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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-15
Railroad Men in Session.

NORFOLK, April l4.-The annual
meeting Of tho American Railroad Asso-
citation was held in this city Yesterday.
Tho meeting was called by President ri
>. Haines, of the Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad, and about eighty rep.
resentativcs were present Tue report
on car service favored paying freight
car service at the rate of one-ha!f cent
mile and six cents day, but it was
decided to postpone tho consideration of
this report until the October meeting.
The committee on safety appliances ro.
ported on the subject of power brakes.
III. s. Haines was reelected president.
The next meeting will be held in this
city next October.
The Price of Yellow Pine Lumber RaiseA.
ST. LOUIS, April 14.-[Special Tho
directors of the South srn Lumber Man
ufacturers'' Association have raised tho
price of yellow pine lumber fifty cents
Thousand. This change, is to take Of.
feet on May ]. The directors assert
that the association is not tying to con-
troll the output OF yellow pine lum Der,
but is simply sc eking to maintain tho
prices at paying figure. The directors
decided to meet in Memphis on Nav a.,
and to further consider the condition OF
tho trada
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-15
NOTICE.

Our SODA FOUNTAIN is open in
FULL BLAST, ready for the APP
preaching hot weather: SODA
WATER,1CES, EGG PHOSPHATE,
MILK SHAKE, MINERAL WA
TIERS ETC. OUR SPECIAL
TIES THE ICES, are delicious.
OR last years reputation shall be
: ,.aintaincL.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-15
ITALY is AT LAST APPRAISED.
Reported Settlement ofthe New
Orleans Affair.

The United States VIII Tny For Three
Lives Taken-The Consent of Congress-
Must be Gained-The Arrangements
Not Regarded AS Indemnity. the
Course OF tho Government in the Rock
Springs Lynching Being the Preca-
dent.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-15
Tho Price of yellow Pine Lumber Ro,seo
Life Savers Drowned in Practice.

CoQUiLI. CRY. Greg, April IL While
the life-saving crow at BaDdon were
practicing last evening their boat cap
sized and Capt. Nelson and three OF g
crew OF eight were drowned. The nao.cs
at TWO OF tho drowned crew were Will
Lam Green AID Edward Summers. The
third is unk nown.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-15

Il MY life was burden" he continued. "bui
H.tcr two weeks treatment am entirely re.
Ittycd. My rest is not disturbed, and when go
no bed Gao sleep sound and In the morning
a'eel refreshed. Previous to visiting DR.. Coates
6Sas so weak that could not get abont, but now
}i am strong and experience no difficulty in at
,Sending to my laborious duties and suffer no in
#onvenieuce thereby. conscientiOusly believe
jthat unless had secured relief very soon death
would have relieved me. To-day am almost
Serfectly cured. Undoubtedly DIR. Coates has
Hecn the means OF restoring me to health. can
3not cor ccive that any human being could have
Experienced more agony than did; hut am n
fchanged man, and fnlly believe that DIR Coates
9aved my lie, rs In my suffering death was pref
tGrablc TO the horrors was compelled to boar;
Ibut the cDaogc has come. and TO him il entitled
1.-THE credit. TO others similarly situated | sAy
idon't hesitate, but at once to the fountain OF
Ahepith thai has been providcd'
This is p ain aud unvarnshcd statement and
Bspcnks for Itself.
DR.. Coates can be found in the Herald bnld-
dng, opposite the postoficc. on Campbell street.
d Office hours: From 93O m. to IL m; from to
7H p IN. and from to - p. m. 41tf
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-15
Congressional

Congregational i;"npp"rt comment Dill
signed.
ALBANY, April H.-lSpeciall-Gov-
ernor Flower has signed tho Congres.
sional reappoftionment bill:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
MINERS ENTOMBED.

