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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-05-24

Gust fancy a girl of her social position
falling in love with a contortionist!" 81
think she saw in him man she could wind
round her little finger. ."-Stray Stories.
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Just as Good.-Y Yeast-"Did you ever take
any of those mud baths?" Crimsonbeak-
well, ran for Office once. ."-Yonkers
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-05-24

Praise from some people is condemna-
ion.-AtchiSou Gloha
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-05-24

Mr.. Peck-By iirg, l had funny
dream last night. 1t seemed that 1
was away off in South Africa, where
diamonds were lying all around me in
heaps.
Mrs. Peck-Did you seem to see any
as small as the one in the engagement
ring you gave me?-Chicago Daily
News.
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THE USUAL ROUTINE.

Sarah Jane-Ho! Master took of hil
boots before he went upstairs lasi
night know what this means, he1
stay in bed till one o'clock and tax,
missus to the theater to-night.-AllJ
Sloper.
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Judge.

Judge (severely)-Seems to me I've
seen your face many times before.
Prisoner-That may be true, yer
honor. l used to tend bar down at
| Caseys.-N. Y. World.
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When people are pleased, they say moth
ing; when they are displeased, they grum-
ble-Atchison Globe.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-05-24

Pride and fashion are the taskmasters
who make bread-winning slavery.-Ram's
Horn
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-05-24

1 ne wives ana
mothers of America
are given to over
work. Let them be
wise in time and at
the first indication
of female trouble
write to Mrs. Pink
ham atLynn. Mass.
forheradvice. This
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-05-24
TTOME duties to many more important than
health
No matter how i'll they feel. they drag themselves
through the daily tasks and pile I'D trouble
WOMZAMIS
DEVOTION
10 HOME

DEAR MRS. PNKHAM-I feel my duty to write you
tell you that have taken Lyda E. Pnkhams Vegetable Com
pound and think there medicine in the world like it
suffered for nine years and sometimes for twelve weeks
time could not stand my feet had female troubles of
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-06-17
CONDITION OF The CUBANS.

must not be made into a business but a
necessity. Carpet bag legislation, the
marquis thought, would bring about an
itlsnrrectien.
Though on questions OF politics the peo-
pie seem hopelessly at sea, it would APP
pear that public opinion could readily be
crystallfzed on economic questions. There
IS now no opposition or rivalry of differ
ent interests among the Cubans. as the
strong and important Industries of Cuba
most of them agricultural, are of such a
nature that they may all thrive at the
same time. Until now the condition has
been different, because the prosperity of
all Cuban industries has been thwarted
and impeded by the protection and priv
Eeges which the Spanish government had
to grant to the peninsular industries
whose Interests Railways in opposition to
the legitimate wants Of Cuba) have ever
been systematically preferred to those
most vital in the island"
Mr.. Porter holds an optimistic view of
the industrial future of Cuba He be-
l1eVeS that it's wounds will soon heal with
the rapid promotion Of work. The United
States should direct its first energies to
solving the problem of the employment
of the people
This problem he acknowledges is a
grave one.
The existing situation is the natural re-
suit OF conditions that have been domi-
nant in the island for nearly a century
The treaty of Vienna, entered into by the
principal nations of Euge after the
downfall Of Napoleon in 1916, contained
clause for the abolition of slavery. Spain
agreed to this clause, but, with her habit
ual disregard to plighted faith, never
obeyed it. Slavery in it's most abhorrent
aspect was continued in her colonies. In
Cuba especially the traffic in human flesh
and blood became fourishing and profit
able one. England, after numerous eff
forts to make Spain redeem her pledges,
at last offered 100000 as a compensa-
ton to the owners of "slave factories"
In Havana, provided the nefarious bust
ness were stopped. Spain simply pocket
ed the money and warned her noble sons
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The Journal Inedit" of Gen. Gour.
saud, who was for three years a COM
panion In exile of Napoleon, at st.
Helena, has, just been published in Paris.
1t is record of curious conversations
with the great general, presented in the
style of an accomplished interviewer.
Among them the most important, per-
haps, from a revolutionary and historical
point of view, is the Return from Elba,"
given as follows in the x-emperor's own
words as closely as the memory, and pos
sibly the notes, of Gourgaud could fol-
low them: "...,s
"At 4 o'clock we arrived at the Gulf
of Juan Immediately after landing
placed outposts on the roads to stop all
communications, and sent twenty-five
men as a detachment toward Antilles.
A great crowd of people surrounded us,
astonished at our arrival and our small
force. A mayor, among others, noticing
the weakness Of my men, said to me, We
were beginning to become happy and
tranquil, and now you are going to bring
trouble upon U.S.. could not tell how his
expression wounded my feelings.
Soon a courier Of the Prince of Monaco,
in bright uniform, came to me. He had
formerly been in Paris, attached to the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-06-17

