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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29
To-night's Big Ball.

The Young Mems Institute, Column.
bian Council No. los, are making extern
sive preparations for their first annual
ball, to be held tonight in the Roanoke
Light Infantry Armory. The Lynch
burg delegation from Institute 1916 will
arrive in the city at 4:3O p. m. The
grand march will begin at 0 O'Clock
Varilla's Italian orchestra has been Sc
cured and will furnish music for the
occasion. The room has been beauti-
fully decorated with holly, mistletoe,
bunting, and the emblems Of the society
No ooubt all who attend will have q
most pleasant time.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29
ASSIGNMENT OF d. L. SOLOMON.
Liabilities About SIS, 900, Which Amount
Is Covered by tho Assets.


Is Covered by tho Assets.
A deed Of assignment was mado yes
terday by D. l.. Solomon to Everett
Perkins, trustee, assigning all the stock
of goods at lO4 Salem avenue, all bills
and accounts due the firm. and lots
known as lots 81, 22 aud % in section
9; a lot known as lot No. o; two shares
Of stock in the Crystal Spring Land
Com pany, and five shares in the Phocen-
Use Land and Improvement Company.
The trustee is empowered to keep open
the business for the firm for the benefit
of the creditors and shall pay all cred
itorS according to the following classes:
First class: First National Bank,
one note OF $500, one note of $3.50. one
note S75; Commercial National Bank,
one note $780, one note 81, 352; the
State Savings Bank, one note $500;
Mrs. II. Strauss, $500; II. o. Plumley,
S525; Chas. Lunsford & Son, ssh; Enoch
Bros $50 IS; A. Kesteys, $3.50 and $50;
the Traders Loan and Trust Company,
$50; Ghas. Lyle, 821.sO Second class:
Faulkner, Oppenheim & Co., S',05s 80;
Wsyland Gartzburger, S1,035 80; Ben
novan and Levy, $53l.76; Vertz, Hitch
& Co., S1,37s.50; Bosenwerg Bros, S579;
Kossmuth Mox Jewelry Co., $7O6; Leo
Fink, Sill. SIS; Philadelphia Optical and
Watch Co., $4,000; Meridian Britannica
Co., S410.7S; B. Il. Davis & Co., S415; A.
Goldsmith & Son, &677.
The third class includes all creditors
not named in the first and second
classes. The whole assignment aggre-
gates about Sis, 600, and it is understood
that the assets will fully cover it. Mr..
Solomon states that he hopes to have
his business affairs settled in a few
days to the satisfaction OF all parties
concerned
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29
ROANOKE, VA, NOVEMBER 20, 1893.

NoTulNG can suit Uncle Dana of the
son tariff bill may be called u sound
protec tionist document but there is no
''revenue only" in it and no Democracy.
The Sun, it will be remembe red, has
been trying in moro ways than one to
get the party into trouble and Mr. Will
son has done we'll in disregarding its
advice.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29

Gov. WILLIAM MCKINLEY, as might
have been expected, is another one dis
pleased with the proposed tariff meas
ure. Il does knock his high protec-
Zionist document to splithereens, and
that may be his foremost reason for
finding fault with Mr.. Wilson's bill.
Mr.. Mckinley must remember that the
bill is being fixed up by the parties ON
the other side of the fence
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29

PRESIDENT CARROTS failure to secure a
cabinet Is being hailed with much pleas
ure by the French socialists, who claim
that they see in IL an inclination upon
the part OF the leaders to recognize their
own movement to some extent in the
future. The Republic indeed holds a
precarious situation, and there is need
of master mind at the helm to success
fully steer the craft to more peaceful
waters.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29
MITCHELL ON THE STAND.
Continued from page 1.

hitting me in the face and cut him. I
cut him in the neck, but did not intend
to- did not near the fuss and did not
hear any cursing."
j. Fl. Campbell, secretary and treas
urer of the Fidelity Loan and Trus,
Company, testified that be had known
the prisoner at the bar for about two
years, and would as soon believe him as
any man in the city.
When the witness concluded his testi-
mony court adjourned to meet this
morning at 0 o'clock. A few witnesses
will be examined and the case will be
argued. and will, no doubt, be con-
cluded this afternoon.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29

