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Arizona republican., 1891-11-21
An Dbytucie.

Astrological student who had preached one Sunday in city at a considerable distance from the school which he at- tended wished to take the early train back on Monday morning.
 He was delayed in starting, and had to stop on the way to get check casshed, SO that when he reached the upper end of the station the train which had stopped at the other end had already started out
 It would pass him, however; so he waited, and when the baggage car came along he threw his bag on board, and with sensible precaution decided to wait for the last car before jumping on himself.
 The bystanders watched the proceed ing with interest, and broke into laugh ter as the rear car came along. There, or the lower step of the rear platform, stood a man who must have weighed fully three hundred pounds, an effective hin drance to any attempt toward boarding the train.
 The young man fell back and waited sor the next train, while the obstacle continued in his position on the steps quite unconscious of anything except tho cigar he was smoking Youths Com panion.
Arizona republican., 1891-11-21
Railroads.

Southern Pacific east bound passes Maricopa at l045 AM.
 Southern Pacific west bound passes Maricopa at 6 :35 A. M.
 Pacific time, Trains stop on signal.
 Trains make closs connection with Southern Pacific trains Connect at Tempe with stages for Mesa City, Tonesville and Fort Mcdowell. at Phenix with stages for Prescott, Wickenburg and Vulture. c. HASTEN,
 Vice President and Manager
Arizona republican., 1891-11-21
KENNAcK SANDS.

Or KennaCk Sands the sun Shines, and the warm wind blowS Molding the banks anew Where the sea holly grows. Waters softly blue, And exQuisitcly clear, Meet the OCT arching sky; Der them the sweet airs run. There may'st thou idly lio And still find new delight, Watching the gulls' white flights Above that lonely place: Listen by hours, nor hear A single human sound To spoil the free, profound, Aerial quietness. But when thou'rt gone, the night On kennack comes, and soon Lovely beyond dreams Arises the round moon, In whose trembling light The rough splendor gleams Of the crested sea. Ahl could'st thou there then bel But mortal ears can hear not What those pale sands hear then: Sounds not of mortal birth, Laughter, and dance, and mirth Of the golden haired sea fairies, Mermaidcns and mermen. On days when have lost My peace, and when my heart Beats faster than 1t should, Some chance sight will start Pilgrim memory's feet. Back she flies; and sweet kennack's lonely coast Spreads before my mind. The sea sound calms my blood; Fresh blows tho cool sea wind. And murmurs in my oar; Peace hath left thee awhile. But to delight her here.
 Academy.
Arizona republican., 1891-11-21
Cakes Without Eggs.

Observing housekeepers quickly learn that Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder superior to other brands in the fact that they never fail make the finest pastry and if they wish to be economical they caspense entirely with eggs and can less quantity M butter for shortening purposes The advantage alone in the saving effected but in avoiding the trouble and squenty the great difficulty of securing eggs that fresh This is often serious trouble. .nA.<s
 Cakes of various kinds from the informal GrlddIe ses to the stately Bride Cake cn be made with Prices Cream Baking Powder which light sweet and hand cakes when used for dde Cakes to be eaten hot enables their production the shortest space of te "ays
 AA&Let~
 tender and delicious MkI
 Dr. Prices is the on y Powder that contains the white of eggs. None so mrel None so wholesome!
 Dr. Prices Cr cam Baking Powder is re- ported by all autho rtss ss, ss H free from Ammonia Alum, or any oth ef addherant In fact, the purity of this ideal pdS1ass has never been qaes- toned A10WA
Arizona republican., 1891-11-21
A Curious Race That Has Existed in the Atlas Mountains for Thirty Centuries.


