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The times., 1897-09-26
wEFERs BREAKS A RECORD.
Lowers the Time for go Yards TO
Twenty-one Seconds.

TwenIy-3ne SECONDS.
Toronto, Sept. 25.-New York has every
reason to be proud OF the magnificent team
of athletes sent to represent her at the
annual meeting of the Canadian ANA teur
Athletic Association this afternoon. Out
offifteen events on the program, the visitors
captured first places in ten contests and sec.
ond places in five, They succeeded in
lowering Canadian records In six iu-
portant events, and Wefers had the salts
faction Of breaking the worlds record in
the 220-yaro race, which he made in 21
seconds, looping four-fifths of a second
off the Canadian time.
The times., 1897-09-26
The REINDEER OF ALASKA
DR.. Sheldon JacksOn's Efforts to
DOmesticate Them.
CAUSED THEM TO BE IMPORTED

They Serve Siberians as Means of
transportation and Also as an
Article of od-Appropriations
Asked From Congress-The Sta
tIon at Teller
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-03
ANOTHER
RICHMOND.
The Friends of the Hon. Baker P.
Lee Submit His Claims.
THE GALLANT AND cHIvALRIc
KNIGHT OF HAMPTON ENTERS
THE CoNTEsT--THE WARRIOR
CHESTERFIELD OF TIDEwATER
READY TO SILVER A LANCE.
Editor of the Times:
Sir-Please publish the enclosed com.
munication and oblige, Yours truly,
G. w. LIE CATO,
r, E. MONTAGUE
Hampton, Va March 20. 1897.

Hampton, Va March 90. 1897.
The friends of Hon. Baker p. Lee take
this means of announcing his candidacy
before the next Democratic State conven-
ton fo- governor. Judge Lee, who is in
the very vigor of manhood, is ripe in ex-
perience in State affairs. Indeed, he has
been SO closely identified with the a fairs
OF the State for the last twenty gears or
more that he has become part of the
history of the Democratic party in Vir-
ginia; so much SO, in fact, that his friends
who make this announcement Of his can
didacy deem it unnecessary to introduce
him to the people of this commonwealth.
The record of his public life as a law.
yer, soldier and statesman is familiar both
to the middle-aged and the young men of
Virginia. That record has won him dis
tinction among the Old Dominion's sons.
1t has been fittingly said of Baker Lee
that whatever in the service of his State
or his party he has been called upon to
do has been we'll and gracefully done As
Democrat his loyalty to his party and
the peoples interests has been the guild
ing principle of his public life. While
his influence has always been given to the
side of liberality and conservatism fact
which has not always commended him to
partisan favor-he has always been TN.
compromising in defense of Jeffersonian
principles And he has won the respect
of political foes as we'll as the confidence
of political friends AS an elector and
canvasser he has had few equals and no
superiors. With his pen, too, he has been
powerful in advocating the cause of De.
mocracy. A pioneer in behalf of bi-metal.
ism, Major Lee espoused the cause of free
silver when its friends were few; became
it's champion while yet ssthe issue was a
mere vague whisper in the politics of Vir-
ginia; and from that day to this his voice
and pen have been steadily and boldly
given to it's defence
Major Lee is bold and candid Demo
craft who never waits for the coming cur
rent of public opinion but takes his stand
early and openly on every issue that pre-
sents itself; and he is firm in holding his
views rs he is prompt and fearless in en-
pressing them. His great foresight in
public affairs stamps him rs having ex.
ceptional capacity for party leadership
1t has been many, many years since any
Underwater Virginian has been honored
with the governorship of our State. In
view of all these facts, and the very i'm
portant fact that discussions have dis.
turbed and still disturb the Democratic
party in Virginia, and believing that Ba-
ker p. Lee would unite the discordant
elements in our party in our State, we
ask: To whom does the logic OF the stu
alton more unerringly point?
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-03
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo Quninc Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it fails
to cure. 25c. Sold by Sam Stone Roam.
oke, Va.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-03
FIFE TRUE REMEDY.

