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town should be sought for, and use,
ON WARS BRINK.

President McKinley's message
demonstrates the power of practical
craftsmanship, in welding and
moulding the affairs of nations, ard
the trend of movements for the
peaceful solution of intricate, dan
gerous, subtle and ominous, inter-
national questions. 1t proved to be
a powerful state paper filed with the
reflections of the best thoughts of
trained and evenly developed mind.
1t scattered the hasty utterances OF
the unthinking, yet well-meaning,
multitude of people who, for the
time being, had permitted blind
fury for Vengeance to relieve them
OF their patience and prudence, and
obscure their better reason. Though
one foot is on the fence for war, the
olive branch Of peace is still extend
ed, though the other foot is as sure
ly following to maintain by war, If
necessary, the enforcement of pro-
priety, honor and endless peace. In
speaking of the destruction of the
Maine, and the inability of Spain to
properly govern, he says:
THAT condition is thus shown to
be such that the Spanish Govern
ment can not assure safety and Sc
curity to a vessel Of the American
Navy in the harbor of Havana on q
mission of peace, and rightfully
there
In speaking of the armistice and
suspension of hostilities directed by
Spain, since the preparation of his
message, he says very plainly and
very properly:
sIf this measure attains success.
ful result, then our aspirations as a
Christian, peace-loving people, will
be realized. If it fails it will be on
~ smother justification for our con-
templated action"
Following this message the House
has authorized intervention in the
establishment Of stable and indepen
dent government in Cuba, and plsc-
ed the army and navy in the hands
of the President to enforce the
same. That is the one foot over for
war. The Senate is considering a
resolution fuller in scope and more
menacing in its demands-from the
fact, that in addition to armed in
teryention, it demands the with
drawal Of Spanish troops from
Cuban soil, and recognizes the indie.
pendence of Cuba. The probability
is, that the Senate will act by Sat-
urday, with the possibility, however,
of not acting until Monday, and in
either event, a conference may be
necessary between these legislative
bodies to harmonic these divergent
resolutions. This, when done breaks
the seal of futurity for veal or woe.
Thus the case now stands.
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Liverpool and the Slave Trade.

The great wealth Of the merchants OF
London and Bristol enabled them to enjoy
a practical monopoly of the African slave
trade for q long period prior to Liverpool
having any share in it. Liverpool adven.
turers with small capital were unable to
equip vessels and purchase goods specially
adapted to the African market and of nc
use outside Of that market, nor could they
afford to await the uncertain results OF
round voyages, sometimes prolonged to
more than year and subject to terrible
dangers unknown to any other description
Of trading adventures Early In the eight.
zenith century, however, a successful rival.
ship with Bristol in exporting provisions
and coarse checks and silk handkerchief
of Manchester make to the West Indies and
the continent of America eventually en-
abled the merchants of Liverpool to per.
ticipate in the more lucrative slave traffic.
While Liverpool obtained from this com
petition sudden accession to her com.
merce which filed her warehouses with
sugar, rum and other West India produce,
the trade of Bristol to the West Indies de-
cliped. The checks of Manchester, carried
In Liverpool ships, ousted from that mar
kes the German, French end Scotch osna,
burgs exported from Bristol. --"H History Of
tho Liverpool Privateers, Etc." Gomez
WilliaIns
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A Poor Shot.

