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him round the castle and driving him
fair crazy. II went some against the
grain with me TO worry the ghost of a
gentleman-born in this way: but
thought, Of my dear old colonel. and /
never let him BE- Heaven forgive me
for the hard words gave to that poor
ghost the bad names / called him, in
sulting him worse and worse every
night Och. led him life.
At last one night he turned on me and
says he, with pitiful tone which pretty
nigh went 20 nv heart:
VIII nothing make you cease this
persecution
Well" says l. ''tha; depends What
bave you to ofer?"
What can offer?" says he.
Why, now" says !. look here.
ghost Couldn't you put me up TO a
good thing? Don't you know Of a hid
den treasure somewhere? have heard
that ghosts often do that"
II know Of none" says he, looking
very sad and sorry.
Well" SAYS Lei thought you could
do nothing. and was only trying otyou.
! don't want any treasures. | only
want you 70 get out OF this place, and
50. If need be, ! mean 70 haun. you a
long as live"
"Ah,' says the ghost there is com
fort in that"
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w. HI. Brooke Il Co.
THE MARKETS.

BLOOMSBURY MARKETS.
CORRECTED WEEKLY. RETAIL rp.rrs
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Why Rrlck Cnrriers Founder.

Cargoes of brick have 20 be stowea
In the most careful manner, says the
Philadelphia Record, or else the vessels
carrying them will founder in the
mildest weather, owing 20 the strong
tendency OF the brick 20 absorb the
water caused by the leakage which
necessarily occurs on all wooden YES
sells. The brick will absorb the water.
as fast as il runs in from an ordinary
leak, and the increased weight Of the
brick causes the vessel TO settle until
she makes the final plunge, and the
crew are frequently at less to know
the cause. To new shoals, defective
work in the vessels construction and
other causes are attributed the disas-
.arzs-
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am under the turf. viii Just get an
other boy like himself-there's lashings
Of them about-to learn the business,
and take his place after him, so it will
90 on IL you stay here forever Arrahi
now, ghost how do you like tha; look
out anyway
Och, the poor ghost was a sight 20 be
seen just then He stamped. and he
swore, and he fumed. and he scowled at
Thady, but il was all Of no use. for
Thady. seeing he couldn't do any harm.
laughed in his pssty face, and was mad
TO worry him d.
Well we led him a pretty dance that
night and the night after. and Thady
Just enjoyed the fun, ha did
We hadn't been az II for more than
week or so. when one night we couldn't
and the ghost anywhere. We tramped
through all the galleries. upstairs and
downstairs; but il was all quiet, and
never creaking. or a groaning, or a
,oien Of the ghost did we see.
What's become of him, anyhow"
says Thady.
whist says l. look yonder,
Thady'
And. och. it was 4 pretty sight we
saw. Far down in the long walk, be-
tween the trees, what should we see
but the old ghost with his sword
tucked under his arm, and his bundle
on his shoulder, walking of as fast as
he could tread, with mis- old wig trail
ing down his back behind and his spurs
cleaning in the moonlight
BY the powers, Thady." says l, I'VE
have made him clear ou, al last
And we both shouts out OF the window
together as loud as we could:
"A goodnight 20 you. ghost, and .
safe and pleasant journey"
Well. If you believe rue. Thady and
watched night after night up a, the
old castle, TO see if the ghost was to
change his mind and come back; but
never q token of him did we discover.
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is there, indeed?" says / How d
you make that out?"
You will continue 10 haunt me q
long as you live2" says he BE it SC
But do you forget? What is your mi,
e.able speck OF life TO mine? Have
not lived in the spirit for nigh 20
years, and shall not thus exist to al
eternity? The little that is left of you
base life is but drop in the ocean c
my own For that short space | mus
be patient"
l could scarcely keep myself fron
laughing in his face, for l knew ths
was what he'd be coming 70, and | wa
ready for him
Och says l, that's how you lool
at it, is it? Sure. thin, ye make a BIZ
mistake entirely
What mean your says the ghost
and could see that he was bothered
all over.
Sure, I'll show you what mean to
morrow night" says !; If live, please
God
Well, he couldn't get . word more
out Of me for had rot . scheme up
my sleeve which meant to keep TO my
self for the present
Now, Biddy ORourke, my pretty
sweetheart, bless her. had bit OF a
younger brother. IA years old or there
sbouta who waA always getting into
