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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-21
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-21

ground, and take f'sedstire m cfeeping up
under your garments. Finding the queen
is thus like hunting needle in hay
NOV. The best way to find them is to
fasten piece of queen excluding zinc
i'll front of hive, remove the old one and
put this in its place and brush the bees
from the combs and put them in the
new hive. The bees will all pass through
zinc, but the queen will be found on the
OntSide of it
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DOOR FASTENED AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM.
wide at A A. 81 inches wide at B B,
and 2 inches wide at &C. A iron clip
slightly larger than the lath at q point
of contact holds them in position on each
arm of door. The middle clip is slightly
more than At inches wide. The cut
represents position of lath when doors
are closed. 80 open, pull up lower lath
till notched &c catches and holds on
middle clip, then push the upper lath to
the left and let it drop down on B. To
close, vice versa. The point of excel
lepce is that the leth must be raised up
before they can either be opened or
closed
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Skin Cure and

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skin eoft and veIvety and restores the lost COM
plexon, is luxury for the Bath for Infants.
It aiays itching, cleanses the scalp and promotes
the growth of hair. Price 25c. For sale by
4 49, y CHRISTIAN 81 BARBEE.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-21

papers for the next week st 10
cents per hundred.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-21

If you feel weak
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-08

Up flight or two of bare stairs
there is q sculptor's studio and work
shop, scattered over two entire floors.
The sculptor himself is typical Ger
man. Everything is white with plas-
ter of Paris. and plaster casts stand
around like tombstones, while dis
tressing inanimate heads and limbs and
half figures are shelved in rows or
scattered around promiscuously. In
baby's bathtub, right in the center
of the floor, floats the prettiest, pink
est. plumpest baby's foot and leg you
ever saw, cut off half way above the
knee, and you turn away from it only
to encounter dimpled arm and hand,
with the tapering finger pointing
straight at you from the nearest shelf.
The sculptor sits unmoved by his
grewsome surroundings. He has a
big apron OH and is modelling child's
head ont of clay. Sometimes he
works from living model--a profes-
sioral poser-sometimes from photo
grapl., sometimes from his fancy, &C
cording to the needs of his customer.
Whcn this child's figure is completed
it is to be one of Christmas group in
the show window of big dry goods
house, which is already working on its
display, and it is to be an ideal Santa
Claus child. When the clay head is
finished, it il given TO young man,
who puts it on pedestal, and with u
broad, fiat knife, covers it with plaster
Of Paris in two sections, being careful
to grease the edges, so the front and
back sections will fall apart readily
when the plaster is stiff enough to
come off. This plaster cast faithfully
copies every outline of the clay figure,
even to the tiniest curve. and when
the melted wax is poured into it the
outlines arc re-revcrsed aud the figure
cornes ont right side again.
The wax comes ii bulk. III a pure
white state, and when melted is tinted
only in the groundwork or flesh colo=.
For the delicate coloring of a hair
sstore beauty. the wax must be the
Manifest pink; for mans face it is
Barker, and for on Indian or muiatto
darker still. The melted wax is thin
s water. and when poured into mold
hls it completely. Curiously enough,
when it cools it eolidities to such an
extent that there is barely two inches
ISKickness of the wax, and it is per-
Secby uniform and us smooth as satin
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The Father of EXp0sitiOns.

The originator Of National exposi-
tions was Napoleon. He began in
1893 a eeries OF National oxpcsitions,
which continued at intervals OF from
four to seven years until 1859. They
were intensely National IN their spirit.
A gold medal vas offered ai the earliest
OF them to the manufacturer who
should deal the hardest blow ut Eng
lish trade. Al the French Exposition
of 1910 this spirit still survived 50
strongly that tho Minister III Com
merce publicly declared that o propo-
sition to admit foreign exhibitors and
their products "conld only have cnG-
mated from tae enemies OF France. I"
To England, ns Nation, and largely
to the late Prince Consents personal
influence and excrtions belongs the
honor of organizing the first great cx-
hibiticn in which merely National
lines were oversteppcd and an inter
national scope given to it. Tho c':ti-
bition Of 1851, held ill tie Crystal
Palace, London, which, in its day, was
one of the wonders of tho world, was
the first truly large and ccmprehen-
sivo international enterprise Of tho
kind.-New Orleans Picayune.
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The Oldest POstmistresS.

