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how TO say cents here and dollars
there. we shall be willing to give him
anything in reason. except a third.
which is unreasonable. and therefore
not 10 be considered. But Mr.. Roose.
welt may as we'll understand now as
later that the high cost OF living is
not exactly what Mr.. Lincoln would
nave called a moral issue. nor is IL
great enough and broad enough and
deep enough on which TO build a part.
that shall be lasting.
II i typical OF Mr.. Roosevelt that
he should attempt 10 break into the
White House with the high cost OF liv.
ing as his burglars jimmy. Anything
10 fool the public. anything TO be pop
ular. Mr.. Roosevelt will alWoys fol
low the u|nthinking or provide food for
them. Whatever fifty n per cent
% his fellow-countrymen for the mo-
ment believe Is the divine mandate TO
Mr. Roosevelt: and n is quite imma
tcrial TO Mr.. Roosevelt that the fifty
n per cent NAV be the uninteIigent
and the forty-nine per cent the brains
OF h country. But in "A democracy.
brains u for nothing as AGAINST
numbers Let he Who will lead
thought SAYS Mr.. Roosevelt. I am
content 10 lead %hfty-one per cent OF
the PEOPLE" Mr.. Roosevelt re-
minds u of the street urchin who
strides ahead OF the big drum major.
and really thinks he is leading the
roccssion-A. Maurice Lowe. in Har-
pcrs Weekly.
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my purpose to recruit 1t in Mw York and Philadelphia"
fou will 10 Officially authorized to recruit that regiment" tn Secre
tary of war replied. n a few days later II "a announced from the At
an'ss TO the Rocky fountain that the Senator from Oregon. Colonel
Baaer was recruiting a regiment N New York and Philadelphia which he
proposed TO lead INTO actor. No other C of this kind. excepting n lead
I'M OF his Rhode Island troops to the front by Governor william Sprague.
caused the eXcrement n enthusiasm which this did
While Colone Baker was at Philadelphia receiving recrurs he re-
a message day from a wealthy merchant of Galena. Ill. Franklin
by nam II a worded substantially a S follows:
Il shall eve forget your leadership you orNory IN the polticaI
campaign Of s4s helped TO REFLECT you Ito Congress- / was disappoint
ed when o declined a second reelection because o. had determined &c
90 TO California. therefore offer ITO raise a company for your regiment. a
company Of n hundred men mostly from the Galena district will equip
them. s o far a possible. but have nc arms. will pay the transporta-
ton of thsc company TO Philadelphia in the hope that o will incorporate
it in our California regiment"
None Of the experiences Colonel Baker met with in organizing this
touched him so deeply as did this proner of a company of Illinois
men TO h raised and equipped. excepting as to arms. and transported to
Philadelphia at the expense of ne man who was willing to do all this be-
company "a raised and became a part of Colonel Bakers regiment II
at Balls Blum
never heretofore been published. reveals the great mora. influence and per-
.sonal power which the great Senator ron Oregon and the first very promi-
sent vicim of the Civil War exerted. qualities which. with his mastery
tCopyreht. 1912. by T. j. Edwards All rights reserved
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell Of The Band Concerts That Weak.
Iened Civil War Animosiues"
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which became a law two Years ago.
The national corporation tax was justi.
fed as an effective assertion Of the
power Of the national government. To
control and regulate corporations. en-
gagged in interstate commerce. The
excise tax proposes to extend the cor
poration tax { o individuals and firms,
likewise engaged in interstate COM
merce.
There Is not now and never has
been need OF governmental regulation
OF individual business. No single firm
or individual in interstate commerce
has eve attempted to create a monop-
oily. No single firm or individual has
ever attempted 10 dominate or control
a particular line OF industry in the
nation at large. The national corpora
ton tax was a just and proper step
in the regulation Of commercial con
ditions. The excise tax is a burden
upon trade and a tax upon industry.
with no C-ompeusatinC features. With
the treasury o~vcrnowinc. with cnor
nous piiing up. the federal
government does not need further
sources Of taxation. Purely as "a tax
measure. the corporation tax was not
necessary. As a step in @ plan 20
exercise public supervision over great
corporations. IL was a wise beginning
The excise tax which ~" Democrats
have succeeded in taEeinE onto the
corporation tax Law. will simply be a
v%eXatious. a bothersome and unneces-
sary burden upon tho taxpayers.
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THE MISTAKE OF 1892.

