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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-14
CHANGES IN MEMS DRESS.
How Timo Anect+ tho Wearing Apparel
:. -. OF tho Sternor Aex.

HOW Iimo Auecst tho Wearing Apparel
ti't. 0f tho Steruer rex.
Tho question of kneo-brecchcs and
buckles is again agitating the masculine
mind, and IL 1t had not been for tho de-
termination to snub Oscar Wilde. says
tho St. Louis Post Dispatch, who knows
but that our mon would have been
launched in knickcrboollers and silken
hose Gro now. A New York tailor do
clarcs that tho past season has been tho
most significant ono in fifty years, so far
as the fashion CT mems wardrobcS is con-
ccrned, because 1t showed that tho old
time and all-suillcicnt dress suit was
losing its hold. Tho men have grown
rostivc under tho severe and rigid dress.
suit rules OF former years; thcy havo
fairly robcllcd against tho waitcr-l like
simplicity which has bound them IS in
vail; they arc moving toward more
elaborate costumes and they'll get thcro
before long. Says this fashionable crit
10: Nov that tho deadlock is broken
it. will only be q question OF timo when
kncc-brccchcs, buclSlcd shoes and laco
rufIlcs como in" Lawn tennis and BIZ
cycling suits have shown how becoming
llnickorb0clicrS arc, and during tho past
few seasons these suits havo been worn
in tho country, at tho seaside and tho
watering places by ulcn who wore never
astridc wheel in their lives and who
could not handle a racket il their saliva
ton depended upon it. Tho minds Of
the men are set upon abbreviated trous-
crs and tho women favor them. SO that
6ottlos Ii,
The changes in mems costume during
fhn NM fotv 7,
ual, but noticeable. Tho first innova-
ton was tho satin collar or lapel for tho
evening coat and tho low-cut waistcoat,
then tho white waistco It, at first
very simple and plain, but followed by
tho figured silks, sometimes of gaudy
patterns and decorated with gold but
tons, which often bore tho monogram of
tho wcarcr. Some young bloods brought
out tho old waistcoatS of their grand
sircs and found them quito en- regic.
Then camo tho plat cd, stamped, en-
broidcrcd and ribbed shirt fronts, which
were almost universal for evening wear,
and few have since shyly disportcd
RIFLES Tho high. straight collar has
been replaced by II rolling collar. Tho
coat tails havo been rounded of and
made smaller and tho coats have been
drawn in At tho waist like these OF tho
eighteenth century. Then, too, somo
men AFRO beginning to wear corscts. and
tho fact can scarcely DC concealed. 1t
is well known that many Of them havo
their shoulders built up in Il manner
which rivals tho falsity and art OF tho
motlcrn belle. who, by tho way, is not
nearly SO falso IS she used TO be. Low
pumps, embroidered hose and dainty
handkerchief complete tho outfit. and
tho dandy OF 81 would look very plain
indeed beside tho dude OF 90 with his
broad c,;Dansc OF shirt froat, his low.cut
waSicoat, his loosclyticd crAvat, his
hi@h-shouldercd and tighc-wai ted coat
aud his lno embroidered handkerchief
and hoso
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-14
a Co.oucra..vo wnrn,.

a colony OF about twenty-five families
from the North, for tho riost part farm
CTS, h@vo recently secured about 1000
acrcs Of choice farm land in Cullman
County, Ala.. on which to locate n CO.
operative farm. 1t IS 20 DO organized as
" joint stock company, with u capital
stock of 100000, limited TO gao shares
OF $1,000 each. No person can purchase.
own or oqDtrol moro or less than ono
share of tao capital stock Tho labor is
to be performed by themselves anl,hcir
families at stipulated wages. the profits
to DO distributed us dividends. They
propose TO Introduce manufactures as
soon IA practicable, rs Jhoy possess a
tract of valuable timber us wolf ns an IA.
e2hausteblo supply OF coal.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-14

Tho Alexander family, ofswhich nf-
teen members have graduated at Prince
ton University, arc TO have their debt
10 that institution signah2cd by tho gift
OF n now luiling from Mrs. Harriet
Crockcr Alexander, daughter of tho
iato ChaUcs Croclscr, tho California
millionaire, and WHO OF Charles H..
Aloxandcr, OF New York. 1t is pro-
rascd that tho building. shall be dG-
voted to commencement exercises and
tho higher functions OF collegiate life,
ara BIZ tho nncst thing OF the kind in
the country.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-14
a GHOSTS PHOTOGRAPH.
Per''stency of IL 'p,o!s in Having It's
Likeness TaISan.

