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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-07-30

The military boys tell many jokes
of the camp since their return.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-07-30

The reporter is quietly working
up Brennan romance that had an
unhappy ending, which will be
given to the public in a few days.
He got on to it at the terminus in
stead of the beginning and has to
trace it backwards, and it may be a
day or two before all the particu-
lars can be ascertained.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-07-30

The first meeting looking to the
arrangement for German day, Octo-
Der 9Th, was held at the Germania
Sunday, and while nothing definite
has been done the discussion Of the
arrangements indicated that the day
would be celebrated in grand style.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-07-30

About 600 o'clock p. m. Sheriff
league and posse came in with Lee
Hughes, hand-cufed and closely
guarded.
He was captured three and half
miles east of here by a young Polish
farmer, Mr. Steven Stanislauns, who
saw him hiding in branch, went to
the house, got his little single barrel
muzzle loading shot gun and going
back in hailing distance demanded
his surrender, which he did without
resistance. He was marched up to
the young mans residence, where
his wife tied him while he kept him
covered with the gun. The young
man recognized him without having
learned of his escape and knew that
he was under death sentence.
Notwithstanding his skill at Jail,
breaking Hughes made a mighty poor
effort at getting away.
The Polish farmer gets the $50 reward of
fered by the Sheriff league for his capture.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-27
KEEPING HOUSE IN INDIA.
None of the Difficulties Which Reset the
American Housekcepcr.

None of the Difficulties Which Reset the
American Housekcepcr.
The ordinary Anglo-Indian house
keeper knows nothing of the difficulties
which beset her American sister Her
path, compared to that of the latter,
and Notwithstanding the difficulties of
climate which surround her, is an easy
one. In fact, few women who have
spent much of their lives in India know
anything about housekeeping as Amer
leans understand it. There, at least, is
TO lack of help; native servants swarm
all over the country, as each branch of
work ncccssitates Il special one, every
says Good housekeeping. AS a rule,
the natives have q lofty disregard of
truth, and sometimes find it difficult to
distinguish between mine and thine,
but in other respects they make capa-
bic and obliging servants, and the but
Ter or head servant being responsible
for all those under him, the mistress
has comparatively little to do with them.
None of them receive large wages, q
mere pittancc, according to our ideas;
and as they would lose caste were they
to eat of food prepared for white peo-
pie, they always board themselves in
their own quarters, which are Mt n re-
spcctful distance from their masters,
and altogether distinct.
The cook in an Anglo-Indian cstab-
lishmcnt is Il person of considerable i'm
portance, though he receives but q few
rupees month for his services, and
can be trusted to send up well cooked
and appctizing meal, without any inter-
ference whatever on the part of his mis-
trcss. lie is not only mp in culinary
lore himself, but he can follow out,
often with certain improvements of his
own, any recipe given him, no matter
how complicated; indeed he is very
proud to learn an entirely new one, and
once learned will guard it as his own,
jealousy, being most unwilling to i'm
part his knowledge to others. He is
slow, however, to adopt ncwfashioncd
cooking utensils. If the mistress pre-
sents him with anything in that line, he
will accept it with apparent gratifica-
ton, but will put it quietly aside and
make no further use of it, and when
demonstrated with on the subject will
say: st was not the custom of my
father" For tho sake of her appetite.
however, the mistress is seldom dcsir
Gus of going near the kitchen, and GER
tainly where it is concerned, tho less
She knows of what goes on there, the
better
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-27
Sold an r,.slo for a Turkey.

An east Nashville (Tenn.) negro. who
sells poultry for o living, recently found
himself without any stock in trade and
minus the money to buy more. He had
an old gray eagle, though, which he
had received from his former master at
the close of the war, and this he de-
termincd to kill and sell as turkey, de-
spite the fact that IL was known to be
about forty years of age. lie killed tho
bird OF freedom, sold it for turkey, and
was arrested by tho irate purchaser,
who had cooked and vainly tried to cat
the national bird.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-27
AMONG The KAEFlRs.
Some Strange Sights Among Savage
People.

