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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-04
IOWA FOR BRYAN.

General Weaver confidently predicts
that Iowa will give Bryan from thirty to
thiry-five thousand majority The Gen
eral has been prominent i'll the politics of
that State for many years, having been IL
representative in Congress and Il candi-
date for President on the greenback
ticket. He has studied the situation care
fully this year and knows what he is talk
ing about, especially when Iowa politics is
the theme. Here is what he says:
"There are hundreds of silver Republi-
cans in every county in the State. l have
found them wherever have spoken this
fall. In 1892 the vote of the State was in
round figures 300 r spublican. 1876, 900
Democratic, and 1900 Populists. Now
the Democrats and Populsts.. have fused
This will leave 5000 Republican majority
over the combined opposition. There will
be at the lowest estimate 10000 Republi-
cans who will vote for Bryan. This is a
ridicuously low estimate. 1t makes the
Democratic total 5000. There will not
be to exceed 10000 Mckinley Democrats
in the State. Add this number to the
Republican strength after deducting the
number of Republicans who will vote for
Bryan and then deduct it from the Dem
ocratic total of 23G, 600 and we still have
about II, 600 majority, which will be
considerable majority for Bryan. This
does not take into account the Prohibition
vote, which will be a considerable factor,
fof most of it is silver, and it amounts to
10000. This State will surely go for
Bryan, and my conservative estimate of
the majority is 1000 to 81, 000"
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-04
THE IRISH AND THE REPORTERS

Ii Hung Chang, in hisss.interview with
New York reporters, said by@@excludng
the Chinese and taking the Irish, Ameri-
cans get inferior labor and pay higher
prices for it, ga Chinaman,n he said,
elves n simpler life than an Irishman,
and the Irish hate the Chinese because
they are the possessors of higher vir-
tues" This was rather strong language
for the Chinese ambassador to use; but
he evidently has studied the question
closely, and is much hurt at the lcgisla-
ton excluding his countrymen from
America.
In thus giving vent to his feelings he
the insured wide publication of his
views; but in drawing his comparisons
from the IIish, he only increased the dis
gust which the gallant sons of Erin
naturally entertained toward his coun-
trymen and himself, without adding any
thing to the chances for the repeal of the
Chinese exclusion act. His almost brutal
bluntncss to the reporters, in telling
them that they were very poor represent
atives of their papers is not likely to in
crease his POPULARITY with members of
the third estate" in this country, and
on the whole, it may be very fortunate
for the ambassador that his stay in the
United States will be not much longer.
Earl Ii is II big man in China, no doubt
but he would have to be much larger
than he is before he could hope to over
, awe or intimidate the average reporter of
rst'class newspaper.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-04
EXTENSION OF THE CIVIL SER
VICE.

The classification of over 10. 600 en-
ployes of the War Department is com
picted and will be put into effect at once.
This classification has been effected in
pursuance of the Presidents order of Nav
q. The number of employees of that de-
partment within the scope of the civil
service law previous to this new classifi-
cation was less than 1000, so that the in
crease is more thap five times the num-
Der heretofore under that service. Every
employe Of the secretarys office has been
place under the civil service law with the
exception of two confidential clerks This
includes messengers of all kinds. There
are no more than Il dozen laborers en-
ployed by the department in WASHINGTON
who are not within the classified service
ms the President has ruled that wherever
the work of Il laborer requires any degree
OF intelligence beyond the mere CARRYING
OF wood or labor that would be regarded
rs solely manual, the laborcr should be
placed under the civil service.
With this new classification in effect
the Secretary of War will have the con.
troll of practically no patronage within
his department., as whenever he has need
of a laborer, skilled mechanic or clerk, he
will make a requistion on the civil ser
vice commission to be supplied with
some one To perform the work.
Of the number placed under the scope
of the civil service law, of course the
greater part is employed outside of
Washington, 5000 of them being under
the chief engineers and scattered over the
country wherever the Improvement OF
rivers and harbors is being prosecuted by
the Government
Employees through out the War Depart
ment are gratifed at the prospect of be-
ing shielded from men who might bring
influence" to bear to secure their places
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-04
THE ROANOKE TIMES. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4. 1895

