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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-09
a Lender

SINCE its first Introduction Electric
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favor until now it is clearly in the lead
among pure medicinal tonics and altera.
tives-containing nothing which per.
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1T is recognized as the best and purest
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liver or kidneys. 1t will cure sick mead
acne, indigestion, constipation and
arlve malaria from the system. Salts
iaction guaranteed with each bottle or
the money will BIO refunded. Price only
QUO. per bottle. Sold by Christian &
Barbee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-09
Isnccinl Cnrrrsncndencn.l

NEW YORK. - One of the ablcst
literary men 81 the United States, and Il
very conspicuous editor us well, was asked
recently what he thought the next popular
development of literature was gong to
DO and whether fiction as we now know it
was going to hold it's place in the cstima-
ton of readers of the next century Tho
question was asked II day or two after tho
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-09

K. c. TAYLOR Murfreesboro, Tenn.
writes: 81 have used the Japanese Pile
Cure with great satisfaction and sur.
cess" Sold by Christian e. Barbee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-09
For Over Fifty Year,

MRS; WiNsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been used
i0r children tccthing. 1t soothes the child s0fons
the gums, alays all pains, euro wind collie and IL
the best remedy for Diarrhea Twenty We ctsa'
oottloiSo diby.all druggists throug the world
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-09

ANOTHER lot of those beautiful
pictures in nice frames at csc. each. has
just been received by the e. II. STEW
ART FURNITURE COMPANY.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-09
HE POINTED THE WAY
TYNDAll WAS THE EXPONENT OF
LITERATURE THAT PAYS.

He Charmed Vast Audiences With His Fin
ished Lecturcs-AIcn Who Could Mako
Fortunes If They Would Speak or Write.
Science ms n Subject of Popular Interest.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-09
WILLIAM GRACE.

christ In Lima, South America and it
was not until he saw this Yankee ship
masters Yankee daughter that he turned
his thoughts toward marriage.
OF course the question of religion came
up, but as the young lady was as much
III love as the young man it was decided
that faith should not separate them
Their married life has been ideal Each
has retained tho original church CON
nection, but the children are Catholic.
1t was agreed that the question of faith
should he decided by the children them
selves, and they have all followed their
father. OF the II born to Mr. and Mrs.
Grace but six are now living. One
daughter is widowed; Joseph the Oldest
living son, is in his senior year ut Column
bia college and will probably one day he
the head Of the commercial business now
conducted by his father; Richard is pre-.
pairing for college, and the others are still
small
\ Chum With His Children.
In his home and among his children
Mr. Grace is Il boy grown gray. TO his
boys he is like an elder brother. With
his girls he is Il cium to whom hoy can
go with all their troubles and pcrplexi-
ties, no matter how seemingly trivial.
sure of as careful consideration as If the
matter were an Important question III
politics OF business. With them all he
has his froiics, and when Il home enter.
tainmcnt is to be got up he enters into
the arrangements with all the artlor of
the most youthful, taking quite as act
i've part in home masqucrades or the
81 frlI.llS 1,F. g.,
Yet for this boyish. fun loving. sympa-
thetic father the junior Graccs have a
most decided respect.
Though his home rule is conducted
with a velvet hand, it is none tho less
thorough Among the lessons that have
been effectively impressed upon the chill
dren of this family is the value of money.
Their father is so we'll to do in this
worlds goods (he is said to be five times
a millionaire) that they are denied moth
ing that will conducc to their comfort
or their happiness, but they have been
well taught the folly Of extravaganza
and that parsimoniousncss is as much TO
be avoided as undue lavishness i'm ex.
penditure.
Mr.. Grace has two homes-one at
corner of Seventy street and Lex
1ngton avenue, near Central park, in
New York city. He is especially fond
of his country place. The residence was
built fully Il century ago, but has been
added to and rcmodeled so many times
since then that it would scarcely be rec
oSniZed now by its original owner 1t
Is surrounded by large grounds on which
vast amount of time and money and
thought have been laid out, the result
beng n complete triumph of the land
scapc gardeners art. Attached is a large
and well cultivated farm, and to the fine
herd of Jerseys which he has got togeth
Ell he Is SO devoted that their care NAV
properly bc said to be his fad, if he has
one outside of his business and politics.
MIR. Gracc's Winter Home
Mr.. Gracc's winter home in New York
is handsome mansion for which he
paid $l50,0O0. His stable cost $50 900.
and there he keeps the choicest of his 20
bloodcd horses during the cold season.
Mr.. Grace is himself an accomplished
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-04

