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The Chain Gang Resting.

The chain gang has been enjoying a
rest for the past few days. The streets
are frozen too hard for them to work or
and the station house is accordingly
crowded day and night.
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COnSlIInnfIon-

TIE most to be dreaded of all dis
eases often beg ms in "a simple cold,
simply neglected. No cough should be
allowed to run single day without
using the finest remedy in the world,
DR.. Hale's Household Cough euro. 1t
acts like magic, strengthening the
lungs, allaying all irritation and cures
cough where all other remedies fail.
% and soc. per bottle at Massie & Mar
tins, cor. Commerce street and Salem
avenue
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THE E. II. STEWART FURNITURE Co

THE George Steck. Weber, Chase,
Jacob Bros, Everett and Cornet pianos
are we'll and favorably known in the
music world. The Smith Music Com
pany have them.
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HAVE A PENCIL?

THE celebrated Stock piano, the
best known in the South, never fails to
give satisfaction. Write the Smith
Music Co. for catalogues aud prices.
HAVE RED FENcL?
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ONE Of the incest Xmas presents you
can give your friend is q pair of nice
pictures, beautiful stock of which In
oil, slels, Indo tints, autotypes, etch-
ings. engravings and water colors can
be found at
THE E. II. STEWART FURNITURE Co.
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A LARGE assortment Of novelties in
French, China and Japanese goods
suitable TOR Xmas presents, can be
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RUBBER STAMPS AND SEAL PRESSES.
WILBUR S. POLE e. Co.. No. s JEFFERSON at.
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BEFORE selecting your Xmas pros
ents he sure TO call and examine the
large. varied and attractive stock at
THr r II. STEWART FURNITURE Co.
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STEAM LAUNDRIEs

NEW HOME, j. A. CAMPBELL. Agent, so7
Henry street.
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RENTAL AGENTS,

SIMMONS. CARPENTER q TINsLEY, los
Jefferson st.
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SCAvENGER AND CARRIAGE WORE
PRYOR WOODSON, 223 Fourth ave. u. W.
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FIsnsr e.bincts. 6. sldelinsot's. 500 Jererson
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REAL. ESTATE

NJ. HALEY Greats all diseases OF horses fcct),
Fourth ave, between Jefferson aud Henry SITS.
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DIXIE, Franklin md Second sts., tel. 1877.
ROANOKE, 100 Kirk ave. 8. w, tel. 116.
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ROANOKE PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO. 100
Salem avenue
HV. LINEBACK, Isuccessor TO Eutslcr, % Salem
avenue.
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FARHNEY, 15x (upstars) Jefferson.
KESTER'S Imported and Domestic -Suitings)
l07 First st., TINES Bldg.
LEWIS (rear Fret Nat. Bank), 1O5 Henry st.
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PLUMBING, GAs-FITTING, sc
PRACTICAL HORsEsHOER.

ROANOKE SANITARY PLUMBING CO., n
10 South Jefferson Street.
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CHOICE MEATS.

CHOICE MEATS.
BREADY (keeps the bcst) stall @, Market House.
K. Is. GAIT, etall No. (sausagc speciality.
j. w. HOGAN, Stall 3.
THOMAS NELSON, stall No. Q.
W. q. OVERLY, Stall II.
W. N SALE. stall No. 16
CURED HAMS, BEEF, LARD, sc.
4. j. KEMP Especially beef tongues), stall II.
FISH; WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
G. NJ. MURDEN & CO. Experienced Asherman),
cor. Nelson street.
FRESH FISH, OYSTERS AND PRODUCES.
B. Il. ODELL BROS, City Market.
GAME, DRESSED FOWLS, vEGETA-
BLES, &C
g. j. AKERS, City Market
j. W. SIMCOE, City Market.
PRODUCE, FISH AND OYSTERS.
HUDSON u DEAL, 10 Salem avenue n. G,
(wholesale and retaD.
ROANOKE DRESSED BEEF co.
N. RENSCH, Stall No. 8.
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TRANSFER COMPANIES
ROANOKE TRANSFER COMPANY, Package
Room. 3 South Jefferson st.. tel. 119.
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+; d. AMWEG, Commercial Bank building.
ThANK H. MAY. 105 Jefferson st.. y. o. Boy O.
T. OAKLEY, Builder and Contractor. Al,
Kinds OF building done, either wood, brick or
s,onc. flnc stores and residences and large
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PHOTOGRAPHS.