rersstcncy of .ppn!S in Having It's
Likeness, Talsen.
Society circles in Los Angeles have
been excited over the strange case of
spirit photography that occurred short
time ago in u leading gallery. Tho lady
who WAS tho chief actor, says tho New
York Sunday Journal, will not consent
TO the use OF her name, but thcrc is no
question Of tho reality of tho cvcnt and
IL is madc ali the stronger by the fact
that both she ard tho photographer AFRO
sl,cptics OF spiritualism.
She took her position in tho gallery
and tic photographer throw his cloth
over his head TO arrange tho focus when,
with IN exclamation of fright. lis head
bubbcd suddenly out from behind its
covering, and ho stared at tho lady.
did any ono pass behind you just
thcn?'
''Why. certainly not" she answered.
He then took tho picture and went
into tho darl; room with it. He caiac
LouEdiag out in IL few minutes. and with
white face and strange manner said
che must sit again. Shc complied, and
again when lie proceeded To adjust tho
lcnsca he could not restrain bis terror.
Ills faco became beaded with COLI
Precipitation. his hands trcnblcd so that
lie could haadly proceed with lic work.
Five t.nos Gid hn take tho l.dy's pic,-
urc. refusing to Givo hcr any cxplana-
ton of his strange behavior.
At last lie told her shc would havc to
go TO some other plncc-ho could not
take her picture satisfactorily. Then
sho insisted on IN explanation. He re-
fused for long tiro, hut at last he
brought her five pl1tcs from tho darl,
room. In each OF ,hcr by her side,
dressed III grave clothes, with out.
stretched arm and hcckoning finger.
stood the ngurc of person who lid
been very dcar 10 her. bu5 who had re-
Gently died.
The lady nearly tainted, ana do
nounccd tho thing "a trick. but was
soon convinced that il thcro was fraud
the photographer did not know it. Tho
photographer developed tho plates, end
tho portraits of tho living and tho dead
arc exact and startling. Tho lady is not
suporstihous, but tho incxplicablc a..
fair wore on her nerves so as to render
her seriously Ill
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-14
Don't like l,car.

When Chinainan arrives in this
county 'hcrc is nothing DO ioaths moro
aban nc taste OF beer; but. with the de-
denomination TO become calico samcc Mol
5ican man" tho Cinnamon Of New York
are teliins to Amc,&canizo themselves
lby anaclna the foa.ning lager. lisa
afsrliblc croGs, however, TO tho most OF
sstbcio; they do not drinl; it by tho glass.
busSbny quart. which sufllccs for big
RulEc for u dozen of them.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-14

THE TIMES Is the leading paper OF the
mineral belt OF the two Virginias Ifyou
want TO Keep posted on the development
wit Qua IL W 70
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-14
A Thin Tin,epIecc.

A. German watch that is OH exhibit
4itA y q Pittsburgh window is probably
thS4ainncst timcpicco IN tho world. it
3&2tot ynorc than an eighth Of an inch
'ehicly. aai tho works themselves socm
no thbser than cardboard.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-06-05

The General Assembly of tie Pres
byterian Church just closed at Detroit
will be one of the most noted i'll relig-
ious history for its heated discussion OF
the orthodoxy of Prof. Briggs's views
questioning the inspiration of some
parts of the Bible, infant salvation and
progressive sanctification after death,
and their d%isapproval of his holding a
professorsliip in Union Theological
Seminary because of his views. In re-
CARDS to worldly amusements the COM
mittee's report did not say that the
theatre or dancing are wrong in them
selves, but their accessories often are.
Cards derive their chief attraction from
the element of chance in them. The
committee hopes progressive enchre is
diminishing, civil courts having al
ready decided it to he gambling.
After some warm discussion the report
was sent back to the committee who
afterwards recommended the striking
out of all reference to discipline. The
report was adopted after being amend
ed by striking out the reference TO pro-
gressive euclIre. The Assembly seems
to have been more hard on Prof.
Briggs than on the pursuers of worldly
pleasures.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-06-05

The opening of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, in New York last Sun
day for the first, many think ii desc
Grafton of the Sabbath while many
prominent church members of that
city sanctioned it for the benefit Of the
working class who have no other OPP
~portunity to see the beautiful pictures
therein or entertaining places TO go to
on the Sabbath. The World says:
''The opening Of the Museum on SUR
day is u beginning. 1t should be fol-
lowed by the opening of al the librar-
les, readinglrooms, lecture halls and
other places in which the means of cd
ucation and culture are to be found"
That is the rut - She beginning to an
unrestricted Sabbath. We are drifting
to the European Sabbath, with uDre-
strained amusements and free beer,
swiftly.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-06-05

