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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-22
THIS WORK-A.pAY WORLD.

THE world is producing 1000, 900
pounds of silk a year.
NoAH's arks and kindred toys come
from Saxony and some 50, 600 people at
Thuringia get their living making them.
The asbestos belt of the province of
Quebec is proving to be the greatest in
the world, both in extent and quality
of fiber.
AN effort is being made to build up
a big india rubber industry in Mexico,
and company has been organized to
plant 100000 rubber trees in the state
Of Sinaloa.
The coal industry of the United States
furnishes employment to 100000 per-
sons, ito whom 81, 10000 is paid in wages,
and the capital invested is estimated at
$4,000, 600.
II is stated that over 5000, 900 acres
of land in Europe are devoted to beet
sugar cultivation, which, with an aver
age of twelve tons of beets to the acre,
would give about 1906, oOO. 900 pounds of
sugar TO the acre.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-22
WEAVING RAG CARPETS.
An Old-Fa shioned Art That Is Fast Be
comm: Extinct.


An Old-Eashioned Art That Is Fast Be-
comm. Extinct.
Among the lost arts, such as the tenn
pering of bronze, making flexible glass
and the manufacture of Tyrian purple,
We ayill soon have to number pnother-=
nal,@3y, the weaving of rag carpets. 70
be supa; You can still buy the factory
made article, but that is not the SORT
that we associate with recoiiections OF
an ojd-fashioped room, with its hIsh-
post bedstead, whitewashed walls, dia-
mond-paned windows and clan, footed
chcval glass in the corner. In those
days the rags were cpt and scwed by
the fire in the long winter evenings, and
often the carpet was woven on the old
wooden loom up garret, but usually the
material was sent to the old town weav-
er, who was as important parsonage
as either the butcher, the baker or the
candlestick maker.
The old weavers are dying out through
lack OF patronage, but the other day q
Washington Star reporter found where
one still works down by the waterside.
1t is queer old one-story house, with
squares and panels of carpet hung tap
estrywisc over the front by way of adj
vertisement. The proprietor is little
dried and withered specimen, much
bent by STOPPING over his loom. He
| came from the low countries in Holland
nearly fifty years ago. There he was q
flax-weaver by trade, but American ma
chinery threw him out of work years
ago, and he has been carpet weaving
| c@cr since.
! 1t used to be good trade, he said to
the Star man. but now it is dying out.
He still has work enough TO keep him, but
Americans do not use many rag carpets
now; he sells the most to his own coun-
trymeu. lie works twelve hours day,
winter and summers and turns out about
sixteen yards a day. Weaving costs
twenty-five cents per yard, and he fur
nishes the warp. If he furnishes the
rags, too, it costst;about twice that.
Bags of rags were standing around un.
der the shelves, and in one corner was
a pile of balls made from strips his wife
and children sewcd ut night.
The loom was the most primitive
model known, yet on one but little
rndcr the Navajos made their famous
waterproof blankets, and upon one but
little better the Hindoo produces the
famous woven wind of India twas
really 20 ancient looking TINT il wa,
Disappointing 10 lind that II was puIi
rs late a. 1855. The working parts
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-22
ART STUDIO.

The Tolonia gallery has been bought
by the Italian government to form the
nucleus of a national gallery in Rome.
The Associates Guild is society in
Paris, for the purpose of making home
for English-speaking girls in the art
schools of Paris.
LIFE-sIzE bust of Cardinal Gibbons
is being modelled by Samuel Kitson,
the Boston sculptor. When the marble
is finished it will be sent to the Catho-
lie university in Washington.
THE French artists are making so
much money in portrait painting that
the exhibitions now show dispropor-
tionately great number of portraits.
Eight thousand dollars for full-length
picture is said to be about the top price.
The car is an admirer of the French
school of painting, and has the best col
lection that there is of NJ. Gerome's
works. He is going, it is stated. to add
to his gallery many of the pictorial ex-
hibits that were sent from Paris last
spring to Moscow.
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from much oil and handling, had taken
on the rich tints of seasoned meer-
schaum and the rest was smoke
Drowned to deep sienna. With the
background of dark shadows and the
bright warp threads running through
the center it made q study worthy of an
artist.
There arc no longer any apprentices
at the trade. No one wants to learn
hand-weaving now. The old man said
the last pupil he had was during the
spinning-wheel craze several years ago.
One society girl came down and insisted
ON learning to weave, but her enthu-
siasm soon gave out, and since then the
old man has had his trade to himself.
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IN THE nUsTINGs COURT.

