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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-01
stromboli,s Unusunl Activity.

ROME, Feb. 1.-Stromboli, the north
easternmost of the Lipari Islands, in the
Mediterranean, off the north coast of
Sicily, was visited by a severe earthquake
yesterday. The volcano at the west end
of the island, which is in almost constant
eruption, had an eruption of unusual
violence Immediate after the earthquake
shock. Much alarm prevails among the
inha Sitants.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-01
Gets Three Years for Forgery.

BOSTON, Feb. 1. Frank Vining, a
prominent citizen of Georgetown up to
the time of his arrest, and deacon in
the church there, has been sentenced tt
three years. imprisonment for forging
notes to the extent of $1,000.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-01
Another Great Telescope.

CLEVELAND, Feb. 1.-Another great tel
escope, the third largest in the world,
has just been completed by Warner &
Swasey, of this city. The instrument
was constructed for the new Government
naval observatory, Georgetown Heights.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-01
EncIand's Reply in Behring Sea Case.

LONDON, Feb. 1.-Sir George Baden
Powell has despatched to Washington
Great Britain's reply in the Behring Sea
case. Sir Charles Russell, Sir Richard
Webster, and John Rigby assisted in the
preparation of the reply.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-01
MISCELLANEOUS.
EESaa..

DIR. Squills-"You are a fool to
trust that man with SO large bill"
DR.. Pills-"But he always pays me-"
DR.. Squills-'"Then he is fool"
-Indefinite-She-"S people say
a great deal and mean nothing" He
''And then again, some say nothing and
mean a great deal" She-''Well?"-
Detroit Free Press.
"A Hustler.-Jurgins- man is
always on the lookout for situations"
Merlin-"Does he run an employment
bureau?" Jurgins-"No; he writes
plays."-Truth.
-Parker-"How in the world did
Crooks ever kill deer?" Sykes-"He
was sitting on a log playing with his
gun, didn't know it was loaded and"
Parker-"Oh! I cen. Y. Herald.
Police Commissioner ''Mr. Nc
Cobb, how did it happen that you let a
raving lunatic go around terrorizing
people on your beat for a whole after
noon?" Officer McGobb - ''Sure, I
thought he was some felly payin' a
lection bet "-Indianapolis Journal
About $40, 900, 900 is paid every year
in Germany for the creation and pres
ervation of forests; 200, 900 families are
supported from them, while something
like 100000 find employment in the
various wood industries of the empire
The total revenue from the forests
amounts to S14, 500, 900 and the current
expenses are $S,5o0,o0O.
An electrician of Rouen, France, NJ.
Bidard, has made a great number of eX-
periments upon accumulators, and has
advanced new theory. According to
him, during the charge a sulphide and
binoxiCe of lead are formed; during the
| discharge the sulphur and the oxygen
arc recOmbined so as to form dilute sui
| phuric acid. Storage takes place be-
cause neither the sulphur nor the bin
oxide of lead is attacked by the dilute
sulphuric acid.
Over the whole world the proportion
of the sexes is about equal, but in sep
! arate parts of the world it varies great
ly. For instance, in this country there
| are 9S women to every 100 men; in Eu
rope there are rather more than 10(
women to 100 men. Canada has 95 wo
| men to 100 men. In uncivilized coun
tries the men are believed largely t.
| outnumber the women, this on accoun
| of the fact that moro men are needed
to carry on the wars in which such PEG
pie are constantly engaged, and because
of the rougher ways of living. But 81
long as there can be no census of Afric;
and Asia, so long statisticians can only
guess at the proportion Of the two sexes
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-01

James" said the milknan to his
new boy, dye see what I'm a-doin'
OFF" Yes, sir" replied James; you're
a-pourin' water into the milk" mo,
I'm not, James; I'm a-pourin' milk in
the water. So if anybody arsks you if
put water in my milk, you tell 'em NO.
Alters stick to the truth, James; cheat
in is bad 'nough, but lynn is wuss."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-01
Rubber Trees in the United States.

The plants which produce the princi-
pal portion, if not all, of the rubber
supply, are natives of tropical America.
AS there is no similar climate in the
United States, it is altogether unlikely
that any of these trees could be cult
waited to be of any commercial impor-
lance in this country. Although an al
most tropical climate prevails in the ex-
treme southern portion of Florida, yet
occasional low temperature, even in
these portions, would be fatal to the
pcrlnanencY of these plants.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-01
Fatally Assaulted by Footpads.

