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The age-herald., 1898-07-23

plan of campaign has not been disclosed, nor does it yet appear that Admiral sarnp- sons fleet is to be considerable factor in the occupation of San Juan. Thus far 1t seems to be considered military problem. but the Porto Rican campaign is young yet and the disclosures of the next two or three days undoubtedly will make all things plain.
 The arrival of the second expedition at Manila materially strengthens Admiral Dewey's position. He has now as a sup port about 10000 men, and the third expedi- tion and the monitors Monterey and Monadnock will soon join him. General Wesley Merritt will arrive in the third ex- petition. Admiral Dewey considers the ad interim situation satisfactory, and the peo- pie and the government have complete confidence in his judgment. Whether Manila will be compelled to surrender be- fore the arrival of the third expedition is uncertain. The insurgents in the Philip pines are uneasy, and are restrained with difficulty. The situation is complicated, but the arrival of the third expedition will be followed by a speedy settlement of many troublesome features of the problem.
 The third line of activity consists in the preparations for the sailing of Commodore Watson's eastern squadron. It is delayed by various things, but it's departure at an early date is reasonably certain. This squadron will perhaps be more influential in forcing Spain to seek peace than any other effort of the war. This is in fact it's real mission. There is no desire to invade Spain, or even to seize the Canaries, if peace can be secured. The plans of Com- modore Watson doubtless comprehend ap- pearances and bombardments that will be anything but comfortable to the Spanish people. Such 0 humiliation seems to te necessary in order to prepare the minds of the people for the inevitable terms of sur render and indemnity that must be ac- cepted by Spain in order to secure peace.
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Led to the SIauqhter.

President Mckinley had Hanna until recently upon whom public indignation for misdeeds and shortcomings could be ex- pended, and he now has Incompetent Alger, whom he made secretary of war in return for convention votes duly cast; but if American soldiers are needIessly slaughter ed there by merciless Mausers, with their range of two mles-then no Hanna, no Alger, will avail Sickness will no longer answer. Responsibility will be unerringly located. The man who put the Incompe- tent in office for personal reasons must an- swer to the people.
 The sending of men to the field worse than unarmed in one respect to meet the fire of the best rifle in the world has gone on too long already. The people have been told that smokeless powder in sufficient quantities could not be had, and yet it is now known that many of the cartridges used by the Spaniards around Santiago were made in this country. There has been d iot llSHl DetWeen cOntenu1nS paIenIeeS, and the Incompetent was not able, until recently, to make up his own mind as to which one he wanted.
 The force that General Miles is to lead in Porto Rico is to consist almost wholly of volunteers, and none of them have rifles that can hit barn door 300 yards away. None of them will have a gun from which a ball is propelled in straight course To gain range the gun must be elevated. The ball, therefore, describes part of circle in it's course. It scars. The Spaniards can escape 1t. by lying down. Not so with the Mauser cartridge It goes straight to it's deadly mission. It does not say at the out set to the enemy, Here I am; fire at me-" There is no smoke. There Is death and dreadful wounds at distance that our men, with their anticipated weapons, can- not cope with.
 To send men to battle without proper
The age-herald., 1898-07-23
What fates impose, thot men must needs abide, It bouts not to resist both mind and tide.
 HENRY IV.
imperialism Defined.

The alarmists of both parties-the an cients-have great deal to say about inn perialism territorial expansion and the like. It is chiefly political rubbish and clap-trap- Such phrases are invented to scare people who are timid-to mislead peo- to look at the situation as it really exists.
 When this war is ,ended-wher Spain has enough; when she throws up the po- litical sponge-then will come the question proceed on the old, old lines of all contro- versies-the loser must pay the expenses ot the contest. This rule extends all through the struggles of life. It is encountered in the court room, in private disputes, as well as in national disputes, that have the sea as well as the land for scenes of operation. A, for example, disagrees with over some matter. They quarrel, and finally one of them appeals to the courts for help in obtaining what he considers his rights. A is the moving party. He declares war
 
