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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30
WOMEN IN HISTORY.
The French Revolution, Queen Elizabeth
and Catherine II of Russia

Tho French Revolution, Queen Elizabeth
and Catherine II of Russia.
Woman's record in the first French rev.
olution was one Of cruelty and horror
The Patriot knitters," as they were
called, could shrek or knit, according to
the requirements of the case They could
also urge men to deeds of violence, and
could themselves do violent deeds Carlyle
said that these women had exchanged the
'distatf for the dagger If they had kept
the distaf and let the dagger alone, France
would have lost nothing in tho way Of po-
litical advancement and might have boon
spared much of her horrifying history
There was nm entire absence OF any politi-
cal publication in their influence.
There is no name in history Of which
women boast more than that of Queen
Elizabeth, always quoting her in evidence
OF what women might do could they be
intrusted with affairs OF state. Froude, in
summing up his exhaustive work on the
time of Queen Elizabeth, wrote:
1.-The great results of her reign were the
fruits Of policy which was not her own
and which she starved and mutilated when
energy and completeness were needed. She
was remorseless when she ought to have
been most forbearing and lenient when
she ought to have been stern. She owed
her safety and success to the incapacity
and divisions of her enemies, rather than
TO wisdom and resolution of her own"
Humiliating as 1t may be to those wo-
men who clamor for "a voice in national
affairs, the historical truth is that the
spiendors of the EliZnbethan age were due
to her ministers, Burleigh and Walsing-
ham.
Catherine III Of Russia is also great
favorite with the new woman. One of
them has said, Next to the great Peter,
she was the ablest administrator Russia
has ever known" In the life and reign OF
Catherine ii, empress of Russia-sho who
became such through the murder OF her
husband. in which crime she had borne
full we'll her share--there is but little to
admire or emulate. She was unquestion-
ably woman of great talents and energy,
but her morals were no better than Nine.
de Pompadour' s-Forum.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30
THE TOBACCO DECREF,

Spain Has Modified 1t to Suit the United
States.
LONDON, May 90 MIR. HaDnis Taylo
the United States minister to Madrid.
is in the city in order to to see his famil Y
off for home They sail for New York
on June 6. Later Mr.. Taylor is going
to Oxford in order to obtain material
with which to complete his work on
The Origin and Growth of the English
Constitution" there being no urge 1t
diplomatic questions pending which re.
quire his i'm % ediate presence at Nj adrid.
The difficulty regarding the export of
Cuban leaf tobacco to the United
States has. 1t appears, been satisfac-
torily settled by Spain agreeing NO, to
apply the decree to contracts made
prior to the promul legation OF the letter
This, Mr.. Taylor says, indicates that
Spain is amicably disposed towards the
United States
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30
THE srAUNTON CITY ELEorIoN
The Democrats Elect All the Omcsrs Ex
cept the Mayor.

The Democrats Elect All the Officers Ex.
cept the Mayor.
The city election at Staunton on
Thursday resulted in The ele ton of all
the Democratic candida.es,e except Fultz.
Prohibitionist, who was re- elected
mayor over f. B. Berkeley by q ma
ority of 81. The total vote polled was
/, ABB of which coz were cast in the First
wsrd and TAI in the Second ward
Four of the old council, who ran on
the Independent wicket, are reelected.
These nre w. P Tams, R. z Bell, o
Nj Goode in the Second ward, and
John McQuside in the First ward
Charles T. Hammond, Independen.
Democrat. is elected in the Second
ward Seven of the twelve councilmen
belong to the reg, lsr Democrats. All
the other offices are filled by Democrats
except the mayorslity.
denry Hutchinson, regular Demo
cratic candidate for councilman in the
First ward, led the ticket, and w. z
Tsms, independent Democratic candi
date for council, led in the Second
ward.
OF the candidates for city ofiicars
proper, the total vote was "a follows:
Mayor-A. II Fultz, TAI; T. Is. Berk
ley. $50.
weslsh's at.orney-J. A.
Glasgow. IT'S; Hults Glenn. 62..
City sergeant-Logan Turner, 9l3;
John N. Opie, Jr., 474
Constable-C. A. Grafton, 7O7; John
A Mon, gu
The counciimen elected are as follows:
First Ward, Henry Hutchinson, C. c.
Wheat, John Nj Watts, Isaac Wiz, E
w. Stewart and John McQlside; Second
ward, w. p James, o M. Gcode. c. T.
Hammond, r p Bell, &. F. Hughes
and Henry A. Walker.
The justices of the peace elected are
as fellows: First ward, F. Nj. Merr'-
ken, Kenneth McCo7 and Roger b At
kinson; Second ward, Taylor B.ssell,
F. Terry al d George a. Hudson.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30
~ ! v

