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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-20
you won't be the lnrst. I reckon, thet's
got his hide bored long O. her."
'NYhat's up, then?"

you "on oo VIC iuISs, rcckOn, tneC6
got his hide bored long O. her."
Whats up, then2"
Keep yer eye slinned-and don't
go nigh old Ramon's shack. I've
warned you. So long, pard."
And Black Waxy lounged away into
the gathering gloom and mist.
"Hold on" cried Herrics, rushing
after him, tell me ut least who my
enemy is"
Black WaHy turned and scanned the
young engineer closely in the twilight.
"Petc-from Denverl" ho jcrlled out,
and strode rapidly off.
Denver Pctc" he unused; $50 he is
going to do me up because I'm trying
to win that poor child from her horri-
BILE life and save her for something
better. fear me, Edward. you're in
no end of bad scrape."
'I'll not be bullicd," he said, and he
frowncd and shut close his mouth and
clinched his hands These were omi-
nous signs in Mr.. Hcrrics, and even
Denver Pete, redoubtable knight of the
green cloth as he was, would have
done we'll to have needed them; had he
known young Herries better he might
have done so.
For Hcrrics had stallled back to the
brilliantly-lighted barroom, and had
called for glass of whisky, the while
he regarded n knot of men near by
who were convcrsing in n low tone.
Among these men was the gambler
against whom IIerrics had been
warned-a handsome, pale faced, tall,
slender man, dressed with great neat
n rl1 wit
nament visible-not even the belt
which nearly every man wore. He had
small, keen. hungry-looiling gray
eye, and as he looked ut uerries he
met the latter's gloomy glance, smiled,
and turned to his friends with the re-
mark:
The kid seems worried about some
thing. l wonder If by any chance he
has overheard us?"
Guess not-hc jest come in minute
ago"
Events move quickly in frontier
towns. AS Hcrrics finished his whisky
and banged the door behind him, Peter
arose from his seat.
His friends also sprang up. but he
made gesture of dissent:
No. boys. Leave this to me. If l
can't deal with one. tenderfoot I GER
tainly won't call in aid"
But he might git the drap on ye."
persisted one.
Peter shrugged his shoulders and
deigned no reply. He walked to tho
bar, called for and swallowed hugo
glassful of brandy, which draught did
not even bring a flush to his pale
check ODened the door and 1v,e Loot II,
the darkness of tho night.
About two hours later the inmates of
the Rough Diamond were startled by
hearing shots, cries, oaths, the heavy
thuudering Of a horses hoofs on the
rocky soil of the mesa and then long,
loud "hurrr-a-h.'
Then all was silent
AS one man they sprang to their feet
and rushed for the door, but ere tho
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-20
Layton willing to Meet Anyone.

INCW sun.
A new aspirant for the welterweight
cham ionship of America has been
found in w. s. Layton, of Roanoke, Va.
A letter has been received by tho Illus
trated News from Layton, in which he
states that he wants to fight IIite Peck.
ham at 40 pounds "It Peckham won't
fight me-" says Layton. "I'll go any of
'em for purse. If there is no purse
Forthcoming, I'll fight 'em for fun. be-
cause they may say have no reputa.
ton. That's an old gar with fighters.
But. say. beat 'Reddy Gallagher in
seventeen rounds at Lima. o.; Joe
Tansfy in three rounds at Birmingham,
Ala; Frank Griffin in two rounds at
Roanoke, Va, and fought George La
Blanche to draw, five rounds. in Brad
ford, Pa, Peckham's h,me."
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-20
RAILROADS
N ( = = RorfelkaWesternR.R
RAILROADS

