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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-13

DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES,
Some of the most important companies
ornanized for the development of Roam
oke and this section are:
Roanoke Development Co. 81 100, 900
Virginia Development Co. 5000, 900
Buena Vista Land Co......... 900, COO
1l2 Land Companies, ........ 1000, 600
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
&5 900 to 1000, are omitted for lack of
space. Numerous enterprises, with
hundreds Of employees and capital rock
Dned by tho hundred thousand, are
negotiating for foothold in this South
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Talk WAN an Oyster /. Expert.

&c Bless you," he said smiling, its an
easy telling one of them from another as it
Is knowing whether man is negro or In
dian"
Picking up a muddy-looking specimen,
he said:
Now, that's a Blue Point. OF course.
it's quite easy for any one who knows its
flavor to distinguish Blue Point from
any other. Now, take the East Rivers.
The water Of the Long Island Sound is
much saltier than that around Fire Island.
consequently oysters from there have a
saltier flavor, more like English oysters,
than those around tho south shore OF
Long Island. And, again, the shell is diff
ferent."
Here he went on to point out the pecu-
liaitties of the Blue Points shell, and show
me how much smoother and, IL may so
express 1t, how much daintier it's forma-
ton is, than that of its relative on the
other side OF the Island. Again, he babe
me remark the faint bluish-gray lines
along its age ridges.
Yes" he said, 1--WE can tell pretty near-
ly an oysters age. Now this fellow"
picking up large saddle rock, must DO
pretty old. You don't believe it2 Well
when an oyster has all these holes in its
shell, you may put him down as being de-
cidedly venerable. Now, that one" point
ing to smooth little oyster, is young.
You see that ridge running across its
SHELF Well, all on the outside of that ridge
shows its growth this year. Note the dir
ference In size of that little ones ridge,
and the last ono ON this Shrewsbury"
Sure enough there was fully half an inch
OF shell beyond the Shrewsbury's last
ridge, while there was scarcely any be-
yond that OF the little one 's.--N. Y. journal.
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One on senntor Vnnce.

Senator Zeb Vance, of North Carolina,
while at tho Palace Hotel, San Francisco,
with party of friends, noticed young
man, with slight limp, walk across the
corridor and pause TO glance at the regis
ter. The Senator eyed him for u minute,
and, turning to a Call reporter, said: You
didn't know thatI limped for years, did
you? Well, was hit in the leg by Fed
eral bullet that caused me no little incon-
venience. / got around pretty WELL but
while standing in Jackson, Miss, noticed
a long haired countryman cycling me pref
ty closely, and he finally approached me.
Look here, my friend he said. I
don't.want to appear curious. but would
like to know II you're really lame
II replied that | was.
Well, you'll excuse me, won't your I
Just kinder thought I'd ask, reclxonin' you
wouldn't get Iiled about 1t. Wounded,
suppose, In the warp
Ives, was wounded said abruptly.
"'You sec, didn't know, aud I'd like to
ask you another question: still ey cling me
critically.
$50 ahead. What Is lt?'
as I'd just like to know II you was shot
runnin' or caught In trap
Everybody roared who heard It, and
itcost me about $40 for the drinks"
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Pearls the Most Valuable of All

