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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
GILLIAN THEATGRS.
Sunday Night the Attendance Is tho
Largest.

Sunday Night the Attendance Is tho
Largest.
At the thcatcr, where light opera is
usually on the boards and good music
is the rule, the gentlemen sally en-
massc into the vcstibulc between the
acts to indulge in the universal cigarito.
When the curtain is about to rise, q
bell is rung to recall them, and then for
few moments the house is so filled with
smoke that ono can hardly sec across it,
writes Gillian correspondent.
At the close of Il performances, all the
gentlemen who have no ladies in charge
hurry into the vcstibulc and take up
their positions in rows, leaving n mar
row lane through which the ladies
must pass, and stare at them with
great carncstncss, commenting freely
and audibly upon their beauty and
taste in dress. So far from thinking
this an impcrtinence, the ladies CON
slider it complimentary, and aftcrward
repeat to one another the remarks they
have heard.
Sundays and Thursdays arc the fash
ionablc nights, Sundays being the fav-
oritc, when the best pieces are rem
dcrcd.
Thcatcr going, though so universally
indulgcd in, is an expensive amusc-
mcnt i'll this part of the world. In Val
paraiso the price for an indiffcrently To-
Gated box is ten dollars, with an addi-
tional entrada, or entrance fee of one
dollar and twenty-five cents for each
person who occupies it. In Santiago
the prices of the great Tcatro Municipal
arc much higher, SO that los ricos, who
design to go often with their families,
find it cheaper to buy box by the
year, for some hundreds of dollars.
The boxes arc sold at auction, to the
highest bidders, on certain date at
the beginning of the season.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
LIFE IN The MINES.



on.
There is Il fascination about mining
life which, once having possessed a
man, cannot easily be shaken off. A
miner who has made IL good stake by
selling his locations at first proposes to
himself to travel, than to settle down in
his own original home; but after little
while he discovers that he himself has
changed, that old ties have been broken,
and that he is disappointed in his for
mcr associations. Things at home seem
to have incXplicably dwindlcd. An al
most irresistible impulse, transferred
nostalgia, longing for. the clear.
bracing mountain air and the liberal
ways of the mines then scizcs him, says
writer in tho Engineering Magazine.
1t is difficult to content ones self with
the monotonous life of the staider com
munities after having tasted more en-
hilnrnting one.
The attraction of the mines is not all
in the hope of gain, though that of
course has much to do with it. The
friendships formed, the freedom OF
thought and custom, the spirit of cam
araderic, and the entire absence of COM
mcrcial competition have their innu-
encc as well. So numbers Of men, hav-
ing acquired competence in mining,
make their headquarters still in the
mining country as matter of prefer
ence, not necessity. Such men are
much in the habit Of taking short trips
away, and are to DO met with all
through the highways and byways of
travel. To be able to lead this pleasant,
independent life is the dream of the
less fortunate ones. Miners are very
apt to disparage their calling while
they arc actively engaged in it; they
may term it "a dogs lifc," but let them
once be freed, mark how they banker
after III
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
VOTED FOR HIS SON.
But 1t Was the Only limo This LifeloKg
Democrat Eorsook Ills Party.

democrat EOrsook his Party.
Ex-Gov. Bigclow, of Connecticut,
possessed n deep sense of humor. Moth
ing gave him more delight among his
friends than to recall the sturdy
democracy of his father and the en-
barrassment the old gentleman expert
cnccd when he found himself con-
frontcd with the problem of voting for
his son as the candidate of the repub-
lican party, and thereby withdrawing
his support from the party of jefferson
and Jackson, says the New Haven Reg
lister. 1t had been the pride and boast
of Mr.. Bigelow senior that he had never
straycd from the democratic fold From
the momcntous time when he cast his
maiden vote he had kept within the
democratic ranks, accepting with old
fashioned faith and devotion its peri
odlcal uttcranccs, and renewing at each
national gathering his pride in the
soundncss of democratic principles.
When in 1880 he learned of the prob
able nomination of his son for governor
as republican he naturally found
himself divided between his love for
his son and his love of party. He rea-
soned that his son would make II good
governor, and no harm would come to
the state from his election, but he also
recognized that while voting for him
he at the same time was intlorsing the
views of the republican party, ard this
troubled him. lie thought it over time
and again, but found it not SO
easy to decide. In the meantime his
worst fears were realized, and Hobart
was nominated. The moment for de-
cision had arrived, where choice of
ways was necessary. lie spoke to his
wife about his feelings and she advised
him to drive over to Fair Haven and
take the advice of lifelong friend
who lived there. This he did thrashing
the old field of doubt over and over in
his mind rs he left North Haven behind
him. Having arrived Mt his friends
store, he made a full and free confess
sion of his feelings. Then and there he
was advised that voting for ones own
son in an off-ycar state contest could
not compromise his standing in his
party, and every one would excuse him
for doing it. This settled, he drove
back to his home and watched the
struggle with Il light heart.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
FRUIT MANNERS.
Bow Various Kinds of Fruit Are to BE
Eaton at Table.