Some Strange Sights Among n Savage
People.
returning from INlipdam to Pretoria
in south Africa / saw n great many
strange sights among Katfir tribes in
this section of the country. In passing
along the roads you will find ut inter
walls n savage head gazing at you with
eyes of death. An inquiry developed
the facts that this is their mode of
burying their dead, writes n correspon-
dent of the Atlanta Constitution. Their
custom is to place the body in sitting
posture, covering all but the head with
earth, and providing the corpse with n
pan of mealie meal (corn mean and a
vessel of water, SO that the spirit will
rest in peace and not haunt the sur
vivors
These burial places are near public
road, SO that when the resurrection
comes they will be ready to jump up
Immediately and follow tho angels
along the road without the danger of
getting left behind or lost. The Kaffirs
believe in Il future state of existence,
not only for the soul, but also for the
body. This belief is strangely similar
to that of Christian tradition. How it
got into the Kaflir religion is not known,
but it is one of their most ancient and
strongest traditions When head of q
family dies his hut with all his personal
belongings is abandoned, the idea
prevailing that the spirit of the dead
haunts his former abode. In case of
sudden death in the tribe it is often at
tributcd to the influence of witch, and
on application to the relatives, which is
always made, an Investigation is made
to discover the one who has caused tho
sudden demise. The 'lunza amanzi,"
or evil doctor, is tho presiding genius.
His modus opcrandi is to assemble all
the suspected parties around n fiat yes
sci of water, into which they look, one
Mt time, their features being fully re-
Elected in the water. When the guilty
ones turn comes ripple is seen to pass
over the water. OF course, this ripple
is produced by trick of the luna
amauzi, and is generally enacted when
one whom he has Il grudgc against
looks into the water. The unfortunate
individual is then handed over to the
tender mercics of the Infatuated rela-
tivcs, who make short work of putting
him where he can do no more harm. The
spirit of the departed, knowing that his
death has been avenged, then rests in
peace.
Tho Kaffirs, without exception, use
tobacco, which grows here profusely,
and of very fine quality. Men, women
and children use snuff, which they make
from tobacco mixed with ashes. They
carry their snuff boxes, long cylinder
shaped tube, in a slit made in the lobe
of the ear. Their pipes arc curious
affairs. A cove horn is secured, into
which they insert diagonally stem,
and on this they at1ix bowl for the to-
bacco. The horn is then filled with
water and smoke, and water drawn into
the mouth. The former is inhaled or
elected through the nose and the water
spat out. This performance is accom-
panied with much coughing and chatter
ing and singing the praises of their
chief. nation, god and employer; the
latter does not always come in for I'M
mixed praises
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-27
A Dangerous rroccedinr.

a workman at the Davenport Qa.)
gas works concluded the other day that
he would clectrocute troublesome cat.
lie placed the feline in tub of water
and turned on the current. 1t was
found that the tub had to be moved
slightly, and while moving it the cxccu-
toner got his finger in the water and
nearly clcctrocutcd himself. After he
was brought to, with a desire for vengc-
ancc, he renewed the experiment. There
was no hitch in the proceedings this
time, for just as the cat opened its
mouth for the fortyninth yell after it
had been placed in the tub, the current
was turned on and it died with its mouth
open.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-27
SnociIncn Cases.

s. II. Clifford, New Casscll, Wis, was
troubled with neuralgia and rhcu
matism, his stomach was .disordcrcd, his
liver was affected to an alarming degree,
appetite fell away, and he was terribly
reduced in flesh and strength Three
bottles OF Electric Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, ILL.,,
mad running sore on his leg of
eight years standing. Used three bot
ties of Electric Bittcrs and seven boxes
OF Bucklcn's Arnica Salve, and his leg
IS sound and we'll. John Speaker, Ca
tawba, o., had five large fever sores on
ms leg, doctors said he was incurable.
ono bottle of Electric Bitters and one
boX Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him
entirely. Sold by Budwcll, Christian &
Barbee'S drug store
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-27
The Roanoke Development Com.
pany.