The most valuable of oil sea products is
the pearl itself. and the largest specimen
known is In the possession Of an English
man, Mr.. Beresford Hope. 1t Is two inches
long, four and one-half inches In circnm-
ference and weighs three ounces The
father Of the present Gar of Russia de-
voted twenty-five years search to the col
lection OF pearls for n necklace which he
presented to his wife Each gem in the col
lection was required to be perfect sphere,
and also 1t was demanded that none of
them should have been worn by anyone
else. With pearls it is as with rubies;
small ones are so plentiful as TO be drug;
but big ones are great rarity. Fishing
for them is a lottery, in which the prizes
are few and the blanks are numbered by
millions. 1t Is believed by the Hindoos that
pearls are drops of dew which fall into the
shells OF the oysters the mollusks rising
10 the surface OF the sea In the month Of
May to catch the drops in their shells.
Julius Caesar presented to Servilia pearl
valued at S250,000; Clodius, the Roman
glutton, swallowed one worth SAC, 900. Sir
Thomas Gresham, emulous Of the example
OF Cleopatra, in order to exhibit his 10y
atty, ground q pearl which had cost him
$4,000 into cup of wine, in order to thus
htly drink the health of his queen
pearl nearly three inches long, pear shaped
and said to be perfect in all respects, is
stated to be In the collection of the Shah
of Persia, but the most beautiful PEARLS in
the Museum Of Zosima at Moscow; it
weighs twenty-elght carats. Pearls have
always been held in high value by man
kind. In the New Testament the kingdom
of heaven is compared to pearl of great
price, and the new Jerusalem was revealed
to ST. John as having twelve doors, each
Of which was q single pearl Washington
Star
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WISE AND OTHERWISE.
Made by hand--Butter.

Made by hand-Butter.
Has fair rospects-Chicago.
Always found in bed-Pillows. =.
SIN Darkest Africa" Africans.
High hats-Eig stovepipes.
Have "brief" experience-Y Young law
yers.
A newspaper started In Bay City, Mich,
is christened To Rent.
Ladies' solid silver cigarette cases"
are on exhibition at one OF tho shops.
Queensland. Australia, owes tho largest
national debt per capita-$333.46 head.
At depth of $50 feet at Eddy, N. NJ,
q stratum Of salt has been struck which Is
forty feet thick.
Twelve sheep in !slngle flock at Fair
field. Mich, were killed by lightning dur
ing recent storm.
Triplets were born In Carter county,
Tenn, the other day, two OF whom had
well-developed teeth.
The new Kansas secret society, the
Knights of Reciprocity" contains nearly
200 subordinate lodges.
Impecunious men sometimes join clubs
where cards are played so as to add to
their emaciated bank accounts.
The Usage tribe OF Indians now number
1900 and is very rich, owning over /, Zoo
acres OF good land apiece.
A barber in Ionia, Mich, has broken the
record by shaving man in twenty-six
seconds, being timed by stop watches.
The 372 horses and mules in the munich
pal employment of Cincinnati consume
~ ~ 6of1 nd 30,
In proportion.
A consignment of Is, 176 gallons OF brandy
has been shipped In one lot Of 812 pack
ages, by sea, from Sacramento, Cal, to
Bremen, Germany.
An incident OF Muskegon, Mich, fire
was little boy, scarcely large enough to
trundle the barrow, fleeing from the fire
with two setting hens.
Two young ladies of Christian parentage
were converted to Judaism q short time
ago at Tarboro Both of these were infiu.
enced by love Of Hebrew men.
The first railway postofflce, the parent
OF the present fast mail system, was or
ganized on the Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad in August, 1894, on q fast train
running between Chicago and Clinton, Ia.
There are more women In British India
Q2400O0O0) than there are men, women
and children in Great Britain, France and
Germany put together. with the popula-
ton of several minor European States cast
In as vol.
A Georgia man, at his death-bed, who
appointed his own pallbearers. stipulated
they should bury him In plain coffin, and
that tho box in which he was placed
should be covered with slanting roof like
house.
The Central Park Menagerie of New
York city now contains 800 living specl-
mems, having been enriched during the
year by thirty-six births. The baby hip
popotamus weighed $50 pounds when II
was five months old.
1t Is curious little fact, and one worth
remembering, that on the same day, April
23, 1916, that William Shakespeare died In
England, Miguel Ceramics the celebrated
Spanish author Of Don Quixote." died ID
Spain.--Phiadelphia Inquirer.
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DIR. McDaniei,s smoking free,

