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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-04

TIE KIND 2kTUEE THAT
INTERESTED NAPOLEON.
He Was Partial to History, Politics
and Geography.
Nm. ". sloane IL century,.

I'm. ". Sloane IN CeaturH-
Rousseau had been the prophet aud
forerunner Of the new social dispense
ton. The scheme for applying its
principles IS found in a work which
bears the name Ola very mediocre man,
the Able Raynal, man who enjoyed
in his day an extended and splendid
reputation which now appears to have
had only the slender foundations Of
unmerited persecution and the friend
ship Of superior men. IN 1870 appear
ed over his name volume Of which
he was the compiler, bat not the author
Philosophical and Political History Of
the Establishments and Commerce Ct
the Europeans In the Two Indies is a
miscellany compounded Of extracts fro m
many sources and OF short essays by
RaynaI'S brilliant acquaintance on St
perstitlon tyranny and similar themes.
The reputed author had written for the
pubic prints and had published several
works, none Of which attracted atter-
ton. The amazing success Of this one
was not remarkable if, as the critics
now believe, al least a third Of the book
was BY Didcrot Tie position of the
self styled author as a man of letters
Immediately became Il foremost one,
and such Was the vogue OF the work
that tie authorities finally became
alarmed. \ dramatic climax to Ray
nails renoWn was secured when in 1871
the volume was condemned to be
burned and the writer fled for safety
into exile. The storm had finally sub
sided, lie had returned to France, and
communication was opened between
the great man and his aspiring reader
Not yet Is" are the startling words
in the letter written BY Donaparte, Il
am 4 writer 1t is the age when We
must learn Will my boldness subject
mo tC ,-o,1, r,iIIor1-2 70. 80, -,,,,o
If indulgence be a mark Of true genius,
you should have much indulgence
incloSe chapters | and Of a history Of
Corsica With an outline Of the rest. II
you approve, | viii 90 on If YOU advise
me 20 stop ! viii 90 no further"
These chapters as they came to Raynals
hands are not III existence, 50 far as is
known. and poster1ty can never judge
how monumental their authors assur-
ance was The Abbe's reply was KINDLY,
but he advised tho novice to complete
his researches and then to reWrite his
pieces. Bonaparte was not unwilling
to profit by the counsels he received
Soon after in July, he gave two orders
to a Geneyese bookseller, one for books
concerning Corsica, another for the
memoirs Of Nine. de Warens and her
servant, Claude Anet, which are a sort
of supplement to Rousseau's Comics
sions." The young historians letter
teens with bad spelling and bad gram
mar, but It is saturated with the spirit
of his time - - e
Some Of the tagging days we're not
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-04

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With A. c. l. Train % for all points
south
No. 1913 connects at Hobgood for all
eastern Carolina points, also at Rocky
Aount with 4, G. L. train 81 for all
points south.
10. - carries pullman parlor car
hJ1hy Mount to Norfolk and connects
To- al points north.
For all information schedules call on
or address
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-08
The Origin of "Linger."

a correspondent sends the following
derivation of the term "hnger:" EARLY
in the fortieS there moved from Yer
mont to one of the then fourishing cot
ton manufacturing villages Of New
Hampshire man with large family
Of children, to keep one of the corpora
ton boarding houses. He was "a tall,
lank dyspeptic. There was but one shoe
store i'll the village; i'll the rear of the
store was room for making and re-
pairing shoes. Here was Frenchman,
and lover of mischief One day the
tavern keeper entered the shop and said
Hello! Are you shoemaker Yes,
was the answer, and linger at it. The
Frenchman caught on, and in day or
two there was hung outside the build
ing, with other store goods, probably
the most uncouth, bunglingly made pair
of shoes ever seen on the continent,
labeled Fingers. There they hung un-
til every man, woman and child in the
village had looked them over. From
that day the members of the dyspeptic 5
family were known us fingers. And
the word was applied to everything as a
superlative, TO Il fine yoke of oxen or q
big fish. boston ,JQrunal
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-08
A HARVEST SONG.

