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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-02
THE WEATHER.

Forecast for Virginia, fair Tuesday and
Wednesday,; easterly to southerly winds.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-02
Pastors, Conferenco.

The usual weekly meeting of the pas
tors conference was held in the lectu re
room of the Y. M. G. A. building yeste r
day morning at 10 o'clock, with tho
president, Rev. w. +. Hammer, in the
chair. The session was opened with
prayer by Rev. Mr.. Hutchinson, of tho
Methodist Church at Salem. The secre-
tary pro tom. of last meeting, Rev. Dr..
G. III buchanan, read the minutes OF
last meeting, which stood approved.
The following ministers were present ::
Pastors Hammer, Anderson, Love,
Buchanan, Wilson, Campbell, Garrison,
Stanton, Miller and DR. Hutchinson, of
Salem. The reports of the Sunday ser.
vices at the various churches were
m ade. Rev. DR.. c. FL. Buchanan and
Rev. r. G. Anderson were appointed a
committee to visit the Jail next Sunday
1t was suggested that the ministers
have their large pieces of money
changed into nickels and lay in good
supply Of tobacco, as at the services in
the jail the order of taking upa collec-
ton is changed-the prisoners passing
around the hat
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-02
a PECULIAR JURY.
The Jury I'm the Engledove Case Has a Lot
of Trouble in Hand.

The Jury I'm the Engledove Case Has Lot
of Trouble In Hand.
The damage suit of A. d. Engledoye
vs.. T. It. Tishbune ct ais, doing bust
ness under the firm name of the Elk.
change Building Company, for $40. 900,
for using distress warrant and turning
Englec Owe out of the barroom no occn-
pied in tho Exchange building two year S
ago, has been going on in tie circuit
court of this city for ten DAYS. The
counsel for the plaintiff is Grihin e
glasgow, and the defendants are repre-
scented by Penn e Cooke, Scott e Staples
Miller q Jones, Roy b. Smith aud c. b.
Moomaw. Yesterday afternoon the jury,
being unable to render verdict, was
discharged by Judge Dupuy. The Jury
is reported to have stood eleven for
giving verdict to the plaintiff and one
fer verdict in favor OF tho defendant
at i've o'clock yesterday afternoon
Judge Dupuy summoned the jury before
him in the Hastings Court room and
made an investigation of the case. At
former trial Of this case there also q
hung jury.
After the present jury was discharged
the eleven who were for the plaintiff
were summoned before the court and
upon oath testified that S. A. Wick, the
twelfth juror, said in the jury room be
fore the first witness mad concluded his
testimony that "Al Engledove oughn't
to have N cent" that he had
heard part of the evidence at the forme or
teial. A day or so after the trial began,
tho other eleven jurors pressed on Wick
to know why he thought Engledove
ought not to receive any damages be
fore tho evidence had been given in
lie replied that Engledove was q rascs
and had swindled him out OF SEQ and
that he would rot before he would give
MIN ID cent. Notwithsta nding
the efforts OF the other eleven jurymen
he remained steadfsst in his position.
To meet these charges against hi mself
Wick brought counter charges against
two other jurors, which were rebutted
by the testimony given before Judge
Dupuy. The court discharged the Jury
as jury and summoned the three jurors
involved in this matter to appear before
him at II o'clock this morning. The at
fair may lead to criminal ton.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-02

OLD papers. Is cents per hundred, tor
sale st this office,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-02
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
Now York stock Market.

