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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-03

No one ever hears Of very large dona-
tons from the queen, for she is not law
lsh in that way. Her experience as
Princess Victoria of Kent was such as to
render practical economy necessary,
and although quite young when called
to the throne the lessons taught by her
fathers financial troubles made their
impression and developed that prudence
which has guided her in her disburse-
ments during the many years of her long
reign.
Queen Victoria's charity begins at
home. Her first care is for the welfare
of those around her. Her solicitude for
the comfort of those of her household is
proverbial. With rare tact, her majesty
makes herself familiar with the circum-
stances and needs of every member of
her vast retinue of servants-even the
humblest domestic is not overlooked
and this without the least suggestion of
an obtrusive espionage.
1t is seldom that any of these gracious
acts within the royal household becomes
known to the public Only once in
awhile, when the gift is of general char
acter does the ever watchful press get
chance to chronicle it, rs, for instance,
when her majesty, having ascertained
that number of the children of the
domestic and other servants at Bucking-
ham palace were neglected in the mat
ter of education, ordered the purchase
of premises i'll Palace street, Pimlico,
and had them fitted up as q school for
these children.
When it is considered that this school,
which opened with GO scholars. was sup.
piled with teachers of tried ability, and
that the entire expense was defrayed by
the queen, who for nearly 40 years has
continued to support it out of her private
purse. it will be acknowledged that as
one of the incidentals this donation goes
a long way toward refuting the charge
of parsimony against England's illustri-
GUS monarch.
find, however, from the same source
which I have hitherto quoted, that no
exaggeration is possible in any report
relative to her majesty's abnormally vio-
lent temper. 1t is Il fact that England's
queen is subject to outbursts of passion
that are simply astounding in their vio-
lence and often appalling in their results.
While these spasms last it is often neces-
sary to resort to degree of restraining
force that is not compatible with our no
tons of proper treatment of royalty.
Fortunately these exhibitions of tenn
per are generally INDUCED as an indoor
amusement, and the public are spared
the modification of witnessing the ex-
travagant gyrations of their sovereign
when she is seized with one of her tan.
trums. have heard of only one in
stance where display of this ebullient
affection was made before q promiscu-
Gus assembly of her subjects. The occa-
sion was naval review. The queen,
Prince Albert and some of the royal
children, with their usual attendants,
were on board the queens yacht, ready
to steam out to review tho ships. The
pier was crowded with people in holiday
attire, and every eye was on the royal
yacht as she lay near waiting for the
signal to start.
The attention of the queen was called
to the fact that the people expected to
sac her. Although not feeling in the
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-03
IN LIGHT AND SHADE.
WONDERFUL EPocHs IN HISTORY
SkETcHED UPON THE WALL.

Tho Frescocs on the Walls of tho Rotunda
at tho Capitol Soon to BE Finished-A
Remarkable and Picturesque Series OF
Events.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-03
A DECLINING ART.
Paper Hanging Is Not Nearly So Remuner-
alive an Occupation as Formerly.

"'''N ''A OSNhphtioH hs EOrInerIy.
Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, Sept 2S.-"A curious and
to men in my trade IL most disagreeable
thing said james p. Archibald, repre-
sentative of the paper hangers in the
board of delegates to the building trades
of New York, sis the decline in the earn
ing capacity Of paper hangers during the
past 10 years. Before 1888 some of the
most skilled men could easily earn &c.
600 year. Now there are very few
who can make half that amount. To
what do attribute this? W&, if 1 were
to give you all my reasons, you'd think
some of them political, but the chief
cause has been the growing favor be-
slowed upon the higher forms of artistic
interior decorations.
I'm the old days, when man built
fine house, he devoted great deal OF
time and thought TO the artistic paper
ing of its interior walls, and skilled pa
per hangers with some sense of pleasing
harmonies and contrasts in color were
in great demand and could easily COM
mand fancy prices. Thirty-fve dollars
was not considered large weekly wage
then by any means; $40 was often paid
and sometimes $50.
Those We're palmy days for grainers,
too, rs the painters who with brush
initiate the natural fiber of wood are
called, and paper hangers and grainers
were held in very high repute among
all classes. But natural wood oiled
and polished, and fresco painting, and
lincustra, and all sorts of decorations
and finishes supposed to DO more arts
tic, came in and little by little hammered
down our earnings and drove us practi-
cally ont of the field, so far as work in
the most expensive mansions is con-
cerned. I'm afraid paper hanging will
never reach its old place again"
j. Z. RALLEY.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-03
TOR 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, 1893-10-03
"oh, these! !!
Advertisements
Tire me. =

