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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-16
THE CITY'S GREAT OPPORTUNITY
Planfor Bringing Another Trunk
Line Into Roanoke.

The Roanoke Construction Company Or
ganized Last Night-A Charter Will be
Asked for To. day--An Address to tho
Public from the President OF the New
Company-Subsoripti Will be Asked
FOR, But the Money Will Not be Re-
1uired Until the Road is Built-who
the Promoters of the Scheme Are.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-16
HuG.Franois.

One Of the prettiest church weddings
of the season was witnessed by large
number OF friends and relatives of the
contracting parties at the First Pres
byterian Church yesterday afternoon
Miss Flora Francis, the accomplished
daughter Of Mrs. e. A. Francis, was
united in marriage to DR.. l. Eldridge
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-16
cofer-Anspauph.

Thomas r. Cofer, popular young
man of this city, was united in marriage
yesterday afternoon at 1880 o'clock In
the Methodist Church at Fincastle to
Miss Anspaugh, OF that place. Harry ".
Lineback was best man and Miss Cofer,
sister of the groom, was the bridesmaid.
j. @. Wallace, of this city, was one Of
the ushers. The happy couple arrived
in the city last evening and will leave
to day on an extended wedding trip
North.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-16
You can't afford to Miss the Black Crook
Saturday, matinee and night.


BRUNSWICK, Ca, Nov. Is There
were six new cases of yellow fever re-
ported to-day, none OF which were white
After carefully revising the list OF
patients under treatment total of forty
nine are left, seven of which are white
and forty-two colored
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-16
Heayy snousform in Nsw York

DUNKIRK, N. Y, Nov. l5.--A terrific
snowstorm prevails here. assuming
blizzard proportions at times. About
eight inches OF snow have fallen. Out of
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-16
CLEVELAND GOES TO sEW YORK.
Makes a Mysterious But Brief
Visit to the MetropIiss S

1t Is Denied That He Went to Have. An
other Operation Performed ON. Els
Jaw-Dr. Bryant Denounoes tho Action
OF the Newspapers in Circulating the.
Rumors About His Ill-health as Grim.
inai-The President Dinsd with the
Doctor and Then Attended the Thea
tre-He Returned to Washington Last
Night.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-16

Three gorgeous baiiets and the grand
march OF the Amazons IN the "Blaok
Saturday matinee and night.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-16

Three gorgeous baiiets and the grand
march OF the AmazOns In the s'black
Crook" Saturday matinee and night.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-16
TELEaRAPHIC BREv1r1Es.

You can't afford to miss the Black Croo
Saturday. matinee and night.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-16

ONE THOUSAND copies Seaside Lii
brary, ten cents copy, at Thompson &
Meadows,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-16
OOOk-Trent.

A large number of people gathered at
the First Presbyterian Church at
o'clock yesterday morning to be present
at the nuptials of Miss Mamie D. Trent,
the beautiful and accomplished daughter
of Capt. William n. Trent, and j. c.
Cook, popular clerk in the general
offices Of the Norfolk and Western and
sergeant of the Roanoke Light Infantry.
Marching ito the beautiful strains of
the wedding march from the organ by
Miss Emma s. Daily, the bride, accom-.
panied by her sister, Miss Ella Trent,
approached the altar and was met by
the groom and his best man, Sidney
Johnson.
Rev. DR.. w. C. Campbell, the pastor
of the church, performed the ceremony
according to the impressive ritual of
the Presbyterian Church.
The ushers were George Bentley, Fl.
L. Warner, T. w. Trent and N. r.
Featherstone.
The bride wore a handsome brown
travelling suit and brown hat, while the
gentlemen we're attired in convent ional
black.
Immediately after the ceremony the
happy party went to the Union depot
where the newly welded couple took
the train for an extensive wedding
tour.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-16
DARING ROBBERY IN CHICAGO.

