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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-26
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New YORK. April 25.-Flour quiet,
unsettled; winter wheat, low grades,
2.0O@2.45; fair to fancy, 45@2 65; pa,-
ents, 10@345; Minnesota clear, so
@2 90; patents, 0o@4.45; low extras,
05@2 As. Southern flour dull, steady;
common to fair extra, 2.OO@3. 90; good
to choice, 3l0@4.2O. Wheat easier,
moderately active; No red, store and
elevator 81 1@6l&, afloat 62sl; options
we're fairly active and irregular with
the opening weak at 4@3s decline,
rallying $50 e; declining }f and closing
firm and unchanged to3s@ss down; No
red closed, April, 6lh May. 6lM;
July, Ga.
Corn quiet, frmer; No. ., 44}s@44x
elevator, 44M OASIS afloat; options dull,
at A@9s advance, closing strong; June,
44%; April, AN; May, 44sS. Oats
timer; options fairly active; April, 35N
May, ASH; July. 81 spot; No. 2, 40; No.
white, 4116; mixed Western, 4OM41N;
white do, 41@45M. Hay, choice
hrmer on light supply; shipping, GOO
65; good to choice, 10000. Wool
steady, fair demand; domestic fleece,
20@25; pulled, 1926. Beef dull,
steady; family, 12@14; extra mess, so
so; beef hams firm at 1885,; tierced
beef moderately active frmer; city ex-
ira, India mess, 1921. Cuts meats
quiet, firm.
Molasses. foreign nominal; New Or
leans open kettle good to choice, 3O@ 3s,
inactive, steady. Peanuts firm. Coffee
options dull, 5@l5 points down; MAY,
l5.60@15.65; September, 14.6O; Decem-
Der, 14.oO@14.05; spot, Rio dull, easier:
No. z, 1873. Sugar, raw dull easier;
fair refining SO; refined dull, steady;
OIL a, 11-16@4; standard A, 4 1-16@
AZ; cut loaf, 13-l6@5; crushed,
1906; formulated, 1.16@4a6
Freights to Liverpool quiet; cotton, I'd;
grain 21%d
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-26
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Now sork s.ook ,1.raet.

NEW YORK; April 25 The long ex-
pected decision in the Chicago Gas q.o
warranto case was made public after
the close of the stock exchange yester-
day and naturally enough operators
were moch disturbed as to the effect of
the attorney generals ave-se opinion as
to the legality of the company. The
street has all along expected that the
decision would be- against the mpany,
out 1t did not look for such a sweeping
condemnation Of the concerns methods
The hrst impression of holders was
TO sell the stock, and at the start 5000
shares were sold at 64@o3 against 669k
at the close yesterday. The stock led
all the rest during the first two hours
OF business. and so. shares changed
hands During the remainder
OF the session on)y 13.7OO
shares were traded in. Representatives
or the company here will contest the
matter to the end. They claim that
the attorney-general's charge can be
disproved. Distillers was another weak
spot at the opening, receding y 10 23M,
but the general list held up remarkably
we'll, and towards IL o'clock began to
move up.
Noheral Nleotrlc, the Changers, Mis-
souri, Pacific, Louisville and Nashville,
Deleware and Hudson and Western I'm.
ion were in the best demand, but the
Improvement was not specially marked.
Speculation, except In Chicago Gas, was
quiet and even activity In this stock, as
noted was confined to the early session.
In the closing dealings Sugar. New
England and distillers were firm on
moderate trading. The market closed
hrm at 4@& per cent. Chicago lost
2%' per cent. for the day. Total sales
we're 1875 shares of which Ga, 200 we're
Chicago Gas. American Sugar, which
came next, figured for l4,l0O shares.
Money on call easy at / per cent:
last loan at one and closing offered at l
per cent. Prime mercantile paper,
33@4 per cent. Bar silver 64%.
Sterling exchange is firm, with
actual business in bankers bills at
4s7@4sS4 for sixty days, and 4ssM
@4ss& for demand; posted rates, 1880
4S9H. Commercial bills were 4s6I@
4S7 for sixty days. Government
bonds firm, State bonds dull, rail-
road bonds irregular. Silver at the board
was neglected. Norfolk and Western
stock closed at 221l.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-26
Forty winks For Insomnia.