New YORK. May 1.-The day was one
OF great depression and considerable
excitement at the stock exchange.
"A bearish feeling was very pronounced
at the start and found expression in re.
peated raids on leading shares as tn @
morning wore along. The drop in prices,
which was quite severe, especially in
the industrial group. was due to various
causes, prominent among them being
the sudden and altogether unexpec ted
announcement that the National Cord age
directors had on Saturday decided upon
an issue OF S2,5oo,oOO additional pre-.
ferred stock.
This stock will Re offered to share.
holders ct par and whatever amount
the latter refuse to take will be absorbed
by syndicate which has underwritten
the whole Issue at par, but this did not
prevent the common stock breaking SN
points TO 404 and preferred from sell
ing down d e 10 9935
The failure OF the Bank OF Austria.
lasia and the suspension of an important
house in Liverpool were said to have
unsettled the London market and
hence posted rates of sterling exchange
here we're raised to 4S6L@4S0}S. At
the same time the rates for money
jumped from to 10 and l2 per cent
all of which had a demoralizing effect
upon the traders whose accounts woro
th,nly No argined.
After o'clock money eased IN and
the the undertone OF speculation i'm.
proved An advance OF Il to 2% per
cent. ensuod under the leadership of
the ind ustrials and the excitement
which ran high when the depression
was at it's height abated materially.
The market closed steady in tone with
the rally in prices well maintained
Sales listed, stocks, $4,000. unlisted,
sc GOO. Sub treasury balances: Coin,
500. sos, 600; currency, SIS, 745, 900.
Money on call irregular, ranging from
II to B; closing offered at 3. Prime NOR
camille paper, 6IS@s. Sterling ex-
change firm. Posted rates, 4s6T
@4SoH. mmercial bills, 4s5@4ssS
Hoyernment bonds steady State
bonds dull. Railroad bonds weak.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-07-19
AESTHETICS IN FORMER TIMES

Parisians Years Ago Listened to SHADY
Dramas, But Loathcd the Handkerchief
I'VE fatter ourselves that we are
much more aesthetic than were our an.
cestors, but that is mistake" said Q
Parisian, sojourning at the Southern,
remarks the st. Louis Globe-Dcmocrat
MANY words now employed in polite
conversation would have been regard.
ed as extremely shocking a century ago.
On the other hand our ancestors fre.
quently employed terms in social con.
verse that would make fish monger OF
the present time blush with shame.
Imagine the presentation OF some Of the
old French or English dramas at Madi.
son square without being first expur.
gated and fumigatedl On the other
hand, had an actor dared 10 exhibit Q
handkerchief on the stage he would
have stood q good show OF being
mobbed. Not until the time OF Em,
press Josephine did the handkerchief
appear In public. Before the beautiful
empress set the fashion young lady
would as soon have thought Of men.
tioning her neither garment In pub
Lie as her handkerchief. | am NOT
quite sure that Josephine added any.
thing to the culture Of society by giving
the nose rag the publicity 1t now en-.
joys After all, culture consists chiefly
In getting used 10 thing"
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-07-19
DIsPoSlNa OF THE DEAD.
Burial L. Destined to Give Place to Gre.
nation.


Burial IL Destined to Give Place TO Gre.
nation.
"The twentieth century Is destined
TO witness complete revolution In the
manner Of disposing of the dead" SAID
a well-lmown physician to q Globe.
Democrat reporter. Burial Is destined
to give place TO cremation. We will be
driven to II In sheer self-defense. The
increase In population, and better un,
derstanding Of the science Of sanitation
and Its Importance, will leave no plac,
for the disease-breeding cemetery.
America Is destined to lead in the grea,
reform, as she has In so many Others.
While the modern cremation movement
started In Italy, the number of crema-
tories In the United States far exceeds
that In the former or any other coun.
try. Fourteen are already in successful
operation here, all having been built
durin the past six sears.
Cremation societies are being organ.
lied In nearly all Of the large and many
OF the smaller American cities. Every.
body recognizes the wisdom Of incinera,
tion; still individual sensitiveness tc
any change In the burial custom, and
an inherited belief that the body should
tester In Its shroud' rather than bs
burned to handful Of clean ashes In q
furnace, forms the greatest obstacle In
the pathway of the reform. In the
early days Of the new movement the re,
lgious organizations formed strong
opposition to 1t, but this has given way
except In Germany, where church and
state make common cause against II
The state church openly prohibits the
exercise Of religious rites by clergy
man at incinerations. In the United
States some Of the most enthusiastic
cremationists are devout church peo
ple."
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-07-19

