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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-24

IT is generally conceded in Washing
ton that the appointment of ex-Gov-
ernor Foster, of Ohio, to the Treasury
portfolio clears the way for the nomi-
nation and election of Representative
Mckinley as Governor of Ohio.
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The TINES has the largest
circulation of any paper print
ed in Southwest Virginia.
Press room, mailing list and
subscription books open to the
inspection of advertisers.
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Southern Investments.

From the Front Royal Gazette.
The Sunday edition of THE ROANOKE
TINES was full Of Southern investments.
One article, taken from the London
City Leader, spoke in strong terms of
the South's magnificent development.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-24

The st. Andrews Benevolent Society
held its %bi-monthly meeting last night.
and an enjoyable programme was rem
dered.
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Remarkable Rescue.

Mrs. Michael Curtin, Plainfeld, H.,
makes the statement that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs; She
was treated for a month by her family
physician, but grew worse. He told her
She was a hopeless victim Of consump-
ton and that no medicine could cure
her. Her druggist suggested DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption; she
bought a bottle and to her delight found
herself benefited from first dose. She
continued it's use and after taking ten
bottles, found herself sound and we'll,
now does her own houscwork and is as
well as She ever was. Free trial bottles
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-20
The Victorious Banana Peel.

Ayoung man came along fremont street
near the West End side line, eating ba-
nanas. The rain was pouring down, and
the young fellow, to save releasing his
hands from the umbrella, gracefully tore
the skin from a banana with his teeth, let
ting it fall to the sidewalk. An idea seemed
to occur to him, and he stopped to kick the
banana skin into fremont street. But the
banana skin had glued itself 10 the wet
walk. After several Intellectual kicks he
gave mp the attempt.
After his departure newsboy, who had
been watching, approached the spot and
renewed the kicking. The obstinate ba.
mana skin, however, had fastened itself
firmly, and the newsboy's attempt resulted
in the spreading of the banana skin over
quite a number of square inches, also in
detriment to his shoes
An old, kindly disposed gentleman next
happened along He espied the banana
skin, and at once began an animated dis
course to the several people waiting for
the car that didn't come ION time)
There" said he, there is an instance OF
carelessness which should be punished.
III we had an ordinance in Boston forbid
ding the throwing of banana skins on the
sidewalk it would be a blessed thing. /
Will throw 1t into the street, if nobody else
will" and the poor old man waltzed over
to the spot where the innocent looking
banana skin lay, waiting for its prey.
1t resisted his attempts. He lifted one
foot high and brought it down upon the
skin. The yellow skin remained, but the
foot passed by the spot with an annihilat-
ing energy, and the old gentleman and the
umbrella sat down in the muddy water,
the umbrella on top. That was the last
attack on the victorious banana peel. 1t
was eyed respectfully by the spectators,
but no one cared to renew the struggle
Boston Journal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-20
500 Rward 800,

The readers of the ARGUS will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
in all its stages, and that is catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity.
Cstarsh being a constitutional disease. re-
quires a constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system, thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in doing
it's work. The proprietors have So much
faith in its curative powers, that they
offer one hundred dollars for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for list of ties.
timonisls. Address,
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-20
Three Views of Labor.

The highest protectionist authorities
are not agreed as to the superiority of
American labor. The American Econo-
mist, the organ of the Protective Tariff
league, says, 1.-The fact that our mills
and factories are filled with English,
Scotch. French and German artisans
disproves the superiority of our native
laborers-
The New York Tribune, the thunder
ing Jove of the protection Olympus,
says, at is acknowledged by foreign
manufacturers and railroad men who
have visited this country and carefully
examined affairs here that the higher
efficacy of labor secured by higher wages
here to great extent counterbalances
the differe noes in wages paid"
And James q. Blaine says. "Undoubt-
edly the inequalities in the wages of
English and American operatives are
more than equalized by the greater
efficiency Of the latter and their longer
hours of Ia bor."
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-20
Style. That Seldom Change.

The cap trade is largely in the hands of
jobbers who buy from the manufacturers
and distribute the goods Every consider
able city west of Pittsburg has large jobbing
houses that deal in caps, and the widest
Rocky Mountain hunter often wears cap
sent him through jobber and retailer from
the cap manufactures of the French quar-
ter The taste of western folk does not
easily change, and this fact gives to the cap
trade certain steadiness that it would not
have were it entirely dependent upon the
vagaries of young people on the Atlantic
coast. You may see by the goods in the
cap houses of this town every variety of
frontiersman cap, along with the beretta
of the priest, the shovel hat of the bishop
and the mortarboard of the university
student.
Curiously enough, there is little or no de-
mand for the odd headgear that reaches
this town upon the heads of newly arrived
immigrants Foreign caps and the pecul-
iarities of attire that thus come in rapidly
disappear. The Italian women cling to
their gay kerchiefs, but men and women
OF other nationalities make haste to con-
form to the customs of the country. In a
few western states, where there are large
colonies of foreigners, especially Germans,
living in communities of their own, pecul-
iarties OF dress survive. and for those PEG
pie the capmakers design distinctive head
gear.-New York World
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-20
For Over Fifty Years

