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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-16
FOOD, COOKS AND EATING.

Columbus discovered turtle soup.
Over LOO kinds of soup are known.
Calves head soup is first mentioned in
S27.
Cream ices were first made in Paris in
i774.
Moore was the only English epicure
poet
Locusts are still eaten in Africa and
Arabia.
The Romans were very fond of dog
fish, starfish, porpoises and seals.
The Jews made bread by mixing meal
and water and baking in II fat cake.
The Greek cooks could serve up pig
basted on one side, the other roasted.
A popular dish in Sparta was a mix
ture of cheese. garlic, eggs and honey.
The Chinese of America have drie !
oysters and cuttlefish sent from China.
Locke, Addison. Clarke, Hume and
Gibbon were celebrated as good eaters.
In the tenth century professors of
cooking appeared in Venice and Genoa.
The turkey has been honored in Eu-
rope ever since the discovery of Amer
ica.
In Addison's time the pigs were
whipped to death to make the flesh ten
der.
In the fifteenth century Mentz was
noted for its hams, Strasburg for sau-
sage.
The plum pudding was unknown in
England until the middle of last Gen.
tury.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-16
How the Umbrla saved q Suit.

In the case Of the big Cunarder
Umbria. which limped into port un-
der her own steam and her shaft in
splints AS it were, and which was
towed by the Hamburg liner Bohe-
mia for some hours before her cables
parted, her owners would have been
liable to salvage suit from the Bo-
hemia for several thousand dollars
had she not managed to get in with
out assistance. New York Evening
Sun.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-16
sabv.. Eve cuinea by a Dove.

A tame dove belonging to Andrew
Fairchilds of Fallarsburg Mich. few
from the dovecote into the honse and
alighted upon cradle which contained
an infant. No one was in the room exT
cept Mrs, Fairehilds. She, attracted by
the babys cry. ran to the cradle and
found the dove picking at the chiids
eyes, one Of which was punctured and
ruined forever,
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-16
FORGOT Himself.

The story of John -, as told on the
cars the other morning, was highly rel
ished by those who heard it. The man
lives in the suburbs, where he has a
growing family, and does business in
Boston, where his commercial reputa-
ton is of the best. 1t is true that he has
some eccentric notions-denounces, for
example, the tropical winter tempera-
ture of railway cars, speaks as scorn-
fully of the practice of emptying ash
barrels in the public thoroughfares as if
it were due to collusion of the offenders
with the health department, and will
talk by the hour against what he calls
"the rubber fetich," much bowed down
to at this time of the year by persons
who are ever solicitous about their feet.
But he is very domesticated, and this
in the district where he resides is held to
atone for his multitude of sins. Recently
he made bargain with his wife to dust
three of her carpets on cleaning up day,
the agreement being that she should re-
lieve him Of the rest. This arrangement
was faithfully observed by both parties,
aud for three Mondays in succession
john went to his Office with satisfied
conscience. But on Monday last, his
mind being unusually preoccupied, he
took carpet after carpet from his wife
and did her share Of the work as well as
his own, never stopping until the whole
of the carpets had been busted.
On the little lady thanking him for his
excessive zeal, John woke up to what
had happened, and now he vows to his
friends, who rally him on the subject,
that he proposes to suspend carpet dust
ing operations for fortnight in order to
get even.-Boston Herald.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-16
Helms Their Business.

First Footpad-Wasnt Judge Big
head the man who sent you to the
penitentiaryl
Second Footpad-Yep-
First Footpad-Then, why are you
30 glad he's been given another term Z
Second Footpad-He alters gives
good citizens tn full 'xtent o. tn law
wen they gifts caught carryin con
cealed weapons. New York Weekly
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-16
A Monster Kite.

A kite made in New Haven is
twelve feet across and fifteen feet
high, covered with red cambric.
Twelve hundred feet Of MANILA cord
IL used in raising it. This is run
from a great reel about the size of a
steering wheel Of a steamer II re-
quires two men-to turn the cranks,
which, it is stated, viii bear two tons
pressure. Exchange
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-16
whittier aud Hoimes.

whittier's regard for Oliver w.
Holmes may DO seen from this ex-
tract of one of the dead poets letters
10 Elizabeth Stuart Phelps:
have been ill but | went TO tho
Holmes breakfast for the good doc
tors sake. He and are very old
friends. not merely literary friends
We love each other.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-16
scientific Note.

