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MOTIVE OF THE WAR
A Thrilling oratoricai Rendsting Of th
Real Qualification. p fifta

a Thrilling oratoriesi Hsndsting OF tho
Real Qualification. =.
Detroit Free Press: We don our hat
hat to Representative Dolllver, OF Iowa,
for the best statement OF the national
purpose in the war with Spain that has
been heard in the house OF representa-
tyes.. ~ }2
It was a thrilling orntorical rendering
Of the justification that was set down
with dlspass!onate and judicial calm
ness and completeness in the execu-
tlve's communication to. congress.
e What freeman would be ashamed to
have his children read these eloquent
utterances as hlstory'S record OF the
motives that impelled their country TO
take UP the sword?
9"But the nation OF America, laying
down, as fondly believe and hope
every trace OF partisan controversy and
dlssension, in the fear of God, counting
oil the cost, will exact from Spain In
demnity in fuil for all the abuses OF
the past: not the spot Of subjugated
provinces. but tho emancipation OF an
oppressed race: not the ransom OF be-
sieged cities, but the creation Of a new
commonwealth; not the coinage Of a
bankrupt treasury, but the nobler sat
isfactlon OF helping to, raise flag Of a
free nation, once dishonored, outlawed
and despised, now clothed with beauty
and victory, and destined to stand
stand guard forever In tender gratltude
above our unforgotten heroes OF the
Maine. =
Holding fast to this consecrated con-
ception the nation need have no concern
us to the vindication Of Its purposes, the
approval OF Christendom and Of Its own
conscience, and the favor OF high
heaven"
Let no one despair OF the popula!s
branch OF the legislative department OF
the government when It contains men
who are capable OF such sublime con-,
ceptions Of national duty, and OF such
inspiring statements as Representative
Dolliver has given the country In the
above EXCERPT shHIt -t5
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THERE Is more catarrh In this Sec
tlon OF the country than oil other dis
eases put together, and until the last
few years was supposed to be incurable.
For q great many years doctors pro-
nounced 1t @ local disease, and pre-
scribed local remedies, and by constant
ly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced-it incurablc. Science has
proven catarrh to be constitutional!
disease, and therefore requires constitu.
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. y. Cheney 6; Co.,
Toledo. Ohio. is the only constitutional
cure on the market. 1t Is taken inter-
nally in doses from ten drops to tea.
spoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any
case 1t falls to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials Address Z
FL. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O. /:
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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The signing, of trade reciprocity
treaty between the governments Of tho
United States and France does not look
as though the French government Is
aching to take hand against this coun-
try in the spanish-American war. not
wlthstandlng the tone OF the French
press. Colncidcnt with the announce
ment OF the treaty Is the further rciter-
alton that France will preserve q strict
neutrality.
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DEVIOUS DEFINITIONS,

Navy-The basis OF our floating debt.
Tea He-The laugh peculiar to q spin
ster.
wlt-one who Gees things through a
distorted glass.
{ Bribery-The only berry that flourish
es all the year round.
Agnostic-A man who disbelieves be-
cause he thinks he knows.
Bluff-Somethlng that is frequently
substituted for brains.
Amateur-The shield OF a man who
realizes his incompetency.
Matrimony-The crematory in which
love Is often reduced to ashes.
Hope-A telescope that makes success
look large and failure small.
Notwithstanding that woman
doesn't want, bought with money she
can't afford.
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The invasion Of Puerto Rico. It IS be-
lleved, will be the first undertaking,
with the purpose OF cutting the Span
iards of from their main source Of sup
ply outside Of Cuba, and that the inva-
zion Of Cuba will occur simultaneously
with the bombardment OF Havanu. Tho
object is to take possession of the two
Islands as soon US possible. which would
make the ending of The war @ matter OF
but q short while. after the volunteers
are ready TO move.
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Thu. Spanish Canard.

