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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-10-17

Total 40, 436
The Democrats have increased
their vote S,27e, and the Republi-
cans ,625. The Republican gain
as compared with the September
vote Of 1884 is nearly 2 ITO per
cent, while that of the Democrats
is almost no per cent.
A proportionate gain in New
York will give Cleveland 81, GEO
plurality, in Indiana $4,000, in New
Jersey 5000. and in Connecticut
1900.
Will Mr. Blaine tell us more
about that political revolution. he
discovered on election night2 Also
whether he still thinks that the re-
suit was due to the Mills bill.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-10-17

Let every Democrat do his duty,
from now until the close of the polls
on election day, and the election of
the whole ticket, willrbe-the reward.
The Democratic Administration.
has decreased the public debt since.
September 1st, 81. 100000.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-10-17
National Democratic Ticket.

POINT PLEASANT WEST VIRGINIA
National Democratic Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT,
GROVER CLEVELAND,
OF SEW YORK.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
ALLEN G. THURMAN,
OF ONO.
Presidential EIeetors-at-Large,
W. II. TRAvERS, of jefferson.
w. c. HANDLAN. OF Ohio
District Electors
2d Dis. ?. ]. CROGAN, of Preston.
S.E bis FRANK HEREFORD, Moaro
.sth Dis R. S. BROWN, of jackson.
For Representative in Coneress-Fourtl
District,
J. afUNRoE JACKSON, of Wood.
Democratic state Ticket.
For Governor,
Alb. FLEMING, of Marion.
For Auditor,
PATRICK F. DUFFY, of Webster.
For Treasurer,
W3L t. THOMPSON, of CabeI.
For Attorney General,
ALFRED CALDWELL, of Ohio.
For Superintendent of Schools,
b s MORGAN, of Monongalia.
For Supreme Court of Appeals,
HENRY BRANNoN, of Lewis
JOHN W. ENGLISH, of Mason.
For State senator-Fifth District,
GEO B. CROW, of Jackson.
For Judge 9TH Judicial Dists5et,
S. S. GREEN, of Kanswha.
Democratic County Ticket.
For House of Delegates,
WARREN G. wHALEY.
JOHN R DABNEY.
Eor Prosecuting Attorney.
J. g SPENCER.
For Sheriff,
A. A. HANLY.
For Assesson-Dist- No. l,
A. C. wAGGENER-
For AssessorDist. No .,
E HIS WHITEHEAD.
For County Commissioner,
". o. ROSEBERRY.
Fer County Surveyor,
GEO. W. PULLIN.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-10-17

Wouldn't the county be in pref
ty. fix with Pilchard as Prosecuting
Attorney
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-10-17

Tits now only three weeks. until
election. Tho outlook from Dem
ocratic7 standpoint is much brighter
than it was four years ago. Let all
Democrats keep the ball rolling
from now until the sun goes down.
on the 6ttr day of November, and
victory will be- ours.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-10-17

The National comnsittse, review
ing the entire field of control, and
observing the unanfmity of the sup
.porters of the administration, will
rely no doubt upon that sentiment,
to bring out the fullest possible
vote and insure che greatest possi-
BILE triumph. to the Democratic
standard.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-10-17

Pho Democracy of West Virginia
is in splendid shape Never before
was the party in such good condi-
ton to do effective campaign work.
The silly boasting of the Republi-
cans that they would carry this
State has thoroughly aroused the
Democrats, and the result will be
seen in the November returns
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-10-17
Democratic state Ticket.

For Judge 9TH Judicial District,
S. S. GREEN, of Kanawha.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-10-17

anime, and for yonrseJ to what say truey
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-03-28

The West Shore il the only illustrated maya.
zine published on the Pacific coast and aside
from Its excellent literary features its object is
to convey information, by both pen aud pencil,
OF the great resources Of this region, and the
progress OF their development
Issue also, several pages Of notes Of the pro.
gress being made in every section. Oregon,
washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, Utah'
California, British Columbia, and the Pacific
SSsth Invest in general, are being Illustrated.
Inc subscription price is only $25O It is not
only the cheapest illustrated magazine in the
United States, but contains Az. and en-.
cravings Of great interest to every resio... 81
THIS resiSn. which can not be found in any
Subscribers for 1893 receive q large supple.
me men, every month The FIRST one is be.uti.
oia RIVER" printed In nine colors, and each
OF the others represents some feature Of our
sublime scenery. The supplements are alone
worth more than the price Of the magazine.
Iry y FOR 1888, and after reading send IL 10
your friends elsewhere You will and it both
entertaining and instructive. -
L. SAMUEL, Publisher,
11-lT Second St.. Portland, Oregon,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-03-28
THE CALICO EGG."