.II
SCHEDULE IN EFFEt AUGUST 30, 1891.
wEsTBoUND, LEAvE ROANOKE DAILY.
S:SS m. ior Bristol and intermediate stations
o:oo M i9r Radford, Pulaski, Bristol; also for
p,ucmrei9, Focahontas, ElShorn Clinch VAL
10y DIVISION and Louisville yin Norton.
i Lniiman sleepcrs to Memphis and New Or
c, icans ana to Louisville Via Norton
o'io y. ~ Ior hadford, Pulaski Bristol Com
nects ut hadford for Blucheld and Poca.
Thbn,as. IuIiman Shoppers to Memphis yin
MONTH AND EAsTBOuND, LEAVE po.Norr n,,,y
Wv q. IN. Tor Petersburg and Richmond
i~oV y III; 10, HaSorstown. Pullman slecpers to
-, new forK via Harrisburg and Phlndelnhin
lz'4o r. M daily Tor Richmond and NorroiE PnI
On. man parlor car to Norfolk
60 p. III. Tor Lynchburg; no connection bcyond
6:25p m for Shenandoah; no Connection beyond
l1:2c p m. for Richmond and Norfoll; Pnflmnn
sleeper to Norfolk and Lynchburg to Rich
mOnd. " MIL
ll:2q 2. m for Hagerstown. Pullman sleopers To
Washington via Shenandoah Junction md n,
49, New \ DIRK via Harrisburg.
Clinch Valley ivisiou-Leaves Bucec,d do,,,
200 a. m. for Norton, and 1:35 d. M. Tor Snry.
ton, Louisville and points on L. Il N. r. r.
via Norton. Az ~ A''
North Carolina Division-Leavc Pulaski dailv
I:O0 u. III. for Ivnnhoe and 1:30 n M for Ivan
noe ana Gossnn and 500 q. IN. (cxccpt SIM
day. for Betty Baker.
Office or to w n kEVfIT
General Passenger Agent, Roanoke, Va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-20

on tho other hand. what time has the
average citizen of n mining camp, who
properly attends to his everyday duties,
to cultivate the minor virtues or to
analyze character?
In the rowdy west. with it's cos
lnopolite and ever changing population,
life is too short to study ones neigh
bors, or to ascertain how many ances-
tors they had. One must accept them
In tho Same way one vessel at seq
recognizes another, which is, 1 believe,
to consider it an enemy until it proves
itself otherwise. And after this one
has little moro than appearances by
which to judge ones neighbors.
1t was after this manner that we
came to pass Judgment on the Lovely
Lar, and to christcn him thus. If no
was not liar, then appearances were
greatly against him.
This being true appearances us
we'll rs certain circumstances being
against him, ] do not think we were
so much to blame.
1t was not that he was uniformly
successful in prcvarication-far from
it. AS matter of fact, we considered
him the weakest liar in camp, for in
all his repertoire he only had three
stories which boro the scmblance of
truth, and he had told these SO often
that nobody believed them, in spite of
the modest, impartial, truthful way in
which he related them.
No; it was not his ability as ro-
manccr which gained him his title, for
he had none. 1t was his prolific imag-
nation, and plethora of supposedly
4ts&
prone to exhibit on all available occa-
sions, which earned for him his uncom-
plimentary sobriquet-
The Lovely Liar had another name,
which we used only in his presence.
This was the one he had with him
when he struck the camp and went to
work rs timekccpcr for Walworth &
O'lliggins, the proprietors of the big
"Norah" mine-Hcnry Shepard. When
he was near by we called him "Shcp,"
for short; on all other occasions he
was simply The Lovely Liar"
He was young man, apparently not
over twenty-five. with smooth face
and 4 modest, dcprccating air quite
out of place in Bogardus Gulch. Still,
he was q frst-class accountant, very
gentlemanly, and got along with tho
citizens of the gulch, including his
employers, very we'll. One could not,
as old Hi French said one day, 'help
lilsin' tn blame cuss-he's SO con-.
founded pleasant" And yet, in the
eyes of every man in the camp, he was
the most miscellaneous and widely-in-
formed truth distortcr in the range
Now I think of it, Shepard had
very pleasant, well modulated, gentle
manly voice, and cannot really be
blamed for enjoying his own CONVERSE
ton; after all, maybe his principal
fault lay in his fondnass for talking.
There was never thing happened
that didn't remind Shepard of SINH
lar experience in which he had figured
prominently; never u social gathering
in Piatt's pokcr-room ut which he did
not reminiscc to greater and more
varied extent than anyone else pres
ent; never an exclusive little party of
mine owners, timckecpers, superin-
tendents and assayers. when the flow
ing bowl circulated freely. that tho
Lovely Liar did not relate, with great
impressiveness in each instance. his
railroad wreck story, his story about
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-20
A Thanksgiving Wedding.