II other Shocking Accident in the Penn
syIvauia Coal Region.
ShamrOckin, Pa, Oct. 13.-The ex-
plosion of gas which occurred at the
sterling colliery this morning is sup
posed to have been caused by fall of
coal breaking a miners lamp.
One man was killed, four injured and
seven others entombed. 1t is believed
that the latter are all dead. Up to to-
night the searching party was unable
to reach the missing ones owing to so
much ''black damp"
Thed following is a list of the dead
and injured:
Dead-ThOmas O'Gara.
Probably dead, Benjamin Thomas.
Samuel Collins, Patrick McDavitt,
Isaac GOOney, Joseph Kiser, Michael
Weicheck, Charles Bellcanger and
Joseph McInstock.
Injured, Horace Price, leader, terribly
cut and m&ngled; Samuel Rogers, load,
er, cut and brUised William Mack,
driver, cut and mangled; Daniel Reed,
driver, skull fractured, burned and cut,
and will probably die.
News of the awful disaster was soon
carried to the homes of the miners and
the frantic wives and mothers of the
unfortunate men soon gathered about
the mouth Of the pit, weeping and moan
ing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
MILWAUKEE GIRLS MARRY.
Two Notable Weddings in the Badge
Metropolis.

Two Notable Weddings in the badge
Metropolis.
Milwaukee, Oct. 13.-The marriage
Of Miss Charlotte KEENAN,, youngest
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas L.
KEENAN,, TO Converse Walter Lloyd,
prominent young banker of Gothen-
burg, Neb., was solemnized this after
noon at the residence of the brides
parents, 119 Prospect avenue. The GER
emory was performed by Rev. William
Chester, pastor of Immanual Presby-
terrain church, and was witnessed by
relatives only. The bride and groom
were unattended. They stood beneath
d large rose tee covered with pink
blossoms. The brides costume was of
white silk and embroidered chiffon.
and a tlllle veil fastened with a star of
diamonds, the groom's gift. The parIors
were beautifully decorated. The din
ng-room floor was embellished with
foliage and white flowers
A reception for a limited number of
friends, principally young people, was
held this evening from 6 to s o'clock,
at the residence Mrs. KEENAN, was
assisted in the parlors by her daughters,
Mrs. T. K. Ewing, of this city, and
Mrs. Paul Mausolff, of New York. I'm
mediately after the reception Mr.. and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20

and then spray it with the kerosene.
A good spraying apparatus. with
cyclone nozzle, is best for doing This
work, but it can also be very effective
~ done with a common garden syringe
fitted with a fine rose. For several
fair, which any tiDsmith can make for
about fifty cents. The barrel is made
of heavy tin or zinc, and is twenty
inches long and one and half inches
III diameter. On one end is Soldered
Il very fine rose. The perforated pOr-
uon of this rose should cover only
ABOUT one inch of space in the center
OF the end. A plug of wood is made
10 ut tightly into the open end of the
barrel, and a hole is made through
the center of it for the piston rod to
pass through. The piston is a wad of
soft rags or cotton batting. securely
bound to the end of the rcd. This
wad should tit the barrel very tightly.
and should be well oiled. so thar X
will work easily. When in use thu MIS-
ten rod should never be drawn ont
more than one-fourth of its length
Draw slowly when drawing in the
liquid, but force it out as hard as Won
can. This will make q fine spray.
which viii penetrate every crack and
| crevice, however small it may be-
American Agricuiturist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
a MILD WINTER.
Comfortable Prophesy for One tt
IBear.

Comfortable rrophesy for One to
A Pennsylvania has prOphesied
that the coming winter is to be mild
one. He gives his reasons rs follows,
and they apply as well to Wisconsin
as to tue keystone state: Il have lived
eighty-six years and have never before
seen dandelion blossoms in this region
on the first of October, except three
years ago, when we had a very warm
fall and an uncommonly mild winter.
CT 9den-rods all over the upper Lee
high plateau are as fresh and bright
as they were three weeks ago. L never
saw the blossoms so yellow and beau
tiful on the first day of October
before. \ Ountain ash berries are two
weeks later in getting real red than
they generally are, and that is Il sure
Indication of an open winter. There
las been no frost to change the color OF
the forest leaves, chestnut burrS still
cling to the nuts, and aCOrnS haven't
dropped from the trees yet-gOOd signs
Of a warm winter.
'"Then take grasshoppers for another
Rlre sign of late fan. They are as
lively as they were in August. l caught
lhree today and they yielded mOlasses
as freely as they did in midsummer.
When there is going to be a cold fall
and a hard winter you can't coax Il
graSshopper to spit out mOlaSSeS after
the first of September. Crickets are
thicker than they were six weeks ago,
and that's another Unfailing sign of
an CNcn winter. Tree tOadS have sung
after uightfdu two weeks longer than
they did in 1891. They are good
weather prophets and they tell me that
heavy overcOatS viii be a drug in the
market next Wiuter. BullfrOgs croak
in the ponds at night with a good deal
more energy than they generally do at
this time in the fall, and that means
a long pleasant autumn and u winter
without SNOW. All the indications go
to show that people will have to pay
ABOUT 5000 per cent. more for their
ice next summer than they did this
year"
There are thousands upon thousands
settlers prediction may prove true. 1t
is quite possible for nature to get up a
big strike against the coal combine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
The Pocket Handkerchief.

