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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19
HOW TO BRACE WIRE FENCE POSTS,

other posts only two feet. The draw
ing shows his plan admirably. The
brace post, A, is set into notch in the
upright. Although it rests on the big
fat stone, b, it is not necessary that
the latter should be notched, too. A
horizontal hole is bored near the lower
end of the brace post to admit long
bolt, connecting with a swivel, c, whose
size is exaggerated in the drawing pur-
posely, to bring it out more distinctly.
An ordinary galvanized wire, d, con-
meets the swivel with the upright cor
ner post. The swivel is screw-threaded
at one end-that toward the upright
post. Turning it in one direction or the
other tightens or loosens the wire, and
sets the brace up more or less firmly
n. Y. Tribune.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

Where does the slang Of the day oririnaisg
When new verbal monHlrosily comes into
currency its origin is AZ mysterious rs its.
effect is startling. On roof garden last
night weary-looking youth in a straw hat
that had seen better days and with tell.tals-
pufs beneath his eyes, released two straws.
from his mouth long enough to remark, Lam
guid.y, that he was suffering from a horrible
case OF the "ding-bats." His companion,
who looked like a vaudeville lady, had lust
remarked in tone loud enough to be heard
by her neighbors, that one Of the performers
was "a useless bunch OF trousers" One
meant that his head ached, the other that
the object Of her criticism was professionally
incompetent. It's a great language Y.
Commercial Advertiser.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

The bright boy of fiction is playing with
his Noah's ark.
what are these two chips Of woOdg~
asks the bright boys father.
II is necessary for the bright boy Of 6c-
tion to have father, you know; there has
to be somebody to draw him out
Them, replied the bright boy, without
hesitation, is the microbes!"
OF course, if we think a minute, we per-
ceve that there must have been pair Of mi
crobes on the ark.-Detroit Journal.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19
WIRE FENCE POSTS.
How a Swivel May he Used to Tighten
Things Up IL the Brace Gets
Trihe Slack.

John G. Sigler, of Baileysville, Kan,
has devised and tried with gratifying
success method of bracing a wire
fence post. After years experience
he considers it substantial and eco
nomical device. If properly put in, he
says, it will last for lifetime. Mr..
Sigler does not aim to take out patent
on this system, but contributes it for
the benefit of our readers.
1t may be remarked at the outset that
he puts his end, or corner, post down
three feet into the ground, but the
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

The car can sympathize with that ancient
Indian who is credited with giving his name
to the city of Cheboygan. He had just re-
turned from a long hunting trip through the
northern wilds OF the Michigan peninsula
when the native nurse hurried forward and
dashed his hopes by telling him he was the
father of third little daughter. The noble
red man Strengthened up, and, with look
of deepest disgust on his eoppery face, gut
turaly excaimed: "She-boy- gain" =
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19
April 23d. 1899.

April 23d, 1890.
Pe.ru.na Drug Mfg Co., Columbus, O.:
Gentemen--I find Pe-ru-na to be an
excellent remedy for the catarrhal af-
fections of spring and summer, and
those who suffer from depression from tse
heat Of the summer will find no remedy the
equal Of Pe-ru.na.
John w. Lyons.
No man is better known in the financial
world than Judson w. Lyons. His name
on every piece Of money of recent date,
makes his signature one Of the most familiar
ones in the United States. Hon. Lyons
address is Augusta, Ga. He is member of
the National Republican Committee, and is
a prominent and influential politician. He
is particular friend of President Mckinley.
Remember that cholera morbus, cholera
infantum, summer complaint, bilious collie,
diarrhoea and dysentery are each and all
catarrh of the bowels. Catarrh is the only
correct name for these affections. Pe-ru.na
is an absolute specific for these ailments,
which are so common in summer. DR.. Hart.
man, in practice of over forty years, never
lost single case Of cholera infantum, dysen.
terry, diarrhoea, or cholera morbus, and his
only remedy was Pe-ru-na. Those desiring
further particulars should send for a free
copy Of Summer Catarrh." Address Dr..
Hartman, Columbus, o.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

A Swiss recruit was asked the other
day who William Tell was, and could
not say. Another on being asked who
Bismarck was, replied, "a preacher" !"
and third said he was emperor Of
France IN Y. Past
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

Sagebrush Sam-That there dude bar
tender over to Red Dog died kinder sud-
den, didn't he? What wuz the troublei
Cactus Charlie-He sot out a glass O.
water with Dry-lsiln Dawes whisky
N. Y. Journal.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19
LndIe, Cnn Wear ahoe.