Cards are out announcing tho mar
riafe of certain well-known hotel
proprietor in this city to handsome
widow of Roanoke. Tho happy event
will occur on Wednesday. November o5.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-20
IwelrTeN roe rus rAprsa

D DOUBT we
were uncharit-
able rs we'll as
lacking in per-
ccption when
we so chris
tened him. In
fact, 1 have a
" ry settled
conviction that
XvO xvprn Rr1t
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-20

THE show window of Solomon, the
jeweler. is the most tastefully arranged
in the city.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-20

MTANTED-A BOY TO DELIVER
w TIE TINES in Salem. Apply to
J. ERNEST WALKER, Homer build
ing, Salem. nov1s-tf.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-20
Rehur1l!fzvyL5;


ED" HERRlES,
or, as his cards
read, Edward
II. Ierrics, c.
E." stood in
the doorway of
the Rough Dia-
IN o II d q II Il
looked gloomi-
ly forth ut the
rain as it fell
aslant the cac-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-01
THE COUNCIL SHOULD ACT.

The city council will meet in regular
session this evening, the meeting being
the first since the trouble In police circles
eliminated in bloodshed. What was gen.
orally understood to be the chief disturh-
ing factor in that branch of the public
service has been permanently removed
but the decentralization in the department
continues, and will do so until there has
been complete re- organization. That re-
organization should begin at once. the
council taking the initiative now. before
further mischief has been wrought or the
reputation of the city been made to suffer
more than it has already been called upon
to endure. Of course, we all understand
that two months hence new administra-
ton will be inaugurated, and the
municipal government will pass to
the control of other and, let us hone
ADLER and more trustworthy men, The
present temper Of the people is to make a
clean sweep In February, with view to
bringing about needed relief and in the
hope OF recovering some of the city,s lost
prestige for peace and good order. But it
is long time to wait when matters are in
the deplorable condition in which we find
them to-day. Two months longer without
police protection, the town being In pos-
session OF thieves, thugs and plug-uglies
will drive people wild. If they are indus-
trious and enterprising, the burglars can
visit half the homes in the city and waylav
and rob half the citizens before Febrparv
while the police would have time to indnlge
In score OF shooting scrapes among them
selves.
If the council will at once proceed with
the work of organization. the MAYER
working tremendously with it. within
week or ten days we can have q nolica
force which will be affording some protec-
ton to the public and earning its money in
another way than by engaging in internal
1uarrels. A competent man in whom the
public has confidence should be placed at
The head. and this should be irnmediatelv
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-01
UTAH REPUBLICANS EXPORTED.

The Republicans of Utah are exhorted by
the Republican National executive com
mittee, in special resolutions, ito rescue
their territory from the danger and dis
honor of future Democratic control"
This is the committee which returned its
| thanks to N. S. Quay and Blocks Of Five
DUDLEY for their valuable services and
accepted their designations with regret.
1t is the committee minus those two illum-
lnators OF Republican methods, which ex-
pended quarter of a million dollars.
mostly the money of protectiouists and
government office-holders, in carrying the
recent election in Ohio, and at
tempting with cash the Wholesale
bribery OF the voters of New
York. 1t represents the party which has
squandered hundreds of millions eff dollars
IN the last four years for the benefit of
Republican favorites. at the expense of the
people. 1t speaks for the party of force. of
gag-laws, of strangled liberties, of profit
gate expenditures, of sectionalism, of mer
cenary purposes, of violations of law, of all
manner OF recklessness, selfshness and
disregard of the public welfare.
Such is the political aggregation which
from Its official headquarters lectures the
Republicans of Utah upon the subjects of
danger and dishonor Naturally. so
warned, they turn to the ideal exemplars
OF tie opposite of these twin perils, such as
the Republican party, as it exists outside
OF the territory, must be supposed to be.
Ihls, then, is the embodiment of safety
and virtue, of security and probity, that
the fledgelings are advised to emulate.
The people of the United States see no
''danger'' and anticipate no ''dishonor'' in
the triumph of the Democracy. Its achieve.
ments in the administration of the country
brighten the pages of history and shed
glory upon the names of its iilustrious
champions. 1t has withstcod the feeble
assaults of enemies compared with whom
the PLATTS, and QUAYs, and CLARKsoNs
are mere gnats. Those who delight to
SANDER the living and calumniate the dead
may exhaust their faint breaths in their
vile efforts, but Democracy will survive
and impress itself upon the nations laws
long after they shall have been forgotten.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-01
ARE CATHOLICS TRAITORS >

