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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-30
DiscOntent.

Man wants but little hcre below
So runs the good refrain.
Alas! That little always Is
What's hardest to obtain.
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TIM HINES can pe Iounu regularly on
ale s,s the following places:
Roanoke, Va.-Hotels Roanoke and
Ponce de Leon, M. l.. Smith, w. Frank
Carr Terry Building, Elks' News stand,
"a Salem avenue, r. Goldstein, Jefferson
street.
Bristol, Tenn Hammer and sullivan.
Socahontas, Va.-Pocahontas Inn.
Radford Vn.-Rudtord news Depot.
East Stafford, Vs.-Radford News
Depot.
Salem, Va.-F. A. Love'ock.
Wytheville, Ve.-E. H. Bailey.
Norfolk and Western trains
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Truth In q Nutshell.

Here is truth which ono and all
If observant may perceive
That when the leaves begin to fall
The fall begins to leave.
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sawelrs American NewerAper DIrec-
..ey sor 1901 puts the circulation OF THE
-':AGuEE TIMES above that OF ANY
Reg paper In Southwest Virginia, and at
sSgrs than that OF all this other pspevS of
EcSnohs combined.
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THE JESTER,


He whispered, My darling, adieu,"
At precisely Il quarter of tcu:
At half after four
He made for the dour;
AT six o'clock sharp he withdrew.
Truth,
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MATINEE AT THE ACADEMY THIS
II AND 25 CENTS.
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Entered at the postofncc at Roanoke az second
lass matter.
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kood's Pills sre tire best family cathasuA
geESs and oaectty0 xEy bed. S8veqtA
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WOMAN'S BOOTS.
A Man Looks ct Them Fist in judging AZ
Her Attire
Fashfons In Foot Gear That Are Sen.
sfble and sflly-The Character Of
the Wearers Indicated.

From the New Yort Sun.
When woman judges a woman's COS.
tune sne commences at the bonnet When
a man pronounces upon a woman's attire
ne begins at the boots. III they are atovs
reproach in the matter OF fasteningu. n
they are snug ana wei fitted. ana seem TO
indicate that they conceal slender anl<les
ana small feet. the man pronounces the
woman smartiy dressed. even N the guwa
be two seasons old ana the bonnet q hack
number. And the most gorgeous attire ID
lost upon the man who catches beneath the
siiken skirts a worn and turnover shoe OF
one badly fitted or lacking by % much -
a single button In completeness.
Now that fauitiess dresser, the Preach
woman. would as soon think OF wearing q
ready-made gown as a shoe not made to
order on her own particular last She rec
ognizes the fact that a shoe turned out On
a general model will not nt foot made On
particular model French women have
the prettiest feet in the world, presume bly,
because they take the best care of them.
They never dream OF torturing their feet
by wearing pointed toes and high heels ON
their walking boots. even though they walk
rar less than their American sisters. II.
as rarely happens. their feet are brosA
ana pudgy. they select a shoe much ,onxsp
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He IL a remarkable example of the think
er In whom passion is forever taking the
place OF reason, who lives upon half-truths
A single illustration will be enough. and
We will take 1t from The Discourse on
Inequality THE riot which ends I'm the
Death or deposition of sultan is as lawful
as the acts by which he could. the day be-
fore. dispose Of the fortunes and lives of
his subjects. AS his position was main
tanned only by force. 80 by force only is he
overthrown. Thus everything happens &C.
cording to the law Of nature: and whatever
may be the outcome of these frequent and
sudden revolutions. nobody has the right
to complain Of the injustice of his fellows,
but merely OF his own indiscretion or III
luck"
To a generation that Is acquainted with
or Rousseau may appear mild; let IL, how
ever, be remembered that he was not a
salaried assassin but an original thinker
and man Of genius. The wretches who
commit crime for political purposes usually
drift into the hands Of the executioner. and
the business Is at an end: but Rousseau's
influence did not end at his death
Now IL, In the ordinary course OF human
Affairs. these words of Rousseau NAV with
Justice be put into practice, IL follows that
Charlotte Corday's act in killing Marat
may not have been a crime; Il was such
teachings as Rousseau's whether she was
conscious Of IT or mott that gave her the
Inspiration. Charlotte Corday's act was
crime; only a perverted moral sense will
deck it out with fne phrases.
