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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-22
A Quick Recovery.

The doctor of hospital ship COM
planned to visitor of lazy colored man
whom he could do nothing with. 1--WE
don't like to throw the rascal ont, but it
is easily seen he is only shamming."
well, DOCTOR" said the visitor, after
q little reflection, 'lend me few Yards
of string and that niger will be miles
away before night"
He got the Irvine, and putting on q
melancholy air he went to the darlly's
berth.
Very bad?" he said.
Yes. n.assa," replied Sambo. "Dreb-
full sick"
The visitor made no further remark.
but placed one end of the Irvine at his
head and drew it slowly-very slowly
until it reached his toes. Then he meas
ured him across the chest The fellow
looked the picture of establishment and
terror and gasred:
What dis for?'
MY poor fellow, the doctor knows you
are not going to recover, and it is only
an expense keeping you here without any
chance of doing you good. 1 have just
been taking your measure" he low
cred his voice still more-"for coffin.
Wen bury you with honors tomorrow.
It's the custom here in a case like yours.
'Tis best for all hands, you know"
No one knew how or when the negro
got clear Of the hospital ship, but there
was no trace of him in the morning.
London Tit-Dits
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-22
The Sturdy Camel.

A camel has twice the carrying power
of an OK. With an ordinary load of 400
pounds he can travel 10 or IA days with
out water, going 40 miles day. They
are fit to work at years old, but their
strength begins to decline at %, although
they usually live to 40. The Tartars
have herds of these animals, often 900
belonging to one family. They were
numerous in antiquity, for the patriarch
Job had 5000. The Timbuctoo or Me-
harri breed is remarkable for speed and
used only for couriers, going 800 miles
in eight days with a meal Of dates or
grain at nightfall. -Exchange
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-22
pascars Early Observation.

Blaise Pascal, who wrote remarkable
treatise on the laws of sound, was con-
stantly observing the familiar occur
rences about him, even as a boy. When
he was only 10 years old, he sat at the
dinner table one day striking his plate
with his knife and then listening to the
sound.
What are you doing with that plate,
Blaise?" asked his sister.
See" he replied. when strike the
plate with my knife, it rings. Hark~
Again he called forth the sound.
when l grasp it with my hand So"
he continued, 'the sound ceases. Iwon-
der why it is?-Youths Companion.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-22
SHARP gEeeARs ANp Dull ONES:
Alms Solicitors Who Choose between tho
ElhEnnces OF u Cnfc

Aims Solicitors Who Choose Dctvce, tho
Entrances OF u Cafe.
a well patronized restaurant in the
nelghborhood OF the city hall has an en-
trance ON two popnlous thoroughfares.,
In front Of the one on the north a lean
and whining beggar nightly stands with
outstretched hand. He makes no audible
complaint, but mutters necessarily in n
tone that excites the imagination into
conJurlng up every horror that waits
upon excessive poverty. In spite Of this
he fares badly, for more men como out
OF this door than enter by it, and as their
stomachs are full the thought Of hunger
IN Others obtains no abiding place within
their minds.
At the down town entrance there lott
ers, when the lounging policeman is not
III sight, beggar of another breed. He
Is sleek and round, with q fat and shiny
face and merry twinkle in his lazy
eyes. More than once the writer caught
him concealing q cigar behind his back
while he extended the other hand in q
beseeching way for aims His sole prayer
is for food, intermingled with fervent
protestations that he is starving, and
that he never drinks drop Of strong
liquor. Many men hurrying into the
restaurant with poignant appetite are
touched by his prayers and pause long
enough to drop coin into his hand.
1t is clear that the sleek beggar knows
that hungry man is more apt to be
touched by the hunger of others than he
who is we'll fed, and so he chooses as
his workshop the door at which the pa
irons of the restaurant enter, leaving the
one through which they leave to the stu
pld fellow whose need, like enough, is as
great as his mumbled prayers for charity
would indicate.-New York World.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-22
Silent AInchinery.

The Safety Valve calls attention to the
fact that the problem Of silent machinery
has been solved by firm in Vienna.
This firm is manufacturing cogwheels Of
pressed rawhide. The new wheels have,
1t is claimed, great strength, and they do
not require lubricating. On the other
hand, they are very expensive, and are
consequently unlikely to come into gen
aeI use.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-22
a Life Line sugges tion.