"IIave you saved up y'r eggs for
Eastern"
"Ya-as; ye got any real purity calico ye
c'ud lemme have?''
This conversation, varied according to
circumstances, might have been heard in
many hundred places in the United States
forty years ago, and especially in the
west. Easter was the children's big day
on the Wabash and southwest generally.
Thanksgiving day had not then been es-
tablished south of the "Yankeefied
states;" it did not acquire full standing
in Indiana till the civil war, and it is not
even now much regarded south OF the
Ohio. But Christmas, Fourth of July
and Easter were truly national-none Of
them religious-festivals in the south and
west. Indeed, the New Highlander who
goes to southern Illinois and Indiana,
Missouri and farther south, is even now
amazed and frequently shocked to see and
hear Christmas ushered in with drums
and shotguns, tirecrackers and pistols,
egg nog and general riot.
"When the hens began to lay" was the
time the little boys and girls began to
'save up for Easter. In their widest
dreams Of luxury and splendor they never
imagined the beautifully colored eggs now
displayed in every town and city, for the
settlers in the west in those days never
thought of buying anything for festival.
The little citizens We're left to their own
devices, and wonderful ingenuity did they
often display. The commonest device was
to wrap the egg tight in Powered calico
and boil it thus; the colored patterns were
faithfully transferred to the white egg,
with gorgeous results Hence for
many weeks before Easter, there was q
great demand for calico scraps of bright
and unusual patterns. Sometimes strips of
some intensely green vegetable were
fastened on the egg, but it required rare
talent to make this process a success. A
perfectly pure pink, uniform over the
egg, was thought great triumph OF
decorative cookery; and when one genius
succeeded in producing brilliant stripes of
red, white and blue around the egg, with
a white star here and there and rude
eagle at the end, his performance was
hailed with patriotic delight.
In all this there was no religious signifi-
canoe whatever, and not one child in
thousand then knew why the day was
celebrated. Although a church here and
there began to observe the day with relig-
fons ceremonies, generally the singing of
the Easter anthem and sermon on the
resurrection; and now Easter in the west
is rather more a religious festiva! than
Christmas. Among the children cxcept
perhaps the very poorest, the "calico egg"
has become a mere tradition, rnd the
progress Of history is shown by the Won
derfully colored articles of all kinds, the
egg, except for model in form, being q
comparatively insignificant thing
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-03-28

TYEOLrsr sINGTNG EASTER IIyNNs
The Netonic cvcle of ninrtrcn Years v-.a
first adopted Neton bnvin~ ohscrvaJ
b. G. Ash, that the moon returns to have
her chuures ON the same month and DIV
of the month in the solar yenr nftcr =
lonse of nineteen ve,rs Rnt tha naw
moon. thourh if bnnnoncJ ON th,t DIV
returned mn Lonr sarlior so n Ro,man
cycIr was framcd of aighrv .forr vaars !,
hcinr thourLt ,h,t in fhiS snanonf 80
thc Fooon,. ch,roos ,.o,1I not nn, :, rot,,'',
to the scma DIV If tho month INT NJ The
week also In AZ, tho mara ncrroc, We
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-03-28

in the Tyrol. Bands Of musicians, for
which the Tyrolese have always been
noted, traverse every valley, singing the
beautiful Easter hymns to their guitars,
calling out the people to their doors, who
join them in their choruses, and together
rejoice over this glad anniversary. Their
wide brmmed Spanish hats are decorated
with bouquets of flowers; crowds of chill
dren accompany them, and, when the
darkness of night comes on, bear lighted
torches Of the pine wood, which throw
grotesque shadows over the spectators and
picturesque wooden huts.
With much Of the lore and literature of
Easter day our readers are acquainted,
whether reference be had to the egg, the
hare, or the dancing of the sun. The
Easter egg, however, it may be worth
saying-whether it be hens egg boiled
in piece Of colored print, or a costly en-
velope for bon-bons-is supposed to rep
resent the eggs used by the Jews at the
feast Of the Passover, or the colored eggs
given at the solar festival of the New
Year by the cid Persians. The egg, a
natural symbol of life, appeared in the
Athenian mysteries of Bacchus, In the
Hindoo fables, in the Japanese worship,
in the religious rites of Egypt. The early
Christians were wise as well as ingenious
when they seized upon the immemorial
superstitions and usages OF the world
around them and gave them meaning
and part in the great work OF the
church.
Easter week at Rome is always great
season, being celebrated with elaborate
ceremonies. The Landing of JOY" as
Easter day is designated, is ushered in by
the firing Of cannon and merry peal of
bells. At st. Peters the pope ofIiciates
at high mass and pronounces a benedic-
ton with indulgences and absolution.
An unusual number of distinguished peo-
pie will witness the ceremonies this
Easter, which will be of unusual magnf.
, cence, owing to the fact of its being the
Jubilee year.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-03-28
An Old Time Easter Gift.