Among the people of Norcross, DR.. Nc
Daniel, in his yard, grows an ordinary
mulberry tree.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Mcdaniel,
while sitting on tho veranda, saw puff Of
smoke emerge from one of the limbs. She
rubbed her eyes to see II it was not an
optical delusion. but when she looked
again she saw another puff OF smoke spring
from another limb.
She called to her husband that the tree
was on fire. The doctor came out and was
no less astonished than his wife, for the
whole tree was putting smoke. II came
out in jets from the limbs like a boy
smoking cigarette. The doctor climbed
into the tree, but could see nothing un-
usual about il, not place in the bark
being broken. Thesmoke was oozing from
the bark and could be seen as it floated off
on the breeze. There was no odor to it
whatever. but was white in color and
looked like tobacco smoke.
DR.. Mcdaniel called in his nelghbors
and they too were mystillod Soon the
news of the smoking tree spread. and pee
pie from all over town Hooked to the doc
tors home. From four until six the tree
continued TO emit pufIs OF smoke while a
crowd Of about $50 people watched It,
Atlanta Journal.
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ARussinn Traveller.

Nocosti Dnyd Of st. Petersburg tells OF
an old "townsman" who, according to its
! Judgment, is the most noteworthy traveller
| Of the present time. d. V. of Sitchevka,
government of Smolenska, does not travel
for fame or to win a prize, but he makes
long journeys on foot merely for the love
OF travelling He Is sympathetic old man,
shoemaker, and of q very charitable dis
position. For many years V. has made 1t
his practice to start from home early in
the spring and to travel about in the coun-
try until late In the autumn. He has COW
cred many thousands of versts through
out the length and breadth Of Smolensk
and neighboring governments. He carries
with him In a hand cart change OF cloth
ing, supply of provisions for two or three
days, a little samovar (Russian tea kettle),
and few tin utensils. 1t makes no
difference to him where night overtakes
him, In tho fields or in the forest; he quietly
builds little fire, prepares his modest
meal, drinks few cups Of tea, and lies
down to sleep until the morning wakes
him. Rain does not disturb him; he COW
ers his wheelbarrow and himself with an
oil-cloth and travels on or sleeps peace
ably, as the case may be. If he stays over
night in village, or makes stop at q
farmhouse. all the children he meets gets
'AOOio Plo7oHoo nun HllI-JoyS Or pieces OIL
sugar for which he has special compart-
meat In his vehicle. In September he re-
turns home. The first thing he does is to
buy number of sheepskins, which he
works up into fur coats and gloves and
distributes among the poor peasants who
have to chop wood in the forest for liv-
ing. When this is done he sits down ct
his cobblers bench to work for himself"
He always gets plenty of work to do, and
lays by during the autumn and winter as
much as he needs for his travels In the
fair season OF the year. II he has more
than he thinks he may need, he gives it
away to the poor peasants before he starts
on his regular trip.-N. Y. Sun
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-1r.asoas why Nan May Not Fly

Prof. Hazen of the Signal Oflice says
there are insurmountable obstacles to per-
feoting q flying machine. Prof. Hazen
states the main obstacle thus:
First-It is impossible to use tho food
which tho bird uses to develop power by
any contrivance which can over be In
vented that will give ono titho of the Of
feet that the bird gets. That is TO say,
while possibly spring or other appllcn-
ton Of force, by using up an enormous
amount OF energy In very short time,
might momentarily initiate n bird, yet
the motive power in such case would be
rapidly used up
Secopd--It is impossible by the most
delicate mechanism and most perfect
wings TO equal the perfection and adapt
ability Of the bird in its own element.
Third-Thore is a limit OF weight be-
yond which 1t is impossible for bird to
fly. It Is probable that the ostrich had
the power OF flight In ages gone by. but
when its environment became such that 1t
did notneed its wings TO escape from enc
mics. or when 1t began to grow larger
from any favoring circumstances, IL used
Its wings less and less, so that now il is
entirely incapable Of flight. It Is probable
that the condor, Weighing fifty pounds,
and with spread Of wings OF fourteen
feet, is very near the limit Of weight Wc
may conclude, then, that we can never
equal q bird, and, hence, that self-rals-
ing, self-supporting, and self-propelling
flying machine cannot possibly be built to
carry man.-Indianapolis Journal.
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-~k-@T4
SCIENTIFIC DROPS.

