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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-16
PATTERSON GETS THE CONTRACT.
NIr. skinker Recommended by Council to
Succeed Himself

Succeed Himself.
The Council hold two short special
sessions last night and awarded the con-
tract for macadamizing the streets, re-
commended the appointment of coun-
Gilman to fill the vacancy in the First
ward and instructed the finance COM
mittee to sell S50, 1000 worth of street i'm
provement bonds.
Mr.. Welsh submitted the report of
the street committee, which recon-
mended that the contract for the grad
ing, guttering and macadamizing of the
whole of the six sections be awarded to
w. L. Patterson, who was the lowest
bidder, and that he be required to fur
nish satisfactory bond of not less than
S25. 900, the work to be completed within
four months after Council orders its
commencement.
The report was accompanied by let
ter from City Engineer Dunlap, stating
that the stone left by Mr.. Patterson was
q splendid specimen Of flint from the
base of Mill Mouptain, and he deemed
it far superior to limestone.
Mr.. Mcconnell amended tho report by
fixing the limit of completing the work
at ninety working days instead OF four
months.
This amendment evoked spirited dis
cussion, which was participated in by
Messrs. Mcconnell, Buckner, Huff, and
Eckloff. Mr.. Huff stated that Mr.. Pat
tersons bid was S14,2s6.2 &c lower than
tho next lowest bidder and S26, 595.75
lower than the highest.
Mr.. McConnell's amendment was lost
and the report of the street committee
adopted, Mr.. Mcconnell being the only
member who voted against it.
Council then adjourned, but imme-
diately reassembled for the purpose Of
recommending.a successor to Mr.. Skin
ker. Mr.. Eckloff stated that he was
authorized by the members of the First
ward to recommend to Judge Robertson
that j. II. Skinker succeed himself as
member from the First ward. Tho re-
commentator was approved.
On motion of MIR. Mcconnell the
clerk of the Council was requested to
send the recommendation to Judge
Robertson as early this morning as
possible.
On motion Of Mr.. Sheehan tho finance
committee was instructed to sell $50
600 worth OF street improvement bonds
at par and Council then adjourned.
w. t. Patterson informed TIMES
reporter last night that he would ship
his machinery here as soon as the con.
tract is signed and go right ahead with
the work. Ho will erect $4,000 plant
here and will work a gang of 600 men.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-16
SPECIAL.

Call and secure q good bargain in
furniture and carpets. Our 40-cens
Ingram Carpet takes the lead. Our
Rag and Jute Carpets are of the best
make and lowest prices We are
not selling goods atcost, but we are
giving good bargains. Our motto
is, Live and Let Live" We do
not handle goods on commission or
second-handed goods. Persons
wanting forms can get them.
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02
ENGLAND'S EXPORT TRADE.
Protectionst Juggling with Figures to
Sustain "a False Position,

Protectionst Juggling with Figures to
Sustain u False Position.
Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Island, the
Mckinley of the United States senate,
has recently attempted to show that
the system of protection is more favor
able to building up an export trade than
the free trade system. In doing so he
cites the case of England, claiming that
the exports of that country have not
increased rapidly under free trade.
But the senator deals with his figures
in a way that can not be called honest
In comparing British exports in 1860
with those of 1876 he includes for 1860
exports to British colonies, but when
he came to foot up the exports for 1876,
he suddenly conceived the notion that
exports to the colonies must be excluded,
since the colonies are u part Of the
British empire, and trade with them is
not foreign trade In this way he cuts
off $3.50, 600, 900 from England's exports
for this latter year, without having
made the corresponding deduction for
1860, Anything could be proven by
such methods,
But England's trade with her colonies
is foreign trade. Most Of them, indeed,
maintain protective tariffs upon the
products of the mother country, and the
commodities which they sell to England
are as much foreign products as the
products Of Brazil and China are. For
all purposes Of trade India, Australia,
Canada and other British possessions
are foreign countries.
Restoring the $3.50, 000 600 TO Englands
exports for 1870, IL will be seen that her
total exports increased S320,00O,00O in-
stead OF remaining stationary, us tho
Rhode Island Mckinley seems TO claim.
Nor is there any truth In his further
claim that our exports have gained
on those Of Englondi but they orc
further bohind British exports than
they were thirty years ago Instead OF
our exports being 10000, 900 greOter
than those of England, as was claimed
by the protectlonist SENATOR they are
at least $780, 600, 900 less.
The McKinleyites will have long
and dreary time Of It IN their effort to
prove that protection increases q ma
tion's export trade. In the meantime
while they are muddling their bains
and Juggling their figures, plain, COM
nonsense people will continue 10 SEQ
Us clear os daylight that the more freely
we buy from foreign countries Tho
more freely will they buy from us IN
exchange, and that thus we shall get q
market for another bushel Ot wheat
! and another barrel Of pork
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02
SOME HUSBANDS.