Some advertisements do have
that tendency, so do some
people and some books. But
bright people understand that
the advertising columns now.
a'days carry VALUABLE ia.
formation about things NEW
and GOOD. Things that
people for their own benefit
ought to know. One thing
that THE LADIES of Roa.
noke and vicinity ought to
know Is that at
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-03

lions as well as foritself and those bean.
ties OF architecture which make it still
perhaps the most impressive building in
the world, shall never be satisfied until
the Goddess of Liberty has had hex face
turned toward the west and the large
and dirty srttoons which defile not only
the rotunda, but the still more beautiful
statuary hall, shall have been removed.
WALTER WELLMAN.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-03
[spccinl Corresnondsnce1

WASHINGTON. Sept. The host of
distinguished people who had listened
to the ceremonies in commemoration of
the centennial of the laying of the cor
nerstone of the capitol the other day
left the platform on conclusion of the
programme and passed out through the
great rotunda. Many of them paused to
look at the beautiful gallery and to gaze
up ut the allegorical ceiling of the noble
dome = the noblest dome, considered
both from its exterior and interior u.s.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-03

The total product OF the Mexican sill.
yer mines from their opening by the
Spaniards to the independence of the
annntrv in 1871 was 20, 9aS as2 400
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-22
SUDDEN CHANGES.

This morning in the meadows there were DRIFT
Of daisies bobbing.
Swayiug backward. swaying forward, in care
less sort OF way,
And the dafiodils were merry. and the SOL south
wind was robbing
Scent ed larchwoods OF their sweetness, ana my
heart was light and gay.
And the blackbird's song was ringing by meet
hid in the bushes
Where II soft brown head was lifted. list ming
to his fervent vows;
And the happy shift ing sunlight cleaned above
the brake and PUSHES.
Resting lovingly n moment on the Deech trees
golden boughs.
All tho earth was fair and gladstone, and tho Sly
hluo aud tender,
With the fieecy clonulets drifting DER its sur
fuce white and gray.
Now The sky is duh and cloudod FADED Is the
sunlights splendor,
And wonder how l ever said tho worli was
bright and guy.
For tho constant noisy chorus OF the birds Is
really veXing,
And to hink that any mortal thinks the but
ttrcups like gold
While he daiiod | >, and daisies fooish move
nients nre uerplexinG
Ana he Wild nat sets them dancing Is quite
win ,rylke and cold.
Eark Il step upon the grave and laush-'tis
sarey lily
Who L. p :ssia in hurry through the narr.w
pnoen ght".
We'll i dJ4l't mind now admitting tnat nave
bee GRO s ana silly
Wi Tie worl I, 10; uso my lover chanced TO
he an hour too late.
Oh journal.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-22
Photographs in COlOrs.

An exhibition Of color photographs
was given in Paris Thursday night OF
last week. Nearly every color was in
cludcd in the showing. One photo
graph represented bouquet with red,
violet, green, blue, and other colors in
their various shades. Another showed
corner of park with blue sky,
graveled avenues, and tramped soil.
Another represented cottage sur.
rounded by shrubbery. Then there
was series of colored placards in all
their glaring colors, and next photo
graph of IA japanese screen. AS with
the early daguerreotypes, each photo.
graph is unique, but how to obtain
proofs on paper has vet to be discov-
cred. Nearly half an hours pose is
also at present quite enough to tax
the patience OF any sitter
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-22
Lady Brooke as an Author.