During tn LA nifty years tbs Democratic party has been ut Of touch
with the great business interests Of the United states The men who have
Quilt W III mammoth industrial enterprises. the lei who have built trans
continental railroads. the me who have created or great financial insuul
uon have based theirc confidence and found their inspiration in n strength
m he policy OF the Republican party. Democracy has had political cor
to OF the American Government for only two years since 1860. When a
great nation rests for a long period o. n verdict, It is safe "a agree that
that verdict is based upon good judgment m practical experience. In the
Democratic party there are good business men AS citizens. Democrats are
Jul as honest and Just as worthy as any other citizens Of the United States,
but Tor some reason Too deep for brief treatment. the Democratic party has
wei had the confidence OF the business interests. and when entrusted with
power II has never exercised that power with the wisdom. discretion and
good Judgment necessary to ensure a continuance.
-. What reason is there o believe that the schoolmaSer of Princeton and
his advisors like William J ryan, will be better able to give this country a
successhl business administration than Grover Cleveland and William L.
Wilson were twenty years ago? In 1892. when Cleveland was elected to the
Presidency. he had behind him the prestige of a successful administration
of or years When William L. Wilson became chairman Of the WAYS and
Means Committee of the House Of Representatives he vas the los dhtin-
gushed advocate OF the Democratic policy Of tariff reduction. In less than
years time those policies plunged this country into a season of distress
and industrial idenes, unprecedented in history. Today business and in
dustry area active. Hours of labor have been shortened. Wages have been
increase We have prosperity at hand and prosperity ahead. VIII the
American people deliberately rot Tor a repetition OF the mistakeo of 1892?
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SISTERSVILLE

Miss Lilah Graham and niece. Eve
lyn Graham. and Miss Sallie Russell
were visiting Tuesday cVcning at
Padea City. the guest 81 Mrs. Hough-
telin.
HAIRY Deaton. 70: Friendly. vas in
town late Yesterday cvening with
friends n attending TO business
matters. q
~. r.. Ludciph. % near Fly. Ohio.
was go the city to-day attending TO
sum. business matters.
y. y. Parbcr. 81 Iianford city, was
visiting IN tho city to-day at the
home II ITS son. Fred. on Main street.
A. VI. Hunter. Of the Producers *
i:enrors OIL company left yesterday
evening IN "a business trip to Phiid-
delphia. Il.
Ralph W. Thompson n Howard
Hunter left YESTERDAY for Wheeling
and from there Will proceed in the
Huntar machine to Enterprise. Pa.
having shipping tho machine 20
Wheeling hy boat. They viii be Eons
several weeks.
Mrs. John J. Gillispie. 81 North
Wells ftrect. visited friends at Pad
en- CIV last evening.
JONI Travis. = Main street. after
spending 20 couple uf daNs at his old
home at Bro v%rtillc. ohio. returned
Yesterday evening late. and this
m"fu made a business trip to Sew
NafamoTas. ohio.
Mr. and Mrs Lou Wells. n Bens
Run. were in city shopping this
muruing. q
Mr-. ~. Parr. ~ Friendly. is In tho
cify visiting with her sister Mrs.
steele.
Dte C@uttou. formerly ~ this place.
irt lat" = Iairmonf. ". Va. and
WIFE, have moved hero. ar1 Mr. Gut-
tom VIII ht Interested ir fho rt.mb-
ire ngsir,ss with h'a father. Cd. O..
tfuffnr
D. D. Sargsr-. ri urnd.rrr. drove
ot'r fr Trail Eur. Dhin chs morning
ff lo.h after ssme .I pr.psrt. he ls
frf.r. srff g..
q D. baldwin general wnrrrsr -
t.. i'.r. GOD. .owpar.. nf I-.ffe..rrn.
fr OBJ. .ff f.r f.u f..r af-
f.rirr fH Ilainrts matters
' N.rerr nf near owl HnIrv.
We Ir town tHIs afternoon on ta.i-
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This is a nice bus ness" said the
grocer 20 an Intelligence reporter. 81
soil 90 the best people M Wheeling. and
by the very best I mean The folks who
wan good things and who pay for
thom-foikS who know how 10 get the
best goods a. the price Of poorer ones
Take Easy Task SOAP as an Example
]. is increasing Boo demand cvery da,
Ih" reason is that o. does half The
work .ts"lf. and fh" women know that.
Ne~. Easy Task no' only works by
Itself. but 10 sells Itself
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A PIECE OF DEMOCRATIC LEcIs
IATION.

