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placing polygamy-a simple repudia
ton by the husband of his wife, pro
vided he is we'll enough off to pay the
nekyah or marriage settlement, which
he is legally bound to hand over tt
her.
The woman of the poorest classe.
can go out alone. Custom does moi
oblige her to wear her veil down
Should her husband. in a fit of anger
wish to divorce her, he must first o.
all produce the Nekyah, the dowry
in ready money, not an easy matter
for poor man.
The real danger to domestic happi
ness in the great mass of Turkish
homes is the growing tendency of di
vorce, and divorce wholly favorabl,
to the man as against the woman.
The payment of the modest nekyal
arranged at the time of his marriag,
is simple affair." and it is seldom
enough to keep the divorced wife TO-
the rest of her days. She is forced t,
take refuge with her parents or t,
find shelter with some of her friends
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-01-09
MADE OLD GENTLEMAN WROTH
Misunderstood Editors Use of French
Word, and Trouble Was With
Difficulty Averted.

1t was in Indiana, not so very
bng ago, that the daughter of an old
White River farmer was reading the
country newspaper to himself. She
had got to the Personals" and read
this:
Mrs. Willie Morritts nee Black,
nas returned from visit to her par.
ents in Indianapolis"
u don't quite understand that"
said the old gentleman.
What don't you understand" in
Quired the daughter.
THAT part about Mrs. Willie Nor.
ritts, nay Black What does may
Black mean?"
ooh, that's French. and means she
was born Black"
Yes, nee is French for born"
"Well it amt sol" calculated the
old man, jumping up and shaking his
fist. II knowed her parents, and the,
were as white as anybody that eve
lived in Indiana, and I'll see that ed
flor about it," But before he could
get away the daughter explained mat,
tiers, and the old gentleman cooled
down. Exchange
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A Useful Bird Which Is Rapidly Becon-
ing Extinct.
exterminated, and other curlews great
~ reduced. . q. So adverse to the
shorebirds are present conditions that
the wonder is that any escape. In
both fall and spring they are shot
along the whole route of their migra-
ton north and south.
The accompanying illustrations pre-
sent portraits of group of birds, most
of which the average person probably
knows by sight, though l fear that
only small minority have a clear
idea of their very great economic
worth.
The jacksnipe Cor Wilson's snipe) is
one of the shorebirds preferred to by
Mr.. McAtee), which, as a family, are
being rapidly exterminated. 1t de-
stroys large numbers of worms and
larvae, for which it probes with it's
long bill in the soft earth of corn and
potato flelds--thereby doing the farm
er great service--as we'll as along
the shores of ponds, lakes and
streams. 1t also feeds on grasshoppers
and other injurious insects. 1t should
be carefully protected, especially dur
ing the breeding season.
The kildeer plover is another valu
able and beautiful shoreb..d which
is being hunted to death. 1t frequents
meadows and pasture lands, as well
as shores, and devours great quaint
ties Of mosquitoes, crane flies, grass
hoppers, army worms, Gu. worms
caterpillars, cotton-boll wee~ils, clover
leaf weevils, rice weeviis, marine
worms, wire worms and crayfish.
Doubtless everybody knows the rob
in. perhaps the most democratic of oul
birds beloved in the northern states
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-01-09
Not Missed.

eff a man gets an idea into his head
that the community he lives in can
not get along without him, the surest
cure is for him to take months visit
somewhere" remarks E. B. Going OF
Osawatomie.
when he comes home he will find
that the COW has been MIXED regu.
larly during his absence, that the
corn has been husked and cribbed
just as we'll as he could have done it,
that the chickens and ducks and pigs
didn't stop growing during his alb
sence. that the regular winter literary
society has been organized and is
making progress without his august
presence, that the roads have been
dragged regularly and that come OF
his own neighbors didn't even know
he had been away. These are just a
few of the little things that make a
fellow realize he is not so many pota'
toes to the hill as he thinks he is
Kansas City Journal.
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OnIv the Sultan Adheres to the Old
Style Oriental lnstitution-Aod-
ern Turk Resorts to Divorce.