Youya UpH--'We are told 10 cast
our bread upon the waters" Tic Drutc
But don't you do it A vessel might
run against it and get wrecked. N. Y.
Herald.
Coon roR Mrs. CRossLY.-Mr Grossly
-"I tell you before so that | want
beef for dinner, and when get home
what 90 l fnd?' Mrs. Crossly-"Fault,
every time."-N. Y. Sun.
AZ BEGAN keeping a diary this year
an honest diary-and | wrote it in
French, but I've dropped it," "Why?'
my wife has begun taking French
lessons. IN. Y. Recorder,
"JoHN, won't you please saw me lit
tie wood this morning?" I'm sorry,
DEAR but | haven't time. have to go
to the gymnasium for my hours work
with the clubs. Cape Cod Item.
"Now, you must not let this go any
further" said Watts to Potts after re-
failing choice bit of scandal. "Oh,
certainly not" said Potts. How did
you hear it?" "AIy wife told me. She's
Just like any woman-cant keep a
secret of course. indianapolis Jour
nal
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

plover selects him from among the
vast number of our own unemployed
and paws his fare to n distance
because, in the free and unprotected
labor market, he has underbid the ma
tive workman Frequently he becomes
chattel, serf, with number instead
of name, a piece of brutalized, de-
graded, human machinery, consigned in
freight car to some great corporation,
Or, as in the case of the supposed ital-
ian workman alluded to above, he has
read on the dead walls OF European
cities the steamship advertisements in
which, in the glowing periods and re-
splendent imagery of the "spellbinders"
of our election campaigns, the Eden in
which American workingmen luxuriate
is strikingly described; and he hastens
hither to be disillusioned and to join
the growing ranks OF the reckless and
radically discontented.
"a Joyous Shout" says Mr.. McAdoo'
"went up from the chief advocates OF
the Mckinley bill, after its passage,
when the cable brought news that Eu-
rope was filled with rumors OF indus
tries that had been ruined by the loss
of their American market. Was that
really good news for the American
workingmen? Our law closes a Euro
pean shop and throws out of employ
ment thousands of worllmen; with land
monopoly, costly governments, dense
populations, few opportunities for adj
vancement, and a restrictive caste sys-
tenn, they have in many cases only two
alternatives, the poorhouse and the
emigrant ship. That snip salts iiffs
nearly all instances, to the United
States, and her hunger-driven cargo
the pauper labor of Europe'-is soon
in sharp and deadly competition with
the American workingman. Oh, but
our dreaded rival, the foreign manufact-
iirer, whom you must fear equally
with his workmen-ha9e we not put
him out of our way? Yes, perhaps, but
only to place him in still more danger
GUS opposition to our best interests.
He closes his factory, counts his gains,
and goes neither to the emigrant ship
nor to the poorhouse; but he invests his
money in a syndicate to purchase
American lands or industries, and lives
contented and happy thereafter on the
fruits of the labor of his American
workers. He may curse and detest
American institutions, but he must
bless American money and consider
that under frowning front, after all,
Mr.. Mckinley is his chief benefactor.
American toilers on Illinois farms, on
Wyoming cattle ranches, in Colorado
mines, in California fruit plantations,
in Oregon forests, and in industries gen
orally throughout the country are pro
tected" against. "the degraded serfs" Of
Europe, while giving their hardest labor
and best skill to benefit the detested
foreigner against whom we inveigh
during presidential campaigcs."
Mr. McAdoo cites the figrc'es OF i'm"
migration as published by she by the
bureau of statistics at Washington to
show how rapidly foreigners have been
coming into the country since the en-
actment of the Mckinley law. These
are the figures:
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02
WITH THE DOCTORS.

