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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-10


In the Wintergreen Patch.
One morning, ere springtime was yet on the
wane,
While the opals OF dew gcmmed the grass in the
lane,
Where tho woodland was weaving its shelter,ne
thatch
found, as strayed, q fine wintergreen patch.
And there was maid. in no fnery triclsed,
Whose lips were US red the berries she
picked.
Whose eyes had more blue than tho lupne
could hold,
And whose hair had the CLINT OF the buttercups
gold
She smiled, and my feet, as II spellbound. must
STOP
While my foolish old heart seemed to buzz like
Sho spoke. and the words, as they fell from her
tongue,
Had mor charm than the song that the hermit
thrush sung.
Her hands were so slender. her fingers so white,
To watch their swift play was dream Of de-
light
Who can foil Madam Fate1 There was nnught
could avail;
Twas tranced by each berry that dropped In tho
pail
There'n be wedding-bells soon, and the fair
bride will wear
Some wintergreen sprays in tho coils OF her
And the bcrriea that shine on her sweet lips viii
match
Tho reddes. she plucked in tho wintergrceu
patch
Clinton Scollard in Century
He Doesn't.
Young folks just starting out IN Life
moment Give 70 me,
And o truth will tell 70 you ="
That may Of service be-
Not knowing It full many youth
Has quickly gone to wreck
The man that wears the shiniest hat
Doesn't draw the biggest check
True wealth Is modest and It makes
But very small display,
You never see 1t Haunting round
In diamonds by day;
It never seeks the "loudest" things
With which itself to deck,
The man that wears the shiniest hat
:: Doesn't draw the biggest check.
Detroit Free Press
Now Comes the Wandering Minstrel
Lo and now he comes on tender wings
g., From lowland climes,
Percheth on your car or check and sings
In gentlo chimes, - -
Low and soft he huns his mystic tune g
When all is still;
Quick beneath the night so hushed by June
He fills his bill
'Slcep urcain on, uear, SiyS nci no no
wake
To my sweet straint
Nay, do not grouse, but let me take
Thy 1ug'lar veini
"Ahi what chance have such as 'gainst theaf
You've often swore
Mighty onths you'd get the best Of me;
Yet still scorei
'.Thcre, FAREWELL leave thee with my sting
The heat SO curs'd
Bothers theel fain must leave sweet thing,
Or else bursti"
Then partcth he, hi5 work completes:
Your swelling check tells OF his treat
Your car looks like On ocean shell,
You say such words-I dare not tell
You grasp your pillow. creep from bed,
The noise you make would wake the deadi
You whack the water pitcher DER.
Bang oil the pictures TO the foorl
At last give up in vain. and when
Once more in bed-he comes again,
This minstrel from New Jerseys shorei
Harold Mace rath, in Chicago Mail
Tho Cnmcl's Lament.
| "Canary birds feed on sugar and seed:
Parrots have crackers to crunch:
And, for the poodles, they tell me the noodles
Have chickens and cream for their lunch.
But there's never question
About my dircstiOn-
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-10
y. O. SLOWER
TIN AND COPPER SMITH,

OVTOCV.
All kinds OF Ranges, Cooking and
Heating Stoves for sale. Tin Roofing,
SHOUTING and Guttering and Copper
Work contracted for. Prices low. Sat
isfaction guaranteed. 80 lyr
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-10
THE RoANo0E TIMES. SUNDAY. July .. 1872
SELECTIONS OF VERSE.

After the Fourth OF July
We put him TO bed IN his ltttlc nightrown.
Tho worst battered youngster there was in tho
town; :.
Yet no said as he opened his only we'll eve:
"'Rah. rah. for the jolly old Fourth OF July"
Two thumbs and eight Fingers with lint wcro
tied up,
On his head was q bump like On upside.down
cup.
And his smile was distorted. his nose oil awry,
FROM tho Joys OF the glorious Fourth Of July.
we were glad; he had started abroad with the
sun,
And all day he had lived In the powder and fun:
While the boom of the cannon roared up to the
sky
70 salute Young Americas Fourth Of July.
fsaid we were glad all the pieces were there.
AS we plastercd and bound them with tendercst
care
But out OF tho wreck came tho words with
sigh
'1f tomorrow was only tho Fourth OF Julyi"
He will grow all together again, never fear,
And be ready to celebrate freedom next yenr.
Meanwhile, all his friends arc most thankful
there lies
crackerless twclvcmonth 'twixt Fourth of
Julys.
We kissed him good night on his powder.
spccied face,
We leid his bruised hands softly down In their
place.
And he naufmured as sleep closed his ono omen
eye:
ST wish every day was the Fourth of Julyl"
M. Phelps Dawson, in N. Y. Sun
Dusk.
Folded leaf and folded wing
Skies await their blosSominR;
Silly Dir and Silly sleeps,
Over which the new moon peeps
Night-winds mid the poplar leaves;
Fairy hands among the shelves;
Dove-notes in the mountain pass,
Down the lane lad and lass.
Hazy hills and hazy woods,
Sea-waveS don their pun-likc hoods
Chanting low n vesper hymn
To the sand, grown gray and dim.
Curfew bells In yonder tower
Toll the fall of angel hour;
Benediction in the air.
Time OF peace and time for prayer
Clarence T. Urmy in Christian OF Work
In the Nintergrpeu Pnfcb
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-10

