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A Gigantic Bee Hive.

seMammoth Cave in Kentucky is
getting to be a gigantic bee hive"
said A. r. Lewis. 'The last time I
went through this big hole in the
ground T took both the long and short
routes, as they are called by the
guides. At several places there were
rather too many bees for me to- feel
entirely comfortable, although was
not attacked by any of them. If the
cave should be explored for honey
some rich finds would undoubtedly
be made. The bees are increasing
constantly. In fact, while I have
visited the cave frequently for several
years, it has only been about two
years since I knew that they were
there. and this year it would be i'm.
possible for q visitor not to know it.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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The sticks of the fan are black and the
tops finished with soft row of black
marabout feathers. Quaint fans are
much the vogue. and the old-fashioned
designs or figures are frequently hand
painted. An exquisite fan which
would be charming with black and
white gown is made of white satin,
over which fine black lace butterflies
are flying. The sticks are black en-
amel studded with tiny diamond stars.
inexpensive and dainty fans are made
of Dresden ribbons, with finish of
soft feathers corresponding in color to
the flower upon the ribbon.
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s5,o00,oOO Tobacco Bill Saved.

CHICAGO, September 8.-[SpeciaL 1.-The
Chicago Inter-Ocean's Illustrated Supple
ment. desc scribing the great success and merit
OF No-To-Bac. has made It famous In day.
Mr.. b. L. Kramer. the active man, was
eeen to-day at his Office, As Randolph street,
and in talking of No-To-Bacs growth, said
IT was hard work to keep up with the rap
Idly increasing demand, as every box sold
advertised No-To-Bac's merit.
He said: "No-To-Bac is not sold on the
strength Of the thousands and tens OF thou
an absolute guarantee to cure or money re-
funded" That made a long story about
merit very short, as it absolutely protects
the user from physical injury or financial
loss. "Why," said he, "No-To-Bac Will
make 100, 900 cures this year, and the saw
ing will average $4,000 for every one cured,
or grand total OF $4,000, 900 saved from
going up in smoke and out In spit" No.
To-Bac, Is indeed, a God-send to the poor
man these hard times. According to the
testimonials, however, the money saving is
one reports an Improvement OF the nervous
system, increase in weight, and revival OF
physical and mental powers that Is indeed
miraculous.
Prominent physicians look upon No-To-
Bsc as great success, and are very free to
prescribe It.
Every wholesale drug house in this coun-
try and Canada sells No-To-Bac, and the re-
tail druggists are pushed to supply: the de-
mands Of customers the direct mail demand
Is immense.
The cost OF No-To-Bac compared with the
results Is q small matter, as the saving In
week pays the cost OF a cure for lifetime.
No-To-Bac is sold for s1 a box, or three
boxes, $2.5o, with guarantee to cure, or
money refunded.
A few extra copies Of the Inter-0cean Sup
plement (eight pages) illustrated In five COL
ors, have been secured and will be mailed
for the asking, BY addressing the Sterling
Remedy Co., Chicago Office, 45 Randolph
street New York office, 10 Spruce street
Laboratory, Indiana Mineral Springs, Ind.
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CURIOUS FACTS.

