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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-31
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MrSIC.

That mystic power which SWAY,
mems hearts, whether they will or
no-how sweet and yet how strong
It's influence!
And how thankful We should be
TO our Heavenly Father for this
precious giil !; not fur that only
which emanates from costly in.
strumeEts, bnt tor that also which.
though humble is no less sweet.
From each rock and tree by the
roadside, come The songs of birds,
thrilling our hears with exquisite
Joy. All, how sweet are The songs
Of happy woodland birds. Aud The
human voice-wbat Is sweeier,
pnrer than the JOY Of some young
spirit finding vent In musical
sounds
What other gift could he have
conferred upon Us that would add
to our happiness as ii dnesi
Oh, music, thy power is indeed
a mystic one. When we are weary
ana sore oppressed, the voice can
roll away The burden; when our
Whole being Is swayed by uucon-
trollable passion, thou cansl calm
the troubled water, and when The
spirit OF good seems 10 have flown
from us, thou canst Influence us to
return to his guidance.
On, music, thon art indeed a
blessing! With thy help we can
ascend to the heights of ioy be.
fore iie'er dreamed OF, can comfort
the SICK. cheer the last moments
OF the diving, and help the last
wanderer back to the told.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-31

OF old time it was believed t,al
the baby's dimples were made =!
The touch Of angels fingers WINE
bearing the child from heaven "
10 earth. But the ic%onoclast DIV
pn, in his fingers and shows .h's
"lhe sweet dimple" is The result !"
defective development Of The mus
Gle.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-31

Chang, the Chinese giant. open.
ed a fair in aid of The Young Wo
mans Christian Association at
HYDE, isle of Wight, a few weeks
ago. He has dWindled since h.
was Il museum attraction here.
and now measures only eight feet
in height.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-31

Typographical errors will creep
in everywhere. You will find them
newspapers, sometimes. II hss
been discovered, alter the new
Columbian memorial stamps have
heen in use for nearly a mon'O,
that the name Of Americas mr..
pioneer is misspeled 'Columru'
on the one cent stamp.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-31

AT a recent military wedding in
Washington the bride wore t.
church a hall dozen yellow sarters
which npon The return of the par.
~ to the house where the break.
FAST Was served were distributed
among the bridesmaids.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-31

"A pretty girl, who is the daugh
Ter OF respected citizen OF
Charlestown, and herselfa bril-.
liant student in II medical school in
The city, went into one of The big
dry goods stores the other day to
make some purchases, al d came
away leaving a neat parcel behind
her on the counter. She hadn't
gone lar from the store when she
missed the parcel and hurried
back for it.
what was in your bundle p
asked the attendant a, the desk to
which Miss - had been referred
ny The girl who served her.
Miss - hesitaled a momen,
and then said:
IAN arm"
IA what !" sail The startled at
tendant.
"An ARM repeated Miss -
calmly. Il am a medical student
she said, by way of explanation.
u am taking 1t home to dis. ect.'
"Do you see The parcel
"Yes, there it is.'
would you mind stepping into
the office and taking it y~ourselr2'
asked the aliendan, with a shiver.
mot in the least" said Miss -.
She took up her FARM with a
smile, left The store and continued
her way homeward.-Boston Globe
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13
THE PROPER CAPER.

Braiding is again in high fashion on
skirts, redingotes, capcs, coats and bodices
a high novelty in sailor hats is one of
black silk velvet, Wit. leather bond
buckled round the crown.
Some of the new hats in deem sbados of
biscuit are exceedingly pretty and particu
larly becoming to dark olive complexions.
Basque bodices are coming in, and this is
commemorative, for the round WASTED cor
sage is not suited to heavy materials i'm tho
least.
Possessing the requisite slope of shoulders
ana length of thront, the airy lisse ruff
edged with narrow lace is a charming adj
dition to the toilet.
Some OF the new capcs for winter are fiji
lor queen. One, splendid garment de-
signed Tor an American queen is of dark
est richest moss green satin strewn with
velvet autumn leaves eSquisitely shaded
The Russian blouse appears again among
autumn costumes. This, fastening down
the lett side and confined at the waist by a
band brought to point in front, is a most
convenient model for everyday dresses of
serge and French cashmere
Sapphire blue, peacock b. and tn lady
like delicate shades i'll silv w
blue are for this and the coming season
either combined with black MORE or
trimmed with jetted gimps, black silk
passementeries or black fox furs.
Pretty for the autumn season is wink.
ing costume OF soft nuns gray camels hair.
flecked with long, shaggy spots of silver
white camels hair. The shoulder cape is the
principal feature of this dress. 1t is simplv
square piece of material so arranged that
one point falls in the middle of the back
one on each shoulder and one in 'front.'
New York Evening Post.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13
OUR COMFOk......

