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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03
GiLkESON & CHILD,
HATTERs AND MEMS FURNIsHERs
ADJUSTMENTS.
The Georgia Minstrels the First of the
Season,

The Georgia MinstreIs the First Of the
Season.
Indications point to big house to see
Richsrds & Pringle's Famous Georgia
Minstrels ct the Academy of Music
Wednesday, November 6.
I The Tacoma (Wash.) Union, in So ak,
Ing OF this company, says:
Richards & Pringle's colored min,
ssrels, the Famous Georgias,' as they
have come to be commonly known dur
ing the years they have delighted the
theatre going populace of Americ. in
every part of the United States, have
swung around the circle once more, and
once moro tarried in their never ceasing
Journeying just long enough to fill the
Tacoma theatre as but few attractions
have over been able to do when return.
ing so often to city
The Georgias have been in Tacoma
from once to twice q season almost since
they were first organic id, and have al
ways been welcomed by an OVERLOOKING
house. Last night was no exception to
their past record, and the performance,
always of the highest order, was even
better than ever before.
BILLY kersands, undoubtedly the
greatest colored minstrel the world has
ever known, was funnier than ever, and
kept the big audience convulsed when
ever he opened his cavernous mouth.
every song act or sketch WAS rap
turously received, and merited the ap-
piause that rang out whenever there
was cessation in the performance long
enough to admit of it, and at numerous
times the performers were obliged to
wait for an ovation to ceass before they
could proceed.
After Witnessing such performance
as that last night one easily under
stands how Manager Richards has sue
ceeded in keeping his big company OF
clever people together longer than any
minstrel company that has ever trav-
eled the American continent has DONE"
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03
POLITICAL REFORM.

Tho election is near at hand. On
Tuesday next the voters OF this dis.
trict will decide the questions which
have been SO earnestly discussed for
some weeks past, and all the indications
point to good majority for the Citi-
zens ticket. An unnecessary amount Of
acrimony has been thrown into the
campaign by some of the strikers for the
com bine, but this was no more than
what might have been expected. They
hated to lose their hold on power and of
course struggled desperately to main
tain their supremacy in the MANAGE
ment or mismsnagement, Of affairs in
this section. 1t will not avail, how.
ever.
The people are fully aroused to the
necessity for change, and will 80
decree it on Tuesday. Virginiaus are
determined to place their State in line
with the march Of progress, and while
the advocates OF reform may not sue
coed in all parts OF the State, the work
done this year will bear fruit in the
complete redemption of this grand old
commonwealth from ring rule and cor
ruption at an early date. Already the
leaders OF machine Democracy see the
handwriting on the wall, and read in
the present uprising their certain down
fall.
OF course they are dying hard and will
use all sorts of devices to continue their
hold upon the public purse. Where
bull doing Is useless, persuasion will
be tried, and where these means prove
Intellectual. all other available methods
will be resorsed to. 1t therefore be-
hooves ell who value freedom in poll
tics snd in ell other matters, and who
wish to think and act for themselves to
be upon their guard. The enemy are
artful and full Of wiles.
Yield not to their blandishments, nor
submit to their temptations. Their
ends are selfish, and however much
they may cry out for patriotism and
Democratic rule, events have fully
shown that all this simply means their
personal advancement or the promotion
of their friends. The circle is narrow;
there Is no room IN it for outsiders
when benefits are to be bestowed. All
they want is 8 vote. and after that the
voter can go his way until the next cleo.
ton. Citizens, remember that you are
free men, and exercise your privileges
as such on next Tuesday without fear
or favor. Vote ss you think. Let no
man dictate to or direct you. Assert
your independence and political man.
hooa. Show that you have the courage
OF your convictions and vote for reform
in our State politics.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03

political poltroon wiN wait till the last
hour OF the campaign TO trot out
charges" against an opponent For
more than n month the names on the
Citizens ticket have been targets for the
assaults OF their enemies. Their records
have been searched and it is safe to
state that all that is true and much
that Is false that could be- brought
against them has been used by their
enemies.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03

