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Evening journal., 1890-11-12
Demoorat Dempsey. RepnbIIcan osborns

Some time before the recent election,
Dempsey, Democrat, made a bet with
Osborne, Republican, that the party of
the latter would not carry Eve offices in
this state. The loser of the wager was
10 trundle the winner in wheelbarrow
up Market street, accompanied by fife
and drum. Republican Osborne won the
bet and tho conditions were
carried out last night Democratic
Dempsey is short and Stout Republican
Osborne is long and wears extended
white whiskers The specific of the big
man wheeled by the little man, and the
din necessary to the fife and drum ac-
compartment. drew such large crowd
on Market street that the pavements
were blocked. The trip was from bridge
to bridge.
Evening journal., 1890-11-12
The Fire Department Called.

There are two colored men in the City
Hall confined on suspicion of .hav-
ing a hand in the burning
of DuPent's barns. The police are
noR-committal on the matter, but it is
understood that there is nothing dsmag-
ing against them yet, They were ar
rested yesterday by Officers Floyd
and Galloway. The impression among
the police is that white men committed
the crimes.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-21
HOPS AND INSECTS.
Why English Farmers Hail the Advent of
the Ladybird with Delight.

Why English Farmers Hail the Advent of
the Ladybird with Delight.
1t is we'll known that hops are an I'M
certain crop; they are like cells and
like slippc sort of people, you never
know when you have got them. Hops
may look to be thriving, and
really be thriving, but that may
be their ruin. Tho mold comes, and
they arc noxt to worthless. Thore is q
certain little fly, too, which is very in
curious; 1t preys upon the vino and
young shoots, and blasts the farmers
hopes. have scen one of these flies
caught. put into . box, and posted to
London to somo merchant or factor:
and soon tho report won't the round of
tho papors and the local markets-"Fly
in tho hop! Fly in tho hopl"
But the fly has an enomy, before
which he is made to fly, or olso
is preyed on to his destruction. That
enemy is tho rather pretty insect, called
in Kent tho ladycow, and in most other
places the ladybird. 1t is well known
everywhere; bnt I ncvor saw so many as
l have Soon in Kont.
The farmers hail their advent with
delight for there is then an ond of tho
fly, if it has made its appearance, and
physical certainty that tho ladycow will
hold tho garden against him. Where
these ladycows, or rathor lad birds,
come from can not say, but | once wit
messed strange phenomenon when on
the Admiralty Pier at Dover, for tho
ladybirds wcrc literally rained down
upon tho floor OF the picr, so that you
could not stop without crushing thom.
There were legions upon logions of
them. Whorcvcr they camo from, they
wero doubtless bound for the hop dis
tricts, whore they would DO hailed as q
godsend, as doubtless they were. - All
tho Year Round
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-21
ENGLAND'S ROYAL WOMEN.
THOR Reputation for Good Looks Is Said
to he Undeserved.

THOR Reputation for Good Looks Is Said
to he Undeserved.
What fiction it is to talk about the
beauty of any member of tho English
royal family. There could not be a
moro commonplace lot of women. The
Princess OF Wales is slender almost to
emaciation; her eyes would be dull, but
for the makeup which surrounds them;
her checks are rouged and wig always
covers her head, which, am given to
understand. is com pletely bald She
has little if any bust she limps as she
walks, and she is almost stone deaf; so,
one way and another. it is rather sick
enlng to read the mass of gush that is
to be read daily in the British news
papers about this beauty, etc, of Eng
lands future Queen. She is, no doubt,
an accomplished, amiable, virtuous
woman. but in appearance she is an abb
solutely commonplace and altogether
embarrassing person.
All 5hree of the Princesses of Wales
have Indifferent teeth and complies ions
and wretched figures. Nobooy would
look at them twice but for their exalted
position. The daughters of the Princess
Christian are equally plain looking, and
there is no promise of beauty in the
young daughters of tho Duchess of
Edinburgh. AS for Princess May, of
Tcck, who has so often been described
as beauty, all sho can claim to possess
is a passable figure and good eyes. Her
face, however, is spoiled by the way in
which her upper lip protrudes, and by q
nose which suggests an IIebraic strain
somewhere or other in the family
OF the many vaunted beauties of Lon
don society only the Duchess of Ieinster
would perhaps pass as lovely woman
| all over the earth. Lady Londonderry
also comes under that head, and so does
Miss Wolsclcy, tho young daughter of
General Wolseley, WHO mado her debut
this year. Lady Dudley is now COM
plotely passoo and is as much made up
as an opera bouffe prima donna. All tho
Duchosses are plain-looking women;
evon tho two American Duchesses,
Marlborough and Manchester, are too
far behind thoir youth to claim affilia-
ton with Venus.
The Duchess of Portland looks like a
/ woll-fed dairy maid, and the Duchess of
/ Newcastle bears a marked resemblance
to younger edition of Mrs Cleveland.
The Dowager Duchess of Montrose is a
! sight for tho gods, with her naxen wig
and canary-colored garments not to
monitor her enormous proportions She
certainly would not be permitted to
enter fashionable New York hotel
until her rank had been explained.
Tho Duchesses of Rutland, Leeds,
Cleveland and Richmond are old women,
while tho Duchesses of Abercorn, Ham
llton, Argyll and Westminster are abso.
lutely plain and undist;nguishod.- Phil
| adelphia Times
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-21
Tho Study of Cookery.

