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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-09-17
More val.ant rank frem nn.toruor...

Ben Butterworth is valiant talker.
however much his valor may flow out al
his finger ends when the time comes to
vote. Now that he has lost his opf,Or
-tunity To voto against fha Infamous p.
Kinley bill he has again resortea t
valiant talk.
What IS our situation as n party?
he asks, and then he answers his cues
ton by painting this melancholy picture
of the situation: The tariff unrevised
and no consoling prospect that the
senate will do more than transpose the
exorbitant rates that abound in the
present schedule"
What ''consoling prospect" has the
country that Maj Benjamin Butter
worth will use his vote, when the bill
gets back into the house for conference
work, to defeat its ''exorbitant ratesY'
And the major devotes some valiant
talk again to the farmers tariff, so
called. He says that the farmer lis
shown a tariff schedule which runs the
whole gaInut from snap beans through
peas. Onions, peanuts. squashes. cabbages.
eggs. oranges. hops. corn. rye and wheat
all OF which is as uSef1l to him as a
duty on tin whistIes.''
Then he indulges in some super-valiant
talk against the workings of our present
high tariff laws. He says: THE injury
comes in various forms. Its most
huIniliating aspect is in the fact that it
makes our prosperity partial and iaakes
the mass of the people the servants of
the few, and does It in the name and
under the guise of protecting labor and
cherishing our infant industries" He
hopes, too, that '.wc shall adopt the
policy suggested by the administration.
and romove all the barriers that hamper
our commerce and rule us out of the
markets of the western hemisphere"
Oh, that there were no caucus to
squelch u valiant tall1er like Butterworth
before he puts his words into actionl II
valiant talk could make a country
happy what blessing Butterworth
would he to America.
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Their Rea.ons.

When Senator Plumb offered his reso-
luton requiring the senate finance COM
mittee to give in detail their reasons for
the changes made IN the tariff bin it waa
supposed that we were TO have a serious
piece of work, which would throw some
light upon the dark places in tariR
making. But the mountain has brouoht
forth a mouse; never was there a more
perfunctory piece Of work done. Many
changes are left unexplained, and the
reasons are given In line or two and
are stated in the most general terms.
We have <rigmarole Of phrases ike
constantly increasing importatfons.S
''to encourage domestic production.s
'sthe necessity of protecting this inn
portant domestic manufacturer ssto
check importations," and so on to the
point where ones mind rebels from fur
ther dwelling on the pitiable business.
When the COMMITTEES reaches the dt1kv
on corn it becomes positively amusing.
The corn duty, it win be remembered. is
raised from 10 cents to 10 cents a busheI.
In explaining this advance the com
mittee groups half dozen para1rauhs
--buckwheat, corn, corn meal, Inaearoni.
oats and oatneal-and disTnfsses them
all with the single remark, ssThe sarue
dS Pfece4Ang LOOKING back several
paragraphs we found that preceding
refers TO barley, and the reason there
given Is in these words: "This Is A LARGE
increase IN duty, made necessary TO pro-
tect domestic growers" On the same
page OF the bill the quantities Of each
article imported during the fiscal wear
1889 are given. Under corn" we reEd
s.SSS bushels When these grave sen-.
ators assign the above high-sounding
reason 10 this little dror,-ffI- -tI,t l,y,,si,e.f
matter is it not dificuIt 10 bslieve n
their sinceutys Do our senators in
dorse the Mckinley attempt to puIl the
wool over the eyes of the farrnersS Sen.
stors are often all, as Vance, of North
Carolina, says. mot poor critters."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-09-17
A Magnet for Gold.

