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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-19
FARMS.

SO acres Of land, tx miles from city.
u miles from station; plenty Of tim Der
for improvements, springs, fruit land
Price, $500, cash.
700 acres of farming land and origi-
nal growth woodland, in franklin
county. on r. s. R. R.; we'll watered
and years.
1880 acres Of fine timber and mineral
land in Monroe county. Price, SIS, 900.
Splendid fruit farm, mile, from
Roanoke, Is mile from station. 4,5OO
fruit trees. Price. S4,75O.
Splendid farm. 1000 acres, on Roa-
noke River. miles from railroad,
splendid improvements. Price, S27, 900.
4 }6 acres. II mile from town, 1O-room
house, stable, heDnery, all kinds OF
fruit; all improvements new: 5000;
terms easy.
42a acres. S miles from town, 800
acres in grass, good improvements, GOO
fruit trees Price. SIC, 900; d cash,
balance in !, Q and years.
The Progress., 1893-01-07
TdE HIGH WATERS.

Once more the waters of Red rlyel
nave reached high and alarming al
E5fude, and already give warning that
fheir force is by no means spent but
rsaaf a still further rise may be ex-
agsscfed The belief with some Is thai
sE-sy will exceed that OF last year.
Tsle reason for this opinion is based
gu the closing up of still other aven-
.was Of escape for the waters which
we're open then and to a considerable
zu4ent assisted in carrying off the de
gEzssating floods.
1t does seem to us that very ordi-
usry reasoning should teach the i'm
'T7xxcricability of trusting to levees as
"a safeguard. Experience has shown
1aat ii required every one of the out
Refs which nature gave Red river to
successfully control the waters which
Sed her during the winter and spring
AdrcH- kLheu Will butSc, tllc ciouloho'
s~snt over her banks and flooded some
az the lowlands adjacent thereto
The main flooding was in the neture
sVf hack waters which were switched
OF through the branches, lakes and
h$yOas, and by spreading the sedi-
dzze1k from the rich swamp lands
SvSeCe they gathered their forces be-
zs1re invading the fields and fai ma
really did more good than harm, il
zaay of the latter at all But wher
zSe reign Of ieveying WAS inaugura-
1sd the condition changed for =,
worse and ever since, as this mod,
Ezs been adopted and pushed, mat
aers have become worse and wors,
sz0tl disaster sits enthroned and /
Eaoss seem that it needs no argumen
h0show the fallacy of safety in levey
EEg In our opinion the levee ia
and Gne overfiows will in very shoI
rasze male plantations subject to then
sihsolutely worthless and but rep
Esseutatiyes of wise mems folly an
6srZzer magnihcence.
The Progress., 1893-01-07