Susan b. Anthony says she still suffers
from stage fright.
Mrs. Springer, wife of the Illinois con.
gresham, has written several successful
books.
Mrs. Steele is court reporter for the St
Paul Pioneer Press. She goes into a court.
room ana reports law trials daily.
Mrs. Royal Phelps Carroll has shot tigers
In the jungles of India and bears in tho
western part of the United States.
Mrs. l.. w. Hill of Butte dos Aror+os
WIS, has rocking chair known to be IS,
years old and still in good condition.
St Louis has woman architect and
builder, the wife of Louis j. Silva. and
there are now standing in that city 35 dwell.
ing houses erected after plans designed and
drawn by her.
Mrs. Helen Hiscock Backus, president of
the Brooklyn Women's club, is said to use
better English than any other sneaker
among club women. She has very at
tractive presence.
Mrs. Russell, wife Of Massachusetts
youthful governor, has taken up the pas
sion for Poonah painting, and ms she is
quite q clever artist n new art is revived
Shels also interested in educational work.
|"io' "uuSoii, tHe WIDOW OIL Ned Bunt-
line" once popular author, is an inmate
OF New York almshouse. The poor old
lady is paralytic and is so far superior to
her surroundings tlnt her life there is dou-
bly, hard.
Mrs. Bland, wife of Silver Dollar Bland
OF Missouri, is as devoted to the free silver
idea as her husband. For years she has
been intimately interested in the subject,
and when in good health never misses n
free silver debate of any kind
Among Mrs Cleveland's most highly
priced possessions are number of paint
ings which Joseph jefferson presented to
her. They are all from his own brush. and
Mrs Cleveland takes especial delight in ex-
nloitlng BITS of woodland scenery on Rip
van wrinkles southern plantation.
Mrs. John w. Mnckay keeps the most
precious of her collection of superb Jewels
i'll box of gold . inches square. The
top OF this is studded with gems, and it.
contains three trays, secured in place by n
patent spring, the secret of which is known
to no one but Mrs Mackay An alarm clocl,
fitted inside the box sounds y rnever the
lid is lifted.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13
+. j. LEE.
n. JAsNOGRoDsKY,

nament at Bradford in 1888 and at Man
chester two years later he won games from
Blackburne, Bird, Burn, Captain Mackcn-
zie, Taubenhaus, Thorold and other we'll
known masters Of the game Lees most
brilliant performances have, however been
in the handicap tournaments ut Simpsons
classic chess divan in the Strand, London.
Jasnogrodsky isa Polish expert He is
now 80 years old, but has only been play
ing chess about eight years He has a
wonderful memory, and his forte is Blind
fold and simultaneous play. 1t Brishf6fl,
England, lie once played &c games sinful
taneously, of which were conducted
blindfolded. He won 90 games over the
board, won blindfold games, lost 2 and
drew l.
Now that William Steinitz has formally
accepted Emanuel Lasker's challenge, a
great struggle between these chess giants
may be expected. The match will be 10
games up for at least $1,000. The contest
will probably begin next February. Asa
commentary upon the money that may be
made by the leading opponents of great
sports it is interesting to note that while
Lasker and Steinitz, the monarchs of the
chess world, will battle for $1,000, Corbett
and Mitchell. the kings of the prize ring,
will contest for 100000. Drawn thus com
mands 20 times as much cash as brains.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13

