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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-18
BUREAU OF AWARDS, WORLDS coLUM-
BIAN COMMISSION.

Exhibitor: State of West Virginia.
Exhibit: Collective exhibit OF the
Mineral resources OF West Virginia.
To the Committee Of Judges, Department
az" Mines and Mining:
Ireport that this exhibit consists OF a
systematic collection, intelligently ar
ranged, in the West Virginia court, and
we'll adapted 70 give the investigator
most valuable information respecting
the resources Of that State. This col
lective exhibit contains, first, large
and complete collection of the Goals OF
the State, noteworthy for the number,
thickness, freedom from parting, and
good quality OF the bed sections on ex-
hibition, embracing all the varieties OF
coal so abundant in West Virginia: in
addition tOethe bed sections are small
cubes representing 100 mines from %.
counties with analyses PttaChgd; second,
a large aud varied collection Of cokes
from tine cok8 fields OF the State; third,
a large collection OF petroleum, com
prising both lubricating and oil suited
60 the manufacture Of Illuminating oils;
fourth, a collection Of the mineral wa
ters of the State; fifth, collection OF the
salts and salt brines OF the State; sixth,a
collection Of the iron ores of the State;
seventh, large collection Of the build
ing stones, including sandstone and
limestone; eighth, collection OF fire
clays, pottery aud brick clays, with
samples Of brick made from the latter,
and an exhibit of glass sand; ninth, a
collection of ochres; tenth, collection
of limestOnes and lines made from the
same; eleventh, chart showing by
graphic methods the coal area OF each
county and timber area as compared
with total areas; twelfth, useful hand
book for free distribution, giving valu-
BILE information relative to the great
natural resources Of West Virginia.
This exhibit deserves an award for
the systematic collection and intelligent
arrangements OF the exhibits, and the
value Of the entire collection, demon
strating the great mineral wealth Of
the State.
(Sigued) JOHN R. PROCToR, Judge.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-18
WEST VIRGINIA AWARDS


aiming Exhibits Worthy Of Especial MO-
tice-Miaeral waters Not Inciudqf
Below will be found list OF the West
Virginia exhibitors in the mining de-
partment at the Worlds Fair who have
obtained awards The list does not in
clude mineral waters, as the matter OF
awards on this class Of exhibits Is still
/ confusion, and the only three an
nounced for West Virginia are: First,
one 10 the State of West Virginia for
collective exhibit Of mineral waters.
Second, an award to f. Nemegyei for
Irondale spring water And third, an
award for the Red Sulphur spring wa
ter. These waters formed part oil
our mining exhibit, and were examined
as q part OF that exhibit hrst, but no
announcement has ever been made OF
the result Of the examination or any OF
the mineral waters made by the mining
Judges. Afterwards, these waters were
examined by the agricultural judges,
and the three awards a6oVereferred to
were published as result Of this ex-
animation.
Following are copies OF the two
awards above referred 10:
BUREAU OF AWARDS, WORLDS coLUM-
BIAN COMMISSION.
Exhibitor:-State of West Virginia.
Exhl0it:-A collective exhibit OF coal
(anthracite, bituminous and semi-bi-
tuminOus) and coke.
TO the Committee Of Judges, Department
"E' Mines and Mining:
I reuort that this exhibit consists Of
a large, comprehensive aud we'll ar
ranged collection of the Goals and eokes
of the State OF West Virginia. eomprls-
ing columns showing complete bed sec
lions of many Of the most Important
Goals OF that state, with additional
cubes, some AKA and some 12xl2, repre-
senting about loo mines. The Goals
are arraRged by districts.
The exhibit is especially noteworthy
for abe thickness and excellent quality
Of the coal sections on exhi0ition-tor
the purity, richness and variety or the
Goals on exhibition, embracing steam,
smithing aud domestic coal, gas Goals,
and superior coking Goals. 1t Is also
noteworthy for the high carbon and low
ash and general excellence OF the eOkes
on exhibition.
1t is worthy Of the highest award ~
for the number, size Of blocks, good
quality and excellence arrangement OF
the Goals and coke on exhibition; ~
for the trustworthy character and value
Of the information impaired; and 81
for the superior quality of the cokes, Is
shown by the exhibit and authentic
analysiS.and foundry tests furnished.
ISigned JOHN b. PRoCToR, Judge.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-18
DRY GooDs-GEo. M. SHOOK & CO.
: -
ART AND ARTICLE WORKERS
1t is not too early to think about these things
for Christmas.

