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The advocate., 1891-03-11
RENEE TO A TORTURRD sOUL.

The provision Of the Legislature
for constitutional convention will
undoubtedly afford much consolation
TO Colonel Tomlinson. IL will be the
one bright spot to him in Kansas his
tory for 10, these many years. Well,
Colonel, we are also glad that this
provision was adopted. All parties
acknowledge the necessity Of a new
constitution, and there is no real OBJ
lection 10 convention as soon as il
can be brought about. IL will be the
means Of taking several vexed ques-
tions out Of che politics Of the state
for some time to come, and when the
time comes we shall be ready to cross
swords with you upon some Of them.
The advocate., 1891-03-11
TO CORREsPONDENTs.

Owing to reports of Congressional
aud Legislative proceedings which
have occupied SO much of our space
recently we have been unable to do
justice to our correspondents. We
have several good articles that will
appear in the near future shat have
been crowded out during the past
two or three weeks.
The advocate., 1891-03-11

wheat il raised, and hence how greatly
would protection help the American
farmer as il is delineated in the Nc
Kinley act
IL is understood that Mr.. Horr is
engaged in a double-ranged tour in
the interest Of high protection as rep
resented by'McKinley and of the New
York Tribune. He hopes to convert
the country west, especially TO the
highest protection.
On May 2l, 1890, the Mckinley bill
passed the House Of Representatives
by vote Of yeas, lG4; nays, l42,
which was a majority Of a. This
was the main pet measure Of the ma
tional administration, and on this
issue the Republican party went be-
fore the country. Here it would be in
order to show how many less admins
tration Representatives there would
be in the fifty-second than there was
in the fifty.frst Congress, in the fol-
lowing showing by states as affected
on the vote. Ohio, 9; Illinois and
New York each Q; Michigan and Iii
nois each 6; Iowa, Kansas and Massa-
chusetts each s. Minnesota and Mis-
souri, each A. Maryland, Nebraska,
Pennsylvania and Virginia each 81
Connecticut, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, North Carolina, Rhode Island
and West Virginia each 2, and Ala
bama Indiana, Kentucky, Montana
and Tennessee each 1. This shows a
loss Of 81 administration men on the
Mckinley tariff act.
Among the administration Repre-
sentatives who fell by the wayside in
their unremitting devotiOns to the
colossal monarchy Of plutocracy were
Frederick Miles and William Il.
Simonds of Connecticut; George e.
Adams, Joseph g. Cannon, William
H. Gest, Charles A. Hall, William E.
Mason, Lewis Il. Payson and Jona-
than III. Rowell of Illinois; William
d. Owen of Indiana; John H. Gear,
John Il. Lacey, Joseph II. Reed and
Joseph H. Sweeney of Iowa; Harrison
Kelley and Bishop w. Perkins Of
Kansas; Louis u. McComas and Sgd
ney E. Mudd Of Maryland; John w.
Coadler, Frederick I. Greenhslge,
Francis w. Rockwell and Rodney
Wallace Of Massachusetts; Edward
P. Allen, Aaron I. Bliss and Byron
M. Cutcheon of Michigan; Solomon
q. Comstock, Mark II. Dunnell, Oar
win s. Hall and Samuel P. Snider of
Minnesota; William H. Wade of
Missouri; Thomas H. Carter Of Mon
tana; William j. Connell and George
w. II. Dorsey Of Nebraska; Orren
@. Moore of New Hampshire;
Charles ID. BeCkwith, of New Jersey;
James s. Sherman and William O.
Wallace, Of New York; John M.
Brewer and Hamilton G. Ewart, OF
North Carolina; Theodore E. Burton,
William Mckinley, jr., and Henry L.
Ar--- "A TAls. V-L T.-.,.L--.
The advocate., 1891-03-11
A ROWING EMIssARY OF PLUTOCRACY.


