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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-05-28

isio ~ .bop rsiii The house 10 conplsi'
"a,
John Mcbride sIs very badly bur. b,
she falling al psohiss % The Eisor
gauty Meeds, siisfneoe. He sss ,peed'
10y placed sudsr The care Of the doctor
sua II Is hoped be silI sooa be 90, sssiu.
Asv. NJ. seymour 81 Bennioston
preached very Zoe discourse 81 the
church Sandsy. ], being soldiers" day.
The veterans and members Of the relief
corps we're oui inlfpli force, ard vsre great
" pleased With the discourse and desire
10 thank the preacher for the same
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
DOGS ON MONEY.
The CANNES of Different Nations Shown
Their Coins.

The CANNES of Different Nations Shown
ON Their Coins.
There is an important group of about
forty coins containing outlines of dogs,
which deserve careful study. The in
tcrest of some of them, says Chambers
Journal, is mainly mythical, as with
Lnlaps, the hound of Acteon, presented
to Cephalos by Procris; or with the dog
of Segestc. which symbolized the river
Crimisus. But there are enough to show
how extensive were the operations of
the dog fancicr in carly times The
coins afford no evidence of the develop
lncnt of Il spaniel, there being no cX-
ample of Il pcndulous car, or of mas
tiff, though bulldogs were undoubtedly
known in the arenas Of imperial Rome.
But they prove conclusively-what is
shown, indeed, by the less artistic
products of Egyptian pictography-th
the ancients had four kinds of dogs-thc
wolf dog, the hound, the greyhound and
the terrier. The Umbrians had their
wolf hounds, the Apulians, of Asculum.
their grayhounds, the moro rugged
hunters of the Tuscan forests their fox
dogs. The favoritc dog of Artcmis
Laphria, as on coins of PatrD and
Sparta, was Il greyhound, while Act
ICONS dogs must have been half-brecd
deerhounds. Rhcgium, if the coins may
be trusted, had his sheep dogs; the
Macedonian city of Monde it's terriers,
and Cume, just above the bay of Naples,
to which all the luXurics of the ancient
world were brought, it's poodlcs.
Further pursuit of this line of inquiry
would probably throw some useful
light upon the direction OF canine do
meStication
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
FIRING AN OCEAN STEAMER.
Something About tho Labor Performed
by n Stokcr.

Something About tho Labor Performed
by n Stokcr.
A Scottish contemporary thus de-
scribcs the firing service on board an
ocean greyhound: On the City of Paris
there are sixty firemen, who feed the
fiery maws of fifty-iour furnaces, that
create steam in nine boilers. Fifty coal
passers shovel the fuel from the bunk
crs to the furnace door, and the firemen
toss it in. There is something more
than mere shovcling in firing. The
stol1cr must know how to put the Goals
on SO they will not burn too quickly nor
dcadcn the fire. He must know how to
stir or poke the fire SO us to got all, or
nearly all. the heat out of the coal.
Service in the fire room is divided into
six watches of four hours each. The
fireman works and sleeps alternate four
hours. After the first day from port
two out of every six furnaces arc ral1ed
ont to the bare bars during the first hour
of each watch. Thus, in voyage, all
the furnaces are cleaned once in twenty
four hours. The steam goes down Il bit
in the hour while the cleaning is going
on. The stollcrs shovel into the fur
naccs fifteen tons of coal every hour. or
three hundred tons Il day. Tho ship
usually takes in two thousand tons ut
Liverpool or New York, and has be-
tween five hundred and eight hundred
tons left when she arrives at the other
side. The engineers department is en-
tircly distinct and separate from the
tircmen's.. In the City of Paris there
are twcnty-six engineers, including
hydraulic and electrical. They arc cdu-
Gated in engine shops on shore, and
certain number of them go on ships
every year. They are all machinists, so
whenever the machinery breaks down
they know how to repair the damage.
In case the chief engineer should be dis
ablcd any assistant could take his place
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Dimensions of tho BUILDINGS Various De-
partmcnts.