scrapes and mischief, breaking win
dows and chasing ths piaA and 6ght.
ing the other boys IS bold a. q
soldier.
So when l goes down to the village
again gets Thady into q corne% AL
quiet and nobody by, and says /,
Whist. Thady. my boy; would you
like TO see the ghostY'
Thady, he turned pale bit At frst
and then those wicked young eyes Of
his lig hted up, full Of mischief. and be
grinned.
Sure, Tim" says he that would L
Is there ghost then, anyway
Thsn up and told him all about the
bad baronet" and what a poor crea-
ture he was, with never a ha'porth OF
harm in him; and how I'd been chivy-
ing him all around the castle nigh.
after night, til I'd half worried the life
out of him. And Thady laughed, and
was just mad to go with me and see the
ghost BY St Patrick, that boy had
no more fear in him than there is in an
old wooden gate-post, and he never
shook limb when we got into the cas-
tie.
Who is this urchin?" says Sir Rode
rick, fuming and glaring in the old
way.
Och" says |. shane on my bad
manners for not introducing him. This
is Thady O'Rourke, my brother-in-law
that is to be, and he has come here 70
help me with this job"
Il do not understand you" says the
ghost, looking more bothered than
ever.
Maybe you don't" says /; "bu,
III soon make you have brought
this boy with me 20 help me 20 haunt
you, ana he's just coming here with me
night after night, TO learn the business,
so as he can take il up when I've done
with it,"
Never a word did the ghost say; bu,
he started back step or two and gave
groan-
And" says l. that won't be the end
Of it; for Thady when he grows up, and
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The Kafirs are great swimmers
They can do things in the water which
other boys would look upon with as
constituent For example, a Kaftir
boy can ford q stream, shoulder high.
running as swiftly ns IL shot from Q
torrent The way they accomplish the
feat is this. Just before entering the
water theg get huge s,ona sometimes,
as heavy as themselves, and with the
help OF companion place it upon the
head. A weight like this gives the
boy balance, and he can keep his foot
ing against the heaviest stream. If he
We're todrop the stone he would be so
light the water would sweep him off
his feet. And this is just one of the
Kaffir tricks TO accomplish things
against tide and food.
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He was gone for good and all; and then
we let the secret out 20 the neigh bors
and the colonel, and all the country
round. At first they wouldn't believe
it. but sure, they eouldn' hold out long;
for the colonel himself went up 70 the
castle at night with us, and saw the
ghost wasn't there at all, which showed
il was true as miracle.
And then what doings they had! ii,
Peter, he brought down builders and
carpenters and gardeners from Dublin.
and had the old castle made as good a.
new, and all the ugly weeds pulled ur
out OF the pretty walks and gardens
Then they furnished the place like any
palace, and the family came down an
lived in II and gave ball to all tn,
quality for miles around
And the colonel was as good as nj,
word, and better; for when Biddy and
me was married he gave Us the ESQ b.
promised, and situations at the castle
with nothing to do but to keep the oil
gAost out
AS for Thady, he had job, too oil
the demesne; and proud he was of tn,
work he'd done, helping to make tn
eviction
And I gathered . lot Of other Lad,
about me one day, and says TO them
saysI:
Look here, boys, don't you take heed
Of ghosts, or any such like The worlds
just fuU Of 'em, and there's not Q
hs'porth OF harm in 'em fyou pluck ur
and faoe 'ern, and sho n 'em you ain's
afraid Half the troubles and bothera.
tions o life Is nothing but ghosts, and
il you let 'em haunt you they'll do il;
but IL you turn round and laugh at 'em,
it won't be long before they take them.
selves OF like the morning mists before
the pleased sun
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ut fits lik. the paper
on the waII.n

OF course it does if its fl.
right kind, and it adds evorD ,"e
thing TO the cheerfulne,s Of t5a
room. '"e
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Wall Paper

gives your walls any effect and
a touch of luxury that money
could not otherwise supply.
To get the best, that is ,bo
question but that is neither
difficult or expensive if YOU %
to the right place to bny + f
Ours is the place, the variety
is here. the prices are right.
If you want, we put it on
your walls and guarantee the
work. Workmen sent any
where.
Window Curtains too, are
here, prices right.
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THE VALUE OF STRAW.
1t Is Market Commodity-Lis,edo ON tho
Produce Exchange, Same rs Hay.

