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WHOOPING COUGH One of the most distressing sights, Is to tee a child almost choking with ! the dreadful whooping-cough. Give ' tho child Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, the greatest pulmonary remedy, and relit f will come at once, the coughing spells will re-occur less frequently, and, 111 a lew days, the sufferer will 60 entirely cured. No other remedy can boast of so many cures. DEBkxITS Cough Syrup Cures Whooping-Cough quickly. Doses arc small and pleasant to take. Doctors tecum nit ml it. l'ru : t-tits .4* all druggists. LANCASTER F.NTjliMiN: Published Every Wednesday and Saturday P.V The Enterprise. ^ublisbine Company A. J. CLARK lMtior. One Year $ 1.00 Si* Months 50 cts Three Months, 25 cts In Advance. Wednesday, Df-oeinlier 7, 18i>8 It is a little late to so>v wheat, hut it' you have not already sowed it would he well to do -<> yet Now that Lancaster is to have a llour mill, there will hcnotrouLhto get your wheat cround into llour ot an excellent i|ualily. Poller Flour Mill for Lancaster. Lancaster is to have another enterprise soon?one that is ven Hindi needed ;i11< 1 one that v. hope will l?e more needed in liefuture than ever lie lore?a rollei llour mill. It will l?e t lie ;>i <> pertv of ?.!? --1'<. I'oa^ A llarpr and will stand upon the lot neni their ginnery. They will I mild a mill of .'JO laurel- r.apaeifv and will have it ready mi time t<> grind the irrowinir erop of wheat Weak IMaees in Our Pension System. In the loruni lor No\?-m<?-i Maj. S. N. t'lark e\p>?-e m..n\ in equalities and al>u?es in the ad ministration ol our penmen law 1 itK11iir. lor -\:iin]>I?*. t be - ed ?li?|?t?in!? I?I pe n ? ion law 'Mi iiby the Fitly-lird ( on^rc^. Iishows that the number ol bene liciarie.* under tin- ad on .Inn. .">0. wax and (hat tin* ox pcndit ure- anioiiiitod i:> lSt?7 to luore 'lian >oo.iino.oi n . while tlif total 'li-l'iir-'Mnont for pension^ under thi? ad have amounted to Id 1 mimi. and 'thousand^ ol men ah.. ;ir?- bene 'iriaric- of it earn inoomex anion i 1 ?JC to *'5.0l?0. $ .1.0110. |?i, 1 even o.OOO a year l?v ot her t han man al labor." arid hundred-, it not u^and-. - ' ot her l.enelici iri< ? are men ot ml. pendent tin .n W TIIK ?' \>K ' I - i W I l?o W * lii I S.^7 < - mi hori/fl i WOlli.ill \v!l<? u .l !r ui'loW "I I M?li|i?'i .i'liini: .?ti\ j ri<nI <?l time 11> . : .1 \ ;11 ni l i i i i 11 fnhi; ; li*.i? 11 ol' I?? r - ' 1) r linWilli iii 111 111 v ill'** iii ' i : , i > u aw'- o! t w ? lollar-i a ? i> 11*! ai'li have ii ii i|ij?i;< I lor an I oWt tin | el all h i ' ii? '<-hi! ir? 11 in. J who a! ' in- lime >>| *uoh ailow* aiifr li.nl rcai'lii'-l the .!_ 11' man >"c| ,111 IIIIiIHmi. *OII|l' ot t lll'tll i t v or lorl \ \ ears of a<;e Oil ? i r?T llll?