Democratic policy has al last
achieved a triumph Tho excise tax
bill which passed the senate on
Thursday Of last week. Is practically
the first piece Of purely Democratic
legislation that has gone BY both
houses Of congress with prospects ~
becoming a law what is there tn IN.
excise bill which ought 10 commend
II 10 the public In general In sub.
stance. II IL an extension 81 the M
tional corporation tax which aas rec
commended by President Taft. and
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A pEMocRA1lc AasuRnl1X-

We declare 70 20 he a fundamental
principle ~ the Democrat party THAT
the Federal government. under the COM
ettltor. has M rIEut or power. ~ i'm
pose or collect tarfN duties. except Tor
the purpose % revenue
The above IS the FIRST plank OF the
National Democratic platform
For fifty year, the American eopie
have prospered under successive Re.
publican protective tariffs The pro
teotive tarin principle has become a
MED fac' in % national policy and
our Industrial rfe Through 10 ue
have achieved Industrial Development
uneqaaiied hy any other psopa in his
tory $50 have maintained our work
!nT people on "a rIgher plane % wages
ar in a greater decree ~ comfort,
ui'h greater 2ortun.les Tor cduca
ton and 'r1. r.elll m-provemsnt than
anf r- rs'..r .l earh
ln he '.re 70 s.rr Fl record 10 ss-
a' Ir.lr.s .la lert-.-t.1r o,
tie a s-~ sr s-s.rs+t 30
ssrtF
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accident in the city OF Wheeling
complains that she vas required TO
pay the sum of $4,000 for the expense
OF holding an inquest over the re-
mains. The Of Ohio County
states that he will sometime in the
near future file n bill Of expenses.
showing how and why this money was
charged. There is no apparent reason
for delaying the coroner's statement.
II he had the legal right 10 tax
the charges he has made. II is
for him TO come forward and
show that fact. Why the delay. there
fore. in making the statement?
Entirely aside from this phase OF
the case. the equity OF the charge
against the widow is a serious ques
ton. IL the State of West Virginia
considered the circumstances OF this
death to be OF such character as to
justify an official Investigation. this
investigation ought TO be paid for By
the State and not by "A needy widow.
The widow and family OF the victim OF
this unfortunate accident probably
needed every dollar Of their scanty
means. To impose a tax of $1,000
upon them solely for the purpose Of
investigating the accident. was an un.
necessary burden and an Injustice. II
the law of this State holds the body o.
a man killed by violence or accident
until the fees OF the coroner and Wit
nesses a be collected from needy
relatives. the Law ought 10 be amend
ed: and II the Law does not so hold
the body. then there has been a gross
abuse in this matter.
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THE THIRD PARTY CONVENTION

NONNs
The third party has held its State
convention at Charleston and nomin-
ated its delegates to the National con-
vention. A careful examination OF the
list OF delegates fails TO reveal many
OF the most active Roosevelt leaders
in West Virginia. EY Governor Daw-
son and Hon VIM. Seymour Edwards
seem TO have cast their lot with the
third party. Gov. Glasscock. Hon. W.
p. Hubbard. Senator Sam II. Mont
gomery. Hon. Meredith Sims. and
many others of the more influential
leaders Of the Roosevelt cause in West
Virginia were conspicuous by their
absence at Charleston. and many OF
these like Ex Governor White
and Hon. George A. Curtin have
already indicated their deter
mination 10 support the regular Re
publican ticket. II is apparent that
many OF the more important leaders or
the Roosevelt following in West Vir.
ginia will not be with the third party
The men who went 10 Charleston as
delegates and who represented West
Virginia at Charleston do not Of them.
selves indicate a strong popular vote.
How much sentiment there may be
back Of them remains TO be seen.
1t is the belief OF The Intelligencer
that the EFFORT to organize a third
party inimical 10 the National Repub-
lican party will not be a success.
It is bound TO fail in the end. and the
most that IL can accomplish will be
TO divide the Republican vote and de-
feat the regular Republican candi
dates. II this is the object. IL can be
obtained only II sufficient Republicans
allow themselves 10 be misled But
day b. day Republicans generally are
certain 10 be convinced Of the hope
lessness Of the third party movement.
and the futility n the leadership
which seeks 10 involve them In Il.
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ness for J. =. McMumin a company.
oi producers
lke M,Muliin returned from tho Boz.
terror OBJ. Ilstsaufs count. vr.fer-
dHy er'nInE where he Rad been look
ing otter some ol property.
MafHr GINS ~ k.munIf ID absent
from fn' 'ift for a frv DAYS attend
irr t' l.-ir'ss matters Of Charles
Con.
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.r OF me mon iorces OF CaIiforsia. United States sena
tor from Oregon in 1861. and a victim OF the ambuscade
al Balls Blum. Virginia. I'm August. 1861. is now regarded
as n figure of heroic intellectual and moral force.
Colonel Baker had been a member of the Senate only
a few weeks when the shot that was fired al Fort Sumter
began the war He went at once TO the White House and
In a most dramatic meeting with President Lincoln. Of
fered his services. He was authorized by President Lin
CO and the War Department to recruit a regiment.
1T shall be called the California Regiment" he said.
But you cannot recruit a regiment in California IN
time for any effective service" said the Secretary, of
War. Simon Cameron.
Il do moi intend 10 rncr1it L. f-ou, cnIiko-nia 1. 10
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NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
A Story Of the Civil Wars First Very Prominent Victim.
(By e. j. Edwards.)

