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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28
The Lightninglike Loon.

The loon is the quickest living creature
n loon that has had experience can dodge
the flash of a gun. You see a loon on a
lake, but long before you see him he sees
you and has taken a mental inventory of
you and your belongings. If you have no
gun, you may perhaps approach within 100
yards before he laughs at you with that
horrid shrek which gives him his name
and disappears under the water, but show
gun and he does not stop to laugh-he
goes instanter. When in a sportive mood
he sometimes waits until he sees you about
ready to fire, when, at the flash, he dives,
and you see the shot spatter the water
where he has just gone down.-St Louis
Globe Democrat.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28

She is modest, as is all true worth.
and says that her chief claim to dis
tinction is the fact that she is not con-
templating writing either novel or a
play" This is to be regretted, as it is
quite certain that she is splendidly capa-
BILE of writing a fine novel, turning it
into good play, and then acting the
leading role to the delight of all be-
holders. She is young and passing fair
to see. Her face is strong as we'll as
beautiful, and in social life she is engag-
ing, stimulating and entertaining.
MEL R. COLQUITT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28

Now we have two general methods of
wintering bees-out Of doors in chaff or
double walled hives, and in the cellar in
single walled hives. A writer in The
Beekeepers' Review, who does not at
tempt to compare these methods, says:
| believe that bees can be and are
wintered very nearly in perfect health
by either method. AS to which is the
least liable to failure you are surely the
best judges, for the method most sue
cessful with you is surely the best. Diff
ferent cellars and the methods of pack
ing upon the summer stands vary so
greatly that it is ridiculous to presume
to lay down any specific rules for bring
ing the bees to spring in a prosperous
condition.
However, will describe the methods
| would employ to secure perfect hiber
nation. First, must see that each col
ony has thirty pounds or more of good,
healthy honey or sugar sirup stored in
the combs and we'll sealed. Then | de-
sire prolific young queen whose colony
has reared fair amount of young bees
during September, which bees should be
clustered compactly in we'll formed
brood nest Now, if wintered in the
cellar they should be placed therein
about Nov. 10 to 90 The cellar should
be quite dry, and by means of large VEN
tilators or the porosity of the walls the
air should be kept pure and sweet and
uniformly at temperature of about 40
dogs.
If wintered on their summer stands
they should be in chaff packed hives
with good roofs that will exclude the
rain and snow and admit air to keep the
packing dry. Then must hope for not
too severe a winter, but one admitting
of several opportunities for flights.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28

paint-a suggestion of a branch and
leaves on either side of the painting
will relieve the plain gold, and the front
and sides of the black vanished box are
similarly dashed with a few streaks of
gold. Under the box q little square of
black emery paper is tackled against the
gold background to scratch matches on.
If desired the box may be partitioned
off into several places-one to hold
cigars, one for good matches and one
for the ashes and burned matches. This
last may contain tray with straps to
lift it out easily when it needs to be
emptied. ANNIE ISABEL WILLIS.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28
A POPULAR STORY WRITER.
Fair Tennesseean Who Has Won Fame
as an Actress and a Writer.


as an Actress and Writer.
Miss Viola Roseboro is Tennesseean
by birth and lineage, but she has lived
little in her native state, having, as she
admits, being drought up all over the
country" She removed to New York
about ten years ago. Miss Roseboro was
on the stage for three years and was sue
cessful but literature held the first place
in her affections and lured her from the
footlights.
For five years she has been writing
for magazines and newspapers. She has
done wide variety of newspaper work
with marked brilliancy and adaptability,
but her most enduring renown has been
gained by her short stories. Most of
these have appeared in The Century, and
will be recalled as possessing unusual
originality and grace. She shifts her
scenes at will, and is as much at home
in portraying life in a New York "fat"
as she is when she gives the 'simple
annals" Of the Tennessee backwoods
"cracker'
Miss Roseboro loves New York city
passionately and hopes to make it her
home, but just at present is living in
Ohio, in close attendance on her dearly
loved mother, who is an invalid. The
Century company has just brought out
volume of her stories called cold
Ways and New" They are clever, fas-
cinating and dramatic.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28

A pretty party bag is made of half
yard of golden brown satin, with bor-
der on each end of plush shade darker
than the satin and seven inches deep.
This is doubled lenGthwise and the ends
and sides sewed W. leaving a space of
fourteen inches in the center. Line with
brown silesia, and put row of pretty
tassels on each end. Slip two large brass
rings in, and you have convenient bag
in which to carry slippers, fan, extra
hairpins, ETC., and which of course is
left in the dressing room
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28
&c.,
AN OLD VIOLIN.