1t is evidently veteran sailor who
makes the suggestion that, as vessel
always goes ashore to leeward, and the
life line shot from the shore must there
fore be fired against the wind, and with
all the difficulties which this implies,
every vessel should carry supply Of
rockets, which, attached to deep sea log
line and signal halliards, would connect
them much more speedily with the
shore.-Boston Transcript.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-22
In Bad Comuany.

Learned Judge (severely)-John Jones,
the jury have taken very lenient view
of the case. You have had very mar
row escape, and it should be lifelong
warming to you. After this you ought
to keep away from bad company
John Jones-Yes, yer honor, We won't
see me here again in hurry.-Judy.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-22
Perverse Man,

Wife-My husband is the queerest
man.
Friend-In what respect2
Wife-Why, before ne married me
couldn't get him to leave the house be-.
fore IL o'clock, and since can't get him
to come to ID before that time. Detroit
Free Press.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-22
A Long Felt Want.

Mrs. Young Housekeeper (at market)
And what have you got today, Mr..
Cleaver2
Butcher-Beef, mutton, veal, pork
Mrs. Young Housekeeper-rve had all
of them quite recently. Haven't you got
new animal?-New York Times.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-22

Ethel-.Why don't you acknowledge
the bow of the gentleman who just
passed?
fvette-The impudence of him! He
was presuming on the fact that we are
engaged.-Chicago News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-04-13

REPUBLICAN secret societies IN
Kansas have gone out of business.
The Knights of Reciprocity, which
two years ago sprang into existence
with grand flourish of trumpets,
is no longer heard of Jesse lay
lor of Garden City, who originated
it and who was it's first chief execu-
tive, has given it up as bad job, land
out of the hundreds of lodges organ
liked in this state, but one holds to-
cether. The sole survivor is located
in Grant county, and 1T is about
ready to give up the ghost. The
Knights and Ladies of America, a
similar organization organized about
the same time, was buried a year
ago without the formality of flu
neral services. k. G. Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-04-13

President D. G. Miner, of the
State Temperance Union, returned
yesterday from tour over the state
for the purpose of urging the en-
forcement of the prohibitory law.
He says the people are greatly
aroused in many sections of Kansas
where the law has not been enforced,
and that many convictions will fol-
low. Il find that the Populist coun-
ty officers and the Populist leaders,
as rule, are standing firmly for
prohibition" said DR.. Miner. eve
have the promise of Attorney-Gen',
eral Little that he will do his duty,
and | think the rank and file OF the
Populist party is strongly in favor OF
the rigid enforcement of the law"
Topeka Capital (Rep.)
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-04-13

to the advance of human liberty,
and the conditions which attended
each advance, and the further view
of the diabolical assaults from the
money power from all plutocratic
sources, we are constrained to say,
he who would now falter or preach
conservatism is poltroon. This is
not the time to falter or yield a
point. There must be determined,
persistent, aggressive warfare-a
bending of every energy toward
making plain the demands of those
who earn their bread by the sweat
of their faces. No playing syco-
plant now no cringing to the man
with the dollars; no yielding a
principle for an hours vantage. If
posterity be free, this generation
must give it as a bequest.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-04-13

TRApIrIoNs and memories, and
ghosts OF days long since past, is
all that holds the old parties togeth-
err. They are dead to the present
The majority fail to see the new is
sues. They live in past age, and
revel in the hate an internecine war
gave birth to. They enveigh for
or against solid North and solid
South, and fail to see that this gen
Grafton has problems to solve that
caunot be solved by tanning the
fires of sectional hate, but by that
alone do they expect to retain hold
on the public confidence.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-04-13
RETROSPECTION.

