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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-17
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-17
Use and Abuse OF Perfumes.

Let fair women beware of using per-
fumes Of pronounced and aggressive
odors lest she offend and ALLEVIATE the
regard of her friends. One of the chief
causes Of the separation Of the King Of
Holland from his first wife was tho
pcnchant of Queen Sophia for the scent
Of musk, which odor was intensely dis
agreeable to her royal consort- So
generously did she indulge her passion
for this perfume that not only were her
own apartments permcated with it, her
clothes, hair and belongings offensive
with it, but any room through which
she passed would smell for days after
OF her favoritc perfume. The secret OF
the fascinating fragrance which seems
to surround and emanate from dainty
women lies ever In the constant use of
most delicate and faint perfumes whose
odor Is intangible and suggestive, rather
than in tho liberal use of permeating
and intense odors which are sure to Of
fend some sensitive olfaStory organism
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-17
In Tam o.shanter style.

Until recently it was the popular be-
lief that a church in Morgan County
cemetery was haunted, says the Savan-
nah News. A bclated horseman took
refuge in the church during q storm,
when he saw the form of woman
standing in the pulpit, gesticulating in
q threatening manner and at the same
moment an unearthly laugh broke the
stiffness of, the surroundings. Hastily
beating a retreat, the man mounted his
horse and was in the act of fleeing,
when he felt an icy clutch from behind.
Putting spurs to his frightened steed, he
gallopcd off with the object still cling
ing on behind, its demoniacal laugh
still ringing in his ears. Almost crazed
by fright, he frantically drew rein at
the nearest neighbours and when his ar
rival was made known his friend found
an old harmless idiot, commonly
known as "Crnzy Jane" still clinging
to him, seated behind him on the horse.
She it was who had given the church
the reputation of being haunted.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-17
THE MOON.
Two Things About Her Which Most Ev-
cry One Should Know.

Two Things About Her Which Most Ev-
cry One Should Know.
There are one or two things about
the moon that every one should know.
Let me mention them, writes Prof. f..
S. Holden, of Lick Observatory, to the
Youths Companion. How bright is the
full moon. do you think? Suppose you
look up ut the moon on the next clear
night. The Sky is pure, pale blue
and the moon is almost dazzlingly
bright against it. If the whole canopy
of the Sky were made up of full moons,
and if one were in the center of such Il
shining shell, one might think that the
glare would be intolerable.
But let us see. This very same moon
you have often seen in the day time as
a pale white disc just barely visible
against the background of the sky. In
fact, unless you know exactly where to
look, you may require n minute or two
to find it.
That means that the daylight Sky is
not so very different in brilliancy from
the nearly full moon; or it means that
you could very well live under sky
whose every part was just as bright as
the moon itself.
We may say, then, that the bright
ness of the moon is not very much
greater than the brightness of the same
area Of sky. The total light of the
full moon can be compared with the
total light of the sun, though it is very
difficult problem, and the result will be
that the sun is as bright as 6S0,000 full
moons.
Once again, you ought to know and
remember how large the moon is Its
diameter is about 1000 milestone
fourth of the earth-and it's angular di-
ameter is about n half degree. AS
there are $50 degrees from the cast
point to the west point of the horizon
measured through the zenith, there Is
room for 500 full moons in an arch
spanning the heavens from east to
west, each one touching the rims of those
next 1t.
Another thing, too, you should notice
and understand. Tho moon looks
larger near the horizon than 1t does
when it Is overhead. The common ex-
PLANTATION Of this fact Is essentially the
true one; that is, the low moon Is near
enough to the horizon to be compared
with hills, or trees or houses, and con-
sequently it looks large; while the high
moon is isolated, and one has no term
of comparison.
In both cases the angular diameter is
about half degree, as you can prove
for yourself with n little ingenuity.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-17
RATS AS MELON THIEVES.
Strange Sights witnessed by o vcraclous
Groceryuann.

