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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-02

A militia regiment in the north Of Ire
land usually drilled I'm a level fred cioaa
to the side Of the river.
Ore day the drill sergeant who was
given to clustering. and was by no means
choice in his remark to the men met
young recruit coming late to drill
you're late again." yelled the sergeant
"Go down to the river and fail in!'
ooh. nc" said the recruit; II wish yoa
to understand that I did not enlist in tho
cordgtrean Guards Spare Moments.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-02

Caller-Nellie, is your mother in?
Nellie Mother is cut shopping.
CaEer-When will she return, Nell
lie?
Nellie (calling back)-Mamma wEae
shall | say now Harper Bazaar.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-12
WHAT THE BACHELOR SAYS.

j .H b
Girls with freckles always act impu-
dent with the men.
Love is never mystery to girl un-
til she gets it.
About the third day Jonah probably
began to think ned almost rather be
home.
After a girl has been sick two days
she has picture Of some man stuck up
where she can see 1t in bed and tries to
imagine that he is the cause Of it.
When you advise q man into making
a certain investment and 1t turns out
well, he thinks he was mighty smart;
II It doesn't he thinks you are a.fool.
Woman has only two ways Of trying
to get q certain man; one is to show 1t
and try 10 make him feel sorry for her
and the other is TO pretend she doesn't
care 4 hang and try to make him feel
sorry for himself.-New York Press.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-12

New York Journal OF Commerce: The
production OF iron has been SO large for
several months that the markets have
been getting nervous over the perfectly
natural apprehension that consumption
could not keep up with 1t, and that the
market would break under the weight
OF excessive stocks before the unprece-
denied production could be checked.
And yet this week there has been an
advance In Bessemer pig, and the Car
negie Company has taken 100000 tons,
and by some reports the quantity Is
stated above that; after year of un-
changed prices. and out OF season, iron
and steel sheets have been advanced 2E
per cent on account OF the great demand
and the steel rail pool which broke 4
year ago has been reorganized. The
Nail Trust was reorganized little ear
Her. The limit OF the consumption of
iron and steel at the present prices has
evidently not been reached. and ap-
parently It has not been very closely
approached.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-12
TEN JUaYMEN SUFFICIENT.
A Sensible Reform, In tho Matter OF TrialI
i. f5Is by Jury In CIyIi Cases,

by Jury In Civii Gases.
Springfield, tMass.) Republican: Rep
resentative Charles r, Johnson. OF
Worcester, has introduced in the legls-
lature bill which proposes to leralizc
the verdict OF ten out OF twelve jury
men in civil cases, and make the decl-
sion on which ten jurymen agree bind
Ing. irrespective OF disagreement on the
part OF Che other two. Speaking of the
measure, Mr.. Johnson says: 1.-THE plan
is nothing new, but has been tried with
success in other states and countries. In
fact, 1t Is almost impossible to pick
twelve men who will agree on one opin-
Ion regarding the cases In point at va
Rance with the majority and will pre-
vent verdict. Suppose the case to
concern contract on which the plain
tin claims $1,000. Some members OF
the jury believe that the defendant Is
In the right and that the plaintiff
should not get cent. Say the major
ity Is for awarding the full amount Of
the claim. One or two others are
willing to give part OF the claim. Per-
haps the plaintiff should be all right
and Justice be awarded the full
amount. But for the sake of giving
him some redress those who would
award the full amount are willing to
compromise and make 1t $1,000 or $500.
The others waive their opinions and the
plaintiff gets but half OF his right. SUCH
cases are frequent and can be called
nothing less than distorted judgments.
Action OF tort will result many times In
the same way" 1t Is considered that
to get ten men to agree out OF twelve
is about the proportion that obtains
generally on questions other than those
of law. and Mr.. Johnson believes the
verdict Of ten men would answer all re-
quirements as well as unanimous YER
dict. When three jurymen stand out
against the opinion OF the majority the
bill would not apply. and limiting its
application to minortles OF one and
two will. in the opinion OF supporters
OF Mr. Johnson's bill. leave plenty OF
latitude for full weight Of every jury
mans voice. Mr.. Johnson says he re-
calls more than few cases which have
come under his personal notice in
which compromises have denied justice
to party at Law.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-12
THE INTELLIGENCER.
wmEELINc. FEBRUARY II, 1905.
I.Ineoin,s birthday.

