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THE BAMBOO.
One OF tho Most Interesting and Useful OF
Oriental Plants.

Oriental Plants.
or all the r.a. ,niiiccnt plants and trees
that adorn an oriental landscape none OK.
cells i'll beauty the bamboo, of which there
are more than 30 varieties, the smallest M.
ing tiny thing barely inches h;.ch. the
largest most tremendous fell ~ renchinp
a sSo to ioo feet from the Nr.nd With few
o,,I,, enn "ii gro" IN Jumps and bear seed
sta,ns on me- ,n se'e. years. When the old
ssod sat. o and fall to the ground the
the eay sprns ne p pae TO s SFsw
hSaSe their appearance through the mass OF
Old rotten dead poles that lie along the
ground, frequently in heaps six or eight feet
from the earth. Where the forest is extern
sive, us it often is, an enormous amount of
rotten wood lies about. 1t is so soft that
one cannot walk OH it, and in among the
damp pile all sorts of snakes, scorpions,
centipeds, ants and other reptiles and IN,
sects hide. Now and again the heap will
catch fire, and there is q tremendous blaze,
the flames rising i'll sheets so and 60 feet
high, roaring like an eruption from the
crater OF yJlcano while the stems and
roots thae have not had time to quite rot
burst with loud reports like muskets going
off. The forest may keep burning for a
whole week. and at night the sight is u
grand one.
1t seems that the people who live in the
more savage countries of the east would
hardly get on without the bamboo The
young shoots when boiled with rice fur
nish good meal; the smaller poles make
fishing rods, bows and arrows aud spears:
the outside bark cut into thin strips is
plated into mats for sleeping on, and these
mats form nice cool sheets and can be
washed and dyed all manner of colors. The
large plant is cut into poles for houses, and
when split and plated makes such stout
walls that bullets will not 60 through
them. Bent down and made into traps, it
is so strong that when properly set it will
hold the biggest Indian deer. But the many
uses towhich the bamboo can be put would
take up too much space to describe Wheth.
er in single clumps or in large forests it
| presents Il grand sight
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their owners. The text IS in Latin, the
writing being beautifully clear and the let
tiers being made with degree of exactncss
that could not be exceeded today.
The original doomsday book has been re-
bound, but the old leather covered boards
are also preserved. The second book, con.
temporaneous with the first, contains a sur
vey of the counties not entered in the first.
There is also an abbreviated doomsday book
compiled in the reign of Edward I. Even
in those early days the barons of England
seemed disposed to dispute the temporal
power of the pope, as is shown by letter of
Edward rs barons to Pope Boniface VIII,
IN which they say that the king and not the
pope is the proper authority to decide be-
tween England and Scotland
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physicians and politicians. but it is also
the era Of women swimmers, wrestlers,
pugilists, tennis players. bicyclists, gym
nasts. expert rifle shots, bowlers, horse
dealers, cricketers, weight lifters, Judges
of cattle and dogs, baseball players, fenc-
ers, billiard experts, chess analysts, ca
noeists. sculiers, skaters, golf players,
club swlngers. aeronauts and pedestri-
ans.
Women may lack the ability to keep q
secret, but they certainly do not lack
pluck, determination andambition when
they enter the athletic lists to show man
what they can do. They are wisdom it
self, too, for the reason that they rarely
attempt to outshine man-only to meet
failure-but are usually content to do q
thing very well and then fall back upon
the qualifying phrase ''for woman"
This statement, however is hardly
true of Miss Winifred Lealeof the island
OF Guernsey, who one day shouldered
her rifle, marched to Bisley common
England's new Wimbledon-and COM
peted at the rifle butts with the best
marksmen among the citizen soldiers of
England, Canada and Australia When
tailor fashion, put the rifle to her shout
der, closed one eye like veteran, and,
although it was her first or sighting
shot" she put bullet in the very center
of the bullseye 200 yards distant. She
shot with the regulation Martini Henry
rifle. was not favored in the least. and
the emphatic 30 pound kick of the
weapon did not seem to annoy her any
more than thefkick of an abebodied fy.
AT 200 yards Miss Leale scored 81 out
of possible 30. and at 500 yards she hit
the bullseye times out of possible z.
OF all the expert riflemen present very
few equaled her record. Miss Leale's
father was surgeon major of the Chan
mel islands militia. and when she dis
played such experiences she had only been
shooting under his direction for IS
months.
On this side of the water Mrs Frank
Class and Miss Annie Oakley are two of
the best lnarkswomcn. Mrs. Class. who
lives i'll Jersey City. has frequently killed
10 ont of 10 birds on the wing with her
a pound shotgun. and such scores as 1?
out OF 20 and 22 out of % blnerocks
SHOW that she is sure death to almost
any bird that gets up in front of her
breechloader. Mrs. Glass has only been
shooting two years, but she has had the
training of Frank Glass, the well known
marksman, who is her husband.
Annie Oakley is an Ohio girl, 81 years
old When she was only 10 years of
age, she was SO fond of shooting that she
would run away with her brothers mus
ket and practice in the woods. She has
broken 0Si out of 1000 glass balls and
holds the worlds record for this num-
Der. She has also broken 4.172 out of
o,OUO In nine hours--a most remarkable
feat. She breaks glass balls in the air
about as easily with the rifle as she does
with the shotgun and has a record of
killing 043 ont of 1000 with % caliber
rife. Sitting Bull was so pleased with
her shooting about 10 years ago that he
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-02
Licked Into Fits.