w. NJ. Repine, editor Tisklwa, ILL.,,
"Chicf," says: "We Won't keep house
without DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds. Ex-
permented with many others, but never
got the true remedy until we used DR..
Kings New Discovery. no other remedy
can take its place in our home, as in it
we have Il certain and sure cure for
Coughs, Colds, Whoopiug Cough, etc. -
1T is idle to experiment with other. rene
dies, even if they are urged on you as
just as good as DIR. Kings New Discov
err. They are not as good, because This
remedy has record of cures, and besides
it is guaranteed. 1t never fails to satisfy
Trial bottles free ut Massie's Pharmacy,
100 Jefferson street.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-03

ann rne quarters Ills face fell. ooh.
gentlemen he cried, what do you take
me forP I couldn't do anything at all
for that-really couldn't But, green
as we were, he didn't feaze us. We
promptly tried the noble game of bluff.
oh, said my chum, pretending to re-
pocket the quarters, then we'll Just SEQ
ono of the other fellows His whole at
titudo changed. We'll, he said, with q
Pooh Bah gesture of the hand, you let
me have the quarters. and I'll see what
can do Of course we yielded up tho
money, and i'll fow minutes we werc
ushored into one of tho boxes upon tho
first tier, where we remained all even.
ing i'll luxurious ease, all for rs cents
nplece! JOSEPH RUSSELL.
Words That Trouble the Tongue.
Observation-Disclosures is the
name of siNill hamlet in the isle Of
Null containing not more than q dozen
inhabitants. How they pronounce it is
mystery only to be solved by some ono
acquainted with Gaelic, but the fact
that the Scots are nation of few words
seems easy to explain if they have many
such words rs tho above in their Ian
guage.
A sample Of Welsh nomenclature is
Mynyddywllyn, which is the name of n
parish close to Cardiff, while another Of
the same kind is Llanfairpwllgwngyll.
Perhaps. however. the Germans NAV
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-03

g The Dingley tariff bill places hides on
the free list and thus places the products
of cattle raisers Of the West and South
west in competition with the whole out
side world, but after the New England
manufacturer has worked the hides up
into leather goods, shoes, etc., tariff is
imposed for his protection. The South
ern cotton raiser is thrown into competi-
tion with the cheap labor of Egypt and
India, but when the cotton is manufac-
tnred into cloth and calico there is pro-
tective tariff for TIE benefit of the New
England manufacturer. The producers
of the South and West must pay tribute
to New England, while the prices of their
own products are beat down by foreign
Importation Times.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-03

be fairly said to carry Off the palm in
word coming. How is this for q sample.
Constantinopelisoh erdudelsackpfeifer, or.
this one, Observation-Disclosures
windersuchtoedungs?
The first means a Constantinopolitan
bagpipe player, and the last is the name
of young ladies' club which adorns the
Drass plate OF tho door of house in
Cologne to this day.
Rabelais gives the following name to
particular book which was supposed
to be i'll the library of Pantagruel's med
ioal student friend Victor, "Antipe-
rlcatametanaparbeugedanteoribratio
Toordicantium," while Anantachatur-
dasivratakatha is an actual Sanscrit
word to be found i'll any Sanscrit die
tionary, and the word Cluninstaridys-
archedes occurs in tho works of Plautus.
the Latin comedy writer.-Harper'
Round Table.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-03
LET THE OYSTER BEWARE.

The Salem Sentinel advocates consti-
tutional convention, and in long and
leading editorial, giving the reasons why
it thinks n convention should be called to
amend our constitution, it says (the capt.
tails our6):
THE OYSTER INDUSTRY OF
THE STATE COULD BE, WE BE-
LIEVE, so MANAGED AS TO RAISE
THE BULK OF THE REVENUE
GOVERNMENT"
Oh, all sc oyster people and oyster re-
' gions. hearken to that! "The bulk of
the revenue necessary to run the State
government" is to be squeezed out of oys-
tiers and oystermen, if only constitu-
tional convention can be called to alter
the constitution to that end. And this
evidence as to one of The principal objects
In view, if n convention assemblies from
a prominent supporter of the constitu-
tional project and the scheme to make the
oysters and oystermen the victims of out
rageous impositions. Norfolk Pilot.
While the Salem Sentinel may be put.
ting It rather strong, there is good reason
for believing that with proper legislation
the State oyster grounds can be made to
produce net revenue Of something like
81 quarter Of n million dollars annually
Oysters to the value of SO. 600, 900 are an
nually taken from the Virginia oyster
grounds-the property of the tax payers
of Virginia-and all of the profit over and
above the actual cost of taking the oys.
ters from the water and marketing them
goes into the pockets of comparatively a
few people, while the State, the owner of
the beds, gets practically nothing We
are told by the tidewater philanthropist
that the oystermau doesn't know how to
make Il living ut any other pursuit than
that of getting oysters, while the tide.
water politician boldly states that the
oystermen holds the balance Of power in
the bailiwick, and that settles it SC far as
he is concerned. The oyster question will
never be settled on basis of right and
justice until it is taken in hand by the
people of the mountain and valley dis
tricts. it is not necessary to change the
State constitution in order to get the best
returns from the oyster properties of this
State. The legislature IS vested with all
the authority needed. The tale of woe
sung by the wiley politicians OF Eastern
Virginia into the ears of party hacks and
slaves holding seats in the State legisa-
ture has at every session soothed to SUM
Der the oyster question and left the PEG
pie to be robbed of their wealth
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-03
YOUR HEAD IS LENEI.

