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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-12-11
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Thus childish four billion two
hundred and ninety million "doar The
silver equals about SOL per eectua
Not only it locked the accumulation
to the silver market Every dealer
silver to down the
silver? Why don't and old othes
20 head would in the pockets struggling
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-12-11

More than two-thirds of the coun-
ties, and half OF the judicial districts,
were carried by the peoples party in
the state OF Nebraska, notwithstand-
ing the Demo-Rep. combine.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-12-11

Mr.. Robert EckfQrd has secured
the reduced rates Irregular conyen-
tion rate of TX trip rate for round
trip for the State Meeting Chair
man Finley sending him the docu-
ments last week.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-12-11

1t is said that if the democrats put
Cleveland or any other eastern man
up: who stands by the single gold
standard, congressman Bryan, who
is in favor OF free coinage of silver,
will unite with the peoples party.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-12-11

PENNINGTON, Mimi, Dec. 5, 1891,
The County Alliance Of Dakota Co.
met to-day at Pennington. Not
understanding the cold weather. and
the bad roads there was a large and
enthusiastic attendance, nearly all
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-12-11

A call has been made for delegate
meeting at Seattle, Wash, Dec. 10,
to organize west Washington into
District alliance for effective work.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-12-11

The organization of Ohio F. A. & I.
U. in the seven months of it's exist
ence has increased fifty per cent in
the numb-r of it's sub-alliances, and
about the same ratio in it's member
ship.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-12-11

The Farmers Voice." a reform
journal OF Chicago, publishes glow
ing eulogy upon Ex-Gov. Donnelly,
which we hope to republish next
week.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-12-11

The alliance in Arkansas, has in
creased since last year from 10000
to between &c, 900 and 40, 900 at the
present time, "Oh, death, where is
thy sting!'
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-12-11

final resolution followed which de-
clared the Chicago stock-yards
charges and also the charges Of the
live stock commission merchants an
outrage on the farmers. Milton
George was elected state president.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-12-11
WAsECA, MINI.

WASECA, MIHH., Tee. D, 81.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
If these subscriptions don't arrive
in due time, please send us the back
numbers, as we wouldn't lose any Of
the teachings of your grand GREAT
WEST for money. GEO. MATHEWS.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-12-11

Senator Stewart, of Nevada, said
to a Washington reporter recently,
In an interview, Is it really a fact
that the republicans, democrats
and mugwumps are united solely
for the purpose OF keeping the bust
ness community in a state OF uncer-
tainty, crafty their desire for a
perpetual war, which cannot benefit
the people? May it not be the gold
parties of the country and the one
little party of Pharisees to play the
cutie fish game and prevent the
people from discovering the cause
OF hard times and depression?"
"The money Kings of Europe and
their lieutenants in the United States
undoubtedly would like to +; anne the
issues of all parties so that there
would be no inquiry as to the meth
cd by which the wealth of the coun.
try is transferred from the producer
to the parasites of humanity. The
gold trust offers to reward each OF
the political parties by free gift oil
the electoral vote OF New York il
nothing is said about the silver ques.
tion. All that they ask for the offices
that they confer upon both parties
and opposing candidates is fidelity
to the lords of contraction, stagna-
HiOn and hard timpa
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-12-11
ST. PAUL, MIMI, DEC. II, 1891.

North Carolina Alliances have
adopted the Ocala platform without
q dissenting voice.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-12-11

The next state assembly of the
Knights of Labor of Nebraska, will
meet in Omaha in February.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-12-11
From Yellow Medicine Co.
EDITOR GREAT VEST:


EDITOR GREAT VEST:
The local ring newspapers and old
party politicians are now consoling
themselves with the thought that the
big crop OF this season will cover I'D
the grievances of the farmers and kill
the alliance; the same as if we had to
thank them for the bounties of
Providence, SO graciously bestowed
upon us. Oh no, Mr.. Politician, you
have held up the delusion Of good
times SO long that we can see clear
through the thing, and away beyond
in the future when the crops may
not be SO bountifal, and when we
cannot aford to givea large per cent
of it to the support OF your favored
chums. 1t is ,sophistry to contend
that good crop should serve as an
excuse for the continuation OF sys-
TENS and practices that are detri-
mental to the welfare of the majority
of the people.
We might just as well contend that
it was no crime to cheat man be-
cause he could stand it financially.
OF course it is easier to steal from .,
large pile than from a small one, but
the crime is the same and should be
SO treated. The good crop should
on the contrary, stimulate the farm
-er to a greater exertion in behalf of
his rights. He should show his ap-
probation Of the bounties Of heaven
by renewed effort to purify the gov
eminent, to better the conditions OF
himself and fellow-toiler, and provide
for posterity better prospect in the
future. ii. MOONEY.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
a SOAP EATER.
Tho Remarkable Appetite Possessed by q
Connocticut Woman.

Tho Remarkable Appetite Possessed by q
Conncctiout Woman.
should like to place on record, says
n correspondent of the Medical Record,
the history Of the following case of a
mania for soap eating, which. believe,
deserves the coinage of the word sapcs-
somania, or mania for eating soap.
Mrs. j., aged twenty-ninc, of Dan
bury, Conn, consults me in reference
to an irritable stomach of long stand
ing. She gives the following details:
When about three years of age she first
enjoyed u mouthful of bar soap. So
agreeable was the taste that she would
cat it whenever She could get it."
When aged five years her mother found
her, spoon i'll hand, eating soft soap
with keen relish. AS she grew III years
so did her ycarning for soap; her father
brought home to the other children
swcctmcats, but to equally satisfy her
n piece from common bar soap must be
given. Until she was eleven her sapes-
somania continued. When awake she
loved to handle it and smell of it and
cat of it. When asleep she dreamed of
soap. Often, to pacify her, n piece of
soap was given TO her to hold in her
hand to soothc her to sleep, when she
continued in her imagination still TO
cat soap. At eleven her stomach
burned her so that she stopped her
habit. but still continued to love to
handle and to think of eating the great
delicacy. When twcnty-threc, or twelve
years after her last feast, an advertis-
ing agent left at her door u five-ccnt
bar of bathroom soap, which pleased
her so much that she ate it all in TWEEN
ty-four hours Since then she has
eaten none, although there is always
the desire to do so. To-day, did not her
stomach forbid, the yearning to ''cat
some more" would be irresistible.
Though she can no longer cat it she
still loves to handle it; She loves to use
plenty of it in her homework and in
her bathroom. The smell of it is still
sweet to her nostrils, and the thick
suds she delights in reminds her of the
days gone by never to return. Strange
to say, she cares only for the coarse
bar soap; fancy soaps she never uses.
Personally She is of nervous tempcra-
ment, yet evidently woman of much
self control. She asserts that her
mania is as strong to-day rs it was
years ago, though She has tasted soap
but once in eighteen years. Despite
her statement, however, believe she
is still eating the little amount of soap
which her irritable stomach will allow
her.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
ACROSS THE SAHARA.

Speculations on the Railroad Which oIay
30 Built There.
The traffic of the Trans Saharian rail.
way will comprise two classes of bust
ness-the first, local, between oasis and
and oasis, or the Saharian traffic
proper; the second, the business be-
tween extreme ends of the line, be-
tween Algeria and Franco and the
central Soudan, says writer in Serb
ners- Once given railway transporta-
ton, dcpots and markets will spring UP
along the line, for the surveys cross the
lines followed by the caravans that
carry on the commerce of the desert.
The export Of cereals from Algeria to
the TounrcgS and to the An country,
and the export of salt, which is not
found in the Soudan, will give imDor-
lance to the salt wells of Amadrhcr.
Upon the other hand, it is certain that
n constant stream from the south will
pour into Algeria. bringing chiefly
hides and leather. An estimate of the
yearly income 90 be derived from the
Sahar.an business may be put Mt s.
205, 600 francs. Dividing this sum by
the length Of the line from Bisl,ra to
Lake Tchad, 800 llilometers Il ,oa3
lnilcs). the earnings are equal to 1000
francs per kilomctcr.
Central Scddnn is rich enough to
furnish IL vast commercial business to q
railway in spices, ostrich feathers, gold
dust, indigo, hides. leather, cereals and
fruits, pali:, oil, cotton, ebony and dye
stNffs. The exports and imports of the
SouGrn ought to provide an income of
1910 francs per leilo.aeter Finally,
there remains the passenger traffic,
which may be expected to grow into
Importance In round numbers, NAV
say that the trRu6-Saharjan tr~>.,c
would result in earnings Of about TO-
600 francs per iyilomete:.. Of line. As
the construction cost would average
100000 francs n lsilomctcr, interest at
"a per cent. will require $500 francs
kilomcter. Tho running expenses of
one train Il day in either direction
be between 5000 and $50 francs per
lSilomctcr per year. From Il financial
standpoint the enterprise, if well mai
aged, ought therefore to prove remuner-
ntivc. This alone. apart from other
considerations, should warrant trans
Saharian railway.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
The Babis of Pers,n.