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Alfred Orendorn. Adjt. Gen. III. N. q.
Guard can be mustered at any of the great
railroad centerS of that state in twelve
hours. and at any other localities in the
state in eighteen hours. The New York
troops also can be concentrated at any
point inside the state within eighteen hours
and the Pennsylvania within twenty hours
The Georgia infantry and artillery. mostly
located on railroad lines, can be gathered
in twentyfoGr hours. while for re major
ity of the cavalry forty-eight hC.rs would
be needed, and for the whole of it sixty
hours The Texas militia even could be
massed. without being fcrewarned. at any
point within the state in twenty-four hours
The remarkable character of this Will oe
appreciated when IL is remembered that
one can ride over 900 miles in a straight
line through the lone star state without
leaving it's borders.
The possibilities of moving state troops
thus rapidly have been tested of late on
several occasions. At the outbreak of the
memorable .switchmen's strike at Buffalo
In August, 1892. the commanding officer
Of the fourth New York brigade received
Geographic orders from the sheriff of Erie
county at pm. on the 18th to furnish two
regiments to protect the property CT the
Reading, New York. Lake Erie and West
ern, New York Central and other railroads
converging at Buffalo. These regiments were
supplied before midnight. On the following
night, the 18th, upon order of a state su
preme court Justice. the remainder OF the
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" as possible to that prescribed for the
army and when called into the federal
service every member refusing to obey will
be amenable to trial by militia court mar
tial.
AS to the reserve militia, IL will not be
liable to the federal duty, except by action
of Congress alone, but both National Guard
and reserve militia when called out shall
be entitled to the same pay and subject to
the same rules and articles of war reg
ular troops. All expenses of marching and
transportation are to be paid by the gen.
eral government. The present annual ap-
preparation of $iUO,UO for arms and equip
mentS is increased to S6O0,OOO as a starter,
but as a condition precedent to the receipt
of its proportiOnate share each state must
require every organization in its National
Guard to go into camp of instruction for
not less than five days and assemble for
drill not less than twelve times IN 4 year,
besides undergoing inspection once a year
by state officers. as is already done in some
of the states, where in addition. the militia
is examined by army officers and drills are
conducted in connection with detachments
CT regulars.
In this way the obsolete features of the
present impracticable militia law are wiped
out and the whole system is simplined, re-
generated and rendered easy of operation.
The proposed measure has received the
cordial appreciation of the Secretary or
War. the adjutant general, quartermaster
general and Inspector general in Washing
ton and the enthusiastic approval Of adju-
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mishers are deployed the charge Is finally
made and the enemy's position carried.
The Illinois National Guard gave an OBJ
ject lesson of its power to move quickly in
August last. The whole division was con-
centrated in Chicago for encampment at
the worlds fair in twelve hours. The per-
formances of the National Guard of Ten
nessee In July. 1891, in quelling the upris-
ing of miners at Coal Creek, incident to
the convict labor troubles, and at Oliver
Springs in August, 1882, were also shining
illustrations OF the swift movement of. our
citizen soidiery on call. In the first In
stance the troops were massed in less than
twenty-four hours, traversing a territory
ranging from 262 to 422 miles. In the sec
ond outbreak, which resulted in a desperate
battle with the miners the troops respond
ed with equal CELEBRITY and In the action
following displayed the true Tennessee SOL
der spirit
state Organizations Compared.
The militia In the various states differ
from each other in many essentials, and
just now they offer an interesting subject
of study, illustrating, as they do, the pecu-
iiarities of the sections of our common
country and indicating by their character
and condition what can be expected of them
In time of need. A few typical state Or
ganizations. north. south, east and west,
viii suffice for comparisons. The New York
National Guard, the strongest OF all, as be-
fits the soldiery of the empire state is linn
tied by law to 15,OOO men, but that lirait is
not now full. Its present roster OF 1906
officers and men is comprised in thirteen
regiments one battalion and forty-four
separate companies of infantry, one troop
OF cavalry and three signal corps The
cavalry arm Is small, numbering only 105
likewise the artillery, :S1, and the signal
corps. II. but the infantry foots up the
large aggregate of 12,3J3. This force is
divided into four brigades. with headqrar-
tiers in New York city, Brooklyn, Albany
and Buffalo. The uniform of the troops Is
substantial and durable. yet exceedingly at
tractive. being tasteful combina ton Of
blue and white.