To-day, throughout the country, the
eIghty-ninth birthday uf Abraham Lin-
coin will be observed by the American
people. Had he been permitted to live
he would have been no older than are
many whitc-halred veterans who have
been spared to pay this hrnual honor to
his memory: and yet there are millions
OF men and women who will add their
tributes, who were born since our great
martyr President was taken away, Just
too soon to see the contamination in full.
of the great mission for which he SEEM
cd raised up and inspired of God.
From this younger generation and
their children the honors to L!ncoln's
memory will be no less heartfelt and
patriotic than those from the older gem
eradons. who lived In his time, witnessed
his great work, followed his lead at the
time OF the nations greatest crisis. and
fought for the cause of which he was the
chosen head. Though born since Lin
coins day they know lincoln. To them
ne is Father Abraham" enthroned in
their grateful hearts, as much as he was
Father Abraham" to the hundreds OF
thousands OF brave Boys In Blue, to
whom his very name was an inspiration
on the field OF battle. and TO the millions
who, by the stroke OF his pen, he freed
from bondage.
Nor will Lincoln's memory be held
sacred alone among the people OF the
north to-day. Lincoln's birthday is not
day of sec.ionalism. In the south,
whose people were in arms against the
Union, which cause he had been destined
to lead, there is no bitterness of feeling.
In southern homes his memory Is sin
cerely f,onored. and his untimely death
mourned as the loss OF a victor who in
the hour OF triumph would have been as
magnaminous as only a great, gentle
hear. could be. and whose labor would
have been to forge again, strong and
firm. the bonds of Union that had been
but temporarily severed.
The Birthday OF Lincoln, although he
was q great central figure at a time
when the nation was almost dismcm-
bered by terrible civil war, is in truth
a national holiday in this period OF re-
union and burial of sectional animosI-
ties, for every American recognized and
now remembers him, not as a man of
war, but as a man of peace. and one
whose greatest love was his love of
country and all its people. with malice
toward none and charity for ALL"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-12

Probably no state in the Union has
furnished an instance OF such infamous
partisan legislation as that which has
passed the Kentucky senate, and is pref
ty sure to pass the house by 4 Demo-
cratic majority sufficient to make 1t
law over the governors veto. So out
raseous Is the bill In its character and
avoTed purpose that conservative DEM
ocrats denouncc It and all decent citl-.
zens blush for the credit OF the state.
The legislature is almost solldly Bryan
lite in It's composition. This bill is de-
signed 10 make It Impossible for any
other party 10 have chance of carrying
the state, and Is high handed enough to
completely render all opposition to the
silver faction powerless to obtain ordi-
nary rights. 1t is known as the Force
BILL" and its author, Mr.. Goebel. is the
prospective Democratic candidate for
governor. It provides that all future
elections shall be under the control of a
state. commission of three to be elected
by the present legislature, and to hold
their offices for four years. They are to
appoint three commissioners In each
county, who Shall appoint all the elective
and registration officers for their coun-
ties. The intent OF this law is plain. It
means that the silverites in the saddle in
Kentucky are determined that the state
shall never again give Republican ma
jority at a state or national election.
Every election officer is to be the crea-
turs OF this body, which has already
shown It's Intolerance OF RepubIicanisn
and conservative Democracy in other
ways. No voice is to be given the MI
nority. It is partisanship run mad and
looks to the wiping out OF Republican
majorities In many counties. This is the
avowed purpose. When the Popocra:ic
press and the silveritcs raise their
voices in hypocritical cries about
frauds and inhmida.ions," let honest
men point them to the Kentucky lcglsla-
ture, where the radical populistic wing
OF the Democracy is enac;ins a law that
means a great deal more than It says
upon ito face and will put an end TO fair
elections IN the old blue grass state.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-12
Kidney and Bladder Troubles Quickly Cured
You May Have Sample Bottle Of the Great Discovery
Dr. Kilner's SwampRoo, Sent Free by Mail

