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THERE is more catarrh In this sec
tlon Of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and until the last
few years was supposed to be incurablc.
For great many years doctors pro-
nounced It a local disease. and pre-
scribed local remedies, and by constant
ly failing to cure with local treatment.
pronounced II incurable Science has
proven catarrh to be constitutional
disease, and therefore requires con-
stitutlonnl treatment Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by +. ]. Cheney &
Co., Toledo. Ohio, Is the only constItu-
tional cure on the market. 1t IL taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to n
teaspoonful It acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the sys-
TEN. They offer one hundred dollars
for any case 1t fails 10 cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials. Address
+. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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NEWSPAPER Wales.

An InQulry.-She-We have very
dramatic preacher. He-Yes? Come
dian or tragedinn?- Puck.
A school-teacher lately put the ques.
ton: what is the highest form OF
animal life?" "The giraffe" responded
bright member Of the class.-Tlt-Bits
A Royal Joke.-"The King is hard up
for want of funds" "Yes; he says the
money doesn't know enough to come In
during the Observation-Disclosures Bulle-
tin.
Early History.-"Adam," said Eve
you can stay at home evenings now,
and take care of the baby, instead OF
staying out SO late at the Similar club.
Then It was that Adam began to raise
CaIn.-Baltlmore American.
The Returned Warrior.-"The cap
tain doesn't seem to have much OF an
appetite in the morning" mo, he's so
accustomed, you know, to going out and
killing a few Flllplnos before break
fast. cleveland Plnin Dealer.
Many Of Them.-"Hnve you a family
tree?" they asked. She laughed In a
calm. supercilious way. "a family
tree!" she exclaimed. "One family
tree! Why. we have Just bought a
plantation that has no fewer than eight
orchards. "-Chicago Evening Post.
81 suppose" said his friend, you
hardly needed your college education to
run a paper in such place as Cory
Gulch." "That's whore you're wrong"
said the college graduate; II had to
play football with some irate subscriber
nearly every day."-Philadelphia Re-
cord.
The wolf.-The Chicago man ex-
planned that he had moved into the sub
urbs In order to keep the wolf from the
door. "of course" he hastily added,
observing our puzzled looks, ~ refer to
the flgurative wolf more particularly"
The literal or actual wolves were In
deed more plentiful In the suburbs than
they were down town, but less plentiful
by far, than the New York newspapers
would have one suppese.-Detroit Jour-
nal.
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Ernnrtntion Of Mnnufnctures.

One of the most prominent features
of the present prosperity this country
is enjoying is the growth in the expor-
tatlon Of manufactures. 1t continues
to be one of the marvellous features Of
the export trade of the United States,
which in the nine months ending with
March, 1900. reached the unprecedented
sum of Sl,O53, $50. $50. and thus promises
TO be fully sl.SOO,OOOOOO in the fiscal
year which ends sixty days hence. q:
this large expectation. more than 30 per
cent was manufactures, against 26 per
cent in the corresponding months Of tn =
fiscal year 1899 and % per cent during
the same months of the fiscal year 1895.
For the month of March alone the ex-
ports OF manufactures amounted to $44,-
767,1S9, which is far greater than the
total for any preceding month In our
history, that OF March. 1899. being $685.
lO9,23i. March, 1898, S2S,2l4,54O, March,
1897, $25,S74. 469, and for March, 1895, Sl9,-
lg5, 725, the exports OF manufactures III
March, 1900. being thus more than dou-
bic those of March, 1895. only four years
earlier.
For the nine months ending with
March, 1900 the exports Of manufac-
lures were i31S,27S66s, against 3l63,
1895 for the nine months ending with
March, 1896, the total for the entire per-
Tod having thus nearly doubled In that
time. For the full fiscal year 1t now
seems probable that the total exports
Of manufactures win considerably eE-
coed SiOO,OOO.OOO. while the total for tho
fiscal year 1899, was S33S.G75, 55s. for 1891,
S277 2S5,39l, and for 1895 but sls3.5957iS,
This Increase is found In almost every
important line OF manufactures.
Scientific instruments show nm Increase
in the nine months in question OF from
1901 1853 to A,75O,47I: fibre manufao-
lures Increased from 81 ,oOl 1856 to 1903, p.
957; chemicals, from S195,3ls to So.G74,-
200; paranine, from s5.O5O57a to 1854
$50; agricultural implements, from SO. =.
632 53S to So,GG3,7S7; leather and manu-
features OF, from Sl7,OOs,896 to $50. 723.
1872: copper, from S2G6i4,957 10 NO.596.-
$685. and Iron and steel. from sG72l2. COS
to ISC,0l2,l55. Thus iron and steel, de-
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po1NTEp pARAeRAPns.

