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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
ENGLAND'S FOOD SUPPLY.
And How 1t Might BE Endangered In Ger
tain War Contingencies.

And How 1t Might BE Endangered In Ger
tain War Contingencies.
Strong as the English war fleet is, it
IS very far from being strong enough to
successfully engage possible combina-
ton of fleets and ut the same time pro-
tect our sea borne food supply. If the
United States and Russia declared war
with England, there would practically
be no food supply left to protect. They
would keep the immense supplies we
now get from them ut home, and the
fear of capture or destruction would eff
fectually prevent Argentina and other
neutrals from sending food to us in any
sufficient quantity.
What is wanted is that, instead Of
only precarious weeks supply, we
should have stored up in this country
enough corn to last for at. least 10
months. Experts i'll the corn trade agree
that there would be no insuperable diff
Guilty in gradually accommodating this
store of corn. Itwould be for experts to
advise as to the best methods and places
Of storage.
Perhaps the best plan would be to dis
tribute it over the country in magazines
at the military depots. giving the mill
tary authorities char @ of it, but if it
was IN the country and safe it would
not so much matter where it was AL
though most of our corn is made into
flour at the great ports, it would not be
wise, seeing that most of them are 80
defenseless, to store it there
The entire control and management
of this great national store of corn
should be under some permanent gov
ernment department Although its exist
ence could not fail to have a steadying
effect on the corn market, 1t should be
outside all speculative influences, the
price at which it would be sold, when
necessary TO sell it, being fixed by law.
1t would be 10 sacrifice, in the long
run, for the country to provide such
reserve of food, as it would always be
worth its cost.
Other nations accumulate gold for
use in wartime. We should have q war
chest of corn. If we have it, what will
it do?
1t will give our navy time to devote
itself to the crushing of the navy or ma
vies opposed to US. twill give us time,
with our great resources, to augment
our fighting feet to almost any extent,
and it will give our farmers time to
grow three or four times as much corn
and breed q much larger quantity of
cattle and sheep than they now do
Nineteenth Century.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
r., .N VIRTUE +. @. OF A CERTAIN DECREE

RY VIRTUE OF CERTAIN DECREE
~ rendered by the hustings court OF the city
OF Roanoke at its March term, 1896 In tho chan.
Gerry cause therein pending, under the style of
Roxy Y. Routt against the Roanoke Develop
ment Company ct ais, WILL ON THE 2OTfI
PAY OF JUNE, 1896, orer for sale at public auc-
noke AT - O'CLOCK NJ, the following tract of
isnd situated In the county OF Roanoke contsin-
Ing two hundred and seyenty.two acres, three
land that was conveyed to the Roanoke Deyeiop
ment Company by deed from Roxy V. Routt and
Mllliam Routt, her husband, dated the nth day
ONCE OF the county court OF Roanoke county. to
which deed, as we'll az TO the papers In the above
muse; reference 10 made for full and accurate
description of said land.
There Will, however, be excluded from the sale
9eIore mentioned such portions OF the above
described tract OF land as have heretofore been
purchasers from 1t. A schedule OF that portion of
the property which will not be embraced in the
SAFE or the tract above described will be exhibited
may ascertain what parcels OF land viii not pe
foid by application 10 the commissioner or by
TONED cause. avn
The decree OF the court under which the salc
VIII be made also provides that the same shall be
suolcSt 70 any valid easements or rights that may
streets that may have been laid on on said tract
or land by the Roanoke Development Company
IEKMs OF SALE:-One-third cash, the BAL
said deferred payments from the date OF sale,
which said deferred payments shall be evidenced
by the notes OF the purchaser and secured by the
deferred payments shall have been paid OF
LUCIAN II. COOKE, Commissioner.
l, ;: 3. Brooke, clerk Of the hastings court for
clan ii. Cooke, commissions has exccuteti bond
as provided In the above mentioned cause of
Roxy v. Routt vs.. The Roanoke Developme mt
63Otd
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
Our Supply of Redemption Money.