Great Scientist trefectively)-I
wonder why it is that a cat is always
licking herselff
Little Boy-'Cause she has heaA-
Good News
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21


Justice of the Peace Philip Sommcr of
Newark, \. j., WAS recently convicted of
cXtortion, assault and battery. In pro-
nouncing sentence Judge Kirk patrick said:
AS justice of tie peace Of this county
you have caused persons to be brought be-
fore you on various charges in order that
you might collect from them illegal fees
Up to the present time YOU have escaped
punishment y short time ago the grand
jury named you in n prcsentmcnt, but that
didn't seem to have any effect upon YOU
Now You are here found guilty on charges
of cXtortion and assault and battery You
used your Office to Cypress rather than to
protect. The sentence of the court is that
you be imprisoned in the county peniten-
tiary for one year, and thence until the costs
are paid, ut hard labor"
Sommer was at one time IL police captain
in Newark and afterward deputy sheriff
Then he became n justice of the peace
Whenever one of his extortion cases became
known, he boasted that his political "pull"
would save him.
Constable Theodore Nolz was sentenced
on the same day and in the same court to
Six months imprisonment for blackmail.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21
Goopa,1,
: Sa6EGsz!zE-r1H
IN THE SUMMERS HOLIDAY.
Things to he Considered Before Migrating
to Country or Seaside.

Things to he Considered Before Migrating
to Country or Seaside.
Change of air is in the present day look
ed upon as sovereign remedy for almost
every physical evil and indeed for many
mental ones too. 1t is true that it is in
many cases sovereign remedy, but judg-
ing from the following remarks of a lee
turer before the English National Health
society it is not sufficiently recognized that
this remedy requires care in the admins
tration or 1T may do more harm than good
In leaving home in order to gain health,
or for the general summer holiday, there
are other things to he considered than
merely the air of the place we are going to-
Air is no doubt the most vital necessity of
life; good air is the most imports ant factor,
bad air the most destructive agent, so far
as bodily health is concerned But never
theess there are several other things
which, if not taken into our calculations
when migrating to the country or seaside,
will probably make all the trouble and ex-
pcnse Of obtaining n change of air worse
than useless
The two things that should first be in
Quired into when change to any new
place is contemplated are the water and
the drainage of that place. Frequently
people are tempted by descriptions of very
pretty places" very cheap places" and so
on. They write perhaps and take house
or engage apartments, and only when they
have got themselves settled in the place
they find that the water is almost undrink-
able. or extremely scarce, or perhaps down
right bad, or that the drainage of the place
is 50 faulty that among the surrounding
population scarlet fever diphtheria, ty-
phoid and the diseases generated by poi
soncd air and water arc of common occur
ence.
The source, therefore, of the water supply
should always be inquired into in going to
settle even for a few weeks in Il strange
ncighborhood. 1t should be seen that the
drains do not run under the house or very
near the source from which the water
comes. Both these things may take little
trouble, but it is quite possible to ascertain
them, and who can calculate the amount of
trouble that may be saved by making sure
OF these things before going to place in
stead of waiting to find them out after
ward in order to verify the cause of some
outbreak of illness.
1t must also be remembered that bad
drainage, bad air and bad water may pro-
| ducc other effects besides outbursts of vio-
| lent disease. People often go from home
for holiday. They find that the country
| air does not give them the wonderful appe-
tite they expected to have. Nor does it
make them feel the vigor and elasticity of
| spirits they looked forward to possessing; in
fact, though loath to admit it, they do not
feel rs well rs they did at home, though why
on earth it should be they have no kind OF
idea. The why is simple enough-the air
is relaxing, or the water is bad, or the drain
age is all wrong. The consequence is slow
but sure deterioration of health, and on the
return home all the anticipated benefits OF
change and rest have been missed.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21