That certain substances have am at.
traction for gold was publicly demon.
strated at Truckee In the presence of a
large number of prominent citizens.
A. w Chellis, inventor of the electrical
mineral ball, having been challenged
to prove that the attraction of the ball
for precious metals could be matlle-
matically demonstrated, placed gold in
one pan of the scales, balanced II, and
holding the ball near the pan contain
ing the gold caused the scales to de
fleet He proved that the attraction
of the ball equaled one grain for each
80 of gold. Small particles of gold.
gold dust and gold leaf flew to the ball
as iron filings will to "A Inagnet.-Cor.
San Francisco Call.
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rogetner with trade influences, are dis
turbing elements which cannot s,e ac-
curateIy measured.
Is not more trustworthy met - pos-
sible for determining whether the repeal
has saved the consumer the amount of
the duty! Can we not compare two
countries at the same time-one with a
duty and the other without duty?
Fortunately we can These two eoun-
tries arc France and the United States
France has duty of 1906 cents per
pound ON coffee; we admit it free. The
same coffee which now retails for 8
francs per lilo IN France is bought by
our people at retail for so cents a pound.
A hlo is 2.2 pounds and francs are
equal to 96.5 cents, which means about
"A cents pound. This is IL cents more
than the American price, and is ACCOUNT
ed for by the duty of 1896 cents and the
commissions for handling the duty.
This proves beyond all cayil that the
duty IS added TO tho price when the con-
sumner buys In other words the tariff
is \ tax.
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AN HISTORIC lNsrauMENT.
Leidy.s microscope Through which rri-
chime In Pork Was Discovered.

Leidy.s Microscope Through Which Trf-
chinne In Pork Was Discovered.
In a box of highly polished wood,
clasped and bound with shining brass.
there reposes at present at the PIiila-
delpliia hospital little instrument that
has had an effect upon Americas ex-
port trade in pork in an opposite ratio
to its size, and that effect still fingers.
1t has brought American pork into bad
repute with the German government.
il. Is nothing but microScope, but it
is'the microscope by the aid-of which
trichinse in ham was discovered
II was away back in 1885 that
trichinw was discovered by Payot IN
the muscles of the human body. and
the parasites were afterwarIi described
by Owen. How they came into the
human system no one knew. That
they got there and that their presence
worked great harm was proven conclu-
siveiy, but the source, the first starting
point of the parasite-tllis was what
scientific men. puzzle and hunt as they
Would. were unable to discover Il re
mained for an American oiid Phil.s
delphian to make this discovery. of
which the general public has probably
never realized the full value. but to
which the world of science has always
given due credit.
In 1874 Joseph I.eidy was graduated
:s' a doctor of medicine. If there has
been one thing above another for which
this celebrated scientist has always been
noted it is his acute powers of observa-
ton. Nothing escapes his eye, nothing
is too small to rivet his attention. In
1916, just two years after he graduated
and when only % years old, he made
the great discovery which had escaped
50 many celebrated physicians for so
many years. 1t was one day when he
was at luncheon that he fairly stumbled
ON the discovery, which would have get
escaped him had it not been for his
powers of observation. He leaned over
a large. luscious looking ham to cut of
a slice as the meat portion of a ham
sandwich.
Something ON the surface OF the meat
attracted his attention. He looked
closer and saw a number of tiny white
spects no longer than pin points. What
they were he did not know, bat ht
concluded he did not want any ham.
or, in fact, anything eat just at
that moment. He put the ham away
where no one else could get at it and
carried tho slice he had cut of IN Il
his rooms. He placed these white dots
under microscope, and whom they
we're properly focuged they stood ont
plainly as the tricllin;e that lad been
found in the human body just eleven
years before. 1t was discovery TINT
might we'll cause n man to feel cluted
This microscope. n handsome instru
nient about eighteen inches high. after
doing the work of its celebrated owner
for inaiy years is now the property OF
iiis nephew and namesake, DIR. Josepl
Leidy, r.-Philndelphia Times.
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Forgot BOD. sreeth.art,. N.m..

Rather a singular thing occurred at
the county clerks sfIice a day or 50
ago. A young fellow came In and got
a license 10 marry a young darnsel
and departed after going through the
necessary preliminaries. He had been
gone about an hour or so when he re-
turned IN great haste and confusion
and said he had made a mistake IN the
name and was thinking of another GIRL
at the time he got the license. Their
nFst names were the same, but their
last names We're asunlike asthey could
De- The name was corrected and the
absent minded swain departed. -Des
Moines Leader.
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dew. Among the Caucasian Peaks.