''No, don't charge &c to living in a
fat" adnii,t ted Flulnny slowly to the
friends with whom he was enjoying an
evening just bit conviyial. 81 guess I'm
more to blame than any one else
"There's man rooming just over me
that blows piccolo. If he had any regu-
lar hours for turning the piercing music
loose, might adjust myself to the situa-
ton. But he hasn't. He'll play at sun
rise and at varying intervals he'll play till
the next sunrise. No matter wharf hour of
the night an inspiration, or an imp, seizes
him, he'll jump out of bed and cut loose
He has pet cat that has his disposition
1t doesn't play the piccolo, but it is tho
busiest nocturnal yawper you ever heard.
1.-THE other night he walked me by blow
ing to beat brass band, and at the Same
time his cat was on the floor of my fiat
giving a concert. Here was my chance for
sweet revenge, for he thinks as much of
that cat as of himself. l seized o small
dumbbell, stole stealthily into the hall and
let drive with all my might in the direc-
ton of the feline voice. There was yell
of pain, followed by series of yells that
proclaimed burglars, murder and the
pressing need of help
81 shot for my room, but some one click
ed the electric light just as 1 entered, and
soon I was undergoing an investigation,
with all the occupants of the fiat asking
questions. The man wounded in the shin
by the dumbbell was a new tenant and q
friend of the piecolo flend. After a long
and heated discussion l settled for $40.
Meantime the cat had invaded my room
and killed my pet canary.
81 don't claim that l was blameless, but
Iargued that some sleep Is essential, and I
moved. Detroit Free Press.
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EUROPE
CRUSHING
W Ar
ACTION
Strong Measures to be
Taken to Prevent
Hostilities.
POWERS SIDING WITH SPAIN

The Intervention of the Powers
between the United States and Spain
to prevent war is taking tangible
form. Notes are now being ex-
changed between the capitals of Eu-
rope to this end. and the Ambassa-
doris at Washington are preparing 10
act. The Powers claim that Spain
has reached the limit of her conces-
sions, and that she should be given
time to carry her proposed reforms
into effect.
The Madrid Cabinet on Thursday
took the first step in this line by de-
Gliding to issue an address TO the
Powers.
Premier Sagasta stated that he
would go to extremes almost to pre-
vent war with the United States,
but that Spain would fight if we
pushed her to il.
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wEsLgvs BAREFOOT SERMON.
The Founder of Methodism Rebuked Van
ty While Teaching Physiology.

The Founder of Methodism Rebuked vani-
ty While Teaching Physiology.
A trife more than $50 years since John
Wesley, the founder of Methodism, organ
lied q Sunday school in the town of Sa-
vannah. The rules of that Sunday school
were different from those that prevail now
adays. The children were compelled to at
tend excepting they were i'll. A lack of
fine clothing was no excuse, and so it hap
pened that many of the boys and girls pre-
sented themselves in their GLASSES without
shoes or stockings.
The colOnlsts were, many of them, too
poor to buy shoes, or even much clothing
of any kind. But the climate in Georgia
is mild and it is no hardship to go scantily
clad.
Human nature, however, as 1t showed
itself in John Wesley's Sunday school was
the same as it is now. The children who
could afford shoes fell into the habit of say
ing disagreeable things to the barefooted
boys and girls. When Mr.. Wesley heard of
this from the parents of the children whose
feet were bare and whose pride was sensi-
tive, he pondered for awhile as to what
course it would be wisest to pursue. First
he thought he ought to insist on all the
CAlA1dICI SO11llllt5 " cOllOO1
footed
Then he considered lecturing theoffend-
ers soundly on the sin of vanity. He did
neither, but the next Sunday what was the
surprise of teachers and pupils to see
Preacher Wesley walk softly in with bare
clean, white feetl
One can fancy that those who wore shoes
drew their feet far back under the benches,
nd ho har tod Of hot,
in good company, sat very straight and
looked satisfied and happy.
In the course of the session Mr.. Wesley
took occasion to speak of the fearfully and
wonderfully made human body, and, plac-
ing his foot on a convenient chair, he gave
alist of the bones, tendons and joints, with
much other anatomical knowledge. He
told the school that no human being could
possibly make Ii piece of machinery as
marvellous as the human foot.
He called attention to the olumsiness
and ugliness of shoes and stockings, as
compared with the natural foot, with its
white and pink coloring, the blue veins
showing through, and each toe protected
by beautiful, transparent shell.
Even the tan on the feet of children or
grown people who ran barefooted all the
time spoke of the goodness and kindness of
the Creator. This tan was made by the
great sun, and the soft, odorous Winds
The school thought this little lecture
very interesting, and it had a much better
effect than q scolding for the folly of van
ity. 1t may be supposed, too, that later in
life these boys and girls, when finding
themselves at a disadvantage, tried to find
out if there were not some compensation,
in what oil tn hn rna1 fraicf07..
tunes.--Chicago Inter Ocean.
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CORPORATION ELECTION AND POLITICS.