tails of this case as well as | do, par
ticularly if you have not reduced them
TO memoranda; and even forget now
whether I have informed you on GER
tain points. Ask me any question that
you may consider necessary, and ! will
answer to the best Of my ability"
"Thank you, Mrs. Maynard" said
North, with an air Of extreme satisfac-
ton; and the harassed expression dis
appeared from his face as he mentally
congratulated himself that he had laid
his foundation securely and very broad,
indeed. THUS much by way OF pre-
amble; and now to business!"
He dexterously slipped Mrs. Jane
Dunkirk's letter from Its envelope as he
spoke, and proceeded to unfold It
'0h, to be sure, that letter. had for
gotten It'll You have read 1t, presume,
Mr.. North?" inquired Mrs. Maynard,
with faint degree Of interest in her
manner; then as North, without reply
ing, glanced up at her with an air Of re-
proof, lifting his eyebrows inquiringly,
she at once checked herself.
II perceive" she said, submissively,
II am not TO ask any questions at all;
that is your prerogative. Very well; l
will try to remember this hereafter"
"No, no, Mrs. Maynard, you shall
share all my prerogatives" cried North,
In another ingenious outburst of gal
lantry; then faint color crept sus.
piciously over the fairness of cheek
and brow as he continued in a more
business-like tone:
"At least, / will answer the question
that you have already asked. have
read this letter, and ! intend TO make It
the starting point for all my questions
this morning. wish, you see, to ana
lyze 1t very much as 1t would be ana
lyzed in court II we should submit 1t for
any purpose whatever, and to ascertain
Just what construction it will best bear.
First Of all, then, we will consider the
date; since, to be Of any practical use
TO US, the letter must be proven to have
been written while that genuine will in
your favor was in existence. The one,
you know, corroborates the other. This
letter hints at what the will fulfills; and
we must construe II according to that
intent. What we wish TO establish by
It is the intention Of Mrs. Dunldrk
toward yourself. All of this, you un-
derstand, would be Of no advantage to
us il Annie Dupont should be discov-
cred; but II she is not brought forward
within reasonable time, we may as
sumo that it will fairly make our case.
Now, this date, no doubt, is accurate.
Do you recollect when you received the
letter."
"oh! very distinctly. We had re-
turned from Europe the previous week,
and had written her Immediately up
on our arrival in T."
Eyes. Now will read aloud her re-
ply. The first sentence is immaterial.
Next: 4 am sorry to hear of your diff
culties, but am in no position to ad-
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them observed North, with thought
full air. as he looked inquiringly at Mrs.
Maynard. Mrs Kingsbury was pre-
ventedin some way from communicate
ing to you the explanation that she in
tended TO give before her death"
THAT Is the conclusion Mt which both
Mrs. Dunkirk and arrived" answered
Mrs. Maynard, 'and, accepting II, Mrs
Dunkirk carried out mammals wishes
with an evident feeling that they i'm
posed upon her sacred obligation. |
have always thought that the very mys-
terry attending our first meeting gave
her special interest in me, to which
was due the great kindness with which
she discharged her duty as my guar
dian"
mo doubt Of It," returned North
with smile. "A touch Of mystery Is
always q great sharpener Of ones inter
est. But.now, right here let me bring
up another point. You say that Mrs.
Dunhrk intimated' to you her inten-
ton OF making you her heir; did she,
then, not show you that will?"
"Oh, mol She was not even aware that
knew Of Its existence. She did not
speak about 1t to me with any definite
