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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-12
Equal to tho Occasion.

Tho new minister had arrived at Deacon
Clovcr's house and was to remain few
days. When the evening was far spent,
the dominic was escorted to his bedroom
by the deacon, who said rs he opened the
door to tho rather small apartments:
This, DR.. Fourthly, is the prophetic
chamber"
All" replied the clergyman us he sur.
vsycd its circumscribcd dimensions, sit
must have been one of the minor proph.
cts. "-Pittsburg Commercial.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-12
RAILROADS
n ) s : w AorfoIksNesterna.S

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY 20, 1894.
westbound Leave Roanoke Daily.
$3.50 q. m. Washington and Chattsnooga
limited) for Bristol and the South and
West. Stops at principal stations west
OF Radford. Pullman sleepers to New
Orleans and Memphis, dining car at
tached.
Y:2O q. IN. for Rsdtord, Bluefeld and
Pocahontas
80 p. M. the Chicago Express for Rad
ford, Bluefield, Pocahontas, Kenova,
Columbus and Chicago. Pullman
Buffet Sleeper Roanoke 30 Columbus
without change. Also for Pulaski,
Wytheville, Bristol, Knoxville, Chat
tanooga and intermediate points. Pull
man Sleeper East Radford to Chatta-
nooga.
North and Eastbound, Leave Roanoke
Daily.
HAS q. M. for Petersburg, Richmond
and Norfolk.
11:5O q. IN. for Washington, Hagerstown,
Philadelphia and New York.
11:15 p. m. for Richmond and Norfolk.
Pullman sleeper Roanoke to Norfolk
and Lynchburg to Richmond.
1882 p. m. Washington and Chatta
nooga limited) for Washington
Hagcrstown. Philadelphia and New
York. Pullman sleepers to Washing.
ton, Philadelphia and New York via
Shenandoah Junction and Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. Stops only at
principal stations.
Durham Division-Leave Lynchburg
(Union station) daily 2:45 p N. for
South Boston and Durham and inter.
mediate stations
Winston Salem Division-Leave Roa
noke union station, daily 1910 p. m.
for Rocky Mount, Martinsville, Win
ston- SaleIp and intermediate stations
For all additional information apply
at ticket Office or to w. b. BEVILL
General Passenger Agent, Roanoke, VA
NJ. L. BRAGG,
Travelling Passenger Agent.
pALTIMoRE AND ONO RAILROAD.
- Schedule in eject May ~, 1894.
Leave Washington from station corner of New
Jersey avenue and street.
For Chicago and Northwest, vcstibucd limited
express trains 1l:l5 a. m, 500 p. m.
For Cincinnati, St. Louis and indianapolis,
vestibulcd limited, 800 p. M, express, 1910
night.
11:15 Il. m. aud S:35 p. m
For Luray, Natural Bridge, Roanoke, Knox
ngh cars "da
For Luray, $3.50 p. IN. daily
For Baltm95e, weeks daily. xt:ao, 800; G;s5
minutcsl q. IN, xi2:00 xl2:05 1918, x22o, 900 As
minutes). 3a5, xi:aS 4:sl x5:o5, x51O 800, 5:25,
1620, $780, xS:G0 S15 x9:00, x11:30, and 11:35 p.
Sundays, xI:2o, X7:30 $500 IS minutcs) $50, 1880
a. m, xl2:O0, x1205 100, 1920 600 IS minutes,
825, Ash, x5:o5, x510, $3.50, xS:00, x900, 1000,
x11:30, 11:35 p. IN.
For Hagerstown, t11:15 a: m. and t5:c0 p. IN.
ROYAL BLUE LINE FOR NEW YORK AND
PHILADELPHIA.
For Philadelphia, New York, Boston and the
East, daily, AGO. 500, COCO a IN. cx. Sun. dining
carr; 1900 dining carr, 800 t5:o5 dining carr. $780,
also p. nj. sleeping car, open NJ 1000 o'clock).
Buffet parlor cars on all day trains.
For Atlantic City, 420 a. m and 1900 noon.
Sundays, 4:20 am, 1900 noon.
~ Except Sunday (b) daily. (c) Sunday only
Is. CAMPBELL. CHAS. o. sCULL
Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. Agt
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-12
Continents Named For Women.

