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AN EXAMPLE TO BE EmULArEp

The letter from Congressm an cleo
Otey of this district on the financial
situation published elsewhere in THE
TIMES deserves the careful perusal OF
all who desire the welfare of this coun-
try and sound and healthy monetary
basis for its business to rest upon.
There Is no mincing matters in the
views Of Mr.. Otey. They are plain,
straightforward. and logical. He be-
lieves with THE TIMES and tho great
majority OF Democratic voters that the
time for straddling the money question
is past, and tina. the' people desire to
know just where their represen tasiyes
stand on this all-important matter. He
truly says that II in this question OF
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-25
THE LOVE OF POWER.

The love OF power is one of the strong
est attributes of the human mind. This
Is shown in the acts OF men in the ordi-
nary walks OF life as we'll as in the
course Of those who by superior abilities
and combination of circumstances at
tain to eminence among their fellows.
1t may vary in kind and differ In degree,
but 1t exists, nevertheless, whatever
may be its radius OF its circumference
1t is noticeable as ambition when its
possessor reaches out after authority,
and becomes evident to all when he
his position. 1t ia seldom that men, like
Washington or Clncinnatus, after once
tasting the sweets Of power voluntarily
resign the position with all the self
qualification and ACKNOWLEDGMENT that
follow in its train.
When they let 60 their hold on au-
thority as q very general and almost
universal rule, they must be compelled
to do 30 by legal enactments which
they dare not abrogate, by the weakness
OF age, or by unyielding sprecedents es.
tAblished by the wisdom and patriot.
ism Of their predecessors. America
had one man in her history who was
above oil the sllurements of power and
deaf TO the pleAdIngs of ambition, bat
it Is doubtful but for his example II he
would ever have had another. General
Grant was not Of that exalted mould,
great in some respects as he was, and
sad to say. commendsble as his course
has been under trying ordesls, Grover
Cleveland. If reports be true, does not
promise in his ofh :isl life to prove such
an example Of self-abnegation and
lofty patriotism. But while men must
not be blamed for not differing from
their fellows it is pitisble to see how
this love OF power makes them grasp
still at the shadow of authority when
from age and failing faculties the SUBJ
stance ia fast receding from their hold
Such man as the one last mentioned
is Mr. Gladstone, more than once prime
minister OF England. Time and again
he has given up power only to come
back to 1t with renewed ardor, and now
when the world had begun to look upon
him as wholly retired from politics, 1t
is telegraphed across the sea that he
will again enter parliament to lead the
liberals in the coming election. After
all, he Is no worse and no better than
thousands Of other leaders of mon,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-25
A LynchinR Probable.

WASHINGTON, June pa special to
the Post says: Saturday night Miss
Maggie Nails, daughter OF prominent
farmer living about two miles south Of
Berryville, Va, was assaulted and
cruely raped in an out-building where
she had gone to milk the cows. Henry
Robinson, colored, employed as 6 farm
laborer for Mr.. Nails, was arrested
charged with the crime and placed in
the Berryville jail. The girl Is still un-
conscious. circumstances point strongly
to Robinson's guilt. There were threats
OF lynohing him last night.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-25
Whiskey Trust Plants to be Sold.

CHICAGO, June 24.-The eighteen
plants Of the whiskey trust will be sold
as desired by the reorganization COM
mittee. This afternoon Judge Showal-
ter announced to the attorneys in the
litigation that he had arrived at such
en- opinion. Under the rules OF the court,
the property will be advertised for sale
for thirty days, and at the end OF that
time held by the receiver, starting the
bid ut the sum offered by the committee
50, 100000
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-25

TEE reported massacre of Spanish
soldiers at Sauna, Cuba, and the terrible
mutilstion OF their bodies will not add
to the strength Of the Cuban cAuse out
fare Is barbarous in the extreme, and
does not seem justifable on account OF
Spanish atrocities even as reported
from Cuban sources. No doubt the
Spanish troops have been guilty OF ex-
cesses, but II they have not heretofore
conducted themselves in q barbarous
manner, the massacre and mutilstion
above alluded to, will furnish abundant
excuse for whatever may be done by
them in retaliation.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-25
Beware OF Ointments for CataPrh that


Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,
AS mercury will surely destroy the
sense OF smell and completely derAnge
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used, except
on prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans, as the damsge they will do Is ten
fold to the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by f. j. Cheney s. Co.,
Toledo. O., contains no mel curry, and is
taken internally. acting directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. It Ia
taken internally, and made In Toledo,
Ohio, by u Cheney & Co. Testi-
monials free. Sold by druggists, 75c.
per bottle.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-25
Cardinal Gibbons and the Pope.

ROME, June 24.-Cardinal Gibbons
will leave here on July 1. Before re-.
turning to Baltimore he will stay some
time at o health resort in England. 1t
is stated, upon good authority, that IS
8 result of the visit of the cardinal to
Rome the holy see has taken more
unfavorsble view Of the attitude of the
Archbishop Ireland of st. Paul, Mimi.
on the school question.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-25

HAVING used Chamberlsin's Cough
Remedy in my family and found 1t to be
q 1rst-clsss article, take pleasure in
recommending it to my friends. j. ".
Foster, Westport. Cal. For sale by
The Chas. Lyle Drug Company.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-25
Governor Rastings a Candidate.

HARRISBURG. P, June 24.-Governor
Hastings formally announced tonight
to reporter for the Associated Press
that he would be o candidate for dele
gate for Center county to the next Re-
publican State convention and that ne
would also stand for she permanent
ohairmknahip OF that body.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-25
Oppoeed to Free COINAGE.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 24.-The
Union League at largely attended
meeting tonight, adopted resolutions
opposing the free coinage of silver at an
arbitrary ratio of 16 to1
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-25
Contested Casea Postponod.

WASHINGTON, June 24.-The COM
tested election cases in Jefferson
county district. Alexandria, Va, were
called before the county court in
Alexandria yesterday, but on motion of
the contestants the cases went over for
hearing till the beginning OF the next
torn
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-25

The TINES Is a member or tho Associated
press-the greatest neus-collecting association In
full telegr sphic news service OF tho Associated
Press-the same news from all over tho United
States and the world that is simultaneously re-
phfa and Baltimore.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-25
A Winston Merchant Assigns.

WINSTON, N. c.. June 24.-W. L. Hill,
one of Winston's leading dry goods
merchants, assigned to day to e. B.
Jones, trustee. Liabilities about &c.
o0o assets thought to be more than $751;
n0n
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-25
Public Sale,

WILL sell at auction, in front Of the
courthouse of Roanoke city, at IL
o'clock, on Wednesday, the Sd of July,
the following property. belonging to the
estate of John Chalmers, deceased:
Terms: Cash. Three shares Roanoke
Rolling Mill stock, par value, S1oO; 100
shares Glens Falls Land Compsny's
stock, par value. $40; 16 shares Central
Land Company. OF Buchanan, stock, par
value, 500; 5 shares The Grottoes Com
pany's stock. par value, Si00; one GER
tificate OF subscription to ten shares of
the Jannette Land Company, on which
has been paid $50 per share.
JAS. CHALMERS,
Administrator Of John Chalmers, decd.
June 81, 1895.
ELEVEN pounds of pure country lard
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-25

You get polite attention and goo
meals at Cstogpi's.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-25

DEvILED and soft shell crabs at Ca
tognis to-day.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-25

SMOKE Gold Seal Cigar, SC. All Hrst>
class dealers have them.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-25

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had C.iIren, She gave them Casteria.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-25

Go to Donaldson's for refrigerators at
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-25

ELEVEN pounds of pure country lard
for 81, at II. II. Markley's, 141 Salem
avenue.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-25
J ! lna:.eY