Women clerks, or. as the British
scribe delights in calling them, female
clerks, are to be introduced into the
Bank of England. They are to be en-
ployed mainly in the department which
deals with the issue and receipt of notes,
and will not be on view to the public,
for their presence at the counters weigh
ing out sovereigns in shovels might have
a demoralizing effect on young stock
brokers on settling day, but once these
women clerks have been taken into the
embraces of the Old Lady Of Thread
needle Street no one can tell to what
extent they will displace men in her af-
fections. They may even get the upper
hand altogether.
At Rothschilds and several other we'll
known houses women are employed in
considerable numbers in the coupon de-
partments and are found better adapt
ed for the work than men. 1t may also
be mentioned as sign of the times that
Mr.. Brass, member of the Metropolitan
asylum board, proposed that four new
clerks whom it is proposed to appoint
should be women, and Sir Edwin Gals
worthy admitted that the appearance of
fair danes would introduce a charming
variety into their business
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-04
WOMAN'S WORLD.
AMODERN UNA IN OKLAHO MA WHOSE
LIONS ARE BAD MEN.

The Better Way-London's Reigning Beau
ties-"The Queens own" an American
Girl--Marion Hariand's Tour TO the Holy
Land--Another Wedge.
The modern name of Una is Miss Ada
Curnutt. and her lions are men. The
story otherwise. except in a few details
appropriate to the different age, is true.
Miss Curnutt is the clerk in the district
court at Norman, in the Oklahoma dis
trict. The other day the United States
marshal telegraphed that there were
two desperadoes badly wanted in
neighboring town and somebody must
go to arrest them. The deputies were
all off, so the clerk put on her bonnet,
the warrants in her pocket and took the
train. The men were in saloon. A
man went in and told them there was a
lady outside who wanted to speak to
them. The two men, typical outlaws,
bearded, armed and drunk, came to the
door. Miss Curnutt said she had come
to arrest them, pulled her warrants out
and began. Miss Curnutt is only 90,
and the men thought it such joke that
they listened. Now" said Miss Cur
mutt, "you must let me put these hand
cuffs on you and come with me-" The
men thought they never heard anything
80 funny. IF you don't at once, I'll
summon every man on the street for my
posse" said the clerk. The two men
looked at her and concluded she would
not only do it, but the men would come.
Then they put out their great dirty
paws. Miss Curnutt clasped the hand
cuffs on as neatly as bracelets, and the
three went to the train. 1t is strongly
suspected that Reagan and Dolezel, for
these were their names, are men who
love joke, if it is on themselves. In
any case, they were turned safely over
to the marshal by the clerk. Miss Cur
mutt is the daughter of Methodist cler-
gyman. She cares nothing for politics,
but she knows her business. When she
is not engaged with that, she paints
china.-New York Sun.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-04

Mrs. Mary Virginia Terhune, known
to women readers as Marion Harland.
not satisfied with directing her married
sisters through the medium of the press
IN the proper management of their
homes and the most effectual manner
in which husbands may be led away
from the pernicious influence of the
club, is on her way to the orient. A
short time in the far east ought to
broaden her experience and give her
something to write about when she gets
back. The main object of this trip is
that she may study eastern methocs of
housekeeping and the peculiar life of
the harems.
She will go among the Bedouins of
the desert and get taste of rough camp
life on the sandy plains. She will visit
Damascus, Jerusalem and other far
farmed cities of religious interest. The
robbers, lepers and fanatics of Syria
will engage her attention for time,
and then she will return to tell of what
she saw. 1t is no light undertaking
for woman of Marion Harland's years
and domestic affiliations to set out upon
an expedition in a part of the globe
where travel is painful and health I'M
certain. But she has the grit of brave
woman and the ambition of born
nomad.-New York Recorder.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-04
Rush Bottomed Chair For parlors.

