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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26
EXPLANATORY.

We have been informed that, in an
editorial article in reply to "LACoN, a
few DAYS ago, we were understood As
holding that the clause OF the Constitu-
ton. then quoted, to-wit: "The Legisla.
turc shall not pass local or special laws,
regulating the practice in courts OF just
lee. -" prohibited the Legislature from, in
any manner, interfering with the Prac-
ticc of the courts.
We may have been unfortunate IN
our language, or in using the quotation
i'm the connection it was placed, but We
certainly had no design OF placing any
such Interpretation upon it. The clause
is So distinctly confined to "local or
speriaT' act-that is to say, that a law
shall not be passed regulating the prac-
tice of a court in one county that does
not apply 10 all couuties-that We could
hardly be so desperately lost for an ar
gument as to force such an interPreta-
ton.
We cited the clause of the COnsttu-
ton in question as simply one item
among many others showing the dispo-
sition of the law makers to place the
courts above the Legislature and leave
them free and untrammelcd TO run the
courts TO suit themselves, thereby
making them responsible for whatever
fault or inctIiciency has grown into
the practice.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26

The reasons for dashing cold water on
any scheme looking toward disturbing
that building fund until, at least, within
two wears OF the time il is TO be ready
for occupation, which is in May 1885,
are these: Two years before the seat
of government is to be removed TO
Charleston it will be time enough to
erect a State house which won't,
when completed, cost less than $780,
600. The one in this city cost that,
and was built in much less time. In
the meantime the S50,000 which Is
standing to the credit OF the Board IN
the several State repositories, for that
and no ether purpose, is bearing four
per cent interest compounded quarterly.
Ii let alone, in four years the inter-
est wouldn't be far short of $40, 900, thus
increasing the fund TO $4,000. Sec
ondly, what would be the result II the
Capital were erected two or three years
before it was wanted for occupancy?
Anv building without tenant deterio-
rates faster than with one. Then there
would be insurance, Waterman and
other fees which would be an annual
expense. II the building were begun at
once. and were not completed, asItisvery
probable thatit wouldn't be without a
further appropriation what havoc weuld
the weatL er play with the half erected
walls. uncovered and uncared for? 1t Is
alleged. when the Board drew from
the State treasury last February the
amount set apart by the Legislature for
the purpose contained in the bill, and
| had il passed to the credit of the Board,
10 be used for no other purpose than
was specified, the Board did their tull
| duty to Charleston, until the proper
| time arrived to commence the erection
| of the State House Until that time IL
at hand very few taxpayers outside OF
| Kanawha county will want TO see any
further progress in the matter than
/ what is now being made. These re-
marks are made in the kindest spirit,
| and as
| Good reasons must of force give place to bet
| ter"
| II the Charlestonians can give better
thew ought to be heard so that all the
light possible may be shed on the sub
| iect, and assist the Board of Public
| Works in acting carefully, consistently
and Justly TO both the State and Charles
/ ton.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
Report of their Proceedings at
Boston.

