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MAINE EXPLOSION Was no more nn Accident than tho Death of Caesar. TRAGEDY IN HAVANA HARBOR a WAS ON"E OP THE BLACKEST ACTS INl SPAIN'S LONG CATALOGUE OP CRttlES AGAINST CIVILIZA TION, SATS REV. 3km. AUSTIN. IN AN ADDRESS LAST EVENING AT VANCE MEMORIAL CHURCH. THE PALL OP A TROUD NATION SKETCHED. ? Last evening- In Vance Memorial church, at Leathcrwood, the pastor, 1 Rev. C. II. Ausrtiln, delivered an elo* i qucnt discourse on "Spain'# Contribu tion to Civilization." A very largo au*-| dlence heard the address-, and tho ex pressions of approval that were e:^ prqrsed after the service, showed In no ^nc^rtalii manner the feeling of tho peopla of this community. Mr. Austin said In part: , "In this time of the rapid succession of startling events, which- have cul minated In a tragedy of the sea which is fuii of promise In the results that must flow from It, tho question may well be asked. 'What Is the \vortd\s debt to Spain? That fair hind of romance, of chivalry, of poetry and-song, contain ing a race of people of high spirit and passionate pride, has fixed upon It In this awful crisis the eyes of the world. How much has It done for humanity? ? "Highly favored by macure In Its posi tion and rer-0urcoff, as well as in tho vigor and. intelligence of Its people, Spain to-day holds an unenviable posi tion among1 the nation* of Europe. A land that is equal in area to France, as well .loeated and as resourceful, It has squandered. Its patrimony, lost its proud position among the ivatlonr, and now races the penalties of the outraged laws , of God. '?That kingdom of mountain ridges and plateaux is capable of sustaining a large population, yet it Tiaa not half the number of -people It contained in the days of Rome. With mineral riches practically Inexhaustible, worked from a very early day, It Is still one of the most favored' and fertile countries of opej St(^'es ?? fabulous wealth ??.wn from remote antiquity. \vhen Sciplo captured New Carthatre there fell into his hands 276 golden bowCr. 18,000 pounds of silver, and an immense number of silver vessels. AN hen merchantmen from the eastern shores of the Mediterranean returned .?* ^aIn- lhey took back anchors of gold that tihey might thus economize in their freight. Spain has from her %ery position felt the shock of mauy an invasion and war. In the blood of her people axe strains of Iberian, Celt, Car thagenianv Roman, Vandal, Goth and Arabian, blood. Her ancient pride was derived from a Roman' source. Her austerity, perseverance and passlonate ness is of Moorish origin. Teutonic in fluences were Inwrought: Into her Insti tutions. The first people were Iberians. The*^canie the Celts from France. In 1000 B. C. there was infusion of The niclan civilization, followed by Greek, ?w ^** a^t,er 2C0 years war* with the Romans', the subjugation was com plete. . *'Wh5n Kome dissolved the German tribes from the north came down. The Arabic conquest early in the cichth century was brief and brilliant. Then came a ra-pid development in commerce, art, science ar.d literature, in which students Hocked from all parts of Eu rope... "But Spain did not keep pace with the - rest of Europe in these matters. It is true that in discovery, colonization, ad venture. in much of her history out side of Europe the nation exhibited many virtues, such as courage, endur ance and foresight. Such names as Co/umbus, Magellan, Cabot, Vespucius, Xavier and Loyola are Inseparably I linked with Spanish civilization. The - Spanii/h language sprang from the j Latin, became one of the most extensive in the world, and included most of South America. Mexico, portions of Africa and the Philippine islands. . .. "Her flag floated over a large portion of the western hemisphere. In the six teenth century the empire of Philip the second attained to magnificent propor tions. His fame for a time was greater than that of Napoleon. From that dizzy height Spain fell, perhaps because of her greatness it sett?and the wealth from the distant kinds that flowed into her coffers, introducing a luxury that was fatal to nationai life. In part. It wad due to the many wars-, which sap pea the blood of her people. But the old liberties were destroyed, Between the reigns of Ferdinand ami PhiMp the story of Spain Is dark as- night. Abso lutism In state and church, war carried to the point of bitterest) crueltv, Spain weH nigh annihilated herself, her pop ulation dripping to eight milrions. Such judges of history as Drake. Cavendish. Hawkins. Rawleigh and Sydney regard ed the