Hon. Russell q. Hoir Of Sagise-
ard, Michigan, who was in the Ma
tional House OF Representatives in
the Forty-siEth, Fory-seventh and
Forty-eighth Congress, and who was
defeated in his fourth race in 1884
by Hon. Timothy d. Tarsney, whose
majority over Mr.. Hor was 1878,
was at Metropolitan hall, Topeka,
on the night Of March 6, 1891, and
made sort Of an address in behalf
Of the Mckinley act Of 1891. He
was introduced to his audience by Mr.
ID o. TillotsOn, who seems proud to
assert himself a bigh-taxer Exon
gresBman Horr, at the contest, deliv-
cred himself OF sterotyped phrase,
81 am a firm believer in the doctrine
Of protecting American industry"
Had a reputation preceded this
speaker Chat he was a distinguished
lecturer, even upon his haCkneyed
term, that must have been largely dis
pelled as one had opportunity to
listen 10 his weak and rambling talk.
The speaker is in his sixty-frst year,
and bis style Of speech and manner Of
talk suggests a senility that readily
asserts itself in the nauseating whine
chat marked his voice, and in the
frequent ordinations, "don'tyousee,"
and "ts so, you know" He remarked
that Great Britain in 1890 raised It's
greatest revenue from tea, which it
had TO import, and the amount there
from was $200O0,0OO. But in Che
United States Of America he said that
coffee, tea and sugar (Y) were put up
on Che free list and that duties were
put upon articles that could be manu-
fsctured IN this country, 80 that such
a competition would be invoked that
would be inevitably a result of MAX
ing all goods manufactured in this
country very much cheaper, and also
bring good prices to all lsborers who
are engaged in manufacturing pur-
suits. Thereupon the speaker spoke
of the great CheSpness Of salt, hard
ware, farming tools, esrthenware,
paper, silk, ribbons, cotton goods,
wire, nails, woolen clothes, pig iron,
wool, matches, tin plate, linen, barley,
hops and raw materials, by reason Of
the protective tariff system that now
obtains. Referring to the manuRac-
ture of an an eighteen thousand dol
lar steam engine, Mr.. HOrr discovered
that only thirty-fve dollars Of il was
raw material, and thus, one could see
how greatly American labor was pro-
tected.
He remarked that when he was
student at Oberlin, Ohio, there was
theological principle inculcated--that
Of seeking 'the greatest good to the
greatest numbers" but he thought
that was wrong; that the greatest
duty was TO look after the highest In
terests Of No. /, which means the care
Of ones own self, ones family and
The advocate., 1891-03-11
TOPEKA, KANSAS, MARCH II, 1891.

entered assccond class matter In tho Post
O6loe 40 Topeka, Kansas.)
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our FAILING EYES
Iaind;,css on tho Inorcaso-Prccautson
Tint Should he Uscd.

