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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-09
Cupps Got Out.

"There was an odd fellow, a Penn.
sylvanian, OIL our floor in Libby pris-
on" said Colonel Richardson. Gle
was tall, angular, stoop shouldered and
had the regular North Carolina dialect
Nearly rybody liked him, and all
talked with him. He had been prison
er some time; his suit of blue had be-
come bunch of rags. BY some means
he managed to get new suit of butter
nut colorcd clothes, and after that we
called him Old North Carolina. One of
the prisoners asked him when he was
going to join his Tar Heel regiment.
You jest wait and watch.
In those days it was Il common thing
for citizens to accompany Major Dick
Turner, who had charge of Libby pris-
on, on visits TO the prisoners. One after
noon half u dozen Greens of Richmond
were with him, and when they marched
out our Tar Heel soldier fell in and
went with them. He was standing by
the door i'll Major Turner's room when
that officer, noticing him, asked, We'll,
Sir. what do you want here:'
Oh, nothin i'll particular; jest
thought I'd look around the prison II
little.
Well, you can't look around the
prison Z little, and you had better move
OH.
But Cupps-that was his name
stood there looking as innocent as IL boy
on his first visit to town, when Turner
lost his patience, and said: Come, move
on! Get out of here! and gave him Il
push into the street
AS Cupps passed out into the road
where we could see him from our win
dows he took off his hat, made Il low
bow and started Oh Il gentle shamblo
out of town. He made his escape. After
that there WAS great demand for but
tcrnut suits, but no moro could be snug
gled into prison. "-Chicago Times Her
aid.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-09
HAS HE RETURNED

The Bluefield Telegraph OF yesterday
Sa!S' ~ Verdant young man named Rid
uick VINO came here some time ago to clerk
in Catogni's restaurant. had heard biU
yarns about shooting ccrapcs and cuttin"
allrays, and believing that it was the ease
here as in the wild West that the man
who got the drop was the one who sur
vived, had II few words with one of the
colored walters, and pulled his gun, firing
five shots into the show cases, and
shelves, ceiling, etc, but not one into the
negro. lie was tried by the criminal
court this week and paid $50 for his fun.
He has gone back to Roanoke or some
other seaport, and as times go by will tel
OF the escapade, adding little each reci-
tai until finally he will believe himself
that he fought single-handed great mob
and shot and killed score or more.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-09
The Poker Players Clever Rusc.

Really, boys, | have to quit" said
the man with the biggest stack of chips
Ill front of him ;,s he gathered in anoth.
err jack pot
"Oh, come off; that's not square, {"
declared the biggest loser.
'Why?'
You We got all the chips. Aren t you
going to give the rest of us show"
That's not it. You know l don't
care for your money, but
"You'r re getting it.
Maybe L am. But | really must
quit. You sec, 1 am married You fell
lows are single. It is ~ o'clock now,
and if don't get home | will be in &.
pretty mess. AS it is L expect to find
my mother-in-law and my wife waiting
for me. You are not married.
am, declared the man whose luck
had just returned.
And you are going 10 play all night?"
If I want to-.
And drink
'Bct your life
And smoker"
Cert
Your wife won't say anything to
you when you go homer
:" Not Il word. -
Doesn't she object to your playing
poker, drinking and smoking all night"
oh | don't know. am not worry
ing about IT. Stay all night!'
There, you see it's bluff" declar-
ed the biggest loser.
It's all very well for Harvey to talk
about the way no has his wife trained
but can't do it, rejoincd the man
with the biggest stack of chips "But 1
tell you what L will do. I'll give my
stack if he will tell me- how he man
ages it. p"
"Done!' cried the man whose luck
had turned as he reached for them.
My wife is out of town visiting some
friends. "-Chicago Times Herald
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-09
BUSINESS VERY DULL.
Unusually Large Number Of Fail
ureS Reported,