There are eight peaks loftier than
Mont Blanc, and fifteen above Il, 600
feet. The four highest are Elbruz.
Roshtautau, Shkara and Dychtau. Il
was in the attempt TO ascend the last
named mountain that the British ex-
plorers evidently lost their lives. Mr..
Freshtield and the searching party
passed through most interesting re-
glons- They came upon small settle
ments Of mountain Jews, who must
have been separated from their race
at very early date. and show signs
of Persian Influence. They passed
also through dense forest to the val.
ley OF the Kodor, where local tradi-
ton declares that a wild race erisfs
without arms, clothes or villages =
london Graphic.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-09-17
PRIVATE RESIDENCES,
FARM PROPERTY.
The Homes of the Nation,
Are Largely Insured i'm
The Agricultural Insurance Company,
OF TER RTOWM, N. Y.
ASSETS,

THE AGRICULTURAL Insurance CoMPA-
NY is limited by its charter to risks not more
hazardous than private residences than farIn
property. II was organized in 1853, by FARM
ers and owners of dwellings, to obtain for
themselves and others the security offered by
q company doing a home insurance business.
During these thirty seven years, their wisd-
ON in treating this class of property, for in
surancc purposes, as different from all other
kinds, has been proved by the popularity OF
the company, by its steady and rapid growth
in assets and in the confidence of the citizens
of every state in which Its policies are issued.
The world affords no other insurance COM
pany that holds two million dollars In trust
to protect just one class of property-.and that
nearest the heart of every man-his home-
stead. The world affords no other Insurance
company which has so little liability to loss
by sweeping confiagrations, and which af-
forCis to It's policy holders that absolute se-
curity which even the largest companies ex-
posed to such confiagrations, cannot give
During its thirty-sevcn years of steady and
triumphant growth, scores of companies with
greater capital and larger pretensions, have
been organized, have hourished for q time,
aud have finally gone down in disasters such
as those of Boston and Chicago.
TIPPETT BROS, agents,
POINT PLEASANT, w. VA.
may 2S-lm.
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In the first table we have a rise OF
$2.66 from 1872 TO 1874, and in the sec
ond rise Of sos from 1885 to 1887. Mr..
George G. Rand. prominent coffee
dealer of New York. explains these dis
turbances in prices rs follows: In 1887
importers allowed their stock of coffee
to run low in anticipation of Ine re-
moyal of the duty. In this way there
was an extraordinary demand for coffee
after the duty was stricken OF; buyers
Were compelled TO replenish their stocks,
and this was one reason why prices went
Up. Furthermore. the crops OF the next
two years did not come up 70 expecta-
tions; our importations for each OF the
years 1872 and 1878 were more than
22.0Oo tons less than in 1871.
In the Same way the sharp rise in
prices in 1887 was caused. A large crop
had been anticipated and importers held
of from buying because lower prices
were looked for. But the crop was not
large and the sharp competition OF buy
ers forced prices up with an unusual
bound
The apparent lack Of effect of remov-
ing the duty can thus be accounted for
on natural grounds.
It IS admitted that the precise effect
cannot be determined by comparing a
series of years; for. as above shown, the
VARYING size and condition of the crop,
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P.nnsyivanIa Knows Her NINA.