Behold this rare Cremona. Master II;
Twill sing as 'twere an angel, but to hands
Unskilled tits but for mantel rubbish fit
Old, worth so much. One reads and under
stands
Twas wont to shake mems hearts, as when the
wind
Sets all the leaves a-quiver. Now 1t lies
With all its sweet soul mute and undivined,
Priced at so much soul for sale, who
buys?
One says it's scratched and ugly, gummed and
stained;
He can buy handsomer for less. No doubt!
Another spies a crack real or feigned;
A third notes fraud, is pleased to point 1t
out.
Endure, endure, thou masters child! Even so
Are noble spirits carped at, all unknown.
While in their hearts divinely swell and flow
The harmonics which genius hears alone.
james Buckham in Albany Argus.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28

There is an interesting story, very little
known, of how Cruikshank conceived his
picture of Fagin, the Jew. During the
time he was illustrating "Oliver Twist"
he spent days traversing the east end Of
London in search of face that would cor
respond with his conception of the char
acter. One day while standing before a
mirror in his dining room pulling faces
at himself" so to speak, for the want of
something better to do, he accidentally
made the features for which he was looking.
The picture therefore of Fagin is really that
of Cruikshank himself Yankee Blade.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28

1t is not unusual for colds contracted
in the fall to hang on all winter. In such
cases catarrh or chronic bronchitis are al
most sure to result. A fifty cent bottle
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will
cure any colp. Can you afford to risk so
much for so small an amount? The
remedy is intended especially for bad
colds and Group and can always be
depended upon. For sale by druggists,
Middlebury; also f. G.. Dyer, West Sails
bury,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28

A youthful composer Of an essay on the
fuses of animals" observed that 1.-THE horse
is serviceable to man by his swiftness.
How many soldiers" he added, lowe their
lives solely ~ the swiftness with which
their horses have carried them from the
battlefields''- Mall Gazette.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28
IIay Markets,

Hay markets differ, says The Rural
New Yorker. In California timothy is
hardly quoted and hay made of green
wheat or barley commands highest fig
ures. In London clover hay is priced
at the head and is now bringing twenty
six dollars ton for best quality. In
New York the presence of clover always
hurts the price.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28
BUCKLEN'S ARNlCA SALvE.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores. ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands. chilblains.
corns. and all skin eruptions. and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required,
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton, or money refunded. Price % cents
per box. For sale by all druggists.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28

Jones Wi ter Fife, illustrated in the
cut here reproduced from Henderson's
American Farm Manual, is another bald
wheat of unusual promise. 1t originated
from combined cross, the first cross
being from Mediterranean and a seed
ling, this seeding being a cross between
Mediterranean and Fultz, which was
crossed with Velvet Chaff. 1t is a strong
grower, covering the ground early in the
season, and requiring light seeding on
rich soil. The straw is above medium
height and strong; heads long and broad
and free from boards, with breasts over
tapping each other; ripens early: grain
of medium size: requires to be left until
fully ripe before harvested, and does not
shell III the field; transparent, hard and
dark. This newcomer, it is thought, is
well adapted for the eastern states.
Golden Cross, red and bearded, is a
hybrid of the Mediterranean and Claw
son. The claims for it are that it is
early, strong grower and prolific
yielder of large, plump grain and proof
against the Hessian fl. American
Bronze, bald sort, commends itself to
localities where the soil is too poor to
produce good crops of other wheats. 1t
is of medium height, with thick, strong
straw.
Other winter wheats regarded with
more or less favor are the Falcaster.
Fultz, Martin, Amber and the well
known standard winter wheat Hybrid
Mediterranean.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28
Estate of William =. Rathl'
CommissiOnerS' Notice,