The Supreme Lodge Knights OF
Honor adjourned on Tuesday last, after
seven days session in the city Of BOs-
ton, TO meet next year in the city OF
Charleston, S. c., on the 10Th of May,
The following are the officers for the en-
suing year: Supreme Director, J. A.
Cummings, Massachusetts; Supreme
Vice Director, w. b. HOke, Kentucky;
Supreme Assistant Director, r. ii.
Cochran, West Virginia; Supreme Re
porter, J. c. Plumer, Ohio; Supreme
Treasurer, II. A. Osmer, New York;
supreme Chaplain, Frances Lobdell,
Connecticut; Supreme Guide, w. ii.
Mccormick, Illinois; Supreme Guardian,
w. ii. Hall, Mississippi; Supreme
Sentinel, T.. X. Long, Nebraska;
Supreme Trustees, VIM. Lovenstein,
Virginia. J. NJ. McLain, Indiana, and
y. W. WCbbCr, Michigan.
Standing Committees on Finance,
Law nd'Supervision, and Printing were
appointed.
The order has a membership now Of
over 10000, with thirty-One grand lodges
in as many different States all under
the gcueralcOutrol of the supreme lodge.
Each grand lodge and the supreme lodge
hold an annual session.
The order has paid over million and
a hall OF dollars TO the wives and chill
dren of its deceased members as death
benefits, besides the AID it furnished TO
sick and distressed members,
There were 1913 deaths last year from
yellow fever, and the prompt manner
,,ail chou.
the confidence its members have in the
plan of protection and management OF
the order. 1t includes i'm its member
ship many of the best citizens of the
States and has grown to be power in
the land.
There are fifteen or twenty Lodges in
this State. III. G.. McWhorter is Grand
Dictator, residence at Charleston, and
&. III. Deiters, of this city, is Grand Re-
porter. The first Lodge in this State
was organized in this city two years ago
last January, and the Order itself is
only six years old. Starting six years
ago in the city OF Louisville with about
a dozen persons, under charter from
the Legislature of Kentucky, it has
grown to 10000, and has paid about
81 100000 as death benefits.
We sec 10y the reports contained in
the daily journal of the Supreme Lodge
that during the sixteen years existence
OF the order the average annual cost, to
persons under 10 years old, of carrying
an insurance OF $1,000, has been less
than Sli; less than s. for 81 900, count
ing initiation fee, assessments, lodge and
annual dues and all. This cost secures
brOtherlv attention land substantial ben
efts during sickness in cases of absolute
necessity during the life of a member,
and -, 900 to his family at his death.
In the State of Massachusetts there
are over 1000 members, and the Ie-
speCt which the order and the Supreme
body command there is evidenced by
the fact that part of the time they were
the guests Of the city and public author
tiles Of Boston, headed by Mayor Prince
and Collector of the Post Board.
We are pleased to notice that the or
der i'm West Virginia has been honOred
by the election of Judge Cochran to the
important position OF Supreme Assist
ant Dictator of such body as the Su-
premc Lodge Of the Knights of Honor.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26
The Capitol Appropriation.

Cor. Cl0rSSburg News.
Some Of the members Of the Board of
Public Works are receiving letters from
kanawha urging them to take the initial
steps for the erection of the Capitol at
Charleston without further DELAY. II is
alleged that this is the beginning OF 4
pressure upon the Board in that direC-
ton, the weight OF which will increase
a. the time diminishes, in ratio some
thing like a geOmetrical progression, I'M
less a wholesome check is begun. The
people Of Charleston very naturally
want to reap all the advantage there is
10 be had in the erection of the State
House in that city. They reason, the
sooner the work is commenced,
the sooner will funds circulate
in our midst, and business
improve. Now Charleston is right in
her logic and her people are doing no
more than would any other community
similarly situated. But then with due
respect to our Kanawha friends, it would
be rough on the taxpayers throughout
the State, and particularly this portion
of it which pays so large ratio of the
funds that 90 into the public exchequer.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26
Protect tie System from Malaria


Il is possible 10 do this even in regions Of
country where miasma is most rife, and where
the periodic ieverS which it causes assume their
most formidable types. The immense popularity
of UOstcttcrs stomach BitterS is very largely at
tributbic to the fact OF its efficacy as a remedy
for chills and fever, bilious remittcnts, and a
preventive OF the various forms Of malarial dis.
ease In those portions of the West and South
where complaints OF this nature prevails, and in
the Tropics, il is particularly esteemed for the
protective influence which it exerts; and il has
been very widely adopted rs a substitute for the
dangerous and comparatively ineffective aka
loid, Sulphste Of quinine. Physicians have not
been among the last to conccde its merits, and
the emphatic professional Endorsements which it
has received have added TO the reputation ii ha
obtained at home and abroad.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26

CoNcERxIvG the colored exodus from
the South, Governor st. JOIN, Of Kan
sas. writes to Governor PITElN, OF Col
orado. that Kansas will have no difficult
tv in meeting the demands made upon
it by the negroes unless they greatly IN
crease in number. He says the white
people of the South are generously con-
tributing tothe exodusiund. Governor
IT. JOHN says his policy is neither to
encourage the coming Of the negroes nor
10 turn them away, but afford all when
they 10 come, and assist them IN set
Ting. He SAYS that, as a rule, they are
sober, industrious, able to see difficult
ties in their way, and willing to work to
overcome them.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26
THE REFUND1NG CERTIFICATES