You can't afford to miss the Black Crooh
Saturday, matinee and night.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-16

Special prices to the "Black Crook
matinee Saturday afternoon.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-16
COLONEL o'FERRALL's RESIGNATION

You can't afford to miss the Black Crook
matinee and night.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-27

told herself he would not be able to re-
sist her personal influence. But first,
she had to arrange with the landlord to
give up the house, and sell her furni-
ture, and pay her expenses. At last
everything was settled, and she found
herself ready to start for London, pos
sessed of more ready money than had
ever before been hers.
Julia Smith went with her to the sta
ton and bought her a newspaper while
they waited for the train. She started
when Flossy suddenly rose. flung TIA
paper from her, and tramoled on it.
She had just read the announcement of
Louis Hartopp's marriage.
Even then FloSsy would not explain
the cause of her anger; she was too
proud to say that she was deserted, for
she had encouraged her friend to be-
lieve that she was engaged to Mr.. Har-
topp. She determined to go on to Lon
don and shut her eyes to what might
be beyond. But Miss Smith never
heard of her arrival there, nor indeed
did she get any word from her
One night, Louis Hartopp met in t,se
street painted. faded woman, who
strangely reminded him of beautiful
Flossy Barden: the woman looked
yearningly at him, as if she longed to
speak, and then she passed on. He
never met her again, nor could he feel
sure whether the strange likeness had
been real or imaginary Louis Hartopp
was not very happy with his rich wife,
and his heart sometimes ached when he
wondered what had become OF Flossy.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-27
FLAVOR OF EGGS.
1t Depends Largely on the Food Given to
the Hens.

the Hens.
The flavor of eggs depends very much
on the kind of food given to the poultry.
When hens are fed largely or almost
exclusively on milk, the yolk is lighter
in color, the white has milky look,
and the whole egg is watery and less
firm in texture than those laid by grain
fed hens. The taste of the egg is also
affected, being insipid and unsatisfac-
tory when boiled or poached, and less
fine for ordinary cooking purposes
even. There is no use in saying that
the idea of the quality of eggs being
Influenced by the food of the hens is
mere whim; since it is well-known
fact that the eggs of fowls kept in the
neighborhood of the sea and fed almost
entirely on fish-taken as they come,
embracing the strong and oily as well
as the more delicate sorts-have IAN
ancient and fish-like" taste, if not
smell" and eggs coming from those
regions sell for less in the market, in
some instances, than those coming from
districts farther inland.
The reason why hens fed on ''slops"
of milk, etc, are able to give no better
eggs to their owners is because the
''o1d, old story is repeated in their
case. 1Ou demand the LaIc OF Dr1ck
of your servants, but you give them
no straw to make them with. Curd
hardly comes under the head of milk,
and there is little danger of having it
in large quantities to offer to your
fowls. 1t contains all the best and
most nutritious portions of the milk,
without its Objectionable, watery
qualities. But the true feed for laying
fowls is one-third or one-quarter In
dian corn, ground or otherwise, and
oats or wheat, together with milk and
whatever scraps from the house are OBJ
tainable, and as much green vegeta-
BILE food as they will eat, and with
these, com bined and fed properly, your
eggs will be of the true gold and silver
stamp-when the cooks fire has re-
fined them and prepared them as rel
ish for your breakfast table.-Poultry
World
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-27
FOR SHEEP RAIsERs.
How Long Can Ewes and Lambs BE Kept
to Advantage?

As with all other stock much depends
upon the growth made, the kind of
sheep and the conditions under which
they are kept Generally the safest
rule to follow is to market when the
sheep have reached their full CONNER
cial value. That is, whenever sheep
will sell at the highest price then is
when it should be sold. But with this,
as with all rules regarding tie manage
ment of stock on the farm, there must
be exceptions. and with sheep a good
breeding animal can often be kept I'M
til they are ten or twelve years old If
kept to maturity they can, in very
many cases, be kept until they are five
years old, especially the ewes, if they
are good breeders. Wethers, unless
they are exceptionally good ones, can
generally be marketed when they are
three.
With sheep that are raised more es-
pecially for market it is often the case
that they can be marketed to better
advantage as lambs than as matured
sheep, and especially so when they can
be made ready for market reasonably
early. When only a certain number of
sheep can be kept on the farm with
ed, the market value should determine
when it is best to sell. Whenever the
most clean profit can be realized is the
time to let go. With sheep raising as
with nearly or quite all other farm
products, every advantage must be
taken to secure the best profit
and the time and manner of
marketing are often important features
-, L..
but selling well is equally so. If a
lamb will sell to the best advantage
when it is three weeks old then is the
time to sell it If it can be kept until
it is three months old and return a
larger profit than at three weeks it will
be better to keep it, of course other
things being equal. Again, it may be
more profitable to clip two fieeces of
wool and then market as mutton, of
course having fat and in good condi-
ton. By this time sheep should be
well matured, and, if fat, will be at its
best and should sell at the highest
price for matured mutton
1t is only where eve is an excep-
tional breeder that it will pay to keep
her longer than five years. Under what
may be considered average conditions
after eve is five years old she begins
to lose vigor and the safest plan is to
sell at that age. 1t is of no advantage
to sell off good ewes unless there are
younger sheep to take their place.
Ewes can always be kept longer with
profit than wethers, and often lambs
can be sold to better profit than ma
tured sheep. So that no infallible rule
can be laid down as to when it will be
best to sell.-N. j. Shepherd, in Wool
and Mutton.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-27
TIMELY FIELD NOTES.