LIQUOR DEALERS.
OPPENHEIM ~ CO.'S EXCHANGE, cor Com
mcrce and Campbell streets
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HARDWARE, wHOLEsALE AND Rr.
TAIL.
BROWN Il JOHNSTON, IL Jefferson street.
Telephone IS. oo''
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HAY, GRAIN, &c.
DANIEL uOLLADAY, II Kirk, rear P.O.
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LUMBER. LATHS AND SHINGLES.
W. IL. CLARE II Co. office 100 Henry street.
TINES building, p. o. box lSG Everything
that goes hto building at mill prices. By the
carl Dad only.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-10

GROCERS.
X. j. ECKLOFF, 81 Jefferson street
+. u WALKER, Campbell St, door cast Of JET
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-10

COAL, WOOD. LIME AND CEMENT.
NOTTINGHAM u HALLET (sawed stove and
klndling wood), Commerce street. "'"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-06-18

The annals of no country can show
any savage foe so formidable for his
number to trained regular troops of the
white race as the American Indian. The
tales of the Sepoy rebellion, replete as
they are with heroic achievements Of
British soldiers, read like absurd fairy
Gales to Indian fighters of our army. The
spectacle, repeated again and again, of a
score or so of these Englishmen riding
through as many thousands of opposing
.Sepoys, disciplined, an thoroughly sup
piled with the best of firearms would be
4 very novel one to those accustomed to
The temper of the savage of our own
continent. Had Captain Jack or Joseph
or Geronimo, with such warriors as they
led, been the sort OF foes to attack the
English power in India, the history of
Delhi and Lucknow would have been
written in far darker characters on tho
pages of English history. Selfreliant,
intelligent, fierce in battle, inimitable
horsemen. armed with the modern rifle,
our own Indians have often waged suc-
cessful battle with regular troops unsup-
passed in quality and far outnumbering
them. 1t is doubtful if even the Co.'S
sack or Arab can be compared with them
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-06-18
THE CONGO RAILROAD.
Carrying the Iron Horse Into Darkest
| Africa,

The builders of the Congo Railroad
difficulties. Nine-t enths of the engineer
ing problems were centred in the first
10 miles. Near Matadi, on the Lower
Congo. the engineers are compelled to
blast out the rock nearly every step of
the way. For about three miles the road
bed is dug in the solid rock that rises
almost precipitously above the Congo
1t then turns up the Mposi Valley, one
of the toughest spots imaginable. Every
quarter of mile or less the track will
have to be carried across the river on
bridges. The first five miles of this diff.
cult part of the road have now been COM
pleted and the work is making good
progress on the second section. BY tho
end of this year the engineers expect
to have all their bridges in place
and to have the road completed
to Palabala, at the summit of the
plateau, and then the work will advance
rapidly to Kinchassa, on Stanley Pool.
The number of workmen has been
largely increased of late. 1850 native
laborers are grading the roadbed and ex-
cavating the rock. The managers are well
pleased with the progress they are maxi
ing. The building of the bridges in Bel
GUM has advanced far ahead of tho work
on the Congo, and a great deal of ma
terial is now on the river ready to be put
in place.
The need of the road is increasing every
L. ,lo
ley Pool, maintained by Belgium, Dutch,
and French traders, have increased to
about 100 in number and they are col
lectng great deal of ivory and rubber,
which is now sent to the coast on the
backs of men. About 10000 porters arc
now employed in the transportation bust
ness.
The railroad company is carrying ou5
one work which is unique in the history
of railroad enterprises. 1t has constructed
at Belgium three iron buildings for tho
use of Belgium missionaries. The whole
cost is betrayed by the railroad company,
whose officials say that it will pay them
to give this assistance to the missionaries
on account of the excellent Influences
they have upon the workmen and tho
solicitude with which they look after tie
health of the black personnel. The COM
pany has also taken steps to establish a
sanitarium at Kinkanda, and has a COM
petent medical staff to care for the sick.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-06-18
Long Sleepers.

