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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-01
Everybody Was Quiet,

Back in the seventies u report reached
army headquarters that tho Indians had
swarmed down OH IL little village in Idaho
and murdered every inhabitant. A second
lieutenant who had just received his com
mission was dispatched to the scene to as
certain tho authenticity of tho rumor. A
few hours after his arrival in tho village
no sent this dispatch to tho commanding
officer:
Everybody is quiet here"
Whcrcupon the commanding officer re-
piled:
"Your report is unintelligiblc. We have
1t from responsible source that Indians
have massacrCd every inlinbitant."
Tho lieutenant answered:
Report is correct. Everybody has been
massacrcd. Everybody is quiet. New
York journal.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-01
Dogs and Their Friends.

1t was DIR. John Brown of Edinburgh. I
think, who spoke in sincere sympathy of
the man who lied n dog-less lifc.' 1t was
MIR. Josh Billings, L know, who said that
In the whole history of tho world there is
but ono thing that money cannot buy-to
wit, the wag of n dogs tail. And it was
Professor John G. II Dyke who declared
the other day in reviewing the artistic Ca
rccr of Landsecr that he made his logs too
human 1t was tho great Creator himself
who mado dogs too human-so human
that sometimes they put humanity to
Shame.
l have been the friend and conndant of
three dogs who helped to hulnaniZc mo
for the space of % quarter Of n century,
and who had souls to be saved, 1 am sure,
and when l cross the Stygian river L OK
poet to find on the other shore Il trio of
dogs wagging their tails almost off in their
JOY at my coming, and with honest tongues
hanging out to lick my hands and my
feet. And thcn l am going with these
faithful, devoted dogs at my heels to talk
dogs over With DIR. John Brown, Sir Ed
win Landsccr and Mr.. Josh Billings
Three Dogs" by Laurence Hutton, in
ST. Nicholas.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-01
cHlNA,s E BELL.
It Is the Largest and Most Perfect One In
tho World.

For tho last 400 ycars-that Is, cvor
since tho discovery of tho now world
China's bell of liberty, tho largest and
most finished on the globe, has raised its
tongue of peace II prayer in Poking.
Tho famous bells ut Moscow and Mando-
lay are both unhung, tho former being
fractured and otherwise detective, but tho
Peking bell is ringing on, suspended by
Its wooden Beam and sheltered beneath tho
roof of an open fan, still as ldight and
sound as whom it loft its matrix.
China's bell of liberty is in many re-
spccts the finest work of art in China, a
product of native skill, which could prob
ably not BIO duplicated by tho highest
ability or resources of western %foundrics.
1t weighs l20, 000 pounds, stands Ii feet
high, with n circumference of "a feet and
nearly ~ foot in thickness. Without n flaw
or defect, it is completely covered In relief,
both inside and out, with myriads of Chi
ncsc characters, each one an inch in size.
They form prayerful extracts from Bud
dhistic classics.
1t is one Of the vagarics of Buddhism
that its prayers of tho faithful may DO in
tinitcly INT acccptably repeated by mo
chanical helps, MS, for instance, by rcvolv-
ing wheels. So here, when tho lips of this
mighty and eloquent bell arc moved by fit
ting tongue, they breathe forth in deep,
sweet, prolonged and wonderful Migratory
voice these prayers to Buddha and call us
well all dcvotccs to worship.
One of the chroniclcrs of tho fifteenth
century states that it WAS II period of SUI
prcmc suspense i'll Pcking among all low
crs of art and religion, from emperor
down to humble craftsman, us tho day
and hour approached for pouring tho
molten metal into that myriad lcttcrcd
matriS, and for producing Ia Chung, tho
noblest bell i'll all tho world, and no doubt
an almost equal interest was awakened
when it rung out the advent of peace with
Japan and tho restored liberty of tho en-
pire.
Thu artists who successfully accomplish
ed the molding and casting of this great
bell were not only congratulated by Bud
dhistic ccclesiastics and their followers, but
they were cnnoblcd by tho emperor, while
their work itself, amid changing crccds
and dynastics, is impcrishablc, being rs
clear cut and perfect today us when it first
came forth from the %crumbling mold of
and.-Baltimorc Sun.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-01
Laurence uutton,s DOG.