Spaniard as a child of hell. Un der the baleful Influence of the Inquisi tion that proud nation went backward for 200 years. After a war against the Moors, lasting nearly eight centuries. they wore finally expatiated, not as a religious crusade altogether, but from a spirit: of preed which envied their pos session of the richest province of Spain, Then fol-lowed the persecution of the Jews, by which 170,000 more of her valu able people were lost to ncr. The wave . of the reformation scarcely got beyond the Pyrenees. heM. back by the Inquisi tion. which is charged' with tho death in Spain and elsewhere of half a million people, *Spaln has been- as cruel and inexorable with herself as with her col onies? Her cruelty, her hatred and In justice, and Inhumanity have borne fearful fruit. She Jiaa hat? an opportu nity such as few peoples have had. but to-day she Is entitled to the hatred of mankind. She Is reaping the harvest - of her own sowing. "THE BLOW! NY; UP OF THE MAINE IS ONE OF THE BLACKEST HER LONG CATALOGUE T AGAINST CI VI LI ZA iF ? c lnay novor be proved to have Had official origin. For me sake of hu manity may it never be so proved! But It was the legitimate offppring of that murderous spirit which lias swayed the nation for centuries anil which now movea her to exterminate a people In whose veins (lows her own blood. ?THE DESTRUCTION. OF THE WAS N0T ACCIDENT ?25 THAX TH? TREARH S?2J?.? JI'DAS or tub assassi AN accident! uus caesar was "The graves of the past are now open ;oa, and as the nation drinks of the blt ? ter dTegs of the cup of humiliation, tho wrath of the Almighty Is plainly seen in a catastrophe as distinct and In structive as that which overtook Baby Ion or Rome. The /orecs of this new land, which have their birth in the persec.utlon.4 of other countries, are now massed solidly l/elrlnd one personaire The two civilizations are face to face SvI??CTaiJ>c..t.!!er9,may b<v no wu>' wit?i Spain. BUT GOD GRANT TIfvr MAV BECO.MB A FREE NA i. 2 ? *? \V,K> knou'p. Perhaps even In Spain heroelf. a spirit of Hbcrty, such |ls already dwells in a few souls, may become so strong under this chastening of God, that- the land may be redeemed. fru 11and JU,h0H brl,,K r?rL1' iruita meet for repentance." EXCELLEHI TALK <JI?nn lo 1 nun- .Mr-n m v. M, c, A. hy II.v. \V. I. u Rev. W. r, Wlnhart, of Allegheny,who bo successfully concluded lust week's series of mcotliiRs at the First llnllcd Presbyterian church, duplicated this Bood Impression he mudo -tlien, la a talk mad? yesterday afternoon at the Y. M. C, A, Simple and-forceful, Rev, Mr. Wlihart'a stylo reaches home. 316 urged young nKif> to be uaeful, and to follow the real purpose In life. Rev. Mr. Wlshart prefaced hli re marks xvlth an allusion to an address made to a graduating clan*, by a west ern college president, who used ? the words: "Young meo the worl* needs you; and It needs rou at your best." This statement Is particularly applica ble to tho present time, said Mr. Wlsh art. Tho next few years aro destined to determine tho moral status In China, Japan and Brazil, to quote from mis sionaries. In this country, the next few years? the opening of another century?will de termine the religious status. This age Is tho crisis age, and It calls for the en ergy, enthnslusm and earnestness of young men. Christ Is calling for strong young men to-day. "Tho world needs you, voung men; and It needs you at your best." Tho trouble has been that religious workers In tho past have not been sutll clently well equipped. Young nwn should bo strong, physically as well as morally, or mentally. The fdea should not be to get Sandow physiques, but to keep bodies in tho best possible condi tion?freo from vice or disease. This also means that the best Intellectual condition should be striven after. Tho world needs the best Intellectual men, because opposed to the forces of Christ are men with strong Intellects. TJhero are great odds often against attaining a good education, but said the speaker, history discloses the successful efforts for education by great thinkers, who broke down tho barriers by their perseverance. And the world needs young men In the best state of spiritual fitness for the service of tho Master. It should not bo true that men are as ships that pass In the night. Idly drift ing. There should be an aim. a pur pose In life. Live for Christ, should be the motto. XovVoung man Is at his best until he takes Christ for his Sav ior; that is tho real purpose In life. An old school of philosophers taught that happiness on earth was the real purpose, but the real purpose Is useful ness. Men are put on the earth to make themselves useful, not for the purpose of enjoying 'themselves. The speaker referred to the book, "Ian Keith Fal coner," detailing the life of a man by that name, who had mastered athletics, stenography, and other pursuits until he mastered ?