Strange Sights witnessed by . voracIous
Groceryn,an.
Readers of the children's stories Of
the good old times have seen again and
again in the juvenile magazines stories
alleged to be true of rats carrying Off
eggs and other small objects. display
ing all but human ingenuity in doing so
One rat clasping the egg in his legs
and being towed away by the others. A
Sixth avenue (Troy, N " grocer tells n
story that eclipses all these, and he is
ready, he says, to make affidavit that he
saw the occurrence with his own eyes.
This is the story as he told it to one of
the Troy Unions reporters:
81 have missed melons from my store
from time to time-mostly muskmelons,
but in one or two instances large water
melons OF course / suspected boys of
being the thieves-there is tough lit
tie gang that hangs around here-and
set watch. That day and the next we
caught boys stealing apples and peach
es, but that is an everyday occurrence
with almost every grocer and I was
pretty well satisfied that the boys were
not the thieves ! wanted Tho next
thing that came to be certainty with
me was that the stealing was done in
the night l could find no signs Of any
one breaking into the store, and the
cash-drawer was always untouched. So
night before last / watched from six
o'clock until midnight with revolver
and a bull's-eyc lantern. Ard discov-
cred the thieves. They were rats.
ut was about $50 when 1 heard n
scampering over tho floor near the stand
WI, f1,a
bulls-eye on the place and saw five
largo rats. three on the floor and two
up beside n big watermelon on the
bench, foot or eighteen inches above
They didn't seem to mind the glare of
the bulls-eye, which threw n strong
light upon them. but left me in the
darkness. The two rats on the bench,
standing on their hind legs, pushed the
melon off, and it fell with crushing
sound to the floor, splitting into three
pieces, though held together more or
less by the tissue of tho melon.
with their sharp teeth and claws
they quickly cut the thing apart, allow
ing some seeds and water to run out on
the floor. Then, with much struggling
and pushing and pulling, two of the
rats on their backs on the floor, got
pieces of the melon on top of them.
One other assisted each of them to keep
the melon steady, and the fifth caught
each in turn by the tail and by hard
pulling dragged them to the cellar
stairs. Here the heavy freight was
pushed off the rats which had served as
carts and rolled downstairs. This was
repeated until every particle Of the
melon disappeared, seeds and all.
shot the last rat rs he paused Mt the
head of the stairs, and have not missed
any melons since"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-17
Eupepsy.

This is what you ought to have, in
fact, you must have it, to fully enjoy
life. Thousands are searching for it
daily, and mourning because they find
it not. Thousands upon thousands of
dollars are spent annually by our peo-
pie in the hope that they may attain
this boon. And yet it may be had by
all. We guarantee that Electric Bitters,
If used according to directions and the
use persisted in, will bring you good
digestion and GUST the demon Dyspepsia
and install instead Eupepsy We recon-
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all diseases of Liver, Stomach and Kid
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-17
PRODUCE AND MERCHANDISE.

