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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-20
COTILLIONS DYING OUT.
The Requirements of Introductions Makes
the Dance Dull Affair.

Coalitions seem to be dying out in Lon
don bathrooms, says an English writer.
So many hostesses found the crowd that
stayed to look on and INSTRUCTED the
rooms intolerable, while the present bab.
it of girls only dancing with the people
they are introduced to makes the cotillion
itself dull affair. Abroad the cotillion
enables the girls to dance with any one
they like and to score small triumphs in
vanity, rs the most admired and sought
after, introducing thus an element of ex-
citement into the ordinary dance. Here,
however, the spirit of the cotillion is not
understood, and it is rapidly falling into
desuetude. Per contra, the large houses
have opened their doors this season, balls
have been or will be given at Lansdowne
House, at Lady Derby's at the Duchess
of Buccleuch's and by various other hos
'tesses who hitherto have stood supinely
by and allowed the millionaircs to usurp
all the honors of hospitality.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-20
A CAMpA1GNER.
He Thought Ho Could Bring tho People
Around All Right.

The political hustler was up to his chin
in mess of correspondence, when man
tapped at the door of his office. A second
knock brought no response from the busy
man, and visitor proceeded to cautiously
push the door open and wade towards
the desk through the chaos of newspapers
and torn envelopes on the floor
"What do you wantS" inquired the busy
man.
81 want job" was the simple and
direct reply.
cat what; driving drays"
NO, sir. want to give powerful
yet discreet yank on the reins of govern
ment want Il job as u cam aign ora
tor"
We're always looking for talent. But
| must say that you don't, look like u
very promising specimen"
That shows that you haven't studied
the situation. You want the vote of the
farmer, don't your
'Of course.''
swell, how are you going to go about
it? Going to send a man out there who
wears billed shirt and stiff stand-up col
lars and neck ties and, like as not, patent
leather shoes? D'you think that kind of
man can make hit? No, sir. I'm the
style of man you're after. 1 kin 90 and
show them the hard places in my hands;
nil poih w ttDOub crops, anu not
make fool blunders like talkin' about
turnips bein' picked, such as 1 have
heard'
"Do you know what bimetallism
means?"
"Why-er.it's somethin' about what
kind of metal the Government ought to
buy o..make money of, amt it?''
"That consideration does not enter into
1t. DO you know what the ratio of 16 to
l means?''
''Not exactly. wouldn't tech on them
things. I've got speech made up about
the American eagle and George Washing
ton that 1 could use over an over again
as l moved around from neighborhood
TO neighborhood. 1t takes up three hours
now, and could make it longer if it was
so desired"
'Im afraid that you will have to read
up on the currency and the tariff Il little
before we can use you.''
''You don't mean ter say that you are
goin' to put them things before George
Washington an the American eagle? All
right. I'll go ahead an make speeches. :"
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-20

In recent letter to the manufacturers
Mr.. w. f. Benjamin, editor of the Spec
tator, .Rushford, n. Y, says: "It may
be pleasure to you to know the high
esteem in which Chamberain's medicines
are held by the people of your own State,
where they must he best known. An
aunt of mine, who resides at Dexter,
Iowa, was about to visit me few years
since and before leaving home wrote me
asking if they were sold here, stating if
they were not she would bring quantity
with her, as she did not like to be with
out them" The medicines referred to
are Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
far' Gus for its cures of colds and Group;
Chamberlain's Pain Balm, for rheuma.
tism, lame back, pains in the side and
chest, and Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel COM
plants. These medicines have been in
constant Use in Iowa for almost n quar-
ter of n century The people have learn
cd that they are articles "f Great worth
and merit and u Nv INV other.
They are ,or sale ,cr 4uS. LYLE
Drug Company.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-20
ON A CROSS OF GOLD.
BY Robert Ashe.