Nerves are weak. many people say,
and yet they do not seem to know
that they are literally starving their
nerves. Weak. pale. thin blood cam
not give proper sustcnancc - that is
why you are nervous, tired. exhausted.
The cure for this condition is to
purify, vitalizc and enrich your blood.
Take Hoods Sarsapalilla fairly and
faithfully, and the rich, red blood,
which it makes, will soon feed the
nerves the elements of true strength
they require; they will cease their agi-
tation and will resume their proper
place i being under the control in
stead OF controlling the brain and
body. Read Miss Bartlcy's letter:
81 want TO express my gratitude for
what Hoods Sarsaparilla has done for
me. My health has been very poor for
three years, due to trouble with my
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30
THE STATE OF TRADE.

Bradstreet's weekly review of trade
says: The improvement in the trade
situation Is confined to the demand for
hides. leather and shoes. The tendency
of prices OF some is to advance and there
is an improvement IN requests for dry
goods, hats and shoes from wholesalers
at St. Paul, Kansas City, Omaha and
Baltimore. The crop outlook in South
CArolina and Kentucky Ia brighter. be-
cause Of recent rains, and q generally
better feeling exists among sugar pro-
ducers and handlers in Louisiana md
Texas, because of the recent sugar
bounty decision.
General besiness continues quiet, and
at larger financial centres less CONNER
cial paper is making, even at lower
rates. A between-seasons trade has
begun to assert itself, and from a mum
Der Of points mercantile collections are
is again downward, wheat, corn and
oats, as we'll as pork and lard, exhibit
ing unexpected shrinksges. Coffee,
cotton and petroleum are like Wise lower,
and sales Of pig iron and billets by
middlemen have been made shade
under nominal figures.
Wheat, -four, coal and print cloths
are practically unchanged, while re-
fined sugars and tin plates record ad-
vances Hide and leather are firm at
recent advances and the tendency is
upwards. Exports Of wheat (flour in
cluded as whesD from both coasts Of
the United States during the week
amount to 2.264 900 bushels, as COM
pared with 1908, 900 bushels last week.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30

form alton. And transform alton there
has. indeed, been; but 1t has been by no
means 30 sudden as Ii looks on the sur
face. It is the result of forces that have
been silently working for long time.
and which are now rapidly combining
toward g pretty definite result-forces
ethical. economical, religious, and even
philosophical, oil of them finding their
expression in literature Prof. Thomas
Davidson, in the June Forum.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30
Piles! Piiesi Pijesi

DR. WILLIAMS Indian Pile Ointment
will cure Il ind Bleeding, Ucera.od and
Itching Piles. 1t absorbs the ,umors
allays the itching at once, acts as a
poultice. gives instant relief. DR.. Will
iiaus' Indian Pile Ointmenti ia prepared
only for Piles and Itching of the prI-
vste parts, and nothing else. Every
box is guaranteed. Sold by druggists
sent by mail, for soc. and 81 per box
WILLIAMS M'F'G Co Pfop's.. Cleveland
o. For sGle at Fox's Drug Store, Roam
oke, Va.
THE Cafe at Crystal Spring is run or
arst-claes principle.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30
NAV.

AT the election of delegates to the
Staunton State convention in Lynch
burg yesterday solid silver dele ga
tion WAS chosen. Roanoke can easily
do the same thing IL the friends OF
free coinage show up their full strength
at the Democratic ward meetings to-
night. Let US follow the example of
our friends OF the Hill City by all
means and select none but silver dele
gates to- night.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30

ITO save ones bacon" is II "Reminiscences
of the Dunmow fitch, which for several
centuries was bestowed at Dunmow. in
England, on married couples who could
make oath and prove that for certain
number of years they had lived together
without quarrel. 1t is said that during
two centuries the fitch was claimed only
three times.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30
Do You Have to Give Bondq

IFYoU do call on Chas. Lunsford &
Son. agents for the Fidelity and De-
posis Company Of Maryland. They
give every kind CT bond you can think
Of. We will. give bonds for ell csndi-
dates who are elected this spring.
CHAs. LUNsFoRD & Son,
Insurance Agents.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30
Senator Daniel's address.