In the Hastings Court yesterday the
case OF NJ. picken VS.. A. f. Malone,
about D real estate transaction, was
tried and verdict given for the plain
tiff for $500. A motion was made to set
the verdict aside, which will be consid-
cred this morning.
The jury failed to agree Ia the case
of Mary E. helms vs.. Gray e. Boswell,
real estate agents, and it wa discharged.
The case is continued until next term
The case of James A. PuQh vs. Herald
Publishing Company was CONTINUED
A jury was empaneled and the cise oil
the Riddle Slate and Mantle Company
vs.. Nicholas & oodward, was heard, hui
thu jury having failed to arrive at g
verdict yesterday evening it was con-
,inucd until this morning.
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THE COUNTY COURT.
Considerable Business Was
Transacted Yesterday.

Roanoke county court convened
| promptly at 10 a. m. Monday morning,
Judge Griffin presiding.i
Much business of an unimportant
character YVES transacted, also the fol-
lowing: Frank NJ. Gordon, of the
Bank of Salem, qualified as notary
publbs, with bond of $500; surety, T. j.
Shickel. Commonwealth vs.. C. B. Ben
son and others, for breaking into school
house No. S, and Damaging personal
property. In this case the jury found
9. Il. Benson guilty, and assessed upon
him fine of SIS. A mol. pros. was en-
tered as to the others.
Jeremiah G. Brubaker was appointed
guardian of Annie L. and Anna L.
Wrightsman, infant children of Gideon
Wrighssman, deceased, with bond Of
$50. Security, Isaac Brubaker.
The afternoon session was principally
taken up in hearing the case of Lees &c
McVittY, owners of the Salem steam
laundry, in which they asked to be ex-
onerated from certain county and State
taxation, which they deem excessive.
They were represented by d. B. Strouse
and Pugh g. Moffett. After hearing the
arguments of their counsel and that of
the commemorative attorney the court
concluded to take the matter under ad-
visement.
An appeal in the case of j. D. Leslie
VS.. William Angel and J. W. Whey ard
was continued for appellee to the second
day of next term.
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aOUTH ROCK PANTS COMPANY.
WALES FEATHERS.

How tho Badge Of England's Oldest
Prince Was Adopted.
The popular account of the ndoption
OF the feathers by the eldest sons of the
English kings as their own peculiar
badge is, Chambers Journal saws, that
the black prince, son of Edward ILL.,,
conquered the original wearer of the
crest. John of Nuremberg, king of
Bohemia, at the field of Crecy, and ever
afterward, wore the plumes in com.
memoration of the battle. s'The fate
of the king of Bohemia" says Hume,
twas remarkable. He was blind from
age; but, being resolved to hazard his
person and set an example to others, he
ordered the reins of his bride to be
tied on each side to two gentlemen of
his train; and his dead body and those
OF his attendants were afterward found
among the slain, with their horses
standing by them in that situation. It
is said that the crest of the king of
Bohemia was three ostrich feathers,
and his motto Ich Dien,' serve, which
the prince of Wales and his successors
adopted in memorial of the great VIC
tory. The general opinion now is, says
the ST. James Gazette, that the badge.
SO far from being acquired on the bat
tlefield, was adopted by the black prince
and his successors as part of the ar
mortal bearings of the various
continental families with whom
they were connected by descent.
There is no contemporary evidence
in support of the popular history
of the badge, and the earliest writer
who refers to it is Camden, whose Gre
mains" were published in the time of
Elizabeth. more than two centuries
after the battle. 1t is most probable
that the badge was introduced into Eng
land by Philippa of Hainault. the con
sort of Edward III. and mother of
the black prince. She was descended
from the sister of Henry, count of Lux
emburg, an ancestor of John of Bohe-
mia, whose connection with the legend
is thus accounted for, and Johns
son, Emperor Charles ~, bore an
ostrich as his badge, as did his daughter
Anne, the first queen of Richard II.
The earliest reference to the ostrich
feathers in any English record is in an
indenture witnessing the delivery of
certain articles of plate belonging to
the wardrobe of Queen Philippa. Sill
yer basins and ever are described,
enameled with the arms of France and
Hainault quarterly, and particular men
ton is made of large dish for the aims
OF the queen. 1t was silver-gilt, and
enameled on the bottom with black
escutcheon with ostrich feathers The
inference is that, like the arms of Hahn
ault upon other articles of plate, the
ostrich feathers IN the sable shield be-
longed to Queen Philippa. and were
borne by her as q badge of her family.
or in right OF some territories governed
by the princes of her house. Original
~, far from being cQn6ued to the sole
use of the prince of Wales, the feathers
were occasionally granted to collateral
branches of the royal house. Richard
H., who adopted the white hart as his
own badge, granted two ostrich feath-
ers to his cousin, Thomas Mowbray,
earl-marshal and duke of Norfolk.
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Camden iron Works,