$3.50
Speaking of the Corporation cleo
ton, and the advancement OF the
interests of our town, and the pro
priety of linking politics Herewith,
as the best fulcrum for the best re-
suits by way of prosperity and sue
cess, it has been pretty generally
conceded that the town prospered
more, home interests grew faster,
and all affairs were more stable, when
the best men of our citizens were
elected, regardless of party affilia-
tions. Politics, in small towns, with
legislation limited to small local
area, and with small, delegated, pre-
scribed powers, can be but specula-
tive and useless in formulating
method or policy for state or nation
onal government. Such can only 6e
held together by factional effort and
by conspiring combinations, whereas,
on the other hand, the great moral
support, the cohesion of attrac-
ton, is the recognition Of advanc.
ing mutual interests, interlaced and
intertwined one with the other. As
some large interests, by way of i'm
provement, are now presenting them
selves, especially that of water sup
ply, which will necessitate the rails
ing Of funds, and such economical
management by way of taxation
us we'll as Of expenditures. the
best of the bus'aess interests Of The
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vie eoMEH oE HeA.,s9.


ESrnhnse Of Compliments Between Tag
sengers In an Elevated Uafiroad Car.
She was the rnoxt attractsva. dirty utt1e
oreatuxe Won ever saw. she ha6 . yno- AZ
ooapse. biaok hair. . loose Strand of wf,ioh
fan ever her forahead nd lent cntt,no, in
to her evas. wiAhout 81 The faash seeming
to trouhie her. Hsr long worn slx,rt oIunS
20 her limbs. and On her Ian renosad 4
basket covered with oilcloth.
She sat in a GROSS saat On an elevated
railroad train. and. facing her farther
along the car. sat two beautifullv dressed
women. Eyidefitay thew WE'VE much inter
ested In the uuusualiy BRIGHT uttle for
eigner and smiled at her. Her ewes ana
Inns flashed instant resnonse. and m inter
change Of smiles and mods took plsoe which
interested every passenger In sight. De-
light at the attention of such ioTely crea-
Aurae xx-sa ay,,vorrod e., no.. nx-o,,v, ,1avoa
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A society has recently been formed, all
the members of which pledge themselves
to bequeath their dead bodies to the med
ical faculty in order that science and there
by humanity may be benefited.
Most wise people will no doubt regard
this as a highly desirable arrangement,
but the great majority will look upon it
as uncanny and opposed to the common
sentiment.
In all our military stations, however,
such as Gibraltar, Malta, ETC., post NOR
TEN examination is held in every case of
death among the soldiers, except when it
results from drowning, in which case
there can be no possible doubt
This gives the doctors plenty of practice,
and probably demonstrates many mis-
takes of diagnosis. Very often, in cases of
illness among ordinary people, which have
resulted in DEATH it may be presumed that
o wrong diagnosis has been made and an
unsuitable treatment has consequently
followed, the doctor never after knowing
of his error, but there can be no chance of
such ignorance when post norton exam
nation is made.
To the young doctors practicing In mil
itary stations this regulation is therefore
of incalculable advantage. Pearson 8
Weekly
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Government crockery.