> t SI . ' a i*'; it-serf - ! hat t he e\' life j?cnlew years I many young women every year to aged and decrepit veterans of the Civil War who have only a short time to live, and, in fact, a number of death-bed marriages have been recorded where tlie only possible motive of the brides must have been to qualify themselves to re eeive pensions :?s soldiers' widows. How far such .1 practice as this is a violation of the orignal intent of our pension legislation is clear lv pointed out by Major Clark : -The women who was the wife ol a soldier in the Held during the : Civil War sutiered untold anxiety, and in many cases her life was j one of constant struggle lor existence?especially if she had 'j small children. If her husband j lost his life in the service, or subsequently incurred disabilities 1 therein, or died, her burden was made still heavier. The intent j of the law-makers in granting pensions to soldiers' widows was 'to recompense them in some degree for the anxieties. suffering, and privations they had been called upon to endure. At the la-t session <>i Congress the prop tuition thai pcn^iiiiis diouhl not ho granted to any soldiers' widow unions ho had hoon siinrri???l to him prior to I sits was dol'oatod in the Hon-,- ( ' o 11 111 i I loo on Invalid I Vnsioiis hy a vote o| * > to 7. solo ly l?y tin* oll'orts atnl inllnonoo o| non - ion ol a i in i"i'ii!s I ! I h I'KNSImN . I MM Major < Mark pays 1?i- re.-peels to lli.it aetive and i f i ! > t i l i t; i I > 1 < * |?;i triot. the |>< 11~i?>n <-l:i m :iir?*nt : Many <i| them are lmne-1 .hii:h minded. |i;ii riot ic men: many inure he'oin; t?? t lie --h ester* In \\ 11???t sole olijeet in |jfe is to line tlieil' own pockets at tin* expense o| l.oi li t iuvt i ntneiil .tml 1 heir ui> I or I iltiaie elietit s. | hey are shrewd iii 1 ix lit ii'iiiir : 111 \ utider-t and e\ er\ l \vi>t ami turn oi pen-ion eliniiii-! 11 ion . they are a ! pJ - :n pen -ion ! iws am! <leeisjotis ; and many oi ihetn are a- niisernpulniis as they ale lli_elllo||s. Sollle ui tie-in ale 1:111111 -11i11iT behind ['lis on I'll- to (lav lieenise their /eil III the pur-nit oI pen-inn lees led t helli to I'l'e ih I he |a\\ . 1 Aery man iit them i- a loud and lusty pa'riot. a devoted Iriend o| the -o ilier s widow and lalhel'lesihlr ii 1 n i iieir \ lew. a < 'oin , tni--i'>n <>| IVh-iuns w in* r?*j?-i-t;11iv I'l'ii-inti rlaim< )- mi iM'liiy u! i In I?11 r iii-l ! i v villi |.i-ra Y i< > 11 i *: -! t M I - !* J > I ? r: 1 :i I l"li t}|i-v SIKTliil III I MI } l? ? i 11 _* I ! 11 ^ \ ii-W ?'11 tin- r111fi i- m| inuiv |m*r<i?iis in ? I I 11 1 I 11 _ . ||f I MIILIt - - llll-ll. \\ l|M-l? i|i,lii:r_,? in-t iin-t-. nr timidity. <>r <|i*-i i ' Dili 111 ti .i ml ! ] I ?ir? I 11 - u' 1.? I \ > I . 111,1 i\? I i I ! I i - \ 11ivy. I i'i ? in*!!'! itr inr i m I 'iv-i || III-' 11 r 1'_! > 11 IM.II-I y - :?i i : li it I lie claim tii.- vet i*r;in- ' ! ! Iii- I nion aii<i i l.i-;r wai.ii'. ? -iiuiild not I..- w* iirI?? ? 1 '11 i jw?t In .-1r \ - all--, t !i'-m- / , attorney11.t\ < -i nee i ii -' I l liat i-M i'V Jh'Ii s io n r! ijpi. ! I' ! I i-1 rii' I ". IioiiM I,.- .ill.,-A, ! h.i: amount I 11< I?it-i!i. ?? !?I 11. 