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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08

Women are not cruel to dumb ami
mails. No woman will Wllltully step on
a mouse.-Richmond Recorder.
The thew and cry"ls generally raised
by the boy who has to chop up the stove
wood. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
THAT will do for the present." as the
young man remarked when he paid for
a box of cheap candy for his sweet
hearts birthday gift. - Philadelphia
Record.
Poor skaters should correctly drink
luck to each other in umpers.-Phila-
delphia Times.
Mr. Horton-What on earth did you
want of this expensive fire screen?
Mrs. Horton-To keep callers from dis
covering that we hadn't any fire.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
Minnie-Capt. Foster has never paid
me any attention before, but he danced
with me four times last night. Maud
Oh, well, it was a charity ball, you re-
memDer.--J Judge.
There never was picture sweeter.
More winSome or more bright;
She's always smiling when you meet
her.
Her teeth, you see, are white.
New \ ork Press.
Trotter-Wome have very little ap-
probation of anything that is really
funny. Barlow don't know about
that-look at Cholly de Void. He seems
to be very popular with Some.-Vogue.
Mrs. Blnks-How does it happen that
Mrs. Nexdoor can afford to dress better
than can? Mr.. Binks-They haven't
been married long, and l presume he
isn't quite broke yet. = New York
Weekly.
Customer (glaring at him)-I find a
piece of ham Ill this apple pie! Clerk
lat lunch counter, loftily)-Yes, sir. If
You wish something that hasn't got any
ham in it, sir, l can recommend our
ham sandwiches. sir.-Chicago Tribune.
Bullfnch-There is only one thing
about you that l can criticise, Miss
SmilaX.
Miss Smilax And what. pray. is that?
Bulltinch-It is impossible for you to
admire in another virtue which you do
not have yourself.
Miss Smilax-You are certainly very
severe.
Bulifinch-Because, you see. you have
them all.-What's Odd.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08

Poor skaters should correctly drink
luck to each other in mpers.-Phila-
delphia Times.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08

Minnie-Capt. Foster has never paid
me any attention before, but he danced
with me four times last night. Maud
Oh, well, it was a charity ball, you re-
MEMBER Judge.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08

JACK FROST is ranging around very
promiscuously in Old SOILS preserves.
He has so far destroyed all the early
cabbage, lettuce and onions at SaVanc
nah, Ga, and is working still farther
south. If he drives the horde of crooks
who have fed before him into the gulf,
he will be forgiven for the damage to
vegetables
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08

"That will do for the present." as the
young man remarked when he paid for
a box of cheap candy for his sweet
hearts birthday gift. - Philadelphia
Record.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08

Mr. Horton-What on earth did you
want of this expensive fire screen?
Mrs. Horton-To keep callers from dis
covering that we hadn't any tire.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08

The Atwater Press notes a new rule
adopted by the Swedish Lutheran
church at that place, as follows:
The Swedish Lutheran church at this
place has adopted an amendment to its
constitution permitting all members
now belonging to secret societies (nearly
a hupdredD to retain their membership
In the church, but any member who
hereafter joins any secret society what
soever will be expelled from the church.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08

The Duluth Tribune comments as fol-
lows on the proposed state elevator at
Duluth:
When the state builds Its new 10000
GOO-bushel elevator at Duluth there Will
be bin provided for each wagon load
of wheat, and every farmer will have a
private bin of his own, labeled This is
Ole Olson'S wheat; keep out"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08

SUNDAY AIUNE' Eno
tyr in advance. So 90 3 mos in adv. .3 :,oc
g. m in advance. oG m. in advance -0o
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08

Poods ings. Taxes
Great Northern. 49,. oi,6lS,ol' 81 Sl5o,o04 %
Willmar d Sioux
Falls. for year end
ing Dec. 3l......... 2i0,l4 D. o'o2% 81
Eastern Railway of
Minnesota for year
fsy5 pe.. ... Yi' 6s2, 179 SO 1896 40
Winona & South
western, for year
ending Dec. III,
1s92.. -, 49,. 1p,T4 "A LAZY Il
c., b. u ~, for year
ending Dec. 81.
1872. ..... ......--.. 2I0,2oo oo 4,Ooo %
Minneapolis East
ern. for year end
ing Dec. II, 49,. 5!oi9 w Loo 81
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08
Railroad lnxes.