 between them is fought out there and A wins. What is the real result? Is A sim ply declared to be in the right? Does he win simply victory in the abstract? Is salve to his pride and wounded honor? Not by any means. It includes all that, but it goes much farther B is condemned to pay all the costs of the suit and the lawful and customary expenses that A has been put tdS;. and if has not the ready money bis farms Ssr city lots are seized urta the ex- penses of A are recoupeds-
 That is exactly tne present case. A rep resents the United States, country that will have bill of expenses amounting probably to 5OoOoO,Ooo. These expenses must be paid by B, who stands for Spain. B has no money or credit, but she (the gender has changed) has islands, and these must be seized and held until As bill of expenses be paid, be the time long or short.
 This is all there is in the current talk about territorial expansion. If the men who indulge in it would say that Spain should be let off without paying the costs of the dispute, as France paid Germany, and China paid Japan, and Turkey paid Russia, and Greece paid Turkey, then the public would understand them, and they would mislead no one, and they would stand, Crusoe-like, by themselves, which, by the way, is where they will stand as soon as the people have time to investigate their little tricks of phrasing and political legerdemain
The age-herald., 1898-07-23
GUN FIRE WINS BATTLES
From the snectator.

fTOm the spectator.
 When Captain Mahan was entertained in England at a naval dinner, the speech of the evening was admitted by all to have been made by the American. He reminded his hearers that strategy and armor and new types of gun, and scientific dodges, and all the rest were very good things, but in the last resort what really mattered was the man behind the gun That was true in old wars, and has been proved true again, shooting is after all, what wins the battle Of course, you had better have a gun that will fire, and fire a powerful shot at a longish range, but even if you have got it, 1t is perfectly useless if the men behind it are too excited or have had too little prac- tice to be able to fire 1t straight, and so to hit with 1t. The most deadly patent shell, fired from the newest and most expensive and most scientific of guns is no better than an old round shot fired from gun of Nelson's day if it drops in the water and does not strike the enemy's hull or deck In other words, superiority of gun-hre IS now, as in the days of old the chief thing to look for No doubt you should, as we have said, give your men as good gun to fire with as possible, but teach their officers and them to rely, not upon the ships armor or the range of her guns, or the weight of the metal discharged, or the speed of the engines but upon the power, if need be- to make the enemy's hull look like a porous plaster.
The age-herald., 1898-07-23
GERMANY IN CHINA,
How That Country is Planning to Enlarge Its
 Influence.

From the London Telegraph.
 Germany's sphere of influence is the prov ince of Shantung. If he unsentimental Chinaman posses enthusiasm for any part of his country it is for the promontory state. It was the birthplace and burial place of Confucius and Mencius, and con- tains ai Sham, or Great Mountain, on which Confucius' model, King Shun, offer ed sacrifices on the altar of heaven in B. c. 2254. It is the most poprlous province on the seaboard, containing at least 2S,O00 000,- inhabitants; the Chinese allow it 30,- 0O0,000000 It contains mines of coal and iron and deposits of gold, silver, copper asbestos, gaena, sulphcr, antimony and saltpeter. In the high-lown language of Kiel, "the German eagle has emplanted his talons in this land;" in more sober prose- the Berlin government has leased the town of Kiao-Chau, which is unimportant being only approachable by light-draught junks; the port of Tsintao. where a harbor and docks can be made; the bay on which these docks stand and strip of land 4000 spare miles in extent. It has further acquired mining and railway concessions, and is preparing to exploit the country with Teu- tonic thoroughness.
 A German merchant ir Tientsin, recently returned from Berlin tells me that 2,OOO young men of the one-year military class will be sent out. They will be encouraged to learn Chinese, and, If possible, to re- main in the country as clerks, commercial travellers, or merchant. This a legitimate enterprise and is likely to be successful. But fh all the legations here accessible on the subject find it believed thai special privfedges have been secured, including the right to forbid the construction of any railway in the provrfce which the German government does not approve, and in Ber- lin it has been scmi-officially given out
The age-herald., 1898-07-23
FEAR OF YELLOW JACK EXAGGERATED