"You must not force g crown of thorns
on the brow of Labor; nor cruelty Man
kind on Crossiof Gold '-Wm. j. Bryan.
Emblazoned on our banners high,
Behold the legend grand;
Attracting by it's honesty
The millions Of our land.
To once again proclaim the truth,
In accents loud and bold:
mankind cannot be crucified
Upon cross of gold" ~
This legend is our battle cry,
Twill guide us night and day;
Twill lead our hosts to victory
Our foemen to dismay.
But friends from every rank of life,
We welcome to that fold;
where man cannot be crucifed
Upon cross of gold.n
What though the power of wealth ordains
Tho people to deride;
Enough true manhood yet remains
To sweep that power aside
And in it's place again proclaim,
That truth SO nobly told;
Mankind cannot be crucified
Upon cross of gold"
Nights sable mantle disappears,
The morning beams are bright;
The cherished hopes of waiting years,
Triumphant, loom in sight
Then nail our legend to the mast,
Let every eye behold;
You cannot cruelty mankind
Upon cross of gold"
All hail the advancing hosts of right,
All hail the hero grand;
Who beaTs our legend through the fight:
Which shall redeem our land.
When class and caste shall cease to be;
Nor men be bought and sold
But live for higher aims in life
Than worshippers of gold.
From the Machinist's Monthly Journal
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-20
AFRICAN SUPERSTITION.

In South Africa l and my black com
panions had once to sit down and wait
two and half hours at place..on fairly
open forest path, because across it, in
front of us, about that time in the after
noon, the ghost of spear flew, and touch
from it was necessarily fatal. And there
Is a spring know of in the Kacongo dis.
trict, where, when you go to fill your
pitcher, you see very handsome pitcher
standing ready filled. Many a lady, see
ing no one about to whom the pitcher be-
longs, has picked this up and left her
own, but as soon as she got it within
sight of the village it crumbles into earth.
and the water is spilled on the ground
On returning for her own discarded one.
that is always found broken. -Cornhil
Magazine.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-20

AT Catogni's ice cream parlors they use
pure cream from the creamery of the
Blacksburg Polytechnic Institute.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-20

From all accounts Chambcrlain's
Cough Remedy is Godscnd to the
afflicted. There is no advertisement
about this. We feel just like saying it.
The Democrat, Carollton. Ky. For
sale by the Chas Lyle Drug Company.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-20

Remember that the Radford Steam
Laundry will give you better work than
any Chinaman in town, and when You
patronize them the money goes to feed
and clothe the twenty white women and
men employed by them, who in turn
spend it in Roanoke. Why patronize a
Chinaman under such circumstances?
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-20
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE

London gossip has it that Lady
Beatrice Butler, the most beautiful girl
of the English season, will marry Lord
Waterford.
DR.. jameson is said to be occupying
his time in prison in compiling an ac-
count of his connection with the Trans
vaal raid.
Sir A. c. Mackenzie is said to be CO.
operating with L. G. BurnaDd, the editor
of Punch, in the production of a comic
opera.
London postman, with his ten sons,
five of whom are in the postoffice service,
made one side in recent cricket match
on Thornton Heath, and beat their OPP
ponent5.
Only three native Indian chiefs are en-
titled to salutes of twenty-one guns each
on account of their rank: The Maha-
raja of Baroda (Gaekwar); the Nizam of
Hyderabad, and the Maharaja of Mysore.
Alton Grant, a Lewiston Me-, confec-
TONER, has applied for n patent on pro-
cess by which pasteboard boxes may be so
treated that ice cream packed in them
will remain solidly frozen for twenty
four hours.
The late Prince Lobanoff left valua.
BILE collection of coins, Russian historical
documents and portraits He was an
authority Oh Russian history of the
eighteenth century, and was the author
of many magazine articles.
General Harrison having refused the
presidency of the new University of In
dianapolis. the trustees are considering
the names of William Dudley Foulke;
Dr. John, formerly of De Paw Univer-
sity, and John Morle Coulter, recently
Of Lake Forest University.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-20
HE HAD A BEAR.
A Ferocious Creature Exhibited TO Be
lated Passengers.