The domestic arrangements OF the
sultan are entirely different from
those of his subjects. Most Turks
have one wife; the sultan has no
recognized sultana. Turks of high
rank marry into their own class; the
sultan forms unions with women OF
slave origin. The ordinary man may
not look upon an unveiled woman ex-
cent she be his relation or servant;
the sultan has the right to talk with
any woman in the land face to face.
Turks of position model their house
holds more or less on the European
nlan. the sultan's household is orien-
tai.
That does not mean that in the i'm
perial palace you would find women
sipping sherbet or smoking narghilehs
or clad in baggy trousers. On the
contrary, you would find them smok-
ing nothing more oriental than a
cigarette, sitting on European chair
and, yes, wearing corsets! But the
code of morals is entirely different
saws the New York Sun.
The imperial harem is founded on
the old court system of the Byzantine
emperors and has an etiquette and
law of it's own. The first fact one
must grasp is that the wives OF
fayorites of the sultan have no i'm
portance at all. They are nobodies
The daughter Of a Circassian peasant
may be honored by the sultan's favor
and even bear him a child, but yet
be distinguished by no other title
than the commonplace "Kadin Effen
d." Only the mother of the eldes
son receives the royal designation O.
Sultan" her whole title being "Kha
reki sultan"
Her dignity only results from he
being the mother of a possible hei
to the throne; that is, in the even
that the sultan has no brothers, TO
the brothers have the right of prece
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for his cheerful song and his hand
some appearance, glad everywhere to
be the companion and the friend Of
man when he is we'll treated, and high
ly valuable as destroyer of harmful
grubs, worms and insects. Yet this
bird is murdered literally by the thou
sands for pot-pies by negroes and
poor whites in the southern states
above mentioned, and is more or less
hunted in other states. Mr.. r. A.
McIlhenny, who lives on Avery Island,
La. says that during the ten days or
two weeks Of the "robin season. Gin
January when the berries are ripe) at
least 10000 of these useful and beau
tiful birds are slaughtered daily for
the pot. Every negro man and boy
who can raise gun is after them, T"
says Mr.. McIlhenny.
Although this bird causes some loss
to small fruit. growers. it certainly
does vastly more good than harm. It
is constantly at work on lawns and
fields hunting for destructive insects,
which it is exceedingly difficult to
keep in control. 1t devours many
caterpillars, including hairy species,
which infest the orchard, woodland
and shade trees. Forty per cent. of
it's food is insects, and AZ per cent.
wild fruit. It would pay the farmer
we'll to go some expense in order
to keep the robins away from his
fruit trees and berry bushes rather
thar shoot these birds which are SO
useful to him in many ways. To MUIR
der them for pot-pAs is, of course.
nothing short of barbarous
The purple martin is also fond of
the society Of man, and when not
molested by the villainous English
sparrows-and still more villainous
men by whom 1t is shot for food,
chiefly in the south-it is glad to
breed in birdhouses near human habi-
tations 1t males charming neigh
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HAREN1S OUT OF DATE In TURKEY

