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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-07-03
Hts Lessons.

Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
Lessons innumerable for the en-
lightenment of the people are being
drawn by writers and speakers from
the late disaster at Johnstown.
Some of these are based upon es-
tablished facts, others upon the
hasty conclusions or wholly un-
founded assertions of reckless cores
pondents, for whom the actual de-
tails and incidents, though narrowing
beyond description, were not sufff-
cient without embellishments drawn
from unhealthy fmaginations.
But one of these lessons, taken in
connection with the daily expert
ences of ordinary life, is likely to
make a lasting impression upon the
minds of American citizens, especi-
ally those "native and to manner
born. 1t has reference to the be-
havior of the horde of ignorant and
degraded foreigners at the scene of
the disaster, who piled horrors upon
horrors head by mutilating the dead
for spoil, and robbing the living as
well as the dead.
In an article in the current issue
the New York Independent, Rebecca
Harding Davis, after paying a glow
ing tribute to the superb generosity
of the American people, which en-
mobiles all humanity, calls attention
to this significant fact about the ac-
ton of the unassimilated foreigfele-
ment of Johnstown's population:
"The contents of the first relief train
loaded with provisions were almost
all seized by foreign toughs before
they could be carried to the starving
victims" Again: 'sGangs of Hun
garians prowled over the valley,
robbing and mutilating the bodies
of the dead" Mrs. Davis then very
pertinentIy asks:
elias 1t come to this, then, that on
the face of horror which calls
forth the charity and sympathy of
every decent man and woman, all
over the country, lynch law and SOL
diery are necessary to hold these for
eign pariahs in check?
sin the name of reason and hu-
manity ought not the check to be
applied little sooner?
"Bishop Potter in his noble Cen
tennial sermon told us, in effect, that
our national character had been
lowered in the last hundred years
by the incessant drainage to our
shores of the lowest classes of Eu-
rope.
"Is there to be no limit to this
drainage?
"The same large good humor, the
same easy trust i.that it would turn
out all right" which induced the
people of Johnstown to suffer the
imprisoned montrous Death at their
doors, makes the American endure
the flood of pauperism and vice
which yearly rises higher and high
cr upon his shores. +"
The feeling is rapidly growing
that we should do something to
check the evils here set forth, and
that the only way to do this is to
close our doors wholly against the
class now coming to us, who as Mrs.
Davis says, only tend to debase us
as nation.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-07-03

power to undertake the work under
its own supervision and make an
appropriation cut of the county
treasury to meet the cost And as
this court is the sole judge of the
necessity of any such work, it is.
therefore, fully within 1t power to.
undertake any scheme of road inn
provement or construction, no mat
ter how extensive.
The proposition TO which we re-
ferred, is designed solely to remove
the barrier our poverty imposes.
Tho court may determine upon any
such plan. but a bonded indebted-
ness can not be created within the
authority of the Legislature.
We add a suggestion OF our own.
is it expedient without a great I'M
| provement in our road law, to en-
trust a work of the kind indicated
which win probably take years to
finish, to a body that is constantly
changing2 Will not the inevitable
change of public opinion be SO
strongly infused into any now court
as to prevent the good intentions of
one set of men from bearing any
fruit2
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-07-03