I'm New York State.
The famous seventh regiment of New
York city, containing 1,oJt men in ten COM
panies. is renowned the country over as the
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force is perfectly available-4,S 800 men-is in
an admirable state OF efficiency and has no
dead wood in it. Next after 1t In point Of
size come the Georgia volunteers the pride
OF the empire state of the south. The total
force Is 4.4S7-3,6O0 infantry, 674 cavalry
1o1 artillery and Al stan, 1 PCS being colored
The bulk of the troops are mustered in At
lanta, savannah. Augusta and Macon. Some
OF the companies bear distinctive names, as
In other southern states, and some bear
letters. as In the north, while still others
combine both names and letters Many
styles OF uniform prevail also in single regi-
inents. At Savannah are the Irish Jasper
Greens and Republican Blues and else
where may be mentioned the "Spaulding
Grays, the Eastman Volunteers and the
Naldosta Videttes." The troops bear most
of their own expenses, including armories.
The Texas Volunteer Guard also presents
peeuliarities Its companies affect titles in
preference to letters in many instances,
notably the Fort Worth Fencibles" the
Jeh Davis Rifles" and the ''Mexia Minute
Men, The whole force of 5000 officers and
men Is Wen ORGANIZED armed and superbly
equipped for practical field service Inter-
esting appendages to the guard are the
Hangers or frontier battalion. These are
under pay and constantly occupied in the
suppression of smuggling, train robbing and
other forms of lawlessness in the sparsely
settled districts on the Mexican border
Ihey are synonyms for courage and vigil
rance ana their feats of riding and shooting
locality has a wonderful restraining effect
on evil doors. Last year they Travelled 40
SO4 miles, made 451 scouts and arrested no
criminals. besides Cara desperadoes on the
Rio Grande.
A ridiculous Old Inv.
The militia statute of 1892 which has
never been repealed has long been dead
letter. and an attempt to enforce 1t today
would be absurd and impossible Ever
President since Washington has urged that
ITS defects be remcdiad. yet no change mas
been made in the century. Some of its pro-
VISIONS are ridiculous at this date, and If
they were executed the armed military force
of this republic would be twenty-five times
as large as that of either France or Ger
many, and would still be of little use in
actual warfare; for they require active
military duty from every citizen between
the ages OF eighteen and forty-fve, and
specify that his arms and equipments must
be either musket, freock or rifle. with
baiIs, quarter of a pound of powder and
50 on. Under this antiquated law the un-
organized or potential" American militia
what might, could or should be, but what
really Is not except upon paper-is estimat-
ed by the census bureau at 14,0W0oo men.
Should Gen. Curtis bill be enacted there Is
no doubt that the National Guard already
organized in the states would shortly be
augmented to 100000. This would leave
l3,SO,OW for the reserve militia which
could not under the proposed law be called
out by the President, but only by Congress
JOHN ID. CREMER
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w. II. Mabry, Adjt. Gen. Texas Militia.
finest regiment of volunteer troops in
America, perhaps in the world. 1t Is sim
ply Incompatible In every respect, and its
illustrious history is in keeping with it's
merits. The state owns and maintains thir-
ty-two armories and arsenais, in as many
cities and towns scattered throughout its
broad borders, of the value Of at least ST.
OOO.OQ0. Last year the legislatu appro-
propriated $i00,000 for the expenses of the
troops-exacty as much the federal gov
eminent at Washington grants to aid the
militia of all the states-be sides large sums
for repairs and improvements to armories
and for PENSIONS to militiamen who happen
ed to receive injuries in the service. These
pensions range between IS and So per
month.
As a Protection to the National Capt.
tai.