>anskrlt and other lan guages. netting a professorship In Ox ford University. Yet while ho was on athlete, a student and a scholar, he was a Christian, lie knew that ho was put on earth to be useful, so he went to Arabia and organized a splendid mis sionary movement. Eventually, he died of the fever peculiar to Arabia, but while his life went out his Influence re mains and continues to be an Inspira tion to ail young men. !Rev. Mr. Wlshart closed by asking young men to get the proper conception of life, and to attempt the work of lifting up Wheeling and community. This doing they will do a grand work and prepare for tho home with the Father. . EXCELLENT MUSIC Rendered bjr the Itrorsmilxcd Fourth Street Chnrcli Choir. The congregation of Fourth street M, E. church were Treated to a splendid musical programme at last night's ser vice. The choir had recently undergone a reconetruetlon, the double quartette giving way to the chorus which wan ?o popular before. Director E. R. Bullard wielded the baton last night, and the elllclency of the new choir was deserved ly complimented. The programme Included an anthem, "Hear O Father." arranged by Ludden; "Oh. Lord be Merciful." sang by a fe male quartette; anthem, "The Golden Threshold," Xevin's arrangement; and a baritone solo, with vocal accompani ment, Rosecrans' "Come Unto Me." These nurr.'bers were beautifully render ed, the choruses being especially pure and full. The composition of the choir is a6 fol lows: Sopranos?Miss Zoti Hastings, Mrs. Jessie Morris, nee Dungan, Miss Adele Metzner. Mrs. Frank LIsbey, Mrs. Maude Travis. Altos?Mlsset? Kate Land, Minnie Wincher. Alice Walters. Lottie Jeffers. Tenors?Messrs. O. P. McKee, Henry Ccoper, William Dulin. * Bassos'?Fred Frazler, J. C. pray, II. E. Bowen, J. H. Devore, FrankTShrhnrt. THE SOCIAL EVIL, Ami Otlier Glniili of Evil?There In n I'rrniliis forCalcln. Yesterday morning at Wesley church Rev. S. P. Crummett) preached a pow erful sermon; from the words, "Let us go over and possess the land, for we are well able," etc. He spoke of the cour age of Caleb and Joshua In contrast with that of the other ten spies who were afraid of the plants who inhabit ed t'he hand. He said more Calebs are needed to-day In Christian warfare. We have giants to n-.cet to-day, or rather the church has to meet them. There is the giant of the social evil that is yearly mining hundreds of thou sands of young people in every city, village and hamlet in the land. The giant of Sabbath desecration in the shape of excursions, the illegal) selling of liquor, and many other ways to draw the young away from everything good ' and noble. The giant of the liquor traf- i fie, entrenched as It Is by law ar.'A be- ; hind the money power, Is laying lis : blighting handi on everything good, i We knee) in subserviency to It on every election day throughout this broad land. Oh, for Calebs enough to meet and van quish it! It can be done if the church would arouse to a sense of duty. The revival sen-ices at the Wesley church continue with umiDated Interest, night after night. There have been al ready flfteen conversions, and qjilte a ivumbcr of others are seekers. Large crowds attend every night and the in terest is on tho increase. W. C. T. U. MEMORIAL SERVICES. The W. C. T. U. of this city will hold a memorial service for the late Frances E. WHIlard, at Fourth street M. E. church next Sunday afternoon at .ItP.O o'clock. Services of this nature have been held all over t'he country,'and a special sermon on Mitv* Wlllard's life and work was recently delivered to the W. C. T. U. by Rev. B. B. Evans, at Zano street M. E. church. The pro gramme next Sunday will be an inter esting one. TO BUILD AX ADDITIOX. On Wednesday evening-tho congrega tion of the Third Presbyterian church will-hold a meeting, to consider contem plated Improvements and an addition to the church. A committee appointed to uncertain the need:?, and -the 'hoard of trustees will make 'their reports, and It Is likely it will be decided to order the work done. T'he present edifice la too small in some respects and If the ques tion of funds can be satisfactorily dealt .with the church will undergo the pro posed alterations. Frre 1*11 In. Send- your address to H. E. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get a free sample box of Dr. Kind's Xew Life Pills. A trial will convince you of their merits. These pills are easy In action and are particularly effective In the cure of Constipation and Sick Headache. For Malaria and Liver troubles they have been proved Invaluable. They are guaranteed to be perfectly free from every deleterious fubstanoc and to be purely vegetable. They tlo not weaken by their action, but by giving tone to the stomuch and bowels greatly Invig orate the system. Regular sizo 25c per box. Sold, by Logan Drug Co., drug gists, 2 WELL RECEIVED. The IntclllRcncer Suggestion for a Convention Ilurcuu lias MET WITH HEARTY APPROVAL TIIB MATTER MAY COMB UP AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?TJTE WORK OF PREPARATION FOR THE RIG REUNION, EPWORTH LEAGUE CONVENTION, WEST VIRGINIA EDUCATORS' MEET ING AND OTHER GATHERINGS. / The auggestion made In the Intelli gencer lost week that a convention bu reau bo organised under the respon*! blo auspices of tho Wheeling chamber of commerce, has met with hearty ap proval on all sides, not on!y among members of the chamber, whose mem bership Is somewhat restricted, but among people who arrango their vaca tions so as to attend gatherings of bodies of which the** are members. One of the latter, In speaking of the suggestion remarked: ".Last year I attended three big gath erings, one In a West Virginia town and two outside of the state, and I am con fident that with tho assistance of u Wheeling convention bureau, such ns you suggest, we could have bagged this year's gatherings of the three for Wheeling. This is a city of distinctive industries and numerous attractions which would appeal In our favor when Intelligently and vigorously presented' to organizations meeting elsewhere and which we desired should come here. 1 hope the chamber of commerce will take up tho matter soon. I feel sure the business men of the city who are not members of the chamber, will come to Its support liberally." THE EDUCATORS. The work of preparing for the visit of educators of the state, on the occasion of tho annual meeting of tho West Vir ginia Educational Association, June ^9. .'{0 and July 1, is being pushed vigorous ly by Superintendent Anderson and the principals and teachers of the Wheeling schools. Recently an executive com mittee was formed, of which Superin tendent W. II. Anderson Is chairman, and the other members ara (Messrs. F. II. Crago, J. C. Gwynn, C. S. Bi llies and J. M. Hammond, and Misses Lizzie Clo han, Ettle Blngle and Mary Rpppeto. This committee has held several ses sions ulready and Is mapping out Its plans for the entertainment of the vis iting teachers, who'will probably num ber from fiOO to 700. It has been decided that the teachers, principals and super intendent will contribute one-third of one per cent of their yearly salaries as the nucleus of nn entertainment fund. In addition to this amount, about 5200, It is expected the city board of educa tion will appropriate n handsome sum. Entertainments will also be given by the several schools, the proceeds of which will be added to the entertain ment fund. The sessions of the associa tion meeting will probably be held at the Y. M. C. A. hall, or in the high school building. One afternoon and evening is to be spent at the Wheeling Park casino, where a reception will take place In honor of the visitors. The details of the programme will be an nounced later. : THE REUNION. Chairman C. J. Rawltng, of the re union executive committee, will prob ably appoint in the near future a press committee, which will send bulletins to newspapers in the central states, giv ing particulars of the arrangements be ing made for the entertainment of the Arm*,- of West Virginia veterans at the time of the reunion here next September. This ought to stimulate In terest all along the line and increase the attendance. The reunion committee on ^finance meets Wednesday evening at the cham ber of commerce, when the attendance of nil its members is earnestly desired by Chairman Gorge Wise, who wUl an nounce plans of procedure in raising the Sfi.OOO it Is estimated to be needed. The work will be divided nmonp sub-com mittees of the finance committee. Chairman Stalnaker, of the transpor tation committee, was in Pittsburgh on Saturday, conferring with railroad offi cials. It is assured that both the Cen tral Passenger Committee (west of the Ohio river), and the Join: Traffic Asso ciation (east of the Ohio), will grant liberal rates of fare on the roads enter ing Wheeling on the occasion of the re union. Captain