Lady Brooke of baccarat scandal
fame has contributed an article to
Mr. Astor's Pail Mall Magazine. She
writes on "What is Society,"" ard has
given some very optimistic views on
various subjects.
She thinks--at least she says So
that "things were never so interest.
ing as to-day, and people were never
so pleasant" She also notes that
'there is to-day very probably more
that is artistic in the cottage of the
peasant than previous century could
have shown in the palace Of a
prince"
Lady Brooke says great many
more things about general topics
very nice things-sO that one is some
what consoled that she omits to tell
''what is society,""
Lady Brooke is favorite with the
Prince OF Wales, so Mr.. AstOr's editor
did not return her manuscript with
any rude criticism, but printed it at
once, in splendid type. especially the
name of the writer.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-22

.But tell me-" I asked him, show
you got to New Orleans before I did.
You must have come down in a parlor
car"
"No, SIR" he replied, quite seriously;
IL came down in the boats; one boat
down the Arkansas River, and an
other boat to New Orleans. had a
fine time, sir l got this box in Lit.
tie Rock. and blacked my way and
waited my way right down the river"
waited your way. What do you
mean by that:"
"Waited on gentleman, sir, that
had his horses on the boat I made
money coming down. But isn't this
beautiful place, sir? Is New York
as big as this?"
This is beautiful place, Dick. I
am told, though moist. And II you
were to put eight cities like this in a
row, they would be almost the size Of
New York"
II intend to go there some time,
sir; and hope you'll lie back by that
time. But, my! what fine place
this is. sir. Moneys not tight here,
sir. l never made SO much in my
And I've been trying what Col. Craw-
ford told me about pleasing people.
and it's all true, sir. I've pleased
nearly $40 into my pocket, SO far,
sir"
cannot end this little sketch of
Happy Dick with the familiar finale
of my going to powerful friend and
getting him a situation as bank
president or insurance director at
$40, O0O year. Dick did not need
any such assistance. He travelled
from Arkansas tn New Orleans in
seven days, and made money by the
journey while it took me twelve or
fourteen days, and cost me number
of dollars might better have paid
him to give me some lessons in cheer
fulness and thrift. -Harper's Young
People.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-22
Miss and Mrs.

A hundred and fifty years ago, I'm.
married as we'll as married women
were styled "Mrs." Girls were called
"Miss" until they left school, when
they took brevet-rank as Mrs :"
orally addressed as MADAM" In
the many letters which Steele. during
his courtship. sent to his lady-love,
Mary ScIrlock, he continually ad-
dressed her as "Dear Mrs Scurlock."
After her marriage, Mrs Scurlock be-
came "Dear Prue," ''Dear Wife" or,
when trouble arose between them,
simply "Madam." One of Addisoii's
contributors writes: ''Being arrived
at 16, I have left the boarding school,
and now, having assumed the title Of
Madam, instead of Miss, am come
home" The real reason why the
latter title was not adopted by young
unmarried women was that like
"mistress" in these days, '.miss" was
at that time a word of dubious repu-
tatlon. 1t was indeed term of re-
proach. In the lists of dramatis per-
sOna pretixed to old editions of plays
OF the restoration era, the names OF
young unmarried female characters
are always printed within the courte-
Gus Mrs" But this application of
the title dates from a much earlier
period, as is we'll illustrated by
famous anecdote of Queen Elizabeth.
That monarch firmly believed that
celibacy was the proper state for her
clergy. Parker, the Arch bishop of
Canterbury, held different views,
which he put into practice by taking
to himself wife. On one occasion,
after the Queen had been right
royalty entertained at lambeth, Mrs
Parker advanced to take leave of her
Majesty. The Queen hesitated for a
moment, and then ungraciouslv said:
MADAM may not call you, aud Mis-
tress am 10th to call you: however,
l thank you for your good cheer" At
the present time, the only survival of
this Old World system is found in
those occasional cases where the
elderly spinsters prefer the more dig
nifled title, and are courteously ad-
dressed as "Mrs."
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-22
A Deaf Mute Club.