Among the pretty old time German
customs was the one illustrated in the nc
companying picture, and which met with
equal favor with decorative eggs as an
Easter gift. 1t was an emblematic print
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-03-28

- ! ! 3! !
.:.a chF'!gz!t ~ ~
:::4}}9 So 80. !!S!';jjEI|H'
~ !!t
rejoice, for Easter, the
on queen Of festivals, is here,
M IN putting new song Of
Thanksgiving into the
hearts and mouths OF those who re-
gard the season as high and holy one,
and bringing a sort Of resting place to the
minds of others, who, clinging to the SEN
timent and poetry of religion, observe,
without attaching any special sanctity to
the same, this anniversary which touches
the scnsibility and calls up tender, loving
pictures to the imagination.
Easter in ChrstendOm, of course, COM
mcmoratcs the resurrection OF Christ,
though it takes its English name from
the Teutonic goddess of spring, Eastre or
Ostera, whose feast fell at the same
season, the name being retained though
the character of the celebration was
changed. 1t is one of the movable feasts,
hot
March 90 and April %, according rs the
full moon next after the vernal equinox
falls nearer or further from the equinox.
Easter day, according to the ecclesias-
tical rule, is always the first Sunday after
the full moon which happens upon or next
after the 21st of March, and if the full
moon happens upon u Sunday, Easter day
is the Sunday after. This decidedly COM
pick rule was only arrived at after long
striving and much contriving. At the very
beginning IL difference Of opinion arose,
some of the Christians keeping their festi-
val on the same day that the Jews kept
their Passover, the 14th of Nissan, while
others, attaching more Importance to the
day of the resurrection, and also desiring
| to mark more conspicuously the difference
between themselves and the Jews, kept
their festival on the Sunday following the
14th of Nissan. Discussions Mt first paci-
tic soon became heated, and threatened at
the close of the second century a
schism. This, however, was avoided
by a compromise, the eastern and
western churches agreeing to each
maintain its own customs. The Stu
alton was further complicated by the
fact that the ordinary Jewish year con
sisted of 354 days or twelve lunar months,
IL thirteenth of thirty days being inter.
calated every third year. Even then,
| however, the Passover often fell before the
vernal equinox, and the western Chris
tians, who considered the vcrnal equinox
the beginning Of the natural year, OBJ
| icctcu to u mode of reckoning which
might cause them to hold two paschal
feasts in one year and none in the next
Constantine had the matter settled tol
the whole church at the council of Nice III
325, making Sunday the Easter day and
laying down the rules which are still fol-
! lowed.
National Republican., 1888-05-03
Ominine and Free Trade.

The free trade orators and newspapers
| have exhausted themselves in telling how
the removal Of the duty from Quininc had
| reduced the price Of that article, and claimed
that a similar result would follow the re
moyal Of other duties. As usual, the free
trade orators and newspapers were only
displaying their ignorance when making
these statements.
Quinine, besides paying heavy duty, was
the first article subjected to a trust, three
firms, Powers & Welghtmau, McKisson,
Robbins e Co., and Rosengarten, being the
only manufacturers. These formed pool,
both Of product and profit, and controlled
the output and price.
Quinine sold for about 50 per ounce the
| duty was 20 per cent, and the price of the
article in Europe ranged from $2.7j To
S2,95 per ounce. The duty was repealed,
| for some time the price of quinine did moi
materially change, hut after time it com
mencCd to fall, and continued until the
! present low rate was reached, and the free
traders claim this was the result of free
trade,
As matter Of fact, free trade had nc
more To do with the fall In the price Of
quinine than it has with the rise and fall oi
the tide, Quinine became high because the
bark Of the cinchona tree, from which alone
II can be made, was becoming scarce. Soutl
America was the only place it could be pro
cured, ana millions of the cinchona trees
had been destroyed by the process of strip
| ping the bark,
Two discoveries were made which re.
duccd the price Of quininc, One was a
method Of taking the bark without destroy
ing the tree, the bark growing again. The
other was still more Important, The Gin
chona tree could he successfully grown iu
| Coylon, Java, and other parts of the East
Indies, and vast areas were devoted to Its
| cultivation.
These things make Quinine cheap, and
| the American manufacturers make and sell
II as cheap as the Europeans, That free
trade argument is dcfunct.
National Republican., 1888-05-03
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
THE WASHINGTON STATUE AT PARIS

