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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-10
Diamonds,

We have an exceptionally fine stock of Dia-
monds. There is no gem that is more coveted
by people of refined tastes. You will find our
prices so moderate on these usually high priced
stones, that you crafty your desire to pur-
chase anything in this line,
l. i. GODDARD
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-10
NOTICE OF Arpo1NrMEN1

Estate of William E. Jones.
The undersigned has been appointed and
quallned as EXecu riX of the Estate of William
y Jones, late of Hiram, Portage Comfy. Ohio.
deceased.
Dated this 18th day of July. A. d. 1892
AUGUSTA E, JONES. Exeeutrix
Attest: q, D. INGELL. Probate Judge, 1247
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-10
NOTICE.

To persons who desire photographs of re-
unions. family groups. residences, &c, at rea
sonable rates, Cali on or address:
L.J. TIBBALs, Ravenna, o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-10
NOTICE

All persons are hereby notified not to harbor
or trust my wife on my account, as l will pay
no bills contracted by her alter this date.
JOHN HELT.
Ravenna, July 20, 1892.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-10

Estate of Betsey Hudson, deceased.
The undersigned has been appointed and quail
Hudson. late of Paris, Portage County, Ohio
deceased
Dated this 25th day of June, A, D. 1892
JOHN N. ENSIGN, Administrator
Attest: Z D. INGELL. Probate Judge 1246
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-10

1 can save you all risk and cost of remitting
money for your papers and ma gazines. Stop at
Ravenna News Depot, in Waller Bros store.
12l0-6. D. H. GARDNER.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-10
Hard. Coal.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

Best Lackawana Hard Coal, at 1918 a ton
during the month of August.
j. ANDRE.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-10

w ANAED-
A COMPETENT GIRL to do general house
work; no washing. Apply to
MRS II. D. EYMOJJR
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-10

Cedar and .Hemlock Shingles at
MORGAN & SONS YARD.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-02
An Afterthoncht,

Maj. Wingate, who has been writing
history of the mahdist revolt in the
Egyptian Soudan, says the mahdi new
CT claimed originally to be anything
more than the forerunner of the mahdi,
who, all the faithful expo cted, would
come some day. lie was an eloquent
man, and during one of his addresses
to his followers, weary as they were of
Egyptian rule, they shouted you are
the mahdi." The idea seems to have
occurred to him to make himself n
greater parsonage than he had TINS far
claimed to be. Il am the mahdi." he
replied, and from that time he was ac-
ccptcd as the true mahtli, and began the
open revolt against Egypt which led to
his installmcnt ut khartoum as an alb
Solute rulCr.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-02
Nyoonsliino Whisky.

The whisky made by moonslincrs
seldom becomes IL week old, and very
often it is drunk warm from the still,
having the effect of broken glass on
the palate. IL is frequently adutcratcd,
tobacco being added to make it bite
and rattlcwccd TO make it bead In the
moonshiac districts almost everybody
drinlis--mcn and women, old and
yonag-and the mountain boy on
pleasure bent carries quart bottle of
the STUFF, n package OF huff. and six
shooter
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-02
A PUZZLED FRENCH MAN.
Iie Gets Confused Over the Intricacics OF
Our Lan;slaGe.

Tie Gets Confused Over the Intricacics OF
Our Lan;;uagc.
inappropriate words, says an ex-
change, may convey the meaning unmis-
takably, without being in accordance
with the English idiom. a Frenchman,
while looking ut Il number of vessels,
exclaimed: See what IL flock of ships!'
He was told that 4 flock of ships was
called u fleet, but that Il fleet of sheep
was called flock.
To assist him in mastering the nitric
acies of the English language, he was
told that flock of girls was called Il
bcvy, that Il bevy of wolves is called u
pack, that Il pack of cards is never
called bevy, though pack of thieves
is called gang, and n gang of angels
is called host. while II host of por-
poises is termed Il shoal.
He was told that 4 host of oxen is
called n herd, and herd of children is
called troop, and q troop of partridges
Is termed II covcy, and Il covey of beau
ties is called IL galaxy, and galaxy of
rutlians is called Il horde, and Il horde
of rubbish is called Il heap. and heap
OF bullocks is called n drove, and q
drove OF blacllguartls is called mob,
and mob of whales is called school,
and & school of worshipcrs is called Il
congregation, and Il congregation of
engineers is called Il corps, and corps
OF robbers is called Il band, and n band
OF locusts is called a crowd, and crowd
of gentlemen is called the elite.
The last word being French, the
scholar understood it and asked no
more.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-02
REMARKABLE WATER SYSTEM.
"A River Completely Drained to Feed tho
Brooks That Supply u CITY.