Three great divisions of tho globe tool
their names from feminine originals
Asia from nymph of that name, Europe
from Europa the daughter of AgcLos, ant
Africa from Libya, or Aphrica, the daugh
ter of Epnphus. And the fourth quarter
America, though named for II man, han
been given feminine ending.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-12

THERE is an iron fence in Ohio that
has been in position for moro than one
hunured years. 1t is as good to-day As
the day it was set. The Cushman Iron
Company can make you one that is lust
as good and look ten times better.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-12

Applause, but strained tendon and was
retired for tho time being. She is n bay
filly of good size ana II splendid type of the
thoroughbred.
Gideon e. DAILY have had rare good for
tune OH the turf this season. Their great
horse Ramapo won the Suburban Handicap
not long ago, and by capturing the Flu
turity with The Butterflies the firm will
stand at the head of this seasons winners.
The Butterflies is the first mare that ever
won the Futurity in the seven years of its
history. She not only scored great tr
umph for her sex in this particular, hli;
she also won the event in the tastes. time
il WAS ever run in The Butterflies Is che
second futurity winner owned hy Gideon
81 Daily In 1891 His liGhncss captured
the great race, which was worth 81, j00
that year, of which sum SOL, Go wen. to
the winner. The Butterflies was ridden To
victory by Jockey Griffin. The Futur.;y
Is the richest turf event of the year.
Tho Butterflies is named after John
Drows successful play.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-12

One of the most interesting spots in the
immediate vicinity of Windor castle, the
summer residence of Queen Victoria, l.
the celebrated graveyard for royal dogs "
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-12

prominence in tho
public eye us tho
result of having
placed In mourn
ing thu eyes of
John l.. Sullivan,
no remarked en-
p II u t ioally, II
know ono pugilist
who won't go
brokeP' IIo had
seen S ullivan,
Dempsey, MoAu-
nno and others
scatter their mon
oy like ohaf while
enjoying prosper
ity, unniindful of
tho faot that for
tuno docs not
sinilc forever, and
ho then and there
1 nCOr rated a
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-12
For Over City Year,

MAS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYnUP has been used
or children ecthing. 1t so0thes the child softene
the gums, allays oil paine, wind collie, and e
the best remedy for Diarrhea. Twenty.ir, Ella q
bottle. SO d wa drugnists tn neho1,.! ~ d
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-12
Destructive Quality.

The extraordinary SCATTERING and de-
structiyc effect of the modern small bore
and hard cascd rifle bullet is illustrated by
the result of some experiments recently
carried out at Zwickau, when IL soldiers
of Saxon infantry We're ordered to fire vol
lcys from II distance of 800 meters at n
brick wall about 2Ia meters high and
about 40 ccntimctcrs thick After the
ninth volley the wall was simply shat
tered heap of ruins.-Ncw York Post.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-12
A pueILIsrs PALACE.
Jim Corbett Has $500 Invested In His
New York Mansion.

All groat men ut times consciously or
unconsciously condcnso wisdom into II few
words anu thus form scntontious SEN
tcncc that is forever identified with thcm.
When james j. Corbctt began to assume
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-12

John Mctcalf, u blind Englishman, was
tho first professional roadnalicr. He built
his first road between 1Iarrogatc and Bor-
oughbrdgc, in England. The length Of
the road was three miles, and the mate rial
used WAS gravel.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-11
Fifty Feet of Rainfall Annually.

There is always more or less guess
work concerning the amount of rain that
falls during any storm period. Through
out the United States the amount that
falls ON any one day rarely exceeds one
inch. There are certain portions of the
globe, however, that are frequently, and
others only occasionally, deluged with
water. On the southern slopes of the
Himalaya mountains, at an altitude of
4, 500 feet, 610 inches of rainfall have
been registered III a single year, of
which amount LAT inches az feet 3
inches) fell in the month of June. AT a
meteorological station in latitude Is
degrees, near the western boundary of
Hindustan, the average rainfall for the
Is years ending with 1898 was 254
inches. In the northwestern part of Eng
land, at an altitude of 1900 feet, the
average annual rainfall is 146 inches,
Ill inches in excess of the mean for st.
Louis, which is but 81 inches and a
fraction.
The wonderful record given above is
still more phenomenal when we con-
slider the fact that all the moisture the
atmosphere is capable of holding at any
one time would cover the entire surface
of the globe to a depth of less than foul
inches should it all be instantly precipi-
tated. st. Louis Republic.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-11

ways leave far too many. The plants
furnished by commercial growers re-
semble the one shown at G., which was
one of about so grown to the running
foot. Such plants, if set out with care,
under ordinarily favorable conditions,
will do very well, but successful cult
vators give preference to plants a sam
pie of which is shown at D, and of
which about % can be grown to the run-
ming foot. Plants with such strong,
f1eshy roots will outlive considerable
hard usage, while those with small roots
and much tops easily succumb to hot
and dry weather.
The great advantage that transplant
ed plants have over untransplanted ones
is the greater amount of space allowed
to the farmer. Seedlings are sown thick
ly and left to grow thickly. Give seed
lings the proper space by early thinning,
and thus produce plants with well de-
yelODed roots.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-11
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS

Mrs. WInsi0w's soothing syrup mas open us
ed ny millions ~ mothers Tor their children
while t""'iing. % disturbed 81 night and
broken OF your rest by "a sick child suffering
and @: wing with pain az cutting teeth, send ut
once ana get n hotil" OF Mrs. Minslow's
Soothing ~rsUp tor children tecthing 1t will
relieve the poor little sufferer Immediately.
Depend upon IL. m ,thrr~. there i nc mistake
about il. II cures diarrhWt. regulates the
stomach and bowels, cures wind collie. soft.
gives tom and e. cr@N to tine whole system.
Mrs. Winsiow'~ Soothing syrup tor children
t%eethtng = pleasant 10 the taste and Is the
prescription and discovery OF one OF the old
est and best female pin ~icians and nurses in
the United States. Price twenty five cents n
bottle. sold bv All druggists throughout the
world. Be sure and ask tor "MRs. WINsLOw's
BOOTHING IRUP
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-11
@YE
5EARM' CARDE n
8G 49,
GROWING CELERY PLANTS.
Start Them In Open Ground For the Au-
tuInn and Winter Crop.

Start Them In Open Ground For the Au-
tumn and Winter Crop.
Be very careful in the selection of a
location for the seed bed for plants that
are to supply the fall and winter crops
of celery. The soil ought to warm, rich
and well protected, such as we would
call ian early spot" Just as early in
spring as this is in proper working or
der the soil should be well prepared by
spading, blowing, narrowing and rak-
ing and light marks made 12 inches
apart with an ordinary garden marker.
Scatter seed rather thinly in these
marks by hand, then draw the steel rake
over each row lengthwise, and firm the
soil over the seed by walking wei it
heel to toe fashion, or rolling it with a
garden roller. American Gardening adj
vises the scattering of a few handfuls
of nitrate of soda I've the celery plant
bed soon aftGS the seed is sown 1t helps
the plants along nicely. When the plants
begin to show, cultivate with a hand
wheel hoe and begin to thin early.
The plants usually stand very much
more thickly than they should, and
plantsmen as well as amateurs most al
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-11
cuLTIvATlNe THE CORN CROP.
Some Points That Are Imperfectly Under
stood In the Eastern States.

Some BO1ntS Inat are llnpertectly U1der-
stood In the Eastern States.
In the eastern states it is customary
to raise corn almost exclusively on sod
ground. When the ground is neatly
plowed, each furrow slice lies with one
edge on the bottom of the furrow, and
the other rests on the adjacent furrow
slice. The next operation is narrowing,
by which the soft earth is scratched
from the upper edges of the burrows,
and the grass, being on the under side,
is completely buried and hidden from
sight. The field nov presents a smooth
and mellow surface, seemingly an excel
lent preparation for a planted crop.
But there is another condition Just un-
derneath and completely hidden from
view. Although the upper edges of the
furrow slices have been narrowed down
smooth and mellow, they still rest on
their edges underneath, thus leaving a
succession of cavities under the surface
of the whole field. In fact, the soil left
in that condition is practically sus-
pended above the earth, and its con-
nection with the subsoil is nearly de-
stroyed, or at the best becomes very
imperfect, resting as it does ON the
edges of the inverted sod. The resulting
damage is seen if planting is followed,
as is frequently the case, by a dry
spell. There is usually at this season
abundance Of moisture in the subsoil,
but the surface becomes dry because it
is isolated and cannot absorb by contact
nor send the roots of plants downward.
Under proper conditions the soil is
supplied with moisture by means OF ca
pillary attraction, which draws it up
from below, and when the plants begin
to grow they send their roots easily
down into the moist earth, insuring a
continuance of the supply through the
season. The soil may be perfectly pre-
pared by some instrument that will pull
verize it to the full depth before plant
ing. The writer Of the foregoing tells
i'll The American Agriculturist that
if it is not too stony this is easily ac-
complished by any Of the revolving har-
rows, such as the 'disk, " ''spading'' or
"cutaway."
But there are times when, owing to
coarse manure plowed under or the pres
ence of quack grass, it is desirable to
leave the buried material to rot a few
weeks. When this is done, it is imper-
ative that the breaking up and pulver-
izing of the sod to the full depth of the
blowing should be done at the first cul-
tivation. To do this use at first a cult
vator with long, narrow blades that
will run deep without throwing earth
on the young corn. After the rotted sod
is well torn to pieces the subsequent
tillage should be shallow. This will de.
stroy weeds, and while keeping the sur,
face mellow will allow the corn roots
to fill the soil between the rows anC
gather plant food from the decomposine
and sod. With care not to breal
or injure the corn, this shallow cult
walton may be continued with profit IN.
til after the corn is tasseled out.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-11