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
 Twenty years ago had the people of the south been polled as to the destructive and deadly power of yellow fever and of ty- phoid fever as they were then, yellow fever would have been almost unanimously voted as much the more destructive and deadly disease of the two. Today the vote would be the other way. It must be ob- served that we are not comparing the vel lew fever as it was twenty years ago with typhoid fever in respect of their killing ability; it is the so-called yellow fever as we saw it and heard of it in these parts last year and this year that we are com pairing with typhoid fever in their lethai capacity. And we have no hesitation Tn saying that the so-called yellow fever Of last year and this year does not begin to compete with typhoid fever in swelling the death rate.
 The attack of typhoid fever which is now af1icting the camp at Chickamauga IS iustly far more dreaded than the outbreak of so-called yellow fever among the Ameri- can and Spanish troops at Santiago. and is certain to make greater additions to the mortality.
The age-herald., 1898-07-23
HOW BATTLES ARE WON

From the San Francisco Bulletin.
 Kinglake, in his history of the Crimean war, says that victories in war are brought about by creating an impression on one side that the other is irresistible. This may be done by means of endorsements when the battle is wavering, by the use of weapon seemingly more formidable than any then in use, pr other means of producing a moral effect upon the enemy. The moral effect referred to is much in the nature of a scare, although of course this term is not applied to such troops as gave way when Blucher's corps came up in the nick of time at Waterloo.
The age-herald., 1898-07-23
JUNE AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.

You bid me sing of early dawn, .H And June among the moutains, ii-.s When every dainty, dimpled dell afs Is musical with fountains. ,zlss And every breeze that filtters by T7sf Is freighted with soft kisses; l'1ss And gentle natures loving heart alT5 Seems bursting with its blisses. tEa Where all the blue the sky has lent n Is painted on the lily; n9 And all the bustling world rf1 Has grown so very stilly. ra And where the merry brooklets think They're growing into fountains: And the little hills on tip-toe stand, ., And dream they're giant mountains. Ah yes, and where the mocking bird 4 Repeats the sweet old story; s.s. And grand old trees spread out theif
 arms
 In all their pristine glory.
 Where youths and maideus strool at VIII As in the d avs that were, When Burns and Highland Mary roamsd Beside the banks of Aver.
 Mary Leo St. Clair Springs, July 16. 1S9S J
The age-herald., 1898-07-23

The Atlanta Constitution is growing every day. Its recent Confederate veterans issue papers ever published in this country. Us editor, MT. Clark Howell, is perhaps the youngest man in the country at the head of great newspaper, yet every day he demonstrates his thorough fitness for the place. He is an eminent successor to the 1amented Henry W. Grady.
The age-herald., 1898-07-23
Fatigued
7rom the Indianapollg Journal.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
 Gee! but I'm tired" said the dry goods clerk.
 Had a busy day?" asked the motor- man.
 "There hasn't been much trade but I have been hard at work all day cutting up remnants for our bargain sale tomorrow.d
The age-herald., 1898-07-23

The dudes who roll up their trousers when a rain is reported in London will logically be compelled to limp now that the Prince of Wales has broken his knee cap They should first ascertain, however, which leg is to go lame
The age-herald., 1898-07-23

It is estimated that a wounded soldiers chances for recovery are 75 per cent. better than they were in the civil war. Surgical skill has been greatly advanced in the in terysr.ag time.
The age-herald., 1898-07-23

The talk about the nomination of Colonel Roosevelt for governor of New York is ab- surd Senator Platt makes the nomina- tion and he will not select man that he cannot control.
The age-herald., 1898-07-23

Sanitation should not be spasmodic. Bir- mingham is reasonably clean. Keep it up whether there be yellow fever in Tampa or not.
The age-herald., 1898-07-23

The boys in Miami will please remember that some perspiring is done in Alabama also now w-a-days.
The age-herald., 1898-07-23

We sell Canada $13.5O per capita, but the Mexicans take from us only $1.6S head. Germany and Great Britain are our sue cessful rivals in Mexico.
The age-herald., 1898-07-23

Kansas City has risen to the eminence of being big enough for a two-day circus stand. The town is becoming big-headed over the fact.
The age-herald., 1898-07-23

Camara captured the Virginius. Com modore Watson should make note of this fact
The age-herald., 1898-07-23

The surrender of 25 O0O men at the end of a two weeks campaign is, says the Paris Temps, "a very jaunty result"
The age-herald., 1898-07-23

