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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-03-19

DR.. Crider will visit Cresco, Iowa, March Is.
81. .s 20 and 3Oth. taking Parlors at the Stroth-
er II )use.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-13
THAT REPORT.

The report of tho special investigat-
ing committee has been accepted by the
City Council. THE TIMES is no advo-
cate of weakened policy of reform;
it believes that halfway measures are
seldom effective.
The report speaks for itself. There
are several passages in which there are
exhibitions of nerve and determination,
but on the whole 1t is weak let down.
One is strongly reminded of the small
boys who went out cunning for par.
fridge and encountered bear.
But the thing is done. Tho ''expert'
may have more courage. No matter
how perfect "system" may be devised
it will be useless unless the system is
administered by officials who will live
up TO 1T. The defalcation of Chief Nor
ris would have boon impossible if the
present system and the ordinances gov
erning it had been followed out.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-13
GREAT AUTOGRAPH BOOKS.

Signatures of Visitors to Philadelphia
Preserved for Future Ages.
Mr.. William Babe, superintendent of
the state house portrait hall, in the
course of an interview with n reporter
the other day, gave some interesting
facts about the visitors book, of which
he is the custodian. The book lies on
raised desk Mt the right of the hall,
and all visitors to the state house are
allowed to inscribc their names in it for
future generations to gaze upon.
"Tho book" said Superintendent
Babe, was started in 1876 for the sole
use of visitors to the. centennial exhibit
ton, and it proved vastly popular from
the beginning. 1t has never been settled
who originated the plan of keeping
record of Philadclphia's visitors, but it
was the centennial commission, in all
probability.
Each book contains about 10000
names, and we use up two year; SO
you sec that during the last fifteen
years nearly 3l5, OO0non-rcsidents have
affixed their signatures to the books
Then, too, like most any other bust
ness, there are months when we do
very small business in the chirography
line and others when the trade booms
March is the lightcst month in the year.
We average from sevcnty-fivc to eighty
five names day during that month.
After March it keeps increasing daily
until August, when the high water
mark is reached. Last August averaged
two hundred and fifty names day
From August Oh it begins to go down
until we come around to March again,
when we touch low water mark.
only about half the people who visit
the portrait hall write their names in
the book. Some have n natural aversion
to n 'promiscuous distribution rs an
elderly gentleman told me the other
day-of their signatures, while others
arc not aware of the books existence
There arc signers from all over the
world. Every country is represented,
from civilized England and France to
semi-cnlightencd China and Persia
The city intends to keep the books
with the other city records, and in two
or three hundred years from now. dare
say, the books will be considered very
valuable and interesting relics. Phil.
adelphia Press.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-13
a NEW GAME.
Which Is Said to BE Popular Among Rail-
way Travellers In England.

Which Is Said to BE Popular Among Rail-
way Travellers In England.
Among the many devices resorted to
for lessening the tediousncss of long
railway journey, not the least ingenious
is the new game described in the fol-
lowing letter addressed to the London
Times by travelling correspondents:
Will you allow me to describe new
game for tho benefit Of those who, do
not wish to DO unconscious players at
it? 1t is played in railway trains or
any public place, and can best explain
it by giving my own experience. was
alone in n first-class carriage, when two
young gentlemen and their three sis
tiers, as suppose, entered. I learned
from their conversation that they sup
posed we should pass certain station
where they intended on their way to
leave parcel / thought it would be civil
to tell them that we had already passed
it. They thanked me most courteously,
and the gentleman who had first men,
toned the parcel made q pencil mark
on his cuff. Shortly after that one of
the young ladies asked her brother the
time, and rs none of the party seemed
to have n watch, and were very much
OuS AZ ouSiA Is uCSoCS 10 W WIN CIle IlOuF
was, again ventured, though man of
few words, to tell them what thought
they really wanted to know. Again
noticed that the young lady who had
first asked the time furtively made a
mark on her cuff. My fellow-travclers
seemed to know so little about the route
we were taking that out of pure kind
ness intcrposcd several moro times,
and whenever did SO they thanked me
profusely, and observed that some one
either wrote on his or her cuff, or scored
something aown elsewhere. Presently
they divided some money among them
selves. l have since discovered that
was the victim of the game of "Lure."
The game is simple one. The players
take it in turn to start Il conversation
strictly among themselves, with n view
of inducing n stranger to break into it.
The points are any sum agreed upon.
If the lure takes effect all the players
pay the starter. If it fails the starter
pays the players. If the lure takes eff
feet but the person lurcd answers
wrong, the starter is paid double. All
the players are bound to support the
starter. l learned this afterward.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-13
Csuso OF tho sLy,s Blueness.