We call attention to an article
published elsewhere in this issue OF
the SENTINEL under the title of .sIts
Lessons taken from the Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph, one of the loud
est and stupidest advocates of pro
tective tariff in the country. A
thoughtful person will find here a
lesson indeed, but not one in favor OF
our present tariff system. The
Chronicle Telegraph does not follow
up its statement to a proper conclu-
sion and show the people how and
why these hordes of Huns and Gauls
are populating this country with
viciousness, crime and pauperism.
An attempted explanation of the
presence of this army of vagrapts
here would illustrate in 81 most sug-
gestive way the evils, the vice, beg
gary and crime that spring up
under q protective tariff.
These Hungarians, Italians and
Poles have nearly all come to this
country to usurp the place of the
American, or decent foreign work
men in the mines and shops and
factories, taking the place of the
intelligent and respectable working
people of this country at wages that
would starve self-rcspecting man.
The protective tariff protects only
the projections of the rich mans
factories. Foreign made iron or
wool can not come into this country
unless it stops at the government
custom house and pays tax about
equal to its cost, so that when it
reaches the consumer the cost of
manufacture and the tariff tax both
must be paid. The manufacturer in
this country is enabled to add to
the cost of manufacturing the
amount of the tariff tax, which the
foreigners must pay to get his goods
into our markets, and the amount
of this extra tax added to the price
of homemade goods is all profit
But there is no tariff on labor, nor
any custom-house tax on the foreign
pauper laborer. Therefore the
American manufacturer sets the
price he will pay his laborers; If they
do not accept the wages offered them
at once Hungarians, Italians, Poles
and any other available refuse from
the vice and pauperism of Europe
isimported and takes the place OF the
American. Not once but thousands
of times have the workmen of this
country, pleading for wages enough
to keep starvation from their little
homes, seen their places filed by the
lousy, filthy, disease breeding pau
per from other shores. And under
this system of high protection in
manufactures and free trade in
Drawn and muscle, these hordes,
that now attract the indignation of
the Chronicle Telegraph, have inun-
dated this country a high pro-
tective tariff brought them here.
-Parkcrs6urg Sentinel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-07-03
TIE EDIToR Vas N.
A Warming for Readers Who
M4y Happen TO COmsfeIer,
4 enlselves Insnlted.

A = arELilig for Readers Who
m4y Happen to Consider.
fl enlselTes InsuIted.
eIais licking an editor is scaly
business, said a Dotroiter:the other
day, rs the matter was called up.
Il once had some experience in that
line. and l haven't quite recovered
from my disgust yet.
ev was it2s
vas in Peoria, Ill. A paper
canle put one morning and called me
a loaier, and my dander was upin a
minnie. / went round to find the
editoE taking a copy of the paper
along He was very courteous and
even when said / had come tolics
him be didn't lose his smile. .
thing wrong?" he asked.
'ar paper calls me a Ioafer. .
docs III Lets see. This is
mot Is. paper. but the Bugie, pub
lished two blocks further down
Ny paper is the Argus. .
"And this is not the Bugle Officer
tsOh, no"
"Well, l went down to the other
office, and as / was going upstairs
i met a man tumbling down"
"What,s up?n Iasked.
"Been up to lick the editor" he
replied.
aAnd was he in2''
"He was-a whole ton of him."
whats your complaint"
ellis paper called me a loafer.-
Ny name is John -"
"And l wasn't the person meant
at all, you see, and when 1 after
wards called upon the Bugle man
found him to be an ex-heayy weight
.pugilist who could have knocked the
life out of me with a punch.-De-
troit Free Press.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-07-03
sENarOIs CAMDEN.
Discusses West vfrgFniass ne
snInrnea aud NernaI1pefa.