: New York, Jan Bradstrcet's to-.
morrow will say:
With eXception..of reports from II dozen
South Atlantic coast and gulf State cities,
jobbers ut nearly all distributing centers
say business is dull and without new fea.
lures. Demand has improved at Chicago
and st. Louis for hats, hardware, shoes
and dry goods, but trade in those lines is
fair only. Cold weather has stimulated
purchases of clothing ut some points.
Little general, recovery from holiday dull
ness is reported rs yet. At most centres
statesmen are just starting out. Collec-
tions are reported unsatisfactory, but in
many instances merchants express them
selves as hopeful Of good spring business.
The price movement has had little sig.
niicance, advances having.been shown in
hides, which have become relatively
scarce, "urpentine, coffee, wheat, oats and
tin. Firm and practically unchanged
quotations have been recorded for wheat,
flour, pork, sugar. cotton, print cloths
and petroleum, and reactions are reported
in quotations for Southern pig iron, lard
ana corn. The week has been marked by
exceptionally heavy orders for Southern
rs depressed and the market is as unsat-
isfactory rs heretofore with lower prices
expected.
The weeks total of business failure.
throughout the United States is ASS, one
of the largest ever reported. This is con-
trasted with 800 in the last week of
1896, with 446 in the first week of lS95,
and with ISL iii the like portion of 1874.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-09
THE BLACK SNAKE.
re Ia ~ Much at Home In Tree Tops as
ON Terra Firma.


There has been much discussion among
naturalists and i'll sportsmen's journals
regarding the ability of the black snake,
our one constructor, 10 travel swiftly
amid the branches. Ten thousand men
have seen the sleek black streak of rope
accomplish the feat easily. Here is but
one incident:
The black snake S habitat includes Hi
nois. Lasallo county is not far north
of the center of the state. and perhaps q
little west of the center line drawn
north and south. There are some very
good woods III Lasalle county, because
through that county run two of tho
Mississippi's tributaries - the Illinois
and one of its branches, the Vermilion.
Balley's creek is one of tho little farm
land tributaries of the Vermilion river
Along the creek are reaches Of woodland,
or mt least there were awhile ago. In
those bits of woods-bits as compared
with Michigan forcsts--there are and
have been black snakes, great fellows,
worthy of their reputation farther east
This is what happened one day when
young follow went hunting. 1t is worth
the telling, because it illustrates tho
black snakes nimbleness among the treo
tops:
Wandering along cautiously and quiz
city, looking for shot Oh either side,
the young man heard suddenly an I'M
common rustling among the leaves
above him. He looked up and saw some
thing that astonishcd him. a fox squir-
rel--and a fox squirrel is the biggest of
the squirrel kind-was leaping from
limb to limb, from tree to tree, iii mortal
alright, evidently fleeing from some
deadly enemy. Close behind him, curry
ing, twining and twisting, but with all
details of its lOcomotion invisible from
below, so swift its progress and so easy
its passing from limb to limb and tree
to tree, came three to five feet of black
ness 1t was a black snake pursuing the
fox squirrel. Its chase was hopeless. but
the ability and the hungry earnestness
of this one constructor of our northern
woods were demonstrated remarkably.
AS for the man underneath-well, he
was young fellow with shotgun.
The young fellow with shotgun is q
reasonably good shot in tho country,
and he kills snakes. He poured load
of shot into that black streak among
the branches, and it dropped to the
ground. merely Il foul, dead, moderately
sized specimen of Boscanion constructor.
Recreation.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-09

Every one has noticed how, when a
large branch OF tree is cut off. small
branches will shoot out around the
stump. These branches are from the re-
serve buds. of which all trees have a
great number at every portion of their
surface. Under ordinary circumstances
these never como to maturity, but when
tho tree is wounded or cut Off or loses
some of its branches the reserve buds at
once come into play and renew the foli-
age
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-09
ON MEXICAN SOIL.

Little Rock, Ark, Jan. S.-Dan Stuart
and Secreatry Whcelock were in Little
Rock for an honr this morning on their
way TO Dallas. While here Stuart told a
Gazette representative that the Corbett-
Fitzsimmons fight would take place on
Mexican soil
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-09

The best ANTHRACITE, EGG STONE
AND NUT coal for sale by w. X. AN
DREWS Il CO. ,219 Salem avenue Look
out for the belled teams.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-09
ST. ANDREWS MISSION.


