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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-29
A SAWYER ON WINGS.
Tho Mosquito Described bY Ono Who
Knows Him Intimately.

Tho Mosquito Described bY Ono Who
Knows Him Intimately.
The bill of n mosquito is complex
institution. 1t has blunt fork at the
head and is apparently grooved. Work.
ing through the groove and projecting
from the angle of the fork is lance of
perfect form, sharpened with fine
bevel. Beside it the most perfect lance
looks like a hand-saw. On other side of
the lance two saws are arranged, with
the points fine and sharp and the teeth
we'll refined and keen. The backs of
these saws play against the lance.
When the mosquito alights with it's
peculiar hum, its thrusts its keen lance
and then enlarges the aperture with the
two saws, which play beside the lance
until the forled bill with its capillary
arrangement for pumping the blood
can be inserted. The saving process is
what CRATES upon the nerves of the vic
tim and causes him to strike wildly at
the sawyer.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-29
A Sensitive Saint.

painter had been commissioned to
paint the image of saint on the re-
fectory wall of u convent. The price
stipulated was very low, but it was
agreed that the painter should have his
meals provided ut the expense of the
convent until the work was finished.
But the only food supplied to the poor
artist was bread, onions and water. The
day for unwilling tho frcsco at length
arrived. The frairs stood round the
artist, the curtain was removed. 1t was
no doubt very fine picture, but the
saint had his back turned toward the
spectators. "What does this mean?"
shouted the indignant prior. Padre,
was compelled to paint the picture as
you sec it, for the saint could not bear
the smell of onions"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-29
THE sEA-sHELL MISSION.
A Novel Means OF Entertaining tho Chill
dren of tho Poor.

A Novel Means OF Entertaining tho Chill
dren of tho Poor.
We hear of all kinds of missions, and
there is no mission but what does Cood'
to some one. For instance, there arc
the flower missions, the fruit, the pic
ture- book, the doll, and even n cake
mission; but one of the prettiest is the
sea-shell mission, started two summers
ago by six little New York girls, who
spend their vacations at the sea side,
and devote an hour every day to the
gathering and cleaning of shells These
shells are afterwards sorted and ar
ranged in boxes and bags
BY and by, says Harper's Young Peo-
pie, they are distributed to the little
children in the tenements, who have
never seen the sea or known what it
was to run on the beach To such chill
dren these shells are perfect delight,
and many weary hour is passed in
looking them over, or in listening to the
sound of the waves in shell held close
to the ear.
Each member of this mission wears n
little gold she'll as badge, and
takes great pains to get nice
boxes and bags to put their shells in.
Sometimes they cover the box with
pictures cut from papers, and carefully
pasted on, both inside and out: and the
bags are always bright-colored cloth,
and made SO we'll that they will serve
as pencil, spool, or marble case when
the shells are gone.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-29
HATES TIE WEED.
The Cause or Secretary Mobiles Intense
AntIpathy to Tobacco.

The Cause OF Secretary Mobiles Intense
AntIpathy to Tobacco.
few days ago, says Washington
correspondent, Secretary Noble got SO
angry because visitor appeared in his
private room holding lighted cigar
that he threatened to have him elected
by colored department messengers.
The secretary's antipathy to tobacco is
unconquerable and has possessed him
since he was small boy. An old friend
tells this story of his dislike for the
weed:
Johnny Noble was q boy of ten when
his father kept the old Dennison hotel
in Cincinnati. The Dennison was noted
for it's hot buckwheat cakes, and little
Johns chief duty was to trot between
the kitchen stove and the dining-room
tables with smoking pyramids of flap
jacks.
He was known rs "Jack, the cake
boy" Another duty was to care for
the big living-room, where the river
men to the number Of twenty or thirty
would gather in the long winter even
ings, smoking the strongest Kentucky
tobacco. The smoke always made little
Jack very sick, but he stuck to his
work like a Trojan. He made q heavy,
solemn VOW, however, that when he
got to be man nobody should smoke
in any living-room he could control It
is said that the secretary once dis
charged a clerk for presenting fellow
cmployc with box of cigars.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-29
Tho Bxnnna SUNNY.

1t is not without good reason that the
banana has become SO popular in recent
years. For it is said to possess in itself
all the essentials to the sustenance of
life for both man and beast. 1t belongs
to the lily. family, and is developed
tropical lily, from which by ages of cul-
tivation the seeds have been eliminated
and the fruit for which it is cultivated
greatly expanded. In relation to the
bearing qualities of this fruit, lIum-
boldt, who early saw the wonders of
the plants, said that the ground that
would grow 00pounds of potatoes would
grow 33 pounds of wheat, but that the
same ground would grow 1000 pounds
of bananas, consequently to that
of wheat is 1873 TO and to that of pota-
toes Al to
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-29
A CLEVER scHEMER.
How u Bright Chorus Girl Got tho nat
ter OF Her Lazy Husband T


1t was u blithe and comely chorus sr;rl
who was talking, says the New Yorl,
Journal. "Shoemakers are mean mon -
said sho. my husband is n shoe
maker, but he doesn't work much. Not
he! As long rs turn in twelve dollars
n week to help feed and clothe tho
babies he's willing to come up on Sat
urday night with n miserable three dol
lars, or less, as his share. Why, he
won't even mend my shoes for me. No.
was six months trying to get him to
hX the solcs of the only two pair of
shoes I've got in the world, but he
wouldn't do it, and went around with
my feet on the sidewalk.
well, about n week ago / went to
him with bundle of beautiful shoes
that just needed little mendinc.
There were four pairs in ALL Here's n
job for you, says I. "These shoes be-
long to the leading lady of the COM
pany, and she's in great hurry for
EN-. You must finish 'em up by Satur-
day and bring them to her ut the stage
door of the thcater'
well, he brightens right up at that
and kisses me, saying I'm good wife
to him at times. See! He saw lot of
extra beer in that job, and was lovely
for about five minutes. / didn't make
any more talk about the shoes, and he
went to work ut 'em: They were all
nicely done on Saturday night, and
round he comes with 'cm in bundle to
the theater.
81 met him at the door. Here's the
lady's Shoes, said he, and could see
how he was thirsting for the beer he
was going to get on the pay for them.
Thanks said I, and took the bundle
away from him. WELL said he, when
he saw ! was leaving him standing
there. Won't the lady pay for them to-
night?' Not tonight or ever said 1,
and you should have seen his face.
'Wha-wha-what do you mcan?' he
gasped. And then / told him that
those shoes really belonged to the lead
ing lady, but She had given EN- to me,
saying they would do me nicely if got
en- mcndcd. And said to her, SAYS I.
that my husband was lovely Shoe
maker and would mend them for me for
nothing. And SO you have says I,
and I'm much obliged to you"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-29
TEA IN MONGOLIA.
Marketed In tho Form OF Bricks and Logs
by tho Natives.

Marketed In tho Form OF Bricks and 10 ~
by tho Natives.
The cost 'of common tea is about
three cents per pound The cost OF
manufacture, export duty, packing,
etc, about double the price, so that the
cost on board ship amounts to about
five and Il half cents per pound. About
three hundred pounds or four hundred
pounds of brick tea go to a "baslset,"
made of light bamboo. Two baskets
form a camel load. Brick ten is in
bulk about onc-siXth of ordinary tea
In Mongolia, says the New York
Ledger, where the nomad population
of herdsmen have little use for money,
their tents. clothing, food and temples
being supplied by their focks, brick
tea forms q standard of value and q
convenient medium of exchange, rs it
is in universal demand for food. A
brick or half brick of tea is placed in
n copper vessel and boiled up with
mutton fat and butter, and tho food is
eaten hot in liquid condition. Lately
new commodity has conc on the
Hankow market to which the customs
give the name of log tea. 1t is an
inferior tea, with stalks, packed
in the shape of logs, which weigh from
eight pounds to eighty pounds each
log. The tea is wrapped in the leaves
of the bambusa latifolia and then re-
.duced in bulk by binding round the
log with lengths of split bamboo. This
log tea is sent to the Chinese ports for
consumption and is packed thus from
motives of economy, both of packing
and of freight.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-29
HIGH LIVING. in. AMERICA.
suporabundnnt Food tho Cause OF MICH
Ill-Hcalth.

Ill-Hcalth.
The majority of people eat about n
third too much. Tho average Amer
lean really dimes about three times q
day, with his beefsteak breakfast,
chops for lunch and roast beef ut his
six o'clock dinner; and he does it Mt his
peril, for this habit of overlooking, cs-
pecially of eating so much meat, is one
of the provoking causes of so many
sudden illnesses. and so many prcma-
ture deaths. Three meals o day of
hearty food is exhausting to all the vi
tai processes, and even the strongest
succumb finally to this ''wasteful and
ridiculous excess" Americans arc
nation of brain workers, says the Chi
cago News, and cannot safely indulge
in high living. High thinking or con-
slant use of tho brain in any direction,
calls for n plain but nourishing dict.
Brain workers especially ought to live
sparingly. Luxurious feeders require
much exercise in the open air and free
dom from pressure on the brain. For
the aged or even for those above fifty,
luxurious living and over eating arc es-
pecially dangerous. AS functional nc
tivity lessons with increasing years, the
supply Of food should be decreased nc
cordingly. Tho hardest races live on
the simplest fare. Frugality in dict.
c., minimum amount of the right
quality-servcs far moro certainly to
prolong life, insure health and we'll
being, than rich abundance and va
riety, which is accountable in a largo
for the ill-health and dissatis-
faction of the present time.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-29
wYTHEVILLE.
n Horse Thief Captured-A Large Coal
Discovery.

n Horse Thief Captured-A Large Coal
Discovery.
WYTUEvILLE, Va, Oct 2s.-ISpe.
ciall-The thief who broke open Mr..
Callaghan's stable at Nswberry's Mills,
about two weeks ago and stole two
horses and set OF harness was cap
tured in Floyd county few days ago,
brought here on yesterday and put in
jail. lie is man named jackson and
resident of this county. He was seen
with the horses not long before he was
caught, but had disposed of them, and
they have not yet been found.
a vein of coal seven feot thick has
been discovered seven miles northwest
OF Wytheville. 1t is Of very good
quality and some of it has been sold in
Wytheyille at SO per ton. Rev. ]. II.
Greeves, of Augsburg, one of the uro.
prietors, has gone north to ondeayor to
form stock company to work the coal
vein in order to put it on tho market in
quantities.
Gov. Mckinney has sent reuujsi.
ton to the State Of Washington for the
condemned murderer, Sutton, who was
released from Jail by mob in Wythc-
vile the night before he was to have
been hanged, several years ago. He
was reca ptnred in Washington and con.
fessed.
Rev. L. N. Mcconnell, of the Presbv.
terrain Church, has received call to
Admission, Ala. HIS congregation will
make every effort to keep him.
Rev. Mercer p. Logan, of the Episco.
pal Church, has decided not to accent
his call to Mobile, but to remain in
Wytheville.
Major j. Il. Green, State senator. who
has been quite sick, is slightly better.
Thomas Massie, manager of the plan.
ing mills. is confined to his room by Sc.
fious iadisposition.
An unsuccessful attempt to break out
OF jail was made by the prisoners few
nights ago.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-29
Literary work.

AS regards literature generally, it
may be safely said that no work des-
tined to live was ever produced by
very young man or woman. The great
est poems of Milton and Dryden, of
Wordsworth and Coleridge, of Tenny-
son and Browning, were produced when
they were past middle age. The same
may be said of the novels of Scott,
Dickens, Thackeray, George Eliot and
Charles Reade; in fact, as regards fic-
ton, it may be safely said that while
romance or Il sentimental poem may be
produced by man or a woman in
youth, no picture of life as it is can be
drawn until experience aids aptitude
and literary labor has achieved style.
Therefore the ladies who fail as novel
lists may find consolation not to be de-
spised in rejecting that they are alto
gether too Dung.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-29
BREvITIEs.

Miss Lula Snead, of Salem, is visit
ing friends and relatives in Botetourt
county.
Mrs. S. M. Parish and Miss Woodie
Hedrick, of this place, left last night
for the Richmond fair.
A large contracting outfit, including
two large dericks and riggings owned
by Harveycutter & Johnson was bought
to-day by Mr.. Beckley and will be
moved to Fincastle, where it will be
used to develop Fincastle marble.
f. w. Mitchell is building two new
residences on Calhoun stl Get in West
Salem.
E. 2. Gait received to-day from Giles
county a carload of fine hogs, which
made quite display as they passed
through town.
The two young men confined at their
rooms, in tho college building, with
fever are reported much better.
ND. Barnett & Bro. bought fifty-one
head of one and two-year-old cattle in
Franklin county and passed through
town day, en- route to their farm on
Catawba, where they will be kept
through the winter.
There will be a progressive euchre
party given at Hotel Lucerne tonight
by Mrs. James Langhorne in honor of
her sister, Miss Susie Taylor, who, is
visiting her. This promises to be
quite an interesting occasion.
j. b. Frier, city sergeant, is in Rich
mond attending the fair.
Major j. ?. Longley, who has been
manager of Hotel Lucerne for four
years, left this morning for New Or
leans, where he will make his perma-
nent home.
The three-story brick front of the
Corbett plant building is being pushed
rapidly to completion.
Roy b. Smith, commonwealth attor-
ney of Roanoke city, was in town to-
day.
Fifteen delegates of the College Y. M.
C. A. were elected last night to attend
tho college conference, which meets at
Charlottesville, Va. next week.
Col. d. G. Shanks returned to-day
from Craig county, where he has been
several days in the interest of his insur-
ance business.
Bob Housman, of Fincastlo, was on
tho streets to-day.
Miss Addie Greenwood, of New Or
leans, is visiting her numerous friends
here.
The season tickets for the series of
entertainments of the Young Mons
Christian Association to be held here
in the near future are selling rapidly.
Tho managers are confident of finan-
cial success.
The Republican candi lates, Ii. mans
and Hartwell, are billed to speak here
next Friday night.
The Roanoke Collegian, a paper de-
voted to the interests of Roanoke Col
lego, will be printed in New Market in
the future insadte Of at Salem.
Smoke "Nickelby."
For sale by A. Canfarotta, Salem, Va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-29
Gcnl I.,ace for Tramn,.

1t is said that between tho island of
Madagascar and the coast of India
there are sixteen thousand islands, only
six hundred of which are Inhibited.
Or any of these islands q man can live
and support his family in pcin ccly lax
ury, without working more than twon-
ty-fivc days II the year. In fact, on
some OF ti,esa islands lia neca not work
NJ all. rs natare provides tao fool and
40 clotaes arc ssluicl,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-29
s A. LEM
INTEREST DYING OUT.
Political Matters Seem to Have
Lost Their Hold in Salem.
ROANOKE TIMES BUREAU,
HoTEI. LUCEBNE, SALEM, VA.

Politics in Salem seem to be thing
of the past No interest whatever Is
shown by either the Republican OF
Democratic parties. You do not see
the usual street corner crowds dis
cussing the issues and the most noticea-
BILE feature.of allcampaigns, the setting
up of drinks. is conspicuous by its alb
sence. Even the colored people do not
seem to realize that there is an ap-
preaching election. Our people seem
to be working for the upbuilding OF the
town, but will show up on election DAY.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-29
Tho Cucumber Vino.

a Pittsburgh lady was dangerously
poisoned recently from handling wild
cucumber vine. A physician who was
called in said that Persons who are
susceptible to the poison of the vine do
not have to handle it to be poisoned.
Cases are recorded of poisoning by
merely passing in the vicinity of vine.
1t makes a beautiful ornament and the
wonder is that similar cases are moi
more frequent"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-29
RAILROADS
n i = :: w A0rfoIksHsstsrnRR
SCHEDULE in EFFECT AIre1lyr 40 ,ss

SchEDuLE'IN EFFECT AUGUST 40, 1891.
wEsrnouND, LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY.
S S a. M Tor Bristol and intermediate stations
o'oo nj IN; TOT Radford, Pulaski, Bristol; also for
niuemreId, Pocahontas, Elkhorn, Clnch VAL
ny DIVISION and Louisville via Norton
human sleepcre to Memphis and New Or
ar icans anu to Louisville via Norton.
oio p. IN. Tor RadfOrd, Pulaski BRISTOL Com
hects ut Radford for Bluedcid and PCca.S
Chattanooga. ~"
G.sfS =, nN ~, EAsTBouHD LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY.
1 1oSn =. H. ior petersburg and Richmond.
A~'ov y. III. kor Hagerstown. Pullman sleepers 10
,o,t Ncw 10TH via harrisburg and Philadelphia
'<'4o p. III. daily Tor Richmond and Norfolk PM.
o.o, man parlor car to Norfolk. -
e eS p H. LOT Lynchburg; no connection beyond
9 9,oP IN LOT SHENANDOAH; no connection beyond
ll'Tc p. III. 1or Richmond and Norfolk Puilinnn
sleeper to Norfolk and Lynchburg to Rich
ll:s9 P. M; Tor Hagerstown. Pullman slecpers IN
Washington via Shenandoah junction and Ia
~, rev 0rk Via harrisburg. u. =
Chhcn Vaiicy Diyision-Leaves Bluofcld daily
!:cO a. M for Norton, and 1885 D. m for Nor.
ton, louisville and points on /. Il N. RI.
North Carolina Division-Leavc Pulaski do,,v
EOo q. m. Tor Ivanhoe and 1880 p. M for Ivan
h noe and Gossap and SEQ a. m. Except sun
Office or to w n kEVfIi IeAos
General Passenger Agent. Roanoke. Va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-29
: Chanpe in the Mall Route.

After November mail for Eakin,
Gum, Tooney, Timothy, Sinking Creek
and New Castle, all in Craig county,
will go by Bessemer via Bessemer and
New Castle railroad. All of this mail
heretofore has been going through the
Salem postoffice, which will be greatly
relieved by this change.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-29

Tho Telephone az weather Indicator.
The telephone now figures rs wealth
or prophet. It's said that by q certain ar
rangcment of the wires 1T least twelve
hours notice of the arrival of storm
is given. Its warning is in the form Of
peculiar noises heard in the re- eivcr,
which become moro proaornccd as the
storm approaches.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-29

Smoke "Nickelby."
For sale by A. Canfarotta, Salem, Va.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-05-11
MAINE PEOPLE.

The Grand S'cretlry of the Grand Lodge
of Masons, Ira Berry Of Portland. is nov
the Oldest grand secretary in Office in the
country, having served since 1855.
In the Grand Lodge Of Mssons on the
retirement of Graud Master Albro E. Cha Sc
District Deputy Grand Master VIM. N
Howe, on behalf of Porslsnd Lodge, pres
ehted him With gold Past Grani Master,
jewel.
The Oldest living student of Berwick
Academy. Charles Thompson, Esq OF
Standisb, Me who was at seh1ol in 1915
was the fret to reply to the invitations now
being sent out fer the comiag centennisl
celebration. Mr.. Thompson hopes to be
present Oh The first Of July.-Soash Bsr-
wick Life.
Miss Mary Wynn lives with her broth
er, Thomas Wymsn 10 Hart and, and is sc
years old. DR.. Pushor Of ri sfeld was
called hi, morning TO stt,nd her. and i. Is
5 remarkable fact, that never before in her
long 'ifs has she Yt CURED the. services Of q
physician. It will be difficult t, Hni 3 par-
slei case
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-05-11

An Egyptian lock has been found which
we are assured was in use more than 1900
years ago. This old Egyptian lock, tells
the European Trade Mail, was not made
of metal like those we use nowadays, but
of wood and the key that opened it was
wooden, too. On one side of the door to
which it was fastened there was a staple,
and into this staple fitted a wooden bolt
that was fixed to the door itself. When
this bolt was pushed into the staple as far
as it would go. three pins in the upper part
of the staple dropped into holes in the bolt
and held it in its place, so that it could not
be moved back until the pins were lifted.
The key was straight piece of wood, at
the end of which were three pegs the same
distance apart as the pin which held the
bolt firm. When the key was pushed into
the bolt through a hole made to receive it
the pegs came into such position that
they were able to lift the pins that fixed
the bolt, and when these were lifted the
bolt could be lifted out of the staple.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-05-11
State of Maine.
LyENNEnnc SIS. supnGIoR COURT. April

KENNEBEC SIS. SUPERIOR COURT, April
IN Term, ts9i.
sestrr N Dswney Lib't, va. Geo. A. Dowaey.
Upon the annexed writ and libel, It Il ordered
that notice thereof be given 10 the Abelee, by
Publishing attested copy Of the same, or IN sb
straet thereof, together with this order thereon
three weeks suocsssively in the kennebec J'nR
NAL, a newspaper printed In Augusta, In said GouH-
~ of ksnne6sc, the last publication to be twenty
be holden al wstefTille within aud for ssid
County Of kennshec. on the seu0nd Tuesday Of
june next. that be may then aud there appear in
said Court and answer fheretO, II he see ht.
Attest, ". S.cHuATE, Clerk.
abstract ct LlbrB.
The iibelant alleges that she was married to the
said libeee at Grand FAILS ia the Province OF New
Bruussieh on the aist eHT OF Feb. 1880, that the
said libelsnt and Ibeee cohalitea in this State
after their sAd marriage fhst the ibelsnt re sided
In this State when the OF divorces accrued a.
hereinafter set forth. and had rcsded here In good
faith one year pror 10 the date h, reof; that the
uhslant has ever bf faithful Ia her marriage
obligations. but that the said belee has been IN
mindful Of the same; that siare their inierinar
riagr the said tbclee has been addicted to gross
and confirmed hphits 81 lutoSlc ,tun that being
of sufficient abb Y he hrs srossly W ntouiy and
cruelty neglected and refused To provide suitable
mai uts nance for your ibelant, that Nc has been
gaity OF cruel and abusive treatment and es IRENE
cruelty towards her. yet foi IA "a 1T iboi
that t~u chi ten ave btes bora to them
dafiax their said Is arrek", ROW living, viz
Alison. AGED and ~ - l. a.td years
Wherefore praYs that divorce from the
bonds of natrlmony between herself and said H.
belize may be- ieerced aad Il e the Gaze and u =
tody e tn -sr minO- eh'fdeea nay be elvsn to her
Aisa that tes,osaale a"aHepv tc fcateed TO Der
out OF hi estate, o' 10 lieu thereof that specific
sum be paid to her hv iufe.
And the libclant further alleges that she has
used reasonable diligence to asct rtain the pres
cut residences Of said liheife, but Is unable TO do
go, and does not su1w where It IA.
ukSIER NJ. isOw NEY. Libelant.
kKSSKRrc. 81. April 20, iepi.-Ihe said libesnt
made oath that the above all' CATION as to the
residence of the hbelse l. true. Before the,
EtGesK ". " Aifks otsF, justce of the Peace,
true copy OF the order Of notice and abstract
libel.
ATTEST: ", s. CH0ATE, Clerk.
mayA1tls