Mop was the first person who was told
OF my engagement, and no was the first to
greet tho wife when sho came home, n
bride, to his own house. He had been
made to understand from the beginning
that sho did not like dogs-in general
and he set himself out to please and to
overcome the unspokcn antagonism. He
had Il delicate part to play, and hc played
it with II dclicacy and u tact which rarely
have been cqualcd. Ho did not assert
himself. He kept himself in the back-
ground. He said little. His approaches
Mt first were slight and almost imperccpti-
bic, but he was always ready to do or to
help III IN unaggrcSSivc way. He followed
hor about the house, up stairs and down
stairs, and he lookod ana waited. Then
he began to sit on the trail of her gown;
to stand rs close to her rs was fit and
proper; once in awhile to jump upon tho
sofa beside her, or into the easy chair be-
hind her, winking Mt mo from time to
time in his quiet way.
And at last he was successful. Ono
drcary winter, when he suffered terribly
from iniiammatory rheumatism, he found
his mistress making Il bed for him by tho
Kitchen fire, getting up in tho middle of
the night to go down to look after him,
when he uttered in pain the cries he could
not help, and when a bottle of Cry raro
old brandy, kept by me for some oxtraor-
binary occasion of fcstivity, was missing
j was told that it had been used in rub
bling Mop!-"Thrcc Dogs" by Laurence
Hutton, i'll St. Nicholas.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-01
THE SOUTHERN DIALECT.
How ft Impressed q Writer For Ono of
tho London Paners.

Inc gentleman who writes for tho Lon
don Sunday Times about thcators found
himself in Psychological mood after he had
seen "Alabama.'' Hero Is ono of his nara
graphs: "As II study of dialect, as a pic
turo Of u society of which wo hero know
next to nothing, I found 'Alabalna' intor-
csting, and ovcn--in tho quiotcst way-do-
lightful. 1t is to mo impossible to read tho
modern stories of southern life, merely OH
account OF thor prepostcrous and pedantio
spelling, moro cumbersome, oven, than
Mr.. Rudynrd Kipling's, and, for anything
l know, quito as inaccurate. But in Ala
bamn you hear with your ears this drowsy,
backbonclcss dialect, which tho planters
have partly picked up from their negro
nurses, and partly, / cannot but think, in
herited from East Anglican forcfathcrs; so
that, from a pathological point Of Wow
alone, this is II rama not to DO missed.
What strikes ono first in tho dialeo is
tho omission of tho letter r. charactoris-
tic also of tho easy going Suffolk peasant
Oh today. During tho past holidays my
nearest railway station was ut Bramford,
II OF tho prcttiost villages of East An
glia, but tho villagers, for tho most part,
called it 'B'ahmfud,' n little explosion of
tho D. taking tho place Of tho missing r.
And i'll Suffolk, ns III Alabama, tho notiyo
never misplaces an 'h'-unlcss indeed no
Is mt u boarding school md leaves out his
ms, OF set purpose, ito DO gcntccl, like
tcachor;' contrariwisc, his initial 'h's' Of
ten become almost cultural in their vigor.
Again, all tho Suffolk vowels are diph-
thongs, with tho double sound distinctly
to be felt-in Alabama thcy arc very much
hk this-whilo all consonants that aro
not absolutely needed AFRO apt to follow tho
fato of tho submerged r. So 81 being
Iinui1 rnfttr,11- ,,,,- ,-.. .-l
m is never missed. OF course tho drowsv
slowncss of tho southern man and tho
sharp mclodic chant of the Suffolkcr make
tho general effect of their speeches very
different, but many of the component
parts arc tho same"
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-01
Humanity Always Seeking Equality.

Perhaps it is because we know society
to DC merely ~ make believe in its equality
that so many society people regard II real
equality rs impossible and are content to
remain i'll the make believe. But even the
prctcnsc Of equality is precious, and it has
more honesty in it than the prctcnsc of in
equality. There is nothing so essentially
false as that, and the superior, when he
takes thought, is as distinctly aware of
the fact rs the inferior. Humanity is al
ways seeking equality. Tho patrician
wishes to be with his equals because his
interiors make him uneasy; the plcbeian
wishes to be with his equals because his
Supporters make him unhappy. This fact
accounts for inequality itself, for classes.
Infcriority and superiority were intulcr-
able to men, and SO they formed themselves
into classes, that inside of these classes
they might have the peace, the comfort, of
equality, and each kept himself to his wv
class for that rcason.-From Equality MS
the Basis of Good Society" by W. ID.
IIowclls, in Century.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-01
KITE FLYING IN NEW YORK.
a Curious Old City Ordinance With Inex-
plicablc Provisions.