der the fossliferous influence of this water,
and il was not Mt all remarkable that hui
man bodies were pctricd 10y it. The sin
gular thing about it was the way the bodies
ever got there, whcrcupon the reporter
promptly called Bozeman an old liar, and
rs the result of the frank understanding
thus established secured after IL little fur
thcr talk the contract above quoted
The method of making the fraudulent
petrifactions is exceedingly simple when
once it has been explained. They are made
from living models, who after their bodies
are properly prepared and oiled PROSTATE
themselves in Il bed of clay or sand until Il
cast has been taken of one side of their
bodies, when they repeat the process to get
II cast of the other side. These casts are
then used rs molds, and the 'pctrifaction"
is made in them of some material of which
Bozeman would not bctray the secret, but
which he declared would turn ont n perfect
copy of the original, even to the wrinkles III
the flesh and the pores in the skin.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21
pgrRlFlEp TO ORDER.
Origin OF tho Numerous Fossilized Human
Bodies From California.

ASouAco EEOih OatIIOEnlA.
California has become famous for many
things i'll the comparatively short time since
she began making authentic history, but
for nothing is the state more famous than
for the natural wonders that yet remain to
tell of the epochs when history was not
written, but embodied in the rocks and
trees. Not the least of these wonders is the
petrified forest near Calistoga in Napa
county, the fame of which has been widely
spread abroad, attracting many visitors of
scientific tendencies and many who are sim
ply curious.
Perhaps it was some of these curious Wis
tors who disseminated the notion that fos-
silization was Il comparatively common
matter in the Golden State. Anyhow the
idea seems to have become sufficiently pop
ularizcd to greatly assist certain enterpris-
ing gentlemen of the little town of Selmar
in Fresno county, who made business OF
furnishing what purpOrted to be human
petrifactions to museums and other insti
tutions, and they found II guIlible public
quite willing to accept their goods without
the grain of salt that Usually accompanies
tall stories and difficult facts.
These gentlemen did II thriving business
for long time, but finally petrificd human
bodies became so numerous as to suggest
the idea that n mine of them had been
found aud WAS being gradually unloatlcd
on the curiosity market. Then an inquisi-
tive San Francisco reporter, c. !. StillwcIl
by name, began an investigation that re-
suited i'll the discovery that Il man named
Bozcman, living about nine miles south of
Selma, had manufactured all these alleged
petrifactions, and that he would agree to
furnish them of either sex and of any color
or apparent race that II purchaser desired.
The reporter got him to make Il contract to
furnish "onc stone of petriicd woman, to
be so cast as TO apparently be the pctrilicd
remains of Il member of the race of ancient
mound builders of Central America the
figure to be discovered as though i'll good
faith i'll the Coast range of mountains and
under circumstances likely to give rise to
press reports favorable to the story that it
is genuine petrifaction."
Bozeman had started out with u fairy
tale about mysterious stream in the Coast
range whose waters left calcareous depos-
its in the cavities of everything it touched
and so in time turned it to stone. Fish,
birds, animals and vegetables all came un-
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21
A New Adjutant for the Second Virginia
Regiment.

BY order of Colonel Baker, command
ing the Second Virginia regiment, MIR.
G. g. Cushman has been appointed
adjutant of the regiment with the rank
of captain Captain Cushman is we'll
known business man of this city, being
president Of the Cushman Iron Company
and is also we'll known in social circles
He is almost i veteran, being q grad
uate OF the University of Maine, where
he held each year the highest military
rank in his class. dis company, at the
tame nc was in ,1rs,mmand, was the
victor in every contSwt over the different
companies with whom they came in
contact. We bespeake for him success
fui terrn and congratulate the regiment
on securing so competent an adjutant,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21
Masonic Officers Elected

All the stated communication Of Pleas
ants Lodge, No. SO, A. f. and A. M,
held sn Masonic Temple on Monday
night, the following officers were elect
for the ensuing year:
S p. Christian Jr, worshipful nc as
ter; w w. Dunlap, senior warden C.
A. Carpenter, junior warden; G.. Ora
ham Anderson, treasurer; Worshipful
j. E. Relcnardt, secretary; Il. M. Hume,
senior deacon; George Ki,zmiller, un
ior deacon.
The Installation will toxic place Mon
day night, June &c.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21
THE TIMES KODAK.
interesting News Items Gath
cred Around Salem.