1t Is Market Commodity-Listed ON tho
Produce Exchange. Same Hay.
On many farms, notably in the grain
growing regions of the west, straw is
considered waste product. But small
proportion Of 1t is put to any practical
use besides bedding for stock. Near the
cities and larger towns it becomes n
marketable commodity, and the ex-
change of straw for the manure made
is village custom.
In New York city straw is regular
market commodity listed on the Prod
uce Exchange the same as hay and
graded and subject to the same rules of
inspection. The prices at which it sells
render it an object to save it in the best
possible condition, for only so is it val
liable. The Rural New Yorker saws
there are not SO many different grades
of straw as of hay, but all straw to sell
for quoted prices must be in good con-
dition.
The best rye straw usually sells for
about tho price of the lower grades of
hay. There are two grades of this straw.
Some straw may be brought in loose, but
practically it is all baled. The require
ments for No. rye straw are that it
shall be clean, bright, long, sound,
pressed in bundles, well and securely
baled. The bales of straw are usually
larger than those of hay, and few if any
are baled with the perpetual presses.
Many of them have wood in tho bales.
No. rye straw must possess the same
requirements as No. 1, except that it is
not pressed i'll bundles. Both these
grades should be free from chaff. This
straw is used largely by horsemen for
bedding, by florists and nurserymen for
packing flowers, plants and trees and to
less extent for other purposes.
The exchange has given but one grade
of oat straw, and all not filling the re-
quiremcnts laid down for this grade
would have to be sold OH its merits
These requirements are that it shall be
clean, bright, sound, we'll and securely
baled. 1t is possible to bale this more
tightly than rye straw, but the bales
usually seen vary little from the others
i'll size. 1t is used largely for packing
purposes for such goods as crockery,
glassware, etc.
Wheat straw is not graded, but differs
but little from oat i'll the conditions to
be met. 1t is used for much the same
purposes and usually sells for about the
same price. The market reports gener-
ally quote short rye straw in addition to
No. and No. .. This is such as is not
long enough TO be classed in either of
the other grades, but otherwise must fill
the requirements for them
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a good crop of wheat can only be
grown upon a fine seed bed.
Nitrate of soda is a quick acting fer
tilizer, and its price has been cheapened
considerably of late years.
DR.. c. V. Riley tells us in Insect Life
that there is strong reason to believe
that the English sparrow is instrumental
in suppressing the horse bot fly.
Conservative estimates place the crop
of apples this year as not over one-Quar-
ter of what the crop was last year.
The bicycle is likely to prove as dan
gerous rival to the saddle horse as cleo
tricity to the draft horse,
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a Chance For Young Amcricn

The leaders of the house hope to take up
some important legislation us soon as the
election law contest is disposed of. Among
the praiseworhy plans now under consiti-
Grafton is one which is to create Il commits
sion to investigate the personnel of the
navy. For years there has been complaint
that under our naval system no encourage
mcnt is found for young Americans to en-
list as apprentices in the navy If any
country in the world should be able to pro-
duce large number of fine sailors, it is
America. We have the boys, and the boys
of spirit and ambition, and no end of coast
ana lake waters near their homes to rouse
the seafaring aspiration. And yet it is
sut'icult to find men to man the ships of
our new navy. The reason is easily eX>
planned. Cur sailors have no opportunity
Tor promotion, tHr discipline is quite as Sc
we're a. that prevailing i'll any foreign navy,
and the AtsLLg men WHO go i'll as apprcn-
ices get very pocr pay AND are treated as
mcniai~ or servants, 'i'tis the proud Amer
ic'n 'rf "..l uOt c!n.,irc, and hence en-
li9t'"t l;> uir lev and i;ir between, and
large pro. Or; .o: of orr sailors are from for
elm li!O,. 1t is believed II commission
created - congress coI,d present Il plan by
when Al! tbs cJdld he changed and
naval c;.;ccru!s ncG iplog thousands of our
-Anleiic;.n boys. Tine naval committee OF
the house, under The leadership of Amos
Cumming -. Is heartily ii favor of this idea.
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The Uglincss of Trousers.