Ono of tho oldest, oldest and most pccul.
lar of tho ancient ordinances OF New
York which it is the duty of tho police de-
partmcnt to observe and enforce is section
240 of article 24 of chapter s of tho re-
viscd city ordinances. 1t relates to kites.
ordinary, plain, everyday kites, such as
are tho delight of small boys when tho
WIND Is high and n constant source Of an
noyanco to pedestrians on n gusty dny.
mo person, F" says this ordinance, ''shall
raise or fly any kite in my street, lane or
avenue, or in any public place in tho city
OF Now York to the southwark of Four
toenth street, under II penalty of So for
each offensc."
No one has been found. either in official
lite or among lay authorities, who can tell
why this peculiar exemption for kite fiors
was given To tho residents above Four
tccnth street and not to those below. No
body has undertaken to say why, for in
stance, an adventurous youth NAV raise or
fly n paper kite in Fifteenth street, whilo
another adventurous youth in Thirteenth
street who does tho samo thing is liable
to summary arrest.
During the last Is or 90 years tho salos
of kites in New York city ave fallen off
more h ono-lalf. Formerly the rcve-
nucs from kite sales was considerable in tho
small toy, stationery and candy stores.
Nowadays there appears to be III tho rising
generation of tho male sex n greater par
TALLY for pointed shoes, canes md ciga-
rettcs. About go years ago an effort was
made to introduce into New York light,
dainty and attractive Japanese y
Kites, and for u short time they were quite
popular, but the craze died out, and thcro
has been II return since to tho cheap and
old fashioned kites which the down town
boys used to raise from tho sidewalks or
the roof tops before tho wisdom of New
York city fathers prescribed tho penalty of
$5.-Ncw York Sun.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-01
o'clock of the Dead Kinrs.n

The most peculiar clock in the world is
that i'll IL in the courtyard of the
palace of Versailles. 1t has but n single
hand and is known as ''L'Horloge dc la
Mort du Roi' to the French people, and
TO all other Europeans by words which
signify O'clock of the Dead Kings" 1t
has no works" but consists merely of u
face and IL single hand, tho face being i'm
imitation of tho sun. Upon the death of
u king III any portion Of Europe tho hand
Is set at the III of his demise and
remains i'll that position until another
King passes away. This curious custom
is said to have originated in tho time of
Louis NH. Tho Clock of tho Dead Kings
Is about the only relic of royalty in Vor-
saillcs that escaped the furious mobs of the
time OF the French rev o~lution.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-01
Getting or n Car.

So many women meet with accidents in
.ondeavoring to get OF or off moving cars
that it would he well for them to closely
observe the mon and tho casu with which
they accomplish what seems an almost
pcrilous feat to tho uninitintcd woman.
Yet tho rule which must be observed to
insure safety is quite u simple ono and
consists merely in always facing toward
tho front of tho car and taking n few steps
with IT,.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-01
Custom CT Saying Grace Not Failing on

The old fashioned habit of saying grace
before meals is not dying out. In some
1aihlilcS the custom of saying u silent
grace Is observed, but, To my mind, tho old
lasii!oncu method @: asking Gods blessing
on the "lcod which we are about TO ro-
celVc' while all stand rcvcrcntly, is tho
most l:ODc! way IL which to observe tho
custon!.-l.ddiea Homo Journal.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-01

MRS. w. b. MEEK, who resides st
Camptonville, Cal, says her daughter
was for Geveral years troubled at times
with severe cramps in the stomach, and
would be in such agony that 1t was
necessary to call in a physician. Hav-
ing read about Ohamberlsin's Collie.
Cholera and D%iarrhoea Remedy she con
alluded to try It. She found that 1t
always gave prompt relief. 1t was se!-
dom necessary to give tho second dose.
ut has not only saved US lots of worry
and time," she says, 'but also doctor
bills. 1t Is my opinion thai every
family should have a bottle OF this
remedy in the house." For sale by The
Chas. Lyle Drug Company.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-01

