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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-20

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legs could carry him. And thus he is
first seen.
John Waddleman never stopped to
think when angry. lie struck first and
thought afterward. He would kill
these geese first and think about them
afterward. But he had no weapon, he
suddenly remembered He saw q stone
almost as large as one of his double
fists lying before him as he ran. He
stopped, without hating, and seized
the dornick. Then he looked again for
the goose. There it was Its head
seemed to be down and toll up, for only
a white back and n waving feather
were visible. He stopped, drew back
his mighty arm and with an cxclama-
ton of "Cuss ye." threw the stone with
all his power ut the goose.
The missile went straightto the mark.
It struck fair on the side of the sup
posed goose There was loud shrek
OF pain and the goose disappeared, but
the Shrek was that of q human being
John Waddlcman suddenly halted
He caught his breath in terror. What
had he done? Surely this was no goose!
end looked over at the shore, few feet
below. Then he became sick and dizzy
with apprehension Surely he knew
that form, that crushed hat and ging-
ham dress with which it was clothed!
With u loud cry he scrambled down the
steep incline md knelt by the motion
less form of his daughter. He was so
weak with emotion that he could
scarce raise the head from the sand,
turn the white face toward the sky and
brush the sand and blood from its
cheek.
"My God! have killed her!" he
groaned.
Then his strength came to him, and
raising the motionlcss form in his arms
he carried it up the steep bank, across
the sand lot suddenly became hateful
to him, and into his house Then he
laid her on Il sofa, while his wife cried
and moaned in terror and wrung her
hands Then he got horse and rode
at break-nccll speed to a doctor, and
having told him the need of haste rode
back again. And never did man rue
his mearncss as did John Waddlcman
during this ride.
Without stopping to put the painting
horse in the stable, but leaving it in
the barnyarl, he rushed into the house.
Margaret still lay on the sofa, but now
with white cloths around her head.
She was so pale that Waddieman still
thought her dead, and with sobbing
cry sunk on the floor at her side, dlsrc-
gnrding the frowning face Of tho young
husband near by and tho presence Of
the elder Mrs. Jim Crawley. Mar
garet opened her eyes, smiled family
and held out her hand. Her father
took her up in his arms and cried like
q child.
The white straw hat, with its
feather, which appeared alone above
the sand ridge us Margaret had been
walking along the river shore, had
while it drew the blow from the stone,
also protected her from its effects, so
that she had suffered only bru'se and
a small cut besides being rendered in
sensible. But it also brought peace be-
tween relatives and ncighbors- w.
Oiell, in Chicago News
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An Equestrian Club.

The Full Moon Equestrian Club has
been organized to enjoy horseback rid
ing on the night of the full of every
moon. Tho members are J. e. Ship
man, 0. l.. and r. 5. Stearnes, II. O..
Roberts, Jr., A. l.. Thomas, Il. S. Bar
nett, Rush Rutdette, Ed. Wight and j..
T. Walker.
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Thrice Dear.

Family affection is beautiful thing,
but as q writer in the Boston Globe OBJ
serves, the public expression of it may
be ovcr,onc.
man and his pretty wife were part
ing upon street corner, and he was
overheard giving her this final caution:
Don't forget dear, to take car at
Park Square, dear. and remember that
thc number is three hundred, dear. and
th!rty-scveu."
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RAILROADS.
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SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY "a, 1891.
wEsrBoUND. LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY.
$50 Il. III. Arrives Radford 025 u. M, connect
ing at Radford with New River branch
leaving daily ut 0i5 u. H.. Bristol LIS D. m:
lU.l0 a. M, Arrives Bristol 4.l0 p. IN. Stops az
all stations. -, 90
625 p M. Arrives Bristol 1l.35 p. m. Connects
at RadfOrd with New River branch leay--
ing Radford sos D. Ill. daily for Bluetield
and Pocahontas. ~
1855 p. IN. daily for Radford and intermediate
stations.
NORTH AND EAsrBOUND, LEAVE ROANOKE
DAILY.
o.% q. m. for Lynchburg, Petersburg and
2.5o P. m. for Hagerstown, Harrisburg, Phi1a-
delpha and Now York " n .
l2;t5 p. III: duly for Richmond and Norfolk.
5:U pm. daily. Arrives Lynchburg 1870 p. m.
$40 p III. for Shenandoah
!l.20 p. III. for Richmond and Norfolk.
ll.O p. III. for Harrisburg, Philadelphia and
New York, ard Washington via Shenan-
:. doah Junction and b. s. O.R. Il.
For all additional information apply at ticket
Office or to w. b. HEVTLI,'
General Passenger Agent. Roanoke. Va
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s SALEM
MORE BURGLARiEs.
House-Breakers Still the Pest
Of Salem.
ROANOKE TINES. BUREAU, !
Hotel. LUCERNE, SALEM VA.