otherwise assist her in breaking "
this lawless organization.
The vote in tine Electoral College
is: Leyela.i. ~: -rrie,H. --G
Weave. -. giyiug tieE .sll "a n-a-
Isiity If i3l all IL IL . r.v ai ITO. a..
j more votes than tie number re-
cessary fJr q choice.
Daniel Barl.t. OF Ashland, Ohio
died recently 1T ii, 50, If itt lea.s
A MaIyland m4n CLAIMS 90 Lay,
saved the battle Of Gettysburg ~.
while he does not make any CnDE,
ior same h, asks jEe government |,
pay him fer d stock Of drugs cla.meo
to have been destroyed by the Con
.ederate soldiers on that occasion.
The steamship EtrGria recently
made 465 miles III one day.
The largest gun in the world is T.
IA ton, krupp manufacture. The
Gun is 81 feet long and viii shoot Is
niles. 1t will be on exhibition at the
Worlds Fair
In the presidential election Cleve-
Ian received 5,565.J9O; Harrison,
5.I76,6l1; Weaver. l,025,060; Bidweli.
20, 9,377; a total vote of L 021, ,9os.
The Democrat-Journal, DeSoto par
ish. La. states that on the night Of
December u, white caps fired lnto
the residence and to'e Gown the
fences Of Ned Bryant, a colored inaI
who has always home good reputa
ti0n. No one was hurt.
The colored editors Of Georgia have
organic 9d press ass citation They
objected to using the word "colored'
in connection with the name Of then
organization, and were sensibl,
enough to use the word negro" IL
stead.
One Of Ihe queer sights to lie seel
at the World 5 Fair viii be a pair Q,
buffalo bulls being driven in harness
James W. Bradford, of Maine, Ex-
Gov. Felch, of Michigan, and Gen.
Geo. ". Jones, of Iowa, are said to
be the only living members of the
United States Senate of 1S4S.
j. w. Eubanks and Marion Bar
nett, well known young men of At
! .nta, Ga, were arrested last week
for counterieiting. They had COM
plete outfit and their bogus coin had
an extensive circulation in Alal ana
NJ Charles de Lesseps, Barou
Henri Cottu, NJ FCntajns and n
San-Leroy, have ucen arrested il
Paris III come GCiou with the Panam.
Canal scar,,al. The French govern
ment IS Investigating the Panamt
frrduas without fear aad without IT,
vor
judge L. Q. c. Lamar, OF til,
Cni-ted States Supreme Court, IS G..
victim Of Bright's disease and his
health Is rapidly failing. he ard
Mrs. Lamar are spending the Eob-
days in Macol, GA, ana the cood.-
ton # the distinguished juriet Is con
sidered .Crious 10y friends and phys
icians.
The thirleth Legislative assembly
of New Mexico was organized De
cember 2Gth.
A movement is on Zoo. to hold d
monster shooting tournament IN Chi
cago during tie Worlds Far.
1t is said that the amount that vii
be paid this month on account OF
bounty on all kinds of sugar will run
considerably over a million dollars
Cp to the Ord inst, the amount FAC
reached $685. 1856, since which time
the amounts have not been footed up
The Progress., 1893-01-07

cAFFREY Ta5 C-cs=. ->a.

The mautel ol SeuatoI-a'r U..e.
Death Dlucked from jte shoulders O
L l. Gibson. has been paced b,
Governor Foster Oh those o; D.lcld
son CaGrcy, Of st. Mary raIisa.
To us it seemed all tine tine thai
ssur executive could do nothing else
wzthout laying himself Liable 10 be
successfully charged with unpardon-
alJe and iuexcusable ingratitude. h
owed TIN to Calrrey for valuable
fz;thfui services rendered, AID IL al
honorzt was duty to thus reward
zEID-
From almost the time that il be
ssaune settled that Foster WAS reG-
and genuine candidate for governor
Catfrey laid aside bis law book
ihrew business pursuits from him.
sod took the field III lis interest
This was not a sporadic movement.
@sg5t continuous battle from paIisL
20 parish, until ,he evening ortor,
he election. when he msd7 hi5 les;
speech at Shreveport. Nj. Cafrey l.
az excellent campaiGner, aEc
strengthened the cause Of the candi-
,iate wonderfully. These services
certainly deserved their reward, When
ire opportunity was offered to honor
,ally pay him. And assuIedly nC
,qoe. not even the political hoHlerF,
Nifh whom nothing is too sacred t.
3a turned to advantage when then
.51sigment teaches them it viii pay t.
~te so. will have the temerity to
charge the governor with anything
t2ishonOrable or even demagoS!c III
disappointment. As to ability, the
GzRw senator will certainly compare
fxgcrably with any that were pressed
saV the position, except Justice Fen
ylssr- and it would have been a calam-
Tty to have appointed him, as ii
rSeuld have taken from the Supreme
3Nsnch the only lawyer on it. MI
4'sSfrey was not II choice, but as be-
ears stated, we C, ID not determine
hosx the governo. could have bee.
+rue TO himself, or appeased his con-
.,;e,7- had be have acted 1tlorr;,sa,
And while 0e Mcno '',try great ad-
uairers of Mr. frey, we believe
&lHzs aas wiz ynect credit on Louisi-
sna 4D~|n |.ne National hall But We
" "a him right now that If he de
s1res to be his own successor, he had
ksrfser. at an early date, champion the
.sryflDDt;On bill.
The Progress., 1893-01-07
How to PIease-By a Boy.