The Bridgewater Carriage Works, with
an enlarged plant and increased capital,
will go at once upon the property of the
Roanoke Development Company. No
section of the United States of tho same
population is buying as many fine car
riages as Southwest Virginia. 1t is pre-
pared to furnish all kinds of vehicles.
Manufacturers of spokes, hubs and
wheels, springs. tires, axlcs and other
parts of carriages and wagons, will find
at Roanoke center for their industries
for which Il market of hundreds of miles
in extent is ready and active. The tim
Der supply is incXhaustablc and OF tho
best qualities. In tho same line har-
ness and leather manufacturers will
find markets which need no drumming.
The Roanoke Development Company
desires to negotiate with such industries.
For further particulars address
ARLINGTON GfLPlN,
General Manager Roa noke Develop
ment Company, Roanoke, Va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-27

DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES.
Some of the most Important com panies
ornanized for the development of Roam
oke and this section are:
Roanoke Development Co. -. 81, 100, 600
Virginia Development Co... 5000, 600
Buena vista Land Co......... 300, 900
112 Land Companies, ...... 1000, 900
This list is in no sense complete
one. 1t is given to show the diversity
of industries in Roanoke. Scores of
enterprises, employing capital of from
S., 900 to S25, 900, are omitted for lack of
space. Numerous enterprises, with
hundreds of employees and capital reck-
Oned by the hundred thousand, are
negotiating for foothold in this South
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-27

THIS SPACE IS RESERVED
FOR ELLIS BROS, REAL ES-
TATE AGEN rs, lie JEFFER-
son STREET.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-27
Employees for the Hardware Plant.

The Shelf Hardware Company is
actively pushing toward an early cree
ton of its plant in Roanoke. AS an
earnest of this THE TIMES is authorized
to receive applications for employment
from brass moldcrs, bench moldors,
polishers; buffers, machinists and loci,
filters. These applications should give
references and state previous expert
encc. In some branches of the industry
raw employees may become experts in Il
few weeks or months, and earn large
wages as piece workmen. Address all
applications to Hardware" care THE
ROANOKE TIMES
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-27
THE ROANOKE DEVELOPMENT COM.
PANY.

One OF the valua BILE industries secured
by the Roanoke Development Company
is tho Norwich Lock Manufac turing
Company, manufacturers of all Shelf
Hardware.for Builders purposes. Their
goods are known throughout tho entire
country to be first-class. 1t is therefore
important that all industrial concerns
using this class of goods should know
that they con locate in Roanoke to great
advantage. This is particularly appli-
cable. to Door, Sash and Blind Manu-
facturcrs, as we'll as to many others.
For particulars address
ARLINGTON GILPlN,
General Manager Roanoke Develop
ment Company, Roanoke, Va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-27
Bucklen's Arnica Saliva,

The best salve in tho world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fovor
sores, tettcr, chapped hands, chilbains
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton, or money refunded. Price % cents
per box. For sale by Budwell, Christian
& Barbee5 tu,th,.at
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-27

In order that the public may nave full
opportunity to Judge of the merits OF The
ZINES III 9pecial telegraphic service, and OF
Inc Times as q newspaper, 1t will be sent
tree 10 any address not already on our
books for one week.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-02-26
Meat That La Poisoned.

81 am going to tell you one thing that
b very important, and that is that every
pain which any animal suffers just be-
lore dying poisons the meat" said George
Z. Angel, president for the Massachu-
setts Society for the Prevention of Cruel
ty to Animals, in an address to the chill
dren of the Boston public schools and
published in Our Dumb Animals.
"f you wound bird and don't kill it,
every minute its meat is growing worse.
'If you catch an animal in steel trap,
every minute it stays there its meat is
growing worse.
''Some hunters will not eat the meat Of
= deer that has been run and worried by
dogs, but only of those which have been
killed by what is called still hunting
that is, which are shot and killed, and
50 don't suffer much before they die.
And SO it is in transportation and
slaughtering all suffering just before
death poisons the meat"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-02-26
somstaing Ike . Sui. Of Clothes.

