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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-22
AFRAID OF CHOLERA.
How n Thoughtful Southern Tramp Go
His LOnGed-FO Drink.

How a Thoughtful Southern Tramp Got
His LonGed- For Drink.
81 was making trip through Missis-
sippi during the hot weather of last
month";" said grayhaired commercial
traveller as he stretched his legs in an
easy chair in the lobby of the Powers
hotel last night, land brought up for
dinner one day at one of those queer
old-fashioned hotels which can still be
found in many of the southern states.
81 had had Il hot and dusty ride, and
SO 1 stepped into the bar-room for a
mint julep before going into dinner.
There was the usual crowd of loungers
always to be found about country
tavern. every man in his shirt sleeves,
and all wearing the lstless lool, which
characterizcs the average southern
cracker.
1.-The bartender was tallsative
young man, and when he mixed my
drink VIC exchanged opinions on the
weather. Cholera had broken out, so
he said, in an adjoining village and
the citizens of his town were consider
ing the ACCESSIBILITY of local quaran-
tine.
"While we were talking tall, loose
iointed man with weeks growth of
sandy whisl1ers on his face and wear
ing heavy ulster, strolled up to the
bar and in a husky voice asked for
some brandy. The bartender placed q
bottle before him and the man filed
the glass to the brim. lie drained it in
gulp and proceeded to fill it again.
when the bartender reached over and
grasped the bottle with the remark:
This is no distillery, old man. guess
you haven't had a nip for the last few
days
"'Wa'al, no. drawled the stranger,
I've been out in the woods for the last
two weeks with the cholery, and folks
over in Marksyille wouldn't let me
come into town.
"'Cholera,' gasped the bartender,
turning as white as his apron, and with
one bound he cleared the bar and was
out through the door. followed by the
entire crowd, before / could realize
what had happened.
"T thought that would fetch 'em,
said the tramp, turning to me, as he
lcoolly reached over the bar and tucked
the brandy bottle into his pocket. I'd
got to have drink, and that was the
only racket could think NV and away
he went down the road. and was out OF
sight befor the frightened loungers had
begun to struggle back into the room.
J-Rochester Democrat
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-22
.A LEM
COUNTY COURT.
James lrby Gets Two and One
half Years in the Pen.
ROANOKE TIMES BUREAU,
DILI.ARD & PERsINGEB BLDG,
VA Ion Of

SALEM, VA, Jan. II.
The following business was trans
acted in Roanoke county court to-day:
James c. Deyerle qualified as ad-
ministrator with the will annexed of
John Scott. deceased, with bond of
81 900, and Noah Hickman as surety.
The case of the Commonwealth VS..
James Irby, housebreaking, was tried
and as the prisoner was not able to en-
ploy counsel the court appointed Il. w.
Kline to defend him.
The jury were sworn as follows:
Robert Logan, Edward Fitzgerald, j. L.
Hamilton, Samuel Parrish, j. w. White
sell, D. S. Stricken, Robert Oakley, IT,
G. Littrell, r. B. Littrell, George W.
Parrish, Eugene Boon and L. PICKETT.
lrby is the negro who was caught in
the furnace commissary on the night OF
the 18th inst. He pleaded not guilty,
and claimed that he was driven into
the commission of the crime by other
negroes, very slim yarn. Tho jury
was out short time, and returned with
a verdict of guilty, fixing his punish
ment at two and a half years in the
penitentiary, which caused much com
ment from those who thought he ought
to have been more severely punished.
G. B. Fitzgerald was sworn in as
deputy commissioner of the revenue for
the first district, under Mr.. John Ii.
GarSt
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-22
ALean Year Gorman.

A leap year german will be given at
Hotel Lucerne next Friday night, to
which young men will be invited by the
fair sex. 1t leaked out yesterday that
recently two fair maidens met and one
remarked, "Oh, do tell, girls, who you
are going to take to the ball?' In one
breath, the other two girls mentioned
tho name of the gallant little doctor
who went to Texas with the newspaper
mon, and then as the third girl re-
marked, "Why, I'm going to invite him
myself it was all they could do to bid
each other good. pleasantly;
and now they don't speak as they pass
by, and tho chances are that the light
weight physician will have to stay at
home
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-22
fourth ounce altar of lemon, one drachm