IRELAND, Va, Feb. ALEX Radcliffe
and Ben Snortridge, farmers, while in
town on Monday night, were assaulted
by three negroes and robbed of a small
amount of money. They will die. Three
men were arrested on suspicion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-01
A FIT OF INSPIRATION.
Tho Way It Supplied q Wished
For POoIn.

You could not very we'll conceive
.ess sentimental name than John
| Thomas Augustus Brownrigg. But
| names, like appearances, are deceptive,
| and the Young man who bore the one
quoted was among the most Sentl-
mental of creatures. Ills wcakness-if
| weakness it was--cXDresscd itself in
the particular form OF poetic ctfuslOn.
| From the carly age of six he had dab
BLEED i'll verses, and by the time he was
| twenty-Onc he must have invoked the
muse to the extent of several rcams of
| foolscap. But hitherto the inappre-
ciative obduracy of editors and pub
fishers had prevented his efforts from
| seeing the light of print; indeed, the
| farthrst he had ever got on the road to
| publication was to pay the Authors
Alliance Qimitcd) twenty Euincas for
| bringing Out-Or, as it proved, not
bringing out-a volume of lis poems.
The worthy Erownrigg, however,
| WAS not so easily dauntcd or put out
of conccit with himself. He rcmem-
bercd Wordsworth and Keats, and how
the literary fraternity of their day had
snubbcd them at the outset True
genius, he modrstly cOnSUlcd himself,
though often secuted in its initial
| stage, was sure to find recognition in
| the end; and he, Augustus HrOwnrigg,
| only had to wait for ultimatc success.
| Once give him an opening and he
| would rush through it irresistible as
| the ocean through Il breach in dam.
This oreninT, the one thing ncedful
for hitn, he tried for II lonI, long time
in vain to get; but at length Il favor
| able opportunity presented itself. By
| the Kindness Of Il friend lie was given
an introduction to the editor of Il popu-
lar monthly magazine; and this editor,
Il gOod-naturCd man, in an unusually
gOod-naturcd moment, commissioned
him to write some verses on the death
of Il leading minister of the crown,
which had just then occurred The
editor did, irdcc;l, reserve to himself
the right of rrjrctinG the verses if they
were not up to the mark; but this
caused l'ruWnri?rE no uncasiuvss what
ever. up t" the mark, foraooth!"
He WAS granted a week in which to
write til" verses. one day in this week,
viz, the Saturday preceding the Tues
day on which the verses wore to be
sent in, the poet took MS Il holiday, hav-
inE sulnr time back made an engage
mcnt with an old schuo.-trlluw, who
WAS then III town for Il few days, to
lCnch with him at t!3r "lri." ana then
20 on to Il matinee Of 'ilcury Will"
He came mp, therefore, from Ealing,
; where he lived, to keep HIS engage
mrnt, and, after cOiiOuS and rlab-
crate lunch, repaired with his friend
to the l4ycCum, finding himself almost
too drowsy to enjoy the piece.
Wien it was over, nothing woull sat
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-01
She ventured Too Near the Stove.

DANBURY, Conn, Feb. Mrs. Isaac
Howley was burned to death in Brook
field, few miles from this CITY. He,
clothing caught fire while she was near a
stove
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-01
M. BURNS

Licensed disinfecting officer for
cleaning and disinfecting vaults and
cesspools. Disinfectant soc per ct.
B.-Residsnce IL snxsaeld Street.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04
The Eatcmnlling Power.

This is what Aldaco l.. Walker, chair
man of the joint committee of the Trunk
Line and Central Traffic associations,
says about railroad rates in Tho Railway
Age and Northwestern Railroadcr: THE
fact is-ard it is so often overlooked that
it must be stated strongly-the ratemak-
ing power of railway company is it's
highest corporate function. 1t is char
ter power. It's control rests ultimately
in the state. In acts of incorporation
this power is universally conferred upon
tho boards of directors-tho highest seat
of corporate authority 1t should have
been treated with seriousness ana us rep
resenting the most important duty of the
several boards. But instead of this our
country has been treated TO IL carnival of
ratcs-rates--rates. hundreds of thou
sands OF tariffs have been filed in Wash
ington during tho last five years. Tie
directors OF every corporation have prac-
tically abdicatcd this most important
duty and have left it in the hands of sub
ordinatcs, who have patiently developed
a most ingenious confusion through
which they alone are competent to pick
their way"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04
Electric Heating.