Bow Various Kinds of Fruit Are to He
Eaton at Table.
Fruit manners as a girl APPLY desig-
mates them, are 81 distinct department
of table ctiquct. Strawberries hulled
arc eaten with spoon or fork; unhulled
arc taken in the fingers separately and
daintily, and dipped in sugar before be-
ing conveyed to the mouth. Apples,
pears and peaches should be divided
before being attempted in mouthfuls-
although ripe pear may be halved and
eaten with aspoon. The same utensil
should be employed with melon, though
n fork which has one tine slightly broad
ened is often seen for this fruit At
English tables spoons are served for
bananas as well, although when these
arc served as a single fruit course
sherry or clarct is usually sent around
with the whole fruit. few drops are
stripped of it's skin, is dipped in the
wine and thus eaten.
Oranges seem to offer as many meth
DDS OF eating as there are varieties OF
the fruit The Florida fashion of haiv-
ing it across the grain and taking out
the juice and fine pulp with Il dessert
spoon is a neat way and gives one all
the desirable part of the fruit. Some
cat an orange quite as daintily by tear
ing it in small sections and taking the
fruit in mouthfuls; this method needs q
little practice before being attempted
Mt formal tables, as the inexperienced,
with juicy Havana or Indian river,
speedily gets himself into trouble.
Grape-scissors are now quite gener-
ally used to manage the large lunches
Of this most hcairhfnl fruit, and the
skins and seeds, II one is preiudiccd
against swallowing the latter. may be
Us unobjectionably removed from the
mouth as a cherry-stone or stray orange
seed. So far as the skin is concerned,
it need never, with skillful fingers, enter
the mouth, but once in 1t should never,
as is too often seen, be violently cX-
PEELED by the blowing process. 1t seems
to be conceded that TO eat this fruit
behind the hand and receive the seeds
therein is preferable to using spoon.
N. Y. Times.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
Paste Diamonds.

Paste diamonds are not SO much
talked about here and now as they were
in Europe a hundred years ago; but
they exist, and they are not the mys-
FERROUS things that most persons think
them. They arc nothing moro than an
excellent quality of glass ground with
many facets, much as the real diamond
is ground, though of course with less
care and labor. Paste diamonds are
often backed with silver foil to enhance
their brilliancy, and it is this that gives
them their peculiar lightness, of color.
They arc used not only for personal
ornament, but TO decorate articles of
household uSo
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
1S01-1S03.