Il can tell you something that you
haven't got" said German to IN Ameri-
can. We have built church so long that
1t takes half an hour to walk from the
porch to the pulpit"
That is nothingr' replied the Yankee.
we have church where little boy is
carried to his baptism through the east
porch and at the west porch he walks out
as a minister with his second wife Aus
land
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-02
CITY DIRECTORY
ofthe Principal Business Houses
OF Roanoke, Va.

The following Is published daily for
sne benefit OF strangers and the public
generally 1t includes all trades and
professions and cannot fail to prove of
interest to all who intend trapsactinp
business in Roanoke:
PLUMBING.
ROANOKE SANITARY PLUMBING cow.
ROOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS. BFC.
BoWDRE SHOE CO., 40 South JEFFERSON st.
FURNITUKE, car PETS. ETC.
/; II. STEWART FURNI' fuRE co
WM. f. BAKER CARPF.F CO.
real ESTATE.
]. F. WINGFlELn.
j. 5. GROVES q. Go.
UiLD;Rs AND CONTRACTORS.
+. D. AM"aKG, Terry Building.
ARCHITECTS.
WILSON, Commercial Bank Building
GRoCERs.
c. r. WERTZ, Commerce Street.
DRY GOODS. &.
BEIR0NIMuS 4 BRUGB, Commerce Street.
CLOTHIERs AND GENTS FURNIsHERs
X: d S., Salem Avenue.
Do6GAN " SAUL Eli, Jefferson Street.
PIANOS s. ORGANS.
HOBBIE. MUSIC co.
HOTELS.
HOTEL LEE, EUROPEAN. Commerce Street.
HOTEL ALEXANDRIA, Chicago.
PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING.
STONE PRINTING CO., Opposite Hotel Roa-
ROOFING AND METAL CORNICEs.
ROANOKE ROOFING AND METAL CoRNICK
COMPANY.
IRON WORKS.
CUSIiMAN IRON COMPANY.
MARBLE WORKS.
JARRETT ~ BROWN, Campbell Avenue
DRUGGISTS.
MASS1E " MARTIN. Commerce Street
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Grave To GAY.

A famous couplet in Pope's Essay on
Man" runs as follows:
Formed by thy converse happily to steer
From grave to gay. from lively to severe
Walsh says that Pope plagiarized the
thought from Boileau and much of the YER
bal structure from Dryden's paraphrase Of
Boileau:
Happy who in his verse can gently steer
From grave TO light, from pleasant to severe
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For the Complexion.

Washing in cold water when over
heated is frequent cause of disfguring
pimples Hot water and piece of fan
mel for face cloth are preferable. Co
logne dabbed on the little black spots
after the hot water bath will tend to eff
face them
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WOMEN IN ATHLETICS
THEY HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING FROM
PUGlLlsM TO TENNIS.

Members of tho Weaker Sex who wrestle,
Lift Weights. Shoot, Judge Horses and
y Dogs, Play Golf, Cricket. Tennis and
Baseball, Swim, Bowl, Fence and Skate.
During the past few years woman has
been doing we'll so many things that
were considered exclusively within the
province of man that the term "weaker
sex" has been losing strength almost as
rapidly as woman has been gaining IL.
Not only is this the era of women law
yers, ministers, missionaries, journalists.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-02
The birthplace OF "Rasso,os.n

Another landmark of old London is
about to suffer destruction. This is the
house in Staple Inn in which DR.. John
son wrote "Rasselas."
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Easy Enough.