LEEsBURG. Va, May 30 TO day has
been observed ss Confederate decors-
ton day. Senator John w. Daniel ae
orator made sn ornate and appropriate
address.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30
Francis f. shobere Dead.

SALISBURY, N G, May 30 -.Frsr els
Shobere, member OF the Forty first
and Forty second Congress, and OF che
time secretary OF the United States
Senate, died here % dsy.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30
Fiphta DECLARED OF.

LONG ISLAND CITY. l. /, May CO.
The Maher- s avin and other fights have
been declared off The principals will
fight next Friday night.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30
VIII Meet Near warsAw.Ind.

SARATOGA. N. Y, May 30 The Pres.
byserian General Assembly voted to- do y
to m eet next year as the guests Of the
Winons Assembly, near Warsaw, Ind.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30

CALL up phone 81 and order your ic G
cream for Sunday from Jones, corne T
Henry street and Salem avenue.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30

When B;.by was sick. We gave her Castoria.
When SIZE was n Child, she CT ed for Castoria.
When she became Mss, she chung to Castoria.
When She had Children. she gave them Cast orit
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30
FINE cigars at Bonner's.

FIFTY people can be ses ted at the
Crystal Spring dining parlor.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30

CHAIRMAN HARRITY, of the national
written a letter in reply to an inquiry
OF Senator elect Money, of Mississippi,
denying that he had announced that the
national committee would keep out Of
the convention every contesting dele
gate who would not pledge himself in
advance to abide by the will of the
majority. He says, however, that it is
sound Democratic doctrine that the
will OF the majority should govern. 1t
is usually 30 recognized to such extent
in all political conventions that once
the conventions will is ascertained the
majority promptly make 1t unanimous.
8 AS WAS expected the President hsa
vetoed the river and hsrbor bill and in
she message to Congress, published
elsewhere in THE TINES Of to-day. be
gives his reasons therefor, the chief OF
which are the enormous amount of the
appropriation, the danger OF large addi-
tions creeping In subsequently, and the
tremendous drain the bill will become
upon the national resources in these
times of business depressions IL allowed
to become law. In conclusion ne hits
those who are opposing the issue of
bonds blow in the remark that the
sixty.two millions appropriated for
river and hsrbor Improvements will
have to be met by the Treasury OF the
United States just the same as II the
sum had been raised to meet the needs
of the Government by the sale OF bonds
The bill will in all probability be passed
over the veto of the President as soon
as many OF the members OF Congress,
who are now out OF Washington, return
to that city.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30

SCREEN doors, all sizes, 75c each
Scraen sash. csc. each. j. II. WILKINSON
102 Third street g. W.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30

JUST the thing for hot weather, some
OF Jones' fine ice cream. 'Phoae 81.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30

EVERYTHING in Bonner's.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30

ORDER a gallon of nice ice cream from
Jones'. Phone 81.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-30

THE best nickel cigar on tho market
Spanish Twist-AJ Bonner's.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-11-06
Can walk on Blazing Goals.

In no other country in the world are
there SO many extraordinary religious fa-
natics as in India. They believe in their
faiths with an answering belief, which is
utterly beyond the comprehension of q
colder blooded nation. One of their many
forms of worship is walking on living
GOALS
Once there was plague In a certain
part of India, and the people died by tens
and hundreds. Eight men above all others
prayed to their gods to protect them and
vowed great VOW that il they would do
SO they would walk barefooted on blazing
Goals.
The appointed day for the sacrifice came
round The Goals were made ready. The
men prepared themselves in their temple
and suddenly sprnng out from among the
great crowd to offer their thanks With
wild dancing and loud shrieks, they stepped
on the burning Goals They walked and
ran over them, and when the sacrifice was
completed went back to the temple.
Their feet were then examined by Eu-
ropean doctor, who has certified that so
great was their faith that not the slightest
injuries were visible upon them.-Pear-
son's Weekly.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-11-06