 At the recent oriental congress a most fascinating subject was dealt with in paper by Mir. Halliburton. It seems that in the Atlas mOuntaips, only few hun dred miles from the Mediterranean, there is a race of dwarfs under four feet high, who are regarded with such suPerstitious awe by the MOOrs that for some thirty cen turies their existence was kept a profound secret Some of them, however, have ap' parently knocked about the world at odd times as smiths, tinkers, acrobats and practicers of the light gypsy crafts; but they have always avoided towns where Europeans are. They shave their faces; they are not good Mohammedans; some say they are Christians, and some that they worship "Didoo Isiri." It is possible to connect branch of them with the trog- lodytes of HerDdotus, and to identify an other with some dwarfs represented on the monuments of the fourth dynasty of the Pharaohs Somewhere in the bowels Of Mount Atlas they seem to have run in pre- historic times the Birmingham of the bronze age. There are all kinds of stories about them-to say nothing of the oldest
Arizona republican., 1891-11-21
Union Restaurant
 Successor to Bon Ton Restaurant.

Charlie Sam has purchased the old Bon Ton Restaurant and viii continue the same Tn nrst- class styie. , c..r,to ao TT, ,yil, not be responsible for any debts incurred by the Bon Ton restaurant ., o ,o
 For first class meals and good attention go to the Union.
 Private Parlors for familiea Meals, %, B and 5O cents.
Arizona republican., 1891-11-21
Bonnet Rouge or Cap of Liberty.

Among the miscellaneous relics and cu- rioslties shown at the royal naval exhibi- tion were examples of the bonnet rouge or cap of liberty put on the mastheads of the
Arizona republican., 1891-11-21

ract of all--that the surrounding peoples decline to repeat the stories. These dwarf races. whether in Central Africa or else where, are no doubt responsible for many of the legends about trolls, which in some form or another are found all over the world.
Arizona republican., 1891-11-21

FRENCH CAP OF LIBERTY, lis3. French republican vessels at the end of the last century. The cap is carved in wood, painted red and white, with tricolor cockade at the side.
 The one chosen for illustration is from the masthead of the French frigate Cleo patre, captured by the English frigate Nymphe, Captain Edward Pellew, after ward Viscount Exmouth, on June l9. 1793.
Arizona republican., 1891-11-21
A FEW FACTS PERTAINING TO CHA VALLEY

Gila Valley Fruits Ripen to Weeks in A( vance of California.
 Gila Valley Soil is Superior to that of the Nit as is Shown in Analysis made by the Special Committee of the US. Senate Report 928, Part May D. 1890. Page 6O
 Gila Valley is Especially Adapted to Citrus EHi Growing.
 Gila Valley Land and Water will Cost you @1 $1375 per acre.
 Gila Valley, owing to its Mild and Dry NHfH| can not be Surpassedas Health Resort.
 Gila Valley is Surrounded by Gold, Copper N yer, Lead and other Metals.
 Gila Valley is Located on the Main Line O1 Southern Pacific Railroad.
 Gila Valley in a Few Years will be a Seu Garden of Eden.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-07

THIS SPACE is RESERVED
FOR ELLIS BROS, REAL ES-
TATE AGENTS, liz JEFFER-
sun STREET.. jan15-1y
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-07
ATTACKED BY A BUFFALO.
The NARROW Escape from Death of q
Green Hunter.