11 i. -: > 11 -1; i i > 11 avont l.i- he.-n i lurretive ,me, ami he naturally opposed to <nrreni|eriti^ any part <u Some ot <.iieh alients li:i\? utii i n 111 a t 1 lame fori lilies wit liin the ; spare of a few year-;, ami thou sands have enjoyed handsome in nines, many of whieh have heen largely derived from 'shady' or I unlawQ* ' es. They have ' led hundreds of claimants iut< ; pahts which ended in prison , Kverv dollar that ha> heen pah to pension attorney- has heen con I trihuled hy pension claimants | many thousands of thcni whom have thus h??en unmerciful 1\ j tleeccd. In fourteen years 1ST Ithe total amount o l legal fees pail hy the (Jovern j ment to pen-ion attorneys out o | the pensions allowed to theii respective clients has heen + I I. tt II 7?an average of more thai ' + 1 .OiiTdMtO a year. I'rohahh these sums, large as they are, d< not represent more than (Jo pel cent, of the total amount actually received from pension claimant: hy attorneys and their 'drum tners' and 'dummies* which nr? scattered throughout the country in other words, the claimant: i were ? ??mjn?l 1?*?1 to pay in four I teen years nearly $10,000,000 ii illegal fees. If I lie average yearly fees legal ami otherwise, collected hv the attorneys and their agouti during the past six years foi whieh no record of the legal fee: was kept, equaled those durinj the other fourteen years of tin period, the aggregate revenue o the pension-claim agents am I heir a>>i>l ants and dutnmies foi t In* I weiil y years 1 anion nt ed to more than $ ?."?.oiin.oftd. I has paid them pretty well to pos? as the friends of the soldier am his widow and latherless chil dren ; to shout at (iraml Ann) encampments and political con ventions : to get up petitions ii lavor oi the enactment of mor? liherai* pension legislation ; t? coax and persuade or 'bulldoze < 'inigres^tnen. as necessity rnigh require ; ami to get on the 'hlind si do el ea>y going pension ollicial whenever it was practicable t?>d< \ii l'.nl"r|>risiiii; DrmarM 1 licif arc few met) more with awake ami enterprising thai I'rawlortl l!r<>- w ho spare no patm to secure the best of everything in their line lot their many ens tomers. They now have the valu able agency for l>r. hum's New iMseovery for Consumption Coughs ami Cohls. '1 iiis is tin womlerlul retiit'dy that i< pro luring such a tnror all over tin country by it- many stnrllttii cures. It absolutely cure Asthma. Ilionciiiti-, lioarsftics ami all all'ert ions of the Throat < 'he-t ami I.utics. ("all at ahovi t Mi ir li.r., .il l r.. fri >1 1.. ? I t r < r a regular si/.e for cent .m l SI ( iiarantood to cur or price refunded. I '/ ft nnmltms S/orA <>/ / iirni Oo'c, i I ea t ti. S j > r 111 ti s ?V < ?.. 11 a v ? j ii re.-ei ved atioot four oar lo;nU o furnit hit?ciiouitlt to m vI ever uiaii. w < firm and chiM in t h roll Ii t v a hed . ' i o i in 1 -or it I'ln-v ,ir. liaviiiL' to -tor.