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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-07
An AMERICAN INsULTED.
Attacked by nm Italian Mob in Florence
and Pelted With Stones.

FLORENCE, May 6.-[Special Will
liam jacques, an American gentlemen
from Newton, Mass, was out driving
with his daughter yesterday when q
mob OF people pursued his carriage, at
tackled it and pelted it with stones and
severely injured his daughter, who in
terfered in his defense.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-07
Officers of the Gas and Water compnnv

Tho directors of the Roanoke Gas
and Water Company held meeting
yesterday and elected officers as fol,
lows: L. j. kimball, president; II. %.
Gerhard, secretary and treasurer. Mr.
j. G. Rawn was appointed manager.
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For Rent.

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APPLY TO BUSINESS MANAGER
OF THE TIMES.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-07

The long and gloomy winter which so
reluctantly gave place to spring few
weeks ago has returned for another
visit before being finally driven away
by summer Stoves, fire-places and
heating apparatus generally which had
been cold for some time, were called
into use yesterday morning, and over
coats were as thick on tie streets YES.
terday as in mid winter.
There was no frost in the city, but re-
ports from the surrounding country saw
that. there was light frost in some locali-
ties that slightly damaged early yege-
tables. So far fruit in this locality is
not seriously injured.
The cold wave is general and moro
severe in other parts of Virginia and
North Carolina.
RICHMOND, May 6.-lSpeciall -Disas-
trous frost fell in Richmond and vicinity
last night, Playing havoc with the fruit
crop and early vegetables. Specials
from all over the State and portions of
North Carolina report great destruction
to all vegetation. Even leaves on the
trees were blackened and killed. In
consequence of the cold snap produce
and green goods merchants report de-
cided advance in the price of their
goods, while vegetables and fruit in the
markets here have jumped up con-
siderably.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. May 6-[Speciall-
1t is thought from reliable information
that che grapes which are famous in this
section were severely injured by last
nights FROST All early vegetation is
badly damaged, especially on low
grounds. Tho Thermometers was at
three degrees this morning in some
places and it is quite cold now
HARRIsoNBuRG, Va, May 6.-I Special
The weather was cola yesterday and
to-day. 1t is thought that the peach and
cherry crop is much injured by frost.
RALEIGH, n. G, May 7.-ISpeciall-
There was considerable frost last night
in this section of the State Tobacco
plants and cotton are injured.
DANviILE, Va, May 6.-TSpeciall-
The weather is cold hero. There was
considerable frost last night. and grow
ing vegetables were frost bitten, but
no damage to crops or fruits.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-07

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THE DISASTROUS COLD WAVE.
Fruit and Vegetables Seriously
injured.

Heavy Frost i'll Many Parts of Virginia.
Green Goods Jump in the Markets of
d--CharlottesviIIe Grapes
Damaged by the Cold-Erost ut Dan
vhic-Cotton and Tobacco Injured I'm
North Carolina.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-07
Tho Weather.

Forecast: For Virginia, fair Thursday
and Friday. continued low tenn 3erature
except slightly warmer in extreme west
portions, north winds, warmer Friday.
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T HAVE DISPOSED OF NV OFFICE
Il FURNITURE AND FIXTURES to
Messrs. BLAIR e CAMPBELL,w who will
hereafter conduct Wholesale Real Es
tate Business at my old quarters. Hav.
ing connected myself with the new firm
l shall be glad to extend the same
courtesiest to my old friends and secure
for them prof table inves tments in real
estate. Very respectfully,
WILBUR S. POLE,
Rooms and 4, Exchange Block.
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THE STATUS OF fgGLY'S CLAIMS
Discussing the Report of The
New Orleans Grand Jury.

Leading Diplomatic Minds Assert That
the Trenty has Not Been Violated an,t
That the italian Case WIZ Fall to TIE,
Ground---Thc Complaint Narrowed
Down to Two Persons, One ", Escaped
Convict.
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May Bliss.

Marriage licenses were granted in the
clerks office yesterday to w. C. Carter
and Sarah +. Reynolds. and w. w.
Gray and Lizzie r. Anderson, all of
this city.
THE TIMES is the leading paper OF the
mineral belt of the two Virginias. Ifyou
want to keep posted on the development
Oh this ftt you cannot afford to be
without
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The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-06
The Fetish-Man Abroad.