81 have now remedy for insomnia, -
said the nervous member as he entered
the club rooms.
''lf it is good, tell us about it.
cit is very simple. Just go to bed and
take the most comfortable position for
sleeping. Then slowly open and close
your eyes If, after 40 winks, you are
not asleep, then try 40 more. The great
difficulty with victims of insomnia is
that they almost always fall to thinking
of the events of the day. This may be
prevented by persistent counting, but
that is itself n mental effort and wakes
one up. Not SO, however, with winlzing.
l defy any of you to think of anything
else while you are engaged in this SIM
pie exercise. Utica Observer.
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What She Kccns.

Miss Twced-That Mrs. Chirp is hor-
rid! l don't believe she can keep any
thing.
"Oh, yes. She keeps telling every
thing sho hears. '-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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OLD papers for sale at this Office for
10 cents per 100.
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p. Il. BILLIARD. j. p. LEE. J. d. SMITH
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PIE. THOMAS BULLETIN.

The following quotations are furnished daily
visions broker, over Thompson's book store
The Republican., 1894-04-19
The Uses OF Carbolic Acid.

Carbolic acid is one of the requisites
of every we'll ordered hennery The
uses to which it can be put by poultry
men are many and varied 1t is an ex-
cellent disinfectant and therefore can
be employed to purify the atmosphere
of the poultry house. 1t should be
added to the whitewash and thus rem
der this liquid more powerful against
lice. Then it has an important medic
inal use; diluted with thirty parts of
water it forms one of the very best To-
tions for all kinds of wounds and sores,
prompting as it does rapid production
of sound flesh. Carbolic acid, when very
diluted, is excellent for internal use
Roup, the most dreaded disease to which
fowls are subject, will perhaps meet
with as successful treatment as is pos
sible when the throat and nasal pas
sages are cleaned and syringed with a
weak solution of carbolic acid The
acid should be diluted with two hun
dred parts of water for internal use,
and when used as gargle.
The Republican., 1894-04-19
FARM AND GARDEN.
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

GooD butter Is one of the things that
is always in demand TI.is is not true
of all articles. Therefore, the question
highest Importance.
A SHORT supply of plant food de-
creases the fertility of the farm and
makes it poorer, while a liberal sup-
ply enriches it and increases its value
from year to year.
IT is better to trim off the wood
from old trees than to burden the
limbs with useless material that only
assists in adding weight to the branch es
and increases the liability of breaking
during high winds
STRAWBERRY plants will soon begin
to grow, and any fertilizers that are
to be applied should not be over
looked, as the best time to apply the
fertilizers is at the present especially
if potash is one of the principal in
gradients.
OINTMENT for caked udder: Take
cup of vaseline and thoroughly stir in
equal parts of spirits of turpentine and
spirits of camphor, or saturated cam
phor. as called by some: beat up
thoroughly and rub on udder, or apply
to any wound.
A GARDEN sixty or eighty feet square,
securely fenced against rabbits and
chickens, will yield an abundance of
vegetables for the largest family, and
an orchard of one-half acre judiciously
planted and cultivated, will give plenty
of fruit for the same.
EVERY package of farm produce that
leaves the farm is an advertisement for
the man who sends it out Neat pack
ages attract attention and make his
produce sell the second time. Pay more
attention to the commercial side of
your business if you want to succeed.
The Republican., 1894-04-19


