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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30

"Of all of natures choicest medicine.
presented temptingly under the guise AZ
delicious food none is superior to the
common clam, which is found in abund-
ance along our Atlantic coast" said
Prof. b. Fl. Nicholson, of Baltimore. al
the Southern yesterday. THE scientists
have bestowed upon this succulent bi.
valve the scandalous name of Venus
naercendrid. and the Indians have an.
Piled the name quohaug to it. But no
matter what it may be called. it is first
and best OF the numerous family 10
whic'i it belongs, and is one of human
ity's looms. Many believe that the clam
Is tough and ind1gestible It is, how.
ever, only tough and India-rubbery
when man mistreats it. l don't
believe that Providence intended
CLAIMS to be cooked any more
than the strawberry. Both are finished
products, masterpieces IN their respective
kingdoms. and should never be put over
fire. The sand clam, however, should
be cooked He should first be stuffed
through his siphon with finely minced
salt pork; then the shells should be
wired together and the clam baked To
eat few sand CLAIMS so prepared will
place lingering joy in the remembrance
of an epicure. But the ordinary round
clam should not be cooked. Ills juicy
flesh cannot be improved by FIRE He
makes the best dish in the world, pleas
ing favor, nutritious and easily digested
tell Won the clam is the strawberry of
the sea.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30

An apparatus has been designed which
will save an immense amount of trouble
and labor in the elevators TO tell when
the bin is full. The apparatus comprises
an electric battery, bell and a dia-
phragm which is placed in the bin at a
distance OF about eighteen inches from
the top. The diaphragm is connected
by wires to the battery and bell and
when the bin is full the alarm is started
and continues to sound until it is cut out
by switch provided for the purpose.
The bin is also indicated by the number
of the switch which corresponds to it by
point annunciator This device can
also be applied to ascertaining the amount
Of grain in the bin, which is now done
by lowering lighted lamp into the bin
by q roYe.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30
4 Fortune in Cats.

During the first days of Pixies Peak,
when that country was being occupied
by mining prospectors, their cabins were
overrun with rats-not your domesti-
Gated house mice and rats of an old civil
lied community, but rats-large raven
Gus rats = with teeth and digestive
apparatus, capable of managing anything
from a tough old boot to a dainty piece
of breakfast bacon.
This state of affairs came to the knowl-
edge of a thrifty Dutchman, poor, but
willing to earn a bright dollar if the way
was only pointed out, and reused his
dormant ideas to take advantage of the
rat nuisance and profit thereby. The
Dutchman secured a yoke of oxen, rugged
prairie-schooner with three stories, and
filed the same with good cats which his
neighbors were glad to be rid Of With
this outfit he started across the plain for
Pixies Peak, tedious journey of some
six hundred miles This, with scant
supplies of game, prepared the cats for
any encounter with their victims, says
St. Nicholas
Their arrival spread joy among the
house holders. and everything was set
aside to purchase cats. When the stock
Of our worthy Dutchman had been
speedily converted into gold-dust, ne
sold his team, returned on foot across
the desert plains to Omaha with over
$500 and bought farm near by. But
the climax of this venture was attained
when his faithful oxen strayed back TO
him
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30
Two kinds of xnmen-

See the woman. She carries a pail on
her head. Is she a barbarous woman :
She Is a barbarOus woman. Why Is she
bartarous9 Because she carries a pail
on her head.
See the woman. She carries a flower
garden on her head Is she a civilized
woman? She is civilized woman.
Why IS she civilized! Because she car
ries flower garden on her head.-De
troit Tribune.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30
Indian Tempe. chiseIed In Solid stone

Mayalipuram, India, is graced with
seven Of the most remarkable temples in
the world, each Of these unique places of
worship having been fashioned from
solid granite powders. Some idea of
their size may be CLEANED from the fact
that the smallest of the seven is twenty
four feet high, seventeen feet long and
twelve feet wide, and is divided into up
per and lower stories.
The " Revasa- Coda Cla," the largest
OF the seven, is three and one half stories
high, its outlines resembling those of an
Atlantic steamship.
The inside of the bowlder has been
chiseled away until the walls do not ex-
coed eight inches in thickness. The two
floors above that of the foundation are
each about foot in thickness, and seem
as solid as the rock of ages. The upper
stories are reached by spiral stairway
carved from the same piece of granite.
The second largest of these single-stone
temples has a portico eleven feet wide
and seventeen feet long ornamented with
four crouching lions and two elephants,
all carved from the same bowlder which
goes to make up the main building
Chicago Mail
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30
A Hermetieally ssalsa cl,renor,e..r