- it ,i! over tow ii for the lack of room \\ i* have ne\ or scon -uoli a -tool of fin intiiro in old Lancaster (ioatwlstM! it for your-rlf. Voi can li'iv it fi r your own prire, a tliov have to -oil it in order ? niiikc room. 1 lioir laitro toi k of fiiitrtrio- am wagons have arrived. <io am soo tfiom if von want bargains. II,ov |,avo now four larin stores all opening into each otlior Such a stock of t;ood" wo ha\< never -een. It is a regular -hov to l'o into their stores. I ?on" iiii-s the si^ht when voii com.. |. town. I hoy handle evervfhiiu from a tooth-pick tr? a stearr eiiffi ne. LATE i" ' J fill < .Ills I.I I IS.- (II I l|.< . II.Hi |..r a - I.ihi.i- I I tl.< ,k!.-s m.t Hiv I i >-i| in- i i. ii I at v It -cr. II.i- j i lli;i i initio's life Imi^rr ai.il t-citrr ..nil wi.'-r (' ,t v I ford lire What Shall I 1 I his list is intended t cuts lor voting ladies, j^est tor jjenllemen. S in sets or single. SI Nail Idles, Knives, 1' 1 YinaijjTctts, Stamp I J Cases, Cards. Hat I P 1 land and Stand M i ("litters, I >l< ?tters. Seal 1} lets, 1 >erj>etnal I "alcnd and Silver. Powder 1! r I .amps. 1 .ink IUittons. *, nette W atch Chains. *\ variety. Thimbles, S< ( docks. (>rnaments, M Pens, Scissors, Tooth J brellas, and hundreds ( d>ine in. w e can aid \ 1 cheaper than ever, lx per cent reduction. j R. BRAN! *1 r ? lliuh jrrado sewing machine for sale at the Kntkki'HIsk , office, 10 cent* a hottlo. 'Special Order jSTATKnKsniTII < A IB >1.1 \ A. i \ N i' a si i i: < <il \ i v. tin! ho < .million | 'Ions. i l '| >ulia Banii'x \|nlili'j, ?',?rri If?>lt**rt ? ? miii M nhlfv a ii 11 < * I jir** McM illan t Miililcj', liy thi-ir <. iianliaii ail I i 11*111. , B?*i*r> Mnlili'.v, ami I.laiii'lii* < 'r?*?*i*h. , , vs. K.li/a 1.. Kvan-. I >< 11 11 < I a 111. I'lir-uanl lo an ?r?I?*r ul I Ion. < .en. , N . ?iaire.i irrnil !ml11 iilinvr ?*aii?e. iilateil Nov. I7ih. I *? . "?, all 1' 1*1*11i1. 1 r** nf tin* lat.* Mr-. Sal lie I M ..l.|.*v. .lei-M, an ln*n li\ . alli il iijmii, ami r?- 111 ir?*?l. in appear I.. I .r. Tin* ? l.*rk >f ? ourt !' > r I aii'M-l.'i* < oiinly, S. I'., at -aiil ??I * i . uinl ?*M al.l i -11 ilu-ir i\? . : < I:ii111~. ai;aiii?i r-tali'. <>11 I??m\ ( j _'"i 11. I : all r r<*<l 111 ir- hciny i-njoint'd ' li\ -ai'l nnl.-r <>! '.air*', from " I?i'in^'i 11^ -ml auain-l I In* Matr of I Ini -aiil M r?. Millif I . M??l?l??v. W. >. I.. Pui: I | |{. . i-. l*. i.e. Nov. I Mil. IM'S '' ai ?I*< > 1 i UKN I.?An > room ?] w< ]Iinu, oiio I.lock from Main ' <tio<'t. ('all at kn II ki'I'.ISK nlliot*. S&H hairRbalsam t sml traui.f.et the hair. Nil f$ A ltllur.AUl RToWt . Falls to Ji'dor^ Or ay llsir to its Youthful Color. ia^Hturr? a p <1 ^n*r| A 1.1 r ta .. ? TRY ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE, A im.w.I. r ! ? i-l. ik. n min !!.. -In..- M f. . t l. I llullll. II >I.U l.uVI Kllliirlillll ll'Clnr lll!llt?lili ' 'r m;. I Il Ml " t f i..i '/ , . sTtir - in ruin v ;.,v, MM! V '. ? . . i. . , ? ' SHfiKE INTO TOUR SHOES |* A... I. . I . ??T I, ?y. .1 |),W?