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q Curious REQUEST.

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whitcwashcd, the public are respect
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deer PARK AND OAKLAND
On the crest of tho Alleghanies, 5000
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Season Opens June is, 1891.

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How He Reasoned.

Wife (complainingly)- Flushley
always has plenty of spending money of
her own. Her husband believes wife
ought to have it.
Husband-Wcll, SO do L!
Wife-What, you do?
Husband Certainly. If you had
plenty, you wouldn't ask me for some
SO Often.-BOstOn Herald
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Where IIe Was.

1T seems that I'm in it," remarked
the grasshopper as he was swallowed
by the bird.
IRE out of sight" chucklcd the
Dirc rs he cleaned his beak on q twig.
-IOStOn Herald.
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8 Question of limo.

Flushing Bride-I want to get IL pres
cnt for my husband, but hardly know
what to get.
Clcrls-Why not get one of these nice
silk nuiiicrs, to wear evenings?
Bridc-Oh, dear, no. My husband
never goes out nights.
ClerlS-Wcll. you might get it for next
year.-N. y. sur.
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lilo Is Dead Now.

Snodgrass - What has become of
Iawler? l have not seen him for six
months or more. He had one foot in
the grave then.
Snively-iie has six feet in now
Jury.
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81 don't see how you could sit on that
jury as you did, and not find Mccain
guilty."
sob, he was insane"
well, there's no doubt about his be-
ing tried by jury of his pccrsr'-Puck.
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or Course MOI.

Cnmso-An artesian well at licking
ton Ky, produces three hundred and
MY thousand gallons of water day.
Fangle-Drinhing water?
Cumso--l said the well was in Ken
tnclsv. didn't I?-.Iudua
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just IfIa I.urlt

Wife (who supports him)--Did you
see that Williams has advertised for
help? Now, there's u good chance for
you.
Eydlc-Chancc? No chance at all.
Williams wants tno men. just nv
luclt!-Judge.
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THE WEEKLY TIMES.

TIE WEEKLY TIMES, containing the news OF
the week in a more condensed form, one year,
IL 90 in advance.
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TELEPHONE NUMBER la

THE TIMES is delivered in Roanoke, Salem
and Vinton every morning by carriers for so
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be addressed to the Editor OF THE TIMES.
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fstered letter, chcque, or draft, should be ad-
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would Sell His LILO poarlv.

Old Soldier Ito publisher) This man
uscript, sir, is my autobiography, con-
tanning an account of my army life and
the battles in which have fought.
Publisher-IlOw much do you ask for
it?
Old Soldicr-Tcn thousand dollars.
Publishcr-The price is outrageous.
Old Soldicr-But, you must know, I
have always been determined to sell my
life as dearly rs possible.-N. Y. Spirit.
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Entered at the Postoffce at Roanoke as sec
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Moderate InallDnAtiOn.

a party of newspaper men who were
inClllging in a daybreak luncheon were
talking over the queer incidents that
bcspangle their iridescent existences.
"The funniest thing I've encountered
lately" said one was connected with
a very sad affair-the shooting of the
young woman organist of down town
church by an insane stranger, who i'm
agined she had Tilted him. was told
off to break the news to her folks (slle
was thought to be mortally wounded),
and went around to their apartments
in a frightfully nervous condition.
When l reached there the door was
opened by a sweet young man, with
banged hair and soprano voice, who
announced in answer to my first ques-
tions that he was the young lady's
brother
II bcckoned him out into the hall
and told him the story. Instead OF
falling in a rage and asking, Where is
heF as the average brother would do,
he raised his hands alfectedly and said:
'Whatl My sister shot' With a re-
volver? Well, l think that man was
real mean, don't youl lie ought to
have that pistol taken right away from
him. New York Times
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That Chessboard Calculation.

1t is related of the inventor OF the
game of chess that, on being promised
by the king whom he first taught the
game that he should have any reward
he might ask for, he meekly replied
that he would be content II the king
would give him one kernel of wheat on
the first square, two on the second,
four on the third, eight on the fourth,
and so on, doubling up to the sixty
fourth square. The king gladly ac-
cecdcd to this seemingly modest re-
quest, and ordered his attendants to
bring in the wheat, which they began
to do but, to the astonishmcnt of the
monarch, il was found that there was
not wheat enough in the whole domin-
ion to pay off the crafty inventor.
\ mathematician who claims to have
been figuring on this chess board curl
osity says that to fulfill the kings
promise it would take 30,027, 097, 1884,
4S5 bushels of wheat-allowing COO, GOO
kernels to each bushcl. This prodi-
gious amount would cover the states Of
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
and Delaware all over with wheat to
the depth of a mile and n quarter.
In few words here is the exact num-
Der of wheat kernels the chess inventor
asked for - 9,G27, 26S, 7S6, 934, 755, l6S.
Figure it up and prove or disprove it
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
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Mcchanrtwn Frederick County, Maryland Thursday September 1884,


