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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-28

1t never rains but it pcurs. With the
reported rich finds of gold in Alaska
comes the news of the discovery of the
Inca Colds fields in Peru. When Piz-
zarro, the Spanish advepturer, conquered
Peru gold was as plentiful there as sill
yer now is in Colorado. The source of
the supply, however, was not discovered
by the Spaniards during search for hun
dreds of years. Now G. DeMoranda. n
petroleum magnate, reports that Cali
fornian named Harrison is among the
successful prospectors in the departments
of Cuzco and Puma, where the Inca mines
are said to be located, and that in June
last he took from one of his many claims
279 pounds of gold. Many Englishmen
are also reported to have been equally
lucky in the same fields. ~" -7.-
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-28
y THE SUGAR SUPPLY.

The production of sugar from the Gull
tivation of the sugar beet will, in the
opinion of some, receive stimulus from
the Dingley tariff bill, lately passed by
Congress, and the Secretary of Agricul-
ture is doing all he can to promote the
industry. The tariff law by the tax
imposed on foreign sugar will seriously
interfere with the European sugar IL
dustry, AMI rs the crop there this year
is the largest ever made, European man
ufacturers of sugar are seriously disturb
ed at the prospects of 4 limited demand
for their product in this country.
Within the past few years the Euro.
pean beet sugar industry has grown to
immense. proportions. In 1851 tue total
beet sugar production OF all Europe
amounted to ouly. 1872, 900 tons. Since
that time, however, the industry has
gradually increased in volume and ex-
tent until now it includes almost every
European country. 1t is estimated that
the sugar crop of Germany this year will
yield 1880, 900 tons; of Austria, 1000, 00C
tons; Of France, 100000 tons; OF Russia,
100000 tons; of Belgium, 100000 tons,
and of Holland, 15O 900 tons. The sugar
industry in these various countries is
stimu lated by the shortage of the Cuban
product and also by means of bounties,
the largest of which is offered by the
German government.
There is no reason why the S130, 000,.
O00 paid annually by the American people
for the sugar they consume should go to
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-28
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.

The Secretary of the Treasury holds
that the new tariff act was in effect at
the beginning of the day on which it re-
ceived the approval OF the President, and
therefore became operative after mid
night of friday, July 90. Assistant Sec
rotary Howell sent a telegram to collec
tors of customs on Monday that the
Treasury Department holds that the new
tariff law covers and includes all custom
business of Saturday, July "a, and later in
the day n formal circular OF instructions,
covering more fully the departments
views on the subject, was printed and
mailed to all customs collectors. The
opinion of the attorney general has not
been requested Oh the matter, the depart.
ment holding that the question is of suffi-
cient Importance to justify them in TAX
ing it to the courts for final determine
ton, independent of what the views of
the law officers of the government might
be as to the merits OF the case.
Senator Allison holds that the act
covers all CT the day on which it became
law and this is also the view of all of
the prominent officials of the Treasury
Department, including the collectors of
customs ut New York and several of the
leading ports of the country. 1t lis
roughly estimated that the amount of
duties involved in this question will he
from 100000 to $200.O00 and it is be-
lieyed the internal revenue department.
will save a greater amount by the new
ruling than the customs branch of the
service. During the five days from Tues
day, July 20, to and Including Saturday,
July a. the internal revenue stamp
agencies sold approximately SO, 1871 800
in beer stamps alone. and of this amount
it is estimated that not more than one
third, or 81 .727 ,266, reached their destina-
ton before the act went into effect. The
saving to the Government on these sales
of beer stamps alone is expected to aggre-
gate not less than $lS3, 900.
Commissioner Forman on Monday tel
egraphed all stamp agents to settle only
on the basis of the increased rate of 7 2
cents per barrel, and it is expected that
these instructions will apply to all cases
where the stamps were not actually
affixed to the packages before the new
rate became operative. No figures as to
the amount of cigarette stamps disposed
of have yet been received, but it is be-
lieSed that the sales have been abnormally
large, as the rate of tax on cigarettes,
speaking generally, was increased 100 per
cent, or from fifty cents per thousand to
one dollar. The inducements to tobacco
manufacturers to lay in large supply
were even greater than in the case of the
brewers.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-28

