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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-12
HE WON'T BOLT.
Mr.. T. r Irvine Expresses His Views on
the Subject.

the Subject.
One of the members of the State eyecu-
tive committee, who was appointed by
the boilers at their convention held at the
Academy of Music in Richmond, has re-
fused to be put in the shafts.
L. r. Irvine, who is u member of the
house of delegates, and who was appoint
ed on the committee in his absence, in the
following letter to the editor of the Big
Stone Gap Post, declines the honor con-
ferred upon him:
Editor Post: / see from the papers that
at the State convention of sound money
Democrats: held on the 9th of August ut
Richmond, | was named rs IL member of
the State committee from this Congress
sional district l beg enough of your
space to say that such an action was
without my knowledge and was unau-
thorized by me.
So far in this canvass have supported
the Chicago ticket and Judge Williams
for Congress, and [ shall continue to do
so to the end. AM n sound money Dem
ocrat, perhaps as earnest and rs conscien
tious in it as any of the gentlemen who
assembled Mt Richmond last week, and
my reasons for taking the course named
above are two-fold: First prior to the
Chicago convention and to the State con-
vention at Staunton, did what could,
publicly and privately, in Wise and neigh
boring counties, to bring about a different
platform from that taken by our party
on the money question. / went to Staun-
ton as sound money delegate and did
what little / could in that convention to
further the cause l believed in. And
now, having taken part in the primary
conventions with the understanding, al
ways implied and sometimes openly ex-
pressed, that would abide by the will of
a majority of the party, feel that the
moralobligation, if no other, should hold
me to my present purpose. Good faith
to party associates, it seems TO me, re-
quires such course.
But independent Of this consideration.
/ think Virginia Democrats make mis-
take to divide in the face of united foe.
Once split on national issues they will
perhaps remain split in State elections.
with the result that the Republican party
will take charge of the State government
and largely of the county governments.
Such result, with the experience that
Virginia and other Southern States have
had in the past along that line, cannot be
contemplated, | think, with complacency
by any Democrat. We believe that in
the South, at least, the Democratic party
offers the best, if not the only, guarantee
of good State and local government
FURTHER than this, either Bryan or
Mckinley will be President. The voter
should choose between the two. While 1
believe there is much in the Chicago plat
form that is radical, still believe that
back of it, in the old Democratic organiz-
alton, there is abundant conservatism to
see that in the END the republic will re-
ceive no hurt. On the other hand. Nc
Kinley and McKinleyism are to me n
radlcaliSm of Il different nature Inherent
and permanent, that has caused most of
the woes that now befall our country,
and in the end will do the cause of free
government infinite harm. Respectfully,
q. L. r. IRVINE.
SeDtember ID
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-12
4 ROUGH EXPERIENCE.
Evangelist Lees Fight Against, Sixty
Saloons.
Norfolk Ledger.)