The statements of the gross earnings
and taxes OF the following railroads
have been received by \. K. Tiesberg,
secretary of the board of railway and
warehouse commissioners:
Grass Earn
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08
SCINTILLATIONs.

Women are not cruel to dumb ami
mails. No woman will wIlltuly step on
a mouse Richmond Recorder.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08
DAILY AND SUNDAY.

~ IN advance. sic 90 3 mos; in adv 90 90
4. m in advance. 90 . weeks III "u'' w
one month. ..... DC,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08

Trotter-W have very little ap-
probation of anything that is really
funny. Barlow-I don't know about
that-look at Cholly de Void. He seems
to be very popular with some.-Vogue.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08

The "hew and cry"l generally raised
by the boy who has to chop up the stove
wood. -Cleveland Plain Dealer.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08
The Mapleton Enterprise gives the
following note of farmer who is

good manager and makes money! i
Joseph Dobie, of Sterling. brought in
nine bushels and forty-five pounds of
clover, Wednesday, for which he re-
ceived s6S.25. While cashing his check
he remarked that it was so much clear
gain, as he had in addition to his clover
seed taken off a good crop of hay which
had paid for the whole expense.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08

below zero. Is. C. THOMPSON,
Observer Weather Bureau.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08
STATE PRESS NOTES.
The st. Vincent New Era makes the
olJouipu uood SuppaStiOn.

IIlG IOI. IUC6IfI INGW III q iIit'NVo lTI6
following good suggestions:
We would also advise the members of
our own agricultural society to send,
down exhibits to the worlds fair, as our
fair. held here last October, was one of
the finest exhibitions in the state, and
we believe that our farmers and house
keepers can successfully compete and
maintain the ancient honor and reputa-
ton of st. Vincent and surrounding
community against any other in the
state.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08

Mrs. Blnks-How does it happen that
Mrs. Nexdoor can afford to dress better
than can? Mr. Binks-They haven't
been married long, and l presume he
isn't quite broke yet. = New York
Weekly.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08

Prof. Huxley knows of no priori
reason "why snake-bodied reptiles nifty
feet long and upward should not dlsport
themselves in our seas as they dld IN
those of the cretaceous epoch"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08

Rev. John S. Wallace, the oldest
chaplain in the navy, was placed on the
retired list last week, and has started
on a two months trip to Mexico and
California.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08

Pendleton. Or, has an Indian proph-
ct, Nanich Kopa Alki Coplltz, who IS
said to have foretold the recent heavy
fall of snow and several other atmos-
pheric phenomena.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31
a Scottish Kings Park.

A novel idea for park was that OF
King James ", Of Scotland, who
founded the palace Of Hollywood about
1923, by building house to reside in,
with a circular turret at each angle
TO accommodate himself with a park
King James inclosed n large tract OF
ground in the neighborhood of this
palace with a stout wall about three
miles in circumference, which, as
Maitland says, in his "History of Edn-
burg" sis nowhere to be paralleled; for,
instead of trees and thickets for cover,
which other parks abound with,
could not, after the strictcst search,
discover one tree therein, in lieu where
Of, it is supplied with huge rocks and
vast decliviGes, which furnish the Ed
ingburgers with the best of stones to
pave their streets withal; as do the
other parts of the said park yield good
pasturage and meadow grounds, with
considerable spots of arabic land"
Two hundred years after, however, the
level portion was covered with mag
uificcnt oaks. Garden and Forest.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31
CITY DIRECTORY.

