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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-06
A Perpetual Memorial.

One hears so often in these DAYS of
otnef memorials than costly marbles
one wonders If the fashion of piling dol
lars over the graves of our loved ones in
the sh"pe of rich carvings and polished
shafts will not some day have gone out
entirely. 1t is the persons of wealth
who do these things and it is they who
are fint'ing more satisfactory way to
honor their dead.
In one OF the beautiful homes of north
ern New York there lived until the
morning Of the Sd Of July dear little
fair haired girl, whose Puritan name.
Priscilla, fitted we'll with her quaint
grace and demure daintiness. She was
joyous child despite her gentle ways,
and the Fourth to her was full of de-
hShtful anticipations. AS usual. fire
works had been ordered from New York
and every preparation made for spe-
ctally gala day to celebrate the recovery
OF younger brother from serious and
threatening illness. But on the Thurs
day before little Priscilla was suddenly
stricken with malignant diphtheria and
Sunday she died. her last prattle full of
the glories of the Fourth which would
never dawn for her.
Instead of lavishing money over the
soullees body of her little daughter as it
lies in the village graveyard. the stricken
mother has taken another way to per-
petuate her memory. There is in ST.
Christina Home for Sick s-M Gonzales.
cent Children in Garatog. Priscilla
room and Priscilla bod. perpetuallv
endowed. The little girfs rlnythings
and belongings, her books and many of
her little gowns have been taken there
for the comfort and pleasure of its occu-
pants as they come and go, some direct
from the room to PIiscilas own home
beyond tho grave ard others out again
into the world for time. And in com
ing pleasurings for the sister and brother
which Priscilla has left, tho share that
would have been that little maiden's,
were she here to claim it, is to be put
aside for the young sufferer who will he
IN the Priscilla room at the home. Could
any "storied urn" be 80 lasting and beau
tful monument rs this2-Her Point of
View in New York Times.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-06
A Remarkably Full Vote.

Whatever else may be thought about
the recent British parliamentary elections,
there can be no doubt that the constituent.
cies MS whole were pretty nearly polled
out. The actual number of voters who
went to the polls was in round numbers
100000 This is not so high total MS
that for 1895, which was not far short of
$4,000 But mt that election, being the
first after all extension of the franchise
and redistribution of seats. very few con-
stltuencies were uncontested. Making an
allowance for the uncontested seats on
this occasion, we arrive (roughly sneak
ing), says an English exchange, Mt 1900
oOO as the total number Of voters. The
total number of electors on the present
register is G,l61, +56, so that as near as DOS
siblc three electors out of every four may
be taken rs represented. That was about
the proportion in 1885 also.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-06
Recon. German pont.oo, pla,..

Some months after Bisfnarcks dis.
missal historical play called "Der
Neue Herr" was performed at Berlin.
The subject was the Qualification of the
young elector of Brandenburg, known
to history as the great elector, who, on
ascending the throne of his fathers, dis
missed his fathers wicked minister. OF
course nobody could fail to notice the
singularly i'll chosen historical parallel.
but it did not end there. The emperor
visited the performance night after
night. applauding vociferously, and even
went out of his way to confer marks of
distinction on author and actors.
This episode was in general discreetly
passed over by the press at the time; the
fruit was not ripe, the cup not yet full.
But for oil that it wounded the feelings
OF many who, whatever their party, had
retained unsullied the sentiments of
chivalrous gentlemen. A more recent
attempt to propagate political ideas by
means of stage play, which also found
deinonstrative patronage from the en-
peror, was choked at it's birth by the
apathy of the public. who sat on the
half empty benches in disdainful silence
amid the boisterous applause Of the en-
peroT.-Contemporary Review.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-06
A Character to Please rhackeray.

