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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-07
Excursion to Niagara Falls. Watkins Glen
GanaYa and RAch cater via II. q a x II

Excursion to Niagara Falls. Watkins Glen
Geneva and Rochester via b. 8 o. X. X.
The third ersonallv-conducted excur-
sion to Niagara and Watkins Glen via
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and
scenic Lehigh Valley route is announced
for Thursday, August 16.
Royal Blue Line express will leave
Washington sos p. M; Camden station,
Baltimore. 600 p. m; Newark, 1927 p.
M :; Wilmington, 7:45 p. M; Chester,
500 p. m, making direct connection
at terminal station, Philadelphia. with
special through express to Niagara
Falls.
Through Pullman Sleeping Cars will
he.attached from Washington and Bal
timore to Niagara Falls. The tickets
are good for ten days and will permit OF
stop over on going trip at Burdett Sta
ton, three miles from Watkins Glen,
also at Geneva. Stage coaches meet all
trains at Burdott. On the retu n trip,
stop overs are allowed at Rochester,
Burdett and Ganeva.
Round trip tickets for this excursion
have been placed on sale at following
stations on the Valley Division Of the
b. & O. R. r. at rates appended: Lex
ington, Sl4 35; Staunton, Sl365; Harri-
ponburg, Sl3 10; Woodstock, S12.OO;
Winchester, S11.75.
For more detailed information apply
to Chas. o. Scull, Gen'l Passenger
Agent, Baltimore. Nd.
Remember the date, Thursday,
August 10th.
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Revival of "rle Old Homestead"

Denman Thompson has made II good
many alterations in "Thc Old Home
stead" which he will revive during the
coming season at the Star thcatcr, New
York. He has written in some new dia-
loguc and has secured number of new
effects. He is wonderful old gentleman,
and he works just for tho sake of his fam
lily. If he consulted his own personal in
clination, it is not likely that we should
SEQ Unclo Joshua Whtcomb again.
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Special Notice.
~Furniture Given AWAY.

large line of elegant furniture especially manufactured
for u.s. which intend to give away premiums, will
scrptons thereof soon appear in these Among
Ch1ds Rocker, Flora Book Rack Beauty Wall
from us. Paragon Book Rack, Music Rack, White
House Folding Chair Maddox Table, Club Table, Wal
dorf Easel, Lion Screen Saratoga Rocker Safety
Medicine Cabinet choice of which with SIS worth goods
premium There also other choice articles be given
premiums according to the amount of goods purchased
Watch these columns for notice when the books which will
tell the story will begready and don't fail to call for
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-07
nc HORSE OWNERS.

For putting Il horse in fine healthy con.
dition try DR.. Cady's Condition Powders
They tone Up the system, aid digestion, curs
loss of appetite, relieve constipation, correct
kidney disorders and destroy worms, giving
new life to an old or over worked horse. 4
cents per pack"-~. Tor sac by druggists
The Charles Lyle Drug Co. agents.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-07

1t is said that in 1917, while the clcctor
of Saxony, John Frederick, was playing
chess Mt Wittcnbcrg he received his death
warrant from Charles V. He coolly said.
Let us go on with tho game" Tho exc
cution did not occur, but among chess
players Frederick is remembered as the
chess expert with tho iron nerve.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-07
NJ = :: VIZ RerfoIksHesternR!a

