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The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29
VAMPIRE BATS.
The Panama Variety Is tbs Pest II Cattle.
but VIII Not Touch Mon.

but VIII Not Touch Mon.
There are some drawbacks to the
Isthmlan cattle business that would
rather astonish the American COW.
boy were he 10 go there. Chief OF
these is the vampire bat, says a CORE.
spondent Of the New York Sun. One
reads stories of the vampire sucking
the blood Of human beings, and at
least two books by naturalIsts OF re-
pute say that these bats do suck hui
MAI blood.
Vampire bats are found by thd
thousand in Veraguas and Chiriquli
l asked at every place for a person
whose blood had been sucked by
vampires, but could not find a SOUL,
and yet people sleep out of doori
without even a blanket to protect
them = sleep bareheaded and bare
footed.
The vampire had every chance to
nlight on the human big toe, as he il
said to do. and while soothing tho
foot with its tanning wings to suck
out the life blood. I could not find
any such case, however, nor had an
observant Englishman, G. Preedy, who
had lived twenty years in David, ever
found any.
But the vampire is the pest Of tho
cattlemen. He is particularly fond
Of veal blood, but older stock and
horses, colts, mules, and burros all
suffer.
l did not catch a vampire at his
work, though / saw hundreds OF
them, but the cattlemen all tell the
same story. The vampire settles
somewhere on the back of the beast
In the pasture at night, and then,
while slowly tanning its wings ID
and fro, cuts out u circular piece oi
skin one-quarter OF an inch in DIAM
eter. Through this hole he sucks the
blood till satisfied.
One wound would be of little con4
sequence, nor would the loss of blood
do much damage, were that all, but
q half dozen vampires may feast on
one poor calf or on the back of a sad
dle-horse in one night. The calf ID
badly weakened by the loss of blood,
while a saddle-horse so served is
worthless until the wounds are EN-
tirely healed.
But that is not the worst result OF
the bite. The region swarms with a
pestiferous fly that soon after day
light finds the wound and lays eggs
In 1t. Unless the wound Is properly
cleaned and dressed with a waxy
salve within twenty-four hours after
the vampires attack, the animal will
be destroyed by the progeny Of tho
fly. The percentage Of calves thus
killed is large, in spite of the watch
tulness of the cow-herders.
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Points In Buying Shoes.

Any one who expects to secure a
comfortable or ever endurable ft
should test their shoes we'll before
leaving the store. "Many women I"
says a New York dealer, 'tget a shoe
harnessed on their foot much as a
horse is strapped up by main strength
in the hands of an ignorant person;
ard there is the woman, and there Is
the horse, fultless to all appearance,
not a trap Topping, not a foald OF
leather that your finger could go un-
der; and If the shoe or the harness
doesn't pain the chafe while at rest, 1t
seems all right. But let the horse try
to start, OF the woman either, and
the ruth will come out. l always
advice a person to stand and walk
across the floor in a newly-fitted shoe,
to test it before leaving the store with
it,"
The former objection to congress-
shoes, that they compressed the ankles
and impeded the circulation OF the
blood, thus producing cold feet and
other evils, has been almost entirely
removed by the adoption Of improved
shapes and better quality of goring.
The latter has been so perfect
ed in the matter OF durable elasticity
that baggy cores are now the excep'
tion, instead OF the rule Of formerly.
The o.d-fashioned V-shaped gore is
being superseded by the rounded
bottom, and with a reach forward
where iu joins the 1xings Of the shoe,
which permits the use of a narrower
strip of the elastic without adding to
the labor of putting the shoe on OF
oil. The popularity OF this handy
shoe has always depended upon this
little adjunct to its makeup, and the
goremakers have taken the hint.
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Milking Reindeer.

