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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09

the instisution some months ago. There
were many applicants for this position
and others connected with the institute
which the board OF visitors had the
power to fill, but not many other
changes in the officers Of the asylum
were made.
Captain Doyle. as superintendent had
many strong friends. and he is said to
be . man OF superior executive ability;
but in view Of the developments made
by the investigation, 1t is believed that
8 change in the management was
needed.
Mr.. Bowles, the newly elected super
intendent. is 8 native of Louisa county,
and was for several years principal Of
the Leigh public school, OF Richmond.
Latterly he has been engaged In hotel
keeping, and besides his educational
qualifications IL said to be fine bust
ness man.
The Richmond Dispatch speaks highly
OF his general fitness for the position OF
superintendent. and says he will give
great attention to the religious training
of the young people entrusted to his
care. From the apparent neglect of re.
llgious matters at the asylum, the spirit
ual welfare Of the inmates will be an i'm.
portant question in its future manage
ment; hence 1t is earnestly hoped that
the bright auguries in this and other re.
spects as to the future Of the institution
will be fully realized.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09
ONE sPoRTsMAN's AMBITION.
1t Is to Hunt In the Undiscovered Patches
Along Americas Coast.

Along Americas Coast.
"I'll tell you what I would like to
do" said a man whose life is spent row
ing about from city to lumber camp
and from park to forest. 81 would like
10 own schooner fit to weather any
gale on the seas and travel in it up and
down the American coast from Labra-
dor to Cape Horn and north again to
Boring strait. There's whole lot of
odd places one could visit seldom or
never heard of.
Take it about Cape Hatteras Now,
what do you know about the mainland
alongshore there? What can you tell of
the people in the swamps there and of
the game these people find in the
woods? It's so little, you have to guess
at it Then there is a whole lot of the
gulf of Mexico's shore line, not to men
ton the islands and lands south of there.
Why, only the other day 1 heard of a
tribe of Indians on some islands some
where down that way that buy buckshot
to kill deer with and poor shotguns,
using only n dram of powder for q
charge. Just think what sport fellow
with a good rifle would have among
them-f they d let him What Is more,
they pay for what they buy with pure
gold, and if ever white man visited
them he did not come back TO tell about
it, nor will the Indians say where they
got their stuff.
"When you como to think about it,
the sportsman nosing about in these out
of the way places could get more game
and curiosities than he could get out of
Blue Mountain park or from any other
of the big preserves.
Il hope to make just such a trip some
time. I'll take 1870, 10 gauge, a
20 gauge and target pistol, with stacks
of fishing tackle of all kinds and no end
of ammunition. The specimens 1 will
gather will pay for the trip, as I shall
go along prepared to skin and dry any
thing from tapir to a crocodile, from
q condor to "a beetle, not to mention
snakes and other things. New York
Sun.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09
OIL IN TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY

Recent dispatches from Nashville de-
scribe the Tennessee oil excitement.
The chief operator in the development
Of the oil region Is the Standard OIL
Company, and at least . dozen Of the
experts Of that company have been sent
to Fentress, Overton, and adjoining
counties. to investigate the flow Of the
few wells which have already been
drilled. The experts are said to report
that 1t is the best oil region in the
United States. The result Is that at
the present moment the Standard OIL
Company owns upwards Of 700, 900 acres
of land in its own right, and has secured
leases on more than LOCO 600 acres be-
sides.
Counties contiguous to the up-river
counties have caught the fever, and ex-
perimental wells are being sunk rs far
south as the Alabama line, IS far east
as the Big Smoky Mountain, and north
ward into Kentucky. 1t is believed
that two-thirds OF the State Of Tennes
see, with It's $4,000 square miles, Is a
magnificent oil.producing section. The
belt is simply the southern end Of the
famous Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Ohio and Kentucky oil fields.
The Standard Oil Company 10 putt
ting up three large iron storage tanks,
holding 10000 gallons of oil each,
which are being placed at East Port,
Pickett county, for the purpose Of
pumping from the Lacy, Rock House,
Boles. Bob's Bsr, and other wells
drilled in that section. The Standard
people are taking down several 35. 900
barrel tanks at Olean, N. Y, which will
be shipped to Tennessee for use in
other sections. A million dollars will
be the cost Of the pipe line now being
surveyed by the Standard Oil Company
from Burnside, KY, to Alleged, Tenn.
Later the Standard people secured con-
troll of $4,000 acres of land near Sun
bright, additional to the land already
leased.-The Manufacturer.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09
A Variable Preference.