F. H. Crago, a member of the invitation committee, suffpests that it would be well for the Wheeling mem bers of regimental organizatlons-i-even those that wore not part of the Army of Ask your doctor how many preparations of cod liver oil there arc. He will answer, "Hun dreds of them." Ask him which is the best. He will reply, "Scott's Emulsion." Then sec that this is the one you obtain. It contains the purest cod-liver oil, free from unpleasant odor and I taste. You also get the hy pophosphites and glycerinc. All three arc blended into ; one grand healinjr and nour ishing remedy. <;oc. and $i.oo, all cirujrphtt. Dlnmomlx are something morn thnn or naments?tho.v nro Investments whoso vnlu? never change*. Buying a Rood Dia mond l? putting inonoy naldo for a rainy ''"iniylnt: Diamonds and other uems from iih mean* absolute surety. You know preclMoly what you havo bwwht and that it's worth every cent you paid for It. John Becker & Co., JEWELEKS AND OPTICIANS, UCU7 Jacob btroot. Three Women, High In Wash ington Society,Kill Themselves BecauseThey Believed Health was Gone FromThom Forever. " Opening his mouth wide, ho bjwqnoly thrust tiie p Jtol-barrel Into the very bottom of his throat and pre.<sedupon the trigger." Of courso the shot killed htm. He had been challenged to a duel, nnd the fenr of death drove him to 5ulcldc. Guy do Mau passant, the great French writer, tells the htory. This is no mero fancy of a novelist. It Is a dreadful, eternal truth. Men and wo men, living under tho shadow of Death's black wing, fling themselves Into the arms of tho very enemy they dread. See tho proofs of tills in tho matter-of-fact newspaper re ports. Note that in a ereat city half-a-dozcn persons will, in a slnglo day, take their own lives. Why ? Various motives arc assigned, bucIi as disappointed love, fluancial. ruin, actual or impending disgrace and thwarted ambition. Tho moet prevalent reason is not dwelt upon, except in raro cases, bccauso to tho unthinking xeador it is less impressive than the others. Yet tho fact that sufferers from real or imaginary disease, despairing of a cure, tako their own lives, is tho most appalling of all tho doleful facts connected with suicido. Within a fow weeks three wo men, moving in tho highest society in Wash ington, killed themselves becauso they saw no hopo of overcoming disease. They had struggled and hoped until strugglo Becmed vain and hopo a mocking delusion. One day tho shadow of tho black wing was so near tliat it blotted out all tho joy and sun shlno of tho world. Tho noxt dav'a papers told of a historic family's awful affliction. Ailments leading to self-murder oro rouff lily divisible into two classes: those that tro mostly fanciful and proceed from ill-reg llated nervea, and those of which tho eymp Neither Love Nor Duty Can Stay the Sui cide's Hand. west Virginia?to do all in their power I lo hoyp their annual gatherings held In . 5s at the tlme of the big reun ion. The suggestion is a good one an.! will no doubt be taken up in earnest by the invitation committee. Captain Crago is already endeavoring to have his Pennsylvania regiment hold its meeting here. Local steamboatmen are preparing, to ??l1c pus*' by bringing excursions nto heeling at the time of the reun ion?that is If the river isn't hunting, bottom next September. THE EPWORTH LEAGUERS. The central committee of the Wheel ing Union Epworth League, which has in charge the arrangements for the'in ter-state Epworth League convention here next June, will hold a meeting ear Jy this week, at which sub-committees will ho appointed and the work of pre paration begun in earnest. From infor mation the local committee is already in receipt of from leagues In Pennsylva nia. District of Columbus, West Vir ginia and Maryland, it is estimated the attendance will exceed the 3,000-mark. Tin; Rivet. YESTERDAY'S DEPARTURES. Pittsburgh...BEX HUR. 1 a. m. Pittsburgh... 1CAXAWH A, 6 n. m. Pittsburgh...KEYSTONE STATE, noon. Cincinnati....VIRGINIA. 10 a. m /ancsv 111 e?LOItEXA. a a. m. BOATS LEAVING TO-DAT. I'arkersburg.ItEN HUB, 9 n. in. Sbtorsvllle...lil'TII, 3:30 i.larlngton....I.El;OY, 3:30 p. m. SteubonvIlk'..T. 51. BAYNE, 2:30 p. m. BOATS LEAVING TO-MORROW Cincinnati....KEYSTONE STATE. S a. m. Pittsburgh...QUEEN CITY, 5 n. ra. Pnrkersburg.ARGAND. 11 a. in. Matamoras.. .LEX1XGTOX. 11 a m SlslorevllIc...RUTH. 3:30 p. m. Ciarlngton....LEROY, 3:30 p. ra. Steubenvillc..T. M. BAYNE. 