The process of milking a herd Of
reindeer is singular, and we have
often watched it with interest,
especially when after a long tramp
across the fields, we looked forward
10 a share of it ourselves At. ended
by the sharp nosed Lapland dogs, the
herd appears its members packed
closely together and forming a COM
pact mass, in which the horns are a
prominent feature. AS they approach
nearer one hears a grunting exactly
like swine, and a curious, cracking
sound, produced by a contact of in.
Vulnerable horns and limbs. They
are then driven into an Enclosure,
each animal is lassoed In its turn
Dver the horns, and dragged up to an
erection in the middle, where it is
milkec. The quantity afforded by
zach is only about as much as would
ill q claret glass, but the milk is ex-
;remely rich ana nourishing Black
woods Magazine.
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Wedding Customs,

In all civilized countries the bride
contributes her share of the house
hold goods. Here they follow the
cozy German custom, although not
entirely, for whereas the fraulein be.
gins to have tablecloths, napery, and
| sheets made up for her future wed.
ding long before any bridegroom
makes his appearance, and, in fact
while she is at her schoolbooks, the
American girls purchases of house
linen are the first indication that the
wedding ia at hand.
There is a great deaf of pride and
considerable money to be expended in
these dainty preparations, and the
poorest girl in the country prefers to
furnish this part of her future home
stores for herself.
In France, however, the e~xpectant
husband begins to pay his lady loves
bills before marriage. The bride
groom elect formerly sent unmade
dress materials He now has to pre-
sent them already made up.
The brides mother usually fur
nishes three gowns, the wedding
dress the travelling dress, and one
other, which is worn at the family
party preceding the wedding, called
the 'contracG" party, The future
husband is expected to furnish all
others, the number varying from four
to twelve.
In England the husbands share of
wedding preparations includes the
house-linen, which is, Of course,
marked with his family initial, and
not that Of his bride.
What a diversity Of good taste, or
what is considered good taste, in diff
ferent countries these wedding Gus
toms show! Though we take many
fashions from France, it is not likely
this will ever or 0 o be adopted
here.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29
SIT UP STRAIGHT.
hood Advice for Young People from Ereo'
Old Soldiers.

OAA OhNAo
Nothing is more abominable In a
young person than the habit OF stoop'
Ing, and, except when caused by MAJ
formation or actual weakness, noun
ing is more inexcusable, says Biue
and Gray. A slouchy, STOPPING napl,
of carriage also suggests laziness anu
often stealth and dishonesty. carry
your head erect, expand your chest.
throw back your shoulders, or you
Will never possess grace or a cohl'
manding presence. ..,
The creator ''made man upright ,
Round shoulders and b~ow-shaped
spines may be avoided by watchiul-
ness during youth and retained ID
maturity without an effort
If you bend over too much In your
studies get a lower seat Saw inc
legs of an old chair and then slt
down so low that your chin will come
just above the table; make the hind
legs a little shorter than the fore legs
and then read and writo with your
arms on the table and it will take
out some of the crook from your
back.
One mother, whose daughter was
getting the habit of STOPPING, used
to have her lie fiat on her back, with
out a pillow, for an hour each day,
while she read to her out OF some in
teresting book. In a little while she
was as straight as need be and a pict'
ure OF health and strength.
In some countries the women carry
pals, tubs, and heavy loads on their
heads-this Keeps them erect. Throw
ing back the arms is another means
OF keeping straight. Remember,
YOU may add years to your life by
standing up straight, and you may
not only have longer life, but d
stronger broader, deeper, happier,
and more useful life II you GO about
with head erect, chest expanded and
lungs well developed, with rosy
cheeks and fresh complexion. than
If you go about bent over, cramped
up, STOPPING, fiat-chested, sallow,
nervous and miserable.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29
The OLDEST INHAelTANr:
a Living Frog that Was Hopping Around
Before Adam Was Created.

