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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-06


10 wipe cut from the face Of the earth
the lniscreaujs. But until disarmament
ard consequent arbitration shall be
agreed 10 by all the great governments,
any single government thai dismantles
its fortresses. and spikes its guns, and
breaks its sword, would simply invite
its own destruction.
Suppose, before such general agree
,nent, England should throw away her
sword think you France has forgotten
Waterloo Suppose before such general
agreement Germany should throw away
her sword; how long would Alsace and
Lorraine stay as they are2 Suppose the
car of Russia before any such general
agreement should throw away lissword
all the eagles and yultures and lions OF
European power would gather for q
piece of tie Russian bear. Suppose the
United States without any such general
agreement Of disarmament should
throw away her sword; it would not be
long before the Na1rows Of our harbo1
would be ablaze with the bunting OF
foreign nayies coming here to show the
folly of the Monroe Doctrine"
THE NIGHTMARE OF NATIONS.
Side by side the two movements must
90. Complete armament uptil al
acree to disarmament. At the same
command of "ualt!n all nations halt
ing. at the same command of "Groune
al1ns!n all musiets humping. st tht
same command OF Break ranlss.' al
armies disbanding. That may be near
or than you think. The standing arm!
is the nightmare of nations. England
wants to get rid of it, Germany is being
eaten up by it, Russia is almost taxef
70 deaih VIII IL Suppose that III,
ii.i:lions ol lnen belonging to the stand
| ING armies Of the world and in absolute
idleness, fer the most part of then
lives, should become producers instead
of consumers. Would not the world
properties improve, and the world
morals be better2 Or have you til
heatlenisll idea that war is necessaI:
to kill of the surplus populations Q
the earth, aad that without it tn
world would he so crowded there woul
| soon be no reserved seats and even tn
standing room would be exhausted
! Ali I tirin.l we can trust to the pner
,nonias. and the consumptions and til
feveis and tie Russian grippes to n
J tie people fast e9ouEll-
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-07
WILL NOT TAKE A DARE.
Some of the Exploits of James Gordon
Bennett.

Some of the Exploits of James Gordon
Bennett.
An odd trait of James Gordon Benefits
nature is his antagonism. He won't stake
a dare" He doesn't believe in impossible
tiles. Somebody once bantered him while
on his yacht about his shooting with the
pistol. He instantly called up his valet.
Henri, hold that oyster she'll in your I'm
gers-steady, now"' and marching off ten
PAGES Bennett sent bullet through it. On
another occasion in his own house on Fifth
avenue and under similar circumstances, it
is said, he shot all the eyes and ears out of
the portraits that hung upon the walls. A
few years ago several of the club men wae-
cred large sum that he couldn't walk
from the Windsor hotel to jerome Park
and beat a certain competitor. but he did
it, and thus began the craze for walking
matches that brought to the front the
great racers and stayers like Rowell, Wes-
ton and Cartwright.
Again. some of his club friends bet ten
thousand dollars that the circulation of the
"Herald' could not be increased fifty
thousand without the occurrence of some
extraordinary event. Mr.. Bennett took the
bet, walked down to the office, called in q
reporter and told him he wanted q six col
umn article descriptive of the scenes that
might occur il the animals in Central Park
should break loose from their cages and be
| scattered through the city. It was printed
a week afterwards and the circulation OF
> the "Herald' On the day Of publication rar
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-07
THE MARKETS.
STOCKS

NEW YORK. Dec. 6.-Bar silver. Sl.0sk.
The stock market to-day was rsIher panicky,
the bears relying chiefly upon the continued an-
nolncemeLt OF mercantile failures and also the
refusal Of the Bank of England to furnish gold
bars for export to this country In the two
hours of business there were large transactions
and decided losses in all active stocks. Among
the larger declines are Missouri Pacific 5h,
Union facitc 5. Hook Island 9s, Northwestern
s,s. Sugar 2As; Western Union y. st. Paul 81,
BURLINGTON 2,s. Pacific Mail IN.
governments, dull. stesdy.
Petro!eum-Closed dull, no sales, spot Penn
Money % on cali cali easy. closed offered at 5.
Prime mercantile paper, 7..1lO. Sterling ex-
change, excited and weak; sixty-day bills. s4.7s;
Government bonds-4's. 12O,i; .th's: los;
Northern Pacific, 1871: preferred. s7a; Oregon
Enforcement. u: Oregon Navigation. 70; Short
Line II; Onion Pacific, 5Sy.
CHICAGO CATTLE
,cHIcAso. Dec s,-Csttle-Recsipts. 400,
HOGS -Receip.s. 10000: active. steady, rough
he a7y mixed. $3-ssGs. so; good to choice pack
els. s. aas5;prime heavy and butchers weights
sS5ogs 75j light, $500 n..;,s. :. :,
65..O; westerns $400G&.a.
CHICAGO PRODUCE
cash sec; January. elHc; May. Is
Nay. 53Sc.
.Oats-Easy; cash. 4sxc; January. Akc;
May. 4s,sc.
Rarley-Easy, 75676c.
Whi.ky-A.
Mess .pork-Fas:y cash. $500; January.
IA! Stesdy; cash. sasoe5ee January
IS. 72ts: May $6.S2k
shoulders-S4.50G4.62,s
Short clear-$5.2aG $3.50
Short ribs--N 9065. o.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-07
l'se de man." sauatty Guinea negro