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used by millions Of mothers for
their children while teething. II dis.
burbed at night and broken of your res
by sick child suffering and crying with
pain of cutting teeth send at once and get
bottle o. "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup" for children teething. 1t will re-
lieve the poor little sufferer Immediately.
Depend upon it, mothers. there's no mis-
take about it. 1t cures diarrhoea, regu-
lates the stomach and bowels, cures wind
collie. softens the gums. reduces inflamma-
ton and gives tone and energy to the
whole system, Mrs Winslow's Soothing
Syrup" for children teething is pleasant
to the taste and is the prescription of one
Of the oldest and best female physicians
and nurses in the United States. Sold by
all druggists throughout the world. Price
twenty-five cents . bottle. Be sure and
ask for Mrs. Winslow e Soothing Syrup
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-20

An old seaman named Peters, stationed
On one of the United States cruisers in the
North Atlantic squadron. was a man Of
rough exterior but of q warm heart. Its
warmest corner was reserved for a certain
young ensign on board the same ship,
whom Peters worshiped with answering
constancy. One day it happened that an
Impractical landsman, while attending to
some duty in the rigging, lost his footing
and fell into the water. AS he was unable
to swim he would probably have drowned
had not an officer sprang after him and
gallantly held him up until assistance
came. A letter from the secretary of the
navy, commencing in high terms this
heroic action, was sent to the brave rescuer
and read before the assembled ships
company.
Old Peters viewed the whole proceeding
with feeling of jealousy, and, after brood
ing over the matter for some days, he re-
lieved himself in the following manner:
''Mr. Bradley" said he, sliding up to the
object of his devotion, that there letter
what the secretary wrote, that's a fine
thing for young man to have. You
ought to have one, Mr.. Bradley" "Why,
yes. Peters," said young Bradley, with his
pleasant smile, that letter is, undoubted-
ly, a thing for any fellow to be proud of,
but I'm afraid don't quite see my way to
getting one like it."
''Mr. Bradley" answered Peters, in a
hoarse tone, inviting confidence, "termor-
row night, sir, Pll be in the main chains,
fussin with somethin or nuther. P'raps
III accidentally fall into the water. Sich
things have happened. as yer know yer
self, sir. Then, Mr.. Bradley, what's to
hinder We from jumping arter me, like your
vneaoyn NJ a fhpra9 7 pueaa xya,d n fyro5
from the secretary" There's only one
difficulty about the plan. Peters," said
Bradley, preserving grave countenance,
but inwardly much amused; unfortunate
ly, you see, don't know how to swim"
"Shol is that all, sir'" returned Peters. I'M
dismayed; 'that amt nothin. I'll hold
you up till the boat comes San Fran
cisco Argonaut.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-20
WHERE TO SHOOT Sic. GAME.

DR.. Hall Advises Hunters to Always Aim
at the Brain Instead of the Heart.
Although the sportsman should always
endeavor to cause death rs painlessly as
possible. he cannot do so. To attain this
end he should, in hunting with the rifle,
always strika the brain, but this, whether
with rifle or shotgun, is obviously out of
the question.
A bullet striking the bones of the head,
or solid parts connecting Herewith, as the
horns in the deer family. ordinarily pro-
duces one of two results. 1t may, firstly
stun the animal, causing what surgeons
term conclusion of the BRAIN" or, sec
ondly, cause death, either from the severity
of the shock or from direct injury to the
brain substance.
The writer has known a large deer to fall
dead from the impact of heavy bullet
against the base of one horn, result anal
ogous to death produced by the sand bag
applied to the human skull Had the bail
struck near the tip of the horn the deer
would have merely been stunned, probably
recovering quickly enough to escape in
safety. Undoubtedly many animals are
reached and slain with the knife that
otherwise with little longer interval
might escape.
A missile passing through a portion of
the brain substance almost invariably
causes instant death. There are however
many examples of recovery after such an
injury scattered through medical litera-
ture. Even in these cases the patient Is
necessarily rendered unconscious fol-
many hours, so that the hunter who in.
flicts such an injury upon an animal at
tains his end
In hunting dangerous game at close
quarters, then, the brain should ordinarily
be the objective point, unless the bullet he
very heavy in proportion to the size of the
animal. 1t is generally accessible, and il
struck invariably renders the game harm
less. A grizzly bear with rife bullet
through the heart may yet live long enough
to kill his destroyer, if at close quarters.
Several such instances have occurred.
With his back broken, the bear may yet
strike viciously with his paw, but a shot in
the brain ends the battle.-J. n. Hall, NJ.
D., in Scribner's
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-20
Bishop COLEMAN, of Delaware, had