The mission services ,at st. Andrews
Catholic Church last night were largely
attended and were of IL very solemn and
impressive character. The subject of
Rev. Father Hopper's discourse was u
most eloquent one and was listened to
with deep attention. He opened the ser.
mon with this affecting suggestion: "Can
you look at the face of your divine Savior
dying upon the cross and then doubt the
mercy Of Almighty God,'' The penitent
thief was likewise mentioned, rs was also
the contrition of Mary Magtlalcne and
the Prodigal Son. The reverend father
dwelt eloquently on these particular cases
and demonstrated to his deeply interested
hearers that the Almighty was willing to
receive AM. to forgive sinners, provided
they are most hcartily..sorry and promise
never again to offend IL most mercful
God. Again it was told that it was the
plain duty of the Catholic Ito do unto
his neighbor as he would be Gone by \
great many people imagine that these SER
vices are for Catholics only: but the
church is always open to any person and
any information regarding Catholicism
can he willingly obtained from the Paulist
Fathers, or atany time by applying to the
resident pastor, Rev. Father Lynch. Tie
subject Of to.night's discourse is
''Prayer,' of which much can he said
Services begin at $50 p. m sharp.
The best ANTHRACITE, EGG STONE
AND NUT coal for sale by w. X. AN
DREWS * Co, 219 Salem avenue Look
out for the belled teams
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-09
ARCHBISHOP ENTHRoNED.

England, Eng, Jan, S.-Thc Right
Hon. and Most Rev. Frederick Temple,
ID. was cnthroned to day in the Cathe
dral here as archbishop of Canterbury
ana primate OF England
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-09
ELY BROTHERS

Dc Warren street. New York City.
Rev. John Reid, Jr., of Great Falls,
Mont, recommended Ely's Cream Balm
to me. | can emphasize his statement,
"lt is positive cure for catarrh if used
~ directed. Rev. Francis w. Poole,
Pastor Central Pres. Church, Helena,
Mont.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-09

FOR POCAHONTAS NUT OR LUMP
COAL GO 70 w. X. ANDREWS &
CO., 210 SALEM AVENUE. Their
teams have bells.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-09
TIie Given Point

Berham-It took three hours for cur
parade to pasa Il given point.
AIRS. Berham-Was the given point a
s2loon?-Truth.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-09
THIS is YOUR OPPORTUNITY

On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps.
generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular CataIrh and Hay Fever
Cure (Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient 10
demonstrate its great merit. Full size
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HANNA.

Whatever may be the result of the
Ohio elections to-day, the fact will re.
main that in the Senatorial struggle
thereby virtually ended the people Of
Ohio and the country at large have
witnessed development in American
politics that is anything but promising
Of beneficial effect in future.
1t is not so much in the mere fact
of the candidacy of Mark Hanna for
the Senate that this development is to
be found. 1t Is true that Hanna
stands for bossIsm and slush funds in
politics, but he is not he first candi-
date to represent those evil elements
in an American campaign. 1t Is also
true that he has injected INTO our po
liticaI methods what may be called
the capitalized syndicate machine sys-
tenn of securing support and combat
Ing opposition. But neither in this
peculiarly Hannaesque conception is
the greatest menace presented by the
spectacle of a Hanna in politics. That
menace lies in the subiugation of
President of the United States to
dominant mind whose crafty introduce
ton of "business methods into politics.
made possible The purchase of a Pres
idential nomination aud the employ
ment of sinister influences insuring
victory at the polls for that nominee.
Never before in the history of the
United States has political struggle
in one of those States been so strongly
aud increasingly subjected TO the al
most Irresistible pressure possible to |
the exercise OF national admiuistra- |
toms influence. Never before has an |
American President been so entirely |
the tool of the man or men who made |
him. Never before has personal pc
Iitical debt been paid by an American
President in SO shameless q manner
and at such threatened cost to the
people.
If Marx Hanna Is to be sent to the
United States Senate from Ohio, the
manner of his election and the mean
ng of lis presence in the Senate
Chamber will be tn fitting accord, the
me with the other The warwick OF
trust-made President, the toee ,
representative of voters overawed and
by the display of all the
over possible to a trnst-swayed Pres Y
lenllai champ onship of his cause,
lama will stand in the Senate rs the
Official embodiment of ;he Trust and :
le living proof of the purchasing
over OF the dollar 1t was for the 8
of the former that he t
ltered politics 1t will be owing to !,
lie potency OF the latter that he ia
lsbled TO remaiu.--St. Louis Repub. d
!. o
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06
TRu sERIOUs FOR JEST.

