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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-31
Ordering n Dinner.

The average American citizen is won
derfully deficient in knowledge Of what
he can get to eat. Ho falls down when
1t comes to ordering dinner. The
great majority of people in this country
are brought up frrgally at home and
do not know anything but the common
est dishes. The consequence is that
when man goes into a restaurant for
dinner or to hotel he gazes helplessly
at the bill Of fare and sees many things
Of which he does not know the com
ponent parts. He dares not order any
thing that he is not sure of, for fear Of
ridicule, and no falls back on roast
beef and mashed potatoes. The fact Is
he doesn't know anything but roast
beef.
Same way in restaurant. When a
waiter shovos bill of fare under q
mans nose, nine times out of ten he
will look it over and then say, Gimme
q steak and some fried potatoes. Now,
the man who does this, and nearly ev-
cry ono of us does do it day after day,
doesn't want roast beef. He is sick
INTO death Of steaks and fried potatoes.
He loathes ham and eggs, and yet he
keeps on ordering them in dreary and
dyspeptic succession, because he doesn't
know any better, and he is too proud
to confess his ignorance. It's that way
with me, and III bet it's that way with
most of you.-Butfalo Express.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-31

THOUSANDS who have been cured
gratefully testify to the merits OF
Radams Microbe Killer Read what
they say by calling for fifty page book,
free a. JOHNSON s. JoHNsoN's.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-31

IT is interesting to note that in spite
OF the past years business depressions,
the Pennsylvania railroad closes up the
year 1893, without any floating debt and
with nothing but the ordinary obliga-
tions growing out Of it's traffic and cur
rent relations with other companies
The company has recently discharged a
tenn porary loan of e25O,OOO secured by it
in London last July.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-31
Fight at vInton

Tom Elliott and James Jenkins, two
colored section hands on the railroad
had a difficulty yesterday afternoon
about O'Clock over money matters. A
tight ensued in which Jenkins was
severely cut about the body with a
knife: lie was removed to the office of
Dr. cartwright. who at once rendered
the proper medical attention. The
wounded man came near bleeding to
death before the office of DR.. Garthr!pht
was reached. Elliott was arrested and
lodged in Jail. He will be given a
hearing tomorrow morning before
Mayor Gum.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-31

tomorrow, giving two performances,
evening at S o'clock and grand family
and school matinee at 2:15 p. M. pre-
sencing the new musical pantomi cal
extravaganza, The Rivals" and Gull
liver among the Liliputians This is
announced as the farewell tour of Mrs
Gen. Tom Thumb and all should attend
and shake the hand of this. the most
noted little lady that ever lived.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-31
FOR SWEET CHARITY.

The Ladies' of the Union benevolent
Society Return Thanks.
The ladies of the Union Benevolent
Society desire to return thanks to the
following persons who so generously re-
mem bered them on donation day:
&C. Taliaferro, ono days work; Hun, Andrews
II Thomas, sachs and ropes for tying parcels; G.
NJ Gambill, empty barrels and boxes; Miss
Mamie Miller, cash, So; Mrs. S. W. Jamison, cash,
81; Mr.. Fackcnthal, cash, S5: Mrs. VIM. Boyd, 1
mattress; NJ. A. Leiller, bushcl apples; Allison
ProfHt, bushel potatoes; friends packages
potatoes, paper bage, ! bushel apples;
Clay Franklin. barrels flour, lady friend, /
Miss Lizzie McClannahan, pounds coffee; Miss
Eta Harris, cash so cents; ID. W. Readc, pounds
sugar pounds hominy, pounds oatmeal, bundle
clothlng; Mrs. kuykendalt dress, 3 jars preserves
z. l.. Mar khan, 1pound coffee; A. W. Pitman, y
6ushel potatoes, % pounds hominy, sacks flour,
c. TaliafeIro, 6 cakes soap. dozen cans toma,
toes, Is sacks flour; g. B. Moomaw, / bushel
meal; w. II. Bane. Il gallon preserves, y pound
Mrs quarts IT, eaT UaFsG and Mr,
cai Be SGs @ fSn
Mrs. Ii. r. Macklin, clothing; Mrs. Stafford, a
OFT, cash, SO cents and ono lot of clothing; a
friend, bundle Of clothes, Mrs. O. G. Taliarcrro,
Society Of Second Presbyterian Church. ; new
articles of apparel; Mrs. Gordon Robertson,
fS 3d. Geo Harris E zones barrel barrel ouf 0p g
Booth, large lot clothing; W. d. Irby,
sack flour; Mrs. Vaughan, dress and tomatoes;
Mrs Z. d. Hollis, lot OF clothing; c. d.
kcnncy: pounds coffee: Mrs. h. johnson, meal;
fzz IIn1 ttWNdn tl,a
Printing and Manufacturing Company, per Rev
DR.. Campbell, check for $40; no name, one barrel
pounds coffee; Engleby Bros, barrel flour; Mrs.
II. S. Williams, pound coffee, cans tomatoes.
sack flour; David and Carroll Pcrsingcr, 81
pounds flour; Mrs II. q. Nicholson, 2 pounds
beans, sack flour, 9 pounds dried apples, pota-
toes and parsnips, pounds buckwhcat; no
na me. = pnscks meal and peck potatoes;
cents, ll0 pounds sugar, 4 cakes soap. 5% pounds
bacon, loaves bread 3i3 pounds oatmeal, can
baking powder, pound tapoca, 3 cans corn,
81 pounds rice. - Cans tomatoes, I pounds tea
can pears, POUNDS buckwheat. sacks flour
~ pounds coffee, 3 pccks, potatoes, 81 pounds
pounds beans. Is pounds salt; Second prcsby-
terrain Sunday school. can corn, y gallon APP
pies, vests, ! gown; dresses, 25H pounds
freight depot employees, barrel Hour; Tuff,
A An sv,, y Thomas employees. barrel flour;
sup; Mrs; VIM K. Moore, potatoes and dried
peaches; Mrs; ii. d. Guy, cash, 81, and clothing;
MRS. W. w. Lyman, pounds sugar, cakes
soap; Mrs. E. Ii. Stewart sack Hour and S
pounds lard; w. r. Becker, bushels meal, 25
pounds sugar, !. bushcl beans, rs pounds rice.
The society is now feeding 127 white
families. The colored Benevolent So
ciety takes exclusive care of tho colored
people at their own store in Davis
Hall
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-31
ROANOKE, VA. DECEMBER 81, 1893