Willic-Paw, what does tho papcr mean
BY talking OF tho ''softcr scx?"
Mr.. Milligan-Whon l was your ngo IL
meant tho women, cut thoy hnve changed
10 nowadays that 1 guess 1t means tho
dudes, Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-01

lilo That las energy enough to root out a
zee should go farther and try to plant n
vlrtuc IN lis place; otherwise ho will have
MS TABOR la renew. y strong soil that has
Prouuccd weeds may be made to produce
wheat. Cotton.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-01
An MOO, Enthnsinsm.

llc"c Is o@ly one thing" she said to
hof dearest girl friends, that makes mo
doubt Ilorbcr, ; affection for me-.
What is that:"
nc thinks that some of the snap shot
~sh"'osFaphs he has taken of me are good
ikcnosScs. Washington Star.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-01

You PROSE the button, we do tho rest.
This applies to Pocket Kodaks. Roa.
noko Cycle Company, agents, 1Os Salem
venue 9. w.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-01

CALL at Roanoke Cycle Company, l0s
Salem avenue 8. W., and look at the
pictures taken with tho Pocket Kodak.
Will.be glad to show them to you; also
the Kodaks. They are worth seeing.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-01
GOOD FOR EVERYBODY

Almost everybody takes some laxative
medicine to cleanse the system and keep the
blood pure. Those who take SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR liquid or powder)
get all the benefits of a mild and pleasant;
laxative and tonic that purifies the blood
and strengthens the whole system. And
more than this: SIMMONS LIVER REGU-
LAToR regulates the Liver, keeps it active
and healthy, and when the Liver is in
good condition you find yourself free from
Malaria, Biliousness, Indigestion, Sick.
Headache and Constipation, and rid OF
that worn out and debilitated feeling
These are all caused by a sluggish Liver
Good digestion and freedom from stomach
troubles will only be had when the liver
is properly at work. If troubled with any
of these complaints, try SIMMONS LIVER
REGULATOR. The King of Liver Medi-
cincS, and Better than Pills.
@~EvERY PACKAGE~m
Has the z Stamp in rcd on wrapper.
J. III. Xcilin & Co. phiI,.. I>~
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-01
CaStOria.

"castoria Is so we'll adapted to children that
recommend ii rs superior to any prescription
known TO me-"
II. A. ARCHER, NJ D.,
III So. Oxford ST., Brooklyn, NJ. Y.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-01
CastOria.

"castoria Is an excellent medicine for chill
' .ren. Mothers have repeatedly told ME of its
good effect upon their children"
DIR. c.. c. OscooD.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-01

"Our physicians in the cbildren's depart
Inent have spoken highly OF their expert
cnce i'll their outside practice with Castoria.
and although we only have among our
'ncoical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free 10 confess that the
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it,"
UNITED HOSPITAL AND
ALLEN c. SMITH, Pres
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-01

"Castoria is the best remedy for children of
which 1 am acquainted. 1 hope the day is rot
far distant when mothers will consider the
real interest Of their children, and use Castoria
instead of the various quack nostrums which
are destroying their loved ones, by forcing
OPIUM morphine. soothing syrup and other
hurtiul agents down their Threats, thereby
sending them to premature gravcs.'
DR.. J. i. KINcIIELoE,
Conway, Ark.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07
NEW SPANISH MINISTER.
Senior Dupuy de Leone Presents III
Credentials to the President.

Senior Dupuy de Leone Presents His
Credentials to the President.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 6.-Senor
Enrique Dupuy de Leone, the new Spanish
Minister, was presented to the President
to-day by acting Secretary of State Uhl.
The Minister presented his letters from
the Queen Regent of Spain, creditlng him
in the name of her son, King Don Alfonso
XIII and referred to the fact that he had
come for the third time to serve his
sovereign at Washington. He referred to
"the bonds, already century old. which
join Spain and the United States" and
spoke felicitously of his late meeting with
President Cleveland during the World STAIR
at Chicago, beneath the arched roof of the
vastest building ever reared in the world,
constructed to celebrate the marvellous
progress of this people, and to commend
rate, with the help of all the nations of the
globe, an event which is for Spain feat OF
glory" He assured the president of the
affection of the Queen Regent and her
Government for himself and the American
people.
President Cleveland replied in an equally
pleasant strain, assuring the Minister Of
his pleasure to welcome him again tc
Washington. at augurs well, Mr.. Min
ister," said the President, "for the sake Of
your mission that you come among us not
only inspired by the amicable desires Of
your Government, but as a personal
friend"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07
FALSE TO HIS PLEDGES,
Retiring Police Commissioner
Murray So Charges Mayor
Strong of New York.
He Enters Protest Against Stepping
Out of Office and Is Followed
by KerWin.