(The month of roses and marrlages.)
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-23

lied arctic possessions of the republic
were to be taken into consideration.
Washington's dream would have
shown him, moreover, that in the years
to come his country was to lead all 9TH
ers in the production of wheat; of sill
yer; of all but one, the then undiscover-
ed giant island, Australia, in the output
of gold; was to be second to Great Brit
ain only i'll the mining of coal, was to
be exceeded i'll foreign commerce only
by Great Britain and Germany, and was
to possess a larger internal commerce
and better facilities for internal COM
munication than any other nation in the
world. He would have seen, too, that
his country was to be uniformly sue
cessful in whatever wars it became in
volved in with foreign powers, and that
it was to be wrenched and torn by the
MOST stupendous civil strife the world
has ever behold; that, principally ow-
ing to its existence and development, a
new problem in the affairs of govern
ment-the labor question-was to arise,
and that the differences between kings
and potentates were sometimes insignifi-
cant by the side of the contests between
employers and employees.
In place of the few schools, the scat
tered WRITER'S who treated almost ex-
clusively of politics, and the almost nom
existent artist classes, he would have be-
held vast universities equal in most re-
spects to the most venerable old world
institutions of learning and excelling
them i'll some regards, a literary class
larger in proportion to population than
anywhere else OH earth, especially if
those in active journalism be included,
and great, enthusiastic and successful
following of every so called artistic call
ing i'll the world.
Many things would have puzzled him
immensely no doubt. The problems of
today, from their very magnitude, if
from no other cause, would probably
have seemed quite as difficult as those
which confronted him at Valley Forge,
perhaps more so. There would have
been many apparent crudities. The tele-
graph, the railroad, the telephone, the
phonograph, the trolley Car, the new
woman, the municipal boss, the mop
headed football player, the pretty type
writer, the bicyclist of both sexes-all
these would have amazed him not less
perhaps than the polyglot speech of the
vast population and the vastly different
costumes and customs of the people.
|. d. MARSHALL.
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IF HE HAD DREAMED
THE PROPHETIC VISION THAT MIGHT
HAVE VISITED WASHINGTON.

The Federation Was to Grow From an
Insignificant Power In the Wilderness
to One of the Most Powerful and Ex-
tensive Nations of the Earth.
Suppose George Washington had
dreamed of the future greatness of the
popular empire he was so Instrumental
in founding.
Suppose that when his heart was most
cast down, when he and his little army
of ragged continentals were freezing
and starving through the short days and
long nights of the winter at Valley
Forge, he had lain down to sleep and
been privileged to behold prophetic
vision. 1t would have been one of the
most wonderful dreams that have ever
visited mortal man. 1t would have Civ
en- him new life, new heart, new strength.
Not many of those who will peruse these
lines have the slightest idea of the mar
wells that would have been unfolded to
the Father of His Country in that vision
even though they daily behold them.
All Americans know abstractly the
progress of the republic has been un-
cXampled in the history of the world
and the race, but few have any compre-
hcnsion of the glorious facts, which are
really so notable that he who can con-
template them without an accession of
patriotic feeling is a poor coot, crea-
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gogue, one whit less of the aristocrat,
he would have failed to have welded
that permanent adherence of men of
blood, family and social prestige to the
Revolutionary cause ON which success
so much depended.
Judged by all the laws of military
probability the American Revolution
should have been failure. 1t was q
house divided against itself. There were
almost as many Tories as patriots. The
enemy was the greatest power then ex-
listing by land and sea. Among the chief
causes which finally assured the tri-
umph of the colonies, the personal fac
tor, the leadership of George Washing
ton, was not the least important. AS a
military genius he does not rank among
the first 10, scarcely perhaps among
the worlds second 20 great soldiers.
Yet critics of the art of war, if they
find few magnificent coups, can scarce
ly point to mistake in his military
plans. In the talents of the statesmen he
was not great-scarcely even common
place as orator and writer. He was es-
sentially the man of affairs, not the man
of words, 1t was his profound and i'm
perturbable sagacity, a lighthouse shin
ing serenely above the beat and roar of
the waves, that made him master of
men. 1t was common sense raised to its
superlative and become genius. Tenn
permanent and character entered into it
equally with mind. The final product
was one of those personalities SO SYM
metrical and balanced as to stand iso-
lated among the worlds leaders. Per-
haps nowhere else i'll history do we find
great man with whom the absolute
touchstone of right and wrong was the
golden test, one in whom the perception
of right and wrong was so luminous and
direct All classes, plebeian and gentle,
poor and rich, felt that here was tow
er of safety, rock bottomed in integrity
and strength,
Four square to every wind that blew.
So Washington has continued to the
worlds eye type of the public servant
whose patriotic devotion never bends
from the straight line of what is essen
TALLY and eternally true. He was not a
typical American, for Americanism has
crystallized since bis day. He was far
more nearly an Englishman in taste and
habit But he is III no sense national Or
racial as historic figure. He belongs
to the whole world as much as Homer
or Shakespeare G. T. FERRIS.
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WASHINGTON CHRONOLOGY.