Thackeray was never so happy in his
style rs when engaged in describing some
odd character. There passed away by the
death in London recently of Sir Charles
Cox man whom the great novelist
would have delighted to portray. Sir
Charles WAS man whose unusual stature
and excessive thinness would have made
him noticeable in any circumstances, and
these physical eccentricities were accentu-
ated by his singular attire. He wore in
variably dress coat Of antique cut, gray
trousers, open buff waistcoat, high Glad
stonian collar and an immense neckcloth.
His hat was of style of several genera
lions ago. Sir Charles was u constant per
ambulator of the streets and u noted at
tendant at weddings.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-06
Communication with stropasa SHIN,

COhhhuhtcdCion win stranded Ships.
Some months ago, when the Elder was
stranded off the Isle Of Wight, the pro-
prietors of The Graphic offered prize
Of e100 for the best invention for en-
abling ships to communicate with the
shore. In all 1890 competitors entered
for the prize, and the award has Just
been given to Mcssrs. Thomson and No
bic, of Southampton. The best means
OF communication is considered by the
judges to be rocket, and the prize
winners rocket has about it q novelty
which has been proved to work admi-
rably. tits fitted with strong grapnel.
and carries of course rope, single or
double, according to distance
The grapnel remains closely shut
while the rocket is in flight, but the
moment the ground is reached it opens
and clings on to whatever it touches.
The rope may then be made taut from
the ship, and the passengers and crew
landed in the ordinary way. The ad-
vantage Of this arrangement Is that the
work OF rescue can be performed in the
absence OF assistance from the shore
end.-London Tit Bits.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-06

II this record is to be maintained in the
present generation young Coningsby dis
raeli is destined to become one of Eng
lands great men if he should live to a rea-
sonable age In appearance, especially in
the shape of his head, the young man
strongly resembles his illustrious uncle
and 1T is said that he is proud to be re-
garded us his successor i'll every possible
way.
Coningsby d'Israeli was born in 1867
His education was obtained Mt the Charter
house and New college. Oxford During
this time he was the secretary Of the we'll
known Chatham club. His father. the
late Ralph d'Israeli, was for a long time
deputy clerk of parliament. Coningsby
d'Israeli inherits the combative and aC-
gressive tendencies of the family, which
played so important part in the advance
ment of Lord Beaconsfield. AS newspa-
per controversalist he shows remarkable
ability and has successfully disputed intri-
cate points with some of twice his age and
experience. AT the recent elections, which
resulted in the accession to power of Mr..
Gladstone for the fourth time, Mr.. dis
raeli was returned rs Tory.
Coningsby d'Israeli is essentially man
OF original ideas, and while at Oxford was
the co-occupant, with the younger Robert
Peel, of house in the Cornmarket. Not
satisfied with that, however, he after
ward took up his residence with a MEM
Der of the family of Mr.. Gladstone, ap-
parently being broad enough in his views
to be able to unqualifedly divorce his po-
lltical from his social life. Taken all in
all, If Coningsby d'Israeli shall fail to
sustain the prestige of his name, it will be
because the promise of brilliant future.
which now seems arrived, will not have
been fulfilled.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-06
BEAcoNsFIELp,s NEPHEW.
coningsby d'IsraeIi, a New aIomber o
tho British Parliament

Coningsby d'Israeli, a New 3Iomber OF
tho British Parliament.
Coningsby d'Israeli, who has taken his
seat rs member of the new house of COM
mons from the AltriDcham division OF
Cheshire, is already somewhat conspiou-
Gus figure in British politics despite tho
fact that he is but twenty-five years old.
His career will be watched with great
deal of interest, for the reason that ne is
believed to have inherited, besides the
Buckinghamshire property of his dis
t1nguished uncle Lord Bcaconsficld, much
of the remarkable intellectual force of his
grandfather, Isaac d'Israeli, the father of
that great premier, who insisted, in the
face of the flercest opposition, on having
Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of
India.
1t is strange circumstance that, while
the founders Of the d'Israeli family in
England laid the basis of greatness for
their descendants by their remarkable fac
ulty for accommodating money, this pro-
pensity seems to have died out suddenly,
and in its stead there was developed De.
culiarly strong mentality which has never
failed to manifest itself in ut least one
member of each generation since it first
appeared century and half ago.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-06
what Ha 1Yas Afraia IN,