Tho Thursday nights burglary was
at r. ii. Carper's store on College ave-
nue..
On the afternoon of that day, while
Mr.. Carpcr was sitting near the front
window up stairs, two strangers APP
preached below and began questioning
Frank Darst, boy employed at Car
per's, about tho building. They asked
whether it was occupied or not, and re-
ceiving an Affirmative reply they desired
to know if the occupants were rich or
not. They piled the boy further with
questions about the apartments OF the
store on both stories.
Mr.. Carper, up stairs, heard the men
below and saw them gazing upward at
the building, but thinking they were
probably inquiring about the cornice
which had been blown Off by the recent
hurricane, he let the matter pass from
his mind. The two men wore black
SLOUGH hats drawn closely down over
their eyes. One was clad in q light
grayish suit of clothes, the other in a
dark suit.
They went away without exciting any
curiosity in the neigh borhood. Between
IL and l2 O'Clock that night r. II. Carper
heard noises in the hallway. Getting
up he went to his bureau, and the drawer
containing his pistol creaked loudly on
opening.
Immediately the person in tho hall
made break for the front stairway and
was heard descending the steps like
streak of lightning. He or they escaped,
closing the front door after exit. Not
long after an attempt was made to enter
the other side of the store. which is
double one. This half is occupied by
Burns g. Mendenhall as furniture es-
tablishment. a pane of glass was
smashed, but not broken. The burglars
fled after making the noise.
Kent Carper, who sleeps over the post
Office, was awakened tho same night by
noises below, and two men who were at
tempting an entrance into Duncan e
Cumpsuon's store fled as Mr. Carper
raised window. One remarked at first
that he didn't intend to run, but his &C
lions belied his word.
M. Forman, whose store is few
blocks from Carper's, and who lost
number of suits of clothes in several
successive robberics, had a miraculous
escape Thursday night.
Mr.. Hiper's house was entered Wed
nesday night, and he shot at the burg.
lar, who however escaped.
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MIR. Oppenhcimer-"Ra Rachel, do you
observe dot beautiful sunsct2" Mrs
Oppcnhcimcr-'I do. Solomon. 1t vas
lofcly." Mr.. Oppenhcimcr-"pcr finest
thing / hat seen all my life in" Mrs.
Oppcnhclmcr-"Oh, Solomon, dcre vas
tears in your eyes. Dot shows me you
haf good heart ven you vas affected by
dose beauties of nature like dot" Mr..
Oppenhcimcr-"I vas shust affected
ven thought how could look ut dot
beautiful effect nitout it costing me a
single ceat"-Amcrica
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Detained Goods Released.

WASHINGTON, June l9.-LSpeciall-
The report of the collector of customs at
San Francisco, in regard to alleged
smuggling on the United States steam
ship Omaha, was received at the Treas
ury Department this morning, ana on
tae strength of it Acting Secretary
Spaulding directed the release of all
detained goods on payment OF duties.
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BREVITIES.

Rev. ]. S. Moser, of Richmond, is in
the city.
Rev. j. d. Thomas left yesterday for
Dublin, Va, to visit his friend, George
w. Walker, of that place.
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WADDLEMAN'S WRATH.
1t Finally Brought Peace Between
Friends and Neighbors.
DIN WADDLE-