CHICAGO, March 16.-ISpecial Cash
quotations: Flour weaker, not ouotable
lower. No. spring wheat, 90@09A nc; Nc.
red, Sl.O1@1.o0}6; No. corn, COZ 20
60Ac. No. oats, 50sl@51c. Mess pork +,
Sll.0o Lard, ST. l5@6.l7}<. Short ribs,
S3.l5@5.2O. Shoulders, S4.l5@495
Short clear, S5.30@5.4o. Whisky, SI.16.
New York, March Special
Southern flour dull, steady; common to
falr, extra 3.60@4.10; good to choice,
do. 4.15@5.65. Wheat unsettled, lower,
quiet; No. 9 red, 1.134 elevator; LAX
Oils afoat: options opened X@15
lower on foreign selling and throwing
over long wheat, advanced 1c. on frmer
cables and closed firm, 6@X under
Saturdays with fair degree of activity:
No. red. March, 1.13S; May, 1.loX
July, LAX; September, 1.111s.
Corn stronger and moderately active;
No. 2, II i @734c, elevator; 73I@73kc,
aioat; steamer mixed, 7a4@72Nc; op-
tions closed strong at 1@slc advance on
light offerings and short covering;
March, 71slc; April, 7O}lc; May, Csc;
July, 66}Sc. Oats quiet and stronger;
options fairly active and firm; March,
57@57Hc; May, 56A@57Hc; July, 55}(
western, 55@59c. Hops steady and
quiet. Coffee options steady; closed at
5@15 up; quiet; April. Sl7.61@17.65;
May, Sl7.45; July, S16.95; spot Rio quiet
and steady; fair cargoes SEQ; No. Z,
S1s.53@ ls.67}6.
Sugar, raw, quiet, easy; fair refining,
5 s; ceatrifugals, % test, 5X; refined
quiet; c, 5-l6@5 5-16ss; extra c, 5%@
5ss; yellow, s 3-16@5 5-l6; mould A,
ga; standard A, ZIG; confectioners'
Ga; cut loaf, 6Ss; crushed, 6Ss; powd-
cred, 6s4; graduated, SIS; cubes, OK
Molasses, foreign, nominal; Now Or
leans firm, good demand; common to
fancy, 10000. Rice quiet, steady; do.
mcstic. fair to extra, 5@62z; Japan,
6@64. Petroleum quiet, steady; re-
fined, all ports, 7.00@7.25; do. in bulk,
40. Cotton-soed oil firm; crude, Off
grade, a4@27; yellow, Off grade, 30@33
Rosin quiet, firm; strained, common to
good, 1.550Dl.6O.
Beef fairly active, firm, family, 50. so
a. 1880: extra mess. $7.O00o750. Beef
hams firm, wanted, 10. Tierccd beef
good demand firm; city extra, India mess,
l4pl 6, cut meats firm, quiet; picked
bellies. 8; shoulders, 3s<ni; hams, 7}[m
s; middles quiet, firm; short clear.
$685.. Lard higher, stronger moderat to
demand; Western steam, Sd.45; city,
81. 90@ 5.05; April, SOL; May, S6.5I
bid; July, S6.75 bid: refined strong.
continent $6.35@6.SO; S. a., $1,000
40 Freight, weak, dull; cotton, 7-G4
grain, I'D.
"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-17
Enters of Earth.

Much has been written about the
earth-eating tribes of various countries,
but 1t is not generally known that the
inhabitants of Penadova, q village Of
Portugal, have for generations eaten a
variety of earth found in the ncighbor-
hood. IL is said that any of them leav-
ing home is afflicted with a singular
malady with gastric symptoms unless
he be provided with q supply of the
earth. The reason of this is probably
the presence of arsenic in the earth,
which is known to produce these singu-
lar effects upon its habitual consumers.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-17
AN OLD GUN.
"A Wartime Outlaws Story Recalled by
n Revolutionary Relic.


n Revolutionary Relic
1t is moro than six feet long-six feet
seven inches. Pretty good length for
gun barrel? And shotgun at thati
Standing in the corner of McQueen's
restaurant on Decatur street Is this old
revolutionary relic, says the Atlanta
Constitution. There is no such shotgun
in Atlanta as that. It was purchased by
c., In 1922. 1t was pretty well worn
when he purchased it, having seen serv-
ice In the revolutionary war.
1t was fine gun in it's day, finished
with the finest of flint and steel locks,
and besides the Tories that IL had
slain, deer, turkeys. squirrels and birds
turned their toes heavenward when the
old blunderbuss was brought to bear
upon them.
During the last days Of the late war
there existed O gang of notorious outlaws
IN Robinson County, N. c., known as
the Lowry gang" One of the mem
hers of this band of bushwhackers was
Henry Berry. He was as brave as q
lion and as reckless as-well, he was an
out-and-out freebooter, who regarded
neither God nor man.
lie got on a spree one night, and in
his marauding around the country he
came in contact with @ party of SOL
diers. He reiterated ut once to his
stronghold, but carried with him this
old gun, which he had pilfered from tho
Mcqueen homestead. Fearing that he
would be overtal1en and captured, he
prepared to defend himself. Placing
his foot on the hammer, he blew in the
muzzlc of the gun to see if it was load
ed AS matter of course it was. Fiji
teen blue whistlers went crushing
through Bcrry's skull and the country
was well rid of one daredevil outlaw.
The old gun had nothing to do with
the next tragedy, but there was close
connection between it and the case. A
little tallow-faccd fellow named Jim
Donehoo read in the newspapers the
offer of reward for the capture Of
Steve Lowry, who became chief of the
band of outlaws after Berry's death. He
trampcd all the way from his plantation
home In Alabama to North Carolina.
The reward offered was six thousand
dollars. Donehoo learned of the where
abouts of Lowry and effected the capt
ure of the outlaw by deliberately shoot
Ing him. DOnehoo drew the reward
from the State; the Lowry gang became
thing of the past, and Donehoo, the
little Alabamian, purchased u farm in
North Carolina with the money that
was awarded him for killing Lowry.
lie settled down to lead a quiet and
peaccablc life. But he was not des-
tined to enjoy the fruits of his labor un-
interruptedly.
Steve Lowry left little boy, who
was imbued with his fathers fearless
and undauntcd spirit. This boy,
even though he was but child at tho
time of the tragedy, sworc to nvcnge
his fathers death. lie endcavored to
keep his word, but was unfortunate.
Donchoo was justified. lie killed tho
father, drew the reward and killed the
son twenty years after in self-dcfcnsc.
That is what the coroner's jury said.
Tho old gun. which is only link In
the chain of circumstances that make
up this strange story, is now brccch-
loader, with several inches of the origi-
nal barrel cut off. And it is still six feet
seven inches long.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-17
You arc In u bad FIX.