1t was not until the reign of the
Empress Josephine in France that the
pocket handkerchief was tolerated at
all as an article for public use. No
lady would have dared to use one in
the presence of others. Even the name
was carefully avoided in polite CONVEX
satiOn. An actor who would have ven
tIlrcd to use one on the stage would
have been Kissed off the boards. 1t
was only in the beginning Of the pres
ent century that Mile. DucheSnOiS, a
famous actress, dared to appear with
a handkerchief in her hand Having
to speak Of it in the course Of the play
she could OILY summon courage to
refer to it as "a light tissue"
A translation Of one Of Shakespeare's
plays by Alfred de Vigney was acted,
and the word was used for the first
time upon the stage and provoked d
storm of indignant misses from all parts
Of the house.
The Empress Josephine, although
really a beautiful woman, had very
bad teeth, and to conceal them she
was in the habit Of carrying small hand
kerchiefs, trimmed with costly laces,
which she raised gracefully to her lips
to conceal her teeth. The ladies of
the court followed her example, and
handkerchiefs rapidly became an i'm
portant part Of the feminine toilet
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
Fruit Fertilizers.
stable arannre---AIond hshes.

tbh'1iS fAatitAl c. - oNNtl 4ANaSSs
Economical manuring implies the ap-
plying of elements needed for plant
growth that are deticieH in the soil.
Ordinarily in average soil all that will
be necessary to furnish is nitrogen.
potash and phCsphoric acid. 1t is often
the case that there will be plenty Of
one or two of these, while in others
all may be needed in order to secure
the best results. Generally in apply
ing stable manure we supply all of the
elements needed. The objection to US
ing much stable manure in the orchard
is the tendency to produce too strong
a growth of wood This is rather more
the case with a young orchard than
after it has Cnce become well estab-
lshed. For this reason, says Western
PlOWman, it is often the case that in
what may be considered a fairly rich
soil, strong stock manure often proves
almost as detrimental rs beneficial, and
especially so when it contains a con-
siderable per cent. of nitrogen. PhoS-
phOric acid and potash are generally
more needed than nitrogen. 1t is
therefore largely for this reason that
Wood Ashes and Ground Lime
or bone meal can be applied to many
varieties of fruits to a better advan-
tage than fresh stable manureS. If
there is any difference to be made in
applying the different kinds of fer
tiliZerS to different varieties of fruits,
apply ground lime to the peach, cherry
and pear trees and the wood ashes to
the apple, as phCsphOric acid is most
needed by the first named, and potash
by the latter, but either will be bene-
fetal to a more or less extent by the
application of the other. Grapes and
in fact all varieties of small fruits are
benefited by an application of bone
meal. In all cases it is necessary to
apply this fertilizer in a form that
can be readily worked into the soil.
One of the advantages in using either
ashes or bone meal is that they are
more readily soluble, and in conse-
Quence are sooner available than the
average stable manure. So far as is
possible the wood ashes should be APP
piled to fruits, both vine and tree, and
if the soil is not naturally rich, stable
manure may be used. But when there
is a free supply of nitrogen in the soil
the most economical plan of supply
ing the ether two ingredients or cs-
sentials is by using bone meal and
wood ashes, using stable manure with
other crops.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
IN A BAD WAY.

The Press News Association Probably Gone
v ashiDgtOn, Oct lit is reported
that the Press News association has
failed and is in a bad financial strait.
The Western Union company today
took the leased wires away from it,
owing to its failure to pay its bills.
The Washington managers Of the con-
Germ think it will be on it's feet again
soon. 1t looks as if III. p. Hall would
bedepOSed as manager even if the com
pany is able to resume business. Mr..
Hall assumed a big contract when he
undertook to run the association. 1t
is heavily involved and appears to be
losing money.
The general impression is that FL
P. Halls Press News association viii
come to life again. 1t is said it owes
the Western Unon $4,000 and that
the leased wires were taken from it
to bring about payment. The report is
that Hall loses about $4,000 in trying
to float the association and that The
old members are trying to freeze b. n
ent. The Washington bureau is not
working tonight, but the manager has
an intimatiOn that business will be
resumed without Hall. The Minnesota
friends of Hall will learn of his disaster
with regret.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
Popularity of Microscopic Fungi.

