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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-04
Especial Correspondence

WASHINGTON, Sept. "E.-We have had
20 end of talk in the senate, but we have
heard precious little eloquence. Oratory
seems to be lost art among us. Here we
have 50 grave and reverend senators, sup
posed to be the pick and flower of the in
tellectual field in A states of the Union,
md yet among them all there are no more
than three or four men who are entitled to
be classed as orators. In granting that
there are as many as three or four we
are perhaps erring on the side of generosity,
while the moro severe critics would limit
possession of the divine afflatus of oratory
to a single individual, and he young Ed
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-04

SINCE its first introduction Electric
Bitters has gained rapidly in popular
favor until now it is clearly in the lead
among pure medicinal tonics and altera-
tives-containing nothing which per
mits its use as a beverage or intoxicant,
it is recognized as the best and purest
medicine for all ailments OF stomach.
liver or kidneys. 1t will cure sick head
ache. indigestion, constipation and
drive malaria from the system. Salts
faction guaranteed with each bottle or
the money will be refunded. Price only
soc. per bottle Sold by Christian &
Barbee.
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Approaching Wedding.

Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of William M. Barnes to Miss
Rachell M. Thomas, of EllYson, the
happy event to take place Wednesda y
evening. October II, at 1870 o'clock, in
the Methodist Episcopal Church at
Ellyson. Miss Thomas is the sister of
Mrs. Henry S. Trout
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MEN WHO TALK WE'LL.
THOSE WHO ARE cLAssED AS ORA
TORS IN THE SENATE.

wolcott the Only Member Who Possesses
the Divirio Afiiatus of Eloquence-Joe
blackburn as Spenkcr-Senntors Who
Rarely Take the Floor.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-04
For Over Fifty Year,

MRS; WINsLows SooTHING SYRur has Dcen nscd
for children teething. 1t soobes the child s0ftens
the gums, allays all pains, cure wind collie, and is
the best remedy for DiarrhGa. Twenty-Five cts a
bottle. SO d by all druggists throughout the world
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Artificial Limbs,

BEST ARTIFICIAL LEG MANUFACTURED,
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avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. Write for de-
scrlptive catalogue. Address all com
munications to DIR. j.. w. THOMPSON
who mas been secretary and general
manager for "a years.
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TFYOUn nACn A,,ure

Or you are oil worn out, really good for moth.
ing; Il Is general debility Try
BROWNS IRON BITTERS.
At viii cure you, cleanse your liver, ana give
good appetite,
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CHRISTIAN az BABBEE, druggists, will
tell you that Johnson's Magnetic Oil
always gives satisfaction and ia tbs
cheapest,
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WHY You Do NOT Read The ROANOKE TIMES:
BECAUSE you don't know that Roanoke has within ton
years become the third largest city In Virginia
Because yon don't know that THR T1MRs5is the repre-.
tentative organ Southwest Virginia.
Because you don't know that THR TnGRs Ia the bess
paper In Virginia. outside If Richmond.
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-28
The Habits OF Infants.

Mothers dear li:tle lamb. So it
shall suck its thumb if it wants to.
There, there, so it SHALL" And back
into the mouth goes the little thumb,
and another inludicious woman scores
point against her common sense and
makes stronger the bonds of an injuri-
Gus habit.
And so the child grows up, regard
less OF the advice and warnings of
friends and physicians and some day
the boy or girl awakcns to the fact that
it, face is disfgured, its teeth entirely
out Of place. its mouth misshapen and
its thumb IN unsymmetrical lump.
And why? Because its mother lacked
the decision necessary to correct a bad
habit in baby. or possibly because
she first encouraged or taught it the
trick.
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-28
a Wss Boy.

a boy discovered horseshoe lying
on Woodward avenue, near Elizabeth,
In Detroit, the other day, and after
standing over IL for u while he went
into n store and got pail of water
and took i: out and poured it over the
shoe and then picked it up. Several
people noticed his action and laughed
over 1t, and che pedestrian querted:
Ibid you think there was 4 fire
under it, my boy2'
You can't tell about these things,
you know was the reply. Ave
picked three of them up in black
smiths shops and let 90 of EN- again
as hard as could. and | don't pro-
pose 70 take any more chances.
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-28
Edison's Latest.