before ADAM Was Created.
A miner, while at work the oUner
day, discovered a large and we'll
formed frog in a mass of anthracite
coal blasted from a chamber 300 feet
below the surface In Simpson & Wat
kins' Mount Lookout C%olliery, at
Wyoming, near W~ilkeSbarre, Pa. Jo-
seph Johns was timbering with an:
other miner, James Otis, In a tun-
nel In the mine and had barred down
a large lump OF coal when the CLEAN
of light from his lamp fell upon
somethingiin the coal. He stopped
down and touched the object and was
surprised to find 1t soft and yielding.
There was about a square inch OF
surface exposed at the time, and he
saw that the thing, whatever it was,
was in a cavity. With his pick he
very carefully Clipped OF the coal,
all around it until the cavity, or
chamber, was fully opened, and
there, nesting in the hard coal, he
found a frog.
Some seventeen years ago, while
working in the mines, he made a sim
liar discovery, and had taken the
frog in his hand, shown it to his
brother miners and taken it home.
But, while it was alive and warm
when he found it, it died before it
had been exposed to the open air
half an hour. At the time a scien.
fist told him that II he had enclosed
the frog in an alright compartment
Immediately after u%nearthing it, the
animal might have lived.
When he made his second discoy.
cry on "Wednesday this fact at once
required to his mind, and, as soon as
he recovered from his surprise and
realized what he had found, he ran
to his dinner pail and got an air-tight
fruit jar, in which he had brought
the tea for his lunch. Into this he
put the frog and closed the lid and
the jar has not been opened.
The frog at first showed no signs
OF life, although it was warm; but af-
ter being in the jar six hours it he.
gan to move. and when it had been
exposed to the light ten hours it was
quite as lively as any specimen which
can be found around the ponds in
summer. Since then it has con-
tinued to be fully wide awake and
stares in wonder at all who look at it.
In appearance, it is not very differ
emit from an everyday frog, except
that its back is nearly black, and
there are two rows of little billy pro-
t~uberances down each side OF its
spine. Its legs are also peculiarly
long and its feet very delicate and
tender. -Philadelphla Press.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

A man living In Hastings, B. c.,
Taught a pet monkey to drink a gin
ind beer half-and-half every morning
before breakfast. Strange as 1t may
Ieem, the anthropoid acquired a lik-
ing for this beverage, and when 1t
vas stopped the monkey took revenge
,n the man by biting of one of his
EARS. One thing led to another un.
Ill the monkey was dead and the
man so badly OF that two doctors
we're called in.
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Rather Go without 1t.

Shortleigh-Boreby, let me have
$40 until tomorrow, will youp Boreby
|rOf curse l will. But let me tell
YOU this story first. Shortleigh-
Say, never mind, BorebYi 1 am ex-
pecting some money myself to-mor-
row.-New Y ork World.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

Parker-Poor old Brownleyl He's
become insane, I hear, working at
that telephone invention. Barker
| What was he trying to invent? Par
ker-A device for preventing people
from calling you up when you don't
want to talk to them.-Puck.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

Fanny-You take Dick Foster to9
seriously. Nothing he says is worth
a moments consideration. Nanny
But he insinuated that l was m oil
the mushroom a~ristocracy. Fanny
Humph! He hasn't sense enough to
tell a mushroom from, a toadstooL. -
JUDGE.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

''If, as the Bible says, all flesh is
grass" said the star bOarder at the
breakfast table yesterday, ''this
steak must be the kind of stuff those
| tough Mexican hammocks are made
otn-.Pkiladeiphia Record.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

Mrs. Jones-There are rumors OF
dissensions in Serosis. Jones -What
is the trouble? Mrs. Jones--Well,
they say the members decline to
make any statement about 1t, jones
Cant be any truth in the report
Puck.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29
tn Cleanse the System

Effectually yet gently, when costlye OF
bilious or when the blood is impure o.
sluggish, to permanently cure ha6ltua
constipation, to awaken the kidneys
and liver to a healthy activity, without
irritating or weakening them, to dlspe
headaches, colds, or fevers, use Syrup
of FIGS.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

Civil Cervice-Ir l had de maxim
O dis world l could improve on it.
Hot Hlggins-How? Civil Cervice-
Why see dis hot, dusty road! I'd
have two foot O. snow here; and den
in de winter Id have nice hot, dusty
roads. OATS how.-Judge.
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Dome GOOD BY STEALTH.-Mis-
sionary-"The money which you have
given to the cause will be like bread
cast upon the water" Drummer
,-oh, that's all right i shall charge
1t In my expenses. boston Tran3
lcripts
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

anyway. l don't send people into
eternity" remarked the telephone to
| the t olley. NO." retorted the
trolley, '.you merely ruin their i'm.
mortal souls "-Indianapolis Jour.
| nal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

First Woman (oyer the backyard
fence)-Mrs. links told me yesterday
she thought she was the most unhap-
by creature living. Second Womad
That's just like her, always trying
to out-do her neighbors. washing!
ton Star.
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ReRzsurad.