The fight between Tom Watson. of
Georgia, and Senator Butler, of North
Carolina, grows in bitterness with the
lapse of time. Mr.. Watson believes that
the course of Senator Butler in advocacy
of fusion has nearly wrecked the PEG.
pies party and Mr.. Butler is certain
that the disturbing element in Populism
is the Hon. Thomas E. Watson, of Geor-
gia. What the end of it all will te no
man can predict with confidence; but it
is just as likely that both of these emf
nent statesmen have gone about as high
as they will ever go and that other men
of less bitterness and more common
sense will take their places as leaders of
the party in which ut one time they were
a power.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-28

foreign countries, when all the .condi.
tions OF soil and climate for its production
are found in the United States. Such
LARGE sum kept at home would help I'm
mensely to increase business In this
country by giving money crop to the
farmers and employment to thousands
in the cultivation Of the beet and the
manufacture of sugar. The tariff bill
will bear heavily on the people in many
directions. but, inasmuch as it will be in
force for four years at least, 1T is right
and proper to make the best of the situa-
ton, and, If such law will tend to make
the country independents in the matter
of sugar, the good In this respect should
be male the most of, while the evil
effects of the law should be avoided as
far as possible.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-28
POPE 10 MR.. DAVIS.
Letter From PiuX TX to President of
Confederacy,

Confederacy.
AS there has been some controversy
among Catholics as to the position of
Pope Plus IN regarding the Confeder.
acy, the following letter to President
Jefferson Davis, found among the Con-
federate records in thes tate Department.,
will be of interests
lllustrious and Honorable Sir: Health!
We have received with all fitting kindness
the gentleman sent by your eXcellency to
deliver us your letters bearing date the
Odd of. September.la We certainly cxpe.
rience no small pleasure when we learned
from the same gentleman and the letters of
your eXcellency with what great emotions
OF Joy and gratitude. toward us you were
affected, illustrious and honorable sir,
when you were first made acquainted
with our letters TO those reverend breth-
rem, John, Archbishop of New Orleans,
written on the 18th Of October, of last
year, in which he again and again urged
and eXhorted the same reverend brethren,
that, as behnoved their distinguished
piety and their episcopal charge, they
should most zealously use every effort
fatal civil war that had arisen in those
regions. and that those people of Amer
lea might at length attain mutual peace
and concord, and be united in mutual
charity.
And very grateful was it to us, illus
trioIs and honorable sir, to perceive that
you and those people were animated with
the same feeling of peace and tranq guilty,
which we so earnestly inculcated in the
letters mentioned as having been address
ed to the aforesaid reverend brethren
Aud would that other people also OF
those regions and their rulers, seriously
considering how grevous and mournful
thing is internicene war, would be
pleased with tranq il minds to embrace
and enter upon counsels of peace. We,
indeed, shall not cease with most fervent
prayers to beseech and prays.God, TO pour
out the spirit of Christian charity and
peace upon all those people of America
and deliver them from the evils so great
with which they are afflicted.
And of the most merciful Lord of com
passion himself we likewise pray that II e
may .illume your eXcellency with the
light of HIS grace, and may ccnjoin you
in perfect love with ourself.
Given Mt Rome ut St. Eeter's, Deem
Der 3D., ia the year 1868, and of our pom
tiiicate the eighteenth. Plus PIP. IN.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-28
MoNally, the Boston swimmer, did not

McNally, the Boston swimmer, did not
make the trip from Dover to Calais, as
the currents were against him in his at
tempt to swim the English channel. He
swan, however, to within three miles of
Cape Grizneg, n distance of 35 miles,
which is said to be more than has ever
been accomplished by any man before,
although there seems to he some sort of
tradition that Captains Boynton and
Webb have swan the English channel. 1t
is very hard TO down American pluck
and perseverance
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-28
THERE IS NOTHING so GOOD.