He was hurrying to the bank, when an
elderly woman with an anxious face stop
ped him to ask a question.
s'You amt seen nothin Of no little boy
that was LOST"
mo, ma'am, have not, " he answered
civilly
'sThere amt no place pervided for lost
children, don't guessf"
''They are usually sent to the police sta
ton, 1 believe, until their friends claim
them" he said.
''Be they? You couldn't show me ther
way to it, could ye?'
He assured her he would do so, wonder
Ing all the time If the bank would keep
open for him, and when they had come in
sight of the place he was about to drop the
good WOMB: when she laid OBTAINING
hand on his arm.
"Mebbe I'd better give you description
Of the little fellow. If you once set eyes
on him"--
ooh, they'll find bim there for you," he
said. "How long has he been losts''
Laws, he amt lost yet, But seein as
was comm in town, my darter Liza
thought she might come in herself next
time an bring little Ben, an thought as
how I'd better
But the man she had been talking to
was sprinting in the direction of his bank,
Ind the old lady plodded into the station
10 ask the remainder of the questions with
which she was loaded.-Detroit Free Press
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-11-06
INSECT SENSE.
A scMud Dauber" Possessed of Both Rea-
son and Memory.

A ssMud Dauber" Possessed of Both Rea-
son and Memory.
A wasp of the variety commonly called
"mud dauber" last summer built her nest
on the ceiling Of my room in one corner.
The windows of this room remained open
night and day during the hot summer
months, SO her nest was easy of access.
One day while the wasp was busy about
her home closed all of the windows and
awaited developments. At length she flew
toward window, against which che land
ed with thump which for moment or
two completely dazed her. The wasp soon
discovered that she was barred from the
outer world by some transparent, translu-
cent substance. She then proceeded on
voyage of discovery, flying around the
room and searching here and there and ev-
erywhere for an exit She finally found q
small hole in the window casing which
communicated with the outside. Through
this she made her escape from the room
Upon opening the window saw her ex-
amjning the passage through which she
had come, going through 1t repeatedly.
She finally flew away, but shortly return
ed with pellet of mud. Notwithstanding
the fact that all of the windows were then
open, the wasp went at once to the hole in
the casing. through which she made her
way into the room and thence to her nest
in the ceiling She never again, SO far as
1 was able to ascertain, made an exit or an
entrance through the windows, but always
made use of the hole in the casing. This
little creature undoubtedly gave unmis-
taxable evidences of ratiocination. She
found that a transparent barrier had been
L.. - u
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-11-06
GEORGE HENRY LEWES.
How Mira. Lynn Linton Minutoly Describes
Him.

How Mira. Lynn Linton Minutoly Describes
Him.
Lewes was a singularly plain man, deep
II pitted with the smallpox, with narrow
jaws and somewhat drawn in cheeks. He
had bright vivacious and we'll shaped
eyes quantity of bright brown hair, and
flexible mouth of singular moistness
Sc was the first of the audacious men of
l9y acquaintance, and about the most ex-
ieme He had neither shame nor reti-
ee in his choice of subjects, but would
dis curse on the most delicate matters of
physiology with no more perception than
he was transgressing the bounds of pro-
priety than if he had been learned saw
age.
I heard more startling things from
Lewes, in full conclave Of young and old,
married and single, men and women, than
1 had ever dreamed of or heard limited at
before, and l know that men complained
Of his after dinner talk and anecdotes as
being beyond the license accorded to the
mess table and club smoking room. He
did not go as far as this in public, but he
went very far, and to young girl fresh
from country life, where the faint echoes
of "plums, prunes and prisms" still lin
esred, it was all embarrassing and "shock-
Esg" enough.
His manners, too, were as free as his
talk. 1t was said of another notable man
In his day that his way of shaking hands
suggested the divorce court, and the same
might be said of Lewes' manners to the
women he liked and was intimate with. I
myself was at Mrs. Miner Gibson's when
he shouted across the room, "Arethusa,
come hereP' And saw him perch himself
Familiarity On the arm of the chair in which
she was sitting. Yet he had no cause for
such a breach of good taste and good man.
ners Mrs. Mil.Esl Gibson was his good
friend, as she was a good friend to so
many whom her kindly social patronage
could serve, for she was one of the most
generous and large hearted women Of her
day.
But know that Mr.. Lewes' familiarity
tried her temper, as it would have tried
the temper of any woman. I remember,
too, his offering to kiss a pretty young
girl on her taking leave of the family one
Sunday night and his offended and re-
proachful tone when she turned away her
head and refused his kiss. 1t was the tone
which should have been used had she SUBJ
mitted to this or any other like familiarity.
That, too, was startling experience to
me, which upset my moral arithmetic for
many days.
Frankly sensual, frankly self indulgent
and enjoying, he was the born epicurean
the natural hedonist. Life to him meant
love and pleasure, and he had that bright
and expansive quality which makes pleas
ure and finds it everywhere. In work and
in idIeness, in the sans facon of bohemian
ism and in the more orderly amusements
of conventional society, in scientific dis
cussion and in empty persifage, he was
equally at home, and wherever he went
there was patch of intellectual sunshine
in the room.-Woman at Home.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-11-06
TREASURES IN AN TRUNK.
Rare Books and Curios l. ng Overlooked
Found in Garrett.
New York Journal. }