1t has been known for many years
that copper sulphate in solution is
perfect security against various forms
OF fungus troubles which develop in
the ears of grain. The smut, for in
stance, in various kinds of grass and on
wheat, and the crgot which prevails in
rye, is effectually guarded against when
the wheat and rye are stepped in "A
solution before sowing. The spores of
these fungi attach themselves to the
grain, aud when the grain develops the
fungus affects the whole system. COM
ing again to the surface i'll the seed for
reproduction. 1t has since been found
that although this treatment has been
perfectly safe in various grains and
other seeds, it is wholly Intellectual as
applied to barley. The smut appears
in the grain Of barley when the plant
is mature, Notwithstanding the seeds
have been so stepped. Just why it
should be effectuaI in the case of all
these, with this one exception, is one
of the mysteries connected with the
whole subject.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
DAMAGE IN DENVER
Rain, Sleet and Wind Law the
Mountain City
Low.
Communication Cut Off for MANY
HOurS-All Wires
Severed.
Horses Shocked to Death-Seyen
Feet OF Snow and Trains
Blocked.

Denver, Col, Oct. 13.-The rain, sleeI
and wind storm that began Tuesday
night ended this morning, leaving the
city in a torn-up condition. The streets
are Uttered with limbs and trunks of
trees and all sorts of debris which be
lore the storm formed portions of signs,
cornices, chimnieS and even steeples OF
churches.
The electric light, telephone, tele-
graph and electric car trolley wires are
mixed in the greatest confusion, and as
the wind swung them to and tro they
emitted deadly flashes which passers-
by had difficulty in escaping. FOrtu-
nately no human beings We're touched
by the swinging wires, but three horses
were shocked to death. The driver OF
one of the horses also received severe
shocks.
Cellars are filed with water and
great damage is done to goods. nj the
suburbs many houses are partially
wrecked and fences and trees were
blown about indiscriminately.
Today all the mainToa are more or
less blocked, and this morning there
was not a wire in operation and no
trains are moving except on the South
Park branch OF the Union Pacific. The
Union Pacific and Fort Worth trains
were blOckaded, and as most of the
wires are up tonight, it is found that all
are still Frustrated and it is difficult TO
locate them. The Santa Fe and mid
night Midland trains due here last
night did not arrive until this evening.
The Rock Island 5 blOckaded between
Lyman and Colorado Springs, and no
trains can pass that way but those run
ming over the Union Pacific.
Snow plOWS operated in the cuts on
the divide fifty miles south of Denver
today and it is learned from the men
working there that from three to
seven feet of snow was in the cuts.
Cripple creek reports three feet of
snow and the miners in The vicinity
unprepared for the storm and much
suffering will ensue.
The storm was very violent in eastern
Colorado, telegraph wires being pros
trated and communication between
Denver and eastern cities is completely
cut Off
Wyoming also received part Of the
storm, and as the wires between Chey-
enne and this city are Frustrated, it
is impossible to get but meagre re-
ports from there. 1t is learned, how
ever, that telegraph lines are broken
in every direction from Cheyenne, but
are SLOWLY being restored
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20