Electricity generated for heating or
for any other purpose must be produced
at the cost of the expenditure of some
other form OF energy. such as the burn.
ing of coal or the force of falling water.
AS tho latter form of power is hardly
available for use in New York, it fol-
lows that if electric heating is to become
commercial phase of life in that city.
current will be supplied to consumers
from central stations in which coal is
burned under the boilers, precisely SINH
lar to existing plants for the supply of
light and power. The conversion and
transmission of heat by this process is
not economical, and current from coal
burning stations in sufficient quantities
for heating could only be used by the
wealthy, to whom its convenience and
cleanliness would commend itself
1t is apparent. however that the coal
barons' would have nearly as much 10
say about the supply of fuel to such sta
lions as to individual consumers at pres
ent, althou. it is probable that tho
mere cost OF coal and labor would be
proportionatcly reduced by tho use of
cheaper grades of fuel and by central
iZation. Doubtless electric heating has
great future, but at present it seems
TO be principally available in localities
where water power can be utilized III
the prime movers Chicago Western
Electrician
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04
The Color ofthe waistcont.

Life learns from private sources that
when II gentleman goes to I'm entertain
ment to which lie has received an en-
gravcd invitation he should wcara white
waistcoat. Ii the invitation is written.
he simply wears the usual black waist
coat. 1t is perhaps unnecessary to in
form our readers that the man who ig-
nOres this rule is no gentleman Still
we hardly like to advise hostess to
eject from her house every man whose
waistcoat is not in perfect harmony with
his invitation.
1t is not to be expected, however. that
his welcome will be as warm as if his
waistcoat were what it ought to be-
Should he be, for instance, Il distin-
guished author, a high church dignitary
or an eminent scientist, the hostess might
allow him 20 sit in the kitchen rather
than have him elected from the prem
Uses. Life
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04
TIE SAINT AND THE SINNER.


Heart worn and weary the woman sat.
Her baby sleeping across her knee.
And tho work her fingers were toiling Mt
Seemed q pitiful task for such rs She
Nending shoes for tho little feet
That pattcrcd over the cabin floor,
While tho bells of the sabbath day rang sweet,
And the ncghbors passed by the open door.
Tho children played. and the baby slept,
And the busy needle went and came,
When, 10. on the threshold stone there slept
A prcstly figure and named her name:
"Whnt siirift is this for the Sabbath day,
When bells are calling, and far and near
The people gather to praise and pray2
Woman, why arc you toiling hercf"
Like one in n dream she answered low:
Father, my days are workdays all:
know 10 Sabbath. l dare not 20
Where the beautiful bells ring out and call,
For who would look TO the meat and drink
And tend tho children and keep the place?
pray III silence and try To think,
Fox God's love can listen and give me grace"
Tho years passed on. and with fast and prayer
Tho good priest climbed TO the gate of rest,
An1 81 tired woman stood waiting there.
Her work worn hands to her bosom pressed;
"Oh saint, thrice blessed, mount thou on high
10 heard the welcoming angels say,
And mcellly, gently, she passed him by,
Who had mendcd shoes on the Sabbath day.
M. 5. Briggs in Ladies' Home Journal.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04

The rustic choir's greatest show was
always made in the anthem, in which
some pumpkin had generally solo to
exhibit his 'lusty voice" 1t was >,
splendid musical display-of its kind.
People came from long distance to
hear it and felt so satiatcd that they
left without the sermon. No wonder
Shakespeare made Sir John Falstaff lose
his voice with 'hallooinS and singing of
anthems" TO be sure he was guilty of
an anachronism, for there were no an
thcms in the fat knights time, but it
may reasonably be supposed that he had
become so impressed with this part Of
the service in his own day that he
dropped into the nod which even Homer
is privileged occasionally to enjoy.
The Jack Tar who explained Il han
them" to his mate on the simple prin-
ciples of verbal clongation was not so
far out after al. If was to say to
YOU" lie began. - Ere, Bill. give me
that handspike, that wouldn't be han
them; but if was to say to you, Bill,
Bill Bill, give, give, give me, give Inc,
that. that, that handspike. spike, spike,
spike why. that would be hanthem."
Just after this fashion did the old village
choirs tear and toss their anthem texts.
-Cornhill Magazine.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04
SHE WORE THE SHOES TO BED.
A Now England Girls Unique Way Of
Stretching Tight Tootgenr.