THE courts of Florida can relieve the
pressure of considerable amount of
suspense apparent in the sportive ele-
ment through the country by decision
as to whether Corbett and Mitchell will
be allowed to participate in glove con-
test within the domains of that States
sovereignty.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-31

Entered at the postofiice at Roanoke as second
lass matter.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-31

2oweIl's American Newspaper Direc-
,sxy for 1891 puts the circulation of THE
aCANOKE TIMES above that of any
ather paper In Southwest Virginia, and at
acre than that OK ALI the other papers OF
soanoke combined.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-31

In 1883 tho civilized countries-that
is, Europe, America and the European
colonies and produced
BAL, 900, 900 tons of various grains, just
years supply.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-31
ROYaltyin Rnnnnla

The world renowned, original and only
MRS. Gen. Tom Thumb (the Countess
Magri), the royal midgets, Count Magri
ana baron magri' and the Liliputians
will appear at the Academy OF Music
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-31
"The Tornado

The scene of Lincoln j. Carter's new
play, Tho Tornado" is laid in
Wisconsin village, on the Fourth of
July, An approaching storm soon be-
comes manifest, it turns out to be
veritable tornado, houses are torn
asunder and blown away, great trees
are taken up roots and all, and waited
into space. tightening flashes and thun-
der peals. The scene is one Of awful
intensity and truthfullness. Then fol-
lows the deck of great ocean steamer,
the grand rigging scene with six sailors
on the yardarm OF mast, furling sail:
collision of two steamships, a scene
She's wing tho open sea tossing lono
man about on the waves which run as
high as the stage will permit. Chicago
harbor at night, dissecting room in
medical college, and beautiful au-
tumnal scene in the Wisconsin woods.
The Tornado" was unanimously pro
nounced the most deliberately staged
melodrama ever seen in Chicago by the
entire press Of that city.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-31

LADIES, if want pure, delicate soap
for tho complexion, Druggists will al
ways recommend Johnson's Oriental
Medicinal Toilet Soap. Christian e
Barbee
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-31
Geo. w. Monroe as .NIy Aunt Bridget

George w. Monroe and his clever
company of players have always been
great favorites in Roanoke and once
more they will be with us Thursday
night at the Academy. "My Aunt
Bridget" will be the attraction for the
night. The play is a hodge podpe of
fun and nonsense, but is bright and at
tractive nevertheless and keeps the
auditors in continual roar of laughter.
MIR. Monroe is afforded an opportunity
to display his peculiar talents as come.
dian and the company in support is a
good one. Owen Westford and Bon
Grinnell are tho comedians in support of
Mr.. Monroe.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-06
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
Pithily Told.

Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
PithiIy Told.
ISLAND people are making garden"
at a great rate, these fine spring days.
TIE naphtha yacht ferry will start
up this morning for the summer sea-
son.
THE Council Committee on Scales has
been called to meet at the City Build
ing this evening.
THE recent paving done by the street
car company, on the South Side, is con-
demned on every side.
WILLIAM CONNELLEY was yesterday
appointed guardian for the orphan chill
dren Of Martin COnnelley, deceased
The ball given by the Fulton iremen,
last evening, was well attended, and
was q grand success In every particular.
THE Belmont Brewing Company's
Book Beer will be on draught Saturday
and Monday in ali the saloons. 1t will
be big 3 day.
A MARRIAGE licese was issued yester-
day to Conrad 2. Ref, native Of New
York, aged 25, and Miss Ora Arnold, a
native Of Ohio, aged %.
MEMBERS of the Pink Carriers base
ball club are called to meet at p. ].
GaYins, 1886 Main street, next Satur-
day afternoon at 2 o'clock.
FLORENCE SNYDER was yesterday APP
pointed administrator Of the estate Of
Andrew G. Snider, deceased. Bond,
$1,000; Mary +. Snider, surety,
WE understand a number OF whole
sale fancy grOcerymen received china
doll babys for Easter gifts instead Of
colored Easter eggs. The gifts were
sent charges collect.
THERE were but two eases in Police
Court, yesterday morning. Mrs. Lizzie
Harding, charged with disorder. was
dismissed. A drunk was given the US
ual penalty.
THE roof of Mr.. Charles Goe tees
house In the Eighth ward caught fire
in a mysterious manner yesterday morn
ing, but the flames were Quenched with
a trifing loss.
ONE OF the most pitiable objects ever
seen on the streets appeared yesterday
in the person Of cripple who did not
have the use OF his legs. and who drag
ged himself along the pavement with
the aid Of his hands.
Ar COleman's drug store, corner of
Chapline and Twenty-hfth streets, can
be seen one of the largest sponges in
the world. II is owned by a New York
importer, and after three weeks exhibit
tion here goes to the Worlds Fair.
A DEED leasing the Steenrod brick
works, near Mt. De Chantal, to George
X. Wheat, reconsideration OF So and so
cents for each 1000 bricks manufac-
tured, not less thar l, 200, 600 to be made
each year, was recorded in Clerk Hooks
Office, yesterday.
THE Isaac J. Linton lots will be Of
fered at public sale on the premises at
Elm Grove Thursday, commencing at 10
o'clock. The lots will be sold without
reserve, and we promise all those who
attend that they will have an opportu-
nifty to make a irst-class investment.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-06
THE TRUTH OF IT.
Is There Any Limit to Human En-
durance?
A Revelation Which Will As
tonish Most People.
I'd Yet It Is in Reality Of Every
. Day Occurrence.

Intollowing communication is from
one Oh correspondents, Mrs. Carrie Z.
martn'lady well known and highly re-
spec1eo who occupies position OF the
nlgnest sou distinction in West Leyden,
Mass. He'xperienceis Of such nature
and us impo7Lce to many is so great and
1ar-reaching NJ we give it to our readers
in her own wos
Last summer vas all run down. had
cnlils' no eppeuevery little sleep nights
and none days, ia, smells. trembling feel
ings, and was SO wy 1 could hardly walk
around the room. Z continued to run
down IN neaitn ana ssngth until feared
utter nervous prostraon with its untold
~ sent for our town Musician and he
came good many time soon had 10
give up work entirely, 81 his medicines
did me no good. tried ride out one
morning. but went only q fl, rods and had
to come home. My huspanGhen went TO
church leaving me with the I-ed help and
my children. Such terrib day as /
spent tongue cannot descri( / could
scarcely get from the couch to hhair.
when my husband came In I'm church
/ told him was worse and thai would
die If did not get help soon; thai would
not lake any more Of the Doctors edicine
but try Dr. Green's Nervura bid and
nerve remedy, il he thought best
HE advised me to try it and wentume-
diately and got a bottle, which / bean 10
take; up TO this time we knew noIng
of its value except as we had seen it'd.
vertised.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-06
Nor AFRAIp on REvIsIoN.

