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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-01
THE SITUATION II rENNsYLvAv


The nomination of GEORGE WALLACE
DEIANArEE by the Harrisburg Com
vention has given the Democrats of
Pennsylvania a splendid opportunity.
The decent sentiment of the Republi-
can party has rcvoltcd against the
domination OF the pcriuror, deiaultcr
and debauchcc, who holds their party
organization by the throat. From cy-
cry section of the State cry of iudig-
nation has gone up against the methods
which were used To control the Harris
burg Convention and secure the
nomination of QUAY'S tool.
WHARTON BAGKEE, the leader
of the independent element
in Philadelphia declares cditorially
through his paper, thatifthc Democrats
nominate PArrl>oN, his candidacy evil
command, and command rightly, the
support of tens of thousands of thc best
Republicans of the Statc-men who
have too much Sclr-reSpect and moral
courage to give their suilragc> for the
purpose of denying for Mr.. QUAY what
he cannot deny for himself
Mr.. BAEKEG'S declaration furnishes
the key to the situation in Pennsylya-
mia. DELAMArEE'S nomination is a de-
fance to the decent and reputable
voters. 1t is QUAY's answer to the un-
answcrable charges of corruption and
dcbauchcry that have been brought
against him. Itmay be possible for the
Democrats, aided by the independent
Republicans. to elect any good aud
honest Democrat who is named by
the Scranton Convention IL is Ger
tain that the man who as the reform
Comptroller Of the Republican city of
Philadelphia. and afterwards as the re-
form Governor of the State OF Penn
sylvania won the confidence and respect
of every honest man. will rally thou
sands Of voters whose support no other
Democrat can command.
If PArrisoN is nominated by the
Scranton convention, there will be no
need of party platform. The issue
will already have been made up. 1t
will be between virtue and vice i'm poll
ties: between honesty and dishonesty;
betwccn purity aud the allied forces of
corruption. The cx-Govcrnor is as dis
tiuctiycly a representative of the one,
rs the tool of QUAY and the Republic
can standard bearer is OF the others.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-01
MIR. BLAINE'S SURRENDER OF THE
PROTECTION PRINCIPLE.

Secretary Blaine last week gave quiet
tip % the western farmers In a letter adj
dressed 20 the citizens of Minneapolis,
which. IL they accept il, must prove OF value
to them 1t has been constantly said.
writes Mi Blaine, "that the western FAR
mers demand the unconditional repeal oil
the sugar duty. 10 is within the power
OF the western farmers by encouraging "a
system of reciprocity L. secure IN exchange
for the repeal of this duty the free admis-
sion OF their bread stuifs and provisions IN
10 the markets of forty millions of people
frei,,iinf- Cuba 90 ~ These ideas
do not involve a yielding of one inch of MIR
Blaiuc's protection principles, as our iree
trade friends would have us believe. II rs
the scheme of reciprocity which Is bound
% be conSummated in year or so, as the
sentiment in its favor is increasing very
rapidly htciigWcT Editorial
During the year 1850 the United States
imported from South America nearly
ten million dollars worth OF wool, in
spite Of an average tariff duty Of 80 per
cent. What will bc the amount of the
importation with the duty removed?
Under the reciprocity system proposed
by Mr.. BLAINE there will be free trade
I'm south American wool. The Ameri-
can wool grover will lose his grasp ON
the home market. and his industry will
Doe subjected 20 disastrous competitions
In ISIS. when the Mills bill proposed
moderate reduction of the duty on wool
IL was denounced from one end of the
land To the other rs a free trade bill.
The sacred principle OF protection was
assailed. fan average reduction OF
three cents pound ON the wool duty
meant free trade i'm lSSS. what does
total abolition Of that duty mean now?
Isn't ita surrender of the protection
priuciple and population of the en-
tire theory ON which the Mckinney
bin is framcd9
over one-third - all the iron ore inn
ported into the United States comes
from Cuba. Mr.. BLAINE proposes free
trade with Cuba. and the Intciiigmec
endorses IT,. How will they con
vince the Michigan and superior
mr., miners that free trade in Cuban iron
ore is not surrender of the protection
principlc. Free trade with all America
r,,,n> free trade i'm New Foundland
eoal free trade in Labrador fish, free
trade i'm Canadian wheat aud corn, free
trade i'm Mexican lead ores, free trade IN
Havana tobacco. free trade in tropical
fruits. free trade in niue-tenthS oil the
natural products which the American
peoplc grow and consume. II TINS Is
mott a surrender of the protection prln-
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PLUMB on rmE McKrNLEY BILL.