Willis-Did Slanter have any trouble in
finding his way around the streets when he
was in Boston,
Wallace-Oh. no; he's cross eyed, you
know.-Truth.
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or For the Shore.

observation-disclosures. is my bathing suit
In the trunk
Mammal don't know. Take that mi
eroscope and zee for yourself-Detro
Free Press.
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The Fish Commission.s yyork.

During the fishing season of 1902 the
United States fish commission distrib-
uted II total of 306,5sO, 432 eggs, fry and
yearlings of all kinds of fish. The largest
operations were in shad.
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a RenectiOu.

Rivers-That Miss Blenkins over there
was born with silver spoon in her mouth
Banks CRITICALLY inspecting Miss Blen-
kinsSIt must have been mighty wide
One.-Chicago Tribune
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DOonistlay Book.

Among the mnrvels stored away with
England's national treasures is the original
doomsday book, which contains IL record of
the survey made by William the Conpueror
OF the lands of England and the MINES OF
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-02
Passing tho Butter"
He Worked.

Housewife Ito trampSYou can't get any
breakfast here. Why don't you go to work2
Tramp-Madam this is the tenth house
have called at today. Don't you call that
work?-Yankee Blade
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Continental Hat

This hat is made of black straw and
is caught upat each side of the back I'M
der Prince of Wales tips. 1t is also
turned up at the front under rosette
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johnson. another End r;rl xwon o,
consecutive hours withop rest IN $500
Although woman has ,done very weIi
In this speciality, she is still far behind
her masculine rival. Tho cbomn;o,,
woman mile swim. NOR. Miss Tbereso
johnson, has rer ord Of az minutes "A.
seconds but the. sterner sexs record for
the aistance Under the same conditions
Is 20 lninutr.s 90 seconds, held by j. j.
ooliler o. London. On straightaway
o 90 II. Z. Magee has swum & mile in
20 minutes 3S seconds.
Fourteen men have iu,uned from
Brooklyn bridge into the East river ia5
feet below, but men have hot monopo.
lized the bridge Jumping BUSINESS. Miss
Mario Finney several years agS leaped
from London bridge and into neWspaher
nI,otoriety atthe SAME time. She nov bears
the poetic sobriuuet, s.Heroine of Lon
oon BRIDGE Her leap was As feet.
MISS CHARLOTTE Dodd, the lady cham
pion tennis player Of England, and Miss
vaoel Il. Cahill, the ex-champion of
America, could without doubt defeat
nan the male experts in the world with
eoe e1erting themselves. Miss Dodd is
Without peer among women tennis
players. She has been playing tennis
since she was 0 years of age and has
been lady champion of England three
years, She Is also golf player of great
merit. Miss Cahill is an Irish gi,S, and
recent importation. She haa rneen in
this country long enough, However. 70
win the American championship twice.
She was too i'll at tho rece,at ladies' tour
pament to defend her title, and Miss
Terry of Princeton is nov champion.
There are not many women whs are
expert billiard players, but Mrs. Nellie
Shaw claims to be Champion of her sex.
She practices four hours day with the
cue and is match for many male ex-
perts, but Champion Ives could doubt
less give her large odds and defeat her
| with ease.
There are probably half dozen wom-
en- pugilists in this country, but none of
them is formidable from the male stand
| point, and perhaps the less said about
them the better. The late Hattie Leslie
was the best known woman boxer, but
happily her handful of successors have
been so little encouraged that they are
rarely heard of. The fighting amazon
may be all right in Dahomey but there
is no room for her in America.
The male sex has its Shadows, Sam
sons, Cyrs and other strong men, but
close upon their heels are Yucca, Mi
nerva and other women far famed for
strength. Yucca lifts 300 pound anvil
with her teeth, easily supports n dumb
bell and three men-total weight 700
pounds-puts up 1870 pound dumbbell
with one hand and performs numerous
other remarkable feats.
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YUCCA,

made her member of the Sioux tribe
and named her Little Sure Shot. There
are many other women in America who
shoot well, and the Miller Rifle club ut
Hoboken, N. j.. has 20 lady members
who shoot offhand with the rifle and
make very creditable scores. They have
several times beaten the mems third
class.
Lady swimmers are SO plentiful they
have ceased to attract attention. Agnes
Beckwith Of England, who claims the
worlds championship, once performed
the remarkable feat of swimming 20
miles in hours 20 minutes She has
kept afioat 100 hours out Of 1877. Edith
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FANCY TABLE COVER.
Gobelin Cloth Being Used-Embroidered
In Any Suitable Color.