Awhile ago the active organs and
agents Of the money power--including
Of course the leading treasury offlcials-
were maintaining that the supply Of
available gold in this country amounted
to $3.50. 900. 900.
But now comes tho New York Finan-
cial Chronicle and lets the cat out OF
the bag by declaring that after care
full official search the available stock of
gold in the treasury and in the banks
amounts to only $Si8. 0O0,O 0O That
amount is the sole basis Of our currency
system That is the amount on hand
with which to redeem all the paper
money that is said to be in circulation.
Is 1t any wonder that values, prices
and business are contracting in order to
fit themselves to the PROFESSIONALLY
small amount Of redemption money! Is
it any wonder that prices are falling,
and that the number Of business failures
remains at the old panic level Is it any
wonder that ruin" is writ in large let
tiers across the face Of all our once pros
porous Observation-Disclosures Constitution.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
Piles. Piles! Piles,

DIR. WILLIAMS Indian Pile Ointment
will cure Blind Bleeding. liberated and
Itching Piles. 1t absorbs the tumors,
allays the itching at once. acts as
poultice, gives instant relief. DIR. Will
liams' Indian Pile Olntmentis prepared
only for Piles and Itching Of the pri-
vate parts. and nothing else. Every
box is guaranteed. Sold by druggists,
sent by mail, for soc. and 81 per box.
WILLIAMS MFG Co., Props. Cleveland,
o. For sale at Fox's Drug Store, Roan.
nka Va
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
Their Inning About Ended.

Secretary Carlisle and his capitalist
friends both here and in Great Britain
will learn yet that there are other in
terests-wider and vastly more impor-
tant interests-in this world than the
interests Of few thousand or few
hundred thousand capitalists, and re-
membering that the goldbug's inning,
which has lasted for 20 years. was OBJ
tanned by legislative fraud, they need
not be astonished if one Of these fine
days the citizens Of the United States
determine that inning somewhat per
emptorily, with the view of giving all
the rest of the people outside the CAPT
talist class chance. New Orleans
Times Democrat.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
Catarrh Cured.

No REMEDY Is as effectusl In cradle
eating and curing Catarrh az Botanic
Blood Balm, (B. B. B 1t purifies and
enrishes the blood, eliminates microbes,
bacteria, ETC., and builds up the system
from the first dose. Thousands of osses
of cstarrh have been cured by its magic
power. For all blood and skin diseases,
it has no equal. Buy the old reliable
and long tested remedy, and don't throw
your money away on subssit u tes palmed
off ss "just IS good" Buy the old re-
liable Botanic Blood Balm. Price 81. 90
per large bottle. See advertisement
In this paper.
For sale BY Druggists.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23

The everyday cares and duties which
men call drudgery are the weights and
counterpoises Of the clock Of time, Civ
ing its pendulum true vibration and
Its hands regular motion, and when
they cease to hang upon its wheels the
pendulum no longer swings, the hands
no longer move, the clock stands still w
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
WOOds,

w,., DEPEND upon is,
reethin@ svrnn mothers, II will give
rest to yourself and
relief to your infants. A certain cure
for gripping and windy collie. In ell
cases of diarrhoeA in infants and child
rem, II given according to directions,
will give instant re-
lief. p mnassiea
Price IS cents, al
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
1 EAT AT BONNER,s.

Don't look like get plenty to eat
Don't look like l get good food !?
Don't look like l am satisfied with
life and the good things thereof? Bet
ter come around and JOIN me in q
square meal. Patronize the pioneer
restaurant-the pioneer of low prices,
and the only open-all-night restaurant
in Roanoke.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
pAM0NS Nerve and Bone Oil Cures
Rheumatism, Cuts, Sores, Burns
and Bruises Large bottle IS cents.
How to Treat a Wife.

(From Pacific Health Journal)
FIRST, get wife, second, be patient.
You may have great trials and perplexi-
ties in your business, but do NOT, there
fore, carry to your home cloudy or
contracted brow. Your wife may have
trials, which, though of less magnitude.
may be hard for her to bear. A kind
word, o tender look, will do wonders in
chasing from her brow all clouds of
gloom. To this we would add always
keep o bottle OF Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy in the house. 1t is the best
aud is sure TO be needed sooner or later.
Your wife will then know that you
really care for her and wish TO protect
her health. For sale by The Chas. Lyle
Drug Company.
EVERYTHING In seAson-Bonner'g.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
Did Not Like tho COMPUTATION.