Itz ritch boiz that ketches the gurls. Tha
kin by cande and sody waiter for the gurls
an that's what gurls wants.
If boi kant be ritch an wants to pleese
the eurls the best thing fur him to do Is to
be a solger orsomthin an ware yuneform.
Yuneforms gitz guris.
If boi kant be ritch or have yuneform
he'd better be tuff- That's the cheapest way
too ketch gurls.-Detroit Tribune.
The Progress., 1893-01-07
PRESS ECHOES.
ITEMS OF INTEREST CLIPPED FROM
OUR EXCHANGES.

Donaldsonville Chief: Imperial
Elm Hall sugar mills, in Assumption
parish, finished work Christmas eve
with the grand total of little more
than 100000 pounds of sugar. be-
ing about 100000 pounds greater
than her last years output.
The Progress., 1893-01-07

San Antinis News: During a little
more tnau twelve months there have
hopn SS,00000o invested N manu-
ractures in Texas, which is more than
ior any ten pears OF its previous his
tory. These figures came from what
appear to be credible sources. And
yet some people persist in saying
that Texas is going to the dogs be-
cause Mr.. Hogg is governor.
The Progress., 1893-01-07
SUNDRlES.
All SORTS or NEWSY NOTES AND HAP
PEalNGS EVERYWHERE.

0Eing to scarcity of hogs there
ssas31Ilness prevailing In packing
Esss1se circles, especially in Chicago,
shzt has not been paralleled for years.
Since December l, about 5000 men
1xze been laid off, and a further re-
azartion in the working force will
z,zxre than likely take place soon-
Nsrico wants Uncle Sam to help
Asx chase the revolutionists away
fruz the Mexico-Texas border and
The Progress., 1893-01-07

Wagner Bros. have fine saltwater
fish every Friday morning and Sur
day morning. Send them your Oh
d-rs.
The Progress., 1893-01-07

Exchange: The wind bloweth, the
water foweth, the farmer soweth, the
subscriber oweth and the Lord know
eth that we are in need of our dues
So come runnin' before we go 4
gunnin,' we are not a funnin,' and
this thing of dunnin' gives us the
everlasting blues.
The Progress., 1893-01-07

Tevas Farm ard Ranch: One rea-
sonwhy the Texas farmers----the old
and original ones, do not adopt stock
farming more readily than they do,
is because there is no profit in stock
unless it Is attended to more or less,
and this does not agree with the an
cient customs of the country We
are glad to say, however, that the
old and original" stock are becoming
old and further apart. Some haye
gone tne way of al frsh, aud the
lest haze 0oea revaN!ed AID rrsOi.J
until they are as good as new, and
some Of thom are better.
Farm and Ranch: CONDITIONS
prove that Jay GOULD nor the raj
makers control the finances or the
weather of this earth.
The Progress., 1893-01-07

