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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-11
Two Lives Saved.

MRS. PHOEBE THOMAS, of junction
City, Ill, was told by her doctor she
had consumption and that there was no
hope for her, but two bottles of DR..
Kings New Discovery completely cured
her, and she says it saved her life. Mr.
Thomas Eggers, 1870 Florida street. San
Francisco, suffered from dreadful
cold, approaching consumption; tried
without result everything else, then
bought one bottle of DR.. Kings New
Discovery and in two weeks was cured il.
He is naturally thankful II is such
results, OF which these are samples,
that prove the wonderful efiic acy of this
medicine in coughs and colds. Free
trial bottles at Christian e. Barbee's
drug store. Regular size 80 cents and ST.
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tictllar weakness or foblc in the presence
of person who aftorwartl turns out to he
especially possessed by itl If we arc in
spircd to express our Misrepresentation of
certain habits or tastes, it is sure to be ut
time when our words will seem to have
personal and critical application to ut
least ono of orr auditors No amount of
what is vulgarly known ms ''criwlshing'
after we discover tho circumstances will
carry us back to our former vantage ground
OF polite noncOmmittalism, and we must
forever after bear the consequences of an
opinion probably half formed and hastily
uttered on the spur of the moment. If
somebody would only suggest II safeguard
against these lapscs of tact, to which oven
the clcvercst and most worldly wise per-
SONS arc subject, he would win the indy
ing gratitude of many nminblc and well
meaning people who suffer more from
causing awkwartlncss than their victims
do in being placed in an unpleasant posi-
ton
y sketch is given of costume of ecrri
glacc silk, with golden brown figures. 1t is
trimmed with golden brown moire and
ecru guipurc. Tho round corsage is gath
cred in ut the waist and neck and has bal
loon elbow sleeves JUDO CuoLLET.
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ANCIENT LIGHTHOUSES.
Beacon Lights to Guide Mariners Cocvu
With the Earliest Commerce.

Beacon Lights to Guide Mariners Cocyal
With the Earliest Commerce..
Beacon lights to guide tho wave
tossed mariner to a safe harbor must
have been almost coeval with the carli-
est commerce. There is positive record
that lighthouses We're built in ancient
times, though few evidences now re-
main to us from oldwritcrs or i'll crum-
bled ruins. This is not strange, for light
towers, never tho most stable architec-
tural form, We're exposed to the storms
Of sea and war.
The Greeks attributed the first light
houses to Hercules, and he was consid-
cred tho protector of voyagers. 1t :,
claimed by some that Homer refers to
lighthouses in tho ninetecnth book of
the "Iliad."
Virgil mentions light on temple
to Apollo which, visible far out at sea,
warned and guided mariners. Tho Co
lossus at Rhodes, erected about 300 D.
c., is said to have shown signal light
from its uplifted hand.
The oldest towers known were built
by the Libyans i'll lower Egypt They
were temples also, and the lightkceper
priests taught pilotage, photography
and navigation. The famous tower OH
the isle Of Pharos, at Alexandria, built
about 2S5 B. c., is the first lighthouse
of undoubted record This tower, CON
structed by Sostratus, the architect, was
square i'll plan, Of great height and built
In offsets. An open brazier at the top
of the tower contained the fuel for the
light AT Dover and RDulouue on ci
thor side of the English channel, were
ancient lighthouses built by the Romans.
But the lighthouse at Corunna, Spain,
built i'll the reign Of Trajan and recon
structcd III 1854, is believed to be tho
oldest existing lighthouse i. p.
Adams in Cassicr's Magazine
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-11
LApsEs OF IAlcI.
Saying tho Right Things ut the Wrong
Time.

S"JAAS eAo ANiShe AhiuGs At the NfrOnS
Time.
We have oil no doubt experienced sew.
eral of those dreadful moments when our
social good angel deserts us and leaves us
to say whatever inopportune thing comes
into our heads to our after surprise and
shame. This is Il recognized condition of
things. Witness the popularity of those
painful jokes introduced under tho title
of "Thiugs Better Left Unsaid." The
spirit of pervcrsity seems sometimes t.
seizo upon ones tongue, and one listens
aghnst while it proceeds quito indcpcnd
emily to commit ono in tho most appalling
manner. ~ Spanish provcrb runs to the
effect that it is Ill talking of ropes in til,
house of u man who was hanged, but how
is it possible to resist tho intolcrablc fasci-
nation of the subject of ropes in such @
residence? No wonder that tho people of
tho middle ages believed that his satanic
majesty personally attended tho steps of
human beings and got them into trouble
through no fault Of their own whenever
he could manage 1t, for certainly demon
of contraricty often seems to guido our
actions and influence them adversely
against our particular wish and will 1t
operates even when wo arc quito uncon
scious of it. For example, how prone
everybody Is to loudly condemn some par
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-11
Angeles Verdict,