"l'se de man, a sauatty Guinea negro
answered.
wall, dar's er letter yere fur you in dis
Office
He continued to call off names until some
ten or fifteen letters had been delivered. OF
course, the letters amounted to nothing, but
that made no difference with their recipients.
All they wanted was recognition from the
outside world. This piece of shrewdness
changed the current OF trade. The negroes
hocked into Bids store, and when Abe re-
monstrated with them. the only satisfaction
he received was that the main office had
done nothing for the people and that the
branch Office, in consideration of its enter
prise. was entitled to patronage. One morn
ing, during lull in trade, Abe called on the
branch postmaster.
look we're, Bid. doan like de way
things gwine on
mo, sir, reckons not. De fox didn't
like de way things wuz gwine on nut her,
but de hounds kotch him all de same"
II doan know nuthin' bout dat, but tell
you whut do: g know. l knows dat dar
haster be er change yere mighty soon ur
some body gwine git hurt. / has been q
foolin' wild you an losin' my trade long er
nuff, an now dar's got ter be er change"
.'All right, rse pufuckly willin'. Oar
neber wuz or man dat liked change better
den does. Wy, sab, Ise SO fond O change
dat sometimes when Use feelin' right good
/ gifts tired o. it an hurts myself wild
suthin' jest fur de change. How you think
in bout bringin' or bout de change, Bru'r
Abraham. an whut sort o change does you
prefur?"
Il prefurs err change dat'll fetch me bnck
my trade. Dis yere blame branch office
business dun gone fur or huff. It's do tail
dat is or Vaughn de dog. wants de dog
ter WaR de tail er while. dOan blebe you
gifts dem letters frum de guberment no how.
noticed dat dar amt no post stomps on de
letters You gits.'
.Da doan put post stomps on de letters
dat da sends ter de branch Office. an of you
wanter to show 20 ignunce er gin l KANT
hep it. has done my best ter educate
YOU. an Of YOU is 'tsrmined to take de bit
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-07
Salt Lake. San Francisc and Los Angelo
Excursion Rates.


Salt Lake. San Francisc and Los Angeles
Excursion Rates.
The Union Pacific Railway company will
cell excursion tickets to SaE Francisco and
Los Angeles on the 18th OF EACH MONTH a
following named rates:
To San IN Fsaa &C.. going via Ogden and
To San Francisco, going via Portland and
return same, $76.
TO San Francisco, going via Ogden and
return via Portland, or vice versa, 500.
To Los Angeles. going via Ogden and
Sacramento and return same $50.
To Los Angeles. going via Ogden and
Sacramento and return via Sam Francisco
and Ogden, or vice versa, $R.
To Los Angeles, going via Ogden and San
Francisco and return same, 1913.
To Los Angeles going via Portland and
return via Sacramento and Ogden, or vice
versa. 500.
To Los Angeles going via Portland and
return same, $98.
Passengers can have choice of two routes
between Portland and San Francisco, either
by the way of the ali rail, the Mount Shasta
route, or by steamer.
The above tickets are good going sixty
days from date of sale; extreme limit six
months; stop-over privileges allowed going
or returning at any point within the limit.
The Union Pacific will also sell excursion
tickets from Helena to Ogden. Salt Lake
City and Garfield Beach, on the 18th of each
month, at rate of $40 for the round trip;
good going ten days from date of sale: good
returning ten days from date stamped and
written on back of ticket by agent at desti-
nation; extreme limit sixty days; stop
over privileges allowed going or returning
at any point within the limit.
A. T. vHAxIE. Pass. Agent.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-07