Rev. j. w. Lee, the Irish evangelist,
now in the city, and who is here to con-
duct Il ten days tent meeting, reports
having had rough experience at Phoe-
bus, Va, where he has just closed meet
ing. Phoebus is town of about 1000
Inhabitants, and boasts of sixty saloons,
which pay an annual license tax of $13, 500,
it is said. 1t can be seen that the evan
gelist was boarding the lion in his den
when he went to Phoebus, and from his
statement of what occurred it was an inter-
esting time for both the preacher and the
liquor people. The patronage of that
large number of saloons comes from the
old soldiers at the National Home, at
Hampton, and the soldiers at Fortress
Monroe. There are 1000 of the former
and 600 of the latter The veterans afford
the largest part of the patronage, as they
get about $4,000 in pensions four times
4 year, large part of which is said to be
drunk up i'll whiskey and beer, which
Evangelist Lee thinks accounts for many
OF the large number of deaths that occur
there-from one to three day, he SAYS.
This state of affairs led him to make war
on the liquor business there, and he set
on foot the movement to have local option
elections in that section of Elizabeth CITY
county, the petition for which will soon
be presented to the court. He saws he
met with great opposition from the liquor
interests, and was threatened TO such an
extent that he had to have Il guardof SOL
diers from the fort to attend him to his
home each night, and had several remain
in the house with him.
Last Friday the liquor interests sent a
drum corps, he says, to break up his
meeting, and he had the leaders arrested
They gave an excuse for their action that
they were drumming up an attendance
for n political meeting, but the court
fined three of them 500 each, from which
they appealed to the higher court. The
persecution eliminated Saturday night,
when an attempt was made to burn him
and his chorist1r up in the building in
which they slept. a part of the building
was saturated with oil and set afire, and
the charred boards now tell the story of
the fiendish act. Those who ATTEMPTED
it defeated their own plans by shutting a
door in that part of the building which
cut off the draft and prevented the fire
from spreading and consuming the build
ing. Nothing daunted, lie will after the
close of the Norfolk meeting elsewhere
referred to- go to Hampton, the adjoining
town to Phoebus, and continue his war.
Evangelist Lee is from North Carolina.
and be relates an interesting fact about
the soldiers at Fortress Monroe He SAYS
that he learned from the commanding
officer that three fourths of the 600 troops
there are North Carolinians, and most of
them finest of fellows
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-12

In a 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 Chamberlain's medicines
are held by the people of your own State,
where they must be 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,
famous for its cures of colds and Group;
Chamberlains Pain Balm, for rheuma-
tism, lame back, pains in the side and
chest, and Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel COM
plants. These medicines have been in
constant use in Iowa for almost a quar-
ter of Il century. The people have learn
ed that they are articles of great worth
and merit, and unequaled by any other.
They are for sale here by the Chas. Lyle
Drug Company.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-12
THAT PEACOCK VOICE.

(trom the North American Review
venture to suggest final detail of in
Unite consequence to real happiness in
any Encouragement of society in America.
Every school, everywhere, should have
competent instructors in the use of the
voice; every physician should carry in his
pocket prompt and effectual remedy for
our national catarrh. There was time
the rustic Yankee dialect afforded the
type for ridicule of our new world snarl
in utterance. But, whether New Eng
land has i'll this respect improved land
think 1t has, or some of our more recent
regions have developed peculiarities of
voice so much more veXatious as to make
the Yankee only seem better by COMPARE
son with others, the fact is that our most
distressing twang in speech to-day is
found west of the Hudson river. There
is metallic, unmusical, and harsh buZz
in the letter II, especially, that betrayeth
us to the least discerning of the rest of
mankind; it ought to be abolished nv vour
reformers, even if you must make a new
alphabet that has no letter r in it. And
not only that, but, as we have ceased to
he of Il sparse population, our voices have
become too loud.
A Our immigrants of nearly three hundred
years ago brought with them the low and
soft voices of their English proeenitors.
In the wilderness that received them
they felt the awe of great solitudes, and
must for time have spoken in subdued
tones-as do the wanderers to-day in the
remote valleys of the great mountain
ranges, or over the vast plains of orr
Western wilds But, as the woods have
been cleared away and the prairies have
come under cultivation, and cities have
multiplied, we have learned to address
each other in voices like so many peacocks
on housetops exchanging views of the
disturbers of the night. The distracting
duets some one has mentioned as Incl.
dents of our dinner parties are as nothing
to the din, clangor, and uproar of n
crowded afternoon tea in town. Yes
really, you ladies must see to it that no
one be admitted into our ideal society
whose voice has not been properly as
suaged.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-12
THE TINES PRIZE PIANO.
Roanoke, Va. May II, Is

Roanoke, Va. May II, 1896.
To The Times:-We desire to say
that the Jewett Upright Piano, which
the Times has purchased from us and
placed on exhibition at our warerooms,
is in every respect one of the finest and
best pianos on the American market for
the price. The retail price of this piano
is fixed at $500 by the Jewett Piano Com
pany.
y We further desire to say that the Hob
bic Piano Co. hereby offers to the winner
of this instrument $500 cash for the same
provided he or she purchases Piano
from us at any time between now and
when the final decision is made.
This offer is made to prevent any one
holding off the purchase of an instrument
until this Piano is awarded. Very truly
Hobbie Piano Co.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-12
CHEAP REAL ESTATE
City Property and Farms.