Men and women doctor their troubles
so often without benefit. that they get
discouraged and skeptical. In most
such cases serious mistakes are made In
doctOring and IN not knowing what our
trouble is or what makes us sick. The
,lmmistnknhlc evidences of kidney
trouble are pain or dull ache In the back.
too frequent desire TO pass water, scnnty
supply. smarting Irritation. AS kidney
disease advances the face looks snlldw
or pale. puts or dark circles l;nder the
eyes. the feet swell and sometimes the
heart aches badly. Should further EVIL.
dencc be needed TO find out the cause of
sickness, then get urine aside for twen-
ty-four hours; II there is sediment or
settling 1t is also convincing proof that
our kidneys and bladder need doctorinE.
A5fact often overlooked, Is that women
suffer as much from kidney and bladder
trouble as men do. s
n DR.. kllmcr's Swamp Root Is the dis
coVcrys of the eminent physician and
scientist and Is not recommended for
everything, but will be found Just what
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-12

Is needed In cases Of kidney and bladder
disorders or troubles due TO weak kid
ncys. such rs catarrh of the bladder,
gravel, rheumatism and Bright's Dis
case. which is the worst form OF kidney
trouble 1t corrects inability to hold
urine and smarting In passing 1t. and
promptly overcomes that unpleasant ne
cesslty Of being compelled to get up
many times during the night.
The mild and the extraordinary effect
OF this great remedy Is soon realized.
; 1t stands the highest for It's wonderful
cures. Sold by druggists. price nifty
cents and one dollar. So universally
successful Is Swamp Root In quickly
curing oven the most distressing cases,
that to Prove its wonderful merit you
may have n sample bottle and n book of
valuable information, both sent abso-
lutcly free by mail. upon receipt OF three
two-cent stamps to cover cost OF postage
on the bottle. Mention Wheeling Weekly
1ntclligencer and send your address to
DR.. Kllmcr & Co.. Dlnghnmpton, N. Y.
This generous offer appearing In this
paper 10 q guarantee Of genuincneas.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-12

Jesus showed fearless independence,
he broke with the nrejudces of his
people. when he called Matthew to be
his apostle. He practically declared
that a man was man In spite OF the
accident of his vocation. Mat
thew proved himself entirely worthy of
Jesus confidence and honor. He is an
ideal annalist. Witness his prompt
obedience. His modesty, also,, Is appar-
ent. He Keeps his personality In the
background. His sympathy with his
fellow-publicans prompts him to bring
them under the influence OF his new
found Master. =. ID. Jesus adorned
and beautitled with his presence the So
cial functions of his day, One OF tho
chief diversions of the Oriental fete was
puzzle-puttins. Jesus condescended 10
1t when he spoke of new cloth and old
garments: Of fermentlng wine and old
wine-skins. -. 4 practical principle
Is here irradiated. Phariseeism, an
cient and modern. the exponent OF
which is that word Sacrifice" gathers
up It's robes and spurns the Sinner.
Christlincss. on the other hand, seeks
the leverage of social contact In order
to uplift him. The principle can. how
ever. be overworked. =. :. The inutIle
and unhandsome character of religion
of rote Is Indicated By our Savor's COM
parison. 1t Is threadbare garment, q
dry winc-skln, unsafe and best dis
carded. -. Bengel afIirms that
Jesus style OF quoting the Scriptures
Gas in this instance, II will have mercy
and not sacrlflce,") is full of decorum
and majesty. His manner differs from
that of his disciples. He does 1t, not as
II he depended upon It for authority, but
10 convince his hearers by 1t. He
quotes 1t more to his enemies than TO
his disciples; for the latter believed in
him. -. -. The attack OF the Phar-
isees upon Jesus through his disciples
was cowardly In the extreme. They
sought to clandcstlncly undermine and
ALLEVIATE his followers. But Jesus over
heard their muttcring. His answer, like
4 scalpel. laid open the thoughts and
inteDts OF their hearts. -. Seemingly
sudden metamorphosIs OF publican into
apostle may not have really been SO.
In the case Of Matthew. as IN several
OF the apostles there may have been
preceding anticipqtory call. and a dis
mission to the old environment, where
final prepare ton could be made for
life enlistment.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-12
The publle.,lon rcl,y statement.

