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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-08
ART ETCHlNGS.

TWENTY-FIVE pictures hy modern
French painters, now exhibited at tho.
81. Botolph club, Boston, are insured
for 81 5000.
y CAST Of Phillips Brooks face was
obtained by the sculptor bartlett immc-
diatcly after his death, and it is said
that It's resemblance TO the original is
excellent.
NJ. MuNKACsY is ut work in his Ncuil-
y studio on II picture of such dimcn-
aions that The canvas has to be raised
and lowered by Il machine for the pur-
pose. 1t is thirteen feet high and forty
five wide.
SIR GEORGE READ, president of the
Royal Scottish academy. says Whist
lcr's portraits attract because of their
shadowy nature. They are not pco-
pie" he says, but ghosts" The i'm
prcssionist always did claim that he in
fused spirit into his work.
ACCORDING. to the last report OF the
science and art department of the
British government there were under
its auspices in 1891 207 art schools, with
1876 students; ,oG3 art classes. with
52.1l5 students, and G2i2 elementary
schools. at which l,l1O.3i0 children and
pupil teachers arc taught drawing
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-08
ON SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS.

TIE higher the barometer the les, Il
man weighs; the lower the barometer.
the smaller he feels.
The calculation of the astronomer
Bailey proved that the weight of the
earth is ,0i2.S3d, 900, 600, 900 tons.
Is Il human body there arc about a63
bones. The muscles are about 800 in
number. The length of the alimcntarv
canal is about 81 feet.
AN excellent method for waterproof
ing the surface of wall is to cover it
with solution of soap. After twenty
four hours Il coat of lime solution is APP
piled. This process is repeated several
times, and is claimed to make the wall
perfectly watcrtight.
Ir is popularity supposed that it is
civilization that increases and aggra-
Yates nervous diseases, but Dr.. Brinton
says it diminishcs them. Among the
lowest African races. which might he
supposed IL be devoid of nerves, he
found such diseases very common.
lr the sun wcrc all coal, and that OF
the best quality, the entire mass, if
emitting The heat now sent forth, would
he burned up in less than 5000 years.
Nevertheless, astronomers tell us that
tac sun may be depended upon for n
few millions Of years III the future.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

New YoRR CITY is to have u ne,y city
hail TO be erected on the Site Of thc
present structure.
GHEMAS boys are said To be The
strongest in the world. Irish boys the
wittiest, French boys the clcvcrcst and
American boys The brightest.
COLUMBUS brought eight hogs 20 this
country on his second voyage, and from
these, according to Las Cas;is, sprang
the immense number in the Spanish
settlements.
The Japanese miltado's eldest son,
Yoshi IIoti, who is coming to the
worlds fair. is not quite fourteen years
old, bat as prccocious as an Occidental
youth of eighteen.
THE aggregate of sentences imposed on
criminals lastycar in New York City was
500 years, not including life sentences
nor time served by AS criminals sent
TO Elmira on indct crminatc sentences.
SOME bridge builders who were sink
ing a caisson in tho middle of The Mis-
souri, river at Bcllcfontainc discovered
at the depth of one hundred and ten
feet Il human skull resting on stratum
of limestone. 1t is believed to be a
relic Of the glacial period.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-08
AMUSING SIGNS AND ADS.

"PHrsioGNoAnCAL lIAIRCUrriSG" is
The announcement Of Boston barber
who is Il little more than up to date in
his methods. Ones hair and beard are
trimmed by him 20 suit the features
THE sign over IL Boston store reading:
pickles and New York Sunday papers,
is outclasscd by one recently discovered
III IL Georgia village which ativcrtiscs
AK Handles. Inll, Pens and Cheese
SOME years ago in Vermont Il widow
or who lost Il little girl had the follow
ing cpitaph placed on her tombstone:
Go sleep with ma, Alminy s. Soon pa
will come and sleep with thee" Since
then, however, he has buried three
wives and is healthy yet
TIE following advertisement up-
pcarcd recently in the London Morning
Post: "a lonely Gcntlcwor,an. tired OF
adverse fate, capable of enjoying life.
desires to ba adopted by wealthy couple
or old gentleman She is cultured. of
good appearance; would prove Il trr,atv
and agreeable companion, etc, etc
IN Il side street OF an Italian town a
sign hanging III front of physicians
Office reads in part as follows: THE
said Prof. Ricca will use for his snlvcs
in making them live snakes and large
Scrpcnts, wolves. bears, monkeys. mar
nots, wcascls ard numerous other wild
animals alive and III good condition"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-08
TOWN COUNCIL MEETS

