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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-24
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WASHINGTON. May 2a.-ISpaoial..--
Comptroller OF currency has declared
first dividend OF Is per cent. in favor
creditors First National Bank OF VIII
mington, N. c., on all olaims psovei,
amounting to S5,0+l,d5
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-24
The Work Commenced.

Work on what is termed the inside
Lynchburg belt limo was commenced
yesterday by Contractor r. j. McGrann
with large force of men. The work
will be pushed as rapidly as possible
and is hoped to be completed in about
sixty dava
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-24
NIeatinr pnstnnnea

The meeting of the stock holders OF
the Vinton Development Company.
which was to have boon held yesser.
day at noon in tho office of NJ. r. z.
Jordan. was postponed Until next Thurs,
day at twelve o'clock.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-24
Duried I'm North CarOlina.

The body OF Mrs. Isabel Brown, who
died late Saturday night at her home
near the gas works, was taken to Rock
ford. n. c., yesterday for burial. Mrs.
Brown was 20 years of age. Fever was
the cause of her death.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-24
NOTICE.

Our SODA FOUNTAIN is open in
FULL BLAST, ready for the ap-
preaching hot weather. SODA
WATER, ICES, EGG PHOSPHATE,
MILK SHAKE, MINERAL WA.
TIERS, ETC. OUR SPECIAL
TIES, THE ICES, are delicious.
Our last years reputation shall be
maintained.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-24
KNIGHTS OF PyTHiAs.
Their Benefit Was a Decided
Success.

Roanoke Division, No. IL, Usiformei
RanN, knights OF Pytfaias, has cause tc
congratulate itself on the success
which attended it's benefit last, night.
In the early part OF the evening the
members gave street. parade, headed
blythe Machine Works Band and created
avery favorable impression by theiysol-
dierly marching and fine appearance
BY half pest eight the Opera House
was we'll filled with distinguished au-
aience who. came to enjoy the per
formance of May Blossom" They
were we'll pleased and the per.
formers were often greeted with app
plause.
Every one who participated in the
performance deserves great credit. but
the honors wece carried off By Thomas
Parker, who took the character of
Tom Blossom. Mr.. Parker's work was
way above the average and he showed
nothing Of the amateur. He read his
lines with much expression and feeling
and acted the. typical fisherman,to per.
lection. If Mr.. Parker should decide to
adopt the stage as his future profession
he would soon take high rank 1T.
Mr. Hugh w. Fry, as Steve Harland,
was-all that could be desired, while w.
Ht Pfetzman, Phil L. Norvell, W. e
Edm cad, Lanier Gray and j. f. Feather
stone acquitted themsel YES creditab
w. b. Moss, as Richard Ashcroft, was
out of place. Mr.. Moss specially is
comedy and as q comedian no is very
good, but in the emotional parts last
night mis- work WAS weak.
May Blossom, as presented by Miss
Annie ID: Armlstead, was very sweet
and lovable character and she soon
gained tho sympathy of the audience.
Miss Marie Il Armistead made tho
most of the character of Milly and Mrs
John E.. James scored great hit as
Deborah Blossom.
Ono of the features Of the performance
was the acting Of tho children. Little
Lima Agostini completely captured tho
house and received humorous bursts of
applause. Although but eight years Of
ago She rendered her part with great
ability. The other children also did
very we'll.
70 Mr.. Hugh Try much credit is duo
for the able manner in which he put on
tho piece and superintended it's produc-
ton. Mr.. Il. d: Tucker, chairman of
the committee having charge of the af.
fair, also contributed to the general
success of the evening. Tho Pythians
have every reason to feel proud OF their
entertainment last night.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-24
Tho Weather.

Forecast for Virginia: Fair till Wed
nesday night, warmer by Tuesday night
Winds becoming southwest.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-24

nR. Ii. a. SIMS,
~ PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Has resumed practice of his profession
permanently in Roanoke and fitted up
his Office at No. pa Third avenue s. W.,
two doors west of the postofiice, front
rooms up stairs. Office hours: 1870 to 900
a. M, 1880 to 100 and 500 to 7:30p. m.
Residence No. 364 Third avenue $. w.
8 10 In
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-24
OVER THREE MILES OF MACADAa
Already Laid on the Streets of
Roanoke.