In this weather one is inclined to think the lot of the North Pole seekers is not so very hard, after all
The age-herald., 1898-07-23

General Blanco should avail himself of the present deadhead excursion to Spain.
The age-herald., 1898-07-23

People are no longer warned against monkeying with a buzz saw. The electric fan has become the objective point of warn- ingS
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NO LIGHT TASK

From the Philadelphia North American.
 Watsons task is clear. To distinguish himself he must extinguish the other fel- low.
The age-herald., 1898-07-23

The needy politicians of the republican Hanna.
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To be entirely safe against germs and organic matter, boil the drinking water
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The Watson expedition has the develop ment of peace feeling in Spain as it's ob. ject.
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As things stand, shafter is the coming lieutenant general. .
The age-herald., 1898-07-23

The postage to Porto Rico will probably be reduced from to cents after August 1.
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The Birmingham amendment should be vigorously pushed.
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Our new port, Santiago, will soon do c big business.
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A sanitary victory is now needed at Sam tiago.
The age-herald., 1898-07-23

Remittances can De made by express. postoffice money order or drafts at current rate of exchange. Address
 THE AGE-HERALD.
 Birmingham. Ala
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-26

Whipped Cream with hot Chocolate
to-day at Madera's, up-to-date Soda
Dispensers.
THE fact became noised abroad
among his parishioners that Rev. II.
c. Rockey, of Shepherdstown, was
needing wood, and one day recently
twelve four-horse teams, each with
cord of wood, drove up to the door
of the parsonage. While some Of
our patrons need money we don't feel
like saying that they must have that
much at once.
THE practice of Christian Science
under the name of belief in predesti-
nation, is responsible for the death
of Miss Lutte Miller, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson Miller, near
Lilydale. Monroe county, Monday
night His illness was of a serious
nature but death would probably have
been ayerted had not her parents re-
fused to administer medicine left by
the physicians, who had diagnosed
the case. They had more faith in
creed than remedy,
A LoT of Heinz pickles, keystone
Dressing, Sauce. A. L. NYE's
Buy anything you want to eat at
Posten's.
If you need anything in rubbers
see Waters & Wilmington.
THE prettiest store in town is the
Athens.
COLONEL THOMAS B. DAVIS has
been discharged as receiver of the j.
l.. Lumber Co., of Dobbin, W. Va,
the affair of the company having
been satisfactorily adjusted. This
property includes one of the finest
lumber mills in the country an I'M
broken track of 300 acres of virgin
timber, and 500 men are employed.
Robert Whitmeyer who has extern
siye lumber interests on the West
Virginia Central has purchased a
controlling interest and will now oper-
ate the plant, assisted by j. Frank
Rumbarger.
Get your razors honed at Adam
Bowers barber shop.
WE handle the best Granite ware
that's made. Makers name on every
piece, Our prices are the lowest in
town The Novelty Co.
For plain or decorated dishes of
all kinds go The Novelty Co.
THE Novelty Co., has a nice line
of toys and Fancy articles.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-26

OFFICE hours s. A. NJ. to II Nj; to
) P. NJ, DIR. A. L. Boyers, dentist,
Crown and bridge work a speciality
DIR. w. e. STEWART, Dentist. First
class, latest dentistry mall its branches
The finest line of Cigars in town
at the Athens Cigar Store.
WHEN you want pair of shoes go
to the only shoe store in town. Waters
& Wilmington up to date.
EVERY citizen should say a good
word for his town. He should re
member it is his home, and hischoice.
He should try to uphold it instead of
tearing it down. He should try to
uphold it instead of driving it away.
He should sing its praises and not its
curses. If he does not, he is false to
his neighbor and false to himself.
You can buy the best and cheapest
oranges at Posten's.
Call and see the prettiest store in
town, The Athens.
SEE H. C. Bakers hardware store
for stoves and ranges. Largest stock
in the state
LADIES, go and see Waters & Whit
tington's heavy sole shoe--were 50. 90,
now 1928.
The alpha" toby is a winner.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-26
ABOUT OUR FRIENDS.
Personal Mention Of Prominent People
Where they are and How they are.