THE general assembly OF the State of
South Carolina, which convene yester-
day, will have important work before it
as is stated in another column. The
method inaugurated of dispensing
liquors by the State has caused much
trouble Tor the common wealth and
thrown u into many lawsuits where
costs were excessive and whore the de
cision mas not always sustained the
course pursued by the authorities. The
liquor dispensary scheme has in
fac proven fiat failure and
its career cannot be said to
have met with favor even among those
who advocated it. The assembly cannot
do better than to- eradicate law which
has caused 80 much general comdemna.
ton, and in itself shown to have been
OF so little avail in checking intemper-
ance or creating more healthy moral
sentiment.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29
100000 Loss at OIL city.

PrrrsBURG, Pa, Nov. 2s.-Fire broke
our in Shields restaurant at Oil City at
1850 o'clock this morning. The wind
was blowing gale before the flames
could be controlled. The entire block
from tho railroad to Elm street and
from Centre to Sycamore street, con-
sisting of ten or fifteen frame buildings,
were destroyed. The loss is estimated
at 100000. Three or four lives are re.
ported lost.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29
Train wreckers Cauae Two Deatbs

VIcKsBURG, Miss, Nov. 2s-A gravel
train was wrecked near Lutcher, on the
Mississippi Valley railroad, this morn
ing. Joe Fogarty, of Vicksburg, the
fireman, was instantly killed, and En-
gineer Matthew Casey fatally injured.
A brakeman and two other trainm en-
were hurt. The wreck was caused by a
tie placed across the track. A sheriff
and posse arc in pursuit Of the Wreckers
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29
Extra Work for Foundry Men.

PILLIPsBURG, N. j., Nov. 2S.-Notice
was posted in the Warren Foundry and
Machine Company's works that in order
TO compete with the cheap labor of the
South the men employed in the pits are
given greater amount OF pipe to cast
for days work. No increase Of pay
is allowed. The men will have to work
about two hours moro day. Over
seventy mon are affeeted.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29

THD TIMES can Do Iouno regularly on
ale ut the following places:
Roanoke, Va.-Hotels Roanoke and
Ponce de Leon, Nj. l.. Smith, w. Frank
Carr, Terry Building, Elks News Stand,
"a Salem Avenue, r. Goldstein. Jefferson
street.
Bristol, Tenn.-Hamner and Sullivan.
Pocahontss, Va.-POcahontas Inn.
Radford, Va.-Radtord News Depot.
East Radford, Vs.-Radford News
Depot.
Salem, Va.-F. A. Love'ock.
Wytheville, Va.-E. II. Bailey
Norfolk and Western trains.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29
Negroes object to Vaccination.

LYNcHBURG, Nov. 2s.-Owing to the
smallpox scare in Southwest Virginia
the board OF health has ordered every
inhabitant Of the city to be vaccinated
and the doctors are making house-to-
houee canvasses. They find some
trouble with the negroes, who insist
that 1t is some scheme OF tho white
people to kill them off.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29
Tio-up Complete at wilkesbarre.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Nov. 2s.-The
tieup on the Lehigh Valley railroad is
complete this morning, but everything
is unusually quiet along the line.
HAMILTON, Pa, Nov. 2s.-Four more
Lehigh collieries between hero and
Quakley have resumed operations.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29
Reduced Rates Account Meeting Masoni.
Grand Lodge, Richmond, vn.

For above occasion, the Richmond
and Danville railroad will sell reduced
rate tickets to Richmond and return
from points on its lines, December LIST
to 5th, inclusive, limited returning De-
cember IA, 1893.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29
Eagle Dairy Restaurant.

BREAKFAST, 25; dinner, 80; supper,
25. Tickets, 81 meals, 81. Meal hours:
breakfast, to 0; dinner, ~ to 9; sup
per, & to 8. Sunday supper, $50 to 1880.
Eagle Dairy print butter, Csc. per pound.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29
Clearing House Certificates Not Taxable.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s.-Attorney
General Olney has rendered an opinion
that certain notes issued by corporations
clearing house certifcates) during the
recent currency famine are not taxable
at ten per cent. under1the bank circula-
ton law,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29

ioreil's American Hewopapsr Direc-
ssFy Tor 1891 puts the circulation of THE
E.ssANOKE TIMES above thnt of any
a,-A=r paper in 3outhwest Virginia, and at
psaze thsn that OK all the other papers OF
E1AnoSe cornbined.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-29

Entered at the postofficc at Roanoke as accond-
lass matter.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-09-01
CCLTIyATTSG STRAWBERRIES.