II General Review of tho Work Done, in
Progress and Yet to DO Undertaken.
Nearly Four Miles Of GATHERING Conn
pleted-Work Begun on Shenandoah
avenue and to Begin on Taxew.n
Street To-day.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-24
BETHANY CHURCH DEDICATED.
Dedicatory Sermon by Rev. r.
II. Fleming, of Lynchburg.

A Debt of $500 Raised by Rev. DR.. w,
C. Campbell In n Quarter of an Hour.
One Hundred Members and I05 schol-
airs i'm Its SundaY-school.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-03-18

railroads and other
owned by Aliens should reclaimed
actual settlers only.
Transportation being OF exchange and public necessity
should the
people.
The telegraph telephone
for the transmission should
government in the interest of the people
Resolved that hail this the
all sections
who and the who the blue
extngush the last smolderng emb OF civil the
united and happy and the and stripes
forward forever highest national
The millions the middle classesabOrers
radesmen storekeepers who have
planted liz millions of homes Join this
movement for their and their country's welfare
There
party the To destroy after
been accomplished to build
nconan repubcanm
developments party machine
should destroyed by patriotism and
It Man wang against the tyranny Puocracy
throughout the repuband the
venton held this continent Come with
bloom
again with happy homes and hopeful hearts!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-03-18
Prosecution Fund Receipts.

Prosecution Fund Receipts.
FOREST LAKE, Mimi, Feb. 16, '92.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
The following is a list OF contribu-
tions to the prosecution fund in the
order they have been received.
Alliance, 1862, S. W. Birdsall,
Morristown......................$ S. 90
Alliance, 1O16, Lorain Mason
Currie. .......................... 500
Alliance, 1853, 0. G. Forsdale,
GlyndOn.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. D w
Alliance, 675, ] c Jepson, Rem
Vllle.. Observation-Disclosures. D W
Alliance, 11OS, James Munro,
ThielmantOn. .......... 500
Alliance, 800, VIM. c. GOuitt,
BrOOten Observation-Disclosures. . w
Alliance, SAT, E. E. Crosby.
DAWSON. ............. D w
Alliance, 800, John Whalen,
Stepnen.. .............................. w
Alliance. 1O11, John Bail,
Oak Hill...................... J15
Alliance, SCI, A. F. Schulz,
MOntevideO.. Observation-Disclosures. 5 90
Alliance, 776B 0. P. Sherry,
Hastlngs........... 5 90
Alliance, sos, j. E. Chase,
Barry. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 900. 90
Alliance, $40, j. S. Imsdahl,
Big Woods ................ $50
Alliance, 1856, G. M. Gessner,
Thielmanton.. ........... 5 90
Alliance, 435. Fp=A! Peterson,
BrOOten ................. 500
Alliance, II -, j e. Shelby,
HanSEA. Observation-Disclosures. %
Alliance, 763, j. f. Maxwell,
L alr1AX OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. w
Alliance, 594, G. H. Trip,
Mentor. ......:.:....::....:...:.... 10 %
Alliance, 165, NJ. 2. Quist,
New Sweden. Observation-Disclosures. 500
Flora Alliance, Renville Co... 500
Alliance, 6O4, M. Madison,
Hector, Observation-Disclosures. D W
Alliance, 1925, G. Clark, Lake
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. w
Alliance, ISL, D. M. Belts,
Porter ............................. , %
Alliance, 555, J. V. Hynes,
ADRIAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 50
Alliance, 565, F. 6. Lemke,
WacOnl6 .............................. 70
Alliance, $40, Joe Penner,
Alexandria. ......................... 90
Alliance, 983, L. 2. Owre,
Lake Lillian. ................ 500
Alliance, 293, M. C.. Barber,
PipestOne.. Observation-Disclosures. 90
Alliance, III, 0. P. Elvernun
Christiania.. 500
Alliance, No. S65, Edward
Fitzgerald. Howard. ............ 500
Alliance, 1901, Henry Nelson,
East Grand Forks........... 500
Alliance. 1895, Sam. C. Dixie,
Norfolk Observation-Disclosures. 500
Alliance, 1924, NJ. o. Madison,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 90
Alliance, 632, j. E. Johnson,
BalaCon w
Alliance, 1888, Alexander
Lowe, Hadley. ............... 400
Alliance, No. 672. o. E. Lanes,
Wegdahl 800
Alliance, $50, Jacob Harpster,
Downer 500
Alliance, 515, F. NJ. Cummings,
HaWley ............................. 90
Alliance, 1341, j. A. Bayne,
Hubbard. .......................... 500
Alliance, 1850. John Bowers,
Waseca 500
Lime Lake, 1894. soc
Alliance No. 913, August Low,
Drayton, N. D................ 500
Alliance, 627, j. l.. Lang,
WaslOla OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 5 90
Alliance, 1858, Thos. P. Kerr,
Princeton............ 500
Alliance, SOB, 0. B. Holm,
Marsh River. 500
Alliance, 1872, A. WestliDg,
Amt Ford &021 40
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-22