Thomas McCord, a well-to-do farmer
and land owner, who lives near Hicks
vile, L. l.. in house that was one of
the numerous places occupied by George
Washington as an army headquarters, is
richer today by several thousand dollars,
owing to the discovery in his garrett on
Saturday last OF a treasure trunk. The
house is said to be $50 years old, and the
trunk appears to be still more ancient.
1t contained about fifty volumes of re-
markably rare books, together with a
package Of bank bills of the early half
of the century, with face value of
about $40. 900, and small measure filed
with copper half cent coins.
Mr.. McCord. who is fifty five years old,
has owned the house in which the trunk
was found for over thirty eight years.
He bought 1t from man who had in
turn purchased it from the old Hicks
family, who gave tn cir name to the town
of Hicksville. This was one of the Oldest
families on Long Island.
On Saturday Mr.. MoCord was talking
to relative. Robert Fullerton of this
city, when the subject of relios to be
found around Hioksville came up. Mr..
McCord finally took Mr.. Fullerton uu
to the old garrett to show him spinning
wheel that had descended to him with
the house. In poking over lot of an.
Gent furniture and odds and ends, dis
carded half century ago. Mr.. Fuller.
ton observed trunk. 1t was unique in
pattern, made of oak, and covered with
undressed hide. The rawhide had
cracked and peeled of in places, exposing
the heavy oak body beneath. The
handles on the side. the lock and the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-11-06
SOUTH PORTLAND.

The Mckinley Guards" of Knight
Vile celebrated Bryan's defeat Wednes-
day evening. Some 40 or 30 small boys
with drums. tin horns. land Transparent
cles paraded the streets and made more
noise than q Chinese army with tom
toms. A figure Of bryan with a mann
moth cabbage for head, was first cere-
moniously hurrahsd by the youthful Mo-
Kinlsyites. These were the Transparent.
ciss carried: "Gold'' MCKINLEY, the
only pebble on the beach, Mark Han
ma, our banana. The boys serenaded
leading Republicans of the place and
while at the PRESS correspondents
house. voclfe-ously demanded newspaper
notice of their patriotic demon stration.
/. Mr. Elmer EJordan's meat wagon
will be \missed by his South Port
land customers for time. Last Sunday
on of his pair of horses died of CHAMBERS
and he has cen warned not to use the
other one. which will also doubtless die
The South Portland High school boys
have organized football eleven. They
are daily practicing and soon expect to
be able to cope with any team of their
cali Der in th 10 country.
AS indicated in this correspondence, a
day or two ago, the Portland and Cape
Elizabeth electric road have begun
work on the Broadway double track.
Many tons of rails have been distributed,
and Portland engineer is now employed
making the usual survey preliminary to
laying the track.
Mrs. Deborah Soule has had rare
aquatic plant sent here by Boston
friend. 1t Ia nothing less than speci-
men of "Sharon's lovely rose," and is
alleged to have been taken from the bed
of the river Jordan in Palestine.
A South Portland produce vender in
formed me yesterday that since the news
OF MoKinley'sl election, potatoes had
bounded upward Is cents barrel, and
that oabbaRes would now be held for a
prospective RISE