All crockery ware and glass furnished to
the government must be severely tested
One test consists in boiling the ware from
10 to Is minutes, or until it is as hot as
boiling water can make 1t. 1t is then in
stantly removed and plunged into water
as near the freezing point as possible and
be liquid. No Grazing or cracks must
show after the test The tumblers are put
into water at 1872. 4 degrees for one minute
They are then dropped into water at 40. A
degrees F. If they show the least imper-
lection under this test, they will not be ac-
cepted. York Ledger.
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Judge F aulkner, by continuous
persistence, is rapidly eurtailing the
lengths of terms of the Circuit
Court, and clipping off expenses,
which is very gratifying and bene-
fetal to the tax payers. The grand
jury completed its duties at the
present term in less than half day,
something unprecedented in court
practice.
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Fred Douglass told me when he came to
speak that, with all his long experience,
he never could entirely rid himself Of stage
fright. During the first 10 minutes when
I front an audience" he said, "my knees
will knock together" But when he got
fairly going this not uncommon nervous
ness, which all speakers have sometimes
felt, would pass away. He put his points
well in any argument, and his eloquence
was of high order. His tribute in one
sentence to Abraham Lincoln is an I'm
surpassed compliment. "Mr. Lincoln, !"
he said, is the only white man into whose
presence was ever ushered who did not
make me feel that Iwas negro. &c Rem
tniscences of Eminent Lecturers, by joel
Benton, In Harperls Magazine.
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PERSONAL "REMINISCENCES


SO years ago last Thursday the
country was ending long, serious
struggle for national existence aud
peace was spreading its halo over
weary, WORKOUT people. That night,
April 14th, Booth fred the shot that
startled the world, made himself
criminal assassin. made Lincoln a
martyr, and placed nation in addi'
tional mourning. Scarcely more
than boy, just entering life as our
own man,it was the editors first day
and night in Martinsburg. Coles
Cavalry we're in tents on the Public
Square, Massachusetts and a Con
necticut regiment were encamped on
the Boydville estate. Gen'l Seward
was in command. The churches
were used as hospitals, the express
rooms were crowded with boxes con-
tanning copses being sent to relatives
and friends for burial, court mar
tial was in session in the second
story of the Bowman building, with
Lieut.. Frank A. Burr, father of the
present Assistant Postmaster, judge
advocate, and Majors Andrew and
Yellott, defending, all these after
wards practicing law here. Mr.. Geo.
R. Wysong was Postmaster, and
Mr.. Geo. S. Hill, now Cashier of the
National Bank, was Assistant P. M.
Mr.. Henry Wilen was the proprietor
and popular provider of the Everett
House, and there with him we spent
the eventful night. The war Yves
closing. Can it be possible we are
now going into another one7
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FUNNY SIDE OF POLITICS.

Speaking of politics in corporation
affairs, funny things often occur
which point a lesson--for instance,
with a large Republican majority
two years ago, the editor was de-
feated by one vote for Corporation
Attorney, and our personal friend,
Chairman of the Democratic County
Executive Committee, was elected.
You see, there was one Republican
Councilman, who had knife and
be went for gore galore-and our
name wasn't George Washington.
Next election followed by surpris-
ing Democratic majority, and then
the head of the Statesman editor
tumbled into the basket, the profits,
with larger compensation for the
printing of the Corporation Ordi-
narces, went to his competitor, the
Democrat, and again George Wash
ington was around. You see, the
Democrats knew how to manage it,
but isn't it funnyl And then again
cur friend, the chairman of the COM
mittee aforesaid, Corporation At
torney aforesaid, one of theseditors
of the Democrat aforesaid, also oc-
cupies the high and honorable posi-
ton, with some emolument, as one
Of the members of the State Board
in charge of the normal schools. So,
you see, it is very funny, isn't 1t
Boyer2 What nice thing it is to
he in politics, and what nice thing
it is to enjoy the confidence of both
sides. Tell you, Boyer, we must
look this thing up, don't you think
SOP
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All Free.

Those who have used DIR. Kings
New Discovery knows its value,
ard those who have not, have now
the opportunity to try it free. Call
on the advertised Druggist and get
a trial bottle free. Send your name
and address to FL. E. Bucklen & Co..
Chicago, and get sample box of
DR.. Kings New Life Pills free, as
well as copy of Guide to Health
and Household Instructor, free.
All of which is guaranteed to do you
good and cost you nothing L. e..
Matthaei's Drug store
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A Different Kind.