Baltimore had the first electric rail-
road.
By virtue of his Office the Lord
Chief Justice is the principal coroner
in England.
Hardi, the great French, dramatist,
wrote 800 dramatic pieces between the
years 1900 and 1887.
Cicero was a notable punster. A
collection, just now extant, OF his
puns, was made by Julius Caesar.
Market baskets made of wire, cov-
cred with a light cloth, and which fold
into small space, are to be brought
out.
Virgil devoted eleven years to his
Eneid and then deemed it 80 imper-
feet at his death he ordered it to be
burned.
The corpse or ghost plant, which
grows in pine forests where the sun
never penetrates, is of a ghastly white
color, not tinge of green appearing
on stem, leaf or blossom.
DR.. Herbert Snow, of the London
Cancer Hospital, says that mental
worry. is the chief cause of cancer.
The number of cases has more than
doubled in England in twenty years.
st. Petersburg is probably the only
city in the world where from year to
year the death rate exceeds the birth
rate. In the 125 years ending 1883,
there were 1,539,000 births and l.
i722, 900 deaths.
During the twenty years preceding
1872, there were TT reported cases OF
hydrophobia in France, of which 655
were bitten by dogs, thirty-eight by
wolves, twenty-five by cats, one by q
fox, and one by cow
The soldiers of the British and
French armies lose on an average OF
eighteen days every year from illness;
those Of Germany, fifteen; of Austria,
thirteen; of the italian, thirteen; OF
the United States, twenty-one.-
Apoplexy has increased in England
in a very remarkable degree since
1850. In the sixteen years, ending
with 1866, there were 457 deaths OF
apoplexy per 100000 inhabitants;
in the year 1885 the ratio was 577 per
1000, 900.
The burial ground of an ancient
race has been discovered near Adams
vile, Mich. The remains indicate
that the aborigines were at least seven
feet tall. From the fact that their
bodies we're turned toward the East it
is supposed they were sun worshipers.
In digging for the foundation for q
Masonic temple at Augusta, Me-, re-
Gently, the workmen found, eight feet
below the surface, bed OF chips about
three feet thick. No ships have been
built there for many years, and the
shipyard in which the chips were
made was abandoned forty years ago.
Thomas Bird, q farmer living in the
southern part of Lawrence County,
Indiana, found in his wheat field re-
Gently q silver medal presented to
General William Henry Harrison, for
bis bravery and gallantry in suppress
ing the Indian uprising in 1911. Gem
eral Harrison and his army marched
through this part of the State, camp.
ing near the present farmhouse OF MIR.
Bird.
lightning struck the house OF
Charles French, in Macon County,
Georgia. The chimney was demol-
ished and the bricks scattered in
every direction. Two clocks were sit
ting side by side on the mantel. One
was fiindered into smithereens; the
other was left running as though
nothing had happened. A china wash
bowl in which pitcher was sitting,
was broken to atoms and the pitcher
was left unhurt.
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fatal needle, and the huge creature
drops, utterly dead and incapable OF
suffering. New York World.
Milk YS Cheese.

On most dairy farms in country dis
tricts OF Scotland the custom is to sell
milk during the winter months and to
make cheese in summer. 1t is often O
difficult question to say which method
will be the more profitable, but many
farmers make it rule to begin cheese
making whenever the price of milk
falls below twelve cents per gallon
New York World.
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RICH, WARM RED.

Red has not been very good style
for winter wear for some years, but
some capes OF red cloth and also of
crimson velvet have been brought over
from both London and Paris, and the
woman who hasan urconquera5le fond
ness for crimson may hope to crafty
it without being out of fashion if the
present signs do not fail.
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A HUNTING COSTUME.

One Of the projectors of the Adiron'
dack Railroad left to his daughter, q
lovely woman, o good many square
miles of forest land, which she herself
knows by heart. She wears in the
woods brown corduroy suit, shoot
ing jacket, with tenipockets, cap and
short skirt, reaching just to the
top of her extremely high shoes. If
she were thirty years of age, instead
Of fifty, writes correspondent OF the
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced In the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
news, Liver and Bowels without weak.
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
4 Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
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to clear the ground by four or five
inches, the head covering checked
fore-and-after, with checked CATERS
over tan shoes? One of the prettiest
woods dresses I have seen is 80 made,
and its complete success emphasizes
the value of accurate fitting and taste.
full details, even in the simplest dress.
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cred with gold thread; two of the cor
ners being finished with metal points,
and the other two with gold tassels.
No. 2 is finished OF either end with
two round holsters, and is combina-
tion of green and yellow plush, dec
grated with bands of needleworB. No.
3 is o most comfortable arrangement
for headrest, not unlike, save for its
richness, the usual bolster and pillow
for bed.
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FANc1Es IN FANS.