The Babis of Persia, whom the shah
has determined to cXtcrminate and some
OF whom have recently been strnngled
at Yczd, are hereticai sect of Mo-
hainmedans and are not very numerous
In Persia, bnt are greatly dislked by
the orthodox and have always been sub
Jccted to persecution. They arc follow
ers OF Mira Ali Mohammcd, who about
half century ago proclaimed himself
the Bab-cd-Din or Gate of the Faith"
and who was executed in 1850, after he
had excited n rebellion against the
shah. BESIDES their hcterodoxy IN rcli-
gion the Babis advocate the doctrine of
community Of property.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
An Imperial Silk Weaver.

The empress of China has recently
been cndea~oring to give an impetus to
the manufacture of silk in that country
by sta rting sillwcaving department
of her own. One of her great motives
for this step, according TO Shanghai
correspondent Of the London Daily
News, is to create an employment for
the many millions of girls and women
who are ut present excluded from all
labor except that of making cmbroid.
cries and doing the lighter kinds of
houscwork. The empress has had the
necessary looms, skilled artisans and
women trained i'll the management of
silkworms sent to the palace at Pekin
from the imperial silk manufactory at
Hang Chow. The industry will be
started in the palace grounds, which,
her majesty, by Chinese CUSTOM is for.
hidden to leave; so that the apprentices
will be under her supervision. This
setting the fashion, so to speak, shows
that the imperial family is beginning tc
realize the backward state of the country
and it is likely to be productive of good
results, for anything thus started
spreads rapidly and gains firm footing
among the people.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
FOR ANOTHER COURT.

The joining of public sentiment in the
matter of establishing another section
of the Hastings Court is as marked as
any movement which has ever taken
place in Roanoke. 1t has been the dis
tinguishing feature of this city that
when its citizens started to do anything
they did it all together. AS Vice Presi
dent Eddy puts it, Roanoke is the most
unanimous town in America.
Some OF ne sonndest lawyers in the
city in the State, for that matter
have given their opinions that tho leg
islature has full power to act in Gro.
ating another section of the court.
Others hesitate and desire to examine
the matter more fully.
The charter committee will at its
next meeting give the matter a
thorough discussion and, If the way is
made clear. of which THE TIMES has
not the slightest doubt, will incorporate
the nece ssary sections in the new char
ter.
The saving OF time In tho adjudica
tion OF cases will alone repay the cost
OF maintaining the court many fold. 1t
merely needs To be put in tho charter to
be carried.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
TALL GIRLS HAVE THEIR DAY.
Siimness and Aspiring Height Arc Quito
tho Thing at Present.

SHINES and Aspiring Height Arc Quito
tho Thing at Present.
1t is the fashion for girls TO be tall.
This is much more than saying that tall
girls are the fashion, says Il writer in
liarper's. 1t means not only that the
tall girl has come in, but that girls ere
tall and are becoming tall because it is
the fashion, and because there is de-
mand for that sort of girl There is no
hint of stOutness, indeed the willowy
pattern is preferred, but neither is
leanncss suggested; the women of the
period have got hold of the poets idea,
tall and most divincly fair" and are
living up to it. Perhaps this change in
fashion is more noticeable in England
and on the continent than in America,
but that may be because there is less
room for change in America, our girls
being always Of an aspiring turn. Very
marked the phenomenon is in Europe
this year; on the street, ut any concert
or reception, the number of tall girls is
SO large as to occasion remark, es-
pccially among the young girls just
coming into the conspicuouspess of
womanhood. The tendency of the new
generation is toward unusual height
and gracious slimness. TIL situation
would be embarrassing to thousands of
men who have been too busy to think
about growing upward, were it not for
the fact that the tall girl, who must be
looked up to, is almost invariably being.
nant, and bears her height with sweet
timidity that disarms fear Besides. the
tall girl has now come on in such force
that confidence is infused into the GROW
ing army, and there is sense of sun.
port in this survival of tho tallcst that
is very encouraging to the young.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
CRrneta i,y the Arre.