fourth ounce altar of lemon, one drachm
each of bcrgamot and cloves
Rose face powder consists of rico
starch, seven pounds; rose pink, half
drachm; altar of roses and santal, two
drachms each.
The great actress, Vestris, always
used liquid preparation made of rose
or orange flower water, one pint; oxide
of bisinuth, four ounces. These must
be mixed by long trituration.
a famous rouge called bloom of roses
is made with half an ounce strong liq-
uid ammonia, quarter ounce purcst
carminc, one pint rose water. Pour the
ammonia on the carminc and allow it
to remain four days, stirring OCCASION
ally, then add the rose water and spir-
it, and, after letting it stand for week
decant the bloom of roses.
a rose lip salve may be made of one
half pound of almond oil, two ounces
OF spcrmaceti and of wax and all1anct
or blood root, and one-quarter ounce
altar of roses. Place the wax, oil and
alkanct root together in warm water.
and when the first three are melted let
them digest four to six hours on the
alkanet root to extract it's color. Strain
through muslin and add the perfume
just before the salve sets.
Rushma, Il mixture that removes un-
desirable hairs quickly, is made of
three pounds best slaked lime to one
half pound of orpiment in powder; mix
in drum seive, and keep we'll corked.
To use, mix with water to n cream; APP
ply to the Objectionable hair until the
skin smarts, scrape it away with bone
or ivory paper knife, wash the place
carefully and apply cold cream.
For the eyebrows take half an ounce
Indian ink, rub down in fine mortar,
rub i'll half pint of fine rose water,
and after standing two or three days,
with frequent stirring, it is ready to be
applied with fine camePs-hair brush.
Sulphidc of antimony, in which a blunt
bodkin of ivory Is wetted and drawn
along the edges of the eyes beneath the
eyelashes, adds much to the brillancy
of the eye and makes it seem larger
1t is used in Egypt and Greece to-day,
and is an old custom. Finally the
makeup, however pure, must be care
fully washed off at night with pure soap
and hot water, which may be followed
by an application of cold cream or give
crime lotion.
Cold cream contains one pound each
of almond oil and of rose water, one
ounce each of white wax and sperrua-
cet, and one-half drachm of altar of
roses. Boil the wax and spermaceti
and oil in Il double boiler of porcelain,
and drop the rose water in, stirring
constantly. The lotion contains one
gallon orange flower water. eight
ounces glycerinc and one ounce borax.
N. Y. Sun.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-22
BREVITIES.

Col. G. w. Hansbrough will appear
before the supreme court of appeals in
Richmond, as counsel for the appellant,
in the celebrated Bette Lewis case, in
which a vast sum OF money is involved.
J. G.. Slower has gone to Radford,
where he is employed in the cigar fac
tory.
Mr.. R. E. WYson, of Dublin. has been
visiting his friends, Messrs. o. l..
Stearnes and j. e. Walker.
Messrs. Darst and Burwell have sold
one of their cottages in West Salem to
a gentleman from Radford for 81. 200.
Mr.. Jere Stair, who lives near Hollins,
is critically i'll.
City Sergeant Frier was "a years old
yesterday, and the old gentleman is as
lively as cricket and talks seriously
of getting married this year. lie cele-
brated his birthday by dinner with
friends at the Southern Hotel, and
later went to the theatre in Roanoke.
DIR. A. D. Mayo, of Boston. who for
many years has taken great interest in
Southern education, will arrive in
Salem Monday and spend several days
at Roanoke College. where he will
probably make several addresses, as he
has done on previous occasions when
visiting here. He expects also to visit
Roanoke, Blacksburg, Marion, Glade
Spring, Abingdon and Bristol.
The Model Minstrels gave an enjoy
able entertainment here to a crowded
hall Wednesday night. An enthusiastic
spectator from Craig, who was feeling
his corn, testified his admiration by
frequently throwing nickels, dimes and
quarters at the performers on the stage.
When the curtain went down the money
was gathered up and given to the bust
ness manager, who doubtless set 'em up
to the boys.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-22
SCALING HERRlNGS.
Tho Work Is Performed in Somewhat
Peculiar Manner.

