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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31
a RUSHING BUSINESS.
Several Cases in Mayor Young
er's Court Yesterday.

The mayors court did quite rushing
business yesterday morning. Harry
Singleton and Thomas Maury were fined
Sc so each for violation of section 10,
and Will Baer 81 and L. II. Banks s6.40
| for the same offense.
These latter parties created consider
able excitement on Tuesday night about
IL O'clock. They had few words about
who was the stronger, and becoming
angry determined to try results in the
street. For two or three minutes things
were lively under the electric light op-
posite the hotel.
Banks, who has just come to Roanoke
College, is an athletic young fellow, and
the way he danced around his opponent,
who is considerably heavier, putting in
several telling hits and lodging blows
aimed at him, pleased the few outsiders
Immensely.
About the time the affair was becom-
ing interesting the cry of "Look out for
the police" broke up the fight, and the
combatants scattered. When the young
men appeared before the mayor in the
morning they both confessed judgment,
thus avoiding trial. This little scrap
was the main topic on the streets yes
terday. and it was the opinion of many
that Roane Ike College was decidedly
coming to the front in the athletic line
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31
INFLUENZA BACILLUS MAaNIF1Ep.

any other disease, and is only made
visible to the human eye by the aid of
magnifying glass of 600 power. The
mode of culture is to inoculate culture
media with the sccretions containing
the bacillus. Within from twenty-four
to forty-eight hours there can be de-
tected minute specks resembling drops
of water, providing the germs have
been kept at the temperature of the
human body-aS degrees. A lower
temperature does not kill them, but
prevents propagation. In their natural
state these bacilli are rod-shaped and
transparent in color. When aniline
dyes are applied they absorb more at
either end than in the middle and seem
to assume the shape of diplo- coccus.
The most important outcome of the dis
covery will be the possibility of an
early and certain diagnosis and the
ability to prevent the spread of this
disease. AS the phlegm of consumptives
was found to contain the germs of dis
ease, so has the phlegm of influenza
patients been found to contain the
bacilli of that disease. They lie dor
mant in the dust of the streets and in
public places and convcyances until
they are carried into the air, are in
hailed and absorbed through the lungs.
Then the disease DEVELOPS"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31
a $4,000 Fire In Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, March 3O.-ISpecial]-
The building of the Ohio Spiral Spring
Buggy Company, at the northwest
corner of Sycamore and North Court
streets, was burned this morning. The
building, which is seven stories high, TO-
gether with it's contents, was totally de-
stroyed. The loss is estimated on the
building at $4,000; stock and ma
chinery, sos, 900. Insurance light.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31
ADVERTISING PAYS.
Provided You Know How to Word You
Announcement

Provided You Know How to Word You
Announcements
A man was denouncing newspaper
advertising to crowd of listeners.
Last week." said he, az had an um-
'brella stolen from the vestibule of the
church. 1t was gift, and, valuing it
very highly, spent double its worth
in advertising, but have not recovered
it,
Glow did you word the advertise
ment?" asked merchant.
Here it is" said the man, producing
slip cut from newspaper.
The merchant took it and read:
Lost, from the vestibule CT the - church
last Sunday evening, black umbrella The
gentleman who took 1t will be handsomely re-!
wardcd by leaving it at No. - High steeet"
Now" said the merchant, II am r.
liberal advertiser and have always
found it paid me we'll. A great deal
depends upon the manner in which the
advertisement is put. Let us try your
umbrella again, ana if YOU do not ac-
knowledge that advertising pays l will
purchase you Il new one"
The merchant took n slip of paper
from his pocket and wrote:
III the man who was seen to take the uu,.
brella from the vestibulc of the - church last
Sunday does not wish to get into trouble and
have stain cast upon the Christian character
which hG values go highly nc will return 1t a,
'EaHt TO No. High street."
This duly appeared ii the paper, and
the following morning the man was as
tonishcd when he opened the front door
of his residence. On the porch lay al
least dozen umbrellas Of all shades
and sizes that had been thrown in
while the front yard was literally paved
with the umbrellas. Many of them had
notes attached to them saying that they
had been taken by mistake, and beg
ging the loser to keep the little affair
quiet.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31
INFLUENZA BACILLUS j.
The Germ or tho Terrible Disease Pho.
tpgrsphed with Success.

