Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-06-02

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II. [. SNYDER, editor and Proprietor,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES w. VA.
THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1898.
The Peace Society has gone out Of
business.
SEVERAL of the European powers
are coquetting with Uncle Sam.
ABOUT one-half the war news these
days is lies and the other half not so.
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ADMIRAL CEvERA has gone into a
hole and pulled the hole in after him,
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OF course nepotism is very bad
thing. But who wouldn't be guilty
of it?
IF Spain has any desire to make
peace she'd better attend to the mat
ter before we make pieces of her.
WEST VIRGINIA may offset Teddy
Roosevelt's company of cowboys by
furnishing a regiment of colonies.
HAVANA has snap, for our navy
is not doing thing to the city. We
are probably saving it for something.
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IT is stated that SPANS war ships
greatly need docking. After Sehley
gets through with them they will need
doctoring.
It's costing lot of money to run
this war. There's so little fighting we
feel as If We are hardly getting our
moneys worth
LESS than a half dozen men have
been killed on our side since the war
began, but they count heavily TO those
who lost them.
AS evidence that the United States
intends TO carry on the war upon a
high plane, it may be noted that four
balloons have been sent to the front,
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IF it is really true that the Spanish
fleet is bottled up in the harbor Of
Santiago, we hope that Commodore
Schley willsee that the stopper is kept
in.
THE thermometer down around Gu
ba stands at us in the shade. And
it Will probably get a good deal hotter
pretty soon, if We can find the Span
ish.
IT took couple of weeks to find
the Spanish fleet, and now that we
have found them We can't get at EN-.
Wonder if Dewey couldn t smoke them
out?
THERE'S a good deal of kicking be-
cause so many dudes are joining the
army. We don't believe in overload
ing with them, ofcourse, but the Yam
kee doodle do for almost any purpose.
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GOVERNOR ATKINSON has licked
horns with the United States govern
ment again. All the officers of our
new regiment are with him, and the
privates-wen, they don't count, as
there are none.
AT the Republican primaries in
Tucker county last Saturday Congress
man Dayton secured twelve Of the
thirteen votes Of the county. We do
not see what will prevent Mr. Dayton
from getting the nomination.
A GOOD many persons appear to be
Jealous of the fact that the sons of dis
tinguished men are being appointed as
officers in the army. Perhaps they
won't feel that way when these SOL
diers are brought back home full OF
lead.
JOE LETTER made $4,5OOOOO the
past year on the wheat the farmers
raised, and which they sold at small
profit before the price went up. Now
if Joe wants to do the square thing
he will keep the price up until the
farmers can unload at a nice profit
some Of the wheat now almost ready
for the harvest.
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We don't know that our opinion
will count for much with the board OF
strategy, but nevertheless we do not
hesitate to express our belief that it is
poor policy to attempt to starye out
the Spanish in Cuba, where nature is
so lavish of her gifts that four crops
grow in year. We can whip them a
great deal handler than we can staryc
them.