THE need of ice is now being felt by
a great many persons. 1t is neither
difficult nor expensive to put up a small
amount of ice. Suppose you try it next
winter.
Do NOT allow harvesting to keep the
field of late corn from having a needed
blowing. The last blowing destroys
many weeds and usually increases the
yield materially.
PASTURES which are infested with
ragweeds can be materially benefited
by moving the weeds late this month
before the seeds have matured. Com
paratively few weeds will ripen seeds
if this is done.
DESTROY noxious weeds along the
roadside. Many of them are distributed
and allowed to seed there and soon get
out on the adjoining farms District
road supervisors should see that they
are not allowed to nature seed.
THE mower, binder and rake which
have stood outside since harvest time
last year are in poor condition and will
need mending or will break down when
you are busy. Lumber for making
machinery sheds is cheaper than ma
chines.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-27
CUTTING OFF THE PENSIONS.
Economy Rendered Necessary by Repub.
ncan Extravaganza.


ncan Extravaganza.
In accordance with orders from the
pension bureau at Washington 125 Ger
tifcates held by pensioners whose
stipends are paid at the Pittsburgh
agency were Cancelled The grand
army posts of that city have resolved
to take up the cases by an appeal not
to the department of the interior but
to the courts.
There are eighteen pension agencies
at which disbursements to the amount
of $50, 0O0, 900 or $3.50, OO0. GOO are made
annually to pensioners numbering
more than 676. 900. This was the num-
Der at the close of the fiscal year of
1891. 1t showed an increase for that
year of 13S, 900. The total has been
steadily augmented. If, after months
of inquiry, the pension bureau finds no
more than 125 cases of undeservers at
Pittsburgh, and that should be the av-
erage throughout the United States. no
more than 1900 pensions would be
dropped. Does anyone who has OBJ
served the administration of the pen
sion Office during the administration of
President Harrison under Corporal
Tanner and under Green B. Raum
doubt that thousands upon thousands
of undeservers have been piled up
on the pension rolls? Men are con-
tinued thereon as invalids though no
sign of physical decreptitude is visible
Widows who were not born at the close
of the war survive the old soldiers
whom they married and have not made
remarriage known to the department.
Thorough, searching investigation
would, no doubt, drop tens of thou
sands of names from the pension rolls
The work of investigation is an act of
simple honesty, not alone to the tax
payers of the United States, but par
ticularly to those persons whose names
are on the pension roll because of their
undoubte desert The marvel is not
that 125 names were dropped at the
Pittsburgh agency, but that the num-
Der was not ten times that
If courts will take jurisdiction of the
subject matter, and 1t is difficult to say
how they can, they can do no more
than make inquiry into the grounds
upon which the pension commissioner
has proceeded. If the facts are as the
agents of the bureau have found the
case of the dropped pensioners will be
of no avail Grand army posts that ex-
ist for the purpose of succoring their
brethren perform useful mission. but
when they come forth Unfortunately
To shield undeservers, to struggle for
the retention upon the pension roll OF
people who receive a stipend because
they lost their hair during the war OF
the rebellion or acquired corns on
some of their toes. they discredit the
! name they bear and the associates they
had during the war.
Economy of federal administration
has become an imperative necessity.
One reason for the stringency of the
times is the exceeding cost of govern
Dient-federal, state and local Toe
much is demanded OF the resources OF
the people in the name of -sate and ma
too. The largest single item of ex
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-27
SELECTING SEEDS.
Pick Out the Best Plants and Preserve
for That Purpose.