In q certain case which occurred not
long ago, the ordinary rule about letting
horses was not applied by stable keeper.
A young man of rather feeble appearance
called for saddle horse for ride through
the park. The horse was saddled, and the
stable keeper said:
II shall have to ask you to pay in nd
vance,"
WHAT" snid the surprised young man.
do you think would not come back with
the horses"
mot exactly that" said the stableman.
Pm afraid the horse might come back
without youV'-London Tit-Bits.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-06
In the folds the farmers are working

In the fields the farmers are working
over the hay. Along by the stone walls
the raspberries are falling off tho briers
for want of picking. By the wet and
marshy places snapdragons go off like
bombshells Mt the touch of the summer
winds. Tho apples that month and a
half ago were dying blossoms are green
and swelling into ripeness Corn in the
field Is spindling and the potato is bios
soming. It is midsummer. Z rsa
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-06
Crope After tho necen, r,ood,

1t seemed impossible two months ago
for any corn to be raised on the flooded
bottomlands Of the Mississippi valley,
but the indications now point to very
fair crop. AS soon as the water receded
most OF the farmers lost no time in Sc
curing seed. and the extreme moisture
m the soil is bringing on this corn very
rapidly. Had the drought predicted for
July set in early in the month, the
gloomy predictions Of the early part of
June would have been more than full
filled. but the very moderate weather
has come to the rescue Of the flooded
farmer. who in many cases will be able
to realize nearly as much from his crop
us he could have hoped for had the river
not left its channel at all.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-06
srDxtrsara. Onotostauu.,, On Jefferson
From emo Fnctory.

A LAEoE shipment Of pianos and or.
gans was received yesterday hy liobhi.
Music Company. direct from tho fac
tories.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-06
Tho Moons OF Uranus.

Uranus has four little moons-Ariel,
Umbriel, Tifania, and Oberon-which, fun
nily enough, rise in the north and set in
the south. A single diminutiye one, be-
longing to Neptune, traverses the sky from
southwest to northeast. Neither Mercury
nor Venus has any satellites-Providenc
Journal
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-06
SUMMER HOMES,
MINERAL WATERS.
Prices to suit the times

Best dyspepia water in Virginia. Six
teenth successful season under one man
agement. Over 100 guests at tho Roam
oke Red the Goth July. Accommodations
for 400 guests, Hotel Lucerne and Roam
oke Red Sulphur Springs.
For terms, analysis of water (red sui.
phur and chalybeate) and certificates OF
eminent physicians and others for cure
of dyspepsia, lung, throat, heart and
female troubles and hay fever, write for
circulars 70 f. j. CHAPMAN,
z 26 I'm Salem, Va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-06

III the sun gave forth sounds lead enough
to reach the Garth, such sounds instead OF
reaching Us in the space o! about eight
minutes, ~ light does, would only ar
rive after perioi OF nearly fourteen
years.
The Odessa leader. (Odessa, Del.) 1892-18??, 1892-09-21
Perique Tobacco,

Perique is a jet black, intensely
strong tobacco, famous for its flavoi
and for its ability to wreck the nerves
of smoker at a single sitting. 1t is
grown ard made in st. James Parish,
Louisiana and the crop only amounts
to 1000 pounds a year.
The makers follow the primitive
processes which were in use by their
ancestors at least $50 years ago. The
stems are taken from the leaves and
the leaves are then put in u box un-
der very heavy gradual pressure,
This causes the juice to run out, even
through the wood Of the boxes. A
gradual process OF fermentation and
curing takes place. At the end OF
three months the tobacco is rolled
into carrots and wrapped in cloths,
tightly bound with ropes. 1t is left
in that way year before it is ready
| for market.
The flavor of perique tobacco il
considered delicious by all pipe smok
ers, but it is too strong. '-,l!eW 1orE
Sun.
The Odessa leader. (Odessa, Del.) 1892-18??, 1892-09-21