! Henry Zang, of Toledo, was in De-
troit day or two ago, carrying con-
cealed about his person one of the larg-
est stories of the season. "I have just
had great load taken off my mind"
he said. "Our firm has just completed
what is probably the most extensive suit
Of clothes ever made. The suit was for
John Craig, farmer living near Mill
vile, Ind, who claims to be the largest
and heaviest man in the world. He is
not a museum freak, but a quiet, Law
abiding citizen. His weight is COZ
pounds, and forty-one single yards of
cloth were required for his suit. The
pantaloons took FIVE yards Mr.. Craig's
hip measures 8 feet 8 inches; waist
measure "a inches. he weighed only
thirteen pounds at birth, but when
months old his avoirdupois had increased
to 200 pounds he is IS years old and
married, his wife weighing only 180
pounds.-Detroit Free Press.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-02-26
New York,s Small Boy in Winter.

A park policeman remarked recently
that the winter has had no effect on the
pet enemy of his comfort. "The howl
ing wind and the falling snow," he said,
"have no terrors for the venturesome
small boy. He is out here in all kinds
Of weather. AS soon as thin coating
Of ice begins to form on the lakes he
wants to test it. He races across the
lawns, climbs trees and is up to no end
of mischief all day long. OF course we
are constantly on the lookout to prevent
the boys from doing harm and from
coming to grief through their pranks,
but they are active and feet of foot, and
can usually get away from us. They
are like locusts. They swarm all over
the park at once and invent mischief as
easily as they breathe. The other day q
little chap who had been wandering
around finally brought up at the menag-
erie and handed baseball bat TO Tip,
the elephant. Tip took a fancy to it, and
his keeper wa1 nearly three hours get
ting it away from him. He narrowly
escaped with whole head at that
New York Sun.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-02-26
The Laugh.

If the eyes are the windows of the
soul then its door must be the laugh,
which gives very good view of the
private character every now and then.
There are men the latch string of whose
laughter is always out. They have wide
open, generous laughs, which show a
hearty. whole souled disposition, with
out affectations and readiness to offer
good fellowship to the stranger. Then
there is laugh which reminds one of
those new tangled doors to which a
chain is attached, permitting an open
ing just wide enough to allow a very
meager glimpse of the person behind the
door. This is the guarded laugh. 1t be-
trays the cool, calculating man, who
makes money faster than he makes
friends.
Sometimes one runs across door
which flies open with the slightest pro-
vocation. Its catch is defective. Some
people laugh that way. Their laughter
is frequently described as giggle. The
intellectual furnishings of the character
behind such laugh are hardly worth
the looking at, although it is the easiest
matter in the world to see them. They
are meager, and invariably have a dis
tressing air of newness which indicates
that they are not often used.--Buffalo
ExDress
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-02-26
PesslmIsM.

Along the clisckercd fo,tworn road Of life
A youthful traveller wends his onward way;
ugow viewing unconcerned some scene Of strife
Or loiterirg near where happy children play;
Dnmindful he of others hopes and fears
Careless he wanders on the lessening years.
when sunbsan,s clothe in beauty all the earth.
Changing to tiny stars the grassy dew,
Ard wake che fragrant flowers to instant birth.
Painting each petal with a rainbow hue;
Beneath some shade the youth, reposing lies.
And dreams that all the worlds paradise
Warm in his feelings generous in thought,
He greets his fellowmen with kindly grace;
1spects no wrong, believes In all he's taught
And sees friend IN every smiling face;
lmagines truth within the fiatterer's breast
And thinks that virtue lives in all the rest.
But soon the pathway narrows rough and steep
The gathering clouds thick brooding darkness
shed; #
The llghtnings fash the winds around him sweep
And rending thunders crash above his head;
Painting before the blast he breathes curse,
And thinks q tyrant rules the universe.
Alas! how rude the shock experience brings;
How sad the loss of faith in human kindl
The guilelass notes that only memory sings
But wake the wish that Fate has left MS blind;
The youth discovers truth to be e part,
And virtues forms but specimens Of art.
j. Nj. Stewart in New York Tribune
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-02-26
creassd Trousers Not F.shionsbl,