And Hears Petition From the Roanoke
and Salem Street Railway Company.
The regular April meeting of the
town council took place last Thursday
night, all the members being present
except f. G. Langhorne, and tho fol-
lowing business was transac ted A
petition from Messrs. Bowles, Walker
and IeakleY asking that Academy
street be graded was referred to the
street committee. Tho mayor reported
$40 collected in fines since last NEE ting.
The superintendent of the poor re-
ported that two paupers had been buried
at thu expense of the town, that four
were in the poorhouse and that no was
not assisting any outside the poorhousc.
Other reports were made, none OF any
SPECIAL interest except that portion OF
the one from the street committee,
which alluded to "having built a rail.
road" and which created some amuse.
mont, as the railroad referred to is little
2x3 switch in the rear OF the electric
light plant.
G. n raj Manager Carr, of the Roam
oko and Salem street railway, presented
petition from that company asking
for permission to extend tho present
track from "tho intersection of Fourth
street with College avenue, on College
avenue TO Main, thence with Main to a
point opposite Hotel Lucerne'; also
from point at the intorso ton of Col
lege avenue and First street to the com.
pany's property on said First street."
In reply to queries Mr.. Carr said that
his Company would put everything in
COOP shape, would allow other com
panies to run over the same line if re-
quircd, would give a servic, of trip
every hour by electric motor and lower
rates would be made, but the exact
figures he could not state. In the fu.
ture the company hoped to extend to
Lake Spring. In conclusion Mr.. Carr
asked the council to think over the
matter. After some consultation tho
matter was referred TO the street com
mittee and the public property commit
tee, they to report to special meeting
OF the council to be held at p. IN. Sat
urday, 22nd instant.
Upon recommendation OF the board +
trustees the school lcvv fer the next
year was fixed at 80 cents on the 500
of taxable values
The city engineer was requested to
ascertain the cost OF the sewer down a
portion Of the boulevard and report to
the street committee, and the work was
ordered to be done as soon as the survey
ia made. petition from Nathaniel
Hartman asking to rent the land around
the Cascade Spring WAS referred to tho
public property committee.
After passing several resolutions in
regard to lie n:cs, etc., the council ad.
journod.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-08
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT.
Judge Blair Hands Down a Num-
Der of Decisions.

In the circuit court yesterday Judge
Blair handed down number OF chan
Gerry decisions, among which were the
following: Farmers National Bank ct
ais VS.. Williams Ink Company. This
was q suit instituted for tho purpose OF
subjecting the stockholders OF said c en-
psny to further assessments on their
stock to pay the debts of the Company
as determined by the commissioners.
Two OF tho alleged stock holders, d. Il
Strouse and Il. j. Evans, contested the
right OF the company to hold them-D.
Il S.rouso because he had only sub
scribed for ten shares, for which he had
paid, and not twenty shares as charged,
and \. j. Evans bccauec he had never
subscribed for any stock in said com
pany, his namo being signed without
authority. The court sustained these
objections and further entored decree
subjecting all the stockholders of said
company TO the full assessment Of said
stock.
The suit against r. d. Flynn and
wife for the purpose of subjecting their
property on Union street to the paw
ment OF sundry judgments was decided
by Judge Blair in favor of the creditors
on the ground that tho deed between
r. D. Flynn to lis vito was without
consideration and, void as to his
creditors. William Simpson, who ap.
peared FOR Mrs. Flynn in this case, was
highly complimented by tho court for
the able brief filed by him in said 3urt
Tf evidence in the case OF Adams,
Clenert & Co. vs. the Norfolk and
Western railroad was concluded yester.
day morning and the afternoon was
consumed in the argument OF the liz
strnc tions which had been prepared by
both sides for the jury.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-08
EKi;NITII1S.