It was a favorite charge Of the Re
publicans during the late campaign
that the success Of the Democratic par
ty would paralyze the manufacturing
interests Of the country. But the peO-
pls did not believe it and time has
proven the charge false. Indications
are that the present year will witness a
wonderful revival of manufacturing,
especially in the iron and steel indus
tries. It is announced that Car
neels & Co. will expend S2,00O,-
600 in improving their plant, and
that In some departments the capa-
city will be doubled. This is the firm
that have made millions Of dollars by
tariff laws framed in their especial in
terests, but they do not appear to be
afraid of tariff REVISION. The large ex-
penditures with view 10 an increased
output that manufacturers are now
making is an indication Of confidence
that will not be misplaced. There will
be a revision of the tariff. The Demo
cratic party is pledged TO this and upon
this alone they were endorsed by the
people. BUTT will be a reasonable re-
vision, with due regard to all interests,
and the country will be the better for
a.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-06
NOTES OF THE RIVER:
News OF the Boats and Boatmen AlonI
the Ohio.

News OF the Boats and Boatmen Along
the Ohio.
The river marks at midnight showed
IL feet 9 inches Of water in the channel
and falling.
The B. D. Wood, Coal City and
Smoky City passed down yesterday with
lows Of coal.
The Lizzie Bay for Charleston, at
a. M; the Scotia for Cincinnati! at a.
M, and the Ben Hur for Parkersburg
at 1870 o. M, were the packets yester-
day.
The packets scheduled to depart this
morning are the Iron Queen for Pitts
burg at 6; the Hudson for Cincinnati at
8, and the Sunshine for Parkersburg at
1880.
Robert Agnew, formerly Of the Hud-
son, has succeeded E. f. Maddy as chief
clerk OF the Scotia and Al Slaven. form
erly OF the Andes, succeeded Mr.. Ag-
new ou the Hudson.
The new Cincinnati packet which is
to be built TO take the place Of the old
Andes by James Rees & Sons. will be
one OF the most complete and finest
stern wheel boats ever built at Pitts
burg. She will be supplied with all
the latest Improvements rendered neces-
sary for speed. safety and comfort. 1t
is the intention Of the firm to keep up
its reputation in building Of new pack
cts.
WARREN, PA, April 5.-River feet
and 6-tenths; weather, cloudy and mild.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-06
IN MORE TROUBLE.
Frank Adams, Former Wheeling Re-
porter, Makes q Bad Play.

Frank Adams, n Former Wheeling Re-
porter, Makes q Bad Play.
A number of people in Wheeling will
remember Francis Adams, who held
down reportorial job on the NelUs for
short time, some eighteen months ago,
and who was arrested for obtaining
money under false pretenses from ex-
hibtors at the State Fair in 1891.
Adams got out Of his trouble here and
left town, but is in more trouble.
1t is reported that he was arrested in
Omaha, Neb., about a week ago and
taken to Boston to answer the charge OF
grand larceny preferred against him by
the firm of Meador & Co., of the latter
city. The alleged stolen goods consis
ted of $500 worth Of diamonds and
iewelry, which Adams is said TO have
secured on representation TO the firm
that ne could sell their goods on COM
mission to friends in the newspaper and
theatrical profession.
As soon as the iewelry was In his
possession Adams is said to have pawn
ed a small amount in Boston and then
to have gone to Omaha. As soon as his
flight was discovered Messrs. Meador 81
Co. reported their supposed loss to the
Boston police, the result being that In
spectors LegRett and Gidden were sent
to Omaha where they found Adams,
who agreed to return without making a
legal fight.
He is aso reported 10 have admitted
his guilt and to have told the officers
where they would find part Of the stolen
property, which he had pawned in
Washington. On their way to Boston.
therefore, the party stopped over in
Washington, where $500 OF the jewelry
was secured.
1t is said that Adams, who halls from
Baltimore, and who has wife presum-
ably living there now, borrowed from
Miss Meador q ring valued at $3.50,
which he forgot" TO return, and that
he drugged young lady living on Penn
broke street, Boston, while she was
eating dinner at his invitation. While
the young lady. who occupies promi-
nent position in Boston society, was un-
conscious from the drugs placed in her
ale by Adams the latter, it is alleged,
decamped with her diamond earrings.
When last heard from, so far as
can now be ascertained, Adams was
travelling from st. Louis for plug to-
bacco manufacturing house.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-06
a GOOD sHoWING.