A recent English invention of great
importance TO navigators is a hermetic..lly
sealed chronometer to prevent the det-
rimental effects of the atmosphere and
moisture on the mechanism. The in
vention consists in Theoretically closing
the casing OF the chronometer. doing
away with the keyhole, through which
the air and the moisture gained access to
the works, and effecting the winding up
of the chronOmetcr by providing a fexi-
BE or elastic diaphragm.
To the outside Of the plate is attached
a handle for importing a to and fro
motion 10 the flexible disk, while TO the
inner surface is attached one part of a
mechanical device such as a rachel gear.
the movement Of which is made TO effect
the winnings of the spring of the time
piece.
By means Of this device, it is claimed
that greatly increased regularity in the
action Of the chrOnometer is insured.
while 1t can at the same time be placed
in damp localities where at present It Is
impossible TO keep it in Philadel-
phia Record.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30

The old man had gone over 70 a neigh
bor's 70 find his wandering hens, and he
was in such bad humor that his language
was. 10 say the least, not polite.
" Don I swear 50. !" pleaded the neigh
Dor, Qious person " Don't you know
curses, Ike chickens. come home 10
roost9''
Well exclaimed the old man II the
end OF another string Of emphasis, - II
they are like my chickens they won Z. ="
and ne usel more language Detroit
Free Press.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30

The grass so little has to do
A sphere OF simple green,
With only butterflies TO brood, Sc
And bees to entertain;
And stir all day to pretty tunes
The breezes fetch along,
And hold the sunshine in its lap,
And bow to everything;
And thread the iews 81 Night. like peafiA
And make itself so fine
A duchess were too common
For such a noticing.
And even when it dies, to pass
In odors so divine,
As lowly spices gone to sleep,
Or amulets OF pine.
And then to dwell in sovereign barns,
And dream the days away
The grass so little has to do,
] wish l were the hayl
Emily pickcnson.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30

Said the clerk to his principal:
"There is a lady outside who wishes to
see you"
q Is she pretty?"
80, yes"
Principal goes out, and returning after
few moments, says to the clerk:
You are nice judge ofpretty women,
you sre.n
We'll, how could l guess she was your
wife!" replied the clerk.-Texas Siftiugs
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30

The record of the First Church at
Westield, Mass, is unparalleled. Its
first pastor died in 1929. after a pastorate
or nearly 6fty-seven years. Then fol-
lowed psst0raJes Of fourteen years. thir-
ty-tive years. twenty years, forty-foJlr
years and thirty years None Of the
pastors thus serving the church during
lis first 200 years were dismissed; ali
died in service. Pittsburs Dispatch.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30
tir Pressure at The caanoa'- Mouth

y I7reEsIiTe at TT UT ~
Experiments, our Berlin correspondent.
saws, were made during the last tTiA
trip of the armed cruiser BeowuI TO ue
teTmine the pressure at the mouth o.
d gun II the moment OF discharge.
Rabbits were placed near the muz-ies =
the guns, and shots fired In every ess0
the animals fell dead at once. In oTuei
TO test the probable effects Of the enol-
nous displacement of air upon human
beings, figures made of straw We're nse7I'
These were torn 10 pieces N ever -
stance. The trials were made Win iOns
bored twenty-four centimetre ring guns
London Daily News. ~ 49, -
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30

4 Plug Of tobacco. by its moistnees
and softness, viii indicate the approach
OF storm, loose window cord VIII
tighten up just before a rain, and pair
q gloves. ordinarily tight On the hands,
VIII become almost baggy On the APP
preach % bad weather.-De-roit Free
Press
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30

Does the new railroad pass vour
property asked city man Of his com
Try friend
:. No il don't Il won't even pass our
Ininister-he has TO pay reg'lsr rates. .
was the disconsolate reply.-Free Press
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-05
VIRGINIA NOTES.