a. AS'eA NonV'"eeiy braineu TO Feed tho
Brooks That Supply City.
No city in the world is supplied more
abundantly with water thar Fee, one
OF the capitals OF Morocco and the usual
place OF residence of the sultan. This
capital, with Il population OF about one
hundred thousand people, gets its
water supply i'll u remarkable manner.
The town lies in river valley. The
Nady cl Fee rises among the hills Il
few miles southwest of the city. BY the
time the stream reaches the outskirts
OF the town it is wide and deep. Its nat
ural course lies through the heart of
tho city, but the inhabitants have di-
verified all the water from the large
channel into IL number of canals. Then
from these canals the water is conduct
cd by hundreds of little channels to
every garden and house of the town.
The river bed itself throughout the
length of the city as it winds through
the valley is perfectly dry.
When DR.. LEM was there few years
ago he said he believed there was no
other city in the world with so fine q
water supply as Fee. Unfortunately,
the natives do not know how to value
and properly utilize their great bless
ing. Though stream of pure water
runs through every house and garden,
the town is extremely dirty. Ludwig
Pictsch, who accompanied the Dutch
embassy to Fee in 1878, said:
There is no city in the world, with
the exception OF Rome and perhaps
Vienna, which has so splendid Il water
system The brooks gurglc through
every garden in the town. The city
has other blessings, too, for its climate
is glorious, the soil of the country
round is very fruitful, and the land
scape is of surprising beauty, but the
people do not know how to utilize their
blessings. Their streets are extremely
dirty. Their houses are badly ven
tilated, and they have made insalu-
brious Il town that could be one OF the
hcalthiest in the world"
After the water has flowed through
the city in these many hundreds of
little channels, what is left of it is
gathered into the river again cast of
the town, and then it flows north to
join the Scbu river, the largest in Mo-
rocco. 1t is the only instance in the
world where whole river is thus
utilized to provide IL large CITY with
water.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-02
Coke Made by Nature.

A seam of natural coke, closely re-
sembling the manuf actured article, has
recently been discovered in New South
Wales at the BULL Pass coal mines,
says the Philadelphia Record. The
coal measure at this point covers an
area Of about five hundred and fifty
acres and is six feet in thickness. The
upper half of this seam is coal of Il
character differing but little from the
ordinary Australian Goals, while the
lower portion of the measure il n nat
nral coke. The junction of the coal
and coke is clearly defined and can be
traced all through the workings. This
natural coke is slightly heavier than
the manufactured article, contains
slightly less fixed carbon. but a much
smaller quantity of ash and lower
percentage Of sulphur. This natural
coke burns without smoke and can be
mined for much less than the cost of
manufactured coke.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-02
BREVITIES.

Mrs. Edith Hurt, of Nottoway county,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Robert Lo-
gan, on Broad street.
The board of directors of the Salem
Development Company held meeting
yesterday afternoon.
At least 81 800 will be collected by the
town of Salem for water tax for the first
six months of this year. The town
owns the water works, which are a
profitable Investment.
w. j. Watson, the contrac tor, who has
rented Fltzgerald's planning mill over
the river, commenced work yesterday
on a tifteen-room residence for Mr..
Coke, the bookkeeper of tho woollen
mills. The house will be just in rear of
the clothing factory.
Rev. M. o. j. Kreps and little son, of
Newport, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs T..
Ii. Carper.
Yesterday the Wooden Mills folks
paid off their employees, which they do
on tho first and sixteenth of every
month Nearly two thousand dollars
wero disbursed.
There are now about thirty girls at
work in the clothing factory. Super.
intendent Worden was in splendid
humor yesterday whom THE TIMES re.
porter called and told him that orders
were coming in every day very nicely
He also added that at last the steam
filters had got through with their work,
and that to-day the whole building
would BIO warmed from the basement.
Monday was also payday at the
Wagon Works, where everything is now
in a regular hum, and orders for car
load lots do not scare Will Bowles now
like they once did, for he is getting
used to them.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-02
REPORTERS IN GERMANY.
Demands of tho international Congress
of Shorthand Writers.

