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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06
A MILLS BILL.

The bill introduced in tic Uaited
States Senate yesterday By Senator
Mile, of Texas, directs the Secretary of
the Treasury to hav We all the silver In the
treasury coined into subsidiary coins,
provided that when the revenues OF the
Government shall not be sufficient to
meet the current, expenses of the Gov
pernment tho Secretary shall issue non
interest-bearing legal tender Treasury
noes in amounts sufficient to cover the
deficiency. and pay out tho same in The
neutrality-suspicious. OF the Government;
also, when the gold reserve in the
Treasury shall be in excess OF $780,
600, 00o. and legal tender notes are pre-
sented for redemption they shall be re-
deemed In either gold or silver coin at
the discretion of the Secretary. The
bill also provides that when the reserve
ahall fall below sion, 600, 900 the Secre-
tary shall redeem the notes in silver,
1t closes with q declaration for the
maintenance OF a parity of the two
metals and q provision for the repesl OF
all the laws authorizing the issuance of
Interest bearing bonds.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06
INSTANCES OF TELePATHY.
Examples OF Mind Action That Arc Said
to 10 Authentic.

Examples OF Mind Action That Arc Said
to 10 Authentic.
The following examples of tolepathic nc
ton arc known to the writer, w. j. Col
villc, as authentic instances of tho action
of mind with mind without expectation or
~prcconCerted plan. During tho Worlds
fair Mrs. A. was frequently thinking Of
her nephew, Mr.. H., who was enjoying a
few weeks vacation in Chicago, while sho
remained in Boston. On the 10Th of Au-
gust, 1898, Mrs. A. attended evening scrv-
ice i'll n certain church, and during tho
sermon, feeling Il sense of drowsincss come
over her, suddenly felt transported to tho
fair grounds in Chicago. 1t was d little
after s p. IN. in Boston, and consequently
about Z O'Clock in Chicago, when tho cleo
trio illumination of the exposition gardens
and buildings was just beginning. The
lady, doing in the church moro thar 1, 900
miles away, saw the great buildings light
cd up ono by one as if by magic, the who
scone' appearing as an enchanted fairyland.
In the midst of tho brilliant spectacle sho
distinctly saw hor nephew walking with
two young mon, to one of whom he sud-
denly exclaimed, "Oh, Alfred, how 1 wish
my aunt wcro here to enjoy this!''
Two days later Mrs. A. received an in
tercsting letter from Mr.. H., in which he
uclsiiicu III cA lCflcuCcS III tilO lalT ana IN
cluded this sentence in his description of
the brilliant illumination on the evening
of Aug. 10, that being his first visit on the
grounds after 6 p. M: 81 said to one of
my companions, oh, Alfred, how 1 wish
my aunt were here to enjoy this!' and as L
spoke L felt you were close beside mo and
continued walking with mo for at least
ton minutes" Whatever may be tho solu-
ton of so strange a phenomenon, it seems
incredible that the threadbaro explanation
conveyed in tho term ''conscicnce'' should
be proffered to account for so remarkable
M occurrence.
A few days afterward the same lady re-
ccived from her nephew, then about to
leave Chicago, the following mental mes
sage whilc she was quietly engaged in
household duties, "Don't expect me till
Thursday evening after 8 o'clock, as I
have decided to leave on u later train than
tho one l expected to take when I last
wrote to you" Two days later Mrs. a.
received from Mr.. u. q postal card CON
tanning exactly those words. The message
had reached her mentally i'll Boston whilo
he was writing it in Chicago.-Mctaphys-
ical Magazine.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06
Nerves and Other peoplo,s Nerves.