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY 90, 1894.
westbouud Leave Roanoke Daily.
$3.50 q. N. Washington and Chattanooga
limited) for Bristo and the South and
West Stops at principal stations west
of Radford. Pullman sleepers to Now
Orleans and Memphis, dining car at
tached.
::2o q. 10. for Radford, Blue6eld and
Pocahontas
80 p. M. the Chicago Express for Rad.
ford, Bluefield, Pocahontas, Kenova,
Columbus and Chicago. Pullman
Buffet Sleeper Roanoke to Colum bus
without change. Also for Pulaski,
Wytheyille, Bristol, Knoxville, Chat
tanooga and intermediate points. Pull.
man Sleeper East Radford to Chatsa-
nooga.
North and Eastbound, Leave Roanoke
Daily.
11:55 q. m. for Petersburg, Richmond
and Norfolk.
1850 a. m. for Washington, Hagsrstown,
Philadelphia and New York.
ILLS p. m. for Richmond and Norfolk.
Pullman sleeper Roanoke to Norfolk
and Lynchburg to Richmond.
1888 p. m. Washington and Chatta
Hagersrown, 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. m. for
South Boston and Durham and inter
mediate stations.
Winston-Salem Division-Leave Roa
noke (Union ststion) daily 1910 p. 10.
for Rocky Mount, Martinsville, Win
ston- Salem and intermediate stations
For all additional information apply
at ticket office or to w, B. BEVILL
General Passenger Agent, Roanoke. Va.
M. F. BRAGG,
Travelling Passenger Agent.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
I'D Schedule in effect May %, 1894.
Leave Washington from station corner of New
Jersey avenue and street.
For Chicago and Northwest, vcstibuled limited
express trains 11:15 q. m, 500 p. m.
For Cincinnati, St. Louis and indianapolis.
vestibulcd limited, $50 p. M, express, 1910
For Pittsburg and Cleveland, express daily
11:15 q. m. aud s;35 p. m
For Luray, Natural Bridge. Roanoke, Knox.
For Lnray, $3.50 p. m. daily.
1T1o, 1850 (s:cO Is mnntcsl, $40, 1850, Go;oc d
minutes) m xl2:Oo, x12:65, 1915 x2:2O, $500 do
min1tssls &25 S4ss 4s x5:o5, S5:lo, $50 5:a5,
Sundays, x4:20. x7:30 $500 10 minutcs), $780, 1890
a. m, x12:00, x1205 100, x220 $500 IS minutcs),
S25, 4:3l, x5:05, x5:10, 6:30, xS:00, x900 1880,
x11:30, 11:35 p. IN.
For Hagcrstown, t11:15 a. m. and t5:sO p. m.
ROYAL BLUE LINE FOR NEW YORK AND
PHILADELPHIA.
For Philadelphia, New York, Boston and the
East, daily. 4:20. 500, COCO a. ex SUM- dining
carl. 1900 dining carl $780, 5:05 dining carr. $780,
Q1:SO p. III. sleeping car, open at 1000 oclock).
Buffet parlor cars on all day trains.
For Atlantic City, 4:20 o. In. and 1900 noon.
Sundays, 4:20 an, 12:C0 noon.
10 Except Sunday. (b) daily. (c) Sunday only.
Express trains.
b. CAMPBELL. CHAS o. SCULL
Gen. Manager Gen. Pass. Agt
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ohamberlain's Eye and Skin ointmerS
Is Il certain cure for Chronic Sore Eyes,
Granulated Eye Lids, Sore Nipples, Files,
Eczema, letter, Salt Rheum and Scald Head,
25 cents per box. For sale by druggists.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-07

If YOU want little brick work done
this summer at surprisingly cheap ratee,
call on the Virginia Brick Company,
TIMES office.
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NORTHBOUND.

For tickets, rates. time tables and other infor-
nation call on or address
W. A. TURK,
General Passenger Agent, 1900 Pennsylvania ave-
nue., Washington, d. q.
&c. HORTON,
City Passenger and Ticket Agent, 722 Main Street,
Lynchburg, Va.
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OLD papers for sale at this Office for
10 cents per 1907
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Southern
Railway.
(PIEDM0KT AIR-LINE.)
Lynchburg. Va, July I, 1894.
Washington and Southwestern
vestibuled Limited
(PIEDM0kT AIR-LINE.)

Great Southern Fast Mail.
Close connections made at Lynchburg
with Norfolk and Western trains. Ele-
CANT service and fastest time to all
points North and South.
The evening world., 1894-04-12
HE WANTED FREEDOM.
Board and Clothes Not Enough
for II Runaway Slave.