Mrs. Lloyd left on an extended trip
through the west. Upon their arrival
at Gothenburg, large reception will be
Civ en- the young couple, at the residence
of the groOm's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
G. Lloyd. They Will make their home
in GOthenburg, and will occupy beau
tifuI residence which has been erected
for them, u wedding gift from the
father of the bride.
Another Event.
a beautiful wedding took place this
evening at $50 o'clock, at Emmanuel
church. Miss Virginia Wake Doug
lass was united to Henry Seymour
Weller, in the presence of Il large as
Senblage OF friends, by Rev. William
Chester. The bride is u daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Douglass, and the
groom is The oldest son OF Nh and Mis-.
Alfred Weller. The altar was adorned
with large palms. which formed the
only decoration 1T the church. There
were eight uSIeTS-McSSTS. Richard
Norris. Clement Smith. FranEIyn Smith,
DR.. Bryant Smith, Fred bradford,
Spencer IlsIey, David Edgar and John
Mariner, The ushers preceded the
bridesmaids. also eight in number, who
entered III the following order: Miss
Camp and Miss Eliot, Miss Kathryn
Bellows and Miss Margaret Sawyer,
Miss O'Neu and Miss TekIa Hill ert,
Miss EusJis and Miss NIargery AIliS, al
OF whom Wore simple gowns of white
muslin, fashioned in Empire style, with
SdsheS of white ribbon. They carried
la1ge punches Of maiden hair fem and
white carnations. The ushers wore
bOutOnniereS Of white calueliaS. After
the bridesmaids came two flower girls,
Misses Annie Douglass and Marion
Osborne, both in India white silk.
trimmed with lace, and carrying white
carnations; then the bride with her sis
ter, Miss Elizabeth Douglass, who was
maid of honor. The bride wore white
satin trimmed with lace, a veil OF illu-
sion, and carried bride roses. A gown
of white and green silk was worn by
the maid Of HONOR, who carried a bOU-
quet to correspond. The groom and
his best man, Arthur Young, met the
bridal party at the chancel.
After the marriage a small reception
was held at the home Of the bride
parents, 120 Prospect avenue, for the
members Of the bridal party and rela-
tiyeS only. The latter were represented
by Mr.. and Mrs. George Douglass, Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred Weller, parents of the
bride and groom; Mr.. and Mrs. William
Weller, Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Van Dyke,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Van Dyke, Jr., Mr..
and Mrs. William D. Van Dyke, Mr..
and Mrs. George d. Van Dyke, of this
city and Mr.. and Mrs f. VI. Douglass,
Mr. and Mrs. William Douglass, Mr. and
Mrs. G. II. Douglass, and Col and Mrs.
Rucller, all OF Chicago. A wedding
dinner was served at Il table decorated
with white flowers and foliage and eau
deIabra and white candles.
Mr. and Mrs. Weller left tonight for
the east They will be at home Tues
days, November % and 20, at 262 Lyon
street.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
Clearing Poultry Houses Of Insect
Pests.

The poultry house should be thor
Cughly cleaned out before extreme cold
weather, and every louise and mite in
the walls, nest-boXes and perches, de-
strOyed with kerosene. Straw that has
been used for bedding horses is best
for lining nests. 1t is beaten fiat and
soft, and the hens can quickly adjust
it to suit themselves, and they invar-
iably construct nicely-rOunded and at
tractive nests Of it, in which even the
thinnest-shelled eggs are rarely broken
Great care should be taken to see that
there is no grain in the straw, for if
a hen finds a single one she is almost
certain to tear the nest 20 pieces seek
ing for more. When the nests in the
poultry house are clean, free from
vermin, and nicely lined with soft ma
terial, the pullets will naturally 20 to
them when they begin laying. When
they are foul, or hard. or infested with
vermin, the pulIets drop their eggs in
the corners of the yard, off the perches
and almost anywhere. Some of them
are broken, the hens get a taste of
egg, and the trials of the poultry keep
er have Just begun.
For destroying lice, mites, and all
other insect pests that infest poultry
houses, long experience has shown that
kerosene is the best article that can
be used. 1t is abundant, cheap, and
sure death to every insect it touches.
The poultry keeper cannot reasonably
expect a hen to lay or sit on q nest
infested with lice, and she will not
do it long. Hens will not lay eggs
during the fall and winter, when eggs
are valuable, unless pains are taken to
keep their quarters free from the
blood-thirsty pests that make life a
burden to them. With decent care
they viii not only pay the cost of their !.
keep, but return a good profit besides. |
First, thoroughly clean out the house,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20
One WOman'S Way.

The following conversation wetween
two well-dressed ladies was recently
overheard on an elevated train:
yes, L have been away all summer
up in the country
Did you close your house,"
mo, l let a young couple in"
Anybody I knOw?"
mo, they were strangers in the city
young people from Vermont"
Pause.
4 shouldn't think you would like to
have anybody in your house during
your absence
well, I'll tell you" She lowered
her voice. You see, the house was
full of-of-of those dreadful insects
those, you knOw-and the young woman
looked as neat as pin"
Giggles.
Did she get them out?'
81 haven't seen one since I got back"