2:30 p. ni. ~ * AIoiir Mir I.nndin^. The Raymond Horner, on her way to New Orleans with a tow of coal, broke her shaft near Baton Rouge, La. She will return on one engine. Captain Charles Mengers will put the little packet F. A. Goebel into the Mc Keesport and Pittsburgh trade this week. She will make two round tiip& dolly. Captain Bert Clow, master of the Mark Wlnnc-tt, Is considering an offer to go as commander of a boat that will shortly be placed in commission on the Yukon river. . William Stanley,- a Pittsburgh pilot, leaves to-nighc for British America. He has contracted with a companvto pilot a steamboat on the Fraz<er river arid will receive $4 a day and, his ex penses. J. and II. Phillips, of Pittsburgh,have lllcd intervening libels against the Bob Connell and Return, owned by Hullngs Bros., for supplies furnished the boats amounting to $67 04. The marks at 6 p. m. showed 0 feet and rising. It was reported from Pittsburgh last night that the Ohio reached a coal barge stage and a ship ment approximating S5.000.000 bushels of black diamonds would be made. Coal operators expect a large ship ping stage of water In the Ohio river early next week, The warm weather since last Saturday has started the snow melting in the mountains, and the reports show rises at the head wateryof the Jlonongahela and Allegheny rivers. At least 3,000,000 bushels of coal will be sent out. The rivermcn of Pittsburgh are grow ing very anxious for a rise in the riv ers that will allow the shipment of coal, says the Pittsburgh News. There is a large stock accumulating here, while some firms have not a single bushel for salo at Cincinnati. This docs not mean that there is no coal at Cincinnati,-but thnt what Is there has nearly all passed from first hands, and there Is an active demand for more. The shippers could mm 15,000.000 bushels south at onco without glutting the market. Sl?? Is '? rite I'lnril." Captain John Bclh of the Vicksburg & Greenville MoJl line, was a Cincin nati visitor yestord'ayv His company is building a fine boat, the Belle of the Bends1, at Louisville, and. Captain Bell's business here yesterday was principally to tree the magnificent new steamer the Queen City, of the Pittsburgh & Clnnatl Packot l'lne. He took back with him many valuable pointers which lie will use In the decoration and furnlsh inent of his company's new boat. The Queen City Is. without doubt, the most elegantly fitted up boat on western waters, uml Captain Bell could not have visited a steamer from which he could have received more suggestions which will be of service to him. While here he reads? inquiries concerning an outfit for his new steamer.-Clucinnatl Com mcrclal-Trlbune. Itlvrr 'I clt-grnuia. BROWNVILLE?River 4 feet J1 in ches and stationary. MORtfANTOWN?River 7 feet 7 In ches and stationary. Weather clear and warm. * WARREN?River 5 feet 6 inches. Weather fair and colder. GREENSBORO?River 7 feet S Inches nnd stationary. Weather fair and pleas ant. German la down Tuesday. Jamos u. Blaine and Nellie Hudsonaip. OIL CITY?River f? feet 4 indict* and rising. Weather clear and cooler PITTSBURGH?River 8.5 feet and dam. Clear and pleasant STEUBENV1LL15?Rlvor S feet if Inches and rising. Weather clear and I toms aro misunderstood by patients and I physician. In the pitiless strucslc for exist ence tho sick aront an awful disadvantage. They aro trtuupled under foot like loine wolves in the rush of their strong and hungry fellows. Small wonder is it that tho invalid, gloomily reflecting on what ho be lieves to bo his hopeless state, reports to pistol or poison; to tho ropo or th? river. A few dry wonls from his doctor havo fallen on his ear like a death-sentence. In some medical book tho sufferer has read of > deadly diseases with symptoms such as he noted in himself. Ho concludes he has some diseaso he has read about, an inference as natural as it is unwarranted. Prido.dutyand < love are powerless to hold the suicide's hand. ! Among tho readers of this article may be ' somo who have pondered long on the qucs- : tion whether a sick Ufo is worth living, yet ! havo not reached that pitch of despair when ; they would push themselves across tho lino i between time and eternity. To them a fow ] words of siraplo, temperate common senso. I How do you Icnow tnnt you cannot bo as well and strong as any or your neighbors? I cool. Passed up: Princess, KanaWha, i Ben Hur, Keystone State. PARKERSBURG?Ohio river 9 feet 2 Inched and rising, \yeather cloudy and mercury 54. Passed down: Argand and Virginia. The Little Kanawha i3 sta tionary. MARTIN'S FERRY. Hap* Itnd Sllftliapa in tiio Thriving City Acrona the Itlvor. A very large vote was polled at the Republican primaries at Martin's Fer ry on Saturday. The contests were for mayor, marshal, street commissioner, board of educatlop, and council In the Second and assessors In the Third and Fourth wards. James W. Shlpman was nominated for mayor; R. A. Lindemuth for marshal; Seth Howell for street commissioner; George W. Tweedy and John Vlckers for board of education; Charles Downey for council in the Sec ond, and Walter Duff for assessor In the Third, and Piere Coleman in the Fourth ward. The total vote for mayor In the Ave wards was ns follows: James'W*. Ship man, 356; John F. Beacel. 