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The Portland daily press., 1891-05-30
0In F0LKS' PAINS

pIMPLES, black-heads, red, rough, chapped,
AnA and oily skin cured by CUTIcURA SOAP.
The Portland daily press., 1891-05-30

the directions to the letter, Relief was immediate,
his sufferlngs were eased and rest and sleep per-
mitted. I he steadily Improved ana in nine weeks
" was cured, and has now as clear skin and
HumOr. -
MRS. NJ. FERGUSON,
SO W. Br0Okllne ST., Boston.
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HoW's
Your Blood

During the winter most people sleep in poorly
ventilated rooms, and are confined in unhealthy
shop, offices. and stores during the day. The
close confinement for months in impure air is one
of the causes for the accumulation Of impurities
In the blood, which should be got rid of in the
spring. This Is readily accomplished by the aid
OF Hoods Sarsaparilla, which has widely and
firmly established itself as the best Spring Medi-
cine and blood purifier.
Salt Rhsum.
Gardiner, Me-, April IS, 1891.
For several years have been great sufferer
from Salt Rheum, sometimes to such an extent as
to make life almost unbearable. I have tried
nearly every remedy could think of and have
been to so many doctors, but till now have never
found more than partial relief. One OF nv neigh
Dors In Portsmouth where formerly lived, sng-
gested Hoods Sarsaparilla. have used il for me
past six months In connection with the Olive Ojnt-
ment, and am now satisfied that a permanent
cure has been accomplished. / heartily commend
1t to any sufferer with this scourge."
MARY J. HARMON
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for So. Prepared
only by q. l. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
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MUSIC AND DRAMA.
THE WILLOW COPSE.


The celebrated drama of "The Willow
Copse" will be repeated at the holiday matt
nee at Portland Theatre and at the
evening performance today. Those who
have not seen Miss ROBBERS charming as
sumption of the character of Grace Fielding,
or Mr.. Burnham's strong characterization of
Luke Fielding should be sure to attend be-
fore the play is taken from the boards. Max
Freeman is a capital Sir Richard, Addie
Phillips pretty Lucy Vanguard, Julian
Porter keeps things moving as Meg, Messrs.
Keene, Barringer. Phillips. Hafford and Cas-
well are all good.
hartley CAMPBELL's "FATE"
Poor BARLEY Campbell's fate was to pass
the evening of his life in madhouse, but
when his great brain power was unclouded
few writers evolved SO beautiful, so touching
and so dramatic plays as did this unhappy
author. Chief among his great dramas is
the play of Fate" which is to be given up :
on the first three days of next week by the
Portland Stock Company. The cast of char
The Portland daily press., 1891-05-30

and but little rest night or
day. He was under treat
ment at different times at
two hospitals and by seven
doctors in this city without
the least benefit; every
prescription of the doctors
was faithfully tried, but he
grew worse all the time.
For months / expended
about So per week for
medicines, and was en-
tirely discouraged. l pur-
chased CUTICURA, CUTI-
CURA SOAP and CUTICURA
Rrc0TVENT and followed
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MARI RIk0Es.

Beecham's Pills cure sick headache
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HoTELTO RENT.

VyHE hotel known as the st. Croix Exchange,
Il (Young's hoteD Calais, will be leased TO the
right person on satisfactory terms; the house Is
centrally located is the longest established, best
and leading house In the city; 1t Is heated by
steam, newly plumbed, and is In firstclass condf-
tion throughout. Here Is an excellent chance for
the right man to conduct a successful business.
Apply to or correspond with
s. j. GALLAGHER, Augusta, Me.
or GEO. A. CURRAN, Calais. my2dtf
The Portland daily press., 1891-05-30

ln the afternoon. under the marshalshp
of Comrade Augustus I'll. Prince. with Com
rades W. H. Green, D.W Scribner and John
r. Lowell as aides, procession will leave
Market Square at o'clock. in the following
order.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-12

MRS. MALAPRoP.
Society Woman at the Capitni who Is
Credited with Some Unique Sayings.