taxe care OF the sparrow, will BE take care
Of the hawk, and let you iief What is the
use of your fretting about clothes? Som
slider the lilies Of the fed. Shall he not
much more clothe you, o ye of little faithS"
OBJ, this Kings highwayt Trees of life on
either side bending over until their branches
interlock and drop midway their fruit and
shade. Houses Of entertainment on either
side of the road for poor pilgrims. Tables
spread with feast OF good things and walls
adorned with apples OF gold in pictures OF
silver. / start out on this Kings highway,
and | find harper, and l say, What Is
your nameT' The harper makes no response,
but leaves me to guess, as with his eyes to.
ward heaven and his hand upon the trenl-
bling strings this tune comes ripping out up
on the air; 1.-THE Lord is my light and my SAL
varun. Whom shall feara The Lord Is
the strength of my life. OF whom shall be
-nfraidr'
60 little farther on the same road AMI
meet trumpeter OF heaven, and say,
'.aaven't you got some music for y tired
| pilgrim?u And wiping his lip and taking a.
long breath, he puts bis mouth to the truT-
\ pet and pours forth tnis strain: "Fhey shall
munger no more, neither shall they thirst
| uuy nfote, ne,UrzI suaT cue sun light on
/ them, nor any heat, for the Lamb which is
| in the midst OF the throne shall lead them to
4 living fountains of water, and God shall
Il
/ go a little distance farther on the same
/ road, and meet a maiden of Israel. She
has no harp, but she has cymbais. They
1 look as il they had rustsl from sea spray,
i and / say to the maiden of Israel, "Havs
4 you no song for tired pilgrimg' And like
the clang of vctors' shields the cymbals cap
rs Miriam begins to DISCOURSE .iSing ye to
/ the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously,
! the horse and the rider hath He thrown into
| the sea-
I pursue this subject only one step
farther. What is ths terminus2 l do not
care how tine road you may put me on,
want to know where it comes out. My text
declares II, "The redeemed OF The Tori cone
to Zion" You know what Zion was. That
was the Kings palace. Itwas mountain
fastuess. - 1t was impregnaole And SO
heaven is the fastness of the universe.
No howitzer has long enough range to
shell those towers. Lat all the batteries of
earth and hell blaz zsaway; they cannot break
in these gates. Gibralter was taken; Sebas-
topol was taken; Babylon fell; but those
y walls Of heaven shall never surrender either
TO humanity or satanic besiegement. The
Lord God Almighty is the defense OF it.
Great capital of the universal Terminus OF
the Kings highway
When my last wounds healed, when tbs
last heartoreak is ended, when e le last tear
OF earthly sorrow is wiped away, and when
the redeemed OF the Lord shall come to
Zion, then let the harpsrs take down their
harps, and all the trumpters take down their
trumpets, and all across heaven there be
chorus OF morning starr chorus of white
ro5ed victors. chorus OF martyrs from un-
der the throne, chorus or age7 chorus or
worlds. and there be but one song sung, and
but one name spoken, and but ons throne
honored--that OF Jesus only,
The Odessa leader. (Odessa, Del.) 1892-18??, 1892-09-21
AUSTRALIA oRioANINo
Undcr Tremendous Public Debt and a
insignificant Rural Population.