CoLoNLL EDwAhD DICKINSON BAKER, Of English birth. appreciated
I TO a trade at Philadelphia vhen a lad. selftaught In h law. al init
nat f1end u Abraham Lincoln when both we're practctns law at
prnsne H. esteemed by many thu most brilliant orator in that State
M perhaps IN he land member Of consress when only thhtyn i've years of
q a soldier in III Mexican War. having resigned his sea IN Congress 10
light. rejected TO cbngress from Ininoi. with Thomas Starr ON a. Lead
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4 case r-Ar seEos isvrs-
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os"s - H.,- 49,.
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Manners must ddorn knowledge and
smooth it's way through the world
Chesterfield
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LEGLESS AND ARMLESS.
Barn LeqIess and RrmIess, KaVanauah
Was a Daring Rider and
Keen Sportsman.

Far and away the most interesting |
member and in many ways the most
man who has ever sax - f,
sfA house of commons was the Right
Hon. Arthur Kavanaugh, who sat Tor
Carlow from 1869 to 1880 under condi-
tions which would have been impos-
sible for almost any other man
Kavanaugh was born without arms
or legs-he was. in fact, mere trunk
of a man. And yet he performed d
feat from which most men with theH
full complement Of members might
well have shrunk.
Strapped on TO his saddle, he was
one of the most skillful ana caring
riders to hounds in all Ireland On
one occasion, it is said, ''the saddle
turned under him, and the horse Jrot-
ted back to the stable yard WIN MS
master hanging under him, his halF
sweeping the ground, bleeding pro-
fusely. He merely cursed the groom
with emphatic vOlubility, had himseI
more safely readiusted and rode out
once more"
So remarkable was the sight OF TINS
pink clad trunk perched or his big
| horse that child who once saw MIN
dashing out Of a wood ran shrieking
to her mother. exclaiming: ION, mum
nv. I've seen Satan himself, I've seen
him sure enough
! Kavanaugh was also an enthusiastic
| vachtsman and was the first TO assert
| the right of NJ. P's to moor their craft
opposite the houses of parliament. lie
went on shooting expedition to Al
bania and published q charming book
on his experiences. illustrated with ad-
mirable photographs taken by himself
while among his favorite pastimes
were angling and tree telling.
His most famous exploit. however
was his ride from Norway to lndla,
Accompanied by two friends, he rode
! across Russia to the Caspian sea
thence to Astrakhau and Astrabad
! and through Persia. laughing at the
perilS and fatigues of a journey which
might well have daunted even the Ia
nous Colonel Burnaby.
Kavanaugh who was the father ol
four handsome sons and daughters, al
perfectly formed, was carried into the
house Of commons on the back OF al
attendant. and was certainly one o.
the keenest and ablest of legislators o.
his time-LOndOn Tit-Blts
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pnnotmaIitu In London.

There is plenty Of rush and hurry in
business London. just as in America
but the English ways seem To he much
more systematic and digniied. The
man Of business is always attired with
care-pink necktie. chamoiS gloves.
fr0ck coat, spats-fcr business proce-
dure in England MIST he met with due
compliance to English ideas of propri-
ETY.
Appointments must be made by writ
ten notes-not typewriter. mind-and
when the appointment is made IT is 10
be kept to the dot. ! kept nine ap-
pointments in one day and found every
man ready and waiting. When you
think that old London is slow just
wake up. They don't make much fuss
about things. hut they Just plan and
do what they set out 10 do.-.Ioe Mitch
ell ChappIe in National Magazine.
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A HUNGRY PYTHON.
What Happened to Him When He
Made a Raid on the
Poultry Pen.