The study of cookery was introduced
into the schools of New York City three
years ago, and now about one thousand
girls arc learning how to boil eggs, bake
bread, mako coffee, broil steak, and
shun tho frying pan. IL the movement
grows in strength n great improvement
in tho morals and temper Of the commu-
nifty may be looked for. a formidable
amour t of Immature and wrong headed
ness is directly traceable, not to tho
head or tho heart. but to the stomach.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, having eaten
freely of pie, wrote an essay in which
be took 4 severe and gloomy view of
mankind. When tho tone of his stomach
bnd recovered he labeled the essay
" pio-CrNst" and put it carefully away
IN. Y. Telegram. ---'
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-21
a FAIR PHILANrHRoplsT.
An English Girl Who Worked la Factories
to Learn What to Reform.

- -
! An English Girl Who Worked la Factories
to Learn What to Reform.
Beatrice Potter is at present one of
tho most famous and talked-of women
in England. She is superbly handsome,
tall and vigorous, of decided Spanish
typo, with brilliant olive skin, big brown
eyes. blue-black hair. and wonderful
scarlet lips that give color to the warm
pallor of her charming face. Miss Pot
ter is of aristocratio connections and
owns largo fortune in her own right,
but it is neither her beauty. BIRTH nor
wealth that entities her to the distinc-
ton she enjoys just now. For several
years past she has boon devoted pupil
and disciple of tho great sociologist,
Herbert Spencer. Studying his methods,
imbibing his doctrines, and striving to
put into practice some of the theories
he preached, she soon found herself cut
adrift from cOnvontionalities and pre-
pared to so out in the world to servo
her fellow-creaturos. Then did she I'M
iertako her recent startling feat, tho
success of which has put her name in
every ono's mouth. Having read and
hoard all manner of grewsome stories
of tho horrors endured by women in
sweaters shops, she dressed herself in
tho odious rags wo by that class,
went down into tho city, found
work, and for two months lived
and labored sido by side with
those miserable white slaves of tho
needle. Few knew her secret and so
cleverly were her plans carried out that
neither employers nor employees ever sus-
pnctn1 ~ i1nntitt-
had thoroughly informed herself on all
minutin relating to the criminal tyranny
exercised by tho sweaters, and on tho
hideous lives lod by their female vic
tins, she threw OFF her disguise, re-
turned to tho West End of town, gave
exhaustive newspaper interviews, and
appealed for legislative interference.
So strong and unanswerable we're her
arguments, seconded by her own expert
ence, that Parliament is at present dis
cussing ways and means for rightinr
this great wrong. Miss Potter is as UNI
compromising Socialist as is compati-
bic with her broad intel lect and warm
sympathies. Although not of them by
birth or condition, her heart is with tho
people. She has been deeply touched
by tho manifold miseries of the London
poor, and is ready to devote her ardent
young life, with all its possibilities of
selfish pleasure, to alloviating tho
wretchedness of the pauper population
In all of these signs of the times ono
Sooms to sec tho slow but sure prepara-
ton. women are making to ii themselves
FOR government. Every day chron-
icles tho story of some woman who, find
Ing her life untrammeled by the more
scored duties of home, has slipped be-
You'd the bounds OF narrow conservatism
to lend hand in raising tho fallen or
strengthening feeble knees. Illustrated
American.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-21
Hadn't Any of tho Symntom.