Paris has number of very peculiar
club, at the present time, more per-
haps than any other city. It's deaf
mute club has been frequently
spoken OF by tourists 1t is exactly
what it processes to Beg an associa-
tion OF deaf and dumb men, all OF
them comparatively wealthy. 1t is
usual tor man thus afflicted and
whoiis in position to retain a staff
of domestics, to retain these as in
terpreters. but in this club there is
no pandering to modern ideas, and
no servant is engaged unless he or
she has lost the power to either
speak or hear. AS result the es-
tablishment is as silent as the tomb,
AMI is an exceedingly unpleasant
place for an ordinary human being to
wander into. To get over the appa-
rent difficulty OF communication be-
tween different parts of the house,
series Of electric apparatus are used
to call dOmestics but instead Of the
usual bell, there is an arrangement
whereby the party called gets slight
shock.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-22
Professional Advertising.

professional ethics" said Judge
z. I. Sloan, "are snare and de-
fusion. tbs regarded as high crime
and misdemn anor for a doctor or a
LAWYER to az 'ertise, but the way these
written and unwritten laws are got
around is quite amusing and is often
rather disgusting. A young attorney
with whom lam acquainted adopted
plan of calling personally upon every
business man he could locate and
notifying him in an otf-hand manner
that he had opened law Office. An
other much older attorney got it an
nounced in very casual manner that
he would defend all suits arising out
of the disregard of an unpopular or
dinance free Of charge, and third,
determined not to be left, made it
known in an indirect manner that
he would conduct cases for damages
against railroad and other corpora
tions at his own expense and without
any charge when the plaintiffs were
either widows or orphans. A ply
stefan whom l have known for years
puts in his spare time, which by the
way, is the great bulk of his
time. looking out for accidents in
which doctor is likely to be wanted
and what little business he ever has
is obtained in emergency cases of this
kind. If every code of ethics in eX-
istence were buried under your Eads
bridge, professional honor and dig
nifty would be good deal better
maintained than it is now. st.
Louis Globe.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-22
Vienna PeOple's Kitchen.

AS general rule, the cost of any
given article depends on the guam
titles in which it is manufactured,
and to this rule cooked food is no ex-
ception. The smaller the scale on
which the business of a restaurant is
conducted the higher must be the
keepers charges if he has to extract
living out of it for himself Where
much larger quantities of food are
cooked at the same time the cost of
their preparation becomes diminished
to mere fraction of that of the raw
material, and charges can be lcsSened
accordingly. The success which has
attended an experiment of this kind
is notably instanced by the ''volks-
kuchen," or ''people's kitchens, "
which have been established in
Vienna, according to the National
Review. 1t shows the exceedingly
low prices at which food can be sup
piled where the demand is large and
stea dy, and thus furnishes us with u
basis for practical calculations. AT
the peoples kitchens" no fewer than
from 40, 900 to 30, 600 meals, ample
and excellent, are prepared daily.
The price of dinner, consisting OF d
soup, meat, bread, vegetables, pud.
ding and coffee, with fruit or cheese,
is about 81 pence in English money.
A breakfast of coffee, vegetable soup,
bread. ham and eggs may be had fol
pence. A supper Of cold meat,
bread, vegetables and pudding, with
tea or coffee, costs % pence The
large consumption Of food, which al
lows it to he bought in cheap markets
is, of course. one of the causes enab
ling the establishments to maintain
such low prices. A more important
| cause is to be found in the perfection
Of their organization and manage
mpnt.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-22
What BECOMES of Old Shoes,

"What do we do with old shoes
that are left herc?" said a shoe dealer,
repeating customers question.
''Well, we never do anything with
them. There's pile in the yard
now waiting for the ash man to carry
of. II. while it is there, any old
bum wants to be shod, we send him
out and let HIM take his PICK. But
1 know one shoe store that keeps all
its cast-offs for collector. In fact.
Pm not sure that he doesn't pay a
little something for them. Haven't
the least idea what he does with
them, but shouldn't wonder if you
could buy the best of them afterward
in Hester Street for ten cents pair,
and, for all know, some Of them are
worked over into cheap stock. New
YORK Sun.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-22
A Unique Ring.

