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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-21
FREE LUNCH SYSTEM.
A Feature of San Francisco Life That is
Doomed.

The free lunch system, which has been
Il marked feature of San Francisco life for
over forty years, is doomed, says writer
in 'Harper's Weekly" The proprietors
of the fine saloons have been pinched by
dull times and failing trade, and they
have decided that the free lunch must 90
1t costs the best places $75 day, and the
revenue is not large enough in these days
to pay this expense. The custom was
introduced in San Francisco by pioneers
from New Orleans, and it has flourished
here for years after its death in other
large American cities. When men spent
money freely the cost of the free lunch
was not felt by the saloon keepers, but
now, when man may buy glass of beer
for cents and then ravage the lunch
counter and consume % cents worth of
food, there is no profit in il. From pres
ent signs, soon the free lunch will be only
memory, and the scores of loungers who
now depend upon it for subsistence will
have to 90 TO work or starve
San Francisco has large population
that would have felt Mt home in imperial
Rome, for they believe that the city owes
them good living. They gamble in min
ing stocks when they are able to induce n
crcdulous dupe to advance money; they
haunt the free berths and the free library.
ANA tney convert into clubs for their own
use several prominent saloons, in which
they are tolerated for the custom that
they bring in. Miners from the Sierra
Nevada mountains, from Nevada and Ari-
IONA, whom they have known well in bet
ter days, are undisguised blessings, for
the visitors are piloted around the ''cock.
tail route" and are expected to stand
treat literally for these courtesies by the
metropolitan gentlemen of leisure. 1t
will be interesting to see what new devices
for getting living without work these
parasites will invent when the free lunch
is abolished.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-21
PUT FISH IN HIS MILK.
Cruel Treatment of Honest Paddy
O'Hara by Two City Jokcrs

O'Iiara by Two City Jokers.
paddy O'Hara, butcher and milk
man, of La Conner, with his fountain of
mirth and beaniing face, is in the city
again, taking in the sights, says the
Seattle Times. Paddy" is character
an original fellow, and is known to every
one in okagit county, also to most of the
old timers of Seattle, He likes to tell
stories, but here is one another fellow
told on him:
The duties Of n milkman in La Conner
are i'll Il large measure regarded as those
OF Il public servant, and if the milknan
is ever suspected of watering his milk n
public scandal is the.rcsut O'Hara was
continually annoyed by some Of his Gus
TONERS in their bantcring way of accusing
him of selling watered milk. One of
them declared that he would prove that
his milk was watered, and wager was
quickly clos ed with two of the most not.
ed ''ioshersn in the community.
The next morning paddy was more
careful than ever, and gave his customers
almost pure cream. His content was
short-livcd, however, for in the presence
OF his best lady customer rs he poured
out the rich fluid what should glide from
the can into the measure but three small
Puget sound silverside salmon. O'Hara
was greatly excited, and his customer
equally alarmed. He declared long and
loud that he had been ''jobbed,' and, to
substantiatc the assertion. he even said
that if he did water his milk little he
was not guilty of putting in fish, as that
would only too plainly display criminal
CarceSsupSS
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-21
YOUR BOY WON'T LIVE A

So Mr.. Gilman Brown, OF "a Mill
street, South Gardner, Mass. was told
by the doctors. His son had lung trouble,
following typhoid malaria, and he spent
three hundred and seventy-live dollars
with doctors, who finally gave him up,
saying: Your boy won't live month. -
lie tried DIR. Kings New Discovery, and
Il lew bottles restored him to health and
enabled him TO go to work perfectly
well man. He says he owes his present
good health to use of DIR. Kings New
Discovery, and knows it to be the best in
the world for lung trouble. Trial bot
ties free at Paul Massie's Pharmacy.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-21
FoIBLEs OF GREAT MASTERS.
An Octave of Whims of Great Musical
Composers.

An Octave of Whims of Great Musical
Composers.
Paragraphs CLEANED from the s'Contem.
porary Review:''
am tickled to know that Wagner was
an exact and expensive dresser, and that
Beethoven was Il sloven, with an old coat
and slippers trodden down Mt the heel.
1t interests me to hear that Paganini
always carried shirt in his fiddle case,
because he sweated so profusely over his
solos that he had to change between the
parts if he played twice.
even care to learn that Mendelssohn
was perfect child about pastry. which
he could never resist and which he always
ate ESPECIALLY cherry pie and which
always disagreed with him; that Schu-
mann injured his third finger by ticng it
back TO his wrist with II string, because
lac hoped to make it more supplc-it end
ed, however, in his almost losing the use
of it.
When Thalbcrg was at the height of
his fame he couldn't even carry an UNI
brella, for fear of it camping the mus
clcs of his hand; Malibran loved nothing
so much rs romping with children on the
floor
Paganini was so stingy that he would
stand up under shelter in the rain and
keep II whole opera house full waiting
sooner than call n cab. Prof. Ella told
me that he found him crouching under
the shelter on Regent street, and that he
gave this artless explanation: Hackney
coaches, he said, sin London were so ex-
pensive," and this when he had doubled
the prices at the opera house where he
PLAYED and was rolling i'm money
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-21
QUOTED IT CORRECTLY
LONDON FINANCIAL NEWS" ON
EFFECTS or FREE COINAGE.