When we reached Summit station the
train switched in to wait for the east
bound express, and theu the conductor
gave out that we had two hours to wait,
writes M. Quad in the Washington Star.
The passengers were strolling about
when man mounted box and began:
Ladies' and Gentlemen: A few rods
down below hev a grizzly bar us cap.
tive. am now about to feed him. All
of you hev heard of the savage ferocity
of the grizzly, and how he kin never, never
be domesticated. Kindness is trowed
away on n grizzly, and as fur bullets, he
rather enjoys bein' shot,
He, of course, attracted everybody's
attention, and when surrounded he went
on:
"a grizzly bar is allus hungry, but
about this hour in the day he's hungry
and savage to boot L am Offering YOU
the chance of Il lifetime to see him in his
most ferocious state, but il will cost you
Il quarter head to see the show Thar
will be whisky on hand fur anybody with
cold chills, and SIGH as faint away will
be brung back yere on litter"
or course we all went down. He had n
rocky gorge fenced in, and in the center
OF the gorge was II pole about twenty feet
high, to which cub cinnamon bear was
chained. He was not only not grizzly,
but the frowsest, scrawniest- looking
bear ever put on exhibition. Several men
began to murmur about the species of
the beast, and the man rose up to explain
'Did say grizzly bar? Wall, it was
to gin you an agreeable surprise The
cinnamon bar drinks a gallon of blood
whar the grizzly drinks pint He's
got the ferocity of n lion and tiger rolled
into one. Behold his savage speerit as he
smells this fresh meatr
The young bear simply sat up and
cooked up his ears. The man had about
pound of beefsteak, and this he threw
to him and explained:
''Now, watch him! See his eyes blaze
with fiendish ferocity, his claws work
and his fangs stand out amidst the
froth!'
All the cub did was to reach out for the
meat and bolt it down and lick his chops
foI more.
is that all, i" asked one of the kickers
THAT is all, ladies and gentlemen. 1t
costs you quarter head to come in.
but you get out fur nothin' The show
is now OVER
'But it's n blame swindle.''
a swindle! Just hear the men talk
You have seen the most ferocious deni
zen OF the Rocky mountains. You have
been him seize his prey. You hev larned
more about bars in two mints than you
ever knowed in all your lives before, and
yet am called Il swindler! Stand back,
everybody! Five hours hence I release
this tiger oil the mountains from captiv-
ity, and IL he che-aws up men, fe-asts on
wimin, and sucks the blood of inherent
children, don't blame me don't saw
L didn't gin We yer moneys wuthn'
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-20
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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-20
BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALyE.

The Best Salve in the world fo
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped HAND
blains, Corns, and all Skin Err,
and positively cures Piles, or nc
quired. 1t is guaranteed to Civ,
satisfaction or money refunded.
cents per box. For sale Mt Massie
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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-20
FLA ESNES

l6Oacre farm. with nice dwelling. with lovely
grove OF forest oaks around the house, good
barn, large orchard of wellseiected fruit and an
abundance of timber, well watered, very desir.
ably located; price $4,000. Situated three miles
from Roanoke city.
Thirty-acre farm, nice 5 room dwelling, good
bar1 three miles from the city, for $1,000
Good storehonse, fine stand for business, sixty
acre farm attached, good improvements, for salo
at n bargain.
"a acres OF bottom land Y miles from Holline
with $4,000 brick house, at tho edge OF beautiful
~ acre grove Of forest oaks Price $50 per acre
13O acres near Holiins Institute Seyen miles
from Roanoke city, forty acres OF which is level
the hslance upland partly timbered good water,
fairly good improvements, fne.peach and apple
orchard, land well adapted to truck farming, ali
KINDS fruit and grapes, Price FL $780, very cheap,
Also great many other bargains in city and
country property. which we would be glad to
II you want to buy or rent, cell or exchange
7 W. SPINDLE & CO.,
ro4 Jeffarson Street. Roanoke. Va.
Ezgr1 nrzr1l-
Evening journal., 1896-10-09
rERRlFlc EXPLOSION.
a Doilcr n'ow. Up. killing Two People
and IrJuring Many Others.