Pick Out the Best Plants and Preserve
for That Purpose.
Owing to the facility with which
farmers can supply themselves from the
seedsmen, few save their own seeds
now as they did in former times. 1t is
so convenient to look over the assert
ments to be found in the seed stores
and select what one wants for the gar
den for small consideration that saw
ing seeds at the right time is scarcely
thought of by most families having
gardens Still there are in many cases
manifest advantages in saving at least
a portion of the seeds which may be
wanted the next season, says the South
ern Farmer. In this way one can feel GER
tain of having for his various crops
seeds which will grow and be true to
name if proper care is taken in gather
ing. curing and preserving them from
injury until wanted for use. Do not
take seeds from the plant until perfect
ly mature. Select from the best stalks
and spread for few days in dry
room, and when they have been care
fully cleaned put in small bags, label
and hang out of harms way until
planting time. 1t is a good plan to
single out the plants from which the
seeds are to be saved some time before
the ripening and note such as are the
most productive and vigorous.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-27
POINTS AND OPINIONS.

Gov. Mckinley is disposed to
drop the ''red-dog" currency game and
try the old-time weeping act with the
Ohio ram-raisers--N.Y Y. World
The republican county conven-
tons in Kansas are declaring for Nc
Kinley for president in 1896. 1t il
clear that the Kansas republicans be-
lieve that the hair of the dog can cure
the bite. If Ingalls, had not been
snatched baldheaded there might be
hope for him--St Louis Republic
The farmer who sells his PRO
tected-' wool. under the highest pro-
tective tariff the country has ever
known, and then purchases few pro-
tected tin pans for his dairy, has
learned more about the beauties OF
protection than William Mckinley, Jr,
will ever tell bim.-Detroit Free Press.
Among the pensioners recently
stricken from the rolls by Commissioner
Lochren are eleven men who deserted
from the army and are reported by tn
records of the war department to be
still at large. And yet it is for urging
that pensions be withheld from such
men as these that q. A. r. post has
been expelled from the order.-Louis-
vile Courier-JournaL
Rules will be adopted by the in
coming house of representatives to en-
able the majority, after full opportu,
nifty for debate, to pass such measures
as il deems desirable Such rules will
be very different from those of the
Reed congress, designed to stifle all de-
bate, to deprive the political minority
of all share in or knowledge OF contem-
plated legislation, and to enable the
speaker, with the cooperation of only
minority of the house. ID pass such
measures as he saw 6t--Albany Argus
President Cleveland, in his mes
sage calling an extra session Of con-
gress. truthfully says that ''the present
perilous condition Is largely the re-
suit of financial policy which the ex-
ecutive branch of the government finds
embodied in unwise laws which must
be executed until repealed by con-
gresS" Every word of this is true
The responsibility must rest where il
belongs-with the republican party.
Those republicans who are trying to
shift the responsibility upon President
Cleveland are demagogues, pure and
simple.-Clereland Plain Dealer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-27
Must Fight for Themselves.

Professional and commercial men
say to the farmer: LET other peoples
affairs alone, mind your own business
and you will be prosperous enough"
The trouble is that the farmer has al
ways, until very recently, done that
very thing. And while the farmer has
always done this, the other men have
habitually 1neddled with his affairs,
and their meddlesomeness has taken the
form of not only holding HIM in the
background while others advanced
rapidly, but of reaching out for all he
earns, and of reducing him to the con-
1ition of tenant at will on his own
acres, to be treated in all respects like
the helpless and hopeless peasantry o1
the old world.-Western Rural
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-27

penditure is that for pensions, which
has mounted up beyond the anticipa-
ton of anyone, even the most extrava-
CANT prepayment OF free, wide-open PEN
sion laws The pension bureau has
full authority under the law to make
close inquiry into the existing list If
persons have certificates and do not
hold them honestly it is within the
power OF the department to drop such
persons. They viii never be able TO
ascertain all of them, but they should
continue their investigation in the hope
of diminishing the number in every
case that search viii develop. The
trend of appropriations on pension &C
count, as upon all other account. must
be downward
The nation is costing the people too
much money.-Chicago Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-27