FROM the laboratory OF the wizard
of MEMO Park there Is coming an in
vention which out-Edisons Edison. II
is the marriage OF the photograph
with the camera-the union in one In
strument of sound and sight.
With it the opera can be carried
into the parlor and the artists can not
only be heard but seen. The popular
preacher, the eminent public speaker
with it can all be brought to the home.
The new wonder will be called the
"Kinetograph,n strange-sounding
title to the ear to-day, but destined
perhaps soon to become as familiar ns
locomotive or telephone, both strange
words in their infancy.
Mr.. Edison has been AT work on this
newest conception of his genius for
three years. Now he knows Its base
principle and all that remains to be
done is to perfect the details
The new invention is II combination
machine. in which the photograph
and the Photographic camera work
sound, but show picture Of what
passes before il. Not II mere instsn-
taueous impression OF objects, but n
continuous representation OF item for
Il considerable space OF time. Mr..
Edison claims that it will produce an
opera.
The photograph will render the
music and the pl geographic apparatus
will produce the performers, so that
thAi,. m tha ct a ill hn
depicted; every muscle OF their faces
will be seen to work; their strides,
movements-al will be true to nature.
In other words the camera will give
n continuous picture of singer on
the stage for. say, thirty minutes, all
his motions and gestures, while its
ally, the phonograph, will record
every note he u-.ers.
To reproduce this result 1t was
necessary for the inventor to be able
to take series of instantaneous
photographs, following each other in
quick succession, that no lapse of
tune can be detected between the i'm
preston recorded and the series Of
pictures, in effect but one continuous
picture.
And this Edison has succeeded in
doing.
Operated by an electric motor, his
camera will take torty-six Impressions
in each second of time, and in this
way the impressions are recorded so
rapidly that the motions become re-
solved into pure motion, instead OF n
series of jerks. The impressions are
recorded on long roll of paper.
fastened to a spindle, which passes
over photographic lens.
This is how Mr.. Edison himself de-
scribcs the wonder:
"Ihe machine starts, moves, I'M
closes, stops. takes photograph,
closes, starts, uncloses, stops. takes
another, and so on, and forty-siX OF
these are recorded every second
And this process eau be kept up for
thirty minutes without pause. SO
EGO photographs can be taken each
| minute and $500 every half hour.
Thus the full representation OF say an
| opera, the movement on the stage and
music can be recorded on this novel
| machine. -UeHUer Nc1cS.
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-28
THE BRONCO.
Everybody Knows Him, but There Ire
Few Who Know His History.

Everybody Knows Hin. but There Ire
Few Who Know His History.
There is no horse superior to The
bronco for endurance; few are his
equals. He came by it naturally from
the Spanish stock of Moorish descent,
the individuals of which race, aban-
doned in the sixteenth century, were
his immediate ancestors; and his hardy
life has by survival of the littest. in
creased this endurance tentold He is
not handsome His middle piece is
distended by grass food; it - loosely
Joined 10 his quarters, and his hip is
very short. He has u hammer head
and the pronounced ewe-necl which
all plains OF steppes horses seem to ac
quire His legs are naturally perfect;
but they finally give way at the knees
from sharp stopping with gag bit,
for an Indian will turn on ten-ccnt
piece. One form OF racing is to place
two long parallel strips of buffalo hide
on the ground at IN interval of but II
few feet, and, starting from n distance,
to ride up to these strips, cross the
first turn between the two, and gallop
back TO the starting point. Another
is to ride up to log hung horizontal
ly and just high enough to allow the
pony to get under, but not the rider,
touch it. and return. II the pony is
stopped too soon. the Indian loses time
in touching the log; if too late he
gets scrapcd of. The sudden jerking
of the pony on its launches is apt
both 10 IN, nj h. I'd l,,sn,l hi lynaaa
|. The toughness and strength of the
pony can scarcely be exaggerated. He
will live through winter that will
kill the hardest cattle. He worries
through the long months when the
snow has covered up the bunch-grass
on diet OF cJtton-wood boughs, which
the Indian outs down for him; and IN
the spring Il takes but few weeks for
him TO Sour out into spendid condi-
ton. He can go unheard-of distances.
Colonel 4. |. Dodge records an in
stance coming under his observation
where Il pony carried the mail three
hundred miles in three consecutive
nights, and back over the same road
the ne:t week, and kept this up for
six moths without loss of condition.
He can carry any weight. Mr.. Park
man speaks of chief. known as lie
Cochon, On account of his three hun
dred pounds avoirdupois, who never
theless role his ponies us bravely as u
man Of half bulk. He as often carries
two people as one. There is simply no
end to this wonderful product of the
prairics He works many years. So
long as he will fat up in the spring.
his age is iminaterial. -Harper's Mag
aZinc.
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-28
nestled down in his cage, rutlied on
his feathers as usual coiled up as ii TO
sleep, and thus gently died
TALE OF JOKE MAKER.
In Which the Public's Love for Moldy
Chcstnuts Is Illustrated.