The Germ OF tho Terrible Disease Pho.
tpgrsphod with Success.
The influenza bacilli received by DR..
Edwin j. Kuh from DIR. Canon, OF
Vienna, have been photographed. Since
the germs have been received DIR. Kuh
has studied them carefully, and is now
prepared to make experiments. He
said: This influenza bacillus. is ex,
perforated in the phlegm of patients in
innumcrable millions and the germs
have been discovered in the blood of
nearly every influenza patient ex-
amincd by DR.. Canon. They arc so
numerous in the blood that specimens
can be obtained by simply pricking the
patients finger. Dr. Pfcifer discovered
the germ two years ago in the bronchial
secrctions, but the work of culture was
slow, and it is only recently that no
has been able to make the result of his
study public.
Canon made his discovery of the en-
istence of the bacilli in the blood sever
al months ago. The influenza bacillus
IS many times smaller than the germ o.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31
FOR POSTAL CLERKS.
A Measure for Their Classification and
Promotion.

A Measure for Their Classification and
Promotion.
The bill for the classification of clerks
in first and second-class post Offices
which congress is considering ought to
become a law without opposition, says
the Century. 1t was prepared by the
National Association of Post Office
Clerks, and is a measure conceived and
designed for the sole purpose OF secur
ing just and fair treatment to very
Woodworking and meritorious body
of public servants. 1t fixes their COM
pensation upon an equable and reason
able basis, insures promotion according
to service and ability, and makes faith
fulness and efficiency the sole requisites
for permanent employment. 1t is a
measure in the interest of true civil scrv-
ice reform, as we'll as national justice,
since it Classics the service, makes it
mandatory that all appointments to the
higher grades shall be from the lower
grades, on the ground of proficiency
| and length of service, and requires that
all new appointments shall be to the
lower grades after competitive cXami-
| nations as required by the civil service
act
Under the present system, or rather
lack of system, the clerks have no
classification which insures promotion
according to service and ability, have
long hours of labor, nre poorly paid
and have no annual vacation. To say
that great and rich government like
ours is justified in treating it's employees
in this heartless, unfair and parsiino-
NOUS manner is obviously absurd.
private employer who pursued such Il
course would be censured roundly by
all reputable men. AS nation we are
abundantly able to pay our servants
fair wages, and we ought to see that il
is for the best interest of the whole
public to have orr post Office clerks
n permanent, well-drilled, intelligent
capable and contcnted body of servants
for it is only from such a body that the
best service can be obtained.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31
NOBILITY IN ITALY.
Reasons Why 1t Is Numerous and OF Com
parntIvely Little Account.