S. NYBURG, - Railroad ave-, g. C.
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sTENOGRAPHERs s. TYPEWRITERS
c. NJ. HOGSETT, room 10 Masonic Temple.
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MERCHANT TAILORS

OPPENHEIM d CO.'S EXCHANGE, cor. Com
mcrce and Campbell streets.
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FRESH FISH, OYSTERS AND PRODUCE.
b. Il. ODELL BROS, City Market.
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METAL CORNICIs q nOOFING yYORK

CARA, MCGlNLhY " CO., Room Z, Commercial
Bank building; cornioos, slate and tin roofing.
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HAVE A RED rEScu?
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BOoTs, SHOES, TRUNKS, ETC.
|. BACnRACII, 81 Salem ave.
j. w. WONDERS ~ CO. fO5 Commoro. ...
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LIQUOR DEALERS

IRON CONTRACTOR.
CUSHMAN IRON CO., Commercial Bank Bldg
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ROANOKE DRESSED BEEF co.
N. RENSCH, Stall No. 8.
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SEWING MACHINES.
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BUSINESS COLLEGE

CLOTHIER. TAILOR AND HALTER.
JOS. COIN (E. NJ. Dawson, Manager), d Salem
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8. j. AKERS, City Market.
]. w. SIMCOE, City Market.
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BUILDERS AND CoNTRACroRs

BRICK AND TILE WORKS.
WEST END, on, 1OS Jcfr. ct.
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which, in consideration Of an annual
pension of $4,000, be recognized Frances
rights along the coast and agreed to
stop his raids into the French protec-
torate ofPorto ,Novo, long. the favorire
hunting ground of Dahomeyan rulers for
slaves and victims to sacrifice in their
terrible 'etich rites.
Late last fall the king violated his
agreement by sending expeditions into
Porto Novo, where they surprised several
uususpecting towns and dragged hun
dreds of people to Abomey. When the
lieutenant governor of the French colony
protested the king sent an insolent letter
declaring that he recognized no treaty,
that he had a right il Porto Novo be.
cause his fathers for ages had been SUI
Grains of that country, and that he should
continue his raids il he choose, because
all the region occupied 5y The French
belonged to him. And yet. as he knew
very we'll, his father. Gelllc. fourteen
years ago gave up to France all rights to
the port of Kotonu, and he himself had
recognized the claims of France in Porto
Novo.. The young bull! sent word to
the French that if they touched one OF
his towns in the interior he would at
once destroy Porto Novo and all the
French posts. He was carried away with
the LEA of his power and the proves OF
bis far famed amszons, and undoubtedly
believed that he could drive the French
into the sec
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Grace Darling.


Fifty years ago, on October 18th,
Grace Horsley Darling, the heroine OF
the LoDgstone Lighthouse, died. The
heroic GIRL small In stature, OF . con- CON:
sumptive, fragile constitution, accom-,
piished the rescue OF the steamship For;:
iarsh're n.s6 on the night OF september Itf;
1890, oy sneer ioiee OF WIN, PLUCK and
aeseIminasion: AZ. Inas ,: now !. semalns y y. g g
.Sil tS 'Ae taie ol assSe Datsns @ = s. suoss :.
.nls genefasion y 'ae inooess .omostone
IN tne oid cnurcnyafo OF namosrg,
Northumoeriana: upon itare lnscIioeo ;,. Nee
these words: drace horsiey Darhng,
born November zotn, 1910; steamship
Foriarah,re OH wrecked Septemoes eee fIn,
1888; died OCTOBER Sotn, 1872, aSSed
twenty-nL years. y,
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BuMAN SACRIFICE PLACE IN AEoMEY.