Under o Tremendous Public Debt and an
insignificant Rural Population.
According to dispatches from AUS
tralia that island continent is in a
bad way. In Sydney and Melbourne,
the two principal cities, thousands OF
starving men are housed or kept work
Nag at public expense. The disease
.fJom which the country is suffering is
collapsed boom. To be vulgar, Aus
tEalia has bitten off more than she can
shew. At the close of 1885 the Ats
tralian 90 onies had borrowed, in tho
form OF public debts, 1891, 10000,
S5la,00Gd00 Of this beng spent on
1900 miles Of railroads. The debts
borrowed en- the security Of boroughs,
plblic institutions, and private prop
eety have amounted 10 $250,OC0,00O.
Byen five years ago there were sixteen
Anglo-Australian mortgages quoted on
kse London Stock Exchange, and. for
the most part owned in England, with
capital OF So, ,0G0,000 Since then a
great increase has been made in these
companies. The past three years have
seen additional Jublic and private debts
incurred, which make an aggregate oil
at FEAST 81 $50, 100000. This has been
layishly spent on railroads and public
works, and it has built up a group OF
colonies whose population in Decem'
her, 1870, amounted to 3,S90,000. This
population is now over 4,000,000, oil
about the population Of this country q
century ago, when it found itself un-
able TO bear debt fifth as large as
that of Australia.
Railroads and modern commerce
have, however, created population
altogether different from the scattered
rural communities in this country
century ago, not one-twentieth o.
whom were gathered in cities. Hall
The. population of some Of the Aus,
tralian States are in cities. A great
trading, railrooJ. and house-building
population has grown up, but not a
| great ag icuitmal population. In 1887
I the total land under cultivation was
4 S,626, 900 acres, and while this was an
/ advance OF 63 per cent. over the land
cultivated in 1877, this area was barely
| 3per cent. of the land under cultivation
! in this country in 1880, though the Aus
| tralian population was per cent OF
ours. On the o.her hand the Austria
| lian colonies had in the 100, ,9]3,O0O
theep in 1887 perhaps the most valuable
| single article of property ever contain
| ed in O country of small population.
This was one-sixth the sheep in the civ
ilized world and produced in value near.
ly one-third the worlds wool, while
this flock doubled every twelve years
The product Of these sheep, joined tc
grain and the pre-. ious metals, gave
Australia in 1890 exports amounting tc
! 5000, coo, and Australian imports
amounted 10 1897, 100, 900, or one-ilfth as
large as these of the United States
with less than onc-sixteenth of our
population.
The Odessa leader. (Odessa, Del.) 1892-18??, 1892-09-21
Youths at the WORLDS Falr,

Provision has been made for tho
holding in Chicago at the time of the
Worlds Fair, of a congress composed
of youths of all nations of the world.
Delegates will be sent, it is expected,
from England, Japan, France, Ger
many, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Aus.
tria, Italy, Russia, and countries OF
the Orient. These young men are to
be selected from the high schools and
the grammar-school grades. Their
ages are to range between IS and 20
years. No Worlds Fair congress that
has been thus far arranged for, 1t
is thought, will excite more interest
than this project. The pith of the
argument for such congress is EN-
braced in the following paragraph
from the preliminary address:
at is felt that carefully selected
assembly of the young from all ma
tions under such remarkable condi'
tions as will prevail during the
Columbian Exposition, cannot fail to
powerfully aid this high end. 1t is
purposed to draw together the
worthiest and the most talented
youth of all lands, the coming lead
ers of mankind, that they may bC
led to realize, as could not otherwise
be possible, the meaning and thu
worth of the fellowship of nation'
and the brotherhood of man. In {
gathering 50 constituted there woult
certainly be some who will be called
to deal decisiyely with the destinie
of states and the serious concerns o
millions Of men. Brought thus to
gether, and face to face with th
larger relations of our Independent
humanity, those fresh minds woult
greatly gain in fitness for the impor
tant tasks decreed to their future
Among them would be many VIII
will survive all who are now activ
on the stage of the worlds affairs
and who would therefore stand be
fore the generation to follow us a
witnesses of the humanizing power O
the Worlds Exposition of 1893, AM
be inspired by its influence to. highe
and more, useful careers, making th
fulflllment of its great promises thei
noblest claim to history"
The Odessa leader. (Odessa, Del.) 1892-18??, 1892-09-21

No house should be without glim-
mer Of light at night-a light sutfl-
cient to prevent groping and STUN
bling about in Egyptian darkness il
one is obliged to rise. This is espe-
cially true of homes where there are
little children. The idea that chill
dren are in any way benefited by be-
ing made to sleep in absolutely dark
rooms is untenable. If the light be
sufficiently subdued and of sort 20
leave the air quite pure, it is hard to
see any harm in it. Gas turned low
is never safe, as the fluctuations in
the meter may make it go out. An
ordinary kerosene lamp turned low is
at all times an abomination. Little
night lamps, costing % cents, with
auarter-inch wicks, filled with pure
oil and carefully trimmed, can be
turned up to their full height with
out giving too much light or emitting
any odor.