parntively Little Account.
The opinion is somewhat current in
the United States that the marriagcable
daughters of rich Americans. as we'll as
their fathers and mothers, are frequent
~ attracted by italian titles of nobility.
whether this opinion is correct or not.
the status of this nobility is one of the
subjects that attracts the attention of
the students Of the social condition of
Italy. Ten years ago there were in the
peninsula, according to distinguished
authority, 400 princes, 45S dukes, 0S5
marquises, 1859 counts, 325 barons.
and vicounts, as we'll as 1884 persons
of patrician rank, 2,2T3 with u right to
the designation of ''noble," 3is distinct
lively signori, and 40 hereditary
knights. In the Golden Book of the
Capital were inscribed 3o1 patrician
families, of which % had the title of
prince and that of duke, while the
others were marquiscs, counts, or sim
ply patricians. Five orders of nobility
were recognized. The causes of this
extraordinary profusion of titles are
two in number. Under the old regime
there were dozen or more independent
sovereignties, and an equal number of
fountains of honor" all of them influ-
enced by the usual motives in the dis
tribution of titles of nobility. Every
king or grand duke must have
his court and noblesse. Indeed,
the heads of small states and
principalities are very apt to
distribute titles with more liberality
than great kings and emperors. Then
by custom an Italian nobleman be-
queaths his title to all his sons, no mat
ter how numerous they may be, al
though the eldest is the head of the
house and the proper successor to the
title; custom that results in a numerous
pseudo nobility. AS all the fountains
of honor but one dried up with the
unification of Italy, it is fair to suppose
that fewer persons are ennoblcd now
than formerly, but, as tho old nobility
or nObilitics are very numerous, and as
the other cause continues to act, there
is no reason to fear an immediate
scarcity of titled personagcs. 1t should
also be observed that the Italian princes
are by no means the equals in rank of
the English princes. In England the,
title is reserved for the princes of the
blood; not so in Italy and in other con-
tinental countries.
Perhaps it is needless to say that the
power Of the Italian nobility is but
Pigment of what it once was The
march OF democratic ideas, the spread
OF the commercial spirit and the in
crease of wealth have played havoc
with the old aristocracies. No doubt
the Italian mobiles still possess very con-
siderable influence, but much of what
they once had has passed to the pro-
fessions and to the representatives of
industrial and commercial life. They
are not conspicuous in politics, or in
the army or navy. NJ. Rudini, the
present prime minister, is indeed mar
quis, and is reputed to be very wealthy,
but he was in 20 way prominent until
he became the head of the coalition
cabinet on the downfall of Crispi.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31
AnImportantC Case

Among the suits which will come up
ct the April term Of the circuit court is
one OF the Berryville Land and I'm
provement Company VS.. D. B. Strouse,
for four assessments on $40 shares,
amounting to $500. Marshall Nc.
Cormick, Col. R. Fl. Logan and possibly
Judge Waller r. Staples, will represent
the company, whilst A. A. Phlegar will
look after the interests of the defend
ant The case is one of considerable
Importance, as on its success or defeat
depend number of similar suits.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31
Consumption.

THE most to be dreaded of all dis
eases often begins in simple cold.
simplySdeglected. No cough should be
allowed to run single day without
using the finest remedy in the world,
DR.. Hale's Household Cough Cure. 1t
acts like magic, Strengthening the
lungs, allaying all irritation and cures
cough where all other remedies fail.
Is and SOC. per bottle at Massie & Mar
tins. cor. Commerce street and Salem
avenue.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31

large number of daily papers during tho
racing season. She is thoroughly in
formed and knows more about horses
and pcdigrees than almost any man in
1owa-ccrtain it is that she knows
more on those subjects than any news
paper man. She is an orphan; was
raised by dear good aunt, and she is
modest, ladylikc ana makes friends of
all whom she meets. She is full of en-
ergy and welded to newspaper work.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31
A REMARKABLE WOMAN.
Miss Tins. the Famous Horse Reporte,
of JndcDendenoe. Ia

Miss A. l.. Tins, of independence,
Ia, young lady about twenty-onc
years of age, is the horse reporter for
that famous locality where Axtell was
discovered. Miss Tins represents n
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31
The Engineey.' Meet'-n

The board OF directors of the Engi-
neers' Association of Virginia will hold
meeting on April to determine the
time and place of holding the next
meeting of the association.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31
William Skelley,

OF II Academy street, Evansville, Wis,
under date of May %, says: Messrs.
Kenyon & Thomas: This is to certify
what know about DIR. Hale's House
hold Ointment. 1 have had a bother
some sore on my lip for fifteen years,
which terminated in cancer. / had
tried various remedies purporting to
cure, but all without avail until pur-
chased box of your DIR. Hale's House
hold Ointment and with two months
using 1t has entirely cured it, and I
freely give this for the benefit OF the
people. Truly yours.
WIN. SHELLEY.
This wonderful medicine is for sale at
Massie & Martins drug store, cor Com
merce street and Salem avenue.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31

HAIR MATTRESSES-W MANU-
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sale, Wholesale and retail. Hair mat
tresses re-made speciality. Practical
workmen employed, work warranted,
prices low. Orders by mail promptly at
tended. Will buy clean sb ucks and straw.
J. B. RICHARDSON & SON, Alabama
st., Salem Va. P. D. box 1926. 351y.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31
Ladies',