Fair Entertainer Ito young oporator)
What side of the markets. that tho
way to put it?--aro you on this week,
Mr.. Brokaw?
Young Operator (at tho other end of
tho sofa)-l am what they call bear.
Miss Kajoncs.
Fair northumberland! You-yOu
don't acs the least bit in tho world like
bear, Mr.. Brokaw. --Chicago Tribune.
Tourist lin Oklahoma) -''Do you
ind 1t hard matter tomake collections
here?' Collector-"Nopo! You sec,
everybody knows I can hit tho bulls.
ego ninc shots out O. ten-"--Puck.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-21
a RAINBOW TOWN.
Tho Quaint and Picturesque Italian VII
lnge OF Senignilia.

lage of Ssnigailia.
Describing tho little italian town of
Senigallia, writer in London paper
says:
If we leave tho sands and walk along
the white, dusty road into tho town we
shall sec novelties at every turn. Here
is woman carrying curiously-shaped
pitcher of water on her head, there n
cart drawn by yoke OF hugo white
oxen, with. among othor designs, a
picture OF tho Madonna painted on one
of its panels.
The streets are all covered over with
awnings. stretched on strings, and tho
tradespeoplo sit by stalls in front OF
their shops and fan themselves Green
umbrellas, baskets full of bright l1or-
chiefs, straw hats with enormous brims,
shooting galleries, and opon-air drink
ing shops are tho things that strike ono
most, as well as tho Italian names over
all the shops, and tho loud shouts of ga
buon prerro." Then the natives are
many Of them very good-looking. have
beautiful tooth. and dress brightly, but
in becoming colors.
The most attractive sight in the town
is tho fruit market carly in the morning;
the country people bring in their prod
uco in donkey carts, mule carts and all
orts OF conveyances, and deposit them,
sin the square. Then thoy all sit round
under the pillars dressed in gay colors,
and wearing on thoir heads kerchicfs OF
every hue and pattern. In front of
them are ranged largo round baskets
piled up with figs, red tomatoes, melons,
peaches, pears, grapes, plums and every
kind of vegetables. Sitting there with
a background of gray walls and pillars,
in the full light OF tho carly summer
morning, thoy make a gorgeous picture,
and form tho prettiest scene in town
full OF strange corners and bright, ami
mated streets.
The lively spirits OF the people, thor
constant chatter and gesticulations, are
!, remarkable feature, as we'll as thoir
free, open-air lifo. But then thoy never
have to consider the chance of rain
within twenty-four hours at this time of
the year. and that. by itself, accounts
Cor great many differences
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-21
The French Cook.

Young Mrs. Henley Ito visitor)-"I
have just engaged a very efficient and
high priced French cook. She is pcr-
feet jewel. Mr.. llcnlcy says hccoudn't
get along without hor."
Tho visitor allow nice"
Tho French cook Cooking in through
Tho door, "Shuro. missus, an shall I
pale tho pratlcs or bile 'cm wild their
jackets on?"-Munscy's Weekly.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-14
Major Corne,,,a Iaaa.


 Yesterdays Bridgeport Farmer says: Major Cornell was talking to-day about . proposition in New Haven paper that next year the four regiments of the c. N. G. en- gage in a sham battle at New Haven, the First and Third regiments to be mobilized at some point between Hartford. and Meri- den and thence move on to invade New Haven, being resisted by the Second and Fourth regiments. It was urged that this would be good substitute, or at least auxil" iarY to the regular Niantio encampment, which is conducted on peace footing, where as the other program would give the troops taste of real war.
 Anybody is at liberty to mako sugges- tions," said Major Cornell in discussing the proposition above outlined, "and here is mine. It combines the peace and war idea, and still leaves Niantic the central point of operations. Let all the com l mands be maeRed at New Haven as the starting point, provided with camp wag- ons, tents and all the acceutrements for a regular campaign.s From New Haven march l to Niantio in two days, pitching our tents in regular fashion for the night we pass on the way. Stay at .Niantic two days and there have review by the governor and ether field exercises. Spend the two remaining days of the week in marching to Hartford, and there disband and go home by rail. This strikes me as being very good program, although have little Idea that the military authoritiel will adopt at.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-14
MUCH DAMAGE

To crops and Gardens-Further Re-
 ports of the Work of the Thunder
 storm.
 ROCKVILLE, June 13.-Reports from all parts of Holland county show continued dana- age by ths series of thunder showers which have prevailed this week. Throughout the vicinity of Stafford Springs much garden produce was destroyed and crops damaged. In Wilmington the barn on the old Elderidge place, occupied by Augustus Miller and owned by Mrs. Mattie Marcy, was struck by lightning and burned; loss $500. L. Char- ter's tobacco shed was struck and damaged $200. A. N. Belden's barn wss struck by a bolt tearing off 1,500 feet of shingles, to- gether with boarding and cornice; damage $500 At West Stafford D. L. Ellis' barn was struck; part of the bolt glanced to the house. shocking the inmates. The damage was $400. In Vernon and Taleottville the roads are badly washed.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-14
TELRGRAPHIO gOTT1NGs.