senator PLUMB, OF Kansas, sounds the
the first note of the rebellion in the
Senate against the Mckinney mon
stroSity. Ina recent letter published
i'm the Drl Goo,iS Economist the Kansas
senator says; The bill was framed
upon the theory that no goods should
Doe imported into the United States, but
that the duties should be ST. increased
as to practically compel the production
in the United States Of every article
which the people consume" He there
fore, regards the bin as mot a wise
measure of legislation" and as one
which he cannot support.
Here is the best Republican testimony
Co the infamous character Of the bin
which Republican Majority has passed
through the House by means Of a gag
law Senator PLUNR'S party fealty is
beyond question. and he represents a
constituency that was wont TO roll up
the banner Republican majoritics of the
Union. IL must De. truly, a desperate
ease that drives this Republican of Re
publicanS toraise his voice In protest.
The Mckinley bin imposes heavier
duty ON nearly every article Of common
use. 10 increases the cost Of living TO
every man. woman and child. The
clothes on the working mans back, the
tools I'm his hand, the common utensils
OF his household are made to bear cXtor-
tionate burdens as unjust as they are
unnecessary. The Republican party
owes its success I'm Che election Of lsSS
90 the fat fried and sizzlcd from the
pockets Of protected millionaireS. The
Mckinley bill puts thousands of dollars
back iu the pockets of these men where
hundreds went oUt. pays a partisan
debt at the expense Of every taxpayer.
What wonder is &c that the farmers
OF the West under am ever increasing
load OF mortgages, have begun to cry out
against the iuiQutieS Of such a system,
and that their representatives, ia Congress
are beginning Co rc-echo this cry?
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:ipIc, what in the name of heaven would

ciplc, what in the name Of heaven would
be?
The folly, the Inconsistency and the
absurdity Of the Mckinley bill are only
made more elaringly apparent by the
nimsy prctcuScs OF it's supporters.
There is no common ground between
the war tax theory and the proposition
made by Mr., BLAINE. One or the other
is wrong. TIA high tariff wall, destroy
ing commerce, expressing the tax
payer, cnriching a chosen few, is right,
then the Mckinley bin and the war tax
theory are right; but if a broader and
healthier commerce, a reduction of tax
alton and cheaper neccSSarics Of life are
right, then Nh. BLAINE's proposition is
right, but when that is conceded the
Whole high tax theory, with its false
hood and injustice, is forever surren-
dcrcd.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-01

lhe kfeI-rfE congratulate thr rep-
r.eHatsr. ol tho tuo rr.af cor-
lrni.ns forces thr Building Trade.
Connect and thc Builders Exchange.
ihat obey hat- fu.ny settled choir
..t.r.rr.- anl wHI report to th,r
respective h.il.. that the strike bc de-
..arcl of For fyc months This city
ha> been suffering with Che terrible
blight oi "a >trroudous strike among au
thc bu'dug trades. and chat Goo Boz the
N,ry hr-t season of thc year. What it
has ca,t thI. community 900 dollars aud
cents. to say nothing 90 thc irreparablc
damage to many business firms aud uu-
told misery iu many a household. will
never be known 10 represents, no
doubt hundreds Of thousands Of dol
lars. But letit AN pass aud lct as all
aopc that 10 viii Dee long. long while
before this town is again afflicted with
such another destructive siege.
10 is announced that the terms of set
element are secret. Let 10 be So. The
IEcI~rEE shall not attempt to
pry into a matter which the
TWO contracting parties want to
keep from the public. If both sides
are satisfied to throw out the white flag
OF peace and change The weapons Of the
strike for those ever important and USE
ful tools, the plane, the trowcl, the
square aud the lathe, then the REGIS
TER says amen and God speed the work.
It is enough % know that thrhm Of the
saw. the knock OF the hammer. the cry
for more "mort, will Doe heard In the
land as OF yorc.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-01
Madc an AbIc Judge.

The only duty of the State Convention
this year will be TO nominate a candidate
for the Supreme Benchto ill out the uneN-
pired term of judge Green Judge Lucas
now holds the place by appointment. and
every reason demands his nomination. He
made during his brief service an able and
satisfactory Judge. something which poll
ticians are slow. however, 10 recognize
but which any lawyer knows 10 bc Of more
Importance than any amount OF politics IN 81
iuJirinl election
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-01
ALevel-ncaded Editor.

