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The Opelousas courier., 1892-03-05
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done duty as q fog-horn, and as, by
climbing a couple of steps of the rickety
ladder leading TO the little attic, he
could have shouted his morning greeting
into his step-daughter's very ear, it is
needless to state that his last query was
entirely snperfuous. Perhaps he
thought SO, too, for he did not wait tor
any reply, but turned aud dumped out
to the forIorn little ~lean-to, out by the
big rocks, which he dignified by the
name stable whence the sounds which
presently issued informed the occupants
of the house that he was venting some of
his bad temper on his two unfortunate
horses.
Up in the little, stuffy attic a girl
kreit, staring stoniIy out of the tiny VIM
dow, through which the morning sun,
rising over Redtop, had shot a blisterlng
ray and Weakened her, long before Orrin
Halpine had called her. From the
room below came the cross, whining
voices OF two or three of the little Hal
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suddenly asked her to marry him-prin-
cipally because Susie had refused him,
but Tillie did not know it-she con-
sented, and for a while was just as happy
as though Fred Barnett had never como
to Woodson's Gap,
Babies came, and more babies, and
Hattie grew into girlhood and woman
hood almost before her mother noticed
it. Then-only a year gone by-a letter
had come from Fred Barnett's mother
aecarefully worded epistle, saying that
if Hattie would come to her, and leave
everything in the old life, she would do
well for her, and bring her up a lady, as
became a daughter. Of the B -znett.
Hattie read the letter, with throbbing
heart and flushed checks. Hoff often
the poor child had dreamed and hoped
for this very opportunity To go to
school--to learn, and see, and know the
great world. Ard Observation-Disclosures
ssthen'' was too lar in the future to come
within the scope of her Imagination, and
she took the letter, in great glee, to her
mother, not dreaming that Mrs. Halplne
would be one whit less pleased than she
herself was. The elder woman read
Mrs. Barnett's note, and, after the fashion
of such weak creatures, wilted INTO the
char and wept-not for JOY, but Tor
reasons purely selfish, which Hattie
readily understood, for she crumpled the
letter in her little clenched hand and
threw it into the fire. Mrs. Halplne
protested, weakly, III spite OF her W
gladness, at first, but Hattie took up
the burdens Of her starved, lonely life
and went on as before.
After breakfast, which Orrin Halpine's
ugly temper made more than usually IN
pleasant, Hattie took a pail and walked
down to the spring, near the staggered.
1t was cool and quiet down there, and
at this time of day there was seldom any
one passing, so Hattie, worn out with a
night of wakefulness--for Orrin Halpine
had come home drunk, and she feared
for the consequences to her mother-sat
down by the spring to rest and think.
The long, dreary, unhappy year that
had gone by-had it brought anything
to reward the satfifce she had made?
Would not her mothers life have been
really more endurab!e without her? For
she was the cause ofmuch of the trouble
between Halpine and her mother.
And what good had her sacrifice done?
Where would it all end? Her mother
would miss her if she went away; but,
she asked, a little bitterly, "How Iong?'
These and other thoughts crowded in-
to her mind, and a spirit of pure selfish
ness, she had never before felt, entered
into them. Why should she, after all,
throw away everything the world held
for her for the sake OF her weak, selfish
mother and those little Halpine's? She
never thought of them as being anything
more to her than Orrin Happiness chill
dren. Had she not rights as we'll
as others? And-she hal fooiishly
thrown away the only chance her life
had held. No, there had been Sam
Hollis. What w9uId he not have done
for herI But she had told him that she
could not care for him as he deserved,
and he went away-to Louisville, it was
said, but she did not know, for he sent
no word, though she heard he was doing
well.
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SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Steam pipes are made of ramic fibre.
Blotting paper is made of cotton rags
boiled in soda.
Scientists say that a grasshopper has
its ears on its forelegs.
A man breathes about eighteen pints
of air in a minute, or upward of seven
hogsheads in a day.
A company has been formed in
Chicago, ILL.,, to manufacture a metallic
substitute for wooden railway ties.
According to a statistician of small
things, the human heart in a lifetime Of
eighty years, beats 800, 600, 900 times.
The interesting fact has developed in
the case of table glass that to much-ad-
mired iridescent film is slightly soluble
in water.
An underground hydraulic power dis
tribution plant is being talked of for
Berlin, Germany. Such systems have al
ready been successfully used in England.
A torquoise mine has been discovered
near the town of Ibrahim Olga about fif-
teen miles from Samarcand. This is said
to be the third turquoise mine found in
Central Asia.
The largest animal known to exist in
the world at the present time is the
%rorqual, which averages 100 feet IN
length; the smallest is the monad, which
is only 1-12, 900 of an inch in length.
There have been many collisions at
sea which have seemed wholly unac-
countable, and it may be suspected that
they have proceeded from the not UNI