1t takes an awful lot Of carpet TO pro-
tect the feet of our statesmen from the
cold of the handsome THE floors of the
capitol, says the Washington Post BE.
sides the nine hundred yards necessary
for the senate chamber and lobby, il
takes about 4 hundred yards on an nv.
crage for each committee room Six
or eight of the senate committee rooms
have been furnished with new carpets
this year. Probably two thousand
yards have been used in that wing of
the building 10 replace carpets that
have been worn out. Fourteen hundred
yards of new carpet has been laid in
the house, and with great Judgment II
combination of red and brown has been
selected. which, while quite rich, will
defy tobacco stains. Probably six hnh-
drcd yards more have been used in Other
rooms on the house side, so that the cap
itol has been supplied with some four
thousand yards of carpet in all
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
FOR TIE WORKERS..

The meeting at the Commercial As
-sociation Monday night to consider the
plan for securing session OF the Fed
eral court in Roanoke should be made
an overwhelming success. 1t concerns
every interest in Roanoke.
In the first place Roanoke is the
manufacturing, industrial and railroad
center of Southwest Virginia. 1t is
beconming it's commercial center. and
ought to be it's legal and political center.
BY the establishment Of session of
the Federal court at this point, the
legal'husiness of twenty counties will
come bore. With the coming of the
court trade will como. The TIMES feels
confident that within ten years the
commercial Interests of Roanoke will
equal it's manufacturing interests.
The great Acknowledgement of the near
future will be characterized by the es-
tabGfshment. of numerous wholesale
horses in Roanoke, and no one local
cation hero OF The Federal court.
With the conjunction Of these forces,
-industrial, con meEeial and legal-will
como political importance which will
make the influence OF Roanoke felt in
every section of tho State.
Let evory citizen who will WORK for
the Federal court and whose work will
count, come to the Commercial ASsoci-
atlo4 mass-meeting Monday night.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
Tclecrai,Iiic Cndcs

Ever since submarine tclegraphy be.
came an established means of commune
cation much ingenuity has been ex-
pended on the compilation of codes.
partly for secrecy. but principally to
abbreviate the messages and save
money in rates. 10 such fine point
has codifying been brought in this lat
ter direction that the telegraph COM
panics arc at their wits end to MAIN
tain proper equilibrium between the
number of messages sent and the
number of words transmitted; in other
words, between the volume of actual
business and the amount of revenue
All large commercial houses now use
complicated codes, in which single
word of ten letters represents sentence
OF ten, fifteen or twenty words.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
rwIrrsae ON FACTS.
A Picoo OF Sarcasm which Took Enees on
Travelling Hog.


u Travelling Hog.
AS neat bit of sarcasm as one often
hears of delighted the passengers
of u coach in the train which left
here for Sioux City the other evening,
says the Omaha World Herald. So
keen was the shaft and so deeply did it
strike that it deserves to be recorded
The train was crowded, u large num-
Der of passengers having got aboard ut
the transfer. All of the coaches were
full, and in one car'in particular quite
number were standing, Among these
were several ladies. Among them also
was gentleman of middle age, tall,
well dressed and evidently man who
had seen plenty of the world. The
twinkle in his keen. eye and the lines of
his face indicated a large fund of humor.
This gentleman stood in the aisle di-
rectly opposite two seats which had
been appropriated by man with sew
eral grips and an overcoat, which he
had piled about him in Il barricadc, COM
pletcly filling both seats. Behind tho
barricade he had ensconced himself,
obliviOus of the fact that there werc
others standing or that he was occupy
ing more room than he was entitled to.
For some moments the first stranger
stood in the aisle glancing now and
then toward the selfish man and his two
seats. The latter paid no attention to
anything but his paper, which was ap-
parently becoming very interesting.
Finally just as the train slowed up for
the Kansas City crossing tho first
stranger, looking down ut the reader,
said, dandy:
did you ever travel in Germany"
NO" responded the other, grufrly.
and don't know as it matters
whether have or not
Indeed" said the first stranger, with
unrufIled composure and even moro
swcetly than before. delightful place
to travel; lovely scenery-and they'll
let you in now" with peculiar empha-
sis on the Last word that gave it world
of meaning.
The victim of the witticism started as
though shot. and about half the passen-
gers, catching at once the force of the
sarcasm, sent up yell that almost took
the roof off the car. The man with
two seats hastily rearranged his luggage
so rs to make room for the man who
had so wittily rebulsed him, but the lat
ter refused the preferred seat and
walked into another car.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
FOR a sEcosD COURT.
Archer L. Payne. Esq. Gives Sound Rea-
sons For Its Constitutionality.

