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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-31
THE coLoRs OF The EARTH
How They Affect the Light chat Our
Planet Gives to tho Moon.

HOW They Affect the Light chat Our
Planet Gives to tho Moon.
line wonderful difference between the
same landscape in winter and in summer
Is phenomenon familiar to all jewellers
In the temperate zones. The two great
elements Of change are the presence of
snow in winter and of leaves and grass
In summer. If we could look at our
globe from the moon, the variation in
Its aspect due to seasonal changes would
perhaps be even more striking than it
appears to those upon its surface.
In fact, we sometimes lose sight of the
very important part which vegetation
plays in giving color to what might be
called the countenance of the planet.
1t is not the highest forms of plants
that always produce the greatest effect
III this way. Some of the most striking
scenes upon the earth owe their charac-
terlstic features to moses and lichens.
The famous crimson cliffs" of Green
land, which extend for miles northward
from Cape York, derive their splendid
color from the growth of red lichen
which covers their faces.
The cliffs rise between ZOO and 1000
feet straight from the waters edge, and
being composed of gray granite their
aspect would be entirely different from
what it is but for the presence Of the
licben.
Coming to less magnificent, but not
less beautiful scenes, the rocky pass
called the Golden Gate in the Yellow
stone National park owes its rich color
and its name to the yellow lichen cover
ing its lofty walls, and the indescribable
hues of the great hot spring terraces
arise mainly from the presence of minute
plants fourishing in the water that over
flows them.
Considered as a whole, the vegetation
OF a planet may give it characteristic
aspect as viewed from space. Many have
thought that the red color of Mars may
be due to the existence of red instead of
green vegetation there.
That its broad expanses of forest and
prairie land cause the earth to reflect a
considerable quantity of green light to
its neighbors is indicated by the fact
that at the time of the new moon a
greenish tint has been detected over
spreading that part of the lunar surface
which is then illuminated only by light
from the earth.-Youth's Companion.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-31
N ! 8 :: Wy Norfo|ksWestern R.R

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT SEPTEMBER 3. 1893
wEsTBoUND, LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY.
500 s. m. (Washington and Chattanooga limited)
for Bristol and beyond. Stops only at Chris
tiansburg and Radford, also ut principal
stations west OF Radford. Pullman sleepers
TO New Orleans and Memphis Dining car
attached
$40 q. m. for Radford, Bueneld, Pocahontss,
Elkhorn, Clinch Valley Division and Louis
Vile via Norton
d:36 p. NJ. THE CHICAGO EXPRESS 70
Blueaeld, Pocahontas, Kenova. Columbus
and Chicago. Pullman BUFFET Sleeper Norfolk
to Chicago without change.
NORTH AND HAsTBoUND. LBAvs ROANOKE DAILY
846 .. m. for Petersburg, Richmond and
Norfolk.
9:45 a. m. for Washington, Hagerstown, Phila.
dclphla and New York.
1885 q. m for Richmond and Norfolk. Pullman
sleeper Roanoke to Norfolk and Lynchburg
to Rfcf mond.
1915 a. m. CWaehington and Chattanooga lin.
ited) for W ashington, Hagerstowp, Philadel.
phfa and New York. Pullman $leepers to
Washington via Shenandoah Junction and
New York via Harrisburg. Stops only at
principle stations.
Durham Division-Leave Lynchburg (Uniop
station) daily ITO o. m. for South Boston and
Durham and intermediate stations.
Winston-Salem Division-Leave Roanoke Union
station) daily 1855 a.. m. for Rocky Mount,
Martinsville, Winston-Saem and interme-
diate stations.
For all additional information apply at ticket
Office or to w. b. BEVILI.,
General Passenger Agent. Roanoke, Va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-31
The Danger of Matches.

We wonder how our ancestors man.
aged to get along at all before the in
vention of matches; they are so indis-
pensably handy that we keep them in
every room in the house; the ''men
folks" carry them in their pockets leave
them hanging in their ''other clothes"
in dozen closets in all portions of tho
house; we have Il handful resting within
reach while we sleep, they are dropped
here and there as we attempt to handle
them; if it is light and we readily see
them, they are picked up, otherwise they
are left till more convenient season.
which generally does not come, simply
because they are forgotten, being sonly
n match we can get plenty more for a
halfpenny, and time is too valuable to be
wasted over SO insignificant trihe.
Yet this insignificant trifle" possesses
the latent power to destroy the finest
mansion, and with it lives of sweetness
and beauty which the word can poorly
afford to spare. The cause of the con
iagration may not always be revealed,
for the fire demon frequently covers or
destroys his tracks most effectually.
But how often is it apparent that only n
simple match-that insignificant trifie--
could have wrought the ruin!-Family
Doctor
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-31
basque Is a Lonely Tongue still.