1t would seem as if some of Gods crea.
lures had the ability to sleep almost as
long as the hero of Looking Backward.
Says the London Standard:
A wonderful case in on record of a
snail which went to sleep on March 25th,
1916, and did not wake up till March Z,
1850.
1t seems that this snail was picked up
in the Egyptian desert, and as he retired
to the topmost recesses of the whorls Of
his shell, he was gummed on to a piece
of cardboard, as though dead, labelled
with the date and sent to the British Mu-
scum.
He slept unconcernedly for nearly four
years, when, showing some sign of life.
the authorities ordered him tepid bath,
and, at the first touch of the welcome
moisture, the snail thrust forth his head
very cautiously, and then commenced to
walk to the top of the basin.
The West African mudfish affords an
other instance of long continued exis-
tence in state of torpor. This fish,
known as the lapidosiven, lives among
UHe SWALLOWS Oh Tie hlFeT HdInDld, WHICH
are completely dry during the tropical
summer.
But, before the drouth comes, the mud
fish is wise enough to hide deep down in
the soft clay at the bottom of the pools,
and there it lies in torpid state for
months together, while the surrounding
mud hardens into cake. While in this
state the natives dig them up, and prize
them as great delicacy for the table.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-06-18
A GIrl,a WATCH.

1t was girl who bought watch or o
joweler who warranted it for one year.
"What does that mean?" she asked.
ave keep it in order for you, was the
reply. "That is, we regulate it. or
course, If you broke the crystal"
"Oh, Of course.
In week she was back.
"N1y watch does 60 80 queerly you
can't imagine, said she.
"If you will just allow me to look at
1t, madam"
"Oh, yes"
She began fumbling at her dress, q
blush rising brighter and brighter. Pres
emily, with an air of determination, she
buttoned her loose front sealskin, and
slipping her hands under it continued
operations on more extensive scale In
a minute there was little rustic and a
sharp click on the floor. She picked up
the watch, quite as matter of course,
and passed it to the clerk. who stood
aghast
ut keeps all sorts Of time, she said.
The clerk suppressed his feelings and
remarked, mildly:
"a watch needs very careful hand
ling"
"Oh, I'm ever so careful of mine. I
always carry it inside my dress, so it
won't get scratched. l ought to have
brought it before, it has been going so
badly; but left it under my pillow the
other morning, and Mary changed the
bed, and it got into the laundry. 1t
wasn't boiled you know-just soaked a
little. Mary is very careful, and she
found it.
II fear, miss, we shall be obliged to
charge you for adjusting this watch. 1t
seems to be in rather bad way"
"Oh, think that is awful 1t was
warranted for whole year; I've had
it only about week, and have hardly
used it at all "
What are you going to do with such
people, any way?
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-06-18
BEAUTY OF FACE AND FORM.
A Graceful Figure More Admired Than
the COMPLEXION.