THE machine organ down the street
has been charging that The TINES sup
pressed certain campaign news, and was
not fair in giving the facts. The TIMES,
some days ago, in an editorial para
graph, offered its columns to Mr.. Watts
and those who are apologizing for mis-
course, but we note that they have
taken good pains not to avail them
selves of the opportunity offered them
by this paper.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03


memory, for the declared purpose Of
cooking Claytor's goose" For several
weeks 1t has been ga open secret loudly
whispered about the streets like a
family misfortune.
After it had been put in type in the
office OF the afternoon paper, it was con-
identially shown to fairly large ma
Jor1ty OF the people in the city. Though,
for some unknown reason, that pale and
dyspeptic publication did not venture to
print the startling story, il is said that
proof-press was kept fairly humming
in taking proofs for the great inventor
OF the horrible narrative to nurse and
pet and show to his amused acouaint-
ances.
According to the most au thentic of the
many versions recissd by those who have
seen the wonderful composition, the
thrilling tale runs like mountain rill-
down hill-and in its effervescent course
declares that at a certain period in his
eventful career that eminent scribe and
all-round Prophet Of Punkhollow, en-
gagged in newspaper discussion tn rough
the columns of The TIMES concerning
the relative merits of gas and electric
ity for public lighting and that the said
Weather Prophet Huff bought all the
available space at high figure SO as to
shut out the other fellows in order that
he might do all the talking himself and
thus create monopoly Of his own SYM
metrical and charming rhetoric.
AS that is the same selfish plan OF
monopoly upon which the Roanoke Gas
and Water Company does business to-
day, it is but natural that he should
now sympathize with that oppressive
monopoly.
Though such thing may have actu-
ally occurred very long time ago (since
The TIMES always has valuable space
for sale) it must have been so far back
that Mr.. Clayton does not now recall any
such incident or he would gladly fur
nish oil the details. There is nothing
In his conduct OF this newspaper nor in
any of his other business transactions
that he cares to conceal.
AS this appears to be campaign for
the confscation of private property the
heelers are said to have appointed cute
committee to surruptitiously conhacate
an old file OF The TINES supposed to con,
tain the eloquence of Mr.. Ruff. But
that enterprise was apparently not sue
cessful. Had the eager pirates come in
at the front door OF The TIMES Office
instead OF accommodating the back alley
they would have been freely given per-
mission to examine the files for any
reasonable length OF time. Still they
are not likely to find what they seek, as
the editor has himself looked for 1t lust
to accommodate them and failed to fl nd
any such sensational literature.
Therefore THE TIMES must express
Its deep regret at being unable to pub
lish the desired brilliant excerpts for
the edification Of the Tribe of Thrift in
general and Weather Prophet Huff in
particular.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03

If violently Incorporate abuse OF op-
ponents could convince the reason and
pursuade the judgment of voters, the
heelers OF the so-called "Democratic"
ticket would be sure winners. But the
Day when the people will accept
clustering braggadocio for argument
sufficient to secure their suffrages has
long since passed.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03

The present political campaign NAV
be considered as closed. II is safe TO
say that If the machine crowd could
have found any weak spots in the can
didates on the Citizens ticket the pub
lie would have been duly appraised.
Only the coward and blackmailer will
stab man in the dark, and only the
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03
Vashion's Latest rancyJ

SUIT-NAKING and OyERcO.r-r,E
Nc in our TalIOriug Department IT'S
he busiest den In all this town PerI,nps
there's n reason for 1t.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03

The one-constahle feature OF the
Walton law is becoming go nausesting
and disgusting that the local electoral
board are having great trouble in get
ting good men to accept the Job.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03

The information that comes from
Salon, published in this issue, to the
effect that the Democratic executive
committee had undertaken the dirtv
job of buying two hundred votes in the
salem district is startling, to say the
least OF 1T. 1t is not surprising that the
Democratic machine crowd should. in
politics, stoop to anything dirty, but
that the Democratic managers should
select Salem as place at which votes
could be more easily and more cheaply
purchased thsn any other in the dis
trtct, is indeed startling. Salem has
reputation for sobriety, industry, in
tegrity and intelligence far above the
average Virginia town. THE TIMES
does not believe that the machine"
agents will be able to deliver the goods.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03