1t has become tho habit in these later
days to regard every form of recreation,
amusement or other personal d%clcctation
in regard to its bearing upon the physical
health of the participant rather thar rs
regards tho mental enjoyment it gives.
The most recent recommendation of n hy-
gicnic character in this connection is that
singing Is excellent us n nerve tonic. 1t
Is pointed out that birds are always silent
when they arc sad and pine away if they
cannot be coaxcd to sing, and so people
are urged to lift their voices and carol a
ballad or song with frequency and vigor
In order to secure that happiness which
comes with health. 1t may be true that
singing Is u nerve tonic for those who in
dulgo in 1t themselves, but whero is tho
sedative to be found that will sootho the
nerves of the neighbors who may DO com
PEELED TO listen to such hygienic activity?
The recognized justice of the rule which
governs all communities and which pro-
vidcs hat only that which gives the great
est good to the greatest number will be
permissible will, we fear, prevent a gen
eral indulgence in health seeking by
means of vocal athletics. In itself it
might not be SO bad, but think of the hor-
ror of tho situation when singing leads
enthusiasts in the exercise of tho lungs to
the use of comets, French horns and other
wine Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06
pEMooa ,rfo TIMBER soARon.

The candidacy Of Senator Allison, OF
Iowa. for the Presidency has been form.
ally announced. His Presidential light
ming rods are up and in fairly good
shape, but just now the attraction seems
TO bs greater towards Speaker Reed
than any OF the other Republican aspir-
ants. With Reed, Mckinley, Allison,
Harrison and Norton all in the field,
the Republicans csrssSnlsa 6do not lack
for available Presidential timber.
With the Democrats the case is differ
emit. None OF the great men of tina,
party seem anxious to offer ehemselves
for the sacrifice, unless II be Senator
Hill, OF New York, the ~collapse\Qf whose
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06
Sharpening q Pencil.

From childhood up man, naturally de-
structive, with All inherent desire to
smash things, has been taught to take
care OF everything that is nice, tidy and
ornamental. If you want to know how
well the lesson has been learned, watch
men sharpen pencils. Did you ever see
one begin ut the end that has the pretty
gilt letters on it? The rudest and most
careless man will turn the pencil end
for end to white on the plain part
New York Press.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06
SPECIAL reports to the Manufacturers

SPECIAL reports to the Manufacturers
Record show that there Is q decided
tendency toward q revival in railroad
improvement aud construction in the
South, quits a number Of enterprises Of
this kind being reported as in prospect
for early construction. The building Of
q number of short roads in mineral and
timber districts Is opening up some
extensive properties which Western
capitalists and others are preparing to
develop. Cotton mill enter prises cor-
tinue to attracs attention and q number
have been reported during the past
week.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06

Everybody is familiar with tho sort of
person whose humor is-ill regulated; who
laughs heartily mt your joke, but at. tho
wrong place; who gives you tho answer to
8 conundrum to crack instead of tho CO.
nundrum itself, and who is always putting
the cart before the horse in her witticisms,
after II fashion rs cxaspcrating as it is
fatal. According to Tainmas Hagg.rt,
humor is of 'twa sorts" One sort is the
making of Il joke, the other the seeing"
of it. "A body can't be expcckit bath
to max II joke and to see it. That wad he
dom twa folks wark." This philosophy
not only accounts for, but excuses, those.
many intcllccts whose humor is somehow
not subject To average rules and regula-
tions They're not going to have tho
brooklyn bridge any more observed a.
woman of this species not long since. An
tiquo as was the joke that she was trying
to spring upon her companion he failed to
recognize it in so mutilated u shape.
why not?" he therefore asked. And
when the woman, with much gusto, re-
piled, Because it's long %cnough,.' sho
wondered why he didn't laugh.-Ncw
York Sun.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06
The N TIMES, FRIDAY. Z, Isa5

lecturing tour certainly does not sugur
any success for him in the direction Of
obtaining the nomination for President.
II Is, however, believed by many,
while he himself has said nothing on
the subject, that Mr.. Cleveland would
not object to bearing his breast once
more to the popular wave with the hope
that It would float him back into the
White House al the close of his present
term. Be that as 1t may, the Presiden-
tial outlook does not show any Demo-
cratic candidates 20 speak of, but quite
q batch of Republicans anxious for the
honor are in full view. The reason for
this latter condition is the apparently
bright prospects of tho G. D. p; yet
there may be q turn in the tide, with q
rapid and wonderful change in tho sit
uation. Who can tell p {
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06