Graceful Figure More Admired Than
the Complexion.
1t has been prettily said that beauty is
key that opens every door; and many
women are so keenly alive to its value
that they resort to all sorts of expedients
to improve on niggardly Natures handi-
work. Unhappily, they generally work
on the wrong lines, and their last state is
worse than their first. Lotions and face
powders may make woman appear
:nore attractive for short time; but in
the end the delicate texture of her skin
Is ruined, and before she has reached
middle life she looks old and haggard.
Cold water and strict observance of the
laws of health 60 further toward insur-
ing fine complexion than the costiest
"beautitier" ever put upon the market.
But beauty is not confined to the face
even more potent. On meeting a stran-
ger, it is the carriage, the general APP
pearance, which first impresses us, says
CdsseUs Magazine Yet is it not the
case that individuals fail to make the
best of themselves in this direction, by
not holding themselves properly? They
stand anyhow, as the saying is, let them
selves droop, and when tired loll in an
easy chair. The consequence is that they
lose all spring, nerve, and command Of
their muscles. II for six months they
would persevere in keeping upright,
throwing the head well back, and hold
ing the shoulders down, putting their
weight on the small of the back, and
keeping the line from the bust down as
matter of habit, they would look quite
different at the end of the time. 1t is
quite as important, however, to sit cor
rectly as it is to stand correctly. To ac-
custom ones self to sit lazly is to ruin
ones chances of elegance. The practice
of gymnastics does much to give elegance
to the carriage; and with young people,
it tends to assist growth. An easy way
of helping girls to carry themselves well
is to accustom them every day before and
after each meal to stand with their backs
to the door for one minute in such po-
sition that the elbows, the head, the
shoulders, the palms Of the hands, the
back, and the heels shall touch it, This
simple expedient will put the body ex-
actly in the right position, and if care be
taken to maintain it as long as possible,
correct standing would soon become
habitual. In middle life elegance and
grace of figure are often destroyed by
over-stoutness or thinness. Diet rem
edies either fault in measure. 1t is I'M
fortunate that stout people almost al
ways have liking for foods that make
fat, while thin people dislike them. If
these individuals would exercise a little
strength of will. and take in great mod.
Grafton certain foods, their figures would
after few months be quite different.
The foods of which corpulent persons
ought to beware and which thin people
ought to take are potatoes, starchy foods.
sweets, cream, milk, thick soups and
sauces, cocoa, chocolate. peas, parsnips,
carrots, bests. The foods which stout
people may have with safety are lean
meat, poultry, game, eggs Gin all forms).
fiat fish, green vegetables, succulent
fruits, tea and coffee.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-06-18
AnSOra Goats.


The mohair industry of the United
States has assumed proportions little
comprehended by the ordinary OBJ
server. Angora goats are raised largely
in Texas, New Mexico, and California,
there being flocks, however, in many
other Western States and Territories.
Little is published regarding the industry,
consequently many who would interest
themselves more in their search for
knowledge are obliged to be satisfied with
few such fancies as are harbored by the
average stock breeder. "Anything but u
goat" they will tell you. THE odor is
enough for me-" you will hear. Preju-
dice has barred them from many parts of
the country admirably adapted for their
breeding.
We are reminded of an Iowa sheep
breeder who purchased small flock of
Angoras, much to the disgust of his
neighbors. After years trial, however,
his stock was eagerly sought by the same
neighbors. AS a protection from dogs,
wolves, and other marauding animals,
they are next to a shot gun, and have
been known to ward of disease where
run with other stock. Not at all delicate,
they will eat anything from small sized
stump to an old shoe. When good past
ure is scarce they will put up with fence
rails or young trees.
The United States can boast of some
large tlocks of Angoras, containing thou
sands of highly bred goats, growing tho
finest of long, lustrous mohair. 1t would,
indeed, be an unwarranted oversight on
the part of the Worlds Fair directors in
the live stock department if Angoras
were not accorded a special class at tho
Columbian Exhibition.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-06-18
ARMORING OF SHIPS.
VIII II Bc Discarded AS the Knights
of Old Abolished Iron Suits.

Will 1t he Discarded ms the knights
of Old Abolished Iron Suits.
The limit in the heaviness of armol
applied to ships may perhaps have been
reached, and it seems natural that, its
development having run course much
like that of the armor of men, may come
eventually to a similar end, says the Chi.
cago Post.
In the middle ages, when gunpowder
was first introduced, the armor of knights
and men at arms was gradually increased
weight to meet the new weapons.
AS the quality of powder and the guns
improved armor was added to until it
reached point where if knight was
endorsed it required several squires to
get him into the saddle again, or if a
man fell he could not pick himself up
unaided.
The next step was to limit the armor
to the more vital portions, retaining only
the cuirass and helmet Finally even
these were thrown away.
Somewhat similar may be the transit
ton in modern navies. The guns having
beaten the armor, ships may have to dis
card their coats of mail and rely upon
offense as the best protection, just as in
telligent pugilists defend themselves by
the counter rather than by the simple
guard.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-06-18
GENERAL ITEMS.