The Ice in the lemonade Isn't always
what It is cracked up to be.
Many an otherwise truthful dentist
claims to extract teeth without pain.
a desire to attend strictly to ones
own business Is difficult art to ac-
qulre.
It's permissible for girl to jump at
n proposal Of marriage only during a
leap year
Experience Is sort Of pocket COM
pass that few people think of consult
ing until after losing their way.
A girl may mean well when she of
fars n young man generous slice OF
her angel cake, but he is never quite
sure Of 1t.
Much learning maketh man mad"
says one proverb, and another says: IA
little learning is dangerous thing" so
what are you going to do about it?-
Chicago News.
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May 8 rInging in a "cOId deck.
MEAN TOWNS.


1.-THE meanest place was ever in,"
said the man who travels, us down in
Massachusetts. Say. do you know what
happened while l was stopping there
once? A man had fallen through a hole
in a sidewalk and sustained injuries
that resulted in the loss of his right
arm. He sued the city for damages and
the case was tried before jury, which,
the papers said, was composed Of repre-
sentative citizens. Well, what do you
suppose they did to him? Brought in a
verdict In favor Of the city, holding
that, lnasmuch as he was left-handed,
his injury didn't amount to anything"
Eyes" the cigar man said, that's a
pretty mean town. Il admit but know
OF a worse one. This place Is In Mary
land. An acquaintance Of mine down
there was injured some time ago In
much the same way the man you mem
toned got hurt He fell on bad side
walk and lost one OF his legs. He sued
the city and didn't get anything 1
never heard Just why, but probably be-
cause the jurors didn't believe he need
ed more than one leg In his business,
seeing that he was barber and could
not hold razor or shave a man with
his foot, anyway,
But wait. l haven't come to the
point Mt which the real meanness de-
velopad. Being a poor man, he couldn't
afford to buy a cork leg, 80 he had to
get along with a wooden peg, and one
day while he was crossing the princi-
pal street this peg in some way got
wedgad between couple Of paving
stones right in the middle Of the street
car tricks, It took them nearly an
hour to get him loose. and what do you
suppose happened? Blamed II they
didn't go and fine him $40 and costs Cor
obstructinG tratiic!"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-04

Gus without argument. phe first ten
years actual use Of the Nicaragua ship
canal will save 70 the business interests
OF this country alone more than the en-
tire cost Of the construction Of the
work. Regarding It merely from msr-
ceuary view OF the proposition. looking
At 1t from a business standpoint as a
money saving and money making en-
terprlse. the speedy construction Of the
Nlcaraguan Canal should be advocated
by every business man in the United
statep."
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

There never was really great wo-
man in the world who was not ugly.
The average woman doesn't act near
rs humble In her prayers as she ex-
poets her husband to act to her.
Lots of men who are supposed to be
men with hoes ure only digging bait so
they can sneak off and so fishing to-
morrow.
When a poor girl refuses man and
he atterward marrles a rich one, she
viii go through life insisting that he
did 1t for spite.
The woman that quarrels with her
husband because he sits around the
house In his shirt-sleeves, Is generally
the same one that can never feel really
comfortable till she has got her corsets
off.-New York Press.
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POLITICAL.
OFFICIAL CALL.
First District Republican Congress
sIonoI and Delegate cOnven-
lions.

