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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15
SARDIS.

SARDIS, Ohio, April 13.-Miss Della
Litten returned home last week after
spending a week the guest of relatives
and friends at Martins Ferry. Ohio.
j. o. X. Hubbard returned to Wheel
ing Tuesday.
f. w. Litten was working at Cresap's
Grove last week.
Mr.. II. c. Thompson was at Middle
bourne one day last week.
Miss Erne Jeiters was shopping at
New Matamoras Tuesday.
Died. infant daughter OF Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Daily. Sunday evening.
April 8. 1900 Interment at Sards
cemetery Monday.
Mrs. Alice Meyers. of Wheeling, was
the guest of friends few days last
week.
Miss Vada Boice, of Hannibal. was
visiting friends few days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. o. Baxter were Wis.,
iting at New Martinsville last Sunday.
Mrs. Flora Goodwin, who has been
i'll with pneumonia, is reported some
better.
Prof +. " Idish, Of Columbus o.,
will address the graduates OF the sec
ond annual commencement of the Sar-
dis High School, in the NJ. r. church.
on Monday evening, the 23d of April.
Prof. Irish viii give the baccalaureate
address on Sunday. the 22d of April
The graduates are: Miss Ethel Mae
Winland. Messrs. Geo. II. Martin and
Albert g. Christie.
Mrs. Martin and son George were at
Wheeling a few uays this week.
Miss Velma 0'Neill, OF New Martins
vile. is here the guest Of her sister,
Mrs. Cunningham.
Mr.. Geo. Thompson is In town, of
the steamer Bedford.
Miss Emma Johnston was at Pitts
burg last week purchasing her spring
stock of hats.
Easter services in the NJ. f. church
here Sunday evening. April 18th
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15

vests and destroy their homes. In
common gratitude every workingman
ought to join the union of his trade.
If he did so labor could soon gain adj
vantages which it yet has not even
thought of-John Swinton.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15
MY FRIEND.

Each morn he comes TO my window calling,
Wake up, wake up. see. the stars are
gone,
And the crystal dew has all stopped falling,
For night gives way to the step OF dawn.
Sometimes when my heart in dark wee is
At the death OF hopes that were alb. 50
dear:
When in neither man nor his works believ-
ing
He quickly comes with his vo.ce of cheer.
Bear up bear up what's the use IN plning.
For time is hurry.ng on too fast.
And every cloud has a silver lining
You'Il reap the fruits Of your TOT at last
But come with me and III lead you. roam
ing.
rare:
And there you may sit till the happy
cleaning.
with Mother Nature to soothe your care.
so winter and summer he's ever triliing
The sweetest song that I ever heard
Ny soul with joy or with hope enthriIlsng.
Ing,
Ny friend-true fr.end-is Only bird
II. G. LEVITT.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15

days was taken on the farm of L. D.
Corrick, just above Parsons. The
Lukes own an immense amount of
timber land contiguous to Parsons.
having invested more than a half mil
lion dollars in the Dewing tracts last
wear
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-15

The latest managerial wrinkle IL 10
produce as play the noYelist's crea-
ton that has not yet finished running
in serial form in a magazine, thus ex-
citing double curiosity The plan viii
be tried with Zangwill's Mantle OF
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04
The President and the Canal.