The National Guard of Pennsylvania,
ranking next in size to that of New York, Is
a truly admirable organization. being. as
Col. w. ]. Volkmar, L. S. A, reports to the
Secretary of War, a model for the imita-
ton of other state militia. In makeup,
equipment. training and drill it has at
tanned as near perfection as is possible for
SO large a volunteer force. 1t Is off1cered In
the higher grades by veterans Of the late
war, it's uniform Is precisely like that of
the army, and In other respects, such as
discipline. general structure and balance of
the respective arms. ii Is patterned on
regular army lines. 1t is. therefore mat
ter of pride with individuals composing 1t
to be mistaken on parade for real regu-
lars" Owing to it's strength and near
ness to Washington, 1t is justly regard
ed as the greatest safeguard we have for
the security and defense of the national
capital, since our District militia, recruited
from Washington alone. is necessarily of
limited membership None Of the National
Guards that nj Penn Sylya nj ynoE ac
habit of attending the quadrennial inaugu-
rations Of Presidents at Washington; and
no one has observed the Pennsylvanians
such occasions, plainly uniformed, but
grim. compact, irresistible and apparently
endless as they proceed, without being i'm
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She Wanted a Bouquet.

From the Detroit Free Press
A little GIRL poorly clad, and with a small
coin tightly clenched in her hand, hastily
entered the store Of fashionable florist
Il want the best bouquet you can give me
for 10 cents" she said to q clerk, who smiled
audibly at her request.
"Td advise you to wait till next summer,
missy" he said, in a patronizing way.
Flowers don't grow in greenhouses for
nothing"
The snub was lost on the child. who said
eagerly .sSsyt summer won't ns s,stsr ,,zz,s..
birthday. and tomorrow Is Besides. L
don't want them for nothing. 1 told you
/ had 10 cents
She was as grand as though 1t had been
SO.
go where the woodbine twineth," caroled
the clerk, I'VE have no 1O-cent bouquets
here"
The child looked at him with incredulous
eyes. How could he speak so lightly of
what appeared to her like actual wealth.
Tears Of cruel disappointment rose IN her
eyes, and she turned away.
A young girl who was tying up flowers
had overheard this dialogue and was sorry
for the child. She whispered huYriedly to
the clerk: There are the waste flowers,
Mr.. Smith. They haven't been thrown
away yet, and some of them look pretty
fresh"
The girl was so much in earnest that the
clerk called ungraciously to the child:
Come back, little one. Here are some
roses and pinks that aren't as fresls as
they might be. You can have them for
nothing If they'll suit" and he tossed them
to her.
They not only suited, but they seemed
to the grieved heart Of the child as fresh
and beautiful as those in the window Her
shining eyes and thankful words caused a
little satisfied glow in the sallow cheeks
of the careless clerk. He had helped an
other to do a kind deed, and the reflection
of 1t warmed his own nature Lizzie's
birthday was an all-round benefit.
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Pfnched Feet.
Too Loose.

Pfnched Feet. Too I.oose.
In size than is necessary and thus decrease
the apparent width. soft Kid they choose
because 1t is more comfortable to wear ana
can be fitted more snugly than heavier
leather One place on the boot 10 always
tight ana that is over the instep What
ever her moral standards may admit Of in
the way OF elasticity. q French woman's
integrity OF principle In regard to her
shoe buttons is OF the kind the patriots ana
early martyrs died for. One or two in
trisues. lover more or less--that can -
forgiven. But a shoe button forgetful of
its hien calling-that 10 beyond pardon.
Now the average woman goes into the
shoe store ana insists that she wears a
shoe two sizes smaller than her number.
That Is one Of the odd things about a
woman. She will die for a principle ana
she wouldnt lie to save her own husband
nom the gailows: but the best OF them eli
Is perfectly unprfncipied when IL comes to
the matter OF shoes. Having announced
that she wears a three shoe when she needs
four, she insists that Il IL plenty large
enough, and hobbies out on her poor cramp-
ed toes. just to show the impairment clerk
how mistaken he was. The result il that
the new boots are never comfortable until
they have been stretched quite out OF shape
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Coffee and Kayaks I'm Greenlan nd.