THE REFUNDING CERTIFICATES.
The cacerncss with which the $40 GER
tiGcates are being bought up is asserted
10 be due 10 the fact that there is a cor
nor ON four per cent, bonds and the
premium on this class Of securities Is
rising rapidly. BY purchasing $40 re
funding certificates at par, person will
be- entitled To- receive in exchange four
per cent. bonds al par after July /.
1.-THE premium continues on the four
per cents after the first Of July, and the
holders find any sale for them, which
We opiue, will depend very much on
the action Of the New York syndicate,
which controls the market, there may
De- an opportunity toProGt by the certi-
firatcs now being purchased beyond the
accrued interest.
But We 30 not think this is complete
exclamation ot the large demand for
these certificates. While the banks and
the brokers and individuals who are
buving largely may De moved by this
chance for q speculation, the fact is that
the majority OF purchasers are those
who have ten, twenty or fifty, or an
hundred dollars to spare out of their
business for q short time, and are
anxious 10 have it bearing interest the
while, knowing that In this investment
there will be neither risk nor difficulty
i'm converting it into, or using it as
money at any moment they may findit
necessary
We believe it TO be entirely possible
for the whole debt Of the government to
De refunded into such certificates if they
bore even a less rate of interest and
could not Dee purchased i'm any greater
sums than now allowed. They are
Transferable without endorsement;
they serve all the purposes of a circula-
ting medium; the acc-Uing interest Is al-
ready calculated and stated on the back;
they could he passed around as Conyen-
iently as greenbacks; they would not
need to be made a legal tender, every
man would prefer them to other curren-
cv because his surplus capital would
never thus be idle; and if they were Of
fered in quantities equal to the whole
debt ofthe government, the whole Peo-
ple. the mechanics, manufacturers, en-
ployes, shop keepers and every other
man that had ten dollars ahead would
want it in the form of a ten-dollar GER
tificate if it bore only one per cent. IN
terest. There is no need Of hunting up
ga corner in four per cents" to explain
the readiness with which these certlh-
Gates are being taken. 1t Is simply an
investment of money "on call, % alta very
fair rate of interest,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26

ANOTHER LANDMARK GONE.
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON died on
Saturday night after an illness OF sew
eral DAYS, which it was seen nom the
FIRST must end fatally. Mr.. GARRISON
has been a prominent figure in history;
but so long has it been since he took any
active part in public affairs that he is
only known to the rising generation by
tradition. The history OF his life seems to
take us back to the early days OF the
country, and many persons may have
thought that he died years ago. And
indeed he might have done SO and yet
been quite an old man. He was born
in Massachusetts in 1904. He served an
apprenticeship to the printing business,
and soon after assumed the editOrship
of newspaper. His mind was OF
most radical order, and almost before
attaining his majority he had attracted
attention by his assaults upon the IN
stitution of slavery. When twenty-four,
he published a slanderous article
concerning a certain Captain ToDD
whom he accused of being engaged in
the slave trade. For this he was fined
fifty dollars and costs, but being unable
to pay the money, he was committed to
Jail. It was during his Imprisonment
that some Of his strongest phillIpcs
against slavery were written, and a great
deal Of notoriety was obtained by him
through the affair After seven weeks
Imprisonment Mr.. Arthur TAPPAN, a
New York merchant, came forward and
paid the money. HENRY CLAY had also
made arrangements TO pay the sum, but
he was too late. After his release Mr..
GARRISON turned his attention to lee
turing against slavery, and his lee
lures in prominent cities created in
tense excitement. Subsequently he
commenced the publication in Boston OF
an anti-slavery paper called The Liberd-
tor, and the radical position assumed by
il soon made it prominent. He carried
his extreme views to such an unreason-
able extent that edeclared it to be'wrong
10 support the Constitution, as it was
"acovenant with death and an agreement
with hell" He also boldly advocated
the dissolution Of the Union. His fierce
denunciations of the South and the
Southern people did more, probably,
than any other one thing, to stir up sec
tioual ieeling.and make strife welcome.
He maintained a somewhat prominent
position throughout the war, making
occasional speeches OF the most uncom-
promising character.
NSince the close of the war he has
lived in comparative retirement in
Boston, but held radical views to
the last. His last public act was the
writing Of an open letter to Senator
BLAINE, Of Maine, denouncing him in
round terms for supporting the anti
Chinese Bill.
His prominence was owing eXclu-
sivelv to the ardOr of his convictions
and the fierce manner in which he
assailed all opposition. HIS was n
stirring nature, and he lived in stirring
times. But in these peaceful days he
will drop out and be missed only by
those who came in personal contact
with him in the latter days OF his life.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26