Rer~cu IN ~ uTso l1ur11nrr as poss1p1e.
They were much more valuable than the
slaves and the coolies. But jealousies
Iarose among the Cuban laborers, and the
newcomers, being less numerous, were In
many instances forced into the towns for
mutual 2self-protection. Thus, the plant
hrs were left as Short of labor as before.
This is the condition in which we find
Cuba to-day. The great problem will be
now to obtain labor FOR the plantations
1nd the mines The life of the laborer
jim consequence of the lack of diversified
Employment and the monotonous round
of work exacted from him, has few at
fractions. Spanish soldiers, if they are
willing to stay and take up peaceful pur-
suits, may, indeed, prove some assistance
toward the solution Of the problem. Pos
Slbly Italians may be induced to emigrate
TO Cuba under the assurance Of stable
government and sufficiency Of work.
But the limited opportunities and the un.
limited drudgery which must confront
them in Cuba are not likely to attract
those from Europe who are ever eager
to seek homes and broader opportunities
in the United States
Mr.. Porter spent considerable time in
personal investigation of the present con-
ditiOn Of the laborers in colonies or plan
tations. He gives some statistics of life
on a specimen sugar plantation. Here he
found that the Ylaborers were rarely mar
1leu- - ue uitIl occupy III common large
rooms, called barracones, sleeping in ham
mocks, and not taking their clothes off.
Many of them possess but one suit, and
on Sundays after breakfast they go to a
stream, wash their clothes, lie around un-
til they are dry and then put them on
again. For the better class of workmen
employed in the factory, the machinery
helpers, ETC., baths are provided
1t is quite uncommon to find laboring
man who can read andS write. The chief
vice of Cuban and spaniard alike is gam
bling. The Chinese gamble and smoke
opium.
During the summer months the wages
for field labor In the cane plantations
averages about SIT per month. The cost
for maintaining laborer is about $3.50
a month. An overseer earns $S5 per
month; his assistant, $50. Their MAIN
tenance costs their master about $12 a
month apiece. The hours Of labor are
long. The bell tolls at 4 a. m. for the
people to get lap. At daybreak after hav.
ing drunk a cup Of coffee, they go to the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-06-17
Triple-screwed w.r.hfp..

]. Consideration has already been given the
general design Of the new vessels for which
congress 10 expected to make provision this
session, and an agreement reached by the exc
perts that the three-screw system Of engines
shall be applied to all types, with the possible
exception OF the battleships. The latter are
not usually constructed for high speed power,
and It ID contended that twin screws ara
capable Of generating all the speed that can
be practically secured from such heavy classes
OF ships. There IL, however, q strong senti-
u1ent favorable to three screws for battl4ships
~ well as armored cruisers and the unpro-
tected class, and In support OF the argument
adv4nced the policy OF France and Russia IL
pointed to, each Of these governments having
now building . number Of powerful vessels
With three screws. The strongest adherent OF
the triple screws. says the Baltimore Sum, II
Engineer-in-Chief Melville who has also the
support Of the construction bureau. and a.
these two departments usually dictate the en-
CINE power OF the war vessels 1t IL practically
certain the American navy will again build
ships with this feature OF machinery power.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-06-17