DIN WADDLE-
MAN ran across
q So n d b an k
which lay be-
tween his house
and the river as
fast as his short
legs could carry
him. lie was a
short man, but
of great circum-
ference at the
waist. His fat
face was re d
wit excl t G.
mont, and damn
with perspira-
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-08-20

eyes"
Him, too?"
eyes"
"Chairs and tables under the trees?'
ooh, yes"
Here, boys, each of you fill mug
and go out there to the table. No
noise, mind
The men did as directed, and Cap
tain Mariner, after a few whispered
words with Mrs. Van Buren (which
seemed to afford the lady immense
pleasure) picked up a lantern and
went upstairs. When, after the lapse
of a few minutes, he reappeard he
was accompanied by a tall gentle
man, clad only in his night-robe, who
carried a boot in one hand and a
wig in the other.
"This way, major" said the cap
tain, pushing him out doors.
"Major Shelton on the table for a
songl" came in unison from the
trees, which were now illuminated by
the rays of the rising moon.
CHOW my dear captain-ha! ha
ha! Good! Very goodl" said the
shivering soldier. "But | don't sing
at all, you know; really l DON'T"
"I'm afraid" whispered the cap
tain, "these men are desperate dogs.
so you'd better mount the table with
out more ado, and give them "The
Yankee Sword"
Here the majors eyes fell on Mrs.
Van Burcn, who had all she could do
to control her risibilities.
Mount the table-like this! l can
not-I will not do such q thing!'
Click went the locks of a dozen
pistols. and a dozen voices shouted,
as before, "Major Shelton on the
table for sOng!'
"Splendid shots, those fellows, "
whispered the captain.
"Oh this is dreadful And such a
barbarous high wind, too! Supposing
| run upstairs and get my small
Clothes" whined the victim. "Im
afraid you haven't forgiven for"
"Oh, they'll excuse your appear
ance; up with you!" and up the ma
ior scrambled. frightened out of his
wits almost, amid the rOars of the
privateersmen.
"But 1 don't know the song" he
sniveled.
''You shall sing it after me, line for
line," replied Mariner, "and don't
you back water at the lastline, which
is three cheers for General Washing
ton, or there will be plenty of crows
in this neighborhOod tomorrow"
Quaking in every limb the major,
his knees bent and his fingers cOnvul-
sively clutching the hem of his scanty
robe, sang the six verses of the song
in the manner directed, and he GER
tainly gave the three cheers with a
vim, whatever may have been his
thoughts.
"And now," said the captain, when
the applause had ceased, lone of you
run upstairs and get his breeches
and the mate to this boot and wei
be off"
The poor major looked at his per
secutor in horror at this remark.
''You see," volunteered that wor
thy, "we're afraid the boys would
quiz you too much if we left you her
so we're just going to run you owe
to New York-a prisoner of war;"
That was how Captain Marrinerre
paid a blow Thomas Frost IN th'
! New York Herald.
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Colonel ErederiCk Grant.

"He is the image of his father"
says those Americans who knew the
hero of the war of secession; and as
suredly the United States minister in
Vienna would aspire to no higher
compliment than this. But the great
soldier who saved the United States
from dissolution is popularity sup
posed to have been a man oil few
words, whereas Colonel Grant has
plenty to say for himself and says 1T
well. With a frank. open face, a
ready smile and genial manners he is
a capital talker, speaking out OF a
mind brimful of information. His
too is the information which comes
from experience as well as study. for
few Americans have seen more of the
world or more shrewdly noted what
they have seen in it. Colonel Grant
is a living illustration of the axiom
that diplomat is born not made.
He was trained to be soldier and he
became a first rate officer, who, If he
found any opportunity in anew war,
would assuredly have earned distinc-
ton, but when peace and party poll
tics converted him into a minister
plenipotentiary he slipped into the
position assigned him without en-
barrassment or diffidence. He gets
on capitally with the great ones OF
this earth because he is entirely free
from affectation or fusslness. lie
knows his duties and discharges them
in a quiet. business-like, efficient way
He is at no pains to assert himself,
for the dignity of soldier and gen
tleman sits on him as easily as a
we'll made uniform. He is accessible
to all comers; is no distinguisher ot
ranks, listens patiently, answers
courteously and is always ready FOL
a Joke with those who like to get
through business pleasantly. To the
| Americans in Vienna Colonel Grant
has been something more than kinC
and hospitable. His legation is 6
rallying-point and most agreeable
social centre for them all. Whether
they call for advice or assistance, ol
money. for the pleasure of chatting
with their country's representative
they are sure to go away with th'
impression that their minister is
most accomplished, amiable man on
of whom they may well be proud
And these feelings of affectionate re
spect are naturally extended to Mrs
Grant-a lady whose great beaut,
and charming graciousness are thos
of the born grande dame and nee'
no corOnet to set off their quiet at
tractive lustre.-Vienna News.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-08-20