The narrow Escape from Death of
Green Hunter.
Sir Samuel w. Baker in his latest
book. Wild Beasts and Their Ways"
narrates an adventure which shows that
hunters life may depend upon his
attention to small details. Sir Samuel
and Mr.. Dick were shooting in Africa,
when they saw solitary bull buffalo
on the opposite side of small creek.
The bull was evidently in "a state OF
great excitement for rs tho hunters
drew near the creek he faced them, tore
up the turf with his horns and looked
down the perpendicular bank, twelve
feet high, as though metiitating de-
scent.
Dick, who carried little rife, q SIN
gle barrel, which shot small spherical
ball, had by Sir Samuel's advice doubled
his charge of powder.
"Aim at the back of the nec,, if the
buffalo lowers his head" said Sir Sam
ucl TO his companion. throwing hard
clod of earth SD that it fell into the
water at the foot of the bank The
splash caused the animal to look down,
exposing his neck. Dick fired The bull
convlllsivcly turned round. and fell upon
his side.
The two ulen vade1l across the creek
at O shallow place, end ran To where
the PROSTATE animal was lying appar-
emily dead Dick, standing in front of
the bulls head, rcveled in the delight of
his first buffalo.
'Nevcr stand 1T the head of b,:sPalo
whether dead or alive" exclaimed Sir
Samuel, yvho,e experience had taught
him - lc cautious. Stand upon The
side facing The back Of the animal
well away from its legs, as | am stand
ing now"
Scarcely had he uttered the words
when the bull sprang to his feet and
blnndered forward straight at the as
tonished Dick, not three feet distant
BE jumped backward to avoid the
horns, but tripped and fell upon his
back right in the path of the savage
bull.
AS quick Us lightning Sir Samuel
drew his long hunting knife and plunged
it behind the buffalo's shoulder. The
animal fell TO the blow. lie had re-
ceived his death-strolfe.
If the hunting-knifc had not been
tempered steel with keen edge and
Il sharp point, the story would have had
tragical ending. The blade, part of
an old Andrea Fcrrara" Highland
clnymore, wns eighteen inches long,
two inches in breadth. doubled-edged,
and as sharp us it was possible to
make it.
Sir Samuel saw to it thnt it was al
ways in the condition Of surgeons
lancet lie never left the camp for u
days shooting without first examining
It's point and edge. No servant was
allowed handle Il, and when it needed
sharpening he himself homcd it. When
he struck the buffalo the sharp double
edge of the long knife divided the great
artery CT the heart.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-07
THE FUTURE OF SPEECH.
xme Coming When Language
Will Be Unnecessary.
sJuiisn Hawthorne Takes ns His Text "a
New Novel Which Deals With the
Sni0ect OF houEht-Transfcrcnco
Audible Speech Failure.
icoPyRIGur, lspi.l

Whether it be our approaching quad
trt centennial of Columbus, or some
,cause even broader and more profound
that is prompting us to speculate as to
possible developments and changes of
.the immediate future-certain il is that
thc air is full of ru,nors and the heavens
iof portents. The feeling seems to be
that dispcnsation has closed and that
ia new dispcnsation is about to open.
Politics, science, religion, society, have
fall. as it were, paused an instant and
drawn breath, previous to taking leap
into the unknown. Is it the millennium
Ithat Is knocking at our door? have
lately read Il couple of vivid and inn
lpresshHe little volumes by Prof. Totem,
isof Yale, which makes out startlngly
lclear case III favor of the theory that
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-07
FRESH YOUTHS OF ENGLAND
They Arc Considered TO 10 AitoRethcr
Too Familiar