Ear marks: Clean split from root to point left ear, upPerolt m right ear, NatHe lvaruga] on on bulls C on left cheek only. Flooded stock C on left cheek and C on left ribs.
 HENRY HUNiNG Post office: Show Low, Arizona. Range: Show Low creek, Silver creek, Laguns 0rtega and Laguna Salada. Horse brand C C left shoulder.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-22
FIREFLlEs FROM CUBA.
Experimenting with e TiSht They Give
 the Cheapest m the World.


 the Cheapest m the World.
 Secretary Langley, of the Smithson- ian institution, has been experimenting for some time past with iirelies from Cuba. He says that the light they give is the cheapest" in the world produced. that is to say, with the least heat and the smallest expenditure of energy; and he believes that a successful imita- tion of it would prove most profitable substitute for gas and electricity. The insects are beetles two inches long and belong to the family Of 'snapping bugs" so called because when one of them is laid on it's back it snaps itself into the air with a clicking sound.
 The secret of the light this frehy gives is as yet undiscovered, says the Was 'ngton Star. Apparently it is con necte. in some way with the mysterious pheno ena of life. and chemists and physic. $ have sought in vain to ex- plain it. origin. On each side of the animals thorax is & luminous mem branous spot, and these flash at inter vals, So that the Cubans put dozen of the insects in cage together, and so obtain . continuous illumination bright enough to read by. This light is ac- compapied by no preeeptible heat, and is seemingly produced with almost no expenditure of energy. How great an improvement 1t represents upon all known artificial lights can be imagined when it Is stated that in capdlehght, lamplight, or gaslight the waste is more than ninety-niae per cent. In other words, if they could be so obtained as not to throw anything away, they would give nearly one hundred times the Illumination whickthey Go afford.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-22
I'm Vatican.

The ancient palace of the popes of Rome is the most magnificent building of the kind in the world. It stands on the right bank of the Tiber on a hill called the Vaticanus, because the Latins formerly worshiped Vaticinium, an ancient oracular deity at that place. Exactly when the building was con- menced no one knows. Charlemagne is known to have inhabited it over a thousand years ago. The present ex- tent of the building is enormous, the number of rooms at the lowest compu- tation being 4,422. Its treasures of marble statues, ancient gems, paint ings, books, manuscripts, etc, are to be compared only with those in the British museum. The length of the statue museum alone is a fraction ove mile. Conservative writers say that the gold contained in the medals, yes sels, chains and other objects pre- served in the Vatican would make more gold coins than the whole present Euro pean circulation
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-22
An Enclent Game.