In commenting on the action of coun-
ell in voting downthc proposition 20 pub
lish the annual city statement in alIthe
papers in Wheeling, the Register makes
the following statement:
In this connection. we recall that some
twenty years ago the city was In hard
straits and economy had TO be enforced.
A resolution was passed by council calling
for bids from the newspapers for the pub
lication OF the city statement. The Reg
lister made bid at a low figure. The In
teliigencer made none. The statement ac-
cordingly was published In the Register
alone. The lntellgencer thereupon. pro-
ceeded 10 indulge in Il wild and prolonged
howl against the injustice, the outrage OF
publishing the city, statement in but one
paper OF the city, thus depriving all those
who did not read that one paper OF seeing
the annual statement Of the city's imam
cial condition. Now. however, the Intelli-
gencer looks with client complacency on q
proceeding that limits the publicity OF The
city statement much farther than that, not
even allowing the newspapers to bid on
the publication. according to the law but
giving It to a paper OF less circulation In
reward for Its slavlsh adherence TO the
city hall ring and Its support Of tho rings
schemes to blk the taxpayers, but chiefly
as we have shown, to give vent to pettv
and malicious spite against the Register,
which has stood In the way and baked
those schemes.
80 lar as TINS newspaper IS concerned
rms statement " "noiiy unwarranted.
Mi'ae iisht mas the register 10 assume
mag 'he 5if'eii'sehcer 1aVors "liml,-
ing 10 one paper ,ne publication OF the
Guy statement! ias II ever said SO. or
mas u ever oS wora or action indicated
us "es'fe nor 70 see 'he statement OF the
Guy gwen a proper clfcniaton?. Why
sHou,a i nave Suen deS're? Is there
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. + = d.
there Is no need Of going TO the extent OF
making unwarranted assertions. Az for
the Intelllgencer, Il has always consist.
emily held that Official statements OF this
nature. ehould be given to the public. II
Is customary almost everywhere 20
make the publication In a leading news
paper representing each political party
In the community concerned. thus Civ
ing a reasonable publlcityto taxpayers,
mnst OF whom are reached by two lead.
Ing papers, each representing opposite
political views. The 1ntelllgehter secs
no objection to this, and sees no reason
why 1t should not be done. THE posi-
tlon Is consistent with custom and with
this papers We've In the post on the
subject. Even the Register does us
credit 10 recall that the Intelllgehcer adj.
vocatcd this policy twenty years ago.
II there are members OF council who
do not coincide with this view why
should the Register go out OF Its way
both to lmpugn their motives and to at
tribute to the Intel'lgencer an attitude
It never held?
The members OF council who voted
against the proposition to unnecessarily
include every paper published in Wheel
Ing IN the resolution were reasonable
from their point OF view. A fair COM
promise on the just line above referred
to might have been successful. These
gentlemen who opposed the proposition
are honest men, ani 30 are those advo-
eating It. There should be a limit to
public expenditures for such purposes,
however, and It was q question as to
whether such resolution should include
all papers In the city. Suppose the city
contained a dozen papers, some OF
email circulation, would not the Regis
ter favor limiting the publication to a
reasonable number? Sometimes resolu-
lions OF this nature in a legislative, body
are too sweeping? And sometimes lcgl-
Innate criticisms OF public servants are
too inconsidera,e, particularly when they
include personal impulations concerning
their motives.
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Tho International Sunday School Lesson.
rsbraary u, 1898. Matthew Il, o-17.
The Cali OF matthew.