ARE you suffering from weakness? Is
your complexion sallow? Do you have
constant back-ache? Are you consti.
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you have had any of these feelings, be-
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martins drug store, cor. Commerce
street and Salem avenue.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31
aILowRRs AND DECORATIVE PLANTS.

have in Green Houses now ready for sale,
Palms, Draccnas, Rubbers, Screw Pines. Azeleas,
Roses, Geraniums, Fnschias, and general a, .
aortment OF all kinds OF plants for pots or bed
ding. Prices low and stock flrstclass.
Please give me q call.
Visitors welcome ut all times.
j. SIIARTZER,
florist, Salem, Va.
River Side Flower Gardens. 81 Tyr
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31

TT G. OAKLEY,
ARCHITECT, CONTRACTOR AND
BUILDER, ROANOKE.
Plans and estimates furnished on short
notice. Will contract to erect resi-
dences stores and warerooms. Best of
workmen and material. Satisfaction
guaranteed. 4 emo
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ID. $. GOOD
y U. DERR,

u U. DERR,
Attorney-at-Law, Rooms and7
Masonic Temple, Roanoke, Virginia
mar5-1y
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31

Finest cabinets, e sldelinsor's. aa JEFFERSON
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31

T. W. MILLER, 8. E. JONES
City Solicitor. Late of Botetourt
Roanoke. Bar.
MILLER g. JONES,
Ixl ATTORNEYS-AT-LA
Office: 20 Campbell street 8. w. lover
Adams Express Office). Courts: Roam
oke city and county and adjoining coun.
ties, Supreme Court of Appeals and u. s.
Courts. Special attention to claims.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31
PROFESSIONAL,
q GRIFFIN, Wen. A. GLASGOW, in.
No Bedford City, Va. Roanoke, va.
GRIFFIN & GLASGOW.

Aetorneys-at-law, room 8, Moomav
building, Jefferson st., Roanoke, Va
PRACTICE In courts of Roanoke city apt
county and adjoining counties.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31

JOHN n. WRIGHT. b. LACY noe,
WRIGHT & HOGE, Attorneys-at-Lav
Roanoke, Va, Room 6, Moomav
Building, Jefferson street. Courts-RoA
noke city and county, and Craig ant
Botetourt counties. Special attention
given to collection of claims. mar4-11
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31

NOW IS THE TIME TO SUB
,DRIBE
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-02

While attached TO a military expe-
dition against the Sioux in Wyoming, in
1877, saw those Indians construct at
the various camps we made what take
20 be the most primitive form Of house
built by human hands. II was simply
a shelter, OF tepee as they called it,
made with the green boughs cut from
the cottonwood trees. Without any
especial preparation Of the ground, they
implanted the cut ends OF the limbs in
two parallel rows about eight feet long
and FIVE feet apart. The tops were
adroitly bent over the inclosed space and
fastened together along the middle line,
Thus creating a semicyliDdrical shelter
open at both ends. These tepees were
merely intended for two or three men 10
sleep in, all the cooking and other ar
rangements being performed outside.
r. w. Shufeldt, NJ. d., in Popular Sci.
ence Monthly.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-02
Superstition of the Cuckoo.

In celebrated French romance of the
Thirteenth century, published by Neon,
M. Renart and his wife hear the cuckoo's
notes early in the morning as they
lie awake, talking and planning what
they will do and be in the future that
lies before them. NJ. Renart thinks he
would like to know how many years
will be given him in which to enjoy life,
so he implores the cuckoo to tell him.
Cuckoo, tell me truth, how many years
have l to live? | wish very much to
know, cuckoo" The cuckoo answered
promptly thirteen times. Then NJ.
Rensrt turns to his wife and embraces
her. "Did you hearf" he asks. ''Sir, y
said Mime. Renart, being dutiful wife
and very respectful to her lord and
master, "Sir, heard gladly, and de
msnd you will kiss me-" Dame" said
he, Il am quite rejoiced. YAH the Year
Round.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-02
An Import.nt Contract closed.