OF the innumerable materials that
have recently come into vogue gobelin
cloth deserves perhaps the warmest con- ON
mendation of all, for it does well for a
goodly number of things. 1t Is heavier
than linen, and SO even better for many
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-02
But Not the Worst.

The nrst caricaturist is said to have
6een Ahtiphitus, an Egyptian, about 832
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A Gift.
i / pay this money back

Tom-When shall pay this money back
to your
Jack-Oh, whenever 1t is convenient.
Iom-Thanks for the gift, Jack.-Tit-
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THREE CORNERED.

bow of ribbon, and from the rosette at
each side starts roll of ribbon which is
carried around the under part to form
bandeau. The crown 10 decorated with
a band of fancy straw and plating of
hssa-
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A Logical Recipe.


70 rid myself of a troublesome man,
0f troublesome kind, tits avery good plan.
If find that he can teach me,
Or by logic overreach me;
If he speaks of better ways
Or foretells of better days
For the toiling, hungry people of the land
If he singles out the flaws
In our economic laws
And his reasoning don't care to understand;
Or he speaks against the party
That cheer for, oh, SO hearty,
Or of it's platform questions but plank,
call him an old crank!
If his sentiments are human,
And he favors rights of woman;
Or if he's much opposed to groggeries,
Or locked-out workmen have his sympathies,
Pm always just that frank
call him fool crank.
II his theories appear too finely spun
For the habit OF my thought,
Then this weapon-as ought
1 let fly, because it's such mighty one:
'You are nothing but crank"
And, no matter what his rank,
It floors him, just as would gattling gunl
Lord, thank thee hour by hour
For that word of awful power
Webster ALSO Worcester too,
Doctor Johnson-all of you.
Ye preserved for us today
The mighty word, C-r-a-n-kl
Which, like the roundsman's billy
Knocks starvation howlers silly.
Cobbett, Baily, each thank,
That always safely bank,
When call man crank
long haired, lean and lank,
Cadaverous, hungry crank
have him by the flank,
Be he western man or Yank
If he only be populist blank crank
POP
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hees Of his pocket So that the minus
transportation corrupt debaan enough
accept passes corporations pass
the climax It Wood
parties Topperd eliminated
Woodruff?
LA CRESCENT, Mimi, January 8, 1893.
ten dollars WEST
sincerely hope he may J.MB
CLnARwArER, Mimi, january 7th, 1893
EDITOR GREAT WEST: e.
suit past sd R but
and the intelligent voter will back you every time.
DAWSON Minnesota january Z, 1892
dollar o The Gn1R You
gospel humanity
as you have been thus far. JOSIAH DARLING.
CLAR1ssA Minn Dec. g. 1892
GREAT WEST;
himself onward victory Ny sentiment is with
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be Come ali
Wegdahl MINI. goth, 1892. o.. RoIIEvsoN secy.
At the Murray county convention
reported the following resolutions which adopted by
sections
loss farmers and other
shortage weights and whereas the Railroad
no weighing grain at their stations:
Therefore resolved That demand the that they
compelling the Railroad Companies
stations shipping not less than fifty carloads Of in
resolved Thatw demand shipping
produce merchants enjoy the present time
Whereas the Judgment Of this convention the transportation
financial question the questions
vital m 5orance the producing classes;
resolved That of the
railroads and OF issuing directly
people without the Intervention Of private parties
M. l.. JACOBSON.
| p GILDEA
WARREN.
|
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A Letter From President Loucks.

A Letter From President Loucks.
To THE MEMBERS or THE n IA Cru
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BRooTEN, Mimi. Dec. "a, 1892.

~
EDITOR VEST
Wheat bushe worth 53c bu but
the GREAT WEST IN Minnesota the reform would
like dish skinned herewith
hoping that notwithstanding
live and and continue sitting the from the
victory crowns its Efforts VIM j. MARTIN.
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WADENA, Minnesota, Dec. 2O,s1892.

WADENA, Minnesota, Dec. 20, 1892.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
Enclosed find s. 90 for be
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editor this country would
then would have something once while to depend
PETER NEUENs.
WAvERLY MILLS Mimi Dec 26th 1892.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
send renewed subscription the GREAT WEST. Wish
~ the household OF farmer the state Its fearless
should be read and child il the
! MCDONALD.
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DAWSON, Minnesota, January Z, 1892

WEST:
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withdraw The watchword of
himself onward victory Ny every sentiment with
REFORM j. H.