A Now England Girls Unique Way Of
Stretching Tight Footgcnr.
When Mr.. Simpson returned from Bos-
ton, he brought Il beautiful pair of shoes
laced shoes, with neat heels and pretty
toes-for his daughther Ethel, and a
unanimous sigh of disappointment swept
over tho Simpson family when it APP
peared that these shoes were too small.
No one was more sincerely grieved about
it than Ethel's youngest sister, Evelyn,
who liked pretty shoes as much as Ethel
did, and who had been wearing pair that
could not have been described as any,
thing but "serviceable, though plain"
Evelyn was filled with conflicting
emotions when her father said: "Perhaps
you can wear n No. 3, my dear. If so.
you may have these"
Evelyn knew that though her sister
was six years older than herself, yet they
wore the Same sized shoe-No. 4; but
she did not say SO. She set her pretty
shoe beside her own stout, roomy one
The prospect was discouraging.
A little later Ethel came in.
why" she exclaimed in surprise,
you can almost get it Oh? Try it some
time when your foot is not warm and
swollen rs it is now, though l suppose
Papa would never let you wear them if
they went on at all hard"
The shoes stood on Evelyn's dressing
case all day and suggested to her what
must have been the feelings of Cinder-
elias sisters when they tried to cut down
their feet to fit the magic slipper. That
evening when she was going to bed she
tr.Ip -, ~
on. They squeezed the poor little feet
as if i'll wise. but there they We're. on.
About midnight Ethel Simpson was
awakened by soft knock OH her door.
ard sitting in the hall outside she dis
covered her little sister Evelyn.
'Oh, Ethel-don't make noisc-my
feet!' she gasped
why, you have your shoes and stock
ings on, Evelyn. The new shoes! Oh,
you poor child!' and in moment the
elder sister was bending over the suf-
ferer, who had tainted away with smell
ing salts and a pair of scissors.
You See" sobbed Evelyn, reviving
and watching the cutting of the shoe
lacing with interest, Il thought if wore
them to bed they would be on in the
morning and could show them to papa
and he would let me keep them. went
to sleep, and little while ago l woke
up, and thought was dying.
II almost screamed, but | didn't. l
felt numb all over. and then it seemed as
if arms and legs and head were turning
into balloons. When | tried to crawl
out of bed, knew what was the matter
1t was my feet and those awful shoes.
Il expect every one will laugh at me.
Why, Ethel. you are crying Don't. My
feet don't hurt me any more. and papa
will say when you tell him about it, 1t
will be Il lesson to her."
1t was a lesson to her. She never
wore tight shoes again, but if her father
thought SO he did not say it when Ethel
told the story, and no one of the family
laughed or said a word about it, A day
or two later Il package came from Bos-
ton for Evelyn, which contained beau
tiful pair of Shoes laced, with neat heels
and pretty toes and marked "fours. y
Youths Companion.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04
A Novel worlds Fair Id...

] Is 1t worth while to offer suggestion
for the next vast assembly in Chicago
that of May, for example? Is it worth
while to set the American people think
ing about the difference between what
appeals to the eye and what to the ear?
If it DO, let the value of tho pageant be
considered. Let us imagine vast room,
or great space in the open air, with a
dias, on which the colors should be eff
fective and harmonious. Let there be
standards and floral decorations in album
dance, arranged by some artistic hand.
When the few chief dignitaries have
been received, let other representative
people be brought forward in groups
bearing emblems or symbols which indi-
cate their claims to consideration. Let
delegations of the various professions
and arts, i'll their appropriate robes, uni
forms or traditional dresses, be intro
duced.
Let the workmen in every craft-the
workers i'll wood, iron, brick, stone, the
architects, sculptors, painters, decora-
tors, manufacturers, engineers, carriers
all who have been concerned in max
ing the exposition success-send their
representatives to participate i'll the
opening ceremony. y simple act the
bestowal of medals, wreaths, flags,
would give point to the assembly. A
sentence from tho mouth of some high
official, II collect and a doxology would
express all that language need say on
such an Observation-Disclosures D. c.. Gill
man i'll Century.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04
why New York Women Feel Wear,