Occasionally there comes a reminis.
cence OF the runaway darkey which
shows not only his humor but his ire
pressible longing for the boon OF free
dom. Before the civil war, says the
Boston Home Journal, there came into
the public-room of a hotel in Canada
near the frontier one day n bright-look-
ing negro.
81 s'pose you're a slaye.'
said one of the men in the room, look
Ing sharply at the newcomer. Feeling
hat he was pretty well away from
b%ondags. the darby responded in the
Affirmative.
well. we're glad enough that you've
very poor. Have good clothes down
"suttingly, sab; same clothes as my
massa."
But you got a good many thrashings,
ch?"
"Nebber had a whipping In my life,
sab"
Never thrashed! Well, but I suppose
you didn't always get enough to eat, did
you?"
Always had enough, gemmen; nebber
went hungry"
"Whatr' said the persistent interroga-
tor. " Good clothes, no punishment,
plenty to eat! Now just think OF it,
he said. addressing a group OF %loungers.
This fellow has left a position where
uncertainty"
"Gemmen." replide the darkey, 'all
Use got to say respectin' dem privileges
is dat II any one of you wants to avail
hisself OBJ EN- de situation am still
open"
The evening world., 1894-04-12
GRIM COURT HUMoR.
Stories Told About Lord Norbury
md other Judges

o-,u Nu ~
splcuous part in criminal trials. ana OF
the notorious. Irish hanging .I,ly, Lord
~..l,m. 80,
'>"rpury' some curious siorl'' are tod
A man WAS once tried before him for the
awful ofrcus. of pu,tIny out h,s ,o,yue
nf A r1nsfnhl. ia IprIsbf us v."sn
Newcastle Chronirlc. orderei him 70 he
UhIpurI an tbra. s,,cm..s 90 AZ, ND
the jail TO the ma rket.bnuse ITIsr III
Iorishin hnI rnnrIttai "a. mrnnnr
oxrlIiturl '"'bo An 49,, .Ioi
Mi you can jnSr V,hharrmn""mM III, 49,
sIIf, rnsun1iry saiI, "iI,ihp -" ,n,,a
dir; how dnre vnn ,rinrrI,, va ,ho ttIg'
men, of the rGnr, o" and sigaiac Snniy
aided. and back ara n -
or the sane .Jiidgs f. v,s said tim, n,
had never been kn,Un 70 sbni ' a .nr
hu. once and TIA, wns dtr,nr ,no renrnI
seutnti1n ~ tha .pogyar'a n1,STern {" ,yhon
Macheath yot n renricve H. IL" ,lsn rai
lated OF him that hrn once osLt55 a an nj
nent sreciaI nieadar n, The linn ,,bIa
whether the dIsh near him was Rms
The evening world., 1894-04-12
CHApY OF HIS REPUTATION.
He wouldn't Have II Thought He
sold His Vote for So

wall, how'd you like the way election
wcnt?" he asked Of the mar in the sal
mon-colored overcoat on the rear plat
form Of a Grand River avenue car, says
the Detroit Free Press.
1T was nothing to me- growled the
man.
Wasn't. eh7 You wasn't looking for
office, Them
Nor !. I never held an office in my
life and never want to. DO you think
they 'lected honest menu"
." .bd d91't know ard l l91,t care" o,,
stews and frets and declares we're bein
robbed Of our eye-teeth, but / guess thar
amt such an awful sight OF stealth
after NIL; So you didn't vote, eh?'
Thought you'd ruther stay home and
husk corn or dig taters, eh"'
Didn't | say | didn't care to vote?"
demanded the stranger, with n good deal
Of vigor.
"Yaas, you did, but thar's no use get
tin m bsr si a69gt j. j. Do you generally
II generally mind my own business"
DO, Ell? Wall. you'n ! ar a good deal
alike about that. | don't care to see a
tellow pokin' his nose around In the
dark Did anybody ever try to buy your
vote"
what's that? See here, old man, do
you mean to insult me by that"
"Of course not. Why, how you do fire
up over nothin'. 1t wouldn't be again
you II somebody had offered you 81 for
your vote. 1t don't foller that you sold
It.. 4 Teller once offered me 81 fur my
Vote
And you took 1t. OF course!'
40. l didn't What makes you think
because you look just like a man
who'd sell out cheap and go around and
tell of it"
stranger, you're mistaken" smiled
the old man.
II don think So"
81 kin prove II. / never sold my vote
fur no 81 and then went round and told
of it. You hain't no judge of human
natu'. you hain't."
Well, how much did you get?" NUT
tered the man.
A even five, and this Is the fust time
In my life | ever told of it, whispered
the old chap as he leaned forward so
the conductor might not hear. Never
told OF it before and wouldn't now ex-
cept to clear my reputashun, an my
reputashun bein' cleared I'll go inside
and git warm and let you go to Texas"
The evening world., 1894-04-12
SENATOR PETER AND WIFE.
They Are Described as n Very De-
voted CoupIe.