Trousers appear to have been intro
duced into Rome at Il comparatively late
period and as a part of the military uni
form. They are worn 10y the Roman
soldiers represented OF Trajans column
as well as by barharians The Greeks
had never adopted them. With their in
stinctive sense of beauty they had recog-
nized that these are the only garments
that cannot possibly be made graceful.
A sleeve may become IL part of the dra-
perry of figure. y trousers leg is more
obstinate in its ugliness. If tight, it
bags at the knees ON the third wearing
Yet this is perhaps its least objectiona-
bic shape. If somewhat loose, it takes
petty and meaningless folds. Some orr
entail nations have tried to disguise it as
d skirt, but the result is not entirely sat
isfactory. If the trousers do not appear
to give freedom to the leg. they have lost
their principal merit. Compromise.
which is the life of politics. is the death
of art, which should always struggle aft
er an ideal. So thought the Greeks when
they entirely renounced for themselves
the harbarotis mnialoons. Scribner's.
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SCHEDULE IN EFFECT SEPTEMBER 3, 1893
wRsTBoUND, LBAvK ROANOKE DAILY.
sou q. m. (W ashington and Chattanooga limited)
for Bristol and beyond. Stops only at ChYs-
tiansburg and Radford, also at principal
stations west OF Radford. Pullman seepers
to New Orleans and Memphis Dining car
attached
$40 q. m. for Radford, Bluefeld, Pocahontas,
Elkhorn.. Clinch Valley Division and Louis
vile via Norton
A:35 p. NJ. THE CHICAGO EXPRESS 70
Bluefeld. PocahoDtas, Kenova, Columbus
and Chicago. Pullman Buffet Sleeper Norfolk
to Chicago without change.
nonrH AND uAsrBouNp. LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY.
945 o. m. for Petersburg, Richmond and
Norfolk.
9:45 a. NJ. for Washington, Hagerstown, Phia.
dclphia and New York
1:S5 q. N. for Richmond and Norfolk. Pullman
sleeper Roanoke to Norfolk and Lynchburg
to Rich mond
1915 q. m. washington and Chattanooga linn.
ited) for Washington, Hagerstown, Phiadel.
phia and New York. Pullman sleepere to
Washington via Shenandoah junction and
New York via Harrisburg. Stops only Mt
principle stations.
Durham Division-Leaye Lynchburg Junior
etatlon) daily 7l0 H. m. for South Boston and
Durham and intermediate stations.
Winston-Salem Division-Leave Roanoke Union
etation) daily 1855 o. m for Rocky Mount,
Martnsville, Winston-Salem and intcrme-
diate stations.
For oil additional information apply at ticket
Office or to W. Is. BEVILI
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How Grnyitntinn Varies

That changes involving the dsplace-
ment of immense masses are going on
within the earth is one of the suggested
explanations of some observations re-
Gently announced in France. 1t has been
found at the Pare st. Maur observatory
that the force of gravitation, or the
weight of bodies, undergoes daily varia-
tons. These are rendered sensible by
placing i'll the earth tube containing a
column of mercury balanced by the pres
sure of hydrogen contained i'll closed
vessel connected with the tube and reg
istering by means of photography the al.
terations i'll the level of the mercury.
After all corrections have been made
for the effect of changes of temperature
it appears that certain sudden variations
in the level of the mercury are only to
be explained on the theory that they
are die to change in gravitation. These
variations last from 10 minutes to an
hour. They are of course very small,
amounting at maximum to only one
twentieth of Il millimeter, but they may
imply very great displacements of mat
ter i'll the interior of the globe
1t has been suggested that similar ex-
periments should be conducted in the
neighborhood of active volcanoes, where
liquefied rock is moving beneath the sur
face, and other disturbances of the strata
of the earth are taking place.
Such facts as these present to the I'M
agination very formidable picture of
the gigantic connections that accom-
pany the slow cooling and contraction Of
the globe, on whose hardened crust we
rear our edifices, wondering, when some
of them are occasionally shaken down
by earthquakes, at the Instability of n
planet that is apparently SO solid.-
Youths Companion.
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BUILDING A DRAMA.
An Interesting Account of How the Real
Article Is Constructed.