"KocHERY" is the name coined by a
St. Louis medical paper for the German
professors system of treatment.
DIR. MATHEWS, who has been studying
suicide, finds that it pertainaexclusivcly
to civilized countries, and increases in
accordance with the degree of -ciEilizzsaar
ton. ..
THE cells Of the human lungs arc
rs, 900, 900 in number, covering surface
from two and a half to three and hall
times greater than the whole body sur
face of ten full-grown men.
A SURGEON in Manchester, who has
operated in 139 cases of cancer OF the
tongue, reports 119 recoveries and twen-
ty deaths. In Russia there is one doctor
to every 100, 900 inhabitants The wom-
en- doctors number 700.
A PHYSICIAN who has kept nightly
record of his pulse for five years reports
that every year it falls through the
spring until about midsummer, and then
rises through the autumn to November
or December. Then comes a second
fall and second rise, eliminating in
February,
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02
MILITARY AFFAIRS.

IMAGINATION and Bismarck are the
only prominent actors in the Franco
Prussian war remaining alive.
LONG marches have been added to the
raining Of the French infantry. They
are also exercised in the practise OF
boarding trains for the transportation
of troops
Two TROOPS of United States cavalry
have been sent from San Francisco to
the Yosemite valley and Scquoia park
to preserve them from dcprcdatton3
They will remain until November
CONSIDERABLE numbers Of Germans
have gone to take service with the
Chinese and japanese fleets. ChinS has
ordered several war vessels from Ger
man builders and Japan has bought n
number of torpedo boats in (fermally.
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02
TARIFF IMMIGRATION.

Ex-Cong ngressman McAdoo Shows That Inn
migrants Are Not Wanted-Uow High
Protcction Forces Undesirable Immigra-
tl0n-Shall We Take Pauper Goods or
Paupcr Labor of Foreign
Labor In the Home Market.
Ex.Congressman William McAdoo, Of
New Jersey, has i'm article in the June
number of the Forum, in which he
shows how protection has degraded
American labor by the enforced trans
portation of industries from Europe to
America with their operatives who do
not como to seek citizenship among us.
Mr.. McAdoo does not commit himself
to any scheme for restricting immigra'
ton He gives q hearty welcome to
the Intelligent immigrant who Of his
own choice casts In his lot with us, 'in-
tending TO live and die here, to rear
children, TO make home, and become
o devoted and loyal citizen" The inn
migrant that he objects TO Is "the un-
fortunate wretch who without choice
or provision, is chased by starvation
and immediate necessity, together with
his more wrctched family, into the
crowded hold Of great steamship,
to seek tho murkct closed by
q prohibitory tariff TO the
goods which he produced In his native
land lie comes here, in most in
Stances, seeking temporary relief from
grinding poverty, with intention to re-
turn with his gain TO the land Of his
birth, We have shut out the cheap for
cign watch, blanket, tin sheet, glass
pnno and steel rail- but tho cheaper
foreign worker, hand to hand with
hunger, underbids American labor In
the home market that we boast was
made for II alone"
The reasons why the tariff immigrant
As so undesirable are thus stated
"Such IN immigrant Is forced TO
come; ho comes sullenly and regretful-
ly, he does not come intending TO stay
OF to be assimilatcd, he comes under
thc puin and pinch Of necessity which
Our laws have forced upon himi he
hnds here generally with family de-
pendent upon him and with little or no
meOnsi and yet he Is not pauper with
h the meaning of the law lie lin
gers whore ho lards, unless m em'
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02
Toronto and Return.