common inability to distinguish between
green and red lights at night. y
1t has recently been discovered that in
a cubic centimeter of milk, two hours
after removal from the COW, there are
5000 microbes, and in twenty-five hours
these have increased tie over 5000, 900.
Their number is enormously increased by
elevation of temperature. These mic
robes are harmless, and by many sclen-
lists are supposed to even aid digestion.
Field TASKS of aluminium instead of the
ordinary glass TASKS are being introduced
experimentally in the German army.
They appear to be servicable and strong,
and should they fulfil their promise the,
whole army is to be supplied with them.
In addition to their greater durability
the metal TASKS are much lighter than
those of glass, their weights being re-
spectively $50 and 500 grams.
Arc light carbons frequently possess
characteristics Of the diamond, to which
in composition they strongly approx
mate. The pieces of unburned cartoons
which are thrown away are very often
found to contain very hard, sharp ends,
which will cut glass, and the mischiev-
Gus street Arabs have discovered this fact
and use the pieces for defacing windows
and doing other destructive work.
A comparatively new system of con-
struction, the invention of Mr.. Monier, is
being applied to the building of houses,
bridges, Notifications, reservoirs, sewers,
etc. 1t consists of a network of iron rods
covered with cement concrete, and the
most remarkable feature in connection
with it is the great strength of the con-
structed material, relatively to its weight.
1t is also claimed that the material is
perfectly fre-proof and cheaper than any
other at present employed and that spa;s
is considerably economical owing to tie
comparative thinness of material EN-
Moved.
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The Richmond (Va.) state says:
"a queer story comes from Low
ell, Mass, to this effect: Twenty
years ago a man gave a deed
of his body to a New Hampshire
doctor for the consideration of $40.
The deed provides that after death the
body may be dissected, the skeleton ar
ticulated and given to a medical college
museum. But the d~eed-giver has since
made a fortune in South America, and
wants back his own body, so that when
he dies his remains may have a respecta-
bic burial. To the mans establishment,
lawyers decide that the deed holds good;
thai the only Alternative is to make terms
with the doctor, who, according to the
story, refuses to compromise, and keeps
his claim upon the body"
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~ ACT Oh JUNE 81, 1s90-P4nsions soldiers aud sailors of the var of the
rebellion who served go days ani wer,. honorably discharged from the service and
dRn, dependent parents, fathers and mothers. ALI pensions under this Act will
from the date of fling the formd application (aher the passage of the
good unles fled in tie Pension B Toauo On Or after June 81, 1890. Giate of the
Aa9 On II nt in me forn, substantially, prescribed by the Secretary. The rates.:
mid OF soldier under sixteen years; and it ths widow dies, the ehId d childna
draw such pension. The soldier is entitled to any rate from IS to $2 PER
may apply under this one, ora pensioner under this n nay apply under other
laws but can draw only one pension at tn same time. This law requires in a SOL
Or sailors case: #.#
~ An honorable discharge.
az That he served at least ninety lays.
90 A permanent physical or mental inability to earn a support but not de
to Vicious habits. Cit need not have originated in the saviceJ
CD That he was honoably discharged.
Naval service.
"a That the widow is without other mems of support than her da
! GO That he marreds soldier prior to June ~, 1890, the date of the Act
@ That the soldier n sailor died of wound, injury or disease, which, I'M
of pro T nw, would you'd have given him . pension.
G the mother N father at present dependent On her Or his own
ul lsbor, o. the contributions IF Others not legally bound for their SUPPORT
u benefits ofth he first section of the Act of June 81, 1890, are not confined to-
~ parents Wherep ensronable dependence has arisen Q N account of the death oa
sn 4 served, since said war; in behalf of the United States, as well as for EdB
abilities contracted before or since discharged.
4 That in case minor child is insane, idioGc or otherwise ermamut
nep.sst tn pensions shall continue during the period of such disability, and this
undert this or any former statute, and such pensions shall commence from the date
OF application therefor after passage of this Act
attorneys. az "Pp"""~
~ Under Act Of June q, 1890, pensions are granted to Soldiers and Sailors
daaN66Jom 01Gge igfrm8y etc
w NollCE.Dr. w. r. Lastapes having recently been appointed q IS
Examining Surgeon for Pensions at opelousas, La, it is now Of special nterstfr
th a nann so u lensons &c com to me and make out their applications, TO
l uey Gu aI noW De examined without having to sustain the expenses of going to
New orleans FOL medical examination, at which place they have heretofore been
directed to go.
HART II. SANDOZ.
H-offce with Hon. John N odgen, opelouss. Louisiana. '"4
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wholesale customers. These wagons, WIN
all the harnesses of the horses, arc made
at the company's shops, where all the re-
pairs and shoeing are also done. The
capacity of each cart is about two and a
half tons.-NeH York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-03-05

