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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-01

Tropical Fruis-Lemons, 81 70 per box; ba.
nanas, 81 0Oa9 w per bunch; oranges, NASHUA
6! So Florida So 5Oa2 Is,
Observation-Disclosures homo grown, s.! 10 per
barrel; Early Rose potatoes, sDAS5c per bushel;
onions 40 per barrel. Sweet potatoes 81 70
per barrel.
berries, 50 3per box.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-23
GOETZ'S BULLETIN.

Go@HNS DoLLETIN'
We have again accepted the agency
for the celebrated "LADIKS' TEN
DER FEET SHOES" Will sell
them again under the same guarantee
and as low as ever.
Goods damaged by food will be sold
at great sacrifice. Come and look ut
them, there may be O pair to Mt you.
GOKTz'S,
No. lol Salem avenue, Cor. Henry.
8156m.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-23
AN ELOQUENT AGENT.
She Knew All tho Co,,vcn;enccs of Mod
Flat Life.

She Knew All the Conyca;eHccs of Mod
ern Flat Life.
The proprietor of large building in
one of the eastern cities which con-
tains several FLATS or living apart
mcnts on the upper floors says that he
never succeeded in renting these apart
mcnts readily until he employed a very
eloquent Irishwoman as janitress or
agent for the care and letting of them.
Several times the graceful "blarney"
OF this excellent women has secured a
customer whcro n less gifted agent
would probably have billed.
"Kinvaynicnccs, is ,t?" says she to
applicants for tho rooms. "Surc, it's
hot en- could wathcr at all hours of the
day an noight agrayable to yer tashtc,
an set toobs that would make n wash
crwoman O the Quane of England by
priffcrcncc!'
"Are the rooms comfortably warmed?"
asks an inquirer
"Are they wahrme!" with q surprised
air. "Sure, wild slight turn o yer
wrisht we have annny degray O. timpcr-
aturc known to the therimctcr"
but the staircase-is that easy to
go upP"
"Now, Thin" says the eloquent
agent, as if she were reaching tho
climax of all the wonderful advantages
OF the building, "the staircase is that
aisy that whin ye're goin' oppye would
we'll behave that yc're comm down."
The intending tenant usually capitu'
latcs Mt this point. -Arkansaw Trav.
cler.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-23
Falcons MS Military Messengers.

A Russian army officer has made
some very successful experiments in the
training of falcons to carry dispatches,
and general attention has been called
to the possibilities OF the use of this
bird for messenger purposes in time OF
war. The falcons SO trained carried
messages from one garrison to another
with very gratifying success. If the
generally practicable they will have
many points of superiority over pigeons
for messenger purposes. They arc
much stronger, and some of those so
far tried carried II weight Of four Rus
sian pounds without hindrance to
speed. A not unimportant considera-
ton Is that they are not likely to suffer
trpun attacks of other birds.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-23
BREAp.

Beautiful loavcs OF bread,
Crusty and golden brown.
Whose wholesome fragrance maketh glad
The heart OF king or clown;
Outside, tho hue OF tho wheat,
AS II bent In tho sun OF Juno,
Or hy in heaps OF yellow bronze.
In TIC light OF tho harvest moon:
and inside. sweet os tho scent
OF tasscltng heads OF corn,
And light as the sprays OF the valley.m mist
That float in tho wake OF tho morn.
In homes OF wealth and case,
The board is richly spread,
But what would the choicest viands DO
g II there was lack for bread
And IL the humble home
Tho cottage small and gray,
The poor mans wife, in calico frock,
Chcerily works away;
Her eyes arc clear with health,
Her dlmplcd checks arc rcd,
And she sings tender old-time song,
as she kncads her sweet brown bread
1Iomcly and wholesome bread
This is our need each day,
from the millionaire In his mansion grand.
To the bcggar beside the way.
Tho daily physical want
OF nations from pole to pole,
An humble type of the heavenly bread
That feedeth tho hungry soul
And do we comprehend,
When our daily prayer is said,
How great the gift VIC asl, OF God.
When we ask for our daily bread7
Hattie Whitney, in Good Housekeeping.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-23

