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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-05

nR: It. NJ. IsOWYER HAS REMOVED
- his Office to iOT Henry Street, S. w.
Orlficial Surgery, HemorrhOfdal trou bIes
Diseeses of Women ana ali chronic nerv-
GUS diseases n speciality
OFFICE HOURS:
3 to IL u. IN. 2tOd n m
ITO p. III. 1 81 I'm
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DO YOU HANG UP
YOUR HAT !?

Well, IL 1t is n good one 1t would look nil right
on one OF our Nice Oak Hall Racks-just received
this week direct from factory. 1t is needless to
mention the prices, for you we'll know that they
can he bought for less money than anywhere else
IN the city. Come in 'as you go by" and risk
ono eye on them. AT No Z jefferson street
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II KESSMAKING.-I DESIRE TO GIVE
~ notice that have on hand tho latest
styles from Paris and New York, and am
prepared to give entire satisfaction MFRS.
HOLLIS, I'D LIZ Campbell street. 2231m
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Attention!
Enterprise Pr'tilg & Mtg CO.

Second floor old TIMES building, corner
Campbell ave. and Henry ssreets.
]. 7. HALL, Gan. MIR.
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ID. Il. BARBOUR. ID. H. MATSON.
pOANOKE SANITARY PLUMBING
IL COMPANY

Practical plumbers and gas-ftters
Dealers in all kinds OF plumbers' and gas
ntters' Eupplies. Estimates made on the
improved and sanitary styles of plumbing
All work guaranteed. j. MELHORN,
superintendent, No. 10 South Jefferson
street, Roanoke. VIZ. 12O1y
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OUR ARMY.
What Secretary Lamont Thinks of 1t, and
What He Recommends.

What Secretary Lamont Thinks of IT, and
What He Recommends.
Secretary Lamont reports that it may be as
snmed that Indian warfare Is practically at an
end in the United States; that demands for
the employment of the Army to preserve order
within the States must become inlrCquent as
State authority on which that obligation prop
erIy rests, demonstrates its complete ability to
discharge it, and that, in consequence, the
gradual concentration OF the Army on the sea
coast aud the frontiers is prescribed by the COLI
ditous of the time.
The total strength of the Army on Sept 30,
1893, was 3 144 officers and 25,17o enlisted men.
For various causes. discharge. purchase. deser-
ton, etc. the Army lost 9456 enlisted men
during the year and gained 9074 recruits.
Transportation WAS furnished for 367. 577 per-
sons, 6946 animals and 1852 tons OF freight.
The new quarters, barracks and buildings at
Army posts compare favorably with military
structures abroad. The discipline, health and
general condition of the Army are reported
good.
The Secretary recommends strongly the re-
peal of the law liking 10 years as the maximum
period of enlistment. aud favors a reduction OF
the peri cd of first enlist ment to three years in-
stead of FIVE The prosecution Of the expert
ment of enlistiBg Indian companies will he
continued only on the present shia!i scale until
its success or failure has been proved.
One-third of the report IS devoted to the
progress of the last eight years in the manu-
facture of heavy ordnance and IN sea coast de-
fonse under the project of the Endicott Board
of 1885. Progress already made warrants the
! belief that within the time specified. 13 years
from the first appropriation, the essential fea-
lures of the plan will be carried out. The
mounting OF tho first 12-nch gun, with lis
lift in its emplaceinent at Sandy Hook. is tho
evidence Of remarkable progress during these
eight years.
The Improvement of the harbors and internal
waterways of the country. work OF immense
consequence 10 our commerce and general BEN
eft to the people, has made excellent progress
under the support of the liberal appropriations
voted Tor that purpose.
The work of the Record and Pension Office
in the compilation and arrangement of the rec
ords of the service has so far advanced that the
Secretary reports that a reduction of S34o,0o0
can be made IN the cost of its maintenance dur
ing the coming year. 1t is recommended that
Congress take appropriate action for the relief
of the uffsrers in the accident at the old Ford's
Theater building
The estimates for the fiscal year ending June
30 1895. are: Salaries and contingent expenses
81 ,631 .ol6; military establishment, 25.I09,-
$3.50: public works. including river and har-
Dor improvements, So. 463. 307. Go; miscellane-
GUS Objects 1876 $50 20; total. $50, Sat. 1879.
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American Flour in Germany.