Discusses West yirgtDiasE he.
sources and Prospects.
n. :. Star
Ex-senator johnson N Camden
has been at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
for a few days, and left for bis
home yesterday Mr., Camden is
lone of the big men of the Standard
Oil Company, and railroad build
er of some importance, especially in
his native State. He got his start
iflife in the early days of the oil ex-
citenent in West Virginia, and has
been climbing up the financial and
political ladder ever since. He be-
longs to ono of the Oldest families
in the State, for the Development
of which he has done so much. He
is now building a system of rail-
roads of his own into the isolated
locality where he was born and
where he stru:ssgle ed Tor d beginning
in life. Thisis as much matter of
sentiment with him as for money
making purposes. He says it is a
missionary effort. Speaking of the
development of the South he said:
al am confning myself almost to
the building of little system of
railroads which | have long had in.
view. My present operations are
confined to new road from Clarks-
burg to Fairmont, for a connection
with q narrow gauge line which i
built some time ago, running from
that point to Weston, where 1 first
began life. Then 1 am building a
railroad from Weston to Braxton c.
H., which will eventually be extend
ed to connection with the railroad
from Parkersburg down the Ohio
River to Charleston in which / am
interested. Then 1 have a line run
ming from Weston to Buckhannon.
"The fact is that West Virginia is
richer in undeveloped resources than
any equal number of miles of terri
tory in the United States. Our ad-
vancement SO far has been seriously
retarded by the lack of railroad
facilities.
"What is true of West Virginia
i take it is in a great measure true
of the whole South although natur-
ally do not pay much attention to
it. You must bear in mind that
when the war closed had it not been
for the animosities of reconstruc-
tion the South would have been re-
garded as more valuable field for,
investment and the higher class of
immigration than the great West
The great need of our section is and
has been small farmers. Well titled
acres upon which diversified agri-
culture is intelligently represented
are the wealth of any community.
What we need in West Virginia and
in all parts of the South is intelli-
gent, thrifty people who desire to
make homes for themselves and
their families. Now that the ami
mositios of the war are dead, we
are slowly attracting that class of
people. The ratio of its increase
will be greater every year The
South is better off to-day than ever
before in its history, and in less
than twenty years will be wealthier
and happier than ever. The pres
ent Improvement is really only the
beginning of what is to come"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-07-03
Tile oMENOus sTRAw.
According 10 All Indications ID
Has Broken the Camel,s

ms E1EOAAen me Gamers
A mass meeting of farmers in
Lewis county, No, held to dcnounce
the Binding Twine extortion, con-
cIuded their forcible resolutions with
the following
Resotred, That we condemn the
so-called protective" system, which
makes it possible for manufacturers
to impose upon the consumer exorb-
liant rates for indispensable articles
of consumption.
In one sense the twine trust gouge
has been a blessing. 1t has stirred
up the farmers all over the country
and has helped them to see that this
particular iniquity is a creature OF
iniquitous laws. The operators in
the twine trust have been astonisled
that their imposition was not sub;
mitted 20, since It was only one Of
hundreds practised on consumers
though the same laws under which
the twine trust was created. Every
article. used in the conduct of farm,
or in the life of the farmer and his
family, is bnrdened with tax aver
aging nearly half of its true value.
and under the Republican policy OF
abolishing competition, tho farmer
is gouged at all points. The differ
ence in prices the average farmer
pays in. this closed and cornered
market and the prices he would pay
in free market under fair trade is
SO great that logically the farmers
who submit to it oughtalso to have
justified the expectations of the bind
ing twino trust by quietly submit
ting to the robbery which, consid-
cradle as it is, is Insignificant in
comparison with the total of the
tariff robbery on all necessaries OF
life.
The imprudence of the Irvine
trust, however, was too much for
human nature. Tho last straw did
not "break the camel's back" but
the patient animal lost patience on
account of it. The sugar trust, the
salt trust, the lumber trust, the iron
and steel trust, the copper trust, the
woolen trust and all other trusts
which have been robbing the farmer
may we'll share in the surprise of the
twine trust that "a little thing OF
that kind" should cause such re-
volt, But it has caused it, and ii
the farmers keep the ground they
have taken, they will succeed in
making an example of this particu.
lar trust that will be a warning tc
all other robbers.-St Louis Re
public.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-07-03
"Harrison And PIenty..