The interesting discovery that oxygen
in it's liquid state is blue as been made
by nj. Ols1cwslsi. To obtain this ap.
pcarance it is only necessary to have a
sufficient quantity of tho liquid to
form layer about twcnty-ffth of nm
inch in thickness. This blue color is
precisely that of tho sky. This is sig
niiicant. The thought will at once oc-
cur that the blucncss Of the sky is due
to the intrinsic color of the oxygen of
the atmosphere. For it is reasonable
to suppose that though the atmosphere
does only contain oxygen in it's gaseous
form, the layer of many miles in thick.
ness through which we gaze may mani
fest the color which rightly belongs IN
oxygen, and is shown in the liquid
state of that gas in layer of only one.
twenty fifth of an inch in thickness.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-13
A Bnrlod Pond.

A remarkable freak of nature is
found among the hills of Delaware
county, N. Y, in n sunllen lake cover
ing about three acres of surface, which
lies between two parallel ridges not
far from the New York, Ontario &
Western railroad. The whole surface
OF the lake is covered with n thick
growth of moss whose stems extend to
an unknown depth, but certainly
further than the arm can reach. Each
tuft of the moss is of n different color
from it's neighbor, SO that the surface
looks like that of n beautiful colored
carpet. In walking over the vclvety
surface tho foot sinks down few
inches without encountcring the water
which is at least two feet below the
surface. Near the shore, in n few
places, the water comes to the top
The buried pond is wonderful curiosi-
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-13
VERY BAD YOUNG MEN.
who Make Fun of the Services, Receive
Rev. MIR. Elsom's Attention.

who Make Fun of the Services, Receive
Rev. MIR. EIsom's Attention.
spray for these young men who work
at the Roanoke Machine Works. They
attend the meeting every night and the
next day they make fun of the servic ss, :,
read Rev. Mr.. Elsom from note last
night before he took his text at the
Calvary Baptist revival. Tho note was
sent in by lady.
Nov, my brethren, feel like pray
ing for these young men. They ought
to be prayed for, for tell you any one
who makes fun Of religious services is
on his way to hell. They are as near
erdition as they can get.
Nov. here is another note asking
that we pray for little French boy,
who is already much interested. Now,
brethren, pray for him tenderly. He is
interested and wants to be saved, but
these three young men, God save them,
They are on the road to damnation
Pray for them, brethren"
Mr.. Elsom then took his text from
Rev, 8 chapter and II verse; ''For the
great day OF His wrath is come, and who
shall be able to stand?"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-13
MUNICIPAL TAXATION.

The subject for discussion at tho Com
mercial Association rooms tonight is
Municipal Taxation" The opening
paper will be read by II. j. Browne.
editor of THE TIMES. Tho topic is ono
of great interest, and should draw q
crowded house. The system of taxa
ton is out of date and extremely op-
pressive to the laboring classes, and
needs reform. 1t is far from being up
to the needs of a progressive city like
Roanoke
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-13
ROANOKE, VA, OCT. 10, 1891.

THE TIMES can DC found regularly on
sale at the following places:
Roanoke--George Gravatt, Jr., NJ. l..
Smith s, Hotels Roanoke, Ponce de Leon,
Elk's News Stand, "a Salem avenue. and
Roanoke News Depot. 1O5 Henry street.
Bristol, Tenn.-W. a. Ward, Front
Street, Steiner & Mathis.
Blueheld-Bluefleld Inn.
Lynchburg--Norvel Hotel.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Inn.
Pulaslzi--Maple Shade Inn, Brown 8s
Brown.
Radford--Radford Inn, Jenkins News
Depot, Norwood Street.
Selem--W. S TayIor's Book Store.
Washing The Metropoli-
tan.
&. Norfolk and Western trains.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-13