The people of Roanoke are putting in a
bid for the next Democratic State conven-
ton, and will make every effort to get it.
A number Of other cities of the State are
anxious To welcome the Democratic hosts
on that interesting occasion. While not
undertaking the claims of the other cit
les, we hope Roanoke will be selected.
The city is centrally located and easily
reached from all sections of the State.
ann the delegates would be handsomely
entertained by her citizens. -Fincastle
Herald
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-03

The Petersburg Index-Appeal and the
Richmond Times should try to get to-
gether on the various economic questions
before the country. These two papers
are the Virginia representatives of the
estate of Messrs. Palmer and Buckner,
and they should be careful not to fall out
in winding up the affairs of the dcfunct
concern.-Richmond State.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-03
FROM CRIPPLE CREEK

After the big fire in Cripple Greek |
took a very severe cold and tried many
remedies without help, the cold only he.
coming more settled. After using three
small bottles of Chamberlain Cough
Remedy, both the cough and cold left
me, and in his high altitude it takes IL
meritorious cough remedy to do any
good. b. Henderson, editor Daily
Advertiser. For sale by IL. T.. Barnes.
SHE Puts up Prescriptions.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-03
NOW MIR. MONTAGUE WANTS TT

we understand that from every section
OF the State calls are being made upor
the Hon. A. j. Montague, of Dnnyille, TO
allow the use of his name for the Dem o.
cratic nomination for Attorney General
OF Virginia. Mr.. Montague has many
warm friends in Franklin''who would very
gladly avail themselves of the opportu-
nifty to vote for his nomination and cleo
ton to this most responsible and impor-
tant position.-Franklin Times Demo-
crnt
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-03
London Morninr Pane,s.

Proportionately there is no great town
Ill the civilized world that has SO few
morning papers rs London. This is due
to tho largo expenditure involved in
starting paper there. Any ono con-
templating this must BIO prepared to lose
from $3.50. 900 to 5000, 900 a year for
two or three years and then perhaps to
fail.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-03