James Dean of Jersey City, N. J., was yes- terday sentenced to one year in jail for ilie- gal voting.
 Ths Oregon Railway aud Navigation cor- pany has declared dividend of 11s per cent, payable July 1.
 Heidelbsch, Ickelheimer & Go. of New York have taken $1, ,0O0,O0o in gold bars for shipment to the continent of Europe.
 It is reported that the czar and family have suddenly left Gatsohina for Peterhof palace without making any preparation and without taking any luggage.
 An explosion occurred yesterday in @ dry ing chamber of the powder factory at Span- dau, in Germany. Several workmen were injured and great damage was done to the factory.
 A large company in Glasgow, Scotland, has written to parties in Fall River, Mass. inquiring as to the advantages of Fall River as location for ginghsm mill. The com pany manufactures Scotch ginghams and em ploys large number of work people. Docu- ments setting forth the advantages of Fall River have been forwarded.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-14
THE BOOK OF JOE
Presented i'm Musical Symbols by Smith
 College Seniors.

Presented I'm Musical Sym bels by Smith
 College Seniors.
 NORTHAMPTON, Mass, June 13.-Following in tho course of it's predecessors who present. ed the great play Electra in the original lan- gusge and Greek stage setting, Smith college seniors presented the book of Job in musical symbols at the opera house. Each of the persons of the book was represented by chorus of from five to nine girls with leader, who followed an orchestra in chant ing the theme of the text of the revised version of the book. The music was composed by Dr. B. 0. Blodgett, direc- tor of the Smith college school of music, and will never be repeated. The symphony was rehearsed in public this afternoon, given tonight and will be repeated. It was given by the seniors with tickets at $2 each, the net receipts to help pay other graduating expenses. The theme of the book-"The Justness of God in Inficting Sickness as Punishment"-was brought out with great distinotness by the aid of music, and the beautiful character of Job in adhering to his belief in Gods goodness through all his infictions made an impress sion which mere reading could never give. Jobs three friends came and mourned with him. Job spurns their insinuations that God has deserted and ct last comes out with firm fear in God.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-14
sARsRIELD GUARD.

Their Annual Decoration of the
 Graves of Their Company Bead Ts@
 MOTION.
 In accordance with their annual custom the members of the SaIsdeld guard will dec- crate the graves of their deceased members to morrow. In the morning divine service will be held at the Sacred Heart church. A sermon will be preached by one of the clergy men and there will be fine singing by the church choir. Solos will be sung by MT. Daly, the well known operatic singer, Pat rick J. Donnelly of Sacred Heart church choir, and Mr. Collins of St. Johns church choir. In the afternoon the members will meet in their room in the armery from whence they will proceed to St. Bernard'e cemetery, where they decorate the graves of the deceased members
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-14

NEWPORT, R. l., June 13.-The men and women in attendance at the yearly New Eng- land meeting of Friends held separate ses- sions again this afternoon. In the mems meeting epistles were read from Ohio, Indi- ana, Iowa, Canada and Kansas and year, ly meeting committee on correspondence was appointed to prepare replies. Statis- tical reports from quarterly meetings were read. The present membership is 4,46s, a pain of five
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-14
Buslness Failures.

NRw YORK, June 1s.-The business fail- urss occurring throughout the country dur ing the past seven days, as reported to R. G. Dun 6 Co. and E. Russell & Co. of the mercantile agency, number for the United States 195 and for Canada IF, or a total of 212 as com pared with total of s05 last week andi 218 the week previous to the last. For the cor- responding week of last year the figures were 250, representing 226 failures in the United States and 24 in Canada.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-14
The Peace of Rur>pe

VIENNA, June 13.-At e meeting of the budget committee of the Australian delega- tion to-day, Field Marshal Baron Bauer, minister of war for the whole monarchy, stated that the peace of Europe was not ss- cure, and that therefore Q considerable in. crease in the army was necessary. The cost of such increase would amount to from 80, 000, 900 to 100, ,000, 900 Aorins. He said he was not yet able to state the exact cost oi the desired increase
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-14

sola LIauor in ssOriginal Packages.''
 PrrsBuRa, June 13.-Charles Silverman, who has been selling beer in kegs and bar. rsls as ''original packages" at Lseohburg, . prohibitiop. was arrested for breaking the laws and selling without license. To-day he was tried and acquitted, the judge eharg- ing that under the decision ef the United States supreme court the atY d not pro hibit the sale of original pW The de- cision Is believed to be g. . rendered In . high license state, and~ che outcome Is awaited with interest.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-14
The Tennis Tournament. !.