The question, Who are the Basoues:
that mysterious people who give their
name to the bay of Biscay, is always
cropping up, and Professor Won der Ga
belentz has recently endeavored to show
that the Basque language belongs to the
African Berber family of speech-for ex-
ample, the Kabyle and Taureg. His cv-
idence, however, only amounts to few
culture words being identical in the
Basque and Berber languages and GER
tain analogies in the laws of phonetic
change. Moreover, he assumes that the
Basques and Iberians were the same peo-
pie.
But, as Canon Isaac Taylor points out
the Iberian tongue, according to our
highest authorities, was different from
the Basque, and the French Basaues are
different race from the Spanish
Basques, who are feebler people of the
Iberian type. If we assume that the
Basques conquered the Iberians, we can
account for the Resemblance noticed by
Professor Won der GabelentZ, because
the Iberians of Berber origin in acuuir-
ing the language of their conQuerors
would retain their own phonetic ten
dency and also some culture words in
both languages. AS Canon Taylor re-
marks, we may still believe that the
Basque language is allied to the Ural-
Altaic type.-London Globe.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-31
The Conscience Fund.

Every little while conscience stricken
individuals refund to the treasury de-
partment certain sums of money con-
fessed to have been i'll gotten from the
government in various ways. 1t is as
tonishing that Notwithstanding the thou
sands of dollars that have been sent to
the treasury on this account no special
record has been taken Of them; that there
is never proof to those who have thus
squared themselves" that the money
ever reached the proper disposition.
Treasury officials now recognize this
dereliction, and separate accounts will be
kept in future. if for no other purpose
than to enable public officials to vindi-
cate themselves from anonymous assail-
ants who may impugn their trustworthi-
ness.-National Tribune.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-31
Found Her Daughter In Tights.

An indignant mother who saw her lG-
year-old daughter clad in gorgeous
tights practicing somersault has mott
fed the police of peculiar state of
things. She says not only her daughter
but number Of other girls of that age
have been engaged to form a theatrical
combination. These damsels, it ap-
pears, meet for rehearsals in barns and
are under the instruction of couple of
men. They intend to make tour of
the small towns of the state. All wear
tights, it seems, and this one girls man.
ma was shocked at her daughters ap-
pearance. The police are looking for
the men who are training the tender
maidens to feel at home in the skirtless
costume Reading pa Dispatch.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-31
THE MAN YOU GAN HELP.

Thore are plenty Of men who win grasp your
hand
With pleasant, cordial smile:
There are plenty of men who will pass you By
In the most Indifferent style.
You may be "cut" sometimes by those
Whom in boyhood days you knew,
But man will always treat you well
When he wants n favor from you.
How glad Is he that you look so well,
And how do your children do?
Your wife is in good health, he trusts,
And your business prospering too
He struck q new brand Of cigars today
BY the way, Just try a fewi
Oh. yes, man will treat you we'll
When he wants favor from you.
When the favor's done-alas! alasl
How suddenly he forgets
How he loved you when he needed, perhaps,
Your help to pay hisdebts.
But the fact remains, and every ono knows
That this assertions true
man will always treat you we'll
When he wants favor from YOU
-Somerville Journal.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-31
EOR SALE.

HAVING A LARGE SUP
PLY OF OLD PAPERS ON
HAND WE WILL FOR THE
NEXT WEEK SELL SAME
FOR 10 CENTS PER 100.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-31
GREAT INDUCEMENTS
TO GO WEST.

Salem having been connected with
Roanoke by electric cars, which as
su.es cheap and rapid transit to par
ties living in Salem and working in
Roanoke, and as Salem can give in her
different factories employment TO q
'arge number OF young ladies'; also
cheap homes either to renters or buyers.
This in connection with her cheap
markets make it very desirable to the
majority OF us just now. For further
information address box 6e, Salem, Va
10 law limo
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-31