145; John Goodhue, OG; B. B. Williams, 47. The total vote for marshal in the five wards was: R. A. Lindemuth. 232; Charles W. Ervln, 190; Brock Brown, 168; John H. Moore, 13S; Elmer E. Moore, 134; William Rennard, 14. The total vote for commissioner in the five wards was: Seth Howell, 277; Mar tin S. Myers, 190; John McHenry, 112. George W. Tweedy and John Vlckers were olected members of the board of education, tho vote standing: George W. Tweedy, 546; John Vickers, 455; J. T. Hanes, 333. David Coss was nominated for city treasurer; Ernest G. Smith for city so licitor; Theodore Moore for water works trustee; C. S. Moore for electric light trustee, and F. II. Hadsell for cemetery trustee, all without opposition. For-council, Charles Downey defeat ed Charles James In the Second ward, the vote being 99 to S9. James Rcbbins was nominated in the First, C. H. Car penter In the Third, J. C. Hayne In the Fourth and Lee Woods in the Fifth, all without opposition. For assessor. Walter Duff defeated Jerry Ebbert In tho Third ward, by 9S to S3, and the vote for assessor In th" Fourth ward iva3: Plero Coleman, 70; F. D. Stricklln, 40. and Robert F. Smith, 19. Harry Romlck was nominated for assessor in the First, Frank Brooke In the Second, and Theo. Coss In the Fifth, all without opposition. IX PEASE TOWNSHIP. A big vote was cast at the Pease township Republican primaries held at Martin's Ferry. For Justice of tho peace (two to elect). Theo. Keller received 774 and S. A. Clemens 7f?G; for township | trustee, George Pitner received 490 votes and George Glffln 324; for town ship clerk, the vote was: William Mor gan, 3S6; William Bartholomew, 241; William E. Thomas, 213. A SUCCESSFUL AFFAIR. The gross receipts at the supper and entertainment given by the Twentieth Century1 Mandolin Club on Saturday nlgljt, were about $350. Miss Clara HI1 debrand was the lucky contestant for the ladies gold watch, she turning in 56S 15 to $44 by her opponent. Miss Sina Edwards. For the gentleman's gold watch, Daniel Isaacs turned In $44 CO and received the watch, his Wheeling opponent failing to show up. MARTIN'S FERRY BRIEFS. Vacant dwelling houses are scarce In Martin's Ferry. A real estate man said on Saturday that by the middle of the week there will not be an unoccupied dwelling house In Martin's Ferry. Sev eral very poor houses were gobbled up last week. New people are arriving J from different towns. A musical and literary entertainment ' will bo given In the Methodist Episcopal church next Thursday evening, under the auspices of the Epworth teaguc. Joseph J. Richards, a well known Laughlin mill roller, was parried to a young lady of Clovelnnd, and they have gone to housekeeping on Park street. Rev. John Gray and daughter, of Now Concord, are here on account of tho serlouH Illness of Miss Ellen Gray, the former's sister. " , Tho Martin's Ferry Democrats will make up their ticket at Scheehle's hall next Wednesday evening. Attorney George Duncan will move from the Shreve-Herve>4 building to the J. S. Harrison building. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zlnk and daugh ter, of Cambridge, were in Martin's Ferry over Sunday. Misses Laura and Clara Rodgers.who have been visiting here, will return to Barnesvllle to-day. Moss and Misses Emma and Blanch Glllosplo spent yesterday at Portland Station. Frank Harrison, of Barnesvllle, was calling on Martin's Ferry friends yes terday, Mrs. Sarah Lewis and Mrs. Frank McCarty were at Steubenvllle yester day. John Feetterer, of New Philadelphia, is visiting friends and relatives hero. Tobias Vlckers, who has been sick with typhoid fever, la able to be out. Miss Grace Leseur, who has been vis iting at llarrisvllle, has returned. J. E. Klytz, who has boon In the oast buying goods has returned. Tho condition of Miss Helen Gray was more hopeful last evening. What authority has condemned you to thi bondage of disease? Your doctor, and po^. bly the doctor whom ho callcd in conduit* lion, lint they nro busy pnwral practi. Honors who treat nil ports of