The Wheeling REGISTER approprlates our
locals with impunity TO its columns, with
out giving credit. But good many country
papers get the cue for their editorial from
ihe REGISTER. rs well as rummage its news
columns and appropriate without stint.
The REGISTER has special claims on the
country press. and we always feel like we
had written something good if we see 1t
adopting our productions as its own. The
REGISTER is a great paper. Nivc la REG
r-rrn'
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subcribes to McKinlcy's Fund.

LOUiRTII1 t0NTIfFJ0NHNI.
If every Republican will send Boss Quay
so. Mr.. Mckinley will overcome that
!. 500 majority in the Mckinley district g.
provided Mr. Quay doesn't jump into the
Sueouehanna with the funds
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-01
Real Estate Bargains !

$50 Buy, Lot. 20. feet on west side OF South
Front street. Easy terms.
sees BUYS Lot .SNlei. un Erie street. in Oh
clriSt~ addition. Easy terms.
sI.25O Huys Lot 3Nl.0. fine corner on Ohi'
and York streets New car line.
$1,000 BUYS House OF Five Rooms. Lot 2'N
l2D IN good repair. ON South broadway. Good
ncighborhood
SI.2OO Buys lIonse Of Five Rooms. Brick. oi
Eighteenth street Must have all cash. b.
snap.
sl.50O Buys House ol IL Rooms. store. Brick
Lot S}Nl2l. well rented. ON Chapline near Twcn
ty-fourth street; fine location for saloon on
easy terms.
$1,000 Buys House of - Rooms. Brick two
stories. Lot SiNlou. on corner OF Chaphnc "n'
Thirty-hfth streets. Big snap.
$4,000 BUYS Farm Of 20 Acre. well i'm
proved good buildings. well located ia ONO
only require $1,000 cash 90 handle IL. bar
gain: look 10 up.
FOR RENT - Elcycn-Roomcd House on
South Front street. new. all modern. s3Sh pei
month. 10y August l>t.
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fowls Your Sized

had a Haliguan, breaking out on m\
l.rh low the kncc. and was cured SOUND
,rl we'll with Two ard half bottles oil
: y 3 Other blood medicines had iail
cl % Go me any good.
WILL c. BEATTY, YoikviUe, ; I.
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Grand Family Picnic and Fourth Of July
SEIBERT'S GARDEN.

Families who wish 90 spend the National
Holiday in one of the incest places in this neigh
borhood should not fail TO 20 to thi, garden.
The amusement programme Will consist 81
Nhccibarruw, Potato aud Foot Races, Ten Pin
Rolling Baby Rack. etc Fire Works and HUI
miuation iu the evening.
Good order will bc maintained. \ lr>t-clus>
orchestra will furnish music. 10 will not be
necessary to carry 70 basket along. Fir>t-class
meal, can Doe had ON the ground, 10 - cents %
person. DO NOT FAIL TO ATTEND.
ic2qdqS TutW II. SEIBERT.
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indicated. II True.

Mr.. Harrison is reported to have said to
"A friend that hc would not be candidate
for denomination. If Mr. Harrison ad-
heres TO his resolution he will vindica'e
his reputation for discretion.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-01

NBINGER Monday. june >oth- lSo, 40 6,Sl
D. M. .Iosyrm LEo. eldest son of Henry anu
Annie Alhinecr. aged years and 10 months.
Funeral notice hereafter.
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5tcnilthputs.
CLEANERS FOR CINCINNATI.

STEAMERS FOR CINCINNATI,
- LOUISVILLE. MEMPHIS, ST. LOUIS,
New Orleans. and intermediate points, VIII
leave Wharf Boat foot of Eleventh street, daily
Monday excepted as follows.
Steamer KEYSTONE STATE.
rs.%h.-lN r. G.. Calhoun. Master; Chas.
s-'-sA- Knox, OK. every Tuesday 10 a.ia
1--.-. Steamer. ANDES" IF. B. Cooper.
eEsat----ie Master; Al. j. SlaVen. Clerk, ey-
-A<a-A-=N s<=.s ery "Wednesday al a. ~.
- Steamer HUDSON. j.. EM
ISL - SON. Master. Dan Lacey, Clefh.
-ts>-=-7-'sa-s- every Thursday at %. iu.
800 Steamer &C.. ". BATCHELOR.
= - George O'Neal Master. Ira h.
-'-sIs7-ss''-a' Huntingdon. Clerk; every Friday
at fam.
$3.50 Stcamer"SCOTiA." Jno. N. PHI.
ASl---S lips. Master. Robt. H. Kerr CLERK
's-fz-s---='-s=.- every saturday az : a. IA.
Steamer LOUIS 4. SUERLEl.'
II Ed. T. Maddy. Master. julie Wthr.
--7-%=--s--'s-i- man. Clerk every Sunday at7a.m.
Fir,t-,inss fare Wheeling 90 Cincinnati 6 90
Rouud trip. 1900 Meal, and ,tate-ruom in
Guided
sV~rckets transferable and good until usei
For Freight or Passage apply on board or l.
FRANK BOOTH. Act,r
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For alent.