The greatest surprises in agrlcul-
tural inventions of late are in the
dairy line. About two years ago the
"butter extractor" was announced,
and probably every reader of this
paper knows something of the work
ING of that machine. 1t was a costly
affair and those creameries which had
separators had to make a great sac
rifce to obtain an extractor. But
now it is announced that a simple
attachment for the separator has
been invented which separates the
butter from the buttermilk so that
by it's use, the common separator
will deliver butter and skim-milk in
stead of cream and skim-milk as us
ual. A new separator is also an
nounced with startling improve
ments. 1t looks now as though We
might before long have a small HAND
separator which will either take cream
or butter from the sweet milk, anc
thus save all the trouble of churning
for those who work up their milk al
home. Still another important in
vention is Hutton's milk testorwhicl
at a cost of two or three dollars gives
quicker and as accurate results a'
machines that cost from so to $50
1t is the invention of j. X. Hutton o
the Storrs School of Agriculture, anC
is fully described in the Rural New
Yorker of July 25. N.
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LEFT UNDONE.

1t isn't the thing you do, dear,
It's the thing you've left undOne,
Which gives you bit of heartache
At the setting of the sun.
The tender word forgotten,
The letter you did not write,
The flower you might have sent, dear,
Are your haunting ghosts tonight
The stone you might have lifted
Out of a brothers way,
The bit of heartsome counsel
You were hurried too much to say;
The loving touch of the hand, dear.
The gentle and winsome tone,
That YOU had no time nor thought for
With troubles enough of your own.
The little act OF kindness,
So easily out of mind;
Those chances to be angels
Which every mortal finds
They come in night and silence
Each chill, reproachful wrath
When hope is faint and tagging,
And blight has dropped on faith.
For life is all too short, lear,
And sorrow is all toe great.
To suffer our slowYeohIS SassiGn
That tarries until too late
And it's not the thing you do, dear,
It's the thing you leave undone,
Which gives you the bit of heartache
At the setting of the sun.
Margaret E. Sangster.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-08-20

General Raum, commissioner ofpen-
sions, declares there is no ground for
complaint regarding delays in the
conduct of pension business. Hesays
the official mail ofthe bureau amount
to 5000 pieces month and the
mail division is under orders TO ac-
knowledge the receipt of all letters
coming to the office TO which more
extended reply cannot be given.
There is no delay, he says, in cnses
where an answer isrequirod. Hecon-
cludes as follows: "lt is true that we
have 920,4 claims pending in the
office, and il is impossible 20 take
them all up and dispose of them at
once: but have been working the
Office to the point of issuing over
100000 certificates N month. Dur
ing the fiscal year just closed issued
1876, ,4S0 original certificates, which
was S9,S45 more than has ever been
issued in any previous single fiscal
year. My opinion is that instead of
widespread discomfort the reverse is
the case"
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ADVERTISING RATES.
THE FELLOW IN GREASY JEANS.

BY CHARLES y. LuMAns.
Whewl How the drivers hammerl
We are late by an hour or more:
We sway and sWerve on the ringing curve.
And the bridges reel and roar.
Look how the engine lurches-
And out Of liz window crimes,
with gray eyes wed 20 tho track ahead,
A fellow In greasy jeans.
Scarcely looks like the fellow
To trust with so grave n cnrc-
In that grimy face 'twere hard TO trace
The metal that should be there.
Faster we roar and fnster-
The hand at the throttle shows
Steady enough, II the face Is rough
And the landscape melts and flows.
Into the cut-and horrori
There death has the right OF wnyl
The whistle wakes to "a shrek for brakes
And what does the swift brain say?
Jump for Mol and the babies.
And for dear liie's love supremei
Jump from the doom OF n crunching tomb
And the he'll Of the rowling zteegl-------
Stay, for the heros duty.
The trust Of a hundred lives
stay, for the sake Of the hearts would break
And for other babes and wives
He staysl with white teeth gritting
And with hands that snatch amnin,
The monster ruts on reversing wheels,
And the air brake chokes the train.
We are safe with our scratches
There's only the engine wrecked,
And the engineer Oh, well, feor
That's only what all expect.
And in the torn steels chaos
! read what our life ordains,
And, shiyering, pause-for yon cinder was
The fellow in gray ieansi
Locomotive Engineers journal.
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BLUEBERRY CAKE.-Here is a rule
for blueberry cake which am sure
will prove welcome at this season,
when the fruit is SO abundant: For
one sheet of cake use one generous
pint of -four, half pint of milk, one
gill of sugar, one egg, two heaplng
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, hau
pint of blueberries and two table
spoonfuls of butter. Mix the baking
powder, sugar and salt with the Hour
and rub through n sieve; then work
the butter through the flour. Beat
the egg till light and add the milk to
it. Add this to the dry ingredients
and beat well. Now add the berries
stirring as little as possible. Spread
the mixture in a well-buttered, shall
low baking pan, having it about al
inch and a half thick. Bake in
moderately quick oven for abou
twenty-five minutes, and serve hot
Good Housekeeping.
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Notes of Agricultural Progress.