Demands OF tho International Congress
of Shorthand Writers.
Reporters are generally credited with
large amount of shrcwdncss and COM
mon sense but it cannot be said that
their qualities are in any way apparent
III the results said to have been arrived
at by what is termed the practical"
section of the international congress of
shorthand writer's, held in Berlin. The
question of remuneration that should
be paid for shorthand reporting was, in
itself, an eminently practical one, but
it is clear that either there is an eX-
traordinary scarcity of shorthand re-
portcrs in Berlin or that the ideas of
the reporters of that city are altogether
inordinate. 1t would have been
thought, indeed, that the question as to
local payments was one that should be
determined by local men and that it
lay altogether beyond the scope of an
international congress, although such
body might decide upon the scale it's
members should demand in all countries
and places. The representatives of the
British shorthand reporters must have
looked with envy and establishment on
the terms to be demanded in Berlin,
which were from thirty to fifty marks,
or shillings, an hour, according to the
nature OF the work, and one hundred
and fifty marks for daily engagement
in the law courts or elsewhere. An nd
vcrtisement in an English paper for
shorthand writer's ut from three shill-
irgs to five shillings an hour-onc-tcnth
Of the Berlin ratc--or ut seven pounds
ten shillings week, instead CT u day,
would DC answered by a score Of com
potent shorthand reporters; and when
the news spreads of Berlin prices we
may expect a general emigration of all
the shorthand writer's OF This country
who may possess Il sufficient acquaint-
ance with the German language to per
form the duties Standard.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-02
WEIGHING THE BABY.
irobahiy Conducted on the Old Plan of
Sizing Up the Hog.

irobabiy Conducted on the Old Plan OF
Sizing Up the Hog.
Those who read the newspapers will
have observed that no baby that thinks
anything Of itself OF has proper respect
for its parents will be born weighing
less than twelve pounds avoirdupois.
At least it is not expected to make a
prolonged effort to restrain it's father
from circulating q clandestinc report as
to its weight, built rather on fancy than
fact. Few babies are weighed at birth,
for the reason that scales on steelyards
arc not always convenient 1t is sus-
pccted by the Dayton (O.) Times that
the weight of the little one is quite fro
queutly arrived Mt in the same manner
that the people of Illinois in very early
times are said to have weighed their
pork, and this may account for so many
twelve and fourtecn-pound babies.
Many years ago, when weighing scales
were unknown and stcclyards luxury
to the hardy pioneers of the Sucker
state, it is reported that pork was
weighed by placing IL board across log,
putting the meat on one end OF the
board and then balancing it by putting
stone on the other end. When balanced
the weight of the meat was estimated
at by guessing ut the weight of the
stone. There arc few babies weighing
seven pounds mt birth. When you hear
of the weight of a newly born infant
you will be fully justified in dcducting
fifty per cent. for eXuberancc.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-02
1ne wonderful Gold Mine in Queensland
and It's Fabulous Wealth.


One of the wonders of Australia, and
one of the greatest natural curiositics
in the world. is the Mount Morgan gold
mine in Queensland. The precious
metal contained in this mine, which
HAS paid dividend of not less than six
million dollars a year, was deposited 10y
hot spring.
Mount Morgan is hill about five
hundred feet high, containing at it's top
cup-shaped deposit made by the hot
spring which once gushed out there,
and in this deposit the gold exists.
Truly, cup of Crmsus! Through un-
told ages the waters dropped their
glittcring burden, and now man comes
and extracts the boarded metal to add
to the wealth of the world.
Specimens of the ore from this
strange mine have recently been sent
to the United States, that they might
be compared with the deposits of the
great hot springs in our own Yellow
stone park. 1t was but natural to sup
pose that the Yellowstone springs had
also golden treasure in their cups, but
the most careful search by biologists
has thus far failed to detect any trace
of ~
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-02
THE ART OF sELF-DEFENse.