<...... E..-ra..-.: Ihrr-
na, b cu lI,- ..rk broGgA5 &" town
t."m t.r sut aadi,g oaJ.sr" .hat
a..- ...-- a4""a fsr N..~.. r.;c'. s
HI l.a.c..au -.st ,gr c..t.,..r - '-.-o.
cave moro attention tha year Ja-j
closing L. raising t,y necessities Cd
..r Il, home. a.I have succeeded IL
-.i-irt m.rs 1. an vs- needed f'l
-no4... aui ~, maaag -om"-hrE
ns l.sro-.l- oi tA- sur..as Ht D c"I.-
,,r rvald.
Crcvl.~ S;5u.l: The two rice
mills tba, are being built south OF
,ho railroad are progressing nicely.
she ona u sir. Pickett AID others
having two buildings completed and
Ge one If 1ir Hcyt. Green d Go
daa one large building under good
4eadGay.
Ezch2nSa: A shortage of $4,000
has been reported il the funds OF she
Arhau,as Iusace A-7yld.u. Tie en-
d, zziement was committed by .. ii
Buchanan, secretary and rsasur~r,
and eXterds over period OF ten
year. Buchanan was a minister and
-. / high III TIE community. Inc
state viii prosecute.
Louisiana Review: The Board OF
Audit and Exchange has destroyed
9L7S2.90 worth OF old State bonds,
I'D last week commenced 10 lssug
luc new SERIES.
Review: The grand jury has rec
Jmmeud-d the strict enforcement OF
ne Sunday law, and vioiatora will be
prosecuted by the district attorney.
Review: Irregularities have ben
disclosed IN the sugar drpar lnent
and in future all open kettle sugar
viii be weighed IL New Orleans, 10y
order OF the Commissioner Of Inter
nal revenue. Deputy collectors serv-
ing in the-ountry have been dlscharg
ed.
Review; An investigation of the
ire that destroyed the residence OF
W. S. Parkerson, last week, has led
to the startling conclusion that 1t WAS
cLe work OF iucIdiafies Italians
are suspected and Chief Caster is
actively ferret 6 out the matter.
Review: Ex Lieutenant Governor
G. G. Antoine. who was convic! Ao
gently of obtaiGing moley under
talse pretenses, was dlecnarsed by
che Criminal District Curt last
Wednesday. Ills lease was ohta.uod
IN an qgl cement TO pay Mr.. .J. y.
Woli.ol, cpnp.a!Gtsn:, the aLou t
"a DISPUTE,
The Progress., 1893-01-07

Tcxas Christi&0 A!vocaje: The
South Carolina Senate has passed
sbs Evans Ii-peusary BIA 30 It's
third reading. This bill provides for
he Gieuenaur 4 al liquors by duly
-U.l.uteG Clicrts # the Stat, and
in is position -a engineered 10y the
prJLioi'iouis-s 49, al amenhroit to
the regular prohibition biz, as only
e. Ibis sLape Is there any possibility
Of passing an auti-liquor l&w at tie
Legislature.
Advocate: His Holiness the Pope,
N some remark to the Cardinals
paying him a Christmas visit, was
lu-ubuou- s,alIag tnat tie sign.
d r. nIed mach conflict IN the moral
aud religious world. European con
djtions, he thought, promise only
ruin and disaster. The Pope was es-
D oialy solicitous about the iahuence
OF Free Masonry, which ne considers
among the leading evil influences.
Advocate; Affections a1e the calls
thrnics Of the soul. They develop
our Spiritual mrscle, and in this
! great earthly school Ct Christ, II
which all true Christians are matri>
ulated, it Is an ill-important and nev
er-neglected psrt of the curriculum
"Tribulatiou worketh patience, anC
patierc9 experience, and experienc,
hope, and hope maketh not ashamed
for when I? the love of God is shet
abroad in our hearts by the Hol,
| Ghost which is given to u.s."
The Progress., 1893-01-07

Plauuemine Home Journal: The
two negros, Adam Gripson and Lewis
Fox. who murdered Emanuel Baste'
clerk of Mr.. A. S bier, in the parish
OF St. Charles, on Christm as eve night
were taken from the Jail Wednesday
night and hung.
The Progress., 1893-01-07