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Address Allen S. 0lmsted, LIE Roy, ~ Y.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

Good Reason .-Grandma-'T wouldn't eat
that hard apple in that way, Willie" Willie
II shouldn't think you would, grandma. |
n you've got. philadelphia Bulletin.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

Moves the bowels each day. In order to
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the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head.
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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

The Nickel Plate Road, with its Peerless
Trio of Fast Express Trains Daily and I'm
excelled Dining Car Service, offers, rates
lower than via other lines. The Short Line
between Chicago, Buffalo, New York and
Boston.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

The scarcity of men should never result
in making a poor one more desirable, but it
unfortunately does.-Atchison Globe.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

McSwatters-I hear that you put a stop
to your wife's going through your pockets.
McSwitters-Yes.
How do you work it?"
"Put tacks in your pockets. Berlin
Md Herald.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

Bacon-'1 can't understand why your
wife calls that Wagneran stuff heavenly
music" Egbert-"Because it sounds like
thunder, suppose. ."-Yonkers Statesman.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

Call your neighbors together and de.
wise some way for making the roads
good in your vicinity.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

After physicians had given me up, was
saved by Piso's Cure.-Ralph Erieg, Will
Transport, Pa, Nov. %, 1893.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

The fruit and vegetable garden and
the orchard combined make an excel,
lent home sanitarium.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

For disobedience the small boy frequent
ly takes the palm.-Chica9o Daily News.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

You needn't stretch it to put quartz in a
pint cup.-Golden Days.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-19

Halls Catarrh Cure
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-21
SOME HEROES OF PEACE.
From IIarper's Bazaar.


1t is with making a hero as it is with
making a cup of tea; the water has first
got to come to a boil. The job cannot be
done with cold materials, be they ever
so proper. At almost every hero-making
some one gets hurt. Often it is the hero
himself; and If the hurt is severe enough
the job Is spoiled, except for literary and
moral purposes. But very often the hero
gets off all right and the other fellows
get hurt. SOmetimes-yes, often-the
hero shows his quality in saving life,
That happens constantly at fires, so that
it is a very common thing to read in the
newspapers about the heroism of fire.
men. and especially about small. muscu-
lar firemen, who fetch exceedingly heavy
women out of burning buildings and
carry them down long ladders. No fire.
man minds being a hero, for he has
plenty of company and is not bothered
by overmuch admiration. Indeed, in ev-
cry calling where the supply of danger Is
adequate heroes seem to abound. The
New York fire department is full Of he
roes, tried and accredited. and it is SO
with the fire departments of other large
cities. Policemen of high courage turn
up whenever an occasion offers, and Oc-
casions are not infrequent. Locomotive
engineers are brave men, as a rule, very
apt TO turn out heroes al a pinch, and TO
be buried two or three days later. Ship
masters usually meet expectations in a
crisis, so that 1t is considered very scan
dalous when they do not. We are so
used TO heroism in all the ordinary call
ings that, though we admire il when t
turns up, we are not unduly agitated by
it. Herosm in war stirs our enthusiasm
more thoroughly because we are less
used to IL, and we are less used to IT,
because wars are comparatively scarce,
and the opportunities for American fight
ing men to make manifest their disposi-
tions are rare.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-21
The Peace Congress.

The reported inability of the peace
congress to agree on any substantial
propositions looking to the minimiza-
tion of war and the amelioration of its
horrors does not come as q surprise to
any observer who has looked upon its
deliberations with an unbiased eye. The
principle of arbitration is a beautiful
one and the dream of universal peace
has pleased the fancy of mankind since
history dawned; but when we get into
the realm of realities we find the devil
a very active and substantial factor
to be reckoned with, and so long as he
is unclaimed there will be wars and
the rumors of wars, among nations as
well as among individuals-wars of
force as well as wars of cunning,
bloody wars, meant to work dcstruc-
ton and characterized by all the car
mage and no doubt an unpleasantly
large proportion of the atrocities of the
wars of the past. For human nature re-
mains unchanged from age to age and
only in our ideals do we grow better
1t does not follow from this that the
peace congress has been in vain. The
congress may not result in tangible
good in the directions Immediately pur-
sued but there is gain to civilization
which is by no means inconsiderable
in the mere coming together of repre-
sentatives of the nations for a humane
purpose. Such concert of effort, al
though directly fruitless, is fruitful in
directly in the information which it
Spreads, in the intellectual and moral
energies which it calls into focus upon
practical problems and in the demon
stration which 1t gives Of the mutually
of larger international interests and
the superiority of frank diplomacy
over passion as a means of adjusting
differences. The congress which is fol-
lowed by such indirect consequences
as these is of historic significance even
though in the immediate purposes of
it's assemblage it does not achieve a
tangible success.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-21
Queer Reformers.