The proceedings in Roanoke county
court yesterday morning wore as fol.
lows: In the case of Commonwealth
against George Ferguson, for felonious
wounding, the prisoner appeared in court
in discharge of his recognizance and
the case was continued for the common
wealth till the first day of August court.
The prisoner WAS admitted to bail in
the sum Of $3.50, with w. H. Ferguson
as security. Rules were awarded in
this case against Charles II. Jones and
j. p. Page, Witnesses, for non-attend-
ance.
In the. case of commonwealth VS..
John Hunt, colored, for assault, accused
confessed Judgment and was fined IS
and costs.
In the case of commonwealth VS.
Saint Shaver Judgment was confessed
and fine of SIS and costs was imposed
and prisoner discharged.
Motion was made by Judge Griffin
that three commissioners should be ap-
pointed to examine the state of the
clerks office, and the court appointed
for that purpose s. G. Wing6eld, clerk
Lynchburg corporation court; A. b.
Pugh and William Simpson, of Salem,
they to report at the next term of the
court.
The Family Coffee Rooster Com any
were exonerated from erroneous assess
ment of taxes.
One hundred and sixteen deeds have
been admitted to record since last term
Of the court.
The word trunks" was omitted in
| yesterdays notice Of the surprisingly
cheap articles at the College Avenue
| Dry Goods Store. The prices on their
trunks are so low as to cause suspicion.
A petition to Congress to repeal the
| Sherman silver act is being numerously
signed by Salem business men, regard
less OF party.
Miss Daisy Tompkins loft last Mon
day for New Market, to visit her sister,
Mrs. G. N. Hoover.
John Nj. Oakley is confined to his
house by sickness. Rather a rare &C.
currence with him.
The statement made in yesterday
TINES that County Chairman Rogers had
| called a convention for next court day
was incorrect. He has called meeting
| of the county Democratic committee tc
meet here next Monday at noon to ap
point date for the county convention
which will elect delegate to the guber
material convention in Richmond.
Miss Clopton, of Manchester, is among
the first few to arrive for the summer
school of methods of the 305 teachers
| who are registered to attend. The pub
| lie reception will take place next Mon
day night, and, if the weather permits
will be held on the front portico Of
Roanoke College. The brass band will
fu nish mus ic and the campus will BIZ
lighted with Japanese lanterns.
The following officers were elected il
N
Maury, w. M; 0. d. Oakley, senior
warden; Charles Hatcher, junior
warden; j. II. Duncan, treasurer; r
w. Kline, secretary; j. A. Floyd, senior
deacon. Other officers will be appointed
on Saturday night when the foregoing
will be installed
Among recent gifts to the Baptis
Orphanage was that of 'Shepps Photo
graphs of tho World" donated by E. II
Cumpston.
Campbell Stras is in Augusta county
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21
GREAT INDUCEMENTS
TO GO WEST.

Salem having been connected with
Roanoke by electric cars, which as
sures cheap and rapid transit to par
sies living in Salem and working in
Roanoke, and as Salem can give in her
different factories employment to q
large number of young ladies'; also
cheap homes either to renters or buyers.
This in connection with her cheap
markets make it very desirable to the
majority Of us just now. For further
information address box &c, Salem, Va.
10 law limo
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21
IN the Hustings Court.

In the Hastings Court yesterday the
only case of Importance disposed of was
that OF Eiiie T.. Bush, who sued through
her next friend, her father, Chas. Fl.
Bush, vs.. Jos. Ambrosolli for $500
damages. The jury found a verdict for
the full amount. A motion was made
to set aside the verdict, which will be
considered by the court. A verdict was
found in the case of Angel VS.. Kasey.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21
Sheehan-Berbcc.

The nuptials of Timothy Sheehan and
Miss Mile Ierbee were celebrated at
st. Andrews Catholic Church yesterday
morning at 7:3o o'clock by Rev. Father
Lynch. Tho attendants we're j. j.
Fitzgerald with Miss Mary Zerbee, the
brides sister, and Fred. Zerbee with
Miss Mcmillan. The ushers were Syl.
vester Serfert and Patrick Monahan.
The happy pair left Immediately on a
Northern tour.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21
Burglars In Evening Dress.