what is your favorite oolor?'' the
young woman inquired.
"Under what circumstances?' Col
onel Garter rcjoined.
WHY should think ones favorite
color would be the Same at all times. "
Decidedly not, miss Decidedly
not. Now, if I happen to be admiring q
sunset, my favorite color is red an yell
low an something of that sort. But if
it should happen that am engaged in
friendly game with d select circle of
puffect gentlemen. in which pokah chips
appear, have very strong prejudice
in favor Of blue. Washington Star.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09
RAILROAD YARD TERRoRs.
Even Trainmen Cannot Cross the Tracks
at Night Without Fear.

Even Irainmen cannot Cross the Tracks
at Night without Fear.
"It's hard for the ordinary traveller to
realize the terrors Of the average rail
road yard, said an old and experienced
trainman ut ono Of the big Jersey City
terminals to reporter. Tho commuter
who scans the yards daily as he is
smoothly riding through them naturally
enough fails to appreciate the mass Of
detail in the duties Of the men who are
employed to switch him safely into the
station. OF course the routine work we
do. fraught with responsibility and dan-
ger as it is, becomes mechanical enough
to Us IN time, but there is one thing that
have never been able to do with cool
ness in all the years have been en-
ployed here, and that is to cross this net
work of tracks at night. The experience
of Thomas Bouker, the freight clerk at
the Lehigh Valley station in Communi-
paw. is proof that I am not the only
hardened railroader afflicted in that
way. Bouker was run down by On en-
gine because he got bewildered in tho
maze of tracks I don't blame him.
Why, it's enough to give q man heart
disease to attempt to cross such ON ag-
gregation of rails, with lot Of head
lights moving all around him and
scores Of bells and whistles ringing in
his ears.
EVERY time that am compelled to
make such trip-and I only do so
nowadays when am compelled to-
get the lay of the land we'll in my mind
and note which engines are moving and
which are not, bat it is of no use. By
the time m III the middle Of the yard
my head is i'll whirl, the headlights
are dancing all around me, and skip
and dodge around frantically until l get
safely on the other side Usually most
of the locomotives are standing still in
the train shed, but it's hard 10 believe
itwhen you are in front of them Some
commuters who work in Jersey City
have trick of walking into the station
from the yard to save the trouble Of 60
ing around by the regular way, but
when can l always warn them Of the
danger of doing so. New York Sun.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09
THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT

The board of Visitors OF the Deaf
Dumb and Blind Institute at Stsunton
met on the 9th instant and elected w.
a. Bowles, OF Basic City, as superin-
sendent' In place Of Capt. T. S. Doyle,
about whose management there was
considerable discussion during the leg
islative investigation OF the affairs of
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09
Tree Climbing Rabbits.

The London Field has an item that is
likely to call out discussion among
English correspondents of that paper a
man writes that "when shooting with a
friend in Banffshire last December my
friend called out, There's a rabbit up
treeP' Sure enough ono was there at
least ten feet from the ground The tree
was an upright fir, and the man had
seen the rabbit run up the smooth bark
as easily as a squirrel The rabbit stop
ped on the first branch to look down.
What is more, "thero is a lot Of
blown timber in the wood. and sup
pose the rabbits have got accustomed to
climbing on it, for / have often seen
them jump on TO root and run up the
slanting trunk till they were sometimes
10 feet from the ground" which must
have been dizzy height for an animal
Of such ground habits.
Corroboratiye letters will probably
como i'll, and rabbits will have an es-
tablished reputation as climbers 1t is
said that i'll Australia the imported rab.
bits have begun to develop hooked
claws, with the aid Of which they are
able to climb the rabbit proof fences.
a large number of animals with hab-
its acquired because of environment
have been noted from time to time
foxes that climb trees, rats that are
beasts of prey, birds that build nests
adapted to certain conditions. and so
on indefinitely.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09