We have Art Canvas in all colors Art Linens, various
qualities; crepons; Creionnes Figured Satines; Fig
ured Drapery; Silks and SikaIines; Plain India Silks
at Csc. 49c, 65c and up: Plain Pushes Is inches
wide over twenty shades at 59c yard; Figured
Pushes, same width, CSC yard; Wash Bond, II
inches wide; Uncovered Eiderdown Cushions in l6,
l0. 22 and "a incn sizes; Stamped and Unstamped
Linen Throws. Tides, Etc. Social values in all
colors and widths Of Silk Ribbons suitable for fancy
work. silk and Cotton Fringes and Cords. Best
Full color lines oil the well known "B" and ~ Wash
.ilo Iwis ed Roman Floss, Medieval Rope &c
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
A WHITE MANS NOTION.

African Slaves Can't lie Compelled to Fol-
low the Absurd Innovation.
EnTliShmcn are apt to confound AZ
rlcan slavery with the forms of slavery
known TO European nations One of
the curiositicS of domestic slavery in
Darkest Africa. says st. James Gazette
is that while the native slave owner
can, 10y custom. compel his slaves II
fight for him. and possesses other cXtcn-
sivc powers over them, he cannot 'lc-
gally' compel his slaves to work for
him. On the Congo and its afllucnts,
native mot Mohamrncdan) slave owners
pay wages to their own slaves whenever
the latter are required to carry ivory
and produce to the coast. Even Tippo
lib pays his numerous slave soldiers
under such peaceful circumstances.
The explanation of this anomalv seems
to be that war is Il far more ancient
and primitive institution than labor.
When domestic slavery was FIRST in
troduced' into Africa regular labor
was unknown: the right to monopoliyc
the slaves labor was therefore never
Incorporated among the Shareholders
privileges and prcrogatives. 1t is white
men who have really introduced and ac-
climatizcd the idea of worl, or .labor''
in Africa. When Pharaoh compelled
the children of Israel to work for
him he was considered dangerous
"cvolutionist by Egyptian conscrva-
tivcs. The Spaniards first introduced
labor slavery in the western world. We
moderns have completely forgotten
that the slave was originally in the
main fighting retainer, not a work
inrman
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
Equal to the Emerge ncy.

An anecdotc, showing that the pres
cncc Of mind of a lady of the last cen
fury was quite equal TO that Of the pres
cnt day. is told Of the celebrated Frau
Won Stein. While entertaining some
guests at dinner Il servant entered the
room bearing aloft in magnificent style
the piece &c resistancc,a fine saddle of
vcnison Owing, however, to some
lack of dcXterity ON the fellows part.
the meat, greatly to the CONSERVATION
OF all present. slipped off the platter
from its elevated position and fell up
on the floor Bnt the lady of the house.
the least disconnected of all, calmly re-
marked: Take it away and bring
in the other piece" When the
either piece" which, as.may be sur
missed, was the same redccorated, an
pcarcd, and the duke of Wcimcr. one
of the guests, was asked if he might
be served to some, he was unable to
refrain from the joke, and replied:
mo thank you. prefer some of the
other piece" How the quiclt-witted
hostess met this blow is not stated by
the chronicler.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
THgRMoMETRlcAL VARIATIONS,
From IS Degrees Below In Siberia to 100
Above I'm the Colorado Desert.

