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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19
Democrats And The AIliance.

Democrats in the Farmers ALI
ance have an excellent opportunity
to do educational work that is much
needed, and if those who need the
education are sometimes refractory
there is more reason for patience
and perseverance,. Democrats in
the alliance may take it for granted
that it will be beset by refused
politicians from the garbage heaps
of both parties, and that it will have
an assorted variety-o of wild and cor
rupt schemes thrust on it. But
this need not make any difference.
None of these schemes can stand
under discussion, and it will not be
long before the political trieksters
will be exposed. Democrats who
Joined the alliance under a constitu-
ton guaranteeing them freedom of
political action have only to stay in
it and support the constitution. 1t
wonld be more than useless to draw
out and form new organization
in any locality where the attempt
is made through the alliance to die
tate their political action. If they
are Democrats they are not likely
to be tossed about by every wind
of strange political doctrine. The
great advantage of Democratic
principles is that it enables the
plain people who are not political
economists to see what is just and
wise in government. Every Demo
crat is thus fitted to do missionary
work, and Democrats in the farm
ers' alliance have a notable oppor-
tunity for it. The alliance in the
West is very largely composed Of
men who have been Republicans;
who are now Disguised with that
party, and, being so, are in fair
way to realize a great increase in
political usefulness. But naturally
they cannot escape Immediately
from all their Republican preju,
dices. From these they can be
weaned only by education and
patience. If, as a result of such pref,
udice or ignorance, the attempt is
made to use the alliance to compel
Democrats to support un-Demo-
cratic measures or to vote foI
political adventures, all there is
to be said is that the man who has
the first Instinct of Democracy in
him is to vote his own principles fol
the men who represent them.
The alliance has been taken bodi
ly into politics and it will go wrong
on some points of great importance
but on the whole it is doing a great
deal of good by the agitation it i,
effecting, and whether or not Demo
Gratis are members of it they have
no reason to check this agitation as
long as it is mainly directed against
Republicans policies. What the
alliance needs from Democrats i.
assistance and direction, not OBJ
struction or opposition.-S LOwi,
Repubtie.-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19

The retirement of Quay does not
add much to the standing of the
other members of the committee or
to his party either. Had he been
forced to resign by his party when
his rascality was first exposed it
would have been differant.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19

The rag-weed and dog fennel
have seen their day in this town.
They have to go and they've been
going pretty fast during the past
week. Nothing speaks better for a
town than clean streets.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19

DoN'T GIVE UP, there.is 8 cure
for catarrh and cold in the head.
Thousands testify that ElF's Cream
Balm has entirely cured them. 1t
is a safe and pleasant remedy. Ii
is applied into the nostrils. 1t is
not a liquid or snuff 1t cures by
cleansing and healing. Price soc.
SOUGHT FOR the last hundred
years. A remedy for catarrh, hay
fever and cold in the head found al
last in Ely's Cream Balm. Safe
and pleasant to use and easily
applied into the nostrils. 1t gives
relief at once and thorough treat
ment positively cures. Price 90
cents.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19

OOO ACRES of Brown Stone land
4,UUO in Summers County, West
Virginia; miles west of Hinton. and
on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad;
the finest grade of Brown Stone yet quar-
ried, and supply unlimited; can be load
ed on board cars from quarry; three der
ricks; superior for paving aud building
purposes to any other stone; can be
quarried any size desired; an excellent
investment for capitalists.
TIPPETT s. HUTCHINSON.
febiI-tE
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19

600 ACRES: haIf-miIe from Kerr's sta
ZZOD tion, GslIlIa county, Ohio. Price,
1000; onc-haif cash; balance and years.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19

0O1 Acres lying ON the Kanawha
OOl River, miles above Point Pleas
ant, and close to X. & o. Railroad. One
IF the best farms in the Great Kanawha
Valley. Very easy terms.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19

lnEsI ACRES; 50 acres bottom and 46i<
I ZO2 hill land: on Great i<anawha rivers
miles above Point Pleasant Price $2-5oOs
terms easy
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19

