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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
VISIT 70 THE EscuRlAL.
The Great Structure Erected by Order of
Philip III OF Spain.

fhilip III OF Spain.
Tho Escurial, built by Philip II be-
tween 1868 and 1854, was called "the
eighth wonder Of the world" says
special correspondent of tho Boston Her
aid. 1t was at once temple, u palace,
treasury, tomb and museum That
is to say, all these were included in the
hugo building which Philip erected on
the Slope of spur Of the Guadarama
range, 32 miles northwest of Madrid.
Tho builder s object was to carry out tho
will of his father, Charles V, by con-
structing royal burial place, and also
to fulfill VOW he had made during tho
battle of st. Quentin, when no i'm
plored the aid Of St Lorenzo, Oh whose
day (Aug. 10, 1867 tho battle was
fought
Tho ediflce stands about 5000 feet
above tho sea, facing the mountains, with
its back toward Madrid It is a rectangu-
lar parallelogram, TAO feet from north to
south. and $50 from east to west. On
the east side is an advanced portico
which breaks the facade This gave rise
to tho vulgar impression that Philips
idea was to make tho building In the
shape OF o gridiron, an allusion to tho
manner Of st. Lorenzo's martyrdom, he
having been broiled to death on slow
fro in the reign of tho Roman Emperor
Valentianus, A D. 2G1. There seems
to be no other ground for the fanciful
invention.
Tho building covers 100000 square
feet Of land, or nearly 10 acres 1t has
16 courtyards, Sc staircases, 10 clois-
tiers, So fountains and 3 900 feet Of paint
ed frcsco. Tho church, which occupies
less than sixth Of the whole space, is
800 feet long, $50 feet wide and $40 feet
high to tho top Of the cupolh Tho re-
decming qualities Of the enormous struc-
ture are size, simplicity and situation.
1t seems to be part Of the mountain on
the slope Of which it rises 1t still looks
grand even among mountain buttrsses.
Otherwise, it disappoints. It's architec-
turo has little in form or color to COM
mend 1t 1t lacks tho prestige of antiu-
ulty, and 1t does not express any reli-
gious sentiments 1t might be vast man
ufactOry. It's cold granite walls, blue
states, lcaden roofs and small windows
give it a commonplace appearance.
or course it is now little moro than
q skeleton of what it was The living
monks who swarmed in it's courts are
here no longer. The revenues OH which
they lived have been taken away. Tho
French soldiers stole and carried away
many OF its golden ornaments in 1908.
Its best pictures have been removed to
Madrid. The building has suffered from
neglect, exposed to hurricanes and win
ter SHOWS. Better care has been taken
OF it in later years. 1t is now used as a
seminary, where about 200 youths TO-
ceivo IL secular education.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
PRAISE YOUR WIFE.

say to Her the Pleasant Things You S,y
tO Other Women
How do look?" asked young VITO
who stood before her husband dressed to
attend party with him
Ho raised his eyes from the paper he
was reading. looked at her critically
and said:
"All right. You'll do"
Her heart sunk. and her lips quiwred,
but no did not know it She was oon-
sc1ous Of looking her best. and she want
ed word Of praise, OF admiration,
from her husband, and she failed TO re-
coive it
Why WIS he SO grudging of his praise?
Ask tho average man who answers his
vito in that way when she asks his
opinion. ms she invariably does, and he
will toll you that she always looks woll
-drcssed in good taste and above criti-
cism- But why doesn't no say that to
her, or rather why does he not make a
little loverlike speech for such an COCA
sion? Even the courteous remarks he
would bestow ON the costume of an or
binary acquaintance are withhold from
his own wife.
There was a husband-he Is dead now
who used to say to his wife, my
dear, you are looking charming this
evening, on, II love you best in that
blue dress Of yours He was q poor
stick of man in tho way Of worldly
success. but his widow canoniDod him
for Just those loving tributes, given to
her with lovers Difference after many
years OF welded life.
"Oh, said disappointed woman,
Il would like to be man Just to show
what a good husband could be- DO
roit FREQ Press
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
British sRed Coats.e

We never think of her majesty's sol
diery as being attired III other than red
coats and brnss buttons, but there was q
time when tho regulation uniform Of
British soldiers was entirely different
from what 1t Is today. In the time Of
Henry VIII the oolors worn by the army
were green and white; later ON, white,
with red cross ON tho breast. The first
mention of the "red ooats, which were
SO detested by tho American patriots Of
Revolutionary times, is found In cir
cnlar letter by Edward. earl OF Derby.
1t beers date of 1547, and is to tho effect
that hereafter all foot and light horse
soldiers will appear in rcd coat made
in cassock fashion. ST Louis Repub-
lie
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
spriggs, the baltimore Strong man