THOMAS SHARKEY. the heavy weight
pugiliss, of San Francisco, who knocked
out William Williams, Of Salt Lake, in
eight rounds, Is very anxious to meet
ex Champion Corbett, but after all OF
the talk between the latter and Maher
nobody hardly believes they will ever
meet in the prize ring.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09

DESPITE the exertions Of General
Weyler and his meroiless assistants In
the work Of murder and pillsge, the
Cuban cause Is gaining steadily, and the
leaders there will hear Of nothing short
OF actual independence. The report that
the administration would attempt to
bring the war to close by guaranteeing
autonomy to the Cubans, has angered
the patriots greatly. However, they
still put their trust in the American
people. who, they confidently believe,
will not allow the President to carry out
any such programme, even II he desired
to do 30, which is doubtful to say the
least.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09
An Indication of Character.

"And shall 1 speak to your father?"
asked the young man.
Never mind about papa" said the
young woman. "I'll fix him.
For the first time he noticed the
width and squareness Of her inferior
maXillary. -Indianapolis Journal.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09

WE publish below tabulsted state
ment OF the States in which delegates
have been elected to the Chicago con-
vention. By this it will be seen that
over half OF the delegates have been
elected, and that of these 29S are for
silver and IFS for gold. The tide is still
strongly set in the direction of tri-
umph for the white metal and silver
men are claiming gains everywhere.
After the results In Virginia, Kentucky
and Georgia none OF their claims seem
exiravagAnt, and everything points to
the full realization Of sheir predic hon
OF q majority Of at least $50 in the Chi
oAgo convention. The people are In
deed fully aroused. and II changes of
views increase as rapidly in she next
week as they have in the past ten days,
the majority for silver at the Demo-
cratic national convention will be larger
than the most sAnguine advocates OF
free coinage now expect. Here are the
figures:
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09

a LONDON dispatch says the Venezue-
Ian question has sgsin crept to the
front and that disquietiDg news in con-
nection with the negotiations Is In cir
culstion. 1t is hoped and believed,
however, that the good sense and con-
servstism OF the English and American
people will yet bring about peaceful
settlement OF this troublesome question.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09

AS THERE is considerable inquiry as
TO the legal tender qualities Of silver
the following facts in connection with
the enactments in regard to the white
metal will be of interest to many: BY
the acts OF 1878 and 1874 silver was de-
monet!zed, save in payments OF five dol.
lars at one time; but by the Bland act
OF 1878 the standard silver dollar WAS
fully restored TO Its legal tender posi-
ton and Is now lawful In payment OF oil
debts, public and private, large or
small. Subsidiary silver (halves, quar-
ters and dimes) is not full legal tender,
being limited to small payments OF not
more than ten dollars.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09

THE great Russian scramble for some
thing to eat on Khodijuskoje plain out
side Of Moscow o week or more ago re-
suited in the death OF 1878 and in the
injury OF 4, 900 others. Truly this is an
era of calan;ties.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09
YoU can get the incest, clean work ct
the Swiss Steam Laundry.
Condensed Testimony.

CHAs. B. HOOP, Broker and Manufac-
turer's Agent, Oolum bus, Ohio, certifies
that DR.. Kings New Discovery has no
equal as Cough remedy. ]. D. Brown,
Prop. ST. James Hotel, Fl. Wayne, Ind +,
testifles that he WAS cured Of q cough of
two years standing, caused by La
Grippe, by DIR. Kings New Discovery.
B. +. Merrill, Baldwinsville, Mass, says
that he has used and recommended it
and never knew It to fail and would
rather have 1t than any doctor. because
1t always cures. Mrs. Hemming, 222 E
25th ST.. Chicago, always keeps 1t at
hand and has no fear of Group, because
IL instantly relieves. Free trial bottles
al Paul Massies Pharmacy.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09
Artistic Plano running and RanaIrinp.