When abroad, says one of Stanley'a
pioneer officers, in the Century, the
fetish man is always a conspicuous figure
in a village. He wears q tall hat Of
animal skin; around his neck hang sus-
pended by strings a few small specimens
Of his wares, and slung around his
shoulders are little parcels of charms,
into which are stuck birds feathers.
Metal rings, to which mysterious little
packages are attached, clash and clang
as he walks, serving, together with a
liberal supply of iron bells fastened to
his person, to announce the Nganga's
presence; and, as if his body did not
offer q sufficient surface to display all
his magical outfit, he carries, slung over
his left shoulder In a woven pocket, a
load of woodworking material. A
peep into a fetish-man's sack discloses a
curious assortment of ~preventives -
eagles claws and feathers, fshbones,
antelope horns, leopard teeth, tails and
heads of snakes, fint-stones, hairs of the
elephants tail, perforated stones, differ
emit colored ehalks, eccentric shaped roots,
various herbs, etc. There are sufficient
reasons for his carrying these with him;
if he left them in his village some one
might steal them; and, again, provided
as he is, he can administer at a moments
notice to suffering humanity some devil
nroOf mixture.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-06
Heroism of a Child,

In the Bodleian Library at Oxford is o
most touching record of heroism and
self sacrifice on the part of a child.
The lower door of st. Leonard's
Church, Bridgeworth, was left open, and
two young boys, wandering in, were
tempted to mount to the upper part, and
scramble from beam to beam.
ALI at once q joist gave way. The
beam on which they were standing be-
came displaced. The elder had just time
to grasp it when falling, while the
younger, slipping over his body, caught
hold of his comrades legs. In this fear
full position the poor lads hung, crying
vainly for help, for no one was near.
VAt length the boy clinging to the beam
became exhausted. He could no longer
support the double weight. He called
out to the lad below that they were both
done for.
sCould you save yourself If I were to
loose you" replied the younger lad.
81 think / could, returned the other.
ssThen good-by, and God bless you'll"
said the little fellow, loosing his hold.
Another second and he was dashed to
pieces on the stone floor below.
His companion clambered to a place
of safety.-Cbdtterbor.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-06
strange Story Of a Dream

II was some tim in the spring of 1866
"a Iethro Jackson went to Resaca to
sook for the grave of his son, who was
Filled in battle. Like many others, he
~;shed to find the remains, and to take
sbptn to Griffin and inter them in the
family burying ground.
Yhe comrades who laid young jackson
q rest gave the father a description of
sba spot where they had buried him, tell
sae him about the rude pine coffin made
fron the boards taken from the bridge.
After many days of tireless search Mr..
Jackson failed to locate his sons grave.
ma returned to his home in Griffin. A
few nights after his return he dreamed
that his son came to him and pointed out
The SPOT where he was buried.
The dream was like a vision. He saw
bis son standing besrle his bed, and heard
him say
hFather, | am buried under a moand
which was thrown up after | was killed.
You will know the mound when you see
ii blythe pokeberry bushes growing upon
II. 60 ana take me up and carry me
home to mother" >
So strong an impression did this
dream make upon Mr.. Jackson, that he
returned at once to Resaca, taking with
him one of the comrades who had buried
his son.
The mound was found just as de-
scribsdin the dream, and the pokeberries
were growing upon it. An excavation
Was made, and a few feet below the
earth the rough pine coffin was found,
and ia it we're the remains of young
jackson. He was fully identified, not
only By the coffin and the shoes, which
were apresent from the father, but by the
name which was on the clothing.-At.
anta Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-06
Precaution Against Floods.