~ hear that that match between Old
boy and Miss Budd is of"
"Oh, yesl You sec, he took her picture
with his cathode camera and found her
heart monopolized by his money bags and
another man. boston Traveller.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
Rev. John Dewitt. DID,.
SING AGAIN.


szsa1Tgl
You sang me q song, sgTss.f|
Twas tho close OF the year. H-1
Sing againi 81
cannot remember the name 'yesS
Or the worLs.
IT'S the same
We listen to hear
When the windows are open in spring
And the airs full of birds.
One calls from the branch some sweet thing,
And one sings on the wing
The refrain.
You sang me song
My heart thrilled to hear.
The refrain
Has run like flllet OF gold
Through tho wool
OF the cold
Dark days of a year.
Tonight there's year at its start,
All the birds ::re aloof
Your eyes hold the sun for my part,
And tho springs in your heart
Sing againl
-Scribner's Magazine.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23

CALL up phone 81 and order your ice
cream for Sunday from Jones, corner
Henry street. and Salem avenue.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23

A WONDERFUL rom
r,s1tr;, W ntn,ment edy for the cure OF
rheumatism, neursl-
gis, govt and lumbsgo. For collie,
cramp, disrrhns. cholera morbus, chill
blsins, toothache. Used internally
and externally.
Price IS cents, at Phars,eov
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
For sale By Druggists.
A Cure For Muscular Rbeuma

MRS. r. l.. HANSON, of Fairmont, ILL
nois. says; my sister used Chamb er-
lain's Pain Balm for muscular rheuma-
tism and 1t effected complete cure. /
keep 1t in the house at all times and
have always found IL beneficial for aches
and pains. II Is the quickest cure for
Yheum atism, muscular pains and lame
ness I have ever seen" For sale BY
The Chss. Lyle Drug Company.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
FINE cigars at Bonner's.

BAM1NS Relief Cures Headache.
kl Neuralgia, Cramps, Cholera Morbus
Diarrhea, &c. as cents for large bottle.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23

THE best nickel cigar on the market
Spanish Twist-at Bonner's.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23

HAH0HS Liver Pill removes the bile.
NThe Tonic Pellet tones up the system.
Com bined form Perfect Treatment. &c.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23

EVERYTHING in sesson-Bonner's.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23

vvoo,., IS the moShefs
Testhing Syrup friend during the
critical period of dem
Nsion In children. II IL certain and
safe In It's action, producing almost In
slant relief for all those distressing
symptoms TO which
children are subject. y Ma'sie's
Price Is centa Al HfnHoy.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-06-29

Garland & Hays, owners of the
Macky lease, adjoining the Archer
farm, are drilling at their Nos and
and have made the location for No. o.
Two years ago Patterson 6 Co. drill
ed in we'll on the Archer farm. to the
northeast that was considered the
greatest salt water we'll ever discover
ed. For many months it flowed the
briny fluid over the top of the derrick
at the rate of 25 600 barrels day.
This estimate was not approximated,
but was demonstrated by an actual
gauge. Since the we'll was drilled in
others have been put down, and as a
result the Archer we'll has diminished.
During the time it was flowing salt
water so copiously it made about Z
barrels of oil day from the Keener
sand, and the present owners now
think they will plug. the we'll in the
we'll in the Big Injun aud test it from
the Keener sand.
On the Ben f. Gorrell farm, Captain
Jones is drilling in the sand at No.
and has the rig up for No. 2 on the
same farm.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-06-29
Why Minnesota la for Gold.

Minnesota democrats declared un-
equivocally for the gold standard.
They did so unexpectedly. The big
delegations from Minneapolis and Du-
luth were pledged for sixteen to one,
and it was taken for granted the coun-
try delegations would favor free silver.
Why did they vote fol- gold?
Several reasons have been suggested.
The one most often met with is that the
farmers are composed largely of honest
and intelligent Scandipavians and Ger.
mans who cannot be caught with free
silver sophistry. As over IS per cent.
of Minnesota's population is foreign
born, this answer may be partly true.
A more reasonable explanation, hoV-
ever, is found in the reported state
ment that a large portion of the farm
mortgages in Minnesota are made pay
able in gold coin Of the United States
of the present standard of weight and
fineness." Being compelled to pay
their debts in gold, the farmers wish
to receive as good money when they sell
their products.
The fact that far larger portion of
mortgages will contain the gold clause
next November than now may spoil
many votes for the sixteen to one
scheme.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-06-29
IN THE OIL FIELDS.