dence as the elder male descendants,
And the royal favorite of the moment
will have transitory Importance on
account of the influence which she
may exercise over the sultan.
Royal princesses are considered in
ferior to the mother of the sultan. who
is the real queen of the little world
of the harem, has absolute authority,
large staff of officials and the SUI
preme title of "Valide sultan" Thus
it happens that woman of slave
birth may, if she be the mother of an
heir to the throne,s eventually become
the highest woman of the land.
Every royal princess has her daira,
or separate apartments, slaves, SER
wants and so on, the management OF
the household being given over to her
kalfas, or ladies in waiting-that is to
say, Turkish women of good birth
who have remained unmarried.
Royal princesses rarely take hus
band of their own rank. They are
generally married by the sultan tc
the sons of men of wealth and posi-
ton, such as pashas, officers of state
high civil officials and the like. 6
policy which is founded on a very
practical reason, namely, that the ar
rangement makes the existence of 8
hereditary aristocracy impossible
One of the paradoxes in Turkey IL
that the poorer Turkish woman Ii
the greater her freedom. The ricl
woman canont move step unaccom
panied. She sees Constantinople onl3
from the windows of her CLOSED
! brougham or through veil thicl
enough to act as mask. She may
dress as exquisitetly as mannequir
in a Paris dressmakers showroom
but she must not display so much a!
an inch of embroidery in publi3,
When her husband wants to take
second wife, or grows tired of he
and wishes to divorce her he ha
both the opportunity and the mean
If he is a rich man. 1t is not Chi
among Turks of any education to talk
a second wife; but divorce is n
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percentage of it's food being harm
full rodents and destructive insects,
the latter including grasshoppers.
crickets and moths, which 1t frequent
ly impales upon thorns or sharp twlgs.
It sometimes catches young birds
Though this is more characteristic OF
the northern shrike, or butcher blrd,)
but it's diet is chiefly insects and small
rodents. 1t is, therefore, very valu-
able to the farmer.
The golden-winged woodpecker
(also called flicker "highhole," etc.
is an Industrious tree protector, and
the most efficient of all feathered ant
eaters. 1t is also feeds freely upon bee
ties, grasshoppers, crickets, caterpll-
lars. and other harmful insects, as we'll
as on weed seds. Yet it is rapidly
growing rare because 1T is much
hunted for food. 1t should be pro-
tected everywhere and at all times.
In view of the decrease already &C
complished in the general volume OF
bird life in America, in view OF the
enormous losses annually inflicted up
on the people of this country by the
ravages of insects, and in view OF the
destruction OF wild life which is now
furiously proceeding throughout Amer
lea, the Mclean bill, which is now be-
fore congress, to provide for the fed
eral protection of all migratory birds,
becomes the most important wild life
measure that ever came before that
body. In view of the annual economic
loss that will continue as long as a
federal migratory bird bill fails to
pass, it is impossible for anyone to put
forth one good reason-unless it be on
purely technical grounds-against that
measure. The Weeks bill, before the
lower house of congress, is precisely
like the Mclean bill, and it matters
not which one passes first.
Unless the people of this country
wish to shut their eyes to their own
interests, and pay out millions of dol
lars annually in the form OF increased
cost of living due to the losses caused
by insect pests which would be
destroyed by the birds. they should
demand that federal migratory bird
bill be at once enacted into law. 1t
is Senate Bill No. 6497, and on the
senate calendar it is No. COG. We can.
not afford to wait until 1914 or 1915
and congress has full power to act
| this winter
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-01-09
STEADY HAND.
A Surgeons Hand Should Be the Firm,
est Of All.

For fifteen years l have suffered
from insomnia, indigestion and nel>
vousness as result of coffee drink.
Ing said surgeon the other day
tTea is equally injurious because 1t
contains caffeine, the same drug found
In coffee).
THE dyspepsia became so bad that
! had to limit myself to one cup at
breakfast Even this caused me to
lose my food soon after l ate it.
"All the attendant symptoms of in.
digestion, such as heart burn, palpita.
ton, water brash, wakefulness or dis
turbed sleep, bad taste in the mouth,
nervousness, etc, were present to
such a degree as to incapacitate me
for my practice as surgeon.
"The result Of leaving off coffee
and drinking Postum was simply mar.
Vicious. The change was wrought
forthwith, my hand steadied and my
normal condition of health was re.
stored" Name given upon request.
Read the famous little book, "The
Road to Wellville," in pkgs. There
q reason"
Postum now comes in concentrated,
powder form, called Instant Postum
It is prepared by stirring level tea.
spoonful in cup of hot water, adding
sugar to taste, and enough cream to
bring the color to golden brown.
Instant Postum is convenient;
there's no waste; and the flavor is al.
ways uniform. Sold by grocers-50'
cup tin 80 Cts, 100-cup tin SO cts.
A Soup trial tin mailed for grocer's
name and 2-cent stamp for passage
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd, Battle Greek.
Mich. Adv.
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The Robin.