Controversy Settled-Thc
Newspaper Article Which Has Become
an Issue in the Campaign Was Printed
in London in 1891 Exactly us Repro
( tluced in This Country-A Copy of the
''Ncws' Containing the Article in
Possession of "Thc Posts" London
Correspondent.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-21
ELECTION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the Com.
mon Council for the city of Roanoke, in
pursuance of section IA of the Code OF
Virginia for 1887, has passed the follow
ing ordinance, in relation to election dis
tricts and voting places in the city:
1. BE it ordained by the
Common Council for the city
of Roanoke that the wards,
as are designated in the char
ter of this city, be and are
hereby designated as election
districts, and the following
voting places are designated
and established for each of
the same:
First ward-Store room
at No. 325 Salem avenue s.w.
Second ward-Store room
at No. 81 Second street,
(Commerce) s. w.
Third ward-Third ward
market house on Fourth
street II. e.
Fourth ward-Store room
at No. 10 First (Nelson)street
s. w.
Fifth ward-7-Store room at
No. 304 Fifth street park
n. w.
This ordinance shall be in
force from its passase.
Given under my hand this 1st day o
October. 1896
w. f. THOMAS, Clerk.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-21
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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-21

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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-21
N NV Norfo|ks1sWesterrn
Erzlzsazzzzzn Schedule in Effect
Schedule in Effec. April 10, 1896.
WESTBOUND LEAVE ROANOKE

WESTBOUND LEAVE ROANOKE
DAILY.
500 a IN. washington and Chattanooga
lmited) for Bristol, intermediate sta
tions and the South and West. Pull
man sleepers to New Orleans and Mem
phis. Connects at Radford for Blue
field and Pocahontas.
4:25 p. m, the Chicago Express for Rad
ford, Blucfield, Pocahoutas, Kenova,
Cincinnati, indianapolis, St. Louis,
Kansas City, Columbus and Chicago
Pullman Buffet Sleeper Roanoke to.
Columbus. Also for Pulaski, Wythe-
vile, Bristol, Knoxville Chattanooga
and intermediate points.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT ROANOKE
From Norfolk 1876 H. M; 4:15 p. m.
From Hagcrstown TAO II. M; 4;05 p. H.
From Winston 400 p. IN.
From Bristol and the West 1905 noon;
$3.50 p. Ill.
NORTH AND EASTBOUND, LEAVE
ROANOKE DAILY
1915 noon for Petersburg, Richmond and
Norfolk.
1915 noon for Washington, Hagerstown,
Philadelphia and New York
1910 p. m. for Richmond and Norfolk
Pullman sleepers Roanoke to Norfolk
and Lynchburg to Richmond
1905 p. m. washington and Chattanooga
limiteD for Washington, Hagerstown,
Philadelphia and New York. Pullman
sleepers to Washington via. Shenan-
doah Junction and Baltimore and Ohio
railroad.
Durham Division-Leave Lynchburg
Union station) daily 2:50 p. IN. for
South Boston and Durham and inter
mediate stations.
Winston. Salem Division-Ilcave Roanoke
Union stauion) daily 1925 noon an5
500 n. IN. daily, except Sunday Camp
bell street station) for Rocky Mount,
Martinsville, Winston Salem and inter
mediate stations.
For all additional Information apply
nj ticket Office or to w. b. Bevill, General
Passenger Agent, Roanoke, Va.
NJ. f. Bragg, Travelling Passenger
Agent.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-21
THE BATTLE GROUND SHIFTED.
The East Exempt From Strife, and All
Eyes Are OH Illinois,
a(From the Philadelphia Press. "