BISHOP COLEMAN, of Delaware, had
some interesting experiences in a walking
trip which be has just made through the
Shenandoah valley. The bishop it is
said walked 375 miles, and as he was
dressed in rough pedestrian suit. with
out any of the outward insignia OF his
calling. he was in turn taken for circus
advance agent. land boomer and spec
ulator, a detective, book agent and q
suspicious character who would bear
watching. One man took him for q
moonshine hunter and offered TO give
him some information for consideration.
He slept in whatever shelter came handy.
and in one village his appearance excited
such general suspicion that nobody would
harbor him and he was obliged to sleep
in an old unused dwelling. just like q
homeless tramp. The bishop purposely
concealed his identity and believes that
by &C doing he has learned great many
valuable lessons.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-20

IT is credited to the Hon. Roswell T.
Flower, now the democratic candidate
for governor Of New York. that during
his last term in congress, in the debate on
the pension bill, he refuted tie old re.
publican lie concerning the political COM
plexion of the union army during the
late war, and did it in a very pleasant
and witty manner He said: 81 say
that every northern state, including
New Jersey, went republican as long as
the democratic soldiers were at the front.
Aud never. Mr.. Chairman. until those
soldiers got back did those democrats
have a chance to carry a northern state,
and then they made clean sweep. L
say the majority Of the soldiers who
fought in the last war were democrats.
The men who wore the epau.eis were re-
publicans. The men who carried KNAPP
sacks were democrats"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-20
Il should BE- in Every House,


j. B. Wilson. 81 Clay street, Sharps-
burg. Pa, says he will not be withou,
DR.. Kings New Discovery for consump.
ton, coughs and colds. that it cured his
wife who was threatened with pneumonia
after an attack OF ala grippe" when va.
rious other remedies and several physi.
clans had done her no good. Robert
Barber. of Cooksport. Pa. claims DR..
Kings New Discovery has done him more
good than anything he ever used fol
lung trouble. Nothing like it. Try it.
Free trial bottles at Hsriz & Bahnsen's
drug store. Large bottles, SOC and 81.
ELECTRIC BITTERs.
This remedy is becoming so we'll known
and so popular as to need no special men.
ton. All who haYe used Electric Bitters
sing the same song of praise. A purel
menicine does not exist and it is guarant
eed to do all that is claimed. Electric
Bitters will cure all diseases of the liver
and kidneys will remove pimples, boils,
salt rheum and other affections caused by
impure blood. Will drive malaria from
the system and prevent as well as cure al
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constipation ard indigestion try Electric
Bitters-Entire satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded-Price so cents and
$1.00 per bottle at Hartz s. Bahnsen's
drug store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-20

ST. LOUIS Republic: The grain crop
is unouestionably moving more slowly
than was anticipated, but even with this
qualification the exports of wheat from
New York last week were three times as
large as during the corresponding week
of last year. Locally, there is evidence
of a genuine Strengthening of trade, for
the clearing house reports. which have
been steadily argumenting their totals
for some weeks past, now promises to ex-
coed the unusually large totals Of DC
tober, 1890. Last week the increase over
the corresponding week of the previous
year was 81. o.! ,296, or about 9 per cent.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-20

When Hon. Ben Butterworth and his
Worlds fair commissioners returned
from their visit to Europe the following
appeared III New York paper:
The governments of all the countries
that the American commissioners Wis
tied gave them all possible facilities, and
special orders were given to pass their
baggage through without delay and not
to examine it st the custom houses. 1t
was only VIXEN they returned to their
own count that they had to wait on
the dock un Il the custom house inspect
ors searched their trunks to see that they
did not smu ygle Ia anything.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-20
Work Done by New Works pauper..