Archer l.. Payne, Esq. Gives Sound Rea-
sons For Its Constitutionality.
To The EDITOR OF THE TIMES: Tho
question has been raised as to whether
or not,in view of the fact, that the popu.
lation Of Roanoke is less than 80, 1000 peo.
pie, there is constitutional prohibit
ton against another court being estab.
lished to aid in the dispatch OF the
business of the now over-crowded cor
poration court, 1t being utterly impossi.
Bile for one judge to transact it.
Article OF the constitution of Viz
ginia prescribes that the general assem-
bly, shall be vested with the highest
power in the commonwealth, namely,
the legislative power, and regulates the
general powers and duties of the legisla-
ture. Section 90 of this article reads as
follows: Tho Legislature shall have
power to provide for the government of
cities and towns therein as may be neces-
sary for the administration OF Justice. -
1T will be observed that the language
OF this section is mandatory. Under it
alone there could be no question as to
the authority OF the Legislature to con-
stltute any. OF as many courts as in
their Judgment were necessary for the
auhiuiStraCtOn OF justice.
But it is arged that this general power
OF tho legislature is limited by section
ID of article VI OF the constitution,
which relates to the Judiciary depart.
ment of the Governments, and the
method of its constructions. This sec
ton provides that when city shall
reach % population OF FIVE thou
sand people there shall be corporation
court. The same section further saws
that when city shall have as many as
thirty thousand inhabitants there may
be an additional court of probate and
! reco'd iuris diction. The frst Fat! Of
| this section is mandatory, the latter
recommendatory or permissive.. 1t
would be entirely in the option of the
city under such circumstances to have
such additional court or not.
Now, can it be said that this sect on
| forbids city, under the circumstances
in which Roanoke is now placed, from
obtaining relief under the broad and
com prebensive provisions of section 90,
| article V, above referred to? 1t seems
to me that this clause should BIO con-
.strued reasonably and literally and
with view to effectuate the intention
of the trainers of the cons titution. What
was that intent? Manifestly. from its
| very terms, it was to give and reserve TO
the legislature the general power to es-
taDlish such courts as might become
necessary in the event that those which
were specifically mentioned in the con-
stitution itself, under article VI, should
not be sufficient.
This question has never been decided
by the appellate court, but from careful
| investigation l am forced to conclude
| that 1t is entirely conStitu tional for tho
legislature to give the city of Roanoke
an additional court. think this is a
matter OF the greatest Importance to all
the citizens of Roanoke, and hope the
bar will give tho subject the fullest in
vestigation, that the City Council and
the public may have the benefit of their
suggestions. Respectfully.
ARCHER l.. PAYNE
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
A Pleasant surprlse pnrty.

A very enjoyable surprise party was
given to Miss Fannie MORALS last
night, at her residence, corner of Park
street and Seventh avenue $. W. among
those present were the Misses Ollie
S,rickler, Cora Malott. Ida Strckler,
ida BLACK, Hattie Dupr est, Minnie
Roberts, Lizzie Roberts, Phoebe War
ner, and he Mes srs Leighton Thorn q.
son Oscar Goodman. John Brizzi, John
bib, John Bladon, VIII Hesscr and
VIM. Airheart