The above figures are fair COM
mentary on the progress of the three
daily papers in Roanoke.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-13

Rowell's American Newspaper Direc-
tory for 1891 puts the circulation of THE
ROANOKE TIMES above that of any
other paper In Southwest Virginia, and at
more than TINT of all the other papers of
Roanoke combined.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-13
Yonn Ki,,nur,

s Tho Jtwi>h Day of Atonement was
celebrated yesterday. The day began
at Elk o'clock Sunday evening and CON
tinued until six o'clock yesterday even
the synagogue and the day was spent in
fasting and prayer.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-13

THE TIMES wants live working agent
and correspondent in every town in South
west Virginia. Applications should be
sent in at once.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-13
Food for Reflection.

From THE TIMES Anniversary Edition.
A comparison of newspaper statistics
with our esteemed contemporaries may
OF interest.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-04-23
A SUDDEN DEATH.
mr. John Marburger Expires This Morn.
ing After Short Illness.

The many friends and acouaintances 10
MIR. John Marburger we're nainad and ~
sHockeu 10 learn OF that gentleman's Is death
Whlch occurred this morning at O'clock.
az MS residence, No. 1893 West Fifth street
hlr. Marpurger was as well as usual when
ne reured last evening and his family had
not tne slightest premonition thai the
paWnlng OF the day would find the hus-
pand and father cold and still in death.
MRS. Marburger was awakened shortIv
pefore o'clock by q movement of her
nuspand. She at once got up and fonnd
tnat ne was unable TO speak. THE MEM
pers OF the family were summoned. hnt
could render no assistance, and Mr. Ma.
burger died few moments later. without.
naVing been able to utter a sound.
deceased was "a years of age and has
peen highly respected citizen of Canton
since 1862. He embarked in the ciosr
manufacturing business shortly afar
coming to this city, his location heina 90
the time OF his death at No, as South Ma
ket street, lie leaves a wife and five cbiI.
uren, Frank, William, John, Annie. and Ian-
ME 70 mourn his death. Frank is en0agad
IN the cigar business at No, 81 Nswfon
street, william was associated with lie
rather at No. 45 South Mark ct street Jnhn
is foreman in the pinion room at tha
Hampden works, and Annie and Jannie ,ue
live at home. Mr.. Marburoer was q ,,n,n'
per Oh Santon Lodge, No. 60, r. and A. M.
Anu a tne funeral will be held under
Msasonlc s auspices at 2 o'clock Thursdav
n,s1rnoon, naen, ,o w from the residence. Inter-
ment In Westiawn cemetery.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-04-23
DRIVING AWAY OUR BEST CUSTOM.
(From the n. Y. Herald)
A CENTRAL OHIO VIEW.
(From the Columbus Post.)

The increase of tariff taxes is not for
revenue, it is Rot to increase wages, but
to repay the fat-fried manufacturers
who flooded McKinley's district with
money last fall, and propose to do the
same this year to elect him Governor.
But William will fail this season. The
farmers of Ohio are now thoroughly
aroused, and are speaking out in meet
ing in bold terms against McKinley's
robberies as developed in his extortion-
ate tariff. Besides the wage workers
from the river to the lakes are now
posted on his bill, that makes their nee
essaries of life 80 high, with no increase
In wages.
Mr.. Mckinley might with the wealth
OF the tariff barons, come near re-elec.
tion in his own district, by the buying
and intimidating of the voters, but
when 1t comes to covering the whole
State that game cannot win.
AS ex-Presldent Cleveland well said,
the people have been taking object les
sons on this tariff robbery, the lniquit-
Gus effects of which are felt In every
household in the State, and especially
at the hearthstones of the toilers in the
field and in the shops. Now If McKin-
ley gets on the ticket for Governor, the
long-sutfering people of Ohio will get
whack at him, and we sadly misinter-
pref the signs of the times If he is not
showed under with an avalanche of bal
lots, cast by men who have been grieV-
ously wronged. by his infamous enact.
ment
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-04-23
THE REPUBLICAN REVOLT IN
RHODE ISLAND,