When an old lady like The English
queen takes up the study of Hindoostanrc
and masters it sufficiently to converse
with the reserved high caste princcsscs
Of the east, who object TO the presence
OF the male interpreter during audience
with their sovereign, and heartbroken.
middle aged woman like the empress of
Austria acquires ancient and modern
Greek to the extent of talking and writ
ing 1t flucntly, ii makes New York
woman little weary To think she can't
keep up her school French or find time
to read the magazincs.-N York Sun.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04
But She Didn't Get the Boots.

was trying on a pair of shoes, not
many days ago, in one of the sample"
shoe stores. Finding pair which par
ticularly pleased me, the clerk laced up
one, and looked for the other to do like
wise, but it could not be found. Aftera
vain search was about to give it up and
select another pair which did not please
me half as well, when | saw the edge of
the woman's skirt, who sat next me,
bullying out, and, calling the attention
of the salesman to the fact, he extracted
the boot from under her dress.
1t seems she liked the boots as we'll as
did. and if she did not get them, it was
not because she did not possess unbound
ed assurance.
Some women get through this world
on their nerve, and this woman was one
of them. New York Herald.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04
Lake That Cannot freeze.

In the vicinity of Chestertown there is
a picturesque lake which, because of the
fact that it has never been known to be
rufiled or disturbed by the most violent
storms, is called Still pond. This pond
has meyer been known to havo even a
skim Of ice on its surface. and during
the recent intense cold weather was not
frozen, but was IL favorite resort for
waterfowl.-Co Baltimore Sun.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04

Enyious Boy (on foot i know why
that there thing is called ii safety.
Proud Boy ION bicycle Why?
EnVions Boy Cause any fool kin ride
ii without fallin Off Good News.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04

Professor in Female Seminary Define
quintcsscncc.
Sweet Miss Pruncs- Ill believe it
Is snpcrlativc kind of ounce. Buffalo
EXpresS.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04

EAGLE dairy restaurant and ice cream
parlor, 144 Salem avenue. best table ser.
vice in tho city. Breakfast % cents:
dinner, So crr'-: supan-, ~. Parties
served. c. y. lVIlENs proprietor.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04

TIE KINDRED COAL COMPANY, Il. T
Kindred, president and general man.
agcr; l.. l.. Powell, salesman. Onlce
and yard At FishburDe's mill. Phone
100
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04
GOETZ'S BULLETIN.

We have again accepted the agency
for the celebrated LADIES TEN
DER FEET SHOES" VIII sell
them again under the same guarantee
snd as low "a ever.
Goods damaged by food will be cold
at great sacrifice. Come and look "
them, there may be pair to 1T yo1.
GOETZ'S,
No. lO1 Salem avenue, Cor. Henry.
tl56m.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04

THE OLD RELIABLE AND POP.
l. Mar Dye Works is the only place
to have your clothes perfectly dyed,
cleaned and repaired.
Prices very moderate. Goods sen.
by express will receive prompt atten.
ton. 4. WALSAK, proprietor, cor.
Eer Commerce and Campbell streets,
Roanoke, Va. may29-8m.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04

FREDERICK J. AMWKG, q. EN-.
\ Am. Soc. c. z. q Engr's Club OF
Philadelphia;engineer, contractor and
Hoanoke, Va. apr22-ti
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04

THE ROANOKE TRANSFER
4 Company is prepared to do ali
kinds OF hauling. They keep good
wagons, good teams and respon.
elble drivers. Prompt attention.
Oficcs, Freight depot and jefferson
street, south. Telephone, liz.
octl-l-yr
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04
sPEOIAL NOTIOms.
In this column will revx,
perusAl.

NEW CONCERN.-E. w SYKES
~ has opened a first-class carriage
shop next to his grocery store, be-
tween Patterson avenue and Rorc-
avenue. on Ninth street s.w., where he
H. prepared at ali times to do any ans
all kinds OF repairing, manufacturs
buggies and all kinds OF wagons a.
short notice. f. w. Sykes is a iirat
class carriage maker. No. 3CS, $40. Yi2
Ninth street. telephone 2uS. l2T limo