The precise object the Spanish jour
nallstic genius had in view in construct
ang a circumstantial story OF disas-
I trous defeat Of the United States flying
squadron off Jamaica by the Spanish
Cape Verde fleet. and setting Europe
4 and the United States momentarily on
= edge with excitement, is hardly explain
able. Had the fake" not been so bold,
: and the news agencies and the govern
ments been in SO close a touch with the
real situation at the particular time the
: dispatch was given out. we might to-
day be in q condition OF mind between
tito credit, was intended by the Span
doubt and fear which would be exasper-.
ating, to say the least.
II the story, related with such circum-
stantial detail. Notwithstanding it lack
ed some important essentials to enHtle
ish. government, or any one connected
with It. to bolster up the spirits Of the
ignorant Spanish populace, as other
similar reports have before done, 1t can
: only serve for a brief time toward post
poning the terrible crisis that Spain
must meet at home. There Is no Abra-
ham lincoln in Spain to warn the poor
tlliterates, who are at the mercy of a
designing government, that all the peo-
pie: can be fooled part Of the time, a
part OF the people all the time, but that
/, all the people cannot be fooled all the
time.
Z; Spain does not seem competent to pos.
sess 60 wise q prophet, but IS going
on the principle that any sort Of tactics
that will deceive the ignorant masses
will serve n purpose to restrain the
growing restlessness and lack OF conf
dence which threaten the throne and
i the fall Of the government. These
5!"wise" statesmen do not seem to con-
slider that the revulslon Of feeling, when
d the truth becomes known. and the de-
ceit. with all that 1t means, begins to
dawn upon the minds of the population
Of degenerate Spain. will be thousand
times more dangerous than frank deal
fng would be.
Intelligent nations Of Europe who are
I witnessing the cowardly. the evasivc
nature of the conduct OF the war by
/ Spain, which Is In such strong contrast
TO the boastfulness and arrogance Of the
Y men at the head OF the government, and
The constant deceit that they are prac-
;.ticing upon the Spanish people them
3 selves, must feel growing disgust at
4 the utter lack OF real honor displayed
4 by; the government which Is seeking TO
play the martyr In counting their more
z active sympathles.
Perhaps the Spanish government had
I really no hand In the preparation Of the
1 canard, which sought to convince the
{ Spanish people that their fleet. of which
& they expected such great things, is &C.
! complaining the purpose for which the
\ government boastfully announced 1t had
sailed, instead of being bottled UP in a
y narrow flarbor and is as helpless and In
4 effective as if It were at the bottom OF
the sea. II such 10 the case. and the
Spanish government IS innocent, It Is
difficult to understand the object Of
: the story which had not even the slight
est basis for q Foundation.
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: LATE to bed and early to rise, pre-
pares man for his home In the skies.
Early to bed and Little Early Riser,
the pill that makes life longer and better
and wiser. Charles II. Goetze, Market
and Twelfth streets: Chatham Sinclair,
Forty-sIxth and Jacob streets: A. e.
Scheehle, No. COZ Main street: Exley
Bros. Penn and Zane streets: Bowie &
Co., Bridgeport.
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II "a British merchantmen sunk of Fire
Island by the United States cruiser Col
,umbia, in collision In q FOG, on Sum
day. and another British steamer cap
turcd by on American vessel while try
ing to run the blockade Mt Santiago,
with q cargo OF coal. are Incidents
which nervous people need not fear arc
going to get US into. any trouble with
England. The fret affair was an un-
pYoldoble accident, such as often occurs
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in a heavy FOG. The crew was rescued
by the American cruiser. In the second
case the British steamer. was carrying
contraband Of war and was violating the
neutrality laws. She was not naval
vessel but was carrying the British nag.
The government OF Great Britain will,
Of course, sustain the United States YES.
eel's notion.
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Everybody entered into the. observ-
once OF Memorial Day yesterday with
renewed enthusiasm on learning the
confirmation of the reports tlnt the
Spanish fleet is prisoner In the har-
Dor ut Santiago, with Commodore
Schlcy and his bravo crews on guard.
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nllow to euro Al skin Dl,en,e..r

! Simply apply "SWAYNE's ONT
MENT." No internal medicine rcqulr-
ed. Cures tcttcr. eczema. Itch. NIL erup-
lions on the faco. hands, nose, otc.. lcav-
ing tho akin clear, white and healthy.
It's great healing and curative powers
nre possessed by no other remedy. Ask
your druggist for SWAYNE'S ONT
MENT. Avoid substitutes. tths&w
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The delay In getting the volunteer
army ready for the invasion Of Cuba
seems to be due to the inability Of con-
tractors to fill their orders for supplies
sooner. It Is big undertaking to equip
O brand new army OF $4,000 men in q
short time when everything had to be
done new from the start The country
Is learning a lesson 1t will profit by in
the future, or. correctly speaking, our
statesmen who sit in the halls of Con-
gress ore learning such q lesson.
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Flag Of tho free hearts hope and home!
s BY angel hands to valor given: s
Thy. stars have lit the welkin dome,
And all thy hues were born in Heaven.
Forever float that standard sheet!
II Where breathes the foe but falls be-
sttt- fore us.
With Freedoms soil beneath our feet,
~ And Freedoms banner streaming DER
5ss;sttsysli Joseph Rodman Drake.
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stroyed an imaginary American fleet on
jamaica. The report of the engagement
sent from Spain to the Paris paper had
the same familiar sound as that which
used TO distinguish weyler's victories
over the insurgents in Cuba. 81
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THE INTELLIG ENCER.
WHEELING, MAY al. 1905.
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.