Tho King is dead. Long live the
King, 1891 has gone to the limboes of
the past. 1892 is with us for year.
The retrospect has the usual proportion
of good and bad, the gay and sad, the
successes and failures, the things for re-
joicing and the causes for regret. The
future bears, as all futures should, tho
outward signs of hope.
For Roanoke, for tho Southwest and
for Virginia, 1892 will date an epoch.
In every line Of material progress there
will DO advance. The legislature will
settle the debt, and, we trust, do moth
ing which will Offset in any degree that
advantage. 1t should bear out it's
promise of being business legislature.
Virginia will stand prominently be-
fore the world as State which has
emerged from the desolation and de-
preston Of the war, and is pressing with
new life and energy to resume its place
as leader among the States. Capital
will seek investment within her borders
more freely than ever before and every
line of profitable industry will develop
with greater rapidity than ever.
For Roanoke the revelation is roseate
with promise. For twelve months she
has staggered under financial buffetings
which would have paralyzed any other
city in the country, and which, world
wide in their extent have mado the
country totter. But the tide has turned
and the turn is perceptible. Tho pres
ent year will witness an increase in it's
wagc-earners of not less than 1900 and
in it's population OF 1000. Tho 10000
point will BIO within easy grasp when
the days of 1892 grow scarce and the
rays Of 1893 loom up.
Courage, all, the tide has turned and
we are entering on year Of marked
prosperity.
as for TIE TIMES, we are modest aud
not overly given to boasting, but this
wo say. The circulation Of THE TIMES
is double what it was year ago. 1t is
easily first in Southwest Virginia, and
proposes during 1892 to improve in
every department.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
The Jr. o. U. A. NJ. Festival.

A larger crowd than usual attended
the Jr. o. U. A. M. fair last night.
Every one was much pleased and had a
nice time. The committee in charge of
the fair have decided that tho two clos
ing nights shall be wound up with a
grand ball. A good string band has
been secured, and tho ball will be
opened tonight at s o'clock with q
grand cake walk. The contest for the
lady's gold watch between Misses Elva
Knepp, Lucy Hawkins and Ada Powell
and the contest for the gold-headed
cane between w. j. Poore and e. G.
Welch are both becoming very interest
ing. The fair will close Tomorrow
night.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
ROANOKE, VA, JAN. ], 1892.

THE TIMES can De found regularly on
Gale at the following places:
Roanoke--George Gravatt. Jr.. M. L.
Smith g, Hotels Roanoke, Ponce de Leon,
Elk's News Stand, "a Salem avenue. and
Sands News Stand, 5 Jefferson st. S.
Bristol, Tenn.-W. a. Ward, Front
Street.
Biueheld--Blueheld Inn.
L,ynchburg--Norve Hotel.
Notwithstanding Inn.
Pulaski--Maple Shade Inn,:: Brown 81
Brown.
Observation-Disclosures Inn, w. c. Butler.
Salem--W. S Taylor's Book Store.
ashington--Willard's. The Metropoli-
Gan.
Wytheville H. Bailey.
Norfolk and Westernstrains.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
MEET AGAIN

The proposed relief Of the corporation
court continues to be the chief topic of
discussion among the bar. The advo-
Gates of the several plans for relief are
rapidly drawing together, AMI anothe r
general discussion ought to finally settle
the course to be pursued. 10 that end
it seems desirable that another meet
ing of the bar be held at once. 1t rests
with the bar to determine the exact
scope and jurisdiction of the now court
to be established.
The work should be done quickly.
Advices from our representative are
urgent that no delay should be ex-
perienced in placing before the legis-
iature all measures which must be
passed at the earliest possible date.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
HAVE A RED PENCIL?
The Death Of It. a. Hnra,v,cL

The Death of t. "A. Hardwicke.
Mr.. L. A. Hardwicke died suddenly
Wednesday afternoon about o'clock at
his homo on John street, of heart dis
ease. He was 46 years of age and
leaves a wife and two children. Mr..
Hardwicke was a carpenter and had
lived in Roanoke for nine years. He
was brother OF Chief of Police Hard
wicke, of Radford, Rev. Drs. j. f.. and j.
b. Hardwicke, of Texas. The funeral
took place yesterday from the residence
The services were conducted by Rev.
Drs. Flippo and AGREE, and the remains
were entered in the City Cemetery.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
THE ROANOKE TIMES Lead Pencil Free
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01

THE trouble on the Mexican frontier
is growing serious. The murder of
General Garcia by his own soldiers is
severe blow to the government. The
revolutionist leader will doubtless give
tho Mexican authorities considerable
trouble, but President Diaz need not
fear serious results.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
sIabry Worse Again.

Officer Mahry had change for the
worse yesterday. For two days pre- yious
he had been improving and his friends
were very hopeful.
lie is again unconscious and does not
notice or recognize any Que. His trouble
fs now complicated With erysjpelas IN
his head snd face. His condition is
vesy critical.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
Specimen Cases.