ter between two rows of COWS. This
extends the length of the stable and in
straight line across the manure pit,
driveway and hog pen which are all
under one roof -Four carrier wheels
are hung on track after being bolted
in pairs to blocks, A A, which run SO
close beneath the track that the
wheels cannot jump off Under these
blocks a 4-foot timber, b, is bolted
to connect them, only single bolt
being used in each block This per-
mits the wheels to turn a curve
on the track. A heavy swivel, e. is
fastened to the center of this connect
ing timber, and below the swivel
crosspiece, D, which carries the manure
car, E. This car is fastened to the
crosspiece, d, by three-fourths-inch rod
iron, whose lower ends catch in sockets
made to receive them near the bottom
of the car. Handles project from one
end of this car by which it may be
easily pushed or pulled. 1t holds one
fourth of wagon load and runs very
easily. 1t can be dumped into the pit
or wagon almost automatically. My
horses stand above the hog pen and
the stable is cleaned into chute whose
lower end is closed by door. BY rum
ming the car under it l can drop the
manure into the car and carry it to the
pit or COW stable as is desired. 1t is
great labor-saving device, and as it is
not patented anyone may make use of it
l make milk for the creamery and
naturally feed quite quantity of
grain. In buying grain consider its
value for manure as well as for milk
production. My farm responds to lib
eral treatment by giving me in the past
season so tons of hay from % acres, 800
bushels of oats from five acres, and 115
bushels of potatoes from half an acre.
e. w. Grant, in Farm and Home.
The Republican., 1894-04-19
FIRESIDE. FRAGMENTS.

Fried Apples.-Wipe the apples
and slice thin. Have bacon fat hot i'll
the skillet; put in the apples and sprin-
kle a little sugar over them; some add
A little water. Fry brown. A nice
breakfast dish. Housekeeping.
Berry Balls-Roll out biscuit
dough, cut in squares, put spoonful
of berries on, bring corners together,
place on a buttered tin. Melt one
tablespoonful of butter, one heaping
spoonful of sugar, one-half cupful of
hot water Dip over the squares.
Sprinkle with sugar, and bake. Good
Housekeeping.
-Auntie's Apple Pies.-Steam until
tender six good-sized, tart apples, rub
through a colander, and stir in, while
they are hot, one tablespoonful of but
ter; when cool, stir in the yolks of
three eggs, the rind and juice of one
lemon, and one teacupful of sugar,
beaten well together. Bake with one
crust in deep pie tins.-Housekeeper.
--Peptik Bread.-Fill quart meas
ure to within one-eighth of an inch OF
the top with graham flour, and the
rest of white -four. Two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder, salt, two tea
spoonfuls of sugar. Stir with water
till not quite thin enough to pour out.
Bake one and one-half hours in very
moderate oven.-Good Housekeeping.
Rice Mullins. pint of milk
one quart of flour, one pint of boiled
rice, three eggs, two tablespoOnfuls of
sugar, one teaspoonful of salt, one of
soda, two of cream of tartar. Mix the
sugar, salt soda and cream of tartar
with the flour and rxb through sieve.
Beat the eggs and add to the milk.
Stir gradually into the flour. When it
becomes smooth, light paste, add the
rice and beat thoroughly. Bake thirty
five minutes in buttered pans. This
quantity will make three dozen muf-
fns.-N. Y. Ledger.
Cleaning Lace An old lacemaker,
who has woven many a gossamer web
for patterns, and has taught to fashion
some of the daintiest patterns which
deft fingers delight in doing, gives this
simple receipt for lace cleaning: Spread
the lace out carefully with calcined
magnesia; place another paper over it
and put it away between the leaves of
book for two or three days. All it
needs is a skillful shake to scatter the
white powder and then it is ready for
wear, with tender threads intact and
as fresh as when it was new.-Chris-
tian Inquirer.
Brown Betty.-A gentleman recent
ly remarked on hearing this name that
he did not know what it was. If made
by the following recipe, he would cer-
tainly have relished it: Pare and core
a dozen large, juicy apples. Chop fine
with hash-knife. Butter deep pud-
ding dish, place first a layer of chopped
apples, some bits of butter strewed
over them. Then sprinkle with white
sugar, favor with nutmeg, lemon es-
sence, or the juice and little of the
rind of a lemon. Next layer of bread
crumbs, then layer of apples, and so
on till the dish is full, finishing with a
layer of bread crumbs Send it to the
table hot or cold, and eat with cream
Sauce e-WeStern Rural
The Republican., 1894-04-19
THE KIND WANTED.
Growing Demand for Well Bred Carriage
Horses and Roadsters.