a Eoilcr B'ows Jp. killing Two People
and irjnring Many Others.
DANv11Lz, Ia. Get. GA large boiler
in the Reading Iron works cxplodad, kill
ing two persons instantly. seriously iniur-
ing four and slightly wounding "a score OF
more Othor persons at various points near
By.
The dead are John Castloman and a
small child.
The seriously injured are Thomns Cron-
NELL, mill manager; Robert Reid. Rush
Yerrics and Clinton Major The boiler
was 80 feet long and was one of the lar
gest on the place There was no warning
OF the explosion, and the sound could ho
heard for a groGt distance. Tho pieces OF
iron were thrown in every direction, and
some were hurled hundreds OF feet.
The house Of John Burns, close TO the
scene OF the explosion, was completely do
molished, and from the ruins were taken
the bodies Of his child and Castleinan.
Several Of those injured are in serious
condition and are not expected TO live,
The cause OF the explosion Is unknown,
but it his suspected that there was no wa
ter in the boiler OF that it got too low.
Evening journal., 1896-10-09
NIiss barton Welcomed nome.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-Miss Clara Bar
ton, the head Of the Red Cross society,
was given welcome on her return to
Washington from her trip to Turkey by q
reception in her honor at the Shoreham
hotel. 1t was an informal affair, and a
number Of her friends turned out to greet
her. Assisting her in receiving the guests
were Mrs. John A. Logan, Mr.. George
Pullman, her secretary, and others. Fol
lowing the public reception, there was a
banquet, at which speeches were mado by
a number, including Commissioner Ross
Of the District government, Captain Thorn
as Wilson of the Loyal Legion, Mrs Fan
ME Pomeroy Of the Legion of Loyal Wom.
en- and Bishop Hurst, to which suitable
responses were made by Miss Barton and
others
Evening journal., 1896-10-09
TronbIe over Election Returns.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Oct 9.-As viii
liam Wilkerson and Deputy Sheriff Ho.
garth were on their way from Callahan tc
Fernandina with the ballot boxes and re-
turns they were overtaken in the woods
by party of five men and carried back to
Callahan. Wilkerson was given five min.
utes TO leave town, while the crowd tried
TO force Hogarth to confess to election
frauds, threatening to kill him if he did
not. He made a dash for liberty and
reached his horse, but was caught and
pulled of the horse and beaten. He was
left for dead, but managed to reach Fer
nandina during the night. His clothes
were in shreds and were saturated with
blood
Evening journal., 1896-10-09
ADJUSTMENTS.

THE OLD VETERAN TONIGHT.
The Washington Hatchet says "The
Old Veteran produced by the Zeff
Comedy last night. is unique in that II
embraces all the sweet, pathetic in
terest of such plays as the "Old Home
stead and shore Acres" and yet has
in the cider mill and otherscenes feat
ures quite as startling, novel and thrill
ing as any of the sensational modern
melo-dramas with their bomb explos-
ions, saw mill episodes, etc. Zeff. the
inimitable eccentric comedian. as the
central figure of this delightful COM
edy-drama, has full opportunity for the
exercise of that high quality of dra-
matte ability that is his. which sways
his audience from tears to laughter,
playing on the entire gamut of emo
tons as he might on the keyboard of
a melodeon. The scenery and produc-
ton as a whole are sumptuous. The
supporting company is excellent, and
THE Old Veteran" as a play is sure to
appeal TO that large majority Of play
goers who go to the theatre to laugh
and to cry, and not to have their finer
sensibilities narrowed by the story OF
a moral peversity. or to weary their
brains over problem play. "The Old
Veteran will appear at the Grand
Opera House tonight.
Evening journal., 1896-10-09
Seen Through English Eyes.

LONDON, Oct. 9-The Paris correspond
ent of The Times, after noting the select
ness and comparative fewness Of the guests
admitted to the Palace Of Versailles, says
"The scene recalled the state balls OF
the old regime, and the palace seemed
awakened to its old life The evident idea
of the organizers has been to show the
car that the republic is not paryenue,
that it was firmly fixed in the past, and
that It could surround him with as ele-
giant a social world as any that had roamed
these halls at any period Of French histo-
ry Everything was arranged with view
to suggesting the veritnble home OF a great
king and Of royal master absent. We
had been convened to witness an act al
most religious In its seriousness. in the
historic hall where the old kaiser, the
German soyereigns and Prince Bismarck
proclaimed the German empire, and in
the presence of the imperial friend OF
France which was, in the eyes Of French
men, to purify the hall of the associations
that for 90 years have made Versailles q
name not of glory, but Of humiliation by
the passage Of monarch still more au-
tocratio than the kaiser"
A Paris dispatch to The Daily News
says; "The car has behaved like a diplo-
matist and a statesman. AS to the sincerity
of the alliance, it was less what he said
than the nice way In which he said it. His
footprints at Versailles today have effaced
those of the old kaiser. The Chalons re-
view is regarded as wiping out 1901 as
far as international prestige goes, but Is
not understood as a renunoiation OF Al
SAGE Lorraine. All Of the ozar's behavior
has been tactful, obliging and discreet.
He can say smart things without i'll ma
ture He is delighted with Paris and if
certain to come again. -
Evening journal., 1896-10-09
ASTHMA CAN BE CURED.

