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THE TIMES. ay BUY HOHKINU. BXCBi'T MONDAY ROANOKB PUZlLiBUlNQ CO., Publishers and Proprietors, T1MK8 BUILDING, m CAMPBELL AVKNUS 8. W. TBRM8 BY MAIL (Postage Prepaid), Dally, one month . .... 8.60 M three month* ..... 1.60 M elx months. 8X0 * ?nerear, In advance .... 6.00 enday Edition, one year .... 1.00 Ton Tinas la ? memoor ot the Associated Pros*?the greatest no ws-collectlng association in the world?and receives over a special wire the tall telegraphic news service ol the Associated Frees?the same news from all ovor the United BUte? and the world that Is simultaneously re sslved by the great dallies of New Yorx, Philadel? phia and Baltimore. JANUARY. 8 M T ~ W TPS . 19 3 4 5 O .7 8 9 10 11 19 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 SO SI 98 93 94 90 80 87 88 88 80 31 ... AN INVESTIGATION NEEDED. ' 'Tin: State Of things shown to exist at the penitentiary is a soandal to the St?te, and wo cannot doubt the legislature will promptly pass the measures neces? sary for changing it. It is scandalous that men should be fed as the prisoners have been shown to be fed there; and what is the meaning of this thing of tying men to the crucifix? The whole thing is scandalous, and should recelvo the immediate attention of the legisla? ture."?Richmond Times. The revelations at the recent joint meeting ot the committee on education and educational institutions, when the authorities of the State penitentiary appeared before it, showed a condition of affairs there, which, if true, is a disgrace to the State and a shame to the civilization under which its people are living. Acoordlng to the statement of Mr. Davis, president of the shoe company whloh has a large contract for the employment of Virginia prison labor, the convicts employed by him are virtually subjected to a starvation diet. He was oonsiderate enough for the superintendent of the penitentiary to Bay that the meagor and unwholo some food dispensed to the prisoners was given with a view to show profiiB on the part of tho management of the institution; but he did not hesitate to say that, in his exporlence with sov eral of the penitentiaries in the United States, in the matter of providing and dispensing food, the Virginia prison ranked first in beastly and niggardly Inhumanity. The superintendent, he said, had been feeding his prisoners at a coBt of less than five conts a ds.; par head. They had been seen going to their rooms ?aftsjia good days' work with a piece of .stale bread and a rotten fish, with mag? gots in It, for their supper, and with tears in their eyes had exhibited this mess of corruption as the reward of a hard days' work. He said in his ex? perience of more than twenty years in dealing with prison labor, he nad never witnessed Buch inhumanity. As there could have been no motive In this reve? lation other than the promptings of hu? manity on the part of Mr. Davis, slaco his own Interests might probably have been promoted by ignoring thlsconditlon of things, it is plain that there should b3 an immediate investigation of this alleged inhumanity. It is true tue prisoners at the penitentiary are crimi? nals who have wantonly broken the laws ot the State; but nevertheless, they are human beings and should be treated as such by tboBe in charge ot them. In decreeing the confinement to which they are subjected the State assumes the ditty of bousing and feeding them, and all such provisions should be made in accordance with the dictates of hu? manity and modern civilization. When tho work of investigation shall have been commenced It should ha searching .and thorough. The reputation of the State is at stake, and Virginians every? where will InBlst that, if such evils exist, they be promptly remedied, and such punishment visited on offenders as justice and the good name of Virginia require. A NOULE UNDERTAKING. The movement to erect a Confederate Memorial Hall or Battle Abbey for the South deserves every encouragement, not only from tho people of thlssootlon, ?hut from all who admire true heroism and valor, such aa was displayed by Southern Boldlers during tha late civil war. The Union has been fully restored, and the people of the South are as ready and willing to fight for tha general ?Government as those of any other' sec? tion oan potsibly be. Ic