ALABAMA STREET, SALEM, VA.
Manufactures Ornamental and Archi-
tectural Castings, Iron Fencing, Crest
ing, Iron Fronts, Miners Cars, etc.
Full line OF hard ware at store, corner
Main and Colorado streets.
jan26.1yr o. D. Oakley, Propr.
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collected Crowd, but no Iouey.

Two perambulating showmen, whose
stock in trade consisted OF monkey
and baboon, collected quite crowd,
but few pennies, on several street
corners OF the city yesterday. 1t takes
something far more attractive than a
member Of the monkey tribe to extract
money from ths average pedestrian in
Roanoke
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-22

IT c. OAKLEY,
ARCHITECT, CONTRACTOR AND
BUILDER, ROANOKE.
Plans and estimates furnished on short
notice. Will contract to erect resi-
dences, stores and warerooms. Best of
workmen and material. Satisfaction
guaranteed. "a emo
t. w. MILLER, 8. f. JONES,
City solicitor, Late of Bototourt
Roanoke. Bar.
MILLER & JONES,
Nl ATTORNEYS-AT-LA
Office: 90 Campbell street 8. W. lover
Adams Express Otice). Courts: Roam
oke city and county and adjoining coun.
ties, Supreme Court of Appeals ana u. S.
Courts. Special attention to claims.
A RCHITECTURE AND BUILDING,
j. P. POLLARD g. CO.,
Office corner Salem avenue and Ninth
streets. W.,
Will furnish plans, estimates and
contracts for residences, warerooms.
stores, etc.
Rates moderate, and all work guaran-
teed to give satisfaction. Best of
references furnished.
Call or address US. 221 emo
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Ir You wan. buss or baggage wagon
ring ND teh phone ZIP.
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PROFESSIONAL.

n. f. SCOTT. A. p. STAPLES.
SCOTT Sc STAPLES, attorneys
~ at-law, Roanoke. Va, office over
Roanoke Trust Loan and Safe Deposit
Company. 514 If.
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RoASugE NAcHiNK woHKs BASu
C.Ae.,tI IAesaAX nlEAt.
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n L. SLOWER,

TYAIR MATTRESSES-W MANU-
4 facture all kinds Of ma ttresses for
sale, Wholesale and retail. Hair mat
tresses re.made specially. Practical
workmen employed, work warranted,
prices low. Orders by mail promptly at
tended. VIII buy clean shucks and straw.
J. B. RICHARDSON & SON, Alabama
st., Salem Va. P. o. box 326. 351y.
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PROFESSIONAL.

SoAEoKK MAcHrSR woRKs BAND
Concert Tuesday night
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Department. Ditson's music received
ss Hublished. Presser's publications In
full and large line of 10-oent music
handled. Anything in the music line
from a Jews harp to a grand piano or
church pipe organ can be gotten from us
at pvieos which cannot be beat, and at
terms TRAN which there are none easier.
Orders by mail promptly attended to
Bank Bailding, College Avenue.
jan23-tf
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EyLowERs AND DECORATIVE PLANTS.