ness; she merely limited ut what she
might do, very much as she does In this
letter. Your memory is strangely at
fault, Mr.. North, II you have forgotten
this point II was Jenner who told me
about the will"
"Ahl Then you never saw the will?"
Never"
"You know nothing about II of your
own knowledge-nothing except what
Jenner told your"
THAT Is all; but really, Mr.. North, Il
is sufficient. have no reason to be.
heve that Jenner misrepresented the
affair to me-"
"Oh, probably not; but I'm after
facts, now-not theories, II you pleased"
And, smoothing down the edges Of
this rejoinder with his most irresistible
smile, North went on with his investi.
CATION, following up eagerly q new
clew which had thus unexpectedly fallen
into his hands.
Nov, that first will, of which, az
you say, Jenner told you, was substan.
TALLY the same as this later one which
has Just been exploded in New York;
he tossed Mrs. DunkirS's letter down
on the table with an impetuous air as
II his interest in 1t had suddenly ceased
for the time-"the latter was faithful
copy Of the former"
He put this In the form Of positive
assertion, but 1t was in reality q ques.
ton, the answer to which he awaited
with the greatest interest.
TO BE CONTINUED
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wise you II you recollect, what was
the nature Of those difficulties, Mrs.
Maynard? We're they not, as infer
from the context, Of a peculiar II
mean"
mot entirely, but principally" In.
terpossd Mrs. Maynard, with a reflective
air, connected with money matters"
North slowly read on:
"'Mr. Maynard used his discretion In
the matter, and his right to do so no
one can dispute. That you are disap-
pointed is, of course, natural; but why
you should feel so respondent in regard
TO your own future / cannot under
stand To what, II may inquire, do
these two sentences refer2"
"Why, TO Mr.. Maynard's will"
"Ah-to Mr.. Maynard's will, repeat
ed North, absently, while he was think
ing: What about vhe majors will?
must try TO ascertain"
81 told her about II In my letter." re-
sumed Mrs. Maynard, land, believe,
complained rather bitterly of 1t as un-
Just TO me and not at all what had a
right TO expect"
Had you then discovered for the first
time that he had made this willP"
"oh, mol knew his intention in re-
gard TO the matter long before this.
Mr.. Maynard told me plainly what he
intended TO do, and l was present when
the will was drawn. There was no Sc
cret made Of II, assure you. The ma
jor was only too anxious for me TO know
what had been determined upon, that
he might triumph in my discontinue"
Her dark eyes flashed rs she spoke,
and tiny spot Of scarlet glowed In her
cheeks; but her tones did not vary for
an instant from their cool sweetness
nor her manner from It's gracious re-
pose.
Danger signals-the domestic skele-
ton at hand" thought North, ruefully;
nevertheless he did not swerve one de.
gree from his perilous Investigations.
at may not be considered important,
or directly bearing on our case" Ire OBJ
served In meditative way as he glanced
up at Mrs. Maynard over his notes,
"st!ll, II the inquiry were carried on in
court, apprehend that all these collat-
eral questions would be raised, and II
may be as well for me to be thoroughly
informed on this point WIN you please
state briefly what were the conditions
of that will? will note them down as
you proceed"
"The document itself was very brief
and to the point With the exception
Of certain income to be paid annually
TO me 50 long as remained widow
and continued 10 reside under this roof
two distinctly tyrannical conditions
which must be complied with, both and
severally. otherwise 30 far rs Mr.. May
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-07-19
THE LAKE ROUTE TO THE WORLDS FAR
VIA PICTURESQUE MAcKlNAc.