which brought victory to Dahomey that
they were organized into permanent reg
iments. Now and then the king takes q
temporary cousort from his women regi-
ments, but no other man may marry
them. They are known in Dshomey by
the titles of "Our Mothers" 'Tigers OF
War" and the Kings Wives" They
live in the kings palace and there per-
form their fetch mysteries.
The women are taught that they are
not weak but strong. Every womaniY
sentiment is suppressed, and they be.
come unsexed and unnaturallg ferocious.
The recruits are subjected to q very
severe drill, which fortiies them to the
endurance of all kinds of hardshlps and
physical pain. They are compelled to
sjeep out OF doors in all kinds of wealth
er. cuffed aad kicked with amazing
frequency. But everything is submitted
20 withol: murnlur.
Colonel Dodds, the French chief ii
command, declares that in all his e.pc-
riepca he has never met with such fero-
cicus bravery as that exhibited by the
amazons. He says that tncy are by tar
tho most formidable Of King Behanzin's
forces. They only fire at close range Tor
few minutes, then throw away their
guns, and, uttering terrific screams and
yells, charge madly against tho ranks OF
the enemy: using their large, ccriously
shaped knives with fury that death
alone will end. Even when she;
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A Great bridge In Texas.

The Republic has published notices
Of this remarkable bridge while it was
under construction, and the accompany
ing picture, by the Hall Signal Com,
pany, graphically illustrates the remark
able structure. 1t is one Of the two or
three highest bridges in the world-32s
feet high and 2Os0 feet long. 1t is on
the line of the Southern Pacific Railroad,
1877 miles from New Orleans, and was.
built by the Phoenix Bridge Company
for the purpose of shortening the main
line and reducing the grades as we'll as
avoiding other difficulties incident to
maintaining a railroad in the canyons OF
the RIO Grande. There are 40 spans
alternately IS feet and IS feet long, ex-
cept the channel span, which Is cantl-
lever 1876 feet long. Tbs towers, the
highest of which are steel, rest on
masonry piers. They are S5xloo feet
at the base and 35x10 feet at the top.
The highest tower is 32l feet high, IN
Guiding the masonry. The floor OF this
bridge is covered with galvanized sheet
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down and trambled under foot they will
fight to the last gasp, stabbing blindly
at their assailants above, biting and
tearing the legs of those standing over
them. Before going into battle the
amazons are given liberal quantities of
rum, which gives them the frenzied
herceness and daring recklessness which
always marks their attacks.
The uniform Of the amazons is q
sleeveless tunic of blue aud white na-
tive cloth, with short, haif-Turkish
trousers and curions headdress orna-
mented with horns. Old and young:
ugly or handsome, they are all alike
marvellous to see. As full of muscle as
the male warriors, their attitude, or "set
up,"is well disciplined and correct
The leaders of each regiment are easily
recognized:b by their rich ettire. and fe.
roclous aspect. This is probably their
last appearance on the field of battle, as
France when It annexes the Dahomey
territory, will abolish this army Of anna.
zons. *
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CHAPTER XXXH.