The undersigned, having been appt
by the Hon. Probate Court tor the dust
Addison, Commissioners, to receive, eX
and adjust all claims and demands
persons against the estate OF william ; 4
hun, late of Ohio deceased, and all |
exhibited in offset thereto, hereby giveI
that we will meet tor the purpose atCl
at the National Bank OF Middlebury,
the 4th day of November and 2ith
March next, from 10 o'clock a. m,
o'clock, p. m, each OF said days, al
six months from the Goth day of Sept
A. d. 1892, is the time limited by saiC
tor said creditors to present their ella
us tor examination and allowance.
Dated at Middlebury, this 10th day
Der, 4. ID. 1892. ,,-
DARWIN RIDER,
AZ c. c. PECK,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28
WINTER WHEATS.
Standard and New Varieties Worthy Of
Trial.

Numbered with the new varieties of
wheat that seem worthy of trial is the
Rochester Red, bald sort, with large
heads, red chaff and red grain. 1t is
medium early, ripening little before
the Fultz. Another promising bald va
riety is the Red Clawson, cross be-
tween the Golden Cross fortified on the
Clawson. This is an early wheat, al
is said to be specially suited to heavy
clay soils. The grain is dark and hard.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-20
a Rad Place to Educate Childron.

There is scarcely a worse school on
earth for the education of the yonng
than that OF the street. And it is a
melan holy reflection that so many of
the rising generation are preparing to
graduate into active life from its cor
rupting associations. 1t is impossible
to calculate the power and extent of
the evil influences which are brought
to bear upon the minds and hearts of
boys who are allowed unrestricted
liberty TO roam the streets day and
night, imbibing the ''evil communica-
cations" which corrupt good manners,
drinking in lessons of blasphe my from
their companions N. Y. Ledger.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-20
BREVITIES.

The citizens of West Salem are ar
ranging to build Methodist church in
that progressive neighborhood, and
have already secured lot. Tho trus
tees are Messrs. G. d. Fitzgerald, John
A. Francis, John Paris, Joel Thomas
son and Joseph Johnson.
Sewer pipes emptying into Roanoke
river have been laid from the building
of the Chadwick Two Wheeler, and Il.
IL. Carper and brother are laying con-
nections from the big main of tho De-
velopment Company, so as to put water
in every part of the big building.
DR.. Luck, of Roanoke, was at tho
Chadwick Works yesterday, looking at
the different styles of vehicles and will
probably purchase one.
Will Wolfender is in Washington, D.
c., ON business trip.
Paul Davis, of the Bank of Salem,
has moved into the house on Virginia
avenue owned by Frank Webber.
Rev. I. w. Canter, pastor of the M.
e. Church at Fredericksburg, has been
invited to preach the baccalaureate ser.
mon at IIollins Institute commences
ment exercises next June.
The electric burglar and fire-alarm,
advertised Tor sale In last Sundays
ROANOKE TIMES, has been sold to a
company composed of Messrs. Kasey
Wilbur, McClannahan, Wells and
Benford, so far as the territory Of
Rockbridge, Roanoke, Botetourt and
Augusta counties is concerned.
Mrs. j. G. Langhorne and daughter
left yesterday for st. Louis, where they
will meet Capt. j. G. Langhorne, who is
looking after his interests there.
The Carper spark arrester for locomo
tives, to prevent fires along the lines o.
railroads has had thorough test on the
Norfolk and Western road and proved G
success, not only as spark arrester
but as fuel saver. Five Of these de
vices have just been completed at the
Roanoke Machine Shops and they vii
be placed on one engine of each of thu
five divisions in order that working
test may be had.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-20
THE BARGAIN COUNTER.

A Source of Thankfuincss to the WIFI of
the Poor Man.
Love Of n bargain is innate 1t is not
entirely the desire to get something
for nothing that fires the average per-
sons soul for bargain-hunting but it is
n C mbinat.on of love of risk, pri lie of
Judgment, and the following out of
personal or necessary schemes of man.
agement in money matters This COM
bination of mental forces varies with
the individual, and i, itself in turn
varied by outward circumstances. The
masculine mind, though not free from
indulgence in this trait, usually hides
1t away under THAT handy cloak "busi-
ness" which Is good for all weathers
and all turns of domestic comment.
while woman is much more frank in
her delight in bargains. Her work is
largely made up Of small multitudinous
duties, and she inevitably becomes adj
dicted to the pursuit of small game.
Making monev by small savings is Or
dinarily a womau's only available
method, and naturally she loses that
acute perception of the relative worth
OF the game and the candle, until she
becomes the target for the indulcent
ouFctSih VI Ihc othcr HILL. 'ooInc tllneS
feminine love of bargains remains un-
qnenched when the purse grows fat.
But generally other factors-pleasure
in buying freely, ease of selection when
money is not the question, and the
delight of doing as other fortunate
people do-redrce the desire for bar
gains to insignillcance. When this does
not happen, the bargain passion be.
comes debasing, and in direct proper.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-20