Dimensions of tho Buildings Various De-
partmcnts.
The entire length of the national cap
itol building from north to south is 75l
feet inches, and it's greatest dimension
from cast to west $50 feet. The area
covered by the building is 1873, 112 square
feet. The dome of the original central
building was constructed of wood. This
was replaced in 1856 by the present
structure of cast iron. 1t was complct-
ell in 1865. The entire weight of iron
used is 5000 200 pounds. The dome is
crowned by Il bronze statuc of Freedom.
1t is 10 feet inches and weighs 1855
pounds. 1t was modelled by Crawford
The height of the dome above the base
line of the cast front is PSI fcet5 inches.
The height from the top of the balus-
trade of the building is 217 feet II
inches The greatest diameter Mt the
base l35 fcot 5 inches. The rotunda is
% feet 6 inches in diameter, and it's
height from the floor to the top of the
canopy is $50 feet 3 inches. The senate
chamber is l13 feet inches in length
by so feet inches in width and Sc feet
in height. The galleries will accommo-
date 1000 persons. The representatives
hall is $50 feet il length by 03 feet in
width and So feet in height.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
When Life Is Extinct.

Tho French Academy of Sciences ten
or fifteen years ago offered Il prize of
one thousand six hundred pounds for the
discovery of some means by which even
the inexperienced might ut once deter
mine whether in Il given case death had
cnsued or not. A physician obtained
the prize for having discovered the fol-
lowing wcll-llnown phenomenon. If
the hand of the suspected dead person
is held toward candle or other arti-
fetal light with the fingers extended
and one touching the other, and one
looks through the spaces between the
fingers toward the light, there appears
scarlet rcd color where the fingers
touch each other, due to the blood still
circulating, it showing itself through
the tissues which have not congested.
When life is entirely extinct the pho
nomenon of scarlet space between the
fingers ut once ceases. The most OK
tcnsivc and thorough trials established
the truth of this observation.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
PARIS REGGARS.
One of Them who Was the Owner Of a
Large Fortune.

One of Them Who Was the Owner Of a
Large Fortune.
The professional beggars in Paris,
who stand at church doors, on the
bridges, or other good corners of the
French capital, are very often richer
than most Of those of whom they i'm
plore eharity. 1t is no uncommon thing
to near of important sums of money be-
ing found at the lodgings of deceased
mcndicants. Till their death they gen
orally try to keep their secret, but
bcggar who was for many years known
as Perc Antoine, and who used to stand
on the steps of the church OF st. Sui
picc, seemed to like to boast of his
wealth Not long ago he, in n moment
of temporary insanity brought on by
illness, throw himself out of Il window
and was killed on the spot. A man
named Guillemin, to whom he had
promised to leave his fortune in consid-
Grafton of being provided for in his old
age, at once appropriated the money,
amountingto about ninety-six thousand
francs. Cunning Pere Antoine had,
however. made n will leaving all his
worldly goods to his nephew and cousin.
Guillcmin restored sevcnty-six thou
sand francs, but has been condemned to
two years imprisonment because he
Kept the remaining twenty thousand.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
Students in Paris.

y From inquiries which have been
made at Paris, it appears that last year
there were 1,o7l foreign students there,
and this is represented as fair average.
The Germans amounted to only nine
teen, while the Austrians numbered
one less. There were 154 British stu
dents and 206 Russians and Poles. The
Balkan peninsula sent the large con-
tiagent of 3f5-Grcelss, Turks, Rou-
anaaians, Scrvians and Bulgarians be-
eng Included in this category. The
schools of medicine and law appro-
p-iatcd by far the greater number, for
while Teo attended the former, 49, at
rsadcd at the latter Wle faculty of
theology oaly had one foreign student.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
A BRIDES FINE DELlcAcY.
Her Method of Putting Stop to Ser
enade.

Her Method of Putting Stop to Ser
enade.
In the good old city which has been
immortalized in story as Rivermouth,
it CHANGED, says the Boston Courier, that
couple who did not move in the most
exalted social circles and from whom
The most refined sentiments might not
have been expected were united in the
holy bonds of matrimony upon the day
which followed the funeral of the first
wife of the groom.
The conventional sense of propriety
in the neighborhood was shocked by
this haste in furnishing forth the mar
riagc tables with the funeral baked
meats, and upon the night of the we'd
ding company of sons of Belial gath
cred themselves together and went to
sercnadc the bridal pair with horrid up
roar of horns and pans and guns
The chirivari was ut its height and
all the region was aroused by the hide
Gus noise, when the bride appeared
darlsly at the window above the rotous
crowd, and with supreme feeling APP
pcaled to their dclicacy.
"Ain't you ashamed she cried in hot
indignation, Ito come here making a
disturbance like this when we had Il
funeral only yesterdays"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
TIE AMERICAN GIRL.
No Longer the Courageous Creature That
She Was.