A gloomy looking wagon had drawn up
in front Of the home of the PASTORS most
devout and liberal parishioner.
man who had just turned the corner,
THAT looks very much like an undertake
er's vehicle. I must hurry forward and
see what the trouble is"
And he arrived just as the funeral look
ing driver took In the beer.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer
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A reception was given the new
members at st. Johns Lutheran
Church, on Monday night. A large
crowd attended and spent a very
pleasant time. The music, recita-
tons and other means of entertain
ment were pleasing to all.
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His Charges.

"when you were in the war, did you ever
take part In q charger
Frequently
"And what were your thoughts at the
timer"
"That the beans would be all gone be-
fore / got there. The charges were in
yayiably upon the cookhouse, you know. ~
Boston Transcript.
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Notice to Creditors.
To thecreditors of B. NJ. Kitchen dec

To the creditors of B. NJ. Kitchen decd ::
In pursuance Of a decree Of the Cir :
cult Court of Berkeley County, mad e
in cause therein pending, to subjec {
the real estate of the said B. NJ ].
Kitchen, deceased, to the payment of
his debts, you are required to spresen
your claims against the estate of the
said B. M. Kitchen, deceased, for adj
Indication, to W. B. Colston Commits
sioner, at his office, in the said County,
on or before Saturday, April is, 1898.
Witness, l. Dew. Gerhardt, Clerk
of the said Court this 9th day of March
1898. l.. DEW. GERHAHDT,
3-12.6.s. Clerk Of Circuit Court.
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Acute Cafarrh Cured with Two
Bottles.

Mr.. John Davis, Broadway, Frost
burg, AllegAny county, Nd, writes:
| have tried Parker & Shea's Catarrh
Cure for nasal catarrh and can truth
fully say that it is the best remedy
that | have ever used for catarrh.
Two bottles cured me when / was
scarcely able to breathe. / heartily
recommend it to all who have a ten.
dency to catarrh. For sale by L
G. Matthaei, Queen street.
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At the Easter services of st. JOS
eph's Catholic Church, at 1890 am,
High Mass was observed, and spec.
ial music was rendered by the choir.
The church was beautifully decorat.
ed.
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An ice cream social was held in
the Nj. E. Church, South, on Mon.
day night. During the evening, the
Easter money banks were opened.
An enjoyable time was spent by all,
and neat sum realized.
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There is one thing you can always de-
pend upon when man says good thing,
and that is, If Joy hang around him, you
win hear him say 1t gain.-Atchison
Glohe
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WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Baltimore and Martinsburg markets
compared and corrected every Friday
morning.
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The tea crop 10 the best districts Of
China is from 300 to 400 pounds per acre.
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A basket kept on a swinging shelf
is tie proper receptacle for eggs.
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SATURDAY, APRIL l6, 1898.

Receivers, Messrs. Cowan and
Murray, of the B. & O. r. R. Co.,
with the leading managing officials
of the road have been making an ex-
tended inspection of the company's
property during the past week.
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In Feeble Health


Unable to do her work : flervous
and Tired : Al. These Troubles
Cured BY Hoods Sarsaparilla.
For the past four years have been in
feeble health, and for two years past,
owing to change of climate, have not
been able to do my work. was nervous
and had tired feeling and was under the
treatment of physicians, but continually
grew worse. Ny husband insisted on my
trying Hoods Sarsaparilla and l finally
consented, and began taking it the first of
June, 1896. The first bottle did me so
much good that I continued with it, and
after taking four bottles and one bottle of
Hoods Pills am able to do my work,
and the tired, nervous feeling is entirely
cured >, MRS a. N HOsrA Cuwauas ia
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Easter services were held in the
Episcopal Church, on Sunday morn
ing, and special program was rem
dered. The offerings were large,
and the music fine.