NEW YORK, N. Y, May 6.-Before re-
inquishing his office to-day, Police Com
missioner Murray sent letter to Mayor
Strong refusing to comply with the re-
quest for his resignation. In concluding
the letter, Mr.. Murray said:
THE party of which 1 am a member,
and which, prior to your election as
Mayor, you were identified with, through
its representatives in the Legislature, with
mistaken confidence in your discretion,
fairness and Republicanism, conferred
upon you an arbitrary power of removal.
This power should not be used with vim
dictiveness nor exercised for the purpose
of building up factional Republicanism or
causing Republican disorganization or dis
sensions.
THE spirit of this act you have violated
The exercise of the power by you, however
narrow, capricious or unjust, cannot pre-
vent. If you think you car afford to en-
ploy this power, do so. l can afford to be
made its innocent victim"
Mr.. Kerwin to-day gave out second
letter to the Mayor in which he went into
more details in regard to the alleged viola
ton of the anti-election pledges by Mr..
OlTOLS IEdu he Olu III LIS 1SItII VI ldSL
Saturday. Both Mr.. Kerwin and Mr..
Murray are Plat Republicans. In his
latter letter Mr.. Kerwin says:
1.-THE record proves that you were false
to every promise you made, and in the
face of overwhelming evidence you have
not dared to deny your wanton treachery.
The patient people of this city, my dear
sir, will not forget that you are silent in the
face of charges of the most damaging
character, directly crediting you with
being untruthful in your statements and
false to the pledges subscribed by you.
They will not soon forget the explanation
you made when you startled the COM
munity with the false declaration that the
city's finances had been tempered with.
Least of all will any self-respecting citizen
forget your conduct in going outside OF
this city for persons to conduct the affairs
of the municipality. In doing this, you
gratuitously insulted every man who cast
vote at the last election"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07
ARMS FOR INSURGENTS.
The State Departm ent Asked to
Investigate the Manuel
FuentOS Case.
NEW LEADERS IN COMMAND.
Spain's Best Disciplined Soldiers
Being Sent to the Present Seat
of Threatened Trouble.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 6-The
State Department has been asked to inves-
tigate the case of Manuel Fuentos, the cor
respondent of the New York World, who
was arrested near Santiago de Cuba on
charge of aiding the revolutionists, it
being charged that he endeavored to sell
arms to them. This charge is denied, and
in view of the summary methods of the
Spanish court-martial, Secretary Gresham
is asked to see that Fuentos receives pro-
lection pending the investigation.
NEW YORK, n. Y, May GA special
to the World from Havana says:
Agitators of the revolution are said to be
working hard in the Camaguey region.
Spain's best disciplined soldiers are being
sent to that section, as an uprising there
would be fatal to Spanish rule.
During the last war some $4,000 men re-
volted in that district, and large column
once came very near Havana.
Marcus Garcia, the mayor of Sancti
Spiritu, has sent in his resignation, and it
is IN Santa Clara. No little importance is
attached to this step.
A native of Cuba and desperate and
brave leader in the first revolution, he
is extremely popular in the whole
province of Puerto Principe, where he
has lived all his life. AS Mayor Of
Sancto Spiritu he has been devoted to
the welfare of the people, personally con-
Quoting all forces in pursuing the many
bandits that operated in that neighbour
hood, which he contrived to exterminate.
| The whole district of Camaguey would
blindly follow him should he once more
desire it. He has been summoned to
Havana to account to General Campos for
his strange resignation.
! In Rio Grande, in the neighborhood of
Sancti Spiritu, men have revolted and are
trying to induce Justo Sanchez, leader
of the past war, to take command of them.
At present the leaders are Cuban named
Castillo and a Spaniard named Quintero.
There is a rumor that an expedition 1000
strong is liable to land in Vuelto Abajo at
the extreme western end of the island of
Cuba Nothing definite can be ascertained
in regard to it. The story appears to have
been purposely set afoat by stock exchange
spectators.
HAVANA, CUBA, May 6.-Twenty MEM
bers of band of rebels at Villas COM
manded by Quintin, have surrendered.