Pitts6urg, June 25.-A reduction of
one cent in the credit balance market
today was regarded as indicating that
it had reached the bottom. The slump
in the market is not causing the aver
age oil man as much concern as where
to look fer new and desirable territory
Today's developments in the lower
southwest fields furnished ragged as
sortment of wells. In the Bullman
pool, near Wick, Tyler county, where
good things were expected, busters
have come in instead of gushers. In
all Tyler county the praises of the ter
ritory near Wick has had the greatest
humber OF followers. It's praises have
been heard on every hand, and now,
when many southwest operators have
been lamenting that they had not been
able to secure slice of the sure thing,
two busters bob up as sort of panacea
to the disappointed ones. @
The Kanawha Oil company has
drilled its Anthony Smith No. below
all sands and have no hopes of getting
producer. At 40 or As feet the pay
should have been found but it failed to
materialize. To complicate matters
the South Penn and Victor Oil e. Gas
company's No. l on the T. H. Flesher
farm, located 500 feet east of the South
Penn's good producer on the Hender-
80 In a
still drilling but have very little chance
of getting the stuff
Between the Wick pool and Hebron
the Carter Oil companys we'll on the
Livingston farm is a new find. 1t has
not yet been drilled through the sand,
bnt the knowing ones say it will make
paying producer from the Big Injun.
! The we'll is located three miles south
west of Wick and half-mile northeast
of Hebron, near the Tyler county line.
Over in the Kyle pool very little is
doing and there will be less shortly.
Light wells or dry holes have been Of
too frequent occurrence to induce oper.
ators to push ahead the work of de,
velopment Then the old wells, once
gushers, haye tumbled down to very
small producers.
The Groves No. a has just been com
pleted and will not be good for more
than 20 barrels day, and possibly
much less.
On Middle Island creek there is some
drilling under way, looking for keenel
sand grease. Captain j. t., Jones has
given this part of the field new life
his No. 2 on the Archer farm is holding
up at so barrels day, and he is drill
ing No. on the same farm.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-06-29
Old People.

Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will
find the true remedy in Electric Bit
ters. This medicine does not simulate
and contains no whiskey or other in
toxicant, but acts as tonic and alter
ative. 1T acts mildly on the stomach
and bowels, adding strength and Civ
ing tone to the organs, thereby aiding
Nature in the performance of the func-
tions. Electric Bitters is an excellent
appetizer and aids digestion. Old peo-
pie find it just exactly what they need.
Price fifty cents and s1.00 per bottle at
w. II. Styer's Drug Store.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-06-29
No Ratio Trick VIII Win.

The trick of saying that the sixteen
to one ratio rs not material, which ap-
Iretped as an afterthought shortly be-
fore Altgeld made his Chicago speech,
will not go. The sixteen to one formula
is in all the silver platforms, with one
or two very recent exceptions, and now
it will not down at the biddtng of. any
silverfte conjurer.
The plan Of leaving the question of
ratio to congress will not deceive any
honest money man nor will it satisfy
any silverite who is in dead earnest. To
drop to sixteen to one formula would
offend the silverite rank and file and
se04 them over in a body to theseparate
silver party Or the populists. while it
would not satisfy any sound money
man. a platform demanding free coin
Ase ~ thirty to one or any other ratio
Toild not satisfy any honest money
mai: !s-l .sslisssssgs. iiassss 4as.u4sr-sfsr
The Chicago convention must say
either sixteen to one OF gold standard.
There is NO middle ground, for neither
free silverites nor sound money neh taf
by any possibility Be Induced to stand
on such uncertain ground.
This money question has been vexing
the business public, holding all indus
tries in terror and suppressing allenter-
prise altogether too long. 1t is high
Ting to have it settled and settled with
such pg2foYpa thy thSd that ae aema, ma
gosp9, VIII think OF bringing it oot
again with intent to befuddle and be-
fool the people for a whole half century
to come. 1t is time for this generation
to have done with this distracting
luIacy and settle down to solid business.
Chicago Chronicle,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-06-29
FOR A NEW COURT HOUSE.
A RESOLUTION for Vote of the People
Adopted at Saturdays Meeting.