Chicago platform was denounced as Pop
ulistic, and everything that tended to
promote the interests of Mckinley, or the
defeat of Bryan, was listened to with in
terest and pleasure. This was the sort
Of Democracy represented Mt Indianapo-
lis, and as the convention belonged to
Mr.. Cleveland, it is plain that this is the
kind of Democracy that fills the execu-
tive chair ut Washington Caesar thrice
refused the crown, yet all knew that he
wanted to be king. Mr.. Cleveland re-
fused the Presidential nomination of his
henchmen at Indianapolis, but it is not
to be inferred from this or anything in
his past record that he would not like to
be President again.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-04
This Date In History Sept. 4,

l5S5-Cardinal Richeleu, statesman, was born
in Paris; died 1852.
5S-Chateaubriand, French philosopher and
traveller, bo-n at St. Malo; died 1913.
l601-Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d 'Orsay count
famous man of fashion. born in Paris; died
there 1852
1S64-John Morgan, the noted Confederate
raider, killed in night skirmish at Green
vile, Tenn. born 1895.
IsSS-Terribe cyclone in Cuba; 1,000 lives lost
1S92-Frightful mortality from cholera in Ham
burg.
1S9A-James N. Adsit. q veteran banker Of Chi
cago, died in that city; born 1909.
1E0-Svcn Lovcn, distinguished Swedish nat
uralist. died; born 1909. William Henry
Hurlbert, American journalist and writer
long ut the head of the New York World,
died in Italy; born 1928. General August
Y. Kautz. L. S. A., retired veteran of the
Mexican and civil wars, died at Seattle,
Wash. born 1929.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-04
SALEM NEWS

A pleasant party was given at John
Parrish's, I'm West Salem, last evening.
Miss Mollie Logan left yesterday for
Christiansburg for short visit to
friends.
Miss G-aybill and the Misses Simmons.
OF Fincastle, are visiting at Baxter w.
Logan's, in West Salem
Miss Mary WOodfn, of Hampton, Is
the guest of her aunt, Mrs. w. r. White
scarver, on Alabama street.
The West End chapel Sunday school
held very enjoyable picnic mt Lake
Spring yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. John Morgan and two children
who have been summering at Hotel Bed
ford, are now i'll Salem visiting Mrs.
Morgan's friends.
The executive committee of the BRYAN
Sewall club held u meeting last night to
consider plans for carrying on a vigorous
campaign in Roanoke county.
Mrs. c. o. Murray left Salem vester-
day for Christiansburg, where she will he
the guest of her cousin, Miss Hum
phreys, who accompanied her from Sa-
lem.
Mrs. Capt. George Killian and Mrs.
James Warren, who have been visiting ut
DIR. j. =. Killian's on Pennsylvania ave
nue., have returned to their home nt
Humboldt, Tenn.
Prof. Phipps Miller, of Marion, has
finally been elected principal of the Sa-
lem graded school. Professor Miller is n
graduate of the University of Virginia
and has served as tutor in mathematics
in the university
Justices Camper, Barnitz and Miller,
sitting rs Il commission in lunacy yester-
day, pronounced Frances Hurt, colored.
insane, and she will be held here until n
vacancy is reported in the hospital for
the insane ut Petersburg.
james chalmers and j. w. Allemong
have returned from the meeting of the
Roanoke district Methodist conference.
recently held at Buena Vista They re-
port most enjoyable meeting, full of in
terest and spiritual power.
j. r. Bowman held sale of personal
property at his home on East Main street
yesterday, nearly everything sold bring
ing ood price. Mr.. Bowman and fam
lily expect to leave shortly, and will
drive across the country to Georgia,
where they expect to make their new
home.
Hugh Carter, of this place, son of e.
K. Garter, has been elected PRINCIPAL of
S,iS ''Shooi "o ioohS"chS, CnlS county. MT.
Carter Is quite young man, but thor
oughly competent He is a graduate of
the Salem Graded and High School,
always standing high in his classes. and
in 1893 won the Times Register scholar
ship medal.
5. NJ. Martin and wife have gone to
Baltimore. While in the North Mr. Mar
tin will lay in ii supply of fall and winter
goods, and upon his return will move his
store TO the old Duncan and Cumpston
stand, on College avenue. Mr. Martin
says he intends to lay in such n supply
that Salem people will not need to 20 by
his door to Roanoke to make their pur-
chases.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-04
CONDENSED TESTIMONY.

