
the capital as 4 monarch of continent
tai Europe. Cabrera even fears pols-
0ning. 1t is said about Guatemala City
that, no longer trusting the servants
about the palac: he now has his moth
er prepare his food fer him. Even then
he takes the utmost precautions.
There will b. a mighty political up
heaval in Guatemala soon without
doubt. And when Cabrera goes out
the future is a matter of conjecture.
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Seen From the Financial Center.

Henry Clews Of New York speaking
for the financial world, says that Presi-
dent Taft has the happy faculty of
winning his ends by attraction rather
than compulsion, and feels that this
method will have a soothing effect up
on the nerves of the financial centers
While Mr.. Clews was a warm admirer
and ardent supporter of President
Roosevelt and the Roosevelt policies
he says: THE country is fortunate in
having Il successor who will continue
thes" policies in a firm, but more tact
full and judicious manner" He goes
on as follows to characterize the work
of the retiring chief executives:
Mr.. Roosevelt introduced many re-
forms that We're necessary for public
welfare. and pushed them with a vigor
that was often unsettlng to vested
interests. Certain tendencies arising
from an undue concentration of wealth
were threatening the political horizon
and no matter who undertook the
initiative in restraining or regulating
them the effect was sure to be disturb
ing. Yet the purposes of Mr.. ROOse
welt We're always of a high order, and
with few exceptions were conducive to
public good. 1t is safe to say that Mr..
Roosevelt will go down into history
as one of our greatest Presidents,
ranking close to Washington and Lin
coin; but his methods of carrying out
these purposes We're, as already said
often very irritating and unSetting. 50
long as these restraints had to be APP
piled it is perhaps as we'll that their
initiation should have fallen into the
hands of Mr.. Roosevelt. for it is easily
conceivable that had the task been
undertaken by one of less force and
more radical the end might have been
disastrous. Our ex-PreSidentS policies
We're never Destructive: they We're al
ways progressive, and have done more
to check extreme radicaliSm and
socialism than any movement that the
country has ever experienced. AS soon
as the dust Of conflict subsidies, a
clearer vision of Mr. RoOsevelt's
character will be obtained: and ten
years hence it is safe to say that he
will have attained a much higher posi-
ton in the regard of his fellow
countrymen than he holds at the pres
ON time -
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The Lure of Southern California.

For over a quarter of century, or
since 1884 or 1885. there has been an
extraordinary movement from all over
the country to the southwestern portion
OF the United States. the sleepy region
of the old Spanish dons who, for cen
turtles. lived and owned principalities
on the shores of the Pacific, literally
between the desert and the deep sea,
the great American desert reaching
out to the East, a dominant terror alike
to friends and enemies.
This movement has taken the shape
of tourists excursions. very similar TO
the throngs who yearly migrate to the
south of France and Italy. but with this
exception: in Europe they are tourists,
pure and simple: they rarely remain,
while the men and women, generally
rich or wellto-do, who have bravcd
the terrors of the great american
Desert" have in 50 many instances
succumbed to the climatic, scenic and
other charms of southern Californ a
that in quarter of q century they
have taken possession of the region
planted it with countless orange groves
built large towns and villages, and
made of the pueblo of Los Angeles, an
adobe town of a few thousand Next
cans and Americans. city of nearly
300, 900 souls
What the magnet has been to attract
this vast army three thousand miles
and hold them, can not fail to be of in
terest, as nowhere in the world has
there been so interesting, so rapid and
sensational a building up Of communi.
ties as in California, especially in the
south. There have been human migra-
tions in various parts of the world. but
the average pioneer movest to better his
condition financially. and his evolution
and that of the town or village he
establishes is slow and painful opera
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-11
LUCKY STONE FOR 1909.