wOuld be near enough to our own twriI "a.
census, June /, 1900. Whatever the result
of the next census may show, it is I'M
doubted that the population of Cuba, by
reason of its misfortunes, is far behind
the natural increment e. the growth
by excess Of births over deaths. Had
Cuba been permitted to remain in peace
and enjoy its advantages, 1t should by
this time have had a population of some
thing like 100000 In point of fact, it's
population, as enumerated on Dec. 81
1887, was only /, 631 $3.50. AS the total area
Of the island is about 122, COG squares Kill
ometres, these figures give an average
density Of population Of 1881 Inhabitants
to the square kilometre, the maximum
(o2.4O being in the province of Havana
and. the minimum (2.l0) In the province
Of Porto Princsne-I -.
dents-the whites, the colored, the blacks
and the Chinese The whites comprise
native Cubans, Canary islanders and for
eigners.
The native Cuban is bright and alert.
His mind easifyngrasps subjects on which
he has received very little information.
but he is lacking in inventive and con-
structlve powers. Children are very pre-
cocious The Cuban mother is affection
ate-toos otter over affectionate and over
1ndulgent toward the many failings of
childhood, which In later life are impos-
Side to overcome. .& Perturbation and pill
fering are no uncommon faflings of child
life IN Cuba. Despite these weaknesses
the children are SO generous that their
parents find it hard to prevent them from
sharing their pocket money with their
young friends. Their politeness and affa-
bility are striking. 49,.
With proper educational advantages the
Cuban youth develop into men Of no
mean ability. In former days the sons Of
wealthy Cubans led the typical life of
gentlemen Of leisure. "A great change has
come over the present generation. It is
composed of the sons Of men whose
thoughtless extravaganza has brought
them to the verge 5of bankruptcy. These
sons have been obliged to work hard Tor
their living from the moment they have
left college. Owing to the increased pow
erty of the island they have rarely been
successful IN re-establishing the fallen
fortunes of their families on the old basis !:
but trial has developed fortitude and en-
durance, hence as a class the younger
generation is vastly superior to the older
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cql1page CT the empress. ne recognize.
me- I asked him what was the news. He
told me that the troops and the people
were for me, and that from Paris to
Montelimart they shouted 2.Vive T. En-
pereur! but, on the other hand. Pro-
venee was not so well disposed. The. de-
tails that he gave relieved our minds of
the disa ppointment which was caused by
our failure at Anl1Des. soon the fr1nce
Of Monaco himself came He had been
somewhat roughly treated by Cambronne.
I pacifed him, telling him that he might
return to his principality after my de-
parture. He said that he doubted the
success of my enterprise, considering my
small following. He was speaking accord
ing to the salons; his courier according
to the people.
EAT the rising of the moon set out,
thoroughly approaching the Importance
of marching with celebrity. Nobody, not
even Bertrand, knew the route that /
wanted to take At the moment Of my
departure, then was some murmuring
to get back my twenty-five men, A few
shells, they said, would be sufficient for
that. I calculated that 1t would take at
|.least two hours to reach Antilles and
two hours before the town, and conse-
quently that it would not amount to
much, and II i faileu, which was proba-
BILE, the first check would give confidence
to my enemies and also give them time to
organize. My plan was to reach Gre
noble, the centre Of the province, where
there was large garrison, an arsenal
and artillery; in fact, all sorts of mill
tary means. The success of my enter
prise consisted, therefore, in capturing
rapidly Grenoble, winning over the troops.
and, above all things, in not losing any
time.
II organized an advance guard Of 100
men commanded by Camhronne and
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-06-17
In ,r1nc1p1es or euucar1on ana worx7nz