Tint Should Re Used.
Tho latest statistics show that blind
ness is on the increase in the United
States, says DR.. Gruening in the Epoch.
This increase In New York state is ut
tributable to the failure Of carrying out
the law which requires midwives to re-
port to the boards of health all cases Of
blennorrhrs in newborn children. In
fact, the Inv is dead letter, which Is
u great pity, because in the asyiuns
for tho blind there arc more people who
hove become blind from having been
neglected when infants than from any
other CAUSE This purulcnt infiamma-
ton Of the infants eyes, which Is 50
often neglected by the poor, is tod for
everybody In the house, owing to its
decidedly infectious character.
Children should not bc admitted 10
schools if they have any contagious
disease Of the eye, to detect which 10
Quires expert examination, for it cnn-
not always be seen; for example, grun-
uar lids contain an infectious secre-
ton. Just as children in the public
schools arc required TO show o certifi-
cate Of vaccination before they can
guin admission, SO should children
likewise be rcqu ired to prove that tho
condition Of their eyes is not such as
to endnnger the eyes of their little
comrades have already examined
whole school, and eome children have
been discharged on my recoIn1ncnda-
tiDn and obliged to obsent themselves
until cured.
Most persons gre born fareightei;
sone remain SO throughout life; the
sight of others becomes normal, and
still others become near~siehted.
Americans as class nre not so near
sighted as peolc Of older civilizations.
The Germans arc the most near-siRhted
people, probably because they study
the most and with the poorest light:
There are ut best very few normal
eyes; we are all of Us generally either
near-eighted or fnr-sightcd. Color
blindness is ut times conGcnttel. in
which case it IS incurable; but color
blindness may be acquired later In LIE,
and then 1t yields to treatment Sta
tistcs show that about per cent. of
all men are color blind, but only per
cent. of all women Too greet carc can
not be exercised in the marine service
and In tho railroad service not to en-
p1oy the coaor-bind. for their inability
to distinguish green from rcd causes
them to confoubd the danger stgnul
with the safety signal, to the great
danger O3 the travelling public
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it is now received Philadelphia, has,
within the last forty years been con-
solidated into magnificent municipal
ity by the union Of scattered corpora
lions. Boston has grown great by the
absorption of outlying towns and cities
The union of New York and Brooklyn is
almost certainty in the near future.
Chicago has spread herself until nearly
all of Cook county is within her limits
and eventually will be. The elective
force of London is hampercd by the
fact that that city is merely the aggrc-
CATION of numerous corporations, more
or less independent Of each other.
The bearing on this subject of munich
pal consolidation Of most immediate in
forest TO us in Roanoke is the possible,
even probable, dcsirability of consoli-
dating the three corporations of Roa-
noke, Salem and Vinton into one. 1t is
manifest destiny that the valley of the
Roanoke river, lying along and parallel
with the Norfolk and Western, the
Shenandoah Valley and the Roanoke
and Southern railroads, will become the
situs of a great city score of miles in
length.
Nothing would so surely favor the up
building of that city as the establish
ment Of joint corporation. Its first
labor would be the construction of
grand boulevard connecting the three
centers, traversed by steam or electri-
cal passenger line, making trips every
half hour and covering the distance
from ono end to the other IN not less
than that time. 1t would at once form
q city of 10000 inhabitants, whose i'm
portance in the State would at once be
second only to Richmond. Within q
twelve-month the population of the
combined cities would leap into the sec
ond place in the State. The very fact
of the union of the three would give the
newformed city an advertisement TO the
world of unparalleled benefit.
THE TIMEs most strenuously asserts
that the time is fully ripe for thor
ough and clea--minded discussion of the
project. Neither Vinton or Salem need
fear that the preponderating size of
Roanoke would disastrously affect their
interests. Quite the contrary. 1t has
been the history of every such aggrega
ton that the smaller and outlying por-
tions have received more than their
share OF public expendi-
lures and appropriations in order that
any feeling of jealousy might be disa-
blsed.
The very fact of the consolidation
would add hundred thousand dollars
to the reality values Of Vinton, half
million to the reality values of Salem,
two millions to the reality values OF
Roanoke and an equal amount to the
reality values of intervening proper les.
In union there is strength.
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CDMQuERIMG THE CONGO.
Remarkably Rapid Spread of Mtssfuu.r,
Posts ThrouCn Tint Region.

Remarkably Rapid Spread of Missionary
Posts Through Tint Region.
Every white man in tho Congo stateis
surprised ut tho remarkable growth Of
the mission stations in that region. Tho
missionaries are spreading oil over the
Congo basin and nearly everywhere
they arc finding welcome frun the
natives Large towns near the equator,
little south Cd the Congo, numbering
from ten thousand to over thirty thou
sand people, arc inviting missionaries to
settle amoug them In November last,
says the Chicago Post, the Pioneer, q
little steamer in the service of the Con-
go Dololo mission, started from Stanley
Pool ON her FIRST trip up the river.
Three months had been spcut fn tho
very artluous work of transporting tho
steamer to Stanley Pool The mission
stations she Is TO serve arc already es.
tabished IN the region which WIS first
visited about five years ago by Grenfell
and Won Francois, who found there IN
enormous number OF cannibals and
many ficroe dw'ar7s, who gave them bat
tie nearly every inch of the way. These
same regions are now welcoming the
white missionaries At the present rnte
OF progress In less than ten years there
will not be district of any importance
between Stanley Pool and Stanley Falls
which will not be occupied by Some
missionary society.
MIR. Jansen, the governor general of
tho Congo state, who recently returned
to Brussels, reports progress in all re-
spects He says the human sacrifices
and tribnl wars are diminishing in
number. Many natives wish TO learn
useful industries from the Europeans.
Fields are cultivated on all sides and
many brick houses are building. On
the Kassai river, where o few years ago
Nissmann had to forcc his way by using
arms, Jansen vrae received with enth,l-
siastic friendship by crowds of natives,
who besought him to stay with them
permanently. On the other hand, where
the Europeans have not yet frequently
appeared. os CD the upper Lomami, the
natives still appear hostile ard vanish
without bringing the provisions the
whites ask for. Janssen says it will not
be long before In these regions also,
the whites will be received in friendly
manner
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THE DAVIS MONUMENT.
New Orleans VIII Make an Effort to Sc
cure 1t.