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meet at the office OF the secretary. 14l7
Chapline street, Wheeling. on Tuesday,
June Z, Mt 1880 p. M, TO fix fhe time and
place and complete the Arrangements for a
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PASSING pLgAsRNTR1Es.

Edltor-1n Smiths obituary wrote
He met his death like hero and It
comes out He met his debts like a he
ro.' Foreman-I'm very sorry. Editor
I wouldn't care SO much, only / do so
hate anything that smacks OF adulation
OF the dead.-Detroit Journal. d
According to the nebular hypothesis,
star is made by a uebulous particle
Joining with countless other particles"
remarked tho observer OF men and
things. (which OF course doesn't account
for the dramatic star. A dramatic star
Is made by a nebulous particle swelling
up."-Detroit Journal. rs
Hungry Tourist-Waiter, two eggs.
pleased! Boil them four minutes. Wait
er-Yes, sir; be ready in half second,
sir.-Tit Bits. iS,g
Rough on Him.-He (unreasonably)-
Were you ever in love before you met
me? She Clghtly)-oh, yes; but never
since.-Harper's Bazaar. 3N
A Movable Epoch.-"What is time
immemorlal.' Uncle JIm?" "Time i'm
memorial is as far back as you feel
posted on ancient hlstory."-Chicago
Record.
Judge Ito wife OF defendant)-So you
were present when your husband broke
Into the girls high school "Of course
! was! Would your wife allow you to
break into girls high school aIone7"
Fllesende Batter.
An Affair OF Honor.-Farmer SWEET
You say you belong to the army Of the
unemployed? Well, now, my friend. I
guess kin give You something OF a. Job
to-day. Toyle Knott-What! An have
me be Geserter from de army? Ye
don't know military ethics. do ye?-.
Puck.
The War spirit.-The two young
hunters had killed a rabbit Lets cut
him open down the back said Johnny,
'and each take half" my paw says
this Is no time for splitting hares."'i
sternlv answered Tommy, the older Of
the two. I'll take all OF him myself
Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. I'll am worried because my
husband Is keeping something from me,
and don't know what 1t is. Mrs. s.
My husband, too. Is keeping something
from me, and I am worried because I
do know what 1t Is. Mrs. T.-Indeed!
What is 1t? Mrs. Sit is money.-Tit-
Bits SIS,
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'T1sN'T safe to be day without DR..
Thomas Eclectric Oil In the house.
Never can tell what moment an accident
Is going to happen. -
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The New York yellow Journal, which
has made Itself particularly offensive in
the way OF embarrassing the hands of
the government, by its abuse Of the
President and violations Of all the laws
Of decency. now edltorially and at length
rebukes as reasonable the suggestion
OF correspondent that the President 10
wording the conduct OF the war for par
ty purposes. 1t moreover declares that
no true American will at this time seek
to create such an impression. Where
upon, we feel called upon to remark that
while the lamp holds out to burn, the
vilest sinner may return"
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Cervera's only hope seems to be that
the Cadlz feet will come to release him
from his enforced stay Mt Santiago.
Cervera has larger fleet with him than
the one he looks. to for rescue. In this
connection. the crews on board Cervera's
vessels can put in the time reviewing
the speech Cervera made to them pre-
vious to sailing for the West Indies, In
which they were told that they were
about to 80 on mission to uphold the
honor OF Spain and crush the American
navy. OF course the world will never
know their private opinion Of the way
matters have turned out.
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Perhaps It was weylcr's typewriter
that fought battle and partially de-
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Tho 1NTELLlGENCER, embracing It's
several editions. is entered in tho POST
ONCE at Wheeling. W. Va. as second.class
matterl t41.Eq III, tfstg ,tIss
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TAsTER CARDS ~ CLOSE oVh
IL VERY CHEAT ~ r,mss CO.
Pittsburgh Dispatch. Post ,,l EIss!ss:s
mcrcial- Gazette; CinclnhSvtnr k and el...i
CommerciaI-Tribune: New i literary u
leading dailics delivered, ,rrry. G&'s
Fashion Journals. sta'iO"S
Hymns. n,IlMBN 4
i ID. Market 81 s''''. !.
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A song for our fleets-our gallant fleets,
Meath flags OF glory flying.
That carry. the aid, so long delayed,
To those that are crushed and dying!
And flames may glow. and blood may flow;
But still, with n stern endeavor, 81 y
Well rule the main, and lash foul Spain
From our Western world forever!
z Will Carleton,
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Hungry Tourlst-walter, two eggs,
pleased! Boil them four minutes. Wait
er-Yes, sir; be ready In half second,
sir,-Tit Bits.
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Our Elesta.