Chas. b. Hood, Broker and Manufac-
turer's Agent, Columbus, Ohio, certilies
that DR.. Kings New Discovery has no
equal as Cough remedy. j. d. Brown,
Prop. St James Hotel, TT. Worth, Ind,
testilies that he was cured of Il Cough of
two years standing, caused by La Grippe,
by DR.. Kings New Discovery. b. F..
Merrill, Baldwinsyille, Mass, says that
he has used and recommended it and never
knew 1T To fail and would rather have it
than any doctor, because it always cures
Mrs. Hemming, 222 T. 25th street, Chi
cago, always Keeps it at hard and has no
fear of Group, because it instantly re-
lieves. Free trial bottles at Massie's
Pharmacy
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-04
SHE PROVED HER ABILITY

She was busy, bustling little woman,
and there was fire in her eye when she
stood at the window to pay her gas bill
Il never used that gas!' she snapped,
"never! You have sent me some one
else Dill. s-EsSa fss
we never make mistakes of that
kind" said the cashier, you are doing
your cooking with illuminating gas and
probably use more than you think posi-
ble'
Nothing of the kind, and besides, YOU
do make mistakes. When we went
away
'"There is lady trying to get near the
window to pay her bill, )" said the cashier,
gently.
"She can wait; have business here
now AS | was saying-oh, yes, you
measured up your gas when we were
away, and sent in Il bill on our return ~
Perhaps the meter leaked"
1.-The meter was taken out by the COM
pany the day we left. Now l know |
never used this amount of gas last
month. Something is wrong some
where
Perhaps you used the gas for all of
your cooking?''
dozen times. Once was when l made a
cherry pien
II don't believe that you can make a
cherry pie" said the cashier daringly.
"fll show you whether I can make n
cherry pie"' said the little woman, and
the cashier lodged as if he expected to
be hit with n brick.
But she only paid her bill and went of
with glare of Indignation in her eX-
pressive face.
h. On the next day dainty package was
handed. to the cashier, which, on being
opened, disclosed a cherry pie, rich and
flaky, enough to tempt a dyspeptic, with
the legend, illuminating Gas Pier'
picked out in the border. And all the
boys who had piece declared that il
"equalled mothers. detroit Free
Press.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-04

their only fear being that a change of adj
ministration might result in q revocation
of the Presidents order. The classified
ton being made by order of the Presi-
dent, another President could revoke it
without the necessity of Congressional
action. 1t is said that majority of the
employees in the War Department. are Re
publicans, so that the claim of unfairness
through fixing the political complexion
of the personnel of that department. be-
fore extending the protection of the civil
service over it cannot be made against
President Cleveland so lar as the mem
bers of the G. o. p. is concerned.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-04
THE FACT IN THE CASE.
The Silver Coinage Issue Plainly and
Enthusiastically Stated.

Enthusiastically Stated.
Those newspapers which tell their
readers that under free coinage ut 16 to |.
the Government would pay $1.20 an
ounce for 90 cents worth of silver, need
elementary financial catechisms more
for self enlightenment than for pubica-
ton. Under free coinage the Government
would buy no silver The last silver pur-
chase we had was given to us by John
Sherman. 1t was never in favor with
free coinage men and was accepted by
them only because they lacked the vote $
to secure something better.
Free coinage, so far from requiring the
Government to buy silver. merely re.
qures it to stamp dollar marks upon sill
Yer as it now does upon gold, and to re-
turn the silver so stamped to the person
who may have delivered it. The obiec-
tion which all persons except gold mono
metaillStS raise relates, not to this stamD-
ing, but to the amount of grains which
1t Is proposed to put into each piece of
silver stamped. If the amount suggested
were 10 grains instead of 1925, they
would not object. They would describe
such silver dollar as equal to the gold
dollar, because the,value of the bullion in
each would be about the same But free
coinage men say that the value of the
bullion in each would be the same if the
quantity required were 412.5 grains, the
point of their argument being that silver
bullion is more than sixteen times as
cheap as gold bullion now, because, and
only because, Government gives to gold n
fictitious value through the coinage which
it denies to silver. This is the silver
coinage issue. And to imply that free
coinage men are asking the Government
to buy silver at an inflated price, or to
buy it at,all, is to make misrepresenta-
ton which admits of no explanation but
malice or ignorance Cleveland Re
cOrdpr
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-04