Games of chance were prohibited by Mahomet, and in the Koran were placed as sins in the same category as wine drinking. Herodotus tells us that the Egyptians were dicers, but whether they were gamblers is not stated. Their favorite game was one played with draughtsmcn, and there is good evidence to believe that this is, if not the most ancient game, at least one of the most ancient.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-22
CURE or THE TOBACCO HABIT.
This Young Man Relieved His Cravings by Smoking Common Muileiu.

This Young Man Relieved His Cravings by Smoking Common Nuilein. 7 One of the Shore Line trains was con- ing up from New York, says the Bos- ton Herald. A young man entered the smoking car at New London, pulled book from his grip and T. D. from his pocket, filled the T. D., lighted it and settled comfortably into his seat for the journey.
 Pretty soon a pleasant aromatic odor began to prevade the car in his vicinity. It had suggestion of cubebs, but was not cubebs. There was hint of sweet fern. yet it was different.
 The drummers who were playing whist in tho opposite seats sniffed the air and looked about; so cid the old gentleman in the seat in front of the youth with the T. D.
 By and by Che old gentleman turned around and said: ''I beg your pardon, young man, but may I ask what you are smclzing?'
 The young man smiled. ''I am try ing to break myself of smoking" he said. ''My sweetheart objects totobac- CO. foiS t.OSsL4 CS.Te HOW LIti~u SLlOAG if let the great weed alone. Now you, as smoker yourself, linow that the principal pleasure of smoking comes from the habit of holding the pipe or cigar in the mouth and seeing the smoke curl away. IL is quite as much that as the narcotic effects of the nicotine.
 Well, then, have that pleasure in smoking this substance. But that Is not all. While it has very pleasant taste and odor, burns freely. socthcs tine nerves and helps materially any rawness of the throat or bronchial tubes, the peculiar thing about it is that after smoking it a cigar or tobacco in any form tastes So badly that a man positively can't smoke it. That's low 1 am curing myself of smoking tobacco. "
 Bat what ls the stu1f?' asked the oio gentleman.
 Nothing but common mutlein, re piled the young man with . smile.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-22
A HORRIBLE FIND.
Two Skeletons Whose Discovery Points to
 a Medieval Tragedy.

Two Skeletons Whose Discovery Points to
 Medieval Tragedy.
 A curious discovery was lately made by wine-grower in the department of the Charente, says the Belfast News Letter. Adjoining his property are the ruins of an ancient chateau, which has been left to its fate for centuries. As part of one of the walls of this old pile was showing symptoms of an approach ing collapse, the peasant obtained per mission to remove it and a few days ago he set to work to demolish it.
 After toiling for q couple of hours, to his amazement he came upon Q couple of skeletons, the necls, arms and legs of which had been tightly bound to each other by iron links. They were in an erect position and it was evident that they were the remains of men who had been immured hundreds of years ago. The wine grower lost no time in draw ing the attention of local antiquarians to his discovery and careful investiga- tion revealed further the presence of fragments of clothing which had been almost reduced to dust, as well as of a rusty weapon and two pieces Of wood.
 The skeletons gre to be placed in the Bordeaux museum, and great pains are being taken to insure their transport in the same position as that in which they were found. There is no doubt that some tragedy of the middle ages, of which possibly some record may sur vive, led to the confinement of these unfortunate victims in the manner de scribed. It is matter of course that the strange discovery is engaging the att tention of antiQuarians in that part of France, and it is by no means improba- ble that some clew to the mystery may be forthcoming ere long.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-22
4 GaIvanic Cat.rnlgar Teaser.

An electrician has invented curious device to prevent caterpillars from crawling up trees. The scheme is sim ply to run alternate wires of copper and zine around the trunk of the tree at distance of about half an inch apart. When the wires have been placed in position Mr. Caterpillar starts his as cent. He strikes the copper wire, polles his little nose over 1t and continues. Half an inch further up his feet strike the zine wire. Immediately the current is carried through his body. With howl of pain Mr. Caterpillar drops to the ground, or if the current be strong enough remains a prisoner until the reaper comes.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-22
The rinest stables la the world.