During three months of 1890 in the work
house $50 cubic yards of stone were broken,
65 yards of rag carpet were woven, 2,751
cubic feet of stone foundation were built
by masons, 1,l55 square feet Of floor sur.
face were concerted, 500 pairs of womens
shoes and 200 pairs of women's slippers
were manufactured, 5000 square feet of
pine flooring were laid by carpenters, he
sides the work Of tinsmiths, locksmitts,
blacksmiths, painters and harness makers.
In the workhouse laundry during the
quarter 81, 1851 pieces were washed. In the
Wards island insane asylum %, 100 pieces
were washed. There were made here dur
ing the quarter 95,515 pounds Of white
bread, 1913 pounds of Graham bread,
11,46l pounds of gingerbread and SAT-
pounds of cake.
Thousands of printed forms used In de
partments under the care of the charities
and correction commissioners are set UP
and run off each quarter on Wards island,
and on the Islip branch the crops planted
included eight acres for potatoes, one for
corn, one for cabbage, four for rye, and
smaller plots for carrots. beans, onions,
tomatoes, parsnips, beets, leeks, cucum-
hers and sweet corn.-New York Sun.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-20
catarrh IN New England .

Eiy's Cream Balm gives satisfaction to
every one using it for catarrhal troubles.
g. K. Mellor. druggist. Worcester, Mass.
l believe Ely's Cream Balm is the bes,
article for catarrh ever offered the public
--Bush & Co., druggists. Worcester,
Mass.
An article of real merit. &C. p. Alden,
druggist. Springfield. Mass.
Those who use it sresk highly of it,
George A.. Hill. druggist. Springfield
Mass.
Cream Balm las given satisfactory re.
suits. W. P. Draper, druggist, Spring
field. Mass.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-20
TKEsDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1891.
Ex.CHrEF JUSTICE DAY, of Iowa, on

Ex.CHIEF JUSTICE DAY. of Iowa, one
OF the foremost republicans Oh
the Hswkeye state. has openly renounced
his allegiance to his old party and an
nounced that he will vote for Boies and
the democratic ticket, and now it Is ssid
that Ex-Governor and ex-Congressmsn
Gear is on the anxious seat and ready to
follow the better light which has become
plainly visible to him.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-20
BucKLKN's AaNrcA sALya.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chspped hands, chilblains.
corns and all skin eruptions, and posi-
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is guaranteed TO give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price IS cents per
box. For sale bv HRrtz & Bahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-20

Clarence I'll. Freeman, the champion
checker player of the land, is a mulatto
with slight tinge of Pequot Indian blood.
He used TO be a porter and an erraDd boy
in an old tavern in Providence, where he
lives, and began to play checkers when he
was seven years old, using white and black
beans Tor men.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-20
george All Right.

when George asked you to be his
wife," inquired the mother, wasn't he
a good deal fustered and confusedf"
"Yes, mamma" replied Laura, look
ing admiringly at something that
sparkled on her shapely finger, "but
what he said had the right ring about it,
Chicago Tribune.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-20
SOCKS foa MR.. M,klNL.y.
His Tariff Leads an Irish Lad to lGsbs
Him . Present.

His Tariff Leads an Irish Lad to nlshs
Him . Present
Samuel D. Frew came to this country
from Belfast, North Ireland, six years
ago. He liked the American climate
and the American people. but he could
not endure American stockings He
longed for the comfortable, home knit
hosiery Of old Ireland. And so finally
he wrote to his mother in Ireland to send
him some stockings She was glad to
please her boy and 80 she knitted six
pairs of Irish stockings and sent them to
her son.
But she didn't write about them, for
she wanted them to be a surprise, and
the first young Frew knew of the matter
was when bulky document arrived
from the custom house. 1t was as fol-
lows:
Samuel d. Frew to the Morris European and
American Express company. custom house
brokers and forwarding agents. Dr.:
To specific duty on one pound manufac-
tured wool at 4al3 cents. 80
To ad valorem duty on articles valued at
Reimbursem S. Charges and freight. 70
United States bonded storage and labor. .2l
Carriage. shipping or delivery.............. p
Custom house entries. etc. so
Total. ............-..-....... ............. $ozl
When Frew looked at the bill he
thought the custom house was at fault,
30 he went home and hunted up a tariff
book and figured out just what the tariff
ought to be. Here is the way he
made it:
AID valorem duty on articles valued at 81,
at 10 per Observation-Disclosures. 30
Specific duty on one pound manufactured
wool at % cents. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 30
Total. .......... sl.ls
Frew went back to the express Office
indignant at the thought of being so i'm
posed upon and handed the clerk the bill
IS he made it out The clerk looked at
IL and laughed. "Oh, that was under
the old tariff bill" said he. This other
bill is made out according 30 Mr.. Mo
Einley's new tariff laws"
"You won't accept my bill. then?' said
Frew.
mo" answered he official
Frew thought for moment. Then he
called the clerk aside and whispered con-
fdentially;
"You tell that id Mckinley that he
can have my stockings"
The stockings are still at tho custom
house, and after the expiration of the re-
Quired time they will be sold at public
auction same as the Astor dresses were
New York World