THE ROANOKE TRANsPRB
= Company 10 prepared to do all
wagons, good teams and respon.
sible drivers. Prompt attention.
Omcos, Freight depot and Jefferson
street, south. Telephone, 1l9.
oct1-1-yr
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-23

Why do you read this when
you know 1t is IN advertise
ment? You have begun, now
finish your reading. What we
want you to know is: That VIC
do printing.
LOOkABILL'S PRINTING
HOUSE,
ROANOKE, VA.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-23

~'Absolutcly Correct. Don
$50 you confess that the unfortunate
young man was carried out to the
pump and there pumped on. Now, Mr..
Gcer, what part did you take in this
disgrnccful AFFAIR."" Student (meckly)
THE left leg, sir."-Judse.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-23

NATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE
IN Roanoke, Va.--The regular session
OF this popular institution, which has
been partially suspended during the
heated season, resumed yesterday, Seq.
TENDER LIST, with full corps OF instruc.
tors. Remember that over Is per cent.
OF the two hundred students who
entered the school and completed their
course are to-day filling positions sue
cessfully and most of them in thii
Magic City of progress and enterprise
Young man, come here and prepare for
business. Send for our new illustrated
college journal containing full informa
zion. Address as above. lily
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-23

TIE contracting business formerly
conducted under the firm name OF Sims
Il Skinker will after this date be done
by Sims & DYER.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-23

ARE you satisfied with your laundry?
II rot take it to ]. +. Earp's confection.
airy store, No. 105h Jefferson street,
agent for the Radford Steam Laundry.
Tho very best Of work guaranteed
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-23

FREDRRICK J. AMWEG, O. E., III.
II Am. Soc. G. z. & Engr's Clnb OF
builder, Commercial BANK Building,
Roanoke, Va. apr22-tf
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-23

THE OLD RELIABLE AND Pop
Il ular Dye Works IL the only place
to have your clothes perfectly dyed,
cleaned and repaired.
Prices very moderate. Goods sent
by express will receive prompt atten-
ton. K. WALSAK, proprietor, cor
ncr Commerce and Campbell streets,
Roanoke, Va. may99-6m.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-23
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements In this column Will sspay
pefuaai.

NEW CONCERN.-E. w. SYKES
~ has opened a frst-olsss carriage
shop next to his grocery store, be.
tween Patterson avenue and Rorcr
avenue, on Ninth street s.w., where ne
is prepared ut all times to do any and
All kinds OF repairing, manufacture
buggies and oil kinds OF wagons ut
short notice. K. w. Sykes is FIRST.
class carriage maker, No. 800, $40, Si3
Ninth street, telephone aUS. I n limo
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-12
TROUBLES GIRLS HAVE.

Maybe some people think they have
troubles, but the girl who put on hel
new purple veil, took cab because oil
the rain and then found the driver was
German and somewhat intoxicated be-
sides, had the worst luck | ever heard
of. She had to keep her head out of the
window all the time, directing the
driver where to 60. and her veil melted.
The spots wouldn't come off OF her face,
so she had to walk home, after all.
That night was the last one before her
young man went West. She hadn't the
courage to tell him it was from her veil.
She thought the powder would hide it,
but she cried SO hard the powder all
came off, and he thought she was chang
ing color. He sent her letter from
Plttsburg breaking off the engagement,
and she never knew why. Some people
never have any luck. There was another
girl | knew whose doctor gave her some
thing to take for her complexion. She
put it on her face, instead of taking it
internally, and it turned her all green.
1t was the very day before her coming
out and she had to make it mask
party. Then her sweetheart proposed to
her sister by mistake Oh I tell you,
the world is. Just full of troubles - TSt.
Louis Star .SaA ings.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-12
SHE IS A PRACTICAL CARPENTER.