There are, according to a recent
computation, $685. women postmasters
in the United States, Pennsylvania
having 463, the largest number, Alaska
having only one. In this position
women have won highest praise for
the excellence and accuracy of their
work anG the conscientiousness with
which it is executed, says the Boston
journal. They are almost always
popular, both with their patrons and
with the Government Department,
simply because, working with all their
tact and business ability, they are
courteous and try to please the people
they serve. They are sometimes the
most important persons in their own
towns, and, without reading the postal
cards that pass through the Office, are
we'll informed regarding what is going
on around them. Miss Martha +.
Stone, of North Oxford, Mass, is the
Oldest woman postmaster in the coun-
try. She received her commission
April 81, 1857, from Horatio King,
who was then First Assistant Post
master General. There were then
only two mails day at North Oxford,
but since that time the business is
nearly quadrupled. Miss Stone has
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-08
Hired Relations.

One of the curious national branches
of industry which have grown to enor-
nous proportions in Bucharest, the
capital of Roumania, is the noble pro-
fession of ''hired relatives" which
undertakes to furnish to everybody in
want of parents, brothers, sisters,
aunts, etc., the necessary persons to
represent them. .5 .ss r.. ~
Persons who desire to get married,
for instance, and have no parents to
figure at their respective weddings,
or who are in possession of such who
decline to give their consent to the
marriage of their sons and daughters,
need do nothing more than station
themselves near the entrance to the
Marriage License Bureau. There
they will soon find themselves accosted
by some '.gentleman" or "lady" who
for moderate sum of money is swilling
to take the place of the absent parent.
For twenty lei (S4) quite a respec-
table-looking father can be hired.
Fifteen lei is paid for brother and
fashionably- dressed mother costs the
same amount. Investigation has dis
closed the fact that some of these pro-
fessional mothers have figured at mar
riages fifty times year.
The police department is just de-
voting considerable time to the sup
preston of this nefarious business,
which has been fourishing 1nmolested
for some time.-St. Louis Post-Dis.
match
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CURIOUS FACTS.

