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Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-09
APRIL
WEDNESDAY. AP
THE STATE FACTORY.

The State mill has been on con-
slant grind this session in Washington
and the Republican majority have had
it all their own way. They have sus-
ceeded 10 grinding out half dozen
new states, full pledged sisters to the
old standby's who made the Union
what it is today.
The brilliant sditor of the New York
Sun calls it "the outrage of the year"
in double loaded editorial and more
than this he proves that it is an out
rage.
Take the question representation
in the Senate, he says. THE ak now
States will have twelve Senators. At
their last election the aggregate vote
cast in North Dakota, South Dakota,
Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Wash
ington was 247 ,2l3. The population
indicated by this vote will exert in the
Senate just as much influence upon
legislation as the six States Of New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois,
Indiana, and Missouri, which have
twelve Senators, and at the last prssi-
dental election cast five million votes.
The advantage is as twenty to ono."
This is state Of affair never per-
haps contemplated by those wiss fore
fathers of ours who framed the consti-
tuition and is but another strong argu-
ment for the abolition of the Senate.
The body is not in the least popular
one; it is not Of the people, and of late
years has become nothing more or less
than a roost for retired millionaires,
e0iemn owls, who set on soft cushions
and look important.
The time is gradually drawing nearer
when the psopls will see the u.olessness
OF Senate. 1t sma cks too much Of
the House ofLords for them; it has too
much the flavor of a chestnut.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-09
NORFOLK SC WESTERN RAIL
~ ROAD.
Schedule in effect Feb y 9th, 1850.
WESTERN DIVISION.
LEAVE ROANOKE.

1905 Il IN. Daily; arrive Bristol 400
p III. Stops at all sta
tions, connecting ut Rad
ord with trains on New
River Branch; aTivingPo-
cahontas at 1875 p III.
5;43 p IN. Daily, arrives Bristol 11:2O
p III, connecting with E.
t., V. Il &. r. r. for all
points south and west;
has Pullman Palace Sleep
er. Roanoke to Meridian,
via Calera and Roanoke to
Memphis without change.
800 u Daily, arrive Radford 9:15
a III, connecting with New
River Branch leaving
Radford 9:25 a. H., arrives
Bristol12.40pm., connects
with E. T., V, s. g. r. r.
for all points south and
west; has Pullman Palace
Sleeper from Roanoke to
New Orleans without
cbappa
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-09
A CHILD KILLED.

Another child killed by the use of
opfates given in the form of soothing
syrup Why mother give their child
rem such deadly poison is surprising
when they can relieve the child of its
peculiar troubles by using DIR. Acker's
Baby Soother. 1t contains no opium
or morphine. Sold by Budwell, Chris
tan 81 Barbee
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-09
THE ROANOKE TIMES.
many AND WEEKLY

An Independent Democratic paper
devoted to the material and political
r,tarasts of Roanoke and Southwest
vi, -inia.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-09

WHY, certainly, Speaker Reed can
pass the aw Tariff Bill by Que of his
now celebrated quorums.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-09

ATTRACTION
Louisiana State Lottery Comp any.

Louisiana State Lottery Company.
incorporated by the Legislature,
for educational and charitable pur-
poses, and its franchise made q part
of the present state constitution in
1879 by an overwhelming popular
vote.
Its MAMMOTH DRAWINGS take
place semi-annually, June and
December), and its Grand Single
Number Drawings take place in each
of the other ten months of the year,
and are all drawn in public at the
Academy of Music, New Orleans, La.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-09
NO JEALOUSY HERE.

Roanoke is forging ahead. Her
population is increasing; her industries
multiplying, property of all kinds ap-
preciating in value. The Magic City,
though in a swampy locality some
parts ofiD, is on solid foundation.
1t would be difficult to drop dollar
there without finding Two in its stead
in a reasonably short time. All Ere
dericksburgers at Roanoke arc prosper
ing and happy. fear, however, there
are unnecessary jealousies between
Salem and Roanoke which are liable to
work to the disadvantages of both
places. "-Fredericksburg Free Lance.
Thanks, awfully, Mr.. Wolff, for your
remarks about Roanoke, but you ale
entirely mistaken in thinking that
Roanoke and Salem are in the least an
tagonistic. Quite the reverse. We
are glad to see our sister city increase;
her prosperity is ours, and there is no
rivalry between US. Wait until the
strset car line between the two places
is established and the country
built up, then you will see the two
cities become one, and it will not
be q great while, either.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-09

GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING,
At the Academy Of Music, New Or
leans, Tuesday, April 18th, 1890.
Capital Prize, 100000.
100000 Tickets at $40 each; Halves
$40; Quarters, SIS; Tenths, 50; TWEEN
tieths, 81.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-09
IMPORTANT.
Address M. A. DAUPHIN

New Orleans, La,
Washington, D. G.
By ordinary letter containing money
order issued by all express companies,
New York exchange, draft or postal
note.
Address REGISTERED LETTERS CONTAINING CURRENCY
to New Orleans National Bank, New
Orleans, La.
Remember that the payment of
prizes is guaranteed by four Ma
tional Banks of New Orleans, and the
tickets are signed by the president of
an institution whose chartered rights
are recognized in the highest court;
therefore, beware of all limitations or
anonymous schemes.
One dollar is the price of the small
est part or fraction of Ticket issued
by US in any drawing. Anything in
our name offered for less than dollar
is swindle. mar 81 wed tn fri 81 sun.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-09

CHICAGO has no monuments of her
own, but she is reaching out her arms
sfor those of old Virginia. Libby Prison
is gone; now they are after John
Browns fort, and syndicate has a
cinch in Appomattox. What's the
matter with changing Mount Vernon
and Arlington
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-09
AGENTS WANTED.

B For club rates or any further
information desired, write legibly to
the undersigned, clearly stating your
residence, with state, county. street
and number. More rapid return mail
delivery will be assured by your en-
closing an envelope bearing your full
address
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-09

BY mistake of the printer in our
dispatches from Washington yesterday
we failed to give the date upon which
the American Congress would ar
rive in this city. They will reach here
Wednesday May ! at 3 O'Clock p. m.,
and remaining all night, leave for Nat
ural Bridge at I n. m. They will also
stop at Luray on their way to WASH
ington.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-09

1874 prizes, amounting to-. 81 ,O54. 500
NoTE-Tickets drawing capital
prizes are not entitled to terminal
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-09
lR. c. G.. CANNADAY,

DIDEAOCO OF WOMEN 4 STEC1-
Atty.
Office and Consultation Rooms 90
Salem avenue down stairs. Office
Hours-8 to a. m. 2 to and 2 to p.
m. Reference Louis Bauer, NJ D.,
member Royal College Surgeons, Eng,
ST. Louis, Mo. mar2s-tf
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-09

Failure to receive bill does not en-
title consumer to the discount.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-08-28
Gantlamen of tho South.

Gentlemen of the South, the North is
no more craven-hearted now than In 1851.
Ii you can not be convinced that manli-
ness Is still to be found north as we'll as
south of Mason and Dixon's line, you may
make as great an error as you made
then.
Many II not most Northern men will
agree with you that reconstruction laws
were not all wisely enacted. All will
concede that an ignorant majority, black
or white, Is great social evil. But that
is not the question now.
In making the negro voter when he
was made free the North did not intend
to do wrong to you. She only meant
to do right to him. You still have it
in your power to bar out from the ballot
all citizens who can not read and write,
as Massachusetts, does. Neither the
fourteenth nor fifteenth amendment
prevents such State action, which would
cover Federal as we'll as State elections.
But, II you were in our place, and
your honor were pledged, as ours Is, to
the prevention Of abridgment Of suffrage
rights "on account Of race, color, or
previous condition Of servitude," would
you be deferred by threats of violence or
boycotting from redeeming that pledge?
No, we know your manliness too we'll
to believe it. Can you not pay the same
tribute to ours? Mutual respect, at
least, ought to have been begotten by
the long struggle which sprang out of
the great rebellion!-SprtrlQfel (Mass.)
IJIiO1
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-08-28
Saved from the Robbers.