cure It.
New ORLEANS, July 21.-Mrs. Davis
decision about the resting place Of hor
husband at Richmond, Va, has created
some disappointment here, for although
tho chances were greatly against New
Orleans, many hoped that it would be
selected for tho Davis monument as the
largest city in the South, and because
the eX-President's remains are already
here.
number OF veterans were disposed
at first to insist that Mrs. Davis de-
cision applied only to the remains of her
husband, and not to tho Davis monu-
ment, for which subscriptions arc being
raised throughout the South. That
monument, they insisted, was one, not
to MIR. Davis alone, but to the Confed-
crate cause, with him as its central
figure. 1t was also asserted that when
the subscription was started it was with
the understanding that the selection OF
a location for the monument should be
decided upon by meeting of tho Con-
federate veterans to be held in New
Orleans next year.
Mrs. Davis's decision, they claim,
does not effect the monument PROPOSE
ton, which has yet to be decided. The
general feeling, however, is that tho
Confederate veterans should accept Mrs.
Davis's decision in good faith, and in
stead OF making a failure by having
two monumcnts-one at Richmond and
one at some other point selected by
them-all the money should be put
together and worthy monument
erected over the grave of the Confedar-
acy's only president.
The Washington artillery has volun-
teered its service as guard of honor to
accompany Mr.. Davis's remains from
here to Richmond when they arc re-
moved.
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COLCRiN0 THE HAIR.

An Old Nan Who Nay BE Anywhere from
Eighty to Ono Hundred md Twenty.
There IS an old fellow whom l met tn
my wnlls about town who has carried
to an extreme the attempt to disguise
his natural appearance, and the conse-
qucnce Is that 1T is wholly ineffective,
writes Tavergnr tn the boston Post.
The main trouble is to tell how vcner-
able he is; he may be eighty and he may
be one hundred nnd twenty for all his
looks indicate. / have sometimes no
ticed that decidedly youthful appear
ance has been given TO u man by his re-
hnquishfng his hair dye and coming out
in the white chcvalurc which is most
becoming to him. This was the case
with the late Lester Wallaclz, who, how
ever, persisted In wearing his mustache
blnck, as il to emphasize this as the
natural color OF his beard Since gray
hair has become the fashion, there is
less resort to dyes than formerly, but
suppose the witticism still holds good
for many people that they admire gray
hairs on everybody but themselves
Tituebnt Titmouse's experience In "Ten
Thousand a Year" with the use Of hair
dye ought to be read by every person
who is ambitious of making disguise
by these means; and even more impor-
tant would be the pcrusal OF SOHO chem
ical treatise showing the poisonous ef-
feet Of minerals which enter into such
compounds And yet, with tho fullest
knowledge of its deleterious effects,
vanity makes many persons stand the
hazard of dye"
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=. THE IRON GROWN"

A lot of foolish stuff has been going
the rounds of the country press to the
effect that Alabama had gone to the
front as pig iron producer. The vapid
uttcrances of this class of papers are
hardly worth noticing, but when one Of
the daily papers of a growing, vigorous
manufacturing city like Roanoke gets
rid Of such a piece of ignorance, under
the above caption, it is time to call
halt.
Among other crudities it says: ITO
the surprise of the entire North and not
few even in the South, the State OF
Alabama figures in the census as the
greatest iron producer of any state in
the Union. And again:"To- day Alabama
wears the crown and bears tho
sceptre." Very fine, but not true
Let us look at the figures OF produc-
ton for the last three years in net tons:
lSSo. 1Ss9 1S.O.
Pennsylvania. s.5sa,1sa i,llsla i,7la,5l1
ohio............ l,l03sIS l,s1557a l,3Oe, s.a
Alabama ...... 4l9ua ~, ia5 80, i2a
Census Bulletin No. o.
So far from Alabama having led
Pennsylvania, she didn't reach one
fifth of her output and was 400, 900 tons
behind Ohio; hence such grandiloqucnt
conclusions are unwarranted.
What the census did Show, and what
was we'll known before the publication
of the bulletin, was that Alabama had
exceeded Pennsylvania IN her output of
iron ore.
The supplies in certain districts of
Pennsylvania have been growing scarcer
year by year, precisely as Alabama will
before she has made one-half Of the iron
Pennsylvania has.
The lean brown hematitcs of tho
Lchigh and Schuylkill valleys have
been worked out to large extent. The
low grade carbonates of Western Penn
sylvania have for years past ceased to
be factor.
The single county of Allegheny, in
which Pittsburg is located, can to-day
make moro iron than Alabama did last
year, because it has indefinite supplies
of high grade Lake Superior ores to
draw upon.
These ores have been the basis Of the
Western iron output for many years
past and will continue so for Indefinite
years to come.
Assuming that the Alabama ores,
which made last year 100000 tons Of
iron. average so per cent. of metallic
iron (Which they don't), it would have
required the mining of say 500, 900 tons
| of ore.
Tho Lake Superior district alone
mined and shipped in 1890 over nine
million tons $4,000, oOO) of iron orc that
averaged 60 per cent in iron, and more
than half Of this Bessemer, of which
the State of Alabama has not produced
and cannot produce single ton.
Oid papers for sale at Tho Times Once
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FOR CONSIDERATION