|, r f ? - !. It I I'M; i ti- It - * I ? T? l:. fort ?i I M*n V I V Tr> in im Si?!?i iiv nil <lruiwMi< untl ' i i i .1 .11(11. \ i ! I-< >Ir S.XI.K.?' n?> npouiiI !i;uul J??wini; riiarhino ?t tin* K.sii ?: i*i: Ij i?11 i? . it will \?- *oli| < h H H 11. v t MANY i In ii->?-liol?l i- "? t*t.? 1 i.j .till " im-.v <>f Mif r.illurt* In I" ''Ii "H I. n. l i - if'' t!i I .i .lilt Iv rrrluili I'liT' I : ri ,|. < . !. .?> ' iii.? Miii-iii t'uiitfh ? nr. -iik- ii'ir littuI > in- |.r ii'i I'-l .i;ii i > i- . "?t i <"r." * fni il llr.ii ?Spwinjr iii;icliiiii's fiica|M?r A than you over 1 r :?ni* i a ' tnio'liino fould )n> Itontrlil | ('all at tlu? Kni kiti'i'.isb otlico. Give ? o aid you in choosing1 prosNext week, we shall sugolid Silver Manicure pieces lioe Morns, Shoe I looks, ^ 'olishers, IVrfume Bottles, loxes, Pocket Books, Card 'ins, Combs and Brushes, rrors. Mat Brushes, Paper jf Is, Writing Sets and Tabars. Bracelets in solid (iold axes, in Cut Class. Pine Shirt Waist Buttons, LorgWatehes, Kings in great ^ Duvenier Spoons Boudior emorandum, Tablets, Gold Powder Bottles, Pine UPlot other thing's, ou. Px'ervthing good, but L'tore. Reineinber the 10 * I) 1 , I he J eweler. ClIKSTKlt. s. c. -X"The Leading Fire Insurance Company \ ot America." | Inrorporatt il Isl'.t. < hnrtcr l'?r|M?t unl /nmM x jtL ma FIRIi MUM COMPANY < or iiAinroitiK <onn. i ( h-Ii Capital * 4,<M'i(,iM)().00 fash Asset* over I l.noo.nuo.OO I I,??-?>? s paid over . 77."oo,<mio.(Mi Several ol Imt st nnnr reliable t-oiiipnnies represented ami business entrusI t# ?! i<> iih* will reeeive prompt att? 11 I 1 ion. A. .1. ? I.AIIK, Kesiilent Agent. ? For sal<*?New Home so\n Ik. iiig macliim* tor <*.mli or on install w tnonls. SO YEARS' ^ ^ ^^^ ^EXPERIENCE ' I V I J ^ L J J I km m j. V I n k I J Trade Marks Designs r^Ff^1 Copyrights Ac. Anvmio xMiiltnu n ?kclrh nn<l rtesorlptlon msy Iii! kly >tiin?i mir <i|uiii"ii Ire!* whether ?n 11v *1111 oi n prutiriMy p iteiitulilo. <' innnmlraii. iiKH'ruilv? iill.li'iiUul. II anilbonkoil I'At outs nl Iron. < HiloM niinm > f i not nrinii patents. I'.iit'iitii iiikin iliroiik-li Monti ,v 4\>. receive ijircldl witter, without chnrso, In I ho Scientific American. * \ hnn<1*'i?>'i*!f l!lu?trnl<*i weekly. I arco*t clrIi ii tut no! iiny M'lvhtlile lotiriinl. Terms, $3 a venr ; four iin.nl he, (I. Sol 1 I.y all now-nleiilem. MUNN & Co.3610 *'1"' New York Mmtu Ii Ofllco. <25 K Ht.* 1>. C. For Convenience * 'the New Ideal Drop 11 lead is the Machine hour side drawers and ^ center drawer. Call Ik: used as a center ta 1 > 1 < and writing desk. Agents are not in it I when it c<>mes to j>rice jancI <jnalitv. Call and [ [examine them. Hvery Machine (Guaranteed ! For sale hy the Knterprise Publishing jConipanv. CONSTIPATION pr-win* Uio body r from r ! ! .f t.i'lf of ? ?!? loaMt'r III- Wltl'w 1.111; I IJl.ifn w "I rrl... -.1* tin- iroubli II.-,..1 .. I . I?n l-.vr .?nc i .i ar ih?> <"?>inpl'-iti>n small omrar 1 tton t *ri|.r ..r i'Iuk- mtu.-tati Crawforit i klru*