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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-14
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SCHEDULE IN EFFEt AUGUST so. 1sa,
wEsrBouND, LEAVE noANoKr pA1Ir
S S: a. m. for Bristol and intermed,otc .,ot,,s
o'oo m; Tor Rndford, Pulaski Bristol. uisn 10,
piucned, Pocahontas, Elkhorn Clinrh Val
hey division and Louisville vim Sorton
fuliman scepcrs to Memphis and No,r . ~
81. ieans; and to Louisville via Norton "
VIZ p r. n,' LOT kadford, Pulaski Bristol. Com
h onte at hadford for Blucheld and Poca.
r HHSntas. Pullman slcepcrs to Memphis Vic
c.or YIN AND EAsTBoUND, LEAVE RoANoKr D.,,v
T 1870 T. :, ~ u, ior Ietcrsburg and Richmond
iN''v y. IN LOT Hngerstown. Pullman sleopcrs n,
10. ~ Vow 10rK via harrisburg and Philade,nhia
A~''o y. NJ uaily Tor Richmond and Norfolk put
90. man parlor car to Norfolk.
SSS p III ior Lynchburg no connection bcvond
- ~, I H. LOT SnennndOah; no connection hcyond
ii'-r p. III. Tor Richmond and Norfolk Pnimen
m0nd. ~ nonpurg 10 Rich
LEV p. m; ior Hagerstown. Pullman sleepers tn
Masning,on via Shenandoah Junction md n
f,,, Ncw 0rk Via Harrisburg. ~ ~
.oO a. M Tor Norton, and 1888 n m for Nory
Ton, louisville and points on L. IL N r. r.
NORTH Carolina DiviHion-Lcayc Pnlaski dot,,
~, Muo u. m Tor lvanhoo and 1870 p. M for Ivan
d doe anu s Gossan and 500 a. M Except sun
Office or to w RpbiEExGnTI lchet
General Passenger Agent, Roanoke. Va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-14
A BURMESE FUNERAL.
Dancers and Musicians Play AN Important
Part In tho Obscquics.

Oanccrs anu Musicians Play AN Important
Part In tho ObscQuics.
In many respects the funeral rites of
the Burman resemble the obscquies of
western civilization. The procession,
the casting of earth upon the coffin by
relatives and friends, the funeral cars,
and the visits of coincidence, all have
their prototypes in the west. On the
death of n Burman, in the families of
those who can afford it, the body re-
mains in the house, cmbalmed, fire.
quently for Il considerable time; the
friends and ncighbors arc summoned,
and u funeral band of musicians is in
attendance. For days, or perhaps
weeks, this band plays on steadily till
the funeral takes place, the friends and
relations occupying the time in eating
and drinking and offering their condo
lences. The funeral car, in the case
only of the wealthy, is made of film
sy framework of bamboo, mounted on
strong trolly furnished with four stout
wheels, the supcrstructurc consisting
of gandily painted pastcboard and film
sy tinsclling. The coffin, covered with
gilt, rests on platform at height of
about ten or twelve feet from the ground,
and is shaded by light canopy. On
the day fixed for the funeral,
great concourse of friends, relatives and
neighbors assemble, and the body is
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imperial service as secretary of the
Hungarian government and was ap-
pointed governor of Salzburg in 1868.
-Four years later he became Austrian
minister of the interior and vice prcsi-
dent of the Cislcithan ministry. lie
served as minister president at the end
of 1869 and i'll 1871 accepted the Office of
governor of the Tyrol and Vorarlbcrg.
lie is Il great mediator between con-
flicting crceds and nationalities and has
publicly expressed his disapproval Of
the anti-Scmtc agitation.
Count Taaffc is never absent from the
chamber. Ills hale face and bright
eyes present Il cheerful aspect. He
speaks rarely, and more often in the
lobbies and Mt committee meetings
than in the chamber itself, but when
he docs get upon his feet he talks with
tho racy humor which he has inherited
from his Irish ancestors. In the Ring
Strassc and the Pratcr he is q familiar
figure, with his gray overcoat and gray
felt hat, which he wears very much on
the back of his head. Ills coachman is
us well known as his master; he has
much tho same figure. and wears his
old clothes, even pushing his hat back
IN tho same manner as the count, so
much SO that witty Viennese once
said: This Taaffc, one never knows,
when one meets him, whether he or his
coachman is driving. The German
party would never be able to upset him;
If they wcro TO throw him out of his
carriage he would get up on the box"
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BREyITIES.