WALTON NELSON. piano and organ
tuner and repsirer for the Hobbie Piano
Co., is now ready to make annual tun.
Ing contracts for plano tuning. Prompt
attention and firss class work guarnn-
teed. Best OF references from manu-.
factories and numerous patrons OF high
musical standing in Roanoke. Call or
leave orders at the Hobbie Piano Co.,
1877 Salem avenue.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09

Somany great illustrious spirits have
oonversed with woe, have in her school
been taught, as are enough to consecrate
distress and make ambition even wish
the frown beyond tho smile Of fortune.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09
New Castle,s Tin Mills.

1t does not seem to be generally
known that New Castle. Pa, has the
largest tin plate mill in the world Yet
that is the fact: It has % mills The
nearest one to it is in Swansea, Wales,
which has IS mills-Philadelphia
Times.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09

GEORGIA has been added to the list Of
silver States in spite OF the strenuous
exertions of Secretary Smith backed by
all the political machinery that can be
used by the administration. Truly the
gold bugs are at discount.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09

HAVE you been to The Fair? Now open
at No. Salem avenue, with an elegant
line OF books, stationery, glassware,
inks. pencils, tablets. etc. Give us call
and inspect our stock.
GEORGE GRAvATT, Manager.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09

The points of a crossbill's mandibles
do not meet, but GLOSS each other. This
popularity is Of great service to the bird
in forcing open the pine burs, on the
seeds Of which it feeds.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09
ROBIN IN THE RAIN. !
Listen to that soaring straini
It is robin in the rain.
Sitting there aloft. aloft.

IfSttn 20 tnbt BOarlnR StraInI
It is robin in the rain.
Sitting there aloft, aloft,
Underneath his lcafy roof,
Pouring from his throbbing throat
Note upon ecstatic note.
Rapture in the swift refrain
Robin in the rainl
Hearken 70 the song he sings,
Tiny choristcr with wingsi
"After all the grief and gloom
Brighter blue tho skies will bloom;
After all tho cloudy WOO
Earth with gladder gold will glow;
Joy will triumph over pain
Robin In the rainl
Clinton Scollard in New Orleans Times Dem
ocrat.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09
Goods at Your Own Pric

ONLY few more days In which to get
goods at practically your own prices.
The stock of shoes, notions and station
cry must be closed, and we will give the
people Of Roanoke one more opportunity
to secure immense bargains,
j. P. WOODS, Trustee
For j. o. HOBBS. ia Salem avenue.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09
FINE cigars at Bonner's.

YosT- FoRRER Co. sell Columbia
Ph@tons. carriages. Next to postoffice
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09

CHOCOLATE ice cream, orange and
strawberry sherbet at Crystal Spring
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09

You can get the best insect powder,
and at the right prices, at II. g. Barnes.
HE puts up prescriptions"
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09

STERLING bicycles. built like q watch.
at Yost. Forrer Co.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09
The Fair.

BEST lunch counter in sown-Bonner's
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09

THE Cafe al Crystal Spring is now
open.
The Princeton union., 1896-10-29

IN their rise from the ranks of the toll
ing ing poor to the highest places of honor
and nc trust that inspiring genius OF
American institutions which opens the
doors 90 OF equal opportunity to the hum
sblest @ and poorest citizen. Dave Clough,
the axe-man, sitting in the executive
chair of the State Of Minnesota; rising
from from the lum ber camp to the highest
office in the State, is one among many
examples of the possibilities that, un-
der our free Republican system, lie be.
fore every thrifty workingman with
the ability to improve his opportuni-
ties. Such career is the best tribute
to his; character. It is stimulus to
the ambition and the energy of every
son OF toll. He stands among multi
tude of American workingman as an
,exemplar of the Republican principle
which seeks the elevation of the work
ingman as the chief aim of it's policy.
II Il iio7eee1. Press.
The Princeton union., 1896-10-29
e. E. CONVENTION.
The Duluth District Convention Will Open
Here Tomorrow Evening.