The filibustering steamer Laurada is all
the time meeting with accidents.@,or re-
ported ones, the latest being rumored
running aground ut Port Antonio, ia
mnica. The I.nurada, Notwithstanding
her frequent incidents, sis believed to
be doing effective work in landing men
and arms on the coast..of Cuba for the in
surgents, and it..may he that the most of
these alleged misfortunes are arranged
with the special intention.of. throwing the
commanders of the4..Spanish war,-.vessels
in the Gulf of Mexico of their.guard. AT
any rate, the Laurada comes ..up with
more supplies for Cuba rebels, after each
misfortune.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-04
= THE MAKING OF A GENIUS.
Self-Absorption and Self Conceit Often
II Mistaken For Brilliance


The self-contained woman of n moody
and brooding temperament nearly always
thinks herself misunderstood and unap-
preciated, says writer III Harper's Mag
azine. She is conscious of many ideas
and emotions, which are seldom expressed
by those around her. So she imagnes
that they are unique, and that she her
self is an original thinker. She finally
concludes that these vagrant and fleeting
thoughts, which would be rejected bv
stronger minds, are worth preserving,
and that, as much courage is required to
speak or write them, such courage argues
the possession of genius. It is thus very
easy for an egotist to grow to consider
itself unique and genius.
A notable example of this absurd mis-
take was shown by the late Marian Bash
kirtseif Her great terror was lest her
feelings should be forgotten. She
would have shown higher courage if she
had consigned her emotions to oblivion
and allowed only her work to stand. The
most profound feeling which her story
arouses in the mind of +. the reader is of
pity for a.woman who struggled, was over
whelmed, and sank in such shallow wa
tiers.
Her sufferings, which were real enough,
arose from an over supply of the most
unfortunate passions of the human
heart-great self-conceit and profound
self absorption. And to these she added
the. moral blindness of never quite per-
ceiving that they were contemplate.
But there are many other men and wo-
men, dubbed geniuses by the world,
whose genius consist of the fact that the
| only passions in their natures which they
find strong enough to give the world are
the lowest Of which e.
capable. The genius is rarer who knows
that there must be omissions, that the
lower passions must always he sacrificed
to the higher, and that in the SOULS
struggle upward tits wisest mot only to
crush out, but to bury without an cpl
taph feelings of which we should be
ashamed.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-04

Mr.. Bryan continues his tri-
umphal course through Ohio, where, not
withstanding the supposed influence of
the young Napoleon of politics, thousands
are. nocking,to. hear him. WAt Springfield
on "Wednesday morning he delivered IL
telling address to an audience of twenty
thousand or more, and ut Toledo on the
evening of that day he spoke to more than
thirty thousand people. In answer to the
Republican claim that Mckinley is sure
to carry this State, the query very natur-
ally arises: Why these large and enthu-
siastic gatherings if the people take no
interest in the free coinage of silver and
its able and eloquent champion, w. j.
Bryan, of Nebraska? Echo. answers, why?
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-04

Remember that the Radford Steam
Laundry will give you better work than
any Chinaman in town, and when YOU
patronizc them the money goes to feed
and clothc the twenty white women and
men employed by them, who in turn
spend it in Roanoke. Why patronize a
Chinaman under such circumstances?
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-04

The Cleveland sidc-show, recently in
session at indianapolis, and which ca He'd
itself the national Democratic conycn
tion, has carried out the programme of
the manipulators ut Washington. and
after nominating Senator John NJ. Pal
mer, of Illinois, for President and cx-
Governor Simon b. Buckner, of Ken
lucky, for Vice-president, have adjourn
ed. Although ostensibly for the gold
standard, the convention was really for
Cleveland first, last and all the time. II
was organized to magnify the worth and
services of the President, and, as was to
he expected, was so devoted to his inter
ests that the members of the convention
were willing ana anxious to throw Dem
ocratic presidents to the winds and re-
nominate him for the Office he now holds
Knowing full well that there was no
chance of an election, Mr.. Cleveland. Of
course, would not entertain such promo
sition. His administration was endorsed
however, and his services to his party
and the nation lauded to the skies. The
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-04