Mrs. Laura A. hank died about noon
Friday at the residence of her husband,
on Burwell street, of puerperal peri
tonitis; aged twenty seven years. The
remains were taken on tho 1854 train
last night to Staunton for interment.
Miss Mary Helen Urley, daughter of
DIR. G.. g. Urley, Of Emory and Henry
College, is visiting Mrs. Parker, on
East Main street.
The next baptising of converts to the
Disciples faith will take place in Roam
OKe river Sunday at y. m.
Mr.. l.. f. billiard has moved his stock
OF goods from the house at the Seventh
street bridge to the store just below the
Picker building on East Main street.
Mrs. G. w. Walker, Of Dublin. is
visiting DIR. j. l.. Staarnes on High
street.
Messrs. N. D. Barnett g. Bro, of
Salem and Ca.awba. OH Friday suiu ana
delivered to jeremiah Johns fifty head
of two-year-old steers. which were
loaded on the cars at Troutyille to be
shipped to Hanover, Pes. for feeding.
R. f. Wysor, of Dublin, is visiting G.
l.. Stearnes.
Salem Lodge, No. 100, I. o. 0. f., has
several hundred dollars out at interest,
owns its own hall, has full treasury,
about seventy-five members, and claims
to look after It's sick members with
greater care and attention than any
other order in Salem. The Encamp-
ment, while young and poor, Is now be-
ginning to grow rapidly and expects TO
be strong by next spr'ng.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-14
The Garner Engine Appliance.

The travelling agent OF the uCarper
Railway Engine Company, who has just
returned from Chicago and the West,
ficials of the big Western roads told him
that If the Carper railway engine appli-
ances maintain the reputation they
have attained when tested by the Nor
folk and Western railroad the use of
these devices will be univeral, and the
arrester and its adiuncts will prove a
bonanza. They were greatly pleased
with the printed exhibit and consider
the saving OF coal an important item.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-14

"Good-by, my dear friend, am going
to leave you. l am going to Canada and
will probably never come back" said u
New York youth to Gilhooly.
'Wil never see you again?"
Never"
81 say, do me one last favor. Lend me
twenty-five dollars"
80, no; don't let us do anything to in
crease the pangs of our parting
Texas Siftings.
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Rir.C oaI Snlcs.

In conversation with TINES reporter
to-day Mr.. James Darst, of the firm of
Smith. Darst & Co., dealers in flour,
feed and coal, informed him that last
year they sold over $40, 600 worth of coal
in Salem, and expected to sell more this
season, for they believe that there are
many more families living here now
than at this time last year. Thursday
and Friday of this week they unloaded
twelve cars of coal, which they will
have all delivered by tonight. Their
freight bill this week was sl,1oo. for,
besides receiving coal. they have been
shipping car after car of feed and hay
to Graham, Bluef1eld and Pocahontas.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-14
AN IMMENSE TREE.
Ono or tho Wonders OF tho Tuolumn.
Grove in California

0 "o"ucrs Oh tho Tuolumna
Grove In California.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
gives an illustration of one of the won
ders OF the Tuolumne Big-Tree in Cali
fornia. This is the stump of one of the
largest Wellingtonians in the grove.
with tunnel through which the road
passes and vehicles are driven. The
standing stump, the trunk having been
severed about 90 feet from the ground.
measures 30 feet 8 inches in diameter:
but the diameter of the trunk with it's
bark, which is now removed, is said to
have been over 40 feet. The tunnel
through the tree measures 10 feet in
height by 1O}9 feet wide ut the base aud
8 feet at the top. Tuolumne grove con-
tains about thirty big specimens of the
giant Wcllingtonians, but there are
trees now growing which, if the world
should not come to an end as predicted
by Prof. Tottcn, will, i'll the course of
time, attain dimensions which will be
surprising to coming generations.
The Calaveras grove also has q num-
Der of these giant Wcllingtonians. In
that grove one tree measured 43O feet
in length by ITO feet in circumference
at the base, and the first branch was
2l0 feet from the ground. Another
measured S27 feet in height. Still an
other measures $50 feet in length, and
has n circumference of 81 feet. One
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-14
ALIEN
A CLOTHING FACTORY.
An Industry That Will Employ
Sixty-two Girls.
ROANOKE TIMES BUREAu,O
HoRNER BUILDING,
SALEM, VA, Nov. 10.