Once painter notorious for plagia-
risms executed "a historical picture in
which every figure Of Importance was
copied from some other artist, 30 that
very little remained to himself. 1t was
shown to Michael Angelo by friend,
who begged his opinion of it. Excel
lently done, " said Angelo. "only, at tho
day Of Judgment when all bodies will
resume their own limbs again, 1 do not
know what will become of that historic
al painting, for there Will DO nothing
left of it. San Francisco Argonaut
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DRESS AND DIsHWAsHlNG.
Why tho Roles OF Hostess and Cook Arr
AntaGonistic.

Since the chatting dish and alcohol stove
came into general use the demand for ben
zine and other cleansing fluids must have
scnsibly increased, for every college girl
or other young woman possessing an indie
pendent apartment Of her own in which
she may do as she likes and entertain her
friends us she wishes has set up IL minia
turc cooking establishment and mcsscs
away to her hearts content among stuffed
furniture and art drapcrics Theoretically
there is something very charming in the
idea OF young lady In silk and lace
tea gown making chocolate for her admir-
ing friends, but there is so unpleasant II
practical side to the matter that fastidious
girls think twice before turning their re-
ccption and sitting room into a kitchen.
~ woman who has q distastc for grease in
the wrong place limited at this inconycn
fence to her college hostess with whom
she was ON intimate terms without in the
least desiring to bclittlc the social gather
ing that had been held in her honor. But
the collcgian replied that rs she usually
wore half length sleevcs-sho has very
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-11
A FAT MANS DEED.
Story OF n Tragic Scene on n brooklyn Troll.
ley Csr Which Might BE True.


A very stout old Brooklyn gentleman
squeezed himself past two women on a
Putnam avenue car and wedged in be-
tween one of them and q man at the
other end OF the seat. The fit was such
tight one that tho women held their
breaths and assumed pancake apDcar-
ance. AT the corner where the car turns
into Putnam avenue the fat man turned
nike big turret an,iS,ut up chubby
finger. The car stopped.
Putnam avenue; Grand avenue and
Fulton stroet!" shouted tho conductor.
The fat man settled back and rcsunl-
ed reading II newspaper, which he had
dropped i'll his lap
Want to get out here?" asked tho
conductor, with his hand on the bell
rope.
The fat man shook his head. There
was an angry twang of the cord, and
tho trolley began to whiz.
AT Nostrand avenue tho chubby fin
ger went up again. Tho car stopped.
Nobody moved. Then tho man who rings
up the fares got angry.
See here" no exclaimed after he
had climbed along the step ON tho sido
of tho car until he was opposite tho
fat man, what do you mean by telling
me to stop for when you don't want to
get off,
"Why," responded the mountain of
flesh as coolly as such mass of adiposc
could be cool, 1.-THE car jolts SO that l
couldn't read this paragraph, which is
slightly blurred. I merely wanted to
have the car stand still until I had fin
ished it. That's all. Now, if you can
go along slowly without jolting, 1 will
DO able TO get along very nicely, but if
como across another bad line or two
I'll put my hand back of my head, and
You stop. It's too much trouble for me
to turn around. "
The conductors eyes twittercd in the
orbits. He placed his hand to his head
and uttered shrek after Shrek. Reason
was shattered. Ho had become cross
eyed and insane. Now York Mail and
ENnreSS
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pretty arms-and washed dishes with u
mop shc could cook anything and clear up
after it with absolute neatncss. Tho guest
could say 10 moro in common deccncy,
but against her will she was conscious
that many Of tho students pretty silk
and challic gowns wcro spotted and disflg-
urcd and bore unmistaknblc evidence that
their wcarcr had combined tho Antagonis.
tic roles of hostess and cook.
1t ought to be understood that eating
and drinking arc not n necessity Of social
intercourse, although there is nothing
moro pleasant than to be able to offer one $
friends the hospitality of tho table prop
crly.
Tho sketch shows an afternoon bodice
of light blue silk muslin trimmed with
Irish guipurc. 1t Is accordion plated and
lie cut square at tho neck. Tho guipurc
forms sort of yoke and half brctcllcs.
The balloon elbow sleeves are gathered
into ribbon ut the bottom, and tho belt
Is of ribbon. JUDIc CHoLLET.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-11
Southern
Lynohburg, Va, July ], 1901
Washington and Southwestern
Vestibuled Limited
Great Southern Fast Mail.

