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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-26

Crane, the comedian, who has Just
got back from San Francisco with
The Senator" says the glorious eli
mate of California. of which we hear
so much, must have gone to glory.
There are four climates every day
and five on Sunday. 1t is winter in
the morning, summer in the after
noon and pneumonia at night"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-26

Olive Logan, the pioneer of news
paper women, has the honor of being
elected a member of the incorporated
society of Authors, of which LORD
Tennyson is president and Waller
Besant the secretary.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-26

An obstinate farmer in New Jersey
who refused to pay toll because the
road Twas in bad condition saw his folly
afterward, when, on beicg sued, ne
had to pay costs amounting to S.. Tbs
toll was few cents.
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AGENTS WANTED.

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information desired, write legibly to
the undersigned. clearly stating your
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and number. More rapid return mail
delivery will be assured by your en-
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address,
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The largest fruit farm in West Vir-
cinia is the Becker farm near Harper's
Ferry. 1t contains 5000 apricot trees,
81. 900 peach trees, 5000 plum trees,
5000 miscellaneous fruit trees, and
$4,000 grape vines.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-26

Clipped from Canada Presby terian,
under signature of C. Blackett Robin
son, prop'r: | was cured of oft recur-
ring bilious headaches by Burtock
Blood Bitters.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-26

A wonderful wedding dress was r.
Gently made up in Russia for the
daughter of a great Russian artist.
1t is of regulation white satin, but
on the satin are innumerable little
pictures, chiefly allegoricaI, painted
by her fathers artist friends.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-26

Mrs. Adare, of Rathdare, Ire has
refused an offer of f350,00D for her
cattle ranch somewhere in the West.
She holds it ut 81, 100000
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" Docs Advertising Pay2

This is very important question TO
business men, and one that only bust
ness men can answer. We have the
assurance from thousands of them who
largely advertise that it does pay, I jul
diciously pursued, and many OF them
have civen their testimony in its ia
vor. If the reader will take up any of
the city papers from day to day for
wears. be will find the columns filled
with the announcements of leading
business houses. They do not come be-
fore the public at long intervals, but
regularly, daily, changing their adj
yertisements with the variationi in their
stocks, qualities and prices of goods,
thus not only attracting attention to
what they have to sell, but arousing
the desire OF buyers to examine what
is offered, thus making customers and
popularizing these places of business.
This class of men will tell you in this
day of competition that it would be
impossible to do business or secure any
thing like an average trade II they dlo
not invite custom by giving in detail a
clear statement of what they have got
to sell.
On the other hand, thousands of
men who have started in business with
fair capital, plenty of push and
knowledge of trade have gone to the
wall simply because they hid their
lights under a bushel," in failing to
compete with their neighbors in hav-
ing the buying public know where
they were, what they were selling and
what inducements they had to offer.
A man may have the best stock OF
goods in the market, but if he fails to
invite custom or make known the IN
ducements he can offer he is sure to
drop behind in the race, while his
sharper neighbor is reaping rich har-
vest.-Exchange.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-26

Cure for Croup.--Use DIR: Thomas
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and consUrIlre for the
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-26

Miss Loni.e Imogene Gainey, tie
poetess thinks nothing of walking
twenty miles on her poetic feet.
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Grand Monthly Drawing,

AT the Academy Of Music, New Or
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CAPITAL PRIZE, 100000
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1884 prizes, amounting to....*l ,o54,SoO
NOTE-Ticl;ets drawing capital
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prizes.
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OVER 100000 DISTRIBUTED.
To Continue Until
January 1, 1895.

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semi-annually, June and December),
and its Grand Single Number Draw
iDgs take place in each of the other
ten months of the year, and are all
drawn in public at the Academy OF
Music, New Orleans, La.
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We the undersigned Banks and
Bankers mill pay all prizes drdUn
IN the Louisiana State Lotteries aOhtch
mag be presented at our counters.
r. M.WalInsley, President Louisiana
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The most 5onous city in it's
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-02-13