TOR RENr-THAT ELEGANT STORE.
!. room 40 1882 west side Main street. il'.fv
occupied ns The Office of the c.. L. a. " T.. T. a.
lrrm- reasonable. Possession given 200 onr.
Inquire of VI. REILLY. 1919 Main g. jelQ.dIh
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OHIO COUNTY DFNOCRlTICTI CKFT

OmOCOUNTYDEMOCRATICTICKET
rUU n.. -. UH nEIN.ErFr
A. ID GARDEN
ROEERT WHITE.
JOIN COECoEAN
ROBERT >Ivr~ON
FnE .Hr MY frrrh.
GEORGE HDuk
FuE frEl IrI tff.h-
JOHN IS. MITCHELL
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rnrsrnrn.s ACIn runsrmNrE
DIED.

1t relieves the prostration and nervous
arrangement.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-01

LIT u DO OUR OwS BEGISTRA
TION. OUR own COUNTING, OUR own
CEITIFICATION. Srltr E-.Fc Pitts
frrr Iffr.ss
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l.. 4. ROLF A CO.,

Real Estate and Loans,
1914 Market street.
Trlo3bouc 80. ie,gdqea
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GARFIELD was made member of
Che Golden Club for a far less pro-
uouuced free trade expression than
Mr. BLAINE has made.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-01

GtTAUNTON Military Academy for young mon
- aud boys. For ira catalogue, address Stnuu-
ton Military Academy. Stauuton, Va. ic21toscl
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-01

IF these torrid days would only cause
the REEp-QUAY Congress 10 dissolve, all
else would De- forgotten by the people.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-01

A WOMAN has taken prize over the
male senior wrauglcr at Cambridge
University She got the last word.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-01

Now We know what it is to Dee with
out "a telephone For the next week mo-
citizen need get mad 40 the machine as
il nnoccutly hang, against the wall
neither will me- bc expected TO knock 10
loose with am axe and throw 10 out in
the street. with the request for the first
draymau 90 drive over IT,
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alrru advertisements.

WANTED BAKER MUSTENOW HOW
w to bake round hearthbread. Address II
This Office. jyls
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--esSs 90 - : - x.
- MP ~ - SASSSai MARX
NY! -. 80. sss9

I was troubled from childhood win
sn arrravatcd case of letter. and three
hotties Of $. :. ;. cured me periH1
nenlE. WALLACE dANN'.r
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IGOR REMITTANCE PICNIC WAGON on
Il July 1th. Address II. this Office. jess
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WANTED-A COLORED MAN AS JAM
w tor To take care OF three room, and live
ia the building. Address this Office. jc26h
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AT Al
W hours. Ia BELLE HOUSE, cor. THIRTY
first and Chapiiue streets. je29l&ca
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Cuvrcu District Of Wetlel county
start, on Col. DAN Johnson S Congress
ional boom. It's three delegates are I'M
s,ructcd for the sage of Long Reach.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-01

Az ingenious astronomer has figured
ont that il would take cannon ball.
travelling 1000 miles an hour, three
million years % go from the earth TO the
star Alpha Ccutauri. Alpha Ccn'auri
will bc "a bright aud shining light COM
pared with BENJANIN HAWl~oN'N pres
idcntial star in iS92.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-08-15
Gilt-Edge Butter.

To be sure there is less labor in pro-
ducing beef than in making "gilt-edge
butter" and less skill is required. Itis
easier to turn the calf to the COW to do
the milking than TO draw it from her by
hand, and one does not have to so care.
fully guard against dirt and slovenli-
ness and strive for cleanliness in all the
manipulaUions required. But we Amer
leans as people are after the almighty
dollar as a general thing and do not
mind a little extra labor and care pro-
viding it pays; and in entering into any
enterprise or in considering the under
taking of any business the first practi-
cal question is: Will it pay? and the
next is, or should be: How can we make
it pay best? How can we get the bes:
returns for the money we invest2 And
this is right. If we decide to breed for
beef we want the breed that will make
the most pounds from certain quantity
of feed; pay the best dividends on the
investment. If we decide to manufact.
ure butter we want the best appliances,
and first of all the COW that naturally
produces the best quality and creates
quantity for the food consumed, ant
that beyond question is the Jersey, az
has been demons trated time and again,
so that it is now a conceded fact by
all we'll posted men.-Breeder's Gazette.
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SURGICAL SCIENCE.
Something About It's First and Most Dis
tinguished Exponent.