| The American public has been unpleas-
antly surprised by President McKinley's
action in approving the plot of his party
4 associates to Cypress Porto Rico. not only
in defiance OF every conception of justice
and good faith but in violation Of the Con-
sjitution. and OF his own declarations. II
viii be less surprised when it is realized
that at the dictation of influences behind
him he has ordered the obstruction Of
legislation favorable 10 the construction Of
the Nicaragua Canal
IL is announced in behalf of Mr. McKin-
ley that the rejection of the Hay-Paunce-
fote Treaty and the passage of the Hep
burn Morgan bill will be regarded as an
insult Let us consider in what this in
suit would consist! The Hepburn Morgan
bill contemplates and provides for a strict
ly American canal; to be built. owned. op-
Grated, and defended by this country. That
is the sum Of its offence. The Hay-Paunce-
fote Treaty if ratified. would involve the
building Of an inter oceanic waterway by
the United States under conditions which
would make the facility a source Of posi-
tive danger to the country. 1t would have 10
be neutral in war as well as in peace. If
we were engaged in a struggle with Great
Britain, as inevitably we shall be one day,
il would compel us to facilitate the pas
sage Of British war vessels to lombard
our Pacific Coast. 1t forbids us TO fortify
our own canal, and. in the absence of
American fertilization. the work would be
thoroughly under the naval control of
England. The Hay Pauncefote Treaty rec
ognizes and seeks to revive the infamous
and abandoned Clayton Bulwer Treaty,
which it was the Presidents duty, under
resolution Of the treaty ratifying branch
Of the Government, to denounce and get
rid Of. Beyond ali this, the Hay-Paunce-
fote Treaty surrenders the Monroe Doc
trine. Objection and opposition to these
obnoxious and almost reasonable designs
are considered insulting in the White
House. We have fallen upon evil times
The Hepburn Morgan bill would wipe
out the Clayton Bulwer Treaty and would
give us a canal between the oceans, abso-
lutely American. II would render impos-
sible the British suzerainty over this
country but half concealed in the infa-
nous terms Of the Hay Pauncefote Treaty.
It would defeat the purposes of the Ad-
to barter away the paramount
position Of the United States in the West
ern Hemisphere
For what do Mr.. Mckinley and his ad-
visers desire to sell their country? That 1
would be a hard question to answer. We !
can see on the face Of things why they are |
willing to trade the Constitution and
famine in Porto Rico for campaign sub |
from the oil, sugar, tobacco and !
rum trusts. but what do they get for the |
British canal and for surrendering the |
Monroe Doctrine2
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

Wear a Button" The saleswomen in the
large department stores displayed the
badges with which they had been provided,
and reminded would-be purchasers that
they must bear the same hallmark Of good
citizenship before they could be served
Even the travelling statesmen who visited
the city had TO pay a tax on their COM
merce, not so drastic but equally as eff
fective as Mr.. Paynes. since they could
make no sales without the sesame in their
button holes. Nor was the fear OF punish
ment more conspicuous than the correlative
hope OF reward The restaurants set aside
a day when those who. in a new sense,
were what Dickens called "buttonedup
people. were served free. The BARRIERS
entered into the sport of the thing and took
turns in shaving them free. and finally the
boothlscks ~shined" them free.
When the button craze died out the
necessary amount had not been raised but
the Kansas City merchants had become SO
much interested in the plan that they
shccrfully contributed goods to be disposed
Of by lottery. Before the roof was on the
Convention Hall. the full amount Of money
Was on hand and the prize drawings were
held in the new building.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

ers to awaken ecstasy and terror by APP
peals to the imagination Of a crude people.
When the sinner was once converted,
it sought TO keep him in the fold by for
bidding him to indulge in any amusement
or luxury which could lead his mind to
dwell upon the world. II was ascetic as
well as emotional. The only outlet when
it gave to the esthetic nature was that OF
religious song and service, Those who
had eloquence might eXhort; those with
fine voices might use them in singing
hymns: those who enjoyed excitement
could find it in the endless pictures of
heaven and hell. and in the work of the
reviyalist It was a primitive faith, and
sngularly well suited to the needs OF
pioneer people like that Of the Middle
West fifty or sixty years ago, or to certain
classes Of the working people Of England.
But as Methodists grew more cultured,
refined. and intelligent. their emotionalism
disappeared. the natural, human love for
beauty and knowledge reasserted itself
and they became very much like other
Christian people. At the same time they
became less adapted Tor W0rk among Jn0Se
who can only be reached by extreme emo
tional methods, and the Salvation Army
began to do what the Methodist Church
had done, and to reach a class of people
which the latter organization could lot
have held Times change. and customs
change with them. The class meeting and
the discipline would not have much in
huenee perhaps over convert from the
slums Of New York. while the Salvation
Army, having. secured such a convert, turns
him over to whatever Church best suits
him. We need in these days a Church
organization which is infinitely varied and
elastic in its notifications. This the old
time Methodism emphatically was not. If
the modern Methodist Church is to be re-
generated in a way which will do any good.
it will have to reach the people by new
methods instead of old. It cannot ignore
the higher criticism, and that will be the
best tonic for those afflicted with the de-
fusion Of belief in the impossible com
monty called Christian Science.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