George Spriggs, tho strong man of Bal
timorc, who hos been astonishing railroad
officials and newspaper men by pushing
loaded freight cars up grades, is janitor In
Boston bank He is not yet e0 years old,
is feet 10 inches tall and would not i'm
press anybody at first sight as being strong.
AS car pushcr Spriggs has broken oil
records. The other night ho pushed n
freight car at tho Baltimore and Ohio yards
the total weight of which was 80, 900
pounds Tho record feat of this kind was
that Of John Whitman, who on May 90,
1891, without artificial aid, pushed O car
said to have weighed 80, 600 pounds, a dis
tanco of 80 feet Mt tho Hudson River mil
road depot In Now York city. Spriggs
sent his car only throo feet, as tho track
was closely occupied by other freight cars
and that was oil the room he had. That
he could have sent 1t 80 feet or 100 seemed
possible to those who observed the COM
parative case with which the feat was nc
complishod. In addition the .shove was
slightly up hill, as Spriggs give 1t pull,
and 1t returned to Its first position by gray
ity. In recent exhibition Spriggs lifted
!, 1876 pounds of iron.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
Where Stage Folks Will Summer.

Whore the lights of the theatrical pro
fcssion will spend the summer: Fanny Da-
vcnport, ut South Duxbury, Mass Pro
fcssor Hermann, at Whitostonc, n. Y;
James O'Ncill, at Monte Cristo villa, New
London; Mario Wainwright, In Franco;
Frank Daniels, Mt Rye Beach; Jessie Bart
lett Davis on her chicken farm near Chi
cago; Richard Mansfield, yachting on Long
Island sound; Otis Skinner, ut Proctors-
Vile, VII Thomas @ Scabrooko at Larch-
mont; Mrs. Potter and Mr.. Bcllcw, In
London nnd Paris; John Drew, In Eng
land; Robert Downing on his farm at
Bcnnings, d. c.; Alexander Salvini, In
Italy; Pauline Hall, on bicycle tour of
Europe; Edwin Milton Roylc, mt Magno-
liza Beach, Mass. Lillian Russell in and
around New York; Camille D'Arvillo, at
Manhattan Bcach; Not Goodwin, all over
Europe; Mrs Langtry, at the races in
England; LOWS Morrison, at Pcekskill;
Thomas ". Kccnc, at Staten Island; james
Conor Roach, ut Bath Beach, N. Y; Ed-
win Arden. ut Scabright, n J.; Dc Wolf
Hopper, ut Manhattan Beach; Florence
Rockwell, in Now York city; Sadie Mnr-
tinot and Max Figman, probably in Paris
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25

and wound up his season by capturing the
Criterion stakes at Monmouth on Aug. IS.
AS 3-ycar-old he started II times, but
was returned q winner only twice His
victories were in the Carlton stakes Mt tho
Brooklyn spring meeting on o heavy track,
when he again beat Dobbins, and In hand
leap sweepstakes at the Brooklyn fall
meeting, also over heavy track.
Ho was not considered to have ghost
of show In the Brooklyn and from so to
go to l was offered against him. His own
ers, James r. and Foxhall Kccne, are we'll
known in New York; financial and socinl
circles. Tho cider Kcene's horses have won
tho Czarcwitz, CaInbridgoshirc, Grand Prix
of Paris and other great European turf
events
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
Words In Use.

An expert in philology has computed
that with 1000 words, an ordinary
man can say everything that Is really
essential, and Of these he commonly uses
only 400 or 800, reserving the remain
der for extraordinary occasions, when
some idea ont of his usual lineof think
ing occurs to him
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
Cincinnati Produce merket

CINCINNATI, O.. May 24.-Flour active
and strong. wheat easier; No. red, IS.
Corn easier. lower: No. mixed; SAX.
Oats firm; No. mixed. $4,000. Rive
quiet; No. northwestern. rs. Pork
easier; l2.62H. Lard easier, $50. Bulk
meats quiet, 6.37H. Bacon steady,
1915. Whlskey fair demand; sales, sir
oarrels' !.24. Butter steady Sugar
steady. Eggs easier, 11Mo. Cheese
easy.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
New York Money Market.

NEW YORK, May 24.-Money on call
easy at per cent. last loan, /; closed
l. Prime mercantile paper 3@4H.
Sterling exchange firm with actual
business In bankers bills at 4.ss@4 So y
ior-demand, and 1904 SIN for sixty
days; posted rates, 4.s7x@4.ss and
s'ssH 4:s9 Commercial bills, SEQ 4
4.s6x. Silver certificates, 67h@67%.
Government bonds strong. State bonds
inactive. Railroad bonds strong.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
X, nj. Sutton q 90.