The prUmptness ana certainty of its
u es have made Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy famous. 1t is intended espec-
tally for coughs. colus, Group and whoop-
ing coughs, and is the most eflectual
remedy known for these diseases. Mr..
{. b. Main of Union City. Pa, says:
II have Il great sale on Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. | warrant every bot
tie and have never heard of one failing
to give entire satisfaction. 50-cent bot
ties for sale by W. II. Sheldon. Middle
hurry, and Dyer q Co., West Salisbury,
VT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-11
THE BONNY DOOM.

[ paused beside the bonny Doom
At midnight and alone
And heard 1t tell tho listening moon,
In saddest undertone,
Tit loss and sorrow by 1t known.
"What though in spring my birks grow sweet,
In summer shade my tide2
What though the years unchanged repeat
Their magic at my side2
No more to me the bard returns
Who sang my banks and braes;
No more the lips of Robert Burns
Are vocal in my praise"
"Oh, bonny DOOM said l, take heart
And learn this truth of me:
Immortal as his heavenly art
The bard himself must be.
Though never to your banks and braes
His wandering step returns,
The sweetest singer in your praise
Is still your Robert Burns"
Yet, as before, beside the Doom,
AT midnight and alone,
/ heard it tell the listening moon,
In saddest undertOne,
The loss and sorrow by it known.
New York Ledger,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-11
Two Breeds Together.

There is a method that may be prac-
ticed by those having only small poul-
try houses and limited space, by which
two breeds, kept in the same Enclosure
during the breeding season, may do well
together and one of them produce thor
oughbred chickens. For instance, says
The Poultry World, suppose II of our
friends has a few Leghorns which he
prizes ON account of rheir good laying
qualities, also a few Brahmas which
he esteems highly as winter layers and
for table poultry, and because they are
SO anne and so large. He has room
enough for all, Leghorns and Brahmas,
but none to spare. He does not think
best to part with either breed and
would for convenience's sake keep all in
flock. He would raise a few chick
ems, but despises mongrels.
OF course he can raise pure bred
chickens, either Leghorns or Brahmas,
by simply choosing a cock Of one breed
or the other. If he determines to raise
Brahma chicks, the cock will be a Brah-
ma, and he will select the eggs of dark
color for Matching. If Leghorn chicks,
the cock will be Leghorn. He can raise
II kind this year, and the other kind
next year, without the trouble of parti-
lions and division fences, using the
''mongrel' eggs for the table. The ques-
ton of "contamination' Of course cOmes
in here, but it need not very much con-
Germ the ordinary breeder for family
use.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-11
Tests of sugar Beets.

Last year cooperative tests of sugar
beets were conducted, under the auspices
of the Cornell station, in all parts of
New York. The yield per acre varied
from z to A tons with a per cent of
sugar of from o. 16 to IA. II. Beets rails
ed ON clay soils averaged ~. n IONS per
acre, on clay loan %. "a tons, on sandy
loan and gravel 27.9S tons. This is a
good showing as to yield per acre, but
the per cent of sugar in the beets ran
rather low. This year the experiments
will be continued under more favorable
conditions, when better results will un-
lOubtedly be obtained.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-11

lzontal pieces. The figures of dimen-
sions on the drawing will give all need
ed information as to size, etc. He says:
My way IS to begin at tine bottom as
Don as the tomato gets a good start and
trim, trim, trim. l trim until my neigh
bors tell me l have spoiled my vines and
then trim them some more This makes
large stock, strong and thrifty. After
the tomatoes have begun to set l begin
at the top and trim down. AS a result
of trimming l have abundance of toma-
toes, large, free from rot, and all over a
fine vine, without any side arms or
branches below the lower Stat
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-11
CouId Wait Too.

SIS anybody waiting on you, madam?'
imputed the ioorwalker.
YES, sir, A" retorted the middle aged
matron tiercely. Il reckon they're wait
in to see if 1 won't go away without
stayin fur the II cents in change that's
a-comin to mel'-Chicago Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-11

of the plank, passed under the log to be
raised and hooked to the chain on the
lever. The lever is then worked similar
ly to a pump handle. When lowering
the handle and allowing the weight to
rest on the outer pin, move up the pin
in front to a hole higher. When the
handle is raised with the weight ON the
front pin, raise the back pin. By this
plan a ton may be easily raised by sim
gle person, as the leverage is only about
half an inch with a six foot lever.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-11
A Powerful Log Jack.