is, however, meat and proper that a building should be erected, in which tho records and other memorials of the Southern soldier ?can be kept, together with mementoes of the noble women who helped to mako this soctlon Immortal in those years of suffering and heroism. Mr. Charles Broadway Rousa, tho oml. .neat philanthropist, has offered to glvo '3109,000 towards tho erection of such a building, provided a like sum is sub? scribed by the Southern people and their friends. There ought not to be any dif? ficulty In securing this amount, and there will not be, judging by the active exertions whloh the Confederate oamps throughout tho South aro now making ?so ?il80 the required amount. Gen. Thomas L. Rosser, of the late Confed? erate army, is now making a tour in tho Interest of this movement, and on Mon? day evening next will deliver a lecture on the War between the States, for the benefit of the Battle Abbey fund, at the Y. H. 0. A. Hall in this olty, under the auspices of William Watts Gamp of Confederate Veterans. It is earnestly hoped that the leoture, of which a further notloe is printed else? where in The Times, will be largely at* tended, and that a substantial addition will be made to the fund, which has been so munifloently commenced by Mr. Rouen, who is himself an ex Confederate of the Twelfth'Virginia cavalry. Senator Marion Butler, of North Carolina, is a now man in the American house of lords, but he has already de? veloped great dispersing powers as a streaker in that body. On Tuesday last, the day he was billed for a speech on the finances, the galleries were nearly deserted when he began, and before he had spoken many minutes there was hardly standing room in the oloak de? partment for retiring Senators. Mr. Butler may not be a relative ot the man who talked himself to death, but, metaphorically speaking, he bids fair to be in the same fix, so far as the Senate is concerned. The Damoorat'c national committee, after twenty-nine ballots, selected Ohtcago as the plac9 for holding the Presidential convention and July 7 as the date. St. Louis made a gallant fight for the convention and oame near capturing it, the final vote being Chi? cago, 20; St. Louis, 24, and Cincinnati, 1, but no city, however great its aspira? tions, can covar the whole earth, so the enterprising hustlers of the "Future Great" had to be content with the Bo publican convention as glory enough In that line for this time at least. The unanimity with which the people of the United States supported Mr. Cleveland's affirmation of the Monroe dcotrlne ought to assure him and his friends, if he has any hankering for a third term, that it is idle to indulge in any auch hopes. If the people are such sticklers for precedent In the case of a promulgation by President Monroe, it may bo confidently expected that they will insist on following the example set in regard to a third term by the father of his country, George Washington. President Kruger an. American, Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 10 ?David H ay wood,-G. A; Hay wood, Charles and Parry Eoney and Charles Kr?ger, citi? zens ot Indianapolis, are first cousins of President Krugar, of the Transvaal. According to Mr. Hay wood's story, the mother of the Dutch president was born in Germany, but settled near Mauch Chunk, Pa , where the now dis? tlngulBhed president was born. When 13 years of age young Kruger ran away from home, and, until a few weeks ago, be had never been heard from. Joseph Kruger, who was a well-known con? tractor of Indianapolis about twenty years ago, was a brother of the South African statesman. Coal Mlneis Strike. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 16 ?One thou? sand miners atruolt to-day at the Morris Coal Company. President 0. C. Morris, of the Morris Coal Company, said in re? lation to the strike at the Hooking Valley mine of the company to day that one man had been discharged for send? ing ou t inferior coal, and because he had not beea taken back 1,003 miners had struck. The man, he said, would not be reinstated under any consideration. No question of wages is involved in the strike. Handiome Home Wedding. Norfolk, Va , Jan. 16 ?One of the handsomest home weddings of the season was solemnized by Rev. A. S. Lloyd, rector of St. Luke's P. hi. Church, this evening at 5 o'clock, when in the parlors of Judge R. W. Arnold's handsomo residence on Bute street, his daughter, Miss Martha Prince, was married to Mr. Henry Watkins Seabury, of this city. The party left via the Washington steamer for an extended Northern tour. One Killed and Another Injured. Stktjuenvili.e, Ohio, Jan. 10.?While a freight train was going through Col? lier's yard in West Virginia several cars jumped the traok. An eastbound pas? senger train came along and ran into the freight oars. Engineer Rogers, of East Liverpool, was instantly killed, and James Combjy so seriously hurt that ho will die. Colonel Lamb Will Kntertaln. Prtbrsbo.bg, Va., Jan. 16.?