Floods may be successfully opposed OF
escaped. Railway and wagon roads may
and must be laid on river food plains,
but the embankments, and trestles, and
bridges should be raised not only above
the latest freshet mark, but we'll above
the great natural flood mark found in the
plain itself, and the reciprocal effects of
embankments and other structures on
future freshets should be cautiously
reckoned. Farms may and ought to be
located on fertile bottom lands enriched
by annual or decennial overflow; but the
farmer should dig deep for his founda-
lions and build his su~perstructures strong
and high. On every flood plain of Eastern
America he should provide for the loss
of crop and fences once in three, or FIVE,
or ten years; and both common humanity
and economic policy urge that duml
beasts should be pastured and fed on the
uplands, so that the fertile river bottoms
may be devoted to their best use, namely,
.he production of plant crops. Cities
and towns ought not to be built on the
flood ridden and miasmatic lowlands;
yet they have been in the past and will
be in the future, so the townsman, like
the farmer, should build high and strong
and hold himself ready to remove his
dear one and carry the goods to upper
stories. And the food-swept bottom
lands of the American rivers afford a
business opportunity, ~curiously neglected
in the past, though destined to be sue
cessfully grasped at no distant day;
namely, insurance against foods.
The great desideratum is general recog-
milton of the facts-which are demon.
strated by the observations of thousands
and gainsaid by none, though ignored
by multitudes-that rivers bear their
own food marks in the a~lluvial plains by
which they are skirted, and that men
occupy these plains at their peril
Forum.
M~
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-06
Grotesqae FLIGHT OF Kanrarooa

Describing a kangaroo hunt in s.,;5
ner, Birge Harrison saws: The rest ~
ene nerd Immediately made off in our d.
recuon; but instead Of scattering nell.
nell as other wild animals would have
lone under like circumstances, these Queer
aenlzens OF a queer country fell into line
ana departe d in regular Indian file. the
y Old doe leading the way, and the
smallest diminutiye ~pickaninnies BRING
ing up the rear. The doe covered the
ground with tremendous ~leisurely mons.
holding her forepaws before her in a
fmlnclng way that was very comicaI. This
smaller animals-each an exact, though
,alminutlve, counterpart of the leader
followed in gradually diminishing per.
specflve, every little beggar hopping
Just a little more rapidly than the one be-
fore him, until the fast-fying legs of the
last puny fellow at the end of the Inns
were blurred like the spokes of a wheel
In rapid motion. The effect of this ex-
straordlnary procession was to my unac-
customed eyes, SO altogether ludicrous
and absurd, that I nearly lost nv shot in
an uncomfortable burst Of laughter. As
IT was, | might just as well have had nv
laugh to the end, for although I>Iet the
old doe have both barrels fall In the
flank as she passed me at twenty yards'
distance, she never even faltered in her
course, and had quite disappeared in the
scrub, with all her numerous Q at
her heels, before I had time to replace
the empty cartridges. The No. 8 shot.
in all probability, had little more effect
upon her tough hide than SO many grains
of sand. Nevertheless, it might perhaps
have brought her down if 1 had aimed
iat the head, for one pellet penetrating
the brain through the eye would have
been sufficient. But the motion was SO
eccentric and perplexing that this would
have been a very risky shot, and / pre-
'ferred the chance of stunning her BY a
direct double charge full in the body,
to the almost absolute certainty of miss
ing her altogether by attempting the
more difficult shot.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-06
Glimpses Of a Syrian Seaport Town

UilhtpSeS vi u SyrIAA SeBp0TG 10 Wn
But it is in the streets of Syrian cities
that We are most interested. Beyrout,
where the Turkish jargon gives place to
Arabic, is our first point of approach,
and sailing down the coast in the after
noon light, the setting of the city is
truly superb. From the rocky hsrbor
the graceful beach of st. Georges Bay
sweeps around to the northeast, remind
ing one of the. Bay of Naples, The
houses, rising on terraces as they recede
from the sea, are of various architecture,
presenting colonnades of slender pillars
cut from Italian marble, tall minarets, or
little square dwellings with fiat roofs.
East of the city rises to a height of moro
than eight thousand feet the majestic
range OF Lebanon capped with snow in
winter, and to the rugged slopes cling a
score of pretty villages, like swallows
nests under the rocky caves. We can
be quite resigned to the treelessness of
the mountain-sides. What ~delicately
tinted crags, what alterations Of light
and shade as the deep chasms ELL with
evening shadows, what g~orgeousness on
clouds and peaks as the sun plunges
finally into the blue waves of the Medi-
terraneanl We find Beyrout q city of
nearly a hundred thousand inhabitants,
many of whom are Europeans, and have
brought with them European houses and
streets and shops and costumes. But
within the old city, inside the dingy
walls that at the beginning of this century
inclosed all there was of Beyrout, we
can find the same queer, narrow, crooked
streets and miniature shops as in Damas-
Gus or Hannah.
Landing at the wooden pier by a small
boat from the steamer, we meet our
friends, the hawkers, in full cry. Among
the jostling crowd of travellers, soldiers,
porters, and beggara, they sell and thrive.
st. Nicholas.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-06
Turkish Tailoring for the Fair.