maladies. Don't zlve up tho tight until n specialist, trained for years In tl)? study of Just ?uch cases ai rours, has heard nil about you. Tho Warner S'azaro Medicino Co., ??0 Broadway, Nr* Vork, has arranged to place tho moit ikfl, foil special treatment within the reach of ?veryhod7. So matter what part of your body is affected; 110 matter how long you' hf-sj Buffered, tho highest talent and tie widest knowledge In the country arc at your lisposal. With obstinato diseases of lunp, lervcs, blood, stomach, liver and kidneys ;he company's Board of Physicians hasten nost successful. Correspondence is Invited "rom women who aro victims of disorder* peculiar to their sei, and from men whota Ordinary measures havo failed to rid of old roubles. A carcflilly arranged symptomi >lank will be sent yon for tho asking, whkh irill enabloyou to Aillv and accurately if icrlbo your diacaso. Write for this todiy. COMMISSIONER'S SALE. QOMMISSIONEIVS SALE. In pursuanco of a (lecrco of tho circuit court of Olilo county, "Went Virginia, en it* red on the 14th day of February, In a certain sUlt in chanccry, In whlct T J. llugus, truster. Is complainant, an^ Theodore Kraft anil others aro defend ants, I will on MONDAY, APRIL 11, ISM, beginning at 10 o'clock a. m.. ?cll at pub. He auction to the highest and best bidder, at the north front door of tho court hou?? of Ohio county, West Virginia, all the real estate described In said decree, belnij ill ! of the real estate of which John Kraft , died seised, situate In the city of Wheel Ink'. Ohio county, West Virginia, that li to say: Three-fourths of lot number om hundred and sixty-nine (100) In Chaplin# and Eoft's addition to the city of Wheel ing, and being all of the said lot number ono hundred and sixty-nine, except whit was conveyed by tho said John Kraft and wire to Christian Wuhlert by deed listed August -I, 1813, and recorded In the offire of the clerk of the county court of saM Ohio county In Deed Book No. IS. ps;e 540. being tho north one-half of the north east one-quarter of said lot, fronting six teen and one-half feet on Chapllni street and running back tho Karoo width weit ward I y sixty-one feet: and also except what was conveyed by the said John Kraft and wife to Lodwlck Meder by deed daiM August 4. 1S43, and recorded in th? siM county clerk's otllce In Deed Book J?o. H, page 551. being the south one-half of th? northeast one-quarter of the said lot num. ber one hundred and sixty-nine, JtronUnc sixteen and one-half feet on Cuaplln? street and running back the samo width westwardly sixty-one feet. Said sale will be upon the following terms, viz: One-third of the purchin money, and such further portion thereof as the purchaser may elect to pay. ?nau be paid In cash: the remainder shall N paid In two equal anntinl Installments, witn Interest on each of said Installments from the dav of sale, the interest on the second of sakl Installments to be pas-able annu ally. and tho title will bo retained until tea purchase money Is fully paid. Tho purchaser shall pay all taxes a. j sosscd thereon for the year 1 Special Commissioner. Wheeling, W. Va.. March 10. 1?S.. 1 hereby certify that bond and secuntr has been given by the above named com missioner, ns required by law and theae crcc o? tald COUrt' c 1IF.NNINO. mrll Clerk of saLl Circuit Court.. MERCHANT TAUjDS. ^B3SSSS8S8S8S8BS8SSS888; | TO ORDER. i|j Suits to order, $15.00 up. Overcoats to order, $15.00up. j|> Pants to order, $4.00 op. 88 ?? CALLIGAN, 60 iL 142+ Market Street. INSURANCE. GEORGE Soliciting Agent for The Mutual Llfo Insurance Co., oi York. Also sales agent for Borrough's Registering Accountant (Adding Machine). Your business solicited. Addre.sK. R. Exchange Bank Building, WheelinP, W. Va. REHL ESTATE TITLE INSURANCE. If yon purchase or make a loan on real cstato havo the tltlo Insured b> tc Wheeling Title ani Trust Go. SO. 131.1 MAIlIiltr STlil'.l.l' f-jj-jgsa," C.' J.'nAWLlN'a .VIM \V.\1. 11. Tit AC i* Ass G. 14. E. GILCHRIST..Examiner ol in, STATIONERY, BOOKS, ETC. , "TfALliN'TlNES. Kino and Comic, at IVliolrsilf "fl Itetail. BooUs. Weekly r.iM* MaSailnon, Newspapers. si??? ? cry, Gospel Hymns. C. H. QUIMBY. 1414 MarketStret^ STEAMERS. i*'?r c!?,flS vuV.i: LO\vijJ LOUIS. ><? erfl oi V cinctn - * n?ir|lrL'n' leaving \%;iar?uoal, foot of fw as follows: -nnhert R- 4 Steamer QURKN ClTY-Robcr new, Master: Jamcv uaidner, Every Thursday at S x m- c!hnr? Steamer KlUYSTON 13 H?|J} i> W. Knox, Master; Daniel Lave?? Every Tuesday at.8 U. ??? rAii,0on, ? Steamer VIRGINIA?-!. J. CyH???sun ter: R. H. Kerr, Pufrcr. R*?ry