The prophet Zadkiel has just as
sured us that the ametheyst is to be
the lucky stone" for the year 1909,
this conjecture being based on an ORR
entail superstition that two mines in the
figures of a year signified an access
OF great prosperity in all manner Of
things. Particularly love and friend
ship is luck to prevail for the wear
crs of the amethyst. since that gem Is
said to denote sincerity, just as the
opal is supposed to bring unkind hap
peninss upon it's owner. The present
posscssor Of the greatest opal in the
world is also one of the most unlucky
OF mortals He is the Emperor Fran
ci:. Joseph of Austria Hungary Grom
the latter of which kingdom opals are
produced), and, according to the sooth-
savers, the sovereign's possession of an
opal weighing seventeen ounces and
five inches by three is said
to be the cause of his many sorrows.
His el1est son Rudolph, committed SUI
icide; his empire IS was murdered; an
other :son deserted the imperial home
never to return, to instant but few Of
the emneror'S miSfGrtuaeS.
The meaning of the word amethyst
Is mot drunk. ana according 10 the
Greeks. it was a charm against the
evils of INVESTIGATION. 1t is not an eX-
pnrsive stone. and the purpleviolet
hues of amet hyst is due to peroxide of
iron, and the gem is found in India, III
Ceylon. in Brazil and in vast masses
under the waters of Lake Superior.
Among many nations particular
gem is worn by the superstitious dur
ing each month. The garnet, for eN-
ample, is Worn in January and signi-
fies constancy. The amethyst is worn
in February; the bloodstone, signify
ing courage, in March. The sapphire
denotes repentance, and is Worn in
April Winning love is betokened by
the emerald in May. In June wear
agate for health; in July the carnclion
tor contentment. If you should wed
i'll August wear 4 sardonyX for luck.
1t never fails, they say. If you fear
your mind is giving way, wear chry-
soite in September. Beware of the
opal in October but wear topaz and
win good friends in November, sport
Il turquoise in December.-New York
World
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When Men Did Fancy Work.

During the old regime in France
about which so much glamour remains
to us, the very men who were living
and making the history of the empire
of Louis, passed their leisure time in q
way that seems to us of today utter
ly ridiculous. In all the fancy work
on which ladies employed themselves
the men seem to have taken part.
Poinsinct, in one of his comedies rep
reserts a young marquis entering
room where two fair damsels are en-
broidering. One is working a piece OF
dress trimming, the other a Marty
flounce. The beau examines the en-
broidery with the eye of connoisseur
points here and there the specially
good touches. and is too polite to no.
tiCe any defects. He takes a little gold
tube out of the pocket of his richly dec
GRATED waistcoat, and selects a dainty
gold needle. He goes to the frame al
which CidaliSe is working, and finishes
the flower which she has begun. From
her he moves TO the sofa and seizlhg
one end of the flounce, assists 1smene'
to whom he pays special attention,
complete her task.
At this time it was the custom of the
ladies invariably to carry their work
bags with them to the evening recep'
tons, in which they had not only Their
embroidery materials, but the last nov
ell. the popular song. and their pa!cn
boxes and rough pots Gentlemen also
carried deftly embroidered little bags
into company, which held "a whole ar
senal of cutlery and fancy articles
such as boxes of different shapes fllea
with loZengers, bonbons, snuff. anu
scent"
An another period the fashion OF tn0
day was to cut out drawings lro"
books and pamphlets. and to pas.
them on screens, lamp shades boxes
and vases. The skill in this was 70 ~
arrange the drawings or parts oil W.,
ferent drawings. as to produce ~
rious or amusing effect. Then t''e'.
came n season when all the rage wa.
for charades and riddles. which CIV.
peculiarly good opportunity to exer.
the light and rapid wit so consplcuvss ~.
in the French. Every evening
drawing-rooms were converted ihto -. Ia
promptu charades. Some lady WIZ. ss.
suggest a word or phrase, and loi .ho
with it would be converted INTO 80
subject of a sprightly little play M n.b
of the word games now current .he
us iii America had their origin III -
necessity the. French salons WERE m.
der in the last century to divert l s.sh.
selves. In some of the salons the -,
ion of keeping daily chrohlo s.sre
news, which was too often aI.od
chronicle of scandal. was auok srl-
Madame Doublet de PERSIAN issueW ,ts. I
letins which she called "Noussns ~.
Ia main;" In her apartments IVY .,sie
listers were kept. one of the auu ~
news received here and there by y
guests, the other of floating ru ~.
and on dts: and from these the -. "a
get Of her chronicle was made W ~.
circulated throughout France,
TONS - 81.
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ton. But in the southwest, in that
half of the state called southern Cali
fornia the results seem to have been
produced to Il large extent, frr
aesthetic reasons, and the region TO-DAY
is q vast colony, composed in the main
of cultivated, well-to-do, often very
wealthy Eastern men and women who
have suddenly moved in, taken posses
sion and set the stamp of their virility
on the land, which finds expression IN
such cities at Los Angeles, Santa
Barbara. Riverside. Redlands, Pasa-
dena. San Jose and Santa Rosa.-The
Outing Magazine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-11