The, relations between Senator PETER
and his wife are quite touching. saws
an exchange. They are G.ways together
and wherever Nj. PETER Is Mrs. PETER
car, usually be found near by. TIey
walk together In the morning from thrir
boariing-house to the Capitol, and when
he mas nothing else to DO they work n
his committee room. she acting as fs
private secretary. When ne mas engage
ments elsewhere, she remains there an
swer.ng his letters and sending ont his
documents. "
When the Senate is ,callei to Order.
she goes Into the gallery and rena ss
until adjournment, when she walks lou,
with him. When luncn time comes. ..ry
go down 10 the rest4uran, together and
eat baked apples ana cream.
When he has to visit the Pension GNir,.
or the Post-Oficc Department, ur other
offices IN the city, she is always witl
him and usually waits OUTSIDE the i,rr
until he coTne'. He Is tail and uu.I!nlN
with high cheek bones and dark cnsslC-
AMI long wh!skers, and an ulster ON
which the nap in places has been worn
She is a bright looking Lttla woman.
nimble and observing, but plainly drc~sri
In a bonnet ana garments which she
evidently made herself. Mrs. PETER is
a woman Of considerable intellectual
force. She understands political affairs
quite as thoroughly as her husband and
Is a safe counsellor.
The evening world., 1894-04-12
HIS CHIROGRAPHY WAS BAD.
Lawyer Who Couldn't Read u Lett
ter He Had Written.

A certain lawyer in this city writes so
badly, says the Detroit Free Press, that
he canon decipher his own handwriting
when III 8 cold. Recently n client called
upon his and requested him to write a
professional Letter to a certain person.
which he wished to read before IL was
sent. In a few days he received the let
ter, but could not read a word of il.
except the signature. AS a fnal resort
he called on the lawyer.
Il have your Letter TO Mann & Co. but
j cannot make out a line of IL"
The lawyer took ii, glanced 1t over
carefully and said:
Neither can l."
asked:
What was 1t you wanted me TO write
them about"
Thee lient related the circumstance
and the lawyer was then able 10 deci.
pher his own letter Of advice.
The evening world., 1894-04-12
VICTIMS or 4 sWINDLER.
Paris Couple Lon sioM0O0 to n
brilliant AdNcnturcr.

Two wealthy persons, a husband and
wife, vino live in Paris. have bc'u
cgr"rinisly dcludod hE a m1suincent
UdNrutulrr, who called himself u
Boyard, say "A PARIS correspondent Of
the London Telegraph. Ten months inc"
the cfiulgcnt i~UaguHte from Eastern
I.uful" vas introduced to the couple by
a common friend. They were enchanted
by his grnCr of manner and interesting
conversation. and they deemed them
selves highly honurcd by his aoplaint-
rip"ncd into friendship, and The brilliant
liOyard COna"sc"uI"d to borrow a triilc
fruW his Partisan admirers.
He next informed them that he was
coyitc princess. VIII. had a dowry of
10000 cash down and property worth
millions not accurately specified n
amount, ON the strength Of these repre-.
SentatiOnS tn, husband and wife ad-
vanced moro money To- the Boyard. Who
took them to gee the Paris residence
which he had prepared in view ~ his
marriage. Their" they beheld heaps Of
jcwelry, services in old silver, dum"stics
with powdered heads, and everything
dcnotinG grandeur and or%ulcnc" Their
Conscience III the mngnata was further
strengthened when he informed his lady
friend that her husband would be his
chief witness ut the Wedding and that
sh" herself would walk to the altar Of
the church leaning on the arm of one
Of the most distinguished officers Of the
Russian imperial household.
The lady at once ordered -four splendid
dresses. and with her husband set out
for Nice. where tn" wcddi Z ceremony
was TO taxi place. and whittier the
BOynrd had gone before them. AL this
time the couple were supplying their
illustrious friend with money, and when
they arrived at Nice they had further
Disbursements to make in his favor.
They paid his hotel bills. and they gave
him II for the hiring " "A special
suite of Outns for tn" bride. To their
surprise. the Russian princess whom
their friend was to wed seemed to de
lay her arrival In an extraordinary man
ner, and pending her coming. the
Roynr'l was enjoying himself at their
expens" in different places along the
Riviera between Niz2n la Bella and
oienove Ia Supcrha. At last one day he
told them that, owing to the difficulties
created in respect TO foreign marriages
by the French law. the Wedding would
have to take place In london.
There they would be joined hy tao
lovely princess. \ start was accordingly
made for the British capital, which was
reached after a short stay I'm brussels.
n legion Of creditors from Paris, nrus-
sells, Nice and Monte Carlo came down
on the unluCky husband and wife. They
have returned to Paris wiser than be
fore and they have placed the affair In
the hands Of the police. This Is the
of the extraordinary case given
by the compliments, but nothing has
vet been heard from the Rnyard. who is
not to be found on the houlovards. /.
is said that he obtained in all slcN.U 900
from his dupeS.
The evening world., 1894-04-12
VOLCANO THAT SPOUTS MUD.
II Destroys Crops In Sumntrn About
Once in Three NcnrN.