Likely some sullen Jew was casting
down the odlous Roman tax to the rev.
enuc oilicer, whom he esteemed trail
tor TO his country for serving as It's coll
lcctor. when Jesus passed by, and ut
tered those tallsmanlc words. Follow
me-" That dollhouse was Instantly
closed. Accounts were balanced, n set
Element made, and the publican be-
came the apostle In honor OF
his new-tound Master. Matthew gave q
reception. 1t was such an one as his
ample house and means enabled him TO
give. II was an opportunity for him 10
Master TO unfold. under these social uu-
spices, the principles OF his kingdom to
class severely ostracizcd, ~. The
sanctlmonious objection OF the Pharl-
sees to Jesus mourning ceremonial poll
luton by eating With sinners, served
him as a text. II was manifestly Justi-
fable to coptract Il technical denlement.
" by doing so one could DO y merciful
kindness. Loving lielpfulness Is the
thing God delights In. In comparison
with II. ceremonlals are as the dust In
the balance. This reveals the Savior's
motive In accepting Matthews invita-.
ton His presence Is no austere curb
to Jest and jollity. He enters. with
the real zest OF heal,hful nature, up
on the amenities OF the occasion. Blu,
his dominating purpose. wltlal. Is 10
act as physician TO those who were con-
scious OF their soul-slckness.. TO
the disciples of John the ascetlc. the
fcstiylty OF the occasion Is lnconGru-
Gus. Their covered protest leads Jesus
to affirm the essential joyousness OF the
new dispensation. which finds It's ana
logue In the superlatlvely happy ORR
entail occasion OF the bridegroom and
his companion seeking the bride. Even
at this carly date there Is a prepara-
tory hint OF the brief eclipse OF this joy
when u Violent separation shall take
place. !. -. &. Jesus closes this post
prandial discourse with the admisFion
OF the hopeless antagonism OF the new
dlspensation with the old--not indeed as
the latter had originally been given but
rs men had made It vain through their
traditions. The alignment OF the sys-
tenn OF Jesus with that OF the Phari-
sees Is shown to be as impracticable as
patching old cloth with new or trying
TO keep fermentlng wine In old bottles.
The tattered garments Of the old dis
pensation are to be entirely discarded.
The believer Is to array himself in
wholly new robe. The lively spirit of
the kingdom of grace must find new
forms in which 10 cnshrine Itself.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-12

An unusual thing has happened. A
king has diedbyhls OWE hand and the in
cident has attracted nothing more than
a passing notice. This ruler was self
made king. He even found his own
kingdom and created mis- power all BY
himself. But he Is dead noI, and died
on American sob, AZ Ell Paso. Texas,
among American citizens, every one be-
ing In his own inherent right a more
powerful sovereign than this self-made
monarch. The cause OF mis- death was
poison, administered by his own hand,
after short career in which he suffered
failure in the pursuit of an eccentric
ambition. James !, prince Of Trinidad.
was his sclf-gIven title. Baron Harden
Hickey, French duellist, author and
dreamer, more correctly designates him
He was a son-ln-law OF John H. Flag
Ter, the Standard oil magnate
During sea voyage in the South Al
lantlc, $50 miles OFF the coast OF Brazil,
a ship on which Baron Hickey was a
passenger was blown onto little islet,
hve miles long and three miles wide,
called Trlnidad-not the Trinidad fur
Their north SO well known 10 navigators.
This little, Trinidad didn't appear to be-
long to anybody, and Hickey took pos
session OF 1t in his own name. Then his
dream to establish kingdom. with him
self as the founder of dynasty, began.
He conceived n plan OF government and
came to America and issued a prospcc-
tus. inviting subscriptions and emil
grants TO populate his Kingdom: for
what would king be without subjects?
The baron issued manifesto to the
powers declaring himself King James ],
OF i'rlnidad. But while the king was In
New York arranging TO start off his
kingdom with becoming eciat, the Eng
lish lion was prowling around in the
Southern Atlantic, and, seeing the little
i3lct, true 10 haS!t he has, pounccd
upon II In the nama of the British queen
for cable station. That ended King
Jamcs's dream. for neither the queen Of
England nor Uncle Sam would heed his
protests against the grab"
SO twas that King James ]. prince of
Trinidad, three years later. an exile
from his unpeopled kingdom, and unac-
companied By pomp or ceremony, found
himself In FL Paso. Texas. and the dis
patches from that point bring the an
nounccmcnt that the king Is dead from
dose OF chloral. There were no tear
nj subjects to mourn for him. and to
shout The king is dead; long live The