Behind the scythcs trodden p,tl, {.
Bind, bind the shcaves.
Wide and wider grows the swath :,
Either side tho bright corn heiiNs y
Billows of Rold.
Trees u glory of bronze und rod,
Bind. bind the sheaves.
Misty sunshine overhead
Through the chcQuer of thinning lcavos
Tho air is cold.
Breath of tho coming frost Is there,
Bind. bind the shelves
Vines that cling to the house grow bore.
Swallows leave their nests In the caves
Empty and old.
Apple globes, crimson and whtta,
Bind. bind the sheavcs.
Winnowed grain, sunnily bright
(Glittering gold that want rolieves),
The wide bins hold.
FIJI the f1agon up to tho brim,
Bind, bind the sheaves
Until the foam runs over this rim.
ut mellowed long whore tho spider
woavoS
In dusk and mold.)
F1ll and drink the cider cloar
Bind. bind the sbeaves.
Bid farewell to the passing year,
Close the book with blotted Leaves.
Their tale Is told.
Meth Boyoo IN OUTING
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-08
Value8 Freedom .

There Ia at leas. one postmaster in
the country who values freedom of
speech above the perauisites OF office.
Secretary Hoke Smith sent lot of Car
isles speeches to the postmaster at
Lamsr's Hill, Georgia, requesting him
to distribute them. This called forth O
letter to the Secretary, in which was
the following: II assure you that l
will take great pleasure In distributing
them should And any one who desires
to read them. But I spprehend that
there are very few people in this Sec
tion of the country who care to read Mr..
Carlisle on finance since he was ap-
poinied Secretary Of the Treasury.
"lf you can send copies OF some of his
speeches made when he represented the
people OF his State in Congress and was
not representing class, es he Ia now.
the people of this section would be glad
to read them; or II you can send some
speeches made by your honorable self q
few years ago, when you were trying to
make the Populists believe that you and
the Dem ocrntic party were more friendly
to the free coinage OF silver than the
Populist party was, / am sure people
would read them with pleasure. The
people OF this section are Democrats,
pure and simple, and cannot be fooled,
cajoled, bought or bulldozed by the
powers at Washington into tho support
of Republican principles OF finance
-Ey
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-08
ADVENTURE WITH A MUMMY.
Tho ArchaeoIogist Lost Ets Treasure, but
Escaped With His Life.

Tho Arctaeologist Lost Els Treasure, but
Escaped With His Life.
a French archRologist travelling
among the Andes in search of klUel-
edge and specimens had great desire
to explore some caves in the sides of tho
precipioes- They were doubtless ancient
tombs and would probably yield him u
treasure. He selected n favorable spot,
therefore, rugged sort Of chair or seat
between two leather cords and engaged
two Indians TO let him down from the
brow of the precipioe. "A descent of
800 feet made in this way, ho tolls us.
lis extraordinarily long"
However, he reached the cave in safe
ty and ON forcing Il passage into it was
rewarded by finding two skulls and a
mummy, thoroughly dry Ike says,
and pretty solid" He passed string
through the eyeholes of the skulls and
attached them to his belt Then he took
the mummy i'll his arms and signaled to
the Indians to draw him up. With his
heels he defended himself against the
jutting rocks, and in few minutes was
almost ON an even with the top. The
Indians knew nothing about his load
Just then the yellow skull of one of
their ancestors appeared before their
eyes, and the idiots gave start of sur
prise The Frenchman thought they
must have let go the cord
1t was the affair of second, " he
writes "What passes in the brain of u
man ut such an instant is indescribable
did not drop yard, but experienced
oil the horror of man in rapidly fall
ing through space. My hands let 90 the
mummy, and while, covered with a
cold sweat, l was helped over the edge
of the cliff by the Indians, the mummy
bounded from rock to rock ind landed
in bits at the bottom OF the chasm. "
He overwhelmed the Indians with in
vective, but to no purpose. Such deed
men, they assured him. if disturbed in
their sepulcher had the habit of kissing
the Indians, who persisted infallibly I'M
der their deadly breath. One of the two
declared that his own father had died
in that way.
The other assured the FreIch1nan that
st the moment when the head Of the
mummy showed above the edge of the
rocks 1t opened its mouth If it had not
luckily fallen into the abyss, it would
have cursed them forever pittsburg
Dispatch.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-08
oH1NEsE ATROCITIES.
a Terrible Story OF Riot ana Persecution
OF Missionaries.