THE WASHINGTON STATUE AT PARIS.
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MRS APPLETON AND
THE PRESIDENT on THE SUBJECT.
WAsmrNGToN, April 21.-The following cor
respondence between the President and Mrs.
Appleton bearing on the movement 10 present
n statue of Washington to the republic of
France Is made public:
HOTEL ARNo, WASHINGTON, ID. c., April 49,
DEAR SIR As representative of movement
distinctly national in its character, | take the
liberty OF calling your attention TO our cause
Lort. The following ladies, most of whom are
doubtless well known. to You, constitute u
committee whose aim Is to raise funds for u
statue of Gen. Washington, to be presented to
France In the same spirit of national fraternity
as that which prompted the French people To
send to America the statue of Lafayette: Mrs.
Nathan Appleton, Miss Florence Bayard, Mrs.
Secretary Fairchild, Mrs. Secretary Endieott,
Mrs Senator Sherman, Mrs. Senator stanford,
bridge, Mrs. Senator Manderson, Mrs. Senator
Walthall, Mrs. Senator Palmer. Mrs. Senator
Jones, Miss Eyarts, Mrs; s. White, Mrs l..
To aid us In this purpose Mr. steele Mack
aye mas kindly volunteered to bring TO Wash
ington his entire company and give repre-,
undertaking may achieve the greatest posi-
BILE results, we extremely desire the interest
of yourself and Mrs. Cleveland. Respectfully
yours, -
JEANNE NJ. APPLETON.
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., April II, 1888.
My DEAR MADAM: have received your let.
ter of the 18th instant, setting forth the pur-
pose of yourself and the distinguished ladies'
associated with you to raise funds for the
presentation Of a statue of George Washing
ton to the French Republic. / need hardly
say to you that this project has my hearty
commendation. 1t Is but a fitting return for
the friendliness heretofore manifested toward
us by the French people, and it seems to me
this effort of the ladies Of America should be
seconded by every patriotic citizen. The gen.
erous offer of Mr.. Steele Mackaye to give rep
reservations of his play, Pau, Kauvar," for
the benefit of this cause will give an oppor-
tunity for those who desire to aid your under
taking to combine pleasure with patriotic
duty. Mrs. Cleveland will with pleasure at
tend with me the representation to be given
in this city on the 9Th Of May, and we both
desire to express the utmost interest IN the
success of the plan which YOU and your asso-
ciates have in charge.
Sincerely yours, .uI
GROVER l'TENE TE
National Republican., 1888-05-03

SrrAKING of the sanction Of the Panama
canal lottery loan by large majority Of
The French chamber Of deputies the New
York .SUn says that ''thc French republic,
by accepting moral responsibility for the
debts Of the Panama canal, seems to have
entered on course that points to the same
Kind Of intervention in American affairs
which ruined the second empire and that
zone thing is certain, that this country will
no more suffer the French flag to float over
Panama than over Vera Cruz Is it pos
,ihlc the .Nua is just waking up TO the
fact that France means to complete
the Panama canal Probably 50. 1t seems
to have been the special delight of the Sun,
the Times, aud the Hcraid, of New York,
10 ridculq. the efforts Of De l.csscps, and
predict the collapse Of his scheme. We
have had no end of talk about "De Lcsseps
ditch" 0md the dcudcd wrctches who were
throwing away millions thereon. The treat
mcnt Of hi, great enterprise by some Of the
leading American papers has been con
trmptihc Now that there can De no rea-
souUllc doubt that the French people will
Not allow De lcsscp, 10 fail, and that the
canal is to DE an accomplished fact, there
viii probably he much clustering talk like
This from the S,p. Why was not the alarm
given long ago. Why grow so serious now
about something that all along has been 50
extremely funny
National Republican., 1888-05-03
About Telegraphy.