1t may not be generally known In
this neck of woods, but it is true, all the
same, that the last Republican State
Convention in Rhode Island went
squarely back on the Mckinley bill.
One year o,when the Mckinley bill
mad passed the House, the party of
Rhode Island endorsed 1t in these
words:
A reform of the tariff, based not merely
upon theory, but upon the actual needs
and conditions of our whole industrial
community, and having in view the
strengthening of the American principle
OF protection to home labor, has been sue
cessfully inaGRurated.
Since that platform was adopted sew
eral things have happened and the Re-
publican leaders in Rhode Island are
wise in their generation. This year
they met in convention, as before, to
nominate State officers, but they did
not reiterate their sueer at a reform of
the tariff based merely upon theory
Nor did they again uphold the McKin-
ley idea as one suited to the actual
needs and conditions of our whole in
dustrial community" They no longer
had in view "the strengthening of the
American principle of protection to
-NOuC VI UllCD6 ItSOuUu-
ing phrases found its way into the creed
of the party as revised in 1891.
In fact, they adopted no platform at
all, on the plea that it is not the prov.
ince of State Convention to define its
position on National issues--apparent
~ forgetting that just that was deem
ed within the range of its responsible
ties only twelve months ago. But their
cowardice was not confined to merely
lodging the issue which they were so
ready to accept in March, 1880. They
went further. In lieu of platform
they adopted resolution, and this is it:
RESOLVED, That the Republican party
of Rhode Island, as represented here to-
day, heartily indorses the great CONNER
cial policy of reciprocity inaugurated by
the Secretary of State, the Hon. James G.
Blaine.
My friend this Rhode Island talk is
pretty loud. They go IN for absolute
reciprocity (or free trade) without any
Mckinley protection whatever.
Perhaps the following Rhode Island
statistics had something to do with this
remarkable flop Read them over and
think. Ohio is getting ready for statis-
Tics now.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-04-23
WHO IS THE MANP

The Cincinnati Enquirer of Tuesday
prints an editorial on the kind OF man
the Democrats of Ohio need for Cover.
nor this year, The Enquirer mentions
no names.
We trust the suspense will not be of
long duration, as the masses of the
Democratic party always want the best
in the market.
The Enquirer claims to want man
who is sound on the tariff, and some
one who has never fiopped.
The readers of the Enquirer would
like well prepared digest of It's own
views on the tariff, as it has failed to
say much about 1T in all the weary
years that this subject has consumed
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-04-23

THE meeting of South Carolina white
Republicans is significant straw in
the eddies Of the Republican whirlpool,
The object of the convention was to
form a Republican league to elect
delegates to the Cincinnati convention
of the National league, the leaders de.
claring that they could no longer train
with the offensive Republicans who
have been controlling Republican poll
tics in that State. Tie Republican
party must now turn its attention to a
new Force bill, to keep the brethren
together. 1t will be interesting to note
which branch of South Carolina Repub-
licans the National league will recog.
nize, the Simon pure white, or the black
mix.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-04-23

THE so called Commercial Congress
which has just lhet at Kansas City gave
the present tariff a very black eye. The
present disturbed condition of business
was largely attributed to the policy of
exclusion, iuaugurated by the new
tariff, but they also expressed contempt
for Mr.. Blaine's insignificant reciprocity
schemes. They considered Mr.. Blaine's
reciprocity as very triaing. They
wanted reciprocity, not with the agri-
cultural states of South America, but
with the great manufacturing nations
of Europe, which consume the products
Of the American farm.
The fact that this great non partisan
convention declared substantially for
the Democratic line of policy on the
tariff, is one of the encouraging signs
of the times.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-04-23

BECAUSE Governor Campbell has
made himself offensive to a disreput-
able element in the Democratic party
in Ohio there is talk among the weak
kneed bretheren about shelving him
and getting some colorless creature to
run against Mckinley for the Cover
norship. Governor Campbell's strength
lies in his courageous honesty. Not to
renomihate him would be fatal mis-
take. There was the same sort of OPP
position to the denomination of Geh-
eral Jackson and of Abraham Lincoln
There is the same sort of opposition to
the denomination of Grover Cleveland
1t is always mistake to disaproint
the people in order to mollify faction
The people like courage and honesty
and they will sustain whatever party
shall sustain its courageous and honest
statesmen.-[ Philadelphia Record.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-04-23