INK Acres, lying II miles from the
| 10 Kanawha River; partly imprOv-
ed; new dwelling house built last fall;
- acres good timber; about 40acres now
under cultivation. Will be sold at a
bargain.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19

zE ACRES; 80 acres cleared and in grass;
10 IT. vein OF coals on-county road; liz
miles from Kanawha River
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19

Point Pleasant is the oldest town
in the Ohio Valley west of Pitts
burgh. 1t is fourteen years older
than Marietta, twelve years older
than Charleston. fifteen years older
than Cincinnati, seventeen years
older than GallipoIis, and twenty
two years older than ChilIieothe.
1t is the Jamestown" of the Ohio
Valley Charleston Star.
And while it is the Oldest town,
it is the best town in the Ohio Val
ley, not excepting Cincinnati. The
town is forging ahead now, and will
soon be as .'big" as any of 'em,
enumerated above.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19

DEALE'S HALL. property; situated cor
ner Main and First streets; one OF the
best store rooms I'm the city; and good Hall;
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19

90 city, in tfallia county, Ohio. on Ohio
River and X. and NJ. Railroad. Price Sf,500s
terms easy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19

o0o ACRES finest land In Perry Town
SSO ship, Ohio; miles from GaltipOliS.
5000 grape; $40 apple and 800 peach trees. now
bearing: minerals-coal and lime; timber
oak and poplar. Price reasonable; terms to
suit purchaser.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19

situated across the Ohio, opposite the
mouth of the Eanawha River. This Is one
the Valley; the view up the Kanawha and
up and down the Ohio Is beautiful; seven
room tIIouse; two cisterns; Barn and out
houses; large and small fruits; two nercs of
ground; will be sold Mt great bargain Tor
cash.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19

The Republicans talk of conduct
ing their campaign on the issue of
"the tariff and reciprocity" is par
adoxical. A high tariff is meant to
put an embargo on ,commerce.-
Reciprocity is intended 10 encour-
age commerce. 1t is another name
for a frcer trade. To speak of 'sthe
tariff and reciprocity is like appro-
priating money to build wharves
behine stone wall or expecting a
man to run with one leg while he
has ball and chain on the other.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19

OUSE and lot in Henderson; lot 6lxi50
L n; stone cottage; in first-class repair;
ouf-buildings; price 5000 cash.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19
CITY LOTS.

n FINE Business Lots, on the West side OF
u Main street: In the best business part OF
Point Pleasant Price and terms reasonable.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19

EnO Acres: so cleared and in grass; 800
ONJJ we'll timbered; room cottnges very
large barn, 3 miles nom Ohio River Rail-
road, well watered, price $40 per acre. Terms
one-thirSi cash, balance ], ? and years
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19

VIRGINIA HOUSE; situated corner
v Front and LIST streets; near Ohio River
Wharf, and KRnnwha River; In good repair
VIII be sold cheap; terms reasonable.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19
All Kinds of Insurance
Placed at Reasonable
RATES.

TOUR House and Lots in the Extension OF
I Point Pleasant. Three room cottagess
lots 40S1f0 IT.. ; room house; lot 42xsro feet,
out-buiIdingS; fruit and shade trees in grow
low; terms easy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19

q VACANT Lots in the Extension TO Point
q Pleasant; l0XsO0; close to the Ohio River
Railroad Depot. Price, $50 each
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-04
PUBLICATIONS.


The old BARNwELL Is. c. SENTINEL was
the first newspaper ever printed in Barnwen
county, South Carolina. 1t IS forty years old,
sud has an aIl-round circulation over the South
Bounds territory. 1t asks the business OF the
merchants and business men of Savannah, Ga
For terms. etc, address
JNo. l. BRONSON.
Barnwell, S. Q.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-04

AHERCHAETE. manufacturers. merchanie4
NJ corporntions, and ell others In need Of
printing. lithographing, and blank books can
have their orders promptly hlled. at modegets
prices, at the MORNING NEWS PR1EIlAS
&QuaE WhtkakaE szrss&
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-26
T OF