Nth the result that the damage they
10 is mounting up, year by year.
1t is perfectly apparent that here
q a situation which demands immedi-
ate action, and that this action should
Bring about the vigilant protection for
Ill time, and in all parts of the coun-
try, of all insectivorous birds. Many
already on the tobogganslide to-
ward determination, as the result Of
stupid state legislation, or the lax en-
forcement of such laws as have been
enacted. To be explicit:
There are seven states in which the
robin is being legally killed by the
tens of thousands annually as game!
These states are Louisiana, MISSISSIPPI
ri, Florida, South Carolina, North Car
DINA, Tennessee and Maryland.
The black bird is legalized game"
and suffers the same fate in four
states-Louisiana South Carolina.
Tennessee and Pennsylvania-and the
District of Columbia besides.
Doves are slaughtered by the whole
sale in 26 states, much to the loss of
the farmers, for this bird is a great
| eater of weed seeds.
Cranes, which are also very useful
birds, are much hunted for food and
for sport" in Colorado, Nebraska,
North Dakota and Oklahoma.
OF the sixty-odd species of shore
birds ii. e., snipe, curlews, plover,
sandpipers and the like), at least 80
feed on noxious insects; yet all of
these birds are rapidly disappearing
According to Mr.. w. L. McAtee of the
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Itself is Being Hunted TO
Death as Food
Dor and a very useful one, for it is re-
markably swift and graceful on the
wing, and is expert and persistent in
catching rose beetles, May beetles,
cucumber beetles, mosquitoes, house
flies and flies that trouble horses
and cattle. One observer records
that 80 parent martins made 1875 Wis.
it's to their young in one la, each
visit meaning, probably, anywhere
from one to half dozen insects.
The nighthawk (also called bull
bat, i" probably one of the most
useful of birds. 1t feeds exclusively
on insects, and ranks next to the
golden-winged woodpecker (iicker) as
feathered destroyer of ants, which
it takes when they are in the winged
stage Potato beetles, cucumber bee
ties, leaf hoppers, bugs Of various kinds
and enormous quantities of gnats and
mosquitoes are found in their stom-
achs. They are entirely harmless, for
they never feed on fruit, grain. grass
or vegetables. Yet they are being
hunted for sport and are being exter-
minated.
The loggerhead Cor southern) shrike
is champion pest destroyer, a large
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Looklno After His Bait.

Daniel and Harvey, two old, expert
fishermen, were "still" fishing for
trout in deep water, sitting with their
backs together, when Daniel acct
dentally fell out of the boat and went
down. Harvey looked back and MISS
ed his companion, who at that mo-
ment appeared on the surface, pipe
still in his mouth. shaking his wiskers
profusely.
Harvey-Gosh, Dan! I jest missed
ye! Where We been?
Dan-Oh, jes' went down for ter
see If me bait wus all right.-Judge.
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PREPARING FOR
NEW SETTLERS
EXTENDING THE AGRICULTURAL
AREA IN WESTERN CANADA.

For sometime past the Canadian
government has had surveyors at
work plating new areas for the &C.
commodation of the largely increas-
ing number of settlers coming in to
occupy the agricultural districts OF
the three prairie provinces. There
were those connected with the work
Of securing settlers for western Can
ada who last spring prophesied that
there would be as many as 175,00O
new settlers from the United States
to Canada during the present year,
and there were those who doubted
that the previous years figures OF
$4,000 could be increased. Recent
computation made by the officials of
the immigration branch at Ottawa
show that the largest estimates made
by officials will be beaten and that
the 100000 mark from the United
States will be reached. AS great an
increase will be shown in the figures
of those who will reach Canada from
other countries this year. The re-
suits Of the years work in Canadian
immigration will give upward of
total of 100000 souls.
But this is not to be wondered at
when it is realized what is offering in
the three prairie provinces and also
in the coast province of British Co.
lumbia, which is also bidding strong
~ and successfully, too, for a certain
class of settler, the settler who
wishes to go into mixed farming or
fruit raising. When the central por-
ton Of this province is opened up by
the railway now being constructed
there will be large areas of splendid
land available for the settler.
Reference has frequently been made
If late by those interested in develop
Ing the American west to the large
numbers who are going to Canada,
high officials in some of the railways
oeing amongst the number to give
voice to the fact. The more these
.acts become known the more will
people seek the reasons and these
are best given when one reads what
prominent people say of it. What the
farmer thinks Of it and what his
friends say Of it. James A. F1aherty,
supreme knight of the Knights Of Co.
lumbus, was in western Canada a
short time ago. He says:
IF were young man would
sell out my interests in less than two
months and come right to the Cana
dian Northwest, where so many OPP
portunities abound" -Advertisement.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-01-09
Day on Which Women Rule.