Baroness von Zuyllan, of Paris, has the finest stables in the world for her magnificent horses. Even those of the great czar himself do not equal them in magnifcencc. On Sunday afternoons she takes her tea in the stables, where, down the center of the great building thick pile carpet is placed leading up to the tea room. The horses come up to the table for sugar from their mistress like pet dogs. The buildings cover over three acres Of ground.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-22
USE OF THE HANDS.
When Writing Nearly Every Muscle in the
 Body Helps Them.


 At the late international congress of hygiene and deB1ography, in section 4, which was concerned with the hygiene of infancy and school life, Q resolution was passed ia favor of the teaching of upright penmanship or vertical writing on the ground that spinal curvature and short sight are caused by the faulty position of the youthful student, which is necessitated by slope of tie letters.
 We can all of us remember the trouble of learning to write, and the mental and physical toll which the making of our first pothooks and hangers involved. The number of muscles put in action when a person is writing is prodigious, and it is probable that in beginners every muscle of the body must yield its assent before the graphic symbols tricl1le from the pen.
 The fingers, wrist, elbow and shoulder must all be held steady, says the Lon don Lancet. The spine must be rigid and fixed below as well as above. The pelvis must be firm, and to this end the child often gets a support by Sits feet from the legs of the chair. The thorax is more or less rigid, and it's movements arc determined more by the work of tho hand than the respiratory needs. Lastly, the knit brows and pro- truding tongue are unconscious muscu- lar acts which serve to mark the eff fort, both of body and mind, which the child undergoes when learning to write. It is notorious that in writing our indi- viduality asserts itself in spite of the pedagogue. We are taught certain rules for sittlng at the desk and holding the pen, which we ultimately learn to neglect, and finally write in a fashion of our own.
 The true remedy for the evils pro- duced by learning to write seems to us to be to teach the child to use both hands and toapractice alternately with either hand. Vertical writing lends it. self more readily to ambidexterity than does slopinG writing, and there can be no doubt that clerk who could write with equal facility with either and, and could rest one side of. the body while the otber was working, would be little liable to writer's cramp and similar troubles. Seeing how enormous is the muscular effort involved in giving the hand sufficient steadiness, and that the brain flag is scarcely less than the mus cle flag, 1t goes without saying that writing lessons should at first be of very short duration. Ten minutes with each hand Oupbt to amply suffice
The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-22
TIE OLDEST LAWSUIT.
Money That Has Been in Litigation AL
 most a Century.


 most a Century.
 The ''oldcst living lawsuit received a longer lease of life from the supreme court recently, says the Philadelphia Record. The suits official designation is March term, 1874, number eighty two, ; so that in two months it will be able to celebrate it seventy-eighth birthday, with every prospect of living to the ripe age of fourscore. Two full sets of heirs, a trust company, four lawyers, and an auditor and 8 deputy escheator are seeing that it wants nothing in care.
 The suit was brought by the assignces of one James Moore, against William Rawle, ia which Ir. Rawle paid into court the amount Of the judgment re- covered against him. About 1920 some of this money was paid out on 8 judg- ment recovered Icy the executors Of one of the assignces against the other two. The balance, S2,327, was paid to James Read, then president of the Philadelphia bank, to be held by him subject to the further order Of the court. MT. Read, and later the Girard Trust Company, handled the fund until it has grown to 518,702. The auditor general took pro- ceedings to escheat it to the common wealth.
 Two sets of claimants, one hailing from Chester county in this state and claiming to be grandchildren of James Moore's brother, and the other from Maryland and claiming to be grand children of James Moore himself, v re stirred up. The auditor awardc the fund to George W. Pepper as counsel for the Pennsylvania heirs. Excep- tions to this decision have been filed on behalf of both the commonwealth and the Maryland heirs, and the supreme court ordered these exceptions to be placed upon the list for arguments dur ing the present term.