A Resolution for IA Vote of the People
Adopted at Saturdays Meeting.
The mass meeting at the Court House
Saturday, called to consider the advisa-
bility of the erection of q new Court
House and Jail, and the submission of
the question to vote of the people at
the regular election next Novem ber,
was not as largely attended as desired,
but in the meeting were many of the
most highly respected and financially
solid farmers and business men of the
county. A few townships were not
represented but the different sections
of the county in general were present
in leading men.
Hon. a. w. Glazer was chosen to
preside over the meeting, and b. f.
Strecker to act,as Secretary.
A. ID. Follett addressed the chair and
offered a resolution declaring it to be
the sense of the meeting that the old
court house and Jail are unfit for use;
that new building be erected at a cost
not exceeding 100000, said amount to
be the absolute limit of expenditure,
and that the county commissioners
submit the question of issuing bonds
for the same to a vote of the people at
the November election.
In addressing the meeting Mr.. F OIL
lett showed that of the entire taxes of
the county Marietta city pays one
third and the balance of the county
two-thirds. To pay the 100000 of
bonds, principal and interest, in 10
per year of one mill The average
amount of taxes paid per year by each
farmer is sixteen dollars and the pres
ent rate little less than two cents, SO
that the additional burden imposed up
on farmers on the average would be,
in money, about SIS cents per
year. Should the bonds be issued to
run 20 years the actual cost per year
would be about 81 cents for each farm
er.
The discussion of the question pro-
ceeded with vigor. Judge Fl. L. Sibley
spoke strongly in favor of the resolu
tion, characterizing the present Jail as
nuisance" and the court house as
disgrace.
Mr.. w. d. Deyol, of the Muskingum
Farmers Club, also spoke for the reso-
luton and stated that in the organi-
zation which he represented the senti-
ment was almost unanimous in favor
of new structures.
NJ. M. Rose, in a forcible address,
brought the attention of everybody
present home to the fact that for "a
years past every grand jury has con-
demped the old Jail as unfit for human
ha abitation.
The resolution was opposed by one
or two gentlemen present on the
ground that it would increase taxes"
but the statement of Mr.. Follett, show
ing the almost infnitesimal degree to
which this would be true, took the
force out of that argument before it |
was made
The question being put by Chairman
Glazier the Resolution was adopted |
without amendment and the meet
ing adjourned.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-06-29

IT has been suggested, and we think
the idea good one, that the celebra,
tion to be enjoyed in this city on the
Fourth of July be enhanced in attract
iveness by parade of bicyclists in
"Calithumpian" costume.
In the days of our boyhood the chief
most joy of the day was the sight of
9he weird procession of outlandishly
attired people mounted on horses
adorned to match. We should like to
see if procession of "bikests" could
not have an equal fascination.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-06-29
A Good Smile.

The discussion about silver and gold
reminds one much of discussion about
the relation of the earth and sun. The
gold men maintain that the earth goes
round the sun; the silver men that the
sun goes round the earth, except when
detected by the efforts of the bankers
and "goldbugs. ."-N. Y. Evening Post.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-06-29
Chicago Should Follow st. Louis.

Now if the democrats at Chicago will
only put es sound a money plank into
their platform as the republicans have
put into their platform at st. Louis, but
little doubt will remain as to our fu.
lure standard of value, and capitalists
will at once begin to invest in American
securities and industries. This is the
surest and quickest way 10 bring back
good times, Sound-money democrats
should not give up the fight before the
battle occuTs.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-06-29

STARK county is just now finding
that the best name for the new boy
babies is William Mckinley, etc. 1t is
said that sixteen very young boys up
there bear the great leaders name.
The Major will have to place a heavy
order with some maker of silver mugs
if the rush for the name keeps up.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-06-29

The last census of Chicago, just
taken for school purposes, shows the
Windy City to have population Of
10000 souls-not SO many as Chi
cagoans had expected, but enough to
satisfy st. Louis.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-06-29
dissolution OF Partnership.

Notice is hereby given that the partnership
heretofore existing between j. X. Ferguson
and r. S. Ward, doing business as Ferguson &
Ward, Dentists, il this day dissolved by
mutual consent. Recounts pro and con will
be for settlement with j. X. Ferguson, III
]. X. FERGUSON,
T., s. WARD.
Marietta; Ohio June 22, 1896.