CITY DIRECTORY.
cfthe Principal Business Houses
OF Roanoke, Va.
The following Is published daily for
the benefit Of strangers and the public
generally. It includes all trades md
professions and cannot fail to prove OF
interest to all who intend transactinR
business in Roanoke:
COURT sTENOGRAPHER.
CHAs; E. GRAVES, COG Terry Building.
PLUMBING.
ROANOKE SANITARY PLUMBING CON
BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, ETC.
BoWDRE SHOE CO., no South Jefferson st.
FURNITURE, CARPETS, ETC.
E: II. STEWART FURNITURE co.
WIN. F. BAKER CARPET co.
REAL ESTATE.
j. +. wINGFIELD.
j. 5. GROVES " co.
BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS.
F. j. AMwEG, Terry Building.
ARCHITECTS.
CHAS. g. WILSON, Commercial Bank Building
GROCERs
II. WERTZ, Commerce Street.
DRY GOODS.
HEIRONIMUS " BRUGH, Commerce Street
ROsENBAUM BROS, Salem Avennc.
CLOTHIERS AND GENTS FURNIsHERs
L. s S., Salem Avcnne.
DuGGAN ~ SAUL Ell, Jefferson Street.
PIANOS ORGANS.
HOBBIE MUSIC co.
HOTELS.
HOTEL LEE, EUROPEAN, Commerce Street.
HOTEL ALEXANDRIA, Chicago.
PRINTINGlAND BOOK BINDING.
STONE PRINTING CO., Opposite Hotel Roa
noke.
ROOFING AND METAL CORNICEs.
ROANOKE ROOFING AND METAL CoRNICB
IRON WORKS.
CUSHMAN IRON COMPANY.
MARBLE WORKS.
JARRETT " BROWN, Camp ell Avenue.
DRUGGISTS.
MASSIE ~ MARTIN, Commerce Street,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-31
And nIepl,isto Smiled.

Some years ago, when Irving was play
ing Faust" at the Lyceum, in the part
of Mephistopheles, he descended through
a trapdoor i'll cloud of flame. While
doing SO the trap jammed for some rea-
son, and voice from the goods" i'm
mediately called ont: "Hurrah, boys!
Hell's full! There's no room for u.s.
Mephisto was forced to smile. = San
Francisco Argonaut.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-31
Diplomatic.

Porter of Sleeping Car-Your berth is
the top one, lady.
Passenger-What do you take me for,
bundle of old fashioned dry goods that
you want to put out of sight on the top
shelf?
Porter of Sleeping Car-No, madam,
only IN angel, who ought to be as near
heaven as POSSIBLE. Gazette.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-05

it is digested, say at about 10 o'clock in
the morning, the real work of the day
begins, and it ought to be finished by
1890. And what should that be? Well.
according to my views, the basis of all
training lies in running and walking,
and, for Il fighter, this should be done
on a level surface. / know there are
some who advocate running and walk
ing up and down hill. but I claim that
if a man has got to- ght ON level sur
face the more accustomed he becomes
to using his muscles on such ), surfa -
the better off he is. OF course. he must
develop the upper rart Of his body by
the use Of the bag and the dunbbells,
but for the legs, flesh and wind there is
nothing like the natural exercise that
comes from walking and running Each
man must be the judge as to the dis
lance that is right. tut on an average
eight or ten miles done in a couple Of
hours, with a dash or two of hundred
yards at top speed, is about the limit.
Il understand Heenan used to run
fifteen miles behind a buggy which was
drawn by good jogging nag. This, in
my opinion, is too much; but the long
stride and changing the stick from hand
to hand is all right. and the use of the
SUCK, VI COuISc, AccpS Tic Hd1luS from
getting cramped. ! do not believe in
the cannonball rolling, either, for any
length of time, and as to taking that
sort Of exercise for five or six miles (
cannot see the use of it,
Sensible Rules.
Now, as to the all day work they
did in the old days, that seems TO me
10 be all wrong. After Il good morn
ing's walk and a run a man ought to be
thoroughly rubbed down and then set
in front of a good meal. And, mind
you, let the meal be good roast beef
and vegetables, and. if he wants it,
a bottle of ale, or even wine, but, of
course, not too much of it.
The afternoon ought to be spent i'll
the open air and any mild form Of ex-
ercise that is amusing should be indulg-
ed in. Lawn tennis, rowing, even Gro
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-05