In response to demand for further in
formation on the subject, Frank IL. Mason,
Consul General of the United States at Frank
fort, Germany, has sent to the State Depart
ment report showing how far existing con-
djtions favor more ex tended sale of American
-four in the German markets.
The import duties imposed on breadstuffs by
the German Governnent are the result, accord
ing to Mr.. Mason, of Germany's change from
an agricultural to an industrial country. Even
in fruitful years the country has been unable
to raise sufficient bread and meat for the wants
of the people, and the demand for large guam
tity of imported breadstulfs is likely to increase
rather than diminish in the future. The
present duty per 220 pounds is $1.19 cents on
wheat and rye, So cents on oats, So cents on
barley. AZ cents on corn, and $3.50 on -four of
wheat and rye.
"The duty on four" says Mr.. Mason, lis
out of all proportion TO that on tt unmilled
grains. This was, OF course. puIposeiy arranged
to favor the Gsrmsn miliers and keep the
grinding of even imported cereals at home.
The great bulk of the bread consumed by the
peasantry and industrial class as we'll as in
the army, ia made Of rye, or OF rye mixed
with wheat. IC
"The cereal principally imported Is. there
fore, not wheat. but rye; and this has been
hitherto brought mainly from Russia. When
in 1891 the haryests failed and Russia prohibit
ed the export of rye. German importers turned
to the United States, the only country which
then had any considerable surplus, and, not
finding in our country sufficient rye to meet
their demands, they imported wheat in enor-
nous quantities. and ths use of wheat bread,
which was then cheaper than rye bread. be-
came more general than 10 had ever been be-
fore
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& OHIO RAILROAD.
Schedule in effect Nov. 10, 1895

Schedule in effect Nov. 19, 1893
Leave Washington from station corner Of New Jersey
avenue and street
Express trails Ii:30 B. m, Sis D. m.
For Cincinnati st Louis, and indianapolis Vestt
buled Limited, $50 p M. express t:50 night
For Piisourg and Cleveland express daily 1130a n.
and $40 p.
For Lexington and stanton, II30 a. m
For Winchester and way stations. $50 D. m
For Luray, Natural Bridge, Roanoke, Knoxville,
Chattanooga Memphis and New Orleans. lilo D ID,
daily sleeping through,
For LuTay, 3:3Op. daily
For Baltimore, eek days, x3:35. 500, s35, x7sfS
m, xI210. x12795 I3l5, Kills 800 45minHte) SIS
x+2S. i;3 X50 x50. 5sS5, x6.2O $50 xsG0 Sis xs0e
x9J8, 1ilo, and il:55 Sundays x3:3j, $780, g
minutesl. xS15, $50 xe3o. a xl200, xl205, 100
x900, x9;50, 1000, xlI30, lbs o. m
For Annapolis us and $50 a. m, 12-l5 and LIS p.
Sundays, $50 n n. 43i p. m
For Frederick, lI:Se n m, Ills f430. $3.50 D.
For HagerssoEn, I1sSo q m and $50 p. d
For Boyd and way points. F7O3 D
For Gaithersisurg and points, 900, 500 sf0eS
a. M. 1915, 30, 45S, 55, s7505, as:4O 1l0 N
For Washington Junction and way points, 1000 M
ll15 D. Express trains stopping az principal sta
tons only. 40, $50 p. m
ROYAL BLUE LINE FOR NEW YORK AND
PHILADELPHIA
For Philadelphia, New York. Boston and the eask
daily 3S5, 500 COCOA sun Dining Car, Q21
Dining Carr, 800 (5:0o Dining Carl 500 QI2o p. m,
Sleeping Car, open at 10 0'cOckl
Buffet Psr.or Cars all day trains
For Atlantic City, 1000 a IN. and 100 noon sun
days, leo noon.
Except Sunday. sDaily. ssunday oaIy
Baggage called for and checked from hotels and rs
dences by Union Transfer Co. orders le &C tekes
R. B. CAMPBELL, CHAS o. SCULI.
Gen. Manager. Gen Pass. AgE
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THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
In His Report Secretary Smith Defends His
Pension Policy.