Close connections made at Lynchburg
with Norfolk and Western trains. Ele.-
giant service and fastest time TO all
points North and South.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-11
Tho OrigIn ofDysncnsia.

Doctor-1t's merely case of dyspep-
STA, ma'am.
Wife-And what does that come
from?
Doctor-It comes from the Greek,
ma am.
Wife-Ah. I thought he'd been get
ting at something. He was all right as
long as no stuck to beer. -Wilkesbarro
Nowsdcalcr.
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Marvellous Resulta.

FROM letter written by Rev.J. Gun
derman, OF Dimondale, Mich, we are
permitted to mako this extract: ST have
no hesitation in recommending DR..
Kings New Discovery. as the results
were almost marvellous in the case Of
my wife. While I was pastor OF the
Baptist Church at Rives Junction she
was brought down with pneumonia sue
ceeding la grippe. Terrible paroxysisms
of coughing would last hours with little
interruption and 1t seemed as IL she
could not survive them. friend recon.
mended DR.. Kings New Discovery it
was quick in it's work and highly salts
factory in results" Trial bottles FREQ
at Christian & Barbee's drug store.
Regular size, 80 cents and 81.
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Special Notice.
Given Away.

large line Of elegant furniture especially manufactured
for which Intend to give away premiums will
be displayed in establishments will also the and de-
scrptons thereof In these columns Among them
are chlds Rocker Flora Book Rack Beauty Wall
from us. Paragon Book Rack, Music Rack, a White
House Folding Chair Maddox Table, Club Table, Wal
dorf Easel Lion Screen, Saratoga Rocker Safety
Medicine Cabinet choice of which go with SIS worth goods
premium There also other choice articles be given
premiums according to the of goods purchased
Watch these columns for notice when the books whichw
tell the story wbe ready and don't fail to call for
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-08-11
KENNITH BAZEMoRe had

KENNITH BAzEMoRG had the good
fortune to receive a small bottle Of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
DiarrhGa Remedy when three me bers
of his family were sick with dysentery
This one small bottle cured them all
and he had some left, which he gave to
Geo. w. Baker, a prominent merchant
of the place. Lewiston, N. G., and it
cured him of tho same complaint
When troubled with dysentary, diar-
rhCea, collie or cholera morbus, give this
remedy trial and you will BIO more
than pleased with the result. The
praise that naturally follows its intro
duction and use has made it very popu-
lar. 25 and SO cent bottles for sale by
The Chas. Lyle Drug Company. drug.
gists.
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ri : = !. Wy Rarfo'ksHastaFaaR
s,,.srsgrssxpEa,

sis SCHEDULE IN EFFECT NAY go, 1894.
Wcptbound leave Roanoke Daily.
$3.50 a. m. Washington and Chattanooga
imited) for Bris toll and toe South and
West Stops at principal stations west
of Radford. Pullman sleepers to New
Orleans and Memphis, dining car at
tached
I s:20 8. m. for Radford, Bluefeld and
Pocahontas
40 p. m. the Chicago Express for Rad
ford, Bluefield, Pocahontas, Kenova,
Buffet Sleeper Roanoke to Colum bus
without change. Also for Pulaski,
Wytheville, Bristol, Knoxville, Chat.
tsnooga and intermediate points. Pull.
man Sleeper East Radford to Chatta-
nooga.
North and Eastbound, Leave Roanoke
Daily.
HAS a. m. for Petersburg, Richmond
and Norfolk.
1850 q. m. for Washington, Hagerstown,
Philadelphia and New York.
11:15 p. N. for Richmond and Norfolk.
Pullman sleeper Roanoke to Norfolk
and Lynchburg to Richmond.
7:52 p. m. Washington and Chatta
nooga limited) for Washington
Hagerstown, 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-Leaye Roa-
noke (Union station) daily 1910 p. m.
for Rocky Mount, Martinsyille, Win
ston- Salem and intermediate stations
For all additional information apply
ct ticket Office or to W B. BEVILL
General Passenger Agent, Roanoke. VS..
M. T. BRAGG,
Travelling Passenger Agent.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
ID Schedule in effect May 20, 1894.
Leave Washington from station corner OF New
Jersey avenue and street.
For Chicago and Northwest vcstibnlcd limited
express trains 11:l5 a. m, 500 p IN.
For Cincinnati, st; Louis and indianapolis,
night
For Pittsburg and Cleveland, express daily
-, For Lnray, Natural Bridge, Roanoke, Knox.
ls 49, night daily i!sG sleeping cars through
17:lO, x7:3O $50 Is minucsJ, $50, 1850 Go:0o Is
minutes, s25 xa:as, as1 S5o5, xsio S3S U.s. SIS s.
x8:20, $50, xS:00 S15 x9:O0 XII 80 and 1135 D. m
SUNDAYS, X4;2o. x7so $500 45 minltcsl, $780, 1880
1926, ADJ, x5o5, x5:10, $50, xS:0o, 1890, 1890,
xl1:S0, 11:35 p. IN.
For Hagerstown, t11:15 a. In. and t5:c0 p. m.
ROYAL BLUE LINE FOR NEW YORK AND
PHILADELPHIA.
For Philadelphia, New York, Boston and the
East, daily. AGO. SEQ, COCO a. Sun. dining
carl, 1900 dining carr 400, 5:05 dining carl SOD,
Q1:S0 p. III. sleeping car, open at 1000 o'clock).
Buffet pnrlor cars on all day trains
For Atlantic City, 4:20 u. m. and 1900 noon
Sundays, 1920 am, l2C0 noon.
~ Except Sunday. (b) daily. (c) Sunday only
Express trains.
u. CAMPBELL. CHAS. o. SCULL
Gen. Manager Gen. Pass. Avt
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CHRISTIAN e. BARBEE, druggists, rec
ommend Japanese Liver Pellets for con
stipation and sick headache. Small.
mild, easy to take. so pills 25 ceuts
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-22