1t was found in London recently that n
man and his wife were in the habit of az
raging themselves in evening dress in order
to commit burgaries in the suburbs and
succeeded amazingly until the police "shad-
owed" and arrested them. John Davis and
William Smith, two persons not unknown
b the police, also displayed swallowtailed
coat, ample shirt front and opera hat in or
der to dignity their calling of pick pocket.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21
In the Police Court.

In the police court yesterday Thad
Hicks was fined 50 so for nuisance.
Isaasn Bird was fined s. for disorderly
conduct Mary Wyatt and Laura
Rhodes paid IS for creating a disturb
ance. Green Webb paid $40 for carry
ing concealed weapons. Eugene Phillips,
for disorderly conduct on the street, 50
j. c. Smith, James Carl and Frank
Murray were find So each for sleeping
in box car.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21
Funeral of AN Infant.

The funeral OF little William Robert
Ingram, the infant son of Mrs. Eugenia
Ingram, who lives at No. 1884 Wise
avenue 8. g., was held from Lee street
M. e. Church yesterday afternoon at 3
o'clock and was conducted by Rev.
Geo. "a. Thompson. The interment WAS
at Fsirview Cemetery and was directed
by G. w. Sisler.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21
She Is Still Insane.

Mrs. Mary Shaver was some time ago
tried before Justice Gregoryin the West
End. who adjudged her insane and sent
here to Salem, where abe was placed in
the county jail. Later on she was dis
charged as cured. She has again be-
come insane, and was arrested yester.
day morning by Officer Flag and locked
up She is still in Jail.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21
Assaulted with a Rock.

John Henry Williams, colored boy
OF bad Iepute, while quarreling with
Will Dooley, another colored boy, on
Commonwealth avenue northeast YES.
terday afternoon, struck him in the
temple with rock. which cut an artery
and had not DR.. G 8. Luck been nearby,
talking with G. T. Sisler, the in
jured boy would have bled to death.
John Henry has not vet been arrested.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21
Royal Arcanum Nova.

A. Bolts, of Fredericksburg, grand
treasurer Of the Royal Arcanum, is in
the city, the guest OF Rev DR.. w. II
Meade. rector OF st Johns Episcopal
Church. While in this city ne will do
some work for the order in Roanoke and
Salem Jacob Bumgardner, State lee
Juror OF the Masons, is also in the city.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

The Roanoke Gas and Water Com.
pany are putting up wall around and
otherwise improving the cool spring on
the Ballahack road, about one mile
from Mill Mountain, for the bS==at OF
the public.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21
Entcrtained Double Eagles Unawnres.

y man who was believed to be thief
pledged with Herman Stone, st. Paul
pawnbroker, n quantity of miscellaneous
goods on which he secured n loan OF S45.
After year the pawnbroker investigated
the property and discovered an old belt,
which, OH inspection was found to contain
$3.50 III golden double eagles.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21
Jos. II. Hanthorn to Return.

Joseph r. hawthorn, formerly general
foreman of the Roanoke Machine Works,
lately connected with the Grant Lo-
to Roanoke in a few days.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21

EAGLE dairy restaurant and ice cream
parlor, 144 Salem avenue. best tableser
vice in tho city. Breakfast, % cents
dinner, IS cents; supper, 81. Parties
served G. II. LUKENS, proprietor.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21

Cigarette Fiends Are Respected In Spain.
Workmcn in Malaga are allowed 10 min
ties leisure in every hour to smoke ciga-
Cites.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21

SrHorlIER's Ioduretted Sarsaparilla
corrects disorders of the stomach, liver
and kidneys, making them performs
their functions properly, giving new
vigor to the ontire system. Price 50
cents.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21

WHEN travelling always take cake
OF Johnson's Oriental Soap with you:
diseases are often caught by using hotel
soap. Sold by Christian & Barbee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-21
ALIEN ADvsRTlsnMENTs.
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.
a FIRST-CLASS INVESTMENT.

We offer the best security in tho city
and pay semi-annual dividends.
a S A S AVN G S B A NJ K
this Institution offers special induce
ments. Paid up shares $50 each. In
stalment shares 81 per month. Shares
may be subscribed for at any time For
further inform alton address
THE PEOPLES PERPETUAL LOAN
AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION.
WEH. r. WINCH,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Masonic Temple jana If