Slight fire 1T Colonel bowman's on
High street shortly before noon ycster-
day brought ought the fire company and
reels, though their services were hardly
required, as the fire was about extin-
guished with buckets of wat r before
their arrival. Tho fire was caused by q
small negro child belonging to the cook
playing with some matches, which set
fire TO tho bed clothing in the servants
room. Luckily it was discovered in
time.
Sergeant Frier returned from Rocky
Mount Thursday night with George
Ferguson, charged with knocking
Charles Littrell in the head. The
prisoner was remanled to Jail until Fri
day. the l4th instant as by that time
Mr.. Littre IFS condition can be deter.
mined.
Cards arc out for tho marriage OF ]. S.
Yoder, of Salem Wagon Works, to Miss
Mamie Belle Vert, to take place at 8
p. m. on tho 18th inst, at the reside nc 0
Of N. Il. Wertz.
The closing exercises last night of
the Development, ill school, George S.
Jack, principal, took place in the pres
ence Of largo audience and consisted
OF charadcs, rcci5ations and songs. Prof.
Stearlcs, county uporintendent, made
an excellent address, and Miss Forbes,
assistant teacher, presided at tho organ.
This school has some fifty or sixty pupils
and so popular is Mr.. Jack that the pa
irons havo signed a petition requesting
the distric. school board &c reaopoint
him as teacher for the session Of '03 '9i.
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-08
LITERARY SMALL TALK.

DAUDET is said TO be great smoker
and Il very hard worker. lie has been
known TO lock- himself in his library
and write for twcntyfou consecutive
hours.
EX-PErsiDENT HARRISON has written
TO friend in Washington that he viii
soon begin work on his promised book
bat that it will probably not be ready
for the press within two years,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-08
ID, ID. L. +. =.

THESE arc tho initial letters to u medical won
der. AS human nature IL heir to ills OF every
kind and as nearly every disease enters and is
diGused through the system by the blood, il ia
evident that il the blood il in an unhealthy con.
dition II imparts to the body its impure state,
and dieoasc and death follows. There ia n cure
for impure blood, and therefore cure for all dis
cases arising from it, That cure IL DR.. David
IodoFcrratcd Sarsaparilla. Price 81 per bottle,
six bottles for IS at Massic " Martins, Roanoke,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-08
Rev. MIR. Engle Arriyos.

Rev. j. T. Englo, the newly appointed
pastor OF Grace Church, arrived in the
city last night from Middleton. Va,
and IS the guest OF Il. II. lishburne
DR.. Engle will conduct the services,
both morning aud night, at Grace
Church tomorrow. He will board
temporarily with some member Of his
church for about month, after which
his family will move here and occupy
Grsce parsonage
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-08
What IT. Will Do:

CURE indigestion, dyspepsia, debility, weakness,
sour stomach, nervous dyspepsia loss OF appc.
lite. II will give strength to the system and
build up all waste from disease We aludc to
that great system and nerve strengthened, DR..
most pleasant, harmless, mild and cnicacous.
Don't ihturc yourself by taking prescriptions of
strong nanscating medicines. Price OF Dr. David :
Cherry and Iron Tonic Bittcrs is 81 per bottle,
six bottles for 50, at Massic " Martins, Roanoke,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-08
To Preach i'm Hedrord civ

Rev. +. c. Anderson, pastor o. the
Second Presbyterian Church, left on the
noon train yesterday for Bedford City,
at which place he will preach to m orrow
morning and evening Prof. Painter, OF
Roanoke College, will fill tho pulpit at
the Second Pfesby terian Church in this
city to.rnor,oN for Mr.. Anderson.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-08

The work on the hospital is progress
ing under the supervision of the con-
tractor, L. r. May. Tho foundations
and the frame work Of the first story
are completed and the ioists of the sec
ond story are now being laid. Mr.. May
has force Of twenty five hands at work
and expects to complete the building as
rapidly as possible
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-08
Police News.

Justice Turner disposed OF the cases
on hand in a few minutes yesterday
morning. The fines imposed amounted
TO only So The cases OF Charles Basscy
and Q G.. Daniel, charged with cxcava.
ting on Park street without permit,
was continued until this morning on
account Of the absence of Witnossns
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-08
Catocni,a Restaurant.

so Salem avenue. Finest restaurant in
Roanoke. Breakfast and supper CSC,
dinner 35c Tables reserved for
ladics, j. j. Catogni, Proprietor. L.
Turner, Manager.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-08
Many Persons are broken

down nom overw0ri or household cares.
Browns Iron lSitteTs Rcbuilds the
gystem, aids digestion, removes excess of bile.
Spd cures malaria. Get the genuine.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-08

II is as fine as experience can pro-
duce or money can buy. j. II. Spencer's
Best Tobacco, manufactured by Spencer
Bros.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-08
nut FLOWERS AND suNERAL DESIGNS.