OF Missionaries.
CHICAGO, August THE following
letter from tho Rev. VIM. Upcrafs,
dated at Chun King, juno Is, was pub
lished here this evening "The present.
occupation of the missionaries in Chung
King may be described as permanens
council Of war. As the reports come in
from different parts OF the province, we
begin to understand how widespread and
learned not only Chen Tu, but the en-
sire western part of the province has
been ralded.
1.-THE annual festival of the fifth
moon, MAY 2s) found widely scat
tered force of French, American and
English in possession OF the field, yet
before the feast had closed, the central
stronghold had fallen, and the mission
premises at Chen Tu were devastated
and the residents prisoners in the
yamen. Extravagans stories OF child
eating, treasure hunting, mutilation
and other practices absurd as false are
abroad and sparks set the whole mass
aflame."
A second letter from DR.. Upcraft,
dated June 90, describes the situation
further as follows; "Slowly the details
OF the riots in the western part of Sue
chuen came hltering down to us here.
When the mob first struck the Method
list place in the northeast corner of
Chen Tu It was towards evening OF the
fifth month feast day. Stones were
used first and then the doors burst in
and the rioters had possession of the
outer yard Two plucky Anglo Saxons
stood up against the yelling hest and
made them run with the only show OF
resistance possible, while messengers
we're sent to the yamen to urge dilatory
officials to instant &C ton, but In vain.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-08
Strikers who Deserve Success.

Everybody Is glad to see the striking
tailors of New York achieve an endur-
ing and substantial victory. Present
indications all point to that result, and
the hope that the promise may be full
filled seems to be universal. The strik.
ing tailors have won the respect and
sympathy OF thoughtful people by the
dignity and moderation of their con-
duct. They have behaved with an
earnessaess and circumspection that
are admirable. There has been no pas
sion, no violence-none of that bru-
tally which 80 often besrays the cause
of labor-and they have impressed
society as persons who have real grieg-
they ask for. 1t is everywhere felt that
they have made good their title TO re-
coRnition, and public opinion ia clearly
with them.
A significant feature of tho incident
Is the utter failure of professional agi-
tators to obtain places in their councils.
Some evenings ago, for example, when
the working girls were in conference at
their hall, Emma Goldman, q notorious
anarchist virago, succeeded in gaining
entrance and insisted upon delivering
one OF her charsc teristic harangues.
The girls, however, refused by uneni-
nous vote to hear her.
They gave the Goldman woman to
understand that they were industrious
and law abiding mem bers of society who
had no use for her philosophy. She
promptly branded them as slaves, "
anybody who lives by honest labor being
6 slave In the Goldman scheme, and re-
tired with indignation. But the occur
renee speaks volumes in favor OF the
strikers. It goes to show that they are
not disturbers and incendiaries, and in
clines the community TO take their view
OF the controversy in spirit of genuine
regard and sympathy.
AS matter OF fact, too, the attitude
of the garment workers is thoroughly
reasonable. The evils of which they
complain are evils which society has q
real interest IN abating. The 'sweat-
shop" Is VIGOROUSLY unwholesome and
degrading. The entire system, of which
1t is part, Is odious to humanity and
civilization. Society, therefore, has
cause to thank the striking tailors for
their admirable conduct and for the
wisdom which has enabled public senti-
ment 10 align itself with movement SO
worthy In itself and go fraught with
bene6cent results and consequences
Washington Post.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-08
The Thoughtful Chauncev.