Society Woman at the Capitni who Is
Credited with Some Unique Sayings.
Washington society, like every other
society, has its Mrs. Malaprop, good
lady who has said several good things
OF an inappropriate kind and gets the
credit ut the clubs and dinner parties of
having said ten times rs many, says the
Boston Herald. The Mrs. Malaprop of
Washington is one of the new-rich who
have rcvolutioniZcdt the architecture and
the society of Washington.
The smart" society people 60 to
their beautiful house, eat their delicious
terrap:n, drink their perfect champagne
and get off witty remarks about them
II possible quoting them or pretending
to, so as to make them ridiculous-all
Of which, need not say, is considered
quite good etiquette, even if it is not
good manners.
We'll, Mrs. Malaprop has climbed up
on her husbands bank account through
the usual ways into Society" and
while she gets along very well occa-
sionally lapscs little in conversation
the lapses being carefully recorded by
her dear new friends.
To the daughters of one of the most
distinguished diplomats she is reported
to have said: 81 am so glad to meet
you. have been hearing you spoken
of so much as.thc pretty Miss Legation,
the clever Miss Legation. Do tell me
which of You is the pretty one and
which is the clever one"
Again to II famous army officer and
his wife, who were telling how much
they had enjoyed her dinner party, she
cheerily said: II thought YOU would
like to meet some nice people"
Being presented to n plainly dressed
woman whose name she did not catch
she said in the course of conversation
that Washington was delightful city
for people i'll moderate. circumstances.
"There are so many pretty little houses
such as you, madam, might find suita-
blc," She said, addressing, unwittinely,
one of the richest of the old residents,
whose fine house on Lafayette square
is almost historical, and who had the
tact and kindness not to set her right.
Perhaps Mrs. Malaprop's most famous
speech is of as late date as last spring,
just before she went abroad. Coming
down to meet n morning caller in her
wrapper Mrs. Malaprop said, swectly:
You really must excuse me for coming
down in my nom de plume, but have
been busy packing all the morning"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-12
Flowing with Dynamite.

snb-soil blowing with dynamite is
one of the new methods in the SOUTH
and it is said to be equal to the process
OF trenching used by market gardeners
to loosen the earth to depth of two or
three feet and allow the absorption of q
good deal OF water for sustaining vegc-
tation during drought. The inventor
drills holes two or three feet deep and
five feet apart, making sixteen hundred
to the acre. In each he puts an cx-
ploslve, and, after tamping, discharges
it, the whole number being connected
with wire leading to battery. In n
recent experiment the explosive used
was one-fourth of small-sizcd dyna-
mite cartridge, with about an ounce of
Judson powder. The surface of the
ground appeared to be lifted two or
three feet, few small clods being
thrown up to the height of house. 1t
was broken to the depth of thirty inch
cs at the points of the explosion and
sidcwisc for part of the distance be-
tween the holes
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-12
HE EOSSED A KING.

The Experience of American Captain
with the Ruler of Corea.
Capt. Lee, who died suddenly in Phil
adclphia the other day. was one of the
most intrepid of men. He once or
dcred the king and cabinet of Corea off
their own parade ground because they
tried to dictate to him concerning the
handling of the native troops. Capt.
Lee was employed by the Corean gov
crnment rs military instructor of the
army four years ago, and he knew his
business in every phase. With two
other American officers, who were en-
ploycd with him in similar capacities,
he had charge of the army and gave it
thorough instruction, clcvating it be-
yond the standard of even the Japanese
troops, the best drilled in the east.
Lee and his fellow officers didn't get
along together very well. The troops
liked him exceedingly, but on the day he
ordered the king and cabinet off the
parade grounds because they got in
the way there came near being n re-
volt among them. Lee was inexora-
BILE, If polite, and the king and the cabi-
net left without n word of protest.
They always respected Leo for his nc
ton and treated him with great cour-
tesy afterward.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-12
BREV.TIES.

The following are the Salem delegates
to the great temperance convention to
be held in Richmond next week: w. W..
Moffett, of the Baptist Church; S. C.
Adams, of the Good Templars; w. NJ.
Montgomery, of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association.
Magistrate Charles Weber yesterd ay
sentenced Jim Walker, colored, to
thirty days in Jail for stealing ono
bushel of apples from j. Keffer & Co.
City Attorney Logan was out Friday
afternoon ascertaining the probable
cost Of opening up Fourth street. It
will possibly cost more than it is worth,
as 1t would cut through much valuable
property.
About noon to-day q painter left a
newly opened can of point on the side.
walk, while he stepped into store for a
moment. In the meantime baker
came along who had not observed the
painter put the can down, and seeing
what he took to be an old tomato can
on the sidewalk, he lifted his foot and
gave it kick, sending the paint flying
in all directions. That kick cost him
dollar and half.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-12
PRESENCE OF MIND.
A Woman Who knew How to Escape
from Dilemma.