Some years ago prominent railroad
builder of Warsaw, Poland, expert
enced one of the most remarkable
marrow escapes" on record. He was
employing several thousand 1aborers
along the line Of railway then under
construction, and as there were few
banks in the provincial towns of Po-
land In those days, he was compelled
to carry with him large sums of money
from headquarters on his regular trips
to pay off his hands. He usually
drew the amount he needed from the
Bank OF Poland on the day before his
departure. keeping the money over
night In his own safe, which he con-
sidered a perfectly secure depository
for these funds, as the art of safe
cracking was not yet very exclusively
known at that time.
One afternoon, as he was engaged
IN counting and arranging the money
he had just drawn from the bank,
some one called him into the outer
office on some urgent business. Mr..
- threw newspaper ON the bank
notes which he had spread out on his
oeS*o, "nA oUoPPcu Oub, 0Ap0cb4uS I'd Do
back directly. On his return few
minutes later he very carefully looked
his safe and went home.
When he entered his office about six
o'clock the next morning to get the
money from the safe. he was terror
stricken on finding that the safe had
been broken open and its valuable
contents were missing, Detectives
were called at once, but when they ar
rived and started to make careful
survey OF the premises they found all
the money lying intact on the safe,
still covered with the newspaper which
the contractor had thrown over it the
day before. He had forgotten to put
the money into the safe before locking
the latter, and the burglars never
thought OF looking anywhere else for
valuables, but took the few hundred
rubles they found in the safe and de-
parted. His forgetfulness saved the
contractor about eighty thousand
rubles.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-08-28

The judicial error of which a man
named Borras, now liberated, was the
victim in France, has brought to the
front an old custom of the courts OF
Venice. There, when prisoner is about
to be condemned to death, tall, ghost
ly looking individual, dressed in long
black gown, walks majestically to the
center of the courtroom, bows solemnly
to the judges, and in cavernous voice,
pronounces the following not overstart-
ling words: Remember the baker, p
Then he bows again and stalks away.
Just 300 years ago baker was exc
cuted in Venice for crime of which he
was not guilty. When his innocence
was fully established the judges who
condemned him gave sum of money
to the city, the interest of which was to
be devoted to the setting up and per-
petual burning of lamp, known as
the lamp of expiation," in the Palace
of the Doges. 1t is still burning there
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-08-28

AN amusing scene happened in the
Sullivan County, New York Court House
the other day. The wife of one of the
parties to suit was on the witness
stand and intrusted her baby to the
care of another woman, who was tend
ing it below. The child became rest
less after awhile and announced it's de-
sire to see it's mother in notes of I'M
mistakable pathos, which might be
traced to hunger. After trying in vain
to quiet the child the woman came up
the stairs and into the court, the baby
all the time yelling at the top of its
lungs. Judge Thornton jumped up
and cried: "Take that child out Of
court" The woman addressed needed
not the command, but continued to ad-
vance, and holding the youngster out
to its mother over the head of promi-
nent lawyer, exclaimed, with fire fash
ing from her eye: Court OF no court,
this child has got to be attended to-"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-08-28

ing each other up the sandy slope, each
vying with its predecessor In tenn
pestuous fury, sublimity and awful
grandeur, the low sough, the moan,
the requiem, murmuring ceaselessly OF
the stored past. Oh, but what story
the sea can tell! Kingdoms, empires,
and monarchies lie buried beneath
those watery wastes; continents have
appeared, nations and races of man
kind have disappeared since the Al
mighty fat went forth bidding the
sea be calm.
With all the grandeur and sublimity
of light and sound above, those be-
meath, If seen. would eclipse them by
far, making everything we have seen
insignificant in the extreme. The sea
does not give up it's dead. Merchant
men and men-of-war, once the pride Of
nations, lie there, their sailors and nav
vies standing at their posts of duty or
off watch, in the cold embrace of those
lethean waters, fish, reptiles, and
hideous monsters their companions,
and beautiful grasses their sculpture.
Who has not stood by and seen q
steamer clear. when cheer upon cheer
rent the air. without the heart swelling
high in the bosom. Many of these
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-08-28