gunnin,' we are not a funnin,' and
this thing of dunnin' gives us the
everlasting blues.
Looking Ahead, Mansfield, L..
Louisiana, with her two systems Of
common schools, one private, the
other public, reminds us of the l'tlr
boy who had but one load Of D. W ter
with which to Kill squirrel; he put
a part III each barrel of his gun, and
missed with both.
Iberville South: Says the Su-
preme Court of the State of Louisi-
aus: THE trade Of the harhsr j. 2
mechanical ,LIa@lt,' exempted iI0m
( license taxation by article 200 of the
constitution.
South: The condition OF the poor
people IN the overfowel sections +
Catahoula and Concordia parishes is
very sad indeed. 1t is to be hoped
that the people of Louisiana will not
stand idly by, and see their brethren
starve. Let us do somethina to hep
these poor people of these Two rl
fortunate parishes. OF all noble vir-
tues, charity stands at the head. 1T
extends beyond the grave, into the
boundless realms of eternity" Nc
more fitting charity could be shown
than to ssist our unfortunate breth-
ren in their great distress.
Monroe Telegraph Bulletin: The
Ouachita Manufacturing Company
and the Monroe Sash, Door and Blind
Factory have been consolidated anC
one of the plants, probably the Mon
roe, will be shut down and the ma
chinery moved to the West side
Exchange: The orange crops o
Florida now bring in an annual rev
enue of $4,000,0OO to S6,000,000 to th'
producers. A shipment of the frui
was made to England recently tina
netted fine prices, so much that sew
eral other cargos will follow soon.
The record-union., 1893-02-28

the whole list shall be struck down, and
such hindrances interposed to honest
petitions as Will render them valueless.
The radicals who urge such policy do
not properly estimate the sentiment of
the national heart, which will neither
submit to nor compromise with the Dem
ocrats coming from certain quarters for
wrecking of the roll; which is what the
present war upon the pensioners means
in its most prominent phase.
An amendment proposed in the House
OF Representatives by Democratic MEM
Der provides for transfer of the Pension
Bureau to the War Department, provided
that all pensions for disabilities are uni
formly rated, and that hereafter all PEN
sions granted under the Dependent Act of
1880 shall be rated upon the inability of
the pensioner to earn a living by manual
labor; also, that no pensions shall be
allowed after July next, under the Act of
1890, Chapter 634, to those who are able 10
perform manual labor, and whose income
is $500 or more year. Finally, that no
pension shall be paid to the widow of a
soldier, unless she became his wife within
five years after the close of the war in
which he served.
If these classes would include no other
than fraudulent pensioners, there would
be no objection raised to the amendment.
But the proposed law aims at those whose
claims have been recognized and allowed
under the laws, whose honesty is not
assaulted. There can be no increase of
pensioners now; their number must
rapidly decline. 1t is not creditable to
the nation to say to the honest veteran
soldier that it shall be more difficult to
secure recognition by his country for the
services rendered.
By such form of gratitude as is pro-
posed we will not encourage men to be-
lieve that it is untrue that "Republics are
ungrateful." Let there be any and all
means possible taken to cut off and re-
woke all fraudulent grants, and to prevent
all imposition upon the bureau. The
system cannot be too searching in the
matter Of revising the pension rolls; but
it is not necessary in order to do SO to
punish the innocent along with the guilty.
The record-union., 1893-02-28
\ NEW APOSTLE.

An apostle of the cause Of Islamism
has arrived in the United States, and will
at once enter upon the work of proseiyt-
ing among our people. A mosque is to
be erected, the Koran printed in a cheap
form for general circulation, and other
agencies employed to turn sinners in
this nation to the worship of Allah as
understood by the Mohammedans.
The new apostle who has undertaken
this stupenduous mission Is shrewd man
as he early announced that while his re-
hgion permits plural marriage, and while
he is aware that the disposition of the
American people inclines to polygamy,
the American branch of IsIamism will
not advocate the Inany-wife doctrine, be-
cause the Mormons have made such a
poor fist of the business as to bring
down upon them the anathema of the
Federal laws. However, with the ease
OF divorce in this country considered, it
does not make a great deal of difference,
for there is ground for the charge that
we tolerate polygamy, practically, since
1t is possible, owing to non-conformity of
the marriage and divorce laws of the
States, for a man to have several wives,
lawful i'll a sense, and for wives to have
several legal husbands
There is one thing to be said for the re-
ligion of the new apostle, however, that
can be said for no other which has come
TO these shores-it has the all-sutlicient
strength to prevent its followers from
touching the cup that intoxfcates. Ger
tainly Muhammed Webb will find con-
verts in plenty in this county. New
things take with US like wiIdfire, and
Islamism will be new to the multitude
to which he will preach; for detailed
knowledge of that faith is possessed by
but the few, comparatively. If Islamism
will prove staff to any needing one, in
the name of humanity let MIN have it.
But that it will be accepted by the edu-
Gated masses we have not the faintest
idea, however lofty its moral code may
be conceded to be.
The record-union., 1893-02-28
A BENEFIT TO FRANCE.