\ good story is told on Chauncey Dc
pew He received letter from young
married friend i'll Albany asking for a
pass for his motherin- law, who was
coming to make him visit, and closing
with tho delicate hint Don't forget to
have the return coupon attached Mr..
Depew is nothing if not worldly wise
and sympathetic, and in sending the pass
he wrote, Il have not neglected the re
turn coupon and have limited it to three
days. minneapolis Journal
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-08
n : = :: w AorfoIksWesleraRa

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY IL, 1898.
Westbound Leave Roanoke Daily.
$3.50 o. N. Washington and Chattanooga
ltmited) for Bribtol and the South and
West. Stops at principal stations wess
Of Radford. Pullman sleepers to New
Orleans and Memphis, dining car at
sached.
.y:O5 o. m. for Radford, Blueneld and
Pocahontss
S:s5 p. m. the Chicago Express for Rad.
ford, Bluefield, Pocnhontas, Kenovs,
Cincinnati, indianapolis, st. Louis,
Kansas City. Columbus and Chicago.
Pullman Suffet Sleeper Roanoke
30 Columbus. Also for Pulaski,
Wytheville. Bristol, Knoxville, Chat
tanooRa md intermediate points.
North and Eastbound, Leave Roanoke
Daily.
1:%o p. m. for Petersburg, Richmond
and Norfolk.
l:4o p; m. for Washington. Hagesstown,
Philadelphia and New York.
i0:40 p. m. for Richmond and Norfolk.
Pullman sleeper Roanoke to Norfolk
and Lynchburg to Richmond.
sos p. NJ. Washington and Chatta.
nooya limited) for Washington,
Hagerstown, Philadelphia and New
York. Pullman sleepers TO Washing
ton, Philadelphia and New v,rk via
Shenandoah Junction and Baidmore
snd Ohio railroad. Stops only ut
principal stations.
Durham Division-Leave Lynchburg
union station daily 3:45 o. N. for
South Boston and Durhsm and inter-
mediate stations.
Winston Salem DivlsIon-Leave Roa-
noke union station) daily 2:10 p. m .
for Rocky Mount, Marsinsville, Win
stop-SaieM snd intermediate stations
For all additional nformatioH apply
Z ticker Office or to w. B. BEVILL
7sneYsl Passenger Agent. Roanoke, Va,
III. &. BRAGG,
Travelling Passenger Ager
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-08
Drawn Battle.

While neither side has proved any
thing and both sides naturally claim the
complete discontinue OF the other,
while 1t WAS evident from before the
beginning that such would be the empty
result, 1t Is the orthodox who are dis
appointed.
They thought Harvey WAS solemn
fool to be opposed by merry ditto. or
else humbug to be punctured by clever
rapier thrusts, 80 they pitted Horr
against him cheerfully That wss 8
silly. thing to do. Horr has got of any
number Of good things and sprung some
very keen retorts and all that, and has
produced the impression on such people
as are to be reached by that debate that
the gold arguments are 30 much chaff.
Horr's sponsors miscalculeted Har.
vey's energy and the temper of the
people. They underestimated Harvey
when they sent stump speaker sgAinat
him as much as they would have over
estimated him II they had matched q
scholar against him.
And they utterly mistook the popular
mind. What gave Coin School Us i'm.
mense SUCCESS at this par ticular time is
It's seriousness. The people don't want
to be beRuiled by airy retorts and per-
sonal thrusts. They want to be led in
gooo latin oy wise Ruldes TO clearer
understanding of these matters. That
Coin protested and essayed to do. He
could be successfully opposed by no one
less earnest.
Well, on the face Of 1t. the silver men
have the better OF the debate, but it is
barren victory; and the gold bugs need
feel less ashamed to be worsted in this
wrangle than to have q man like Horr
to be their champion or to think so
oheaply OF the people that they
esteemed demagoRue q more oppor-
tune spokesman than q student-Du-
luth Commonwealth.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-08

DON'T be satisaed with any other
preparation. Ask for Ponds Extract
and insist on getting 1t.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-08
She Ate Them Up.