G1iY UskEGTURY.
o. the Principal Bushes.
Houses OF Roanoke.
The following IL published dailv 70,
she benefit Of strangers and the publ,
generally. II includes all trades ano
professions and cannos fail to prove o,
Interest to all who intend transsosin,
business in Roanoke:
AROHITEOTs.
NO .o1sd ~ o DE- sAUsSURE, Archi e-ccts, n.
WIN. L. REID. Masonic Temple.
ArTORNEYs-AT-LAw
MoHUGH q BAKER, Room 500 Ter,v Bu,,d,,.
BOOTS, SHOES. TRUNKS, ETC.
I. BAchRACH. "a Salem ave.
BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS,
FRANK r. NAY. Room alo Terry Building.
BUSINESS COLLEan.
NAT. Bus. COLLEGE, srd ave. & Henry Ut.
CANDY, i %AS SHEA sAS SgR SAKn nAKD
CAToGNrs. 80 Salem ave.
OLOTHIER. TAILOR AND HALTER.
Jos. COIN [E. n. Dawson. Manager), a salss
CORNToES. SLATE AND TIN ROOFING
TIE ROANOKE ROOFING AND INITIAL con
NAoh cohfANY' Room 7oS. Terry Building.
COURT sTENOGRAPHER.
CHAs. B. GRAVES, ofice room COS Terry Bldg
FUNERAL DIRECTOR,
CIV. sTsLER, 4o7 Second st. n. 9, (ootun,. En-,
kets. robes, &C.,. Tel. 100.
FURNITURE, CARPETS, ETC.
COPPER STONE, 10 Salon ave. g.. Q.
aROCERs.
+. d. WALKER, Campbell st., door east O; Je,
HARDwARE, wHOLEsALR AND I'D
TAIL.
BROWN 3 JOHNSTON, II JEFFERSON ssresI
HAY. GRAIN, 30.
DANIEL HOLLADAY, II Kirk, rear 20.
LIQUOR DEALERS.
OPPRNHEIM & CO.'S EXCHANGE, cor Con
merce and Campbell streets.
LUMBER, LATHs AND sHINGLEa
W. ii. CLARE Co., Office 100 Henry stres,
TINES building, P. o. box 1856. Eyerythint
that goes into building ut mill prices. BY III
car Dad only. ~
MERCHANT TAILORR.
LEWIS. TINES Building.
PAwNBROKERs,
3. NYBURG, 20 Railroad ave-, Sc.
PHOTOGRAPHS.
ROANOKE PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO, No.
nv. LlNRBACK uccessor to Eutsler, % salsn
avenue.
PLUMBING, GAS-FITTIN0, 40,
ROANOKE SANITARY PLUMBING Co. n,
10 South Jefferson Street.
PRACTICAL HORsEsHOER,
II. HALEY Greats oil diseases OF horses fss,
Fourth ave., between Jefferson and Henry ats
REAL ESTATE.
SIMMONS b TINsLKY, iOs Jefferson ct.
RENTAL AGENTS.
N. q. o'MoHUNDRO, 4 5. Jefferson street.
SOAvENGER AND GARBAGH WORE
PRYOR WoODSON, 223 Fourth ave. n. ",
SEWING MACHINES.
NEW HOME, j. A. CAMPBELL, Agent, 30
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31
e, Some IN hoops and

some combining both. Gradually the
hoop supplanted the farthingalc, per-
haps because of its greater possibilities,
for we read: "Thcy spread themselves
across the whole pavement to the dctri-
ncnt of all honest men going upon
business along tho street"
There wore variouS qualifications of
size and shape. and thc% expanded and
contracted between Tie c.:trN,ac:, OF
"tlic size OF butter churn ana ;hc cir
cumfcrcncc G: three hn@,hrn,!5;" and
they slopcd straight outward from the
waist to the ground, or carried the con-
volution of an inverted bow, as the men
of to-day remember the hoopsliirts of
the sixties and thcrcabouts
We find this tcrsc paragraph in the
Spectator: "Sincc your withdrawing
from this place the fair sex are run into
great extravaganza. Their pctticoats,
which began TO hcave and swell before
you left us are now blown up into q
most enormous concavc. 81 & What the
ladies have lost in height by the rcduc-
ton OF their coiffurcs they make up in
breadth, anC, contrary to all rules of
architecture, widen the foundation at
the same time they shorten the super
structure"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31