sroom dwelling on Campbell avenue. 60-feet
'front.'. nice location, good stable, $4,000; pay
7room dwelling, with sewer connection, stable
ana other necessary outbulldings, 81 800; $50
casn, Slstu per month without interest.
cash and $lo per month with no interest. Ie
sewer connection, nice garden and good location,
SSoo each; Sl5 cash and s. per month with inter,
7room house on Sixth avenue g. w.. niceIv
poP ea wn nT bath hot and cold water and
month. Rents now Tor Bio. GU 'asn ana Sio per
% Groom house on large lot, near Roanoke and
Souihorn railroad. newly fenced, house in good
Two 10room houses on West End boulevard.
aIgS lots in beautiful conditions, with every con.
dcsrably located. Ao 'ofy
5000 cash and $50 to S25 per month. This s %
great bargain. LIE 10
One, Ono OF tho best residences on Church street, 10
beautiful condition inside and out. Price "a sa NJ
SSoo each; S25 per month; lie renting now at 500
hnrcb also TWO other splendid bargains on
One OF the most desirable and beet located bns.
centre of the city Onefourth OF the price csss
ana the rent win pay the balance. It Is renting
no Se,teI per cent OF the price asked There is
nave several other fine bargains in business
property on Salem avenue and JEFFERSON street.
west near Park street, in good Condition e 9oo.
$50 cash anG S10 per month SA'~'o'
room house near Vest End ronnd bors. com.
S50 cash and $40 per month S'oor
niegant ~ room house in the Weet End with
marc wood finish, cabinet mantels every moderI,
Improvement and convenience, with speaking
tuoes ana electric alarm bells. stables, Chicken
nfouse, morse and cow lot, good garden, plenty OF
Iull ana good shade: In thorough renair cost
SsCQo. price now $3.50; email cash payment and
the balance in nine years f' n' Anu
Splendid business lot near the no,y nrh,t.
building 80 feet front Price 80 hn on e~ o PupilC
m Hsa1s This lot will double in value in two
Good Groom house, Eighth avenue q 10 mod
onn improvements. stable on lot and shade, 81 .io:
Nicely papcred room house on he heat mart =,
month. CIV '"sn anu g per
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-12
PREPARING THE DANCING FLoo1

TO prepare floor for dancing have it
we'll washed, and when the boards are
thoroughly dry scatter boracic powder all
over them and rub it in well with the
feet. If there are children in the house
get them to slide in the boards length.
wise. and you will have n perfect surface
Tor the most exact dancer. Instead of
the powder, as above, you can rub the
with milk
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-12
CURRIED SARDINEs.

For dainty relish after the theatre try
curried sardines. Make paste with
butter, made mustard, curry powder, and
few drops of lemon juice or vinegar
Skin the sardines and carefully wash
the oil OF, Spread them thickly with the
mixture, and grill them for a minute;
serve either on fingers of fried bread
busted with coraline pepper, curry now
der and minced parsley, or on fingers of
hot buttered toast.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-12