Born in Westmoreland county, Va,
feb. 22 (oll style Feb 1D, 1882
Made commander of the northern
military district of Virginia by Lieu.
tenant Governor Dinwiddie when but 8
years of age, i'll 1851.
Sent to warn the French away from
their new forts in western Pennsylvania
at the outbreak of the French and In
dian war in 1853.
Made commander in chief of all the
Virginia forces in 1865.
Commanded the advance guard of the
expedition that captured Fort Duquesne
in 1853, shortly after which he married
Mrs. Custis.
Wrote concerning the 'nonimporta-
ton resolution, which had just reach
ed him, advising opposition to the policy
of the ministry April 5, 1863.
Appointed as one of seven delegates
by the Virginia convention to the conti-
mental congress in 1774 His national
career may be said to have begun with
this appointment. He had previously
served as q member of the state legisla-
ture for several terms.
Commissioned commander in chief of
the continental troops June Is, 1775,
after the fight at Lexington and Concord
Reached Cambridge July 2, after the
battle of Bunker Hill, which occurred
June II.
Jan 2, 1776, Washington hoisted the
Union flag, consisting of seven stripes,
like in the flag of today, but with the
crosses of st. George and st. Andrew in
the field of blue in the corner
After nearly year of the most try
ing sort drove the British out of Boston,
March II, l776. After this Washington
went to New York signed the Declara-
tion of Independence, which was adopt
ed July 4, and had the document read
to his soldiers July 8, 1776.
Battle of Long Island Aug. %. Evac-
uation of New York by Washington.
Crossed to New Jer5ey was pursued
across the state into Pennsylvania, re-
crossed the Delaware Christmas night,
captured Trenton and l., 900 Hessian SOL
diers. Battle of Princeton, Washington
victorious Jan. 3, after which his head
quarters were established at Morris
town, N. J.
After various maneuvers, lasting
through the spring and summer and ac-
cepting the proffered aid of DeKalb,
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HOUSE IN WHICH THE FAREWELL WAS WRIT
TEN

HOUSE IN WHICH THE FAREWELL WAS WRIT
Kosciusko, Pulaski, Steuben and Lafay-
cite, Washington engaged Howe at
Brandywine Creek, Sept. II, 1777. At
tackled British troops in Germantown
Oct. A., but was driven back, after which
headquarters were established in Valley
Forge.
Suffered great hardships with his men
all that winter, was plotted against,
but not abased, by his rivals for the place
Of commander in chief, fought the bat
tie of Monmouth early June 28. 1779,
and after a summer and autumn devoid
of any great battles in which Washing
ton took part went into winter quarters
near Middlebrook, N. J.
Seventeen hundred and seventy nine
was marked by no special battles in
which Washington was commander, and
the same was true of 1880, but it was
his firmness and everlasting watchful-
ness that forced inaction on the part of
the British. The capture and execution
of Andre and the flight of Arnold, the
traitor, occurred in 1850, and both years
there were notable successes ON the part
of the continental troops in the south
and elsewhere.
Surrender of Yorktown and Glouces-
ter, Va, by General CORVALLIS to
Washington, Oct. 10, 1881.
British evacuated New York Nov. 25,
1888. Washington as commander in
chief bade farewell to his officers Dec.
4, and resigned his commission as COM
mander in chief to congress Dec 2S, aft
er which he returned to his home at
Mount Vernon.
Sent by Virginia to the constitutional
convention held in Philadelphia in May,
1887.
Elected first president of the United
States by the unanimous vote of the
electors in 1889, he was formally inau-
gurated in New York April 80, 1889.
He was reelected in 1899 and retired
from the presidency in 1897.
Made commander in chief of the pro-
vincial army, raised in expectation of
war with France, in 1898.
Died, after a brief illness, Dec. IA,
1799
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comes again, must suffer him to make
distress. "
Just when his personal affairs were
at the lowest ebb he was again called
by his country, but not to war. This
time his services were needed at the con-
stitutional convention, and the results
of that gathering are well known. The
constitution was adopted, Washington
was made president, and the life of the
federal government was begun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-23
WAsHINGToN'S SCHoOLDAYS.
He Never Learned to Spell, but He Got
Solid Knowledge of Mathematics.