Having no soda water nor ice cream
customers, prescriptions are given mme-
date attention. II. c. Barnes, "He puts
up prescriptions
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-04

a handsome second hand Knabe piano
at a bargain at j. f. Rogers, 104 Jefer-
son street.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-04

Crop reports from various portions of
the State show that while.the drouth has
done considerable harm in the eastern
and middle sections, recent copious..show-
ers have greatly improved the situation
and materially frightened the outlook for
fairly good crops of grain and We gctables.
Nature has been very generous to the pco-
pie of the Old Dominion in giving them n
genial climate and fertile soil; but the
low prices of products, brought about by
unwise financial legislation, is a misfor-
tune which can only be remedied by.elect
ing Bryan and Congress favorable to
free coinage. The people of the Old Do
minion see this and are largely for silver.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-04
THE Receipt

(From Harper's Round Table,,
my papa makes lots of money" said
Wallie.
"what of it2n asked Johnpie.
"Soap," said Wallie.
"Pooh!" said Johnnie "You can't
make money out o. soap. Moneys made
o. gold and paper and silver
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-04

Don't forget everything in the Book
and Stationery line is to be found at j. E.
Rogers, 104 Jefferson street
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-04

ST Paul, Mimi, has Il female police
man in the person of Mrs. Edwin,T Root
OF that city, who has recently been APP
pointed to the position by the mayor for
more eifectual work in Iescuing young
girls who have fallen into evil WAYS.
While she will have the authority to make
arrests, it is not expected that she will do
SO except i'll cases of emergency, although
her reputation for pluck and dctermina-
tion is such as to lead to the belief that
she would not hesitate to come TO the as
sistance of ''bl other cop if necessary.
a woman like that is very useful addi-
ton to the household in case OF bur.
giary or an attempt ut one. There is
hardly a man in the country who would
not sleep more soundly if he knew there
was policeman III the house ready for
effective service in any cmers cncy.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-04

Boating on the lake at Crystal Spring.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-25
Love and Labor.

Love lives to labor; 1t lives to give
itself away. There is no such thing rs
lndOlent love. Look in your heart and
see II this is not true. If you love any
ono truly and deeply. the cry Of your
heart IL to spend and be spent In the
loved ones service.
Love would die If 1t could not benefit.
It's keenest suffering is met when it
finds itself unable to assist.
What man could see the woman he
loves lack anything. and be unable to
give 1t to her. and not suffer?
"Why love makes one slave! 1t tolls
night and day. refusing all wages and
all reward save the smile Of the one
unto whom 1t Is bound, in whose SER
vice 1t finds Its delight, at whose feet
It alone discovers its heaven.
There is no danger that language can
be too strong or too fervently used to
portray the services of love.
By cradle and couch. by sick bed and
coffin, in hut and palace, the ministries
Of love are being wrought. The eyes u.
all behold them; the hearts of all are
moved by the spectacle.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-03-25

-Kustem Pasha, the Turkish en-
bassador to England, who died recent
Iy, was neither Turk nor Moham-
medan. lie was an Italian and a
Catholic.
About 500 names are included in
the "kew Bulletins" list of the new
garden plants of 1894. The list en-
braces hybrids as well as species aud
botanical varieties.
Through the Lick telescope and
other powerful instruments about fifty
m illion stars are visible.
After apout a years experiment
with an aluminium torpedo boat, the
French naval authorities have decided
that aluminium is unfit for .hipbuiid
ing. unless some non-corrosive alloy
or anti corrosive paint can be discov-
cred
silk thread may be gilded by the
electro-plating process, retaining al
most its full flexibility and softness.
Eight persons have committed
suicide in an old Brooklyn building
since 1856. The house has recently
been torn down.
Professor A. c. Totten, of New
Haven, Conn.,, has issued a calendar
good for 81, 71S. $50 years. 1t is said
to have q very simple key, and
is evolved on q cycle of 1900, 600
years.