All the sewing machines belonging to
the clothing factory have been brought
from Abingdon and set up in tho third
story of the immense brick building ad-
;oining the Woolen Mills.
There are two lines of sixteen sowing
machines each on one side OF the long
room. and two lines of fifteen sewing
machines each on the other side, max
ing a total of sixty-two machines.
These are all run by shafting run by
Bookwalter vertical four ana nall
horse power engine, which STANDS In
corner of tho room.
Chairs are provided LOT inc young
ladies' who sew at the machines, which
are thrown in and out of gear by slight
pressure of the foot on pedal, so that
there is no distressing labor, and all
that q girl needs to possess in order to
obtain en- ployment at this factory is
Knowledge OF sewing by Singer"
machine, and strictly good character.
A girl can earn from seventv-hve cents
to 81. so per day making overalls, outing
shirts and pantaloons, sitting in COM
Portable room with congenial compan-
ions, and Superintendent Worden says
that he is ready to receive applications
from just as many young ladies In Salem
as possess the necessary quailncatlons.
ONLY about ten of the Abingdon en-
ployes will resume work here, and as
there are sixty-two machines. 1T would
seem as though every girl in Salem who
wanted work could get 1T. This factory
expects to start up in two weeks. and
about a dozen Salem girls have already
applied for situations.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-14

York. was born
at Ellnira, n. y,
n We IN b CT Is,
1868, and w q s
prepared for col
| &c in t Il n t
town. He grad
IL a t c d a t t II e
Rochester IL n j.
vcrsity in 1915,
winning some of
the highest hon
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Tho Oldest t,hnrnh.

The oldest church in Europe is said
by some who are discussing the ques-
ton to be St. Martins. Canterbury,
which was built as church before the
end of the fourth century. St. Mary
in-the-Castic, Dover, was built about
this time, but for nearly two hundred
years it was used as garrison fuel
depot.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-14

Prague, w h c re
he was born in
1889. He is Wis
count TaaTc of
& o RE n n n d
baron of Bally-
mote, Sligo, in
the Irish peer
age, n IL d w IL S
brought up along
with the present
emperor, Francis
Joseph. In 1857
he entered the
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A kindly Interest.

Old Mr. Hayral1e-You city fellows
are very SLY. You come up here and
take our pretty girls out sailing and
buggy riding; but notice you never
talk none about it.
Tom De Witt-No; when we go to see
a girl more than once, the whole village
does the talking.-Pucl1.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-14
Like Ills Mother.

Mrs. Smiler-Our new neighbor
thinks our dear little Tommy takes
after me. Do you think he does?
Mr.. Smiler-Ycs, indeed. gave him
half Il dollar yesterday to get some
candy and he spent every cent Of it
Good News.
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Invitation Accented.

Mr.. Saphead-I've got a fad, too,
don't yc know. / collect old and rare
violins. Come around and see 'em.
Musician-Do you play?
Mr.. Saphcad-Bless you, no, not q note.
Musician enthusiastically Il will
come.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-14
It. w. Abrahams Dead.

News has been received here of the
death of Mr.. T. w. Abrahams last Wed
nesday at Meanwhile, Fla, where he
was engaged in the mercantile business.
Mr.. Abrahams vas ABOUT thirty years
of age, married and brother Of Mrs.
DR.. Tyree and Mrs. w. r. Whitescar-
yer of Salem.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-14
Tho stern Chase.

Young Aspirant ito cditor)-I wish to
pursue n literary career.
Editor-Wcll. young man, pursue it.
If you catch up with it. drop in and let
me know.-I'uck.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-14
Wanted Indignation.

"IIow is your bronchitis getting on?'
said one Individual To another.
.Ilow do know? ! haven't asked
the doctor about 1t this morning.
Texas Siftings.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-14
NIisled.

Watts-What was the verdict of the
man who blew out the gas, did you
hear?
Potts-I think the coroner pro-
nounced 1t death from gasphyxia, what
ever that is.-Indianapolis journal.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-14
Reversing ScrIpturc

Mrs. Bunting (near sighted) -What is
the object of the notice on that tree2
Bunting (who sees that it reads BE
ware of the dog"-It is put there that
he who reads may run.-Judgc.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-14
An Inventive Youth.