Tho Republican voters of the First Con-
erosion District are hereby notified that
a convention for the purpose OF nomi-
mating candidate to represent the said
district in the Congress Of the United
States, to be voted for at the ensuing cleo
tion, Will be held at Weston, w. Va.
Wednesday. June G, 1907, beginning at
o'clock p. m.
Letting two delegates and two dlternates
to represent the said district in the Ma
tionai Republican Convention, TO be held
at Philadelphia. Pa, to nominate can
dldate for President and Vice President;
to be voted for at the ensuing presidential
election, will be held at Clarksburg, w.
Va. Monday. May Z, 1900, beginning at 3
o'clock p. M.
The basis OF representation, to prevent
confusion, will be the same as that for
the state nominating convention, to-wit:
One vote for every one hundred votes cast
for G. W. Atkinson for governor In 1886,
and one for every fraction Of one hundred
over fifty.
County committees are reQue5ted to pro-
vide for the selection OF delegates to each
OF said conventions.
HUGO L. LOOS, Secretary.
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Song.
Thou art my pretty daffodil
That tluttcrs In the sun;
on every daffodll look,
Thou art in every one.

Thou art my pretty du1odil
That fluttcrs In the sun;
on every daifodil ! look,
Thou art in every one.
Thou art my golden primrose sweet,
My fair and dainty fower;
In every fold thee behold,
And feel thy fragrant power.
The violet blue the cowslIp, too
They all remembrance bring;
] surely see like to thee
In every lovely thing.
Thou art my rose. my lily white,
My mnrlgold and pink;
No pretty bud the field doth stud
But OF thee, dear. | think.
Some beauty in them. one and ali,
But whispers OF thy face,
Thy happy mind, thy gentle soul,
Thy loveliness and grace,
Sing helRh, sing no. md will go
Annoying all the year,
And more and more viii I adore
The blossoms that appear.
Then hot again, and height again:
No winter shall sec.
Since In thy face the hlo1my race
Is summer. love, for me,
Chicago Record.
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spite the enormous advance IN price
and despite the prediction made when
the Increase began that this advance in
price would reduce expectations. con-
tinue to head the liss of manufactures
exported and win surpass by more than
s2O,OOO,OOO the enormous figures OF last
year and show a total considerably
greater than siOOOOO.OOO for the years
export trade in that single line of man
ufacture.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-04

The abuse showered on Congressman
sibley by the Democrats in his district.
the Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania. Is
the highest tribute that has yet ba2n
paid him. slbley, az sensible man.
saw the error OF his ways and came
over to the Republican party. There Is
an open door for others who are
waverlng.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-04

Every American who opposes the pas
sage Of the shipping bill may not wish
to favor foreign interests, yet every
person desiring to favor foreign at THE
expense of American interests, opposes
the passage of that bill.
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When Democratic papers throw them-
selves into frenzy over Republican
"bosses" and pirate about the machine"
do they ever have bad dreams about
Col. John Il. McGraw, Of the city OF
Grafton, in the county Of Taylor?
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-04

eas Jeff Ia a weak run down condition, says
Maria o. HnyEei, wriing from RFooklnnd, y. Y;
aMy health seemed utterly gone. ,Sun lS1.sl
from nervousness, female weakness anu Ln f.i.
fnatiam. Life was q burden. doctofe9 TH1 .
three different phySicianS and got 10 ren tl =.
tried several patent medicines. all Win tne
same result Ibegan 70 Ret worse and g aao q
the complications suffered terribly from sou eoll'
stipatiori. CHANGED TO see one OF your aove,-
tiSements and commenced 10 take ~; tl ~,
Favorife Prescription and Pleasant Pellet1, au9
began 10 improve right away, and eontinne92
improving and gaining In strength. esnnot
express the relief Il was 90 great sex S.t
months later my little daughter was born witn-
out much trouble. feel that ! would never
have been able TO endure my eonhneFnent only
by the help due solely 10 Or. PiefeeS medicines |;
She was ine healthy child ard the only one me.
have ever been able 10 nurue. Size Is now tWo
years old aud have never had 10 tAEe 9ny
medicine since, 60 feel that your medicine mas
made lasting cure With me-"
Dr.. Pierce's Common Sense Medica!
Adviser is sent free on receipt OF
stamps to defray expense Of mailing
only Send 81 one cent stamps for
the book in paper binding, or 81 stamps
for cloth. Address DIR. R. v. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
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pbeumotism Cured in a Dnv.