The strawberry leaf disease, known
as the spot, has been much more inju-
rious during the last quarter of a CEN
fury than it was IN former times; and
growers are looking about for some
explanation of the spread of this trou-
bic. In almost all cases a new va
riety runs out, as it Is called, and
chiefly through the operation of this
disease. New varieties are continu-
ally being introduced-not because
they are much better than the va
rieties that have preceded them
but on account of the older varieties
going back; in fact, no one will con-
tend that the strawberries of to-day,
as rule, are even as good as they
were in former times. 1t is thought
that the old method of cultivation,
which moderns have laughed at, might
not have been such bad practice after
all. The practice was to grow the
strawberries in beds; as soon as the
crop was gathered the leaves were
mown off with the scythe and burnt,
fore winter. With the progress of
vegetable physiology this was thought
to be very bad practice. The argu-
inert was that leaves make food, and
the more leaves the better This
would be true if the leaves were
healthy leaves; but diseased leaves are
worse than no leaves at all. No one
ever thought of the strawberry spot in
those days; in fact specimen of this
disease was rarely seen. It is now be-
ieved that the practice of moving and
burning the leaves was advantageous
in this, that it Destroyed all attempts
of this fungus to propagate itself and
was therefore beneficial rather than
otherwise. It is an illustration of a
point frequently made that though our
forefathers were not able to philoso-
phize on their garden practices as
closely as we may, they were able to
find out great deal from nothing at
all but practical experience. One thing
our strawberry amateurs might do,
which is not done now, and that is to
cut off during the season and burn
every leaf which shows a spot as soon
as it is observed. This probably would
preserve their favorite varieties from
degenerating .-Meehan's Monthly.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-09-01

the object to be gained in stalking
would DE lost otherwise. None of the
blossoms are to be removed, but
simply the leafy shoots and suckers,
which bear no blossoms and come out
near the ground and at intervals along
the main stock. Pruning away these
surplus shoots and tying the plants 10
supports exposes the fruit to the sun
light and favors early development to
a marked degree. Tomatoes thus
trained ripen about two weeks in adj
vance of those which are allowed TO lie
on the ground, are freer from root and
larger The crop per plant is less
than by the ordinary method, but be-
cause OF the higher prices obtained for
the fruit the profits are larger. New
England Homestead.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-09-01

Inc Long Instance writing hacHlne
Electrical Appliances For Cook
ing and -Cuttins-Hatching
Chickens in Electric IncubatOrs-
Submarine TeIegraphy.
After person has examined the exhibits
Of the Electricity Building he might we'll bid
adieu to sensation of establishment, writes Il
Chicago correspondent Of the New York
Post. He is in mental attitude which &C
cepts all things as possible. When he has
seen real thunderbo!ts made and launched.
facsimile letters and drawings transmitted
by electricity even chickens Matched and
roasted by electricity credulity is likely TO
be his chief characteristic, and nothing after
wards can seem very surprising.
In the west gallery the Gray National Tel
autograph Company make an exhibit OF the
last and. one might almost say, greatest cleo
trical marvel Professor Elisha Gray has
been known 10 the world many years for his
improvements in telegraphy, but his latest
invention the telautOgraph or lOng-dIStan"e
writing machine quite ecipses his previous
efforts. More or less has been heard OF tins
device in the last few gears, but 1t has Only
recently been perfected for commercial uses.
1t OnslSt5 OF two Instruments a tranSmltter
and receiver each provided with roll Of
paper Of convenient size for writing. Botn
together are about half the size of a type
writer. In writing at the tranSmIter, an Or
binary pencil Is used. near the point OF which
two small cords are fastened at right angles
to each other. These connect with the IN
6trument. and. following the movements
Of the pencil. regulate the current impulses
which guide the receivinC-pen at the distant
station. The paper is shifted forward by
little lever. giving an electric Impulse
which moves in a like manner the
paper in the receiver at the other
end Of the line. The receiving pen Is capll-
larry glass tube supplied with ink and placed
electrical impulses conducted over the wires
move the pen Of the receiver simultaneously
and in the same directions rs the pencl! OF the
sender and an ink tracing is left when IS an
exact reproduction in every dot and nouriSh
Of the original writing or drawing. Inc eX-
hibt is arranged like q central station, and
any two subscribers might be placed In COM
municatiOn through it i'll the same way as
they now are upon the telephone one writes
what he wishes ana keeps or destroys what
ne has written. the other receives and retains
his communication in the handwriting OF the
sender, and that is the complete yet sole
record OF the transaction. Accuracy and
secrecy secured the wires cannot be
tapped or the message overheard, no opera
tor is necessary, and any kind Of figures from
shorthand to Chinese characters may be sent
with equal ease. As one sits writing at one
table, it seems almost uncanny to see at an
adjacent table pen with no guiding hand
eprOducing at the same instant his own ia
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-09-01
BEST RESULTS FROM TOMATOES.