Old Lndy-1'his plaster you sold me
won't stick.
Druggists Boy-I'll soon fix that.
Mr.. Plmakcr, where's that sticky fly
paper we hed?-Good News.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-14
A Georgia peaol, orchard.

Ono of the prcttiest shows in Mar
shnlivillc, Ga. is peach orchard of O.
600 trees planted by the compass in
squares. well titled, beautifully trimmed
and each limb gracefully bending under
the precious burden of fruit.
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rs seven DAYS on the water"

Seven days! Why, when my broth
er went across it took him eight days"
Probably your brother went over in
the steerage. was first-cabin passen-
GER" she replied proudly.-Texas Sift-
inpS
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MIR. Geo. Wright

/. HAS made business engagement with
the firm OF j. Wonders & Co., shoe deal
err, los Commerce street
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-14

"And observe, my son." observed his
father, that you see only what's on
top."-Judgc.
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Unrathomed Deptlls.

Jones and his son took the boat for
Long Branch.
~ never would have believed there
was SO much water" observed young
hopeful gazing seaward from the iron
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HuNGARY'S PREMIER.

a Man of Remarkable Talents and Force
of Character.
Count Edward Francis Joseph Taaffe,
prcmicr of HUNGARY is q natiun Of
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-14
CIouda Como HIrh.

The average height of the clouds from
the Garth is about ono mile,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-14
NEW Works. COLLECTOR.

Jacob S!oat Fnssett Who Succeeded Col
loctor Joel Eriardt.
Jacob Sloat Fasseta, the successor of
COLLECTION. E'rh ~ .dt 1T tLn merit of Na,..
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-14

A FIRST-CLAss s TORE ROOM FOR
In rent in the Hickman Block. APP
ply 10 SIMS & CANNADAY, Mont
Eomery Block, Salem, Va. noy7-1w
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A Rapid Trnnsit.

"IIow long did it take you to cross
the ocean?" asked Gus De Smith of a
very aristocratic lady just returned
from Europe.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-14

Smoke "Nickelby."
For sale by A. Canfarotta, Salem, Va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-14
Help! help!'

Little boy, why didn't you tell me
you were built like giraffe?"-Life
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-13
Cenfralia News.

CKNrRALIA, Oct I2-[Special DR. Bostnick
was victim OF misplaced confidence a few
days since. A stranger called upon him and
made himself known as William Thompson of
Portland member in good standing of several
dentaly alluded to the fact that he had small
check in his possession on q Tacoma bank, but
as he was an entire stranger in the city he re-
quired Identification before the banks here
would accept it The doctor obligingly in
dorsed the check, and Mr.. Thompson got the
money for Ii at one of the banks. The check
was returned in a few days, and DR.. Bostnick
was called upon to pay sl450 to make it good
Inquiries in Portland identified Thompson
with forger in that city named Dunstone, for
whom the police were on the lookout
Steven Rodgers, working in Newton's mill,
smashed the first two fingers of the left hand on
Saturday afternoon by the accidental turning OF
heavy slab.
Hank Whitney took pity on a tramp the other
day and took him into the hotel and gave him a
square meal. In return for his kindness the
tramp helped himself, as he left the house, to a
$50 overcoat belonging to guest
Hobos are again becoming plentiful. The
marshal Saturday night run in no less than
eight of these gentry. They were before Judge
Richmond this morning. and in lieu of money
to pay their fine, will do the city some service
In the chain-gang.
Our sawmills are being surfeited with orders.
The lumber exchange has received orders
within the last four days for thirty car LOADS of
lumber IN addition to heavy orders for the local
tradA
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-13
THE STATE PRESS.