Growing Demand for Well-Bred Carriage
Horses and Roadsters.
The rapid increase in the luxurious
style of living that is now prevailing,
says the Breeders Gazette, calls for an
enormously increased supply of car
riage horses, well bred, shapely and
thoroughly trained; the extension of
trade and commerce calls for a large,
heavy amin al, that can draw heavy
loads a short distance and at rate of
speed that is consistent with safety in
the crowded streets of our cities, and
such horses, weighing 1000 to 1,S0O
pounds, are in demand at prices that
would astonish great many farmers.
The roadster, too, is in demand. This
is sinewy, robust animal that is
capable of speeding for hours at a gait
of not less than eight or ten miles an
hour, and covering few miles at even
quicker pace. This is horse of lux
ury and is an animal of high breeding
and thorough training to fit it for use
in all circumstances. Horsebac rid
ing is also steadily growing in popu-
larity as fashionable amusement and
recreation, and here is a field for intel
ligent breeding as we'll as training that
can very properly go hand in aand
with the ordinary work of the farm.
In short, the growing demands of COM
merce, of business, of pleasure and of
fashion in the matter of horses will
furnish to farmers pretty sure market
for such as can be brought up 10 the
standard required by these demands
The Republican., 1894-04-19

The subject of the above portrait is a
prominent and much respected citizen, Mr..
Robert Manson, of West Rye, N. H. Where
Mr. Manson is known his word is as good
as his bond" In recent letter to DIR. R. V.
Pierce, Chief Consulting Physician to the
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buff
falo, n, Y, Mr.. Manson says:
CDR Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
best pills l ever took for the liver. All my
friends say they do them the most good"
This opinion is shared by every one who
once tries these tiny, little, sugar-coated pills,
which are to be found in all medicine stores.
The y. S. Inspector of immigration at Buff
falo, N. Y, writes of them as follows:
From early childhood l have suffered
from sluggish liver, with all the disorders
accompanying such a condition. Doctors
prescriptions and patent medicines have
used in abundance -; they only afforded tenn
oorary relief. l was rec -mmended to try
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. did so, tax
ng two at night and one after dinner every
lay for two weeks. l have reduced the dose
to one Pellet every day for two months.
| have in six months increased in SOLID flesh
t,Ue1aty-t,co pounds. l am in better health
than l have been since childhood. Drowsi-
ness and unpleasant feelings after meals have
completely disappeared"
The Republican., 1894-04-19
Curious Facts About the Erm,ne.

The ermine is queer animal-it is
one thing in winter and another thing
in summer. That is a strange state
ment, but it is true, for in winter the
animals fur is as white as snow and it
is called the ermine. In summer it's
fur turns reddish brown on the upper
part of the body and light yellow on
the lower part. The animal is then
known as the stoat. This change is
quite familiar to naturalists, but not to
unscientific people, and the ermine and
the stoat are therefore generally re-
garded as distinct animals. The fur of
the ermine is much valued and is in
great request. At one time it was
mark of royalty and the state robes of
judges and magistrates were lined with
it as an emblem of purity. The ermine is
so cunning in its ways that it is almost
as difficult to catch as it is to 'catch a
weasel asleep" In fact, the only way
to capture it is to mark it's course from
home and then strew mud in its path
way. When the dainty, fastidious lit
tie animal reaches the point in its path
where the mud is strewn it will lie
down and subject itself to capture and
death rather than smirch one of its
snow-white hairs.-Cleveland World.
The Republican., 1894-04-19
The Perfect Farm Horse.

The perfect farm horse has not been
developed yet, and it is probable that
there may not be entire concurrence in
the ideal drawn. This summary of its
accomplishments, however, is not be-
yond attainment. 1t must have the
size and strength to draw plow with
ease; the style and action necessary to
make a trip to market and back in the
least possible time; of docile disposi-
ton, but not to the detraction of nerve,
a most necessary qualification of good
farm horse; and, lastly, it must be
such horse as. can successfully meet
competition in the sale ring.-N Y.
World.
The Republican., 1894-04-19
SUGAR BEET CULTURE.
Cultivate Plants as Soon as They Show
in the Row.