In principles OF education ana w0TKIns
capacity.
Cuban hospitality is proverbial. In the
old and prosperous days it was common
word of warning, to drop down upon the
country house Of some friendly sugar
planter and spend Christmas or HOLY
Week there. The planter never looked
upon this visitation as other than an
honor, and exerted himself to provide
entertainment in the form Of riding par
ties, picnics and dancing for his unex-
pected guests. .Sy
The farsily life of the better classes Of
@Cubans is kindly and wholesome. Deep
affection usually exists among the vari-
Sous members, who retain the greatest in
sterest in one another's affairs, even after
the families have broken p.@sss t::csE ~
Until recently, baseball, bull fights and
cock fights were, the most popular public
entertainments. Cock fights, however,
have waned considerably In popularity,
while only the Spanish element patron
lie the bull fights. Baseball continues to
hold public favor, and since It's introduce
ton. some twenty years ago, q needed
. taste for athletics has sdeYeloped ampnR
the ubans. Horse racing, which was IN
vogue while there was capital to import
foreign halflbreeds. has now completely
died out.
The foreign contingent in the island
consists of sprinking Of English.
French and Americans and number of
Germans merchants, who practically con-
troll the tobacco business through all. It's
branches.
The mulattoes OF Cuba are usually the
children of black women and white
fathers Mulattoes in the cities are SER
wants, BARRIERS. and occasionally musi-
clans They are never hotel walters. This
employment Is limited strictly to Span
1oA<
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-06-17

IN Cupa VINO were engaged in the imports
alton of slaves to keep a sharp lookout
tor British cruisers, comforting them
meanwhile with the assurance that no
harm should come to them If their vessels
were caught beyond the loss of the cargo.
, The British aby agreement, could only
dispose of captured slaves by selling them
at $50 each into q servitude of seven
~eara These slaves were known eraan-
ctpadoes. Each wore a tin tag on his
neck, giving the date Of the sale and of
the expirat ton of his slave service It
was not often, however, that an emanci-
padoe reached the end of his term. The
Spanish owner had ingenious methods of
preventing this. When one of his genuine
slaves died he took the tag from an
emsIncipado and put it on the corpse
This was sufficient evidence of the death
Of the emancfpado, and the Spaniard had
a new slave. 5s5S s-s,.
So long as this state Of things contin-
ued there was no labor trouble in Cuba.
Sugar growing was a comparatively sim.
pie progress, and those engaged In 1t
grew wealthy.
however, slavery assumed features that
made slavery elsewhere seem paradisiacal
in. cognpari son. The work was of the
hardest, the climatic conditions severe,
and the slaves were ill-treated and brut.
allied. Meanwhile the Cubans themselves
were becoming demoraliZed through the
same agencies. Reared in luxury and
Tdleness, they looked upon work as fit
for slaves. The owners of plantations
Mere rich men, their children were edu-
Gated abroad and rule spent most Of
their time in foreign travelA large pro
portion Of these were simply alien land.
lords. The day of reckoning came at
last. After repeated failures England In
1850 succeeded In absolutely stopping fur.
.ther importattons OF slaves.
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:: sv:u7e1o11 CT Earr1rary neglect wn.cn
means bad health. To all intents and pur-
poses Havana for centuries has been a.
plague spot Yellow fever is always
are prevalent, smallpox rings the oranges
at every opportunity, and every ill that
tropic flesh is heir to has found a home
and government encouragement in Ha-
vana.
What is true of Havana is true in les.
ser degree of other Cuban cities and
towns, the degree being governed chiefly
py the dlnerence in size. The larger the
town the nastier it is. One or two small
towns are so much cleaner than the aver
age that writer's on Cuba never fail to
emphasize the fact that they are said to
be the cleanest towns in Cuba Their con-
:dttion is such that in America they would
nave contagion flag run upsover them.
:: what should be done is a problem to be
solved by American engineers Had not
Col: Wartng fallen a victim to Havanese
NTH ne would no doubt have done for the
city what Spain in all her years Of pos
session failed to do. That he has found
e. worthy successor in Gen. Ludlow is the
hope OF all who are interested in Cuba.
3 Commercially Havana occupies a most
important position. When by the adop-
ton OF modern ideas she has reRenerated
herself, cleaned herself, rejuvenated her
self, she may reconquer the position
Which-she once occupied as eighth among
the commercial cftiessof the globe, when
the wealth Of her people was Of the fabu-
rotzs n11ru w1ncn c1sa1-acrer1zed everything
In the new world. "a n,
81 What the United States may be able to
do for Havana is sufficiently evidenced
In what It has already done for Santiago.
Also In Santiago may be studied the
character OF the forces upon which the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-06-17