The rise to fame of Daniel Lamont.
Mr. cortclyou and VIM. Loeb. Jr. who
entered public life as private secreta-
rias of recent presidents, causes much
interest To center around the private
secretary of the new President. MS
name is Fred Warner Carpenter ana
IN. has been with President Tart Tor
the mast eight years. being picked OUT
by friends Of Mr.. Taft as n stenosra
nher to accompany him on his first TRIP
to the philippines. Mr.. Carpenter was
then employed in law ofhce IN San
I,,ncisc,. He had earlier been admit
tod tn the bar in Minnesota and Is Il
.r.auote of the university in that
s,,,a He did so we'll as stenographer
ar the Philippine trip that Mr.. TAFT
made him ,rivate secretary when he
,,oamc the governor general of the is
lands and has since retained him IN
his service. He is So years of age, en-
lows the full confidence of his chiei'
and is expected to fulfill the require
mcnts of place which calls for much
oa sense and an exceptional degree
of tact.
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The Land O. Lakes.
fDoctl1,,I proSS

If auld Scotia is the Land o cakes,
Maine is the land o. lakes. This is no
Eaws to Maine people or to 3ther pee
pie who are acquainted with Maine,
hut the fact is brought out in a strik-
ing manner in a bulletin issued by the
United States Geological Survey. This
is in connection with a report on the
underground waters of the State,
subject the scientific investigation OF
which has now for the first time been
undertaken. The report relates TO the
underground waters of the southern
part of the State, while that portion
north of the 45th parallel is to be COW
cred in a subsequent report. 1t is
stated b., the bulletin that mo other
tract OF country on the North Amerl-
can continent is so we'll supplied Win
surface waters as Maine. 1t contains
NOR, thar 1900 lakes, which have A
total area of 1900 squares miles, making
one lake to every twenty square miles
of territory and one square mile of lake
surface to each 14.3 square miles OF
land surface; and this enumeration
does not include many small ponds
tributary to the rivers, which are
lIcIIistlNtS Ilotcu lOL oiiiiOi 'AiNS ~
their flow and the uneNcelled water
powers they afford
But when there is such an abun-
dance of surface water in lakes o..
crystal purity, it might be thought that
there was no occasion to explore the
underground waters. at least III rela-
ton to practical uses. 1t seems, how
ever, that with the increase in the
number of factories on the principal
Waterways, the rivers have become
less and less valuable as sources OF
supply or portable water, partly be-
cause OF the waste products poured in
to them from the factories and partly
because OF the increased amount Of
sewage which they must carry in con-
sequence of the growth of the manu-
featuring communities on their
banks" AS result of these conditions
communities drawing public supplies
from streams are beginning to COM
plain Of the quality of water and are
turning toward lakes ard wells for re-
lief Here is where knowledge of Tic
underground waters becomes valuable.
in the case Of driving deep wells for
supply. The deep wells that have
been drilled. says the report, have been
sunk ut random. without attempt at
scientific forecast of the amount or
the quality of water that might be OBJ
tanned at any particular point or Win
o We'll Of any particular type. This is
the information which the Geological
Survey has undertaken tc supply, ana
it goes without saying that it Will be
of value to those who have to seek
underground sources Of water sup
NV
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II Was a "FIareback."

The much abused weather man at
Washington now explains that it was a
neurological bareback" which caused
all that trouble at the national capital
country has known the bareback
chiefly in connection with explosions in
the big gun turrets on the battleships.
1t was not until after several such eX-
blossoms had occurred that the cause
was traced to the source which the
term itself so plainly describes. So in
the case of the weather it finally has
been discovered just what causes a
storm that has nothing whatever to do
with regulation barometric conditions.
The weather chief admits that he
knew the big blizzard was coming from
the Northwest down through Manitoba,
the Dakotas and the Middle West in
the direction of Washington, in a
pathway 500 or 600 miles wide, but he
had faith that it would jump over
Washington and go out to sea. Ac-
cording to his explanation of what
happened. the blizzard jumped WASH
ington all right, but when it struck the
broad Atlantic it rebounded. In other
words there was bareback" a
blizzardly blast that shot back
ward and enveloped the unsus-
pecting and unprepared multi
tudes in the city which should
theoretically have been enjoying sun
shine and balmy breeZes
Probably this instance will lead the
official weather forecaster to qualify
his future announcements with the
clause, IF there be no bareback" His
explanation in this case is probably
as good as any he could give, but it is
to be feared that the bareback ex-
PLANTATION will not stop here but will
be transferred into politics, business
and other fields where the best laid
plans of man are often rudely upset