SiS ROt up tuttl STORY tHSy
mus have beer thinking of
dyspepsia, for there is certainly no other
trouble on earth that keeps you so ever
lastingly struggling against being crashed
Into utter despair Anything that cures
dyspepsia lifts about hats the weight of
rnisety that c7ushes mankind, - ard wo-
mankind.
The trouble with most of the 50 called
dyspepsia cares, is That they don't cure.
They give only temporary relief. Indigcs-
ton usually extends ell through the diges-
tive tract fom the stomach clear down 70
the large intestine tee liver tools frcQuett-
ly involved in the tuuble being torpid ard
;jnactive, For thorough, radical, PER
manent cure you inust have the whole di-
gestive organism set right.-Not violeitly
stirred UP, but regulated. Doctor PieHce's
Pleasant Pellets will do it They stimu-
late the digestive juices of the stomach !;
invigorate the liver and help it to actively
secrete the bile and act gently On the
bowels to promose regular healthy move
ment. This means complete and last
ing cure of digestive troubles.
The Pellets" are not n severe olthartic
They act on the bowels naturally End COM
fortably though surely. The dose can be
regulated TO your needs, and when the
stPellets " haze done their work they can
be discontinued. You don't become a
slave to theiI use, rs with otlic,- pills. If
the druggist suggest some gripping pill that
gives him more profit think iehai fVi!k
proft 1'on sEosf.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-12
BUCKLEN's ARNICA sALvE.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re-
CURED. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction or money refunded. Price %
cents per box. For sale at Massie's Phar-
macy, 100 Jefferson street, Roanoke.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-12
RASPBERRY Hoes

The best raspberry ices are made by
mixing currant juice with the juice of red
raspberries. Use one pint of the currant
juice to half pint of raspberry Juice,
add one pint of water, cupful of sugar
and freeze. When the ice begins to APP
pear in little particles add the frothed
white of one egg.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-12
FARMS.

loUacre farm, with nice dwelling with lovely
grove OF forest oaks around the house, good
apundance OF timber. well watered, Yery desir.
from Roanoke city. "i'' ihiie0
10, h.iy-acrc farm, nice room dwelling, good
oarH, three miles from the city, for 81 600
5000 storehouse, fine stand for business sixty
at bargain. LUZ saio
~ "a acres OF bottom land y miles from Rollins.
w.n Ss,ouo brick honsc, at the edge of beautiful
., iO acres near Hollins Institute seven miles
ION hoanoke city, forty OF which is level
l nany good improvements, fine peach and apple
Snda FLA ana well adapted to Inck farming, all
so iauiI and grapes Price $50; very cheap,
sSSontfy y property which we would be glad to
II you want 10 buy or rent cell mr. oxcboroo
come and see us. VI 'en"nse'
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-12

Buggies, carriages and harness are
now offered lower at Yost-Forrer Com
pany's than ever before.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-12

Have YOU tried those orange slice
cakes? 20 cents dozen, at Catogni's.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-12

From all accounts Cham berlains
Cough Remedy is Godscnd to the
afflicted. There is no advertisement
about this. We feel just like saying it.
The Democrat, Carrollton, Ky. For
sale by the Chas. Lyle Drug Company.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-12
EGG SCISSORS.

September I'd.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1896-08-20
OPPOSITION TO TRUSTS.
Chicago Platform Does Not Believe in
Government FavoritisIn.

Chicago Platform Does Not Believe in
Government Favoritism.
We are not surprised to find arrayed
against us those who are the beneficiares
of government favoritism-they have read
our platform. Nor are we surprised to
learn that we must in this campaign face
the hostility of those who find pecuniary
advantage in the doctrine of non-interfer-
ence when great aggregations of wealth
are trespassing upon the rights of individ-
uals
We welcome such opposition. 1t is the
highest endorsement which could be be-
slowed upon us.
1t is not the wish of the general public
that trusts should spring into existence
and override the weaker members of So
ciety; it is not the wish of the general
public that these trusts should destroy
competition and then collect such tax as
they will from those who are at their
mercy, nor is it the fault of the general
public that the instrumentalities of gov
ernment have been so often prostitutcd
to purposes OF private gain. Those who
stand upon the Chicago platform believe
that the government should not only
avoid wrong doing, but that it should also
prevent wrong doing; and they believe
that the law should be enforced alike
against all enemies Of public veal. They
do not excuse petit larceny, but they de-
clare grand larceny to be equally crime;
they do not defend the occupation of the
highwayman who robs the unsuspecting
traveller but they include among the
transgressors those who through the more
polite and less hazardous means of legisla-
ton appropriate to their own use the prO-
Goods Of the toll of others.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1896-08-20
THE MONEY QUESTION.
Declares 1t Is the Paramount Issue of
the Campaign.