The cases of Messrs. A. r. Rosen ber-
ger s. p. Shirley, II. II. Spindle, G. +.
Myers and G. w. Rosenberger, bankers.
indicted at Warrenton on tho charge Of
en- bezzlement, have been removed to
the Loudoun county court for trial.
The contract for the establishment of
an electric railway in Fredericksburg
has been signed and work will be begun
at once. The stockholders are mostly
Eastern capitalists.
Ex-Congressman Thomas Croxton has
been selected county Judge Of Essex
county to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Judge rhos. e. Bla-
key.
Ground has been purchased at Gov
ington, Va, on which the Messrs.
Deford. Of Baltimore, will erect a large
tannery.
Mrs. Elizabeth Harshbarger, Of Au-
gusta county, was found dead in her bed
one morning last week.
Mr.. Jefferson M. Levy has purchased
farm OF 100 acres adjoining Monticello,
for S25 per aero.
George A. Hupp, tho oldest citizen Of
Strasburg, died Wednesday, aged
lightweight years.
"A uau uhuSo W SnHlBoQ IN express
wo.k at Basic City. dropped dead Satur-
day.
Miss Sally Waller Tazewell, daugh-
ter of the late Governor Tazewell, of
Virginia, died in Norfolk yesterday.
She was eighty years of age.
Maj. R. v. Gaines, of Charlotte, ap-
peared before the State senate commit
Gee on finance yesterday to urge the
appropriation of $1,000 to establish q
: tate Weather Bureau, to be operated
in connection with the weather service
furnished by the general government
No action was taken.
The board Of dirs ctors of tho Virginia
Military Institute have accepted the
designs Of L. A. Rose, archit, CT, of
Lexington, for the Jackson Memorial
Hall to be built as all addition to tho
Virginia Military Institute barracks at
a cost of S25, 900. The addition will be
modelled after the barracks and built of
brick. 1t will be used for the Yonng
Mems Christian Association Hall and
recitation rooms.
Gov. VIM. e. Russell and wife, of
Massachusetts, arrived at Fort Monroe
yesterday.
w. j. Parr has purchased tho Geo.
Moore farm near Cliff Mills, Upper Eau
quier. for $6.25 per acre.
The Board of Trade of Washington
viii: urge Congress to have the Long
bridge removed.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-05
MrRABILIA! Mirabilia! Mirabilia! HAT
TOUR OF THE HOLY LANDS.

MIR. Fishburne and Party Will Leave
Roanoke To-Day.
L. T. Fishburne and party will leave
today for tour of the Holy Lnnd. The
party is composed of Mr.. and Mrs. T. It.
Fishburne, S. Blair Fishburne, Miss EN-
ma Greer and eight other persons who
will join them in New York.
The party will sail from New York
next Wednesday, and will reach Ant
werp March 20. From Antwerp thew
will 60 to Brussels, Paris, Lyons and
Marseilles. They will take Mediter-
ranean steamer, passing Corsica, Sar-
DINA and Sicily, reaching Alexandria
April /.
From Alexandria the party will 60 to
Port Said and Jatfa. From there they
will go by horseback and carriages to
Jerusalem. They will spend Two weeks
in that city, and then will go on donkeys
Gilgal, and visiting Mount pisgah,
Nebo and the Dead Sea.
The party, after leaving Jericho, will
return to Jerusalem, where they will
remain until the middle or latter part
OF April, spending week on the Sea of
Galilee. They will then go TO Port
Said, where they will take irso steamer
to Cairo, Egypt.
Here the pyramids and other antiqui-
ties will be visited, after which they
will return to Alexandria and sail to
PYr@us. From thence they will go to
Athens,
May they will leave Athens and 90
to Italy by way of Corinth and Patros.
After visiting Naples, Pompeii, Rome
and other Italian cities, the party will
go to Florence. Venice and Milan, and
thence lack TO Paris. The party will
visit England and then return to Amer
lea.
Mr.. Fishburno and party will be gone
over three months. The trip was
mapped out several months ago, and all
arrangements ale now made for the voy-
age.
The party will leave Roanoke to. day
at 1885 O'clock, and many friends will
DO at the station TO bid them Godspee
and safe return.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-05
FAUST TONIGHT!
LEWIS MORRISON TONIGHT!
a SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
A Mans Arm Broken In a Lath,

A Mans Arm Broken In a Lathe.
Frank Leach, an employe of the ma
chine shop at the Bridge Works, met
with serious accident yesterday. His
shirt sleeve became torn and was caught
in the gearing of the lathe on which he
was working. Before he realized his
position his left arm was drawn into the
machine. Tho forearm was broken and
the elbow joint dislocated.
The injury would have been much
worse had not Mr.. Leach, with remark
able presence of mind. shifted the belt
with his other hand, and stopped the
machine.
The wounded man was taken to his
boarding house on Third avenue n. G.
DR.. Moorman was summoned and rem
dercd necessary surgical attention.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-05
FAUST TO NIGHT.
LEWIS MORRISON TO NIGHT.
NJ. Harrison. Jeweller.

ATTENTION is called to the advertise
mont OF NJ. Harrison, jeweller. ON the
sth page. His many friends and patrons
will be pleased To know that he has re-
turned to his old stand, where can be
found one OF the most carefully selected
stocks of watches and general jewelry
To be found in Roanoke. Mr.. Harrison's
personal attention is devoted TO the
business and his prices viii be found at
tractiYe
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-05
One WAY to BE Happy

Is AT all times to attend to tho COM
forts of your family, Should any ono of
them catch slight Cold or Cough. pre-
pare yourself and call at once on Chris
tian IL Barbee, iOl jefferson street, aud
get trial bottle OF Otto's Cure, the
great German Remedy, Free. We give
1t away TO prove that we have sure
Cure for Coughs, Colds, Asthma. Con-
sumption, and all diseases Of the Throat
ana Lungs. LsrEe size Soc
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-05
M1RABILIA! Mirabilia! Mirabilia. H.A.'
Swallowed an Ounce of Laudanum.