dresses Of their wives they would have
appeared much like them. Later the
style disappeared, but in the reign of
James H., when the hoops returned,
after the protcctorate, one writer re-
marked: "If men also adopt the old
fashion of trunk hose, man and wife
would fill whole pew in church" We
have the fashion in the paintings of
Raleigh, Bacon, Drake, Fairfax, Vii
Tiers and others. 1t never revived, but
when the hoop was ut the zenith of its
influence the men could not resist the
eXtravagancc, SO that during the first
of the Georges they changed the doublct
for coat with tails, and expanded
these with wires to rival the hoop petit
coat, and this fashion remained favor.
tic with the men until the good sense
of George ~. dismissed it with the
hoop of the ladies.
GEORGE S. Mcdowell.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31
RAILROADS
n : = :: Wy horfo|ksWes RI

soHEDULK IN KFFECT OCTOBER 50, 1854.
wzsTBouND, LsAvn ROANOKE DAILY.
TAO a. m. wv ashington and Chattanooga lImited)
Tor Bristol and beyond. Stops only at Rad
phis and Nashville. Dining car attached.
S0o Q. m. for Rndford, Pulaski, Bristol and nj,
informed ntermediaas stations also for Blueaeld Po
and Louisville via Norton. Pullman sleeper
to Lou svillo via Norton.
150 p. m Il BRADFORD, Pulaski, and Bristol also
ror bluohcld.Oh extensions leaves BueGeld
Glu q. IN. daily for Kcnoya, Columbus and
the West. Pullman slcepors to Memphis via
Chattanooga.
NORTH AND EAsrBoUND. LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY.
''lo N =, m; for Petersburg, Richmond and
i2:45p; m, for Washington, Hagcrstown, PhiIa.
dclphia and New York. Pullman sleeps
Roanoke to New York, vim Harrisburg and
u. II. II.
1915 p. m. daily for Richmond and Norfolk. PuI.
man parlor car to Norfolk, connects at Lynch
burg (union station) with Durham division.
c:lO p m. for Bucna Vista and intermediate sta.
s45 p IN. for Richmond and Norfolk Pullman
sleeper to Norfolk and Lynchburg to Rich
is:45 night washington and Chat.auoora linn.
ited) for Washington, uagerstown, Philadel-
phia and New York. Pullman Shoppers to
y asa!Gpton Via Shenandoah junction spd
Me% aor s.o via Harrisburg. Dining, car
Luray, Shenandoah, Junction, Shepherds
town, Antieam, Grimes and st. James.
Durham Divsion-Leavc Lynchburg (Union
stationl and S;16 p. m. daily for South Boston
and Durham and intermediate stations.
Winston-Salcm Division-Lcave Roanoke (UnIon
ststion) 9:45 q. IN. daily for Rocky Mount,
jMaartnsville, Winston-Saep and intermo.
For oil additional informs'. on apply at ticket
once or to- w b. 5EVIII
General Passenger agent, Roanoke.sVa.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31
OLD HOOP SKIRTS,
Historic Fancies In the Fashion Of
4 Dress Expansion.
Tho Truth About tho FarthIngalc, Hoop
Skirt and C-inoiino OF tho Ladies'
and tho Trunk Hose OF
4 tho Mon.
Especial Letter.l