In later years Nine. de Stael con-
fesscd that the three men she most
loved were Narbonne, Talleyrlnd and
Matthew de Montmorency. Her friend
ship for the first of these reached q
passionate exahation which had pro-
found and not altogether wholesome
influence upon her life. How COM
pletely she was disenchanted is shown
in n remark she made long afterward
of a loyal and distinguished man, "He
has the manners of Narbonne and a
heart" 1t is a character in a sentence.
Matthew de Montmorency was man
of pure motives, who proved refuge OF
consolation in many storms, bat her re-
gard for him was evidently a genthr
flame that never burned to extinction.
Whatever illusions she may have had
as to Talleyrand-and they seem to
have been little more than an enthusi-
astic appreciation of his talent-were
certainly broken by his treacherous de-
scrtion in her hour of need. Not the
least among her many sorrows was the
bitter taste of ingratitude.
But Napoleon, who, like Louis XIV,
sought to draw all influences and merge
all power in himself. could not tolerate
a woman whom he felt to be in some
sense rival. He thought he detected
her hand in the address which lost her
SO many friends. He feared the wit
that flashed, the satire that wounded,
the criticism that measured his motives
and his actions in her salon. He rec
ognized the power of coterie of brill
liant intellects led by genius so inspir-
ing. His brothers. knowing her vul-
nerable point and the will with Which
she had to deal, gave her word OF
caution, but tho advice and intercession
of her friends were alike without avail.
The blow which she 50 much feared fell
at last, and she found herself an exile
and q wanderer from the scenes she
most loved.-Mrs. Mason in Century.
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Queer Remarks In Prayer Meeting.

A young man of my acquaintance,
sincere but simple minded, evidently
meditating upon the circumstances Of
his conversion in spite of the goddess
example and unreligious associations of
his home, alluded to the testimony of
several young converts and said:
my young friends, some of you say
you've been converted in consequence
of having praying parents" Here he
astonished the meeting by the expires.
sion, "Thank God, never had any"
The same young person, speaking of
his desire to be useful in his life, said,
"My friends, feel as if want to do a
little or no good In the world "-Lewis-
ton Journal.
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,'av, alternating morning and evening"
] raver Meeting every Friday evening Sun
day School . o'clock, Il. IN.
Morav,an Church (Gmccham) Rev. Il. W.
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Preaching every Sunday, alternating NOR
ming and evening
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Description of u Newspaper.

Here is Thackeray's description of a
newspaper Office in "Pendennis," when
Warrington, who had been out late at
night, suddenly comes upon The Lon
don Times building blazing with light
from cellar to roof, teeming with life
and humming with activity: There
she is" exclaimed Warrington, there
she is-the great engine she never
sleeps. She has her ambassadors in
every quarter of the world-her cour-
riers on every road. Her officers march
along with armies and her ENJOYS walk
into statements cabinets"
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The Art TOnSOri:ll
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y A. RACER,

LATE COUNTY SURVEYOR FOR FEEDEKCI
COUNTY.
The morning call., 1891-10-22
THE NEW TROTTING RECORD.

A half second seems scarcely apprecia-
BILE period Of time, and yet the lowering of
the trotting record by that period at Stock =
ton on Wednesday by Mr.. Bonner's mare,
Sunol, is a general topic of conversation in
sporting circles throughout the world. For
over six years the lest record had been that
of Maud 5, who trOtted the mile in 2:0SA
on july 30. 1885. Previous TO that, DeXter's
time of 2IS, which was accomplished in
1866 and Flora Temples time of 2:l9A IN
1859. were the best rates of speed on record.
Sunol now has covered a mile in 2:OS4, thus
reducing the record 11I2 seconds in thirty
two years. The gain IN speed has not been
confined to a single trotter; within year
Allerton and Nancy Hanks have both
trotted the mile in 2:09-a rate of speed
when was deemed incredible before the
performance OF Maud 5. 1t is evident that
the Improvement in breeding and training,
which is apparent in Sunol, extends to
trotting stables generally.
Horsemen are now asking each other how
much further trotting speed can be in
creased. According to the report of
Wednesdays race Sunol did not strain her
self; she covered the last quarter of a mile
in the almost incredible time of OBI Z, with
an easy rapid step, which did not indicate
any extraordinary eff frt 1t was the opin-
ion of bystanders that she could 40 better
still.
This wonderful mare is herself a strik-
ing illustration of the tendency which mod
ern h0rse-breeding is taking. She is the
very opposite of what one expects in racer
a large heavily built animal, with powerful
rather than graceful legs, and frame sug-
gestiye more Of strength and endurance
than agility. She was bred for speed, but
the speed was to be attained by COmbina-
ton Of strains Of blood which ensured Un-
usual muscular development Iand staying
power.
1t is this change in method which imparts
value to the modern system of hcrse-breed-
ing In the old days, a race-horse was
valueess except for brief spurts of speed;
and mere speed in a race rs not of much i'm
portance off the turf. AT the present day,
more attention is paid to the raising of
horses which will excel in strength and en-
durance as well as speed. Breeders have
learned too that the blood Of the dam is of
as much consequence as that Of the sire-a
truth which was not fully admitted thirty
years ago. 1t is not absolutely necessary
that the dam should have been a frequent
winner ON the turf, but to raise frst-class
foals, she must have in her veins the blood of
winners. We have not even now tried all the
possible combinations of Morgans, Black
Hawks, Messengers, Claws and Hambleton-
ians; it is quite possible that some new
blending of strains will produce horse
that will reduce Sunols record as she has
reduced that Of Maud s. That is what in
telligent breeders are aiming at.
Mr.. Bonner has a; last officially stated the
price which he gave for SunOl. 1t was
Sal, 900, $1,000 more than he gave for Maud
S. To persons unfamiliar with the turf the
figure seems high. But many years ago. the
Smuggler sold for $4,000 and 100000 was
refused for Messenger and Hambletonian.