Swallowed an Ounce of Laudauum.
Joseph, the little two yoar-old son Of
j. p Goodman, got hold of phial of
laudanum Thursday evening. and be-
fore it could be taken from him swal-
lowed about one ounce Of the poison. A
physician was hastily summoned, and
administered a strong ome'ic. Yester-
dey the child was out of danger.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-05

Prof. w. X. Carr, general foreman OF
repairs on the Norfolk and Western
railroad, returned yesterday from Nor.
ton. prof. Carr says that business all
along tho line OF the Norfolk and West.
ern is looking No. and TIE towns be-
tween this city aud Norton will make
some rapid advance n the spring.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-05
VIII Arrive Today.

Charles Naylor, of Philadelphia
supreme commander of the world, An
cient Order knights of tho Mystic
Chain, will arrive in the city today on
his way homo from New Orleans. lie
will address the Two castles in this city
tonight in the Jr. o. u. a. NJ. hall.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-05
FAUST TONIGHT.
LEWIS MORRISON TONIGHT
Established 1881.

THE old reliable house of Hobbie Mu-
sic Company have had eleven years ex-
porience in buying and selling pianos
and organs OF the best grades. Don't
you think they ought to know the bust
ness thoroughly? They do. and will
give the benefit of their experience if
you buy from them.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-05
Business Picking Up.

Brooks for cheap photos for shol
time
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-05
LOCAL STOCKS.

The following quotations of Roanoke
and Southwest Virginia stocks are fur
nished by Won Hemert & Co., bond and
stock brokers, Roanoke, Va.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-03-29
Wanted.

A lady agent in each town and countv in
North Carolina to sell an article or 1oerj{ 70
4a61es. Good %Tosition aDd good pay. Address
VS9 J.F. "IGGINS, Fair Bluff. i. 81.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-03-29

would beat the Third party" When I
told him there was so much talent
among the "aristocrats" that he
wouldn't get any more spoils, he looked
sober and thoughtful. It seems to me
to be passing strange that after having
passed the Alliance demands, through
a score of conventions or tamely sub
mitted to their passage, they now pro-
pose to split or be split if the formu-
lators of these demands undertake to
lame the electors who are to look after
their execution. If these men split or
force a split among the Democrats of
the State Convention, the people will
believe it is done on account Of the
rage of politicians at the prospect of
losing the control of the Federal pat
ronage. Three fourths of the Demo
Gratis in this State believe in free silver,
low tariff or no tai f and increased pa
per circulation. The politicians have
already swallowed the Alliance de-
mands and many of them have said it
was good. How then a there be a
split on principle? If the split is about
spoils, the people will feel a just con
tempt for those who engage or COM
pei it.
The split I have had my eye on and
been longing to see is n between the
people and certain classes of politicians.
1t has been going on for years, and it
is now about to eliminate. Let this
split be wide and deep and lasting.
w. T. p
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-03-29
Alliance Warehouse Go.
HENDERSON, N. @.
Highest Prices--Lowest Charges. Author
lied Capital, $1,000 o

In commencing this, the fourth year of the
successful. management of the Vance County
cooperative Alliance Warehouse Company. we
at large for the increased patronage given us
last year, which was about double that of any
previous season in sale OF Leaf rObas co. We are
happy to say that the Company has just paid out
to stockholders a twenty-five per cent. ash
Dividend as net earnings for the past twelve
months, and has saved besides, to farmers who
have sold with Us, thousands of dollars in ware
house charges.
Do not be deceived by the many mis-state-
ments made to you by enemies of this house.
sent to pay their high charges. We give highest
market prices, while our charges are the lowest.
I11S lustIhes US in calling ours THE BEST
HOUSE in one of the best markets to be found
~nyWher Yours frateTnally,
COB w. H JENKINS, Manager.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-03-29
TO THE ALLIANCE OF NORTH
CAROLINA.
Official.

[ desire to have a conference with one
true representative Allianceman or
more from each county in the State.
At your next county meetings elect one
man to be in Raleigh on Tuesday, May
the 18th, to meet in conference with
me. Elect your best and truest mem
Der and empower him to act upon his
best Judgment for you in a representa-
tive capacity on any matter that may
come up for the good of the organiza-
ton and the cause of reform.
MARION BUTLER,
Pres't N. g. +. S. A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-03-29
SOMETHING WORTH READING

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NOTICE.

All communications intended for the
Executive Committee of the State ALI
ance of North Carolina should be ad-
dressed to Capt s. B. Alexander, Chair
man, Raleigh, N. @, care of w, S.
Barnes, Secretary Treasurer.
By order of Executive Committee.
w. S. BARNES,
Sec'y-Treas. N. G. f. S. A.
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