One of the peculiar features of this
campaign is the fact that the battle
ground has been shifted from the neigh
borhood in which it has been placed in
every Presidential campaign since the
war of the rebellion. For forty years the
leading question in every national can
vass has been which party will carry New
York, New Jersey, Connecticut and In
diana. The division of political sentiment
has been such that neither party could
elect without the vote of all or most of
these States. New Jersey was not really
doubtful, but it's contigllity to the other
States and the fact that it was the only
Democratic State in the North led it to
be classed with the other three.
The Republicans were confident of five
of the New England States. Pennsylva-
MIA, and the solid West, except Indiana.
The Democrats were sure of the Southern
States and New Jersey. But with the
electoral vote from these States respec-
lively neither party had enough to choose
President. The Republicans could elect
with the help of Connecticut and either
New Jersey or Indiana. The Democrats
could not elect without the votes of those
three States and of New York also. This
compelled n concentration of effort in
New York, Connecticut and Indiana The
fierceness of the political battles fought
in New York State especially has been
one of the most significant features of
Presidential campaigns. The State has
alternately gone Republican and Demo-
cratic, although in 1868 and 1884 it was
undoubtedly stolen from the Republicans
by Il fraudulent election.
On election night of this year, however,
the first question will not be how has
New York gone, but what is the result in
Illinois. The electoral vote CT that West
ern State alone will notinsure McKinley's
or Bryans success, but the same influ-
ences which will make it Republican or
Democratic will undoubtedly also carry
Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Min
nesota in the same direction. The decis-
ion of the Presidential contest of 1896
rests with these five States. The Repub-
licans do not need to carry all of them to
elect Mckinley, while the Democrats
need most of them to elect Bryan But
they will probably vote soidly for one
candidate or the other, and the knowl-
edge that one OF them has given heavy
majority either way will he taken as indi-
eating that all of them have gone for the
same party.
1t is not certain thatthis shifting of the
political battle. ground will be permanent.
1t will depend upon thcquestions mt issue
in future campaigns. If the currency
question should continue ut the front the
same battle-ground will have to be fought
over again III 1900. But this is hardly
probable. New questions will be before
the public four years from now, aud Il
new alignment of States will have to be
made. Meanwhile the people of the East
ern States have enjoyed an exemption
from political strife and been able to wit
ness the battle from afar, an exemption
they have not enjoyed for n generation.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-21

With two little children subject to
Group we do not rest easy without II bot
tie of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in
the house, for the most severe attacks
quickly succumb to n few doses of it
Morrison, Colo, BUD. For sale at % and
90 cents per bottle by The Chas. Lyle
Drug Co.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-21

We are now in our new quarters
Everything new and inviting. Call in to
see us. j. Il. Rogers & Co., No. IL
Jefferson street.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-21
Bathing the

Bathing the
baby is one of the
joys of young
motherhood. The
baby's bath is
t Il c pleasantest
feature of tile
day. This, of
course, only
when the baby
and the mother
are both healthy.
Not much pleas
ure can DC SotteD
out of bathing q
peevisll, sickly,
fretful baby. If
the mother isn't
healthy, she can.
not get mu c h
pleasure out of
a IL y t Il i IL G.
Healthy mothers,
who are careful,
q lways have
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-21
WHAT ,rHE NEWSn SAID.

For the information of readers OF the
Post who may not readily recall the orig
inal publication the article from the Lon
don Financial News is herewith appended
There is II plain moral in the remark
that if the United States would venture
to cut herself tdrift from Europe and
take outright to silver she would have Ill
America and Asia ut her back and would
command the markets Of both continents
The barrier Of gold would he more fatal
than any barrier of custom house. The
bond of silver would be stronger than any
bond of free trade
'i'herc can be II doubt about 1t that il
the United States were to adopt silver
basis tomorrow, British trade would be
ruined before the year was out Every
American industry would he protected,
not only at home, but ut every other mar
ket. Of course the States would suffer to
a certain extent through having to pay
their obligations abroad in gold; but the
loss on exchange under this head would
be mere drop in the bucket compared
with the profits to be reaped from the
markets of South America and Asia, to
say nothing of Europe.
"The marvel is that the United States
has cot long ago seized the opportunity,
and but for the belief that the way of
England is necessarily the way to com
mercial success and prosperity, undoubt-
eddy it would have been done long ago
Now, Americans are awakening to the
fact that 80 long as they narrow their
ambition to becoming larger England
they cannot beat us. 1t has been n piece
of luck that it has never occurred to the
Americans to scoop us out of the world 5
markets by going on silver basis, and
it might servesus right..if, irrtatcd by the
contemptuous apathy of our government
to the gravity of the silver problem, the
Americans rctaliate by freezing out gold.
1t could easily he done. Washington
Post.
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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-21

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son street.
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1t pays to advertise in
THE TIMES We but
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The Roanoke Times

Is the newsiest and most
enterprising daily news
PAPER IN Southwest Vlr-
ginia.
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School books and supplies at lowest
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The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-08
A VengefuI Clam.