|
Article Is Constructed.
A real drama is constructed and not
written. 1t is built up as house is
| erected by the bricklayer and stonema-
son, and the words are only the bricks
| and stones and have the same relative
value to the design Of the playwright as
these to the designs Of the architect. The
| architect has the structure in existence
and clearly wrought out before the first
stone is laid, and the drama of the true
playwright is in existence before q word
is written. Words there must be, Just
sthere must be bricks, but as the latter
can be carried from the kiln at current
prices in any quantity, so can the former
be brought to the playwright from the
dictionary by any purveyor of sentences
at current prices.
The rare man who constructs good
play can hire men by the regiment to
write the lines. But the dialogue, the
epigram, the repartee, the brilliant
speech such as we find in Congreve and
i'll Sheridan, is not this an essential?
the reader will ask. Let us not put the
cart before the horse. 1t is the situa-
lions that produce the dialogues. 1t is
| not the dialogues that produce the situa-
| tons. Given situation that calls for
a smart, brisk, snappy, witty exchange
| of words, and the words will come. We
see this in real life, and the stage copies
real life. Even in so simple situation
as when u couple of cartmen get their
wheels locked on Broadway on a muddy
| day and policeman comes up to sepa-
rate them, you will hear q good deal Of
smart though coarse dialogue. Such
dialogue and all dialogue that grows out
of any situation (and no dialogue worth
listening to grows out of anything else)
IS interesting in proportion as the situa-
ton is interesting.
Without situation to call forth an in
terchange of language suitable to the &C.
casion, and especially such situation as
of itself interests the audience and causes
each member of it to ask himself what
the characters will say next, lot of
well dressed people might stand or sit
around on the stage and fire off epigrams
at each other, and the audience would
yawn.
Dramas, so called, written in perfect
accordance with syntax, witty here and
there and always elegant, pour in upon
the manager and are repeated with the
utmost energy and dispatch because they
are nothing but sermons or essays in
three or four chapters called acts. Their
authors style them dramas because they
are not dramatic. They divide them
into acts because they involve no action
and subdivide them into scenes because
where nothing is done nothing can be
seen. l may remark i'll passing that the
old fashioned shifting of scenes during
an act is now only put into plays by nov
ices who have not studied the modern
stage.-W. II. Crane in North American
Review.
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Capabilities of Muck Soils.

Before condemning muck as good for
nothing it is always worth while to ex-
pertinent with it. Usually it is too wet
and needs drainage. 1t sometimes also
needs potash and phosphate when the
muck is made from plants i'll which those
minerals are deficient. After draining
try Il dressing of wood ashes or potash
from the German potash salts and seed
it with clover. The roots of clover will
run deeply i'll drained mucky soil, and
once Il clover catch has been assured the
soil can be manurcd more cheaply with
clover than in any other way.
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ton we'll repays its cost simply in the
colder water that is thus afforded in the
heat of summer and i'll freedom from
continual freezing of the pump during
the cold snaps" of northern winters.
The accompanying design from The
Country Gentleman illustrates that a
wellhouse can he made of more than
this practical value. 1t can be made to
add an attraction to country place pro-
viding taste is displayed III its construc-
ton.
The design herewith calls for an octag-
ona! house with II "dishing" roof, which
is shingled and stained The sides may
be Of matched boards of equal width
beaded, over which vines may he trailed
The foundation wall should be solid, to
prevent tho entrance of toads, insects,
etc, to the well. which may be reached
by making portion of the wellhouso
floor removable. \ few shrubs near such
a house will add to its attractiveness.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13

Some of tie la.',c Ao.noo in the world
are the Pam,nc,n ~ Rome, - feet di-
ameter, IS nigh; B';hs of Caracalla,
Rome, II feet diam or. ll6 fee; high;
ST. Sophia, Constal'mo.le, 10 feet di-
ameter. pol flct high: 81. Maria dele
Fure, Florence. 100 feet diameter, 80
feet high; ST. Peters, Rome, 1870 feet di-
ameter, $50 feet high; St. Paul's, Lon
don, 1l2 feet diameter, els feet high.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13

81 see hy the paper that in Paraguay Gus
tom requires IL gentleman to kiss every
lady TO whom he is introduced"
indeed? Then with all our boosted civ
ilization il seems that South America is
ahead of us in some thiD9s."-New York
Press.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13
Design For n Wellhousc.

But few of the wells i'll country places
are honored with Il shelter of any kind
from the heat of summer or the cold of
winter. 1t is certain that such protec-
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13

SHORTEST QUICKEST:TO THE WEST
AND NORTHWEST.
ONLY LINE RUNNING SOLID TRAINS TO
RICHMOND, VA.