Commentator OF 1t by the Speaker of
the British Commons.
The noble art Of self-dcfense will not
die out if the speaker of the house of
commons, TT. Hon. Arthur Wellesley
Peel, retains any influence or repre-
scnts any public sentiment in merry
England. This distinguished gentle
man, says the Chicago Times, lately dc
livcred an address at the opening of a
gymnasium in bennington. He had
no wish for Il return of the bloody pas
time of the prizc-ring but he hoped the
day was far distant when the English
people would forget the noble art itself.
lie had seen Hccnan and Saycrs many
years ago, and remembered the cnthu-
siasm with which those two cracks
were greeted when they stretched out
their arms toward each other in
the morning breeze. Tho land was
filled with admiration for their physical
perfection. We could have the good eff
fccts of pugilism without the brutality
of fights. So long as glove fights did
not degenerate into n mere bull-lillc
struggle of Infatuated men-so long as
they were kept within the limits of
skill without tabooing an occasional
well-mcant thump or so-hc..was for the
practice. He recalled also the cnthusi-
assn with which an English curatc of
his acquaintance had witnessed against
his will the famous fight between Cribb
and MolyncuX. The curatc's rector was
at the same time magistrate The con-
stables of the district where the fight
was to take place told the rector that as
n magistrate he must go and arrest
them He took his curatc and proceed
cd with the stern intention of perform
ing his duty, but when he ncarcd the
ring band of other pugilists met him
with the threat that if he moved IL step
further to stop the fight lie would rue
the day. Turning to the curatc, the rec
tor said: 81 think it is impossible for
me to do anything more than have al
ready done. Let us stop and sec the
rest of the fight" And, the cnratc agree
ing, they stopped and saw.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-02
ARTIFICIAL FOODS.
Recent Discoveries I'm tho Chemical World
on Their Production.


on Their Production.
Chemists distinguish between various
kinds of sugars. To one class belongs
canc-sugar, which is formed in the
sugar-cane, sorghum, beet and maple,
and which we use at the table; to an
other class belong the glucoses, of
which the fruit sugar that occurs in
grapes and other fruits and the glucose
which is manufactured on Il large scale
from the starch of corn are samples.
Some time since, Prof. Fischer OF Wurz-
burg, Germany, succeeded in tho syn
thesis of several sugars, closely allied
to fruit-sugar. The news has Just come
that he has found way TO transform
glucose into u sugar of the type of cane
sugar. We have long known how to
convert starch and cane-sugar to glu-
cosc; the process is one of changing n
more complex compound to u simpler
one. But the possibility of reversing
the process was long doubted. Yet Just
this is what Prof. Fischer has now ac-
complishcd.
Still more remarkable, | was going to
say-but the time for calling such
things remarkable seems to be past
is the account which has come to hand
within few days of the preparation of
an albuminoid compound by synthesis
How carbohydrates and fats may be
prepared artliicially We have come to
understand. But the albumnoid COM
pounds contain more chemical elements,
and are far more complex. They are in
deed the highly organized material of
vegetable and animal life. That these
substances could be made in the labora-
tory has been hard to believe Yet Prof
Schntzenbcrger of Paris had just re-
ported to the French academy of
science the synthcsis of compound
similar to the peptone into which the
albuminoids of our food are trans
formed in the process of Digestion
Century,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-02
False Economy

is rRACTlcEd by many people who buy
iotcrior articles of food because cheaper
than standard goods. Surely infants are
Quilted to the best food obiainable II
j. fact tp,t the Gail Borden "Eagl."
iiHAnd Condensed Milk i, The hest in
fant food. Your grocer and druggist
Ii ipi.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-02

INSCRIPTIONS forprrly filled by the
u '"nokc Drug Company can he rciilled
bv us. Tho pre- description files owned nv
'f"m arc no" in unr possession. Chris
i Harh"", corner Salem avenue
a.iJ !, Grr>OI srrcrt
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-02

THE Weber piano is strictly FIRST
class instrument. Its reputation is es-
tabiished. The Smith Music Co. soil it,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-02