The Central Democratic Club, which
was recently organized with nattering
prospects, hold a meeting last night in
the Hastings Court room with the pres
ldent, s. K. Jones, in the chair. The
secretary, e. H. Donnelly, read the
minutes of last meeting, which stood
approved.
a resolution was unanimously adopted
to the effect that any Democratic voter
In the city was eligible to membership
VINO would enroll his name on the
mt bcrship list OF the secretary. On
motion finance committee of one from
each ward was elected Az follows:
First ward, Thos. w. Miller; Second
ward, A. p. Staples; Third ward. Vim.
A. Glasgow; Fourth ward, Lucian II +.
Cooke Fifth ward, Capt. r. Il. Norman.
Inc executive committee was asked
TO map out the city into districts in
oTaer that systematic canvass might
De made and report ut next meeting
On motion OF q. w. Crumpecker it was
decided to hold tho meetings of the
club during the campaign in each ward
in rotation.
Thos w. Miller moved that when tho
club adjourned it would do SO to meet
again SATURDAY night i'll the Hastings
court room, which motion was adopted
The president was given the authority
10 arrange for speaking on political
issues by two or more gentlemen at
eacn meeting of the club. A. p.
Staples and Il Randolph Hicks were
appointed to address the club at it's
next meeting.
Tho executive committee of the club,
In cOnjunct ton with Tho finance commit
tee, were requested to select suitable
headquarters for the club and to report
at the next meeting.
The attendance a, the meeting last
night was good and the members arc
thoroughly aroused as tC the Importance
OF the work before them.
There is every reason to believe that
the club will maintain it's record made
in other campaigns of being a very i'm
portant factor in the grand success of
the Democratic ticket.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13
LOCAL BREvlTIES.

Will G. Eddy, who was badly wounded
in tho recent riot, is very much i'm.
proved and will soon be out again.
Large quantities OF chestnuts are
now being bought in this market and
the price has fallen to Sl.25 per bushel.
Business in the city market yesterday
moring was very dull and there were
fewer produce wagons than usual in
town.
Inc case mentioned in the police
court proceedings few days ago of
James Edwards, should have read Jim
Edwards, colored
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13
PHILOSOPHICAL QUOTATIONS.

Never lose sight OF an honorable enemy
he will make n good friend
Character gives splendor to youth and
awe to wrinklcd skin and gray hair.
The sUreSt and shortest way to prove IL
work possible is strenuously TO set about it.
We are always complaining that our DAYS
are few and acting as though there would
be no end Of them.
circumstances form the character; but,
like terrifying waters, they too often hard
en- while they form.
Nature has written letter of credit upon
some mems faces which is honored almost
wherever presented.
If you have great sorrows, keep them to
yourself unless you have some bosom
friend that will listen to you with a sympa-
thetic ear.
The talent Of success is nothing more
than doing what you can do well, and do
ing well whatever you do without a
thought of fame.-Montreal Star.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13
HUSTINGS COURT.

John Greene Sentenced to Three Years for
Theft-The Grand Jury Still in Session.
In the Hastings Court yesterday two
cases OF the commonwealth vs.. L. c.
sHazlewood were continued on m otion of
the defendant.
John Greene, colored, who was in.
dicted for stealing gold watch from
Ihomas Jeffries, was found guilty and
sentenced to three years in the peniten
tlary by the jury. Waddill Easley was
given fifteen days in Jail for stealing
meat.
The grand jury occupied most of the
day yesterday in Investigating the late
riot, but returned one indictmens for
misdemeanor.
Nothing can be definitely stated, but
those who are supposed to know most
about it think it improbable that the
jury will finish its work this week.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13
CURIOUS CULLlNGS.

A law of Mexico forbids the president
from leaving his country.
The average duration of the reigns of
English sovereigns has been 1915 years.
In 1861 a Glasgow paper announced the
marriage of David Lincoln to Catherine
Grow, his fifth wife, and continued, "He is
Il. His first wife was n Dutch woman,
whose name he has forgot The rest were
Scotch"
Here is recipe for n wash for promoting
the growth of hair of the mother of King
Chata. who reigned somewhere about G, 900
years ago: Pad of a dogs foot, /; fruit of
a date palm, |; ass hoof, 1. Boil together
In Oil in saucepan. Rub thoroughly in"
In Holland woman is n secondary con.
sideratioa-and poor consideration at
that. No Dutch gentleman when walking
on the sidewalk will move out of his way
for lady. The latter turns out invaria-
bly,, however muddy or dangerous the
street
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13
Fifth Ward Special Po,ice,ne,

There will be q meeting of the special
policemen of the Fifth ward Saturday
night at s o'clock sharp at Moomaw's
old store house on Park street, for the
purpose of electing chief, a sub chief
and two sergeants from that ward. The
special policemen are as follows: j A.
Bum baugh, o. P Jackson, II. Curry.
d. A. Page, j. j. Landlord, R. II. Bos-
well, K. S. Page, Joe Scheler, p. N.
bower, Davy Davis, Frank Parick, R.
H. Bell, w. II Flayherty, w. r. Col
bourne, A. j. Davis, Joseph Equi, o. T.
Cunningham, Thos. j. Oney, Geo. f.
Hunter, j. Il. Brown and L. S. Nc
Nance.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13
SIMPLE SALVE.