One of the largest railway companies in
India is now utilizing its old rails as tele-
graph poles, for which purpose they are
found to be very effective, being strong
and inflcxible. As there are no rolling
mills for the consumption of this old ma
terial the company finds them to be cheap
and durable.
A new system has been proposed In
France for heating railroad cars by means
OF electricity. A current is passed through
a number Of lead Rratines of high resist
ance placed in the floor of each car, the re-
sulting heat being transmitted to radiating
coverings, with which the eratings are
provided, thereby heating the atmosphere
of tie car.
Two English engineers have applied tc
the Argentine government for authority to
extract marsh gas from the islands in the
delta of the Parana river, with a view to
using il for lighting and fuel purposes. The
board Of puplio works has reported favor
ably on the proposition. providing the gov
eminent Offices are supplied with light and
motive power free of charge.
A company has been formed in Chicago
for the purpose Of rapidly transmitting
mail matter and packages by overhead
cables, the motive power being electricity.
II is proposed to construct a series of linei
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-26

WHArEvER else may be said oi
Speaker Crisp's committee assignments,
ii cannot be charged, MS it was against
Carlisle, that he gave undue recognition
to the south. The chairmanships Of tho
most important committees go to north
ern states. Illinois gets tho head OF tho
committee on ways and means; Indiana
Of appropriations; New York or banking
and currency; Pennsylvania OF Pacific
railroads; Ohio Of military affairs; New
Jersey OF merchant marine and fisher
les; Iowa Of education; New York OF pri-
waite land claims; Pennsylvania OF war
claims. OF the fifteen members OF the
ways and means committee eleven are
northern men, representing the states
OF Illinois, Michigan, Indiana. New
York, Massachusetts,, Nebraska, Maine,
California and Pennsylvania. New
York and Michigan have two members
each, one Of each party, On this commit
tee. In geographical distribution this
is a much retter committee than that OF
which Mr.. Mills was the head in the
Fiftieth congress.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-26
Startling Cures by Faith.

There have been some remarkable faith
cures at the trlduRn held at the Mission
church at Roxbury, Mass, for the past
three days in honor of Gu Lady of Per
petual Help. At least seven persons who
were afflicted with diseases that had been
pronounced incurable were miraculously
cured at the shrine of the Blessed Virgin,
More than 10000 people from all parts of
the New England states visited the church
yesterday, and it was estimated that fully
5000 thronged the sacred edifice at the clos
ing services, which took place last evening,
1t was a memorable day. and the events on
acted before the shrine of the Blessed Virgin
when Rev. William O'Connor, c.. s. S. L.,
gave the blessing for the sick will never be
forgotten. Scarcely had the reverend
father breathed the benediction when the
greatest excitement prevailed, caused by
the fact that seven people who had been
afflicted with incurable diseases were in
stantly cured. One little girl, aged abont
Ii, and living IN South Boston, received
her sight after being blind for many wears,
Her name is Annie Sullivan. Another mir
aculous cure was that of Mrs. Abbie Cooney,
of Brocton, who has been afflicted with par.
alysis for seven years. The whole parish is
agitated over the occurrence, and the
strangers who we're present were awe.
struck. Rev. Father Wavrick, G, s. 8. r..
rector Of st. Alphonsus church, New York,
was the orator on this memorable occasion,
and conducted the triduan throughout.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-26
EXILED FROM RUSSIA.