When pruned and staked tomato
plants will bear much closer planting
in the field than if left to themselves.
Two feet by four is about the proper
distance. AS soon as set in the field
the plants ought to be tied. Set strong
stakes at each end Of every row and
brace carefully. Smaller stakes may
be set at intervals of two rods along
the rows. These stakes should be
about three and half feet high. Next
stretch two wires of about the size
used in baling hay along the tops
of the stakes in each row. Take
ordinary laths or small ticks of any
kind, of the same length as lath and
stick one just at the side OF the place
that each plant is to occupy. The
upper ends of the stakes are held in
place by weaving the wires around
the tops of the stakes or laths. This
makes a neat and substantial trellis.
The plants are trained to single stems
and tied to lath supports.
Of course, tying must be done at
successive intervals as the plants in
crease in height until the top of the
srellis is reached, after which nothing
further need be done in the way of
training. Allside roots near the ground
and suckers must be pinched of, as
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-09-01

miiar writing This invention is in many
points much superior to either telephone or
telegraph, and it is quite sure to encroach
considerably upon their domain. NegOtia-
tons might be conducted between parties in
widely separated places and contracts signed
aSd exchanged without their coming to-
gethcr or minute instru .tions be given to
bankers rr brokers without any room for
misunderstanding or dispute.
In the north gallery another recent and
clever Application Of electricity is shown 10y
it use in cooking. Electrical ovens.
models OF convenience and neatneSS are eN-
hibited. They are made Of wood, lined with
asbestos to preVsH radiation Of heat. and are
lighted inside by IN incandeScent lamp. The
temperature Ci the oven is Indicated by
Thermometer, AMI large mica-cOlOred door
shows the progress Of the cooking within.
Wires Offering resistance to the passage OF
the electric curr MT. and thus producing the
neat, are disposed in the oven. and switches
placed IT different points enable one to ap-
ply the heat wherever desired. If a turkey
Is roasting more rapidly on one side than on
another, instead * taking it out and turning
1t about. 4 second switch is closed and the
temperature Is raised as required All sorts
Of utensils are provided with attachments
through which q current may be passed :;
coffee is boiled and steaks are drilled with
electrICity: hatlrOnS have small silk-cOy-
cred copper wires fastened at the back so
that high and even heat is maintained at
the bottom, while the top, made OF q nom
heat-conducting substance remains unite
ceol. In fact, conditions seem so changed
hat the kitchen becomes almost parior and
Cooking pastime. In this display there are
also registers from which rooms may be
electrically heated.
In the south gallery chickens are Matched
u electric incuoatOrs, and the records Of
oher processes. or even Of the maternal hen,
%re completely b-0Een. Wires are LED
Trough compartments where, by meHns of
switches and thermostadts. an absolutely
ou'orm temperature is maintained through
Hut the period OF incubation. The time is
DHered IRON tWenty-One to nineteen days,
~''N utmost every egg produces lusty chick
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-09-01
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Clean up the garden and SOW tur-
n!ps.
To grow fine strawberries keep off
the runners.
Many colt is ruined by an impa-
tient driver.
Soil and location will change the ap-
pearance Of fruit.
Radishes for winter may be sown in
the late summer.
1t has been proved many times over
that speed follows blood lines.
An unsound stallion is a menace to
the breed to which he belongs.
No poor man can afford to buy a
poor horse, and no rich man will.
If seed are gathered, care should be
taken to dry them thoroughly before
storing away.
Don't run COWS during hot weather.
Let them go to and from the pasture
at their own gait.
Horses have dispositions like men.
Some are good, but more are spoiled
in the bringing up.
Sheet zinc cut into wedge-shaped
strips make the best and most con-
venient labels for fruit trees.
The cleaner and heater the fruit, the
quicker they will catch the eye of the
buyer and the reader the sale.
With all kinds of fruit trees it is
better to have one strong limb or
branch than several weak ones.
It is generally admitted to be easier
to change the pacing gait to the trot-
ting than the trotting to the pacing.
Cultivation of ali young trees, at
least for some years after planting ont,
is essential to their vigorous growth.
It costs but little to make start
with grapes. They come into bearing
early and are productive and easily
managed.
Do not wait till the oil is all gone
from the jug, then stop the mower
half day while you Ego to town" to
have it filed.
It is better to remove, with q rub Of
the hand, sprouts and suckers while
young and tender than to wait till
knife or saw is needed.
A few carriage bolts costing few
cents may save trip to town in the
midst of haying. Have some ofvarious
sizes and lengths in the tool box.
Green stuff from the garden or or
chard that cannot be fed to the pigs or
COWS to advantage should be gathered
up and added to the compost heap.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-09-01
CHARCOAL FOR FOWLS.