Equatorial Africa promises another
treasure to civilization, the
New York Press. 1t is a much scented
plant, the branches of which carried
about the person will frlghtea away
mosquitoes. The smell of the plant is
neither unpleasant nor unhealthy, but
no mosquito will venture within its
rauue.
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ARD and stern
were the tones
Of Mr.. Orrin
Halpine's voice
as he called
out: t'H a t !
Yo' lazy, shir-
kin crit e ri
w hat d'yeh
"S"d - AdSn
abed his hyar
time o lay? Git
up! Dive heah
me9" :
A 5 Orrin
Halpine's voice
mirht h a " O
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Experiments are being made in Austria
with the view of replacing steam by
electricity for rapid railroad travel.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-21
BREv1TIEs.

The Salem Guitar Club were out sere-
nading Monday night and in their
rounds did not forget the home of The
TIMES reporter, for which he returns
thanks.
Col. 10. Lane Stearns inspected the
jeff Davis Rifles yesterday morning in
their armory over the courthouse. On
account OF so many young men having
to go elsewhere for work, only about Is
members reported, but their uniforms
and guns were in good condition.
q Charles Cooke and DIR. Styll, OF Hol-
Inns, were in town yesterday morning
G. w. Lowery was fined IS and costs
by Mayor Younger Monday for violation
of section 10.
A special meeting Of the town coun.
Gil, at which all ths members were pres.
emit, was held Monday night at which
time the nineteen thousand dollars
worth of town bonds were issued in pay
ment for the electric light plant, which
was then received by the town.
Misses Ora Johnston and Roberta
Webster, of West Salem have retui ned
home from visit to Grayson' county.
John s. Martin left yesterday for
Bluefeld, where he will open a dry
goods store. Mr.. Martin has many
friends in Salem who sincerely regret
to hear of his departure. John 8. Is q
brother of Tom Martin. of Scottsville,
who it was thought would have re.
ceived the appointments Of United States
Senator last spring.
1t would seem as though the location
of the McCarty steel plant was a settled
fact, for Ed. Langhorne is blowing up
the site on Steelton - for wheat crop.
Clinton Camper. editor of the Fin.
castle Herald, was in Salem for a few
hours Yesterday.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-21
Character in the Hand,ba,,e.