The annual report of Secretary Hoke Smith
discusses the operations of the General Land
Office the Pension Bureau. the Census Office,
the Bureau OF Indian Af1irs. Patents. Geolog-
zeal Survey, Education. and Pacific Railroads..
Referring to the order revokiug Rule 1914, the
Secretary says:
lin pursuance of this order Board of Re-
vision was formed Of the ablest and most ex-
perienced men in tho Pension Bureau with
instructions to examine the cases allowed under
the act of June 81. 1890. and 10 Gull out such AS
had no legal basis to rest upon. In cases where
it WAS believed that the pensions could not be
sustained aud another medical examination
was thought necessary, the payment OF the
pensions was ordered to be suspended pending
investigation This was done by the Commits
sioner of Pensions in pursuance of the uniform
practice of the Bureau, as it had existed almost
from the organization thereof.
The pensioncr was not dropped from the
rolls, but the payment of his pension was sus-
pended. and the usual 90 days notice was given
to the pensioner in which lie should ask for
medical examination or supply further evil
dence of his right to a pension. The examina-
ton of his proof having disclosed that he was
not entitled TO a pension, he was told that the
payment Of his pension was suspended until
he could put on record q case which would au-
thorize payment according to the terms OF the
act of Congress.
10 was iouhu tnaS many tbus suspoHaoo
were able to supply the proof. when notice was
given that proof was required; and to these
payments were at ouce resumed. The former
practice in regard to suspensions WIS also modi-
fed in cases whore the proof on file disclosed
the fact that the pensioner was entitled to some
rating, although not to the rating which had
been allowed him."
The Secretary denies that the purpose has
ever existed to follow an extreme and unrea-
sonable manner of suspending pensioners aud
also denies that any abandonment has taken
place of the policy Of removing from the PEN
sion-rolls those not legally thereon.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WAsIEeuns

of the Admiral, wiIoswas relieved from his com
mani because of his recognition of Mello the
rebcllious Brazilian naval commander, it
r.,ight be supposed that he would avail himself
of the opportunity afforded by his commuu lea
ton to say something In the nature Of an ex-
PLANTATION. But asr:s matter OF fact the Admir-
ais letters, of which there are two are models
of brevity, so short. indeed. as to convey, per-
haps. IL sense of wounded dignity.
A letter has been received from Gen. Hender-
son. at DubuqueI Iowa, stating that his broken
leg is knitting nicely and that 1t is getting
along we'll in All all round sort of way. He
will not reach Washington until after the holi-
days; his physician opposes his doing so.
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AROuT PEOPLE,

The President has appointed John r. Proctor,
of Kentucky, Civil Service Commissioner, in
place Of George ID. Johnston. removed Prof.
Proctor WAS born in Mason County, March is,
1874. He was educated at the Academy at
Maysvilie and at home. afterward completing
his studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
He served through the war with the rebel
army. In 1873 on the organization of the Geo
logical Survey, he was appointed an assistant,
and advanced until he was appointed Chief of
the Department.
Admiral Stanton. late in command Of the
United States squadron in Brazilian waters, has
made known his return to the Navy Depart
ment. Considering the rather peculiar status
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-12-07
A New Cure for Asthma.

Medical science at last reports positive cure
for asthma in the Kols plant, found on the
Congo River, West Africa. So great Is their
faith i'm its wonderful curative powers, the
Kola Importing Co., 1884 Broadway. NswYork,
are sending out large trial eases of the KOla
Compound free to all sufferers from asthma.
Send your name and address on postsi card. and
thsy will sand ysa trial casa By mail frse.
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An Eastern Dainty.

The Chinese are certainly q strange people;
strange in appearance, customs, and tastes.
One of their greatest delicacies of food, regarded
from a Chinese epicure's point of view. is
"mlhi," which, in plain English. means new
born mice, yet blind" These are placed alive
on little trays and set before each guest, who
dips them, one at q time, into jar of honey
and then swallows the tiny creatures
When the Emperors wedding was celebrated,
O few years ago, $4,000 of the helpless creatures
were thus consumed.
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Erery man trho io0re the bfmee and epery
friend of his, ss0ald fake THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE II gires more and better matter
than any other family sceekty paper. and costa
osig tseo cents a weak.
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letter of notification from the Civil Service
Commission. The Clerk read the letter, aud
then looked again at the man. They had aimed
at an Irish Democrat and hit Republican
nnnrNi
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cHEr OF THE CORRIDORS.