Bride Exchanging bridal costume
Ior travelling suit)-Did l appear
nervous at all during the ceremony,
cara? Bridemaid (enviously)-A
little at first, dear; but not after
George had said ';yes."-New York
Work World.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29
A Considerable BIan.
ton Star

Mr.. Glockenspiel, the retired brew
er, is learning to play the bass tuba;
but not wishing to annoy his neigh
bors, he plays into the receiver, and
the sound Is carried out OF hearing
distance by means of the immense
chimneY.-Puck.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

Childless and unmarried men form
seventy-five per cent. of all the criml'
mails of France.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

Summer weakness, that tired feeling, loss
OF appetite and nervous prostration are driven
away by Hoods Sarsaparilla, like mist before
the morning sun. To realize the benefit OF THIS
great medicine, give 1t q trial.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

DR.. Kilmer's SwAMP- Roof cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles
Pamphlet and Consultation Tree.
Laboratory Hinghamton. N. \.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

Wright-Gibson's a first rate fel,
Io~, but he can't take a Joke. DE
Witte-He level would. He used I'd
be the editor OF a comic paper. Elk.
change.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

The city Of Caracas, Venezuela, had
a population of $4,000 in 1910 and
70, 900 in 1891.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

Over sixty-eight per cent. of the
whole number of English criminals
are unable to read.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

IfafiIcted with soreeyes use Dr, isaac Thomp /.
sons ye.water(D Druggists sell at2c' pet oott'e'
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

The a~nteeedent of the artistic rate
used in our orchestras was a goufd
with half a dozen pebbles.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

Last year our gold production was
increased 81, 900, 900. This year we
will do much better.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

Karl's Glover Root, the great blood purifier,
and cures constipation rs cts, so cts, 81.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

There are(over 5000 a~ssassinatlons
attemptf at murder every year In
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29
RAMS HORN BLASTS.
Warning Notes Calling the wirked to Re.
pentance.

WI u d BOOu uduIG uSlpo pou'
| CovEToUsNEss is the mother of all
other sins.
WHEN love works it Inever looks at
The clock.
THE Christian who complains finds
fault with God.
A LCoA toward the devil is as dan
gerous as a leap.
If God had no penalties his laws
would not be laws.
WHATSOEVER a man soweth, that
shall he also reap"
/ No BURDEN is ever heavy that love
gives US to carry.
! EVERY good mar knows that there
Is a personal devil.
THE unconverted man sees no
higher than he lives.
! WHAT is the good of good that is
not doing and being?
The mar who works for the devil
neve gets a vacation.
THE man who is religio us anywhere
Is !ellgious everywhere.
IT never does anybody any good to
give away rotten apples.
You can't check the dcyil's bag.
gage on the Lord S railroad.
WHEN sin hides, it forgets that IT
cannot cover up its tracks.
If you have no trials, how do you
know you have any faith?
THE Christians God is the only
god who wants the children.
THE smallest sin is big enough to
Keep Christ out of the heart.
A LIE is one degree worse than the
sin which it tries to conceal
CHRIST will not remain in any heart
where sin is a welcome guest.
THE wickedest man on earth de-
mands that God shall be good.
PERHAPS there is more kindness in
Every heart than we look for.
THE & catest enemy that any man
can have is sin In his own soul.
THERE is no promise in the Bible
for Ieople who borrow t ouble.
TIE only right wav to start out to
be religious is to do it publicly.
WHEN a bad man reads the Bible
the devil looks over his shoulder.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

IRIS a mighty weak principle that
CONT survive q thousand apoatataa
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

The Romans had a jury system, the
jury being flrawn from tho roll OF citi'
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

Sure, efficient, easy-Hood's pills.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

JUST now The office is busily en-,
gagged in dodglng the man
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29
AShock.

Mistress - Bridget, here's a letter
| for you from the dead-letter office.
Bridget (excitedly) - It's me ould
mother, l knowl She's been a'lin'
fer a long tonne. Oh, worrah! wor-
rahl worrahl (Faints. PUCK.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

The last official census of Ireland
shows that there are 3,949, 73S Catho-
lies and 1,189, 696 Protestants in that
island,
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29

"a Sunrise on the Farm"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-03
u,RUsTEE's SALE OF VALUABLE REAL Es.

VNRUSTEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ES-
tate BY virtue OF deed OF trust executed
by George Neil Gish and wife to j. ii. Kennard
ard Johnston Armstrong, trustees. dated June 20,
lSt2 and duly recorded In the office OF the clerk
hereinafter descrbcd was conveyed to said dt tPns
tees to secure the bond of George McH. Gish. OF
even date with said deed, in the sum OF 5000,
tic ED for the payment Of the monthly
building ana Of
an ssFSs % II ecf paf s sss
OF said monthly sums and In others the condi-
tians and covenants Of said bond and decd OF
trust; and the undcrsit ned having been duly sub
stitutcd az trustee in the place and stead of j. H.
Kcnnard and Johnston Armstrong, who re-
signed said trust, by decree of the Grcuit court
FOR Roanokc county, entered at January, 1891,
term; and being thcrcunto required by the board
OF directors OF said association; and by virtue OF
entered at April term, 1884, in the chanccry cause
OF d; H. kennard ct ais vs.; Geo: MsH. Gish ct ais,
O'CLOCK. NJ, proceed to sell at public auction
to the highest bidder therefor, on the premises,
at Vinton, Va, the following described real
estate, or so much thereof may be necessary,
to-wit:
One acre Of land, with the buildings thereon,
situated In Vinton, Roanoke county, Va, adJoin-
ing the Norfolk and Western railroad track NJ the
depot, beginning IN the middle of the TO I'd lead
he from ot sa,d 70 Tairosd to- David Gishs mill
white oak corner to the land or j. Ii. Smith,
THENCE with same, along the road leading to
u
stake, thence line leaving Smiths line
south i3 degrees cast ii poles 40 feet from the
center OF the Norfolk and Western railroad track
to stake, thence north 10 degrees cast ISH poles
to the beginning.
Said land will be offered in two separate par
cels, rs follows
First. That part of the oncacre tract above de-
scribcd not embraced In the description hereafter
following, and containg about 1S.1C0 OF an acre,
with comlnodious buildings thcrcon and,
Second. 21S 1000 of said acre tract, described as
follows:
Beginning at stake in northern linc of right
of way OF the Norfolk and Western Railroad
Company 40 feet north from center line or said
railroad measured ut right angles Herewith, and
distant 1863 feet west from mile post No 255,
measured along said center line. and extending
thence along the northern line of tho right OF way
aforesaid parallel with said center line south As
degrees 30 minutes west 100 IS feet to IL stake
thence north III degrees 80 minutes west SIS feet to
stake thence north as degrees 30 minutes west
l55 feet to stake, thence sonth "a degrees Is
minutes east 65.43 feet to the place of BEGINNING
TERMS CASH.
There Is due by said Gsh S295SH5 with inter
est from November 81, 1884,
i 1atd I. A. MolUGu, Trustee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-03
TRUSTEES. BALES.

to do by tho beneficiary, tho National Mutual
shall, BY Virtue OF said deed and pursuant to tho
term. thereof, proceed to sell at public auction,
to the highest bidder, ON THE 21ST DAY OF
MAY, 1894, on tho premises, all that property
situated in the city OF Roanoke, Va, and des
cribed follows, to-wit
Beginning at point on the north side OF Shen-
andoah avenue 1897 feet west Of Jefferson street
and running thence north degrees 30 minutes
east 965 feet to an alley, thence with same north
s. degrees 80 minutes west 90 feet to a point,
thence south degrees 80 minutes wc,t 9j5 to
Shenandoah avenue, thence with same south ST
degrees 80 minutes east 50 feet 10 the place OF
beginning, together with the Improvements
thereon.
TERMS: Cash sufficient to pay all costs of
executing this trust, including commission to
the trustee and TO pay on the amount OF the said
bond with arrcaragcs due thereon. amounting in
the aggregate to $3.50, IA of May !, 1891, ann tho
balance, II any, in one and two equal annual ia
stalmcnts due in twelve and twcnty-four months
with interest from date, the pure ascr executing
negotiable notes for the deferred payments and
secured by deed of trust on the promises sold.
81 ids. &. IL. VINES, Trustee 1