The enemies of human freedom
have given a new impetus to their
crusade against the rights of man.
The protest of the common people
against tile encroachments of capital
upon their rights has alarmed the
traffickers in the rights of men and
in human muscles and brains, and
they have now assaulted the courts
the final refuge this side of re-
sort to arms--to load additional
burdens upon labor and while sub
servient courts are grinding out
their edicts against laborers and la
Dor organizations, there is class of
time servers who are preaching con-
servatism. This latter class have
paid but little attention to the events
of the last fifty years. In the palm
lest days of chattel slavery there
was Just such class Slavery was
in eternal unrest, insolent and ag-
gressive. Congress was in perpet-
ual turmoil. The pro-slavery ele-
ment was ever alert, and the dough-
face element was as surely disgust
w subservient. Had there been no
wide.awake, aggressive men opposed
to this oligarchy, to-day, instead of
a nation nominally free throughout
it's entire domain, human slavery
would be co.extensive with the
boundaries of the nation But there
were men in and out of congress
who held other views. They were
opposed to conservative measures.
They looked through the mist of
coming years, and saw that between
the antagonistic theories-freedom
and slavery-there was an irrepress-
ible conflict; and they saw, further,
that the fight was forced, or would
be forced, upon them. Slavery
threw down the gauntlet its apollo
rists and defenders invited the con-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-04-13

ALL the reform forces are slowly
gravitating to one central point, and
1896 will find them crystalized in
to an organization strong enough to
sweep corrupt legislators and boo
die judges from positions in which
they can work evil to the toiling
masses
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-04-13

The action of the Kansas confer
ence of the M. E. church toward
Rev. V. H. Biddison tells plainly the
ghost of the past stands in the way
of the members of the conference
doing justice to any one who thinks
more of the brotherhood of man
than the success of a party. For
years the shadows have been gath
ering, and soon all the fossils will
be hidden from view.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-04-13
Do YOU take the KANSAS FARMER?

Do you take the KANSAS FARMER5
Why not? Every farmer, stock
breeder, orchardist, dairyman, gar
dener, poultryman, their wives, and
the boys and girls, will find it full
of helpful information. 1t is prac-
teal, honest, able; it is adapted es-
pecially to Kansas it comes every
week in the year, with sixteen or
twenty pages of very valuable in
formation. Sample will be sent free,
if you send postal-card request to
Kansas Farmer Co., Topeka, Kas.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-04-13

How much we learn by contact
with others. A great man once said
81 am made up of parts of those
whom | have met. Manhattan Re-
public
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-04-13

of the conflict. Slavery invited the
conflict. and conservatism was rele
gated to the rear.
Had slavery not outraged the
thinking portion Of the people, Its
apologists could have gone on fol
wears without check, widening Its
borders and strengthening its bul
warks, but so aggressive and inso
lent did it's apologists become that
the people finally became thorough
ly aroused, and persistent and de.
termined warfare was waged against
them. Thinking men were no longer
lulled into fancied security or caught
with the platitudes OF conservatism
Such men as Wendell Phillips,
VIM. Lloyd Garrison, Owen Love
ioy and Eli Coffin outside OF con
gress, and Joshua R. Giddings, Ben
Wait. Gerritt Smith and Charles
Sumner in congress, grappled with
the monster, and for long years there
was a determined assault all along
the lines of the strongholds of slav-
ery, and to-day it is only a fearful
memory. The power then possessed
by men to own and sell and buy men
was destroyed. A better day ap-
peared to dawn, but the clouds were
lowering while the chief actors in
the bloody strife were yet in their
tents. Domestic and foreign con-
spirators were busy while the de,
donations from the battlefield were
reverberating throughout the nation.
At that day, the initiative OF a
worse species of slavery was given
birth-a white slavery, farther-reach..
ing and as damnable in effect as was
ever negro slavery.
While yet the deep detonations OF
hostile cannon were disturbing the
sleepers in the national capital city,
conspirators were at work in that
same capital city, forging chains for
the limbs of those down at the front
knocking the shackles from the
limbs of four millions of blacks
and to-day, those same tools of des
pots who yet remain, and then
claquers, are making themselves
hoarse shouting to the people the
fallacies of conservatism.
The history of the Reformation
would yet be unwritten had Martin
Luther and John Calvin been con
servatives. To-day, this nation,
about which we vaingloriously ex-
ploit so much Of its greatness,
would yet be dependency of AFRO
giant England had our fathers not
taken a determined stand against
the further encroachments of the
British government upon then
rights and liberties.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-04-13

HERE and there there is quasi
reform editor who is afraid he will
lose some old party pap suckers
frtm his subscription list if he
should take pronounced position
on the great questions OF the day
too dull to see that he can neither
convince the old party adherents OF
their errors, nor secure the support
of real reformers. Namby-pamby
platitudesof the good lord-good-devil
order will make neither converts nor
friends. The old parties see the pa
per is doing them no harm, and re
formers realize it is doing reform no
good, so both reject it, and the stu
bid editor is too dull to see it.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-04-13