Island County Times: "The hunter who mis-
takes comrade for wild beast is abroad In the
land, and IL is well TO look out for him
Aberdeen Bulletin. aMany OF us are bl1noly
going ahead the same as a year ago. The result
viii be snnihilation. Why? Because II we are
through the hard times long period OF e1-
haustion and recuperation has to be passed.
Let US be wise in time"
Bellinghsm Bay Express: "Boulanger, Parnell
and Hennessy all stepped dow and out IN q
few days, and the world keeps up its same oid
stagger. Those were even greater men than our
chief kickers, and the foregoing ought 70 De
little object lesson to them"
Palouss City Meas: "In all OF the Pacinc
Northwest, or in the whole land In TACT, there -
not today more prosperous section lhan the
Palouse country. Another harvest Tune mas
passed, another crop has been gathered, anu
once again the granaries are bursting, the ware
houses are full and the railroads are Kept busy
carrying of the products OF this most fertile re-
gion."
Latah Times: "The father of the Chicago
girl who has been participant in several more
or less scandalous love affairs, two secret marri-
ages ana the same number OF divorces Delore
she Is out OF her teens might be excused tor re-
ierring to himself as the daddy OF matri-
moniai cyclone and the fellow now filling
husbands engagement to this girl Will probably
soon wish that he had her securely locked up In
q refrigerator"
Lynden Pioneer Press: "With this issue we
close our third volume of the Pioneer Press. and
at this particular juncture it is but meet that a
lew words be spoken. To those who have stood
by the paper since the issuance OF Its initial
number, we thank you. To those who have
cried the paper down, we say thank you; for it
has shown to as that the paper has been read,
and has mado enemies as well as friends-and q
newspaper without enemies Is like a beefsteak
without salt, and Ia of no account"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-13
Converting of q. 8. supreme Court.

WASHINGTON CITY, Oct l2-The supreme
court of the United States met for the October
term today. Three justices were absent from
the court Chief Justice Fuller Is in Chicago,
where his daughter is ill Justices Bradley and
Gray have been Ill. but are now recovering The
business transacted was the admission OF appli.
cants to practice before the court, and the an
nouncement by Justice Field that the most inn
portant cases advanced tor argument next Mon
day have been postponed until the second Mon
day In November. This step was taken for the
reason 1t is desired that they shall be heard by
the full bench, and the probability that all JUS
tees will not be present on Monday next. The
list includes the Sayward case. which involves
the question OF the jurisdiction of the United
States seal fisheries I'm Bering sea- and the lottery
cases; the elevator case, and the cases involving
the constitutionality of the Mckinley tariff act
Court adjourned few minutes after IL o'clock
and went in a body to pay its respects to the
proeidapt
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-13
AMERICAN TIN PLATE.

Governor Campbell, Of Ohio, has reen
promptly SCALED down" on his statement
that no tin plate had been made or could
be made in America. A Pennsylvania
firm, the United States Iron and Tin Plate
Company, saw a report of the governors
reckless statement and sent him by ex-
press huge box of tin plate. There were
ITO pounds of as bright tin as was ever
seen, and accompanying the consignment
was a strong affidavit certifying to its com
plete manufacture at Demmler, Pa.
The tin plate establishment at Piqua,
Ohio, has begun to manufacture tin roof
ing, and the samples turned out are of the
best quality, superior to the imported
roofing material, and sold at no increase of
price. There are two kinds of tin plate.
The ordinary tin used in dinner pals and
kitchen utensils is manufactured by dip
ping very thin plate of steel into a bath
of tin and polishing the surface. The
terne tin plates are used for roofing. They
are made by dipping the steel plates into a
bath of tin and lead. the lead being neces-
sary as protection against the weather.
4HC pidub c4bClSIfC W
melt 5000 pounds of tin and lead alloy at
once, and the capacity of the establish
ment is to be doubled. The lead is mined
in Missouri. The tin is mined in San
Bernardino, Cal. The steel billets are man
ufactured in Middleport, o., of American
ore, and the Piqua rolling mill does the
rolling, which is necessary to reduce the
billets to very thin plates.
John f. McCabe, the employee of the
Piqua works who mikes the American tin
and American lead for the manufacture of
the terne tin plates, himself Democrat,
publishes his affidavit that ION September
a. 1891, the first terne plates made by the
Cincinnati Corrugating Company were
made under his supervision, and that the
sheets used then and since in coating I'M
der atfidavit's supervision, were of steel
rolled by the Piqua Rolling Mill Company;
that the pot holding the bath for coating
| contained 5000 pounds, composed of the
usual proportions of pig tin from Cali
fornia, and American lead; that on Sep
TENDER Is, 1891, Major William Mckinley,
in my presence and that of many others,
coated in the regular way FIVE sheets of
steel plate, by dipping in the aforesaid pot
containing the aforesaid mixture of Cali
fornia tin and American lead"