Avoid the heat and dust by travelling
on the Floating Palaces Of the Detroit &
Cleveland Steam Navigation Company.
Two new steel passenger steamers have
just been built for this Upper Lake route,
costing $500. 900 each, and are guaranteed
to be the grandest, largest, safest and
fastest steamers on the Lakes; speed 20
miles per hour, running time between
Cleveland, Toledo and Chicago less than
80 hours. Four trips per week between
Toledo, Detroit, Alpena, Mackinac, Petos-
key and Chicago. Daily trips between
Detroit and Cleveland; during July and
August double daily service will be main-
tanned, giving a daylight ride across Lake
Erie. Daily service between Cleveland
and Put-in.Bay. First-class stateroom
accommodations and menu, and exceed
ingly low Round Trip Rates. The pals
tial equipment, the luxury Of the appoint
ments makes travelling on these steamers
thoroughly enjoyable. Send for illus
trated pamphlet. Address A. A. Schantz,
G.P.A. Detroit & Cleveland Steam Nav.
Co . Detroit, Mich.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-07-19


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to all and have made it the most
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Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c
and 81 bottles by all leading drug.
Sists. Amy reliable druggist who
nay not have it on hand will pro-
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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-07-19
THE SONG THE KETTLE SINGS.

Sweet are the songs by lovers sung
As they the old, old story tell,
And sweet the Groom the bees among
The clover blooms and asphodel.
And glad the notes the skylarks trill
But dearer' softer ,better stiii
; The low. sweet sonO the kettle s,nas-
sfR8F
How strangely come to US again
The pleasant scenes Of other days
The happy golden moments when
We went our simple childish ways:
When all life's journey lay before
Ere we mad left our fathers door
To 90 the many weary miles.
There by the broad, deep fireplace sit
The aged ones with silvered hair:
Across each face the flashes tlit
And faded cheeks grow flushed and fair;
And strangely mingle smile and tear
AS memory in fondness brings
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-07-19

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spoken Of as being a great bent pump OF
siphon tube, drawing water from the
earth by mechanical meanA In parts OF
Russia, In the Don country, and also In
Moscow and vicinity, IL is known by
name which Is equivalent to "the bent
water pipe"
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-07-19
The Geography Glass.

Now, Jack, said the teacher, where
is Hong-Kong2"
Il don't know, sir. II was In China
last time heard" said Jack. --Harper'i
Young People.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-04
Size In Flies.

To convince householders that the
small flies on their window-panes never
grow to be large ones-in fact, never
grow at all-is task of no little diff
Guilty sometimes. The difference of
size in flies is always the distinction Of
sex or species, but never of age With
the exception of the gradual unfolding
Of its crumpled wings, no change comes
over the aspect OF the fly from the no
ment of its birth from the chrysalis to
that of its death. A big fly is no more
a little fly grown up than a horse is an
old pony. or goose fully-developed
duck. All the growth of the fly is &C
complished in the maggot state; then a
short period of somnolence as smooth.
brown chrysalis intervenes. from which
finally the young fly springs. like
Minerva from the head of Jove, full.
sized as well as fully armed-N. Y.
World
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-04
has told the story. But you are terribly
injured and we fear"

has told the story. But you are terribly
injured, and we fear"
'Hush!" said soft voice.
The Tiger tried to raise his hand, but
he found that another hand held it.
Father said the soft voice who bad
said: ''Hush!"-
She broke down. and it was little
while before she could proceed-and
what confusion was in The Tigers
brain!
Father" then said the soft voice,
81 have never forgotten you. 1 have
always loved you. play your music
the music you used to play for me. Do
you remember? And you will never
leave me now. / will stay with you till
you All! we are all alone, you and l,
for / am wearing black for-mother."
She leaned over and kissed his SCARED
lips-the first kiss he had felt in twenty
years. He was very weary; he knew
he must shortly sleep: he could not
keep awake. He slowly and painfully
drew the hand that clasped his up to
his face and placed it across his eyes
that could not see. A tear rolled down
his blistered cheek, but it was not his.
Father"
He was too sleepy. For Annie" he
managed to whisper. 81 thought of
Annie, and the music!" He really could
not keep the sleep off any longer.
Father" she said; Father
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-04

ously at my gener al get-up and appear
ance, which I need scarcely say had
been allowed to run to seed terribly of
late, but whatever their thoughts were
they took care not to express them.
You see they know how to hold their
tongues at Newmarket.
Ny story is done. Suffice it to say
that whilst was in his house. on pa
role as it were, the trainer did me
uncommonly well-the breakfast ate
that morning was caution-and kept
his word to the letter as to monetary
arrangements
After all, said and done. the sum I
not penny too much, for the large
commission that was worked that very
morning all over London could never
have been executed at the good price it
was, had chosen to open my mouth
However, as long as / was satisfied
that was all that was necessary.
The Butterfly colt won the Derby,
and as l had backed him on my own
account for cool hundred. beside the
monkey" to nothing was put on by
the stable, felt remarkably comfort
able when settling day arrived
invested ny earnings in a share in an
5. P. book in manufacturing town in
the Midlands, and very profitable con-
Germ it is; so profitable, indeed, that l
rarely il ever back one now. II do. it
is one in my old friend Snaf9e's stable,
you may depend.