MT. Harry Stoll, " Uho keeps an oyster stand in Hoboken, has discovered the thieves who have been stealing his stock. Tue depredations have never been very extensive, but they have been long continued and were annoy ing. The most singular part of it was that apparently the thieves did not carry away unopened any of the oysters or clans to which they helped them selves. When they went away they left the empty shells scattered about in the floor to mock the mystif1ed dealer.
 MT. Stoll set many traps, but he caught no thief. He laid in wait him. self, but the depredations went on just the same, and in the morning the floor of his shop was strewn as badly as ever with the empty shells.
 A few nights ago one of his clans solved the difficulty for him by catch ing one of the thieves, fat, sleek, con- fortable fellow, who looked as If he might have been making a very con- fortable living in the oyster shop. This thief was a rat, and now Mir. Stoll pro- claims his discovery that rats like oys- terS and clans.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-08
Ni1nble Lads.

In China two little rods, about ten inches long, Of wood, bone, ivory, or silver take the place of knife and fork at meals. These rods are called by foreigners "chopsticks," but to the Ce- lestial they are known by a name that means "nimble lads" They are both held in the right hand, one between the tips of the second and third fingers, the other between the thumb and fore finger; and so neatly and lightly are they made to work together that one can easily understand the reason for their native name. Every Chinaman that considers himself anybody car ries a chopstick case hanging from his girdle. As meat is always served all ready carved, knife Is really not needed; but they usually carry long, narrow knife in the case, for the pur- pose of severing pieces of meat that have not been quite cut apart.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-08
Christiania.

The chief street of Christiania is the broad Karl Johans Gade, which leads up from the eastern station to the pal ace. Here on opposite sides are two buildings of importance, where young men flock to study and old men meet to legislate. The proximity of politics and learning recalls the conception of Stein, who hoped that the presence of a great university in Berlin would have a good effect on the government The chief Prussian and Norwegian temples of the thoughtful goddess were founded within few years of each other. Both have displayed Q readiness to welcome new ideas and furthered the cause of free dom in countless fields of thought.
 The life and movement of the city are practically confined to this street and the harbor There the dramatist Ib- sen is ill the habit of walking every day, and his countrymen are said to regulate their watches by his appearance. It was my fortune to lunch in restaurant at a table not far from where he sat, but his face did not specially attract me. Those who feel more sympathy with his works and relish his portraits of exceptions would be fascinated by his grim and grabbed features, unrelieved by any frank or genial smile, for of such are the worlds refcrmers.
 Inclosed in a shed on the grassy ground behind the university buildings are two viking ships, which date from the middle ages. No relics of the past are more essentially poetic than those which mark the earliest triumphs of man ill his awful struggle with things According to all accounts, the lot of Norwegian fishermen and peasants is still peculiarly hard, for nature is a cruel stcpmother, and life becomes al- most tragic for them by excess ofswork. Westminster Review.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-08

To submit to an operation, is to vo1un- tarily endanger ones life, without the slightest hope of being benefited. MT. William Wa1po1e, is a wealthy planter residing at Walshtown, South Dakota, and is well known all over the state. Under date of January 2oth, 1896, he writes; "About three years ago, there came under my left eye little b1otch about the size of a small pea. It grew rapidly, and for the past year, shooting pains ran in every direction. I became alarmed and consulted a good doctor, who pronounced 1t cancer, and said that 1t must be cut out. This I would not consent to, having little faith in the in- discriminate use of the knife, though I was alarmed at my condition. Reading of the many cures made by S.S.S., determined to give that medicine trial, and after had taken 1t few days, the cancer became irritated and began to dis charge. This after awhile ceased, leaving small scab, which finally dropped off, and only a healthy looking little scar remained to mark the place where the destroyer had held full sway Words are inadequate to express my gratitude to the great blood purifier, s. s. S., and I write this hoping that itmay bethemeans of leading other sufferers to cure."
 Cancer is not incurable, but the only means of curing it is to rid the blood of the disease. S.S.S. never fails to do this, but it is the only remedy to be re- lied upon. It is guaranteed purely vegetable, and cures Cancer, Scrofu1a, Eczema, Catarrh, Rheumatism and any other disease of the blood. Other blood diseases often develop into such alarm, ing conditions that the doctors think an operation necessary. Scrofu1a, for in- stance, often diseases the glands of the neck to such an extent that an operation is looked upon as absolutely the only relief. This is also grave error, as the disease is in the blood and real blosrl remedy is the only cure.
 An operation never did cure blood disease. Beware of the knifel
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