PHILADELPHIA, June 13.-The tennis tour. nament singles and doubles championships was concluded to-day. The principal events being ladies and mixed doubles, the former being won by Miss Roosevelt, Fa, and Near Tennis club, and the latter by Miss M. E. Cahill, New York Tennis club and MT. R. V. Bench of New Haven Tennis club.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-14
Tho PI1mmer 1 Co. stack.

NEW YORK, June 13.-The auction sale of the stock of the late firm of John F. Plum mer & Go. was held today. The feature of the sale was 2,000 cases of satinets. The twelve ounce plain brought from 11l to 1S1k cents. The fourteen ounce plain 10 cents and the fifteen ounce plain 20H cents. The worsted averaged $1.77.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-14
rurchase of Q Railroad.

Purchase of Q Railroad.
 COLUMBUS, O., June 13.-The scioto Valley and New England railroad was to-day purohased by the Norfolk and Western coHa- pany and will become part of that system. The purchaaeis said te have been made for ek O00 C00
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-14
QUESTIONED BY FIRE. 4 Pleasure Float Burned at Her Pier

A Pleasure BO0t Hufne0 Rt HA0f K1er
 in Boston.
 BOSTON, June 13.-The small Nahans ex- cursion steamer Anita was burned at Ter pier, foot of Battery wharf, tonight. The steam CT has been laid up all winter and had only this morning come out of the dry dock at East Boston, where she had been repaired, and was to have begun her trips in few days. The origin of the fire is mystery. The flames spread rapidly, owing to the fresh paint with which she was covered, and the woodwork was prettily thoroughly burned out, but her engines were not much damaged. Loss about $10, ,0O0, which is covered by insurance. Shs Is owned by the Boston and Portland Steam. ship company, was built at Wilmington, for merly named Florence and has passed mos of her time in Florida waters. She is 12t feet long and 176 net tonnage, being valued n about 460, 900,
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-14
Hale Indicted.

MONTREAL, June 1s.-C. 0. Hale of clevs- land, O., who shot his brother-in-law Eugene H. Cowlds, last Sunday, was indicted by the grand jury to-day for "shooting with intent enH bail. Cowles refused to make charge
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-14
RurIed Yesterday In Fair Haven.

Buried Yesterday In Fair Haven.
 . The funeral of Miss Sophia Faulkner of Fair Haven teelk plaoe yesterday afternoon from No. 356 Center street. There wasrA very large attendance of sorrowing friends who had known and esteemed the deceased, among whom were many members of the Congregational church, with which the de- ceased was identified and where she was never weary of we'll doing. Rev. Mr. James ofieiated. The house was beautifully trim med with flowers and running vines by Mir. Dickerman, the same as the funeral of Caps tain Farren. There were lovely flowers in profusion, including pillow of flowers in- scribed "Sister," and elegant boquet of roses from Mrs. English, wife of ex-Pestmaster English, and various others of note. The interment was in Fair Haven cemetery.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-14
Murder ln she secend Degree.

Murder ln Inc second BeREee.
 MANCHESTER, Vt., June 13.-In the case of the state veraus Jerry Bradley, charged with the murder of Maggie Shea at Stam- ford, the jury, after being out all night, brought in a verdict of murder in the second degree. Exceptions have been taken on points of law and the oass may go to the supreme court.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-14
n:--...o I..ua Maw Staeh

Permission to Issue New Stock.
 HARTFORD, June 1S.-New York, New Ha- ven and Hartford railroad today obtained permission under its charter to issue $900,- 900 new stock to retire similar amount of capital of the Connecticut Valley and the Stamford and New Canaan roads.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-14
Fastest Time on Record.

NEW YORK, June 13.-The Hamburg American Packet company'a steamer Colun' bic, which arrived today, made the run from Southampton in six days, sixteen hours and two minutes, which is the best record to date between the two places.