S. Ii. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, was
troubled with Neuralgia and Rheuma-
tism, his Stomach was disordered, his
Liver was affected to an alarming de-
gree, appetite fell away, and no was
terribly reduced in flesh and strength
Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured
him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, ILL.,,
had running sore on his leg of eight
years standing. Used three boxes of
Electric Bitters and seven boxes of
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg is
sound and we'll. John Speaker, Ca
tawba, o., had five large Fever sores
on his leg, doctors said he was incu-
rable. One bottle Electric Bitters and
one bottle Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cured him entirely. Sold by Chris
tian 81 Barbee's Drug Store.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
no sunnhower FOR Rim.

The Prince (dictating)-" Amcri-
can Scientists, Texas, u. 8. A."-got
that? Come at once, with fifty tons of
dynamite"
Stenographer-Isn't tho amount ex-
cessivc, Your Royal Highness?
The Princc-Put it down; you haven't
waited, as have, City years for reign.
Puck. 4.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
Respiration.

SIN each respiration an adult inhnles
one pint of air; n healthy man rcspires
sixteen to twenty times minute, or
twenty thousand times a day; n child.
twenty-five to thirty times minute.
While standing, the adult respiration is
twenty-five times n minute; while lying
down, thirteen.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01

Kowell's American Newspaper Direc-
tory for 1891 puts the circulation OF THE
ROANOKE TIMES above that of any
other paper I'm Southwest Virginia, and Mt
moro than that OF all the other papers of
Roanoke combined.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-01
Bucklen's Arnicn Snlve,

THE best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfac ton or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by
Christian & Barbee
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-04-22
The Plum Curculio.

Prof. Riley, of the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society, says of the
plum curculio
There is but one generation pro-
duced annually The beetles hiber-
nate under leaves or bark, in woods or
other sheltered places near stOne-fruit
orchards They issue from such win
ter quartz rs "a soon as or before the
buds put out in the spring. Both male
and female feed on the tender foliage
for some time before the females have
a chance to oviposit in the young
fruit. While the nights are cool they
hide under any shelter within reach.
clean and the earth raked, chips laid
round under the trees form most sat
iSfactory trap for them, as i'll the ear
" morning they are somewhat torpid
aud easily killed. Later in the sea
son the EARRING process is one OF the
most satisfactory ways OF securing an
uuinjured crop of fruit. 1t may be
safely asserted to day that spraying
against the PLAIN curculio is only par
italy successful, and the same may be
said of other rhynchophorus or snont-
bearing beetles, which injuriOusly al
feet fruit, viz, the ounce and the APP
pie curculio and plum-gougers.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-04-22
Care Of Whe Is.

4 correspondent writes | believe
that if the felloes OF wagons were
treated once year with boiling OIL
the tires would never be cut aud set.
| had pan OF galvanized iron made,
four inches wide, with curved bottom
and long and deep enough so that
when a wheel is set in 1t section OF
the felloe about a foot long will be
completely covered with oil. | dig II
little trench in the ground, fill it with
chips, pour little Kerosene on it, set
the pan over with linseed oil in it, and
start the fire. As soon as the OIL IS
boiling | set wheel in it aud let 1t
stand few seconds, then turn lit
tie. aud so go round with the wheel
until all the frllop has been thorough
Nv saturated with the boiling oil. The
wood gets so filled with this that no
water can enter, and your tires viii
remain tight. If this is done before
the tire gets loose, it will be satlstac-
tory, but it will not tighten tires 80
loose that you can see under them.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-04-22
To Make Hens Lay.