Miss Sophie Christensen, of Copen.
hagen, has decided to take up her resi-
dence in Chicago, aud she is a lady of
whom the Windy city may well be proud.
She is the daughter of retired and poor
captain in the Danish army, and some
years ago, at the age of twenty, she de-
termined that she would not wait for a
husband to support her or be dependent
on her fathers limited income, but would
learn how to make her own living. After
some difficulty she found carpenter and
joiner who was willing to accept her as
an apprentice, and bound herself to him
to learn the trade. She soon DISPLAYED
great aptitude for the work and having
just completed her apprenticeship has
been admitted as a full member of the
Joiners' Guild st Copenhagen by unani-
nous vote. In accordance with sensi-
BILE custom which prevails in Denmark,
Miss Christensen had to submit a speci-
men of her own unaided work before
being accorded the complete honors of
the guild. She made All artistic, self
closing bookcase, the beauty and finish
of which cxtorted the admiration of
every member of the guild. The young
woman, who is now twenty-six years
old. thinks Chicago will be the best
place for her to make living in, and
thither she will start in the course of
week or two.-[New Orleans Picayune.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-12
AN ADVOCATE OF CYCLING.

A more enthusiastic advocate of eye
ling cannot be found than Mrs Mary
Sargent Hopkins, of Wilmington, Mass
She is now doing what may be termed
missionary work among women in the
New England States, and is lecturing to
them on the advantages of cycling. Her
talks are on women and the wheel, and
she is attracting large audiences Mrs.
Hopkins says that cycling is the best
sort of outdoor exercise, but adds that
a great deal of unfavorable comment has
been caused by the actual dowdiness of
the woman cyclist MANY seem to
think, " she says, that any old thing is
good enough for riding, aud some of
them dress in last summers hat, loose
waist and all old skirt Mrs. Hopkins
has her wheel on the stage during her
lectures and illustrates her manner of
mounting and dIsmounting. Eight
years of cycling has made her very
healthy woman. Just now, at the be-
ginning of the season, Mrs. Hopkins is
making converts all along the route, for
her lectures are demonstrative and in
structive.- Boston Post. So
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-12
The Wrefch-

. One day the swell artist was pass
ing the house of the younger one, says
the Boston Globe. and the latter called
TO him: *Mr. Chrome, l have Just
finished two pictures entirely differ
ent in subject, and would like to have
your opinion Of them" The great
man said he would be only too happy
to look at them, so, ushering him
into the house and opening the par
Tor, the owner pointed to two pictures
hanging on the wall, and said: There
they are. One picture is of my father.
copied from an old-fashioned ambro-
type; the other Is a painting of Lily
Pond" The artist, after adjusting
his eyeglasses and looking carefully
ats the paintings moment, turned
and asked: (Which one did you say
was your father, Mr.. Madder?"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-12

taches are becoming commoner among
women in the present day than in the
past. He tells us that in Constantinope,
among the unveiled women that are to
be met with, one out of ten possesses an
unmistakable covering of down on the
upper lip. In the capital of Spain,
again, the proportion of ladies with this
masculine characteristic is said to be
quite equal to that observable on the
Golden Horn An American medical
man states that in Philadelphia fully
three per cent. Of the adult fair sex are
similarly adorned, and probably the pro-
portion would be still larger but that
many women take the trouble to eradi-
cate the unwelcome growth by the APP
pllcatlon of depilatory preparations. Is
this increase in the number of women
with hair on their faces to be regarded
as sign that the human race is improv.
ing! Very few men, at all events, will
be disposed to consider that moustachc
adds to the charms Of the opposite sex.
Englishmen, indeed, only a generation
ago, had such detestaton of NOUS
taches and boards that the practice of
shaving all hair off the face down to
their mutton chop whiskcrs WAS all but
universal. From one extreme our clean
shaven fathers plunged into the other,
and boards and moustachcs rapidly be
came the fashion. The fashion has Of
late years again been modified. Boards
are less common, but the moustachc is
cultivated in England as widely as on
the Continent. But why should the fair
sex be visited by this iufliction? Some
writers on ethnology mold that the higher
races of mankind are always the hairicr,
and Mr.. Mott thinks that in few cen
turtles men an women will all be clothed
with hair. But we do not believe Mr..
Mott; and we certainly should not care
to live to see the day OF bearded beauty.
i London Standard.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-12
A FOSSIL FIND.
Discovery of Wonderful Mammoth
Reptiie in Colorado.