One Of the most extraordinary revul-
sions OF public sentiment ever recorded
is the instance Of the present attitude
of Minneapolis and ST. Paul, MINI. One
year ago these cities were at dagger
points over the census war, each CITY in
tensely jealous Of the other, each city
accusing the other of stupendous frauds
to pad the census returns. The quarrel
went so far that the st. Paul Pioneer
Press withdrew its branch from Min
neapolis, and citizens Of the two cities
almost ceased 10 have business relations
with each other.
This state OF siege continued up until
about three.months ago, when Thomas
Lowry, president Of the Twin City rail
way system, stated in an interview in
New York that he favored making the
two cities one, and that he would do all
in his power to help carry out this
project His happy thought was an in
spiration Tho newspapers of the two
cities caught the idea. It's novelty was
attractive, it's audacity compelled the
attention OF leading men OF both cities.
Prominent citizens acknowledge that it
is great business enterprise which in
wolves the material prosperity of both
cities and the future of their growth.
The city limits to-day arc together.
Within radius OF eight miles of Min
nehaha Falls 100000 people live The
st. Paul Chamber OF Commerce has
adopted resolution appointing com
mittee of seven, to be known as com.
mittee on the union Of the twin cities,
to have power to take such steps as ap-
pear most expedient and proper to in
augurating movement for tho union.
Tho Minneapolis Tribune headlines
an article on the subject "Siamcsing
the Twins" The question of name
is under active discussion. Minneapaul,
Paulapolis. Minneapolis, and Minnehaha
are suggested. Rev. DR. Neal suggests
Neapols, the Pioneer-prcss suggests
Dlneapois, meaning double new city
or Diapolis, tho double city.
This project of consolidation is On.
titled to all the seriousness with which
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ROANOKE, VA. JULY -, 1891.
SEND IN YOUR BALLOTS.

The site for the new city postofice is
in danger Of becoming a bone of conten-
ton, which may become we'll gnawed
before finally dis posed of. The Treas
ury Department generally considers
three main points in the following or
der: Cost of site, adaptation to the best
needs of the city, in the future rs we'll
as the present, and the wishes of the
citizens and business public.
That there may be the clearost posi-
BILE discussion and presentation of the
subject, THE ZINES will print letters.
limited to 200 words, on the merits Of
the sites offered and furthermore Of
fers free ballot, which is appended.
Every resident of Roanoke is invited
to fill out the blank according to prefer
ences; sign with name and residence,
and send in to THE TINES, which will
publish the returns from time to time.
But one ballot will be allowed each cit
izen. The result Of the balloting may
have considerable influence in dcter-
mining the action of the Treasury
Department
am in favor of locating the city post
Office Observation-Disclosures. ......... ..........
............... $500. ........ ..............
Name ............... ............
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EDUCATIONAL.
ROANOKE COLLEGE, :s;s 2sss

Healthful Mountain Climate. Choice
OF Courses for Degrees; Commercial De-
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ronage from many States, Indian Terri
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begins September 10th. illustrated Cat
alogue and illustrated book about Salem
free. Address.
JULIUS ID. DREHER,
luly2l-eod to Sept20. President.
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VIRGINIA MILITARY INST.

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july16-6wks,w
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Rcwell'S American Newspaper Dircc-
tory for S91 puts the circulation of THE
ROANOKE TIMES above that of any
other paper in Southwest Virginia, and at
more than that of all the other papers of
Roanoke combined.
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