Rush seats, or rush bottomed chairs,
as they used to be called, are the last
of the revivals that so far have been
seen. They are very handsome and sub
stantial looking and are altogether an
improvement upon the cane seats, but
it strikes one curiously at first to see
them combined with the finest mahog-
any and deliberately inlaid woods. In
the old days the rush bottoms were de-
signed for and usually received good,
hard usage. For the parlor the uphol-
stored seat was considered not only ele-
CANT but essential, but these homelier
chairs were reserved for the kitchen
and living rooms. Today the rush has
the place of honor, and some remarka-
bly, handsome reception chairs show its
substantial seat combined with costly
frames. -American Upholstery Trade.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-04
The Better Way.

Women as well as men occasionally
suffer from overzealous friends, one of
whom recently published these words,
1.-THE Louisiana laws concerning wom-
en- and their rights Of property cannot
by any stretch of language be called
civilized.
Judge Merrick, formerly of the su-
preme court of the state, having had his
attention called to the matter, made
this reply: 1T ought to be known that
Louisiana, from colonial times, has
guaranteed absolutely to the wife all
her property acquired before the mar
riage and all property inherited by OF
given to her by relations or friends dur
ing marriage, and that the wife can sue
her husband or stranger and recover
Judgment for and take all such things
into her individual possession, and that
this law is no law of yesterday, but is
venerable with centuries, derived as it
is from the Visigoths in Spain"
AS women laboring to secure all the
privileges we are capable of using Ell
Their for our own benefit or for the ben
eft of others, we should carefully avoid
careless charges or hasty assumptions.
The youthful sister may be pardoned
If in the heat of impassioned debate she
presents vivid picture of men as mar
row or heartless and of states as organ
lied tyranny; yet it is much to the adj
vantage of the cause that lies near her
heart when she remembers that men are
related to us by many bonds of interest
and affection, and that they do not stand
alone in obtuseness. Let US avoid imi-
tating the professional politician or the
indiscriminate accuser. Untenable po-
sltions weaken arguments. Minneapo-
lis Housekeeper.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-04

Mile. de Lussan has appeared three
times before the queen of Great Britain
within year. Two weeks after she
appeared before her majesty in the
Daughter of the Regiment" she re-
ceived the command" to sing again in
Carmen. The company were too far
north to be transferred to Windsor in
time for the performance, and Mile. de
Lussan sang with other performers.
When she returned to her own compa-
ny, they saluted her as The Queens
Own" and the sobriquet has chung to
her ever since.
While at Balmoral the Princess Be-
atrice placed her own bedroom at her
disposal as dressing room, for tho cas-
tie has not sufficient guest accommoda-
tons for SO large a company as the Carl
Rosa. Many rare and beautiful gifts,
including a diamond bracelet, the trib-
utes of royal favor, adorn the pretty
boudoir of the singer, but writer who
recently visited her found her the same
natural, unaffected zelie as when she
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-04
IcELANpIc EMIeRANTs.
The Exodus Beginning to Assume a Sci
Gus Aspectfo the Arctic Island.