THE machine" certainly does no.
approach it's death like one who wraps
the drapery of his couch about him and
lies down to peaceful dreams. 1t looks
more like death with case OF iim-isms.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03

THOSE political ward workers styling
themselves the Democratic party, who
are perfectly sober in other respects, are
drunk with impotent wrath.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03

UNCLE ANDY MCCARTNEY is dead
cock in the pit stabbed in the house Of
his friends.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03
Prepare Yourself.

Go TO the National Business College
and prepare yourself for q position
which will come through the increasing
business.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03

THE machine has evidently retired its
journalistic calf. His successor jostles
around like bull in q china shop.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03

THE Radford Steam Laundry, 2l6 Sa
lem avenue, are now prepared to tur
out work In the best style. Trv them
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03

When a member of 81 Legislative body
Introduces q bill "by request" he means
that he does not assume responsibility
for tho bill, but Introduces it as n cOur
tesy to a constituent. When member
Introduces n bill as "PATRON," lie means
to assume all responsibility. 1t means
that he fayors the bill and advocates
Its passage. The Hon. j. Allen Watts was
the PATRON of tho famous Gas and
Water Company's "new charter" Boys,
take your medicine and don't mako such
wry faces.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03
The Greeniies y

Seems like our New Neckties have
caught The town. Beautiful Green and
HroWnisiI mixtures. Made up in Four
m Hands, Clubs, Bows, Ascots, Tecks
and DeJoinvilles. Another new lot in.
South window full-5O cents.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03

For seasoned oak or pine wood BY tho
cord, or cut and split for tho stove, call
ON w. K. Andrewe & Co., sI9 Salem
avenue. Their belled teams VIII de-
liver it.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03

A FEW hours longer and this merry
war will be owe;
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03

Now is THE time TO secure bargains
In wall paper at the e. II. Stewart Fur
niture Company.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03

The man who can keep an unrufIied
front through all the vicissltudes of
hot political campaign is philosopher.
The machine boys are not philosophers
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03

THE hour Of dissolution for machine
politics approaches.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03

CARLOAD flooring and ceiling just re-
ceived. j. 81. WILKINSON.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03
CONCERNING GOOSE COOKING.

Decidedly the most ridiculous feature
of the present campaign has been Ger
tain article, said to have been written
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03

JUST received carload Indian rock
lime. j. II. WILKINSON.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03

WITH the machine this is campaign
of Booze, Bluff and Doodle.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-03

The old "mschine" dies hard.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-29
A COUNTRY CHuRCu.

that of the United States. The popula-
ton of Holland is $50 to the square
mile, that of Belgium about $50. Such
q population in such n place is found
nowhere else in the world, and when it
Is remembered that these low-lying
countries have always been thickly set
tied, the statement that the ground on
which they live is mass of putridity
can be easily understood In q soil
clogged with the refuse of ages, any
sort of pestilence, may lurk, and in view
Of the dampncss, the canals and the
impurities of built-up grounds, the Won
der is not that cholera stays In such
locality, but that it can ever be forced
out.
The Netherlands form the western
end of the vast plain that crosses Eu-
rope from the east to west. From 100
to 200 miles in width, it has no eleva-
ton greater than 300 feet until the
foothills of the Ural Mountains are
reached. In Holland the plain reaches
the sea and really sinks below the sea
level, for the greater part of this sin
gular country is lower than the level
even of the lowest tides, and is kept
from overflow only by constant vigi-
lance, unremitting exertion and a lib
eral outlay of money. The dixie system
of Holland is of an antiquity so great
that history does not mention its be-
ginning. The Roman invaders of this
country in the century before the
Christian era found system of arti-
fetal sea walls in use, perhaps not
very extensive, nor very efficient, but
nevertheless sufficient to meet ordinary
emergencies, and from that time to this
there never has been year during
which the Hollanders were not looking
after their dikes, except one. The
worlds history records no more des.
perate expedient than that adopted by
William the Stakeholder, who resolved
to cut the dikes and let in the sea, rath-
er than submit to the French invaders,
but the device was entirely successful;
the French army was literally drowned
out of the country, and the Hollanders
remained victors, though retaining SOW
ereiynty of only watery waste. Every
other year the dikes have been watch
ed with scrupulous care. Day and
night watehmen patrol their whole
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-29