TREMBLING IN THE RALANcE-JEALoCSY.
One Of the sweetest sensations in the
world is that Of man who has Just es-
capped the fantastic terrors of nightmare,
and who, awaking, his forehead bathed
with icy sweat, says to himself: 1t was
but dream!"
This was, in some degree, the impress
sion which Eugene felt on awaking the
morning after he arrived at Roxbury,
when his first glance fell on the sunlight
streaming over the foliage, and when he
he ard beneath his window the joyous
laugh of his little child.
He, however, was not dreaming; but
his soul. crushed by the horrible ten
sion of recent emotions, had a mo-
ments respite, and drank in, almost
without alloy, the new calm that sur
rounded him.
He ha>tily dressed himself and, de-
scending to the garden, raised his son in
his arms.
He embraced him with unusual tender
ness, and bending over him spoke to him
in q low voice, and asked after his mother,
about his plays. with singularly soft and
sad manner. Then he put him down, and
walked away with O slow step, breathing
the fresh morning air, examining the
leaves and the flowers with extraordinary
interest.
From time to time a deep, sad sigh
broke from his oppressed bosom; be
passed his hand over his brow as if to
efface the importunute images. He sal
down among the luxuriant yerdure,
called to the nurse to bring his son
again 10 him, held him on his knee, in
,erropating him again, in q low tone, as
be had already done, then drew him
toward him, and clasped him tightly for
O. long time, as though to draw into his
own soul the innocence and peace OF the
child's heart.
Flora surprised him in this gush OF
feeling, and remained mute with aston
isbment. He rose Immediately and took
her hand.
.Whut splendid care you take Of him!
ne said. i thank you Tor It. tie Will Z"
worthy of you and your mother"
She was 80 surprised at the soft and
Rad tone of his voice that she replied,
stammering with embarrassment:
And worthy Of you also, hope
of me?" said Eugene, whose lips were
slightly tremulous. Poor child, hope
potl" and rapidly withdrew.
Flora and her mother had learned, the
previous morning of the death of the Sen
ator The evening of Eugene's arrival
they did not speak to him on the subject
and were cautious not to make any al
fusion to it. The next day and the sue
ceeding ones, they practiced the same
reserve, though very far from suspectine
the fatal circumstances which rendered
this souvenlr 80 painful to Eugene. They
thought it only natural he should be
panied st SO sudden q catastrophe, and
that his conscience should be disturbed;
but they were astonished when this i'm
preston prolonged itself from day TO
day. until it took the appearance OF
lasting sentiment.
They began to believe that there had
arisen between Cora and himself, proba-
bly occasioned BY the Senator's death.
some Quarrel which had weakened the tie
between them.
A trip to New York, which he MADE
some two weeks after his arrival, was TO
them a confrmat on of the ruth they be-
fore suspected, but his prompt return
his new tastes. which kent him at R"r-
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Value Of Eggs as Food.

Six large eggs will weigh about
pound. AS flesh producer one pound
of eggs is equal to one pound of beef.
About one.t third of the weight of an egg
is solid nutriment, which is more than
can be said of meat. There are no bones
and tough pieces that have to be laid
aside. Practically an egg is animal
food, and yet there is none OF the dis
agreeable work of the butcher necessary
to obtain it.
Eggs at average prices are among tho
cheapest and most nutritious articles OF
diet. Like milk, an egg is complete
food in itself, containing everything
necessary for the development OF per-
feet animal. It is also easily digested,
if not damaged in cooking. Indeed,
there is no more concentrated and
nourishing food than eggs. The albumen,
oil and saline matter are, as in milk, IN
the right proportion for sustaining AMI
NAL life.
The valuable or important salts arc
contained in the yolk, and hence this
portion of the egg is most useful in some
forms of disease. A weakly person IN
whom nerve force is deficient and the
blood impoverished. may take the yolk
of an egg with advantage. The iron
and phosphoric compounds are in con-
dltion to be easily assimilated, and,
although homeopathic in quantity,
nevertheless exert a marked influence on
the system. The yolks of eggs, contain.
ing as they do less albumen, are not so
iniuriously affected by heat as the
whites, and hard-boiled yolk may be
usually eaten by invalids without incon'
venience.
A boiled egg, being easier of digestion
than meat, supplies meaus of gradual
ing the amount of nourishment. The
celebrated Guincd de Reyniere, who
consecrated his life to studying the
delicacies of the table, affirms, in his
"Almanach des Gourmands," that eggs
can be served in more than 600 ways.
and book is published in London by a
French cook who gives $50 receipts for
cooking eggs. The feeble man who hos
regained strength by eating boiled eggs
for several days, will continue the same
comforting food when presented in the
form of an omelet, which is the one
principal food preparation made with
eggs. The phosphorus in the egg Is
very good for all those who have brain
work to dc.-st. Louis Republic.
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populating bordering countries and have
finally aroused the ire of the French
Government. Yes, everybody has read
of Dahomey and the amazons, aud the
more certainly since the papers of late
have been full of stories about the
sanguinary. battles between the resolute
little French army under Colonel Dodds
and the hordes Of Dahomey, amazon and
male.
But. says the Chicago Times, it's
dollars to doughnuts that the average
reader doesn't know where Dahomey is,
and it's dollars to even less odds that he
doesn't know much about this little
monarchy, which has long been famous
as the only principally defended by
womsn soldiers. To begin then !:
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The most remarkable features 6f Da.
honey are its large force Of women war
riors and its terrible system of religious
sacrifices, in which hundreds of human
victims are tutchered at the capital every
year. The sacrifcial festivities take
place in the autumn and spring, and are
called "customs." sa!
Last May the French representatives
reported that not less than 900 people
were butchered ia the market square at
Abomey. A large shed called the
"blood house" sta Ids in tho square, in
which the prisoners are confined and ex-
hibited prior to the butcherY. They
are bound to poles driven into the
ground, aud black and white goats are
tied alternately with each victim.
These victims are most fantastically ar.
rayed in peaked caps and short mantles
bedecked with libbons. A large patch
of scarlet cloth is sewn on their shirts
over the region of the heart. In addi-.
ton to the human beings publicly sac.
rifced at the religious ceremonies tho
amazons are allotted very large mum.
ber of prisoners, which they take to
their quarters within the palace to tor
ture and kill at their pleasure. No man
IS allowed 10 be present to inquire into
their horrible and peculiar rites, viola.
tion of the rule being punishable BY in
slant death.
Dahomey is the only country in the
world which makes women part Of its
military System. In the year 1929 the
king, hard pressed by his enemies,
placed a large number of armed women
among his soldiers. These women acted
with such signal bravery and fought with
such abandon and ferocity in the battles
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little boat, that the father and daughter
set off through the binding storm to
rescue the shipwrecked crew.
AIreat for biologists.