When Benjamin Harrison was q
candidate for President he received
streams of callers, and the Republi-
can Committee was straining itself
to swell the stream, especially with
delegations of workingmen.
Among these delegations were
represented the Indiana coal miners.
This delegation bore aloft proud
banner, inscribed, "Free Trade and
starvation;" another bore the le-
gend, Harrison and Plenty" And
Benjamin Harrison's indianapolis
organ, whose editor is now his pri-
vate secretary, the next day de-
scribed the affair and put oyer the
report the Headlines: "a magnifi-
cent Demonstration From Men
Whom Protection win Benefit"
Well, the election came, and
passed, and Harrison was put in
the White House.
But what of the Indiana coal
miners, who carried to the Harrison
court the motto, Harrison and
Plenty" of whom Harrison's organ
spoke as the men whom protection
will benefit?
They are starving. Nine or ten
thousand of them. Starving like
cattle in a drouth. Or are being
supported by charity. The Gov
ernor has been forced to call upon
the generous people of the State for
aid, has been sent from without the
State, by generous hands.
Now what are the Harrison or
gans saying apropos of this2 Why,
they declare the tariff has nothing
to do with it. They say that these
starving mems employers can not
give them any higher wages on ac-
count of the tariff duty
We shall not argue this point.
But if it be true, why was the con-
tl'ary said during the campaign2
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-07-03
TheAlrocitiesofa slave March


No one who understands how hui
man life is estimated by savage peo-
pie win doubt the shocking and re-
voting accounts of travellers regard
ing this phaseof the trafficly; and no
one who knows what an Arabs
heart is made of viii make any dis
count even for the exaggcration of
an orator, as he listens TO the follow
ing citation from speech delivered
the other day in London by Cardi-
nal Lavigerie:
"The men who appear the strong
est, and whose escape is to be feared,
have their hands tied, and some-
times their feet, in such fashion that
walking becomes a torture to them;
and on their neclSs are placed yokcs
which attach several of them to-
gether They march all day at
ight. WHOM they stop 10 rest, a few
handfuls of raw .sorgho' are distrib-
uted among the captives. This is
all their food. Next morning they
must start again. But after the
first day or two the fatigue, the suf-
ferings, and the privations have
weakened a great many. The wo=
men and the aged are the first to
halt. Then, in order to strike ter
ror into this miserable mass of hui
man beings, their conductors, armed
with a wooden bar to economize
powder, approach those who appear
to be the most exhausted, and deal
them terrible blow on the nape OF
the neck. The unfortunate victims
utter cry, and fall TO the ground
in the convulsions of death. The
terrified troop Immediately resumes
its march Terror has imbued even
the weakest with new strength
Each time some ono breaks down
the same horrible scene is repeated.
AT night, on arriving at their halt
ing place, after the first days of such
a life, a not less frightful scene
awaits them The traffickersin in hui
man flesh have acquired by expert
ence knowledge of how their vic
Tins can endure. A glance shows
them those who will soon sink from
WEAKNESS; then, to economize the
scanty food which they distribute,
they pass behind these wretched be-
ings and fell them with single
blow. Their corpses remain whore
they fall, when they are not sus-
pended on the branches of the
neighboring trees; and it is close tc
them that their companions are OBJ.
liged to cat and to sleep, But what
! sleepl it may be easily imagined"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-07-03

A few days since a little son of a
Berkeley county man, named In
hurst, was standing in a doorway
during a thunder storm, when sud
denly there was a sharp flash OF
lightning, followed by a terrific peal
of thunder. and the boy fell forward.
The bolt struck his left arm. crossed
his stomach and ran down his right
leg. The little fellow was rendered
insensible but is now slowly recov-
ering
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-07-03

Hancock county had another
double murder last week. Jack
Geer and John Derenberger had a
falling ont, and meeting at country
store across the river from Wells
vile they began hostiIities. Dor
epberger first shot Geer through
the stomach and Geer as he lay ON
the floor shot Dercnberger through
the side. Both died in less than
five minutes.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-07-03


During the four years of Demo-
cratic rule the country was pros
porous and each recurring year
brought with it increased confidence
and factories sprang up, as if by
magic, in every part of the country
and the laboring man and his family
were happy But, is it So. under
the Harrison administration Shops
and factories are being shut down
all over the land; wages arc being
reduced. In the mining regions of
Pennsylvania, the miners wages
have been reduced until the miners
do not average ten dollars month
in wages. This is protection.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-07-03

What is a kiss2 is question
which has agitated the world for
centuries. The great problem is
solved at lastl DR.. Henry Gibbons,
in recent lecture at San Francisco.
described kiss as the anatomical
juxtaposition of two orbicularis oris
muscles in "a state of contraction. .
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-07-03