There is nothing just as good as Dr.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, SO demand it and do
not permit the dealer to sell you some
substitute. He will not claim there is
anything better, but in order to make
more profit he may claim something else
to be just as good. You want DR.. Kings
New Discovery because you know it to be
safe and reliable and guaranteed to do
good or money refunded For Coughs,
Colds, Consumption and for all affections
oil Throat, Chest and Lungs there is moth
ing SO good as is DIR. Kings New Dscov-
cry. Trial bottles free at Massie's Phar-
macy, 100 Jefferson street.
Regular size 80 cents and $1.00.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-28

No mystery about it. When the
Shakers offered some time ago to give
away Il bottle of their Digestive Cordial
to any one who might call at their New
York office, there was great rush and
great mahy PEOPLE thought they were
crazy.
Subsequent events proved it to have
been very clever advertising transac.
ton, for although they gave away
thousands of bottles, it was in the end
profitable; nearly every one that took q
free bottle came back for more and paid
for it with pleasure, saying they had de-
rived better results from its use than
from any other medicine they had ever
used.
There is nothing.so uniformly successful
in the treatment of stomach troubles as the
Shaker Digestive Cordial, and, what is
better than all, it relieves at once.
LAHOL. the new form of Castor Oil is
so palatable that children lick the spoon
clean.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-28
THERE ARE OTHERS.

M. Ellyson is no: the only man Xix ely
to he punished for going against his ~on-
victions and voting with mis- party.
Hon. r. Taylor Scott, attorney general
has probably been caught between the
same r:illstones. News
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-28
NO KICK COMING.

You walk in my store, put on a pair OF
easy shoes snd pay me just a small price
for them and you are one of tho best sat
isfled men in town. My shoes are easy to
wear and easy to buy. Come TO either
storc-Salem avenue or Jefferson street.
BACHRACH.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-28
RECIPROCITY.

Lewiston Journal: While England is
charitably hoping that Spain and Japan
will give the Yankees little blood let
ting, the United States is sending $50,-
600 and supplies of grain to the starving
Hindoos in India.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-28
CASToRIA.
me fac n
smile ~ 10 On
aignature/ ~ AATN7@$Z every
Of CEx@\2V ZLLC&<Z% Wrapper.

100000 VOTES-FOUR OFFICES.
Manchester Union: T. Thomas For.
tune states that the colored men gave
Mckinley 1900. 900 votes and have
secured only four. minor colored appoint
ments to official places. He threatens
retaliation with n big r.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-28

ington, C.,says:
l was for a long
time under treat
Inent of two of
the best physi-
clans of this CITY,
Tor a severe case
of blood poison,
but my condition
grew worse all
the while, not
withstanding the
fact that they
charged me three
hundred dollars.
My mouth was
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-28
Blood Poison,

Contagious Blood Poison has been an.
propriately called the curse of manL;nS
It is the one disease that physicians 90,
not cure; their mercurfal aud notssf
remedies only bottle up the poison in
the system, to surely break forth in
more virulent form, resulting in a total
wreck of the system.
Mr.. Frank B. Martin, a prominent
ieweler at o26 Pennsylvania Ave yVast,
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-28

filed with eating sores; my tongue was
almost eaten away, SO that for three
months was unable to taste any solid
food. My hair was coming out rapidly.
and was in n horrible fix. had tried
various treatments, and was nearly dis
couraged, when friend recommended
SIS. After had taken four bottles, I
finished eighteen bottles, was cured
sound and we'll, my skin was without
blemish, and have had no return of
the disease. S.S.S.saved me from life
of misery" SIS. guaranteed purely
vcgeta6ie) will cure any case of blood
poison. Books on the disease
& Isl: !: =: !: g: g: 8 S S S
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-28
Regular size 90 cents and $1.0O

Breakfast, % cents; dinner. 25 cents:
supper % cents. Meal tickets) E4. j..
Catogni's restaurant.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-28

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money IL 1t fails
to Cure 25c. For sale by Chas. Lyle.
The advocate., 1897-09-22
Old Irish Customs,