the Republican state convention Of
PENNSYLVANIA took care in indorsing the
sdel2inley bin to say that what it IN
dorsed was the bill as it passed the
house The house, it will be remeln-
bercd. reduced the duty. on steel rails
from Sl7 ton TO $13.44 When this
was done the steel rail makers of Penn
sylyania squaaled; but they squealed
still moro loudly when the senate made
further reduction to $l1. 20 ton.
Not long ago tine rail manufacturers
and their newspaper organs were point
ing with pride TO the fact that steel rails
were selling Mt US low price here as in
England. Bon Butterworth defends the
old style protection which seeks sinply
to produce what he is fond of calling an
equality Of opportunity:" but his party
has gone far beyond this equality of
9ppcrtnnity'' idea. Equality of oppor-
tunity would i'll this case demand the
removal OF the duty altogether; but the
taliit makers are far from taking the
duty of.
The manufacturers, however, do no;
ut nj accept the equality of opportu-
nifty idea. On tho contrary, the duty of
Sl1.9o cScites their patriotic apprehen-
eioIo 10 SUCH iln extent tnat thcy are
holding meetings and sending commit
tees to Washington as If the British were
about to doiuSe the country with cheap
rails.
What is the use for any duty mt al on
steel rails? The price Is about the same
in England ~ here, and the cost of ocean
freights. insurance and commissions is
said to be about $3.50 ton. The Pitts
burg AID Chicago rail makers have, Of
course, the further protection of inland
reights.
When. however. these facts are pointed
out 20 tho rail makers they whine and
say that the price of coal may 20 down
IN England, and then they will sell
cheaper than We do and ruin MS! That
is the kind OF talk that comes from men
who have made enormous fortunes out
OF tho protection on steel rails.
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Renaissance (re--;lgiin, and nnis
sanee-birthl nieaIiss simply a sao.v bird.
" revival; but the word. az used. l.
always understood to mean n revival
in learning. The period known AS the
Renaissance, by way of eininence. dateS
from the taking of Constant;nople by
the Turks 0153). but long before that
epoch the love for classical literature
had been reviving. This event. how
ever, gave decided impulse to tho
revival of learning in western Europe:
the learned men of the Greek OF
Eastern Empire sought new homes in
the Occident and established schools
throughout Europe. The revival OF
learning, the invention of printing
(1l5O \. ID, the discovery of the new
world Q492), the decline of feudalisin.
the elevation of the middle classes. ali
contributed to bring about THE
Renaissance" the Reformation fol
lowed soon after 1J17). ignorance was
dissipated and superstition abated.
With the revival of classical litera
ture came a taste Tor classical architect
ure. and during the Seventeenth and
Eighteenth centuries there existed n
distinct style known as the Renaissance
in architecture, following that of scuIp
ture and painting, and in time the
saints of the Middle Ages gave place to
the gods and goddesses of ancient
Greece and Rome. The renaissance
reached its climax about the beginning
of the present century, but the people
finally rebelled when window light had
to be sacrificed to the reproduction OF
an ancient portico. etc. = Brooklyn
Eagle.
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Rev. DIR. Primrose forgive you
this time, but If ever catch you again
hi the hen house III give you up to the
law.
Sambo-Thank yo', sab. Kindness
like dat touches tender chord in dis
ole mans bu.zu1n
Rev. DIR. Primrose That win do,
Sauibo. Be sure you don't touch that
cord in the back yard ON your way
out.-Rpoch.
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Ths AdvantaEe or nelnr q ne.ton cn,.

In the year 1888 fund was beaueath-
ed by Mrs. Ellen Clifford, a woman
noted for her philanthropy. to estab-
lish home for animals, and two
years later there was erected in Brigh-
ton, on Lake street, not far from Oak
square, a substantial institution where
stray dogs and cats are given food and
shelter until permanent homes are
found for them by the officers in
charge. The electric cars pass Lake
street and alighting from one of them,
we followed tue directions given us.
which led considerable distance past
a pond with ice houses on its adjacent
shore, up hill which leads by a large
Catholic seminary; and the home
stands on the right hand side, some
distance back from the road. It is a
pretty Queen Anne structure, sur
mounted by several, on the side OF
one of which is modest tablet bear
ing the inscription, THE Ellen NJ.
Clifford Home for Animals, established
1883. Entering the gateway, we
were ushered into a pretty little Office,
finished and furnished in oak. a
CHEEKY fire blazed in the open Ere
place, and above the mantel hung a
painting of handsome King Charles
spaniel and picture of cat The
superintendent presently appeared,
aud we were shown around the prem
lses.- Boston Transcript.
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The Egyptian iotus Is She zzc-4d
flower of Egypt, China, Japan ana Ia-
dia. Until lately it was supposed to be
a tropical plant. but within a few
years 1t has been found TO be perfectly
hardy. AT Bordentown, n. j.. it has
been seen growing where the ice would
The flower is magnificent, from eight
to twelve inches across. The petals
are white at their base, and in the CEN
ter and at the tip brilliant crimson.
The large cluster of pistils and sta
mems are bright yellow,-Pitsburg
Dlspatchs
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POINT PLEASANT, w. VA.

been one of the features of the town for over IS
years During this tme the Proprietor has gone steadily
adding little by little, till he has of the
complete stocks of
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-09-17
win Not Stand it Any Longer.