pronounced Hopelcss, Yet sared.

Pronounced Hopeless, Yet Saved.
FROM letter written by Mrs. Ada e.
Hurd, of Groton, 5. D., we quote: "Was
taken with bad cold. which settled in
my lungs. cough set in and finally ter
minated in consumption. Four doctors
gave me up, saying l could live but a
short time. l gave myself up to my
Savior, determined IL l could not stay
with my friends on earth, would meet
my absent ones above. My husband was
advised to get DR.. Kings New Discovery
for consumption, coughs and colds. 1
gave it trial, took in all eight bottles;
it has cured me, and thank God am
now we'll and hearty woman" Trial
bottle free at Christian & Barbee's drug
store, regular size, SOC and 81.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-20
TIE COUNTY COURT.
Little Business Transacted by
This Body Yesterday.

Roanoke county court was in session
yesterday morning for few hours and
the following business was transacted:
Mrs. Bridget c. Martin appointed and
qualified as administrators of James A.
Martin, deceased, with bond of S3CO;
surety, Owen Duggan; appraisers, j. A.
Finke, Jacob b. Frier, John M. Oakley,
Michael O'Brien and George Brown.
Mrs. Bridget G. Martin appointed
guardian of Mary Rose Martin and
Ambrose N. Martin and Bernadotte
Martin, orphans of James A. Martin,
deceased, with bond for $4,000; surety,
Owen Duggan.
On motion of j. c. Langhorne the
estate of Edward Johnson (colored) was
committed to the sheriff for administra-
ton.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-20
SLAVERY IN THE COLONIES.

How the Purit ms Regarded the Traffic In
Human Beings.
Although Robinson Crusoc is a ficti-
tious character, the story is interesting
bccarse it shows tuat Il thoroughly
conscientious and religious man. like
Defoc, had not the slig ltcst fecli ,g, at
the time when this book was written,
that there was ANYTHING wrong in the
slave traie. Robinson Crusuc never
expresses the slightest regret for his
completely in it He even makes a
slave of Friday and carries him about
with him in Europe and in America as
his slave. without the slightest idea
that anything is wrong in such an
affair. And this apparently was the
condition of conscience of all the En-
glish and American people for n CEN
tury.
When Philips war came on, the rage
with the Indians was such that Indian
prisoners were sold as slaves to the
West Indies. Philips wife and child
were thus sold. and died as slaves
there. 1t is quite possible that these
transactions had something to do with
the bunting of the feeling which I'M
doubtedly existed as early as 1916.
However it may be,Ait is certain that
before the end of the century the
colony of Massachusetts was engaged,
as all the other colonies were, in the
trade with the African coast 1t was
not an important trade until the eight
zenith century was we'll advanced.
This business has been abandoned
between the Africane and American
coasts only within the present genera
Loci O., 40, L, 4.
from Africa westward made her pas
sage in the year 1864 or began to make
it The grim reports made to the En-
giish admiralty by their officers on
service in those seas is that brig,
name unknown, sailed in January on
that horrid errand and was lost at sea.
This is the fit termination of exactly
three centuries of this horrible iniouity.
For it was in 1854 that Hawkins made
his first successful slave trading vow
age. BE it remarked that Queen Eliz-
abcth knightcl him for his success and
gave him for his crest an enslayed
negro with three gold bezants below.
TO pay for the poor creatures, the
principal articles sent from New En-
gland were rum and iron.
Nothing shows the Indifference of
the conscience of mercantile men, and
everybody else indeed. in this traffic,
more than the fact. which has been
brought out by Mr. Weeden, that Peter
Faneuil, the benefactor of Boston, for
whom the Cradle of Liberty is named,
was engaged in this trade for many
years before hisdeath. at the time he
died, vessel, named for him the jolly
Bachelor, was on one of her outward
voyages. -Edward Everett Hale, in
Chautauuuan
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-20
An Exaggerated Report.