Cultivate Plants Soon They Show
in the Row.
The soil should be light loan, pref
erably containing some lime. The
land should be we'll drained The beet
gets the greatest part of its food at a
depth of to IL inches hence freedom
from excess of water is necessary
Plow in the fall. AS soon as the soil
can be properly worked in the spring
it should be plowed again, this time
to depth of 12 inches Allow to lie
until about one week before the time
for seeding. Then plow once more to
the depth of 4 to 5 inches and work
the soil up into fine and light condi-
ton. After allowing the land to lie
five to seven days plant the seed. No
manure should be applied unless in the
shape of well-rotted compost put on in
the fall The rows should be is inches
apart; in very rich soil, less in poor
soil, more. The conditions should be
such that the beets cannot attain
greater weight than 2 pounds each
Seed should be planted 4 to u inches
deep, and about 20 pounds per acre
IIdHI III Aprll. cultivate as soon
as the plants show in the row. When
the beets have put out four leaves
thin them out so as to leave the
plant standing about 4 to 6 inches
apart in the row. The weeds should
be kept down and the soil well stirred
A beet that grows up out of the soil is
worthless for sugar; they must not
weigh over 2 pounds each, and must be
smooth and tapering in shape. Farm
and Homo
The Republican., 1894-04-19
DRESSES FOR CHILDREN. 2
How to Fit Out a Little Girl For the Sum-
mer Cheaply and Well.

How to Fit Out Little Girl For the Sum-
mer Cheaply and Well.
little girl needs ten or twelve
dresses. Get two or three of brown
linen strictly for morning wear. This
wears and washes beautifully, and
shows the dirt less than any other
material. 1t can be bought for twenty
five cents yard, and three yards will
make a dress, and d sash of the same
put in from the seams under the arms.
Make it very simply, with short yoke
and full sleeves. The small red and
white and blue and white check ging-
hams at twenty-five cents yard make
nice morning dresses, made in the same
simple way. Very pretty percales can
be bought for twelve and half cents
yard. They wash we'll, and come in
pretty blue and pink stripes and dots
and little fowered patterns Made
with waist either full or plain, ex-
tending about three inches below the
armholes, and with full ruffies of the
same material cut on the bias, and
edged with little narrow EN- mbroidery,
starting from the middle of the waist
in front, and going over the shoulder,
they make very pretty and reasona-
BILE dress for either morning or after
noon. 1t is nice to have four of this
kind; three yards of material make
one. If you want it little more
dressy, make the ruffie entirely of
white embroidery three or four inches
wide, and vary the pattern by putting
the ruffie around instead of bringing it
to point front and back. India linen
at thirty cents a yard, or nainsook for
the same price make nice white dresses.
These can be made to wear with
guimpes if preferred. Cut the dress
low necked, and put a deep ruffie
of embroidery to fall all around the
neck, and a short puff sleeve to the,
elbow. A yard and a half of EN-
broidery is required to. trim in this
way. Great bargains can often be
found in remnants. A small-dotted
muslin makes pretty change, trimmed
with lace instead of embroidery: but
the lace rarely looks well after few
washings. Simplicity is the principal
thing to remember, for it saves in
money, time and washing, and the
child will look twice as well. A short
double-breasted coat made of French
flannel for everyday wear is a very
important thing. This cannot be
bought much under three dollars and
half, and look nice, but can be made
with one and a half yards of flannel
at seventy-five cents yard A fine
brown and white stripe is a service
able color, and the great advantage of
the French flannel is that it washes SO
well. A best coat is also needed. Very
often one has just the right material
in dress that is no longer of use. A
coat can quite easily be cut from the
skirt of dark red or blue or white
serge dress Make it with big double
breasted collar and large white but
tons, and it will surely have an air of
its own. A white leghorn is a pretty
best hat, trimmed with a bunch of
daisies and big white bow, and can
be gotten up for about two dollars and
q quarter.-Harper's Bazar.