The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-06
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Edison's "far sight" machine will
probably be completed by 1892.
Through its aid one will be able in
Cincinnati to see the features of afriend
in Boston.
A double deck electric car capable
of carrying 175 persons is being ex-
pcrimented with in Pittsburg.
Building operations in Brooklyn and
the adjacent districts of Long Island
aggregated last year a valuation of
$50, 900, 600
The supreme court Of Saxony has de-
cided that boycotting is equivalent to
dlsordery conduct in the first degree,
and punishable us such.
At Norway, Me-, some gold hunters
have stumbled upon deposit of pink
granite thought to be very valuable
An old bachelor declares that it is
pleasant always to have two babies in
tho house, because each cries so loud
that You can't hear the other
Ria Kttridgc, of Belfast, Ne, has
written President Harri2on's last mes
sage, containing 10000 words, on a
postal card
Corporal Tanner has received over
5000 applications for pensions under
the new dependent pension bill already.
That means $50, 600 for the corporal
The greatest coal pier in the United
States Is about to be erected at Cam
ton, Md. The pier will be forty feet
high and Will accommodate four large
ocean steamships at one time.
4 church was put up for sale the
other day by tie French colony at
Madrid Al the church decorations,
sucll as altar cloths, priests robes. gold
and silver vessels, were included in tho
sale
\ confessed incendiary under arrest
at indianapolis is only years old. He
admits having ignited only one lsHild
ing, bat he is believed to have had q
hand in several other fires
Hugh McCulloch, cx-sccretary of the
treasury, who has been seriously i'll at
Washington for some days, is 50 wears
of age.
Large numbers of eggs are bought
by foreign agents in the governments
of kharl.ov, Kursk, yorenezl, Tchcr-
nigov, Orlov, Poltavo, and in the set
tlcment Of the Cossacis On the Don
river, for transportation into Germany
and Austria The purchases are made
so encrgetically by the active agents
that the prices of eggs in those parts Of
Russia have treblcd.
English ladies' are adopting the fash
ION Of putting their maids who wait at
table in livery. The skirts are plain of
these livery gowns and of the hcraldic
color of the house. MI the piaits are
thrown behind Then the waistcoat
and jacket are trimmed with livery
bands, buttons and crests or mono
grams in metal y high, stiff white
collar, white cuffs and tiny white cap
like a toplnot complete this livery.
Turkeys customs officers are pecu-
LARRY keen in searching for travellers
books, and the censor, if lie does not
conlscate them, tears out or CELEBRATES
any remarks they may contain dispar
aging to Turkey or Turkish institutions.
Even the Divine Comedy is prohib-
tied in the sultan's dominionS, because
Dante has spoken in untlattcring terms
of Mahommct.
In Ballhmoot. government Of Eka-
teril-slav, a curious accident occurred.
4 rock was blasted in the alabastcr
factory Of Novikoff & Go. Fully two
hours after Il charge had been eX-
plodcd, while the worlsinglnen were en-
Gagged clearing up the debris produced
by the explosion, a piece Of rock about
fifteen yards in diameter broke down
and killed all tie laborers that were
working underneath.
y citizen Of Selma, Cal, who had
two lay boys on his hands. induced
them to plant = vineyard and cultivate
it with their own labor for three years,
Will promise that he would pay them
u bonus ofsi for every pound of raisins
that should be raised in that length of
tine The boys went to work with azeal
dat nearly took the old gcntleman's
breath away, and from present indica-
tons dis years crop Will cost him
q, 00o
The English love of dancing still
puzzles lazy Orientals. Vt "A recent
ball at Rangoon two native grooms
wer. watching the festivities from a
ver.ada and one OF the observers
.skel his companion why the couples
walked about after each dance. The
,ther groom described the reason in
Stable phraseology: The salibs run
rho mems and misses round TO make
them hot and then walk them round
1911 sl,~ -, -
Ole SAILS selI i;cspccr.
The late Ole Bull, the well knowi
vicliuist, was perfectly fearless OF con
scououces when his self respect was
touched. rs an example OF this: The
grand duchess of AIecklenburg gave
the musician :, letterof commentators
to her father. then king of Prussia,
afterward the Emperor William.
With this he wcntto Berlin, where, rs
directed. lie called first on the super
intcndent of the Royal Opera house
30 whom lie stated bis mission. That
gentleman was so patronizin9 that
Bull could hardly s:andit; but event