NJ. Hector Depasse, in the ReUue BIeue,
takes a very cheerful view of the Panama
Canal scandal and of its effect upon
France.
We are quite in harmony with these
views, that when the storm has lulled
somewhat the French people will be
stronger and better armed in republican,
ism than ever. The scandal, like all
crises, NJ. Depasse looks upon as almost
a providential dispensation in tearing
away the wells hiding the mechanism OF
great enterprises, and in exposing the
true inwardness of methods which
must now give way to more just and
open systems of procedure.
In fact, as the people are educated to
understand clearly how secresy and
political chicane have operated in a sys-
tenn promoting great works, it will be
impossible 10 preserve it. As he puts it
''other rules and other means OF action
viii be put in play which will be more
conformable to justice and equality; not
to hinder or enfeeble the flight of in
dustrial genius, but, on the contrary, to
give it more power, and, with more
power, more security"
The RECoRD-UNIoN from the outset has
expressed itself of precisely this belief,
and held that the scandal expose, instead
of weakening the faith of Frenchmen in
republican institutions, would nerve
them to their defense, and to the setting
up of daylight systems. Ordeals OF this
character tend to make rather than de-
stroy nations They enlarge public in
The record-union., 1893-02-28
A WEAK JOINT IN THE ARMoR.

\ WEAK JOINT IN THE ARMOR.
1t is simply deplorable that the Tam
many influence has so far prevailed with
Congress that the National quarantine
bill will have practically no application
in New York Harbor, and very much
less to others than it Should. Son-ln-Iaw
DR.. Jenkin has, in short, triumphed, and
will continue to dominate in an office
worth to him double the salary of the
President of the United States.
Whatever i'll results flow from this
emasculation of the National quarantine
bill will be chargeable directly upon the
Democratic party. Having the lower
House under its thumb it was in DO
sition to dictate terms to the President
and the Senate.
Outside of the little coterie of doctors
in New York backing Jenkin in his
States right contention, the medical fac
ulty of the United States is unit upon
the proposition that National quarantine
absolute and sweeping is the only true
policy in resistance of cholera invasion.
Even the State Board of Health of New
York and the local Board of Health of
New York City are opposed to the
Jenkin policy OF local control of quaran-
tine.
The weakest point in our line of de-
fenses therefore is New York Harbor
Upon that, mainly, the interior States
must depend for such measure of pro-
lection as quarantine affords. 1t is the
chief port of entry in the Nation; more
immigrants and tourists come to it in
ships than to all other ports of the Union
combined. 1t is, then, at once the chief
point of assault and weakest joint of de-
fense. The situation is by no means one
to inspire hope Of escape from vista
ton by the plague.
The record-union., 1893-02-28

telligence instead of narrowing it; they
lift the masses who have not thought
upon or cared much for the methods of
public servants and bodies to new level
and impress them with a sense of duty
and obligation in the matters of political
and financial concern to which the ma
ton is related, that has not previously
been felt by the whole body of the peo-
Tla
The record-union., 1893-02-28

HARPER's WEEKLY calls the negotia-
ton Of the Hawaiian treaty by President
Harrison IAN outrage of the first order"
Let Mr.. Harrison thank the mugwump
for not CHASING his achievement as of the
second order. The Weebly approves
nothing Republican administration
does; that it should favor Hawaiian an
nextion was out of the question with a
Republican as President. Dollars to
double eagles that if. when Mr. Cleveland
comes to the chair of state, he favors an
nexation, Harpe,'S Weekly will applaud
to the echo.