-A Rich? mond special to the Index-Appeal sayt: Col. Wm. Lamb, chairman of the Re? publican State committee, will to? morrow night give a dinner at the Jef? ferson Hotel to the Republican mem? bers of the legislature. Italian Counterfeiters Arrested. New York, Jan. 10.?United State? seoret aervico agents to-day arrested eleven Italians, alleged to be members of a gang of counterfeit money passers. One of them, Nicolo Tomato, la Bald to be the head of the Mafia in this country. Make Yourself Strong If you would resist pneumonia, bron? chitis, typhoid fovor, and persistent coughs and cold?. Those ills attack too weak and run down system. They cm lind no foothold where the blood is kept pure, rich and full of vltalltv, the ap? petite good and digestion vigorous, with Hood's Sarsaparllla, the one true blood purifier. Hood's Pills oure liver Ills, constipa? tion, biliousness, jaundice, sick head? ache Free sample of "Blood Wine" to-day at Masnle's Pharmaoy. Cures stomach, blood and kidney troubles, malaria and all nervous troubles. Tf you would have the largest stock to seleot from and wish to purohaaoat the lowest possible prices be sure and call at The E. H- Stewart Furniture Company for all artlolos iu the furni? ture and carpet lino. Early Hats for Early Birds. Our first shipment of Spring Hats was received yesterday. They are open to-day. If your old one needs replacing, visit ns. GhiXi^iEssonsr & child, HATTE US AMD HEN'S FURNISHERS. aOADBKY OF MUSIC. "The Dassler" Given Before a Large and Enthusiastic Audience. An old favorite, "The Dazzlor," greeted the Academy patrons last night, and, true to its name, fairly dazzled Us audlenoe with a rieh renortoire of songs, dances, witticisms and up-to-date spe? cialties. The company presenting this flrst olass farce-comedy has a quintette of comedians in Finlay, Balaton, West, Miller and Leslie, whose individual and collective* ezoellenoe is rarely excelled. Particularly unique and excruciatingly funny is the physique and aotlngof the dwarf, Bobby Balaton. The ladies of the company, however, do not measure up to the standard of ability Bet by the male members, and the need of a flrstMJlass musical com? edienne becomes more and more ap? parent as the performanos proceeds. With this gap properly filled Cosgrove & Grant's would be one of the best farce-comedy troupes on the road. A very good audienoe was present and attested its delight and enjoyment by wild applause and enthusiastic recalls of each specialty. "Sowing Tho Wind." Since the announcement of the suc? cess of negotiations with Mr. CharleB Frohman for the presentation of "Sow? ing the Wind" in this city play-goers have been deeply interested, and this interest was intensified when It was made known that we would Bee the celebrated oast that has won fame in the principal cities of the country. No play since the days of "Daniel Rochat" has made so deep an impression. Dur? ing its two hundred nights' run at the Empire Theatre, New York, it was a subject of oomment and controversy in all walks of life and in all schools of thought, and this fact alone embodies one of the greatest tributes that a dramatlo work could receive. Ii was tho same in J? as ton, while the play held the boards of the Columbus theatre for fifty nights, and the discussion aroused throughout New England has not shown any appreciable measure of diminution. In these days of utilitarianism the financial test is the surest one to the managerial mind, and judged by this test alone the success of "Sowing the Wind" has been one of the most re? markable of the generation. A very good sign is that In its ordinary engage? ments of a week or more the receipts are like the merciry on a hot