sometimes from the works of a poet,
sometimes from history, or if he did
not feel well, Stella would read, and
when this was done Mr.. Carson would
celebrate short form of prayer, and
we would separate till the morning
once more brought our happy hour of
meeting.
SO the weeks went By, and with every
week grew to know my darling better.
Often, | wonder now. if my fond fancy
deceivcs me- or if indeed there are
women as sweet and dear as she. Was
it solitude thai had given such depth
and gentleness to hoe? Was it the long
years of communing with nature that
had endowed her with such peculiar
grace, the grace we find in opening
flowers and budding trees? Had she
caught that murmuring voice from the
sound of the streams that fall contin-
ually about her rocky home? Was it
the tenderness of the evening sky be-
meath which she loved to walk that lay
like a shadow ON her face, and the light
of the evening stars that shone in her
quiet eyes? At the least to me she was
the realization of the dream which
haunts the sleep Of sin-stained men; so
my memory paints her, 50 hope TO find
her when at lass the sleep has rolled
away and the feyered dreams arc done.
At last there came a day the most
blessed OF my life. when we told our
love. We had been together all the
morning. but after dinner Mr. Carson
was SO unweli that Stella stopped in
with him. Atsupper we met again, and
after supper, when she had put little
Tota to whom she had grown much at
tached, to bed, we went out leaving Mr..
Carson doing on the couch. The night
was warm and lovely. and without
speaking we walked up the garden to
the orange grove and sat down there
upon rock. There was q little breeze
which shook the petals OF the orange
bloom over Us in showers, and bore their
delicate fragrance far and wide. Silence
reigned around, broken only by the
sound OF the falliAg waterfalls that now
died to faint murmur, and now, as the
wavering breeze turned, doomed loudly
in our ears. The moon was not yet Wis
ible, but already the dark clouds that
tloated through the sky above us-for
there had been rain showed a glow Of
silver. telling us thatshe shone brightly
behind the peak. Stella began 70 talk
in her low gentle voice, telling me of
her life in the wilderness, how she had
grown to love Il. how her mind had gone
on from idea To idea, and how she pict-
ured the great rushing world that She
had never seen as it was reflected 70 her
from the books which she had read. IL
was curious vision OF life that she had;
things were out of proportion in it; it
was more like a dream than a reality
a mirage than 5l1e actual face Of things.
The idea Of great cities, and especially
Of London. lad 2 kind OF fascination for
her: she could scarcely realize the rush,
the roar and hurry. the bard crowds Of
men and women. strangers each to each,
feverishly seeking fer wealth and pleas
ure beneath 6 pur1.y SKY, and treading
one another down in the fury Of their
competition.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-02-13

politics, and finally we eonyersed about
ST. Valentines Day, which vas not far
off.
"Do they celebrate it much here?" |
asked
AS a general thing it is not observed
very much, but last st. Valentines Day
was an exception"
s'What was the occasion of the ex-
ception?
Il caused it myself. There was one
man killed and drug store wrecked"
My curiosity was aroused, and | asked
my new acquaintance to dispel the mys-
terry that seemed TO enshroud the cele-
bration of the previous st. Valentines
Day.
'I'll tell you how it was. | had just
moved here and started nay paper.
was getting along very we'll. Sub
scriptions were pouring IN at the rate
of ten or twelve a weeli, "
1.-The people liked your paper, then?"
"Yes, with the exception Of two men.
One was druggist, who took dislike
to me, and tried to hound me to death. !"
''In what way?'
HE not only refused 70 advertise IN
the Bugle, but lac told every body that
the paper would not last three months. 4"
who was your other adversary"
"He was regular tough. He came
here with circus, and was bad man.
He looked like an ex-prize-dghter. Some
people said he was New York alder
man, and hence fugitive from justice. ="
What did you do to incur his en-
mity?"
Nothing at all, except published a
little paragraph to the effect that there
was a suspicious character in town. He
said at once that IL couldn't mean any
body else but himself, ana that he was
going to break me in two for it the first
chance he got.
'Do you think he really meant it?"
81 know he did, SO | resorted to strate-
gy Every thing is fair in love or war. !"
Where does st. Valentines Day
come imp"
That's just what | was going to tell
you. 1 was becoming prematurely
swaybacked toting a pistol, so put up
job on the pair. 1t was risky, but out
on the frontier you have to learn to take
risks.
"What did you do?"
81 bought cheap valentine of tough
with wart as big as an egg plant
on his nose. and blue hair, and mailed it
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-02-13

Tess that, both in this instance and in
some others that have met with, this
has not been my experience. ! have
known men. and especially unciyilized
men, who we're as jealous Of the affeo-
ton Of their friend or master as any low
ar could be Of that OF his mistress; and
who has not seen cases Of the same thing
where parents and their children were
But the lower one gets in
the scale of humanity the more readily
this passion tAFivesi indeed, it may be
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-02-13
THE STRANGE STORY
or
Allan Quatermain'S Wife
BY II. RIDER HACGARD,
AUTHOR OF "SHE KING SoLoMoN's
MnEs," q JEss,n Giro
PATRA," Ere.
A NEW AFRICAN ROMANCE.