The American girl of decade ago
has cffaced herself, says Charles Dudley
Warner in Harpcr's Magazine. She is
no longer the daring, courageous
creature. In England, in France, in
Germany, in Italy, she takes. rs one
may say, the color of the land. The
satirist will find no more abroad the
American girl of the type whom he
continues to describe. The knowing
and fascinating creature has changed
her tactics altogether, and the change
has reacted on American society. The
mother has come once more to the
front, and even if she is obliged to own
to forty-fivc years to the census talxer,
she has again the position and the priv
ilege OF the blooming woman of thirty.
Her daughters walk mcelsly and with
downcast Gf still expcctant) eyes and
wait for sign. 1t is enough now
to notice that change is going on, due
to tho effect of foreign society upon
American women, and to express the
patriotic belief that whatever forms of
etiquette she may bow to the American
girl will still be on earth the last and
best gift of God TO man.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.
The Iron Belt Building and Loan
Association
OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, s25, 900. 600.
OFFICERS:

PREsIDENT-GEN. FITZHUGH LEE.
Ex-Governor Of Virginia.
1sT VICE-PREsIDENT = PEYTON l..
TERRY, President Roanoke Trust,
Loan and Safe Deposit Co.
I'D VICE PRESIDENTS. w. JAMESON,
Secretary and treasurer Roanoke
Trust, Loan and Safe Deposit Co.
SEcRETARY-JOHN OFT, late Cashier
City Bank of Richmond.
TREAsURER-J. c. DAVENPORT, Cash
Ter Commercial National Bank, Roa-
noke, Va.
GENERAL CoUNsEI.--Ho C. A. Nc
HUGH, Counsellor at-Law, late OF
Charleston, S. G.
MANAGER OF AGENcIEs-D. B. JESSE,
late of Lexington, Ky.
GENERAL TRUsTEE-HoN. HENRY S.
TROUT, President First National
Bank, Roanoke, Va.
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY = Roanoke
Trust, Loan and Safe Deposit Company
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
Cloud Photography.

A great deal of remarkable data,
which is of immense value in the prep
aration of weather forecasts, has lately
been complied from an investigation OF
cloud photographs. The range Of oh.
scrvations extended from clouds float
ing less than one and u half miles high
in air moving 1T seven miles an hour,
To nine miles above the ground in gales
blowing siXty-fvc miles an hour, while
the nIrfacc wind was only gentle
breeze of five miles "a hour.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
Thrift.

Summer Resort Doctor-Thc cause of
your illness is simply over-cXertion.
What have you been doing?
Thrifty Youth (fccbly)-I-I rowcd
twelve miles in two hours yesterday.
"Alcrcy on us! We had IL land breeze
yesterday, and the thermometer was
nearly 100 in the shade. Why did you
row so hard?'
"You see, doctor, II hired the boat
by the hour, and-and wanted to get
the worth of my money. Good News.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
GAVE HIM A SHAVE.
Aow Kind Barber HcIpcd n Drunison
Tramp to Brace I'm.

How q Kind Barber neIpcd n Drunisop
"a Tramp to Brace UP.
Boss, can you give me shave this
morning? l just blew in from Boston,
and the man who Gun beat his way from
tho Hub to Pittsburgh deserves some
thing"
This is how clever tramp startled
Che BARRIERS in downtown shop some
time ago, says the Pittsburgh Dispatch
He was not more than thirty-five years
old and apparently recovering from Il
spree.
"You don't lack for gall" replied the
owner. Il think you are as able to
work as am"
81 know am; am n tailor by trade,
but will get drunk, l can't help it; it
is 4 disease with me, and try hard to
keep away from liquor. Won't you
give me shave? You will not lose
anything if you do
1--WE seen good-for-nothing fellows
like you before" answered the barber.
tsYou had better get move on, cap"
"Don't be so hard on me- he per-
sisted. IF had q clean face l would
be moro prcscntable, and would stand
bettor chance of getting n job.
iii scrape your face spoke up one
of the men, and trust you for the dime"
"Thanll YOU" he exclaimed with
smile. The job was soon done and the
tramp left. In the afternoon lie called
pretty well sobercd up and said he was
going to work in the morning The
next night he paid for the shave and
Since then he has been doing we'll at his
trade. He is row regular customer of
his barber friend, and he declares he
will never drink another drop. The
barber and tramp have become boon
companions and the former thinks the
latter will hold out.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13