The Duluth District Convention Will Open
Here Tomorrow Evening.
Tomorrow the delegates and invited
guests of Duluth district Epworth
League convention will arrive in
Princeton and hold a three days. ses-
sion. The first session will occur in
the evening commencing at 7:30 with a
song and prayer service led by the
Princeton league. This will be fol-
lowed by two addresses, once ssOppor-
tunity," by Rev. G. F. Davis, of .Ex-
celsior, and another on the ''Origin,
Aim and Growth of the League," by
Rev. VanFossen, of Monticello. Three
meetings will be held Saturday. The
morning session will open at 9 o'clock
with devotional exercises led by the
Clear Lake league. A welcoming ad-
dress will be delivered by Pastor
Roberts and responded to by Rev. S.
T. Show, of Elk River. The reports
and election of officers will be followed
by discussion on "What Can We
d." led by the Monticello league.
At 2:30 in the afternoon the Princeton
league will lead praise service, after
which J. Wagner, of Elk River, will
speak on school life. In the evening
at 7:30 the meeting will open with a
song service led by I. E. Burgan.
This will be followed by three ad-
dresses: s'True Courage,'' Mrs. Fred
ricks, of Elk River; remarks by Rey.
Shannon; Emission of the Epworth
League" S. T. Show, Elk River. Sun
day mornings service will open at 9:45
with a love feast led by the president
followed by preaching by Presiding
Elder Shannon. In the afternoon at
2:30 the Junior league will hold a SER
vice conducted by it's State superin-
tendent, Miss Alice Brown. The
Princeton league will lead praise SER
vice, commencing at seven o'clock, fol-
lowed by an address by Rev. L. W.
Ray, of ST. Cloud, who will in turn be
followed by Rev. w. G. McAllister, of
Clear Lake, in an address on sour
Candidate" The UNION bespeaks a.
hearty welcome for our visitors.
The Princeton union., 1896-10-29
VOTE 1T DOWN.
The Ninth and Last Constitutional Amend
ment is a Corporation Measure.

The Ninth and Last Constitutional Amend
ment is a Corporation Measure.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Out. %, 1896.
The people of Minnesota will be
called upon on November 3rd, to vote
upon no less than nine proposed
amendments to the State constitution.
The most important is without doubt
that which provides for the taxation
OF railroad lands and every voter who
has the welfare of the commonwealth
at heart should mark a cross opposite
the word Eyes" on his ballot to this
proposition.
But there is another proposed
amendment in its way equally impor-
tant and which if it becomes a part OF
the constitution will open the way to
more roguery and evasion of taxes than
the people of this State can afford to
bear. This is the last amendment in
the list. It is printed at the very foot
OF the State ballot and is described as
a constitutional amendment provid-
ing for the taxation Of sleeping car and
The Princeton union., 1896-10-29
a RetractiOll.

Mr.. J. Hendricks, of Bradford, was
in town, Monday, and insisted that the
UNION should retract and apologize for
the following innocent and truthful
item which appeared in last weeks
issue:
The friends of Gov Clough in Isanti
county should remember that Gunnar
Naumann, candidate for superintend-
ent of schools, is exerting himself to
get votes against Gov. Clough.
Mr.. Hendricks protested that Mr..
Naumann was not working against
Gov. Clough. Then the reporter in
quired of Mr.. Hendricks who Mr..
Naumann was supporting for governor,
and Mr.. Hendricks promptly replied,
"John Lind, of course" Still Mr.. H.
insisted that it was not fair to accuse
N. of opposing Gov. Clough. In other
words, Mr.. Hendricks wanted Clough's
relatives and friends to support Mr..
Naumann, Notwithstanding the fact
that Mr.. Naumann was doing every
thing in his power to defeat Clough.
?. S. Our Spencer Brook CORES
pondent objects to dragging State
politics into county affairs. So does
the UNION. But, in the name, of COM
mon sense, why does not Mr.. Naumann
attend to his own affairs? Is it all
right for Mr.. Naumann to harangue
the voters of Isanti county, in every
school district of the county, to vote
for John Lind, and all wrong for Gov.
Clough's friends to retaliate by voting
for Mr.. Naumann's opponent? It is
poor rule that will not work both WAYS.