a Woman Who Knew How to Escape
from N Dilemma.
Some queer situations have arisen
since the enforcement of the rule com
polling male passengers to smoke on
tho front platforms of cars. Two ladies
sat in the rear end of Detroit car the
other day talking in tone plainly aud
IDLE to their long-suffcring fellow pas
scngers. The car was full, says the
Free Press, and well saturated with the
fumes of tobacco smoke which had
somehow snenkcd in through the crew
ices OF the closed front door. The dis
agreeable smell, rs of burning rags,
caused one of the ladies to remark:
Isn't it mean that men should act SOP"
ut is, indeed" conceded her com
panion.
''Thank heaven, I married q man who
has will power enough to control his
habits. lie would no moro smoke in
public than fly. OF course it is owing
to my excellent teaching, or I suppose
he would be good deal like the rest"
and she settled back in her seat with
the most complaccnt air Imaginable.
Hardly had she done SO, however, before
the front door opened and chilly blast
Va tt'hSiSS Ill IL AulQllc-uRCQ lnan
who carried between his teeth the
limited remains of cigar. lie was
about to pass on out, but the compla-
cent lady caught his attention, and, re-
moving the stub, he eXclaimcd:
My, Marthy, where arc you going?"
He was her husband, but with ad-
mirablc presence of mind she exclaimed:
"Oh, Cousin William, am SO glad to
sec you; we have been looking for you
for moro than week. Come right over
to the house this minute" and signaling
the conductor, she rushed the aston
ishcd man out of the car and into tho
street before he could catch his breath
or say word. Mutual explanations
there followed, and John now swcars
by his wifc's quick wits. And we'll he
may. for they saved her from most
disagrceablc situation.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-12
a rIreman.s Feat.

The fremcn of Caribou, Me-, were
called upon to perform feat rather out
of the usual limo of duty. The bridge
across the Aroostools river, connecting
the two sections of the village, burned,
and although the adjacent buildings in
tho main village wcro saved, those on
tho opposite side of tho river near the
end of tho bridge took fire and were
threatened with destruction. All of the
fire apparatus was i'll the main village,
the bridge was destroyed, and there
were no boats at hand. Accordingly,
the best swimmers in the fire company
were selected to swim the river with q
line OF hose. They accomplished the
feat. and got across just in time to pre-
vent the destruction OF Atty thousand
dollars worth Of property.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-12
A JAPANESE KING CRAB.
Ho Is Eighty Years Old and uus a
Stretch OF Eleven Feet.


The king of crabs ornaments the
cabin of the British steamship
Euphratcs. which arrived from Japan
recently with cargo of tea, says the
New York Recorder lie is the biggest
specimen of his kind ever seen in New
York, ard is known as lion crab.
Capt. James Edwards, the commander
of the Euphratcs, and his crew had Il
lively time in capturing the crustaccan.
lie was seen when the vessel was Mt
Hallodatc, Yc2zo. Efforts were made
to capture him alive, but he fought SO
valiantly that lie lost his life in his
struggle to escape. lie was pulled
aboard and stuffed as IL curiosity and
now occupies place against the wall
of Capt Edwards cabin, with an in
scription in Japanese above. which,
translated, means "a Thousand miles in
thousand minutes" lie will be taken
to the London Geological gardens. lie
is val,;cd 1T two hundred and fifty
dollars
In his native element the crab was of
n deep green color, but in death he be-
came rcd. The body is round, re-
scmbling that of n turtle, and is seven
inches thick and forty inches in circum-
ference. There are ten legs, the for
ward ones measuring sixteen inches in
length and the hndmost pair twenty
five inches. The pinchcrs of the for
ward legs arc each six inches in length;
the first joint is twenty-five inches, the
second eight inches, and the third
twenty-five inches in length. The dis
lance from claw to claw measures
eleven feet.
His appearance indicated that he
might have made Il fierce battle for his
captors and afforded food enough when
killed for the entire ships company.
One of the sailors, Japanese named
Karcna, explained that the lion crab is
very rare specimen and difficult to
capture. He is supposed to move at
the rate of Il mile n minute, and is held
i'll reverence by many of the religious
sects in Japan. lie grows an inch every
year, and this particular crab is sup
posed to have been nearly eighty years
old ut the time Of his tlcccasc.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-12
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LEMON ELIXIR.
Pleasant. Elegant. Reliable.

fteasant, Elegant Reliable.
For biliousness and constipation, take
Lemon Elixir.
For fevers, chills and malaria, take
Lemon Elixir.
For sleeplessness. nervousness and
palpitation OF the heart, take Lemon
Elixir.
For indigestion and foul stomach,
take Lemon Elixir.
For all sick and nervous headaches,
take Lemon Elixir.
Ladies', for natural and thorough or.
ganic regulation, take Lemon Elixir.
DR.. Mozley's Lemon Elixir will not
fail you in any Of the above-named dis
eases, all OF which arise from torpid
or diseased liver, stomach, kidneys or
bowels.
Prepared only by DR.. H. Moz1EY,
Atlanta, Ga.
500 and 81 per bottle, at druggists.
LEMON HOT DROPS
Cures all Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness.
Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Hemorrhage
and all throat and lung diseases. Eie-
CANT, reliable
Is cents at druggists. Prepared only
by DR.. HI. Motley, Atlanta. Ga.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-12
Maps of tho Starr.