The Exodus Beginning to Assume seri-
Gus Aspecefo the Arctic Island.
Since the political agitations of Ice
land in 1885, which disturbed and dis
couraged the population, things have
been going materially from bad to
worse. We are occasionally called upon
to listen to jeremiads about Icelandic
starvation from those whose sentiment
for tho Icelanders is more active than
their information is exact, and the
English public has become suspicious
of cries of "Wolf" But the present
season, with its excellent weather and
good supplies of food, has not shown
any reaction against the draining away
Of the people.
This summer no fewer than 600 per-
SONS emigrated to America, bringing
the population below that limit of TO-
600 to which it had already dwindled.
The island now contains, it is believed,
fewer inhabitants than it did in 1870,
before the temporary rise in Icelandic
prosperity. The emigrants are largely
of the farm laborer class, and there is
a growing complaint that portions of
the country are going out of cultiva-
ton because there is no one to work on
the land.
Canada is beginning to attract the
Icelanders to its northern provinces,
and during the last six months three or
four Canadian agents have been visit
ing every township in the island,
preaching the attractions of the new
country. The government has even gone
so far as to introduce bill proposing
to discourage emigration, or in any
case to put a stop to the propaganda of
these Canadian agents, but it is doubt
full whether this measure will pass the
althing, and nothing seems able to
modify the distaste which the Icelander
has formed for his venerable but arid
acres.
A speaker in the althing the other
day remarked that bill preventing
Icelanders who were doing we'll in the
west from writing to their friends at
home would do thousand times more
service than an attempt to prosecute
touting colonial agents. Saturday Re-
view.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-04

The city of Santander, the late vic
tim of dynamite explosion at its
docks, continues panic stricken, and
there has been general exodus of its
inhabitants since they became aware
that no less than 400 cases of dynamite
are still submerged under the waters of
the harbor. According to the opinion
of experts the nitroglycerin in the dy-
Mantle is bound to explode, sooner or
later, by reason of the infiltration of
the water. Too much praise cannot be
accorded to the divers who are now, at
the risk of their lives, engaged in rails
ing the explosive, which is being taken
out to sea and nk.-Santander Dis
match
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-04
Twelve Dresses For an Empress.

The ~ dresses which the town of Ly-
ons has presented to the empress of
Russia are: A dress of palest green vel
vet, in Henry II style, trimmed with
black feathers; a dress of pale dead
blue satin embroidered with trails of
heliotrope flowers and green leaves; a
dress of heliotrope velvet; another of
pale blue moire, trimmed in such a way
with half crushed roses that they look
as if they were lightly strewn over it, a
gown of cream colored cut velvet; an
other of ivory silk, and satin dress of
sunset shades, that is enough to make
any woman who looks at it sick with
envy; also one of reddish pink, velvety
silk stitched, with gold stars, and,
finally, dress of silk that looks exactly
like silver. Lyons Letter.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-04
A Pluckx Wife.

When Congressman J Johnson of North
Dakota received his first nomination, he
doubted whether he could accept it
on account of the amount of work to
be done on his 1000 acre farm. Mrs.
johnson came to the rescue, assumed
entire charge of the estate during his
electioneering, feeding and watering
the stock herself. When there was an
extra session of congress last summer,
she directed the haying and the harvest
ing, cooked for all the farmhands, and
cared for the live stock herself. FIX
change.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-04

Women are wearing nowadays fierce
looking pins in the shape of swords or
daggers. The sight of SO many of these
pins in the shop windows reminds one
that fashion is tickle, and that not long
ago other designs were enjoying the
same favor that is now bestowed on this
one. 1t is not more than four or five
years since all bits of jewelry were talk
ing the form of gold and silver hearts.
Either sentiment was rife at that time
or hearts were losing their tender SYM
bolism, for they were boldly made to
serve every ornamental occasion. They
dangled from bracelets and necklaces,
they were worn on watch chains and
wristbands, they even stared at you
from the bowl of your teaspoon, and
they were made into all kinds of
brooches and scarfpins. Harper's Ba-
Ear.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-04
JAPAN's "UNkNoWABLE FIRE."