From IS Degrees Below In Siberia to 1ao
Above In the Colorado Desert.
The lowest mean temperature that
occurs anywhere, or at any season on
the globe, occurs in January at Wcrll-
o5ansk, in northeastern Siberia. Here
the mean for the first month in the
year is Gig degrees below. For the
same period the temperature is 40 de-
grces below over the region situated
little north of the magnetic pole. At
Werkojansll the thermometer has reg
istered over SIS degrees below zero.
Going to the other extreme, the Nauti-
cal Magazine finds that the atmos-
phere of the Colorado river desert has
shown n maximum of 100 degrees, and
this will give Il seasonal variation over
the land of upward OF over 200 degrees
Fahrenheit, against less than one-third
of that range over the water of the At
lantic. The comparative consistency of
oceanic temperature moderatcs the eli
matological conditions of approximate
land masses very considerably and the
disparity between summers heat and
winters cold is still less marked when
the seaboard is swept by warm ocean
currents. The mean annual tempera-
ture of the British islands is quite
20 degrees higher than it would
be did its temperature dcpcnd
upon latitude alorc This is, of
course. owing to the influence of
the gulf stream, which is calculated to
pour into the North Atlantic some thir-
ty-eight cubic miles of warm water per
hour. The heating effect of this cur
rent upon the atmosphere of the North
Atlantic is best seen by comparing the
position of isothermal lines with the
same temperature lines in the South
Atlantic. Thus, in the month of Jan
uary, the isothcrm of 81 degrees runs
in almost Il straight line from Boston
to Iceland and from Iceland across to
the Norwegian coast. At its most
northerly limit it just impinges upon
the arctic circle. Thus. the mean tenn
peraturc of % degrees is found in the
coolest month ut Il distance of CO.. de-
grccs north of the equator In the
South Atlantic during the month of
July, the midwi:ltcr month, the iso-
thcrm of 30 degrees is practicable idcn-
teal with the 50t'. parallel of latitude
Centre ting the temperatures for the
midsummer months. it will be seen that
while III the South Atlantic the iso-
tlcrm Of 80 degrees has Il mean lati-
tudc of 40 degrees, the same isothcrm
in the North Atlantic passes over the
middle of Iceland, and from there runs
in a straight line TO the north cape of
Norway in latitude - degrees.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
Thumh-NaiI Pictures.

In collections centuries old, to be
seen in both China and Japan, are
specimens of the most remarkable
drawings in the world, pictures OF all
kinds drawn with the thumb nail. The
nails OF the thumb on the left hand Of
the artists of these are allowed To
grow to an enormous length, some
times to a foot or eighteen inches, and
are then pared down to a pcn-shapcd
point. Dipping this oddly-constructcd
pen III beautiful vermilion or sky-blue
ink, the only kinds Of inks used in
these sacred thumb-nail drawings, the
artist gracefully outlines his work.
Occasionally the bold touches from the
studio of a master in this department
OF high art are life size, and are
sketched by few sweeps of the artists
arm. Like other pictures and sketches
OF the Orient, these sacred thumb-nail
pictures are mounted and rolled up
like scrolls.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
ROANOKE, VA, JUNE l, 1898.
SHORT ON GATE MONEY.

The late: returns from Jackson Park
show that while there may have been
200, 600 people inside the fence on Sun
day, the paid admissions instead Of foot
ing up $50, 0OU, as at first reported, have
dwiDdled down to "a, S57.
Now what Director General Davis
wants to know, says the Washington
Post, is how nearly 100, 900 persons got
in without paying their way. There is
no elm bling over as there might be at a
baseball park, nor crawling under the
canvass as there sometimes is at circus,
and the petty swindling resorted to by
smuggling passes out that had once
been used to come in on cuts but a
small figure in the grand aggregate Of
shortage. So the officials affect to be
is.
1t may be that the men who turn the
stiles know more about it than the Y
care to divulge, but is hardly fair to
assume that the gate keepers are all in
the conspiracy What then?
The general public will conclude tn at
there has been big miscalculation as
to the number of people actually on
the grounds or that an uncomfortable
large number Of free passes were given
out. Possibly when an accurate tally of
the dead heads is taken the mystery
will come considerably nearer an ex-
p lanation.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
And lie Told the Truth.

Mr.. Goldstcin-Come in, my fricnt
and puy some Havana cigars at half
price.
The Victim-No, sir. 1 bought some
of YOU the other day and did not like
them. They were SO dry and brittle
that they broke to pieces when L put
them in my pocket.
Mr.. Goldstein-Drya and brittle Mine
Colt! A shcnt.cman told me TODAY
that my cigars were the toughest in the
whole Eowcry.-Lifc.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
4 Glib Salesman.

business Man-Ill buy nothing more
from You. The last suit of clothes yo;,
sold me shranls terribly after single
shower Of rain. The coat now doesn't
reach as far us the waist and the
trousers are up to the knees.
Travelling Salcsnan-Thcn YOU have
tirSt-cla@S bicycle suit, and the hes !
thing YOU can do is to buy wheel
EliegenCic Blactter.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01

l. X. Crsmer, of Sudley, has filed an
application for appoin tment as assistant
superintendent OF construction on the
new postoffice at Washington, and John
4. Moore, OF Stuart, mas been appointed
chief of the special service division in
the general land Office
There are IT'S colored men in Peters.
burg engaged in the principal trades.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
Echo of tho DOG Show.