have the OK -lusiyc sale OF the cut nowc-s for
Roanoke and Salem of c. Strauss n Co. Mr. T..
f. Mexican. at Christian ~ Barbcc's, will have
charge in Roanoke and will receive orders for
anything wanted. My greenhouses at Sslcm
Va. are we'll stocked with choice, plants, ana !
Roanokc Telegraph me for funeral designs and
cut 1owcrs J. SHAkTZKR,
ssiyr Florist, Salem, Va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-08
q b. RICHARDSON Il SON,

q.
Manufacturers OF hair, cotton, wool,
palm leaf, husk and straw mattresses
Strictly Wholesale. We also MAKO a
specially of church cushions. Prices
low and satisfaction guaranteed. p. Q.
box $50. Salem, Va. 351y
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-08

OLD papers for the next week at 10
cents por hundred.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-08
sALpM ADVERTISEMENTS.
n. Fl. CARPE.R,
COLLEGE AVENUE, SALnM, VA,
Steam Filters,
Water and Gas
Plumbers,

Dealers in Iron, Lead and Terra Gotta
Piping Pumping Machinery, Pumps,
2uther Hose and Packing.
Steam Fitting Specially.
Gst our estimates before contracting.
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-08
PROFESSIONALS.

WILLIAM LUNSFoRD. A BLAIR ANTRIM.
I UNSFORD e ANTRIM.
AZ ATTORNEYS T-LAW.
OFrIcE-Rooms 4 and 5, over Com mer.
cial National Bank 415tf
Arizona republican., 1893-01-17
WOMEN ON DUTCH RAILWAYS.
Long Hours and Small Pay for Doing
 Comparatively Light Work.

Long Hours and Small Pay for Doing
 Comparatively Light Work.
 The British consul at The Hague says that, as regards the employment of women and children on railways, it is stated that the latter are mostly made use of at the several railway works, their parents being glad of the one or two fiorins they are able to earn for comparatively light work. They are occasionally put to similar work on the permanent way, being paid at the rate of 75 or so cents. The women are chiefly employed in cleaning the car: riages, working on an average eight hours day on the state railway, with light work on alternate Sundays, and getting IA florins g cents wages per fortnight; on the Holland railway ten hours day without Sunday work, with daily wage of 1 forin 30 cents,' or else watching the lines, turn about with their husbands, the "wegwach. ters" or cantonniers On the state railway their work averages twelve hours (the men taking the night dutyJ and they are paid at the rate of 25 cents day, being lodged besides; the husbands earning % cents day, On the Holland railway the average hours of work are about the same, the woman receiving pay at the rate of 55 cents a day, tlorin 65 cents week being, however, deducted for the lodging all lowed them.
 For women with families the work is considered trying, especially when they are kept on duty as long as sixteen hours, as is the case at certain points, where the traffic happens to be very heavy. As regards the general condi- tions under which the persons in the employ of the great Dutch railway companies carry on their work, the tes- timony of the numerous witnesses eX- amined by the commission, with a few exceptions, went to show that they are well satisfied both as to the wages they receive and as to the treatment awarded them. One witness was of the opinion that the wages of railway servants compared favorably with those of most factory hands.
Arizona republican., 1893-01-17
THE ZE6RA'S STEiPES.
They Are Useful fin Rendering the Animal
 Invisible.

They Are Useful fin Rendering the Animal
 Invisible.
 Almost every writer who treats of the colors of animals refers to Gallons observations that in the bright star light of an African night zebras are practically invisible even at a short dis tance, says writer in the London Ma ture, but there can be no doubt that their peculiar striped appearance is also of great protective value in broad daylight. On a recent zebra hunt near Cradock, in which l took part, several members of our party commented on the difficulty of seeing zebras even at moderate distances, although there was nothing to hide them, the black and white stripes blending so completely that the animals assume a dull brown appearance quite in harmony with the general color of the locality in which they are found, and in which, for in- stance, Roof Rehboli (Pelea capreolata) is so well protected on account of it's peculiar brownish coat.
 A member of our party, who on an- other occasion gave proof that he is possessed of excellent eyesight, and who has frequently hunted in similar localities, saw zebra which was wounded in one of the front ], rt a distance of about 400 yards, and .....nge to say, he mistook it for balloon. In a letter which I received from him few days ago he said: "It galloped like balloon from me, and l could only see that the color was grayish brown. At about 800 yards from me it ran on to little lrantz, and, mounting the highest rock, drew it's body together just as a baboon does whom its four feet are all together on the summit of lit- tie rock" His remarks as to the gray ish-brown color of the animal is the more valuable, as I believe this gentleman, Mir. Wrench, A. R. M., of CradoclS, is
Arizona republican., 1893-01-17