SIT is presumed that 4 fighter who
goes into training for an event knows
his business; and if he does, he does
not forget 1T in the short weeks that.
he is preparing for the fight. IL he
wants to keep his body in good muscu
lar trina let him punch the bag or ex-.
ercise with dunbbells, and il he uses
the latter, one pound dumbbells are
heavy enough for the ordinary man.
af he is a heavyweight perhaps he
might get more benefit from heavier
ones, but think that no man should
Use a heavier bell than sone weighing
| five pounds. 1T you use dumbbells
every motion should he quick. You take
"a pair of dumbbells that don't weigh
over a pound and push them out in
front of YOU and draw them back as
! quickly as you can for one minute and
you'll find you've had a, lot Of exercise.
| Its the same way with running. You
| can jog along maybe five or six miles,
but run 100 yards at top speed and
| you will feel that you have done lot
| of work. - - -.,S 49, a "
Needless Trimming. a%N
! AS to the length Of time it takes
| to get man in condition, that depends;
| some men can get fit in four or five
weeks and others need fuzzy six months.
1t is all a question of their physical
condition at the time they begin to
| train. Now, I am told that the college
| boys at Yale and Harvard and Column
bia go into training for rowing in the
autumn and train straight through until
! the races are rowed in the spring. Go
not think this is at all necessary unless
the case is exceptional, and can scarce
" imagine a man who would require
that amount of preparation. It is just
like the notion that a business man iv-
ing in the city and keeping office hours
| from say nine in the morning until say
six at night when he is tired out, is
benefited by attempting to train.
do mot believe it. l believe, of course,
that if he leads a regular life and at
tends to matters of hygiene he is better
off than if he did not, but the mere
piling up of big muscles does him no
good, and the proof Of it is that as
soon as he stops the artificial exercise
his made muscles dwindle to just Their
normal strength. -
The growth of the interest in boxing
in this country has been steady, and IN
view of the popularity at the present
time this quotation anent the Heenan-
Sayers fight reads oddly enough: 'Nev.
er since the gladiatorial exhibitions OF
the Corinthians has the noble art Great
ed so much excitement as it does at
present. In London the muscle is not
so much deprecated as it is in New
York. and a large proportion of the
community here takes more or less III
terest in the ring and in the pug!hst
in whom devoted training and exercise
have developed so much physical per,
fection.' This might now be written
about New York today
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-05
A GRAMM ATlCAL DECEIVER.
A CunninEly WOrled Advertisement
Allows a Landlady to Crawl Out.

A CunninEly WOrded Advertisement
Allows Landlady to Crawl Out.
"A London gentleman advertised for
aiartn ents 1T a fashionable wat..r'ry
place and received many replies. He
pitched upon one, chiefly because it
mentioned a splendid ''sea view" and
as it was not convenient for him to
leave his business to see the apartments
h. closed with the offer by post. sending
a substantial deposit
I When the time came for him to take
his holiday he duly arrived at his des-
tination and was surprised to find that
not q glimpse of the sea was obtainab
f,om any window of his apartments.
Il thought you said there was 4
splendid sea view?'' he said, angrily,
to the landlady.
$50 there is, SIR replied the land
lady, drawing his attention to a pict-
ure on the wall really excellent
painting Of the sea-
why, youT7er-er-. What ,F Won
III On by such a swi1 dep gasped tho
gentleman. Il meaut view Of tn,
real sea-
"Oh, you did, sir?'' ccolly said the
landlady. IF you will refer to NV
letter that I distinctly stated there
was a splendid sea view in the drawing
room. lad meant q view OF the real
sea should have said there was 4
splendid sea view from the drawing
room. cannot think how, an elucat-
nj gentleman, as you eviilentlv arc,
could have made such an egregious err
ror.'
The gentleman was SO taken aba1l,
that he Wis not equal to arguing the
point and rushed out. Of; the hOnse
minus his substantial deposit II ondop
Tid-Bits.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-05