It has been decided by the Methodist
Episcopal Board of Bishops that modern
Methodism needs another Wesley. The
reasons for this decision are numerous. 1t
is declared that the Church has stood aloof
from modern labor troubles, neglected the
submerged tenth" INDUCED the reading
Of light literature, abandoned eamp-meet-
ing traditions. and gone after strange gods,
including Christian Science and the higher
criticism. There seems TO be considerable
alarm in the minds Of the Bishops over this
alleged condition Of things
It would be impossible to say, without
mere thoroughly tabulated statistics than
are at present available. whether the Meth
odist Church Is really in a state Of deca-
dence or rot. The three causes which
have contributed most toward this supposed
Science, the higher criticism, and indiffer-
ence to the condition of the poor. This
grouping seems. to the impartial observer.
curiously lacking in logic.
How can Christian Science and the
higher criticism both affect the Church
adversely? One is the exact opposite Of
the other. The higher criticism teaches
US 70 believe only what reason declares
true; the Christian Scientist adiures US 10
throw aside our reason and believe the I'M
possible II may be that these two iniu-
ences are depicting the Church at opposite
extremes one removing the over-credu-
lous. the other the captious and critical;
but they surely cannot act upon the same
people without counteracting each other
emphatically.
As for the main question, there is little
doubt that Methodism has changed in The
last hundred years; the same is true of
other sects, especially those which an
Englishman would eaI Dissenting"
Churches. since their very foundation IS
the freely formed opinion Of the members.
As this changes. owing to the influences
Of the time. the constitution aui charac-
ter Of the Church must De modified if It
is TO hold together. Methodism, owing 10
its original nature and the circumstances
OF its growth. has probably unde gone more
notifications in this country than the
Congregational Presbyterian, Baptist or
Unitarian sects Il undertook. in the be- |
ginning. TO held each COMMUNICATE to strict !
account not only for his belief in certain |
religious matters. but for his dress amuse- |
ments. social relations, and all the acts Of |
his daily life The old-fashioned church |
discipline" was wonderfully eircumstantial |
on these points. Harold Frederic, in his /
great novel, THE Damnation Of Theron |
Ware" brings out this fact when he makes |
he minister's young wife ask her husband /
II she is really required by the discipline
TO buy potatoes Of a member Of his church /
rather than OF another dealer He tells
her that she is. The elders also dictate
to the clergymen not only the character
Of the sermons which he shall preach, but
the pattern Of his wife's bonnet. That is
what the oid-fashioned Methodism meant.
Il was an emotional religion. depending
largely on the power Of sensational preach
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04
THE EARL OF DERBY.
History of the New Censor of British
News From the Mar

ttrom the Chicago News.)
The Earl Of Derby. the newly appointed
censor Of the British news of the Trans
vaal war. is the sixteenth Of his family to
bear the title, He was born January Is.
1871. in London. was educated at Elton Col
lege, and 1t the age OF seventeen entered
the Grenadier Guards. He represented
Lancashire constituencies continuously
from July 1866. to his elevation to the
peerage in 1856. Under various titles he
was Lord Of the Admira'ty. Financial Sec
rotary Of War and Financial Secretary OF
the Treasury. In 1850 be went out Of Of
flee with his party. In 1856 be was raised
to the peerage under the title OF Lord
Stanley and in 1883 was appointed Govern
or General Of Canada. He was succeeded
in 1898 by Lord Elgin- On the death Of hi
brother in 1898 he succeeded TO the titla
and to the estates amounting to- SO 900
acres, principally in Lancashire. When
the Paris Embassy fell vacant in 1896 it
was offered to the Earl of Derby, but he
declined it.
The countess, his wife. is the Oldest
daughter Of the fourth Earl OF Clarendon.
The earl's father was thrice Prime Min
ister Of England. and on account of the
peculiarly telling nature Of his Oratory hs
was styled the Rupert Of Debate"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