They Arc Considered to De Altouether
Too Familiar.
If England Lord Beaconsfield bo-
lieved and muintained-is to bc Sawed
by her young men," their country1ncn
OF moro mature age are justified in be-
slowing their serious consideration on
any complaints of this kind. It Is our
duty to look after these future saviors
OF tho country, says the London Tele-
graph, and whenever we notice In them
tendency to decline from the standard
Cd our own well-known virtues and TO dis
credit the admiru bic example which we
have set them, the fact must bc kindly
but firmly pointed out to them. 1t
would be indeed bad omen for tho
national future if the youth of England
were really losing that chivalrous re-
spcct for the weaker sex by which the
manners of their fathers, and, we will
add, their unclcs, was so invariably dis
tlnguishcd; and, though we do not our
selves take as responding view on
that point as prevails in certain quar-
ters, we cannot deny that here urc Wis
loie grounds for some uDeasinesS
For instance, it is impossible not to
notice change for the worse in the
new mode of address adopted by the
young man of the present day toward
young women not related to Kim, or for
any other reason SO closely associated
with him us to justify Il tone of cxcep-
tional familiarity. To overhear u casual
conversation between two such Young
people of opposite sexes, however
gently born and bred~-to quote
the lanrcate's description, introduced,
nv no IL
fcnsive 'but" OF his city clerk in
Sea Dreams~-is to find food for
very grave reflection. We would
not lay too much stress on the fact that
the youths manner of accosting tho
maiden Is undoubtedly calculated
TO make the bones Of their
great ,grnndmothers stir in the
silent tomb We are quite willing to
admit thnt these venerable ladies are
just little too much ''out of the move
ment," and we profess no wish 70 re-
vlve the somewhat oppressive and OK
eessivo Formally of the sir" and
madame" days There Is, however,
surely some medium between the cer,,-
monious and the free and easy; and if
the gentleman has ceased to how to tho
ground in addressing the lady, that is
no reason why he should take speaking
fgurntively. to slapping her on the back.
The "hnil-fcllow-w cll-met- style be-
tween the two sexes has, however, I'M
questionably gained ground of lntc
years, and 1t may be the too common
male habit of talking TO women with
freedom and familiarity not formally
used toward them which is gradually
leading young men TO neglect those at
tentions and services which ladies ex-
pect from them. 1t must be difficult
for youth who is accustomed himself
to treat his female partner of the lawn
tennis grounn as q "chum" or a pal" 10
make studded and complete change of
attitude toward her when she becomes
his partner of the ballroom On occa-
sion-0nd, Indeed, on most OCCASIONS
he might very will be apt To forget that
she had any more claim to precedence or
preference, any more right to be waited
upon and looked after" by him, than
would belong to q companion of his own
Sex.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-07
RAILROADS
n H. & !. w korie|ksRestern

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT AUGUST s, 1891.
wssrBouND, LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY.
100 a. m for Radford, Pulaski, Dristol; also for
Blncneld, Pocahontas, Elkhorn Ciipch VnI-
icy Division and Louisville via Norton
Pullman sleepcrs to Memphis and New Or
1910 u. IN. for Bristol and intermediate stations
C:2o D. Ill. Tor Radford. Pulaski, Bristol Con
meets at Radford for Bluencld No eonnec.
tons beyond BiucAcld Pullman slecpers To
memphis via Chattanooga.
NORTH AND EAsTnoUSD, LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY.
$50 u. IN. for Peters burg and Richmond.
lSJO J. m for HaEcrstOwn. Pullman sleepcrs to
New York via Harrisburg and Philndelphin
l2:i5 y. III. daily for Richmond and Norfolk Pu,.
man parlor cur to Norfolk
oHl D. VI. for Lyncliburg: no connection beyond
5i0p m. for ShcnandOah; 10 connection beyond
ll:2 p. Ill. for Richmond and Norfolk Pullman
sleeper 10 Norfolk and Lynchburg to Rich,
mOnd
ll:al Z. III. for lIagcrstown. Pullman elecpers to
Washington vim Shenandoah Junction and to
- New York via Harrisburg.
Cllnch Valley Observation-Disclosures Buchcld daily
tOp H. IN: for Norton, and 1853 p. III. for Nor
IN, Louisville and points on l.. IL n. r. r.
via Norton. "
Forth Carolina Division-Lcavc Pulaski daily
I:l5 a. IN. and 300 p. M. for Ivanhoc and Cos
sun ana S;OO Al. M except Sunday FOR Berry
Office or to " n REViIT
General Passenger Agent. Roanoke. va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-07
ROANOKE & SALEM DUMMY LINE.

On and after Monday, February 10th.
1891, trains will be run As follows:
WEST. EASE.
Lv Roanoke. a r. Salem Lv. Salem r. Roanoke
700 a. m. 1870 a. m. 7:45 a. m. 8:l5 a. m.
$3.50 a. M. 900 a. M. 9:l5 am. 9:45 q. IN,
1000 a. M 10. 30 am l0.45 a.in.l is a. m.
1880 p M 1900 p l2:l5 p. IN. l2:45 P. M.
l:oo pm l:3O p. III. 1:i5 p. III. 2:l5 p m.
S:5o I'm. 500 p H. o:l3 IN. SAB p. m.
400 pm. 4:3O pm. 4:45 M. Sis p. m.
$50 pm. GOO pm. Sis p. m. GAS p. m.
TOO p. m. 7:30 pm. 7:45 pm. e:15 p. ~.
On Sunday same, commencing with
$40 a. IA. from Ruahoi'c janl-tf
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-17
THE vooDoo RIVALs.
A Singular Contest Between Negro Mag
cians. Aq4

N
clans.
A curious story of superstition comes
from Louisiana. Two voodoo magicians,
known as Pap Kilder and Uncle Ho
French, each of whom has a host of
disciples and votaries in the neighbor-
hood OF Lockport, have engaged in a
trial OF skill to which they have been
melted by the boastful admiration of
their followers. Pap kilder is little,
lean old darby, who claims to be de-
scended from line of Mozambique
magicians, and impresses and terrifies
his ignorant followers by wearing a
white cotton robe girt around with the
teeth Of animals and the rattles of
snakes. His curse is believed by the
negroes to be deadly. Uncle Ho is an
aged man, whose chief claim to voodoo
magic Is that he has discovered the
elixir OF youth. He lives on votlve
offerings, in return for which he blights
with an evil eye the enemies of the
faithful. Although Pap Kilder and
Uncle lilo French have never seen each
other. their rivalry has made them i'm
placable foes. They dwell about eight
miles apart, but their admirers keep
them in constant communication. The
challenge to test of magic came from
Pap Kilder, who sent word to Uncle
Flo that on certain day lie would be
smitten by disease which would turn
him white. Uncle Ho received the
threat with scorn, but, sure enough, on
the day named, he was seized with
violent pains, and his skin turned
blueish white. In terror he sent for a
physician, who was unable to diagnose
the symptoms, and could only arrive
at the conclusion that Pap Kilder had
contrived to administer to his rival
some noxious drug. Uncle Ho finally
recovered, and retaliated by vowng that
he would visit Pap kilder with fire for
seven days and nights. The latter re-
ceived the communication as threat of
violence, and, arming himself with a
shotgun, declared that he would shoot
anybody who approached his cabin.
Despite his precautions, it took fire, and
the old fellow barely escaped with his
life. He fled to neighbor's, but the
room occupied by him was soon found
to be in flames, which fall of rain,
however, extinguished. But the end
was not yet. A curse of reptiles and
vermin was laid upon Uncle Ho, and
steady influx of negroes to the old gem
tleman's cabin found him enveloped in
mosquito-netting and surrounded by
circle Of hot ashes which he kept re-
plenishing The cabin literally swarmed
with snakes, insects, bats and lizards.
| And SO the witch doctors continue to
plague each other, to the awe and mys-
LITIGATION of their followers. A CORE
spondent who describes these manifesto
tons writes that "the stories of what the
two have brought about may seem in
credible, but are vouched for by citizens
whose integrity and claims to be inteli-
gent are not to be aspersed," but adds !:
ut is believed by the sceptical that the
two are in collision, and arranged these
marvels for the purpose of impressing
their followers, who have of late shown
signs of throwing of the religion Of
voodooism for that of the Christian
through the efforts of circuit-rider
who has recently made an evangelistic
tour through this section"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-17
THE pEaRL-D TpERs, roe.
A Giant Biyslve with yawning Shells
Lies in Walt For Him.

Lies in Wait For Him.
Chicago Herald.
"Your wealthy ladies of Chicago who
assemble at evening PARTIES and soirees
in magnificent costumes covered with
fine pearls know little or absolutely
nothing, perhaps, about the many dan
gers encountered in gathering those
pearls from the sea-" remarked J. G.
Danvers of London, England, at the
fremont House yesterday. Il was on
a trip along the coast Of Zanzibar,
Africa, a year ago, when l learned that
sea pearl fishing is not a trade for men
of weak hearts to follow. The pearls
are gathered at the bottom of the sea by
divers. The reason q man with weak
heart is not fit for the work is because
the stopped breath and the pressure of
ninety feet of sea water, with its weight
of siXty-two pounds to the cubic foot,
will bring on palpitation of the heart
and burst the weaker vessels, causing
distressing and often dangerous hemor-
rhages. But the divers are all stalwart
savages, in such rugged health that the
physical danger never occurs TO them.
Two dangers constantly menace the
diver. Wherever the oyster grows there
thrives the giant tridachna, monstrous
bivalve, whose shell is from four TO six
feet in length, firmly anchored to the
bottom. 1t lies with its scalloped shells
yawning foot or more apart. lmmedi-
ately anything touches it the shell snap
together, and once these large shells are
closed not a dozen men out of water
could get them apart, far less the single
diver. fifteen fathoms deep, who may
have dropped into the capacious mouth
or have carelessly put his hand within
its shells while cropping in the gloom.
''f such fate befall diver there is
only one thing for him to do, and that
is to amputate himself from the enor-
nous mollusk and rise to the surface,
fainting, bloody and mangled. Those
sayages will fight anything from lion
to python on land, but they haven't
the courage to run against bivalve
under ninety feet of water and stand the
chance of those yawning shells closing
in on an arm or leg and crushing the
bones to spllnters. If the monstrous
mollnsk should close down and catch
the divers head, of course he would
never know what killed him, His head
would be mashed to pulp and it would
go off as quickly as if severed by gull.
lotine. | saw only one native who had
been caught by one Of these mollusks
| 1t had closed down on his left hand, and
| the only thing he could do as the mon.
| ster held him in its grip was to cut of
| the left arm at the elbow ioint.h
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-17
IN GREAT Luck.
A Haunted House with Two Ghosts For
SIS "a Month.

AghuHHhh, lTHftleT.
A tall, digniiied looking gentleman
stood facing an unoccupied house on IL
prominent west side street the other day,
closely scanning a large white sign
which hung on the front door The
house was d handsome modern structure,
two stories high and had evidently been
built by some wealthy man for residence
purposes, but was now advertised as
being For Rent"
The tall man had just finished taking
observations and iotting down the
owners address in small notebook and
was turning 70 leave when neighbor
came along and pleasantly remarked:
tits u pity that q fine house like this
should stand idle for such long time"
"Why, how long has it been idle?n
"WCll, the last tenant moved out two
years ago, and the owner can't find
another who is brave enough to live in
there"
whats the matter with it? Danger
Of collapsing Z"
ooh, mol The house is built solid
enough. The great trouble is that it's
haunted"
"You don't say" And the tall man
seemed 70 grow more interested.
LISA fact. Every Wednesday and
Friday, Just at midnight, the people in
the neighborhood are startled by Il series
Of wild, blood cuTdling yells; and imme-
diatnly after that two white figures
appear 1T the upper windows; I've seen
them myself" and the good man shud-
dered as he thought Of it.
"liaye You any idea what rental the
owner demands for the whole house ~
YES, heard him say he'd let any
body have it for SIS per month";
"F'ive dollars month? Great Caesar
but that's n bargain. Guess Ill take il
before some other fellow gets ahead OF
me-"
"But wouldn't you be afraid of living
in house infested with spooks?"
con, I'm quite used to them. am d
spirituslist, and, as | hold my seances
every Wednesday and Friday nights
those spooks will come in very handy.
You'll excuse me, sir, while 90 and
see the owner and sign lease for 90
years.
And as he walked off he muttered Ia
himself; "Eiye dollars month and tive
fnll-1edged ghosts to boot. That is
| indeed n bargain"