Professor Hisatomo Is Attempting to Solve
the Interesting Phenomenon.
1t has long been regarded as an mex
plicable mystery that luminous OBJ
ject, known as shiranu-hi' LITERALLY
meaning unknowable fire''-is occa-
sionally seen at night, especially in
cloudy weather, on the sea in Tsukushi
bay. The superstitious ascribe this
unusual phenomenon to the spirits of
those lost at sea. But, according to the
vernacular press, the mystery is to be
solved ere long.
Professor Nakayama Hisatomo of the
Kumanoto higher middle school, who is
now investigating the thing, is of the
opinion that phosphorus may possibly
be the cause of this luminosity, which
may be emitted from animalcul@ in the
water. He has secured some water from
the place where the supposed fire makes
its appearance and examined it with
microscope, with the result that he
found a number of animalcula in it
1t needs, however, a more complete ex.
animation before finally coming to a
determination ON the subject, and with
this end in view he is stated to be now
pursuing his researches.
1t may be added that Mr.. Kimotsuki
of the navy, who made an investiga-
ton of sea currents some time ago, re-
ported that the kuro-shiwo, or the
black current, which flows from the
neighborhood of the Philippine archi-
pelago to the southern coast of Japan,
is the warmest ocean. stream in the
world, and consequently it may contain
minute animal life giving off phos-
phorescence. Japan Mail.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-04
A. Young Genius.

Mary Hughitt Halliday, Cairo Qlls.)
girl, educated at Vassar and Packer,
has been elected president of the Wom-
ans Art Club of Sculptors and Paint
ers in Paris. She was for two years
the pupil of William M. Chase of New
York, and since she went to Paris she
has been thrice honored by the art au-
thorities there, twice by special mem
ton and once with bronze medal fol
work done. She has been in Paris only
year and is still very young. Those
who are most familiar with her work,
and especially those who have served
as her masters, gravely suspect this
young American girl of possessing gen.
ius.-New York Advertiser.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-04
Graduated From Heidelberg.

The daughter of the late Professor
Windshield, the famous German au-
thority on Roman law, has been gradu-
ated from the University of Heidelberg
with the degree of Phi. D. Fraulein
Windshield is the first woman to be adj
mitted to the old seat of learning with
the privilege of taking her degree. She
passed brilliant examination. The
university, it is said, will probably soon
be opened to women. Exchange.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-04
spain's Only Woman Lawyer.

Manuela y Palido of Madrid is the
only woman lawyer in Spain. Her por-
trait, which represents her as remark
ably handsome young woman, occupied
conspicuous place in the Spanish ex-
hib1t in the Woman's building at the
Worlds fair. Near by was her special
permit to practice in the Spanish courts.
Not far away there was the printed
score of an opera, accompanied by the
photograph of the girl composer, Lou
lisa Casagemas, 16 years old.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-04
Laura Lees Dress.

A we'll known firm of fashion pattern
manufacturers has lately bought from
Miss Laura Lee, the young Boston art
list, her design for reform dress for
women. Miss Lee, who has an attract
i've personality, frequently wears this
costume on the street. It consists of
velvet trousers, artistically cut coat and
waistcoat. 1t remains to be seen, how
ever, whether other women are willing
to follow this fashion. Boston Globe.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-04
What is Eczema?

1t is an agony of agonies.
A torture of tortures.
1t is an itching and burning of the
skin almost beyond endurance. /
1t is thousands of pin-headed YES
icles filled with an acrid fluid, ever
forming, ever bursting, ever flowing
upon the raw excoriated skin.
No part of the human skin is
exempt.
1t tortures, disfigures and huml.
iates more than all other skin diseases
combined.
Tender babies are among its most
numerous victims.
They are often born with it.
Sleep and rest are out of the
question.
Most remedies and the best ply.
sicians generally fail, even to relieve.
If CUTICURA did no more than
cure Eczema, it would be entitled to
the gratitude of mankind.
1t not only cures but
A single application is often suffi-
cient to afford instant relief, permit
rest and sleep, and point to speedy
cure.
CUTICURA works wonders because
it is the most wonderful skin cure Of
modern times.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-04
Could Give the Yell.

At large reception given not long
since Mrs. Julia Ward Howe wore the
we'll known badge Of the Phi Kappa
Beta society.
Mrs. Howe" whispered a young
girl as she accepted that venerable la
dy's cordial handshake, "can you give
the Phi Kappa Beta grip?"
"No, my dear, replied the other wo-
man, ''but could give the Phi Kappa
Beta yell if l daredi'-New York Re-
corder,