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ness, and all tho effects of early evil
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gical Institute, ISL Nocth Spruce street
Nashville Tenn. They guarantee a
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To Check Dessrtions.

1t Is we'll known in the Russian army
that death follows descrtion. A deserter
was lately shot who got away q year
ago and had travelled 1000 miles. It
cost the government over $1,000 to find
him, but it would have paid $4,000
sooner than let him get away. Over
10000 soldiers were assembled to see
him shot
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-17
4 Scientific Problem.

One of the greatest problems of tho
future is thought to be the transforms
ton of carbon energy into light upon
the same principle that the glow
worm and freely give their light, and
when n single pound Of combustible
material will furnish rs much light as
is now obtained from ton Of coal
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-17
AS Dad as tho Yankee.

In the case of thirty-four patent med.
icincs and article of nourishment
found badly adultcratcd by the govern
mept chemist of France. thirty-one hao
the printed statement: I'VE warrant
the inclosed to be wholly and absolutely
free from adultcration."
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-17
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE.

New YORK, March Observation-Disclosures
hange quiet and strong al 4s6@4ss.
Commercial bills, 4s5@4s7N. Money
easy, at 21a@336, closing offered at 2]i.
Government bonds dull and steady; IS
1s2; AIS, 102. State bonds dull and
steady.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-17

a. b. c. Remedies arc better indorscd
than any OH tho market. They merit
YOUR at.SntiCn
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-11
THREE DEFENSES,
Frederick c. Beck Placed on Trial
for Murder.

The task of securing twelve good men and
true to try Frederick Charles Beck, charged
with murder. was begun yesterday after
noon by Judge Murphy.
Beck was waiter at the New Eastern
Hotel. on Mission street, near Fourteenth,
and on the evening OF November 1st stabbed
and killed John NJ. Bowen, bar-keeper for
Henry Robert Hahn, in the grocery and
liquar store at the corner Of Fourteenth and
Mission streets
When Beck came into the bar-room in the
rear of the grocery he bought and paid for a
drink. There WAS then a dispute over 10
cents, which the bartender said Beck had
not paid. Finally Beck paid the money. and
the dispute was to all appearances at an end.
Then all hands had another drink, and
someone suggested to Beck that he had better
go home. Bowen Endorsed this suggestion.
telling Beck that he had had enough to
drink and had better follow his friends
advice
At this Beck became fearfully enrared
Cursing and swearing ut Bowen, ne picked
up big beer glass and hurled IL at the bar
keeper. The latter lodged the missile. and
then. with the help of his employer MI.
Hahn, he forcibly elected his assailant from
the bar-roOm.
Beck's passion was now at white heat. He
rushed across the street to the New Eastern
Hotel and seized meat-knife that be found
in the kitchen. Returning to the bar-room
he found Bowen leaning against the bar.
He stepped behind Bowen and, without a
word of warning. plunged the knife In the
bar-tender's back. Bowen only lived a few
minutes, but long enough to identify his
murderer. Indeed, Beck doggedly admitted
the crime, and said he had right to kill
him.
District Attorney Barnes Is prosecuting
the case in person. while Attorney Charles
Haggerty represents the defendant From
the questions asked the talesmen, it seems
that the defense will plead insanity, iutoxir
cation and self-defense.