form my estimate OF q man the moment
1 shake hands with him. If he frankly
gives me his whole hand and with 1t a cor
dial grip, at the same time looking me
fully In the eyes, would not hesitate to
lend him money or appeal to him for aid IL
was in trouble. Men who shake hands
that way usually mean what they say.
They are manly men, big hearted, brave,
brotherly and will do to bank on. The
man who reaches out his hand as though
the exertion worried him, and lets it lie in
your grasp like the flipper of defunct cat
fish, Is the kind of creature who sits up
nights to plot petty treasons. The man
who shakes hands with three fingers would
steal from himself If he knew how.
Whenever 1 reach out my hand and find
that it has closed down on three fishy
fingers / instinctively look to see IL my
purse is safe. The man who grabs your
hand and pumps your arm up and down as
though it was the handle to a hand car is
usually well meaning fellow, but is sell
dom troubled with a plethora of brains.
The ladies also reveal themselves in the
handshake. There is no danger of mis-
taking the shy yet magnetic touch of ma
tive modesty for the icy salute of unfeeling
formality. No woman who shakes hands
as she might touch dead mouse ever
played much havoc with masculine hearts.
Interview in st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-21
The leverage IN a scre,ydriva,.

It Is sometimes supposed by persons i'm
perfectly informed in mechanics that a
long screwdriver gives greater leverage"
than short one. This. however, Is incor-
rect The action of screwdriver the
pressure on which is direct, is not in any
way analogous to that Of lever. The
superiority Of n long screwdriver rests
simply on two facts-first you can gener-
ally get a better grip of q long screwdriver
than of short one and can bring the whole
weight of the body and strength of the
arms to bear on it. and second, the torsion
of the iron in long screwdriver comes in
to supplement- the force employed. The
only way in which leverage can come in is
in connection with the breadth of the point
OF the screwdriver, and even this counts
for nothing beyond the breadth OF the head
of che crew.-Brooklyn Eagle
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-21
COUNTY COURT.
The Second Days Session of
That Tribunal.

Roanoke county court convened at IL
a. m. yesterday, Judge Griffin presiding,
AMI the following business was tran
sacted:
The estate Of John M. Evans, dec
eased, was committed to the sheriff for
administration, the formers administra
tor, Nash j. Evans, having resigned.
The court granted the resignation, it
appearing that his report had been
handed in to Commissioners of Accounts
McCaulay. Attorney Allen3ong repre-.
sented the estate.
The case of Commonwealth vs. Fl. j.
Senay, charged with felony. was called
demurrer to the indictment was en-
was overrpled by the court, and there
upon the prisoner was arraigned and
plead mot guilty"
The Indictment charged that II. j.
Senay did, on the 18th day Of August,
burn certain dwelling wherein was
contained cigars, liquors, household
furniture, ETC., with intent to defraud
sundry IRE insurance mpanies therein
set forth. Tho commonwealth an.
nounced itself ready but continuance
was asked by the defense on account OF
the absence OF material witnesses, and
satisfactory evidence being produced of
the fact the court granted continuance
until next term. a motion was then
made to admit the prisoner to bail,
which motion was contested by the
commonwealth on the ground that this
was not bailable offense.
This motion was continued until next
Friday at 10 a. M, when witnesses will
be produced by both parties tending to
show the nature OF the offense. Col.
Hansbrough, one of the counsel for de.
tense, was absent in Wytheville, where
he is engaged on legal business.
Judgment was given for the plaintiff
in the case of Lee g. Whitcarver versus
7. B. Robertson. upon garnishment,
the garnishee not appearing.
James o. Kasey's administrator YER
sus William Angel was next called.
This is an action of detinue to recover
corn and other farm products, and the
jury found for the defendant. Col.
Logan represented the plaintiff, Mr..
Hartwell, of Roanoke, for the defense.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-21
A New Kind of a wheel.