was soft and plant, while the.face was
a trihe hard.
She wore little brown velvet hat,
with a small curled-up feather, and
closely fitting brown gown of lighter
shade than her hat.
she puts me in mind,'' said one of
the clerks. hurrying home to his tea,
''of a bunch of ripe hazelnuts in an
autumn hedge. Who is she? Anyway,
she's deuced handsome"
She's odd, can't make her out" said
another; she's straight enough, though
she don't look it; what does she come
spying about here for?"
For two days, needless of any remark
that might be passed on her, Flossy
had come at the same hour, and had
stared coldly, almost haughtily, at the
clerks as they left the bank. She
never looked directly at one of them,
so that no one had an excuse for speak
ing to her, but she waited till the last
man had come out.
She lived alone with her mother, who
was too infirm to go out and too proud
of having known better days to visit
with those who would have liked to
call on her. Mrs. Barden had lived in
London till year ago, and no one
knew anything about her except that
she was not well off, and that she had
a handsome daughter. Flossy found
home-life dull, and made her own
friends. When she left her watch at
the bank she called on one Of these
friends, Miss Julia Smith. young
music teacher. Miss Smith was at her
gate, shaking hands with a tall, fair
man, faShionab bly, dressed.
Introduce me-" whispered Flossy;
she guessed that this must be the Mr..
Hartopp she wanted to know. Julia
Smith had told her so much about him
that she felt able to recognize him.
Their eyes met as he returned her bow,
and she saw that he admired her. She
said to her friend as Mr.. Hartopp passed
on:
''Why did you tell me he was in Dow
SETS bank? He could not be one of
those ordinary looking clerks"
81 said he was staying with Mr.. Dow
sets; he's a Londoner, he writes for the
papers, but he'll make some stay here,
I'm told; he's got something to do with
the Loan exhibition, that's to open next
spring"
Her friend had suddenly become dull
to Flossy Barden.
"Had Mr.. Hartopp been calling on
you?" she said, sharply, though she had
q soft, pleasant voice.
ssOnly to give me the name of a piece
of music L wanted" Miss Barden
gaped, looked about her. and soon rose
to go.
aren't you afraid of going alone,
Flossy2 It's getting dark"
''Oh, no; it's not very far. you know. I"
Flossy went down the next street,
which was narrow, and she found it
darker than she had expected, but she
was fearless, md she rather enjoyed
the idea of fsk. Looking on, she saw
a few people at the further end of the
street, and she fancied that one of
them was Mr.. .Hartopp While she
stared after him. drunken man came
up the turning she had reached, and
lurched up against her. She cried out
in sudden terror, and only saved her
self from falling by clinging TO the
lamp-post at the corner Of the street.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-27
The RRIpLE-PATH.


Through the green aisleways OF the woods,
Past streams that foam and leap in light
Pacing through murmuring SolitudeS,
We loiter on from morn to night
Above our heads the oriole swings,
In the dim boughs the robin sings,
AS by the bridle-path We fare
And taste LIES freshness everywhere.
Pale blooms that hide in sheltered spots
Breathe pure sweet odors as we pass;
We see the rare forget-me-nots,
The hooded violet5 in the grass.
Is there afar stormy world
Where fields are fought and flags are furled,
And dust and CRIME obscure the air?
We wonder as we blithely fare.
Along the quiet bridle-path,
Our gentle ponies know full well,
No terEors for their feet il hath
In shelving steep or dimpling dell.
High in the oaks cathedral hush
We hear the yesper of the thrush:
Far on an evening church-bell rings,
And in the dusk the robin sings.
M E. Sangster, in Harl,er's BazaT.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-27

young chicks to run in and out The
bottom of the basket or box should first
be removed.
The object is that when feeding
young chicks their food may be so COW
cred as to protect it from larger chicks
or fowls, while the chicks can help
themselves unmolested- Such cortri-
vance viii cost but an insignificant
sum, and will be found very useful
when feeding the chicks ON food pre-
pared especially for their use only.
Place their food in a dish or small
trough, and then set the cover on the
dish--Farm and Fireside.