DIR. MACARTHUR, in the Calvary Baptist
church of New York, on Thanksgiving
morning, referring to the dangers that
oeset our country, said;
But the greatest danger of all lies in the
spread Of Romanism. I'VE must learn that we
are Catholics first and citizens afterward," SAID
Catholi: prelate. Is that consistent with the
principles OF the American republic: Every
word that LEO speaks from his high chair is the
voice of the Holy Ghost and must be obeyed
Every Catholic heart knows no law but obedi-
ence."
We have been hearing this kind OF stuff
time whereof the memory of man runneth
not otherwise. The Roman Catholic or
ganlzation has been spreading its work and
power until 1t now numbers almost one
third OF the membership of al the religious
bodies in the United States. The spires of
its churches ard cathedrals pierce the air in
all cities and almost every village. Its hos
pitfalls and institutions of charity and mercy
shed their tender influence upon all COM
munities where care for the afflicted. the
sick and the poor is needed. lis religions
men and women, initiating the meek and
loWiy JESUS in their profession and beha-
Vlor, and its laity taken largely from the
humber classes in life, are not the source
from which traitorous actions come. There
is no reason for believing that a man who
espouses the Catholic religion is less pa
triotic less willing to make sacrifices for
his country than man of any other eccle-
slastlcal sect, or that he would not make as
good a soldier as any other. Indeed the
facts Of history prove this most incontesr.
ably.
The Baptist, the Methodist, the Presby
terian. the Episcopalian, and indeed the
derotee OF any faith, recognizes a Ruler of
rulers, King Of kings to whom he &C.
cords supreme allegiance-noti in variance
with that he owes his country. but one in
which he feels his conscience bound as
human laws cannot bind him. If il he q
divided duty, 1t is not conflicting one. It
may have take in some cases the name of
higher law" such as BEECHER, PARKER
and other pulpit fanatics advocated-the
doctrine OF notification, as with the
Fugitive Slave statute and with SHARP's
rifles in hansas-but to no overt treason
able act nor, in our recollection. to no
suggestion of one, is the Catholic church
responsible.
HE HERALD is non-sectarian newspa-
per- AS such it is not interested in the
efforts OF one sect to break down another.
or to make converts to it's own faith. But
when 1t is declared that nine millions of
The people of the United States belong to
traitorous organization il feels it to be
It's duty in view of such alarming state
ments, to show how false and ridiculous
they are. If the charge were true it would
De matter Of the very gravest import, not
only TO church members of all denomina-
lions, out TO that large majority of our peo-
pie as well who are not members of any
church. The story, so often repeated. so
ancient, and clearly SO baseless, ought TO be
laid away at least until clerical ingenuity
can discover some faint color for it's re-
yiVal
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-01
THE MEXICAN FEAR.

1t is feared that our southern neighbor,
Mexico, is not as powerful within itself as
II might be, when it can be disturbed from
centre to circumference, as it were, by the
antics Of an insignificant fellow who is
neither more nor less than very ordinary
sort OF bandit. GARCIA, who spends his
time lodging back and forth across the
line between Mexico and Texas, calls him
self revolutionist. but his actions all
stamp him as a common thief making his
living by stealing stock and portable arti-
cles of value from the other side of the
border. 1t is said that at no time
mas his following exceeded fifty men
and these are almost exclusively thieves
and desperadoes who have been outlawed
In both republics, and dare not go within
reach of officers Of the law on either side
OF the border. An American sheriff's
posse would put to fight, if it did not cap
ture and imprison, the entire band. New
theless, the southern republic is greatly
disturbed by the movements of the Greaser
GRAcIA, fearing he will capture the north
ern tier of states, if he does not actually
lnaugurate revolution which will over
turn the government itself.
Perhaps Mexico is too near Central
America to permit of the existence of a
strong, stable government.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-01
FUNNY FLIGHTS OF FANCY.