and there is no club house in the world
that has better culinary apparatus.
Our greatest statesmen are more par
ticular as to their bills of fare than
they are as to the bills before Congress.
They want all the latest frills in the
fashion of their dishes, and they use
everything that modern invention can
supply to help them in their cooking.
/ have spent some time this week In
sampling the good things of the res
taurants and have made study Of the
Senate kitchen. The latter cannot but
be interesting to the women of the
United States. They are away down
under the ground. You go through
winding stairways into the sub-base-
ment of the Capitol.
The Kitchens, storerooms and baker
les of the Senate form one of the busi-
est parts of the Capitol building. 1t
takes about thirty employees to run
them, You see white-aproned, white
capped men everywhere, and there are
cooks and dish washers, oyster shuck-
ers and bakers, making up corps
large enough to run big summer ho-
tel. The main room of the kitchen
proper Is 15 feet wide by 100 feet long.
1t contains two ranges. each big
enough to roast an OK, and it has pat
ent steamers and baking machines
here and there about it. In one corner
is the biggest soup pot in Washington.
1t will hold about two bushels OF liquid
and it is the size OF the largest apple
butter kettle. 1t Is made of the bright
est of red COPPER and it is used for
keeping the stock for the making OF
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-22

eats big meal every noon and the day
Is cold indeed when you find wrinkles
In his stomach. All of these Western
men live we'll Hansbrough and Du-
bois want the best that the cooks can
provide. Senator Perkins of Califor-
MIA is great feeder, and his colleague,
Senator White, picks out half dozen
dishes and eats them all. These men
seldom dine alone and the average
statesman likes company at his meals.
Henry Cabot Lodge usually brings q
party in with him, and Tom Reed,
julius Caesar Burrows and Deliver, OF
Iowa, come to the Senate and eat their
lunches together.
Senator Cush Davis Is one of the big
fish eaters of the Capitol. He likes
anything that comes from the water,
and he feeds his brain on black bass
FIVE times a week. The New York Sem
ators usually come to lunch together,
and they are both good feeders, though
Hill merely nibbles at the dishes he
orders, while Murphy eats all of the
best and lots of 1t. Power, Of Montana,
Is a dyspeptic. He has no stomach to
speak Of, and he looks at his victuals
with such vinegar aspect that his
milk has to be boiled before 1t Is
brought to him for fear 1t will sour.
His regular lunch Is bowl of boiled
milk and plate of brown bread we'll
toasted. He breaks the toast into the
milk and dishes it up with a spoon.
Senator Stockbridge, of Michigan,
wants the best he can get, but he never
drinks anything but water or milk.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-22
Result of . Big CAVERN.