cigarettes. havana, lie assures US, Is
viler than words can express. The VILE.
ress has stopped over, until hGr harboi
is averitable cesspool, whose waters are
deadly and whose bottom lis so covered
with filth that ships will not drop their
anchor in it because it is necessary to
clean and disinfect them before they can
be taken on board. Havana has been in
Spain's possession fer four centuries. The
harbor Is a typical result Of Spanish mis-
government.
In the city itself the poor people are
densely huddled in i'll built houses-there
are only about $4,000 houses in the entire
place-on narrow streets, without sewer
age, whose surface is the receptacle Of
garbage and refuse of all sorts. No at
tention is paid to ventilation. The houses
ans BUTT CAMP aa 2T that 1e as a saFa I Snn
The occasional sinks at far-off distances
are totally inadequate. Water is INSULT
GENTLY supplied. In short, the authori-
ties have scarcely made an effort to exer.
else that care and provision for public
we'll being which are characteristic of
every properly governed city. in the world.
The inevitable has followed In a table
prepared for the American officials by the
Havana department of sanitation the
number of deaths for the first seven
months of 1898 was placed at II, eco, or. of
total population of about 100000. Dur
tAf6 Iii1S pC1iou CIleIo were Only Z,ZZ4
births, showing a net loss of 1885, or
about Z per cent of the population. Such
a statement would have produced panic
in northern city. Vienna, with it's mil
lion and half of population, has been
called the pest hole of Europe, because
of it's death rate of more than, twenty
five to the 1000, yet Havana, with less
than one-sixth of It's population, has more
deaths IN one month than Vienna in
twelve. OF course the figures for 1898 are
greatly In excess of other years, owing
to the war and tho generally disturbed
condition of affairs But even in the most
peaceful and healthful years the death
rate has been two or three times greater
than the average of other cities.
For all these reasons Havana has never
been the city of delight that nature in
tended it should be for at least one-third
of every year Of it's existence. In plain,
bald words, Havana for centuries has
smelled badly, and mans other four
senses are utterly routed from any field Of
enjoyment when his nose goes on the
Warrath. Moreover, the bad smells arise
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-06-17
Her Thought.

!, Pittsburg Chronicles telegraph: Nov, sup.
pose" remarked Mrs. snaggs, that the su1.
icons Of the army arc attached to the medical
borpb ~. ~ .
Your snpposition does you great credit" ~.
piled Mr.. enagEs. sarcastically. TITS Won.
der You didn't imagine that: doctors Joined the
eEny for the purpose Of building bridges -.
going up - balloons. Where should army sur.
geons b 9xceptgin the medical corpsf
+ "Wells I thought that they might poeeNbt4
bslong 70 tho IAncSrs. = ~. Is
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-06-17
lis OWN ACCOUNT OF THE RETURN
FROM ELLA TO FRANCE.

n Twenty Days a Handful of Sol
diers Became an Army-And the
BourbOns Ran Avvay-Gourgaud's
Memoirs and Their Revelations
Record of Curious Conversations
with he Great Soldier Presented
In the Style of an Accomplished
Interviewer
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Sam Jones.

The lecture association is offered a
date by Sam Jones along in June, but
fear it is too late in the season. Jones
demands good price for his lectures,
and while he is sure to draw fair
house at any time of the year, our
local association feels that when they
have him the opportunity must be
made the most Of, as they have not
been overly successful this season in a
financial way. ~
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The Thompsons.

Rev. J. F.Thompson, superintendent
OF the orphan asylum, came up this
morning, ito tell what happened at
Vinita twenty-eight years ago. be
said. Mr.. Thompson was one OF the
town commissioners who laid out vi
nita, and his testimony was wanted
In the railroad trespass cases. In one
way or another, or really in many
ways, the name Of Thompson has been
identified with this town since its In
ception, and it's generally been the
same family Of Thompsons. There
was one exception, however. and that
was Tom Thompson, Judge Of the
kangaroo court,' Of early days, the
edicts Of which were executed with
alacrity, however severe, and no "re-
turn made.