Turkey is going to send to the World
Fair an exhibit of its costumes, ancient
and modern. 1t will include everything
from the silken pallium worn by the
beautiful women of the Pasha's harem to
the costumes of war and the Turkish
fez. The exhibit is being prepared by
TeWfk Bey Ebuzzin, director of the
Museum Of the ~Janizaries and also of the
Industrial School of Con~stantinople.
Tewfk Bey is also a voluminous author.
one OF his works being a Turkish enoy-
clopmdia. 1t is said that it would not
be possible to enumerate all the costumes
contained in the Museum of the Jani-
zaTles. There are costumes of the Chief
Of the Mohommedan church, of officers
and privates in the army, of various
classes, with their weapons and accoutre-
Inenfs, Of the porter at the palace gate,
ofthe Chief of Police, field laborer, gar
dener of the palace, physician, old
Greek dress, old Armenian dress, chief
rabbi, sentinel, hunter, waiter in the
palace, standard bearer, Turkish priest,
costumes of fire brigade, admiral, grand
vlzier, coachman, the harem, etc. Tewfk
Key proposes to duplicate the costumes
N the museum and send them to the ex-
position properly labeled. American
people will be enabled to see in what
manner the varied population of the Of
torpan empire dressed in ancient times
1NezcS Orleans Piicagune.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-06
Dirt Makes Italy Charmingl

"There is a good deal TO be said in
favor of ~cleanness," said the artist, ''but
there is also something to be said in favor
of dirt. 1t is its dirt that makes Italy so
charming. And if you go into the lower
back streets of the city and watch the
swarms of children at play, you will
agree that their dirt is a positive charm.
A grimy face with a pair of big eyes and
a laughing mouth, a soiled and tattered
slip, a pair of stout, brown legs with
streaks of mother earth upon them, have
made up many a picture of hearty enjoy
mcnt that long and effective application
Of the best brand of soap couldnot begin
10 make. "--Aeo YORK. Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-06
Fashions fdyorite


FGSHtOU ,J0COTtte
fad, centers in that famous, fascina-
ting game-lawn tennis.
But there are women pplho cannot
engage in any pastnne. They are
delicate. feeble and easily exhausted.
They are sufferers from weaknesses
and disorders peculiar to females,
which are accompanied by sallow
compilations, expressionless eyes and
haggard looks.
For overworked, "worn = out"
" run down." debilitated teachers,
milliners, dressmakers, se~amstresses,
" shop-girls," h~ousekeepers, nursing
mothers, and feeble women gen.
orally, DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription is the greatest earthly
boon, being unequaled as an appe-
thing cordial and restorative tonic.
It's the only medicine for women,
sold by druggists, umder q positioe
guarantee from the makers, of sat-
~isfaction in every case, or money re-
funded. This guarantee has been
faithfully carried out for years.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-06
A Polyglot Town.

New York is becoming constantly more
and more a cosmopolitan town. The
percentage Of native Americans is re-
markably small. | started out a few
mornings since, says the Lounger of the
aBroeklyn CITIZEN, bent upon keeping tally
Of the different tongues / should hear
spoken during the day. There were two
Or three languages that I found myself
unable to identify, but / managed to
recognize the following tongues: English,
French, German, Italian, Spanish, Celtic,
Hungarian, Chinese, Polish Hebrew,
scandinavian and Russian. New York
y feeling very emphatically the influence
Of the remote tragedy that occurred at
the Tower of Babel.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-06
Catarrh Can't he Cured