In my travels ] visited the Jail at
Thayet-AIyo in Burma. On the morn
ing Of my visit there had undoubtedly
been an unusual occurrence A python
twenty-five feet long and twenty eight
inches in girth had entered the vege-
table garden and crossed il to the fowl
pen. Besides the fowls. there were
some FIVE ducks in the pen. Now, the
front of the pen was fenced with dia-
mond mesh galvanized wire netting of
i strong type
The snake could not resist a fat
duck. so, putting its head and neck
through the stout diamond frame, it
seized and swallowed one. / have no
doubt whatever that it would have
'mopped up the bunch inside the
house. but that in adjusting No. 1 10
make room for No. . it became aware
of an ueaSy feeling OWING 80 the wire
around its waist. Neither have l any
doubt that in addition To becoming
uneasy II became seriously alarmed.
/ Being now unable either to disgOrge
or to get away. it tore off the whole
I section of netting, feet by 5, and re
turned with the necklace or waist
/ band through the cabbages. Not I'M
naturally, ! think, the sentry, seeing
J q by foot wire section of fencing
marching through the cabbage patch
/ without any visible means Of support,
gave the alarm and then opened fire.
The prison guard rushed out and
also opened fire. and very shortly our
( hero lay dead in his frame. He was
skinned and his skin cured and dress
ed in the jail, where they are noted
for this kind of wOrk.-Forest and
Stream.
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One life. little gIeam Of time De
rween TWO eternities.-Carlyle
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CHANCES OF LIFE.
Fioures That indicate Your Probable
Future In Years.

Fiaures That Indicate Your Probable
Future In Years.
DO Won ever wonder how long you
are going 10 live? Ask an actuary' the
man who figures it all out for the life
insurance companies and who can tell
with almost supernatural precision.
He'll tell YOU that if you are 20. and
i'm good health. chances are i 10 L
that you'll live beyond 30, For longer
life he'll offer these odds: To be 40,
51k 10 /: to be 20. , to /; TO he CO. %
70 /. But he'll say that YOU have less
than chance in 2ia To he 20. less than
in ~, to bc 80 and only chance IN
100 To he %.
SuppoSe you are 20. Your chances
run this way: To he 40, II to l; to be
40. IL, 10 /: to be go, 2is 10 I: to be 10.
nb chances i'm 10. to he 50, l in 5l4; TO
be 90. in 100.
Or 40 years old. ActuarieS ODDS are;
To he 30 : - to I: to be 90, 21s to l;
to he 20. > chances out of 10; to be 80
I in 5as plus: to be 20. in 100.
Fiftv-vear-olds' prospects are hg-
ured. To he 60 AZ to I; to be 40
about H., to !: to he 80, only in .;
TO be 10 i'm 10h.
Sav vou are 80. 1t runs this way at
that age. To he 40. > to I; to he so, /
| chance i'm I: to be 30. in 96.
If Won are 20 your chances OF turn
i'm, fna ~ year milepost are 3 to 3
| 10 he 81, I i'm ~.
! Efghrv-year-old men and womer
! have opIv / chance in Il TO Stave on
| the funeral until after ~.
IF You are ~ there's no nope To-
vou The actuarieS have no figures
! Cincinnati Commercial tribune
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La Enn and the Shell.

FggSheIIs are made chiefly Of car
Donate of lime. and the yolk Is half
water half oil and albumen, while the
white of an egg. as it is called. con
Sists of water chiefly with aIbumen
and little phosphorus and sulphur.
The yoIk always floats at the top OF
the white, So 10 be as near aS possible
tn the hen when she sits upon If to
hatch it, while ;wo cords attached 10
the yoIk. one at each end, prevent II
from actually touching the shell
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FieId's Finishing Touch.

Eugene Field WAS once visiting the
house of Richard Henry Stoddard In
New York. During the evening a Ger
tain well known physician dropped IN
He WAS serious man and bit poTnp
ous. The talk turned on diet.
Doctor" said Stoddard. I've heard
that YOU eat two eggs AT breakfaSt
every morning tac year round.
No" said the doctor emphaticaIly
''No. ON the contrary.
"On the contrary cried St"ddaFd
..ZVhats the contrary of eating 1--WE
eggs"
..Iaving two eggs" came III deep
solemn tones from Field.
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UOCK HOSPITAL
WHY suFFER WITH PILES.

WHY SUFFER WITH PILES.
Browns Pile Remedy is used success
fully for Internal and External Piles.
Remedy No. I. An ointment makes
soreness, inflammation and imitation
vanish
Remedy No. ?. An internal remedy
to aid the ointment by expelling the
poison caused by constipation.
To be used together. Both for soc
postpaid
T. c. BROWN, Registered Pharmacists
GOO Third Street, n. w.
Washington, D. c.