Margaret Petrowski WAS arfaigned in
Yorkville court. New York, charged
with operating in policy. Two weeks
ago she was arrested on the same
charge, but the evidence was deemed
insufficient, and she was discharged.
This time. however, Policeman Rheume
caught Margaret in the act OF handing
over policy slip to customer. She
no sooner caught sight OF the policeman
than she snatched the slip away from
the purchaser and thrust 1t, with others
that she had made out, into her mouth.
Rheume tried to compel her TO open her
mouth, and in 80 doing received q se-
we're bite on his fngrr. The woman
then chewed the slips to pulp and
spat them out upon the policeman. She
WAS held for trial.
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-08

Only one grave, that of John Waiter
man of Rhode Island, marked with u
rudely carved sandstone, has been iden-
titled of all who died at Valley Forge
during that perilous winter of 1878.
u. W., IFS, are all the marks that
are on the stone, but the records show
whose grave 1t is All the other graves
have been plowed over for more than a
century. Richmond Dispatch
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-08

The total acreage of all the farms in
the United States is 623,218,619, Of
which 957, 6l6,755 are improved OF IN
der cultivation, and 265, COL, 86A acres
remain uncultivated
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-08
Deafness Cannot be Cursa

By local applications. IS they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by consti gu tional remedies
Deafness Is caused by an infamed con-
dition of the mucous lining Of the eus-
tachian tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have rumb bling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed deafness Is the result and
unless the Inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to It's normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by cstarrh, which Is nothing but an in
TANNED condition OF the mucous sur-
faces.
We will give one hundred dollars for
any case OF deafness Caused by catarrh)
thatcannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. j. CHENEY 81 CO., Toledo. o.
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-08

In wealth Pennsylvania ranks next to
Now York, having All assessed valuation
of 1858, 400, 0l6, owing largely to the
enormous manufactures carried on with
in the limits of this commonwealth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-04

stated as S25.6l5.474, showing Sunday receipts
OF S16l3s9O which Is fully go per cent more
than the average receipts for an active business
day the same month.
II NAV be imagined that Saturdays report was
made out before the close Of business, but as
Saturday afternoon IS not officially observed as
a season Of great labor at Washington this hard
IL explains the matter. If some clerks were
specially sent TO the various Government ofhces
in order to overhaul all mail and kilograms re-
celvcd on Sunday and get contents entered, so
rs to include them in the months receipts. even
that would not account for receipts W per ceh'
larger than those Of an ordinary day. incluuihs
statements forwarded for only a half-days DuSi-
ness on Saturday. 1t may by some vicious per-
sons be suspected that notices were In TACT sent
to Government officials to mail or telegraph the
last cent that they could on Saturday night OF
Sunday. so that clerks ordered to work on sun
day NJ Washington could get the statements, ana
swell as far as possible the apparent receipts
for the month But evidence OF so cheap de-
ception is wanting Il only appears that tho
Sunday reccipts were extremely large under a
reform Administration
II is now asserted that Treasury statements
are usually kept open to include amounts re-
ceived the last day Of month at distant points,
but not reported at Washington until later. The
assertion is known to be false by everybody who
has watched the dispatches sent from Washing
ton regularly on the evening Of the last day or
every month. and printed all over the country
the next morning. stating the receipts for the
month exactly as they appear in the final Treas
urv statements Such dispatches were sent from
Washington March 81. April 30 and May 81 the
latter saving: "Rccepts Of the Treasury report
..ed today were S21291l1 The receipts dur
ling Nav have been S25,272,O 7S" exactly the
amount finally recorded as May receipts. TO In
cude one extra day for June, besides the receipts
in May not reported until June |. in order TO
swell the months receipts. Is simply to lie to the
public II cannot be assumed that the Depart
ment has been guilty Of such dishonesty, and the
only explanation left is that Sunday brought in
big revenue.
One other thing is still more remarkable. The
official returns on Saturday. June 90. made the
actual disbursements during the month OF June
SCI. 1873 .213, but the other official statement on
Monday made the actual disbursements during
the month of June only SCI ,GS3,029. How the
closed public offices on Sunday could have re-
ceived SlGOOOOO is pulling. but II Is much
harder 10 explain how part OF the money dis-
bnrscd ND 10 Saturday night could be not dis
bursed but still in the Treasury on Sunday
night Indeed. il was a very profitable and eco
nomcal Sunday-cxpcnscs being SJo,WO less
than nothing and receipts Sl.Go0.OOO. 1t might
10 well for this Administration to run with It's
offices closed all the time. at that rate.