Concerning the young city of FL
kins, in Randolph county, named
for our own "Steve," correspond
ent says:
"The town of Elkins, which is
eight years old, has a postotiice,
three resident physicians, a livery
stable, Touring mill, planning mill,
saw mill, nine general stores, and
two hotels. An effort will be made
to move the county seat. Our own
citizens of Beverly refused to soil
the railroad company ground ON
which to locate tho machine shops,
etc, but instead are buying prop
erty in EIkins and helping to boom
a much less desirable locality"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-07-03
Proper LcngIIl.

A lawyer is presumed to be al
ways aRlo to suggest a difficulty,
no matter how self.evident the case
may seem, but the truly great law
yer knows how to state point SO
that even brother lawyer can not
start an objection. According to
the Yankee Blade, Stophcn A.
Douglas and Loveioy were once
gossiping together, when Mr.. Lin
coin camc in.
The two men Immediately turn
ed their conversation upon tho
proper lcngth of a mans legs.
"Now," said Loveioy, "Abe's legs
are altogether too long, and yours,
Douglas, / think, are little short.
Let's ask Abe what he thinks of it. !"
The conversation had been car
ried on with a Wow to Lincoln
'oyerhearing it, and they closed it by
saying:
aAbc, what do you think about
it?"
Mr. Lincoln had far-away look,
as he sat with one leg twisted
around the other, but he responded
to the question:
aThink of what2"
"WclI, we're talking about the
proper lcngth of a mans legs. We
think yours arc too long, and
Douglass too short, and we'd like
to know what you think is the
proper length .
"WeIl," said Mr.. Lincoln ''that's
a matter that I've never given any
thought to, so of course j may be
mistaken; but my first impression
is that mans legs ought to belong
enough to reach from his body to
the ground.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-07-03

A big oil find has created excite
ment at Gallup, New Mexico. 1t is
asserted that the oil ar4:ls il rivu-
let's in many plaees.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-07-03

The time of year has arrived
when the prudent young man viii
begin to cut out and preserve ac-
counts of people who die through
eating ice-cream, for the purpose of
showing them to his girl. 1t may
result IN saving money bnt the girls
generally have the most admiration
for the young man who is reckless
enough to take chances, and, if NEG
#essary, die with them.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-07-03

Miss Kate Sherman, a baxofn Ten
nessee girl, met her father at the de-
pot the other day and broke two Of
his ribs at single hug
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-10-31
RECENT LITERATURE.

A MANUAL OF INSTRUCTION IN OPTICAL
TELEGRAPIIY. by Lieut. John T. Finley, Sig
nal Corps, u. =. A. Published by J. III. Souie,
Washington, D. O. Price 20 cents.
The invaluable service rendered by the Sig
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all over the world tho utility of the optical
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and Investigations of tho best Signal Corps or
CARNATIONS in Europe 1t is well illustrated by
cuts OF the different instruments and appara-
tus that have been and are now in use from
the old flag system to the latest Photograph aud
the helio-telegraph for night work.
TWO RuNAwAYs AND OTHER STORIES. By
Harry Stiliwell Edwards. Published by the Cen
fury Co., New York. and for sale by Robert Beali,
Washington. Price $3.50.
The hosts of readers who have admired the
| sketches and stories of Mr. Edwards in the
| Century Magazine, will pick up with renewed
| interest this embodiment of some of his former
| writings aud other new ones, in book form. The
| authors own grace of diction adds charm and
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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-10-31
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
The Weeks DOingS at the Ma
iiOnal Capital
Rats IN The WHITE HOUSE.

ATS! Ratsii Rats!il
That is the cry at the
White House, and the
problem is how TO be
rid Of them.
This is not intended
facetiously TO refer to
the throngs tn a {
swarm the Executive
Mansion and poster
the life half out of the
Chief Magistrate for
gifts of public office
where the duties are
few, the labors light
and the cash returns