With local applications, as they cannot reach
the seat of the disease. Catarrh q blood or
Constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you
have to take internal remedies. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally,an acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh
Cure is no quack medicine. 1t was prescribed
by one of the best physicians in this country
for years, and is a regular prescription. 1t is
composed of the best tonics known, combined
with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on
the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination
of the two ingredients is what produces such
wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send for
testimonials free.
F. ]. CHENEY & Co. Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-06

water rendering them compact, although
when brought to the surface with the
dredge they are apt to burst and fly to
pieces Immediately, being relieved of the
compression to which they are accus-
toned.
On your way over the bed of the At
lantic to New York you may turn aside,
perhaps to look into one of the deepest
yea holes that can be found in the world,
Immediately north of Porto Rico, where
the ocean floor takes a sudden dip into a
gulf more than five miles below what is
now the surface of the water. It is ex-
traordinary how these West Indian Is
lands rise precipitously from these depths
uplifting their mountains miles high out
of the sea. South of Cuba, in the Car
ribean Sea, is hole much bigger than
the one north of Porto Rico, which forms
an elongated valley nearly Ska nd a half
miles deep. This is believed to the deep
est of all the valleys of the ocean. Among
other surprising things you would come
across the Bermudas, may be 900 miles
due east from Charleston, which are the
peaks of mighty hills rising abruptly out
of the midst of the great fat ocean plain.
Upon reaching the edge of the North
American Continent, about $50 miles
southeast of New York City, after a
pretty steep climb from the three-mile
depth, you find yourself in the shadows,
following the line of a tremendous gorge
600 feet deep which the Hudson River
has cut out in making its way to the
ocean beyond. All you have to do is to
pursue this until you find yourself at the
foot of Manhattan Island, where you will
doubtless consider it a relief to get upon
dry land again and seek the nearest first
class hotel Washington Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-06
Where Soap is a Curiosity.

It IS stated that soap in India is re-
garded almost in the light of a natural
curiosity, for it is rarely il ever to be OBJ
tanned Of a s~hopkeoper there. OF course
it is sold in the larger towns; but the
amount used by the natives must be very
small, seeing that the total consumption
of soap in India last year vas only 5000
tons. This means that the amount
used by each person for the year was
considerably less than one ounce
Gambe,s's Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-06

1 have completed my first week with my
Platter. and have $24.2 clear money. / am
charmed with the business. | bought my
Platter from the Lake Electric Co, Englewood,
how cheap they could get q Platter, and how
much money they could make, we would see
many more happy homes. 1t is surprising the
amount of tableware and jewelry there Is to
plate; and if persons now idle would get q
Platter, they would soon have light hearts and
plenty money.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-06

All claims not consistent with the high char
acter of Syrup of Figs are purposely avoided
by the California Fig Syrup Company. 1t acts
gently on the kidneys, liver and bowels. cleans
ing the system effectuaIly, but it is not a cure
all and makes no pretensions that every bottle
viii not substantiate.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-06

MALARIA cured and eradicated from the
system by Browns Iron Bitters, which en-
riches the blood, tones the nerves, aids diges-
ton. Acts like a charm on persons in general
Ill health, giving new energy and strength.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-06

BRowN's Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, Ma
1aria, Biliousness and General Debility. Gives
creates appetite. The best tonic for Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-06
Conn nendable.

70 change the nsme and not the letter |.
change for worse and not for better.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-06

Live leisurely unless you are anxious t.
die in a hurry.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-06
In the Spring.

Nature should be assisted, when the system is changing
from the full habit of the winter months, to the lighter diet
of the warm season. Swifts Specific IS. S. ST. stimu.
lates the sluggish blood and rid you of that feeling of
heaviness and ianguor.
S. s, S., beauties the skin and makes the complexion rosy aud healthy.
S. q g.. give elasticity to the step and buoyant spirits.
s 8 O.. makes the feeble and delicate strong and robust.
S, S. S., is a tonic to the whole body and increases vitality.
S.. S. S., is a simple vegetable medicine
If there is poison in the blood, it generally shows itself fin
the spring. and this is the season to help nature to drive
it out and be cured. Nothing does this as well a SIS S S
tits harmless to the most delicate, yet 10 powerful as to
cleanse the system of all impurities.
,onys nv stooo Nj SKIN DISEASES FREE, THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-06-06

Thfrty-three steamboats, navigate tn
Congo River.