''MystIc Cure" for rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures In TO days.
lis action upon the system Is rcmarka-
bile and mysterious. II removes at once
tho cause and the disease Immediately
disappears The first dose greatly BEN
GIFTS. az cents. Sold by Il. II. List,
1910 Main street, Gins, Menkemeller
corner Market and Twcnty-sccond
streets. druggists. mw&f
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The opponents Of election to the
United States senate by popular vote
Will take most unfair advantage IL
they utilize the Hon. Joe Bailey for
horrible example purposes.
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May 7-TIrst Congressional District Del
egatG Convention. at Clarksburg.
May S-State Delegate Convention. Fair
mont.
June 6-First Congressional District
Nominating Convention. Weston.
July n-StatG Nominating Convention,
Charleston.
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Railroad and Steamship

Tickets to all parts OF the world. Also
Cooks tours to Paris, SlAj to 1866, which
include all expenses,
]. C. TOMLINSoN. Agent.
Pennsylvania Station. Eleventh street.
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Rough Dry Washed, stRrched and
Dried b cents per pound.
Flat Work, Washed and Ironed, 5
cents per pound,
All hand work finished 10 cents
Home SteRm laundry.
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The Charleston Gazette has dropped
Into the unfortunate habit of trying to
answer Republican arguments.
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If the report of Agulnaldo's death is
true what sad blow 1t will be to
Bryan.
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MEMBERS' MEETING.

-
Notice is hereby given that a. gen'In
meeting OF the members Of the hlas
Daughters Day Nursery, a eorPoTa'.II
created under the laws Of the s'a'S nv
West Virginia. will be held at me pI
Nursery building, in the city OF W hee' ,sS
in said state. on the 18th day OF May ~
beginning at o'clock, for the purpose ~.
electlng a board OF directors adopuI
bylaws, and transae,ins any othef Uu ~,
ness which may be done by the said mem
beers In general meeting.
ALMYRA LITTLE,
MRS. ADA L, BARR
LIZZIE NJ. SWIFT,
EDUARDTNE f. BlNdELA
CARRIE V. CoPP.
ap25.mal corp2rAllsllsS.-
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April played mean trick on May. All
the bad days 1t ought to have had are
now being unloaded on May.
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Talking about trusts, what would you
do If you were not trusted?
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Keep your eye on Nebraska. 1t will
be in the Republican column in Novem-
Der.
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Dewey comes up smiling, while Bryan
goes about growing
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Thursday. May 10. from Wheeling, with
ten day, return limit Please call upon
or address John G. Tomllnson, ticket
agent, who viii chcerfully furnish de-
tails and arrangefo your comfort. 1853
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Excursion to Baltimore and Wash
ington via Pennsylvania Lines
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trhO lNTELLIeENcER, embracing Its
several editions, is entered in the POST
ofieo at Wheeling. W. Va. az seeond'
clasa matterD
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Sealed PRnpnsl.1l....---

Bids Will be received at the c,,,,
ms benwood w. Va. for pSySig. SUE
iire brick the following st urt,is VA
Mechen street from Fourth N M w X
s st, s;r eiso Fourth Fifth SIKH ana ~
at y o'clock noon, The right js ~ ~
to reject any or all bids. Adjtss. III,,,eld
municafions. HARRY N. STEW 4 AZ
Chairman OF Committee on stresaa,tl
---.SS :, ayi.mNSs
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Wno6G Iuu-
sickly until
they began
1 the use Of
/ DR.. Perce'S
lFavorite
1 Prescrip.
! ton. That
4 medicine
which
Un1akes
weak wom-
en- strong"
has given
them the
strength to
bear hearty
and healthy
children for
the first
time.
Vslx years
ago aher the
birth Of one Of
nv children ]
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NEW ADvERT1sE,rErTS

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Fnp 60
South Broadway. "a i-'eailoa. I
MAZE HELP. wANrEp-Rrt,,,.
~ ~ men 70 sell our line Of SiiI, lts
sHnp1Iieeuns Gus, grease and sSss S.ai
TuAL REFINING co c,4t .eq1of5st ".
z ME GRASS is GROWING -,
Lawn Mowers need shsypeaIsgSs .AND
tnem 70 the Wheeling scale w. flaI
teIepho1e w and We viii eall w. Sst g :
Az iYs K ,bS b o. other work doas len ''i
promptly. 1858 Market street NoFk "a,
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A Fine Baby

Makes any mother proud. There ar
great many proud mothers whose g
dren have been puny and sickly "
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RED GROSS

Is a name for a HEADACHE povn,.
that IS perfectly harmless. and Sy.MnDE9
~ few mlnStsS. Free from naptb, w Y,
R. II. LIST, 1910 Main st,..,
and dealers evsr,,,,,.
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lrltPaOM NUMBERS
rdaofioiaooms,.... s15 couplius ROOm,''.. s72
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REPUBLICAN CALENDAR.