havctin Green Houses now ready for sale,
Palms, Draccnas, Rubbers, Screw Pines, hzc,ea, ,
Roses, Gernninms, Fnschias. and general. pr
eortment OF all kinds OF plants for pots or bcS-
dug. Prices low and stock frst-class.
4 Please give me o call.
Visitors welcome at all times.
j. SIIARTZER,
: + orist, Salem, Va.
River Side Flower Gardens. - Tyr
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~ HAMILTON GRAVES,
Ne ATTORNEY
Roanoke, Va. Office, 116 Commerce
street. over '"The Roanoke Savings
DanK. nOy17-1y
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STEAM LAUNDRIES.
DIXIE, franklin and Second Ste. tcl 1877.
ROANOKE, 1919 Kirk ave. 8. W., tel 116.
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A DDIoKS & WERNWAG, ELEC.
"A tricians and machinists, 2Os Com.
merce street. Estimates given on ali
Klnds OF electrical work. Machinery
repaired. Work guaranteed. nov7-1vr
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-17
A New Steamship Line.

The pioneer steamer of the new
Northern Pacific line left Hong
kong for Yokohama and Portland.
She is to be followed by two other
steamers at intervals of a month,
and Sir William Pearce, the chief
owner of the line, proposes to put
on other steamers presently, so as
to furnish a semi-monthly service.
The vessels are of the same class
as the Empress line feet, which
was also furnished by Sir William
Pearce. In comparison with the
new Inman ships, they are neither
very large nor very swift, but they
will compare fairly with the Pacific
Mail and Occidental and Oriental
steamers. When this line is run
ming, there will be three lines of
steamships plying between China
and the Pacific coast of America
one to Victoria, one to Portland
and one to San Francisco.-[Sa San
Francisco Call.
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They performed certain executive
functions. 1t was never intended that
they should have seats in the Legis-
lature.
Rep Iosepa said the lawyers who
had brought this matter up didn't
seem disposed to talk. They were
like lot of ROSTERS who were tired
out. AS the committee differed, men,
bers would have to exercise their own
judgment. Those who had a stated
salary from the Government could not
sit in the Legislature. Members of
the Privy Council received no salary,
and did not, in his opinion, come
within the prohibition Of the Consti-
tuition. He favored full consideration
of the question.
Rep. Koahou thought that things
had changed since the Supreme Court
gave its opinion. Then notaries were
appointed by the Queen and Privy
Council; now they are appointed by
the Minister of the Interior. The
Court would perhaps give different
opinion now.
Noble Baldwin said the only motion
was to indefinitely postpone. He
favored that motion, and thought
nothing was to be gained by wrang-
ling over the subject for day, or per-
haps two. The question was a COM
pick one. Some members said the
House should settle the question, but
it could not really settle it except for
this Legislature, and the best course
was to Indefinitely postpone.
Calls Of-Question.
Rep. Kauhi was opposed to Sinking
this question. The result would be
that many notaries would run next
election. He held that notaries were
not eligible. He did not know whether
the member from District had drawn
his pay or not. If he had, he would
probably be very glad to be fired out.
(Rep. Ashford: No, | haven't; wish
had.)
Calls of-Ninau.
The committee rose at II O'clock, to
sit again at 1:30.
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GOOD FOR THE NAVY.
Benefit to the Mem Before the
Mast-New Scale of Pay fol-
the Sailors in the Y. S. Navy,

the Sailors in the u. >. Navy.
WASHINGTON, May ia bill
was passed by Congress to-day
establishing a new rate of pay for
the sailors in the U. S. Navy,
which will be of great benefit.
This bill is to 60 into effect on the
1st of July next. Recruiting Off
GERS will also be benefited indi-
rectly, as it will be a great induce
ment to the hordes of young men
out of work in rural districts to
come to seaport cities and enlist,
thereby giving the officers a better
chance to pick their men and get
a more desirable class than at
present.
The navy at the present time is
manned by some good men who
have been brought up in the SER
vice as apprentices and others who
did good service during the late
war, but most of the men enlisted
of late are professional tramps and
a good many of them have been
sent back to the receiving ships for
their discharges.
There will also be a small reduc-
ton of 10 per cent. made in the
pay of the chief petty officers, viz,
ships yeoman, paymaster's yeo-
man and engineers yeoman, ships
writer's, machinists, etc.
The new scale will be as follows !:
Seamen, $50; ordinary seamen,
1924; landsmen, 500; oilers, $40 !;
water-tenders, $40 firemen, 1st
class, $40; firemen, I'd class, $35 ;
coal-heavers, $28.
It is to be hoped that this will so
benefit our navy that it will be
manned by the best men of any
navy in the world.
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}. r. MARMONT,
Boilers Inspected, Tested and Repaired