We call the publc's attention, esp,s-
cially school superntendents and teaSn'
ers, to the fact that on account OF the Ma
tional Educational Association meeting
to be held at Toronto, July 14th to II h,
the Jacksonville South 'astern Line and
Santa Te route will sell round trip tickets
from st. L us and all points. on its line
at ONE FARE, plus % membership Zee;
Tick is will be sold July 8, h to 18th, ana
the limit will be arranged so that those
who wish eau make visit or take slde
trips to points in Canada and the East al
reduced rates. Our route is via Chicago
and any direct line from Chicago. DON'T
fail to call on or write to railroad agent
for particulars Of the "Red Express"
route. ..
We run the finest chair and compart-
ment Sleeping Cars in the world.
D. W. RIDER, sup't,, Jacksonville, ~
II. A. SUTTLE Gen'l Agent Pass'r DepI'
5l3 Chestnut Street ST. Louis.
W. W, KEyT, Gen'l Pass'r Agent JACK
sonville, III. ...
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

Mr. McAdoo's conclusion is that a
very high or substantially prohibitory
tariff in the United States is bound to
force, in spite Of all mere restrictive
measures, a large, unhealthy, undesir-
able, abnormal immigration of those
who care nothing, and desire to know
less, about our citizenship an immigra-
ton which is inimical to American
labor and contrary to the best interests
of the whole country. He concludes, also,
that it will lead eventually to dam
gerous alien ownership of American
properties and to alien control Of our
industries and domestic commerce.
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

A PROLONGED use of Dr. John Bulls Sar-
saparlla will cure scrofula and syphilis, but
such symptoms of impure blood as pimples,
sores, aches, pains, kidney and liver weak
ness, etc, vanish like snow before the noon
day when this remedy isused. 1t stimulates
the entire system and it's beneficial effect Is
felt at once in every part.
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

A FELINE orchestra ought not to complain
Of high purr critical audlonce.-Bufalo
Express.
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

"SwsEr nothingsn he exclaimed softly,
as he looked at the row of ciphers after the
Agure on the check,-W ashington Post
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

"TuAvs what call relief from an unex.
pectcd quarter" said tho tramp who asked
for nickel and got u 25.cent piece. Yonk.
ers Statesman.
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

~ TELL you, old man," sud the detective,
"you ought IN consult q phyAlelan, You
don aeon Ike YOUR old ,self " "llush :, "
Washington Post
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

~ AN not stuck on my shape" said the
porcupine, "but others arc,"-Boston Her
nld.
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

Do NOT purge nor weaken the bowels, but
act specially ON the liver and bile, A perfect
liver corrector Carters Little Liver Pills.
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

"WHo was the author Of the saying,
There is always room at the topF" THE
hotel clerk, i believe en-BostOn Gazette.
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

No SPECIFIC for local skin troubles equals
Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whsker Dye, 50 cents.
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

NEVER loan your watch TO n musician. Hc
has too strong n prediction for keeping
time Boston Courier,
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02
scourgcd to their Graves.

81 slbtIe and tenacious is the poison Of
malaria, that many persons afflicted with il
never, through life, get rid Of the venom in
their systems, Such people are not TO be
found among those who use HOsteiter's
Stomach Bittcrs, which completely eradl-
Gates il. Most benign of anti-malarial spe-
cities, il is also sovereign remedy for bill
iousness, kidney troubles, costiyeness and
dyspepsia.
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

GREAT jugs from little corn Juice grow
Binghamton Republican,
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

ANENr spring styles 1t may be noted that
the ocean will wear ruffled surge with
white foam trimmings, -Binghamton Re-
publican. ..H
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

THE grip is said to be impaired by means
of paper money A good deal OF paper
money, doubtless, makes u man influential
-Demorest' Monthly
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

VtstToR with gum --"1s thoro my
small gamo about horoln Rcsidont-"Ilow
would u twonty-Ayocent limit strike YOU"
-WOahlngtOn Star,
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

A MAN down IN Indiana Ia so lazy that he
won labor under On Impression, detroit
Free Press.
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

NoruSd but rabricatlon-An oriental
rug,-Mail and Express,
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

THERE Is no place like home, and some
unhappy wives are glad lhoro isn't.-Som-
Crvillo Journal
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