Dr Novn Green !, making himself dis
thctiycly conspicuous lie is president Of
tEc Western Union Telegraph Company,
.rd as such has appeared before several
committees in opposition to any legislation
looking to the control of the telcgraphc
business Of the country.
Yesterday he made an argument before
the House committee on postolliccS aud
postroads in opposition to the Hopkins bill
30 establish government telegraph, which
he denounced as "a most yillalnous scheme" ="
aDd one that would work great wrong to
iEC existing companies,
Dr. Green must have presumed upon the
ignorance of the committee when he de-
clarel that the Western Union was not a
monopoly, that half dozen or more tele-
graph companies were In the field doing
business, and that the elementary patents
had expired so that any one could engage
in the business.
This talk, coming from the president Of
he company that las but lately absorbed
National Republican., 1888-05-03

it, only rival ot any prominence, very much
rcsemhles the sublimity Of impudcnce. The
attempt to show that the existing companies
are competitors Of the Western Union Is
about ON par with u statement that half a
dozen mice coul pull as heavy load as a
wrllcQuippcd siNty-ton locomotive engine,
AMI Dr. Green knows very well that no
company can "cugagc in the business" as 1t
would be crushed out by the Western Union
a. easily as mill stone crashes grain of
wheat.
Dr. Green should learn the wisdom OF
.illMln.
National Republican., 1888-05-03
:Glndstone NIrrts pnrneIl.

TNDtClNI NNOIr TO NOW YORK 1TINunC,T
Mr.. \, =, O'Connur Is responsible for the
statement that Mr., Gladstone and Mr. Pamcll
met last night for tie first time in their lives
at dinner Tie givcr of the dinner was Mr..
Armitstcad, formerly member for Dundee,
and the scene Mr.. Armitsteads house in
Cleveland square, under the shadow of st.
water House. There i no more arlstocrutic
neighhorhOOd. There was company of six
altogether the other three being Slr, John
Morley, Mr.. y; g., Ellis, and MIR. Herbert Glad
stone. MIR. Ellis is a Nottnghamshire county
Colliery owner and member for the Rushciiffe
division Of that county. This meeting, /
Judge, Is the fruit Of Mr., Herbert GladstOnes i
diplomacy, as he is more or less Il permanent
guest Of Mr., .Armitstead, who Is n strong
home ruler and prosperous Russian mer,
chant So, perhaps, that terrible impending
nay re averted,
National Republican., 1888-05-03

TIE price or bonds will he skillfully
manipulated and advanced slowly but
'mcly under the guidance of the annex Of
HE treasury tho Western National Bank of
Ncw York. Large purchases will not be
made until the price reaches 1870, that being
the figure at which they were held when
lie NATroNAL REprBI1CAN began its finan-
rhAl discussion one year ago, and then they
fcll to l2i, hut under the friendly influence
of secretary Fuirchiid they are being
doomed upward, and the Lord and the
Democratic manipulators only know how
high they may 60, but the people who pay
the taxes will lnl out in due time.
National Republican., 1888-05-03

lr has been asccrtaued by comparison
that tie military post at Fort Mycr is the
hcllthiest In the United States. The infan-
try and artillery should he transferred from
lhe fiat, swmnpy ground of the present bar
racks to Arlington's beautiful heights, Col
carpenter, In command at Fort Myer, has
taken q deep interest in It's improvement.
II is said some 5000 will he expended for
roads 10 the post, which is one of the most
charming spots in beauty of scenery aud
view in the suburbs Of Washington
National Republican., 1888-05-03

hopclcssly gone forever. David wad3d in
too deep with the Democratic lshmaeitcs
Of New York city. They scalped him and
went on their way rejoicing 1t Is very sad
to see one cut down so young and buried so
deep. Poor David
National Republican., 1888-05-03
CIaiminc a nnIance for n pntent

a suit was instituted on the law side Of the
court yesterday by VIM, McGill against Alex
ander Elliott, jr, to secure payment of S9,75O,
McGill IN his bill AYERS that he was the owner of
a patent on cash registers and on the promise
Of Elliott 10 pay him 5000 In cash for 1t he
transferred the patent TO Albert +, Childs In
trust for syndicate which Elliott was TO or
ganize. He acknowledges that the defendant
la, pUid lin Sc ESQ, but not tho balance,