Diamonds in considerable quantities
have been discovered in the north of Lap
land.
In Denmark the life-savlng stations are
all supplied with oil for stilling the waves
in storms.
A new bag machine both cuts and sews
the bag, and thus saves the labor OF four
teen operators.
The Hungarian State railways are in
Producing electric lights in the cars Of
their express trains. Eight coaches have
been equipped with accumulators.
To prevent the evaporation of water In
fire-pails 1t has been suggested that fif-
teen TO twenty drops of oil will form a
coating sufficient to obviate the difficulty.
A piano manufacturing concern recent
ly paid $4,000 for three mahogany logs,
all cut from one tree. Each log was
about fifteen feet long and about three
feet square on the ends.
Experiments with strawberries indicate
that pollen bearing is an exhaustive pro-
cess. Plants with scant pollen should be
used freely and other plants rich in pollen
scattered In the patch.
Hammerfest, the most northern town in
Europe, is the first town in Norway to be
completely lighted by electricity. Power
is supplied by water fall about mile
from the town, and tho apparatus Is Of
American make.
A number Of fine residences in the Back
Bay section of Boston are being equipped
with elevators operated by electric mo-
tors. Tho machinery Is very simple and
compact, and the elevators, will carry two
or three persons at good speed.
At one of the ore docks in Cleveland an
electric hoisting apparatus, mounted upon
car travelling upon an overhead track,
lifts 5000 pounds OF iron ore from the hold
Of steamer, and carries 1t 200 feet across
the dock. The operator travels with the
car and controls all Of its movements.
1t is claimed that an Eastern chemist
has discovered a process of making soap
from corn. The discovery has excited
considerable attention. and promises to
give not only new corn market, but to
revolutionize the art of soap-making. The
soap made from corn Is said to be abso-
lutely pure, and better than the finest toll
let soaps now made.
Electricity has superseded steam power
at the royal foundry at Wurtemburg, the
dynamo being driven by large turbine
water wheel. The stream furnishing the
water is some distance from tho works,
the electricity being conveyed across the
town by overhead conductors. The cur
rent operates some twenty-five lathes and
polishing machines.
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A DEFEATED AMBITION.
BY CURTIS KNaLAKE.
Copyright 1891, BY The United Press. /

Copyright 1891, by The United Press.l
The man who was known on earth a.
Sidney Orion had been dead nearly ont
hundred years. Whenever he thought O.
this he smiled In an amused way Time
passes SO quickly in the spirit landl Ht
had roamed about the universe for almost
a century, exploring new worlds and ~e
ioicing in the freedom that is begotter
when the fleshly body Is laid aside, as the
butterfly abandons the decaying chrysalis
Sidney Orion he still called himself anG
once in awhile In his flights through space
he would meet some fellow-splrit who, IL
the old days on earth, he had known and
loved. He remembered wildly poem he
had once admired that in his later knowl
edge seemed absurd. 1t ran thus:
"somewhere In desolate wind-swept space
| In twilight land. In no-man's land
! Two hurrying shapes met face 10 face
And bade each other stand.
And who are your cried one. agape,
| Shudderjng in the cleaning light.
| Il know not said the second shape
9 only died last night"
"How little they realize on EARTH" Sid
ney Orton used to remark, as he quoted
the poem to some sympathetic spirit,
"that death is only transition and that
our Individuality remains to US for all
time. This nameless ghost OF Aldrich--I
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she Shocked The Quasers.

A black-eyed Spanish beauty. not over
eighteen years old, accompanied bya stout
chaperon, attracted much attention In a
popular restaurant last night by rolling q
cigarette and calmly smoking it after she
had disposed Of hearty dinner. The
chaperon was the first to notice the gen.
eral attention her wards strange action
was attracting. The head waiter, who un.
derstood that the young lady was simply
following out q custom Of her native land,
who, by the way, is Spaniard himself,
spoke few words to the chaperon. The
bright-looklng girl overheard the remark,
glanced around the room at the smiling
faces and threw her cigarette away with a
merry laugh. Then she arose. gravely
bowed to the entire assemblage and swept
out Of the room, followed by the chaperon.
philadelphia Record.
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But frogs are rapidly coming to the
frcnt rs food. Ten years ago they were
eaten only by epicures and were worth
$3.50 per dozen; now they are eaten by the
thousands, by everybody, rich and poor,
and can be had as low rs fifty cents per
dozen. They take the place OF spring
chickens to a large extent tasting very
much like them, and having the advan-
tage OF always being tender The greatest
froggerles are at Marcellus, Mich, where
several farmers make regular business
OF raising them. They are taken care Of
and the young tadpoles are protected
from the marauding birds and ducks.
They are fed bread crumbs and develop
with wonderful rapidlty. Yes, the frog ia
an established article of diet as much as
the chicken. Tmes-Star
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A Woman Mayor win Grit.