The experiment Of Sunday Journal
ism has been abandoned by the London
daily papers which recently started it,
the protests being too numerous and
strong. There are still Sunday papers
in London but they are of the
slop-bucket order. The net result
of the organized opposition of re-
ligious influences to Sunday jour-
nalism in the British metropolis
has been the soaring of the
intelligent and respectable publishers
out of the field and the complete sur
render of ii to the peddlers of froth
and filth.
The Sabbatarian movement in it's op-
position to Sunday publications has
worked similarly in this country 1t
is aimed chiefly at decent papers. The
sewer sheets like the Scrantonian are
given an uninterrupted swath In
which to disseminate their shocking
pollution and pander to the public's
growing appetite for scandal. Just
how far this constitutes a gain for
civilization and morals We have never
been able to discover but that may
be owing to q defect in our own powers
Of perception.
A time may come when the decent
people of the community will take ade-
quate steps to protect themselves from
the nefarious activities of the gutter
snipe type of Sunday journalism and
abate it as they would abate a deadly
plague; but it does not seem to be
very near. The attitude Of too many
good people is like that of the London
Sabbatarians who revolted at the clean
Sunday papers and left the sewer-
sheets to stink to the full limit Of
their malodorous possibilities.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-21
Uitlanders VS. Beers.

A sucCinct statement of the griev-
ances of the Uitlanders In the Trans
Vaal has been given by the London coz
respondent of the New York Times,
who says they are four-fifths of the
population and pay ninetenths of the
taxes. They have" he adds CON
Verted a bankrupt, pastoral community
into one of the richest areas in the
world. Yet they have no share in levy
ing or spending the oppressive taxes
they pay; they have no control over the
payment of officials: they have no voice
in educational grants; their children
above the third standard can only be
educated in the degrading Boer patois,
which is unintelligible, even in Holland: :
they have no voice in the municipal
government of Johannesburg, which
they built; their press is gagged; pub
lie meetings are prohibited, and they
have no right to a trial by their peers.
For dynamite, a necessity for mining
purposes, they have to pay exactly
twice the market value, the difference
going into certain favored pockets"
asmuch as the Uitlanders were not
asked to come into the ISoer republic,
but did so of their own volition, in pur-
suit of riches or employment they
should accept the existing laws and GUS
toms and not try 10 change them. This
answer is in direct conflict with our
own Declaration of Independence, which
aiiirms that whenever a government
becomes destructive of life, liberty or
the pursuit of happiness it is the right
of the people to alter or abolish il and
to institute a new government, laying
its foundation on such principles and
organizing its powers in such form as
to them shall seem most likely to effect
their safety and happiness The Dec
laration further affirms that while
revolutions should not be lightly enter
ed upon, yet "when a long train of
abuses and usurpations evinces a de-
sign to reduce them under absolute
despotism, II is their right, 1t is their
duty, to throw off such government
and TO provide new guards for their flu
ture security" The train of Boer
abuses and usurpations in the Trans
vaal is both long and calling and every
effort to secure an amelioration of II
by peaceful and respectful means has
ended disastrously, with exhibitions by
the Beers OF insolence and petty
meanness intolerable to men Of spirit.
In interpreting the news from Jo-
hannesDurg during the next few
months, the American people should
bear in mind the sentiments Of their
own Declaration Of independence and
remember also that the Uitlandcr ma
jority in the Transvaal has the same
blood in its veins that our Revolution
airy forefathers had when they decided
to stand no further tyranny from an
earlier Dutch dynasty. The sympathy
hitherto given in American public
opinion to loom Paul" Kruger and the
Beers has been ignorantly misplaced
and il is time to rectify the error and
give sympathy where 1t is due.
--.-------@ ------
The navy departments outgivlngs OIL
tba Iodgon.Sc affair u,lt GcbIax, in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-21
HIS ART.

He cannot handle figures.
He cannot shovel coal,
He cannot write in numbers
That stir the readers soul.
He cannot run an engine,
He cannot WELD a saw;
He has no ,ift for preaching
or laying down the law.
He cannot paint a picture,
He's not an architect,
Nor is he a detective
Whose forte is to detect;
In truth, he's not a SCULPTOR,
lie never sculped a stroke.
lie couldn't drive an OK team
Nor tasten on a yoke.
He's not n lion tanner,
He cannot trim a sail;
He's not a politician,
He never broke a jail.
He never earned a dollar,
His father pays his debts,
But oh, he Is a master
At rolling cigarettes.
IS. L. Kiser. in Times'Heral
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-21
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-21