A. l.. JAM,soN IL CO., coal and feeo
dealers All kinds OF fcei O'Aca ~;
junction of Norfolk avongc au4 Camp.
NELL sire I. Telephone No. lDa.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-02
Brooks, next to postofilce, cabinets
SO so por dozen.
Good Cooking

Is ONE of the chief blessings of every
home. TO insure good custards. pud.
dlngs, sauces, etc, use Gail Borden
"Eagle Brand Condensed Milk. Direc-
lions on label. Sold by your grocer and
"A ru0rist
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-02

Tx ]. II. Spenccr's Bes, it : thu
nMest tehAcco ,naAe.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-02

IKE celebrated Steck piano, the
hes, known IN the South, never fails TO
give satisfaction. Write tDo Smith
Music co. Tor catalogues sud nrices.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-02

BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS.
9. j. AMWEG. Commercial Bank Building
FRANK X. MAY. 105 Jefferson st., +. o. Box9.
/. Z. OAKLEY. Builder and Contractor. All
kinds OF building done, either wood, brick or
stone. Fine stores and residences and large
storage houses speciality.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-02

CLOTHIER, TAILOR AND HALTER.
JOS. COIN &c. n. Dawson, Mannger), A Salem
ave.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-25
"HARD AS NAILS"
How John L. Sullivan Is Described by an Ad-
miser-Charley Johns0ns Lonesome Place.

NEW YORK, Aug A.-When Charley
johnson selected such an out-of- the way
unheard- of locality az Canoe Place Inn,
Good Grounds, Long Island. for a training
place. it was with u view of placing John
l.. Sullivan where he wonld have perfect
quiet, and could do his training without
being molested or annoyed in the least.
When Johnson looked 1t over he said:
This 10 just the spot, as 1t is too far from
the city. and 1t costs too much to get here,
for there to be any fear of his being over
run by sight-seers; while on the other
hand 1t 10 such ., terrible lonesome place
that John can do his ten TO twenty miles
without meeting single person."
Just how near right johnson was
in his selection was very clearly
shown on Sunday last The hotel was
crowded to it's utmost capacity and over
one hundred persons sat down TO dinner.
while fully We hundred gathered in and
around the o oil trying to get q glimpse of
Sullivan. The big fellow, however, took
his meals in his room. and kept out of
sight till about O'Clock the afternoon,
when he went out for his ten-mile run and
walk. His appearance created great ex-
element and the visitors almost fell er
one another In their eagerness TO get
glimpse of tho celebrated bruser He
started off on the road with the gang after
him like flies around . molasses jug. In
fact, the road itself was lined on both
sides with carriage loads of visitors who
had driven many miles and had patiently
waited for hours to get glimpse at the
great champion rs he majestioally strolled
By.
On his return be took q bath, and after
being thoroughly rubbed down. he took
his supper, which consisted of toast and
eggs. John Cusick says he never saw Sui
hvsn looking better in his life than he is
now. and hardly thinks he was ever In
such superb condition before. HIS stomach
Is all gone and he is now down TO 21O
pounds and will weigh less when he en-
ters the ring. All the blisters are gone ex-
cent one on his ri ght heel. and il does not
bother him much. Cusick says Sullivan
is rs hard as nails, and will whip Corbett
with Gaze
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-25

Senate within six months from Aug. 6. The
terms were copied. with necessary moGifi-
cations, from q previous French treaty
with the United States.
Mr.. Herbert Colstoun Gardner, membe T
of TIE House of Commons for the Saffron
Walden division of Essex. has been ap-
pointed president of the British Board of
Agriculture. the position held By the Rs.
Hon. Henry Chaplin in Lord Salisbury's
Cabinet. Mr.. Gardeners wife is the eldest
daughter of the Earl of Carnarvon.
Lieutepant Hoebern, of Berlin. publicly
insuIted Herr Trueholz. n sculptor, and
Herr Pertz, painter. The latter chal-
lenged the officer. and both duels were
fought with pistols last Thursday. In
the first duel Truehoiz was severely,
and perhaps mortally wounded; in the seq
ond PERTH was shot dead. Hoebern is under
military arrest