GENERAL w. II. GIBSON declines to
be candidate for Ghe position of De
partmant Commander of the Ohio G. A
r. No better man in the state can be
found for the place than l. +. Mack, of
the Sandusky Register. He is sure of
the solid support of Northern Ohio, and
should be elected.-[Ioledo Blade.
Mack has not only performed impor-
tant service for the Ohio Soldiers Home
but he is sound upon the project of ex.
tending its benefits to the dependent
wives and would be in direct line with
the splendid administration of Depart
ment Commander Dowling, marked by
its fidelity to every phase of soldier in
terests,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-04-23

EX-Goy. FORAKER gave Benny Har,
rison, VIM. Mckinley, Jr, and other
great statesmen of the g. o. p. a black
eye in his speech at Cincinnati yester-
day before the Republican League
i Clubs. Here is paragraph from For
aker's speech:
''The Republicans OF Ohio cherish with
grateful recollection and appreciation the
name and memory of Abraham Lincoln
(applause) they have just pride in the
s'alwart loyalty and patriotism of Ulysses
s. Grant (applause) and an enthusiastic
admiration and devotion for the greatest
living American, James G. Blaine. PRO
longed cheering.) You seem to be affect
ed the same way (cheering), and well you
may be, for Mr.. Blaine has given us a
magnificent administration" Applause
The above is real funny, don't you
think? 1t is not Mr.. Harrison who has
given us the administration, but it is
Jim. Blaine, and Jim is the biggest
man, living. How deuced funny this
sounds.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-04-23
much public attention,

so much public attention. The
Democrats in this part Ohio are
tariff reformers to man. The party
lines are distinctly drawn on that vital
question, which overshadows all other
questions, in their humble estimation.
The passage of the Mckinley bill has
intensified the issue, and in the com.
ing Ohio campaign we expect all other
issues to be subordinate to the tariff
issue.
Now if the Enquirer has man who
looms up above his fellows, as the one
man only to lead the Democratic hosts
in this great battle, why not name the
man now. Let us not be kept in sus-
pense,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-04-23
NO FOUL PLAY.
John Lucas Was Not Murdered as Man,
Supposed.

The post mortem examination, held
over the body of John Lucas cleared his
step-son, John Mcknight, of the suspicious
which have been rumored about him,
since the sudden death of Lucas. It seems
that one week before the old mans sick
ness he had in his possession $3.50, and re-
ceived $l2 additional on the day he was
taken i'll.
His step-son, John Mcknight, came
down from Cleveland on freight Thurs
day night, and was the first one in the
house after the old mans death. Coupling
this fact with the disappearance of so
large an amount of money and the deed
OF the old mans property, II did tend to
raise suspicious, that perhaps there had
been foul play. The extreme audiences
OF Lucas death seemed to confirm this
theory, and hence the postmortem was
held. Doctors Hoover, Hobbs and Nor
gan held an examination upon Saturday
evening and found that internal hemor-
rhage had caused his death.
The old man must have suffered ter
ribly as the lower part of his liver was
found TO be decayed on account OF can
Ger. The death was doubtless hastened
by kick, which was received not long
since by one George Woods. Although
the examination cleared up all suspicious
that there had Eeen murder committed,
yet the disappearance of the money and
the papers is still a mystery.-[ Alliance
Leader.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-04-23

PERHAPS the indications that the club
convention at Cincinnati will make Mr..
blaine's name quite prominent, added a
little force to McKinley's declaration OF
Harrison's leadership. Notwithstanding
the evident agreement among the Repub.
hcans 20 let the Harrison boom run a full
course this year, II might as well be under
stood that his denomination is impossible.
except upon the theory that the RepubIi.
cans do not think il worth while to try 10
carry the election. If the Republican par
" wishes to take its stand on protection.
broadened TO take in the trade of the
American hemisphere, Mr.. Blaine will be
nominated. If ii prefers the platform of
high protection and nothing else Major
Mckinley will be its typical candidate.
So says the Pittsburg Dispatch. But
should Harrison succeed in establish
ing the point, at which he now boldly
hints, that he was the discoyerer of
reciprocity, he may increase his chances
OF denomination. 1t would still
further enhance the interest of affairs
II Mckinley should now claim the dis
coVery for himself, as some of the Nc
Ainiey organs are already doing for
him.