An old physician, retired from practice, hay
ing had placed in his hands by an, Fast india
missionary the formula of n simple .veretahle
Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and
all other throat and Lung Affections; also a
positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility
It's wonderful curative powers in thousands OF
cases, has felt It his duty to make il known
and a desire 10 relieve human suffering. will
send free OF charge, 80 all who desire it, this
recipe, in German, French b. or English, with iall
Resolutions for preparing and using, sent by
mail by addressing with stamp, naming this
", N. Y. 3-6ly,
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-06-05

Tie Phila. Record celebrated its 10Th
year as a penny paper on Monday by
showing the progress and speed in
making paper. II takes only y hours
to convert a poplar tree growing in
the woods into printed copies OF the
Record and Mondays edition required
81 cords of wood. That it is II great
business carried on Ivy the Record in
mill and printing Office may be judged
from the fact that it gives employment
to 1144 persons. Of these 246 are I'M
ployed IN the pulp and paper mills, PSI
in getting out the newspaper and GIT
in its distribution.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-06-05

Having lords and the future king of
England as witness in Court in Il gam
bling dispute is certainly belittling a
princely position and should be ahumll-
iation ordeal but for tie TACT that lie
was on his W personal level. Princes
and potentates are too often lacking i'll
character as many in England are.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-06-05

May %. 1s9l.-we tie undersigned, a com
mittee appointed by your honorable body TO
audit the accounts of Richman Coles. County
Collector. beg leave TO report that We have eN-
amined the bills and vouchers held by nm
and find them correct.
EDWIN L.lBORToN,
WN. IL. DDNNY,
Jos. X. wADDINGToN,
Auditing Committee.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-06-05

The Ledger says, as the smoke lifts
it is perceived that. as compared with
the ordinary Earnest Workers, Presl-
dent Marsh and Kennedy, of the broken
Philadelphia banks, were Enthusiastic
Hustlers, with a couple of other fell
lows pressing them hard for first place.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-06-05
,iag goods Mons Suite FIR Sin m
il a rush '"o'' ou'.o w ~'0'0O'
dt we're Mon'o C,u+c for C1E m
king more WOli . julio Y VIOsOOs
tue tune. $1,000, $500.
Dress Suits up to $4,000.
Bows Suits the best.

No discount on Wanamaker & Brown Clothing.
Thirty years at manufacturing, remember. We're
never done making improvements in the manufacture.
You should see the huge bnyings of cloth. An army
of workpeople all the time at work for us-not US.
but you.~ We do the inspecting, seeing that the cloth
is honest, all-wool, the right wear kind. We see that
good thread, trimmings and sewing get into it. You
are the gamers by it. Our prices are low-just a
small profit above the cost. We don't want a slow
selling, stay-on-hand stock. Quick sales are better,
Low prices is The tune for quick sales. For Good
Clothag-.hey couldn't BE- lower.
A feature in our great business is our Bargain
Room. In the manufacture OF Lots from 100 to 500
Suits--we necessarily have remnants and small Lots.
They meet with quick sale, for we cut the price very
low 10 close out the lots Keep in mind the Bargain
Room. '5alesmen may not always think to introduce
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-06-05

President Harrison will have the OPP
portunity to manage reciprocity and
the Boring Sea Seal dispute all himself
while Secretary Blaine is recnperating
at Bar Earbor, if he has a mind to do
81.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-06-05

The expected boom of prosperity
under higher protection is not showing
up in many places. There has been
thirteen business failures since the
beginning of the year in Trenton with
assets of about half Il million and liza
bilities OF a million. The store keepers
and business men in Wilmington also
report it the hardest year they have
had for many years,
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-06-05

Even Jail birds have a union. A
dozen tramps refused TO break stone in
New Castle Jail Decoration Day and
were put in dungeons.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-06-05

The people Of Merchantyille made
such a howl that the Camden Court
has revoked the licence granted at the
race track.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-06-05

The Law and Order people of West
ern Pennsylvania have a case before
the State Court to decide as to the le-
gality of Sunday excursions on the Mo-
nonghela river.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-06-05

As Camden Court has closed beer
resumed its Sunday flow at Gloucester
City last Sunday. The races have not
begun yet, but are advertised to do 50
Saturday.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-06-05
d JUNE ., 1891.