A professional humorist said the
other day: There is great truth
about Jokes which both readers and
writers recognize in practice but do
not often formulate. 1t is this:
"a good joke improves no less with
age than does the wine OF Bordeaux.
Once upon time there was famous
speaker whose tolerably bad lecture
started of and ended with two OF the
most exquisite jokes ever invented.
People Travelled miles and sat patiently
through the same lecture year after
year to split their sides laughing Mt
the same old jokes. After the effect
of the Introductory joke had worn OIL
there was always II perfect silence I'M
til the lecture was threc-quarters done,
when the antcipations of an audience
which had never been swindled would
begin TO break out in gursling laugh
ter. mods, winks and whispers of It's
coming" And when al last this we'll
seasoned old chunk of wit brought the
performance 10 a close the very roof
was raised.
But one fatal night there was bad
case OF dyspepuc peaslnllsm IN ifoht
seat. 1t is true that when he roared
chestnut at the first joke the audience
nearly mobbcd him, but the lecturers
tender spot was touched. He prepared
new lecture which began and ended
with two absolutely fresh jokes.
When the lecturer walked upon the
platform with his new manuscript in
his hand he received an ovation.
The first new joke seemed to stu
pefy the people. But few sentences
of the new lecture woke them up and
they rose MS one man and demanded
their money at the box Office. At the
next town the lecturer affixed the old
jokes to the new lecture, and all went
SO well that he is still cracking them
with constantly increasing success,
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-28
suiciaes at Monte Carlo.

II was lucky day for the managers OF
the Monte Carlo casino when, in studying
how TO avoid being bled by journalistic
blackmailers they hit upon the plan OF
Gevoting part OF their ill.gOttcr gains 10
tho formation OF what Prince Bismarck
would have called n reptile fund.- ior
the purpose OF Substituting the purchasabie
press in their interest. Since that time
the world has been edited from time to
time by circums taniIal accounts OF the
most tremendous runs OF luck on the part
Of trequcuters of the Monte Carlo tables,
and winnings have been reported as of
common occurrence sufficient 10 break tue
bank though it had been backed by the
Rothschlds. That these ingenious bats
have been swallowed IS appareu. from
the increased attendance at the SALON
The latest story OF the kind was TO the
effect that the Duchess OF AOurose had
left Monte Carlo richer Oy 25U,OJO francs
than when she arrived there. Following
upon this announcement came u rush TO
the famous gambling place, tho crowds
being larger than ever Known there be-
fore. Tue receipts Of the bank last month
have been something fabulous. As one
resul, there has been no less tuun seven
suicides OF ruincd players since May l.
The last self-murder TO be recorded is thas
Of Bavariau banker. who Is said to Auve
lost million francs OF his own and his
clients money
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-28

y story of some age is again going
the rounds OF the eastern press, OF n
German cobbcr. who was reputed to
be one Of the LATEST and most worth
less men in Leadvillc. He dug hole
in his yard and salteI it with ore, and
showing the pit to the representatives
of company he was able To sell out
for 81, 800. During the carousc which,
followed he boosted publicly of the
way in which he had fooled the CAPT
talists. but before the purchasers of
his property heard OF these remarks
they had sunk the shaft four feet
deeper and had struck one of the
richest veins of carbonate in Loadville.
The cobblcr on learning what had
happened danced about the odge Of
the pit and swore that he had been
swindled. The mine yielded about
81, 600. 900.
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-28
Nc FaiIure oil the VesuvIus.