st is very silly OF me- she whis-
pered. 81 am not at all nervous. but /
can not bear the sight of those animals
ever since they killed Hendrix / al
ways think there is something human
about them
Meanwhile the balloons came nearer,
talking to each other as they came.
Tota began to cry and chung to Stella.
Stella clung to me, while | and Indaba-
zimbi put as bold front on the matter
as we could. Only Hendrika stood look
ing at the brutes with an unconcerned
smile on her monkey face. When the
great apes were quite near she sudden
ly called out aloud. Instantly they
stopped their hideous clamor as though
at word of command. Then Hendrika
addressed them. can only describe it
so. That is to say. that they began to
make noise such as balloons do when
they converse with each other | have
known Hottentots and Bushmen who
said that they could talk with the ba-
boons and understand their language,
but confess ! never heard it done be-
fore or since.
From the mouth OF Hendrika came a
succession Of grunts, groans, sqneaks,
clicks and every other abominable noise
that can be conceived. TO my mind the
whole conveyed an idea of expostula-
ton. At any rate the balloons listened.
One of them grunted back some answer,
and then the whole mob drew off to the
rocks.
stood astonished, and without word
we turned back TO the xraal. for Hen
irika was too close for me to speak.
When we reached the dining hut Stella
went in, followed by Hendrika. But In
daba-zimbi plucked me BY the sleeve,
and | stopped outside.
"Macumazahn, he said, "Baboon-
woman devil-woman. BE careful,
Macumazahn. She loves that Star the
natives aptly enough called Stella the
STAR, and is jealous. Be careful,
Macumazahn, or the Star win setw
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-02-13
CHAPTER TX.

it is very difficult for me to describe
the period which elapsed between my
arrival at Babyans Peak and my mar
rage with Stella. When look back on
it it seems sweet as with the odor of
flowers and dim as with the happy dusk
of summer ewes. while through the
sweetness comes the sound of Stella's
voice and through the gloom shines the
starlight OF her eyes. ! think that we
loved each other from the first, though
for awhile we said no word of love. Day
by day | went about the place with her,
accompanied By little Tota and Hen
drika only. while she attended to the
thousand and one matters which her IA
theirs ever-growing weakness had laid
upon her; or, rather, as time drew on, |
attended 10 the business and she ac-
companied me. All day through we
were together. Then after supper, when
the night had fallen, we would walk to-
gother in the garden and come in at
length to hear her father read aloud,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-02-13

The Boston Transcript tells the fol-
lowing: A member OF suburban Brown
ing club was found reading the Bible in
dustrionsly day after day. Her daughter
commented on her new habit and she
said. YES. dear, ] find it necessary to
read the Bible now. Browning quotes
SO much from il.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-02-13


Sactorum," but so It is, and long-estab-
lished usage has confirmed its right to
the title. though its observance Is fast
becoming a thing of the past.
We have in our day no feast of st.
Valentine, as did the merry people of
ancient times in the Old country. Jubi-
liant occasions for the youth of those days
they must have been! How the interest
must have eliminated in the drawing of
the valentines, when to each 'partici-
pant in the game was awarded by lot
the name Of some person of the OPP
posite sex who was then regarded as
his or her valentine for the ensuing
year.
Suitable gifts, such as sweetmeats,
bonbons, trinkets and the like were in
terchanged, and to each brave lad be-
longed the privilege of escorting his fair
valentine to the various gatherings, fes-
tivities and merry -mallings which
should intervene for a twelye-month.
Certainly in those times St. Valentines
Day held favors not to be disregarded,
and since human nature remains pretty
much the same the world over, it may
be surmised that the valentine drawing
must have been attended with consider
able anxiety, and, perhaps, even little
harmless stratagem may have been re-
sorted to in mating the valentines.
Gone are the old-time bachelors and
maidens, the valentines of other days,
but in memory Of them still fingers the
pretty sentiment Of valentine gifts or
favors, as witness the thousand and one
charming devices, valentines so-called,
which begin to throng our shop win
dows and counters soon after the holt
day season. replacing the beautiful
Christmas and New Years cards and
leaflets.
In these days when, as some one
has satirically observed, referring
to the almost universal craze for deco
ration, "even our almanacs and calen-
dars are works Of art, " it is no wonder we
have valentines Of the very daintiest
sort and design.
The sending of the valentine is, of
course, shrouded in mystery, and this
fact is often alluded to in the inscription,
as:
"A message Of love from the heart Of friend,
On Valentines Day venture 10 send.
The name OF the sender secret shall he,
Unless thine hearts whisper reveal it TO thee
Many Of the Inscriptions are imita-
tions in sentiment and photography Of
the old-time valentines. as the follow
ing, which may be a preservation OF
some quaint Old lines and have done a
similar duty scores Of years ago:
20 Ladye faire, before thy shryne
Behold this doubling heart Of mynel
II home nf mNnn
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-02-13
FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.
Oh, pEARl