Silver Certl ficates. ....... 81
Tennessee Coal and Iron. ...... 1918
Tennessee Coal and Iron, pref. so
Texas Pacific. Sl.2
Union Pacific Observation-Disclosures. 534
Wabash. st. l.. and Pacific. 8
Wabash, Sc. l.. and Pacific pref'd. ID
Western Union. ........ so rs
Wheeling and L. E.......... 312
Wheeling and l.. E. preferred. 5
BONDS.
Alabama, Glass A. los 10
Ala bama, Glass b. 1O4
Alabama, Glass 100
louisiana Stamped 4's... 81 t.2
North Carolina as. 1902
North Carolina 6's. 100 9
tennessee new set 3's 7G 20
Virginia 6's, deferred
Virginia Trust Receipts, stamped
Virginia Funded Debt. CO
United States AS, registered. III
United States as, coupon 112 3.S
Onieed States 2s. 90 1.2
Southern Railway 5's. ... 80
Southern Railway common S1.S
Southern Railway, preferred. 20 IA
South Carolina 1-2's. los
u. S. (new) as registered. 1913 7.S
Y. .. new AS coupon. 1913 T-S
MONEY MARKET.
New = rk, April 2.-Money ON Gail easy
at 1-2a1 81 per cent, last loan ut l 10
and closing at 1-2 per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 3..1-2 per cent. Bar Sill
yer w. Sterling exchange dull and easy
with actual business in bankers' Hills at
4S5 3-4a4.96 for sixty days and Asa
4.SI Ia for demand. Posted rates 4. SO 70
a4.oo. Commercial bills 4.94 1-2a4. 50 IL.
Government bonds FIRM. State bonds
quiet; railroad bonds higher. Silver mt
the board was steady.
CHICAGO.
Chicago. April 2.-Whilst business was
not.at all brisk, there was, nevertheless.
firm tone to the wheat market today
anu moderate net gain was quotable at
the close. The frEiness was an incident
of the opening and was attributable TO a
steady Liverpool market. tShorts', COW
cred quite freely at the close, that fact
helping along the advance to some extent
May wheat opened from 20 SO to 1854;
sold between 703- and II, closing at
10 I-Sa71-3-Sa12 &c higher than Yesterday.
Cash wheat was firm and Lee higher.
The action in corn early was quite not
able. The feeling was strong and there
was good buying both by the shorts and
for investment. The undertone was con.
sidered promising and the immediate sit
uaulon encouraging. May corn opened at
25a21 Is, sold between % SO and "a asa
"a 81. closing ut "a 3-4-1-4 under yester-
day. Cash corn eewas lac higher early,
closing easier. Id
The oats market was responsive to the
early improvement noted elsewhere. 1t
was firm enough to induce shorts to cover
some, and offerings were but moderate:
prices were at times fractionally higher
Later, there was a recession, and the close
was shade lower than yesterday for
May. Cash oats were steady to firm.
FTrading in provisions was not animated
enough to attract crowd, and outside of
local, professional and packing house in
terests the attendance in the pit was
light. Firmer hogs caused steady to firm
product values. Later on moderate offer
lngs prices fell away. May pork closed
lUc lower; May lard unchanged, and May
ribs &c lower
ftIf
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-03
REBEKAH sANITARUM.

A Private Hospital for the Sick and for
Surgery, i21 Eighth Ave- S. w.
Trained nurses ana hospital advan.
tages. Accommodations for both male
and female patients Consultation hours
for patients and visitors from IL to .
o'clock p. m.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-03

The supreme court decision against the
entering wedge that will finally split the
trusts all to pieces. May it be so.-Dan-
vile Register.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-03

Fresh lot of Lowney's Chocolates and
Bon Bons just received at j. j. Catogni's.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-03
IN The WORLD IF FINANCE

New York, April 2-Stocks in the
main were firmer to-day at intervals
The market was inclined to heaviness on
sales by the chronic bears, but at the end
OF the session the usually active issues
showed gains of 1-4a1 3S per cent. on the
day. Delaware and Hudson, Jersey Cen
trail and Leather preferred were eXcep
tions and closed with losses ranging from
is to "a per cent. The improvement in
the market was due more to II desire on
the part of the recent sellers to accept
profits than to any material change in
the situation.
Reports of arrival Of prominent Amer
lean bankers and railway men in London.
including j. p. Morgan and President
Hill, of the Great Northern, appeared to
disconcert the bear leaders, especially as
there were rumors OF important deals
pending. 1t was said that Morgan would
take up the New York Central refundng
scheme ut once and that the meeting of
the repi esentatives of the Northern Pa
cific, Great Northern Deutsch Bank inter.
ests were for the purpose of bringing
about close working arrangement be-
tween the roads traversing the Pacific
Northwest. The anthracite coalers were
benefited by official statements that the
Jersey Central will not pass it's dividend
~ meeting of the directors is looked for
early next week when the matter will be
decided. The close was firm.
The tone Ct the bond market was
higher. The sales footed up 81, 1l2, 000
The new North-west., 1897-02-19
THEY BOTH GOT MAD.
Mountainecr Visits n Postoffice and His
Experience There.

Mountainecr Visits a Postoffice and His
Experience There.
He was a typical mountaineer from
his brogan shoes to his wool hat, and he
had walked to a neighboring town to
visit relatives. 1t was his first visit away
from his home. The second day after he
arrived he went to the postoffice to get
letter from his girl. He was sure it
would be there, as she had tearfully told
him she would write him while he was
away.
"Air thar any mail fer me?" he in
Qui1ed of the postmaster.
whats your name?" was the in
quiry.
Louder.
Il say, what's your name?" asked
the postmaster in u little more positive
manner.
Louder.
II say, what's your name?" yelled
the postmaster, sticking his head through
the window into the face of the young
man.
"WLy, dad drat your ugly time, I've
told yer three times my name was Lou
DER yelled the mountaineer, ''T. j.
Louder, and if yer didn't belong to ther
gov'ment I'd crawl over thar and pick
your years. Soon es a man gifts er gov
ment job round here he begins to put
on airs, and I'm not one to put up with
it, :.
The postmaster fished out letter
from a musty hole and gave it to him,
although he was mad himself. Wash.
ington Star.
The new North-west., 1897-02-19
Would Lose Political Prestige.