One of the overshadowing curses
of the times is the number Of law
yers elected or appointed to posi-
tons of trust. The election is over.
Grover is inaugurated and he splits in
the faces of the people. Seven law
yers are chosen for his advisers.
Besides the Capital City Bank, of At
lanta, and the Continental National
Bank, of New York, nine different
railroads have attorneys in the cabl-
net. 1t is law and lawyers every
where, to eat out the substance OF
the people and complicate the issues
forced to the front for settlement.
Opposition to nepotism and appoint
ment of ex-officers to Office do not
trouble the people. 1t is trucking
to the money power. At the end
of Growers four years, the common
people will all be ready to assist in
securing the needed change.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-03
The following table summarizes the

According to these returns Colonel
O'Ferrall has absolute majorities in
the First, Second, Seventh and Eight
districts and safe leads in the Fourth,
Fifth and Sixth with excellent pros
poets Of carrying the Tenth. The
Ninth will be controlled by Major
Tyler and the Third is still to be won.
1t is evident that the supporters of
Colonel OFerrall will control not
merely the nominations, but the organic
alton of the convention and its COM
mittees. BE has 20 per cent. of all dele
gates elected to date, has 43 per cent. Of
the total convention right now, needs
butt per cent. more to win or q trifie
over one in six of the remainder and is
certain to receive more than GO per cent
of them.
We desire to call the attention of the
opposition 10 the fact that Colonf
O'Ferrall carries his own district, the
Seventh, up to date far more strongly
than Major Tyler does the Ninth.
There are but Is adverse votes in the
Seventh district, while there are IS in
Ninth. Moreover, while Colonel Blu
ford may possibly carry the Third,
Major Tyler cannot carry single dis
trict outside his own and Colonel
O'Ferrall has already carried four.
These comparisons are of unusual im-
portance at the present juncture when
it is apparent that there has been
effected a pooling Of Issues between the
Tyler and Buford forces. In Danville
no Tyler delegates were nominated, and
the combined Tyler and Buford strength
barely carried Danville in total of
over 900 votes by a majority OF 80. In
Henrico the Buford people obligingly
pulled out of the way for the
Tyler delegates in nearly every pre-.
cinct. In Norfolk they did the same.
In Richmond Tyler stands aside to let
Buford make the running, and now
Major Tyler comes out in free silver
letter, as a bait for his dear friend, the
farmer. Virginia has always been
favorable to silver, but the governor OF
Virginia has no more to do with the
silver question than with the Chimes
question. Virginia has enough live
questions OF her own to settle this fall
without barking up the silver tree.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-03
Hundreds are Made Miserable by oatarrh.
6 IL o o d If
GOA Commerce ST., Roanoke, Va.


Do you hawk and spit? Is thick,
stringy mucus constantly falling into
your throat? Does your throat some
times get dry and your nostrils all
elogged up? Do you blow foul yellow
matter or hard Jumps from your nostrils?
Have you frequently headache, neu-
ralgia or dizziness? Is your hearing
impaired? Arc you annoyed by ringing
or buzzing noises in your ears? Do you
have bad taste in the mouth in the
when you went to bed? Do you catch
cold often and easily? Have you pains
in the chest or over heart? Have you
heartburn, belching and sour stomach?
Are you constantly clearing your
throat? Have you short hacking
cough? These are some of natures
warnings that catarrh is undermining
your constitution. You may have only
few OF these symptoms but the few
will lead to the many
Ifyou have any of the above symptoms
and wish to test our treatment we will
furnish all medicine and treat you free
of charge for one week. Gould we nj @
fairer offer than that?
The Curtis Medical Institute has
offices in the frey building, near post
Office, on Campbell avenue, Roanoke,
Va. Specialties-Catarrh and all dis
eases of the ear, nose and throat, chest,
stomach, blood and shin; also asthma
and rheumatism. Consultation always
free.
Office hours-9 to 10 NJ, to and $50
to s p. 10.
If you live at a distance send for
| symptom blanks
All medicines furnished without extra
| charge
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-03
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nonsroal's Mayor Arouses tho Ire Of
J Admiral Mngnnrhi.