The bureau Of the American republics
is informed OF the closing Of contract
between the government Of Guatemala
and the Hamburg Pacific steamship
line, in which the company agrees TO
send at least one ship a month from
Europe to Guatemala ports. carry
freight at reduced rate. furnish free
transportation for officers of the govern
ment and also its mails to the Central
and South American countries, make a
reduction Of at least one-han its rates
for bringing articles for the use Of the
government and to make the same re-
ductiOn for immigrants destined for the
republic. The company will be paid
81 900 for each ship arriving in the
ports; no tonnage. Lighthouse or port
charges viii Be ENACTED. extra facilities
win be granted for taking and dischsrg-
ing csrgoss. and The privilege Of enssg-
ing IN the cosstwise service IL extended
70 the vessels Of The Hne.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-02
Microbes from old Graves.

1t is asserted that the efforts to abolish
infectious diseases, such as scarlet fever
and diphtheria, are frustrated by the
burial of infected bodies, for though the
microbes themselves may die their
spores, or seeds, have very great vitality.
Pasteur's researches have proved that
earthworms bring up to the surface
microbes from the bodies of infected
animals buried several feet deep. Oar
win showed in one case that in fifteen
years they had accumulated worm mold
over three inches in depth, and in an
other case during eighty years had ac-
cumulated an average depth of more
than foot.
In field in the Jura, where diseased
COW had been buried at depth of nearly
seven feet, Pasteur found that the mold
which he collected two years later con.
tanned germs which on being inoculated
into guinea pig produced death from
the same disorder of which the COW died
Ina Yorkshire village part of disused
graveyard was taken into the rectory gar
den adjoining. On the earth being dug
over scarlet fever broke out in the rec
tory nursery and thence spread over the
village. 1t proved TO be of the same
type as that from which, thirty years
before, the victims died who were buried
in that particular part of the church,ard
On the opening of smallpox burying
ground in Quebec, $50 years old, small
pox Immediately broke out among the
workmen.-Youth's Companion.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-02
His First and Last Time.

Romanelli, having heard wonders told
Of the skating rink, determined to go
there. The sight of so many young
ladies' and gentlemen gliding around in
all directions so gracefully and in such
apparent safety led him to believe that
skating was the easiest and most natural
thing in the world. He suddenly made
up his mind, and after ordering pair of
roller skates he took step forward and
-bang-he dropped full length on the
floor. The manager ran to pick him up.
'1s this the first time You have put on
the skates?"
mo, sir; the lastr' growled Romanelli.
--Nano Rosso.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-02

Although bones can be reduced TO
plant food by an easy and simple proc
ess, and when done make one of the
most valuable of all fertilizers, yet of
all matter on the farm none is more
neglected. Bones whole are not avail
able food for plants; therefore the
farmer takes no interest in them as a
means of plant food and they are suf
fered to lie about the farm unpoticed.
have practiced dissolving bones in ashes
for many years. l collect all the bones,
large and small, all beef and hog bones,
at killing time.
When winter comes and i am burn.
ing good wood put in box or barrel
layer of ashes some two or three inches
deep, then layer of bones (you can
break them with an ak if you wish-l
never do), and then another of ashes
and then of bones until the vessel is
nearly full, then fill with ashes. l now
keep this wet with water, being careful
not to put enough to leak through.
use soapsuds as much as / can, as it is
better. l am careful not to let this mass
freeze, as the process will stop while
frozen. l also save through the winter
a hopper of strong ashes in the same
way it is done for making soap.
When spring comes, if the bones are
not dissolved sufficiently, Iput the bones
and ashes in large kettle and then
pour ON I've leach from this hopper Of
ashes and boil them until they are eaten
up. When done mix it with dry earth
to make it better to handle. Put away
in barrels until wanted. have thus
made fertilizer that gave better results
than commercial fertilizers for which
paid three dollars per hundred pounds,
To dissolve bones in sulphuric acid is
much the speediest process, but with
this great care and caution must be OBJ
served, as the acid is very corrosive.
Cor. Husbandman.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-02
Omcial

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