Peculiar Manner.
peculiar feature of the smoked her
ring industry in this country is the
method by which the fish are scaled.
Enormous quantities of them are
captured in wcirs and gill-nets and the
catch thrown into boats. When load
has been secured the fisherman 'treads
them out" by walking briskly back and
forth through the mass of souirming
objects at the bottom of the boat. The
motion of the fish upon each other, and
also the contact with the feet and legs
of the ''treadcr," quickly oremoves the
scales. In the course of half an hour IL
slillful operator will thus scale four or
five hogshcads of the fish.
Another method consists in using a
piece of board about foot long and
four or five inches in width which is
securely fastened to long handle.
This is thrust into the center of the
mass and moved brisl1ly about until by
continued stirring the scales are moved
in an incredibly short time. The worl,
must be done while the fish are fresh,
as otherwise the scales become set and
can only be taken off with great diff
Guilty.
Care is exercised in both processes, as
if not Systematically done, many of the
catch will be only partially scaled, and
if stirred about or 'trod OUT for too
long time the flesh will be soft or
bruised, in which case the catch will be
less salable, and, if the skin is broken,
absolutely worthless.
After scaling, they are washed and
sailed in tubs, barrels or hogsheads;
then strung on sticks. from twenty-five
to thirty-five being placed on each. ac-
cording to their size. The next step
consists in rewashing, to remove all the
blood and dirt that has accumulated,
and the strings are then laid on frames
in the open air to drain and also to
harden and dry the gill-covcrs. This
being accomplished they are taken to
the smoke house, properly arranged,
the fires started and the smoking be-
gins
Several kinds of wood arc used for
this purpose in different countries,
white birch being preferred in France,
while in England, Scotland and
Holland oak chips and sawdust
are considered the best. In this
country pinc-logs that have been soaked
in salt water are selected, as the salt
renders the wood less inflammablc and
it also gives Off greater volume of
smoke.
Some of the curers, when the smok-
ing process is nearly completed. build
fire with oak logs for the purpose Of
giving a higher or brighter color to the
fish. AS matter of fact, however, the
woods make little or no difference, the
chief idea being to get kind that will
burn slowly and at the same time yield
sufficient amount of smoke to cure
the fish, and at the same time burn so
slowly that there is no possibility Of
scOrching them.-Detroit Free Press.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-22
The Danville Murderer Confe,ses.

DANvILLE, Va, Jan. 21.-Jim Lyles,
the negro who will be hanged here Fri
day for the murder of George Lashlev.
to-day made full confession, in which
he positively asserts that Margaret
Lashley, who was convicted OF being
his accomplish, and also sentenced to
be hanged Friday, had nothing to do
with the killing and know nothing of it.
On the strength of this, another effort
is being made to have the Governor
commute the sentence, and her counsel
left for Richmond to night for that pur
nose.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-22
THE USE OF COSMETICS.
You Can Make Your Own Beautifiers That
Are Safe to Use.

You Can Make Your Own Beautifers That
Are Safe to Use.
The prevalent custom Of facial high
art decoration SO marked at the present
time is not only survival of babarsm.
but has great antiquity of origin. Jeze-
bel, you remember, painted her face
and tired her head and looked out at a
window; and the frivolous Roman en-
pcror Heliogabalus, when he first en-
tered Rome, had 'his eyebrows tinged
black and his cheeks painted with arti-
fetal red and white;" and the first
court present given to Catherine ii. Of
Russia was rouge pot, as we read in
her memoirs, though the great Cathe-
rine was then only fifteen years old.
Now what woman has done through
the centuries past she will continue to
do through the eras to come, SO let her
do It wisely
Take teaspoonful of the powder yoc
use on yonr face, put it in glass with
the juice of lemon. If cffervescence
follows it is an infallible proof that the
powder is dangerous and will iniure
the skin. If unsuccessful i'm OBJ
tanning pure face powder, then make
your own after some of these simple
formulas, always remem bcring that the
very best and purcst face powder is
merely lcvigated tale passed through a
silk sieve.
Violet powder is made OF wheat
starch. in the proportion OF six pounds
10 one Pouad IL powdered orTss. One
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-22
To be ,rarried i'm Richmond.

Next Tuesday at 0 q. M. at the resi-
dence of the brides father, North Fifth
street, Richmond, Mr.. Frank Glendye
Weber will be married to Miss Emma
Virginia Minor, daughter of Capt. George
II. Minor. The bride is niece of Mrs.
M. +. Huff, of Salem, and tho BRIDE
groom is one of the proprietors of the
Times Register. Amongst those from
Salem who will attend the marriage will
be Mrs. Huff and Miss Willie Webber,
Sergeant j. B. Frier and Charles ID.
Dent, of the Salem Times Register.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-22
PITH AND POINT.