just at this time, with all the talking
Ind writing about the suggested re-
vival of the fashion Of distendcd skirts
in connection with the costuming of the
fair sex, there is great confusion of
farthingalc, hoops and crirolinc, and
pretty general misunderstanding of the
close similarity, and yet entire distinct
ness of these three fashions.
Their effects we're similar enough to
warrant this confusion, but they were
produced in ways rs different as the
times to which they belonged were re-
mote from each other.
F, The oldest of these three freaks OF
fashion is the farthingalc, which is gen.
orally admitted to have had its begin
ming in Spain, and to have been intro
duccd in England by Queen Mary as n
compliment to her Spanish consort,
Philip II. We know that the Catalo-
nian women OF Spain were leaders of
the fashion of wearing the distcnded pet
ticoat, securing the desired shape of cx-
pansion by means of wire hoops, but
1t is doubtful if they are entitled to the
credit of invcnting the farthngale.
In England, as early as the reign OF
Richard, in the fourteenth century, the
ladies, not content with the contour
nature had bestowed upon them, began
stufiing and padding their petticoats at
the hips, 80 that the dress stood out
much in the shape produced by the
farthingale Of a later period. This
seems to have been the beginning of a
fashion that came into full vigor hun
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31
Costume Slang.

A paper before us says that Mrs.
Blank was "gowned in mauvc silk" we
are not informed, however, whether
Mrs. Jones was pctticoated in ecru, and
we are all left in the dark as to whether
or not Mrs Smith was hated in cream
color. While he was about it the writer
should have told us that Mr.. Snobb was
caned in malacca, that Mr.. Dudclcigh
was ringcd in sapphire, and that Mr.
Dash was evening dressed in broadclotli
garnishcd with satin, boston Tvan-
script.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31
INFANTA MARIA.

companied by authorizations OF the dres,
above and below, until the whole king
dom was scandalizcd. This was the
climax Of the storm before the atmos-
phcre was cleared by the edict of
George w., who, with his famed good
taste in all things relating to the toll
lcttc, banished hoop and farthingale as
both being cumbersome and inele-
CANT" But he could not control It be-
You'd his reign. A writer of the period
says: "The opinion of so good Judge
as King George sealed thei- death war
rant, and they disappeared never, we
may hope, to return, at least among
the British fair, though anti-hoopists
have had cause to trcmble lately lest it
should resume it's place in the wardrobe
of modern fashionablcs, for certain
crinoline, or horschair jupe. has recent
ly astonished the world by its marked
resemblance to its ancestor of famous
memory"
The crinolinc was petticoat woven
of horschair, and SO stiff that it an
swcrcd the purpose of the hoop. But
it was expensive, and the expansion
fashion coming again into vogue the
hoops of the middle of this century came
as an economical substitute.
There was Il time in the past when
the men We'd with the ladies in the ex-
travagancc Of dress, and the oddities of
their costumes at different periods Of
history arc familiar to all. But few
know that they once initiated the ladies
i'll the farthingalc fashion, and that the
historic "trunll hose" is but an affccta-
ton of that costume of the fair SEX
The trunk hose came into vogue during
the reign Of James l., and some of the
men used to stuff them SO at the top
with rags and other things as to extend
them in compass in rivalry with the
enormous and stately farthingale of the
ladies. To SO great an extent was this
expansion about the hips of the men
carried that had they donned the
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31
sHOEIAKERs,

SHOEMAKERS.
ID. MORGAN, the Shoemaker, Makes and "a.
pairs all kinda OF boots and shoes Mt 104 Nelsoy
street, opposite market house. SatiefactiGi
guaranteed.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31

PLUMBING, GAs-FITTINa, 40.
ROANOKE SANITARY PLUMBING CO.. "a
10 South Jefferson Street.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31

One of the extremes OF this period ia
illustrated in the Yelasquez painting Of
Infanta Maria, of Spain, u rephoto-
graphic reproduction Of which is pre-
sented here. Of this young queen it is
remarked: "Shc was IN attractive prin-
cess in spite of tho most hidcous cos
tune ever invented"
1t was humorously remarked that the
reign of tho hoop portendcd the down
fall of the French king as the reign of
it's ancestor the farthingalc. preceded
the ruin of the Spanish monarchy.
During the reign of George /. the
hoop underwent important changes, &C
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31