The TINES has been the recipient oil
many communications, written and
verbal, concerning the unfortunate
/ gtierance of Governor McLaurin in
his statement to reporter, in which
he confcsses his frailty, aud implores
the prayers of the righteous TO aid
him in outstanding the temptations
Of his besetting sin. That the chief
executive of state should be placed in
such an attitude is without precedent,
aud its lameutable character entirely
overshadows Its ludicrous aspect.
a solemn appeal for intercession to
overcome temptation, if earnestly and
conscIentiously made, is far too SER
ions and sacred to be made the SUBJ
ject Of jest. If made merely in order
to enlist the sympathy of religious
persons it would be an instance of
hypocrisy for which no condemnation
would be too severe.
Whatever may have been the mo-
tive prompting it, it is an evidence of
pilia6le weakness and culpability
which must reflect shame upon the
State of Mississippi aud bring morti-
icatiou to those who have wished to
ionOr the governor as its foremost
.itlzen
The compassion of the Governor,
not true TO the core, falls little short
2 blasphemous hypocrisy. II It is
rue, we have IA weakliDg for a COVER ]
or aud he could have given dignity
, the pitiful statement only by &C
lmuauyiug il with his resignation !
he people may well BOW in. prayer I
n pardon for the shame and degra- Il
alton that they are responsible for l
wing put upon the fair name of the 7
ate. y
Il will not be the humilating con- b
ssion of a. J. McLauriD, bat of the q
vernon Of the State of Mississippi b
81 will 60 out over this broad land r
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06
"MIZEOURY."

n@ State of Missouri Is IN I'M
-. "a paroxysm similar to TIA
-, Nort time ogo convulseI
-, ~, >Onse being the pronun'
cIa,ion If ,nc nam OF the state Ih'
uiah school of q, >'umbla has sen
10th an edict decreeing N"' W. P''P'
mode is "Mizzoury'-uot i" '''oU
nor vel Mlzzoura The prof. ~ ''''
the opposition seems to arise ROW 'h'
fact that the ouly other words IN ~
language in which is given th'
sound Of Il are misery, ana its deriy
atives. The following extract from
the 81. Louis Republic will serve u
show the depth Of feeling Stirred b.
the decree OF the Columbia College;
Werag to admit that there is
small very small, remnant Of "Mtz
zuuryuus" LETT IN our grand old com
muuwealth. They are back Numbered
lossilized, autiquated and mossbaeHcd
They sllll reject The Copernlcau theor,
and declare the earth fiat rs II paucak
and as immovable and uuprogressh'
as they are. They still carry their
corn TO mtll in sack with a rock II
the other end for ballast; they plant
their potatoes in the moon, instead Of
IN The earth; pick their teeth with ii
table fork, chew loug-green terbacker.
aud sigh for The good old days when
recufied Ticker sold for bit Il gallon.
They are Of that very select few who
know 1t all aud wonders what the
world will do when they go away
They are now as scarce in this State
as the bounding bison upon the plains
and will soon pass into the obsolutc
list along with the dodo, the pteo-
dacty aud the Ichthyosaurus
Mis- sou-risur, upon the other hand,
hive in the present century. They are
up to date, logical aud consistent.
Eclectic in thelr methods, they choose
the best of everything. With becom-
ing reverence for the path finders, the
forerunners of this latterday civiliza.
ton, they bless the memory of those
who hewed down the forests and level
ed the mountains, initiating their
many virtues, their honesty, integrity
of Purpose aud uuhagging patriotism;
yet, profring by the experience OF
= "ebIe ancestry, they strive TO build
TINS -"ar. deeper and stronger,
wiser ana Dc. IA aud working
their errOr- - faith |
out the problem so fearlessly ALI,
'ully begun. Such is the modern Mis-
iou-rlan, and to this preponderating
element 81 2 per cent of the people
If the Slate belong. Star of the first
magnitude, brightest aud best in the
Inning galaxy of Federal Union, our
but ever triumphant
state takes leading station, and her
ame, rhythmic, as the breath of even.
Dg aud sweet as the music of falling
waters, rightly pronounced, is always
iis-sou-ri Mis-sou-re)
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06

The following bewilderiDg array OF
parties is what voters had to choose
from in the states holding elections
this week:
In Ohio: Democratic, National
Democratic, Republicans, Populist,
socialist.Labor and Negro Protection;
IN Iowa: Democratic, National Demo-
cratic, Republican, Middle-of-Road
Populist aid Prohibition; in Kentucky:
Democratic. National Democratic aud
Republican,, ia Nebraska: Democratic
PopuIst. National democrat. Rorub-
lean, Prohibition aud Liberty Parry;
ia New Goak: Republican, Tammsny.
Democratic Free Silver Democratic.
Iud.PendeUt Republican Pa Gleason.
Prohibition aH5 e0c.aH-g 90 Mary
'snd: Republican. s0c.alisiic aud
Democratic, in Massachusetts,: r.
publican, ID emocratic. National Demo
cratic aud Prohibitions; n Pennsyl-
Vania: Democratic, Republican, Pro
Hbition and Independents; in Vir.
yinis: Democratic, Populist, Prohi- |
1ition, Republicans, Anti.Machins !
Republican aud SocIsIisdc |
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06
Nothing Proven.