Maps were invented by Ana1iman.
der, Greek, about B. e. 568.
Rats avoid house wherein a guinea
pig is permitted to roam at will.
A woman in Tanner, W. Va, gave
birth to her twenty-ninth child few
days ago.
A grouse recently few into store
ct Eugene, Oregon, and WAS cap
tured alive.
Four rings were used in the mar
riage ceremony of Mary Stuart to
the unfortunate Darnley.
The preliminary surveys for the Pa
ciic Railroad required four seasons,
and cost over 81, 100000.
The first woman's face represented
on coin was that of Pulcheria the
Empress Of the Eastern Empire.
The !aagest known species of night
flying insect is the Atlas moth, q resi-
dent of the American tropics, which
has wing spread of over foot.
The original designation of the Rus
sian ruler was .autocrat, a term bor-
rowed from title of the Greek en-
perors. The title czar was taken first
by Autocrat Vladimir about 1120. The
Russian rulers were called czars or
grand dukes until the sixteenth century,
when they claimed the title of Emper.
or.
The censor had charge of Roman
morals, and was always kept busy.
There we're two censors, and their Office
was held sacred and regarded as su-
perior to all others save the dictator
ship. 1t was part of their duty to
preserve register of the citizens and
their property, and they acted partly
as superintendents of the census, part
ly as assessors.
A recent writer asks whether ants
talk, and relates that he saw a drove
of small black ants moving apparently
to new quarters. Every time two met
they put their heads together asthough
they were chatting. To investigate
the matter he killed one, and the eye
witnesses of the murder lastened away
and laid their heads together with every
ant they met. The latter Immediately
turned back and fled.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement An4
tends to personal enjoyment whnn
rightly used. The many, who live b..
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more prompdy
adapting the worlds best products =
the needs of physical being, will attee
the value to health of the pure hq1id
laxative principles embraced In d.
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleme
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect hx-
ative; effectually cleansing the systez
dispelling colds, headaches and feven
and permanently curing constipatim
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the KID
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak.
ening them and it is perfectly free fum
every Objectionable substance. 5Ss
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drus
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but it's man-
ufactured by the California Fig SyuP
Co. only, whose name is printed on eycy
package, also the name, Syrup OF :NHy
and being well informed, You will noe
accept any substitute if offered.
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retail stores and churches. Museum
work is the most difficult, because it
must be as nearly exact in likeness as
possible; waxen images for cathedrals
are purely imaginative, and the least
troublesome, but the most profit comes
from the stores, which freshen up their
show windows annually and change
their exhibition ladies from delicate
blonde to plump brunette or back to
rosy auburn at Fashions dictates. The
museums, by the way, frequently have
their own sculptors and workmen on
the premises, and make their own
figures, so that when anybody becomes
sufficiently noted OF notorious, and the
crowds are sufficiently curious, all
hands go right to work from photo
graph, and have homegrown celeb
rity ready in jiffy.
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and pearly teeth, such as dentists put
in real heads, come strung on a wire
in separate sets. An eye is impaled
on stick and inserted in place, while
drops of hot WAX from the outside
holds it in place temporarily; the
teeth are also put up through my lady's
throat and occasionally get loose from
their moorings and rattle in my lady's
head. They are finally got into place
and thin coating of wax put on the
inside of the head with brush holds
them there, and the lady is ready to
have her cheeks and lips painted, and
the fashionable shadows put under
her eyes.
This finishes her as to head and
shoulders. The part of her anatomy
that is not to be exposed to public
gaze is, Lam sorry to say, something
of sham. Pasteboard is cheaper,
lighter and more durable that wax,
and when it is to be covered up an
swers the same purpose. However,
the pasteboard outlines are just as
faithfully carried oat. The molds are
thoroughly CREASED and layer after
layer of heavy paper we'll soaked in
paste are pressed carefully into them,
and when dried this paper is as firm
as one thick piece. This pasteboard
dummy is lined with strong cloth and
a thin coating of plaster of Paris, and,
while light, is SO tough that it is hardly
possible to break it.
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TWO ladies we're looking in a
show window the other day,
admiring an imported hat dis
played on a revolving figure.
The pretty wax lady, dressed in her
Sunday best, turned complacently
round and round with a self-satisfied
simper, her features were faUtless, her
hair done in the newest twist, and the
feathery creation of on imaginative
foreigner crowning her improbable
head was the finishing. touch to an i'm
practicable whole. Both model and
hat belonged just where they we're
under glass. Imagine the flesh and
blood, everyday woman, with turned
up nose, wind blown hair and a mole
in the wrong spot, trying to be consls-
tent in that hat
'It's no use, sighed the more prac-
tical of the two women. "You couldn' t
expect me to look like anything in a
real Frenchy hat! That's a French
figure; of course, it has the proper
air and style to It'll"
She was right about the hat, but she
was mistaken about the figure. ltwas
as American as she was. Those Trench
figures" are made right in this city and
generally by German, writes Frances
M. Benson in the New York Recorder.
They used to be imported at consider
able expense, but now we import the
makers instead, and they are kept busy,
I can tell you. The three principal
branches of their work are for museums,
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Electric Storms at Sea.