The primitive manners and customs
are fast dying out in Ireland; what with
light railways and a developed tourist
traffic old times and old ways are rap
idly being assimilated to those Of Eng
land. Even the language is fading out
on the western coast, where it was once
dominant, and where the rich gutturals
can still be heard from the older peas
ants; but 1t is going in spite of every
effort for its retention Yet enough re-
mains In Ireland at the present day to
interest deeply not only the chronological
student but also the average tourist.
The jaunting car is known to most
people, but the earlier means Of carriage,
still In use, are little known. Panniers
are cOmmOn-two large baskets, one on
each side of an ass, with a great pile of
turf in each, Is an everyday sight. This
turf is brought down from the mountains
by steep, rugged paths, in creels fastened
on rude shafts, the ends Of which, some
times shOd with iron, trail along on the
ground. Between the shafts the horse
or donkey is tied with many cords and
straw ropes and very little leather. The
next type--a common kind, Is where the
wheels and axle are one and revolve to-
gethor in staple fastened to the shafts.
The wheels are solid, and the body Of the
cart is tilted up from the shafts behind
in order to do away with the slOping pO-
sition. All the cottages have spinning
wheels, where the busy mother spins
enough for her large family-that is,
enough for the winter time, for the sum-
mer is easily pulled through, and stock
ings are not in demand.-Sketch.
The advocate., 1897-09-22

tories in this country, two being in this
city, one in Philadelphia, and one In
st. Louis. These four were started after
the expiration Of the original CrOOke
patent. The foil is also made in Eng
land, France and Germany, it's produc-
ton being especially large in the last
named country. Owing to the impossi-
bility Of competing with foreign labor
in its manufacture, the United States
has no export trade except little with
Havana, where 1t Is used in the packing
Of cigars.
The output of tinfoil in this country
amounts to millions OF pounds a year,
but there are no data accessible on which
to base exact or even approximate fig
ures. The market price Of the most ex-
pensive embossed and lacquered foils
runs as high as rs cents a pound, and
from that II goes down so low that manu-
facturers do not like to quote the mini
mum rates. One of them said that the
average price had been reduced one-half
within the last fifteen or twenty years,
being lower now than ever before since
the foil was invented. This was due to
increased facilities Of manufacture, in
creased production, and, especially, keen
competition, particularly. in the lower
grades Of the prOduct.-New York Post.
The advocate., 1897-09-22
Public Baths in New York,

The question of erecting public laun-
dries where any woman may go and do
the washing for her family by the pay
ment Of few cents, is now agitating the
minds of the Citizens Union Of New
York. The same subject was broached
last year by the Association for Improv-
ing the Condition of the Poor, but with
out definite results. This plan of hav-
ing public laundries where the admission
fee secures the use of tubs, driers and
all the conveniences with which the
place is supplied is by no means i'm
practicable, as the scheme is in full and
satisfactory operation in many large
European cities. At ST. Marylebone,
London, a public bath and a public laun-
dry under the same roof were opened
last year by the Duke and Duchess of
York. The laundry is divided into a
wash house, drying ironing and mang-
ling rooms. The wash house is divided
into seventy-fOuR compartments, in each
of which are two tubs with hot and cold
water scrubbing boards pals, etc., with
four steam wringing machines under the
charge of a special officer. The drying
room is heated by flues from two large
coke furnaces, and is furnished with
seVenty-four separate drying horses.
Two steam mangles, large ironing ta-
BILE, two gas stoves for heating irons and
two radial drying horses make the IRON
ing room complete in it's appointments.
The whole place is ventilated with large
air exhaust fans and lighted by a lantern
roof.
The advocate., 1897-09-22
Modern Dams in India.

The necessity for water storage is as
great now as it ever was, but most Of
the large dams constructed in India in
recent years are built of masonry. Two
notable exceptions must be noted in
passing, however, viz, the BarOda dam,
completed in 1891, which is 14,40O feet
long, and the Asbti dam, which is 12,907,
both Of these being of earth. The ad-
mirable report by Mr.. Herbert NJ Will
son, on Irrigation in India" published
in the Twelfth Annual Report of the
United States Geological Survey, con-
tains illustrations and descriptions of
large number of the notable dams of that
country. There are three, however,
which seem worthy of special mention,
namely, the Tansa, Bhatgur and Periar
dams. The one first named, which
makes the reservoir that stores the wa
ter supply of Bombay, is 11S feet high
and $500 feet long The Bhatgur dam
is 127 feet high and 4,O67 feet long, while
that at Periar is the highest in actual
use at the present time, its extreme
height being 173 feet. The water in the
reservoir behind it is 100 feet deep.
The advocate., 1897-09-22