AT an amusing meeting held tho
other day by the London piscatorial
Society it was decided, after some dis.
cussion, to abandon tho giving of
money prizes to anglers ns rewards
for cunning in tho catching Of fish.
Despite the fact that ono gentleman
assured tho assembled company that
even her Majesty tho Queen did not
object to receiving money prizes at
horticultural shows tho majority of
the fishermen present considered it
"derogatory to the character of n true
angler, fishing in tho Waltonian spirit
for the love OF sport alone, to accept
q money prize" Therefore in tho fu.
ture there will only be cup prizes for
the sensitive minded fishermen to com.
pete for.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-29
A Wonderful Stone Saw.

A newly devised stone saw that has
been put In operation in West Phila-
delphia is demonstrating extraordinary
cutting powers as compared with
former processes. 1t is the inven tion
of an expert stone mason and carv er.
BY tests made with the saw, using q
chlllediron shot abrader and cutting
through the hardest of all brown.
stone, known as the Hummellstown,
using block of stone ten feet by six
inches long and two feet two inches
in thickness, the following results
were attained:
The first cut through was made in
one and three-quarters hours, the
second, with increased feed, in one
hour, and the third cut, with the full
limit of speed, in three-quarters OF
an hour, which is equal to cutting
thirty-three inches per hour. -Four
inches per hour has been considered
good work in the ordinary mills o!
the country with other saws.
Thin slabs are also cut, leaving no
ridges on the face OF the pieces after
cutting, although the saw passed
through various veins of flint.
In the improved saw is used q
lineal or horizontal motion, while in
other saws the pendulum motion has
been depended on. Further, the i'm
proved has thinner blade, with
thicker teeth, which allows the abrai,
ing material to fall down between the
teeth to the bottom of tho kerf.-
Philadelphia Ledger.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-29

The Chinese, in tho view of Lord
Wolseley, as printed in the Co.'S
mopolitan Magazine, possess the
mental and physical qualities required
for National greatness. They are fine
men, superior to the Japanese in
average stature; they are Industrious
and thrifty, absolutely Indifferent to
death, and when we'll trained and we'll
led make frst-rate soldiers. This
hardy, clever race, he urges, whose
numbers are to be counted by hun
dreds of millions, need only the quick
ening, guiding hand and mind of q
Napoleon to be converted into the
most powerful Nation that has ever
dictated terms to the world. As q
Napoleon is not forthcoming General
Wolseley advises China to seek an
other Charles Gordon to organize an.
other ever victorious army. 1t may
be that this estimate of the Chinese is
correct, comments the New York
Press; but, as the Press has often
pointed ont, and as Wolseley himself
admits, the Chinese are not and the
Japanese are warlike race. Tho
Chinese will have to change their esti-
mate Of the military profession before
they can become soldierly Nation,
and it would take more than one
generation to make their armies and
navies terror TO the rest OF the
world.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-29