From an able editorial in the Billings
Gazette of February 9th, in regard to the
defeat of the Powell county bill, we
make the following extract:
Everybody knows that the Powell
county bill had real merit In 1t, and was
as much entitled to favorable considera-
ton at the hands of the legislature as
Broadwater county. The county seat
had just been snatched away from Deer
Lodge by Anaconda; the new county
contained sufficient assessable property;
the residents of it did not wish to be
dominated by corporation rule; they
were practically unanimous for self
government, and they had a court house,
Jail and other internal improvements
already made. These were strong con-
siderations, but they were ignored; only
three populists in the house voted for
the creation of Powell county. Marcus
DAILY could not afford to have Deer Lodge
cut in two on account of the political
prestige that his county would lose, and
we believe the story told by the Miner,
that he consented to give the populists
control Of Butte, is altogether probable.
Mayor Thornton, John r. Toole, J. B.
Losee and D. ]. Hennessy were all at
Helena working against Powell county,
and no one will deny that those gentle
men are Daily lieutenants, so it is alto
gether probable that the Miner cores
pondent is giving straight tip"
The new North-west., 1897-02-19

change his horses for Cuban bonds. The
Cubans could use 10000 head OF fresh,
tough young horses, and the Montana
horsemen could spare that number with
out serious inconvenience. In exchange
for the horses the Montana man would
receive several hundred thousand dollars
worth of Cuban bonds. The only chance
the horseman would take would be in
the event of the Spaniards winning,
which would be no chance at all. The
matter is worth writing to the Cuban
juanta in New York about -Madisonian.
The new North-west., 1897-02-19
A QUEER EPlTAPH.
In Memory of Two Boys Who Thought
They Ate Mushrooms.

They Ate Mushrooms.
Piscataway is one of the oldest towns
in New Jersey. 1t was founded in 1866
and was intended to be the capital Of
the colony. but it did not grow, while
its rivals, New Brunswick, Railway and
Elizabeth, became thriving villages. AT
present there is little to interest the cas-
ual visitor to the sleepy village, but that
little is good of its kind.
There is old Mr.. Mundy, the village
wheelwright, who at so is still fine
shot with gun or rifle. Twenty-Five
years ago he accompanied New York
merchant OH a hunting trip to the far
west, and since then not year has
passed without their taking a hunting
trip to the west or south. Old as these
cronies are, they cannot make up their
minds to forego their hunting. Then
there is the old cider mill whose ram
shackle appearance bellies the purity and
strength of the applejack resting in its
dark cellar, Finally, there is the ceme-
terry of the old Episcopal church, the
first house of worship cTy I'D in the
place. In response to inquiries the other
day the sexton, who holds also the offices
Of gravedigger and roadmaster said:
"Well, there might be some interest
ing gravestones there, and then again
there mightn't They don't interest me.
There is one old brown stone which has
fallen down and is out IF place. want
cd to throw it away, but the minister
wouldn't let me. That might be inter
esting to you.
lis there any inscription OH it,"
"No, there isn't 1t is just covered
with words from top to bottom-no
poetry, no nothing-iust words. -
The stone was found easily, although
partly overgrown with moss and myrtle.
After much cleaning the following in
fIcription was made out:
Spectators, under
Here in this tomb
Lie 2 boyes. =.."
The elder was full
Ten years old, the yon-
Ger was twice
Told. BY eating
Mushrooms for
Food rare, in day
Time they poyseoned
We're. A. X. Hard Hoop
er and Charlie Hooper,
Desesed, 1890.
The meaning of "the younger was
twice told'' is somewhat obscure, but it
is supposed that he was but five years
old.
An inscription upon the tombstone of
James Thompson, who died in 1868,
was once very popular with the country
people in New Jersey. Three others in
the graveyard are similar to it:
Remember, friend, as you pass by,
AS you are now SO once was /,
In health and strength, though here lie.
AS am now SO you must be.
Prepare for death a.:d follow me.
New York Sun.