The attempts OF the Eunncrs on board
the Nesuvius to demonstrate the practita-
bility of dynamite in naval warfare
appear 10 have been Il failure. They We're
unable to hit moving target, or to come
anywhere near il, and the ships OF a
foreign foe would need only tn Keep them
selves In motion to DC entirely safe from
dynamite guns. The result OF the eNperl-
ment is regarded with regret by tue
bloodthirsty officials Of the navy, but the
failure of an agency designed to increase
the slaughter of war ought rot perhaps,
To cause any general distress. -CiicugO
yIgrgIJ
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-28
Woe, woe. unu,,erable Woe.

Why endure 1t daily. nightly, we had wei
nigh said. hourly. They do WHO are tor
tnred by chronic rheumatism. Theremedy'
botanic, pure safe and prompt Is, Il. hanI.
Were the evidence In behalf OF Hostetters
stomach Bittels collatod. II would be found
to TEEN with well authenticated proofs mat
the medicine Is both Il preventive ana u
remedy in this malady OF varying aYoni.5
and ever present danger. To forettaII us
chronic stage is the dictate OF prudence,
Rerounce dangerous medication. iaF more
the benefccnt consequences Is the use oil
the Bltter,. Experience indorscss the rec
ommendation of physicians sanction its use
Begin early, use with persistence; ana cN-
poet relief Iiostctter's stomach Bittcrs re-
lievcs constipation. hiliousneSS Kidney al
meuts. dyspepsia aud maluriul troub!s-
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-28
August
Flower

Perhaps you do not believe these
statements concerning GREEN'S Au-
gust Flower. Well, we can make
you. We can't force conviction in
to your head or med
Doubling icine into your
throat. We don't
Thomas. want to. The money
Is yours, and the
misery is yours; and until you are
willing to believe, and spend the one
for the relief of the other, they will
stay so. John Il. Foster, 1I2e
Brown Street, Philadelphia, SAYS:
" My wife is little Scotch woman,
thirty years ofage and of 4 naturally
delicate disposition. For FIVE or six
years past she has been suffering
from Dyspepsia She
V'omit became SO bad at last
that she could not sit
Every Meal. down TO meal but
she had TO vomit it
as soon as she had eaten it. Two
bottles of your August Flower have
cured her, after rnony doctors failed.
She can now eat anything, and enjoy
1t; and as for Dys pepsia, she does not
know that she ever had it." q
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-28

\ gentleman interested in naviga-
ton went TO the top OF the city hall
tower in Detroit 10 take view OF the
ice in the river and lake with a spy
glass, and while thus engaged n coun-
tryman and his wife came putting up
the long spiral staircase. They sank
into q seat, rested, and then rose to
look about.
My goodness, John how weak and
trembly | feel" said the woman.
Pears like I'd lost my feet. Do let's
20 down. 1t fairly makes my head
whirl TO look down; and s'posc the
buildin' should fall.
We'll, we'd be on top If it did"
said John, who tried hard TO assume n
careIessncss he did not feel.
ION, come. do let's 90 down; it
seems so awfully polserish up here"
Thus persuaded the husband con-
scented, and the TWO started to make
the descent. just as they We're abreast
of tho city hall bell the ponderous iron
hammer descended on the great bell
and struck one o'clock. The woman
gave shriel; and tainted dead away.
When restored to consciousness, Il few
minutes later. she looked wildly around
and asked:
els this the world?'
..Oh yes, 4" snid the husband vino had
been nearly rs badly scared AS his wife,
we're still on earth,
What 4 mercy Did the building
fall?"
mo. it was the clock here strik
ing l."
For the land sake
Both then hurrledly resumed their
descent evidently glad that they had
rot happened there an hour before.
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-28
Lettuce Grows While You Wait.