That mammoth fossil discovered on
the banks of the Montezuma Creek, in
Colorado, is not a myth. The work of
excavation is now going on under the
direction of an agent of Yale College,
which has secured the remains. The
reptile (for so it is classed), judging from
its vertebra, ribs, ETC., must have been
at least 100 feet long. The ribs measure
IS inches in width. The bones were
embedded in hillside of coarse sand,
stone, and distributed over space of
600 feet. Some of them have been taken
out weighing a few pounds and others
hundreds of pounds.
Prof. o. G. Marsh, of Yale, writes to
the Colorado Sun as follows: eff ANY,
where near as large as represented the
animal is probably dinosaur from the
jurassic, perhaps similar to the one
named atlantosaurus, which was found
near Morrison in your State. Other
specimens nearly allied have been found
near Canyon City in the same formation.
Other large reptiles have been found in
the cretaceous especially in Colorado
and Wyoming, but none are known from
the carboniferous. l have myself never
been in the immediate region where the
new fossil is said to have been found,
but the jaurassic is we'll developed east
and north of there, making it probable
that it may exist in the locality named
Portland Oregonian.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-12
FASHION NOTES.

Some of the new skirts have elaborate
draperles, but they are not much liked
by the best dressed women.
Full-plaited vests Of velvet are worn
with dresses OF almost every material.
| Plaid silks and velvets are used to
trim suits of plain wool in dark shades.
Silk null, in black, white, aud colors,
Is IN demand for evening dresses.
Plain fine serges have been succeeded
by the wide ribbed varieties which show
to such advantage in the plain skirts.
The law has been laid down, and short
skirts, and only short skirts, are to be
worn in the street.
Children can stand any amount of
Scotch plaid in gown, but it is not
wise to place too much Of it as trim,
ming upon q woman's gown.
A new sleeve is gathered close at the
shoulder, with the gathering almost
hidden by band of embroidery or gal
loon, from the gathering the loose puf
falls, from which issues forth the plain
cuff, also banded by galloon.
A pretty evening sleeve has loose
puff, the lines Of which undergo a twist
before they are gathered into the passe-
menterle which holds them at the elbow.
Then a little puff peeps out again below
the band.
Young girls are wearing their hair in
one heavy braid down the back. Fortu-
nate is the young mademoisclIe whose
hair will reach to her waist.
In silver bonnet pins, the newest
patterns are lilies, swords, and the polo
mallet set with garnets.
Girls of the period in so-caled Eton
suits are probably indifferent to the fact
that puff sleeves are unknown at Eton
Upholstery materials are, if anything,
handsomer than ever, some of the effects
being not only ''striking," but astonish-
ing.
1t is not likely the new rain-proof
dress goods will crowd out the mackin-
tOsh, which comes in too MANY pretty
and becoming styles these days to be
discarded.
The style of wearing the hair, which
consists of pulling much OF it down over
the cars, now obtaining amoug many
girls of the period, can be briefly charac-
tcrized as "simply hideous."
Sailor hats, shirt waists, russell shoes,
sunshadcs and fans all tell us summer
days are close at hand, and that the first
three are to continue very much in fem
mime vogue.
The alleged female form divine, by
reason OF present fashions skirt,
small waist and huge sleeves presents
something of the appearance of a human
hour glass. No one with an artistic eve
can say present fashions in dress are
graceful or becoming.
Among the fashionable green's prom
inent tint is watermelon, and grenadne
with stripe of this color on white is
among stylish fabrics now worm
One of the very popular skirts for
stout women is the nine gored model.
1t fits closely at the top, and presents
the approved distendcd effect at the
bottom. 1t has front gore, three cores
at each side and two cores at the back.
Slender women prefer the five-gored
Empire skirt, which leaves somewhat
more fullness at the top.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-12
An Irreverent spouse.

A good man who lives In a thinly
settled locality has the misfortune to
be extremely deaf. His voice is re-
markably loud in his devotions, and
1t is reported that his morning prayer
can be heard for half a mile. A
nelghbor, not long since, having occa-
sion to visit his house in the morning
found its owner at prayer, and, not
wishing to interrupt, he waited out
side. The tones of the voice within
grew louder and louder Each sem
tence was spoken with more vehe-
mence than the preceding, until the
prayer ended with prolonged shout
Of amen" The visitor was about to
knock, when the sound of the wife's
voice arrested him. With a skill
born of practice, she almost rivaled
the tones Of her spouse as she shouted:
well, guess you've drove all the
rabbits out O. the swamp this morn
ing."
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-12
A Cotton Picking Machine,