Vegetables were strictly prohibited,
and smoking and drinking Mele heTesieS
not to be considered. 8 II
Modern Methods.
How entirely at variance this is With
the IDEAS of to-day may he inferred
from the following regime, which is
laid down by Billy Edwards, whose
combined experience and observation
'entitle him to speak by the cards.
''If I had to train a man, he said,
what would 1 do? Well, that would
been doing But, i'm al case, the first
thing / should do would he to get him
a nice place in the country where there
was pure air. No man can train sue
;cessfully in an atmosphere that is pol
luted by smoke ard stem hes. and the
cardinal principle of my whole theory
of 'trainfng is that the more pure air q
man gets the more successful his train
ing will be. "Thenext thing / should do,
suPposing that my man had been lead
ing an irregular life, would be grad
ually-gradually mind you-to bring
him around to a perfectly regular mode
Of living. He might during this time
take Il little tight exercise just for
amusement, but until he reached the
point that he was accustomed to the
change no heavy work of any sort.
AFTER he had got himself straight
ened out let him get up at, say 7:3O in
the morning, dress in q leisurely way,
and If he wanted to and felt like it take
a short walk, say a mile or so, but not
| more. l do not believe in work on an
empty stomach. ard even if theSwalk is
short one, I think it is we'll to take 4
little sherry and egg or something of
the sort before starting.
"On his return let him have a good,
generous breakfast, and by that mean
nice lean chop or a steak and a mod
crate amount of vegetables and fruit
| OF course, if man is a glutto1. he must
| either be restrained or else pay the pen.
| atty. For every pound you put on by
injudicious eating and drinking you
have got to take off by just So much
more vigorous exercise In the matter OF
beverages the less liquid a man drinks
while training the better it is for him
but should not hesitate to allow Il mar
to drink for breakfast tea, coffee OF
even ale if he preferred it.
Real Work of the Day.
| Nov, after this meal and Il rest until
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-05
FIGHTING FOR PRINCIPLE
A Story of Stubborn Man and n
Hish-Ixicking Mule.

::Some of these fellers that is so set
on their PRINCIPLES reminds me much
of an old Teller that bought a mule
knowed once,' said the man on the
cracker box. THAT is, l knoWed the
Teller, not the mule He bought that
mule from the street car company,
and the fool mule wouldn't work with
out a bell on his neck. Well, Il bell to
suit the mules idea of thirgs could be
bought for about Is cents, and any
sensible man would have bought it and
put it on-on the mule, that is. But
this Teller wasn't that kind. He said
he'd be doggoned if he would be out
did by mule; and he started out to
conquer that beast or die in the at
tempt. He died in the attempt.
The mule kicked him so high that
the coroner's jury wrangled an hour
over whether he had died from the
kick or from striking the earth. Died
happy, though, cause he had died for
Il principle, and hadn't been outdone
by the mule. Then I bought the mule
and put bell on him, and am working
him yet and don't feel as if III lost no
great amount of self-respect, either.
Sometimes I think the people in gin
eral is 4 good deal like that there mule.
They won't drive at all 'thout a bell
on O some kind, and the fool refofmer
who thinks it would be. a sacrifice of
his principles to let 'em have it gets
kicked into the middle of next week,
While the politician is willin' to pervide
the bell for 'em, and they git down
and hump themselves while he sits in
a spring seat and rides. An I don't
doubt I've been Il mule myself, many
! Il time, an shall be again."-Indianap.
oils Journal. -.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-05

Exhilerating Exercise for Sweating
the Whole Bodybuilding, Chasing
and Picking Up the Small Cannon
Ball.
cred up warmly and allowed to lie still
for half an hour. Then his assistants
rub him again, and he is quickly in
stalled in dry clothes and allowed to
take some wine and egg, when he is
ready for breakfast, for which I need
not tell you he exhibits q ravenous ap-
petite.
This over he goes out on the grounds
and commences his work, which varies
according to his fancy, sometimes roll
ing and tossing balls about, pulling ut
weights, fighting a suspended bag filed
with oats with fifty, pound dumbbells
in his hands, sparring with friends,
using the clubs they weighed twenty
five pounds, and other healthful exer-
cises which will tend to develop the
muscles in all parts of the human
frame.
There is one exercise in which he in
dulges that seems 70 be a revival Of old
time customs. Heenan starts for a run
on a small course which they have laid
out, and after having gone around 4
dozen or twenty times two persons
whoever feel inclined-stand on each
side Of the track, each with a heavy
boxing glove on his hands, and as the
Boy runs through they simultaneously
endeayor to knock him down.
This is, OF course, very violent exer-
else, and few, except men of large pow
ers of endurance, ever attempt it,
Diet During Training.
At the conclusion Of this day Of mus
Gle making there came another rub
down. followed by n dinner of Spartan
severity served with Spartan-like sim
plicity, which is thus described: 2
THE meal is one OF the most rural
and rustic that can be imagined The
old oman who is an aged &matron
hired as housekeeper, sets the plates on
clothless table, with a proper guam
tum of knives and forks and a good
supply of rathe, stale bread. the whole
embellished with large broiled steaks
very rarely cooked. This repast is
washed down with cold spring water"
There was no attempt to introduce
any variety in the diet, and breakfast
and supper only differed in the fact
that at the latter the meat was cold.