The parrot is not linguist but it has lean
Ing toward ''polly"-glot. Courier.
The fellow who is always in deep water is
usually shallow himself-Negayk cal.
The Pullman car porter will soon be looking
for Winter quarters.-Emira Gazette.
AS sole-s stirring invention the bastinado is
worthy eminent mention-B0StOD Courier.
Yesterday is a wastebasket into which Time
dumps lost opportunities Washington Star.
For jackass endowed with the power OF
speech, Baalams did very little talking
Brooklyn Life.
1t doesn't do to be too stuck up" Just ask
any man who has been tarred and feathered.-
Puck.
The summer resort editorial has been packed
IN fannels until next Chicago Neacs.
Despite the oysters phlegmatic tempera-
ment he often gets into stews-BaItimore
-4nae'tcGR.
Marriage is lottery, but it is still able to
get its advertisements into the newspapers.
Washington Post
Visitor at Dime Museum What makes YOU
go without food and destroy your digestion by
these fasting exhibitions:" Professional Faster
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.! I've got to get my
bread and butter in some way, haven't I:''-
Washington Star
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-01
TAX REFORM.

Inc lax Reform association was organ
lzed IN New York city last spring, many
prominent merchants, bankers and busi.
ness men becoming members. The aim OF
the association is clearly set out in the
platform, which THE HERALD has been
asked to publish
1.-The most direct taxation is the best be
cause it gives to the real payers of taxes con
sclous and direct pecuniary interest in honest
and economical government
2-Mortgages and capital engaged in produc.
| ton or trade should be exempt from taxation.
because taxes On such capital tend to drive II
away, TO put premium on dishonesty and IN
discourage industry.
| 5-Real estate should bear the main burden
OF taxation; because such taxes can be most
| easily, cheaply and certainly collected, and be-
cause they bear least heavily on the farmer and
the worker.
4-Our present system of levying and collect.
ing state municipal taxes is extremely bad and
spasmodic and unrefecting tin5erlng with il
Is unlikely to result in substantial improve.
ment
| 5-No legislature will venture to enact a
good system Of LEGAL taxation until the peon,e
especially the farmers, perceive the correct
principles Of taxation and see the folIv of tav.
ing personal property.
Therefore, We desire to unite our efforts 4,
such ways as may seem advisable, to keen nm
huelllgent discussion and agitation of the suh-
lect OF taxation, with view to Improvement in
the system and enlightenment as to the correct
principles.
Theoretically the platform is all right
Practically tits largely wrong, it seems tn
US. 1t is a condition and not thew which
confronts U.s." There are evils and mani
Test injustice in every tax system vet
devised and put into force. The burden
has never yet been made to rest eouitabIr
upon all, and we doubt that any plan will
ever be arranged which will give no real
occasion for mplaint But for the life of
US we cannot see any good ground upon
winch those economists, social scientists
and hnanciers who advocate onlv land
tax can stand. The most forceful ar,n-
mont advanced by these people is that tho
land tax can be readily collected, whereas
the tax on personal property can be and
frequently is avoided, the nav
ment being matter denendan+
largely upon the honesty of the
individual. A man NAV biao
his money and stocks and bonds and other
personality, from the tax-collector Int
cannot secrete his land, hence the land
should be made to bear the burden of main
tanning the government, regardless of the
fact that the owner of the soil may be mis-.
erably poor as compared with the money!
lender, the merchant and the bondhoider
In other words because men are dishonest
and Will cheat the tax-gatherer other men
who cannot be dishonest with the tax-man
must be mulcted
We imagine that the Tax Reform Asso
eiatlon Will t1nd it difficult to convince the
land owners that they should pay the
taxes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-01

followed by the removal of the discordant
elements. Harmony once established in the
department, the force being directed by a
person who understands his business and
Is disposed to serve his master, the public,
the people will soon experience a sense of
relief and confidence which they have not
felt for long time.
The taxpayers look to the mayor and
council to act with promptitude and vigor
at this time, and furthermore to forget in
the peril and distress, the partisanism
which is responsible for all the misrule and
Tor much Of the crime affecting the COM
munity.