LUMBER. LATHs AND sHINGLEs.
". q. CLARE & Co., Office 100 Henry stres,
TINES building, P. o. box 1885, Eyerythint
that goes into building at mil prices. BY IN
car Dad only.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31

SEWING MACHINES.
NEW HOME, j. A. CAMPBELL. Agent, 3:
Henry street.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31

STENOGRAPHERS s. TYPEWRIFEIu
o. n. HCGSKTT, room - Masonic Tomple.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31

SOAVENGER AND CARRIAGE yyNpu
PRYOR woODsON. 213 Fourth ave. n. ".
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31

drcd years later and continued, almost
without interruption, but of course
with notifications, until tho c(lict of
George w banishcd hoop and farthin-
gale from England.
The house of Tudor was given to OK
travaganccs in all features Of dress.
Henry VIII. encouraged extremes,
Mary brought the farthingalc to its
height of popularity and Elizabeth, in
spite of her hatred of everything Span
ish. maintained the ruff and farthingalc
to the end of her reign, dying with three
thousand costumes in her wardrobe
And the name Of the farthingalc is YER
tinSale, derived from rertu-gardc, the
French for virtue-guardian. 1t was
made OF wire. shaped to set upon the
hips, sort OF hustle that went all the
way round, ard the dress fell over it
and hung straight down, as shown in
the accompanying picture of Queen
Elizabeth, where she appears in ruff,
stomachcr and farthingale. 1t was not
until many years after her death that
the hoop came into use to initiate the
,drapcry below the farthingalc. 1t is
said the ladies at first found the fashion
inconvenicnt ard unpleasant, but they
remembered the adage: Zone must sur
fer to be beautiful" So as the reign
advanced the farthingale pulled out
more and more over the hips, and the
ruff about the neck grew moro wide
extending to keep the dress company.
But the fashions of the Tudors were
objects of reform during the Cromwell
ian supremacy. so that little was seen
or known of ruff and farthingalc up to
the time of James II. They then re-
viycd, and along with them came the
hoop, and for many years they reigncd
supreme, So that the fashion plates of
those days contain groups of ladies,
some in fartl.ingalc, some in hoops and
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-31

PHOTOGRAPHS.
ROANOKE PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO, No.
Salem avenue.
H.V. LINKBACK uccessor to Eutsler. 20 salan
avenue.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-19

Some years AGO tobacconist discov-
cred the utility of tin foil for wrapping
chewing tobaccoe Heretofore paper
had been exclusively used for the pur-
pose, but it did not serve TO keep the
moisture Of the atmosphere away from
the tobacco nor preserve the natural
moisture Of the tobacco from the effects
of n dry or heated atmosphere. Paper
also absorbed the aroma Of the weed and
was not sufficiently lasting. Therefore
tin foil was used for wrappers. But it
became costly and could only be rolled
to certain thickness or thinness be-
yond which the ingenuity Of man seemed
10 find it impossible TO go. The fact was
that no rollers could be made to sustain
the pressure necessary TO mashing the
tin foil to a leaf sufficiently thin to suit
the manufacturer.
Many ingenious inventors struggled
with tho proposition for months and
gave up the problem as unsolvable,
when simple workman about the shop
one day, after rolling two sheets TO the
customary thinness, put the two sheets
together into the rollers and made both
halves as thin as one was before. This
was as simple As standing an c.'l; on end,
but it created a revolution in 40 manu-
facture Of tin foil for toba' ynists' use
and made mint Of money lor the boss
of the discovcrcr. The man had struck
upon the idea BY accident, 0 10 dis
covery was as great and ash stable as
if he had been great inventor and
spent years OF his valuable life over the
question. Boston Herald.