Mr.. Manhattan-That baby is maxi
ing dreadful noise, nurse.
Nurse Iis, sir. the poor little
things tecthing, and it's yerself wud
cry if ycz had the same pain.
Cant Mrs. Manhattan can't it's
mother quiet it?"
Perhaps She c'u'd, sor, if she was
here, but She has gone out, sor."
Gone out! Whcre?"
Gone to the dentists. sor. to hare
Fido's teeth fllcd.-TcXas Siftinrs.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01

'Iou arc the only girl in all the wide
world that have ever loved" he said
to the Boston maiden.
Il am delighted to hear You say So
she answered, but l think You are
hardly correct in saying the wide
world. Round world would be better.
The world is round, slightly hattcnc,!
at the poles. IN. y. Press
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
The Mayor Was PrGmnt.

Mayor II. s. Trout was prompt to
I GLOW the request made by Council at
the meeting Tuesday night anG yester.
cay issued an order for tho election to
be held June 29 in regard to the cues
tion OF the city guaran teeing the inter-
est on the hospital bond.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
THE TIMEs can DO 1ouna regularly o.

THE TINES can 20 Iounu regularly on
sole st the following places:
Roanoke-George Gravatt. Jr.. NJ. l..
1mith's, Hotels Roanoke, Ponce de Leon,
silks News Stand, "a Salem avenue It.
u. Carr, Terry Building.
Bristol, Tenn.-W. A. Ward, Front
street.
Bluefield-Bluefeld Inn.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Hotel.
Observation-Disclosures Inn.
Pulaski-Maple Shade Inn. Brown 81
ESfown.
Radford-Radford Inn. w. @. Butler.
6alem-W 8. Oakley 81 Co.
ashington--Willard's. The Metropoli-
gan.
WythevllIe II. h. Bailey.
Eorfolk and Western trains.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
Marriage Licenses Iksued

Marriage licenses were issued yester-
day to John Beninghave, OF Coaldalc,
w. Va, and Miss Sue E. NOEL, OF
Roanoke, and j. Edward Cannaday and
Miss Cora Lee Payne, both of Roanoke.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
Vvantei No I.xtrcmes.

Employment Agent-What was the
matter with Your last place?
pomcstic-Ihc couple had only beer
married month, an cudn't stand
tn love-mal.in'.
Agent-Wcll, here's a chance in a
house where the couple have been mar
ricd ten years.
nomestic-'That's too long. | likes
peace and quiet.-N. y. Weekly.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
W. F. BARBOUR, ROANOKE, va.
3rd Floor, Rooms and Z, Commercial

ord FIoor. Rooms and Z, Commercial
Bank Building,
Comm ission dealer in Stocks and Futures
Tor investment or speculation on margin.
Reference, by permission, First Ma .ional
Bank. Rome, Ga, and Commercial
National Bank, Roanoke, Va. 531
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
Addressed by a Roanoke LAWYER.

A. j. Oliver, the colorcd lawyer, went
to Chris tiansburg yesterday, whore he
delivered ali address last night at the
commencement exercises OF the colored
college there on The Importance OF
Industrial Training'
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
IInDoSsilIlc.

Whipper Golden seems to be
terribly cut up over his refusal by Miss
Spring
Snappc Why, yes; the girl couldn't
even 10 :; sister to him-for her mother
is only thirty-eight years old, YOU
knoW'-prcll
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
A Handsome improvement.

Neat iron balconies are being PLACED
over the doors of the Exchange build
ing on Jefferson street in the place O
the wooden portico recently removed.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
i Brilliant Imaginative rcort

Chawlcs-Count Maugipawni is Civ
ing it out that his family wealth is
simply fabulous.
Synnic-You bet it is fabulous.-Chi-
cagO Record
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
Get -Four Marketing Early.

The hucksters and butchers are going
tothe circus to-day. hash or no hash, and
by unanimous consent the market house
Will be closed after 0 o'clock this
morning.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
AS 1t Seemed to Him.