Fans to match the gown with which
they are carried are among the early
fall novelties. When milady buys
an evening gown of brocsde she pur-
chases bit more of the silk than her
modiste needs and orders it made into
fan. Among the new fans made to
order is one of faint green brocade,
scattered with pale pink rose leaves.
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Japs Fight to Conquer.

An Anglicized Japanese says OF the
national air OF Japan: '1t is indie:
scribable. T have heard nothing 30
much like it as your Dead March in
Saur-it is that sort-terrible and
solemn. And then the Japanese sol.
diers do not fear death. They don't
think about it. They go to fight and
conquer. The men favor the religion
Of the Samurai, which is to do right
and leave yourself in the hands Of
your Creator. Detroit Free Press.
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Testing the Quality of an Umbrella.

"The best way to test the value of
an umbrella" observed young man,
sis to use it for walking stick on a
plank sidewalk. If the umbrella is
not worth carrying home, it will not
catch between the. planks. If it is
fairly good, it will only catch occa-
sionally and break where it can be
mended. If it is extra good, it will
snap in three places and the Jagged
ends will stick through the cover. -
Kansas City Times.
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We ofSer One Hundred Dollars Reward fof
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured By
Halls Catarrh Cure.
We. the undersigned, have known T. ]. Che
aey for tho last Is years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable IN all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obtga-
tion made by their firm.
WEsr 8 TRuAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
WALnIsS, sK1SxAx s. MARVIN. Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.i..
HALLS Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur,
faces Of the system. Price, 75c: per bottle. SOLD
by all DyugRists- Testimonials free.
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At the beginning of the eighteenth
century the national debt Of Great
Britain was only $500, 900; since
then it has increased through war ex.
penscs to the enormous total OF
So, ,425, 100000
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QUAINT DIyAN PILLOWS,

To those who Like to cover their di-
vans with quaint-looking cushions
these three patterns, recently brought
from Turkish harem, may be inter-
esting. No. l is of sky-blue satin,
with two of the ends richly embroid-
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A man feels drowsy after hearty
dinner because a large part of the
blood in the system goes to the stom-
ach to aid in digestion and leaves the
brain poorly supplied. .-~
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back on descending the staircase it.
self. Chief Inspector Muller, after
the trial was over, was warmly con-
graduated on the simplicity and great
utility of this air helmet. t.-Chicago
Times. ... $50. -. ... o..
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An Atcnlson County (Kansas) sew
ing society has saved $500 from its
earnings, and has built q church with
the money.
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An English writer describes Poe and
Emerson, "the one as the artist of the
beautiful, and the other as that of the
true"
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Howss FhfD Z

GzoRaE GouLD's yachting Is said to have
cost him S400, 900.
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Dr.. Ktlmer's SWAMP Roof cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
= laboratory Binghamton, n. Y.
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Mrs. winslow,s Soothing Syrup for children
teethine, softens the gums, reduces tnhamma-
fion. alfays pain, cures wind collie. 25c. bottle
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Karls Glover Root, the great blood purifier,
lon and cures constipation, 25 cts, 80 cts, 81.
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Chicago Record, think she might
wear knickerbockers, though, as yet,
haven't seen pair of these bifurca-
tions in the woods. Yet they are q
deal more necessary for camp life and
roughing itthan they are for bicycling.
A brown corduroy is unsuited to
some complexions. What say you
then to suit in big English checking
of any tints you want, the skirt made
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CURE your cough with Hale's Honey of
Pfsess Toothachs % Ell Drops Cure in one minute,
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l.s1 A Beautiful souvenir spoon
VIII be sent with every hottie Of DR.. Horsts's
CsrtdIn Croup Cure. Ordered by mail, post.
naid. 50 cts. Address. Hoxsie, Buffalo, y. 7.
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2, MARIoN CRAWFORD is the most popular
American novelist with the French.
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A Famous Whist Hand.

Tho most notorious hand of whist ever
played Is that known as 1.-THE Duke of
Cumberland hand 1t has never been
definitely settled how this hand oamo to
be dealt, but such n peculiar combina-
ton naturally suggests suspicious of foul
play. The duke, playing In the room at
Bath, hold In his hands king, knave,
nine, seven of trumps Clubs, ace, king
of diamonds, aco, king, queen, knave of
hearts, and ace king queen of spades
and yet was unable to secure single
trick, and, moreover, lost bet of
f20. 900 upon tho hand This incredible
result was achieved az follows: Tho duke
of course lod with trump and found
his partner void In that suit. His left
hand adversary, whom we may call
~, having ace, queen, ten, eight and
his right hand adversary, ~" the re-
naming flvo trumps and no diamonds,
tho consequence was that "z" trumped
diamonds twice, and "Y" "sitting over"
the duke with better trumps, after talk
ing the sixth trick, had the lead with
the seven remaining diamonds, and thus
'FY" and ~" mado tho 0 rioka-New
York Mail and Express
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THE BLACK DEATH.
It's Dreadful Visitation TO England In til,
Fourteenth Century.

It's Dreadful Visitation TO England In tho
Fourteenth Century.
In England during the black deaths
first and most dreadful visitation In
1882 it was noticed that it carried off
an enormous number of the laborers In
tho country villages, the poor and tho
workmen in the towns, tho monks and
nuns and frfars- Is, all that por-
don OF the population who were Ill
housed, Ill clothed, Ill nurtured, OF, Like
those in the religious houses, lived ha-
htunlly upon an insufficient dict
among whom tho practice Of asoeticism
in various forms tended to bring about
weakening of their stamina and their
vital power.
On tho other hand, tho mortality
among tho clergy was for In Cxcoss Of
TINT among any other class and this
cnn be attributed only 10 their noblo
self sacrifice In tho discharge of their
ministerial duties among their parish
ioi1ers. Breathing day and night the
pcstilentiel mir, working heroically
among tho people in every stage of tho
disease, comforting the dying and bury
ing tho dead in tho hugo pits that wcro
dug to contain the putrid c1psoe, the
priests dropped by thousands into the
same graves in which they had hclpcd to
lay thcir people, and before the year was
out the supply of clergy had begun to
fall short very seriously over oil the
land
AT Florence Boccaccio tells Us, lit
became necessary to dig trpnchce, into
which the bodies wcro put by hundreds,
laid in rows az goods packed in II ship.
A little Garth was cast upon each sue
ocssivo layer until the pits were filed TO
tho top" At Avignon several, almost
MS soon rs they were seized with tho sick
ness, ''werc carried OF 30 the pit and
buried And In this way many were
buried alive" AT Vienna 1.-The dead
wero buried in trenches, each of which,
according TO one chronicle contained
some 5000 corpsca" In London Sir
Walter Nanny provided q now cemetery,
moro than acres In extent 'in respect
of the danger that might befall In this
time of SO great n plague and infection. "
-AthcnHum
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MEALS & BURKE Roanoke.
SMITH 81 UPTON. Vinton.
German Baptist Annual Meeting.

THE annual meeting OF the German
Baptist Brethren will be held at Meyers
dale, Pa, on the Pittsburg division Of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, com
mencing May "a. 1894.
For this occasion the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company will sell excur.
sion tickets to Meyersdale and return
from all stations on its system Of lines
at rate of one flrst-class fare for the
round trip. From points east Of and
including Pittsburg and Wheeling the
tickets will be sold from May 22nd to
2sth inclusive, and will be valid for re-
turn passage within thirty days from
date Of sale.
From points west of Pittsburg and
Wheeling the tickets will be sold from
May 21st to Goth inclusive, and will be
valid for return passage within thirty
days from date Of sale.
For time Of trains, etc.. address the
nearest agent of the Il. Sc O. r. r. Co.
or o. P. mccarthy, gen'l pass. agent, B..
d Q. s. w. R'y, St. Louis, Mo-; L. s.
Allen, asst genl pass. agent, b. g. O.
X. r., Chicago. Ills; e. D. Smith, div.
pass. agent, b. &c o. r. R., Pittsburg,
Pa, or b. f. Bond. div. pass. agent,
B. & Q. K r., Baltimore, Md; Chas.
o. Scull, gen'l pass. agent, b. & OR.
R., Baltimore, Md.
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Very Much Interested