A Hebrew That Could Find No Resting
Place for His Feet.
Up to yesterday afternoon there was a
man who had the distinction of being alb
~soluteiy without a country, says the New
York Recorder. The land of his birth
(Russia) had exiled him for nc other crime
than that of being a Jew and neither Ger
many nor America would give him refuge.
Ordered out of Russia about eight weeks
| ago he went to Germany, but was not al
lowed to stay there, again because he was a
Jew; SO he took passage for America, but as
he was without means when he arrived here
he was detained at the barge Office to be
sent back to the counties that would not
have him by tho steamer that brought him
here.
The mans name is David Kostowetzke.
He was born in Kieff, where he owned a
large farm upon which he had lived all his
life of SO years. Suddenly an order was
served upon him. signed by the governor of
twcnty-four hours. All that he was able to
take with him was 400 roubles, for his farm
and all his belongings were coDfiscated by
the same order that e1iled him from his
native land. With his wife, Rachel, aged
30 years, and their four small children, he
took his departure, not knowing whore to
60, and eventually reached Stettin, Ger
many.
When be found that he could not stay
there kostowetzki purchased tickets for
himself and family for this country. They
sailed on the Polynesia and arrived here
last Friday. but only to find here, too, they
we're barred out. Their travelling expenses
had reduced their money 30 greatly that
General q, Bierne decided that what little
was left was not sufficient to guarantee that
the family would not become a public
charge, and as nobody came forward to
help them he ordered them to be detained.
One of their children was taken sick with
the measles on the way over. Upon arrival
she was sent to the Long Island College
hospital in Brooklyn.
However, yesterday, Kostowetzki's mind
was greatly relieved. The agent of the
United Hebrew Charities visited him at the
barge Office and interested himself in his
case. He found him to be a man that was
not only strong and healthy but with a
thorough knowledge of farming. So he
went to Gen. O'Brien and told him that the
society would guarantee that the man
would be selt-suppossing. Accordingly he
and his family were discharged. The go
ciety will give him a farm of thirty acres,
in either New Jersey or Connecticut, to be
paid for in fifteen years.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-26
STRAY PHILOSOPHY.

He who chases two hares will catch
neither.
self-deception is one of the most deadly
of all dangers.
Men are just as ready to hate you fol
your virtues as for your faults.
Tomorrow is tho mirage of time, and pro-
c%rastination it's willing victim. ...
Live as long as you may. the first twenty
years are the longest half of your life.
Optimism has its limits. Not every bird
can carol, even at Christmas.-Iruth.
No man has Il thorough taste of prosper.
ity to whom adversely never happened.
A man can never become learned by
pursuing his studies in a rocking chair.
Puck.
Ar able man shows his spirit by gentle
words and r~esolute actions. He is neither
hot nor timid.
We should all be great men if We could be
measured by the great things we intend tc
do tomorrow.
It is the little things we forget. The mar
| with the pocket full of 25-cent cigars neve,
has a match.-Puck.
How many people," says Jeremy Taylor
"are busy in the world gathering q handful
of thorus to sit upon:"
Some men get q reputation for bravery
Just because they are able to conceal how
scared they are.-Somerville Journal.
Happiness, it has been we'll observed. i
in the proportion of the number of thing
xpa Iowa and tha nurnher If fhipoa +ho
love us.
Man is good deal like fish. You know
the fish would never get in very seriou
trouble if it kept its mouth shnt.-Yonker
Statesman.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-26
MARK TWAIN's NEW STORY.

We take pleasure in informing the
thousands Of readers Of THE SUNDAY n
DEPENDENT that in connection with the
New York Sun, st. Louis Republic, San
Francisco Examiner and a few other
journals, we have secured tho right to
publish as q serial Mark Twain's forth
coming new novel, "The American
Claimant The opening chapter will
appear in THE SUNDAY INDEPENDENT OF
January 3, and the story will run for
about three months. It is the greatest
work that Mark Twain has undertaken
since the appearance Of "The Gilded
Age" and it reintroduces to the public
the immortal Mulberry Sellers. This
time the colonel turns up in pursuit of
an English earldom. He has lost none
Of his old time buoyancy and hopeful
ness, and his ups and downs among the
nobility of England, his ludicrous ad-
ventures in attempting to adapt him
self to a mode OF life to which he is not
accustomed. give the great humorist a
line field for his fancy. The scene is laid
ID two continents and takes the redonbt-
able colonel back to his old stamping
ground, Washington. The story is
founded on one OF Mark Twain's own
experiences, he himself having at one
time (as he thought) a possibility of
gaining a titled estate through his
mothers ancestors.
1.-THE American Claimant unques-
tionably will be the literary event of the
new year, and every reader of The IN
DEPENDENT, we are sure, will await with
impotence the successive chapters in
this interesting romance. The story
will be illustrated by Dan Beard, who
made the pictures for Mark Twain's
latest book, "a Yankee at the Court Of
King Arthur" and who is the best in
terpreter Of the inimitable humor Of the
great author. Mail subscribers desiring
to get the opening chapters of the story
should send in their subscriptions at
once. and news dealers should place
their orders for extra copies promptly.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-26