WILL GIVE ESTIMATES FOR NEW
w Boilers, Tanks Pines. Smoke-.tact"
Fumes, Bridges. and general Sheet iron,
work. Boilers rer,aired at liberal rates
100 lbs. cold water or steam pressure yns.
ranteed on all work. 81"
% Address p. q. Box 40. Honolulu,
MI 2960 t4ns-sSu
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SPECIAL COMMITTEES.

The Acknowledgement reported on
the resolution referred to him inquir-
ing into the matter of &c. Searle. The
Attorney General stated that the
resignation of that officer had been
received, to take effect at the end of
the month, and his salary would only
be paid for the time he had rendered
the service.
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A. NJ. Prayer by the Chaplain. Min
utes of the preceding day read and
approved.
PETITIONS.
Rep. Nawahi presented a petition
from Hilo that the vaccination law be
repealed. Laid on the table to be con-
sidered with bill on the subject.
Also that all members of the Board
of Health and their agents be remov-
ed from office. Referred to the SAM
tary Committee.
Also from one Thomas All, that he
receive his share of proceeds from
thirty-nine tins of opium which he
seized. Referred to the Opium Com
mittee.
Rep. Bipikane presented a petition
that the segregation law be repealed.
Referred to the Sanitary Committee.
Also that new constitution be
made. Laid on the table to be consid-
cred with any bill on the subject.
Rep. Akina presented petition that
the vaccination law be repealed. Laid
on the table to be considered with
bills on the subject.
Rep. Bipikane presented a petition
that $4,000 be appropriated for Kua-
KIM street. Referred to the Committee
on Public Lands.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Noble Williams reported bills Nos.
7, 8, 8, 10, As, 46, AZ, 81, 50, SO, 81, So,
and Sc Drinted
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Ten Dollars reward will be paid for
information that will lead to the ar
rest and conviction Of anyone steal
ing the DAILY ADVERTISER left at the
Office or residence of subscribers.
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Assorted Case No. 4, SEQ.

Coloed Roman Candles,
Colod Sky to
orders
and will be sold
Hand Furniture
W.
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THE LEGISLATURE
Sixteenth Day.
THURSDAY, June l6.

II OItoDfAAt q WHO Tue
The House was called to order at 10
A. NJ. Prayer by the Chaplain. Min
utes of the preceding day read and
approved.
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point driven home, worth half half hearted
statements We do business business principles and when sell
Shoes, good manufactured the
The into them you'll satisfaction
of We that minimum margin of
satisfies don't make bad debts
another easily further can't
fare better matter how far
MANUFACTURERS
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1892-07-20

LIBRE DE EXPLOSION COMBUSTION EXP
MEAS. SIN HUMO NJ NAL OLOR

MEAS. SIN HUMO NJ NAL OLOR
Este aceite productosde fabrication especial
igua 81 no superior los que mportan del
des lum1nicas como por la segurdad que ofrece los
cOnsumidOres.
de las extraneras, que este mayor precio
brndan los consumiores venajas de nnguna clase
La experiencia adquirida esta industria durante
muchos amos en- los Estados Unidos Cuba Mexico y
otros paises, permite ofrecer al pubcO artcuo
que Sc puede mejorar parte aguna bajo ningun
concepto.
Nuestras marcas LUZ BRILLANTE, ELEFANTE,
LUZ SOLAR estan registradas perseguira todo
ell rigor de la ley los falsifcadores.
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Carolina d San Juan.

Los dos n1meros combnan Peha los
Arecbo precos apcan condolences generates
pajes prros mensage G. w. mecancf J. w. los ismos
Arecibo del p1bco
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AVISO IMPORTANTE.

nombre que quiera Kerosine Cas- Aceite de carbon
Luz Diamante, Luz del hogar dea de ser inamable en-
absolute pues adquiriendo certo grado de calor en-
ciende al contacto de llama. Por tanto esa Agen
cia recomenda encarecidamente los consumidores que
empeen las siguentes regas e de productos