How much you gin me fur bof?''
''l'll gin you er hunnud dollars in cash."
IAN sign er paper takin all de sponcerbil.
tiles o. de office?''
"Yas, I'll do dat
The next day Bid sold his wagon and
team and handed Abraham one hund red
dollars. He also signed paper. taking
unto himself all responsibility for the pre-
Abraham had mounted horse to ride
away. q friend approached him and said:
ABE, think You WINS mighty foolish ter
sell out fur dat little price,
''Does you? WALL honey, you doan know
'bezzled all de post stomps dat has come
inter de office. and sides dat de stock o
goods WIZ mortgaged fur two hunnud dol
lars an de pusson Rwine lif' de mortgage
termorrer. Wall, goodbye, ! mus be
ridin' on toward or quieter neighborhood.
OPIE p. READ.
Copyright
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-07
THE RIVAL POSTOFF|cES.
They Were Operated at Honey
Run by Abraham Nick and
Bid Sawyer.
Learned Discussion of the Con-
stitutional Provisions for Post
Office Facilities.
Ride Epterprise Drove Abe Out of the
misunderstanding Deficit and q
Mortgage.

Written for TIE SUNDAY INDEPENDENT.l
A postoaice was recently established ut
Honey Run, community mainly populat-
cd nv the sons of tho veterans of Africa,
and was placed in the keeping of Abraham
Nick. n seller of eggs that had attained their
majority. and bacon so musty that hound
pup had been known to turn from it and
sioh distressingly. When Abraham re.
ceiyed the appointment there was great re-
ioicinc among his friends. At one time he
had been sentenced to the penitentiary, but
the fact that the governor pardoned him
proyed that he had attracted the attention
Of the chief executive. and was therefore
worthy of the respect of his everyday as
sociates.
Shortly after the first mail had arrived,
and while number of negroes were stand
inc around, looking in admiration at a
seed circular and sample copy of story
paper, Bid Sawyer. a well-known character
and man whose crap throwing was said
to be marvellous, came into the store and
addressing the postmaster, said:
"Wall, I reckon YOU think de mantle O.
ole man Ligy dun drapped or you, eh?''
.Neber mine bout dat but I'll say dis:
Eff de mantle has drapped on me l kin war
it ter de queen s tase
oh ] amt sprzed at dat Bill replied.
''You is so ulster W arm uder folks clothes
dat mighty nigh anything will tit you. !
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-07
, ignunce twixt yo' teeth an run off down
n de woods O. darkness, shan't hor you

o lgnunce tWlxt 70 teeth an run on GOWN
in de woods O. darkness. I shan't hor you
back
'I amt tuck no bit o. iRnunce tween my
teeth an doan low ter; but tell you whut
10 Rwine take tween my teeth. Use gwine
take some black meat tween deze yere
teeth, an de meat longs ter or niger dat
keeps er branch postof6ce."
'Oh, no doubt eft you takes meat tween
yo' teeth it longs ter somebody else. You
went ter de pennytenchy once fur takin'
udcr folks meat tween 'yo teeth.''
ST amt gwine be slandered. SO you got ter
fight right yere."
Il thought suthir' like dat" Bid re-
piled. .'an' OATS de reason I set up nearly
all night er stroppin' dis yere razor. She's
powerful keen now" he added, taking q
razor from his bosom. DE CONSTITUTION
say, an say it mighty p'intedly, dat when
de branch postmaster thinks er fight 10 or
comm. w. he must strop his razor an den
let natur' take her co'se."
"Look yere, Bid, doan wanter hab no
! trouble wild you"
ESQ ooee, sahn
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-07

ana the press teens with advertisements of
sarsaparillas. and other liver, blood and lung
remedies but there is one medicine, and onlU
one, the claims for which. as a cure for ali
lingering diseases arising from Torpid Liver
or Bliousness, or from. impure blood. are
It don't Go just as represented in erery case,
the money paid for it is promptly refunded
This peculiar medicine sells beyond ali
others throughout the civilized world. And
why should it not? Talk ie cheap" but
s when it's backed up by positive guaran.
ton, for honesty. integrity and sound Anan-
cial standing, then aDords mean business, And
that's just what the Worlds Dispensary Med
ical Association. of Buffalo. N. Y. mean in
guaranteeing their DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
checks the frightful inroads of Scrofula and.
II taken in time. arrests the march OF Con-
sumption Of the Lungs, which is Lung
ecrofula, puriaes and enriches the blood,
tfnereby curing all Skin and Scalp Diseases.
Ulcers, Sores, Swellings. and kindred all
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-07
Den let us settle dis or far"