| VD00 4tUuoo<b NOS 4W8oIOUoO10S
The creased trousers have had their
day. The lesser swelh have just begun
to emulate this fashion as il goes out Of
favor with the tip-toppers. The fact
that various plebeian devices were re-
sorted to to secure an imitation Of the
correctly creased effect, as for instance
by pressing the neither garments over
night between the mattresses, bereft the
fad OF its exclusiveness to the minds Of
the swagger set, and when It latterly be-
came noised about that one object Of the
crease fold was that the trousers would
hold their shape longer, this was the
final straw-for q true swell can never
be at comfort when abroad with badge
OF economy in his makeup. It is q curl
ous fact that this peculiar tangent Of
fashion never was made manifest in the
trousers Of full dressl-C Clothier and
FurniHher.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-02-26

The following directions are given by
the GaHipolis Journal to q reader who
inquiries how how to play the game Of
fiddle. de- winks:
The game is played with tiddledies,
winks, wink pot, dinguses, duflicicties,
etc. Any number Of players may en-.
gage in the game. Each player takes
. dingus. The winks are divided
equally, likewise the duficties. Take a
wink, put it on the dingus, then by
pressing tiddledy on the wink, make
1t Jump into the wink pot, If you can.
II you succeed you are entitled to du-
ficity, and for every wink you Jump
into the wink pot from the duwink you
count flicis tiddledy, and continue 80
TO operate the tink.winkie upon the
polly.wog until the points carried shall
equal the sum total of the hogwhip
multiplied puterinktum and added by
the contents of the aforesaid wink pot
or words to that effect. You may then
be said to have won the game, and
henceforth will be recognized in society.
The above directions are taken from
Hoyle.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-02-26
LYNCHBURG.
February "a, 1891.

~VSASe~J 80 ~SoAs
Death has been In our midst and
claimed three OF our most worthy citi.
zens. DR.. I. Holmes, one Of our Oldest
and most respected physicians, died
last Thursday In the sixty.ninth year oi
his age. John J. Terrell, one Of our old
citizens and successful farmer, died
February 10th in his seventy-third year
Mrs.. VIM. A. Thornburg died Sunday
night after . lingering illness Of two OF
three years.
Mn. Emma Gibson has been quite
sick during the past week.
DR.. Kleckner has re-considered hi
intention 70 50 to Cincinnati and has
formed . partnership with Dr.. Scott.
M. ". A. saylor, Of Belfast. mads one
of his prsarransed visits 70 Our town
1T Saturday evening.
The kins Of hearts visited our village
last Friday and Willingly Submitted q
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-02-26
Obituary. I

Mary L. Harris, wife of James o.
Harris, died at her home, two miles east
of New Market, last Sunday morning Of
typhoid fever. The funeral services
were held in the Baptist Church at New
Market on Monday at II q. M, conduct.
ed by Rev. Roberts.
Mary L. McConnaughey was united in
marriage to James o. Harris October 26,
1858, with whom she lived happily for
20 years. She was born August l, 1912,
and united with the New Market Baptist
Church February is, 1859. Religion
with her was not mere profession.
She lived not for time alone. To her
husband and six sons there shall ever
come voice saying "God be with you
TIL we meet sgain.n Her sickness was
short but she was ready. The church
has lost an earnest worker, the homs,A
devoted mether.
1leeo on dear cee, nay Wy spirit
Watch and anArd our earthly hoDo
TN at hs1rnn unbroksn eirS)o
vs shAu hess NE vsIeome eosA :
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-02-26
A Lawyer Surprised.

1t is not often that lawyer receives
other recognition of his services in be-
half of a client than retainer and fee.
The feeling of most when they get
through with member of the legal fra
ternity il more akin to sorrow than
gratitude. A Court street attorney has
had a contrary experience. One Of his
clients, an Irish woman, who had been
indicted several times, but never con-
victed, dropped in on him with pres
3ut. It was handsome silk mufi1er.
'rBut you've already paid me, Mary"
sid the lawyer. "Nivir mind, sor," she
replied, "but tuck it around your foine
throat an kape your tongue glib, for !
may made thin agin. boston Traveller.