Science is coming more and more
to the aid of the farmer. Inventive
skill is tightening his burdens too, in
many ways. A few notes of progress
n these directions may be of interes t
ito many readers of the CITIZEN. One
of the most marked examples of the
value of science of agriculture is found
IN the discovery of a method of pre-
venting the potato rot. Last year
the farmers of this County lost many
dollars worth of potatoes by rot, and
it should generally be known that
the rot can be prevented as easily as
the destruction of the tops by beetles.
In fact the two can be done together.
The rotting of potatoes is caused by
fungus, which spreads through the
stems OF infested plants. 1t does not
show itself in this section usually un-
till August, when, if the weather is
what we call "muggy," spots will be
observed upon the leaves of a few
plants. The fungus breaks down the
tissue of the leaf, causing it to rot,
and at the same time, gives off it's
spores of seeds which are carried by
the wind to other plants, so that in
little while the whole field is more
or less infected. From the leaves and
stems the disease passes down to the
tubers and causes them to decay. 1t
is evident that if something can be
applied to the leaves which will kill
the spores when they alight upon the
leaves, the disease can be prevented.
This is done by spraying the plants
with a preparation called the Bor-
deauX mixture, which is made as fol-
lows: Dissolve 6 pounds of blue Wit
riol in water, using a wooden tub.
Slack 4 pounds of fresh lime and add
enough water to make a thin white
wash. If fresh lime cannot be found
used ) or pounds of air Stacked.
Strain the white-wash so as to re-
move all Jumps, then pour slowly into
the blue vitriol solution. Add water
enough to make % gallons of the
whole and it is ready for use. A kerr
osene barrel sawed in two makes two
good tubs, one for the blue vitriol
and the other for the lime. A second
barrel can be used to hold the COM
DlCIC nllAbulCs cli Eltth Ntlh NC
added to this solution and the two
applied together. 1t is difficult to
apply the mixture with q common
sprinkler as the lime causes the nose
to clog, and also wastes much of the
mixture. Then the plants ought not
to be drenched but wet by a spray
which is produced by using what is
called the "Vermorel nozzle" Any
portable force pump can be used,
provided it throws n continuous
stream, but pumps are made on pur-
pose for spraying potatoes and vines.
AS soon as there is a demand for
such pumps they will be kept in stock
by hardware dealers. Full informa-
tion can be obtained on this subject
by sending to the Experiment Sta
tion, Burlington, VT, for Bulletin No.
"a, which is devoted to potato blight
and rot.
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1,hnnoe for a sneoulntlon.

Now don't all run at once for your wallets
and check-booksl II isn't corner lots In Chi.
cago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, or the" "Fu.
ture Great" 10 isn't options on wheat, corn
pork or lard, nor "puts''nor "calls" ON
Northwestern's or Southwcstern's, nor vet T.
Il gas, oil, telegraph or telephone stock. IL
II better than all OF these. IL Is a deposit In
the Bank Of Health, which every one can
make by the purchase and use of DR.. Pierce =
Pellets In all cases OF chronic constipation,
dyspepsia, headache, liver complaint, and the
| like. Sold the world over.
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NEWSPAPER LAWS.

l. Any person who takes paper regular
ly from the office-whether directed to his
name or another's, or whether he has sub
scribed or not-is responsible for the pay
ment
2 If person orders his paper discontin-
ued, he must pay all arrearages, or the pub
Usher may continue to send it until payment
is made, and collect the whole amount, wheth-
er the paper is taken from the office or not.
3. The Courts have decided that refusing
to take newspapers and periodicals from the
postofHce, or removing and leaving them un-
called for, is prima facie evidence of fraud.