"Den let us settle dis or far
'Oh, Pse willin' ter do that. fer de con-
stertution says, an says mighty p'intedly.
cat de branch postmaster must settle all
de trouble he kim"
81 thought" said Abraham, after mo-
ment's reflection, dat mout sell my sto'
ter vou."
'.Yas. sab, vas. OATS good. I'll buy yo'
sto' an de postoffice. too"
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-07

up to three hundred thousand. 1t cost the
paper many hundred subscribers who were
indignant at the hoax and scared people
out of their wits-but Mr.. Bennett won the
bet.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-10
Bachelors in Washington.
Ei,nta The IHnshiri .Itn,1 lSInl

"If 1 were young bachelor-more par
ticulary poor young bachelor would
crt-lnly live nowhere else than in Wash
ington," said a society matron to q Star
writer last evening. In this town a
young gentleman, unencumbered matri-
monially, occupies a singularly desirable
position. OF course bachelors are in de-
mand, socially speaking, everywhere, but
nowhere 80 much so as at the nationa
capital. Thus it happens that any passably
agreeable youth is sure to have life made
very pleasant for him. 1t is not accus-
toned to be said here Of poor young man
that he is acknowledgements that
he is merely fellow without the money
necessary to render him an available parti,
and at the same time sufficiently attractive
to keep off practicable suitors. Indeed. as
you are very well aware, there are scarcely
any young men who go out in Washington
society at are not poverty stricken.
Therefore discrimination on that score is out
Of the question. One must have young
men at ones parties, you know, or else the
g rls would not have any sort of a time.
The situation is an unfortunate one from
some points of view, but what are you
going TO do about it!n
Nothing that can ses,n said the writer
for the Star to whom the lady was speak
ing. But l don't exactly see why the
young man should be poorer in Washington
than anywhere else"
Don't you? Why it's very simple. In
the first place this is not town in which
young men make living, unless in the
hopeless situation of department clerks.
| where they literally dare not seek advance
| ment beyond a certain point lest their
places should be sufficiently desirable tc
make it worth while for the first new ad
ministI alton to grab them. Most OF the
men one meets here, more especially the
unmarried ones, are IN Uncle Sam'S employ.
| Then, again, the rich people who came here
while they always bring their daughters
with them, very seldom fetch their sons
partly because Washington is generally
imagined to be dissipated city. So, tc
sum up, few young men come here. and
those native to the place who do not &c
elsewhere to seek their fortunes, usually
remain poor-too poor, indeed, to venture
upon matrimony. Thus you observe the
| spectacle Of a society IN which the young
women greatly outnumber the young men,
and the latter are, &c orally speaking, not
available for marriage The anomaly of
the situation is rather aggravated than
otherwise by the fact that so many of the
| girls are rich, either actually or in prospect,
and, though things might be fixed delight
| fully by the rich girls marrying the poor
men, things do not go that way. [ have
| heard it said that $50, 100000 worth of
prettiness in petticoats was sometimes seen
at once in single Washington ballroom,
and shouldn't wonder if it we're true. But
the men, poor as they are, are SO few as to
be priced as rarities, and the result is that
| they are the worst-spoiled lot Of young
| fellows have ever seen. They are apt to
have an excessive notion Of their iInpor-
| lance"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-10
CAPTURED THE "DEseEEADon
A Young Brother-in-Law Makes
Things Lively for His Sisters Hus-
band.

A Young Brother-in-Law Makes
Things Lively for His Sisters Hus-
band.
"Here he Is, sergeant"
''Is that the desperadoF'
That's the chap
The speaker, who addressed Sergt. Reilly
at police headquarters, was Oliver Law, a
Waterman at one Of the lumber mills
Outside of the railing stood Cbarles Collins.
l6-year-old white boy. Collins was the
Desperate.
YES, here am" broke in the boy as
Law quit talking.
Nv hat have you donep the sergeant asked
Of the boy
Nothing in the world" he replied, but
what [ ought to have done. This man here
married my sister. lie cursed her while |
was In his house and told him TO stop it.
de cursed me then and l threw a chair at
him. he threw it back at me- and we
scufttsd, and the panels Of the door fell
out."s
You hear that now, don't your broke
In Law. "Well, the straight Of it is, that
the boy cursed me- and flung the chair at
me at the same time. l didn't want to
hurt him, aid if the - hadn't Ter taken
charge of me then, I'd 'er-well Charlie,
there's no telling where you'd 'er been now.
AS it was, sergeant, 1 didn't do nothing
more than try TO put him out of my house
tie kicked every pane out Of my door and
I've got to stay at home all home all night
to guard my family. If fix up that door
to-day, the rent agent will come down to-
morrow morning for rent"
The officer had the boy searched and
locked up. Law seemed perfectly happy
when the key was turned on the youngster.
He is a very tall and muscular fellow, but
he said that he was not contented until his
brother-in-law was behind the bars
AS soon as the affray between Law and
his brother-in-laW was ended Law reported
the matter at police headquarters and asked
the sergeant to send man out after a
''desperadon who had threatened the peace
of his family and the destruction OF his
house
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-10
TALKING UP BASE BALL
The Movement to ReorEanizs the City
League.