"A European correspondent writes that
a Russian expedition IS now in North
east Siberia for the purpose of bringing
back mammoth which has been dis
covered there frozen in perfect condi-
tion. The writer adds that he has strong
hopes that the naturalist in charge of
the expedition may discover the eggs OF
Ross's Rosy Gull, as yet unknown to {
BIOLOGISTS. Pittsburg Dispatch.
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longitude 20 look around oit. A little
north of this point, say seven degrees
north latitude, may be found the little
block of territory inhabited by 200. 200
OF the fercest Of the African tribes.
withal semi-civiIzed, and ruled over by
q monarch who, while educated in Eu.
rope and speaking and reading several
languages, is the most unmitigated tyrant
that rules in all the dark, continent. The
bloodthirsty King Behanzin, who cele-
brstes bis birthdays by cutting the heads
off some 600 of his slaves.
At. the close Of the war in 1853,
France made treaty with the king, by
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the well-drilled standing army which is
kept near the capital ready to take up
firms at moments notice.
In the present emergency the king
has been compelled to call out all the
available reserves, which gives him some
20,00D amazons and men all told. As
the population Of Dabomey is estimated
at more than 100000, any or all of
whom can be turned into soldiers by tie
king, it can be readily understood that
the French have not such q small affair
on their hands as most persons imagine.
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Dahomey is, a little scrap of territory
lying along the Blight of Berrin. Gulf
Of Guinea, on the west coast of Africa.
If you don't look carefully you'll miss it
even with these directions. The
safest way to get to Dahomey
ION a map) is to follow the
equator line across Africa from
east to west, and where it strikes salt
water and the second degree of east
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THE AMAZONS.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE WOMEN
SOLDIERS OF DAHOMEY.
They Are the Fiercest Fighters
French Troops Have Ever En-
countered - Six Hundred
Slaves Sacrificed at Once,

VERYBODY h a 8
read of Dahomey-
the land of the
amazonian warrior,
the home of tn Q
his b ly intellectual
skull dance, and the
labiding place of that
fascinating monarch,
Behanzin l., whose
little eccentrlcities
with regard to cele-
braring N alto n a
events have done a
good bit toward de.
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iron as protection against fire, ~, SUI
square feet of iron having been useo lor
the purpose. st. Louis Republic.
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am not mad; l did not:wish to try yoq;
am jealous Il am betrayed, and shall
revenge myself, no matter what it costs
me, for I care for nothing more In this
world! Go, and guard heri"
BE it so; CO." said Eugene, with
flashing eyes. He immediately left the
room and the house; he reached the
Grand Central Depot on foot, and that
night reached Roxbury.
Something terrible there awaited him.