1. INSTALLMENT STOCK. = Mem
bership fee, 81 per share, which carries
the stock the first month, after that the
monthly dues are 60 cents per share.
2. PAID UP INTEREST BEARING
STOCK.-$5op per share (par value, s1oo),
yielding dividend. payable semi-an-
nually, January 1, and July /, of per
cont. per annum, which is duly remitted
by check to the shareholder.
8. The stock is expected to mature in
seven years from date of each series re.
spectively, the same being issued
monthly.
4. There is no investment anywhere
safer or more profitable than its stock.
With the assets of the Association in
vested in first mortgages on improved
town real estate, duly insured for the
benefit of the Association, on basis
not exceeding so per cent. of its value.
as ascertained by appraisers who are
themselves stockholders of the Associ-
alton, while the debt OF the member
borrowing Is being curtailed every
month Of its existence, it is difficult to
conceive Of a safer investment than it's
stock affords to the prudent investor.
Apply at Home Office, ITO Jefferson
street, or to
JAMES r. TERRY. or to SIMMONS,
CARPENTER & TINSLEY, Roanoke,
Va. aprlo-ly
Old papers for sale at The Times office
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
criminal Practice.

Col. Percy Ycrger is one of the most
popular criminal lawyers in Austin. He
has an immense criminal practice and
usually succeeds, with slight assistance
from the jury, in acquitting his clients,
no matter how atrocious their crime or
overwhelming the evidence of their
guilt. Last Sunday Col. Ycrger's little
boy Tommy was asked by his Sunday
school teacher:
Tommy, the man who is good i'll this
world goes to Heaven. Now what be-
comes of the bad men who disobey the
laws of God?"
Papa clears thcm," was the re-
sponsc.-TeHas Siftings.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
When MISC Iighsce Had Coased.

Mrs. Bloobumper-I think the refrain
was the best part of the song.
Bloobumpcr-Yes; but began to fear
she never would.
Mrs. Bloobumpcr-Ncvcr would what?
Bloobumpcr-Rcfrain
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
No SucI, Luck.

Becry Bivins-Say, wot de yc think?
piled fer lodgins at 'er hotel dc other
day and where der yer think dey put
me at?
Hungry Iliggin's-In der barn.
Becry Bivins-Naw, in der bridal
chamber.
Hungry lIiggins-Wot are yer givin'
us?
Becry Divins-Dat's straight. Dey
locked me in de harness-room in dc sta
BILE, sec?-Philadelphia Press.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
A dangerous occupntlon.

Mrs. Spinlss-The paper says that in
Denver the ice wagon drivers are paid
one hundred dollars month.
Mr.. Spinls-Um Il presume those
far-western housel1cepcrs know how to
shoot.-Good News
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
Very Interesting.

The New Rector find the work in
this parish very interesting indeed.
Miss Al should think you might;
there arc ten unmarried girls to every
man in the congrcgation.-Life
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13

Miss Ingcnuc-O. Mr.. Jones, we're
going to have some lovely popcorn this
winter, and you must come up often
and help us.
Mr.. Jones destroying her last hope)
But you know I'm not popper.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
A New Iseason.

Mr. De Club-AIy dear, n great Ger
man physician says women require
more sleep than men.
Mrs. De C.-Docs he?
Mr.. De C.-Ycs, my dcar-um-er-
you'd better not wait up for me to-
night-N. Y Weekly.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
Mistaken Identify.

Boggs-IIow in the world did you get
that head put on you?
Foggs-lt was case of mistaken
identity.
Boggs-Uow was that?
Foggs-I tackled the wrong man.
n. Y. Herald.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
Better Off Than the ola Man.