A log jack which any ingenious farm
err can make is thus described in The
New England Homestead: 1t consists of
two hard wood planks nailed close to-
gether. Holes are then drilled, in which
two iron pegs should slide easily. A
lever of hard, tough wood or of iron is
then required, with a short chain and
hook. A chain is then hooked to the top
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-11
An Improved Tomato Trellis.

Many trellises are too small for best
results. They keep the vines crowded
and give no chance for the sun to get in
side. a writer in American Gardening
describes his trellises as being made of
stuff seven-eighths by inches for the
legs and common pine lath for the hor-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-11

who is there?' 1 asked.
Tt is |, came the voice of my father.
open, / beg Of you
Il went to the door, raised the latch
and admitted him. My mother was with
him. They were fully dressed.
'Boom' came through the white
mist from the vessel pounding upon the
beach.
Eyes, now l could hear the vessel as
she beat her brains out.
''Then the heavens were illumined by
a second rocket.
"'Did you hear? Did you see?' asked
my father.
eyes, said l, it is a vessel ashore.
"'We must go to that vessel, he said
resolutely. They will need our help.
You will go?'
Yes, l said.
"'And l, too, cried my mother.
"My father tried to dissuade her.
"'This is no woman's work, he said.
"But she would not be frightened.
"'I will die with you, she said reso.
lutely.
"Out into the storm we rushed, down
to the beach, where the frightened viii
layers stood looking vainly out toward
the doomed vessel.
'"They ran toward ms rs we approach
ed. They would not go out in the boat,
they said-it was death.
"'At least, said my father, you will
help me get the boat into the surf?'
but they would not even help get
the boat into the surf.
cit is death you are going to, Ayr
ault. We will not help to murder you,
they cried.
Then stand aside, and together we
three pushed the boat into the surf,
through the rocks to the open sea, then
jumped into her and put off over the
fiercely rolling waves. My mother and
myself took the oars. My father stood
at the bow looking out ahead.
"'Come back, came a faint echo
from the shore.
"a great wild wave came crashing
down upon us.
Nearer and nearerl
"The boat cried out, almost, it seemed,
like a human being i'll terror.
1.-The wave struck the boat.
"The cold water rushed over my head,
81 went downtown.
81 struggled to the surface.
"For a second | caught sight of my
father and mother as they struggled in
the embrace of death.
Il could see their eyes turned at tho
last toward me.
Come their eyes cried to me,
Come
Il tried to cry out to them. l tried Il
cry to them to wait for me; that WE
would die together i'll each others arms
Il struggled to get nearer to them. "
Then something seemed to snap in M
head, and once more / stood ON the
beach.
"You are faint?" she said.
"My father, " l muttered, "where i;
he?"
Your father!"
eyes, yes, the old man, where is hep
"See, he is stumbling along there"
Like one in a dream, he came slowl,
toward us.
Terror and pleasure stupefied me.
His eyes rested on the snow in from
of him. Then suddenly he raised then
to mine.
He threw up his arms; he started for
ward; he cried out, a cry OF. peace, hap
piness, a cry from a soul flowing owe
with exultation.
My fathers eyes looked deep int,
mine. My fathers arms were about III.
neck.
"At last" he cried, "at last, my son
back to me, and now rest"
And with a low moan the old man
Ayrault, my father-fell back upon tn
snow and was dead.
And now often my father and m,
mother come to me when the moo
cbinaS in upon INV cO1cb and wa Cit "a
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-11
Her Proposal.

Harold-Ethel, do you love me2
Ethel deeply agitatedSAh, Harold
forgive mel cannot tell you. Will
you, oh, will you, Harold, excuse me
while | find the article in The Ladies
Parlor Journal on How to Behave
When Proposed TOP "--I London Tit
Bits
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-11

And now often my father and my
mother come to me when the moon
shines in upon my couch, and we sit to-
gether III the moonlight, and he tells me
the old story; how during his lifetime
my mother and l had come to him to
minister to him; how l had promised to
come back to him so that he might rest.
ask him every night if am to live
OH forever, but he answers not.
So we hold each others hands, and
the spirits in the moonlight sing to us,
and We are happy.
l, even 1, am happy, though they dc
keep me locked up here in a cell night
and day.-New York Sun.