White caps have driven a family
from Bridgeton after a shot gun en-
counter.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-06-05

When Baby was sick, we gave her castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When She became Miss she chung to castoris-
When she had Children, she gave them Cas'orif
The historic times., 1891-10-24

If you want want poverty stricken
people vote for the alliance ticket. If
you want ruthless expenditure of the
peoples money for contest and Investiga-
tion "cases" vote the alliance ticket. If
you want a $l5O,O0O squandered on the
shattered experience of "new statesman
while the Kansas State University and
other state institutions suffer materially
for want of necessary appropriations
vote the alliance ticket. If you want s.,
100000, 900 Of script as worthless as
horde of jay birds with no "redeemer"
vote the alliance ticket. If you want this
government 10 be made monarchy, a
waste and desert vote, the alliance tick
ct. If you want TO pay more taxes and
support disgruntled scalawags, vote the
alliance ticket. If you want free-trade
and poor prices vote the alliance ticket
If you want combines, monopoIies and
trusts, vote the alliance ticket. II you
want your children to 60 ragged and suf-
fer for the want of clothing, vote the al:
lance ticket. If you want Southern dem
ocracy to rule and barbarism TO reign,
vote the alliance ticket. II you want
this federal government to ;otter and reel
even fall like that OF France and the Ar
gentine Republic, South America because
of its impolitic administrations that pnr-
chased and operated the railroad, tele-
graphs, Banks etc, vote the alliance
ticket. Ii you want free whiskey to run
through Kansas and deile and defaue
your fairest sons vote the alliance ticket.
Ifyou desire to swallow the doctrine of
ravishiny the government and despoiing
what IL fair erase the name Of every ola
soldier from the the pention rolls leaving
his widow and orphans without a scin
tilla OF assistance vote for Petferism v.
alliance.
The historic times., 1891-10-24
PRIMITIVE WHALE-KILLlNG.
Indians in Washington Capture Six Mon
sters in the Easiest Fashion.

Indians in Washington Capture SIX Mon"
sters in the Easiest Fashion.
AS the schooner Robert Levers, from
Honolulu, was entering Fuca strait
recently, saws the San Francisco Exam
iner, she passed five canoes filed with
Indians, who were attacking whale
in their primitive style. The harpoons
are fitted with a socket, into which the
harpoon staff of solid yew is inserted
A LANYARD about FIVE fathoms long has
one end fastened to the harpoon head
and the other end secured to a buoy
made of hair sealskin taken OFF
whole, with the hair side IN.
The holes made by the fippers and
neck are closed up air-tight, except that
the neck has a hollow wooden plug,
through which the Indian blows up the
skin while fresh and soft till it is full
of air, and when dried it is as tight as
a drum and as buoyant as bladder.
In attacking a whale the harpOOn is
driven into the blubber with great force,
and the staff of the harpoon comes out
of the socket, leaving the barbed head
firmly fixed in the whales carcass, with
the skin buoy floating on the other end
of the lanyard. The Indians get as
many harpoons into the whale as they
can and the buoys prevent his sinking.
The Indians then kill the whale with
their long lances, and when dead he IS
towed ashore and the blubber and meat
taken off and divided. The Indians
were whooping and yelling, and finally
the whale headed for the schooner and
passed directly under her bottom, buOys
and all, giving those on board fine
chance to see the circus. When the
whale again came up the Indians were
ready with their lances, and soon the
water was dyed with its blood, and be-
fore the Levers had got out OF sight
they had killed their huge game. and all
the canoes were fast to it, towing 1t
ashore, with songs and shouts Of vic
tory. The Indian whaling business at
Cape Flattery is one of the fishing in
dustries at Washington.
The historic times., 1891-10-24
A MILE A MINUTE.
Speed That May lie Made on New
Tangled Bicycle.