An electric storm at sea is one OF
the alarming experiences to which
mariner is exposed, but as matter OF
record it is one that is less fruitful in
disastrous results. AS rule, few pre-
cautions are taken to guard against
stroke of lightning, especially IN the
merchant service. Ships OF war are
usually fitted with lightning conduc-
tors, a precaution made necessary by
the explosives stored away in their
magazines. But these safeguards are
seldom seen on a merchant vessel, and
Judging by the extreme rarity OF the
cases where they have been struck,
Jacks claim that he is safer on the
ocean than on shore during an cleo
trical disturbance must be admitted
Chicago Herald.
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Then the smooth, bald-headed figure
is handed to hairdresser, who has
bunch of human hair and stick with
a needle in the end Of it. This needle
is an ordinary sewing needle, with
half of the eye broken away, leaving
little fork to catch the hair with.
Maybe you thought these dummies
wore wigs pasted on, but let me tell
you that each hair is put in separately
and quickly, and poked in to depth
of half an inch, so that when finished
the hair can be combed and dressed as
readily as if on human head; more
80, if anything, for it won't come out.
The eyebrows, eyelashes and-on oc-
casion-whiskers are put in in the
samedeliberate fashion, and are as real
as they look. - 's -"
The next process is to burn out the
eyes and mouth with specially shaped
hot irons. Glass eyes come by the box
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-08
Military Bullies.

Austrian officers have an evil repu-
tation for heartless treatment of in
feriors in the army. A colonel, while
inspecting regiment of Hussars on
the parade ground in Vienna, was ir-
ritated by the awkwark appearance of
a subaltern. He angrily called the Of
fender to his side and cuffed his ears.
The officer was cut to the quick by
IN insult which degraded him to the
level of lackey. He returned to his
place with flushed face and tears in his
eyes. Ashamed to meet the con-
temptuous glances of the soldiers and
half-insane from modification, he shot
himself in the head and died almost
instantly. F..
This tragic incident produced al
most as marked an effect upon the
Vienna garrison as was caused by
similar affront, which was followed by
a decline of duelling in the French
army. ...
A lieutenant serving in regiment
of lancers was Systematically perse-
cuted by captain, who was an incor-,
rigible bully. One day the captain
lost his temper at dinner, and cufed
the lieutenant's ears.
Army etiquette required challenge
from the insulted officer. The lieu
tenant had been under fire in battle
and was not coward, but he would
not consent to send challenge. His
friends expostulated with him in vain.
They could not remove his conscien-
tious scruples against duelling.
His refusal caused a scandal which
touched the honor of the officers of
his regiment. His colonel finally aske.l
him to choose between fighting the
duel and resigning his commission.
He sent the challenge and named the
conditions. The antagonists were. to
choose pistols by lot, one being loaded
and the other not, and were to fire
over handkerchief.
The duel was fought at dawn. The
men stood face to face, holding
handkerchief with their left hands.
The bullying captain snapped the trig-
ger of his pistol. There was no sound.
The empty weapon had fallen to him
by lot. W.
The seconds thought that the in
suited lieutenant, being opposed to
duelling, would fire in the air. In
stead of this he aimed his pistol re-
morselessly at the captain and killed
him. Then dipping his hands in his
victims blood and turning to those
who had forced him to fight the duel,
he shouted: Iii
sis it enough? Is honor now safe?"
Returning to the officers quarters,
he resigned his commission in the
army. Not long afterward he disap-
peared from the world, and entered q
monastery to spend the remainder of
his life as religious recluse.
This duel produced marked i'm
preston upon the officers ofthe French
army. 1t was warning against bully
ism in the treatment of subordiDates.
TIE suicide in front of the Vienna
barracks teaches the same moral with
equal impressiveness. Youths Com
panion. S..
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Where Fish Are Plentiful.