a New York paper contains the follow
ing: a novel experiment has been de-
vlsed Tor the entertainment of dinner
guests, the serving of salal grown under
the very eyes of the guests who partake
OF IL. The secret of performing this
magic feat lies in soaking good gerininat
ing lettuce seed in alcohol for about six
hours, and sowing in IL an equal mixture
of unslacked lime and rich soil After
the soup has been served, sprinkle the
seed with lukewarm water and they will
sprout Immediately, the lettuce growing
to about the size OF hazel nuts before the
time for serving the snlad arrives.
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-28

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
ANY case Of Catarrh that can not be cured W
taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY 81 CO., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +: j.
Cheney for the last Ii years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all buriness transactions,
and financially able 10 carry out any obIga-
tons made by their firm.
We.t&TruaI, WholesaleD Druggists, Toledo OHIO
Wading, Kinnsu y Marvin, Wholesale Drug.
gists. Toledo. Ohio
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price i5c. per bottle. Sold by all
DRUGGISTS
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-28
0ucstIon- of Parcntngc.

The financial editor in fit OF tenn
porary alteration, cheerfully remarked
last night to the religious editor that
1T is wise stock that knows its own
par. 80 it is" assented the relig
ious editor forgetting his line of work
for the moment, but you'll find that
the champagne cork that knows its
own pepper is much wiser. n-Cincin-
natl Commercial Gazette.
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-28

MIR. Henry George halls the third party
as an evidence of the growing indepen-
dence OF the people-their indepen lence of
political control-but says that 1.-THE new
party is composed OF two many inconcru-
Gus elements. and lacks as yet the clear,
dominating principle which is necessary
for the party which is to take the place OF
one of the great national parties This is
shown by the failure of the platform to
take ground on the tariff question, which
is 10 day, both logically and in the public
mind, the dominating question of the
tune. n-Mempitis Comm rctH.
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-28

Old Kentucky hunters. it is said, did
not shoot bullets into squirrels, but, as
the phrase was barked them. The
shots went between the chins of the
small animals and the limbs on which
they stood, and sent the game TO the
ground in series of somersaults, with
the breath knocked out of them. with
out spelling their skins and flesh.
They never mangied their game.
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-28
The Photographer and she stage.

A curious Photographic illusion has
been invented by well known London
photographer. A piece of statuary is
needed in certain play. but no sculp-
tor can furnish it within the given
tine. a photographer comes to the
rescue by projecting an image upon
the stage, and go perfect is the illusion
that the spectator will hardly believe
that he is not looking upon solid mar
-
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-28

A Chicago man named Hendricks
died in 1891, leaving considerable pro-
perty, and it was only the other day
that his heirs found the records to
prove up their claims. There is never
Il great hurry about anything in Chi
cago, unless it is dropping street car
through u swing bridge into the river.
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-28
WHY BE "ALONE?"
The Man who Has No Family Ties or
sympathIxInS Companions.

sgmpathlzinS Companions.
The man who has no family ties, no
sympathizinE companions, no genial
relations with his fellow-men, is very
properly said to be alone in the
world But such utter isolation can
only be the result of volition. Even
the unfortunate who has outlived all
who were nearest and dearest TO him.
and can say with 1.-The lone Indian"
Logan. Not n drop of my blood runs
in the veins of any living creature,
may find friends who will in part at
least supply the places Of the dead.
We hear somctimes % people, who
have been sourel by misfortune or in
justice, retiringfrom the world. The
more fools they are. The world can
do without them. but they cannot so
well do without the world. The more
they NOPE in solitude the more I'M
happy they must necessarily become.
for man is constiutionally grcgarious
and social. aud cannot live n hermit
life without violtting the conditions
upon which his mental health depends.
The most terrible punishment which
the law can innict upon n criminal is
tho living death OF perpetual solitary
confinement. What downright idiocy.
then. il must be 10 seek in loneliness a
balm for sorrow.
1t will be said perhaps. that the
consultations OF religion may be enjoyed
by those who abandon the active duties
Of life, and sdclude themselves from
their fe!low-mep. We douls the truth
of this theory. Religion, real religion,
is active. social bencticient, not inert,
morose and selfish; it seeks to soothe
the sorrows OF others and does not
waste itself in idly moping over ones
own grievances