THE movement to build q memorial
bridge across the Potomac at Washing
ton Is being pushed forward actively
in Congress. Bills looking to the con-
struction Of such a bridge have been
introduced in the Senate by Messrs.
Frye. of Maine, and Daniel, Of Vir
GINA. The bill authorizes the Secretary
OF WAr to have constructed a bridge
from the most convenient point of the
naval observatory grounds to On
equally convenient point in the Airing.
ton estate, and provides that the cost of
the bridge shall notexceed 5000, 600. 1t
is to be used exclusively for foot pas
sengers and vehicles, and all tram ways
are prohibited, whether propelled by
steam, electric, horse or other power.
1t WAS referred to tho proper committee
and its passage will be urged. It's
friends ara anxious that it shall not
fail, as it did last year, hence it's early
Introduction.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06

VIRGINIA AFFORDS the only dry dock
News. capable Of accommodating the
larger naval vessels of the government;
but, nevertheless, 1t Is reported tina,
some of tho people connected with the
government are disposed to cripple the
shipyard assNewport News by refus-
ing 1t the contract for building the two
government battleships, though It's bid
is seven hundred thousand dollars less
than that of any other yard.-Alex
andris Gazette.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06
Mario de- nIedicI.

Marie de- Medici, the second wife Of
Henry Nv, who married her in 1900, a
year after his divorce from Margaret of
Valois, was an Italian beauty, petite
and dark. She was hot tempered, and
her intolerance of her husbands infhdeli-
ties caused constant domestic pickering.
Her voice was shrill, and when angry
she raised it almost to a scream, so that
when the king and queen were engaged
in u domestic argument everybody in
the house knew all about it.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06
CHICAGO.
Glowing Tribute to the City by One OF It's
Own Papers.

oV Oit oy JIG VI Ito
Own Papers.
Chicago is responsible for this fad which
has got possession of other cities in tho
length and breadth of our land. We refer
to tho craze which has given us tho ''great-
or New York" agitation, tho "greater
Providence" tho creator Boston," tho
''greater Wichita and so on al infinitum.
Thcro has never been my talk Of q
greater Chicago, for tho reason, we sup
pose, that Chicago's greatness has ut oil
times been regarded rs superlative. 1t is
this conceded greatness which has set the
Others to thinking, to planning, to schem-
Ing. 1t has given birth to tho impulse
which inspires other towns and cities to
hump themselves. Chicago is so great tina
sho has power not only to sustain herself,
but also to provide all tho rest of the
country with ambition and energy. 1t has
been scientifically demonstrated that
enough nervous energy is wasted daily in
Chicago to d all tho business of tho
world two weeks at n gait moro rapid
than that pursued by tho average business
man of st. Louis in the discharge of his
affairs.
We see the influence of Chicago mani
tested very clearly in tho nGttor which has
agitatod the presidents and trustees of
eastern colleges ever since Chicago uni
NcrSlty camo into CXlStence. Before that
happening those eastern fellows didn't
caro- boob for and didn't say boob to the
west. They were suro of the west. But
now TINT Chicago has u university-tho
university, if you please-mercy sakcs
alivel what n shaking up of tho old dry
bones there is down in Yankccdom! What
q scared lot they arol Why, wo've had
them on the run for the last two years,
and we'ro going to keep them on the run
too. What sweet things they say of tho
west now! How particular they arc to
visit us, and address our alumni dinners,
and dance attendance upon us, and curry
favor with us. We wonder whether they
really suppose wo arc such blind idiots rs
not to sec that they nro scared-scared al
most to death!
The colleges of the country, tho business
of tho country, tho art, the literature, tho
scionccs-all feel the influence of Chicago
and arc responding to it. Because Chicago
is great, everything associated and identi-
fled with her must DO great. She is tho
fountain head of American spirit, enter
prise and energy; sho is tho lcavcn that
lcavcneth the whole lump!-Chicago Rec.
ord.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06
Rnts In tho Thames.