speed That May lie Made on q New
Tangled Bicycle.
A Connecticut man now comes out
with new bicycle which he is con-
fident will prove practical and great
success. In general appearance, says
the Philadelphia Press, the machine
is similar to those of the same class al
ready familiar in theory. The idea is
simplicity itself, being regular safety
machine, half inside big wheel. The
Ia rger outer wheel is nine feet in diam
eter, and the inner circumference con-
nected by spokes together is eight
feet in diameter. The driving wheel IS
three feet in diameter and rides the big
one little beyond the center or point
of contact with the earth, SO that it is
constantly climbing on the big wheel.
The plan is that of a man walking inside
of big hoop, his weight, when thrown
forward, revolving the whole. This
friction Scvolves the big wheel at every
evolution of the small one, and gives
the increased speed and power.
One wheel surface is concave and the
other convex, with one surface Of rub
Der. The operator rides saddle in
side the big wheel, over and somewhat
near the driving wheel. The great
speed can be easily figured. The big
wheel has twenty-seven feet circum-
ference, and the driving wheel nine
feet, so that by every turn of the small
front wheel the machine is propelled
twenty-seven feet. by applying the
gear action, as in the common safety,
the speed is greatly multiplied.
A mile could easily be made in two
minutes on a good road, and the speed
of a mile minute if the operator wished
to ride so fast.
The historic times., 1891-10-24
PRE.JUDICED TEA CHERS.

1t is now time for the Afro American
to speak. Our race is being trOdden
down by prejudiced men and women of
the opposite race In some parts Of the
United States and for instance here IN
free Kansas, right here in the city of
Lawrence, among our eel OOls and espe-
cial.y in the high scnoOl, great prejudice
is SHOWN our colored students, This
should be looked after; Prof. Johnson,
the one most referred too, should remem-
ber that these colored children who at
tend the high school have parents who
pay taxes into the county treasury, and
these taxes go toward paying him his
salary.
We as loyal citizens, these students as
our children, should be respected, their
rights should.not be infrined upon. We
have heard Of this prejudice ever since
school began in September, and as the
gentleman, Prof. johnson, has not better
ed or even tried to better the condition OF
affairs, we think it time to speak.
1t is not manly or polite in any man
who holds position like that to show
bis prejudice. The colored students of
the high school are ladies' and gentlemen
and as such they should be trea.ed and
just as careful attention paid to them as
whites. The way the colored pupils have
been treated would soon discourage most
of them. We trust that Prof. johnson
will mend his ways and give each pupil
his proper grade is all we ask.
The historic times., 1891-10-24
MISCELLANEOUS.

HARRISON, LoBING Il Co. ship build
ers, Boston. have assigned. Liabilities,
S375, 600; assets nominally $500, 000
A DISPATCH to the Chicago Times
from Washington speaks OF an opium
ring and says that two senators and
five representatives are implicated
SPEAKING OF the report of the foot
and mouth disease in Pennsylvania and
New JERSEY Secretary Rusk said: "You
can make the denial OF the existence of
any foot aud mouth disease in this
country as emphatic as you please. 1t
has never existed in this country, ex-
cept in two or three instances as the
result of cattle imported from Great
Britain"
FIFTEEN Cinnamon arrived at De-
lano, Cal, to take the places of n crew
working on a section on the Southern
Pacific railway. Shortly after their
arrival a mob OF white men drove
them out Of town
SYLVESTER FRASKLTN WILSON. the
probe tor o. female baseball teams.
who has been On trial for abducting
sixtecn-year-o]d Libby Sunderland. Of
Binghamtoa. y. Y. has been convicted
of the crime
THE United States supreme court
advanced and ass gned for argument
the first Monday in Decem Der the eases
Of the two murderers 10 be killed In.
New York br means of electricity. The
conrt also advanced the cases of Tiel5.
en- and >-hHao, now in the Illinois
pen.tentlar., for completely in the Hav-
market riot in Chicago.
The historic times., 1891-10-24

Mr.. l.. w. Hindman cared for colorcd
man some years ago whc,was dangerous
ly sick with the smallpox, at the expense
of his own life, and when it was discover
ed by the municipal authorities, he was
forced not against his will however. from
the realm of society and nursed bis pa
tient. Both were friends and loved each
other to the core. The man got well
thus providence again favora the Negro
and the republican party. This act alone
exhibits the broad heart of our nominee
for the sheriff.ship and commends him to
the entire support of every negro in
Douglas county. AS a strong prohabition'
let and black republican, no republican be
he black or white can fail to vote for "bnd'
Hindman.
The historic times., 1891-10-24

HON. w. B. TOWNSEND of LeavenWorth
ia one Of most brilliant colored men in
the country. We regretted his leave OF
absence from the journalistic world. On
entering the practice of law he has caught
on the legal philosophy and criminal juris
prudence with the intellect of Ingersol
and is coming to the front rapidly. The
field is most prominent one and doubt
less, Mr.. Townsend in few years will
become one of the most glittering stars
in the legal armament. He is real race
man full of push and promise. Let other
young men attend the Kansas State Uni
versity which holds out such inducements
for study OF law.