islands, but likewise was responsible to
the other nations of the earth for all
matters OF an international character
relating to those islands or to their
people.
This does not imply, however, that
the future policy of the United States
toward those islands is fixed. Whatever
the United States shall hereafter do by
way Of granting to the people either in
dependence or local f-government
Will be a matter of discretion and ex-
pediency. Those who criticise or oppose
the administration in it's efforts to
maintain the authority OF the United
states In the Philippines might just as
well oppose its efforts to maintain law
and order in Porto Rico or Alaska, or
to put down insurrection occurring
within those territories. The question
Is not one of party politics, but simply
OF national duty, and ought to be ap-
preached and considered by our citiz-
ems from their sense Of duty to this
country"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-21

simply the particular wording OF the
New York Suns report of the colloquy
on board the Brooklyn, while affirming
its substantial accuracy. Schley now
stands convicted not only of a ques-
tionable naval manoeuver but also Of n
campaign trick of a character impossi-
BILE to man of sensitive honor. The
conclusion seems to be warranted, AL
though it Is drawn with regret. that
there is a good deal of the cheap John
sakcr about Winfield Scott Schley.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-21
Question Is One of
Duty, MOI Politics
From the Interview with Attorney Cen
eral Griggs.
G 61T HE

'idi HilSSS'
Ii nGT HE UNITED STATES
stands bound to all other
countries as the responsible
u sovereign of the Philippine
Islands. 1t cannot, consistently with
its international obligations or it's
own self-respect, assume any other
attitude. Its title to the islands and
to the sovereignty thereof is regular.
valid and unimpeachable To attempt
to shift international responsibilities to
any Uniformed or partially formed in
surgent government would be to shrk
responsibility solely assumed by this
country and would subject the United
States not only to ridicule, but to
the Just contempt of all nations.
o
The theory that there can exist in
any indefinite body of people the right
10 substitute their own will or self
constituted form of government for the
regular constituted sovereignty Of any
particular territory, is contrary to rea-
son and to all international practice.
The rightful sovereignty of those is
lands at the present time is indis-
putably in the United States. Any in
surrection against its authority in the
Islands is unlawful--just as unlawful
as though 1t arose in Porto Rico-and
the United States is justified in putting
it down by force. The sovereignty of
Spain was never transferred in any
manner which any other nation has
recognized as valid to the insurgents.
but was by the treaty Of Paris trans
ferred to the United States by solemn
convention, which convention was rati-
fled by the Senate Of the United States
and that transfer is universally recog-
nized by all the nations OF the world.
q
'rhere is one consideration respecting
the United States and the Philippine
Islands that ought to he already un-
derstood by those who approve or those
who disapprove the admlnistration's
course. That is the question Of sover-
eighty, as that term is used and under
stood In the technical and international
sense, The sovereignty of a country or
territory cannot rest in more than one
nation or body. 1t cannot, at the same
time, rest In Spain and i'm the insurgent
forces claiming to maintain a govern.
ment in the same territory 1t is ad-
mitted that In this international sense
Spain has for more than 800 years ex-
ercised all the rights and powers of a
sovereign over the philippine islands
Spain was responsible not only for the
Internal control and government Of the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-21

Until the Car of Russia stops quar-
reling with his mother he cannot expect
to cut much of a figure in the interest
of universal peace.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-21

The men who have fought asphalt
repairs are not the men who make
much use of tie streets Of Scranton.
Their defeat is n substantial victory
for good government.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-21

Germany's acquisition OF Spain's
remnant islands was bargain sale in
which Spain seems to have got the fat
end.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-21

AS we read of the movements Of the
American and Filipino forces in the
press reports of engagements about
Manila, the map of the Philippines be-
comes more tangled in the mind of the
average reader than ever
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-21

There is one consolation about the
numerous strikes now reported
throughout the country. Strikes rarely
occur on a falling market. They are
in a certain sense sure evidence that
business has begun to revive.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-21
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-21

In calling the state convention for
August "a state Chairman Elkins has
chosen a rather sultry period in the
calendar
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-21

Rudyard Kipling has sued the pro-
prietors of THE Philistine' for pub
fishing some Of his poems without first
obtaining his consent. An exchange
hints that but for the fact that Mr..
Kipling has been so we'll advertised by
infringement of copyright laws, his
productions would not command one
fourth the rates that he is now receiv-
ing. This is undoubtedly true. Let the
press at large ignore Kipling and his
efforts and he would drop out of sight
quicker than Edward Atkinson has.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-21

The navy departments outgivlngs OIL
the Hodson- Schley affair put schley in
the light of having entrapped brother
officer Into making an apparently
sweeping denial when in fact he denied