Ten thousand haddock or humpback
salmon were lost from big scow as
they were being towed into the harbor
the other day from Mukiltoe. The
steamer lola had been down to the nets
and had 10000 fish on her deck be-
sides $4,000 on big scow in tow.
When she got in the harbor the
steamer A. r. Robinson passed her and
kicked up some pretty big swells.
These humping against the sides OF
the scow knocked in one side and it
collapsed, allowing 10000 of the fish
to slide into the Bay. Being dead
weight every fish sank to the bottom.
Seattle Telegraph.
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always had the Office in her sitting
room. She assisted ex-senator George
in compiling the history Of Davis
Geneology," and also Judge Learned,
of Albany, in compiling the geneology
of the Learned family. From the
Learned family. which IVES one Of the
wealthiest and most influential IN OK
ford, Miss Stone traces her descent,
as she is the great-granddaughter OF
Colonel Ebenezer Learned. one OF the
pioneers of the town, which was
settled in 1913. Miss Stone was for
nineteen years teacher and has also
served on the School Board.
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August. !.
Flower ! !

"Ihave been afflicted with bilious.
nessand constipation for fifteen yeais'
and first one and then another prep
aration was suggested to me and
tried, but to no purpose. a. friend
recommended August Flower and
words cannot describe the admin,
ton in which I hold it. It has giveAs
me a new lease Of life, which. befmr
was a burden. Its good qualities
ndwonderful merits should be inade
known to everyone suffering with
dyspepsia and biliousness. JRssE;
BARKER, Printer. Humboldt, Kax0
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Boiling Lake of Mud.

One OF the greatest natural wonders
in Java, "the fire island" a large lake
of boiling mud, is situated almost in
the centre of the plains of Grobogana,
fifty "paals" to the northeast of Solo.
It is almost two miles in circumference
and in the center immense columns of
soft, hot mud may be seen continually
rising and falling, like great black
timbers thrust forth and then suddenly
withdrawn by a giants hands. Besides
the phenomena of the columns there
are two gigantic bubbles near the wes-
tern edge which fill up like huge bal
looms and explode on an average Of
three times per minute. Louis Re.
public,
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LOndon's Donkey Show.

London has donkey show every
wear. It is conducted by very i'm
portant personages for the benefit Of
the costermongers. Prizes are given
for all sorts of excellence, but the
highest prizes are awarded to the don
key showing the best care, the object
of it all being to make the coster kind
to his donkey. The affair is always q
great success, the donkeys and donkey
carts looking smart with their roses
and ribbons, and some of the donkeys
showing coats like velvet. There were
sixty-seven entries rat the show held
last week. Chicago Herald.
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Pauer Stockings.

A Berlin shoe trade journal says
that stockings are mades of specially
prepared impregnated paper stock,
which, it is claimed, has an extraor-
dinary effect on perspiring feet. The
moisture is absorbed in the paper as
rapidly as it is formed, and the feet
remain dry and warm, while the con-
stant temperature maintained in the
shoes is said to be great preventive
to colds. Rural New Yorker.
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Spades Are Trumps.

This phrase, used by the Colchester Rubber
Co. to emphasize the popularity and desirable
ity of their Srading Boots, is singularly appro-
pirate at this time, AS indicating that the Far.
mer is ION top" The recent panic has not
materially affected the Farmer. Crops are
fairly good. Europe wants our produce and
has the money to pay for it. Hence, the Far
ner is all right, for the country is rich. The
Colchester Spading Boot is outselling all other
kinds of Rubber Boots; hence, spades are
Trumps " in double sense.
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Mecca Pilgrims Earn a Title.

More than ffty-eight thousand Ma
hometans made the pilgrimage to
Mecca last year. The performance of
this religious duty entities every one
of the faithful accomplishing it to be
dignifed ever after by the title of
.'hadji." and this title makes its bearer
a man OF consequence in his neighbor-
hood, even if, like Hadji Stavios, he
becomes bold bandit and degenerates
generally. 3 -
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In India 25, ,OOO,OO acres are made
fruitful by irrigation. InEgypt there
are about 5000, 900 acres and in Eu.
rope about 100000. The United
States has about 4, 900, 900 acres of ir-
rigated lands.