"No," said the old man; 81 can't go
inter sassiety, because 1 amt got no
grandfather; but, I tell you, my gram
children's got one; and, oh! how they do
go it."-Pucll
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
Worried All Around.

us that letter from papa?"
EYES,
ale seems to be greatly worried about
his financial affairs"
Gle isn't half SO worried about them
as / am. Jury.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
A lit of phIloaonI,x,

When mans pipe is out he know
what it is to have u true friend grow
cold.-Life.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
Cannot lie Denied.

Mrs. Youngwife-I would like nice
venison steak this morning, if it is not
too dear.
Butcher Cutlct-Madame, you forget
venison is dear at any price Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
Fashionable uumiIitx

Maid-Which dress and hat will my
lady wear?
Mistress-My best, Marie. am GO
ing out with the society to visit The poor
in the Observation-Disclosures.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
M ONEY TO LOAN,

We are the agents for this city for the
Central City Building and Loan ascot
alton, of Syracuse, N. Y, and we will
take pleasure in explaining to any one
interested the way to secure money on
easy payments. SCOTT &c RIVES,
Real Estate Agents, los jefferson st.
oct22-lmo
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
Reckless Lightning.

Uncle Mose-Big thunderstorm yes
terday. Lightning struck me right on
de head.
Employer-You don't say SOP Get
hurt much?
Uncle Mosc-Guess it did. I reckon
mex time dat lightnin' will look to see
whar it's goin. Good News.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
Tho Tramp.

GLOW did you find the tramp"
"Rcsting casily."-Pucls.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
Ono Wny Out oft.

''The lawyers will not get rich fight
ing over my WILL" remarked old Mr..
Scadds.
"Ah!
T. ''No, sir; I won't make apy."-Epoch.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
THOUGHT IT WAS a sErENADE

Alderman Schmitt (the night after his
election)-Danlk you, mein goot
fricndts, for dot l1indt SURPRISE. Won't
you all gone in und dal1c somcdings?-
Puc1S
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13

Old papers for sale at The Times office
10 Cents hundred.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-01-23


vania, was ~lnauguTated Oh .@3 2yth.
Ine text Of lbs inaugural address VIII
oiIuuu 9u .ue osu pdse' ne Nh.
= us III % soora'arn ~ u' w" w
n Hense, httor az Gene,.f and
Wu,iam NJ CiaiI'nj Sdfnt.ot az
raj.
? 7..o,s c,,, ,ha
orth -a'a"tla r. : S w. ~ ~,
: 80 ~ - ~ w..
Senate he received all the Republican
woes, 81 in LuubeF, against 10 for
| Back, DgLl0erat. and scattered
| Democratic v IL. IL tie House the
v. u stood: Cameron, ll3; Back, II;
TIggart, 7; scattering, ?.
con,lf n W.. /. t,t,
800. a. g.
80, 80 - il
10 ,aI, 81" 49, -,
emeacEisss H.. srsnt tn CtI@sIo ir,n'
&ew York to consult VITA tho Worlds
| Fair officials, as he has mad wide 80
perieEce Ia such matters. He was
! Chief OF q bureau OF the P%hnaGeltlia
Exposition Ia 1870, u Commissioner of
| the New York Exposition III 1855 ana
a United states Commissioner 10 the
Paris Exposition Of 1867,
r.. saoro,rr - ~. T,
The 10th appointed Theodore Homau
United States 5toTekes per at PM
al alpha.
Thu ,o,s. = goh.,, s,a
Port Hona n ,tari, wls t,,rnad ~ IVA
i.rh M 10 Of nc chiI5+an aayi,baJ
in the flames.
An express tralo on the Cues,
paak3 and Ohio RAILWAY ran intn an
g. en- switch at Wluilred. West VI
| piuia, on the 1911. Several freight cas-
were demolished and the wreck To- K
| fire, DESTROYING the passenger engine.
Engineer Edwards and a fireman we've
seriously but not fatally Injured. None
OF the passengers were hurt. TIE
switch Was misplaced, 1t is supposed,
for the purpose of robbery.
"A train on the Rio GraDde Rail-
road was wrecked and robbed by mask
ed men between Brownsville aud Point
Isabel, Texas, at noon on tue l9th.
fltteen masked men placed oostTuct-