Brfggs-I was around to Miss Penstock's
last night, and she seemed very much in
terested in you.
Griggs-Did shop Well, Pm glad to hear
that
Briggs-Yes. She said you were a hand
some fellow md wanted to know If you
were us good us you looked. Sometimes,
she said, you couldn't judge man by ap-
pearanccs.
Grigg,-Certainly not. But you gave me
good reputation, didn't your
Briggs-Of course. She asked if you were
dissipated
Griggs-Is that SOP BY Jove, old fellow,
there may he something In ths What else
did she say?
Briggs-Shc asked if you had money.
GriggS-Iou don't tell mel
Briggs-Yes. She snid you seemed such
Il nice fellow that she should hate to hear
anything against you.
Griggs-Seemed to be real interested, did
she'
Briggs-Oh, very much.
Griggs-Well, 1 must cultivate her
Strange that she never took such an inter
est in me before. How do you account foritS
Briggs-Easy enough.
Griggs-Whyf Has she heard anything
about mei
Briggs-Yes. She said she heard that
you borrowed So from her brother.-Truth
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No Use to Dodge

A considerable measure Of fatalism is q
great help to soldier. If what is to be
will be, why he afraid of anythingp
A southern soldier describes n man in his
company-"a little Dutch Jew"-as the
very incarnation of cool, impudent bravo
do in a fight" A consistent fatalist, he
summed up his faith in one sentence,
You'll never die till your time comes"
Zone day he saw me lodging spent
MIME that came whistling unoomfortably
near.
Hey, Dockr he sang out in his piping
voice Watts te use to todge tenn pullets?
Teyll hit you shust as veil we're you is Us
we're you amt "-Youth's Companion.
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THE TIMES KODAK.
interesting News Items Gath
cred Around Salem.

There will be another test OF the new
fire alarm Saturday evening at 7 o'clock.
Mrs. w. Lee Brand is visiting rela-
tives and friends in Hollidaysburg, Pa.
Rev. Charles Thomas will preach at
Hanging Rock Church next Sunday at
p. m.
Rev. II. G. Garrison. Of Roanoke,
preached at the Disciples Church last
night.
Miss Huldah Delaplsne, of Wheeling,
w. Va, is visiting the family Of Col.
K. b. Logan, on Broad street.
William Williamson, OF Charlottes-
Vile, an "old typo" Is visiting his rela
tive. S. NJ Martin, on Union street.
Mrs. Alexander Thurman, of Lynch
burg, and Mrs. W. Sanderson, OF Roa-
noke, are the guests of j. F. Sanderson.
J. E. SchoolHeld will commence q
union meeting at the Presby .erian
Church next Sunday morning at IL
o'clock
A guard from the Marion hospital
took j. A. Campbell there last evening
In reply to a question the guard told
the correspondent that the condition OF
Miss Julia Acton, who went there from
Salem some time ago. was hopeful, but
that 1t was feared that James Lavender.
of the Back Creek neighborhood, would
never recover.
The machinery at the Salem barrel
save factory is now running on full
time. The machinery is new, of the
most improved make, and does nice
work. The capacity is about 100, 900
slaves daily, but for the present 1000
day will be made. H. L. Sheppe, OF
Elkton, an experienced man at the
business, arrived yesterday and took
charge Of the factory.
BY the new schedule on the Norfolk
and Western railroad the vestibule
trains do not stop here, as heretofore,
and consequently great Inconvenience
is felt by the travelling public. Not
only is this 30 in regard to passenger
traffic, but inasmuch as the vestibule
carries the mails to but not from Salem,
it is obvious that the mail facilities are
also decreased.