Sponge bathing with alcohol is excellent
for delicate women.
In cases of sleeplessness as we'll az sick
ness frequent changing of pillows will have
a soothing influence.
Distressing vomiting may be relieved by
applying to the stomach hot shingle or
wooden pad brought from the oven
Ii the eyes are weakened by close work.
such as painting, embroidery or reading,
battle them frequently in weak alum water.
y thin piece of salt pork bound on to n
wound caused by stepping on nail or car
pet tack will remove the inflammation al.
most Immediately and prevent serious con
sequences.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13
POPULIsrs DIDN'T CONVENE.
AS Yet no Candidate to Offer Himself Up
on the Senatorial Pyre.


on the Senatorial Pyre
The third date set for tho great
Populist convention of this Senatorial
district has come and gone and the
ticket is still without a head. AS
was published in THE TINES last week
the convention was to have boon held
yesterday, having been postponed last
Saturday to give the Craig delegates an
opportunity to get here, but the dav
passed and no one from Craig showed
up One Populist from Montgomery
put in his appearance, and Captain
Tompkins and Major Wilson Of Salem,
were in the field early.
conference was held yesterday
morning by the few delegatose6n hand
VINO decided it would not be good policy
to make nomination for the senate
and consequently no convention was
held. Arrangements had beenmade for
the convention and the room over the
Singer sewing machine Office. formerly
occupied by Miss Banks as dress
making establishment, was procured
but no assemblage was held.
Judge Kerr, of Colorado, and the
Ihlrd party candidate for governor, Mr..
Cooke, are announced to speak in the
old Opera House Saturday night w.
ii. Grevely, the Populist candidate for
attorney general spoke at Hollins last
night.
Jerry Simpson. the hoseless states
man from bleeding Kansas, will speak
at Salem Thursday, October 10. Robert
Suaveley, of Wythe. and William Baker,
OF kansas, will speak at Salem mex
court day, October 16.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13
SENATE ADJOURNS AT LAST.
Continued from page L.

tinued but fifteen minutes when VOL
colt suggested no quorum. Thirty six
Senators only answered.
AT 1:4O the seargeant-at-armss submit
ted his report in writing, which showed
That there were two Senators absent
from the city, twelve excused by SEN
ate, four unable to attend on account of
illness; nine in the Capitol who made
no answer to the summons and sixteen
reported at their residences as absent
from home and could not be found.
Immediately following this report
Voohees said that in view of the report
OF the sergeant at arms it was evident
no further business could be done to
night and he therefore moved that the
Senate adjourn
There was no opposition and the Ser
ate at LAS ad journed until Friday at II
o'clock.
CAUSE OF THE ADJOURNMENT.
The adjournment Of the Senate to-
night is said Ito have been the result of
conference held during the late hours
OF the night during which the Senator'S
amendment was considered as a base
for compromise. The silver men look
upon the action of the chairman Of the
nnance committe as a surrender of the
held, but the repeal men assert with
equal vigor that the adjournment was
only made necessary by reason of the
inability to get quorum
IN THE HOUSE.
There were less than 100 Representa-
tives present when the Speaker called
the House to order at noon. Richard
son. from tho committee on printing,
reported resolution to print 2, 900 COZ
les of the tariff hearings before the
con- mittee on ways and means. which
Will cost $50. The hook will make
aoout /, 2O0 pages. Richardson sta led
that Wilson, chairman of the com mittee
on ways and means, had assured him
that 1000 copies were amply sufficient:
mat the statements made were largely
repetition Of those made In the Fifty
nr5t Congress, and that no necossity OK
listed for a larger edition.
Republican members of the commit
tee desired to increase the number to
5000 Wilson corroborated Richard
sons statement and further said tina
In his opinion the book ought not to be
published as public document. practi.
cally only one side Of the tariff issue
being presented to the committee. The
resolution as rep2rted was adopted
There was q sharp debate in tho morn.
ing hour upon the bill reported from
VIZ vi PuOilC liHuS TO pro-
tect the public forest reservations
It was vigorously attacked by Picker,
Collin, Simpson, Bell (Col.), Herman
and Doolittle, who asserted that the
bill should have been denominated an
act to denude the pu bile forests reserva-
tions. and defended bv McRae, who re-
ported the bill, and delegate Rawlins,
of Utah Notice was given OF numer-
GUS amendments, but before any of
them could be acted upon, the hour
expired and tho bill went over.
The McCreary bill to amend and
modify the Goary Chinese exclusion and
registration act was further discussed
after an announcement by McCreary
that he would ask for a vote on it to-
morrow at o'clock. The passage of the
bill was advocated by Hit, Hooker and
Loud, and BARTLETT opposed it. At the
conclusion of Bartlett's remarks tho
House. at a:45, adjourned until to NOR
row at ~ o'clock.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
even-eights of blood is water.