A strange sight was seen in London
at the great fire in tho grain warehouses
near Blackfriars' bridge. As the build
ings, which were on the waters edge,
were burning a black mass WAS seen in
the river floating from the Surrey to the
Middlcsox side. 1t was composed Of
thousandso of rats, cut off from escape on
the land side. About 10, 200 of them
succeeded in crossing the river, but were
then unablo to get up the smooth side
of the Thames emhankment and were
carried down stream and drowned.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06

AMBASSADOR BAYARD, at o recent
banquet in London, said he hoped when
he left England he would BIO remem :
bored az having done something to
bring Great Britain aud the United
States into sympathy. Every one will
admit IL flatsering the English will ac-
compllsh such o result, .has the dis
tinguished diplomst has done all he
could in that direction.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06
WHAT NoRDAU HAS DONE.
Professor Lombroso Has High Praise, For
the Author of degeneration"

Professor Lombroso has High Praise For
the Author of "Degeneration."
In Degeneration" he has the great
merit of combating certain dominant
influences, particularly that of mysti-
clsm, which, recrudescent in these lat
ter days, thanks to certain Grant ge-
muses., has led astray a vast throng of
talents. In this book, too, he is ever
the man of our century who has most
felt the pulse of his times, and he has
not only put his finger on our most open
wound-on that egotism which is steril-
lzlng our moral sense and rendering us
cruel to another but he also has
succeeded in finding it's explanation in
the special tendencies of the degenerate;
whether it be the higher class degener-
ates who invents the strangest freaks to
catch the public eye-as weddings in O
balloon or Cardinal Lavigerie's cru
sades-or the initiative ~degcneratcs who
deem themselves original in simply
copying.
Finally he has had tho supreme merit
of applying p%sychiatric research to liter
airy criticism. He has carried this reform
to its utmost applicability, seeking,
with that audacity, intrepid even to in
science, which he exhibited III his Coon,
ventional Lies" to demolish the repu-
~tations most. firmly established. And
thag.lhe has @ssssablo to overthrow tho
weHfsof the MssicH and Germans ySn
bolists and Decadents, who prdS
science untruo because in 100 yeafsSdr
toll sho has not given them the key to
all tho leysterios. These pages of his,
are among the most splendid written in
this century, such rs could be wreSted
from an artist thinker by the sight of
four idlers, who insult the legion of
t~ireless workers busy i'll searching and
researching nature. even into her inmost
recesses. And very just is his diagnosis
of thcm-that they have for 5heir Char
ncteristics q nebulosity of mental repre-
sentationy q confused and motley idea
tion, too much eroticism, an abnormal
devotional fabric and an exaggerated
egotism which causes them to observe
things only in relation to their own
solves.-''Nordan's Degeneration , It's
Value and Its Errors, by Cesaro Lom-
broso, III Century.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06
Did You Ever

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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06
Der.

The Blacksburg Post is the name OF
a new weekly paper published in Mont
gomery county, this State. 1t is edited
by Emmett R. Rice and will be conserv-
alive in politics. THE TINES wishes it
long life and success.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06

There should DO as little merit in pving
a woman for her beauty rs II man FOR his
prosperity, both being equally subject TO
chanRo.-POpO.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06

Tho wise are instructed by reason
ordinary minds by experience, the stu
pid by necessity and brutcs by instinct
Cicero.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06
Asslstnnce Not necessary.

"Help! Helpr' cried the man who
was being robbed.
Calm YOURSELF" said the highway
man. 81 don't need any assistance. -
Town Topics.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06

Some natures are like pens-they
may DO driven; hit others are like pen.
:ils, which arc better when they arc
lead.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06

THp Trurs IS q member OF the Associated
Press-tho greatest news-collecting association IN
the w~orld-and receives over 9 especial wire the
full tclogr aphic news service OF the Associated
press-the Same news from all over the United
States and the world that 10 simultaneously re-
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phta and Baltimore.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06

MEIzEL soup and ball Friday night
at the Wayside Inn.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06

eo 60 70 pon'la'0n'' " 'a'F's''''0F' At
The advocate., 1895-01-23

advocacy Of it, now that Carroll d.
Wright has declared that it seems
to be inevitable, svows itself as an
open champion of the project. Gov
ernment ownership of railroads has
until quite recently been one Of the
inssnities of Populism and nation
slism not for q moment to be
thought Of by people Of responsibility
and good sense. Since Carroll D.
Wright has reluctantly been COM
PEELED to express the opinion that
this must be the inevitable solution
of the transportation problem, the
idea is assuming "respectsbility;"
and while the pioneers IN the move
ment who have all along declared
that no other solution Is possible, are
still denounced as impractical VISION
aries, their ideas are adopted and
proclaimed by such respectable"
champions as though they were en-
tirely original with them. The En-
quirer ssgely observes:
It is becoming more and more a question
Of government ownership Of railroads or
railroad ownership Of government.
Whst a startling and entirely or
iginsl declaration that Is, to be sure.
Did any Populist ever hear it before?
Nevertheless let us not be too orlti-
cal in this matter. 1t is a source of
qualification that our measures are
being vindicated by respectable"
public sentiment even though we get
no credit for being pioneers in their
advocacy.
The advocate., 1895-01-23
SOME THINGS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT

In another column will be found
an editorial from the Buffalo En-
quirer of January 3 upon the rail-
road question. No one who has his
eyes open can fail to observe the
trend of public sentiment toward
public ownership of railroads and
telegrsphs; and almost every day
this sentiment breaks out in q new
quarter. The Buffalo Enquirer for
example, has not attracted any par
ticular attention in the past by it's
advocacy of this measure. 1t has
been, in fact, among those who have
been lsmenting the Vagsries of the
Peoples party and deploring the
fact that so many crsnks were get
ting together constituting a compact
political organization.
In the editorial which we repro
duce this week, the Enquirer says:
Il is Of significance that a man who is so
careful q student Of the labor movement ss
Carroll D. Wright thinks that government
ownership Of railroads ia coming, and in
comparatively short time.
1t is likewise Of significance that
great city paper which one year ago
could not have been induced to say q
word in behalf of government owner
ship of railroads, when the national
lists of the country and the Crsnks in
the Pc 1ple's party stood alone in the
The advocate., 1895-01-23
That Confidence Game.
sry u.

EDITOR ADvooATE:-It might be
we'll, as other papers are trying to Gre
ate wrong impression, to note that
the confidence game that is being
worked on the counties in the Sixth
district is not partisan, as the st. Joe
News evidently would like to make it.
AS the principal in the contract, and
only one known, L. j. Miller, court
stenographer for the Fifteenth Judi
cial district, is a republican; the other
two claim to be Pops, and the fourth
one at Topeka is not politically known.
We are glad to note that the Populists
are looking after the interest of the
Taxpayers, and with the help of the
republican taxpayers, we were able to
present petition to the commissioners
that reminded them that they were
servants of the people. 1t will proba-
bly, end here. GEO. b. RUGGLEs.
The advocate., 1895-01-23

aid ia Of the opinion that the trainers Of
the constitution Of the United States
would have regarded such an extension
Of the powers and functions Of the fed
erRl government as this "as an exercise
OF authority quits as dangerous and in.
tolsrablo as any that George III. ever
sought TO srrogate," Possibly they
would also have 30 regarded the extern
sion Of governmental functions involved
in federal control and operation Of the
pOstohice system. But we are not RC-
custOmed to regard the pOstofiCs dApArt-
ment as dangerous TO our liberties. Con-
ditlons are now very different In this
country from what they we're IN the
time Of the trainers Of the constitution.
-Buffslo Euquirer, January
The advocate., 1895-01-23

cratic sheet in the country would
forget all about it's former howl
against paternsllsm and nationslism
and begin to whoop it up for govern
ment ownership ofrsilroads3 There
Is not a doubt that if the change can
be effected upon a plan that will
perpetuate the system Of public
plunder for the benefit Of the "Csp-
tains Of industry" every last one OF
them will become an enthusiastic
Of the fraud.
The advocate., 1895-01-23
OnlY Links OF tho 3 S.me Nanaage.

Secretary Carlisle, who has been re-
gsrded as the spokesman of this ad
ministration, almost caused panic
to day in the democratic ranks, by ap-
pointing a republican to a $1,000 place
in his department, when thirty.nine
hungry democrats have been working
day and night to secure it. So potent
was the democratic clamor for this
place assistant superintendent of the
life.saving serVice-thst the secretary
three months ago called for the resig
nation of Major Piper, who had it.
And now it is given to Frederick Up
ton, of Maryland, lifelong republi-
can, and an assistant secretary Of the
treasury under the Hayes administrs-
tion. He was recommended by Sens-
tor Sherman.-Buffalo Express, Janu.
Rry 12,