summer day?continually climbing upwards; and on return engagements, after its super? lative dramatlo, artistic and literary merits have been praotiaally advertised by their actual unfolding, the advance sales have been phenomenal, and the solicitous "deadhead" has been smil? ingly met with that comprehensive Bib Heal sentence. "Thou Shalt not pass." "Sowing tho Wind" will be at the Acad? emy on next Tuesday night. A Great Frima Donna, The "fetohlngest" accent that has ever been heard is the property of the oomlc opera queen Camille D'Arvllle, with a beautiful troat and a clear, spontaneous vibratory voice as well. Miss D'Arvllle is something of a revela? tion In the flolds of oomlc opera. She is bo blessed by nature in the way of a complexion that she usea very little of artificial accessories and she even takes her comedy situations with a serious? ness that Is a luok of her own. "Made? line, or the Magic Kiss," which Miss D'Arvllle will present at the Academy of Music Monday, January 27. Is said to be a very pretty comic opera, full of bright music and beautifully staged. The company numbers seventy people and orchestra, including the olevor comedian Uao. C. Boniface, Jr. A mono the fruit and flower noveltieB which 189? brings us, we notice that the enterprising and. reliable firm of James Vlck's Sons, Rochester, N. Y., are al? ready calling attention to three, which seem to have won great favor where known. They are the Double Sweet Pea, the only one In the world true to name, "Bride of Niagara " the "Early Leader Tomato," the earliest of all the early tomato family and sure to be? come a great favorito, and the already famous blackberry, the "Rathbun " From the praise and comollmentn given so abundantly to the "Bride of Niagara," this sweet pea must be more than charming, and from the encomiums lavished on both the new tomato and this new blackberry, it is pretty cer? tain no girden desiring to have tho first and best of everything, oan be without these three new comers. By the way, reader?, are any of you so tar behind tho times an not to know ' Vlck's Floral Guide?" If any of you have never seen it, send 10 cents to this firm at Rochester, N. Y , and get a copy. You can deduct this from the first order for seeds, and tho pleasure and information their Guide will give you will certainly Induce you to keep up the acquaintance. England Munt Arbitrate. London, Jan. 16.? Honry M. Stanloy, M. P., writing to a friend, says that unless England submits to arbitration war with Amer.ca is inevitable. Romk time ago Mr. Simon Goldbaum of San Luis Key, Cal., waa troubled wltr, a lamo baok and rheumatism. Ho uaod Chamberlain's Pain Balm and a prompt cure was eff acted. lie says he has since advised many of his friends to try it, and all who have done so have spokon highly of It. It Is for sale by the Ohas. Lylo Drug Company. Listkn for the boiled teams. They will deliver you Pocahontas, Russell Creek, Thacker, Bannor, Brosh Moun? tain, Anthraolte, and tho semi bitumi? nous "Red Ash" ooal; also crushed coke and wood. W. K, andrews & Co., 219 Salem avenuo. ??TU? Bo-ulnjr Girl." "Enter Moll in n friezo jorkin and a blnok safeguard." Thus in tho old com g(ly Moll Cutpurso oomos upon tho 6tngo, and truly it was by h?r clothes that she was first notorious. By acoidonta woman, by habit a man, who must nocdH invent a eostumo proper to hor pursuits. But sho was no Bhriokingrofornior, no fanatio spy? ing regeneration in n pair of brooohes. Only in hor nttlro sho showed her wit, and sho wont to a bull baiting in suoh a dross as woll became hor favorlto sport. She was not of thoso who "walk in spurs, but novcr rlilo." Tho jorkln, tho doublot, the galligaskins wore put on to sorvo tho prac? tical purposes of lifo, not to attract tho policoman or the spinster, and whon n petticoat spread its mnplo folds bonoath tho donblot not only was hor array hand? some, but it symbolized tho career of ono who was noithor man nor woman and yet both. After awhllo, howovcr, tho pottlcont seemed too tamo for hor stalwart toinpnr, and sho oxchnngod it for tho great Dutch slop, habited in which unseemly garment sho is pictured in tho ancient prints. Up and down the town sho romped and scold? ed, earning tho names which Middloton gnvo her in hergrcon girlhood. "Sho has tho spirit of four great parishes," says the wit in tho comedy, "and a volco that will drown all tho city."