Plymouth, Pa, was Tuesday tho
scene of the worst mine accident that
has occurred in the anthracite region
In eight years. In December, 1885,
twenty-five men perished In No. i
mine in Nanticoke by cavern. Thir-
teen men met their death in the same
manner in Gaylord slope in the King
ston Coal Company's mine Tuesday
morning. The men, who were all ex-
pert miners, entered the mine to prop
up the roof, which was falling in.
It was dangerous work, but big wages
were offered, and in these slack times
there were plenty men OF who were will
ing to take the risk. In propping the
roof timbers about four feet in length
are used. The men had just begun
work when terrific crash was heard.
In an instant the men must have scat
tered like rats, but they were too late.
The roof covering an area of 500 yards
had crashed in. The supposition is
that the men were caught in the fall
and mangled out of recognition.
At first there was great hope that
they might be alive, but there Is little
now. This hope is based on the fact
that the roof where the men were at
work Is still intact and that they are
hemmed in by the debris which fell on
all sides OF them. But even II they did
escape injury the chances are that
they will never be rescued alive and
starvation must be their fate. Imme-
diately after the disa ter occurred q
rescuing party made up OF expert
miners was organized and they de-
scended the shaft at once. In the face
of death the rescuers worked nobly to
clear the main gangway in order to
make a passageway to reach the spot
where the thirteen men were at work.
Every minute the noise of falling rock
could be heard throughout the mine,
but the rescuers kept bravely at work.
Shortly before noon a loud, rumbling
noise was heard and another big sec
tion Of the roof caved in right in front
of the rescuers. The latter were then
compelled to fee for their lives.
The Gaylord mine, where the acci-
dent occurred, has not been operated
for years. The old pillars supporting
the roof had become weakened. This
caused the surface to press down, and
when the rock and coal overhead was
disturbed the least 1t began to
squeeze" and then finally tall in. The
accident makes eleven widows and
thirty-one orphans. Inside Superin-
tendent Picton, whose son was in
charge of the missing party, says he
win not give up hope until the dead
bodies are brought out
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-22

the soup. Nickel-plated steam pipes run
through it and the liquid is always
hot. A little further over there is a
copper pot of about half this size, heat
ed In the same way, in which the cram
berry sauce and apple sauce which is
eaten by these Senators Is cooked, and
near this Is a patent turkey roaster.
It would make your mouth water to
know just how good the turkeys cooked
by this process are. They are roasted
by steam, and the roaster Is double
iron box about as big as the average
dry goods box, within the walls of
which steam is conducted by nickel
plated pipes, thoroughly roasting the
mallard ducks and the twenty-pound
turkeys which are laid away within Il.
Another feature of this kitchen is the
grill. 1t is a gridiron so large that
you could lay the largest sheep upon 1t
and broil IL. This rests over a bed of
-hot.charcoal, and the fire is such
that the steak or chop can be we'll done
In five minutes. This grill is kept GO
ing about six hours day, and the
juicy meat which comes from IL has
made most of the gray matter which
you will find in the alleged brains of
the Congressional Record.
The dining rooms of these Senators
are worth looking at. Their walls and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-22
Miscellaneous Items.

A FOOL is q great man who can raise
tempest In teapot.
The crank methods are naturally
more or less revolutionary.
ENVY Is one Of the most expensive
exercises one can indulge in.
IT seems that the good points OF some
people have all been broken of.
The man who uses all the redit he
can get will soon find himself without
any.
A GOOD wife never cracks q smile
when her husband steps upon an in
verted tack at midnight.
WHEN you speak to youth about
book learning these days he thinks you
are just in from the race track.
THE largest bird is the condor. In
spread % feet have been found.
THE highest natural bridge is at
Rockbridge, Va, 200 feet from the
water to the bottom OF the arch.
THE largest volcano is Etna It's
base Is ninety miles in circumference
and the mountain is IL, 900 feet high.
/ NEVADA has sent out $500, ,O00, 900 in
silver and gold, over 5000, ,000, 900 OF
which came from the Comstock mines.
GOOD Americans, when they die, 20
10 Paris.--Thomas G. Appleton. Re
peated In the Autocrat Of the Break
last Table
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-22

SaSSln entered ELIZABETH wRATTEN
plea Of guilty. and within three hours
time had been tried. convicted, and
sentenced to be hanged
A short time ago he added another
horror to his crime by stating to his
aged father who visited him in prison
that he had smothered the little girl
Ethel with an apron at a neighbor's
house, where she had been removed in
a dying condition, while the folks were
at dinner, as he feared if she recovered
her evidence might convict him. The
murder was undoubtedly planned for
robbery, but, becoming frightened at
the enormity of the crime, the muir
derer fed. leaving over 5000 untouched
in a bureau drawer. His father is a
respected farmer, and up to the time of
the murder Bud Stone had led aquiet,
uneventful life.