The Bank of England's doors are
now so finely balanced that the clerk,
by pressing knob under his desk, can
close the outer doors instantly, and
they cannot be opened again except by
special process. This is done to pre-
vent the daring and ingenious unem-
ployed of the great metropolis from
robbing this famous institution. The
bullion departments of this and other
great English banking establishments
are nightly submerged in several feet
ofwater by the action of the machinery,
In some of the London banks the bull
lion departments are connected with
the managers sleeping-rooms and an
entrance cannot be effected without
setting off an alarm near that persons
head. If dishonest official, during
either day or night, should take even
as much as one from pile of thou
sand sovereigns the whole pile would
sink and pool of water take it's place,
besides letting every person in the es-
Enlistment know of the theft.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-08-28

An interesting decision has been rem
dered by the Supreme Court of West
Virginia. -Four men were fined by the
Circuit Court for betting on an election
after it was over An appeal was taken on
the ground that the meaningof the law
against betting on electiuos was ment
to preserve the purity of the ballot and,
as bet made after election could
not affect a vote, it was, therefore, not
an offense. Both courts held that the
law rested on the same ground as that
upon other betting or gaming. The
parties were fined $50 each and each
forfeited the amount wagered by him
beside paying the costs.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-08-28
Beating Down the Caterer.

"There are women. and again there
are women" said well known caterer
yesterday, "and II you want to learn
something about their nature you
should be in my business. What's
bothering me? Well, short time age
went out to serve wedding party,
q small one, and everything seemed to
go as smoothly as oil. When it was
about time to leave, the lady of the
house came out to the room where
was experimenting the walters, and
with q show of great indignation, ex.
claimed:
This is simply outrageous
What is outrageous p said I.
The manner in which you have
served this party .>-
Well, in what respect?'
"Put thus to the necessity Of giving
an excuse, she replied:
There isn't piece of Haviland
among the china.
"Irritated by this, I exclaimed:
edo you know piece of Hsviland
when you see it ....
Receiving an answer in the affirmay
tive, I retorted:
"'Pick out piece that isn't Hav-
Hand
We'll, the fngerbowls aren't the
best, was the next shot.
They're just as good as you paid
fors' was my prompt answer. I un-
derstand your little game, madam, and
it isn't the first time L have seen it at
tempted. You wish, now that you have
had the catering, to beat down the
price, but it won't work.
II gave orders to the head waiter to
pack up and left, fearful that my tenn
per would get too much the best of
me. She came around to my office
afterward and wanted to talk it over,
but I wouldn't talk, and told the clerk
to tell her 80. Then she reduced the
bill, and sent it back with the amount
she thought was due.
TITS curious that woman can't act
like man when it comes to matter
Of Judgment, but she can't. If she had
asked me in the first instance for re-
duction, would have made it sooner
than have had any trouble, but I had
faithfully lived up to the agreement,
and had served five people more than
the number called for, without making
any extra charge, the entire bill for
that matter being an inconsiderable
amount, and it aroused me to have the
service attacked in such transparent
~ unjust way"
did you receipt the bill?"
well, I should say not. It will be
paid, you may be sure, but I was just
showing you how queerly women can act
once in awhile; as rule, they are the
best people in the world to transact
business with. But their breaks are
so noticeable because SO entirely differ
emit from those made by men."-St.
Paul Pioneer Press.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-08-28
An Extensive Family.

"Have you family ?" asked Judge
of q man who was making final proof
In United States land office.
Eyes, SIR" replied the man.
"Of what does it consist?"
well" said the man, evidently con-
fused and looking up toward the cell
ing as if to refresh his memory, at
consists Of my wife, ten children, two
hired men, gang-plow, a seeder, a
Balm wagon and span of mules; I
believe that's all"
"That is enough" replied the Judge,
with a smile, and the settler got his
papers without further questioning
Crawford (Neb.) Times.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-08-28
Idiots at a PLAY.