The civilized nations of the earth
have agreed to cooperate in taking a
Photographic chart of the heavens
Some twenty telescopes are to work
four years and will result in mapping
probably -, 900, 900 of stars; with LONGER
exposures probably 1000 GOO, O0O could
be photographed. It is an achievement
the thought of which fills us with awe
and wonder. Yet it serves to remind
us of our insignificancc when we re-
member that were our instruments
placed upon some distant star our
earth would not even figure rs one of
these s,ooo,ooo,ooo points of light that
tell US something Of -. wonders of tho
heavens
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-12
RAILROADS
n : = = w RorfoIksHgstefn

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT DECEMBER5 1891.
wksrBouNp, LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY.
'~o ~ IN. ior Radford, Pulaski, Bristo, aleo for
niucnnell, Pocahontas, Elkhorll Clinch VAL
Ivy DIVISION and Louisville via Norton
ic ansna n,, sicepers to hcmphis and New or.
mod hcahs anu to Louisville via Norton
lo.'o y; III. LOT Kadfordand intermcdtnto stations
, no connection beyond !
615 p. m. for Radford Pn,,sti nrt.o, ~,
hontn, Ut pn9I,niord Tor Dlucileld and Poea.
Chattanooga. w '"oAnPhin We
Eonah =, AN y, EasTBouND, LEAVE RoANoKE DAILY.
, So - III, LOT Smenandoah connection beyond.
iN'oy ~; LOT nngGrstowD. Pullman seopcrs 10
1,.,s ew Aork VIA harrisburg and Philadeiphfn
Ai'iS y. III; LOT HaRcrstown. Pullman sleclicrs TO
ssnuing,.on WIN shenandoah Junction aud To
600 New York via Harrisburg. ~
,U 1a, u. III. LOT petersburg and Richmond
12:4o p. IN. daily for Richmond mud NnrSo,A d.,
,.o man pnrlor car to Norfolk .'
9oo p. M. for Lynchburg; no connection beyopd
iAlo p. III. TOT Richmond and Norfolk Puiinnn
mont7 uih W Nicu-
Clinch Valley Division-Leaves Blucaeld da,,v
,:OO a. m: for Norton, and a:u5 D. IN. for Nor
ton, Louisville and points on t. u N. r. r.
North Carolina Division-Lcayc Pulaskt dn,,o
LVO a. m. for Ivanhoe and 1870 p. M for ivan
noe ana Gossan and $40 q. m (cxcent SIM
day. for Betty Baker. o"A
office or to W r. kEV1fSIiI ioAet
General Passenger Agent. Roanoke, Va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-12
BRAVE AS A LION.

Connecticut Woman who Conquered
the King of Beasts.
When p. II. Barnum's winter quarters
were burned two years ago one of the
lions escaped and entered the barn of
Mrs Gilligan. widow living on
Pequonnocli street, bridgeport. Conn,
says the Pittsburgh Dispatch Mrs.
Gilligan bravely entered the barn.
grabbed the king Of beasts by the tail
and belabored him with n pitchforls
handle to drive him out. Her pluck and
courage were noted in the newspapers
at the time, and she received many
offers of marriage from men in the far
west who needed brave wives.
Mrs. Gilligan has again distinguished
herself. She is great poultry fancier,
and her hcnnery is q standing tcmpta-
ton to the lawlcss tramps and touphs
who make that ncighborhood their
headquarters. One morning recently
she heard her chickens making an I'M
usual noise, and, hastily dressing, she
got TO the coop just in time sec two men
carrying Off thirteen of her fowls.
She followed them to their camp in the
woods, and jumping into the midst of
the gang grabbed tho chickens from
the hands of the thieves and gayc them
q piece Of her mind. Then she sent
for the police and made complaint
against the men. They wero sent up
for theft. and Mrs Giillran was COM
pliraerted by ths cc-rt.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-12
ANY DOG IN A PINCH.
How an Express Messenger Replaced n
Lost Charge.