WOMAN used TO sweep everything before
her, but this sprIng sho sweeps everything
bohlnd hor, -illlmlrn Gazette.
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

A SHORT stop-"l'ive minutes for refresh
mCnts," ...
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

THE best cough med cine is Pisos Cure
for Consumption. Sold eI erywhere. 25c.
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

CARRIES MI before hlm-The man with
MheelbnrroW
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

DON'T be mulIsh Never kick simply bo
cause people talk behind your baok'-itIeh
mond Recorder
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

"SprAKtNa Of work. said Bloggs, u,
takes blacksmith to make fclloo tircd.'
Columbus Post
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02
ONE ENJOYS

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys,
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and tevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 5Oc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. N.Y.
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

INTENDED for striking articlo-Thc whip
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

HE-"Will you marry mel" She-"Do
you drink rumr He-"No; do you chew
gumr-N. Y. Record
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

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Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

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make up,
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

Is state o.
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them.
Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

bal fitness,
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Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

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Sharp County record., 1891-07-02

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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-09-22
Historic Charles Town.


Prof. F. HI Crago, in an Interesting
letter to the Wheeling St,,dqy Ne,cs,
under the above caption says:
Batwe return to West Virginia
again by thelway of the B. go, and
are again for few days in Charles
Town, and where can be found a
more beautiful place.. Here is being
erected in the very centre of the C. NJ, !,
NJ. &aI.@Co.'s lands north of town,
hotel that would he an ornament to
any city, as it will to this place, which
must.soon be city, judging from
what has taken place during the past
year. 1t was my pleasure to meet
Col. B. G. Washington in his office
and from him to learn that the future
prospects of the company are first
class.
The sale of lots in May met the
expectations of the most sanguine.-
While there were no boom prices paid
still a fair price was realized. On
Tuesday of this week the Goetz Har-
ness Factory took possession of the
fine building, as did also the boiler
works and the road machine works.
The glove works are in operation,
while the brass works are continually
adding to their working force. II
only requires a stranger TO come and
see and know that Charles Town is q
coming place of Importance. How it
would help to make the place what it
should be if the men who are at the
head of the enterprise would erect a
public school building of about eight
rooms, secure one of the best teach
ers that could be secured and make it
a No. / school. Gentlemen, strang-
ers will look at your public school fa-
cilities, and my word for it. this
would do more good to boom Charles
Town than anything as yet done. Try
it! But it will come in time.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-09-22
PoETIcAL:
Betty and the Baby.
nr WILL 5. NAYS.

BIZ WILL 5. HAYS.
Ny home seems deserted-Pm lonely and sad,
miss all the pleasures of home once had,
1 try to be cheerful, fail to be, glad,
Since Betty left home with the baby,
l sit IN the room, and 1 read and write,
I whistle and sing, but the only delight
That is mine is to joyfully dream every night
OF Betty, who's gone with the baby.
It seems that a mothers sweet face can see
As daudle the baby in joy on m5 knees
Bnt no man was ever more lonesome than me
Since .Betty's been gone with the baby.
The house is picture of silence and gloom,
As walk through its halls that arc still as a
tomb,
Like crazy man, silently searching each room
For Betty, who's gone with the baby.
She has " gone to see ma. !" and It's many mile;
Every day that she stays seems terrible while
And I'll never be happy or able to smile
Until Betty comes home with the baby.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-09-22
Consun1ption Cured.

An old physician retired from practice. bay-
ing had placed 10 bis hands by an East India
remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of
Consumption, Bronchitis. CatHTTh. Asthma,
and all throat aud lung affections, also a pos
itiVe and radical cure for NeryOus Debility and
all Nervous Complaints, after having tested its
wonderful curative powers IN thousands of
cases, has felt 1t his duty to made It known to
his suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive
and . desire to relieve human suffering, / will
send Tree Of chfa.gc, to all who desire It, this
recipe, IL German. French or English, with
full objections for preparing and using. Sent
Oy naA ~ addressing with stamp, naming this
paper, W. 4. MOVES, SEQ Powers Block.
t!oeoes9eF, p, pp2s 'el-5aat,