GAIT. D. G. BooTH, agent Of e. NJ
Sutton 81 Co., Of Baltimore, wholesale
dealers in dry goods and notions, who
has been occupying rooms over the e.
d. Stewart furniture store, will on the
first day OF May remove his large stock
OF sampled to Hotel Lee, corner OF
Commerce street and Salem avenue
and in future will be pleased to see his
patrons in his new quarters.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
The Smaller the Costlier.

Mrs Hayson-What is the price of
that bonnet over there?
The Milliner-Just $1S.
Mrs Hayson-What will 1t be if you
cut that ugly piece of ribbon off the side?
The Milliner-Only Chicago
Record.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25

Bismuth WIS first separated and dis
tinguished rs metal by Agricola, the
famous chemist and scientist, in 1920.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, May 24.-The edge was
taken of the bull movements on the
board Of to-day and everything closed
lower. Comparison with yesterdays
figures wheat closed ~ off; corn u of.
oats &c, pork 80; lard and ribs 2H each.
The weakness in grain was owing to
heavy realizing sales made in the face
OF the most gloomy crop reports yet re-
ceived ana that in provisions was the
result OF heavy receipts OF hogs and the
weakness In corn.
The leading futures ranged TO-DAY as
follows:
Wheat, No. Inlay, opening, 77H@
rs, closing 20; July, opening. 7sb@70
closing II; Septembe opening, 7SE@
~, closing Tx. Corn No 2-May, open.
ing, 5sS, closing, SO; July, opening,
549s, closing, 53%; September, opening,
55S@56, closing, 54X. Oats No. o.
May. opening, 306, closing, 90; June,
opening, 3O8; closing, COX; July, OPEN
Ing. 3l@3lA; closing, 29N Mess pork,
per b6l.-July, opening, 12.45, closing,
IL. 276; September, opening, 1875, clcs-
Ing, 1890. Lard, per 100 lbs.-July
opening, GIGS, closing, 6 65; September,
opening, $50, closing. 6.s2}5. Short
ribs. per 100 lbs.-July, opening, 6.27H,
closing, 6.25; Septem Der, opening, GAS,
closing, Gas.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour firm; winter patents, 5000
$50; winter straights, 3.OO@ g. 25; spring
patents. 3. 30@3.s5; spring straights, 3. SO
@2.75; No. Q, spring wheat, 10000; No.
spring wheat, 1899; No. red, 700
7oA No. corn. SO; No. 3 yellow, sax;
NO. oats. go; No. 9 white. 82X@33S;
No. white, 32}6; No. rye, cox; No.
barley, 50N@5116; No. 8. 47@5ox; No.
4, 43; Mol faxseed, 1.4s]6; prime tim,
othy seed, 500; mess pork, per Dbl,
2:25@ lS.s7H; lard, per 100 lbs, $50
o.S776; short ribs sides, Qoose), 6.l5@
go; dry sailed shoulders (boxed) 54@
os; snort clear sides, (boxed). 6%@6%;
whiskey, distillers' finished goods per
gallon. 1868; sugars, cut loaf, 5.13;
granulated, 400; standard A, 4.56.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
HoRNPlPE AND HAMILTON.
Tho Brooklyn Handicap Winner and H.s
Wide Awake Young Jockey.

"tuc AWuAc 1Uuhy JOCKEY.
Hornpipe, tho winner of the recent
Brooklyn Handicap, is brown colt,
years old, by Mr.. Pickwick, out of Round
Dance. He was bought at tho sale of
Charles Reeds ycarlings In 1892 by Fox
hall kccnc for 81, 800. His llrst race as a
a-ycar-old was in the double event which
was run ut Shccpshend Bay on Juno II,
1893 Ho won the race, beating Declare
and six others. He also won tho second
section of this event on July at tho same
track.
On July 10 no won the Tyre stakes Mt
Monmouth park, defeating Dobbins and
throo others. Then no was defeated twioo
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25

For bargains in refrigerators, wal
papers and bsby carriages go to The E
d. Stewart Furniture Company.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
Four Big suooaaaea

HAVING the needed merit 10 more
than make good all the advertising
claimed for them the following four
remedies have reached q phenomenal
sale. DR.. Kings New Discovery, for
oonsumptions, coughs and colds, esch
bottle uarsnteed-Electric Bitters, the
great remedy for liver, stomach and
kidneys. Bucklen's Arnioa Salye, the
best In the world, and DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. which are perfect pill. All
these remedies are guaranteed to do
just what Is claimed for them snd the
dealer whose name Is attached herewith
Will be glad to sell you more OF them
Sold at Christian & Barbee' drug store
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Now York Stock nIarhet