There is nothing cleaner in the world than
the Chambers of the House and the Senste in
the morning before the congressman arrive.
The chairs are swung into perpendicular reia-
tions with the presiding officers rostrun,s'
the desks are cleared Of litter. Each Gus
pi6er is 10 exact oecaitatioR with each desk
the waste baskets are empty. and the reporters
tables are innocent of ink-stsins. The place
wears an atmosphere of bong strictly for exhi-
bition purposes only. So it was on Monday
prior to the opening of Congress. Half an
hour after the Gossip looked into il again; all
was changed. The great spectacle Of orderly
quiet was disturbed. and once again our Ma
tional Legislative body was in full swing. to
make or mar our laws.
Sc
Despite the sensation over the Brazilian
revolution one prominent Brazilian gave it as
his opinion the other day that it was a farce.
Baron de Msrsio. of Para, the Brazilian Com
missioner to the Worlds Fair. was visiting the
Capital City, en route for his home. The reyo-
luton has no strength among the people," de-
clarod he, "and that will be shown at the com.
ing elections. Mello is ambitious but the rest
OF his people are without funds, and will soon
De 1t the end oil their rope.
80
There is a great deal Of pride taken by the
Ordnance Bureau of the Navy in the Washing
ton factory nowadays The production OF mod
ern high-power guns is progressing nest satisfac-
torily. The gun plaut is not surpassed by any
other in the world, il is claimed. aud increased
experience has resulted in still greater
N
TO the present there have been completed for
service 237 guns ranging in calibsr from 4-inch
90 L3-incb. all Of which have not only proved
successful on trial, but have also given results
which show conel usively that the general sys-
TEN of construction has no superior in foreign
countries The old Washington Nsvy-yard
fairly roars with the work Of gun-forgine
these days
From time to time strict orders have beer
issued in the various Departments regarding
smoking during Office hours. The complainant
against this habit are, of course, ladies whe
object to having the rooms in which they work
filed with the fumes of tobacco all day long
But these rules have again and again been re-
Taxed IN observance il not in letter. So il
has been, and the cynical say will be again. Ye
the Secretary of the Interior has recently
given utieranee to q fat to the effect tina
smoking in the Offices of his Department ant
eGice-hOiding are not co-sxistent things whsr
applied 10 the same individual. Ii has become
1t is declared, the question of the hour Will
the Secretary. and the optimistic ones beiey
that the obnoxious condition Of thinss hs
heeH radically changed.
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Mention The National Tribune.
WANTED-ADDRESSES

wv ANTED-By Henry ]. COnley, Pension Attorney
w so Exc ange ST, Portland, Me.-Infor nation %
company and regiment of Anthony T. Connolly, Whe
served in cavalry regiment ia the early part Of he
war of l56I365-
WI ANTED-By Geore E. Lemon, Washington, D
w C.-The name aud poStofiee address % the pes
sonlavn care or custody of the minors of the Late
Ellen and Springer Holland, formerly OF WesLm0re
land County Pa SSSL
VyTANTED-The address Ella Parrish, widow o.
w Hiram A Parrish, ID y. 8 CAY. Address 0ea
E Lemon, Washington, ID. C.
VIZ ANTED-By Mrs. Auric A. Gibbs latham, Butter
w County, Kan.-The whereabouts or address q
Calvin 5mythe or Maud Smythe. VIII some sons q
veterans daughters Of veterans knowing these pxE
ties be kind enough to drop me a csrdr s4sR
VIZ ANTED-By George E Lemon, Washi gtOn.
w d. C-Ths present postofice ad ireSs OF Aazy
A. E Holden alias Hogan, widow OF the late David
Hogan Co A. 18th Mass: believed to reside in the cy
of New York.
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OLD OR GENERAL PENSION hHu,

although they are entitled for disability
contracted in line of duty in the services,
and which, if prosecuted to a successful
issue, will place them in line for increase -
the disability increases and thus provide
against want in their old age. All such
should correspond with me at once
Thousands yet entitled. ALI classes 81
claims prosecuted
Write for advice; it costs you nothing, and
may prove to be of great benefit to you.
GEORGE E LEMON,
1923 New York Ave.,
Washington, ID. q.
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There are thousands of rejected claims n
the files of the Pension Bureau many OF
which have met that fate because they
were not properly presented by the claim
ants or their attorneys. An experience Of
over % years of active practice qualities me
to. intelligently advise claimants and 70
properly prosecute all claims intrusted to
my care.
For many years have given special st
tentIon to
REJECTED AND ABANDONED cLHINS
for pension under the old law, and have
been very successful in procuring allowances
therein, and, in some cases, where the claim
ants had abandoned all hope.
If your claim under the old law has been
delayed or rejected write me the particulars
and 1 will duly advise you.
Many veterans have not yet ayaileA them
selves of the benefits of the
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AGAIN ON ONCE
CORY FIELDS.
A Visit to a Historical NeighbOr-
hood by the New York Commits
sion.