1t is odd enough that burglars take
such risks in n safe opcning.-Bnlti-
more American.
"A man can't be pretty. and know
he is pretty, and amount to anything
--Atchison Globe.
The first love affair is the malady
which attends the cutting of wisdom
tecth.-Elmira Gazette.
-BillSins-"I know what ! want"
Filkins-"Then You must know u great
deal. "-Somcrville Journal.
If this world is n stage the bald
headed man must be supe, for he has
no part.-YOnkcrs Statesman.
The crank with n theory is like n
dog chasing his tail-it's nothing new
when he grasps it. -Columbus Post.
Every thing should be in season.
The summer boarder cannot expect to
have spring chiclSen.-N. 0. Picayune.
1t is good rule to pay as you go.
But some men must be going very slow
if they go as they pay.-N. o. Picayune.
Advice is like counterfeit money.
Most people are ready to part with it,
but none care to take it-Boston Tran
script.
We always envy n fat woman when
we see her laughing. There seems to
be so much of her having good time
-Atchison Globe.
The man who can not sing the old
songs" and won't try is the one we like
to meet at an evening party. Bing-
hamton Republican.
-She-"Savc me-I'm drowning ~
He-"Will you marry me if. / do?
She-''No." Hc-''All right, then; I'll
save you. "-Broollyn Life.
(which one do you wish to marry?"
"Thc younger sister," (which one is
she?" 81 don't know. They both
claim to be. brooklyn Life.
You seldom see man so honest
that he says to his wife: "Where did
leave my hat ?" He usually says:
where did you leave it ?'-Atchison
Globe.
Miss Prim(to Mr.. Richfcllow)-"Oh
its nothing, my teeth ache little;
that's all" Small Brother (sympathet-
ically)-"Why don't you take 'em
out?"
Jealousy is the meanest of passions,
and yet even the best of women is
plSdSCO SOuiclllllC W TCullIC ll1tt IL Is Ill
her power to excite it.-Somcrvillc
Journal.
"A Rosy Nicw-"So, young man,
you have gone and engaged yourself to
my daughter, CHI? What are your pros
poets, sir % Perfectly Heavcnlyw-
indianapolis journal.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. you strike man
see that he deserves it," Billlins-
"Pooh I have better rule than
that" Willlins-"What is it, pray?"
Bill1ins-"Scc, that he is smaller than
you."-Yanllec Blade.
Low Associates. Old Bellows (fu-
riously)-"Ill give you to understand,
madame, know myself!' Mrs Bel
lows (complacently)- doubt of it.
Some low down person is all you care
to know. IN. V. Herald.
Miss Smilax-"Ivc just been talk.
ing to Mr.. Bigbrain; he is so very
clever; couldn't help thinking of you,
Mr.. Sappy, all the time was talking to
him" NJ. Sappy-'YeIh? l am SO
glad, don't you know" Miss milax-
Yes couldn't help thinking what an
Unreasonable difference there is be.
tween people. Denver Sun.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-22
Mrs. NettIeton Dead.

Mrs. Mary T. Nettleton, wife of Mr..
+. Fl. Nettleton. an architect from Con-
necticut who had lately located in
Salem, died at the residence of Capt. c.
C. Tompkins, on High street, where she
was boarding, early Thursday morning
after long and painful illness. The
burial will take place this afternoon at
2 p. m. in the Catholic cemetery, be-
tween Salem and Roanoke, Rev. Father
Lyn, h o lduct ting the services.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-22
susn->N,an Not Feasible.

Mrs Staggcrs-I don't know what
to do with my husband. He just stays
around the house all the time and
growls
Mrs. Dimling-Why don't you make
him go to work?
Mrs staggers--It isn't respectable u
work ;hc growier.-S. y. sax.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-22
Now and Then.

Fathcr-Come, now, my son; stop
beating about the bush. Will you bring
the coal?
Old Uncle John-Whcn / was boy I
didn't beat about the bush much; if
was slow about doing an errand, the
bush had a fashion of beating about me.
Puck
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-22
The Next Recital.

