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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-05-04

David Dudley Field, who is enjoying
his tour in Italy with all the enthusi-
asm of a young traveller, celebrated his
eighty-ninth birthday in Rome. He was
entertained at luncheon by Mr.. Terry,
the veteran American artist. =. Pot
ter, the American minister, and his
wife and several others of his country
men congratulated the hale, hearty old
man. Mr.. Field is now in Florence and
will remain six weeks more in Italy,
Rome Letter.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-05-04

Elihu Thompson, the m~echanician, dis
courages the hope that we shall soon have
ships speeding over the ocean propelled by
electricity. He says it would necessitate
the carrying of such enormous storage
batteries that their weight would sink a
ship. But Mr. Thompson does not make
sufficient allowance for the power of in
ventive genius in the latter half of the
nineteenth century. 1t has wrestled
with and overcome difficulties apparent
ly greater than that. Mr.. Thompson
does well to add to his negative predic-
ton this: at should, however, be borne
in mind that a new discovery might at
any time change the aspect of every
prophecy based on present knowledge
and conditions"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-05-04
War and Education.

There is no better proof of the essential
barbarism of even the most civilized ma
ions of the world than is afforded by a
comparison of the money they expend for
the maintenance of physical supremacy as
against the expenditure for mental i'm
provement. Though it be assumed that
brain is better thar Drawn, there is no ev-
idence that statesmen so regard it. In
some tables recently compiled the amount
per capita expended by various govern
ments for military and educational pur-
poses is set down as follows:
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-05-04

The following sentence from Buckle
contains a supreme truth: ''There is 10
instance on record of any class possess
ing power without. abusing it." tits the
distribution Of power among all classes
that holds things level.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-05-04

One man to every eight of the popuia-
hon is available for military service in
the United States. In case Of need we
sould summon an army Of S,250,OoO to
he field. That is more than any nation
q Europe could do.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-05-04

The New York Sun tells Utah how she
can get into the Union without further
delay. 1t is to annex herself to the state
of Nevada and give up her name and ter
ritorial rights. The Sun thinks Utah
trouble that she ought to be willing to do
this by way of compensation.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-05-04

When a license to sell liquor costa
81 600 a year, the illicit trade in whisky
is vastly increased. That is a discovery
! that has been made in Philadelphia.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-05-04

A dealer, recommending a new spring
bed, assures his customer that if he once
sleeps on it he will never sleep on anything
else.-Newport Daily News.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-05-04
A French Lesson.

Why is it that financial panics are
scarcely ever heard of in France? The
copper syndicate failure and the Pan
anna canal sWindle. both of which with
in the last five years robbed the poor of
France of millions of their savings,
would have convulsed, almost wrecked,
any other country. In France they
cause a commotion in financial c%enters,
a burst Of rage and disappointment from
those whose savings have been swal-
lowed up. Then in two months time ev-
erything settles down again. Seasons of
long continued monetary stringency,
such as we are now undergoing in Amer
lea, are practically unknown in France.
The careful, Industrious people go to
work earning and saving again when a
financial bubble bursts and wrecks their
hopes. In an almost incredibly short
time they have some more money saved,
some more investments made.
The French are the ablest economists
in the world, from the humblest peasant
woman to the minister of finance. It is
born and bred in the bone with the
whole nation that they are to put by
money. The French private citizen does
not run into debt as the American does.
Consequently as a nation France does
not have panics. When the individual
American learns to live within his means,
saving in any event a portion of his in
come and investing only the money he
has actually in his possession, then the
United States, too, will be spared fnan-
cial panics. If the present one shall
teach us as a people this lesson, it will
be worth all it has cost. The only way
to become permanently prosperous is to
come square down to hard pan and a
cash basis.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-05-04

A law permitting divorce was passed
in France in 1884, chiefly through the
efforts of Senator Naquet, who himself
wanted a divorce in order that he might
marry again. Before this law was enact
ed there vas only legal separation in
France. Under the divorce law the pc
titions for mere separation have fallen
off considerably, discontinued married
couples evidently preferring divorce out
and out. In 1890 the proportion of d.
vorces to marriages was "a to 1000.
Cruelty and desertion were the causes as
signed for divorce in a majority of cases,
the greater number of petitioners being
wives. The largest number of petitions
was lodged by the class of ordinary
working people.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-05-04
A Dubtous Recommendation.

Philadelphia Record.
The oasis., 1894-04-05
New Fruit.

l. w. Mills, foreman of the United States Experimental station north Of town tells us he has received at his station a tree of the Myrica Rubra fol trial. The tree is q native of Japan. and this is said to be the only one in California. It is valuable alike for its fruit and for it's timber. The tree attains a height of from 70 to 50 feet. and diameter of from 2t to 3 feet. It Is evergreen, and resembles in It's foliage the Magnolia. lt is said to stand d temperature Of l5 degrees Y. without Injury. The timber re- scnbles birds-eye maple, but it is oi finer grain and soft. The fruit ay- crngrs one inch in length and three fmirths nf an inch in diameter, Is Ga k red In color, with a pit. lt ri- pens in July, and Is said to bear strong resemblance In flavor and util- ity to the blackberry. It propagates from tIe seed true to It's kind. Mir. Mills thinks tho fruit promises to be q valuable one for California horticul- turi-ts, and It's growth win be watclad VI h interest. Chino Cham Iiun.
The oasis., 1894-04-05
Gz9ezd Gzz
 Thursday, April 5, 1894.
Want American Horses.

The Horseman: As winter slips away there seems to be an improve
 ment in the British demand for Amer
 ican horses, and, as q consequence,
 dealers who cater to the export trade are moving around the country look
 ing for animals suitable for their GUS toners uses. An interesting experi- ment, made some time ago, was the shipment of carload of unbroken
 Montana geldings to Glasgow. The prices realized varied from El5 to e23, and left small margin of profit. It is not. however, in this. or even the medium class of animals that the most profitable trade with Britain is is carried on; but in high class carri- age and other harness horses. The most of the big broughams in London are, strange to say, not drawn by Brit ish bred animals Germany bcirg the country where the right sort are the most easily and cheaply obtain, d. The lighter and srappy looking hack ney stamp, suitable for use in mail phaetons, victorias and kindied yehi- cles, command high prices, and high acting, thick-set roadsters for single rigs are quickly picked up for driving on the country roads. It is to these three classes that the dealer generally confines his operations, and it is pecul- far that outside of a few localities almost all the horses taken for export are begutfcn by strictly American bred sircs. This in view os the fact that thousands of coach horses have been imported, is significant of the esteem in which the trotting breed Is held abroad A buyer for the foreign mats recently complained that prices are now so high for good horses in the United States that there is little or nc profit in the business. He said of his last shipment, bay gelding for which he paid sl5O died on the ocean. and his entire profit on the lot was only el5. This would indicate that the margins in the trade are small, amounting, ac cording to the figures given, to some s25 or s30 per head. The best thing however, developed by the above statement, is that there is home market for good horses at paying price; eyen in these stagnant times. Therc is a manifest scarcity of road and car riage animals of desirable class, anc | the time is not far distant when the breeder who has steadily pcrseyereo along progressive lines will reap ricl { harvest,
The oasis., 1894-04-05

The sWeef potato i> supposed to be an American plant, but is now cultl- yated all over the tropical world,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31
Tho GuillOtinc-

The striking thing about tho execu-
ton was the appalling quickness of it
all. Action was so rapid from the in
slant the condemned appeared in tho
doorway of the prison to tho moment
the knife fell that it was almost impos-
sible to distinguish the slight chain of
incidents. He flung himself eagerly
against the plank, was strapped to it,
and in the flash of a glance the plank
was pushed forward on the platform of
the guillotino An instant's vision of
recumbent figure, face downward. In
the same moment head, with two
staring, wide open eyes, whirled almost
dehantly, as it seemed, and with IL
slight zigzag movement to the right
ward, while simultaneously the pinioned
body rolled inert, convulsive, into the
capacious basket, also at the right hand
side of the guillotine. The swiftness,
tho mechanical promptness of the bust
ness, fairly stupefied the spectator. 1t
was impossible to realize that human
life had ended III less time than it would
take to draw IA full breath. The guillo-
tine had done its work we'll. There was
scarcely a sense of horror in the sight.
New York World.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31
A Vivid Imagination.

Robert Collyer tells the story of lit
tie girl with vivid imagination which
constantly led her into amazing extrav-
agances regarding things which she
claimed to have seen. One day after
an extraordinary exhibition of her in
ventive powers her mother exclaimed in
despair: "Oh, my dear, my dear, my
dearl Don't you know that Ananias
and Sapphira fell down dead on account
of tho lies they told? Don't you remem-
Der that terrible story?" "Oh, yes, 4"
responded the child, unabashed. II saw
them carried In after they fell down
deadl''
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31
Van Beers, In sirenc."

Jan Van Beers first great hit, "La
Sirene," representing a naval officer
helping pretty girl into yacht gig,
underwent some strange vicissitudes.
The picture, as we are told, was exhib-
tied at the Brussels salon, and having
been distinguished by royal notice the
critics and brother artists were soon in
full cry. They declared that Jan Van
Beers could not have produced such
elaborateness of finish and minuteness
of detail had it not been that he had
painted over a photograph.
The pugnacious young Belgian did not
sit quietly down under what he termed
this infamous assertion" The head Of
the young yachtswoman had been spe-
cially assailed, and he offered to allow
his critics to scratch the head out and
chemically destroy tho colors down to
the white canvas, and should there be-
found any trace Of q photograph no
pledged himself to pay over 81, 900. On
the other hand, should it be shown that
the picture owed its art to the sole agen-
cy of brush and pencil, then his critics
were to pay like sum to his pet homo
for iucurable idiots or some such insti-
tuition.
Needless to say, the challenge was not
taken up, but short time after, while
tho picture was still in the gallery, the
head of the lady was surreptitiously cut
out and the picture otherwise defaced.
Fortunately the painter was able to set
1t all right again with few days hard
labor, and it now belongs to wealthy
South American lady and is understood
to be in London. The right of reproduc-
ton was sold by the artist for 1000
francs, and he believes the publisher
who bought it made something like 1OO,-
600 francs profit out of it.-Pall Mall
Budget.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31
b. aOLDswORTHY ARRESTED.

The Alleged Young Foreer TO be Brought
Back from Lynchburg To day.
Bertram Goldsworthy, the young man
who Is wanted here on the charge of
stealing money from R. II. Woodrum,
as we'll as forging his name to several
documents, was arrested yesterday
afternoon in Lynchburg, and will be
brought to Roanoke this morning.
The first information received here of
Goldsworthy's arrest was from the fol-
lowing telegram to Chief of Police
Dyer, signed by M. Irwin, chief of po-
lice of Lynchburg:
"B. Goldsworthy arrested. Send and
get him.
Chief Dyer detailed Officer Johnson to
go to LyDchburg after Goldsworthy, and
ne left last night for that purpose
Goldsworthy's case will be investlgat
by the grand jury next week.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31
FANNIE BOwLEs TO BE TRIED HERE
Murder of Her Child Said to Have Been
Committed in Roanoke

horuor ot heT CnlId said to Have Been
COminitted in Roanoke.
A warrant was issued by Police JUS
tice Turner yesterday afternoon for
Fannie Bowles, the woman who killed
her baby, as described in THE TINES
some days ago and who is now in Jail at
Badford. Sergeant of Police Gold will
leave in the morning for that place to
bring the woman here and also to
summons some witnesses from there.
Com Attorney Hardaway
received letter yesterday from the
commemorative attorney at Radford
advising this step. The letter stated
that the evidence showed that the
crime was committed in Roanoke and
therefore the prisoner should be tried
at this place.
The woman has made several confes-
sions in which she said that she killed
the baby here. The grand jury meets
Monday and an indictment will proba-
bly, be returned against the woman
next week.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31
BUSINESS NOTICES

NJ Office TO TAXPAYERS.-AT A
IN meeting OF the Common Council of
Roanoke, Va, hold March 6, 1894, the
following resolution was adopted: BE
1t resolved, That all persons paying
city taxes OF 1893 in M oney between now
and the first day OF May next, be al
lowed rebate OF percent. which has
been added according TO law. In 40.
cordance with above resolution per
cent rebate will be allowed on citv
taxes within the specified time and l
hope evory tax. payer will take adyan.
tage OF 1t. Most respectfully, G. w.
THOMAS, City Treasurer. a1Olm
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31
Arrested on IA Serious Charge.

John Stigler, Bob Thompson, Sid Lig-
gon and Joe Cakes, all white, were ar
rested yesterday morning on warrant
charging them with stealing Sl4 from
L. G. Barr, who claims that his homo
is in Rockville, Conn. The accused
will be given hearing before Police
Justice Turner this morning.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31
NOTICE OF MEETINGS.

STOCKHOLDERS NOTICE, ROAM.
~ oke Athletic Club-The regular an.
nual meeting OF the stockholders OF the
Roanoke Athletic Club will be held at
the club rooms Monday evening, April
at p. m. Nominations for tho cleo
ton of president, first and second
vice presidents, secretsry.tressure and
six members on tho board OF governors
must be made not later than SATUR-
DAY, MARCH 81, and must be in writ
ing, seconded by stockholders and for.
warded to nominating committee, com
posed of w. w. Williams, e b Spen-
Ger, Jr., and c. A. Carpenter. GOOCH
VAUGHAN, Assistant Secretary.
IS to Q
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31
In the Police Court Yesterday.

Mary Wyatt was dismissed in police
court yesterday morning ON the charge
OF being disorderly and swearing. Wal-
ter Engle was fined $3.50 on the charge
OF disorderly conduct Ella Childress
and Estelle Rucker were each fined
$3.50 on the charge of trespassing,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31
The Alerts VIII Dance MONDAY N,yh,

The dance given by the Alert Fire
Company at St Andrews hall last night
was largely attended. Owing to the
success of the dance this week it has
been decided to repeat it on Monday
night. The prize waltz was decided in
favor OF Miss Gertrude Geisen and her
partner, A. Hierch. No dance will be
held tonight.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31
The Schools Closed Ye.terdav

The public schools of the city closed
yesterday afternoon at four o'clock for
the session. There were no elaborate
exercises in any of the schools owing to
the short space of time between the
announcement OF the closing and the
appointed day. In some of the schools,
however, short musical and literary ex-
ercises were held which were witnessed
by some Of the parents of the pupils.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31
BOARD WANTED.

BOARD AND ROOMS WANTED
- for the Roanoke Athletic Baseball
Club, eight men, from April l. Men
will average half the time out of town
Address stating full particulars and
bottom price per week. "R. A. c."
TIMES office. 32Slw.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31

NOTICE = THE REGULAR AN.
~ nual meeting of the stockholders
of the Roanoke Building Association
and Investment Company will be held
ON Monday evening, April is, 1894, at 8
o'clock sha:p in the rooms OF Penn &
Cccke, Terry Building, Roanoke, Va.
Election of officers and such other bust.
ness as will properly come before the
meeting. ID. Fl. MATSON, President:
A. j. LOUGHERY, Secretary.
5 II God
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31
OF Interest to Odd FelIou..

Alta meeting Of Mountain Dale Lod ge,
No. 40, o. o. f., held Thursday night,
the initiatory degree WAS conferred upon
one candidate and considerable routine
business was transacted. Several nom.
bers from Columbia Lodge, No. 1874
came in during the evening and made
remarks for the good of the order.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31
AN OLD Observation-Disclosures
Deputy Marshal Chswning. Makes al
Important Arrest at salsm

Deputy Marshal Chswning: Makes an
Important Arrest ut Salem.
Deputy United States Marshal J. B.,
Chewing went to Salem yesterday and
arrested Peter Craig, colored ;, for selling
blockade" whiskey. Craig is an old
offender and the revenue officers have
been after him for long time.
Marshal Chewing finally secured
convincing proof against him and put
the man under arrest. He will have a
hearing before Commissioner Rhode
Monday evening.
Charged With illuminating Witnesses.
Wilbur Skipper, colored, was arrested
by Deputy United States Marshal j. b.
Chewing at II O'Clock last night on the
charge OF intimidating United States
witnesses. He was given hearing be-
fore Commissioners Rhodes and sent on
to the United States grand Jury. Bail
was fixed At 81 900, which he was unable
to give, and he was locked up.
Skipper was implicated in o llsuor
case and several negroes were witnesses
against him. He made threats against
them. which they repor ted to Mr..
Chewnlng. Skipper evidently got wind
OF the fact that warrant was out for
him, and he succeeded in GLIDING the
officer for few hours, but was finally
caught.
JAPANESE Liver Pellets are the best
family medicine for liver complaint and
constipation. so pills in vial IS cents
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31
TWO CALAMITIES AT RADFORD.
Five Lives lost by the Falling of
a Bridge and a Hotel Burned.

The Events Happened at About the Same
Tinse Yesterday Afternoon-Aooident
at the Bridge over ConnolIy's Run
Alleged to be Due to Carelessness and
Observation-Disclosures McCulloch
Very Badly IpJured-The Victims Are
Three White Men and Two Ceiored
Men.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31
PETITIoNED:FoR AN APPEAL.

Colonel Penn, for the "Drys," Has Carried
the Case to the Higher Court.
Col. John E. Penn returned yesterday
morning from Richmond. While there
he filed the petition for an appeal in
the local option election matter.
There Is probability that the court
OF appeals will adjourn to-day, and, il
1t does, it will postpone the m after until
June.
In the meantime the "drys" will
oppose every petition for license, and
the same fight will have to be gone
through with each time.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31
Tine Carriage Works Salo Ended.

The public sale of tho effects of tn @
Bridgewater Carriage Works was com
pleted yesterday. The goods, as rule,
brought fair prices.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31

80 THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF ROA-
4 noke- Having been requested SO to do by a
number OF my fellow-citizens and friends,
whose kind words in regard thereto l most
highly appreciate, take this method OF announce
Ing myself candidate for the office of common
ject to the decision or the Democratic primary
II ono is held. In soliciting the support of my
llow.citizens promise, II elected, faithful
and impartial discharge OF tho duties OF the
office. Respectfully, ROY B. SMITH.
March $, 1874. SStde
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31
Pleasant En tertatnment at vinton

Mr.. and Mrs. John Smith, OF Vinton,
gave delightful sosiable at their home
last night, which was attended by a
large crowd of young people from this
city. The Misses Clyder and Estella
Helm, OF Helms. Franklin county, were
also present.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31
Improving the Looks of Their Store.

The Christian-Barbee Drug Company
arc having their store painted and fres-
coed and the interior generally thor
oughly renovated. When the work Is
completed the store will present a fine
APPEARANCE.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31

A PETITION HAVING BEEN PRESENTED
zens OF the city Of Roanoke, requesting me to be-
come candidate for the office o! mayor, hereby
announce myself n candidate for the office OF
mayor or the city OF Roanoke, subject to the
Domocratic primary, and II elected will show my
said petition, and the confidence reposcd In me
oy the peoplc, by faithful and impartial dis
Gna!ge OF the duties OF the office. Respectfully,
jas o. uhO' 10. 8 10 tide
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31
Deoislon IN One Leavy Case Keserred.

tn '1f0 1oHFJ OHdo NeHBrVou.
Argument was heard in the Hastings
Court yesterday afternoon by counsel
on the motion Of the plaintiff to set
aside the verdict in the case of A. A.
Leavy vs. the Niagara Insurance Com .
pany. Judge Woods reserved his de-
cision.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31
Largest Crowd for tho Week at tn. Carni-

The largest crowd of the week was
present at the Machine Works Guards
masked carnival last night and the
splendid dancing floor was filled all the
evening with merry dancers. The Ma
chine Works Band will give prone.
made concert at the carnival tonight.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-31
Can't Joke with the Police.

j. B. Sales was arrested yesterday
afternoon by Officer Griffin on the charge
OF stealing vest belonging to Samuel
Lee Boyd. The accused was given
hearing before Police Justice Turner
yesterday afternoon at o'clock, and
claimed that he took tho vest for Joke
and intended to return it. Justice
Turner did not see it in that light, and
fined Sales IS.