NEW YORK, May 24.-The improve-
ment In the stock market continues and
ss result OF to'day's transactions, q
higher range Of values was established.
Inc speculation was mainly confined to
the local traders, the foreigners being
also entirely out OF the market. At the
opening the market was firm and On ad.
vance OF 7s@lH per cent. was recorded,
the latter In Minneapolis and st. Louis.
Inc market continued strong up to and
beyond midday the upward movement
not being checked until about 1880
o'clock when bear demonstration WAS
made against the grsngers. The rest of
the market fell off H@H per cent.
After delivery hour prices again took
an upward turn and speculation was
strong to the close. The bond market
to- day was active and strong with
wide distribution Of the trading. The
sales were SO, 395, 900.
Closing stocks were as follows.
Atchison, 7k; Adams Express, 143;
Baltimore and Ohio, 63H; Chesapeake
and Ohio, 22x; Chicago, Burlington and
quincy, son; Chicsgo Gas, Task; g. @. c.
and st; Louis, AK; Del. Lackawanna
ana western, 1852; Distillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co., 19A; Erie, 1881; Erie
preferred. s7k; Great Northern pres
ferred, 1872; Lake Shore, 146; Lead
TRUSS, 34N; Louisville and Nashville,
Ss%; National Cordage, Az; National
Cordake preferred, 6x; N. j. Central,
10l; Norfolk and Western preferred,
15A; Northern Pacific preferred, 1917;
Northwestern, 9s9l; Northwestern pre-
ferred, 144; NY. Central, 1o2; NY,
and New England. 4236; Pacific Mail.
26&; Pullman Palace. 172; Reading,
1925; Rock Island, COS; st. Paul, 67%;
st. Paul and Omaha, $3.50; Southern
Pacific, 2oK; Sugar Refinery, l1s4;
Union Pacific, Is; Western Union,
92H; General Electric, 331S; Southern,
IA; Southern preferred, 40; Tobacco,
111ss; Tobacco preferred, ia.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
CHECKERS AND CHESS.

Checker Problem No. a3-By DIT. J. T.
Brown.
Blach-22, 81 (lxtne).
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
Chamberlain s Eye and SKIN Ointment

Is q certain cure for Chronic Sore
Eyes, Granulated Eye Lids, Sore Nip
pies, Piles, Eczema, letter, Salt Rheum
and Scald Head. rs cents per box.
For sale by druggists.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25

THE very finest custom made clothes
from 5000 OF the latest styles are being
made at No. Campbell street. IS per
cent. cheaper than elsewhere. Work
manship and Ht guaranteed the best.
A. D. RICE,
Receiver, F. q, Ayers & Co.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25
What's the Use of WAITING ?

,ne rgh' our work AL and if YOU don't
or'ng us work we will come after it, in one
way or another, either by bringing to Your
notice our prices, facilities and quality of
execution, or personal interviews We are
not grumbling; far from it. We've had our
share; we are still getting our share But we
have placed Mt your disposal a modern. and
almost ideal printinr cStahleb,oo,. I'LL,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-25

IHWHInc, Tho automatic cutting Knife shNrD-
oner, and tahleting appurtenances are on
TINS hoor The wonderful and powerful
ELECTRIC motor, which propcls the machines
ON oil three floors, i. also on this floor Over
IN one corner, hardly noticeable, is kept in
readiness, AS supplementary power, an
improved Gas Engine, to be attached at
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-26
TRADES COUNCIL MEETING,
The Trouble Between the Contractors
and Building Lab0rerS Discussed
Resolutions Passed.