Seven-eights of blood is water
The surface of mans lungs is estimated
Mt $50 square feet, 10 times the surface OF
the external body.
The German bureau of photography have
figured out the exact daily loss which the
Dead sea sustains through evaporations. 1t
is set down at l 300, 900 tons.
The atmosphere weighs about ton to
every square foot of the earth's surface,
25O0O,OOO tons per square mile, or 5000, Geo.
OOO,OO0O0O tons on the total of 200, 900, OOO
square miles
Experiments have shown that cholera
bacilli die more quickly on dry tobacco
than on dry glass plates, that they do not
multiply, but quickly die, on moist tobacco,
and that tobacco smoke quickly kilsthem
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13
STATE LEAGUE FORMED.

Four Clubs Have Entered and Two Others
to Be Admitted.
AT meeting held in Richmond We'd
nesday night the Virginia State Base
ball. League was organized. The Rich
mond, Norfolk. Petersburg and Staun-
ton clubs have entered and two other
clubs will be admitted.
Inc salary limit of each club will be
s9oo. sol. Peyser, late of the Charles
IONS, VIII manage the Norfolk team, and
l eo SULLIVAN, an old base ball man, will
have charge of the Norfolks.
The other two clubs will coma from
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13

DIR. Carver, in his realistic play, The
scout, was greeted by small audience
at the Academy OF Music last night.
Tho play is a story of adventures in the
TAR West and abounds in exciting
scenes and thrilling situations. One
OF the features of the show is the re-
markable rifle shooting OF DR.. Carver,
he breaking sixteen bottles in sixteen
seconds with bullets. Another feature
was the singing of the Broadway quar-
tette
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13
AMUSEmENTS.
Ellie Ellsler in Her New Play at the Acad
envy OF Music Tonight,

Eme Ellsler in Her New Play at the Acad-
emy OF Music Tonight.
To many 1t will be a novelty to see
Efiie Ellsler in some other play than
Hazel Kirke," and other equally
familiar roles. But yielding moro to a
desire OF her own, for the old play still
possesses great charms for play goers, she
has brought forward new creation of
her genius, "Doris which she will pro-
duce at the Academy to night. and which
mas already gained the title of Hazel
Kirke's great SUCCESSOR" Doris" was
written for Miss Ellsler by Robert
Drouet, and the author has evolved a
play OF unusual dramatic interest and
admirably adapted to Miss Ellsler's tai.
ents. 1t is drama OF the domestic
order, the scenes being laid in an Eng
fish village. 1t mas an excellent plot,
numerous fine and telling situations.
There is considerable agreeable comedy
in the piece, and little of the somber.
ness usually found in emotional
dramas The cast, as is customary with
Miss Ellsler's companies, is good one,
including Frank Weston, Robert Drouet,
Harry Eytinge, and others.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13
Snyder & Macnain,s Attractive Di,o,av

The large and well selected stock of
fall ana winter dry goods and dress
goods that are daily being received by
Snyder & MacBain is attracting grea
deal OF attention from the ladies who
pass up and down Salem avenue, and
their show windows, which are very
lastly arranged and contain some Of
the most stylish novelties en- the
market, are objects of admiration from
everyone. This cnterprisinE firm have,
by their liberality and fair dealing
builtMp very fine business.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-13

N OTICE-ALL PERSONS TO WHOM
~ the late Rush u. Derr was indebted
Will please present the videncc of debt
to Z. ii. Vines, attorney for the estate.
at his Office rooms 6S7 Masonic Temple
Roanoke, Va, for settlement, as IL is
our special desire that all of his out
standing obligations shall be paid at
once: Those knowing themselves to be
indebted to or having any property be-
longing to him will also be kind enough
to acknowledge the same Respect
fully, Cd DEPR
ROANOKE, Va, Sept 81, 1893. 02S-lm