Candlemas day is not celebrated in
Holland much more than in England,
but it's place is taken by festival I'm.
known in this country. Slipper day in
the Netherlands is the one day in the
year in which the Dutch woman
claims superiority over her husband
On that day she rules him to her
hearts content, and he generally
obeys good humoredly enough. That
is, unless she is one of those ladies
not unknown in Holland or in any
other country who aspire to complete
rule over their unhappy partners
throughout the year.-Philadephia In
quirer
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Rather Hot Shot for Doctor.

This incident is related of a Scotch
doctor, new to the gun, who adven-
tured upon days notwithstanding.
Chased by the ferrets, bunny was
rather quick-moving target, and the
medico was not meeting with the sue
cess he anticipated.
Hang it all, mani" he exclaimed.
lmpatiently. to the keeper who accom-
panied him, these beasts are too
quick for me-"
AYE, DOCTOR" the pawky keeper re-
piled; "but We surely didna expect
them tae lie still like yer patients till
We kill them"
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Jumped, Killed; STAYED. Safe.

Ernest Woods, fireman, jumped and
was killed while Fred Lebush, en-.
gineer, stayed at his post and ESCAPED
death when the train from st. Alhans,
which they were driving, collided with
an engine in the Grand Trunk yards at
Montreal Woods had barely leaped
from the engine when the baggage
car toppled over upon him.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-01-09
College Secret.

Bacon--What did your boy learn al
college?
Egbert-Says he can't tell me-
"Why not?"
Says it's a secret"
"Nonsense!"
No; you know, he learned the foot
ball signals"
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bureau of biological survey Omitted
States department of agriculture):
"The black -bellied plover, or beetle
head, which occurred along the Allan
tic coast in great numbers years ago,
is now seen only as straggles The
golden plover, once exceedingly abun-
dant east of the Great Plains, is now
ware. The Eskimo curlew with
IN the last decade has probably been
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Keeping in mind this enormous
loss, consider also the following
% That insectivorous birds do
more than all other agencies COM
oined to keep down insect pests;
(2) That such birds undoubtedly
are rapidly decreasing in number;
md that, therefore,
(3) Destructive insects are, in all
probability, increasing very rapidly,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-01-09
Stole Ten Thousand Nickels.

After saving up nickels since 1888,
Mrs. Emily Kuhn of New York lost
the entire bagful, 10000 in all. to a
burglar. A collection of German coins
was not touched. Besides the nickels
quantity of valuable jewelry was
taken.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-01-09

CThe bird portraits with this article are
from the "American Natural History
Copyright, 1904 by William T. Hornaday.
are reproduced here by the permission of
he publishers, Charles Scrbners Sons)
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1t takes a sharp man to make a tool
of dull one.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-01-09

The sting of defeat outlasts the
sweets of victory.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-01-09
Business Acumen,

What! Fifty cents for putting in
the load of coal? You charged only a
quarter the last time
Yes, mum, but coal has riz."
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The man who refuses to see the
error of his way has just that much
further to travel back.

ALFALFA Sc. Timothy and Glover mixed,
$3.50. Farms for sale and rent on crop pay
nents J. MULHALL, Sioux City, la Adv.
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TIRED BLOOD
ToRTuREs the SKIN

Copyright 1913 by the Tonitives COZ
Tired Blood often manifests itself
by Dry Skin, Itching Parts, Skin Erup-
lions, Eczema, Pimples, Rashes, Boils.
Ulcers. Carbuncles, Scrofula, etc., caus.
ing intense suffering and annoyance.
->.,,-,,,-> We all recognize
MIINN these forms ID
&5e100.- !sAot n.a. skin trouble az
ia llkEU bluuU the evidence OF
"bad blood" or tired blood. Our view
of the matter is that in every case
where the blood is sufficiently strong.
it destroys the germs and makes skin
diseases impossible, and a treatment
of Tonitives will put the blood in that
condition. Use. per box of dealers or by
mail. The Tonitives Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-01-09

HE United States de-
partment of agricul-
ture is responsible
for the st art
ling statement that.
in the year 1904, in
sect pests cost this
country no less than
$420,10O, 900. Here
are the figures of
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The NiqhthaWk.

One of the Most Useful of 1nsectivoroua
Birds Which Is Being Hunted for
Sport and EXterminated
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government experts: