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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-02

Mr. Kipling and Mr.. Aide, should pause
here to criticize the rather fippant and
coarse custom among ladies of London oi
addressing gentlemen on the street, who are
thinking of something else But I was not
writing book on England after eating
breakfast, buying an umbrella and coming
home, as some authors do
Excuse me-" said, taking out a new
card case that bought on the Rue de Pink
tum, Paris, France, and presenting my
card. II do not recall your face. am a
plain American, passing through your town
and pricing lot here and there. Would
you mind exchanging cards?" The voice
did not have card with it, but spoke of
the backward spring. said, eyes, it was
rather cool and wet for July" eyes" said
the musical voice; ''this with us is a very
unusual year" 1 then did very rude
thing. Very likely it hurt me in England.
I angrily wrenched my umbrella from the
little white hand, and dashing away down
the alley at frightful pace was soon lost to
view.
APPLES FOR FOREIGN CONSUMPTION.
Pomology is that science which treats of
the variety, growth, decay, disease and cul-
ture of fruit; Here the apple is the most
successful fruit, barring the grape. The
Limbertwig is good apple to grow here for
foreign consumption, home consumption be-
ing unknown here. have done very well
with small fruits here, and my wife has put
down enough for two families for eight
years to come All kinds of berries are to
be had at five cents per big, honest quart,
and with sugar at 20 pounds or thereabouts
for 81 it seems almost sin not to put up
or down, whichever is correct, fruit
for the approaching unusual winter.
We have had garden here this season
and it has been so far great success. I
wished to give employment also to my chill
dren, thus teaching them to earn money for
themselves, so that they will not have dis
sipated my large fortune before the grass Is
knee high on my new-made grave; q grave,
l may add, that will have been made un.
pleasantly sloppy by nations tears. So
we had colored man and brother, with
iron gray cotswold hair and 2-year-old
roam heifer, pillow up space of ground, after
had warned him not to injure the stumps
which grow here in great profusion. paid
him and then got my own valet to remove
the stone abutment on which the garden
stood. He took out several cords of mica
cious granite and had left soil enough to
just comfortably start young orchard.
A GENTLE TONIC FOR THE SOIL
Then General West said that he would
need something in the way of q gentle tonic
to the soil, so we got quite a lot of bone dust.
We bought it at Asheville, and it was car
ried by us to Charleston. Our station is a
flag station only, and we have ice brought
out from Asheville, too. It sometimes goes
by to Savannah, but it is brought back, for
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-02
TALKING TO EUROPE.
An Ocean Telephone Would Require
Cables as Big as HOgsheads.
HEALTH In THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
The Introduction of Telephones Has Made
Honolulu People Fat.
KILLING PAIN IN TOOTH PULLING
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH ]

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATCH.J
The question has often been asked: Is 10
possible to telephone across the Atlantic7
Such communication has never yet been
made. The difficulty with submarine tele-
Dhony is the fact Of considerable electro
static capacity in the cable, the result Of
which is retardation and formation Of the
electrical impulses transmitted. II a line
could be made of exceptionally low resist
ance, so that the electric currents would
have the freest possible discharge, the evil
effect Of this capacity would be in part done
away with. 1t might be possible to speak
across the Atlantic over a cable as big as q
hogshead. but, as the cost and manipulation
of such q cable are prohibitive we shall
have to be content to await further develop
ments in telephoning work. Recent dis
coveries would indicate that such develop
ments are not far of, and It Is possible that
before many years have elapsed America
and England may be talking to each other
with the same ease as Boston has In talking
to New York.
The telephone Is more used In Honolulu
than any other place. There are two rival
companies in the island, and the rates ara
so cut that every soda-water stand has its
telephone, and the marketing Is all done
over the wire. Even railway trains are
started by telephone, and men use their legs
as ibtlo Us posslDIe no" Inat the fac1l1t1eS
for verbal intercourse enable them to avoid
to a considerable extent the Inconvenience
of hot climate. An English electrical en-
gineer' who has recently been engaged in
making series of surveys in the island says
that the introduction of the telephone has
had a somewhat ludicrous sequel The
ladies, who were wont to do their marketing
with more energy than could be looked for
in such a warm climate, now stay at nome
and send their orders by telephone, and the
business men to a great extent follow suit.
The consequence is that there is marked
accession of avoirdupois among the better
This phenomenon, which Is vouched for as a
fact, can be easily understood, when the
sudden cessation of accustomed exercise ts
taken into consideration.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-02
ELECTRICITY I'm Tooth Extraction.

The extraction Of teeth by electricity has
excited good deal of interest and some Gu.
riosity. When the patient takes hold OF the
handles Of the battery the current is gradu-
ally increased in intensity until the patient
can bear no more; then. while the forceps
are being introduced, the current is turned
of for second, and on again. Tho
rest Is the same as without electricity. The
question: "Why is it that electricity pre-
vents paint" was recently ingeniously an
swered by DR.. Arthur Harries. He saidi
Electricity travels over the nerve at the
rate of 40 vibrations per second; pain trav.
els from the tooth to the brain in one
sixtieth of second My theory is that the
electricity, being so much quicker and hav-
ing the greatest force behind it, gets to the
brain l-rst, and then keeps the line for itself,
crowding out the pain"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-02
Electricity in Navigation.

The Captain of ship is now saved much
anxiety when sailing in shallow waters
where constant soundings are necessary, By
the use of an automatic sounder worked
electrically. A beveled plate in the form Of
O wedge is suspended from the ship, to
which it is fastened by detaching hooks. This
so long as there is water below. As soon as
shallow water is encountered a trigger is
tripped, the strain on the tow line is relaxed
and an electric bell sounds an alarm. An
other device which is likely to obeappreciated
by the ship captain is an electrical alarm
which sounds whenever the vessel shifts her
cQurS0.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-02
Safety Apparatus for Mine Cages.

A greatly improved safety apparatus for
miners cages has been introduced. A cur
rent of electricity is conveyed down ths
hauling rope to four electromagnetic which
sustain the gripping cams. While the cur
rent passes the cams are kept away from the
guides. but directly the rope breaks and the
current is cut of the cams immediately grip
the guides and so osustain the cage. The rope
is, to all intents and purposes, the ordinary
hauling rope, except that it has two insu-
lated copper wires in the hemp core.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-02
Magnetic Button Fastener.

A clever adaptation of electricity is found
in the magnetic button fastener. The dif1-
Guilty in the common machines has been the
absence of q plan sufficiently simple for
feeding the buttons from the receiving hop
per on the top of the machine down the tube
leading to the stamping mechanism. This
is now effected by the magnet, which, play
ing up and down in the hopper through
slot in the bottom, attracts several of tho
the downward stroke the buttons which
cling to the magnet are rubbed of into
little trough
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-02
Communion Wine.

Alfred speer, the celebrated wine grower
of New Jersey, preserves the unfermented
Juice of the grape for sacramental use. It
has been adopted, and its use sanctioned
by prominent divines of this country. It is
used by invalids with remarkable effect.
The port and clsret are among the popular
wines
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-02
A Grayel-Pit Plant.

A railway company in Idaho, which uses
many thousand carloads of gravel in i'm
proving its roadbed, has sadvantageously had
recourse to electricity for the working Of
its gravel-pit at night. 1t is found that the
arc lamps on incandescent circuits give ex-
cellent results. Portable electric light plants
are now in use on many railroads to assist in
removing wrecks and doing night repair
work.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-02
Rough on Prince Tummy.
Life.l

The Missus: You oughtn't 10 leave the
floor in such . condition. Why don't you
take your chips with you?
Carpenter: Who do you take me for, tbs
v0siDaA of Wales?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-02
Electric Sights for Ordnance.

The first application of an illuminated
sight to ordnance was made by the Chileans
during the late war in Peru. In 1879, during
the bombardment Of Callao. operations were
carried on after dark with the aid Of lumin-
Gus sights. The method employed in this
case was, as Is general in carrying out new
ideas, very crude one. 1t consisted simply
in fixing short length of platinum wire in
the place of the foresight and heating it to
incandescence by means of a primary bat
terry, during the period of time required to
sight the gun. This manner of lighting up
the sight worked so satisfactorily, and was
of such assistance to the gunners, that fur
ther attention was directed to the subject,
and great improvements have been made.
One of the methods now generally used is to
introduce an incand scent lamp into q hol-
low cast for the purpose in the gun; the steel
leaf or sighting piece at the point is re-
moved and replaced by a glass or crystal
cone, which is held in it's place by nut the
hollow of which corresponds with the taper
of the cone. The surface of the tubular
space in which the lamp is placed is bright
and occasionally nickel-plated to intensity
the brightness of the light of the
lamp, which, when it is switched on shows a
bright spot at the point of the cone. In
some cases q glass ball is used instead OF q
cone but with no better results. This bright
spot in the glass point OF the sight is suf-
ficiently distinct for all the purposes Of
sighting at night, and gives great satisfac-
tion to the officers whose duty it is to use it
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-02
Electric Light for Domestic Use.

Many persons imagine that the electric
light gives out no heat. This is a mistake
So far as we have at present been able to
determine, there can be no light withous
heat; but in the case of the electric light the
heat is only one-twentieth part of that
evolved by gas. The way in which the cleo
trio light, however, is destined to promote
the health of the people is in its non-vitiation
of the atmosphere. When it is remembered
that single jet of gas will consume moro
oxygen than six men, the ill effects OF living
in such a contaminated atmosphere for u
great part of most nights in a year may be
understood. Another interesting fact bear
ing on this subject is, that where theaters
and other places of amusement are lighted
by electricity, the audience can sit through
O long performance with much less of the
feeling of lassitude and exhaustion which
was the rule rather than the exception in
crowded buildings where gas alone was
used. Another advantage of the electric
light Is its cleanliness in making inevitable
its introduction into picture galleries and
public and private art collections.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-02

STOP at the Hollenden, In Cleveland
American and European planA ~
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-02
HAD 10 LOOK UP THE TERM.

As soon as had, after some trouble, as
certained the meaning of the term isother-
NAL began to look about me for q belt of
that kind. I at once, almost, struck upon
region of country about Asheville and in
Buncombe county, though Henderson
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-02

Ipresume that, according to the methods
sf studying American society adopted by.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-08
THE AUSTRALIAN SYSTEM

The last presidential elec9on has
been productive of more good in the way
of election reform than any in the his
tory of the country. An unparalleled uso
of money at the polls thoroughly
aroused the sentiment of the Amcric1n
people that q reform was needed, and
that election bribery must cease. MS
result not less than thirty States modi-
lied their election laws 10 conform TO
the general public demand. 1t was a
Southern city, Louisville, Ky, which
first introduced the secret ballot. Mas
sachusetts was the first State to adopt
the Australian ballot system, in 1855.
In 1880 eight States followed her lead,
In 1890 four States. including Mary
land, came into the line. and since tho
first of January fifteen others have
passed election laws moro Or less
modelled upon the Australian system.
Wyoming and Mississippi have incor-
porated ballot reform in their cohstitu-
tions, and kentucky will vote upon il in
the near future.
Would it not be we'll for Virginia to
see if her ballot laws are not suscept-
ible of Improvement?
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-08
VIRGINIA SUMMER RESORTS

The tor,id days arc upon us and every
summer hotel in Virginia, nestled
in the valleys of the Blue Ridge or
perched on the SUBMITS of The Allie
ghanics. has its crowds of com fort-seek-
ing guests. Here the hay fever is I'M
known; here the mosquito never pipes
his tuncful lay. Virginia may safely
challenge the country in it's pleasure re-
sorts. Every variety of mineral and
spring, each and every altitude of noun
tain height may be here found, and
twelve hours away lies the sea. Hard to
please, indeed, is he who cannot find
Nirninia
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-08
TIE FOURTH IN THE SOUTH.

One of the most significant and pleas
ing signs Of the day has been the gen.
cral observance of the Fourth of .July
all through the South. 1t shows that
Young America is again becoming ir-
repressible and that the common senti.
ment of 177G still lives and burns as
freely in Southern breasts as ever in the
past.
Roanoke, perhaps, led the vanguard
OF Southern cities in the intensity AMI
fairness OF its patriotic ardor. 1t set
forth to the country the wcll.known
fact Of its commonalty and freedom
from sectional bias in either direction
The gunpo "der, bunting and sky
rockets which graced the day in Roam
okc were contributions to glorious
cause.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-08
ELECTIsOClITION.

THE TINES this morning gives a fall
account of tho electrocution of four muir.
derers in New York. Their taking OF
was triumph for science as applied to
the disposal Of criminals. 1t is reason
ably certain that each murderer persisted
with but the fraction Of second OF pain
or, as more expressive English might
pat it, he didn't know what hurt him.
The taking of human life, even at
the hands of the law, is most serious
affair. Only the direst crimc warrants
it, and in the final disposition of human
affairs it may yet be questioned whether
society has right. for any oifensc. TO
deprive human being of his life; bur,
granting that it be SO, there is no logi-
cal alternative between the most pain
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-08
AFTER THE CYCLONE.
Baton Rouge Oyerspread With
Gloom.

BATON ROUGE, La, July - Spe-
cial The rain that came with the
cyclone yesterday is still pouring down.
There is in the whole country no moro
gloomy city to-day that is Baton Rouge.
n pathway 900 yards wide diagonally
across the towns Uttered with the wreck
OF houses that were blown down. Many
people are homeless, but are being
cared for by their moro fortunate neigh
bors. The fact that the rain continues
adds much to the damage as in the
houses that were simply unroofed the
furniture is almost ruined
Tho buildings standing at tho peni-
Tertiary are all more or less wrecked,
the only one not unroo'ed being the old
machinery hall. in which the wounded
were placed. John Fahery, Of ST. Ian
dry, died at an carly hour this morning,
making the eleventh victim Of the cy-
clone, lie had been horribly mangled.
Two moro of the injured convicts will
probably die and four others arc in
critical condition,
The loss to property will amount to
full quarter of million dollars.
There is but one storm insurance policy
on any of it, and that amounts to but
little. Reports from the country state
that for fourteen or fifteen miles across
the river a strip fully 1000 yards in
width was cut. Not Il stalk OF corn, a
bit of fence or building in the path of
the storm remains standing.
BRooKmAvEN, Miss, July 7.-[Spe.
cial Yesterday morning about 6
o'clock the Southwestern portion of this
county was visited by destructive
cyclone demolishing houses and fences
and uprootng trees. One man was
killed and many were wounded. An
other cyclone prssed twelve miles east
of this place at 10 o'clock doing great
damage but no details hane been re-
ceivcd.
MADISON, Miss, July 7.-ISpcciall-
cyclone struck this place about II
o'clock yesterday. 1t was preceded hy
fearful rumbling sound that came
from the Southeast. Disasters are re-
ported as follows:
II. +. McKaA's plantation, destroying
negro cabins and killing Wesley Young,
colorcd, and wounding several others
DIR. j. II. Mckay's building was
wrecked. The storm then passed across
the railroad, leveling telegraph poles
The residences of Giassccck and Brown
were the first reached in the town; both
houses were wrecked, and much of the
furniture destroyed and stool; injured.
Tho Presbyterian Church and tho
school building were completely swept
away. and on Mr.. Jones place out
sta nding buildings were destroyed and
stock injured. Trees, orchards and
shrnbbcry were ruined. Passing out OF
town to the northwest, the cyclone com
plctely destroyed two colored churches
and the residence OF Handy Lee, coorcd.
PROSPERITY. S. G July7.-I Special l.
A terrific tornado passed over this sec
ton of the State tonight, doing much
damage. Houses were unroofed, barns
and other outhouses blown down and
iarge trees uprootcd and twisted into
fragments. The destruction of trees,
fences and orchards in tho path Of the
storm is Immense. Up to a late hour NJ
loss OF life is reported, but it is impossi
Die TO get particulars tonight.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-08
Extremely Frank.

"Now, Robby, if you don't want to
go to BESSIE Smiths party, you must
write note and tell her so; and be
sure and get it polite. You will find
some models in this book of etiquette"
said Mrs. Carhart to her little son.
Robby struggled with the problem for
an hour, and then presented for his
mothers inspection the following truth
full but unconventional effusion:
''Mr. Robert Carhart declines with
pleasure Miss BESSIE Smiths kind invi-
tation for the 18th, and thanks her ex-
tremely for having given him the op-
portunity of doing o."-IIarper's Bazar.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-08

less execution and death ty slow torture.
If the object Of punishmentist to rcstraitl
crime as we'll as punish tho criminal,
only tho laws OF humanity stand In the
way of the barbarous methods which
obtained in tho middle ages,
But the humane argument is sufficient,
and death should be as PAINLESS as pos
siblo. The days OF tho hangman and
the gallows ara numbered.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-08
THE SONS OF VETERANS.
The Officers Announced-Tho Arrange
mcnts to Go to Lexington.

The Officers Announeed-Tho Arrange
mcnts to Go to Lexington.
Albert Sydney Johnson Camp, Sons OF
Confederate Veterans, mot last night in
tho rooms of the Real Estate Exchange.
Capt. Watts called tho meeting to or
der, and announced the appointment OF
officers as follows: A. S. Weiseger, first
sergeant; w. +. Thomas, second ser;
geant; Is. Y. Bandy, third sergeant
Gabe III. Penn, fourth sergeant; X. Ran-
dolph Hicks, fifth sergeant; p. w. Huff,
color sergeant; ID. q. Cunningham, first
corporal; p. ID. Weldon, second corporal;
j. McFall. third corporal; Ed. j.. Stone,
fourth corporal; 4. j. Eckloff. quarter
master sergeant; G. w. Copcnhaver,
commissary sergeant, and ~. S. Weisa-
ger, Robert f. Wingfield and w. D..
Stewart, committee on entertainment.
Mr.. Tryc, of the com ui.tee on az
Engagements for going to Lexington to
attend the unwilling Of tho jackson
statue, said that Ec was con fcrring wi 5h
theVetcrans' committee. and the railroad
company would probably run Il special
train on that day. In the meantime all
members who will go arc expected to
report to the committee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-08
She Saw Him.

Father (ilnpressively)- gentle
man is Prof. Grcatmind, the eminent
scientist whose marvellous discoveries
have excited the attention Of the entire
civilized world, a man whom even to
have seen is an honor.
Daughtcr-lIow his pants bag ct the
knceS.-N. y. Weekly
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-08
ROANOKE, VA. JULY S, 1891.
THE TIMES can be found regularly Oh

THE TIMES can be found regularly on
sale at the following places:
Roanoke--Gcorge Gravatt, Jr., NJ. l..
Smith s. Hotels Roanoke, Continental and
Ponce de Leon.
Bristol, Tenn.--W. A. Ward, Front
Street, Steiner &, Mathis.
Bluefield-- Biuefield Inn.
Lynchburg--Norv Hotel.
Pocahontas-- pocahonta5 Inn.
Pulaski--NIeple Shade Inn, Brown 81
Brown.
Radford-Radford Inn, Jenkins News
Depot, Norwood Street.
Salem-W. S Taylor's Book Store.
Washingt Wizards. The Nletropoli-
tan.
Norfolk and Western trains.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-08

II wish you would renew this note
My father will indorsc for me-" said q
Texas youth to Nose Schaumbprg, the
merchant prince of Austin.
wen Il fader has got no more sense
than to indorse for such son as YOU
vas, vat SECURITY ish dot for me? Dot
shows dot your vader vas an old block
of the young chip. "-Texas Siftings.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-08
Look at This.

These are hard times. Everybody is
pressed fer money The banks arc I'M
able to afford relief. Then tho best
thing that can he demo is TO Join the
National building and Loan Associa-
tior of New York. which is the leading
and most reliable institution of the
kind in the country. Office, IO5 .Ieiier-
son street, s. EDWARD WHITE, Agens
july slim
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-08
The First I,nntist Church.

The pastor of the First baptist Church,
DIR. Flippo, gave the hand OF fellowship
to sixteen new members last Sunday
morning. There was Il crowded congrc-
cation both morning and night. DR.
James preached an exceptionally fine
sermon on Sunday night for the First
Church congregation. Prayer meeting
tonight will be followed by the teach
orS' meeting
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-08
a Happy ImproInptu.

Club Raconteur-IIere's an anecdo,o
of Webster | submit.
Editor-We don't want it.
Club Eacontcur-NYill you be pleased
to state why?
r-Wcll-er-has il ever been
published?
Club Raconteur-No.
Editor-Wcll. you ecc,, we don't han
die rejected manuscript.-Jutlge.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-08
Tic Real DANGER.

Mamma (aftcr the elderly visitor had
gone away)-You shouldn't have run
out OF the room when Miss Oldsby tried
to take you on her lap, Willie. She was
not going tn harm you.
Willic-Shc wasn't hey? She had her
mouth puckercd all ready for it, any
hOW.-ChicagO Tribune.