LONDON is considerable of a town, as
it spreads over 1000 square miles,
There is one death there every six
minutes, and one birth every four. The
growth of the population is at the rate
Of 5000 a year, or POP each day. The
fatal length Of streets in London is
about 1000 miles; there are built every
year about 5000 new houses, by which
the length OF the streets is increased by
tweuty-eight miles. In the jails there
are an average Of $1,000 prisoners. The
ioreign-born residents OF London num-
Der about 100000; but thirty-seven per
cent Of the whole population were born
out of the city.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26

A JOINT resolution is to be introduced
in Congress authorizing the appoint
ment of a commission to represent the
United States at the international Tx
positions to be held in Sydney and Mel
bourne, Australia, in 1879 and 1850, re-
spectively. Measures will be taken to
appropriate $4,000 for the purpose OF
ctIecting such representatiOnat either or
both expOsitiOns.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26

IL the House of Representatives, at
Washington, an all-night session was
held Friday night, owing to the opposi-
ton OF the Republican members to the
passage OF the WARNER Free Coinage
Bill. Many members went away-sOme
10 bed, and others are said to have left
the city; and so the House was without
a quorum. The Sergeant-at-Arms and
his deputies found some OF the absen-
tees, and brought them into the House
at unreasonable hours, and the usual
scenes, unsuccessful motions, and un.
important remarks filed up the time.
At9A. NJ. Saturday, the House adj
journed 10 meet at noon. At the later
session, after defeating substitute for
the Free-Coinage Bill, the House passed
the WAENER measure, a amended, by
a vote of III to 81, and adjourned to
Tuesday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26

TIE statement l. made that more
candy is made and eaten in this country
than in all the rest of the world COM
bined Boston manufactures about
5000 tons annually, New York about
1000 tons, and Chicago does a large
business in the same field. The exports
from this country to Europe include
"the best French candies"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26

The State Convention Of the Caliiorn-
in workingmen will be held June 3.
DESIsl KEARNEY has declared that II
the Convention does not nominate a
mechanic for the highest office he will
stump the State against the nominee OF
the Convention.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26

TuE Chicago City Council has voted
twenty 10 iourteen-that it is inexpe-
dent to close the saloons on Sunday
and people can continue to 90 IN by the
front door after their rye extracts.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26

THE water carts are of sufficient power
10 shower both sidewalks ut once. but
they have not vet reached perfection.
They should be provided with hose at
taChments, so that ii man lodges into
an alley 10 avoid the shower, the driver
can follow him up and give him adrench-
ing.-BOSOH Post.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26

THE clearings OF the Chicago banks
during the present week amounted to
S2O.5OS, 725 Is, an increase OF SS,O95,-
SOL Sc over those Of the corresponding
week last year.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26

THE Monroe county Register has ar
ranged the Republican Slate for the
general State election in 1880.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26

The Greenbact Standard is new can
didate for Greenback hOnOrs, just issued
at Petersburg by the Greenback Pub
LEGATION Company.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26
"a Very Superior Paper"

New MartinSville Messenger.
THE REGISTER has improved very ma
terially within the past few months,
and is now certainly very superior pa
per.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26

MISSOURI never has long Legislative
sessions. In that State the members
receive 81 q day for their services.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26