It Is little more than month since
President CLEVELAND assumed the dn-
ties OF his Office. A considerable por-
ton Of this period has necessarily been
devoted to hearing and considering ap-
plIcations for olice, so that it cannot
be said that the new administration
has yet gotten thoroughly down to
business; but enough has transpired to
indicate that the government for at
least the next four years will be con-
Quoted with statesman-llke carefulness,
upon business principles and with rigid
economy.
At the outset the new administration
was confronted with scandalous loose
ness and extravaganza in the Depart
ment OF Agriculture. The process Of
reformation was at once commenced,
with the result that many useless en-
ployes, kept there by political influence
during the HARRISON administration,
doing no work and drawing big paw,
have been dismissed; petty thievery by
attaches has been stopped and the De-
partment is being thoroughly over
hauled. In this branch of the public
service alone many thousands OF dollars
have been saved to the taxpayers.
The proposed annexation Of Hawaii,
which the late administration was with
unseemly haste trying to force upon the
country, has been suspended. 1t was
matter, in the opinion of President
CLEVELAND, of the grayest import, and
fual action should not be had without
first obtaining all the information posi-
bic upon the subject. One of his earli-
est official acts, therefore, was to APP
point q competent commissioner and
send him to Hawaii to ascertain the
actual condition Of affairs in that coun-
try, the consensus Of opinion upon the
question Of annexation and the causes
leading to the revolution.
When Secretary FOSTER handed over
the Treasury Department to his sue
cessor, IL was in condition that excited
alarm throughout the country. So Sc
rious was the situation that IN the
opinion of many able 6nanciers the
Secretary could only extricate the
treasury from the difficulty in which he
found it by exercising the questionable
power Of issuing bonds to maintain the
gold reserve. Notice, however, was
promptly given that no bonds would be
issued and that the treasury would
meet all its obligations without resOrting
to an expediency not clearly sanctioned
BY law. The result has been that con-
fdence has been restored, and the sup
ply Of gold in the treasury is ample for
all purposes.
In the matter Of appointments to i'm
portant Offices the President has had
laborious task, but so far the work has
been well done, satisfying not only the
country, but his party.
Mr.. CLEVELAND has made an excel
lent beginning, and it is safe to predict
that as his administration progresses he
will convince the country that so far as
he is concerned public Office is in reality
apubllc trust.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-06

"In the course of two days our family
physician came in and, saying that ne found
me about the same, finally told me that he
had concluded to ask for counsel. He in
formed me that l might choose any doctor
l preferred TO meet him in consultation.
81 said to him, Then you consider me
pretty badly offP
"He answered, Il certainly do and shall
not prescribe for you again until some 9th
err doctor sees you, g l do not know what
to give you next
~ then said to him, perhaps you will be
offended, but have not taken any OF your
medicine for two days, but am taking DIR.
Greene's Nervura blood and nerve rem
edy.'
will help you | shall be very glad. You
may continue its use week and If no bet
ter. then we will have COUNSEL
But at the end Of a week / was better.
In two weeks l was good deal better, no
chills no faint feelings, ] could eat some
and sleep quite well. In three weeks / was
around and about the house. In four
weeks my hired girl left me and went TO
doing my housework alone, and have since
continued to do so, with seven in the fam
lily.
has advised its use from time TO time. say
ing that it would keep up my strength bet
ter. He has advised others 10 take it, tell
ing them of the good 1t did me. and to-day
/ have reason. yes great reason, to thank
God for my recovery, and through the use
of Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy. l am only too glad to testify to
its merits. God bless DR.. Greene and his
wonderful medicine"
This remarkable remedy is purely veg
etaole and harmless, and can be procured
at any drug store at 81 per bottle. Like
the above able and excellent physician, all
doctors of high standing recommend the
sick to use it, for 1t cures. 1t is especially
recommended TO take as a spring medicine.
Every body needs a spring medicine and
both physicians and the people unite in
pronouncing this the best Of spring RENE
dies. Use il now. sure. Doctors prescribe
and recommend 1t, because it is not pat
ent medicine but PHYSICIANS prescrip-
ton, the discovery Of the eminent special.
ist, DR.. Greene, Of 80 w. 14th street, New
York, who is so wonderfully successful in
curing all forms Of nervous and chronic
diseases, and who can be consulted free,
personally or by letter.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-06
The sumner shut Down.

The Sumner glass works are shut
down indefinitely. On Monday evening
the stockholders held a meeting and
concluded because OF shortage Of funds
with which to conduct business,to close
the factory, and last evening the men
were notified of this fact, and that they
would be paid on Saturday. The fire in
the furnace is Stacked, and will remain
in that condition for some time or until
they decide whether the works shall re-
sumo. They have some $1,000 worth of
finished ware and raw material on hands.
Most of the ware has been made on or
ders and may not be shipped out for
some time. The company is solid tinan-
cially, lacking only working capital. A
meeting will be held in few days when
it will be decided whether the factory
will resume. The closing down of the
Sumner means a great deal for Steub
enville, as the wages OF TIE 200 men and
boys employed there were a great help
TO the business. -SteltbenUitLe Gazette.