tia A.'..- ~. -. Our Fleets. "a
A song for our fleets-our iron fleets
OF grim and savage beauty,
That pillow their way through fields Of
spray, 2
To follow a nations duty! Sd
The winds may blow and the waves may
flow ~ !
And tho stars may hide their faces,
But little we reck: our stars DER deck
Still glitter within their places.
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Rough on Him.-He (unreasonably)-
Were you ever In love before you met
me? She Qlghtly)-oh, yes; but never
since.-Harper's Bazaar. "
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Jfir1aE u c. D. ELLIOT, Chairman.
Nv. ]. W. COWDEN, Secretary nl4ilfF:
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Let never 4 one who gazes on
This pageant calm but splendid az
Doubt that our coasts from hostile hosts
VIII calamity be defended! ~ ~
A desperate foe may wish us woe;
But what Is their petty knavery
Against the right, when backed with
might, Is,
And the Anclo-Sa1on bravery? - i
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A Movable Epoch.-"What Is time
immemorlal.' Uncle JIm?" thine i'm
memorial Is as far back as you feel
posted on ancient history. Chicago
Record.
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Judge Ito wife Of defendant)-so you
were present when your husband broke
Into the girls high school. "Of course
! was! Would your wife allow you to
break into girls high school alone?"
Flle2ende Batter.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-04

quarter of a pound OF good ginger,
chopped fine; one quart of water and
a cup of graduated sugar for about
fifteen minutes. When cool add cup
of juice, one-half being orange and the
other half lemon; strain and freeze.
This should be served in punch glasses;
cake may be passed with it, but no
wine, as ice water is the only accom-
paniment in the way Of drink; for ice
cream or ices.
Potatoes ere seldom mashed prop
erly, they are often served full of Jumps
when they ought to be perfectly
smooth; everyone should own a potato
masher; it is almost as necessary to a
household as the dishpan, for there are
other things that require MASKING as
we'll as potatoes. After they have boil
ed in salt water until done drain off
the water and mash fine; melt a piece
of butter in half a cup of boiling milk,
add little salt and mix well with the
mashed potatoes until they are smooth;
spread a little butter over the top and
place in the oven for a few minutes,
to let them brown. MARTHA.
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SCENE CHAMBER, COLONIAL POLICY
4, IL

labor after their vacations. Some of
them are here to make their last fights,
while others return with the knowledge
that they will serve in congress for at
least one more term. The recent cleo
ton in several states will in a great
measure change the personnel of the
house of representatives and the SEN
ate, and several Of the men who have
become well known at the national
capital will retire from active service
in the government when congress adj
journs in March next.
The coming session Of congress
promises to be one of the liveliest and
most interesting in the history of the
nation. There will be many intricate
and knotty questions brought before it
to be unravelled and settled. Those
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many prisoners who were entered as
criminals were in reality men who
were behind the bars II political Of
lenses.
Meanwhile the condition of these
men and women was improved as much
as was possible under the circum-
stances. According to the prevailing
Spanish custom, there was no thought
of sanitation when the prisons were
erected, and the years of use had made
them frightful pest holes. Some of the
prisoners were found in cells reeking
with dampness and filth and in many
cases were several inches deep in pu-
trid mud and water.
The illustration shows the entrance
to one of the prisons, and one can
easily imagine how fearfully the in
mates much have suffered in such a
structure.
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increase the revenues made necessary
for carrying on hostilities. AS is well
known, the war cost the government
considerable sum of money, and the
receipts from the tariff have not been
sufficient as yet to reimburse it for its
outlay. Then, again, there will be
many other matters of greater import
ance to be taken up which will require
the Immediate action of congress. For
example, the disposition of the terri
tory recently acquired. The money
question does not. in my opinion, de-
mand immediate attention. The time
left for us to dispose of all the ques
tons that have arisen since congress
adjourned is very limited, and I firmly
believe that some of them will have to
go over to be dealt with later. Only
the most important will have the atten
ton of this session of congress, and
while 1 am not going to discuss them
with you l will say that among them
will be the reorganization of the army
and the navy, the disposition of the
new territory and very possibly some
action in reference to the canal scheme
between the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans"
In army and navy circles the chief
topic of conversation is the reorgani-
cation of the two branches of the serv
ice, especially with reference to promo
tions. Both branches are in hopes that