HUGO l. Loos. Secretary.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-04-10
His Army Critic Continues to
Discuss SpionkOp Massacre.
SOME INCREDIBLE BLUNDERS
Charges That No Preparations or Examlna-
tlOns Were Made Whatever for Cross.
ing TugeIa and That the Irish
Brigade Was Sacrificed.

Correspondence Of Associated Press.)
LONDON, March 3l.-The officer
with General Butler who scathIngly
described the disaster at spIonkop
today continues his remarkable series
with denunciation as bitter as ever
fell upon a general He includes a ter
ribIe indictment against the useless
sacrifice Of the Irish brigade. He says:
We had been blundering along the
line Of hills that form the northern
bank Of the Tugela for many months
attempting to pass II at all sorts Of
impossible places, and suffering heavy
less each time. No one knew the
ground or took the trouble to learn
it.
As an example OF this sublime in
difference. General Butler was not
aware that Hlangwani mountain,
which commands the crossing Of the
TugeIa, was on the southern side Of
the river until he had failed in three
different attempts. Yet he lived for
weeks within three or four miles Of
the hill.
As to strategy. there was none. eilh-
er good, bad nor Indifferent.
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THE PENSION BILL.
Several Important Amendments Have
Been Agreed to by the
Committee.

WASHINGTON, April 9.-The most
important piece of general pension leg
islation before congress, that of the
pension act of June, 1890, and other
general pension laws, was passed upon
in tentative manner today by the
house committee on invalid pensions
and the sense of the committee taken
on reporting the bill to the house and
placing 1t on the house calendar for
early consideration,
1t is understood that the most inn
portant change increases the age limit
on which pensions are to be allowed
and fixes a sliding scale between the
ages of 60 and 20, viz
j Six dollars at g. years; IS at 65; $40
at IS. and $l2 at 70. Another import
ant amendment Increases from 500 to
$3.50 the amount of annual incoma
which widow may have without for
feiting her right to pension.
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THE AUSTIN DAM.
Description Of How It was Carried
Away

SAN ANToNiA. Tex. April s.-Jeff
McLeriore. who was an eye witness
Of the collapse OF the dam at Austin.
thus describes Il:
II was gazing at the great body OF
water as II swept gracefully over the
crest OF the dam. carrying with II acres
OF drift that parted as Il went down
the falls The water over the crest
was more than ten feet in depth and
was rising at the rate OF Is inches an
hour. The fall Of the water was about
80 feet and the roaring and surging
that IL produced can be better imagined
than described. II was grand and awe
! inspiring and nothing, In my opinion,
could compare with Il except the falls
OF Niagara.
"whllc thus looking noticed a sud-
den commotion OF the waters near the
center OF the dam. For a moment
the water seemed TO recede, but IL was
only for moment. 1t then shot up
ward In tremendous spout to height
OF so feet and saw that the dam was
| giving away.
when the break occurred, the dis
tance from the Great OF the wave as II
rolled over the dam TO the water below
was about 40 feet Imagine, then, II
you can. a body OF water 40 feet in
height and OF great width and length
suddenly released from confinement
and you win have a faint idea OF the
scene that ! witnessed at the dam
across the Colorado river.
"Oncc released from It's confinement
the water subsidized rapidly. and then
IL was seen how the break had occur
red The dam was not toppled over
but instead a large section, beginning
near the center and extending toward
the east bank was moved bodily dowr
the stream a distance OF at least Il
feet. Another section extending tC
within 30 feet Of the head gate OF th'
masonry on the east end was alsC
moved down stream distance Of a
or so feet.
Between these two displaced sec
tions there was a gap Of about 100 fee
where the dam had completely disap
peared and It was not long before tbs
section nearest the center also crum
bled and disappeared, Had the re
manning displaced section also tumbleC
down. the power house. which wen
down a few hours later would proba
bly, have been saved, AS It was, thii
section threw heavy current agains
the power house which eventually un
dermined the west wall of the build
ing and caused it TO collapse"