THE statement OF the business OF all
the lines Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company east OF Pittsburgh and Erie
for April, 1879, as compared with the
same month i'm 1878, shows
An increase I'm gross earnings 2l7
decrease i'm expenses Ot................... 335l5
An increase in net earnings of.........-sl5&,7 30
The four months OF 1879, rs compared
with the same period in 1871, show
An increase in gross earnings ,2iS
An increase I'm expenses Of................. 3,52&
An Increase I'm net earnings. $50
All lines west of Pittsburgh and Erie
for the four months of 1879 show a sur
plus over all liabilities OF S22l, $50, being
a gain over the same period in 1873, OF
Sl3,229.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26

kIhNE
Orient Mutual, Of New Yofi'........- I.lI''''' %
PLATE GLAssA Ao1uIhr.
KnickerbockerC Casualty, ScE York, lE.t''
Property insured At the ycV o".l =
Losses paid promptly cod fi.h h,l -
agents solicited In every part - hgi ~
JosyPH EvsHEiNEr. Local Age 80
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-26
InHN a. MIRU(u.
TAKE NOTICE.
NOTICE.

yr,HE ANNUAL NEETISGs ' ~ Ing ssd Lo.ss
l. holder OF the Nall ~ y, Nine Direc.or.S.
. Asess B x sfn be held al ND, Pic ~; 20
ine May z7th, at ~ o'oloeE = ~ nd unrl DC
csn be taken In senes "B. nov VIA, Prs's
nth inst. yoh'
q. n. DEITERs, Secy.
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IhSUR RANCE.

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~ gsgRAL INSURANCE IGTsCY Np E",s
uFmnklln Building. Wheeling. W. Va ta
agent for the following old and reliable ~ %"
and American cUm panics:
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IO0th GRAND MONTHLY
zen. G. 7. BEAURtGARO, Of louisar,.
and Gen. A. EARLY, of Virginia.

CAPITAL IElIL el"tH
~ Notice Tickets are Ten Dollar. uu'g. o. .0'
e.. Finhs - 1,Uths g.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-08-21
The Young Mans First Hat.

The hrSt time you wear a stOve-pipc
hat everybody looks at you. Not, as YOU
may vainly imagine, because you are the
first young man who ever wore stove
pipe hat, but because it is apparent even
to the old blind man who sits in the back
pew, without any cushions, away back
under the gallery, where tho poor have
the gospel preached at them, that it is
the first time you ever wore a hat of that
description. Your old father claps one
on the back Of his head, puts his hands
into his pockets, holds up his head and
walks, off down the street in gale of
wind and never thinks Of his hat. But
you, son, pull yours on at the most grace
full angle it can be posed, and you go
lettering along, both hands ready to f1v
at the hat at the slightest provocation of
the ghostllest phantom Of puff of wind.
You don't look comfortable, son. Your
hat is always trying to come off; YOU
bump itaga1nst everything you pass; you
rub 1t the wrong way when you try to
brush the dust off it; when you carry it
i'll your hand up the aisle, everybody
smiles, because you first hold it by the
brim and let the crown tip gracefully
over your arm, and by the time you have
hit three or four worshippers in the head
with it, you change and turn it under
your arm and try to carry IT that way
without touching it and the first thing
you do in that pose, you butt woman's
eye out with your elbow. J Then, when
you sit down, you put the hat on the floor,
setting it on the b1im; a fatal mistake.
And then, before the SERMON is halt
through, you put your fiction it three
times: But never mind; you have. to
learn some time. Only don't imagine
that people never Saw anything Of the
kind before, because they have:
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-08-21
Historic Facts About Yellow Fever.

The history Of yellow fever in this
country shows that it has hardly been
the exception when the fever appeared
as epidemic the year following an cpl
demic. In 1S47 there were $3.50 deaths
in New Orleaus, and $50 in 1848, and 1871
IN 1s49. IN 1868 there were 1910 deaths
in the same city, and there were 2,453
deaths in 1854 and 1910 in 1856. In
1858 there was $3.50 deaths, but none
the following year. In the same pro-
portions the fever appeared IN the small
er, places in Louisiana and Mississippi in
those years. In 184s, when,it reappeared
in New Ofleans, it came. in June, while
The epidemic OF 1847 began in August.
The great epidemic Of 1858 began In May,
and the epidemic Of the year following
came il July, and ii the next year In June:
The epidemic IN North Carolina in 1869
followed in 1854, two years afterward
by one Of increased mortality, but not
IN the same cities and towns as a gener-
al thing. In 1897 Philadelphia's death