Cirrus clouds are the highest which
float above our heads, either in summer
or winter. Were you to ascend into the
center Of one of average height you
would be six miles above the earth in
hot weather like this. In winter you
would be a mile lower. The whole sys-
TEN of clouds rises as the weather gets
warm, and falls as it grows cold.
Another interesting fact, lately discOV-
cred, is that clouds begin to rise to some
extent in the morning and continue until
neon, when they commence to fall. I'M
agine one of these long, feathery cirrus
clouds is white air-ship plowing
through the celestial deep Though its
motion is scarcely perceptible, on ac-
count of the great height, it's average
rate of speed has been found to be more
than a mile minute in summer. In
winter clouds travel almost dOubly as
fast as in summer. Cirrus clouds in
winter have an average speed Of more
than 100 miles an hour, while they some-
times attain a velocity of 230 miles in the
same interval.-Boston Evening Trans
cript.
The advocate., 1897-09-22
siberials Beautiful Flower.

Travellers in Siberia tell of the won
derful flower that grows there, and which
blooms only in January, when the win
ter is at it's height. The blossom has
something Of the characteristic of the
morning glory, lasting only a single day.
The flower when it opens Is star-shaped,
its petals of the same length as the
leaves, and about half an inch In width.
On the third day the extremities of the
anthers, which are five in number show
minute, glistening specks, veritable veg
etable diamonds, about the size of pins
head-these are the seed of the flower.
A Russian nobleman named AnthoskOff
took number of the seeds to st. Peters
burg, They were placed in a pot of snow
and frozen earth. On the coldest day
Of the following January the miraculous
flower burst through it's icy covering
and displayed its beauties 10 the wonder
ing scientists. The plant has been very
appropriately named "the little snow
flower. r."-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The advocate., 1897-09-22
Family Reading.
WHY NOT9

Why not look forward far as Plato looked,
And see the beauty OF our coming life,
AS he saw that which might be ours to-day?
Isl his SOUL then, could rise so far beyond
The brutal average OF that old time
When Icy peaks OF art stood sheer and high
In fat black valleys where the helOt tOied;
II be from that could sec 80 far ahead,
Could forecast days when Love and Justice
both
Should watch tho cradle OF healthy child,
And Wisdom walk with Beauty and pure Joy
In oil the common ways of daily life,-
Then may not we, from great heights hardly
won,
Bright hills of liberty, broad plains Of peace,
And iOwer-sweet valleys OF warm human love,
Still broken by the chasms OF despair
Where Poverty and Ignorance and Sin
POllute the air OF all, l,-Why not from this
Look on as Plato looked, and see the day
When, his Republic and our Heaven joined,
Shall make life what God meant t2
Aye, we do!
Charlotte Perkins Stetson.
The advocate., 1897-09-22

More people are drowned around New
York City alone every year than there
are deaths from lightning all over the
country. In fact, more people, by so
per cent, are killed by being kicked by
horses than die from lightning through
out the whole of the United States. The
casualties of the South show that the
dangers Of being lynched and of being
killed by lightning are about the same.
The trolley cars Of our cities kill far
greater number Of people than do the
lightning storms. Now, these are facts
they are strictly accurate and carefully
computed"
The advocate., 1897-09-22
But Little Danger From lightning

Writing on THE Needless Fear of
Lightning" Edward W. Box, in the Sep
tember Ladies Home Journal says that
sit will doubtless surprise the timid to
know that only 200 deaths year occur
on an average throughout the entire
country from lightning, or one person in
every $4,000 people Now, in cOmpar-
ison, fifteen times as many people are
killed each year by falling out of win
dOws; over twice as many from being
bitten by rattlesnakes, while Is per cent.
more are killed with 'unloaded' pistols.
The advocate., 1897-09-22
The speed Of Clouds,

Look about the heavens on the next
clear day until your eye falls upon a
collection of detached clouds, delicate,
flbrous and generally white, against a
bright blue background Sometimes they
are arranged in belts, crossing portion
Of the sky in great circles. Sometimes,
by perspective, they appear to converge
toward opposite points on the horizon.
They are usually long and slender ex-
tending in the direction of the upper
air currents in their region. These are
what are known as cirrus clouds. When
you see them in the west you may be
satisfied that the weather is to be clear.