The cuief Importance Of the latC
elections is generally considered TO bt
the influence they will exert on the
next national election. The history
of such elections and the influence
eXeried by them on subsequent ones
ls not such as to warrant predictions
or to show that State election indl.
Gates With any certainty the spirit or
feeling that will direct those which
follow. Nothing is so tickle as pub.
lie sentiment, nothing more fluuctua.
ing Ihan political Issues. 1t is beyond
the reach OF ,.,,""su ken to guess on
what grounds he issues of 1900 Gil
be fought, Two wears is long enough
to change entirely the whole political
Kaleidoscope; and while it is reason.
aole to suppose that such subject as
the tariff will be leading issue Of the
next national elactioB, it would be
absurd TO claim il as the only one
Or that tue questions on which State
municipal aud local defeat and victory,
hung in 1897, or IN 1896 will be the |
same on which the coming battle will |
be waged
Democracy has no reason 10 be dis
satisfied with the results of the cleo.
ion as an evidence of the status of
he party or the chances for its future
uccesS Much has been heard in these
after times OF Democratic disintegra-
ion, confusion snd dissolulion; but
he we T. elections shows thai after
II, ia spite OF taa new and
TRANCE ido'=mler which many have
one a-Iaytl5 100 CREST parties Pc
iaH practically iHac. auI be.r
eailss, adherence to- Their distlu.
li-au2 principle firm as ever. up-
iaken b. the muttude OF broom
wths which have sprung up in
leir shadow. !
=
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06
Administrator Notice.

Letters of administration were issrod
10 the undersigned on the estate nj
j: II bron, deceased by the Cboncar o.
Clerk of Washington comfy Mj Seisy
sippi, on the 2lst day of Oct3ber i Isas
All persons having claims against i ga
estate are hereby notified f. nrob oa,u
ana an register said claims before said
Cleik within one year from TIM 2 date nv
the same Will be forever barred.
Oct 23-lts- -,ieON' Aum,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06
CITATION NOTICE.

State of Mississippi.
To John S. HALEY, Administrator
You are hereby commanded to ap-
pear before the Chaucery Court of the
County OF Washington, In said State,
at the next regular term thereof, the
nrst Monday of March, 1898, and
show cause why letters of Administra.
ton, issued you on the estate of VIM.
f HALEY, deceased, should not be re.
voked
Given under my hand and official
seal, this the 2Sth day of October, A.
D. 1897 T. II. HOOD, Clerk.
oct30.s
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06

order on its minutes, so far as
we are advised, has the Board
employed other counsel, or
dispensed with the services Of
IFS regular attorney.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06
Anchor Line.

E,s.aE@k Boats paSs GreeAYille. two
srn5. each way, twice q week
gu ana Wednesday. Beats going
S ~ .ne river connecting at Memphis,
al USLro sno 81, Louis with all railroad 8
attention to way and plsnfst,on hn.;I
ness The right is reserved ta mss snv
landing deemed unsafe, say
Excursion rates now on sale tn Mar
pms, Cairo and st. Louis, with priViIt ge
OF returning by rail. Rooms engaged IN
ahv boat or date. Further ipfermStjan
cheerfully furnished on application.
ID. HAYS, General Agent
LYME sr.D,, Vicksburg. Miss,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06
ASHEvILLE. N, c.

Asheville, n. c., is situated in tho
heart of the mountains of Wa az .ne
North Carolina 1000 feet above th os'e ern
leFel' is free from all malarial and faSer
diseases, and is reached via The so o1tSr
erh' on most convenient schedules
5eud your job Work IN Tho T7,-r
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06

Don't fail 20 visit our Garnet Dc.
partm ent.
Mn sIEsIPPI HARDWARE Cd.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-06

W ny send your Jug orders
to retailers Z? By sending di..
rect to us you save tAair PROT
lW. q. INfNHEER.