The Great Falls Trades Council held
an important meeting Friday. a
committee from the Builders Exchange
appeared before the council and laid
their grievances against the iourncymcn
before that body. A committee will look
into the matter and it is probable that
an aluicablc settlement Of all difficulties
and grievances on both sides will be cf-
frctcd.
Resolutions were presented from the
local y. Il. L. lodge relating to the i'm
prisonment of +. V. Debs and his asso-
ciates and were passed unanimously by
the council and ordered printed in the
daily press. The resolutions are as fol-
lows:
Whereas. Bro f. V. Debs and the
directors of the American Railway union
have been committed to Jail at Wood
stock. H.. and are now cerring out thnir
sentence. not for any violation Of Il con
sttutional or statute law or legislative
enactment, but for contempt of court.
We, the members OF local union No. 50
of Great Falls, do hereby resolve as
follows:
lst That their incarceration as com
mon criminals, without trial isa parody
ON the constitutional liberty Of the
United States and directly contrary to
the principles set forth in the Dcclara-
tion Of Independence which our fore
fathers fought and bIod to establish.
md. That il Il mans liberty can be-
taken from him for the violation Of a
command giyel by one man who is at
IT," same time plaintiff, judge, jury and
"Nccutoncr, that our bcastcd Amer
can liberty is but Il farce: and feeling
that this is the result Of class lcgisla.
ton and influences, We deem il in
direct conflict with that portion Of the
preamb4" to the Declaration Of indie
pcNGcncc "horoin it says: I'VE mold
these truths 10 be- seIf-evid"nt that all
men ~" created equal, that they are en-
dpW"d by their Creator with certain in
alirmabIn rights; that among these are
life, liberty and the pursuit Of happ
ness: and that to secure these rights
governments are instituted among men.
urriyIEg their just powers from the con
sent pf the governed: that whenever any
form of government becomes destructive
u, these ends it IS til" right Of the people
to alter or abolish it,"
3. Resolved, That the incarceration OF
uur brothers is unjust and worthy only
to rluanatc from the most autOcratic
powers oi the world, and if We in the
free and liberty loving country have ON
our statute books It law lcgallzing such
an action, we, in the name Of our rayo.
lutiorary fathers, in the name of the
| thousands who We're slain that the taint
Of slavery should be wiped from our
glorious banner IN the names Of millions
Of labOrcrs Of this continent. we raise
our voice IN protest and ask that this
foul blot be erased and that our country
become free in deed IS we'll as in word
r. l.. CRoMKHrrE,
f.. l.. WHITE,
W. j. SMITH,
Committee.
Endorsed by the Trades aud Labor
council. y. f. CAUFlELD,
Secretary.
Great Falls, July 10, 1898.
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-26
THB BIG DEBATE
Mr.. HOrr for the the GOldbugs lnduiges
in Some Alleged Humorous
Remarks.
NOT EXACTLY TO THE POINT
"COin" Discussed the Manner in Whlch
Decentralization Was Accom-
plished.

CHICAGO, July 19.-The demonetiza-
ton act Of 1873 was the main subject OF
the Horr- Harvey debate. After some
miscellaneous sparring Harvey charged
corruption in the passage OF the act de-
monetizing OF silver. Horr in reply re-
pudiated the inference that the citizens
of the States United were all corrupt
and none of their women virtuous. Horr
declared it was not true that every man
had his price. Members of congress
were as honest as the average American
citizen. He knew whereof he spoke, for
he had been a member of that body
himself. Horr then took up the history
of the demonetization act and proceeded
to show the stages through which it
passed, and that its final enactment was
not till after it had been before con-
gress nearly three years. Harvey then
returned to the attack upon the honesty
of Legislators throughout the country,
including congress, and the Illinois and
Colorado legislatures. This venality was
sapping the foundations Of the govern
ment as it had sapped the foundations
of and destroyed every republic in the
past. Horr again returned to the de-
fense of the honesty of the American
people. He said Harvey merely picked
out few corrupt men and drew from
them the proposition that the people of
the nation were all corrupt II Harvey
had lived in Jobs time he would have
looked over that unfortunate mans
sores and gone out and published
throughout the world that all Chaldea
was one immense carbuncle. llorr then,
amid laughter, said he would return to
the question under discussion, and
proceeded with the history of
the characterization act, point
ing out how the bill had been
read in full several times. printed
separately eleven times and twice in re-
ports Of the comptroller Of the currency.
The debate in the senate occupied sixty
six columns in the Congressional Record.
In the report of the committee it was
stated that it had been examined line
by line. word by word and was finally
passed. II" would show that IN Sc
doing the senate knew what it was
about. This closed the debate for the
day. except answering questions by tho
disputants prOpoundcd by membcrs OF
tbn .trii.,,r III. .3ttnn1arf.u yvac mot
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-07-26
Tllc Ifnpti-t,.

BALTIMORE, Md, July 19.--Th4 fifth
international convention OF the Baptist
Young Peoples Society Of America be-
gan today. 1t was sweterin& hot within
the great tent brought fron1 NIoveapG
for the convention. Promptly at l.
o'clock President John IL. CHAPMAN o!
Chicago called upon the cloru. Of IG(
voices, which responded with Two selcc,
tons. The president was very happy IN
his address and called forth much
laughter when he alluded TO the yarnl
hearts and warm Gun Of the south.