quite unprejudiced. In my own letters to him, which drew forth these remarks, I had only asked him for the distance at which he saw the zebra, and did not ask him how it was that he mistoob a black-and-white zebra for brown bab- oon on perfectly clear South African day.
 My own observations also confirm the belief that the stripes of the zebra are O f protective value. Riding along a slope l suddenly saw four zebras within one hundred yards above me. They were gallopiug down the hill, but stopped when they caught sight of me. As soon as they stopped saw their stripes pret- ty distinctly. After l had fired and wounded one of them, they started again galloping down the hill round me in scmi-circle at distance of about seventy yards. All this time they pre- scented dull-brown appearance, no stripes being visible, although l had my attention fixed on this point. They dis appeared beyond ridge, went down q little valley, and heard afterward that they ascended the next slope, which was not more than fifteen hundred yards away from where l stood with a native servant. Yet even this lynx eyed native could not see them going up this slope. They had vanished from us
Arizona republican., 1893-01-17
HARD ON THE STOMACH.
Instances Showing It's Powers with Sta
 vatlon and Plenty.

Instances Showing Its Powers with Star
 vation and Plenty.
 The human stomach possesses most wonderful powers of adaptation to cir cumstances. When Lieut.. Bligh and his eighteen men were cast off from the Bounty by the mutineers in an open boat they subsisted forty-one days on a daily allowance of onc-twenty-f fifth of a pound of biscuit per man and a quarter of pint of water Dr. Tanner in lSSO lasted for forty days, subsisting, it is said, on water alone, and Succi and other fasting men have since excelled this.
 KafIirs, North American Indians, and the fiat boy" in "Piclwick" may well be quoted as fearful examples of vorac- ity, but even their gastronomic fcats are exceeded by the full-grown Esqui- mau, who will eat daily twenty pounds of flesh and oil if he has chance, while on the authority of Admiral Saritchcff a YalIut of Siberia has been known to consume in twenty-four hours the hind quarter of a large OK, twenty pounds of fat, and quantity of melted butter for his drink
Arizona republican., 1893-01-17
STATEHOOD FOR ARIZONA.
THE KELLEY CURE.

Not much has been said by the news papers lately about the Keeley cure. The novelty having worn of, the fam ous asylum for inebriates and its nu- merous branches have ceased to inter est the reporters because the subject has grown to be an old one to news paper readers. Nevertheless, observa- ton of the net results of what has been called "the gold cure" must continue to be of the utmost importance. Henry Wood has just written an interesting paper on the subject. He announces unequivocally his faith in the efficacy of the Keeley cure, but in an extended discussion of the subject presents some views, not altogether new, but which are nevertheless interesting. Mir. Wood insists that
 Scores and hundreds of educated men of character and verAcity who in the past have fallen into slavery to the appetite for stimul.
 
 their complete emancipation. The patients include representatives from all classes. Many who for years had bravely battled in vain with their unsuitable and intangible foe, come forth, after few weeks treatment, fre4 and reliant with all craving for stimulants eradicated. Men and women, naturally noble, gifted and generous, who have been reduced to moral and physical wreeEs by the burning passion, have their letters broken and are re stored to themselves, their friends and society.
 In the presence of thousands of liv- ing testimonials to the efficacy of the Keeley cure, Mir. Wood thinks that the question of it's success is no longer debatable.
 It is estimated that not less than 1000 persons, heretofore more or less addicted to the excessive use of intoxi- cants and opium in it's. various forms, have been successfully treated at the various inebriate slnitariums where the Keeley cure is administered. This may be an exaggeration, but if half this number have been enabled by re- sort to the treatment to cast off the shackles imposed by the appetite for strong drink and narcotics the author of their regeneration must rank az pub lie benefactor. TIE REPUBLICAN un- hesitatingly lends it's endorsement to what it believes to be blessing to mankind. If the Keeley cure has ex- ercised even helpful influence in cor recting the numerous evils imposed upon society by drunkenness, all good men should be thankful tor even a little aid in work that has heretofore been attended by small success.