The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
announces the sale ofround-trip tickets
from all stations to Chicago. June Is
to 20 inclusive. at rate of one are for
the round trip. on the occasion of the
National Democratic Convention on
June 2l. Tickets will b. valid Tor IT.
turn journey until July Siuclu>iVr.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-06-18
y FAD below what the Revenue Agents
IL have to say of the manufacture of the
BRADDOCK RYE WHISKEY:

OFFICE FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
CUMBERLAND, Mp. Aug. 10, 1888.
hereby certify that during the time was
deputy collector internal revenue for District
of Maryland James Clark, in the manutac-
ture of his Braddock Pure Rye Whiskey, ac-
cording to the record from government books
used only rye and barley malt.
WEBSTER BRUCE.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-06-18

As if to show to what rjdiruinuS ends
the pervrrsitv Of The human miud viii
sometimes lead us. the good farmer, of
Albany county were actually :, ndlug
kilograms to the legislature asiliLg fm
the Adjournment of committee. hear
ing because heroads Of \ thal1, cnHu'y
We're too bad to permit them to get t"
town Ill time to oppose Il hi which
promised to make them better issue
g. Potter.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-06-18
OFFICE BRApDoCK DIsTILLERY, !

OFFICE BRApDoCK DGsTILLERY,
CUMBERLAND MD.
Having been under assignment as United
States storekeeper and guager at the Braddock
diStillery of James Clark, | hereby certify
that in the manufacture of his Braddock
Pure Barley Malt Whisky only barley malt
is used john H. YOUNG.
Having been under assignment as United
States storekeeper and guager at the Brad
dock distillery of james Clark while in oper-
alton hereby certify that in the nanutac-
ture of the Braddock Pure Rye Whisky only
rye and barley malt are used.
J. 7. WILLARD.
Don't fail to read our double column
advertisement printed elsewhere in this paper.
No supply for the Holidays is more season.
able than an enjoyable quantity of pure
Whskey In tins and all respects we have
undoubtedly fine and reliable goods.
JAMES CLARK & CO.,
90 Baltimore street,
Dec IL Cumberland, Md.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-06-18
First in Style !
Best in Quality!
Lowest in Price!

Under these circumstances the seed of dull trade cannot
terminate in garden for popularity is the fowtht blooms
there in plolsion rich those which adom
LADIES' DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED HATS!
With the the of high prices with the doss refined
and but the pure gold of unos perfection in all
lines is it any wonder that the Mecca of fashion
hunting pilgrims! Is any surprise that all who properly AT
preciate solid goods and minimum prices should flock to our
establishment as did the people of old the gtrling market
places Of the Orient.
One SUGGESTION however those who delay ng-emem
her, it just sensible and important to be time to be in
STYLE Come at once and see goods.
B. STERN s2x CO.,
FROSTBURG, MD.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-06-18
Dry Goods,
Dress Goods
Millinery,

and that better than prepared to- promise delightful
surprises in e.c, department.
We will enter into detail ]rcfeng that each reader of this
are heretofore,
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-07-15

exciung any comneng among Ene mem
hers. Gran ing this privilege b. mer-
chant, banssr or professional man, why
should II DO denied his truckman and
clerks II also occurred TO him that a
game Of cards in private club was not
only less baneful, but less expensive
than in a saloon OF beer garden.
Another innovation is monthly dance
20 which all the members are invited TO
bring their wives, sisters and friends.
Good music is provided, simply printed
dancing cards are distributed and In the
middle Of the programme hot chocolate
and cake or coffee aud sandwiches are
served. The young clergyman is al
ways present, and no group. however
small, is unattended in the club, and In
consequence noisy harangues, profanity
and discord are unknown.
Now there are five club residents-Mr.
w. S. Brush, also lawyer; Mr.. Paul
Reynolds, editor Of religious paper;
Mr.. Willis b. Holcom. Mrs. Virginia
Gookin, the kindergartner, and her little
SON.
The janitor and his wife take care Of
the house and John Codet, aged sixteen,
is custodian Of the Fairgrounds. Dur
ing the day Mrs. Gookin'teaches all the
children who come 10 the kindergarten.
Last October an epidemic broke out and
the school had to be closed. Several
deaths resulted from measles and fever.
The work was resumed recently with a
membership Of fifty. At the start these
toddlers had 10 be washed and scrubbed;
now they present themselves clean and
tidy.
Any self respecting man may become
n member Of tho club by paying fifty
cents q month. This fee entities the
member to all the phvileges and advan-
tages Of social and friendly organiza-
ton. 1t gives his children the freedom
of the Fairgrounds seven days In the
week and provides kindergarten train
ing for them. II welcomes his wife TO
the mothers meetings and the general
entertainments, and 1t gives him the use
Of a gymnasium, library and reading
room, and coy and beautiful place to
spend his holidays. It brings him In
contact with at least three sympathetic
and influential men on whom he can de-
pend for many courtesies calulated to
relieve the monotony and reduce the
struggles for existence.-New York
World.