There are many mud volcanoes scat
tered throughout the world, but there
are few whose action Is so regular and
50 characteristic as that Of Dempo in
the island o! Sumatra. This volcano,
about 10000 feet in height, was visited
by Henry o; Forbes a few years ago,
T ths + Ea assST1'"3 Ar re- H's M'"aG Hf'sT IN n
GREATNESS climb he had gained the rim
Of G6w the soma Gra's az f from Of which nIsn,r he look rEea
- what seemed a white, polished mirror
set in a central basin. From this basin
was slowly rising "A column of steam.
All was quiet and placid and he sat
tails Of a scene 81 novel. There was a
vast circular basin, half a mile in diam
eter, with rocky sides Of sheer prcci-
pices, displaying AT various places hort
zontal strata. At the bottom of this an
other smaller basin, some 200 feet In di-
ameter. filled t. within about thirty or
forty feet Of its rim with a smoking
substance, whose surface, Ike FURNISHED
silver, reflected the blue sky and every
passing loud
suddenly the centre OF the white basin
became intensely black and was scored
with dark streaks, This area gradually
increased Nv steady scrutiny II was
seen that the hiaCkness that marked the
sides VI Il cNasm was a lake OF seeth!nG
mud.
\ few minutes later a duh, sullcn roar
was heard AMI he had just time to con
]i"C'urr whence II proceeded iwhsn thu
wH".s lake h"avel and rose in the ali
for some hundreds of feet, not as II vio-
lrntlv elected. but with calm. majestic
uphcay,l. and then fen back on itself
With nm lw"S0m" 4 ar, which rrVcrbra-
tel round and round the vast Caldr1n
ami rnh "l fr NJ rocky wall To- rocky
wall like the surge OF an angry sea, and
IN, imnCus" volume Of steam, let loose
from its prison-house, disStpat"d itself
into ,ke air.
The wave circles died away on the
margin ~ the AXE, which resume It's
FURNISHED fac" and again rerctel the
hive SKY, ana rilcnCe reIgnrd again until
,ho KY ser had gathered force for an
other expiration.
The roar Of the coming explosion was
"a aw"Some that his porters, who had
never been to the top before. loked the
picture Of terror, and when the lake
rose they took to their heels and fled in
Il body.
Thus all day long the lake was swal.
lowed up and vomited forth once In ev.
cry fifteen or twenty minutes. That /;
| was not always so quiet even as now
the stones on the Sawah ami the scoriae
on the sides of the cone testified. Once
In about every three years, the natives
told him. the crops OF coffee. bananas
and rice were quite destroyed by sui
phur rain which covered everything
for miles round the crater,
The evening world., 1894-04-12
THEY WEAR BIG SHOES.
French WOmen Have Pretty Feet
md Never Pinch Them.