The daily Russell Harrison neglects
to give the most probable reason fol
Speaker Crisp's refusal to appoint MI.
Dixon ON the coinage committee. After
the shameful way Carter sold out the
cause of free coinage the speaker natur-
ally had q preiudice against Montana
men. That was unjust, for had Mr..
Crisp been we'll acquainted with Judge
Dixon he would have known that he
would be as true as Carter was treach-
nrona
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-26
HARRISON AND TnE ELECTORS,

No PART of President Harrison's mes
sage has been more severely or more de-
servedly criticised than his observations
on the Of choosing presidential
electors, which are not only narrowly
partisan in spirit, but are based on ig-
norance of the history Of his country.
The president says, among other things,
that "all the states have, acting freely
and separately, determined that the
choice Of electors by a general ticket is
the wisest and the safest method, and it
would seem that there could be no OBJ
lection TO Il constitutional amendment
making that method permanent"
In a communication to the Sun of
that city, Mr.. Charles A. O'Neill, of New
York, shows how limited is Mr.. Harri-
sons knowledge Of our institutions. He
says:
The history of the American electoral
system il a recital Of the great wrongs and
acts of injustice committed under the work
ings of the general ticket system. The re-
form movement of the first quarter of this
century aimed at the adoption of a uniform
district system throughout the United
States.
Thu senate of the United States agreed to
q proposed constitutional amendment es-
tablishing the district system by a two
thirds vote of twenty-five to nine on Feb.
10, 1913. The legislatures of North Caro-
lima, Massachusetts,. Virginia, Connecticut,
Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
and New York passed resolutions in favor
of the district system. The United States
senate again OF Feb. 4. 1919, and on Jan. q,
1890. voted in favor of the district system.
In the house OF representatives a majority
vote was obtained. but not the required
two-thirds. TIL members from this large
states at this time opposed it as tending to
unsettle one of the compromises of the con-
stitution.
From 1923 to 1926 the public mind was
greatly agitatea over the subject. In 1924
the general ticket system prevailed in ten
states, tho choosing by the Legislature in si1
states, while in the remaining eight the
electors were chosen in districts.
Hlustrious statesmen OF all parties and al
all times have given their approval to the
district System: Hamilton and Jefferson
the eldtr Bayard and Gsllstin, the second
Adams and Madison, Webster and Story
Van Buren,, Benton and Morton. No pub
lie man, as far as l am able to learn. eve,
publicly and honestly advocated the adop-
ton of a constitutional amendment whic
which would comla al all the states to sdopt
the general ticket system. The injustice OF
this mode of choice Was aeen in the cleo
tion of 1854. Cleveland did not receive T,
single electoral vote from FIVE New Eng
land states, yet nearly Il quarter of a mill,
ION men voted for him. In the five west
efn states of Ohio. Michigan, Wisconsin.
Illinois aud Iowa, $4,000 votes were cas-,
for him and thirty-thres democrats wer,
elected TO congress-, yet Cleveland received
not q single electoral vote, while Blaine re
ceived eighty-two electoral votes. Blain,
suffered, however, from the same cause il
New York. Indiana and Connecticut
Hwefty-eight republicans were returned t.
congress from those states.
A.careful study of the workings Of tn,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-26

stretching high enough TO avoid the highest
buildings. the wires radiating from tho post
office to all central distributing points, and
being strong enough 70 carry tons Of mail.
II ID stated to b the fashion in Paris to
have miniature miorophonss in certain
rooms OF q house. 40 that persons In other
parts Of the house can listen to any CON
versation going . These eavesdropping
devices are small, and can be placed out OF
view in any part nfsthe room, and can even
be made to form part of q piece Of furni-
ture or picture frame. It is not likely that
they will become popular in this country.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-26

electoral system Will show that the district
systeni gives to every party In . state and
every interest In I state their relative iniu-
sncs Ia the nation.
Perhaps the president, on second
Thoughts, will conclude to leave the
method OF choosing electors to the peo-
PIE Of tho several states.