We have found charcoal very ex-
cellent thing to furnish our poultry
with. It may be given in powdered
state, mixed with the soft meal feed,
and little pulverized sulphur at the
same time may be added with advan-
tage. But the very best way to sup
ply this is to burn an ear or two of
corn upon the cob), charring it to
blackness and throwing it before them.
They will devour every kernel, and
SO supply themselves with a grateful
and healthy substance that sweetens
the crop, and serves as an admirable
tonic to the stomach.
At this season of the year the above
recommendation will be found valu-
able hint to poultrymen. Hens about
ready to lay will devour this prepared
charcoal eagerly, and the increased
freshness and redness of their combs
afterward evince the efficacy of this
allowance. For a month or six weeks
in the early breeding season nothing
is better than this for laying hens
given them daily.-Poultry World.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-09-01
AXLE GREASE.

Pure palm oil is as good grease for
axles of heavy wagons as anything
else. If this cannot be procured and
tallow is to be used, this mixture will
be good: The tallow is melted and
mixed with an equal quantity of COM
mon castor oil. Some finely-pow-
dered black lead is then well mixed
in by stirring while it is warm
and until it c. OILS. This is excellent
for heavy and light vehicles. For
light buggies castor oil is the best
grease. New York Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-09-01
RYE IN THE CORNFIELD.

There is one plan that, if generally
adopted by the dairymen, would add
measurably to the pasturage of the
farm and at the same time be benefit
to the soil itself, and this is the prac-
tice of sowing rye in the cornfeld
either at the last working or as soon
as the corn is cut up. In the spring,
long before the pastures are eft for
turning the stock upon them, the rye
field is a wealth of fine feed and excel
lent. By this plan there is no winter
washing of the land, which is, as a rule,
equal in exhaustion to q growing crop,
and by the middle of May this rye sod
can be turned under for corn and is
next to clover sod in value. For sew
eral years the writer has as nearly as
possible carried out this plan and finds
that, with what manure and clover sod
comes in in rotation, his fields are get
ting better all the time. Two ways
present themselves to put in the rye
sowing broadcast and cultivating in
with light cultivator, setting teeth as
shallow as good work will allow, SO as
to disturb the corn roots as little as
possible; and the other is to cut up the
corn, having the shocks regular, and
then sowing one and a-half bushels of
rye on broadcast and narrowing it in
with harrow Or disc, the loosening
up of the ground covering the seed eff
fectually without blowing. There is
nothing equal to keeping the land at
work, filling the soil with a mass of
roots to decay and furnish food for the
following crop, and if it can be done
between crops, as this plan with rye
offers, a great gain has been made not
only in the supplying of food to the
stock, but feeding the land as we'll
Practical Farmer