1t is proposed to obviate by means of a
simple arrangement, the jolts and jars and
vibrations common to vehicles when driven
over rough roads or street pavements when
ordinary wheels of rigid construction are
employed. Surrounding the outside of the
periphery Of the wheel, and in close con-
tact with the tire, are n series of independ-
ent springs. which form the outer tread of
the wheel; these springs are so arranged rs
to work in conjunction with each other,
and when moving under heavy load their
free ends are sprung in toward the rim,
and coincide with the true or working peri
phery of the wheel, the springs not coming
in contact with the plane until the spring
Is nearly under the center of gravity.
In this way the spring resistance is used
in sustaining the load, and not in retard
ing the movements of the wheel, the
springs, after passing the center of gravity,
exerting a force against the plane over
which they are passing to force the wheel
ahead, thus making, as it is claimed, a
wheel that is not only easy riding, but easy
propelling as well.-New York Sun.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-21
The Z. H. Stewart Furniture Co.
Women Not All Alike.
41onJI

One of the constitutional opinions Of The
average man is that women are all alike.
1t crops out in his speech perpetualIy.
sometimes in the way of kindness and SYM
pathy. oftener in the way of derision and
contempt. When wife has forgiven some
great wrong done her by her husband.
when mother has sacrificed herself for
her children. we hear, est is just like
woman" We hear the same thing if she
has deceived her lover or involved her
father in debt. This dissent is due to the
fact that some men are sentimentalists.
and that more men are cynics. The former
are always praising woman, the latter are
generally sneering ut or decrying her; but
both think that she has only one nature.
The sentimentalist believes her to be good,
gentle, loyal, truthful under every circum-
stance; the cynic pronounces her bad,
harsh, inconstant, hypocritical on instinct.
Neither is wholly right nor wholly
wrong. She is good and bad, gentle and
harsh, loyal and inconstant, truthful and
hypocritical. Her qualities depend largely
on the individual, and the individual
varies with mood and environment. She is
not cut out of the ideal, nor is she drawn
from debasement She Is primarily human,
as man Is; compound of brain and body,
of strength and weakness, of generosity
and selfishness, of charity and prejudice,
OF altruism and egotism, of affection and
aversion. Some women are far better,
some women are far worse than the mass.
but better or worse they are fundament-
ally unlike one another and often unlike
Observation-Disclosures Henri Browne in La
dies Home Journal
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-21
YX7nI mr.. MONTGOMERY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAw,
WEST WING COURTHOUSE, SALEM, VA.
The noys Were Chastised.

Detective W. G. Baldwin and one of
his associates caught the two colored
boys who placed the obstruction on the
track at Bell Spring last week, which
derailed the engine pulling passenger
train No. IA. Their names were James
Madison and Ebert Hants. One was
caught in Bluefield and the other in
Pearisburg. On account of the tender
age of the two culprits their mothers
agreed to give them sound thrashing
in the presence OF the officers IL they
would not prosecute them. To this the
officers agreed, and the mothers whipped
the boys until Mr.. Baldwin had to in
terfere in their behalf.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-21
A Million Friends.

A FRIEND In need Is friend indeed,
and not less than one million people
have found just such friend in DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds. If you have never
used this Great Cough Medicine, one
trial will convince you that it has won
derful curative powers in all diseases
OF Throat, Chest and Lungs. Each bot.
tie is guaranteed to do all that Is claimed
or money will be- refunded. Trial bot.
tie free at Christian & Barbee's drug
store. Large bottles SOC. and ST.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-21
Ben ID. Hill,

DRUGeIsT, Of Lexington, KY, says that
DR.. Hale's Household remedies consist
ing of DR.. Hale's Household Cough Cure,
DR.. Hale's Household Ointment and DR..
Hale's Household Tea) are the best sell.
ers ne has ever had in his store. This
is owing to the great merit Of these pop
ular remedies. They invariably give
great satisfaction, save many doctors
bills and work wonderful cures. Every
body should use them. Is and soc. sizes
at Massie g. Martins drug store, corner
Commerce street and Salem avenue.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-21
Deserving Praise.

WE desire to say to our citizens that
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Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
DR.. Kings New Life Pills, Bucklen's
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price If satisfactory results do not fol-
low their use. These remedies have
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their merits. Christian & Barbee. Drug.
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