There has been no revolution in the
production Of cotton since Whitney
invented the gin and took the seed
ing Of it out Of the hands Of the old
women and children. Now, however,
there is prospect Of another great
change. Over 600 machines have
been invented In the last twenty
years for picking the cotton from the
boil and all have failed to give salts
faction. But still another Is to be
tested, and cotton men believe it will
be successful. 1t will pick, it is said,
10000 pounds a day. An ordinary
field hand can pick of the short staple
about $50 pounds day, and of the
long staple about $50, so that the
new machine will do the work Of
about forty men. Fifty cents a hun.
dred pounds is considered fair wages
in re cotton belt. The machine,
Therefore, will earn $50 day.--New
York Tribune.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-12
TYPES OF IENNIs GOWNS.

There are three types of tennis dress
worn by three types of tennis playing
girl, the picturesque, the smart, and
the "sporty" gowr. The first is very
elaborate; of many colors, high heeled
white canvas ties, gloves, and wide
brimmed hat add to the sweet impossi-
bility of it, and the wearer only poses
about with fancy racket in her hand.
The second is pinched at the waist,
narrow in the skirt, and stiff of COLLAR
al out-and-out tailor dress, meant to
show off the figure; and the girl who
wears it can't play ia little bit" The
third is an .abomination of desolation;
its wcarer has short hair, rolls the sleeves
of her shirt above her elbows, clasps her
waist with mans belt, dons an ill-cut
alpaca skirt, wears a Tam O'Shanter,
practices five hours day, and looks like
the strong lady in a dime museum
muscular, but homely.
Now my gown is a delightful com
promise between all three. tits of my
own designing, is simple, comfortable,
convenient, and becoming. The skirt is
of dark blue serge, cut to the ankles all
around, and laid about the waist iu
broad plaits that fall loose without any
inside strap. 1t is lined with very sheer
black crinoline, for that gives the plaits
body and adds only imperceptible weight.
Ny shirt waists are either of the very
heavy cheviot Or lightweight flannel,
belted by a broad band of dark blue
canvas. A neat little fourth hand tie
gives the shrt-collar its finish, and my
shoes are yellow pigskin with rubber
soles. always braid and coil my hair
simply at the back of my head, and wear
a dark blue sailor-hat held on by an
elastic.-[ Demorest.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-12
How New York Was Laid Out.

The crookedncss of the lower part of
the city, south of the Fresh Water, was
repeated north of the Fresh Water on a
grander scale In this new region the
streets were straight in their several
groups, but the groups were SO defiantly
at variance with each other, that wher-
ever their edges came together there was
a tangle fit to make loadst0ne lose its
way; which picturesque confusion was
due to the fact that each group had
started from separate base-the shore
lines of various parts of the island, diff
| ferent angles of the line of the Bowery,
and the lines of Broadway and Chris
| topher strickland thence had extended
until, quite at hazard, they had come to-
gether, but had not joined. However,
some part of this tanglc still was only
on papcr-many of the plotted streets
remaining unopened-and therefore
could be corrected before it
became reality; and all Of
the island north of the present
Fourteenth street practically was virgin
territory which could be treated in what
ever way seemed most conducive to the
public good. These facts being consi d.
cred, the wise conclusion was reached
very early in the present century to cor
rect $50 far as this was possible) the ex-
listing City Plan, which had been created
by mere patching together of scat
tered parts for the benefit of private in
tcrests, and to make 4 larger plan-so
comprehensive that the growth of tho
city for a century or more would be pro-
vided form the interest Of the COM
munity as a whole.
Unfortunately, the promise of this far
sighted undertaking was far from being
fulfilled in its performance. The mag
niticent opportunity which was given to
the Commissioners to create beautiful
city simply was wasted and thrown
away. Having to deal with a region
we'll wooded, broken by hills, and diver
siied by watercourses-where the con-
tours of the land suggested curving
roads, aud its unequal surface reserva-
tions for beauty's sake alone - these
worthy men decided that the forests
should be cut away, the hills levelled,
the holows filled in, the streams buried;
and upon the fiat surface thus created
they clapped down ruler and com
pletcd their Bnotian programme by ere
ating a city in which all was right
angles and straight lincs.-[ Harper's
Magazine.