The evil communications OF civilization
have Affected the good manners or these
simple fisher folk OF the far north. One OF
the obvious instruments OF harm has been
the seductive coffee pot. There are those
who say that this daily beverage OF millions
Is only harmless in the torrid zone and that
II IL slow poison anywhere above the tropic
OF Cancer. One thing Is sure-the Eskimo
long before the medical practitioners OF CIV
tlized countries discovered the fact had
FOUND out that the excessive use OF coffee
inJuriously affected the nerves and ganglia
OF equilibrium. OF course they knew moth
ing OF nerves or gangiia. What they OBJ
served was the practical fact that the per-
sistent drinking OF two large bowls OF strong
conee every morning sooner or later made
1t impossible for them to balance their mar
row kayaks In q calm sea, to say nothing
OF managing them In a tempest. For thar
reason. at least in some communities, coffee
was forbidden to the youth. though older
men continued to indulge a habit which they
felt was hurtful to them. 1t may seem a
curious fact that the Eskimo should 20
soon have fixed upon the particular loan
usual harm. But their acuteness will not
seem so strange when II is remembered that
the livelihood Of these people depends to a
very large degree, on the skill with which
they can keep their balance in a boat in
which not one civilized man out OF millions
could keep himself anoat. Just as a Euro
pean or an American has his coat cut and
made to Mt him. 80 the Eskimo has his
kayak made according TO his size The
length does not usually vary much being
about 1s feet; nor the beam-for few men
over IL inches in breadth would be sea-
worthy In canoe. But the depth which
must be accommodated to the oarsman's
inquire varies considerably, and the hole at
which he enters his frail craft fits him like
the finger OF q glove. 1t is fitted with a
narrow flange. to which he binds what NAV
here be called his topcoat Thus he ana his
boat together make what Is practically a
water-tight floating machine. But that ma
chine is more unsteady than an empty bar
rel; and as DR.. Nansen says. in Mr.. Arch
er's translation OF his book on .Eskimo
Life: 1T will be readily understood that IL
Is not easy to sit in a vessel like a KAYAK
without capsixing. and that Il needs a gooc
deal or practice to master its peculia rites
1 have seen a friend OF mine in Norway. on
making his first experiment In nv KAYAK
capsixe four times In the space of two min
utes: no sooner had we got him up on even
Keel and let him go than he stood on his
head with the bottom OF the KAYAK in the
air Then the author adds a remark which
Illustrates In a specific way the strongest
argument he presents In behalf of his sim
pie-mfnded northern friends: But when
one has acquired by practice a mastery of
the kayak and Of the two-bladed paddle
one can get through the water in ali sorts
or weather at an astonishing speed The
Kayak ID beyond comparison the hest boat
Tor single oarsman ever invented"
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and are worn and shabby Then she 70.
peats the performance, and the result IN
that she spends most OF her life in old
shoes, only wearing the new ones on occs-
sions. when the pain must be borne smil-
fngly. because there is no other way. And
another most undesirable result of the per
versity OF the sex is that In the so-called
breaking OF new shoes the feet are tor
tured with all manner OF ills known TO the
chiropodists lore. most OF them quite be-
yond his skill TO cure. so that the last OF
that woman is worse than the first and
the era Of low shoes and CATERS comes
early In life. Now. there IL nothing more
natty ana snug than a Violating gaiter
smartly buckled over q eood-shaped low
shoe. but when the gaiter breaks down to
a nat foot wrinkling across the low instep.
particularly IL the shoe by this time, az
is apt to be the case. has begun to run over
a bit at the heel. then the sight OF Il a.
enough to ALLEVIATE the affections of the
best man In the world. Some men claim
that they can tell whether a woman In mar
ried or single by the ethics of the boot. for
less In these small details than are married
as to the buttons and heels And observing
men insist that when a perennial girl really
gives up all hope you can see IL in the com.
Portable Mt of her boots before she will
acknowledge IL 10 herself or 10 her Maker.
Now the real secret of n weii-dressed foot
rs this: Buy the new shoes so large and
comfortable In ft that they can be put on
and worn without discomfort. A new boot
two sizes too large Is heater and more at
tractive than a worn one ever small.
and the foot looks smaller In IL. Wearing