A correspondent Of the California
| Cackler. i'm relation to feeding laying
fowls, communicates the following:
There has been a very great COM
plant in some sections about hens not
laying as they should.
/ think every case can be accounted
for l was recently called in to see a
lady's flock of lightweight hens that
were looking, TO say the least, fine,
yet she said was not getting as many
eggs from them as l was from IL pen OF
eight that were always confined in
yard s by 20, with a tight house by
5, and hers had free range. l pur-
chased dozen from her and, after
killing a couple, found that her hens
had not sufficient food to produce
eggs.
While this believe to be generally
the cause of failure of eggs. yet ii is
not always so; some feed too high
and not that food which will produce
eggs. / have been for some time ex-
perimenting on what kind OF food
will produce best results, and have
found the following by far the best
Bran or barleyi in the morning, scalded
with milk; give all they will eat up
clean. In this we have that which Is
generally acknowledged TO produce
The greatest per cent OF the white OF
an egg and very little fat.
At noon feed wheat or screenings.
In this we have the lime for SELL and
also a good per cent Of the yolk.
Give all they want, and if you have
an ash or manure pile mix II little in
for them to scratch after.
At night give liberal feed Of corn
and do not be afraid of making too
fat. | do believe, contrary to the
opinions Of some, that corn will pro-
duce eggs, and lots of them, especial
ly in winter
Feed beef scraps every other day
Cooked and plenty of bone meal,
with liberal supply Of green food
every day.
Hens fed in this manner must lay,
if they are any good at all; if not, get
rid OF them.
An old saying, and true one, is
that hen properly fed must lay or
get fat. or course this will not apply
through melting time.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-04-22
A Great Bridge.

The great high bridge of the
Southern Pacific Railroad over the
Pecos Canon, just west of Shumla, in
Western Texas, has attracted the at
tention of engineers, because it is the
third highest bridge in the world and
is by several feet the highest in the
United States, being 26 feet higher
than the great Kinzua viaduct on the
New York, Lake Erie and Western
Railway. The Pecos bridge is ., lSOfeet
in length and 1928 feet above the sur
face of the stream. 1t has 4S spans,
nearly all OF which are template
girders, alternately 80 feet and IS feet
in length. In the center, directly
above the bed Of the river, is II can
tilever span 1876 feet in length. The
structure is supported by towers, 50
by 100 feet at the base and 10 by 35
at the top, which rest on stone lodges
or rock piers
The lightness OF the structure gives
it very spiderweb appearance, but
practical engineers and railroad men
say il is one Of the most substantial
bridges in the country. The floor
ing is twenty-one feet wide, giving
room for single track, md two mar
row foot-ways The bridge was
tested as the work progressed, and is
capable of carving the heaviest
freight trains. The girders are Of
wrought iron, and the towers OF steel
Less than six months ago work on
the bridge was begun, and it has pro-
gressed without hitch. The con
struction has been remarkably free
from accident, Notwithstanding the
dizzy height of the work. Only one
man has been killed. \ large stone
was being lowered by the steam car
rier, when it broke One OF the frag-
ments struck and killed a workman.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-04-22
Baby's Toes.

Mothers of creeping babies should
pay particular attention to the tiny
shoes worn by the little folk. In
creeping. the tendency is TO force the
tender toes into the tips Of the boots
and, unless the shoe be long enough.
serious pain may result from the over
crowding. / once saw baby whose
soft toe-nails were so bent over by
creeping in short slippers that they
had begun to grow into the ends OF
the toes. For this same reason the
toe-nails Of the small creeper must
be kept closely trimmed, "a the con
slant pressure on the tips OF the toes
isinclined to producein-growing nails.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-04-22
To Have Good Stock.

ANY man can have good stock who
really wants to and will give the mat
ter proper attention. All that Is
needed is to feed what animals he has
properly and gradually breed his herd
up. The Director Of the Cornell Ex-
pertinent Station sums up the matter
in a few words: The greatest factor
in improvement or deterioration of
animals is food. A variety or sub
breed can be made in three or four
generations il rigid selection and
strictly scientific feeding are adhered
to from the beginning to the end OF
the animals life"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-04-22

Memphis Express ruus daily between mar
sisburg ana hagerstown. ,,
Pullman sleeping Cars on Night Express
and y. %. Express between fhlIaueiPl'la anu
New Orleans. ,,
pullman Parlur Cars on Memphis Express
And Fast 81 II between New York and Mem
phis. D,,,,,,to
Through Coaches 10 and from fhlladeipnIa
ON F,.L Mail and Day Express east and Ac-
comInodation and y. u. Express west.
Timetables giving time of local and branch
trains can he had on application TO :. '. H.
K. Agent al Shepherdstown.
JF. BOYD, superintendent.
HA. RIDDLE, Genl Pass. Agent.