Caraway-Do YOU think that Othello
had any right to kill Desdemona?
Latenights (savagcly)-Ccrtain /
do. Any woman who sobs in bed ought
to be killed.-Truth
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01

Mammn-What, Mark, have you come
home to luncheon? | thought you took
your luncheon to school this morning.
Marll-Ies, IN, did; but 1 ate it all
up at rcccss.--lIarper's Young People.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01

"Ilave you seen Mrs. -, lady
who does all the tallSing?"
NO, had to give up her acquaint-
ance. tried for two years to tell her
something particular, and had to give
il up. ''-reXaS Siftturs.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
No Ceremony About 1t.

Eleanore-So you don't give Jack
permission to kiss you?
Maud-No. He just kisses me.-Chi-
cagO Record
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
o'Ferrall club Committees Meet.

The executive and membership com
mittees OF the O'Ferrall Club OF Roam
oke held meeting last night in the
law Office of Chas. G. Herring and
transacted considerable amount of
hnSinass
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
New Fire Net rested

The new safety fire net was success
fully tried yesterday afternoon at the
engine house OF the Vigilant Hose Com
pany.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01

Rowen's American Newspaper Direo-
sexy for 1891 puts the circulation OF THE
ROANOKE TIMES above that of any
other paper in Southwest Virginia, and at
zeore than that OF all the other papers of
Ioanoke combined.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
Small Chnncc.

Willis-That young man who plays
the cornet is sick.
Wallis-Do you think he'll recover?
I'm afraid not. The doctor who is
attending him lives next door.r-Life
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
4 Close Guess.

speaking of ages, Miss Flypp, when
90 yon suppose ] was born?' said young
Mr. Gillcy.
ION the lst of April, imagine. Mr.
Gillcy," replied the maiden. Judge.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01

Lord Chumpley-Do you return my
love?
Miss Millyons-Why, yes; haven't
the Slightest use for it.-Truth
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
The snare of the Fowler.

Eyes, | was on sleeping car once
when passenger was robbed"
well, well, you were in luck to es-
cape"
"Oh! I don't know; the porter held
me up next morning. Chicago Record
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-01
TELEPHONE NUMBER 1874.

TEE TIMBs is delivered in Roanoke, Salem and
vfpton every morning oylcarriers for 30 cents per
saonth.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-18
THE GLOBE THEATRE.

iron, hastily and cheaply erected There were
hundreds OF mud huts and wooden shanties
occupied 10y tho workingmen who had built
them. Even rs late as 1880 many OF tho
miners lived in tents which they had brought
with them from the Cape.
But when the building fever broke loose in
JohannesburG 1t WAS amazing to see the
rapidly with which it spread and wrought it's
good results, The first building Of any conse-
auence was tho Central Hotel: 1t was built OF
stone taken from the Doornfontein Iuarries.
i hard as granite, and combining the, colors
and Jan. J.. 1893. all the stone buildings that
now stand in Johannesburg were erected. To
describe them would be un endless task. The
aaccomranying Illustrations OF THO principal
buildings tel tho story IL thousand times bet
ter than words can do. 1t requires a vigorous
effort OF the mind to conceive such buildings
as these models. many Of them. OF high or
OF the Dark Continent
Johannesburg IS for all practical purposes,
an English settlement: Tho first to flock
thitherr when the gold fields were proclaimed
Terc EnEishmen from the Care colonies.
the Boers. have learned 1t and the Kaflrs have
learned 1t. The three daily newspapers and
the two weekly journals are published In Eng
lish. upon the model Of London publications
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-18

long ago MS the beginning OF this century. A
German explorer named Mauch, man
OF much enthusiasm and absolutely no practi-
cal cnracty. wandered through tho country
and came back to Berlin with eyes wide open
and mouth agape. The country Is full OF
gold" he declared. is that so 2" the Ger
mans asked In wonder. Yes. that Is So" he
replied firmly. But lie had not been home
many weeks when he suddenly s,aItcd upon
that expedition whence no man returneth
30 tho matter dropped. and talk OF gold in the
Rand WAS not heard again until 1854,
In that year buchanan called Jan Marais
hunted for gold In the Witwatersrand. and in
some spots whore tho soil resembed that Of
the Australian diGCings he IVES very success
Jul. Tho Boers. who up to that time were not
aware OF tho presence of gold in tho nei.hbor-
hood. gave Marais $500 for his discovery and
sent him back to Holland. The Beers. how
ever. are essentially m agricultural people.
and Ike all agricultural people they resent tho
Intrusion and innovations OF civilization They
are an unletterod people. densclY ignorant and
obstinate beyond ell belief Theirs is an ipdo-