tfrum the lMrdgO luuunf.)
Ohio finds itself in a peculiar dilemma
The State intends to celebrate the cen
tennial Of its admission TO the Union. but
unfortunately the date is not known. The
United States census report gives NOvem-
Der %, 1902, but this is not final authority
nor indeed, is il generally regarded as cor
rect IN Ohio. inasmuch as most people
there favor holding the centennial celebra-
ton in 1908.
Ohio was like Topsy; it had no birth
day, and it might almost be said that, like
Topsy also, the State Just growed.
Either a distinct act for admission or pro-
vision for admission on proclamation by
the President was made by Congress in the
case Of each State except Ohio. The act
Of MAY T. 1900. set OFF that part of the
Northwest Territory now included in Ohio
as a distinct Territorial government, and
the rest was organized as the Territory OF
Indiana The act Of April 30, 1902, au-
thorized the people of Ohio to form a State
government, and a convention held at
Chillicothe on November l to % 1902
agreed upon a constitution which went into
force without approval by popular vote.
This constitution was submitted to Con
gress in January, 1903. and on February 10.
1903, the President approved the first act
which recognized the new State. This act
OF 1913 uld not puIpOIt 10 AUNT Jne state.
but declared that il has become one Of
the United States of America and pro-
vided for the extension Of Federal laws TO
the new State.
Ohio historians differ as to which date
should be recognized, but the opinion is
that the later day, February 10. 1903 is the
date if the precedent in admitting other
States is to be recognized but the act of
that date asserts that Ohio was then a
State. and hence ii must have been one on
November %. 1902. The question is one of
those upon which agreement is impossible.
the date decided upon fer the
centennial will make one or the other in
some degree official.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04
UNREST IN CENTRAL AMERICA.
An Alleged Filibustcring Expedition
From Cuba Being investigated

information which came TO the State De-
partment Friday that a hibustering ex-
petition was being organized in Cuba with
the intention of going to Honduras caused
the War Department to send a despatch to
Major General Wood. at Havana. to investi-
gate the matter. General Wood telegraphed
the War Department yesterday that he had
made enquiries. as a result Of which he be-
lieved that there was no truth In the re-
port, but he promised to keep a sharp
lookout for any such expeditions. and to
inform the War Department when he
learned anything.
The source OF the information to the
State Department could not be ascer-
tanned The only explanation given was
that it came from "a neighboring island. .
The despatch. presumably from q United
States Consul. said that arms and supplies
had been collected, and that a vessel was
expected to take the filbusters to Hon
duras
Reports Of similar character have been
received at the State Department within
the last several months II has been al
legged in letters to the Department that
expeditions were being formed in Cuba to
invade not only Honduras. but other Cen
trail American countries. All these cont
plants were investigated, but nothing to
support them could be discovered.
The Government continues to receive IN
official Information that Central America,
with the possible exception of Salvador, is
in state Of unrest. The Nicaragua Canal
scheme is involved in the alleged plots
which are said to be Matching. Nicaragua,
it is charged, is unwilling that Costa Rica
shall attain any benefits from the con-
struction of the canal. and there is danger
Of other Central American countries TAX
ing sides. Salvador is holding aloOf, but
it is said that efforts to draw her into the
controversy are being made.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04
APPROVED BY SECRETARY LONG.
The Naval Boards Report Concern
ing Vessels Entitled to Subsidy.

AhE htNNtis 10
The Secretary Of the Navy has approved
the recommendations made by the Naval
Board on Inspection and Survey, regarding
merchant vessels under construction which
shall be entitled to subsidy when in serv-
ice. on condition that they shall be turned
over to the United States Government in
time Of war If needed.
The Governments plan is to have mer-
chant vessels being built so constructed
that they can be converted into fighting
craft at the least possible expense and
in the shortest time. The construction, ac-
cording to the boards plans. will in no way
interfere with the use Of the vessels for
merchant ships.
Under the rules of the board all fire
mains and steam exhaust pipes to steer
ing engines must be below the water line
and must be controlled by valves below the
water line. There must be efficient water
tight Subdivisions including middle line
longitudinal water-tight bulkheads be-
tween engine rooms in all twin-screw yes
sells. Every vessel of the first and second
classes must be fitted with a complete
double bottom with means of flooding and
draining it.
The boilers and engines must, where it
is possible, be placed below the water line,
and have sufficient coal protection at the
sides and fore and aft. Efficient stiffen-
ing Of the structure Of each ship will be re-
quired for the proper and speedy installa-
ton of batteries and magazines. All yes
sells of the irst-class are to have their
steering gear and rudder-head below the
water line. The board says that the
water line is not to be considered the deep
load water line of the merchant vessel, but
the load water line of the vessel when used
as an auxiliary cruiser.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04
The American Metropolis.