Prof W r. Standiford, of Fair
mont, is here to visit friends.
Senator Wiley who has been in
disposed for several days is much
better to-day. He will be out in a
day orso
Charles Holden is clerking in the
Acme book store during the absence
of II. L. Swisher.
II. L. Swisher who has been over
at Kingwood has returned; also Miss
Mary Dering who has been visiting
relatives over there for a couple of
weeks.
James Whaley, of Uniontown, who
has been in the commercial depart
ment Of the University for some
time has finished his course and
has returned to Uniontown. He is
a brother of the ball player who is
so well known here Smith Whalev
will probably enter school soon and
may be member o. the base ball
team.
E. E. Hayes is here for a visit to
his family.
DR.. F. NJ. Turner has gone to
Wheeling on business.
E. Bunker Reynolds and Mrs. II.
L. Google who have been at Keyser
attending the marriage of his broth
er have returned to Morgantown.
Miss Maud Thompson has re
turned from Parkersburg where she
has been for two months visiting
friends
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-26

THERE are very active operations
going on among Pennsylvania rail
road officials along the Monongahe-
la at several points They are pre-
pairing to begin extension the of their
line up the river and it is very prob
able the coming summer will see the
road well on the way to Morgantown.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-26

New maple syrup at Posten's.

%$%%@@%
NEW maple syrup at Posten's.
All we ask is try the alpha" toby.
A FRESH supply of Whitman's Sc
lect candy-sold only at Maderas.
THE mercury stood at fourteen
above this morning which is not as
mild as some of the weather which
we have recently had
Get your razors honed at Adam
Bowers barber shop.
IT is said 'few die and none re-
sign, yet Berkeley county youth is
distinguished for having accepted
aposition at the Weson Asylum on
Thursday and resigned on the follow
ing Sunday He gave no reason ex-
cept a preference for the home of his
better days, for which he left on the
first train Monday morning. Asylum
life was not just the thing for him,
evidently, and yet there are many
who will hardly credit his entire san
ity
You save 81. % on trip TO Pitts
burg and return by using milage
book. Get them at the Acme Book
Store.
THE Morgantown New DOMINION
says a young man of that town was
troubled with swollen and itching
hands, and his physician said it was
the result of eating fried oystersl
During the war a trouble Of That
kind came of Misunderstanding when
there wasn't an oyster within hun
dred miles, Virginia Free Press.
SEE Waters and Whittingtons line
of hats new spring styles-all shades
and colors.
SEE II c. Bakers hardware store
for cooking utensils of all kind and
fine line of queensware.
A MARRIAGE license has been is
sued to Levi t. Simpson %, and
Nellie O.Hoskinson, of Clay district.
Mr.. Simpson was in before daylight
and is very anxious to prevent the
publication of the fact that he has
obtained the license. Both the par
OlGS dIc lIOu1 UIllS GUILTY..
WE have just received a large line
of Ladies Wrappers. Prices from
so to$100 The Novelty Co
For decorated and plain white
Dinner sets try the Novelty Co.
Their prices are the lowest.
NICE decorated cuspidors 10 and
II cents at The Novelty Co.
THERE were some interesting points
in the case of Jordon VS.. Jordon,
which came up in the circuit court of
Mason county last week. The suit
was over tract Of land which con-
tanned only five acres, and was val
ued at less than $50. 1t was between
two brothers, and the two opposing
counsel in the case were brother e. j.
and L. G.. Somerville The jury
could not agree upon verdict, six
being for the plaintiff and six for the
defendant. And it is said that half
of the jury were Republicans and
half Democrats, the Republicans vot-
ing one way and the Democrats an
other.
New subscribers are constantly
ing their names to the list. Why
ont you join the procession?
EVERYBODY in Morgantown reads
the DAILY New DOMINION Adver.
tisers should remember this fact and
govern themselves accordingly.
RAILROAD tickets bought and sold
at the Acme. Consult us and save
money in travelling.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-26
Bright Promise of Success.

The DAILY New DOMINION, OF
Morgantown, is new venture in the
journalistic field that holds out
bright promise Of success. Editor
Justin Kunkle has a good field and
he appears to know how to cover it,
Berkeley Democrat.