?Maomillou's Maga? zine. What Bccouiee of the Lead Pencils, "I don't know that anybody ever gave ft satisfactory answer to tho question, What becomes of all the pins? hut I think," said n father, "that if anybody should ask what becomes of all tho lend pencils I could tell 'cm. My two younger children have reached that ago when thoy go to school nntl carry pencil boxes. A part of tho equipment of tho pencil box is n pencil shnrpener, which etui be bought now for tho marvelously low prico of 1 cent.. Armed with this pencil slmrponcr tho tomptatiou to sharpen tho pencil Is, of course, great. When they first got tho sharpeners, the children used to turn off little saucers full of tho fragrant cedar slutvtngs just to look at and smell, and now at tho least blunting or breaking off of tho point the pencil is carefully turnod down again. And Hint's what becomes of the pencils?my children turn 'em into shavings."?Now York Sun. Stanley'? Glosses. Mr. Stanley told a New York roporter how ho came to wear glasses. "This very pair of spectacles," ho said. "I took from tho table of the missionary, Bishop Parker, in Central Africa, put them on cnrelessly to look at a manuscript and dlscovored that my sight was no longer in its normal stato?for reading, at least." Ho uses the bishop's glasses still. No Use. Mrs. Phunncl's Sister?St?lln, if I had a husband that drank as hard as John does I'd make him buy a plaster and stick it ovor his mouth. Mrs. Phunnel?It wouldn't do any good, Jennie. He'd buy a porous plaster.?Chi? cago Tribune. Tho use of canuon and bombs at their first introduction was pronounced diabol? ical by tho church authorities, and from one end of F.tiropo to tho other tho pulpit orators thundered against these weapons of tho evil ono. Buofalen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Bands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Hkln Erup? tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Massie's Pharmacy. 100 Jefferson street. W. Q. Skinner is ono of the best known men in Wakefleld, Mass. Ho is a war veteran and everybody's friend. Ho says : "I had rheumatism and was in poor health a long t ime. Indications pointed towards the accumulation of impurities in tho blood and germs of dlscaso I was constipated and had no appetite I evi? dently needed a good blood purifier and dicided to tako Hood's Sarsaparille. It made n changoall through my aystem, gave me an appetite and worked effec? tively on my blood. I am now perfectly well, my blood has been put in good order, thanks to Hood's." \7. G. SaiNNKB. food's Sarsapariila Is the Only True Blood Purifier Prominently in tho Public EyoTodny. Hood's Pills After the season's rush of trade we find many STTITS, one of a kind?your size may be among them. They shall be your's at 25 per cent, less thaiTthe regular price. You well know what that means, as our prices are always 25 per cent, under others. If you are In need of a STUTT1 or OVBBCOAT don't delay. Come at once. Plilaleiia One Price Clotting House. MANUFACTURERS -OF WOOLENS CUSTOM TAILORING. AND Business Suits to Order - - - ? Elegant Clay Weave Suits * - Specialties in Suits - - - - - ALL-WOOL BLANKETS $14.00 $25.00 $10.00 11-QunrtcrK, 7g l.i>n,, ?5.r>0 Per rait. KNITTING YARN\p*?**??-* ti?c For Uunoh, NO READY-MADE. BONSAGK BROS., 108 SOUTH JEFFERSON BTHKET. Roanoke Times Has Full Telegraph Service Five Dollars a Year in Advance made easier?when you an imitation, be honest Let the men wash, they won't get you Pearline. Let them try it for themselves, and see if they don't say that washing with soap is too hard for any woman. This hard work that Pearline saves isn't the whole matter ; it saves money, too ? money that's thrown away in clothes needlessly worn out and rubbed to pieces when you wash by main strength in the old way. That appeals?where is the man who wouldn't want to have the washing he can save money by it? Fcddlers and some unscrupulous grocers will tell you. _ "this is as good as " or "the same as Pearline;" IT'S \* FALSE?Pearline is never peddled; if your grocer sends ?sind it back. 450 JAMES PYLE, New York. I 1 "What is your most oxpousive color, Mr. Danbloy?" "Oli, ultramarine costs as much ns gold." / "Thun trat 011 plenty of ultramarine?don't sparo tho expense."?Skotoh.