A LLpersons are hereby notified not to
Cooper and Arbuckle Districts, by hunt.
ing, nutting, fishing, berrying, or by
taking chickens. corn, tools, lxon or
other property, for will prosecute to
the full extent of the law. any person
found 81 trespassing on any of my
lands or premises. G. G. MILLER.
nov. 20 1y.
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-02


Alderman /. M. Turner has all the
week been receiving congratulations
on the very able manner in which he
handled the water question at the re-
cent special session OF the council. Mr..
Turner's speech was published in full
from stenographlc notes in the TELE-
GRAM HERALD on Wednesday morning.
One gentleman wrote the alderman
that ne has "read your speech in the
TELEGRAM-HRRALD," and after review
ing the situation as he sees il, among
other things, saws: II hardly believe
Mr.. Gilbert drinks the water fur
nlshed by the city, and yet he may,
for q person who could drink swlll
from a pipe possibly could drink the
water furnished by the city. / am salts
fed that when the Hydraulic Company
say and agree that they viii furnish
pure spring water aud enough, that we
have men on our board of aldermen,
aside from Mr.. Gilbert. who are sharp
enough TO draw up a contract so care
ful and strong and binding, that
whoever gets contract and plant there
can DC no possible chance TO deviate
one iOta without forfeiture Of sa d
contract. l would ask Mr.. Gilbert
who the signers to the remonstrance
we're. Don't you know, Mr.. Turner,
that IL you were IN with some of the
large factory owners OF bosses that It
would be easy enough TO procure 1000
names to a petition without leaving the
promises"
eff was better scholar would
like to answer Mr.. Gilbert, TOO. but
there is no doubt in my mind but what
you are perfectly able TO handle him
without gloves. You may depend upon
it, the people viii stand by you, Mr.
Turner, 70 the end and in the end"
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-02
THE OBSERVER

We sunsmarIze from PTs1as's Crap Bs1-
Ltsa the coalitions of crops from lesz
u 1850, as follows:
February IS. Iss2-Winter wheat,
bare. weather south Of the Ohio river
very backward.
February Is, lss3-Wlnter wheat n
far condl ton. No frost IA the ground.
February IS, 18S4-W.nter wheat Gov
cred Wiz snow for sixty days Ground
tree OF frost. Prospects of al early
spring.
February Is, IsS5-Winter wheat IN
al uncertain condition. Mercury De-
lOg zero.
Februsry Is, IsS6-winter wheat
bare; cold, hard freezing weather.
Country roads IN had condition.
February Is, lss7-Winter wheat bare.
Weather Wet Genera condition OF tie
winter wheat not favorable.
February Is, lssS-Wnter wheat
Ia far condition. Just enough snow TO
cover tho wheat Mid weather N the
southern portion OF the winter wheat
belt. Frost nearly out or the ground.
February Is, lSs9-Winter wheat
during the last ten days has gone
through q period OF moderately severe
and trying weather on the crop. All
things considered, wheat IS IN much
better condition than We could expect.
Deliveries of wheat from farmers
hands very light. 4 remarkable win
ter, not so much for It's mildness as for
| lis dryness.
February Is, lS90-With the excep-
ton of q light snowfall in the winter
wheat belt aud one or TWO freezes,
whlch lnly lasted about twenty-four
hour .his area has undergone practl-
callv no change IN general weather con-
dltloA since the opening OF 1890. The
Northwest has experienced very heavy
snow storms. On the Pacific coast IL
has rained almost constantly for three
months, and very little gram has been
sown tins winter.
South OF the Ohio river, uniformly
mild, Wet, open winter.
From 700 points IN answer 10 the
questions: How much frost is there in
the ground? four hundred report none,
| and the remainder from four 10 ten
inches. The majority of the reports
indicate that the ground is bare of
snow.
Two-thirds of the reports show that
there is more moisture now in the
ground than year ago, and 90 per
cent. of the reports indicate the grounds
wet.
1t is proper to say, in this connection,
that We have had from the first of De-
cember up to date nothing more or less
than a continued siege of bad and prac-
ticaliy impossible roads.
| 1t seems almost incredible that in a
country with such agricultural wealth
as our own, and with all our go-ahead-
itiveness and progress, thatthere should
be such universal apathy with regard
to the improvement of our country
roads.
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-02
TnEAsURER's NOTICE


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