MONTREAL, Aug. 2.-Mayor Desiardins
accentuated his decision of not counter
ancing the reception Of the visiting italian
naval officers by leaving his office when
Lieutenant Castillino, in company with
AFR. Mariosi, the Italian consul, called
upon him there. Admiral Magnaghi was
seen about the matter, and freely expressed
his opinion of the shabby treatment re-
Ceived.
1.-THE thing seems silly, indeed" he said.
What on earth has religion got to do with
the observance of Phe commonest rules of
politeness. 1t would be pity, indeed, if
man could not be good Catholic and a
polite gentleman ut the same time. How
are we to he blamed, or why should we be
treated in this manner for events which
occurred at least twenty years ago? There
are on board the Etna rs good Catholics us
can be found anywhere"
Admiral Magnaghi has cabled to Rome
the facts connected with his unceremon-
ious reception by Mayor Desjartlines and
the omission of n return salute by the mil
itary authorities The admiral said if his
salute was not returned he should leave
the port at once. This decision was made
known to Acting Mayor Starnes, who at
once photographed it to Acting Premier
Bowel at Ottawa. Bowel replied ut once,
ordering that the salute be returned
Mayor Desjardines defends his attitude
by referring to Italy's treatment of the
head of Christianity.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-03
Locked the Trio Tn.

There is a spring situated at the cor
ner of Rose street and Ninth avenue N.
W. that is the sole source eof obtaining
water for number of colored families
in that vicinity. Alice Thomas and
Ophelia Morgan have been in the habit
of going to this spring for water and
have frequently been annoyed by Tom
Finney, a we'll known frequenter of the
police court, throwing stones at them.
Last night they went to the spring fixed
for Tom and when he began to shy
stones in their direction Ophelia fred
her pistol at him. Alice also drew a
gun but it would not fire. Officers Eakln
and Moss came along just at that time
and the puRilistic trio now languish be.
hind prison bars. Judge Pole will look
into the merits of the case this morn.
ing.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-03
Admiral stanton at Norfolk.

NORFOLK, Aug. 2.-Acting Rear Adj
miral o. f. Stanton arrived at the navy
yard this morning and was saluted BY
the Franklin with eleven guns, the
plimentary salute of Commodore
Brown, who is his senior in actual rank.
AT 1 o'clock his flag as acting rear ad-
miral of the South Atlantic squadron
was run up and saluted by the Newark
with thirteen guns. The admiral is
greatly pleased with his command.
The Newark will need considerable
more repairs than at first expected, and
will probably be here couple of
months more
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-03
GOLD COMING BACK.
Shipments of the Yellow Metal Yesterda,
Aggregate Nearly S6,OOO,OOO

AkCrc6hte Nearly oO,UUU,OOO
LONDON, Aug. 2.-The North German
Lloyd steamship Spree. which sailed to-
day from Southam pton for New York,
has on board $500. 500 in gold for Amer
lean houses.
The White Star line steamship Ma
jestic. which left Liverpool to day for
New York, took e35O,0O0, total Of
tl,2oo,oo0 shipped today. Further
shipments will be made on Saturday.
Six hundred and thirty nine thousand
pounds was withd rawn from the Bank
of England to-day to be sent to the
United States. The heavy shipments
today and prospective shipments on
Saturday have caused the discount rate
in open market to rise to 2ss@2M per
cent.
New York, Aug. 2-one of the
largest foreign houses has received
advices from London to this effect:
'e930,0 600 were shipped yesterday and
1920, 600 to-day, a total of 81 $50. 600.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-03
ON EASY TERMS.
NO POpULIsr MEETING.

The Speakers Booked for tho Occasion
Failed TO NIaterialize.
The Populists meeting advertised to
be held last night in Mechanics hall, al
the corner of Salem avenue and Nelson
street, failed to materialize, owing to
the inability of the speakers from abroad
to attend.
Hon. VIM. Powell, of Franklin county,
was booked to speak on Third party
ISM" but yesterday afternoon Judge
Thomas Claiburne received telegram
from Capt. G. W. B. Hale, of Rocky
Mount, saying that both himself and
Mr.. Powell would be at Lynchburg
when the State convention will convene
to-day for the purpose of nominating a
candidate for governor.