A LEADING PHYSICIAN AT LAST
DISCOVERS THE REMEDY.--A
PUBLIC TEST WILL BE MADE
TO-DAY AT BELTS DRUG STORE.
In the wonderful progress made by
medical science of the world successful
treatment for most diseases has been
discovered and those which were at
one time considered incurable are now
easily conquered. Among the most diff
cult and obstinate of diseases which
has baffled the skill of our most noted
physicians up to the present time,
Asthma ranks first. Thousands of suf-
ferers know by their personal expert
ence that no absolute cure for this dis
ease was discovered until DR.. Rudolph
Schinmann. the renowned physician,
who has made the treatment of Asthma
and kindred complaints the study of a
life time. during which time he has
treated and cured more cases Of Asth-
ma than any living doctor, perfected a
remedy which not only produces in
stant relief in the most severe cases Of
Asthma, Hay Fever and Bronchitis, but
has positively cured thousands of suf-
ferers who were considered incurable.
Recognizing the skepticism Of the pub
llt III lnln dEN VI NOunAltno AAaAAAANAA
nostrums, DR.. Schiffmann, in order to
restore confidence and obviate any sus-
picion of imposition, requests this
paper to announce that from a. m.
to-day until 6 p. m. tomorrow, he
offers a liberal sample box Of Schiff-
mann's Asthma Cure to all persons ap-
plying at y. J. Belts drug store, No. 60l
Market street. absolutely free of
charge, knowing that personal test
will be most convincing and will vindi-
cate his every claim. This physician
has made a most generous offer to per-
sons who suffer from this most terrible
disease, and all sufferers are not only
requested, but cordially invited to call,
and should bear in mind the time and
place specified for the distribution and
avail themselves of the offer. Persons
living cut of this city who desire to
test the merits of this most wonderful
remedy Will receive a package free by
mail by writing to Dr. II. Schiffmnan,
No. 315 Rosabel tsreet, ST. Paul, Mimi.
providing their letter is received be-
fore October Is. as no samples can be
obtained after that date
y. J. Belt, the well-known druggist
authorizes us to announce that he has
received a quantity OF samples from Dr.
Schiffmann, which he will distribute
during the hours mentioned in accord
ance with his offer.
Evening journal., 1896-10-09
THE -MARYELOus sAGEs.

Mrs. and Mrs Sage have spared
neither time nor money to place them
selves in a position TO know all that is
known under the subject of hypnotism.
They have given many remarkable ex-
hibitions of hypnotism before learned
societies, physicians, colleges and den
lists. Mr.. Sage was for four years
professor of mathematics and psychol-
ogy in Central College, Sedalia, Mo;
for some time professor Of English in
Pierce College, Philadelphia. and an
institute lecturer of wide experience.
During the performance, subjects, resi-
dents of Wilmington. will be made to
forget their names, to take a balloon
ride without a balloon, to fight bees
where there are no bees, to sit on a
cold chair and think it is hot, to eat
oranges, where there are no oranges
and to go fishing where there
is neither water nor fish The perform
ance is refined, interesting and at
times laughable. The Sages will ap-
pear at the Opera House all of neXi
week, commencing Monday evening.
Evening journal., 1896-10-09
oseoop KILLED IN CUBA.
Pennsylvania Old HalfBaclS Reported
Killed by Spaniards.

PHILADELPHIA Dot. "a report reach
ed the students Of tho University Of Penn
sylvania that the famous halfback of the
varsity football team William ID. Osgood.
who has for several months been fighting
with the insurgents in Cuba, had been
killed by the Spanierds. Osgood had al
ways been one Of the most popular men
In the university, and his fame as a knight
of the gridiron with the champions of '95,
had made him known all over the country.
The detailed account OF his death was
to the effect that Osgood who had been
promoted to the rank OF major in the in
surgent cavalry, had led charge Of his
men against a fortified position strongly
holi by the Spaniards. He was unable to
make any impression on the enemy,
though with rare courage he fought his
way through the Spanish ranks with but
a few followers by his side Surrounded
by scores Of Spanish infantry, he finally
fell exhausted from his saddle and was
hacked to pieces.