the Campaign.
Now let me asl, you to consider the par
amount question Of this camraign-the
nancy question. 1t is scarcely necessary
to defend the principle of bimetallism.
No national party during the entire his
tory of the United States has ever declared
against it, and no party in this campaign
has had the temerity to oppose it. Three
parties-the Democratic, Populist and Sill
yer parties-have not only declared for
bimetallisln, but have outlined the specific
legislation necessary to restore silver to
its ancient position by the side of gold.
The Republican platform expressly de-
clares that bimctallism is desirable when
it pledges the Republican party to aid in
securing it as soon as the assistance of GER
tain foreign nations can be obtained
Those who repre- sented the minority
sentiment in the Chicago convention OPP
posed the free coinage OF silver by the
United States by independent action on
the ground that in their Judgment, it
"wOuld retard or entirely prevent the
establishment of international bimetal-
lism, to which the efforts of the govern
ment should be steadily directed" When
they asserted that the efforts of the gov
ernment should be steadily directed
bimetallism they condemned monometal-
lism.
The gold standard has been weighed in
the balance and found wanting. Take
from it the powerful support of the
money-owning and money-changing class
es, and it cannot stand for one day in any
nation in the world. 1t was fastened
upon the United States without any dis
cussion before the people. and it's friends
have never yet been willing to risk YER
dict by the voters upon that issue.
impossible Gulf Between Them.
There can be no sympathy or co-opere-
ton between the advocates of universal
gold standard and the advocates Of bimet-
allism. Between bimetallism-whethe
independent or international-and the
goldstandard, there is an impossible gulf.
Is this quadriennial agitation in favor
of international bimetallism conducted
in good faith, or do our opponents really
desire to maintain the gold standard per-
manentlyY Are they willing to confess
the superiority Of double standard when
joined in by the leading nations of the
world, or do they insist that gold is the
only metal suitable for standard money
among civilized nations? If they are in
fact desirous Of securing bimetallism, we
may expect them to point out the evils Of
a gold standard and defend bimetallism
as a system. If, on the other hand, they
are bending their energies toward the per-
manent establishment of gold standard
under cover Of declaration in favor of in
ternational bimetallism, am justified in
suggesting that honest money cannot be
expected at the hands of those who deal
dishonesty with the American people.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1896-08-20

which remains absolutely invariable."
He even suggests that II multiple stand
ard, wherein the unit is based upon the
selling prices Of IA number OF articles OF
general consumption" would be more
just standard than either gold or silver. or
both. because "a long time contract would
thereby Ike paid at its maturity by the
same purchasing power as was given in
the beginning.'
Eimetallism Better Than Recommendations.
1t cannot be successfully claimed that
recommendation or bimetallism, or any
other system, gives an absolutely just
standard of value. Under both mono
metallism and bimetallism the govern
ment fixes the weight and the fincncss of
the dollar. invests it with legal tender
Qualities, and then open the Elints to Its
unrestricted coinage, leaving the pur-
chasing power of the dollar to be deter
mined by the number of dollars.
Bimetallism is better than monometal-
iism, not because it gives MS perfect
dollar-that is, a dollar absolutely uvary-
ing in its general purchasing power-but
because it make nearer approach to
stability, to honesty, to justice, than u
gold standard possibly can.
Prior to 1873, when there were enough
open mintG to permit all the gold and sill
YER available for coinage to find entrance
into the worlds volume of standard
money. the United States might have
maintained n gold standard with less in
jury to the people of this country; but
now, when each step toward universal
gold standard enhances the purchasing
power of gold deprcsses prices and trans
fers to the pockets of the creditor class an
unearncd incrcmerA the influence of this
great nation must be thrown upon the
side of gold unless we are prepared to ac-
cept the natural and Legitimate conse-
1uences of such an act.
ANY legislation which lessons the
worlds stock Of standard money incrcaS s.
es the eXchan;,lble value of the dollar;
therefore, the crusade against silver must
Inevitably raise the purchasing power OF
money and lower the money value of all
other forms of property.