tinguished Exponent.
The first honors of surgery are
awarded to those who are the first to
perform difficult operations. Judged by
this standard, DIR. Valentine Mott, the
distinguished exponent of surgical sci
ence, is entitled to the first rank among
the surgeons of the world. In his thirty
third year, he placed ligature round
arteries within two inches of the heart
an operation sufficient of itself to
Slace him at the summit of his profess
sion. In 1928, he performed what is
universally allowed to be the most diff
cult feat ever attempted in surgery.
A clergyman was afflicted with an
enormous tumor in the neck, in which
were embedded and twisted many of the
great arteries. In removing this tumor,
it was necessary to take out entire one
of the collar bones, to lay bare the
membrane inclosing the lungs, to dis
sect around arteries displaced by the
tumor and embedded in it, to apply
forty ligatures, and remove an immense
mass of diseased matter. All this was
done without the aid of chlorofor
The patient survived the operation, and
subsequently, discharged the duties Of
his profession.
DR.. Mott was the first to operate sue
cessfully for immovability of the lower
aw, and the first to entirely remove the
lower Jaw. He was the first to succeed
in sewing up a slit in large vein; and
he did this in some cases where por-
| ton of the vein had been sliced away
an operation of inconceivable delicacye
He once cut away two inches of the deep
jugular vein, which was embedded in a
tumor, and tied both ends of it. In the
course of his long professional life, he
tied the carotid artery forty-six times
and amputated nearly thousand limbs.
Sir Ashley Cooper truly remarked: ''Dr.
Mott has performed more of the great
operations than any man living or that
| ever did live"
A great surgeon is frequently tempted,
| by the mere love of his art, to perform
an operation not strictly necessary. DR..
| Mott held this practice in adherence.
He used to relate an anecdote of his last
visit to Paris, which shows that some
| surgeons are not so scrupulous. A cele.
brated Paris surgeon asked him one day
if he would like to see him perform his
original operation. Nothing would
give me more pleasure" replied DR..
Mott. The Frenchman unused a mo.
ment and then said: However, now
| think of it, there is no patient in the
hospital who has that malady. No mat
ter, my dear friend, there is poor devil
I e m
to himself or anybody else; and if you'll
come tomorrow, I'll operate beautifully
on him" 1t need not be said that DR.,
Mott declined to witness the perpetra.
ton of crime SO atrocious. Y.
| LEDGER
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Where a Bird Built Her Nest.

German birds are as odd as English
ones in their housekeeping arrange.
ments. At the goods station of Jessen a
little wagtail has this year built her
nest, choosing chest in a goods wagon.
The bird deposited four eggs, and re-
manned firmly fixed in her lager till she
had Matched her young. The wagon
made from six to eight journeys a day;
but the bird was in no way incommoded,
and remained in full possession of her
nest through all the hustle of the serv.
ice. When stoppage was made at the
end Of the journey, she quietly fed heI
Young.-London Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-08-15

hung between the two front arms of this
lack which hold the evener as shown,
stretching the wire. This wheel is
made of two disks of boards with the
edges chamfered. They are nailed to-
gether cross-wise and their chamfered
edges brought together in such a way
that the completed wheel has a grooved
edge.
A strong rope must extend from the
axle, on which this wheel is hung to
the evencr, for. stretching the wire.
From the groove on the wheel rope
reaches to a pulley at the top of the
tripod and to the weight below it. This
weight has an increased advantage over
the rope attached to the evener, as the
wheel is so much larger than the axle
on which the evener rope winds At
the foot of the jacks legs are half-inch
irons. When the jack is being used,
these irons are pinned solidly into the
turf, SO the machine can not be moved.
Now we will proceed to reel out the
wire. First pay out the bottom wire,
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METHOD OF BRACING.

same hammer force the wrenches up to
within two inches of the picket, and
turn them over once or twice, accord
ing to the distance apart you want your
pickets. The next time turn the
wrenches in the opposite direction, SO
that the wire will not get twisted. The
best braces are 2x4 strips or poles.
They extend from the top of one post to
in contact with the ground. The wire
shrinks or is taken up three inches to
the rod in weaving.-John Mead, in
Farm and Home.