Lost Charge.
handsome spaniel which bore the
marks of choice breeding, was tucked
away among the mass Of express mat
ter in an American Express Companys
car which was attached to Central
Hudson train few mornings ago, says
the RochesterSDemocrat. The dog was
on his way from Toronto to New York,
and was intended as present to GEN
tlcman in the metropolis. silver col
lar cncircled his neck. The dog was a
bright, intelligent fellow and had been
made general pet by the express mes
sengcrs along the line.
When the train reached this city the
messenger in charge of the car united
the spaniel to allow him to eat his
breakfast. Several of the station en-
ployes were admiring the dog as he was
devouring piece of steak from the
restaurant, when suddenly the animal
bounded over pile of packages, out
through the open door, and was gone
before the surprised messenger could
realize what had happened
The dog was properly billed, and Wis
ions of an immediate discharge from
service fitted through the messengers
brain should he fail to hand over the
dog in New York. A search was use
less, as the train was to leave within
five minutes, and the spaniel was rev.
cling in liberty among the plebcian
ours in the street.
Suddenly an inspiration struck the
messenger, and running out to the hack
stand in front of the station he looked
quickly up and down the street. A for
lorn-looking cur, with his tail between
his legs, was in the act of purloining a
meal fronsan adjacent garbage barrel.
He gave quick yelp as the messenger
grabbed him up, and two minutes later
was crouching in a corner of the ex-
press car with the company's tag
adjoining his NANCY hide.
The outcome of the story is still IN
known, but it is likely that the New
York man considers himself the
victim of a practical joke on the part
of his Toronto friend.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-12

TaE Roanoke Dressed Bsef Company,
~. Kensch & Co., stall &, city market,
mover disappoiDts customer. II YOU
call for fresh meat you get 1t. because
Rensch keeps nothing else II you want
the best goods for the least money you
get them. for this is his business rule
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-12
LEM
THE WATKINS CASE.
The Efforts Being Made For a
New Trial.
ROANOKE TIMES BUREAU,
DILLARD & PERsINoER BLDG,
SALEM. VA, Dec IL.

SALEM, VA, Dec IL.
It may be interesting to the general
public to know what has taken place in
the Watkins murder case since the trial.
Before entering the adjourning order
of last county court, Judge Griffin, at
the instance of the defense, signed and
sealed three bills of exception.
The first exception relates to the re-
fusal of the court to put to the jury in
struction No. 8, which reads as follows:
No. 3 (refused by the COURT. "The
court further instructs the jury that the
proof must show that a body found
is the body of the person for whose MUIR
der the prisoner is indicted in this case,
OF they cannot find the prisoner guilty"
The second exception relates to the
substitution of instruction No. pre-
pared by the court, in place of No. 3,
rendered by defense, which instruction,
No. 4, was put to the jury and is as fol-
lows:
No. provided by the court). "The
court instructs the jury that unless they
believe from the evidence in this case,
to o moral certainty and beyond all
reasonable doubt, that the dead body
found was the body of the person for
whose murder the prisoner is indicted
in this case, they cannot find him
guilty"
The third exception is, that the YER
dict was contrary to the evidence; the
judges notes of the case have been
filed as evidence with the exceptions.
In case the prisoner demands an ap.
peal these bills of exceptions would be
argued before Judge Blair in vacation,
in order to determine whether an appeal
should be granted, and if the Judge be
of the opinion that it should, super
sedeas will be issued and the matter
will be argued next April term. 1t is
q matter of conjecture as to whether
an appeal will be taken by the defense
or not, but the public will criticise very
harshly, any attempt made to put the
commonwealth to any further unneces-
sary expense to save Watkins neck.
The Whist Club.
The whist club was royalty enter
tanned by Judge and Mrs. Wing6eld
Griffin Thursday night at their charm
ing home on Union street. The whist
playing, of course, was the feature of
the occasion, and continued until half
past ten, when the tables were cleared
for supper.
Among tnOSe VINO were so fortunate
as to enjoy Judge and Mrs. Griffin's hos
pitality were Col. r. III. Logan, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Langhorn, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
q. Bowles, Mrs. Nj. G. Board, Misses
Logan, Taliaferro, Tompkins, Elva Ellis
and Virginia Burnett. Messrs. Powell,
Clement, Taylor, Pechin, Comp and
Anderson, and also Major Chandler and
DR.. Baird
This club, which is called the Thurs.
day Evening Whist Club, meets every
week, and is the most popular and sue
cessful social club which has ever ex-
listed in Salem. Its members are for the
most part married people who enjoy a
quiet game of whist, scientifically
played. Next week w. b. Bowles will
entertain the club.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-12

WE would rather have the money
than goods at this season Of the year,
hence our cost sale for the next ten
days. Joseph Cohn