Mrs. DIR. Paxton Is mayoress OF Kiowa
Kan, and she handles the official ribbons
and whip with neatness and precision. I'M
mediately on assuming tho duties of the
Office she discharged the old marshal and
appointed one to whom she gave strict
orders to close the eleven joints OF the
town. The citizens Immediately held an
indignation meeting. and protested against
the adoption OF measures which promised
the total humiliation OF their business
Among those appointed to wait upon her
honoress, the mayoress," was her hus-
band, DR.. Paxton. When the committee
made known to her their mission she polite
~, yet promptly, informed them that she
had taken solemn oath to enforce the
law, and that she had not yet been in poll
tics long enough to learn how to swear tc
o lie and still DO respectable. The joints
were closed-Minneapolk, Journal.
The man God sends never finds noun
tain range he can not cross.
Never put yourself In the power Of man
who will kick dog for fun.
If you want to live long. don't try to live
more than one day at time.
One way to get nearer to God is to get as
far as possible from the devil.
II the devil ever feels good II must he
when he looks at a hypocrite.
II you want to get good out of troubles
talk them over with the Lord.
Keep close eye on the man whose wife
is afraid To ask him for money.
The only people who are not happy are
those who believe in the devil Cd
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BATHING nDoWTs, .

Don't stay in too long.
Don't keep your head dry. Z
Don't battle on full stomach. .~sgs.
Don't battle in high winds or rain. 0gSt,
Don't battle more than once day.
Don't drink spiritc before or after bath.
ing.
/ Don't skylark" with one another till
you can swim we'll.
Don't remain in your bathing suit to
"dry off"
Don't lose an opportunity of learning to
swim.
Don't "fnd a secluded spot and battle
by yourself till you are an experienced
swimmer.-N. Y. Press.
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sorae 20 me some evening andaten me
frankly just how this matter stands? Tam
living at the Prince Royal Seventy third
street. How glad ] shall be to, see you,
l promise, you shall not be told. NY only
desire is to talk with you about your future
as poet. Believe me when / sign myself,
Sincerely Your Friend,
RHoDA BARN"
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RATEFUL- CONFORMING.
EPPS'S COCOA.
BREAKFAST.

BY thorough knowledge of the natuFal law:
which govern the operations of digest ion and nu
triton, and by q careful application Of the fint
properties of well-seleeted Cocoa, Mr.. Epps has
provided breakfast tables with delieatey fla
youred beverage which may save us many heavy
doctors bills. Its by the judcicus use Of such
articles of diet that a constitution may be gradu'
ally built up until strong enough TO resist every
tendency to disease. Hundreds Of subtle maades
are foating around us ready to attack wherever
there is weak point. We may escape many
fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with
pure blood and properly nonrished frame."-Civt
Seorpics Gazette Made simply with boiling water
or milk. sold only in half-pound tins by GiceeTs,
labelled thus:
JAMES EPPS Il CO., Homeopathic Chemists
London, Eng and
Aug II, 1891 4w.
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Dauchy's Advertisements.
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GENTS make 100 per cent. not on my
AORLlN Il - eorsets. Belts. Brushes. Cur
lers and Medicine Samples free. Write now
Dr. Bridgman. 81 Broadway, n. Y. june 3-4w
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This well-bred Stallion will stand this season at
the RING0ES, N. j., HOTEL STABLES, at the
LOW RATE OF $40