Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-10-14

Next to love- sympathy is the divlnest
passion of the human heart.-BHrke.
THE man who can present an anti
dote for injunctions will be right IN
the swim.
THE Baltimore baseball club has
won the Temple cup from the Boston
boys-and the drought is broken at
last.
SENATOR german isn't saying
much for publication, but his fine Ital-
ian hand can be seen by close observ-
ers of Maryland politics.
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THERE'S no use kicking against the
pricks. When Democrat is invited
to leave the Republican table civil
service Will not save his bacon.
IF the reports about continued rich
strikes in the Klondike region are
really true, steps will have to be taken
looking to the demonstration OF gold.
THE civil service is very good
thing for an excuse when the small
fry importune the leaders for an office,
but it doesn't count when the bosses
want to put their favorites in.
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THERE'S one thing to be said about
President Mckinley If he makes mis-
takes it will not be from lack of DELHI
Grafton. He makes haste slowly, par
ticularly so in the matter of filling Of
fees.
NEWSPAPER dispatches say that the
salt works OH both sides of the Ohio
river, in West Virginia and Ohio,
have shut down, throwing nine hun
dred men out Of employment. More
left-handed prosperity.
RECENT developments show that the
Jefferson county delegates to the last
Democratic State convention were wise
when they stoutly and unyieldingly
opposed the nomination Of the candi-
dates backed by the Kanawha ring,
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THE Spanish government has re-
called General Weyler from Cuba and
appointed in his place General Ramon
Blanco. The war in Cuba still drags
its weary length along, and there is
not likely to be much change by the
new officer.
THE Republicans seem to have ev-
erything their own way in Ohio, and
Governor Bushnell will doubtless have
an easy reelection. Mark Hanna
likewise seems to have the golden key
that unlocks the doors of the United
States Senate
THE Board of Public Works of West
Virginia has made reduction of $780,
600 in the assessed valuation Of rail-
road property in this State. There ap-
pears to be no reduction, however, in
the heavy taxes exacted from the farm
ers and similar classes.
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THE Hon. Charles Pullman Dorr
was in Charleston last week He did
not explain the Pullman car episode,
neither did he thrash the editor Of the
gazette. We are satisfied now that
Dorr is the guilty man, and as for the
friend who travelled on his pass, we
believe "there amt no such person
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ONE poor fellow has had his troubles
over ofice-seeking settled. Thomas S.
McGovern had been hanging about
Washington for months waiting for
place that never came. Monday he
gave away to despair and deliberately
cut his throat. He had been prom
ised government position by Senator
Hanna and other prominent Repub
hcsns.
BoURKE COCHRAN, the celebrated
New York traitor who last fall desert
ed the Democratic party, that had
made him all he was, refuses to sup
port the Democratic candidates in New
York this year, and has come out for
the Republican nominee for mayor.
Such renegade is no credit to any
party, and the Republicans ought to
kick him out.
THE Argentine governments about
to adopt a bill providing for retail
atory tariff on goods imported from
the United States. Our exports to Ar
gentina last year amounted to $ll,-
100000, but this trade will be greatly
cut down by the action referred to.
The Dingley tariff is directly respon-
sible for this. The Argentine govern
ment simply says to us: "If you place