Orrom the st. Louis Globe Democrat)
There is more wealth in New York than there
is in any other spot on the globe. New York
in the very near future, is destined undoubtedly
to figure more cou-picuousy than London in the
great financial enterprises OF the world. To
this side OF the water the countries Of fine world
will have to come to get the means whereby
their governmental machinery may be turned. In
Gne United States aud not. as heretofore, in
England viii be the headquarters Of the None
tary maguates who open and shut the gates Of
the f.rlr.Ia of Janus
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04
Napoieon's Ideas of Escape.

AffDm Lhe NehtuTy.j
One OF the hitherto unpublished extracts
from DR.. O'Meara's St. Helena diary re-
cords NapoleOn's views on the precautions
taken to prevent his escape.
He spoke anew about escaping and said
that if he was inclined to try it, which he
was not, there were ninety-fve chances in
a hundred against his effecting it; but,
said he, this jailer every week imposes
new and vexatious restrictions upon me-
just as if I was in a place where l had
nothing to do but to step into a boat and
be away. When 1 was at Elba it was diff
ferent. It is true that while one lives
there is a chance of escape; although
ironed and chained down, enclosed in
cell Of stone, and every human precaution
taken against a possibility of it, still there
is a chance Of escape, and the only way to
prevent it is to put me to death This is
the only sure way. II NY a que les morris
que ne revient pas. Let him put me to
death, and all uneasiness on the part of
the European powers, Lord Castlereagh.
himself, and his Government will ceasel
No more expense then no more squadrons
to watch me. or poor soldiers, fatigued to
death with pickets and guards. or ha-
raised with carrying burdens up those
preCipices ! am sure those poor devils
have reason to hate me and wish my
death They must, however, be conscious
that the fatiguing duties imposed upon
them are unnecessary and vexatious as
the sight OF the island must convince
everyone but a suspicious coglione that
escape from it was nearly impossible IN
less. as I have said before that while
there is life there is a chance. if attempt
ed. Where could I go to- allowing that l
got out of the island? Every place I could
arrive at I would find enemies to seize me
This governors conduct will soon be
known in England and will not procure
him any credit there Those officers all
will write an account of the unnecessary
rigor with which ! am treated. and their
opinion of it. The newspapers will be full
of
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

(trum the Boston Giohe)
The contest in South Africa has furnished con-
elusive evidence that the age Of gsily plumed
soldiers in war has gone. Those elegant and high
ly col0red figures that used 10 be distinguished
from other men soldiers viii ere long he seen
no more. The aIperbly painted plates which Pie
rUre the various regiments Of the Queens Guard
viii still be kept as relics Of times gone by Those
glitteung uniforms may be retained for a while
for dress parade service but for purposes OF real
war they viii vanish. The modern sharpshooter
viii shoot them of the earth If they are not soon
-u--L...l
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04
THE CASE DECIDED.
An Officers OrderIy's Reply settle.
An Important Point.

A story is told of a very popular cavalry
officer. He was being tried for drunken
ness. and among other witnesses was his
Irish orderly. The court. anxious to give
the officer every chance, put several ques-
tons to this witness with view to elicit
ing any facts that might be in his masters
favor When the orderly said that his mas
ter. on going to bed, had expressed a wish
to be called early. the members Of the
court martial were distinctly pleased.
A man who gave special instructions to
be called early could not surely-they ar
gued to themselves-have been drunk.
Hoping 10 get favorable particulars, the
Judge advocate put a further question.
And why did the major wish to be call
ed earIy2" they asked.
Faith, an he tould me it was because he
was to be queen Of the May" came the
answer.
That settled it.