AT the second recital to be given in
the First Baptist Church February IL
Mrs. Porter, Messrs. Cary and Rochus-
sen will be assisted by Mr.. NJ Z. Yeat.
man, who will play q cello solo an will
also appear in trio with Me,srs. Cary
and Rochussen. Mrs. Porter Will be
accompanied in one OF her numbers by
cello, violin and piano.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-22

Young Mothcr-Horrors! Here's an
account in the paper of a woman who
sold her baby for ten cents
Young Father twearily l-Perhaps it
was teethinS N. Y. Weekly.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-22

HAVE you forgotten that Silverthorn,
at No. 8 Salem avenue, carries tho
largest and finest stock of jewelry. solid
silver and plated ware, clocks, bronzes
and vases in Southwest Virginia?
Prices low, for goods must be sold.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-22

Don't forget Berlins great auction
sales. 1t will pay you TO attend them.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-22

THE celebrated Steck piano, the
best known in the South, never fails to
give satisfaction. Write the Smith
Music Co. for catalogues and prices.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-22

A. l.. JAMESON & Co., coal and feed
dealers. All kinds of feed Office AZ
junction OF Norfolk avenue and Camp
boli street Telephone No. los.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-22

SEE Brooks al. on til II page .or
CHEAP photographs.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-22

ROANOKE DRESSED BEEF CO.
N. RENSCI, Stall No. 8.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-30
ABBREVIATED TELEGRGMS.

The Populist party leaders, Taubeneck,
Turner, and Rankin, have issued an ad-
dress urging their partisan friends in legis-
latures not to fuse, but make square
stand-up fight for principles"
Amos H. Hosmer and f. w. Rouse,
grand officers of the Iron Hall, have been
arrested at Baltimore on instructions from
indianapolis
Dr. Ralph Butterfield, of Kansas CITY.
left his whole estate, SlS5, 900, to Dartmouth
college, his Alma Mater. DR." Butterfield
was an old miser who kept a second hand
book shop, and who had no friends and
few acquaintance.
Samuel Evans killed himself at White
Haven, Pa, because his landlord dunned
him for board
new telephone line 400 miles long,
from Spokane, Wash, to Portland, Or.
Will be completed early next summer at a
cost of over 100000.
Frozen water pipes caused an explosion
In Hutchinson's Carpet Cleaning works at
Philadelphia. Foreman J. o. Cox was
probably fatally and Clarence Shaw seri-
ously hurt
The differences between the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad officials and the Broth
the signing of wage scale which makes
an average increase of from to is cents
per day.
Obituary: At San Francisco, Loring Pick
ering, proprietor of The Morning Call aged
50 At New York, Professor Elbridge c..
Alien, formerly principal of the Waukegan
lllls.) academy, aged il; Richard Burleigh
himball, author of numerous books of
travel. aged 16.
Merwin Marie Smell, private secretary to
Bishop keai.e, of the Roman Catholic uni
versity at Washington, has withdrawn
from the church. He was recently
married and has a leaning toward theo-
sophy.
United States Minister to England
Robert I. lincoln has sailed for London
from New York.
The aggregate resources and liabilities of
the 5ls building associations in Illinois is
S56,313,2 16. On Nov 20 there wer, .9q3.-
262 shares of stock in force. GOO. 243 of which
were issued during the year
ThceXecutive committee of Lane Semi
nary have requested Professor Henry Pre-
served Smith to retain his position at the
seminary, and declare that they have per-
feet confidence of his teaching.
Commodore William NJ. Folger. chief of
the ordnance bureau, has arrived in Pitts
burg for the purpose of inspecting the
armor plate department of the Carnegie
plant at Homestead
w. H. Sleep has been chosen president of
the village of Waukesha.
The Fairfax tMinn.) bank has closed its
doors and the officers have disappeared.
Mayor Noonan, of st. Louis, declines to
accept the resignation of City Treasurer
Foerstel, holding that the latter's retire
ment in the face of the pending trial would
be improper.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-30
NEWS WAS VERY SCARCE
And Some Sort of Sensation Was a Long
Felt Want.

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 30. - The ~firebug"
theory regard to the remarkable success
sion of disastrous fires in Milwaukee dur
ing the last two months has been exploded
by the developments of the last two twenty
fOuT hours. Instead Of an inflow of evi-
dence in support of the belief that a gang
Of inceI diaries Is at work in the city there
has been volume of testimony that points
to carelessnesS as the cause of "A majority
of the fires. Numerous instances have
been reported Of narrow escapes through
defective furnace flues and from fires used
to thaw out frozen water pipes.
And Now the Bomb l. Busted
But the unkindest cut of all TO the SEN
satiunalists who have been sending ont
these false alarms is the explosion of the
bomb @ that set fire 20 the street railw; Y
plant There was nothing inside the
bomb except wind and wild romance
The fire was caused by an overheated car
stove. Nobody heard bomb explode ex-
cept the several hundred gentlemen who
met yes -erday to consider the matter and
who We're told the foregoing facts by II. C.
Payne, vice president Of the street railway
line.