In company with Sergeant Frier THE
TINES reporter visited the telegraph
Office in Salem, and at tho request
of the sergeant the original copy of the
telegram he sent to Chief Jones, in
Roanoke, last Saturday, was shown to
the reporter. 1t reads as follows:
There is rumor hero for the col
ored people to go to your place; look
out"
The sergeant says he sent this upon
private information received by him,
but it was so greatly exaggerated that
it will BIO a very cold day before he
sends another.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-20
THE ROANOKE TIMES, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1892

| ton to the fullness of the purse and the
methods OF bargain pursuit. But are
| the contracted perceptions of women
in this respect altogether Imaginable?
Are the continuous and time-honored
stories about woman's passion for bar
gains fair pictures of the motives which
! lead them to sean with eager interest
the tempting advertisement and to
hurry to the shop? Let us go to the bar
gain counter, and see if we can read
between the lines.
What n crowd is here! Is it possible
women really like to be crushed and
pushed and driven like this? There are
many attractive. pleasant faces, but
how few without careworn lines! See
that dark-eyed young woman over
there-the one with the baby in her
arms and the sturdy boy clinging to her
skirts She has stood there IL long time
waiting her turn and growing pnler,
but there is no trace of irresoluteness
in her manner. Why didn't she leave
those tiresome children at home? Be-
cause there was no one to leave them
with. Why doesn't she go to the ordi-
nary counter, where she can sit on the
stool and buy at leisure? Because she
has just ten dollars in her pocket, the
savings of n month, which must buy
that long list of needs which she car
ries crumpled in her unglovcd hand.
The words in the list are not all spelled
right and the pencil lines are cramped,
but she knows that n remnant of fian-
mel will cost much less than the Same
sold by the yard. Her roughened
hand tests the cloth, and her choice
is slowly and carefully made while
mentally she debates the quality,
width, color of the flannel, and whether
it will wash. Soon she disappears from
our view, to repeat at other counters
the same tedious waiting and choosing.
When she gets to her tiny three -roomed
home on the fourth floor of n block on
n narrow side street, her arms ache
with the weight of her packages and
her baby. The children are tired and
are fretful, and she drags them almost
roughly up the dark stairs, too tired to
be patient. The sight of those mean,
but neat rooms cheers her n little, the
children find their battered playthings
and. satisfied with crackers, cease to
drag upon her. She gets the supper
pot of baked beans-from the oven
where they were baking while she was
gone, and then she irons till her hus-
band comes That pot of beans tells of
the thrifty country training. Yes, they
belong to that multitude of people who
come yearly to seek their fortune in
the city. John could drive horses, SO
he is driving horse-car for two dollars
day. They are not starving. They
have food, clothes and shelter, and re-
joice that they are not ill The poor
woman will suffer in time for all this
strain of both strength and courage?
Oh yes! but She ca mot afford such lux
! uries as conSilcraic rest and change.
She is thankful for bargain counters
llarpers Bazaar.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-20
Good Looks.

COOP looks are more than skin deem.
depending upon healthy condition of
all the vital organs. If the liver be in.
active, you have a bilious look, If your
stomach be disordered you have a
dyspeptic look, and If your kidneys be
affected you have pinched look So
cure good health and you will have good
looks. Electric Bitters is the great al.
terative and tonic acts directly on those
vital organs. Cures pimpies, blotcbes.
boils and gives good complexion. Sold
at Christian & Barbee's drug Store, SOC.
per bottle.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-20
NATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE,
Nv OF ROANOKE,

Having been transferred to the under
signed, would respectfully invite an
investigation of its merits before going
elsewhere. A thorough business course,
shorthand (Ben Pitman and New Rapid
systems), typewrit'ng, English and
business and ornamental penmanship.
A thorough training school for young
men and young ladies who wish to fit
for the active duties of the business.
world. For terms, day or night session.
call at the College, TINES building, or
address j. #. COZART, Manager the
National Business College, Roanoke,
Va.