Samuel T. Crosby Of bingham,
Mass, has in his possession a mourn
ing ring on which is inscribed. rs.
Thaxter, ESQ.,, OBJ 23, Nov. 1740."
In the ring is set brilliant shaped
like coffin, and through it can be
seen body prepared for burial. The
ring was one OF those given, accord
ing to the custom in those times, at
the funeral of Col Samuel Thaxter,
who commanded the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company more
than $50 years ago. He was grand
father Of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Lin
coin, of revolutionary fame, who also
commanded the Ancients.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-22
Ability Recognized.

1t was sultry afternoon and the
only sound in the street was the cry
of the old colored man who peddles
bivalves from push cart. His noise
evidently disturbed somebody, for a
window opened and woman thrust
her head out to say: ''Dear me.
What a great clamor." The colored
man stopped the cart, took his hat off,
and said with a how: "Thanky,
lady. thanky. OATS what l is. Is
de creates clammer in de whole Dis
trick of Columbia - Washington
Star.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-22
ONE ON THE DRUMMER.
Made . Bet With the Baggage Man and
Had to Cash In.

Made . Bet with the Baggage Man and
Had to Cash In.
I'VE had some fun last week." said
the drummer to the hotel clerk Sat-
urday night, after he had taken his
supper and his weeks work was,done
''Go on" suggested the clerk, en-
couragingly.
1T was up at a station on the
Flint s. Pere Marquette Railroad,
where there is a,saw mill and store
or two. and timber is plenty. There
were three or four of us. one of the
party young Chicago drummer who
was as fresh as Lake Michigan. He
was jo!lying everybody, as we were
waiting for delayed train, and at
last he tackled the man who checked
the baggage.
~ say he said to him, with a
trunk checked here for Dctroit?'
Certainly, if you've got ticket
replied the baggage man.
f" That's fall right; I've got the
ticket; but checking the trunk is
what bothers me-
"'Don't worry about that, mister
said the supplemented baggage man.
i can check any sort of trunk you've
got
"'This is such trunk as I never
saw checked, explained the Chicago
fresh.
Bring on your trunk, I'll fix it,
insisted the baggage man.
I'm bet you S. you won't do it,
bluffed the ChicapO man.
THE baggage man replied by taking
out liver and putting It'll my hands
and Chicago man came up smiling and
put his there too"
Wait he said to the baggage
man, with another wink at me, till
I go back to the hotel and get it..
''Then he disappeared, and in
about 10 minutes he pulled up along
side OF the platform with team Of
cattle dragging the trunk Of tree
about % feet long and two feet in d.
ameter at its smallest girth.
"'Here you are shouted the Chi
cago man with big laugh of
Triumph; bring on your check. This
is my trunk
II thought and so did the rest of
us, that Chicago had the countrvman,
and he looked it himself at first for,
there was no use talking, he could
never get that thing into the car, but
he got his second wind in a moment.
San right he said, smiling at
the drummer Then to the man with
the team: Haul it over onto them
hay scales, Bill. and weigh it,
What's that for?' asked the
drummer without wink to any of
us.
"'Got to see how much it weighs
said the baggage man quietly.
'Lowin' you your $50 pounds, Ishould
say there was about 3. 900 pounds ex-
ira baggage in that trunk and it'll
cost you something over $50 tc git it
down to Detroit. Hurry up, BILL
he called to the driver, that train'll
be along in 10 minutes
''But Bill didn't hurry. The Chi
cago man paid him half a dollar for
his trouble, yielded up his V TO the
green and guileless baggage man and
didn't have anything more to say to
anybody. free Press.