He Never Learned to Spell, but He Got q
Solid Knowledge of Mathematics.
AS matter of fact little is known
about George Washington's schooldays.
His first teacher was named Hobby. and
he was sexton as well as pedagogue of
the Virginia parish in which the Wash
ington family settled. Hobby was not
man of wide information or of deep cul-
turc. 1t is to be inferred that he knew
how to write legibly and to teach the
art skillfully, for the one pupil of his
school who was destined to be illustri-
GUS wrote a clear plain hand. But, judg-
ing from the letters and other writings
of the immortal George that are now
extant, the teacher knew very little
about photography. At least he taught
young George very little. for his spelling
would drive modern schoolmaster to
drink. Possibly it was his pupils inabil-
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WASHINGTON.

o fatherland, so great and freei
The prize that valiant heroes won,
The joyful harp we tune to thee
Commentaries thy noblest son.
To him we give our thoughts today,
A thankful, childish, patriot band;
We twine the laurel and the bay
And crown him father of our land.
Oh, not like proud Ambitions son
That scared to fame in ancient Rome,
Not like the Mars who battles won
And found Helena for a home.
No chains We're forged thy name to raise
Above the legal lords of earth,
No groaning captives sang thy praise
Or flattered crimes to deeds of worth.
Sleep on in peace, 0 hallowed shaded
Sleep on, the father of the freei
The trees that guard the southern glade,
Their tender sobs are all for thee!
The oak that decks our northern vale
And boldly braves the drifting SHOWS
Through summer calm or winter hail
Shall teach defiance to thy foes.
M. V. Gormley.
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AIN LIGHTER VEIN."
When Washington Felt Like 1t, He Could
Unbend Like Other Folks.

Unbend Like Other Folks.
Notwithstanding that it is now gen
orally conceded that Washington was
thoroughly human and not at all man
who had his emotions and passions un-
der perfect control, as his earlier biog-
rapbers would have it, he was not often
won't to unbend himself in the presence
of any one not of his immediate family.
Once, however, when he dined with
Chief Justice Ellsworth of Connecticut
at the latter's residence in Windsor, he
relaxed completely.
During his stay in the house he was
taken into the nursery and introduced to
the chief Justices twin boys, who were
later to be known as Governor Ellsworth
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Billy (who has been taken by his
mother to see a woman 104 years old)-
Ma says George Washington kissed old
Mrs. Centuria when she was baby.
Bobby-I always did think he was
fool ever since heard about the hatchet
and the cherry tree, and now know it!
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John Ziska, the one eyed chief of tie
Hussites, ordered in his will that his
skin should be tanned and made into a
drum. 1.-THE noise which my skin will
make" said he, will frighten away
all our enemies and put them to flight"
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Here reproduction, without color of the first
George Washington The
of Chicago os
relics of tho Father of His ranks The
Ill
.low the yellow epauets
a the
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Crushed Again.

We celebrate today with glee
Great Georges birth.
Although he could not tell lie,
Yet most men can and do. That's why
Ere set Of sun Wen surely see
Truth crushed to earth.