An interesting experiment was made
recently at the great Idiot Asylum of
Paris. A kind of Punch and Judy
show was exhibited before the inmates.
with a view to ascertain whether any
impression could be made by it upon
their dormant intelligence.
About eleven hundred idiots were
assembled in the gymnasium of the in
stitution, most of whom had made some
slight progress toward intelligence,
Many OF them had learned to tie their
own shoes; others could dress them
selves, with little assistance; others
could feed themselves pretty we'll: all
had learned to sit still, and most of
them could initiate the easier motions
of their instructors.
When they were seated and in order
the curtain rose, disclosing small
stage. The play presented was called
"A Dentists Pupil" and the fun of the
piece was chiefly due to the vigor with
which the hero piled his cudgel. AS
often as q customer, with bandaged
jaw and rueful countenance, came in
to have the cause of his suffering ex-
tracted, the hero of the drama would
assall him with words and blows, drive
him away badly damaged, and then
gleefully await the coming of another
victim, whom he would treat in SINH
lar manner, though with ingenious
variations.
. At first the physicians present were
inclined to believe that the experiment.
was going to be successful. The nm
fortunates applauded the cudgelings
in their uncouth way, making loud
outcries and laughing boisterously. tt
seemed that there was but one perfect
idiot in the whole assembly-a dwarf
with huge, misshapen head, who had
been exhibited at fairs under the name
OF the King of the Eskimos." He
alone remained during the whole play
quite passive.
When the performance was over the
company relapsed at once into their
usual silence and vacancy. There was
no exchange of impression, no after
glow of interest, and, what was more
discouraging, they appeared to have
no recollection of what had occurred.
The conductors of the experiment were
Obliged to conclude that the play had
had no effect in rousing or stimulating
intelligence.
A certain proportion of the inmates
OF the asylum, however, do finally ac-
quire knowledge and skill enough to
earn their subsistence in the simpler
parts OF carpentry and tailoring. A
good number develop sufficient intelli-
gence to blow q blaeksmith's bellows.
turn Q mangle, or polish hard wood
tioor. - Youths Cong a,ai0n,.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-08-28
The Sectional Southern Democracv.

1t is in the South that sectional poll
tics flourishes. 1t is the South that has
been solidifed and converted into a
political province Of the Democratic
party, and it is the South that lives upon
the past and knows least of the present,
and is, in business sense, most care
less about the future. 1t would be es-
teemed by the Southern politicians a
privation to have sectional politics
abolished. They never have compre-
hended how they could have been so far
out Of the world in 1883 that the Repub-
licans regained the possession of the
country upon simple national business
issues. Why, if this thing goes on their
occupation is gone, and as it is their i'm
portance is vanishing. Brooklyn Stand
ard TJ9li0Yl
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-08-28
Northern intimidation and fraud as wen,
II there be such, must cease at Congress
sionaf elections"
THE PRESIDENT BOUGHT HIS
COTTAGE
Refusing to Accept the Cape May Hcu
as q Present, He Paid $4,000.

Refusing to Accept the Cape May House
as q Present, He Paid $4,000.
A Washington special to the New York
Press gives the following facts about the
Presidents Cape May cottage: "Presi-
dent Harrison has been the victim of
most yirulent attacks since it became
known that it had been decided that he
and his family would spend portion of
the hot months at Cape May Point. Mrs
Harrison, too, has been subjected to the
terceSt criticisms, because, as alleged,
she accepted the little villa as gift
from admiring friends. True it is that
the President and the mistress of the
White House we're urged by the would
be donors to take the cottage without
money and without price. The Presi-
dent declined to receive it as a gratuity,
but gave his check for $40, 900 so soon as
he ascertained that Mrs. Harrison and
the family were pleased with it as a
place Of summer residence. The Presi-
dents attention was first called to the
existence OF the cottage when the repre-
sentatives of those who had prepared it
visited the White House just after it had
been made ready for occupancy. They
brought with them the key and the deed
made in the name of Mrs. Harrison.
They unfolded their plans to the Presi-
dent in the presence Of Mrs. Harrison.
Both the President and Mrs. Harrison
could not but feel under many obliga-
tons for the generosity with which they
had been treated, and so expressed them
selves. Mrs Harrison and the family
occupied the cottage for few days be-
fore the President could go down. They
were pleased with it and enjoyed it. It
is neither elaborate nor costly, but sim
pie and to their taste. The President
decided to retain it. He ascertained
what had been expended upon it and
drew his check for that amount, which,
as has been stated, is $40, 900. 1t is char
acteristic of the President that, despite
the offensive publications that have been
made, the fact that the cottage had been
paid for before he made his first visit to
Cape May Point has just reached the
public