An observant traveller in Paris says,
according to the Chicago News: French
women have the prettiest feet in the
world, presumably because they take the
best care of them. They never dream OF
touring their feet by wearing pointed
tees and high heels on their walking
boots, even though they walk far less
than their English sisters. l, as rarely
happens, their feet are broad and pudgy.
they select Il shoe much longer in size
than Is necessary and thus decrease the
apparent. width. Soft Kid they choose.
because 1t is more comfortable to wear
and a be fitted more snugly than
heavier leather. One place on the foot
Is always tight. and that Is over the in
step quotes an exchange.
Says the same traveller: THE average
English woman goes into the shop and
insists that she wears n shoe two sizes
smaller han her number. She will die
for principle and she wouldn't lie to
save her own husband from the gallows,
but the best OF them all liz perfectly un-
principled when 1t comes to the matter
OF shoes. Having announced that she
wears IL three shoe when she needs Il
four, she insists that 1t is plenty large
nough and Mobiles out on her poor
cramped toes Just to show the imperti-
nent shopman nov mistaken he was.
The result is that the new boots are nev-
er comfortable until they nave been
stretched quite out Of shape and are
worn n shabby.
Some men claim that they can tell
whether a wOmn Is married or single by
IN" ethics of the boot, for single womn
are more inclined to be careless in these
small details than are married women,
whose husbands call them to order as Ia
the buttons and heels. And observing
men insist that when a %pcrenniau girl
really gives up all hope YOU can see II
in the comfortable Mt of her boots bfore
she will acknowledge II to herself or to
her Maker.
Now. the real secret of n wcll-dressei
foot Is this: Buy the new shoes large and
comfortable in TIT. \ new boot of large
size is heater and more attractive thar
"A worn n ever so small and the foot
looks smaller In IT,"
The evening world., 1894-04-12
ARTIFICIAL
Frenc Chemist Moissan Produces
More Crystals.

Nj. Moissan. the distinguished French
diamond by %plunging the electric cruel.
Die containing the carbon at a tempera-
ture OF 1000 degrees Centigrade into cold
water, The diamonds thus obtained,
and burn with the production OF carbonic
acld gas, hut the largest weighs only six
mllliTrammes. NJ. Moissan has, however.
sought a more sudden cooling, free from
state, by which the water does not really
touch the hot cruciblc.
He has employed molten lead instead
or water. and obtained triangular dia.
lhohus some half a mlllimetre in dame
Ter. some are striated. others rounded
as IN the case of certain natural dia.
monds. and they sometimes break ur
after "A time: NJ. Moissan has also made
Il few which nrc Ia all nppra RANGES ihs
same as the "crapauds' Of the ieweIler
The evening world., 1894-04-12
MANY MONKS ~ BELGIUM.
Over LOO MOnnstcrics and Com
vents in Tia CountrN.

The religious statistics Of Belgium for
lseN. which were only published towards
the close of last wear. give the number
OF conventional institutions and their in
mates In the kinRdom-229 ronastcries,
with ATh monks. and 1916 converts,
with 2i,S2S sisters and nuns. These have
grown, says the London Guardian, dur
ing tn" decade preceding from 2l3 mon
asteries, with 4,l2o monks. and l,3ti con
vents, with u, 2i2 sisters.
me Increase was not SO great ms in
the period ls7O-SD. when many of the re-
iigious expelled from Russia settled In
Belgium. In the next decade many of
these returned. owing to the relaxation
or the church laws. But there are still
over 5000 men and women belonging Ia
the various orders. and. taking the pom
nlatlon OF Belgium at G.OoO.p1. We And
one "religtous"-monk or sister-to every
81 persons.
The evening world., 1894-04-12
NO ELECTRIC STEAMSHIPS.
Thomson Says They
Would Need Enormous batteries,

Elihu Thomson. the mcchanician. dis
courages the hope hat we shall soon
have ships speeding over the ocear pro-
PEELED by electricity. He says, says the
Detroit Sun. 1t would necessitate the
carrying of such enormous storage bat
teries that their weight would sink a
ship. But Mr.. Thomson does not make
sufficient allowance for the power of in
ventive genius in the latter half of the
nineteenth century, 1t has wrcstled with
overcome difficulties apparently
greater thar trat.
MIR. Thomson does well to d to his
negative prediction this: ut should,
however. he borne in mind that a new
discovery might at any time change the
aspect of every prophecy based on pres
ent knowledge and conditions"