LS4A NC.
The sporting people of Savannah are
talking base ball now. There is a strong
desire to reorganize the city league, and 1t
is likely that it will be accomplished. The
signing of several OF the best players of the
city with the SchwarZ club caused some
talk yesterday, and the chances are that the
other clubs will engage the other players in
order to be solid in event the league is
| formed, Il is claimed that many of the
the signers in the club already organized
are Keiffer and Hendy men. The Keiffers
| deny that any of their best players have
| signed with any club. They have every
man that they want, they say, and the club
| has gone SO far as TO challenge the Schwarz
| club to a game for $50.
The club will not be known as the Kieffers
any more. The name has been changed to
the Butler team. Butler, pitcher for the
Kief1ers will be the captain of the club.
| The Heudys have not reorganized yet,
but the club is getting its men together.
This club viii change its name also. The
members who composed the club last year
will meet at the clubs hall, at Bryan and
| West Broad streets, some DAY this week and
the question of going into the league will
| be iii cussed.
| The Centers and the Reds have taken no
| action yet, but it is understood that they
will not remain out if the organization Of
| the league depends upon them. The best
players forming these clubs have not signed
with any other club, and it is understood
that they will not become member of any
other club unless it is settled that the club
to which they formerly belonged will not
reorganze.
Il is understood that the Centers will
change the name of that club, but the Reds
will probably retain their old name.
The grounds upon which the games will
be played are under the management of e.
J. Kisifer and w. F. Reid, end will be i'm
proved and made smooth before the season
begins. Nothing has been said about the
pennant. 1t will be the last thing decided
upon. The clubs want to get organized be-
fore anything Ii done about that. Last
year the gold-mounted bat was the pennant.
It was won by the Kieffers. A base ball
enthusiast said last night that it is pretty
certain that the league will be revived, and
he predic ed that the season will surpass in
interest that Of last year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-10
Emma Abbott's Government Bonds.

Emma Abbott'5 government Bonds.
Washington Gossip IN the Philadelphia Times.
Emma Abbott has in her possession the
first money she ever made, but it has been
transferred to government "fours." Her
musical education cost her $4,000 before
she made penny with it, On the night
that she received her first dividend she
asked her husband what she should do with
it. "Put it in real estate" was his rejoin-
der. Miss Abbott thought government
bonds were safer aud she transferred it &C
cordingly. Since that time she has con-
stantly added to it, until she had secured a
Zig bundle Of 'fours."
She had never had them registered, and
their Gus ody caused her considerable worry.
Last week in coming from Baltimore to
Washington she nislaid them aud it was
quite while before she fou d them. Fri
day morning she LETT Wizards in company
with a clerk of the Riggs bank and went to
the treasury department. to have her bonds
registered Nobody would have supposed
tn t the ordinary package Of brown paper,
which she carried carelessly in her hand,
contained S135.000 But it did.
When the bundle was unwf appel by Gen.
RosecraCs il measured exactly eighteen
inches in thickness. Ordinarily il takes
several days to register that number OF
bonds, but the gallant general made a spe-
cial case Of it, and inside of three hours Miss
Abbott had her securities in her possession
again.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-10
Is Friday an Unlucky pav2

More or less superstition attaches to the
sixth day Of the week, and numerous are
the undertakings or ventures that are post
poned 10 a more propitious % day. Friday
is as good a day as any other IN which 70
inaugurate quest for health and +: L. T..
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tue very best weapon with which 10 begin
an onslaught on disease. For ali blood i'm
pafitles such IS are indicated by Rneuma-
ilsm, Gout. SYPHILIS, Scrofulg or eruption
of the skin. Z. 4. L. u sure ana simple
remedy. For women suffering from loss u
appetite. strength aud yigor Il Is a splendid
tonic and remarkable Ia is results. All
druggists keep H.