regulations against the throwing of any
| kind of offal or refuse matter into the
canals, but to judge from the smell OF
the small canals, the back alley water
ways, many bucket Of kitchen stuff
must be surreptitiously emptied out of
the back windows as the easiest way of
getting rid of it. The canals are daily
| flushed by the tide, but the tide flows
| In as well as out, and the refuse that
goes out with the ebb often comes back
with the flow. The country canals are
free from foreign impurities, but the
water they contain is, of necessity,
stagnant water, and in the heat of n
summer sun often becomes almost I'M
endurable. In the stagnant waters of
the city and country the germs of chol-
era or of almost any other disease
night exist unsuspected, and if, as some
scientists assert, cold not greater
than that necessary to freeze water
does not destroy their vitality, 1t is
possible they may exist for years, until
favorable circumstances bring about
their development. 1t is hard, indeed,
to tell how long disease germs may lin
ger in the earth.
In A. d. so, frightful plague pre-
vailed at Rome. Over 10000 persons
Gied daily for three weeks. 1t was i'm
possible to burn the dead, so large
trenches were made in an open space
beyond the city gates, and over 2OO, 900
bodies were there inferred. The plague
spot was forgotten, and in the year
1903, when some improvements became
Necessary, a street was cut through the
old graveyard, the earth was upturned
considerable depth in the heat of
summer, and almost instantly the
plague broke out among the laborers
employed in the work. For fifteen
centuries the disease germs had re-
mained alive in the earth and became
active as soon as exposed.
The population of both Holland and
Belgium is denser, and always has
been. The area of Holland is 12,648
square miles, and the population in
1902 was 4,564.565. Belgium is small.
er, having 1873 square miles, but in
1890 had a population of 6,143, ,041, and
thus in the two, with combined area
one-third that of the State of Missouri,
there is population about one-sixth
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-29
lie Killed Superstition.

The Count de Lesseps never seemed
to lose sight of the education of his
children, even in the smallest detail.
One morning at breakfast beautiful
Dresden teacup was broken. "Ah !"
cried the Countess, "a disaster! Two
more of that set will now be broken.
1t always happens so." "Are you so
superstitious," asked the Count, "as
really to believe that two more will he
broken?" 81 know it." "Then LEI
us get it off our minds" And, taking
up two of the cups by the handles, he
dashed them together. The anger and
dismay Of the Countess proved con-
clusively that she had not seriously
held to her superstition. 1t also
loosened any hold the absurd idea
may have had on the minds of the
children. New York Recorder.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-29

Some one who is very near to Bis
marck writes that the Prince ''has his
old, venerable, aweinspiriug appear.
ance. His eye is just Us fiery and
spirited, and he has the same interest
In the events of the world. But 9th.
erwise he is like Rubens, from whom
the palette was suddenly snatched,
and who had to look on while, year
after yenr, his pictures were smearod
over by dilettantes and ruined"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-29

length with keen eyes, for the tinlest
leak would, In few hours, become u
crevasse that no earthly power could
stop. A break would mean the inunda-
ton of thousands of acres, the blot
ting out of thousands of lives. There
have been several such breaks. In
1924 there was one famous us the inuna
dation of bort. High water In the
River Meuse occurred simultaneously
with high tide. The dixie gave way,
and 100000 people perished. In 1880
there was another failure Of these de-
fenses against the sea. Heavy rains,
high water in the rivers, high tides.
and strong winds came together, and
the dikes seemed to melt away in q
hundred places at once. All the low
country was inundated and the drown
ed numbered more than 100000 There
never were more frightful disasters,
and that they are remembered in Hol-
land is proved by the zeal with which
the dikes are kept up and the interest
shown in them not only by the state,
but by every citizen.
In such country the problem of
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-29
YOU NEVER CAN TELL.

You can never tell when you send word
Like an arrow shot from bow
BY an archer blind-be it cruel or kind,
Just where it will chance to go.
1t may pierce the breast of your dearest
friend
Tipped with its poison or balm;
To strangers heart In life's great mart
1t may carry its pain or its calm.
You never can tell when you do an act
just what the result will be;
But with every deed you ore sowing n seed,
Though its harvest you may not see.
ERch kindly act is an acorn dropped
In Gods productive soil;
Though you may not know, yet the tree shall
grow
And shelter the brows that toll.
You never can tell what your thoughts will
do
In bringing you hate or love;
For thoughts are things, and their airy
wings
Are swifter than carrier doves.
They follow the law of the universe
Each thing must create its kind
And they speed DER the track to bring you
back
Whatever went out from your mind.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in Munsey.