he valor of the New York
troops at the battles Of Look
out Mountain, Wsuhatchie.
and Missionary Ridge has
never been appreciated. The
heavy conflicts in southern
Tennessee, nOrthw es tern
Georgia. and northeastern
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While it Is not by any means true that an
Irishman is necessarily a Democrat yet that
impression is amusngly prevalent, as may be
instanced by the following story going the
rounds The Appointing Board of the Treasury
the other day notified the Commission that
vacancy had occurred there in the Department
so list Of names was sent by the Commission
from which TO select the happy to-be-incum-
bent. The gentlemen Of the Board began to read
the names, regrettiag the fact that there was
not some distinguishing mark by which the
politics of the candidates might be known. At
length the name of Patrick Hall was read cut.
" Now, that's good NAME" said a Democratic
member. Patrick Hall ought to be a good
Democrat. He has an Irish name, and guess
he knows how to vote the best ticket" After
some discussion it was agreed that Pat should
be appointed. A day or so later there appeared
before the appointment Clerk gentleman
whose ace-ofspsdes complexion was scarcely
dine to Irish blood. Ell am here" began he,
"aboat nay appointments" and he handed q
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-10-28

Professor Herring undertook a series of
observations upon three normal-sighted
persons, namely, upon himself and his two
assistants, Doctor Biedermann and Doctor
Stilling. These experiments were designed
to elicit whether any constant differences
could be detected in the color judgments
of the three normal sighted persons who
were the subject of experiment. The ques-
tion proposed for Judgment was the de-
termination of the point at which a red
which had been graduated off on the one
side into blue red and on the otherinto
yellow red, could be regarded as at the
neutral point at which it did not incline
either to the one or the other of these col
ors When the matter was put to the ex-
perilnental test in this manner, constant
differences were actually discovered to OBJ
tain between the judgments of the three
individual observers.
The one observer, DR.. Biedermann, in all
cases still continued to see yellowish tinge
when the red proposed for judgment had
already, in the judgment of the two other
observers, long ceased to contain any trace
of yellow Similarly, when it was ques-
tion of transition from blue red to pure
red, the blue faded out from the red first
to DR.. Biedermann, next to Professor Her
ing, and last of all to DR.. Shilling. In
fact DR.. Biedermann had regularly begun
to see yellow shade in the red before it
had well ceased to have blue shade for
DR.. Shilling. Professor Herring was ascer-
tanned to occupy a kind of intermediate
position in respect to his susceptibility
to yellow and blue rays.-Nineteenth Cen
tIIrv
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PURELY Personal.

Rose Coghlan, the actress, has paid
$27, 900 for II home in New York city near
Central Park.
Susanne, Nine. de la Rance, mother
of "Ouida," died a short time ago near
Florence, Italy, from the effects OF fall.
She was by birth an English woman
named Sutton.
Mrs. Patti Lyle Collins, who prcsdes
over the "live-letter department of the
dead-letter postoiiiCe in Washington,
is the most expert reader of illegible
handwriting in the country.
William b. Bate, Senator from Ten
nessee, never lights cigar. He has al
ways one in his fingers or between his
lips, but no match is put to it. He adj
vocates what he calls the dry smoke. "
Edwin S. Filter, ex-Mayor of Phila-
delphia, mentioned eighteen months ago
~ possible candidate for the Presidency,
begins the fall campaign with eighty
pairs of trousers and fifty suits of clothes.
Geronimo, the cruel and once powerful
Indian chieitain of the West, is now a
quiet and peaceful prisoner at Mount
NCIllOll IIuChht tH army pOsb upuil liiN
Alabama river, a short distance above
Mobile.
Jerome X. Jerome began life as clerk.
Then he went on the stage, which qauli-
fled him for playwriting, to which in
conjunction with novel-writing and CO.
editing magazine he has since turned
his attention.
Forty years ago mulatto boy of Chat
ham county, N. c., was sold into slavery
and was taken to Georgia. A few days
ago he returned, a venerable-looking man
and worth more than $600,000. His
name is Nathan.
Edward II. Watson of California, q
naval cadet at Annapolis, carries time
piece which is historic relic. 1t is the
watch which was presented to Admiral
Farragut by the citizens of Vallejo in
1858. At the time of the presentation
Farragut was a Captain in the navy, and
had just been relieved as commandant
of the Mare Island navy yard. The
watch is plain gold timepiece, and was
presented to young Watson by Loyal
! Farragut, son Of the Admiral.
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Horrors of War.

Mrs. de Fashion-The papers are again
limiting of war in Europe.
Mrs. de Style--That would be terrible.
Mrs. de Fashion - Perfectly dreadfall
We'd have to stay at home this summer
New York Weekly.