Once mamma was q little girl
And then, how very queer
When any thing went wrong with her.
She never said; Oh dear"
She never found a word OF fault
She never fused or cried.
And neither did my dear papa
Or my dear Auntie clyde
II ever I'm a woman grown,
And have dear children small
They just shan't know ever was
A little girl at all.
Alice May Douglas, IN Santa Claus
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-02-13

to the tough after writing the druggists
name on it. | calculated the tough
didn't have brains enough to suppose it
might be q trick, and ! f--s right about
it."
what did he do?'
"Just what expected. He walked in
careless-like and hit the druggist on the
jaw"
Hurt him much?'
"He turned two summersaults over the
soda fountain and brought up With a
thud against the side of the drug store,
so that he encrusted one Of the boards
with four OF his front teeth"
THAI waS pretty bad"
THAT wasn't all. He Jared the
drug store SO that FIVE or six large bot
ties of liver regulator tumbled down on
him from the top shelf and drenched
hin with healing balm. However, he
retained his presence of mind, and
hurled an unbroken bottle through the
plate-glass window as the tough lodged.
He could have put full-page ad in the
Bugle for a year for the price of the
window, with plimentary personal
notice thrown imp
''What did the tough do?''
"The tough grabbed up box of heal
ing ointment and shiyered it on the
lachrymal gland OF the druggist The
druggist retaliated by doubling up the
tough with a bottle of queer-colored
tonic According to the directions on
the bottle the tonic was to be taken one
teaspoonful every half hour, but the
tough had taken enough at one dose to
tone up the stomach of an ordinary man
for month.
"What neXt2"
"The tough followed up his victory by
vaccinating his adversary on the ear
with box Of carbolic salye, while the
druggist raised won on the tough's
arbicular muscle with a bottle of fe-
male bitters."
'How did 1t end?"
1T ended very tragically. While tho
whole neighborhood was smelling like a
drug store with barrel of asafetida
leaking in tho cellar and chunk Of
Limburger cheese on the stove, the
druggist snealed up behind the tough
and fractured his skull with a compound
cathartic poultiee tied up in towel,
and fearful whack at the base of the
dtictus drterioSus."
''And all from cheap valentine ju-
diciously administered"
Yes, the tough sleeps in shady
dell The druggist, crazed by his losses
has taken to drink, while | got out an
extra about the tragedy and made
seventy-fye dollars in cash, SO you see,
even the cheap valentine has its uses. :
ALEX E SWEET
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-02-13

English as she is advertised in =
Japanese paper. This teeth powder is
not common thing. as be selled in the
world. it is powerful TO hold the health
Of teeth. and recover the teeth from its
sick. II you only examine should find
that 1t never tel liza"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-02-13
LOVES MESSAGE.

What that questioning implied.
Yet on wings of love you Went
With that precious. weighty line;
What world TO me it meant:
"Wul you be nay valentineY"
Ihaye wondered, did she press
On your lips her kisses warm;
Did she lavish fond caress
on your dainty, dimpled formf
Saucy boy u Kiss, or more,
Were d tribute far too fine
For the message that you bore:
win you be my valentineY'
Had she colby turned her head,
Tossed aside her golden tresses,
Gathered up her gown and fled,
Chary been OF her caresses,
Then / would not wonder much,
For my lady could divine
All the daring in that touch:
"Will you be my yalentiner
Cupid let the matter 80.
What she did was right and proper,
Aud, Ut that time, as sou know,
made no pretense to stop her.
All she said never learned
All needed was that line
or the answer you returned;
y viii be your valentine"
Saucy, dimpled, rosy boy,
You are just as dear today,
Bearing messages Of Joy
TO sweetheart far away,
AS when years ago you few
With that daring wish OF mine;
Cupid, we have both been true
Love has been our valentine
SAN r. CLOVER.